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martedì 20 agosto 2013

Dx Re Mix News # 795

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DX RE MIX NEWS#795 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Date: August 20, 2013
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BULGARIA(non) Summer A-13 schedule of Secretbrod/Kostinbrod as of Aug.14:
0230-0400 on 11545*SOF 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto Radio Salam Watandar
1300-1330 on 12095 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Russian Polish Radio
1330-1400 on 12095 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Belorussian Polish Radio
1330-1500 on 15615*SOF 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto Radio Salam Watandar
1530-1630 on 9400 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Polish Polish Radio
1600-1700 on 11610 SOF 070 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon-Wed Radio Shorouq
1630-1730 on 9400 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Belorussian Polish Radio
1630-1830 on 12150 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg to WeAs Persian Bible Voice BVBN
1700-1730 on 11560 SOF 070 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Dimtse Radio Erena
1730-1800 on 9400 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Russian Polish Radio
1800-2200 on 9700 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Brother Stair TOM
1900-2100 on 11850 SOF 070 kW / 195 deg to EaAf English Brother Stair TOM
1830-1915 on 9635 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg to WeAs English Sun Bible Voice BVBN
*no signal of Radio Salam Watandar from around 1430UT on Thursday, August 14

CUBA Summer A-13 of Radio Habana Cuba:
0000-0030 on 5040 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Creole
0000-0030 on 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Quechua

0000-0100 on 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 6100 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 9810 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 11680 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 17705 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish

0030-0100 on 5040 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm French

0100-0200 on 5040 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
0100-0200 on 6000 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm English
0100-0200 on 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
0100-0200 on 6100 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAm Spanish
0100-0200 on 6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm English
0100-0200 on 9810 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
0100-0200 on 11680 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
0100-0200 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
0100-0200 on 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
0100-0200 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
0100-0200 on 17705 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish

0200-0300 on 5040 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0300 on 6000 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm English
0200-0300 on 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
0200-0300 on 6100 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAm Spanish
0200-0300 on 6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm English
0200-0300 on 9810 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
0200-0300 on 11680 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0300 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
0200-0300 on 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
0200-0300 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0300 on 17705 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish

0300-0400 on 5040 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
0300-0400 on 6000 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm English
0300-0400 on 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
0300-0400 on 6100 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAm Spanish
0300-0400 on 6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm English
0300-0400 on 9810 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
0300-0400 on 11680 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
0300-0400 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
0300-0400 on 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
0300-0400 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
0300-0400 on 17705 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish

0400-0500 on 5040 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
0400-0500 on 6000 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm English
0400-0500 on 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
0400-0500 on 6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm English
0400-0500 on 9810 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
0400-0500 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
0400-0500 on 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish

0500-0600 on 5040 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm English
0500-0600 NF 6000 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm English, ex 6010 from Aug.14
0500-0600 on 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm English
0500-0600 on 6125 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm English
0500-0600 on 6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm English

0600-0700 NF 6000 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm English, ex 6010 from Aug.14
0500-0600 on 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm English
0600-0700 on 6125 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm English
0600-0700 on 6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm English

0700-0730 NF 6000 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Esperanto Sun, ex 6010 Aug.14

1100-1300 on 6150 HAB 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
1100-1300 on 9540 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
1100-1300 on 9550 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
1100-1300 on 9850 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
1100-1300 on 11690 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAm Spanish
1100-1300 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1100-1300 on 11860 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1100-1300 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
1100-1300 on 17580 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
1100-1300 on 17730 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish

1300-1500 on 9540 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
1300-1500 on 11750 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
1300-1500 on 11690 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAm Spanish
1300-1500 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1300-1500 on 11860 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1300-1500 on 13780 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
1300-1500 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
1300-1500 on 15340 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
1300-1500 on 17580 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
1300-1500 on 17730 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish

1500-1530 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / 020 deg to NoAm Esperanto Sun

1900-2000 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm English
1930-2000 on 17720 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu French
2000-2030 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm French
2000-2030 on 17720 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu Portuguese
2030-2100 on 17720 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu Arabic

2100-2200 on 5040 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
2100-2200 on 9710 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAm Spanish
2100-2200 on 9810 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
2100-2200 on 17705 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
2100-2200 on 17720 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu Spanish

2200-2230 on 11880 HAB 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAf French

2200-2300 on 5040 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
2200-2300 on 9710 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAm Spanish
2200-2300 on 9810 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
2200-2300 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Portuguese
2200-2300 on 17705 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
2200-2300 on 17720 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu Spanish

2230-2300 on 11880 HAB 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAf Portuguese
2230-2300 on 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm French Mon-Sat
2230-2300 on 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Esperanto Sun

2300-2330 on 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Creole

2300-2400 on 5040 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm English
2300-2400 on 6000 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish Mon-Fri Mesa Redonda
2300-2400 on 6100 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to CeAm Spanish
2300-2400 on 9810 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to CeAm Spanish
2300-2400 on 11680 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
2300-2400 on 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Spanish
2300-2400 on 11880 HAB 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAf English
2300-2400 on 13780 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg to NoAm Spanish Mon-Fri Mesa Redonda
2300-2400 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
2300-2400 on 17705 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish

2330-2400 on 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Portuguese

GERMANY Changes of Media Broadcast (MBR):
Bible Voice Broadcasting
0700-0730 on 5945 NAU 100 kW / 270 deg to WeEu English Sun, ex till 0745
0700-0745 on 5945 NAU 100 kW / 270 deg to WeEu English Sat, ex Sat/Sun
1630-1645 on 15215 MOS 125 kW / 095 deg to SoAs Tamil Fri, cancelled
1630-1645 on 15215 NAU 125 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Tamil Sun, cancelled
1730-1800 on 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed, cancelled
1800-1830 on 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg to EaAf Somali Sun, cancelled
1830-1845 on 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg to EaAf Amharic Sat, ex till 1900

Brother Stair/The Overcomer Ministries
1200-1400 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 061 deg to EaEu English, ex 060 deg
1200-1400 on 17750 ISS 100 kW / 077 deg to N/ME English, ex 120 deg
2000-2200 on 11775 NAU 100 kW / 175 deg to NoAf English, ex 250 kW
2100-2300 on 15390 NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to SoAm English, ex 240 deg
2100-2300 on 15620 NAU 125 kW / 299 deg to NoAm English, ex 300 deg

Radio EYSC - Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change
1730-1800 on 15310 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Tue/Fri, cancelled

GERMANY No shortwave broadcasts of Hamburger Lokalradio on August 17:
0600-0800 on 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu USB+C, scheduled Wed/Sat
0800-1100 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu USB+C, scheduled Wed/Sat
1100-1500 on 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu USB+C, scheduled Wed/Sat

GERMANY XVRB 6045, The Music Museum on 3rd Sun August 18,
instead of Shortwave Rock 6045 in previous month on July 21:
0900-1000 on 6045 NAU 100 kW / 275 deg to CeEu English, starting at 0903

GREECE Again no signal of ERT on Tuesday, August 13
from 1200 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
from 1200 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
from 1200 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek

GREECE No shortwave broadcast from ERT at 0630 UTC on August 15:
0400-0807 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek or till 1200
0400-0807 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek or till 1157
0400-0807 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek or till 1200
Also no signal on other frequencies of ERT 7450, 7475, 9935, 15650

GREECE Again ERT is on the air on a single frequency 9420 on August 15:
from 1200 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
from 1200 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, scheduled till 1657
1200-1357 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
from 1400 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek, scheduled till 1857

GREECE No shortwave broadcast from ERT at 0600 UTC on August 16:
0400-0807 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek or till 1200
0400-0807 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek or till 1157
0400-0807 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek or till 1200
Also no signal on other frequencies of ERT 7450, 7475, 9935, 15650

GREECE No shortwave broadcast from ERT at 0730 UTC on August 17:
0400-0807 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek or till 1200
0400-0807 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek or till 1157
0400-0807 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek or till 1200
Also no signal on other frequencies of ERT 7450, 7475, 9935, 15650

GREECE Again ERT is on the air on a single frequency on August 17
from 1320 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, ex from 1200
from 1335 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, ex from 1200
from 1401 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, ex from 1200
from 1409 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek, ex from 1400

GREECE Scheduled broadcasts of ERT on Sunday, August 18 at 0630UT:
0400-0807 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek (or till 1200)
0400-0807 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek (or till 1157)
0400-0807 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek (or till 1200)

GREECE Afternoon shortwave broadcasts from ERT on Sunday, August 18:
from 1200 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
from 1200 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek, instead of 9935 to Eu
from 1200 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
Please check English transmissions around 1305-1315!

NEW ZEALAND Frequency changes of Radio New Zealand International in DRM:
1746-1836 NF 7330 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga, ex 6135
2051-2150 NF 17675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga, ex 15720

MYANMAR Additional one hour broadcast of Myanmar Radio:
1230-1330 on 7200 YAN 025 kW / 356 deg to SEAs Burmese, after 1030-1230

TURKEY Unscheduled wrong frequency for Voice of Turkey on Sun, August 18:
1630-1725 on 11765 EMR 500 kW / 270 deg to SoEu Spanish, instead of 11930

U.K.(non) Some BBC changes:
1330-1600 on 17780 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat from August 17
1400-1430 on 17640 KIG 250 kW / 310 deg to WeAf Hausa till August 17
1400-1430 on 17780 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Hausa till August 17
1400-1430 on 21630 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa till August 17
1400-1500 on 15420 SEY 250 kW / 285 deg to EaAf Somali till August 17
1400-1500 on 17830 SEY 250 kW / 295 deg to EaAf Somali till August 17
1400-1500 on 21470 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali till August 17
1430-1500 on 9585 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese Mon-Fri, cancelled
1500-1515 on 7485 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese Mon-Fri, additional
1500-1515 on 11945 SNG 100 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese Mon-Fri, additional
1830-1900 on 15790 MEY 250 kW / 007 deg to ECAf Kirundi Mon-Fri till Aug.19

U.K.(non) Additional broadcast of FEBA Radio:
1500-1515 on 9500 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Hindi from August 16
1430-1500 on 9500 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Hindi unchanged program

U.K.(non) Non-stop BABCOCK music tests on August 15,16,17
0430-0500 on 11800 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg to SoAf Thu/Fri/Sat
1700-1730 on 9760 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg to SoAf Thu/Fri/Sat

