Glenn Hauser logs May 3-4, 2012

** AUSTRALIA. 21740, May 3 at 2101, R. Australia has just opened on this
reactivated frequency, good signal with news. 19000 is not yet on, but it is
at 2318 check with poor signal. Much better May 4 at 0059, 19000 cuts off
during music, and takes a sesquiminute to come back, presumably after
antenna switch tho I couldn`t tell much difference in strength. And it took
another minute to apply news modulation in progress to the carrier about
0101:30, altho when it first came back on, there were a few syllables of
speech. And at 0103 I find that 21740 has now gone off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRIA. 15155, May 3 at 2030, R. Mondiale Adventiste, = AWR ID in
French, very choppy signal for this semihour, 300 kW, 210 degrees via
Moosbrunn (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BIAFRA [non]. 11870, May 3 at 2029, another try for R. Biafra London, on
its Thu & Sat 20-21 UT schedule via Woofferton UK: JBA carrier; at 2040
peaks to poor signal with bits of English, but got no better, Carrier off at
2100:10* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 13760, May 3 at 2056, open carrier, fair signal, 2100 VOK
opening in English. This one is 325 degrees to Europe, way offbeam here by
close to 90 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, May 3 at 2032, R. Kuwait poor-fair with rock; 17550 Arabic
about equal signal but more flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Lots of looks at channel 2 for Es TVDX May 3, but only saw a bit
of video around 2224 UT; meanwhile, there was much 6m activity on the
Sherlock map, only over the SE quadrant of the USA, not reaching us. I
rotated the antenna and what little I was getting seemed to be from the
south, as usual (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13570, May 3 at 2036, WINB is already back on with screaming
gospel huxter, usual rapid wobble on the carrier, made obvious with BFO
engaged. Haven`t checked the WINB sked lately and now I see it has been
updated April 22 to show weekday afternoon programming resumes at 2030 with
`Power of Prayer` instead of 2045, and presumably still switches to 9265 at
2100.

However, this schedule doesn`t mention 9265 any more, just 13570 at 13-16
EDT, but that accounts for only three hours = 17-20 UT. The time conversion
with UT for the programming is finally correct! First program on M-F is now
at 1530, Sat from 1245, Sun from 1000; presumably the first part at least on
Sundays being on 9265 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1615 monitoring: first two SW broadcasts confirmed,
Thu May 3 at 2100 on WTWW 9479, and UT Fri May 4 at 0330 on WWRB 5050. Next:
UT Sat 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; UT Sun 0400 on WTWW 5755. And
on WRMI 9955: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130.
WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZANZIBAR [and non]. 11735, May 3 at 2029, during the following semihour
frequent chex for RTZ, and BIAFRA [non], q.v., i.a. Z was also JBA carrier
at first; 2042 poor signal with some music, never got any better.

Propagation was subnormal today, judging from the KUWAIT signals on 15540
and 17550 being only poor-fair, JBA carrier only from ISRAEL 15850, nothing
from EQUATORIAL GUINEA 15190 - maybe already off by now, nor from VOSSRR on
15725 or 15650; is anybody hearing that any more in the African evenings?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13780, May 3 at 2034, very distorted music, and then talk in
Chinese. Deep fades all the way out, occasional peaks. BFO is no help with
the distortion. Sounds like it could be a spur of a much stronger signal,
but there is nothing like it on this band. Peak at 2038 has M&W in Chinese,
with constant whine, the pitch varying along with the modulation, like
shoving it slightly aside. Another peak at 2046. Gone at 2102 check.

Nothing in HFCC or Eibi at this hour, but RFA Mandarin via Tajikistan is on
13780 at 17-20, surely attacked by ChiCom jamming. Maybe this was running
over, and/or RFA extended an hour. However, Aoki also shows 13780 as a
100-watt Sound of Hope nuisance frequency from Taiwan at 20-17, and that
would be enough for the ChiCom to attack with this kind of jamming if not
Firedrake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Request from All India Radio

To identify whether listeners are getting signal properly or not, All India Radio has requested listeners in Greece, France, Germany, & Sweden to monitor following frequencies :

 

1745 - 2230 UTC  on 7550 AM, 11670 AM, 9950 DRM (Program GOS IV, Hindi, GOS V)

 

Please email your observations to : spectrum-manager@air.org.in , else can post in this group.

 

Your efforts are highly appreciated !

 

---

Alokesh Gupta

New Delhi

INFORMAZIONI PROGRAMMA " MEZZ'ORA ITALIANA" TRASMESSO SU 1179 kHz.

Il programma esiste davvero.... l'amico Volker Willschrey,che vive vicino a Saarbruecken mi ha fornito i dettagli  ricevuti via email dalla redazione di Antenne Saar.

Il Programma "MEZZ'ORA ITALIANA" è in onda alla Domenica alle  1000-1030 ora Italiana (0800-0830 UTC) sulla frequenza 1179 kHz di Antenne Saar, e viene ripetuto poi al Lunedi alle ore 1530-1600  ora Italiana (1330-1400 UTC) della trasmissione è disponibile il podcast al link http://www.sr-online.de/antennesaar/2156/1411494.html  oppure http://sr-mediathek.sr-online.de/beitrag_Audio.php?id=11674

Nella WEB dicono che il programma è in onda dal 1961 !!!!!!!. Il programma è bilingue Tedesco/Italiano ed è presentato da Wolfgang Korb al quale piace Fabrizio de André e la musica popolare Campana.

Potete inviare il rapporto di ascolto compilando il formulario on line al link http://www.sr-online.de/antennesaar/2156/1411494-empfehlung.html

oppure scrivere a :
Saarlandischer Rundfunk
'AntenneSaar' "MEZZ'ORA IN ITALIANO"
Funkhaus Halberg
66100 Saarbruecken , Germania.
E-Mail  :   antennesaar@sr-online.de
Sperando di avervi incuriosito ..... buon ascolto !
Dario

PS : la notizia senza dettagli (mancante dell'orario e frequenza e links) è apparsa sul sito di ITALRADIO ed era stata presa dal sito di Italiani nel mondo AISE  http://www.aise.it/italiani-nel-mondo/cgie-comites/107581-torna-in-onda-la-trasmissione-radiofonica-mezzora-italiana-la-soddisfazione-del-comites-di-saarbrucken.html

May 2 Log

Chile - CVC International Voz Christiana on 17680 at 2012. Woman announcer in Spanish hosting a music program. Broadcast to South America.
             HCJB in Portuguese with a male host on 11920 at 2317. With music at 2356.

Cuba - R. Habana at 2037 on 17750 in Arabic. Transmission to Europe. Show was hosted by a male announcer. Mention of Albert Einstein. Spanish service at 2100.

Spain - R. Exterior De Espania in Portuguese. Female announcer playing music with Target to N. America on 17595 at 2107. Station ID at 2110. On 17850 and 15110 in Spanish with two male announcers with a recap of a football game in Spanish. At 0345 male announcer interviewing a man on 9535, 9620 and 9630 in Spanish. Broadcast targeted to central America.

Canada - RCI in English. Male host with a female guest in a radio news magazine. Time was 2044 on 15330 and 17735. Targeted to W. Africa. Lost the signal by 2056. A music program in French at 2124 on 15235.
                 China Radio Inter. On 13700 at 2211 in Spanish with male and female hosts. The Beijing Hour in English on 11840 at 2315.
                  NHK, Radio Japan on 5960 in Japanese at 0232 with a female hostess interviewing a male guest. At 0239 music by Yes, "Owner of a Lonely Heart".

Bonaire -  R. Nederland on 17605 and 15315 in Dutch with a male announcer with the news at 2105. Signal to S. America. National Anthem played at 2126 then signed off.

United States - EWTN to Africa on 15610 at 2135. Talk show on homosexuality in English with a male host. On 13830 at 2145 in Spanish with a music program. Beamed to S. America.
                          Radio Taiwan in English on 5950 at 0232. Male host interviewing a young woman about the National Concert Hall and Theater in Taiwan. Broadcast aimed to Eastern U.S.

Greece - V.O. Greece in Greek to Europe, on 15630 at 2137 with a woman announcer.

Brazil - RN da Amazonia in Spanish on 11780 at 2310. Sounding much like how old AM radio stations used to sound with jingles sound effects and such. Male announcer with slight re-verb.
              R. Tupi in Portuguese on 11765 at 2342. Male announcer. Playing a recorded speech. Two men and a woman getting a crowd worked up. Music at 2350 

China - CRI listed as being in Cambodian on 11990 at 2320. Male host.

Vatican State - Vatican Radio in Vietnamese on 12035 at 2324. Female hostess with a talk show. Targeted to S.E. Asia. In Ukrainian on 7335 at 0315 with a male announcer. ID at 0319 while signing off.

Russia - V.O. Russia on 12060 at 2326 in Portuguese. Male announcer with a news magazine show. Signal to South America. Signal to Central America. Female hostess on 12155 at 2333 in Russian with a music show.

Iran - V.O. Islamic Rep. Of Iran at 2329 on 12080 in Arabic. Female hostess. ID at 2330. News at 2330. Signal to N. Africa.

Burma - Dem. Voice of Burma on 11595 at 2335. News in Burmese with both male and female announcers. Targeted to S.E. Asia.

Egypt - R. Cairo on 6270 at 0029. Music program playing indigenous music. Female hostess. Beamed to East North America. Musical program on 9305 at 0335 in Arabic. Transmission to Europe. Hosted by a female announcer.

Turkey - V.O. Turkey to Asia on 7260 at 0034 in Turkish. Music show. In English with music on 9515 at 0344.

Columbia - Alcaravan Radio on 5910 at 0227 in Spanish with a musical show.

Germany - R. Farda on 7280 at 0255 in Persian. Female announcer with musical program. She also conducted an interview over the telephone. Signal directed to the Middle East. News read by same hostess at 0300.
                    Croatian Radio. Talk show in Croatian. Male guest  interviewed by a male newscaster at 0325 on 7375. Signal aimed to Eastern North America.

United Kingdom - BBC  in Persian on 7320 at 0314 with the news. Male announcer.  On 9410 at 0340. News magazine hosted by a young woman announcer. Topics regarded healthcare included several interviews.

Madagascar - Vatican Radio in English at 0322 on 7360. Male announcer. 
                        Radio Japan on 7395 at 0330 in Swahili with the news read by a male host. News ended at 0330 and a young woman was on the air next featuring Japanese Pop music.

Romania - Radio Romania with excerpts from the opera Carmen played during the English service to Central America on both 11795 and 9645 at 0352. Female announcer.


Reminders:
Special Dutch program of RNW Hilversum, 24 hrs FAREWELL program from
Thursday May 10 at 22 UT til Friday May 11 at 22 UT.


