domenica 8 maggio 2016

Ivo Ivanov logs May 8

FRANCE(non)   Reception of Voice of Independent Oromiya via TDF, May 8
1600-1630 on 17860 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Sun
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X7RcrWS8LE&feature=youtu.be

FRANCE(non)   No signal of Radio Front for Independence of Oromo via TDF
1730-1800 on 17765 ISS 150 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Oromo Sun, May 8

[above one was heard last week; not heard here either this week --- gh]

FRANCE(non)   Reception of Voice of Oromo Liberation via TDF, May 8
1700-1800 on 17630 ISS 100 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsJXe9mc9u0&feature=youtu.be

FRANCE(non)   Reception of Eritrean Forum Medrek via TDF, May 8
1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Tue/Fri/Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nfx79mERNg&feature=youtu.be

OMAN   Good signal of Radio Sultanate of Oman in English before 1400UT, May 8:
from 1350 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English, scheduled 1400-1500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn2lRb7_dwA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5VMPorlmEc&feature=youtu.be

PALAU   Good signal of T8WH Angel 3, T8WH Angel 4 and T8WH Angel 5 on May 8:
1000-1400 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs English Sat/Sun T8WH Angel 3
1300-1430 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English Sunday  T8WH Angel 5
1430-1500 on 11805 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Sat/Sun T8WH Angel 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ethGxiwlIx8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-RDUhsedm0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeeb2FIvEeQ&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wn-2sYWGX4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaHufHt3gb8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oRWZ4atkeM&feature=youtu.be

SECRETLAND(non)   SPL Secretbrod relay Radio Santec, The Cosmic Wave, May 8
1500-1530 on 15190 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to SoAs English/German Sunday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsJxJBO2MoM&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bujrS9os-54&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfDjpPzHccc&feature=youtu.be

--
73!
Ivo Ivanov

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

Log Manuel Méndez

ANGOLA, 4949.7, Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 1853-1910, 06-05, songs, Portuguese, comments. 14321.
 
AUSTRALIA, 4835, VL8A, Alice Springs, NT, 1828-1835, 07-05, English, comments, at 1830: "ABC news". 24322.
 
BRAZIL
5965, Radio Transmundial, Santa María, 0536-0546, 07-05, religous comments, Portuguese. 14321.
6120, Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 0531-0543, 07-05, religious comments, Portuguese. // 9565. 14321.
6135.2, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 0515-0537, 07-05, religious program, Portuguese, religious songs. 24322.
6180.05, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 0506-0620, 07-05, Brazilian songs, Portuguese, comments, id. "Radio Nacional da Amazonia, noticia, entrevista...". // 11780. 34433.
9645.4, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 0506-0535, 07-05, Portuguese, comments, id. "Radio Bandeirantes". 24322.
15190, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 1943-1951, 07-05, Portuguese, comments. 24322.
 
CHAD, 6164.9, Radiodifusion National Tchadienne, N'Dajema, 1902-1955, 06-05, African songs, French, comments, male and female. Very weak. 14221.
Also 1913-1921*, 07-05, French, comments: "Nos auditeurs", "La radio...". transmission cut off abruptly at 1921. Weak. 14321.
 
CONGO, 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, 1800-1825*, 07-05, French, "Le journal", news, comments, African songs. 14321.
 
CONGO REPUBLIC
5066.4, Radio Tele Candip, Bunia, 1819-1837, 06-05, Vernacular comments and African songs. 14321.
 
ETHIOPIA
5950, Voice of Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa, 1815-1846, 06-05, East African songs, Vernacular comments. 24322.
6030, Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa, 1840-1857, 06-05, East African songs, Vernacular comments, id. "Radio Oromiya". 34433.
6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 1825-1850, 06-05, East African songs and Vernacular comments. 34433.
 
GERMANY, 6150, Europe 24, Datteln, 0614-0710, 07-05, German, comments, pop music, id. "Europe 24". 14321. 
Also 1757-1853, 07-05, pop songs in English, Pink Floyd song "Another brick in the wall",' comments in German,  identification. 34433.
 
GUATEMALA, 4055, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 0550-0607*, 07-05, English, religious songs and comments, identification, anthem and close. 14321.
 
MALI
5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, 0601-0610, 07-05, French, comments. Very weak. 13321.
9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0900-0911, 07-05, tuning music, French, identification and comments. 14321.
 
SUDAN, 7205, Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 1901-1915, 07-05, Arabic, comments. 34433.
 
SOMALIA, 7120, Radio Hargeisa, Hargeisa, 1847-1905, 06-05, Vernacular comments. 13321.
 



Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain
Logs in Reinante
Tecsun PL-880, Sony ICF SW 7600G, Sangean ATS-X
Cable antenna, 8 meters

Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria logs May 7

BANGLADESH   Good signal of Bangladesh Betar on May 7
1745-1900 on 13580 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-DrlU_8zsA&feature=youtu.be

CHINA vs TAIWAN   CNR-1 Jammer vs SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng, May 7
1233&1254 on 11530 unknown transmitter  to EaAs Chinese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBA7sdQwgco&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv311FKupvo&feature=youtu.be

CUBA   Summer A-16 shortwave schedule of Radio Habana Cuba is full of
errors according to <http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias>:
0000-0600 on 11670 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, A-16 0000-0400
1100-1600 on 17730 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, A-16 1100-1500
2000-2100 on 11670 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English, >>>> B-15 schedule
2200-0500 on 13740 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish, A-16 2100-0400
2230-2300 on 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm French Mon-Sat, A-16 is 17730
2230-2300 on 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Esperanto Sun, A-16 is 17730
2300-2330 on 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Creole, A-16 is 17730
2330-2400 on 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Portuguese, in A-16 is 17730
0000-0030 on 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Quechua, A-16 is 17730
1100-1500 on  9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish, missing in schedule
1100-1300 on  6000 QVC 250 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish, not announced and
missing in Radio Habana Cuba clip with frequency announcement at 1100 UTC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdGYpPCEDkc&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDMlUoUzYk&feature=youtu.be