U.K.(non) Planned broadcasts of BABCOCK from Aug.1 was moved to Sep.1:
Radio Payem e-Doost:
0230-0315 on 11710 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi
1800-1845 on 5900 DHA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs Farsi
Radio Okapi:
0400-0500 on 11690 MEY 250 kW / 340 deg to CeAf French/Lingala
Radio Damal:
0400-0700 on 15700 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali
1830-1930 on 11980 WOF 300 kW / 122 deg to EaAf Somali
1930-2130 on 11980 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali

USA(non) Updated summer A-13 of Brother Stair TOM:
0000-0300 on 7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English Sun-Thu
0000-1300 on 3185 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to NEAm English
0100-0300 on 7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English Fri
0300-1200 on 5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to NEAm English Tue-Sat
0400-1100 on 5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to NEAm English Sun/Mon
1150-1500 on 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm English, ex 1150-2200
1200-1400 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 061 deg to EaEu English
1200-1400 on 17750 ISS 100 kW / 077 deg to N/ME English
1200-2000 on 9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to NEAm English Mon-Fri
1300-2400 on 9370 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to NEAm English
1400-1500 on 15420 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English Sat
1400-1600 on 9655 NAU 100 kW / 275 deg to WeEu English Mon-Thu
1400-1600 on 9655 MOS 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu English Fri-Sun
1400-1600 on 13810 ISS 100 kW / 120 deg to N&ME English
1400-2200 on 9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to NEAm English Sat/Sun
1400-2300 on 9955 RMI 050 kW / 160 deg to Cuba English Mon-Fri
1500-1900 on 9955 RMI 050 kW / 160 deg to Cuba English Sun
1600-1700 on 15420 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English Sat
1600-2100 on 9955 RMI 050 kW / 160 deg to Cuba English Sat
1800-2200 on 9700 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English
1900-2100 on 11850 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf English
2000-2200 on 11775 NAU 500 kW / 175 deg to WCAf English
2100-2300 on 9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to NEAm English Mon-Fri
2100-2300 on 15390 NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to SoAm English
2100-2300 on 15620 NAU 125 kW / 299 deg to NoAm English
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Glenn Hauser logs August 17-19, 2013

** BANGLADESH [non]. 15505, August 19 at 1358-1401, not even a carrier from BB, tho some other Asian signals are inbooming such as KBS on 15575 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 650, August 19 at 0558 UT, I null WSM as something else is usually audible, like XETNT or KGAB, but now it`s a calendar into October of various music festivals in Saskatoon, plugging ticket sales now, ergo: CKAM, 10/10 kW. Night pattern is supposed to employ a deep null toward the south, everything going northward; unbelievable. Apparently I have not logged this one before. Countless Canadians ignore night pattern requirements: good for south-of-border DXers, bad for US stations entitled to protexion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake [non], August 19 before 1330:
14980, poor at 1325; none in the 12s, 13s
15940, fair at 1328; none in the 16s
17300, good at 1329, while CRI EAST TURKISTAN is even better on 17560, 17630, 17650
17900, fair at 1330; none in the 18s, 19s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, August 19 at 0550 RHC mailbag in English, still here ex-6010, not only before 0500 but now until 0700. Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK, heard Arnie say the change is permanent, to avoid the het from Colombia, off-frequency from 6010. Congrats to Russ Stendahl for finally driving RHC off the HJDH frequency by this tactic! As if it were deliberate, rather than incapable of accurate frequencying, nor on 5910v. RHC modulation OK on 6000, 6165 and 5040, while 6060 is undermodulated, 6125 undermodulated plus distorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 15620, August 19 at 1401, fair signal with nice gamelan music, but then incongruous talk about ``Iesus Christus`` in sorta but not really Indonesian: that`s because per Aoki, it`s Javanese from FEBC Bocaue, 1400-1430 daily at 200 degrees with 100 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESTS)

** TUNISIA. 7275, Aug 19 at 0551, IWT is back with Arab music, fair signal, tho missing 24 hours earlier; whew (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11980, Aug 19 at 0554, TRT with its new IS briefly, then Turkish announcement prior to closing this frequency; fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1682 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday August 17 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, did not start until 0211 as heard on webcast. Missed checking here both Sat & Sun 2330v on 9930 WTWW-2; was it on either time this week? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490, August 18 at 2100+, WBCQ just barely audible, but at least detectable unlike previous Sundays during `Marion`s Attic`. Then hearing her well on webcast, which was also missing previously. Larry Will says there were some computer problems the last week or two at WBCQ, now fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4840, August 19 at 0547, WWCR in open carrier/dead air. Too late for me to keep on it for a comeback (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 7225, Monday August 19 at 0544, TWR ID opening Polish, into hymn, good signal; HFCC also shows 5910 at 0544-0559 via Moosbrunn, Austria, but NO signal there, just COLOMBIAn music. So are the two axually considered alternates? But 7225 is listed as 300 degrees, while 5910 would be 30 degrees, the latter really toward Poland, while 300 degrees is way off, but USward, why? WRTH 2013 for the B-12 season showed 5910 was via WERtachtal, now defunct, with 7225 MOS also listed. I recall that 5910 was offset one-minute later, starting at 0645, than 7225 from 0644 in winter. Or was it vice versa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, UT Mon Aug 19 at 0501, finding the usual stuff during the 960 KGWA Fox-hole, I punch in 690 for KGGF Coffeyville KS closing: no Taps is playing but instead soul version of ``America the Beautiful``; then, just before 0504, sign-off message, followed by Taps a bit later than usual. Perhaps a Sunday-night variation? Carrier still on at 0556 check, presumably all-night.

Could have been the famous version by Ray Charles, but when I go to one clip with his name on it, instead well sung by Army Staff Sergeant Randall Wright in Ray Charles` style:http://www.last.fm/music/Ray+Charles/_/America+The+Beautiful
Evidently a military Xmas concert sponsored by WRMB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7548, August 19 at 1241, DRM-like noise centred about here; no broadcasters at all scheduled on 7545 or 7550 at this time, tho 7550 is an AIR frequency elsewhen, so subject to DRM conversion or tests. Rather narrow-band so maybe not really DRM, but some ute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

lunedì 19 agosto 2013

Glenn Hauser logs August 16-18, 2013

** BRAZIL [and non]. 9645+, August 18 at 0543, can make out a JBA het on the hi side of big R. Vaticana mass signal, i.e. R. Bandeirantes; had not detected that in some time, but expected it as I tuned down from poor signal on 9665, Voz Missionária, where the first and almost only word heard was ``pecado`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming August 18: Unfound in any of the usual out-of-band spots 12-18 MHz around 1325. I was axually looking for a good one in order to hear the neo-classical music they were playing as usual on Sunday nights. Inband jammers audible on 11640, 11785, 11805, 15115. The last two with quite a bit of CCI from victims, so settled on 11785, but into long talk segment around 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1300, August 18 at 0600 UT, Radio Trece ID, and plug ``Radio México Noticias``, and seemingly rapidly summarizing all the news blox during the day; ``Mil, trescientos, lo original``, 0601 choral NA but blessedly brief, 0603 finally full local ID as XEP, 38,000 watts, and into ``música de siempre`` so must have quite a mixed format. Then fades down; it had been dominating and looping WSW, so I figured it must be this Ciudad Juárez station. WRTH 2013 implies it`s 50 kW fulltime; IRCA Mexican Log of last year shows 500 watts at night; currently Cantú shows 38 kW day, 200 watts night! Which can we believe? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 89.3, KIEL Loyal, is still off the air after a brief appearance a few months ago, as I passed close to the site on US 81 the afternoon of August 17.

104.5, afternoon of August 17, in OKC I found a new(?) signal here with ``classic rock``; heard one ID mentioning 104.5, but later it was also ``KRXO`` and // 107.7. What`s going on here? This is what:

``TYLER MEDIA TO LAUNCH A SPORTS STATION AT FM 107.7 IN AUGUST
Classic Rock KRXO will move to new frequency at FM 104.5
By Mel Bracht Published: July 10, 2013http://newsok.com/tyler-media-to-launch-a-sports-station-at-fm-107.7-in-august/article/3860993

The already crowded sports talk market in Oklahoma City soon will be getting its sixth sports talk station. Tyler Media announced Wednesday that it is launching a sports talk radio station in August on FM 107.7.

Classic Rock KRXO, which had been at 107.7, will move to a new frequency at FM 104.5, the company announced. According to the news release, KRXO's lineup of Bob and Tom, Cara Rice, Buddy Wiley, Kelso, Unkle Dave and Rick Caldwell are expected to move to a much smaller signal on 104.5. Ty Tyler, president of Tyler Media, said in an email the new frequency recently was granted by the FCC and will reach more than 800,000 people in the metro area.

Tyler said it is in the process of hiring local sports talent from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. for the new unnamed station on 107.7 FM, which he said will have the strongest signal in the market. The station will include play-by-play of OU sports and be associated with NBC Sports. It plans to air NFL broadcasts on Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights, and other programming is under consideration.

"We are excited to expand our portfolio of stations," Tyler said in the release. "A Big League City needs a Big League Sports Station."

Sports Animal radio personality Mike Steely is expected to join the new station. Steely, a member of the Morning Animals, last appeared on WWLS-FM 98.1 on June 29. He said he could not comment if he was leaving the station.

The addition of 104.5 will give Tyler Media six FM signals in the market, one above the normal limit. However, Tyler said the FCC allows an HD channel to be rebroadcast by a FM frequency. KRXO will be broadcast on both 107.7 HD2 and 104.5 FM. The sports station will be broadcast on 107.7 HD1 and 107.7 FM.

Tyler Media, founded in 1965 by Ralph Tyler, is still a family owned business by sons Ty and Tony Tyler. According to the release, the company owns seven radio stations, four television stations and an outdoor advertising company.

The market's other sports stations are:

WWLS-FM 98.1, "The Sports Animal." Local programming during the day, including "The Morning Animals" and Al Eschbach and Jim Traber for afternoon drive. ESPN Radio airs at night.

KWPN AM 640, ESPN Radio.

KREF-AM 1400, "Sports Talk 1400," of Norman. The lineup includes OU radio voice Toby Rowland from 6 to 9 a.m. and former OU football stars Teddy Lehman and Dusty Dvoracek from 2 to 6 p.m. [and doesn`t reach the N side of OKC after dark vs graveyard pileup --- gh]

KGHM-AM 1340, "The Game," which in a partnership with KREF airs Rowland from 6 to 8 a.m. and Lehman and Dvoracek from 2 to 6 p.m. National hosts include Dan Patrick from 8 to 11 a.m.

