Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

CUBA   Radio Rebelde   5025  0340  Spanish  433  Sept 5  Cuban vocal music.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee    WWRB   3185  0334  English  333  Sept 5  OM with religous comments on what God wants from us humans. Overcomer Ministries progra.

 

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WWCR   5070  0345  English  333  Sept 5  Amazon Indians history and about toxic waters in the Amazon River.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WWRB   5745  0350  English  333  Sept 5  OM with comments on economic powers in asia Like China for one.

 

UNITED STATES, Alabama   WEWN   5810  0352  Spanish  444  Sept 5  YL and OM with comments. In the background I could hear Radio Free Asia in Chinese!!

 

UNITED STATES, North Carolina   WBOH   5920  0359  English  333  Sept 5  Piano music. OM with Radio News 0400.

 

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WWCR-2   5935  0405  English  444  Sept 5  YL with comments on various religions.

 

UNITED STATES, Florida   Radio Taiwan Intl Relay-RTI   5950  0406  Chinese  444  Sept 5  YL with comments.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, USA
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Glenn Hauser logs September 6-7, 2009

Note: I have raised a number of questions in the logs below, so it would be nice if some answers or discussion would follow. On some of the lists where I post my logs, hardly anyone ever replies, making me wonder if anyone is even reading them. 73, Glenn

** CUBA. 9545, Sept 6 at 2040 with cohetes at variable rates from the DentroCuban Jamming Command on a frequency which needs no jamming at this hour until República comes up at 2300; meanwhile wall of noise jamming on 9565 against Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR [and non]. Bandscanning 49m at an unreasonably early hour here Sept 6, and despite hi noise level after getting Mérida on 6104.8 [see MEXICO], I looked for more, and found a signal on 6050 at 2045, also in Spanish, so has to be HCJB`s regional service roughly two hours before sunset there and four hours before sunset here. At 2053 a bit stronger with
choral hymn, amen, 2055 Spanish talk. Hoped to get definite ID and/or characteristic automatic timesignal at 2100 but by then it had faded down and out. A fluky reception.

BTW, a quirk of my FRG-7 (or all of them?) is that in the overlap within each MHz band between about 965 and 055 kHz, there is noticeably greater sensitivity by tuning up from below rather than down from above. Can this be evened out be realignment, and would one even want to? So for 6050 I had a choice of 5 MHz + 1050 kHz, or 6 MHz + 50 kHz. With the former I was getting a stronger signal measuring S9+5 at peak. Best 49m signals at this time were Habana on 6000 and 5965; also barely audible CFRX 6070 and WBOH 5920 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Tuned in 15190 at 2111 Sept 6 to find open carrier from Radio Africa. Not unusual for there to be VERY long periods of dead air from this station, so while my attention was focused elsewhere, left this turned up to find out just how long the dead air would last: until 2122, when with never an ID, abruptly started a preacher from North Carolina concerned about the last days and the return of Jesus; good modulation on this one, and he paused briefly to turn off an alarm beeper. So the dead air was at least 11 minutes. Are the Radio Africa operators dozing off, inebriated, stepping out for a smoke or some other important business, or just totally nonchalant about getting the paid-for evangelists on the air? What does pointlessly burning 50 kW for 11+ minutes cost in this poor country? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 11670, Arabic station with good signal, Sept 6 at 2033 with several mentions of ``Al-mania``, soon confirmed with DW jingle. Hmmm, that cognates with Alemania, the Spanish name for Germany, so did the Spaniards get it from the Arabs or vice versa, and why call it something completely unrelated to ``Deutschland`` or ``Germania``? Or is Ger a translation of Ale or v.v.? One might ask the same of the French. O, this is DW at 19-21, 250 kW, 100 degrees via Sines, PORTUGAL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Despite hi local noise level, I minimised it as best I could by closing down several known household noise sources, and boldly commenced to bandscan as low as 6 MHz at the early hour of 2043 UT Sept 6 = 2 hours and 11 minutes after local mean noon, closer to that than to sunset. Yay, bits of Spanish could be heard at a couple signal peaks on 6104.8, has to be XEQM, RASA Mérida. I did not stay on frequency constantly, but often checked in next semisesquihour, heard it no more altho could detect weak carrier when I quit at 2133. HCJB was also poking in around the same time; see ECUADOR; and also UNIDENTIFIED 9600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 9765, Sept 6 at 2039 with roughly equal mix of Castilian and British talk, fast SAH between them of approx. 15 Hz. Looked up later, this clash is between Spain via Costa Rica site and Romania via Galbeni site, the former using 9765 for very long hours and the latter only during this semihour designated for Europe, altho exactly the same 300 degree heading as designated to NAm at same time on other frequencies; can RRI adjust the vertical takeoff angle to optimize for closer or further targets at the same azimuth? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Substituting for the ``Available Time Slot`` show on WBCQ 7415, Sunday Sept 6 at 2104 was a repeat of Allan Weiner Worldwide, which he said was // 5110, but that referred to the Friday 2300 live airing. Later in hour, as reception was improving, he was advising pirates not to deliberately interfere with other services, a good idea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. YFR keeps shifting around different relay sites and frequencies, testing? 5930, weakly heard Sept 7 at 0053 with Harold Droning in English // 7360, both of which have adjacent interference from much stronger signals: 7365 DentroCuban Jamming Command and Radio Martí; 5935 WWCR and DGS. These are both via French Guiana (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6110, open carrier as I tuned in at 2107 Sept 6, then off after a few sex. Likely VOA Greenville tuning up for Spanish service which does not start until 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. My 49m bandscan uncovering signals out of the noise level earlier than expected found TADIL-A beeping on 6130, greatly improved with BFO on, Sept 6 at 2107; 5 beeps and then a longer noise/data burst. However, one could also detect briefer noise/data bursts at the end of each short beep (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7175 at 2101 Sept 6, sure sounded like DRM roar centered here, but there would not be any broadcaster now that it`s a hamband. But it could be Ethiopian jamming against Eritrea, which others have reported sounds a lot like DRM (or could even be DRM used for this nefarious purpose?). But it vanished at 2102 before I could monitor any further. Could also have been ham experimenting with DRM, or would that have been restricted to below 7100? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. A weak het on 9600 caught my ear Sept 6 at 2036, roughly one semikHz on the hi side, or more like 9600.4. That immediately brings visions of XEYU, Radio UNAM, Mexico City, which when last active a couple years ago was always slightly off-frequency on the low side. But we have no reason to believe it`s back on the air, since the engineer who was trying to keep it on SW moved to another job. What else might be off-frequency here? Not likely Kashgar with its rather new equipment, but which probably provided the other side of the het. Habana not on the air at this hour, for sure. There is really nothing else listed anywhere, so a faint hope remains for XEYU, with further chex called for (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
###

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

ANGUILLA   Caribbean Beacon   6090  0335  English  444  Sept 4  OM with a sermon on not being religous.

BONAIRE   Radio Netherlands Intl Relay-RNI   6165  0340  Spanish  444  Sept 4  OM with comments. 2nd OM also with comments 0341.

CANADA   Voice of Vietnam Relay-VOV   6175  0343  English  444  Sept 4  OM with comments on changes taking place in Vietnam. Music 0344 followed by comments by a YL.

SPAIN   Radio Exterior Espana-REE   6055  0333  Spanish  444  Sept 4  YL and OM in a conversation.

UKRAINE   Radio Ukraine Intl-RUI   7440  0326  Ukraineian  333  Sept 3  YL with comments plus an OM at times.

UNITED STATES    WRNO    7505  0330  English  333  Sept 3  Vocal music plus an OM with comments.

UNITED STATES    WTJC    9370  0336  English  333  Sept 3  OM with Gospel Hour and station ID followed by an OM with a Prayer session.

UNITED STATES    WYFR???   9385  0340  Spanish  444  Sept 3  YL and OM with comments. Saint Stevens mentioned often by an OM. Music interlude 0342 to 0343. YL with comments 0344. IS and off the air 0345 with no ID heard.


Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, USA
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Am stereo con Sodira,

Dopo aver letto un'intessante articolo sull'uso del software Sodira per ascoltare l'Am stereo stasera mi sono messo a fare qualche prova,
e devo dire che funziona molto bene. Mentre vi scrivo sto ascoltando Radio Blue da Parigi sui 864 khz, come ricevitore uso il Perseus
e mediante il VAC (Virtual Audio Cable) l'ho collegato al software free Sodira che mi permette di ricevere in AM Stereo. La qualita' d'ascolto
e' veramente ottima, altro che Drm :-)

L'antenna e' il loop L-101 e mi trovo nel centro di Ginevra con l'antenna montata sul balcone.


