sabato 30 aprile 2016

DX RE MIX NEWS # 950 Final Edition

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 950 (F I N A L  E D I T I O N). Date: Sat April 30, 2016.
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CLANDESTINE   Updated A16 schedule of clandestine & other target broadcasts:
Videos of some of these broadcasts are here
Radio Republica
0000-0200 on  9490 ISS 150 kW / 285 deg to Cuba Spanish

Radio Payem e-Doost
0230-0315 on  7460 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi
1800-1845 on  7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi

Radio Lead Africa
0300-0400 NF  6090 MEY 100 kW / 020 deg to CeAf English Mon/Tue/Fri
0500-0600 on 12060 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg to CeAf English Wed/Thu
0500-0700 on 12060 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg to CeAf English Sat
1900-2200 on  7425 MEY 100 kW / 020 deg to CeAf English Sat/Sun

Denge Kurdistan
0300-0500 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0500-1300 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1300-1700 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx 23200
1700-1930 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1930-2100 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx 23200

Radio Tamazuj
0330-0430 on  9600 ISS 250 kW / 134 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic
0330-0430 on 11650 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic
1430-1500 on 15150 NAU 125 kW / 152 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic
1430-1500 on 15550 ISS 250 kW / 134 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic
1500-1530 on 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic
1500-1530 on 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic

Radio Dabanga
0430-0600 on 11650 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic
0430-0530 on 13800 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic
0530-0600 on 13800 NAU 125 kW / 152 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic
1530-1630 on 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic
1530-1630 on 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Sudanese Arabic

Eye Radio (former EDC Sudan Radio Service) from April 26
0400-0500 on 11730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic*
1600-1700 on 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic*
*plus other langs: Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho

Radio Dandal Kura International
0500-0700 on  7415 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Kanuri
0700-0800 on 15480 WOF 300 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri
1800-2100 on 12050 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri

Republic of Yemen Radio
0600-0900 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
0900-1800 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic
1800-2300 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
2300-0600 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic

Manara Radio
0730-0830 on 15440 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa
1600-1700 on 17765 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa

Radio Free Sarawak
1100-1300 on 15420 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat

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

Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok
1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun

Radio ERGO
1200-1300 on 17845 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali

Voice of Tibet
1200-1215 on 15543 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1215-1230 on 15538 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1230-1245 on 15573 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1245-1300 on 15567 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1300-1315 on 11513 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1300-1315 on 15552 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1315-1330 on 11513 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1315-1330 on 15552 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1330-1345 on 11507 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1330-1345 on 15558 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1345-1400 on 11507 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1345-1400 on 15558 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1400-1415 on 15558 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1400-1415 on 15560 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1415-1430 on 15552 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1415-1430 on 15565 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan
2300-2310 on  7598 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
2310-2320 on  7592 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
2320-2330 on  7587 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
All frequencies are jammed by China on xxxx0 / xxxx5
Changes between frequencies vary from 5 to 7 minutes

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

Radio Free North Korea
1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean

Nippon no Kaze
1300-1330 on  9900 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean
1300-1330 on  9950 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean
1500-1530 on  9765 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean
1500-1530 on  9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean
1530-1600 on  9765 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean
1530-1600 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean

National Unity Radio
1300-1600 on 11550 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean

Furusato no Kaze
1330-1400 on  9900 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese
1330-1400 on  9950 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese
1430-1500 on  9560 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese
1430-1500 on  9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese
1600-1630 on  9470 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese
1600-1630 on  9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese

Shiokaze Sea Breeze
1300-1330 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Chinese Mon
1300-1330 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Tue
1300-1330 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Wed
1300-1330 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu
1300-1330 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri
1300-1330 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sat
1300-1330 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sun
1330-1400 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Mon
1330-1400 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Tue
1330-1400 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Wed
1330-1400 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu
1330-1400 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri
1330-1400 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sat
1330-1400 on  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sun

1405-1435 NF  7325 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Daily

1600-1630 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Chinese Mon
1600-1630 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Tue
1600-1630 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Wed
1600-1630 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu
1600-1630 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri
1600-1630 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sat
1600-1630 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sun
1630-1700 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Mon
1630-1700 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Tue
1630-1700 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Wed
1630-1700 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu
1630-1700 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri
1630-1700 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sat
1630-1700 on  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sun

Voice of Wilderness
1330-1530 on  7615 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean

North Korea Reform Radio
1430-1530 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean
2030-2130 on  7595 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean

Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti
1500-1530 on 15515 TIG 150 kW / 165 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Sat

Voice of Martyrs
1530-1700 on  7510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean

Radio Xoriyo
1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat
1600-1630 on 17870 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming

Oromo Voice Radio
1600-1615 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Mon
1615-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf English Mon
1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Wed/Sat
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming

Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow
1600-1630 on  7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri
1600-1630 on 15690 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri, cancelled

Radio Voice of Independent Oromia
1600-1630 on 17860 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Sun
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming

Dimtse Radio Erena
1700-1730 on 11885 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Dly
1730-1800 on 11885 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon-Sat
1730-1800 on 11885 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Sun

Voice of Oromo Liberation
1700-1730 on 17630 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Wed
1730-1800 on 17630 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed
1700-1800 on 17630 ISS 100 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming

Radio Assenna
1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon/Thu/Sat

Eritrean Forum Medrek
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

Sedoye Bahar Voice of Spring
1730-1800 on  7495 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri

UNIDentified station
1730-1800 on 17765 ISS 150 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Oromo Sun

Radio Biafra
1800-2100 on 11700 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English

Lutheran World Federation Voice of Gospel(Sawtu Linjilia)
1830-1900 on 15315 ISS 500 kW / 180 deg to WCAf Fulfulde

Radio Free Gambia
1900-2000 on 15465 ISS 100 kW / 207 deg to WeAf English* Fri
* plus other languages: Mandinka/Wolof/Fula/Serer/Krio

Stream of Praise Music Ministries
2100-2130 on  7530 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to EaAs Cantonese/Chinesehttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/dx-re-mix-news-950-final-edition.html


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73!
Ivo Ivanov

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

SWLDXBulgaria News Final Edition, April 30

GERMANY   Radio Channel 292 relay Word of Deliverance, April 30
0600-0700 on  6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/radio-channel-292-relay-word-of_30.html

GERMANY   Reception of Deutscher Wetterdienst and DP07 Seewetter, April 30
0604-0630 on  5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Deutscher Wetterdienst
0730-0800 on  9560 KLL 020 kW / non-dir to CeEu German DP07 Seewetter
1200-1200 on  9560 KLL 020 kW / non-dir to CeEu German DP07 Seewetter
1204-1230 on  5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Deutscher Wetterdienst
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-deutscher-wetterdienst-and.html

PALAU(non)   Very weak signal of Radio Que Me vis T8WH Angel 3, April 29
1200-1230 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Vietnamese Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/very-weak-signal-of-radio-que-me-vis.html

SECRETLAND(non)   SPL Secretbrod relay Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti, April 30:
1500-1530 on 15515 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/spl-secretbrod-relay-radio-warra_30.html

