Hoy finalizan los servicios en onda corta de la BBC en varios idiomas

Las transmisiones radiales en mandarín y azerbaiyano también finalizan este viernes, mientras que, en onda corta, terminan el sábado las emisiones en indonesio, kirguís, nepalés, ruso, swahili, ucraniano y vietnamita.

 

Más info en http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

ARGENTINA Radio Argentina Exterior-RAE 15345 2212 GMT Spanish 333 March 22 YL and OM with comments.

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 15560 2202 GMT English 444 March 22 YL with ABC News. OM with updated news on the Reactors in Japan.

BONAIRE Radio Netherlands Relay-RNI 15540 2208 GMT Dutch 433 March 22 YL and OM with comments. //15315[333].

CHILE CVC La Voz 17680 2247 GMT Spanish 444 March 22 OM with comments.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 15230 2216 GMT Spanish 333 March 22 ID by a YL, then an OM with comments and mentioning Cuba often.

UNITED STATES, California KVOH 17775 2140 GMT Spanish 444 March 22 OM with comments. Plus other OM's laughing together. Also a YL commented at times.

UNITED STATES, Alabama WEWN 15610 2152 GMT English 333 March 22 Two OMs with comments on Family plans.

UNITED STATES, Greenville VOA 15580 2239 GMT English 433 March 22 OM with VOA ID and off the air 2200 GMT.

 

CANADA Radio Canada Intl-RCI 15365 1810 GMT English 333 March 21 YL and OM with comments. //17790[444].

CHILE CVC La Voz 17680 2220 GMT Spanish 333 March 21 OM with comments.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 9820 2145 GMT Spanish 333 March 21 Two OMs with comments.

FRANCE Radio Japan-NHK Relay 9835 1830 GMT Japanese 444 March 21 YL singing then a YL with comments. OM singing 1832 GMT.

MARIANAS, North Radio Free Asia-RFA 11945 1823 GMT Chinese 444 March 21 Chinese music plus Horn blowing music 1824 GMT. //9905 [444].

SPAIN Radio Exterior Espana-REE 17755 1746 GMT Spanish 433 March 21 YL with comments plus some music. OM with an ID 1800 GMT. OM with comments 1801 GMT plus a YL.

UNITED STATES, NoCarolina Radio Marti 15330 1815 GMT Spanish 433 March 21 YL and OM with comments. //11930[333], 9565[333].

UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN station 9385 2155 GMT English 333 March 21 Choir music on going past 2200GMT. No ID was heard. WHO???

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
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

Radio Gloria is on 6140 khz this Sunday

Radio Gloria is on the air this Sunday the 27th of March 2011.

The frequency will be 6140 khz, and the time slot will be 1400 to 1500 utc.

 

Good listening and good reception!

 

Good Listening   73s Tom

 

PS. MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for Summertime 2011

       1st    Sunday – MV Baltic Radio

       3rd    Sunday – European Music Radio      (June)

       4th    Sunday – Radio Gloria International 

QSL Radio Batavia

Radio Batavia 3930 KHz - radiobatavia@hotmail.com con e-mail e QSL elettronica allegati in 8 minuti.

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

HCJB Australia QSL

11750khz 09,15utc  20/02/2011  24 gg QSL - HCJB Australia  v/s Margaret   PO Box 1339 (Lot 579 Packsaddle Road) Kununurra , WA 6743, Australia

hcjbknx@hcjb.org.au
www.hcjb.org.au

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Concorso sulle trasmissioni FM dello studio G&E

Sin dall'inizio delle sue trasmissioni FM a Milano realizzate in collaborazione con Radio Cina Internazionale, lo studio G&E ha ricevuto non pochi feedback degli ascoltatori e dagli internauti. Per ringraziare gli amici ascoltatori per l'attenzione prestata ai programmi, lo studio indice un concorso, dando il benvenuto agli amici ascoltatori ad parteciparvi. Coloro che hanno dato le risposte tutte giuste otterranno un bel regalo, e tutti i partecipanti avranno l'opportunità di ottenere un souvenir. Cari amici,vi preghiamo di inviare le risposte al seguente indirizzo FM1015@yahoo.it oppure criitaliano@yahoo.com.cn

Una particolare attenzione: il concorso scadrà il 30 luglio.

Ecco le domande:
1 Qual è la frequenza delle trasmissioni FM a Milano dello studio G&E?         101.50 MHz
2 Qual è la data, in cui sono iniziate le trasmissioni FM a Milano dello studio G&E?         primo febbraio 2011
3 Quali sono le rubriche delle trasmissioni FM a Milano dello studio G&E?     ASCOLTATELE !
4 Qual è l'indirizzo email delle trasmissioni FM a Milano dello studio G&E?         FM1015@yahoo.it
5 Qual è la città gemellata cinese di Milano ?   SHANGHAI  dal 25 Giugno 1979
6 Quali rubriche ci sono il mercoledì?  ASCOLTATELE !