L'articolo si trova qui: http://www.hfdecoding.com/post/2009/08/04/Perseus-and-AM-Stereo.aspx

--
Andrea Borgnino IW0HK - HB9EMK
http://www.mediasuk.org/iw0hk
http://www.mediasuk.org/archive
http://www.biciurbana.org
http://iwohk.tumblr.com

Log Roberto Pavanello

  918 5/9 2250 R. Intereconomia - Madrid SS live phone no ID insuf.
 1566 5/9 2105 R. Challanger - Villa Estense IT no stop Zecchino d' Oro buono
 1584 5/9 2240 R. Studio X - Momigno IT Rapporto Radio buono
 3885 5/9 2220 Owerjssel R. - Dutch ID e MX buono
 3895 5/9 2225 Antonio R. - EE ID e MX buono
 3921 5/9 2110 R. Skyline Int. - EE ID e MX buono
 3935 5/9 2040 R. Tina - EE ID e MX buono
 4828 5/9 2200 Voice of Zimbawe - Harare Shona MX afro buono
 4925 5/9 2215 R.R.I. - Jambi Bahasa Talk OM buono
 5815 6/9 0855 R. Tina - EE ID e MX buono
 6205 6/9 0830 R. East Coast Holland - EE ID e MX buono
 6297 5/9 2305 R. Nac. Sahauri - Tindouf SS MX // a 1550 KHz buono
 9720 5/9 2235 R. Victoria - Lima SS folle urlante buono
11735 5/9 1950 Voice of Tanzania - Zanzibar Swahili MX afro buono
11815 5/9 1945 R. Brasil Central - Goiania PP sport buono
11925 5/9 2010 R. Bandeirantes - Sao Paulo PP NX suff.
15345 5/9 2015 R. Nacional - Buenos Aires SS promo di Argentina-Brasile buono

Roberto Pavanello 
Vercelli / Italia

Escuchas / Escutas / Logs

CLANDESTINES
11560 Radio Free Chosun, Dushanbe-Orzu, TJK, 1242-1250, September 06, Korean, long talk by male, short music, talk, 34433 //12085 (Tashkent, UZB) with 33333
 
11785  Hmong Lao Radio via WHRI, 1302-1306, September 06, Laotsian,, announcement by female, bulletin news by female, 22432
 
15650 Radio Miraya FM, Rimavska Sobota, SVK, 1510, September 06, Arabic, bulletin news read by male, 34433
 
CYPRUS
15790 BBC Darfur Salaam, 1711-1720, September 06, Arabic, Interview, 34433//17585 with 34333
 
RUSSIA
12065 Voice of Russia, Chita-Atamanovka, 1255-1259, September 06, Vietnamese, Short news or talk, 24322

 

Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina

Shortwave Radio Can Free Iran

Read the article on http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/9006

 

(Arnaldo Slaen)

Glenn Hauser logs September 6, 2009

** CANADA [and non]. 6070, CFRX Sept 6 at 1249 with fast SAH of approximately 10 Hz, but no other modulation, North Korean noise or audible het, which must have just gone off, and could not imagine that suddenly being so close to 6070.0, so what`s the SAH from? It too was gone at 1256. Possibilities on 6070 testing prior to other dayparts are Yamata, Novosibirsk, Tinang, even Jayapura which has been inactive here longtime. Something intriguing to pursue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 6: at 1308 good on 8400 and 9000, at 1318 fair on 10210, no others heard higher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC, 6010, Sept 6 at 0535 starting DXers Unlimited, VG signal but can hear a bit of a squeal, i.e. hi-pitched and slightly varying. This is what I was previously reporting occasionally also on other stations including some WWCR frequencies, coming from their own transmitters and not a het from an external source.

Cohetes from the DentroCuban Jamming Command against nothing on 9545, Sept 6 at 1314, more than 6 sesquihours after R. República is through with it at 0400.

It`s Sunday Sept 6 so time to check for Aló, Presidente, or anomalies it causes, which I missed doing last week. At 1412 nothing transmitted on 80% of the scheduled A,P channels, 11690, 12010, 13750 and 17750; but 13680 had big signal and huge hum, wiggle that patchcord! And trace of audio which was not // RHC mainstream frequencies such as 13780 which was normal in philately show. 13880 had the leapfrog displaying both the hummer and the stamper.

Meanwhile weaker 13760 which should have been // an echo apart from 13780 was just open carrier. At 1429, 13680 still humming; 1443 now fixed and // 13780 with mainstream, still nothing on the other A,P channels. By final check at 1549, RHC 13760 back in biz // 11760 but still no A,P and the only other Cuban frequency on the 22mb air was 13740 CRI relay in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRELAND [non]. Looked for RTE special Sunday Sept 6 at 1547 as scheduled on 12050, 17705 from unknown sites to Africa, but could not hear anything. However, S. Hasegawa of NDXC in Japan tells DXLD that at 1505 they both were carrying RCI English instead of RTE1! For a once-a-year highly-anticipated live sporting special, they`d better get it right on the first and only try. This would have been the All-Ireland Hurling Final. Did any of it air on SW?

Same schedule is however in store one fortnight hence on Sept 20 for the All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final: 1300-1700 on 17505 to EAf, 1430-1630 on 12050 to WAf (and also 13-17 on 7265 to SAf) per advance info Alan Pennington posted to the dxldyg (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. Re my previous report of the clandestines jammed on 6003, 6518 and 6600, as an aside to the QRM caused to Habana 6000 --- I confused two `different` stations, now suffering the same kind of noise jamming.

As in WRTH 2009, the one on 6003 is Echo of Hope, also on 3985 and 6348. 6348 only has a different jamming sound; it used to be whoop-whoop but now it`s more like a clatter, Sept 6 at 1252, with a bit of music audible underneath.

And the one on 3912, 6518 and 6600 is Voice of the People. They are surely closely related, in fact both run by the ROK national intelligence service, WRTH says, all transmitted from Gyeonggi-do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 6090, Anguilla missing a second night, Sept 6 at 0545 so I could hear some weak chanting, likely FRCN Kaduna, as it normally puts a het on Caribeacon around this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Unlike 24.5 hours earlier, when WEWN had English and Spanish on reversed frequencies, Sept 6 at 1548 check, 11520 // 11550 in Spanish, not // weak 15610 so presumably correctly in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5780, very distorted FMy spur, Sept 6 at 0517, but much weaker than last night, presumably the Brazilian again. Now I`ve found previous report of this, in DXLD 9-062: Spur from R. Tupi on 5775 with delirious ``God Is Love`` IPDA preacher, heard Aug 21 around 1345 by Nigro, Uruguay, and Raimundo, São Paulo. They both said it was strong but did not mention distortion. Which R. Tupi from which nominal frequency? Most likely ZYE726, Curitiba PR, 6060 --- has that been missing? Usually blocked by Cuba here, tho sometimes hetted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5810, huge open carrier and hum, Sept 6 at 0516 and still at 0532. First idea is WEWN, but Spanish to Mexico/CAm is scheduled there only until 0500, then moving to 7555, which in very poor propagation I was able to confirm as on the air at 0540 in Spanish, modulation OK, but with the persistent utility hash on the high sideband. Maybe 5810 was a Cuban numbers station transmitter, which use a number of frequencies in the 5.8-5.9 MHz area and strength rivaling the strongest RHC broadcast channels, altho I don`t recall this one.

BTW, as I started this monitoring session, the MUF was really down, nothing making it above 12 MHz, and on 25m, only NZ 11725/11675 with poor signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

MV Baltic Radio

good reception here in the north-east part of Germany of MV Baltic Radio on
6140 khz SINPO 45444

vy 73
Peter
QTH: Stralsund 13,6° E/54,10° N
RX: mod.DEGEN DE 1103
Ant: TG 34

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

BOTSWANA   VOA Relay   12080  1750  French  333  Sept 1  OM with comments and mentions Pres Obama often.

 

BRASIL   Radio Nacional   11780  1755  Portuguese  433  Sept 1  Two YLs having a happy conversation. OM with Radio Nacional ID 1759.

JAPAN   Radio Japan-NHK   9835  1843  Japanese  333  Sept 2  OM with comments, then some vocal music by a YL. OM with comments 1846.

RWANDA   Voice of Germany Relay-DW   17860  1725  Arabic  444  Sept 1  Two OMs with comments. OM with DW ID at 1727. //13650[232]Via England.

SAIPAN   Radio Free Asia-RFA   9455  1835  Chinese  333  Sept 2  YL and OM with comments. A very noisy frequency.

SPAIN   Radio Exterior Espana-REE   17715  1732  Spanish  333  Sept 1  YL with comments and some music. YL interviewing a YL 1737. //17595[444].

UNITED STATES, California   WHRI   17520  1740  English  444  Sept 1  Pop rock music. OM with ID as WHRI at 1741. OM with religous comments 1742.

VATICAN STATE   Vatican Radio   7305  0320  Spanish  Sept 3  YL and OM with comments. Maria mentioned often.    MacKenzie-CA.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, USA
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Late morning DX

Steven C. Wiseblood
Brownsville TX
(2 miles from Boca Chica Beach,GULF of MEXICO)
Radio Shack DX-399
150' center fed LW
times in UTC

5 SEP 2009
6070 CANADA CFRX/CFRB Toronto; 1518 ID by M, traffic report; promo by W in
EG "we'll tell you how to get rid of your wrinkles in 3 weeks", but no time
to listen to it since it was 3 hours after Sunrise and the signal was fading
fast! (Wiseblood-TX 9/05/2009)
6105 MEXICO XEQM Merida: 1515 playing a Mexican cumbia song, then no signal
for a few moments, and when it came back at 1517 signal was OVERMODULATED,
so apparently these guys don't monitor their on-the-air signal but rely on
in-house modulation METERS; relaying 810-XEMQ Mayan "Yoól Iik" w/anmts by W
in Mayan language, announcing telephone numbers in Spanish, ads in Spanish,
Mexican Regional-cumbia music (Wiseblood-TX 9/05/2009)
7220 CHINA CRI; 1525 M in JP w/anmts, possible language lesson 1529 JP/CH
(Wiseblood-TX 9/05/2009)
7240 AUSTRALIA R. Australia; 1524 still audible with a telephone interview;
1605 caught end of news "and that's the news from radio Australia"
f/out by 1615 (Wiseblood-TX 9/05/2009)

73's de Steve/AB5GP

Glenn Hauser logs September 4-5, 2009

** ANGUILLA [non]. Caribbean Beacon missing from 6090, Sept 5 at 0513, but could not hear anything else, not even Brazil or Nigeria, just DRM from 6085. Should have tried earlier as Brian Alexander who first alerted us about this, heard both plus Ethiopia around 0300.

