giovedì 30 aprile 2015

RADIO FREE ASIA RELEASES KHENE QSL

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces the release of our 58th QSL. It is the fourth design in the series "Celebrating Musical Instruments of Asia". This card shows a khene , which is a traditional Lao mouth organ played primarily in Laos and Thailand. The khene’s pipes are made of bamboo, while its reed, which vibrates to produce the sound, is made of brass or silver. The khene is usually played using a pentatonic scale, using five notes per octave as opposed to the seven notes per octave used in most Western music. . This QSL is used to confirm all valid reception reports from May 1 to July 31, 2015.
RFA’s Khene QSL

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin (including the Wu dialect), Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org.

RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at http://techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. If you have a smart phone, feel free to use the QR code below to access our main website for the latest news and information from Radio Free Asia.

Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org and by mail to:

Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
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Rádio Brasil Central 25mb tx is back on air

BRASIL   Rádio Brasil Central 25mb tx is back on air:
0000-2400 on 11815 GOI 7.5 kW / 360 deg to BRA, video
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/radio-brasil-central-25mb-tx-is-back-on.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM
(orari UTC)

Giovedì 30 aprile 2015 (VR5000DSP)
Spesso in questi mesi ho controllato R. Brasile Central su 11815 kHz verso le 05.30, ma la notavo sempre spenta e, invece, questa mattina era accesa. E' irregolare, davvero è stata ferma o magari c'è qualche extra avvenimento locale?
05.37 - 11815,02 R. BRASIL CENTRAL, Canzone live Daniela Mercury. SF
(anche se a dire il vero c'è un DRM su 11800 letteralmente devastante per circa + o - 30 kHz)
05.39 - 11780,10 RN DA AMAZONIA (B), PP, telefonata OM. SF-IN
05.44 - 15430,00 VOIRI Spanish, spurie distorte a + o - 70 kHz (15360 + 15500). SF-BN


SEGNALE-SIGNAL
JBA - Portante-Carrier
IN - Insufficiente-Poor
SF - Sufficiente-Fair
BN - Buono-Good
MB - Molto Buono-Very Good

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SWL I1-0799GE
Luca Botto Fiora
QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
G.C. 44° 21' 06.89" N / 09° 13' 30.94" E

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RICEVITORI
R7 Drake (R7)
VR5000DSP Yaesu (VR5000)
PL-660 Tecsun (PL-660)
DE1103 Degen (DE1103)
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ANTENNE
(da 70 kHz a 2 MHz)
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA modificata per LW-VLF
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(da 2 a 5-6 MHz)
Loop magnetico interno tipo KR1ST 150x100 cm su finestra
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(da 5-6 a 30 MHz)
Dipolo "windom" 20 metri
Isolatori di linea (ø 15 cm x 8 spire di RG174)
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ACCESSORI
(per loop MW-VLF)
Preamplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION autocostruito (escludibile)
-
(per loop e dipolo HF)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato W8JI (escludibile)
Preamplificatore RF kit LX1456 NE (escludibile)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie GBC

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REGISTRATORI IC SONY:
ICD-BX800 (R7)
ICD-B500 (VR5000)
ICD-BX112 (PL-660)
ICD-B500 (DE1103)

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SOFTWARE
(Mac OS X 10.6.8)
Audacity 2.0.6 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.4.0 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 6.4 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.5.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.6 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.2 demo (orologio mondiale)
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(Android 4.1.1)
Daylight World Map (orologio mondiale)

Glenn Hauser logs April 29-30, 2015


** ALBANIA. 9850-, April 30 at 0131, R. Tirana, only poor English signal tonight, better by closing 0155 but I can still hear the LAH from presumed China; while 9855 goes unclaimed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA [non]. 17840, 15415 and 15240 are all missing from R. Australia, April 30 at 0146. Maintenance? Propagation certainly OK, with RNZI DRM noise blasting in on 17670-17680 and weaker AM on 15720. Only other signals on 16m make the weak het on 17730 between off-frequency RFA Mongolia, and CNR1 jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9664.7, April 30 at 0130, rabid gospel huxter in a Brazuguese lather, i.e. Voz Missionária, in the clear and as always off-frequency, but no het and no mystery open carrier on 9665.0 as there was 24+ hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11815, April 30 at 0132, R. Brasil Central with spirited conversation, maybe during a silly ballgame, and remains all talk past 0144 mentioning Goiânia, instead of music around this time last night. And once again, with severe QRM from the RNA 11780.1v crackling spur also hitting 11815, plus twin around 11745 and also second-order on 11710, but not much signal from Argentina to bother there. 

4985+, April 30 at 0132, at first couldn`t hear the other RBC channel but by 0150 it`s JBA with traces of modulation, signature slightly on the hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 11935+, April 30 at 0137, R. Cairo, fair with flutter, open carrier/dead air instead of Spanish

12070+, April 30 at 0137, R. Cairo, very good signal but terribly suptorted Spanish

9315, April 30 at 0138, R. Cairo, fair in Spanish, undermodulated, but less distorted than 12070 and matchable to it

9964.6, April 30 at 0140, R. Cairo in Arabic, good signal but distorted, and whine applied. This used to be considerably on the hi side, but now on the lo side, like Ivo Ivanov has been hearing at various times 0800/1200 with music only and presumed to be same transmitter when it will not reach North America

13850, April 30 at 0159, R. Cairo, good with flutter, as the 5-hour open carrier/dead air broadcast is just commencing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, while KETU Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa was off at 1648 UT check April 29, it`s back on at next check 2359 UT, monitored across hourtop with ``regional Mexican music``, no KETU or La Picuda ID, no break, but segué to another song at 0002 UT April 30. ``Regional Mexican`` as a format I find incredibly vague, but no less so than simply ``Mexican``. By this hour KMOX is starting to show its SAH. Maybe back to old trix, sporadic limited transmissions which could also appear at night? Watch out for it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9770, April 30 at 0155, VOT IS with good signal, tail of the Spanish hour, while // 9870 is already off leaving India alone, and by the time I tune back to 9770, it too is gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1770 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday April 29 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast; barely audible by 2126 in noise level on 7490.

WOR 1771 will not be ready until later on Thursday, in time for the 2100 broadcast on WRMI 7570 and/or 15770; which means 1770 will get to repeat on 9955 April 30 at 0330 and 1130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11920, April 30 at 0142, WRMI with Cajun music, 0143 Brazilian song, 0152 the polka we have heard so many times as part of WRMI`s fill-music medley; 0159 ID by no-name Spanish announcer claiming this frequency is ``9955``, 0200 into RTI Spanish relay. This is the third night recently I have heard fill music during the 01-02 hour on 11920 rather than Fámily Radio, and it may well be thus every night. 

7730, then at 0201 April 30 I check this other hour which is supposed to be FSI in Spanish, and it too is running fill music, this time another piece we`ve heard before, with spoken segments about the Council of Europe, in English, French, German, mixed with Beethovenish music which morphs into rap, shudder. Have Oakland lost interest in the limited access they had retained to their ex-SW Okeechobee? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5110, April 30 at 0136, WBCQ is still missing like last night. I hope it`s just because Brother Scare pulled out again, rather than a transmitter failure which would also impact Area 51 this weekend (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0344 UT April 30

Agenda DX 30/04

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
R. RSA (1991) - R. Itapirema, brasile 1390 Khz (1994)
Virgin R., Gran Bretagna 1215 Khz (1993)
Radio Guaìba, Brasile 720 - 6000 - 11785 Khz (1957)
Radio Guatapurì, Colombia 740 Khz (1963)
WRDZ, Ohio 1260 Khz (1950)
CKRD, Alberta, Canada 700 Khz (1949)

FESTE NAZIONALI
Compleanno della Regina Beatrice in Olanda e nelle Antille

mercoledì 29 aprile 2015

Propagation outlook from Boulder

:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2015 Apr 27 0348 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 20 - 26 April 2015

Solar activity was at low to high levels throughout the period.
Region 2322 (N11, L=116, class/area=Dac/60 on 21 April) grew and
intensified as it rotated to the western limb; producing numerous
low level C-class flares and five moderate level M-class flares on
21 April. Region 2322 also produced the largest flare of the period,
an impulsive M4/Sf at 22/1545 UTC. Region 2322 continued to produce
C-class and M-class flares until it rotated beyond the western limb
by 24 April, including a long-duration M1 flare at 23/1007 UTC with
an associated Type-II radio sweep and coronal mass ejection (CME)
from the western limb as observed in SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery. The CME
was not Earth-directed.