CUBA   Weak to good signal of Cuban Spy Numbers HM01 on May 6
0755-0850 on 11635 secret / hidden tx ?Bejucal? Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lEmKFA4yw8&feature=youtu.be

FRANCE   Defective transmitter of Radio France International, May 7
0600-0700 on 15300.2 ISS 500 kW / 153 deg to CeAf French, bad audio
0700-0900 on 17850.2 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to CeAf French, bad audio
1700-1800 on 15300.2 ISS 500 kW / 155 deg to CeAf French, bad audio
1900-2000 on 17850.2 ISS 500 kW / 153 deg to CeAf French, bad audio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI7LoowtyO8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rckRdhAMyx8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BDNg2hWLyk&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_YwQc5TzkY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNpd-3XPlMs&feature=youtu.be

FRANCE(non)   Radio Assenna and Eritrean Forum Medrek via TDF on May 7
Radio Assenna
1700-1800 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon/Thu/Sat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BlU6fYvttQ&feature=youtu.be
Eritrean Forum Medrek
1800-1900 on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oz6ES9TAW8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O79LVU6ziqA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEJSDpCPRfE&feature=youtu.be

GERMANY   Reception of Evangelische Missions Gemeinden via MBR on May 7
1030-1100 on  6055 NAU 125 kW / 222 deg to CeEu German Sat/Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP0tC8ExwZ4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BWea5hUnkY&feature=youtu.be

GERMANY   Reception of Missionswerk Friedensstimme via MBR on May 7
1200-1230 on 15320 NAU 250 kW / 060 deg to FERu Russian Sat
1600-1630 on 13750 NAU 250 kW / 060 deg to EaEu Russian Sat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt-_ByD-qf0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_vHcb3YSdY&feature=youtu.be

GERMANY   Strong signal of HCJB Voice of The Andes via MBR on May 7
1530-1600 on 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Russian Sat
1600-1630 on 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Chechen Sat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGKOod4IiU&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZABZA5tC7A&feature=youtu.be

GERMANY   Reception of Radio Xoriyo via MBR on May 7
1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs3JQvAj_yc&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2vzENKS8To&feature=youtu.be

GREECE   Random reception of Voice of Greece, May 7
from 0600 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 and off at 0647UTC
no signal on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek tx#1 or on alt.9935 kHz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZuP_iCoLb0&feature=youtu.be

PALAU   Poor and weak signal of Brother Stair via T8WH Angel 5, May 7
1200-1300 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English and future plan
1100-1200 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English from May 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpBflET07ys&feature=youtu.be

PALAU   Weak to good signal of T8WH Angel 5, May 7
1300-1400 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English Sat/Sun, not on 9965
1400-1430 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English Sun, not on 9965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qguCN9wFCU&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjYdHRsi9t0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trpCRRYYJt0&feature=youtu.be

PALAU   Weak signal of T8WH Angel 4, May 7
1430-1500 on 11805 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Sat/Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSmXiQPqpo&feature=youtu.be

SECRETLAND(non)   SPL Secretbrod relay IRRS Radio City, May 7
0800-0900 on  9510 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu German Sat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGsXRtvzF4k&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfjs5fsH_oQ&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3HKVUnUR8E&feature=youtu.be

SECRETLAND(non)   SPL Secretbrod relay Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti, May 7
1500-1530 on 15515 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MToTEQuG5OI&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-R184rGkjQ&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUyBpKqQidk&feature=youtu.be

SRI LANKA   Strong signal of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corp. in Sinhala on May 7
1630-1830 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to N/ME, QRM 17-18 VOA Kurdish 11760:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qp-9DVttvM&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbLM6lA4ym0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOabD7RBXeg&feature=youtu.be

USA   Weak to good signal of World Wide Christian Radio WWCR-3 on May 7
from 1354 on 13845 WCR 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm English, A-16 1200-2400
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7d-_MvsEb4&feature=youtu.be

USA(non)   Frequency changes of Radio Farda via IBB Kuwait:
0630-1030 NF 11925 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs Persian, ex 7435
1030-1200 NF 12005 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs Persian, ex 7435
1200-1400 on  7435 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs Persian, ex 0630-1400
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u_r-Fsu52k&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHKToOd-rRI&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUlTVZtXvR4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsb0KD00uig&feature=youtu.be

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Radio Free North Korea via RED Telecom from May 6:
1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 1200-1530
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Ww0JCH_7M&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8pdu2o0UCY&feature=youtu.be

Glenn Hauser logs May 7-8, 2016


** ALBANIA. 9855, UT Sunday May 8 at 0140, R. Tirana at S8 with travelog about the ``Albanian Alps``, which can be followed with some concentration (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

 ** ARGENTINA. 15344.97, May 8 at 0147, the ever-varying Radio Nacional in distorted Spanish about a partido [tonto] de pelotas, mixed with some music bits, something about 1 de la madrugada. Is on this late only UT Sun & Mon, as same transmitter runs RAE weekdays until 0500 on 11710.6v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 17840, May 7 at 2137, no signal from RA, when there should at least be a carrier; but 15240 is audible. Shepparton`s transmitter-F, on the 70 degree antenna right toward us, is down! DXLD yg members say 9580 was off earlier May 7, and Jerry Lenamon, Waco, says 17840 was already absent by 0330 May 7. It`s the same transmitter. Wolfgang Büschel has a schedule from RA showing they do have a 100 kW Continental, #7 (instead of G), on standby 24 hours, so where is it now?? The three we normally hear are designated C, E and F, while A, B, and D are OFF. 

17840 is still missing May 8 at 0015 check, as is 9580 at 1214 May 8, while weaker 12085 and weakest 12065 can still be heard, S9 and S5 respectively. The `day` frequencies run 21-09 UT, and the `night` ones 09-21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

** BRAZIL. 6180.04, May 8 at 0030, RNA is still on at S9+30, // 11780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 9490, May 8 at 0022, only a trace of bubble jamming, not yet R. República via FRANCE despite some listings, which I think now starts at 0100, provoking a wall-of-noise, but its length is subject to variation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 12085, May 8 at 0145, suptorted Qur`an at S9; R. Cairo must be on early, this frequency not scheduled to start until 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. I haven`t heard it yet, but reminder there is a new Oromo clandestine, Sundays at 1730-1800 on 17765 via RMI via FRANCE, which Jeff White says is Radio Front for Independence of Oromo (RKWO).