SWEDEN   Broadcasts over Radio Revival from Sala, April 30:
Radio Nord Revival
1100-1200 on  3975 SAL 005 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedidh AM
1100-1200 on  6060 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedidh LSB
Swedish DX Federation
1200-1315 on  3975 SAL 005 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedidh AM
1200-1315 on  6060 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedidh LSB
Radio Sala
1315-2400 on  3975 SAL 005 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedidh AM
1315-2400 on  6060 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedidh LSB
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/broadcasts-over-radio-revival-from-sala.html

USA   Very good signal of Brother Stair via WRMI Okeechobee, April 30
from 0735 on 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English BS TOM tx#09
Ralph G.Stair talk about transmitters, frequencies and Glenn Hauser!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/very-good-signal-of-brother-stair-via.html

USA   Reception of WMLK Bethel, April 28
1930&2030 on  9275 MLK 250 kW / 053 deg to WeEu English Sun-Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-wmlk-bethel-april-28.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Frequency change of Voice of Martyrs from April 28:
1530-1700 NF  7510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 7520
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/frequency-change-of-voice-of-martyrs.html

VATICAN(non)   Frequency change of Vatican Radio from May 2
1230-1300 NF 11875 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg to FERu Russian, ex 12030
// frequency 15370 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg to FERu Russian
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/frequency-change-of-vatican-radio-from.html


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73!
Ivo Ivanov

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

Propagation News – 1 May 2016

RSGB
April 29, 2016 
 
It’s been another mixed week, with coronal holes dominating once again. The K-index, a measure of the disturbance to the Earth’s magnetic field due to incoming solar plasma, fluctuated all week, being as low as one and as high as four.

The solar flux index started the week at 82, but rose steadily to reach 94 by Friday. By then there were actually six sunspot regions visible on the sun, although some were so small they looked like dust on the lens.

Two small, but almost geo-effective, coronal holes could be seen in the Solar Dynamics Observatory‘s extreme ultra-violet image on Thursday, which suggest we may have unsettled conditions as you hear or read this report. NOAA predicts the solar flux index could rise to 95 by 3 May, although unsettled geomagnetic conditions will continue to affect propagation, especially on the first and fourth.

As we are now in May, sporadic-E will become prevalent on the higher HF bands, notably ten metres, but more about that later.

Otherwise, a look at an HF propagation coverage map from VOACAP Online shows May generally sees the start of the summer doldrums when maximum usable frequencies are generally lower during daylight hours, but remain higher at night.

VHF and up propagation news:

We may start this weekend with a weak ridge of high pressure over southern Britain, which is potentially useful for some limited tropo, especially down to the south towards western France and northern Spain. Unfortunately, almost as soon as it happens, it will be gone and low pressure will be in control, so it’s more likely to be rain scatter on the GHz bands from large shower clouds that gives any enhancement locally.

On a more positive note, the sporadic-E season is now under way and current weather patterns are producing good jet streams in the right places over Europe. These are known to be helpful for sporadic-E and the sporadic-E maximum usable frequency has already reached more than 100MHz in the past week over the northern Balkans, and allowed UK stations to have six metre QSOs with Greece.

Sporadic-E is not an everyday thing, so check the beacons and clusters to follow any openings as it intensifies. Openings usually start as short skip on 10m, then up through 6m to 4m and perhaps even 2m. There are two main periods of activity from the UK, usually late morning and again late afternoon into early evening.

Moon declination is climbing this week and losses are falling as the moon comes in to perigee on Thursday. So this is a good week for EME with a daytime moon.

Glenn Hauser logs April 29-30, 2016


** CHINA. 17485, Fri April 29 at 1433, song, S9 with flutter; 1439 can hear Chinese talk and CCI from second station. So it`s CNR1 jamming vs VOA Tibetan via THAILAND, this hour only and on M/W/F only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. 17630, April 29 at 1434, CRI English during `Roundtable` chat show, 1436 greeting listeners in Finland, St Kitts & Nevis. This is S9+20 with flutter, 500 kW, 308 degrees from Urumqi, like so many relays toward Europe. Last year this was pretty regular way over here beyond, but haven`t heard it so well this year. Maybe will improve into summer over almost-polar sunlit path. 

Since CRI English, eastward via Bamako, MALI, is also scheduled during this hour on 17630, and some North Americans choose to believe they are hearing that site instead, I make a point of listening at the closure of Urumqi during the Chinese-lesson filler at hourend, which happens at 1457:10*. There remains on 17630 only a JBA carrier, which was too weak to detect while Urumqi was on, but Mali does continue another hour with CRI English in the clear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** GAMBIA [non]. 15465, April 29 at 1955, check just in time to hear a JBA carrier, which would be Radio Free Gambia via FRANCE, as others have reconfirmed on the air again this Friday from 1900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11645, April 30 at 0024, JBA carrier, presumably AIR GOS in English from Delhi as scheduled until 0045, rather than Greece, which hasn`t been showing here until after 0400 (and neither 9420 nor 9935 is on now) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. The Big 4 TV stations in OKC are once again in wall-to-wall storm/tornado coverage, April 29 from 20 UT or so, the area being hit southern OK up to OKC (but we are just rainy in Enid), so before and after 22 UT, I do an AM & FM bandscan to confirm which OKC-area radio stations are simulcasting which TV stations:

 88.5, KFOR
 89.7, KFOR
 91.7, KWTV
 92.5, KWTV --- must have deal with Tyler Media
 93.3, KWTV
 94.7, KFOR --- must have deal with iHeart
 96.1, KFOR
 96.9, KOKH --- says has deal with Cumulus
 98.1, KOKH 
 98.9, KOKH
 99.7, KOCO
100.5, KOKH
101.9, KFOR
102.7, KFOR
104.1, KWTV
106.7, KTUZ --- in Spanish of course
107.7, KWTV

List does not include any of the numerous translators or some marginal stations I can`t hear easily in Enid, and also skips some gospel huxters which don`t bother with such earthly emergencies (God is not responsible for damage, deaths: only for saving people from close calls). KOCO is clearly in fourth place, as previously noted also only on KGOU 106.3 and its relays, but I can`t even hear 88.1 KWOU Woodward at the moment.

 640, KOKH?
 800, NOT, altho they were talking about weather for a bit, original?
 890, NOT
 930, KOKH, with voice-over in Spanish
1000, KFOR
1520, KWTV
Couldn`t hear 1140, 1340, 1460, 1560 stations well enough vs local device and noise level.

As for the TV stations themselves: 
KWTV 39 ``9.2`` which is normally old newscast replays, still is! At 2234 UT, the clock says 12:02 (noon), what a waste. But CBS Evening News is again shifted to KSBI 23 ``52.1``. 

KOCO 7 ``5`` has NOT put ABC News on 5.2 but keeps MeTV going, altho last time ABC prime after 0000 UT went onto the subchannel. 

KETA 13 ``13`` allowed EAS tornado warnings to interrupt program audio repeatedly with horrible modulation/noise last time, crawl at screen-top, but this time manages at least to get thru BBC News 2200-2226 with no interruptions.

KFOR 27 ``4`` is running wx simulcast on 4.2 instead of Antenna TV, AND ALSO on KAUT 40 ``43``, until 2230 UT when NBC News goes on KAUT, which was not done last time. Is this all ad-hoc, decided on moment`s notice?

KOKH 24 ``25`` already has continuous weather, mix of national and local on 25.3. But it may have been looping older stuff rather than // current WTW coverage on 25.1.

