Glenn Hauser logs April 14, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 finally back in business, following sporadic logs of it past two days, and Roberto Scaglione`s news that they hoped to have all the problems solved by April 14 for 1230-1500 transmissions (presumably M-F only) ---

1228 tune-in April 14 to open carrier, fading up from S6 to peaks of S9+10. 1229 YL says ``Transmite LRA36 . . . 15476``. Copy is still marginal but definite. Into music, 1234 ID also mentioning full name ``Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel`` (people tend to leave out the middle word, for some reason, but I still heard it), ``Antártida Argentina . . . el futuro. . .``. More talk mixed with music. 1238 ``saludos . . . nuestras operadoras``. 1239 introducing Señora ---, who says she has ``41 años, soy enfermera [nurse]``. 1242 a male voice is heard briefly, the only one.

1243 weakening, vocal song. Generally mix of music and talk; 1312 YL seems named Lidia; 1313 giving some numbers, phone? And something .com.ar  At 1316 I was surprised to hear a couple of fast CW messages ending with K. I had BFO on, but did not want to touch it, so not certain whether this was QRM or something they sent. 1317 music with heavy beat, 1330 announcement, and checked 15480 UK signal, which was steadier at S9+5 but no problem for 15476.

On this auspicious reinauguration occasion, I stayed on 15476 for a full hour, passing up my usual bandscanning, but reception waned.
Occasional chex later found at 1403 still carrier but S3 to S7 max with little audio; 1422 quick CW occurred again.

Esperanza Base is about latitude 63 which puts it outside the Antarctic Circle, and closer to the Equator than Reykjavik, Umea, Arkhangelsk, Anadyr, Unalakleet, Iqaluit.

Then we hear from Roberto Scaglione, recorded in Sicily? Only music 1210-1230 UT, regularly on the air. First 11 minutes are available on
http://www.bclnews.it/110414-15476-1230z.mp3
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [non]. 21490, no trace of a signal from BVB in English, April 14 at 1339 and further chex to 1400, unlike April 13, so that must have been a test. Or BVB transmissions may vary depending on day of week. Will we ever know whence? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 14: no bandscanning 1230-1330 as I was sticking with ANTARCTICA [q.v.], but then found:
13920, good at 1346; gone at 1405
By 1350, no others 8-17 MHz.
10300, very poor at 1351 // 13920; no 8400 now
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 6050, while RHC was missing later last night, it`s back on the air as usual, // 6010 English during music, April 14 at 0229 check, totally blocking poor HCJB, as Arnie Coro continues to prove what a bully he is, refusing to move off the only channel HCJB can use direct from Ecuador (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 11830, April 14 at 0539, Portuguese soon with DW ID in passing; I was expecting RFI, but its Portuguese is on 11830 after 0600 via Meyerton, while DW is 0530-0557, 250 kW, 150 degrees via Sines, PORTUGAL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 15050, April 14 at 1333, after shivering in the Antarctic for an hour on 15476, I warm up by tuning here for South Asian music, flutter, S9 to S9+10 from AIR`s Sinhala service, 250 kW, 174 degrees from Delhi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SUDAN [non]

** KUWAIT [and non]. 21540, R. Kuwait, April 14 at 1340, good signal, in fact the Strongest signal on band (SSOB), better than #2 Saudi 21505, during drama in Arabic, complete with music including some Bach, SFX including neigh, 1341 ``Idha`at - Kuwait`` ID, 1343 mentions Lebanon, Brasil. Way atop co-channel Spain; in fact only a hint of a SAH from REE during Kuwait fades, while Spain in clear on 21610, Portugal 21655 were quite weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [non]. 21480, April 14 at 1358 open carrier, like before shifting very slightly and regularly at rate of 72 times per minute, obvious with BFO slightly off-tuned. Something is amiss with this Wertachtal, GERMANY transmitter, but not noticeable in ordinary AM-mode listening.

1400 sharp, percussion starts and Hausa from Hamada Radio International, ``Salaam Aleikum``. At same time started to notice some lite second-ACI from BBC Cyprus which just opened English on 21470.

Latest RMI schedule from MBR via HFCC shows additional frequencies following week only:
 9610 0530-0600 daily since 8 April, 180 degrees, 100 kW Wertachtal
 9860 0530-0600 daily 15-21 April,   180 degrees, 100 kW Wertachtal
11970 0530-0600 daily since 8 April, 185 degrees, 100 kW Nauen

17860 1400-1430 daily 15-21 April,   180 degrees, 125 kW Wertachtal
21480 1400-1430 daily since 8 April, 180 degrees, 125 kW Wertachtal

11945 1930-2000 daily since 8 April, 180 degrees, 100 kW Wertachtal
13800 1930-2000 daily 15-21 April,   183 degrees, 100 kW Nauen

While registered as daily, weekends may be contingency basis only; all due to elexions in Nigeria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [and non]. 13620, April 14 at 0527*, tuned in just in time to hear closing ID from ``Radio Dabanga``, good signal. This is 250 kW, 330 degrees from MADAGASCAR at 0430-0527.

Meanwhile there was a tone test in background which continued in the clear until its 0529*. Jamming? Unseems: that gave me time to tell it was a DSB tone on an AM carrier, rather than a het. What else is there there? HFCC shows:
13620 0345 0530 38-40 BGL  500 300 Pers/Arab. IND AIR AIR
Presumably this tone happens at the tail of the AIR transmission, but if also heard much earlier in the Dabanga hour, could be jamming.

13730, April 14 at 0527, whine and grind jamming against something inaudible. The sound cuts out every 15 seconds proving that it is modulation on a normal carrier. It is also pulsing regularly at the rate of 78 times per minute. Continues past 0530 until 0537:28*. The victim is surely R. Dabanga on its other frequency, 500 kW, 255 degrees via UAE at 0430-0527 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15580, April 14 at 0532, VOA news in English about Libya. Tho listed as Iranawila, Sri Lanka site, until 0700, there is no flutter on this, just normal lite fading, so I suspect IBB has changed to another site. They are always fiddling with sites.

Ahá, latest IBB schedule at
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A11&broadc=IBB
indeed shows Sri Lanka from 0300, switching to BOTSWANA at 0500 since April 8, 100 kW, 350 degrees. See my previous log April 11, when I also thought it should be Botswana, and in fact it was. Today this was much better than Nigeria on 15120, worse than Australia on 15160, 15240 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1560 monitoring: confirmed on first airings, via WRMI 9955 webcast, UT Thursday April 14 at 0330 and 1600. Next: Thu 2100, Fri 1430, Sat 0800, 1400, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730. On WWRB: Fri 0330 on 2390 (and probably 5050 as last two weeks). On WWCR: Fri 2030 on 15825, Sat 1600 on 12160, Sun 0630 on 3215. On IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS-IBA: Sat 1800 on 7290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370-, slightly on low side as usual compared to 1370 stations, WTJC continues to enjoy good modulation for a while, but April 14 at 0541 during hymn, also has spurs around 9335 and 9405, +/- 35 kHz. One might guess the latter were WINB, but now an ex-frequency for it. Unlike previous spur outbreaks, these are not distorted but also with good modulation, but much weaker, fading in and out. With BFO I can tell that 9405 is somewhat wobbly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 14579-SSB, April 14 at 1347, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, hardly any of it understandable; in fact, at first I thought it was Greek. One station had engine noise background, the other breaking up severely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs April 13, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, April 13 at 1257, 1325 and 1357, not even a carrier detectable from LRA36 --- However, Bruce Winkelman in Tulsa was hearing it a bit earlier, at 1206-1215, and Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec in Embu, SP, Brasil, the day before at 2035-2102 --- so still testing, or what will their complete new schedule be? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BONAIRE. 6250, April 13 at 0526-0527* song // much stronger signal on 6080, which is NHK Spanish relay, with 6080 leapfrogging over 6165 RNW Dutch which always goes off at 0527* sharp, thus eliminating the fulcrum. Still need to look for the dozen other Bonaire leapfrogs at various other times as previously computed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [non]. 21490, surprised to hear gospel huxter in English, April 13 at 1331 with over-dramatic delivery, sounding almost like a parody, saying the devil`s phone number is 666-4355 (=HELL, hee hee); 1334 outro with address in Ohio given about five times: Ed Bousman, P O Box 511, Lynchburg OH 45142; ``God is just a prayer away`` book of gospel bible lessons available free; 1337 Bible Voice Broadcasting ID, Toronto address. 1338 says is to Eastern Europe; 1353 still in English, cut off at 1400* sharp as another gh is saying ``the apostles . . .``

Must be brand new frequency, as have been checking 13m frequently around here for Hamada 21480 --- see NIGERIA [non] --- and never noticed a trace of it before today. In fact, not listed in latest HFCC. Seems BVB often runs programming at odd times rather than hours or quarter-hours. Maybe a test. Fair signal but less than Hamada via Wertachtal. Site for this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 13: still nothing heard 8-18 MHz between 1305 and 1325. Propagation conditions still have not recovered from yesterday`s geomagnetic storm at G1 level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6050, RHC English absent April 13 at 0536 check as DXers Unlimited is starting on usual 6010, 6060, 6150. Can Arnie finally have found his heart and eliminated 6050 QRM to HCJB starting before 0100? More likely another transmitter failure, but we`ll see subsequently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 21580, RFI, April 13 at 1329 with ad for Jeune Afrique, hebdomadaire, cut off abruptly at 1330* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 11875, April 13 at 0523, YL in English with ACI from WEWN 11870. Normally nothing heard here, but HFCC shows DW via SOUTH AFRICA, 0500-0530, 250 kW, 5 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [non]. 21480, Hamada Radio International, April 13 at 1347 carrier via Wertachtal, 1400 starts promptly today in Hausa.

