Glenn Hauser logs September 25, 2009

** ANTARCTICA. While LRA36 was at S9 level Sept 24 after 1800, not even a carrier detectable the next day, Sept 25 at 1802, 1830 and 2030 chex. Not much from LRA 15345 either. Nevertheless, solar flux for Sept 24 was still 75, and K index at 1800 Sept 25 was still 0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BIAFRA [non]. 17520 signal just barely audible, Friday Sept 25 at 1900, presumed still V. of Biafra International via WHRI. In order to reach as few SW listeners as possible, the website http://www.biafraland.com/vobi.htm still claims to be on 15280, Fridays at 2000, like it was briefly last year. Yet it has latest audio files (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC finally heard with half an English broadcast during the previously scheduled 2030-2130 UT hour! JBA carrier on 17660, else? But Sept 25 at 2053 found sufficient open carrier on 11760, 2059 opening English, 2132 opening French. Arabic was also back, on 11770 at 2053. Spanish on 11800 distorted, 13760 buried under Portugal 13755 with loud silly ballgame and after 2100 RHC Spanish also on 11770.

Let`s look at RHC`s website schedule:
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
By golly, it has been modified since our last perusal, but it has taken then about two sesquimonths since major changes were really made --- and it`s still wrong. It does not show any Arabic at all, nor any French at 2030!

However, the Spanish schedule does now account for the greatly extended hours we have been monitoring it since Junend, filling the gaps 15-21 and 07-11 UT.

As a service to DX listeners, certainly not to the incompetent RHC itself, I herewith extract the Spanish schedule and rearrange it into nonconfusing strict time order. This part looks fairly accurate compared to monitoring but we cannot vouch for it 100%:

11-13  6180 NY
11-13  9600 Chi
11-15 15120 BA
11-15 15360 SAm
11-22 11760 NCSAm
11-24 11800 CAm
11-05  5965 NY
11-05 13760 BA
13-15 13680 Chi
13-15 13780 SF
21-23 11770 Eu
21-23 13790 RJ
22-24  6000 9640 Mesa Redonda M-F, special days; times and days vary
23-05  9600 SAm
23-05 11690 SAm
2330-11 6120 CAm
00-05  6060 NCSAm
00-05  6140 Chi
00-11 11760 NCSAm
02-05 13790 RJ
05-22  6000 NCSAm
07-10  6060 NCSAm
07-11  6140 Chi

The ONLY English broadcasts shown are [but see log above]:
23-24 13790 RJ
01-05  6000 NAm
05-07  6140 NAm
05-07  6060 NAm
05-07  6010 SF
NOTE that nothing is mentioned about any African targets, yet, as recently speculated for the 07+ period when English has really been heard on some of the 6 MHz channels.

Esperanto which used to have a semi-dozen weekly airings is only, Sun:
00-0030 13790 RJ [does this really mean UT Sun now, or UT Mon?]
15-1530 11760 NCSAm

Beware of inaccuracies in the other languages which I won`t go into here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [non]. RFI, 17620 via GUIANA FRENCH to Africa, Sept 25 at 2054 with nice jazzy/African bass music; owe we this to the strike as fill, or, how is the strike going, still? But 2100 into French news, while always stronger and VG 17630 came on then in RFI Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GUIANA FRENCH

** GUIANA FRENCH. DRM noise 17870-17880, Sept 25 at 2037 and still at 2121, surely TDF site which has used this range many times before but not currently on the DRM DX schedule at http://www.drm-dx.de/
Montsinéry had registered +17875+ previously at 1300-2000 only, 320 degrees USward. It was last reported in the DRM DX fora last May for a week when it was on for some event in Brasil at 17-21. So what bits of programming are they running now, and why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ISRAEL. Songs at F-P level alternating with announcements in presumed Hebrew, measured on 15783.8, ergo the latest variant of Galei Zahal, Sept 25 at 1733-1753. Will this one stay on the air right thru Yom Kippur, unlike IBA? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 11710.0, classical piano music, 1727 UT Sept 25, later with orchestra, a concerto? Not recognized, but sounds Western. Only thing that fits is VOK, Korean service to NAm, and confirmed at 1730 by // JBA in noise 9335 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, Sept 25 at 2041 with very distorted music, undermodulated and muffled but not distorted YL ID as Voice of Nigeria, Lagos. Signal was noticeably weaker than WYFR 15130 and much weaker than REE 15110, altho without such neighbors and with decent modulation it would have been adequate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** SPAIN. 17595, REE in Brazilian Portuguese hour, Sept 25 at 1803 with report about IMF mentioning Pitsburgo (Pittsburgho?). VG signal as if it`s still aimed at NAm, tho listed as 248 degrees from Noblejas; meanwhile, REE in Spanish on 17715 was much weaker, tho azimuth supposedly differs by only 18 degrees at 230, both 350 kW. Something seems amiss (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 15650, Sept 25 at 1757 rather distorted audio on F-P signal, eventually recognized as heavily accented English; 1758 item about the national election commission in southern Sudan; 1800 music and announcement in non? English, off at 1801* Miraya FM as scheduled 1500-1800 via IRRS via SLOVAKIA, back to Sudan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday

Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday the 27th 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

 

Glenn Hauser logs September 25, 2009

** BRAZIL. 4885, romantic music and Brazilian announcements between songs, presumed R. Clube do Pará, the usual 24-hour dominant here, but a long time since it overcame noise level enough and CODAR, Sept 25 at 0523-0529+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 25: at 1340, equally poor but audible on 8400, 9000; nothing on 10210 or other higher frequencies, except for the usual // mix on 12040 with CNR1 and VOA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Which combination of frequencies and languages will RHC be using tonight, UT Sept 25 at 0519? 6140, 6060 and 6010 in English; 6120 and 6000 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 4750, RRI Makassar, best heard in quite a while, Sept 25 at 1241 lively W&M dialog in Indonesian, 1242 romantic music, sufficient signal over rumble of co-channel QRM. What a pity that China and Bangladesh have to use the same frequency when there are plenty of openings nearby.

Nothing much else audible from Indonesia on 60m, but could hear some AM talk on 3995 at 1251, marred by insensitive SSB hams who regard broadcast stations, even RRI Kendari as nothing but a nuisance, or at best a BFO source. See also PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

VOI with usual low modulation during English hour, Sept 25 at 1350; no het so did not bother to measure frequency as usual 9524.9, but at 1435 a big higher-pitched het from CRI on the lo side rather than a lo het on the hi side; ergo, VOI has switched back to the transmitter almost one kHz high. In the clear again at 1500 when I could barely outmake a www announcement, but off at 1501* before English could really start repeating. Ron Howard measured it on 9525.88, and during the 10 UT broadcast this same day, Chuck Bolland reported 9525.85 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. Juche jamming noise audible on 3985, 3912 and 3480 against the S. Korean clandestines, Sept 25 at 1252. Could make out some talk too on 3912. Same type of roar less effectively against VOA Korean on 5890 at 1255 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. Signs of life on PNG channels, Sept 25 at 1253: 3220 and 3385 with music; something on 3260; 3335 with off-frequency SSB QRM; 3345 sounds like two stations, the other being RRI Ternate if active? At 1301, 3220 had a song, while at 1303, 3335 sounded like news, still with SSB QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 7200 at 1310 Sept 25, Russian talk vs SSB ham on exactly same frequency. Russia is also audible on 7200 as early as 0500 now. Per Aoki this is NVK R. Sakha-R. Rossii, 100 kW non-direxional from Yakutsk at 19-15. WRTH says it`s 250 kW, which I could easily believe. HFCC says 250 kW and 45 degrees, which I could also believe, enhancing the signal usward. Yakutsk is at 62 north, 130 east. Sunset there today was 0909 UT per
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1907

7200 is supposed to be off-limits for broadcasters as the boundary frequency between ham and BC bands now in Regions 1 and 3, but Aoki also shows Malaysia/Sarawak and Myanmar on 7200 --- is either really active on 7200? As well as further west, Iran and Sudan.

15510 playing songs in Italian by an OM singer with an American accent, Sept 25 at 1348 and 1355; one lyric was ``non é un'altra donna``. What`s this? Certainly not Rai or SRI Switzerland, the Italian native-language countries which abandoned SW long ago.

What else but the VOR Pashto/Dari service, as in Aoki at 12-14, 250 kW, 110 degrees from Krasnodar, RUSSIA as also revealed by VOR IS at 1359, smooth transition at 1400 to DW, 500 kW, 76 degrees via Rampisham, UK in Russian with Novosti (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Further chex of WRMI 9955 on the UT Friday Sept 25 NW antenna test (see previous report) did not turn up any audible signal between 0400 and 0530 when I upgave. Happy Station has another new time on the schedule, Friday 1300, but just as I expected, at 1339 nothing but DentroCuban jamming audible then when WRMI is on the SSE antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5000+, Sept 25 at 1246 noticed different-pitched timesignals slightly on hi side of strong WWV, definitely not on the lo side; WWVH much weaker but also audible. The pips were slightly unsynchronized with WWV; minute markers were also distinctly pitched compared to WWV/H; listened carefully past 1300 including during WWV voice announcements just before minutetops, but never heard any voice (or code) IDs from this.

Propagationally, BPM in Xi`an, China most likely, but supposedly on standard frequency too of 5000.0; Taiwan, South Korea and India are not all active on 5000, if any of them are. One reference is http://www.dxinfocentre.com/time.htm but it`s not up-to-date enough to include PPE in Brasil on 10000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5785-5835, weak OTH radar pulses covering this range, presumably from China, Sept 25 at 1256 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9600.4, very weak carrier detectable as het to 9600.0, Sept 25 at 0514, XEYU? But I also heard het of exactly same pitch on 9700 against presumed DW Rwanda, don`t know whether above or below.