KTUZ 29 ``30`` is also doing continuous weather in Spanish, + KTUZ 106.7 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 9655, April 30 at 0012, no signal unlike 24 hours ago, when it appeared to be in Romanian, and thus RRI. This time the four RRI transmitters are all accounted for on scheduled 7335 & 9790 (S9+25) in Romanian, 9730 & 11800 in English. 

9655 was on the B-15 RRI schedule from Galbeni (at 14-16 in Romanian), so altho not currently scheduled anywhen, that would explain how it`s still on the roster and could get punched on the air accidentally. Now, both 7335 and 9790 at 00-02 are listed as Galbeni, so one of those was probably missing when 9655 was transmitting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15770, April 29 at 2036, WRMI yet again with Brother Scare replaying that bit referring to what I said about his shoveling money at WRMI. This was first heard back on February 6, so BS must really enjoy it! Or be sorely hurting for any new material.

6915, April 30 at 0011, this WRMIBS frequency is missing; tho always weak and noise level is hi now, I can`t even get a JBA carrier, while I can on 5015, 5765. The others are in dead air when I first check, but within a minute resume modulating. 0042 recheck, still no 6915 at all, while 5015, 5765 and 7570 are BSing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. Regarding my item about the lack of English broadcasts from RTI, there is another one missed because I was searching Aoki on Eng Paochung, rather than Eng Tamsui Dist, despite WWDXC thinking the same frequencies be from Paochung as does EiBi; whatever: maybe these could make it to North America off the back: 

``9465  1500-1600 1234567 English    300 225 Paochung  TWN RTI
 11685  1500-1600 1234567 English    300 205 Paochung  TWN RTI
(R TWN Internat., March 22, 2016; via ADDX Andreas Volk-Munich Germany; transformed and condensed by wb - via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 24, WWDXC DX MAGAZINE 4/2016 via DXLD)`` (Glenn Hauser, April 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13564, April 30 at 0025, GNK CW beacon is barely readable in noise level, but that`s something; Madison WI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1823 monitoring: confirmed Friday April 29 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, and 2130.5 on WRMI 13695; also confirmed Fri April 29 at 2330.0 on WBCQ 9330.00-CUSB. Next:
Sat 0630   HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [confirmed last week]
Sat 0700   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1430   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [back on air from this week?]
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sun 0830   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7489.9-AM, April 30 at 0006 check, J. P. Ferraro from WHVW is substituting Worldwide for Allan Weiner this week on WBCQ, but at 0038 check, Allan is there on the phone, from the NH hamfest? Discussing how we can`t rely on any digital medium to be permanent. Also try 5129.91-AM, presumably // but too buried in the storm noise, which is also bothering 7 MHz and even up to 12 MHz at least. Nothing audible on 3250v if that should be active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, April 29 at 1441, KVOH is S9+20 and with sufficient modulation for a change, as Spanish announcer is talking about being on air until ``5 pm``, before switch to 9975 in English. That would be 0000 UT, but I think he`s referring to extended webcast as 17775 is supposed to close at 1900, altho I have heard them several times later, so I check again today:

17775, April 29 at 1905, gospel music in Spanish is S9+20 but as always rather lo-fi, lacking in highs, again on air after nominal sign off. By recheck 1952 it is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15585.0-USB, April 30 at 0031, poor signals 2-way in colloquial Spanish, intruders, as I am on my way to check 15590 for Radio Thailand, which is even weaker, unusable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 16540.0-USB, 0033 April 30, multi-station net, one much stronger S8 than others, with androgynous voice I will not attempt to assign a gender, sorry! In unknown language, but could be Tagalog or similar. Weaker ones keep talking underneath. Presumably aboardships; is anyone familiar with who use this frequency? Klingenfuss 2002 Guide, which I still have handy, merely says ``worldwide ship stations simplex frequency``, like its neighbors at 3-kHz spacings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 0545 UT April 30

VOA Radiogram, 30 Apr-1 May 2016

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 161, 30 April-1 May 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
1:33  Program preview
2:43  Russia launches rocket from new cosmodrome*
6:44  Freedom House press freedom report*
14:01  Olivia 64-2000: Dwarf planet has a moon*
23:31  MFSK32: Old RFE/RL transmitting site in Spain*
26:07  Closing announcements*

* with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

 VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK32 Sunday at about 0220 UTC (Saturday 10:20 pm EDT) on its new summer frequency of 9925 kHz, via Germany. This is part of the KBC broadcast to North America, 0000-0300 UTC. Eric will want to know how the new 9925 kHz frequency is working, so please send reports to themightykbc@gmail.com .

DigiDX will transmit DX news in MFSK32 and perhaps other modes on its usual schedule:
Sunday 2130 UTC - 15770kHz via WRMI Florida
Sunday 2330 UTC - 11580kHz via WRMI Florida
Monday 2000 UTC - 6070kHz via Channel 292 Germany

Consult https://www.facebook.com/digidx/ for any additions or changes to this schedule.

Ultimas escuchas con web SDR en Holanda


CHINA 9820 VO Beibu Bay Radio, Nanning, 15:12-15:20, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en Khmer a locutora con comentarios y emisión de música clásica china, locutora con comentarios acompañada de música de fondo, parece recitar algo, como un poema, SINPO 35443

PALAU 9960 Furusato no Kaze, Palau Medorn, 14:56-15:00, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en japonés a locutora con despedida, anuncia frecuencias y posiblemente Email, locutor con ID en inglés, SINPO 34343

9965 Nippon no Kaze, Palau Medorn, 15:31-15:35, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en coreano a locutora con presentación y comentarios, SINPO 35443

9975 Nippon no Kaze, Palau Medorn, 15:02-15:07, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en koreano a locutora con comentarios, SINPO 34343

VATICANO 15550 Radio Tamazuj, Santa Maria di Galeria, 15:07-15:11, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en árabe sudanés a locutora con comentarios, posiblemente noticias con  referencias a "Sudán y sudanía", locutor con comentarios, SINPO 35443


Jose Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
España


Web SDR
University of Twente
Enschede, The Netherlands

Ultimas escuchas, piratas


ALEMANIA 6005 Radio Mi Amigo, Kall Krekei, 17:20-17:30, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en alemán alocutor con comentarios en programa musical, SINPO 45444

Piratas
6205 Energy FM, 20:10-20:35, 29 abril 2016, via Euro Radio, música disco, SINPO 44444 
6265 Radio Desperado, 20:35-20:55, 29 abril 2016, música pop, SINPO 34443 
6290 Cracy Wawe Radio, 21:20-21:34, 29 abril 2016, música y locutor con cuñas e ID "Radio...", Rap, SINPO 44444
6305 NO ID, 20:55-21:08, 29 abril 2016, música pop melódica, rock, SINPO 45554
6320 Anthony Radio , 21:08-21:10, 29 abril 2016, ID, fin de emisión, SINPO 44444


Jose Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
España


Web SDR
University of Twente
Enschede, The Netherlands

Agenda DX 30/04/2016

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

FESTE NAZIONALI
Compleanno della Regina Beatrice in Olanda e nelle Antille

venerdì 29 aprile 2016

Europa 24

GERMANY, 6150, Europa 24, Dattlen, 1646-1705, 29-04, pop music, comments in German, id. in German and English "This is Europa 24". 24322 increasing to 34333
Heard also at 1500  at the beach, Cantabrian Sea, with the small Tecsun PL-310ET and telescopic antenna.


Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain
Log in Reinante
Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters

UZB 7510 Voice of Martyrs ex 7520


MOLDAVIA 7575 Radio Rangikaman, Kishinev-Grigoriopol, 16:14-16:20, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en persa a locutor con comentarios y con música de piano de fondo, tema de música persa interpretada por una mujer, locutora con cuña ID "Radio Rankikaman", SINPO 45444

UZBEQUISTAN 7510 Voice of Martyrs, Taskent, 16:21-16:25, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en coreano a locutor y locutora con comentarios, fragmento musical, sin señal en 7520, se aprecia interferencia de una señal tipo morse, SINPO 23442

Jose Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
España


Web SDR
University of Twente
Enschede, The Netherlands

Ultimas escuchas con web SDR en Holanda


CHINA 9820 VO Beibu Bay Radio, Nanning, 15:12-15:20, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en Khmer a locutora con comentarios y emisión de música clásica china, locutora con comentarios acompañada de música de fondo, parece recitar algo, como un poema, SINPO 35443

PALAU 9960 Furusato no Kaze, Palau Medorn, 14:56-15:00, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en japonés a locutora con despedida, anuncia frecuencias y posiblemente Email, locutor con ID en inglés, SINPO 34343

9965 Nippon no Kaze, Palau Medorn, 15:31-15:35, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en coreano a locutora con presentación y comentarios, SINPO 35443

9975 Nippon no Kaze, Palau Medorn, 15:02-15:07, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en koreano a locutora con comentarios, SINPO 34343

VATICANO 15550 Radio Tamazuj, Santa Maria di Galeria, 15:07- 15:11, escuchada el 29 de abril de 2016 en árabe sudanés a locutora con comentarios, posiblemente noticias con  referencias a "Sudán y sudanía", locutor con comentarios, SINPO 35443


Jose Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
España


Web SDR
University of Twente
Enschede, The Netherlands

Broadcasts over Radio Revival Sweden from Sala on Saturday, April 30


Broadcasts over Radio Revival Sweden from Sala on Saturday, April 30:
1100-1200 UTC Radio Nord Revival
1200-1315 UTC Programme from the Swedish DX-Federation SDXF
1315-2400 UTC Radio Sala Cruisin' Special with lots of vintage music, reports from the streets of Sala where the cruising is taking place, interviews and more. Requests are welcome at 0046 73 8165608 or by email studion@radiosala.se. Do surprise our friends at Radio Sala, call them and let them know how their SW transmission is coming through in your area.
The frequencies are 3975 kHz (5 kW) and 6060 kHz (10 kW). Reception reports can be sent by e-mail to qsl@sdxf.se or by snail mail to SDXF, Box 1097, SE-405 23 Gothenburg, Sweden.for the SDXF transmissions. Reception reports for the Radio Sala transmissions can be mailed to qsl@radiosala.se and they have a great printed QSL card

Glenn Hauser logs April 28-29, 2016


** BIAFRA [non]. 11700, April 28 at 1945, JBA carrier, S2, maybe trace of English from R. Biafra via BULGARIA; interrupted by much stronger utility bursts occasionally on lo side, ``running water`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11780.013, April 29 at 0320 check, RNA is (almost) back on frequency! After months way off above 11780.100, so was always making a het when tuning past on 1- or 10-kHz steps. 

I first noted this earlier, April 28 at 1943 as an unID very poor S4 signal, YL maybe in French? and no het, so at first thought the ZY was off exposing something else, but nothing else at all is scheduled between 18 and 24 on 11780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 9745.00, April 28 at 1951, instrumental Chinese music at S5 in DSB, so hardly Bahrain. Scheduled at this time, 19-21, is Radio Free Asia in Chinese via Kuwait, but as usual, lacking anything more specific, one must assume more likely to be heard is CNR1 jamming. 

However, CRI in Esperanto is also scheduled on 9745 at 1930-2030, 500 kW, 308 degrees from Urumqi toward Europe, in which case the ChiCom would not hesitate to jam one of their own broadcasts under the circumstances. I`m hearing only one station so should have listened a bit longer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** CUBA. 11640-11700, April 29 at 0052, RHC 11670 is splattering out to plus/minus 30 kHz, even during talk, not just music, and it`s somewhat suptorted on fundamental, forcing the squeezeout around the edges.

11830, April 29 at 0055, S4 signal is just barely modulated, but I manage to // it to RHC on 11670. A similar signal is on 11850, as I reported recently and calculated it to be a leapfrog of 11670 over 11760. Now however, it looks more like plus/minus 10 kHz parasites attached to the other RHC frequency 11840. Or is 11850 both?? 

John Cooper in PA also had this 11830 and wondered if it was listed R. Daqui, Brasil reactivated? I did too at first, but not enough signal yet on 4915 to check // there (and 4915 bears an additional ZY anyway), while the other R. Daqui frequency, 6080 is inactive per WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. UNIDENTIFIED. Pirate, 6950.00-USB, April 29 at 0039 tune-in to last few notes of ``Doctor Who`` theme, then nothing heard for at least a minute, so off? HF Underground has some more logs of this playing Dr Who several times, resuming at 0044; and at 0048 ``Ride of the Valkyries`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 9730, S9+35 and // 11800 S9+25, UT Fri April 29 at 0033, RRI English here with classical music, excerpt of a piano concerto, insert a brief unrelated talk about a band on tour in New York, then a bit of Rachmaninov`s Piano Concerto No. 2, on `Today`s Music Program`; 0040 that`s cut abruptly to `Open Studio` with ``pick of the week``, about visit of a British-American poet. Always nice to hear classical on SW, but not so nice to have it cut up into little pieces (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 9655

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7570, April 19 at 0050, S9+40 dead air from TOM, so I quickcheck other WRMI frequencies: equally silent on 7780 S9+20, 5765 and 6915; but non-BS WRMI frequencies with other programming are OK: 7730 World Music replaying ``Sandunga``; 5850, 5950, 11530, 11580. Finally at 0054, 7570 at least resumes Brother Scaring (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UKRAINE [non]

** SWEDEN [non]. 11874.925, April 28 at 1939, another check of the off-frequency IBRA transmission, this time measured here on the NRD-545. Wolfgang Büschel replies to my yesterday report:

``U.K. 11874.9215 odd frequency from Babcock Woofferton site on April 28 at 1945 UT again, S=8-9 in Doha Qatar site. Rather used again an older B6124 Marconi Communication Systems Limited, MCSL transmitter, not RIZ Zagreb latest GPS technology. Last time, Dave [Porter] told the community: "Regarding last week and WOF the reason that .... kHz was off freq was, that a Marconi B6124 was carrying the service as the normal RIZ sender was being maintained. The Marconi B6124 sometimes do lose their freq lock from the 1 MHz standard. RIZ Zagreb senders are locked to GPS"`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11615, April 28 at 1946, very poor S3 in French; it`s La Voix de la Turquie, 262 degrees for West Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UKRAINE [non]. 15770, Thu April 28 at 2139, WRMI with R. Ukraine International ID, and `Ukrainian Perspective`, good signal, as I am reprogramming the memories of the BST-1 SW caradio. But RUI now? Strikes me as odd, and indeed the WRMI skedgrid shows R. France International at this hour on Thursdays only (while at 2130 other days there is other programming such as WOR on Fri & Tue) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SOUTH CAROLINA [non]