The WRMI website schedule has now been updated for A-11:
 9545  0530-0600  46  100   180        1234567
11970  0530-0600  46  100   180        1234567
21480  1400-1430  46  100   180        1234567
11945  1930-2000  46  100   180        1234567
But DX Mix News says the 0530 is on 11970 and 9610 ex-9545, and I am not sure that all three are really 7 days a week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PORTUGAL. 21655, RDPI is the SSOB, April 13 before 1400, as 13m has recovered somewhat, also Spain 21540, 21610 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 11880 via COSTA RICA, April 13 at 1430, REE ``Noticias en idiomas del mundo`` starts with Portuguese, so back to normal after previous swap with French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs April 11-12, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, April 12, guess what? Still no LRA36 carrier at 1255, 1407 chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 12: nothing on 8400 at 1252, and with very poor EAs propagation today, only cursory check upband found no others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 17560, RHC continues to collide with VOA at 1930-2030, both in French the first semihour, checked April 11 and 12. Who will blink first? VOA moves around frequently for less reason than this. Did Arnie pick the frequency knowingly, just to annoy the enemy, at the expense of RHC`s own clarity, that being the only frequency scheduled for French at 1930, Portuguese at 2000?

13780, April 12 at 1311, RHC missing from this frequency, but still on 13680; at 1409 both were on. At least one transmitter may be giving them problems, as at 2325 check for R. Nacional de Venezuela relay, 15250 was missing, but 13680 was on as usual, as well as weaker RHC itself on 15230, 15370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 15510, April 12 at 1406, DW in Russian, good signal as usual even when not much else making it from Europe, despite being 500 kW, 62 degrees from Rampisham, UK at 1400-1659 (then 1700-1757, 250 kW, 15 degrees via Kigali, RWANDA). At the moment it sounded like there was a collision with a slightly weaker station in another language until I realised that DW itself was doing a voice-over probably from original German. SW stations need to realize that audio clarity is more important than fancy voice-overs. Depending on the ultimate audio processing, the undercurrent may be boosted louder than the studio producer expects. One language at a time, please! Or fade out completely the original real quick. O, I forgot === SW is just an ancient afterthought to web and satellite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI, April 12 at 1257, already inserting English ID into tail of Japanese hour, but quite poor signal on bad propagation day. At least it`s on the air, unlike yesterday. Late at 1301.5 started `Exotic Indonesia` co-produxion with Jakarta, but no point in trying to listen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. Finally got around to checking the new A-11 frequencies for the so-called ``Voice of Justice``, VIRI`s English service to North America, 0130-0230 UT --- In B-10 both channels were losers, 7250 colliding with V of Russia and 6120 with R Habana Cuba. April 12 at *0130, 11920 comes on a few sex before 9605; sign on correctly giving these frequencies, Qur`an 0133-0136, then Qur`an interpreted briefly in English. Some flutter, and 9605 slightly stronger but no ACI or CCI on either, working well for them.

Another check April 12 whether R. Tirana 13625 has QRM from Iran on 13630: depressed propagation meant nothing but a carrier could be detected on 13630 until 1427:38*, presumably VIRI Japanese service still here and not running over, while no carrier on 13645, alleged QSY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. Correcting date on this, not April 22, of course:

15735, April 11 at 1301 poor with news in English of Japan disasters, music stingers à la NHK, and in fact it is R. Japan, via Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN. HFCC shows two 100 kW transmitters, both to CIRAF 41, i.e. Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, one at 141 degrees, the other at 163, getting them all covered (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 11795, REE Emisión Sefarad, UT Tue April 12 at 0132 has good signal as usual even tho to S America, but discussion has continuous pulsing noise underneath, rather like atop a Cuban jammer. But I think it is self-imposed poor audio produxion, faulty feed link or transmitter. No reason for Cuba to be jamming here, like 11775 vs Martí. Meant to see if it was also inflicted upon the 0415 repeat on 9650, but missed it. Did anyone else notice, or on the Mon 1425 on 15385? I`ll bet not.

17595, the normally solid REE signal weekday mornings direct from Noblejas, April 12 at 1315 is fluttery, unusual for this lower-latitude path; recovered later in the hour, OK for token Arabic news at 1438 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

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Solar activity was rather moderate during the week,
with only a handset of C-class flares. The strongest
one was a C1.9 flare in NOAA AR 1185, occurring on
April 6th, 1807 UT (peak time). 

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Geomagnetic activity remained low during most of the
week with the exception of April 6th, when isolated
minor storm conditions (kp=6 and 5 between 1200 and
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Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 17750 0413 GMT English 333 April 11 YL with comments on budget losses of money. OM at times on newspapers stories //15515[444]Sheparton, 15240[333]Sheparton.

CHINA CPBS 15480 0420 GMT Chinese 333 April 11 YL with comments plus an OM at times with comments. //15270[333].

CHINA China Radio Intl-CRI 15445 0423 GMT Russian 333 April 11 OM with comments. An OM singing 0426 GMT. //15665[333], 15170[333], 15230[444]via Canada.

CHINA China Radio Intl-CRI 15160 0445 GMT Cantonese 444 April 11 YL singing then a YL with comments. //9790[444]via Cuba.

JAPAN Radio Japan-NHK 17810 0405 GMT Japanese 444 April 11 OM with comments and Band music 0428 GMT. //17560[444], 15325[444]. 15195[333], 5960[444]via Canada.

RUSSIA Tatarstan Wave 15110 0449 GMT Russian 333 April 11 OM singing followed by a YL singing.

RUSSIA Vladivostok Voice of Russia-VOR 13775 0452 GMT English 333 April 11 YL and OM singing plus some good piano music. OM with VOR ID 0458 GMT. Then a newscast at 0500 GMT.

SAUDI ARABIA BSOTK 15285 0432 GMT Arabic 333 April 11 Arabic music followed by a YL with comments.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
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Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 17795 2302 GMT English 333 April 8 OM with cimments oon Abortianspaid for by the govt.

BONAIRE Radio Netherlands Intl Relay-RNI 17605 2323 GMT Dutch 333 April 8 Two OMs in a conversation.

BONAIRE Radio Japan-NHK Relay 15265 2352 GMT Japanese 433 April 8 Two YLs singing. OM with NHK ID 2355 GMT. OM with ID 2359, then time pips and off the air.

CANADA Radio China Intl Relay-CRI 15455 2344 GMT Spanish 433 April 8 Two OMs with comments.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 15370 2347 GMT Spanish 433 April 8 YL with comments.

NEW ZEALAND Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI 15720 2327 GMT English 333 Sept 8 OM with ongoing comments.

NORTH MARIANAS Radio Free Asia-RFA 15585 2330 GMT Chinese 333 April 8 YL and OM with comments.

UNITED STATES, Florida Radio Taiwan Intl Relay-RTI 17725 2315 GMT Spanish 333 April 8 YL with comments. YL with an ID 2318 GMT.
..
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
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SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Glenn Hauser logs April 11, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, no carrier from LRA36, Monday April 11 at 1308, 1418, 1456 checks. Still waiting for them to resume regular operation after the surprise re-appearance (test?) April 6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. THE DUMBING-DOWN OF RADIO AUSTRALIA: one of the few bright spots on the SW dial in our mornings (in English with a strong signal) has been RA, with a variety of intellexually-stimulating or at least meaningful ABC feature programs on weekdays between 13 and 15 UT. Monday April 11 I tune in 9580 at 1345 expecting to hear ``Innovations``, but instead:

YL DJ is jabbering about the local times in various Pacificasian cities where RA has FM relays, such as Port Moresby 101.9; then pop music outroed at 1350 as by Melbourne band Electric Empire; temps in cities as far as Tokyo. Mentions she is hosting this new program in the wee hours, asks for SMS messages. 1359 says something about RA being made over into a ``brighter radio``!

Still news at 1400, anyway, after 9580 has closed but still on 9590; at 1405 instead of `Big Ideas`, right back to this ``overnight show`` with frequencies 107 in Honiara, 103 in Port Vila, 102.1 in Lae, wants text messages to +61 427 72 72 72. Would someone please tell her to go away and put `Big Ideas` back on shortwave, at least??? She is ``all about connecting with you, the listener``. 1408 starts to play wrong track, ``the beauty of live radio, the unexpected``.