Quite a coincidence, raising question whether it is something of local origin, such as a long-forgotten almost-100 kHz crystal oscillator? But my HQ-160 is long gone, sob. If so, should appear every 100 kHz, but no sign of anything like that around 9500 or 9800. And anyway, harmonix of 100 kHz if slightly off-frequency would not be precisely 100 kHz apart so the het pitches would differ slightly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

DX MIX NEWS # 591

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DX MIX NEWS # 591                                         25 September 2009
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
BELGIUM(non)    Cancelled txion of Aso Radio in Hausa:
0530-0600 on  9680 ARM 250 kW / 188 deg to WCAf Mon-Fri
1600-1630 on 15215 ARM 250 kW / 188 deg to WCAf Mon-Fri

CHINA    Frequency change of China Radio International in English/Bulgarian
2000-2057 NF 11940 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg, co-ch RRI English from 2030,x 7315

CUBA    Updated A-09 of Radio Habana Cuba:
Arabic
2030-2100 on 11770 11800
Creole
0100-0130 on 13790
2130-2200 on  5965 17660
2230-2300 on  5965 17660
2330-2400 on  5965 Mon-Sat
English
0100-0500 on  6000  6140
0500-0700 on  6060  6140 11760 13790
0700-1100 on  6060
2030-2130 on 11760 17660 17750
2300-2400 on 13790
Esperanto
0700-0730 on  6000 Sun
1500-1530 on  5965 11800 11760 Sun
1930-2000 on 11760 Sun
2330-2400 on  5965  6120  9600 Sun
French
0000-0100 on 13790
0130-0200 on 13790
2000-2030 on 11760
2130-2200 on 11760
2200-2230 on  5965 17660
2300-2330 on  5965
Guarani(but really in French)
2230-2300 on 17705
2330-2400 on 17705
Mesa Redonda Informativa in Spanish
2230-2400 on  6000  9640 Mon-Fri
Portuguese
2000-2030 on 11770 11800
2200-2230 on 17705
2300-2330 on 13760 17705
2330-2400 on 13760
Spanish
0000-0100 on  5965  6000  6060  6120  6140  9600 11690 11760 13760
0100-0130 on  5965  6060  6120  6140  9600 11690 11760 13760 13790
0130-0200 on  5965  6060  6120  6140  9600 11690 11760 13760
0200-0500 on  5965  6060  6120  6140  9600 11690 11760 13760 13790
0500-0700 on  6000  6010  6120
0700-1100 on  6000  6120  6140
1100-1300 on  6000  6180  9600 11760 11800 13760 15120 15360
1300-1400 on  6000 11760 13680 13740 13760 13780 15120 15360
1400-1500 on 11760 13680 13760 13780 15120 15360
1500-2000 on  5965  6000 11690 11760 11800 13680 13760 13780 15360
2000-2100 on 12000 12010 13740 13750 17660 17750
2100-2200 on 11770 11800 13740 13750 13760 13790
2200-2300 on 11760 11770 11800 13740 13750 13760 13790 17660
2300-2400 on 11690 11760 11770 11800 13760 13790
Quechua(but really in Portuguese)
0000-0030 on 17705
Alo Presidente in Spanish, programa del presidente de Venezuela Hugo Chavez
1400-1930 on 11690 11760 11770 11800 11875 12010
             13680 13740 13750 13780 15290 17750 Sun
Radio Nacional de Venezuela in Spanish
1000-1100 on  6180
1100-1200 on  6060
1200-1300 on 11705
1500-1600 on 11680
1900-2000 on 15290
2000-2100 on 17705
2200-2300 on 11670
2300-2400 on 13680 15250

GERMANY(non)    Extended txion of Deutsche Welle in Farsi:
1730-1830 on  5915 ARM 250 kW / 132 deg, ex 1730-1800 on 5945
              7510 KCH 500 kW / 115 deg, ex 1730-1800 on same

GREECE     Summer A-09 Voice of Greece:
0400-0550 on  7450 AVL 250 kW / 323 deg
0500-0900 on 11645 AVL 250 kW / 002 deg in Albanian,English,French,Spanish
0600-1000 on 15630 AVL 250 kW / 285 deg
0900-1000 on 11645 AVL 250 kW / 002 deg in German,Russian
1100-1000 on  9420 AVL 250 kW / 323 deg
1100-2250 on 15630 AVL 250 kW / 285 deg
2300-0450 on  7475 AVL 250 kW / 285 deg
2300-0350 on 15650 AVL 250 kW / 105 deg

Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias in Greek
1100-1650 on  9935 AVL 250 kW / 285 deg
1700-2250 on  7450 AVL 250 kW / 323 deg

MADAGASCAR    Cancelled txion for Voice of People in English/Shona/Ndebele:
1700-1755 on  7395 MDC 050 kW / 265 deg to SoAf effective July 16

RUSSIA    Frequency changes for Voice of Russia:
1200-1400 NF  7340 VLD 250 kW / 230 deg in Japanese, ex 7380 K/A
1700-1800 NF  7285 ARM 100 kW / 285 deg in Polish, ex 7440

U.K.(non)    Some changes of BBC:
English WS
1700-1800 NF  6000 SLA 250 kW / 063 deg to SAs, x 7400 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg

Sinhala
1630-1700 on  9980 NAK 250 kW / 255 deg, additional frequency
          NF 13630 SKN 300 kW / 095 deg, ex 11985 NAK \\ 6180 NAK, 9815 SLA

Urdu, additional txions
0300-0330 on 11995 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg
             13850 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg
             15670 NAK 250 kW / 305 deg
1600-1630 on  6100 SNG 250 kW / 320 deg, ex Farsi
              7435 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg
              9915 CYP 250 kW / 097 deg, ex Farsi
             15480 RMP 500 kW / 076 deg
1730-1800 on  6060 SLA, 7435 NAK, 9605 CYP, 11865 SNG >>>>> cancelled

USA(non)   Additional txions of WYFR Family Radio via MB(ex DTK)
2200-0100 on  9480 WER 250 kW / 240 deg to SoAm in English
2200-0100 on  9935 GUF 250 kW / 215 deg to SoAm in English

Log sdc

Una settimana con segnali deboli e confusi in mezzo a scariche, da segnalare solo:

 

1700 23/09 0435- KVNS Brownsville TX (USA) 3/4
Px mx, annunci e ID in E alle 0435 e 0456

1510 23/09 0455- WLAC Nachville TN (USA) 3
Notizie e commenti, ID in E alle 0500

 

1510 26/09 0457- WWZN Boston MA (USA) 4/5
Commenti, notizie, slogan e ID alle 0457

-----
Saverio De Cian
QTH: Sedico (Belluno)
RX: JRC-535, SDR-14
ANT: K9AY

Glenn Hauser logs September 24-25, 2009

** ANTARCTICA. Maybe my best reception yet of LRA36, 15476, Sept 24 at 1835, with tango song, S9 peaks; 1839 clear timecheck for 3:39 as I rolled a semihour of tape and will report the results when I get around to listening to it. I did check the end of it at 1910 and the signal had weakened quite a bit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 24 at 1351: 9000 fair with flutter, 8400 nothing. I am beginning to miss the hourly concert inbooming on several higher frequencies each morning. Yeah, right (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Musical frequencies report from RHC --- it is beginning to seem like they have one less transmitter available than they have frequencies, after 0500. Sept 24 at 0549, English was on 6140 and 6060, but 6010 was missing. Spanish on 6120 and 6000. To boot, most of the time 6140 has been carrying Spanish, but not tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. This country must be opening up, for instead of the usual extremely stilted praisetalk for The Dear Leader, Sept 24 at 1349 on 9335 in English I heard a distinctly different accent, like South Asian, on using the internet for propaganda purposes. Who was that? Just outroed as ``that was voice of a foreigner`` and into reunification stuff (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [and non]. As I tuned by VOR Hindi service on 15605, Sept 24 at 1326, nostalgia overcame me as they happened to be playing the old 10-note Radio Moscow IS, which I also used to play on the piano. Then it morphed into a fuller musicpiece; it was after all just the opening of a genuine no doubt patriotic communist tune, the rest of which I can still hum apolitically.

VOR in English to Americas, 9665 via Pridnestrovye/Moldova, UT Fri Sept 25 at 0151 with Tuvan-sounding music, program outroed before hourtop as Kaleidoscope. Flutter-fading very noticeable on this frequency unlike most others on 31m from lower latitude paths (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9445-9450-9455, DRM buzz at 1836 check Sept 24, which Jeff White says is now from IBB Greenville at 16-20; not sure if this replaces the 20-22 on 15475, and/or the 00-04 on 9405, but at 0204 Sept 25 I could not detect any DRM on 9400-9410. Previous tests have been weekdays only, as in the DRM DX schedule which as of UT Sept 25 still shows the 9405 and 15475 broadcasts, not 9450 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WRMI made another NW antenna test instead of SSE, UT Friday Sept 25: nothing on 9955 until carrier on at 2359:30 Sept 24, ID and right into religious program in English, VG signal. Remained so for 0015 Aventura Diexista, 0030 Maravillosas Palabras de Vida, MEGO, but unglazed at 0100 for WORLD OF RADIO 1479, I would have to say excellent signal, S9+20 and hardly a fade. No jamming ever detectable tonight; 0130 Frecuencia al Día began equally strong, but the signal dropped down quickly at 0149 and soon became JBA; by 0200 it was gone and still gone at semi-hourly chex thru 0400. Would WRMI start fading in again later like anteayer? Tune in again for my next report (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9600.4, I continue to detect a very weak carrier here at many dayparts, which indicates it is in single-hop range, possibly the XEYU Mexico City transmitter turned back on. Latest instance: Sept 24 at 2153 there was the het with 9600.0, which per Aoki is CRI English via Kashgar, East Turkistan. The het went off at 2157, à la typical CRI scheduling; with BFO I could tell the 9600.4 signal was still there, but as always, far too weak to detect any audio. This might be a good window to try futurely, however, until Vatican Radio`s stronger 9600.0 carrier oncomes at 2159:30 with IS, bells, 2201 opening Chinese. Tho Vatican was stronger than CRI, I could still hear the het. I am making enquiries in the DF as to whether XEYU could be making a comeback. If not, it could be something even more intriguing. Times not to bother when RHC is on 9600: 00-05 and 11-13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Geophysical Alert Message (WWV)

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2009 Sep 25 0000 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 September follow.
Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 1.
The mid-latitude K-index at 0000 UTC on 25 September was 1 (7 nT).

No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.

No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.

