sabato 29 febbraio 2020

Voice of Vietnam transmitter trouble

This is the (5th) alternate reserve TX always in defunct funtion at Son Tay site north-west of Hanoi.


VIETNAM    11720 kHz   TERRIBLE -13x- SPURS   FENCE   in 25 mb tonight of VoVTN Vietnamese from Son Tay site at 23.54 UT on Dec 4,

similar to recent defunct TX outlet on 9730 kHz 16-22 UT to Europe, visible and heard spurious from Son Tay transmitter each 8 kHz apart frequency distance.

Tonight Dec 4 / 5 now a lot of VoVTN spurious too in 25 mb:
11664 11672 11688 11696 11704 11712 11720(and CNH co-ch)
11728 11736 11744 11752 11768 11784 11792 kHz

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb   df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 4/5, 2019)
 

----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Roe <alan-roe-swl@randa33.co.uk>
Sent: Saturday, February 29, 2020 9:35 PM
Subject: [bdxc-news] V of Vietnam transmitter trouble

VIETNAM. V of Vietnam seems to be having transmitter trouble right now  (Sat 29 Feb from 1915UT tune in). I am hearing the German and French  service on 9730kHz on every 8khz from 9690 to 9778khz (ie on 9690 9698  9706 9714 9722 9730 9738 9746 9754 9762 9770 and 9778)! Double checked  that it's not my radio setup, and confirmed also via Twente webSDR. (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK)

Shortwave reception from Sofia February 29

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Shortwave reception from Sofia February 29. Videos can be found on
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCShmxjLnxp_dhZhbteQi3XQ/videos
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CHINA   CNR-1 Jamming vs SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng in 25mb on February 29
from 0929 on 12150 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, fair to good

GERMANY   Evangelische Missions Gemeinden EMG via MBR Nauen on February 29
1130-1200 on  6055 NAU 125 kW / 222 deg to CeEu German Sat/Sun, good signal

GERMANY   Missionswerk Friedensstimme MWF via MBR Nauen on February 29:
1600-1628 on  6060 NAU 250 kW / 080 deg to EaEu Russian Sat, good signal

GERMANY(non)   Radio Nord Sea Int/Goldrausch via Channel 292, February 29
0700-0800 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Sat, weak to fair.

GERMANY(non)   Radio Waves International via Channel 292 on February 29:
0800-0900 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu Eng/Fre Sat, fair to good

GERMANY(non)   Reception of JACK FM via Channel 292, February 29
0900-1100 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Sat, fair.

GERMANY(non)   From the Isle of Music via Channel 292, February 29
1200-1300 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu Eng/Spa Sat, good.

GERMANY(non)   Reception of Bible Voice Broadcasting via MBR Nauen February 29
1430-1500 on 11900 NAU 250 kW / 102 deg to SoAs English Sat, fair/good signal.

GERMANY(non)   Reception of HCJB Voice of The Andes via MBR Nauen, February 29
1529-1629 on  9500 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Russian/Chechen Sat, very good

GREECE   Transmitter problem of Voice of Greece in 31mb February 29:
till 0745 on  9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Music tx#3 & off air

GUAM   Reception of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia in 41mb on February 29
1318-1346 on  7510 TWR 200 kW / 320 deg to EaAs English Sat, very weak

KOREA SOUTH   Frequency change of Voice of Freedom VOF in 49mb:
0300-0800 NF  6045 HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, ex 5920
0900-1400 NF  6045 HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, ex 5920
1500-2000 NF  6045 HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, ex 5920
2100-0200 NF  6045 HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, ex 5920

NUMBERS STATION   Good signal of E11 Oblique in 60mb, February 29
0805-0808 on  4909 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of E07a English Man in 25mb on February 29:
0920-0922 on 12153 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode, fair

ROMANIA(non)   Radio City The Station of the Cars via Saftica February 29
0900-1000 on  9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu German Sat, fair to good.

SECRETLAND(non)   IRRS Radio Warra Wangeelaa via SPL Secretbrod February 29
1500-1503 on 15515 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf open carrier / dead air and
1503-1530 on 15515 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Sat, good signal

THAILAND   HSK9 Radio Thailand World Service in 31mb, February 29:
1400-1430 on  9940 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English, weak/fair

USA   NO SIGNAL between 1200 and 1400UTC on 15770 kHz via WRMI tx#9 on February 29:
1200-1300 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Dly Brother HySTAIRical TOM
1300-1330 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat World of Radio WOR#2023
1330-1400 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat Shortwave Radiogram#141
from 1400 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Supreme Master TV is on air



--

73! Ivo Ivanov


More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

Media & Tech - 29/02/2020

Radio Northsea International live broadcast

Radio Northsea International tribute station has a live broadcast with Wolfgang Mekelburg scheduled via Channel 292:

Radio Northsea is in the Air everywhere on Shortwave.


On Sunday, March 01th, 2020 we will broadcast live from 08:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. (CET) [1900-2100 UTC] on the shortwave 6070 kHz (49m band) and 7440 kHz (41m band) We want to test the possibilities of transmission. 

Please send us a reception report to info@radio-northsea.de

https://www.radio-northsea.de/



Media & Tech L'Approfondimento - 29/02/2020

LA ROSA DE TOKIO PARA EL SÁBADO 29 DE FEBRERO 2020

LA ROSA DE TOKIO PARA EL SÁBADO 29 DE FEBRERO 2020
 
La Rosa de Tokio es un programa dedicado a difundir el apasionante mundo de la radio y del diexismo que se transmite semanalmente desde los estudios de LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, (AM1270 kHz) http://www.radioprovincia.gba.gob.ar/ La Plata, República Argentina.
 
El tema de la semana:
HOY CONOCIENDO A LAS RADIOS DE LA PROVINCIA ARGENTINA DE MISIONES, PROGRAMA 2
No se pierdan los archivos de audio históricos con los cuales se ilustran cada programa.
 
LA ROSA DE TOKIO se irradia los sábados de 23:00 a 24:00 UTC (20:00 a 21:00 hora argentina) por los 1270 kHz y en Internet por http://www.amprovincia.com.ar
 
Además, una extensa red de emisoras de frecuencia modulada de toda la República Argentina retransmite en forma semanal nuestro programa en diferentes días y horarios.
 
