Ascolti FM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti FM (ora italiana)


Domenica 17 giugno 2012 (Rapallo-GE)
Ieri alcuni segnali dal Monte Amiata (Siena) sono arrivati soltanto tra le 7.30 e le 8, oggi c'erano da un po' più tardi ma la permanenza, la forza degli stessi ed il numero di emittenti sono stati decisamente più elevati: 95 - R101, 98.1 - R. Subasio (con la Yagi separata totalmente da R. Capital Lavagna-S. Giulia-GE), 101.8 - R. Deejay, 102.5 - RTL, 105.1 R. Radicale, 105.4 RDS (con la Yagi separata quasi totalmente da R. Deejay Casarza Ligure-M. S. Rocco-GE), 105.7 Radio 105 (dominante su R. Zeta da Lavagna-S. Giulia), 106.7 RMC (nonostante il QRM di R101 da Rapallo-Saltincielo-GE su 106.8), 107.2 R. Maria, 107.6 R. Italia SMI (con la Yagi separata e dominante rispetto a R. Maria da Lorsica-Barbagelata-GE) e 107.9 Virgin Radio (molto bassa). Segnali medio-forti anche da Livorno-Castellaccio: 89.6 R. Maria, 95.4 R. Stop, 97.7 RAI Radio 2, 106 AFN The Eagle, 106.2 Virgin Radio, 106.7 RMC e 107 AFN Power 107. Nessun segnale da Monte Argentario-GR e/o Corsica settentrionale o via E-sporadico, almeno questa la situazione fino a circa mezzogiorno.
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Una curiosità, magari dai più ritenuta la normalità: i picchi dei segnali a distanza possono provenire da direzioni differenti, probabilmente per delle variazioni di rimbalzi delle onde sugli ostacoli naturali o artificiali, infatti l'antenna in questi casi va orientata di poco o fino a 180 gradi. Questo fatto, comunque, si verifica anche con segnali semi-locali che giungono regolarmente. Un'altra osservazione, ma questa l'ho letta già da altri appassionati, riguarda la ricezione sempre dei segnali semi-locali, che subiscono - ma non sempre - attenuazione o in certi casi addirittura cancellazione in presenza di ricezioni più distanti, per via troposferica o E-sporadico.
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Luca Botto Fiora

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

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RICEVITORI
Satellit 500 Grundig (filtri FM 110-110-80 kHz)
DE1103 Degen (filtri FM 110-80 kHz)
VR5000DSP Yaesu (OIRT)

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ANTENNE
Yagi 3 elementi telescopica (sperimentale)
Dipolo telescopico
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.

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ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Baluns ferrite RG174 www.northcountryradio.com
Splitter 0-1000 MHz a due vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.

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VARIE
Decoder RDS Manager Conrad (Satellit 500)

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REGISTRATORI
ICD-B500 Sony

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SOFTWARE (Mac)

Audacity 2.0.0 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.0 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.5 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.3 demo (orologio mondiale)
TimePalette 6.0.7 demo (orologio mondiale)

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QTH ESTERNO
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21 / 612 m. s.l.m.
Rapallo-Santuario di Montallegro (Genova)

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RICEVITORE
DE1103 Degen (filtri FM 110-80 kHz)

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ANTENNE
Telescopica incorporata max 3 elementi
Dipolo telescopico max. 3 elementi
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.

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ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Balun ferrite RG174 www.northcountryradio.com
Splitter 0-1000 MHz a due vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.

New on RNZI - Urban Radio from Noumea

Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
June 19 2012

RNZI Airs new Radio Heritage
Feature - Urban Pacific Radio
from Noumea, New Caledonia
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Join us from Monday, June 25 2012 to explore the world of breakfast radio on several of the few local FM radio stations in Noumea on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International.

With a population of some 165,000, Noumea is one of the most European and largest urban areas in the Pacific islands.

This is not just the Pacific of golden beaches, swaying palm trees and the gentle roar of the distant surf. This is also high population density, traffic jams, shopping malls, and six radio stations competing for listeners in a tense political atmosphere.

You can listen directly via shortwave radio from RNZI in New Zealand, or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of current broadcast frequencies [both DRM and analog] and times possible for your area as well as audio downloads at www.rnzi.com.

We'll take you to the home of breakfast radio personalities Gege at Oceane FM, Robert Canal at Radio Rhythme Bleu, and JB at NRJ.... as well as introduce you to Radio Djiido, Nouvelle Caledonie Premiere and Radio O.... and tell you how you can join them all for breakfast!

New Caledonia has blocked the airwaves to new stations for many years, and of these six, two are owned by the French government, one is part of a French commercial network, one has close connections with another French network, and just one fully serves the local Kanak people. 

Local listeners are denied the wide range of stations, formats and viewpoints found on the mainland, but this strange situation reflects local politics as New Caledonia struggles to find a way forward that satisfies those for and against independence from France.

Each of the stations featured has a well designed website, usually a good Facebook page, and wonderful coverage maps to download and print as souvenirs of your visit to Noumea, the Riviera of the South Pacific.

So join us from Monday, June 25 2012 as we enjoy breakfast with the radio DJ's from Noumea, New Caledonia on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International [www.rnzi.com].

You can also use our Pacific Asian Listener and Pacific Traveller Radio Guides at our global website www.radioheritage.com. Use our Google Search to find more features about broadcasting in New Caledonia.

SAQ - Alexanderson Day - July 1, 2012

We will remind you of the Grimeton Radio/SAQ transmissions on 17.2 kHz, CW, with the Alexanderson alternator on Sunday July 1, 2012 ,"Alexanderson Day", at 09:00 UTCand 12:00 UTC.
 
We will start tuning up some 30 minutes before message.
 
The radio station is open to visitors.
 
There will be activity on amateur radio frequencies with the call "SK6SAQ" from 09:15 to 11:30 UTC and 12:15 to 13:00 UTC.
 
Any of following frequencies:
- 14.035 kHz CW
- 14.215 kHz SSB
 
From 07:00 UTC also on:
-   3.755 kHz SSB
 
QSL-reports are kindly received:
 
- E-mail to: info@alexander.n.se
 
- or fax to: +46-340-674195
 
- or via: SM bureau
 
- or direct by mail to: Alexander - Grimeton Veteranradios Vaenner,
  Radiostationen                          
  Grimeton 72
  SE-432 98 GRIMETON, SWEDEN (NB: new address)
 
Also read our web site: http://www.alexander.n.se
 
Lars Kalland SM6NM sm6nm@telia.com

E-QSL di RAE Argentina

R.A.E. 15345 kHz 28/04 1948 UTC - Radio Argentina al Exterior P.O. Box 555, 1000 Buenos Aires, Argentina. con QSL elettronica in 54 giorni. Rapporto inviato via  web form raggiungibile all'indirizzo http://www.radionacional.com.ar/contacto.html

La E-QSL è visionabile all'indirizzo seguente: http://acquamarina.blogspot.it

Nino Marabello
Treviso, Italy
RX: SONY ICF SW7600G
ANT: VHF esterna azimuth 230 gradi

Glenn Hauser logs June 18-19, 2012

** AUSTRALIA. 17750, June 19 at 0510, RA in English saying ``it was a bit long``, long pause, then Indonesian, so it`s a LL; 0511 jingle and says ``English lesson from Australia``, I think. Poor signal way offbeam here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11780, June 19 at 0506, RNA madrugada show with only fair instead of usual bigsig --- QRP or propped down? While nosig on 6180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 19, before 0500:
16100, poor at 0454; no others audible

Before 1300:
11500, fair at 1238 with CCI, SOH or VOR? None in the 10s, 12s
11970, fair at 1238
13920, very good at 1242
13970, very good at 1242
14700, good at 1242, with lo audible het, QRM: hi-power Sound of Hope?
14950, very good at 1243
15555, good at 1244, het on lo side
16100, fair at 1245
17250, very poor at 1245
17450, JBA at 1246; none in the 18s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, June 18 at 2036, R. Kuwait English service is again in Arabic instead, Qur`an // weaker 17550. And again today cut off the Q for English news headlines at 2050-2053 by YL with accent who speaks too fast (showing off her fluency?) and is hard to copy, and not // 17550; then back to Arabic, apparently with two or three program shifts by 2100 timesignal. 15540 stayed on the air with Arabic news until cut off at 2112*. I wonder if they also switch to English for the 1830 newscast when I am seldom listening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, June 19 at 0458, Dixieland music, quite undermodulated, blocked at *0459:20 by 6190 CRI English via Sackville, on the correct frequency for a change, but XEPPM is about to sign off, anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 10000, June 19 at 0504, upcoming leap second announcement by YL voice, for 2359:60 UT June 30. Must be mentioning this more than once an hour. Since she doesn`t say ``aloha``, and is not masculine, this one was from WWV, tho following time announcement was equally well heard from WWVH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13570, June 19 at 1241, no signal at all from WINB (nor on 9265; nor at 1327), which last week started BSing us starting at 1200 weekdays filling unsold time with The Last Day Prophet of God; is that an experiment over already? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Calendar of SW Specials, Farewells June 19 update

CALENDAR OF SW SPECIALS, FAREWELLS

Dates, days and times are strictly UT

MONDAY JUNE 18 +

This is the final week for Radio Canada International, probably also for CBC NQ 9625, and relays via Sackville. You may want to make an effort to listen more than usual before the Last Days scheduled below.