Sezione Italiana
Radio Cina Internazionale
16A Shijingshan Road, Beijing, China. 100040
criitaliano@yahoo.com.cn

Glenn Hauser logs March 24-25, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, another week completes with LRA36 still a no-show, checked Friday March 25 at 1310, while Turkey had a fair signal on 15480 // stronger 15350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 7240, RA after 1400 to Pacific and hence USward, is usually in the clear, but March 25 at 1411 there`s an SSB ham net not needing any other BFO. One in St Louis; they were complaining about the QRM, ``the broadcaster is just about covering you up``, but seemed to think they could not QSY to 7235 or 7245. I also checked for RA on 7140, as has been reported recently, evidently an inexplicable spur, but nothing heard there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake March 25:
 8400, poor at 1228
10300 good with flutter at 1236; very poor at 1537 recheck
15375, fair mixing with something at 1308 and 1357. Now 8400 and 10300 are off so cannot compare whether //. The target is R. Free Asia in Tibetan, 75 degrees via UAE at 11-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025, R. Rebelde, March 25 at 0517 with distorted undermodulated audio during talk, rather like out of phase stereo into mono. A shame, as this has lots of good music.

6010, RHC by 0517 March 25 was on in English, and 11760 off as well as Spanish on 5040 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 12105, March 25 at 0053, Greek talk from VOG, weaker than // 9420 and 7475. 12105 is B-10 scheduled at 23-03, 285 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. Please monitor our signal --- Dear Glenn, We have repaired our transmitter and we are testing with only 100 Watts. We need to know if we are on frequency. We are going to increase to all power (maybe 500 or 600 Watts) later. We are checking the amplifier right now. They are all repaired. We ask you monitor the signal and Please send us your report. Thank you and Blessings! (Edith Madrid, R. Verdad, Guatemala, 2327 UT March 24, to gh via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Edith, I just checked at 0005 UT --- 6:05 pm your time, right? It is not dark yet and there is a lot of noise on the band, but I detect a very weak carrier just slightly below 4055.0 (NOT 4052.5), so if you are now trying for 4055, you are very close (if that is really TGAV). I can`t measure it exactly, but I would estimate about 4054.98 or .99. I would hope there is nothing else on 4055 it could be mistaken for. It seems that this 4055 is closer to correct than 4052.5 which was a little further off to the low side. I will check later in the evening when it is fully dark (Glenn to R. Verdad, ibid.)

Thank you, Glenn. I think we'll try to put on the full power tomorrow morning (Friday). We need to do some adjustments. May God bless you (Dr. Édgar Madrid, Radio Verdad, ibid.)

By 0040 some audio was making it. Now at 0115 UT your signal is much better, and I can hear talk in Spanish. It seems very close to 4055.0, also comparing it with Spain on 6055.0. There is however a weaker carrier on the high side causing a heterodyne about 0.2 kHz. Possibly that is from my computer. I may have a chance to turn it off before my next check (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

Thank you, Glenn for your report. Radio Verdad is still transmitting in 200 Watts today. Eng. Rafael Wayne Borthwick from Canada is here in Guatemala helping my father. They will continue working tomorrow. Please monitor the signal tomorrow. We appreciate all your reports. My father will explain you with more details. Many thanks, (Edith Madrid, ibid.)

[Later:] Since 0130 UT signal has been much better and mostly readable. Still heterodyne from 4055.2 which is not from an internal source here. Not a major problem but I am surprised to be hearing that. Have you turned up the power? (Glenn to RV, ibid.)

Thank you, Glenn. By that time, we had put on 200 watts power. We hope to put on 500 or more watts power tomorrow Friday (in the morning?). May God bless you (Édgar Madrid, Radio Verdad, ibid.)

However, at 0515, 4055 was a bit weaker vs the het on the hi side. I see in DXLD yg that Bryan Clark in NZ was also getting a carrier with weak audio at 0533 on 4055.2 and thought that was R. Verdad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 9770, NHKWRJ in English, March 25 at 0528 closing with Robert Jefferson saying goodbye as he is leaving radio to become financial correspondent for NHK World TV starting Monday. Also mentioned there would be a format change in the half-hour English radio broadcasts starting next week, but did not catch exactly what it is. Of course, they have suspended most or all of their regular features for coverage of the triple-whammy (not that NHK ever uses this term, and I do not mean it to be disrespectful). This 9770 relay via FRANCE at 0500-0530 is moving March 27 to 11970 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, VOAf from the GJ, already in English March 25 at 1401 talking about Africa, poor signal and still nothing on 21695, altho at this time, even Spain had nothing but JBA carriers on 21610, 21570, 21540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 92.1, KAMG-LP, Enid, March 24 at 2046 UT with musicalabanza, super-hype non-ID as ``estás escuchando tu radio 92.1, somos Maranatha!!!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 12055, March 25 at 1256, Russian tune-up intermittent tones, 1258 OC, 1259 Golos Rossii sign-on with music I think including some notes from the old R. Moscow IS, 1400 timesignal 3.5 seconds late compared to WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 17595, REE, March 25 at 1540 as I tune across, there is Allison Hughes with another token 3-minute English newscast, 1541 turning it over to Arabic. This M-F 1530-1545 quadrilingual segment on this and several other frequencies started unexpectedly last fall, and is omitted from REE schedules showing nothing but Spanish around this time. Including the new A-11 at
http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuenciasreea11.pdf
Perhaps it will shift to 1430-1445 next week, perhaps not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WWV and WWVH are making announcements about an NIST survey online. March 25 at 0003 I heard it on 5000. Also at 0516. At 1303 on 5000, the announcement came from WWVH, ending with ``aloha``. Website it is http://www.ts.nist.gov/survey

``Nist special announcement`` repeated at 1304 on 5000 from WWV with similar wording, ending with ``thank you``.

