Glenn Hauser logs June 1-2-3, 2018

** AUSTRALIA. 11750, June 2 at 1315, hymnodic harmonies with talkovers, vs splash from 11760 Cuba. HFCC claims the entire 1200-1330 broadcast from HCA, 100 kW, 310 degrees from KNX is in Hindi! But Aoki/NDXC breakdown shows a bunch of RBA languages after 1200-1300 daily Hindi, the Sat 1315-1330 slot in Mei, about which EiBi says ``Meithei/Manipuri: India (1.3m)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 9965, June 2 at 1710, Firedragon at S3-S6, as E Asian propagation is holding up, certainly better than W European. Vs RFA in Chinese via Saipan at 1700-1900, unheard here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11700, June 1 at 2330, RHC music is suptorted = suppressed and distorted modulation. Wiggle that patchcord? 

11700, June 2 at 2237, dead air and then off instead of scheduled Portuguese hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Back on with Spanish at 2303 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15730, June 2 at 2218, S9+10 of dead air from RHC, but that`s OK, merely warming up for the 2230 bihour starting with French (except Esperanto Sundays). In fact this would be the OSOB if it were not for the JBA unID q.v. carrier on 15435, but certainly the SSOB --- where is everystation else?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, June 3 at 0050, no signal from TGAV. Should be detectable by now if on; another transmitter crash? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 9665, June 2 at 1711, S2 music, no doubt KCBS; 9435, June 2 at 1712, hyper-assertive Korean, no doubt VOK; and 9615, June 2 at 1712, more Korean at S5-S8, BBC via PHILIPPINES.

The clock says it`s past noon CDT, but it`s really almost a sesquihour before local mean zenith noon at 1832 UT; along with 9965 Firedrake, FE conditions are upholding. What about 7 MHz: dare I try?

7355, June 2 at 1715, very poor talk in presumed Korean, bits of music, from another BBC Korean frequency at 1530-1830, this one via SINGAPORE; the OSOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEWFOUNDLAND [and non]. 13270-USB, June 2 at 2220, Gander VOLMET starting with poor signal; but there is also a weak AM carrier on 13270 --- I guessed it, Aoki/NDXC shows 13270 a Sound of Hope, Taiwan frequency starting at 2110, and without a *jammer.

BTW, it may be time for New York Radio, time-sharing the Gander frequencies, to return: from DXLD 18-01: 

``It looks as though New York VOLMET will be off the air at least through the end of May, according to an FAA Notice To Airmen:

``A7072/17 - VOLMET 10.051, 6.604, 3.485, 13.270 U/S. 19 DEC 15:14 2017 UNTIL 01 JUN 00:01 2018. CREATED: 19 DEC 15:17 2017``

U/S is an abbreviation for "Unserviceable." The station had been off the air for two months before this NOTAM was issued (Mike Cooper, GA, Jan 1, WORLD OF RADIO 1911, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` (Glenn Hauser, June 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, June 2 at 2345, pirate music at S7 vs noise peaking at S9; 2350 synthom announcement unreadable; off at 2402 check. These say it was Buddha Radio:

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43103.0.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6931-CW, June 2 at 0001-0002, slow Morse code message exclaiming ``*UC* TRUMP`` several times, presumed pirate rather than official info. Please QSL. Unknown if this was related to a phone pirate broadcast, e.g. later on 6930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-AM, June 3 at 0040, pirate music at S5 vs S9+10 static crashes. Also unID for these:

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43106.0.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, June 3 at 0041, hard rock guitar music, averaging S8, also unID pirate for these:

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43107.0.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6880-AM, June 3 at 0042, John of VORW talking about family and good times, S5 vs S9 crashes; a regular Saturday evening relay by The Relay Station. Many more logs here tho subjected as unID:

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43105.0.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 530, June 2 at 1718 UT check, K530AM, Vance AFB TIS is back in whack, modulating Ad Council PSA loops (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 9795, June 1 at 2320, YL singing ``Old Ruggèd Cross`` in unknown language, steady beat rather C&W with an instrumental interlude, S9-S7; 2324 announcement sounds like Burmese; another tune/hymn in same style.

One might not expect to be hearing FEBC 100 kW due west from Iba so well, or at all, but that`s what it is, this semihour in the Mon language, per EiBi, which is spoken in Burma (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UGANDA [non]. 9370, Saturday June 2 at 1437, African music, strong signal as WWRB is reconfirmed here ex-15240 with R. Munansi. At 1447 I`m checking UTwente SDR for World of Radio, so also try 9370: not a bit of Munansi, but rather something in Burmese, i.e. VOA THAILAND at 1430-1530, which is surely also what the Ugandans will be hearing during this hour. At 1713 recheck back here, African music somewhat distorted at S6-S9. Saturday & Sunday daytime-only broadcasts, Tennessee toward east Canada (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1932 monitoring: checking UTwente SDR, Holland for the Sat June 2 at 1431 on HLR 6190-CUSB: nothing at 1438, but trace of me at 1446. Alan Gale in England reports at 1505:

``Hi Glenn, Well the propagation certainly confounded me today, as HLR was audible here from around 1300 UT, and I even managed to catch all of WoR on 6190. The signal strength did start to drop a bit about 8 minutes from the end, but then came back up strongly again till sign off. It must have been due to all those thunderstorms watering the TX site in Germany or something I think. :-) Alan``

Confirmed Saturday June 2 at 2300 on WRMI, 7780, poor. Also confirmed UT Sunday June 3 at 0200 on WRMI 7780, poor-fair. Also confirmed UT Sunday June 3 at 0332 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, about Rick Wiles on WRNO, i.e. 26 minutes into show so must have started quite early circa 0306. Next:

Sun 1030   HLR  9485-CUSB to WSW

Sun 1900   WRMI 9395 to NNW

Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE

Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW

Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE

Mon 0400   WRMI webcast only

Tue 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW

Tue 2030   WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1933?]

Tue 2130   WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1933?]

Full schedule for WOR on all outlets, not just SW; podcast linx:

http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490.06, June 1 at 2335, the pre-AWWW gospel huxter on WBCQ has quite a hum on his live(?) feed. Wiggle that patchcord?

`Allan Weiner Worldwide` starts promptly at 0000 June 2 this week, initial interjexions about too many taxes and too few pirates. Angela and Tom are studio sidekix today. Apparently a new one, but did not yet hear a declaration of which YOOL date applied. Unfortunately, John Carver in mid-north Indiana`s computer is down so haven`t had his full AWWW summary this week. Artie Bigley, however, listened to a podcast (of this one?) and reports: 

``AW said on his AWW podcast that he will have public service programming on the new 500 kW transmitter. That would be awesome to have WOR on that 20 megawatt ERP transmitter and antenna. Will you request WOR to be aired on that transmitter a few times a week?`` Well, yes, if that`s possible; last I heard, the original plan was that it would be 100% paid for and programmed by the flat-earthers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. At 0024 UT June 2, as a reminder, I reposted to the WOR iog from WRMI/FB about the 0100-0200 June 2 special on 9395, Hali Palombo`s ambient/music being ``imminent``. I was about to put ``allegedly`` in the headline --

Tuned in at 0058 to hear some odd music which could have been this. 0100 RAE does not start, no introduxion spoken, but sounds like Oldies programming; 0107 WRMI ID for 9395, more music, ``God bless the child`` and more jazzy.. 0116 break for VOA News! Looks like another no-show, or did it run in the previous hour, 8 pm EDT, despite explicit publicity as 8 pm CT/01 UT? Music also on 5950 but too noisy to tell if it be // the same or the RAE English relay survived there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9455, June 2 at 0634, WRMI announcement hitting S9, Oldies, much stronger than usual on this secret transmission; but 9395 is S9+20 with sermon by Biermann, i.e. *his* `Your Weekend Show` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5950, June 2 at 1702, JBA carrier which must be WRMI`s 24/7 broadcast; how are others doing? 9455, VP with music; 21525, VP with choral hymn.. Too low, too high; at midday WRMI could be well audible, even inbooming if it were not silent on the 17, 15, 13 and 11 MHz bands. Strange frequency management (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5043 & 5057, June 3 at 0048, the WWRB program is producing some whistles consistently around these plus/minus 7 kHz offsets from 5050 carrier. Additional splash QRMs RHC even when 5040 tuned to LSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, June 2 at 1718 UT quick check, KLEY Wellington KS is still SNAFU going into its fifth month (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13564, June 2 at 1322, JBA trace of CW, no doubt one of the two HIFER beacons around this kHz: GNK in Madison WI, or RF, circa VA/WV. Frequent chex of this ISM band usually yield less than this, i.e. nothing. At least Cuba is not blotting with 13700 spurs today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15435, June 2 at 2218, JBA carrier, the OSOB except for big warmup from CUBA on 15730. Nothing listed, except in HFCC, JRT, AKA, Jordan in Arabic at 22-01, 500 kW, 300 degrees to W Europe --- yeah right, what an imagination! Less unlikely would be BSKSA running 4+ hours overtime; for Ramadan? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 90.1, June 1 at 1859/1900 UT, on caradio, more QRM than usual to KUCO, KHCC, fragment ``Carolina Public Radio`` heard. There are no 90.1 PR in NC, but in SC: WHMC in Conway and WEPR in Greenville. But by 1915 check, 6m map shows no VHF sporadic E openings anywhere over North America. Maybe random MS; or a program promo/credit from one of the nearby stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 0521 UT June 3

