Glenn Hauser logs April 21-23, 2012

** ASCENSION. 7305, April 23 at 0527, BBCWS with announcement loop, ``no programmmes on this channel at present``, which just might encourage ordinary listeners to tune away, but not me --- 0529 cuts to Hausa opening. Why don`t they use that biminute for something more entertaining, like B-B-C- chimes, Oranges & Lemons, or Lilliburlero?

21630, April 23 at 1212, French signal, poor with peaks to fair, the OSOB at this hour, BBC via Ascension; but see KUWAIT later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 15160 // weaker 15240, April 23 at 0531, R. Australia with item about PNG`s mineral resources, mentioning the Ok Tedi mine of Radio Fly fame, which I have barely ever heard, so this Okie finally learns how to pronounce Ok --- ``ahk`` or ``awk``, not ``oak`` or ``O-kay`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 23, after 1200:
15435, fair at 1208, het from 15437

Before 1300:
12600, good at 1258; none in the 11s, 10s
12980, very good at 1258
14700, very good at 1257
14800, good at 1257
15555, good at 1253
15900, very good at 1254
15970, very good at 1254
16100, very good at 1255
16980, very poor at 1254
17170, poor at 1255
18200, JBA? At 1256 vs local cable DTV converter box bubble jammer

After 1300:
15485, poor at 1308 also with noise jamming
15555, poor at 1309

After 1330:
15490, poor at 1342; probably jumped from 15500
15500, poor at 1336-1340*
15565, poor at 1340
15750, poor at 1341 with flutter
15900, fair at 1341
15970, fair at 1341

After 1400:
15610, poor at 1407
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. DentroCuban Jamming Command once again ignores the weekly truce Radio Martí observes by turning everything off for six hours Monday mornings: April 23 at 0455, still wall-of-noise jamming on 6030, 7405; also spur pulsing around 7230 inside the hamband. And pulse jamming against nothing at 0453 on 9725, which is not used at all in the A-seasons by R. Martí! See also USA: WRMI/WOR.

15230, April 23 at 1205, RHC has heavy long/short path echo, with flutter on one of them. Recheck at 1250, no echo. Since Habana is just over 2 megameters from here, that means the long way round is just under 38 Mm. My NGS globe shows the path: across Venezuela, Brasil, way south of Africa near Prince Edward, Crozet and Marion Is., across the Indian ocean thru Java, Borneo, Mindanao, east of Japan, along the Aleutians, and reëntering North America at Vancouver BC. Assuming the long path is 36.3 Mm longer than the short path, and the speed of radio is 298.5 Mm/sec, the delay is 0.12 second.

Meanwhile, RHC on 16m at 1211 was loud and clear with no echoes on 17580, 17730. 17580 was already off at 1256 check. Claims to be on until 1500 tho seldom heard later than 1400.

HCJB Australia 15340 was also audible without echo before RHC came on at 1300, similar route, but was it long or short?

