venerdì 4 aprile 2014

Glenn Hauser logs April 2-3, 2014

** ALASKA. 7355, April 3 at 1227, KNLS is now confirmed here in A-14, ex-9615 for this English hour in B-13. Why in the world would they go to a lower frequency in the summer from midnight-sun land? Need lessons in Propagation 101, which perhaps their ``DX specialist`` Carl Mann could provide, but today his ``DX Definitions`` repeat from a series recorded decades ago, is about zero-beating, tuning AM stations with the BFO on; it lasts barely two minutes. Fair signal. HFCC A-14 now shows both 7355 and 11870 for English at 12-13, apparently covering bases with alternates, and in case they ever get a second transmitter going again. Maybe their 25mb antenna is inoperative? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 3 at 1356, BB with open carrier, maybe tone on usual very poor signal; 1357 IS but dumps off the air at 1358*, back on at *1359, not too late to detect early offtimesignal ending at 1359:48.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. CNR1 jammer pickings are sparse on April 3, except for usual 15-MHz inbanders, nothing higher or lower on 12-20 MHz than:
16160, April 3 at 1343, CNR1 jammer is very poor with flutter.

17740, April 3 at 1406, CNR1 jammer with flutter, mixing with target this hour only but daily, VOA Tibetan via THAILAND.

15560, April 3 at 1408, CNR1 jammer, poor, no hets but presumably vs V. of Tibet, via Tajikistan which is on 15562, 15563 at various times per Aoki but at this minute is supposedly on 15568 which would require jamming on 15570 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 11930, April 3 at 0524, usual lite pulse jamming markers here far beyond R. Martí hours have now blossomed into a full wall-of-noise against nothing from the wacky DentroCuban Jamming Command. Except, as in Aoki, bad news for Belarus, authoritarian enough, but non-Commie.

5025, April 3 circa 0530, R. Rebelde is off, but at next check 1210 it`s on.

11860.0, April 3 at 1223, RHC is on-frequency; checking since Rob Wagner, Austraia, ADXN had reported RHC on 11859.65, March 5 at 1350 hetting VOW. At 1304 it`s atop musical CCI and maybe some noise too. That would be V. of Wilderness, Korean clandestine via Tajikistan. There is something off-frequency one channel up; see KOREA NORTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 17630, April 3 at 1344, CRI English is fair with flutter, and for another hour at 1404 check; also in French on 17560 & weaker // 17650 with Chinese lesson at 1344. Like last summer, these are E.T. channels toward Europe, from Urumqi in English, Kashgar in French. CRI also pretends to broadcast eastward from Mali in English on 17630 at 14-16, but no trace of it here, and why would they CCI themselves? Should any CRIEnglish be audible after 1500 on 17630, that could be Mali (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 15595, April 3 at 1340, very poor signal with deep fades, conversation. It`s DW in Dari via RWANDA, plus Pashto at 1330-1427, 250 kW at 30 degrees from Kigali, whose only targets outside Africa are now Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 11845, Thursday April 3 at 1331, fair signal, with slow talk in SE Asian language. Aoki says it`s KSDA at 1330-1400 Thursdays and Fridays in Hmong, 100 kW, 285 degrees from Agat. Other days of week in Assamese or Malay. And wonder of wonders, no Cuban pulse jamming against non-Martí at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 11865-, April 3 at 1223, something is slightly off-frequency to the lo side, sounds like a hymn, but nothing listed except VOK in Japanese; after confirming that RHC is not off-frequency from 11860.0; see CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 15630, April 3 at 1248, open carrier with poor signal, presumably R. Free Chosun on new frequency per Ivo Ivanov, and moved one hour earlier, replacing +14-16 UT on 9775 via RVA Philippines. However, no prélude of romantic songs in English any more, just dead air until 1300 start of Korean modulation.

On March 30, first day of A-14, it was still on 9775, while companion Korean from VOA Philippines on 9800 had already upped to 15780. Except for a brief substitution by Uzbekistan, while both were on 31m the signals were comparable, leading to my conclusion that RFC was also from Philippines, later confirmed. Now once again they are nearby on the same band, but VOA 15780 is *much* stronger and steadier, with 15630 still poor with flutter at 1339, so RFC is now back to Uzbekistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 550, April 3 at 0535 UT in rather auroral conditions, dominant signal is from WSW/ENE in Spanish kid choir, announcement and more music, religious-sounding. Surely XEPL Ciudad Cuahuhtémoc, Chihuahua, the only fit with no other Mexicans in the Northwest and no US SS in the Southwest. Might have been in Low German or an Indian language too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO. 9575.00, April 3 at 0521, French talk, undermodulated, from the last SW transmitter operational in this country, Médi Un. Never much of a signal here any more, but in the clear at this time, and spot-on frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 17730, April 2 at 1948, WHRI now with Brother Scare. On March 30 about the same time, I was hearing some other gospel huxter on this new frequency.

5085, April 3 at 0513, Brother Scare audio via WTWW is interrupted by some internet blaats, as he is telling us how Lester Sumrall, WHRI founder, performed an exorcism (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WWRB

** SPAIN. 21640, April 3 at 1351, open carrier and much weaker than 21610 with REE modulation, presumably REE too (Glenn Hauser,, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 11650, April 3 at 0525, R. Dabanga via VATICAN, with tone jamming. (Ivo Ivanov points out that the 100 kW broadcast transmitter in Sudan has been missing from 7205 & 9505 --- could it have been more purposeful as a jammer?). 0527 ``Huna Radio Dabanga``. Very similar sounds on 11955 AWR; see U S A [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWAZILAND. 15360, April 3 at 1410, S Asian songs with fair signal: TWR`s token broadcast in Urdu at 1400-1415; catch their IS at open or close (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [and non]. 9774, April 3 at 1252, very poor het with 9775, signatures of Fu Hsing, 10 kW from Taiwan vs CNR2 from Beijing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 15590, April 3 at 0205, no signal from R. Thailand on listed new frequency for N America, at 0000-0230, in English except at 0100-0200; presumably propagation will improve. Last summer these were on 15275 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 15525, April 3 at *1357.5 carrier on from MADAGASCAR for V. of Tibet, G-VG, modulation starting 1400, and no jamming audible on or around; nevertheless at 1407 jumps up to 15530, still there at 1417, instead of down to 15520 vs Iran or down more to 15515. 15530 was available, and still no CNR1 jamming to be heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 15420, April 3 at 1355, rock music, good signal in AM mode, so not WBCQ, but instead BBC Somali service, now moved from defunct Seychelles to SOUTH AFRICA site, 250 kW, 32 degrees from Meyerton allegedly at 14-15 daily, extended from 1300 on Saturdays only, but this is Thursday; a prélude? At 1400 opening mentioning Somali and BBC.

WBCQ will still collide with it on Saturdays only, when Brother Scare starts at 1400, preceded by WBCQ`s IS & ID loop from 1355 or so; and likely far enough off for the reduced carrier to heterodyne. After 1500, `BCQ will still have 15420 to itself, unless Oman should activate one of its countless wooden registrations at 16-22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 19969-USB, April 3 at 1347, some SSB catches my ear as I am bandscanning for ChiCom jammers. Caught three IDs, one fonetikally, from WGY901 who was making negative contact with somebody, bits of `running-water` digisigs in between. Nothing more heard until 1355 tune-out.

Such callsigns are FEMA and a 1999y page from Mike Chace-Ortiz seems still to be pertinent,
http://www.chace-ortiz.org/umc/moi/civildef/usfema.txt
listing 19969.0 as Foxtrot 57 channel among much more than 70 others;
WGY901 is the regional command center in Maynard, Massachusetts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17530, April 2 at 1945, VOA French via Greenville-B is super strong signal aimed oppositeward toward Africa, but carrier drops instantaneously 38 times per minute, audibly hiccuping without really interrupting modulation, and visibly with S-meter dips. Sounds like the remote drive control is toggling between binary levels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15090, April 3 at 1342, very poor signal with talk. Per HFCC, IBB sees nothing wrong with encroaching into the off-route aero band as if there aren`t enough SWBC channels available. That`s India`s job! It`s all alternating in ``Pst/Prs`` meaning Pashto and Dari, at 0030-0230 from Thailand, and 0730-1630, 250 kW, 70 degrees from KUWAIT. Per Aoki, the substations are VOA R. Ashna and R. Azadi = R. Free Afghanistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1715 monitoring: confirmed first broadcast UT Thursday April 3 at 0330 on WRMI-10, 9955; fair but echoey as propagation is not up to par.