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1823 monitoring: confirmed Thursday April 28 at 2123 during WRMI 2100 broadcast on VG 13695, a frequency I`ve just added to the BST-1. Also confirmed at 2330 Thu April 28 on WBCQ 9329.987-CUSB, already BST-1 programmed as 9330. Next:
Fri 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630   HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [confirmed last week]
Sat 0700   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1430   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [back on air from this week?]
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sun 0830   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Complete schedule including AM & FM, satellite, webcasts:
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9942.90 & 9917.10, April 28 at 1947, parasitic spur carriers, 12.9 kHz each side out of the huge 9930 WTWW-2 transmission; and splattering between them. Furthermore, amorphous blobs peaking at double the distance, plus/minus 25.8 kHz = 9904.2 and, oh oh, 9955.80, so that`s the source of hash QRMing 9955 WRMIBS on its hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9275.04, April 28 at 1954, WMLK is on at S8, deceased EJOM with his ``Sacred Name Is YAHWEH`` obsession, what else? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6946.58, April 29 at 0041, S9 open carrier is still here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9655, April 29 at 0032 good signal with lite whine, conversation sounds like Romanian, but nothing scheduled here, a move, mistake or new? RRI Romanian at 00-02 is supposed to be on 7335 and 9790, which need to be checked should 9655 recur (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) For English at same time see ROMANIA

This report dispatched at 0428 UT April 29

Agenda DX 29/04/2016

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

giovedì 28 aprile 2016

Glenn Hauser logs April 27-28, 2016


** CHAD. 6165, April 28 at 0542, no longer hearing Ndjamena underneath RHC, which for a while was making an obvious subaudible het sometimes with audio. Nor have I for a few nights now around this time. So are they completely gone again from SW? Thorsten Hallmann in Germany reported April 24: 

``6165 RN Tchadienne: There is usually a little gap between 1757 (CRI off) and 1800 (BBC on) to indicate Chad activity which seems to be running not always till after 1900, when the channel becomes clear again. But not there in the gap on Thursday and Saturday`` [April 21 and 23] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 15590, April 28 at 1357, CNR1 jammer // 11785 atop algo, still at 1401. Target victim is VOA Chinese at 13-15, but shifting site at 14 from Thailand to Tinang (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 17730.007, April 28 at 1230, I measure this RHC frequency once it has built up to blasting daytime level, also overmodulated & distorted. When tuning across it, I have long noticed a bit of a wobble against the BFO, also the case with several other RHC frequencies, but overall they do a good job of frequency accuracy. There, I said something positive!

FYI, the way I do this on the R75, which came to me from Brandon Jordan accurately calibrated, is in USB or LSB mode, pick a frequency to three decimal places ending in zero on one side of the frequency to be measured, so it makes an audible het. Then tune to the other side to hear the same pitch and note the frequency there. Then punch in the exact frequency on the other side and hear if it match pitch. If not, make slight adjustments until they do. Then subtract the difference, divide by two and add the result to the lower measurement (or subtract from the upper position), and there you have the exact carrier frequency halfway in between. Depending on the strength it may also be possible to listen for a zero beat, tuning up and down in 1-Hz steps, but I think there is greater accuracy by the method described. (On the NRD-545 a similar technique, but it`s slightly out of calibration, so I am having to make adjustments of 1 or 2 Hz, somewhat less precise.)

19280, April 28 at 1257, JBA carrier from RHC, 2 x 9640; might also be one on 19070 = 2 x 9535 as before, but now that`s blocked by a blob from a local device (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 9870, April 28 at 1235, no signal from AIR VBS as supposedly restarting at 1230; but already on at next check 1249. Jose Jacob`s site has the accurate info:
9870 500 Bengaluru 0025-0440, 0900-1200, 1245-1740 (Vividh Bharati)

But enjoy the Indian pop music while we can, as by 1300, CRI English will be colliding on 9870 until 1557. If it`s this bad over here, how much worse can it be in Asia? There`s also a collision with Turkey in Spanish at 0100-0150v, but Saudi`s use of 9870 at 18-23 fits neatly between VBS broadcasts. Both BSKSA and AIR make 9870 worth memorizing for their music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, April 28 at 1219, two stations adding up to poor-fair S8, atop in Chinese. Aoki shows 12-13 with RTI Taiwan in Amoy, and not jammed, but why not? Anyhow, this buries Denge Kurdistanye, which should have a clearer shot after 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 660, April 28 at 1137, a twist of the wrist holding the DX-398 while hearing KTNN [see U S A], nulling that, brings in a Spanish partial ID for 102.9 FM, and that leads directly and only to XEEY, Aguascalientes2, 50/10 kW, La Kaliente (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWEDEN [non]. 11874.935, April 27 at 1929, off-frequency S3-S6 signal stands out like sore thumb, as I bandscan in 1 kHz steps with BFO on R75. Sounds like vocal HOA or at least African music, then vaguely familiar sounder, 1930 drumming and tonal language. 

HFCC A-16 shows 11875 at 1900-2000 is IBRA via Woofferton UK, 300 kW, 170 degrees to CIRAF 46 in ``Und`` language. But would be unusual for WOF to be that far off frequency by -65 Hz --- suspect transmission has been switched to someplace like RSA or UAE capable of achieving this. How about it, Dave Porter? 

What do other listings show? Aoki, also Woofferton: since this is Day 4 = Wednesday: Going from Ful to Zar at 1930. EiBi agrees , but with abbrs. curtailed to FU and ZA. So what are they, really? FU is Fulani/Fulfulde, spoken in Nigeria, Niger and Burkina Faso. ZA is Zarma/Zama spoken by 2 Mega in Niger. CIRAF 46 is Nigeria & Niger, and westward to the coast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

** TAIWAN. 7445, April 28 at 1125, RTI in English is poor at S7. At least there is no CCCCCCI (Chinese Communist Chinese language co-channel interference), and this is probably our best chance to hear it in North America, since RTI blew off its audience here by canceling relays via WYFR and not renewing them on WRMI (unlike Spanish!). Rick Barton often reports 7445 RTI English from Arizona, but that`s at 4-5 am local!

Like all Taiwan info, this transmission is banned by the ChiCom from appearing in HFCC, while they themselves do not include their own pervasive jamming disservices. Last year`s Aoki showed 7445 as 100 kW, 225 degrees from  Paochung, hardly a suitable azimuth for us but directly off the back would be 45 degrees, and it was a*terisked then as jammed. 

WRTH 2016 shows only two English broadcasts left on SW from RTI, the other being 03-04 on 15320 via Tainan, both targeting SE Asia. O, I just noticed in Aoki that the 11-12 English is also listed on 11600 via Paochung and not marked as *jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KURDISTAN [non]

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1822 monitoring: confirmed Wed April 27 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 webcast; this time after the long WBCQ ID, a short almost-ID is inserted in the 2?-second gap before WOR playback starts: ``Free Speech Radio, WBC``. Also confirmed at 2330 Wed Apr 27 on WBCQ 9329.86-CUSB, fair. 

WORLD OF RADIO 1823 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing Thursday April 28 at 1130 on WRMI 9955, good at S9+10, no jamming, and still so at 1159 conclusion. Next:

Thu 2100   WRMI 13695 to NW
Thu 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630   HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [confirmed last week]
Sat 0700   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1430   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [back on air from this week?]
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sun 0830   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Complete schedule including AM & FM, satellite, webcasts:
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11583.0, April 27 after 1925 as I tune by, what`s this? WRMIBS is 3 kHz off, but at approx. 1925:49 it cuts off and back to 11580.0. This happened so quickly on the R75 that I could hardly believe my eyes & ears, but I do tend to attribute it to transmission anomaly rather than reception.