Additional bookings on this last transmission day:

kHz       time         loc   kW deg
5955 0000-0500 WER 500 210
5955 1000-1500 WER 500 210
5955 1700-2000 WER 500 210
6020 0000-0300 MDG 250 255
6020 1900-2000 MDG 250 255
6020 2130-2400 MDG 250 255 {May 10th}
21485 0600-1400 MDG 250 045
21710 0600-1400 MDG 250 310
(RNW, April 13)


DX-Antwerp (the only Belgian DX-club) celebrates its 30th anniversary on May 12th. we are airing, a short-wave broadcast as follows:

UTC kHz STATION ITU MOD TARGET
0430-0530 17880 Issoudun F AM India
0800-0900 9680 Issoudun F AM Western-Europe
1200-1300 6015 Issoudun F DRM Western-Europe
1400-1500 17880 Montsinery GUF AM North America East
1530-1630 15775 Issoudun F DRM India
1700-1800 21680 Montsinery GUF AM North America West
2000-2100 17875 Montsinery GUF DRM North America

A special QSL card was designed for this occasion. Send a report by ordinary mail to DXA QSL c/o TDP Radio, PO Box 1, B-2310 Rijkevorsel or e-mail to dxaqsl@gmail. com.

(Mauno Ritola on WRTH Facebook group)


Location:
Oneida, New York
38 Miles (61 km) East of Syracuse, NY
Coordinates - Latitude = 43.0922 Longitude = 75.6568
Equipment:
Sangean ATS 909
200" random  longwire antenna with a "Slinky" toy in the middle,
MFJ 1045C preselector.
Corrections, assistance and suggestions are always welcomed.
Thanks,
~ Alex
KPS3ASK

Glenn Hauser logs May 2-3, 2012

** ANTARCTICA. Haven`t posted a non-log of LRA36 for several weeks, so here`s one on a Thursday, which was supposedly the most likely broadcast day as of last year:

15476, May 3 at 1351, no signal on 15476, altho other broadcasters are still respecting its absence, nothing on 15475, never even Firedrake. Stations which *are* active should be so lucky (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. Further monitoring of R. Australia, still lacking any definitive schedule on the RA website or HFCC, since all the changes last week:

15515 went off about 0557* May 3; Aoki now shows it until 0600, while EiBi still has the old 0500*.

Aoki does have some of the new schedules, but not all. Altho labeled A-12, apparently based only on incomplete monitoring, like ours is. Still shows 9580 ending at 1400, while it really continues. Shows 9590 as xed out, off the air. Has new 9890 at 13-15, tho now gone. Has 21740 at 22-01; 19000 at 23-01 to Asia, 01-03 to Pacific, so signal should improve here at 01 with beamswitch from 353 to 70 degrees.

15415, May 3 at 0558, poor signal ending `Pacific Beat`, continuing after 0600 with news, when 15240 is also on and very good.

11945, May 3 is already on at 0610 // 15240 with quiz about the name of that hyper-valuable Munch painting. EiBi shows 11945 as 07-13, old sked? Aoki shows 06-13, but of course we have been and continue to hear it past 13, in fact past 14 today, weaker than 9580 which now is the SSOB except for US stations, and nothing audible this late on 6 MHz (nor 7, as 7240 is apparently totally deleted? No, Aoki shows 18-21, but gone from *1400).

9660, May 3 at 0617 is still on, weaker and an echo apart from 15240. So I guess 9660 is still Brandon, not Shepparton.

6020, May 3 at 1206, RA is in English with the PM talking about Singapore, stronger than 6080, and 5990-5995-6000 bears DRM noise.

11945, 9580, 9475, 6080 and 6020 are all in music during English at 1236 May 3.

9890 and 9590 are still missing at 1308.

6020 is still in English today at 1314, while 9475 is in Chinese, and at 1325 check past 1400, 11945 in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake May 3, after 1320:
16100, JBA at 1321, none higher. Propagation degraded today
15500, very poor at 1322, het on lo side
14800, good at 1323; none in the 13s, 12s

Before 1400:
14800, very good at 1356; none in the 17s, 13s, 12s
15490, fair at 1352, het on lo side
15610, poor at 1352
15760, very poor at 1352
15900, very poor at 1352
16100, good at 1355
16980, poor at 1354
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 15275, May 3 at 0604, DW news in English, good signal. Per HFCC this is a new frequency at this hour as of April 17. Then found even stronger VG signal on // 17820, at 0605 as `Afrika Link` was starting, in fact, the inbooming OSOB. Other stations around RWANDA could also have a defacto North American service on 16m in the middle of the summery night! And also sufficient signal on // 13780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. The sporadic-E analog TV DX opening of May 2 petered out around 1530 UT as in previous report, but revived a bit later:

1718 on channel 2, CCI video reappears

1757 on 4, 10 kHz CCI from ~SW, toons on one, novela on other

1808 on 4, toons, bug in UR is mostly off-screen, but looks more like net-7 or Galavisión than net-5, the prime purveyor of toons

1816 on 6, video MUF briefly spikes up to here

1830 on 4, comedy show with grown men dressed up like kids with silly hats. Grown woman has her own silly hat.

1843 on 4, CCI including a net-5 bug UR

1855 on 2, same kidshow as on 4 above
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, May 3 at 0600, VON, `News About Nigeria`, YL with humbuzz, but good signal and improving (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [non]. 11500, May 3 at 1222, poor signal with heavy flutter, M&W in English. Incredibly, this V of Russia service to S Asia, via TAJIKISTAN, has replaced dead air with programming, at least for today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 9890, May 3 at 1241, fair signal in English, commercial for Bangkok Airways, so I bet it`s HSK9 --- yes, soon followed by two IDs for Radio Thailand. Only lite ACI from 9885 bearing VOA Spanish and pulse jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [and non]. 15105, May 3 at 0559, BBCWS still treats us to some Bow Bells, prior to the only hour in English currently on this frequency (otherwise French, Hausa), 06-07, 300 kW, 170 degrees from Woofferton, instead of ``no programming on this frequency``. Then truncated version of ``Lilliburlero`` leading up to 0600 timesignal and news. They can`t spare a few more seconds to play the ``whole`` thing? I always feel like I am falling off a cliff when it stops incomplete. Poor signal and with a het, from what?

9860, May 3 at 0617, BBCWS in English news, fair signal suffering from splash de VOA GB 9880 in French, and 9860 is // 9410 which is slightly behind. HFCC shows 9860 is in use by BBC during this hour only, 100 kW, 15 degrees from SOUTH AFRICA. While 9410 is 250 kW, 65 degrees from Ascension (and N.B., 9410 from 8 May at 06-07, will be 300 kW, 180 degrees from Skelton, probably replacing ASC tho HFCC registration has not been altered, showing both in effect until 28 Oct!). Note also that in the previous hour 05-06, 9410 is from Meyerton (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, WBCQ lost modulation again, May 3 at 0613 just open carrier and some hum; plus suspicious weaker carrier on 9313 approx., but louder same pitch hum, spur from 9330? Not matched by another around 9347. Others have reported spurs from this transmitter.

9330, next check at 1216 May 3, far-right wingnut railing about the New World Order, banksters, Russian troops in Colorado. Doesn`t sound like the usual occupant of this transmitter, Rod Hembree`s religious Good Friends Radio Network, including Radio 2:11. Then at 1217, preacher talking about a messiah cuts on at equal level, and the two audios mix! Could one be on LSB, the other on USB? I start to tune the DX-398 to find out, but by 1218, the FRWN has stopped and we hear only the religious programming.

Next2 check at 1316, 9330 how with Pacific Garden Mission promo for its `Unshackled` program, now in 13 languages around the world, kept referring to Thanksgiving, about a semiyear out of synch, and back to hokey moralistic drama. Thanks, but no thanks, I`ll take the ``shackles`` of rational free thought. Presumably another show included in the Good Friends Radio Network feed. I foolishly went looking for a program schedule via http://www.biblediscoverytv.com/ and audio launched immediately interfering with something else I was listening to, and could not get it to stop short of exiting the site. Beware! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1615: first SW airing will be 2100 UT Thursday May 3 on WTWW 9479; then 0330 UT Friday on WWRB 5050; 0130 UT Saturday on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; 0400 UT Sunday on WTWW 5755. Also on WRMI 9955: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130. And on WRN via SiriusXM 120, Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1190, May 3 at 1157 UT, sorrowful breakup song suitable for teeny-boppers, from what else, Radio Disney, dominating frequency for a while, then Home Depot ad (whose customers are presumably adult), 1158 fading and losing out to a Fox Sports outlet, but enough signal at 1200 to hear a local ID for KPHN Kansas City [MO], meshing with the NE/SW DF on it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1650, May 3 at 1146 UT, ``16-50 The Fan`` with sports talk, i.e. KCNZ Cedar Falls IA. Already too late to get XEARZ, with my local sunrise now 1136 UT, one minute earlier every morning (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 11890, May 3 at 1359, poor signal with Vatican Radio IS. Chances are when you hear this just before the hour they are about to sign off*, not *on, and yes, off at 1400*. HFCC May 1 shows this had been Vietnamese at 1315-1400, 250 kW, 280 degrees from TINIAN, which HFCC now attributes to the country abbr`d MHL --- ``11890 1315 1400 49 TIN 250 280 0 216 1234567 250312 281012 D 16000 Vie MHL VAT VAT 13012``

MHL, what`s that, a new one? HFCC does not provide a reference for country abbrs. Check ITU instead: it`s missing from this listing:
http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/itu.pdf
Looks suspiciously like short for MARSHALL, but that`s shown as MRL.

However, on page 658 of the WRTH 2012, MHL is listed as the ITU code for Marshall Islands! Also among Marshalls` many abbrs. here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_codes:_M#.C2.A0Marshall_Islands

TROUBLE IS, Tinian and Saipan, are NOT in the Marshall Islands. Here`s a map of the ones which are, and further info on them:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/26551.htm

Tinian is in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, which is about 25 degrees of longitude further west, quite a miss! Here`s an equivalent map and info:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cq.html

Aoki and EiBi correctly show the country abbr. as MRA.

BTW, another VR transmission on 11890 preceding this one, Chinese at 1225-1315 is instead via PUG, PHILIPPINES, 250 kW, 320 degrees.

BTW2, there are lots of Marshallese in Enid, strangely enough. We often drive by one of their churches on the way to the cemetery. A serious injury fight involving one of them at a middle school was labeled a hate crime, and made national news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15870, May 3 at 0556, very poor carrier with flutter, broadcast station? Only Aoki shows a possibility beyond the far right of the 15 MHz band, WWCR and Galei Tsahal: what else but a Sound of Hope nuisance transmitter from Taiwan (or maybe Firedrake):
``15870 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 2000-1700 1234567 Chinese 0.1 ND ? TWN 11955E 2610N SOH a12`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Un pò di medie e lunghe

RX Kenwood R-600 ant. Verticale 13 m.