La Rosa de Tokio también sale por onda corta gracias a las facilidades brindadas por WRMI Radio Miami Internacional http://www.wrmi.net
 
También puede ser escuchada en cualquier momento entrando en la página ProgramasDX y haciendo “click” en http://programasdx.com/larosadetokio.htm
 
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La Rosa de Tokio es producida y conducida por Omar José Somma y Arnaldo Leonel Slaen y cuenta con la colaboración habitual de Rubén Guillermo Margenet, desde Rosario y Alejandro Daniel Álvarez, desde Neuquen.
 
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NUEVO PROGRAMA DE HISTORIAS DE RADIO DE DANIEL CAMPORINI. 29 DE FEBRERO 2020 - LA RADIO COLONIAL ITALIANA

NUEVOS PROGRAMAS DE HISTORIAS DE RADIO DE DANIEL CAMPORINI
29 DE FEBRERO 2020
 
LA RADIO COLONIAL ITALIANA
Hacia finales de la década de 1930, el ente italiano de audiciones radiofónicas, creado por el gobierno de Mussolini, había completado la cadena nacional de emisoras, con estaciones estratégicamente distribuidas por toda la península. Al mismo tiempo en la ciudad de Roma, se construye la planta transmisora de onda corta en Prato, Smeraldo, que en ese momento era considerada como una de las más potentes del mundo, con transmisiones hacia Europa, América y LejanoOriente…
 
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Glenn Hauser logs February 28-29, 2020

WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE

Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update.
https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) India - All India R: Updated link to daily "cuesheet" pdf
2) Taiwan - R Taiwan Int: Updated links to frequency and programme pages
3) USA - WBCQ/WRMI: moved Encore Classical Music programme link from WBCQ to WRMI

Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be mid
March (DST changes). Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe, Feb 28)

** CANADA. 6754-USB, Feb 28 at 0645 check, CHR is off again - maybe just a break, not continuous; propagation OK as CHU 7850-CUSB is VG.

15034-USB, Feb 28 at 1447, Trenton Military is still on here, VG.

6754-USB, Feb 29 at 0001, ``Comox, Comox, no report received. Trenton Military, Out`` -- so on but breaking again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15369.23, Feb 28 at 2327, RHC S9+20, overmodulated/distorted and still way off-frequency, day 17. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Weather warm-up leads to some minor tropo; Hepburn map shows level 1 enhancement roughly over southern half of OK, not including Enid, as of 1500 UT Feb 28.

Channel 51 to 7 bandscan circa 1530 UT finds two, but only two, BAD DX signals where none appear normally, RF 36 and RF 35. 35 is slightly stronger so I stay on it and it starts to partially decode; animated kidvid in English, Indian theme. E/I bug in the upper right; tiny bug in LR looks like FNN?

Certainly not KUOK Woodward with Univision. Of the six LP or translators in OK on RF 35, the obvious fit in W9WI.com is 15 kW, K47MU-D in Concho, still showing its former call when on RF 47, programming being FNX. What`s that?

Rabbitears.info includes it in the OKC market with new call K35MV-D, licensed to the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes, tower 2 miles west of US 81, about halfway between St Hwy 3 and El Reno, NW of OKC. And the net:

https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=First+Nations+Experience

Originates at San Bernardino Community College, shows 28 scattered affiliates around the country, and leads to own: https://fnx.org/ which explains, ``First Nations Experience --- FNX is The first and only nationally broadcast television network in the U.S. exclusively devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content.`` I wonder if it Must be carried on Cox Cable OKC? Is it easily visible elsewise?

Its current program sked shows what I am seeing:

``Bizou and the Groundhog #127
 Friday, February 28, 09:30 am on FNX NAT - Duration: 0:22:01 Description: Come sing and dance with Bizou as she takes you on a picturesque journey into the wonderful world of groundhogs, nature's cutest little digger. [CC] Broadcast In: English``

Most likely RF 36 is in OKC proper, KUOK-CD, sibling or tail wagging dog of KUOK RF 35 in Woodward, defacto Univision affiliate for OKC. That`s why the full power UNI signal from RF 29 KTUZ Shawnee, shared with Telemundo and Estrella, remaps to ``36``, so locals might get either, or both and not tell them apart. But there are a bunch of other LP 36s around the state (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 28 at 2327, VOT English is AWOL again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Fri Feb 28 around 2140 UT, caradio turned on to loud exotic ME/African music, soon proven to be `Music Time in Africa`, as Hyper Heather names herself at next and every break: what an ego trip! Despite this I listen for the music on this bigsig which will probably be deleted a month from now in the A-season, with this hour back to 15580 and back to Botswana.

Toward hourend she plays only snippets and talx over them. I know I am not going to change the world about this, but as a classical music announcer I would *never* talk over the music (except during a well-established and repeated program theme), as that would be disrespectful to the music, composers and performers, and annoying to listeners.

I would also apply this ethic to any genre an announcer is hosting. (Yet a lot of rock songs deliberately provide instrumental lead-ups for DJs to yammer. Great continuity?)

As always, closing summary of several weekend MTIA times misses this very one; she has been adding ``hundred`` to times not ending in 00, but that happens only once this week, ``2205-hundred``. A cleaner transition than usual to Yankee-Doodle-Dandy VOA sign-off, but that is still being chopped off at 2200:39*, a few notes before it concludes: more disrespect or sloppyration (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2023 monitoring: missed checking Fri Feb 28 at 2300 on WRMI 9955; did anyone hear it; jamming?

Confirmed UT Sat Feb 29 at 0145 the 0130s on WRMIs: 5010 F-G S9/+10; 5850 VG S9+30/40; 7780, VP S7-S9. Next:

1300 UT Saturday   WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday   WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday      WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
2130 UT Sunday      WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday      WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday      WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday      WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday      WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday      Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday      Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday      IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday    WRMI 7780 to NE
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday   WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490.2v), UT Sat Feb 29 at 0100, WBCQ webcast filling with Loutuma Girl, so we know who`s next, despite William Tell Overture to follow. TimTron blubbers and belches before it`s over. Opening says he was not feeling well last two weeks when asked to do it, wants to do a show of significance instead of pulling one out of his ass. Thinx Lyme disease is resurging in him. Soon announces current date correctly of Feb 28, YOOL 2020. Acknowledges SWL Winterfest now underway not in Kulpsville PA any more. Into discussion of Drumpf`s PIRATE Act, or rather reading an article about it. Soon into hard rock, which AW never plays when on his show himself, except maybe in an emergency.