CB also absent from 11775, Sept 5 at 1247, but again nothing else audible instead. That leaves PMS and DGS totally off SW at this hour! As WWCR 13845 is ceded to Brother Scare in the mornings, and all the Costa Rican transmitters have been silent for many months, altho still appearing e.g. in Prime Time Shortwave! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BIAFRA [non]. Nope, V. of Biafra International still on 15665, Sept 5, the first Friday of the month, checked briefly sometime between 19 and 20 UT, nothing on 17520, where WRTH July update guessed it would move. All one can do is guess when it comes to this station, and who knows, maybe later on will still go to 17520 ``in September``, not necessarily from the first week. Axually, per FCC schedule, WHRI during this hour has not been on 15665 since April 5 and has always been on 17520; surprise! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [non]. 15325, Sept 5 at 1527 Russian singing with guitar and speaking, 1528 ID and addresses for RCI, cut off at 1529:30 before completed giving E-mail address. This is via Woofferton. Someone please inform them in Montreal that VTC WILL CUT OFF transmission at :29:30 whether it is finished or not, so it would be prudent to wrap up the program before then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non] Firedrake Sept 5: at 1230 fair on 9000 but with aero SSB QRM from 8996 or so. At 1244 good on 10210, 1250 good on 8400. No others heard up to 19 MHz during the next hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

We were wondering about the different program feed routes used by CRI to its many relay sites. A few hours are simulcast via Canada and Cuba, such as Cantonese at 12 on 11850 and 9570 respectively. Sept 5 at 1235 check we found the two just an echo/reverb apart, much closer than some other combinations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15600, Sept 5 at 1303 song, sounds like C&W/hymn, 1305 announcement sounds Indonesian; 1306 song starts instrumental, adds choral, sort of Russian style, pop beat. What`s this? Per Aoki, CRI`s Malay service at 1230-1330, 100 kW, 175 degrees via Kunming, ChiCom`s only use of 15600, except when Sound of Hope needs to be jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. As I tuned by 15120, Sept 5 at 1301, Tony was about to list frequencies, so I copied them: ``15120, 15360, 13760, 13680, 13780, 11760, 5965, 6000`` (and `audio real` which is really windows media, pace Mr. Gates). Incredibly, the previous listing has been updated two-three months after some significant changes were made. 5965 has finally been added, but still lacking 11800, altho 12000 which it replaced has finally been marked out! RHC still can`t get their act together. Just to be sure: yes, 11800, always distorted is indeed on at 1309 check, as it is quite reliably in the mornings now as well as afternoons. But why would anyone listen to it instead of better modulated 11760? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 9425, AIR National Channel, Sept 5 at 1432 with news in English, a bit of weather, 1435 back into Hindi ad, Akashvani ID, 1437 dead air, music past 1439, no more English since it`s Saturday, but there is on other days; fair even on kitchen table DX-390 with reelout inside antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. KBS World Radio, 9650 via Canada, Saturday Sept 5 toward the end of Worldwide Friendship, Kevin O`Donovan`s Listening Tips from Farmington NM at 1252-1255 concluded saying he would be posting the scripts on the KBS messageboard. We found that at http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/radio/info/message_list.htm
but his latest one was not yet there; previous ones are down the list from jazzkevin. Unfortunately, no one is keeping out pornspam but easily avoided from garbled senders. It seems KBS is not savvy about how to run a website, also having published full e-mail addresses of contest winners. Board does include weekly English program previews, very sketchy like given on air after Kevin, but better than nothing, such as:

``Preview for the second week of September 

Monday's Business Watch looks at the Sangam World Cup Park, where the new environment-friendly hydrogen station will be built.

On Tuesday's Traveling Korea, listeners will be able to get an overview of the Global Fair and Festival 2009 Incheon.

On Wednesday Culture on the Move will take you on a tour of the Children's Museum, a part of the National Museum of Korea.

It's going to be a week of interesting and informative programs, so don't forget to tune in!`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 12065, Sept 5 at 1331, carillon, 1333 announcement, pauses, intonation sounds Swedish, more bells; then lots of different bell and  percussion sounds. All references show this hour is supposed to be VOR via Chita in English to SE Asia. If it was really in English, that never clicked in due to poor signal. VOR program grid at http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&w=225&p=
fittingly shows Music & Musicians during the entire 13-14 hour on Saturdays.

15605, good signal Sept 5 at 1355, VOR with nice Hindi song, 1359 ID and IS, 1400 switch to English, news, 1408 News & Views of Medvedev. It takes a good day for VOR to be listenable at this hour in CNAm, target area opposite worldside from Moscow site, poor second being 9850 Samara sometimes audible, so we hope there will be more, autumnly
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Scare`s Sabbath via: 9385 WWRB, Sept 5 at 1421 screaming ``you`re stupid!``, to a chorus of murmured amens from his psychophants. When he screams, WWRB overmodulates and splatters more than usual; don`t they have any limiting? So on this occasion, 9395-9400 area has WWRB splash instead of WTJC-9370 spurs which are absent for the moment.

Then checked // B.S. frequencies to see how they matched, as approximately timed: 15420 WBCQ 16 seconds behind 9385. 13845 WWCR 3 seconds ahead of 9385. Later at 1530, DTK 17485 joined B.S. in progress, and it was 3 seconds behind 9385. So rearranged into time order:

1, WWCR 13845
2, WWRB 9385 delayed 3 sex
3, DTK Jülich 17485 delayed another 3 sex
3, WBCQ 15420 delayed another 13 sex

17485 probably started at scheduled 1500, and another anomaly, no R. Prague clash audible after 1530; have they moved? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 13855, B-B-C- chimes at 1257 Sept 5, 1259 opening in Uzbek mentioning bbcuzbek.com, timesignal and BBC news sounder which it seems crosses all language boundaries, fair signal. This is 500 kW, 62 degrees from Rampisham at 1300-1330. No jamming audible as on previous occasions; the ChiCom do jam this service as a courtesy to their own oppressed DentroUzbex, or related Turkic ethnix, such as Uighurs who can understand it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 12005, Sept 5 at 1326, good signal with strumming and talking, first guess in Turkish; 1329 interrupted by news about Gordon Brown; by 1342 lite CODAR QRM which could be heard as low as 11980 vs CRI. Looked up later in Aoki, it`s R. Liberty in Kazakh, a Turkic language, 13-14, 250 kW, 348 degrees from Iranawila, SRI LANKA and also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DGIEST)

** U S A. In time for this week`s WORLD OF RADIO, WWCR-1 back on 15825, ex-2+ weeks of experimenting with 15820, Friday Sept 4 at 2037 check; JBA without any Es enhancement so all I could do was recognize me, not confirm it was new #1476, but surely it was. Still on 15825 Sept 5 morning.

BTW, JBA means just barely audible. I am not going to explain it every time I use it, or there would be no point in the abbr. Credit to Bob Thomas, Connecticut who came up with this usefully descriptive initialism, altho it means about the same as very poor reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. See previous report: WEWN, 15610, far too weak to tell if it was still spurry plus and minus 10, around 1915 check Sept 4, tho WYFR was sufficient on 15600 in Russian.

At 1342 Sept 5, 12160 WEWN English again audible sufficiently and no detectable spurs. Next check at 1520, 12160 was off and now 11550 in English with Catholic stuff, toll-free 1-877-573-7825, and het as always a problem on 11550 due to off-frequency Tainan, Taiwan transmitter at 14-17 among other hours.

As per WEWN`s own website sked quoted in my previous report, during the 15 UT hour, English is supposed to be on 15610, Spanish on 11520 and 11550. 11520 indeed in Spanish, but so is weak JBA 15610! They have their wires crossed, two frequencies/languages exchanged --- antennas too? One transmitter is supposed to be 24h in English to a variety of targets; the other two are supposed to be both in Spanish, one aimed at CAm/Mexico, the other at Cuba/SAm, whatever the frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. On Aug 20 I heard WRNO announcer say that from ``next week`` their SW service would expand to 12 hours a day. Altho on that day they were testing much beyond 0100-0400 UT, now it is 16 days later and still no sign of expanded schedule: 7505v, Sept 5 at 0514 and 1210 vacant. Any news on their revamped website http://www.wrnoworldwide.org/ --- ?
Oops, it must not have been re-upped as that redirects to http://sites.securepaynet.net/HostingRedirect.html so we can`t even hear them webcast, also promised to be 24h (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Sept 5 at 1514 WRMI ID under jamming, 1515 into YL preacher from Miami, Healing Streams of Grace. WRMI Saturdays is entirely in English at least from 1400, and there`s usually little or no jamming against Prague at 1400. Jamming resumed, why? Because the DentroCuban Jamming Command can; take that! Yet Arnie sounds so friendly, oui mes amis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 17680, CVC La Voz, Miami via Chile, Sept 5 in Spanish at 1321 had M telling W how to do breast self-exam, best times vs menstrual period; usual good signal back to the USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM. 9550, Sept 5 at 1234, two signals mixing, but dominated by YL in Russian, the other in Vietnamese. Per Aoki, the Russian is VOV, which alternates Russian and Chinese semihours between 1100 and 1330, 100 kW at 27 degrees from Hanoi so also usward, while the Vietnamese is CRI, 500 kW at 193 degrees from Beijing site, in the squabbling Commie neighbors` radiowar over this frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5780, plus/minus 10 kHz, extremely distorted S9+10 FMy spur at 0505 Sept 5, continuous talk, hard to recognize even language, but finally decided it was Brazilian. Did not find any matching modulation thruout the 49m band. I recall that a Brazilian station was reported from Brasil in this area, way off frequency, but can`t find it now as I don`t remember the exact frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9190-9210, presumed OTH radar pulses from China, weak Sept 5 at 1332 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9635, expecting to hear usual CVC La Voz, CHILE in Spanish, instead something in French, quite clearly spoken, Sept 5 at 1513. Mali? Maybe. But per EiBi, TWR Swaziland is also in French weekends at 1455-1525, but M-F in Malagasy. Aoki disagrees, that French is only on Sunday, azimuth for both 53 degrees, but that was B-08. WRTH A-09 update says French is on Saturday only, check; longpath? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

MV Baltic Radio this Sunday 6140 khz

             MV Baltic Radio this Sunday

 

MV Baltic Radio is on this Sunday the 6th of September 2009

at 09.00 to 10.00 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.