Data Ora UTC kHz ITU SINPO Dettagli Coll.
02/05 1949 531 ALG 55555 Jil Fm - id - disco music IG
02/05 1951 540 E 43333 Onda Cero Catalunia - spa - telecronaca di calcio - gooooolllll IG
02/05 1955 549 D 54444 Deutshlandfunk - ger - parlato IG
02/05 1959 558 SUI 44433 VOR - ??? - pop music (monte ceneri) IG
02/05 2001 567 I 43333 Radio Uno - ita - Telecronache di calcio campionato - IG
02/05 2004 585 ARS 44444 Riyad - arab - commenti e musiche locali IG
02/05 2006 603 F 55555 France Info - Fra - parlano di lavoro e giovani IG
02/05 2008 621 E 33333 RNE - spa - telecronaca calcio IG
02/05 2009 639 CZE 44444 Cesky - ceco - parlato programma informativo - id - studio stop IG
02/05 2012 657 I 44343 Radio Uno - ita - telecronache di calcio IG
02/05 2013 666 E 22232 Ser - spa - commenti storici città spagnole IG
02/05 2016 675 XXX 33333 UNID - parlato in lingua araba IG
02/05 2017 684 E 33333 RNE - spa - telecronaca sportiva liga spagnola IG
02/05 2023 162 F 13333 France Int. - fra - parlano di elezioni politiche IG
02/05 2024 171 MRC 12222 Medi1 - fra - musica pop e commenti IG
02/05 2029 183 D 33333 Europe 1 - fra - parlano di crisi austerità in europa IG
02/05 2031 207 D 34433 Deutschlandfunk - ger - pop music - id IG
02/05 2032 216 MCO 44444 RMC - calcio francese - ancelotti IG
02/05 2033 234 LUX 12222 RTL - fra - parlato ma insuff IG
02/05 2035 252 ALG 33333 RTA - alg - concerto musica jazz e commenti IG
02/05 2037 270 CZE 33333 Ces Radio1 - ceco - parlato 2 voci - internet e tecnologie web IG

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Ivan Guerini
# Swl I2 - 5759 #
http://swl-i2-5759.blogspot.com

UN PRIMO MAGGIO A CASTELLON

I miei due lettori ricorderanno che conclusi l' articolo sul viaggio in Perù dello scorso agosto 2011 scrivendo che per il primo maggio 2012 sarei, con Dario Monferini, andato a fare un tour radiofonico a Bucarest. Ebbene cosi non è stato: quando io e Dario ci siamo messi ad organizzare l' evento ci siamo subito accorti che lunedì 30 aprile, a parte la visita al servizio italiano di Radio Romania Internazionale, avremmo corso il pericolo di non concludere null'altro dato che anche i rumeni " ponteggeranno " il primo maggio. Tanto valeva spostare il tutto nel 2015, quando il ponte primaverile sarà quello del 2 giugno, giornata festiva solo in Italia e riservare questi 4 giorni festivi del 1 maggio 2012 ad una personale escursione turistica. Non ci misi molto, neanchè una decina di minuti, a decidere che sarei tornato in Spagna per una visita all' unico capoluogo di provincia della Comunidad Valenciana da me non ancora raggiunto, CASTELLON DE LA PLANA, in castigliano, CASTELLO' in valenciano. E cosi è stato.

Erano le 19,43 di venerdi 27 aprile quando dalla stazione di Vercelli prendevo il treno a destinazione di Torino. Alle 20.30 ero alla stazione di Porta Susa, breve sosta al bar e poi alle 21,09 la partenza col Talgo a destinazione di Barcelona. Anche questa volta ho usato il Talgo in quanto ad aprile, a differenza del mese di agosto, ha ancora dei prezzi accettabili, 76 Euro solo andata ( se lo fate nel sito della Renfe, le ferrovie spagnole, se lo fate in quello di Trenitalia sarebbero 135 Euro, ma si sa che le ferrovie italiane devono pagare ai loro top manager stipendi ben superiori di quelli pagati in Spagna ). E' vero che con una ventina di Euro in più avrei potuto fare andata e ritorno da e per Barcellona in aereo, ma per fare questo avrei dovuto alzarmi alle 6 del mattino del sabato ed arrivare solamente nel tardo pomeriggio nel capoluogo catalano. In questo modo invece, mi son potuto fare una bella dormita ( sò che molti non riescono a dormire nei vagoni letto ferroviari, ma io per fortuna non ho questo problema ) ed essere già alle 10,30 del sabato alla Estaciò di Francia di Barcellona. Subito raggiungevo la più vicina stazione della metropolitana per andare all' altra stazione ferroviaria di Barca, quella di Sants per li depositare il mio bagaglio e poi dare il vero inizio a questo nuovo viaggio. Appena depositato il borsone tornavo alla metrò per raggiungere le Ramblas e subito li iniziavo l' attività radiofonica del viaggio raggiungendo la sede di Onda Cero Radio, l' emittente che tutti possiamo ascoltare in pantofole durante le ore serali e notturne sulla frequenza di 540 KHz. Questa volta non c'era nessuno!!! Nelle immediate vicinanze della vicina Plaza Real ha sede Contrabanda FM 91,4 MHz, una delle 3 o 4 emittenti dell' ultrasinistra che più ultra non si può attive in città, e quindi non mancavo di fare un'ulteriore tentativo acchiappa adesivi ma anche li la porta era ermeticamente sigillata. Per quel giorno con le radio bastava; tornavo alla Plaza Real e mi sparavo la prima paella del viaggio!!!! Al termine ancora un paio di vasche sulla Ramblas e poi tornavo a Sants per partire alle 18.00 alla volta di Castellòn ove giungevo alle 20.08. Albergo, cena ed una passeggiata serale per determinare l' esatta posizione delle emittenti cittadine chiudevano la giornata.

Di completo relax domenica 29 aprile: al mattino visita alla Cattedrale ed al Museo di Belle Arti, al pomeriggio trasferimento in autobus alla bella spiaggia cittadina posta a 3-4 Km. dal centro ove mi dedicavo ad un po' di ascolto FM. Nulla di entusiasmante dal punto di vista DXistico, si sa che l' FM DX non è il mio forte, ma pur sempre un piacevole momento. Peccato che la stagione non permettesse ancora i bagni in mare e che un vento polare facesse venire voglia di mollare tutto e tornare in città.

Era lunedì 30 aprile il giorno della " gita turistica " fra le emittenti di Castellòn. Il tour è molto facile: le stazioni radiofoniche presenti in città sono solamente 4 e tutte sono dislocate nel centro cittadino, percui una passeggiata di un paio di ore è più che sufficiente, specialmente, se, senza saperlo, avete riservato un hotel proprio in fronte ad una di essa!!!!! Noterete che durante la descrizione di queste visite non menzionerò la Cadena COPE in quanto, la pur facilmente sintonizzabile sede provinciale attiva sui 1053 Khz, non ha sede in Castellon ma nella vicina cittadina di Villa Real, località ben nota agli appassionati di calcio per la sua squadra partecipante alla Liga Espanola. Villa Real non è lontana da Castellòn ma il poco tempo a disposizione non mi ha permesso di percorrere i pochi Km. che separano le due località. Dopo la colazione, verso le 09.30 ( inutile tentare di entrare in una radio spagnola prima di quell' orario ) uscivo dall' hotel e raggiungevo la sede di Espiral FM, una stazione locale di musica dance operante su 106.4 MHz. Incredibile ma vero: mi omaggiavano dell' unico adesivo gigante ancora presente in sede. Non credo che qualche altro collezionista abbia nella sua raccolta un adesivo di Espiral FM di Castellon de la Plana !

Lasciata Espiral FM proseguivo verso Onda Cero Radio, il network nazionale attivo da Castellòn sulla sola frequenza FM di 88.7 MHz. Altro successo, qualche esemplare dei loro soliti adesivi mi veniva consegnato. Altra passeggiata, altra emittente, la sede provinciale della governativa Radio Nacional de Espana attiva in Castellon con Radio 1 su 801 KHz e con Radio 5 su 1125 KHz in onde medie ( oltre che su locali frequenze FM ) e quindi potenziale preda dei nostri ricevitori. Due parole quindi sulle loro possibili ricezioni italiane. Sicuramente fino a qualche anno fà era ben più semplice sintonizzare questi due trasmettitori ( e anche molti altri trasmettitori della R.N.E. ), per l'intero arco della giornata, fino alle 21.00, infatti, Radio 5 aveva 4 spazi di programmazione regionale e provinciale ad ogni ora. Poi, i vari governi centrali, sia di destra che di sinistra, hanno man mano ridotto questi spazi, a differenza delle catene nazionali private che ben si son guardate di farsi del male da sole, ed oggi la programmazione locale della R.N.E. è praticamente pari a quella

 " vergognosa " della RAI. Radio 1 e Radio 5, ora, emettono in programmazione regionale dal lunedi al venerdi dalle 07.25 alle 07.30, dalle 07.50 alle 08.00 e dalle 13.10 alle 14.00 e, solo Radio 5, in programmazione provinciale dalle 09.00 alle 09.15. Il sabato unicamente in regionale dalle 13.10 alle 14.00. Vi sembrerà logico e naturale che con degli orari del genere le uniche possibilità di ascolto da noi in Italia, le abbiamo dal lunedi al venerdi ( quando tutti lavoriamo ) durante i mesi invernali e durante le prime due trasmissioni mattutine. Detto questo vi è da aggiungere che la frequenza di Radio 1, attivata con una potenza di 10 Kwatt, è condivisa con altri 5 trasmettitori della R.N.E. e benchè l' ascolto di Castellòn non sia del tutto impossibile, la frequenza è generalmente dominata o dal più potente trasmettitore da 25 Kwatt attivo da Ciudad Real ed in onda col notiziario della Castilla-La Mancha o da quello anch' esso da 10 Kwatt, ma dalla più vicina Girona in onda, in lingua catalana, col notiziario della Catalunya. Più facile ricevere Castellòn con Radio 5 su 1125 KHz. La frequenza è condivisa con altri 4 trasmettitori della R.N.E. ma normalmente è proprio quello di Castellòn a predominare anche se alcune volte anzichè Castellòn arriva il trasmettitore di Vitoria con la programmazione, anch'essa in castigliano, del Pais Vasco.