5765, April 28 at 0536, as I tune in WRMI, Brother HyStairical is yet again replaying his bit bouncing off me, ``the leading worldwide spoxeman for shortwave``. Well, that`s quite an unsolicited testimonial! I`ve yet to tune in before he starts this segment to get the whole thing, always in the second half of an hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, Wed April 27 at 2331, WWRB is still AWOL; maybe back on air for the weekend? Check Friday/UT Saturday in case the `Pirates Cove` thing gets going (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 660, April 28 at 1132 UT, KTNN, Window Rock AZ with unique Navajo chanting and drumming, as this station is in another episode of running 50 kW ND day facility at night, as has been reported by numerous listeners to the east who normally can`t hear it. 50/50 kW U2 night pattern is supposed to be a circle tangent to the west, nothing eastward. It`s not merely a matter of going to day pattern too early, but all night per other reports (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VANUATU [and non]. 7259.96, April 28 at 1200, I`m looking for R. Vanuatu, as reported by Ron Howard active on the 41 mb. At first on 7260.0, I hear a Chinese 5+1 timesignal but it`s 8.5 seconds late! That carrier stays on, without modulation? There is a second carrier, obviously making double-het with BFO offtuned to 7259.0. They add up to S6, also with some QRhaM on the upper side. The stronger carrier cuts off at 1205:35.5* uncovering the JBA one as then measured above presumed to be R. Vanuatu. Aoki does show -1205 for Urumqi 7260.

Here`s the situation from Ron Howard, California: ``7260, R. Vanuatu on April 22, just at 1205 heard PBS Xinjiang go off the air here, leaving the frequency clear for RV reception; announcer and some pop songs; 1216 clear National Anthem ("Yumi, Yumi, Yumi"); audio ended at 1217, but they keep the transmitter on for a long time after that. Wish they would carry some filler music or something, seeing as the transmitter is on anyway! Thanks very much to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) for the tip about the post-1205 reception of Radio Vanuatu! Should be of help to many DXers``

WRTH 2016 scheduling indicates RV has a single 1.5 to 2 kW transmitter, on 7260 for day, 3945 at night. At 1221 I check 3945 where R. Nikkei 2, Japan is still on, this being a weekday until 1400 (while Sat/Sun it`s off after 0900), but detect a second carrier there too underneath, so could RV be running two transmitters now? (An AM ham could be confusing things; RN1 on 3925 is usually avoided by hams but now someone in LSB is right atop it.) At UT +11, approx. sundown in Vanuatu is 0700 UT, so 7260 after 1200 is way too late for ``day``.

Confirming that RV is off-frequency to the lo side are several recent reports to the DXLD yg by Bryan Clark, Wolfgang Büschel and Mauno Ritola putting it on 7259.95, 7259.9555 and 7259.96; the 75m frequency as low as 3944.204. On 7260 one must also beware of listed Mongolia at 0655-1500.

Via Mike Terry and José Miguel Romero2, RNZI has reported that there is a 100-day plan ending July 1 to return RV to its ``former glory of nationwide coverage`` by somehow upgrading shortwave, but a problem is informing the public of the correct frequencies to tune rather than spotty FM coverage, not to mention using SW receivers at all (WRTH 2016 shows the national broadcaster has only two low-power MW frequencies, one of which is off, and two even lower-power FMs at the same locations as MW).

RNZI: ``New Zealand radio transmission engineer, Steve White, has made several trips to Vanuatu and other Pacific countries to help set up transmission equipment. He says the big advantage of short-wave radio is that receivers are extremely cheap to buy. Mr White says the other benefit is that the transmission is capable of covering enormous distances.

STEVE WHITE: From Port Vila you can cover the entire country of Vanuatu, which spans something like 1100 kilometres in a roughly North-South direction, that can't be achieved by any other transmission mode`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** YEMEN [non]. 11860, April 28 at 1220, Republic of Yemen Radio is S7 in Arabic and triumphal music. After 6+ months we have no confirmation that site is Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as seems very likely by circumstantial evidence. Reception is no longer so amazingly loud and clear here, but varying a lot from day to day and hour to hour. We are also wondering how much longer this will last, as peace talks have finally started; Rodney Johnson forwards this to the DXLD yg:

FINALLY, WARRING YEMEN SIDES SIT TOGETHER FOR NEGOTIATIONS [in Kuwait] --- Rebel team wants political transition before disarming and vacating territories
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1817 UT April 28

SWLDXBulgaria News, April 28

FRANCE   Good signal of Radio France International in Mandingo, April 28
1200-1230 on 17815 ISS 500 kW / 198 deg to WeAf Mon-Fri till May 28
1200-1230 on 15275 ISS 500 kW / 198 deg to WeAf Mon-Fri May 29-Sep.3
1200-1230 on 17815 ISS 500 kW / 198 deg to WeAf Mon-Fri from Sep.4
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-radio-france_28.html

JAPAN(non)   Frequency changes of Shiokaze Sea Breeze, April 28
1300-1330 NF  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs various*, ex 5935
* Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Thu
1330-1400 NF  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs various*, ex 5935
* Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; English Thu; Japanese Tue/Sun
1405-1435 NF  5965 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese, ex 5935
1600-1630 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs various*, ex 5915
* Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Thu
1630-1700 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs various*, ex 5915
* Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; English Thu; Japanese Tue/Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/frequency-changes-of-shiokaze-sea.html

SAUDI ARABIA   Good signal of Radio Saudi International, April  28
1400-1600 on 17660 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf French
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-radio-saudi.html

U.K.(non)   Frequency change of BBC in Pashto/Dari from April 22
0200-0230 NF 11925 ERV 100 kW / 125 deg to WeAs Pashto,ex 11790
0230-0300 NF 11925 ERV 100 kW / 125 deg to WeAs Dari,  ex 11790
0300-0330 NF 11925 ERV 100 kW / 125 deg to WeAs Pashto,ex 11790
1500-1600 NF 12035 SLA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Pashto,ex 11730
1600-1630 NF 12035 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Dari,  ex 11730
1630-1700 NF 12035 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Pashto,ex 11730
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/frequency-change-of-bbc-from-april-22.html

U.K.(non)   Good signal of Radio ERGO via BaBcoCk, April 28
1200-1300 on 17845 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-radio-ergo-via-babcock_28.html

U.K.(non)   Good signal of Trans World Radio Africa via BaBcoCk, April 28
1300-1315 on 17680 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Afar Thu-Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-trans-world-radio-africa.html

U.K.(non)   Good signal of Sedoye Bahar via BaBcoCk, April 28
1730-1800 on  7495 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri Voice of Spring
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-sedoye-bahar-via-babcock.html

USA   Weak signal of World Harvest Radio International WHRI Angel 1, April 28
0900-1000 on 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg to AUS  English Sun-Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/weak-signal-of-world-harvest-radio_28.html

USA   Good signal of Brother HySTAIRical via WRMI, April 28:
from 1150 on 21675 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English tx#07
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-brother-hystairical-via_28.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Weak to good signal of Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok, April 28
1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun via RED Telecom
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/weak-to-good-signal-of-voice-of-khmer.html


