Glenn Hauser logs September 29-30, 2018

WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST by ALAN ROE, updated:

http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

DX LISTENING DIGEST 18-39 is now available:

http://www.worldofradio.com/dxlatest.txt

http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt

http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1839.txt

http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html

** CHAD [non]. 12050, Sept 29 at 2057, African song, 2058 sign-off in French mentions Ndarason at least thrice, i.e. R. Ndarason Internationale, HQ Ndjamena, targeting Chad side of Lake Chad region, offshoot of R Dandal Kura for Nigerian side. This 18-21 transmission, 250 kW at 65 degrees from ASCENSION, allegedly only in Kanuri, is normally very difficult to hear here, as it totally collides with WEWN in Spanish at 14-24, 100 kW at 165 degrees from Vandiver AL, per Aoki/NDXC, the only two stations anywhen on 12050. Today, would not even know WEWN exist, except for SAH of 2 Hz, and JBA carrier once Ascension off at 2059.5*, after RNI concluded with a few seconds of native wind instruments, IS? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 5910.5, Sept 30 at 0618, no signal around here, unlike 24 hours earlier with presumed Alcaraván Radio reactivated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025 & 5040, Sept 30 at 0012, both 60m frequencies seem off, but a JBA carrier on 5025, probably R. Quillabamba, Perú. RHC 6060 is on as usual. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, Sept 30 at 0613, RHC English is suptorted at S9+20; 6060 VG with music; 6100 undermodulated. At 0614 I get to 6165, sufficiently modulated at S9+20 but to discover it is in Esperanto! NOT English. Then go back and check 6100, 6060 and 6000, and find them all // in Esperanto too --- which is not supposed to be on until 0700 UT Sundays and on only one of the 49m frequencies. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15230, Sunday Sept 30 at 1343, RHC is S9 but JBM suptorted during `En Contacto`; much weaker but louder on poor // 17730, while 13700 & 13740 are inbooming, even splattering. Aside from the modulation problems, Arnie`s voice is more and more broken up and we fear he be ailing; takes turns with suave YL hostess reading his script (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 9894.57, Sept 29 at 2049, suptorted French at S4-S5, no doubt R. Caire, nominal 9895 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 8424-CW, Sept 30 at 0109, [Dash] DE SVO, ID marker over & over from diehard Olympia Radio, and none like it to be heard elsewhere on the 8 or anyMHz band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6870-USB, Sept 30 at 0013, rock music with rough reduced? carrier; familiar tunes including 0017 ``Girl from Ipanema`` in Brazuguese and English; 0022 YL ID as ``Mix Radio International``, S9+10 pirate and roughly equivalent to the 100 kW from Nauen on 5960 for non-pirate Mighty Farty KBC. 0046 ``Wichita Lineman``, 0057 ``Gentle on My Mind``, still on past 0105+. Many more logs here, no one mentioning rough modulation, some even lauding her sound:

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,46388.0.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1949 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday September 30 at 0326 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, S9+20/30, as I continue to be impressed by signal quality out to 450-mile radius and probably further in all direxions as storm noise level has diminished; 5 minutes into so started circa 0321 this week.

Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, confirms that Hamburger Lokalradio is again unheard this weekend:

``Today Sept 30 AGAIN no signal of Hamburger Lokalradio on 9485 kHz

Today AGAIN [Sept 29] no signal from Hamburger Lokalradio HLR on 6190 kHz CUSB 0631-0700 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat-WOR #1949``

Next:

[9955 was a surprise new frequency last week for 2130 Sunday; so need 

to reconfirm this week:]

2130 UT Sunday    WRMI   7780 to NE, 9955 to SSE

2330 UT Sunday    WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

0300vUT Monday    WBCQ   5130v Area 51 to WSW

0330 UT Monday    WRMI   9955 to SSE

2330 UT Monday    WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

0030 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7730 [or 1950?] to WNW

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite:

http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7570 // 7730, Sept 30 at 0107, WRMI with Arabic, Bibling? from Alameda? both VG. On the skedgrids, both are shown as Overcomer after 0100. It`s not clear whether there is some connexion between TOM and ABF. Someone did report that Brother Scare is now fascinated with some software allowing his own words of wisdom to be translated into other languages. But how to maintain the original hystairical tone?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, Sat Sept 29 at 2345, WTWW-2 with `Theater Organ in the Ozarx` in progress, last tune starting at 2405, and theme not finished until 0010 UT Sept 30, for -- what else --- a hamad by Ted. Nominally from 2330, so when did it really start, or was it 40 minutes long? New time ex-0100v UT Sun, is bad for me as it conflicts with other favorite programming.

What about 15810v, WTWW-3 transmitter, which for a while was //-2 or -1 at various times of day including this? 15809.938 was last heard August 18 as in DXLD 18-34 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5038 & 5044 & 5056 & 5062, Sept 30 at 0011, first- and second-order filthy modulation spurs out of 5050 WWRB are parasiting it again; but 5040 RHC avoids the problem by being AWOL; also 5062 is hard to trace unlike the others, as previously measured precisely. Fortunately, WWRB is active only two or three nights a week and on these frequencies only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5970, Sept 30 at 0612, WEWN is S9 of dead air. I`ll bet nohuman at EWTN is awake to keep an ear on it. See also CHAD [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Sept 30 at 0618: 558, *585, 603, 621(2), 639, 666, 729, 747, 774, 801, *837(2), 855(2), 882, 936(2), 999, 1017(2), 1044, 1098, 1107, 1125, 1134(2), 1152, 1215 ---- zzzz as fall asleep before completion. *stronger ones; (2) = at least two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6135, Sept 30 at 1331, S8-S5 open carrier or maybe JBM. Most likely it`s Voice of Freedom, Korea South, but no jamming; and surely too much, too early to be Madagascar tho scheduled until 1500. Yet current Aoki/NDXC dated Sept 30 lacks any VOF on 6135, just NK jamming for 20.6 hpd. As of Sept 26, VOF was on 6045 per Ron Howard but it periodically jumps around among a set of alternates, escaping jamming for a few days each (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1939 UT September 30

SWLDXBulgaria News, Sept.29-30

ARMENIA(non)   Trans World Radio India in English via Yerevan on Sept.30
1514-1544 on  9330 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Sat/Sun, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/trans-world-radio-india-in-english-via.html

AUSTRIA(non)   Reception of Radio DARC via ORF Moosbrunn, Sept.30
0900-1000 on  6070 MOS 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Sun, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-radio-darc-via-orf_30.html

DX RE MIX NEWS # 1095 Sept.30, 2018:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/dx-re-mix-news-1095.html

EGYPT   Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9550 kHz, Sept.30:
till 0930 on  9550 unknown tx / unknown to ????, weak signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/mystery-egyptian-music-station-on-9550_30.html

GERMANY(non)   Reception of Deutsche Welle Bundesliga, Sept.29:
1325-1530 on 15195 ISS 500 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat, fair
1325-1530 on 17840 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-deutsche-welle-bundesliga_30.html

GERMANY(non)   Radio Nord Sea/Goldrausch 6070 via Channel 292, Sept.30
0800-0900 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Sun, fair/good:
Today Sept.30 AGAIN no signal of Hamburger Lokalradio on 9485 kHz CUSB
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-radio-nord-seagoldrausch.html

GERMANY(non)   Reception of Adventist World Radio AWR via MBR Nauen, Sept.30
0900-1000 on 11955 NAU 100 kW / 180 deg to SoEu Italian Sun DX px, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-adventist-world-radio-awr_30.html

KUWAIT   Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait Holy Quran Service on Sept.30
1355-1600 on 11629.7*KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic, very good.
* QRM on nom.11630.0 LIN 100 kW / 286 deg to EaAs Kazakh CNR17 co-ch
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-holy.html

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of E11 Oblique in 31mb on Sept.30
0805-0815 on  9200 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-e11-oblique-in-31mb-on_30.html

NUMBERS STATION   Very weak signal of HM01 Cuban Spy in 31mb on Sept.30
0855-0950 on  9240 secret tx probably BEJ 50 kW Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/very-weak-signal-of-hm01-cuban-spy-in.html

OMAN   Fair signal of Radio Sultanate of Oman, Sept.29:
1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English
1500-2200 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/fair-signal-of-radio-sultanate-of-oman_30.html

ROMANIA(non)   Reception of IRRS EGR/UN Radio via RADIOCOM Săftica, Sept.30
0930-1200 on  9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English Sun, fair to good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-irrs-egrun-radio-via_30.html