Era la mia giornata fortunata: altri adesivi, benché fossero i soliti gia avuti alla Casa de La Radio di Madrid si aggiungevano al mio bottino e pure mi era offerto di visitare e fotografare lo storico studio del 1125 KHz della Radio 5

Lasciata la sede della R.N.E. raggiungevo quella della Cadena SER posta pressochè in fronte al mio albergo. In Castellòn la Cadena SER attiva Cadena Dial su 97.1 MHz, Los 40 Principales su 94.8 MHz, M80 su 105.8 KHz e la " tradizionale " Radio Castellon su 91.2 MHz e 1521 KHz in onda media. Su questa frequenza Radio Castellòn è una delle emittenti della Cadena SER più facili da sintonizzare in programmazione locale: durante i mesi invernali già durante gli spazi informativi locali del tardo pomeriggio-inizio serata ( il più comodo quello dalle 19 alle 20 ) e durante i mesi estivi durante gli spazi di pubblicità locale diffusi qualche minuto prima dello scadere dell' ora. Se si riceve una stazione in lingua castigliana sui 1521 KHz essa è Radio Castellòn in quanto è l'unica emittente operante dalla Spagna su questa frequenza . Potrebbero esserci delle interferenze da parte della radio dell' Arabia Saudita operante anch'essa sui 1521 KHz ma operando correttamente con la loop o girando nell' opportuna posizione il portatile ( basta infatti un portatile per ricevere Radio Castellòn ) non ci vuole molto ad eliminare o ridurre pressochè del tutto tali interferenze. Avevo una e-mail di invito a firma del Jefe Tecnico, il Senor Sergio Molto e quindi nessun problema a raggiungere i loro studi. Sergio era gentilissimo: mi mostrava tutte le apparecchiature, scattavo un po' di fotografie e venivo omaggiato di nuovi adesivi e di un librone edito nel 2008 per il 75mo anniversario dell' emittente. Ringraziavo e ricambiavo con un po' di adesivi italiani. Al termine attraversavo la strada, tornavo in albergo a ritirare i bagagli e mi spostavo alla stazione per partire alle 14.51 alla volta di Barcelona ove arrivavo alle 17.39. Un' altra serata sulle Ramblas mi attendeva!!!!

Martedi 1 maggio un po' di turismo al mattino con una visita alla Casa Battlò, altra opera cittadina di Gaudi e poi autobus dalla Plaza de Catalunya fino all' aeroporto per partire alle 14.40 alla volta di Malpensa ove giungevo alle 16,20 chiudendo questo altro breve ed ennesimo viaggio in Spagna. Spuntino e poi alle 20.15 l' ultimo treno, quello per Vercelli ove arrivavo alle 21.15.

Il rendiconto finale: 6 sedi di emittenti radiofoniche raggiunte, 21 adesivi di 10 differenti varietà di 4 diverse stazioni, 5 biro, un libro.

Arrivederci ad agosto con NORD ATLANTICO 2012!!!

                                                                      Roberto Pavanello

Le emittenti visitate

Onda Cero R. - Ramblas 88-94 – 08002 Barcelona – SPAGNA

 Web www.ondacero.es/emisoras/catalunya/ e-mail catalunya@ondacero.es

Contrabanda – Pasaje Madoz 6, 2° planta, puerta 2 – 08002 Barcelona – SPAGNA

 Web www.contrabanda.org e-mail contrabandafm@contrabanda.org

Espiral FM – Sagasta 14 entresuelo – 12002 Castellòn – SPAGNA

 Web www.espiralfm.com e-mail publicidad@espiralfm.com

Onda Cero R. – Ronda Mijares 186 – 12002 Castellòn – SPAGNA

 Web www.ondacero.es/emisoras/castellon/ e-mail castellon@ondacero.es

R.N.E. – Paseo Ribalta 5 – 12001 Castellòn – SPAGNA

 Web www.rtve.es

Cadena SER – Moyano 5 – 12002 Castellòn – SPAGNA

 Web www.radiocastellon.com e-mail sergiomolto@radiocastellon.com 

Gli hotel utilizzati

Nh Mindoro – Moyano 4 – 12002 Castellòn – SPAGNA

Web www.nh-hotels.com e-mail nhmindoro@nh-hotels.com

Hotel Toledano – Las Ramblas 138 – 08002 Barcelona – SPAGNA

 Web www.hoteltoledano.com e-mail reservas@hoteltoledano.com 

Altri siti utilizzati per l' organizzazione del viaggio

Per la biglietteria ferroviaria www.renfe.es

Per le prenotazioni alberghiere e aeree www.expedia.it

Per le mappe di Castellòn http://maps.google.it

Per il turismo in Castellòn www.dipcas.es

Per la Casa Batllò www.casabatllo.es

May 1 log

Iran - V.O. Islamic Rep. Of Iran in French with a female announcer on 17650 at 1913.

United Kingdom - BBC with male host interviewing a man with the U.N. about Syria on 17795 at 1925 in English.

Cuba - Radio Habana on 17750 sign on at 1930. Female hostess in French. Beamed to Europe.
 On 6120 at 0336 in Spanish. Host interviewing young woman over the telephone. Broadcast to the Caribbean. On 6050 in English with an armature radio report at 0344.

Spain - R. Exterior De Espania in Spanish, to North America, with two male hosts at 1935 on 15110.

Germany - Adventist World Radio on 15205 at 1942. Male announcer. The country Nigeria was mentioned several times and counting in English. Singing at 1945. Listed language is Ibo. Transmission aimed to Nigeria.

Romania - Radio Romania to S.E. Europe in Romanian with a music show on 15310 at 1950. In English at 2040 on 13800. News magazine on wind energy development in Romania. Hosted by both male and female announcers. In English on 9700 at 0000.Show called "Radio Newsreel" read by female newscaster.

Kuwait - Radio Kuwait with a music show on 15540 at 2000 in English. Targeted to Europe.

Madagascar - VOA aimed to Africa with a music program in English on 2005 on 15580. Male host. Show called "African Beat".

Greece - V.O. Greece with music on 15630 at 2032. Program in Greek.

United States - EWTN via WEWN in Spanish on 13830 at 2045. Male host with broadcast beamed to South America.
                          WWCR playing blues music on 9350 at 2348 in English.
                           Radio Taiwan on 5950 at 0356 in English with a music show hosted by a male host. Internet and email address given at 0357. The English schedule was given at 0359. switched from English to Chinese at 0400.

Austria - BBC in Arabic taking phone calls on 13660 at 2048. Male host. Signal to the Middle East.

United Arab Eremites - KBS World on 13585 at 2053 in Arabic. Female and male hosts. Target is the Middle East. 2100 sign off.

India - AIR on 11670 at 2119 in English. Indigenous music. Broadcast to Europe. Male host.

Rwanda - Deutsche Welle in English on 11800 at 2128. Male host.

Saudi Arabia - Radio Riyadh with Holly Qur'an reading.

Russia - V.O. Russia to Central America on 9430 at 2355 in Russian. Male announcer.  In English on 9665 at 0000 with the schedule read by a male announcer.

Egypt - R. Cairo on 9305 at 0157 in Arabic. Presumably prayer service. On 9315 and 6270 to West North America on 9315 at 0159 in English with a woman announcer. Music show.

Bonaire - R. Nederland on 6165 at 0317 in Dutch. A news magazine with a male host conducting interviews. Broadcast to Central America.

South Africa - BBC in English to Central Africa on 6145 at 0325. Male host. Very poor audio levels.

Italy (Santa Maria di Galeria) - Afia Darfur on 6135 in Arabic. Abrupt sign off at 0329. Strong signal into NY State. Target for the broadcast Sudan.

Spain - R. Ext. De Espania to Latin America on 6125 at 0334. In Spanish with a male host doing telephone interview.

Canada - CFRX in English with a male host conducting an interview about elephant healthcare in zoos and sanctuaries. Hash from Cuba on 6060



Reminders:
Special Dutch program of RNW Hilversum, 24 hrs FAREWELL program from
Thursday May 10 at 22 UT til Friday May 11 at 22 UT.

Additional bookings on this last transmission day:

kHz       time         loc   kW deg
5955 0000-0500 WER 500 210
5955 1000-1500 WER 500 210
5955 1700-2000 WER 500 210
6020 0000-0300 MDG 250 255
6020 1900-2000 MDG 250 255
6020 2130-2400 MDG 250 255 {May 10th}
21485 0600-1400 MDG 250 045
21710 0600-1400 MDG 250 310
(RNW, April 13)


DX-Antwerp (the only Belgian DX-club) celebrates its 30th anniversary on May 12th. we are airing, a short-wave broadcast as follows:

UTC kHz STATION ITU MOD TARGET
0430-0530 17880 Issoudun F AM India
0800-0900 9680 Issoudun F AM Western-Europe
1200-1300 6015 Issoudun F DRM Western-Europe
1400-1500 17880 Montsinery GUF AM North America East
1530-1630 15775 Issoudun F DRM India
1700-1800 21680 Montsinery GUF AM North America West
2000-2100 17875 Montsinery GUF DRM North America

A special QSL card was designed for this occasion. Send a report by ordinary mail to DXA QSL c/o TDP Radio, PO Box 1, B-2310 Rijkevorsel or e-mail to dxaqsl@gmail. com.

(Mauno Ritola on WRTH Facebook group)

Location:
Oneida, New York
38 Miles (61 km) East of Syracuse, NY
Coordinates - Latitude = 43.0922 Longitude = 75.6568
Equipment:
Sangean ATS 909
200" random  longwire antenna with a "Slinky" toy in the middle,
MFJ 1045C preselector.
Corrections, assistance and suggestions are always welcomed.
Thanks,
~ Alex

Glenn Hauser logs

** AUSTRALIA. 21740, May 2 at 0028, RA English very good here on reactivated frequency we used to listen to years ago. Great to have this OSOB back for good evening listening in off-target NAm. This is even stronger than NF 19000 (AM but destined to be DRM), which in turn is much stronger than old 17795. Tnx to Rick Barton, AZ, for tip about this. Remains to be heard whether this is a fluke or intentional once a new schedule ever emerge. Aoki May 2 shows 21740 was in use April 26 at 22-01, on the most favorable azimuth for US, 70 degrees.

Tending to confirm my theory that recent RAnomalies are not due to intentional changes, but mixed-up program feed lines and/or transmitter/antenna hookups:

15240, which had been in Indonesian until 0530 the past week, May 2 is suddenly back in English! Checked at 0519, // 15515 and 13630 with equivalent signals Pacific- and USward, while much weaker 15415, which used to be in Indonesian at this time toward Asia, is also // in English --- so what has become of Indonesian now??

Another de-change: new 9890, which has been VG in English the past week until 1500, is gone again May 2 at 1303 and further during this hour. This is one which was originally planned to be in DRM, not AM. See also PHILIPPINES. New/extended 11945 English is still running.

Another2 de-change: 6020, which had been in Chinese after 1300 the past week, is back in English! May 2 at 1329 check, // 11945. Also noted by Rick Barton, AZ, 6020 in English until 1400*.