 

 

M.V.Baltic. Information:

MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for summer 2009

1st    Sunday – MV Baltic Radio

3rd    Sunday – European Music Radio

4th    Sunday – Radio Gloria International

 

We wish you good listening and good reception!

 73s Tom

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Radio Joystick relay on 9 510 kHz

Radio Joystick Relay on 9510 kHz

 

Dear Listeners,

The relay of Radio Joystick is on this Saturday the 5th of September 2009 on 9510 khz.

The Transmission time is between 0800 to 0900 utc with a power of 150 KW via the IRRS.

 

Radio Joystick is on the air every 1st Saturday of the month at the same time and on the same channel.

 

Good listening    73s Tom

 

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RTÉ SW freqs for All-Ireland Finals 6 and 20 Sept.

RTÉ will use these shortwave frequencies to relay their coverage of the
All-Ireland Finals this year:

Sun 6 September - All-Ireland Hurling Final from Croke Park, Dublin
Sun 20 September - All-Ireland Gaelic Fooball Final from Croke Park, Dublin.
(both matches start ("throw-in") at 3.30pm Irish time (1430 UT)

from http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/aif_radio.html :
(UT times added)

SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES FOR AFRICA
Both Finals throw in at 3.30pm Irish Time

Coverage area Frequencies Time (Irish) Time (UT)
Southern Africa 7265 kHz 2pm - 6pm 1300-1700
East Africa 17505 kHz 2pm - 6pm 1300-1700
West Africa 12050 kHz 3.30pm - 5.30pm 1430-1630

These services are part of RTÉ's continued commitment to Irish people
overseas and, over the years, has proven especially popular with those in
geographically or technically isolated areas.

(Full details of FM, Longwave 252, Satellite and Internet coverage are also
on this page:
http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/aif_radio.html )

(Alan Pennington, UK via dxld ml)

Ascolti AM

Domenica 16 agosto 2009
06.34 - 6870 kHz
PLAYBACK
Mix funky 80s w jingles USA.
Segnale molto buono
-
08.32 - 6296.5 kHz
RADIO PERFEKT
GG, mx country e ids OM.
Segnale insufficiente-buono

***

Domenica 23 agosto 2009
*07.01 - 5815 kHz
ORION R. NL
Percy Faith (s/on).
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
07.40 - 6202 kHz
SCOTLAND R.
Test tx.
Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente

***

Martedì 25 agosto 2009
01.10 - 6185 kHz
R. EDUCACION - Mexico DF
SS, mx locale e annunci OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
01.23 - 6155 kHz
ALL INDIA RADIO - Delhi
Musica locale.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Dominante su prob. R. Fides
leggermente spostata.
-
01.26 - 6090 kHz
PMS - The Valley (Anguilla)
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
01.31 - 5990 kHz
ALL INDIA RADIO - Aligarh
Musica locale+tk OM sovrapposti.
Mixtake? Two audio signals together!
Segnale molto buono
-
01.36 - 5910 kHz
MARFIL ESTEREO - Lomalinda (Colombia)
SS, mx romantica locale.
Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente
-
21.10 - 6870 kHz
PLAYBACK
Musica pop e ID OM.
Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente
-
21.15 - 6398.7 kHz
KCBS - Kanggye (Corea Nord)
Musica popolare.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Scariche temporalesche.
-
21.19 - 6220 kHz
MYSTERY R.
Musica funky 80s.
Segnale molto buono
-
21.25 - 5990 kHz
R. SENADO - Brasilia
PP. intervista OMs.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
21.35 - 5010 kHz
prob. R. MADAGASCAR
Musica pop locale.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
21.40* - 4976 kHz
UBC - Kampala (Uganda)
Musica soft locale e brutale/abrupt s/off.
Segnale buono

***

Giovedì 27 agosto 2009
05.40 - 6250 kHz
RN DE GUINEA EC. - Malabo
SS, parlato OM.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Lievemente irregolare, sia nei giorni
che nell'orario di apertura dei programmi.
-
05.42 - 6185 kHz
R. EDUCACION - Mexico DF
Musica romantica locale.
Segnale sufficiente-buono

***

Domenica 30 agosto 2009
05.07 - 6089.9 kHz
FRCN - Kaduna (Nigeria)
Tk OM in EE o Hausa.
Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente
Battimento con PMS 6090 dominante.
-
05.12 - 5930 kHz
R. ROSSII - Monchegorsk
Teatro radiofonico.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
05.21 - 4790 kHz
R. VISION - Chiclayo (Perù)
SS, prediche OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Scariche temporalesche.
-
06.25 - 6325 kHz
RWI R. WAVES INT.
EE, ids OM e mx.
Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente
-
07.04 - 5815 kHz
ORION R. NL
Polka.
Segnale insufficiente-buono


Luca Botto Fiora
 
SITO RICEVENTE
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova)
Italia
 
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
Satellit 500 Grundig
ATS909 Sangean
DE1103 Degen
VR500 Yaesu
 
ANTENNE
Loop ferrite ACA 75 cm modificata (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop 1 spira da finestra 150x100 cm (@2-6 MHz)
Dipolo aperto 20 m (@6-30 MHz)
 
VARIE
Ampli RF K0LR per loop ACA modificato (WA1ION)
Ampli RF LX1456 Nuova Elettronica per loop SW e dipolo
Balun a choke coassiale 1:1 di RG174 per dipolo (IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato (W8JI)

Glenn Hauser logs September 3-4, 2009

** CANADA [and non]. CFRX Toronto, back on the 6070 air as of Sept 3 around 0550, again with full modulation and good strength for only 1 kW. Had been off a few weeks for transmitter repairs, first reported by Steve Lare, MI, as reactivated the previous afternoon. No longer Peter Anthony Holder hosting talkshow at this hour, who in the meantime was fired by originating sibling station CJAD, along with a dozen other hosts, but his website is still up: http://www.peteranthonyholder.com/sked.htm

More recently, CFRB also fired several longtime talkhosts. However, at 1310, Bill Carroll was still there, today`s subject ``family stuff``; that was after news on the hour, including gas price currently 97.1 Canadian cents per litre, and Andromeda to collide with Milky Way --- this is news?! Still good at 1355 check; those a bit closer to Toronto can enjoy CFRX all day long.

Here`s the CFRB/X program schedule now:
http://www.cfrb.com/shows/schedule?tab=week
Weeknights at 2-3:30 am = 0600-0730 UT is now The Jim Richards Showgram, obviously playback of part of the weekday 1-3 pm block; several topical hours such as Adventure, Comedy fill the 05-06 UT hour. And Adventure was heard after 0500 Friday Sept 4.

Retuning the MHz dial of the FRG-7 to KFTI 1070 Wichita with BFO on, I could tell the two were not precisely on the same kHz, but very close.

CFRX, 6070, Sept 4 at 1229 with EDT TC, Bill Carroll show, het on hi side and roar from defective Swiss transmitter so kindly sold to North Korea (as discussed in DXLD 9-065); the usual case until its closedown around 1250, whose exact time today I missed, but CFRX in clear at 1257 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 4: at 1235 nothing on 8400, very poor on 9000; at 1250 good on 10210; at 1347 poor on 13500, just barely audible on 13970, none others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. As I tuned by RHC 13680, Sept 3 at 1455, YL was plugging today`s Mesa Redonda transmission at 2230(?) on ``9820 y 6000 kilohertz``. Except the 31m frequency was changed months ago to 9640! In la cabina they haven`t the faintest idea of what frequencies RHC is really using, just read what they were originally told to, and no one takes responsibility for keeping the scripts up-to-date. What a Ratón Miguelito operation.

RHC on 6000, poor thing, gets QRDRM from Australia 5990-5995-6000, now scheduled from Brandon at 12-14, only 5 kW at 10 degrees (to feed PNG or other Pacific island relays??); but also, serves RHC right, from Juche jamming on 6003, which was worse, Sept 4 at 1220, quite a roar and the same sound against 6512 and 6600, all Echo of Hope, which Aoki says on 6003 runs straight thru from 0853 to 2301 UT via Hwaseong, ROK site, 100 kW ND. Aoki does not * these as jammed since that only denotes ChiCom CNR1 or Firedrake-type jamming. Could not hear any EOH on 6003 here while it was audible under the jamming on the other two.

O yeah, at 1220 RHC was engaging its obsession with Honduras. At least they know how to pronounce Zelaya, unlike Daljit Dhaliwal and another anchor I recoiled from recently. Daljit is getting rave reviews as new anchor of World Focus via PBS, much prettier than Martin Savidge, which is debatable. They really piled on the makeup for her début August 31 but seem to have relented somewhat since (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. Echo of Hope and jamming: see CUBA [and non]

** MADAGASCAR. 17670, dramatic talk in Vietnamese, Sept 3 at 1326, poor signal, but any at all is something, since this hour is AWR 250 kW at 60 degrees from Talata toward Vietnam (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12160, the out-of-band frequency pioneered by WWCR, now has a new occupant: WEWN, since WWCR-3 abandoned it before 1600 to use 7490 instead.

WEWN English had been on 11530 until Sept 3, and we had to keep complaining about the dirty spurs accompanying it on 11520 and 11540, as well as the leapfrog mixing product with Spanish 11550 landing on 11510. Possibly they got the message and/or some victim broadcaster complained, since suddenly Sept 4 at 1258 we find WEWN on 12160 instead --- and without the spurs!