6150, April 23 at 1306 RHC is still on, and this late without much CCI from the China radio war, just in time to hear it cut off late at 1306:50* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 15050, April 23 at 1206, nice to hear AIR in AM here for a change, with S Asian music, fair and fluttery, but that`s only because the Tamil service until 1215 is supposed to be in AM, while the Sinhala service from 1300 is supposed to be in DRM (but occasionally defaulting to AM). Today the DRM noise was detectable poorly already at 1249. Strangely, HFCC registrations show both in ``D`` mode meaning non-digital. Eventually everything from AIR will be in DRM to minimize listenership (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, April 23 at 1219, after missing several days, VOI is back, in special Japanese – slowly spoken anyway by presumed non-native script reader; very undermodulated despite S9+22 signal, also het from a 9525 station. How about English after 1300? 1301 only carrier with some hum, 1304 just barely modulated, useless but no het during this hour. Nothing else is listed on 9525 before 13 to account for that het, in EiBi, Aoki or HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT [and non]. 21540, April 23 at 1352, pipeline from R. Kuwait, SSOB by far with ME pop music, 1400 YL ID and akhbar now a bit weaker, no sign of Spain under, which was JBA on clear 21610. Yet Saudi 21505 was very poor with flutter; 21780 Rwanda good (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO [and non]. 15349.1, April 23 at 1251, IMM has a weak het from 15350, presumably Gospel for Asia via Wertachtal, GERMANY, scheduled 1230-1530 daily in a huge variety of languages ripe for conversion. Mondays during this quarter-hour, it`s Punjabi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. Re RNZI heard April 21 until 1202* on 7440 in AM, but not on 9655, Adrian Sainsbury explains: ``The DRM service on 7440 was switched to AM mode in the process of rescheduling it to run on 6170 to cover for the AM transmitter on 9655 which had  developed a fault. Because of this the usual 9655 transmission was cancelled`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, April 23 at 0503 tune-in to frequency mention, missed any ID, but acknowledging reports from Beantown and Kauai, Lihue? The operator says he has been there. Very good and clear S9+20 signal with what he says is over 100 watts from his Yoshi transmitter with ``dipole hanging from the yardarm``, live timecheck for 0505 UTC, back to music. 0520 retune, Red Mercury Labs ID, time to sign-off or as he puts it, ``release the frequency``, 73 and off at 0522* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAKISTAN. Re previous report: ``15725, April 22 at 0508, very poor signal, something talking. Per HFCC and Aoki, nothing but: R. Pakistan, 05-07 in Urdu, 100 kW, 282 degrees from Islamabad API-9 transmitter; also used for 0800-1104 Urdu at 313 degrees, the transmission including token 4-5 minute English newscasts now at 0905 and 1100 per EiBi. There is disagreement over the second broadcast: HFCC shows starting at 0800, 313 degrees, while Aoki shows from 0830, 233 degrees. EiBI also shows it starting at 0830 now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST``) Noel Green, England replies:

``The current PBC transmitter schedule for A-12 shows that External Service for Gulf & M.E. on 15725 at 0500-0700 UT is via API-5 (one of the two 250 kW units) and is via 282 degrees. The parallel channel is via the other 250 kW unit API-6 on 17830 at 282-30 = 252 degrees.

External Service for West Europe starts at 0830 (confirmed) and continues until about 1104 after English news. API-5 remains on 15725 and API-6 moves to 17720, both via 313 degrees.

The external service at 0500-0700 was listed to utilise API-9 a year or two back, but the current schedule for this 100 kW transmitter is now listed as 0045-0430 and 1330-1815 on 3975, and 0900-1215 on 7265 using a Quadrant antenna, and carrying the Rawalpindi (Pindi) - III programme. If it is still on air, the clandestine Voice of Jammu and Kashmir Freedom Movement is thought to utilise this transmitter too, although the transmission never appears in the PBC schedules. 73 Noel R. Green`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Not a log of mine (yet) but a hot tip about an apparent new clandestine: 15725, April 19 at 1833 UT, Rodolfo Tizzi, Uruguay on the condig list reported with a clip athttp://youtu.be/5_oC52R4cQc
a station in Arabish with an English ID at 1837, sounding like ``Voice of South Sudan Revolutionary (?) Radio . . . stands for Freedom, Justice, Equality, and (Liberal Arts? unlikely) mixing in some Morse code for effect? Doesn`t make sense to me.

Chris Greenway replies, ``"... Justice, Equality, and Human Rights" The "Morse code" is whistles. The style is reminiscent of Radio SPLA in the 1980s. Good catch!``

Source and site unknown yet, nor the start time; better monitor from 1800 if not earlier; daily?