KINB-FM "105.3, The Pro," CBS Sports Radio, including Doug Gottlieb from 2 to 5 p.m.``

But obviously the new station on 107.7 has not been launched yet. Just how inferior is the 104.5 signal for the demoted KRXO format? FCC FM Query as of August 18 shows it as a 250-watt translator, K283BW, relaying KOMA! But as a CP-modification:http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=145901
No way we will be able to hear that in Enid unlike local-like 107.7

Where did Tyler get this transmitter? FCC has a ``Consummation Notice`` showing it came from Community Public Radio [sic] in Athens, GA! But not mentioning who the new owner is https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101560912&formid=905&fac_num=145901

Where is the transmitter site? Approx. NE 75th and Kelley, i.e. circa KWTV in the NE OKC antenna farm. (Google maps misspells it Kelly). 327 meters above ground, not bad for a mere translator (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, August 17 at 0052, JBA carrier from R. Chaski until *0101:36.5 which is 5 seconds later than yesterday; not checked on August 18 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA [and non]. 7275, August 18 at 0550, IWT is AWOL again; normally does not close until a few minutes before 0600. ALGERIA/FRANCE still audible on 7295 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9830, August 16 at 2155, trying to hear new IS prélude to VOT`s North American broadcast in English, just the usual RTTY which TRT has ignored for season after season on this frequency. Possibly a JBA carrier within the RTTY is TRT.

9770, August 17 at 0054, new IS/music playing prior to TRT Spanish broadcast; no announcements interspersed; 0100 timesignal and opening Spanish.

9515, August 17 at 0255, the other English broadcast is much better, good signal but fluttery, the new IS tune on Turkish orchestral instruments. It`s repetitive, but hard to tell where the `splice` is, if it is in a loop. No interruptions for English IDs before hourtop, and it has to be faded down incomplete for the accurate timesignal until 0300.

But then, the YL sign-on is *still/again* quoting ``UTC`` times for all the English broadcasts, but they are really in Turkish local time UT+3!! I have periodically caught them making this stupid mistake many times before, or is it all the time? E.g. ``9655 at 06-07 UTC``, reminding us that this and the previous few transmissions are recorded, (so don`t expect current news). Wrong frequency too! 9655 being the B-season one at 0400 UT, when all the times are one real hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1682 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday August 18 after 0400. Missed checking 2330 Sat on 9930; was that on this week? WTWW-2 seems to have been missing at other times lately. Also recheck Sunday at 2330, or UT Monday 0000 on 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Afternoon shortwave broadcasts from ERT on August 18

GREECE Afternoon shortwave broadcasts from ERT on Sunday, August 18:
from 1200 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
from 1200 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek, instead of 9935 to Eu
from 1200 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
Please check English transmissions around 1305-1315!

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Unscheduled frequency for Voice of Turkey

TURKEY Unscheduled frequency for Voice of Turkey on Sunday, August 18:
from 1630 on 11765 EMR 500 kW / 270 deg to SoEu Spanish, instead of 11930

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

No shortwave broadcast from ERT at 0600 UTC on August 16

GREECE No shortwave broadcast from ERT at 0600 UTC on August 16:
0400-0807 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek or till 1200
0400-0807 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek or till 1157
0400-0807 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek or till 1200
Also no signal on other frequencies of ERT 7450, 7475, 9935, 15650

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2013/08/no-shortwave-broadcast-from-ert-at-0600.html

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73!
Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
New email: ivo.observer@gmail.com

Frequency changes of Radio New Zealand International in DRM

NEW ZEALAND Frequency changes of Radio New Zealand International in DRM:
1746-1836 NF 7330 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga, ex 6135
2051-2150 NF 17675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga, ex 15720

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2013/08/no-shortwave-broadcast-from-ert-at-0600.html

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73!
Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
New email: ivo.observer@gmail.com

VOA Radiogram, August 17-18, will be trilingual

VOA Radiogram is a Voice of America program experimenting with digital text and images via shortwave broadcasting. It is produced and presented by Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott.VOA Radiogram is a Voice of America program experimenting with digital text and images via shortwave broadcasting. It is produced and presented by Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1300-1330 6095 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

To decode the digital text and images transmitted on VOA Radiogram, download Fldigi, Flmsg and Flamp from w1hkj.com. See also how to decode the modes.

VOA Radiogram on 17 and 18 August will include our first attempt to transmit Chinese characters. (It’s part of a VOA Chinese story about the future of BlackBerry.) And there will be a VOA News story in Spanish. To view the Spanish accents and the Chinese characters, your character set should be UTF-8. In Fldigi: Configure > Colors & Fonts to change the character set.

The broadcast will also include an Flmsg VOA News story including an SVG-formatted VOA logo created by Mark Hirst in the UK. If you have Internet Explorer, and cannot see the logo, try renaming the Flmsg file with an .xhtml suffix.

If you listen to more than one broadcast of VOA Radiogram this weekend, close Flidigi and restart it between broadcasts. This is because something in Flmsg turns off the UTF-8 character set, even though Fldigi is still configured for UTF-8.

Two of this weekend’s VOA News stories on VOA Radiogram feature VOA journalists who are radio amateurs. VOA Asia correspondent Steven Herman, W7VOA (@W7VOA), is interviewed about his visit to North Korea, and George Putic, KI4FNF, wrote the story about the renewed search for extraterrestrial life.

And there will be a VOA News story about a way to keep older brains healthy — other than experimenting with digital modes.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, 17 and 18 August 2013:

3:04 MFSK16: Program preview
4:50 MFSK32: VOA Spanish logo and news re VOA app
1:46 MFSK32: VOA Chinese logo and sample text
3:26 MFSK32: VOA News re benefits of hot chocolate
1:22 MFSK32: VOA Radiogram logo and addresses
4:43 MFSK64: VOA’s W7VOA visits North Korea
1:18 MFSK32: Photo of W7VOA in Pyongyang
3:28 MFSK64/Flmsg*: VOA’s KI4FNF on search for extraterrestrials
1:18 MFSK32: Photo of Gemini Observatory
1:12 MFSK16: Closing announcements
0:16 Surprise mode of the week

*To make Flmsg work with Fldigi (both can be downloaded from w1hkj.com), in Fldigi: Configure > Misc > NBEMS — Under Reception of flmsg files, check both boxes, and under that indicate where your Flmsg.exe file is located.

As always, reception reports are much appreciated and should be sent to radiogram@voanews.com

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):

Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1300-1330 6095 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz

All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

http://voaradiogram.net/post/58356437579/voa-radiogram-17-18-august-2012-will-be-trilingual

venerdì 16 agosto 2013

Glenn Hauser logs August 15-16, 2013

** BANGLADESH [and non]. 15505, August 16 at 1354, JBA tone from BB; 1359 JBA IS, seems past 1400 and too weak to make out any timesignal. I am lucky to get this much, as MUF at 1220 was only 13 MHz with the 13 & 15 MHz bands dead, except for a bit o` Birmingham on 15610; and by 1400 there are only a few signals. No Sarawak [non] to be heard before 1230 on 15420, nor any Turkey [q.v.] before 1320 on 15450 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 6160v, August 16 at 0058, fair signal in English, 0059 ``CBC News is next``. Certainly CKZN at this hour before CKZU would be propagating, and CUBA 6165 hasn`t come on quite yet; but it is on and splashing by 0105 when CKZN probably aired local weather.

6160 was of especial interest, since we had just received word from Dan Say (and later from Ricky Leong; also Dan Sys via Andy Reid), of a CRTC announcement that an application from CBC to close down several rebroadcasting transmitters (LPRTs) also mentioning CKZU Vancouver, had been granted August 15!http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-410.htm
or: http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-410.htm

Would this be effective immediately? Please check, I requested.

Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, replied: ``Well, I'm listening to them right now on 6160 // 690 CBU, 0308 UT`` August 16.

I, gh, checked again at 1209, when CKZU would be propagating rather than CKZN, and found only a JBA carrier on 6160, something else?

Walt replies again: ``Very poorly heard this morning at 1417 // 690. Perhaps very low power, or propagation not allowing`` August 16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 6000, August 16 at 0536, RHC English on here instead of 6010, as predicted by Arnie Coro, intentional test (which however did not occur 24 hours earlier as he claimed). Thus re-opens 6010v for a much weaker station in Spanish, very poor with het at 0537 past 0600, presumably LV de tu Conciencia, COLOMBIA rather than Radio Mil. Mostly music past 0600, never heard ID. Now it only has splash and overload from 6000, rather than being directly obliterated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1020, August 16 at 1241 UT, KOKP Perry is again off the air, audiblizing weak Spanish music, no doubt KMMQ Nebraska still skywaving (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, August 16 at 1240 UT, as usual no signal from KEOR Catoosa/Tulsa/Sperry, which as a daytimer is entitled to start in August at 1145 UT (September: 1200), just a trace of KMOX. I have yet to discover when KEOR axually signs on, so I sit in wait for it at 1300 --- still nothing. I wait and wait. A few seconds before *1311 carrier finally kicks on, no announcement heard, but into praise music in Spanish. I suppose the odd time may well vary from day to day until they get around to it.

FCC shows this is now licensed for 10 kW daytime, 7 kW critical hours (whatever that means in this case, presumably depending on KMOX), but it sure doesn`t sound any stronger than when it was originally 2 kW. Official sunset times: 0115 UT in August, 0030 in September. Slogan Radio Victoria not reheard lately, but presumably still applies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU [and non]. 5980, August 16 at 0056, R. Chaski the best heard in a long time, not a struggle to get a carrier, but axual audio with talk; despite splash from 5990 CRI/CUBA and this went off earlier than usual by 0058. Unfortunately, Urubamba was playing music thru hourtop, and no announcement before cutoff at 0101:31.5*, no BFO needed. If they had said anything, I could have copied it easily. I did not check the past two nights! So this is 16 seconds later than three nights ago, = sticking to the average at about five and a third seconds later per 24 hours.

Conditions were also improved on 60m, with numerous carriers and some audio on the typical Bolivian, Peruvian, Ecuadorian, Brazilian frequencies. Bolivia 5952+ however was missing at 0104, while 6135- still had a good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9930, August 16 at 1217, Vietnamese is atop BS from WTWW-2; and BS from WWCR-4 on 9980 is also very poor, as the band has not yet opened up over the short 1-megameter path from mid-Tennessee. (But it has by a semihour later). 9930 is T8WH with a rare non-English clandestine slot, Quê Me Radio, instead of gospel huxters; what luck! See VIETNAM [non].