Strike RA as anything worth listening to. I hope they still haven`t canned ``Late Night Live``, superb discussion show in the 12-13 hour, which I last heard on Thursday. OMG, ``Late Night Live`` is no longer among the L`s in program list
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/programguide/
Just Live Talk-this, and Live Talk-that. I expect we can still find LNL on ABC domestic webcasts.

Indeed, the program sked at
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/programguide/universal.htm
now shows ``Live Talk`` English for Asia, M-F at 1230-1530 and also at 05-08 and 09-12, plus some other times. A few of the old ABC feature shows still appear between 16 and 18, deep in the night.

The official term for this revolting development is not ``dumbing-down`` but ``Renovating``:
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/renovate/

``Over the coming weeks and months you'll begin to notice changes to Radio Australia. We're renovating to be more relevant and immediate in our coverage of breaking news, major stories, activities and events as they occur around Asia, the Pacific and Australia. Through this renovation we'll provide new improved opportunities for sharing, participating and collaborating, as well as a new look, style and feel.

Preview the new Radio Australia. You can now preview our new program schedule featuring nine live audio streams, which will be live from 11 April across Asia and the Pacific. Below you can also preview how the new site is shaping up. During the renovation we'd like to hear what you think makes a great website. You can let us know by visiting our contact us page. . .`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake April 11:
8400, absent at 1255. Starting here, did not have time for a thoro bandscan before 1300, but:
10300, good with flutter at 1255
10965, fair at 1256 // 10300, no 10970 today; very poor at 1328
11500, poor at 1329 // 13920
13130, VG at 1259
13920, VG at 1259; good at 1326
13980, fair at 1326, weaker than // 13920
14700, good at 1416, not earlier
15670, fair mixing with some talk at 1303, i.e. RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan

11760, RHC normally very strong here, has heavy CCI from music at 1329 April 11; talk in English after 1330 turns out to be // CRI 9650, but two seconds behind Sackville. Aoki shows Kunming site at 12-14. At 1356, RHC is atop 11760, but CRI under // 9760. Commies vs Commies! See also EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13780, April 11 at 1432, RHC audio is suppressed and distorted, while still loud and clear on // 13680. Wiggle that patchcord! See also CHINA: collision on 11760 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 13670, April 11 at 1325, ``Chinese opera``, flutter, not // CNR1. Aoki shows it`s CRI Chinese service this hour only via Urumqi.

NOT ``Urumqui`` as I keep seeing it misspelt: the Q in Chinese transliteration has no need of a U and doesn`t even sound like our Q. Or, to be more politically correct, we should spell it Urumchi, less confusing and closer to the Uyghur? Even better: some old maps, Rand McNally Atlas 1971, show it as Wulumuchi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, April 11 at 1503, gospel huxter in Amerenglish, Brother somebody from Georgia, introducing the ``Bible Way Temple Radio Choir``; presumed R. Africa on its sporadic ``schedule`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI gone again Monday April 11 during the 13 English hour, and 14 Indonesian hour; will it be back in time for Banjarmasin co-produxion 24 hours later? As always, the higher-priority RRI transmitter next to it on 9680 is still running, Indopop at 1358 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [and non]. R. Tirana, ALBANIA, 13625, English to NAm at 1430 is normally without ACI from 13630, but April 11 at 1430 a stronger signal is on 13630 with music, soft announcements, language uncertain, 1431 into Qur`an. That`s typical behaviour of VIRI; gone at 1455 recheck.

Uplooked later, Iran is scheduled on 13630 but only at 1330-1427 in Japanese via Kamalabad, so another of their sloppy overruns. Languages supposed to start at 1430 on other frequencies are: Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Pashto, Russian.

However, DX Mix News, Bulgaria April 11 in an updated A-11 VIRI schedule shows Japanese until 1427 is supposed to be on 13645 now; and nothing on 13630 any time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 15735, April 22 at 1301 poor with news in English of Japan disasters, music stingers à la NHK, and in fact it is R. Japan, via Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN. HFCC shows two 100 kW transmitters, both to CIRAF 41, i.e. Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, one at 141 degrees, the other at 163, getting them all covered (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, April 11 at 1413, great Kurdish music at S9+20 without too much flutter; still but weaker at 1456, and also heard before 1400, V. of Mesopotamia via UKRAINE currently scheduled 04-18, and from May 29 expanding to -20, while WYFR blox it only until 0900, so should be in the clear anytime after then. 7540, the other frequency seldom heard here, follows at 18-20 until off for the summer. Thus the PKK terrorists get far more SW time on Ukrainian transmitter than RUI any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, VOAf from the GJ, April 11 at 1404 poor with ID in English, drumming; better at 1532, YL about alleged free medical care in Libya. She refers merely to Libya instead of the ``Socialist People`s Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah``, the cumbersome name apparently abolished some time ago; how I miss the SPLAJ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [non]. 21480, Monday April 11 at 1357 open carrier, but nothing starts at 1400. Finally at 1402, Hamada Radio International modulation, no RMI ID in English, and my Hausa is not good enough to decide whether it was joined in progress, or merely late starting. Meanwhile, with BFO I notice that the carrier from Wertachtal is unsteady, compared to others on 13m, and has a curious wobble (slight regular pitch shift) 48 times per minute.

Jeff White says the schedule will keep changing due to the Nigerian elexions in progress. Besides 21480 M-F at 1400-1430, HRI is registered at 0530-0600 on 9545, 9610 and/or 11970; 1930-2000 on 11865, 11945, but not all of these may be in use at once via GERMANY, and M-F broadcasts might be expanded to Sat and Sun too. As of April 5-7, Kouji Hashimoto in Japan Premium reported that the 1930 broadcast was on 11945 ex-11865 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PORTUGAL. 21655, April 11 at 1320, RDP Internacional announcing this very frequency plus satellite info. After a couple days of deadness, 13m has revived with this plus the usual signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9980, as I tune across WWCR, April 11 at 1410, Brother Scare reveals that ``Jesus is the only one in heaven now``. I`m sure that will disappoint scads of survivors (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 11880 via COSTA RICA, Monday April 11 at 1434 REE token news capsule in Portuguese, the extremely nasal Brazilian YL, but by now should be in French; were the two swapped at 1430, today or forevermore? 1435:08 into English with Coe; 1437:50 Arabic YL; 1440 outro in Castilian. So English got almost three minutes, Arabic only two. Just so the quadrilingual headlines add up to 10 minutes.

Another full REE A-11 schedule from Antonio Buitrago, DX program host, via Pedro Sedano, noticiasdx yg, still fails to mention this segment at all, merely part of Spanish service. What about ``co-official`` languages?

Per that, Catalan, Gallego y Vasco are Mon-Sat 2330-2345 on 9535, 9620, 11680 and 15160. While Euskera (same language as Vasco, i.e. Basque) is Mon-Fri 1240-1255 on 11880, 11815, 15585, 21540, 21610. The trouble is, Euskera/Basque was divorced last season from the other two when it got its longer slot elsewhen, which we have recently heard starting closer to 1230 than 1240, but not always. That schedule also claims there are a full 3 hours of Euskera on 5970 at 1200-1500, surely a mistake. Further, it claims that Euskera via China to Philippines on 11910 is at 1330-1355, likely also a mistake rather than // all the others at 1240v. We still need to confirm the ``2330-2345`` slot, surely still only Catalan and Galician, and in B-10 there was an unpublished repeat of that at 0505-0515; and still? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 17745, April 11 at *1500, Sudan Radio Service still opening in colloquial Arabic but pronouncing station name in English, strumming, 1501 akbar. There was a false alarm last week that this transmission via Sines, PORTUGAL at 15-17 was being canceled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15580, April 11 at 0553, poor signal with golf score in English: must be VOA, at the moment SSOB, better than Australia. Altho no Nigeria, 15120, I figured VOA site would be Botswana, but HFCC shows Iranawila, SRI LANKA at 03-07, 250 kW, 263 degrees toward Africa from the other side; unusual opening.

