Radio Taiwan International via Issoudun and KVOH Voice of Hope test via Rancho Simi

Video recordings of my friend, Bulgarian sailor Georgi Tamahkyarov in Itacoatiara, Amazon River, Brasil:

Radio Taiwan International in Spanish 0200-0300 on 11995 via Issoudun on June 30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXzA36K9gMM&feature=youtu.be

Test broadcast of KVOH Voice of Hope 1900-2100 on 17775 via Rancho Simi on June 20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWxNPLlqlPM&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFSYCBXxXGI&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiMjUubdkdU&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DM9R4zbHU&feature=youtu.be

No signal in Sofia, Bulgaria of KVOH test

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Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Log Roberto Pavanello

3320 29/6 21.45 R. Sonder Grense - Meyerton Afrikaans MX suff.
4915 29/6 22.40 R. Difusora - Macapà PP NX suff.
5940 29/6 21.55 Voz missionaria - Camboriù PP MX buono
6200 30/6 08.30 R. Borderhunter - EE ID e MX buono
6245 29/6 21.35 Crazy Wave R. - EE ID e MX buono
6250 28/6 20.40 R. Flying Dutcman - EE ID e MX buono
6260 28/6 21.45 Shortwave Gold - EE ID e MX buono
6270 29/6 21.30 R. Merlin Int. - EE ID e MX buono
6275 28/6 20.35 R. Tina - EE ID e MX buono
6305 29/6 21.40 R. Marabù - EE ID e MX buono
6325 29/6 21.25 R. Norton - EE ID e MX buono
10000 29/6 21.50 Observatorio Nac. - Rio de Janeiro PP ID e ora buono
11725 28/6 21.25 R. New Zeland Int. - Wellington EE NX buono
11775 28/6 21.20 Caribbean Beacon -Anguilla EE sermone buono
11780 28/6 21.15 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP NX buono
11855 28/6 21.10 R. Aparecida - PP MX classica suff.
13362USB 28/6 20.30 AFRTS - Guam EE NX suff.
14670 28/6 21.00 CHU - Ottawa EE/FF ID e pip pip buono
15345 28/6 21.30 R.A.E. - Buenos Aires Tedesco DX Programme by Arnaldo Slaen buono

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

Radio Chaski

More video recordings from my friend Bulgarian sailor Georgi Tamahkyarov in Itacoatiara, Amazon River:

1030 UTC Radio Chaski in Spanish on June 30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf4WSy5Kbto

1100 UTC Radio Chaski in Spanish on June 30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krQ9jgA_ZXA

0250 UTC WYFR Family Radio in English on June 30 and
0300 UTC Radio Taiwan International in English on June 30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TOXn0unt_k

0150 UTC Various Brasilian stations on June 30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osdcrj1_8h8
More on: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcU3OPAH9H3dwm_Opd6Vzw/videos
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Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs June 30, 2013

** CHINA. Firedrake [non], June 30, with degraded propagation, before 1400 only found:
13530, poor at 1338 with flutter
13970, very poor with het at 1340, none in the 12s
14700, very poor with het at 1342, none in the 15s, 16s, 17s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6010, June 30 at 0510, RHC English, only with trace of modulation at peaks on big otherwise open carrier. Other frequencies are OK. Wiggle that patchcord!

9850, Sunday June 30 at 1240, RHC with great `Cuba Campesina` music, as I pick this frequency for best signal; a mistake since it`s chopped off the air rudely at 1255 as this transmitter will take a while to retune to 15340 on the `Chicago` beam. Quick retune to 11860 for the rest of it.

15340 and much weaker 15230 are the OSOB at 1305 June 30, except for both sides of the China radio war on 15115. Propagation continues to be much degraded. At 1305, I can also hear 17580 fairly, but nothing on 17730; by 1307, a JBA signal becomes audible on 17730.

This week`s `En Contacto` after 1335 concludes with a Ruben Guillermo Margenet feature recorded years ago with clip of final Spanish broadcast from R. Budapest, on anniversary of its closure, and also the final DX program from R. Moscú that Manolo de la Rosa presented before moving back to Cuba. And note: the codey closing theme of En Contacto plays out complete, unusual, as the show must have had a bit of time to fill. Catch it on the repeats starting around 2240v and Monday 0135 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TV DX June 30, UT:
1455 on 2, fade-in of Televisa net-5 bug LR, with Bob el Esponja, and fade right back out. Had been watching snow for almost an hour; another glimpse of same at 1500, this time with audio too. Here we go? Still in & out weakly at 1507 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 13735, June 30 at 1303, open carrier with fair signal, off within a minute. At 1339 now there`s some broadcast with solo male singer, but very poor and can`t determine the language. HFCC shows R. Rossii via Moskva site at 1330-1700, 250 kW, 267 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Dan Elyea at Okeechobee confirms to me that the final final broadcast of Family Radio from WYFR will be on 6115 until 0300 UT Monday July 1, followed by Radio Taiwan International relay in English for the last time until 0400*****.

WYFR is history as of midnight EDT tonight.

DXLD yg member Dave Hughes found this 82-slide slow of someone`s visit to WYFR:https://plus.google.com/photos/115519153277489147905/albums/5149449666892817121/5149449731317326578?banner=pwa&pid=5149449731317326578&oid=115519153277489147905
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1675 monitoring: via Tom Taylor, Hamburger Lokalradio says technical problems have prevented their planned 15785 tests today, including World of Radio; maybe next Sunday. Maybe on WTWW-2, 9930, sometime between 17 and 21 UT Sunday; and/or 2330v on 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1020, June 30 at 0522 UT, QRM to semi-local KOKP Perry OK sounds like the deep voice of the weekend guy on Coast to Coast AM, but there are no 1020 stations on its affiliate list in USA or Canada; no, not KDKA --- on FM in that market. I also thought I heard KCKN mentioned (in English), not necessarily from same QRM; any change in Roswell? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1070, June 30 at 0528 UT, sounds like Roy Masters, looping N-S; instead of on 1090 from KAAY E-W, where he would not be on a Saturday night, anyway. Extensive affiliate list at http://www.fhu.com/radiostations.html
does not show any on 1070. Could it be KLIO Wichita which has been known to break away from main True Oldies format at other times? No Kansas affils on his list. Banner ad I see at top of http://www.trueoldies1070.com/
is for Auto Masters, not close enough, and there is no program schedule to be found (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs June 29-30, 2013

** BOLIVIA. 6135-, June 30 at 0100, R. Santa Cruz is even stronger than usual, as must be getting a trans-equatorial propagational boost, but now becomes too obvious that it`s also somewhat distorted by overmodulation; salsa music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4915, June 30 at 0101, still zero signal from R. Daqui for the second evening in a row, despite usual weak carriers from variety of active 60m ZYs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 13362-USB, June 30 at 0107, I am first tuning LSB for LTA on 13363.5, since it`s UT Sunday so could be active with silly ballgame, and there is something with broadcast talk cadence --- but instead it`s USB from 13362, and in English, going from very poor to copiable at 0109 during drunk-driving PSA, i.e. surely AFN from US military where I understand that drunkenness is quite a problem. I always check for 12759-USB, AFN Diego Garcia around this time too, but no luck for months. 15345v LRA was in well, anyway, on its weekend extension (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Bits of sporadic E occasionally poke MUF up to 55 MHz, with some video briefly on NTSC channel A2, with antenna south: June 29 at 2043 UT, fade-in enough easily to recognize the +v Mas Visión bug in the UR, i.e. XEWO-TV, Guadalajara; fades right back out, and again JBV at 2059; unID video bits continued next bihour a few times;

2301 UT on A2, fade-in a drama with Azteca net-7 bug easily spotted very briefly in UR, probably XHTAU, Tampico; nothing more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 30 at 0058, usual R. Chaski carrier with bits of modulation vs noise level until cutoff at 0103:58* which is five seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, June 29 at 1902 UT, KVOH reactivated with advance-publicized 2-hour test broadcast this date only: At first I was out & about using only the DX-375 I keep in the car; fair reception, deep fades on rather insensitive radio with whip only. Full ID in English about the tests, asking for reports.

As it turned out, this was not a good day to carry out such a test. The K index was 3 at 18, and went up to 4 by 21 UT; and back at 06 UT it had hit 7! ``Geomagnetic storms reaching the G3 level occurred`` in the past 24 hours, says WWV. Besides that, 16m band propagation has  generally been pitiful for weeks in the summer doldrums. Yet it`s a stand-out signal at this time of day when hardly anyone else in the Hemisphere is interested in even trying to transmit on this band.

The revived KVOH is merely resuming the frequency originally occupied for years, aimed eastward in the daytime only. It`s again also announcing the other registered frequency, 9975, which had not really been used for a lot longer than the last years on 17775 only. Do they plan to use it now?

Back on home rig FRG-7 at 1926, deep fades remain, and even at peaks, it`s not enough to overcome the prevailing noise level. The *only* other signal on band is open carrier on 17530, 250 kW Greenville warming up for an hour in French aimed east, which is roughly at equivalent level, even tho KVOH is 50 kW aimed 100 degrees (again, still, right?), not too far off from here.

At 1926 there`s another English test ID, and then Spanish, with slogans such as ``Voz de vida para las Américas``, ``La Voz Esperanza`` (no de la audible), with Apartado 102, Los Ángeles CA 90078 or mail@kvoh.net addresses, the latter requiring spelling-out in Spanish. 1929 same in English, and ``when you care enough to listen to the very best``. Then some gospel music with a reggae beat.

Another check at 2000, paying attention to the transmission quality: certainly have fixed the ailing old transmitter: now the modulation is OK and the carrier stable. Sometimes the KVOH announcements are momentarily under-modulated, but I assume a lapse in the input level.

No spurs heard, but it may require a stronger perhaps Es-boosted opening to detect them if they have not been removed. You may recall that I reported them numerous times in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, varying slightly around 17630 and 17920, extremely distorted but matchable to the fundamental audio.