THURSDAY JUNE 21

2130-2145 British Antarctic Survey special, 9850 & 5950 Skelton UK, 7360 Ascension; or may be 2130-2200, and possibly on WED JUNE 20 instead

UPDATE: Wolfgang Bueschel asked Martin Goulding of BaBcoCk Woofferton which date is correct, and he replied June 22 = Friday! We can only suggest trying June 20, 21 and if still not heard, 22. BTW, HFCC shows that KBS in French via France is on 5950 at 20-22, but EiBi and Aoki say only 20-21.

FRIDAY JUNE 22

2100 until 2100 SATURDAY JUNE 23 "MidsummerRadio", special from Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Finland, low power on 25 and 49m; hard to hear beyond Europe

http://www.swradio.net/index2.htm

UPDATE: Alan Pennington refers to this page

http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm

which says the 25m frequencies will not be used for this (since they are in white), but shows which hours for 6170 and 5980

SATURDAY JUNE 23

1200-1214, final Vatican Radio English via Sackville: 13730

SUNDAY JUNE 24

0000-0059 Maple Leaf Mailbag, finale from RCI: 11700 via Kunming

1500-1559 Maple Leaf Mailbag, finale from RCI: 11675 via Kunming; 15125 via Urumqi, East Turkistan

1800-1859 Maple Leaf Mailbag, finale from RCI: 17810 Skelton UK (should be audible in NAm), 11765 Skelton, 9530 Kashi, East Turkistan

2000-2059 Maple Leaf Mailbag, finale2 from RCI Sackville: 17735, 15330, 15235

RCI Chinese, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese final broadcasts should also be June 24, ending at 2330* UT on 11990, 13760, 15455:

http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A12&broadc=RCI

June 24 also appears to be the final day on air for Sackville relays of other stations. It is unclear whether all of these will be gone once the UT day June 25 starts, but assuming they are, listen UT June 24:

NHK World Radio Japan: English 0500-0530 on 6110, 1200-1230 on 6120; Japanese 0200-0500 5960; 1300-1500 11655

Vatican Radio: English 0250-0315, Spanish 0320-0400 both on 7305, 9610; Spanish 1130-1214 13730

Voice of Vietnam: English 0100-0130, 0230-0300, 0330-0400 on 6175

KBS World Radio, English: 0230-0300 9560, 1200-1300 9650; Spanish 0200-0230 9560, 0600-0700 6045; Korean 1400-1500 9650

China Radio International: who cares? Too many and plenty will be left from elsewhere

Radio República, 2300-0200 on 9490 [or only until 0000?]

1100-1127 Cartas @ RN, finale of mailbag show on RN Spanish 9895 & 6165-Bonaire

1130-1157 Cartas @ RN, finale of mailbag show on RN Spanish 6165- Bonaire

1200-1227 Cartas @ RN, finale of mailbag show on RN Spanish 9715 & 6165-Bonaire

MONDAY JUNE 25

0000-0057 Cartas @ RN, finale of mailbag show on RN Spanish 6165- Bonaire

0100-0157 Cartas @ RN, finale of mailbag show on RN Spanish 6165- Bonaire

0830-0900 Fiji Democracy & Freedom Movement, 11565 via WHRI, weekly

This is the final week for Radio Netherlands. You may want to make an effort to listen before the Last Show special scheduled below

FRIDAY JUNE 29

0200-0400 PCJ Radio Special farewell to RNW, on WRMI 9955

For more details visit http://www.pcjmedia.com

A bit cheeky to schedule this at the same time as RN`s own Last Show!

0159-0257 RNW`s Last Show special to ENAm, 6165-Bonaire [not 11640]

0259-0357 RNW`s Last Show special to CNAm, 6165-Bonaire

0459-0557 RNW`s Last Show special to WNAm, 6165-Bonaire; NZ/SEAu 12015-Bonaire

In case there are any further changes from the `final` schedule:

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/were-changing

Will Tom Meyer appear on this one? He does in Spanish:

1000-1057, RNW farewell broadcast in Indonesian: 17840 & 21485 Madagascar, 15300 & 15565 Sri Lanka; maybe also at 1100, 2100 [or June 28]

1330-1430 RNW Spanish farewell program with live video stream, including interview with Tom Meyer; repeated on SW the following evening on usual frequencies; see SAT

1400-1457 RNW`s Last Show special to Asia, 9800-Sri Lanka

1800-1957 RNW`s Last Show special to Africa, 17605-Vatican [audible in NAm]

1859-2057 RNW`s Last Show Special to Eu 6065

1900-2057 RNW`s Last Show Special to Af 7425-Madagascar

1900-2057 RNW`s Last Show Special to Af 11615-France

1900-2057 RNW`s Last Show Special to Af 15495-Vatican [maybe audible in NAm]. 2057 UT is really The End, for English

SATURDAY JUNE 30

0000-0057 & 0100-0157, RNW Spanish Farewell program [that`s what they say, unlike English which will end the previous night. Also check UT Friday June 29 in case that is correct date for Spanish too], 6165- Bonaire. See

http://www.rnw.nl/espanol/radioshow/cartasrn-en-v%C3%ADsperas-del-%C3%BAltimo-programa

VATICAN RADIO is also canceling most of its SW and MW broadcasts to Europe, and SW to Americas as of July 1. Presumably many of them will last be aired on June 30, altho the Sackville relays may have ended a week earlier. See

http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A12&broadc=VAT

Many of the SMG transmissions to elsewhere are audible in NAm; also via Madagascar; and especially BONAIRE: 0030-0200 15470 in Portuguese, Spanish; 0230-0250 6040, 9610 in French. Since these are after 0000 UT, will their last day be UT June 30 or July 1?

UPDATE: VR will continue to the Americas via Bonaire according to its website, including 0030 Portuguese 15470 (says Jorge Freitas) and 0230 French 9610 (says Jean-Michel Aubier). After 0250, 9610 has been switching to Sackville for English, Spanish to 0400.

2359-2400, LEAP SECOND, the 61-second minute on WWV, WWVH and all the world`s timesignal stations

http://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat

FRIDAY JULY 6

2100 until 2100 UT July 7, Scandinavian Weekend Radio monthly broadcast expected, not confirmed; see June 22

THURSDAY JULY 12-SUNDAY JULY 15

R. Hami, Finland, low-power special on 6170, 1584, 94.7. Details:

http://radiohami.fi/

FRIDAY JULY 13

BBC Radio 3 Prom Concert season starts, until September 8

http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms

This calendar will be updated and reissued as needed

Latest edition: http://www.w4uvh.net/calendar.html

(Glenn Hauser, 1600 UT June 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs June 17-18, 2012

CALENDAR OF SW SPECIALS & FAREWELLS

Since a lot is happening in the next few weeks, I have put together a day-by-day schedule so we don`t miss important events in the history of broadcasting. Besides re-posting it to various DX groups, the latest updates will be here:
http://www.w4uvh.net/calendar.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 6180 and 11780, June 18 at 0433, RNA missing from both frequencies; 11780 usually manages to stay on, if 6180 does not. Brazilian DXers are exasperated with this behavior (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [and non]. 15330, 15235, 17735, Sunday June 17 at 2005-2059, the penultimate `Maple Leaf Mailbag` from RCI again presented by Terry Haig, substituting for Ian Jones. More mail from distressed listeners about the imminent demise of RCI, and some ironic musical selexions. At 2049, plugs the RCI Action Committee website, and a listener who is trying to set up a `Save RCI` website, allananderson91954@yahoo.com --- except he did not spell Alan/Allen/Allan/Alun or Anderson/Andersen, so you may have to try all the combinations.

I *must* listen to this on SW, but if you missed it, you will be forgiven for listening to the archived audio on demand via http://www.rcinet.ca This transmission is expected to be the very last English broadcast from RCI next Sunday June 24.

6080, June 18 at 0512 check, Sackville again tonight has put CRI English on wrong frequency instead of 6190, colliding horribly with NHK Spanish via Bonaire (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA [non]; VATICAN [non]

** CHINA. Firedrake June 18 before 1300:
13920, poor at 1247 mixing with fax
13970, very poor at 1247
No others audible 10-18 MHz during very disturbed propagation.
WWV reported at 1200 and 1500:
``Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 June follow.
Solar flux 124 and estimated planetary A-index 39.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1200 UTC on 18 June was 2.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9830, June 18 at 0429, weak RHC signal here // 9810, evidently spur from that, or mixing with 9790 China relay transmitter.

9965 & 9945, June 18 at 0430, matching pulsing spurs from wall of noise jamming centered on 9955 against WRMI. Neighbors of any jammed frequency, beware!

9820 & 9880, June 18 at 1219, RHC 9850 bigsig is putting modulation spike spurs out here.

