Glenn Hauser logs March 30-31, 2014

** ALASKA [and non]. KNLS English site http://www.knls.org as of March 31 still hasn`t put up their A-14 frequency schedule; nor has their Chinese site http://www.szmg.org, but at least the Russian one has:http://www.knls.net/rus/schedule.htm

It contradicts the HFCC-registered English schedule I quoted earlier, instead showing English now: 10 on 9655, 12 on 7355, 15 on 9920; all pending confirmation. Not on 11765 or 11870 at 08, 10, 12, 14. This happens at the start of every season: KNLS never has its acts together.

What about World Christian Broadcasting`s long-stalled Madagascar World Voice project? Only this in their first-quarter 2014 update:

``When the broadcasting begins from Madagascar, we are ready to make contact with many new Arabic listeners. The 10/40 window of northern Africa and the Middle East will be a focus for our 2014 outreach.

Languages And Outreaches We Hope To Begin In 2014

Be prayerful as we hope to begin English for Africa programming and as we begin to prepare for Portuguese and Korean programming. The year 2014 should bring about making contact with many new listeners by means of an international shared website. Another Medical Missions trip to Madagascar is planned for this year as well. Andy Baker`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALGERIA [non]. RTA 9535 via FRANCE is now colliding for an hour with SPAIN, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 15300, March 31 at 0547, R. Australia on new frequency in English, good signal greeting listeners on 103 FM in Apia, Samoa.
Apparently replaces 15515, no longer heard, at 03-06 as both are on schedule in DXLD 14-12 at same parameters, 70 degrees from Shepparton, close to USward while // 15240 remains, weaker on 30 degree beam.

Goes on to interview some Samoan about how they are converting from imperial to metric measurements, to match major trading partners NZ and Australia, following repositioning dateline for same reason (which any country affected may do by fiat, without international treaties).

This is an absurd situation distancing (ex-Western) Samoa from American Samoa east of it, which remains on UT -11 yearound. Samoa (whose islands are much larger than the American ones), per WRTH is on UT +13 except in local summers UT+14! this year until April 6 when NZ goes off DST (instead of allowing itself to match NZ exactly, why not?).

So more than half the year, if you go from eastern to western Samoa you *gain* 25 hours into the next day, otherwise only 24 hours apart. Here`s a map showing just how the dateline juts around to accomplish this and still be contiguous:http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dateline.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 11595, March 31 at 1240, good with flutter, HCJB prélude of upbeat ``inspirational`` but unidentifiable music medley alternating with ``This is HCJB Australia; programmes on this frequency will commence shortly``, same selexions as always on other frequencies for years, but this is a brand-new one. 1245 into S Asian language with greeting, own music. Must replace 15340, now vacant, so at last avoiding the collision with Cuba after 1300!

HFCC A-14 schedule which includes some alternates, including 15340:http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A14&broadc=HCA
Per it, 11595 starts at 1225, and is all in English! (NOT) until 1430. More like Bangla shown as Mondays only 1245-1300 on ``15340``, three other non-English languages depending on day of week. 321 degrees on 11595, 310 on 15340.

15450, March 31 at 1407, sermon in Oz accent following some religious music, poor with flutter; 1428 now very poor but announcing an Australian address, 1430 on to another English religionist. HFCC shows this as another new HCJB frequency, at 1400-1530, all in English, 310 degrees. So far I have never heard their new corporate identity ``Reach Beyond`` mentioned on air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 15500, March 31 at 1403, CNR1 jammer has suddenly appeared here, and just as suddenly gone before 1414; was good while it lasted. Possibly Sound of Hope or V of Tibet showed up around here briefly attracting it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 11760, March 31 at 1247, 1310, 1355 chex, RHC is totally absent today, leaving nothing but CRI English, now scheduled 12-14 via Kunming. At least one RHC transmitter must be down at any given time, so probably not off permanently; but may also make some adjustments once other stations` A-14 usage requires.

15340, RHC has lucked out with HCJB Australia [q.v.] quitting this frequency for 11595, leaving RHC unimpeded after 1300 March 31 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 13605, March 30 at 1939, R. Martí is still going here on new frequency until 2000, clear, while wall-of-noise jamming remains on ex-13820.

5980 & 6030, March 31 at 0526, pulse jamming equally on both vacant R. Martí frequencies in long-scheduled 03-09 UT Monday silent period, but that doesn`t faze the grossly inefficient and wasteful DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 13850, March 31 at 0545, good signal but suppressed modulation at peaks only, then ME music, no doubt R. Cairo as scheduled in A-14 at 02-07, 315 degrees from Abis for W Europe and E North America --- yet another totally pointless failing transmission. 11905 no longer listed and probably replacement for that, so Sri Lanka no longer blocked by it (tho CNR1 is listed co-channel now) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 7450, 7475, 9420 and 11645 are all off, March 31 circa 0100 and also at 0543 check; Helleniki Rdiophonia continues to be highly unreliable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [and non]. 15520, March 31 at 1404 as I am checking out V. of Tibet [q.v.], 15525 today, something else is here, not CNR1 jamming but S Asian language at 1412; 1420 Iran IS briefly and off 1420.4*. VIRI is now scheduled 1250-1420 in Urdu, 500 kW, 109 degrees from Kamalabad. This now prevents (or should prevent) VOT from shifting down 5 kHz from 15525 to foil the ChiCom jammer, altho could still do so after 1420; but stayed on 15525 today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 5975, March 31 at 0527 fill music with ACI from 5980 Cuban jamming; 0529 ``frequency notice`` for NHKWRJ in English, complete schedule which fits into a single minute if transmitter sites are omitted; now there`s stronger ACI from 5980 Vatican bells. 0500-0530 RJ is via Woofferton UK to Mideast, // 11970 via France to Africa, which should mostly be better for us, abandoned by NHK direct broadcasts or relays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, March 31 at 1355, Kurdish music, good with flutter, as the Denge Kurdistana mostly-music hour should have daylight-shifted to 1300 instead of 1400 UT, presumably to keep matching clock time in prime-target Turkish Kurdistan. In HFCC as 03-19, 300 kW from KCH MDA site, a.k.a. Grigoriopol, PRIDNESTROVYE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 540, March 31 at 0552 UT, dominant signal plays ranchera music from the WSW, and I already know what it is before the next frequent ID: ``La Ranchera de Paquimé``, i.e. XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, near AZ & NM. Nulling it, I hear nothing but CBK, no sign of XEWA SLP despite alleged 150 vs 5 kW power difference per WRTH 2014; or is XETX only 1 kW at night as in IRCA Mexican log? Or 250 watts as in Cantú? I could believe WRTH about XETX but none of them about XEWA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, March 31 at 0104, R. Chaski carrier now alone on the channel, still running later and later, until cutoff at 0106:55* which makes it only 4.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 15170, March 30 at 2048, RRI on VG new frequency giving its full English schedule during `DX Mailbag`, this 2030-2100 now // 17510 which is noticeably weaker today. Also web info about all the social media it inhabits, and acknowledging report from Allan Loudell in Delaware.

9700, March 31 at 0533, RRI with news in English in clear now that Turkey has belatedly moved to 11980 for A-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 13805-AM, March 31 at 1237, Voice of Russia, very poor with flutter in Vietnamese; 1259 ends Viet, long time signal (10 pips? I wasn`t counting), and 1300 opening English from ``Radio VR``, still very poor with flutter and not in DRM contrary to RUVR`s own website schedule. This is presumably its final day on shortwave! And the only English broadcast we have a chance of hearing, tho unusable from Irkutsk site; no better at final check 1356 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [and non]. REE and TDA/TDF have failed to coördinate, causing a collision on 9535, March 31 at 0535, Spanish talking about Morocco with Qur`an in background at first thought might be within program, but none such on REE // 6125. Instead, Algeria via FRANCE is now also on 9535 at 05-07, while Spain continues on 9535 at 00-06. Of course, the official CIRAF zone targets do not overlap, so everything`s peachy, right? Wrong. Signals from adjacent countries are bound to QRM each other everywhere, even with different azimuths. Algeria/France also on 7295 but not //, Arabic talk instead.

17595, March 31 before and after 14 UT, what had been in B-13 our best morning frequency from REE is now missing. Yet it`s allegedly on per HFCC A-14 registrations, overlapping ones, supposedly 7 days a week on three different azimuths, at 11-13, 12-22 and 13-15, plus 21-22. These always go beyond actual usage.

But the schedule issued by REE itself as in DXLD 14-13, shows 17595 in use only at 21-22 M-F (and in Portuguese, not Spanish). The 1300- frequency for Central America now is 21640, barely audible today and usually weaker here than 21610 which is for Mideast; and 17715 from 1200 (Sat/Sun from 1400) for S America.