9475, May 2 at 1258 is poorly audible in English, *1259:45 blown away by 9479 WTWW cutting on, but I could still detect RA after 1300 when it had changed to Chinese, just as in the old schedule, and still definitely Chinese at 1331 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake May 2, before 1300, a dozen:
17450, poor at 1246
17100, good at 1246
16980, poor at 1246
16700, good at 1246
16100, fair at 1246
15970, very good at 1246
15940, good at 1247
15900, very good at 1247
15555, good at 1247
15440 or 15435, gone at 1247, but noticed it far enough away from 15450 Turkey earlier in the semihour, without nailing the frequency
13970, good at 1251; none in the 14s
13680, poor at 1252
12600, very good at 1252; none in the 11s, 10s, 18s

Before 1400:
12600, very good at 1338 with flutter; none lower and no 13s, 14s
15610, good at 1345
15940, very good at 1340
15970, very good at 1340 with flutter; bad edit break at 1340:15
16980, JBA at 1343
17100, fair at 1343; none in the 18s
17170, very poor at 1343
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** HAWAII [and non]. 15000 and better 10000, May 2 at 1345, WWVH propagation minute is back after missing at least two consecutive hours yesterday, and it`s by a humale, not a robofem. Does `she` ever appear on WWVH? At 1518 on WWV 10000, `she` was funxioning as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 15180, May 2 at 1249, NK NA, VG with flutter and off 1250*. This frequency is missing from Arnulf Piontek`s new VOK schedule by language, but included in his schedule by time, as KCBS in Korean to C&S America from 1200. Not the only inconsistency, so cross-check when uplooking. Also is included in the DX Re Mix News schedule version (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA. 9835, May 2 at 1335, RTM talking about Qur`an, bits of Arabic such as ``Salaam aleikum`` (or is that Malay too?), poor signal but no CCI; 1334 into Qur`an recitation, i.e. musical, mixed with crowd noises. No Separation of Mosque and State here! Even tho Malaysia is only 60.4% Islamic, per CIA Factbook. Other frequency 11665, as always, if on, is buried in CCI from the Taiwan/China radio war (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. More sporadic-E analog TVDX May 2: turned on ch 2 around 1350 and nothing showing, but at 1410 now there is Spanish CCI, audio and video, plus some video showing on 3. Generally weak, in and out.

1435 on 2, f bug in lower left amid CCI, i.e. Net-4 foro TV
1435 on 2, program promo with net-2 Star bug in LR, different station?
1444 on 2, hoy bug in LL, i.e. net-2 Today show
Opening remains marginal past 1530, mostly out (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 9890, May 2 at 1346, Chinesish language poor signal uncovered by RA vacating this frequency after a week, i.e. FEBC Bocaue, 1330-1400 in Yunnan dialect per Aoki, WRTH (ex-9465). Did FEBC complain to RA about this usurpation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RWANDA. 9800, May 2 at 0526, DW English, which always has a good signal here aimed 295 degrees USward beyond W Africa, now suffers from frequent IADs, satellite program-feed problem? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. 9915, May 2 at 0524, BBCWS in Arabic, G signal S9+22 but with Saudi-style big buzz and with BFO engaged, carrier is wobbling rapidly, not what you would expect from Woofferton or Skelton, both of which are registered by BaBcoCk in HFCC for this hour; or did they really mean that Woofferton replaced Skelton on April 14? WOF is 140 degrees, close to directly off the back from here, vs SKN 180 degrees. Not the first time we have heard this terrible defect on 9915, and seemed to worsen later in the hour: see April 13 report in DXLD 12-16. Cyprus is also in use for BBC Arabic 9915 at 03-04 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

SW log 01/05/2012

2012-05-01
kHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km  SINPO
15580 2018 USA Voice of America, Talata-Volonondry (tan) African folk music, ID, in English  7764 km  24322
15540 2034 KWT Radio Kuwait, Kabd/Sulaibiyah (SW) (jah) English pop songs  3585 km  24433
11725 2057 NZL Radio New Zealand Int., Rangitaiki (byp) Political commentary, T/S, news, ID, in English  18715 km  32322
11730 2103 BLR Radiostation Belarus, Minsk (MI) News, ID, in English - Low modulation 1771 km  55555
11815 2118 B Rádio Brasil Central, Goiânia/Fazenda Bananal (GO) Talk in Portuguese  9000 km  22332
11900 2125 USA Voice of America, Pinheira (sao) Commentary, ID, in French  4707 km  23322
--
Roberto Rizzardi
SWL I/0216/GR
Porto S. Stefano (GR) Italy
Lat 42N43 - Long 11E12 - Locator grid JN52NK
Receivers: ICOM IC-R71E
Sangean ATS909 with 2x80kHz Murata filters in FM
Antennas: 15 meters outdoor random wire with RF System Magnetic Longwire Balun
Indoor self-made single-turn coax loop
Telescopic and 7 meters indoor long wire antenna
Website: http://diarioradio.blogspot.com/

Glenn Hauser logs April 30-May 1, 2012

** AUSTRALIA. Further monitoring of R. Australia, lacking any new schedule following significant changes a week ago, no response to our direct request for one, nor on their own website, and of course, nothing at all registered with HFCC:

15160, May 1 at 0443, English is on here // 15515, about equal signals, and slightly weaker on 15240 in Indonesian, which used to be in English.

6020, May 1 at 1307, SSOB in Chinese, just the kind of signal RA used to provide in English --- as Rick Barton, AZ suggested, I bet this is now really RA. Kept listening and finally at 1317 a bit of music and pronouncing ``Radio Australia`` as in English. So yet another frequency which has changed languages/times away from English!

Deliberate, or program feed lines crossed up?? Previously as in WRTH 2012, the only Chinese broadcast was 1300-1430 on 9475 & 11660 from Shep, 9965 from Palau and 11760 from Tanshui, Taiwan. The only one I remembered was 9475, and checking it, once again only a carrier could be detected aside huge WTWW 9479.

RA does its best to discourage SW listening, not only by failing to post accurate, current scheduleshttp://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/waystolisten/abc-radio-shortwave-frequency-guide.pdf
but with this warning on the link to them:

``Listening to shortwave requires a specialist shortwave radio. We direct our broadcasts at peak listening times in our target areas of Asia and the Pacific using multiple frequencies. We recommend that where possible, you use an outside antenna to improve reception. Shortwave signals may be subject to interference from other broadcasters' signals, electronic devices such as computers, microwave ovens, TVs, car engines and fluorescent lights.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 21580, May 1 at 0507, hyper format in Chinese sounds like CNR1 jammer rather than RFA, not // 17855, and the OSOB except for something JBA on 21710, both of which are scheduled for RFA via Tinian

Firedrake May 1 before 1300:
13850, very poor at 1239, none in the 12s, 11s
15900, very good at 1228
15940, very good at 1228
15970, very good at 1228
16100, very good at 1234
16700, very poor at 1234
17250, very poor at 1237; none in the 18s, 14s

Before 1400:
15490, poor at 1346, het on hi side; no 13s, 14s, 12s
15940, fair at 1344
15970, fair at 1344, slightly stronger than 15940
16100, very good at 1341; none higher
15610, fair at 1242 with WEWN ACI which has this surrounded: 15615 crackly fundamental, and 15606 squishy spur
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Whoopee, it`s MayDay in Cuba, time for celebrating the Workers` Paradise even more than usual. Checking RHC 13780 at 1405 May 1, ``news`` about the big desfile in Habana speaks of it in the past tense, so has it really already happened, or was this pre-written on the assumption there would not be an assassination or some other disaster in the meantime?

After noting once again that contrary to schedule, 17580 was already off at 1402 while 17730 continued, I changed to better 13780 to copy for the record the frequency announcement, here using the */* format for sign on/offs as given, including jumbled ordering, sic:
17730 y 17580 -15*
15230 -15*, *13-15* 15340
*13-15* 13780
11760, 11860, 11690 -15*, *13- 11750 -15*
9540 -15*, -13* 9550 y 9850
-13* 6150; plus ``audio real``, really Windows Media, when it work (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** HAWAII. What has happened to the propagation minute on WWVH? Had been scheduled at 45-46 past each hour, but May 1 at 1245 absent from 10000 following WWVH ID just before the minute, much stronger than WWV; ditto at 1345 on 15000 when there was on WWV at all. I was wondering if the new robofem was also on the `H staff. I hope some creative accounting didn`t decide WWVH couldn`t afford her services (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, May 1 at 1352, VOI is JBM with music: another Tuesday joint produxion with RRI Banjarmasin, if any, down the drain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 17655, May 1 poor at 0459 nondescript music, 0500 Russian ID, ``Govorit Tegran``, vocal NA, 0501 Qur`an, dead giveaway format even if no ID heard. HFCC shows this semihour is the *only* time 17655 is used by any station, 500 kW, 40 degrees from Sirjan to CIRAF 30-33, i.e. all of Russia from 50 to 135 degrees east, and south of 60 degrees north; also includes most of Kazakhstan and central Asian countries east of the Caspian, Mongolia and Manchuria. EiBi too witout all those details. But Aoki also has BBC in Urdu via Novosibirsk at 0300-0330 on 17655, still? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 11680, fair May 1 at 0452, M&W in Japanese, // an echo apart on 5960 via CANADA. 11680 is 250 kW, 135 degrees from Wertachtal, GERMANY at 02-05 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 11735, May 1 at 1242, choral music // 11710, 1243 Korean announcement. 11735 still on at 1346 with same choral music with mezzo soloist, as on English 11710, but not // so a different service. Then at 1347, Chinese announcement on 11735. 1407, 11735 is still on, now in Korean. Latest new VOK sked from DX Mix News includes 11735 until 1500, off we hope just in time for Zanzibar.

13760 poor // 11710 at 1350 May 1 with music, and then English announcement also on // 9335 with RFA CCI. 13760 is for Europe, the others for NAm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, May 1 at 0446, XEPPM once again unlistenable, fair carrier but just barely modulated with vocal music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. More analog sporadic E TVDX, May 1. The season seems off to a good start, all times UT:

1507 on 2, video fades in, as I had been monitoring for about a semihour, peaks SSW, 1511 gameshow? Fades in and mostly out

1534 on 2, now in English, ad for Attorney Brian Locke (sp, sp?), and for Kaplan College medical assistant program, Cash Store. Has to be XHRIO Matamoros, which serves as Fox affiliate for the RGV. They sure speak good English in Kill-the-Moors, no accent at all. We are greatly indebted to the Mexicans for keep one full-power ``American`` analog station going on channel 2! Or does Matamoros allude to eating beans?

1536 on 2, CCI to above with Azteca 7 promo heard on audio. Probably XHTAU Tampico but can`t be sure. 1537, full screen logo for Azteca Noreste, so now I am sure it is Tampico, Tamaulipas.

1537 on 4, now the MUF is up to here with algo video.

1537 on 2, CCI to above from another SS, Yemina ad

1541 on 2, more English ads past 1543, no doubt XHRIO during `Access Hollywood`

1549 on 2, Spanish video, glimpse of ``CSI-NY`` promo. Which net is this on in Mexico? CBS in USA, presumably not yet syndicated via XHRIO. I can proudly say I have never wasted my time watching *any* CSI version.

1615, after fade out, signals resurge on 2, 3 and 4

1627 on 2, SS novela briefly snowfree; zero-beat CCI from a talk show with f-bug in LL, i.e. net-4, Foro TV

1629 on 2, talk show, M&Ws around a (kitchen?) table, and standing beside them is a woman with Indian braids and costume --- in the ``India María`` tradition, no doubt, which would be P.I. in USA

1631 on 2, crowd shot with large bottom caption 1-o de Mayo 2012.