17545, April 11 at 1421, good signal, better than usual, hard-driving beat, VOA Music Mix promo, and more until 1430 cut to ``From Studio 23 in Washington, VOA`s International Edition``. Until then, Africans were prevented from hearing news about Asia, who cares? 17540 is 100 kW, 350 degrees from BOTSWANA during this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13570, I noticed WINB was on air with strong signal around 1258 April 11, but gone again at 1322, so no QRM to CODAR. Has the WINB program schedule been updated since March 13 to show it`s nowhere near 24/7 any more? http://www.winb.com/schedule.htm Of course not! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9320, very strong S9+22 open carrier, April 11 at 0559 past 0600, better than WBCQ, WYFR and WTJC just up the band. Occasional barely audible digital beeps, so maybe ute, Cuban spy station. No broadcasters scheduled here between 0030 and 1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Dx Mix News # 672

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DX MIX NEWS # 672                                             11 April 2011
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BULGARIA    An announcement of Radio Bulgaria.  Dear listeners and DX fans,
Radio Bulgaria’s Technical Department turns to you with a request for a one
month monitoring of our transmissions made in two parts:

Part 1: April 18 through May 1 via a transmitter in Plovdiv 300 kW and
Part 2: May 2 through 15 via a transmitter in Kostinbrod 100 kW as follows:

to West Europe
0430-0500 in Bulgarian on  7400 kHz
0530-0700 in German, French and English on 11600 kHz
1300-1400 in Bulgarian on 15700 kHz
1630-1800 in German, French and English on  7400 kHz
1900-2200 in German, French and English on  7400 kHz

to North America
2300-0300 in English, Bulgarian, French and English on 11700 kHz

We expect your opinions on the possible difference in the strength and
quality of the signal from the two transmitters. You can contacts us by
e-mail and send us sound files in the MP3 or MP4 format at the following
address: . Thank you in advance and 73!

Ivo Ivanov
Frequency Manager
Technical Department
Radio Bulgaria


IRAN    Updated summer A-11 of VOIRI/IRIB:
Albanian
0630-0727 on 13810 17595
1830-1927 on  9570 11980
2030-2127 on  6090  9830

Arabic
0230-0527 on  9420 11660 11760
0330-0427 on  9610 11875 "Voice of Palestine"
0530-0827 on 13790 13800 15150
0830-1027 on 13740 13790 13800 15150
1030-1427 on 13790 13800 15150
1430-1627 on  9920 15150
1630-1727 on  9420  9920
1730-2027 on  6215  9420
2030-0227 on  9420

Armenian
0300-0327 on  7220 11700
0930-0957 on  9700 15225
1630-1727 on  7230  9505

Azeri
0330-0527 on 13710
1430-1657 on  9655

Bengali
0030-0127 on  7325  9730
0830-0927 on 11710
1430-1527 on 12085 13800

Bosian
0530-0627 on 11790 13670
1730-1827 on  9860 12020
2130-2227 on  9810 11685

Chinese
1200-1257 on 15190 15530 17610 17670
2330-0027 on 11645 13670 13715

Dari
0300-0627 on 11940 13740
0830-1157 on 11980 13720
1200-1427 on  9940 13720
1430-1457 on  9940

English
0130-0227 on  9605 11920 "Voice of Justice"
1030-1127 on 17710 21630
1530-1627 on  9600 11945
1930-2027 on  5940  6205  7205  9780  9800

German
0730-0827 on 15085 15430
1730-1827 on  5940  9565 11950

French
0630-0727 on 15430 17700
1830-1927 on  5940  9860 11865 13600

Hausa
0600-0657 on 17750
1130-1157 on 21520 21750, new txion
1830-1927 on 11885 13710

Hebrew
0430-0457 on  9610 11875
1200-1227 on 13685 15240

Hindi
0230-0257 on 11710 13750
1430-1527 on 11955 13810

Indonesian
1230-1327 on 17560 21670
2230-2327 on  7245  9820

Italian
0630-0727 on  9770 13620 17665
1930-1957 on  5910  7350

Japanese
1330-1427 on 13645 15555
2100-2157 on  9765 11765

Kazakh
0130-0227 on  9790 11800
1530-1627 on  7340  9940

Kurdish
0330-0427 on  7365  9715
1330-1627 on  7230

Pashto
0230-0327 on  5940  7360
0730-0827 on 11990 15440
1230-1327 on  9570 11730
1430-1527 on  5890
1630-1727 on  6090  7340

Russian
0300-0327 on  9650 11925
0500-0527 on 11790 13750 15150 17655
1430-1527 on  9555  9580 11830 13720
1700-1757 on  6065  7350
1800-1857 on  6090  6140
1930-2027 on  6155  9570

Spanish
0030-0227 on  9905 11760
0230-0327 on  9905
0530-0627 on 15530 17530
2030-2127 on  6055  7300  9780

Swahili
0400-0457 on 13750 51340
0830-0927 on 17660 21650
1730-1827 on  9655 11830

Tajik
0100-0227 on  6175  7285
1600-1727 on  5950  6110

Turkish
0430-0557 on  9560 12015
1600-1727 on  7370  9905

Urdu
0130-0227 on  5930  7325  9845
1300-1427 on  9830 11620 11695
1530-1727 on  5890

Uzbek
0230-0257 on  7290 11930
1500-1557 on  5945  9685

RUSSIA    Summer A-11 of Tatarstan Wave in Tatar and Russian:
0410-0500 on 15110 SAM 250 kW / 060 deg to FE
0610-0700 on  9690 SAM 250 kW / 060 deg to CeAs
0810-0900 on 15195 SAM 250 kW / 295 deg to EaEu

USA(non)    VOA's "Radio Sawa" in Arabic to LBY, TUN, EGY from April 7:
0600-0700 on 11645 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg, new
0600-0800 on 13575 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg, new
0800-1000 on 11725 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg
0800-1100 on 15775 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg, ex 0800-1330
1000-1100 on 11680 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg, ex 1000-1200
0600-1100 on 17880 KWT 250 kW / 285 deg, ex 0800-1100
1200-1330 on 11890 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg, cancelled
1100-1330 on 17840 KWT 250 kW / 285 deg, cancelled

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

BRAZIL Radio Nacional da Amazonia 11780 0325 GMT Portuguese 333 April 8 YL with comments. Another station was heard in Russian and ID'd as DW -Voice of Germany. Both stations kepted mixing with each other.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 12020 0319 GMT Spanish 333 April 8 Two OMs with ongoing comments.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 11760 0329 GMT Spanish 333 April 8 Two OMs with comments. Plus martial band music. RHC ID 0330 GMT. YL with ID plus and OM.

CUBA China Radio Intl Relay-CRI 9790 0344 GMT English 444 April 8 Two OMs with comments on the upcoming Olympic Games, also mention was Tiger Wood in golf games in the All in the World Together program. //9690[333]via Spain.

ENGLAND, Cumbria, BBCWS 9915 0341 GMT English 333 April 8 YL and OM with comments.

KOREA, North KCBS 13650 0313 GMT Chinese April 8 YL with comments. MacKenzie-CA..

TUNISIA RTV Tunisienne 12005 0320 GMT Arabic 333 April 8 OM singing.

VATICAN STATE Vatican Radio 11675 0345 GMT Somali 333 April 8 YL with comments.
...
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"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

Escuchas Onda Corta Javier Robledillo

ALEMANIA

15.650 kHz, Radio Liberty, Wertachtal, 10-04-11, 1423-1427. Locutor con comentarios y referencias a Turkmenistán, en turkmeno. SINPO 55555

 

CHINA, Rep. Popular

17.650 kHz, Radio China Int., Kashi Saibagh 2022, 10-04-11, 1119-1124. Locutores con comentarios, en chino. SINPO 55555

17.680 kHz, Radio China Int., Kumming Anning, 10-04-11, 1124-1127. Locutores con comentarios y fin de emisión, en camboyano. SINPO 44444

 

CHILE

15.680 kHz, CVC, Santiago, 10-04-11, 1127-1133. Locutor con comentarios sobre Brasil, identificación emisora y música, en español. SINPO 22332

 

FRANCIA

17.620 kHz, Radio France Int., Issoudun, 10-04-11, 1117-1119. Locutora entrevista a invitado con comentarios sobre el sol, en francés. SINPO 55555

 

GRECIA

15.630 kHz, Voice of Greece, Avlis, 10-04-11, 1353-1419. Música, identificación emisora y comentarios de locutor, en griego. SINPO 55555

 

RUMANIA

17.510 kHz, Radio Rumania Int., Tiganesti, 10-04-11, 1114-1117. Locutores con curso de rumano con lección sobre los meses del año, en inglés. SINPO 55555. En paralelo por 17.670 kHz con SINPO 55555

 

SRI LANKA

17.685 kHz, Radio Azadi, Irana Wila, 10-04-11, 1133-1136. Locutora con comentarios y referencias a Hosni Mubarak, en dari. SINPO 55444

17.695 kHz, Radio Farda, Irana Wila, 10-04-11, 1136-1142. Locutor con comentarios y referencias a Irán, identificación emisora y música pop, en persa. SINPO 55444

 

Escuchas realizadas en Santa Pola (Alicante)

Rx: Sangean ATS909

Ant: Hilo 7m

 

Javier Robledillo

Elche (Alicante)
EA5-1028
http://cuadernodebitacoradx.blogspot.com

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton-RA 15515 0337 GMT English 444 April 7 Two YLs with comments on the Primemisters power slipping. Other OMs with various subjects. //15240[333]Shep and 15230[333]Shep.