Agenda DX 03/06/2018

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTE
Asian Sound R., Gran Bretagna 963-1377 Khz (1996)

SWLDXBulgaria News, June 2

FRANCE(non)   Oromo Voice Radio & Voice of Amara Radio via TDF Issoudun on June 2
Oromo Voice Radio
1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Mon/Wed/Sat, fair+QRM
same time on 17855 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to ENAm Spanish Radio Exterior de España
Voice of Amara Radio
1700-1758 on 15360 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAf Amharic Sat/Sun/Mon/Wed, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/oromo-voice-radio-voice-of-amara-radio.html

GERMANY   Reception of Evangelische Missions Gemeinden via MBR Nauen, June 2
1030-1100 on  6055 NAU 125 kW / 222 deg to CeEu German Sat/Sun, fair signal:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-evangelische-missions.html

GERMANY   Missionswerk Friedensstimme & Voice of Turkey on 13710 kHz, June 2:
1200-1230 on 13710 NAU 250 kW / 060 deg to FERu Russian Sat, strong co-ch
1200-1255 on 13710 EMR 500 kW / 095 deg to SoAs Urdu TRT Voice of Turkey:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/missionswerk-friedensstimme-voice-of.html

GERMANY(non)   Weak signal of From the Isle of Music & IBC via Channel 292, June 2
1200-1300 on  6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu Eng/Spa Sat From the Isle of Music
1300-1400 on  6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu Italian Sat Italian Broadcasting Corp
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/weak-signal-of-from-isle-of-music-ibc.html

GERMANY(non)   Reception of HCJB Voice of The Andes via MBR Moosbrunn on June 2
1530-1630 on 13800 MOS 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAs Russian/Chechen Sat, very good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-hcjb-voice-of-andes-via.html

GERMANY(non)   Reception of Radio Xoriyo Ogaden via MBR Issoudun on June 2
1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat, very good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-radio-xoriyo-ogaden-via.html

GUAM   Reception of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia in English, June 2
1230-1300 on 12160 TWR 100 kW / 290 deg to SoAs English Sat, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-ktwr-trans-world-radio.html

NUMBERS STATION   Weak signal of E11 Oblique in 25mb, June 2
1300-1303 on 11581 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/weak-signal-of-e11-oblique-in-25mb-june.html

SECRETLAND(non)   The Mighty KBC Radio via SPL Secretbrod, June 2
1500-1600 on  9400 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Sat, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-mighty-kbc-radio-via-spl.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Missionswerk Friedensstimme via SPL Secretbrod, June 2
1600-1630 on  9680 SCB 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Russian Sat, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-missionswerk.html

TURKEY   Another very odd freqs 13765.7/11795.7/9855.7 kHz of Voice of Turkey, June 2
0400-0455 on 21680.7 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Malaysian, not confirmed, pls check
0500-0655 on 13765.7 EMR 500 kW / 210 deg to CEAf Hau/Swa, instead of 13765 on June 1
0830-0955 on 11795.7 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian, instead of nominal 11795.0
1000-1055 on  9655.0 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Georgian, instead of 9655.7 June 1
1000-1025 on  9855.7 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar, instead of 9855.0 on June 1
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/very-odd-13765711795798557-khz-of-voice.html

TURKEY   Very odd frequencies 9785.7/9635.7 kHz of Voice of Turkey, part 2, June 2
1830-1925 on  9785.7 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English, instead of nominal 9785
1930-2025 on  9635.7 EMR 500 kW / 300 deg to WeEu French, instead of nominal 9635:
2030-2125 on  9620.7 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to SEAs English, probably, please check!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/very-odd-frequencies-9785796357-khz-of.html

--

73! Ivo Ivanov
More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

Media & Tech - 02/06/2018

W4HM Daily HF Radio Wave Propagation Forecast #2018-152

Greetings to my fellow hamateur radio and SWL radio enthusiasts around the
world.

Welcome to my “not for profit” daily W4HM Daily HF Radio Wave Propagation
Forecast.

It’s the only daily global HF radio wave propagation forecast produced on
the planet.

I'm a retired heliophysicist, terrestrial meteorologist/climatologist,
physical oceanographer and one of the few on the planet with advanced
education and forecast experience in all disciplines. In terrestrial weather
forecasting I
have 45 years of experience and in solar, space and geomagnetic weather
forecasting 34 years.

Created and disseminated by Thomas F. Giella, W4HM in Lakeland, FL, USA ©
1988-2018.

If you find this daily HF radio wave propagation forecast useful to your
hamateur and SWL radio activities, feel free to drop me a line and let me
know that at

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W4HM Solar Cycle 24 Update and 25 Forecast- Short and to the point.

Solar minimum may begin later this year and may last longer than any
previous solar cycle in the 20th century. When solar cycle 25 finally gets
underway it could be the weakest since the middle of the 19th century.
Another Dalton type lesser grand solar minimum may occur with a
corresponding cooling of earth’s climate. This would negate anthropogenic
climate change if it were occurring which it isn’t.

On February 1, 2008 I forecasted that solar cycle 24 would be the smallest
solar cycle in the past 100 years. That forecast verified. I also forecasted
that solar cycle 25 would be almost non nonexistent.

#152 Issued Saturday Jun 2, 2018 at 1400 UTC

Solar activity is low.

Important Solar, Space & Geomagnetic Weather Indices-

The daily solar flux index numbers (DSFI) were 77.5 74.8 74.9

There had been 11 days in a row with a 2000 UTC daily solar flux index
number (DSFI) of 70 or higher.

The official daily sunspot number (DSSN) was 22.

There had been 12 days in a row with a daily sunspot number (DSSN) of
greater than 0.

Sunspot group #12712 was located near N16W23 with a complex beta-gamma
magnetic signature capable of releasing a small in size C class solar flare
and an isolated medium in size M class solar flare.

#12712 released 5 very small in size B class solar flares.

In 2018 there had been 80 days with an official daily sunspot number (DSSN)
of 0.

The 24 hour period 3 hour interval planetary K index (Kp) had been at a
minor geomagnetic storming level to unsettled geomagnetic condition of  3 4
4 4 5 4 3 3.

The 24 hour period maximum and minimum solar wind speed ranged between 766 &
629 km/s.

Global Daily HF Radio Wave Propagation Forecast-

HF radio wave propagation condition “trend” Jun 2, 2018- deteriorating.

HF radio wave propagation condition “trend” Jun 3, 2018- deteriorating.

HF radio wave propagation condition “trend” Jun 4, 2018- steady.

Northern Hemisphere Radio Wave Propagation Forecast b-

3150-3400, 3500-4100, 4750-5050, 5700-6300 kHz- S9 +1 to 9 at night and S1-3
at day,

6900-7800, 9200-9995, 10000-10150, 11500-12200 kHz- S9+ 1 to 9 at night and
S4-7 at day,

13570-13850, 14000-14350, 15005-15900, 17450-17950, 18068-18168 kHz- S0 at
night and S3-4 at day,

21000-21850 kHz- S0 at night and S1-2 at day,

24890-24990, 25600-26100 kHz- S0 at night and S1 at day,

28000-29700 kHz- S0 at night and S0 at day.

We are now firmly in the summer/winter solstice type of HF radio wave
propagation conditions. Globally HF radio wave propagation conditions are
most unbalanced across the equator during this time period.

During the northern hemisphere summer season the 14000- 30000 kHz frequency
range closes later due to more sun light illuminating the ionosphere than in
the southern hemisphere. But the maximum usable frequency (MUF) is lower
than in the southern hemisphere as heating in the F2 layer of the ionosphere
is higher and the layer less concentrated.

Almost daily during the northern hemisphere summer season you will find that
the 25600- 26100 kHz and 28000-30000 kHz frequency ranges will open via
short north-south and east-west propagation paths via sporadic E (Es). Also
when multiple sporadic E (Es) clouds form and line up favorably much longer
propagation paths open up on east-west paths. And last but not least
north-south propagation paths occur across the equator via trans equatorial
propagation (TEP).

Southern Hemisphere Radio Wave Propagation Forecast b-

3150-3400, 3500-4100, 4750-5050, 5700-6300 kHz- S9 +1 to 9 at night and S1-3
at day,

6900-7800, 9200-9995, 10000-10150, 11500-12200 kHz- S9+ 1 to 9 at night and
S4-7 at day,

13570-13850, 14000-14350, 15005-15900, 17450-17950, 18068-18168 kHz- S0 at
night and S3-4 at day,

21000-21850 kHz- S0 at night and S1-2 at day,

24890-24990, 25600-26100 kHz- S0 at night and S1 at day,

28000-29700 kHz- S0 at night and S0 at day.