SECRETLAND(non)   The Mighty KBC Radio via SPL Secretbrod on Sept.29
1500-1600 on  9400 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Sat, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-mighty-kbc-radio-via-spl_30.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Shortwave Radiogram # 67 via SPL Secretbrod, Sept.29
1600-1630 on  9400 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Sat, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-shortwave-radiogram-67-via.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Brother HySTAIRical TOM via Secretbrod, Sept.29:
1900-2000 on  9400 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME English, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-brother-hystairical-tom_30.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Reception of From the Isle of Music via Secretbrod, Sept.30:
1500-1503 on  9400 SCB 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu 3.30 min open carrier/dead air
1500-1600 on  9400 SCB 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu English/Spanish Sun, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-from-isle-of-music-via_30.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Reception of AWR Wavescan via Secretbrod, Sept.30
1600-1630 on 11950 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to SoAs English # 501, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-awr-wavescan-501-via.html

U.K.(non)   NHK World Radio Japan via BaBcoCk Al-Dhabayya, Sprt.29
1515-1600 on 11775.2 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu, fair/good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-nhk-world-radio-japan-via_30.html

USA   Reception of World Wide Christian Radio WWCR-1, Sept.29
from 1830 on 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-world-wide-christian-radio.html

USA   Reception of World Harvest Radio Int WHRI Angel 1 on Sept.30
from 1400 on 17815 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Sun, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-world-harvest-radio-int_30.html

--

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

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

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

Media & Tech - 30/09/2018

Propagation News – 30 September 2018

At the risk of sounding very samey, the solar flux index remained at around 67-68 with zero sunspots this week, and just a few points off what we can expect at absolute solar minimum.

As predicted, geomagnetic conditions were relatively poor at the beginning of the week, but did improve slightly later on, although the K-index remained at three at times. This was due to ongoing coronal hole activity on the Sun. But as we are now moving to better autumnal ionospheric conditions the daytime maximum usable frequency over a 3,000km path did exceed 18MHz at times according to the Chilton ionosonde. There are signs that if geomagnetic conditions can remain quiet for a few days this may even reach the dizzy heights of 21MHz. It is worth monitoring the higher bands, and if you don’t hear much activity, check out the FT8 frequencies on 18 or 21MHz or head for the International Beacon Network frequencies at 18.100MHz or 21.150MHz. If all else fails, call CQ!

Next week, NOAA predicts the solar flux index will remain around 68-70, but we may have unsettled geomagnetic conditions around 1 and 2 October 2018. The best HF conditions may occur later in the week as the ionosphere becomes more settled.

VHF and up propagation news:

At 21.47 on Tuesday, 25 September 2018, the Region 1, 144MHz tropo record was broken again, this time from England. G3SMT worked D4Z on the Cape Verde Islands via the marine duct caused by the Azores High system. At 4,431km, it broke the previous record of 4,270km set just one minute earlier by GW0KZG!

Next week has plenty of high pressure around, so get down to the bottom of the bands on CW, SSB and FT8. The high pressure will again be centred initially just to the west of the UK making linkage in to the Azores system still a possibility. Eventually part of this will drift east across the country to end the week over the continent, while a weak front crosses the British Isles. Tropo will be present to some degree for much of the week over southern parts, but more fleeting in the north, where it will be rather breezy at times.

If you’re not well placed for tropo, EME conditions will be at their best this coming week with peak declination on Tuesday and perigee next Saturday. Note that these two occurrences are starting to drift apart in time again, but don’t worry they won’t be fully out of phase until July 2022!

There are no significant meteor showers this week so around dawn on the lower VHF bands will be the best time for QSOs via random meteors.

Log Roberto Pavanello

576 25/9 17.45 R.N.E. R.5 - Barcelona Catalano NX reg. Catalunya buono
738 25/9 05.45 R.N.E. R.1 - Barcelona Catalano NX reg. Catalunya buono
846 23/9 23.40 R. North - Redcastle EE predica suff.
1053 24/9 22.00 COPE - Zaragoza SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1287 23/9 22.33 R. Castilla - Burgos SS ID e pubblicità locale suff.
1350 23/9 22.55 R. Boa Vontade - Salvador PP predica suff.
1350 25/9 16.10 Magyar R. Gyor Ungherese talk buono
1359 23/9 22.45 Smooth R. - Chelmsford EE MX suff.
1395 25/9 22.40 Studio Denakker - Klazienaveen Dutch MX Eloise suff.
1431 23/9 22.59 R. Sawa - Gibuti Arabo MX buono
1602 27/9 17.00 Alt FM - Arad Rumeno NX suff.
1638 24/9 20.25 R. Turftrekker - Dutch ID e MX buono
1638 25/9 22.40 R. Bluebird - Dutch ID e MX suff.
3945 24/9 20.10 Dance Wave - EE MX buono
6070 24/9 16.20 R. TW 6070 AM - EE MX country buono
6239 24/9 20.15 Coast FM - EE ID e MX buono
11780 24/9 20.20 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP talk suff.

 

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

Filtro Variabile al Quarzo

Continua l'opera di upgrade del mio RX home made da 0 a 144 mhz.

Ho quindi raddoppiato i filtri disponibili sulla IF a 9 Mhz del ricevitore a singola conversione.

Il primo "roofing filter"  è composto da ben 3 Filtri e 3 bande passanti differenti: 10 Khz, 5 Khz e 2.4 khz.

Qui potete leggre il post su Google: https://plus.google.com/+ArnaldoBollani/posts/Kbk9jzLw12o

Il secondo filtro ( vedi foto allegata) è invece reso variabile grazie ai varicap BB204 pilotati ini tensione e posto dopo il circuito AGC da +60 db.

In questa posizione consente di regolare con continuità la banda passante da 5 a 1.8 khz prima del circuito mixer finale di demdulazione audio.

Qui il video su Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkk_0kZm-vw&feature=youtu.be

Qui la cartella condivisa con foto, schemi e mie note di costruzione:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hWm4YnvHV0bi9xdW_3GdY_56pSem0ytq?usp=sharing

il circuito del filtro variabile a quarzo ideato da VA3IUL per la sua semplicità, usa solo 3 quarzi ed una manciata di componenti,

direi che funziona piuttosto bene e può essere replicato per altre frequenze HF.

Buon saldatore a tutti ! 73 de Arnaldo www.ik2nbu.com 

Radio Kuwait DRM non schedule

Segnalo l'ascolto di Radio Kuwait in DRM sulla frequenza di 11970 kHz alle 0730 UTC con ottimo segnale. Signing off alle 0800. La trasmissione non è contenuta nello schedule ufficiale di www.drm.org a proposito del quale, dopo svariate verifiche, è risultato che in buona parte non è attendibile o, quanto meno, aggiornato.

Condizioni di lavoro: Kenwood TS-440 e antenna dipolo. QTH: Tortorici provincia di Messina

73 a tutti gli amici del gruppo de Giovanni

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 ESCLUSIVAMENTE IN TELEGRAFIA 
 Sito web> www.webalice.it/it9tzz 
QRZ.com page> www.qrz.com/db/it9tzz

Ascolti AM Treviso 30 settembre

6070  30/09 0900  Radio DARC, AUT-Moosbrunn Px Dx D 45544  
11955 30/09 0912  AWR Europe, Nauen Px "Obiettivo DX" It 55555
15160 30/09 0958  KBS World Radio, Kimjae Mx Info ID K 25522
15450 30/09 1000 AWR KSDA Guam, Agat Info ID E Px rel. M 35544
15770 30/09 1003 All India Radio GOS, Panaji (Goa) Px E 34533
17665 30/09 1004 AWR KSDA Guam, Agat Px rel. M 35543
17850 30/09 1005 Radio Thailand, Udon Thani Mx Px T 35544

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

Studio DX 796 - 30/09/2018

Obiettivo DX 796 - 30/09/18

Agenda DX 30/09/2018

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Videira, Brasile 720 Khz (1949)
Radio Moderna, Perù 5271 Khz (1982)
Swansea Sound, Gran Bretagna 1161 Khz (1974)