New audioclips

Listen to my new audioclips:

Radio Japan, Armenia
http://www.hb9gce.ch/Radio%20Japan_20090924_0400_5980.mp3
Voice of Indonesia
http://www.hb9gce.ch/Voice%20of%20Indonesia_20090922_1502_9525.mp3
Mystery Radio
http://www.hb9gce.ch/Mystery%20Radio_20090923_1858_6220.mp3
Voice of Tanzania
http://www.hb9gce.ch/Voice%20of%20Tanzania_20090922_1803_11735.mp3
ORTM, Mali
http://www.hb9gce.ch/ORTM%20Mali_20090923_0800_9635.mp3
Voice of Tatarstan
http://www.hb9gce.ch/Voice%20of%20Tatarstan_20090921_0810_11925.mp3

73's, Andy
www.hb9gce.ch

Remote RTX in South Switzerland
Yaesu FT-840
Automatic antenna tuner MFJ-994B
Kelemen multiband dipole 80-10m

Glenn Hauser logs September 22-23, 2009

** ANTARCTICA. LRA36, 15476 + a smidgin, again putting in respectable signal from so far and so lowpowered, Sept 23 at 1925 woman talking in Spanish, 1930 to man singing about corazón with guitar, 1936 ID. Continued alternating talk and music segments, and at 2005 noticed the noise level increase, presumably start of QRDRM from Greenville. However, Jeff White says the DRM sked from Greenville changed Sept 22 to 1600-2000 on 9450 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 23: at 1354, nothing on 8400, poor on 9000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. RHC check Sept 23 at 0640: Spanish on 11760, 6140, 6120, 6000; English during hilife music on 6060 ex-6006 and 6010. Could be leaning toward Africa at this hour and with English extended past 0700. Bryan Clark in NZ heard RHC on 6060 as late as 0930 asking for reports from Africa, and it was previously reported that new antennas for Africa were being installed. How late would 6 MHz hold up from Cuba to W Africa? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 9425, AIR at 1352 Sept 23 with W&W conversation I first thought was in usual Hindi, but then realised was in heavily accented English; or a mixture? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9680, RRI Sept 23 at 1357 three or four people discussing subjects such as Maradona, good atop CCI and continued past 1400 with no break or timesignal; 1401 referred more than once to SMR-Sat 2-B. Seems that extended Qur`aning is finished along with Ramadan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MONACO [non]. 9800, TWR fair signal Sept 23 at 0706 in English preacher, 324 degrees from Fontbonne, France site. M-F starts at 0700, Sunday at 0645, Saturday at 0715, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. After missing a few days, WBCQ again left 9330-CUSB on the air another half hour at 1900-1930* for WORLD OF RADIO 1478, on Tuesday Sept 22. Signed off after a SW promotion/ad? so no Amos & Andy this time. Next day at 1900, 9330 was off and 7415 virtually inaudible here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WRMI tried the 317 degree antenna across NAm in the evening, UT Wed Sept 23 instead of the usual beam at this hour of 160 degrees across Cuba, Caribbean, South America. At 0003 signal was fair and somewhat atop heavy DentroCuban jamming even tho it was in English. At 0047 check in Spanish about the same; at 0104 in Italian with Studio DX, VG S9+20 signal and no jamming audible. It was expected to fade out at some point before switching to the other antenna at 0800, after the 0700 airing of WORLD OF RADIO.

At recheck around 0400 had faded out completely. However, another check at 0600 found WRMI reaudible, with ``Over the Rainbow``, 0605 Bryne Edwards show with some anti-government comments.

0633 still and noted that unlike some nights when the 31m band was virtually dead, a number of other signals were holding up, including WYFR 9355, 9385, especially 9680 and 9715; Gabon 9580; Brasil 9645v and 9565; WTJC 9370 briefly in Russian at 0634. Even 11 MHz was open with fair signal from Habana 11760, good from WEWN 11870. K index at 0600 was zero, and solar flux had soared to 75 the day before, predicted to reach 77 the next several days.

On WRMI at 0658, QSL offer and Baseball Mexico promo, ``on WRMI, bringing the World of Radio to the world``, 0658 minute of dead air, 0700 start WORLD OF RADIO 1478, I was pleased to hear at S9+15 level steady with slight fading, no jamming audible. Another NW antenna test, reports to WRMI wanted, occurs at 0000-0800 UT Friday, including new WORLD OF RADIO 1479 at 0100, Happy Station at 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15825, WWCR instead of JBA became very good at 1409 Sept 23 during YL preacher, as a minor HF sporadic E opening must have inkicked, but not enough to inbring WWRB x 2 on 18770 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. R. Nacional de la RASD, nice signal and nice music on 6297.1, Sept 23 at 0645 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13970-13995, looking for Firedrake, instead heard OTH radar clix, Sept 23 at 1425, but from China or Cyprus? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

CANADA   China Radio Intl Relay-CRI   11930  0022  Chinese  444  Sept 21  YL and OM with comments. //11975[333], 13580[444]via China.

CHINA   China Radio Intl-CRI   11900  0015  Chinese  333  Sept 21  Two OMs with comments.

CHINA   CPBS   11960  0024  Chinese  433  Sept 21  YL and OM with comments.

CUBA   Radio Havan Cuba-RHC   11680  0003  Spanish  333  Sept 21  YL and OM with comments.

CUBA   Radio Habana Cuba-RHC   11690  0006  Spanish  444  Sept 21  YL with comments and mentioning Cuba often. //9600[444], 11760[444], 13760[444].

ECUADOR   HCJB Global   11920  0017  Portuguese  444  Sept 21  OM singing. YL ancr 0018. Then more male vocals 0021.

KORA, North   Voice of Korea-VOK   13650  0035  Chinese  333  Sept 21  YL with comments plus some vocal music.

VENEZUELA   Radio Nacional 11665  2340  Spanish  444  Sept 20  Pop vocal music. OM mentioning Venezuela 2358. YL with RV ID 0000. OM with more music vocals.   This is possible being Relayed via Cuba???   

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

Special event DDH47

In Honor of Nobelprize Winner Marconi and Prof. Ferdinand Braun a special transmission will be
 
Date: 10. Dec 2009
Time: Start 2300 UTC
Frequ. 147,3 kc
Mode: QRSS 3
PWR: 20 kW
 
The weather forcast transmitter Pinneberg DDH47 will stop RTTY (50 Bd) transmission in between 10. Dec 2300h UTC and 11. Dec 001 UTC In this timegap, the TX will be used for a special event transmission. Short  words in QRRS 3 will be transmitted.
 
After the transmission You may confirm the receiving at a shortwave frequency or via Internet (QRG  and adress will be given later)
 
You may check propagation every day / night at 147,3 Kc  DDH47, because the TX is working 24 Hours
 
We know, that DDH47 is easy to receive in Europe. But whats about outside Europa?

Glenn Hauser logs September 21-22, 2009

** ALBANIA. Tuned in R. Tirana 13640 in English, just in time to hear them saying goodbye and brief theme music at 2026-2027* Sept 21, but not before I read the S-meter at 9+20, no QRM or QRN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BHUTAN [non]. Re 6035 at 1318-1330 Sept 22 which I tentatively logged as Bhutan, Ron Howard explains that Yunnan has fixed the spurs on 6028 and 6043, so the absence of them does not mean it was not Yunnan. However, since the signal dropped at 1330 it was even more likely to have been BBC in Indonesian which covers Yunnan at 1300-1330 even tho it is 140 degrees from Singapore. He has not been able to hear Bhutan at all lately under Yunnan.Furthermore, in dx_india, Jose Jacob reports that BBS 6035 was missing following an earthquake epicentered there Sept 21, and I have not yet received any reports from the area that it was back by Sept 22 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC is sometimes JBA on 17660, but Sept 21 before and after 2100 it was very good in Spanish instead of scheduled English.

RHC leads the way with another groundbreaking innovation: three transmitters within 10 kHz! Sept 22 at 0547 I found 6060 missing, but instead on new 6006 in English, big signal like // 6010 and of course making a big het unless you tuned to one side or the other.

Furthermore, much weaker RHC Spanish was still on 6000. 6006 must be punch-up transposition error instead of 6060 and apparently also from same site on 6006 and 6010 as they were exactly synchronized. English also on 6140, Spanish also on 6120.

If RHC stix to 6006 it will be bad news for BBCWS in English and its would-be listeners, 0300-0700 via Ascension, also 0200-0300 via Seychelles, per Aoki. Noel Green in England also heard Habana on 6006, hetting BBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** HONDURAS. Things are heating up again, with the return of Zelaya to the Brazilian embassy, so how about some hot news direct from the country? Ha! 3250, presumed Radio Luz y Vida, just playing music around 1140 Sept 22. The gospel huxters probably want to stay out of the fray, and never dealt with real-world news anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9524.9, VOI, Sept 22 at 1335 with distinctive voice of guy from RRI Banjarmasin via phoneline, also at 1352 saying bye2 at end of script but then continuing to converse with Jak YL host. G signal but with flutter, undermodulated and hum. Another regular Tuesday co-produxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. R. Nikkei has different language lessons around 1300 UT; Tuesday Sept 22 at 1306 on 6055 was hearing lecture in Japanese explaining various phrases in German such as ``Die Frauen sind selbst-ständingen geworden`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA. 6049.6v, Sept 22 at 1314 pop music vocoder-altered, 1315 announcement, lite het from 6050, presumably remnant of HCJB. This off-frequency is Radio Asyik FM via RTM as often reported by Ron Howard, CA, but seldom audible here. Still detectable at 1348 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. VON, 15120, Sept 21 at 2010 in English about the end of Ramadan; clear modulation but not enough of it and signal also significantly weaker than neighbors Spain 15110, WYFR 15130, which would occasionally splash spikes onto 15120 that Nigeria was unable to offward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Abatement of my neighborhood line noise was short-lived, again bothering the higher bands, but not so much 90m, and several PNG signals audible Sept 22:

3385 was best at first check 1143 with island music, clear of any TADIL-A ute QRM. 1223 choral music, then talk in Pidgin. No IDs heard from any of these, but surely R. East New Britain.

3335 was second best at 1143 but exceeded 3385 at 1228 with instrumental music; at 1253, 3335 better than 3260, vocal music running past 1300. R. East Sepik.