15385, Monday March 31 at 1425, REE IS is JBA for the weekly Sephardic semihour to the ME. REE sked for A-14 claims the repeats are 0115 UT Tue on 11795 to SAm (really escaping collision all-B-season with 11780 Brasil? We`ll see), and 0415 UT Tue on 9690 to N America (if not alt. 9650) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 11560, March 31 at 0540, pop music in English, fair with flutter. It`s the new A-14 frequency for Miraya FM at 03-06, due south from PRIDNESTROVYE, ``MOLDOVA`` per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [and non]. 11650, March 31 at 0542, Arabic with weak tone jamming, and noise too if not from a local device. It`s R. Dabanga on summer frequency via VATICAN, following R. Tamazuj, the PNW services from Holland at 0400-0557 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 15525, March 31 at 1359 open carrier, finally adding modulation at 1402.5, presumably V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR, same as in B-13 but veiled from HFCC; 1407 some music, no jamming audible from CNR1, but China jamming is really not propagating on usual clear OOB frequencies today (except 15500). VOT still on 15525 at 1420, 1427-1429*. No shift down a channel to fool jammer, as 15520 is now blocked by IRAN [q.v.] until its 1420* (when VOT could then shift if it cared to). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11980, March 31 at 0544, Turkish music fair with flutter, as VOT has moved up here a day late for A-14, ex-9700; now scheduled until 0600 (really off a few minutes earlier), a nice source for slumbering. Aimed at Western Europe and incidentally also North America beyond. Still nothing audible on 15450 for 1230-1320 English also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 7355, March 31 at 0531, BBCWS good with headlines in English, ex-7325 in B-season, same as A-13, both ASCENSION; probably our best bet for BBCWS reception here, but at a rather late hour, really intended for upwakers in Africa. 7355 now scheduled 05-07 with a beam change at 06; and also 04-05 via South Africa, when Romania is adjacent on 7350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15490, March 31 at 1358, VOA YDD sign-on, poor to very poor, but gone at 1400 --- was it really a sign-off? No, listed as IBB English, due west from Tinang, PHILIPPINES at 1400-1500, so must have failed, dumping off; maybe back later? Not noticed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1714 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast, UT Monday March 31 at 0300, after John Lightning; and presumably also on 5110v-CUSB WBCQ. Next:

Tuesday 1100 on WRMI-10 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB [note timeshift one UT hour earlier for A-14 season, also Saturdays]
Wednesday 1300 on WRMI-11 9955
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15770, March 30 at 1940, Overcomer theme music, undermodulated as always from WRMI. 17790 with RAN is also undermodulated, apparently the best certain ex-YFR transmitters can do. On the noticiasdx yg, Jeff White asks in Spanish for reports from Europe on 15770 at 13-21, and 7730 now at 22-02, currently occupied by BS in English, but if well heard may include something in Spanish.

9955, March 31 around 1335 during `Wavescan` Jeff White announces all the times for it now on WRMI 9955 in A-14:
Mon 0300, 1100, 1315*
Tue 0330
Wed 0000, 1330
Fri 0315, 1330
Sat 1100, 2230
Sun 0200
* he says the Mon 1315 broadcast is the only one on the NW antenna, rest on the SSE; but surely the 1330s Wed & Fri are too, if switch between them is every day around 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17730, March 30 at 1942, gospel huxter in English, good signal. It`s a new one from WHRI, registered daily 14-20 at 85 degrees, plus 20-21 until 6 September daily except Sundays. If it really start at 1400, will collide with Cuba for an hour.

11635, March 31 at 0541, good signal with harmonious gospel music, as WHRI is now here toward Europe, registered at 05-06 daily, plus 0430-0500 weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7506+, March 31 at 0106 check, WRNO is still AWOL. They must be making a lot of refunds if anyministry is axually purchasing airtime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15610, March 31 at 1358 and later, WEWN English frequency is missing for second day, while Spanish remains on 11550, 12050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1470, March 31 at 0600 UT, WMBD ID in promo and on to Fox ``news`` from the NE. This is Peoria IL, seldom heard here with 5 kW night pattern tight to the north, and day coverage also tight N/S, per NRC Pattern Book (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 5980, March 31 at *0529, Vatican bells mostly overcoming senseless Cuban jamming against nothing, // 7250 at 0530 opening Latin mass with announcements in French, Spanish, et al. Hams mostly avoid 7250. Both are reactivated A-season frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 15440, March 31 at 1229, VOA Yankee Doodle Dandy sign-on, good with flutter, so what next? Not VOA, but music, and ``Laudetur Iesus Christus`` as the US government implicitly endorses one particular religion, violating Separation of Church and State. It`s a Vatican Radio relay, then opening in Russian, per HFCC, 338 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES at 1230-1300.

BTW, Vatican Spanish via Greenville continues unchanged on 7305 both at 1130 & 0200. Various IBB broadcasts get relayed in exchange via Santa Maria di Galeria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 6175, March 31 at 0528, World Vision commercial in English, which WHRI tacks on to Voice of Vietnam relay still scheduled here in A-14 at 0300-0528 in Spanish, English, Spanish, Vietnamese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1840 UT March 31

Log Roberto Pavanello

1017 24/3 18.30 R.N.E. R.5 - Granada SS NX reg. Andalucia buono
1053 26/3 22.55 COPE - Castellon SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1071 23/3 18.10 A.I.R. - Rankot Urdu MX suff.
1098 25/3 18.30 R.N.E. R.5 - Avila SS NX reg. Castilla y Leon buono
1107 28/3 18.40 R.N.E. R.5 - Logrono SS NX reg. La Rioja buono
1116 24/3 22.55 R. Pontevedra - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1260 27/3 22.55 R. Murcia - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1323 24/3 22.35 Smooth R. - Brighton EE ID e MX // a 1359 KHz suff
1539 25/3 22.55 R. Manresa - Catalano ID e pubblicità locale buono
1566 30/3 00.40 Unid con MX italiana anni '50-'60 - Roma suff.
1655 29/3 20.45 R. Wittereus - Dutch ID e MX buono
3905 23/3 20.40 Skyline R. - EE ID e MX buono
3905 27/3 20.30 R. Calypso - EE ID e MX buono
4775 29/3 23.15 R. Tarma - SS MX buono
4780 27/3 20.30 R. Gibuti - Arabo MX locale buono
4835 29/3 20.35 VL8A - Alice Springs EE NX suff.
4885 29/3 23.20 R. Clube di Parà - Belem PP calcio buono
4940 29/3 23.25 R. San Antonio - Villa Atalaya SS predica suff.
4955 29/3 23.30 R. Cultural Amauta - Huanta SS NX buono
5000 29/3 20.30 BPM - Lintong Cinese ID e pip pip buono
5005 29/3 20.35 R. Bata - Vern. NX buono
5915 25/3 20.10 ZNBC - Lusaka Vern. talk OM suff.
5940 29/3 23.55 Voz Missionaria - Camboriu PP predica suff.
5952.5 30/3 00.00 R. Pio XII - Siglo XX Aymara talk YL suff.
6045 30/3 09.15 Shortwave Rock - EE ID e MX buono
6205 28/3 20.25 R. Tango Italia - IT tanghi buono
6225 29/3 17.45 Tip & Elvis Show - EE ID e MX buono
6245 23/3 17.45 R. Casanova - Dutch ID e MX buono
6245 27/3 20.35 Horizont FM - Tenerife EE ID e MX buono
6255 29/3 23.40 R. Flying Dutchman - EE ID e MX buono
6286 29/3 20.15 R. Focus Int. - EE ID e MX buono
6290 27/3 19.30 R. Mazda - ID e MX buono
6295 28/3 17.10 R. Adelaar - EE ID e MX buono
6300 24/3 16.45 R. Verona - Dutch ID e MX buono
6300 24/4 20.30 Flux AM - EE ID e MX buono
6305 23/3 17.40 Hitmix - EE ID e MX buono
6305 29/5 23.45 TRX R. - EE ID e MX buono
6305 30/3 09.00 R. Mazda - Dutch ID e MX buono
6310 27/3 30.40 R. Black Beard - EE ID e MX buono
6325 24/3 17.15 R. NMD - Dutch ID e MX buono
6325 25/3 17.10 R. Norton - ID e MX buono
6325 28/3 17.00 Odynn R. - Dutch ID e MX buono
6735 26/3 19.49 Cool AM - EE ID e MX buono
6915 23/3 20.45 Premier R. - EE ID e MX buono
9790 30/3 09.05 AWR - Firenze IT Studio DX by Roberto Scaglione ottimo
10000 29/3 20.25 Obs. Nac. - Rio de Janeiro PP ID e ora suff.
11780 30/3 00.15 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP ID e MX buono
11855 29/3 20.20 R. Aparecida - PP MX buono
15345 23/3 20.50 R. Nacional - Buenos Aires SS talk su urbanizzazione buono

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

Ascolti AM Treviso 30 marzo

3965   30/03 2029 Radio Taiwan Internacional, Issoudun Px "El cartero" Es 45444
7365   30/03 2035 HCJB Deutschland, Weenermoor Px "Studio Dx 561" It 23422
11695 30/03 2100 Radio Australia, Shepparton Info ID Px "ABC News" E 34423
15345 30/03 2105 Radio Argentina Exterior, General Pacheco Nx Es 34444

73 da N. Marabello
QTH  Treviso, Italia
RX:  SONY ICF SW7600G
Ant.: esterna VHF azimuth 230

Aggiornamento onde medie RAI Veneto

Per il periodo A14 RAI Veneto conferma le seguenti frequenze in onde medie:
936 kHz Venezia, 1449 kHz Belluno.

I notiziari regionali vanno in onda alle 5:20 UTC e 10:10 UTC da lunedi al venerdì. La domenica alle 10:15 UTC.