We are now firmly in summer/winter solstice type of HF radio wave
propagation conditions. Globally HF radio wave propagation conditions are
most unbalanced across the equator during this time period.

During the southern hemisphere winter season the 14000- 30000 kHz frequency
range closes sooner due to less sun light illuminating the ionosphere than
in the northern hemisphere. But the maximum usable frequency (MUF) is higher
than in the northern hemisphere as the F2 layer of the ionosphere is lower
in height and more concentrated.

This HF Radio wave propagation forecast is produced based on the SIGINT_CAP
HF radio wave propagation prediction software. I wrote it beginning in the
late 1980’s but I’m sorry to say that it can’t be distributed to the general
public. It does outperform VOA CAP.

And though this HF radio wave propagation forecast is produced based on the
SIGINT_CAP software, I do check the actual band conditions at my location in
the USA and tweak the forecast manually where and when necessary.

I also check global HF radio wave propagation conditions via remoted radio
receivers on every continent of the globe and tweak the forecast manually if
and when necessary.

And last but not least I look at ionsonde stations on every continent of the
globe.

The hamateur radio JT65A mode RF signal levels received are based on 5 watts
and ½ wave dipole up at 40 feet.

The hamateur radio PSK31 mode RF signal levels received are based on 25
watts and ½ wave dipole up at 40 feet.

The hamateur radio CW mode RF signal levels received are based on 50 watts
and ½ wave dipole up at 40 feet.

The hamateur radio SSB RF mode signal levels received are based on 100 watts
and ½ wave dipole up at 40 feet.

The HF shortwave broadcast band AM Mode RF signal levels are based on
100,000 watts (100 kw) and a typical high gain VOA type curtain array
antenna.

Please keep in mind that this is a relatively simplified HF radio wave
propagation forecast, so as to keep it easily understandable and applicable
by the average radio enthusiast.

Globally HF radio wave propagation conditions are most evenly balanced
during the fall and spring equinoxes and most diametrically opposed during
the summer and winter solstices.

Conditions change daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and by decade, as the
sun rises and sets at different times and at different angles from the
ecliptic, as well as by radio wave frequency. This is due to changes in the
maximum usable frequency (MUF), lowest usable frequency (LUF) and F layer
critical frequency (FoF2). Also by propagation path.

The D and E layers also come into play through RF radio wave signal
absorption and refraction. And then there is sporadic E (Es) radio wave
propagation that can really throw a wrench into the gears so to speak.

Things like sporadic E (Es) radio wave propagation and lightning storm
static can impact HF radio wave propagation in an unpredictable manner and
mostly bad.

Ongoing solar, space and geomagnetic weather goings on also impact HF radio
wave propagation conditions in a negative manner.

Lower high frequency (80-30 meters) propagation conditions are impacted in a
negative manner not so much by variations in the maximum usable frequency
(MUF) along a particular propagation path and time but rather due to
geomagnetic elevated geomagnetic conditions (Kp-3-4), storms (Kp-5 &
greater) that increase signal absorption via the E layer (the altitude of
the radio aurora). Also increases in the lowest usable frequency (LUF) via D
layer RF signal absorption due to hard x-rays, galactic cosmic waves,
elevated background solar flux levels greater than B0 and energetic proton
flux levels at energies greater than 10 MeV (10+0).

Higher frequency (20-10 meters) propagation conditions are impacted in a
negative manner by variations in the maximum usable frequency (MUF) along a
particular propagation path and time due to the current sunspot number and
also due to elevated geomagnetic conditions (Kp-3-4), storms of Kp-5 &
greater. Also D layer RF signal absorption due to elevated (greater than B0)
background solar flux levels. Also to a lesser extent elevated proton flux
at energies greater than 10 MeV (10+0).

GENERAL GUIDELINES CONCERNING CORRELATION OF PROPAGATION INDICES TO ACTUAL
HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS-

NOTE!!! The propagation indices "interpretations" are my personal
intellectual property. Therefore the radio wave propagation indices
interpretations contained herein is copyrighted © 1988-2018 by Thomas F.
Giella, W4HM, all rights reserved. Reproduction of information herein is
allowed without permission in advance as long as proper credit is given.

All 14 of the following indices have to occur as described below in order to
see the best global high frequency radio wave propagation possible,
something that happens rarely.

1.) Dropping geomagnetic field indices numbers are better, Kp of 0 best.

2.) A daily sunspot number of 150 or higher, 200 or higher best.

3.) A daily sunspot number of greater than 100 for routine stable formation
of the E Valley/F Layer ducting mechanism.

4.) Previous 24 hour Ap index under 10, fewer than 7 for several days
consecutively are best.

5.) Previous 3 hours Kp index fewer than 3 for mid latitude paths, fewer
than 2 for high latitude paths, 0 for several days consecutively is best.

6.) Energetic protons no greater than 10 MeV (10+0).

7.) Background x-ray flux levels greater than B1 for several days
consecutively, greater than C1 best.

8.) No current STRATWARM alert.

9.) Interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) Bz with a (positive number) sign,
indicates a lesser chance of high latitude path aurora
absorption/unpredictable refraction or scattering of medium frequency RF
signals, when the Kp is above 3.

10.) A -10 or better towards a positive number Dst index during the recovery
time after a geomagnetic storm, as related to the equatorial ring current. A
positive number is best.

Standard Disclaimer-

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Another very odd freqs 13765.7/11795.7/9855.7 kHz of Voice of Turkey, June 2

TURKEY   Another very odd freqs 13765.7/11795.7/9855.7 kHz of Voice of Turkey, June 2:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/very-odd-13765711795798557-khz-of-voice.html



--

73! Ivo Ivanov
More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

Media & Tech L'Approfondimento - 02/06/2018

SWLDXBulgaria News, June 1-2

EGYPT   Unidentified station with Egyptian music on June 2
from 0900 on  9600 unknown tx / unknown to ????, good/fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/unidentified-station-with-egyptian.html

FRANCE(non)   Reception of BRB Radio Xoriyo Ogaden via MBR Issoudun, June 1
1600-1630 on 17770 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri, very good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-brb-radio-xoriyo-ogaden.html

GERMANY(non)   Reception of Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen on June 1:
1700-1730 on 15420 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-voice-of-oromo-liberation.html

GERMANY(non)   Radio Waves International RWI via Channel 292 on June 2
0600-0700 on  6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu En/Ge/It/Fr Sat, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/radio-waves-international-rwi-via.html

KUWAIT   Very good signal of MOI Radio Kuwait on June 2:
0500-0900 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic &
1000-1200 on 17760 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipino
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/very-good-signal-of-moi-radio-kuwait-on.html

NIGERIA(non)   Radio Dandal Kura Int & Radio(Ndarason)International on June 2
0600-0700 on 11910 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg to CeAf Kanuri Radio Dandal Kura Int.
0700-0800 on 13810 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf French ONLY!* R.International
*0737 frequency announcement in French: FM 107.1 in N'djamena & SW as follows
0500-0600 on 5960; 0600-0700 on 7415; 0700-0800 on 13810 & 1800-2100 on 12050
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/radio-dandal-kura-int.html

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of E11 Oblique in "the heart" of 31mb, June 1
1910-1913 on  9610 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB, fair signal:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-e11-oblique-in-heart-of.html

NUMBERS STATION   Reception of S06 Russian Man in 31mb and 41mb on June 1
2000-2004 on  9492 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB+AM, very good
2100-2104 on  7528 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB+AM, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-s06-russian-man-in-31mb.html

NUMBERS STATION   Fair signal of E11 Oblique 6MHz on June 2
0710-0713 on  6480*unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB
*6480 is former frequency of KBS World Radio many years ago
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/fair-signal-of-e11-oblique-6mhz-on-june.html

PHILIPPINES   FEBC via tx Iba vs.FEBC via tx Bocaue on 15450 kHz, June 2
0900-1000 on 15450 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Hui zu/Zhuang, very good
0930-1000 on 15450 BOC 100 kW / 245 deg to SEAs Minangkabau, weak signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/febc-via-tx-iba-vsfebc-via-tx-bocaue-on.html

ROMANIA(non)   Reception of IRRS Radio City via ROU RadioCom on June 2
0800-0900 on  9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu German Sat, very good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-irrs-radio-city-via-rou.html

RUSSIA   Good signal of GTRK Adygeya/Adygeyan Radio on June 1
1800-1900 on  6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/good-signal-of-gtrk-adygeyaadygeyan.html

SAUDI ARABIA   Good signal of Al-Azm Radio & Republic of Yemen Radio, June 2
from 0522 on 11745 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic BSKSA Al-Azm Radio
from 0531 on 11860 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic Rep.of Yemen Radio
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/good-signal-of-al-azm-radio-republic-of.html

U.K.(non)   Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow via BaBcoCk Tashkent on June 1
1600-1630 on  7580 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/radio-ranginkamanradio-rainbow-via.html

USA   Fair signal of WRNO Radio in English on June 2
from 0501 on  7505 RNO 050 kW / 020 deg to ENAm English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/fair-signal-of-wrno-radio-in-english-on.html

--

73! Ivo Ivanov
More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

Stations heard in Friol

ALGERIA, 1550, Radio Nacional de la República Arabe Saharaui, Rabuni, 2018-2040, 01-06, Arabic comments and songs. 23322.

