Glenn Hauser logs July 2-3, 2015

** ARGENTINA. 11710.7, July 3 at 0110, tango and sounds like Spanish talk, maybe so but it`s really the Portuguese hour of RAE, poor signal and lite het from something on 11710.0; at first no crackling spur from 11780 Brasil, but starts to bother by 0116, and at 0117 it`s definitely in Brazuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11815, July 3 at 0116, fair signal with music in Portuguese; would be sufficient reception of R. Brasil Central, Goiânia if it were not for the crackling spur from nearby Brasília 11780. Some further chex catch it only during music. Same situation at 0501 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11855, July 3 at 0501 tune-in, ``Com a Mãe Aparecida`` program ID, 5 chimes, ``até as 5 da manhã`` = until 08 UT; good R. Aparecida signal, better than usual, yet 11780 and spurs are not stronger than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 18980, July 3 at 1341, CNR1 jammer, fair-good, which is the Friday & Tuesday RFA Tibetan via Kuwait 13-14 frequency as in HFCC. 

Then seeking more CNR1 jammers, but none found 18-11 MHz except some usual inbanders such as 13690, good at 1345 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 5910, July 3 at 0457, nothing but NHK via FRANCE audible a bit before closing, no het or anything, so Alcaraván Radio must be off again after having been heard reactivated June 26-27. Of course, they might as well turn it off voluntarily between 03 and 05 due to NHK, but that could make too much sense. The Colombian telecom authority makes no attempt to protect HJDH from such QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. RHC anomalies circa 0500 UT July 3: at 0458, English is already on 6060; is this just a bit early, or all during the previous hour(s) too instead of scheduled Spanish? 6100 is a big open carrier prior to 0500 start; 6165 and 6000, the all-evening frequencies, are on as usual. At 0500, Spanish is still on 9535, mixing with Algeria via FRANCE, but by 0506 recheck, no Cuba while RTA is in French instead of Arabic.

After logging mixing products on 15010 and 15040 yesterday morning via the PL-880 on the porch, I`m trying again this time on the main FRG-7 with much longer wire:

15010, July 3 at 1344, JBA signal detectable, and it is // 15370, i.e., 15730 over 15370 another 360 kHz lower.

15040? The CRI relay carrier is not yet on 15700 to produce a 15700/15370 leapfrog another 330 kHz lower, but when 15700 is on at 1400, I am still not hearing 15040 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 13850, July 3 at 0507, R. Cairo, suptorted Arabic and big hum, spreading out to 13840-13860; 0508 hum stops, and now 13860 is clear for Farda (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9935, July 3 at 0107, ERA again suffering from self-imposed big whine = multiple spur carriers, in Greek talk, while // 9420 is clear.

11645, July 3 at 0502, R. Dabanga via VATICAN has low rumbling het, presumably caused by ERA co-channel; so back to clear 9420 at 0503 still in Greek, with ``IFTH`` ID, 0504 IS and another ID, 0604 ``kalimera``. Couldn`t stay with it longer, but was hoping to hear multi-lingual news hour presumably from R. Filia domestic network (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TV DX July 3: Turn on channel 2 at 1430 UT.

1442 on 2, some CCI appears; 1451 the audio is Spanish

1454 on 3, now MUF up to here with some video

1508 on 2, Spanish YL with variety? show; no bugs visible but may be there; shortly a better fade-in has a vertical rectangle in the upper right, including 24 = temperature somewhere.

1517 on 2, ad for Plan B

1527 on 2, now the UR bug is clearer with a large 7 at its upper-right, so likely XHTAU Tampico on regional Azteca-7 network (morning show originating in Monterrey?); now besides the 24 I can also read a clock at 10:27, i.e. CDT = HVCM, so not Tu Canal, XEPM in Juárez as I first suspected, and which is due to quit ch 2 for UHF digital on July 14. A fashion show earlier, a lady with two large numbers on her breast, now one in shorts labeled ``el estilo ``chicken```. 

6m Es map shows no Mexican contacts except XE2M on the border in BCN. Weak signals on 2 continue past 1628 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6876-AM, July 3 at 0102, music on poor signal vs storm noise level from nearby in OK, no better at 0123. John Poet had tipped earlier that there would be a The Crystal Ship relay starting about 0030. It seems most 42-43 mb pirates are in eastern N America where they are generally much better heard than way out here in the periphery, especially in summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, July 3 at 0101, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, Urubamba, and barely able to perceive when it autocuts off, 0105:21*. This is 55.5 seconds later than last successful Chaski-check eight days before on UT June 24 until 0104:25.5*, ergo averaging 6.9 seconds later per day, considerably more than the usual ~6 seconds. So the slippage is slipping. Of course this takes into account the leap-second in the meantime, always comparing to current WWV signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** SRI LANKA. 11905, July 3 at *0114:14 very poor carrier on from SLBC; music prélude from about 0114:48; talk sign-on from 0115:23, but could not hear any timesignal preceding it. Sometimes they do skip it, but the other events confirm they are *still* running about 19 seconds slower than the rest of the world (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13558 approx., July 3 at 0120, MTI CW HIFER beacon which is from Stone Mountain GA near Atlanta, weak but considerably better signal than previous morning log at 1340 July 2; now copes with CODAR swishes more than ISM hash circa 13560 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1780 monitoring: confirmed Thursday July 2 at 2100 on WRMI 7570, poorly audible here thru heavy daytime absorption, and presumably much better further east and/or closer, but not too close, to Okeechobee. Next:

Fri 2130 on WRMI 15770

Fri 2130.5 on WRMI 7570

Sat 0630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB

Sat 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB

Sat 1930v on WA0RCR 1860-AM

Sat 0315v on WA0RCR 1860-AM

Sun 2100 on WRMI 15770

Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580

Mon 0300v on WBCQ 5110v Area 51

Mon 0330 on WRMI 9955 

Tue 1100 on WRMI 9955

Wed 0630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB

Wed 1315 on WRMI 9955 

Wed 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB

Wed 2100 on WBCQ 7490v

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, July 3 at 0106, WBCQ is on with YL preacher, VG signal; next check at 0459 it`s off, probably just missed closedown, while 5110-CUSB continues with BS on VP signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 540, July 3 at 0512 UT, English talk from NNE/SSW, seems news week-in-review; 0514 mentions Iowa and KWMT ID. Most unusual to hear Fort Dodge in the clear at night: no XEWA, XETX, KDFT or CBK. In the daytime on 5 kW groundwave it`s constantly clashing underneath KDFT. Night power is 170 watts, and it is aimed southward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1080, July 3 at 0130:05 UT, KRLD Dallas makes quick break for change from day to night pattern while maintaining 50 kW, at almost the FCC-appointed time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1633 UT July 3

Relays this weekend

Saturday and Wednesday HLR: 

06.00 to 08.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz
08.00 to 11.00 UTC, on 6190 KHz
11.00 to 15.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz

Sunday HLR:
11.00 to 15.00 UTC on 9485 kHz

E-mail: redaktion@hamburger-lokalradio.de  Thank you!

HLR FM-Program via the Internet:    www.hamburger-lokalradio.net

For outside the listening area please try the Twente/Netherlands Web RX at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

You can also hear many European free and alternative stations via the Internet at: http://laut.fm/jukebox 

 

Radio Revival Sweden Transmission schedules:

http://radiorevivalsweden.blogspot.se/p/schedules.html

 

Radio Channel 292  Transmission schedules:

http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/

Radio Mi Amigo Transmission schedules:

www.radiomiamigo.es/shortwave

Good Listening!

73s,  Tom

Ivo Ivanov SW News July 3

FINLAND   Scandinavian Weekend Radio from July 2 to July 4
Special broadcast from 2100UT Thursday to 2100UT Saturday.
Two days of operation, due to 15 years celebration of SWR.
Observation on July 3 0610-0710UT, weak reception on 11690
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/scandinavian-weekend-radio-from-july-2.html


FRANCE(non)  Nigerian Armed Forces Radio with special text message July 3:
0600-0700 on 11825 ISS 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa and English // 13775
0600-0700 on 13775 ISS 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa and English // 13775
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/nigerian-armed-forces-radio-with.html


U.K.(non)   Radio Dandal Kura on July 3, weak on 7415, very strong on 15480:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/extended-schedule-of-radio-dandal-kura.html

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73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Agenda DX 03/07

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Mambì, Cuba (1935)
Liberty Radio, Gran Bretagna 963 Khz (1995)
BBC Ascension relay (1966)
Radio Jornal de Commercio, Brasile 15145 Khz (1948)

Glenn Hauser logs July 1-2, 2015

** ALASKA. 9655, July 2 at 1032, weak KNLS amid English hour, tough copy with ACI on both sides from somewhat stronger Sino-Chosun transmitters, but a clear enunciator is praying to a father; just my luck not to catch them during a secular segment. KNLS website undated, quoted by Australian DX News, says they are not fully operational yet, using one transmitter and one antenna for all broadcasts. Aoki shows 100 kW at 285 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** BRAZIL. 11735, July 2 at 1038, live YL DJ in Brazuguese with :37 timecheck, addressing her ``família da rádio``, fair signal, some music, joined by OM announcer. No sign of VOK, allegedly scheduled here too this hour in English as well as R. Transmundial, at 08-02 per Aoki 50 kW, 60 degrees from Santa Maria-Camobi. And I never hear it in the 01-02 period. At 1042 there is some weak music mixing with ZYE858, not sure if part of its own background or North Korea (which later this morning owns 11735).

11725, July 2 at 1038, having heard 11735, I seek the allegedly reactivated R. Marumby, and attain only a JBA carrier. Daniel Wyllyans in MT had reported it on June 16; and ntt aktuell says it came back June 9 // 6080 and 9515, part of the Sistema Iensen de Comunicação, in Curitiba PR, a.k.a. Rádio Novas de Paz, which is only how Aoki lists it at 08-21. ntt says the website mentions 730, 6080 and 9515 only. 11725 is not in WRTH 2015, even as inactive, but the latest National update mentions 11725 testing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. ChiCom jamming morning of July 2:

17665, Thu July 2 at 1309, CNR1 jamming vs BBC Uzbek via Oman, this semihour only on Sun/Thu/Sat; same as on 17705 vs AIR in Chinese with Saudi Arabia in the way too

15115, July 2 at 1329, Firedragon! All-musical jamming is primary atop, but CNR1 also vs VOA Chinese via Thailand, as the hyper-paranoid ChiCom just can`t bear to let in anything possibly contrary to the Party Line

15265, July 2 at 1332, CNR1 jamming making het against always off-frequency Taiwan; no Firedragon here. At 1353, CNR1 echoing from more than one site

15555, July 2 at 1349, CNR1 jammer, poor, vs JBA carrier on 15552, no doubt V. of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN

15535, July 2 at 1350, CNR1 jammer, very poor, vs JBA carrier on 15537, no doubt V. of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN

15275, July 2 at 1353, CNR1 jammer alone. This hour only, daily target is RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan per Aoki

17760, July 2 at 1402, CNR1 jammer, good with slight SAH, which this hour only would be from victim VOA Tibetan via Thailand on Sun/Tue/Thu/Sat and this is Thursday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6165, July 2 at 0525, RHC English on this frequency is *much* weaker than the others, as usually the case now; strongest is 6100 with 6060, 6000 close behind. The A-15 original schedule from April shows in the 05-07 period:

6060 A1  100 kW Bauta to Nueva York

6100 A7  100 kW Bauta to San Francisco

6165 A10 100 kW Bauta to Chicago

6000 A4  250 kW Titán to Wásh DC

Exact azimuths aren`t given but the 6100 San Francisco beam should be closest to us, with Chicago 6165 second best, instead of last; so have they swapped them around, or running 6165 at low power? We should also check if 6000 is really out of synch with the others. Further anomalies:

15705-15755 approx., July 2 at 1311, RHC Spanish bigsig on 15730 is splattering out to plus/minus 25 kHz. This is Bauta 1, supposedly 100 kW on A4 antenna toward Rio de Janeiro, but plenty plenty USward

15010, July 2 at 1330, RHC Spanish, fair but readable signal, which is a leapfrog mixing product of 15730 over 15370 another 360 kHz lower. Don`t think I`ve heard it here before. 15370 is 100 kW Bauta-4 on antenna-8 for San Francisco

16090, July 2 at 1331 is theoretically where the reverse leapfrog of 15370 over 15730 should land, and I do get a JBA carrier here, only

15040, July 2 at 1354, RHC Spanish poor also here but not earlier when I was getting 15010. That`s because the 15700 CRI relay transmitter is now already on with open carrier: 15700 leaping over 15370 another 330 kHz lower to land on 15040. Some complete fade-outs. 

All these are on the PL-880 on the porch with short reel-out antenna. Since they are still heard weaker with receiver attenuation I think they are genuinely transmitted. Huge fundamental signals help to audiblize mixing products, many, many dB down but not completely

11950, July 2 at 1415, RHC still running here with jazz, // 15730, 15370, 15230, 9640, while 13740 and 11860 are off. Bauta-3, 11950 ex-11760 is the sole midday frequency staying on at 15-18, same parameters as at 11-15 UT, 100 kW non-direxional (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, July 2 at 1027, R. Verdad is amid canned multi-lingual ID and address spiel, Swedish into Japanese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 11730, July 2 at 0529, NHK World Radio Japan citing entire schedule in English which is so short it will fit into one minute if they don`t bother with relay sites, and who cares about those? Trouble is, this precedes the French language via France at 0530-0600, and should have been appended to the 0500 English broadcast via France on 11970 which is already off. Switching uncoördinated making for a little-known English transmission lacking from schedules, 0529-0530 on 11730. At 0530 Sakura and into French, indeed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 15245, July 2 at 1328, VOK with triumphal music // 13760 // 11710 // 9435 during English hour, half of which are to America, half to Europe. 

11735 // 13650, July 2 at 1339, VOK with more music but not // the four frequencies above since this pair are in the Chinese service. No undertones of mixing jamming noise audible, but surely there are on at least some of them as some level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 590, July 2 at 1101 UT, full ID from XEFD, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, ``info Rio Bravo``, atop Omaha or anything else shortly before sunrise here at 1118 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710, July 2 at 1108 UT, super-patriotic ``Soy Soldado`` recitation again, from XEDP, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua; not off frequency and no het. We also hear this around local midnight, 0600v UT, so presumably circa sign-off and sign-on; or every 5 or 6 hours too? Basta (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 900, July 2 at 1114 UT, ``Siempre 88-9`` mentioned during national weather info from Culiacán to Mérida, 6:14 TC; plug for Oaxaca, 1116 song clip of ``Day the Music Died`` in English, ``Siempre 88-9`` again, informativo, fading. Loops SSW and I figure it`s the usual XEOK Monterrey, but what FM is it relaying? XHM in the DF, which is an Acir station, and confirming here also on XEOK

http://siempre889.com/la-estacion/cobertura-nacional/

which however does not show the frequency for all of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Channel A2 NTSC, July 1 at 1659 UT, fade-in some CCI by sporadic E, including same-offset beat; 6m Es map shows opening centered over New Mexico? and MUF 55 MHz; nothing identifiable until 1733 when I spot the Televisa-2 net star bug in lower right, and nothing more today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11685-11690-11695, July 2 at 0530, DRM noise, which I can`t imagine is anything but RNZI, on a former DRM frequency but NOT on their current website schedule at this hour, where it`s supposedly in a DRM break until 0651 M-F on 7330 (recently heard well by Walt Salmaniw in BC). However, in alternative HFCC registrations, RAN is shown with DRM at 0645-0800 as well as 1850-2100 when it`s on RNZI`s own schedule at 1851-1950 daily. Meanwhile, at 0530 July 2, RNZI is on AM audible to all as usual on 11725 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SARAWAK [non]. 15425, July 2 at 1035 no signal from reactivated Radio Free Sarawak, nor hardly anything else on dead band. S. Hasegawa, Japan had reported it back since June 26 at *1030-1200*.

By 1137 there is a very poor signal; by 1147 now it`s faded up with audible talk and dramatic music; 1150 phone ringing and interviewing someone via it, all in presumed Iban. Never caught an ID but 1158 music lasts until 1200 OC for a few seconds and off*. 

See DXLD 14-47, for news about its suspension as of November 17, 2014 due to jamming. Site now not yet known, but had been Palauig, Radio Veritas Asia, Philippines, and allegedly also at times Taiwan, or maybe Palau (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13558 approx., July 2 at 1340, JBA very slow CW sending MTI with long pauses, every 13.75 seconds, i.e. slightly more than 4 times per minute = 55 seconds. Haven`t heard this one in a while, from Stone Mountain GA; LWCA list puts it on 13557.54. No others audible at this time on the 13550-13570 HIFER band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1779 monitoring: confirmed on webcast of WBCQ 7490, Wednesday July 1 at 2100.

WORLD OF RADIO 1780 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing, Thursday July 2 at 1130 on WRMI 9955; good signal but lite pulse jamming audible underneath, surging during mid-break at 1145; tnx a lot, Arnie! Next:

Thu 2100 on WRMI 7570

Fri 2130 on WRMI 15770

Fri 2130.5 on WRMI 7570

Sat 0630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB

Sat 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB

Sat 1930v on WA0RCR 1860-AM

Sat 0315v on WA0RCR 1860-AM

Sun 2100 on WRMI 15770

Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580

Mon 0300v on WBCQ 5110v Area 51

Mon 0330 on WRMI 9955 

Tue 1100 on WRMI 9955

Wed 0630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB

Wed 1315 on WRMI 9955 

Wed 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB

Wed 2100 on WBCQ 7490v

For all our broadcasts on all media see

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

Access to podcasts, latest and previous shows:

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

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1080, July 2 at 1130 UT, I happen to be tuning across KRLD Dallas when there is a momentary glitch during traffic report, corresponding to the official July sunrise time for pattern change from broad cardioid at night nulling toward Hartford to non-direxional day; no difference in reception here. July SR/SS are 1130/0130 UT; August: 1145/0115 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 17590, July 2 at 1212, poor-fair talk in Italian. Must be Vatican Radio, certainly not Rai – yes, scheduled daily 1200-1220, following on Fridays only, English at 1130, both direct from SMG. At 1220, turns over 17590 to the Islamic Republic of Iran for an Indonesian hour; how ecumenical a frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

This report dispatched at 1825 UT July 2

Launch of RFE broadcasts from Prague recalled on 20th anniversary

Wednesday is the 20th anniversary of the launch of Radio Free Europe broadcasts from Prague. The US-funded symbol of the Cold War had moved to the city’s former communist parliament building at the invitation of President Václav Havel, who was keen to reinforce the Czech Republic’s new ties with the West.

 

Radio Free Europe in Munich, photo: Archive of RFE During the Cold War many people in Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in the Eastern Bloc tuned in illicitly to Radio Free Europe, an originally CIA-funded station that broadcast across the Iron Curtain from then West Germany.

Speaking last year, former RFE president Kevin Klose recalled that the fall of communism in Eastern Europe had left the US station looking for a new role.

“It had been in Munich from the 1950s on and the Wall had come down. It was clear as integration occurred between East and West that the radios really needed to move into the region. President Havel sent a letter to President Clinton and invited the radios in, early in President Clinton’s first year in the White House, in 1993. As we know, President Havel had the former parliamentary building in mind. When we got approval from the Clinton administration to do it, we made the move very quickly.” 

Václav Havel, photo: ČT Mr. Klose said Václav Havel had told him that having Radio Free Europe in Prague was equivalent to having three NATO divisions.

Mr. Havel clearly saw the move as a major step on the path to the country becoming an integral part of the Western community. 

“It is a great expression of trust in the Czech Republic. Prague will to a certain degree be a symbol of that message of freedom disseminated to the world. This clearly accentuates the fact that we belong to the world of Western democracy, to that circle of civilisation.”

Among the hundreds of RFE staff who also made the eastwards move from Munich to Prague was the Czech journalist Jefim Fištejn.

“For me and many of my colleagues it represented the fulfillment of our wishes and ideas. I took it as a ‘return to the known’. I felt indebted to the Czech people… The population did not have a shortage of information but things needed to be explained to them. RFE functioned something like an underground university – explaining how free societies and their components worked.”

A Czech language version of the station was also set up in Prague and broadcast until the early 2000s.

Following the 9/11 attacks concrete barriers and armoured vehicles were placed in front of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty building in central Prague. A high-security new HQ was opened in the suburbs seven years later.

Today the station broadcasts in 28 languages to 21 states. Most are in Asia, but RFE/RL continues to target a small number of European countries, including Belarus and Ukraine. 

Voice of Greece in Greek in 0900-1400UT time slot on July 2

GREECE   Voice of Greece in Greek in 0900-1400UT time slot on July 2:
till 1200 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu, at 0905UT frequency schedule*
till 1202 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf, terrible audio, with hum tone
from 1200 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu, at 1201UT frequency schedule*
from 1207 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu, terrible audio, with hum tone
*announcement of frequencies 9420 to WeEu/NoAm,11645 to NoAf,9935 to WeEu/NoAm

Both frequencies are off around 1410 UTC and back again on air around 1440 UTC

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/voice-of-greece-in-greek-in-0900-1400ut.html


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73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

WDR mediumwave from Germany will be canceled

In the night from sunday to monday WDR will close down WDR 2/WDR Event and WDR Verkehrsradio on Mediumwave 720 khz(Langenberg) and 774 kHz (Bonn) for ever! (via mwdx yg)

48 hours of Scandinavian Weekend Radio

FINLANDIA, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat. Como todos los primeros fines de semana del mes, esta emisora estará en el aire desde las 2100 UTC del viernes, hasta las 2100 UTC del sábado, pero a mayores, coincidiendo con su 30 aniversario, emitirá también desde las 2100 del jueves, es decir, tendrá un día más de programación.

Este es el esquema de sus frecuencias, horarios y programas.

Schedule #191
2nd-3rd July 2015

Day, Local Time, Frequency, Program details, UTC Time, SW, MW, FM
00-01 6170/11720 1602 94,90 Continental Nightshift, 15y b-day Grand Opening RJ & Matti 21-22
01-02 6170/11690 1602 94,90 Continental Nightshift, 15y b-day Grand Opening RJ & Matti 22-23
02-03 6170/11690 1602 94,90 SWR Musix Box 23-00
03-04 6170/11690 1602 94,90 SWR Musix Box 00-01
04-05 6170/11690 1602 94,90 SWR Musix Box 01-02
05-06 6170/11690 1602 94,90 SWR Musix Box 02-03
06-07 6170/11690 1602 94,90 Radio Caroline osa 1 (u) 03-04
07-08 6170/11690 1602 94,90 Radio Caroline osa 1 (u) 04-05
08-09 5980/11690 1602 94,90 08.00 FSN World News
Snurr skivan -sagospeler i svenska från 1966 05-06
09-10 5980/11690 1602 94,90 SWR History 1, (100.s lähetys) Dj Häkä (u) 06-07
10-11 5980/11720 1602 94,90 SWR History 2, (100.s lähetys) Dj Häkä (u) 07-08
11-12 6170/11720 1602 94,90 08-09
12-13 6170/11720 1602 94,90 09-10
13-14 6170/11720 1602 94,90 10-11
14-15 6170/11720 1602 94,90 14.00 FSN World News 11-12
15-16 6170/11720 1602 94,90 12-13
16-17 6170/11690 1602 94,90 13-14
17-18 5980/11690 1602 94,90 14-15
18-19 5980/11690 1602 94,90 18.00 FSN World News
18.05 Kirjallisuusohjelma , Dj Häkä 15-16
19-20 5980/11720 1602 94,90 TrickyTrev Show 16-17
20-21 5980/11720 1602 94,90 JÓJ RADIOSHOW by JÓJ SOUND 17-18
21-22 6170/11690 1602 94,90 JÓJ RADIOSHOW by JÓJ SOUND 18-19
22-23 6170/11690 1602 94,90 19-20
23-24 6170/11690 1602 94,90 Closing ceremony (fake!) Dj RJ 20-21

Schedule #192
3rd-4th July 2015

Day, Local Time, Frequency, Program details, UTC Time, SW, MW, FM
00-01 6170/11720 1602 94,90 15v juhlalähetys jatkuu! SWR crew 21-22
01-02 6170/11690 1602 94,90 15y birthday broadcast continues! SWR crew 22-23
02-03 6170/11690 1602 94,90 SWR Music Box 23-00
03-04 6170/11690 1602 94,90 SWR Music Box 00-01
04-05 6170/11690 1602 94,90 SWR Music Box 01-02
05-06 6170/11690 1602 94,90 SWR Music Box 02-03
06-07 6170/11690 1602 94,90 Radio Caroline osa 2 (u) 03-04
07-08 6170/11690 1602 94,90 Radio Caroline osa 2 (u) 04-05
08-09 5980/11690 1602 94,90 Soul, sport, osv. med Heppu Hyypiö osa 6-2015 05-06
09-10 5980/11690 1602 94,90 09.00 FSN World News
09.05 Huomenta - Good Morning Virrat by dj Häkä 06-07
10-11 5980/11720 1602 94,90 10.00 Mediamonitorin Mediauutiset
PopQuest Kylie Minogue, Dj Häkä (u) 07-08
11-12 6170/11720 1602 94,90 Chelmsford Calling ed. 8 08-09
12-13 6170/11720 1602 94,90 Juhlahumua SWR crew 09-10
13-14 6170/11720 1602 94,90 Juhlahumua SWR crew 10-11
14-15 6170/11720 1602 94,90
14.00 FSN World News
14.05 Virrat Tänään - Virrat Today by Dj Häkä
14.30 Mediamonitorin Mediauutiset
11-12
15-16 6170/11720 1602 94,90 Juhlahumua SWR crew 12-13
16-17 6170/11690 1602 94,90 Juhlahumua SWR crew 13-14
17-18 5980/11690 1602 94,90 Juhlahumua SWR crew 14-15
18-19 5980/11690 1602 94,90 18.00 FSN World News
Helter Skelter Live! 15-16
19-20 5980/11720 1602 94,90 Helter Skelter Live! 16-17
20-21 5980/11720 1602 94,90 Juhlahumua SWR crew 17-18
21-22 6170/11690 1602 94,90 Klapioja & SWR Band 18-19
22-23 6170/11690 1602 94,90 Warming up The Sauna 19-20
23-24 6170/11690 1602 94,90 Closing ceremony SWR crew 20-21
(via Manuel Mendez, Noticiasdx yg via DXLD)

Agenda DX 02/07

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Reloj, Costarica 4832 Khz (1945)

Dandal Kura 1800-2100 on new 11830 kHz

Dandal Kura 1800-2100 on new 11830 kHz, videos:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/extended-schedule-of-radio-dandal-kura.html

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73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

International Radio Serbia continues on shortwave until July 31

SERBIA/BOSNIA   International Radio Serbia continues on shortwave until July 31:
1730-1800 on  6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Italian Mon-Fri
1800-1830 on  6100 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Russian
1830-1900 on  6100 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English
1900-1930 on  6100 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Spanish
1930-2000 on  6100 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Serbian Sun-Fri
1930-2030 on  6100*BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Serbian Sat
2000-2030 on  6100*BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu German  Sun-Fri
2030-2100 on  6100*BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu French
2100-2130 on  6100*BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English
2130-2200 on  6100*BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Serbian Fri
# till 1800 co-ch KCBS Pyongyang Home Service in Korean
* from 2000 co-ch by powerful China Radio Int in Arabic

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/international-radio-serbia-continues-on.html

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73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Ivo Ivanov SW News July 1

FRANCE(non)  Two different broadcasts of Nigerian Armed Forces Radio on July 1
0600-0700 on 11825 ISS 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf English, not // on 13775
0600-0700 on 13775 ISS 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf English, not // on 11825
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/two-different-broadcasts-of-nigerian.html


KURDISTAN(non)   New frequency of Denge Kurdistan effective from July 1:
0300-0500 NF 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11510
0500-1300 NF 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11510
1300-1700 NF 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11510+2nd hx 23200
1700-1900 NF 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11510, OPEN CARRIER
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-frequency-of-denge-kurdistan.html

SECRETLAND   SPL The Global specialist for International Communications on
SW and provided to you strong and quality signal around the world, part 5:
Brother Stair on July 1
from 1600 on 13600 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to SoAf English, as scheduled
from 1600 on 21800 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English, open carrier
Denge Kurdistan on July 1
from 1620 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, open carrier
Bible Voice Broadcasting on July 1 start at new time
1630-1730 on 12075 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian, ex from 1600
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/spl-global-specialist-for-international.html


U.K.(non)   Extended schedule of Radio Dandal Kura effective from July 1:
0500-0700 on  7415 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Kanuri, ex 0500-0600
0700-0800 on 15480 WOF 300 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri, additional txion
1800-2100 NF 11830 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri, ex 1800-1900 on 12050
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/extended-schedule-of-radio-dandal-kura.html

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73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Glenn Hauser logs June 30-July 1, 2015

** BRAZIL. 11780, July 1 at 0555, RNA/RNB is very distorted on fundamental, unlistenable. The 11708/11744/11816 cracking spurs are also audible but weaker than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 18990, July 1 at 1312, CNR1 jammer, poor-fair, matching schedule of RFA Tibetan via Kuwait, Wed and Sat at 13-14.

17705, July 1 at 1313, CNR1 jammer poorly mixing with Saudi Arabia if not intended target AIR India in Chinese until 1315

No out-of-band CNR1 jammers heard 12-18 MHz, just poorly on 15115, 15265, 11785 circa 1315 July 1. Propagation is still degraded. Of course some of them may not have cut on until a few minutes later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 13725, July 1 at *0559, RFI cuts on in French, 0600 switches to English.

13750, July 1 at 0610, something in Hausa, per HFCC RFI Issoudun daily at 0600-0630; I didn`t notice this yesterday while checking out NIGERIA [non] via same site, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, July 1 at 0342, Kurdish music on fair signal, ex-11510, as expected QSY for Denge Kurdistane, initial *0300 bihour via FRANCE. Not clear why the change. July 1 Aoki still has it on 11510, and on 11600 nothing but Sound of Hope relaying RFA and drawing ChiCom jamming, but none of that heard here at 1317, nor D. K. on either frequency, which was the usual situation via Bulgaria after 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 9690-, July 1 at 0558, open carrier starts drumming, very good signal as VON Hausa is about to start; but no signal on formerly // 7255 or 7255 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [non]. 13725, July 1 at *0600, good signal from Issoudun, FRANCE, cuts on just before cacophony of modulation starts like yesterday, sign-on in English of ``Nigerian Armed Forces Radio; we bring you news, views and comment on matters of the moment``, announcing frequencies as 11825 and 13775, I think. (Yesterday it sounded like 11625, and the accent still makes it hard to distinguish ``eight`` from ``six``.) 

11825 also audible better than yesterday, poor level now, also in English, but NOT // or not synchronized with 13775. At 0604, 11825 is announcing a long text message number for listeners. I could not copy all the digits for sure, but something like 2308148366886. At 0606 announcement by YL on 13775; while 11825 is repeating the OM announcement about texting. At 0640 I awaken to hear on 13775 the same sign-on announcement where the OM announcer stumbles over the 13775 frequency mention, repeats it. In between it`s just music on these tests arranged by RMI for a `week` starting June 30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, July 1 at 1203, SIBC carrier still on and barely detectable. Ron Howard says it stayed on now with Cyclone Raquel warnings instead of relaying Wantok FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5000, June 30 at 2357 UT, I`m monitoring WWV for the Leap Second; to my surprise, I was getting *no* signal vs local noise level on 10000 which normally would be best here at this daypart. A weak one on 15000, but 5000 is better tho also weak. I count the seconds between 2359 and 2400 --- yes, there are 61 of them! Mission accomplished. I understand there is a movement to eliminate leap seconds, instead gradually adjust the clox over time? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1437 UT July 1

Nigerian Armed Forces Radio on July 1

Two different English broadcasts of Nigerian Armed Forces Radio at 0630 on 11825 and 13775

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73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Voice of Greece in Greek and 8 other languages on July 1

GREECE   Voice of Greece in Greek and 8 other languages on July 1:
0500-0505 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
0500-0505 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, clean audio
0505-0600 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Vary*
0505-0600 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Vary*, motor audio
* 3-5 minutes news bulletin in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Albanian, Italian, Arabic with music between each language: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/voice-of-greece-in-greek-and-8-other.html

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73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Serbia ancora in onda....

anche oggi 1 luglio la Radio Internazionale di Serbia è regolarmente in onda su 6100 khz, la chiusura delle trasmissioni in onda corta sembra essere stata posticipata al 31 luglio, qui la scheda aggiornata per queste ultime settimane....

http://www.bclnews.it/?p=17807

Ivo Ivanov SW News June 30

GREECE   Voice of Greece in Greek is on air via two transmitters on June 30
1130&1300 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu, both freqs cut off at 1420
1130&1300 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu, terrible audio + hum tone:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/voice-of-greece-in-greek-is-on-air-via.html


SECRETLAND   SPL, The Global specialist for International Communications
on SW provided to you strong and quality signal around the world part 4:
Mixing product between Bible Voice Broadcasting & Brother Stair on 12075
1600-1730 on 12075 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian BVB+TOM from 13600
till 1655 on 13600 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to SoAf English Brother Stair/TOM/
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/mixing-product-between-bible-voice.html


SOMALIA   Puntland Radio One in 1430-1530UT time slot June 30:
1445-1515 on 13800 GRW 020 kW / non-dir to EaAf Somali in CUSB
No signal at 1530UT.

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/puntland-radio-one-in-1430-1530ut-time.html

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73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Denge Kurdistan on new 11600, July 1

Denge Kurdistan on new 11600, ex 11510 at 0530 UT

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73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Agenda DX 01/07

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio San Francisco Solano, Perù 4750 Khz (1995)
Radio Copàn International, Honduras 15674 Khz (1993)
Radio Horizonte, Perù 4534 Khz (1992)
Radio 710 AM, Brasile (1958)
WXRF, Puerto Rico 1590 (1948)
Radio Ciudad del Mar, Cuba (1936)
Radio Reloj, Cuba (1947)
CMEC Radio Revolucion, Cuba (1933)
Radio Maldwin, Gran Bretagna 756 Khz (1993)
KSKO, Alaska 870 Khz (1981)
NSB, Giappone 3925 Khz (1954)
La Voz de Llano, Colombia 6115 Khz (1960)
CJCY, Canada 920 Khz (1982)
VOA Filippine (1969)
Radio Rio Negro, Argentina 1000 Khz (1963)