73 da N. Marabello
Treviso, IT

Complete schedule of new frequencies of Brother Stair

USA   Complete schedule of new frequencies of Brother Stair from March 30:
0000-0600 on 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg to BRAS English, deleted
0100-0300 on 13695 YFR 100 kW / 151 deg to NSAm English, deleted
0100-0300 NF 15660 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Mon-Sat, ex 15680
0400-0800 NF 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English, ex  9840
0600-0800 NF  7365 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English, ex  7490
0700-1100 NF  9965 HRI 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English, ex  9955
1300-2100 NF 15770 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English, additional
1600-1900 NF  9950 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English, ex  9955
1600-1900 NF 17610 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English, ex 17705
1800-2100 NF 17730 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Mon-Fri, ex 17610
2200-0200 NF  7730 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English, additional
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/complite-schedule-of-new-frequencies-of.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

Kamalabad transmitter sending spurs on 21715/21585

IRAN    Kamalabad transmitter sending spurs on 21715/21585, i.e +/- 65 kHz from the fundamental 21650, as scheduled:
1153-1250 on 21650 KAM 500 kW / 065 deg to EaAs Chinese
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/kamalabad-transmitter-sending-spurs-on.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


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

Ascolti AM Treviso Mar. 31

15160 31/03 0859 KBS World Radio, Kimjae jingle Info ID E 25533
11945 31/03 0900 Radio Australia, Shepparton Px "ABC News" E 35533
6095   31/03 0901 Transport Radio, Nauen Nx   NL 45544
1449   31/03 1010 RAI Radio 1, Belluno  Id Px "GR Veneto" It 15522
21515 31/03 1106 Radio Exterior Espana,  Noblejas Px "El vestuario"  E 44544
1017   31/03 1108  Media Veneta Broadcast, Piove di Sacco (PD) Px "replica Studio DX 561" It 25544


73 da N. Marabello
QTH  Treviso, Italia
RX:  SONY ICF SW7600G
Ant.: esterna VHF azimuth 230 + quadro DLF 1539 kHz

Unscheduled broadcast of Brother Stair

USA(non)   Unscheduled broadcast of Brother Stair was observed on March 31:
from 1000 on 11600 secret / hidden site to WeEu, probably from Bulgaria
Strong signal with overmodulated audio, SINPO 44554, QRM RTTY on 11598.
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/unscheduled-broadcast-of-brother-stair.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

New frequency of Furusato no Kaze

KOREA NORTH(non)   New frequency of Furusato no Kaze via Koror, Palau.
Complete summer A-14 schedule for Nippon no Kaze and Furusato no Kaze:
Nippon no Kaze
1300-1330 on  9950 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean
1500-1530 on  9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean
1530-1600 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean

Furusato no Kaze
1330-1400 on  9950 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese
1430-1500 on  9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese
1600-1630 NF  9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese, ex 9780 PAO
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-frequency-of-furusato-no-kaze.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


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

Horizon FM

Good reception of Horizon FM/Atlantis FM on March 31
from 0315 to 0410 on new 6205, ex 6245. SiNPO 44544.
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/horizon-fm-on-new-6205.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

Changes of Brother Stair TOM via Okeechobee

USA   Changes of Brother Stair TOM via Okeechobee effective from March 30:
0000-0600 on 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg to BRAS English, cancelled
0100-0300 on 13695 YFR 100 kW / 151 deg to NSAm English, cancelled
0400-0800 NF 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English, ex  9840
1300-2100 on 15770 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English, additional
1800-2100 on  7730 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English, cancelled
2200-0200 on  7730 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English, additional
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/changes-of-brother-stair-tom-via.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

VOA Radiogram 52

Very good reception of program #52 "battle of the 100-word-per-minute modes"
of VOA Radiogram between 1930 and 2000 UTC on 15670 kHz out of Greenville
Site B.


The modes used were: MFSK32, PSKR125 (110 wpm), MT63-1000L (100 wpm),
Thor25x4 (100 wpm), MFSK32 (120 wpm), MFSK32, MFSK32.


More:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/very-good-reception-of-voa-radiogram.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

Log Arnaldo Slaen

15175 BBN Radio-Berekah Broadcasting Network, 1901-1920, March 29,via Issoudun, France with transmission. In amharic to Ethiopia, announcement, news by male, music at 1915, talk, 44444

15180 Radio Hilaac, via Issoudun, France, 1700-1715, March 29, transmission in somali to Somalia, s/onn, announcement and identification by male, music, news, talks by male and female, 3444

17500 Radio Ndeke Luka, via Issoudun, 1718-1729. March 29, transmission inm Songo language for Centro African Republic, many talks by males, announcement, s/off at 1729 UTC, 44444

Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina

New frequency for Brother Stair via WHRI Angel 5 eff. from March 30

USA   New frequency for Brother Stair via WHRI Angel 5 eff. from March 30+
0700-1100 on  9965 HRI 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English, ex 9955
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.


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73!
Ivo Ivanov


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New frequency for Brother Stair via T8WH Angel 4

USA(non)   New frequency for Brother Stair via T8WH Angel 4 from March 30:
1600-1900 NF  9950*HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English, ex 9955
* co-ch AIR Swahili/Hindi in AM and from 1745 AIR English in DRM
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

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73!
Ivo Ivanov


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

Glenn Hauser logs March 30, 2014

** ALGERIA [non]. 11985, March 30 at 0606, Qur`an, fair with flutter: A-14 HFCC shows it`s RTA via FRANCE at 06-07 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. CNR1 jamming on a number of new frequencies tnx to A-14 schedules of victims, March 30 during the 13 UT hour with nice music on traditional plucked instrument, which makes the jamming no less contemptible. No thoro out-of-band scan yet, but plenty in-band:

15565, CNR1 jammer, good at 1310 March 30, VOT het on hi side
15545, CNR1 jammer, good at 1310 March 30, VOT het on lo side
15265, CNR1 jammer, good at 1310 March 30, some rumble but no het
15195, CNR1 jammer, good at 1311 March 30, in the clear
15115, CNR1 jammer, good at 1311 March 30, Chinese CCI from victim
11805, CNR1 jammer, very good at 1336 March 30, but with victim CCI
11785, CNR1 jammer, very good at 1336 March 30 announcement, more mx
 7445, 7385, 7365, 7310, all CNR1 jammers fair at 1342 March 30

In next hour vs Voice of Tibet:
15560, CNR1 jammer, fair at 1420 March 30; no het heard
15520, CNR1 jammer, poor at 1420 March 30, under V. of Tibet, still here via MADAGASCAR, tho missing from HFCC A-14 just as in B-13 from this or any nearby frequency. Jamming stops at 1420 as the ChiCom check whether VOT has shifted as it often does, then resumes at 1421 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 13605, March 30 at 1303, surprise new frequency for R. Martí, news about Calle 8, Maduro, Lombardi, Buenos Aires; 1305 outro Martí-Noticias, 9:05 TC. Ex-13820, where wall-of-noise jamming against nothing remains at 1317 check. 13605 would not be a surprise had we consulted HFCC, where A-14 GB Spanish times, obviously Martí but not specified as OCB are:
 5980 07-10
 6030 00-12
 7365 00-03
 7405 03-07, 12-14
 9565 20-24
 9805 10-13
11930 14-24
13605 13-20
Frequencies on at 03-09 still take a break on Mondays.

Before compiling this, I was hunting around for a second frequency to go with 13605 --- no 15330 nor jamming; no 11845 – but still Cuban pulse jamming marker at 1307 despite absence for years; 11930 with wall of noise jamming, but no trace of RM before 1400; finally found it on 7405 as late as 1341 over the jamming; and at 1423 barely audible on 11930 under the WONJ, // 13605 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 13710, March 30 at 1332, AIR GOS in English with news, poor with flutter, but no CCI now; zero on 11620, and // 9690 is detectable underneath WRMI with BS. At 1423 recheck, 13710 now has CCI from CRI Kashgar in English at 14-15. While the ChiCom are to blame, if AIR had any management sense, they would make their frequencies flexible and get away from the CCCCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, March 30 at 1306, VOI English is finally clear of QRM as the 9530 China Radio War has moved elsewhere as usual in A-seasons. Fair signal, but undermodulated, insufficient. I can hear enough to tell that they are *still* announcing three imaginary frequencies, ``15150, 9525, 11785``. There remains a weak signal from something on 9530 causing a 4+kHz het, but not a problem. UAE is registered in Arabic until 1330, but many of those are wooden in HFCC. Also as usual in A-seasons, VOI`s next hour in Indonesian is ruined by heavy het from much stronger CRI in Russian USward on proper 9525.0, checked at 1425 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, March 30 at 1340, big open carrier is already on with some hum, from RVA Palauig, PHILIPPINES site, prior to R. Free Chosun at 1400, so no change for A-14. Finally at 1353:45, the usual music prélude cuts on, but intermittent audio for most of a minute, finally solidifying as a love solo becomes a duet, sounding like Andrea Bocelli responding to Sarah Brightman, etc. etc. Now no longer neighbored by VOA Korean on 9800 via Philippines, which has ascended to 15780 ex-15775 in A-13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 6170, March 30 at 1344, RNZI fair with music on habitual A-season channel ex-5950 in B-seasons from 1259. Now the place to catch `Mailbox` alternate Mondays at 1330, but will be more and more problematic with more daylight, earlier sunrises for the next trimonth (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 13805, March 30 at 1304, VP signal in English, presumably our last best hope for hearing Voice of Russia before its demise. Fits usual style, but too poor to copy much, being from Irkutsk toward the south. Hardly any improvement at further chex during this, the only hour it is scheduled, 13-14 until QRT of VOR on SW as of April 1. So they have gone ahead and implemented the planned A-14 schedule, even if only for two days. Or three? Does ``April 1`` mean that`s the last day it`s on, or the first day it`s gone? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7365, March 30 at 0613, Brother Scare on new frequency, missing from 7490, so this is WHRI; unfortunately (ha2) overtime Cuban pulse jamming is underneath since 7365 is also a R. Martí frequency, at 00-03. HFCC A-14 shows TOM only for registrations with MBR and SPC, not US stations, why?

WHR website now shows these times for Overcomer Ministries (plural):
Angel 1: 18-21 M-F 17610
Angel 2: 06-08 7365, 10-12 11565, 16-18 9840; 20-21 M-F 9840
Angel 6: 16-19 17705
Also on Angels 3, 4 & 5 Palau at various times on 9930, 15680, and 9955, the latter still not to be confused with the BS from WRMI. (However, Ivo Ivanov says at 07-11, 9955 has shifted to 9965 from WHRI Angel 5; while it`s really T8WH Palau).