However, that URL forwards to http://ts.nist.gov/ and I don`t see any survey, rather homepage of technology services, so ts does not mean timesignals. Searched that page with many linx and the word survey appears nowhere.

O, they are really saying indistinctly without fonetix http://www.tf.nist.gov/survey --- tf = time and frequency, and that gets you to it.

For starters, people should tell them about the spurs from 10000 WWV on 9950, 10050 and weaker ones on 9900, 10100. Checked at 1307, hardly any WWV audible on 10000, instead dominated by WWVH, and hence no spurs to reconfirm.

But at 1703 UT when I monitor the announcement again on 10000, the signal is now at big daytime level from less than 500 miles away, and with it the awful spurs. To hear it on WWVH again at 1702, I had to listen on 15000 as WWV normally skips over most of its signal there to here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Checking WWRB during the WORLD OF RADIO 1558 broadcast, UT Friday 0330 March 25: excellent at 0337 on 2390, and the buzz envelope seems to have been reduced. 5050 is not // but back to promo loop barker, which repeats every 58 seconds. If you`ve heard one, you`ve heard them all.

3195 still missing like last night. But wait --- that transmitter is on 3185, colliding with the other WWRB transmitter! So we are hearing both Brother Scare and the barker loop at equal levels, and a fast SAH between them of maybe 15 Hz. I hope the transmitters did not suffer any damage.

Dave had explained that because of an antenna issue, the 3195 transmitter was used on 3185 the night before. Trouble is, they forgot to change its frequency back to 3195! I e-mailed WWRB immediately about this but kept clashing until the 0400* closedown of the barker transmitter, as 2390 also went off without announcement once WOR was finished, and 5050 too, leaving only BS on 3185. I assume the collision went on for the entire two-sesquihour period 3195 is supposed to be on, 0100-0400.

Yet another problem: the next morning, I am hearing BS on 9250.3 or so, good carrier but undermodulated. It`s synchronized with 9385, so a spur from WWRB, not synchronized with BS on WWCR 9980. 9250.3 had deep fades, and could not hear a match 135 kHz on the other side, around 9520 but it might have been under QRM. At 1408 no longer audible on 9250, while the 9385 signal had weakened (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1558 monitoring: Friday March 25 at 1436, barely audible on WRMI 9955, with some lite pulse jamming, unclear whether deliberate or bleeding from 9965. An hour later WRMI was doing slightly better during Wavescan with Jeff White but still vs lite pulsing.

Next WOR airings on 9955: Saturday 0800, 1400, 1730; Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730. On WWCR: Friday 2030 on 7465, Saturday 1600 on 12160, Sunday 0630 on 3215. On IPAR: Saturday 1900 on 6090, 1566, 1368 in Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. Looking for the new R. Sawa SW frequencies March 25 at 1238: nothing audible on 17880, 17555 or 15325 where heard before. Dragan Lekic tells DXLD that they keep changing the schedule day to day, latest as of March 24 being:

0730-0900 13735  SAO 000
0730-1030 15650  LAM 132
0730-1300 17880  KWT 285
0900-1100 13835  SAO 360
1030-1300 15325  LAM 132
1100-1300 11950  LAM 132
[so no more via BOTswana]

``This is just for the final two days of the B10 season. If you want to hear ID of Radio Sawa, their newscasts are at 15 and 45 minutes of each hour``. So we may expect further changes for A-11 if not sooner --- if not canceled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9981, March 25 at 0520 very strong carrier with occasional low digital/computer sounds, ACI from 9985 WYFR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs March 22-24, 2011

** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, RTA via Issoudun, FRANCE, March 23 at 0517 with very heavy echo. I wish monitors in Europe and elsewhere would check whether they hear such an echo on this as it still does not make propagational sense for long/short path and may be caused by something else. Some could even measure the delay in milliseconds as a significant clue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 still no-show, March 23 at 1322, while Turkey was fair on 15480 // 15350. No 15476 carrier at 1348 either. March 24, still nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake March 23:
8400, poor at 1324; no 10300 or any other found.

17790, March 24 at 1306 and still at 1324, big collision between BBC Uzbek via Woofferton, and CNR1 jamming at about equal level // 7540 jammer against BBC Mandarin via Thailand. Uzbek is at 1300-1330 only. So the ChiCom continue to intervene in the internal affairs of Uzbekistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. RHC has finally updated its own schedule March 24 showing timeshifts for Spanish and other changes, as previously publicized in DXLD.
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
Have not compared it line by line to our version, but does show English at 19-20 on 11760, 23-24 on 5040, both one hour earlier now. Also still shows 6050 in use at 01-07, despite promises to HCJB that RHC would not be using it in A-11.