Regions 2325 (N05, L=050, class/area=Cai/220 on 19 April) and 2326
(N20, L=086, class/area=Cao/80 on 23 April) were the other most
prolific flare producers during the period. Region 2325 produced an
M1 flare at 21/2201 UTC and Region 2326 produced numerous C-class
X-ray flares with the most notable being a C7 flare at 23/1203 UTC.
Both flares were very impulsive and did not have any observed
optical flares nor notable radio signatures.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
moderate to high levels during the week; reaching high levels on
20-21 April and 24 April with a peak flux of 2,620 pfu on 20 April.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels on 20
April as Earth was in a background ambient solar wind environment.
On 21 April, Earth came under the influence of an isolated positive
coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) and solar wind speeds
increased to over 600 km/s as measured at the ACE satellite. This CH
HSS produced occasional periods of active levels of geomagnetic
activity from 21-24 April. The CH HSS rotated out of a geo-effective
alignment by midday on 24 April and the winds decreased to mainly
nominal solar wind conditions of about 375 km/s, returning Earth to
quiet to unsettled geomagnetic conditions.

During the week, ACE solar wind parameters measured a high wind
speed of 628 km/s on 21/0632 UTC and a low wind speed of 291 km/s on
26/1123 UTC. Total field (Bt) ranged from about 1 to 14 nT, while
the Bz component varied between +12 to -7 nT. The phi angle was
generally in a positive (away from the Sun) orientation with a short
period of negative (towards the Sun) sector to begin the week.

FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 27 APRIL - 23 MAY 2015

Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels through 03 May due to the low number of complex active regions. Solar activity levels are expected to increase to low levels; with a slight chance for moderate (R1-R2/minor-moderate) levels beginning 04 May with the return of Region 2322 (N11, L=116) and remain at low levels, but increase to a chance for moderate (R1-R2/minor-moderate) levels beginning 07 May as Region 2326 (N20, L=086) also rotates back onto the disc. Solar activity level is expected to decrease back to very low to low levels with the departure of Regions 2322 and 2326 beginning 17 May. 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels from 27 April-06 May, normal levels from 07-12 May, moderate to high levels from 13-14 May, high levels from 15-18 May, moderate levels from 19-20 May, and moderate to high levels from 21-23 May. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels from 27-28 April and increase to quiet to unsettled levels beginning 29 April due to CH HSS effects. Field activity is expected to begin decreasing by 02 May, with overall quiet levels likely from 03-10 May. Field activity is expected to increase to unsettled to active levels beginning late on 11 May and likely reaching active levels on 12-13 May due to CH HSS effects. Field activity is expected to decrease to unsettled to active levels by 14 May as CH HSS effects begin to wane; and return to quiet to unsettled conditions from 15-17 May. Field conditions are expected to increase to unsettled to active levels on 18 May due to a CH HSS and return to quiet to unsettled conditions as the CH HSS rotates out of a geo-effective position by 21 May, and remain at quiet levels for the remainder of  the outlook period.

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2015 Apr 27 0348 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2015-04-27
#
#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2015 Apr 27     120           5          2
2015 Apr 28     120           5          2
2015 Apr 29     115           8          3
2015 Apr 30     110          10          3
2015 May 01     110          10          3
2015 May 02     110           8          3
2015 May 03     115           5          2
2015 May 04     120           5          2
2015 May 05     125           5          2
2015 May 06     130           5          2
2015 May 07     135           5          2
2015 May 08     135           5          2
2015 May 09     135           5          2
2015 May 10     130           5          2
2015 May 11     125           5          2
2015 May 12     130          25          5
2015 May 13     130          20          5
2015 May 14     130          20          4
2015 May 15     125          12          4
2015 May 16     130           8          3
2015 May 17     125          12          3
2015 May 18     120          20          4
2015 May 19     120          12          3
2015 May 20     115           8          3
2015 May 21     115           5          2
2015 May 22     115           5          2
2015 May 23     115           5          2
(SWPC via DXLD)

Ultimas escuchas Jose Miguel Romero

ARGELIA 981 Radio Algerienne Chaine 2, Ouled Fayet, 17:04-17:30, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2015 en tamazight (dialecto Bereber), locutora con boletín de noticias, intervención de corresponsales, cuñas publicitarias de aproximadamente cuatro minutos, locutor con programa musical, comentarios antes de las emisiones musicales, temas de música pop local, fragmento de música rock duro, fragmento de música disco en árabe, conversación telefónica con oyente con conversación distendida y alguna carcajada, SINPO 54554

BANGLADESH 13589 Radio Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, 18:41-18:50, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2015 en inglés, emisión de música “pop rock” y música pop sin pausas, SINPO 44444

INDIA 7550 All India Radio, Bengalaru, 18:31-18:36, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2015 en inglés a locutora presentando tema música, emisión de música pop, comenta sobre “festival music pop in …”, SINPO 54444

THAILANDIA 9390 Radio Thailand, Undon Thani, 18:37-18:40, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2015 en thai con emisión musical, SINPO 24332

VIETNAM 9730 Voice de Vietnam, Hanoi-Sonta, 18:18-18:37, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2015 en español a locutor presentando reportaje sobre una película, locutor y locutora con comentarios, el documental se presentará el 15 de mayo, despedida “Hasta pronto amigos”, SINPO 23332
Clandestina

FRANCIA 15245 Radio Medrek, Issoudun, 17:45-17:50, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2015 en idioma tigriña, locutor con comentarios, segmento de música, locutor con cuña, comentarios y emiten la misma música, SINPO 44333


Jose Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
Grundig Yatch Boy 80
Antena hilo de 10m

Glenn Hauser logs April 29, 2015


** COLOMBIA. 5910+, fair signal April 29 at 0553, HJDH with peppy tropical music, hum audible during pauses, slightly on hi side for a change compared to whatever is on 910 MW. 0559 mistimecheck as ``es la una en punto, Sistema Radial Alcaraván`` ID. No mention now of Conciencia.

6010+, the other HJDH is also on and playing similar but not same music, April 29 at 0556 past 0600, and would ID as La Voz de tu Conciencia; also off-frequency to the hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [non]. 1060, April 29 at 0517, news in Spanish from RFI, as reliably relayed at local midnight by R. Educación; LAH from off-channels XERDO and KIJN, always messing up this frequency, but at least the DF station manages to overcome the closer ones. 0601 ID for XEEP 1060 and also claiming to be on 49 metros, which typically signs off just before the RFI relay at 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL. If quoting my recent item about INTERNATIONAL RADIO FOR DISASTER RELIEF, please correct the typo in the last word (gh)

** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, April 29 around 1325, KBS World Radio `Seoul Calling`, W&M with informal discussion of various features, including a butterfly festival at a city on the coast; later Korean language lesson; then `Sounds of Korea`, Wednesday favorite of traditional music, 1353 for a dance by two women in bright red flowing costumes, wielding giant swords. Reception remains good but with flutter. 1359 rapid sign-off tries to channel us toward website, not about SW; 1400 theme and into another hour, in Korean (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEPAL [non]. 15280, April 29 at 1345, no signal from KTWR Guam, until cuts on late at 1345:40 with IS, very poor signal and much weaker than adjacent 15275 CNR1 jammer (vs RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan daily 13-14 only, not a trace of that here). 1348:50 starts talking in presumed Nepali, as this is a new special service since April 27. ACI is off after 1400, still evidently Nepali mixed with music. 