3260 at 1228 with ``All of Me`` by Skeeter Davis, 1230 talk; 1235-1252 chanting and drumming reminiscent of native American. R. Madang (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 9720, Sept 22 at 0520 chanting, at first thought Tunisia, but not at this hour and not // 7275. Listening more closely, includes glorias and alleluias --- so it`s Radio Victoria with wacky evangelist David Miranda. Haven`t heard this frequency in longtime, as WYFR normally dominates from 9715, but no sign of it tonight, as `skip was long`. While the 31m channel which used to be off-frequency is now on-, 9720.0, the 49m channel still puts a big het on CRI 6020, as it did at this time, but enough signal from Perú to // it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. The IBB Greenville DRM test prompted by HCJB is still ongoing, as DRM buzz reading S6 to S9+5 audible 15470-15475-15480 at 2009 Sept 21. No trace of LRA36 now, nor at earlier check 1905 when it would have been unimpeded, even by my hi local noise level which for reasons unknown, like some neighbor unplugging a touch lamp? had abated, while large band of T-storms from mid-MO to central OK made heavy almost continuous electrical noise as crashes overlapped on lower bands, especially MW. Not much of a het on 15345v either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WRMI, 9955, Tue Sept 22 at 1153, AWR Wavescan with Bangladesh DX report, Mr Dolar spelling out contact info, then Jeff White with some music of the world, fair signal on SSE antenna, clear of jamming --- until 1158 when the DentroCuban Jamming Command cut on, completely blocking WRMI, as if they were expecting Radio Cuba Libre still to be airing at 12-14. The latest program grid dated Sept 12 instead shows R. Prague/Praga.

Checked the webcast at 1355 and instead heard Frecuencia al Día with concluding item this week, report originally from Univisión about a radio station in Washington state that broadcasts in Mexican Indian languages. So are other DX programs axually appearing weekdays in the 12-14 UT block before WRMI becomes audible again on NW antenna from 1400 with yesterday`s R. Prague program in English? The grid does show some variations on weekends, a new broadcast of WORLD OF RADIO Saturdays at 1330; Wavescan Saturdays 1300; Frecuencia al Día Sundays at 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7887.0 at 2018 Monday Sept 21, 5-digit YL Spanish spy number groups with some hum and very weak Morse code audible in background. Tried to recognize a `DE CLA` ID but too much voice modulation, on huge S9+20 signal, the strongest by far of anything below 9385, and nothing like it on 7 MHz, with CHU 7850 and WBCQ 7415 pipsqueax by comparison. Cuban spies in the USA must use very insensitive SW radios requiring such RHC-level 250+ kW transmitters for this. Did not notice exactly when the final, final came, but open carrier stayed running long afterwards, off at 2047* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

CANADA   China Radio Intl Relay-CRI   13700  2216  Spanish  333  Sept 16  YL with comments.

CANADA   China Radio Intl Relay-CRI   11840  2316  English  444  Sept 16  News repoprt in People In The Know. Also a CRI ID.

CUBA   Radio Nacional Venezuela Relay-RNV   13680  2358  Spanish  444  Sept 16  IS music and OM with an ID. YL with comments by 2301. Qrm via Radio Japan on the same frequency.    Mackenzie-CA.

JAPAN   Radio Japan-NHK   13680  2218  Japanese  333  Sept 16  OM with comments. YL with comments 2119. OM with RJ ID 2221. //15265[444]via Bonaire and 13640[444].

JAPAN   Radio Japan-NHK   13650  2303  Thai  433  Sept 16  YL with comments. Qrm via CRI via Cuba with a YL with comments in Chinese.

PHILIPPINES   FEBC   9730  2325  Nmong  333  Sept 16  Two OMs with comments
plus some vocal music.

PORTUGAL   RDP Intl   9715  2336  Portuguese  444  Sept 16  YL with pop music vocals. OM with an ID 2339. Two YLs with comments 2340.

THAILAND   VOA Relay   13775  2210  Chinese  444  Sept 16  YL and OM 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

Richard Bianchino Logs Sep 19-20, 2009

SWL Note: Atmospheric conditions continue to interfere with broadcasts. Even a power house station such as Radio Australia is effected. ABC targets the Pacific and usually comes in quite strong for my Las Vegas QTH. The same applies to broadcasts relayed from Sackville, NB Canada.

Weekend DXing

Saturday 19.09.09

5030 CHINA NATIONAL RADIO (CNR-1) at 1245 Chinese, YL Ancr. Music which souded like a children's chorus. P signal.
5025 R. REBELDE (CUBA) at 1251 Spanish, OM Ancr. VP signal.
5875 U.K. BBC (via Taiwan) at 1300 English, OM and YL reporting Nx. F signal.
6190 R. JAPAN at 1310 Chinese, OM and YL Ancrs. P-F signal.
9750 KBS WORLD RADIO (S KOREA) at 1316 English, OM Ancr reading Nx. F-G signal w/ QRN.
7325 R. CANADA INT at 1325 Chinese, OM and YL with indigenous music in Bg. VG signal.
7300 VOICE OF RUSSIA at 1329 Chinese, YL playing vocal music in what sounded like Russian. VG signal.
7275 KBS WORLD RADIO (S KOREA) at 1334 C hinese, YL playing music. G signal.
7200 R. SAKHA-R. ROSSI (RUSSIA) at 1338 Russian, OM and YL Ancrs. Hrd Nat King Cole's "Don't Get Around Much Anymore." P-F signal w/ QRN.
7215 CHINA RADIO INT at 1346 Japanese, YL Ancr playing classical music. G signal.
9735 DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY (via Portugal) at 2114 English, YL Ancr. P signal w/ much QRN.
11865 DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY (via Rwanda) at 2118 English, OM Ancr with talk of anti-gay sentiment in Serbia. F-G signal w/ QRN.
13755 R. PORTUGAL INT at 2130 Portuguese, OM announcing soccer game. VG signal.
11930 U.S.A. R. MARTI at 1256 Spanish, OM talking over sound bytes of rock n' roll songs - Elvis Presley's "Jaihouse Rock," Eric Clapton's "Layla" and "Lay Down Sally," and Presley's "Don't Be Cruel." P-F signal (poss jamming).
13700 CHINA RADIO INT at 2206 Spanish, OM Ancr. P-F signal.
15110 R. EXTERIOR ESPANA (SPAIN) at 2211 Spanish, OM Ancr. P-F signal w/ QRN.
15540 R. Netherlands (via Neth. Antilles) at 2218 Dutch, OM Ancr. F signal w/ QRN.
9700 R. BULGARIA at 2340 English, OM announces "This is Radio Bulgaris," then YL with listener-response Prgm "Answering Your Letters." F-G signal.
11700 R. BULGARIA at 2345 English, "Answering Your Letters." F-G signal w/ QRN.
9885 U.K. BBC (via Taiwan) at 2355 English, OM speaking to guest about finances and the economy. F-G signal w/ much QRN.
9880 VOICE OF RUSSIA at 2358 Spanish. IS, then YL Ancr at 0000 s/on. F signal w/ QRN.

Kaito KA1103, 32' longwire antenna, indoor

Balcony Listening Post

Sunday 20.09.09

7240 R. AUSTRALIA at 1446 English, OM host "Sunday Nights." Nice mix of music from Australian orchestral to Peter, Paul and Mary's "Blowing in the Wind." G signal.
10320 AFRTS (Pear Harbor, HI USA) USB at 1605 English, ESPN Radio prgramming: "Countdown to Kickoff." F-G signal.

Kaito KA1103 (battery powered), telescopic antenna

Sunday 20.09.09

15205 DEUT SCHE WELLE GERMANY (via Rwanda) at 2113 English, YL with "Newslink." P signal w/ QRN.
11620 ALL INDIA RADIO at 2121 English, Faintly hrd Hindi music beneath the QRN. Signal was unreadable.
9735 DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY (via Portugal) at 2135 English, OM talking about soccer. P-F signal w/ QRN.
9580 R. AUSTRALIA at 2142 English, Hrd tune "Killing Me Softly With His Song." P-F signal w/ QRN.
9515 R. CANADA INT at 2147 Chinese, YL speaking to OM. F-G signal. Less QRN from this Bc via Sackville, New Brunswick.
9790 R. ROMANIA INT at 2203 English, YL Ancr. P signal. Unreadable.
12000 HCJB (Quito, Ecuador) at 2210 Spanish, OM Ancr. P signal w/ QRN.

11760 UNIDENTIFIED at 2216-2245, Spanish, Hrd live concert recording. All music was in Spanish. Later, OM Ancr. Couldn't get a Sta ID. Most likely R. Habana Cuba. This is their frequency but it's not listed in AoKi. RHC is nortorious for playing "horario musicales" (musical schedules). Possibly could be R. Rebelde who also uses 11760. G signal w/ little QRN. RECHECK at 2336 and Sta was off air.

NEWSFLASH!

This just in from Glenn Hauser's log:

Sept 20 at 1450 on 13780 announcer was mentioning a special event at 2 pm [1800 UT], on TV and satellite, no doubt the big concert for peace in Habana, but if also on SW, I was too late to catch details of that.

Thanks Glenn, this is definitely what I heard. Btw, it was a great concert. I've listed two resources about the event below.

Euronews:
http://www.euronews.net/2009/09/20/havana-hosts-huge-concert-for-peace/
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8265177.stm

Richard Bianchino, Las Vegas, NV USA, Kaito KA1103, 32' longwire antenna, indoor

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Glenn Hauser logs September 21, 2009

** BRAZIL. 11735 with Brazilian Portuguese dominating over North Korea for a change, but making lo het with it, Sept 21 at 1401 full Rádio Transmundial ID, giving ZY- callsigns (ze-úpsilon-) for several frequencies including this and one on 50 m, but fading prevented detailed copy, peaking S9+12. 1403 opening program ``Bom Dia, RTM`` tho it`s already 11 am there. Believe it or not, this had much better signal than 250 kW Brasília on 11780, and no other Brazilians audible on 25m at the usual spots. No doubt also the source of the het I was hearing later in a previous day against Zanzibar. Aoki says this is 50 kW at 60 degrees from Santa Maria-Camobi site, 0800-0200 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 21 at 1320: fair on 8400, nothing on 9000. No higher ones heard, tho I keep looking for the new one Ron Howard uncovered, 14970 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 15700 at 1413 Sept 21, DW jingle and Russian ID under open carrier making 2 Hz SAH. Most likely explanation is that Bulgaria failed to drop carrier immediately at usual handover time 1400. Its programming is just taking a one hour break before resuming in Bulgarian at 1500; perhaps in Plovdiv they don`t see the necessity of closing down completely for DW to squeeze in its Russian hour on same via Woofferton (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. Tuned in 9680 at 1310 Sept 21 to hear a nice ballad atop the CCI, 1312 clear ID as Radio Republik Indonesia, Jakarta, then to open carrier at S9+20 which remained on when checked at 1335, 1350, 1416, 1431, 1455, off at 1500*! Was that a sign-off announcement back at 1312? No Qur`an today. Perhaps at Cimanggis they are not kept informed about widely variable end of programming times, so leave the 250 kW burning just in case. Or just following orders to run it until 1500, modulation input or not.