ANGOLA, 4949.75, Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 1957-2015, 01-06, Portuguese, comments, at 2000 time signals, id. “Radio Nacional de Angola”, news. 15321.

BOLIVIA

3310, Radio Mosoj Chasqui, Cotapachi, 2315-2324, 01-06, Quechua, comments. 25322.

6134.8, Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 2312-2324, 01-06, Spanish, comments. Very weak, barely audible, QRM from Aparecida. 12321.

BRAZIL

4885, Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, 0403-0540, 02-06, Portuguese, soccer comments “Campeonato Brasileiro”, “Nesta madrugada de sábada na Radio Clube..”, at 0455: “A partir de agora Clube da Madrugada”. 25432.

9515, Radio Marumby, Curitiba, 2020-2033, 01-06, Portuguese, religious comments. 14321.

9725.3, Radio Evangelizar, Curitiba, 2019-2028, 01-06, Portuguese, religious comments. // 11935. 24322.

 

9818.9, Radio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, 2017-2028, 01-06, Portuguese, religious comments and songs. 13321.

 

10000, Time Signal Station Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1917-1926, 01-06, time signals, female voice announcements: “Observatorio Nacional, 16 horas, 17 minutos, 0 segundos”. QRM from Italcable. 12321.

11735, Radio Transmundial, Santa María, 2010-2025, 01-06, Portuguese, religious comments, id. “Transmundial”. QRM from Zanzibar. 23322.

11855.8, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 2008-2019. 01-06, Portuguese, religious comments, id. “Esta e a Radio Aparecida”, religious songs. 24322.

11895.1, Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, 2007-2018, 01-06, Portuguese, religious comments. Very weak. 14321.

11934.9, Radio Evangelizar, Curitiba, 2005-2015, 01-06, Portuguese, religious comments and songs. 13321.

CANADA, 6070, CFRX, Toronto, 0357-0440, 02-06, English, comments, news, advertisements. 15321.

CONGO, 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, 1753-1815, 01-06, French, comments, at 1800 news, id. “Radio Congo”, male, female. 14221.

CUBA, 4765, Radio Progreso, Bejucal, 0344-0400*, 02-06, songs, Spanish, comments, “Un programa de Radio Progreso”, news, “Reportero RP”, “Radio Progreso, Cadena Nacional les ha ofrecido su programación del día de hoy”, anthem and close. 25322.

DENMARK, 5840, World Music Radio, Randers, 2015-2033, 01-06, Latin American and pop songs. 25332.

EQUATORAL GUINEA, 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 0510-0520, 02-06, Extremely weak, only carrier detected today.

ETHIOPIA

5950, Voice of Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa, 1704-1750, 01-06, Vernacular comments, East African songs. 25332.

6030, Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa, 1718-1727, 01-06, East African songs. 24322.

6090, Voice of Amhara State, 1550-1715, 01-06, Addis Ababa, East African songs. 34433.

6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 1701-1723, 01-06, Vernacular comments. 34433.

GERMANY

5905, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Pinneberg, 0608-0615, 02-06, German, weather report. Very weak. // 6180, also very weak. 15321.

6150, Radio Marabu, Datlen, 1600-1630, 01-06, pop songs in English, German, comments. 15321.

GUINEA, 9650, Radio Guinea, Conakry, 0655-0740, 02-06, French, id. “Vous ecoutez Radio Guinée, notre journal”, news, at 0700 religious program. 45444.

GUATEMALA, 4055, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 0455-0510, 02-06, religious comments, songs. Extremely weak, audible on LSB. 15321.

LIBERIA, 6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, 0601-0606, 02-06, English, religious comments. Very weak. 15321.

MEXICO, 6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0342-0509*, 02-01, Spanish comments, music. Between 0358-0455 strong QRM from Radio Romania on 6180.

PERU, 4774.9, Radio Tarma, Tarma (presumed), 2314-2323, 01-06, comments. Extremely weak, barely audible. 14321.

SUDAN, 7205, Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 1708-1750, 01-06, Arabic, comments. 25332.

ZAMBIA, 5015, Zambia NBC, Radio 1, 1903-1922, 01-06, Vernacular comments. 13221.

 

 

Manuel Méndez

Lugo, Spain

Logs in Friol

Tecsun S-8800, Cable antenna, 8 meters

Agenda DX 02/06/2018

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTE
Radio 4VEH, Haiti 840 Khz (1950)

Media & Tech - 01/06/2018

SWLDXBulgaria News, June 1

ESWATINI   Reception of Trans World Radio TWR Africa on June 1:
1400-1415 on 15360 MAN 100 kW / 043 deg to SoAs Urdu, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-trans-world-radio-twr.html

INDIA   Unscheduled transmission of AIR Vividh Bharati Service, June 1:
0700-0720 on  9380 ALG 250 kW / 188 deg to SoAs Hindi, in A18 scheduled
0900-1200 on  9380 ALG 250 kW / 188 deg to SoAs Hindi, very good signal
Parallel freq 9865 BGL 500 kW / 038 deg to SoAs Hindi, weak/fair signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/unscheduled-transmission-of-air-vividh.html

JAPAN   NHK World Japan Network Radio Japan via Yamata, June 1:
0530-0600 on 11790 YAM 300 kW / 330 deg to FERu Russian, good &
0700-0800 on 11825 YAM 300 kW / 330 deg to FERu Japanese, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-nhk-world-japan-network.html

MADAGASCAR   Good signal WCB Madagascar World Voice, June 1:
African Pathways Radio
0400-0500 on 11825*MWV 100 kW / 295 deg to CeAf English tx#1
* at 0430 on 11825 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Chinese NHK
The Light of Life
0400-0500 on 17530 MWV 100 kW / 055 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/madagascar-good-signal-wcb-madagascar.html

NUMBERS STATION   Good signal of HM01 Cuban Spy in 10 MHz & 31mb, June 1
0555-0650 on 10345 secret tx probably BEJ 50 kW Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
0655-0750 on  9330 secret tx probably BEJ 50 kW Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/good-signal-of-hm01-cuban-spy-in-10-mhz.html

NUMBERS STATION   E11 Oblique in 19mb & S06s Russian Lady in 31mb on June 1
E11 Oblique
0745-0748 on 15720 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode, very good
S06s Russian Lady
0940-0946 on  9655 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB/AM, weak to fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-e11-oblique-in-19mb-s06s.html

PALAU   Surprisingly good signal of WHRI T8WH Angel 3 on June 1
0800-0900 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs English Mon-Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/surprisingly-good-signal-of-whri-t8wh.html

PALAU(non)   Reception of BRB Radio Que Me via WHRI T8WH Angel 3 on June 1
1200-1230 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Vietnamese Fri, fair/good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-brb-radio-que-me-via-whri.html

PHILIPPINES   Very good signal of FEBC Radio again on A18 registered 15450 kHz, June 1
0900-1000 on 15450 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Hui zu/Zhuang, instead of 15640 May 31
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/rdeception-of-febc-radio-again-on-a18.html

PHILIPPINES(non)   Reception of Vatican Radio via IBB Tinang, June 1
1230-1300 on  9890 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg to FERu Russian, good signal
1230-1300 on 11875 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg to FERu Russian, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-vatican-radio-via-ibb.html

SAUDI ARABIA   Unscheduled frequency of BSKSA Radio Riyadh, June 1
till 0600 on  7410 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic Holy Quran:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/unscheduled-frequency-of-bsksa-radio.html

TAJIKISTAN(non)   Adventist World Radio The Voice of Hope KSDA on June 1
1300-1330 on 12055 DB  100 kW / 118 deg to SEAs Kachin, weak/fair signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-adventist-world-radio_41.html

TURKEY   Reception of TRT Voice of Turkey in three new languages, June 1
0400-0455 on 21680 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Malaysian, very good and
0500-0655 on 13765 EMR 500 kW / 210 deg to CEAf Hausa/Swahili, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-trt-voice-of-turkey-in.html

TURKEY    Again very odd frequency 9655.7 kHz of TRT Voice of Turkey on June 1:
1000-1055 on  9655.7 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Georgian, ex 9655.0 on May 29
1000-1025 on  9855.0 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar, nominal freq on May 29
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/again-very-odd-frequency-96557-khz-of.html

USA   Reception of World Harvest Radio Int. WHRI Angel 2 in English/French on June 1
0430-0500 on  9825 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu Music/English Fri, very good signal:
0500-0515 on  9825 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu French Fri La Voix Des Eaux Vivantes
0515-0600 on  9825 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu Music/English Fri, very good signal:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/world-harvest-radio-int-whri-angel-2-in.html

--

73! Ivo Ivanov
More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs May 31-June 1, 2018

** CUBA. 13700, June 1 at 1321, RHC fails to provide plus/minus x 67 kHz distorted FM spurblobs all over the band today; but 13700 itself does suffer from some squeal, not F#, unlike // 13740. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6940.17-AM, June 1 at 0145, ``Can`t Take That Away From Me``, S7 vs S9 storm noise peaks, then some Glen Miller; 0149 Radio Casablanca ID, gmail address, more music, and off circa 0153*. Many more logs here starting at 0015:

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43038.0.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7470, June 1 at 0503, Station YHWH with better signal than usual, S6-S9 and quite readable, ``Thanks so much for listening``, about ``remnant-people``, ``one true god, Yahweh``, etc. 0507.4 theme song which everyone takes as ``creepy``, 0510 announcement, evidently sign-off, with frequency, but weaker now, and off at 0514*.