By 1415 it`s in English with devotional, but still too weak to tell if any practical info is being transmitted to Nepali quake victims. A 15275 carrier came back on for less than a minute around 1413-1414 (maybe that`s DW Sri Lanka preparing for the 1500 Swahili service). 

Remember that Nepal has a self-imposed wacky timezone of UT +5:45, which is why this service is at 1345-1445 UT, to make it seem like even 1930-2030 local time. Per WRTH 2015, KTWR did not have any Nepali service before (as listed under SINGAPORE); but TWR-INDIA (listed under INDIA) did, a token once-weekly 0045-0115 UT Saturdays on 7280 Tashkent in B-14. 

Own website has detailed program schedule, but not updated since October, and shows no frequencies, just meter bands!
It had Nepali at 6:30-6:45 am IST Saturdays on 41m. That would be 0100-0115 UT.

This post explains how much trouble it was to implement the new broadcast, and that it replaces the special service to Vanuatu. 

News of the new broadcast came from Alokesh Gupta`s Radioactivity blog, his source unspecified:

``KTWR Guam has started one hour emergency shortwave broadcast wef 27th April 2015: 1345-1445 UTC on 15280 kHz in English/Nepali

The Trans World Radio (TWR) Nepal team visited the affected areas to better understand the situation, and will continue to visit other affected areas over the next several days. To address the long-term spiritual and emotional needs, TWR will produce a 15-minute program in Nepali to be broadcast once a day, seven days a week over 15 FM stations in the affected districts.
TWR will also produce a one-hour program with four 15-minute segments in Nepali, Hindi, Bhojpuri, and English. The programs will be broadcast once a day, seven days a week, over shortwave from Guam to reach those closer to Mount Everest, where they may not be able to receive FM broadcasts.
TWR would like to distribute at least 5,000 radios in the region to replace those that may have been damaged or lost in the quake.``

Aoki says the new KTWR 15280 service is M-F only, since April 28 and only in English (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, April 29 at 1648 UT, KETU Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa, Radio Picuda is off the air again, as if yesterday`s appearance was indeed a one-shot to keep the license active. But I shall try to keep checking for it at least once a day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PUNTLAND. 13800, April 29 at 1424, no signal at all, not even a trace of a reduced carrier, from Radio Puntland One, as heard yesterday at 1345-1426. Is it off again, or just propagation? As of 1800 UT, I`ve yet to see any logs of it today. Aoki`s 13800 entry remains as before, but not 6160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1770 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday April 29 at 1315 on WRMI 9955, sufficient and no QRM. Next:
Wed 2100  WBCQ    7490v 
Thu 0330  WRMI    9955 [or 1771 if ready in time]
Thu 1130  WRMI    9955 [or 1771; new time ex-1230!]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5890, April 29 at 0552, open carrier/dead air from WWCR instead of Brother HySTAIRical, what a relief. Turning up the volume, JBA bleed modulation from 5935 is detectable, even with max ATT, so not due to FRG-7 receiver overload (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1820 UT April 29

IRIB Dari Program on 15630/12065 kHz jammed

IRAN   IRIB Dari Program on 15630 kHz jammed as reported Wolfgang Bueschel
on April 29. Summer A-15 of VIRI IRIB Dari plus videos on frequency 12065:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/irib-dari-program-on-1563012065-khz.html

Upcoming changes of World Harvest Radio International
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/upcoming-changes-of-world-harvest-radio.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

WEWN-1 is off for a couple of days

USA   WEWN-1 is off for a couple of days, WEWN-2/3 are on air. Full schedule
WEWN-1
0000-0900 on 11520 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English
0900-1300 on 11520 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs English
1300-1600 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs English
1600-1900 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg to N/ME English
1900-2400 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English
WEWN-2
0000-1000 on 11870 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to SoAm Spanish
1000-1700 on 12050 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to SoAm Spanish
1700-2400 on 13830 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to SoAm Spanish
WEWN-3
0000-0500 on  5810 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX  Spanish
0500-1300 on  7555 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX  Spanish
1300-1800 on 11550 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX  Spanish
1800-2400 on 12050 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX  Spanish
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/wewn-1-is-off-for-couple-of-days.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

KTWR Guam has started emergency shortwave transmissions to Nepal

GUAM   KTWR Guam has started emergency shortwave transmissions to Nepal
1346-1349 on 15280 TWR 200 kW / 290 deg to SoAs Interval Signal of KTWR
1349-1445 on 15280 TWR 200 kW / 290 deg to SoAs Nepali/English, videos:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/ktwr-guam-has-started-emergency.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Log: Argelia 252 Radio Algerienne Chaine

252 Radio Algerienne Chaine 3, Tipaza, 04:00-…,..,11:30, esxuchada el 29 de abril de 2015 en francés, comienza la emisión con el Himno Nacional de Argelia, locutor con presentación en francés, boletín de noticias, a las 04:06 locutor con cuña en francés y árabe, espacio “Le Journal” en el programa “La Matinal”, locutor y locutora con noticias nacionales, deportes y parte meteorológico, cuñas publicitarias, “Algerie Telecom”, esta emisión ha sido escuchada en fragmentos de 15, 20 y 30 minutos entre los horarios marcados, se identifica como “Radio Algerienne Channel la Trois” y “Radio Algerienne la tríos”, en el EMWG de Herman Boel  http://www.emwg.info/ anuncia para esta emisión:

Chaîne 1/Chaîne 3/Radio Algérie Int., Tipaza (1500*) - 0500-0200: Chaîne 1/Chaîne 3: Arabic and French transmissions; Radio Algérie Int.: 0600-0630 French, 0630-0638 English, 0638-0725 French, 0725-0734 Spanish, 0734-1900 French, 1900-2000 Spanish, 2000-2100 English, 2100-0100 French; *: 0600-1800: 1500 kW, 1800-0200 & 0500-0600: 750 kW; also observed on 253 kHz

    No he captado emisiones en inglés ni en español, la emisión es únicamente en francés, la emisión se puede escuchar en Internet:

     Se ha escuchado fragmentos en árabe, locutor en francés conversando con oyente hablando en árabe y a locutora con invitado, probablemente músico, hablando en francés y árabe.


José Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)

Auto radio Kenwood KDC-334

Beforehand info of transmissions in future of Radio Spaceshuttle Int.

Hi folks- because results was quite nice during last weeks transmission we shall keep same time and frequency also in our few coming transmissions.

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Glenn Hauser logs April 28-29, 2015


** ALBANIA [and non]. 9850-, April 29 at 0122, R. Tirana IS with good signal, still here, and during pause I can again hear that low audible heterodyne from an on-frequency 9850.0 station, presumably Qinghai, China. Apparently, R. Tirana is still considering whether to shift to 9855 as I suggested (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11745 & 11815, April 29 at 0116, crackling spurs from 11780.1v RNA/RNB, but no second-order one to bother RAE on 11711-. However, the upper one is now QRMing another Brazilian, R. Brasil Central! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11815+, very slightly on hi side, maybe 20 Hz, April 29 at 0117, music with heavy QRM from persistent crackling spur out of overdriven/defective 250 kW, RNA/RNB transmitter on 11780.1v, with a matching one around 11745. This must be Rádio Brasil Central, reactivated. I knew this was going to happen if they ever came back, but will they realize what`s going on and demand that RNA get fixed? Don`t count on it. 0123 it`s rock music and crackle gets worse, segué to song in Brazuguese; 0130 TC for ``dez horas, trinta minutos`` and right back to more music. Meanwhile at 0119 I had checked RBC`s other inactive frequency, 4985 and found a very poor carrier there too and slightly on its hi side (but certainly not as high as 4985.5 which is R. Voz Cristiana, Perú, BTW missing from Aoki unlike lots of dead stations).