15770, fair March 30 at 1308, another new frequency for BS and also past 1400. Not WHRI, so likely WRMI, which still hasn`t posted an A-14 schedule athttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtF_YVDtCVlNdDJma2Jham9mYVlNQldpUWNiR1hYa2c&usp=drive_web#gid=0
but HFCC shows 15770 as ``YFR`` at 13-21
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [non]. 13655, checking for the publicized latest new Sunday-only frequency for PCJ Radio International via SRI LANKA. NO sign of a signal, March 30 at 1332, 1352 nor several rechex during following hour. Hard to believe it`s even on the air; while India is making it on 13710. Maybe all the signal is going eastward at right angle to us. Nothing on ex-11835 either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 9390, March 30 at 1252, R. Thailand, fair with flutter, M&W with news about plane search; so HSK9 is staying on same B-13 frequency for this broadcast. Extracted from HFCC A-14, the entire R. Thailand English schedule shows even more 9390:
1230-1300, 1400-1430, 1900-2000, 2030-2045 all on 9390
0000-0030, 0030-0100, 0200-0230 on NEW 15590 – to North America, East/West/East respectively
0530-0600 17640 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY [and non]. TRT keeps to B-13 scheduling on the first day of A-14, March 30, causing a collision:

9700, March 30 at 0611, RRI Romania in German, as scheduled here for A-14, clashing with TRT Turkish service, slightly different frequencies causing a rumble. TRT B-13 was on 9700 at 05-07, supposed to shift to 11980 at 04-06 for A-14.

17755, March 30 at 1314, VOT in German, 1315 ``Stimme dur Türkei`` ID, as TRT is still running B-13 times and frequencies in A-14! German is now supposed to be at 1130-1225 on 13760; maybe tomorrow? Fortunately this one does not collide with something else on 17755. As expected, no sign of English yet on 15450 until 1325 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15780, March 30 at 1308, VOA Korean service with song, VG signal on A-14 schedule, ex-9800, 21 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES so also USward. Previous A`s have been on 15775, now shifted up to here at 12-15 to avoid being Overcome by 15770 WRMI. 1346 announcement in Korean, more music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, March 30 at 1337 and 1422 chex, WTWW-3 is missing, while 1 & 2 are on 9475, 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15610, March 30 at 1419, zero signal from WEWN English, but 12050 Spanish is on. 15610 still scheduled in A-14 at 13-24, so probably just another breakdown rather than QSY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1634 UT March 30

Only one transmitter of Radio Pakistan on single frequency

PAKISTAN    Only one transmitter of Radio Pakistan on single frequency
is on the air on March 30. Strong signal, but distorted audio quality:
0830-1100 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
1100-1105 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English
1200-1300 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese
1330-1530 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

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73!
Ivo Ivanov


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

Only single frequency of Radio Pakistan on March 30

PAKISTAN    Only single frequency of Radio Pakistan on March 30:
0830-1100 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
1100-1105 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English
Very strong signal, but distorted audio quality. Nothing on other
registered frequencies for this time slot: 17700, 17720 or 21465.
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

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73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

Unscheduled frequency of China Radio International

CHINA    Unscheduled frequency of China Radio International on March 30:
1000-1057 on 17750 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English, instead of 17740
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

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73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

Ictimai Radio on March 29 and 30

AZERBAIJAN   Very strong signal of Ictimai Radio on March 29 and 30:
0800-1400 on  9677vSPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri (9677v=9677.30/45/60)
No broadcasts of Voice of Justice and Voice of Talyshistan:
0600-0630 Voice of Justice in Azeri on Sat March 29
0900-1000 Voice of Talyshistan in Talysh on Sat/Sun March 29/30
1200-1300 Voice of Talyshistan in Talysh on Sat March 29
1500-1600 Voice of Talyshistan in Talysh on Sat March 29
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

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73!
Ivo Ivanov


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

Glenn Hauser logs March 29-30, 2014

** ALBANIA. 9845, March 30 at 0129, R. Tirana already on new frequency for A-14 English to North America with IS, 0130 sign-on and Klara gives correct new schedule for the two remaining English broadcasts, the other being 2000 on 7465 to Europe, Mon-Sat, while 9845 is UT Tue-Sun. Good signal with some flutter, propagating well despite recent disturbance, and no CCI, nor ACI anywhere near 9845 for several channels. Last summer WHRI was a problem on 9860, but not at all for A-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9664.6v, March 30 at 0112, Voz Missionaria with songs/hymns, poor and very wobbly --- unstable transmitter and/or Doppler, after radio blackouts reaching the R3 level in the past 24 hours, per WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANARY ISLANDS. 28772-USB, March 29 at 1918, EA8TX is the highest in-band 10m ham I find, as contesting forces some to get away from the crowd below 28500, occupying a range ordinarily vacant. He simply emits ``Contest`` and his call over and over, with about 2-second pauses before repeating. You`d better hustle to get in between them. Worked an IS7 at one point. QRZ.com lookup:
EA8TX
Fernando Borges Domínguez
C/ Domingo Hernández, 21
La Guancha (Tenerife Island) 38440
Canary Islands
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, March 30 at 0117, RHC English with some pulsing QRM under, like jammer bleed? Or possibly Brasil on an extremely disturbed carrier across the Equator after propagation disturbance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 11710.1, March 30 at 0122 past 0130, and still until cut off at 0152*, open carrier, good with flutter; nothing to het it but measured off-frequency. What`s this? Certainly not Argentina which is closer to 11711 weekdays but still heard on 15345v at this hour on weekends. PL-880 shows 55-66 dBu.

HFCC A-14 has the answer: R. Cairo in Spanish at 0045-0200, 250 kW, 241 degrees from Abis. All they need now is to modulate it, possibly an insurmountable task. Is this ex-11760 where Cairo has been colliding horribly with Cuba? No, parameters match 12080 and/or 13620 in B-13 schedule. Neither checked before lookup while 11710.1 was on.

11760 Cairo Spanish was 250 kW, 286 degrees from Abis, also Arabic from 2330, in B-13 but not in A-14 sked. Now it`s Argentina which will be victimized, Portuguese from 0000, Japanese from 0100, but at least Cairo will be off 11710.1 by 0200 when RAE starts English. Of course, Cairo doesn`t know about Habana or Buenos Aires since neither of those participates in HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 17670, March 29 at 1855, poor signal with S Asian singing. Nothing in HFCC B-13, but Aoki shows AIR GOS in English at 1745-1945, 250 kW, 245 degrees from Delhi (Khampur) and *jammed by the ChiCom presumably with noise. Anyhow, not bad for a 16m signal starting out around local midnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 11590, March 30 at 0121, Japanese lesson in Hindi with frequent musical cues, good with flutter. Is NHK via UZBEKISTAN, to continue here in A14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 21450-USB, Sat March 29 at 1842, as I start bandscanning, hear Station YHWH, where some have reported him before, just on the edge of the 15m hamband; after notifying the DXLD yg, heard sermon at 1847 about the ``Christianity cult`` which started in *30 AD, mistakenly worshipping Jesus instead of Yahweh, the True Deity who is going to do this and that in the near future; debunx Biblical verses, such as Isaiah VII: 14-15 as ``a phony text``, etc., etc.

Past 1900 I notice QRhaM on the lo side, as AROs are occupying just about every kHz for a contest, one on 21449-USB, another on 21447-USB at 1908. Same Yahweh stuff at several rechex past 1915, but gone at 1923 so I must have missed ID and sign-off just a few minutes earlier. On this high a frequency it`s obviously not in central North America, but one skip zone away, such as west coast. Rich Ray in IL was hearing him again at 2042 on 21450-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, March 30 at 0059, R. Chaski single carrier is very poor, and can`t hear BBC Oman joining it a few seconds later, due to propagation? No, it`s gone in the A-14 HFCC schedule; in fact, nothing shown on 5980 between 21 and 03 UT. There is heavy splash from 5990 CRI/Cuba, but that`s soon off, so I can track the Chaski cutoff unimpeded at 0106:50.5* which is 12.5 seconds later than 48 hours ago. Even riper for a reset to circa 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 9520 // 7335, UT Sunday March 30 at 0109, RRI playing classical music, good signals both. A-14 schedule has just started, Romanian service at 0000-0156 on these, replacing B-13 at 0100-0256 on 5910, 7340. So Alcaraván Radio is uncovered until Japan-via-France remains a collider after 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SEYCHELLES [and non]. 15420, March 29 at 1857, I start monitoring the very last day and last hour of the BBC Indian Ocean Relay Station. Except, WBCQ is as always in the way on 15420-CUSB, and also much weaker but audible modulation on the LSB. At first I am hearing no BBC even by tuning LSB only, while 12095 has a JBA carrier. At 1903 in the AM mode, I can tell there are two carriers not matching 15420, making a low audible heterodyne rumble, as BBC`s distant full carrier is gaining on WBCQ`s reduced carrier. By 1929 the two 15420s are roughly equal and can hear some BBC programming on LSB, while 12095 now has a trace of audio. At 1951, BBC has overcome WBCQ on 15420-LSB. So far I have been using the DX-398, but now I switch to the PL-880 and find that it is getting less WBCQ on the LSB, so now it seems this is caused by the DX-398 not suppressing the LSB of WBCQ, or maybe mirroring the USB. See USA: WBCQ.