This appears to be the website, or a related one:
So KWO means: Kallacha Walabummaa Oromiyaa
But I don`t find anything about SW broadcasts
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, May 8 at 0150, open carrier at S3, presumably KBS World Radio warming up for 0200 Spanish hour direct. This is much better than 15575 can manage for the so-called North American service in English & Korean at 13-15 UT on same 40 degree beam per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 9600, May 8 at 0023, MWV is still AWOL, when it had been running one of the `KNLS` English hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1300, May 8 at 0132 tune-in, ``Radio Mexicana, 1,300 AM``, the latest identity of XEP Juárez, and at 0132.5, automated? timecheck as ``7 con 31 minutos``, only a sesquiminute slow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sunday May 8 at 0015, The Mighty KBC with some classic rock, then announcement mentions 1967y; via Nauen, GERMANY, only S6 and combating storm noise level. Same at 0122 but sounds weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, May 7 at 0638, no signal from VON Hausa, which had been rather reliable from before 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [non]. 7415, May 7 at 0638, good signal in presumed Kanuri dialog, i.e. R. Dandal Kura, 250 kW, 55 degrees from ASCENSION, at 05-07 daily; while Nigeria itself is AWOL from 7255-.

7445, at same time 0638 May 7, BBCWS via ASCENSION is also good, at 05-07, with beam change at 06 from 102 to 65 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, May 8 at 0014, pirate music, but below the storm noise level of S9+15. It`s off by 0031 when 6950 Wolverine is doing much better. This thread says 6935 was Moonlight Radio:
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950.0-USB, May 8 at 0031, nostalgic music, 0032 Wolverine Radio ID; 0125 still on at S9+20. 0151 still rock music segués, now up to S9+35! This continues to be the strongest and most reliable pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 7345, May 8 at 1135, JBA carrier; checking for Radio Sakha, Yakutsk, which has reactivated SW for its region on 7295 and 7345, but with confusion about true schedule: supposedly until 08* and again from *12, but there are plenty of otherstations on both frequencies which the Russian authorities were obviously oblivious to. Ron Howard was hearing both channels opening at 0900 May 7, much stronger on 7345 and no QRM then, heard until at least 1000.

Aoki as of May 8 shows this schedule, identical for 7295 & 7345:
21-24 Sun-Thu, 22-24 Fri/Sat; 00-05 Sat/Sun, 03-05 M-F; 09-12 daily. The two are on quite different azimuths for coverage of its broad Siberian region. At 1135, on 7345 I could also/instead have been hearing CNR Beijing or even Thazin Radio, Myanmar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1824 monitoring: confirmed Sat May 7 at 2230 on WBCQ 9330-, CUSB (at 0017 May 8, I measure this one on 9329.90). Also confirmed UT Sunday May 8 at 0330, about 21 minutes into the program so must have started around 0309 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, poor in storm noise level. Next:
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7489.99, UT Sunday May 8 at 0017, WBCQ with J. P. Ferraro on `Shortwave Saturday Night`, about freedom of speech; FCC is packed with ``digitalists`` who think everything should go digital, ``a bad idea, which will take free radio away from us`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 3185, May 8 at 0126, WWRB is on again with gospel huxter, but not BS, and in fact is // 5050, on the last two transmitters Dave still has. 3185 previously had been reserved for The Overcomer only, but this is not even a surrogate on TOM, totally not // 5765 WRMI et al. Likewise 9370 for TOM only in the daytime which has been missing several days. So now we wonder if Brother HyStairical has pulled out of WWRB completely? Which has been unable to funxion 24/7 for quite some time. 3185 is missing again at 1130 when it should still be audible if on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, May 8 at 0131 UT, racecar discussion, perhaps KQAM Wichita, and no classic country, so is KBXD off again? Recheck at 1148 UT May 8, C&W segués with 4 Hz SAH against apparent open carrier, the latter KQAM? 1159 UT ID as KBXD Dallas, and jingle for ``Wonderful K-Box in Dallas``, so they are *still* stunting, and playing next, what else, ``Wichita Lineman``! Guess there is no song about a Dallas lineman (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1700, May 8 at 0129 UT, still getting hum/buzz presumably out of the KKLF TX transmitter, mixing with sportstalk from IA or RGV. Also at 1141 UT. It would be nice if someone in The Metroplex would confirm this noise locally (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15215.9-USB, May 8 at 0145, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, S3, including some music from one in the background, INTRUDERS, tho with the 19m band almost vacant of broadcasters one can hardly blame them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1547 UT May 8

Ascolti AM Treviso 8 maggio

5985  08/05  0422 NHK Radio Japon, via Okeechoobee Px Es 15522
6050  08/05  0423 HCJB Quito, Pico Pichincha Px Mx Es 24522
6060  08/05  0424 Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta Mx Es 25533         
6180  08/05  0425 Rádio Nacional Amazonia, Brasilia Mx P 34533
7310  08/05  0901 Radio MiAmigo, D-Kall-Krekel Px Nl 25522
7365  08/05  0902 HCJB Deutschland, Weenermoor Mx Px rel. D 25522
9790  08/05  0904 AWR Europe, Nauen Px "Studio DX 671" It 55555
11740 08/05 0958 Radio Vaticana, S. Maria Galeria Px rel. Mx It 25533
15160 08/05 0959 KBS World Radio, Kimjae Px K 35533
15450 08/05 1000 AWR KSDA Guam, Agat Info ID E Px rel. M 25522
17850 08/05 1003 Radio Thailand, Udon Thani Px T 35533
 

 73 da N. Marabello
QTH  Treviso, Italia
RX:  SONY ICF SW7600G
Ant.: esterna VHF orizzontale 230°