Also second broadcast, Thursday April 3 from 1230 on WRMI-10, 9955, bothered by musical ACI from stronger 9960, i.e. Khmer Post Radio via Palau; and at 1255 check, buried by much stronger open carrier from WRMI-11 warming up for its 1259 start of modulation with `Scoreboard`. Next:
Thursday 2101 on WTWW-1, 9475
UT Friday 0330v on WWRB, 5050 or 3195? [has been off air this week]
Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB, shifted times
Saturday 2330v on WTWW-2, 9930
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI-14, 9495 [Jeff confirms still scheduled]
UT Sunday 0401 on WTWW-1, 5830
UT Monday 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI-10, 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB shifted times
Wednesday 1300 on WRMI-11, 9955
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re recent WRMI anomalies, Jeff White tells me, April 2:
``Glenn: Yes, the Japan relay started on schedule on March 30. Last night we had a technical problem, which has now been corrected. [0400-0430 on 5985]
9495 is red, but the 0000-0100 hour still has the varied RMI programs (DX, etc.).
For operational purposes, we had to put Brother Stair back on the webstream for 9955 during the hours it is on the air.
There is no Wavescan broadcast at 1330 UT during A14. Jeff```
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. For the third night, UT April 3 at 0140 and 0335 chex, WWRB is absent from 5050 or 3195 for the `Global One` service, but running two transmitters with Brother Scare, 3185 (which seems a lot weaker than before), and 9370 which is VG even at night, formerly a day-only frequency. If this keep up, there can be no WORLD OF RADIO broadcast UT Friday at 0330v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5830, April 3 at 0513, WTWW-1 night frequency is missing, and still off at 1209, while WTWW-2 night frequency 5085 is on at both chex; after 1303 April 3, all three WTWWs are active on day frequencies, 9475, 9930 and 12105 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15610, April 3 at 1411, WEWN English is off, altho it was on with usual bigsig and spurs during the previous hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 11955, April 3 at 0523, AWR Hausa via AUSTRIA with flutter, and tones, a lot like R. Dabanga and jamming on 11650, so first expected another clandestine; see SUDAN [non]. But 0528 AWR theme music and off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6110.37, April 3 at 1215, intriguing het here judging from pitch close to F#4 on my keyboard. Two stations listed at this time in Aoki are 100 kW PBS Xizang, and VOA Chinese from Thailand, which must be jammed. Neither of those likely to be off-frequency, so maybe just another jammer, carrier deliberately offset. Brought to mind, however, V. of Azerbaijan, which was around 6111, 7-10 years ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11615, April 3 at 1304, fair-good open carrier, one brief tone and off 1305*. Per Aoki, nothing scheduled here until VOA Chinese at 14-15 via Tinang, so probably this was it in a pre-broadcast tune-up check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

giovedì 3 aprile 2014

Radio Omdurman Sudan and Voice of Africa, Sudan Radio have been inactive

SUDAN    Radio Omdurman Sudan and Voice of Africa Sudan Radio have been nactive for past few weeks. Various checks between March 28 and April 2 confirm this. Here's a tentative summer A-14 schedule:
Radio Omdurman Sudan
0215-0430 on  7205 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Arabic
1430-1530 on  7205 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Arabic
1930-2100 on  7205 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Arabic

Voice of Africa, Sudan Radio
0600-0630 on  9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf Tigrinya
0630-0700 on  9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf Amharic
0700-0800 on  9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf Swahili
0800-0900 on  9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf English
1630-1730 on  9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf French
1730-1830 on  9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf English
1830-1930 on  9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Hausa
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/radio-omdurman-sudan-and-voice-of.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Some changes of Radio Cairo

EGYPT    One of the Radio Cairo transmitters in Abu Zaabal is still off the air,
as in the past few months in the winter B13 season. Here is its current schedule
0400-0600 on 15610 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg to CEAf Swahili(13650), currently off
1015-1215 on 17830 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Arabic (17480), currently off
1215-1330 on 17870 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs English(17480), currently off
1330-1400 on 15360 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Dari, currently off
1400-1600 on 15545 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Pashto, currently off
1600-1800 on 17840 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg to CEAf Swahili, currently off
1845-2000 on 17625 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg to WeAf Fulfulde (15520), currently off
2000-2200 on  9855 ABZ 250 kW / 110 deg to AUS  Arabic (11610/15225), currently off
2215-2330 on 15480 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg to SoAm Portuguese (12000), currently off
2330-0045 on 15480 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg to SoAm Arabic (12000), currently off

These are the new frequencies of Radio Cairo for A-14 vs.A-13:
0045-0200 NF  9315 ABS 250 kW / 331 deg to NoAm Spanish, ex  9720
0045-0200 on 11710 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 13620
0045-0200 on 12070 ABS 250 kW / 282 deg to CeAm Spanish, ex 13855
0200-0330 NF  9315 ABS 250 kW / 331 deg to NoAm English, ex  9720
1900-2000 on  9410 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German,  ex 12050
2000-2115 on  9410 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French,  ex 12050
2100-2300 on 13580 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf French,  ex 15205
2115-2245 on  9895 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English, ex 11890
2330-0045 on 12070 ABS 250 kW / 282 deg to CeAm Arabic,  ex 13855
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/some-changes-of-radio-cairo.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Voice of Russia Goes Dark After All

The Voice of Russia -- the former "Radio Moscow" -- ended its shortwave broadcasts on Tuesday, April 1 -- No fooling! After contradictory announcements and reports last December, it appears the international broadcaster has indeed pulled the plug on its HF transmissions. SWL Tom Witherspoon, K4SWL, contacted VOR. As he reported http://swling.com/blog/2014/03/voice-of-russia-to-abandon-shortwave-on-april-1-2014/ on his blog http://swling.com/blog/, Voice of Russia's Elena Osipova told him, "This is to thank you for your message and confirm the information about the upcoming cancellation of the Voice of Russia's short- and medium wave transmissions as of April 1, 2014."

Richard Weil, KW0U, in St Paul, Minnesota, was able to hear the final shortwave broadcast. "Just barely picked up the last-day broadcast of VOR on 13.805 at 1300 UTC," he commented on Witherspoon's site. He used a dipole in his attic. "No mention on air of a final broadcast, which some services have given before closing down," he added. "Too bad to lose it, but time does move on."

Effective December 9, as a result of a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Voice of Russia radio company officially ceased to exist and merged with several other state-run news agencies as part of Rossia Segodnya, a Russia-based international news service. From the 1950s through the 1980s, the station, then as Radio Moscow, was an easy catch for budding short-wave listeners (SWLs), many of whom later gravitated to Amateur Radio.

"I remember when the Voice of Russia and Radio Moscow absolutely dominated the shortwaves, especially in my early years as a radio listener," Witherspoon remarked on his blog. "Times have changed for this broadcaster, who has been the mouthpiece for Russia and the Soviet Union."

In 2003 VOR was among the first major international radio broadcasters to launch daily broadcasts to Europe in Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM
http://www.drm.org/)
(via Arrl)

Voice of Vietnam via BABCOCK and WHRI-1

A-14 Voice of Vietnam via BABCOCK
0100-0128 on 12005 WOF 250 kW / 282 deg to NoAm English
0130-0228 on 12005 WOF 250 kW / 282 deg to NoAm Vietnamese
0230-0258 on 12005 WOF 250 kW / 282 deg to NoAm English

A-14Voice of Vietnam via WHRI-1
0300-0330 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to SoAm Spanish
0330-0400 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to SoAm English
0400-0430 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to SoAm Spanish
0430-0530 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 260 deg to MEXI Vietnamese

Very strong signal in Bulgaria on both frequencies
There are videos that will get in a few days in our YouTube channel


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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

Voice of Russia in DRM

Con l'introduzione delle nuove schedule in DRM ho cercato di monitorare le trasmissione della Voice of Russia, campatibilmente ai miei impegni lavorativi. Sono risultate assenti le trasmissioni su 6100 kHz e 6000 kHz delle 2000 UTC; inoltre anche la trasmissione delle 1500 UTC su 9680 kHz non è udibile. Pare proprio che la VoR sia andata per sempre. Mi chiedo che fine farà tutta la tecnologia DRM della stazione. Riciclarla alle stazioni dei Paesi del terzo mondo non credo:; troppo sofisticato il sistema di ricezione.
Cercherò di monitorare le altre frequenze, ma penso che non ci siano speranze.
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mercoledì 2 aprile 2014

Glenn Hauser logs April 2, 2014

** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 2 at *1355:05 carrier on from BB, but very weak; 1359 maybe IS starts, but can`t detect mistimesignal, if any, before or after 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [non]. 5999.6, April 2 at 0107 check, no het from RNB for a change against 6000.0 RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. One Firedrake audible among the jamming frequencies:
13795, April 2 at 1329, Firedrake fair, mixed with CNR1 jamming. Target is RFA in Tibetan via Kuwait

Rest are CNR1 jamming only:
13830, April 2 at 1329, CNR1 jammer, poor-fair // 13795
15115, 15195, 15265, April 2 at 1337, usual inband CNR1 jammers, VG
15570, April 2 at 1339, CNR1 jammer, poor also with noise, VOT het lo
16100, April 2 at 1337, CNR1 jammer, good; none in 12s, 14s, 17s, 18s
16300, April 2 at 1339, CNR1 jammer, very good