9270, June 18 at 1222 as I tune across, hear a trace of RHC audio matching another receiver in the background on 9850, but this may have been receiver overload as could not get FRG-7 preselector to peak on it. The 9850/9550 mixing products should be on 9250, 10150 at 300 kHz intervals (the weaker transmitter on 9540 cannot mix with them as it`s from the other site an echo apart) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 13820, June 17 at 2003, big open carrier, with some noise --- is it jamming or a béisbol crowd? But never any talk, unlike 9565, 11930 R. Martí Greenville which is play-by-play. 13820 goes off at 2003.5* uncovering a much weaker signal with BB game. 2000 is when 13820 is supposed to be handed over from Greenville to Sackville for another bihour, but GB just helped the Cubans to block the signal via Canada. The RM Sackville relays are of course another casualty of the CBC`s decision to close Sackville. I suppose they were started for times when GB was at peak usage for other services, but a little juggling ought to allow IBB to run Martí three-frequencies-at-once all by itself from GB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 7210-LSB, June 18 at 1125, N1NR, Nelson Roig in Pennsylvania has his anti-Castro rants interrupted by rude noises he refers to as ``el burro``; apparently mechanically or electronically generated, but unclear whether a new form of DentroCuban jamming or one of his buddies playing around. Certainly an entertaining frequency every morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 9595, June 18 at 1206, baroque electronic music, presumably Tomita rather than Carlos, which R. Nikkei often plays, much better than // 6055 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, June 17 at 1959, oh, oh, R. Kuwait has again switched from English to Arabic; at least the poor signal with Qur`an has to be in Arabic; 2055 recheck, inaudible with poor propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA. 9835, June 18 at 1204, Qur`an with fair signal, no doubt the RTM relay from Sarawak via KL back to Swk. Must be vesper time? Sunset at Kuching was 1046, KL 1124 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TV DX June 17, UT:
1430 onward, bits of video CCI mostly on 2 from south
1630 on 2, baloncesto = basketball from south, Spanish narration
1700 on 2, CCI, also signs on ch 4
1700 on 5, dubbed movie with gringos, from S, net 5 bug UR; XHGC?
1705 on 3, béisbol in Spanish
Nothing ever stayed in for long, and mostly gone by 1800
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11550, Sunday June 17 at 1401, WEWN Spanish frequency at tune in sounds like Polish, briefly, then into YL in English with OM in Spanish voice-over.

7555, Monday June 18 at 1208, Jezebel story in English, crackly modulation, on this Spanish frequency. Something about stoning-to-death. Kept expecting a voice-over to start but never did. Good for gringo WEWN fans as the only real English frequency, 11520 was JBA, as was the other Spanish, 12050 in very degraded propagation conditions. 1214 recheck still in English on 7555. By 1250, 7555 had YL in Spanish replacing the English (not just voiced-over), then resumed // improved 11520 for organ music fill. This is when they broadcast their own mass live, normally // except for voice-overs. Perhaps the translator overslept, still recovering from a weekend of debauchery, soon to be nullified by confession. (Please, I am not being anti-Catholic, just pro-rational, as all wacky religionists are equally subject to contradixion.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1621 monitoring: missed checking the UT Monday 0500 on WRMI 9955, but unavoidably awake June 18 at 1131 so checked the next scheduled airing: some talk, but unsounds like me, under the jamming. Confirmed on webcast that WRMI was really airing WOR. Presumably YFR Korean via PALAU as allowed to be scheduled co-channel 9955. It`s off after 1200 and the jamming ramps up as WRMI is relaying R. Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1510+, June 18 at 0445 UT, slightly wavering het from off-frequency station with sports talk, phone 1-800-777-2951, looping NE/SW. This points to usual culprit, KCTE Independence MO, which is both a daytimer and a perpetual off-channel broadcaster. That phone number doesn`t google to anything significant, tho (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 13730, June 18 at 1200, Vatican Radio, warped ``World News`` via Sackville, now makes no pretense of being secular, starting with a story about what Pope Benedict said at Sunday`s Angelus. Anchor is the appropriately-named Christopher Wells and he always opens with ``good morning``, when it`s afternoon in the See. Is he deliberately addressing his American audience, or is it several hours delayed? This and BS/TOM on WINB 13570 were the OSOBs with degraded propagation, and 15 MHz was totally dead; by 1225 only could hear 15230 Cuba there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1430, June 18 at 0444 UT, ululating Balkan or ME music slightly dominant over the jumble, seems NE/SW. Normal suspect would be KZQZ St Louis, but would not expect such programming from ``Hot Talk/Cool Oldies``, tho it could be a Sunday night break away from format; lots of stuff on their website
http://kzqz1430am.com/index.php
not including a simple program schedule. Insane! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Dx Re Mix News # 735

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 735, also visit: 19 June 2012
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EGYPT    Frequency and other changes of Radio Cairo in the near future:
1330-1530 on 15040 ABZ 100 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Farsi, maybe cancelled
1600-1700 on 13680 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to EaEu Bosnian, not yet active
1845-2000 on 17625 ABZ 200 kW / 245 deg to WeAf Fulfulde, confirmed June 14
1300-1600 on 15080#ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Arabic
1800-1900 on  6270$ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Italian
1900-2000 on  6270*ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German
1900-2000 on  9280&ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu Russian
2000-2115 on  6270*ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French
2115-2245 on  6270^ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English
2300-0030 on  6270!ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm English
0030-0430 on  6270!ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm Arabic
0045-0200 on  9315+ABZ 250 kW / 330 deg to NoAm Spanish
0200-0330 on  9315+ABZ 250 kW / 330 deg to NoAm English
# can be changed on 15770 or 15800
$ can be changed on  9805
* can be changed on 11560
& can be changed on  9685
^ can be changed on 11890 or 12050
! can be changed on  9965 or 11510
+ can be changed on  9720

U.K.(non)    Summer A-12 schedule of Babcock relays. Part 2 of 3:
BBC
0400-0600 on  3955 SKN 100 kW / 121 deg to WeEu English DRM
0600-0800 on  5875 WOF 100 kW / 114 deg to WeEu English DRM
0600-0800 on  7355 MOS 040 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English DRM

Radio Japan NHK World
0500-0530 on  5975 WOF 250 kW / 140 deg to WeEu English
1100-1200 on  9760 WOF 060 kW / 105 deg to WeEu English/Russian Fri DRM
0400-0430 on 11730 TAC 100 kW / 238 deg to WeAs Farsi
1500-1700 on 12045 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAs Japanese
0130-0200 on 11740 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs Hindi
1300-1330 on 15735 TAC 100 kW / 141 deg to SoAs English
1400-1430 on 15735 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs English
1515-1600 on 13870 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Urdu
1300-1345 on 11685 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Bengali
0200-0300 on 11780 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Japanese
0800-1000 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Japanese
0945-1030 on  6140 SNG 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1000-1030 on  9695 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English
1030-1100 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese
1100-1130 on  9695 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1130-1200 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Thai
1200-1230 on  9695 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English
1230-1300 on  9585 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Thai
1300-1330 on 11740 SNG 100 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1315-1400 on 11705 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1400-1430 on 11705 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English
1430-1500 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese
0900-0930 on  6130 SGO 100 kW / 060 deg to BRA  Portuguese
0930-1000 on  6195 SGO 100 kW / 350 deg to SoAm Spanish
2130-2200 on 11880 SGO 100 kW / 060 deg to BRA  Portuguese

KBS World Radio
0700-0800 on  9860 WOF 250 kW / 102 deg to WeEu Korean
1100-1130 on  9760 WOF 060 kW / 105 deg to WeEu English Sat DRM
1800-1900 on 15360 WOF 250 kW / 074 deg to EaEu Russian
1900-2000 on  6145 SKN 250 kW / 150 deg to WeEu French
2000-2100 on 13585 DHA 250 kW / 290 deg to NEAf Arabic
2000-2100 on  3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu German
2100-2130 on  3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu English

Voice of Croatia
0800-1200 on 11675 SNG 100 kW / 140 deg to AUS  Croatian & English news

Radio ERGO (ex IRIN Radio)
0830-0930 on 13685 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali

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

Radio Free North Korea
1200-1400 on 15645 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to KRE  Korean
1900-2100 on  7530 ERV 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean

Radio Free Chosun
1200-1400 on 15720 TAC 200 kW / 056 deg to KRE  Korean, ex 1200-1300
2000-2100 on  7505 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to KRE  Korean

CMI Voice of Wilderness
1300-1330 on 15630 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to KRE  Korean Mon-Sat
1300-1430 on 15630 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to KRE  Korean Sun

Nippon no Kaze
1300-1330 on  9950 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to KRE  Korean
1500-1530 on  9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to KRE  Korean via T8WH Angel 4
1530-1600 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to KRE  Korean via T8WH Angel 4

JCI Furusato no Kaze
1330-1400 on  9950 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to KRE  Japanese
1430-1500 on  9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to KRE  Japanese via T8WH Angel 4
1600-1630 on  9780 TAI 250 kW / 045 deg to KRE  Japanese

Shiokaze in various langs*
1330-1430 on  6135 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE,alt.5910,5985,6020,6120,6175
2000-2100 on  5965 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE,alt.5910,5955,6075,6110,6165
* Jap Mon/Wed/Thu; Chi/Kor Wed; Eng Fri; Kor/Jap Sat; Jap/Kor Sun