At 2000, 17775 is slightly stronger than Cuba 17720 which is slightly stronger than VOA 17530. 2043 more gospel music, as VOA is now finished and its only companion on the band is Cuba 17720 which is still somewhat weaker, but intended for Europe and presumably off the side to here.

Other DXLD yg members were checking this out: barely made it to eastern USA or not at all, barely to S America or not at all, and to British Columbia was apparently about like I heard it, despite being off-beam, but not surprising at a good single-hop distance, which may have been Es-enhanced. Testing on more days for more than two hours will be required for a better evaluation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9479, 9930, 12105, June 29 at 1930, all three WTWW frequencies are inaudible, and presumed off. Later I am not so sure they were off, or just blacked out. At 2305, now 9930 and 9479 can be detected but quite weak vs their normal super-signals. 9930 improves by 2330 when I am expecting WORLD OF RADIO, but instead it`s a preacher and music until almost 2400*. WTWW got to next frequency 5085 quicker than I did, to find that WORLD OF RADIO 1675 had just started by 0000. I have no idea if this is a permanent change or a variation, but check both next week. Recheck at 0058, 5085 had Ted Randall announcing a Field Day 2013 broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1675 monitoring: as in other item, this week appeared at 0000 UT Sunday on WTWW-2 5085 instead of 2330 Sat on 9930. Next: UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830; presumably Sunday 2330v on 9930.

Also check for the special tests of Hamburger Lokalradio with WORLD OF RADIO this and following Sundays at 0630, 1030, 1430 and 1830 on 15785-CUSB, with 1 kW from Göhren, Germany (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9350, Saturday June 29 at 2316, comparing WWCR with other Tennessignals from WTWW, I am astounded to encounter some programming other than gospel or political-huxtering! Usual inbooming signal is now attenuated to only fair, deep fades, but with primitive instrumental music, soon announced by phil@wwcr.com that next selexion will be a 1906 wax cylinder, which turns out to be ``I Love to Tell the Story``. I assume/hope he is mixing gospel/secular songs. Uplooked later in the WWCR program schedule dated 1 June, this is `The Talking Machine Show` with Phil Patton, who IIRC is also the CE at WWCR. And there are three more semihour airings, viz. UT:

Sat 1000  4840
Sat 1430 15825
Sat 2300  9350
Mon 0400  4840

Aside from the propagation disturbance today, now there`s an ancient-recording show we can axually hear well on SW, unlike the two on WBCQ 7490 which are buried in the daytime noise level here all summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 9925, June 30 at 0058 check, The Mighty KBC, Netherlands via Nauen, GERMANY, has good signal level, but with extremely heavy flutter due to propagation disturbance, not uncommon for this weekly roll-of-the-dice. Should be a good test for the VOA Radiogram attempts this week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

No signal of ERT on SW

June 29: No signal of ERT on shortwave from around 0900 UTC. Silence on all freqs: 9420, 11645/9935, 15630/15650

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)

Venerdì 28 giugno 2013
(tra le 21.00 e le 21.30)
6240 MUSTANG R. - IDs OM. Segnale buono
6250 AMSTERDAM MOST WANTED - IDs YL "AMW". Buono
6260 SW GOLD - IDs OM. Segnale buono
6275 R. TINA - ID tnx blog "shortwavedx". Segnale SF-IN
6285 R. FOCUS INT. - ID tnx blog "shortwavedx". Segnale SF-IN
6305 R. MARABU - ID tnx blog "shortwavedx". Segnale SF-IN

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Sabato 29 giugno 2013
(ma che...razza di propagazione...)
04.00 - 11620 kHz
ALL INDIA RADIO - Bangalore
Urdu, nxs OM.
Segnale buono
-
04.05 - 11710,7 kHz
RAE - Gen. Pacheco (Argentina)
Mandarino, nxs OM+YL (modulazione bassa).
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
04.10 - 11950 kHz
PBS XIZANG - Lhasa (Tibet)
Mandarino, nxs OMs+YLs.
Segnale buono!
-
04.17 - 9835 kHz
PBS XINJIANG - Urumqi (Cina)
Mandarino, nxs OM+YL.
Segnale insufficiente...buono!
-
04.31 - 6070 kHz
R. 6150 - Röhrbach (Germania)
EE, annunci e mx (vecchie registrazioni).
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
04.36 - 6304,6 kHz
Musica rock e annunci EE.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Secondo i blogs "shortwavedx" e "Irish Paul", tra le 06.30 e le 08.45 c'era R. MARABU.

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Luca Botto Fiora
QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia

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Rack 1 (LW-MW-SW)
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
PL-660 Tecsun
-
ANTENNE
1) Da 70 kHz a 2 MHz:
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA modificata per LW-VLF
Preamplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION autocostruito (escludibile)
-
2) Da 2 a 5-6 MHz:
Loop magnetico interno tipo KR1ST 150x100 cm su finestra
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3) Da 5-6 a 30 MHz:
Dipolo aperto esterno 21 m
Balun 1:32 su toroide FT-140/43 ACA

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ACCESSORI
Su antenne 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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Rack 2 (LW-MW)
RICEVITORE
E5 Etón
-
ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA

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REGISTRATORI
Digitali Sony
ICD-B500 (R7)
ICD-BX112 (VR5000DSP - E5)
ICD-BX800 (PL-660)
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Musicassette
TRC-1149 Sanyo (R7)

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SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.3 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.1.1 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 6.1.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.4 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.3.1 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.1.1 demo (orologio mondiale)

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Kindle 4 Amazon

Glenn Hauser logs June 29, 2013

** BRAZIL. 4863.9, June 29 at 0100, talk and music here, stronger than another carrier on 4865.0, hetting it, also with stronger TADIL-A bonker QRM. There are two Brazilians nominal 4865, so which is which? On June 22-23, Thomas Nilsson in Sweden, SW Bulletin, also had unID from 4863.93 to 4863.98. In the condiglista, Arnaldo Slaen in Argentina and Rodolfo Tizzi in Uruguay say the 4864 one is R. Alvorada de Londrina, Paraná. And on June 25 at 0052, Claudio Galaz in Chile IDed R. Verdes Florestas on 4865 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4915, June 29 at 0101, no signal from R. Daqui, not even a carrier, while as I reported 48 hours earlier, this was a standout signal compared to all the other Brazilian carriers on 60m. Nor the other 4915 station audible either. Altho Brazil is a very large country and could be selective propagation, I suspect that R. Daqui is really off the air tonight. There are still weak signals on 4864, 4885, 4905, 4925, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 29 at 0057, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until cutoff at 0103:53* which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 5995, June 29 at 0520, REE on wrong frequency again via COSTA RICA, nothing on 5965, where it is supposed to switch at 0400. Per HFCC, there is also an antenna shift from 110 to 150 degrees, so which was this on? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5110v-CUSB, June 29 at 0137, toward the end of `AWWW`, Allan Weiner says something about a new WBCQ program from July; lots of noise made copy difficult, so not sure of the details, but I think he said it would be M-F at 9-10 pm [01-02 UT Tue-Sat] on 5110, so the last part of AWWW after 9 pm would be cut off that frequency. If correct, that also means WORLD OF RADIO could no longer be heard after 0130, which did air this week starting at 0142:17. An inquiry is out to Area 51 about this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1675 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, from 0142:17 UT Saturday June 29; next: Sat 1500 & 1730 on WRMI 9955; Sat & Sun 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sun 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830; also any time, any day between 17 and 21 on 9930 (tho seemed to be off Friday afternoon); Sun 0630, 1030, 1430 & 1830 on Hamburger Lokalradio, Germany, test with 1 kW, on 15785-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11635, UT Saturday June 29 at 0524, gospel huxter on WHRI has squealing imposed upon him by defective modulator. I think this frequency is active only on Saturdays, tho HFCC registrations show it every day except Fridays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

It`s been hard to come up with anything worth logging lately, due to terrible propagation, such as in the 12-13 UT period June 29.
WWV reports:
``Geophysical Alert Message
Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 June follow.
Solar flux 101 and estimated planetary A-index 22.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1200 UTC on 29 June was 6.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G3 level occurred.`` (gh, DXLD)

June 27 - Radio Argentina Exterior RAE and LRA-36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel

Video recording of my friend, Bulgarian sailor Georgi Tamahkyarov. Amazon River.
Radio Argentina Exterior RAE in English 1850 on 15345v
and LRA-36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel in Spanish on 1900 15476
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb9oyNTfaAo&feature=youtu.be

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Voice of Justice

AZERBAIJAN   Voice of Justice is back on shortwave. Observed again on Fri June 28:
1400 on 9677.8vSPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Tue/Fri, horrible modulation, with break of audio

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

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Glenn Hauser logs June 27-28, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15505, June 27 at 1359, BB IS is JBA and so is the timesignal ending at 1359:43 as Urdu is opening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake [non] hunt June 27 at 1344 found nothing 12-18 MHz except poor signal on 15570 with CNR1 hetting KBS 15575, but 15570 cut off at 1344:45*; there was another circa 15545 but it too went off before I could nail the exact frequency, and unlike 15570 it did have a het from V. of Tibet, via TAJIKISTAN. Aoki as of June 28 shows *jammed VOT on 15568 until 1340 switching to 15562; and on 15543 until 1345 switching to 15542.

Firedrake June 28 before 1300:
13795, very poor at 1252

Very poor propagation brings no CNR1 jammers, 12-18 MHz except:
13830, very poor at 1252
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non?]. 21680, Thursday June 27 at 0518, JBA signal vs noise level, talk from algo. HFCC shows IBB TINIAN, 250 kW, 313 degrees in Cmn = Chinese Mandarin during this hour only and only on Thursdays and Fridays; what luck! Too weak to tell whether RFA or ChiCom jamming, but propagationally Tinian is much more likely here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 15630, June 27 at 0515, open carrier dead air, tho good signal from VOG, but modulation resumes at 0516. Others report lots of disruptions to SW transmissions, not just in modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, June 28 at 1210, no signal detected from VOI. Reception has been so poor for weeks that I have not even been trying for it, but apparently really off the air now. Atsunori Ishida, http://rri.jpn.org/ shows no logs of it June 18-23, but not updated since; on vacation?