17740, April 2 at 1416, CNR1 jammer, good with CCI. Aoki shows target is VOA Tibetan via Thailand, presumably here every day now rather than on 7 different frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 9570, April 2 at 1324, CRI via CUBA with usual hum and lowered modulation, bilingual `China Drive`, still here rather than 13590 as in HFCC for A-14 at 12-14, a rare change pending? Likewise, CRI English at 1400 is still on 13740 rather than listed 15535 for 14-16. May take a while to get the attention of the operators in Cuba; or possibly waiting until more summery (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 13880, April 2 at 1334, very poor signal with talk, not CNR1. Aoki shows it`s now VIRI in Dari at 0820-1420, 250 kW, 84 degrees from Ahwaz and the farthest-up signal on the 13 MHz band; below the ``Sound of Hope band`` above 13900, that is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 5985, April 2 at 0423 check, nothing from the alleged new NHK Spanish relay via WRMI at 0400-0430, supposed to have started March 30. First time I`ve looked for it; was it ever on? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, April 2 at 1335, very poor signal, presumably JSR, Shiokaze from Japan, which Ron Howard says moved here March 30 after only 6 days on 5910 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, Wednesday April 2 at 1343, KBSWR with `Sounds of Korea`, this week songs about spring; fair with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, April 2 at 0105, R. Chaski carrier along with pulse jamming from the evil Cubans; Urubamba quits at 0107:06.5* which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday. It`s now ahead of my steetlight from *0108, igniting with a minor RF burst and gradually fading on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 15525, April 2 at 1358, open carrier from VOT via MADAGASCAR, so again starting out here; but I was giving them too much credit for avoiding Iran on 15520, because at 1412 recheck, VOT has shifted to 15520, making fast SAH with what`s left of VIRI, which stops at 1421:11* leaving VOT clear; meanwhile, don`t hear any CNR1 jamming on or nearby (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7506.6, April 2 at 0106, WRNO still off, not that anyone really cares (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370 & 3185, April 2 at 0104, WWRB is still running two transmitters here with Brother Scare, and zero transmitters on 3195 or 5050 which used to be its Global One service with a variety of programming.
http://www.wwrb.org/schedule/global_1/combined.pdf
Same situation at 0312 recheck. This also bodes ill for WORLD OF RADIO, which had been scheduled on the latter UT Fridays at 0330v. What`s going on? You might thinkhttp://www.wwrb.org
would have the answer on the homepage with ``Station News`` dated today, April 2, 2014 ---- but that`s an autodater, really just a generic shortwave business plea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Old bookmarx still go to the B-13 schedule of WRMI, but now the A-14 is in a new color-coded format here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtF_YVDtCVlNdFlOeUJnM2o1QXdUakFudnN0SWdfUFE&usp=drive_web#gid=0
Among other things, it now shows 9495 at 00-01 as Family Radio instead of RMI programming, so presumably no more DX programs such as WORLD OF RADIO, UT Sundays at 0030.

New 9955 program schedule, mislabeled B-13 but from March 30, is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AivhtkIEGb3_dENObnZrMkt1YmtUWGxkbkd3TGNzOXc&hl=en#gid=0
showing no changes for WOR: Thu 0330 & 1230, Tue 1100, Wed 1300; and confirmed on VG NW signal Wed April 2 at 1321 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also JAPAN [non]

This report dispatched at 1620 UT April 2

Okeechobee WRMI, Brother Stair, Radio Africa, Family Radio, RTI, NHK - A14 schedule

0000-0100 on  5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English TruNews+Music
0000-0100 on  7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English TruNews+Music
0000-0100 on  9495 YFR 100 kW / 181 deg to CARR Various WRMI programs
0000-0100 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs

0100-0300 on  5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English TruNews+Music
0100-0300 on  7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English TruNews+Music
0100-0300 on  7570 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
0100-0300 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs

0300-0400 on  5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English TruNews+Music
0300-0400 on  7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English TruNews+Music
0300-0400 on  7570 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
0300-0400 on  7730 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg to MEXI Spanish R.Taiwan Int.
0300-0400 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs

0400-0430 on  5985 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg to MEXI Spanish R.Japan NHK World

0400-0500 on  5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English TruNews+Music
0400-0500 on  7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English TruNews+Music
0400-0500 on  7570 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
0400-0500 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs
0400-0500 on 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Brother Stair

0500-0600 on  5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English TruNews+Music
0500-0600 on  7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English TruNews+Music
0500-0600 on  7570 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
0500-0600 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair
0500-0600 on 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Brother Stair

0600-0800 on  5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English TruNews+Music
0600-0800 on  7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English TruNews+Music
0600-0800 on  7570 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
0600-0800 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair
0600-0800 on 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Brother Stair

0800-1000 on  5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English TruNews+Music
0800-1000 on  7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English TruNews+Music
0800-1000 on  7570 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
0800-1000 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair

1000-1100 on  7570 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
1000-1100 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English WRMI programs

1100-1300 on  9495 YFR 100 kW / 181 deg to CARR English Brother Stair
1100-1300 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Brother Stair
1100-1300 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs

1300-1400 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Brother Stair
1300-1400 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm Various WRMI programs
1300-1400 on 15770 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Brother Stair

1400-2000 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Brother Stair
1400-2000 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
1400-2000 on 15770 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Brother Stair
1400-2000 on 17790 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Radio Africa

2000-2100 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Brother Stair
2000-2100 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
2000-2100 on 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Radio Africa
2000-2100 on 15770 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Brother Stair

2100-2200 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair Mon-Fri
2100-2200 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs Sat/Sun
2100-2200 on 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Radio Africa

2200-2300 on  5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English TruNews+Music
2200-2300 on  7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English TruNews+Music
2200-2300 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair Mon-Fri
2200-2300 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs Sat/Sun
2200-2300 on 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Radio Africa

2300-2400 on  5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English TruNews+Music
2300-2400 on  7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English TruNews+Music
2300-2400 on  9495 YFR 100 kW / 181 deg to CARR Spanish Family Radio
2300-2400 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs
2300-2400 on 13695 YFR 100 kW / 151 deg to NSAm Spanish Family Radio

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/summer-14-schedule-from-okeechobee.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

QSL Cool AM

Cool AM 6735 KHz - coolamradio@hotmail.com con QSL elettronica allegata in 6 giorni.

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

New frequencies of China Radio International via Cuba

CHINA(non)    New summer frequencies of China Radio International via Cuba:
1200-1257 NF 13590 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Cantonese,x  9570 A-13
1300-1357 NF 13590 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to NEAm English, ex  9570 A-13
1400-1457 NF 15535 QVC 250 kW / 305 deg to NWAm English, ex 13740 A-13
1500-1557 NF 15535 QVC 250 kW / 305 deg to NWAm English, ex 13740 A-13
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/new-frequencies-of-china-radio.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Very strong co-ch on 13680 kHz

CUBA/JAPAN    Very strong co-ch on 13680 kHz between:
Radio Habana Cuba's winter frequency, instead of summer 17750
2100-2300 on 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu Spanish // 11840
and Radio Japan NHK World
2100-2300 on 13680 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs Japanese // 11910
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/very-strong-co-ch-on-13680-khz.html--

73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

martedì 1 aprile 2014

New time and frequencies of KSDA in Russian

GUAM(non)   New time and frequencies of KSDA AWR Asia/Pacific from March 30:
2000-2030 on  9760 SDA 100 kW / 345 deg to FERu Russian, SINPO 45434
1100-1130 on  9465 SDA 100 kW / 345 deg to FERu Russian, no signal in BUL.
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/new-time-and-frequencies-of-ksda-in.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

AIR National Channel on 9471 kHz

INDIA   Very odd frequency of AIR National Channel was noted on April 1:
from 1930 on  9471.0 ALG 100 kW / 188 deg to SoAs Hindi, instead of 9470
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/air-national-channel-on-9471-khz.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