Walt Salmaniw, BC, agrees on the WOR iog: ``Strongest reception since their return, and I usually check every evening. Easily followed, but with the usual deep fades. All about Yahwah, as usual. 0441 UT. 73,   Walt`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Re KQOB 96.9 ``Enid`` branding: Later I copy the RDS display: ``/ THE_NEW_ / _ALICE__ / __96-9__ / FM…_WE / __PLAY__ / ANYTHING / NYTHING_ /`` Oh, great, I`d like some TCHAIKOVSKY!! Or CHAIKOVSKY (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 106.7, KTUZ-FM Okarche, is off the air!

TROOPERS RESPOND TO FATAL PLANE CRASH IN CANADIAN CO.

Posted: May 30, 2018 10:34 PM GST Updated: May 31, 2018 6:40 AM GST

By News9.com  By Steve Shaw, News 9

[video]  01:33

http://www.news9.com/clip/14387203/troopers-respond-to-fatal-plane-crash-in-canadian-co

WEB EXTRA: Bob Mills SkyNews 9 Flies Over Plane Crash In Canadian County  03:25

http://www.news9.com/clip/14386314/web-extra-bob-mills-skynews-9-flies-over-plane-crash-in-canadian-county

CANADIAN COUNTY, Oklahoma - A crop duster aircraft crashed into a radio tower north of El Reno in Canadian County.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Canadian County officials crash and subsequent fire Wednesday evening.

The Piedmont Fire Department also assisted the Okarche Fire Department at the scene in the area of Memorial and Manning roads.

Officials have confirmed that the pilot of the aircraft has died. 

OHP Trooper Mat Conway said the first 911 call came in at 5:13 p.m. Conway said the small plane hit the guide [sic] wires of the reported 1,200 [sic?? -foot?] Tyler Media radio tower. 

According to Conway, the plane then crashed into a creek bed and burst into flames. 

Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be on the scene Thursday morning.  

Stay with News 9 and News9.com for more information (via gh, DXLD)

PILOT REMEMBERED BY FAMILY AS CRASH INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

Posted: May 31, 2018 10:12 PM GST Updated: May 31, 2018 10:12 PM GST

By Caleigh Bourgeois, News 9

http://www.news9.com/story/38321425/pilot-remembered-by-family-as-crash-investigation-continues

CANADIAN COUNTY, Oklahoma - A family is mourning after a man lost his life in a plane crash north of El Reno Wednesday evening.

FAA and NTSB investigators are trying to figure out how a small crop-dusting plane ended up crashing.  

Andrew Deterding, from Pond Creek has been identified as the victim.

Investigators say he was just doing his job Wednesday, crop-dusting for a client north of El Reno.

Deterding’s plane got caught in some guy wires, taking down the plane and a radio tower.

"In talking to witnesses there on the scene, it was a crop-dusting plane and had struck some of the guy wires there and caused the aircraft to go down," Capt. Paul Timmons with Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

The owner of the land where the crash occurred said he is a longtime client of Deterding’s.

The pilot’s family posted a tribute to Facebook for Deterding on his company Facebook page:

    "We lost a great man today. Andy was in a crash involving the guide [sic] wires on a radio tower and did not survive. I am at a complete loss of words, but a friend sent us this and it fits perfectly.

    All we can be in this life.. is the best version of ourselves. We all try, Day by day. Andy, lived that way, each day. He would wake up, and make the world a better place by being the best human being he could. He did it through his laugh, his jokes, his smile, his heart. He instantly made me feel at ease, as it was easy to see his gold heart shine through his body. In all he did, he walked around with light beaming out of him. Everybody he came across was a better person after experiencing his light.

    Dads memory’s [sic] and stories will live on. Through every heart he touched. From family and friends to the foster kids we care for that he treated as his own grandchildren. We love you dad, and know you are in heaven on the look out for us."

Officials call Deterding an experienced pilot.

"I know this company's been in business for a while. So he was an experienced pilot, so I think it was just an unfortunate accident that occurred yesterday," Timmons said.

The owner of the radio tower, Ty Tyler of Tyler Media, says he’s heartbroken that Deterding lost his life, and is praying for the family. 

When the investigation allows Tyler will work to get the radio station, KTUZ, back on air.

Investigators confirm Deterding was wearing a helmet and seatbelt at the time of the crash (via gh, DXLD)

Channel 9 chopper shots showed quite a mess of the tower on the ground. WTFK? 106.7, and indeed the frequency has been emptied. WTFDA FM Database info about it:

``KTUZ-FM 106.7 OKARCHE OK USA 13.0 13.0 292.0 292.0 35-36-49 97-52-19 Spanish 444D La Zeta 106.7 KTUZ-FM La Zeta 106.7 KTUZ-FM Classical REGIONAL MEXICAN LA Z 106.7``

Apparently no other FM BC or TV stations on that tower, which, NW of OKC, is quite removed from the NE OKC antenna farm. Deterding Aerial, north of Enid, is quite a landmark as one approaches Pond Creek from the south.

KTUZ call also applies to RF 29 nominally Shawnee with three Spanish TV networx. And to 1570 AM in Catoosa/Tulsa. 

Own website linked from wikipedia, http://unidosok.com/okc/la-zeta/ has nothing about this! For the latest on what La Zeta is doing, one must refer to disgraced FB, June 1:

``La Zeta Oklahoma City [hace] 22 hrs ·

https://www.facebook.com/La-Zeta-Oklahoma-City-141974055838361/

El 30 de Mayo una avioneta se estrelló y derribó la torre de señal de nuestra estación. Lamentablemente, el piloto no sobrevivió. Nuestras oraciones están con sus familiares y amigos. ??

Nuestro extraordinario equipo de ingenieros está trabajando arduamente para regresar la señal de KTUZ-FM-106.7FM. Por el momento, la programación de La Z está en el aire en nuestra estación hermana Éxitos 96.5FM. Este cambio es temporal, en cuanto la señal de KTUZ regrese al 106.7FM, la programación habitual de Éxitos volverá a la frecuencia 96.5. Gracias por su constante sintonía.``

96.5, is a mere translator, WTFDA listed as:

``K243BJ KRXO-FM-HD3 [origin] 96.5 OKLAHOMA CITY OK USA 0.25 0.25 302.0 0.0 35-24-54 97-30-32 Spanish 3F48 Exitos 96.5 FM! Exitos 96.5 FM Foreign Language OLDIES EXITOS 96.5``

``BTW, 106.7 KTUZ cannot be found on radio-locator --- have they already deleted it, or was it ever there? Not even by CoL Okarche. Just the 1570 KTUZ``

That`s what I wrote until I tried again. If you enter KTUZ-FM in the callsign search, you get an error message saying US stations have only 3 or 4 letters! Apparently you have to enter KTUZ, and then choose FM only. It says it is off the air:

https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=KTUZ&band=FM&country=&scope=&count=20&sort=Call&sr=1&s=C&sid=

(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 9615, May 31 at 1759, VP signal, FE language, full timesignal 30 seconds early, but a another 3-pip TS ending at 1800:07. OSOB outside North America, so a surprise. Aoki/NDXC shows:

``9615 1530-1830 PHL BBC Kor Tinang 1-7``. HFCC confirms it`s on a 21-degree antenna from IBB Tinang, which carries right on over North Korea to North America. Maybe the first TS was just SFX? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 9475, May 31 at 2152, no signal from WTWW (nor on night frequency 5830). It may have been off all day?