Meanwhile, at 1256, the other RRI, domestic transmitter next to it in Cimanggis continues to be obviously on and propagating, despite stupidly sticking to 9680 with the China radio war and making a LAH with them, maybe 40 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1570, June 28 at 1150 UT, XERF concluding a mañanitas song mentioning San Juan, and starting ``servicio social`` notices of missing persons (extraviadas) with phone numbers on both sides of border, including toll-free 877s. I assume a lot of these are about illegal immigration attempts which may have gone bad; or successful ones with the personas in hiding.

We`re over the hump of earliest sunrises here in Enid, 1116 UT today, latening about a semiminute per day, reaching 1135 in a month, perhttp://www.gaisma.com/en/location/enid-oklahoma.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. More sporadic E analog TV DX, June 27, UT:

1428 on 2, fade-in Azteca net-7 news grafix, at first video only

1434 on 2, full-screen INFO on one line, 7 below it; quite steady but weak; 1439 some audio begins to appear as MUF inches up by 4.5 MHz

1445 on 2, interview about Los Tigres de Monterrey. If still Azteca—7, no doubt XHTAU Tampico, which in the mornings relays Monterrey studio rather than México DF, per Oglethorpe; altho Monterrey has own ch 2 station and another Regiomontanan on 34 is relayed on 2 in Saltillo, all of which have been frequently seen here

1506 on 4, Televisa net-5 with bugs, in and out

1519 on 2, Televisa net-2 star bug in UR; and large circle bug in LL: I think that is for the Hoy (Today) show

1550 on 2, CCI between net-2 bug UR, and Televisa net-4 with f bug in LR; XHY?

1559 on 2, Televisa net-5 bug in LR with toon, CCI

Opening peters out afterwards (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 28 at 0059, R. Chaski carrier JBA on the FRG-7 as storm front is approaching here, until cut off at 0103:47.5* which is 5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. I won another intricately decorated pouch for answering Voice of Turkey`s Question of the Month, received in the P-mail June 27. Similar, but different design from the previous one which is visible here:http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTpouch1.jpg
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTpouch2.jpg

The new one is here:http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTpouch3.jpg
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTpouch4.jpg

Also enclosed another coaster with diffraxion(?) overlay; and a pocket calendar card with this illustration, which I assume is NOT of the latest park demonstrations:http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTcal1.jpg

And the calendar itself is interesting in showing that certain month names in Turkish are cognate to ours, while others are different:http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTcal2.jpg
And organized so that the first day of week is Monday, like Christians

Meanwhile, the 1230 English broadcast on 15450 continues to be inaudible to JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, June 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1675 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1 9479, Thursday June 27 at 2100.5; also on WWRB 5050, UT Friday June 28 at 0333, preceded by about a minute of silence as Dave was getting the computer playback going, which followed big band music fill. 5050 stayed on until end of WOR at 0402, then some open carrier.

Next: UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR Germany 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 & 1730 on WRMI 9955; Saturday & Sunday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830.

Also, Hamburger Lokalradio for the next four Sundays is testing 15785-CUSB with 1 kW from Göhren, Germany, and is very interested in reports even from outside Europe. This will include WORLD OF RADIO at 0630, 1030, 1430 and 1830 amid two-hour blox in English and German starting half an hour before those times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1440, June 28 at 1146 UT, KTNO, Metroplex TX with local news in Spanish and timececk 6:46, but at 1147 bringing up ``their correspondent in México``, from notisistema.com confirming what I was hearing previously here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

ERT

June 28: Only single frequency 9420 of ERT from 1100. No signal on 7475(instead of 11645) and 15630 till 1150 and 9935 and 15630 from 1200, at 1600 UTC: ERT again on all three frequencies: 7450, instead of scheduled 9935 // 9420 and 15650

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs June 26-27, 2013

** BRAZIL. 4915, June 27 at 0053, scanning 60m band for carriers from S America while awaiting the Chaski-cut on 5980: standout signal on 4915 with music, soon Portuguese announcement with yelled ID as ``A Rádio Daqui!!`` [in Portuguese, unlike Spanish a final -i is automatically stressed without an accent; if a previous syllable is really stressed, that one requires an accent]. Rated SINPO 35443, while many other mostly ZYs (presumably) were little but detectable carriers on 4815, 4825, 4885, 4895, 4905, 4925, 4975, 5015, 5035. The last is surely R. Aparecida, but never can pull any audio past 5040 Cuba.

10 kW, ZYF691 on 4925 in Goiás, Goiânia, shouldn`t be any stronger than numerous other 60m Brazilians, but once again it overcomes like my April 14 ``pipeline`` log. Is it a propagational fluke, do they have some greatly superior antenna, or running overpowered? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TV DX opening June 26 continued from previous report, all times UT:

1601 on 4, Televisa net-5 with toon

1602 on 3, net-5 with toon, better than on 4; XEZ?

1602 on 4, video shifts to another station than net-5

1621 on 4, net-5 toon fades in again; oval 5 bug in LR at edge

1629 on 4, now it`s Televisa net-4, with the f bug in LR, and large legend behind anchor on set: MATUTINO EXPRESS, must be newscast

1631 on 4, seems same station with graphic PARALELO 23, which is roughly the middle of México from Mazatlán to Zacatecas to San Luís Potosí. Aguascalientes is closer to the 22nd parallel ---

1644 on 4, PSA from Instituto Estatal Electoral de --- Aguascalientes, urging people to vote on July 7. Always pay attention to such PSAs on TV and radio, especially when an elexion is impending. It may be just a generic federal IFE PSA, but it could also nail down the state you are DXing. W9WI.com shows only one full-power channel 4 in the small state of Ags: XHJCM-TV, 15 kW on the Azteca-13 network. There is also a [very] low-power listed as 0 kW in Calvillo, Ags., XHCLA-TV, independent. One new definite ID per opening is doing well with Mexican TVDX full of little or no specific IDs!

1649 on 4, female makeup tips with Azteca net-13 bug UR, probably as above. Program title in LL is VENGA ALEGRIA with clock 11:50

1657 on 4, cooking show with Televisa net-2 star bug UR and clock

1703 on 2, talk show amid CCI, +v bug in UR = XEWO-TV Mas TV, Guadalajara

1711 on 2, still +v bug in UR, but now I see another bug in LR: U for Univisión! Program title in LL is Gf in script, which it soon becomes obvious from further grafix stands for `El Gordo y la Flaca` --- the fat guy and the skinny gal, and indeed the cohosts exhibit such morphic characteristix. Photo at 1714 showing all three bugs will be at http://www.w4uvh.net/xewoU.jpg

Thus, previous assumptions about the U bug NOT appearing on Mexican TV, but presumed from Naples FL, or even Nicaragua, are inoperative! I still could have captured either or both, but also could have been XEWO or any other Televisa local station hooked up with Univisión too.

1747 on 5, now MUF up to here with some CCI; and heavy CCI on 2, 3, 4; dominant on 2 continues to be +v, XEWO-TV

1757 on 2, Azteca net-7 bug UR, talk show, probably XHTAU Tampico

1802 on 2, +v, XEWO-TV still mostly atop the QRM

1810 on 4, mostly audio, Gala TV promos = Televisa net-9

1811 on 5, video is strengthening

1816 on 5, evil penguins toon (what is the name of this in English and Spanish, anyway?), Televisa net-5 bug in LR

1820 on 6, MUF pokes up to 6 video with same as 5, toon from net-5. Much of the time I also have an ear on 88.1, but no FM DX makes it

1848 on 4, Canal 5 promos, ads for HSBC, FIFA; now the net-5 bug is in UR, back to toon

1850 on 6, algo with weak video

1850 on 2, now a fútbol game is starting, from Azteca net-7, Uruguay vs Brasil; must be the Confederation Cup series again. I see it is also live on Univisión in the USA

1853 on 4, SAME fútbol game video, but different audio, and this has Televisa net-5 bug. Opening ceremony includes brief speech (prayer?) by a player in Portuguese, and even a stadium announcement in English. Uruguayan national anthem plays, very nice, apparently direct feed rather than picking up from PA.

This could be really confusing with both major competing Mex nets broadcasting the same live game: you`d think there would be an exclusivity deal

1917, opening is fading down, just weak CCI on 2, and I take a break

2029, CCI on 2-5; 4 has Televisa net-4 f bug in LR; 2 still in game

Henceforth I am recording WORLD OF RADIO 1675, but with one DX monitor on to see it is still going. I don`t think I missed much as it`s mostly CCI rather than identifiable individual stations by now

The game is over by about 2100, at least for Univisión. Somebody won

UT June 27:

0005 on 3, Televisa net-5 sitcom, as opening is about gone
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 27 at 0052, tune in early and whew, R. Chaski carrier is back after absence yesterday. Stays on past 0100 until cutoff at 0103:42.5* which is 10.5 seconds later than 48 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1675: first airing confirmed on WRMI webcast, UT Thursday June 27 at 0330, presumably also on 9955. WRMI repeats are Saturday 1500 & 1730, Tuesday 1100. Next:

Thursday 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479; UT Friday 0326v on WWRB 5050; UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1430 on HLR Germany 7265-CUSB; Sat & Sun 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sun 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830; this or previous 1674 also could appear anyday, anytime between 1700 & 2100 on 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 9955, June 27 at 0100 after canned WRMI ID, Radio Vaticano IS and opening in Latin, Spanish. Who needs the Greenville relay an hour later? Lite pulse jamming continues after English program before the hour. At least the Cubans don`t bother to jam 7305 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs June 23-24, 2013