Glenn Hauser logs September 28-29, 2018

** COLOMBIA. 5910.500, Sept 29 at 0559, JBA carrier with trace of modulation, presumed HJDH Alcaraván Radio reactivated, ex-closer to 5910.3v. Nothing heard till now on almost nightly bandscans. Had been missing for a couple months due to multiple problems described by QSL manager Rafael Rodríguez R., via Manuel Méndez, in DXLD 18-39: electrical supply, damaged transmitter, copper theft and bridge washed out! Nothing heard from the other HJDH, 6010, The Voice of Thy Conscience (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** CUBA. 6000 = 6165, Sept 28 at 0220, both RHC English frequencies are just barely modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6060, Sept 28 at 0559, this RHC English frequency is off, and so I think is 6100, or JBA; 6165 is S9 & undermodulated; 6000 is S9+10 and best; at 0600, 5040 at S9+30 with distorted modulation just before cutting to dead air. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 7360, Sept 28 at 2336, big blob of S9 to S9+20 distorted music centered here, // RHC 11760. Must be the 7330 transmitter which is missing. EiBi shows that one this hour only is Bauta site, while before and after in 21-04 UT span it`s Bejucal --- which means it may have been in whack on nominal 7330 except during this hour. Something`s always (very) wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040, Sept 28 at 2351, RHC English is distorted with clicking; // 11880 has different distortion and is aclickous. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** HAWAII. 5000, Sept 29 at 0604, WWVH announcing that marine weather broadcasts during certain minutes will be discontinued October 31; contact info. Did not hear whole thing, so not sure if done deal. Presumably also applies to WWV; they make such announcements at :03 and :04 past the hours, at least (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 11629.757, Sept 28 at 1405, poor in Arabic talk: another of MOI`s off-frequencies, nominal 11630 at 1300-1600, 250 kW at 230 degrees from Sulaibiyah. At 1426 in Qur`an; I guess that`s about vespertime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, Sept 28 at 2326, unID pirate with protest folksong, S4 about even with noise level; 2329 off or pause; retune 2330 to hear synthom enumerating testicle sizes of various creatures starting with Greek god statues, countdown to an insect as percent of total weight. How enlightening. Also as UnID in this thread:

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,46344.0.html

Off at 2352 recheck; others say it was off by 2337 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7465, Sept 28 at 0253, YHWH on here again tonight, 

S9 but undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Re: KWTV repacking starts --- KWTV ``9`` OKC, tests on RF 25 continue, seen mostly weekdays, but not nights or weekends. Photo as first seen, and I know I need a better camera setup; this one has a hard time auto-focusing on the screen.

http://www.w4uvh.net/KWTV25TEST.jpg

On Sept 26 I had a good view of the NE OKC antenna farm; must have been at least 10 high towers. It would be interesting to see a map of exactly which stations are on which, FM, TV, and whatever. Meanwhile more replies have come in to my original report, from Doug Smith, of W9WI.com in Tennessee, Sept 25 on the WTFDA gg:

``KWTV received Special Temporary Authority to transition early, in Phase 1. They seemed concerned they wouldn't be able to swap out antennas in time in Phase 2.

They received a permit at the end of June for an "auxiliary" physical 25 facility, 1000 kW @ 331 m (on the same tower as the "main" physical 25 -- and the pre-repack physical 39 -- but 147 m lower).

I believe you're seeing that auxiliary facility. I think they plan to operate on that facility for a while (how long I have no idea) while they remove the existing RF 39 antenna and replace it with one for RF 25.

The FCC put out a Public Notice a couple of weeks ago warning repacked stations they are not to program both channels at the same time. They did however say it's fine to run test patterns on the post-repack channel while programming the pre-repack facility.

Looking at other OKC-market stations --- As Chris Lucas says, every station that's moving (except KWTV) is moving in Phase 2. In general the FCC is trying to move every station in a market in the same phase, but they couldn't always accomplish that.

KAUT-TV 40=>19; moving to a tower across Britton Road from KOCO-TV.

KETA-TV not affected [already on 13]

KFOR-TV Stays on 27 but has applied to move to the same Britton Road

        tower as KAUT. No action yet from FCC.

KOCB Not affected [already on 33]

KOCM 46=>16; moving to a tower on Ridgeway Road just southeast

        of KOCO-TV.

KOCO-TV Not affected, just a useful landmark :) [already on RF 7]

KOHC-CD 45=>31

KOKH-TV Not affected [already on 24]

KOMI-CD Stays on 34 but has permit to move to the KMZE-FM 92.3 tower

        west of Sharon. (station licensed to Woodward)

KOPX-TV 50=>18; moving to the same Britton Road tower as KAUT.

KSBI Not affected [already on 23, but still underpowered]

KTBO-TV Not affected [already on 15]

KTUZ-TV Not affected [already on 25]

KUOK Not affected. Went temporarily dark around July 20th.

     (Woodward)

KUOK-CD Stays on 36 but has permit to increase power to 15 kW.

KUOT-CD 19=>21

KWET Not affected (Cheyenne) [OETA way off in western OK, not OKC!]

KWTV-DT 39=>25

Oh, regarding the bar/dot/beep --- That serves a couple of purposes.

Firstly, the motion proves you actually have a working circuit :)

Digital transmission paths buffer frames in memory -- which means if the path fails, one or more pieces of equipment will continue to display the last complete frame received. So instead of going black, the picture will freeze.

If there's no motion, you don't know it froze!

Secondly, lip sync. In analog TV, the sound and picture are transmitted simultaneously. There are two separate paths.

In digital, there is only one path. The signal is transmitted in "packets" of 188 bytes of data. A packet may be part of a frame of video, or it might be part of a frame of audio (or it might be some program guide data, or part of the station name display, etc.).

The receiver stores these packets and has to be told when to display each one. You want a frame of video displayed on the screen at the same time the associated bit of audio plays out the speakers (there are "Presentation Time Stamps" to take care of that).

The transmission methods inside the TV station are very different but still usually involve sending bursts of audio and video down the same wire.

Having the sound beep at the same time the dot reaches a predictable place ensures the time stamps are working properly so the sound and picture line up when an actual program is broadcast. (We can generally deal with the sound arriving "too late" -- that happens in real life, because light travels faster than sound. Having the sound arrive "too early", on the other hand, doesn't happen in nature and is VERY apparent!)`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non?]. WORLD OF RADIO 1949 monitoring: confirmed Saturday September 29 from just before 1231 on Unique Radio, NSW via WINB 9265V, fair with usual wobbling carrier, altho if carefully centered one may listen in SSB. 

NOT confirmed, Sat Sept 29 in 1431-1500 period on Hamburger Lokalradio, 6190-CUSB; rather very weak Chinese talk and music via UTwente SDR. Alan Gale, England, did not hear even that:

``Hi Glenn, Yet another HLR no-show by the look of things, I didn't hear anything at all on 6190 kHz this afternoon, and no sign of the Chinese station either. I also checked 7265 at various times as well just in case, but nothing on there either. Channel 292 was coming in okay [6070 Germany] so it doesn't look like a propagation issue. Alan`` ---- Next:

1930vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional

2130 UT Saturday  WBCQ   9330v [maybe, or 2330?] to WSW

0300vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional

1030 UT Sunday    HLR    9485-CUSB Germany to WSW

2130 UT Sunday    WRMI   7780 to NE, 9955 to SSE

2330 UT Sunday    WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

0300vUT Monday    WBCQ   5130v Area 51 to WSW

0330 UT Monday    WRMI   9955 to SSE

2330 UT Monday    WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

0030 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7730 [or 1950?] to WNW

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite:

http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. (7490), UT Sat Sept 29 from 0000, WBCQ webcast with `Allan Weiner Worldwide`. Altho he ``doesn`t want to get political`` (really?) starts right off still supporting Kavanaugh and denouncing Democrats-Socialists-Communists. I leave it to John H Carver, Jr., for a fuller report:

``Show started on time on 7490. Comments over the theme song this even were, Run for cover, No one is safe, I've had it, If you have a penis you're in danger. Pens immediately with comments about the hearings for the new Supreme Court Justice.

Angela, Allan and Tom in the studio with Robert in the background. Eighteen minutes or so are devoted to the problems in the government, the problems in congress and excessive taxation. TimTron speaks up from the background to balance the discussion and suggests that we make a clean sweep of Congress and replace everyone.

Phone call at 0019 with comments and questions about the superstation. Answering the first question asked, says that the concrete pad supporting the new antenna is underground on the bedrock and is forty by forty feet and twelve feet high. Lots and lots of rebar in the pad. Allan said they would be posting pictures of the prep work done on the concrete pad. He said they had been taking pictures since the first scoop of dirt was picked up and they would eventually release all of the pictures online in some sort of an album. 

Allan also said that all aspects of the station will have manual, analog backups per his instructions so a broadcast is not halted because of a digital failure somewhere in the chain.

He also mentioned some of the problems he had with putting the station together. When he called about a transmitter that big, the transmitter company didn't believe him and it took a while to convince them that he was serious about it. He mentioned that it took six months for the power company to take him seriously about the power requirements for the new station. In fact, he had already made plans to bypass the power company and generate his own power for the station. Upon hearingthis the power company finally decided to talk to him. He had planned to build two diesel generators and some underground fuel bunkers.

Another phone call at 0045 from Freddie about rewiring Monticello, battles with the power company and the transmitter company and their not believing him in the first place.