At 0119 I switch to SW 7490.17 direct where it`s S9+10, as TTT said, ``simulcasting on 5130, I believe``. Yes, and that sounds stronger here but also reads S9/+10. Back to discussing PIRATE act, advises not to broadcast ads or QRM aeronautical, which is main objexion leading to pirate act. Mentions ham traffic nets which are no longer needed, but just social nets like ``Lonely Guys`` tomorrow. Reads part of WAPO article about someone wanting permission from UK and USA to retrieve Marconi radio equipment from the RMS Titanic wreck --- and restore it? Probably nothing any good left of it. Going inside the wreck, grave of 1500 souls, has been disallowed so far. 0132 song. 0137 suddenly conversation with a caller about PIRATE act, not worth risking $100K fines; until 0152 more rock; never heard him identified. 0143 both fading down, and 0147 I go back to webcast. Belch at 0158:35 as TT is upwrapping, 0159 `Happy Trails to You` not by Roy Rogers, somewhat off-key; canned singing ID with the Q of WBCQ cut short before it resolve, into Hal Turner theme, tune-out!

BTW, two or three times during the hour I quickly scanned the 4+ and 7- MHz pirate radio bands and heard not a one, despite SWL Fest underway. Have they really been scared off SW by the PIRATE act? But then I seldom hear any, while others further east do. Fest`ers might be later at night than usual.

Does anyone know of any live non-pirate SWBCs planned from the Fest? Not I; most likely would appear on some WRMI or WBCQ/Area 51 shows.

Here`s John Carver`s summary of AAAWWW:

``Tonight's show started a bit late this evening with TimTron as host. Decent signal on 7490 this evening. 5130 had the transmitter on but no program till about three minutes after TOH. Mentions of the SWL Fest in PA going on this weekend. Tim says his Lyme disease has flared up again and he is back on heavy antibiotics again. Jumps into reading an article on the new Pirate Radio law signed last month. Then into some music. Back into pirate radio after the music and then read an article about an effort to remove the radio equipment from the wreckage of the Titanic.

Back to pirate radio and makes an effort to point out the difference between a low power SW pirate and pirates that operate in the AM and FM bands and at the top of the FM band then into some more music. After the music ended Mr. Mike popped up on the air and the discussion of pirate radio continued for awhile and then into some more music. Program was over at 0200. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0253 UT February 29

venerdì 28 febbraio 2020

Media & Tech - 28/02/2020

The K7RA Solar Update

Still no sunspots through all of February, except for the first day of the month. I keep watching for possible sunspot activity over the solar horizon on https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ . Recently I noticed a promising looking white area, and in the past few days at Spaceeweather.com they pointed out two new regions just over the horizon.

As of Thursday night, both areas still appear to be transitioning over the horizon at -90 degrees shown on the STEREO monitor at the above URL. But so far nothing in the daily 45 day forecast of solar flux shows any associated increase related to this.

Average daily solar flux changed slightly from 70.9 to 70.5 over the recent week, and geomagnetic indicators remained quiet.

Predicted solar flux over the next 45 days is 70 on February 28 through March 3, and 71 on March 4 through April 12.

Predicted planetary A index is 5 on February 28 through March 3, then 12, 12 and 8 on March 4-6, 5 on March 7-14, then 10, 8, 10, 8, 5, 10 and 8 on March 15-21, then 5, 8, 12 and 10 on March 22-25, 5 on March 26-30, then 20, 15 and 8 on March 31 through April 2, then 5 on April 3-12.

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period February 28 to March 25, 2020 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH.

Geomagnetic field will be
quiet on: March 11-14
quiet to unsettled on: March 1-3, 15, 18, 21, 23-25
quiet to active on: February (28-29), March 7-10, 19-20, 22
unsettled to active on: March 4-6, 16-17
active to disturbed: NONE!

Solar wind will intensify on: February (28 -29), March 5-7, (17-22).

Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.

Interesting article about the Kodaikanal observatory in India with some nice butterfly diagrams and charts of daily sunspot area: https://bit.ly/39dyFD6

Next weekend the Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico hosts an open house: https://bit.ly/2I53GwO

Solar activity and whale navigation: https://bit.ly/2Pw3KtK

And the New York Times weighs in: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/science/whales-sunspots.html

Mike Schaffer, KA3JAW, in Easton, Pennsylvania monitors 11 meters for evidence of sporadic-e skip. On Monday, February 24 he reports: “Sporadic-e lasted for nearly three hours from 9:58 AM (1458 UTC) to 12:49 PM (1749 UTC).

“At first, stations were coming from the west with signals from Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The furthest was a station in Chicago at 650 miles.

“Half-way into the activity, at around 11:33 am (1633 UTC), sporadic-e changed directions toward the south with signals arriving from Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. The furthest signal during that round came from Jackson, Mississippi at 1013 miles.”

If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at k7ra@arrl.net.

For more information concerning radio propagation, see http://www.arrl.org/propagation and the ARRL Technical Information Service at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.

An archive of past propagation bulletins is at http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.

Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.

Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.

Sunspot numbers for February 20 through 26, 2020 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 70.8, 71.2, 70.2, 70.1, 70.2, 70.6, and 70.1, with a mean of 70.5. Estimated planetary A indices were 8, 14, 9, 5, 4, 3, and 4, with a mean of 6.7. Middle latitude A index was 5, 10, 7, 4, 3, 3, and 3, with a mean of 5.

Propagation News – 1 March 2020

Interest in the VP8PJ DXpedition to the South Orkney Islands remains high. The team has now been on the island for one week and many UK amateurs have worked them. At the moment, it looks like beams and linears are the norm for a reliable contact, although they have been heard in the UK on 17 and 20 metres FT8 at -10dB SNR in the afternoon using just loft-mounted dipoles. As they work their way through the pile ups more opportunities to work them may become available. They are currently due to remain on the island until 5 March. As always, the point-to-point facility at rsgb.org/predtest will give you an indication of the best times to work VP8PJ from the UK.

Conditions have been quite settled with the Kp index moving between one and zero. The Sun continues to remain spotless with a solar flux index of 71. As this report is being prepared there are two small coronal holes on the Sun that are rotating into an Earth-facing position. If these develop, they could cause the Kp index to rise this weekend due to their associated high-speed solar wind streams. This may result in a pre-auroral HF enhancement.

Otherwise, NOAA predicts the Kp index may rise again to four on March the 4th and 5th, presumably due to a returning coronal hole.

We are now heading towards the Spring equinox, which is a good time for north-south HF contacts.

With the Commonwealth Contest on Saturday, 14 March this may be a good time to try as you won’t have any competition from continental contesters.