11760 in Spanish is shown at ``24-05`` but nothing there March 23 at 0221. I check again at 0502, and now 11760 is on and in English, contrary to schedule. Apparently these are just sloppy overruns of the scheduled Spanish, with the feed switching to English at 05. This time 11760 went off at 0504. At 0505, 6010 was still off, believed to be the same transmitter. By 0509 it had come on, in English.

Meanwhile, at 0503, despite Spanish ending at 0500, `Revista Informativa de la Noche` was starting another playback on 12010; then the signal began to cut down, but not out, like a loose connexion in the antenna, or maybe an uncooperative off-switch.

9790, at 0509 had huge open carrier, no doubt the 250 kW 305 degree relay of CRI at 0300-0500 still not turned off. Has happened before.

9955, Israel Radio via WRN via WRMI with an English report about Syria at 0510 March 23 has lite bubble-jamming intermittently, not what we usually hear from Cuba, but can`t imagine it coming from anywhere else.

Next night, UT March 24, I tune 11760 at 0455 and some British tune is playing, but 0456 RHC Spanish signing off until 1100, giving all the morning frequencies. Now it`s // 5040, 12010 and 12040. At 0504, 11760 is still on but in English, 12010 is off, but 12040 is still on not // with music, presumably Spanish service. At 0516 final check of 6010, and this time it has still not come up in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 3325 and 3345 RRIs, March 24 at 1223 as I tune in sound like they are //, same talk and music, but as I bring up second receiver on weaker antenna, at 1225 they are not //, maybe just having split apart (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 15515, Kuwait still missing after mistaken appearance earlier; March 23 at 1303 it`s VIRI mentioning Indonesia, news sounder, 1308 website sounded like www.indonesian.irib.ir but that does not work nor indonesia without the n. M&W conversation, fair with flutter in the 1230-1330 service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, VOAf from the GJ chex: March 23 at 1350, poor in Swahili.

17725, March 24 at 1303 fair with good modulation in Swahili, ``Radio Libya --- habari``. Listened inattentively to English 1400-1500+ but heard nothing topical (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, looking for VON again March 23 at 0500, but inaudible, probably off. 15160 Australia had a fair signal this night.

15120, March 24 at 0459, VON is back with program previews by YL for after 1800. Still scratchy audio. 0500 GMT timecheck and into `Von-Scope` news introduced by drumming. Audio became more distorted for the news. Tonight it`s the only station on band, no sign of Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 11895, REE, March 23 at 0505 with token Catalan newscast. Has been M-F at this time, but when and where will it be in A-11? Presumably followed by Galician, but not Basque.

This repeat was missing from the B-10 schedule, nor is it on this version of the A-11,
http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuenciasreea11.pdf
just M-F at 2330. Altho official-looking, it`s on a DX website as the URL implies, and in the past has proven not to be accurate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. 9725, March 24 at 0321, good signal tho aimed 100 degrees from Sfax, especially heartfelt Qur`an performance, but 0329 a group joins in so maybe not a strict recitation. Still in at 0440 with good signal in secular Arabic music. As usual, on the air in the hour earlier than HFCC registered *0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. Dragan Lekic reports that IBB added some shortwave frequencies for Libya from R. Sawa, the rebranded VOA Arabic service which abandoned SW for MW and FM years ago (altho a brief special program for Darfur was put on SW last year).

SW hours are 0730-1300 only, i.e. mid-day in Libya, I suppose when MW 990 from Cyprus can`t make it to Tripoli. The final set of frequencies until 1300 were reported as 17880, 17555, 15325, 13835, 11950. Propagation was poor on March 23, and all I could hear at 1250 was a JBA signal on 17555.

It was better on March 24: 1250 tune-in to pop music best on 17880, next best // 15325, and then 17555, but not audible on 13835 or 11950. 1255 Arabic announcement, back to more music, YL with rock song but not sure of language. 17880 cut off the air at 1257* while 17555 and 15325 continued. 15325 off at 1300, and I thought 17555 too until I heard the VOA Yankee Doodle Dandy sign-off until 1302*. Never caught a R. Sawa ID, but no doubt that was it. Sites: 17880 Kuwait, 17555 and 15325 Botswana (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2390, WWRB: March 23 at 0215 has YL preacher // 5050, Scare on 3185, barker on 3195. So maybe WORLD OF RADIO at 0330 UT Friday will be back on both 2390 and 5050 unlike last week? 2390 // 5050 again March 24 at 0143, but 3195 is not on, so is WWRB finished testing there? No, Dave Frantz tells me: ``Transmitter #3 3.185 had an antenna issue: We switched transmitter #4 3.195 to 3.185. Should be back up tonight.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5755, WTWW is back on the air March 23 at 0216, having been off both frequencies on March 22. George McClintock explained March 23 at 0155:

``Glenn, A plate loading cap went mechanically bad and would not turn at frequency change time. Then after replacement with a spare, a water leak developed that took several hours to correct. Then during the night the drive tube went bad. Then we had a power shut down by the power company in the morning so a new set of transformers could be installed to power up # 3 transmitter. What a hell of a 24 hours. George Mc``

9479 also back on air March 23 at 1323, usual VG signal but with hum and warbly unstable carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1558 monitoring: Wednesday March 23 on WBCQ webcast, and presumably 7415, `Amos `n` Andy` ran additional episode until 2130, then played back WOR 1556 from last week. Altho 1558 was ready just in time for 2115, WBCQ could not get it on the air. (Note: my mistake in skipping 1557 in numbering the shows: there was none with that number.)