9475.00, June 1 at 1326, VP signal unseems SFAW, rather KSDA GUAM scheduled this hour only in Chinese to the NW. And not off-frequency-minus like WTWW, but which is poorly audible at 1500. Must be that solar wind, K index of 5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7505, UT Fri June 1 at 0213, WRNO with music, 0217 own show M&W promoting Mawire`s book; so not Rick Wiles, TruNews as previously heard during this bihour, and expected to be Tue-Sat. Is he gone again or on more limited schedule, or what? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. RF 22, June 1 at 1410 UT, among several Bad DTV signals, the only DX decoding, on my opposite antenna, as predicted by Hepburn, a Level-7 intense tropo targeting central Kansas, i.e. Great Bend: 2-1 KSNC-DT; 2-2 T`mundo [sic]; 2-3 ION; 2-4 Justice; but soon losing out. This lineup updates/corrects W9WI.com as ``2.1:E:NBC, 2.2:E:ION, 2.3:E:Justice``

RabbitEars has all four, but with Ion and Telemundo reversed:

https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=ksnc

but does have correct order for originating station KSNW Wichita:

https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=ksnw#station

BTW, I have yet to see any repacking (lower channel changes) for my OK or any nearby DX stations. KSNC may stay on 22, but KSNW will move from 45 to 15, where it will be blocked by KOPX OKC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1633 UT June 1

Propagation News – 3 June 2018

A large coronal hole on the Sun didn’t affect the HF bands earlier in the last week as its associated high-speed solar wind stream hadn’t had time to reach Earth. However, this was probably the quiet before the geomagnetic storm as the solar material was predicted to reach us at around 450-500km per second sometime around Friday, 1 June.

As the coronal hole is large, and on the Sun’s equator, it is perfectly positioned to deposit a mass of charged particles into the Earth’s magnetic field if its Bz magnetic component is south facing, so enabling coupling. The upshot is that this weekend is probably going to see very unsettled geomagnetic and possibly even auroral conditions. And in view of the hole’s elongated shape we may not see much respite until around Tuesday, 5 June, or even Wednesday, the 6th. So expect lowered maximum usable frequencies, noisy bands and poor conditions as the ionosphere is depleted—not really a good forecast for National Field Day weekend! After Wednesday, 6 June we can probably expect the bands to recover slowly.

The good news is that summer propagation conditions are just about with us, so expect the 20m HF band to remain open longer, perhaps even after sunset, although a lack of decent sunspots is not really helping. The high-speed solar wind may also adversely impact sporadic E formation, so for research purposes keep an eye on 10m over the weekend, but do hear what we have to say in the VHF section about sporadic E too.

VHF and up: 

Weather-wise it looks like more of the same with high pressure holding on over much of the country, with just the occasional spell when there are likely to be a few heavy thundery showers in the south, chiefly up to this weekend. So this week it’s time to dust off the tropo bands at VHF and UHF and try for those unusually long distance paths, say across the North Sea or south-east into Europe. Remember that paths across the sea can be very reliable from coast to coast, but once a portion of the path crosses the land, the daytime heating can destroy the needed temperature inversions, so they will only work during the night time. 

Apart from the odd bit of rain scatter from those early thunderstorms, the other mode of choice will be sporadic E. The season is coming to one of its fabled peaks in early June. Some say it’s to do with extra meteor showers, others not so convinced. Whatever provides the fuel, the weather triggers in the lower atmosphere are what probably controls the location.

The K7RA Solar Update

On May 30 at 0005 UTC the Australian Space Forecast Centre issued a warning: “On 1 June geomagnetic activity is expected to increase to Active and Minor Storm levels due to arrival of the co-rotating interaction region and high-speed solar wind streams associated with the recurrent trans-equatorial coronal hole.” 

On May 31 Spaceweather.com issued this Solar Wind Alert: “NOAA forecasters estimate a 60% chance of minor G1-class geomagnetic storms on June 1st, increasing to 65% on June 2nd, when a stream of high-speed solar wind is expected to reach Earth. The last time this gaseous stream lashed our planet's magnetic field, almost a month ago, it sparked bright ribbons of purple light (a.k.a. "STEVE") seen from multiple US states. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com for more information." 

The Sun remained active over the past reporting week. Average daily solar flux rose from 70.1 to 74.9, and average daily sunspot number rose from 7.7 to 26.3. During the previous week in which the average daily sunspot number was 7.7, the first four days had no sunspots. 

New sunspot regions appeared on May 21, 23 and 24. 

Predicted solar flux is 77 on June 1-3, 76, 74 and 72 on June 4-6, 70 on June 7-8, 71 on June 9, 72 on June 10-14, 70 on June 15-17, 72 on June 18-23, 73 on June 24, 72 on June 25-30, 70 on July 1-6, 72 on July 7-11, 70 on July 12-14 and 72 on July 15. 

Predicted planetary A index is 25 on June 1-2, 15, 12 and 8 on June 3-5, 5 on June 6-12, 8 on June 13, 5 on June 14-18, 8 on June 19, 5 on June 20-23, 8 on June 24-25, 5 on June 26-27, then 15, 28, 15, 12, 10 and 8 on June 28 through July 3, then 5 on July 4-9, 8 on July 10, and 5 on July 11-15. 

ARRL Field Day is June 23-24. Assuming the predicted numbers above, conditions should be good for Field Day. We want to see low geomagnetic activity, and planetary A index at 5 and 8 on Saturday and Sunday are good indicators. During this period of low solar activity solar flux at 72 and 73 is also good. 

Ted Leaf, K6HI, of Kona, Hawaii reports that he is still in operation through the local volcanic activity, and asks “Are there beacons for the lower frequencies, especially now with the lower solar flux?" 

I found this Wikipedia resource for HF beacons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_propagation_beacon 

Of course, there are lower frequency HF resources on wsprnet.org, but this is a bit different than showing what you can tune in and hear without using a special weak signal mode. 

Any readers have suggestions for lower frequency HF beacons? 

Note that Ted has a comment on page 56 of the June 2018 QST regarding preamps and attenuator effects on receiver noise. 

From last week: https://bit.ly/2LG8MAp 

F.K. Janda, OK1HH, brings us this geomagnetic activity forecast for the period June 1-26, 2018. 

“Geomagnetic field will be: 

Quiet on June 11-12, 16-17, 20-23 

Quiet to unsettled on June 10, 18, 24-25 

Quiet to active on June 8-9 

Unsettled to active on June 3-4, 7, 13-15, 19 

Active to disturbed on June 1-2, (5-7, 26) 

Solar wind will intensify on June 1-3, (4-8, 13–15), 16-17, (18-19, 22-24) 

Remark: 

- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement. 

- Forecasts remain less reliable.” 

From Tamitha Skov, the Space Weather Woman: 

"What's Old is New Again 

“Dear Tad, 

“I am still smiling at the huge response I got to a post I put up on Twitter this week. A newbie to our Space Weather community dared to talk about Amateur Radio as if it were an outdated hobby-- whoops, bad idea. I gently educated him. In doing so, I roused many radio amateurs and emergency communicators, who added their own comments and talked about their own personal experiences in the field. It was very gratifying. What I hadn't expected, however, was the strong interest in the concept that amateur radio will be critical to establishing over-the-horizon radio communications on planets like Mars in the near future. 

“This idea brings me back to how we managed to communicate over long distances many decades before we had satellites, internet or cellular networks. In terms of wireless communications on Earth, we were very much in the same place back in the early 1900s that we find ourselves in now when we think about colonizing Mars. Yet few people realize that despite all our advanced technology, we can't bring a cell phone to Mars. We will need to fall back on our ‘old ways’ of doing things when it comes to communicating on other planets. Isn't it funny how ‘old’ things become ‘new’ again? 

“Speaking of, this week brings us a new chance for a decent solar storm. Strangely though, the source of this storm is an old coronal hole that gave us a moderate level solar storm about a month ago. This old hole has survived its backside passage on the Sun and has now returned, with the new promise of bringing aurora views down to mid-latitudes again. Isn't it funny, what was old has become new again, in more ways than one! 

Cheers, 

Tamitha" 

Dr. Skov’s latest video report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwvKyY26lB0 

For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see 

http://arrl.org/the-Sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere. 

An archive of past propagation bulletins is at http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/. 

Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation. 

Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins. 

Sunspot numbers for May 24 through 30, 2018 were 39, 32, 26, 27, 20, 22, and 18, with a mean of 26.3. 10.7 cm flux was 73.7, 75.7, 72.9, 74.6, 76.9, 74.9, and 75.3, with a mean of 74.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, and 4, with a mean of 3.9. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 5, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, and 5, with a mean of 4.7.

W4HM Daily HF Radio Wave Propagation Forecast #2018-151

Greetings to my fellow hamateur radio and SWL radio enthusiasts around the
world.

Welcome to my “not for profit” daily W4HM Daily HF Radio Wave Propagation
Forecast.

It’s the only daily global HF radio wave propagation forecast produced on
the planet.

