Papua New Guinea Shortwave Radio Help

Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
June 12 2012

Shortwave Radio Broadcasts
from Papua New Guinea
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We ask all active shortwave listeners to help us update the World Radio TV Handbook 2013 listings for the government NBC radio stations in Papua New Guinea so that our listings are as accurate as possible.

The current listing is based on official government licencing records, information direct from stations and monitoring during 2011, but the situation in PNG is very fluid.

The government crisis there, states of emergency in some provinces, the creation of two new provinces in the past weeks, and general elections during June offer unusual opportunities for SW stations to broadcast longer hours, or even restart previously silent SW transmitters.

Please tell us:
1. name of station you heard as announced
2. frequency
3. location as announced
4. any other frequencies mentioned such as an FM or MW outlet
5. any other name by which the station seems to be known and email your reply DIRECT to us at radioheritage@gmail.com

Thanks for your help with this special request, and for helping us keep the Papua New Guinea content at the World Radio TV Handbook as accurate as possible.

Special thanks to several DXers who have already monitored some stations and sent their observations to us!

Kind regards
Dave Ricquish
PNG Country Editor
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com

Dx Re Mix News # 733

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 733,please visit: 11 June 2012
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ALASKA    Summer A-12 of KNLS The New Life Station
English
1000-1100 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg
1200-1300 on  7355 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg
1500-1600 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg

Mandarin
0900-1000 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg
1100-1200 on  9610 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg
1300-1500 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg

Russian
0800-0900 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg
1600-1800 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg

ARGENTINA    Good reception in BUL of R.Argentina Exterior Eu sce on June 8
1800-2400 on 15344.2 BUE 100 kW/035 deg(45444), instead of 15345 as follows
Mon-Fri 1800 English; 1900 Italian; 2000 French; 2100 German; 2200 Spanish.
Scheduled also 1700-1800 in German,but frequency 15344.2 is totally blocked
by strong signal of Radio Cairo English to Central & South Africa on 15345.

CHILE   A-12 for HCJB Global Voice via SGO=Santiago:
German to Brasil
2300-2400 on  9835 SGO 050 kW / 045 deg
Kulina to Brasil
2245-2300 on 11920 SGO 050 kW / 025 deg
Portuguese to Brasil
2300-0045 on 11920 SGO 050 kW / 025 deg

CHILE   A-12 for Voz Crista / La Voz via SGO=Santiago:
Spanish to Northern South America
1200-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg till Sep.1
2300-0200 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg till Sep.1
1100-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg from Sep.2
2300-0100 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg from Sep.2

Spanish to Southern South America
1200-2200 on  9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Sep.1
2200-0200 on  9780 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Sep.1
1100-2200 on  9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg from Sep.2
2200-0100 on  9780 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg from Sep.2

Portuguese to Brasil in DRM mode
1600-1800 on 17640 SGO 015 kW / 045 deg June 19-21 special
1800-2000 on 17640 SGO 015 kW / 045 deg

NETHERLANDS   All transmissions of Radio Netherlands World Sce in English
on short waves will be terminated from July 1. Here the current schedule:
1000-1057 on 15110 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to SEAs till June 29
1400-1457 on  9800 TRM 250 kW / 345 deg to SoAs till June 30
1800-1957 on 17605 SMG 250 kW / 144 deg to ECAf till June 30
1900-2057 on  7425 MDC 250 kW / 270 deg to SoAf till June 30
1900-2057 on 11615 ISS 500 kW / 192 deg to WeAf till June 30
1900-2057 on 15495 SMG 250 kW / 193 deg to WCAf till June 30

NIGERIA    From June 1 Voice of Nigeria is back on SW with a full schedule:
0500-0700 on 15120*IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
0700-0800 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf French
0800-0900 on  9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa
0900-1500 on  9690#IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English
1500-1600 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
1600-1630 on  9690!IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to ECAf Swahili
1630-1700 on  9690!IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Yoruba
1700-1730 on  9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Igbo
1730-1830 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Arabic
1830-2000 on 15120 AJA 100 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English DRM mode Mon-Fri
2000-2100 on  7255$IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf French
2100-2200 on  7255$IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf Fulfulde
2200-2300 on  7255$IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf Hausa
* co-ch AIR in Hindi till 0530 and CRI in Chinese till 0700
# co-ch AIR in English from 1330
! co-ch RRI in Romanian
$ co-ch CRI in Russian till 2100 and Radio Belarus in English and Russian

SRI LANKA[non]    From June 4 no signal in BUL from new Tamil Naatham Radio
1455-1600 on 12225 or 12250. Checking day by day, maybe move on a new freq.

USA(non)    Frequency change of Radio Liberty in Avari/Chechen/Chercassian
1500-1600 NF 15480 LAM 100 kW / 075 deg to CeAs, ex 11810 eff.from June 13

USA(non)    Frequency changes of Radio Free Afghanistan and Radio Farda:
Radio Free Afghanistan in Pashto/Dari from June 9:
0230-1430 del 15680 from various txs KWT/IRA/WER
Radio Farda in Persian from June 9:
0230-1430 add 15680 from various txs IRA/UDO/WER