Log Roberto Pavanello

 1143 3/5 21.55 COPE - Jaen ID e pubblicità locale buono
 1350 7/5 03.35 R. Time - Pistoia IT MX suff.
 1485 2/5 21.55 R. Alcoi - SS ID e NX locali buono
 1575 3/5 16.30 RAI R. 1 - Genova IT NX reg. Liguria buono
 1602 2/5 20.00 R. Seagull - Harlingen Dutch MX suff.
 4765 7/5 03.25 R. Progreso - Habana SS MX buono
 4875 7/5 03.30 R. Difusora Roraima - Boa Vista PP MX suff.
 5952.5 7/5 00.25 R. Pio XII - Siglo XX Aymara intervista suff.
 6070 1/5 10.00 R. Bclnews - IT Studio DX by Roberto Scaglione suff.
 6070 1/5 13.00 Popradio Ostfriesland - ID e MX buono
 6070 7/5 11.45 SM R. Int. - EE ID e MX buono
 6160 7/5 23.20 CKZN - St. John's EE MX suff.
 6226 6/5 16.50 R. Telefunken Int. - EE ID e MX buono
 6280 1/5 09.05 R. Quadzilla - EE ID e MX suff.
 6295 5/5 19.00 R. Pioneer - EE ID e MX buono
 6295 7/5 23.00 R. Johnny Tobacco - EE ID e MX buono
 6307 6/5 16.40 R. Goofy - EE ID e MX buono
 6320 1/5 09.10 R. Thunderbirds - Tedesco ID e MX buono
 6325 2/5 20.10 R. Rainbow - EE ID e MX buono
 7330 1/5 10.10 R. Joystick - Tedesco ID e MX ottimo
15190 2/5 20.05 R. Inconfidencia - Belo Horizonte PP MX suff.
15190 5/5 18.40 R. Pilipinas - Manila Filippino MX buono

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

A16 schedule: Hobart Radio International



A16 Schedule
Hobart
Radio
International
Station:
Frequency:
Day:
Time (UTC):
Region:
WRMI
11580kHz
Saturdays
2330-0000
Eastern USA, Europe, North Africa andMiddle East.
WRMI
9955kHz
Sundays
0330-0400
The Americas
WBCQ
5130kHz
Mondays
0330-0400
North America
Unique Radio
3210kHz
Fridays
0800-0830, 1400-1500
Australia
Unique Radio
3210kHz
Saturdays
0730-0900, 1430-1530
Australia
World FM
88.2MHz
Thursdays
0430-0500
Tawa, New Zealand
World FM
88.2Mhz
Sundays
1030-1100
Tawa, New Zealand
Soundwave FM
107.7 & 87.8MHz
Sundays
0200
Napier, New Zealand

Studio DX 671 - 08/05/2016

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM
(orari UTC)
+++ Ascoltata per la prima volta.


Sabato 23 aprile 2016
06.30 - 6070 WORLD OF DELIVERANCE-CH292 (D), EE, tk OM. BN +++
12.40 - 6070 RARITIES SHOW-CH292 (D), EE, IDs e oldies. BN +++
19.15 - 6325 ALEX WARNER R. SHOW, EE, IDs. BN +++
19.39 - 6211,9 BIG PODCAST R., EE/RR, IDs OM. BN +++
20.25 - 6320,5 PIRATES FOR PEACE, EE, IDs OM. SF-BN +++


***

Sabato 7 maggio 2016
10.30 - 6070 SM R. INT.-CH292 (D), Oldies e IDs OM GG. SF +++

***

SEGNALE-SIGNAL
JBA - Portante-Carrier
IN - Insufficiente-Poor
SF - Sufficiente-Fair
BN - Buono-Good
MB - Molto Buono-Very Good

***

SWL I1-0799GE Luca Botto Fiora
QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
G.C. 44° 21' 06.89" N / 09° 13' 30.94" E

***

RICEVITORI
R7 Drake (R7)
VR5000DSP Yaesu (VR)
2 x PL-660 Tecsun (PL)
E5 Etón (E5)
-
ANTENNE
(da 70 kHz a 2 MHz)
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA modificata per LW-VLF
-
(da 2 a 5-6 MHz)
Loop magnetico interno tipo KR1ST 150x100 cm su finestra
-
(da 5-6 a 30 MHz)
Dipolo "windom" 20 metri
Isolatore di linea (ø 15 cm x 5 spire di RG174)
Isolatori di linea su ferrite (ø 1 cm x 25 spire di RG 174)
-
ACCESSORI
(per loop MW-VLF)
Preamplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION autocostruito (escludibile)
-
(per loop e dipolo HF)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato W8JI (escludibile)
Preamplificatore RF kit LX1456 NE (escludibile)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie GBC
-
REGISTRATORI IC SONY:
ICD-BX800 (R7)
ICD-B500 (VR)
ICD-BX112 (PL)
ICD-B500 (E5)

***

SOFTWARE
(Mac OS X 10.6.8)
Audacity 2.1.0 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.4.0 demo (propagazione)
HourWorld 3.5.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.6 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.3.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
-
(Android 4.1.1)
Daylight World Map (orologio mondiale)

Agenda DX 08/05/2016

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
WIBW, USA (1927)
KCPX, Utah 1600 Khz (1922)

FESTE NAZIONALI
Festa della Vittoria in Francia
Anniversario della Liberazione nella Repubblica Ceca

sabato 7 maggio 2016

RadioDX, from Australia on shortwave


RadioDX, Australia has been allocated two frequencies for HF Domestic Broadcast Service.
It is expected that transmission license will be issued shortly. Engineering testing on 5.045 MHz from Queensland transmitting site should commence in 4-6 weeks time. 
Power 1KW, vertical antenna.
RadioDX is ads-free and pays exclusively Australian independent artists. 
QSL requests and reception reports are welcome for both HF and Internet Radio programme email to: QSL@RadioDX.com.au
Internet Radio streaming: http://RadioDX.com.au
Tune in- your reports are welcome!