At 1358 I endure enough BS to time the delay between 9930 and 9980: WWCR is 18 seconds behind WTWW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. Re VOT replacing its interval signal: This is the latest one which has now apparently been retired, recorded in Dec 2011, and presumably to be refiled as ``vintage``:http://www.intervalsignals.net/files/tur-trt_vo_turkey_foreign_151211.m3u

Here is a previous 2004 version, unfortunately hummy and only thrice:http://www.intervalsignals.net/files/tur-z-trt_vo_turkey_foreign_010104.m3u

But that archive apparently missed the one just before the Dec 2011 version, which had all the subtle variations on the same tune! Tho I have not explored all the `domestic` clips which might duplicate it, unlikely.

But we have it preserved,http://www.w4uvh.net/votis1.mp3
recorded off web in 2006y, 15 variations running over 4 minutes. Listen carefully for the different flourishes and tempi. I find it remarkable that some log editors habitually delete my audio linx despite my trouble and desire to share them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1682 monitoring: confirmed VG on WTWW-1 9479, Thursday August 15 from 2100.5. Also confirmed on WWRB 5050 and webcast, UT Friday August 16 at 0328.5 after Dave stops the preacher at 0328 asking us to stand by for gh`s WOR.

Next: UT Saturday 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB (would European listeners please reconfirm??); Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955; UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830. Maybe also on WTWW-2 9930, Sat and/or Sun 2329v unless we have now been Overcome (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 9930, August 16 at 1217, I am hearing Vietnamese which is axually atop Brother Scare from co-channel WTWW. He starts at 1200, but daytime propagation has not yet kicked in for super-signal over the 1-megameter path; see USA. Looking this up in Aoki, I have really lucked into the sôle weekly semihour broadcast of Quê Me Radio, a pro-democracy clandestine, Fridays only 1200-1230, 100 kW, 318 degrees from PALAU. The T8WH transmission from 0800 to 1400 daily is almost all gospel-huxtering in English except for this, and one hour weekly of Japanese, but which is also gospel-huxtering, Saturdays at 08-09. The six hours daily on 9930 are entirely on 318 degrees, which misses both Vietnam and Japan, instead right across China, entering around Swatow, but close enough? Per WRTH, Quê Me is based in France, website http://queme.net (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio City & Atlantic 2000 this weekend

Radio City will be on the air Friday August 16th at 18 - 19 UTC via IRRS on
7290 kHz (and 1368 kHz in Padova, Italy),
Also repeated Saturday August 17th at 08 - 09 UTC on 9510 kHz.

You can also hear a separate programme every Saturday at 19 - 20 UTC via Radio Merkurs, Latvia on 1485 kHz.

On the 4th Saturday of the month there is also a transmission via Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 kHz at 12 - 13 UTC.

Contact address is still: citymorecars@yahoo.ca

Atlantic 2000 on Sunday 18th of August:
08.00 to 09.00 UTC on 9480 kHz via MVBR

Programme streaming at the same time on our website: http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr/

All reports to: atlantic2000international@gmail.com Thank you!

Glenn Hauser logs August 15, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15505, August 15 at 1356, BB tonetest is JBA; 1358 IS; congrats on the timesignal ending only 0.5 second late after 1400! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming August 15 before 1300; once again, propagation is quite degraded:
12910, very poor at 1254, also with CCI? Unusual spot, new frequency?
15970, very poor at 1254; none in the 13s, 14s, 16s, 17s, 18s

August 15 before 1400:
14980, very poor at 1347; none in the 13s, 12s
15900, poor at 1345; also poor 15 MHz inbanders
16100, very poor at 1345
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 7370-7440, Aug 15 at 0552, wall-of-noise jamming against 7405 R. Martí (which nevertheless is quite readable), bleeds out plus/minus 35 kHz, with individual pulses of a certain pitch; adjacent to 7365 center of another pulse jammer against nothing of quite different pitch and faster rate. I`ve also noted bleeds like this surrounding other Cuban jammers; would it be too much to ask Arnie for them to be confined to the target frequencies at the times they are really on? Of course it would!

6125, August 15 at 0554, RHC English anomaly now is the absence of this frequency, while the overkill quartet of others are nominal.

Including 6010 at 0555 August 15, not 6000, despite this from Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK: ``Radio Havana Cuba noted still with English on 6000 kHz this morning (Aug 14) at 0509 after scheduled close of English on this frequency. Reason was given at 0540 by Arnie Coro in the mid-week edition of 'DXers Unlimited': ``RHC are testing 6000 kHz 0500-0700 UTC to Pacific Coast of North America for the next few days (starting UTC day Aug 14) in replacement of 6010 kHz.`` Not tonight, they aren`t! That would certainly be welcomed by HJDH (and XEOI if it`s on? Haven`t heard or seen reports of it at any hour for some weeks again) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 15050, August 15 at 0134, very poor signal with music, 0135 talk; besides something worse on 11620, this is all I can get from AIR for the special independence day ceremonies. None of the 7 MHz regional channels were audible, nor did I expect them to be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 730, August 15 at 0608 UT, choral Mexican NA is playing, apparent long-version if it started circa 0600; 0609 short Chihuahua state anthem with choir, but mainly male soloist; listen for keyword ``chihuahuense`` not to mix it with other states. Plenty of QRM tonite rather than often dominant signal, so maybe not running day power of 50 kW. 0610 full ID as Ke Buena, XEHB on FM, and AM 730, street address in Hidalgo del Parral; mentions Radiorama group ``la cadena que une a México``; ``no hay más; estamos contigo`` and into banda music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, August 15 at 0549, a rare appearance of VON, good signal level but quite low modulation during song; not much distortion, anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1682: completed in time for first airing on WRMI, UT Thursday August 15 at 0330, unconfirmed. Next:

Thursday 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479
UT Friday 0326v on WWRB 5050
UT Saturday 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB
Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955
UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830

The previous Sat & Sun 2329v on WTWW-2 9930 may or may not appear; last week Saturday did not, while Sunday did. Brother Scare has been heard affirming that he will (soon?) be on this transmitter 24/7 with 5085 overnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 670, August 15 at 0601 UT, as I null WSCR I am getting not only Cuba, but another English-speaking sportstalk station; 0604 YL refers to ```the mothership``, and CBS Sports Radio. First checked KBOI schedule in case it`s out of whack, but not. Then affiliate list
http://radio.cbssports.com/stations/
leads right to KWXI Glenwood AR, which is supposed to be a 5 kW daytimer! And the only CBSSR affiliate on 670 besides WSCR itself, but which had different programming.

Then checking FCC AM Query, no hit on KWXI! That`s because the call changed Feb 1, 2013, as we then find by searching 670 and AR: Now it`s KHGZ --- but it is still licensed as 5 kW daytime *only*, non-direxional. They do have a PSRA ranging from 1 watt in the winter to 500 watts in the summer; and a PSSA ranging from 1 to 3 watts, depending on the time in the evening, yearound --- but of course that has nothing at all to do with being on the air at 1 am local!

It`s not the first time I have caught KWXI cheating. Previously logged Oct 5, 2012 at 0544 UT in similar situation with definite ID. ``KWXI`` should be a desirable pronounceable call ``Quicksy``; wonder if they sold it off to some other station? Anyhow, inapplicable to any current AM or FM station.

BTW, without KWXI/KHGZ getting in the way, WSCR and CMBA used to be precisely zero-beat, never a SAH nulling one or the other, but lately they have been SAHing each other (WRTH shows 13 Rebelde transmitters on 670, two of which are 50 kW; surely not all of them are zero-beat) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)

Martedì 13 agosto 2013
20.00 + 20.36 - 6265,2 kHz
CWR-CRAZY WAVE RADIO
Musica pop-rock, IDs OMs EE/GG.
Segnale buono-sufficiente
-
21.07 - 6299,9 kHz
RADIO TIDALWAVE
Oldies 90s e IDs OM.
Segnale buono sufficiente
-
*20.56 - 6195 kHz (PL-660 - SYNC-USB)
R.ROSSII+prob. Regionale - Ulan Ude (Russia)
Inno coro OMs/YLs (registrazione confrontata con un video su YT), segnale orario e nxs OM in russo.
Da circa le 21.10 c'è stato una specie di carillon e poi un parlato maschile in una lingua simile al mongolo.
Il picco di segnale c'è stato verso le 21.15-21.25 e poi piano piano, pur restando pulito, è calato e si sono aggiunge alcune scariche temporalesche non locali.

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Giovedì 15 agosto 2013
01.45 - 6160v kHz
CKZN - St. John's (Canada)
Inglese, annuncio OM "CBC" e dialogo OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente
In sottofondo, probabilmente, Arkhangelsk.
-
01.55 - 6134,8 kHz
R. SANTA CRUZ (Bolivia)
Spagnolo, dialogo OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
Tawantinsuyo 6174v sempre troppo bassa.
-
02.33 - 6185 kHz
R. EDUCACION - Mexico DF
Canzone locale YL (e modulazione un po' bassa).
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
RN DA AMAZONIA 6180 dominante.
6160: alle 02.54 inizia lo splash dalla TRT su 6165.
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02.58 - 6110 kHz
RADIO FANA - Addis Ababa (Etiopia)
s/on, int/sig e nxs YL.
Segnale buono
-
03.05 - 6070 kHz
R. 6150 - Röhrbach (Germania)
Solite registrazioni vintage.
Segnale buono-sufficiente
CFRX sembrava assente o, forse, lontanissima in sottofondo.
-
03.08 - 6055 kHz
RADIO RWANDA - Kigali
Canzone locale OMs/YLs.
Segnale buono
-
21.19 - 6518//6600 kHz
VO THE PEOPLE (TO N. KOREA)+JAMMING
Segnale buono-sufficiente
Per un po' di tempo non l'ho sentita. Inattività o propagazione.
-
21.22 - 6919.2 kHz
R. PINK PANTHER
R. Carrà e altri oldies.
Segnale buono-sufficiente
-
21.47-21.54* - 6297LSB kHz
NON IDENTIFICATA
James Brown e altri oldies.
Segnale sufficiente
Sul blog shortwavedx davano più presto R. MAZDA, ma in AM.
-
22.00 - 6284,7 kHz
R. FOCUS INT.
Country rock e IDs OM.
Segnale sufficiente
-
22.16 - 6260 kHz
Annuncio RADIO TINA. Vecchia registrazione?
Sul blog shortwavedx più tardi davano R. BORDERHUNTER.
Segnale buono
-
22.20 - 6206 kHz
R. BLUE STAR
Live DJ canterino!!!
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
22.22 - 6240 kHz
Stavo monitorando altre stazioni e quando sono tornato sulla frequenza aveva chiuso.
Sul blog shortwavedx più presto hanno segnalato R. SLUWE VOS.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
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22.35 - 9200 kHz
SOUND OF HOPE RADIO NETWORK?
CNR1 JAMMER?
Cinese, tk OM+YL, tipo TV talk.
Segnale buono
If SOH, no more low power txs?

