mercoledì 25 maggio 2011

Glenn Hauser logs May 24-25, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 missing for another day, May 25 at 1232, 1307, 1331 chex. Ahá, per
http://www.wordtravels.com/Travelguide/Countries/Argentina/Holidays
May 25 is National Day in Argentina, and we know they take holidays off, but why was it also missing May 24 and part of May 23? Anyhow, maybe will be back May 26 unless they take the rest of the week off too. Further holidays are 15 June, 9 July and 17 August (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ASIA [and non]. 17615, May 25 at 0525, two or three syllables by OM, Chinese? Cutting on and off, then at 0528 YL announcement without interruptions, and now // 17855 which is a few words ahead of 17615; 0530 `diamond` theme R. Free Asia frequently plays around this time; both over SAHs, no doubt ChiCom jamming underneath. 0535 a signal JBA on 21580, but could not make it // for sure. 0533, 15615 has echo-jamming of CNR1 atop. Per HFCC, the RFA frequencies are:
21580, 250 kW, 313 degrees from Tinian
17855, 100 kW, 310 degrees from Saipan
17615, 250 kW, 295 degrees from Tinian
15615, 125 kW, 295 degrees from Tinian
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake May 25:
16980, good at 1337
16100, very good at 1337
15970, good at 1337
15545, very poor at 1308 vs het from 15548, V. of Tibet variable
14700, poor at first check 1246, none higher, and gone at 1310; again audible very poor at 1338 when there were none in the 13s, 12s or 11s
10970, good at 1249; poor at 1339
 7970, very poor at 1250, easy to check 3.000 MHz down from 10970
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. 15245, May 25 at 0535, weak station in
German, which must be CRI, 500 kW, 308 degrees from Wulumuchi; also with wavering het. I thought it would be V. of Korea, but Aoki shows that not starting 15245 until 0700, while R. Taiwan International is on there at 04-06, so ChiCom jamming vs ChiCom broadcasting! And/or RTI is off-frequency, not unlikely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [and non]. 15160, R. Australia normally loud and clear here on 65 degree azimuth for Pacific and also USward, but May 25 at 0536 there is CCI underneath, not sure of language. HFCC shows RFI in English at 05-06, 500 kW, 135 degrees from Issoudun. Apparently it`s been there all-season, but now starting to propagate. Since the two have different CIRAF targets, the coördinators did not think there would be a problem. Unfortunately, this is the only frequency for the 05-06 English hour from RFI! At least it`s not used for any of the other remaining English hours 04-08 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 14471, no sign of the filthy spur from 7225 VOA Korean via Tinang, 24 hours after first heard, May 25 at 1231 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [and non]. 13610, May 25 at 1313, poor signal with rock song, non-English; 1315 Chinese announcement. Therefore it`s VOR via Vladivostok during this hour, rather than CRI via Kashgar, East Turkistan, also scheduled on 13610 in English, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 13620, R. Dabanga via MADAGASCAR, May 25 at 0527 has just ended but jammer still on now with lower-pitched tone than the 1000 Hz we had been hearing previously. No jammer or Dabanga on 13730 now; that`s supposed to be replaced by 15550 via UAE, only a JBA carrier. Of course, we need to check earlier in the 0430 hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [and non]. 9665, May 25 at 1255 nice music but with het; 1257 RTI ID in Chinese website announcement. Per Aoki, RTI is on 9665 only at 12-13 in Chinese, from Paochung site; and the het is surely the always off-frequency P`yongyang KCBS, and apparently not jammed by the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, KVOH still missing this week when it was normally on, Tuesday May 24 at 1805 check. And not there May 25 at 1514 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Le onde corte non sono morte

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

CANADA Radio Canada Intl--RCI 15330 2003 GMT English 444 May 22 OM with comments in the Maiklbag program. //15235[333 and 17735[444].

CHUILE CVC La Voz 17680 1840 GMT Spanish 433 May 22 OM singing with a choir.

GUIANA, French Radio France Intl-RFI Relay 21690 1827 GMT French 433 May 22 YL and OM with comments. //15300[333].

KUWAIT Radio Kuwait 17550 0000 GMT Arabic 333 May 20 YL with comments plus music heard in the background. OM with comments 0001 GMT and suddenly off the air 0003 GMT.

SPAIN Radio Exterior Espana-REE 15110 2010 GMT Spanish 444 May 22 YL with comments then some band music with an OM singing. YL with comments 2012 GMT.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee WWCR #3 13845 2016 GMT English 333 May 22 YL with comments about the Lord.

UNITED STATES, Pennsylvania WINB 13570 2020 GMT English 333 May 22 OM with comments on the Biblical Truth.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee WWCR #2 12160 2025 GMT English 333 May 22 OM with comments on the History of Jesus. Allso comments on when the End of the World happens.

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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martedì 24 maggio 2011

Log Roberto Pavanello

 4915 21/5 22.05 R. Daqui - Goiania PP predica suff.
 4965 21/5 22.10 One Africa R. - Lusaka EE MX suff.
 5045 21/5 22.15 R. Cultura do Parà - Belem PP MX suff.
 5815 25/5 08.40 Orion R. - EE ID e MX buono
 5910 21/5 03.50 R. Alcaravan - Bogotà SS MX buono
 5995 21/5 22.20 R. Mali - Bamako FF MX afro buono
 6205 22/5 08.45 R. Borderhunter - EE ID e MX buono
 6237 22/5 09.00 Delta R. - EE ID e MX buono
 6291 21/5 22.25 R. Rainbow - EE ID e MX buono
 6300 21/5 22.30 TRX R. - ??? EE ID e MX buono
 6305 21/5 22.35 R. Marconi - EE ID e MX buono
 6325 22/5 08.30 R. Northpole - EE ID e MX buono
 7125 21/5 22.40 R. Guineè - Conakry FF MX afro buono
11780 21/5 21.50 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP MX buono
15345 21/5 22.00 R. Nacional - Buenos Aires SS " A Buenos Aires 18 grados " buono

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

Tre nuove trasmissioni in onda media in Italia

Tre nuovi trasmettitori in onda media sono in fase di test in questi giorni in Italia, si tratta di:
 
Onda Broadcast 1233 kHz
Radio Poggio Lupo 1503 kHz
Radio Gold Italia 1593 kHz
 
la prima nel nord-est, le altre due rispettivamente in provincia di Catania e in provincia di Messina.
 
Non sono al momento previste conferme ma potete comunicare a noi eventuali ricezioni, esclusivamente sotto forma di clip audio
 
Roberto Scaglione

Glenn Hauser logs May 24, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, no carrier audible May 24 at 1247, several later chex including 1315, 1340. Yesterday it vanished sometime between 1319 and 1329; breakdown? It could be gone for months again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake May 24:
16100, JBA at 1258
15555, JBA at 1344, I think, under DTV cable converter bubble jammer
15545, very poor at 1315
15540, very poor at 1344
15430, very poor at 1345
14900, fair at 1251; very good with flutter at 1339; no other out-of-banders at this time, just the three 15s as above
13920, good at 1253
13850, good at 1253
12600, very good at 1255
12240, very good at 1255
10970, very poor at 1256
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 15316-15341, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, May 24 at 0612; lots of broadcast signals from Eu/Af/ME/Asia on 15 and 17 MHz bands (but not 21), in N Hemisphere midnight-sun mode, but this range was free of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, Tuesday May 24 at 1304, VOI S9+12 but very undermodulated, YL talking seems English, then nothing audible, music break? 1307 a bit more talk mentioning Indonesia. Useless.

9680+, checking reports that RRI is considerably off-frequency to the high side, May 24 at 1309, yes it is, comparing it with BFO to 13680 RHC, 17680 CVC and 11680 Korea North. Each had a different tone, and of course none of them can be relied upon to be precisely .000, especially Korea. In order of increasing separation: 17680, 13680, 9680, 11680 --- the latter probably on the low side. 9680 also had a double-tone caused by Taiwan/China on a slightly different frequency, perceived without BFO as a subaudible heterodyne, but not so much as to be an audible het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [and non]. 15150, May 24 at 1317, nice ME vocal music with minor harmonies, fair signal, announcements in Arabic between selexions; 1330 three chimes, Iran ID, news theme and headlines. Unless V of Indonesia axually starts using 15150 at 02-04, V. of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the only station on 15150 at any time, per HFCC, Arabic all the way from 0530 to 1630, 500 kW, 295 degrees via Sirjan, plus Russian at 0500-0530, 40 degrees.

Meanwhile there was intermittent ACI from a much stronger open carrier on 15155, 1320-1321, 1322-1323, 1327-1328 approx. I expected someone to be starting at 1330, but no more of it then, and nothing scheduled for the next four hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, May 24 at 0617, RNZI news about a suit against Twitter, back in AM mode, whilst 11675 was back in DRM. Adrian Sainsbury confirms yesterday`s reversal was a ``programming error`` due to a ``dyslexic operator`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 14471 approx., extremely distorted FMing spurblob, with no specific carrier, May 24 at 1248, but could recognize the talk as Korean, so compared it to VOA Tinang 7225, whose VG signal I had tuned across a few minutes earlier. Yes, it matches, and synchronized! Trouble is, the second harmonic of 7225 should be on 14450; nevertheless, obviously related from out-of-whack transmitter. Gone at 1302 recheck, so suspected a site switch, but that`s not scheduled until 1400 when Tinang goes to Tinian. Somebody must have kicked the transmitter. 7225 itself continued to sound OK, marred by some ham using it as BFO for his SSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 13695 // 13800, May 24 at 1253, WYFR with dramatic cinema-music, apocalyptic? morphing into hymn. 13695 was unusually distorted, but carrier stable. Expect WYFR programming to be transformed post-May 21?