Quick prayer at 0058 and show was off at 0059. Dead Frog Radio beginning at 0100. Robert announced that the `Dead Frog`this evening was a two hour live show and that next week the show would probably only be an hour and after that depended on whether or not money could be raised to buy more airtime. John Mid-North Indiana``(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7730, Sept 28 at 2334, WRMI with Indonesian Bible readings from Alameda; are these running at random? Surely not with any likely target areas in mind (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5950, Sept 28 at 2341, more off-kilter programming from this WRMI: toward end of a `Wavescan` with old Harold Sellers logs, i.e. Sound of Hope 6370 at 1117, which was on June 22! So it`s the same stale episode heard the last week or two. But also happens to include something timely by chance: Wolfgang Bueschel about Radio Nikkei`s reduced schedule effective October 1. 2346 greeting Graham Bell in South Africa who heard WS well via Zambia; next week`s feature topic to be 2YA; Zimbabwean music fill. 

But this time not followed by another WS. Instead, at the odd time of 2350 switches to `Francisco y Ernesto` dialog, i.e. Frank & Earnest in Spanish. Meanwhile there has been het from Pio XII Bolivia 5952.4+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9350, Sept 28 at 2355, rock music at S7-S5. Despite poor signal now (like neighbor 9475 WTWW), this must be WWCR-2, scheduled 20-24 UT thru October; earlier in afternoon it blasts in. Slow-loading pdf program schedule shows at 23-24 UT Friday`s it`s `The Last Radio Playing` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Sept 28 at 0237-0244: 531, 549, 585, 639, 684, 729, 747, 774, 837, 855, 936, 999, 1008, 1017, 1044, 1107, 1125, 1134, 1215, 1269, 1305, 1539, 1575. One of these times, I`ll go thru the listings and display the most likely sources (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. T-A JBA MW carrier search, Sept 29 at 0615+: 1305, 1269, 1215, 1152, 1134, 1125, 1116, *1107, 1098, 1089, 1044, 999, 936, 882, 837(2), 774, 747, 711(2), 693, 684, 639, 621. *stronger; (2) at least two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7385-7390, Sept 28 at 0552-0554* tones sweeping up and down roughly across this range (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1742 UT September 29

Harold Camping Programs Canceled by Family Radio, Says Teachings 'Not Scriptural'

Family Radio has announced that it will stop airing past shows of its controversial former president and co-founder Harold Camping in October, after decades of his voice being a prominent presence in its broadcasts.

Camping served as president of Family Radio from 1958 until his death in 2013. He garnered controversy for his doomsday predictions and claiming that all churches had gone apostate.

Tom Evans, president and general manager of Family Radio, told The Christian Post in an interview on Wednesday that after Oct. 7, the radio station will no longer air Camping's programs.

"We decided as a team, as a board of directors, and as the leadership team to remove all of Mr. Camping's teachings," said Evans.

"Family Radio has come out of self-imposed isolation and we've repented from many of our former positions, date-setting the end of the world and all that, as well as the condemnation of the church."

Evans explained that Oct. 7 will be the last day that Camping's "Bible Class of the Air" program would be broadcast and that by Oct. 8, Family Radio was going to halt using excerpts from Camping's "Open Forum" call-in program.

Evans told CP that they were removing all of his content because even among the less controversial programming, "so much of it still contains elements that are very difficult."

"Rather than dwell in the past, it's time for us to move on and come into today. What can we do today as a ministry to encourage the Body of Christ? And that's really what we're focusing our attention on," Evans said.

In December 2013, Harold Camping died after decades of overseeing Family Stations, Inc. and Family Radio. This included overseeing a nightly call-in program called "Open Forum," where anonymous listeners asked a wide array of questions about the Bible.

While most known for his multiple failed end times predictions, Camping also garnered controversy in Christian circles for his claim that the institutional churches of all denominations had gone apostate and that the faithful should leave said churches.

More recently, Family Radio has made an effort to move away from what Camping taught. They have established relationships with multiple ministries.

In April 2017, Family Radio added programs from Parkside Church Senior Pastor Alistair Begg and the young-earth creationist organization Answers in Genesis.

Dale Mason, vice president of Media for Answers in Genesis who oversees distribution of their radio program, explained to CP in an interview last year that the relationship with Family Radio began in March 2017 at the NRB Convention in Orlando, Florida.

"We discussed the possibility of having our daily — Monday through Friday — one-minute radio feature air on Family Radio, now that we knew it was under new leadership. And then we sent the program director a sampling of our programs," said Mason.

"They were so excited about the content, which focuses on making the Bible our absolute authority as believers in Jesus Christ, that they created room for it in their schedule and, at no cost to AiG they are broadcasting Answers with Ken Ham five times per day."

Evans told CP on Thursday that they continued to forge new partnerships with other ministries, including the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and an agreement to air John MacArthur's "Grace to You" program in October.

"We're now turning from being critical of the church to now how can we embrace and encourage the church of Jesus Christ here in this world," Evans said to CP.

"We are trying to ask, as we go out, as we meet with pastors, how can we help them, how can we help them in what God has called them to do."

Regarding the upcoming "Grace to You" program addition, Evans explained that it stemmed from Family Radio reaching out to MacArthur's ministry.

"They mulled it over and we met with them here, they came to our headquarters here in Alameda and they visited with us," Evans noted.

"They had some reluctance because we were still airing Mr. Camping. And I very much respect that ministry and the stand which they took ... they have since now opened their doors to us, and they are welcoming us as a partner with them in ministry."

A Re-Examination

Family Radio's recent decision to remove Camping's programming from their stations next month stands in contrast to their initial support for keeping his content on the air.

In an interview with CP in January 2014, Evans, then assistant general manager, said that little would change with Family Radio's content.

"[Family Radio] will not be altered or changed as a result of the death of Mr. Camping," Evans said at the time, adding that there is "no one who has the biblical foundational understanding that Mr. Camping had."

In his interview with CP on Thursday, Evans responded that he had since changed his views on Camping's teachings because he "began to study the Scriptures."

"I began to re-examine all of Mr. Camping's teachings, in particular the end of the church age," said Evans, who explained that this re-examination came when he was preparing "a message and a teaching" for a fellowship that Camping established.

"I became increasingly more uncomfortable with many of the presuppositions that Mr. Camping used as well as the scriptural presuppositions, and began to more and more come to see that the whole basis of those doctrines, including his timeline from the New Testament forward, I no longer agreed with. I no longer saw them as being scriptural."

Media & Tech - 29/09/2018

Media & Tech L'Approfondimento - 29/09/2018

SWLDXBulgaria News, Sept.28-29

GERMANY   Reception of Evangelische Missions Gemeinden via MBR Nauen, Sept.29
1030-1100 on  6055 NAU 125 kW / 222 deg to CeEu German Sat/Sun, fair to good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-evangelische-missions_29.html
GERMANY   Reception of Missionswerk Friedensstimme via MBR Nauen on Sept.29:
1200-1230 on 13710 NAU 250 kW / 060 deg to FERu Russian Sat, very good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-missionswerk_29.html

GERMANY(non)   Radio Waves International via Channel 292, Sept.28
0600-0700 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu French Sat, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-radio-waves-international_29.html

GERMANY(non)   Bible Voice Broadcasting BVB via MBR Nauen on Sept.29
0700-0730 on  5945 NAU 100 kW / 260 deg to WeEu English Sat - good:
Today AGAIN no signal from Hamburger Lokalradio HLR on 6190 kHz CUSB
0631-0700 on  6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat-WOR#1949
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-bible-voice-broadcasting_29.html

GERMANY(non)   Reception of From the Isle of Music via Channel 292, Sept.28
1200-1300 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu English/Spanish Sat, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-from-isle-of-music-via_29.html

GERMANY(non)   Reception of IBC Radio via Channel 292 on Sept.28:
1300-1300 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu Italian Sat, good
Frequency change for Italian Broadcasting Corporation / IBC Radio via Tashkent:
1900-2000 NF  7330 TAC 100 kW / 301 deg to WeEu Italian Wed, ex previous 5845 &
deleted  5845/7330 TAC 100 kW / 301 deg to WeEu English Wed IBC Radio 2000-2030
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-ibc-radio-via-channel-292_29.html

KUWAIT   Good signal of Radio Kuwait in English on Sept.29
0500-0800 on 15529.7 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/good-signal-of-radio-kuwait-in-english_29.html

MYANMAR   Fair signal of Myanmar Radio in English, Sept.28
1530-1700 on  5985 YAN 025 kW / 176 deg to SEAs English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/fair-signal-of-myanmar-radio-in-english_29.html

NUMBERS STATION   Very good signal of E11 Oblique in 31mb, Sept.29
0805-0815 on  9200 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/very-good-signal-of-e11-oblique-in-31mb_29.html

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of E07a English Man in 25mb, Sept.29:
0820-0822 on 12153 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-e07a-english-man-in-25mb.html

NUMBERS STATION   Fair signal of HM01 Cuban Spy in 25mb on Sept.28:
0755-0850 on 11635 secret tx probably BEJ 50 kW Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat
0855-0950 on 11462 secret tx probably BEJ 50 kW Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/fair-signal-of-hm01-cuban-spy-in-25mb.html