VHF and up:

It feels like ‘Groundhog Day’ for the VHF/UHF propagation prospects with another week of unsettled weather on the way. There are likely to be several occasions when low pressure systems pass by northern Britain, thus bringing strong winds to Scotland again, but with some windier spells in the south too, though mostly not as strong.

The principal outcome of this weather pattern is that it leaves no room for high pressure to develop over the UK and therefore no chance of tropo for yet another week.

As before, that means that potential exists for some rain scatter activity on the GHz bands using the heavy rain, hail and snow as good scatter points. Sometimes individually from fast-moving small shower clouds, but also from larger areas like active weather fronts making it easier to latch onto the scattering area.

The upper air patterns continue to show strong ‘winter’ jet streams nearby or over the country, so this leads to the slim chance of ‘out-of-season’ sporadic E on 10m and 6m, especially if using the digital modes and, if forced to pick a favoured direction, it would probably be south towards EA and CT.

Moon declination reaches maximum mid-week and path losses are falling with perigee a week on Tuesday, so a good week for EME. 144 MHz sky noise reaches 500K on Tuesday but is generally low for most of the rest of the week.

There are no meteor showers peaking in the coming week, so keep looking for random meteor scatter QSOs around dawn. (rsgb.org)

AMIGOS DE LA ONDA CORTA DE RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA. Programas del 28 de Febrero 2020

AMIGOS DE LA ONDA CORTA DE RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA
Programas del 28 de Febrero 2020
 
Jueves a las 23:00 UTC. Sábados a las 14:05 UTC
 
Amigos de la Onda Corta es un programa de Radio Exterior de España dedicado a las telecomunicaciones y a los oyentes de emisoras de Onda Corta (SW) que tienen como pasatiempo o dedicación especial la captación de las señales de las emisoras extranjeras y el envío de controles de escucha. El desarrollo de las Tecnologías de la Información y de la Comunicación.
Es un programa semanal, que dirige y presenta Antonio Buitrago.
 
En el programa de hoy:
 

LA TRANSFORMACIÓN DIGITAL DE LA RADIO

Es el título de un libro que lleva como subtítulo “Diez claves para su comprensión profesional y académica”. Está editado por Tirant lo Blanch y es una obra colectiva que combina reflexiones y experiencias de profesionales e investigadores académicos. Son 23 profesores de 17 universidades españolas y de 12 miembros de entidades del sector. Hablamos con sus dos coordinadores: Luis Miguel Pedrero, catedrático en la Facultad de Comunicación y Artes de la Universidad Nebrija, de Madrid, y José Mª García-Lastra, socio director de Cristaliza, y responsable de proyectos de consultoría para cadenas de radio y TV. La obra trata de identificar, describir y sistematizar las claves sobre las que la industria radiofónica articula su propia transformación digital para atender las exigencias de unos oyentes convertidos ya en usuarios activos en todos los canales.
 
NOTICIAS:
- 75 años de historia de Radio Canadá Internacional.
- España lidera el ranking en Europa en cuanto al número de empresas de radiodifusión.
- Buscan modernizar el himno de Eurovisión.
- El Grupo español de Comunicación Prisa vende Radio Panamá y la radiofórmula Los 40 a TVN Media.
- El Lab de RTVE ha estrenado la primera serie documental en vídeo vertical para Instagram TV..
- La plataforma de streaming Disney+ llegará a España a finales de marzo.
 
INFORME Nº 4 DE LA AER (Asociación Española de Radioescucha).
 
MÚSICA Y RADIO: “Radio Rebelde” de la banda The Baboon Show.
 
Amigos de la Onda Corta “A la Carta”:
 
Página de Radio Exterior de España:
 
Horarios y frecuencias en Onda Corta
 
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Cordiales 73
Programas DX

Glenn Hauser logs February 26-27-28, 2020

** AUSTRIA [and non]. 5980, Feb 27 at 0251, carrier vs pointless pulse jamming from Cuba. At 0200-0300, AWR in Urdu, Punjabi via Moosbrunn (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 6754-USB, Feb 27 at 0237, CHR, Trenton Military, is back! Had been missing exactly a month, first noted absent January 27 also from 15034-USB daytime. Since then I have bandscanned past 15034 at least once daily, and 6754-USB less than nightly. 6754-USB is now S9+10 with usual ``no report received`` from many but not all, currently Lajes, Keflavik, Shannon, Prestwick. The same repeat a few times but not always with the same NRRs. 0241 ID ``This is Trenton Military, Time 0140 Z`` -- so they *still* haven`t set their clock from 61 minutes slow. Another sesquiweek and it should be almost right again, if DST/ST caused such confusion. Then into the usual rotation of Canadian bases, some of them NRR, until the next ID at 0246 as if ``0145 Z``.

15034-USB is also back, Feb 27 at 1546, VG peaking S9+30. The question is, how did all those Canadian military flights manage without CHR on SW for a month? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2023)

** CUBA. 6000, Feb 27 at 0250, RHC English is S9+10/20 but JB modulated; much better on only // 6145. Something`s always wrong at RHC. BTW, something you will not hear about on RHC! ---

Personal Hygiene in Cuba: Positively Medieval --- 'Is it possible to imagine a Cuban minister in 1958 telling the people that they cannot use soap or brush their teeth for three months?' by Roberto Álvarez Quiñones, Los Ángeles 17 Feb 2020 - 17:54 CET  https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1581958465_11316.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15369.2+, Feb 27 at 2319, quick check to reconfirm RHC is *Still* way off-frequency from 15370, day 16. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 6224-USB, Feb 27 at 0711, marine weather in Enzlish, numbers digit-by-digit, only concerning barometer, visibility, wind speed and direxion, probably for many locations I can`t copy on weak signal, around the coasts of NZ as this is exclusive channel for ZLM, Taupo Maritime Radio, as in EiBi, with numerous 32-minute broadcasts starting at :03 or :33 past the hours, but not every semihour. 0715 recites frequency list I can`t copy either but per EiBi they are: 2207, 4146, 6224, 8297, 12356, 16531 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7480, Feb 28 at 0331, anti-Christ pirate, Station YHWH is S9 but undermodulated, unreadable but recognisable; tnx to tip from Rick Barton in the Sonoran desert of AZ; his alternate night frequency, usually 7470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 27 at 2319, VOT manages to be on air today during music break (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 6993.0-AM, Feb 27 at 0208, JBA carrier, S3-S4 also noted various night times recently. Presumed WH2XWF in Florida, as per previous reports, lastly in DXLD 18-22:

``6993, May 24 [2018] at 0000, JBA carriers, at least two beating from slightly different frequencies. Often audible but not logged since last September as in http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1737.txt from presumed WH2XWF, experimental 164-watt transmitters with several locations in Florida, to study ionospheric disturbances, never IDing, nothing but dead air. The original info about these was in: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1616.txt (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

** U S A. 13554-CW, Feb 27 at 1455, HIFER beacon, JBA, heard WV sent twice, then fadeout or off before I could measure it. LWCA has it on 13554.98 from Richwood, West Virginia, i.e. almost 13555. Now regular K6FRC from California also audible better on 13565 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2023) 

** U S A [and non]. 13788, 13804, 13836, 13852, Feb 27 at 1459, spur carriers from Radio Martí 13820 Grimesland transmitter are again JBA, at slightly more than 16 kHz multiples; vs some splatter from jammer on 13820 out to the first order at least (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2022 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday February 26 at 2120 the 2100 on WRMI 7780, JBA on caradio once I get away from some powerlines 

Also confirmed Wed Feb 26 at 2215 the 2200 on WBCQ 7490.177v, fair S9-S7

Also confirmed UT Thu Feb 27 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, good via UTwente, JBA in Romania, not audible on SDRs in Finland, India

WORLD OF RADIO 2023 contents: Antarctica, Bougainville, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada and non, China, Cuba, France, Germany and non, Israel, Jordan, Korea South, Kurdistan non, North America, Perú, Romania, Scotland non, Sudan, Taiwan non, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu; andt he propagation outlook

WOR 2023 is available as of 0314 UT Friday February 28
(mp3 stream)    http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2023.m3u
(mp3 download)  http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2023.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday    Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2300 UT Friday    WRMI 9955 to SSE
[usually starts with heavy jamming but maybe abates]
0130 UT Saturday  WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE
1300 UT Saturday  WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
2130 UT Sunday    WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday    WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday    WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday    WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday    WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday    Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday    Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday    IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday   WRMI 7780 to NE
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday  WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Feb 27 at 0223-0233+, S9+20 of dead air from WRNO. What`s the point of transmitting but not modulating? Is the site at Metairie LA unpersonned, mis-relying on remote control from Fort Worth? Anyway an improvement over usual gospel-huxtering (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1090, Feb 27 at 0702 UT, KAAY Little Rock AR keeps on going with commercials and SRN News, failing to provide any ToH deadairhole! So even less chance to ID anything else besides XEAU in its null, and het from 1089 UK. This had been going on since at least January 3 when I first reported it. We`ll hear if KAAY be permanently fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1120, Feb 27 at 0659 UT, KTXW, Manor-Austin ID with KMOX St Louis nulled. KMOX certainly dominates at night, but I have long been hearing something else by nulling it, wondering if it were new 50 kW daytimer KCRN in Colorado, which a while ago was being reported at night; KTXW is supposed to be only 155 watts night, or is it 5600 day power? Both of them gospel huxters (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1160, Feb 27 at 0706 UT, KSL Salt Lake UT ID, then a minute of dead air until Jim Bohannon start at 0707, but with a subhost. Dratted IBOC from 1170 KFAQ Tulsa QRMs from 1157 peak, nulling as much as possible; and I suppose KSL return the disfavor on 1173, but much less obvious here so much closer to Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1210, Feb 27 at 0708 UT, IDs in English for KUBR San Juan TX in the RGV and multi-station FM & AM network; otherwise, gospel-huxtering in Spanish, not to be mistaken for Mexican. I check this sometimes with KGYN nulled, for 50 kW daytimer in Michigan, WJNL which for months used to run reliably all night, but apparently not any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7525-USB, Feb 27 at 0220, 2-way unseems Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0453 UT February 28

Agenda DX 28/02/2020

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTE
Radio Nuevo Mundo, Perù 4881 Khz (1970)
KAQQ, Spokane 590 Khz (1922)

Ritorno al radioascolto

Ho rimesso in pista il mitico FRG7, il Degen 1103 ed il vecchio Sony ICF7600, ho acquistato il WRTH 2020 e per ora ho ascoltato qualche broadcasting internazionale (R. Vaticana in bielorusso, REE, Radio Romania internazionale).

Interessante l'ascolto del test di Radio Taiwan in francese sui 6005 kHz.

Ecco i dati dei miei ascolti:

13/2 7235kHz 2035UTC 55555  Radio Romania Internazionale in Spagnolo px speciale per la giornata mondiale della radio
18/2 15270kHz 1325UTC 55544 Voice of Turkey in EE
23/2 6070kHz 1002UTC 55555 Radio DARC in tedesco programma per radioamatori (che bella sorpresa per me!)
23/2 6005kHz 1900UTC 55444 Radio Taiwan Int. in francese (px test)
24/2 6185kHz 1703UTC 55454 Radio Vaticana in bielorusso

Ciao e a presto!
Davide IW2NZR

ACTUALIDAD DX DEL VIERNES 28 DE FEBRERO DE 2020

ACTUALIDAD_DX.COM.AR el programa dedicado al diexismo, la radioafición, onda corta, las comunicaciones y los entornos digitales, editado por Arnaldo Slaen, quien presenta los contenidos junto a Luis María Barassi, Director de RAE Argentina al Mundo.

ACTUALIDAD DX DEL VIERNES 28 DE FEBRERO DE 2020

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Cordiales 73 
Programas dx

giovedì 27 febbraio 2020

Media & Tech - 27/02/2020

Shortwave reception from Sofia February 26-27

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Shortwave reception from Sofia February 26-27. Videos can be found here
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ARMENIA(non)   Good signal of Trans World Radio India in 31mb on February 26
1315-1420 on  9300 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi & Indian langs Mon-Fri
1420-1424 on  9300 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri. Again wrong
A-19 summer time announcement in English px: Mon-Fri 1535-1539UT on 9300 kHz

ARMENIA(non)   Extended broadcast of Trans World Radio India in 31mb on February 27:
1315-1445 on  9910 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs various Indian langs, ex 1315-1430UT
*from 1430 on 9905 SDA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Korean Adventist World Radio AWR QRM

FRANCE(non)   Very good signal of Eye Radio via TDF Issoudun on February 26:
1600-1700 on 15410 ISS 250 kW / 138 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic/English* Mon-Fri
* including other local languages: Dinka; Nuer; Shilluk; Bari; Zande; Lutoho