VOIRI - tentative A14 schedule

ALBANIAN 0620-0720  15550sir 17595kam
         1820-1920   9570sir 11985kam
         2020-2120   6090sir  9830kam
ARABIC   0230-0530   9480kam
-south   0530-1430  13785kam
 Arabian 1030-1130  11925ahw non-dir
 penins. 1430-1730   9445kam
 target  1730-2030   6155kam
ARABIC   Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria,
-west    Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target.
         0230-0530  11660zah 12080kam  "Al-Quds TV"
         0530-1420  15750zah
         0530-1630  17550kam
         1030-1130  13770kam
         1630-0230   9420zah
ARMENIAN 0250-0320   7220sir  9750sir
         0920-0950  11945sir 13720sir
         1620-1720   7230sir  9655sir
AZERI    0320-0520  11760sir
         1420-1650  11985zah
BENGALI  1420-1520  11720kam 13840kam  15400ahw
         1620-1650   9580kam 11825kam
BOSNIAN  0520-0620  15310sir 17660kam
[Se-Cr]  1720-1820   9610sir 11865kam
         2120-2220   9720sir 11685kam
CHINESE  1150-1250  17700sir 17780kam  21470sir 21650kam
         2320-0020  11660sir 11865kam  13715sir
DARI     0250-0620  12070kam 13740ahw
         0620-0820  15630kam
         0820-1150  15500kam
         0820-1420  13880ahw
         1150-1450  12065kam
ENGLISH  0320-0420  11780kam 13650sir  "Voice of Justice"
         1020-1120  17640kam 17820kam
         1520-1620  11620kam 13780sir
         1920-2020   7315sir  9400kam  9715kam 11885sir
FRENCH   0620-0720  15430kam 17780sir
         1820-1920   9860kam 11715sir 13730kam
GERMAN   0720-0820  15500sir 17570sir
         1720-1820   7410kam  9565sir
HAUSA    0550-0650  17540sir
         1120-1150  21505sir 21750sir
         1820-1920  11680sir 13840kam
HEBREW   0420-0450   9610kam 11875sir
         1150-1220  13685kam 15500sir
HINDI    0150-0250  11970sir 13800sir
         1420-1520  13765sir 15300kam
ITALIAN  0620-0720  13650kam 17660kam
         1920-1950   7305sir  9755kam
JAPANESE 1320-1420  13630sir 15555kam
         2050-2150   9540sir 11830sir
KAZAKH   0120-0220   9790sir 11820sir
         1520-1620   9940kam 11600sir
KURDISH  0320-0420   7415kam  9750sir Sorrani  dialect,  new time
         1320-1620   7355kam          Kirmanji dialect.
MALAY    1220-1320  17590sir 21750sir
         2220-2320   7200kam  9720sir
PASHTO   0220-0320   6175sir  9700kam
         0720-0820  11810sir 13730sir
         1220-1320  11730sir 13730kam
         1620-1720   6005sir  7340ahw
RUSSIAN  0250-0320  11925kam 13630sir
         0450-0520  13590kam 15530sir  17655sir 21520sir
         1420-1520   9830kam 11825ahw  13800sir
         1650-1750   7350kam  9870ahw
         1750-1850   5920sir  7350kam
         1920-2020   6035kam  7405sir
SPANISH  0020-0220   9860kam 11760kam
         0220-0320   9860kam
         0520-0620  15430kam 17530sir
         2020-2120   7425kam  9480sir
SWAHILI  0350-0450  13750sir 15340kam
         0820-0920  21525sir 21790sir
         1720-1820  11965sir 13670kam
TAJIK    0050-0220   5950sir  7365kam
         1550-1720   5950sir  7435kam
TURKISH  0420-0550  11925kam 13710kam
         1550-1720   6185kam  9680kam
URDU     0120-0220   7325kam  7410kam   9480ahw
         1250-1420   9500sir  9790sir  15520kam
         1520-1620   6175sir
UZBEK    0220-0250   7400kam 11880sir
         1450-1550   9810kam 11860sir
Saut Falestin
"Voice of Islamic Palestinian Revolution"
ARABIC   0320-0420   9610kam 11875sir
(IRIB via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 15)

Radio Romania International - A14 schedule

ARABIC    0630-0656    9770GAL  11650TIG  11790GAL 15400TIG
          1400-1456    9830TIG  11945GAL  13860TIG 15130GAL
AROMANIAN 1430-1456   ^5910SAF, not Macedonian
          1630-1656   ^5910SAF, not Macedonian
          1830-1856   ^5910SAF, not Macedonian
CHINESE   0400-0426  *15220TIG  17780TIG
          1300-1326   15435TIG  17860TIG
ENGLISH   0000-0056    9700TIG  11955TIG
          0300-0356    7350TIG   9645TIG  11825GAL *15220GAL
          0530-0556   *7330TIG   9700GAL  17760GAL 21500TIG
          1100-1156   15130TIG  15400GAL  17670GAL 17680TIG
          1700-1756    9540TIG *11810TIG
          2030-2056   *9800GAL  11975GAL  15170TIG 17510TIG
          2200-2256    7430GAL   9765GAL   9790TIG 11940TIG
FRENCH    0100-0156    9700TIG  11955TIG
          0500-0526   *7330GAL   9700GAL  15340TIG 17780TIG
          1000-1056   11650GAL  15380TIG  15400GAL 17680TIG
          1600-1656    9500TIG  11950TIG
          2000-2026   *9800GAL  11975GAL
GERMAN    0600-0626   *7435TIG   9700TIG
          1200-1256    9675GAL  11875GAL
          1800-1856   *7300TIG   9540TIG
ITALIAN   1400-1426   ^9520SAF
          1600-1626   ^5910SAF
          1800-1826  *^5910SAF
ROMANIAN  0000-0156    7335GAL   9520GAL
          0400-0456    5920GAL   7350GAL
          0700-0756   13750TIG  15400GAL  15700TIG 17750GAL
                      "Curierul romanesc" Sun only
          0800-0856   13750TIG  15400GAL  15700TIG 17750GAL
                      "Curierul romanesc" Sun only
          0900-0956   11650GAL  15400GAL  15700TIG 17680GAL
                      "Curierul romanesc" Sun only
          1200-1256   ^9520SAF-100kW      11700TIG 15130TIG
          1300-1356   11700GAL  15130GAL
          1500-1556   11950GAL  15130GAL
          1600-1656    7315TIG   9810GAL to Israel
          1700-1756    9500GAL  11975GAL
          1800-1856    9500GAL  11975GAL
          1900-1956    9500GAL  11975GAL
RUSSIAN   0430-0456    6180TIG  *7390TIG
          1330-1356   13640TIG  15160TIG
          1500-1556    9500TIG *11870TIG
SERBIAN   1530-1556   ^5910SAF
          1730-1756   ^5910SAF
          1930-1956   ^5910SAF
SPANISH   0200-0256    9520GAL   9645TIG  11945GAL 11955TIG
          1900-1956    9540TIG  11625TIG
          2100-2156   15300TIG  17745TIG
          2300-2356    9740TIG   9765GAL  11795GAL 11955TIG
UKRAINIAN 1500-1526   ^5910SAF
          1700-1726   ^5910SAF
          1900-1926   ^5910SAF

^ Saftica 100 kW, all other Galbeni and Tiganesti 300 kW.
* DRM via Saftica 100 kW;   Galbeni or  Tiganesti 300 kW.

Radio Rumaenien International
Deutscher Dienst
P.O.B. 111, Str. General Berthelot 60-64
RO-010171, Bucarest, Romania

Tel: +40-21-303-11-88
     +40-21-303-13-88
Fax: +40-21-319-05-62

E-Mail: <germ @ rri.ro>  <http://www.rri.ro>

(RRI-RRO schedule; via Radiocom.facilities at Saftica,
Galbeni and Tiganesti; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 11)

RNZI - A14 schedule

0459-0758 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific AM
0459-0758 11675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific DRM
0759-1058  9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific AM
0759-1158  9890 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific DRM
1059-1259  9700 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg to NW Pacific,PNG,Timor AM
1300-1550  6170 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific AM
1551-1650  9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga AM
1551-1650  7330 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga DRM
1651-1850  9615 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga AM
1651-1850  9630 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga DRM
1851-2050 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga AM
1851-2050 11675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Niue,Tonga DRM
2051-2150 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Solomon Islands,Niue,Tonga AM
2051-2150 15720 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Solomon Islands,Niue,Tonga DRM
2151-0458 15720 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific AM
2151-0458 17675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific DRM
(DX RE MIX NEWS # 845)