ROMANIA(non)   IRRS Radio City via RADIOCOM Săftica on Sept.29:
0800-0805 on  9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu, open carrier &
0805-0900 on  9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu German Sat, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-irrs-radio-city-via_29.html

RUSSIA   Reception of GTRK Adygeya / Adygeyan Radio on Sept.28:
1800-1900 on  6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-gtrk-adygeya-adygeyan_29.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Reception of Dimtse Radio Erena via SPL Secretbrod on Sept.28
1700-1800 on  9720 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf ONLY Tigrinya today, very good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-dimtse-radio-erena-via-spl_29.html

SECRETLAND(non) vs.RUSSIA   Brother Stair BS TOM vs.Adygeyan Radio, Sept.28
1800-1900 on  6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Mon Adygeyan Radio
1835-2000 on  6000 SCB 050 kW / 030 deg to EaEu English Daily Brother Stair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/brother-stair-bs-tom-vsadygeyan-radio_29.html

TURKEY   TRT Voice of Turkey again on odd frequencies 11795.7/9855.7 kHz on Sept.29
0830-0955 on 11795.7 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian, instead of 11795 Sept.28
1000-1025 on  9855.7 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar, instead of 9855 on Sept.28
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/voice-of-turkey-again-on-odd_29.html

U.K.(non)   New time of Radio Ranginkaman via BaBcoCk Tashkent from Sept.24
1730-1800 on  7580 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi Radio Rainbow Mon-Fri
1600-1630 on  7580 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri is cancelled!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/new-time-of-radio-ranginkaman-via.html

U.K.(non)   Trans World Radio Africa via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, Sept.28
1815-1845 on  9940 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Fri, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/trans-world-radio-africa-via-babcock_29.html

USA   World Harvest Radio International WHRI Angel 1, Sept.28
1600-1800 on 17815 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/world-harvest-radio-international-whri.html

USA   Weak signal of WTWW-1 Scriptures For America, Sept.29
from 0530 on  5830 TWW 100 kW / 050 deg to ENAm English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/weak-signal-of-wtww-1-scriptures-for.html

--

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

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

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

Agenda DX 29/09/2018

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio El Espectador, Bolivia (1979)
Radio General Francisco Ramìrez, Argentina 1560 Khz (1951)
Radio Acarigua, Venezuela 1170 Khz (1951)
Radio Rio Quarto, Argentina 1010 Khz (1951)
Radio Zaracay, Ecuador 3395 Khz (1959)

Media & Tech - 28/09/2018

SWLDXBulgaria News, Sept.28

DENMARK   Weak signal of World Music Radio Denmark, Sept.28
from 0505 on  5840 001 kW Randers/Denmark to WeEu English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/weak-signal-of-world-music-radio.html

EGYPT   Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9550 kHz, Sept.28:
0900-0910 on  9550 unknown tx / unknown to ????, poor & weak
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/mystery-egyptian-music-station-on-9550.html

GERMANY   DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst again on 2 freqs in //, Sept.28
0600-0630 on  5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German, weak to fair
0600-0630 on  6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German, fair to good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/dwd-deutscher-wetterdienst-again-on-2.html

GERMANY(non)   Unscheduled transmission of BVBroadcasting via MBR Nauen on Sept.28
0632-0712 on  9330*NAU 250 kW / 102 deg to SoAs English, test broadcast, very good
*from 0700 on 9330 secret tx probably BEJ 50 kW Spanish HM01 Cuban Spy Numbers co-ch
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/unscheduled-transmission-of.html

GERMANY(non)   NHK World Radio Japan via MBR Issoudun on Sept.28
1430-1500 on 13680 ISS 500 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-nhk-world-radio-japan-via_28.html

GREECE   Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz, Sept.28:
0651&0656 on  9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#03
At same time  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg via tx#1, no signal
*Arabic/Serbian nx & the transmitter switches off at 0701UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420_28.html

NUMBERS STATION   Weak/fair signal of HM01 Cuban Spy in 31bb on Sept.28
0655-0750 on  9330 secret tx probably BEJ 50 kW Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/weakfair-signal-of-hm01-cuban-spy-in.html

PALAU(non)    Reception of  Radio Que Me via T8WH Angel 4 on Sept.28
1200-1230 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Vietnamese Fri, weak
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-radio-que-me-via-t8wh_28.html

PALAU(non)   WHRI T8WH Angel 4 relay Radio Japan NHK World, Sept.28:
1400-1430 on 11705 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/whri-t8wh-angel-4-relay-radio-japan-nhk_28.html

PIRATE RADIO   On Sunday Sept.30 Empire Radio programmes will be on the air
0800-1300 on  5825 khz or alternative 5800 kHz - 40th anniversary programme
1400-1800 on  5825 khz or alternative 5800 kHz, programmes will be repeated
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/empire-radio-programmes-will-be-on-air.html

TAIWAN(non)   Reception of Nippon no Kaze via Tamshui on Sept.28:
1300-1330 on  9900 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Korean, weak/fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-nippon-no-kaze-via-tamshui_28.html

TAIWAN(non)   Reception of Furusato no Kaze via Tamshui, Sept.28
1330-1400 on  9455 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Japanese, weak, + co-ch
till 1345 on  9455 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Nepali Bangladesh Betar
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-furusato-no-kaze-via_28.html

TAJIKISTAN(non)   Living Water Ministry Broadcasting via Dushanbe on Sept.28
1500-1530 on  9470 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean Fri, weak/fair signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-living-water-ministry_28.html

USA   Reception of WRNO Worldwide Radio in Chinese/English, Sept.28:
till 0500 on  7505 RNO 050 kW / 020 deg to ENAm Chinese, fair signal
from 0500 on  7505 RNO 050 kW / 020 deg to ENAm English, fair signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-wrno-worldwide-radio-in_28.html

USA   Good signal of World Harvest Radio Int Angel 2 in English and French on Sept.28:
0430-0500 on  9825 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Fri-various relogious programs
0500-0515 on  9825 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu French Fri - La Voix Des Eaux Vivantes
0515-0600 on  9825 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Fri-various relogious programs
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/good-signal-of-world-harvest-radio-int.html

USA   Weak signal of OCB Radio and TV Marti in 49 mb on Sept.28:
from 0530 on  6030 GB  250 kW / 205 deg to Cuba Spanish + jammer
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/weak-signal-of-ocb-radio-and-tv-marti_28.html


--

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

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

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

Agenda DX 28/09/2018

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Continental, Argentina 590 Khz (1969)
Radio Nueva Esparta, Venezuela 920 Khz (1952)

Radio New Zealand Pacific - scheda aggiornata il 22/09

Segnalo la scheda di Radio New Zealand Pacific dei programmi in inglese, aggiornata il 22 settembre al seguente URL: https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen

73 da Nino Marabello 

QTH Treviso, IT 

RX: SONY ICF-SW7600G

Ant.: esterna VHF orizzontale 230 gradi

https://acquamarina.blogspot.com

Empire Radio 40th anniversary broadcast repeated Sunday 30th September

This Sunday (30th September) the 40th anniversary Empire Radio programmes will be repeated on short wave. Join the original 1978 team of Keith Rogers, Chris Cooper and Albert Hall for an entertaining mix of music and comedy.

We'll be looking back, over 40 years, but certainly not stuck in the past. The most likely frequency is 5825 KHz, with 5800 Khz being an alternative, of course, these days it is possible to listen to short wave on the internet, via a WebSDR, such as the one at the University of Twente in The Netherlands, which I'll try and tune to myself: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

The Empire will kick off at 0800 GMT and run until 1300. Programmes will then be repeated 1400-1800. We hope you will be able to tune in, and enjoy our brand of broadcasting lunacy!