Googling on `Voice of South Sudan` leads to two logs under that name in the April 2010 issue of WWDXC DX Magazine, both from Michael Frese in Germany:
5975 0300 111 RRW English 15 March
9840 1740 111 UAE English 15 March
The 2012, 2011 and 2010 WRTHs do not have any station by that name in the Target Broadcasts sexions. No hits on that name in the last decade of DXLDs. Could this now be sponsored by (north) Sudan? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1613 monitoring: 9955, UT Monday April 23 at 0508, sufficient signal from WRMI and no jamming for a change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. Re: ``15570, April 21 at 1806, somewhat muffled Portuguese with bits of Brazilian music, 1810 talking about Evangelista Lucas, 1812 Matéu, so suspect it`s a religious station --- yes, VR at 1800-1830, 250 kW, 229 degrees from SMG to CIRAF 46 = W Africa, where the only Portuguese-speaking/understanding area is little (but not tiny) Guinea-Bissau, altho this beam should carry right on to Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

Glenn, You forgot to mention Cape Verde, which is almost 100% Roman Catholic. In Portuguese, Matthew is spelled Mateus. Greetings (Fernando de Sousa Ribeiro, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12061, April 23 at 0507, the ``chattering`` pulsing I was hearing 24 hours earlier. Still need to try before 0500 to see if it`s the V. of Russia transmitter doing this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15455, April 23 at 1252 open carrier only, about equal strength to Turkey 15450. Kept listening past 1300, 1307 with some flutter, and never heard any modulation. 1315 I thought it went off, but as soon as I flipped on BFO, it was back, and stayed until cut off at 1328:10, just as if it were an intentional modulated transmission, only neglecting to do that. What is scheduled? In HFCC, disregarding an imaginary Avlis, nothing. Zilch in Aoki and EiBi too. Another great mystery. Maybe a standby Firedrake? (Glenn Hasuer, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15660, April 23 at 1407, modulation cutting on and off, maybe Portuguese and bits of music, carrier off at 1408*. All three schedules show this is during a one-hour break after KSDA in Malay until 1400, and before Channel Africa in Swahili from 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 21640, April 23 at 1313 open carrier with fair signal, but went right off. HFCC has BSKSA here at 12-15, but never really heard. Maybe Kamalabad turned 21640 back on by mistake after the 1030-1130 VIRI English before retuning it somewhere else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Log Roberto Pavanelllo

  657 18/4 21.25 RAI R.1 Campania - Napoli IT Elezioni amm. Pozzuoli buono
  657 19/4 21.10 RAI R.1 Toscana - Pisa IT Elezioni amm. Lucca buono
  900 18/4 21.15 RAI R.1 Lombardia - Milano IT Elezioni amm. Monza ottimo
  927 18/4 20.30 TRT 1 - Izmir Turco MX suff.
  954 18/4 20.59 Onda Cero R. - Madrid ID e pubblicità locale suff.
 1062 18/4 21.35 RAI R.1 Sardegna - Cagliari IT Elezioni amm. Lanusei buono
 1062 19/4 21.20 RAI R.1 Sicilia - Catania IT Elezioni amm. Paternò suff.
 1116 19/4 21.25 RAI R.1 Sicilia - Palermo IT Elezioni amm. Paternò suff.
 1170 18/4 20.00 R. Capodistria - IT Viaggiando ottimo!! (hanno potenziato ?? Saranno stati 20 anni che non l' ascoltavo cosi bene !! )
 1215 19/4 20.59 COPE - Lorca SS ID e pubblicità locale suff.
 1341 16/4 20.59 Onda Cero R. - Ciudad Real SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
 4765 16/4 19.20 Tajik R. - Dushanbe Azero MX suff.
 4775 21/4 23.00 R. Tarma - SS MX suff.
 4800 18/4 19.15 R. Gibuti - Arabo talk YL buono
 4810 16/4 19.25 R. Armenia - Yeravan arabo talk OM buono
 4845 21/4 22.25 R. Cultura - Manaus PP calcio suff.
 4878 21/4 22.35 R. Dif. Roraima - Boa Vista PP MX buono
 5820 22/4 08.30 Orion R. - Dutch ID e MX buono
 5995 21/4 22.40 R. Mali - Bamako Vern. MX afro buono
 6055 19/4 20.15 R. Rwanda - Kigali FF NX suff.
 6256 21/4 20.15 R. Focus - EE ID e MX suff.
 6295 21/4 22.00 R. Spaceman - EE ID e MX buono
 6305 22/4 08.40 Ghost R. - ???? EE ID e MX suff.
 6375 22/4 09.05 R. Sallandse Boer - EE ID e MX buono
15190 16/4 19.10 R. Pilipinas - Manila Filippino NX buono
15345 16/4 19.50 R.A.E. - Buenos Aires IT Actualidad DX by Arnaldo slaen buono