Have they really been eliminated along with the QSY? This may be coincidental, so further chex of the same transmitter on other frequencies at other times will be needed. Or rather, all three transmitters, as they could have been swapped around, but for now, no spurs either accompanying the Spanish channels. Whatever happened to the fourth transmitter? Is it still in service, even tho only three frequencies are ever used at once? Or a rich source of spare parts?

1259 English ID on 12160 gave the new frequency already; meanwhile, Spanish was still on 11550 and 12050.

The WEWN website frequency schedule http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm altho still dated effective starting March 29! also has been amended to show 12160 at 12-15, but strangely, each hour`s entry for this frequency only, has next to it a previous hour, ``11, 12, 13``; so does it start at 11 or 12 and does it end at 14 or 15?

Answer: the latter, as still going at 1445 recheck. But at 1459, 12160 was already off, and at 1459:30, came up on 15610, then ID in Spanish! Boy, are they confused; but then switch to English, and at 1501 re-open in English with 15610 announced and program JIP. Could not detect any spurs at 15600 or 15620 on the portable DX-398 in the yard, but fundamental too weak at first to be sure. Normally, later in the day when WYFR is on 15600 at 19-23, it is constantly QRMed by WEWN spur. We shall hear.

Ex-11530 was 335 degrees over the pole to central and eastern China, plus Taiwan and North Korea, so 12160 presumably is too, yet the target for it now is shown as ``SA`` which apparently means South Asia (note: there are too many continents starting with A-, so a second letter in abbrs. is required!)

The full English schedule is apparently now:
00-09 11520 Af
09-12 11640 SEA meaning SE Asia
12-15 12160 SA meaning E Asia
15-17 15610 Eu
17-20 15610 [no target specified! But listed as CIRAF-9 = Maritime
             Provinces and eastern Quebec, really the same 40-degree
             azimuth as before and after]
20-24 15610 ME

Spanish to Cuba/SAm, 155 degrees:
01-11 11870
11-15 12050
15-17 11520
17-01 17510

Spanish to Mexico/CAm, 220 degrees:
05-13  7555
13-22 11550
22-05  5810
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non?]. Sept 4 at 1304 found steady and stable open carrier on 13570; figured it was WINB about to come up on midday frequency, but gone at 1315 recheck, and still nothing at 1347. Could have been VOA tuneup instead as they are wont to do in hour(s) preceding scheduled broadcasts. Did not check during the 14-15 hour, but at 1511, only WINB was there on 13570 with convicted sex criminal evangelist Tony Alamo. Its carrier is still slightly unstable.

VOA English is currently scheduled on 13570: 14-15 via São Tomé, 15-16 via Botswana, 16-17 via Madagascar, all of them colliding with WINB, authorized to start at 14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6130, TADIL-A beep intruders, Sept 4 at 1225, weak with two unsynchronized signals, so couldn`t sort out the number of beeps from each before the data noise bursts; weak but no sign of Laos (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11789.9, the intruders with SSB 2-way conversation in tonal Asian language was here again Sept 3 at 1337, one of them quite a bit stronger than the other, with annoying vocalized pauses. Apparently a regular schedule, begging for DF detexion and crackdown. But could be offshore (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

AWR in italian B09

As you know, at the end of october, the 25th, we will change the frequency. Like last years we'll use 9610 kHz - 31 meter band starting at 1000 UTC with Studio DX

http://www.studiodx.net/

Messa fuori servizio del trasmettitore del segnale orario HBG di Prangins (VD) per la fine del 2011

Dalla svizzera, ennesima utility che chiude:

Messa fuori servizio del trasmettitore del segnale orario HBG di Prangins (VD) per la fine del 2011

Berna, 26.08.2009 - Oggi il Consiglio federale ha deciso di mettere fuori servizio il trasmettitore del segnale orario HBG di Prangins (VD) per la fine del 2011. Il trasmettitore è gestito dall'Ufficio federale di metrologia (METAS), l'istituto nazionale di metrologia.

Dal 1966 il trasmettitore a onde lunghe di Prangins emette segnali orari ufficiali a una frequenza di 75 kHz abbinati all'ora mondiale coordinata. Le informazioni orarie, che sono sincronizzate con un orologio atomico, possono essere impiegate per il controllo di orologi radio e di apparecchiature tecniche. L'emettitore è operativo 24 ore su 24. I segnali orari rappresentano un servizio pubblico gratuito. Il trasmettitore è stato gestito da PTT e fino a maggio 2000 da Swisscom. Successivamente la gestione è passata nelle mani dell'Ufficio federale di metrologia (METAS).

I lavori di manutenzione periodici all'impianto di trasmissione hanno messo in evidenza diversi punti di usura sulle antenne. Dalle perizie effettuate da specialisti indipendenti è emerso che un mancato risanamento delle strutture comprometterebbe in maniera inammissibile la sicurezza e comporterebbe l'interruzione dell'esercizio del trasmettitore.

Il mantenimento in funzione del trasmettitore, attraverso un intervento di risanamento, ha costi elevati che non potrebbero essere compensati dall'attuale impiego ridotto dell'impianto, come è emerso da uno studio esterno che ha anche verificato se il trasmettitore a onde lunghe potesse essere utilizzato per altri scopi o se la sua gestione potesse essere rilevata da altri enti. L'esito negativo di tali verifiche ha portato a decidere la messa fuori servizio dell'impianto per la fine del 2011.

La decisione è stata presa con anticipo per lasciare agli utenti il tempo necessario per sintonizzarsi sul segnale del trasmettitore tedesco DCF77, che ha una qualità di ricezione in Svizzera pari a quella del trasmettitore di Prangins. Oltre ai circa 3600 utenti istituzionali tra chiese e scuole, vi sono anche alcuni apparecchi riceventi come radiosveglie o ricevitori di informazioni meteo che sfruttano i segnali HBG. Molti di questi apparecchi sono dotati di ricevitori compatibili con il trasmettitore tedesco DCF77 e potranno quindi continuare a funzionare senza problemi. La maggioranza dei apparecchi sul mercato è ormai compatibile solo con il trasmettitore tedesco; ciò vale per quasi tutti gli orologi da polso radiocontrollati.

L'ora ufficiale svizzera continuerà ad essere trasmessa da METAS. Sarà inoltre messo a disposizione un server per l'ora (ntp.metas.ch) grazie al quale sarà possibile sincronizzare l'ora dei computer con la scala svizzera del tempo. METAS è l'istituto a cui compete la gestione e la diffusione delle unità di misura in Svizzera, tra cui anche l'unità del tempo, il secondo. Tra i suoi compiti rientrano anche l'individuazione e la diffusione dell'ora ufficiale svizzera. Fino alla messa fuori servizio a fine 2011 sarà METAS a gestire il trasmettitore del segnale orario HBG di Prangins (VD).

Indirizzo per domande:

Rudolf Thalmann, METAS, Caposezione lunghezza, ottica e tempo,
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Steven C. Wiseblood Brownsville TX (2 miles from Boca Chica Beach,GULF of MEXICO) Radio Shack DX-399 150' center fed LW times in UTC 3 SEP 2009 9870 INDIA AIR Bengaluru: 0135 "Vividh Bharati" program with traditional subcontinental music, anmts by M and W in lang.(Wiseblood-TX 9/03/2009)

Glenn Hauser logs September 2, 2009

** ALBANIA. 13640, R. Tirana, Sept 2 at 2022, good signal and modulation with music, outro announcement, theme music and off at 2027:30*. Wish I had intuned at hourtop to hear the whole transmission starting with spoken material. This is the ONLY SW broadcast in English from Europe intentionally for North America at this hour, and R. Tirana deserves our support for it.

In fact, the only other English broadcast to NAm from anywhere outside NAm at this hour is the seldom-audible Kuwait on 11990; axually both Tirana and Kuwait simultaneously serve Europe as they can do from their angles, but NAm is officially targeted too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. All my logs the last several days have been despite a high local noise level, which was especially a problem on 49m, Sept 2 at 2016, when the only signals I could detect were from the secret daytime transmission of RHC on 5965 and 6000, an echo apart from // 11760. Did not hear CFRX 6070 that I soon learned from Steve Lare had resumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWEDEN [non]. 11875, Sept 2 at 2001 with Horn of Africa singing, fair signal but suffering splash from much stronger DW 11865 English via Portugal. 2003 announcement in unID language and continued speaking with the self-confidence of a gospel huxter. Aoki has the answer: it`s IBRA Radio, 250 kW, 169 degrees via Rampisham UK, in the Zarma language (no wonder I didn`t recognize it), on Wed/Thu/Fri, while during the same quarter-hour on Mon/Tue it`s in Fon, Sat/Sun in Wolof. EiBi`s useful language list at
http://www.susi-und-strolch.de/eibi/readme.txt
says Zarma and Fon are spoken in West Africa, and Wolof in Senegal specifically, so HOA does not fit; perhaps I need to refine my recognition of that music, or has there been some change? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 11810, BBCWS at 2006 Sept 2 ending news and into Newshour, fair signal and another option for deprived North Americans, tho it`s 65 degrees from Ascension for Africa. But at next check, 2050, about equal mix with another station in English! Soon clearly RRI as talking about Romania in mailbag, 2052 RRI ID and Sports Club. The two are making a very slow SAH of less than 1 Hz, or could just be propagational fading. RRI off at 2057:25* after IS a few times; BBC off at 2059:35*.