1558 presumably aired first on WRMI at 0330 UT Thursday March 24. And definitely at 1500, barely audible on 9955 but confirmed on webcast. Next WRMI airings are: Thursday 2100, Friday 1430, Saturday 0800, 1400, 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730. On WWRB: UT Friday 0330 on 2390 and/or 5050; on WWCR: Friday 2030 on 7465 (next week replaced by 15825), Saturday 1600 on 12160, Sunday 0630 on 3215; on IPAR, Saturday 1900 on 6090, 1566, 1368; presumably replaced in April by 1800 on 7290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WWV, 10000, has developed a serious spur problem. March 24 at 1627, strong distorted spurs around 9950 and 10050, and weaker ones on 9900 and 10100. Especially bothered is VOLMET on 10051. Tnx to William Hassig tip, making this in its third day already (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:

Last night on WWV 10 MHz I noticed strong spurs about 50 kHz either side of 10 MHz at 9950 and 10050 kHz. Also two weak spurs at 9900 and 10100. The carriers of these spurs were wildly unstable. They were amplitude modulated by the same program as 10 MHz but with some distortion. I tried contacting nist.gov but was unable to send email to them. I was using an old Panasonic RF2600 portable with analog tuning knob but also has digital readout. Just now I tried Drake R8 and the spurs are still there +- about 49 kHz. Upper spur causing QRM to aviation weather on 10051 usb. On 10 MHz, announcements, other than time announcement, are distorted and muffled (William T Hassig, IL, 1317 UT March 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1200, March 22 at 1745 UT on caradio, gold ad during talkshow, very poor signal and then fading out. Presumed WOAI almost 500 miles away, remnant skywave even tho it`s past equinox and only half a sesquihour before local mean noon (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 9660, March 24 good signal at 0319, English report about a community radio station in Kenya, marred by recording in an echoey room. It`s Vatican Radio via MADAGASCAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.1-AM, pirate with hard rock, poor signal March 24 at 0448. Somewhat better at 0520 when repeats a canned announcement about six times with long pauses, but all I can copy in it is ``echo kilo``. Is that enough for someone to ID this? Then back to some slower rock music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7211 approx., constant noise at 0510 March 24, but also noted 2 or 3 hours earlier. Atop weaker 7210 broadcaster, presumably VOR in Spanish. Suspect the noise has something to do with Ethiopia/Eritrea as 7210 is also a R. Fana frequency per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Tips "Girolla" Buccinasco ITALY

23/03 2220 15189,6 R.Incofidencia         Belo Horizonte -px mx -Suff

23/03 2214 11780   R Nacional Amazonia    Brasilia-px local //11815 khz -Suff
23/03 2209 11765   Super R Deus è Amor    Curitiba - px loc -Suff

23/03 2207 11815   R Brasil Central       Goiania -px scientifico metereologico e clima-Suff

23/03 2156 9526    Voice of Indonesia     px mx 21,54 utc ID "Voice of Indonesia" 21,57utc ID 22,01utc OFF tx!-Suff 
23/03 2149 5025    VL8K    Katherine      relay ABC news //4835khz -Suff

23/03 2148 4835    VL8A    Alice Springs  relay ABC news //5025khz-Suff

22/03 1754 13362   AFRTS        USB       px relay -Suff

22/03 1744 5066,3  R. Télé Candip Bunia   px mx -Suff

 

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Perseus + Pcr1000

Approfittando di un giorno di festa piovoso ho avuto tempo di fare la modifica per estrarre l'IF (10.7 mhz) del mio ricevitore Icom Pcr1000 per poterlo usare insieme al Perseus e testare il software WrPlus per l'ascolto della banda Wfm. Dalle prime prove devo dire che l'ascolto SDR e' spettacolare anche per le VHF-UHF, mi e' venuta voglia di rimontare le antenne (adesso ho solo HF sul tetto) per ascoltare qualche Sat usando il perseus e il Pcr1000.. sara' stati tutti sti messaggi sul FunDoodle.. forse !!

Ecco una schermata delle prima prove: http://img861.imageshack.us/i/wrpluspcr1000.jpg/

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Andrea Borgnino IW0HK - HB9EMK
http://www.mediasuk.org/iw0hk
http://www.mediasuk.org/archive
http://www.biciurbana.org
http://iwohk.tumblr.com

Log Saverio De Cian

… qualche debole segnale dal Sud America, quasi nulla dal Nord:
 
1370U 23/0 0535- VEN YVSV R.Portuguesa Araure, Px musica locale, Id in S alle 0544 22322

Altri canali con parlato in S ma senza possibilità di ID: 1380, 1390 e 1500.
 