Meanwhile, VOI on 9524.9 was back on the air after missing yesterday, and modulation greatly improved tho still not up to par with some hum, Sept 21 at 1318, economic news by M with good intelligibility, S9+20. 1324 to W who is harder to understand, with Indonesian Wonders about arts and culture, but could not figure out specific topic today. 1335 a novelty song, 1350 soprano with a familiar western popular classic I could not quite place, 1357 ruined by CRI carrier and prélude on 9525.0.

So I retuned as soon as CRI was finished at 1457, and found still good signal from VOI, classical flute music, 1458 jingle, VOI English ID, 1459 transition announcement in English that Malay was finishing and English about to resume, pompous ``sound of dignity`` slogan, 1500 opening English with usual three-frequency announcement which one would be entitled to assume means three frequencies at once rather than only one of the above, since they say ``and`` rather than ``or``; right into news. I knew this would end only in frustration, so merely switched on the BFO to clarify when the carrier would be cut off abruptly. Today it was 1508:50* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 9595, R. Nikkei at 1315 Sept 21 English lesson with useful phrases such as ``my head aches``, ``ringing in my ears`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. REE, 15385 already on with open carrier at 1415 Monday Sept 21, 1420 starting IS, 1425 theme and opening weekly Sephardic semihour, once again not on 15325 as announced and in some schedule versions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Galei Zahal 6973

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

21 SEP 2009
6973 ISRAEL Galei Zahal, Tel Aviv-Yavne; 0112z light romantic vocal
music, W in Hebrew at 0125z, Fair signal with low noise QRN
(Wiseblood-TEXAS 9/19)

Glenn Hauser logs: Egypt correxion (2)

Somehow I wrote 7260 once when I meant 7540 in this graf of my report about EGYPT: Now corrected:

The 0200-0330 broadcast may be a `west coast service` in the sense that it is at a more convenient prime time in PDT, 7-8:30 pm and is he second of two English sesquihours to NAm, after 2300-2430 on 11590, but the 11590 is really the one aimed at the WC, 330 degrees, while 7540 is aimed at the east coast, 315 degrees. Furthermore, 11590 is for CIRAF targets 6 and 7, i.e. W and C USA, while 7540 is at 7-9, i.e. C & E USA plus Maritime Provinces. Either the listings or the transmissions are reversed, opposite of what they ought to be!

Glenn Hauser logs September 20, 2009

** ANGUILLA. Caribbean Beacon silent again on 6090, Sept 20 at 0558, but maybe not for a week this time, as DGS was back on 11775 at 1300 check, never with any local ID at hourtop or anywhen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. As an example of how feeble the ``100 kW`` transmitter at General Pacheco is, Sept 20 at 0152 I noticed a het registering about S6 on 11711v, obviously R. Nacional, but no audio readable. Meanwhile, the following other SAm signals were inbooming on the same band: 11780 Brasil S9+18, 11920 HCJB S9+18, 11665 CVC S9+12; from closer in LAm, RHC 11760 & 11690 S9+20. And per Aoki, 11711 is even supposed to be aimed usward at 335 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. Interesting to compare signals from Toronto and Sackville only 25 kHz apart, and CFRX wins! Sept 20 at 0605, CFRX 6070 had louder modulation and at least equal signal to KBSWR in Spanish on 6045. CFRX runs 1 kW non-direxional(?), and RCI has 250 kW at 60 degrees to Europe, but normally VG here. Of course, Toronto is considably closer. CFRX had been missing about 24 hours earlier. It was also still on around 1230 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 20 at 1245, poor on 8400 and 9000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. Not only does the CRI relay via CUBA on 9570 in the mornings hash neighboring Australian frequencies 9560 and 9580, but exactly the same kind of noise accompanies no doubt the same dirty transmitter in the evenings when it is on 9580: Sept 20 at 0205 the hash could be heard around 9570 and 9590. In fact, I was not hearing the CRI relay via Albania on 9570 at all, so it`s ChiComs vs ChiComs! Both 9570 and 9580 are in use 0100-0300. Serves the damn jammers right (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also SPAIN

** CUBA. RHC, UT Sunday Sept 20 at 0558: DXers Unlimited had Arnie Coro with studio-quality audio on his voice for a change! He had previously claimed that he always did it from the studio rather than phoning it in from home, and the degraded audio only on his voice was intentional filtering to make it more intelligible over SW transmission. We found this strange, as none of the other RHC announcers were so lucky.

Show was running late, at 0559 Item 4: Ask Arnie in which he gave a superficial explanation of why RHC streamed audio runs behind SW audio on 11770 as monitored in Italy; and propagation, saying that we need solar flux of 80 or 90 to perk up the bands in the daytime. Who can remember when it was typically that high? Sigh.

As to frequency usage, it was once again jumbled. I first tuned in to 6140, which was in English this time, but 6060 absent, and English also on 6010. 6120 and much weaker 6000 were in Spanish. At recheck 0604, 6060 was back on as an additional English channel.

Sept 20 at 1450 on 13780 announcer was mentioning a special event at 2 pm [1800 UT], on TV and satellite, no doubt the big concert for peace in Habana, but if also on SW, I was too late to catch details of that. Any Esperanto this week? No, that minority language continues to be even more expendable than Guarani or English, as 11760 was still in RHC Spanish at 1502 and 1522, now in the secret midday SW service // weak 13760, and 13780 was still on with big open carrier. At 1539, 11760 still modulating // ever-distorted 11800 but 13760 was OC, and // 11690 JBA under RTTY an echo apart from 11760. By 1548, 11690 had switched to Aló, Presidente from VENEZUELA, q.v. for more about that. At 1551, 13760 was modulating RHC again // 11760 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA [non]

** EGYPT. R. Cairo, 7540, with 100% readable signal!!! UT Sunday Sept 20 at 0220, American-accented YL with news of Africa, good modulation. RC`s newscasts start at :15 past the hour, when else? 0223 ID in passing, repeating headlines, mentioned it was the ``west coast service`` on 7535.

The 0200-0330 broadcast may be a `west coast service` in the sense that it is at a more convenient prime time in PDT, 7-8:30 pm and is he second of two English sesquihours to NAm, after 2300-2430 on 11590, but the 11590 is really the one aimed at the WC, 330 degrees, while 7540 is aimed at the east coast, 315 degrees. Furthermore, 11590 is for CIRAF targets 6 and 7, i.e. W and C USA, while 7260 is at 7-9, i.e. C & E USA plus Maritime Provinces. Either the listings or the transmissions are reversed, opposite of what they ought to be!

And she still hasn`t heard about the shift to 7540 made months ago to avoid Romania on 7535 before 0200! She spoke quite informally, asking for reports evaluating whether listeners could barely hear her or not. Also now is the time to make suggestions about new program subjects, as changes are made in December (not January?) and July.

Address given as P O Box 550, Cairo, and `zip code 11511`. Another hint that she is an American, as the term ZIP code properly applies only to American postal codes, originally standing for Zone Improvement Program. Need to recheck the box announcement as PWBR `2009` mentions two others, and WRTH mentions one other, but they agree on the postal code. Careful to write EGYPT in large letters, as otherwise your p-mail may wind up in the DLO on Long Island, where it is apparently not a valid US ZIP code.

0225 on to press review, 0231 YL pop music singer in Arabic, 0239 another talk feature. Reception weakened somewhat and next program at 0301 was ``--- in Egypt``. Meanwhile, Arabic service on 6290 remained stronger but as usual, heavily distorted, not assisted by the speaker yelling at 0234 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA [and non]. 9680 with Qur`an, Sept 20 at 1250 mixing at 4 Hz SAH with something in Chinese. Per listings, must presume Qur`an station is RRI domestic service relay, versus the PRC/ROC radio war, with RTI attracting mandatory CNR1 ChiCom jamming. RRI obstinately insists on staying on that ruined frequency. Meanwhile, could not detect even a carrier on 9525v at 1316 when the VOI English service should have been airing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 15200, Sept 20 at 1327 piano music, whence? 1330 two or three chimes and announcement definitely in Japanese, choral anthem, somewhat distorted, but abruptly off at 1332* in mid-announcement. WRTH A09 update has the answer: VOIRI, Sirjan site which is scheduled in Indonesian until 1330, then supposed to switch to 15555 for Japanese, and where I might have heard them from 1332 if propagating. Just another instance of the Iranians unable to coordinate program and transmitter switching properly. Aoki, however, claims the 1230-1327 on 15200 is in Malaysian, meaning Malay? which is extremely similar to Indonesian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9560, UT Sun Sept 20 at 0206-0210 surprised to hear the AER DX report voiced by Pedro Sedano, with news about HCJB`s imminent closure, R. Discovery having been on 4730 but no mention of next frequency 4780; RNV`s new SW site in Guaríco state, instead of Guárico, item about LRA36. This was a segment in KBSWR`s half-hour Spanish broadcast via Sackville. VG signal here, per Aoki at 277 degrees, i.e. somewhat north of due west. It might be more useful to aim it toward CAm, at most azimuthwise, Mexico, or is it for all the Latinos residing in California right in the boresight? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PORTUGAL. 15560, RDPI opening Abraço da Madeira show, Sun Sept 20 at 1311 with VG signal; upbeat announcer said it was from Funchal studio. Every little island should be so lucky as Madeira to have a weekly two-hour worldwide SW contact show courtesy of the mother country. But is there an equivalent from the Açores? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 17485, Sunday Sept 20 at 1457 DTK already on with Brother Scare, good clear modulation, better than he deserves or gets from WWRB. This not supposed to start until 1500, but I expect the stereotypically precise German operators at Jülich are demoralized, knowing their jobs will last only another month; so why not burn up a little extra transmitter time for the Last Days Prophet of God? Signal remained good at spot chex during following hour tho aimed oppositely at 160 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, Sept 20 at 0156 surprised to hear the REE IS where there is no REE transmission scheduled; but it was just an admission that Noblejas was about to relay CRI, as there followed a decent interval of silence at 0158, then 0200 CRI IS and sign-on in Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. No doubt it varies, but checking WRMI evenings to note when 9955 fades out: UT Sept 20 it was good during an English religionist between 0130 and 0145, but gone at next check shortly after 0200. These are both scheduled on the SSE antenna UT Sundays.