CHINA China Radio Intl-CRI 15160 0352 GMT Chinese 333 April 7 YL with comments. //15130[333].

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 13760 0355 GMT Spanish 433 April 7 OM with comments plus a YL with comments. Suddenly off the air at 0355 GMT.

JAPAN Radio Japan-NHK 17560 0328 GMT Japanese 333 April 7 OM with comments.

KOREA, North Voice of Korea-VOK 15180 0350 GMT French 333 April 7 YL with comments.

NEW ZEALAND Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI 15720 0334 GMT English 444 April 7 OMs singing and OM in the World of Sports program 0335 GMT.

RUSSIA, Petropavlovsk Voice of Russia-VOR 15425 0342 GMT English 444 April 7 Two YLs with comments on daily happenings in Russia. Also other Views and News program.

SRI LANKA Voice of America Relay- VOA 17855 0325 Asian Language 333 April 7 Two OMs with cimments.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"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 April 9-10, 2011

** ALBANIA [and non]. 13640, R. Tirana English to NAm and Europe, April 9 at 1845-1857:40*, typically ending at least two minutes before the hour/half hour, still has co-channel QRM from All India Radio, also causing a rippling SAH. Altho R. Tirana is slightly stronger here, an unacceptable collision. If AIR continues to be unresponsive about this usurpation, R. Tirana will have to move to another 13 MHz frequency for this and the 2000 broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 10:
 8400, fair at 1236
10300, fair with flutter at 1247; this and all off at 1313, but this and many others back on at 1321 check
10965, fair at 1248 and also on not // 10970! Odd one out except // 13130; 10965 off at 1313, back at 1321 and 1352, off with all at 1400*
10970, fair at 1248 and also on not // 10965! Unusual to have two adjacent. 10970 is // 11500 et al.; off at 1313, back at 1321
11500, fair at 1246; off at 1313, back at 1321
12600, fair with very heavy flutter at 1250, // 10300; off at 1313, back at 1321
13130, fair at 1250, // 10965, not 10300
13850, good at 1251 // 10970, 10300
13980, good at 1252 // 13850; no others on 14 or 15 MHz now; also at 1321 when lower ones have returned but no others on 13 MHz; and 1352
14700, very poor at 1325
15900, good at 1352, not heard earlier; none higher
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6150, April 10 at 0514 RHC just squealing atop trace of program modulation, while English was on 6010, 6050, 6060 (not 11760 this night); Spanish still running late on 6120, 12040.

13780, April 10 at 1335, RHC `En Contacto`: Among other things, Manolo replied to Christer Brunström, Sweden, that he would send a list of Cuban FM stations with powers for the WRTH, info CB had a hard time obtaining. During this segment, // 11830 was buried way under WYFR; 13680 was still on, along with much weaker 11730, 12040?-under China radio war, 15120, 15230, 15360.

This Sunday, never heard a carrier on 13750 in several chex after 1400; that and the four other `Aló, Presidente` frequencies were still vacant at 1533. El Hugazo`s website http://www.alopresidente.gob.ve/ says there will be no show ``this week``, but the announcement looks just like the one last week, ``ceding his space to a special transmission on a South American tour`` --- by him? Yes, a further link dates that info as of April 3, and it was about a previous trip of his. So maybe there is still hope for a later appearance this Sunday if the page gets updated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE [and non]. Metropolitan Opera live broadcast on SW! Saturday April 9 at 1850 as I tune across fair 15630, V. of Greece, am surprised to hear two YLs in English discussing Handel and Rossini, one of whom is Renée Fleming. Sounds like a Met intermission feature, and then Greek voice-over translation. This is happening only because of the strike in Greece, as VOG plugs into an ERA domestic network authorized to carry this, but back at Lincoln Center they are very protective of Met broadcast rights, and would likely nix it getting out for one and all to hear on SW. Fortunately the voice-over translator person is not on strike, whew.

Per http://www.operainfo.org/ this week it is `Le Comte Ory`, an obscure opera by Rossini, and indeed for the single intermission just ending, ``Renée Fleming interviews Diana Damrau and Joyce DiDonato``. As music resumes (without voice-overs!), I also check our local MORN affiliate, KCSC 90.1 OKC and match it up to 15630, except KCSC is running 8 seconds behind VOG, maybe its own self-imposed delay to match analog with tardy IBOC.

In case there are more strikes subsequent Saturdays, this year`s Met season runs thru May 14, all starting at 1700 UT except the last, ``Die Walküre`` an hour earlier in order to get the patrons out before dark. Ha, the penultimate, May 7 has a Greek angle, Strauss` ``Ariadne auf Naxos``, altho set in Wien.

BTW, if you miss a live Saturday Met broadcast, you may catch it 8 days later on Radio Cultura FM, São Paulo webcast, Sundays at 1800 UT, via http://www2.tvcultura.com.br/radiofm/programacaofm.asp
I wonder if they have to wait for a CD in the mail?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, April 9 at 1756, tuning in early for R. Kuwait, I hear something non-English, 1758 announcement starting with ``Yeh ---``, mentioning ``mediumwave`` ``and meter band``, so it`s Urdu --- some other station just before RK in English? No, Urdu is indeed scheduled on their domestic service until 1800, but not on SW, so the transmitter was turned on early.

1759 military band plays NA, 1800 accurate 5+1 timesignal, anthem plays again! And sign-on in English still claiming to be on 11990; by 1802 into ``Umbrella of Islam`` religious propaganda. 15540 held up well at least until 1850 today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 11805-11810-11815, DRM noise, April 10 at 0507, louder than that from NZ covering 11670-11675-11680 --- it`s RRI scheduled in French to Europe, 300 kW, 285 degrees from Galbeni, fortunately only during this single semihour. Says HFCC; does RRI really run full power when in DRM or just fail to register reduxions? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAIPAN. 11800, April 10 at 1243, Vietnamese music and talk, good signal tho 100 kW, 278 degrees from KFBS at 12-13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 11880, REE via COSTA RICA, April 10 at 1237, Antonio Buitrago with `Amigos de la Onda Corta`, reconfirmed at new summer timing of 1230 Sundays; he also uses little giveaway electronic jingles during the show, which I was not hearing around 0645 Saturday when its only other airing is allegedly scheduled. 13m closed again this morning, so no // 21610 or 21540 audible, nor later by 1404 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [and non]. 13730, April 10 at 0510 whine & grind with fading; can only assume it is jamming against R. Dabanga, 500 kW, 255 degrees via UAE at 0430-0527, a site hard to hear here even if unjammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY [and non]. V of Turkey, UT Sunday April 10 at 0313-0332, `DX Corner`, listened on webcast. Started with radio news items, none of which mentioned SW frequencies – R. Nepal at 61, new Sudan opposition station by youth, VOA via Maputo FM, Bangladesh gets Thomson SW transmitter, Egypt broadcasting officials sacked, H20/shower radio --- look familiar? We`ve seen them all somewhere in the last two weeks; it seems that at least four of them appeared on the Media Network blog. Is that one of never-credited sources? After annoying pop music break, read a bunch of reception reports starting with Dario Gabrielli in Italy. The last one asked that scripts of the radio news be posted on website in case one missed the program. Can`t do that, she said, too understaffed, but will add `DX Corner` to seven available podcasts.

She also invited suggestions on how to improve the program, adding or subtracting features. How about some real and attributed DX news to justify calling it `DX Corner`?? And can the reading of reception reports, of no interest to other listeners. Also publish or even spell her name instead of mumbling it, so I don`t have to refer just to ``she/her`` as host/ess.

BTW, elsewhen on VOT I still hear the familiar voice of Sheref Isler, who supposedly left the station last year, or was it 2009, and requested us to remove all previous references to his name in DXLD. Is he back, or are we only hearing old continuity announcements and program reruns?

Finally found the podcast page:
http://www.trt-world.com/trtworld/Galeri/Podcast.aspx?dil=en
and it looks like there are 18 of them, with DX Corner now at the top of the list. In fact, all eight fortnightly editions so far this year are available. But I`d rather pick up some of the feature shows.

At 0343 I check the SW frequency 9515 and find it with a quite good signal during the music fill portion of the broadcast. // 6165 eastward of course is totally blocked here by RNW Bonaire. Are TRT quite confident none of that signal will mar reception in its own target area? IIRC, 9515 is the frequency R. Ankara was using when I first heard it in the late 1950s or early 1960s; quite nostalgic.