PL-880 now registers 27-31 dBu on 15420, while 26-30 dBu on // 15400 BBC Ascension. I wonder if there will be anything special on the Seychelles frequencies by way of farewell, but hardly expect it. 1959 a song bit of ``Je ne regrette rien``, but I think that was just closing the program which seemed to be something about France. The 15420 signal simply stops at 1959:33* or so, and that`s it. QRT. Now WBCQ can have 15420 all to itself in A-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 17685-17725, March 29 at 1854, approx. range of splash from 17705 WHRI with Brother Scare; main victim, 17715 Spain. Extremely strong, presumably aimed this way, while 17610 not yet with BS is not so problematic. Aoki shows 17705 at 315 degrees from Cypress Creek, and 17610 at 85 degrees, supposedly both with BS at 18-19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 15420v-CUSB, March 29 from 1857, I am trying to hear the final hour of BBC Seychelles, despite perpetual blockage by WBCQ, which might, just might, have kept quiet on this special occasion --- but no, on and on the anapaesstic droning from the androgynous preachperson of Fence Lake NM, Proclaiming the Global Spirit.

On the porch I am running both the DX-398 and the PL-880, with the two random antennas, one a reel-out and another about twice as long also around the eaves. Trying to hear BBC IORS on the LSB since WBCQ is on the USB. In the past and now on the DX-398 I also hear some WBCQ modulation on the LSB and have assumed some is leaking there in its transmission, but compared to the PL-880, I am getting less WBCQ on the LSB, so now it seems the old receiver is to blame. I also switch plugging the antennas back and forth in case that make a difference. See also SEYCHELLES report.

5110-CUSB, UT Sunday March 30 at 0127, WBCQ with music, then Pabst Blue Ribbon commercial (vintage? Can`t imagine their buying time on a SW station), // 7490 but about 2 seconds behind it. Axually closer to 7489, as that transmitter has been varying even lower; and 5110 unchecked but habitually a bit on the lo side too. This would be the `Lumpy Gravy Radio Show` at 01-02 UT; now only on Saturday nights = UT Sundays, Area 51 is on both frequencies at 23-04 UT. And checking the A51 schedule, coming up this week:

``Monday-Thursday 5110, 0100-0300 Radio Caroline Offshore Free Radio special programming``. That means UT Tuesday-Friday. It`s the 50th anniversary of R. Caroline with quite a celebration going on in the UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 29776-USB, March 29 at 1912, N7RO is ``QRZ contest`` and making lots of quick contacts. What? This is outside the 10m band which ends at 29700. I was tuning up here in search of harmonix or anything else interesting, since 10m was bursting with signals during a contest. On a normal day, very little SSB to be heard above 28500, but now there are signals up to 28772-USB [see CANARY ISLANDS].

So is my new PL-880 to blame for putting this signal on 29776, or is N7RO putting out a spur? I`m not hearing any co-channel contacts, which suggests the latter; this signal is a little wobbly. And I`m not hearing 29776 on the DX-398. At 1933 he gives PY3PA a 59-586. I hate to take the time away from BBC/SEYCHELLES in its final hour forever, as there is little hope of finding an N7RO fundamental on the packed 10m band, but I do tune down the 28772-28300 range looking for him, with no success, finishing at 1949. Of course, I may have tuned across his frequency during a pause. BTW, I do not hear a single ordinary conversation, let alone ragchew --- *everyone* is contesting with the briefest possible contacts. N7RO still going on ``29776`` at 2002.

N7RO is RICHARD J MOEN, 2935 PLYMOUTH DR, BELLINGHAM, WA 98225, quite the contester and DX-peditioner per his QRZ.com page. Skip distances are such that except for closer sporadic-E (none of that yet!), here in deep North America the only US 10m stations we normally hear are from the extremities, such as WA, FL and New England (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1714 monitoring: whew, confirmed at expected new time and frequency of 2330 Saturday March 29 on 9930, WTWW-2 --- after gospel tunes, ID and really starting at 2329:18, excellent signal. For one reason or another, this was missed on the past three Saturdays. Finished after 2358, QSY to 5085 announcement, ID, and no QSY but starting `Amateur Radio Newsline` until 9930 cuts off at 0001 UT Sunday March 30. Then tune to 5085 where WTWW-2 is much weaker now over day path. `QSO with Ted Randall` followed, still around 0125 discussing the Dayton Hamvention 2014 next month.

The WRMI-14 airing on 9495 at 0030 UT Sunday: just barely audible, as there has been a propagation disturbance, if not QRP. ``Radio blackouts reaching the R3 level in the past 24 hours; estimated planetary K-index at 0000 UT on 30 March was 3, per WWV.

There is even ACI from Oman 9500! Finally toward the end I recognize something I said on last week`s #1713, so it`s not 1714.

Confirmed UT Sunday March 30 at 0400:55 on WTWW-1, 5830, WOR 1714 starting fine, but transmitter break for about a minute before the billboard is finished, rest OK to conclusion. Next 1714 airings:
UT Monday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday 1100, Wednesday 1300, Thursday 0330 on WRMI, 9955
Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 12005, March 30 at 0115, nasty collision between V of Vietnam, English via Woofferton to North America, A-14 frequency in effect, ex-6175 in B-13; and something in Arabish? No, Pashto, Deewa Radio via SRI LANKA still on B-13 schedule one more night. So much for coördination during the seasonal transition (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1450, March 30 at 0344 UT, trying for the WWXL DX test from Manchester KY, after word got out that it did start at 0300 UT instead of 0400 UT. Mostly tuning USB on 1452 or 1453, LSB on 1448 or 1447, on the DX-398, possibly some bits of code at 0344, 0346, near-imagination level; possibly continuous steady tone at 0345, 0350 UT. No sweeps heard and others say none were transmitted. But just not enough here for any certainty (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0527 UT March 30

Glenn Hauser logs March 28-29, 2014

** BANGLADESH. 15505, March 29 at 1359, BB IS is JBA, and so is the timesignal ending at 1359:53 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9664.45 approx., March 29 at 0010 check for the widely varying Voz Missionária, roughly here as on the YB-400 stepping between 9664 and 9665 gets a slightly higher BFO pitch from 9665.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. Mostly bigsigs from CNR1/FD jamming, March 29 at 1319-1325 bandscan, starting with:

17780, CNR1 jammer PLUS Firedrake equally, VG March 29 at 1319. Target is BBC Uzbek via OMAN during this semihour only; standard remark. Rest are CNR1 only:

18870, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter March 29 at 1321
16100, CNR1 jammer, very good March 29 at 1321
15555, CNR1 jammer, good March 29 at 1322, VOT het on lo side
15510, CNR1 jammer, good March 29 at 1322, vs BBC Uzbek via Thailand
15375, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter March 29 at 1323, vs RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan
15265, CNR1 jammer, good March 29 at 1323 plus usual het vs RTI Tainan, off frequency, or additional jamming?
14920, CNR1 jammer, very poor with flutter, March 29 at 1324
13865, CNR1 jammer, very good March 29 at 1324
13530, CNR1 jammer, fair March 29 at 1325
13430, CNR1 jammer, very good March 29 at 1325; none in the 12s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TAIWAN [and non]

** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, March 29 at 1351, KBSWR is F-G with flutter, sufficient to keep listening during mailbag segment, from Rich D`Angelo in Wyomissing PA, who wonders what`s the target on 11810 at 22-23 (Europe), and wants more info from them to write articles. They refer him to the website for starters. Indian DX report this week at 1354.5-1358.7, starting with AIR Nagaland again being heard evenings on 4850, but I have a hard time understanding his Indian accent; hope the Indians don`t have such a hard time understanding my American.

Replying to my recent remark that this `N American` service is aimed 81 degrees toward S America, Peter W Hansen in Bethpage LINY points out, ``Hi Glenn, In HFCC A14 data, it now shows that the broadcast on 15575 is aimed at 40 degrees.`` And so it is, also for 14-15 Korean, and 00[sic]-03 Spanish.

Well, well, KBS in HFCC! It`s been missing for some seasons, nothing in B-13 HFCC except one registration by RFI for a relay via Korea. I wonder if they just installed a new antenna for N America, or if it`s really been at 40 degrees for a long time, just unknown with no new registration data. Anyhow, A-14 isn`t until tomorrow. Either way, 15575 is still totally wrong for a winter hi-latitude night-path. The 40-degree azimuth goes thru Seattle, Salt Lake, Santa Fe, San Fernando and San Salvador, so not too far from Enid and closer to Farmington (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Saturday March 29 at 1243 UT, KZLS Enid is *still* playing some music, now country-rock by OM which may not officially be True Oldies Channel, then ``Fool-Hearted Man`` by YL; and at 1259 UT Hank Williams Jr starts but is cut off without any ToH ID for Glenn Beck`s Blaze Network ``news``; 1306 UT `Under the Hood` call-in show as also heard last week. Various DX bulletins are in too big a hurry to denote KZLS format as ``talk ex-music``, like NZ DX Times, but it is still *both* depending on the time! I wonder it that music was from sibling station (hardly a sister), Hank-FM, KNAH Mustang/OKC on 99.7; need to check for // (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [and non]. 21640, March 29 at 1317, open carrier/dead air, presumably a failure from REE Noblejas normally on here, but *no* signal at all on 21610, while 21540 Kuwait seems to have the usual REE CCI. Also weakly audible: 21560 Vatican, 21505 Saudi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [and non]. 11635, March 28 at 2317, big mess here, Chinese with het of about 440 Hz (A-note on keyboard). HFCC shows nothing at all! Aoki shows RTI in Chinese at 22-24, 250 kW, 208 degrees from Tainan, *jammed of course. But also: VOK (KCBS) in Korean, 200 kW, 271 degrees from Kujang. Most likely to be off-frequency is Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 780, March 29 at 0544 UT, dominant signal in *Spanish* with ad for Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park, Chicago. Could this possibly be WBBM, during its old-time-radio hour?? Confirmed for August 1-3, 2014 at http://www.lollapalooza.com/ where it`s already sold out. Or is this a Mexican, most likely XEWGR or XESFT? In next minute I start to hear drama in English again = WBBM, mixing with rock music in English = XESFT? Making a SAH of 1.2 Hz. With both these nulled, weak country music from KCEG in CO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1657 UT March 29