 
SDC: Saverio De Cian
QTH: Sedico (Belluno)
RX: JRC 535
REG: Sony MZ-NH700
ANT: K9AY

Log Saverio De Cian

Due buone mattinate per le Onde Medie con diversi segnali su vari canali; questi gli ascolti più interessanti che sono riuscito a identificare:
 
1470 22/03/20110350- MEX XEAI Radio Fórmula México DF, px mx, slogan vari e Id "Radio Fórmula" (anche il 23/03 con un 43433) 32322

 

1410 22/03/20110350- MEX XEBS Ciudad del Mexico, Px mx locale, Id e orario alle 0354 "La más Perrona" (anche il 23/03 però con maggiori interferenze) 22322

SDC: Saverio De Cian
QTH: Sedico (Belluno)
RX: SDR-14
ANT: K9AY

La Voix de Djibouti

Giovedì 17 marzo 2011
*12.00 - 21525 kHz
LA VOIX DE DJIBOUTI - Samara (Russia)
Somali, IDs e nxs OM.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Solo il giovedì ma magari dalla settimana prossima cambieranno frequenza.
 
Luca Botto Fiora
 
QTH
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova)
Italia

 
RACK 1
G3 Etón
R7 Drake
Satellit 500 Grundig

RACK 2
ATS909 Sangean
VR5000DSP Yaesu

 
ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm modificata (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop filare da finestra da 1 spira 150x100 cm (@2-6 MHz)
Dipolo aperto 21 m (@6-30 MHz)

 
VARIE
Ampli RF K0LR per loop ACA modificato (WA1ION)
Ampli RF LX1456 Nuova Elettronica per loop SW e dipolo
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 per dipolo (IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato (W8JI)
Software demo Multimode 6.2.3 Black Cat Systems

Radio, Earthquakes & Sponsors

Earthquakes and Radio
22 Sponsors Needed!
_____________________

During the past month cities in both New Zealand and Japan in our region have been shattered by terrible earthquakes..and we've been reminded again how vital radio is to help survivors at these times.

Here at the Radio Heritage Foundation, we made a decision to put our normal operations on hold and closely monitor radio services in Christchurch, New Zealand after their killer quake on February 22.

Within a short time we concluded that existing services couldn't provide local news and welfare programs because they couldn't get to their studios [and still can't a month later] or they had been destroyed.

Our response was to organize the only available mobile radio studio in the island to relocate to New Brighton in the hardest hit eastern suburbs, and within 10 days of the idea, Radio New Brighton 102.1 FM was broadcasting live and local 24/7 to some shattered communities.

I'm delighted our board members from Australia, USA and the Netherlands responded so fast to support this decision.

I've just returned from a hectic 9 days there with Chris Diack from Classic Gold who shared our vision to bring a local radio station to these people and has pulled together a team of volunteers with Aaron Gardiner to bring hope back to people living in a city with a clouded future after some 20% of the population self-evacuated.

It's a long way from researching, writing and publishing stories about other radio stations and people, the daily activities we do to preserve our heritage for future generations. But this time we've become part of the story ourselves, and we've been honored to do so.

How long the station can continue we don't know. But with local community and business support, the city may have a new local voice as rebuilding lives, families and businesses slowly moves forward.

In the meantime, our overheads have continued to grow, and we are now about 45 days behind in meeting these expenses. If you're able to help us get back on track before March 31, will you do so today?

We need 22 people able to donate US$100 to bring us right up to date, or US$50 will cover one of those 45 days we're behind...

Please use the donation button today at www.radioheritage.net and help secure our continued daily operations.

There's a great connection between radio heritage and Radio New Brighton...in 1937 the original 3ZB was set up in the area and broadcast reassurance and welfare messages during the dark days of WWII...and in 2011, Radio New Brighton continues this tradition during these dark days post the killer earthquake of February 22.

Radio has always served and will continue to do so, and your donation of US$100 or US$50 today will help us record these moments for future generations to understand.

New Zealand residents who make a donation before March 31 are eligible for one-third tax refunds on donations - NZ$150 will be refunded NZ$50 for example.

Thank you
David Ricquish
Chairman
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net
[Email info@radioheritage with 'Quakeaway' in the subject line to be removed from this mailing list]

PS.. we have 3 copies left of Keith Richardson's sold out book 'Never A Dull Moment' including a fabulous CD of music, jingles and interviews from the early 1960's and the first 3 donations of US$150 or more will get the book and CD shipped worldwide for free as a thank you. Keith passed away a month ago and these are the final 3 copies of his book anywhere.....

Radio Damascus observations

I received today an email from my good friend at Radio Damascus, Rasheed Haidar, who is the head of the English language section.

He asked me to make an appeal to all shortwave listeners to tune in to Radio Damascus on the shortwave and let us know their observations.