Even a year ago, PWBR knew that RRI was using 11810 during this semi-hour in the A (``S``) season, so why didn`t BBC know? They probably did, but figured a half-hour collision in this two-sesquihour transmission does not matter as the target areas are widely divergent, RRI at 300 degrees for Europe, and who cares about overhearers beyond? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 11855, Sept 2 at 1949 with very undermodulated music, soon recognized as VTC`s music loop fill of guitar with accompaniment. 1952, no it`s not undermodulated, it was just buried under a strong open carrier, which just went off! The carrier came back on at 1959, revealing itself as WYFR signing on in Spanish. Then the VTC music disappeared and WYFR was alone. But checked later in the hour a Portuguese broadcast was atop WYFR. Here`s what must have been happening:

YFR has 11855 tied up, at 18-19 in Arabic via Wertachtal, scheduled at 19-20 in Yoruba via Ascension but that feed was missing so VTC put in the music fill, in effect YFR interfering with itself. At 20-02 WYFR Okeechobee itself in Spanish. The Portuguese around 2045 was BBC via Ascension again, 2030-2100 M-F only, to southern Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15730, Sept 2 at 2011 with C&W song in English, so likely VOA: yes, but it`s the French to Africa service, as following announcement was in French; 100 kW, 76 degrees via São Tomé. While 2000-2030 is daily, on Sat & Sun 15730 is extended until 2100 but switching to Greenville at 2030. Meanwhile, Greenville 17895 with VOA in English to Africa, better signal at 2013 with The African Beat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Radio St. Helena Day 2009

Radio St. Helena Day 2009 will be on Saturday, 14. November 2009.
The "Party On-The-Air" will have the following schedule.
Time in UT        Target Area(s)  
2000–2100         India  /  Southeast Asia
2100–2200         Japan / Asia
2200–2330         Europe
2330–0100         North America / Central America / Caribbean                 
The transmission will be on 11092.5 kHz in Upper Side Band, as usual.

Radio St. Helena is very pleased to announce that the newly designed RSD 2009 QSL cards will be sponsored by the highly respected Japan Short Wave Club. This good news has been reported by Mr. T. Ohtake of the JSWC. It can  truly be said, that without the very generous help of the JSWC, there would not have been a RSD Revival in 2006.

To get a QSL from Radio St. Helena, you must send a written and verifiable reception report by AIRMAIL and include sufficient return postage. Email-reports will be not be verified. Recordings will not be returned. In EURO-countries, please send a 5-Euro banknote. Otherwise,  please send 3 or more US dollar banknotes to cover the required return postage.

Radio St. Helena
P. O. Box 93
Jamestown, St. Helena
STHL 1ZZ
South Atlantic Ocean
----------------------------- 
via AIRMAIL 
via United Kingdom  &  Ascension 
------------------------------------------------

The last two lines of the above address are very important and should be written as shown. Be sure to use sufficient postage on your letter to RSH. Ask at your local post office for the correct AIRMAIL postage for your letter to go all the way to St. Helena.

Emails and telephone calls from DXers everywhere are very welcome during the broadcasts. A special email address for RSD 2009 will, probably, be announced in October.

Gary Walters and his Team at RSH wish everyone excellent listening conditions, hope that you enjoy the programming, and hope that the sunspots will be kinder to us this year.

With best 73's, (Robert Kipp, Aug 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Svizzera, Swiss Radio Day 2009: annunciata l'era digitale

Le radio svizzere si sono ritrovate per il decimo anno consecutivo, lo scorso 27 agosto al World Trade Center di Zurigo, al tradizionale Swiss Radio Day. Ne dà conto il portale di Swisscom Bluewin.ch, dal quale riportiamo la notizia per intero. "L'evento 2009 è stato arricchito dagli interventi di molti personaggi di spicco del mondo radiofonico e digitale, anche provenienti dall'estero come Raïna Konstantinova, Director of the Radio Department at the European Broadcasting Union; Lutz Kukuck, responsabile della tedesca Radiozentrale GmbH; Thomas M. Stein, produttore musicale tedesco e il professore alla Harvard University Urs Gasser. Sull'incombente "Era radiofonica digitale" hanno referenziato il direttore dell'Ufficio federale delle comunicazioni (UFCOM) Dr. Martin Dumermuth e il CEO dell'istituto Gottlieb Duttweiler, David Bosshart. Dal direttore della Radio Svizzera DRS, Walter Rüegg, è stata annunciata l'introduzione della diffusione digitale DAB dal prossimo 15 ottobre, piattaforma che sarà disponibile anche per le radio private locali. In tutti gli interventi è stato toccato il tema web. Tutti hanno rilevato come internet sia sempre più fondamentale nella comunicazione moderna. È stato anche illustrato come viene utilizzato dai cosiddetti "digital natives", cioè da quella generazione nata negli anni '80, ma in ogni caso la radio saprà sopravvivere. Ovvio. Non è mancata una voce molto critica, Thomas M. Stein, grande produttore musicale tedesco, ha invitato le radio ad una maggiore sensibilità nelle scelte musicali, invitandole a usare criteri più artistici e meno commerciali e ad una maggiore collaborazione con i cosiddetti "creativi", bella la sua sfida: "Provate ad immaginare due giorni di radio completamente senza musica …". I riconoscimenti 2009 sono stati valutati da Swiss Radio Day in collaborazione con la IGEM (Interessengemeinschaft elektronische Medien, l'associazione riunisce tutte le maggiori agenzie media, i più importanti distributori e mediatori svizzeri del settore radio, tv e internet come pure istituti di ricerca di mercato) in base alla crescita registrata dal 2001 al 2009. In questo periodo di otto anni, DRS Virus, radio della Svizzera tedesca dedicata ad un pubblico giovane, ha incrementato del 145% i suoi ascoltatori, mentre la ticinese Radio 3iii è riuscita nell'impresa di aumentare i suoi ascolti del 94%. Alla manifestazione sono stati consegnati i riconoscimenti "Le migliori radio svizzere pubbliche e private dell'anno 2009". I premi sono andati a DRS Virus per la Svizzera tedesca e alla privata di lingua italiana Radio 3iii. Scoppiettanti gioia, Filippo Lombardi, attuale amministratore delegato, e Silvio Eduard Baumgartner, fondatore di Radio 3iii, hanno ritirato l'ambito premio. Un raggiante Filippo Lombardi ha dichiarato: "È una grossa soddisfazione portare a casa questo premio. Siamo i primi della Svizzera latina e secondi assoluti a livello svizzero. L'interessante è che prendendo in considerazione un periodo di 8 anni si vede molto bene come la crescita di Radio 3iii è stata costante".  L'emittente, che oggi conta 20 collaboratori, è nata a Mendrisio nel 1987 per iniziativa dell'imprenditore ticinese Silvio Baumgartner. È stata ceduta dopo 20 anni di trasmissioni e dal gennaio 2007 fa parte del gruppo TeleTicino; dall'aprile dello stesso anno trasmette dagli studi di Melide, in perfetta stereofonia sulle modulazioni di frequenza 106.5 FM e 96.5 FM, come pure via cavo Cablecom e sulla rete Swisscom Bluewin TV. (Newslinet)

 

Glenn Hauser logs September 1-2, 2009

** CANADA. Instead of Saturday mornings on webcasts, still seems strange to hear Stuart McLean storytelling on Vinyl Café in the middle of the night on SW, UT Wed Sept 2 at 0624 on CKZU 6160, fair signal, into a song. This is the repeat on the CBC Radio One schedule at 11:05 pm local Tuesdays; in fact, V.C. worx in so many repeats without flagging them as such that we kept saying ``heard that before`` and quit listening every Saturday morning. A new CBC season should now be getting underway, but that`s still no guarantee of new stuff on this series. Even on a `new` show, he re-tells old favorite stories. Weak het at this time from CKZN 6160.9 rather than equal signals fighting it out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 2: at 1300 on 8400 good signal going to top-of-hour open carrier monitoring pause; 1310 just barely audible on 9000. 1329 fair on 13970, better at 1407. 1334 audible but very poor on new 15200 // 13970; tnx to Ron Howard for spotting 15200 at a totally different time, 0213. At 1406, 15200 a bit better here. No others heard up to 19 MHz. BTW, Hiroshi and S. Hasegawa explain to DXLD that if you hear non // Firedrake frequencies, it`s really the same music, but started 6 minutes apart (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. Surprised to hear Chinese lessons presented in English, Sept 2 at 1403, subject being money, on 15220, CRI via Sackville. No news on the hour? Wait a minute, this hour is not in English at all, but Chinese, which resumed 1405 at full speed, tho pronouncing an URL in English, hyfci.cn ? That appears to be valid but I don`t have Chinese characters installed. Anyhow, why are they teaching Chinese in English on a Chinese broadcast, where the only people listening would already speak Chinese? Duh.

Another anomaly: no signal on 13740, the usual CRI English relay via CUBA, Sept 2 at 1408.