Then I get a report from Wolfgang Büschel, that RBC was first back on 11815 last night as reported by Hans Pammer in Austria at 0350 April 28. wb was also hearing it via European SDRs at the same time as I tonight, 0105-0120, and measured it on 11815.023, 4985.010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 17730, April 27 at 2232, 17730 is off. Supposed to be the frequency for Europe until 2300 including `Revista Nuestra América` the last two hours in Spanish. Certainly not due to propagation, as the spy numbers digital beeps and spoken numerals are inbooming on 17480. Other RHC frequencies are confirmed still on, including 15370, 15230, 13740.

This link
now leads to a pdf of the new A-15 schedule, much better organized and easier to refer to than previous seasons. If only it were followed.

Another very ragged start to the evening English to North America: at 0100 UT April 29, 6000 is on nominally, but the other frequency, 6165 keeps cutting off: 0100 OC then off; 0101 OC adds mod, then dead air, off; back on, carrier only. 0102 adds mod, dumps off again; 0103 ``now the news in detail`` and off again, back on with dead air; 0105 a few seconds of news, dead air, cut off and on, modulation, stays on, maybe now for good. It seemed that starting the modulation each time would cause the transmitter to dump off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 11935+, April 29 at 0113, open carrier, slightly on the hi side but no het from no Brasil, i.e. R. Cairo. Some residual jamming bleed from 11930. Did not get around to checking the other Cairo frequencies this session (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 15650, April 28 at 2236 tune-in, immediately ID for ``Radiophonikós Stathmós Makedonías``, not Athinai. This service seems to be occupying more and more of the sporadic SW airtime. Fair-good here, and almost as good as // 9420. Still no third transmitter to be heard on 9935 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LITHUANIA. 9400, April 29 at 0112, ME music and talk, poor signal with ACI from TruNews/WRMI 9395. This is one of the few SW broadcasts left via Sitkunai, RFA Uyghur during this hour only, which is no doubt jammed but none heard here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1020, KOKP Perry, still off the air at 2238 UT check April 28 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, April 27 at 2246 UT, KETU Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa is on! Not only with carrier, but romantic music programming, for first time in at least 3 months. I check it almost every day, and yesterday afternoon there was still no signal. Now it`s definitely this with Mexican music from direxion of Sperry, too early for KMOX. 

Last known name as KEOR was Radio Victoria, so I`m listening for such an ID and praiseworthy programming; 2251 UT brief announcement but no copy before back to music. I`m on the porch but still battling computer hash QRM from inside, so I move out to the end of the driveway where it`s less. I also switch from the PL-880 to the DX-398 which is definitely more sensitive if not more selective. 2257 UT I hear new slogan ``La Nueva Picuda``, next song includes lyrix ``sólo por ella``. 2301 UT ID: ``Está en sintonía con La Picuda; transmitimos desde Los Ángeles al mundo`` and back to music. NO LEGAL ID, no call letters or local location, nor any pause in the network feed for it! 

So I then search on that strange name, picuda, a feminine mexicanismo which means clever, crafty or sly. And first find this:

7/24 formato regional mexicano
Explains how to get it using Comrex or Barix automation systems. That linx to main site, mascot an anthropomorphic sombreroed chili pepper:
but really not much there except a webcasting link untried.

General searching on the name keeps hitting 107.1 in Dallas, KDXX as another Picuda affiliate. This aggregator site, http://www.worldtvradio.com puts KDXX and lots of other K-calls in North Carolina! What`s with that?? What nonsense. Furthermore, KDXX is really in Denton TX, north of Fort Worth, and really on 99.1, with the slogan Latino Mix, per WTFDA FM Database. However, it`s sibling station to 107.1 KESS Benbrook TX, suburb southwest of FW, not Dallas. 

FCC AM Query shows KETU is still licensed to La Zeta 95.7 (i.e. KSEC Bentonville AR). Legal SR/SS hours for Catoosa are: April, 1145-0100 UT; May, 1115-0130 UT. I tune in again at 0058 UT April 29 but it`s already off and KMOX is now in with silly baseball game, guess what team. Remains to be heard whether KETU will now stay on the air at least in daytime, or perhaps this was just a one-shot like otherwise silent stations often perform to avoid losing their license. (Our streetlite now fires up at *0130 UT, clear sky at sunset, which was 0117*.) (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, April 29 at 0107, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until cutoff at 0109:49* --- 18.5 seconds later than three nights ago, averaging six and a sixth later per (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5110, April 29 at 0106, no signal, so the 40 hours per week of BS recently added to this WBCQ have been curtailed. Or transmitter broke down again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, April 29 at about *0114:13, carrier on from SLBC, poor with flutter. Music lead-in from 0114:46, and 2+1 mistimesignal ends at 0115:14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11920, April 29 at 0112, typical WRMI fado music fill is playing, so once again, no Fámily Radio in Spanish as supposedly scheduled during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, April 29 at 0102, WTWW-2 is on with country music, then Ted-in-a-barrel ID, 0103 brings up `Radio Roundtable` from W5KUB.com an online program with video and chat, now adding SW and he thinks, but is not sure, the frequency is 5085. Also is down in a barrel as Ted runs everything thru reverb chamber. Host says he wants to includes segments about SWL and invites listener requests. This is a weekly show UT Wednesdays only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9665.0, April 29 at 0109, something new, big steady open carrier with het and Portuguese from off-frequency Brazilian, Voz Missionária which is normally unimpeded. I keep on it, and no change past 0130+. Nothing else scheduled anywhere near this time, except KCBS N Korea, but at this hour certainly not that. Could easily be circum-European with many good signals from there on band. And 9665 was of course, an old longtime R. Moscow/RMWS/VOR/Sputnik frequency. They continue to register a lot of wooden/imaginary MSK VOR frequencies in HFCC A-15, but not this one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10000, April 29 at 0120, not much signal from WWV or WWVH, but I hear a different pip slightly ahead of WWV`s minute marker. Thought maybe PPE Brasil, but it should have pips every dekasecond and there are none; however, some additional pips appear leading up to the next minute. BPM China is sometimes off-time but would not expect much from it at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0349 UT April 29

KTWR Guam starts emergency broadcast for Nepal Earthquake

KTWR Guam has started one hour emergency shortwave broadcast wef 27th April 2015 :
 
1345-1445 UTC on 15280 kHz in English/Nepali
  
The Trans World Radio (TWR) Nepal team visited the affected areas to better understand the situation, and will continue to visit other affected areas over the next several days. To address the long-term spiritual and emotional needs, TWR will produce a 15-minute program in Nepali to be broadcast once a day, seven days a week over 15 FM stations in the affected districts.
 
TWR will also produce a one-hour program with four 15-minute segments in Nepali, Hindi, Bhojpuri, and English. The programs will be broadcast once a day, seven days a week, over shortwave from Guam to reach those closer to Mount Everest, where they may not be able to receive FM broadcasts.
 
TWR would like to distribute at least 5,000 radios in the region to replace those that may have been damaged or lost in the quake.
 
Related :
 

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi

Agenda DX 29/04

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTE
BBC Radio Derby 1116 Khz (1971)
Deutsche Welle, Germania 6075 Khz (1924)
Radio Padilla, Bolivia 3476 Khz (1974)
WBAX, Wilkes-Barre 1240 Khz (1922)
WTVN, Ohio 610 Khz (1922)

martedì 28 aprile 2015

Glenn Hauser logs April 27-28, 2015


** CANADA [and non]. 800, April 28 at 0647 UT, secular talk show in English with KQCV OKC nulled, presumably CKLW Windsor with `Coast to Coast AM` [and beyond border-to-border], and same thing one word later on 790, probably KFYO Lubbock TX, among half a dozen other 790 affiliates. The 800 QRM will get a lot worse if PJB3 succeeds in upping power from Bonaire to 450 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non?]. 17790, April 28 at 0607, poor signal in Chinese, the only signal on 16m besides VG RA on 17840. During this hour only, RFA Chinese is scheduled via SAIPAN; in this case, I can`t be sure whether it`s that or a CNR1 jammer. On the IRCA list, Bill Whitacre, a MW DXer and also in IBB Monitoring and frequency management, said:

``On shortwave, Chinese jamming is a lot more sophisticated these days. Gone are the days of loud rackets on shortwave caused by firedrake. For quite a while, the Chinese have been merely `co-channeling` with multiple transmitters and out-of-time [on purpose] transmissions to interfere with western broadcasts. 