SWLDXBulgaria News, Sept.26-27

CHINA   Additional frequency of CNR, registered in HFCC Database
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/additional-frequency-of-cnr-registered.html

GERMANY(non)   BVBroadcasting Dardasha 7 via MBR Nauen on Sept.27
0600-0615 on 11655 NAU 125 kW / 180 deg to NoAf Arabic, fair/good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-bvbroadcasting-dardasha-7_27.html

GERMANY(non)   Radio Emmeloord, Netherland will be on air via MBR Nauen
1000-1600 on  6095 NAU 125 kW / 240 deg to CeEu Dutch Oct.6 // MW 1224:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/radio-emmeloord-netherland-will-be-on.html

GREECE   Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz, Sept.27:
0651&656 on  9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#03
At same time  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg via tx#1, no signal
*Arabic/Serbian nx & the transmitter switches off at 0700UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420_27.html

JAPAN(non)   Fair signal of JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze in English Sept.27:
1600-1700 on  6090*YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu plus jammer
* co-ch same  6090 GEM 100 kW / 172 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR-2 till 1605
* co-ch same  6090 GDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic R.Amhara, weak:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/fair-signal-of-jsr-shiokaze-sea-breeze.html

PALAU(non)   Very good of WHRI T8WH Angel 4 on Sept.27:
1200-1300 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/very-good-of-whri-t8wh-angel-4-on-sept27.html

PHILIPPINES   Reception of FEBC Radio / Radio Teos in 25mb, Sept.27
from 1500 on 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian, fair sdinal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-febc-radio-radio-teos-in_27.html

SAO TOME   Reception of Deutsche Welle via Pinheira, Sept.27
0630-0700 on  9830 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg to WeAf Hausa, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-deutsche-welle-via.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod on Sept.26
with strange announcements in Arabic, Spanish and probably Japanese
1500-1655 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME English, very good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/brother-stair-with-strange.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod, Sept.27:
1700-1800 on  9400 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-brother-hystairical-via.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Bible Voice Broadcasting BVB via SPL Secretbrod on Sept27
1710-1745 on  9490 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME Arabic Tue/Thu/Fri, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-bible-voice-broadcasting_27.html

SECRETLAND(non)   BVBroadcasting Dardasha 7 via SPL Secretbrod on Sept.27
1745-1800 on  9490 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME Arabic, very good signal:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-bvbroadcasting-dardasha-7_14.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Good signal of BBC via SPL Secretbrod, Sept.27
1730-1750 on  9545 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Amharic Mon-Fri
1750-1810 on  9545 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1810-1830 on  9545 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/good-signal-of-bbc-via-spl-secretbrod.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Reception of End Times Coming ETC Radio via SPL Secretbrod on Sept.27
1800-1830 on  9400 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Ex-Catholics For Christ, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-end-times-coming-etc-radio_27.html

SRI LANKA   Reception of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Sept.26
1631-1730 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to N/ME Sinhala, good signal
1702-1800 on 11835 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Tamil - good signal:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-sri-lanka-broadcasting_27.html

TAIWAN(non)   Reception of Nippon no Kaze via Tamshui, Sept.27
1300-1330 on  9465 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean, weak
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-nippon-no-kaze-via-tamshui.html

TAIWAN(non)   Reception of Furusato no Kaze via Tamshui, Sept.27
1330-1400 on  9705 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-furusato-no-kaze-via_27.html

TAJIKISTAN(non)   National Unity Radio via Dushanbe, Sept.27
1200-1500 on  9885 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean + QRM
at same time  9890 LIN 100 kW / 286 deg to EaAs Uyghur CNR13
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-national-unity-radio-via_27.html

U.K.(non)   Radio Ndarason International via Woofferton on Sept.27:
0700-0800 on 13810 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-radio-ndarason_27.html

USA   Fair signal of OCB Radio and TV Marti on Sept.27:
till 0700 on  7335 GB  250 kW / 225 deg to Cuba Spanish
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/fair-signal-of-ocb-radio-and-tv-marti_27.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Voice of Martyrs via Tashkent on Sept.27:
1530-1600 on  7505 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-voice-of-martyrs-via_27.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Voice of Wilderness via Tashkent, Sept.27
1330-1530 on  7625 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-voice-of-wilderness-via_27.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)   North Korea Reform Radiovia via Tashkent, Sept.27
1430-1530 on  7580 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-north-korea-reform-radio.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)   NHK World Radio Japan via Tashkent, Sept.27
1530-1600 on  9600 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs Hindi, fair:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-nhk-world-radio-japan-via_27.html

--

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

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

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

Media & Tech - 27/09/2018

Radio Taiwan International: prove di trasmissione 27-28-29 settembre

Segnalo la notizia proveniente da Radio Taiwan International, che effettuerà delle prove di trasmissione direttamente dal sito di Tamsui in Taiwan  il 27, 28 e 29 settembre sulle seguenti frequenze:

 11990 kHz / 17.00 - 18.00 UTC lingua tedesca per l'Europa Centrale

  9700 kHz / 18.00 - 19.00 UTC lingua tedesca per l'Europa Centrale

 I rapporti d'ascolto potranno essere inviati, compilando il form al seguente URL:

 http://german.rti.org.tw/contactUs/ oppure all'indirizzo di posta elettronica  deutsch (at) rti.org.tw

 La conferma QSL speciale si può vedere alla pagina web seguente:

 http://german.rti.org.tw/whatsNew/

 Fonte: http://german.rti.org.tw/

 73 da Nino Marabello 

 QTH  Treviso, IT 

 RX:   SONY ICF-SW7600G

 Ant.: esterna VHF orizzontale 230 gradi

 https://acquamarina.blogspot.com

Glenn Hauser logs September 25-26-27, 2018

** CUBA. 6000, Sept 27 at 0104, ho hum, dead air but no hum from RHC ``English``. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 7365, UT Thu Sept 27 at 0058, R. Martí announcement of one SW frequency on now, 5950, for ``pelota de grande liga`` (MLB). That would be the temporary seasonal WRMI relay. On caradio, I didn`t have a chance to confirm it on 5950 then, but the WRMI sked showing 2300-0200 Tue-Wed, apparently means Tue & Wed 2300-0200 Wed & Thu in strict UT terms, i.e. two local days a week; also earlier Sundays 20-24 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Replies to my log of KWTV TEST on repack channel RF 25:

``KWTV is the only OKC station repacking in Phase 1. The deadline is Nov 30 - I don't know when they're planning to make the move. All other OKC stations changing channels are in Phase 2 (Dec 1 - April 12). This includes KUOT, KAUT, KOHC, KOCM and KOPX. Chris Lucas - dtvdxer, Poughkeepsie, NY  FN31bs wtfda gg``

``Glenn, regarding the OKC repack: KWTV is in the first phase of the TV repack, and testing has been allowed since September 14. November 30 is when testing is supposed to be complete and regular operation begins. I suppose the actual move could happen earlier than that? The rest of the OKC stations that will move are in the second repack phase, which begins December 1, with completion no later than April 12, 2019.

I would assume what you are seeing on RF 25 are tests from a new transmitter that is ATSC 3.0 capable. Lots of stations are installing new units in anticipation of eventual switchover to the advanced digital format. As far as the bouncing dot on color bars: It is there to confirm the video isn't frozen. The beep is there to confirm video and audio are in sync (Stephen Luce. Houston, Texas, WOR iog)``(via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9830, Sept 25 at 2335, S4-S6 songs in presumed Turkish; 2346 the VOT multi-lingual ID reel, 2348 sign-off in German with contact info, into VOT IS. Yes, another instance of the sloppyrators at Emirler failing to turn off the transmitter when English to North America finishes before 2300, letting it run with next language on the feed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. More about 521 kHz NDB Orange City IA, from Bill Hepburn: ``The ".51000"  is because the licensed frequency is the middle of theoccupied bandwidth. The beacon has only an USB 1020 Hz tone, the LSB1020 is missing. This is the old "A2H" mode. The carrier frequency is521.0 kHz. wrh`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1949 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday September 25 at 2038, the 2030 on WRMI 7780, poor, and enough signal on 5950 to confirm it is NOT on there. Despite outdated websked, also confirmed on neither 5950 nor 7780 at 2130. Confirmed Wednesday September 26 at 1045 check the 1030 airing on WRMI 5950, poor S9 and undermodulated (not an MUF matter, as 9395 was VG S9+20: see WRMI logs). Confirmed Wednesday September 26 a few minutes after 2100 on both WRMI 9955 and WBCQ 7490, both poor-fair. Next:

2330 UT Thursday  WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

2330 UT Friday    WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

0629 UT Saturday  HLR    6190-CUSB Germany to WSW

1231 UT Saturday  WINB   9265V via Unique Radio to WSW

1431 UT Saturday  HLR    6190-CUSB Germany to WSW

1930vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional

2130 UT Saturday  WBCQ   9330v [maybe, or 2330?] to WSW

0300vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional

1030 UT Sunday    HLR    9485-CUSB Germany to WSW

2130 UT Sunday    WRMI   7780 to NE, 9955 to SSE

2330 UT Sunday    WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

0300vUT Monday    WBCQ   5130v Area 51 to WSW

0330 UT Monday    WRMI   9955 to SSE

2330 UT Monday    WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

0030 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7730 [or 1950?] to WNW

2030 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7780 5950 [or 1950?]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite:

http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9395, Sept 26 at 1045, WRMI is VG S9+20 but very strange: sounds like Spanish with a very heavy Japanese accent, until at 1050 morphs into Brother Scare. System C skedgrid shows nothing but BS on 9395 from 10 to 19 UT. So maybe that was put out by the soggy TOMBS, altho first suspected to be have been overcome by Alameda`s multi-lingual stuff. Quite contradicting, System G skedgrid shows 9395 at 0230-1500 with Oldies (and certain opt-outs), not BS. Which is it really supposed to be?? 