Terry Wilson, dxldyg, found the May 23 `Open Forum` on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2AyO1RlihU
All 83 minutes of it, audio only with a still of a meteor/asteroid crashing into the ocean? Harold Camping making his excuses, and it seems he will resume regular OFs henceforth. Bottom line: the real doomsday will be 21 October 2011, so we`re in for another pentamonth of this total nonsense. Milk it, Harold, milk it!! There are still plenty of fools with money out there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15795, May 24 at 1313, WWRB Brother Scare service, but Alex Scourby pontificating at the moment, not yet up to full strength and suffering from co-channel AIR/ChiCom jamming. Then BS proclaims he is the Voice of the Last-Day Prophet of God (VOLDPOG) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

lunedì 23 maggio 2011

Glenn Hauser logs May 22-23, 2011

I beg indulgence of SW-only lists, as I again include some FM and TV DX which has been hopping in lately. Disregard under CANADA, MEXICO, USA if not really interested; or consider broader DXing horizons.

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, May 23: tune-in at 1238 to just-barely-audible carrier, much weaker than China on 15480. By 1246 rises to very-poor level with some music; 1256 Spanish XYL talk mixed with music, S4-S8 averaging S6. 1303 building to peak of S7-S9+5 during vocal music; 1319 laughing in conversation; 1329 gone, cut off early as sometimes happens? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. Sporadic E analog TV DX May 22, in UT:

At 1837 on ch 2 from north, `Family Guy` animation in English. Generic TV Guide Canada (which is in bed with zap2it.com, and is not linked from the US TV Guide site), says FG is on the Global network at 1:30-3 pm EDT, so that narrows it down to CKND2 in Manitoba. If it were from NW it would be CICT in Calgary (if the time fit, probably not), or from the NE one of the Ontarians, CIII2 or CFGC2.

At 0217 UT May 23, following an afternoon of SC/NC/VA FM DX, and both TV and FM DX from Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and San Luís Potosí, found analog Es on ch 2 from the northeast, live broadcast of Billboard Music Awards; in the USA on ABC which has no full-power analog affiliates, so this must be Canada.

Online generic TV Guide Canada shows it`s via CTV Network [as CFTO with the CTV logo barely visible unlike the CBC Exploding Pizza], so this must be CKCO2 Wiarton Ont., and/or CHBX, Sault Ste. Marie; continued in and out until fade around 0300 when event ended, then a few snatches of weather grafix. Was a few seconds ahead of KOCO via analog cable. Could not make out any local commercial clues during long break around 0225, but did catch a CTV logo later at 0248 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake May 23:
17170, very good with flutter at 1243
16100, fair with flutter at 1244
15555, poor at 1246 compared to 15545
15545, good at 1246
15540, very poor at 1348, not on 15545 or 15555 now
15430, very poor at 1347; never before 1330
13970, good at 1159; very good at 1250
13920, very good at 1250; none in the 12`s
10970, fair at 1159; fair at 1253
 7970, fair at 1254, and better than 10970
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, May 23 at 1334, poor with music, just enough to confirm VOI is on the air today if not the language, supposedly English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Big sporadic E opening brought in both TV and FM the afternoon of May 22; after already getting Canada on TV, and SC-NC-VA on FM, I switched to analog TV, finding lots of Mexicans, UT:

1934, ch 2, many stations interfering, encouraging higher tuning
1934, ch 3, movie from Net 5 per bug in upper right; went back to FM hoping for Mexico, but not yet, still eastern US dominating; see U S A
2042, ch 3, still movie, now obviously from music and Pierce Brosnan, a James Bond one. Surely XHBQ in Zacatecas, the only full-power 5 on 3
2042, ch 4, CCI
2056, ch 5, same movie as 3, JB music. Could be XHGC lead station, DF

2058, ch 6, video with Spanish ad, and 10 kHz offset QRM; some audio starting to show; 2100 with 6 logo animation, so this is a local-origination station; ``Finanzas 6 próspero para todos``, ``Flash Finanzas``; PSA for Tribunal Federal de Justicia, with a logo consisting of a capital T overlain by a lower-case f.

Then ``6 Aguascalientes TV presenta ---`` ``El Cuartel del Aire``, ``escenarios de San Marcos, 2011``, outdoor concert in the dark starting with group singing and speaking in German, mentions Multi-kulti. Briefly snow-free. Continuous Aguascalientes 6 ID bug in upper left. This is XHCGA, the logo visible here
http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/aguascalientes/tv.htm
but his link to the station site doesn`t work, instead from here, run by the Ags. state government
http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/
which also has streaming video. I DXed this station last year, but always a pleasure to see it again.

2127, 87.75, ch 6 audio heard on FM, with Bond music from net-5

A lot more TV on chs 2-6, but I concentrated on FM while I could. MUF fell below FM after 2200.

2213, ch 4, San Luís Potosí mentioned, maybe XHSLP, Once TV network

2216, ch 5, still with a net-5 movie, maybe no longer James Bond

2323, ch 5 in Spanish, game show sort of like Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy, one of the contestants in a skeleton costume scaring his female opponent away; TVDX fadeout around 2345 [but CANADA, q.v., back in early next UT day]

FM DX from Mexico, after getting Aguascalientes ch 6 TV. Equipment: DX-398 on AC, antenna built-in whip only, easily manoeuvrable, inside.

2114 UT, 90.5, English rock with Es fades; 2121 Spanish ID sounds like ``Cuba 90.5``, but surely not, more rock in English. 2125, ``Cuba 90.5, ochentas, noventas y hoy``. I`m switching back and forth with 92.7. At 2129, 90.5 ID as XHUVA, Aguascalientes, also mentions an AM frequency --- 1170 per Cantú --- all the Ags AM and FM stations are here: http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/aguascalientes/index.htm --- so this is really ``Uva 90.5``, not Cuba. Is/Are Ags known for grapes?

2116, 92.7, Castilian-accented documentary on how well Japanese cars are maintained, making them good bets for the second-hand market in Kenya, complete with location sound. Educational station? The RDS is stuck claiming TEMP 57C, which I find hard to believe either in F or C! Next probably not the same station:

2123, 92.7 now bearing English rock, but that doesn`t mean it`s not Mexico! 2126 ID as ``Alternativa FM 92.7, contigo en todo momento``, PSA with phone number to call the army - ejército, sponsored by el gobierno del estado --- but which? Don`t they know they have listener a thousand miles away?? And back to rock in English. 2130, full ID as XHUVTA (?), Alternativa, street address for grupo Radio y Televisión de Aguascalientes; another PSA for calling the army (vs drug wars?), promo for related AM, Radio 13-20. Cantú and Elving show the call for 92.7 is really XHRTA, contrary to what I thought I heard above.

2142, 96.5, plug for a 25 de mayo event, probably a concert, in a Zacatecas palacio; poor and soon faded. FM Atlas shows XHZER, Fresnillo, Zac. But Cantú says it`s in Zacatecas city.

2143, 97.7, Mexican novelty song, ``es la número uno en San Luís Potosí``, fadeout. So it`s XHSNP, La Caliente, en SLP city per Cantú.

2152, 97.3 PSA from gobierno del estado, but which? Poor and fadeout. But then I got one more US station, from NC, see U S A (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non?]. While Es FM DXing, May 22, some local notes:

88.7, KLVV plugs website as http://www.mypraisefm.com

90.3, at 2201 UT preacher in Spanish, weak, probably groundwave, as Mexico`s radio dial is not yet infested by gospel huxters like ours.

90.5, one of my most open frequencies, after finding TVDX from Mexico, checking this at 2012 hoping for XEDA or something, but hear a weak station in Spanish talking about Jesús, probably one of the Oklahomans other than KNYD, or Kansan. Or Virginia? See U S A. Mexico came later.

99.7, stereo pilot on, but at 1919 ``Green Onions`` is playing in mono, absolutely no separation, from ``The True Oldies Channel``, i.e. KZLS `Mustang`, and VG signal now. Must have completed their upgrade/move slightly closer to Enid but still in OKC market.

Chisholm Trail Broadcasting bought out its original Alva competitor on 99.7, KXLS, with site halfway to Enid; then put KXLS format on another station it bought out, 95.7 in Lahoma; moved its original 96.9 KNID halfway to OKC, rebranded as ``Bob``; put its main station KNID on 99.7. But more recently closed 99.7 to move it into OKC market, moving KNID again to 107.1. At 2005, some music really is in stereo.

101.1, the latest frequency for KVRO Stillwater, originally commercial student station, at 1854 ``California Dreamin``` with extreme stereo separation, artificial? Slogan sounded like ``RC Rock `n` Roll``. Quickly discounted from being DX, as signal too steady, even more so at 1901 slogan as ``classic rock``, interrupted for EAS notification of Tornado Watch #326 for Lincoln and Payne counties, the latter = Stillwater. (None of the tornadic weather extended as far west as Enid today, fortunately. whew).

104.1, RDS at 2029: KMGL / MAGIC / 104.1 / OKLAHOMA / CITY`S / FAVORITE (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Sporadic E FM DX May 22, in UT: main reference is FM Atlas XXI, now over one year old, so some calls etc., could be outdated. Equipment: DX-398, on south-facing porch with AC, antenna built-in whip only, easily manoeuvrable. After 2030 it was too hot, 90+ so I went inside, using same.

1848, 93.7 with car race in stereo overriding baseball; the latter obviously KSPI Stillwater OK as after 1900 the game was OSU vs Texas Tech, with homey announcer. Any ideas from SC area?

1850, 95.9, country music, RDS scrolls: MARY GENTRY Y-ROLL WITH ME as song title, and ID: KICKIN / 95.9 / MONTGOMERY. Silly me, I figured Montgomery was the city, like in Alabama, but must be the GENTRY artist, as Kickin` 95.9 leads to WIOP, Isle of Pines SC, a Charleston suburb. FM Atlas does not have any slogan for it, but shows 50 kW on an ex-Class A channel. There is another 95.9 in the Mont`y AL market.

1852, 100.3, phone 533-1660 for NTIA (?) Net; Orangeburg Pharmacy on Russell St., ``here in Orangeburg since 1912``, another ad for Chestnut Grill. It`s WORG (get it?) but COL Elloree SC, 25 kW. Nice to hear another station from around O`burg, since WPJK eliminated its 3160 harmonic last year.

1856, 89.3, organ music, fades, stereo, then `Pipedreams` announcer Michael Barone. National program on many public stations, but fortunately RDS IDs it right away as SC ETV, i.e. WSCI Charleston. This network is in trouble with a budget-cutting anti-intellexual governor; but it`s always been odd for a statewide radio network to be such a subsidiary of TV that it`s known as a TV network on radio.