FRANCE(non)   Reception of BRB Denge Welat via TDF Issoudun, February 27:
1500-1559 on 11530 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, very good signal
1600-2159 on  9525 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, very good signal

GERMANY   New schedule for Shortwave Radio, due to propagation, February 26
0800-2100 on  3975 WIS 001 kW / non-dir to NWEu English Daily, ex 0900-1800
0900-1800 on  6160 WIS 001 kW / non-dir to NWEu English Daily, ex 0900-1500
2100-2400 on  3975 WIS 001 kW / non-dir to NWEu English Daily, is cancelled

GERMANY(non)   Reception of Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen, February 26
1700-1800 on  9610 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Wed, very good signal

GERMANY(non)   Special 12-Hour Marathon via Channel 292, March 4/11
From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot
0800-2000 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu Eng/Spa Wed March 4
Radio DARC Deutscher Amateur Radio Club e.V.
0800-2000 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Wed March 11

KOREA SOUTH   Reception of KBS World Radio in 31mb, Fenruary 27
1300-1400 on  9645 KIM 100 kW / 304 deg to CeAs Russian, fair

KUWAIT   Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait in 19mb on February 26
till 0800 on 15530 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English, good

MOLDOVA(non)   Trans World Radio India via Grigoriopol, February 27:
1345-1445 on  9950 KCH 300 kW / 098 deg to SoAs various Indian langs

NUMBERS STATION   Good signal of Cuban Spy HM01 in 31mb on February 26:
0700-0750 on  9330 BEJ 050 kW / unknown to Eu/Am Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of S06s Russian Lady 25mb, February 26
0830-0836 on 11535*unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, weak
0840-0846 on 11830 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, weak
*QRM at time 11530 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish Denge Welat

NUMBERS STATION   Fair signal of E11 Oblique in 41mb, February 26
0930-0933 on  7469 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode.

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of S06s Russian Lady 31/25mb on February 27
0940-0946 on  9540 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, very good
1200-1205 on 12155 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, weak & off

SRI LANKA   Reception of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation SLBC, February 27
1630-1830 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to N/ME Sinhala City FM - good signal
1702-1800 on 11835 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Tamil Thendral FM-good signal

USA   Again unscheduled 2 mins program of EWTN WEWN-1 on 9385 kHz February 26
0900-0902 on  9385 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf then open carrier and off air
0900-1300 on  9470 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs B-19 registered, BUT INACTIVE

USA   Fair signal of RAE Argentina and Alameda BF via WRMI tx#9 on February 26
1300-1330 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu French Mon-Wed RAE Argentina &
1330-1400 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Mon/Wed/Fri Alameda BF

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Voice of Wilderness via RRTM Telecom Tashkent February 26
1400-1500 on  7615 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, weak to fair signal

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Reception of TWR India via RRTM Telecom Tashkent on February 26
1545-1600 on  6240 TAC 100 kW / 066 deg to CeAs Kazakh, fair, QRM STANAG on 6235v

UZBEKISTAN(non)   NHK World R.Japan via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, February 27:
1530-1600 on  7565 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs Hindi, weak signal+QRM 7570
1500-1557 on  7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English Voice of Korea VOK.


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73! Ivo Ivanov
More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

Radio Bulgaria to resume its audio broadcast

"Radio Bulgaria needs to resume its sound presence and we are to work together with the team, in order to build a firm concept in this direction." This was what BNR Director General Andon Baltakov said in his first interview with Radio Bulgaria.

On the eve of Radio Bulgaria's 84th anniversary, which is celebrated on February 16, 2020, Mr. Baltakov said that broadcasts of the National Radio aimed for foreign countries would be modernized, but would preserve their philosophy - being Bulgaria's window to the world and vice versa. 

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Interview:

After a series of concussions due to the recent crisis in the management of the Bulgarian National Radio, Andon Baltakov was elected General Director of the media by Bulgaria’s Council of Electronic Media. He made his first steps in journalism at Radio Bulgaria, and his work with the most prominent names in the history of the BNR set the direction for his future development. After specializing in the BBC, he joined the Associated Press in New York and later CNN Digital, where he rose to managerial positions.
My career in the United States has given me a lot both professionally and personally. For me as a person and a professional, there comes a time when you start thinking about what you could give in return. As the Bulgarian National Radio underwent several periods of crisis in recent years, I did an analysis before writing my strategy for the future development of the media with which I applied for the post, and came to the conclusion that much of these crises were caused by the way the organization was managed. I think that over the past 20 years, I have not only gained the theoretical knowledge of modern management of a complex structure such as the BNR but I also know the specifics of doing digital journalism and the people who create radio programmes could benefit from that knowledge and my management style. 
The love for the radio medium and the challenge of taking the public broadcaster to the forefront in the digital space motivated Andon Baltakov to take a decisive step towards Bulgaria and leave his settled life and successful career in the United States. Most important to him are the people, not the management functions or systems that exist in an organization. In order to understand what people's attitudes are, he holds meetings with the employees of all departments of the Bulgarian National Radio.
On the one hand, I feel hope, but on the other, fear,” Baltakov says. “I cannot understand why people have been afraid for so long. Fear causes them to not think creatively and has a negative effect on their skills. I want to somehow catalyze the change in this inner feeling inside everyone so that each person can fully develop their abilities and also derive pleasure from their job. This is one of the main factors for successful development.
In the creative organizations where I worked in the US, people go to work with love because they fully develop their creative potential. This is how I come to work every day so I expect it from others, as well. They have my full support, if they are just as sincere as I am in my quest to contribute to the future development of the BNR. "
For the new director general of the BNR, Radio Bulgaria is "Bulgaria's window to the world and of the world to Bulgaria."
With this philosophical framework, I will work with my colleagues at Radio Bulgaria to realize it," he stresses. “With regard to the audio presence of the programme, Baltakov is adamant that it must exist. With the help of the people in the programme, he intends to build a consistent strategy with which broadcasts targeted for audiences abroad can take on a more contemporary look.
As a person who has lived for many years abroad, Andon Baltakov's observations are that foreigners are primarily interested in culture and security, whether they are temporarily residing in a country or visit it simply as tourists. The same applies to us, Bulgarians.
The first thing we check is whether the state is stable. Then we are interested to know about local people, whether they are smiling and responsive, about how they live. Travel guides have all the information about where and what to visit. But what people visiting a country want to know is where the locals go, how they have fun, what makes them happy. The point is to show how we live and how hospitable we are. America is completely different. I cannot compare Bulgaria with the United States. Both countries have their pros and cons. I have traveled and worked in other countries and always wanted to see the good things because every country has something to enrich me with as a person and as a professional. Yes, there are things that we do not like, but it is also good to find the positive ones. This also applies to people - every person, deep down, is innately good!”