Open Radio for North Korea
1400-1600 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean, ex 1400-1500
2100-2200 on  7480 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to KRE  Korean

North Korea Reform Radio
1500-1700 on  7590 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to KRE  Korean

Voice of Martyrs(Freedom)
1600-1730 on  7515 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to KRE  Korean

Polish Radio External Service
1300-1330 on 15480 WOF 250 kW / 062 deg to EaEu Russian
1330-1400 on 15480 WOF 250 kW / 074 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1400-1500 on 15480 WOF 250 kW / 074 deg to EaEu Polish
1530-1630 on 11640 WOF 250 kW / 078 deg to EaEu Polish
1630-1730 on 11630 WOF 250 kW / 078 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1730-1800 on 11960 WOF 250 kW / 078 deg to EaEu Russian

IBRA Radio
1700-1800 on 11915 WOF 300 kW / 114 deg to N/ME Arabic
1730-1800 on 11610 MEY 100 kW / 020 deg to EaAf Somali
1730-1800 on 11875 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Swahili
1800-1945 on 12070 WOF 300 kW / 140 deg to CeAf Arabic
1900-2000 on 11875 SKN 300 kW / 180 deg to WeAf Fulfulde

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

Radio Taiwan International
1900-2000 on  6185 WOF 250 kW / 078 deg to WeEu German
1900-2000 on 13620 DHA 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu French

RTE Radio One
1930-2000 on  5820 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf English

HCJB Global
2100-2145 on 12025 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to NoAf Arabic

Dx Re Mix News # 734

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 734, also visit: 18 June 2012
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CHINA/ALBANIA     Summer A-12 of China Radio International from Cerrik:
0000-0157 on  6020 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm in English >>2x150 kW in //
0000-0157 on  9570 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm in English >>2x150 kW in //
0200-0257 on  6020 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm in Chinese >>2x150 kW in //
0200-0257 on  9570 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm in Chinese >>2x150 kW in //
0500-0657 on  9515 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in Arabic
0500-0657 on  9590 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
0500-0657 on 11710 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in English
0500-0657 on 11775 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in Arabic
0700-0857 on 11785 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in Chinese
0700-0857 on 13710 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
0900-0957 on  7285 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Romanian
0900-0957 on  9440 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Romanian
1100-1157 on  7220 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Bulgarian
1100-1257 on 13650 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
1200-1257 on  7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Serbian
1400-1557 on 11920 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
1400-1557 on 13670 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
1500-1557 on  7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Turkish
1500-1557 on  9565 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Turkish
1600-1757 on  5970 CER 150 kW / 330 deg to WeEu in German
1600-1757 on  7380 CER 150 kW / 330 deg to WeEu in German
1600-1757 on  9555 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
1600-1757 on 11725 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in Arabic
1800-1957 on  5970 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in French
1800-1957 on  6055 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
1800-1957 on  9480 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in French
1800-1957 on 11695 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
2000-2157 on  5960 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
2000-2157 on  7285 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
2000-2157 on  6185 CER 150 kW / 193 deg to EaAf in Arabic
2000-2157 on  7235 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
2200-2357 on  6175 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu in Portuguese/Spanish
2200-2357 on  7210 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu in Spanish

GERMANY    Frequency change of Bible Voice Broadcasting Network in Persian:
1530-1730 NF 15300*WER 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs, ex 13590, re-ex 12140
*from 1700 strong co-ch RFI in French

NETHERLANDS    All transmissions of Radio Netherlands World Sce in English
and Indonesian on short waves will be terminated. Here the updated schedule
English till June 29:
1000-1057 on 15110 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to SEAs
1400-1457 on  9800 TRM 250 kW / 345 deg to SoAs
1800-1957 on 17605 SMG 250 kW / 144 deg to ECAf
1900-2057 on  7425 MDC 250 kW / 270 deg to SoAf
1900-2057 on 11615 ISS 500 kW / 192 deg to WeAf
1900-2057 on 15495 SMG 250 kW / 193 deg to WCAf

English, additional trasmissions on June 29:
0200-0257 on  6165 BON 250 kW / 345 deg to NoAm
0300-0357 on  6165 BON 250 kW / 335 deg to CeAm
0500-0557 on  6165 BON 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAm
0500-0557 on 12015 BON 250 kW / 230 deg to AUS
1900-2057 on  6065 WER 250 kW / 210 deg to Eu/Af

Indonesian till June 29:
1100-1157 on  9720 SAI 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs
1100-1157 on  9795 PHT 250 kW / 200 deg to SEAs
1100-1157 on 15650 TIN 250 kW / 256 deg to SEAs
2100-2157 on  9365 PHT 250 kW / 200 deg to SEAs

Indonesian, additional trasmission on June 29:
1000-1057 on 15300 TRM 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs
1000-1057 on 15565 TRM 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs
1000-1057 on 17840 MDC 250 kW / 085 deg to SEAs
1000-1057 on 21485 MDC 250 kW / 085 deg to SEAs

Spanish Daily till June 29:
0000-0057 on  6165 BON 250 kW / 210 deg to Central and South America
0100-0157 on  6165 BON 250 kW / 290 deg to Carribean and North America
1100-1127 on  9895 BON 250 kW / 320 deg to Carribean and North America
1130-1157 on  6165 BON 250 kW / 210 deg to Central and South America
1200-1227 on  6165 BON 250 kW / 180 deg to Central and South America
1200-1227 on  9715 BON 250 kW / 290 deg to Carribean and North America

Spanish Mon-Fri from July 2, only one transmission:
1100-1157 on  9895 BON 250 kW / 320 deg to Carribean and North America

U.K.(non)    Summer A-12 schedule of Babcock relays. Part 1 of 3:
Radio Republica
0000-0200 on  9490 SAC 100 kW / 227 deg to Cuba Spanish Sun/Mon

Voice of Vietnam
0100-0128 on  6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to NoAm English
0130-0228 on  6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to NoAm Vietnamese
0230-0328 on  6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to NoAm English/Spanish
0330-0428 on  6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to NoAm English/Spanish
0430-0528 on  9555 SAC 250 kW / 277 deg to NoAm Vietnamese
1700-1728 on  9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English
1730-1828 on  9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu Vietnamese
1830-1858 on  9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu French
1900-1928 on  9890 WOF 250 kW / 075 deg to EaEu Russian
1930-2028 on  9430 SKN 300 kW / 090 deg to WeEu German
2030-2128 on 11840 WOF 250 kW / 114 deg to SEEu Vietnamese

Adventist World Radio
0100-0200 on 15445 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to Asia Vietnamese Sat

Radio Canada International
0200-0230 on  7230 WOF 100 kW / 114 deg to N/ME Arabic
0300-0330 on  5990 WOF 300 kW / 114 deg to N/ME Arabic
1500-1530 on 15325 WOF 250 kW / 070 deg to EaEu Russian
1600-1630 on 15325 WOF 250 kW / 070 deg to EaEu Russian
1800-1900 on 11765 SKN 300 kW / 160 deg to EaAf English
1800-1900 on 17810 SKN 250 kW / 175 deg to NCAf English
1900-1930 on 15180 WOF 300 kW / 114 deg to N/ME Arabic
1900-2000 on 15320 SKN 300 kW / 180 deg to NWAf French

Radio Payem e-Doost in Farsi
0230-0315 on  7460 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs
1800-1845 on  7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs

EDC Sudan Radio Service Darfur Program
0400-0500 on 11800 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to NEAf Arabic Daily, ex Sat-Thu
1600-1700 on 15500 WOF 250 kW / 137 deg to NEAf Arabic Daily, ex Sat-Thu

EDC Sudan Radio Service
0400-0500 on 13720 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to NEAf Arabic
1500-1600 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Arabic Mon-Fri
1500-1600 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf English/Arabic Sat
1500-1600 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Arabic/English Sun
1600-1630 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Dinka Mon
1600-1630 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Zande Tue
1600-1630 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Nuer Wed
1600-1630 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Bari Thu
1600-1630 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Shiluk Fri
1600-1630 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Arabic Sat
1600-1630 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Moru Sun
1630-1700 on 17745 WOF 250 kW / 135 deg to NEAf English

Radio Okapi
0400-0500 on 11690 MEY 250 kW / 340 deg to CeAf French/Lingala
1600-1700 on 11675 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf French/Lingala

Radio Damal (Voice of the Somali People or Odka Bulshada Somaliyeed)
0400-0700 on 15700 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali
1830-1930 on 11990 WOF 300 kW / 122 deg to EaAf Somali
1930-2130 on 11980 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali

Glenn Hauser logs June 16-17, 2012

** BRAZIL [and non]. 6180, June 17 at 0434, no RNA tonight tho it`s VG on 11780; instead just something in English, no doubt DW RWANDA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [and non]. 6080, June 17 at 0517, CRI English via Sackville on wrong frequency again, instead of 6190 this hour; did not change from 6080 which is the right frequency before 0500. As a result, huge collision with NHK Warudo Radio Japón in Spanish via BONAIRE which is properly on 6080 during this semihour. Both signals very strong here. (NHK English via Canada remained on 6110 correctly.) 0525 R. Japón acknowledging reception reports including from someone in EE. UU. Will word ever get back to them about these periodic screwups by Sackville?