My own observations of the shortwave transmissions are as follows (although I mostly tune in  on the Hotbird satellite or download the audio file of the daily program at syriaonline.sy and don't have a professional or semi-professional receiver - only using a Sony ICF 7600 G) :

9330 Khz is mostly on the air, although irregular with a lot of interruptions and a very weak signal +  extremely weak modulation which makes it almost impossible to hear anything, even on days when the transmitter is operating without interruptions and the signal strength is sufficient

12085 Khz is, according to my observations, off air (I can't hear anything on that frequency)

Can you please let me know your observations and reception conditions of Radio Damascus in your part of the world so I can forward them to the Radio Damascus team?

You can send in your remarks at radiodamascusenglish at yahoo.com which is the email address of my alternative website for Radio Damascus at http://radio-damascus.net .

Looking forward to your observations and remarks.

Kris Janssen
Belgium

Radio NIKKEI will stop program 2 on weekdays

Radio NIKKEI announced on March 22 that they will stop program 2 (3945/6115/9760kHz) on weekdays(2300-0605), which is the same content as program 1 (3925 / 6055 / 9595kHz), from March 24 until the end of April. On Saturdays (2300-0900 on 3945 / 6115 kHz, 2300-0800 on 9760 kHz) and Sundays (2300-0605) they will broadcast normally with their own program (mainly live broadcast of horse races in western Japan). This is due to the electric power shortage by the stop of Fukushima nuclear power stations, very severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

 

(Takahito Akabayashi, Japan via dxld ml)

MANIFESTAZIONE IN OCCASIONE DEL 75° ANNIVERSARIO DELLA RADIO INTERNAZIONALE DI SERBIA

La Radio internazionale di Serbia oggi (8 marzo) festeggia il 75° compleanno. Il direttore della Radio, Miloran Vujovic, alla manifestazione con cui è stato segnato quest'importante giubileo, ha evidenziato che le onde corte, che grazie alla digitalizzazione si potranno ascoltare anche sul FM, è il mezzo più efficace e strategico per piazzare le informazioni nel mondo. Per questo motivo nessun stato nel mondo rinuncia a questo tipo di servizio radiofonico destinato all'estero. Servizio a cura di Jelica Tapuskovic. Vujovic ha ripetuto che la nostra radio è l'unica stazione radio statale che trasmette il programma attraverso le onde corte, il satellite e l'internet, in serbo e in 11 lingue straniere. L'importanza della Radio Jugoslavia di una volta è ancora più grande se si sa che è più antica della "Voce dell'America" e delle altre stazioni radio ad onde corte nel mondo. La conferma sull'importanza e sull'ascolto della Radio internazionale di Serbia sono le lettere degli ascoltatori di tutto il mondo, e dei nostri cittadini nella diaspora, ha evidenziato Vujovic, ed ha aggiunto che questi suggerimenti e reazioni sono delle indicazioni per i futuri programmi. Lui ha rilevato che il 2010 è stato segnato da nuove trasmissioni e dall'arricchimento del sito con nuovi contenuti, come la mappa interattiva e il video notiziario in lingue straniere. Secondo lui, una parte importante del programma è stata indirizzata verso la promozione dei monumenti storici e culturali e delle bellezze naturali del nostro paese, e quindi è necessario l'aiuto e il supporto dello stato e delle sue istituzioni. "Tutto questo è ancora più importante perché è in fase di elaborazione la Strategia nazionale sui media nel Ministero serbo della cultura, che secondo noi, dovrebbe rilevare il bisogno che lo stato definisca in modo permanente lo status legale e finanziario della nostra radio, ed accerti gli obblighi nell'applicazione delle nuove tecnologie, perché siamo parecchio in dietro nello sviluppo tecnico-tecnologico rispetto dai paesi sviluppati. Desidero evidenziare che è necessario elaborare al più presto la strategia statale sulla digitalizzazione della radio, di cui sostanza è il passaggio dal segnale analogo a quello digitale", ha fatto sapere Vujovic. Il segretario statale nel Ministero serbo della cultura, Snezana Stojanovic Plavsic, ha evidenziato che la Radio internazionale di Serbia (Radio Jugoslavia), già dalla sua fondazione era riconoscibile per un alto livello di professionalità, per il tempismo e l'oggettività nell'informare l'opinione pubblica esperta e la diaspora su tutti gli avvenimenti importanti. "Desidero rilevare l'importanza della determinazione di superare, nelle condizioni di crisi economica, tutte le difficoltà, e di prendere il passo con le nove tecnologie, affinché gli ascoltatori in tutto il mondo possano essere informati a tempo debito su tutti gli avvenimenti – politici, economici, culturali e sportivi", ha fatto sapere la Stojanovic Plavsic. Il premio annuale per l'intero lavoro nel 2010 è andato alla rinomata giornalista della Radio Jelena Gligoric, riconoscibile per lo stile specifico e la rubrica "Bellezze e curiosità", la quale, in quell'occasione, ha espresso la soddisfazione per il fatto che il premio arriva dai colleghi, cosa che conferma la qualità del suo lavoro. "Questo è un premio individuale, ma ritengo il nostro lavoro un lavori di squadra", ha sottolineato la Gligoric. Oltre gli ex impiegati – giornalisti, traduttori e tecnici, della Radio internazionale di Serbia, alla manifestazione erano presenti anche i deputati Branko Ruzic e Dejan Radenkovic, i segretari statali nei ministeri per il Kosovo e Metochia e del lavoro e delle politiche sociali, Zvonimir Stevic e Negovan Stankovic, i rappresentanti del coro diplomatico, i partecipanti alla tavola rotonda della radio organizzata ieri, e numerosi collaboratori di questa stazione radio unica.