** CUBA. 6930-7880, June 24 at 0528, that intermittent buzz is back, with irregular peaks everywhere between these frequencies averaging maybe 35 kHz apart, and cutting off for a second or so, also irregularly. It`s weakest at the edges, as far out as I can hear it. Previously thought it might be from Cuban jammer on 7405, but this is UT Monday and there is NO jamming or anything on 7405 now; however, the 7365 jammer-against-nothing is still on. I am about to write off the 7405 theory, until I compute the exact center of 6930/7880 === 7405!!! How would Arnie explain that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 13695, June 24 at 1226, S Asian vocal music, the SSOB with flutter, second being Firedrake on 13795. This is the AIR Telugu service at 1215-1245, 500 kW, 108 degrees from Bengaluru. Strange propagation continues, with MUF barely making it above 15 MHz to anywhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. The sporadic E VHF opening starting in my previous report of June 23 before 1600 UT later became the best of the year, so far for me; see also NICARAGUA, and U S A. Continuing:

1609 on 2, Mérida ad, so XHY-TV

1610 on 2, CCI to XHY-TV with Azteca-13 logo

1632 on 2, MTY bug in UR on talk show, so XHCNL Saltillo, Coahuila; also shows in LR: 27 degrees and 11:33 clock

1700 on 2, audio says Monterrey televisión and later Televisa, so not clear if XEFB itself or the ch 34 relay XHCNL in Saltillo, as both are Televisa

I was out for a couple hours, but nothing happening when I got back. BTW, as with most TVDXing now, I am using two sets at once, one color, one B&W, split feed from same C-490 antenna, starting aiming SSW:

2104 on 2, fade-in with Spanish graphic, 275 MILLONES

2114 on 2, fade in just barely audio in Spanish

2138 on 2, CCI is strengthening

2154 on 2, U bug for UNIVISION: see U S A

2215 on 2, PAN political ad on audio, so this has to be from Mexico; then promos for several programs, audio copied, including `Las Noticias Revelan` at 7 pm lunes a viernes. This title is too generic for any useful search hits, but does anyone recognize it? Soon followed by mentions of Dia de los Padres; see NICARAGUA

2225 on 2, SIPSE promo during program about Mexican earthquakes. SIPSE means XHY-TV and that also matches its webstream which also shows the Gala TV swirl bug in UR = Televisa net-9, which is one of several program sources for XHY

2229 on 5, movie about wrestling (judging from reaxion shots etc., a produced drama, not a lucha libre match per se); too much QRM, but unrecognized large circular bug in UR, smaller circle in LR; XHAJ as in logs below. (It`s not hard to mix up the RF channels and the net numbers with two sets going at once, but I think I have this right.)

2229 on 4, movie in English with subtitles, Televisa net-5 bug UR

2235 on 2, same wrestling movie as earlier on 5

2237 on 4, ads/promos mentioning Huasteca, Viva el Son, Jalapa, Veracruz, then full screen TV MAS, i.e. XHGV Las Lajas

2238 on 4, promo for DX = Deportes Extremos ! en TV MAS!

2238 on 3, tv3 promo, logo of XHP-TV Puebla. Strangely, most of the time during this opening there was little to see on channel 3

2239 on 2, Veracruz promo/ad, so XHFM-TV

2242 on 5, TeleVer 30 años promo, i.e. XHAJ-TV Las Lajas, Veracruz

2247 on 5, wrestling movie as in 2229 log, i.e. XHAJ; now I can make out TeleVer bug in UR; see 2251 below

2248 on 4, Veracruz news promo, Más Noticias, so XHGV again

Now there is heavy CCI on all channels 2-5, not yet 6.

2249 on 6, some video now showing, with beat bars about 15 kHz, i.e. off-offset rather than 0, 10 or 20. About time to try FM

2251 on 5, the TeleVer bug is visible in UR, fancy script V with a crossed t on the right leg. Attempted three photos, one of which is somewhat legible but blurry:
http://www.w4uvh.net/xhaj.jpg
better visible at the bottom of http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogosch5.html

2257 on 88.1, Es fades in, Cámara de Diputados PSA = Mexican House of Reps; 2258 ID as ``La Comadre, XHRE``, which is in Celaya, Guanajuato

2300 on 88.1, ``Los Cuarenta`` slogan, ``88 punto uno``, then rock in English. That`s XHZN in Zamora, Michoacán.

2303 on 5, Televisa net-5 bug in LR; could be XHGC flagship itself

2308, Florida FM stations are mixing in; see U S A

2308 on 88.1, ``Red FM, 88.1`` slogan overrides Florida station, rock in English; i.e. XHRED in México DF. I have now reheard within a few minutes 75% of the Mexicans on this frequency. And the other one unheard is in Veracruz whence I have been getting TVDX.

Now I move to the porch with less noise, on the DX-398, and plenty of room to manœuver the whip antenna as polarization matters in digging out Es FM DX signals vs locals and semis, and each other. But no TV DX in sight for the duration, no such distraxions.

2319 on 92.3, lite rock in Spanish, RDS icon but not enough to display

2321 on 92.9 CCI to WIKX FL [see USA] of Spanish music; both override Tulsa

2329 on 87.75, CCI in Spanish, channel 6 audios

After a bunch of Floridians:

2343 on 93.5, romantic Mexican music in Spanish, stereo, soon fade, Cantú shows six, of which three are in PTA of Pue., Gto., Tamps.

2347 on 88.1, ``88 punto uno, Red-FM`` = XHRED, México DF again

2349 on 97.7, live DJ, ``los clásicos de la caliente``; 2350 CCI from another in Spanish, just ``97 punto 7``.

97.7 is a busy frequency in Mexico! Cantú has 18 stations, but the only ``La Caliente` is XHSNP in San Luís Potosí SLP, 50 kW. And the only one with ``97.7`` as its sole ``name`` is XERC in México DF. I had figured I would be getting XHGL in Mérida, Yuc., which is now known as KISS FM; how derivative and Yanqui-influenced.

2355 on 95.3, RDS shows: MUSICA / AMOR / 95.3 / SOLO --- of course SOLO probably comes first in alternation. It quickly fades and SOLO freezes on the RDS. Cantú also lists eighteen stations on this frequency, but here we have a problem, two of them called AMOR, and both from areas coming in: XHSH, 95 kW in México DF, and XHNB, 31.581 kW in SLP SLP. Per http://amorfm.mx the full slogan is Sólo Música Romántica, but it applies to both related stations on 95.3 and a number in other cities on other frequencies

2356 on 95.3, fade to another station, ``en cuestiones de amor, Estéreo Vida`` --- so another one is muscling in on the love angle. Cantú shows the only 95.3 with that slogan is:
95.3, XHPY, Stereo Vida, Tepic, Nayarit, 13,410 watts
So now the opening has reached the Pacific coast

2359 on 95.3, Spanish music fades back in, horizontal antenna better

UT June 24:

0002 on 93.5, Spanish music, ACI from 93.3 & 93.7 Okies

0002 on 93.3, Okie is overridden by Spanish, ``93 punto 3 FM`` --- (fade), Grupo Radiorama`` Grupos are not shown per se on the Cantú frequency dial. Radiorama is a huge group with stations everywhere of many different names and formats. Here`s their list:
http://www.radiorama.com.mx/secciones.php?sec_id=32
Showing there are only two on 93.3 (one too many):
XHVE Colima, Colima, La Mexicana
XHTB Cuernavaca, Morelos, 40 Principales
Cantú shows the Colima call instead as XHEVE, // AM 1020, 25 kW on FM; and XHTB as 10 kW
Of course in an opening like this, relative powers are insignificant, unless there is a huge disparity

0007 on 95.3, romantic music in Spanish, may or may not be one of the two above again; FM seems to be dying out, so back inside to concentrate on TVDX, but just CCI on channels 2-5

0050 on 2, Azteca net-7 with animation; XHTAU Tampico always prime suspect

0052 on 6, Azteca net-13 with game show, video only. W9WI.com has eight hi-powers and two lo-powers

Back to the porch as it`s almost time for a Chaski-check, see PERU, but meanwhile resume FM DXing:

0102 on 92.9, ``ritmos caribeños`` en ``Recuerdo 92.9 FM`` --- no such slogan among the fourteen Mexican 92.9s in Cantú, nor any general or WTFDA searches nor on Recuerdos ??? Could it be beyond México?

0104 on 92.9, RDS shows TIEMPO / MERIDA before quickly losing to gospel C&W, US station. I had been expecting Mérida FMs to show up, and this is 100 kW XHYUC per Cantú, and also as fully IDed below -

0105 on 92.7, shouting in Spanish

0107 on 92.9, RDS: XHYUC / VIAJERA / YUCATAN with classic crooner, old romantic music, ID heard ``Yucatán FM``

0113 on 95.3, ``Candela, La Más Grande``, elexions PSA in Spanish and also in Maya! Then ode to Yucatán sung in Spanish, axually a PSA from El Gobierno del Estado. This is XHMH, 10 kW in Mérida, // 970, says Cantú, and you may recall was briefly relayed several years ago on SW 6105 before that transmitter crashed, for good?

0123, only weak CCI remains on channels 2-5, until:

0148 on 4, TV MAS on full screen, i.e. XHGV Las Lajas, Veracruz, as in earlier 2237 log; soon in and out

0154 on 88.1, brief fade-in of béisbol discussion, ``las grandes ligas``. And that`s it for this DX opening lasting some 5 hours

1540 on 2, fade-in Spanish with antenna SSW, back out quickly

1556 on 2, fade-in Televisa net-2 star bug in UR; 10:56 clock in LL, with large circle bug, for show? Then CCI, and occasional quick snatches of video on 2 during following hour, nothing more

(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, June 24 at 1200, RNZI timesignal, and YL with ``Radio New Zealand, News at Ten`` to last 15 minutes; only fair with flutter as usual when on the Timor antenna, unfortunately for us in prime morning time. Yet it`s midnight in NZ, so as heard before, RNZI is for some reason delaying this newscast from the domestic service by two hours!

The revamped website http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/schedules
now admits, e.g. for the start of local Tuesday (since times are local, not UT):
12:00 am RNZ News
12:05 am Late Edition (repeat) The most significant news stories, news interviews and packages of the day.
1:00 am Pacific Regional News

Which does not exactly match what was announced and scheduled a few hours earlier late Monday:
 9:00 pm RNZ News
10:08 pm Late Edition --- The most significant news stories, news interviews and packages of the day.
11:00 pm Pacific Regional News
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NICARAGUA. I can at least tentatively log this country in TVDX, a long sought double-hopper, which are extremely rare here, nothing definite since I got Venezuela sesquidecades ago.