Apparently, Sackville, or Montréal if remotely controlled from there, are increasingly in a don`t-give-a-damn attitude as they are about to self-destruct and lose their jobs. One would have hoped they could have remained professional to the very end, especially since such mistakes impact innocent bystanders (also their own relay clients).

Despite all this, we must brace ourselves from June 25 for a lot of vacant spaces on the bands where we used to hear loud and clear relays via Sackville of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and others. We know of one client which plans to switch to another site, but what about all of these? Do they have any such plans, or are they just going to let their NAm audiences go? China will still have Cuba, Spain and Albania, of course, even if they make no substitutes for Sackville. Cuba should be willing to help out Vietnam. Japan and Korea could use Bonaire lasting a little longer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake, June 17 after 0400:
14400, very poor at 0422
16100, very poor at 0423; no others found 11-19 MHz during quite disturbed propagation
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 6080, UT Sunday June 17 at 0531, CRI English via Sackville on wrong frequency instead of 6190, just cleared as NHK Spanish via Bonaire has just signed 6080 off at 0530. CRI starts `The World According to Words` program, explaining English neologisms, starting with ``gap-year``, i.e. taking a year off between high school and college, an idea which has not caught on in China (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CANADA

** CUBA. 12060, June 17 at 0421, DentroCuban Jamming Command, at least two pulsers unsynchronized on 2 x 6030 where many, many, more pile up for a wall of noise against Radio Martí. Also pulses fundamentally jamming nothing at 0425 on 11930, 9490, 7365, 5980. At 0426, pulse jamming also on 9955 WRMI, but South Asian accent in English more or less readable, presumably in WaveScan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 13855, June 17 at 0037 hum and something JBM; 13620, buzz like an airplane propeller, much louder and higher-pitched than 13855. These two are the OSOB! in strange propagation conditions, obviously both R. Cairo as scheduled per HFCC:
13855 2330 0200 10,11 ABS 250 286 218 1234567 250312 281012 D Ara, Spa
13620 0045 0200 13,15 ABS 250 241 218 1234567 250312 281012 D Spa       
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, June 16 at 2045, R. Kuwait with Arabic talk about Mubarak, and // 17550 which is slightly weaker and flutterier. Once again, RK has switched without notice from English to Arabic on 15540. (We are fortunate that it`s in English most of the time 1800-2100, since they insist on registering this block as Arabic anyway, and imagining in their announcements that English is still on 11990, abandoned years ago.)

But guess what, at 2050, 15540 cuts back to English for the few-minute scheduled news headlines, but at 2054 it`s back to Arabic // 17550 until off around 2100*. Possible scenario: news is done live and for some reason the other English programming was unavailable, or control operator simply had brought up the wrong pot with Arabic instead of English programming elsewhen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LEBANON [non]. 11715, June 17 at 0425 very poor in Arabic, no doubt Vatican Radio`s own program as scheduled; 0428 VR IS; 0430 ``hunting call`` fanfare, ``Huna ---`` ID, presumably Sawt al-Mahabba relay, as also scheduled, but I have a hard time making out the full ID. Nothing on 9645 at this time. 11715 had faded out a few minutes later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 13775, June 17 at 0438, V. of Russia on its sole English frequency to NAm, DJ talking about keeping warm on the -50C Arctic by ``doing it, if you know what I mean``, and then a song to that effect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 15275, June 17 at 0034, R. Thailand with news in English, surprisingly good now on N American service. I`m not often monitoring around this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA [and non]. 7275, June 17 at 0432, IWT mostly music serves as BFO for some ham, probably American in LSB on exactly same frequency. This is a risky tactic, as a 500 kW broadcast transmitter could easily overpower a ham at one thousandth that much, but I guess it was working for the station he was contacting, as he went on and on about physical therapy and some medical procedure. This seldom happens with IWT usually unimpeded (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1621 monitoring: June 17 after 0400, confirmed on 5755, WTWW. On WRMI 9955: confirmed Sunday at 1545 amid webcast, nothing but a JBA carrier on unjammed 9955; further repeats: Sunday 1730, Monday 0500, 1130. On HLR 5980 Germany: Tuesday 0930. On SiriusXM 120: Sunday 1730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

ALBANIA   China Radio Intl Relay CRI     9570  0334 GMT   Chinese  433  June 14  YL and OM with comments.

CANADA   Voice of Vietnam Relay   6175  0358 GMT  Spanish  333  June 14  YL and OM with comments  in Spanish by an OM . 0400 GMT YL with an ID 0400 GMT and into Spanish.

COSTA RICA    REE Relay of Spain  9630  0325 GMT  Spanish  444  June 14  OMs with comments.  //9620[333], //9535[333].

SPAIN   China Radio Intl Relay CRI    9690  0316 GMT  English  444  June 14  YL and OM with comments on future economy for Spain.

TAIWAN    Fu Hsing BC Station   9410  0340 GMT  Chinese  333  June 14  Two YLs with comments.

UNITED STATES, Maine   WBCQ  9330  0342 GMT  English  333  June 14  Two OMs talking to each other.

UNITED STATES, So Carolina   WRNO  7490  0347 GMT  English  333  June 14  Two OMs talking about survival plus a YL at times.

VATICAN STATE   Vatican Radio VR   7305  0353 GMT  Spanish  433  June 14  IM with comments followed by Choir singing.


Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
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PCJ Radio special shortwave transmission to North America and the Caribbean

PCJ Radio would like to announce a special shortwave transmission to North America and the Caribbean on June 29th 2012 from 0200UTC to 0400UTC on 9955khz (local time June 28, 2012 from 10pm to 12am). For more details visit www.pcjmedia.com and you will find information on our home page.

Log June 15

BRAZIL   6180.009  Slightly odd frequency txion, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia from Brazilia noted this morning at 0632 UT June 15, only S=5-6 signal in Germany, light Brazilian music / canzones of a half century ago ! \\ 11780.0 even frequency on same signal level, also from Brazilia.
Thanks Jorge.

5940.045  Came across of organ music of Voz Missionaria, Camboriú, SC at 0622 UT June 15, just above threshold level, poor S=3-4.

11764.942   Super Radio Deus o Amor in Port. Male and female talk at 0540 UT June 15. S=6-7 here in Germany, time announcement too late at 0543 UT (...dos .. vamos a ir).
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15)

CANADA   6045  KBS Seoul in Spanish via RCI Sackville relay site, proper signal of S=9 in 06-07 UT slot. Orchestra music and song at 0620-0625 UT, followed about commentary of social life in Korea in Spanish language. Much NOISY audio feed line from Asia into Sackville ... scratching annoying sound and many disconnects in between, bad performance on feeder path.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15)

CHINA/IBB   Fast spoken Chinese talk jamming against RFA IBB outlets in Mandarin and Tibetan in 06-07 UT slot on June 15. 15615, 15635, 17495, 17510Tib, 17615, 17765Tib, 17855, 21500Tib, 21690UAE-Tib, 21720 kHz, next door of Radio Australia Shepparton 21725 kHz in English. Firedrake music against SoH 17450 kHz heard also at 0645 UT. Noted also VoRussia's English sce on 21800 kHz at same time.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15)

CUBA   Radio Habana Cuba in English observed this morning in 06-07 UT time slot. Best signal here in Germany at 0625 UT June 15 was 6060 S=8, 6010 and 6050 kHz very poor at S=3-4 hardly understandable, but fair better on 6125 kHz S=6 level. Heard local news from Habana, followed by complaint about 50 years political and economical embargo isolation by the "US Uncle Sam" government...

Radio Rebelde in Spanish as usual poor in our summer season on 5025 kHz at S=4 level.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15)

NIGERIA   15120  BUZZY old Ikorodu sound signal in AM mode, Voice of Nigeria noted at 0545 UT June 15, in English program slot 05-07 UT. Two female anncr talk about conservative politicians. S=9+10dB fine morning signal into Germany. Poor tiny Chinese signal in backgruound, but not at annoying level.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15)

PHILIPPINES/UAE  15454.982  Checked that channel for strange RCI programs from likely Babcock Woofferton-UK site test til 0901 UT, latter which reported on past days by GH and from Ivo's Bulgaria Monitoring too. But today June 15 heard instead FEBC Manila program at 0557 UT, S=4 tiny level here in Germany.

15550  At 0557 UT heard instead Babcock's CELLO pause music on this channel, when Al Dhabbaya-UAE end program of Radio Tamazuj 0500 and Radio Dabanga 0530-0557 UT both in Sudanese Arabic, poor S=4 signal here in Germany on sidelobe.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15)

SAUDI ARABIA   9714.924  Arabic NE/ME sce of BSKSA Riyadh poor signal, fading out here in CeEUR around 0550 UT June 15.

15170.014  HQ prayer of BSKSA Quran program in Arabic in full power performance at 0552 UT, same program on \\ 15379.976 kHz.