FTIOM & UBMP, March 1-7 & Special Marathon

Special 12-Hour Marathon of From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot
March 4 0800-2000 UTC:
On Wednesday, March 4, Radio Channel 292 from Rohrbach Germany will present a special 12-hour marathon of From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot on 6070 Khz from 0800 to 2000 UTC. There will be a special e-QSL for reception reports for the marathon.

From the Isle of Music, March 1-7:
This week, our special guest is Daymé Arocena, who will converse with us in English about her beautiful new album, Sonocardiogram.
The broadcasts take place:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)
If you don’t have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at
http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=9400am
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 (New UTC) on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US).
If you don’t have a shortwave or are out of range, you can listen to a live stream from the WBCQ website here (choose 7490): http://www.wbcq.com/?page_id=7
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany.
If you don’t have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in Europe.
Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/fromtheisleofmusic

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, March 1 and 3:
Episode 153 takes us to Serbia.
On WBCQ only, there is a second half-hour featuring one of the first episodes of our show in 2017.
The transmissions take place:
1.Sundays 2200-2300 NEW UTC (6:00PM -7:00PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
If you don’t have a shortwave or are out of range, you can listen to a live stream from the WBCQ website here (choose 7490): http://www.wbcq.com/?page_id=7
2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe.
If you don’t have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from different web SDRs in Europe.
Visit our Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/UncleBillsMeltingPot


William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer
Tilford Productions, LLC


[the WBCQ UTimes are NOT NEW; they were when we went off DST at the beginning of November; and soon from March 8 will shift one UT hour earlier in order to pretend to be at the same local time --

Posting his publicity here does not constitute an endorsement by gh of any of his sponsors, or of disgraced FB]

Agenda DX 27/02/2020

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Luz y Vida, Honduras 3250 Khz (1979)
Radio Tarqui, Ecuador 4971 Khz (1955)

FESTE NAZIONALI
Festa dell'Indipendenza nella Repubblica Dominicana

San Severo: Successo per la 9a Giornata Mondiale della Radio

Ha ottenuto un notevole successo ed interesse la manifestazione organizzata dall’Associazione Radioamatori Italiani, Sezione di San Severo, in occasione della 9^ Giornata Mondiale della Radio, patrocinata dall’UNESCO.

Nella mattinata del 16 febbraio u.s. sul centralissimo Corso Garibaldi è stato posizionato uno stand dotato di varie postazioni radio operanti sulle frequenze assegnate ai radioamatori da dove sono stati effettuati svariati collegamenti. Inoltre è stato messo a disposizione del pubblico, che si dimostrato particolarmente attratto dall’iniziativa, svariato materiale informativo opportunamente predisposto per l’occasione relativo alla attività radioamatoriale in Italia e nel mondo.

Nell’ inquadrare l’attività radio soprattutto nel campo della Protezione civile, con funzioni di prima assistenza nelle comunicazioni in caso di pubbliche calamitò, all’ evento erano presenti una squadra del Gruppo Emergenza Radio di San Severo – Protezione Civile e una squadra della Croce Rossa Italiana.

Un doveroso ringraziamento ai rispettivi Presidenti per la cortese disponibilità Sig. Gianluca Rinaldesi e sig. Paola Cuccitto.

La manifestazione e le attività radio correlate è stata particolarmente apprezzata dall’ Amministrazione Comunale di San Severo che è stata presente tramite il Vice Presidente del Consiglio Comunale Sig. Enrico Pennacchio.

Durante l’evento inoltre sono giunti in diretta i saluti e gli apprezzamenti da parte del Network internazionale Adventist World Radio durante la trasmissione in onde corte del Magazine Radio Voce della Speranza “Obiettivo Dx,” condotto da Roberto Scaglione.

A conclusione della manifestazione, dopo un breve discorso del Presidente della Sezione ARI di San Severo, Enrico Maggio, riguardante le potenzialità della radiocomunicazioni sul territorio, nel ringraziare tutti gli intervenuti e quanti si sono adoperati alla perfetta riuscita delle attività, sono stati rilasciati agli ospiti dei diplomi e gadget a ricordo.

Ari San Severo IQ7FG

San Severo 16 febbraio 2020

mercoledì 26 febbraio 2020

New Shortwave Radio Services schedule

New broadcasting times of Shortwave Radio effective 26th Feb 2020 until March 28th 2020:

3975 kHz: 09:00 to 21:00 UTC (10:00 to 22:00 CET)

6160 kHz: 08:00 to 18:00 UTC (09:00 to 19:00 CET)

https://shortwaveradio.de/en/current_schedule

Andy (Shortwave Radio Services, Winsen, Germany)

Glenn Hauser logs February 25-26, 2020

** CHINA. 9315, Feb 26 at 1507, VP W&M in Chinese, i.e. CNR1 jammer against RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan at 11-14 & 15-16, altho Aoki does not as*erisk the final hour as jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, Feb 25 at 0723, RHC English is S9+20 and undermodulated. Instead of one frequency after 0700, two more remain on, 6100 S9+30/40 undermodulated but slightly better; 6145 S9+10 undermod and noisy. 5040 and 6060 are off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Feb 25 at 1910, RHC S9+10 of dead air; while 15140 is S9+20 of distorted, humming, choking Arabic. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 18079-CW, Feb 26 at 1543, CO8LY is the OSOB, per QRZ.com: CO8LY, Cuba, Eduardo Somoano Cremati, P.O. Box 104, Santiago de Cuba 90100, Cuba, but QSL only via manager in Spain. I used to hear him on the 12 m band, but now he`s the OSOB on ``17`` m. And nothing on the 16 m ISWBC band either. He`s quite a contester with numerous awards, and portrait: https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.qrz.com/y/co8ly/somoano_201.jpg   (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15369.234, Feb 25 at 2303, RHC is S9+10 and distorted, now day 14 = two weeks of off-frequency, which is very stable, every time I measure it within 1 or 2 Hz, maybe within my own margin of error. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 341 kHz, Feb 25 around 1530 UT, no signal from EI, Enid`s only NDB at Woodring Airport; nor at various other times, night and day, so gone again, for good or not? Was always very weak here a few km, and even fewer miles away. I`m thinking that many years ago there was one on 212 kHz with a different call, ODG? But have not been able to find any reference to it. That`s the current VOR call on VHF (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 25 at 2302, notably, VOT English is on today but undermodulated. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7185-LSB, Feb 25 at 1920, KX4BI calling `CQ Parx On the Air`` and making quick pro-forma contacts as if it were some contest. POTA is one of the logos on his QRZ.com, i.e. KX4BI, Vance E Henry, Killen, AL 35645 USA, which is in the NW corner of Alabama. What park? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565-CW, Feb 26 at 1457, K6FRC HIFER beacon is JBA again, never heard in the afternoons (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13852+, 13836+, 13804-, 13788-, 13772-, Feb 25 at 1535, JJBBA carriers at slightly more than 16 kHz multiples above and below 13820, Radio Martí which is S9+40 on fundamental; at 1615 I manage to measure one, 13852.202, which amounts to 16.101 kHz each. Some later chex inaudible, fundamental level not reaching threshold. They would probably say the spurs are a sufficient db down, so hearing them at all is a challenge (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Final SWBCs of WORLD OF RADIO 2022:
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday  WRMI 7780