***

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

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Set 1 (LW-MW-SW)
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
PL-660 Tecsun
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ANTENNE
1) Da 70 kHz a 2 MHz:
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA modificata per LW-VLF
Preamplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION autocostruito (escludibile)
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2) Da 2 a 5-6 MHz:
Loop magnetico interno tipo KR1ST 150x100 cm su finestra
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3) Da 5-6 a 30 MHz:
Dipolo aperto 16 metri
Balun 1:32 su toroide FT-140/43 ACA

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ACCESSORI
Su antenne HF:
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato W8JI (escludibile)
Preamplificatore RF kit LX1456 NE (escludibile)
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Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie GBC

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Set 2 (LW-MW)
RICEVITORI
VR5000DSP Yaesu
E5 Etón
-
ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA

***

REGISTRATORI
Digitali Sony
ICD-B500 (R7)
ICD-BX800 (PL-660)
ICD-BX112 (VR5000 - E5)

***

SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.3 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.1.1 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 6.1.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.4 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.3.1 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.1.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
VoaCap online (calcoli propagazione HF)

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DATABASE
Kindle 4 Amazon

giovedì 15 agosto 2013

ERT is on the air on a single frequency 9420

GREECE Again ERT is on the air on a single frequency 9420 on August 15:
from 1200 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
from 1200 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, scheduled till 1657
1200-1357 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
from 1400 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek, scheduled till 1857

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

No shortwave broadcasts of Radio Salam Watandar on August 15

AFGHANISTAN/BULGARIA No shortwave broadcasts of Radio Salam Watandar on August 15
0230-0400 on 11545 SOF 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto/Dari
1330-1500 on 15615 SOF 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto/Dari

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs August 12, 14, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15505, Aug 14 at 1357 BB with tone; just before 1358 the IS starts with some hum and runs past 1400. Final iteration faded down incomplete in order to play off-time signal ending at 1400:20.5, later than lately or usual, then opening Urdu. Very poor with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake [non], August 14, CNR1 jamming before 1300:
13830, very poor at 1236; none in the 12s
14800, very poor at 1236
15940, poor at 1233
16100, poor at 1233 with flutter; none in the 17s, 18s
Propagation conditions are generally degraded, even from HCJB Australia on 15 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [and non]. 11605, August 14 at 0545, French news about Maroc, hum and flutter, fair signal, better than // but not synch 11700. 11605 is RFI via SOUTH AFRICA at 05-07; 11700 is Issoudun direct at 04-08 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420, Aug 14 at 0551, M&W in Greek, laughing, fair with flutter, so ``ERT`` is on now, tho increasingly sporadic or on ``wrong`` frequencies per Ivo Ivanov (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. It`s time for the annual Independence Day ceremonies which cause AIR to modify its schedule for live broadcasts, as Jose Jacob has explained in detail in advance. It is hoped that many of the less active regional stations will come back on, and sometimes on `day` instead of `night` frequencies to avoid interruptions for the Flag-raising ceremony, etc., starting at 0130 UT August 15.

But, first, ``14 August 2013 (Wednesday) 1330 UT (7.00 pm IST) Honble President Pranab Mukherjee`s `Address to the Nation` on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English at 1330 UT (7.00 pm IST). All stations of AIR will relay this on MW, SW & FM.``

[Prithwiraj Purkayastha in Jorhat, Assam, India, confirms to the dxldyg that AIR Kohima was back on 4850 for the speech at 1330-1400]

Unfortunately, that`s far too late for anything to propagate on 60m to deep North America, but I try the higher frequencies:

9870, at 1320 Aug 14, VBS with vocal music, usual CCCCI from CRI English making a SAH; at 1333 I can hear that the speech is being delivered in English, but too much QRM to copy it.

How about the AIR GOS also starting ordinarily at 1330? Nothing pre-empted here: 9690 at 1328 no IS but OC, song starts just before 1329, sign-on and news from 1330.5 until 1339.5; // 13710 turns out to be better, while nothing audible on 11620. Maybe the speech is delayed later into the sesquihour, but I give up after hearing music at 1350 on 13710 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 4870-, Aug 14 at 1225, carrier and traces of talk, presumed RRI Wamena. It`s been active lately per http://rri.jpn.org/ altho no entry yet for this date, and Ishida does not deal in precise frequencies. Wamena is always on the lo side and yesterday Ron Howard put it at 4969.92 tho it seemed to me lower than that today, more like Chuck Bolland`s unID on Aug 10 at 1030-1045 on 4869.947. At same time I was also getting carriers on 4750, no doubt including RRI Makassar on the lo side of that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS [and non]. Correcting date for this item in my report of August 11-12: not August 4 as typoed originally! Tnx to Ron Howard for catching it:

5020-, August 12 at 1157 I have a very weak carrier from SIBC, so wait to time its cutoff: approx. 1200.5*. Otherwise before 1200 there were carriers from 3385 PNG, 4940 China, but not from 4750 Indonesia or 4755 Micronesia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 15450, Aug 14 at 1228, Turkish music with periodic Voice of Turkey IDs in English, very poor signal, accurate 6-pip timesignal to 1230, last pip prolonged, and opening English. Now it dawns on me that VOT has abolished their longtime repetitive keyboard IS and replaced it with this orchestral music, which explains why I was not hearing the old IS a few minutes prior to other broadcasts. Need to tune the better English transmissions a few minutes before 2200 on 9830 (RTTY permitting), 0300 on 9515 to North America.

By clicking on Broadcast from this page http://www.trt-world.com/trtworld/en/news.aspx
the complete transmission autolaunches. But audio on demand omits the IS lead-in! As of Aug 14, the latest one is dated 11 August! and starts with the canned sign=*off* announcement! ``you have been listening to ---``, English schedule, ``thank you for listening to the Voice of Turkey, and goodbye``, but then program previews and news (or rather olds).

Advancing player to near the end of the 50+ minute file, but nothing audible, maybe not fully loaded yet, but can play the Q of the Month at :35 in. A few minutes later it`s all loaded so I advance to :47 minutes during fill music, headlines and the sign-off announcement again, but not a note of any IS; then auto-replays the file from the start (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 9885, Aug 14 at 0553, VOA French poorly audible via BOTSWANA, suppressed by Greenville carrier already on prior to site switch at 0600; having ignored my previous report of this self-collision. No, neither targets OK, but surely Greenville aimed eastward is QRM in Africa too, as it will be the only modulated signal a few minutes later.

15640, August 14 at 1401, good signal and modulation with news about Morsi at 1403 with angry crowd, stingers, listed as VOA Kurdish, 10 degrees from BOTSWANA. Doesn`t usually stand out like this; compared to JBA carrier on 15650, presumably Greece (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

No shortwave broadcast from ERT on August 15

GREECE No shortwave broadcast from ERT at 0630 UTC on August 15:
0400-0807 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek or till 1200
0400-0807 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek or till 1157
0400-0807 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek or till 1200
Also no signal on other frequencies of ERT 7450, 7475, 9935, 15650

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

mercoledì 14 agosto 2013

Changes of Media Broadcast (MBR)

GERMANY Changes of Media Broadcast (MBR):
Bible Voice Broadcasting
0700-0730 on 5945 NAU 100 kW / 270 deg to WeEu English Sun, ex till 0745
0700-0745 on 5945 NAU 100 kW / 270 deg to WeEu English Sat, ex Sat/Sun
1630-1645 on 15215 MOS 125 kW / 095 deg to SoAs Tamil Fri, cancelled
1630-1645 on 15215 NAU 125 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Tamil Sun, cancelled
1730-1800 on 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed, cancelled
1800-1830 on 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg to EaAf Somali Sun, cancelled
1830-1845 on 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg to EaAf Amharic Sat, ex till 1900

Brother Stair/The Overcomer Ministries
1200-1400 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 061 deg to EaEu English, ex 060 deg
1200-1400 on 17750 ISS 100 kW / 077 deg to N/ME English, ex 120 deg
2000-2200 on 11775 NAU 100 kW / 175 deg to NoAf English, ex 250 kW
2100-2300 on 15390 NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to SoAm English, ex 240 deg
2100-2300 on 15620 NAU 125 kW / 299 deg to NoAm English, ex 300 deg

Radio EYSC - Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change
1730-1800 on 15310 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Tue/Fri, cancelled

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

German Public Broadcasters Plan LW and MW Shutdowns

Jul 8, 2013 11:44 PM, By Doug Irwin, CPBE DRB
http://www.radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/german_public_broadcasters_plan_lw_and_mw_shutdowns_0708/

Jul 8, 2013 - German public broadcasters Deutschlandfunk and Deutschland Radio Kultur will decommission their medium-wave and long-wave transmitters by the end of 2014, according to RadioNL. The money saved will go in to the expansion of their DAB+ transmission capabilities.

DeutschlandFunk has transmitters on 153 kHz and 207 kHz, along with seven MW frequencies, including 1269 kHz and 549 kHz. Deutschland Radio Kultur has stations on 177 kHz and 990 kHz. The LW power levels are 500 kW, and the MW power levels are between 100 and 400 kW. The broadcasters expect to save millions of Euros every year in electricity costs.

Both DeutschlandFunk and Deutschland Radio Kultur are available around Germany via FM, and increasingly, via DAB+. However, the shipping industry makes use of the 1269 kHz and 177 kHz frequencies, since messages regarding the shipping forecast are broadcast thrice daily. The public broadcasters both say that the same information is available via alternative methods, including DAB+ and via the public Internet (via Dennis Gibson, ABDX via DXLD)

Glenn Hauser logs August 12-13, 2013

** AUSTRALIA. 15490, Aug 13 at 1232, HCJB Rawang service on VG signal, SSOB in fact, with guitar, country-music gospel song by OM, 1233 IAD, 1234 cut to another hymn by YL, 1235 cut to usual hypreacher. They need some improvement in editing.