73 Nick Hacko VK2DX (via dxld yg)

Glenn Hauser logs May 7, 2016


** ALBANIA. 9854.983 approx., May 7 at 0124, R. Tirana IS at S6, but as often, it`s a strain to make out the lower modulation programming after 0130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. 11710.63, May 7 at 0119, RAE is S4 and JBM, unlike 24 hours ago, and .12 kHz higher. Today`s Aoki might have changed it but still shows 11710.5 as of May 6. It does vary from day to day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 6180.04, May 7 at 0125, RNA is S9+30 and hasn`t disappeared again yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11635-11705, May 7 at 0121, this 11670 RHC transmitter is again splattering over a 70 kHz range; the others are not so bad. Audible listed victims are on 11640, IBB in Uighur via UAE; and on 11700, IBB in Pashto via Sri Lanka. Oh well, just yanquis. But anythings closer to 11670 are so blasted as to be undetectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9805, May 7 at 0151, multiple pulse jamming amounting to S4, way out of synch since R. Martí is on 9805 only at 10-13 UT --- but you can`t be too careful if you`re totally paranoid about any contrary views getting into Cubrains (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 9315, May 7 at 0148, horrible motorboating roar, S9+10, during R. Cairo ``Spanish`` service.

9965.15, May 7 at 0153, R. Cairo strong but JBM in Arabic, lite whine

12085.02, May 7 at 0205, R. Cairo with another big motorboat roar, but not as bad as 9315, during other Arabic service which just started, to last 5 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9935, May 7 at 0152, ERA/VOG Greek music is still OK with no whine, so must be the new normal! Let`s hope so. // stronger 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR [non]. 9665-, May 7 at 0123, nothing but Brazuguese audible, MWV still AWOL. This time I also check for the next broadcast, 6190 from 0200 in Spanish, and it too is totally absent. Is anyone hearing any of the scheduled MWV transmissions? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6876.02-AM, May 7 at 0110, pirate music; 0132, it`s S9, instrumental music, pause and ``You are listening to The Crystal Ship``, then faux-commercial for a dating website, bestiality.com with lots of farm-animalistic SFX, hee hee. At least I hope it`s faux. 0135 another plug for freeradiocampaign.com (during which my streetlite ignites with an RF noise burst at *0135:44, clear sky after sunset). 0137 another TCS ID. Still going at 0211 with music at S9, vs noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1470, May 7 at 0202 UT, ad for Best Western Kirkwood Inn (St Louis suburb) whence you may visit the St Louis Zoo and other attraxions. There are no 1470s near St Louis, but a hotel would not be advertising locally anyway, rather not too close but not too far, then something in Ferguson. It soon fades, but I deduce this could be the St Louis Cardinals network, on which the only 1470 listed state by state at 
is KGND, Vinita, which is now one of OK`s Sports Animals, 500/88 watts U1, and this is after sunset. There is a broadcast game tonight from 0015 UT vs Pittsburgh (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1520, May 7 at 0201 UT, KOKC with CBS News, huge signal as if they are finally back on 50 kW maybe even ND if not direxional westward, instead of longtime STA of paltry 12 kW ND, which they had even before a tornado broke one of their towers a year or two ago. Can it be??? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, May 7 at 0104, no signal from R. Chaski, so have they reset the timer earlier already, or is it just off tonight? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, May 7 at 0114:20, carrier is on from SLBC but JBA; yet enough to detect the mis-timesignal ending at 0115:17.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7425, May 7 at 0207, no leapfrog mixing product from Greenville, tho its co-conspirators, 7305 Vatican relay, and 7365 Radio Martí are on at usual strength. This anomaly has been observed before, perhaps attributable to some temporary change in parameters, like a substitute transmitter and/or antenna for one of them, incapable of providing the usual intermodulation. I bet it come back henceforth (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 3250.08-AM, UT Sat May 7 at 0103, WBCQ`s new transmitter is on again, during `Allan Weiner Worldwide` (as he announced earlier, tnx to tip from John Carver). It`s very poor here in summer noise level, exactly the wrong season to initiate it, but it should be all set for winter. Allan had said he would get it operational once he returned to Maine, which he now has, but not feeling well with the flu; GWQ. 

I find 3250+ to be // and almost synched with 7489.95-AM. Also check 5129.91-AM but it`s playing music instead (and 9330 is as usual off after 0100). In this third semihour of show, he`s responding to real-time e-mail including reception reports, and someone said 5130 had been on 30 second delay behind the others, which was due to running thru Larry Will`s Area 51 server. 

Allan fiddles with computers and at 0108:15, gets ``5110`` back in // and synchronized with him on ``7490``. An hour earlier I had tried both WBCQ video feeds but neither would connect, just displaying the WBCQ logo, and now he confirms he`s not doing any video this week. Says he is endorsing Trump since ``we need a change``, altho there are a few things he likes about Hillary. 

By next check 0136, 7490, 3250 and 5130 are all running TOM but unsounding like BS himself. At 0142 I am getting a het from 3251.6, like a previous occasion, and suspect it`s coming out of the same transmitter, rather than something local here or external. Anyhow, by 0210, 3250.08 and 3251.6 are both off as is 5130, leaving nothing but BS on 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 9955, May 7 at 0152, WRMI with AWR Wavescan ending JSWC log report with one as recent as March 30, so must be current show, then plugging for its own QSL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, May 7 at 0130 check, WWRB is off, no Pirates` Cove. All other possible WWRB frequencies registered by FCC with HFCC are also off: 3185, 3195, 3215 [rather: WWCR], 9370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9975, May 7 at 0153, KVOH still AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1550, May 7 at 0159 UT, KUAZ Tucson ID, and ad, er, underwriting announcement for the Arizona Inn from 50 kW ND public radio daytimer. Its SR/SS for May are: 1230 UT/0215 UT; June: 1215 UT/0230 UT. Soon losing out to KDCC, and feared it was sign-off time already (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1550, May 7 at 0159 UT, just after hearing KUAZ, twist the DX-398 a bit and get a Fox Sports Radio personality promo for local station, and ID as 1550 AM, KDCC, Dodge City, Kansas, 0200 UT into Fox News. KDCC is 1000/90 watts U3, same westward pattern day and night, supposedly protecting the other KS and OK 1550s, but sure doesn`t sound like it now, and BTW, official sunset in May was 0145 UT (June & July: 0200 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1700, May 7 at 0157 UT, horrible roar QRMing KKLF, but I do make out an English ID for it underneath from Dallas-Fort Worth amid Tejana music (music is feminine, so can`t be ``tejano``, unless your Spanish is really illiterate). I also noted this a few nights ago; first feared it was from some local device, but this is no weaker or stronger when I take the PL-880 out into the yard and street, and to boot, it nulls at the same direxion as KKLF. Totally out-of-whack transmitter? Is anyone else hearing this? Not a KKLF CE, apparently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** YEMEN [non]. 11860, May 7 at 0113, very poor S3 signal, but I do believe it`s in Arabic, i.e. Republic of Yemen Radio clandestine, not a time I usually hear it tho I can often detect a carrier. 