ORS Moosbrunn - A14 schedule

 7355 0100-0130 40E,41NW       300 95  211 1234567 Pashto  BBC BAB
 9690 0200-0230 40E,41NW       300 90  211 1234567 Urdu    AWR AWR
 9690 0230-0300 40E,41NW       300 90  211 1234567 Panjabi AWR AWR
 7310 0300-0315 39S            250 120 211 1234567 Multi   MBR MBR
 9505 0330-0400 40             300 100 211 1234567 Farsi   AWR AWR
 9455 0400-0430 29S,39N,40W    300 115 218 1234567 Turkish AWR AWR
 6155 0430-0500 37,38W         300 220 211 1234567 French  AWR AWR
11955 0500-0530 46SE,47W       300 190 217 1234567 Hausa   AWR AWR
 6155 0500-0615 18,27-29,37-39 300 n-d 926 1234567 Deutsch ORF ORS
 5910 0544-0559 28             100 30  800 .23456. Polish  TWR TWR
 7320 0544-0559 28             100 300 211 .23456. Polish  TWR TWR
11880 0600-0700 38             300 190 217 1234567 Arabic  AWR AWR
 7400 0700-0750 27             100 300 800 1234567 English TWR TWR
15260 0800-0830 39NE Feba/IBRA 100 115 218 1234567 Arabic  IBR BAB
17780 1200-1230 37             300 225 218 1234567 French  BBC BAB
 9800 1400-1428 28,29,30       100 55  218 1234567 BelaRus TWR TWR
15440 1400-1430 40E,41NW       300 90  217 1234567 Urdu    AWR AWR
 9655 1400-1600 18,27,28       100 285 805 1.....7 Multi   TOM MBR
17605 1430-1500 48             300 145 217 1234567 Afar    AWR AWR
11935 1500-1530 29S,39N,40W    300 120 217 1234567 Turkish AWR AWR
15290 1530-1600 40E,41NW       300 90  217 1234567 Panjabi AWR AWR
13650 1530-1630 29S            100 95  218 ......7 Russ?   HCJ MBR
13800 1530-1630 29S            100 95  218 ......7 Russ?   HCJ MBR
15260 1600-1630 40E,41NW       300 90  217 1234567 Urdu    AWR AWR
13590 1615-1900 39             100 115 218 1234567 Farsi?  MBR MBR
15215 1630-1645 41S            125 95  218 .....6. Multi   MBR MBR
15215 1630-1645 41S            125 115 218 1...... Farsi?  MBR MBR
15150 1630-1700 40             300 100 217 1234567 Farsi   AWR AWR
 9625 1700-1730 27N            100 300 800 1234567 English VOV BAB
13590 1700-1800 37,38,46,47,52 300 175 217 1234567 English TOM MBR
15215 1700-1900 39             100 115 218 1234567 Multi   MBR MBR
 9625 1730-1830 27             100 300 800 1234567 Vietnam.VOV BAB
 9430 1800-1830 39,40          300 n-d 926 .234567 Multi   MBR MBR
12055 1800-1900 38             300 190 217 1234567 Arabic  AWR AWR
 9625 1830-1900 27SE           100 300 800 1234567 French  VOV BAB
11955 1900-1930 46SE,47W       300 190 217 1234567 Hausa   AWR AWR
15220 1930-2000 47,48W,52,53W  300 170 217 1234567 French  AWR AWR
11955 2000-2030 46             300 210 217 1234567 Dyula   AWR AWR
15155 2030-2100 46             300 210 217 1234567 French  AWR AWR
11955 2100-2130 46             300 210 217 1234567 English AWR AWR
(BC-DX 21 March via DXLD)
Comment: DRM 7325 0600-0800 UT English BBC BAB drmmix has been ceased
now (Wolfgang Büschel, March 15, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 21, ibid.)

DW - A14 schedule

Language   Time/UTC Frequency/Band Transmitter Site Target Area
AMHARIC   1600-1657 09720 kHz/31 m KIGALI Ethiopia
AMHARIC   1600-1657 12070 kHz/25 m KIGALI Ethiopia
AMHARIC   1600-1700 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Ethiopia
AMHARIC   1600-1700 17800 kHz/16 m DHABAYYA Ethiopia
DARI      0830-0900 15640 kHz/19 m DHABAYYA Afghanistan
DARI      0830-0900 17800 kHz/16 m KIGALI Afghanistan
DARI      1330-1400 15595 kHz/19 m KIGALI Afghanistan
DARI      1330-1400 15640 kHz/19 m DHABAYYA Afghanistan
DARI      1330-1400 17860 kHz/16 m KIGALI Afghanistan
ENGLISH   0400-0457 07425 kHz/41 m KIGALI Africa
ENGLISH   0400-0457 09470 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa
ENGLISH   0400-0500 09800 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa
ENGLISH   0500-0527 07425 kHz/41 m KIGALI Africa (south)
ENGLISH   0500-0530 09800 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   0500-0530 11800 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (west)
ENGLISH   0500-0530 12070 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (south)
ENGLISH   0530-0600 09800 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   0600-0630 09800 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   0600-0630 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa (west)
ENGLISH   0600-0630 15700 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa (west)
ENGLISH   0600-0630 17800 kHz/16 m KIGALI Africa (west)
ENGLISH   0630-0700 09800 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   0630-0700 15700 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa (west)
ENGLISH   1900-1930 11800 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   1900-1930 11865 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   1900-1927 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   1930-2000 11865 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   2000-2100 09655 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa (west)
ENGLISH   2000-2100 11800 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   2000-2100 11865 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   2100-2200 09655 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa (west)
ENGLISH   2100-2200 11800 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
ENGLISH   2100-2200 11865 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (central, east, south)
FRENCH    1200-1257 09810 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa
FRENCH    1200-1257 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa
FRENCH    1200-1300 17800 kHz/16 m KIGALI Africa
FRENCH    1200-1300 21780 kHz/13 m KIGALI Africa
FRENCH    1700-1757 09810 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa
FRENCH    1700-1757 12070 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa
FRENCH    1700-1757 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa
HAUSA     0630-0700 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa (west)
HAUSA     0630-0700 17800 kHz/16 m KIGALI Africa (west)
HAUSA     0630-0700 21780 kHz/13 m DHABAYYA Africa (west)
HAUSA     1300-1400 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa (west)
HAUSA     1300-1356 17800 kHz/16 m KIGALI Africa (west)
HAUSA     1300-1400 21780 kHz/13 m DHABAYYA Africa (west)
HAUSA     1800-1857 12045 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (west)
HAUSA     1800-1857 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa (west)
HAUSA     1800-1857 17860 kHz/16 m MADAGASCAR Africa (west)
HAUSA     1800-1857 21780 kHz/13 m KIGALI Africa (west)
PASHTO     0800-0830 15640 kHz/19 m DHABAYYA Afghanistan
PASHTO     0800-0830 17800 kHz/16 m KIGALI Afghanistan
PASHTO     1400-1427 15595 kHz/19 m KIGALI Afghanistan
PASHTO     1400-1430 15640 kHz/19 m DHABAYYA Afghanistan
PASHTO     1400-1430 17860 kHz/16 m KIGALI Afghanistan
PORTUGUESE 0530-0557 11800 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (south)
PORTUGUESE 0530-0557 11955 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (south)
PORTUGUESE 0530-0557 12070 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (south)
PORTUGUESE 1930-2000 11800 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (south)
PORTUGUESE 1930-1957 11955 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (south)
PORTUGUESE 1930-1957 12025 kHz/25 m KIGALI Africa (south)
SWAHILI    0300-0357 05905 kHz/49 m KIGALI Africa
SWAHILI    0300-0400 05925 kHz/49 m MEYERTON Africa (east)
SWAHILI    0300-0400 07425 kHz/41 m KIGALI Africa
SWAHILI    1000-1100 09800 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa
SWAHILI    1000-1100 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa
SWAHILI    1000-1100 17710 kHz/16 m MEYERTON Africa
SWAHILI    1500-1557 09810 kHz/31 m KIGALI Africa
SWAHILI    1500-1600 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa
SWAHILI    1500-1557 15700 kHz/19 m KIGALI Africa
SWAHILI    1500-1600 17710 kHz/16 m DHABAYYA Africa
URDU       1430-1457 15275 kHz/19 m KIGALI Pakistan/India
URDU       1430-1500 15640 kHz/19 m DHABAYYA Pakistan/India
URDU       1430-1500 17860 kHz/16 m KIGALI Pakistan/India

BBC WS - A14 Schedule

Global Short Wave Frequencies
West & Central Africa
30th March – 25th October 2014
All times GMT

West & Central Africa
From    To    Days     Frequency (kHz) 
05:00  06:00  Daily    5875 
05:00  07:00  Daily    6005 
06:00  07:00  Daily    7355, 15105 
06:00  08:00  Daily    12095 
07:00  08:00  Daily    11770, 13660, 17830 
16:00  18:00  Daily    17830 
17:00  18:00  Daily    17780 
17:00  20:00  Daily    15400 
18:00  20:00  Daily    13660 
18:00  21:00  Daily    11810 
20:00  21:00  Daily    9915, 12095 
21:00  22:00  Mon-Fri  9915, 11810, 12095 

East Africa
From    To    Days     Frequency (kHz) 
04:00  05:00  Daily    7355 
04:00  08:00  Daily    15420 
05:00  06:00  Daily    11945 
06:00  08:00  Daily    13580 
15:00  17:00  Daily    12095, 21660 
17:00  20:00  Daily    7445, 9410 

Southern Africa
From    To    Days     Frequency (kHz) 
05:00  06:00  Daily    3255, 7355 
05:00  08:00  Daily    6190 
06:00  07:00  Daily    12095* 
06:00  08:00  Daily    9410 
16:00  17:00  Daily    17640 
16:00  20:00  Daily    6190, 3255 
* West Africa programmes