1632 on 2, VG signal peak mentioning Televisa, and 5 de Mayo ad for something in Monterrey, i.e. XEFB [5/5 not being as big a deal in XE-land as it has been made to be in Aztlán]

1635 on 2, TEGUCIGALPA caption about some celebration there. I dare not assume at all this is really the never-seen, out-of-single-hop-range Honduras instead of just a Mexican.

1639 on 4, presidential debate promo, from IFE, 8 pm, couldn`t catch date. I suppose this will be on most/all networx?

1639 on 5, now video MUF is barely up to here

1643 on 4, news of an earthquake at 11:39 in Chiapas, preliminary rating 4.5. (Key words are sismo, temblor). Not sure if this is a break-in or regular midday newscast

1644 on 5, pitchman with phone number abottom, and just above it an address on Calle Canadá #???

1650 on 3, credit roll after a movie(?), UR bug of a large 3 in a circle, and below it 11:50 23C. Then animated ID of huge 3 rolling around screen from various angles, and below it ES MI CANAL, not positive about last word. Logo matches XHPN Piedras Negras, Coahuila as explained in previous report.

1650 on 6, now signs of video here, but not for long

1655 on 3, Primer Impacto, the tabloid news magazine from Univisión, complete with the U bug in LR, and no other bugs visible in other corners --- but surely as relayed by some Televisa network, not U itself on either side of border on ch 3? Storm chaser video of tornado, destruxion a few days ago in Thurman IA; next story from Guatemala. Checked UNI net feed via local cable, and NOT on that now, a novela instead.

1658 everything fades out just before ID time. I rather hope they stay out as I have other stuff to do! Still gone at 1730, and then checking the 6m Es map, lots of contacts centred around central US, including some mid-paths right over me. Hello, Es patch way up over my head (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, May 1 at 0513, VON in AM with YL talking about Labour Day, big hum. There was no signal when I checked earlier around 0445, as VON normally is starting sign-on routine. If not late, maybe first hop just got a sunrise boost (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, April 30 at 1830, still at 1955 UT, KOKB Blackwell has once again crashed, carrier still on but no modulation, while sibling 1020, KOKB Perry is funxioning normally with stupid sports talk. 1580 still/again dead air at 1205 UT check May 1, but back on at 1728, both modulating musical break at the moment.

It`s really incredible that this station group, Triple [sic] Play Sports Radio, lets it happen again and again for hours or days at a time, no one paying attention, and obviously no one at the 1580 plant to do anything about it. O, for the good old days of KLTR 1580, a genuine local station in Blackwell (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 15490, very poor May 1 at 1230, AWR.org English announcement, introducing Mandarin. Scheduled as 12-13 Chinese-Mandarin, 125 kW, 45 degrees from Trincomalee until June 30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15775, May 1 at 1229, VOA Korean via TINIAN without any CCCCCI [ChiCom Chinese co-channel interference], unlike yesterday, when it probably landed here on a wild SOH chase (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1220, May 1 at 1222 UT, ID for ``Hometown Radio, AM 1220, KOMC, 24 hours a day``. Hmmm, is that a new call for Oklahoma, Midwest City? Makes sense, but no, it`s really Branson MO and soon faded (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1450, May 1 at 1210 UT, end of news from the Missouri Network, then to local news and ads, but never could copy any clue before it faded from dominance over hundreds of other 1450s; well, maybe dozens audible here. I was hoping the affiliate list at http://www.missourinet.com/radio-stations/
updated 2/17/12, would have only one on 1450, but there are two:
KIRX in Kirxville, and
KOKO in Warrensburg --- Likely the latter which is closer (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DGIEST)

** U S A. 7213, May 1 at 1357, some ham keeps switching between AM and SSB during single transmission --- no, he`s not. Some other ham keeps switching a zero-beat AM carrier on and off vs the SSB station. Many short exchanges, skipping IDs, but finally caught WO9A with a K9-something, agreeing to QSY to 7290, but it was already occupied. ARRL FCC lookup shows: SCHAFER, THEODORE L, WO9A, 55654 Springdale Ct., Osceola, IN 46561 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That`s O the letter, not the number

UNIDENTIFIED. 1340, May 1 at 1218 UT, Bill Bennett, `Morning in America`, with BB himself delivering commercial for C. Crane radios. This was looping E/W, so doubt it was OKC, but what? Show website makes you search by `your` zip code for affiliates. None in 741 = Tulsa, but 737 Enid leads to 731 = OKC, KEBC.

Trouble is, there is no such station any more, having converted to KGHM, ``The Game`` months ago. BB sure is out of touch with his own network, just as he is with political reality in the XXI century (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9635, May 1 at 1354, very poor signal(s) with 1 kHz het or tone. Too weak to decide which. CRI Hindi via EAST TURKISTAN is scheduled at 13-14, and also CVC CHILE in Spanish at 12-22. CVC just moved its sign-on one hour later for the 29 April-1 Sept period when Chile is NOT on DST; resumes *1100 from 2 Sept. This must be for convenience of own staff as it`s irrelevant elsewhere in South America.

Is there anything else on 9635 which might be off-frequency? Not in HFCC, but yes in Aoki: ``9635 Voice of Vietnam 1 2145-1700 1234567 Vietnamese 100 145 Hanoi-Sontay VTN 10522E 2112N VOV 1 a12`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Tips vari IT9TZZ

Ascolti DRM di Giovanni Lorenzi – IT9TZZ

BBC WS   12.4.12   0715     5875 KHZ        E-PARL       OTTIMO
REE Noblejas    12.4.12    0730     9780 kHz     S-PARL-    OTTIMO
VOR    16.4.12    1750     7370  KHZ    E-NX    SUFFICIENTE
VOR    16.4.12    1800     6155 KHZ  D-PARL    INSUFFICIENTE
RRI   SNR SAFTICA   16.4.12     11805      7245 KHZ     I-NX     OTTIMO
VOR    16.4.12    1700     7300  KHZ    E-NX    SUFFICIENTE
BBC      16.4.12      1530     7370 KHZ    R-PARL     SUFFICIENTE

Ascolti in SDR

REE   12.4.12     1814       7275 KHZ          S-NX   55444
VOICE OF IRAN    12.4.12     1722      7450 KHZ       PARL-        55444
AIR     12.4.12       1730      7410 KHZ        MX      55444
AWR     29.4.12     1630      15155 KHZ      PARL-REL      55444
VOICE OF NIGERIA     30.4.12      0700   15120 KHZ     LOC-CANTO-PARL      54444
RFI       30.4.12    0729       15300 KHZ         F-E-ANN  SIGN OFF    55444
VOIRI     30.4.12      0744        15220 KHZ       A-PARL       55444
RADIO ROMANIA INT      30.4.12     1046      15240 KHZ       F-ANN-MX   55444

Ascolti convenzionali

STUDIO DX     29.04.12     0900    9790 kHz      I – px dx     55444

Giovanni Lorenzi - IT9TZZ
QTH: Messina - Italy  38.11 N  15.32 E
Locator JM78SE
RX: Yaesu FRG-7000/Kenwood TS-440/Yaesu FT-897
RX SDR: Autocostruito
Ant: Longwire 25 m / Dipole
Down converter per DRM: homebrewing
Website: http://www.webalice.it/it9tzz
Ham info: www.qrz.com/db/it9tzz

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)
Mi sembra che da qualche giorno sono sparite sia Deutchlandfunk su 6190 che - purtroppo - Radio Educación dal Messico su 6185. R.I.P.?

Sabato 28 aprile 2012
06.30 - 11910 kHz
ETERNAL GOOD NEWS via WHRI - Cypress Creek-SC (USA)
Inglese, nxs sociali OM.
Segnale molto buono-buono
Solo sabato.

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Lunedì 30 aprile 2012
L'ho provata tante volte ma senza risultati e, infatti, quasi avevo rinunciato. "Quasi", perché qualche sera fa, poco prima delle 22.00, con il fido PL-660 - che in SSB è imbattibile anche rispetto ad apparati più datati, sofisticati e costosi - mi sintonizzo su 15550 kHz e sento un segnale molto flebile con un uomo che parla in inglese. Era un segnale USB, difatti in AM non si sentiva nulla, poi alle 22.02 ha chiuso. Molto probabilmente poteva essere 1 kW da Milton-FL, ma non era identificata, almeno nei contenuti. Questa sera, lunedì 30 aprile, ho pensato di provare di nuovo, dopo che ho spento la TV verso le 21.15 e, con l'aiuto dell'MFJ1026 per eliminare un ronzio elettronico proveniente non dalla mia abitazione, dalle 21.25 è partita la registrazione.
Il segnale, con ottimi picchi intorno alle 21.40-21.45, era certamente in USB, la lingua usata l'inglese ed il contenuto al 100% religioso, con molti riferimenti a "United States", la chiusura di nuovo alle 22.02. Di più non pretendo, così come per Radio Candip, tanto i databases parlano chiaro: a certi orari, in certe lingue ci sono certe cose e *solo* quelle.
21.25 - 15550USB kHz
tent. WJHR - Milton-FL (USA)
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Curiosità. Se con Google Maps *Satellite* digitate Milton Florida Oak Manor Drive 520 ed ingrandite al limite massimo vedrete dall'alto una villa dal tetto grigio e a destra dal bosco spuntare la Yagi con tanti elementi che di sicuro è l'antenna di WJHR.
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La discussione sull'SSB del PL-660 nel gruppo Yahoo! dedicato a tale ricevitore è poi ripresa e anche l'analisi di quello in mio possesso. Senza farla di nuovo lunga come sopra o come l'altra volta (tanto non ci riesco), aggiungo che la regolazione del BFO è talmente stretta che a mio avviso dovrebbe essere possibile il famoso ECSS manuale, addirittura a + o - 2 kHz dalla frequenza centrale, al fine di fuggire da eventuali interferenze adiacenti. Proprio a questo proposito, una mattina dopo le 05.00 ho provato gli 11895 kHz - per il Brasile - con l'interferenza ad 11890 di Radio Exterior de España e non si scandalizzi nessuno (me compreso che ne ho uno) se affermo che ad un confronto con l'R7 Drake il Tecsun è risultato *superiore* perché sul Drake, con il PBT in USB ed *il filtro AM da 2,3 kHz* gli splatter da - 5 kHz della Spagna erano inevitabili, con il cinese portatile in *ECSS-USB manuale* invece erano *quasi* annullati.
In alcune recensioni sull'E1 Etón, si sosteneva che nella progettazione ci fosse stato il contributo proprio della Drake e, a giudicare da alcune funzioni come ad esempio il Pass Band Tuning, potrebbe essere stato anche vero. L'ardua sentenza a chi ne è in possesso. Ma ora che la Tecsun, dopo avere creato per Degen ed Etón, fa da sé e che, secondo una notizia letta da qualche parte, la Drake ha chiuso, non è pensabile che qualche mente delle linee di ricevitori mondiali dismesse altrove si sia messa all'opera per la ditta di Hong Kong?
Comunque, è quanto mai paradossale che, in un'epoca come questa di declino delle AM analogiche, vengano ancora prodotti ricevitori, portatili, economici, ma con USB, LSB e doppia demodulazione sincrona. Ma è altresì paradossale che, in un'epoca come questa di molteplici tentativi di AM digitale, *non* vengano ancora prodotti ricevitori *economici* ad essa dedicati. Cosa significa? Fate voi.