--

73!
Ivo Ivanov

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

Propagation outlook from PIG


Solar activity forecast for the period April 29 - May 7, 2016

Activity level: mostly low
X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range A9.0-B5.0
Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 80-110 f.u.
Events: class C (0-8/day), class M (0-4/period), class X (0/period), proton (0/period)
Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 10-100

Tomas Blaha
RWC Prague, Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech Republic
e-mail: sunwatch(at)asu.cas.cz

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period April 26 - May 5, 2016

Quiet: Apr 26 - 28, May 2-3, 5
Unsettled: Apr 27 - 28, 30 and May 1, 4
Active:  Apr 29
Minor storm: possible but unlikely Apr 29
Major storm:0
Severe storm: 0

Geomagntic activity summary:
At the Budkov observatory, we expect quiet to unsettled conditions the
next three days. Friday, Apr 29, active conditions are expectable but the
local K-ndex at the Budkov observatory should not exceed K=4.
Sunday, May 1, we expect unsettled conditions. Next two days, Monday, May
2 and Tuesday, May 3, the expected geomagnetic conditions are quiet to
unsettled. The same conditions are probable at the end of forecasted time,
only about midnight May3/4, higher unsettled episode is possible. The last
day, May 5, we expect quiet to unsettled conditions.

Tomas Bayer
RWC Prague
Institute of Geophysics of the ASCR, Prague
Department of Geomagnetism
Budkov observatory (BDV)

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period April 29 - May 25, 2016

Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on May 6 - 7, 16 - 17
mostly quiet on May 1 - 3, 8, 15, 22 - 25
quiet to unsettled on May 12 - 13, 18, 21
quiet to active on April 29, May 4 - 5, 9 - 11, 14, 19 - 20
active to disturbed on April 30, May (9 - 10)

Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected:
on April 29 - 30, May 4 - 5, 8 - 11, 19 - 21

Remarks:
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.

Petr Kolman, OK1MGW, Czech Propagation Interested Group
(OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978)
e-mail: kolmanp(at)razdva.cz (via Dario Monferini, DXLD)

Relays this weekend

Saturday HLR:
06.00 to 12.00 UTC, on 6190 KHz
12.00 to 15.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz

Swedish DX-Federation:
The April transmission from the Swedish DX-Federation will be on Saturday April 30th 12.00 -13.00 UTC. 
The frequences will be 3975 kHz (5 kW) and 6060 kHz (10 kW).  Please tune to our program. 
All Reports via e-mail to qsl@sdxf.se or by mail to SDXF, Box 1097, SE-405 23 Göteborg, Sweden.


Sunday HLR:
09.00 to 12.00 UTC on 9485 kHz
E-mail: redaktion@hamburger-lokalradio.de  Thank you!
HLR FM-DAB+ Program via the Internet :    www.hamburger-lokalradio.net  Daily 24 h


Radio Joystick:
10.00 to 11.00 UTC on 7330 KHz  (100 KW)
Contact the Station: http://radiojoystick.de


Hobart Radio International
WRMI  - 9955 KHz - 03.30 to 04.00 UTC, Sunday's (N & S America/India)
WBCQ - 5130 KHz - 03.30 to 04.00 UTC, Monday's (N America)
Unique R - 3210 KHz - 08.00 to 09.00 UTC, Friday, Saturday's (N Australia/PNG/ Solomon Is)
FM in New Zealand:
World FM 88.2MHz 0430UTC-0500UTC Thursdays & 1030UTC-1100UTC Sundays (Tawa, New Zealand)
Soundwave FM 107.7 and 87.8MHz 0200UTC Sundays (Napier, New Zealand)

Please Email: hriradio@gmail.com   Thank you!


For outside the listening area please try the Twente/Netherlands Web RX at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

You can also hear many European free and alternative stations via the Internet at: http://laut.fm/jukebox 

 

Radio Channel 292  Transmission schedules:

http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/


Radio Mi Amigo Transmission schedules:
www.radiomiamigo.es/shortwave


Good Listening!
73s,  Tom

Agenda DX 28/04/2016

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

SWLDXBulgaria News, April 27

BAHRAIN   Surprisingly reception of Radio Bahrain, April 27:
from 1508 on  9745 ABH 010 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic CUSB, QRM NHK on 9750
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/surprisingly-reception-of-radio-bahrain.html

BELGIUM(non)   Reception of Alyx&Yey Living Water Ministry Broadcasting, April 27
1530-1630 on  9650 unknown probably PUG to NEAs Korean Wed, QRM R.Liberty on 9645
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-alyx-living-water-ministry.html

BELGIUM(non)   Good signal of Alyx&Yey Eye Radio in English on April 27:
1600-1700 on 17730 unknown tx(Issoudun?)to EaAf Arabic + other languages
Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho & surprisingly English 1618-1648 UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-alyx-eye-radio-in.html

FRANCE(non)   Reception of Oromo Voice Radio via TDF, April 27
till 1600 on 17850 LAM 100 kW / 053 deg to EaEu Russian IBB Radio Liberty
1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Wed/Sat+jamming
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-oromo-voice-radio-via-tdf.html

FRANCE(non)   Reception of Eritrean Forum Medrek via TDF, April 27
1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Wed
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-eritrean-forum-medrek-via_27.html

GERMANY   Upcoming frequency change of HCJB Voice of The Andes from May 1
0000-2400 NF  5920 WNM 003 kW / 145 deg to SEEu Eng/Ger/Rus, ex 7365
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/upcoming-frequency-change-of-hcjb-voice.html

INDONESIA   Surprisingly good signal of Voice of Indonesia, April 27
1300-1400 on  9525 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English
1400-1500 on  9525 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Indonesian
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/indonesia-surprisingly-good-signal-of.html

MADAGASCAR   Very good signal of WCB KNLS Madagascar World Voice on April 27
1800-1900 on  9570 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian The New Life Station
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/very-good-signal-of-wcb-knls-madagascar.html

NUMBERS STATIONS   Good signal of E11 Oblique and S06s Russian Lady, April 27
E11 Oblique
0900-0903 on  9399*unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB
0930-0933 on  8803 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB
1205-1208 on  9443 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB
* QRM AM mode 9400 unknown (secret/hidden) site Arabic UNID
S06s Russian Lady
1000-1007 on 13365 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB
1010-1017 on 14505 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-e11-oblique-and-s06s.html

UNIDentified station with Arabic music was observed again, April 27
0900-0920 on  9400 unknown (secret/hidden) site, weak signal today
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music_27.html

USA   Weak signal of Radio Africa Network via WRMI, April 27:
from 1500 on 21675 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English tx#07
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/weak-signal-of-radio-africa-network-via.html

USA(non)   New time of Adventist World Radio KSDA in Vietnamese, April 27:
1300-1400 on 17605 MDC 250 kW / 065 deg to SEAs, ex 1400-1500 on 17670 TRM
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/new-time-of-adventist-world-radio-ksda.html