BTW, during this very same hour on UT Sundays, and lasting until 0700 UT, is an excellent world music show on KALW San Francisco, `Tangents`, webcasting via http://www.kalw.org/listen.html
Its host Dore Stein is partial to Turkey, having led several musical tours there, but taking a break this year, instead bringing Turkish musicians to the Bay Area. More at http://www.tangents.com/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Tips "Girolla" Buccinasco

date   utc    khz
10/04 0626    9665 R Missionaria B  Camboriù- px mx rlg+id -Suff  
10/04 0611    9565 Super R Deus è Amor B    Curitiba -px religioso -Suff   
10/04 0605 9645,35 R Bandeirantes     B   Sao Paolo -px mx  -Suff
10/04 0553 15190,2 R.Incofidencia     B   Belo Horizonte-px mx  -Suff 
09/04 0641    5025 R Rebelde Bauta   CUB  px locale + ID+ indirizzo  - Suff
09/04 0639   26000 R.Maria Andrate  I    px rlg // fm   -Suff
07/04 0435    1510 WWZN    Boston  USA  px talk + id  -Suff 
07/04 0430    1566 TWR Africa     BEN Parakou - px nx + id +mx-Suff   
05/04 0440    1620 R Rebelde Bauta    CUB  px mx // 5025khz  -Suff
05/04 0427    4055 R Verdad -Chiquimula  GTM   px mx religiosa + id  -Suff
04/04 2148   15190 R.Incofidencia     B   Belo Horizonte-px mx+id  -Suff
04/04 2143   11815 R Brasil Central -Goiania   B    "la Central Informativo" px -Suff
04/04 2040   17705 R Nacional de Venezuela CUB   via Cuba px  locale   -Suff 
04/04 2037   15345 RAE General Pacheco   ARG   px mx in F   - Suff  

 

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Australia Radio Heritage 2UW Sydney

Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net

____________________________
Australian Heritage AM Radio
2UW Sydney
The Station All Australia Knows
____________________________

Former Sydney radio station 2UW was once the only station broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week throughout Australia according to the latest in the popular series of Long Lost Australian Radio Stars hosted by the Radio Heritage Foundation at www.radioheritage.net.

Relaunched in April 1995 as Mix 106.5 FM,, the original radio 2UW was established in 1925 and was known for 'the very best in music, the cream of dramatic entertainment, fast moving quiz programs and fifteen of the most popular radio serials on the air' and served listeners far beyond the Sydney region.

It's popular 'Theatre Beautiful' was opened in 1942 and each year more than 120,000 people were guests of 2UW and its sponsors at regular music and community events.

This is a fascinating feature about one of the greatest Australian radio stations when it was at it height of popularity in the late1940's, an era that has long gone but which has left enduring memories in the minds of millions of Australians today.

This new release brings to over thirty the number of such features currently included in the Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series at www.radioheritage.net where an increasing amount of Australian radio heritage can now be found.

If you have your own memories, memorabilia and more you'd like to share about 2UW Sydney or any of the other stations featured in the series, the Radio Heritage Foundation wants to hear from you.

It may be some old photos, booklets, newspaper or magazine articles or even some recordings. Memories of listening to 2UW over the years are also important and wanted because they help people understand the important community role played by 2UW over several generations.

The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting popular culture nostalgia and radio heritage across the Pacific and its website is www.radioheritage.net where full contact details can be found. Email: info@radioheritage.net

Australia Radio Heritage 2UW Sydney

Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net

____________________________
Australian Heritage AM Radio
2UW Sydney
The Station All Australia Knows
____________________________

Former Sydney radio station 2UW was once the only station broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week throughout Australia according to the latest in the popular series of Long Lost Australian Radio Stars hosted by the Radio Heritage Foundation at www.radioheritage.net.

Relaunched in April 1995 as Mix 106.5 FM,, the original radio 2UW was established in 1925 and was known for 'the very best in music, the cream of dramatic entertainment, fast moving quiz programs and fifteen of the most popular radio serials on the air' and served listeners far beyond the Sydney region.

It's popular 'Theatre Beautiful' was opened in 1942 and each year more than 120,000 people were guests of 2UW and its sponsors at regular music and community events.

This is a fascinating feature about one of the greatest Australian radio stations when it was at it height of popularity in the late1940's, an era that has long gone but which has left enduring memories in the minds of millions of Australians today.

This new release brings to over thirty the number of such features currently included in the Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series at www.radioheritage.net where an increasing amount of Australian radio heritage can now be found.

If you have your own memories, memorabilia and more you'd like to share about 2UW Sydney or any of the other stations featured in the series, the Radio Heritage Foundation wants to hear from you.

It may be some old photos, booklets, newspaper or magazine articles or even some recordings. Memories of listening to 2UW over the years are also important and wanted because they help people understand the important community role played by 2UW over several generations.

The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting popular culture nostalgia and radio heritage across the Pacific and its website is www.radioheritage.net where full contact details can be found. Email: info@radioheritage.net

Ascolti FM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti FM (ora italiana)

Venerdì 8 aprile 2011
La giornata era limpida al 99% e tiepida, così sono risalito altre due ore a Santo Stefano d'Aveto ma, questa volta, con la DE1103 Degen modificata (filtri FM 110-80 kHz) e soli tre elementi dell'antenna telescopica incorporata.
Probabilmente, se anche la G3 si potesse modificare da questo punto di vista si otterrebbero gli stessi risultati, intanto con la Degen al bandscan provvisorio di 15 giorni prima ho aggiunto circa 30 impianti e solo fino a 92 MHz perché poi purtroppo sono dovuto tornare in Riviera.
Innanzitutto rettifico l'affermazione dell'altra volta, perché la Liguria non è tagliata completamente fuori dalla ricezione, si sentono quelle locali della Val d'Aveto - non sono molte - e alcune tra Genova e Imperia. Ribadisco, invece, la prevalenza del nord Italia, aggiungendo alcune aree piemontesi, qualcosa sul Garda tra Brescia e Verona e il Monte Venda da Padova con due RAI da 150 kW. Suggestiva, poi, la possibilità di sentire tanti impianti ubicati sui tetti dei grattacieli di Milano. Da verificare, infine, una cospicua coincidenza di frequenze con impianti ad altissime quote del Trentino-Alto Adige, fino a quando non sarà possibile ricevere qualcosa di locale che confermi tale ipotesi. Tornerò su appena sarà possibile e, spero, prima dell'inizio della stagione turistica, altrimenti i giardini pubblici sono zeppi di adulti e bambini ed il silenzio indispensabile per l'ascolto all'aperto non regnerebbe più sovrano. Più che altro per arrivare ai 108 MHz ed arricchire e completare l'elenco il più possibile.
Segnalo qui sotto solo i quattro ascolti registrati con il recorder digitale, gli altri si trovano sempre nel file "Tigullio in FM" nell'archivio del gruppo Yahoo! tigullioamfm_dx.


11.52 - 90.700 MHz
RADIO LUPO SOLITARIO
Cernobbio-Monte Bisbino (Como)
II, mx rock e IDs OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
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12.16 - 89.800 MHz
RADIO MILANO
Milano-Via Guglielmo Silva
e/o Godiasco (Pavia)
Musica e IDs OM/YL.
Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente
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12.33 - 89.600 MHz
RADIO CANTU'-INBLU
Cantù-Collegio De Amicis (Como)
II, pubblicità e nxs locali.
Segnale buono
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12.53 - 90.900 MHz
VIVA FM - Brunate (Como)
Musica dance e molti IDs.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Meglio su 92 da Brescia-M. Maddalena.


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Luca Botto Fiora
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QTH FISSO
Rapallo (Genova)
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
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RICEVITORI
Satellit 500 Grundig (filtri FM 110-80-80 kHz)
DE1103 Degen (filtri FM 110-80 kHz)
VR5000DSP Yaesu (OIRT)
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ANTENNE
Dipolo telescopico
Centralizzata TV condominiale
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VARIE
Balun coassiale su ferrite per dipolo telescopico tratto da www.northcountryradio.com
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QTHs ESTERNI
Portofino-Chiesa di S. Giorgio (Genova)
G.C. 09E13 - 44N18
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Rapallo-Santuario di Montallegro (Genova)
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21 / 612 m. s.l.m.
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Chiavari Ri Alto (Genova)
G.C. 09E20 - 44N20
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S. Stefano d'Aveto (Genova)
G.C. 09E25 - 44N32 / 1012 m. s.l.m.
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Velva-Santuario N.S. della Guardia (Genova)
G.C. 09E33 - 44N17 / 698 m. s.l.m.
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RICEVITORE
DE1103 Degen (filtri FM 110-80 kHz)
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ANTENNE
Dipolo telescopico max. 3 elementi
Telescopica incorporata max 3 elementi
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www.northcountryradio.com
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Extra SAQ Transmission

SAQ will be on air on Thursday 14th April at 12:45 UTC. It is an extra transmission for the EUCAP2011 conference in Rome,concerning wave propagation and antennas. The frequency is as usual 17.2 kHz CW. We start the transmitter about 12:15 UTC for tuning.
     