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

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RICEVITORI
Rack 1 (LW-MW-SW)
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
PL-660 Tecsun
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Rack 2 (LW-MW)
E5 Etón

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ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm interna (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop magnetico 150x100 cm su finestra (@2-5,5 MHz)
Dipolo aperto esterno 20 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.

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ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Balun 1:1 a choke di RG174 (6 spire - diametro 15 cm) per dipolo aperto
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitter 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.

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REGISTRATORI
Digitali Sony
ICD-B500 (R7)
ICD-BX112 (VR5000DSP - E5)
ICD-BX800 (PL-660)
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Musicassette
TRC-1149 Sanyo (R7)

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SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.0 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.0 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.4 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.2.4 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.6 demo (orologio mondiale)

April 30 log

Australia - Radio Australia on 9475, 5995, 6020, 9580, 11945 and 12080 . Male host. Broadcast target is Oceania region. News on 9580 at 1022 with a female hostess in English. Also to Oceania.

New Zealand - Radio New Zealand on 6170 in English with the news. Female hostess.

Taiwan - Radio Taiwan in Taiwanese at 1052 on 6085 with male and female hosts presenting the news. Broadcast to the Far East.

China - CRI on 11875 at 1100 in Chinese. Presumably the news  to South East Asia.

Taiwan - Voice of Hope on 15775 at 1411 in Chinese (?). male announcer.

Armenia - Dem. Voice of Burma on 11595 at 2355 with ID. Male host in Burmese.

Columbia - Alcaravan Radio on 5910 at 0322 in Spanish with male announcers.

United States - Radio Taiwan on 5950 at 0325 in English with a talk show on fitness. Male host with a female guest. "You Got Mail" segment at 0326. Slight interference from V.O. Tigray Revolution just under R. Taiwan.

Iran - V.O. Islamic Rep. Of Iran on 13650 and 11920 at 0348 with the news in English read by a female hostess. Broadcast to North America. Report on the U.S. economy at 0352 with recorded interview with Ben Bernanke.

Ukraine - Denge Mezopotamya with a week signal on 11530 at 0400.Sounds like a prayer service in Kurdish. featuring a male priest. Music at 0409. with a male announcer.
Radio Tamazuj - on 11650 at 0410 in Arabic. Male host of a talk show news magazine. Female announcer with an interview at 0417. ID given at 0412 and 0417. Target for this broadcast is Sidan.
                        Radio Dabanga with the news at 0430.

Romania -  Radio Romania on 11790 at 0637. Female hostess with female guest.  Very good copy.

France - Radio Nederland on 11935 in Dutch at 0707 UTC. Male host wit a news magazine.

Croatia - Female and male announcers with a talk show. 7410 at 0718. English service. 




Location:
Oneida, New York
38 Miles (61 km) East of Syracuse, NY
Coordinates - Latitude = 43.0922 Longitude = 75.6568
Equipment:
Sangean ATS 909
200" random  longwire antenna with a "Slinky" toy in the middle,
MFJ 1045C preselector.
Corrections, assistance and suggestions are always welcomed.
Thanks,
~ Alex

April 29 log

April 29

Turkey - Voice of Turkey to Europe with a musical program on 11980 in Turkish at 0458. ID at 0500. Female announcer with the news in Turkish.

Botswana - VOA on 12025 at 0524 in English. Male host with a telephone interview of a female guest. At 0527 was an editorial. Broadcast targeted to East Africa.

Spain - R. Exterior De Espania a talk show in Spanish with a male host and male and female guests on 11890 and 12035 at 0547. On 9535 and 9535 at 0252 with a musical tribute to the late Levon Helm who passed away  April 19, 2012. Targeted to Central America.
              CRI on 9690 in English at 0345 with a sports broadcast with a male host to Central America.

France - NHK, Radio Japan on 11730 at 0537 with the news in French to Central Africa. On 13840, also in French to West Africa. Male announcer.

Albania - CRI with a musical show on 11775 at 0540 in Arabic to North Africa with a male host.

Brazil - Radio da Amazonia in Spanish with a musical program on 11780 at 0545. With a male announcer.

United States - Family Radio in French on 15255 at 0058 signing off. Female announcer. On 15440 at 0100 signing on in Spanish with a male announcer hosting a musical show.
                         WTJC on 9370 at 0234 in English. The song "America The Beautiful".

Greece - Voice of Greece in Greek on 15650 at 0102 with both male and female announcers.

Egypt - Radio Cairo in Spanish with indigenous music on 9315 at 0125. With a male announcer over top of music at 0128 presumably for station ID. Target to West North America.

Russia - Voice of Russia in Russian with musical program at 0239 on 9430.  In English with Jazz music on 9665 at 0345 with a male host. Aimed to Eastern North America.

United Kingdom - BBC to Middle East in Persian on 9500 at 0245. Male announcers with apparently a news magazine show with interviews.

Romania - Voice of Romania in Spanish to South America on 9520 at 0245. Female hostess. In English with a female hostess with traditional Romanian music and the history behind the music on 9645 at 0320. "Living Romania" at 0321."The Cooking Show" with traditional Romanian foods followed by "All That Jazz" featuring Jazz music from Romania.

Albania - China Radio International on 9570 at 0305 in Chinese. Both male and female hosts.

Vatican State - Vatican Radio on both 7360 (better) and 9660 in Swahili to East Africa. Male host at 0335.

Germany - Radio Free Europe in Russian on 7250 at 0350. Male announcer.
                   Radio Farda in Persian. Female hostess with presumably the news on 0353 on 7280. Targeted to the Middle East. Abrupt sign off at 0400.

Location:
Oneida, New York
38 Miles (61 km) East of Syracuse, NY
Coordinates - Latitude = 43.0922 Longitude = 75.6568
Equipment:
Sangean ATS 909
200" random  longwire antenna with a "Slinky" toy in the middle,
MFJ 1045C preselector.
Corrections, assistance and suggestions are always welcomed.
Thanks,
~ Alex

Dx Re Mix News # 727

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 727, please visit: 1 May 2012
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BULGARIA    AM broadcasting (Long and Medium Waves) from Bulgaria, updated:
Vakarel 5      261 VAK 075 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1
Vidin 1,not 2  576 VDN 400 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1,x1224, Nov.1 or Dec.1
Petrich        747 PET 300 kW 1600-2300 Radio Bulgaria till Feb.13
Salmanovo      747 SLM 010 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1+Turkish Minority
Varna 1        774 VRN 075 kW 0300-0100 Radio Varna till Sep.30
Blagoevgrad    864 BLD 075 kW 0300-2100 Radio Blagoevgrad, local prgr.
Samuil         864 SML 010 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1+Turkish Minority
Stara Zagora 2 873 STZ 060 kW 0200-2400 Radio Stara Zagora+HS-2 till Sep.30
Shumen 2       963 SHM 075 kW 0200-2400 Radio Shumen+HS-1 till Sep.30
Dragoman 4     963 DRA 040 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1 till Sep.30
Kardjali 2     963 KRL 050 kW 0200-2400 Horizont HS-1+Turkish till Sep.30
Malko Tarnovo  963 MTN 005 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1 till Feb.29
Doulovo       1161 DLV 010 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1+Turkish Minority
Targovishte   1161 TRG 010 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1+Turkish Minority
Vidin 1       1224 VDN 300 kW 0430-0630 Radio Bulgaria Mon-Fri till May 31
Vidin 1       1224 VDN 300 kW 0400-0800 Radio Bulgaria Sat/Sun till May 31
Vidin 1       1224 VDN 300 kW 1500-2200 Radio Bulgaria Daily   till May 31
Kardjali 1    1296 KRL 075 kW 0300-2100 Hristo Botev HS-2 till Apr.30
From Nov.1 or Dec.1 in Bulgaria will operate 7 txs with total power 590 kW.

Here are medium wave txs suspended two years ago from April 6, 2010:
Vidin 2        576 VDN 300 kW 0300-2100 Hristo Botev HS-2
Pleven 1       594 PLV 250 kW 0300-2100 Horizont HS-1
Stamboliyski   648 STB 030 kW 0000-2400 Radio Plovdiv+HS-2
Kresna 2       702 KRN 040 kW 0000-2400 Hristo Botev HS-2
Stolnik 2      828 SOF 050 kW 0200-2400 Hristo Botev HS-2
Shumen 1       828 SHM 300 kW 0300-2100 Hristo Botev HS-2
Kresna 1       963 KRN 040 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1
Varna 2       1143 VRN 040 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1
Stara Zagora1 1161 STZ 300 kW 0300-2100 Horizont HS-1
Pleven 2      1296 PLV 030 kW 0200-2400 Hristo Botev HS-2
Haskovo       1485 HAS 003 kW 0000-2400 Hristo Botev HS-2
Suvorovo      1485 SUV 005 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1
Dobritch      1584 DOB 010 kW 0000-2400 Horizont HS-1

BELGIUM(non)   New TDP st'n-Badr Radio/Badr Broadcasting Network in Amharic
1830-1900 on 15165 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg Fri-Sun to EaAf, effective April 20