ERT on March 29

GREECE   Monitoring of ERT on March 29:
from 0000 on  7450 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, instead of 7475
from 0000 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 260 deg to CeEu Greek, instead of 11645
no signal on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/ert-on-march-29.html
--

73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

Confusion of Radio Kuwait

KUWAIT    Confusion of Radio Kuwait on March 29:
1000-1200 on 21580 KBD 500 kW / 084 deg to EaAs Tagalog, as scheduled AND
1100-1200 on  9750 KBD 300 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Tagalog, instead of Arabic GS
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/confusion-of-radio-kuwait.html
--

73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

Strange frequency of All India Radio

INDIA    Strange frequency of All India Radio on March 29:
1000-1100 NF 15070 ALG 250 kW / 060 deg to EaAs English, instead of 15030 //
1000-1100 on 15410 BGL 500 kW / 060 deg to EaAs English
1000-1100 on 17510 DEL 250 kW / 132 deg to AUS  English
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/strange-frequency-of-all-india-radio.html
--

73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

Very odd frequency of Brother Stair TOM via WBCQ

USA   Very odd frequency of Brother Stair TOM via WBCQ on March 29
0100-0300 on  7488.6 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to ENAm English, instead of 7490
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/very-odd-frequency-of-brother-stair-tom.html
--

73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

Radio Sultanate of Oman on March 29

OMAN   Monitoring of Radio Sultanate of Oman on March 29:
0000-0200 on 15355 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, instead of 9500
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/radio-sultanate-of-oman-on-march-29.html
--

73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

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Hambuger Local Radio Summertime Schedule:
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6190 kHz:
08.00 - 11.00 UTC in German

7265 kHz:

11.00 - 13.00 UTC in German

13.00 -  14.00 UTC in Spanish / Portuguese
14.00 - 15.00  UTC in English  (at 14.30)  "WOR" DX Programme with Glenn Hauser- USA
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9485 kHz:
11.00 - 13.00 UTC in German
13.00 - 14.00 UTC in English
14.00 - 15.00 UTC in Spanish

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Glenn Hauser logs March 27-28, 2014

** AUSTRALIA. 15340, March 28 at 1259, HCJB ID in English mixing with mis-frequency announcement by RHC [see CUBA], almost equal levels; quickly tuning up to 15400, HCJB is loud & clear, signing this one off in English until 2345 Indonesian. A pity they don`t use 15400 onward from 1300, avoiding RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15505, March 28 at 1359, BB IS is JBA, timesignal ending at 1359:49 = 11 seconds fast today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9665-, March 28 at 0051, Voz Missionária is almost on-frequency tonight! Just slightly below 9665, instead of 9663. With BFO I can hear it varying audibly, so there`s still hope for more wandering (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025 & 5040, March 28 at 0537, both Rebelde in Spanish and RHC in English are on 60m, so obviously not having to share one facility at the moment. RHC is starting `Breaking the Silence` narrated by the YL with the annoying voice and style, about The Cuban Five --- shouldn`t that be The Cuban Three? As now another one has been released. You`re welcome.

15340, March 28 at 1259, the clueless Cubans are still playing outdated frequency announcement claiming a bunch of them are on until 1600 UT instead of correct 1500*v since March 9. 15340 has heavy CCI from HCJB Australia, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. 9840, March 28 at 0542, Brother Scare is running a few words behind WRMI on 9955 and 7570; apparently 9840, tho also from Okeechobee is fed by different routing, via R. Africa Network in California, credited with this transmission by Jeff White (and in A-14 bumping way up to 15190 just like in daytime); contradicting WRMI`s B-13 color-coded graphic frequency schedule which continues to show 9840 in lite green as WRMI/TOM, rather than tan as RA like for the 17790 and 15190 daytime broadcasts. I`ve yet to catch a TOH ID on 9840, whether it`s from RAN or RMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 24952-USB, March 28 at 1425, F5BBD calling CQ; a few minutes later, QSY to 25949-USB for a contact. Very weak signal from:
F5BBD
DANIEL TAQUET
LE PRESBYTERE - LAVAQUERESSE
F-02450 BOUE
France
per QRZ.com – I was checking whether 11 m might be open for R. Magic Eye; see RUSSIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, March 28 at 1300, KBS World Radio signing on in English, good signal with flutter, 1301 news. So this should finally be a good day for reception of the N American service aimed 81 degrees toward S America? No, it isn`t; must have been anomalous as soon degrades to only fair, and poor by 1357 closing.

However, at 1314 I am barely hearing KBS // on 9570 underneath `China Drive` via CUBA, which is unusual; per Aoki, it`s 205 degrees toward Indonesia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MARTINIQUE. 28465-USB, March 27 at 2034, FM4NB calling QRZ from Fox-Mexico-four-November-Bravo, mixing fonetik systems as so many hams do, deliberately or out of ignorance? Sounds like a YL, then co-channel contact with AE2X. Per http://www.qrz.com/db/FM4NB?ref=1036512724
she has strict rules about QSLing, no e-, no LOTW, no bureau:
FM4NB
Mylène LUCE
RES le Laureat Acajou BAT D ESC 14 APT 7
Lamentin 97232
Martinique
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Regarding the Mexican NA I heard on 1700 kHz, possibly new licensed station XEFCSM, 50/1 kW in Mérida, received this March 28:

``Estimado Sr. Hauser. He monitoreado la frecuencia de 1700 con mis receptores Radio Shack 12-472 (hasta 1700 kHz) y 20-125 (hasta 1710 kHz) a diversas horas y días y no encontrado señal alguna de cualquier emisora local en la ciudad de Mérida, Yucatán. Atte.: Ing. Civ. Israel González Ahumada, M.I.``

Nor have I heard any further signs of it, but it`s tough getting past the three US 1700 stations. Terry Krueger in FL hasn`t heard it either, but probably KKLF now Tejano (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, March 28 at 0055, JBA carrier from R. Chaski; by 0100 second carrier added from BBC/UAE, slightly different frequency making usual double-pitch het with BFO; R. Chaski goes off at 0106:38* which is 17 seconds later than another trinite previously when last checked. Will they attain 0107* this time before another reset? Stay tuned!

BTW, DXing from the porch around sunset is now usually feasible, and I note my nearest streetlight is now auto-firing up around 0103 during the Chaski-check, clear sky. Sunset was 0049 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 25900, Friday March 28 at 1446, continuous JBA carrier, perhaps from R. Magic Eye, Moskva; at 1448 some beeps signifying 2-way QRM. Had hams from France on 12m, Slovenia on 10m, weak signals but 11m at least potentially open from western Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SLOVENIA. 28505.6-USB, March 28 at 1434, QRZ and CQ from S51DX, almost-American accent from, per QRZ.com:
S51DX
JANEZ CELARC
Susnikova cesta 9
1360 VRHNIKA
Slovenia
Photos and QSL instruxions, delaying LOTW QSLing for one year:http://www.qrz.com/db/S51DX?ref=241673611
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1714 monitoring: confirmed third airing Thursday March 27 at 2100:56 on WTWW-1, 9475, excellent signal to 2130.

Also confirmed next at 0330 UT Friday March 28 on WWRB, 5050 (no 3195 any more); I was getting concerned, as tuning in early at 0318, 5050 was dead air, and the stream was silent. 0323 preacher modulation resumed, OK on 5050, but very low level on stream. 0330 interrupted for quick live ID by Dave, about 20 seconds of respectful dead air before starting WOR 1714, complete to 0359*. We still lack any outsendings on Fridays/early UT Saturdays, so next:

Sat 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Sat 2330 on WTWW-2, 9930 (we hope, as presumably scheduled now, yet to appear since DST shift)
UT Sun 0030 on WRMI-14, 9495 (could be previous edition)
UT Sun 0401 on WTWW-1, 5830
UT Mon 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB
Tue 1100 on WRMI-10, 9955
Tue 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Wed 1300 on WRMI-11, 9955
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5110v-CUSB, UT Friday March 28 at 0104, WBCQ with another `Allan Weiner Worldwide` playback, during the ``annual radio station party`` with several guests on hand; his beloved wife Jennifer had been grilling burgers, so must be from before her decease. These weekday broadcasts continue to be absent from sked, so ad-hoc?http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=5110
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7555, March 28 at 0110, KJES with responsive catechisms in Spanish, fair signal. Don`t you believe that this broadcast is in English as in HFCC, nor the imaginary listing for KJES at 1800-2000 on 15385 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Friday March 28 at 1319, WRMI is playing some nice fill music, familiar variety of folk styles, but annoyingly cutting off one piece to start another, then 1324 starting `Words of Life Ministry` at odd time. It was supposed to air at 1300-1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]

DX RE MIX NEWS # 845

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 845 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Date March 29, 2014
Also visit: <swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com>, sections Recordings and Schedules
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AUSTRALIA    A-14 changes of Radio Australia, effective March 30:
0100-0300 NF 17840 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac English, ex 19000
0300-0500 NF 17840 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg to EaAs English, ex 21725
0300-0600 NF 15300 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac English, ex 15515
0400-0500 NF 17800 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English, ex 17840
1100-1200 on 12080 BRN 025 kW / 080 deg to EPac English AM, x DRM
1200-1400 on  5995 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg to NPac English AM, x DRM
1500-1700 NF  9850 SHP 100 kW / 040 deg to NPac English, ex  7240
1600-1630 NF  9540 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SEAs English, ex  9580
1700-2030 NF  9820 SHP 100 kW / 353 deg to EaAs English, ex  9500
2030-2200 NF 15415 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg to EaAs English, ex  9500
2100-0100 NF 17860 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac English, ex 21740
2200-2330 NF  9610 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs English, ex  9890