June 23 at 2215 UT, I was also getting MEXICO, q.v. on channel 2, since there was a PAN political commercial, and just a few minutes earlier Univisión on 2, almost certainly WUVF-LP in Naples FL, see USA. But now the audio is mentioning ``Dia de los Padres``, i.e. Fathers` Day, which was last week = third Sunday, June 16 in the USA and in most of Latin America (except Cuba where it is nowhen) --- and EXCEPT, per Wikipedia, in Nicaragua, where it is always on June 23 (regardless of day of week)! This is my best clue, unless for some reason they were talking about FD somewhere else a week after it.

Ch 2 in Managua is http://www.canal2.com.ni Homepage has no link to program schedules, but searching further, we find a webcast schedule and a completely different broadcast schedule. The latter shows Sundays at 4-4:30 pm is `Cuello Blanco`, which is presumably the originally English crime drama from USA Net, `White Collar`. Well, that does not fit. This seemed to be a talk show, not a drama, but maybe last week`s episode is delayed until this week in Nic and was themed on Fathers` Day?

Not on the webcast, but on the broadcast schedule of canal 2,
http://www.canal2.com.ni/Programas/Parrilla_Programacion.htm#
I see some Univisión programming, which casts doubt on my log a few minutes earlier presumed to be WUVF-LP in Naples FL. (But I`d be happy with either, if not both!)

Central & South American double-hop TV DX is difficultized here by the fact that Mexico is in the way, notably Mérida, Yucatán, XHY-TV on channel 2. Managua is within one or two degrees of exactly the same direxion, as are Belice, Tegucigalpa, San José, and for that matter, Guayaquil and Lima! Plus Guatemala and San Salvador are not far off either. This practically guarantees that if any of those manage to double-hop in, they will also suffer QRM from XHY or other Mexicans. Managua to Enid is 1828 miles = 2941 km (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. During sporadic E opening from Florida and Mexico, June 23 at 2330 UT on 89.3, ``Radio 74``, ``The Bible by living sound, dramatized scripture``. Searching entire WTFDA db on Radio 74 gets one hit, in FL but wrong frequency: ``WHMF 91.1 MARIANNA FL 1.9 1.9 19.0 19.0 RADIO 74 INTERNATIONALE, RELIGION`` but this must be related to it.

The big FL on 89.3 is WRMB, Moody in Boynton Beach, 100 kW, but does not match its schedule. There are six other FL on 89.3, no more than 10 kW, and all of them gospel huxters!

All about Radio 74 Intle here:
http://www.radio74.net/
which is a growing network, hurry up, hurry, money needed before Jesus comes! As implied by the -e, this network originated in Europe, but claims to be independent from the one in North America; don`t see any explanation about the significance of the number.

Nor do I see any 89.3 mentioned anywhere on that site. But a link to affiliate/partners at the bottom
http://www.radio74.net/Frequency.htm
Shows some 89.3s in Alaska, California, not Florida, but Oklahoma?!

``KIEL in Loyal OK, Under Construction, June 2013``
This is not far south of Enid, between Kingfisher and Okeene, maybe what I am getting, new on the air? FCC shows KIEL is now LICensed, with 6 kW. Site is 6 miles east and almost 4 miles south of Okeene

Next day at 2000 with no DX, I try to hear 89.3, at first nothing aside local 89.1 Oasis translator, but then a barely audible preacher (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 96.5, June 24 at 0110 UT with the DX-398 on the porch, I am getting two stations here, easily separable by polarization of the whip antenna. Seems both are C&W, so one may be Es DX; but at 0118 I am getting KRAV-FM Tulsa, which is listed as Hot AC, with antenna horizontal, and KECO Elk City, country, with antenna vertical, soon ID at 0119 during ``Sunday Night Classic Show``. Yet WTFDA db shows both are 100 kW H & and 100 kW V. KECO is a little further from here and with lower tower, less than half the HAAT of KRAV. The capture effect may confuse matters further (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 24 at 0103, R. Chaski provides its very reliable weak carrier, enough to tell when it cuts off the air: 0103:26.5* which is 5 seconds later than yesterday. BTW, when best audible, the carrier makes a quick bleep on the BFO as it goes off, as if the frequency is changing slightly as the plug is pulled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1674 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-2, 9930, Sunday June 23 starting a bit early around 2327.5; 2357 the QSY to 5085 announcement already running and off immediately. Next: Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955; Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on HLR Germany 7265-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Monday June 24 at 1309, WTWW-3 is in scheduled language Russian. Perhaps no further notice of this is needed unless a spurious tongue show up again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Already getting MEXICO, q.v., but June 23 at 2154 UT on channel 2 analog, bug in LR is the U of Univisión, a US network, so much so that they forget the accent and don`t care if it`s pronounced as if English. I had also been glimpsing it the past several minutes, but now I am sure of it. However, not // the national Univision satellite feed we get in Enid on Cable 61. W9WI.com shows the only U on 2 is: WUVF-LP, 3 kW ERP in Naples FL, which many others have DXed, one of the last few analog channel 2 stations on the air in the US. (Do they plan to, or do they ever have to go DTV?) Signal holds up far enough eastward not to be Mexico, and certainly weak enough to be 3 kW. It`s no WPBT Miami, which used to be common, but I`ll take it!

FL certainly an active area as with FM DX from there later, tho a nagging doubt remains that it might have been a Mexican which was somehow simulcasting Univisión, but I would still not expect the U bug to be prominent or even visiblized.

2212, title in LL is S y P, and I think I hear them say ``Sangre y Pimienta, regresamos``, but probably really ``Sal y Pimienta`` (salt & pepper) which is a UNI program tho not at this time on the net schedules I find. Within the next few minutes I am also getting on 2 a definite Mexican, XHY-TV in Mérida, and I hope NICARAGUA, q.v. But Managua could also be carrying some Univisión (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Sporadic E FM DX opening June 23, as I am already and also getting MEXICO, q.v.:

2308 on 88.1, ``The Joy FM`` ID in passing about a mission trip, soon lost to XHRED override, but enough to ID by slogan search at the new WTFDA database, http://db.wtfda.org as:
WJIS, 100 kW, Bradenton FL (tho they also have a 1.25 kW in Ocala)

2320 on 92.9, mentions bluegrass, old school, then Kix-Country, and new more direct website http://kixcountry929.com But the WTFDA db already nails it as WIKX Charlotte Harbor FL, 100 kW. Would you believe this place is not in my Rand McNally index? But it is on the map near Port Charlotte, west coast, between Sarasota and Ft Myers

2323 on 95.1, ad for a Thursday ladies` night at Gracie Ray`s in historic St. Andrews. That`s a bar & grill in Panama City FL, St. Andrews being the bay upon which it is situated. No station in that city of license, but instead nearby Ebro, WBPC with 21 kW

2326 on 100.7, country rock; partial RDS before fadedown: MIX / TRAIN. That`s WMTX, Tampa, 96 kW, Mix 100.7, and part of a song title

2332 on 92.1, ``92-1 The Coast.com`` and RDS is stuck with one word: MARS, song/performer? Website is really http://www.921thecoast.com WTFDA db again goes right to: WLTQ-FM, Venice FL, 11.5 kW, 92.1 The Coast

2333 on 94.5, partial RDS shows / 94.5 THE / before lost to ACI, mainly KGLB-LP 94.3 Enid, only a few km away. WTFDA db shows of the three full-power 94.5s in FL, the only one with THE in slogan is: ``WARO 94.5 NAPLES FL 99.0 99.0 309.0 309.0 26.2026 81.4248 5670 WARO 94.5 THE ARROW``

2335 on 101.1, RDS: WAVV 101, EZL music in English. I am getting this with antenna vertical, but something else, Stillwater OK with antenna horizontal. WAVV is 100 kW in Naples Park, FL, and WTFDA agrees on the EZL format

2340 on 96.5, full RDS: NEWS / TALK / WDBO / 96.5 --- this is also better on vertical than horizontal antenna, overriding both Okies, q.v. Is Orlando, of course, 99 kW, // 580

UT June 24, after some more Mexicans:

0003 on 92.1, (local KAMG-LP is still off the air, good!!), a live drawing is coming up. Mentions Faith Jewelers; 0004 about fireworx, ``Midnite Madness`` is the drawing. Seems to be in mono; at least the stereo icon never lites up. Searching on the jewelers plus the madness gets nowhere, but just midnight madness 92.1 goes right to:
http://www.wjxr.com/spree.php
Nightly shopping spree on this ``bargain channel``. WTFDA db shows WJXR is 25 kW in MacClenny FL, i.e. west of Jacksonville with which it obviously wants to identify, a few miles from Georgia`s SE tip

Back inside shortly to resume TVDXing as FM MUF is going down, but on inside ATS-909 I get again:

0018 on 88.1, Joy FM; 0042 on 88.1, ``Joy FM, this week in Florida``; 0043 ad for a construxion company, AC 863, i.e. WJIS Bradenton again as above; however, AC 863 is not Bradenton, but east of there, land-locked, certainly closer than Ocala (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Ideas welcome on whether I was getting Nicaragua and/or Florida on 2, and what was the 92.9 unID?