15285.028  BUZZY distorted audio quality program in Swahili (from Jeddah?) at 0552 UT June 15, surprisinglyy S=9+20dB backlobe signal meant towards East Africa / talk by prayer on Tanzania over and over again.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15)

SOUTH AFRICA   11790.043   RFI Paris in Swahili to East Africa, logged at 0530 UT June 15, S=5 signal in Germany
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15)

USA   9954.952  WRMI from Miamai-FL performed Radio Prague's short English news program at 0600-0604 UT, weather report "... rain showers and overcloud predicted...", poor S=4-5 here in Germany.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jorge Freitas (Yahoo)" >
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 4:25 AM
Subject: [dxld] log

6180 15/Jun 0205 BRASIL, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, in Portuguese. Back in 6180. ID as "Rádio Nacional de Brasília" (Relay overnight). Music "sertaneja de raiz". QRM from voice of Vietnam in 6175. 33433 (Jorge Freitas-B)
73 Jorge Freitas
Local time -3 UT
Feira de Santana Bahia
12°14´S 38°58´W - Brasil

Glenn Hauser logs June 15-16, 2012

** CHINA. Firedrake June 16, only one found in non-exhaustive check:
15545, poor at 1233 with flutter
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA. 17700-18000, June 15 at 1846, REE relay on 17850 is outputting modulation spike spurs to this 300 kHz extent, worst in the 17855-17900 range (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 21600-21625, June 16 at 1751, intruding OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, just missing WHRI 21630, but seriously disrupting REE Spain on 21610. Who manages the OTH frequency selexion, anyway? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 6080, June 16 at 0527, NHK Radio Japón via BONAIRE is back on tonight, and so is 6110, NHK Radio Japan via CANADA: both are playing exactly the same music fill, but 6080 finishes first and starts closing announcement, including full Spanish schedule until 0530*; 6110 cut off at 0529* just as the English schedule minute was starting. I don`t think Sackville has any immediate demand for this transmitter elsewhere at 0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LITHUANIA. 11900, June 16 from *0159:20 with music repeated, IS? 0200 RMRC special report on the EDXC Conference, repeated one week after original messed-up airing, and intact this time; reception maybe slightly better. Mostly in English, included interviews with Dario Monferini, Max van Arnhem, Toshi Ohtake, Tibor Szilagyi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MAURITANIA. 7245, June 16 at 0531 fair signal in Arabish, not chanting yet, but IGIM is on the air earlier than usual, on this Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, June 16 at 0536, VON starting `Weekend Magazine`, with whine, fading. Also at 1753, poor signal in Arabic, music. DX Re Mix News says Arabic in analog is now scheduled 1730-1830 from Ikorodu, then English in DRM at 1830-2000 M-F from Abuja (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1621 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, UT Saturday June 16 when checked at 0145, presumably about on time from 0130 this week. Next: UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW 5755; On WRMI 9955: Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730, Monday 0500, 1130; WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sunday 0830, 1730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs June 14-15, 2012

** AUSTRALIA. 4835, June 15 at 1158 immediately after WWCR cuts off 4840, with BFO I can detect a JBA carrier here, no doubt VL8A on its extended 60m schedule. Earlier around 1120 shortly after sunrise, I could also detect a JBA carrier on 2325, no doubt VL8T. BTW, the NT frequencies are still absent from HFCC along with RA Shepparton and Brandon. I wonder if ABC just didn`t want to pay the HFCC dues; who needs it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 6180, June 15 at 0448, RNA is reactivated here with Brazilian music, // 11780, much stronger than 6185 XEPPM, and much, much louder, as XEPPM continues to just-barely-modulate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 9625, June 15 at 0459, ending of the ``Midnight Edition of As It Happens`` from CBC Radio One, which I assume is just an edited-down version of the original sesquihour (or is it back to only one hour now as in most summers?); CBC NQ ID, frequency and contact info, even 877 toll-free phone number --- is that valid continent-wide? ACI from always stronger REE via CR on 9630. 0500 into CBC News in English prior to sign-off.

It remains unclear whether this service will go off shortwave after June 24 like RCI, but plans are to replace it by strategically placed LPFM transmitters in the isolated NQ communities which need it. I thought they already had those, and SW was to reach even further into the outback.

15455, no signal June 15 at 0508, unlike 24 hours earlier, when RCI Spanish service via Hotbird satellite was being relayed from somewhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 15, before 1200:
12230, poor at 1131
12320, poor at 1131
13920, good at 1128; none in the 14s
15900, poor at 1133
16100, very poor at 1134
16980, very poor at 1134; none in the 17s

After 1200:
15435, fair at 1211

Before 1300:
16980, good at 1247 just as a bad edit in the music occurs
16100, very good at 1246; none in the 17s
15900, poor at 1247
15555, fair at 1247; het on the lo side [when I say this, I am alluding to presumed target V. of Tibet 2 or 3 kHz off-channel]
13920, fair at 1250; none in the 14s
12230, very poor at 1251; none in the 11s, 10s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, June 15 at 1215, VOI very poor and undermodulated but sounds like scheduled Japanese; also heard before 1200 in presumed Chinese. One can never rely on their broadcasting the correct language; see the log at http://rri.jp.org
As always, frequency is very slightly on the lo side of 9526. BTW, I neglected to mention the VOI frequency on WOR 1621 this week, but surely everyone knows it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [and non]. 6110, June 15 at 0501, NHK World Radio Japan, VG in English via Sackville, finally reactivated after a biweek. (Steve Luce heard it first 24 hours earlier, a rare occasion when I did not check for it.) Lead news item: arrest by Tokyo police of the last Aum Shinrikyo fugitive, Katsiya Takahashi, of the 1995y serin attacks. Never mentioned that they were a fellow SW broadcaster, via Russian transmitters!

We`ll miss very much this very good and again reliable signal with the closure of Sackville. But something has to be amiss with NHK relays, and now it`s 6080 in Spanish via Bonaire that is absent at 0504 June 15. Another automation mixup??

11815, June 15 at 1125, C&W song in English ``love, it is a flower``, 1127 segué another starting ``it must have been cool there in my shadow``, from NHK Japanese service direct. This early, it`s nice to hear it without Costa Rica colliding which starts at 1200; // 9750. The NHK ID at 1159 again is accompanied by steel drum music; how eclectic, and then the accurate timesignal ending at 1200:00 just as REE starts their delayed TS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, June 15 at 0505, XEPPM is nothing but a 5-kHz het to both 6180 Brazil land 6190 CRI via Canada, as the unmodulated transmitter has not been turned off quite yet. They might as well leave it off if they aren`t going to modulate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Es analog TV DX, June 15, UT:

1355 on 2, turn on the TV to find opening in progress, CCI of various signals ranging from SSE to SSW. G7IZU map doesn`t show any 6m activity around here so I also check north, but it`s not from Canada. G7IZU later crashes, apparently from overuse, as does DX Sherlock.

1326 on 2, bits of audio finally as MUF creeps up to 59.75 MHz, but not positive yet it is Spanish. Signals in and out, mostly out.

1356 on 2, stronger CCI now with audio in Spanish including zero-beat video CCI, which I associate with Mérida vs Cancún.

1352 on 4, signs of video briefly, 67.25 MHz

1353 on 2, news about soccer; 1356 cycling; clock in LR says 8:56 = CDT; can`t make out bug in UR

1515 on 2, brief resurgence with hoy bug in LL, i.e. the Net-2 program

1552 on 2, some video starts to show again; 1554 adding Spanish audio, info/commercial for exercise machines; and so it goes
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MYANMAR. 7110, June 15 at 1115, JBA music, no doubt Kachin Radio. Aoki now unravels this frequency as all 356 degrees from a 50 kW transmitter at Naypyidaw capital but under three different identities:

1030-1430 Kachin Radio in Burmese/dialect
1430-1500 Thazin Radio Pyin Oo Lwin, in English
2330-0030 Rakhine Broadcasting Station in Chin
0030-0130 same in Kachin

Rakhine has been the site of sectarian violence in the news, e.g.:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18449264
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, June 15 at 0454, VON with native instruments over the whine, in prélude to the 0500 English broadcast in analog. By 0509 during news, the signal had weakened considerably vs storm noise approaching from Kansas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 93.1, the POS Enid translator, K227AT, ex-93.3, is again distorted and splattering between 92.7 and 93.5, June 15 at 1235 UT. Tnx a lot, Donald Williamson, licensee! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 10790-FM, approximately, June 15 at 1255 UT, very distorted mostly talk show. Any wideband FM broadcast signals heard around 10.7 MHz are emanating from the IF of somebody`s FM receiver. Certainly none of mine, but some neighbor`s. On my FM, I start tuning for a match, and finally find it at 101.1, i.e. KWOX Woodward. Of course, on another occasion the unknown radio receiver-cum-transmitter could be tuned to any other station to relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, Friday June 15 at 1235 UT, KOSU continues a 5-minute segment from yesterday at 1235, conservative commentator Neva Hill, and a guest from the ACLU. Friday 1235 (and repeated at 2144 UT), had been the sole spots for an Oklahoma liberal, Frosty Troy, of the Oklahoma Observer, and this is now billed as part one and two of a Neva & Frosty `special`, but Frosty is never heard this week! Announcer mentions that he is taking a break for the summer. What? Just as we are getting into primaries and a political year? What`s really going on here? Of course, public radio funding is always under threat from the Republican-controlled legislature and most of the rest of the OK state government. Frosty is untiringly critical of the Republicans. Format for his segment has been a discussion with KOSU`s Michael Cross, in which Frosty comes across as rather incoherent. It must be a nightmare to edit. He still writes coherently so KOSU ought to just let him
 read a prepared commentary each week (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 17510, best of // 15210, 15430, 17670, Friday June 15 at 1136, RRI with folk music, 1137 opening `Listeners` Letterbox`. Only one name I recognized for sure, Christer Brunström in Sweden, more evidence that there are still *lots* of SWLs out there who are not in organized groups. Said they QSL and send other material only by post, not e-mail. Several new voices are heard on the service. ``Listeners` feedback is essential``; ``Don`t worry; we have no intention to give up on shortwave broadcasts``. But also promoted increased number of programs on demand at their website http://www.rri.ro now for one week, starting about two hours after broadcast, in all languages; times shown are local. Broke for a folk tune at 1142. 1149 closing with some bilingual rap (ugh), and 1151 on to a sports show about some game in Ukraine.