BELGIUM(non)   Summer A-14 shortwave schedule of Alyx&Yey clandestine stations:
Radio Miraya:
0300-0600 on 11560 secret / hidden site to EaAf English/Arabic

Denge Kurdistan:
0300-1500 on 11510 KCH 250 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1500-1900 on 11510 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish

Suab Xaa Moo Zoo:
1130-1200 on 11570 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong
2230-2300 on  7530 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong

Radio Que Me:
1200-1230 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Vietnamese Fri

Khmer Post Radio:
1200-1300 on  9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmer

Raadiyoo Sagalee Orormoo (Oromo Voice Radio)
1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo/English Mon/Wed/Sat

Radio Xoriyo:
1600-1630 on 17870 secret / hidden site to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM

Radio Inyabutatu:
1600-1700 on 17870 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Kinyarwanda Sat

Radio Hilaac:
1700-1730 on 15180 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Sat-Thu
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM

Radio Assenna:
1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon/Thu/Sat
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM

Eritrean Forum:
1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Tue/Fri/Sun
1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Wed
1800-1900 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM

E-SAT Radio:
1700-1800 on 15365 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Mon
1700-1800 on 15385 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Tue
1700-1800 on 15370 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Wed
1700-1800 on 15390 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Thu
1700-1800 on 15375 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Fri
1700-1800 on 15360 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Sat
1700-1800 on 15380 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic Sun
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM

BBN Radio (Berekah Broadcasting Network):
1900-1930 on 15155 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Fri 1st/2nd weeks
1900-1930 on 15160 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Sat 1st/2nd weeks
1900-1930 on 15165 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun 1st/2nd weeks
1900-1930 on 15170 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Fri 3rd/4th weeks
1900-1930 on 15175 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Sat 3rd/4th weeks
1900-1930 on 15180 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun 3rd/4th weeks
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise like broadband DRM


JAPAN(non)   Additional broadcasts of Radio Japan NHK World from March 30:
0200-0430 on  6155 WOF 250 kW / 092 deg to EaEu Japanese
0430-1300 on 21590 DHA 250 kW / 315 deg to EaEu Japanese
1300-1500 on 17580 YAM 250 kW / 305 deg to EaEu Japanese
1500-1600 on 17765 WOF 250 kW / 092 deg to EaEu Japanese


NEW ZEALAND    A-14 shortwave schedule of Radio New Zealand International:
0459-0758 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific in AM
0459-0758 on 11675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific in DRM

0759-1058 on  9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific in AM
0759-1158 on  9890 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific in DRM

1059-1259 on  9700 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg to NW Pacific,PNG,Timor in AM

1300-1550 on  6170 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific in AM

1551-1650 on  9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga in AM
1551-1650 on  7330 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga in DRM

1651-1850 on  9615 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga in AM
1651-1850 on  9630 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga in DRM

1851-2050 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga in AM
1851-2050 on 11675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga in DRM

2051-2150 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Solomon Islands,Niue,Tonga in AM
2051-2150 on 15720 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Solomon Islands,Niue,Tonga in DRM

2151-0458 on 15720 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific in AM
2151-0458 on 17675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific in DRM


RUSSIA(non)   Final shortwave schedule of Radio Voice of Russia on Mar.30/31:
0600-0700 on 13800 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu English DRM
0600-0700 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS  English

0700-0800 on 13800 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu English DRM
0700-0800 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS  English

0800-0900 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch1
0800-0900 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Russian DRM Ch2
0800-0900 on 13800 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu English DRM
0800-0900 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS  English

0900-1000 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu German DRM Ch1
0900-1000 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch2

1000-1200 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu German DRM Ch1
1000-1200 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch2
1000-1200 on 13805 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
1000-1200 on 13860 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to EaAs Chinese

1200-1300 on  7235 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs Japanese (5965)
1200-1300 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch1
1200-1300 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Russian DRM Ch2
1200-1300 on 13805 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1200-1300 on 13860 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to EaAs Chinese

1300-1400 on  7235 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs Japanese (5965)
1300-1400 on  7300 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs Hindi DRM
1300-1400 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch1
1300-1400 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Russian DRM Ch2
1300-1400 on 13805 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
1300-1400 on 13860 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to EaAs Chinese

1400-1500 on  7300 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs Urdu DRM
1400-1500 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English DRM Ch1
1400-1500 on  9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Russian DRM Ch2

1500-1700 on  6035 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
1500-1700 on 12035 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu German DRM

1700-1800 on  9800 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu French DRM
1700-1800 on  9820 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs English DRM
1700-1800 on 12035 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu German DRM

1800-1900 on  9800 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu French DRM
1800-1900 on 12035 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu German DRM

1900-2000 on  9800 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu French DRM
2000-2100 on  6155 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to SoEu Spanish DRM
2100-2200 on  6155 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to SoEu English DRM
B-13 shortwave schedule is here


TAIWAN(non)   New time and frequency of PCJ Radio International from March 30:
1230-1330 NF 13655 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg to EaAs English Sun,ex 11835 1330-1430


http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/03/dx-re-mix-news-845.html
--

73!
Ivo Ivanov



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

Radio Caroline (1964-2014) 50th anniversary on IRRS-Shortwave

It's with great pleasure that we announce a special program on IRRS-Shortwave and Medium Wave produced by NEXUS International Public Access (IPAR) member "16 Gwendoline Street" on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Radio Caroline

This is the schedule of 16 Gwendoline Street and its special sixty minute program on Radio Caroline's on the air on March 28-29, 2014 on IRRS-Shortwave and Medium Wave frequencies:


Fri March 28, 2014:
19:00 UTC / 20:00 UTC on 7120 Shortwave & 1368 kHz Medium Wave
22:00 UTC / 23:00 CET on 1368 kHz Medium Wave

Saturday 29 March, 2014:
00:30 CET (23:30 UTC on previous day) on 1368 kHz Medium Wave
06:30 CET / 05:30 UTC on 1368 kHz Medium Wave
10:00 CET / 09:00 UTC on 9510 kHz Shortwave & 1368 kHz Medium Wave
22:30 CET / 21:30 UTC on 1368 kHz Medium Wave


Audio will be also available on streaming at:

  http://mp3.nexus.org:8000/irn.mp3.m3u

or at:

  http://mp3.nexus.org (IRRS / EGR audio link)


Happy listening, and stay tuned!


73s,

Ron

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Ron Norton                       NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association
email: reports@nexus.org                         http://www.nexus.org

Radio Caroline (1964-2014) 50th anniversary on IRRS-Shortwave

Hello There,

It's with great pleasure that we announce a special program on IRRS-Shortwave
and Medium Wave produced by NEXUS International Public Access (IPAR) member "16
Gwendoline Street" on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Radio Caroline

This is the schedule of 16 Gwendoline Street and its special sixty minute
program on Radio Caroline's on the air on March 28-29, 2014 on IRRS-Shortwave
and Medium Wave frequencies:


Fri March 28, 2014:
19:00 UTC / 20:00 UTC on 7120 Shortwave & 1368 kHz Medium Wave
22:00 UTC / 23:00 CET on 1368 kHz Medium Wave

Saturday 29 March, 2014:
00:30 CET (23:30 UTC on previous day) on 1368 kHz Medium Wave
06:30 CET / 05:30 UTC on 1368 kHz Medium Wave
10:00 CET / 09:00 UTC on 9510 kHz Shortwave & 1368 kHz Medium Wave
22:30 CET / 21:30 UTC on 1368 kHz Medium Wave


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Happy listening, and stay tuned!


73s,

Ron

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Ron Norton                       NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association
email: reports@nexus.org http://www.nexus.org

KBC Latest News, HLR + Swedish DX Federation Transmissions

KBC Latest News!! 
The Mighty KBC is not moving to 9925 kHz, but staying on 7375 Khz until May.
This is only for our broadcasts to the USA, Canada and South America.
Please spread the word. 

(This show is recorded, so we will be mentioning the wrong frequency on our Transmission).                                                                                                                                        

Every Saturday and Wednesday the programs of HLR.

06.00 to 09.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz
09.00 to 12.00 UTC, on 6190 KHz
12.00 to 16.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz

Every Sunday the programme of HLR
12.00 to 16.00 UTC program in German 0n 9485 kHz

Please send all reports to: redaktion@hamburger-lokalradio.de  Thank you!

PS. The MV Baltic Radio Transmitter will be silence on the following dates:

       April  9th, 12th and 13th.

The Swedish DX Federation Transmissions

The Swedish DX Federation continues its monthly broadcasts on medium-wave and shortwave as follows:

April    6th - Radio Merkurs on 1485 kHz at 18.00 UTC

April  19th - Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 kHz at 11.00 UTC

May  11th - Radio Merkurs on 1485 kHz at 18.00 UTC

May  17th - Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 kHz at 11.00 UTC

June   8th - Radio Merkurs on 1485 kHz at 18.00 UTC

June 14th - Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 kHz at 11.00 UTC

The programmes are mainly in Swedish and hosted by Ronny Forslund. Short announcements in English and German will also be included. Reports of reception can be sent to SDXF, Box 1097, SE-405 23 Göteborg, Sweden. For QSL response please enclose some form of return postage.

Good Listening     73s   Tom

New Retro Radio series is popular

Radio Heritage Foundationwww.radioheritage.net

March 28 2014

Retro Radio Series Popular
__________________________

You know, 1953 was a really big year. Baby boomers bounced into the world, the Korean War ended and the Cold War started....and it's proving a popular year for our new series Retro Radio.