1858, 95.1, rock music, RDS: WSSX-FM, i.e. Charleston SC. FM Atlas shows slogan ``95-SX`` but if so, why not on the RDS that way? I`ll take a full legal callsign any day.

1900, 100.9, mention wayfm.com  I figured it would be tough to track down one of the gospel-huxter nets with lots of translators, but found a match immediately at http://www.wayfm.com --- the only 100.9 being yet another outlet for Charleston SC. FMA shows it`s really WPAL-FM, 13 kW at Ridgeville.

2015, 90.5, at first thought groundwave, weak station in English, ``positive hits 89 point – something``, sharathon. Googling matches this with 89.9 at http://www.positivehits.org/ --- lotsa luck finding any real callsigns on their webstite; not even on a coverage map with lots more frequencies, but the main ones 89.9 for Northern Virginia, 90.5 for Central Virginia.

No slogans matching in FM Atlas, but 89.9 (unheard) must be WPER Culpeper, and 90.5 WJYJ, 18.5 kW in Fredericksburg. FCC FM Query confirms both are licensed to Positive Alternative Radio. Oh oh, 90.5 WPIM, 4 kW in Martinsville is also licensed to same, so which was I getting? This one alone has the `PAR FM` slogan in FM Atlas.

2018, 93.7, ``Bob FM`` advertising a concert in Virginia Beach, Newport News, overriding KSPI. RDS: BOB-FM / 93.7 / ANYTHING / WE PLAY --- yes, in that order. I.e. WNOB [sic], Chesapeake VA, 100 kW.

2021, 95.1, RDS: WAIT BY / PAULA / COLE / ON Z95.1. This fits for WQMZ, Charlottesville VA, which is well inland unlike the mostly coastal stations heard so far. http://www.z95.net/ FMA shows it only as Z-95, 6 kW.

2021, 95.3, ad for Hunting Hog Golf Club, and The Pavilion (restaurant?) near the ninth hole, phone 749-1900. That info leads to Ashland VA, just north of Richmond, i.e. WKHK, Colonial Heights-Richmond, 47 kW, says FM Atlas. Colonial Heights is on the other side of Richmond, south. The third time I heard it, decided they were saying ``Hunting Hawk Golf Club`, slightly more upscale, and that checks out. Then mentioned near highways 64 and 295 (Interstates) and that totally clinches it. Also mentioned another hiway, and Innsbruck(?), then fadeout. 

2024, 97.3, RDS: 97.3 THE EAGLE --- country music playing: BLAKE SHELTON / HONEY BEE. Must be WGH-FM, nice call! Which FM Atlas has as Eagle 97 FM, Newport News-Hampton Roads-Norfolk.

2026, 97.5, PSA For Piedmont Casa(?), 971-7515; ID for Charlottesville Radio Group, community awareness; mentions Bubble Wilson, hard-sell ad by Charlie Obaugh Chevy in Waynesboro for 42 mpg vehicle. Phone and Piedmont CASA lead to http://www.pcasa.org/news.php = Court Appointed Special Advocates, for children.

So station is WWWV, Charlottesville VA, `3WV` per FM Atlas, 8.9 kW. I wonder how accurate their time signals are? I should also have been getting WBRA-DT on channel 3, but my setup is logistically inconvenient to DX FM and TV at the same time.

2155, 97.3, mixing with Aguascalientes (see MEXICO), phone number 910 332-2387 promo for Cumulus radio group jobs. This leads to Wilmington NC, i.e. WMNX, 100 kW.

2159, after an hour of Mexican TV and FM DX, a last gasp from the east, on 90.5, brief fade-in just for ID, ``WDLL, Dillon``, religious. That`s 25 kW direxional, from Dillon SC (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. AM and DRM frequencies reversed: May 23 at 0553 and also after 0600, RNZI in DRM on 11720-11725-11730, AM on 11675 mentioning Christchurch! Another programming mixup, or deliberate? Not shown as such on the website. This QRMed NHK in French on 11730 via FRANCE, instead of BBC Arabic on 11680, altho the latter was still getting some analog NZACI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17615, May 23 at 1333, Qur`an by a cantor with a rather unpleasant nasal sound, better than // 17625, better than // 17895, all BSKSA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9680 and 9715, WYFR, May 23 at 0558 with flutter, quite unusual from Okeechobee, southerly single-hop site. Usually these are loud and clear, sometimes not, but lacking flutter. Perhaps a reflexion of Brother Camping`s instability. K index at 06 was only 1, SF = 85, says WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12100, WTWW: George McClintock advised me May 23 at 1527 that this frequency would be testing off and on today; it ran beautifully yesterday for nine hours, and may also be on all-night; however, not on when I checked at 1942 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 13730, while Vatican Radio via CANADA was in unscheduled Spanish after 1200 Sunday May 22, on Monday May 23 at 1205 it was back to English, news about Syria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9320, May 23 at 0601, extremely strong S9+25 open carrier with slight fading, stronger than 9330 WBCQ; at 0608, 9320 making some digital noises, probably Cuban or US spy transmitter as heard occasionally on other 9, 11 MHz frequencies late at night. Before that, I could detect local audio mix from ESPN Radio, KCRC 1390 on that carrier, presumably occurring inside receiver (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11500, May 23 at 1209 and 1253 all I can hear is a fair open carrier with a bit of hum. Either: V. of Russia in English via TAJIKISTAN, losing modulation; or: Firedrake against Sound of Hope, also lacking modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 14505-USB, May 23 at 1247, two-way in colloquial Spanish so hard to understand, one with some lite engine noise in background enough to keep the vox on during his pauses. Mentioned kilos, but also pescados, so narcotraffickers or fishing poachers; or both? Still going at 1310 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 14970, May 23 at 0551, weak oscillating tones much like the jamming in the 0430-0530 hour on 13730 against R. Dabanga for Sudan via UAE; 14970 is of course a Firedrake frequency elsewhen, but maybe coincidental. Furthermore, DX Mix News reports that R. Dabanga has moved to 15550, still via UAE; and still // 13620 via Madagascar, the only one we get here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

SIDC Weekly Bulletin

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WEEK 542 from 2011 May 16 

SOLAR ACTIVITY
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Six sunspot groups were observed on the Sun during the week: NOAA ARs 1208, 1214, 1216, 1217, 1218 (Catania numbers 79, 87, 89, 88, 90, respectively) and 1219 (no Catania number attributed due to a data gap). Two C-class flares were detected during the week, both on May 18. Catania sunspot group 90 (NOAA AR 1218) produced a C1.2 flare peaking at 12:59 UT. A C2.0 flare peaked at 18:30 UT in the Catania sunspot group 79 (NOAA AR 1208) at the west limb. The latter flare was associated with a partial halo CME first appearing above the west solar limb in the LASCO C2 field of view at 18:24 UT. It had angular width around 170 degrees and speed around 1000 km/s. Coronal dimmings and a post-eruption arcade associated with the event were detected by SDO/AIA. Due to the limb position of the CME source region, the interplanetary counterparts of the CME did not arrive at the Earth.

Another partial halo CME was detected by CACTus on May 20, first appearing in the LASCO C2 field of view at 21:48 UT. STEREO/SECCHI data demonstrated that this CME originated on the far side of the Sun.

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY
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In the beginning of the week the Earth was situated inside the solar wind stream with intermediate speed, followed by the fast solar wind stream. Although the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) magnitude was elevated (around 10 nT on May 16), the north-south IMF component was fluctuating around zero. This resulted in quiet geomagnetic conditions. The solar wind speed then started to decrease. On May 18 the Earth entered a slow solar wind flow, and stayed there until the end of the week. The geomagnetic conditions remained quiet.

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2011 May 17  059    035  92  013  B1.4  0  0
2011 May 18  066    028  91  008  B1.3  0  0
2011 May 19  039    025  84  005  A9.7  0  0
2011 May 20  036    024  84  003  A7.5  0  0
2011 May 21  ///    027  84  005  A6.8  0  0
2011 May 22  ///    036  85  006  A7.5  0  0
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Tips Elettorali

 621 22.45 22/5 R.N.E. R.1 - Mallorca Mallorchino elezioni in Islas Baleares buono
 738 22.40 22/5 R.N.E. R.1 - Barcelona Catalano elezioni in Catalunya ottimo
 774 22.43 22/5 R.N.E. R.1 - SS Valencia elezioni nella Comunidad Valenciana buono
 990 20.45 22/5 R. Bilbao - SS elezioni nel Pais Vasco buono
1017 22.48 22/5 R.N.E. R.5 - Burgos SS elezioni in Castilla y Leòn buono
1026 19.35 22/5 R. Reus - Catalano elezioni in Barcelona buono
1080 19.50 22/5 R. Mallorca - SS elezioni in Formentera buono
1098 22.50 22/5 R.N.E. R.5 - Almeria SS elezioni in Cordoba buono
1125 22.52 22/5 R.N.E. R.5 - Castellon SS elezioni nella Comunidad Valenciana buono
1152 22.54 22/5 R.N.E. R.5 - Lleida Catalano elezioni in Catalunya buono
1179 20.40 22/5 R. Valencia - SS elezioni in Valencia buono
1260 19.40 22/5 R. Murcia - SS elezioni in Cartagena buono
1260 19.45 22/5 R. Algeciras - SS elezioni in Andalucia suff.
1287 20.50 22/5 R. Lleida - Catalano elezioni in Barcelona buono
1287 20.55 22/5 R. Castilla - Burgos SS elezioni in Valladolid suff.
1305 22.55 22/5 R.N.E. R.5 - Ciudad Real SS elezioni in Albacete buono
1314 22.56 22/5 R.N.E. R.5 - Tarragona Catalano elezioni in Barcelona buono
1413 22.57 22/5 R.N.E. R.5 - Girona Catalano elezioni in Barcelona buono
1413 22.58 22/5 R.N.E. R.5 - Jaen SS elezioni in Andalucia suff.
1485 21.45 22/5 Onda Rambla - Vilanova i la Geltrù Catalano elezioni in Tarragona buono
1503 22.59 22/5 R.N.E. R.5 - La Linea SS elezioni in Huelva
1539 21.35 22/5 R. Elche - SS elezioni nella Comunidad Valenciana suff.
1602 20.35 22/5 R. Cartagena - SS elezioni in Murcia suff.
1602 20.30 22/5 R. Vitoria - SS elezioni in Vizcaya buono
Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