Escuchas Onda Corta

ALBANIA

7.210 kHz, Radio China Int., Cerrïk, 12-03-11, 2323-2337. Locutora con lectura de cartas de los oyentes, en español. SINPO 55444

 

CHINA, Rep. Popular

7.250 kHz, Radio China Int., Urumqui, 12-03-11, 2330-2333. Música y comentarios de locutoras sobre el día de la mujer, en español. SINPO 55555

7.300 kHz, Radio China Int., Urumqui, 12-03-11, 2333-2335. Locutora entrevista a invitado, en chino. SINPO 54444

7.350 kHz, Radio China Int., Kashi Saibagh 2022, 12-03-11, 2335-2338. Locutora con comentarios, grabaciones traducidas del chino e identificación, en inglés. SINPO 55444

 

GRECIA

7.475 kHz, Voice of Greece, Avlis, 12-03-11, 2338-2347. Música y comentarios de locutor, en griego. SINPO 55444

 

RUMANIA

7.220 kHz, Radio Rumania Int., Galbeni, 12-03-11, 2327-2330. Locutor con comentarios, identificación emisora y locutora con comentarios con referencias a la Unión Europea, en inglés. SINPO 44433

 

Javier Robledillo
Elche (Alicante)
EA5-1028
Rx: Sangean ATS909

Ant: Telescópica

http://cuadernodebitacoradx.blogspot.com

RADIO SAWA on SW to Libya

From March 22 Radio Sawa, Springfield [IBB broadcasts in Arabic] added some hours on short waves, from 0730 to 1300 GMT.

0730-0900  9440  LAM 132
0730-0900 13735  SAO 000
0730-1030 15650  BOT 350
0730-0900 17580  BOT 350
0730-1300 17880  KWT 285
0900-1100 11875  LAM 132
0900-1300 13835  SAO 360
0900-1100 17820  BOT 350
1030-1300 15325  BOT 350
1100-1300 11950  LAM 132
1100-1300 17555  BOT 350

(Dragan via dxld ml)

SIDC Weekly Bulletin

:Issued: 2011 Mar 22 1303 UTC
:Product: documentation at http://www.sidc.be/products/bul
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# SIDC Weekly bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic activity            #
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WEEK 533 from 2011 Mar 14 

SOLAR ACTIVITY
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The solar activity was high in the beginning of the week, mainly due to Catania sunspot groups 22 and 26 (NOAA ARs 1166 and 1169). These sunspot groups produced numerous C-class flares on March 14-16. Catania sunspot group 26 (NOAA AR 1169) produced two M-class flares (M4.2 and M1.0 on March 14 and 15 respectively). The CMEs associated with these flares were not directed to the Earth. Further on, the flaring activity of the Sun decreased. The solar X-ray background flux decreased, and no flaring activity above the C-level was detected during March 17-20. On March 20, the solar X-ray background flux started to grow due to a returning active region at the south-east limb (NOAA AR 1165 during the previous rotation).

A partial halo CME was first detected in the LASCO C2 field of view at 12:48 UT on March 17. According to STEREO/SECCHI data, it was originating on the far side of the Sun, therefore, it had no geomagnetic consequences.

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY
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After the period of elevated solar wind speed on March 14 and early on March 15, the Earth entered the slow solar wind flow, where it stayed until the end of the week. The geomagnetic conditions were quiet throughout the whole week.

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DAILY INDICES
DATE          RC  EISN  10CM  Ak  BKG    M  X
2011 Mar 14  ///    035  107  002  B3.8  1  0
2011 Mar 15  056    029  102  002  B3.5  1  0
2011 Mar 16  023    022  95  002  B2.9  0  0
2011 Mar 17  ///    025  90  006  B2.5  0  0
2011 Mar 18  052    016  88  003  B1.4  0  0
2011 Mar 19  054    018  89  004  B1.2  0  0
2011 Mar 20  ///    020  92  008  B2.2  0  0
# RC  : Sunspot index (Wolf Number) from Catania Observatory (Italy)
# EISN : Estimated International Sunspot Number
# 10cm : 10.7 cm  radioflux (DRAO, Canada)
# Ak  : Ak Index Wingst (Germany)
# BKG  : Background GOES X-ray level (NOAA, USA)
# M,X  : Number of X-ray flares in M and X class, see below (NOAA, USA)
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NOTICEABLE EVENTS
DAY BEGIN MAX  END  LOC    XRAY OP TENCM TYPE                      Cat NOAA NOTE
14  1930  1952 1954 N18W48 M4.2 1N                                  26  1169
15  0018  0022 0024        M1.0                                    26  1169


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