South Asia
From    To    Days     Frequency (kHz) 
00:00  01:00  Daily    5970, 9410, 11750* 
00:00  03:00  Daily    12095 
01:00  03:00  Daily    15310 
02:00  02:30  Daily    1413 
13:00  14:00  Daily    1413, 17790 
13:00  15:00  Daily    6195*, 15310 
14:00  17:00  Daily    11890 
15:00  17:00  Daily  7465 
14:30  15:00  Daily  1413 
14:30  18:00  Daily  1413
* East Asia programmes

East Asia
From    To    Days     Frequency (kHz)
00:00  01:00  Daily    9740, 13725, 15335, 15755 
11:00  12:00  Daily    15285, 17760 
11:00  15:00  Daily    9740 
12:00  13:00  Daily    11750 
12:00  15:00  Daily    5875 
13:00  14:00  Daily    6195 
23:00  00:00  Daily    5875, 9740, 9890, 12010 

South East Asia
From    To    Days     Frequency (kHz)  
00:00  01:00  Daily    9740, 11750, 11955, 15335 
11:00  15:00  Daily    6195, 9740 
23:00  00:00  Daily    5875, 6195, 9740, 11850 

Middle East & Gulf States
From    To    Days     Frequency (kHz) 
02:00  02:30  Daily  1413 
03:00  04:00  Daily  1413 
03:00  05:00  Daily  12095, 13660 
03:00  07:00  Daily  1323 
13:00  19:00  Daily  1323 
15:00  17:00  Daily  9410, 11675 
17:00  19:00  Daily  6195, 7375 
19:00  21:00  Daily  1413 
* East Mediterranean Only

The BBC World Service Arabic language service
 is available 24 hours a day on satellite,
FM in some cities and online at the BBC Arabic website.

Afghanistan, Iran & Central Asia
From    To    Days     Frequency (kHz)
02:00  02:30  Daily  1413 
03:00  04:00  Daily  1413 
03:00  05:00  Daily  12035, 13660 
15:00  17:00  Daily  7465*, 9410, 11675, 11890* 
17:00  19:00  Daily  6195, 7375 
19:00  21:00  Daily  1413 
* South Asia programmes

Glenn Hauser logs March 31-April 1, 2014

** ALBANIA [and non]. 9845, April 1 at *0126:45, R. Tirana on with wowy IS, good signal fading between 27 and 45 dB per PL-880 (but such readings depend on how much antenna is attached, so how useful are they?); and opening English. Thinned out band, nearest audible neighbors being 9825 VOA Spe-cial-ish Eng-lish, and 9860 Iran q.v. poor in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 17860, March 31 at 2148, very poor signal, presumably RA as now scheduled ex-21740, which was a wonderful signal at 21-01 every day all winter on best 70-degree beam for us, but which in last few days of B-13 was weakening.

19000, April 1 at 0056, RA is still on here but now very poor; it used to be second only to 21740, at 23-01. 17860 is no better now, either. Seems like we won`t be listening to RA in our afternoons, early evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 11595, April 1 at 1343 tune-in, HCJB drops off the air in mid-South-Asian-word, back less than a minute later during music, 1345 apparently into another language? No, see below. And 11595 goes off at 1429*, back on 11590 a few seconds later with hymn, then S Asian music. I guess the shift is to avoid T8WH Palau at 1430-1500 on 11600, but that`s only on Sat & Sun. Aoki A14 is already available at
http://www.geocities.jp/binewsjp/ib/bia14.txt
and from that we get the languages: daily 1330-1400 Hindi, 1400-1430 Urdu; Tuesday 1430-1445 Marawari (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRIA. 6155, April 1 at 0541, Ö1 with wakeup classical music now timeshifted one UT hour earlier. We`re pleased that from all places, Austria still plays classical as part of its token 75-minute daily SW service; however, poor signal now and will worsen into summer, also with Cuba 6165 splash (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 1 at 1359 BB IS is VP, timesignal ending at 1359:50.5, not good enough (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. 3310, April 1 at 0102, music on VP signal, presumed R. Mosoj Chaski, nominally closing at 0100 per WRTH, 0200 per Aoki. Music at hourtop would not be from my local KGWA/KCRC mix, no longer a problem. Promising S American conditions with lots of carriers on 60m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 5999.6, April 1 at 0053, heavy het and music from RNB vs. RHC open carrier already on. Altho no 250 kW like // 6180, this one sounds like a lot more than only 4 kW as originally reported to be. Het upon RHC still there at 0542 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9663.0v, April 1 at 0122, 10:21 TC in Brazuguese, Trinitarian ``Holy3`` hymn familiar to ex-Methodists, as Voz Missionária is way off-frequency again, and audibly wobbling with BFO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. CNR1 jamming observations, April 1, skipping the usual inbanders on 11 and 15 MHz; none OOB heard in 18s, 17s, 14s, 13s, 12s:
16100, CNR1 jammer, April 1 at 1337, good with flutter
15970, CNR1 jammer, April 1 at 1340, good with flutter = 16100
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760, April 1 at 1333, RHC is back on today with bigsig, missing yesterday, and now atop CRI English. 15230, April 1 at 1425, RHC is JBM here, much, much weaker and softer than // 15340 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL [and non]

** CUBA [and non]. 13605, April 1 at 1340, the Dentro Cuban Jamming Command has now caught up with R. Martí`s brand-new frequency, about equal level to wall-of-noise jamming; still a trace of pulse jamming on ex-13820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT [and non]. 11710.0, April 1 at 0054, strong carrier with little if any modulation, making big het with Argentina in Portuguese on 11710.9; and at 0111 with RAE in Japanese. No doubt R. Cairo as now registered, no longer on 11760v, leaving RHC unimpeded.

9315, April 1 at 0118, music with fair signal, but suppressed modulation, no doubt R. Cairo ex-9720 now missing, in Spanish service, plus English 0200-0330, both futile. 9315 had previously been registered as an alternate frequency for this and used before; for A-14 it`s not in Aoki, but in HFCC as 250 kW, 331 degrees from Abis at 0045-0330 to CIRAF 6 & 7 = W and C North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE [and non]. 15630, March 31 at 2150, open carrier, presumably Avlis. Finally adds modulation in Greek at 2206.

7475 // weaker 11645 are on April 1 at 0109 with music, but something else on 9420, in Arabic, see IRAN. Its 10-hour schedule on 9420 will be a big problem for Greece, which could be using 9420, 24 hours a day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, Tuesday April 1 at 1300, VOI opening in English, right away mentioning joint show today with RRI Banjarmasin --- no QRM and fair-good signal level, but still with self-inflicted undermodulation the major drawback. Momentarily at 1306 modulation is much louder, apparently a bit from Banj, then back to Jak undermod. So the problem is in their own studio, setting and maintaining proper levels, not in the feed or the transmitter.

Altho there is nothing yet to het it from 9525.0, once WTWW comes up on 9475, overload level nevertheless causes a het on VOI unless I attenuate it on the FRG-7. 1324 check, another modulation surge with canned intro to `Today in History`, but content following is again undermod, impossible to follow. Also the male voices are a lot louder than the females, coincidence? 1356 recheck, still undermodulated with flutter until *1357:15 CRI musical prélude to Russian on 9525.0 totally blox VOI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [and non]. 9420, April 1 at 0109, poor signal in Arabic and no sign of Greece, which comes and goes but could be on 9420 for 24 hours a day; big collisions coming! As VIRI is A-14 registered and no doubt active, in Arabic at 1620-0220, 500 kW, 289 degrees from Zahedan.

9860, April 1 at 0124, poor signal in Spanish, per Aoki: VIRI at 0020-0317, 500 kW, 259 degrees from Kamalabad.

11780, April 1 at 0406, the foolish frequency management at VIRI has picked this of all frequencies in A-14 for ``Voice of Justice`` = English to NAm at 0320-0420, despite the 250 kW transmitter all-night from Brasil; so VIRI is underneath it but enough to mar the music.

// 13650 is in the clear but very poor with heavy flutter. It may be sufficient on a better night --- oh oh, per Aoki, V. of Korea is also on 13650 during that entire hour, first in Chinese, then in French to its west-southwest.