Dx Mix News # 678

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DX MIX NEWS # 678                                               23 May 2011
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BELGIUM(non)   New transmissions from TDP:
Radio Democracia in Amharic, tent.:
1200-1300 on 21555 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Sun

The Disco Palace in DRM mode:
1530-1630 on 15775 ISS 035 kW / 090 deg to Asia Daily

Radio Ndiwulira in Luganda, new station from May 21(not from May 17):
1700-1730 on 17770 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Tue/Sat

CANADA    Updated summer A-11 schedule of Radio Canada International:
Arabic
0200-0300 on  5950 SMG 100 kW / 114 deg to N/ME
0300-0400 on  7230 SMG 100 kW / 114 deg to N/ME
1900-2000 on 15180 RMP 500 kW / 115 deg to N/ME
1900-2000 on 15235 SAC 250 kW / 073 deg to NCAf
Chinese
0000-0100 on  9690 KIM 100 kW / 225 deg to EaAs
0000-0100 on 12015 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg to EaAs
1100-1200 on  9490 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg to EaAs
1100-1200 on  9570 KIM 100 kW / 225 deg to EaAs
1500-1600 on  6110 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs
1500-1600 on 11730 YAM 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAs
2200-2300 on  9525 KIM 100 kW / 225 deg to EaAs
2200-2300 on  9870 KIM 100 kW / 305 deg to EaAs
English
0000-0100 on 11700 KUN 150 kW / 177 deg to SEAs
1500-1600 on 11675 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to SoAf
1500-1600 on 15125 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAf
1800-1900 on  9530 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to EaAf
1800-1900 on 11765 SKN 300 kW / 160 deg to EaAf
1800-1900 on 17810 SKN 250 kW / 175 deg to NCAf
2000-2100 on 15235 SAC 250 kW / 073 deg to CeAf
2000-2100 on 15330 SAC 250 kW / 073 deg to CeAf
2000-2100 on 17735 SAC 250 kW / 105 deg to NEAf
2100-2200 on  9800 SAC 070 kW / 268 deg to NoAm DRM
French
1900-2000 on 11765 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to EaAf
1900-2000 on 13730 SMG 250 kW / 199 deg to CeAf
1900-2000 on 15320 SKN 250 kW / 175 deg to NWAf
1900-2000 on 17735 SAC 250 kW / 105 deg to NWAf
2100-2200 on  9525 SMG 100 kW / 184 deg to CeAf
2100-2200 on 15235 SAC 250 kW / 073 deg to NCAf
2100-2200 on 15330 SAC 250 kW / 105 deg to CeAf
2100-2200 on 17735 SAC 250 kW / 105 deg to CeAf
2300-2330 on  9525 KIM 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs
Portuguese Fri-Sun
2100-2200 on 15455 SAC 250 kW / 163 deg to SEAm
2100-2300 on 17860 SAC 250 kW / 163 deg to SEAm
2300-2400 on 13760 SAC 250 kW / 163 deg to SEAm
Russian
1500-1530 on 15325 RMP 250 kW / 062 deg to EaEu
1600-1630 on 15325 RMP 250 kW / 062 deg to EaEu
Spanish
2200-0100 on 11990 SAC 250 kW / 176 deg to SoAm
2200-2400 on 15455 SAC 250 kW / 176 deg to SoAm
0000-0100 on 13760 SAC 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAm
0100-0200 on 11990 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to CeAm

GERMANY(non)    Frequency change of Deutsche Welle in Swahili from May 18:
1000-1100 NF 13780 KIG 250 kW / 265 deg to CeAf, ex  9485

GUAM    Frequency change of KSDA/AWR in Telugu:
1500-1530 NF 11640 SDA 100 kW / 270 deg to SoAs, ex  9530

GUAM    Upcomming frequency change of KTWR in Mandarin Chinese:
1200-1215 NF 11800 TWR 100 kW / 308 deg to EaAs, ex  9975

JAPAN(non)    Upcomming frequency change of Radio Japan NHK World in Urdu:
1515-1600 NF  7435 TAC 100 kW / 186 deg to SoAs, ex  7410*
*to avoid AIR in Pashto

IRAN    Frequency change of VOIROI/IRIB in Arabic from May 16:
1730-2027 NF  6175*KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME, ex  6215 // 9420 ZAH
* strong co-ch CRI in English 1800-1857

NETHERLANDS(non)    Upcomming frequency change of Radio Dabanga in Arabic:
0430-0527 NF 15550 DHA 250 kW / 255 deg to EaAf, ex 13730 // 13620 MDC

NETHERLANDS(non)    Frequency change of R.Netherlands Worldwide in English:
1900-2057 NF 11615#KIG 250 kW / 280 deg to WeAf, ex 11610*
# co-ch DWL in Russian till 2000
* to avoid REE in English/French Mon-Fri, also to Africa

U.K.(non)   New language service of WYFR Family R. via BABCOCK from May 18:
1700-1800 on 17545 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to EaAf Luba
1600-1700 on 17545 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to EaAf English, ex 1600-1800

USA(non)   Frequency changes of IBB:
0030-0130 NF 15625 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg to SEAs, ex 13865 RFA in Burmese
1700-1800 NF 13860 UDO 250 kW / 308 deg to CeAs, ex 13855 VOA in Georgian
1730-1930 NF  7510 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs, ex  7455 VOA in Persian
2200-2230 NF 11765 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs, ex 15110 VOA in Khmer

domenica 22 maggio 2011

Glenn Hauser logs May 21-22, 2011

** BULGARIA. 9700 & 11700, R. Bulgaria to NAm, currently both from Plovdiv site, checked during every hour 23-02 UT May 21-22 and recorded clips for Ivo Ivanov. 11700 was generally somewhat better than 9700 until by 0228 they were about equal. During the previous test with Kostinbrod on 11700 instead, that was definitely better (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake May 22:
Another few weakly audible during the local noon hour:
16980, poor at 0435, none others found between 12 and 18 MHz
15970, and 15900, JBA at 0442

17170, JBA at 1148; JBA at 1257
16100, fair-good at 1256; good at 1355
15970, very poor at 1147; very poor at 1225; very good at 1257, 1354
15545, poor at 1256
15430, fair at 1355
14970, VG at 1354; very poor at 1437
14900, good at 1254; VG at 1354
14700, very good at 1255: could hear some Chinese talk during brief music pause and then under it; very unusual, presumably Sound of Hope; FD VG alone at 1354
13920, poor at 1149; very good at 1253; VG over ute at 1353
13850, fair at 1149
13500, poor at 1150
11500, good at 1252, and no CCI; all gone at 1358
10970, fair at 1152, JBA at 1252; nothing on 10300 ever
 7970, JBA at 1153
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760, Sunday May 22, `En Contacto` squeezed into 13 minutes, 1337-1350, program 21 for 2011, interviewing program founder Norberto, and then a Salvadorian who is running Cuban programs on FM stations there.

13680, May 22 at 1405, big open carrier with hum, as RHC has cut this frequency off early on a Sunday, while 13780 continues, and 13750 is missing. At 1437, still no 13750, and 13680 is off but 13780 is still on, and 13740 with China. Turning 13680 off early is pointless, unless there is an `Aló Presidente` about to start on its five special frequencies; but still nothing on 13750 or 17750 at 1621 check, yet another week without a dose of Hugazo.

11760, meanwhile, still on the air at 1515 Sunday May 22 with song, lyrix sound like plain old Spanish to me, but followed by announcement in Esperanto at 1517 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 15438-15453, OTH radar buzz, presumed from here, May 21 at 2028, not bothering any audible broadcasters at the moment.

13942-13967, more OTH radar, May 21 at 2130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9680, May 22 at 1221, RRI domestic service in Indonesian talk, music, well above the CCI and adequately modulated; while 9526-, VOI in Special Japanese, May 22 at 1223 was very undermodulated, tho registering S9+18 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 15720, UT Sunday May 22 at 0434, totally American accents on a documentary, VG on RNZI: we know how fond RNZI are of American accents, e.g. on the opening to `Mailbox`, and we Americans at least have RNZI for access to American public radio programs on SW! As not a single public radio station in the USA understands, values SW, just gospel huxters.

Per listings, this was from American Public Media, ``4:07 The Sunday Feature: Back of the Bus: Mass Transit, Race and Inequality. An American Radioworks documentary examining the re-emergence of equal access to transport as a civil rights issue in the USA (APM)`` in turn part of ``4:06, 4 'til 8 with Katrina Batten, A selection of special interest programmes``. Except this was a program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 39, KWTV-DT, OKC was in continuous tornado-warning coverage for the Ada area on 9.1, UT May 22 at 0101 when I saw a crawler saying Tune to 9.2 for CBS Programming. Normally 9.2 carries their `News 9 N`, continuous news, i.e. playbacks over and over of preceding semihour newscast. And sure enough, there was CBS on 9.2, with nothing but a weather warning map in the corner.

It would make more sense to keep CBS on 9.1 and do the extraneous stuff of no interest outside the threatened area on 9.2, except 9.1 has full access via cable systems while 9.2 does not. Anyhow it`s the first time I have caught them putting network temporarily on the subchannel. This kept up for at least the rest of the hour, altho all-tornados-all-the time had abated earlier. KOCO-7 and KFOR-27 could do that too with ABC and NBC, but did not (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 5660, May 22 at 1155, very poor with talk at steady level, likely local external mixing product, audio soon found // 960 KGWA. But it`s not a plain harmonic; instead, KCRC 1390 x 2 = 2780 plus KGWA 960 x 3 = 2880 >> 5660. 2780 and 2880 are always there but not this combination. No KCRC audible on 5660, strangely enough (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15795, Brother Scare via WWRB still on the air May 21 at 2131, 2211; unclear yet when this signs off, well beyond the 20 or 21 hour BS was expecting. Presumably starts at 1300, already on at 1308 May 22 with BS, no CCI audible today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 11880, REE via Costa Rica, Sunday May 22 at 1233 has pre-empted the DX program `Amigos de la Onda Corta` for live relay of RNE talking about a ``jornada electoral`` at least in Sevilla, with demonstrations; 2:35 TC, deportes about Fórmula 1, baloncesto, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [and non]. 13620, 1 kHz-tone jammer already on vs open carrier May 22 at 0429, then R. Dabanga starts at 0430, VG via MADAGASCAR. Meanwhile, the totally different oscillating whoop-whoop jamming against their other frequency via UAE, 13730, was JBA unlike R. Dabanga which was not audible at all there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 15450, May 22 at 1230, VOT opening English; this OM is also way out of touch, giving schedule as 1330-1430 on 15520, 15450, while it`s really an hour earlier on only one of those. I wonder what time they give at 1630 UT, the new broadcast, or is it merely a playback they don`t even know about at the studio?