Surprised to hear an old WORLD OF RADIO, 1465 from a quarteryear ago, concluding at 1542 Sunday Sept 20 on WRMI 9955, instead of current 1478. Jeff White says it was glitch in the automation and should not happen again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. After last Sunday`s fake-out, I paid closer attention to Aló, Presidente frequencies via Cuba on Sept 20. No sign of them at 1423, altho RHC 13680, normally running until 1500, was absent as if the transmitter were being moved to an A,P channel. Mainly monitored 13750 which is the major A,P channel here and not used otherwise by Cuba. Finally at 1546 found a big carrier cutting on and off, 1547 joining Hugo in progress, but still going off and on at 1548. Meanwhile, 13680 now on weakly with // Hugo. Could also make him out on 11690, almost // an echo apart from 13750, but not on the other nominal channels 12010 and 17750. So it appears that the DentroCubans are no longer providing their own sesquihour prolog from 1400, but just turning on some transmitters whenever they get around to it.

Did not check again until 1928, and found a different situation with Hugo still blathering against capitalism on these frequencies from best to worst: 12010, 17750, 11690, JBA 13680 but 13750 off the air. See CUBA for more observations during this period (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9600.4, again hearing that intriguing het, possibly XEYU trying to operate with peanutpower, Sept 20 at 0612 against 9600.0 station in French, i.e. Radio Bulgaria. At this time little else was audible on 31m, the best being a weakish WYFR on 9680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Tips Roberto Pavanello

 1224 19/9 23.00 R. Popular - S. Sebastian SS MX " Nel blu dipinto di blu " buono
 1503 15/9 17.40 R. Zavidovici - Bosbiaco radio soap suff.
 3925 19/9 22.35 R. Likedeeler - EE ID e MX suff.
 5995 19/9 22.40 R. Mali - Bamako FF NX buono
 6210 20/9 08.30 R. Borderhunter - EE ID e MX buono
 6280 20/9 08.50 R. Paardenkracht - EE ID e MX buono
 6297 19/9 22.20 R. Nac. Sahauri - Tindouf Arabo MX buono
 6305 20/9 08.55 R. Foxfire -  EE ID e MX buono
 6385 20/9 09.15 R. Face de Blatte - EE ID e MX buono
10000 19/9 22.50 Obserbatorio Nac. - Rio de Janeiro PP ID e annuncio dell 'ora buono

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

Richard Bianchino Logs September 18, 2009

Friday 18.09.09

11865 DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY (via Portugal) at 2007 English, YL hosting "Newslink." P signal w/ much QRN.

11795 DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY at 2017 English, "Newslink" Prgm. P signal w/ much QRN.

11940 R. ROMANIA INT at 2030 English, YL with Nx and commentary. G signal w/ QRN.

9715 R. PORTUGAL INT at 2300 Portuguese, YL and OM Ancrs with Nx - "Internacional Notícias" - and music. VG signal.

Richard Bianchino, Las Vegas, NV USA, Kaito KA1103, 32' longwire antenna, indoor

Independent Zimbabwean radio station SWRA: 'We want to broadcast a little hope'

We just need old media. We just need radio. We just need people to be allowed to listen to radio," explains Gerry Jackson, the founder of Zimbabwean radio station SW Radio Africa (SWRA).

The western media's ongoing debate about the future of journalism and online media is amusing in comparison, says Jackson, who set up the station in the UK after being forced into hiding in Zimbabwe.

After being granted the right to open Zimbabwe's first independent radio station in 2000, Jackson was forced to shut it down after just six days of test broadcasts. Undeterred, she moved to the UK to launch the station in December 2001 and now broadcasts a daily evening schedule, which are also available as podcasts.

Repeated attempts by the Zimbabwean government to jam the station's signal have recently stopped, she tells Journalism.co.uk, which is just as well as the station doesn't have the funding available to get around it.

"We're still being heard. We're clearly getting up their noses quite a lot at the moment. Even they realise that it would look really bad in terms of the unity government, but there is still a simplistic view that the opposition can shut us down," says Jackson.

Within Zimbabwe independent media is a foreign, if not unheard, idea. There are laws in place that won't allow it, says Jackson, explaining that recent television phone-in programme was banned after achieving a media first for the country when it featured Movement for Democratic Change [MDC, the former opposition party] and Zanu PF politicians in the same broadcast.

"They don't want people talking freely, they don't want openness. They get very cross with us. "They [Zanu PF] have always referred to us as a pirate radio station. My next line item in the budget is parrots, wooden legs and eye patches," she jokes.

"There's no understanding of the free media - and that's been one of our hardest tasks - there never has been a Zimbabwean independent radio station. People don't really understand the concept and although we've been broadcasting for nearly eight years it's still only now beginning to sink in."

Regime change
On September 15 last year Zimbabwe introduced a unity government, a powershare between long-standing ruling party Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

But a year on from the agreement, the new government has failed to improve media regulation and press freedom in the country and instead creates a more complicated situation for journalists, says Jackson.

"It's a confusing story and there's no consensus of opinion [on the unity government] so it's a complex story for the journalists to look at and report on," she says.

"Opinion is very polarised: you've got those that look at it and think it's a unity government so we must all be behind it whatever; and those that say it's a joke. There's no clarity on any of the stories anymore."

Donor organisations that previously helped fund media and development projects in the country face similar confusion and are asking if more change is to come or if funds should be withdrawn from previous projects because of the new ruling arrangement, she adds.

Journalists reporting on the unity government from Zimbabwe are faced with a tough challenge of defining what they are reporting on, says Jackson.

"The problem now is you have got an opposition in bed with a violent ruling party and often they need to be more careful about what they say," she explains.

"But what are they [the opposition]? They're slagged off in the leading newspaper, they've got no real power and haven't been able to do anything effective."

There is a responsibility for Zimbabwean media such as SWRA to encourage debate of the country's issues and guide citizens, she says: "A Zimbabwean radio station is not like the BBC that has to be very balanced. You have to be all things to all people and you have to guide people wisely as well, because there isn't much option or choice for people.

"It's no good just putting stuff out there - it has to be a little more opinionated than normal. But it's a fine line of how opinionated to go, and what is right and what is wrong."

Negative news
Not all of SWRA's audience agrees with the station's independent coverage of the country, says Jackson, recalling some recent hatemail from UK-based listeners.

Since the introduction of a unity government, news reports that are seen as negative are rejected by many Zimbabweans - particularly those that have left the country, says Jackson.

"Some people when they leave they switch off, they get locked into their lives here and they really don't want to know. The stories from Zimbabwe are often negative and I can't tell you how many people say, 'don't tell me, I don't want to know,'" she says.

"People have to wake up and they have to look at it; they have to face it and they have to deal with it. It's no good saying, 'let's not talk about that because it's a bit depressing' - yes it is, but you've got to know about it before it can change."

As a result of the state of media in the country, many Zimbabweans have never been exposed to constructive criticism and constructive opposition and debate about the country, she adds.

With more citizens now in experiencing life in democratic countries for the first time, this discussion is slowly starting to emerge outside of Zimbabwe - in particular through online forums.

The future of Zimbabwean media
Yet while new media is very popular in the diaspora - and SWRA is hoping to improve its online and social media presence with some help from the Guardian's technology team - Zimbabweans have limited need and access for online news and communication methods.

"Shortwave and text messages are only real way to get into Zimbabwe. We could really only use social networking sites to raise awareness in the diaspora. Because our focus is on serving people in the country," explains Jackson.

SMS messaging has had a significant impact on the station's reach - since its launch in 2005, SWRA now sends out mobile news alerts three times a week to more than 30,000 numbers.

The station knows its own and its listeners' limitations: sending out half a million messages a month is costly, so SWRA is reliant on individuals passing the texts along; but mobile remains a good route into the country, as broadband is limited and many Zimbabweans who leave the country give a phone to the family they leave behind.

While mobile can help reach and online media help raise awareness, content and information through old media channels is what SWRA and Zimbabwe's people really need, says Jackson.

"It would just be good to see a half decent public broadcaster in place, a community radio station and maybe a couple of commercial radio stations. I don't know if those could be supported," she says.

"Community radio is really what Zimbabwe needs. You have trashed rural areas each with their own specific problems. A good community station would be of huge benefit."

Although Jackson foresees that media regulations might change and allow a more independent news industry at some point, she fears that these would not be stable enough to sustain long-term press freedom.

The country would also need more journalists trained in broadcasting if restrictions were lifted, she adds.

For now, however, SWRA's team of eight can't consider returning home: "There has recently been a meeting of expelled editors in Harare - one editor was approaching the minister of information to get assurances that we wouldn't all be arrested [on return to Zimbabwe], and so far he's failing."

Jackson is not waiting for change to regulations in Zimbabwe; the confusion brought by the recent regime change perhaps further strengthens this resolve. She is instead frank and realistic about what SWRA needs: funding and raised awareness.