Of course neither Brasil nor North Korea participate in HFCC, so Iran had no way of knowing these transmissions exist --- not doing any homework with DX resources or --- gasp --- turning on a radio before fingering a frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 730, April 1 at 1305 UT, full ID from XEHB, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Grupo Radiorama, not faded out quite yet. Mexistations are in FCC AM Query but I don`t usually look them up there. In this case, it shows since moving from 770, the official location is Rancho Primero, Chihuahua, and the approx. sunrise time for April is 1245 UT (but displayed in EST, why? As 7:45) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 9700-AM, April 1 at 1258*, RNZI cut off abruptly in mid-sentence, no QSY announcement, was fair with flutter. Has to retune to 6170 in the next minute. Aoki shows 9700 now on the NE antenna all the way from 0759 to 1258, but RNZI itself,
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen
says the 11-13 period is still on the NW antenna, bad for us, but 9 MHz is at least propagable unlike 15 MHz previously (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, April 1 at 0048, very poor carrier and some modulation from R. Chaski past 0100, until finally cut off at 0107:01*, surpassing another minute mark, past usual reset closer to 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 15300, March 31 at 2148, pop music, good signal with flutter. 2151 Spanish announcement about best rock hits, 2155 RRI Spanish sked and closing. This new one is // 17745 at 2100-2156 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [and non]. 17595, March 31 at 2148, REE in Castilian, not Portuguese as allegedly scheduled (maybe earlier in hour, or even mixed?), good signal. Supposedly the only hour this frequency remains on air.

11795, UT Tuesday April 1 at 0112, REE IS loud and clear prior to weekly Sephardic service to S America at 0115-0145, FINALLY out from collision with 11780 Brasil. It`s a huge mystery why Spain doesn`t use 11795 also in the B-seasons. At 0126 someone is speaking pure Castilian, not Ladino, but the subject is Sefardim.

9535, April 1 at 0120, REE Spanish with CCI in English --- that`s CRI southward from Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN during this hour only; not as bad as Algeria collision at 05-06 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, April 1 at *0114:16, carrier on from SLBC, soon adding music, and timesignal ending at 0115:19, Hindi service opening. Not checked after 0200, when there might be some English segments, but should now be clear of Cairo QRM now moved to 13850 as noted yesterday; and no sign of CNR6 Amoy/Hakka service from Beijing as in Aoki at 01-09+ on 11905 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 15525, April 1 at 1358 open carrier, 1400 Tibetan already starting on time from V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR; fair signal, no CNR1 jamming noted. Now starts here instead of 15520 due to Iran until 1420. Breakfasting, I miss whether it jumps to 15520 anyway for a while, but at 1424 VOT has jumped to 15515; 1426 song, brief announcement over, and off at 1428:10* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9830, March 31 at 2228, VOT ID in English, plug trt.net and podcasts. Usually mixed with RTTY but not at the moment, and only fair signal on this reactivated A-14 frequency for North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1714 monitoring: Tue 1100 broadcast on WRMI-10, 9955 confirmed at 1128 tune-in, atop the pulse jamming level. Next: Wednesday 1300 on WRMI-11, 9955, after switch to the NW antenna for this repeat only.

Also, in Europe don`t forget that via Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB, WOR is now one UT hour earlier on Saturdays and Wednesdays, 0630 & 1430, in order to seem to be at the same local summer clock time. How is the QRM situation now? Aoki shows CRI Sinhala via Kashgar at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5110v-CUSB, April 1 at 0103, ``William Tell Overture``  ending, theme to `Allan Weiner Worldwide` unscheduled playback, starts telling story of his pirate ship Sarah from almost 30 years ago, apparently spurred by the current fiftieth anniversary of R. Caroline (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370, April 1 at 0118, Brother Scare is still on here from WWRB, and *also* on // synchronized 3185. NOT on the air is the other service on 3195 or 5050. WWRB has 5 x 100 kW transmitters per WRTH (one a backup), but we never hear more than three frequencies at once, usually only two. 9370 is still on with BS at 0547 check, VG signal holding up overnight now along with 3185 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7506.6, April 1 at 0109 and later, WRNO is still AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15610, March 31 at 2148, after missing a biday, WEWN English is back with perpetual squealing spurs. 11520, April 1 at 0127 is absent, however, while Spanish are now on 11870 & 5810. Nominal A-14 schedule is now here:
http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
claiming 11520 is supposed to be on at 00-09 to Africa, 09-13 to SE Asia; rest of day 15610. At 0540, 11520 is still missing, while 11870 is propagating the ``dolorosa pasión`` service. 15610, on again April 1 at 1339 with squeal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 7320, April 1 at 0543, TWR chime IS, good signal, 0544 Polish on new frequency via AUSTRIA. It`s M-F only, 100 kW, 300 degrees from Moosbrunn at 0544-0559 per HFCC, i.e., not toward Poland at all, but USward. The listed // remains 5910 which is 100 kW at 30 degrees, much weaker here now, not causing much CCI to Colombia. I found these easily in HFCC by searching on 0544, the only transmissions in the world starting or stopping at that odd even minute (Glen Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 660, April 1 at 1303 UT, news in English already over, ``The Voice of the Navajo Nation, KTNN, 660, Window Rock``, then into Navajo news; quite separable from KSKY Dallas, roughly 90 degrees apart. The first week of a spring month means best opportunity for hearing morning stations to the west; KTNN`s official April sunrise is 1245 UT but axual sunrise today is approx. 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 770, April 1 at 1307 UT, KKOB Albuquerque NM with traffic & weather on the 7s, 7:07 timecheck, loud & clear now available earlier than 1315 UT as in March, with official FCC sunrise for April at 1230 UT (May 1200 UT, June 1145 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 830, April 1 at 1311 UT, only signal is from E/W, ``Family Life Radio``, no WCCO, so this is KFLT Tucson AZ, whose 50 kW ND day power now starts at 1300 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880, April 1 at 1314 UT, hymn seemingly in Navajo, with KRVN nulled as much as possible, presumably the expected KHAC Tse Bonito NM/Window Rock AR, up to 10 kW day power, since 660 KTNN is in well. Official April sunrise for both is 1245 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1000, April 1 at 1315 UT, sermon in English virtually zero-beat with KTOK OKC, and mutually nullable, certainly KKIM Albuquerque on SRS with 10 kW ND since 1245 UT; tho it`s often audible at night when it`s obviously no 38 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1150, April 1 at 1320 UT, Spanish looping NW/SE, mentions temp 32 grados. Circumstantially, don`t see how it could be anything but KNRV Englewood (Denver) CO, NRC-AM Log listed as R. Fórmula, news/talk, 10/1 kW U4, where day power and pattern in April start at 1230 UT. However, NRC Pattern Book shows at night there is a minor lobe to the SE; in the day there is a deep null toward the east.

It`s somewhat separable from a music station to the E/W, but KDEF Albuquerque is neither musical nor active, right? Maybe just KNED in OK, as nothing coming in yet from daytime dominator to the N/S, KSAL KS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 12005, April 1 at 0100, ``VOV`` ID in English, program summary, back on good summer frequency via Woofferton UK, no longer colliding with Deewa Radio, Sri Lanka, like 48 hours earlier when that was still on B-13 schedule. VOV stays on 12005 for 0130-0230 Vietnamese, 0230-0300 English before transferring to 6175 WHRI for the rest of the relays to America until 0528 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1745 UT April 1

Very strong co-ch on 15245 kHz

CLANDESTINE & KOREA NORTH    Very strong co-ch on 15245 kHz between:
Radio Assenna/Eritrean Forum+jammer
1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon/Thu/Sat Radio Assenna
1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Tue/Fri/Sun Eritrean Forum
1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Wed Eritrean Forum
1800-1900 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat Eritrean Forum
and Voice of Korea
1700-1750 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Korean KCBS
1800-1857 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/very-strong-co-ch-on-15245-khz.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Radio Maranatha (Shortwave Relay Service)

KYRGYZSTAN   Good reception of Radio Maranatha (Shortwave Relay Service)
1600-1645 on  5130 BI  100 kW / non-dir to CeAs. Non-stop music, SINPO 43443
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/radio-maranatha-shortwave-relay-service.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Excellent reception for new Greek service of Voice of Armenia

ARMENIA   Excellent reception for new Greek service of Voice of Armenia:
1615-1630 on  4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME, SINPO 55555 on April 1=
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/excellent-reception-for-new-greek.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Observations on Bangladesh Betar

BANGLADESH    Observations on Bangladesh Betar:
March 30
1745-1900 on 13580 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English SINPO 55555
1915-2000 on 13580 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Bangla  SINPO 55555
April 1
1230-1300 on 15105 DKA 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs English, no broadcast today
1315-1345 on  9455*DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Nepali, only noise like DRM
1400-1430 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to WeAs Urdu SINPO 45544, scratchy audio
1515-1545 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi SINPO 55544, scratchy audio
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/observations-on-bangladesh-betar.html

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BANGLADESH    Observations on Bangladesh Betar:
March 30
1745-1900 on 13580 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English SINPO 55555
1915-2000 on 13580 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Bangla  SINPO 55555
April 1
1230-1300 on 15105 DKA 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs English, no broadcast today
1315-1345 on  9455*DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Nepali, only noise like DRM
1400-1430 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to WeAs Urdu SINPO 45544, scratchy audio
1515-1545 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi SINPO 55544, scratchy audio
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/observations-on-bangladesh-betar.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Summer A-14 schedule for Voice of Tibet