I'm a retired heliophysicist, terrestrial meteorologist/climatologist,
physical oceanographer and one of the few on the planet with advanced
education and forecast experience in all disciplines. In terrestrial weather
forecasting I
have 45 years of experience and in solar, space and geomagnetic weather
forecasting 34 years.

Created and disseminated by Thomas F. Giella, W4HM in Lakeland, FL, USA ©
1988-2018.

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hamateur and SWL radio activities, feel free to drop me a line and let me
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W4HM Solar Cycle 24 Update and 25 Forecast- Short and to the point.

Solar minimum may begin later this year and may last longer than any
previous solar cycle in the 20th century. When solar cycle 25 finally gets
underway it could be the weakest since the middle of the 19th century.
Another Dalton type lesser grand solar minimum may occur with a
corresponding cooling of earth’s climate. This would negate anthropogenic
climate change if it were occurring which it isn’t.

On February 1, 2008 I forecasted that solar cycle 24 would be the smallest
solar cycle in the past 100 years. That forecast verified. I also forecasted
that solar cycle 25 would be almost non nonexistent.

#151 Issued Friday Jun 1, 2018 at 1500 UTC

Solar activity is low.

Important Solar, Space & Geomagnetic Weather Indices-

The daily solar flux index numbers (DSFI) were 77.3 76.8 75.9

There had been 10 days in a row with a 2000 UTC daily solar flux index
number (DSFI) of 70 or higher.

The official daily sunspot number (DSSN) was 21.

There had been 11 days in a row with a daily sunspot number (DSSN) of
greater than 0.

Sunspot group #12712 was located near N14W22 with a complex beta-gamma
magnetic signature capable of releasing a small in size C class solar flare
and an isolated medium in size M class solar flare.

#12712 released 17 very small in size B class solar flares.

In 2018 there had been 80 days with an official daily sunspot number (DSSN)
of 0.

The 24 hour period 3 hour interval planetary K index (Kp) had been at an
active to quiet geomagnetic condition of

1 1 0 1 2 4 4 3.

The 24 hour period maximum and minimum solar wind speed ranged between

476 & 294 km/s.

Global Daily HF Radio Wave Propagation Forecast-

HF radio wave propagation condition “trend” Jun 1, 2018- deteriorating.

HF radio wave propagation condition “trend” Jun 2, 2018- deteriorating.

HF radio wave propagation condition “trend” Jun 3, 2018- steady.

Northern Hemisphere Radio Wave Propagation Forecast b-

3150-3400, 3500-4100, 4750-5050, 5700-6300 kHz- S9 +1 to 9 at night and S1-3
at day,

6900-7800, 9200-9995, 10000-10150, 11500-12200 kHz- S9+ 1 to 9 at night and
S4-7 at day,

13570-13850, 14000-14350, 15005-15900, 17450-17950, 18068-18168 kHz- S0 at
night and S3-4 at day,

21000-21850 kHz- S0 at night and S1-2 at day,

24890-24990, 25600-26100 kHz- S0 at night and S1 at day,

28000-29700 kHz- S0 at night and S0 at day.

We are now firmly in the summer/winter solstice type of HF radio wave
propagation conditions. Globally HF radio wave propagation conditions are
most unbalanced across the equator during this time period.

During the northern hemisphere summer season the 14000- 30000 kHz frequency
range closes later due to more sun light illuminating the ionosphere than in
the southern hemisphere. But the maximum usable frequency (MUF) is lower
than in the southern hemisphere as heating in the F2 layer of the ionosphere
is higher and the layer less concentrated.

Almost daily during the northern hemisphere summer season you will find that
the 25600- 26100 kHz and 28000-30000 kHz frequency ranges will open via
short north-south and east-west propagation paths via sporadic E (Es). Also
when multiple sporadic E (Es) clouds form and line up favorably much longer
propagation paths open up on east-west paths. And last but not least
north-south propagation paths occur across the equator via trans equatorial
propagation (TEP).

Southern Hemisphere Radio Wave Propagation Forecast b-

3150-3400, 3500-4100, 4750-5050, 5700-6300 kHz- S9 +1 to 9 at night and S1-3
at day,

6900-7800, 9200-9995, 10000-10150, 11500-12200 kHz- S9+ 1 to 9 at night and
S4-7 at day,

13570-13850, 14000-14350, 15005-15900, 17450-17950, 18068-18168 kHz- S0 at
night and S3-4 at day,

21000-21850 kHz- S0 at night and S1-2 at day,

24890-24990, 25600-26100 kHz- S0 at night and S1 at day,

28000-29700 kHz- S0 at night and S0 at day.

We are now firmly in summer/winter solstice type of HF radio wave
propagation conditions. Globally HF radio wave propagation conditions are
most unbalanced across the equator during this time period.

During the southern hemisphere winter season the 14000- 30000 kHz frequency
range closes sooner due to less sun light illuminating the ionosphere than
in the northern hemisphere. But the maximum usable frequency (MUF) is higher
than in the northern hemisphere as the F2 layer of the ionosphere is lower
in height and more concentrated.

This HF Radio wave propagation forecast is produced based on the SIGINT_CAP
HF radio wave propagation prediction software. I wrote it beginning in the
late 1980’s but I’m sorry to say that it can’t be distributed to the general
public. It does outperform VOA CAP.

And though this HF radio wave propagation forecast is produced based on the
SIGINT_CAP software, I do check the actual band conditions at my location in
the USA and tweak the forecast manually where and when necessary.

I also check global HF radio wave propagation conditions via remoted radio
receivers on every continent of the globe and tweak the forecast manually if
and when necessary.

And last but not least I look at ionsonde stations on every continent of the
globe.

The hamateur radio JT65A mode RF signal levels received are based on 5 watts
and ½ wave dipole up at 40 feet.

The hamateur radio PSK31 mode RF signal levels received are based on 25
watts and ½ wave dipole up at 40 feet.

The hamateur radio CW mode RF signal levels received are based on 50 watts
and ½ wave dipole up at 40 feet.

The hamateur radio SSB RF mode signal levels received are based on 100 watts
and ½ wave dipole up at 40 feet.

The HF shortwave broadcast band AM Mode RF signal levels are based on
100,000 watts (100 kw) and a typical high gain VOA type curtain array
antenna.

Please keep in mind that this is a relatively simplified HF radio wave
propagation forecast, so as to keep it easily understandable and applicable
by the average radio enthusiast.

Globally HF radio wave propagation conditions are most evenly balanced
during the fall and spring equinoxes and most diametrically opposed during
the summer and winter solstices.

Conditions change daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and by decade, as the
sun rises and sets at different times and at different angles from the
ecliptic, as well as by radio wave frequency. This is due to changes in the
maximum usable frequency (MUF), lowest usable frequency (LUF) and F layer
critical frequency (FoF2). Also by propagation path.

The D and E layers also come into play through RF radio wave signal
absorption and refraction. And then there is sporadic E (Es) radio wave
propagation that can really throw a wrench into the gears so to speak.

Things like sporadic E (Es) radio wave propagation and lightning storm
static can impact HF radio wave propagation in an unpredictable manner and
mostly bad.

Ongoing solar, space and geomagnetic weather goings on also impact HF radio
wave propagation conditions in a negative manner.

Lower high frequency (80-30 meters) propagation conditions are impacted in a
negative manner not so much by variations in the maximum usable frequency
(MUF) along a particular propagation path and time but rather due to
geomagnetic elevated geomagnetic conditions (Kp-3-4), storms (Kp-5 &
greater) that increase signal absorption via the E layer (the altitude of
the radio aurora). Also increases in the lowest usable frequency (LUF) via D
layer RF signal absorption due to hard x-rays, galactic cosmic waves,
elevated background solar flux levels greater than B0 and energetic proton
flux levels at energies greater than 10 MeV (10+0).

Higher frequency (20-10 meters) propagation conditions are impacted in a
negative manner by variations in the maximum usable frequency (MUF) along a
particular propagation path and time due to the current sunspot number and
also due to elevated geomagnetic conditions (Kp-3-4), storms of Kp-5 &
greater. Also D layer RF signal absorption due to elevated (greater than B0)
background solar flux levels. Also to a lesser extent elevated proton flux
at energies greater than 10 MeV (10+0).

GENERAL GUIDELINES CONCERNING CORRELATION OF PROPAGATION INDICES TO ACTUAL
HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS-

NOTE!!! The propagation indices "interpretations" are my personal
intellectual property. Therefore the radio wave propagation indices
interpretations contained herein is copyrighted © 1988-2018 by Thomas F.
Giella, W4HM, all rights reserved. Reproduction of information herein is
allowed without permission in advance as long as proper credit is given.

All 14 of the following indices have to occur as described below in order to
see the best global high frequency radio wave propagation possible,
something that happens rarely.

1.) Dropping geomagnetic field indices numbers are better, Kp of 0 best.

2.) A daily sunspot number of 150 or higher, 200 or higher best.