Reports from this transmission will not be confirmed by QSL cards.

http://www.alexander.n.se

Radio Damascus now also on World Radio Network (WRN)

I noticed that the "World Radio Network" (WRN) is now also carrying the English program of Radio Damascus which makes it possible to download and listen to Radio Damascus in excellent digital audio quality at fast connection speed. You can find the direct link to the Radio Damascus program at WRN at :http://wrn.org/listeners/#radio-damascus

Glenn Hauser logs April 8-9, 2011

** ALBANIA [and non]. 13640, checking again April 8 the unexpected AIR interference to R. Tirana, English to North America at 2000-2030:

At 1920, 13640 has poor signal mix of the two Arabic stations. 1958, India in French is very poor but reads S9+10 peaks. *1959, RT comes on with carrier at S9+15, but less modulation more than makes up for the slightly stronger signal, making AIR and RT roughly equal in sound, both unusable. 2012, both are playing music, a mess. 2020, both are talking, also a mess. There is a rippling subaudible heterodyne between them, maybe circa 15 Hz apart, which adds to the annoyance. 2028:30* RT carrier goes off, AIR now in the clear. During this half-hour, of course, // 7465 is not audible here, not an alternative (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BONAIRE. 6215, April 9 at 0315, very poor signal in Spanish. It`s a leapfrog of RNW Bonaire 6165 over RNW 6190 in Dutch, another 25 kHz higher. Confirmed // 6215 and 6165. So add one more pair to my list of possible Bonaire leapfrogs, the other side being 6140 but likely buried by inband QRM; possible only at 0259-0327 when both 6165 and 6190 are on the air from adjacent antennas and transmitters.

Tnx to Theo Donnelly, BC, for a tip on this as an unID, April 7 from *0258:30 to 0327*. In turn he was checking out another report from California, claiming that this was R. Baluarte, Argentina on 6214!

Not bloody likely, a low-power pirate which no one has reported in months (years?) even from South America. Now let`s see which DX editors go ahead and publish or broadcast that item unchallenged as Baluarte?

For the benefit of list-loggers, Aoki really ought to include these and my other computed Bonaire leapfrog frequencies, also same for Habana and Sackville, plus other notorious offending sites. Those real but unintentional transmissions would certainly be more useful than maintaining long-inactive pirates and defunct legal SW stations on the roster, not flagged as such.

BTW, I am not a hard-liner against list-logging, and do it myself --- but only by applying all available facts and experience, and if still not certain, saying so. And furthermore, if ever am completely wrong, hastening to correct it. Since I am not competing against anyone for station or country DX totals, there is no harm in doing this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1559, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 9, all // except as noted:
10300, good at 1320, gone at 1410
13980, fair at 1334, poor at 1413
14700, poor at 1336
15430, very poor at 1338, ditto to 15670
15670, very poor at 1337 (or is it CNR1 music? As not // others), mixing with something, presumably V. of Tibet
16100, fair at 1339, no others 8-19 MHz; 16100 gone at 1418
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. Another check Friday April 8 of the RHC/VOA collision on 17560 at 1930-2030: while RHC was off at least between 2019 and 2058 April 7, possibly for monitoring, on April 8 it stayed on 17560:

At 1921, VOA French very poor but in the clear. *1927 RHC OC comes on; 1930 under OC, VOA French strengthens as it switches from São Tomé to Bonaire relay. 1932:05, RHC French audio cuts on late in progress, typical shoddy performance, 1958 still colliding, RHC atop. 2001 RHC opening Portuguese way atop VOA, and continuing past 2006. 2030 RHC into Arabic, as VOA is now off.

11760, April 9 at 0535, RHC is still on the air and VG in English, while 6010 is missing, the scheduled 0500 switch having failed. At 0601, 11760 is gone and open carrier on 6010; 6060 and 6050 are in Spanish about, what else, Los 5, an hour past nominal end of that language daily. Then I check 6150 and along with the squeal hear a bit of music, then IS, and into English, after which 6060 and 6050 are also in English, but 6010 still OC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 15630, April 9 at 0530 with Brazilian song, fair // better 9420, then song in another language, Spanish? As ERA continues music fill during strike. 13, 15, and 17 MHz bands were really hopping this nightmiddle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 17750, April 9 at 0549, how ironic that the strongest, virtually only signals on band are on the same frequency colliding, making a fast SAH circa 12 Hz, R. Australia, Shepparton with a silly Saturday ballgame and something else, per HFCC, VOA Kurdish via Madagascar. RA scheduled to remain until 0700, and in the following hour to collide with Iran in Hausa via Sirjan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, April 9 at 0544, VON with usual awful audio, about politix, elexions about to start in Nigeria. With BFO on FRG-7, its carrier is wobbling, unstable, compared to e.g. Australia 15160. While this is going on, expect more attention to broadcasting to and from Nigeria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU [and non]. 18057.9, April 9 at 1342 some JBA wailing from David Miranda, so the third harmonic of R. Victoria, 6019.3v is propagating, while easterly signals on 16m are not making it today; and unusually, nothing audible on 13m at 1345 or 1420. Yet WWV was reporting no space weather storms in past 24 hours, solar flux 109 on 8 April, K indices only 1 on 9 April at 1200, 2 at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PORTUGAL. 13755, RDP Internacional, Friday April 8 at 2003 at VG strength and splattering at least +/- 10 kHz. This is a ``special emission`` frequency, available 7 days a week between 20 and 23, 300 degrees to NAm, on the air only when there is something so important as a stupid ballgame (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. Is `Amigos de la Onda Corta` from REE really at 0630 UT Saturday as alleged in some schedule, which got its other time wrong? I wanted to be asleep at that hour April 9, but semi-awake at 0648 I checked poor signals on 11890, 12035; never heard the recognizable voice of Antonio Buitrago but others in an interview, so I have my doubts it was AOC. Of course he also does other announcing, and if I did hear him that would not prove it was AOC without considering the content. I am still waiting for anyone in the Spanish-speaking world to confirm this by monitoring, or find when it is really on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWAZILAND. 15360, April 9 at the TWR music-box IS giving RHC a lot of co-channel QRM, but off at 1415*. 1400-1415 is in A-11 the only usage of 15360 from Manzini, 43 degrees in Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 17885, April 8 at 1940 and still at 2004, fluttery African language with hum, i.e. BBC in Hausa, 250 kW, 55 degrees from ASCENSION at 1930-2030, as registered by BaBCock (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1559 monitoring: 15825, WWCR-1 still inbooming April 8 at 2014, at least S9+25 with sporadic-E enhancement, and held up past 2030 when WORLD OF RADIO 1559 started this Friday. Also VG Saturday April 9 at 1600 on 12160. Next: 0630 Sunday on 3215.

On WRMI 9955: As expected, fairly readable with no co-channel QRM Saturday April 9 at 1411, just some bleedover from 9965 jamming, overload from Brother Scare on 9980, and escapable from constant RTTY around 9960. Next airings are Sat 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730.

On IPAR/NEXUS-IBA/IRRS, Saturday 1800 on 7290 via Slovakia, 1566 and 1368 via Italy. How is 7290 around Europe now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 13575, April 9 at 0607 ``Sawa`` ID in passing during music, good signal over CODAR, but slightly unstable carrier compared to CVC Zambia 13590. 0616 news in Arabic, also mentions Sawa. Yet another new frequency in constantly-changing revived SW schedule of R. Sawa. Ivo Ivanov says this one is 06-08 via Lampertheim, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 15595, April 9 at 0543, sounds like a pope reciting stuff in Latin, responses by group, presumably mass from Vatican Radio, VG signal here in the nightmiddle; 0609 recheck, news in Italian. 250 kW, 121 degrees direct from SMG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17904-USB, air traffic control, April 9 at 0547, contacting flights discussing ETAs, flight levels, but could not catch ID on very poor signal. Brandon in CA was reporting San Francisco and Honolulu on this frequency April 7, and earlier reports in UDXF also mention Auckland, so somewhere around the Pacific. Language? The international one, English, it goes without saying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 21725 0312 GMT English 433 April 7 Two YLs on deaths in Libya. OM with comments on bombs being dropped in Libya.

CANADA CHU - Ottawa 3300 0430 GMT French/English 333 April 5 OM in French plus an OM in English with the time clock.

COSTA RICA Radio Exterior Espana Relay-REE 3350 0425 GMT Spanish 333 April 5 YL and OM with comments in the Diaria program. OM with REE ID 0428 GMT.

SOUTH AFRICA Trans World Radio-TWR 4775 0407 GMT German 333 April 5 OM with comments then an OM singing a hymn.

SOUTH AFRICA Radio Sonder Grense 3320 0432 GMT Afrikaans 333 April 5 YL and OM with comments.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee WWCR-1 3215 0435 GMT English 333 April 5 OM on God making Wars and the Rapture of the Church.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee WWRB 3185 0445 GMT English 333 April 5 OM with comments via the Bible on living the Last Days on Earth.