We poor western international broadcasters have taken so much `stuff` off the air, though, that the Chinese have surplus facilities and for the past few years have been jamming [co-channeling] English from VOA, BBC and others. Years and years of official complaining have had no effect and even direct negotiations during the early 90`s while working towards a[nother] `most favored nation` trade agreement led to naught, when talks broke off immediately upon Clinton signing the MFN agreement.

When we `test` to see how serious the Chinese are about jamming a particular frequency used for Mandarin or Tibetan by moving, the new frequency is found and jammed within 4 minutes. That`s one helluva monitoring network and rivals what the Russians could do in the depth of the cold war.

Beijing is also known to `go after` some religious broadcasters, and as Gary points out, they are notoriously paranoid about any `movement` that puts anything above the State`` (via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
 
** CUBA. 1020, April 28 at 0619, as I am monitoring the LAH mystery (see U S A), I swivel the DX-398, and catch a ``RR`` in code, so there`s a Radio Reloj outlet. None of the three Cubans on 1020 in WRTH 2015 is Reloj, so maybe a new one, or one of the trio plugs into Reloj overnight. Or:

Terry Krueger`s Cubalist as of Feb 11, 2014 recalls that in 2003-2006y there was a jammer against Martí on 1020 in Jarobo, Las Tunas with Reloj audio. Also linked is Mauricio Molano`s more recent exhaustive listing from official sources as of 2010y, showing 1020 Reloj as 10 kW in Victoria de las Tunas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL. This is not a log, but worthy of consideration:

Remember IRDR? INTERNATIONAL RADIO FOR DISASTER RELLIF – this was tested last June as explained here:

But we haven`t heard a peep about it in subsequent real disasters, such as Vanuatu, now NEPAL [and Baltimore?]. Here`s something about it from:

HFCC/ASBU/ABU-HFC PLENARY MEETING MINUTES – MUSCAT, OMAN 1st -5th February 2015

2.5. The outreach of the IRDR project was global, and our coordinating community consisted of representatives of countries with different social, political and economic systems. Therefore the scope of the project encompassed emergencies caused by hazards of natural origin, related environmental and technological hazards, and risks, in keeping with the definition in the Hyogo Framework for Action established ten years ago;

2.6. The IRDR project belonged among the activities of organisations dedicated to informing and communicating with disaster affected communities. This included the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent organisations, and several UN lead institutions. The HFCC has fully supported the idea that this effort should become a vital and standard component of disaster risk reduction and we have now suggested to our partners that this subject should be included on the agenda of the upcoming World Conference in Sendai in March 2015. We are confident that the IRDR project could be important in the post-2015 global agenda;

A-15 HFCC registrations for IRDR, all 100 kW ND from SMG VATICAN, in case something should appear now:
24 hours on 21840, 17500, 15650, 13620
04-09  9430
07-11 12000
07-12  7400
I suspect these are placeholders, as the original idea was for several other major SW sites to be involved, but none of them have gone so far as to register anything (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 28 as I tune in at 0650, convenient ID, ``tocando éxitos, La Kaliente, 102.9``, i.e. XEEY, 50/10 kW in Aguascalientes2, dominating channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 900, April 28 at 0640 UT, white noise loops NE/SW, presumably the usual open FM studio-transmitter link of XEDT, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, transmitted on AM after ``sign-off``. In its null, NW/SE I hear some music, probably Cuba, at the moment much stronger than probable // on 890 in WLS null (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGDEST)

** MEXICO. 1030, April 27 at 0530, Spanish announcement mentions Chihuahua; CCI from something else with Spanish music (there are 11 other XEs listed on 1030), and another station in English. Probably XEYC, R. Fórmula, Ciudad Juárez (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1100, April 28 at 0629, Mexican music with tuba, loops SSW and over WTAM, presumably usual XETGO, Tlaltenango, Zacatecas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120-AM, April 28 at 0601, VON undermodulated but not distorted, and sufficient to copy with concentration: YL with news about Nigeria in English. Some bother from self-imposed squealing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1640, April 28 at 0635-0638+ UT, dead air from local KZLS Enid/Hennessey/OKC, while with carrier nulled, there`s talk about earthquake, which seems unlikely to be on ESPN`s WTNI Biloxi MS, so what else? Usually KZLS is on `Red Eye Radio`. 0703 UT recheck, now it`s remodulating with ``news`` from Blaze Radio Network, back to dead air at 0704 UT after cutaway cue ``truth lives here``, ha ha (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PUNTLAND [and non]. 13800, April 28 at 1345, JBA signal with music, 1347 announcements, 1348 HOA? Music; 1354 talk in English, only can copy ``252`` and some zeroes by M voice; 1400 HOA music, 1401 announcements again English with phone number, then woman in presumed Somali. Until 1400 at least, there was a het from 13795 on the FRG-7`s normal bandwidth, presumably Iran in Urdu until 1420. 1426 recheck, JBA carrier only on 13800.

This would not be much to go on, except the day before, April 27, news broke on the DXLD yg from S. Hasegawa in Japan that a Radio Puntland One had been logged and recorded by another Japanese DXer:
de H. Komatubara in Akita-prefecture. What I hear now is like his clip with the English ID including country code 252 which is SOMALIA.

Such a good signal into Japan, and announcement first in Italian made one suspicious of its origin, but here`s the post-colonial Italian connexion via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg:

``This comment today (April 27) on Bulgarian DX Blog (by engineer installing transmitter?)

"Puntland Radio now active 20 kW on 6160 and 13800 kHz. Transmitter in Garoowe, Puntland. Regards
Enrico Li Perni
5Z4ES - IV3SBE - 6O0ES
The engineer in charge of supply and installation"

Radio Puntland tests on 13800 also has IDs in Somali and Italian as well as English plus local music``.

I followed up with this: ``If Puntland tries to use 13800 and 6160 thruout the day and night, what will they collide with?

HFCC shows on 13800 already:
0150-0250 Iran in Hindi via Sirjan
0400-0600 R. Tamazuj & R. Dabanga via France, Madagascar, Vatican 
          [and Sudanese tone jamming! especially after 0430]
1000-1100 RFA Tibetan via Kuwait, [and ChiCom jamming, of course]
1530-1630 HCJB Russian & Chechen via Austria [Saturdays only]
1700-2000 Secretbrod, Bulgaria has reserved, 
          e.g. Spaceshuttle Sundays only at 18-19
Aoki adds:
1300-1400 VOA Chinese via Saipan (plus jamming)
I am disregarding presumably wooden registrations for Moscow, Oman

On HFCC paper, 6160 looks like a very good choice, with absolutely nothing registered! However, Aoki reminds us of the two 24h low-power CBC Canadians, which hardly need any more QRM; and also lists two Brazilians, RBV, Porto Alegre, 24 hours; and R. Rio Mar, Manaus, 10-21, but probably both inactive. So during what hourspan is anyone hearing Puntland now on these frequencies?``

NO sign of VOA/ChiCom jamming before 1400 today on 13800, so that must already have moved on. I could not hear anything on 13800 April 27 circa 1540. And on April 28 the signal is so weak that there`s no chance of hearing it on the DX-398 or PL-880 where I could tell if it`s Carrier+USB only; no way to determine that on the FRG-7 with needed longest antenna.