11615, Sept 2 at 1420 soft Asian songs, G signal with flutter, not listed in PWBR `2009`; 1427 into commercials in Chinese. Scheduled here is VOA Chinese via Saipan at 310 degrees, but I must have been hearing the ChiCom CNR1 jamming instead, as a*terisked by Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also EAST TURKISTAN

** CUBA. RHC still not in English at 2030-2130; Sept 1 at 2122 check, 17660, 13790, 13760, 11770, 11760 all // in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 13610, CRI in English, very poor signal, Sept 2 at 1330, about two seconds behind CRI via Sackville, so is the site even further from Beijing? No, 13610 is Kashgar during this hour, 308 degrees toward Europe. How does the signal get to Sackville and Enid so much more quickly? The route to Kashgar must be more complex than a one-hop satellite feed, with the usual proviso that anything digital in the chain may introduce additional delays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. We can depend on XEPPM, R. Educación for a great variety of music on 6185. Sept 2 at 0622 it was Ray Charles, ``Unchain My Heart``, fair signal in the clear now with no co- or adjacent-channel QRM, unlike before 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO [and non]. 15345, Sept 1 at 2124, Arabic on top, but fast SAH, which means RAE Argentina managed to match within 15 Hz or so (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RWANDA [and non]. 16 metres was just opening up Sept 2 at 1337 with DW Hausa via Kigali 17800 inbooming tnx to 310 degree azimuth also usward, and the only other big signal 17595 from REE Noblejas, Spain. No Chile 17680. After 1400 things had normalized with 17680 and the other usual signals audiblized (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. DRM test from Greenville still just barely audible on 15470-15475-15480, Sept 1 at 2124 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WEWN`s perpetual problem of noisy spurs and mixing products must not be ignored, so I report them periodically: Sept 2 at 1321 the two fundamentals are 11530 in English and 11550 in Spanish. Leapfrog mixing product on 11510 from 11550 over 11530, but did not hear a match on 11570. 11530 has the dirty squealy extremely distorted parasites plus and minus 10 kHz, which may or may not beat with legitimate occupants of neighboring frequencies. 11520 was obvious without BFO, while 11540 required BFO. Presumably the same spurry transmitter does this too elsewhen from 15610 to 15600 and 15620. Among the victims is WYFR on 11520 and 15600, Marian cultists vs Camping cultists (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13927-USB, AF MARS net, at 2125 Sept 1, including AFA9AY and Doom01, arranging phone patch to Shirley in the 239 area code; gave her complete number in the clear, and altho it is now known worldwide I refrain from reporting it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 8992-SSB, YL reading numbers mixed with fonetik letters, clear and steady pace, Sept 2 at 1313. There is a certain depth to her voice, a slight reverb, which I suspect is transmitted that way, rather than resulting from backscatter or some other multi-path, as it is usually the case, also on other frequencies. Went on and on and on, until finally at 1318, ``this concludes message of 291 characters; Andrews, out``. That is, Andrews AFB near Washington DC. Now all the other AFBs are decoding no doubt top-secret national security info (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. La Voz de la República Árabe Saharaui Democrática, Polisario clandestine via ALGERIA, Sept 2 at 0621 with strumming on 6297.1, good signal. Had been on 6300 for ages and in analog tuning I had not noticed the variation until reported by Brian Alexander on 6297.12 at 2120-2200 Aug 30. I feared ute QRM would be worse for the morning broadcast, but no problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. The intruding TADIL-A `bonker` on 6130 has a problem at 06-07 UT only, when DRM runs on 6125-6135 from the DW/BBC coop via PORTUGAL, 90 kW at 30 degrees, but big signal here at 0629 Sept 2. In fact, only with BFO on could I barely hear the TADIL-A beeps, and too much DRM noise to count them. The DRM noise is rather like the data bursts which follow the beeps. So, does DRM ruin TADIL-A reception for its intended recipient, and does TADIL-A disrupt DRM reception anywhere? Both of these have no business intruding in the 49m analog SWBC band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Intruder in the middle of the 25m exclusive SWBC band: a tad below 11790, like 11789.9, 2-way SSB conversation in a non-Spanish language. Seems to be tonal Asian, Sept 2 at 1324; less adjacent broadcast QRM to it at 1411. This has been heard previously on same frequency, so unlike some of the Spanish ones which jump around, there is a better chance of DFing and tracing this, if anyone cared (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Nuova versioen di Multipsk disponibile

MULTIPSK 4.15 released

A new version of the popular data modes software MULTIPSK has been released which features MIL-STD-188-110A also known as STANAG 4539 or FED-STD-1052

Patrick F6CTE writes:

Hello to all Ham and SWL,

The new release of MultiPSK (4.15) is on my Web site (http://f6cte.free.fr).
The main mirror site is Earl's, N8KBR:
http://www.eqth.info/multipsk/index.html (click on "United States Download Site").
Another mirror site isTerry's:
http://g90swl.co.uk/multipsk/

Multispk associated to Clock are freeware programs but with functions submitted to a licence (by user key).

The main modifications of MULTIPSK 4.15 are the following:

1) Decoding of the MIL-STD-188-110A ("110A") + 110A beacon. This mode (MIL-STD-188-110A/B) is named also FED-STD-1052 or STANAG 4539. It is used mainly by professionals (the text being mostly encrypted) but also, rarely, by Hams.

The 75 bps sub-mode in TX (beacon) is proposed by Multipsk.

Several sub modes (75 to 4800 bps) and two different interleaving (short and long) are proposed. All modes are fixed frequency, except a 75 bps (bits per second) sub-mode which is transmitted in "frequency hopping". It is not decoded in this soft.

The receiver should be in USB mode. The bandwidth must extend from 300 to 3300 Hz (at -30 dB) with a relatively flat frequency response between 600 and 3000 Hz. The central frequency is, in this case, equal to 1800Hz. It can be selected a 1500 Hz central frequency for Ham receivers.

The soft automatically decodes the speed (75, 150, 600, 1200, 2400 or 4800 bps) and the interleaver (short or long), in different character formats.

The radio-amateur frequency proposed for this mode is 14104 KHz (adjusted on the transceiver).

Important: in USA, 110A text transmission is forbidden. PSE, check if it is allowed in your country.

This mode is available for licencied copies, only (otherwise, the decoding is stopped after 5 minutes). However the 75 bps sub-mode in format 8N1 (RX/TX) is free.
See specifications further on.

2) RS ID, Call ID (Prop ID)
These identifiers are now permanently monitored in background, by default (the CPU load being weak). The management of these identifiers has been improved.

For Call ID and "Prop ID" ("Propagation ID"), it is proposed four frequencies bandwiths for transmission and monitoring.
3590, 7040, 10148, 14075 KHz (to adjust on the transceiver).

All the minimum AF band, i.e. from 200 Hz to 2500 Hz can be used. These frequencies can be favourably scaned ("Transceiver" button).

http://f6cte.free.fr/The_RS_ID_easy_with_Multipsk.doc

http://f6cte.free.fr/The_Call_ID_and_Prop_ID
_easy_with_Multipsk.doc

3) Improvements of
- the SdR mode and frequency management,
- the ARQ FAE mode (in ALE or ALE400),
- the JT65, GMDSS and SELCAL modes.

110A specifications:
Baud rate: 2400.
Modulation: 8PSK (not differential, the exact phase being determined through known data) with a central frequency of 1800 Hz
Reception mode: USB
Character set: different synchronous or asynchronous formats are proposed (5 ITA2, 7 bits ASCII or 8 bits (ASCII+ANSI))
Shape of pulse: raised cosine
Bandwidth: about 3 KHz (300 to 3300 Hz)
Demodulation: coherent
Synchronization: automatic using the known data
Convolution code: except in 4800 bps, yes. The constraint lenght is equal to 7 bits,
Interleaving: except in 4800 bps, yes. Two interleavings are proposed: short or long. However, it is expected the possibility not to use interleaving.
Pmean/Ppeak: about 0.76 (specific to Multipsk in TX) Lowest S/N (on Multipsk): + 4 dB in 75 bps mode (first decodings at +1.5 dB) and + 10 dB in 2400 bps (the signal to noise ratio must be, in general, very good, to be able to decode this mode, i.e "excellent" at 2400 bps and "good" at 75 bps).

Each frame contains a synchronization preamble phase where the sub-mode is defined, a data phase where the unknown data is transmitted (mixed with known data to follow the transmission characteristics) , an "End of Message" ("EOM") phase and a final flushing phase (to finish de-interleaving and de-convolution operations).

An adaptative equalization is required at this speed (2400 bauds).

73
Patrick F6CTE

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Glenn Hauser logs September 1, 2009

** AUSTRIA. It seems we may still refer to Radio Austria International, since that is exactly the ID in English, plus French, German and Spanish versions, mixed with Blue Danube IS heard at 0459 September 1 on 6155, rather than the cumbersome ``Ö1`` or ``OE1``; 0500 cut into that domestic relay in Austro-German (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 1: at 1320, good signals on both 8400 and 9000; at 1415 recheck, 8400 inaudible, and 9000 just barely. At 1407, 13970 was JBA, better on 14420; none others heard up to 19 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Checking RHC Sept 1 at 0500, noted the extreme modulation quality difference between 6140 and 6120 in Spanish. 6140 has full-bodied audio frequency response, while 6120 is very clipped `telco`-quality; why? Was in an Efemérides feature on the beginning and ending of WW II around this date six years apart. But as I was tuning back and forth between the two frequencies at 0502, 6140 suddenly switched to different music introducing the English service, and so it was thence, // 6060 and 6010, while 6120 Spanish continued // weak 6000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 9425, AIR, Sept 1 at 1344 OM singing a slow Hindi song; 1349 to YL continuous talk; now and then thought I heard an occasional English word or phrase with heavy Hindi accent, but maybe just imagining. Fair but fluttery signal, reminding me that I had not been hearing it much at all this summer, but it was also in yesterday now in pre-equinoxial propagation conditions. Per Aoki this is the National Channel, 500 kW, 18 degrees from Bangaluru meant for domestic coverage; unfortunately, deliberate alternation with news and other segments in English does not start until 1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9524.9, VOI, modulation is so low that it`s impossible to copy any readable content, but Tuesday Sept 1 at 1332 I think I was hearing traces of the weekly excursion to Banjarmasin (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PORTUGAL [and non]. 15770, RDPI as I tuned across Sept 1 at 1445 had Brasilian rather than Luso accent, mentioning RadioBrás, quickly pausing for program ID by YL as Onda DX. The Brazilian OM was on the phone and resumed talking about DX matters. Yes, this is the weekly DX show scheduled for Tue 1430, previously thought to be over by 1442, but length apparently varies, and I did not think to check listed // 15560 where it should have been in the clear unlike 15770 which always collides with WYFR in Brazilian! The SAH between them was about 108/minute or almost 2 Hz, and WYFR fortunately weaker here at the moment, unlike probably in Brazil itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 7420, collision of two roughly equal signals, Sept 1 at 1411, one music, one talk, in Chinese? Aoki shows BBCWS Chinese service is on 7420 at 1300-1530, 250 kW at 20 degrees from Thailand, plus ChiCom jamming, presumably CNR1 program.