Unknown Country, Unknown Station?? 4055 0420 GMT Spanish 333 April 5 OM with religous comments.
.
.Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
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Glenn Hauser logs April 8, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 still missing April 8, after sudden appearance April 6, and absence April 7. Roberto Scaglione says they were working on fixing antenna and transmitter problems. On April 8 I checked repeatedly at 1255, 1330, 1409, 1417, 1447 and never heard even a carrier, tho propagation was poor. Harold Frodge, reporting to DXLD, also looked for it recently at later hours, and indeed they might have the transmitter on beyond previous regular schedule while they are testing and repairing:

``15476, 2156, 5-Apr; Weak het only centering about 15476. Not there at 2315. No het detected at 1700 or 2129, 6-Apr or 1824, 7-Apr (Frodge-MI)`` By ``het`` he means carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 13830, April 8 at 1318, CNR1 jamming // 11990; 13830 is to block R. Free Asia, Tibetan via Tajikistan at 11-14.

15670, April 8 at 1332, Firedrake atop something, // 15900, and no other FD found 8-17 MHz by 1340. 15670 is also RFA Tibetan via TAJIKISTAN at 11-14, and 15900 presumably Sound of Hope.

17705, April 8 at 1308, Chinese vs Chinese, i.e. ChiCom jamming against All India Radio`s Chinese service until 1315, burying Saudi Arabia, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 15630, VOG with non-classical music, fair April 8 at 1456, but presumably filling with even more music than usual of some sort, during strike thru Monday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, April 8 at 0556, R. Truth with multilingual announcements, English at tune-in offering QSL, with postal address Box 5, Chiquimula. Then YL in German; Italian; Swedish? Japanese; native language including Spanish words, all with Hammond organ music background, but audio quality varies greatly from language to language, some hard to copy or even identify. Overall modulation is somewhat distorted, and some T-storm crashes, but good steady signal at S9+20. Then brief sign-offs in Spanish and English, 0602 starting NA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUINEA. 7125, April 8 at 0605, RTG again with Qur`an, in Arabic of course. Did not catch any French translation like before in brief monitoring this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT [and non]. 21540, April 8 at 1454, Arabic pop music rather than Qur`an on this Friday, atop co-channel Spain, the SSOB now after Hamada Radio International is finished. Altho Kuwait may be at fault for this stupid collision, Spain could solve it by reactivating vacant 21570 which it was using in B-10, instead of 21540. But that would be too easy and require diligence (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, I can tell VOAf from the GJ is there, April 8 at 1453, fair signal with undermodulated music during presumed English bihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [non]. 21480, Hamada Radio International, via RMI, April 8 at 1415 is the SSOB --- strongest station on the band of 13m! Frequent mentions in Hausa of Kaduna. This is currently scheduled M-F 1400-1430, due south from Wertachtal, GERMANY with a semi-transmitter at 125 kW. Close second in strength is Kuwait on 21540.

At this hour I am pleased to note 10 audible signals on the 13 m band, unimaginable just a year ago during prolonged solar min: 21470 BBC English via Cyprus, 21480 HRI, 21505 BSKSA, 21540 RK AND REE, 21560 NHK via France, 21610 REE, 21630 BBC Hausa via Portugal, 21655 RDPI Portugal, 21840 DW Amharic via Portugal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Re previous report of KWTV-DT 39 adding continuous news on 9.2: Searching their site on ``News 9 Now`` (abbr`d as News9 N on PSIP ID), does get this:

``KWTV'S 'NEWS NOW' TO BECOME 'NEWS 9 NOW' --- News9.com

OKLAHOMA CITY -- News 9 is proud to introduce News 9 Now, formerly known as News Now 53. Beginning April 1, 2011, viewers can find News 9 Now on KWTV's digital sub-channel, 9.2. The news will continue to be broadcast on Cox Cable Channel 53.

"We made this move to make these channels more accessible to our viewers," said Griffin Communications President and CEO David Griffin. "We're happy to continue our successful 15 year partnership with Cox and look forward to serving even more Oklahomans by offering News 9 Now and News On 6 Now over the air."

The new channel will also allow News 9 to carry special programming without pre-empting regular scheduled programming. Viewers may need to rescan their channel lineups in order for the change to take effect. For more information, including a list of cable companies who will carry News 9 Now, check out http://News9.com/News9Now [website]`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. 17705, BSKSA in Arabic was blasted away by the Indo-Chinese radio war April 8 at 1308, see CHINA; that should have ended at 1315, and at 1411 check, BSKSA is alone again on channel in Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA [and non]. 15640, April 8 at 1448, noise jamming, bleeding to adjacent frequencies, perhaps Ethiopia using a Chinese-provided DRM transmitter to jam DW Amharic? NO! Looking it up in HFCC, this really is DRM, the joint BBC/DW service via Trincomalee, 90 kW aimed 5 degrees across India at 1400-1800. It`s so hard to tell DRM from jamming.

And this was in fact jamming an analog signal, Russian-style tune-up tone going on and off! Per HFCC, a Moscow analog site is also on 15640 at 13-18, 500 kW, 190 degrees. But Aoki shows 15640 really in use only at 15-16, for VOR in Russian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 17745, Sudan Radio Service, Friday April 8 *1459:20 carrier on via Sines, PORTUGAL, a few sex after VOA Kurdish via Wertachtal finishes 17750 at 1459*. Only fair signal, starts with drumming and other percussion, 1500 echoey YL with sign-on mentioning station name as in English, but otherwise in colloquial Arabic(?).

I made a point of monitoring SRS, since Ivo Ivanov reports to DXLD that this and all other transmissions via Portugal are being deleted from April 9, as well as various vernaculars via UAE at 17-18 on 9590, retaining only these:

``0400-0500 on 13720 DHA 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Arabic
  0500-0600 on 13720 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Arabic/English Sat/Sun, ex Daily``

Which are unlikely to be heard well here in NAm, contrary to Sines. But there should be one more SRS broadcast on 17745 via Portugal on April 8 at 15-17, when the first semihour on Saturday is normally in English. Does SRS consider its mission almost accomplished, or another funding cut? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 15450, VOT English, poor April 8 at 1323 concluding with a few headlines, then YL still thinks she is on two 25m frequencies as in B-10 at 1330+, and into IS. I listen to all the repeats, and they are indeed identical, on some keyboard. We so miss the subtle variations in the old version on a real piano. There was time to play it 15 times, plus 21 of the 26 notes for a sixteenth before cut off the air later than usual at 1328* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 17545, VOA news in English, fair with deep fades April 8 at 1452. Listed 100 kW, 350 degrees from BOTSWANA during this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 7555, April 8 at 0133, VG open carrier, no modulation detectable, but usual ute hash from France on the hi side. Must be KJES, in another pointless transmission, now scheduled 0100-0230 on this frequency. Supposed to rotate from 335 to 20 degrees at 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13845, WWCR VG signal April 8 at 1306, much better than 15825 as we again have enhanced propagation below 15 MHz. At 1448, however, 15825 is also VG, indicating HF sporadic E has hit --- so good that I could hear the squeal and detect the #1 transmitter`s spurs on 15840.6 and 15810.4. Now if Es will only build up into VHF beyond 54 MHz for what`s left of analog TVDX. It would also be nice if the Es enhancement last thru 2100 for WORLD OF RADIO on 15825 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 9955, WRMI, April 8 at 1405 has no jamming during RFI English relay but with considerable CCI, and lo het, which per Aoki is KTWR in Cantonese (HFCC says ``Yue``), during this semihour only M-F. TWR itself calls it Cantonese with `Thru the Bible`:
http://www.twr.org/schedule/?language=Cantonese&country=&site=&program_name=

Aoki`s WRMI listings are one hour late, showing RFI at 1500, still not shifted for DST! WORLD OF RADIO lucks out at 1430 Friday on WRMI as that`s in a break between KTWR and *1500 YFR Russian via Taiwan. Checked toward the end at 1457, poor with fair peaks, perhaps some sporadic-E help, no broadcast QRM but some irregular noise bursts, not jamming?

On Saturday, WOR is at 1400, so should also luck out on a KTWR day-off. Other upcoming WRMI times for WORLD OF RADIO are: Sat 0800, 1730; Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730. On WWCR: Friday 2030 on 15825; Saturday 1600 on 12160; Sunday 0630 on 3215. On IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS-IBA: Saturday 1800 on 7290, 1566, 1368. How is reception around Europe now on WWCR, IPAR?

WOR also confirmed on ACB Radio Mainstream webcast after 1500 Friday, to repeat every odd-UT Friday hour thru 2330 via http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. Rechecking 15670, which was ChiCom-jammed earlier vs V. of Tibet, April 8 at 1310, the Firedrake is gone and instead some weak unjammed talk. HFCC shows it`s YFR in Hindi via Nauen at 1400-1600.

Strangely, from 2 to 25 July the same service is to switch to Issoudun, France site, then back to Nauen, GERMANY. Something to do with higher transmission priorities, RNW and the Tour de France? Very likely, as this year`s Tour runs July 2-24, tho RNW has other holiday deviations in Dutch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###