Francesco Clemente, Italy, has more on this:
``Hola Glenn, aquí una caliente para tu boletín: Puntland Radio testing daily on 13800 and/or 6160 kHz at 0600-1600 UT. E-mail confirm via puntlandradio1@gmail.com According ing. Ahmed Aden and ing. Enrico Li Perni, technical people of Goldrock (Kenya). (via Francesco Luigi Clemente, MCDXT member, http://www.mcdxt.it Italy)``

Latest Aoki has now added R. Puntland on 13800, H3E mode, with different timespan, 0700-1800. But no entry yet on 6160.

Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria notes that 13800 went off around 1500 April 28.

On the BDXC-UK yg, Alan Pennington April 28: ``Mauno Ritola (on WRTH Facebook group page today) reports Radio Puntland tests closed today (28 April with the new 20 kW tx) on 13800 kHz at 1500 UT. Then weak carrier heard on 6160 kHz, with Koran recital after 1600 (maybe Radio Puntland), then off at 1726``

Wolfgang Büschel reminds us that this station first appeared two years ago, as detailed in DXLDs 13-16 and 13-17 under PUNTLAND, not Somalia:
But after that, nothing. It has taken another two years to get back on the air, this time to stay? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, April 28 at 0650 UT, open carrier loops almost east/west, sufficient quieting to tell it`s there, i.e. KGGF Coffeyville KS, still leaving carrier on all-night after ``sign-off`` circa 0500 UT following rotating patriotic songs and Taps (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 980, April 28 at 0614 UT, Spanish announcer is uttering a long list of AM and FM frequencies, towns in Texas mostly with Anglo names (like Livingston, but never any call letters), and then with ``cabina`` phone numbers, including for 980 and a different one for newly added 1590 in Houston market --- but he adds, don`t call now, as nobody is there (no hay nadie) at 1590 or even on 980 itself, which is evidently really duplicating some FM station. Then reference to radioaleluya.org --- hope that`s spelt right. Anyhow, 980 is KQUE, Rosenberg-Richmond TX (address in Pasadena), 5/4 kW U4, // KFTG 88.1 per NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1020-, further check of the low audible heterodyne here, still with the absence of KOKP Perry OK (see previous reports under OKLAHOMA): April 28 at 0619 UT, the LAH is just about opposite to KDKA Pittsburgh, i.e. can`t null one and get the other, so still pointing to KCKN Roswell NM; the two are within a few degrees of 180 apart from here. Copying anything depends on fades-up & down of each. 

LAH, still pulsing, is on the low side: 1020- compared to KDKA which is surely close to 1020.00: it`s in `Overnight America` show as host refers to Baltimore where it`s on WBAL (1090). Now I am getting some Spanish? music from the LAH station. At 0641 UT recheck, the LAH station is atop, now with Spanish YL talk, maybe religious, or self-help, mentions ``abusos``, with phone 855-525-3302, repeated, or a toll number in AC 310. Reverse-lookups go nowhere. Is there any good site for that which will just display the info without charging for it? 0643 UT, it goes back to music, as KDKA is resurging. Recheck at 0659 UT, only getting a quick KDKA ID + FM HD channel.

AC 310 is Los Ángeles, so this implies Univisión América, KTNQ, really 50 kW on 1020. The LAH is so close to 1020 that I can`t be sure if the Spanish audio was from the LAH frequency or really another on-frequency. Prime suspect low-powered KCKN Roswell is with Radiovisión Cristiana, like 1330 in NYC, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, etc. But no station in Los Ángeles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 15470, April 28 at 1428, 1 kHz tone on poor signal, 1430 cut to flute music and announcement, very poor. But it must be VR via IBB Tinang, PHILIPPINES opening Hindi. Aoki shows VR is the only station using 15470, at many different dayparts and sites, the other ones being Tinian, Tashkent and Palauig (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 570, April 28 at 0654 UT, open carrier/dead air, loops SSW, likely XEBJB Monterrey NL, rather than Las Cruces further west (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1130, April 28 at 0657 UT, Mexican music peaks counter-clockwise from KWKH Shreveport, which rules out central Mexico, so Central America? No Cubans listed. Or, from the other side, maybe Sinaloa or Sonora. Need to keep on this one. No likely USA SS unless daytimers in TN or GA happen to be nighttimers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

This report despatched at 1842 UT April 28

Puntland Radio One on April 28 until around 1500 UTC and off air

Puntland Radio One on April 28 until around 1500 UTC and off air
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/puntland-radio-one-on-april-28-until.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Frequency changes of Radio Free Asia and Voice of America

USA(non)   Frequency changes of Radio Free Asia and Voice of America:
Radio Free Asia
1230-1330 NF  7530 IRA 250 kW / 057 deg to SEAs Burmese, ex  7390
1330-1430 NF  7530 TIN 125 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Burmese, ex  7390
1300-1400 NF 15275 DB  250 kW / 110 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15265
1500-1700 NF 11855 TIN 250 kW / 329 deg to EaAs Korean,  ex  7210
2100-2200 NF  9685 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex  9690
2100-2200 NF  9700 TIN 250 kW / 329 deg to EaAs Korean,  ex  9610
Voice of America
1100-1130 NF 17740 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg to WCAf French Sat, ex 13735
2330-0030 NF  6040 UDO 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Burmese, ex  6185
2330-0030 NF 12110 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Burmese, ex  9325
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/frequency-changes-of-radio-free-asia.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

BBC extra transmissions to Nepal

BBC extra transmissions to Nepal following earthquake, videos of Nepali broadcast 1500-1600 UTC:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/bbc-extra-transmissions-to-nepal.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Frequency changes for Voice of Tibet

TAJIKISTAN(non)   Frequency changes for Voice of Tibet:
1215-1230 NF 15537 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15538
1245-1300 NF 15562 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15588
1300-1315 NF 15563 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568
1315-1345 NF 15547 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542
1315-1345 NF 15563 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568
1345-1400 NF 15542 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548
1345-1400 NF 15568 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/frequency-changes-for-voice-of-tibet.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov



QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Reach Beyond Australia on new 15200, instead of planned 11990

AUSTRALIA    Frequency change of Reach Beyond Australia effective April 27:
1100-1115 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Tibetan Sun, ex 9900
1100-1115 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Vietnamese Tue/Fri, ex 9900
1115-1130 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Chinese Hakka Wed, ex 9900
1115-1130 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Chinese Falam Fri, ex 9900
1115-1130 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Burmese Sat, ex 9900
1115-1130 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs English Sun-Tue/Thu, ex 9900
1130-1145 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Chinese Falam Sun/Wed, ex 9900
1130-1145 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Chinese Hakka Mon/Fri, ex 9900
1130-1145 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Burmese Tue/Thu, ex 9900
1130-1145 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs English Sat, ex 9900
1145-1215 NF 15200 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Rawang, ex 9900, videos Apr.28
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/reach-beyond-australia-on-new-15200.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Weak signal of Radio Pakistan in English

PAKISTAN   Weak signal of Radio Pakistan, just barely audible on April 28:
till 1100 on 15320 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
1100-1106 on 15320 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English nx
from 1106 on 15320 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Nat.Anthem
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/weak-signal-of-radio-pakistan-in-english.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Radio Cairo April 28, 0800-0830 on 9964,6

Unscheduled transmissions of Radio Cairo April 28, 0800-0830 on 9964,6
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/unscheduled-transmissions-of-radio.html

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Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs April 26-27, 2015