No doubt the Rawangs are impressed by somestation bothering to broadcast in their minority language; is it the only one on SW? Not quite: Once you find EiBi`s abbr. for it as RWG, easiest place to research this is his list: FEBC also has a quarter-hour daily; and HCJB presents another semihour in local mornings. His exhaustive language list at http://www.eibispace.de/dx/README.TXT
shows population info: ``RWG Rawang: Burma (60,000), India-Arunachal Pr.(60,000)``, now all on the road to Jerusalem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake, August 13 before 1300:
13795, very poor at 1245, mixing with CNR1

The rest are CNR1 jammers instead:
13830, very poor at 1245; none in the 17s, 16s, 15s, 14s, 12s, 10s
Plus the inbanders on 11 MHz.

Except:
11935, fair with fades at 1249, the CRI Russian service plays a brief clip of Firedrake, surely not proudly proclaiming their jamming tactic
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE [non]. 9420, August 13 around 1215, I am zeroing this frequency in order to tune in 15420 for RFS, and as usual hear no Greece at this hour but China. However, Ivo Ivanov reports that today from 1200, VOG is missing from all its frequencies, 9420, 9935 and 15630. Hope the authorities haven`t finally overtaken and turned off the Avlis SW site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, August 13 at 0059-0101:15.5*, R. Chaski JBA carrier stops, about 6 seconds later than yesterday, so make that approximate, as it was fading in and out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SARAWAK [non]. 15420, Aug 13 at 1216, JBA carrier begins to appear from R. Free Sarawak via TAIWAN on its second day of reactivation. Now must have started properly at 1100, as it cuts off at correct time of 1230:27* --- altho judging from yesterday, its audibility would have improved here during the following hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 12075, August 13 at 1247, environmental report from VOA News, poor signal. This hour is via Tinang, PHILIPPINES daily, but if you hear 12075 with `Jazz America` the following hour between 13 & 14 on Sat & Sun, that`s via TINIAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 7250, Aug 13 at 0529, VR bells, fair, so looks like this is going to continue in use (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11159-USB, RAF VOLMET, location never identified for sure, appears to have been a temporary transmission, perhaps prompted by a British military exercise in western Canada. Originally found to be missing early August 12, several further chex continue to find the frequency vacant: Aug 12 at 2055; Aug 13 at 0055, 0526, 1225. Hope someone can pin it down retroactively.

Meanwhile, another comment from DXLD contributor Chuck Albertson, in Seattle WA: ``Re Don's report from Edmonton on 8/11, I don't think the
VOLMET broadcast on 11159 is coming from a xmtr in British Columbia at that hour (~0400). If it was, the signal would probably skip right over me, or come in like a local. Instead, what I hear at that time fades a lot. Also, "Aldergrove" is a military reference for Belfast International Airport. It used to be co-named RAF Aldergrove; now it's a helicopter base, but the airport can handle large transports, so that's why it's on the list`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

India Independence specials start 1330 UT Wed

** INDIA. Special broadcasts by All India Radio on Independence Day
(15 Aug 2013) India is celebrating its 67th Independence Day on 15 August 2013. The
details of special programs by AIR for the occasion is as follows: 14 August 2013 (Wednesday) 1330 UT (7.00 pm IST) Honble President Pranab Mukherjee`s ``Address to the Nation`` on the
eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English at 1330 UT (7.00 pm IST). All stations of AIR will relay this on MW,SW & FM.
Look out on the following Home Service SW frequencies 4660 Leh
4760 Port Blair
4775 Imphal: Off air
4800 Hyderabad
4810 Bhopal
4820 Kolkata
4830 Jammu: Off air
4835 Gangtok
4840 Mumbai
4850 Kohima: Off air
4860 Shimla
4880 Lucknow
4895 Kurseong
4910 Jaipur
4920 Chennai
4940 Guwahati: Off air
4950 Srinagar
4960 Ranchi: Off air
4970 Shillong
4990 Itanagar : Irregular
5010 Thiruvananthapuram
5040 Jeypore
5050 Aizawl
6030 Delhi
9425 Delhi
9470 Aligarh
9870 Bangalore (new transmitter) 15 August 2013 (Thursday), 0135-0240 UT (0705-0810 hrs IST) All India Radio will broadcast the running commentary in English and
Hindi on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minster Dr. Manmohan Singh`s
speech to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0135-0240 UT (0705-
0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2013 on the following SW frequencies. English:
7225, 11985, 15050 Hindi: 6030 Delhi 250 KW 6155 Aligarh 250 kW 9595 Delhi 250 KW
11620 Bengaluru 500 KW (Note : External Services in Urdu on 6155, 9595, 11620 are replaced by
commentary at this time) The Regional SW Stations will start using their day time frequencies
about 1 hour or more earlier than usual on 15th August as follows to
relay the Commentary. This may provide enhanced reception of stations
than on normal days. The sign on schedule for that day is as follows with normal sign on
timings in brackets. 1. Bhopal            0130 UT (Ex 0225) 7430
2. Chennai           0130 UT (Ex 0300) 7380
3. Hyderabad         0130 UT (Ex 0225) 7420
4. Imphal            0130 UT (Ex 0225) 7335
5. Kolkata           0130 UT (Ex 0230) 7210
6. Port Blair        0130 UT (Ex 0315) 7390
7. Shimla            0025 UT (Ex 0215) 6020
8. Thiruvanathapuram 0130 UT (Ex 0230) 7290 Note: Srinagar will not change to 6110 at 0215 but will continue on
4950 Other frequencies operating as usual at that time but carrying the
commentary are as follows:
4660 Leh
4830 Jammu:: Off air
4835 Gangtok
4840 Mumbai
4850 Kohima:: Off air
4880 Lucknow
4895 Kurseong
4910 Jaipur
4940 Guwahati: Off air
4960 Ranchi:: Off air
4970 Shillong
4990 Itanagar: Irregular
5040 Jeypore
5050 Aizawl
7270 Chennai All stations of AIR will relay the running commentary. Reception Reports to : spectrum-manager @ air.org.in
or Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy)
All India Radio,
Room No. 204
Akashvani Bhawan,
Parliament Street
New Delhi 110001, India Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Aug 7, dx_india yg via DXLD 13-32 via dxldyg)

martedì 13 agosto 2013

No signal of WTWW-2 on 9930 at 1630 UTC

USA No signal of WTWW-2 on 9930 at 1630. But Brother Stair was confirmed:
1153-1500 on 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm English on Tuesday, August 13.

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Again no signal of ERT on Tuesday, August 13

GREECE Again no signal of ERT on Tuesday, August 13
from 1200 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
from 1200 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
from 1200 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek

--
73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs August 11-12, 2013

** AUSTRALIA. 15490, August 12 at 1250, HCJB Kununurra inbooming with gospel huxter yelling in unknown language about ``Yesucristu``. Once in a while, QRM from distorted English, suspected their program feed problem from Melbourne. I`ll take the other service on 15340 instead, with some S Asian singing by a hyper-soprano. Aoki shows 15340 in Bengali on Mondays at 1245-1300, and 15490 in Rawang daily at 1230-1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15505, August 12 at 1356, BB carrier is on with big hum, 1358:27 IS starts and the hum is reduced; timesignal ends at 1400:01.5, opening Urdu; transmitter hiccups off briefly at 1401:09 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 6180, 6175, 6135, 6125, 6110, August 12 at 1203, an oversupply of CNR1, mainly due to the jamming imperative, 1205 featuring kidvoices. The adjacents seemed unusual: Aoki shows 6175 is a non-jammer, while 6180 blox Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 11980, August 12 at 1213, interview about the limitations on how tall buildings can go, mainly managing elevators. Sometimes it`s hard to tell BBC from CRI, but this is the latter since it`s // 9760, while BBC is on 11750//9740. 11980 is southward from Kunming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake music jamming, August 12 before 1400:
13795, very poor at 1345, mixing with CNR1 and/or target

The rest are CNR1, without Firedrake:
15550, very poor at 1344 with het on lo side
15570, fair at 1344
None in the 18s, 17s, 16s, 14s, 13s, 12s, just the usual in-banders on 11 and 15 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CONGO DR [non]. 11690, August 12 at 0434, finally got around to confirming that Radio Okapi has *not* returned, despite hopeful (or contingent) BaBcoCk registration in HFCC for this hour via South Africa effective 1 August (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11880, Sunday August 11 at 2159, surprised to hear RHC in Esperanto, wrapping broadcast and running past 2200; finally 2202.5 IS and opening French. Neglected to check whether Esperanto appeared again at the properly scheduled time and frequency of 2230 on 15370. Maybe additional airing at 2130, or running on program feed line and turned on 11880 a bit early; it has appeared before at other unscheduled Sunday afternoon times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420, Aug 12 at 0520, rump ERT is still on the air, good signal with W&M in Greek. Alan Roe found this as of August 10:

Coordinated effort to silence ERT – They are shutting down the transmitters
<http://www.ertopen.com/news-in-4-languges/english/item/2894-coordinated-effort-to-silence-ert-%E2%80%93-they-are-shutting-down-the-transmitters#.Uge_w23t6sE>

No mention of shortwave in this article, presumably the lowest priority from a domestic standpoint (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 15225, August 12 at 1342, language pronounces www.twr in English, mixed with S Asian music, poor-fair. Aoki shows KTWR, 100 kW, 290 degrees at 1315-1345 in Assamese, except Saturdays in Manipuri (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, August 12 at 0100-0101:09.5*, R. Chaski carrier tracked until cutoff, despite splash from CRI/Cuba 5990 overrun with futile English 0100 past 0101 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 17745, Sunday August 11 at 2117, Spanish announcement, rock song in uncertain language, good signal at peaks from deep fades, 2121 RRI ID, opening `Club de Oyentes` with Victoria Sepciu (who seems to have quite a fan base in Ibero-America); answers listeners mail until ``hasta la próxima`` at 2125, but she`s just finishing one response, not the whole program.