So I bring up the bookmarked webcast where we normally hear English, VOT World, but that`s in Spanish, which is scheduled at 1630 on 11930, oblivious of the Cuban radio war. How about the other two webcasts, VOT-East and VOT-West? East keeps stalling after a few seconds, buffering at 17% but the language is not English, something Turkic? VOT-West is playing music, which would not be the case for an English broadcast just starting. SNAFU! No other languages are on the SW schedule at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 11750, 25 degrees via THAILAND, also USward, May 22 at 1210, BBC interviewing Pres. Obama about Israel, Pakistan, etc. Kim Elliott comments on Obama not yet granting any interview to VOA, and why: http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=11289
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17795, WYFR, May 21 at 2030 with Judgment Day promo, about using RV caravans to publicize it plus more than 61 languages on radio. Only one Okeechobee sesquihour left at this point! Some monitors noted various YFR relays still running normally past local 6 pm eastward. In the following hours I noticed nothing changed from WYFR, altho not wasting my time thoroly checking every scheduled frequency.

9625, e.g., May 22 at 1222 still has WYFR Portuguese way over CBC Northern with lo het, the latter off-channel; no relief there!

13695, as I tune in May 22 at 1436, Harold Camping is saying ``I don`t trust my own wisdom; I need help`` ! But I am afraid this was pre-recorded, rhetorical or a quote rather than post-non-Rapture contriteness of his own.

What gets me is that idiot in NYC who spent his life savings on May 21 subway signs, still surprised when nothing happened at 6 pm EDT. Apparently has no concept of timezones, which might have tipped him off starting 17 hours earlier that the whole thing was a bust. Or was God confused by Man`s DST? No, still nothing an hour later when it was really 6 pm EST! Now we may marvel at how the suckers are rationalizing this non-event. How about some legal axion; anyone want their money back? FR has plenty of it, but stupidity of followers could be an out for them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370-, May 22 at 0454, WTJC is on with hymn. We are in another interlude between out-of-whack spurriness, so enjoy it while it last (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 17680, Sunday May 22 at 1303, CVC La Voz, Miami via CHILE, with `Tertulia con los Artistas`, token program conversing with artists, but probably with a stealth-evangelism angle. Website is down for updating, only 65% complete, it says at http://cvclavoz.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 13730, VR via Sackville, CANADA, Sunday May 22 at 1200 still in Spanish instead of switching to English; 1204 talking about evangelism in China, claiming even some people in the government are getting Catholicized; 1206 `Pensamiento del Papa y la Santa Sede` segment.

Here we go again; was this a mistake, or a change to all-Spanish 1130-1215? WRTH A-11 Update does show English at 1200-1215 as Mon-Sat only, but it does not show Spanish beyond 1200 on any day. We also rechecked 9830, in WRTH A-11 as // but could not confirm the weak signal under heavy RTTY was // 13730. At 1205 a DW jingle via PORTUGAL could be heard underneath 13730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZIMBABWE [non]. 9870, May 22 at 0456 tuned in just in time to hear web references concerning Zimbabwe, 0457 cut to tone and open carrier. Audio was rather muffled, signal S9+20. This was R. V. of the People, clandestine via MADAGASCAR, per WRTH Update, in English/Ndebele, 04-05 on 9870, 16-1630 on 9445, 18-19 on 7330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

CHINA China Radio Intl-CRI 9570 1712 GMT English 333 May 17 YL and OM with comments. A noisy frequency. //11900[433], 13760[333] and 9695[333].

CHINA China Radio Intl-CRI 11650 1730 Esperanto 333 May 17 YL with comments.

CHINA China Radio Intl-CRI 11900 1740 Chinese May 17 YL and OM withcomments plus English at times.

JAPAN Radio Japan-NHK 9835 1723 GMT Japanese 333 May 17 OM singing with piano music.

KOREA, North KCBS 9335 1645 GMT French 444 May 17 Korean music and off the air 1650 GMT. Sign On by a YL at 1700 GMT in Korean. YL with comments 1702 GMT. Yl singing with Choir 1738 GMT. Female Choir singing 1740 GMT. //11710[444], 9905[444].

KUWAIT VOA Relay 12140 1746 GMT Afan Orono 333 May 17 YL and OM with comments and some pop music.

MARIANAS, North Radio Free Asia-RFA 9355 1705 GMT. Chinese 333 May 17 YL with comments plus background music. OM with comments 1708 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"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Glenn Hauser logs May 21, 2011

** ALGERIA [non]. 11985, May 21 at 0616, Arabic talk sounds a lot like BBC on 11820, but not //. HFCC and WRTH Update show it`s new since May 1 for the TDA relays via FRANCE, 0600-0700, 500 kW, 194 degrees; the only frequency during this hour, ex-9535, which continues at 05-06 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 9580 and 9590, May 21 at 1330, R. Australia VG with `Saturday Night Country`, blissfully unaware that everything in the UT+10 zone was certainly destroyed by Harold Camping`s earthquakes at 0800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake May 21:
 7970, fair at 1253
12240, very good at 1258
13130, very good at 1258
13920, very good at 1258
14970, very good at 1258
15430, fair-good at 1341
15540, poor at 1341, down from 15545
15545, fair at 1258; fair-good at 1319
15970, very good at 1259
16100, fair at 1259
16980, very good at 1259
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 9305, May 21 at 0621, S9+10 but JBA music, presumably Cairo still running until 0700* since there is no DST in 2011 in Egypt per http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2011.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 11995, May 21 at 0612, fair with Horn-of-Africish music, but must really be Hausa music, as that is the language scheduled from RFI at 0600-0630 daily, 170 degrees from Issoudun; vs 135 for English until 0457 on same. HFCC also indicates that not until Sept 4 will the 0500-0600 gap will be filled by more English on 11995 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, May 21 at 1254, no trace of VOI again today. http://rri.jpn.org/ confirms (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. It`s 6 pm in New Zealand, so the country must have been destroyed by Harold`s Earthquakes; yet May 21 at 0600, RNZI on 11725 is acting as if nothing has happened, world and domestic newscast with no mention of Rapture! Including getting more than one elephant for the Auckland zoo. Must be a fake RNZI by Satan, which immediately took over the frequency to fool us all. 0604:30 program promo, 0605 regional forecasts from the Met Service, ignoring earthquakes. RNZ National ID and 0606 `Brief Encounters` hilites of past week`s interviews (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 88.3, KOSR, the newish fill-in transmitter on the OSU campus in Stillwater, since moving their main 91.7 signal halfway to OKC made the signal too weak at homebase on crummy radios, inside buildings, May 21 around 0300 UT I was driving in range of it on I-35, and noticed that programming on 91.7 was running about 2 seconds behind 88.3, why? KOSU 91.7 already has a built-in deliberate digital delay of 7-8 seconds compared to network programming on unrelated stations, in order to match its own HD signal. IDs by Jennifer Reynolds, KOSU alumna, indicate KOSR also has HD, but not the full-power Ketchum-Tulsa relay on 107.5, KOSN.

KOSR is blocked in Enid by Family Radio translator, but on the outskirts of Enid it had heavy QRM from a third 88.3 station, luckily IDing at 0402 UT as KTGS, Tishomingo-Ada-Paris. Meanwhile, FR (not Camping himself) was still begging for donations as Rapture Day was already sweeping the world, not quite here yet. BTW, OK has a lot of minor earthquakes all the time, no big deal, lately increasing tnx to fracking?

89.3, KALU at Langston University, 150 watts can`t make it to Enid vs all the ACI and CCI, but I confirmed it was still active, with rock music, in the stretch of I-35 around Guthrie where it is audible, circa 0300 UT May 21, overcoming some gospel huxter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Tnx to high humidity and foggy weather, area tropo built up on May 21, besides the usual Tulsa signals:

At 0415 UT, 12, KXII Ardmore with CBS Letterman // 11 KTVT Dallas.
12-1 says KXIICBS
12-2 says KXIIMYT
12-3 says KXIIFOX

26, KTEN Ada says:
10-1 KTENNBC
10-2 KTEN-CW
10-3 KTENABC

At the same time, normally solid OKC channels 24, 27 and 29 were not decoding, either messed up by CCI from TX, or ``tropped out``

47, OETA at 0420, can only be K47KI-D, Duncan OK in the south, 9.84 kW. OETA is not helpful with any specific PSIP IDs on the translators.

45, after IDing KBSD, the REAL channel 6, with antenna still aimed at Dodge City, KOTV was also visible as virtual 6, KOTV-HD, after 0530. Needless to say, Enid`s translator on 45 is still long inactive.

