domenica 28 agosto 2016

Glenn Hauser logs August 27-28, 2016


** GUINEA. 9650, Aug 27 at 2337, very poor S6 signal and seems undermodulated, in French? presumed still R. Guinée, until carrier cut about 2401:20*. I`ve yet to hear it signing on as early as 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA. Correxion: wrong date was on this log. Should be Aug 25, not Aug 24, fixed:

6050.003 to 6050.008, Aug 25 at 1247, two separate measurements of S3-S5 signal here presumed to be Asyik FM. Can`t get it up to 6050.011 where Wolfy put it the other day. Margin of error, or varies slightly? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1157-1170-1183, Aug 27 at 1859 UT, I notice the IBOC from 50/50 kW KFAQ Tulsa is OFF! Come to think of it, may have been off for a while. Used to be a fight at night with KSL 1147-1160-1173 IBOC. Who knows if this be permanent or temporary; new NRC AM Log, deadline early August, still shows KFAQ as ``I``. This reference last updated 27 July 2016: 
says ``Reported off Feb 2011, but on again as of Oct 2014`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1580, Aug 28 at 0006 UT, KOKB Blackwell must be off. No big signal as there should be this long before sunset, but a mix of weakies, including one with sports talk, but not // 1020 KOKP or 105.1 KOSB. Also in the pileup a musical station. We should check whether Triple Play Sports radio resume a musical sidetrack Sunday at 2300 UT-0100 UT Monday (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, Sat Aug 27 at 1841 UT on caradio, I find dead air from KOSU, which continues past hourtop until 1905 UT finally reviving for last minute of NPR news and into `The Dinner Party`. But some or all of the excellent 1 pm CT Sat program `RadioLab` was withheld from KOSU listeners! Unknown whether still on KOSN, KOSR, translators, or HD channels. This happens all too frequently at KOSU, over-relying on fallible automation. It`s too much to ask for a genuine human operator to be overhearing it 24/7, preferably in the studio for quick axion rather than remotely (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UGANDA [non]. 15240, Sat Aug 27 circa 1750, signal detected here on R-75, presumed WWRB with Radio Munansi, but in next hour on caradio, despite a memory frequency, no hits, so must be quite weak. What about Sunday 1600-1900? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1840 monitoring: confirmed Sat Aug 27 at 2230 on WBCQ, 9330.049v-CUSB, poor. Also confirmed UT Sunday Aug 28 at 0327 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, good S9+20 but mixing with storm noise level, about 4 minutes into show so started circa 0324 (minus the theme opening nixed). Next:
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Sat Aug 27 at 2344, WBCQ with an `Allan Weiner Worldwide` playback I recognize from a few weeks ago as he is talking about being into photography as a child, developing his 127 film, etc. This repeat is now officially on the schedule at
But the Sat 23-24 hour on 9330 was originally some paid program, forget what, but didn`t last long, accounting for earlying the daily WOR playbacks from 2330 to 2230 on Saturdays only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13695, Aug 27 at 1757 on BST-1 caradio, memory scan stops on some steel band music, and Morse code frequency ID says 13695, so WRMI. But where`s Brother Scare who is supposed to be on here all day until 2100? Not until 1800 sharp (without any ID), does this switch to the Overcomer theme (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Aug 27 at 2353 check, WTWW-3 is OFF; 9475 WTWW-1 is still on, and WTWW-2 is not on either frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9899-9922, Aug 27 at 2338, approx. range of pulsing, seems like OTH radar rather than usual ute in this area; peaks circa 9913 at S2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1555 UT August 28

Studio DX 687 - 28/08/2016

Log Manuel Méndez


ANGOLA, 4959.8, Radio Nacional, Mulenvos, 1900-1925, 23-08, Portuguese, comments. Very weak. 14321.

BRAZIL
6180, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 0801-0820, 26-08, Portuguese, comments, identification: "Radio Nacional da Amazonia", Brazilan songs. 24322.

11925.1, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 1946-1955, 23-08, Portuguese, comments. Interference from Arabia 11930. 12321.

CANARY ISLANDS, 1008, ES Punto Radio Las Palmas, Las Palmas, 2020-2035, 22-08, soccer, live march Valencia vs Las Palmas, Las Palmas advertisements. 12321.

CONGO, 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, *1800-1850*, 26-08, French, news and comments, identification: "Radio Congo", "Tous les auditeurs". 14321.

CONGO REPUBLIC, 5066.4, Radio Tele Candip, Bunia, 1940-1955, 23-08, Vernacular comments. Very weak. 14321.

ETHIOPIA
5950, Voice of Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa, 1805-1820, 23-08, East African songs, Vernaculars comments. 34433.

6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 1844-1855, 23-08, East African songs, Vernacular comments. 24322.

GERMANY
6150, Europa 24, Datteln, 1820-1858*, 23-08, pop music, German, comments, identification: "Europa 24". 24322.

6180, Deutscher Wetterdiest, 2020-2026*, 26-08, German, male, announcements, female, identification. 34433. 
Also *0604-0629*, 27-08, German, open and close with identification by female, male announcements. Strong interference from Radio Nacional da Amazonia. 21321.

6190, HLR, Gohren, 0640-0650, 27-08, "World of Radio" program. Very weak, barely audible. 14321.

GUATEMALA, 4055, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 0510-0604*, 27-08, English, program "Spiritual songs", identification in serveral languaes, anthem and close. 14321.

GUINEA CONAKRY, 9650, Radio Guinea Conakry, 1745-1910, 26-08, African songs, French, comments, at 1800 identification: "Radio Guinée", vernacular comments, at 1900 news, French. 34433.
Also 0732-0754, 27-08, French, Catholic religious program. 34433.

LIBERIA, 6050, ELWA Radio, 0541-0550, 27-08, religious songs, English. 14321.

MALI
9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0759-0808, 26-08, tuning music, French, identification "Radio Mali emettan du Bamako...", comments. 14321.

MOROCCO, 171, Midi 1, Nador, 2020-2045, 22-08, French, Arabic, comments. // 9575. 24322.

NIGERIA, 7254.9, Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, 1835-1850, 16-08, English, comments, identification: "Voice of Nigeria". 24322.

USA, 11580, Paul Walker, The Classic Experience, Okeechobee, 2104-2120, 26-08, pop music, English, identification "The Classic Experience, Paul Walker", "No commercials". 24322.



Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain

Logs in Reinante and Lugo
Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X
Cable antenna, 8 meters

Log Roberto Pavanello

 1035 27/8 23.30 Northsound 2 - Aberdeen EE MX buono
 1350 22/8 21.00 I AM R. - EE ID e NX buono
 1350 27/8 03.15 R. Time - IT ID e MX buono
 1368 27/8 23.25 R. Challanger - Villa d' Este EE NX buono
 1584 27/8 23.20 R. Studio X - Momigno IT MX buono
 1593 27/8 23.15 R. Bretagne 5 - Quessoy FF MX suff.
 1602 27/8 23.10 R. Seagull - Harlingen Dutch MX suff.
 1610 27/8 03.20 Caribbean Beacon - Anguilla EE predica suff.
 3330 27/8 03.30 CHU - Ottawa EE/FF ID e pip pip suff.
 6050 27/8 03.35 HCJB - Quito SS predica suff.
 6070 27/8 03.40 CFRB - Toronto EE NX suff.
 6090 27/8 03.25 FRCN - Kaduna Hausa MX afro buono
 6150 28/8 09.20 Europa 24 - Datteln Tedesco ID e MX buono
 6160 27/8 23.00 CKZN - St. John's EE NX suff.
 6230 28/8 08.30 R. Casanova - Dutch ID e MX buono
 6925 27/8 22.30 KCR - IT MX buono
 7700 24/8 17.40 Marconi R. Int. -  IT rapporti d' ascolto suff.
 9790 28/8 09.00 AWR - Firenze IT Studio DX by Roberto Scaglione ottimo
11615 22/8 21.30 Madagascar World Voice - Antananarivo Cinese predica buono


Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

Ascolti AM Treviso 28 agosto

5920  28/8  0458 HCJB Deutschland, Weenermoor  Mx Px rel.D 22533
6090  28/8  0459 Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla  Px E 22522
6100  28/8  0501 Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta Px E 25533
6135  28/8  0502 Radio Aparecida, Aparecida Jingle info P 25533
6180  28/8  0503 Rádio Nacional Amazonia, Brasilia Mx Info P 35533
7365  28/8  0505 R. Martì, Greenville Nx Es  35533
7515  28/8  0506 WEWN Catholic R., Birmingham Px rel. Es 25522
9395  28/8  0514 WRMI -TruNews , Okeechobee Px E 35533
9420  28/8  0516 Voice of Greece, Avilis Px Gr 55555         
9790  28/8  0900 AWR Europe, Nauen Px "RVS Magazine - Studio DX 687" It 55555
15160 28/8  0927 KBS World Radio, Kimjae Px K 35533 
15450 28/8 1000 AWR KSDA Guam, Agat Info ID E Px rel. M 25532
17850 28/8 1002 Radio Thailand, Udon Thani Px T 35543
21560 28/8 1003 Radio Vaticana, S. Maria Galeria Px rel. "Angelus" It 25433

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

Agenda DX 28/08/2016

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Majarì, Cuba (1968)
Radio Nacional de Perù 6095 Khz
Radio Tacna, Perù 9505 Khz (1940)
CKCQ, British Columbia, Canada (1957)

Glenn Hauser logs August 25-26-27, 2016


** EGYPT. 9290-9300-9306-9312, Aug 27 at 0257, approx. range of motorboating spurs from 9315.0 R. Cairo transmitter, which is S7 , but the spurs are more like S1, the peak being at 9306, but constantly shifting. This time there is nothing on the hi side of 9315. Some poor SSB station is trying to communicate amid this mess on 9300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420, Aug 27 at 0256, S8 dead air from VOG, maybe pausing before re-sign-on for 0300 morning broadcast? Not on 9935. Did not get around to rechecking after 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7254.923, Aug 27 at 0557, VON is back on today, but just barely audible drumming (talking drums? What are they saying?) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 7489.964 approx., Thu Aug 25 at 2333, WBCQ with `Broad Spectrum Radio`. James Branum had tipped us that this week he would be airing one of his sporadic KG5JST DX Radio Reports:

``Hi Glenn, Passing this on...

15 minute program, with extended written notes online - Airing tonight on WBCQ at 2330 UT [Aug 25, 7490] and in Oklahoma on KTLR 890 am at 11 am CDT/1600 UT [Friday Aug 26].

Also a few BSR programming notes for September and onward:

KTLR - 15 minute Shalom in OKC show (which is magazine format) on Fridays 11-11 am [sic] CDT, then 30 minutes Mennonite radio followed by 30 minutes BSR Magazine on Sundays 8-9 am CDT (1300-1400 UT) [890]

WBCQ - Most weeks will be 30 minute BSR Magazine show at 2330 UT Thursdays [7490]

WINB - Most weeks will be 30 minute Mennonite Radio 0330 UT on Saturdays. [not this week: see my WINB log][9265]

Channel 292 - Right now it is 30 minute BSR Magazine show/30 minute Mennonite Radio, airing at several time slots, but this will probably change soon as I have some longer length programs that are needing to be aired. Times may change soon. [6070, Germany]

Unique Radio 3210 - Starting in September it will be likely be 30 minutes BSR Magazine, 30 Minutes Mennonite Radio, and 2 hours of either music and/or longer-length shows [NSW 3210]

Sonador Radio - 24/7 Micro/Part 15 AM station will start in September airing to Sonador neighborhood of far west Northwest OKC. It possibly will be streaming online as well if I can work out cost of music licensing. The plan is to air a mix of old BSR Programs, music and other content. On Sonador Radio, I haven't picked a frequency yet, as I need to check day and night for ideal frequencies. I'll let you know in the next few days what I end up with. James

-- -- James Matthew Branum
Contact Information
Email: jmb@jmb.bike
Cell/Text: 405.476.5620 Alternate: 405.494.0562
Facebook: jamesmbranum
Wearer of many hats . . .``

Sonador is in ZIP 73013, really Edmond; some part of it axually in OKC, it seems, ZIP 73012.

On 7490 from 2330 Thu Aug 25, he was going thru his DX logs, mostly but not exclusively SW, as in the script. Some other topic about 2345 so I thought that was over, but before 2400 he was reading some more logs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15120, Fri Aug 26 at 1650, VOA in Luso-Portuguese for weekly 1630 call-in about ANGOLA. 15120 is Greenville, 250 kW, 94 degrees, same parameters as for 2130-2200 M-F Bambara on 15120. Modulation rather distorted and splattering, S9+20 to 30, off at 1700*, why? HFCC shows there is another half-hour of this on Fridays only via GB on 17700. Also the first semihour via VATICAN, violating Separation of Church & State, on 17655. Also on 13630 via SAO TOME on Fri only, but 13630 continues daily 1700-1800 in Portuguese via BOTSWANA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1840 monitoring: confirmed Friday Aug 26 at 2130.5 on WRMI 13695, very good S9+30. Also confirmed Fri Aug 26 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.074v-CUSB. Next:
Sat 0630   HLR  6190-CUSB to SW 
Sat 0700   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND 
Sat 1400   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 1430   HLR  7265-CUSB to SW 
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sun 0830   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
 
** U S A. 7489.95, UT Sat Aug 27 at 0035, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide` in progress about a new campaign to raise $500,000 in the next 6 months with 7 goals, going into quite a bit of detail including ``more Glenn Hauser`` mentioned a couple of times (hmmm), and fortunately now summarized on the website wbcq.com – make that eight:

``WBCQ $500,000 fund drive

WBCQ needs to raise $500,000 to keep going to provide the world`s only truly free speech radio service. Our goals for the funding are:

1. Repair, replace, and upgrade our transmitting equipment
2. Upgrade all our antenna systems for higher power
3. Upgrade studios and computer systems
4. Finish our backup generator system
5. Create a fund to pay for more free speech alternative programming
6. Providing airtime for persons who cannot afford to purchase airtime
7. Create a free radio news service for true, unbiased news for the world
8. Improve the website, streaming, and video services

Much more needs to be done. Shortwave radio is the only true worldwide open voice with no infrastructure required.

Fees for airtime do not cover operation costs at present. We need your help through donations to progress further, survive into the future, and get more voices on the air. Please contribute whatever you can. Thank you and God bless, Allan H. Weiner``

Said was also on 5130 and 3250 --- nothing audible here around 3250, but 5129.87 or so detectable. Later on thru 0100 hourtop, girlfriend Pam ukuleled and sang some songs live (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sat Aug 27 at 0313, WTWW-3 is on with rock music at S9+30, plus the inevitable JBA spur carriers on 5072.1 and 5097.9. You never know when Ted will decide to turn on the transmitter and play DJ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9605, Aug 27 at 0254 check, WHRI is still on here with gospel-huxtering in English, rather than on 7315 where Angel 1 is supposed to be after the 01-02 Korea relay, per WHRI`s own schedule. After 0300 same transmitter does come up on 6175 for Vietnam relays, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 9265, UT Sat Aug 27 at 0330, WINB ID and into a rock music show, only S8 and not enough to overcome noise level. This is when Broad Spectrum Radio was supposed to appear according to James Branum (see OKLAHOMA [and non]). WINB online schedule is relatively recently updated, Aug 14, but still out of date. Instead shows Mennonite Radio from BSR on Saturday nights = UT Sunday at 0230 (and BTW, DigiDX UT Sat at 0230). Furthermore, still shows Unique Radio from Aussie Tim at 0300 UT Friday, rather than 1100 UT Saturday, a change Tim has already publicized, starting today, but I snoozed as usual that early. Also shows The Overcomer at 17-19 UT Mon/Tue/Wed only, why? Not on until *1900 Thu & Fri with other programming. Here despite being close to azimuth from Red Lion, WINB is never a bigsig at any hour, third-rate at best, unlike WRMI, WBCQ, WWCR, WTWW, WWRB, WHRI. I guess they must have fitting lowest rates attracting non-religious clients (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880-USB plus carrier, Aug 27 at 0325 UT, ads for Window Rock, Tse Bonito, football talk in English, i.e. KHAC AZ/NM. Altho KRVN NE can be minimized by nulling, KHAC`s lack of any LSB makes monitoring on USB essential. If one wanted to hear KRVN or anything else on 880, LSB is the way to go, as long as KHAC is obviously running 10 kW ND day power at night instead of 430 watts. Think of how we could double occupancy of the MW band if everystation had to be USB or LSB only! Oh, that would also require switchable receivers, not in common usage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 920, UT Sat Aug 27 at 0323 UT, football talk show seems to be called ``The Binge``, or is it station slogan? Anyhow, it`s surely KARN Little Rock AR again, not on its licensed night pattern, circle tangent to southwest, but putting dominant signal here to the WNW. New NRC AM Log says slogan is ``The Sports Animal``. It seems the ``HSFB`` = high-school football season is underway, predominantly on Friday nights encouraging many stations to violate their night power and/or  patterns, to the delight of DX station-counters --- but KARN seems to be doing this all the time, suspected on 5 kW ND. It was once a major LR station, KARK, flagship of the Arkansas Radio Network, and progenitor of channel 4 TV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1290, Aug 27 at 0602 UT, immediately upon tune-in, ID as ``Oldies 1290 and 102.7, WIRL`` --- the slogan given in the new NRC AM Log, starting ``Good Time Oldies ---`` for this Peoria IL station. 102.7 is really translator W274BM. I was looking for WOMP Bellaire OH, off frequency at 1289.71, as KAZ in IL had reported a few hours earlier, but not traced here: that`s listed in NRC AM Log as 1000/33 watts ND (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 12005, Aug 27 at 0247, VOV in English but now VP signal via Woofferton. Same 250 kW, 282 azimuth as at 0100 when it`s usually better, but reception varies widely from night to night. Still not on 6175 as they think in Hanoi. But

6175, Aug 27 at 0309, VOV in Spanish now here via WHRI, having switched from 12005 Woofferton at 0300. ACI splash from 6180 Brasil. English to follow at 0330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6946.60, Aug 27 at 0251, the mostly open carrier with occasional RTTY bursts is now running a continuous loud tone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7692.0-USB, Aug 27 at 0300, colloquial Spanish 2-way discussing vuelos (flights), airports mentioned including Harlingen, Houston, Xalapa; also refers to ``el negrito`` and ``el negro``, casual Mexican racism? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1734 UT August 27

sabato 27 agosto 2016

Unique Radio time change on WINB

Welcome to Unique Radio 1647AM & 3210 SW Northwest NSW Australia

We are streaming online in digital stereo. 

Our primary coverage is Tamworth & Northwest NSW but can be listened to elsewhere.

Shortwave (3210KHz) from Halls Creek NSW broadcasts as per scheduled hours (See schedule).

The vertical antenna has now been tuned and should be emitting a better signal. Reports welcomed.

Please feel free to contact Aussie Tim today on our 'contact us' link, thankyou.

1647KHz Tamworth NSW is due to be put on air very soon. New online stream due soon.

Please Note : We are online in crystal clear digital at the links below.

All programs are repeated numerous times on our online streams. Happy listening!

Listen to us @ 5685.cloudrad.io:8462 (64K MP3) or 5628.cloudrad.io:8450 (64K MP3)(Click links for audio and then press 'listen'

International Shortwave

We will be broadcasting from WINB Red Lion Pennsylvania USA on 9265KHz

Aussie Tim's Brekky show

From Saturday August 27th we will be broadcasting from 1100-1200 Hours UTC or 7am EDT OR  6AM  CDT To North America and the Pacific. The change is due to poor propagation in the late evenings in North America. We will interested to know if anyone in New Zealand and Australia can receive these transmissions in their evenings (9PM Eastern Australian time). Reports welcomed.

It is also streamed at Unique Radio and WINB.

We would also like to ask listeners for some interaction including, how they started with shortwave listening, their location, their equipment, a reception report and even song requests (oldies).

We look forward to your participation. 

Regards


Aussie Tim (via DXLD)

TOMORROW, SPECIAL BROADCAST TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BBC’S ATLANTIC RELAY STATION ON ASCENSION ISLAND

The BBC’s Atlantic Relay Station on Ascension Island celebrates its 50th anniversary this July. Operated by Babcock since 1997, the station’s unique location in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1,600 km from Africa and 2,250 km from South America, makes it an essential link in the overseas relay network operated by Babcock on behalf of the BBC.

Since its launch, the Atlantic Relay Station has been crucial in broadcasting BBC World Service programmes to Africa and South America. The station made its first short wave transmission of BBC programmes on July 3rd, 1966, just days before England won the World Cup football final.

Originally a BBC presenter was based at the site to make live announcements before playing pre-recorded programmes shipped from London. Later the station relayed short wave transmissions fed from the Daventry transmitter in the UK using unadvertised side-band frequencies. In the early 1980s, these were replaced by satellite feeds which provided listeners with studio quality audio for the first time.

The station remains as important as ever, broadcasting over 250 hours of programmes every week, in English, French, Hausa and Somali. Africa currently provides one of the BBC’s largest radio audiences in the world with nearly 66 million listeners every week—many tuning in to transmissions made from this 88 km2 island in the South Atlantic.

To celebrate the station’s 50th anniversary, at midday on Sunday, August 28th, 2016 there will be a special short wave digital broadcast using Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM). DRM is an international digital radio standard designed by broadcasters in co-operation with transmitter and receiver manufacturers. Both Babcock and the BBC are founding members of the DRM Consortium that is promoting this high quality digital technology to replace analogue radio transmission in the AM and FM bands.

The station remains as important as ever, broadcasting over 250 hours of programmes every week, in English, French, Hausa and Somali.

Neale Bateman, Babcock

Radio Prague celebrates 80th Anniversary with special QSL


On August 31, 1936 Czechoslovak Radio launched its international service on shortwave. The station identified itself as “Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia”. Radio Prague will mark its 80th birthday with a series of special reports and events posted on their website.

Special QSL

Radio Prague will issue a special QSL card to mark its 80th birthday. To obtain it, please send a reception report from their special birthday broadcast on August 31st 2016.

More about 80 years of Radio Prague at :


Radio Prague 80th Anniversary Competition


Meanwhile www.shortwaveservice.com has announced special transmissions via Yerevan to commemorate Radio Prague's celebration of 80 years of broadcasting. 

Tune in on Wednesday, 31st of August.
1630-1700 UTC on 9535 kHz towards 65° Russia at 100kW (Russian)*
1800-1900 UTC on 11845 kHz towards 305° Europe at 100kW (German / French)
1930-2030 UTC on 9885 kHz towards 330° Scandinavia at 100kW (Czech / English)
2100-2130 UTC on 9405 kHz towards 280° Southern Europe at 100kW (Spanish)
* tentative

As the broadcasts are shorter than 30 Minutes Shortwave service would like to fill it with your Radio Prague Birthday Greetings. Please leave a message on answering machine +4922517724266 or send a prerecorded file to info@shortwaveservice.com

---
Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi

WBCQ $500,000 fund drive

WBCQ needs to raise $500,000 to keep going to provide the worlds only truly free speech radio service. Our goals for the funding are:
  1. Repair, replace, and upgrade our transmitting equipment.
  2. Upgrade all our antenna systems for higher power.
  3. Upgrade studios and computer systems.
  4. Finish our backup generator system.
  5. Create a fund to pay for more free speech alternative programming.
  6. Providing airtime for persons who cannot afford to purchase airtime.
  7. Create a free radio news service for true, unbiased news for the world.
  8. Improve the website, streaming, and video services.
Much more needs to be done. Shortwave radio is the only true worldwide open voice with no infrastructure required.
Fees for airtime do not cover operation costs at present. We need your help through donations to progress further, survive into the future, and get more voices on the air.
Please contribute whatever you can.
Thank you and God bless,
Allan H. Weiner
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WBCQ is a international shortwave broadcast station located in Monticello, Maine, USA. We broadcast on 7.490 MHz, 9.330 MHz, 5.130 MHz, and 3.250 MHz. We have been bringing access to the airwaves for people like you since 1998.
We have time available on all four of our broadcast services open for your programming at the best rates in the industry. Contact us for more information.

Marconi Radio International's additional Saturday broadcast on 27 August 2016 on 7700 kHz AM

Please be advised that today 27 August 2016 Marconi Radio International will once again be on air, as follows: 1430-1600 UTC on 7700 kHz  AM!.

MRI encourages reception reports from listeners. Audio clips (mp3-file) of our broadcasts are welcome! We QSL 100%. Our electronic mail address is: marconiradiointernational@gmail.com - Please don’t forget to include your postal address as some lucky listeners will also receive a printed QSL card.
 
Last but not least,  we need your help! If you use social networks, please post an announcement on Facebook  or send out a tweet the day  before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase our  potential audience.
 
We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions.
 
Best 73's
 
Marconi Radio International (MRI)

Agenda DX 27/08/2016

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Caibarien, Cuba (1985)
Carribean Radio Lighthouse, Antigua 1160 Khz (1975)
RAI Roma 845 Khz (1924)
NSB, Giappone 3925 Khz (1954)
DYSR, Filippine (1950)
Radio Nacional Argentina 1110 Khz (1920)

venerdì 26 agosto 2016

Glenn Hauser logs August 24-25-26, 2016

** BANGLADESH. 15505, Aug 26 at 1400:05.5, 5+1 mis-timesignal ending is pretty close from BB, after theme IS, before opening Urdu service. Has been a long time since I had enough very poor signal to perceive this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA. 6050.003 to 6050.008, Aug 24 at 1247, two separate measurements of S3-S5 signal here presumed to be Asyik FM. Can`t get it up to 6050.011 where Wolfy put it the other day. Margin of error, or varies slightly? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255-, Aug 25 at 0602, no signal from VON, AWOL; 7285 South Africa is still audible very poorly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Aug 26 at 0104, JBA carrier from R. Chaski until autocutoff at 0105:21*, which is 32.5 seconds later than last clocking 5 days earlier, Aug 21 until 0104:48.5, slippage averaging 6.5 seconds later per noctem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, Aug 25 at 0550, S4 signal with some music and talk, presumed only known occupant, SIBC, again on later than usual 0500*. Someone said the normal schedule is until 0800 before switching to 5020, but I think not, as usually no signal audible after 0500. No doubt they are flexible as to QSY time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1839 monitoring: confirmed Wed Aug 24 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast, and then very poor on 7490. Wed Aug 24 at 2330, not audible at first from WBCQ 9330, off or not propagating; but detectable at 2357 on 9330.02, poor.

WORLD OF RADIO 1840: ready for first broadcasts Thu Aug 25: 1130 on WRMI 9955 should have been first but zzz here. Confirmed Thu Aug 25 at 2100 on WRMI 13695, VG. Also confirmed Thu Aug 25 at 2335 on WBCQ 9330.006v-CUSB (this frequency is constantly varying slightly, making measurements hard to pin down). Next:
Fri 0830   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630   HLR  6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 0700   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 1400   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 1430   HLR  7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 0830   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE 
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11580, Aug 26 at 1325, WRMI `World Music` in a string of hymns/praise music, some with Xmas theme. Not so eclectic; but by 1346 something South-Asian, and more past 1359 ID pause (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Wednesday Aug 24 at 1900, KVOH quits Spanish and signs off in English, then plays guitar IS alternating with IDs until 1905*. Not checked every day, but some Fridays, Spanish praising has stayed on way later than 1900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5830, Aug 26 at 0518, no signal from WTWW-1, nor on day frequency 9475. Propagation is degraded, but WWCRs are still audible poorly on 5890 & 5935 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1609 UT August 26

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Radio Tunisi Internazionale


Confermo la ricezione di Radio Tunisi Internazionale su 963 alle 1915 UTC con canzoni italiane intervallate a notizie tunisine. Segnale SINPO 55544 a Brolo, provincia di Messina. Condizioni di lavoro: RX Panasonic RF-B65 e antenna loop magnetica bibanda autocostruita.


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Agenda DX 26/08/2016

giovedì 25 agosto 2016

Agenda DX 25/08/2016

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Fandango, Brasile 1260 Khz (1978)
Radio Clube Lages, Brasile 690 Khz (1947)
Radio Aclo, Bolivia 600 Khz (1966)
Radio Sudamèrica, Perù 5522 Khz (1993)
Sani Radio, Honduras 6290 Khz (1986)
Ondas del Meta, Colombia 4885 Khz (1965)
KUMA, Oregon 1290 Khz (1955)

mercoledì 24 agosto 2016

The new trasmission of KCR

KCRadio will be on air next saturday 27/08/2016 on the KHz 6920 with the following shedule:

UTC: 13'00 to 01'00.
(Friday and sunday probably tests).
You can listen to beautiful songs from Europe, Asia, Africa and south America.

The reception reports are welcomed.
Good listening from "The KCR Team" !!

Caro Amico, KCRadio sarà in onda il prossimo sabato 27/08/2016 con la seguente programmazione:  UTC 13'00 a 01'00.
Venerdi serae domenica mattina potremmo essere in aria con test.
Potrete ascoltare meravigliose canzoni da ogni parte del Mondo!
I vostri rapporti di ascolto sono i benvenuti!!
Buon ascolto dal " The KCR Team" !!

Glenn Hauser logs August 23-24, 2016

** ALBANIA. 9855-, Aug 24 at 0132, no signal from R. Tirana here (nor on 7475, but testing that is on the European service earlier instead). A few minutes later I do detect a JBA carrier on 9855-, so it must be on. K index at 0000 was 5 after G1 storms (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15700, Aug 23 at 1402, CRI relay in English starts off at S9 level but just barely modulated, ho hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 17640, Aug 24 at 1815 check, APR via MWV is on today, good signal but deep fading, story of a snit between Jesus and John who got rebuked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA. 6050, Aug 24 at 1250, poor signal, low modulation? At 1305 it`s S5. Presumably Asyik FM, reactivated Aug 22 as reported by Ron Howard, he suggests leading up to Aug 31 independence day. Wolfgang Büschel measured this one 11 Hz high while Tibet was on 6050.000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, Aug 23 at 1203, XETAR in sign-on procedure with slogan ``Cuatro pueblos unidos en una sola voz, La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara`` and immediately into one of those languages. Slightly after sunrise here now, we`ll be able to hear more and more of it in weeks to come (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7254.924, Aug 24 at 0554, VON is already on with a song at S9+30, enough to overcome the S9 computer noise I haven`t turned off yet. 0556 goes to dead air, presumably about to start its cacophonous tuning signal prior to Hausa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9770 // 9870, Aug 24 at 0134, VOT Spanish is back on correct frequencies this time, instead of 9830 replacing 9770; but very poor. K index at 0000 was 5 after G1 storms (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 7245-LSB, Wed Aug 24 at 1256, I find an LSB ham net QRMing RNZI which started using this AM frequency at the beginning of this month. NCS making ``last call`` for check-ins, apparently started at 1200. RNZI conveniently goes off at 1258 after QSY announcement to 6170. Most of the signals are weak here from the 9th and 4th call areas, but K9YX has a good signal [Lorenzen, Thomas D, K9YX, Gurnee, IL 60031]; others copied or called include KM4TX and WI4R. Mostly giving local weather conditions, but also praising military service, something-club net, and one mentions ``Tin Can Sailors``. That leads me to search out the net, and the organisation behind it, veterans of destroyer ships starting with WWII (and ever since?)

http://www.destroyers.org/communication%20center/tin_can_sailors_radio_net.htm

``THE TIN CAN SAILORS RADIO NET --- History

In April 1992, a member of Tin Can Sailors wrote an article in the TCS newspaper suggesting that it might be an idea to organize amateur radio operators who were Tin Can Sailors. Bill Plage (W4DQT) in Atlanta, GA responded to the call and contacted some known TCS hams and organized a net. The first session was held August 9, 1992 on its current operating frequency of 14.255 MHz. at 2100Z with Bill as its first Net Control Station (NCS).

The net has gained popularity over the years with a current roster of over 400 TCS hams, although the net is not made up of only USN types. We have as members a former USAF pilot who was shot down over Korea and was pulled from the drink by a destroyer (USS STORMES). "It was the most welcome sight I had ever seen coming towards me and I spent 5 of the most wonderful days of my life on that destroyer. The clean dry sheets were great and the chow was even better," he commented. We also have a former Marine, former Army missile control officer, as well as active duty destroyermen and retired Tin Can Sailors.

Net Schedule

The primary net meets every Sunday at 2000Z on 14.255 MHz.

There are also three Wednesday morning nets. On the East Coast it is on 7.2455 MHz immediately following the Navy Club Net at 0900 Eastern, and on the West Coast on 7.258 (+/- as conditions permit) at 0900 Pacific time. There is a CW net on 7.117 MHz at 1000 Eastern Time.

Any inquiries or requests to have a net number assigned can be addressed to me along with a SASE (Business size Number 10 and two units of postage). We would like a little bio info from the applicant such as destroyers served on and when. There are no dues of the radio net but donations are accepted for stamps, paper, etc., to provide the members with a net roster and ships served on list as well as periodic notifications of ships reunions of members on the net.

These requests can be made to Tom Ryan, N6NPG,
300 N. Peg St., Ridgecrest, CA 93555-3615
e-mail: t.ryan15@verizon.net``

So it appears I was hearing the transition from the Navy Club Net to the Tin Can Sailors at 1300 UT. These were not on 7245.5-LSB, but exactly on 7245.0, probably encouraged to zero-beat the intrusive AM signal from NZ, which of course has every right to be there as long as the ITU and IARU cannot agree to segregate ham from broadcast bands worldwide (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1839 monitoring: NOT confirmed Tue Aug 23 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, instead replaced like last week by WRMI`s radiobeeps test for HFCC. We uncovered advance notice of the special broadcast for last week, but not this week. Maybe *next* week we`ll be back on this only WOR/WRMI broadcast toward Europe. Confirmed Tue Aug 23 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.076-CUSB. Also confirmed Wed Aug 24 at 1315.5 (after gh WRMI ID and a few notes of intrusive music fill), on WRMI 9955, S9 with no jamming. Next: 
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Aug 24 at 0135, WTWW-3 is S9+20 of dead air except for some hum. 9475, WTWW-1 with SFAW is S9+40, and so is 5085, WTWW-2 with QSO show repeat. Despite earlier G1 storm and K-index of 5, attenuating Eurosigs, these three are now much stronger than they were 24 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 750, Aug 24 at 0558 UT, dominating signal is in Spanish looping E/W, rather than WSB in English. Ads with several 1-800 numbers mentioned, and other clues it`s American, not Mexican, clinched at 0559 UT by Univisión América in ID whose call letters I can`t copy, but it is surely Ua affiliate KAMA El Paso TX. Then WSB starts to fade up. Both day and night patterns of 10/1 kW U4 KAMA are supposed to go ONLY due west, so must be out of whack again. See DXLD 15-49 for more about this and a possible STA for 250 watts and U5 = non-direxional at night; I had not logged since December, but several times earlier last year (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. UNIDENTIFIED. 17505-17510-17515, Aug 23 at 1959, DRM noise at S9+20 but off at 2000*. No doubt same source as heard a few minutes earlier on Aug 13, but what? On a hunch, I e-mail Jeff White with a cc to Fibber:

Jeff, No doubt you are very busy with HFCC, but would appreciate a quick reply to this if you know the answer. Have been hearing DRM on 17510, today until off at 2000 UT. Also heard August 13 at 1933. Pretty strong. Not in HFCC or any other reference I can find, including DRM`s own schedule {very outdated}. Is this by chance some unpublicized test for HFCC, and if so from where, full schedule details, please? Tnx, (Glenn to Jeff White, 2025 UT Aug 23, via DXLD)

Glenn: It's a special test from Vatican Radio for the HFCC Miami Conference. In fact it was publicized in some places, such as
http://www.facebook.com/nasbshortwave
We were just listening to it here at the hotel in Miami with excellent reception on the new Titus II DRM radio and the Newstar DR111 (Jeff White, 2035 UT Aug 23, via DXLD) Viz.:

``National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters
August 17 at 7:32am ·

SPECIAL DRM BROADCAST FROM VATICAN RADIO

I would like to inform you about a special broadcast on occasion of the next HFCC International Broadcasting Delivery coordination conference in Miami, 22-26 August 2016.

The broadcast is from Santa Maria di Galeria, Vatican Radio transmitting site, at 19:30 – 20:00 UTC on 17510 kHz, 250 kW digital, AHR 4/4/.5 at 292°, 16QAM-ModeB-Protection level 0.62 – Bit rate 14560 – SDR On. The broadcast is already on air even if officially it would start on 22 August till 25 August 2016; the content currently broadcast is in French and English but during the "official" period it would be an ad-hoc program with announcement and music.

Best regards. Sergio Salvatori, Vatican Radio`` (via DXLD)

I have been posting about it lately on DRMNA.
http://drmnainfo.blogspot.co.id/2016/08/hfcc-2016-drm-special-from-vatican-radio.html?m=1
Regards, (Christopher for DRMNA ``Fibber,`` Rumbaugh, 2048 UT Aug 23, ibid.)

Repeating my Aug 13 report of this as unID:
UNIDENTIFIED. 17505-17510-17515-DRM, Aug 13 at 1933, DRM noise at S5. 
Nothing in any of the schedules to explain this, and no hits ever on 
17510 in the virtually dormant drmna yg or the DRM Software Forum. Nor 
is anything even on the DRM Consortium`s own sked:
http://www.drm.org/?page_id=151
when configured to show all entries, and sorted by frequency: but many 
of the entries (e.g. NZ) are obviously outdated. Nor is any other 
broadcast mode scheduled on these frequencies at this hour.

Perhaps some secret test leading up to HFCC B-16 conference in Zika-
threatened Miami, Aug 22-26; details:
http://hfcc.org/B16/
and partly restricted to members only:
http://www.hfcc.miami/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1839 UT August 24

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