3.) A daily sunspot number of greater than 100 for routine stable formation
of the E Valley/F Layer ducting mechanism.

4.) Previous 24 hour Ap index under 10, fewer than 7 for several days
consecutively are best.

5.) Previous 3 hours Kp index fewer than 3 for mid latitude paths, fewer
than 2 for high latitude paths, 0 for several days consecutively is best.

6.) Energetic protons no greater than 10 MeV (10+0).

7.) Background x-ray flux levels greater than B1 for several days
consecutively, greater than C1 best.

8.) No current STRATWARM alert.

9.) Interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) Bz with a (positive number) sign,
indicates a lesser chance of high latitude path aurora
absorption/unpredictable refraction or scattering of medium frequency RF
signals, when the Kp is above 3.

10.) A -10 or better towards a positive number Dst index during the recovery
time after a geomagnetic storm, as related to the equatorial ring current. A
positive number is best.

Standard Disclaimer-

Note! I use error prone RAW public domain data from the NOAA Space
Environment Center, other U.S. government entities and educational
institutions, to produce this daily HF radio wave propagation
forecast. This data is gathered and made public by the U.S. Government using
taxpayer $$$ (including mine).

However this daily HF propagation forecast that I produce from the RAW
public domain data is my personal intellectual property. Therefore this
daily HF radio wave propagation forecast contained herein is copyrighted ©
1988-2018 by Thomas F. Giella, W4HM.

Feel free without prior permission to redistribute this daily HF radio wave
propagation forecast, as long as you redistribute it in its entirety and
give me credit for it.

Also HF radio wave propagation forecasting is still an inexact
science and therefore also an art. The forecasts are not official but for
educational and hobby related purposes only and are subject to human error
and acts of God, therefore no guarantee or warranty implied.

SWLDXBulgaria News, May 31

ARMENIA(non)   Reception of Trans World Radio India via Yerevan on May 31:
1435-1350 on  9330 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-trans-world-radio-india.html

AUSTRALIA   Reception of Reach Beyond Australia on new 9670/9690 kHz, May 31
1230-1245 on  9670 KNX 100 kW / 335 deg to SEAs English Mon-Sat, weak signal
1245-1300 on  9690 KNX 100 kW / 335 deg to SoAs English Daily, weak to fair:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-reach-beyond-australia-on.html

BOTSWANA(non)   Reception of Voice of America via Selebi Phikwe on May 31
0530-0630 on 13830 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg to CeAf French Mon-Fri, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-voice-of-america-via.html

ERITREA   Reception of VOBME 2 Dimtsi Hafash on May 31:
1533&1703 on  7180 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic, fair/good
NO SIGNAL on  7140 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Tigrinya VOBME 1 &
ALSO NOTHING  7120 HAR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Somali R.Hargeysa
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-vobme-2-dimtsi-hafash-on.html

ETHIOPIA   Reception of FBC Radio Fana and Voice of Tigray Revolution on May 31:
from 1850 on  6110 ADD 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic FBC Radio Fana, good signal
from 1855 on  5950 GDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Tigrinya VOTigray Revolution, weak
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-fbc-radio-fana-and-voice.html

FRANCE(non)   Reception of TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via Issoudun, May 31
0500-0559 on  7295 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px*, good
0500-0559 on  9535 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px*, good
*including Arabic/French/English announcements & news in French 0504-0514UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-tda-telediffusion-dalgerie.html

GERMANY   Fair signal of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst on May 31:
0600-0630 on  5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German AM mode
0600-0630 on  6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German AM mode
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/fair-signal-of-dwd-deutscher.html

GREECE    Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz, May 31:
1845&2100 on  9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#03
Same time on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg via tx#1, no signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420.html

GUAM   Reception of Adventist World Radio The Voice of Hope on May 31
1030-1100 on 15500 SDA 100 kW / 315 deg to EaAs Mongolian KSDA, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-adventist-world-radio.html

INDIA   Very odd frequency of All India Radio AIR on May 31:
0700-0800 on 11619.8 DEL 100 kW / 102 deg to CeAs Nepali, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/very-odd-frequency-of-all-india-radio.html

JAPAN(non)   Frequency changes of JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze eff.from May 31
1300-1400 NF  6165 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, poor, ex 7215 as follows
1300-1330 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Thu
1330-1400 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu
1600-1700 NF  7215 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, good, ex 6165 as follows
1600-1630 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Thu
1630-1700 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu
Respectively new frequency of Furusato no Kaze via Shiokaze Sea Breeze:
1405-1435 NF  6165 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Daily, ex 7325
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/frequency-changes-of-jsr-shiokaze-sea.html

JAPAN(non)   NHK World Japan Network Radio Japan on May 31:
1430-1500 on 15745 MDC 250 kW / 035 deg to SoAs Hindi, fair
1530-1600 on  9600 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs Hindi, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/nhk-world-japan-network-radio-japan-via.html

KOREA D.P.R.   Weak signal of Voice of Korea on May 31:
1000-1057 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm English
1100-1157 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm French
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/weak-signal-of-voice-of-korea-on-may-31.html

MYANMAR   Myanmar Radio & NHK World Radio on 5985 kHz, May 31
1543&1548 on  5985 YAN 025 kW / 176 deg to SEAs English, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-myanmar-radio-nhk-world.html

NIGERIA    Fair to good signal of Voice of Nigeria VON on May 31:
1800-1930 on  7255 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English 60 mins &
from 1900 on  7255 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Turkish CRI co-ch
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/fair-to-good-signal-of-voice-of-nigeria.html

NUMBERS STATION   Fair/good signal of E11 Oblique 25mb on May 31
1300-1303 on 11581 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/fairgood-signal-of-e11-oblique-25mb-on.html

PHILIPPINES    Wrong of new frequency 15640 kHz of FEBC Radio on May 31
0900-1000 on 15640 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Hui zu/Zhuang, ex 15450
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/wrong-of-new-frequency-15640-khz-of.html

PHILIPPINES   Very good signal of FEBC on new 9275 kHz on May 27
1348&1558 NF  9275 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 9380
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/very-good-signal-of-febc-radio-on-new.html

SAUDI ARABIA   Very good signal of Radio Saudi International, May 31
0900-1155 on 21670 RIY 500 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Indonesian BSKSA
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/very-good-signal-of-radio-saudi.html

SAUDI ARABIA vs.IRAN   Radio Saudi Int & Radio Riyadh Holy Quran vs.VIRI IRIB, May 31
1130-1430 on 13785 SIR 500 kW / 216 deg to N/ME Arabic, co-ch BSKSA Radio Saudi Inter
0530-1430 on 13610 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to EaAf Arabic, co-ch Radio Riyadh Holy Quran
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/radio-saudi-int-radio-riyadh-holy-quran.html

TAJIKISTAN(non)   Adventist World Radio The Voice of Hope, May 31:
till 1330 on 11825 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to CeAs Tibetan FEBA Radio
1330-1400 on 11825 DB  100 kW / 118 deg to SEAs Thai, good signal:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-adventist-world-radio_1.html

TANZANIA    Reception of Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation ZBC, May 31
1700&1801 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili/English, good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-zanzibar-broadcasting.html

THAILAND   Very good signal of HSK9 R.Thailand World Sce, May 31
1800-1900 NF  9920 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Thai lang,x 9390
1900-2000 NF  9920 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu English, ex 9390
2000-2015 NF  9920 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu German,  ex 9390
2030-2045 NF  9920 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu English, ex 9390
2045-2115 NF  9920 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Thai lang,x 9390
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/very-good-signal-of-hsk9-radio-thailand.html

U.K.   Test transmission of BBC via BaBcoCk Woofferton, May 31
1000-1020 on 15510 WOF 300 kW / 140 deg to CEAf Music, strong:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/test-transmission-of-bbc-via-babcock.html

USA(non)   Reception of Radio Farda via Lampertheim/Kuwait, May 31
0430-0630 on  9370 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg to WeAs Persian, strong, &
0630-1100 on  9370 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs Persian, weak/fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-radio-farda-via.html

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73! Ivo Ivanov
More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

Agenda DX 01/06/2018

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Voice of National Salvation, South Korea (1967)
Radio Sinai, Costarica 1400 Khz (1957)
Radio HRET, Honduras 4960 Khz (1994)
Voice of Nevis, St. Kitts & Nevis 895 Khz (1988)
La Voz de las Huarinjas, Perù 7003 Khz (1997)
Radio San Sebastian, Venezuela 960 Khz (1968)
Red Rose 999, Gran Bretagna (1990)
WEUC, Puerto Rico 1420 (1957)
Radio Deporte, Venezuela 1590 Khz (1991)
COPE Santander, Spagna 1224 Khz (1967)
Radio Cutervo, Perù 5660 Khz (1984)
Radio Japan (1935)
La Voz las Palmas, Canarie 1008 Khz (1934)
WGN, Chicago 720 Khz (1924)