I was listening carefully for any reference to the recent discovery by WOR/DXLD contributor Tudor Vedeanu in Romania that terminating the SW service is under consideration. Kai Ludwig investigated further and says that the RRI staff were assured in May that the SW service would continue at least until yearend. All the government cares about is whether Romanians abroad are served, not the rest of us. What a pity it would be if this station closes too, a few years after installing all those new transmitters and antennas which provide such great signals direct from Europe with RRI`s excellent programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1621 monitoring: first airing confirmed on WTWW 9479, Thursday June 14 at 2100. Axually, playback starts slightly before 2100 instead of half a minute later, and my opening was interrupted by the WTWW ID. I`ve asked them to adjust the automation clock so the ID plays just before WOR starts.

Second airing confirmed on WWRB 5050, UT Friday June 15 at 0329. Axually I was listening at first to the webcast. The SC preacher ended a bit early, circa 0327:30, followed by a respectful pause of more than a sesquiminute, including some hum, before WOR started.

Further transmissions: UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW 5755; on WRMI 9955: Saturday 0800, 1500, 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730, Monday 0500, 1130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13570, June 15 at 1130, no signal yet from WINB, nor on 9265, but at 1205 it`s on 13570 with Brother Scare. Still not on WINB`s program schedule; and TOM website still shows time incorrectly as 8-10:30 am, and not in the afternoon when we have also heard BS on 13570. Anyone who wants to be on that frequency must enjoy the soothing swishes of CODAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 13730, June 15 at 1130, no signal from VR in Spanish via Sackville, but it cuts on before 1131 with programming already in progress. (They are scheduled to make an antenna switch from 163 to 189 degrees after the Portuguese broadcast until 1130.)

At 1159, VR IS is cut off abruptly, news theme and 1200 opening English, top story being Egyptian parliament dissolved. As ever, before the quarter-hour is over, there is sectarian RCC ``news``, around 1210 about bishops in Atlanta vs the US government`s health insurance requirements.

In case you haven`t heard, Vatican Radio is cancelling most of its SW broadcasts to America and Europe on July 1, reducing the load at Santa Maria di Galeria by 50% so it can then be reconfigured to serve remaining audiences in AfroAsia. No doubt the imminent demise of Sackville contributed to this decision; the only other English to Americas is 0250-0315 on 9610 and 7305, also Sackville, and the 1200 we have confirmed is daily except Sundays when Spanish continues another 15 minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

EMR and HH Lokalradio this Weekend

European Music Radio and HH Lokalradio are on the air this weekend.

 

                              Schedule for Saturday on 7265 KHz: 

 

HH Lokalradio           05.00  to  12.00           7265 kHz          via MVBR

 

 

                 Schedule for Sunday on 7265 / 9480 and 6005 KHz: 

 

 

HH Lokalradio           05.00  to  07.00           7265 kHz          via MVBR

 

E.M.R.                          07.00  to  08.00           7265 kHz          via MVBR

 

E.M.R.                          08.00  to  09.00           9480 kHz          via MVBR  

 

E.M.R. .                        08.00  to  09.00           6005 KHz         via Radio 700 

 

HH Lokalradio           09.00  to  14.00           7265 kHz          via MVBR

All Reception reports to E.M.R:  studio@emr.org.uk

All Reception reports to HH Lokalradio:  m.kittner@freenet.de

 

EMR Internet repeats on Sunday and Monday     

Programme repeats are at the following times: 07.00 to 09:00, 13:00, 16:00, 19:00 UTC

 

Please visit www.emr.org.uk and click on the "EMR internet radio" button

which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).

 

73s Tom

 

Glenn Hauser logs June 13-14, 2012

** CANADA [non?]. 15455, June 14 at 0534 very surprised to find a station in Spanish here, soon obviously RCI with Canadian news stories about the Chinese guy whose body parts were mailed around the country, then RCI ID, `Canadá en las Américas`, totally wrong time for Latin America, most of which is after local midnite. Fairly good signal, could be Sackville, but can`t tell. Nothing is scheduled here. It so happens that 15455 is used for earlier Spanish from Sackville at 2200-2230 & 2300-2330 daily (for a little while longer), so maybe a monumental failure of automation scheduling.

At 0559 concluded with ID and said would be heard only on the web from June 29; 0559:30 into Russian also plugging internet, and 0600 Russian program! also not scheduled now on SW. And no frequencies announced in either language, but why should there be? It so happens, just as I suspected, that this lineup is on the Hotbird satellite RCI schedule:

http://www.rcinet.ca/english/illustration/schedule/iTLSPm_E12_RCI-3.pdf

0500 Spanish, 0600 Russian, 0700 English, 0800 French, 0900 Arabic.

Furthermore, Ivo Ivanov in Bulgaria also heard the 15455 transmission in those languages of 06, 08 and 09 until cut off at 0901*. So someone was relaying the Hotbird feed for some reason, from where? Check again at +0500-0900+ on 15455. Could they have left it on this time ever since 2330?

15455 will also be one of the frequencies for RCI`s last-ever broadcast from Sackville, Sunday June 24 at 2300-2329 in Spanish // 11990, and Portuguese at same time on 13760, per Jacques Bouliane of RCI via Wolfgang Büschel. So the last English broadcasts would be at 1800 and 2000 earlier that same day on usual frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 14, before 1300:
13130, poor at 1239; haven`t heard this one in quite a while; no 12s
13970, good at 1239
14700, very good at 1239
15545, fair at 1234
15940, good at 1235
15970, very good at 1235
16100, fair at 1237
16980, good at 1236
17250, very poor at 1237
17450, poor at 1237
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, June 14 at 0530, VON is on again in analog English, still with whine and modulation breaking up; with BFO the carrier is also wavering slightly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, KOKB Blackwell was again in dead air or open carrier again for an extended period around 0030 UT June 14, while sister station 1020, KOKP Perry was nominal with sports talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7811-USB, June 14 at 0544, AFN Florida with 2-minute Jim Hightower commentary about Bank of America`s dishonesty, as audible and visible here:
http://jimhightower.com/node/7767
Then I checked // 12133.5-USB, but if on, it was inaudible; noise level was considerable on 7 MHz and would have been worse on // 5446.5-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1621: First airing is Thursday June 14 at 2100 UT on WTWW 9479; it was completed just a sesquihour earlier. Then UT Friday 0330v on WWRB 5050; UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (last week it was at 0200, but the June 15 schedule shows 0130 again); UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW 5755.

And on WRMI 9955: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130, maybe Thu 0330.

Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

New EMR Schedule on 49, 41 & 31 Metres

From this Sunday the 17th of June 2012 EMR will Transmit the following Schedule:
07.00 to 08.00 UTC on 7265 KHz via MV Baltic Radio, and with a repeat programme between 08.00 to 09.00 UTC on 9480 KHz via MV Baltic Radio and 6005 KHz via Radio 700.

This extra relay channel on 7265 KHz will give EMR a much better coverage over Europe.

Good Listening!

73s   Tom

QEII 60 Years of Commonwealth Radio

Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
June 14 2012

Listening with Lizzie
British Commonwealth on the Air 1952-53
Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of
Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2012
_______________________________________


"Listening with Lizzie" is the new feature celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2012 recently released at www.radioheritage.com by the Radio Heritage Foundation.

This is a nostalgic review of the radio broadcasting scene across the then British Commonwealth sixty years ago, when places such as British Honduras, British Somaliland, Aden, Zanzibar, Gold Coast, Northern Rhodesia and many other colonies and territories were contributing to the 'British" world of radio.

You'll enjoy classic ephemera from such stations as the Central African Broadcasting Station, Cable & Wireless in the Kenya Colony, the Near East Arab Broadcasting Station from Cyprus, the Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon, Radio Malaya from Singapore, Radio ZBP Pitcairn Island, Radio Jamaica ZQI and many others.

"Let's visit the British Commonwealth as the young Queen Elizabeth II would have found it, and imagine we're listening in to the sounds of a radio magically sweeping across the dial and across the world, and picking up the sounds of her realm in 1952-53."

The feature covers Great Britain, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the Americas, and gives a unique insight into how broadcasting was emerging at different levels across many parts of the globe in this first decade after the end of the conflicts of World War II.