D.P.R.K.   Voice of Korea has moved from Winter to Summer sked on April 30.
New in the summer A-12: deleted 0000-0357 time slot and added 0300-0657!
Arabic
1500-1557 on  9990 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
1500-1557 on 11545 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
1700-1757 on  9990 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
1700-1757 on 11545 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
Chinese
0300-0357 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs, ex 0000-0057
0300-0357 on 15100 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs, ex 0000-0057
0500-0557 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0200-0257
0500-0557 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0200-0257
0500-0557 on  9730 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0200-0257
0600-0657 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs, ex 0300-0357
0600-0657 on 15100 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs, ex 0300-0357
0800-0857 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
0800-0857 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
1100-1157 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
1100-1157 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
1300-1357 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs
1300-1357 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs
2100-2157 on  7235 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
2100-2157 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
2100-2157 on  9975 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to China
2100-2157 on 11535 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to China
2200-2257 on  7235 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
2200-2257 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
2200-2257 on  9975 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to China
2200-2257 on 11535 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to China
German
1600-1657 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1600-1657 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1800-1857 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1800-1857 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1900-1957 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1900-1957 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
English
0400-0457 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0100-0157
0400-0457 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0100-0157
0400-0457 on  9730 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0100-0157
0400-0457 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0100-0157
0400-0457 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0100-0157
0400-0457 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0100-0157
0500-0557 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs, ex 0200-0257
0500-0557 on 15100 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs, ex 0200-0257
0600-0657 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0300-0357
0600-0657 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0300-0357
0600-0657 on  9730 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0300-0357
1000-1057 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm
1000-1057 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm
1000-1057 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs
1000-1057 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs
1300-1357 on  9335 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm
1300-1357 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm
1300-1357 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1300-1357 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1500-1557 on  9335 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm
1500-1557 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm
1500-1557 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1500-1557 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1600-1657 on  9990 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
1600-1657 on 11545 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
1800-1857 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1800-1857 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1900-1957 on  7210 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf
1900-1957 on 11910 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf
1900-1957 on  9975 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
1900-1957 on 11535 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
2100-2157 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
2100-2157 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
French
0400-0457 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs, ex 0100-0157
0400-0457 on 15100 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs, ex 0100-0157
0600-0657 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0300-0357
0600-0657 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0300-0357
0600-0657 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0300-0357
1100-1157 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm
1100-1157 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm
1100-1157 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs
1100-1157 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs
1400-1457 on  9335 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm
1400-1457 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm
1400-1457 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1400-1457 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1600-1657 on  9335 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm
1600-1657 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm
1600-1657 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1600-1657 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1800-1857 on  7210 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf
1800-1857 on 11910 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf
1800-1857 on  9975 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
1800-1857 on 11535 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
2000-2057 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
2000-2057 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
Japanese + MW 621 kHz
0700-0757 on  9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
0700-0757 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
0800-0850 on  9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
0800-0850 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
0900-0957 on  6070 KNG 250 kW / 109 deg to Japan
0900-0957 on  9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
0900-0957 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
1000-1050 on  6070 KNG 250 kW / 109 deg to Japan
1000-1050 on  9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
1000-1050 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
1100-1157 on  6070 KNG 250 kW / 109 deg to Japan
1100-1157 on  9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
1100-1157 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
1200-1250 on  6070 KNG 250 kW / 109 deg to Japan
1200-1250 on  9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
1200-1250 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
2100-2150 on  9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
2100-2150 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
2200-2257 on  9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
2200-2257 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
2300-2350 on  9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
2300-2350 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to Japan
Korean - Pyongyang Broadcasting Station
0300-0350 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0000-0050
0300-0350 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0000-0050
0300-0350 on  9730 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs, ex 0000-0050
0700-0757 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
0700-0757 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
0900-0950 on  9975 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to FE Russia
0900-0950 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to FE Russia
0900-0950 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
0900-0950 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
1000-1050 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
1000-1050 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
1200-1257 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
1200-1257 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
1300-1350 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
1300-1350 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
Korean - Korean Central Broadcasting Station
0900-0950 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
0900-0950 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
1200-1250 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm
1200-1250 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm
1200-1250 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs
1200-1250 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs
1400-1450 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs
1400-1450 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs
1700-1750 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1700-1750 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1700-1750 on  9335 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm
1700-1750 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm
2000-2050 on  7210 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf
2000-2050 on 11910 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf
2000-2050 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
2000-2050 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
2000-2050 on  9975 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
2000-2050 on 11535 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N&ME, NoAf
2300-2350 on  7235 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
2300-2350 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs
2300-2350 on  9975 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to China
2300-2350 on 11535 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to China
2300-2350 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
2300-2350 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
Russian
0700-0757 on  9975 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to FE Russia
0700-0757 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to FE Russia
0700-0757 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
0700-0757 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
0800-0857 on  9975 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to FE Russia
0800-0857 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to FE Russia
0800-0857 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
0800-0857 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
1400-1457 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
1400-1457 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
1500-1557 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
1500-1557 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
1700-1757 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
1700-1757 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu
Spanish
0300-0357 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0000-0057
0300-0357 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0000-0057
0300-0357 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0000-0057
0500-0557 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0000-0057
0500-0557 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0200-0257
0500-0557 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to Ce&SoAm, ex 0200-0257
1900-1957 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
1900-1957 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
2200-2257 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
2200-2257 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu
KNG=Kanggye
KUJ=Kujang

GERMANY    Some Media&Broadcast changes:
Radio Dardasha 7, new schedule:
0330-0345 on  9460 WER 125 kW / 105 deg Daily to WeAs Persian from May 1
1600-1615 on 15420 WER 250 kW / 105 deg Daily to WeAs Persian from May 1
0300-0330 on  7310 WER 250 kW / 120 deg Daily to N/ME Arabic as scheduled
1700-1730 on 13670 WER 125 kW / 120 deg Daily to N/ME Arabic as scheduled
0430-0445 on  9460 WER 125 kW / 120 deg Daily to N/ME Arabic from May 1
2000-2015 on  5930 WER 250 kW / 120 deg Daily to N/ME Arabic from May 1
0600-0615 on 11655 WER 125 kW / 180 deg Daily to CEAf Arabic from May 1
2030-2045 on  9515 WER 250 kW / 180 deg Daily to CEAf Arabic from May 1
0500-0530 on 11810 NAU 125 kW / 210 deg Daily to WeAf Arabic till Apr.30
1900-1930 on 13740 WER 125 kW / 180 deg Daily to WeAf Arabic till Apr.30

Bible Voice Broadcasting Network (BVBN):
1830-1930 on 17515 ISS 100 kW / 131 deg Friday  to EaAf English, new
1700-1730 on 13810 WER 100 kW / 120 deg Tue/Thu to N/ME Arabic, ex 17-18
0030-0100 on  9490 WER 250 kW / 090 deg Mon-Thu to SoAs Hindi, cancelled
0030-0100 on  9490 WER 250 kW / 090 deg Fri-Sun to SoAs English, cancelled
1500-1530 on 15275 ISS 100 kW / 090 deg Sunday  to SoAs English, new
1500-1515 NF 13740 WER 250 kW / 090 deg Sunday  to SEAs English, ex 21460

Voice of Wilderness from April 15, new via MBR:
1300-1330 on 15180 TRM 250 kW / 045 deg Mon-Sat to EaAs Korean
1300-1400 on 15180 TRM 250 kW / 045 deg Sunday  to EaAs Korean

Transportradio in Dutch/English, additional transmissions:
1000-1100 on  6095 WER 100 kW / non-dir Mon-Fri to WeEu till May 11
0800-1000 on  6095 WER 100 kW / non-dir Mon-Fri to WeEu from May 12

Mighty KBC Radio in English/Dutch, additional transmission:
1600-1700 on  6095 WER 250 kW / non-dir Sat/Sun to WeEu from May 12

WYFR (Family Radio):
1400-1500 NF 13735 TRM 250 kW / 335 deg to CeAs in Uzbek, ex 13730 WER
2200-2400 NF 11830 GUF 500 kW / 170 deg to SoAm in Portuguese, ex 7360

Voice of Oromiyan Liberation Front in Oromo:
1600-1630 on 15170 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg Sunday  to EaAf, ex WER 500 kW

OGM Radio Horiyo Ogadeniya from April 3, new via MBR:
1600-1630 on 15170 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg Tue/Sat to EaAf Somali

Pan American Broadcasting (PAB), new from April 25 till June 6
1930-2030 on  9515 NAU 250 kW / 150 deg Wed     to NoAf English

Radio Biafra London from April 21, new via MBR:
2000-2100 on 11870 WER 125 kW / 180 deg Thu/Sat to WCAf English/Igbo

JAPAN    Frequency changes of Shiokaze (Sea-breeze) in various languages*:
1330-1430 NF  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6020
2000-2100 NF  5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE , ex 6075
* Jap Mon/Wed/Thu; Chi/Kor Wed; Eng Fri; Kor/Jap Sat; Jap/Kor Sun

INDIA   Frequency change of All India Radio in Dari/Pashto, noted on Apr.30
1315-1530 NF 11670 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs, ex listed 11870 // 9910

RWANDA    Frequency changes of Deutsche Welle in English:
0500-0530 NF  5925 KIG 250 kW / 000 deg to CEAf, ex 6075
0600-0630 NF 15275 KIG 250 kW / 280 def to WeAf, ex 9470

SUDAN SOUTH    Voice of South Sudan Revolutionary Radio in Sudanese Arabic:
0405-0620 on 15725 May 1 very weak. From 0500 blocked by R.Pakistan in Urdu
1830-1930 on 15725 check on April 25-30. Nothing! UNIDentified transmitter!

TANZANIA    Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Voice of Tanzania in Swahili
back on SW from April 23. Good signal in BUL on absolutely CLEAR freq.11735
1500-2100. English news 1800-1810, confirmed on Apr.27-30! Start time vary:
Apr.27 1456-1602 & 1756-2100; Apr.28 1630-2100, day by day different times.
0300-0600 on 6015 confirmed this morning May 1, but very, very poor signal!

U.K.(non)   Some BABCOCK changes:
Radio Damal The Voice of the Somali People in Somali again on SW from May 1
0400-0700 on 15700 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf, but no signal this morning
1830-1930 on 11740 WOF 300 kW / 122 deg to EaAf, please check today evening
1930-2130 on 11650 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf, please check today evening

Radio Taiwan International:
1900-2000 NF 13620 DHA 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu, ex 15360 in French

WYFR Family Radio:
1400-1500 NF 15520 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SoAs, ex  9595 in Marathi
1400-1500 NF  9595 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs, ex 15520 in Hindi

USA    Frequency change of WEWN in English to SEAs from April 17:
1300-1500 NF 15615 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg, ex 15610 on April 16, re-ex 9390

USA(and non)   Frequency changes of IBB:
Radio Free Asia
1600-1800 NF  5895 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg, ex  5855 in Mandarin
Radio Liberty
0100-0200 NF 13680 UDO 250 kW / 311 deg, ex 13760 in Tajik
1400-1600 NF 15240 WER 250 kW / 075 deg, ex 15650 in Turkmen
1600-1700 NF 15410 WER 250 kW / 075 deg, ex 15650 in Turkmen
Voice of America
1200-1500 NF 15775 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg, ex 15180 in Korean, re-ex 13585
1300-1400 NF  9610 TIN 250 kW / 305 deg, add.freq in English Sat/Sun
1400-1500 NF 11595 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg, add.freq in Tibetan, not Chinese!
1630-1700 NF  9490 NAU 250 kW / 150 deg, ex  9675 in English Mon-Fri*
1700-1800 NF 11795 SMG 250 kW / 184 deg, ex 12015 in English
1700-1800 NF  9825 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg, ex  9800 in Portuguese
1730-1800 NF 11905 IRA 250 kW / 279 deg, ex 11925 in Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 NF 11925 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg, ex 11905 in Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1800-1830 NF  9825 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg, ex  9800 in Portuguese Mon-Fri
1800-1830 NF 11740 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg, ex 11745 in Arabic-Afia Darfur
1800-1830 NF 13715 SAO 100 kW / 052 deg, ex 11665 in Arabic-Afia Darfur
* South Sudan in Focus