Glenn Hauser logs June 26, 2013

** CHINA. Firedrake June 26 before 1300:
13795, poor at 1242 with Kuwaiti CCI, i.e. RFA Tibetan

All the rest on former FD frequencies bear CNR1 jamming:
13820, very poor at 1242; Aoki shows only a SOH Taiwan 0.1 kW nuisance
13830, poor at 1242; vs RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan
none in the 12s, 14s, 15s except 15195
16100, poor at 1246; none in the 17s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 21580 & 21690, June 26 at 1227, RFI in French about futebol in Brasil, poor signals, but nice to be getting some 13m propagation again. Both are 500 kW from Issoudun to Africa, 155 and 185 degrees respectively. Spain 21610 also audible, but not Kuwait 21540 or Saudi 21505. SF at 12 was 109, K index 1, no storms lately or predicted, says WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ROMANIA

** MEXICO. 660, June 26 at 0600 UT, Chihuahua anthem is ending, then full ID but for FM side only, XHACB, 98.9, La Lupe, Ciudad Delicias, street address. Quite by chance my only two XE logs today are both from this town which is a frequent visitor. Cantú shows this one is:
660 XEACB La Lupe + FM 98.9 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1180, June 26 at 0544 UT, from music to Soriana ad (national department store chain), 0545 ``Que Buena, Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua, 11, 44``. OK with Cuba nulled and KFAQ 1170 Tulsa IBOC noise minimized as much as possible. Cantú shows this is:
1180 XEJK Ke buena + FM 95.3 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 5,000 1,500
I also had two logs of this last October (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Little spurts of sporadic E, UT June 26 at 0120 UT, more video on ch 4 than 2 or 3, with antenna SSW. Lots of Es on the 6m map across the USA, q.v.

Same frustrating situation on channel 2, June 26, bits at 1508, 1518, 1530 UT.

1532 UT on 3, Televisa net-5 toon fades in, most likely XEZ-TV.

1543 UT on 2, signals surge with more CCI, between Televisa net-5 with toon, 5 bug LR well inside the corner (audio out of synch with ch 3 which is a couple words behind), and also on ch 2, Televisa net-2 with star bug UR;

1548 UT on 4, MUF up to here with Spanish ad V & A for te con jugo; more to come? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 88.1 MHz, during Es opening on TV, June 26 at 0205 UT, I also monitor the lowest almost-open FM channel here for signs of skip, but instead I hear some fast Morse code! It turns out this repeats slightly over every seven minutes at same weak signal level, carrier on only during the code, and doubtful the mode is FM, certainly not broadcast FM, and obviously local rather than DX. Also heard at 0219, 0226, 0233, 0308, 0315, 0323, 0344, 0358. Never noticed anything like this before. Probably an idle utility repeater ID on a spur, harmonic or image on the ATS-909 with whip antenna only. I`ll need to get a recording of it for repeated plays in order to copy it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU [non]. 5980, June 26 at 0057, NO signal detectable from R. Chaski (my mentioning how reliable it was must have been a jinx!). Nor any past 0103 when it would have autocutoff. Yet, other S American signals on 49-50 and even 60m are above average, e.g. Bolivia 6135v, 5952v, Brasil 5970v, plus numerous carriers and some audio on 60m. Of course those from below the Equator are getting a wintry headstart (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 21500, June 26 at 0533, RRI in English news, fair peaks but deep fades, the OSOB. It pays to check even 13m in the nightmiddle, especially around summer solstice, when hi-latitude paths are partly or mostly illuminated by the midnite sun. This is Tiganeshti intended for Australia, while // 17760 Galbeni could not be heard; third channel is 9700 to WEu, which has been unusable lately tho quite good earlier in the spring. Also 11870-11875-11880 in DRM, unchecked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15775, IBB Tinang, PHILIPPINES, is still having trouble with this transmitter for the VOA Korean service, also USward at 21 degrees: June 26 at 1237 it`s just barely modulated, can`t even recognize the language but then make it // and synch with 7225 which funxions OK. At 1238 the 15775 carrier cuts off and back on; off again for a minute from 1250:15, and when it returns, now it`s modulating. So at least they are trying to get it working today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13152-USB, June 26 at 0525, roboYL with notice of a missing vessel in the Indian Ocean, last contact in January 2013. ID as WLO and KLB, ``end of broadcast`` at 0526. Schedule here http://www.shipcom.com/frequencies.html shows it`s WLO Mobile AL, not KLB Kent WA, on ITU channel 1226 +, ``ship receive`` paired with 12305 ``ship transmit``. The + applies to most but not all their frequencies: ``+ denotes Voice Guard, Calling, Paging, Working and Synthesized Voice WX announcement.``

Has it been announcing this every day/broadcast for 5 months? It now must amount to a memorial (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Ch A2, June 26 at 0122 UT, with lots of Es on the USA 6-meter maps, it looks like the MUF would most favor something from the NNW, so that`s where I aim and sit on channel 2 DTV. Now plus a few minutes onward, I do get a `bad` yellow signal bar from time to time, but never breaks into decode or PSIP ID. Most likely it`s KOTA ``3`` on RF2 from Rapid City SD, the only full-power station in that area; altho a bit close for frequent Es, I did see it many times in the analog era.

I have had very little luck with Es DTV DX --- not enough gain on the antenna and/or Zenith box, I guess, along with not being well-positioned geographically. E.g. KNOP-2 in NE is too close. I had that a few times by tropo in analog (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Voice of Talyshistan

AZERBAIJAN   Voice of Talyshistan is back on shortwave. Observed again on Wed June 26
1500-1600 on 9677.8 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh Tue-Sat, SINPO 33433 in Sofia

--
73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Thazin Radio latest schedule

Morning transmission
2330 to 0030 hrs UTC in Chin language on 6165 kHz
0030 to 0130 hrs UTC in Kachin language on 6165 kHz
0130 to 0230 hrs UTC in Wa language on 9590 kHz
0230 to 0330 hrs UTC in Pa-O language on 9590 kHz

Afternoon transmission
0430 to 0530 hrs UTC in Lhao Vo language on 9590 kHz
0530 to 0630 hrs UTC in Po language on 9590 kHz
0630 to 0730 hrs UTC in Kayah language on 9590 kHz
0730 to 0830 hrs UTC in Shan on 9590 kHz

Evening transmission
0930 to 1030 hrs UTC in Kachin language on 7345 kHz
1030 t0 1130 hrs UTC in Pwo Kayin language on 7345 kHz
1130 to 1230 hrs UTC in Sgaw language on 7345 kHz
1230 to 1330 hrs UTC in Mon language on 7345 kHz
According to their closing announcement in Burmese yesterday on 639 kHz the following schedule is for their General Service:

Morning transmission
2330 to 0130 hrs UTC in Burmese language on 639 kHz MW and 6030 kHz
0130 to 0200 hrs UTC in English language on 639 kHz MW and 6030 kHz

Afternoon transmission
0430 to 0630 hrs UTC in Burmese language on 639 kHz MW and 9460 kHz
0630 to 0700 hrs UTC in English language on 639 kHz MW and 9460 kHz

Evening transmission
0930 to 1430 hrs UTC in Burmese language on 639 kHz MW and 6165 kHz
1430 to 1500 hrs UTC in English language on 639 kHz MW and 6165 kHz

BABUL GUPTA, Barasat, India.babulgupta-dxer.blogspot.in

Glenn Hauser logs June 25, 2013

** CHINA. Firedrake [non], CNR1 jamming, June 25 before 1200:
13530, fair at 1153
13830, poor at 1153 with echo
13920, fair at 1153
13970, fair at 1153; none in the 12s or 14s, 16s, 17s or 8s
15250, poor at 1153 with het, SSOB in otherwise almost-dead band

Before 1400 June 25:
13970, fair at 1335; none in the 12s
14700, poor at 1335
15900, poor at 1336
16920, very poor at 1336
17250, poor at 1336
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 14375, June 25 at 0457, big open carrier: I bet it`s Cuban number station, with an RHC (-like?) 250 kW transmitter, altho an unfamiliar frequency. Yes: at 0502, Spanish 5-digit YL numbers are underway. Searching UDXF yg gets only one hit on frequency this year:

``14375.0 ---: Cuban DGI CUB 06:40 H3E/DSB RDFT/120/4600 SS coded messages and RDFT modem traffic (30 Apr)(PPA)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 15340, June 25 at 1335, RHC signal atop HCJB, but distorted modulation at peaks only, unusable: wiggle that patchcord!

11760, June 25 at 1339, RHC is off this frequency but still on 11750, 11690. At 1340, RHC carrier is back on 11760.

Meanwhile on 11760, two other signals mixing. Only CRI English in HFCC, but Aoki shows also Sound of Hope 300 kW from Taiwan, which should surely provoke jamming too, regardless of CRI.

11860, the fourth 25mb frequency of RHC, June 25 at 1339 also with defective modulation at peaks only, but not as bad as 15340 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 13840-13860, June 25 at 0500, the terribly defective R. Cairo Abis transmitter on 13850, aimed 315 degrees toward North America, with very distorted music including `Big-Ben` chimes, but also putting spurs plus and minus 10 kHz, audible out to 13 kHz away. Bad news for R. Farda via Lampertheim, Germany on 13860, totally blocked, and R. Japan, French via Madagascar upcoming at 0530 on 13840 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 25 at 0102, R. Chaski with bits of talk modulation until cut off at 0103:32*, which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Dx Re Mix News # 787

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 787 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Date: June 25, 2013
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AZERBAIJAN    And Voice of Justice maybe has suspended its broadcasts on SW
0600-0630 on 9677.7vSPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Wed/Sat, zero signal
1400-1430 on 9677.7vSPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Tue/Fri, zero signal

BANGLADESH    Summer A-13 schedule of Bangladesh Betar:
1230-1300 on 15105 DKA 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs English
1315-1345 on  7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Nepali
1400-1430 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to WeAs Urdu
1515-1545 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi
1600-1630 on  7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic
1630-1730 on  7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Bangla
1745-1900 on  7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English
1915-2000 on  7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Bangla

KOREA NORTH(non)    Frequency changes of JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze:
1330-1430 NF  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, x 6135 Japanese Mon/Wed/Thu
Chinese/Korean Tue; English Fri; Korean/Japanese Sat & Japanese/Korean Sun.
2000-2100 NF  5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, x 5965 Japanese Mon/Wed/Thu
Chinese/Korean Tue; English Fri; Korean/Japanese Sat & Japanese/Korean Sun.