"There is going to be no quick media fix in Zimbabwe. But what you want to do is broadcast a little hope."(from http://www.journalism.co.uk/5/articles/535830.php)


(via Arnaldo Slaen)

Captaciones/Logs/Escutas

Past weekend I was in a DX Camp in Villa Loguercio, small town near Lobos Lake, to 120 kms. to South/West from Buenos Aires City.
The DXpeditionars : Miguel Castellino, Hector Goyena & Arnaldo Slaen
Receivers: Two Degen 1103
Antenna: a active antenna and a longwire

The most important logs are:
September 12 from 2145 to 2315 UTC time
4451 Radio Santa Ana, Santa na de Yacuma, religious programme: "Señor…te alabamos….", 24442
4699 Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, local messagges with 25432 at 22 UTC Announcement at 2215 UTC: "ya estamos llegando a la ultima parte del servicio de mensajes….Noticiero de Radio San Miguel…."
4746 Radio Huanta 2000, huaynos, 24433
4770 Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, local music, 25432
4775 Radio Tarma, Tarma, tlk by male, 25432
4780 Radio Djibouti, Djibouti, local songs, 45444
4790 Radio Vision-LV Salvacion, peru, religious programme, 25432
4905 R.Anhanguera Araguaína (t). I couldn`t hear this station from many years ago!!!!!! 22542 with interferente from PBS Xizang
4925 R.Educacao Rural, Tefé with talk by male with 25532
4940 Radio San Antonio, Ucayali, romantic songs, 25432
4950 Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, local songs at 2240 UTC, 24432
5025 Radio Quillabamba, Quillabamba, huaynos, 34433
5120 Ondas del Sudoriente, Quillabamba, huaynos, 24442
6220 Mistery Radio (t), pops and long talk in ¿?, 25332
6297 RADS, news from 22 UTC with 35433

September 13 from 1000-1130 UTC

3250 Voice of Korea, KRE, 1010 UTC, 25442
4557 KCBS Pyongyang (AINDF), korean songs, jammed, 22432
4740 UNID, songs and music (some time ago I hear a regional station from Vietnam in this QRG), 15341
4830 Mongolian Radio 1 (p), tlk by female, 25552. From 11 UTC not // with 4895 Khz
4860 Radio Boa Vontade,?????, Brazil, many identifications from 1030 UTC, announcement: "na comando na esperanza…Super Radio Boa Vontade….", 25532
4895 Mongolian Radio 1 (p), local songs at 1020, 24432, from 11 UTC not // with 4830
4955 Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, tlk by male, 25532
4970 AIR Shillong, India, 1055, local music, 25432
4990 PBS Hunan, local songs, 24432
5050 Beibu Bay Radio, local songs, 25532
6425 UNID, melodic songs!!!!!!, 1045 UTC, transmisión in korean!!!!!, announcement by female, 25442

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

CHILE   CVC La Voz   17680  2115  Spanish  333  Sept 16  Two OMs with comments, then into pop music.

CUBA   Radio Habana Cuba-RHC   13790  2158  Spanish  444  Sept 16  YL with comments. OM with RHC ID 2159. Comments continued 2201. //13760[232].

FRANCE   Radio France Intl-RFI   17620  2125  French  444  Sept 16  Two OMs at a music concert. OM with comments the mention of Pres Obama 2132.

FRENCH GUIANA    Radio France Intl-RFI   17630  2118  French  444  Sept 16  YL and OM with comments. Suddenly off the air 2130.

NEW ZEALAND   Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI   15720  2138  English 433 Sept 16  YL with news items also comments on the slow economy.

RWANDA   Voice of Germany-VOG   15205  2144  English  433  Sept 16  YL and OM on the economy failoure for the people of Rwanda. Also a note on medio censorship. //11865[444].

SPAIN   Radio Exterior Espana-REE   17595  2134  Spanish  444  Sept 16  Vocal music. OM with comments 2135. Then more vocal music.

SPAIN   Radio Exterior Espana-REE  15110  2150  Spanish  333  Sept 16  YL and OM 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

WR INTERNATIONAL Up and running

Just to let you know that WR International is on air as usual this morning @ 12257Khz until 12:00 UK time. Until 08:00 BST a computer playout system is in use, live output is from 08:00 BST until 12:00 BST.

 

Also on the internet with the radio Destiny system in stereo visit our web site for details www.wrinternational.co.uk you can also listen via shoutcast search for WR International at shoutcast.com or the url is http://radio.wrinternational.co.uk:8003

 

You can contact us during our transmission at radio@wrinternational.co.uk or sms text message to +447539441912.

Happy listening if you choose to, have a good day.

 

Dave

WR International

Last sdc log

... un'alba ricca di segnaloni dalle 0445:

1570 CFVA 3
1560 WQEW 3
1520 WWKB 4
1510 WWZN 4/5
1500 WFED 2/3 + OBX41 Lima 2/3
1480 WHBC 2 ID 0452
1470 WLAM 2
1410 WPOP 3
1400 WOND
1330 WRCA
1200 WKOX R. Rumba
1600 WUNR px mx, ID e sito internet 4/5

-----
Saverio De Cian
QTH: Sedico (Belluno)
RX: JRC-535, SDR-14
ANT: K9AY

BBC TURKISH ENDS SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS!

My friend informed me that this weekend (Sunday evening) BBC Turkish will stop broadcasting on short waves!

 

As of Monday, 21. September 2009 BBC Turkish will air it's programs only on FM affiliates, satellite and the internet...

(Dragan Lekic via dxld ml)

Radio Australia Celebrates 70

In December, Radio Australia will be celebrating its 70th Anniversary!  RA wants its listeners—both long-time and new--to be an integral part of the festivities.  Here's how you can join in.

RA invites your personal written and audio contributions about your relationship with Radio Australia.  Your essay and/or statement should include some or all of the following information:

**            How long have you been listening to Radio Australia?

**            How do you hear RA? - shortwave, the Internet, World Radio Network, partner station, etc. (any or all of these and when/how)

**            Has this changed over the years as RA placed increasing emphasis on delivery platforms other than shortwave?

**            What in your opinion sets Radio Australia apart from other international broadcasters?

**            Has Radio Australia taught you things about Australia and its way of life you would not otherwise have known?

**            What can Radio Australia do to ensure that you continue listening to our broadcasts?

**            Have you have any anecdotes to tell us from your time as an RA listener? (For instance, did you turn to RA for coverage of a specific event; do you have fond memories of your favourite presenter, newsreader or  programme?

It would be preferred if contributions were written or spoken in your own style in a personally coherent, story-like, "conversational" form, and not as a series of answers to the above questions. Those who are able and willing to do so should feel encouraged to record their message and attach it as a MP3 file along with the text of their message.

Occasionally, long-time listeners are moved to send RA "scanned" attachments of ancient QSL cards, photographs or other "historical" bits and pieces which makes them feel particularly and personally linked to RA. Such material would be warmly welcomed.

RA will have a 70th Birthday website which will feature these written and recorded contributions. Portions of the recorded contributions will also be used on-air.

RA looks forward to contributions from our listeners in Asia, the Pacific and around the world. Past and present RA listeners in the US, Canada, Europe and Africa are warmly encouraged to participate as well.

Emails should be sent to:
radioaustralia@radioaustralia.net.au

For those who still put pen to paper the postal address for contributions is:

English Service 70th Birthday,
  Radio Australia,
  GPO Box 428G,
  Melbourne, 3001,
  Victoria, Australia.

ETHIOPIA 7165 this morning

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

19 SEP 2009
7165 ETHIOPIA Radio Ethiopia, Geja Jawe; 1321z slow guitar strumming with vocals,
talk by M in E Afr lang. Fair at times, slow fades, still in 1503z with anmts by W
in E. Afr lang, brief reggae-type filler music, then anmts by M in lang. (Wiseblood-TEXAS 9/19)

Glenn Hauser logs September 19, 2009

** CANADA. Yet another Sackville leapfrog to add to the stable: 6045, Sept 19 at 0522 in Vietnamese, the 6175 VOV relay transmitter saulting over the 6110 transmitter carrying NHK at 0500-0530 only, another 65 kHz downward. The fundamentals were very strong, audiblizing the parasite.

There should be another one on 6240 in the other direxion, this one with NHK English audio, but did not notice it. After 0600, of course, 6045 becomes an intentional frequency with KBSWR relay, but then with none others to overleap (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 6070, no signal from CFRX at 0519 Sept 19; usually VG even in the nightmiddle, and so was Sackville, so suspect off the air. Back, however, at next check 1239, phone conversation about home improvement, aluminum vs vinyl? With fast SAH, presumably North Korean carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake Sept 19: at 1242, very poor on 8400, merely poor on 9000; none heard on 10-11-13-14 MHz channels, but at 1308 came upon FD too on 15425, aside unID weaker carrier hetting from 15427, surely today`s frequency for V. of Tibet via Tashkent, per Aoki at 1300-1330 also 15427 but varying 15422-15429, not to be confused with VOT via Dushanbe on 15412-15422.

15795, Sept 19 at 1303 mixture of Indian music and Chinese talk, i.e. AIR Mandarin service via Bengaluru, and CNR1 jamming, as the ChiCom control freaks will not even allow neighboring India to speak to Chinese people, while CRI has numerous broadcasts in Bengali, English, Hindi, Mandarin and Tamil totally unimpeded to India. The paranoids in Beijing also have no sense of fair play whatsoever, and this also applies to all their international relations, trade and otherwise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC Sept 19 at 0524: 6140, 6120 and 6000 in Spanish; 6060 and 6010 in English translating remarx of Puerto Rican singer Ol`ga Cañón who is in Habana for a Sunday concert at Plaza de la Revolución, on the very same stage previously occupied by Pope John Paul II!! Alex Silva`s English version left something to be desired. He said she said that ``Cuba is open to the world``. Ha ha, please remind the DentroCuban Jamming Command about that!

At 1358 noticed RHC echoing on a single frequency, 13720. This is the leapfrog of 13760 over the open carrier on 13740 about to start CRI relay in English; and the echo must have come from extreme overload by the unsynchronized audio from the other transmitter site on 13680 and/or 13780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. Rarely get readable signals from transpolar India here on 60m, so very pleased Sept 19 at 1233 to hear English news of India on 4920, AIR Chennai, averaging S9+10, and over CODAR; 1234 to Hindi, ads? Best extracontinental signal on band, grayline fits, better than 4750 or 5030. So not Tibet, which was my guess as 4920 music source a few days ago.

At 1429 on 11585, more Indian music past 1431, then announcement with hum. This is the Sindhi service via Delhi (Khampur?) site. Certainly not DRM, which Aoki says was in use until Sept 11.

Checked 9425 at 1431 and found AIR news in English, flutter, 1435 back to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA [and non]

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3335 at 1223 Sept 19 with island music, guitar and singing, just above CHU 3330 pips still JBA, and improving slightly, 1229 pause and more such music but no announcement. Surely Radio East Sepik, Wewak, the best non-Tennessee signal on 90m; traces on a few other PNG channels, notably 3385 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

ZSJ Marine Capetown 18,238khz at 11,05utc

18,238khz at 11,05 utc ZSJ Marine Capetown -FAX 120/576 , suff signal in ITALY-

- Mauro - Swl 1510 - IK2GFT-
-JRC525Nrd - Lowe HF150-
Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF
-Evasdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band- Loop LFL1010
-Lat. 45.42166° Long. 9.1248° -Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk-

BBC Arabic announces a break down of their transmitter in Cyprus.