Next morning at 1429 UT,
11, KSWO Lawton as:
7-1, KSWO
7-2, TELEMUN do with infomercial in Spanish
Same market KFDX Wichita Falls also in on 28; see U S A for non-OK logs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Scare acquires another transmitter: see U S A: WWRB

** UGANDA [non]. 17770, very poor signal with some talk audible, May 21 at 1702. Per Ivo Ivanov, this is the first broadcast of a new service via TDP via Samara, RUSSIA, ``Radio Ndiwulira in Luganda, new station from May 21 (not from May 17), 1700-1730 on 17770 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Tue/Sat``

See http://www.airtime.be/schedule.html
for this and all other TDP clients currently. Ndiwulira is not yet included in the logo-and-link gallery at
http://www.airtime.be/whose.html
most of which are no longer active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non?]. 11820, May 21 at 0613, Arabic news about Obama, Syria, Sudan, etc., 0614 BBC news sounder similar to those heard in English, and yes, it is BBC, per HFCC during this hour since 11 April scheduled both via Rampisham, 250 kW, 140 degrees, and via Cyprus, 250 kW, 101 degrees; but no echo or signs of a second signal here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 17530, May 21 at 1344, R. Sawa via KUWAIT, good signal with Arabic rock, very little fading; 1345 cut to R. Sawa ID, akhbar; 1350 already back to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, May 21 at 0622 dead air from Radio 2:11 on WBCQ; OK at next tuneby 1254 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370-, WTJC missing May 21 at 1254, not even a carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15795, after testing this frequency for a week or so, WWRB has started regular programming. Guess what, it`s Brother Scare! Not surprised, but Dave wasn`t letting on beforehand what would be on it, as he sought monitoring reports from DX listeners, who may now ignore it.

Despite WWRB ``no longer operated as a ministry``, with Dave ranting against deadbeat gospel huxters who don`t pay their bills, he`s sticking with the BS cash cow, now on TWO frequencies all day, // 9385, with 15795 destined for Europe.

Tune-in at 1314, it was colliding with but well atop India`s Chinese service plus ChiCom jamming until 1315*, as I knew it would if WWRB would come on as early as 1300; however, in HFCC it`s now registered from 1000 to 0100, not necessarily using that full span yet.

15795 had some Es help so now the signal is S9+18, initially a lot stronger than 15825 WWCR until the latter also got its signal into the Es patch a few minutes later, with `Musical Memories`.

Conveniently, Brother Scare was talking about this new frequency at 1317, said would be on the rest of the day until 20 or 21, 7 days a week for Europe. Repeated it at least a semidozen times in a row, along with others, including 9385, 9980, 9655, 13810, 17485 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 20000, WWV, May 21 at 1304 survey announcement; usually inaudible, skipping over here, but Es must have helped. Wish they would resume 25000 too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1290, UT Saturday May 21 at 0320-0325+ am hearing a less-than-1-kHz tone for 17 seconds, 5 seconds of silence, and alternating with ``This is TSS(?) Service Channel 6, Houston Astros``, occasionally dominating the CCI briefly. The `ID` could have been TSN or CSN, something fonetikally similar.

This was previously pinned on KIVY Crockett TX, the only Astros affiliate listed on that frequency,
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/hou/schedule/radio_affiliates.jsp
reported by Bruce Winkelman, Tulsa, to NRC, UT Thursday April 7 at 0255, and UT Sunday April 10 at 0348-0353, also heard on the later date by Steve Ponder, Houston, at 0410-0425. 

Crockett is in east Texas, between Grapeland and Lovelady. Another unattended automated station failing to switch programming after a certain satellite feed --- or it could be some other station which programmed in the wrong satellite channel altogether, but this is obviously happening again and again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Random tuning on May 21 shows WYFR still on its usual frequencies, including at 1327, 11830, 11910, not // 11865 in English. Brother Camping already taped his ``last Open Forum`` but there must be a huge stockpile of them if needed, and habitually many of the latest broadcasts have been months-old repeats. His earthquakes are to destroy WYFR at 2200 UT today (and everything else in the UT-4 zone), so be sure to tune in. Will Lake Okeechobee flood Florida too?

I hope the WYFR staff in Okeechobee are not quaking in their boots too much; surely must have more sense than the HQ honcho in Oakland --- altho, his background is as an `engineer`! But it will be interesting to hear if there are any disruptions henceforth in WYFR or numerous overseas relay broadcasts, and/or how FR explains still being there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1565 monitoring: confirmed on WWCR 12160 webcast, Saturday May 21 at 1702; missed checking the Friday 2030 on 15825: if anyone noticed anything amiss, let us know. Next repeat is Sunday 0630 on 3215. On 9955 WRMI: Saturday 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730. On IPAR: Saturday 1800 on 7290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Finally some Tropo DTVDX after a long dry spell here --- on May 20 we got 4.1 inches of rain in Enid, causing some local flooding.

May 21 at 0415 UT, I find 11 bears KTVT DFW with Letterman; 0429 on 14, KERA Dallas with ID, BBC World News --- I wonder if that`s live, or delayed from when? In OK we have to put up with a sesquihour delay from 2000 to 2130 UT. A number of stations from southern OKLAHOMA [q.v.] not normally seen were also in.

From the other direxion, on 6, Dodge City KS was barely decoding with antenna still pointed south at 0532, solid when pointed NW, with 6-1 KBSD-HD and 6-2 KBSD WX = relaying KWCH from Wichita. A number of other KS signals were too Bad to decode, not including 22 KSNC Great Bend which broke thru.

Bill Hepburn`s tropo maps correlate well with this opening, continuing the following morning:

Not often do I see a signal bar on channel 5, but there it is at 1418, tho too Bad to decode; peaks from the south, not east, north or west, so I am quite sure it was KCWX Fredericksburg TX, the only full power in TX, besides a few translators, unless it was KXXF-LP in Abilene; and zero channel 5s in Oklahoma.

Next morning after 1430 UT:
28, KFDX Wichita Falls TX as:
3-1, KFDX-DT, NBC kids `e`
3-2, KJBO-DT, disguise balding women infomercial with Joan Rivers
also intriguing unID bad signal on RF 9. See also OKLAHOMA 11, KSWO
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

New Clandestine Radio Ndiwulira

17770 Khz Radio Ndiwulira in Luganda,  nueva emisora via TDP, 1700-1710, Mayo 21, Vernacular, Anuncio por OM, noticias o charla por el mismo OM en vernacular, comentario por YL a las 1720, 34433. La de hoy fue la primer transmision de esta nueva emisora que emite de 1700-1730 para Uganda en 17770 via Samara con 250 kW con transmisiones dirigidas a  188 grados por el Este de Africa. Emite solo los martes y sabados. (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

sabato 21 maggio 2011

25000khz MIKES Espoo Finland Time Signal

21/05 10,55utc 25000khz Time sgnal MIKES Espoo Finland ....bip bip bip  -Suff


- Mauro IK2GFT - Swl 1510-
-JRC525Nrd - Lowe HF150-
Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- DSP 9
-Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band- Loop LFL1010
-Lat. 45°25'0"N Long. 9°7'0"E -Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk-

venerdì 20 maggio 2011

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)

Legenda segnale
IN - Insufficiente/Poor
SF - Sufficiente/Fair
BN - Buono/Good
MB - Molto buono/Very good


Domenica 15 maggio 2011
21.53 - 6310 kHz
R. POWERLINER
Olandese, QSO con Paardenkracht.
Segnale buono-molto buono
-
22.00 - 6285 kHz
FREE R. VICTORIA
EE, indie-pop e ID OM.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Dopo le 22.00 su 6305.
-
22.12 - 6160 kHz
CKZN - St. John's-NF (Canada)
EE, nxs YL.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Meglio in USB (G3).


***


Giovedì 19 maggio 2011
21.20 - 6933 kHz
PIRATE STATION R. MALTA
EE, IDs OM e mx pop. No QTHs.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Raro QRM UTE-DIG.
-
21.52 - 5990 kHz
R. SENADO FEDERAL - Brasilia-DF
PP, seduta consiliare.
Segnale buono
Agganciata anche in SYNC-LSB!
-
21.59 - 5915 kHz
ZAMBIA BC - Lusaka
Musica afropop e inno nazionale.
Segnale sufficiente
Qualche aggancio in SYNC-LSB!
-
Dalla 22.00 circa la DW, dopo decenni di monopolio 24 ore su 24, lascia finalmente libera la frequenza di 6075 kHz fino alle 04.00, il fatto è che su 6070 il Canada è superato dalla Bielorussia di Brest che secondo i database chiude alle 24.00. L'unica è sperare che la propagazione certe volte renda dominante il Canada, oppure che la Bielorussia sia spenta.


Luca Botto Fiora

QTH
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova)
Italia


RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000 DSP Yaesu
Satellit 500 Grundig
E5 Etón
G3 Etón
ATS909 Sangean
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ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm modificata (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop filare da finestra da 1 spira 150x100 cm (@2-6 MHz)
Dipolo aperto 21 m (@6-30 MHz)
-
VARIE
Ampli RF K0LR per loop ACA modificato (WA1ION)
Ampli RF LX1456 Nuova Elettronica per loop SW e dipolo
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 per dipolo (IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato (W8JI)
Software demo Multimode 6.2.3 Black Cat Systems
-

Glenn Hauser logs May 19-20, 2011

** ALBANIA. 13735, May 19 at 2002, R. Tirana English to NAm, S9+15 but JBM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, Friday May 20: *1231:40 with music at S9+5 average level, a bit too weak to get much out of. 1242 recheck, XYL was talking. 1305 still S9+5 with music. After that, thunder made me switch to inside antenna, so much for Antarctica today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake May 20:
17170, fair at 1231
16980, fair at 1235
16100, very good at 1235
15970, very good at 1236
15900, poor at 1236
15555, very poor at 1251 and 15545 also still on
15545, poor at 1248
15430, poor at 1341; not during previous hour
14970, very good at 1237
13920, very good at 1319; not during previous hour
13800, good at 1237
13130, fair at 1238
12240, very good at 1317; not during previous hour; none lower
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 9650, May 20 at 1320, CRI via CANADA, `China Drive` with a report about DST: China does not observe it after trying it 1986-1992, but there is new pressure to resume it to `save energy`. Trouble is, China, which should cover 5 timezones, observes UT+8 = Beijing time only, which makes DST or multiple DST in effect to the west, and adding another hour would only make that worse. One suggestion is to split China into maybe 3 timezones plus DST (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, May 20 at 1305, zero signal from VOI which should be here in English. Atsunori Ishida reports for May 20 only: ``9526 kHz (Carrier at 1004-1012)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, May 19 at 1942, R. Kuwait with the illegal-immigrant amnesty proclamation in English, which they apparently drop in at various times.

13650, R. Kuwait Arabic to NAm, not as good as 15540, mostly music until 2000 May 19, then talk, news headlines? 17550 not on yet. 2001.6, 13650 back to music as intro to another program, cut off about 2003*.