PHILIPPINES    Summer A-13 SW schedule of FEBC Manila:
0000-0015 on  9795 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmu
0000-0030 on  9405 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Chinese
0000-0100 on 12055 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to SEAs Lahu/Wa
0000-0100 on 12070 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese
0000-0100 on 15600 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs Chin-Asho/Khumi-Karen
0000-0130 on 15435 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to EaAs Shan/Tai-Lu/Maitei/Chin
0100-0130 on 15560 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Javanese
0630-0800 on 15450 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese
0730-0900 on 15525 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Chinese
0800-0830 on 15320 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Madurese Mon-Wed
0800-0830 on 15320 BOC 100 kW / 185 deg to SEAs Sasak Thu-Sun
0800-0900 on 15450 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Hu/Mongolian
0830-0900 on 11820 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Banjar Mon/Wed/Fri
0830-0900 on 11820 BOC 100 kW / 185 deg to SEAs Gorontalo Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun
0900-1000 on 15450 BOC 100 kW / 245 deg to SEAs Minangkabau
0900-1000 on 15580 BOC 100 kW / 185 deg to SEAs Makassarese/Buginese
0900-1400 on  9400 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese
0900-1700 on  9430 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1030 on 15640 BOC 100 kW / 308 deg to SEAs Southern Bai
1030-1100 on 12095 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs Tai-Lu
1000-1100 on 15580 BOC 100 kW / 215 deg to SEAs Sunda/Sasak
1100-1200 on  9795 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Lahu
1100-1200 on  9855 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1100-1300 on 12095 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to SEAs Hmong/Lao/Njua/Mien
1115-1200 on 15330 BOC 100 kW / 278 deg to SEAs Karen/Mon/Jingpho
1200-1300 on  7410 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Khmer
1200-1330 on  9920 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Rade/Jarai/Roglai/Sedang/Koho
1200-1400 on 12020 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs Rawang/Akha/Naga/Chin-Daai
1300-1330 on 11825 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1300-1400 on 12095 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Hmong/Khmu
1330-1400 on  9890 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to CeAs Chinese-Yunnan
1400-1430 on 11750 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to SEAs Lahu
1400-1430 on 15620 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Javanese
1400-1600 on  9345 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese
1430-1500 on 12085 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Uyghur
1500-1600 on 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian Mon-Sat
1500-1600 on 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian/Ukrainan Sun
2230-2400 on  9405 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Chinese
2300-2330 on  9365 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Iu Mien
2300-2330 on  9795 BOC 100 kW / 275 deg to SEAs Mon
2300-2330 on 12095 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs Hmong
2300-2400 on 12070 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese
2330-2400 on  9795 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Lao
2330-2400 on 12055 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to SEAs Palaung/Pale/Tai-Lu
2330-2400 on 15600 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs Burmese

PHILIPPINES    Summer A-13 of R.Pilipinas Philippines Broadcasting Service:
0200-0330 on 11880 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME Tagalog/English
0200-0330 on 15285 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME Tagalog/English
0200-0330 on 17820 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg to N&ME Tagalog/English
1730-1930 on  9915 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME English/Tagalog
1730-1930 on 11720 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME English/Tagalog
1730-1930 on 15190 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME English/Tagalog

PHILIPPINES    Summer A-13 SW schedule of Radio Veritas Asia
0000-0027 on 11855 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Sinhala
0000-0027 on 15460 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Sinhala
0000-0027 on 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Karen
0030-0057 on 11855 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Tamil
0030-0057 on 15265 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Bengali
0030-0057 on 15280 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Hindi
0100-0127 on 15280 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Urdu
0100-0127 on 15530 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Telugu
0100-0127 on 17860 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Urdu
0130-0157 on 15255 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Zomi-Chin
0130-0227 on 15530 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1000-1027 on 11850 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Khmer
1000-1157 on 11945 PUG 250 kW / 355 deg to EaAs Mandarin
1030-1127 on 11850 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1130-1157 on 15450 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Burmese
1200-1227 on 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Hmong
1200-1227 on 15225 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Karen
1230-1257 on 15225 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Kachin
1300-1327 on 11850 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1330-1357 on  9520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Sinhala
1330-1357 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Hindi
1400-1427 on  9520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Tamil
1400-1427 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Bengali
1430-1457 on 11750 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Telugu
1430-1457 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Zomi-Chin
1430-1457 on 15330 SMG 250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Urdu
1500-1557 on 15320 SMG 250 kW / 130 deg to N&ME Filipino
2100-2257 on  6115 PUG 250 kW / 350 deg to EaAs Mandarin
2300-2327 on 15355 PUG 250 kW / 331 deg to CeAs Filipino
2330-2357 on  9645 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Kachin
2330-2357 on  9670 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
2330-2357 on  9720 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Burmese

ROMANIA   Frequency change of Radio Romania International:
0300-0356 NF 17800*GAL 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English, ex 17830, clear
*strong co-ch T8WH HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English. Who needs this?
Special thanks to Georgi Tamahkyarov for this frequency change of RRI.

SRI LANKA    New, updated SW schedule of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation:
0115-0330 on 11905 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Hindi+Bengali/Tamil/English#
0215-0330 on  9770 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs English, Asia sce is deleted
1115-1215 NF  9720 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Hindi/Tamil/Malayalam,x9770*
1630-1830 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Sinhala+En/Tamil^Mon-Wed/Sat
Special thanks to Victor Goonetilleke for this useful information about SLBC
# sponsored programs in Bengali/Tamil/English
* to avoid KBS World Radio Vietnamese/Chinese
^ Sinhala plus announcements in English/Tamil

TAIWAN    Frequency change of Radio Taiwan International effective July 1:
1600-1700 NF  6180 TAI 250 kW / 205 deg to SoAs English, ex 9440//15485 ISS

TAIWAN(non)    New time of PCJ Radio International broadcasts from June 30:
1330-1430 on 11835 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg to EaAs English Sunday,ex 1300-1400
The next broadcast will be on air on Sun, July 7 at same time and frequency

TIBET(non)    Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet:
1300-1315 NF 15548 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542
1345-1400 NF 15542 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548

USA(non)    Final five days of Family Radio on shortwave till June 30:
1100-1200 on  6220 HUW 100 kW / 265 deg to SEAs Burmese
1100-1200 on 11520 BAJ 100 kW / 180 deg to SEAs Tagalog
1100-1300 on  6240 BAJ 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1300 on  9280 PAO 100 kW / 335 deg to EaAs Chinese
1300-1400 on  7485 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
2230-0300 on  6115 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to NoAm English

Final five days of Radio Taiwan International via Okeechobee till June 30:
2200-2300 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm English
2300-2400 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg to CARB Spanish
2300-2400 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm Chinese
0000-0030 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm Cantonese
0030-0100 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm Hakka
0100-0200 on 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg to SoAm Spanish
0300-0400 on  6115 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to NoAm English

UZBEKISTAN    Summer A-13 schedule of CVC The Voice Asia:
0000-0400 on  6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg to IND  Hindi
0100-0400 on  9975 TAC 100 kW / 186 deg to SoAs Hindi
0400-1100 on 13630 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg to IND  Hindi
1100-1400 on  9660 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg to IND  Hindi
1400-2000 on  6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg to IND  Hindi

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Voice of Tigers maybe has suspended its broadcasts on SW:
1530-1630 on 11550 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to CLN Tamil Sat no signal May-June
1500-1600 on 12250 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to CLN Tamil Sat no signal May-June

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Glenn Hauser logs June 22-23, 2013

** ANTARCTICA [non]. BBCWS special webpage still lacks audio, but Richard Cuff reports it`s elsewhere:

The SWLing.com website has the audio posted here:http://swling.com/blog/2013/06/shortwave-radio-recordings-bbc-world-service-to-the-british-antarctic-survey/
Found it here too;http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jhdxLaQjOlY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjhdxLaQjOlY
(Glenn Hauser, June 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 23:
13795, JBA at 1353 with CCI; was better an hour earlier.

All the rest are CNR1 jammers instead, before 1400 June 23:
13830, poor at 1353; none in the 12s
13920, fair at 1353
13970, poor at 1353; none in the 14s
15115, fair at 1355
15870, poor at 1355
16100, poor at 1355
16360, fair at 1355
16920, JBA at 1356; none in the 17s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 11860, Sunday June 23 at 1235, `Cuba Campesina`, the best show on RHC, terrific guitar work and criolla songs, a respite from constant anti-American rhetoric, altho the fully fluent SS would find some of that in the lyrix. Also listened an hour later to `En Contacto` DX program on 11860; good thing I did as // 11760 checked at 1349 closing had distorted suppressed audio; wiggle that patchcord! 11760 also had CCCCI from CRI English via Kunming, worse during the first hour, almost equal level to Habana, Commies vs Commies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Big sporadic-E opening on 6m per maps across eastern USA, June 23 at 1430 UT but nothing visible on analog VHF TV until:

1509 on 2, fade-in with fútbol, México vs Japón --- but not live from Japan as it`s after midnite, and rather early in the day for Mexico; can`t find a full game listed on any Mexican network in TV Guide, so maybe clip, as faded out quickly. This game axually occurred Saturday at 1900 UT, part of the last-biweek-of-June Copa Confederaciones series, apparently played in Brasil. Seems to peak from south

1534 on 2, another fade-in mixture but including fútbol

1535 on 2, graphic shows Tamaulipas, likely XHTAU Tampico

1536 on 2, ad for Instituto Británico de Monterrey, i.e. XEFB, then Despierta Monterrey, show?

1542 on 2, glimpse of Bob El Esponja, i.e. Televisa net-5

1543 on 2, Azteca net-7 bug UR, 27 degree temp below it, likely XHTAU Tampico

1550 on 3, MUF is poking up here now, Spanish audio. Opening continues in and out, to be continued? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 23 at 0101, CRI/Cuba has cut 5990 off late after switch to English, and then R. Chaski carrier cuts off at 0103:21* which is five seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [non]. 11835, Sunday June 23 at 1304, very poor signal from presumed weekly PCJ Radio International via SRI LANKA; could almost imagine it was Andy Sennitt`s voice. Could also have been R. Daqui, Brasil, which Jorge Freitas in Bahia was hearing instead of this on 11830. Victor Goonetilleke and Ivo Ivanov say from next Sunday, PCJ shifts a semihour later to 1330-1430, still on 11835. Presumably to escape 11840 AIR Chinese and ChiCom jamming until 1315, but then its adjacent will be VOR Pet/Kam on 11840 from 1400 in Russian per HFCC. Too bad that PCJ has not followed up successful UT Monday 00-01 test on 9925 via Germany to North America with weekly broadcasts to here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1674 monitoring: confirmed on WRN via WRMI webcast, Saturday June 22 after 1730 but inaudible on 9955, which is presumably on the air weekends during the day.