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

Glenn Hauser logs April 21-22, 2012

** CHINA. Firedrake April 22 after 1300:
11500, poor at 1315 with flutter, seems mixing with VOR Tajikistan which is not modulating much if at all
12230, fair at 1315; none in the 13s
14700, open carrier at 1319, one word of Chinese, then Firedrake music cutting on
15500, poor at 1323, het on lo side
15570, poor at 1323 with noise jamming too
15775, poor at 1321
16100, fair at 1328
16980, fair at 1328
17250, JBA at 1329

Before 1400:
12230, fair at 1359
12980, poor at 1359: monitoring this one at closedown time 1400: stayed on the air for about 15 sex past, airing Chinese announcement starting with ``Beijing``
13850, poor at 1359
14700, good at 1359
15490, good at 1357
15610, good at 1356 also with noise; avoiding WEWN 15615 now??
15775, fair at 1356
15970, very good at 1356
16100, very poor at 1357
16920, good at 1357
16980, very good at 1357
17250, very poor at 1359
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6010, 6050, 6060, 6125, Sunday April 22 at 0515, RHC is in English, instead of Esperanto as heard exactly one week ago during this semihour. So maybe Esp`o is still supposed to be at 0700 on only one of them. But there`s always something else anomalous::

11750, April 22 at 1312, absent while 11760, 11850, 11690 are in `Amigos de Cuba` slanted mailbag; but at 1355, 11750 is back on.

10000, April 22 at 1329, jampulsing in the Cuban style and rate QRMing WWV, presumably stray, yet none at the moment on 9955, 9885, 9825, 9805.

11760, checking this Sunday April 22 for the scheduled weekly Esperanto broadcast at 1500-1530: at 1500, still in Spanish opening `Memorias Culturales` show and still on // 15340 at least for a bit. Kept listening and noticed 11760 abruptly switched to Esperanto in progress at 1508! Woke up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, April 21 after 1400, no het to CRI Russian 9525.0, nor at 1406 April 22. And with frequency clear at 1253 April 22, no signal detectable, so VOI presumed not on the air at all. Ishida http://rri.jpn.org agrees, 9526 last heard until 2100* April 18, unheard at any hour April 19-22.

** IRAN. 17650, April 21 at 1837, news theme and ``bonsoir`` in French, i.e. IRIB at 1830-1930, 500 kW, 259 degrees from Kamalabad, having got the opening Qur`an out of the way. (Before 1800 this frequency bears Saudi Arabia in Bambara.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MAURITANIA. 7245, April 22 at 0513, IGIM already on in Arabish, good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1020, April 22 at 1238 UT, dead air/open carrier from nearby KOKP Perry, with Spanish from Nebraska audible underneath, especially with KOKP nulled. Sister station KOKB 1580, Blackwell, also seems deadairish at 1248, with 2 or 3 other stations still skywaving in almost an hour after sunrise. I had also noticed 1020 sometime during the afternoon April 21 on caradio with deadair. At 1532 UT April 22: yes, both 1020 and 1580 are still unmodulated! Maybe they will come to life if there is a stupid ballgame Sunday afternoon? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAKISTAN. 15725, April 22 at 0508, very poor signal, something talking. Per HFCC and Aoki, nothing but: R. Pakistan, 05-07 in Urdu, 100 kW, 282 degrees from Islamabad API-9 transmitter; also used for 0800-1104 Urdu at 313 degrees, the transmission including token 4-5 minute English newscasts now at 0905 and 1100 per EiBi. There is disagreement over the second broadcast: HFCC shows starting at 0800, 313 degrees, while Aoki shows from 0830, 233 degrees. EiBI also shows it starting at 0830 now.