Then I sit on 17550, and it cuts on at *2004.4, JIP programming, VG here, much better than 13650.

DX Mix News, Bulgaria, as quoted in DXLD 11-20, missed 17550 and claimed 13650 was on until 2100. I had always assumed it was the same transmitter QSYing to 17550 around 2000v on same 350-degree antenna, and this confirms it. WRTH A-11 Update agrees.

21540, May 20 at 1254, R. Kuwait in Arabic talk and music is the SSOB, Spain co-channel barely a SAH; 21780 Rwanda #2 on 13m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO. 15345, May 19 at 2110, IMM is still on in Arabic past nominal 2100*. Tough luck for Germans wanting to hear RAE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PORTUGAL. 11840, May 20 at 0532, RDPI in Portuguese Portuguese, good signal, ex-12060. HFCC shows this M-F 05-07 broadcast as effective from 27 March, and nothing for 12060, even tho the change was only made a few days ago! Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, says ``was due to QRM, but not broadcast-related; it's a disturbance caused on some aeronautical transmission``. An harmonic on VHF? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 15450, May 20 at 1327, VOT is still on after 1230 English, playing IS, and by now inserting Turkic-language IDs, in fact sounds like real Turkish with `Burasi`, altho the only broadcast scheduled to start at 1330 now per WRTH A-11 Update is Kazakh on 11880, blocked here by REE/Costa Rica. Finally turns off 15450 at 1328:36* for hasty QSY by the Emirler engineer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15795, May 19 at 1856, poor signal from WWRB test, sounds like gospel rock rather than big band music; without any Es, about the same as 15825 WWCR. 15795 still on at 2110.

The UT Friday May 20 0330 broadcast of WORLD OF RADIO on WWRB 5050, very good signal and modulation at 0345 check; however, not to be heard on any of the four `Global` webcasts from WWRB: 1, 2, and 3 were all KJV Bible readings, and 4 had some preacher other than Brother Scare. We can never be sure which webcast, if any, will be carrying WOR. At conclusion around 0400 on 5050, Capt. Dave came on live talking for a few minutes about his 15795 tests, explaining some problems being worked on as in my last report (where further airings of WOR on other stations are listed) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [and non]. 11680, May 20 at 0531, something on AM in Arabic is barely audible in DRM noise from RNZI 11670-11675-11680. It`s BBC via Rampisham at 05-07, clashing with RNZI at 05-08, per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, no sign of KVOH, Thu May 19 at 1904; come to think of it, believe I have not run across it at all this week on its supposedly Tue-Fri-only schedule. Did they finally sell that terrible old transmitter to some gospel sucker?

WRTH A-11 update shows:
KVOH – LA VOZ DE RESTAURACIÓN (Rlg)
kHz: 17775
Summer Schedule 2011
Spanish Days Area kHz
1600-2400 .twtf.. CAm 17775voh†
Key: † Irregular.
But when active it would start by 1500 or even earlier. Still missing at 1554 May 20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. 15290, RNV via CUBA, May 19 at 1857 IS heard briefly but off at 1858*, back on at *1901.5 joining program in progress until 1902.4* off again, *1903.6 on again, and did not keep monitoring, but noted it until intentional sign-off at 1958.5* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10960, May 20 at 1241, JBA talking, maybe in Spanish. Nothing to bleed over from plus or minus 1000 kHz, and peaks with preselector on FRG-7. Unlikely harmonic either; mixing product? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

giovedì 19 maggio 2011

NASB Releases Results of its Shortwave Listener Survey at 2011 Annual Meeting

Around 1300 shortwave listeners from around the globe took part in the NASB shortwave listener survey between May of 2010 and May of 2011, and the results of the survey were announced at the 2011 NASB annual meeting on May 14th.  In the conference center of Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas, anchored off the coast of CocoCay in the Bahamas, Dr. Jerry Plummer of WWCR announced the results for the first time.  Jerry is the administrator of the survey, which was posted online at the NASB website, www.shortwave.org, with links on other shortwave and DX websites.

Most of the respondents were located in North America and Europe, with significant numbers from Asia and Oceania as well.  Nearly half of those who responded were also amateur radio operators.  Around 97 percent were male.  Not surprisingly, most listeners who took the survey listen to shortwave stations for news and commentary, and many listen for cultural programs as well.  Around 7 percent listen for religious programming of a variety of faiths.  The number one shortwave station in the poll was the BBC.  Full results of the survey will be published in the next NASB Newsletter, which will also be on the NASB website, www.shortwave.org.

The NASB meeting took place on the Majesty of the Seas May 13 to 16, sailing from Miami to CocoCay and Nassau in the Bahamas, then returning to Miami.  Twenty-one persons from the United States, France, England and Finland participated, including representatives of NASB member stations, associate member organizations and DX clubs.  It was the first time the NASB has ever held its annual meeting on a cruise ship.  In addition to the meetings, delegates were able to enjoy a variety of entertainment onboard the ship, a private beach resort in the Bahamas, and a sightseeing tour of Nassau, capital of the Bahamas. 

The meeting began May 13th with a presentation sent especially for the meeting by Chinese shortwave listener and language teacher Cui Litang, who explained about Chinese jamming of shortwave signals and Internet sites, as well as about his use of shortwave station language programs for teaching English in China.  John Wineman of HCJB's Global Technology Center in Indiana showed the new Pappradio DRM receiver housed in a small external hard drive box.

On May 14th, Risto Vahakainu of the Finnish DX Association told particpants about his country in northern Europe and the special challenges and opportunities of doing shortwave and mediumwave DXing there.  He presented a video produced by his club about DXing in the Arctic at the very northernmost part of Finland, where mediumwave stations from North America can often be heard using so-called beverage antennas stretching up to one kilometer through the forests of northern Finland.  For a totally different venue, Jerome Hirigoyen of TDF -- Telediffusion de France -- told about his company's shortwave sites and other installations, including the large relay station in exotic Montsinery, French Guiana, where a number of 500-kilowatt transmitters are located, reaching nearly all of the Americas and West Africa as well.

On May 15th, there was a slide presentation about the NASB's two member stations in Florida -- veteran broadcaster WYFR in Okeechobee and relative newcomer WRMI, Radio Miami International, in Miami.  Michel Penneroux, chairman of the DRM Consortium's Commercial Committee, explained the difficulties and delays involved with the mass production of low-cost DRM digital shortwave receivers, and he presented an investment plan for producing a large number of such receivers within a 12- to 18-month period.  Rex Morgan, senior producer for Latin America for World Christian Broadcasting, talked about his efforts to reach Latin American listeners from Miami via shortwave and other media, and Kok Hai Tan from the same organization presented a timely video about the progress of World Christian Broadcasting's new shortwave station being built in Madagascar and where it will reach with programs in Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages, including transmissions to India.

Finally, at the NASB business meeting, two new members were elected to the board of directors.  George Ross, frequency manager of KTWR in Guam, was elected to replace Bill Damick, also of Trans World Radio, whose term was ending.  And Charles Caudill, President of World Christian Broadcasting, was elected to replace David Creel of Far East Broadcasting Company, whose term also ended this year. 

Others attending the NASB meeting included Arto Mujunen, a Finnish DXer who works at the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau monitoring office in Helsinki; Michael Murray, a British DXer who is a former secretary general of the European DX Council; Dino Bloise of Miami, who produces a syndicated Spanish-language DX program called "Frecuencia al Dia;" Brady Murray, operations manager of WWCR in Nashville; and Terry Borders and Ed Mathis of the Catholic shortwave station WEWN in Birmingham, Alabama.  A number of spouses also took part in the cruise.  The meeting was organized by Jeff and Thais White of WRMI in Miami.

Next year's NASB annual meeting will take place at the headquarters of Radio Free Asia in Washington, DC on May 10th and 11th, 2012.  And just before concluding this year's meeting, the NASB board accepted an invitation by WEWN in Birmingham to host the 2013 NASB annual meeting.

Glenn Hauser logs May 18-19, 2011

** ALBANIA. 13735, May 18 at 1853, R. Tirana is S9+12 on peaks, but just barely modulated during 1845 English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 check May 19: nothing at 1229, but retune at 1231 it`s on with vocal music, 1241 still music with heavy beat; 1247 still has not started announcements, and since signal is very poor today, S7 to S9 peaks, I stay with it no longer, except to note at 1311 the music is S7 to peaks at S9+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DEX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [non]. 17810, May 18 at 1850, surprised to be hearing RCI English so well here, with Ian Jones, as I know that Sackville is no longer scheduled at all on this 1800 transmission to Africa. It`s really 300 kW, 175 degrees via Skelton UK. Cut off at 1859:30* without any ID or IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake May 19: first, some heard at unusual time, midday in China:
17170, fair at 0449
16100, very poor at 0451
15900, very poor at 0451
14720, very poor at 0452; frequency unheard elsewhen

Now to the usual monitoring times:
11500, mostly open carrier, hum at 1221, maybe not from FD; none lower
13920, very good at 1225, none in the 12s or 10s
14700, very good at 1346; was not on earlier
15530, good at 1227 // 13920; JBA at 1249
15540, fair at 1227 // 15530; fair at 1336, only one around here now
15545, fair at 1308 and also on 15550
15555, very poor at 1249, no longer on 15540; no doubt all five in this area vs jumpy V. of Tibet
16100, poor at 1229 with flutter, no others up to 19 MHz; fair at 1251

Altho 13540 was out of order in yesterday`s original report, it was not a typo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 11665 is a mess, where MALAYSIA has a new transmitter at 00-16, 100 kW, 93 degrees from Kajang, per HFCC. All I hear is ChiCom CNR1 echo jamming all morning, e.g. at 1352 May 19, plus het. HFCC shows the only competition as IBB in Somali via Sri Lanka at 13-14, then CRI in English by Wulumuchi at 14-15. But there must be some reason for the jamming, for which Aoki must be consulted:

Yes, it`s of course. R. Taiwan International, in Chinese which must be jammed, all its broadcasts banned from HFCC by the ChiCom, not only at 1000-1705 but also at 0400-0600. Wake up in Malaysia! This frequency is no good. I was again hearing their other one OK on 9835 earlier around 1230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6150, May 19 at 1200 I pause on RHC here to monitor their complete frequency announcement. All sounded correct until they got down to 49 m, mentioning only 6000! Usual squeal, undermod on this channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 17650, May 19 at 1341 VG signal talking about John Kerry in Pakistan, mentioning Taliban, Afghanistan. Scheduled as DW in Dari at 1330-1400, 500 kW, 92 degrees from Rampisham UK, to be followed by Pashto at 1400-1430 --- but what I was hearing sounded more like Pashto already, not Dari. 1345-1347 there was a biminute of deadair; 1348 DW jingle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, May 19 at 1216, VOI remains with poor signal only, now in special-Japanese, i.e. spoken more slowly and clearly than native speakers do on NHK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 9595, Thursday May 19 at 1302, R. Nikkei in French lesson, only French about Japanese visiting Paris, until 1304 mixing in explanations in Japanese; fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 15335, regarding NHK via CHILE heard May 17 and 18 after 1400, in English the first day, and Japanese the second. It was not a test, but a special broadcast. S. Hasegawa explains to DXLD:

``Dear Glenn, R. Japan via Santiago on 15335 performed temporarily special broadcast in Japanese for South America on May 17 and 18 at 1400-2000 UT. Midnight program of "Radio Sinyabin-the radio midnight mail" on NHK -1 and FM as for the program for domestic. Because "Brazil-hatu Radio Sinyabin-sending from Brazil, radio midnight mail" was broadcast for these two days, it was relayed for South American Japanese from Santiago. South Asian Service (English, Hindi and Urdu) by misfeeding until 1520 UT May 17.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, May 18 at 1902, R. Kuwait not with Islam-for-Heathens as usually heard at this hour, but this Wednesday instead a secular talk about `Gulf Landmarx & Utilities` (not sure of last word!), some medical facility in Qatar; in the form of a dramatic trialog, rather hokey with two men and one woman (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 11920, May 19 at 0444 VG signal with rock music seemingly in English; thought it might be gospel-rock, but uplooked later in HFCC, this has to be RRI, Romanian service at 04-05, 300 kW, 285 degrees from Galbeni.

BTW, since IRAN changed time for English, V. of Justice to NAm from 0130-0230 to 0330-0430 on 11920, there should be quite a collision for a semihour; needs to be checked before 0430.

BTW2, this frequency area has a lot to offer before 0500: also Jordan Arabic 11960, Turkey music 11980, France in English 11995, Tunisia Arabic 12005 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [and non]. 21610, May 19 at 1254, REE finishing Basque, 1255 into Castilian promos, starting with lengthy phone number for listeners to leave messages, for return calls ASAP. Unlike yesterday, // 21540 finds KUWAIT in Arabic pop music atop making fast SAH, but at 1300 REE news is dominant. What a waste! With scads of open frequencies on 13m, no need to collide, e.g. 21570 which Spain quit after B-10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWAZILAND. 4775, something talking May 19 at 0430, into choral hymn 0431, too poor in T-storm noise level, but unusual for me to hear anything here, usually not monitoring before 0500. Could it be the Bolivian? Surely not: this must have been early enough around Swazi sunrise before fadeout of TWR. In fact, gaisma.com does show today`s Manzini sunrise as 0428 UT!

WRTH A-11 Update shows 4775 usage: 0340-0400 daily in Lomwe, 0400-0800 in German/English, divided up this way: German 0400-0430 M-F, 0400-0500 Sat/Sun; followed by English. The German portion only has // 3200. HFCC adds that at 0358-0400 there is a beam change from 3 to 233 degrees on this 50 kW unit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 15450, May 19 at 1312, enjoyed some Turkish pop music fill from VOT, 1322 headlines in English, 1323 sign-off YL claims this broadcast was at 1330-1430 on 15520, 15450! Don`t they even have a clock in the studio on UT, which might clue her in that it is not even 1330 yet? Then played identical IS nine times and part of a tenth before cut off at 1326*. You never know how many times it will repeat if any; but if you`ve heard one, you`ve heard them all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13570, May 18 finally confirmed when the long break in transmission from WINB ends on weekdays, after starting circa 1315v*. (Since Good Friends Radio pulled out despite still appearing on the WINB website program schedule by time.) Carrier on at *1859:52; 1900:30 modulation cuts on with big hum, ID with phone number (not a sign-on per se), 1901 to `Voice of the Spirit`, the anapaestic androgynous preachperson from Fence Lake NM also emanating via WBCQ 15420-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15795, WWRB testing again May 18 at 1912 with continuous big band music including ``In the Mood``, still at 1950 with no announcements at all. S9+8 on meter but sounds only poor and now roughly equivalent to 15825 WWCR. BB music is good for evaluating frequency response, dynamic range, and it sounds fine except for the non-solid signal here. The latest from Dave at 2354 UT May 18:

``Greetings: WWRB shortwave this week will begin extensive testing on 15.795 MHz. The RF heating issues have been resolved. WWRB is receiving excellent reports on our audio quality & signal levels. During the test, WWRB may take the transmitter off the air at random times to check for RF heating in other areas of our transmitter facilities.

The Runway LOCALIZER monitors co-located with WWRB shortwave Flag / Alarm on some modulation peaks. The LOCALIZER monitors are required by FAA rules for ILS (Instrument Landing System) approaches to Airline Transport's private runway co-located with WWRB shortwave. The LOCALIZER monitors MUST be working to specifications before WWRB can start regular programming on 15.795 MHz. Regular programming on 15.795 MHz to be announced. Regards, Captain David L. Frantz, Chief Pilot, Airline Transport`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1565 monitoring: WBCQ, Wednesday May 18 from 2130 confirmed on webcast; JBA on 7415 at 2152 check.

9955 WRMI, UT Thursday May 19 at 0330: nothing but wall-of-noise-jamming audible; tnx a lot, Arnie! Confirmed on webcast. Next airings Thursday 1500 [missed checking], 2100, Friday 1430, Saturday 0800, 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730.

On WWRB: UT Friday 0330v on 5050. On WWCR: Friday 2030 on 15825, Saturday 1600 on 12160, Sunday 0630 on 3215. On IPAR: Saturday 1800 on 7290. On SiriusXM 120: Saturday & Sunday 1730, Sunday 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

RNZI Shortwave Budget Frozen Again

Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com


Radio New Zealand International
Budget Frozen for Third Year
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Wellington[NZ]

New Zealand's international shortwave broadcaster, Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] has again had its annual budget frozen in the latest government budget for FY 2011-12 announced here today.

This is the third year in a row that RNZI's budget has been capped at NZ$1.9m [US$1.5m) but the buying power in US dollars has actually increased by almost 20% because of the stronger New Zealand currency.

The budget is forecast to stay the same in future years through to 2015, so the good news is that core shortwave services to the Pacific continue to be funded, but the bad news is that increased wages, costs and inflation [around 2-4% in the coming few years] will effectively put greater pressure on the broadcaster.

Again, no funding is provided for a replacement of the 21 year old 100kW analog transmitter, but RNZI must achieve 99% transmission service on both this and the more recent 100kW digital capable transmitter.

To reduce costs, RNZI often cuts the power down to 50kW on both transmitters, whilst making sure it also delivers daily news bulletins able to be rebroadcast by a minimum of 17 Pacific region radio stations.

Currently, RNZI provides FM quality news bulletins and its flagship 'Dateline Pacific' program to some 19 Pacific stations, and rebroadcasts by the BBC Pacific program stream reach another 11 local stations across the Pacific region.

In addition, RNZI provides live audio feeds, podcasts and audio on demand news, current affairs and other programs from its website www.rnzi.com.

RNZI also continues to provide emergency tsunami, earthquake and cyclone warnings for much of the region between French Polynesia and the Solomon Islands and also works with New Zealand and Australian aid programs to upgrade the shortwave broadcasting capacity of local broadcasters such as VBTC Vanuatu and SIBC Solomon Islands.

The budget freeze is in the context of government budget expenditure reaching 8.4% of GDP this year because of the world economic climate and the massive economic and social cost of the Christchurch earthquake in February. All government agencies have had budgets frozen or reduced for FY 2011-2012.

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mercoledì 18 maggio 2011

Germany's Deutsche Welle to end most shortwave broadcasting

Bonn, Germany - The government-financed German broadcaster Deutsche Welle is to cease most of its shortwave broadcasts on July 1, with emphasis shifting to television broadcasts and the internet, the corporation said in Bonn Wednesday.

Full story at :
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1639879.php/Germany-s-Deutsche-Welle-to-end-most-shortwave-broadcasting

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Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE
New Delhi

SIDC Weekly Bulletin

:Issued: 2011 May 17 1628 UTC
:Product: documentation at http://www.sidc.be/products/bul
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WEEK 541 from 2011 May 09 

SOLAR ACTIVITY
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Solar activity was rather low during the week, with only C-class flares. The strongest one was a C5.4 flare, occurring on May 9th at 2059 UT (peak time). It was associated with an active region, at that time behind the East limb, an EUV wave and a partial halo CME as seen from Earth. The 10.7 cm flux decreased to rather low levels (91 SFU on May 14th) compared to the past few weeks.


GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY
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Geomagnetic activity was very low during the week, with only
a brief period of active conditions on May 15th (15-18UT),
as the Earth entered a fast solar wind stream linked to a
coronal hole.
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DATE          RC  EISN  10CM  Ak  BKG    M  X
2011 May 09  111    055  104  005  B2.9  0  0
2011 May 10  121    055  98  014  B1.9  0  0
2011 May 11  092    043  94  007  B1.5  0  0
2011 May 12  055    025  93  003  B1.3  0  0
2011 May 13  ///    021  92  004  B1.2  0  0
2011 May 14  ///    033  91  006  B1.1  0  0
2011 May 15  ///    037  95  014  B1.3  0  0
# RC  : Sunspot index (Wolf Number) from Catania Observatory (Italy)
# EISN : Estimated International Sunspot Number
# 10cm : 10.7 cm  radioflux (DRAO, Canada)
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# BKG  : Background GOES X-ray level (NOAA, USA)
# M,X  : Number of X-ray flares in M and X class, see below (NOAA, USA)
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NOTICEABLE EVENTS
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