All India Radio`s Nepali service is also supposedly on 7420 at 1330-1430, 50 kW, 130 degrees via Guwahati, likely futile. Furthermore, 130 degrees is nowhere near the correct azimuth for Nepal from Guwahati; more like 280! Is anyone paying attention at AIR frequency management? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. Another check of 17585 to see what happens to VOA English at 1430, Sept 1: Greenville pretty weak and at 1430 sharp the signal drops noticeably but I still hear VOA English, so that would be Botswana taking over. Both too weak to tell for sure whether Bots was still doing sign-on overlap at 1428, but did not hear it, nor any warmup carrier on 17575 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WWCR still testing 15820 instead of 15825, Sept 1 at 1448 with Pastor Duke asserting ``you de man``; seems this show comes from Jefferson, Oregon. Unexpectedly good signal as sporadic E had kicked in to start a new month, but it is getting rarer and rarer, and not intense enough to reach VHF. No squeal problem heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. When WWCR is inbooming on 15820/15825, that means there is a chance of hearing nearby WWRB`s second harmonic on 18770, and sure enough, there it was Sept 1 at 1449 with weak Brother Scare but definitely // 9385 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 9715, Sept 1 at 1401 music, then Vietnamese ID by YL mentioning Washington, kHz. This hour is R. Free Asia, 250 kW, 279 degrees via Tinian, says Aoki. Fair signal here with no jamming audible, nor does Aoki asterisk any. Evidently the VietCom have enough self-confidence not to need to jam such foreign broadcasts, unlike their ChiCom and CubaCom brethren (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1330, another MW channel with a het on it revealing some station, probably US or Mexico is significantly off-frequency, Sept 1 at 0511 UT. Pitch slightly lower than the one heard again on 1280, which Bruce Winkelman put at approximately 200 Hz; but the one on 1330 stronger now and pitch wavering slightly too. Again, no obvious solution to be found at http://www.myradiobase.de/mediumwave/mwoffset.txt
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6130 intruder, TADIL-A (see DXLDs 9-063 and 9-064), Sept 1 at 0503, now with 5 beeps before the brief noise bursts; bothered RN on 6125 via Nauen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

DX MIX NEWS # 588

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DX MIX NEWS # 588                                         01 September 2009
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U.K.(non)    Summer A-09 Schedule of VT Communications Relays. Part 2 of 3:
IRIN Radio(Integrated Regional Information Network)
0830-0930 on 13685 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali

Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal:
1000-1057 on 13675 SKN 300 kW / 180 deg to WeEu Dutch
1400-1457 on 13675 SKN 300 kW / 180 deg to WeEu Dutch

Eternal Good News
1130-1145 on 15525 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Fri

Democratic Voice of Burma in Burmese:
1300-1400 on 11685 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Burmese

Trans World Radio Africa
1300-1315 on 13660 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Afar Fri/Sat
1730-1800 on  9865 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Fri
1800-1815 on  5940 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Wed
1800-1815 on  5940 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu/Fri
1800-1830 on  5940 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigre Sat
1800-1830 on  5940 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Kunama Sun
1815-1845 on  5940 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri
1830-1845 on  5940 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun

Free North Korea Radio
1100-1200 on 15670 ERV 300 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean
1400-1600 on  9990 TAC 100 kW / 060 deg to KRE  Korean
1900-2100 on  7530 ERV 300 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean

Radio Free Chosun
1200-1300 on 11560 DB  250 kW / 070 deg to KRE  Korean
1230-1300 on 12085 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean
1545-1615 on 11570 ERV 300 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean
2000-2100 on  7490 TAC 200 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean

CMI Voice of Wilderness
1300-1400 on 11680 ERV 300 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean

North Korea Reform Radio
1300-1330 on  9950 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to KRE  Korean
1330-1400 on 11560 DB  250 kW / 070 deg to KRE  Korean

Open Radio for North Korea
1300-1400 on 11640 ERV 250 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean
2100-2220 on  7510 ERV 300 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean

JCI Furusato no Kaze
1330-1400 on  9585 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to KRE  Japanese
1430-1500 on 11825 DRW 250 kW / 003 deg to KRE  Japanese
1600-1630 on  9780 TAI 250 kW / 045 deg to KRE  Japanese

Radio New Zealand International
1400-1430 on  9660 WOF 060 kW / 102 deg to WeEu English Sat DRM

Shiokaze
1400-1430 on  5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  Various* (alt.6120)
2030-2100 on  6045 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  Various* (alt.5965)
*Japanese Sun-Tue/Thu; English Fri; Korean Sat; Korean/Chinese/English Wed

Nippon no Kaze
1500-1530 on 13725 DRW 250 kW / 003 deg to KRE  Korean
1530-1600 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to KRE  Korean
1700-1730 on  9820 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to KRE  Korean

HCJB Global
1600-1630 on 11740 RMP 500 kW / 076 deg to EaEu Russian + CeAsLangs.
2100-2145 on 12025 RMP 250 kW / 168 deg to NoAf Arabic

Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction:
1600-1700 on 11770 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Arabic Sat-Thu, x 1600-1630

Voice of Free Radio
1600-1700 on  7520 TAC 100 kW / 060 deg to KRE  Korean, ex 1600-1630

SW Radio Africa
1700-1900 on  4880 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English

IBRA Radio
1730-1800 on  9615 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg to EaAf Somali
1730-1800 on 11655 WOF 300 kW / 114 deg to ME   Arabic
1730-1800 on 11785 SKN 300 kW / 140 deg to EaAf Swahili
1800-1930 on 12070 RMP 500 kW / 140 deg to CeAf Arabic, ex WOF 250 kW
1900-2030 on 11875 RMP 250 kW / 169 deg to WeAf Various

Radio Huryaal
1730-1800 on  9840 DHA 250 kW / 215 deg to EaAf Somali Sat-Thu

Eglise du Christ
1800-1830 on 15325 RMP 500 kW / 168 deg to NoAf French Thu

Demitse Tewahedo in Amharic
1900-2000 on 15665 HRA 250 kW / 075 deg to EaAf Amharic Mon

Radio Taiwan International
1900-2000 on  6045 RMP 500 kW / 168 deg to WeEu French
1900-2000 on  6185 SKN 250 kW / 105 deg to WeEu German

Voice of Biafra International
1900-2000 on 17520 HRI 250 kW / 087 deg to WeAf English/Ibo Fri

Radio Biafra
1900-2000 on 12050 SKN 300 kW / 160 deg to WeAf English/Ibo

RTE Radio One
1930-2030 on  6225 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf English

Zimbabwe Community Radio test on Aug.24,25,26:
1755-1855 NF  4865 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to ZWE  English/Local Mo-We,ex 3955

Zimbabwe Community Radio:
2000-2100 on  5950 DHA 250 kW / 210 deg to ZWE  Ndebele/English/Shona

Radio Republica
2300-0400 on  9545 RMP 500 kW / 285 deg to Cuba Spanish

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
2215-2245 on  5930 CYP 250 kW / 314 deg to SEEu Greek Fri-Sun
2215-2245 on  7210 CYP 300 kW / 314 deg to SEEu Greek Fri-Sun
2215-2245 on  9760 CYP 250 kW / 315 deg to SEEu Greek Fri-Sun

Suaab Xaa Moo Zoo
2230-2300 on 11760 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong

Disattivato TX RAI Radio 1 1143 kHz da ME

Il trasmettitore RAI Radio 1 da Messina sui 1143 kHz è stato disattivato, la frequenza è rimasta ad esclusivo appannaggio di Sassari. (via Nino Marabello)

Beibu Bay Radio

Acc. to HP of BBR, started test broadcast in Aug.18. The plans of official opening the end of October.
Now skd (update: Aug.26); 2300-0100UT on SW 5050, 9820kHz and 12 FM stations, 0100-1000 only FM and 1000-1600 on SW and FM.

Mo-Fr
2300-0100 Chinese and Vietnamese
0100-0200 Chinese
0200-0300 Chinese and Vietnamese
0300-0800 Chinese
0800-1000 "Hot Pot Show" in English
1000-1100 Cantonese
1100-1130 Thai
1130-1330 Vietnamese
1330-1500 Chinese
1500-1600 Vietnamese

Sa-Su
2300-0200 Chinese
0200-0400 Chinese and Vietnamese
0400-0800 Chinese
0800-1000 "Hot Pot Show" in English
1000-1100 Cantonese
1100-1330 Vietnamese
1330-1500 Chinese
1500-1600 Vietnamese

de Hiroshi

But 1130-1600UT on Aug.26 was broadcasted in Vietnamese, included adv. of Chinese.
Time announcement in Chinese and Chinese, Cantonese, Thai, Vietnamese and English ID at every hour.

(S.Hasegawa, NDXC via dxld ml)

!!!Tips from BUCCINASCO!!!

Date Time Khz
31/08/2009 2023 7125 Radio Televison Guinèe Conakry GUI px mx
31/08/2009 1956 10000 Observatorio National B bip... bip.... min... sec...
31/08/2009 1940 7175 Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea ERI px in vernacolo + id
31/08/2009 1920 15476 LRA 36 R Aracangel S Gabriel ATA px mx + id e schedule
31/08/2009 1905 7145 R Hargeisa Somaliland SOM px in vernacolo
31/08/2009 1850 6130 TWR Radio Trasmundial SWZ px in vernacolo id Radio Trasmundial in P
31/08/2009 1845 9705 Voix du Sahel Niamey NGR px nx in vernacolo
31/08/2009 1830 6110 Radio Fana Addis Ababa ETH px mx locale
28/08/2009 2253 5910 Radio Marfil Estereo CLM px mx + Id "Marfil Estereo"
28/08/2009 2238 1550 Radio Nacional de RASD MRC pa in locale //6300khz

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