// 15300 is better where I switch at 2136; she gives her personal yahoo.es address, until 2137. Then at 2138 she`s back with DX program, first news about RTI renovating its transmitter sites, something we have already read about in English; then more mailbag (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SARAWAK [non]. 15420-, August 12 at 1128 checking for Radio Free Sarawak which is reactivating via TAIWAN today, but no signal, nor at 1155 as the 19m band is almost dead. Keep checking and by 1219 there is a JBA carrier, 1223 talk audible, fading in better at 1224, sounds like Iban language we heard in previous incarnation, resembling Malay, with occasional word-matches such as ``orang``. Carrier is slightly on lo side compared to 9420, 1420 signals. It`s a phone interview; studio side mentions ``demokrasi``. Glad I could hear it just before scheduled sign-off 1230 --- but wait, it keeps on going! 1233.4 a bit of music and YL ID as Radio Free Sarawak, and seeming contact, sponsor info. Gradually improving so really running until 1300*, the old schedule? 1238 more music and announcement, 1239 more phone interview. It`s still very poor, compared to e.g. 15450 Turkey, and much stronger 15490 HCJB-Australia. 1254, 15420 still in and talking about orang.
But wait, it`s still going past 1300! 1303.6 another music bit, more talk, 1310 when I break my fast. Next check 1341, now it`s off so maybe lasted until 1330.

Later I read reports from others: Wolfgang Büschel says that religious music was playing (by mistake?) during first half-hour from 1100 on 15420.017. So maybe RFS got extended on this one occasion in compensation? Ivo Ivanov timed RFS programming from 1150 to 1321. Ron Howard was hearing same thing from 1106 past 1307, and points out the website has been updated, with new audio available, viz.:

``Radio Free Sarawak, Winner Of the International Press Institute's Free Media Pioneer Award 2013
7pm-8.30pm Local 1100-12.30 UTC, SW 15420 kHz, Tel 082-237191

Radio Free Sarawak, responding to popular demand, is back on air today to keep folk abreast of vital developments since GE13, where Sarawak's rural seats again kept BN in power, despite the landslide against the government in West Malaysia.

We look at the Baram election petition – how was that seat lost in the face of huge popular concern over Taib's dam plans and why was the case thrown out on a technicality?

And the shocking reversal of the judgement in favour of the native land owners at Long Teran, thrown off their territories by IOI/Pelita. The company and state government had appealed against compensating the people who lost their livelihoods!

There is comment from veteran broadcaster Christina Suntai and much more tonight and all week from your favourite team at RFS.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS [and non]. 5020-, August 4 at 1157 I have a very weak carrier from SIBC, so wait to time its cutoff: approx. 1200.5*. Otherwise before 1200 there were carriers from 3385 PNG, 4940 China, but not from 4750 Indonesia or 4755 Micronesia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5980, August 12 at 1204, NO signal from VOA English, which I had heard August 8 at 1212. Still not in the latest HFCC dated 12 August. Was it a one-off, test or mistake?? Site? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15560, August 12 at 0516, poor signal apparently in Pashto, conversation about Taliban, Afghanistan. Aoki shows Mashaal Radio, 04-06, 250 kW, 90 degrees from Nauen, GERMANY; while HFCC claims it`s IBB in Urdu. WRTH shows it all in Pashto, but it`s the service for the ``Pakistani border region with Afghanistan``; a sub-station of RFE/RL out of Praha (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1681 monitoring: altho missing from WTWW-2 9930, Saturday at 2330, it`s back Sunday August 11 at 2328, so altho greatly expanded, the 24/7 Brother Scare service hasn`t started quite yet. Next WORs: Tue 1100 on WRMI 9955; maybe Wed 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, August 12 at 1151 UT, ``KLA News Report``, i.e. from the Kansas Livestock Association, not a radio station, just a segment on my semi-local KLEY Wellington (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non?]. 1500, August 12 at 1143 UT, Mexican music catches my ear looping NE/SW, but soon loses out to a CBS News update, mixed with local ads, 1145 Osgood, then local weather relaying NWS robot concerning Palesteen, Red River, northeast North Texas, K-Jim ID in passing, i.e. KJIM Sherman TX.

As for the Mexican, two other Texans on 1500 are SS per last year`s NRC AM Log, plus some further afield in AL, IL, altho I would prefer the only likely one in Cantú,
1500 XEJQ La Explosiva Parras de la Fuente, Coah. 400 D
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1590, Aug 12 at 0558 UT, C2CAM outro and then dead air until almost 0600 when KVGB ID as ``Voice of the Golden Belt, Great Bend``, into ABC news. So GB has a double-meaning. I can`t find Golden Belt mentioned on their incomplete website, http://www.kvgbam.com/ where ``Talk of the Town`` is the rather unspecific slogan, but Googling indicates that ``Golden Belt`` is the local-area sobriquet, applied to a cinema, etc. Does golden allude to canola, or what? Surely not Au (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 7250, Monday August 12 at 0524, surprised to hear VP signal with W&M conversation in English, sounds like Vatican Radio; much weaker than 7275 Tunisia, 7295 Algeria/France. Have not heard it on 7250 for months in almost-nightly 41m-scans around this hour, and presumed off for the summer. But it has continued to be registered starting at 0530 with 250 kW at 4 degrees; Aoki shows same except on Sundays, with Latin mass. At 0528 closing English, ``L.I.C.``, bells before and after 0529, but no IS, 0530 Italian announcement and classical music, now // very good 9645 with Bach (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11159-USB, August 12 at 0511, fair signal surging to good peaks, from VOLMET mystery, citing Hannover conditions at the moment. 0536, Brize-Norton, but cut off incomplete, resuming with non-ID; shortly, Hannover again. Next check at 1128, it`s gone! And still gone at 1208, and later chex, finally at 1724. Could it be gone for good, just as abruptly as it had appeared?

Noel Green in England found 11159 as well as 11253, 5450 all off the air at 0845. Another radio listener says 11253 & 5450 popped back on the air at 1432, but not 11159. Nor did I find 11159 moved anywhere else on the 11, 8 or 13 MHz aero bands, when I searched between 1200 and 1300.

Meanwhile someone sent me a schedule of all the locations mentioned in the five different ``slots``, twice an hour (applicable to RAF on all three frequencies, tho 11159 wasn`t synchronized?). Some of these airfields I have never heard of and don`t yet know which countries they inhabit.

Already realizing there is one at Waddington UK, I was beginning to suspect that`s what `she` says rather than Wellington, and this confirms it: so never mind all the discussion about whether it`s about New Zealand. Chris Greenway points out that Aldergrove refers to Belfast, Northern Ireland (altho one is also in British Columbia).

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RAF VOLMET Slot Timings
-----------------------
Minutes past the hour:

00/30 07/37 13/43 19/49 25/55
SlotTime 1&6 SlotTime 2&7 SlotTime 3&8 SlotTime 4&9 SlotTime 5&10

Brize Norton Northolt Gibraltar Bari Muscat
Waddington Aldergrove Porto Sigonella Kandahar
Birmingham Culdrose Tenerife Souda Bay Bastion
East Midlands Hannover Dakar Akrotiri Minhad
Manchester Geilenkirchen Ascension Larnace Baghdad
Cardiff Adana Recife Cairo Kabul
Prestwick Budapest Mombassa Istres Trabzon
Marham Bucharest Nairobi Evreux Ashgabat
Lossiemouth Bardufoss Brize Norton Nice Baku
Leeming Evenes Bamako Lajes Al Udeid
Coningsby Trondheim Algiers Faro Thumrait
Benson Keflavik Abidjan Salalah
Odiham Bodo Al Maktoum
Bahrain
Fujairairah

Be sure these are lined up in a non-proportional font of at least 70 spaces to display properly. Note that the bottom entries in each column of different lengths are: Odiham, Bodo, Abidjan, Faro, Fujairairah (should that be Al-Fujayrah as in UAE? Lots of variation in transcribing Arabic, but an extra syllable?). Note also that not all of these are exactly as heard spoken, e.g. ``Tenerife-South``, ``Adana-Incirlik``.

Also there is a postal address, but no e-mail located yet. Maybe they would tell us where 11159 is or was; note, it`s not Shanwick (which is a contraxion for the commercial airports Shannon/Prestwick):

Swanwick Military
London Area Control Centre
Box 13
Sopwith Way
Swanwick
Southampton
SO31 7AY

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Further posts about this in the UDXF yg:

Recording.https://app.box.com/s/mwque9h4nl5fong53s3s
(Ken, August 11, UDXF yg via DXLD)

As I posted yesterday, the site I suspect is lower mainland area near
Vancouver. I am in Northern Alberta and within reasonable range of the
Edmonton military TX site near Cardiff and it is almost inaudible when I am beamed in that direction (NW). It peaks nicely to the SW and is too strong to be another hop further west (Don Moman, AB, August 11, ibid.)

Hi Don, VE6WCA has an online HF receiver near Long Lake Provincial Park. The 11159 signal is very strong. As to the Aldergrove, BC transmitter as far as I know it has been deactivated and looks to have nothing but VHF and Sat dishes on site.

I really think the British military is training in Alberta and/or Manitoba. I will check tomorrow locally though and see what I hear. I had my system apart today (Ken Keeks, Aug 11, ibid.)

Yes, I know Rene, VE6WCA as he is maybe 100 km due north of my location. I have put one of my Perseus rx here on line at various times today. The British are often training at Suffield in southern Alberta. No HF tx site there tho.

By Aldergrove, I was referring to its Matsqui transmitter site 28 km away - west of Chilliwack and north of Abbottsford. I'm sure this site is still active. Everything is remote these days anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Radio_Section_Aldergrove

Naval Radio Section Aldergrove, or NRS Aldergrove, is a Canadian
Forces
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Forces_base>
naval radio communications facility located in both Aldergrove
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldergrove,_British_Columbia>
and Matsqui
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsqui,_British_Columbia>,

NRS Aldergrove is the Royal Canadian Navy
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy>
's primary communications relay site for Maritime Forces Pacific <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Forces_Pacific>

The Aldergrove receiving site is located 59 kilometres east of Vancouver, British Columbia in the community of Aldergrove whereas the Matsqui transmitter site is located 28 kilometres northeast of Aldergrove.

The Aldergrove receiving site comprises 1,220 acres (4.9 km2) while
Matsqui comprises 230 acres (0.93 km2). About 440 acres (1.8 km2) of the Aldergrove site are used for the antenna field, while the remainder is used as an electromagnetic interference (EMI) buffer zone from local development. Currently, Aldergrove and Matsqui are staffed with 1 operator and between 15 to 17 technicians (via Don Moman, ibid.)

here is a view of the Matsqui TX-site via Google Street View:https://maps.google.com/maps?q=49.110677,-122.250082&ll=49.110252,-122.249444&spn=0.005064,0.013937&sll=53.057746,-104.153123&sspn=0.018596,0.055747&hnear=h&layer=c&cbll=49.110677,-122.250082&panoid=UuiPVyxQ1_OwQvFznvcCCQ&cbp=12,105.15,,0,-4.16&t=h&z=17

BRGDS (//Leif Dehio, ibid.)