I was checking 9395 to compare with 5950 carrying 1030 WORLD OF RADIO at same time, with much weaker signal; as one might have expected a low pre-sunrise MUF favoring the lower band. Overnight, 9395 is often almost inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490v WBCQ // stronger 9455 WRMI, UT Thu Sept 27 at 0109, `Hal Turner` show is successfully underway on both this week, perhaps from 0100. Says this could be his last one on SW unless he gets $2K by Sept 30; apparently for monthly advance payments to both stations. Says WRMI costs $1 a minute, i.e. $120 for two hours; and WBCQ nominal rate is $50 per hour = $100; but that`s not all; various other expenses add up to $3300 per month. Finally gets down to business: only he has figured out and warned us of the danger of war between Russia and Israel over Syria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0526 UT September 27

Agenda DX 27/09/2018

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Cultural Amauta, Perù 4955 Khz (1960)
KSRM, Alaska 920 Khz (1926)

SWLDXBulgaria News, Sept.25-26

BANGLADESH   Reception of Bangladesh Betar in 31mb, Sept.26:
1315-1345 on  9455 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Nepali, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-bangladesh-betar-in-31mb_26.html

BOTSWANA   Reception of  Voice of America via Selebi Phikwe, Sept.26
1400-1500 on 15605 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg to WeAs Kurdish, weak signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-voice-of-america-via.html

FRANCE   Reception of Radio France International RFI on Sept.26
0600-0700 on 11830 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf English, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-radio-france-international_26.html

GERMANY(non)   Reception of Radio Xoriyo Ogaden via MBR Issoudun on Sept.25
1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat, fair signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-radio-xoriyo-ogaden-via_26.html

GREECE   Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz, Sept.25-26
1800&0500 on  9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#03
0651&0657 on  9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#03
At same time  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg via tx#1, no signal
*Arabic/Serbian nx & the transmitter switches off at 0805UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420_26.html

ITALY   Time signal station ItalCable, Sept.26
from 0845 on 10000 CUSB, fair, QRM RWM on 9996
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-time-signal-station.html

KUWAIT vs.ASCENSION   MOI Radio Kuwait vs.Radio Ndarason Int on 5960vkHz, Sept.26
0200-0625 on  5959.8 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Sce Radio Kuwait
0500-0600 on  5960.0 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Kanuri R.Ndarason International
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/moi-radio-kuwait-vsradio-ndarason-int.html

NEW ZEALAND   Weak signal of Radio New Zealand Pacific, Sept.26
0559-1058 on  7425 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific English:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/weak-signal-of-radio-new-zealand.html

NUMBERS STATION   S06s Russian Lady & Dengê Welat on 11530 kHz, Sept.26
0730-0736 on 11530 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB/AM, + co-ch
same time on 11530 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish BRB Dengê Welat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/s06s-russian-lady-denge-welat-on-11530_26.html

PALAU   Good signal of WHRI T8WH Angel 5 on Sept.22
1200-1430 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/good-signal-of-whri-t8wh-angel-5-on.html

PHILIPPINES   Fair signal of FEBC Radio in 25mb, Sept.26
1300-1330 on 11825 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to CeAs Tibetan
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/fair-signal-of-febc-radio-in-25mb-sept26.html

ROMANIA vs.ESWATINI   Radio Romania Inter vs.TWR Africa on 9500 kHz, Sept.25
1800-1856 on  9500 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Romanian Radio Romania Int
1802-1832 on  9500 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAf English Mon-Sat TWR Africa
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/radio-romania-inter-vstwr-africa-on.html

SAUDI ARABIA vs.GUINEA   Radio Riyadh vs.Radio Guinée on 9650 kHz, Sept.26
0900-1800 on  9650 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME Holy Quran R.Riyadh
0600-2400 on  9650 CON 050 kW / non-dir to WeAf French Radio Guinée
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/radio-riyadh-vsradio-guinee-on-9650-khz.html

SOUTH AFRICA   Poor signal of Channel Africa in English, Sept.26
0600-0655 on 11925 MEY 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAf English Mon-Fri:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/poor-signal-of-channel-africa-in.html

U.K.(non)   Trans World Radio Africa via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol on Sept.25:
1630-1700 on 11780 KCH 300 kW / 160 deg to EaAf Somali, fair/good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/trans-world-radio-africa-via-babcock.html

U.K.(non)   FEBA Radio/ Radio Sama via BaBcoCk Woofferton, Sept.25
1700-1830 on 15260 WOF 250 kW / 105 deg to N/ME Arabic, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/feba-radio-radio-sama-via-babcock.html

U.K.(non)   KBS World Radio via BaBcoCk Woofferton on Sept.26
0700-0800 on  9860 WOF 250 kW / 102 deg to WeEu Korean, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-kbs-world-radio-via_26.html

USA   Fair signal of WRMI Okeechobee tx#6 on Sept.26
from 0515 on  9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/fair-signal-of-wrmi-okeechobee-tx6-on.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)    Reception of Adventist World Radio AWR via Tashkent on Sept.26
till 1330 on  9955 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SEAs 40 seconds Chinese Voice of Tibet
1330-1400 on  9955 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SEAs Assamese Sun/Wed-very good signal
Same time on  9955 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SEAs Hmong Thu/Fri;Indonesian Mo/Tu/Sa
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-adventist-world-radio-awr_26.html

VATICAN(non)   Voice of America via Santa Maria di Galeria, Sept.26:
0530-0600 on  9885 SMG 250 kW / 184 deg to CeAf French Mon-Fri, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-voice-of-america-via-santa_26.html

--

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

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

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

Media & Tech - 26/09/2018

Radio Emmeloord via Nauen on October 6

Radio Emmeloord is transmitting on Saturday October 6 th between 10 and 16 ‘o’ clock UTC all over Europe on the short wave (Nauen) at 6095 khz. (49 M. band)

SWLDXBulgaria News, Sept.25

CUBA   Reception of Radio Habana Cuba RHC in Spanish, Sept.24
2100-2300 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-radio-habana-cuba-rhc-in.html

FRANCE(non)   Reception of TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via TDF Issoudun, Sept.25
from 0504 on  7295 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news bulletin, fair/good
from 0504 on  9535 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px, very good
from 0600 on  9620 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-tda-telediffusion-dalgerie_25.html

GERMANY   DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst again only on 6180 kHz, Sept.25
0600-0630 on  6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German, fair/good
At same time  5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German, no signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/dwd-deutscher-wetterdienst-again-only.html

GERMANY(non)   Dandal Kura Radio International via MBR Issoudun, Sept.25:
0500-0600 on  7220 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg to CeAf Kanuri, fair/good signal
0600-0700 on 11910 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg to CeAf Kanuri, very good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-dandal-kura-radio_25.html

GERMANY(non)   NHK World Radio Japan via MBR Moosbrunn on Sept.25:
0500-0530 on  5975 MOS 300 kW / non-dir to WeEu English, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-nhk-world-radio-japan-via_25.html

GERMANY(non)   Deutsche Welle DW via MBR Issoudun on Sept.25
0630-0700 on 11800 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-deutsche-welle-dw-via-mbr.html

GERMANY(non)   Adventist World Radio via MBR Issoudun on Sept.25:
0700-0730 on 11880 ISS 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf French, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-adventist-world-radio-via_25.html

GERMANY(non)   NHK World Radio Japan via MBR Issoudun, Sept.25
0800-1000 on 15290 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg to WCAf Japanese, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-nhk-world-radio-japan-via_87.html

GERMANY(non)   Adventist World Radio via MBR Nauen on Sept.25
1330-1500 on 15285 NAU 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-adventist-world-radio-via_21.html

GREECE   Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz, Sept.25:
0651&0657 on  9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#03
At same time  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg via tx#1, no signal
*Arabic/Serbian nx & the transmitter switches off at 0701UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420_25.html

GUINEA & KOREA D.P.R.   Radio Guinée & Voice of Korea on 9650 kHz, Sept.25
from 0712 on  9650 CON 050 kW / non-dir to WeAf French Radio Guinée, co-ch
0700-1250 on  9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to EaAs Japanese VOKorea-very weak
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/radio-guinee-voice-of-korea-on-9650-khz.html

KUWAIT vs.JAPAN   Radio Kuwait vs NHK World Japan Network Radio Japan on Sept.25:
1100-1325 on  9749.8 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic General Service R.Kuwait
0800-1600 on  9750.0 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Japanese NHK World Radio Japan:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/radio-kuwait-vs-nhk-world-radio-japan.html

NUMBERS STATION   Good signal of E11 Oblique in 60mb on Sept.25:
0700-0703 on  5082 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/good-signal-of-e11-oblique-in-60mb-on.html