BBC Arabic , just announced that they have a break down at their MW transmitter ( 500 ) KW located in Cyprus for the MW freq. 720 covering the eastern Mediterranean, first announcement was around 13.20 UTC. (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt via dxld ml)

EMR relay this Sunday

Date 20th of September 2009
Time 09.00 to 10.00 utc

Channel 6140 khz

Programmes:

09.00 Tom Taylor programme
09.30 Mike Taylor (Mail Box programme)


EMR Internet radio service on Sunday and Monday Programme repeats are at the following times: 0900 - 1200 - 1500 - 1800 and 2000 utc


Please visit www.emr.org.uk and click on the "EMR internet radio" button which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).



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


Please send all reception reports to: studio@emr.org.uk

Good Listening
73s Tom

LA ROSA DE TOKYO PARA HOY: Programa dedicado a la radiodifusión en Filipinas

La Rosa de Tokyo, el programa semanal de DX y medios de comunicación irradiado a través de LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires (AM1270 Khz; www.amprovincia.com.ar y una importante red de emisoras de frecuencia modulada, amplitud modulada y onda corta de la Argentina y el resto del mundo) estará dedicado este fin de semana a tratar la radiodifusión en Filipinas.

En efecto, se analizará el pasado, presente y futuro de la radio en el archipiélago asiático y se revisará especialmente
la actividad radial en onda corta en este país. En efecto, además de realizar un paneo por la radio filipina local se
charlará sobre las emisoras internacionales que operan desde ese país (FEBC, Radio Veritas Asia y Radio Pilipinas)

No se pierdan los registros sonoros históricos con los cuales se "ilustrará" el programa.

La Rosa de Tokyo se irradia los sábados desde las 0900 hasta las 1000 hora de la Argentina (1200 a 1300 horas UTC).- De esta forma, la emisión no estará afectada por las transmisiones deportivas de la emisora en las cuales se siguen las campañas de los equipos platenses de primera división.

Cordiales 73

Omar Somma y Arnaldo Slaen

Glenn Hauser logs September 18, 2009

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 audible for second day at about same insufficient level, but incomparably better than nothing. If only my line noise level would abate! Sept 18 at 1902 with bits of music; still audible with more music at recheck 2035 when no QRDRM was to be heard, so has Greenville finally ended its test run without respect for the only SW station in Antarctica? Inconclusive, as 15470-15480 was usually pretty weak here, unlike in targeted Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BIAFRA [non]. 17520, Friday Sept 18 at 1859 JBA WHRI sign-on with Onward Christian Soldiers, World Harvest Radio`s in-your-face, we-will-convert-you-by-force-if-necessary theme tune invoking the Crusades, presumably to be followed by VOBI for the second week on this reactivated frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC check at 2050 Sept 18: all in Spanish on 13760, 11800-very distorted and crackly, 11770, 11760, no English on 11760 as allegedly scheduled, and listed // 17660 inaudible. At 2130 noticed that 13790 was also on the air, in Spanish of course (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, Sept 18 at 2044 comparing to VON 15120 [see NIGERIA]: 15190 S9+18, gospel music louder than 15120, prayer in African accent now undermodulated with rumble; 2045 greetings from another preacher with American accent who did not identify himself, nor was there any introduxion, which apparently he was expecting the affiliate to make, far beyond the capabilities of this one. 2128 gospel music, very distorted now, as Panamerican Broadcasting has no requirements at all for minimum technical standards from its clients (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. RFI Spanish service, 17630 via GUIANA FRENCH, Sept 18 at 2059 music already on, timesignal approx. 9 sex late! Timecheck as 11 pm, into news; so apparently not on strike today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, VON, decent S9+15 signal twixt REE 15110 and WYFR 15130, Sept 18 at 2042 YL with economic report in English; some hum ande modulation level not commensurate with strength, but at least it was not distorted and just about 100% readable. Already off at 2056 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [and non]. In a total failure of frequency management, both of REE`s frequencies in French at 2000-2100 have collisions: Sept 18 at 2051 was getting about equal levels on 11620 from REE in French, and AIR with Indian vocal music during English broadcast. Per Aoki, Bengaluru switches at 2045 from 120 to 325 degrees as it changes from Hindi to English. 11620 is of course a very longtime AIR channel, and if it were not for Spain in the way, would have been the best one audible here.

9690, the other REE French channel, at 2053 was mixing with RRI closing English broadcast from 2030, // 9765-colliding with Spain/Costa Rica, weakest 11810 with ACI from Spain/CR 11815, and best 11945 in clear. REE`s French broadcast is fortunately M-F only, if it cannot be on clear frequencies. 9690 // 11620 confirmed as REE with ID and address at 2055 closing. These are aimed in the second quadrant at North Africa and Mideast, while RRI is aimed NW toward UK and NAm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WBCQ, 9330-CUSB, since WORLD OF RADIO was carried here last Friday in addition to 7415, checked Sept 18 at 1900: infomercial cut to ID, cut to WOR 1478 opening, cut off after I said `8`, cut to another ID and off the air. Meanwhile reception on weaker 7415 was somewhat better than it had been previously for WOR (Glenn Hauser, oK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs September 17-18, 2009

** ANTARCTICA. Couldn`t listen to World of Radio on WBCQ, which turned off 9330 just after it started at 1900 Sept 17; and 7415 just barely audible, so what to do? Oh, I`ll listen to Antarctica instead. Tuned to 15476 at 1902 and there was weakly audible music, signal fading up a bit including at 1904 when YL gave ID mentioning LRA36 and also copied their 9401 postal code. Back to music; 1914-1919 longer talk segment; more talk at 1926  but too weak; 1933 another ID and address; 1945 tuneout (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. Whenever LRA36 is in on 15476, I check how its nearest neighbor General Pacheco is doing downband and downlatitude. 15345v, RAE making big het with RTM Morocco, and the het pitch wavering slightly, due to the ancient unstable transmitter RAE uses, Sept 17 at 1922. Mixture of French from RAE and Arabic from RTM. RAE has been perusaded to participate in HFCC, so will these collisions finally become avoidable from B-09? RTM still does not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ASIA [non]. 15350, Sept 18 at 1338, fair signal from self-assured preacher in S Asian language, sounds like Malto to me ;-\ Axually, that`s per Aoki, Gospel for Asia via Wertachtal, 250 kW, 90 degrees at 1330-1345 Malto on Thu & Fri; Meitei on Mon/Tue/Wed; Kinnauri on Sun & Sat. Unfortunately, Malto is missing from EiBi`s language list at
http://www.susi-und-strolch.de/eibi/readme.txt but maybe due to spelling variations as in the case of the other two. The gospel huxters will never rest until every conceivable minority language group gets preached at and given a chance to ditch their original religion, or better yet, become rational (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRIA. 6155, R. Austria Interrnational had not been heard for a few nights around 0500 but assumed it was lack of propagation. Wolfgang Büschel reports that the transmitter at Moosbrunn site was instead down for some maintenance. But definitely back at 0530 Sept 18 in German, sufficient. I keep missing the 0508v M-F token news in English, still there? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 5778, approximate center of blob, big nasty extremely distorted FMy spur Sept 18 at 0544, wailing preacher, surely David Miranda, and caught mention of program name `A Voz da Libertação`. Still presumed to be badly mistuned 6060 R. Tupi, Curitiba PR, or spur from that. Have yet to see any other reports of this from NAm, but a regular here, and probably equally so earlier in the evening if that be more convenient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 18 at 1313: 8400 fair, 9000 very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC musical frequencies observation Sept 18 at 0531: Spanish on 6060, 6120 and 6140, probably JBA 6000, items on two major obsessions, héroes and béisbol; while English was on 6010 only.

For the non-native speaker, I should explain once that ``musical frequencies`` really has nothing to do with music on them. The expression alludes to ``musical chairs``, a game in which a group of people walk around a set of chairs while music is playing --- except there is one more person than chairs, so when the music stops abruptly, they all rush to sit down, bumping hips, and one of them gets no seat or lands on the floor. Thus the match between people and chairs, or languages and frequencies is constantly changing and unpredictable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 9425, AIR IS at 1319 Sept 18, 1320 some chanting in unison, 1321 Hindi announcement with frequencies in kHz. Some other station interval signals could be spruced up or exoticised by adding a drone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WBCQ simulcasting WORLD OF RADIO on 9330-CUSB last week was apparently a fluke, perhaps unintentional runover of the 18-19 UT broadcast. Sometime between 1900 and 1930 Sept 16 I noticed that 9330 was not on air; so Sept 17 I tuned in at 1859. WOR did start up at 1900 but transmission cut off halfway thru the opening theme (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WRMI, 9955, testing NW antenna instead of SSE antenna, UT Friday Sept 18: at 0158 frequency seems vacant, no jamming either, altho WRMI had been audible at *2359 Sept 17 in English. But at 0159 strong S9+20 carrier pops on, and from 0201 YLs with Your World Your Way infomercial. I still have no idea what they are selling, MEGO. Remained good at outset, but at 0302 recheck had faded out completely, or rather below jamming level which had meanwhile appeared even tho WRMI programming was not in Spanish and not anti-Castro! WRMI is also running NW antenna UT Monday 0200-0400 for QSO with Ted Randall, and testing UT Wed & Fri for Wire Light a.k.a. Cheetah Radio a.k.a. etc., etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 9900, Sept 18 at 1314-1315* VR IS, flutter, carrier remained on a bit past 1315. Aoki shows this at 1230-1313 only, in Chinese via Novosibirsk, RUSSIA, 111 degrees, i.e. right across China (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. VOV, 6175 via Sackville, caught last few minutes of transmission UT Fri Sept 18: 0523 in progress, Vietnamese language lesson presented in English, even tho this is not during an English block --- so people listening this hour already speak Vietnamese!! Seems to be a regular aberration around this time, not sure on which days of week. At 0525, a useful phrase one must have on the tip of one`s tongue in Vietnam was ``the rabbit`s ear is inside the ink bottle`` --- perhaps some cultural background is necessary to understand its deep significance. No discernible sign-off, but 0527 cut to usual VTC guitar music fill until 0529 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

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