15540, April 22 at 1322, poor signal with whine with some modulation; no specific carrier, but likely another of the ailing Islamabad transmitters, API-3 as in Aoki, also in HFCC: 1230-1300 Sinhali, 1300-1330 Tamil, 100 kW, 147 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. 15180, April 21 at 1802, French with strange accent caught my ear; during news from BBC, this semihour only, 300 kW, 170 degrees via Woofferton.

17795, Saturday April 21 at 1840, BBCWS `Science in Action`, about studying neurology by stimulating and monitoring insect brains; counting penguin populations in Antarctica by satellite imagery: one penguin = one pixel, hi contrast black on white, then multiply by density factor.

This has become a reliable transmission to hear BBCWS here, 18-20, 250 kW, 170 degrees from Woofferton, which per HFCC started 14 April, in addition to the 16-18 via Ascension. Fortunately, the Cuban leapfrog onto 17795 does not start until 2100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 11935, April 22 at 1255, CRI Russian is signing off, 37 degrees from SZG site so also USward; next check 1300, VOA Korean has taken over 11935 [not 11940 as thought yesterday] with news, 1303 insert ID in English. This via TINIAN, NMI is running about 3 sex behind 7225 via Tinang, PHILIPPINES --- which also switches to Tinian for another hour 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1613 monitoring: confirmed excellent signal at 0400 UT Sunday April 22 on WTWW 5755. Repeats on WRMI 9955: Sunday 1530, 1730, Monday 0500, 1130.

Checking 9955 at 1531: JBA carrier, traces of me, no jamming anyway. We continue to hope that 99% of the 50 kW signal is providing good reception in the intended direxion, 160 degrees toward Caribbean and S America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 15570, April 21 at 1806, somewhat muffled Portuguese with bits of Brazilian music, 1810 talking about Evangelista Lucas, 1812 Matéu, so suspect it`s a religious station --- yes, VR at 1800-1830, 250 kW, 229 degrees from SMG to CIRAF 46 = W Africa, where the only Portuguese-speaking/understanding area is little (but not tiny) Guinea-Bissau, altho this beam should carry right on to Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 21750, April 21 at 1814, open carrier, hum and off, weaker than 21780 Rwanda. Nothing scheduled now, but 21750 is one of the many frequencies planned for the big farewell blast only in Dutch from R. Nederland, via Bonaire, May 11 at 13-20, 250 kW, 50 degrees. HFCC shows end-date as 120512, but supposed to be May 11 only and over. So maybe it was Bonaire testing now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12061 approx., April 22 at 0505, rapid pulsing, sounds like there is program modulation when the pulses are on. Could be ute, or out-of-order ARMENIA transmitter of V. of Russia Spanish service ending at 0500. Was it OK before 0500? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Tips onde corte e medie 22 aprile

Ecco una selezione di tip onde corte e medie per il mese di aprile.

6195 22/04  358  BBC WS, Cyprus -Info London olympic games E 55555
6195 22/04  400  NHK World R. Japan, Bonaire -  Id Nx  Es 44434
9790 22/04  902  AWR Europe, Nauen  Px "Studio Dx 460" It 55555 
1170 22/04 1740 R. Capodistria, Beli Kriz Nx "Giornata mondiale della terra" It 34333

73 da N. Marabello
Treviso, Italy

RX: ICF SONY SW7600G
ANT: VHF esterna a 230°http://web.tiscali.it/ondecorte

Tips onde corte e medie 22 aprile

6195 22/04  358  BBC WS, Cyprus -Info London olympic games E 55555
6195 22/04  400  NHK World R. Japan, Bonaire -  Id Nx  Es 44434
9790 22/04  902  AWR Europe, Nauen  Px "Studio Dx 460" It 55555 
1170 22/04 1740 R. Capodistria, Beli Kriz Nx "Giornata mondiale della terra" It 34333

73 da N. Marabello
Treviso, Italy

RX: ICF SONY SW7600G
ANT: VHF esterna a 230°http://web.tiscali.it/ondecorte

SW log del 21/04/2012

Alcuni ascolti di ieri, finalmente anche il Brasile!