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of S06s Russian Lady in 49mb on Sept.25:
0700-0706 on  5760 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB/AM, weak
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-in-49mb_25.html

NUMBERS STATION   Very good signal of E11 Oblique in 31mb, Sept.25
0715-0725 on  9963 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/very-good-signal-of-e11-oblique-in-31mb.html

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of S06s Russian Lady in 41mb on Sept.25:
0730-0736 on  7425 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB/AM, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-in-41mb_25.html

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of S06s Russian Lady in 25mb on Sept.25:
0740-0746 on 11560 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB/AM, good
0800-0806 on 11635 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB/AM, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-in-25mb_25.html

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of S06s Russian Lady in 49mb on Sept.25:
1100-1116 on  6190 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB/AM, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-in-49mb_91.html

NUMBERS STATION   Good signal of E11 Oblique in 19mb on Sept.25:
1140-1143 on 15915 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/good-signal-of-e11-oblique-in-19mb-on.html

OMAN   Fair/good signalRadio Sultanate of Oman, Sept.25
1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English
1500-2200 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/fair-to-good-signalradio-sultanate-of.html

TAJIKISTAN(non)   Living Water Ministry Broadcasting via Dushanbe on Sept.25
1500-1600 on  9470 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean Tue-Thu, weak to fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/living-water-ministry-broadcasting-via_25.html

TURKEY   TRT Voice of Turkey again on odd frequencies 11795.7/9855.7 kHz on Sept.25
0830-0955 on 11795.7 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian, instead of 11795 Sept.24
1000-1025 on  9855.7 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar, instead of 9855 on Sept.24
& instead of  9655.7 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Georgian 1000-1055UTC on Sept.24:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/voice-of-turkey-again-on-odd_25.html

USA   Reception of WWCR-1 World Wide Christian Radio, Sept.25
from 1400 on 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-wwcr-1-world-wide.html

VATICAN(non)   NHK World Radio Japan via SM di Galeria, Sept.25
0500-0530 on  9860 SMG 250 kW / 184 deg to WeAf English, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/09/reception-of-nhk-world-radio-japan-via_58.html

--

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

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

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

Glenn Hauser logs September 24-25, 2018

** BRAZIL. 11780, Sept 25 at 0330, RNA is off; Mark Coady hears it after 1100 and thinx it may be back to 24/7 but I think it still stops circa 0300 = local midnite; and I never hear it on my bedtime bandscans circa 0600. So when does it sign on? There are also reports that it takes a mid-day break (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13740, Sept 25 at 1359, RHC Spanish making >1 Hz SAH of about 64 fades per minute vs other open carrier prior to China Plus relay. CRI undermodulation does not come up until just before 1401, while RHC continues mixing with `Sonido Cubano` music show until it`s cut off the air at 1404:45*. So another good 5 minutes of self-collision, Commies vs Commies; something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Aoki/NDXC and EiBi say 13740 RHC is via Bejucal site; 13740 CRI via Quivicán; yet Aoki misses RHC on 13700 which has to be the same site as 13740 when it mixes leapfrogs. EiBi says that one is Bejucal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7465, Sept 25 at 0329, anti-Christ pirate Station YHWH on new frequency ex-7470, S9 but as usual undermodulated, about ``mighty Yahweh`. Tnx to tip from Walt Salmaniw a few minutes earlier. Had been on 7470 for longtime, and I also had him recently after 1800 on 11490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 25, Sept 25 at 1423 UT, KWTV OKC seen for the first time on its repack channel; indeed the first of any OKC or OK station I have caught. It`s color bars, with gray scale across the bottom; KWTV TEST across the middle; and also below that a small bar with a dot bouncing back and forth from left to right to left. Every 4.14 seconds it hits the left edge producing a beep. Wonder what the purpose of that is?

Labeled KWTV 25 DTV 9-3. This is much weaker than KWTV still funxioning on RF 39 as 9-1 and 9-2; still on at 1554 but by now is dropping out a bit. Still on at 1905, but mostly below Good decode level. It probably would not have been solid earlier without considerable area tropo this morning (such as RF 11, KSWO-HD DTV 7-1 Lawton, and many Bad UHF signals). Does anyone know a timeline for completion of KWTV`s repack to 25? And how about the other OKC market stations, notably KAUT ``43`` still on RF 40? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. UNIDENTIFIED. 521 kHz, Sept 24 at 0640 UT, barely audible beacon tentatively as ORC. Not in Hepburn`s NDB list on any frequency, and nothing similar near 521 (it could have been plus/minus 1 or 2 kHz). Ideas? Bill Hepburn replies:

``Hi Glenn, That must be ORC Orange City, IA. It "was" decommissioned. Looks like someone turned in back on again. It still has an FCC license:

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseFreqSum.jsp;JSESSIONID_ULSSEARCH=LCm6bq1R212LnqGT9Tnm1QpzXzhLzvP70bS7xyvVNQZZvdm2Gp1p!-2019351399!-84967774?licKey=1982555

.... but is no longer listed in the FAA airport/facility directory:

http://aeronav.faa.gov/afd/13sep2018/nc_64_13SEP2018.pdf

I'll re-add it to the list. Thanks, Bill`` 

FCC shows 521.51000 kHz, 25 watts. Sounds familiar; I did log ORC 

earlier this year and reference to another listing, still there:

``521 kHz, April 8 at 0635, ND beacon ORC --- NOT listed on this or any frequency (including 260/261 in case it`s second harmonic) nor any similar fuzzy call near either, in dxinfocentre.com --- but it IS listed at https://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/rna/signal_list on 521 as 25 watts from Orange City, Iowa, which is in the NW corner near Sioux Center, i.e. about equidistant from Sioux Falls and Sioux City`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5000, Sept 24 at 1718, WWV propagation info is now up to date, for Sept 23-24. Will we ever know why it was not for the past week? Were we really being tested? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1949, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13565, Sept 24 at 1424, K6FRC hifer beacon from California is again barely audible; seems to be best time of day for it altho MUF should build up better later after sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1949 contents: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bhutan, Brasil, China, Colombia, Denmark, Europe, Germany, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea North non, Korea South, Myanmar, Nepal, North America, Papua New Guinea, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland, UK, USA, Zambia; and the propagation outlook. Ready for first airing Sept 25:

0030 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7730 to WNW [confirmed, very good]

2030 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7780 to NE [also 5950 to WNW?]

2130 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7780 & 5950 [scheduled; not aired last weeks]

2330 UT Tuesday   WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

1030 UT Wednesday WRMI   5950 to WNW

2100 UT Wednesday WRMI   9955 to SSE

2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ   7490v to WSW

2330 UT Wednesday WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

2330 UT Thursday  WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

2330 UT Friday    WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

0629 UT Saturday  HLR    6190-CUSB Germany to WSW

1231 UT Saturday  WINB   9265V via Unique Radio to WSW

1431 UT Saturday  HLR    6190-CUSB Germany to WSW

1930vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional

2130 UT Saturday  WBCQ   9330v [maybe, or 2330?] to WSW

0300vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional

1030 UT Sunday    HLR    9485-CUSB Germany to WSW

2130 UT Sunday    WRMI   7780 to NE, 9955 to SSE

2330 UT Sunday    WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

0300vUT Monday    WBCQ   5130v Area 51 to WSW

0330 UT Monday    WRMI   9955 to SSE

2330 UT Monday    WBCQ   9330v [maybe] to WSW

0030 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7730 [or 1950?] to WNW

2030 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7780 5950 [or 1950?]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, updated Sept 18:

http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UZBEKISTAN. 7565, Sept 25 at 1410, VP signal S3-S5 with trace of modulation. EiBi shows BBC in Hindi via Tashkent at 1400-1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search Sept 24 at 0638 UT: 936*, 837(2); at 0643, 882 and 846(presumed TP Kiritimati).

TA JBA MW carrier search Sept 25 at 0552-0600, on R75 by 9-kHz steps 1 kHz below the channels in USB, so I can detect telltale 1 kHz tones: 936, 882, *855(2), 846(TP?), *774(2), 747, 729, 684(vs WSCR IBOC), 639, 621, 585, 558; 954, 999, 1017, *1044(2), 1098, 1107, 1125(2), 1134, 1215, 1269, 1305, 1314, 1413. *stronger ones; (2) at least two carriers beating.

Then from 0600 Sept 25, repeating the scan on LSB, steps 1 kHz above the channels, which might audiblize some different ones within 1 or 2 kHz of 10-kHz channels: 549, 612, 639, 684, 774(2), 837, 846, 855, 882, 936, 1026, 1044, 1107, 1125, 1152, 1215, 1305 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11531.50-USB, Sept 24 at 1426, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, stronger than 11530 presumed Kurdistan [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1922 UT September 25