--

73!
Ivo Ivanov

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

mercoledì 27 aprile 2016

Glenn Hauser logs April 26-27, 2016


** CHINA [and non]. 9440, April 26 at 1356, 1 kHz tone, 1359 VOA Yankee Doodle Dandy sign on, and by 1400 Chinese there`s CCI under from another Chinese station --- what on earth could that be? CNR1 jammer vs VOA Tinang, PHILIPPINES, this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 19070 & 19280, April 27 at 1345, JBA carriers, no doubt RHC second harmonix of 9535 and 9640, but not on 19420; despite the strong fundamentals being 9640 and 9710, while 9535 is quite weak (Glenn hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 11645, April 27 at 0534, VOG is S6 here with no whine, // S4 on 9420 with talk, in Greek? Both very poor with flutter. Ivo Ivanov reports 3-5 minutes each of various foreign languages usually appear during the 06-07 UT hour on these (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 9870, April 27 at 1213 no signal from India or China here, (while 9940 has S9+10 from AIR Bengaluru carrier about to open Burmese, 1215 ID and sign-on). 1225 still no 9870, but at 1258 recheck, Indian music makes S8, with CCI from CRI (English via Xi`an), so AIR Vividh Bharati Service is back, as Alokesh Gupta & Jose Jacob report it reactivated ``after many weeks`` as of April 25. The schedule was and presumably once again is, per Aoki: 0015-0435, 0900-1200, 1230-1740, oblivious of the CCCCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Severe storms, almost-tornado outbreak in central OK as has been predicted for a week, April 26 into UT 27: Big 4 OKC TV stations are in WTW coverage afternoon and evening. Usually a bunch of radio stations ``partner`` with each, but the only such promo I catch is on KOCO-7 ``5`` for KGOU 106.3 (never mind KROU 105.7, KWOU 88.1 and all the other OU relays?); and Hank FM 99.7 (KANH Mustang, a prime spot for tornado hits) (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5765, April 26 at 0539 tune-by, Brother HyStairical via WRMI is making the most of his ``antagonist``, me, by replaying the bit from months ago yet again; and also on 5890 via WWCR but not synchronized; at 0543 I`m again hearing a weak BS on 5980, which is the WWCR leapfrog mixing product of 5890 over 5935 DGS/PMS; and next to yet another BHS on 5985 WRMI. 

I daresay The LDPOG could really join the boneyard on his website and if a minion keep playing old tapes, no one need know. His ``heirs`` would then be free to siphon off the dough still coming in and let the SW contracts eventually expire (and with them, how many SW stations would expire?) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [and non]. 11650+, April 27 at 0525, R. Dabanga via VATICAN is very poor, but still with het on hi side from Sudan carrier jammer, about the same as April 25, 1255 Hz away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Eye Radio launches nationwide shortwave broadcasts

JUBA (26 Apr.) --- Eye Media, the parent organization of Eye Radio, has announced that it has launched a new shortwave broadcast service to complement its existing FM broadcasts in South Sudan. The broadcasts starting today will bring listeners news and information in Arabic, as well as Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari, Zande and Lutoho.

According to a press release today from Eye Media, "the Eye Radio Shortwave will cover the whole of South Sudan including remote areas in which communities are not able to access FM radio staions."

Eye Radio is one of the fastest expanding media houses in South Sudan after launching FM repeaters in several state capitals last year, expanding the station's reach beyond Juba where it is based.
In its press release, the station noted that the funding for this initiative came from USAID, the international development agency of the US government.

Only two other media houses broadcast on shortwave with content specifically for South Sudan: Radio Tamazuj, which operates two hours daily on the shortwave, and Voice of America, which produces the 30 minute program South Sudan in Focus.

Radio Tamazuj broadcasts from 6:30 to 7:30 each morning on 11650 kHz on the 25 meter band and 9600 kHz on the 31 meter band, and 15150 kHz and 15550 kHz on the 19 meter band each evening from 17:30 to 18:30.

Eye Radio's new broadcasts will run from 7:00 to 8:00 each morning on 11730 kHz on the 25 meter band and 17730 kHz on the 17 meter band from 19:00 to 20:00 (via JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DXLD)

So the Eye Radio times in UT are 0400-0500 on 11730, 1600-1700 on 17730. Is anyone hearing it? Not even a carrier here after 0400 UT Tuesday April 26 on 11730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, 0448 UT April 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So checking further: 

17730, April 26 at 1607, JBA carrier less than the S3 noise level. 

11730, April 27 after 0400, no signal

17730, April 27 at 1610, poor signal in non-English; (roughly equivalent to 17850v which is known to be France with Oromo Voice as in Aoki, not HFCC). But site for Eye is unknown (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11980.041, April 27 at 0537, poor signal with flutter, Turkish music, VOT is usually slightly off-frequency to the hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1822 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday April 26 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, fair; also confirmed Tue Apr 26 at 2334 on WBCQ 9329.98 approx.-CUSB. Also confirmed Wed Apr 27 at 1315.5 on WRMI 9955 (after another Famagusta Radio at 1300 filled mostly with music, IDs in English and French, promos rather than news). Next WORs:
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, Tue April 26 at 2255, no RSA signal from WWRB, nor later this evening. There are certainly no hard and fast rules when it comes to WWRB operations, but Lou KF4RCA Johnson in GA heard the ``Crazy Dave Radio Show`` April 23 say ``WWRB would be a three day station. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. He's flying the rest of the week`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [and non]. 9920, April 27 at 1210, FEBC Iba, PHILIPPINES back here after experimenting with 9922 as in April 24 log, q.v. for discussion of contradictory language listings. At this hour on Wednesdays, both Aoki and EiBi agree it`s Rad, which means Rade/Ede, spoken by 0.2 mega in Vietnam. AND the Vietnamese whoop-whoop jammer remains on 9921 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1732 UT April 27

Ultimas escuchas con web SDR

ASCENSION 12050 Dandal Kura Radio, Ascensión,
18:18-18:22, escuchada el 26 de abril de 2016
en kanuri a locutor con comentarios, locutora
con comentarios dando entrada a corresponsal 
entrevistando a mujer "..Dandal Kura..", 
SINPO 34443
(Via SDR Holanda)

BULGARIA 11700 Radio Biafra, Kostinbrod,
20:29-20:33, escuchada el 26 de abril de 2016
en inglés a locutor con comentarios, se aprecia
buena modulación, referencia a Biafra, SINPO
45554
(Via SDR Holanda)

12075 End Times Coming Radio, Kostinbrod,
18:13-18:17, escuchada el 26 de abril de 2016 en
inglés a locutor con comentrios, SINPO 45554
(Via SDR Holanda)

CONGO 5066.30 Radio Candib, Bunia, 19:50-19:56,
escuchada el 26 de abril de 2016 en francés con
emisión de música pop local, se aprecia interferencia 
de señal morse de forma esporádica, SINPO 24322
(Via SDR Holanda)

KOREA DEL SUR 6348 Echo of Hop VOH, Hwaseong, 
17:45-17:50, escuchada el 26 de abril de 2016 en 
coreano a locutoras con comentarios, parece una 
radionovela, sufre fuerte señal jaming, SINPO 22442
(Via SDR Rusia)

MADAGASCAR 13710 MWV Radio Feda, Madagascar, 20:22-10:27,
escuchada el 26 de abril de 2016 en árabe a locutor
con comentarios acompañado de música de fondo, locutor
con comentarios y locutora, SINPO 45544
(Via SDR Holanda)

UZBEQUISTAN 7595 North Korea Reform Radio, Taskent,
20:34-20:47, escuchada el 26 de abril de 2016 en
coreano a locutora con comentarios, a las 20:45 
comentarios con música de fondo, SINPO 34443
(Via SDR Holanda)

ZAMBIA 5915 Zambia NBC Radio 1, Lusaka, 20:50-20:59,
escuchada el 26 de abril de 2016 probablemente en
Khasonke con emisión de música popular africana,
SINPO 24322
(Via SDR Holanda)

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