** U S A. 13650-13690, April 27 at 2129, VOA YDD sign-on is splattering over this range from central 13670 Greenville; 2130 opening Bambara; also on // 15120 very strong but not splattering, which had been open carrier several minutes earlier. Both are 250 kW, 94 degrees from Greenville, ideal for solid coverage of central USA off the back. Any Okie-Bambaras? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1770 monitoring: Sunday April 26 at 2100, WRMI schedule shows WOR on 15770 and it has been for a couple weeks, but this time not, nor on 7570 which is sometimes duplicative. `End Times Coming` is // on both. But WOR 1770 confirmed Sunday April 26 at 2300 on WRMI 11580. And WOR 1770 confirmed on Area 51 webcast, and presumably WBCQ 5110-CUSB, UT Monday April 27 at 0301. Next:
Tue 1100  WRMI    9955 
Wed 1315  WRMI    9955 
Wed 2100  WBCQ    7490v 
Thu 0330  WRMI    9955 [or 1771 if ready in time]
Thu 1130  WRMI    9955 [or 1771; new time ex-1230!]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11825, Sunday April 26 at 2338, quick check of Global 24 via WRMI: jazz, so `From the Left`, while 5850 is yet again playing an old `Democracy Now` episode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12050, April 27 at 1340, no signal from WEWN, but 11550 is on with Vatican relay in Spanish. After transmitter switcheroo:

13830, April 27 at 2130, no signal from WEWN Spanish but 12050 is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1030, April 27 at 1958 UT on caradio, tnx to absence of 1020 KOKP Perry semi-local, clear shot from KBUF Holcomb (Garden City) KS, ID after promo for `Southwest Kansas Focus`, Sundays at 10:05 am [1505 UT]. It`s 2.5 kW ND day; 1.2 kW night dirxional southwest when I never hear it. With a call like that, when it first appeared I guessed it was in Buffalo OK, just across the border (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. [Re DXLD 15-15:] I appreciate your webcasts for certain programs such as the 11 am block on weekdays. [1705v UT]

Including Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival --- and the Schubert Quintet is a great piece, which I am enjoying hearing again this Monday, i.e. exactly the same episode as aired two weeks ago (missed listening last week) --- then I did a bit of research and found that it was not from last year`s season, but from the 40th which was 2012!

So how come you are playing and replaying this same old episode, instead of the current series as released by WFMT? We would really like to hear a new one each week! Regards, Glenn Hauser, Enid OK (April 27, to Yellowstone Public Radio, via DXLD)

This report dispatched at 0503 UT April 28

Ultimas escuchas Jose Miguel Romero

ERITREA 7200 Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara-Selea Daro, 03:24-03:30, escuchada el 28 de abril de 2015, probablemente en amharico a locutora con comentarios entre emisiones de música étnica, SINPO 23322

ETHIOPIA 6030 Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa, 03:36-03:42, escuchada el 28 de abril de 2015 en afar a locutor y locutora con comentarios en lo que parece un boletín de noticias, intervenciones esporádicas de corresponsal, SINPO 22332
SUDAN 7205 Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 03:30-03:35, escuchada el 28 de abril de 2015 en árabe a locutor y locutora con comentarios, segmentos musicales en lo que parece un boletín de noticias con titulares, referencia a “Sudan”, SINPO 34333
Jose Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
Grundig Yatch Boy 80
Antena hilo de 10m

Agenda DX 28/04

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Universidare, Santa Maria, Brasile 800 Khz (1968)
Radio Clube Paranaense in SW, Brasile 11935 Khz (1954)
WSAR, North Carolina 1480 Khz (1948)
WOI, Ames 640 Khz (1922)

NBC Papua New Guinea

April 28 2015

NBC Papua New Guinea
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Latest update for NBC: $100m+ is needed to rebuild the national broadcaster says the Minister of Communications. In a related interview broadcast from Radio New Zealand International recently, the Institute of National Affairs makes the following points:
* shortwave continues to be the only way to reach all rural areas
* provincial and district administrations are expected to put more funds into local programs after years of no attention
* NBC is reconsiering if it should own and manage the infrastructure such as broadcast towers and transmitters
* sharing of facilities with mobile phone operators is being considered to reach more areas with FM signals
 
In the meantime, provincial shortwave stations continue to come back to life after months off air, or go silent without warning. Regular monitoring is needed to understand the situation day by day.
With thanks to ADXC/RNZI.

We continue to welcome monitoring reports of NBC Papua New Guinea shortwave and private shortwave stations in PNG to help us update the PNG country information in the World Radio TV Handbook [WRTH]. Details of FM outlets as relayed by provincial NBC stations is also needed. Please send information to info@radioheritage.net and thank you in advance.

Radio Heritage Foundation
Wellington, New Zealand
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lunedì 27 aprile 2015

Test transmission of Putland Radio One on 13800 CUSB on April 27

Test transmission of Putland Radio One till 1805 on 13800 CUSB on April 27.
HOA music + announcements in Italian, English and Somali // 6160 not heard.
1600-1800 QRM powerful China Radio International in Arabic on 13790, videos
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/test-transmission-of-putland-radio-one.html

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Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

DX RE MIX NEWS # 907

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 907 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Date April 27, 2015
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ALBANIA   Observation of Radio Tirana on April 22:
1700-1730 on  7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to SoEu Italian Mon-Sat
1730-1800 on  7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to WeEu French Mon-Sat
1931-2000 on  7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to WeEu German Mon-Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/observation-of-radio-tirana-on-april-22.html


ANGUILLA   Caribbean Beacon with Pastor Melissa Scot was back on air:
till 2200 on 11775 AIA 100 kW / 320 deg to CeAm English videos Apr.22
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/caribbean-beacon-with-pastor-melissa.html


AUSTRALIA   New time for the transmissions of Radio Australia in Tok Pisin
and French, all have been heard 1h later since the clock change on April 5
0730-0800 on 15240 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg to NPac Tok Pisin Mon-Fri, ex 0630-0700
0730-0800 on 15240 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg to NPac English Sat/Sun, ex 0630-0700
0730-0800 on 15415 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg to EaAs Tok Pisin Mon-Fri, ex 0630-0700
0730-0800 on 15415 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg to EaAs English Sat/Sun, ex 0630-0700
0730-0800 on 17840 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac Tok Pisin Mon-Fri, ex 0630-0700
0730-0800 on 17840 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac English Sat/Sun, ex 0630-0700

0900-0905 on  9580 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac French Mon-Fri, ex 0800-0805
0900-0905 on  9580 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac English Sat/Sun, ex 0800-0805
0900-0905 on 12065 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg to EaAs French Mon-Fri, ex 0800-0805
0900-0905 on 12065 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg to EaAs English Sat/Sun, ex 0800-0805
0900-0905 on 12085 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg to NPac French Mon-Fri, ex 0800-0805
0900-0905 on 12085 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg to NPac English Sat/Sun, ex 0800-0805

1000-1030 on  9580 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac Tok Pisin Mon-Fri, ex 0900-0930
1000-1030 on  9580 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac English Sat/Sun, ex 0900-0930
1000-1030 on 12065 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg to EaAs Tok Pisin Mon-Fri, ex 0900-0930
1000-1030 on 12065 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg to EaAs English Sat/Sun, ex 0900-0930
1000-1030 on 12085 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg to NPac Tok Pisin Mon-Fri, ex 0900-0930
1000-1030 on 12085 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg to NPac English Sat/Sun, ex 0900-0930
Full updated schedule of ABC Radio Australia until October 4 may be found here
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/cancelled-broadcasts-of-abc-radio.html


AUSTRALIA   Reach Beyond Australia on 12075 and 15340, April 23:
1330-1400 on 12075 KNX 100 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi Sat-Thu
1330-1400 on 15340 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SoAs Hindi Sat-Thu
1400-1415 on 12075 KNX 100 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Telugu Thu not // on 15340
1400-1415 on 15340 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SoAs Telugu Thu not // on 12075
1415-1430 on 12075 KNX 100 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Telugu Thu
1415-1430 on 15340 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SoAs Urdu Daily
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/reach-beyond-australia-on-12075-and.html