Latest ROYR sked from Ivo Ivanov as of April 30:
0600-0900 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
0900-1800 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic
1800-2300 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
2300-0600 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic

HFCC shows the only competition for 11860 in A16 are: 0130-0230 CRI Nepali via Kunming; 0300-0900 CNR Chinese via Lhasa; and, clearly imaginary: RRI Jakarta at 17-18 in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6131, May 7 at 0126, very hi speed RTTY at S9, INTRUDING (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7448-USB, May 7 at 0208, 2-way in Spanish including whistling, engine noise, something about ``don`t chew the bone``, a coded message? I hesitate to label these intruders, since it`s really all the US broadcasters which are intruding into the 7300+ kHz fixed band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0509 UT May 7

Glenn Hauser logs May 6, 2016


** BOUGAINVILLE [and non]. 3325, May 6 I`m awake at 1200, so quickly tune here for NBC, talk and song at S4-S7, 1202 talk, recheck at 1205 it`s down to S2, so suspect NBC has gone off in the meantime uncovering RRI Palangkaraya. Ron Howard agrees with my obs on this yesterday: ``Glenn - May 5 was a good day for NBC Bougainville reception! 1001 with PNG bird call; news in English till 1011 and then news in Tok Pisin/Pidgin till 1021. Noted NBC went off the air about 1153; RRI was not heard till later. Ron``

Today May 6, 3260 was already off at 1200, and 5020 Solomons was off when checked at 1205 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 11825, May 6 at 1242, CNR1 jamming is echoing to make it even worse, also on 11785 but not so duplicative. 11825 has IBB Tinang, PHILIPPINES with Chinese at 09-13, while 11785 does the same at 09-15, alternating PHILIPPINES and THAILAND sites (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GAMBIA [non]. 15465, May 6 at *1900, JBA S4 signal, too weak to copy but presumably Radio Free Gambia`s weekly broadcast via FRANCE. Did not come on until exactly 1900, as I was getting a bit worried (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 11965, May 6 at 1908, fair S5 signal in Japanese, which means it is indeed NHK World, direct from Yamata, 300 kW on 305 degree beam, which is not at all favorable for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 15575, May 6 at 1349, no signal at all from so-called North American service in English of KBS World Radio at 13-14 (+ Korean at 14-15), which they doggedly insist on transmitting directly instead of a relay in North American like for their Spanish. Yet, on 15590 we have S8-S9 signals from ChiCom jamming and/or IBB Thailand (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, May 6 at 1901, very poor S2-3 signal with music, which would be Denge Kurdistanye, which at this hour per Ivo is via FRANCE. I usually hear it better, tho not very well, around 1300-1400 when site is Bulgaria [SCB in Ivo parlance]. His schedule for D. K. as of April 30, and KCH = Pridnestrovye:

0300-0500 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0500-1300 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1300-1700 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx 23200
1700-1930 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1930-2100 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx 23200
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17530, May 6 at 1710, VOA`s `International Edition` is loud & clear from Greenville, on the G8 portable at a restaurant; 1727 to a USG editorial about ChiCom torturing Tibetan monk dissident; 1730 on to silly ballgame show and tune-out. This is our best time to hear VOA L&C from within the US (for those of us beyond the GB skipzone, anyway). Mike Cooper notes that the 1300 UT edition of I.E. which he would get on satellite or online, has been dropped (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1824 monitoring: confirmed Friday May 6 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, and from 2130.5 on much stronger WRMI 13695. Also confirmed Friday May 6 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB, audible on the G8 in downtown Enid for the annual Tri-State Music Festival parade of band noise. Next:
Sat 0630   HLR 6190-CUSB to SW 
Sat 0700   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1430   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sun 0830   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15825, May 6 at 1348, WWCR-1 with gospel huxter is S9+20, which means sporadic-E opening again boosting usual weak signal too close for F2-layer propagation at 1 megameter. But a narrow opening, not affecting 15610 WEWN at similar distance, nor 15555-USB WJHR, JBA after 1400. Didn`t have a chance to check for greater MUF until a few hours later when some W7 hams were making it on 18 MHz, but no broadcast remotes heard on 25-26 MHz. DX map showed some 50 MHz ham DX during the day across the USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, May 6 at 1404, KVOH already S9 but undermodulated, probably with sporadic-E boost; by 1441 up to S9+10 and sufficient modulation in Spanish; it`s already off at 1901 check rather than running overtime. Meanwhile night/English frequency 9975 remains AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370, May 6 at 1911, WWRBS is still AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9275, May 6 at 1911, no signal from WMLK, while 9265 WINB makes S6-S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 790, May 6 at 1220 UT, end of National Farm Report, or plug for it in the familiar voice of good ol` Orion Samuelson, then local IDs for ``K-Triple-X``, and more completely, ``K-Triple-X and 100.3 The Ride``. WTFDA FM Database shows that is 100/100 kW KRDQ Colby KS, confirmed as `The Ride` but not shown as // 790, and indeed with Hot AC, it may not be totally duplicative but rather a sibling station to C&W KXXX, which is now surely on day power of 5 kW. Initially no QRM from anything, not even KFYO Lubbick, but then KURM fades up, q.v., separable by wrist-twisting the DX-398 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 790, May 6 at 1222 UT, almost an hour post-sunrise, KURM fades up to compete with KXXX Colby KS. This one is advertising something at Blue Springs, KURM ID in passing as ``Curm Radio``, reviewing a seemingly local baseball game of ``our Cardinals`` --- does that mean a namesake Rogers-Arkansas-area team rather than ``their Cardinals`` in St Louis? Also geographically odd is the ref to Blue Springs, which is a major suburb of Kansas City MO, and no such town in AR, but maybe a place of springs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 860, May 6 at 1226 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS with birthday wishes to various listeners, including a 1-year-old, something large market stations dare not attempt if they want to have time for anything else, and then 1228 UT a ``Mexican polca for those still celebrating Cinco de Mayo``. This is a (week?)daily spot when they always play a polka, another cute tradition. Some of the b-days were advance for Saturday May 7 so presumably no polka dedications then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1090, May 6 at 1857 UT, on the NRD-545, very poor signal but can make out an EWTN ID, so it`s KEXS Excelsior Springs MO, not bad for 8 kW ~300-mile groundwave at midband, major lobe slightly south of west to hit Kansas City best; considering how poorly the KC 710, 750, 810, 980 stations make it here daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
 