The 2330 Saturday airing on WTWW-2, 9930 was pre-empted for continuing live Field Day telephone call-ins. 9930 cut off at 2400 sharp, just in time for Mighty KBC on 9925, but did not immediately hear it come up on 5085, tho on the air an hour later.

WOR 1674 confirmed on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday June 23 at 0400.5; maybe also Sunday 2330v on 9930.

Updated WOR schedule with some other changes:http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

And also DX/SWL/Media programs on SW:http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Sunday June 23 at 1305, WTWW-3 is on in Russian; seems to have settled down, back closer to published language schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 21630, Saturday June 22 at 1939 the OSOB is WHRI providing an insane gospel huxter screaming incomprehensibly; also with hum, probably from the original audio source. WHR sked shows it`s ``Angel 1`` with Bishop S.C. Johnson & Elder Conrad Campbell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Log Roberto Pavanello

 3330 22/6 02.30 CHU - Ottawa EE/FF ID e pip pip buono
 3905 22/6 22.30 R. Alice - EE ID e MX buono
 4780 21/6 19.30 R. Gibuti - Arabo MX buono
 4910 21/6 21.40 VL8T - Tennant Creek EE intervista buono
 4976 21/6 19.35 UBC R. - Kampala EE NX buono
 5025 21/6 21.45 VL8K - Katherine EE intervista buono
 5035 21/6 21.20 R. Aparecida - PP MX buono
 5910 22/6 23.25 R. Alcaravan - Puerto Lleras SS MX buono
 6180 22/6 02.40 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP talk su Confederation's Cup buono
 6185 22/6 02.45 R. Educaciòn - Mexico D.F. SS MX buono
 6240 22/6 22.55 R. Victoria - freeradiovictoria@hotmail.com Tedesco ID e MX buono
 6250 21/6 21.25 Shortwave Gold - EE ID e MX buono
 6285 21/6 21.30 R. Tina - EE ID e MX buono
 6300 21/6 21.35 R. Odynn - EE ID e MX buono
 6322 22/6 23.05 R. Zodiac Int. - radiozodiac@hotmail.com EE ID e MX buono
 9565 21/6 20.55 R. Deus è Amor - Curitiba PP gospel buono
11725 21/6 21.10 R. New Zeland Int. - wellington EE intervista buono
11735 21/6 19.45 Zanzibar BC - Swahili MX buono
11855 21/6 21.05 R. Aparecida - PP gospel suff.
15345 21/6 19.40 R.A.E. - Buenos Aires IT MX pop argentina ( no tanghi !!! ) buono

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

Frequency changes

AZERBAIJAN    And Voice of Justice maybe has suspended its broadcasts on SW
0600-0630 on 9677.7vSPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Wed/Sat, zero signal
1400-1430 on 9677.7vSPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Tue/Fri, zero signal

ROMANIA   Frequency change of Radio Romania International:
0300-0356 NF 17800*GAL 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English, ex 17830, clear
*strong co-ch T8WH HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English. Who needs this?
Special thanks to Georgi Tamahkyarov for this frequency change of RRI.

SRI LANKA    New, updated SW schedule of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation:
0115-0330 on 11905 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Hindi+Bengali/Tamil/English#
0215-0330 on  9770 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs English, Asia sce is deleted
1115-1215 NF  9720 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Hindi/Tamil/Malayalam,x9770*
1630-1830 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Sinhala+En/Tamil^Mon-Wed/Sat
Special thanks to Victor Goonetilleke for this useful information about SLBC
# sponsored programs in Bengali/Tamil/English
* to avoid KBS World Radio Vietnamese/Chinese
^ Sinhala plus announcements in English/Tamil

TAIWAN(non)    New time of PCJ Radio International broadcasts from June 30:
1330-1430 on 11835 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg to EaAs English Sunday,ex 1300-1400
The next broadcast will be on air on Sun, July 7 at same time and frequency

TIBET(non)    Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet:
1300-1315 NF 15548 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542
1345-1400 NF 15542 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Voice of Tigers maybe has suspended its broadcasts on SW:
1530-1630 on 11550 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to CLN Tamil Sat no signal May-June
1500-1600 on 12250 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to CLN Tamil Sat no signal May-June

--

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs June 21-22, 2013

** ANTARCTICA [non]. 9890, June 21 at 2132, JBA carrier from the annual BBCWS mid-winter special to the British Antarctic Survey. This was Woofferton site aimed south of course; 7350 via Ascension not heard. Propagation is certainly pitiful, partly because it`s mid-summer here. It was also a bust for us last year. Little else from Europe audible on 31m this time, maybe a bit of Spain on 9620, while single-hop nearby US signals from Tennessee are inbooming on 9980, 9930, 9479, 9350, but further ones are poor on 9330, 9265, 9565+jamming (and 9370 is off).

Having dutifully tried to hear it on SW, we may now listen without shame to the special via http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=2213
or less indirectly viahttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01bcdj7/features/p01bcdj7
Oh yeah? There is supposed to be audio via that page, but the only linx there now are for listening live to what`s on BBCWS; will they get around to putting it up later?

The 2012 audio is here, and even autolaunches:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2012/06/120620_antarctic_midwinter_broadcast_2012.shtml
plus linx to two (or more?) previous years. So can we get to 2013 by changing the three 12s to 13s above? Of course not! Nor by changing 20 to 21. If anyone later finds a valid link for this year`s special, please so inform (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 22:
13795, JBA at 1357
Hastening to scan 12-18 MHz before 1400 and finding NO CNR1 jammers audible, no doubt poor propagation rather than absence (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15340, June 22 at 1312, RHC has a hard time staying on the air: carrier drops out, momentarily uncovering HCJB Australia; then modulation drops but carrier stays; when back, I can still hear HCJB underneath and making a SAH. Meanwhile 16m is almost dead with no signal from RHC 17580 or 17730, even if on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, Saturday June 22 at 1351:37-1354:50, Kevin O`Donovan in NM gets 3:13 for his Listening Tips on KBS World Radio`s `Listeners` Lounge`, consisting of WYFR closing down, so what will become of RTI relays? Some DW SW changes as of June 12; SWPC propagation until July 13, verbal not numerical; and he will be ``back in a few weeks``, so on to Christer and the other guy in the meanweeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MICRONESIA. 4755.4v, June 22 at 1158 tuned in just in time with BFO to clock PMA The Cross automatically cutting off its JBA carrier at 1158:55* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 22 at 0055, R. Chaski is very poor but talk and music modulation detectable, until 0103:16* cutoff, which is five seconds later than yesterday. The Urubamban tantalizes us with more and more of it every day! Until it reaches circa 5-after the hour for a reset. At least they/we have proven that the signal holds up past the longest day of the year for us, shortest for them. Altho the absolute latest sunset around 0153 UT will not occur here for another biweek, but it`s only a matter of seconds within the minute. QRM from CRI 5990 via slipshod CUBA continued unusually late past 0102 after switch from Spanish to English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 15300, June 21 at 2136, poor-fair signal in Spanish. At first I had visions of RFI, resuming this language on a well-known frequency. But Aoki dashes that, showing this hour only, 15300 is RRI, while RFI is finished with 15300 (in French) by 2000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1674 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB starting at 0135 UT Saturday June 22. Next: Sat 1730 on WRN via WRMI 9955; 1674 or 1673 could appear anytime 18-21 UT on WTWW-2 9930; definitely 1674 at 2329v Saturday & Sunday on 9930; and on WTWW-1 5830 UT Sunday 0400.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Friday June 21 at 2135 check, WTWW-3 Bible Worldwide is in French. Saturday June 22 at 1356 in Russian, with considerable CODAR QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15550-USB, had not noticed scratchy carrier-less signal from WJHR lately in daytime tunearounds, so deliberately search for it June 22: at 1400 still nothing, but at 1410 JBA on USB, despite neighbor 15610 WEWN with good Es-enhanced AM signal, as well as 15825 WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1220, June 22 at 1207 UT giving silly ballgame times for upcoming coverage, mentions Wichita and then KOFO in passing, i.e. the 250-watt Ottawa, Kansan, as there`s still some skywave on the top half of the MF band 53 minutes after Enid Sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1440, June 22 at 1212 UT, home improvement advice from kenthecontractor.com but with 3 Hz SAH from a mostly stronger open carrier. I think Ken must be on KMAJ Topeka, and the OC from KTNO Dallas, which is failing to modulate its 50 kW. Yes, his affiliate list http://kenthecontractor.com/affiliates/
shows KMAJ, the only one on 1440 and the only one close enough for us to hear --- at least if its direxional pattern is out of whack as I also heard it a few days ago. Unfortunately, FCC AM Query for facility 42014 can`t find the Electric Field Strength pattern plot, but it does have the Pattern Data, showing nulls are at (as computed by 5-degree intervals) 80, 145, 170, 235, and 355 degrees --- the deepest being 80 and the closest one to Enidward being 235. According tohttp://www.convertalot.com/great_circle_distance_calculator.html
the true bearing of Enid from Topeka is 214 degrees. The FCC Pattern Data shows at 215 degrees KMAJ has a hefty signal, almost 8 times as much as at the 235 null, so maybe not so unusual after all, and really in whack (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1600, June 22 at 1216 UT I pause here for some nice piano music, presumably KRVA, confirmed at 1221 by ID in English, ``1600-AM, KRVA`` [The Metroplex TX] and into choral music, presumably South Vietnam ex-national anthem, but an odd time; perhaps piano was a prélude to morning programming if not axual sign-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)