AUSTRALIA    Upcoming frequency change of Reach Beyond Australia:
1100-1115 NF 11990 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Tibetan Sun, ex 9900
1100-1115 NF 11990 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Vietnamese Tue/Fri, ex 9900
1115-1130 NF 11990 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Chinese Hakka Wed, ex 9900
1115-1130 NF 11990 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Chinese Falam Fri, ex 9900
1115-1130 NF 11990 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Burmese Sat, ex 9900
1115-1130 NF 11990 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs English Sun-Tue/Thu, ex 9900
1130-1145 NF 11990 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Chinese Falam Sun/Wed, ex 9900
1130-1145 NF 11990 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Chinese Hakka Mon/Fri, ex 9900
1130-1145 NF 11990 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Burmese Tue/Thu, ex 9900
1130-1145 NF 11990 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs English Sat, ex 9900
1145-1215 on  9900 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Rawang, cancelled
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/frequency-change-of-reach-beyond.html


CLANDESTINE   Two clandestine transmissions on Saturdays only:
Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti:
1500-1530 on 15515*TIG 150 kW / 165 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat
* first 6 seconds - wrong Radio Romania International IS/ID
Radio Inyabutatu:
1600-1700 on 21480 ISS 100 kW / 144 deg to SoAf Kinyarawanda Sat
1800-1900 on 17605 ISS 100 kW / 144 deg to SoAf Kinyarawanda Sat, new additional
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/two-clandestine-transmissions-on.html


CUBA   Frequency change of Cuban Spy Number HM01:
0554-0648 NF 14375 secret / hidden tx ?Bejucal? Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat, ex 9330
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/frequency-change-of-cuban-spy-number.html


INDIA   All India Radio in DRM mode in two frequencies in parallel
1945-2045 on  7550 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Hindi DRM test, instead of AM
1945-2045 on  9950 ALG 250 kW / 312 deg to WeEu Hindi DRM
1945-2045 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Hindi
2045-2230 on  7550 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English DRM test, instead of AM
2045-2230 on  9950 ALG 250 kW / 312 deg to WeEu English DRM
2045-2230 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/all-india-radio-in-drm-mode-in-two.html


MADAGASCAR(non)   R.IMARA again with 2 minutes open carrier, dead air and:
1800-1802 on 17540 MDC 250 kW / 310 deg to SoAf open carrier, dead air and
1802-1858 on 17540 MDC 250 kW / 310 deg to SoAf Mon/Wed/Fri, videos Apr.22
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/radio-imara-again-with-2-minutes-open.html


NIGERIA   Surprisingly good reception of Voice of Nigeria on April 22/24:
2000-2100 on  9689.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa
2100-2200 on  7255.0 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf Fulfulde
2100-2200 on 11769.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Arabic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/surprisingly-good-reception-of-voice-of.html


PAKISTAN   Radio Pakistan in Urdu was heard surprisingly again on shortwave:
1400-1500 on 15485 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N/ME, ex 1330-1530 on 15235 A-14
1700-1800 on 15700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu, ex 1700-1900 on 11570 A-14
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/radio-pakistan-in-urdu-was-heard.html


PAKISTAN   Observations of Radio Pakistan PBC on April 23,24 and 25:
April 23
1200-1300 on 15700 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese, QRM Farda on 15690
// frequency 11570 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese is off
1330-1530 on 15485 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu off always at 1500 UTC
// frequency 17510 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu is off
April 24
0500-0700 on 15395 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu very poor reception
// frequency 17835 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu is off
0830-1100 on 15320 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu no signal
// frequency 17700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu no signal
1330-1530 on 15485 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu no signal
// frequency 17510 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu no signal
1700-1900 on 15700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu till 1800 UTC and off
// frequency 11570 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu is off
April 25
0830-1100 on 15320 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu, confirmed 1000-1100 UTC
0830-1100 on 17700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
Full summer A-15 schedule of Radio Pakistan may be found here
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/observations-of-radio-pakistan-pbc-on.html


PALAU   Cancelled transmission of Brother Stair TOM via T8WH Angel 4:
1600-1700 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English from April 20
My last recordings of Brother Stair via T8WH Angel 4 on Tue, April 7:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/cancelled-transmission-of-brother-stair.html


PALAU   Furusato no Kaze an event held in NY "International Symposium on
Human Rights Violations Including Abductions By North Korea" live relay:
1400-1600 on 9910 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs on May 5 via T8WH Angel 5
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/furusato-no-kaze-live-relay-on-may-5.html


SECRETLAND   Extended transmission of Denge Kurdistan via Secretbrod:
1300-1700 on 11510 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 1300-1600
plus spurious signals on 11490 and 11530 plus 2hx 23020, respectively
1700-1900 on 11510 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 1600-1900
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/extended-transmission-of-denge.html


SECRETLAND   Radio Spaceshuttle will have special test broadcast at new time
2000-2100 on 13800 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Apr.26, ex 1800-1900
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/radio-spaceshuttle-will-have-special.html


SRI LANKA(non)   Last test broadcast of PCJ Radio International via Sala
1942-2000 on  9405 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu English LSB R.Revival mx
2000-2100 on  9405 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu English LSB on April 24:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/last-test-broadcast-of-pcj-radio_25.html


SWEDEN   Shortwave transmissions from Sala, Sweden on April 25/26:
Radio Revival on April 25
1100-1200 on  7440 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu English CUSB, nothing heard
1100-1200 on  9405 SAL 005 kW / non-dir to WeEu English AM, cancelled
Swedish DX Federation on April 25
1200-1300 on  7440 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu English CUSB, nothing heard
1200-1300 on  9405 SAL 005 kW / non-dir to WeEu English AM, cancelled
The Ronny B Goode Show on April 25
1300-1400 on  9405 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu English CUSB
Radio Six International on April 25
1400-1600 on  3975 SAL 005 kW / non-dir to WeEu English AM, cancelled
1400-1600 on  9405 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu English CUSB
Radio City on April 26
0900-1000 on  9405 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu English CUSB
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/shortwave-transmissions-from-sala.html


TAJIKISTAN(non)   Frequency change of clandestine Radio Free North Korea
1230-1330 NF 15590 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 9330, videos:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/frequency-change-of-radio-free-north.html


TURKEY vs ALBANIA(non)   Voice of Turkey vs China Radio International:
0600-0855 on 11750 EMR 500 kW / 097 deg to WeAs Turkish Voice of Turkey
0600-0657 on 11750 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME English China Radio Int
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/strong-collisions-between-voice-of.html


UNIDentified station, probably test of Radio Cairo, long Arabic songs:
till 1232 on 9964.6 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm, strong on April 26:
1245-1300 on 9964.6 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm, strong on April 22:
0945-1025 on 9964.7 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm, low audio on Apr.21
Test of Radio Cairo, part two on April 21:
1245-1255 on  9964.7 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm Indonesian Radio Cairo
// frequency 15710.0 ABS 250 kW / 091 deg to SEAs Indonesian Radio Cairo
1255-1305 on  9964.7 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm Arabic Radio Cairo GS?
not//1300 on 15535,2 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Arabic Radio Cairo A15
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/unidentified-station-probably-test-of.html


UNIDentified in Urdu, probably Azad Jammu & Kashmir Radio:
1600-1755 on  7265 ISL 100 kW / non dir to SoAs Urdu/Kashmiri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/unidentified-in-urdu-probably-azad.html


USA/PALAU   Additional transmissions of World Harvest Radio for A-15 season:
0700-0800 on  5920 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Mon-Sat WHRI Angel 6
1200-1300 on 15640 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Mon-Sat T8WH Angel 4
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/additional-transmissions-of-world_22.html


USA(non)   IBB changes:
Radio Farda
1500-2400 on  5865 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs Persian, additional frequency
Voice of America Afia Darfur
1900-1930 NF  9470 SAO 100 kW / 052 deg to SDN  Arabic, ex 9815 // 9775,11615
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/ibb-changes_26.html


UZBEKISTAN(non)   Frequency change of clandestine Voice of Martyrs:
1600-1730 NF  7510 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 7530, videos:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/frequency-change-of-clandestine-voice.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire