IRRS-Shortwave & European Gospel Radio A10 schedule, effective March28, 2010

Hello There from Milano, Italy,

Please check IRRS-Shortwave and European Gospel Radio A10 schedule effective Sunday March 28, 2010 online at:

   http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/IRRS-SW_A10.html

Here are the major changes for the A10 season:

1) we are moving the week-end morning slot each Saturday (10-11 CEST) & Sunday (1130-1400 CEST) up +5 kHz to 9515 kHz, so that listeners in the Far East & Pacific may try some DX reception of our broadcasts, away from interference caused by a station in the Far East outside our main target area for this particular broadcast (Europe & N Africa).

2) We are also shifting our early morning slot Mon-Thu on behalf of European Gospel Radio to the evening on 7290 kHz, where you can find us daily from 1800-1900 UTC (ending at 2000 UTC on Fri-Sat & Sun).

Next Saturday, March. 27, 2010, still on 9510 kHz from 0900-1000 CET (0800-1000 UTC) you can hear a special program from Radio Rasant, the students' radio program from Sundern (Germany). Please remember to tune each Saturday morning CEST to the IPAR (http://www.nexus.org/IPAR) slot, where you can hear programs from Radio Joystick, Radio City (the radio of the cars), 39 Dover Street, Radio Rasant, World of Radio and DX Partyline. Check our program schedule online for
more details.

While other stations leave the airwaves, you continued support is very important to keep us on the air. Coments on our programming are very much appreciated to all those who support us financially and keep our station alive. Please send you reception reports and especially your comments on our programming by email to:

  reports (at) nexus (dot) org

or visit our web site at http://www.nexus.org

You can also subscribe to our low-noise mailing list to receive updates on our schedule. Check our home page at http://www.nexus.org for details.

Please keep in touch, and let our member broadcasters and all of us here in Milano know how you receive our signal in your part of the world. Thanks!

Best 73s,

Ron

--
Ron Norton                       NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association
email: ron@nexus.org          http://www.nexus.org

Glenn Hauser logs March 25, 2010

** ANGUILLA [and non]. Checking 25m March 25 at 0524, there`s DGS on 11775, so Caribbean Beacon has not made the change to night frequency 6090 after 2200! Fair signal now and // 5935 WWCR, leaving 6090 to the DRM noise from 6085 Ismaning, if not also 6095 Junglinster. Meanwhile, RHC not audible on 11760 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. The NT stations making a good showing March 25 from 1228 tune-in, best heard in quite a while, 2310 // 2325 // 2485 with Oz talk, promo news coming up, ``on 783, ABC Alice Springs`` YL ID, 1230 ABC news sounder, and 10 minutes of news about the Territory, such as at 1235 that its population has just exceeded 227,000. (Hmmm, there ought to be room to move Israel there and solve a lot of problems.)

At first, 2310 and 2325 were about same level and close to 100% readable except during brief fades; audio also on 2485 but a lot weaker. At 1240 on to Nightline program, and by 1245, 2325 had faded to much weaker than 2310. Enid sunrise today was 1228 UT.

I also looked for R. Symban, 2368.5 at 1234 and thought I could detect a carrier, but weaker even than the very weak seventh harmonic of the NDB in Lamesa, Texas, LSA on 2366. This was a VG Outback morning, as HCJB was also in on 15 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. After having had good reception of the 120m stations half a sesquihour earlier, I also had good reception of HCJB on 19m, where often it is completely inaudible.

March 25 at 1315, on 15400 sermon in English with consecutive translation to Chinese; at 1326 caught English ID ``Listening to HCJB Global Voice, Melbourne, Australia`` and back into Mandarin.

HCJB also good on 15340 at 1315 with song in Asian language, no het from Morocco, presumably off 15341 today. Around 1323, 15340 went to talk in unID language, and reception so good I could tell there was slight hum on the transmission. Scheduled 1315-1330 on Thursdays is Bhojpuri. Both WRTH 2010 and Aoki show two clashing listings for 1330 daily, Hindi and Rawang! But station website already displays A-10 schedule showing Hindi at 1330 and Rawang for Myanmar at 1230.

Things had changed drastically by next check 1358 when both frequencies were much weaker with flutter, 15340 worse (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 15430, ChiCom jamming against V. of Tibet, March 25 at 1359: all I could hear was talk in Chinese mixed with noise, and both stopped at precisely the same instant near 1400 as VOT was also scheduled to finish; therefore, I think this was all coming from a single jamming transmitter.

17550, strong signal with M&W in Chinese at 1406 March 25, but heavy flutter. V. of Tibet is also scheduled here via Madagascar at 1330-1430. VOT is supposedly in Tibetan only, so suspect I was also hearing just the jamming. No similar signals from China anywhere else on 17 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also INDONESIA

** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI still on this channel, March 25 at 1308, YL in accented English, but too much splash from ChiCom echo-jammer on 9530 vs VOA in Chinese via Tinang (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, tuned in XEPPM just in time March 25 at 1207 to hear ID for MW 1060 XEEP and carrier cut, ceding frequency to the splash from RHC 6180.

From April 4 México DF nonsensically goes on DST of UT -5, so Radio Educación nominal SW schedule shifts to 23-11 UT, but expect still to hear them somewhat before and after those hours on 6185 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 18057.9, March 25 at 1409, very poor but talk in Spanish audible, not Miranda at the moment, 3 x 6019.3 R. Victoria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. TRT with two different transmissions of Turkish music, March 25 at 1319: 15350 in the Turkish service, and better modulated 17700 in German service.

From March 28, never mind these: 15350 will be gone, and German will be an hour earlier from 1130 on 13760; Turkish before 1300 on 11955 and 13635, after 1300 on 9840 only, per the A-10 schedule Mustafa Cankurt sent us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, WWRB, still on extended schedule, March 25 at 1220 with Bible readings --- or not exactly, tho in stilted KJV English, adding dramatizations with angry crowd noises, different voices M & W, even music. I had a feeling something awful was about to happen to J. C. Modulation distorted as usual and splattering to the low side where there was an intermittent blob circa 5042 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WTWW absent from 9480 and 5755, March 25 at 1306 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. On WORLD OF RADIO 1505 this week, I mention that WJHR has not been heard for some time. As if in reply, there it is on 15550-USB, March 25 at 1401, ``beginning our broadcast day`` with address wjhr @ usa.com. Then instrumental hymn on plucked instrument, ``Rock of Ages``; 1403 into the perpetual preacher, referencing Proverbs XIV: 34. Possibly WJHR had been active some in the afternoons, when I am not monitoring so regularly, but --- note this from DXLD 10-11: (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WJHR HAS BEEN BROADCASTING ILLEGALLY

Glenn, In DXLD and elsewhere, WJHR Milton FL has been reported with what would appear to be programming.

FCC rule 73.712(a) limits an international broadcast station conducting equipment tests to voice ID and tones only. http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2010/73/712/

I inquired to the FCC about the status of this station. The Commission responded that this station has a construction permit and has not filed an application for license. The station can only do equipment tests, not actual programming, until a license application is filed and program test authority (PTA) is granted. PTA and licensed operation must be at 50 kW PEP (Benn Kobb, March 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 18530, Brother Scare on WINB second harmonic, March 25 at 1408 was just barely audible but // 9265 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370v, WTJC, March 25 at 1418 ending choral version of ``America the Beautiful``, into a more overt Christian hymn; usual distorted lo-fi signal, tsk for a station playing so much music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 7390, March 25 at 1259, VOA Yankee Doodle Dandy sign-on, pause and 1300 into Cantonese. This is via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, at 13-15. News began with item about GoDaddy following example of Google vs Chinese censorship – and no jamming audible! The ChiCom normally don`t bother with jamming Cantonese broadcasts for some reason. However, there was a trace of very weak music under; nothing else scheduled at this time except Belarus, unlikely. 7385 WHRI was just signing off, but carrier stayed on a minute past 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZAMBIA. 9430, 1Africa, March 25 at 0533 was running promo that if you tried to hear them between 9 and 18 hours CAT [UT +2] on March 24 and 25, you would just hear noise [example], since they would be off the air for ``upgrade and maintenance``. How exactly are their SW transmissions being upgraded? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6135, surprised to hear a fairly good signal at the late hour of 1422 March 25 with hymnic harmonies, blocked from 1429:45 by ``BBC London`` in Vietnamese via Singapore, but still producing a SAH. Figured it would be easy to look up what gospel huxter preceded on 6135, but nothing listed! Except Yemen, rule that out. And except Madagascar, which others have heard by long-path but I never expected to in deep North America a bihour after sunrise. Could it be? In A-10, both Japan and Russia could be on 6135 during the 14-15 hour, so need to identify this pronto (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

BULGARIA Radio Bulgaria 7400 0343 English 333 March 18 YLs with vocal music. OM with comments 0344. Then more vocal music by an OM and some choir music. //7475[444].

CHINA China Radio Intl-CRI 15160 0305 Chinese 333 March 18 YL with comments.

GREECE Voice of Greece-VOG 9420 0325 Greek 433 March 18 Voval folk music. OM with comments 0327. Two OMs in a conversation plus more folk music 0330.

SPAIN China Radio Intl Relay-CRI 9690 0256 Chinese/English 444 March 18 YL and OM with comments and some band music. English at 0300 with YL with comments. //9790[333]via Cuba, 9570[444]via China, 6020[444]via Canada and 9535[444]via Spain.

SPAIN Radio Exterior Espana-REE 9620 0315 Spanish 444 March 18 YL with comments. OM with vocal music 0317.

UKRAINE Radio Ukraine Intl-RUI 7440 0335 Ukrainian 433 March 18 YL with vocal music. OM with comments 0339. English at 0400 plus an ID and an OM with comments.

UNITED STATES WRNO 7505 0332 English 333 March 18 YL and OM vocal music. OM with an ID 0330. Then back to more vocal music.

VATICAN STATE Vatican Radio-VR 9660 0310 English 444 March 18 OM with comments on Children wearing uniforms to schools. YL with more comments by 0313.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, USA
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
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Vinci QSL e una maglietta, ascoltando RTI!

1. Radio Taiwan, servizio in spagnolo sta organizzando il concorso "Vinci QSL e una maglietta, ascoltando RTI!" per ringraziare gli amici ascoltatori per il suo costante appoggio. Sono state preparate magliette speciali per premiare gli ascoltatori che invieranno rapporti di ricezione sulla programmazione di RTI.

2. Requisiti del concorso:

a) inviare il rapporto di ricezione per posta elettronica o posta tradizionale durante il mese di aprile, maggio e giugno. RTI invierà una QSL corrispondente e una cartolina con la mappa di Taiwan con la quale si potrà partecipare al questo concorso.
b) per partecipare al sorteggio della maglietta di RTI, occorre rispedire la cartolina con la mappa di Taiwan, con il nome completo e indirizzo.
c) Si possono inviare quante cartoline ricevute. Tuttavia, si possono rispedire le cartoline originali con la mappa di Taiwan. Non si ammettono fotocopie.

3. Periodo di collezione di QSL e richiesta di cartoline con la mappa di Taiwan: dal 1 aprile al 30     giugno 2010, secondo la data del timbro postale.

4. Periodo di reinvio delle cartoline con la mappa di Taiwan : dal 1 aprile al 15 di agosto, secondo la data del timbro postale.

5. Indirizzo: P.O.BOX 123-199, Taipei, Taiwan, 11199, R.O.C.

6. Data del sorteggio: 1 settembre 2010

7. Premi:  400 fortunati potranno vincere la maglietta di RTI

8. Annuncio dei vincitori: i vincitori saranno annunciati nella programmazione o nel sito web di RTI.

 

(via Nino Marabello)

SHR International

This Sunday 28th March

08.00 - 20.00 UK Time or 07.00 - 19.00 UTC. I hope we got the clock right this time :-)

Note: A double bill of Brendan & Tim this week.

0800 - 12.00 Vintage SHR - Rebroadcasts from offshore and inland pirate radio plus various documentaries about all forms of radio from yesterday and today. 
1200 - 1230 DX'ing with Cumbre - Marie Lamb brings DX News.       
1230 - 1300 Glenn Hauser's world of radio - DX radio news for enthusiasts.
1300 - 1400 The Happy Station Show with Keith Perron. 
1400 - 1415 DX Partyline - DX information with Allen Graham.   
1415 - 1430 Australian DX Report (ADXR) with Bob Padula.    
1430 - 1500 Frequency Cast - UK TV & Tech from Carl & Pete. 
1500 - 2000 Our Music with Brendan & Tim - Join Brendan Bradley and Timmy Wing for their own selection of music and fun.

Join us on-line at www.southhertsradio.com or live at http://209.51.162.171/south_herts_radio

Major changes to the website this week and ongoing, we are having a bit of a spring clean.

RHC

CUBA
5040 Radio Habana Cuba, La Habana, 0942-0950, March 24, Spanish, Educational talk by female, very nice song, ID as: ".....sin tonizan Radio Habana Cuba...", 24432
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

Glenn Hauser logs March 23-24, 2010

** GABON. 19160, extremely weak just barely detectable carrier, March 24 at 1351. A few years ago before the sun lost its spots, Africa Numéro Un`s second harmonic of 9580 was regularly heard here, not only in our mornings but afternoons = after sunset there. This frequency merits frequent chex for a revival, altho in the meantime ANU may have suppressed the harmonic. The carrier now, of course, could be something else unless we get some audio to match. This will have to do, lacking the transmitter formerly on 17630 and 15475 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Shiokaze still here via JSR Japan, March 24 at 1403 YL in English with Seabreeze ID, contact info, piano background, soon into newsy sounder. Signal is getting much weaker here further into the dayside; no jamming detectable. They stay on one 49m channel or another all summer at 1400-1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 5004.5-USB, Navy MARS net still in standard frequency band too close to WWV, March 24 at 1420, NCS NNN0ENS taking many check-ins, all of whom had much weaker signals or inaudible here.

Googling on the call, top hit was my own previous report of January 13, when the net was one UT hour later, archived here: http://bclnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/glenn-hauser-logs-january-12-13-2010.html
Reminding us that NNN0ENS is Hal, somewhere in Oklahoma. I wonder if he`s down the street? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAKISTAN. 15630, March 24 at 1323 S Asian music, while Greece was still on correct 15650. 1327 into talk, news summary? Frequently mentioning Pakistan, Washington, Robert Gates, America. Good signal but with hum and flutter. 1330:30 a tinny band plays unfamiliar anthem, 1331:30 tone for a few seconds and off. Uplooked later, this is R. Pakistan`s Tamil service, preceded by Sinhala at 1230, both 100 kW, 147 degrees from Islamabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WTWW continues to be heard at night on 5755 ex-5080 ex-5755, such as 0130 UT March 24. George McClintock tells me that there were no complaints about using 5080, but it was just being tested for eventual use by WTWW-2. Meanwhile, WTWW-1 is back on 5755.

He is now engrossed in installing the second Continental 418 transmitter, and expects to keep broadcasting the Sciptures for America network on WTWW-1, with programming officially beginning April 1. That presumably means broadcasts will no longer be interrupted as needed for minor adjustments, as was still happening March 23. He is also deciding about purchasing a third transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 18530, at 1349 March 24, Brother Scare 100% readable on weak but well-modulated signal from WINB 9265 x 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. From a quiet location in the mall parking lot, west Enid, on caradio, March 23 at 1655 UT, I am delighted to find that WWLS-640 Moore OK has turned off IBOC. Happens occasionally from this CC station, but too early to hope it`s permanently off as is the case with their other outlet, KTOK-1000.

There is still plenty of IBOC on 630 from KMKI-620 The Metroplex, that poor frequency previously getting a double whammy of it from both sides, impossiblizing KHOW in the daytime here, but 650 is blessedly open --- and there is something on it! Most likely it`s Wyoming, a rare state on daytime groundwave here.

Soon heard an EIB sounder, but fortunately it`s break time and I don`t have to listen to rantings of that SOB. I quickly compare to local KGWA-960 on portable radio just in case, and the commercial does not match. At 1658 comes ID as KGAB, call-letters only. At 1700: ``Cheyenne`s number one news-talk radio, KGAB, Orchard Valley-Cheyenne``. How can a station carrying Rush and his ilk maintain any journalistic credibility whatsoever during ``news``?

NRC AM Log shows day power is 8.5 kW, non-direxional. Regular KLTT 670 Denver 50 kW is a bit stronger than usual, so groundwave is doing well, perhaps tnx to some lingering snowcover over the plains atop the Ogallala Aquifer. Distance is approximately 790 km = only 490 miles.

Next chance to check it at 1831 UT, high noon by LMT, and signal still there but weaker vs noise level on the street where I am driving. Heard ``AM 650`` slogan only, and also earlier there seemed to be a trace of a second 650 signal, tnx to a SAH. Unless it`s some local mix, there are only three possibilities, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas.

WSM Nashville, 50 kW non-direxional has been received years previously in daytime, but more likely skywave in winter, not equinox, and the groundwave conductivity thru the Ozarx is not good. KIKK Houston/Pasadena is only 250 watts, with better conductivity but still quite a stretch, almost exactly same distance as to KGAB.

22.5 hours later: WWLS IBOC is back on; goodbye, Wyoming! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs March 22-23, 2010

** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, RTA via FRANCE, in Arabic, mostly Qur`an but not at the moment, March 23 at 0553, // 5865, and noticed that 7295 had some hum, and squeal developing on the transmitter.

Per DX Mix News, the A-10 schedule calls for this morning usage until May 1: 0400-0557 5865, 0500-0657 7295; and resuming Sept 5.

From May 2 to Sept 4: 0400-0557 7295, 0500-0657 9535. All these are Issoudun 500 kW, 162 or 194 degrees back to Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. Others have been reporting activity on the LTA feeder frequency 15820-LSB, so I check March 22 at 2322 – just a trace of something there at imagination-level.

What about 15345.2? At 2323 March 22, RAE fair signal with trans-equatorial flutter, in Spanish announcing all four frequencies just as I tune in: 6060, 9690, 11710, 15345, and timecheck for 2323 UT.

However, this is impossible, since RAE does not have four funxional transmitters. We know that both 11710 and 15345 were missing for months when a single transmitter failed, and has anyone ever heard them on both those frequencies at once?

6060 is certainly a separate transmitter, and not sure if there is really a third for 9690. But WRTH 2010 says there are two x 50 kW and one x 100 kW at General Pacheco. However, schedules show 9690 in use only for Europe at 18-22 M-F, which does not overlap with any 6060 usage, so those could also share one transmitter.

Right after this announcement, I checked 11710 anyway, and there was no trace of a het vs something Asian on 11710.0. Nothing from Argentina on 9690 or 6060 either. Therefore I assume that like Voice of Indonesia, RAE just announces all its possible frequencies at once without meaning that they are really all on the air at that very moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 9645.3, R. Bandeirantes, March 23 at 0556 with heavy QRM from Vatican IS on 9645.0, after Arabic, but that went off at 0557 to resume in Latin by 0630. Bandeirantes was again giving full ID for AM, FM and SW frequencies, each with its own alfanumeric callsign, plus http://www.radiobandeirantes.com.br 

The website only shows AM and FM frequencies, forcing one to dig for anything about SW. Even without Vatican, RB suffers from the 9645.0 leapfrog mixing product of WYFR 9715 over 9680, but not at the moment, as WYFR strength varies greatly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake March 23: 1331 fair on 8400, // 9380 mixing with something, DW? Also fair on 11500, and at 1337 good on 13970, but none found higher.

15430, however, had noise jamming of a certain pitch, mixing with something which sounded like Chinese, March 23 at 1340, both of which were probably jamming against Voice of Tibet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. A few days ago RHC said it would start operations on 5040 kHz March 22 at 2300. An announcement recorded by Jose Bueno gives the Spanish segment on 5040 as 02-11 UT.

I`ve yet to find 5040 mentioned on the RHC Spanish website, and of course the transmission schedule has not been updated. 60m is mentioned in French without giving the new frequency, only as replacement for 13790!

On March 22 at 2330, 5040 was indeed on with very good signal amid English. Arnie Coro says it`s a NVIS antenna with limited coverage, but like Rebelde on 5025, it really gets out horizontally as well as vertically.

This does replaces 13790 also for English, no longer heard during the 23-24 hour. Kept monitoring 5040 and heard: 0000 French, 0100 Creole, 0130 French, 0200 Spanish. Supposed to run Spanish all the way until 1100 but at 0540 noticed it was off; not sure when it quit, but maybe around 0500 when other transmitter/frequency changes are made.

5040 seems a good clear frequency for RHC, but if you hear a het from 5039.18, that`s poor Radio Libertad, Junín, Perú, as measured recently by Bob Wilkner, FL at 1050-1110, and presumably also trying to be heard in the evenings. RHC 5040 also squeezes out poor Pará 5045, especially with WWRB staying on 5050 all-night, and presumably RHC will too later as planned (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WTWW off 5080, March 23 at 0541, and instead found back on 5755 at 0542 with --- what else? --- Pastor Pete Peters // WWCR 5890. So it looks like somebody complained, likely the utility on 5078 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 18530, March 23 at 1411, Brother Scare JBA // WINB 9265 of which this is second harmonic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15195, March 23 at 1420 whoop-whoop frequency-oscillating jammer, more obvious with BFO, center seemed to be around 15197, versus nothing. Had not noticed this before. Suspect it`s Ethiopia prompted by the 16-17 Monday-only EOTC Holy Synod Radio clandestine on 15195 via Samara, Russia. Did anyone notice same during that broadcast? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 21690, big open carrier March 23 at 1411, again assumed to be TDF GUIANA FRENCH tuning up for RFI broadcast not starting until 1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

SIDC Weekly Bulletin

:Issued: 2010 Mar 23 1002 UTC
:Product: documentation at http://www.sidc.be/products/bul
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WEEK 481 from 2010 Mar 15 

SOLAR ACTIVITY
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Solar activity was low to very low over the full week, with
just a few B subflares. The GOES X-ray background flux was
mostly at A level. The largest sunspot group was Catania#52
(NOAA11054), which had spawned a halo CME on March 14. It
reached its largest development on March 15 (type D,
beta/gamma) but then decayed continuously until it disappeared
at the West limb on March 20, without producing any further
flaring activity.

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY
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The geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled over the entire
week, with just a brief active interval on March 17. This weak
disturbance was associated with a temporary enhancement of
the solar wind speed that peaked at 500km/s early on March 17.
This weak solar wind enhancement could be due either to a
recurrent fast solar wind stream or to the glacing blow of the
slow halo CME released at the Sun on March 14. The solar wind
speed then declined with a plateau at 400km/s on March 19-20,
causing temporary unsettled geomagnetic levels. On March 21,
all parameters finally returned to very quiet levels.

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2010 Mar 21   ///    017   85   002   A6.6   0   0
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# EISN : Estimated International Sunspot Number
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Radio Sweden

Questa è la seconda che registrerò nel mio calendario dei "lutti radiofonici".

Radio Sweden cesserà le trasmissioni in onde corte e medie il 31 ottobre.

Ottobre è un brutto mese, infatti se ne andrà anche Option Musique su 765 Khz. La Svizzera scomparirà quindi dalle onde medie, dopo la dipartita dei 558 e 531 Khz di Monteceneri e Beromünster

Ecco 3 registrazioni di Radio Sweden, due delle quali risalenti al 1988

http://www.hb9gce.ch/Radio%20Sweden%20International_francese_1988_89.mp3

http://www.hb9gce.ch/Radio%20Sweden%20International_russo_1988_89.mp3

http://www.hb9gce.ch/Radio%20Sweden_20080913_035437_1179.mp3

Andrea
www.hb9gce.ch

Glenn Hauser logs March 21-22, 2010

** CHINA. 5075, going from music to Chinese talk, March 22 at 1246, vs ute beeps from 5078. Must be V. of Pujiang, Shanghai, supposedly only 15 kW southward, partly in Amoy per Aoki. At 1252 also had Chinese on 4940, i.e. V. of Strait, Fuzhou.

And WWRB 5050 had considerable CCI and SAH at 1250 March 22, where there are two Chinese stations until 1300, V. of Beibu Bay, and China Huayi.

7220, at 1400 March 21, still barely audible the REE IS by mistake, morphing into the CRI IS, via Kunming. This anomaly will probably go away in A-10, or show up on some other frequency.

9380, Firedrake with flutter, March 22 at 1311; 11500 at 1333, VG Firedrake during drumming, and still at 1432 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAHAN. 15660, March 22 at 1337 YL with S Asian accent in English telling morality story for children, mentioning baseball instead of cricket, so must have been written by a North American. Ended at 1341 with ID as Voice of Hope, from Pune, India. Good signal, and really from KSDA, which at 1330-1400 is scheduled in English daily except Sundays and Wednesdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI, March 22 at 1312 soft-spoken OM in unID language. Supposed to be English during this hour, but could not make out a word due to his accent. Must have been English, because switch to YL at 1315 for Today in History suddenly became understandable. Modulation level sufficient tho hum on carrier, but ACI from 9530, and flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ITALY. 21320-USB, March 22 at 1417, IZ4DLR in contact with a KG4 (or KC4?). Did not give call fonetically so not 100% sure, but QRZ.com shows: Ivan Costantini, (Longara) Calderara di Reno, BO 40012. This was the best of only three signals audible on ``15m`` at the time. On 13m, Saudi signals were much better than Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, March 21 at 0534, a fast SAH between XEPPM and reactivated RNA Brasília, the latter dominant with music // 11780, and also atop Vatican on 6185. As UT Sunday, RNA runs all-night, but other nights off the air until sometime between 0730 and 0800; March 22 at 0703, XEPPM was still in the clear with ID. It still has plenty of CCI from Vatican until 0619.

In A-10 shortly, Vatican finishes with 6185 at 0500, so that will help. Unfortunately, CRI via Sackville will still be on 6190 at 05-06 but no longer at 03-05 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 18057.9, R. Victoria, March 22 at 1411, music and talk just barely audible on 3 x 6019.3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 9900, March 22 at 1321 nice Persian-like music on piano, then at 1323 adding singer. 1325 VOR sounders and talk in Persian about Iran, 1330 no break or ID. Lite long/short path echo. Must have really been Dari, listed as VOR in Pashto/Dari, 250 kW, 140 degrees from Samara (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. I had thought SIBC 5020 was no longer leaving the carrier on all night, but March 22 at 1245 I could detect one with BFO, and don`t know what else it could be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 15385, Monday March 22 at 1425, REE opening Emisión Sefarad with schedule: Mon 1425 on 15385, Tue 0115 on 11795, Tue 0415 on 9650. We know that 15385 is correct, but 9650 is really 9690, and have been unable to confirm 11795. Wish others, especially in S America, would check for it there or on 11780 vs Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, WRMI in French to Haiti, March 22 at 1322, and not jammed. Maybe the DCJC is catching on to the new schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13845, WWCR Joyce Riley obliterated by big mushy spur from 13835 WEWN, March 22 at 1334. At this time the fundamental of WEWN was much stronger than WWCR, so it all depends on their relative levels. One wonders if WWCR is really running full power, but even if it is, surely less than WEWN even at reduced power for it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 18530, WINB, March 22 at 1410, Brother Scare on 2 x 9265, registering S6 vs the background noise level of S5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11715-, KJES, March 22 at 1427, S9+20 signal but just barely modulated with hum, detectable singing and verse-reading. Could also tell it was on before 1400 with much weaker signal; now timeshifted to 13-16 UT, when it`s on, but pointless with such modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9385, March 22 at 1428, Brother Scare on WWRB, splattering with sizzling sound as low as 9360 and as hi as 9405, especially bothering another defective signal, WTJC 9370, tsk2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 17680, CVC La Voz, March 22 at 1250 big signal but modulation somewhat distorted, mentioning program is from Studio 4, and plugs for something in Miami, so doubt this originates in Santiago de CHILE.

Manuel Méndez, Spain, had heard the Sunday morning program 24 hours earlier, ``Primera Luz`` with local weather info, seeming to originate from Santiago but maybe only pretending to do so. Contact info on the CVC website still leads only to Miami (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. Did not look for Aló, Presidente on Sunday March 14, tho Wolfgang Büschel heard something on 17750, so I made sure to check on March 21, at 1710: Yes, El Hugazo is back via CUBA, on 17750, 13750, 12010 and 11690; something too weak to ID on the listed fifth frequency, 13680, which could be RHC mainstream instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 21690, March 22 at 1422-1428* big steady open carrier overpowering Libya 21695. Presumably TDF GUIANA FRENCH tuning up for much later broadcast on 21690 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

DX MIX NEWS # 617

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DX MIX NEWS # 617                                             22 March 2010
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ALBANIA    Summer A-10 schedule of Radio Tirana
ALBANIAN Daily
0630-0800 on  1458 FLA 500 kW / 338 deg to WeEu
0630-0900 on  7390 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu
0800-0900 on  1395 FLA 500 kW / 033 deg to WeEu
1400-1530 on  1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to WeEu
2030-2200 on  6165 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu
2030-2200 on  9490 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
2300-0030 on  7425 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg to NoAm
2300-0030 on  9860 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
ENGLISH Tue-Sun
0030-0045 on  9860 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
0145-0200 on  7425 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
0230-0300 on  7425 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
0330-0400 on  7425 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
ENGLISH Mon-Sat
1430-1500 on 13625 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
1845-1900 on  7520 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg to U.K.
1845-1900 on 13640 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
2000-2030 on  7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to U.K.
2000-2030 on 13640 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
GERMAN Mon-Sat
1805-1835 on  1458 FLA 500 kW / 338 deg to Germany
1931-2000 on  7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to Germany
GREEK Mon-Sat
1545-1600 on  1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to Greece
FRENCH Mon-Sat
1730-1800 on  7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to France
1901-1930 on  7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to France
ITALIAN Mon-Sat
1700-1730 on  7465 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to Italy
1901-1930 on  7520 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg to Italy
SERBIAN Mon-Sat
1800-1815 on  6145 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to Serbia
2015-2030 on  1458 FLA 500 kW / 004 deg to Serbia
TURKISH Mon-Sat
1530-1545 on  1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to Turkey


BELARUS    Summer A-10 of Radio Belarus, Minsk:
Belarussian
1100-1400 on  7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu
1100-1400 on  7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu
Russian
1400-1600 on  7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu
1400-1600 on  7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu
Polish
1600-1800 on  7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu
1705-1800 on  7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to CeEu
1600-1800 on  7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu
German
1800-2000 on  7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu
1800-2000 on  7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to CeEu
1800-2000 on  7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu
English
2000-2200 on  7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu
2000-2200 on  7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to CeEu
2000-2200 on  7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu
Russian
2200-2300 on  7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu
2200-2300 on  7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to CeEu
2200-2300 on  7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu
Belarussian Radio HS-1:
Belarussian
0400-0700 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 072 deg to EaEu
1500-1700 on  7255 MNS 250 kW / 072 deg to EaEu


FRANCE/ALGERIA     Summer A-10 of RTAlgeria HQ sce in Arabic via TDF:
0400-0457 on  5865 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf till May 1&from Sep 5
0400-0457 on  7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf from May 2 till Sep 4
0500-0557 on  5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf till May 1&from Sep 5
0500-0557 on  7295 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf from May 2 till Sep 4
0500-0557 on  7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf till May 1&from Sep 5
0500-0557 on  9535 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf from May 2 till Sep 4
0600-0657 on  7295 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf till May 1&from Sep 5
0600-0657 on  9535 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf from May 2 till Sep 4
1800-1857 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf
1900-1957 on  9375 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf till May 1&from Sep 5
1900-1957 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf from May 2 till Sep 4
1900-1957 on  9375 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf
2000-2057 on  7495 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf till May 1&from Sep 5
2000-2057 on  9375 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf from May 2 till Sep 4
2000-2057 on  7495 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf till May 1&from Sep 5
2000-2057 on  9375 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf from May 2 till Sep 4
2100-2157 on  7495 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf
2100-2257 on  5875 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf till May 1&from Sep 5
2100-2257 on  7495 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf from May 2 till Sep 4


FRANCE/TAIWAN    Summer A-10 of Radio Taiwan International via TDF:
0200-0300 on  9840 GUF 500 kW / 195 deg to SoAm in Spanish
1400-1500 on 15225 ISS 500 kW / 060 deg to RUSS in Russian
1600-1700 on 13840 ISS 500 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in English
1700-1800 on 11705 ISS 500 kW / 055 deg to RUSS in Russian
1700-1800 on 15690 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to SoAf in English
1800-1900 on  6155 ISS 250 kW / 345 deg to U.K. in English
1900-2000 on 15690 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg to NoAf in French
2000-2100 on  3965 ISS 250 kW / 215 deg to SoEu in Spanish
2100-2200 on  3965 ISS 250 kW / 050 deg to WeEu in German


LIBYA    Summer A-10 of LJBC - Voice of Africa:
Swahili
1200-1357 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1200-1357 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf
English
1400-1557 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1400-1557 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf
French
1600-1657 on 15660 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf
1600-1657 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1700-1757 on 11995 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf
1700-1757 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
Hausa
1800-1857 on 11995 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf
1800-1857 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1900-1957 on 11600 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1900-1957 on 11995 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf


USA(non)    Additional txion of WYFR Family Radio via VTComm. from March 22
1600-1700 on 17540 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAf in English

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

ASCENSIO0N BBCWS Relay 12095 2213 English 333 March 18 YL and OM with comments on Pres Obama. //9915[333]Ascension.

CANADA Radio Canada Intl-RCI 9755 0254 Spanish 444 March 18 YL and OM with comments. YL with RCI ID 0255.

JAPAN Radio Japan-NHK 13640 2153 Japanese 333 March 18 YL and OM with comments. //11910[333] and 17605[444].

NORTH MARIANAS Radio Free Asia-RFA 13745 2150 Chinese 333 March 18 OM with comments. Jammer heard in the background with an echo and a YL with comments.

PORTUGAL RDP Intl 9855 0250 Portuguese 433 March 18 OM vocals with Accordian music.

RUSSIA Voice of Russia via Armavir-VOR 9880 0245 Russian 333 March 18 Two OMs with comments.

TAIWAN?? RTI?? 11655 2220 Chinese 333 March 18 Two OMs with . YL at 2223.

UNITED STATES, Greenville Radio Marti 13820 2148 Spanish 333 March 18 Children singing then YL and OM with comments.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, USA
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Log Roberto Pavanello

 1062   15/3 18.30 RAI R.1 Piemonte - Torino IT tribuna elettorale regionali del Piemonte buono
 1224   19/3 18.05 R. Popular - S. sebastian SS meteo Pais Vasco buono
 1494   20/3 11.10 France Bleu Frequenza mora - Bastia IT Mediterradio buono
 1584   19/3 17.55 R. Gandia - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
 3330   20/3 04.50 CHU - Ottawa EE/FF Id e pip pip buono
 4699.4 20/3 23.55 R. San Miguel - Riberalta SS talk OM suff.
 4716.7 20/3 23.45 R. Yura - Quecha talk YL suff.
 4746.9 20/3 23.25 R. Huanta 2000 - SS annunci suff.
 4775   20/3 23.50 R. Tarma - SS MX suff.
 4865   20/3 23.10 R. Alvorada - Londrina PP NX suff.
 4925   20/3 23.15 R. Educ. Rural - Tefè PP MX buono
 4955   20/3 23.20 R. Cultural Amauta - Huanta SS violencia contras las mujeres buono
 5446.5USB 20/3 23.35 AFRTS - Keys EE NX buono 
 5910   20/3 05.00 Marfil Estereo - Bogotà SS ID e MX buono
 6205   21/3 09.30 R. Borderhunter - EE ID e MX buono
 6280   21/3 09.40 R. Merlin Int. - EE ID e MX buono
 6298   21/3 10.10 Magic AM - EE ID e MX buono
 6325   21/3 10.00 R. Northpole - ID e MX buono
 9505   20/3 22.55 R. Record - Sao Paulo PP NX suff.
 9630   20/3 23.00 R. Aparecida - PP TS e ID buono
 9645   20/3 23.05 R. Bandeirantes - Sao Paulo PP talk OM buono
10000   20/3 23.30 BPM - Lintong Cinese ID e pip pip buono
11780   19/3 20.15 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP NX buono
11925   19/3 20.20 R. Bandeirantes - Sao Paulo PP NX suff.

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

RRI: Bando concorso "Il Cervo d'oro vi aspetta a Brasov"

Cari amici, "Il Cervo d'oro vi aspetta a Brasov", grazie al nuovo concorso indetto da Radio Romania Internazionale in collaborazione con la tv pubblica. Un concorso dedicato a una città che nel 2010 celebra il 775esimo anniversario dalla sua prima attestazione nei documenti, e che ospita ogni anno il famoso Festival di musica leggera "Il Cervo d'Oro". Vi invitiamo quindi a scoprire Brasov e un'intera zona nel centro della Romania, con le sue attrattive turistiche e culturali.

Seguite i programmi di RRI, visitate il sito www.rri.ro, rispondete correttamente per iscritto alle domande del concorso entro il 15 luglio del 2010, bollo postale attestante, e potete annoverarvi fra i vincitori. In palio due Gran Premi - due vacanze di sette giorni, per due persone ciascuna, vitto e alloggio compresi, a Poiana Brasov, tra il 1 e l'8 settembre del 2010, periodo in cui si svolgerà anche il Festival "Il Cervo d'Oro". In palio anche numerose menzioni in oggetti, legati alla provincia di Brasov, offerti dai nostri partner e sponsor: il Consiglio Provinciale e il Comune di Brasov, il Museo Provinciale di Storia Brasov, il Monastero Brancovan - Sambata de Sus, la filiale di Brasov dell'Unione Artisti Figurativi, l'Associazione "Libris Cultural".

Il concorso è sponsorizzato dall'Albergo "Royal" e dall'Agriturismo "Cassandra", ambedue di Poiana Brasov. Come al solito, le spese di trasporto esterno fino a Bucarest sono a carico dei vincitori.

Ecco le domande:
Quanti anni di attestazione nei documenti celebra Brasov nel 2010?
Menzionate tre nomi differenti di Brasov lungo il tempo
Come si chiama la chiesa - simbolo di Brasov, che deve il suo nome al grande incendio del 1689?
Nominate 3 cantanti famosi che parteciparono oppure si esibirono al Festival di musica leggera "Il Cervo d'Oro lungo il tempo

Vi invitiamo a raccontarci che cosa vi ha spinti a partecipare al concorso, per posta, fax, e-mail o direttamente nel modulo sul nostro sito, e, se volete, a comunicarci anche da quali fonti, diverse dai programmi e dal sito di RRI, ne avete appreso, come le piattaforme Facebook, Twitter e Flickr.

Restiamo in attesa delle vostre risposte, entro il 15 luglio del 2010, agli indirizzi:
Radio Romania Internazionale
Via Generale Berthelot 60-64, Bucarest, Romania
casella postale 111, CAP 010165
fax 0040 21 319.05.62
e-mail ital@rri.ro

A fine luglio 2010 sapremo chi sono i vincitori. La redazione italiana vi augura in bocca al lupo!


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Sectia Italiana - Radio Romania International
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QSL

After 79 days I got today the special QSL card for the German programme of HCJB via Australia ( 15340 khz/25.12.2009).
The programme was produced in Scotland, so on the QSL is a scottish bagpiper.

Peter Vaegler
QTH: Stralsund :  13°6´10´´ E; 54°16´23´´ N
RX: mod.DEGEN DE 1103
Kenwood R 1000
Ant: Teleskop/TG 34
my QSL´s also on
www.bclnews.it/qsl
www.kurzwelle-historisch.de

Atlantic 2000 on shortwave this Sunday, March 21

Atlantic 2000 will be on the air this  Sunday, March 21 from 14:00 to 16:00 UTC (15:00 to 17:00 CET) on 7610  kHz, and at the same time on our website.

 

Program  includes music from the 60's to nowadays and  radio news. Each correct reception report will be confirmed by  QSL-card.

 

http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr

Shortwave Radio Loggs from WDX6AA

BONAIRE Radio Netherlands Intl Relay-RNI 17605 2110 Dutch 433 March 18 Two OMs with comments.
//17810[333].

BONAIRE Radio Netherlands Intl Relay-RNI 21525 2025 English 444 March 18 YL intetrviewing OMs on Dolphins being killed in Japanese waters for profit. YL with RNI ID 2034.

CHINA China Radio Intl-CRI 11980 0338 Chinese 333 March 18 YL vocal music and an OM with comments. Then a YL with comments.

COSTA RICA Radio Exterior Espana-REE Relay 17850 2053 Spanish 444 March 18 YL and OM with comments.

CUBA Radio Nacional Venezuela-RNV 17705 2057 Spanish 333 March 18 OM with RNV ID and off the air by 2058.

FRENCH GUIANA Radio France Intl Relay-RFI 17630 2105 Spanish 433 March 18 YL and OM with comments.

NEW ZEALAND RNZI 17675 2059 English 433 March 18 YL with Morning Pacific News.

RUSSIA Voice of Russia-VOR 13735 0328 English 444 March 18 YL with ID 0332 and comments. Then a concert for Children with vocal singing. //12040[444] and 12030[333].

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, USA
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Glenn Hauser logs March 19-20, 2010

** CHAD. 6165, just as I tuned in at 0530 March 20, went from drumming to RNT = Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne ID, then to YL in French still with drumming intervals. Fair signal but no QRM during this semihour, probably our best chance to hear it before *0559 Bonaire and Croatia.

In A-10 the situation will change, as the Dutch broadcasts via Bonaire move one UT hour earlier at 0400-0427 and 0500-0527, and Croatia also starts an hour earlier at 0500. Turkey in English is also on there until 0355 or so. WRTH says Chad starts at 0425, so the window should then be 0427-0459 when propagation should be better anyway; maybe still audible after 0527 but depending on Croatia QRM or maybe that fading out earlier in summer; not considering possible adjacent-channel problems. Of course Chad could revert to 4905 or 7120 at any time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHILE. 17680, CVC La Voz, as noted in previous report earlier on March 19, still badly distorted and spurring, at 2038. Splatter audible from 17615 to 17700 at least, and at 2114 a greater problem than usual for RNZI on 17675, needlessly next to this other southern hemispherian in a wide-open band.

March 20 at 1419 check, 17680 still distorted, overmodulated music but not splattering much (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 13745, March 19 at 2130 Chinese vs Chinese with flutter, and roughly equal levels. It so happens in B-09 that only one station is scheduled on this frequency for only one hour a day, Radio Free Asia in Chinese via TINIAN. Yet there are two stations to be heard! Whadddyaknow, CNR1 needs to use this frequency too, so tough luck, RFA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. DCJC, 11930 heavy noise against R. Martí, March 20 at 1403, but pulsing spurs also audible out to 11910-11950, bothering e.g. Romania on 11940 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI

** GUAHAN. 9345, March 20 at 1346 S Asian language singing, at least a duet, accompanied by authentic instrument, good signal, then outro mentioning NELC (?) Recording Studio, and address I could not copy; 1358 a bit of Amazing Grace on piano, mentioned Agana, Guam (not Agaña, Guahan), open carrier and off. Did not hear TWR or KTWR mentioned but that`s what it was, per Aoki: 9345 KTWR GUAM 1345-1400 1234567 Santhali 100 293 Agana GUM 14440E 1317N KTWR b09 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WWCR to use 9345 elsewhen: U S A

** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI at 1458 March 20 with song, good reception; also had been on this frequency during English hour around 1330 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, V. of Mesopotamia, March 20 at 1433-1441 good with signature singer we have heard before; his style is somewhere between vibrato and yodeling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LAOS [non]. Since the demise of Hmong Lao Radio, the other Hmong Lao Christian Radio had remained on WHRI 11785, Saturdays 1500-1530, and should have timeshifted to 1400 from March 20 with DST, but off the air at 1404 check, clearing frequency for weak CRI Chinese via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN. Just in case, checked again an hour later, and still no WHRI/HLCR.

Aha, searching on Hmong as ``specific program criteria`` in the WHR online skeds, it now shows another hour earlier at 1300-1300 Sat = 9-9:30 am ET on 11785. (And also via PALAU: ``0030 - 0100 UT 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET Friday Hmong World Christian Radio Gia Tou Lee 15680`` So in WHR`s warped way of telling time, presumably means UT Saturday) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO. 15341, RTM, March 20 at 1416 just open carrier plus some noise and ringing sounds, splash from Martí 15330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120.1, VON in English, March 19 at 2036. Noticed a lo het and it appears there is another carrier on 15120.0, but nothing else should be there at this hour. In any event, too tightly squeezed between WYFR 15115 and REE/Costa Rica 15125, while numerous other channels in the 15.1`s are vacant.

Per WRTH 2010, in REE`s needlessly complex schedule, 15125 is in use only on weekends. Aoki and Eibi show REE 15125 18-20 daily, and 20-23 only on weekends, so obviously on later than scheduled on Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 14996, time pips on CW, March 20 at 1411, no doubt RWM Moscow, and stronger than WWV/H on 15000. The two matched nicely with top-of-minute prolonged tones (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, WRMI confirmed with WORLD OF RADIO 1504 underway at 1345 Saturday March 20, vs DentroCuban pulse jamming which was stronger. Thanks a lot, Arnie! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7465, WWCR now starting at 2000 since DST started, including WORLD OF RADIO Friday March 19 at 2030; VG reception here at 2050 check but dropped off the air for less than a minute at 2055, during which nothing else was heard, altho R. Tirana is supposed to be there in German Mon-Sat 2030 in B-09. However, at 2059 as WOR was ending, underneath heard very weak IS from one of the gospel broadcasters, TWR? That is not scheduled on 7465 at all. Anyhow, in A10, WWCR plans to move the switch from 15825 to 7465 an hour later to 2100, so that will put WOR back on 15825 for the rest of the season.

Instead of Musical Memories, which was instead of Country Crossroads still showing on the schedule for Saturday 1300-1330 on 7490, when I intuned March 20 at 1323 heard Jerry and Brady with Ask WWCR!?

Not exactly; apparently this is a special 30-minute program they are inserting at various unknown times until April 15, discussing the A-10 schedule, etc. Toward the end, Phil Patton explained why SW stations don`t stay on a single frequency all the time, striving for the ideal Optimum Working Frequency, just below the MUF.

A new quarter-hour Ask WWCR is starting today #311, but nothing on the webpage about this other half-hour special, nor is the A-10 transmission schedule on display yet. But the sked was explained on #311 which I listened to online, summarizing here:

WWCR-1:
0100-0900 3215
0900-1100 9985
1100-2100 15825
2100-0100 7465 (7490 no longer for one hour)

WWCR-2:
0000-1200 5935 DGS
1200-1600 7490
1600-2100 12160
2100-2400 9345 NEW

WWCR-3:
0000-1200 4840
1200-2400 13845 DGS et al.

WWCR-4, PPP:
0200-1200 5890
1200-0200 9980

Thus for half the day, in the daytime, transmitters 2 and 3 are exchanging frequencies; 4840 is extended at night, 5070 no longer in use (but plans to bring it back later). 9345 had been registered for some time but not in use until A-10. I should point out that reception may be different as the nominal azimuth for #2 is 85 degrees, and #3 is 40 degrees.

The programming on #2 frequencies ex-#3, 7490, 12160 will continue to be what had been on the same frequencies when they were coming from #3 transmitter, is that clear? Conversely, DGS at least in the afternoons, and Joyce Riley at 12-15 M-F will continue to be on 13845. (She`s also simulcast on 7490 which becomes #2)

BTW, V. of Korea has a 200 kW non-direxional broadcast on 9345 at 21-24, and likely to continue in A-10. Perhaps WWCR was unaware of it since North Korea does not participate in HFCC.

As for WORLD OF RADIO, that should mean the Saturday 1630 broadcast (reconfirmed still there March 20) stays on 12160. As expected, the Friday 2030 moves from 7465 to 15825 starting April 2. Sunday 0230 on 4840, since altho DGS is on #2-13845 in the daytime, he`s on #3-5935 at night. And WOR still Sunday 0630 on 3215.

They also confirmed that the reason for leaving 5070 was a complaint the FCC got from an ``eastern bloc`` country about interference to a fixed transmission, even tho WWCR has been using it for since 1991 with no such problems (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. As I tuned by 9480 WTWW, March 20 at 1501, Scriptures for America announcer was giving outdated schedule and asking for e-mail or phoned reports. Still claimed to be on 9475 and 5755 instead of only 9480 and 5080! Wake up in Laporte (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 5995, March 20 at 1334, slow Chinese talk with piano accompaniment, must be YFR via Pet/Kam, RUSSIA, good reception with no sign of the usual DRM noise from Brandon, Australia, scheduled 12-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

DX MIX NEWS # 616

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DX MIX NEWS # 616                                             20 March 2010
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BULGARIA    Summer A-10 schedule of RADIO BULGARIA March 28-October 31,2010
ADDR: 4, Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1040 Sofia and P.O.Box 900, 1000 Sofia.
Phone:+359 2 933 66 33; fax.:+359 2 865 05 60; Website: www.bnr.bg
MW: Petritch  (G.C: 41N28/023E19):  747 kHz, 300 kW / non-dir
    Vidin     (G.C: 43N50/022E43): 1224 kHz, 300 kW / 205 deg
SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N23/024E52): 2 x 300 kW, 3 x 170 kW
    S=Sofia   (G.C: 42N49/023E11): 2 x 100 kW, 2 x 050 kW DRM
    V=Varna   (G.C: 43N09/027E52): 2 x 100 kW

BULGARIAN / e-mail:
0000-0100 -daily- South America   6200 P170/258,  7400 P170/245
0000-0100 -daily- North America   9700 P300/306, 11700 P300/306
0430-0500 Mon-Fri Balkans         6000 P170/248,  1224
0430-0500 Mon-Fri East Europe     6200 S100/030,  7400 S100/030
0430-0500 Mon-Fri West Europe     6200 P300/306,  7400 P300/295
0400-0500 Sat/Sun Balkans         6000 P170/248,  1224
0400-0500 Sat/Sun East Europe     6200 S100/030,  7400 S100/030
0400-0500 Sat/Sun West Europe     6200 P300/306,  7400 P300/295
1300-1400 -daily- Balkans         7400 P170/248,  1224
1300-1400 -daily- West Europe    11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306
1500-1600 -daily- Balkans         1224, 747
1500-1600 -daily- East Europe     5900 S100/030,  7400 S100/030
1500-1600 -daily- Middle East    12000 P300/126
1500-1600 -daily- South Africa   15700 P300/185
1800-1900 -daily- Balkans         1224, 747
1800-1900 -daily- Middle East     6000 P170/115
1800-1900 -daily- West Europe     6000 P170/306
1800-1900 -daily- West Europe     9400 S050/306 DRM

ENGLISH / e-mail:
0200-0300 -daily- North America   9700 P300/306, 11700 P300/306
0630-0700 -daily- West Europe     9600 P300/306, 11600 P300/306
1730-1800 -daily- West Europe     5900 P300/306,  7400 P300/295
1730-1800 -daily- West Europe     9400 S050/306 DRM
2100-2200 -daily- West Europe     5900 P300/306,  7400 P300/295
2300-2400 -daily- North America   9700 P300/306, 11700 P300/306

FRENCH / e-mail:
0100-0200 -daily- North America   9700 P300/306, 11700 P300/306
0600-0630 -daily- West Europe     9600 P300/306, 11600 P300/306
1700-1730 -daily- West Europe     5900 P300/306,  7400 P300/295
1700-1730 -daily- West Europe     9400 S050/306 DRM
2000-2100 -daily- West Europe     5900 P300/306,  7400 P300/295

GERMAN / e-mail:
0530-0600 -daily- West Europe     9600 P300/306, 11600 P300/306
1630-1700 -daily- West Europe     5900 P300/306,  7400 P300/295
1630-1700 -daily- West Europe     9400 S050/306 DRM
1900-2000 -daily- West Europe     5900 P300/306,  7400 P300/295

RUSSIAN / e-mail:
0300-0400 -daily- East Europe     6200 S100/030,  7400 S100/030,  1224
0500-0530 -daily- East Europe     6200 S100/030,  7400 S100/030
1400-1500 -daily- East Europe     5900 S100/030,  7400 S100/030,  1224
1400-1500 -daily- Central Asia    7400 P170/045
1530-1600 -daily- East Europe     9400 S050/030 DRM
1600-1630 -daily- East Europe     5900 S100/030,  7400 S100/030
1800-1900 -daily- East Europe     5900 S100/030,  7400 S100/030
2300-2400 -daily- Central Asia    7400 P170/045

SPANISH / e-mail:
0100-0200 -daily- South America   6200 P170/258,  7400 P170/245
0100-0200 -daily- Central America 9400 P170/295
0600-0630 -daily- South Europe   11800 P170/260, 15800 P170/260
1630-1700 -daily- South Europe   11800 P170/260, 13800 P170/260
2130-2230 -daily- South Europe    6200 P170/260,  9800 P170/260
2300-2400 -daily- South America   6200 P170/258,  7400 P170/245

ALBANIAN / e-mail:
0530-0600 Mon-Fri Balkans         6000 P170/248,  1224
0600-0700 Sat/Sun Balkans         6000 P170/248,  1224
1600-1630 -daily- Balkans         1224, 747
1900-2000 -daily- Balkans         1224, 747

GREEK / e-mail:
0500-0530 Mon-Fri Balkans         6000 P170/248,  1224
0500-0600 Sat/Sun Balkans         6000 P170/248,  1224
1630-1700 -daily- Balkans         1224, 747
2000-2100 -daily- Balkans         1224, 747

SERBIAN / e-mail:
0600-0630 Mon-Fri Balkans         6000 P170/248,  1224
0700-0800 Sat/Sun Balkans         6000 P170/248,  1224
1700-1730 -daily- Balkans         1224, 747
2100-2200 -daily- Balkans         1224, 747

TURKISH / e-mail:
0500-0530 -daily- Middle East     5900 P170/115,  7300 P170/126
1730-1800 -daily- Middle East     6000 P170/115,  1224, 747

HORIZONT HS-1 Bulgarian
0900-1200 Mon-Thu West Europe    11900 S050/306 DRM
0400-0700 Friday  West Europe     9400 S050/306 DRM
0600-0900 Sat/Sun West Europe    11900 S050/306 DRM

EURANET English
0900-0930 Sat/Sun West Europe    11900 S050/306 DRM

RADIO VARNA Bulgarian
2100-2400 Sunday  Black Sea       6000 V100/ND
0000-0300 Monday  Black Sea       6000 V100/ND

DX MIX NEWS in Bulgarian:
0445-0500 Sun   1224  6000  6200  7400
1345-1400 Sun   1224  7400 11700 15700
1845-1900 Sun    747  1224  6000  9400 DRM

DX MIX NEWS in English:
2140-2150 Fri   5900  7400
2340-2350 Fri   9700 11700
0240-0250 Sat   9700 11700
0640-0650 Sat   9600 11600

DX MIX NEWS in French:
2030-2040 Tue   5900  7400
0130-0140 Wed   9700 11700
2030-2040 Sun   5900  7400
0130-0140 Mon   9700 11700

DX MIX NEWS in German:
1950-2000 Tue   5900  7400
0550-0600 Thu   9600 11600
1920-1930 Sat   5900  7400

DX MIX NEWS in Russian:
1440-1500 Sat   1224  5900  7400
1540-1600 Sat   9400 DRM
1610-1630 Sat   5900  7400
1840-1900 Sat   5900  7400
2340-2400 Sat   6200
0340-0400 Sun   1224  6200  7400
0510-0530 Sun   6200  7400
0510-0530 Mon   6200  7400

DX MIX NEWS in Spanish:
1650-1700 Sun  11800 13800
2150-2200 Sun   6200  9800
2320-2330 Sun   6200  7400
0120-0130 Mon   6200  7400

GERMANY(non)    Frequency change of Deutsche Welle in Russian:
1800-2100 NF  5830 TAC 200 kW / 311 deg to EaEu, ex 5840

CHILE   A-10 for Voz Crista / La Voz via SGO=Santiago:
Spanish to Northern South America from Apr.4
1200-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / non-dir till Oct.09
2300-0200 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / non-dir till Oct.09
1100-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / non-dir from Oct.10
2300-0100 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / non-dir from Oct.10
Spanish to Southern South America from Apr.4
1200-2300 on  9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Oct.09
2300-0200 on  6070 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Oct.09
1100-2300 on  9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg from Oct.10
2300-0100 on  6070 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg from Oct.10
Portuguese to Brasil in DRM mode
1800-2000 on 17640 SGO 015 kW / 045 deg

PALAU    A-10 for CVC International via T8WH/KHBN=Palau:
Indonesian to Indonesia
0700-1000 on 15725 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg Mon-Fri

UZBEKISTAN    A-10 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  9655 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 / 131 deg

ZAMBIA   A-10 of CVC International via LUS=Lusaka:
English to West Africa and Nigeria
0400-0600 on  9430 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg, alt. 5925 0400-0500
0600-1900 on 13590 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg
1900-2200 on  5940 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg

ZAMBIA   A-10 for Christian Voice via LUS=Lusaka:
English to South and Central Africa
0600-1700 on  6065 LUS 100 kW / non-dir
1700-0600 on  4965 LUS 100 kW / non-dir

USA(non)   Additional txion of WYFR Family Radio via MB(xDTK) from March 18
1800-1900 on 13750 WER 500 kW / 180 deg to WeAf in English