Instead of looking way way back into the 1920's and 1930's, this series features a time familiar to many people today, and already the #1 feature at www.radioheritage.net so far in 2014 is Retro Radio Japan 1953, followed within the Top 10 features by Retro Radio Australia, New Zealand Pacific 1953....so come and have a look at the radio stations that ruled the airwaves just over 60 years ago.

You'll find Brazil, Iron Curtain Europe, Nordic Europe, Canada, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East/Central Asia and many others..............and for some even more recent memories, Retro Radio Hawaii 1961, Idaho 1963 and Texas 1963.

Enjoy them all today, and see the top books, music and movies of 1953 as well, so you can get a good feel for what life was like listening to the radio in those exciting times.

Radio Heritage Foundation
Global Radio Memories Projectwww.radioheritage.net

VOA Radiogram, Mar 29-30, includes four 100-wpm modes

During the weekend of March 29-30, VOA Radiogram will mark one year on the air with a "battle of the 100 word-per-minute modes."

The same VOA News story will be transmitted in PSKR125, MT63-1000L, Thor25x4, and MFSK32, all more-or-less 100 wpm.

Details: http://voaradiogram.net/post/80879031155/voa-radiogram-29-30-march-battle-of-the-120-wpm-modes

(Kim Elliot via dxld yg)

Glenn Hauser logs March 27, 2014

** AUSTRALIA. 2485, March 27 at 1219, VL8K is barely making it with some music modulation, while 2325 kHz, VL8T is but a carrier; and of course the usual but weak 4835, VL8A, which is now clear of WWCR ACI after 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15105, March 27 at 1226, hi-pitched tone, 1228 Bangladesh Betar IS, very poor with flutter; timesignal ends only one sesquisecond fast before 1230, opening English semihour with same theme we hear introducing 1400 Hindi on 15505.

15505, March 27 at 1358, BB IS is JBA, but enough to make out today`s timesignal ending 9 sesquiseconds early at 1359:46.5; so the pips don`t even match from one transmission to another on the same day, more evidence there is nothing automatic about them, but depending on some op punching a cart machine. Timesignals imply precision and should not be employed at all in such a way (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 23 CNR1 jammers March 27 between 1343 and 1358, mostly fluttery above 12 MHz and mostly with talk making matching easy:

18870, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1343, poor with flutter; none in 19s
17370, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1343, fair with flutter
16300, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1344, very poor with flutter
16160, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1344, very poor with flutter
16100, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1344, fair-good with flutter
15970, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1346, poor with flutter
15940, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1346, poor with flutter
15565, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1347, very poor with flutter, het with 15563 Voice of Tibet
15375, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1347, fair-good with flutter
15265, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1347, poor with additional carrier het
14980, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1350, poor with flutter
13625, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1351, poor mixed with Firedrake atop
12910, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1352, fair with flutter; none in 10s
11640, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1354, fair mixed with target
11635, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1354, fair mixed with target
11570, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1354, very poor (this is the Thursday-only frequency for R. Free Asia, Tibetan via Kuwait)
 9825, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1356, good mixing with target
 9810, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1356, fair with flutter; no sync 15940
 9680, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1356, good, mix with Taiwan/Indonesia
 9660, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1356, poor, but // others
 9605, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1357, poor
 9530, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1357, mix with target (this frequency to be cleared from A-14, fortunately for Indonesia 9526)
 9355, CNR1 jammer, March 27 at 1357 poor
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025, March 27 at 0535, Rebelde is off, while 5040 RHC is on. And so it goes. Dino Bloise forwards one explanation of what`s happening on 60m:

``Radio Rebelde. El Diexista cubano Miguel Angel Lahera ha publicado en Frecuencia Al Día/Facebook lo siguiente: "Cambio en Radio Rebelde: Su frecuencia habitual de los 5025 kHz ya no emite 24 horas, y su antena de omnidireccional pasó a ser dirigida únicamente a América del Sur, con 100 kW alternando con los 5040 kHz de RHC" (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17660, March 27 at 1401, tone test, pitch close to B5 = 988 Hz but presumably intended to be 1 kHz; 1402 belatedly opening French bihour from R. Saoudi Internationale [? tentative new name], YL mentioning this frequency; poor-very poor with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SEYCHELLES [and non]. 15420, March 27 at 1405, JBA signal, presumed BBC Indian Ocean Relay in Somali as scheduled 14-15; certainly not // BBC English 9740 Singapore. WBCQ not yet on 15420, currently scheduled 17-21 UT daily from Fence Lake NM, plus 14-17 Saturdays with BS, but may not be accurate.

BBC English from IORS is scheduled 15-20 on 15420 and 12095, as this station is in its last few days, to be closed down after March 29. So best to try in the 15-17 UT period, but March 27 around 1610 I can hear nothing but noise on 12095 or 15420.

When closure was first announced months ago, we compiled this full Seychelles sked as in DXLD 13-48:
04-06 12095, 15420
06-08 15420, 17640
11-11.5 15530 [Somali]
14-15 15420, 17690 [Somali]
15-20 12095, 15420
If you hear BBC on same frequencies at any other times, it`s some other site.

In A-14 BBC plans this usage of 15420, English u.o.s.:
04-08 UAE; 14-15 Somali via South Africa (Sat from 13-). 

And A-14 BBC on 12095, English u.o.s.:
00-02 Singapore; 02-05 Oman; 05-06 South Africa in Kinyarwanda; 06-07 South Africa; 07-08 Ascension; 15-17 South Africa; 20-22 Ascension
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1714, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 9370, poor March 27 at 1232, VOA English report about Russia, a reverb apart from stronger // 11750. EiBi and Aoki show at 12-13, VOA English to SE Asia is via Tinang, PHILIPPINES on both 9370 and 11750; at 1300, 9370 switches to Deewa Radio in Pashto via Sri Lanka. WWRB is not yet on 9370, still BS plunging into the daytime noise level on 3185 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1714 monitoring: confirmed second airing, Thursday March 27 at 1230 on WRMI-10, 9955: fair signal here on SSE antenna, generally above the pulse-jamming level; tnx a lot, Arnie! By 1254 WRMI is weaker than adjacent 9950 carrier from Taiwan, Nippon no Kaze to start Korean at 1300; and than 9960, Khmer Post Radio, via Palau until 1300. At *1257.3, WRMI-11 stronger carrier comes on 9955 via NW antenna, suppressing jamming and me too, until 1258.1, cutting on my modulation for the final WOR minute loud and clear. Then 1259 `WRMI Scoreboard` with no scores, but a few sports news headlines mostly about personnel. Next times for WORLD OF RADIO:

Thursday 2101 on WTWW-1, 9475
UT Friday 0327v on WWRB, 5050 and/or 3195, we hope. 24 hours earlier, both were absent
Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Saturday 2330 on WTWW-2, 9930, we hope; missing past 3 weeks
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI-14, 9495; could be previous edition
UT Sunday 0401 on WTWW-1, 5830
UT Monday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI-10, 9955
Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1300 on WRMI-11, 9955
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 770, March 27 at 1314 UT tune-in for KKOB to cut onto ND day pattern, but the YB-400 is positioned to null it and instead I am hearing ``I Get Around``, classic rock, 1317 UT segué to ``Company B``, pre-rock era. No doubt KAAM, The Metroplex TX (Garland), a.k.a. Legends 77.

770, meanwhile, on the DX-398 I null KAAM and can also hear KKOB Albuquerque NM after 1315 UT. In April, KKOB will rise at 1230 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 790, March 27 at 1252 UT, slow band music, a morning staple of KURM Rogers AR (like KKOW 860 Pittsburg KS always plays a polka around 1230 UT), confirmed at 1254 by ad for a Springdale home builder. Also with a 2.6 Hz SAH, probably from KFYO Lubbock TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re: ``17775, March 25 at 1350 UT, KVOH is in well, DJ giving time check of ``10 para las 11 en el Pacífico``!! Is he looking at the wrong clock on the old studio wall? Or is it really not live? PDT is 6:50 am, and 10:50 am would be ADT, or, say, Argentina (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

Hi, Glenn. As shown on the program schedule on our website, Lorenzo Martínez is live in the studio for two hours every day, from 1700 to 1900 UT. But, the first hour (1300-1355), and other times when he may appear on the schedule, are not live. They are repeats of his programs taken from the last few weeks. Schedule:  http://kvoh.net/wp-content/uploads/KVOH-Program-Grid-English.pdf
(Ray Robinson, KVOH Operations Manager, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

OK; then it`s inadvisable to include timechex (gh, DXLD)

** VATICAN. 21560, March 27 at 1318, poor signal in Italian, much weaker than 21540 Kuwait over Spain, outro as `Edizione Internazionale`, sounders and cut off 1320* just as Vatican Radio IS(?) starts. This 1300-1320 broadcast will shift in A-14 to 1200-1220 daily, when VR earlies most of its broadcasts an hour, as if the entire world revolve around Rome`s local time! Still on 21560, 185 degrees from SMG.

With Rai out of the picture, VR might be the #1 Italian language SWBC station? But computing hours per week from B-13 schedules, RV adds up to only 9:45, vs 28 hpw from China (some on MW relays), and surpassed even by Iran and Romania, each with 10.5 hpw (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4850, March 27 at 1222, JBA carrier, and even weaker one on 4980; nothing heard on 4500 or 5060 --- the four frequencies of PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, 4850 being the Kazakh service, the only broadcast station in the world on this frequency, per Aoki. We`ve heard all these better around sunset grayline.

Except Aoki misses All India Radio, Kohima which, granted, is irregular, but occasionally heard on 4850 by Ron Howard, and I would love to hear. So it ought to be on the list, if he maintains scads of long-gone Latins (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched March 27 at 1643