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, Feb 25 at 1902, I resolve to listen to SMTV via WRMI since I happen to catch them *not* wasting time listing all their cable TV channels: about Aussie bush fire relief with vegan food, music background; 1907 the SM thanx everyone; 1908 about UNICEF vs flooding in Malawi; S9+10 with deep fades (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5050, Feb 25 at 0725, open carrier again, S9-S7, maybe a trace of modulation? Not related to 5040 Cuba which is now off.

Also Feb 26 at 0627, S7-S8, trace of mod? vs S6-S7 noise level. Now 5040 RHC is still on and splashing. Other ideas: could be an harmonic x 5 of a 1010 station; or in this shared fixed/broadcast band, utility such as an idle RTTY transmitter only occasionally vivified. Not local, as Ron Howard replies:

``Glenn - On Feb 26, random checking of 5050 kHz, between 0452-0620, and heard your UNID. Found there with a significant level carrier, but never any trace of audio; no modulation at all. Still UNID. Ron`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1853 UT February 26

Media & Tech - 26/02/2020


75 years of Radio Canada International

It was February 25, 1945 that the CBC International Service began shortwave broadcasting to Europe. It was designed at the time to provide accurate news to occupied areas in

English French and German, and to provide news from home for the huge contingent of Canadian military personnel serving and fighting in the Second World War.

Since then the “IS” has gone through a variety of changes, including the name which was changed to Radio Canada International in 1970. It has been through several moves, from its first location in a former brothel, to the converted Ford Hotel a few years later, to rented office tower space, to the main headquarters of the French service, Radio-Canada.

QSL cards such as this one from 1964 were collectors items for shortwave listeners around the world, but also an important way for technicians to verify the quality and reach of the signals to places around the world. RCI still gets requests for QSL cards, but as we no longer have a mail room, nor broadcast on shortwave, there are no more QSL cards. (SWLing Post)

It has also gone through a number of language-service changes, from 14 languages during the cold war broadcasting to formerly free countries then under the control of Moscow, to its current five languages, Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic, English and French.

RCI offices today in the lower level of the French language headquarters of Radio-Canada in Montreal ( Leo Gimeno-RCI)

Other changes include the drastic cuts of 2012 which saw some 80 per cent of staff cut and the cessation of shortwave to become its current online operation.

Throughout it all RCI continues to inform on Canadian issues including political, scientific, cultural and societal and provide Canadian viewpoints and positions on world affairs.

More here:

https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2020/02/25/anniversary-of-radio-canada-international-75-today/

(Mike Terry via WOR io group)

Conferma e-QSL AWR Europe / RVS periodo B19

Ecco i dati relativi alla conferma e-QSL ricevuta da Radio Voce della Speranza per AWR Europe:

AWR Europe -9610 kHz - 23/02/2020 10.00-11.00 UTC con cartolina QSL elettronica ricevuta in 6 ore. Rapporto d'ascolto inviato all'indirizzo firenze[at]radiovocedellasperanza.it

La cartolina è visionabile al seguente URL:
https://acquamarina.blogspot.com

73 da N. Marabello
QTH: Treviso, Italia
RX: TECSUN PL-365
Antenna: filare di 6 metri

Wolfgang Bueschel observations

re 5040 kHz

CUBA  5040even RadioCuba from Bauta bcast center
total EMPTY CARRIER at 07.26 UT on Febr 26,
S=9+20dB signal into remote Perseus SDR rx unit at Cape Canaveral FL state

6060even RHC channel also empty carrier signal at 07.41 UT on Febr 26.

5025even OVERMODULATED distorted audio, S=9+30dB noted R REBELDE from Bauta
site. Up to 20 kHz wideband signals in peaks to mention in FL state remote
unit. At 07.28 UT an interview between men and female in progress.

6136.964 UNIDENTIFIED (local?) string visible on S=8 level
at 07.36 UT on Febr 26.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 26)


NIGERIA   7254.940  Voice of Nigeria from Abuja site, Fulfulde program
towards West Africa heard at S=8 or -77dBm signal strength also
in FL and MI state remote units in NoAM. AT 07.40 UT on Febr 26.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 26)


Also tonight Febr 26 heard on remote SDR rx at Delhi India

INDIA   5040.002 kHz poor tiny signal of AIR Jeypore,
JBA threshold level at 01.12 UT.

MYANMAR   5914.980 much odd fq of MMR Myanmar Radio from new capital
at Nay Pyi Taw combined MW/SW site, even poor in India S=6-7 at 01.16 UT
on Febr 26.


UNID LOCATION   _ TEST  RTI Spanish from TAIWAN
nothing on 9490 kHz from 01.00 UT on Tuesday Febr 25, and Wednesday Febr 26.
No test service program heard yesterday and tonight.

Only until 01.00.03 UT heard Chinese from CNR1 jamming against /
or RTI Tamsui Chinese at 00.00-01.00:03 UT.
Final time pips heard and cut-OFF tx.

Checked Feb 25 and 26 in Sevilla Spain too,
where I heard the best S = 8-9 signal on Feb 24 night.

Sorry, nothing heard on 9490 kHz until 01.30 UT on that channel,
not on Febr 25, nor on Febr 26.
73 wb  df5sx
wwdxc germany

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 26)