TIBET(non)   Summer A-14 schedule for Voice of Tibet:
1200-1215 on 15563 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1215-1230 on 15568 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese

1230-1245 on 15568 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1245-1300 on 15562 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan

1300-1315 on 15542 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1300-1315 on 15568 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan

1315-1330 on 15542 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1315-1330 on 15568 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan

1330-1345 on 15548 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1330-1345 on 15568 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan

1345-1400 on 15542 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1345-1400 on 15562 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan

1400-1415 on 15525 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1400-1415 on 15568 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan

1415-1430 on 15515 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1415-1430 on 15568 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
Changes between frequencies vary from 3 to 5 min.
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/summer-14-schedule-for-voice-of-tibet.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Summer A-14 new frequencies of Korean clandestine stations

KOREA NORTH(non)    Summer A-14 new frequencies of Korean clandestine stations:
Open Radio North Korea is not on 9910 from March 30
1230-1430 on  9910 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to KRE  Korean, AIR in Dari from 1315!!
Radio Free Chosun
1300-1500 NF 15630 PUG 250 kW / 020 deg to KRE  Korean, ex 15720 1200-1400 A-13
North Korea Reform Radio, not 1400-1600 on 7590
1500-1600 NF  9380 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE  Korean, ex  7595 1400-1600 A-13
Radio Free North Korea:
1530-1630 on 11550 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to KRE  Korean, ex 11570 1530-1530 A-13
Voice of Martyrs
1600-1730 NF  7525 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean, ex  7515 same time A-13
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/summer-14-new-frequencies-of-korean_1.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
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A14 schedule VOICE OF KOREA

A-14 Transmission Schedule of the Voice of Korea, Pyongyang, DPR Korea
valid from Sun, 30 March Juche 103 (2014)    last modified: 26 March Juche 103 (2014)
Version: final

0300   Chinese   13650   15105               SEAs
0300*  Korean (PBS)*   7220   9445   9730           NECHN  
0300   Spanish   11735   13760   15180           CAm, SAm
0400   English   7220   9445   9730           NEAs
0400   English   11735   13760   15180           CAm, SAm
0400   French   13650   15105               SEAs
0500   Chinese   7220   9445   9730           NECHN
0500   English   13650   15105               SEAs
0500   Spanish   11735   13760   15180           CAm, SAm
0600   Chinese   13650   15105               SEAs
0600   English   7220   9445   9730           NEAs
0600   French   11735   13760   15180           CAm, SAm
0700   Japanese   621   3250   9650   11865       J
0700*  Korean (PBS)*   7220   9445               NECHN
0700   Russian   9875   11735               FE
0700   Russian   13760   15245               Eu
0800   Chinese   7220   9445               NECHN
0800   Japanese   621   3250   9650   11865       J
0800   Russian   9875   11735               FE
0800   Russian   13760   15245               Eu
0900   Japanese   621   3250   6070   9650   11865   J
0900   Korean (KCBS)   7220   9445               NECHN
0900*  Korean (PBS)*   9875   11735               FE
0900*  Korean (PBS)*   13760   15245               Eu
1000   English   11710   15180               CAm, SAm
1000   English   11735   13650               SEAs
1000   Japanese   621   3250   6070   9650   11865   J
1000*  Korean (PBS)*   7220   9445               NECHN
1100   Chinese   7220   9445               CHN
1100   French   11710   15180               CAm, SAm
1100   French   11735   13650               SEAs
1100   Japanese   621   3250   6070   9650   11865   J
1200   Japanese   621   3250   6070   9650   11865   J
1200   Korean (KCBS)   11710   15180               CAm, SAm
1200   Korean (KCBS)   11735   13650               SEAs
1200*  Korean (PBS)*   7220   9445               NECHN
1300   Chinese   11735   13650               SEAs
1300   English   9435   11710               NAm
1300   English   13760   15245               WEu
1300*  Korean (PBS)*   9425   12015               Eu
1400   French   9435   11710               NAm
1400   French   13760   15245               WEu
1400   Korean (KCBS)   11735   13650               SEAs
1400   Russian   9425   12015               Eu
1500   Arabic   9890   11645               ME, NAf
1500   English   9435   11710               NAm
1500   English   13760   15245               WEu
1500   Russian   9425   12015               Eu
1600   English   9890   11645               ME, NAf
1600   French   9435   11710               NAm
1600   French   13760   15245               WEu
1600   German   9425   12015               Eu
1700   Arabic   9890   11645               ME, NAf
1700   Korean (KCBS)   9435   11710               NAm
1700   Korean (KCBS)   13760   15245               WEu
1700   Russian   9425   12015               Eu
1800   English     13760   15245               WEu
1800   French   7210   11910               SAf
1800   French   9875   11635               ME, NAf
1800   German   9425   12015               Eu
1900   English   7210   11910               SAf
1900   English   9875   11635               ME, NAf
1900   German   9425   12015               Eu
1900   Spanish   13760   15245               WEu
2000   French   13760   15245               WEu
2000   Korean (KCBS)     7210   11910               SAf
2000   Korean (KCBS)     9425   12015               Eu
2000   Korean (KCBS)     9875   11635               ME, NAf
2100   Chinese   7235   9445               NECHN
2100   Chinese   9875   11635               CHN
2100   English   13760   15245               WEu
2100   Japanese   621   3250   9650   11865       J
2200   Chinese   7235   9445               NECHN
2200   Chinese   9875   11635               CHN
2200   Japanese   621   3250   9650   11865       J
2200   Spanish   13760   15245               WEu
2300   Japanese   621   3250   9650   11865       J
2300   Korean (KCBS)   7235   9445               NECHN
2300   Korean (KCBS)   9875   11635               CHN
2300   Korean (KCBS)   13760   15245               WEu

All times in UTC, all frequencies in kHz, subject to change at short notice. Programmes last 47 to 57 minutes. Data based on announcements, schedules of the Voice of Korea and own monitoring.
* currently inactive
KCBS = Korean Central Broadcasting Station (Choson Jungang Pangsong)
PBS* = Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (Pyongyang Pangsong) remained silent since their website
http://www.gnu.rep.kp appeared
3250 kHz only used for Voice of Korea Japanese broadcasts and Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (Pyongyang Pangsong) in Korean at all other times
Compiled by Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany
Please feel free to publish this schedule by mentioning the source: (Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany, March 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Unscheduled frequency of China Radio International on April 1

CHINA   Unscheduled frequency of China Radio International on April 1:
1100-1257 NF 15660 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English, ex registered 13645
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/unscheduled-frequency-of-china-radio.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov



QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
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Radio Free Sarawak is on a temporary relocation break

SARAWAK(non)   Radio Free Sarawak is on a temporary relocation break. Their website states: "We will be back on air Monday 7th April with an exciting new team as well as our friendly familiar DJs". Current A-14 schedule is:
1100-1230 on 15420 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/radio-free-sarawak-is-on-temporary.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

New frequencies of HCJB Australia

AUSTRALIA   New frequencies in A-14 shortwave schedule of HCJB Australia.
1230-1430 NF 11595 KNX 100 kW / 321 deg to SoAs various, ex 15340
1405-1530 NF 15450 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SEAs English, ex 15340, new time
1430-1500 NF 11590 KNX 100 kW / 321 deg to SoAs various, ex 15340
Very strong signal in Bulgaria on those three new frequencies.
HCJB Australia soon will be changing its name to Reach Beyond.
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/new-frequencies-of-hcjb-australia.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Shiokaze Sea Breeze

KOREA NORTH(non)   Shortwave schedule of Shiokaze Sea Breeze from March 30:
1330-1430 on  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  Japanese Mon/Wed/Thu
1330-1430 on  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  Chinese/Korean Tue
1330-1430 on  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  English Fri
1330-1430 on  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  Korean/Japanese Sat
1330-1430 on  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  Japanese/Korean Sun
altternative: 5910/6020/6120/6135/6175
#het from 5985.9 Myanmar Radio in Burmese

1600-1700 on  6165*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  Japanese Mon/Wed/Thu
1600-1700 on  6165*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  Chinese/Korean Tue
1600-1700 on  6165*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  English Fri
1600-1700 on  6165*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  Korean/Japanese Sat
1600-1700 on  6165*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE  Japanese/Korean Sun
altternative: 5910/6020/6075/6090/6135
*totally blocked here in Bulgaria from China Radio International in Turkish

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/shiokaze-sea-breeze.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Radio Voice of Russia finally leave shortwave and medium wave

RUSSIA   Nothing from Radio Voice of Russia on April 1:
0600-0700 on 13800 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu English DRM
0600-0700 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS  English
Radio Voice of Russia finally leave shortwave and mediumwave from today.
DXPedition in Patreshko village, 73 from Georgi and Ivo.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/04/radio-voice-of-russia-finally-leave.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/