USA(non)    Updated summer A-12 of IBB via Kuwait:
1730-2130 on  5830 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
2130-2400 on  5830 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
0200-0430 on  5860 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
0430-0830 on  7220 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
0000-0100 on  7250 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs VOA Tibetan
0400-0500 on  7280 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
0030-0100 on  7430 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to SEAs VOA English
0100-0200 on  7430 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs VOA English
1000-1400 on  7435 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
1900-2100 on  7475 KWT 250 kW / 350 deg to EaEu RFE Belorussian
2200-2300 on  7480 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to SoAs VOA English Sun-Thu
2300-2400 on  7505 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
0000-0030 on  7555 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs VOA English
0030-0100 on  7555 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto
1600-1700 on  7555 KWT 250 kW / 054 deg to CeAs RFE Uzbek
1830-2030 on  7555 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
2030-2130 on  7555 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs VOA English
1430-1630 on  9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
1630-1830 on  9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
0100-0400 on  9380 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to WeAs DEE Pashto
0100-0300 on  9680 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
2200-2315 on  9815 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
2315-2400 on  9900 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
0300-0400 on 11540 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to WeAs DEE Pashto
1230-1330 on 11550 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Dari
1330-1430 on 11550 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
0130-0230 on 11565 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Dari
1630-1830 on 11565 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
1630-1830 on 11580 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
1400-1500 on 11615 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs VOA Chinese
0200-0300 on 11745 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
1500-1600 on 11835 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
1730-1800 on 11905 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1800-1900 on 11905 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Amharic
1400-1500 on 11975 KWT 250 kW / 035 deg to CeAs RFE Tajik
0100-0400 on 12015 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to WeAs DEE Pashto
0400-1200 on 12130 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to WeAs MAS Pashto
1800-1900 on 13570 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Amharic
1000-1100 on 13680 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
1700-1730 on 13680 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Somali
1300-1400 on 13690 KWT 250 kW / 035 deg to CeAs RFE Kazakh
1200-1400 on 13795 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
0830-0930 on 15090 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Dari
0930-1130 on 15090 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
1130-1330 on 15090 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
1330-1430 on 15090 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
1430-1630 on 15090 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
1500-1530 on 15100 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg to CeAs VOA Uzbek
1200-1230 on 15265 KWT 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs RFE Kyrghiz
0900-1000 on 15360 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to WeAs MAS Pashto
1500-1600 on 15445 KWT 250 kW / 035 deg to CeAs RFE Tatar
1630-1700 on 15620 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Somali
1400-1500 on 15725 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to SoAs AAP Urdu
1630-1700 on 15730 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Somali
0900-1000 on 15740 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs MAS Pashto
1100-1200 on 17495 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
0600-0700 on 17560 KWT 250 kW / 035 deg to CeAs RFE Russian
0230-0330 on 17670 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
0330-0530 on 17670 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
0530-0600 on 17670 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto
0700-0730 on 17670 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Dari
0730-0830 on 17670 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto
0730-0830 on 17690 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto
0600-0700 on 17765 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
AAP=Aap Ki Dunyaa
AFG=Radio Free Afghanistan
ASH=Radio Ashna
DEE=Deewa Radio
FAR=Radio Farda
MAS=Radio Mashaal
RFA=Radio Free Asia
RFE=Radio Liberty
SAW=Radio Sawa
VOA=Voice of America

UZBEKISTAN    A-12 for CVC The Voice Asia via TAC=Tashkent:
Hindi to India
0000-0400 on  6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
0400-1100 on 13630 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
1100-1400 on  9660 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
1400-2000 on  6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
Hindi to South Asia
0100-0400 on  9975 TAC 100 kW / 186 deg

ZAMBIA   A-12 of CVC International, 1 Africa via LUS=Lusaka:
English to West Africa and Nigeria
0600-2000 on 13590 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg
2000-2200 on  9505 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg

ZAMBIA   A-12 for Christian Voice via LUS=Lusaka:
English to South and Central Africa
0500-1700 on  6065 LUS 100 kW / non-dir
1700-0500 on  4965 LUS 100 kW / non-dir

I programmi di ONDAMEDIA BROADCAST

I PROGRAMMI DI ONDAMEDIA BROADCAST
Palinsesto per la stagione 2012 della programmazione.

Da Mosca... La Voce della Russia!
Dal Martedi' alla Domenica, alle ore 08:55 e 12:55, lo storico programma dalla durata di un'ora. Prima e fondamentale collaborazione di OMB con i grandi broadcasters internazionali.

Voci dal Ticino.
In collaborazione con la RSI, tre appuntamenti giornalieri e uno speciale nel finesettimana:
Dal Lunedi' al Venerdi', alle ore 08:05, 10:05 e 19:50, una selezione 
dei migliori programmi radiofonici della RSI: Plusvalore, Foglio Volante, Il Giardino di Albert e molti altri.
Sabato e Domenica, alle ore 10:55, speciale con L'Ora della Terra: il celebre programma sull'agricoltura e l'ambiente.

Laudetur Jesus Christus: Il RadioGiornale della Radio Vaticana.
Ogni giorno, in diretta alle 14:00 e alle 19:30, notizie e interviste sui fatti del mondo visti dalla Citta' del Vaticano.

Radio Emilia Romagna: il podcast delle Regione Emilia Romagna.

Da Lunedi' al Venerdi', alle ore 11:10, 15:10 e 17:10, quarantacinque minuti con la musica, le notizie, gli speciali di RER.

StudioDX: Il Radioascolto Internazionale, a cura di Roberto Scaglione.

Mercoledi' e Sabato, alle ore 14:30, fatti e notizie da tutto il mondo delle emittenti internazionali in onde corte. La trasmissione di riferimento per tutti gli appassionati di radioascolto italiani e non.

Radio Voce della Speranza: Circuito AWR.
Una selezione di programmi su attualita', cultura, libri e salute, dai microfoni di RVS.

Sabato e Domenica, alle ore 10:05, 15:05 e 17:05.

Ogni giorno, non meno di tre ore di programmi di qualita', curati e realizzati dai maggiori broadcasters internazionali ed aggregati in un palinsesto agile e dinamico, accompagnato da buona musica attentamente selezionata di tutti i generi.

Ondamedia Broadcast e' l'aggregatore di contenuti radiofonici internazionali in lingua italiana, sulle Onde Medie a 1512 kHz.

***

Roberto FURLAN

Antenna dipolo con metri a nastro avvolgibile

Ho il piacere di comunicare che sul mio sito ho pubblicato il progetto di un'antenna dipolo con metri a nastro avvolgibili. Il progetto è apparso sul numero di Marzo 2012 di CQ Elettronica. il percorso da digitare è il seguente: http://webalice.it/it9tzz/radioascolto/antenne/antenna dipolo per 14 MHz con metri a nastro avvolgibile.

Giovanni Lorenzi - IT9TZZ
QTH: Messina - Italy  38.11 N  15.32 E
Locator JM78SE
RX: Yaesu FRG-7000/Kenwood TS-440/Yaesu FT-897
RX SDR: Autocostruito
Ant: Longwire 25 m / Dipole
Down converter per DRM: homebrewing
Website: http://www.webalice.it/it9tzz
Ham info: www.qrz.com/db/it9tzz

Log Roberto Pavanello

  900 10/6 14.55 RAI R. 1 - Milano IT Pro Vercelli in Serie B !!!!!!! ottimo
 3320  8/6 19.30 R. Sonder Grense - Meyerton Afrikaans MX suff.
 4765  8/6 19.25 Tajik R. - Dushambè Tagico talk YL buono
 4835  8/6 19.45 VL8A - Alice Springs EE NX suff.
 5820 10/6 08.30 R. Tina - Dutch ID e MX buono
 6205  9/6 21.55 R. Viking - EE ID e MX buono
 6210 10/6 09.05 R. Borderhunter - EE ID e MX buono
 6300  9/6 08.45 R. Tower - EE ID e MX buono
 6390  9/6 22.15 R. Scotland - EE ID e MX buono
 9665  9/6 22.40 Voz Missionaria - Camboriù PP MX buono
 9675  9/6 22.35 R. Cancao Nova - Cachoeira Paulista PP predica suff.
10000  9/6 22.45 Observatorio Nac. - Rio de Janeiro PP ID e ora suff.
15345  8/6 19.40 R.A.E. - Buenos Aires IT talk su Patagonia buono

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

QSL The Overcomer Ministry

The Overcomer Ministry 15190 KHz - P.O. Box 691 - Walterboro SC 29488 - USA con QSL in 20 giorni. Si 1 IRC.

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

QSL da AWR-KSDA Guam

Ricevuta in 115 giorni la conferma da Adventist World Radio-KSDA via Agat, Guam.
All'interno della busta (belli i francobolli) la QSL dei 40 anni di AWR e quella del programma DX ascoltato "Wavescan".
In aggiunta anche un calendarietto plastificato, materiale pubblicitario ed il regolamento del prossimo Annual DX Contest di AWR.
Rapporto inviato via e-mail con allegata una registrazione in mp3 dell'ascolto.
Le immagini delle QSL al seguente link: http://diarioradio.blogspot.it/2012/05/qsl-da-awr-ksda-guam.html

--
Roberto Rizzardi
SWL I/0216/GR
Porto S. Stefano (GR) Italy
Lat 42N43 - Long 11E12 - Locator grid JN52NK
Receivers: ICOM IC-R71E
Sangean ATS909 with 2x80kHz Murata filters in FM
Antennas: 15 meters outdoor random wire with RF System Magnetic Longwire Balun
Indoor self-made single-turn coax loop
Telescopic and 7 meters indoor long wire antenna
Website: http://diarioradio.blogspot.com/
Skype - Twitter: robybenjy

Illegal Fishry Buoys on 28mhz log

khz        ID      utc               RST
28176.7  A cw 0915 10june 333(Giroletti)
28171,6 AH cw 0916 10june 444(Giroletti)
28141,4 GH and BO cw 0921 10June 444(Giroletti)
28124.7 AR cw 0922 10june 444(Giroletti)
28096 CD cw 0925 10june 444(Giroletti)
28070 P cw 0928 10June 444(Giroletti)
28056 EM cw 0929 10June 333(Giroletti)
28050 FNI cw 0932 10June 444(Giroletti)
28031 A cw 0934 10June 444(Giroletti)
28030 FE cw 0936 10June 444(Giroletti)
28041.7 CL cw 0938 10June 333(Giroletti)

see link: http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=297:illegal-fishery-buoys-on-28-mhz&catid=39:iarums&Itemid=87

good list ! http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/buoys.pdf

- Mauro IK2GFT - Swl 1510-
-JRC525Nrd - Lowe HF150-
Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- DSP 9
-Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band- Loop ALA 100 M
-Lat. 45°25'0"N Long. 9°7'0"E -Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk-

Glenn Hauser logs June 10, 2012

** CANADA. Sporadic E analog TV DX is starting to show at 1500 UT June 10; G7IZU 6-meter Es map shows lots of contacts centering over northern Indiana and vicinity.

By 1510 I can tell it`s from the NE to the N in English on ch 2 and best on 4 with ads; also video on 3 and 5.

Ch 4 had ad string until 1514 including Futura Ford: could that be the name of a dealer now for the ex-model or instead of it? Also mentioned ``global`` but maybe in the context of warming. Are rival networks allowed to say the word?

1518 on 2, Canadian political discussion. Video too weak so far to make out the network bugs. More to come in next report. As usual, no DTV signals showing up for me on 2 or 3 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 10, before 1300:
12230, poor at 1249
14800, very good at 1252; none in the 13s
15555, good at 1253
15760, fair at 1253
15900, very good at 1252 with flutter
16100, good at 1254
16980, very good at 1254; none in the 17s

After 1300:
15485, fair at 1306, with het on hi side

Circa 1330:
12230, very poor at 1330; none in the 13s
14600, fair-good at 1331
15570, fair-good at 1331; none in the 16s
17450, fair at 1335; none in the 18s, nor for a long time now
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11840, June 10 at 0501, RHC Spanish is still running late, with ACI from the DentroCuban Jamming Command pulsing on 11845, which is running *very* late; but 11840 cuts off in mid-word at 0501.5*; how rude!

6010, June 10 at 0513, RHC English is instead dead air, as failed to apply modulation on this frequency from 0500, unlike the other three, 6050, 6060, 6125. No loss.

11760, Sunday June 10 at 1500, RHC Esperanto starts after quick crossfade from Spanish overrun a few sex past 1500. Had not reconfirmed this for a few weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [and non]. 6110, NHK World Radio Japan, English relay via CANADA at 0500-0530 is still absent for a sesquiweek as of June 10. All the others scheduled are still heard, reconfirmed:

0200-0500  5960 Japanese (still on at 0323 June 10)
1200-1230  6120 English (still on, poorly audible June 10)
1300-1500 11655 Japanese (confirmed June 10 at 1357

The only RCI relay via Yamata still left on the schedule is:
1500-1559 6110, 11730 Chinese
I could not expect to hear 6110 at this late hour, but Chinese language confirmed at 1500 June 10, presumably this still running (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9650, Sunday June 10 at 1215, KBS World Radio via CANADA will be in what language today? Playing songs, presumably in Korean, two segués, finally English announcement at 1223 talking about Japan --- but it`s not // NHK 9695, as KBS music show is about the popularity of Korean performers in Japan. With audio artifacts going right along with the music beats which provoke them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9715, June 10 at 1226, RNW via BONAIRE closing `Cartas @ RN` show, so I listen to hear whether they will then announce the termination of all Spanish at Junend like they do for English? No, just usual sign-off for now with frequencies of this and the 0000, 0100 Spanish broadcasts.

Then I tune at 1231 to 11880 via Costa Rica, for REE`s `Amigos de la Onda Corta` and hear Antonio Buitrago quoting `Cartas` with news about RNW as his very first item:

From 1 July RNW will continue with only one 30-minute Spanish broadcast M-F only, for freedom-challenged areas Cuba, Venezuela, also Mexico and Central America. No time or frequency given but it will be on SW plus partner stations. I can`t find anything about this yet on the RNW Spanish website (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9805, Sunday June 10 at 1228, R. Martí atop jamming closing `Música y Palabras de Inspiración desde Salt Lake City, Utah``. A gross violation of separation of church and state, as this is obviously the Spanish version of the LDS ``Music and the spoken word``, meaning Bible stuff, but do they dare to quote the Book of Mormon as well?

The show, in English at least, masquerades as mainstream Christian, just like performances by the MT Choir. IIRC, RM used to carry Roman Catholic mass during this hour, so they are diversifying! Now every other sect should demand airtime --- or none at all with the US government keeping completely out of religion, especially propagating any certain faiths to other countries (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13750, June 10 at 1250, VOA Spanish in `Música Country`, Sunday fill program instead of `Buenos Días, América` newscast on weekdays, since nothing ever happens on weekends. Was announcing a few  FM/AM affiliate stations carrying the show in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, // 15590, 9885, not much jamming if any (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370-, June 10 at 0512, WTJC is back on with hymn, after having been absent 24+ hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [and non]. 11740, June 10 at 0459, WYFR signing off in Spanish, as Vatican Radio IS is playing, prior to Swedish at 0500, by when YFR has gone off, but for a minute it was Catholix vs Protestants, making a SAH of about 4 Hz which I did not have time to count precisely. I had just looked for the Lebanon relay on 11715, but nothing heard; probably tuned in too late.

13765, June 10 at 0503, VR with African English supplications alternating with drumbeats, good signal, but with variable-pitch whining. Now its more like a deep-voiced (or winged) mosquito than a cat`s miau as I heard during same broadcast May 29. The noise got a little louder as VR faded a bit, so likely from an external source. At this hour, 13765 is via MADAGASCAR, as the RNW relay has no problem with propagating various religions, as long as they are Christianish.

13730, Sunday June 10 at 1205, RV with pascua story in Spanish instead of news in English, which we continue to hear other days of the week via Sackville, CANADA at 1200-1215 after Spanish at 1130-1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Conferma E-QSL PCJ Radio 5955 kHz

PCJ Radio - 5955 kHz 09/05 13:00 UTC con  e-QSL completa in 16 ore.
Rapporto inviato via e-mail  all'indirizzo pcjqsl at pcjmedia.com
La cartolina QSL è visionabile all'indirizzohttp://acquarina.blogspot.com

Nino Marabello
Treviso, Italy
RX: SONY ICF - SW7600G
Ant.: VHF outdoor directional azimuth 230 degreeshttp://web.tiscali.it/ondecorte/usa.html

Atlantic 2000 on the air this Sunday 10th June

30 years ago, on Sunday 6th June 1982, Atlantic 2000 international was transmitting for the first time on shortwave. Don't miss our special 30th anniversary show this Sunday 10th June at 08:00 UTC on 6005 and 9480 kHz, and also at the same time on our website. All correct reception report will be confirmed with our special QSL card.

http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr/

Glenn Hauser logs June 9-10, 2012

** CANADA. 6080 // 6020, June 9 at 0450 check, Sackville has CRI English relay on two correct frequencies, instead of 7305 as employed 24 hours earlier while nothing was on 6080 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KOREA SOUTH [non]

** CHINA. Firedrake June 9, the only one I had time to find:
15435, fair at 1203, het on the hi side
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 15610, June 9 at 0504, Arabic, maybe Qur`an, then ME music, undermodulated. HFCC shows R. Cairo in Swahili at 0400-0600, 250 kW, 170 degrees from Abu Zabaal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9650, June 9 at 1201 I tune across the KBS World Radio relay in English via Sackville --- except it`s in Spanish again! However, within the minute it switched to English as if nothing had happened; so presumably not in Spanish for the entire hour this time, altho did not check again later. But accompanied by those clicky annoying audio artifacts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LEBANON [non]. 11715, June 9 at 0456 ``hunting call`` tune and ``Huna Idha`at`` something ID; 0457 one note of Vatican IS before cut off the air. Presumably the scheduled relay of ``Radio Charity`` or ``Voice of Charity``, as WRTH 2012 names it in English, daily at 0430 in summer instead of 0530 in winter, via Vatican Radio, SMG. Fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LITHUANIA. 11900, UT Saturday June 9 at 0202, EDXC Conference special via Sitkunai has just started; there was some confusion with conflicting reports about the correct date and the correct time. Unfortunately, the first quarter-hour was a loss. After a few minutes, the program stopped and instead we heard at 0204 the ``RFE/RL Praha, beep`` filler announcement several times, and then a few minutes of dead air. 0209 or so even the NHK IS and ID were played a few times, and more dead air. 0215.5, RFE/RL ID again briefly, and 0216.5 finally brings up program audio initially in German, but soon into English; 0218 discussing receivers. Kai Ludwig thinks the messup resulted from the control board operator bringing up the wrong audio feed, as Sitkunai does relay RFE/RL from Prague afterwards and at other times.

Signal strength was sufficient, but quite choppy and unpleasant to listen to. I had been rolling tape and continued to do so; recheck at 0258, it was already off. This English hour is scheduled to be repeated Sunday (not Saturday) at 1730 to Asia also on 11900, but doubtful to be audible in North American then. I may not listen to the tape unless the program produced by the Rhein-Main Radio Club is not availablized on the web.

Bryan Clark in NZ says they have a special QSL ready for reports to
mail @ rmrc.de (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, June 9 at 0450, XEPPM is again just barely modulated, shortly before sign-off, and presumably so, all day/evening. Can`t they tell that a certain something is missing? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. 17735, June 9 at 0506, pop music in Arabic, IWT sharing SSOB honors with 17770 RRI in French, but I knew it was about over, and cut off air at 0508* as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1620 monitoring: did not show up at 0130 UT Saturday June 9 on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, so I belatedly check the Area 51 schedule athttp://www.worldmicroscope.com
and discover that this week`s time is 0200, with something else inserted at 0130. Only music heard on webcast, and 5110, but WOR does start promptly at 0200. Will this be the regular time from now on?

Then UT Sunday June 10 at 0400 on WTWW 5755, confirmed. And on WRMI 9955: Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730, Monday 0500, 1130. On HLR Germany 5980: Tuesday 0930. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sunday 0830, 1730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370, June 9 at 0455, no signal at all from WTJC; altho 9330 WBCQ is in quite well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11807 approx., extremely distorted FMy signal, June 9 at 0457, a horrible blob of unreadable modulation. I quickly tried to match it to nearby stations such as Brasil 11780, Habana 11760, but it did not. 0458 the intentional modulation stopped, and just the noise continued. 0459 mod resumed and I could tell it was the BaBcoCk music loop! and cut off at 0500*. During a brief overlap it was far enough away not to interfere with DW Rwanda starting English on 11800.

Looking thru HFCC, the likely closest culprit in terms of time and frequency is: ``11800 0400 0500 47E,48NW DHA 250 225 0 216 1234567 190412 281012 D 9000 Non-Specif UAE BAB BAB 19434``

But what is it really, specifically? Aoki answers: ``11800 Sudan Radio Service Darfur 0400-0500 12345.7 Arabic 500 225 Dhabbaya UAE 05415E 2410N EDC a12 BAB`` i.e. daily except Fridays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

HH Lokalradio - Atlantic 2000 - MV Baltic Radio Relays

HH Lokalradio - Atlantic 2000 - MV Baltic Radio Relays 

Dear Listeners,                                                                     
HH Lokalradio - Atlantic 2000 - MV Baltic Radio this Sunday the 10th of June 2012


Station Name                     Time Slots in UTC        Channels       Relay station

Hamburger Lokalradio  05.00  to 08.00             7265 kHz         via MVBR
Atlantic 2000                       08.00  to 09.00             9480 kHz         via MVBR
Atlantic 2000                       08.00  to 09.00              6005 kHz        via Radio 700 + shortwaveservice.com
MV Baltic Radio        09.00  to 10.00             7265 kHz        via MVBR  
Hamburger Lokalradio  10.00  to  16.00             7265 kHz        via MVBR

Please send all Reception Reports to:
 HH Lokalradio:    m.kittner@freenet.de
Atlantic 2000:     atlantic2000international@gmail.com
MV Baltic Radio: info@mvbalticradio.de
                                                   
Good listening!    73s Tom

EDXC conference broadcast (via BDXC-UK)

LITHUANIA   11900  Heard the report on few remoted Perseus net rxs in western Europe.

S=9+40dB huge signal heard on 11900 kHz from 0200 UT June 9th onwards.

0200-0204 UT a short piece of EDXC-conference 2012 RMRC report heard, but always with other different feeder line annmt "This is Radio Liberty Praha" in the underneath background, very annoying for listener.

At 0204-0206:10 UT heard only feeder line annmt "This is Radio Liberty Praha" over and over again.

Then only TX carrier heard, seen on Perseus screen.

At 0215:40 short piece of feeder line annmt "This is Radio Liberty Praha" heard for few seconds.

0216:45 UT  s t a r t e d  again EDXC-conference 2012 RMRC report program.

Few seconds in English lang, then after that in German lang. piece from 0219 UT featured a Reuter RDR50B / RDR54D rx report, and an interview followed with an Italian DXer til 0223 UT.

Pause mx at 0225 UT. Interview about German stations til 0229 UT.

At 0231 UT George Brown DXer since 1948 from Scotland interviewed, NASWA, DSWCI, BDXC member.

At 0234-0236 UT Dutch DXer since 1969 Max van Arnhem interviewed.

From 0237-0239 UT Interview of Japanese DXer Toshi Ohtake followed.

0240-0244 UT interview with former GDR journalist Manfred Böhm of Radio Berlin International and RadioRopa followed.

From 0248 UT general secretary of EDXC Tibor Szilagyi from Sweden interviewed.

Followed at 0252-0254 UT by interview of coming EDXC secretary from Finland.

Final announcement of Nick Barker RMRC at 0254 UT.
http://www.rmrc.de/index.php?lang=en

with wrong bcast time:http://www.rmrc.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152&Itemid=149&lang=de

From 0256-0257 UT the feeder line annmt "This is Radio Liberty Praha" heard over an over again.

0257:30 UT TX Sitkunai Lithuania on 11900 kHz OFF air.

0258:45 UT TX Sitkunai Lithuania on 9635 kHz ON air for Radio Liberty Tatar program, heard as feeder line annmt "This is Radio Liberty Praha".

0300:11 UT Radio Liberty Tatar program started on 9635 kHz, heard at backlobe S=9+15dB signal here in southwestern Germany.

vy73 wb df5sx

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)


Segnale (Signal)
IN = Insufficiente (Poor) / SF = Sufficiente (Fair)
BN = Buono (Good) / MB = Molto Buono (Very Good)


Sabato 2 giugno 2012
21.15 - 6700USB kHz
Musica *forse* greca e s/off.
Segnale buono-sufficiente
Raramente notata già altri sabato sera.
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21.20 - 6285 kHz
Musica pop e annunci OM in EE.
Segnale sufficiente
I blogs riportano un po' più tardi TELSTAR SOUTH con una vecchia registrazione di R. Caroline e, in effetti, lo stile era un po' quello.
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21.25 - 5895 kHz
tent. R. DELLEN INT. (Svezia)
Musica melodica, country e annunci OM anche in EE.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
PL-660 in LSB per sfuggire da un QRM CW e l'ha quasi eliminato tutto!
Emissione di max. 400 W dall'1 al 3 giugno in occasione del DX Parliament del Delsbo Radioklubb svedese.
Un confronto fra la mia registrazione fino alle 21.55 ed alcuni video di YT, sia della ricezione che dello studio dell'emittente durante la trasmissione, dimostra che c'è una certa analogia, sia per la voce dello speaker che per il genere musicale.

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Domenica 3 giugno 2012
Giornata 'molle', per il tempo umido e grigio e per la ricezione radio, anche in FM a parte due brevi apparizioni dopo pranzo: una di pochi minuti della RAI dall'Argentario-GR su 92.1 e un'altra di pochi secondi di R101 da Brenzone-Prada Alta-VR. Dunque, unica spiaggia qualche neofitico ascolto utility.
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07.23 - 16331,7CW BEACON ODESSA (Ucraina), ID 'D' a ripetizione. SF/IN
07.23 - 16332CW BEACON MOSCOW (Russia), ID 'C' a ripetizione. SF/IN
07.33 - 14556CW CISN - Mosca (Russia), Traffico. SF/IN
07.48 - 12654CW ISTAMBUL R. (Turchia), ID 'TAH'+DIG. BN/SF
07.49 - 12629CW ISTAMBUL R. (Turchia), non in // a 12654. Diverso QTH? BN/SF
07.53 - 12599,5CW MOSCOW R. (Russia), ID 'UAT'+DIG. SF/IN
07.59 - 11175USB prob. NATO - Lettere e numeri YL in EE.  SF
08.05 - 10871,7CW BEACON ODESSA (Ucraina), ID 'D' a ripetizione. SF/IN
08.05 - 10871,8CW BEACON KALININGRAD (Russia), ID 'P' a ripetizione. SF/IN
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1. Mi pare che la Voice of South Sudan sia già sparita.
2. R. Inconfidencia dopo le 21.00 non l'ho misurata ma era tra 15191 e 15192.

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Mercoledì 6 giugno 2012
Chissà se il passaggio di Venere davanti al Sole ha pesato sulla propagazione delle AM? I segnali in mattinata sembravano tutti un po' attenuati.
04.58 - 11725 R. NEW ZEALAND INT. - Segnale d'intervallo (forse il migliore). SF/IN
05.01 - 11780 RN DA AMAZONIA - Brasile, PP, nxs OM. SF/IN
05.03 - 11815 R. BRASIL CENTRAL - Goiânia, SYNC-LSB. SF/BN
05.08 - 15415 R. AUSTRALIA, EE, reportage telefonico. SF/IN
05.12 - 10000 WWV - Boulder-CO (USA), segnali di tempo. SF/IN
05.14 - 9955 WRMI+JAMMING *intermittente*. SF/IN
05.16 - 9675 R. CANÇÃO NOVA - Brasile, parlato YLs. SF/IN
05.17 - 9665 VOZ MISSIONARIA - Brasile, Pastore urlante. SF/IN
05.18 - 9580 AFRICA N° 1 - Gabon, SYNC-USB. SF/IN
05.19 - 9565 SRDA - Curitiba, Brasile, telefonata OM. SF/IN
05.20 - 9370v WTJC - Newport-SC (USA), canti Gospel. SF/BN
05.22 - 7811USB AFRTS - Key West-FL (USA), reportage telefonico. SF/IN
05.28 - 6190 BBC WS - Meyerton (Sud Africa), EE (DLF R.I.P.?). SF/IN
05.30 - 6090 UNIVERSITY NTW, Anguilla + UNID offset (Kaduna?). SF/IN
09.14 - 9805 R. MARTI+JAMMING. SF/IN
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09.22 - 8424CW OLYMPIA R. - Grecia, ID "SVO". SF/IN
09.23 - 8431USB ISTAMBUL R. - Turchia, "TAH" CW+DIG. SF/IN
09.25 - 8431,5USB MOSCOW R. - Russia, "UAT" CW+DIG. SF/IN

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

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RICEVITORI
Rack 1 (LW-MW-SW)
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
PL-660 Tecsun
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Rack 2 (LW-MW)
E5 Etón

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ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm interna (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop magnetico 150x100 cm su finestra (@2-5,5 MHz)
Dipolo aperto esterno 20 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.

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ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Balun 1:1 a choke di RG174 (6 spire - diametro 15 cm) per dipolo aperto
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitter 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.

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REGISTRATORI
Digitali Sony
ICD-B500 (R7)
ICD-BX112 (VR5000DSP - E5)
ICD-BX800 (PL-660)
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Musicassette
TRC-1149 Sanyo (R7)

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SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.0 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.0 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.5 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.3 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.2.4 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.7 demo (orologio mondiale)

Ascolti FM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti FM (ora italiana)


Venerdì 8 giugno 2012 (Rapallo-GE)
Prima o poi farò delle foto e le metterò sul gruppo tigullioamfm_dx.
Due giorni fa, in un momento di relax più o meno forzato ho rifatto il balun su ferrite di RG174 collegato alla Yagi telescopica: prima c'erano 5 spire tutte attaccate, poi sono andato a rileggere il brogliaccio con le illustrazioni degli anglosassoni e ne ho fatte 4 distanziate a coprire tutta la lunghezza della bacchetta, lunga circa 20 cm. Inoltre, constatata l'efficacia in AM, per il collegamento ai ricevitori ho provato ad interporre uno splitter a due vie, che ha dentro altre perline in ferrite, casomai togliesse un po' di spurie causate dalla vicinanza di *molti* impianti trasmittenti. Le ha tolte!!! Il sistema va talmente bene che, di fronte ad RDS da Zoagli-San Bernardo su 99.6, questa mattina tra le 7 e le 7.30 dopo una mezza grandinata di...90 secondi (!?), orientando con calma la direttiva - balenga ma non troppo - su 99.4 è apparsa RADIO ZETA da Serravalle Pistoiese-Croce di Belvedere-PT, impianto che a Rapallo non avevo mai sentito.
Ovviamente, come sempre, sono convinto che non è l'antenna di per sé a materializzare l'arrivo di un dato segnale, *era ricevibile* ed *una minima direttività* della Yagi lo ha favorito. Inoltre, è andata bene anche perché, in quel momento, a +200 kHz su RDS c'era del parlato, infatti quando è tornata la musica non si sentiva più niente.
Questa è la modulazione in frequenza: a seconda che ci sia portante muta, parlato o musica il segnale occupa una certa larghezza di banda *dinamica*, costantemente variabile, che secondo i miei vecchi libri delle superiori (anni 80) parte da un minimo di 150 kHz - in assenza di modulazione - e va ad un massimo di 180 kHz. Ecco perché a livello locale c'è (o dovrebbe esserci, anche per legge) tra due emissioni un minimo di 200 kHz. Ecco perché, se si stringono troppo i filtri dei ricevitori, non si capisce più niente.


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Luca Botto Fiora

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

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

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

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

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VARIE
Decoder RDS Manager Conrad (Satellit 500)

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REGISTRATORI
ICD-B500 Sony

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

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

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RICEVITORE
DE1103 Degen (filtri FM 110-80 kHz)

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

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

Glenn Hauser logs June 7-8, 2012

** BOLIVIA. 6134.8, June 8 at 0148 weak music audible here with heavy QRM from the TADIL-A bonker on the lo side, constant intruder into the exclusive 49m SWBC band, and lots of storm noise on the band. Is well-known off-frequency of R. Santa Cruz, and I have no doubt this is it. BFO did not help much; music ran past 0201. At 0207 when I had switched to AM, could then barely copy ID, ``Transmite Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia``, and more music. 0208 said ``Emisora del Instituto ---`` algo, some Andean music and off at 0211*. Others report some nights it closes an hour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 7305, June 8 at 0446, VG signal with CRI English story about Hainan Island, // 6020, here instead of correct 6080. So Sackville failed to change transmitter to 6080 after the 7305 Vatican relay in Spanish until 0400. But they woke up again in time to cut 7305 off at 0459:20* and retune it to 6190 from *0459:50 with CRI English continuing, having interrupted the dispensable Chinese lesson filling last 5 minutes of every hour.

9650, June 8 at 1255, KBS World Radio relay via Sackville is in Spanish instead of English! Interview with a Castilian about Corea`s relations with España. This compensates for at least once having run the 06-07 broadcast on 6045 in English instead of correct Spanish, as caught June 3 by Juan Franco Crespo, Spain. I assume Seoul is responsible in these cases for playing out the wrong languages, rather than Sackville --- unless each is pre-fed and stored for later transmission (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 8, before 1300:
11500, fair at 1256 with CCI, from VOR if not SOH
13920, poor at 1256; none in the 12s
14800, good at 1256
15555, fair at 1258
15900, very good at 1257
15970, fair at 1257
16100, fair at 1259
16980, poor at 1259
17100, poor at 1259
17250, good at 1259, music cut off at 1300 but stayed on air another 15 seconds with announcements in Chinese starting with ``Beijing``

Before 1400:
16100, poor at 1346
15900, very good at 1346
15605, very poor at 1346
15490, very poor at 1346
14800, very poor at 1349
13920, poor at 1349; none in the 12s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. CRI English on wrong frequency: see CANADA

** JAPAN [non]. 6110, June 8 at 0504, still missing for the 0500 NHK World R. Japan relay in English via Canada; and still audible only on 11970 via FRANCE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. KBS World Radio in wrong language: see CANADA

** MAURITANIA. 7245, June 8 at 0445, there is a weakish Arabish signal between 7240 DW/Rwanda, and 7250 Vatican, presumably IGIM as usual rather than V. of Tajik; and on the air earlier than usual for the Fribbath. Lately it has not been showing up before 0600 on Islamic weekdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, June 8 at 0205, XEPPM is back to just-barely modulating. A pity as much of the evening now, there is no CCI and little ACI. 0444 recheck, still JBM but I can tell there is music; as usual blasted away at *0459:50 by 6190 CRI via Sackville, unfortunately still on the correct frequency, unlike an earlier broadcast: see CANADA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1620 monitoring: confirmed Thursday June 7 after 2100 on WTWW 9479. I missed monitoring the 0330v UT Friday on WWRB 5050; if anyone heard it or noticed anything amiss, please let me know. Next: UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB/LSB. On WRMI 9955: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130. On HLR Germany 5980: Tue 0930. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830.

This edition includes a clip of the Fiji clandestine via WHRI 11565; Björn Fransson hears from them that due to a holiday, they will be replaying exactly the same program June 11 at 0830 as on June 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13620, June 8 at 0141 big open carrier not quite as strong as 15590 found three minutes earlier, q.v.. Never any modulation here either until cut off at 0156*. In this case there is something scheduled, R. Cairo in Spanish, 0045-0200, 250 kW, 241 degrees from Abis, which of course is a strong suspect for broadcasting without modulation.

India in Pashto via Bengaluru is also scheduled to start at 0200, but only in HFCC, not EiBi or Aoki, so may not really exist either. FCC, HFCC, Aoki and EiBi, also show WHRI-5 on 13620 at 22-23, so possibly they were testing the transmitter or frequency later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15590, June 8 at 0138, big S9+25 open carrier. Kept monitoring and never any modulation past 0200 until cut off at 0204.5*. (Meanwhile found another one just like it on 13620, q.v.). So what could it be? Nothing scheduled, of course at this time, but HFCC reminds us 15590 is a longstanding imaginary registration for inactive WRNO at 14-01. I don`t think so. Maybe it`s the ghost of KUSW/KTBN. It`s also the morning frequency for VOA Greenville in Spanish. They have to fiddle a lot with their old transmitters to keep them going, and I suspect this was most likely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs June 6-7, 2012

** CANADA. 15235, June 6 at 1900, RCI in Arabic, very poor, while 17735 is much better in French. 17735 is the only scheduled Sackville frequency for French; I was misled by the HFCC schedule at
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A12&broadc=RCI
which shows language ``FrA`` at 1900-2000 on 15235, while RCI`s own schedule reminds us it`s really on the air only for the first half hour and only in Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake June 7, before 1300, incomplete survey:
15970, very good at 1257
15900, fair at 1257
15555, fair at 1259-1301+

After 1300:
15485, poor at 1309, het on hi side; just started here
15500, poor at 1319, ex 15485
15570, fair at 1319, ex-15555 before 1300

Before 1400:
17450, fair at 1346
17170, poor at 1346
16100, very good at 1346
15970, very good at 1347
15605, poor at 1348, het on lo side
15490, poor at 1348, het on lo side, ex-15500
14700, fair at 1348; none in the 13s, 12s, 11s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 9800, June 7 at 0523, BaBcoCk lullaby music loop over and over until 0529:30 switch to closing of English broadcast we could have been hearing via RWANDA on new 11800, and then 0530 opening Portuguese. The 0500-0600 English via Rwanda on 9800 terminated on 31 May, and was replaced by Portuguese at 0530-0600 via SOUTH AFRICA, says HFCC, but they turned the transmitter on way early.

Also heard the music loop on 9555, Vietnam via Sackville until 0529* with RCI IDs. Hard to tell if it was // 9800, since it`s so lo-key and repetitive, but unlikely to have been (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 11970, June 7 at 0500, NHK World Radio Japan opening in English via FRANCE is fortunately sufficient, as still missing from 6110 via Canada as it has been for the past week. Can`t hear it on scheduled 5975 via UK either; is that still on? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, June 7 at 0455, XEPPM is back to just-barely-modulated, I think, unless they have already finished and just not turned off the transmitter yet, maintaining an S9+20 signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, June 7 at 0516, VON with relatively good modulation (for them) but still with whine, US accented reporter about Syria, Russia offering Assad asylum and he can take 6 gigadollars with him?! She was ``Priscilla Hough? in Washington for Voice of Nigeria``, apparently the same stringer I heard on Vatican Radio`s 1200 broadcast! This was not on the air when last tuned by a few minutes after 0500; normally would be on by 0445.

Googling soon finds her as Priscilla Huff, with portrait:
http://www.featurestorynews.com/about/about/people.html

``Priscilla Huff is a correspondent in FSN's Washington Bureau, and joined the company from CNN in 2001. With extensive experience covering the US political scene, Priscilla invariably spends her days on Capitol Hill, at the US State Department or at the White House, chasing the major issues that matter to FSN's clients. Her work for FSN also includes extensive travel across the United States - she's sauntered down the Red Carpet at the Oscars and waded through the muck in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Priscilla's reporting has literally spanned the breadth of the United States - from the Tsunami Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, to the halls of the United Nations in New York. A native Washingtonian, Priscilla previously worked for WBIS TV in New York, and the political website Voter.com.``

And here she tweeteth:
https://twitter.com/#1/phuffdaddy
Some other Priscilla Huff is linkedin
New Jersey News also had an August 2009 batik story from her as with VOA News (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 11720, June 6 at 1914, spirited dialog in non-English, fair signal. 25m is pretty much useless at summer middays, so this caught my ear; at first thought it was an African language, but must be V. of Philippines as scheduled 1730-1930 in Filipino. This frequency has made unexpected appearances before, and when it does is much better than // 15190 if at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 13570, June 6 at 1908, Brother Scare is still/again on WINB, apparently filling more available airtime than just weekday mornings. There had been a gap between 1845 or 1900 and 2030, depending on the true length of the 1830 show. WINB program schedule still hasn`t been updated to show BS at all. And the afternoon slot is not shown either at http://www.overcomerministry.org/

9385, June 7 at 1317 I notice that WWRB is still not on the air. Yesterday it came on at *1239. Today finally *1354 on 9385 with open carrier, cutting off and on the air several times; 1357 adding BS modulation but very low; by 1402 more or less normal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1620 monitoring: first broadcast confirmed on WRMI webcast, after 0330 UT Thursday June 7, but as usual totally blocked on 9955 by wall-of-noise jamming which only abates after 0500. Tnx a lot, Arnie! Further WRMI airings, some of which may escape jamming: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130. There are many more WRMI times on webcast only.

Also: Thu 2100 on WTWW 9479; UT Fri 0330v on WWRB 5050; UT Sat 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (measured recently by Bernardini in Italy on 5109.78; by Büschel in Germany on 5109.766); UT Sun 0400 on WTWW 5755; Tue 0930 on HLR Germany 5980. Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120 Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370-, June 7 at 0458, WTJC modulation is back in whack for the moment. Still audible before 1300, but at 1318 no signal at all
Carmen D`Rocco linked from HCDX this visual display of the WTJC mess:
http://blog.whats-your.name/public/9370.png
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15615, 12050, 11550, WEWN is missing from all frequencies, June 7 at 1312 and later. Propagation is poor, but not that poor, with e.g. WWCR still audible on 15825, later building up with sporadic E. Still no WEWNs at 1548 on 15610, 12050 or 11550 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Tips SW 04/06/2012

2012-06-04
kHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km SINPO
9565 2115 B Super Rádio Deus é Amor, Curitiba/Corpo de Bombeiros (PR) Sermon, in Portuguese  9747 km  23322
9505 2129 G CVC OneAfrica, Lusaka/Makeni Ranch (lsk) Pop song, talk in English  6675 km  23322
9400 2140 USA Brother Stair, Gavar (SW) (grk) Talk about Israel, in English  2831 km  35433
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Roberto Rizzardi
SWL I/0216/GR
Porto S. Stefano (GR) Italy
Lat 42N43 - Long 11E12 - Locator grid JN52NK
Receivers: ICOM IC-R71E
Sangean ATS909 with 2x80kHz Murata filters in FM
Antennas: 15 meters outdoor random wire with RF System Magnetic Longwire Balun
Indoor self-made single-turn coax loop
Telescopic and 7 meters indoor long wire antenna
Website: http://diarioradio.blogspot.com/
Skype - Twitter: robybenjy

New on RNZI - Urban Radio from Suva

Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
June 7 2012

RNZI Airs new Radio Heritage Feature
Urban Pacific Radio - Suva, Fiji
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Join us from Monday, June 11 2012 to explore the world of breakfast radio on several of the 15 local FM radio stations in Suva on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International.

With a population of some 330,000, the Suva-Nausori corridor is one of the largest urban areas in the Pacific islands.

This is not the Pacific of golden beaches, swaying palm trees and the gentle roar of the distant surf. This is high population density, traffic jams, shopping malls, and 15 radio stations competing for listeners.

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

We'll take you to the home of breakfast radio personalities Allan & Sophie [2day FM], Peceli & Serafina [Gold FM], Koliaci & Apenisa [Bula FM], Apakuki & Luisa [Radio Fiji 1], Ravin [Radio Fiji 2], Ashmita & Jitendra [Mirchi FM] and wonderfully named Epi Work [Mix94]and tell you how you can join them all for breakfast!

English, Fijian and Hindi radio stations, personalities and music, from just a few of the stations in Suva, Fiji.

So join us from Monday, June 11 2012 as we enjoy breakfast with the radio DJ's from Suva, Fiji on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International [www.rnzi.com].

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

Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting radio, popular culture, history and heritage with useful radio guides and features for free community use at www.radioheritage.com.