"Listening with Lizzie" British Commonwealth on the Air is now available at www.radioheritage.com and is one of a growing number of new Popular Culture features produced by the Radio Heritage Foundation.

If you enjoyed the coverage of the Jubilee celebrations recently, you'll also enjoy this special celebratory feature.

Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit connecting radio, popular culture, history and heritage at www.radioheritage.com. Radio guides and hundreds of features are available for free to the global community.

Glenn Hauser logs June 9-11, 2012

** MEXICO. Es analog TV DX June 10, continued, UT:

1726 on 2, I was aiming NW toward CANADA as last seen, but now there`s video in Spanish, so back to south. Political ad for PRI presidential candidate Peña Nieto. Getting dirty with laughter at names of many competing candidates, Alianza logo xed out; further adstring

1726 on 4, algo is starting to show.

1731 on 2, net-7 promo; 1732 into drama with net 7 bug UR: most likely XHTAU Tampico

1740 on 2 animated movie, no audio, with gringo girls playing guitars; then credit roll starts but cut off; probably same as above

1745 on 2, soccer

1814 on 2, animated with apes in space; net 5 bug UR almost off-screen

1816 on 3 // 2 as above, briefly peaks to VG level, dubbed

1831 on 2, docu? on kids playing fútbol in Ukraine, Spanish subtitles

2042 on 2, movie or something fades in briefly, antenna still south

2103 on 2, CCI peaking SW, Spanish

2104 on 3, lucha libre, brief fade in

2105 on 3, bug in upper right of a starry? Symbol, and TELE - something underneath it. Don`t see a match for local or network at Oglethorpe`s site. Local dance show. Then there is typical Baja California Norte almost-zero beat bars between XHBC and XETJB

2107 on 2, Xtremo tabloid news show over CCI, peaks SSW, with Azteca-13 bug in UR; soon gone and nothing more tho plenty of Es on the maps further north in the continent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, June 11 at 0437, tone test is already on preceding VON`s 0500 English broadcast, with some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Enid translator on 93.1 noticed to be on at last as of June 9 or so, ex-93.3, of KIMY 93.9. Now it also messes up a relatively free DX frequency 92.9 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. I see that the WRNO website is back,
http://wrnoradio.com/
and it autolaunches streaming with IDs claiming it is on ``seventy-five-oh-five``, and also shows a program schedule covering from noon to last show starting at 10 pm Central time (1700-0300+ UT). I check 7505 again June 11 at 0104, after the time it used to sign on: nothing, natch. Seems they are adopting the WHRI model of pretending to SW broadcast, except WHRI really does, a fraxion of the scheduled time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA   Radio Australia - Shepparton   15515  0328 GMT  English  433  June 13  OM with comments on Australia's Economy. //15240[333. Shepparton and 15160 [433].

BONAIRE   Radio Japan relay NHK   11935  0351 GMT  Japanese  444  June 13  YL and OM with comments.

CUBA   Radio Havana Cuba RHC   11760  0355 GMT  Spanish  444  June 13  YL mentioning RHC followed by some vocal music by an  OM. //11680 [444].

CUBA   China Radio Intl Relay  CRI   9790  0400 GMT  Chinese  444  June 13  YL with comments.

NEW ZEALAND   Radio New Zealand Intl  RNZI  15720  0325 GMT  English  444  June 13  YL with comments on RNZI congress meetings.

RUSSIA   Voice of Russia VOR   15425  0332 GMT  English  333  June 12  Piano music followed by a YL with comments.

TUNISIA   RTV Tunisenne   12005  0349 GMT  Arabic  333  June 13  Two OMs with comments.

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

Catholic News Agency (CNA)
By David Kerr
Vatican City
June 13, 2012

The Vatican has announced that it wants to create a ".catholic" domain name as a way of validating official Catholic institutions online – just one day after rolling out a major shift in its communications strategy.

"Our idea is that those communities that make up the Church will be able to apply to have this 'dot catholic' web address as a way of authenticating their presence in the web space," said Monsignor Paul Tighe, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, in an interview with Vatican Radio.

The online suffix would be granted by the Vatican to Catholic bodies across the world so that internet users "can be certain that it's coming from a genuinely Catholic source," he said.
The Vatican is just one of nearly 2,000 new applications to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the California-based organization that decides on new domain names.
The news comes only a day after the Vatican announced that the Holy See Press Office will start to publish media releases in English, Spanish and French from September 2012 onwards. At present, Vatican media releases are published principally in Italian, unless the original texts are in other languages.

The Vatican Press Office will also increase its staff, following the parallel decision to transfer workers across from the Vatican Information Service, which will close down at the end of July.
Commonly referred to as the "VIS," the service has issued news updates at 3:00 p.m. every Vatican workday since 1991. It currently has about 60,000 subscribers. They will now receive the translated Press Office bulletin instead.

The Vatican's Press Office also announced June 12 that "the extensive archive of more than 85,000 articles" in various languages that were created by the VIS … "will be conserved and integrated, with a simple and rapid search engine," which will be accessible on the press office's website.

Meanwhile, those VIS employees who are not transferred to the press office will be deployed "to reinforce the multilingual 'news.va' portal which was established a year ago by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications," the statement said.

Launched by Pope Benedict XVI in June 2011, the news.va site brought together all the Vatican's communication outlets into one online location for the first time.
That list includes Fides News Agency, the newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, the Holy See Press Office, the Vatican Information Service, Vatican Radio and the Vatican television service, CTV. However, each news source still maintains its own independent website.

Finally, Vatican Radio has also announced plans to reduce its short and medium wave transmissions to most of Europe and the Americas, starting July 1.
Founded in 1931, the station is increasingly using the newer technologies of satellite and the internet, as well as local rebroadcasting, to transmit its programs in 40 different languages around the world.

"After celebrating its 80th birthday last year, Vatican Radio is ready to open a new chapter in its history by committing its message of service to the Gospel and the Church to new communication technologies," said the station's Director General, Father Federico Lombardi.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/vatican-looks-online-as-it-retools-its-communications-strategy/

NHK via Uzbekistan

15735 13/06 1414 NHK World R. Japan, Tashkent UZB, Nx Px "Focus R. Japan" E 44333

Nino Marabello
Treviso (IT)

RX: SONY ICF SW7600G
ANT: esterna VHF a 230 gradihttp://web.tiscali.it/ondecorte

Radio Vaticana taglia le onde corte per l'Europa e l'America

Dal prossimo 1° luglio la Radio Vaticana dira' addio alle trasmissioni in onde medie e in onde corte. E' l'ora di Internet anche per l'emittente della Santa Sede. E' questa la svolta alla quale si prepara la Radio Vaticana diretta da padre Federico Lombardi. I programmi radiofonici in circa 40 lingue della Radio Vaticana - ricevuti via satellite o via internet - sono oggi ritrasmessi da un migliaio di radio locali o regionali in FM e OM in circa 80 Paesi dei cinque continenti. Sono inoltre accessibili live su cinque canali web e on demand e in podcast in ogni punto del mondo da cui ci si possa connettere al Sito della Radio Vaticana. Dunque, recita un comunicato ufficiale diffuso oggi, ''tenuto conto della vasta accessibilita' dei suoi servizi tramite le ritrasmissioni radio locali, regionali o nazionali, e tramite il Web e alcuni canali satellitari, la Radio Vaticana ritiene che sia giunto il tempo in cui sia possibile ridurre l'impegno delle trasmissioni con le tecnologie tradizionali delle Onde Corte e delle Onde Medie, trasferendo cosi' risorse in nuove direzioni''. Per questo motivo dal primo luglio ''verranno terminate dal Centro Trasmittente di Santa Maria di Galeria tutte le trasmissioni in Onde Medie e quelle in Onde Corte verso la maggior parte dell'Europa e delle Americhe, che sono appunto le regioni del mondo in cui la copertura da parte delle ritrasmissioni radio e l'accesso tramite Internet sono ormai le vie di gran lunga preponderanti per fruire dei servizi della Radio Vaticana''. E' un cambiamento che si annuncia complesso anche sotto il profilo organizzativo: ''La riduzione attuale interessa circa la meta' dei tempi di trasmissione dal Centro Trasmittente, dove si avvia lo studio per la ristrutturazione del Centro stesso in funzione delle nuove tecnologie di comunicazione''. ''Nel corso dei prossimi anni - si spiega - si prevedono ulteriori riduzioni delle trasmissioni in Onde Corte, tenendo pero' sempre presente il dovere di servire con particolare attenzione quelle aree e popolazioni piu' povere o in situazioni di difficolta' (in particolare in Africa, nel Medio Oriente o in Asia), che non hanno altre vie alternative per ricevere capillarmente la voce del Papa e della Chiesa''. (Adnkronos via Andrea Borgnino IW0HK)

Tips onde corte 10 giugno

6180 10/06 1400  RMRC Radio, Sitkunai LTU, Px "EDXC 2012" D 34333
11675 10/06 1512 R. Canada International, Kunming -  China Px "Maple Leaf Mailbag" E 33433
15340 10/06 1528 HCJB Australia, Kununurra Mx Id Sign off E 34444

Nino Marabello
QTH: Treviso (IT)

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