UNIDENTIFIED. 9565, May 6 at 1306, open carrier/dead air at S7-S9, no jamming. Once again, best guess is Greenville-B checking transmitter for R. Martí but that doesn`t start for another seven hours; or IBB Thailand, which has a Tibetan hour at 1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11460-USB, May 6 at 1246, best axion here among the presumed Indonesian QSO pirates is from somebody singing; 1255 more talking, 1258 at least two singers competing. It seems these guys have no concept of ``over``, taking turns. But more and more US hams dispense with that courtesy, too, risking talkovers. Nothing much else lower except:

11405-USB, May 6 at 1303, weak talk, and recognize one keyword, ``komunikasi`` the Indonesian meaning of which is easily guessed correctly; then another one on 11410 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0259 UT May 7

VOA Radiogram, 7-8 May 2016

VOA Radiogram this weekend will include an eight-minute story in Olivia 64-2000. This will allow further experimentation with this slow but robust mode. If we enjoy poor reception conditions, the experiments will be even more interesting.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

1:34  Program preview
2:41  Rubbish-burning experiment in Norway*
7:55  Olivia 64-2000: UAE may make mountain to change climate*
18:34  MFSK32: FCC considers change to amateur data regulations*
23:37  Closing announcements*
* with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK32 Sunday at about 0220 UTC (Saturday 10:20 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz, via Germany. This is part of the KBC broadcast to North America at 0000-0300 UTC on 9925 kHz. Please send reception reports to Eric: themightykbc (at) gmail.com .

DigiDX will transmit DX news in MFSK32 and perhaps other modes on its usual schedule:
Sunday 2130 UTC - 15770kHz via WRMI Florida
Sunday 2330 UTC - 11580kHz via WRMI Florida
Monday 2000 UTC - 6070kHz via Channel 292 Germany

Consult https://www.facebook.com/digidx/ for any additions or changes to this schedule.

Agenda DX 07/05/2016

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTE
La Voz de los Libertadores, Colombia 1030 Khz (1965)

venerdì 6 maggio 2016

Ascolti AM Treviso 6 maggio

6070  06/05 1040 Radio Channel 292, D-Rohrbach Id  Mx D 25542
7310  06/05 1041 Radio SRF, D-Kall-Krekel Px D 25522
7365  06/05 1042 HCJB Deutschland, Weenermoor Mx Px rel. D 15522
17730 06/05 1058 AWR KSDA Guam, Agat Info ID E Px rel. MOM 35544
17850 06/05 1059 Radio Thailand, Udon Thani Px Mx T 35533
21560 06/05 1203 Radio Vaticana, S. Maria Galeria Nx It 15522
 

73 da N. Marabello
QTH  Treviso, Italia
RX:  SONY ICF SW7600G
Ant.: esterna VHF azimuth 230

Glenn Hauser logs May 5-6, 2016


** ARGENTINA. 11710.51, UT Fri May 6 at 0123, RAE better than usual, about S9 with tango music during Japanese hour which likely has more listeners in Brasil, Perú than in Japan. Had been more like 11710.6 or .7, but I see Aoki now has it on 11710.5 as well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4814.97, May 6 at 0153, JBA signal at S7 vs CODAR, presumed Rdif. Londrina, exactly where I measured it last December 1. More ZY carriers, some with audio, on 4845.0, 4865.01, 4925.2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11765-11795, May 6 at 0125, splatter from RNA 11780.0 during music, and the fundamental itself is out of whack, distorted. The lower edge merges with splatter from 11760 CUBA, q.v., so hard to tell them apart around 11770. Fortunately, RRI French on 11800 is far enough away to remain clear.

6180.03, May 6 at 0143, RNA`s other frequency reactivated last night is on again tonight, causing ACI to poor 6185 XEPPM, México`s only SW station remaining. Greeting listeners calling in from around Brasil. At least this one is not distorted and splattering unlike // 11780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 11635-11705, May 6 at 0121, RHC Spanish 11670 is splattering out to plus/minus 35 kHz; the only victims I can detect are somethings on 11640 and 11700, and the splatter worsens closer to the fundamental. Fortunately this doesn`t reach Argentina, q.v. 11710+.

11745-11775, May 6 at 0123, RHC Spanish 11760 is splattering only plus/minus 15 kHz! But the hi side meshes with splatter from 11780 BRAZIL, q.v. 

11830-11850, May 6 at 0127, RHC Spanish 11840 is splattering only plus/minus 10 kHz, still too much, abutting very weak 11830 and 11850 signals previously found to be RHC spurs.

12060, May 6 at 0134, lite pulse jamming on second harmonic of the pileup on 6030 against Radio Martí. (This is just as my streetlite ignites, with RF noise burst on some frequencies, clear sky after sunset at 0123.)

7335, May 6 at 0138, lite pulse jamming audible underneath Radio Romania International in Romanian, which was foolish enough to share a frequency with Radio Martí, even tho an hour apart as Cuba is sloppy with its jamming hours, better too much than too little.