As someone else has already pointed out, the Aldergrove referred to is
RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland, so as interesting as the information regarding the Canadian Aldergrove is, it is irrelevant as far as this discussion is concerned.

I am located on the UK south coast and the main transmitter for this
facility on 5450 kHz is 300 miles north of me. Since the change to the
new format, UK monitors are also having hard time understanding some of the locations. However two locations not mentioned yet on this
reflector are Northolt (London) and Geilenkirchen (Germany). 73 (Colin G3PSM, ibid.)

Colin, I was listening to 11159 yesterday evening local time, about 0700Z and I definitely heard Geilenkirchen in one of the time slot reports. I made handwritten notes while listening for about 20 minutes just to see which airfields I could pick out. The list I made included:

Kabul, Khandahar, Lossiemouth, Waddington, Birmingham, Belfast
Aldergrove, Hanover, Geilenkirchen, Mombassa, and Cairo

As with this transmission and speed of information it is possible that I got one or two wrong but of Geilenkirchen I'm pretty sure. I note this evening the signal is conspicuous by its absence in the antipodes! Regards, (Mike Jackson, Palmerston North, New Zealand, RTL/Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, ibid.)

Hi Ken, You are right. I noticed this on the BFBS website. Dated 5 August: "Canada hosts Exercise Prairie Thunder. The Queen's Royal Hussars have been reunited with their Challenger 2 tanks, after 3 years, for Exercise Prairie Thunder."

So, yes, there is a British exercise going on in Canada. 73, (Ary Boender, Aug 12, ibid.)

These are details of the locations which may be used:

RAF Brize Norton - Brize Norton, England EGVN (BZZ)
RAF Waddington - Waddington, England EGXW (WTN)
Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham, England EGBB (BHX)
Nottingham East Midlands Airport, East Midlands, England EGNX (EMA)
Manchester Airport - Manchester, England EGCC (MAN)
Cardiff International Airport - Cardiff, Wales EGFF (CWL)
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, Glasgow, Scotland EGPK (PIK)
RAF Marham - Marham, England EGYM (MRH)
RAF Lossiemouth - Lossiemouth, Scotland EGQS (LMO)
RAF Leeming - Leeming Bar, England EGXE
RAF Coningsby - Coningsby, England EGXC (QCY)
RAF Benson - Benson, England EGUB
RAF Odiham - Odiham, England EGVO (ODH)
RAF Northolt - Ruislip, England (effectively London) EGWU (NHT)
Belfast Intl Airport, Belfast, Northern Ireland EGAA (BFS)
RMB Culdrose - Helston, Cornwall EGDR
Hanover/Langenhagen International Airport, Hanover EDDV (HAJ)
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen - Geilenkirchen ETNG (GKE)
Adana Airbase (possibly Incirlic), Adana, Turkey LTAG?
Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, Budapest, Hungary LHBP (BUD)
Bucharest Aurel Vlaicu Intl Airport, Bucharest, Romania LRBS (BBU)
Bardufoss Airport - Bardufoss, Troms [sic] County, Norway ENDU (BDU)
Evenes Airbase/Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, Norway ENEV (EVE)
Trondheim Airbase/Airport, Værnes, Norway ENVA (TRD)
KQNT - NAS Keflavik, Iceland KQNT
Bod0 Airbase/Airport - Bod0, Nordland, Norway ENBO (BOO)
Gibraltar Airport - Gibraltar LXGB (GIB)
Lisbon Portela Airport, Portugal LPPT (LIS)
Gran Canaria International Airport. There are others. GCLP (LPA)
Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor Intl Airport, Dakar, Senegal GOOY (DKR)
Wideawake Field, Georgetown Ascension Is. BIOT FHAW (ASI)
Gilberto Freyre Intl Airport, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil SBRF (REC)
Moi International Airport, Mombassa, Kenya HKMO (MBA)
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya HKJK (NBO)
Senou International Airport, Bamako, Mali GABS (BKO)
Houari Boumedienne Airport, algiers, Algeria DAAG (ALG)
Port Bouet Airport, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) DIAP (ABJ)
Palese Macchie Airport, Bari, Italy LIBD (BRI)
Sigonella Military Airport, Catania, Italy LICZ (NSY)
Souda Bay AB, Greece KQNC
RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus LCRA (AKT)
Larnaca International Airport, Larnaca, Cyprus LCLK (LCA)
Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt HECA (CAI)
Istres Airbase, Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône, France LFMI (QIE)
Evreux/Fauville Airbase, Evreux, Eure, France LFOE (EVX)
Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, LFMN (NCE)
Nice/Côte d'Azur Airport, Nice, France LFMN (NCE)
Lajes Air Base Intl Praia da Vitoria, Azores LPLA (TER)
Faro Airport/Algarve Intl, Faro, Portugal LPFR (FAO)
Seeb International Airport, Muscat OOMS (MCT)
Kandahar Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan OAKN (KDH)
Camp Bastion Airbase, Afghanistan
Al Minhad Airbase, UAE OMDM (NHD)
Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq ORBI (SDA)
Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan OAKB (KBL)
Trabzon Airbase, Trabzon, Turkey LTCG (TZX)
Ashgabat Airport, (Ashkhabad), Turkmenistan UTAA (ASB)
Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku, Azerbajan UBBB (BAK)
Al Udeid Air Base, Doha, Qatar OTBH
Thumrait Air Base, Thumrait, Oman OOTH (TTH)
Salalah Airport, Salalah, Oman OOSA (SLL)
Al Maktoum Airbase/Intl Airport, Al Maktoum, Dubai, UAE OMJA (DWC)
Bahrain International Airport, Manama, Bahrain OBBI (BAH) or Sheik Isa
Air Base, Bahrain OBBS
Fujairah Airbase/Airport UAE OMFJ (FJR)
(Jim, ibid.)

Something we must consider in this transmission is that this is an automated voice and that the timing is a bit off. The speed is a bit faster than the human ear can hear and the brain has to translate. Many of you may recall when the National Weather Service started using the automated voice, it went through some changes in the beginning. So many words were not spoken with the kind of inflection we normally would recognize. In other words, some of it sounded funny coming from an "American" voice.

So the identification to me sounds like it is even faster than the rest of it and could be something completely different from what we are actually hearing (Clyde N1BHH, Weymouth, MA, ibid.)

I've digitally slowed it down. This does not help intelligibility, but
it does allow the brain to keep up. One thing I'm sure of is that the
ID is "Military One, time slot [x], information broadcast." I went and
listened to the 11253 frequency of the real RAF VOLMET, and there is no difference outside whatever time latency exists.

The voice synthesizer is dodgy, as our UK friends say. "She" does speak British English ("Gibraltah"), but indeed the timing is off and words don't always come out right.

Also I was listening to 11253 on the WebSDR at U of Twente, and for some reason you lose the beginnings of the place names. Headache time! The direct on 11159 is not doing that.

It does have a schedule. It's a set of 5 slots beginning every top and
bottom of the hour. The slots last 6-7 minutes. Remaining time at the
end of a list is used to repeat the whole list, or as much as there's
time for. Slot 5, the one with all the obscure (to Americans at least)
Afghan and Middle Eastern place names, seems the most subject to strangeness if time runs short (Hugh Stegman, Aug 11, ibid.)

Indeed. Our English friends have great difficulties with the letter 'r' where it falls near the end of a word. They also seem to think that 'Wales' and 'whales' are pronounced identically! 73 de (Jim (MPJ), ibid.)

For anyone who has not managed to catch this station themselves yet, I have uploaded a couple of videos on my YouTube channel. The first video of this signal is one entire 30 minute cycle, starting with the
first full Slot One at 1930 UT and continuing until the start of the next Slot One at 2000. This video is as the signal was received at my location in the Mojave Desert, California, USA. Note that the local time was 1230, mid day.

Also note that the signal is as strong or even stronger than the HF-GCS traffic on 11175 kHz that occurs in several locations of the video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmIBvLxwAY

The second video is a stereo audio video intended to show the slight timing delta of 11159 kHz vs 11253 kHz. In this video the left channel audio is 11159 kHz and the right channel audio is 11253 kHz. It can be clearly heard that 11253 kHz audio slightly leads 11159 kHz audio. Unfortunately it seems YouTube has made the audio mono instead of stereo, but you can still hear the time delta.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEPY7P_xI-U
(T! Mojave Desert, California, USA, ibid.)

A voice from experience in locating many HF signals: If it is strong at ll MHz, either it is within 15 miles or so, or more than hundreds of miles away. HF works like that. Generally one cannot associate HF strength well with distance. Unless you are going mobile, strength at HF is *meaningless* in locating the station. The real test is to go mobile. If you do and go several miles in several directions and still see strong signals, the station is hundreds or thousands of miles away. If it is being seen strong in various locations in SW Canada that suggests it is not in SW Canada.

Generally at 20 miles, an HF signal (excluding high power HF broadcasters at 50 or more kW) at 11 MHz will not be impressively strong by any means (David L Wilson, ibid.)

``SW Canada`` is a big place, probably enough skip distance on 11 MHz from SW BC to N AB (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

A far simpler, quicker, cheaper and more reliable method is to head right to the site(s) of interest with a portable RX. It will be pretty obvious if the signal comes from the site concerned and military HF TX sites tend to be suitably far apart to minimise the chances of mixing up the origin because of propagation. Of course you need to exercise some caution but it's the only way to do this properly. Someone needs to visit Matsqui (Mike Chace-Ortiz, UDXF yg via DXLD

All three frequencies, 5450, 11159, and 11253 kHz, appear vacant at 1200 UT. Not sure what time they went off but when I fired up a rig at 1200, nothing was heard on 11159 kHz for the first time in days. Checking remotes shows that I can't find the 11159 kHz signal (or 5450 or 11253 kHz) on any remotes. As of 1350 still no joy on any of those frequencies.

11253 and 5450 kHz came back on sometime after 1400 UT. At this time, 1440, 11159 kHz still appears off. (T! Mojave Desert, California, USA, ibid.)

5450 was active at 1400z and still on at 1600z (Colin G3PSM, ibid.)

Yeah, I checked at 1402z and both 5450 and 11253 kHz were back up, the last time before that I checked was about 1345z or so, and neither were up at that time (T!, ibid.)

Nil here too, on the SoCal coast. Nothing audible at all (Hugh, 1651 UT Aug 12, ibid.)

(all UDXF yg via Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)