(In A-16, RRI is on 7335 at 00-02, Martí at 03-05, instead of 7365 as before and after --- not clear why they don`t stay on 7365 where there is no collision, unless it`s in ACI deference to Vatican and BBC on 7360, Iran on 7370) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 7425, May 6 at 0137, Radio Martí at S3 with JBA modulation, also on 7305. These intermodulations with 7365 from Greenville escape the DentroCuban Jamming Command, but secret listeners will need really sensitive receivers and/or turn up the volume. No good after 0145 when Vatican modulation starts on 7305 and also leaps onto 7425 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 7210-LSB, May 6 at 0140, distorted music at S9+20, intermittent with some Spanish talk, no doubt pro-Castro Cuban trying to block the N1NR anti-Castro net; and also ACI to a US ham in English on 7208-LSB. Arnie could give him some lessons in netiquette, ha2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 9315.0, May 6 at 0111, big S9+25 humroar but no program audio which should be R. Cairo in Spanish before 0200 unEnglish. No // found, but:

9965.0, May 6 at 0119, R. Cairo at S9+35 with OK modulation in Arabic, lite whine. Nothing audible in the 12`s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9935, May 6 at 0112, ERA with Greek music, very good S9+20 and no whine! Seems they have finally repaired it, and // 9420 is S9+30, probably on an azimuth closer to us? No info in A-16 HFCC, but Ivo Ivanov skeds show same 323 degree azimuth from Avlis, with 170 kW on 9420 vs only 100 on 9935 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 12025, May 6 at 0131, Spanish conversation with Castilian accent, poor S6 and undermodulated, so this is one transmission which VRII has not canceled. HFCC shows for the 0020 broadcast both Kamalabad and Sirjan registered with 500 kW each, 310 and 300 degrees respectively, but only two hours from KAM and three from SIR. Running both would be inadvisable, so presumably meant to be alternates, or anticipating the closedown of Kamalabad rather than both for the entire A-16 season. Seems to me the real Castilians once used 12025 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 9665.0, May 6 at 0115, no signal from MWV, just Voz Missionária on lo side, about 9664.95. So this transmitter off the air too? The 01 ``KNLS`` English transmission had been pretty reliable, tho should have QSYed to 9660 or 9670, for example. Or maybe it moved somewhere else?

9480, May 6 at 0403, no signal either from African Pathways Radio, normally well-heard English hour, so seems both transmitters may be down again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 4955.0, May 6 at 0149, music at S7, presumed only known station on 4955, R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, but which Aoki and WRTH think closes at 0100, 5 kW OAX5S. (Hardly anything from Angola 4949.7 tonight) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** ROMANIA. 11850, May 5 at 2038, RRI English is very poor S5, but at least it`s out from under RRI DRM on 11865-11870-11875; it took them 5 weeks to unravel this self-collision since the beginning of A16, 11850 first reported May 2 by Alan Roe and Peter W Hanson of the DXLD yg. // 13650 is better, merely poor at S7; however on a better day it should be fair to good, and the // should instead be on 15 MHz, like 15170 was last summer, and still in use this year but only after 2100 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1824 monitoring: confirmed Thursday May 5 at 2100 on WRMI 13695, excellent; also confirmed Thu May 5 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.853, fair. Next:
Fri 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630   HLR 6190-CUSB to SW 
Sat 0700   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1430   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sun 0830   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17790, 15770, 15440, 13695, 11825, 11565, 9955, May 5 at 1940, all these WRMI frequencies are missing, some normally weak, some normally inbooming. Not a blackout, as 15370 Cuba is VG. At 2020 recheck, now I do hear WRMI on 21675, 17790, 15770, 15440, 13695,  11825, 11580, 11565, 9955. Another power outage at Okeechobee, I suppose (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9975, May 6 at 0120 check, KVOH is still AWOL, and we don`t know why (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So is WRNO 7505v

** VIETNAM [non]. 12005, May 6 at 0130.0, S9+25 dead air; not until 0130.5 does VOV open Vietnamese with ID ``Day la Tieng Noi Viet-Nam``, and music, anthem? (See WRTH 2016 domestic service listing page 446 for all the diacriticals). This is via Woofferton UK, having just missed the English semihour but another may still propagate at 0230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

This report despatched at 0453 UT May 6

Agenda DX 06/05/2016

giovedì 5 maggio 2016

May 10, From the Isle of Music

Our May 10 (May 9 in the Americas) program will feature two special guests with interviews and music:
1. Cuban Laud (a relative of the lute) master Barbarito Torres, whose prolific career includes the Buena Vista Social Club, but we will be playing some of his wonderful work with songstress Miriam Ramos. 
2. Albertico Lescay, leader of the Cuban Jazz/Fusion group Formas. NuJazz is a new branch of Jazz in Cuba that we'll let him explain to you. 
We'll also feature some more of Danzas Para Piano de Ignacio Cervantes.(the musical gift that keeps on giving)
Two listening options on shortwave:
WBCQ, 7490 KHz, Tuesdays 0000 UTC (8pm EDT Mondays)
Channel 292, 6070 KHz, Tuesdays 1900 UTC (2100 CEST)
See the NOTES section of our Facebook page for instructions for listening online if you don't have a shortwave radio.

Logs Manuel Méndez

ANGOLA, 4949.7, Radio Nacional, Mulenvos, 1910-1918, 02-05, Portuguese, comments. 14321.

AUSTRALIA, 4835, VL8A, Alice Springs, 1912-1923, 02-05, English, comments. 34433.

CONGO REPUBLIC, 5066.4, Radio Tele Candip, Bunia, 1845-1856, 05-04, Vernacular comments. Very weak. 14321.

CONGO, 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, 1810-1823*, 02-05, French, comments. Very weak. 14321.
Also 1816-1825, 05-05, French, comments, " Le chronique culturelle", Congo cultural news and comments. Good and clear signal today. 24332 increasing to 34333.

ETHIOPIA, 6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 1815-1825, 02-05, East African songs. 34433.
 

Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain

Logs in Lugo
Sony ICF SW 7600 G, cable antenna, 8 metes