2012-04-21  kHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km SINPO  15315 2110 HOL Radio Nederland, Bonaire (bnr) Talk about the Queen, in Dutch  8233 km   24333  12070 2120 USA WYFR Family Radio, Ascension/English Bay (asc) Religious px, in English  6166 km   24322  12015 2150 KRE Voice of Korea KCBS, Kujang (pyb) Local song, ID, schedule, in English  8752 km   45434  11775 2210 USA WHRI, Cypress Creek/Furman (SC) Religious px, piano music, in English  7797 km   24333  11765 2220 B Super Rádio Deus é Amor, Curitiba/Corpo de Bombeiros (PR) Talk in Portuguese, local song Better in USB mode 9747 km   23333  11535 2248 KRE Voice of Korea KCBS, Kujang (pyb) Local songs, talk in Chinese  8752 km   34333

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

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)


Sabato 21 aprile 2012
11.59 - 15843v USB kHz
SPACESHUTTLE SW RADIO
Canzone heavy metal e jingle.
Segnale buono-insufficiente
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Nei giorni scorsi, sul gruppo Yahoo! dedicato al ricevitore PL660 è apparso uno scambio di pareri sul funzionamento del BFO, così lungo che ad un certo punto il moderatore ha messo... la moderazione e, quindi, anch'io che stavo per dire qualcosa non ce l'ho fatta. Meglio, così non sono stato costretto a tradurre in inglese concetti tecnici che, invece, mi vengono meglio in italiano. D'altronde, tra i lettori delle liste playdx e bclnews c'è chi possiede tale apparato portatile.
La divergenza si fondava sul fatto che il BFO completamente ruotato in senso orario (ovvero il potenziometro a fine corsa verso il retro della radio - ndt) non rileva più audio dell'emissione decodificata. Non era specificato se riferito ad un segnale AM, LSB o USB e ciò è già limitante, provenendo però l'osservazione da un radioamatore si presume che non alludesse ad una stazione di radiodiffusione e, comunque, egli considerava tale comportamento del ricevitore come difettoso, mentre altri partecipanti alla discussione sostenevano tesi opposte.
Incuriosito dalle decine di messaggi letti al riguardo ho fatto delle prove anche sul mio, pur avendo constatato fin dall'acquisto un funzionamento corretto, alla fine penso di avere capito, salvo reali difetti delle unità in possesso di chi ha partecipato a quella discussione, che *potrebbe non trattarsi* di un problema bensì di una *caratteristica* che, a mio modo di vedere, è addirittura un *pregio*.
Il PL660 Tecsun, come altri portatili di simile categoria, posseggono in AM-SSB due larghezze di banda: larga (wide) e stretta (narrow). Nel 660 tali filtri sono particolarmente chirurgici, nonostante abbia letto pareri contrari, infatti quando i segnali non sono molto forti, l'abbinamento tra demodulazione sincrona (SYNC) e filtro "wide" dà già ottimi risultati. Come se non bastasse, oltre alla bontà dei due filtri citati il ricevitore vanta l'adozione di un BFO *molto stretto*, la cui regolazione è assai difficile, ma ciò come ho sopra detto è secondo me un *pregio*, soprattutto se si deve utilizzare il filtro *narrow* che, secondo una nota letta non so più dove, dovrebbe essere addirittura di 2,3 kHz. Chissà, può darsi.
In altre parole e per chiuderla lì anch'io, il BFO del PL660 va ruotato *poco e lentamente*, poi andando oltre la larghezza del filtro usato e di quella utilizzata dal segnale ricevuto è *ovvio* che si esca di sintonia e non si senta più niente. Qualcosa di simile avviene negli apparati semi-professionali dotati di Pass Band Tuning (PBT) o Pass Band Shift (PBS), che ruotandoli oltre i limiti di filtri e segnale in onda non si sente più niente.
L'SSB, nel radioascolto broadcasting, serve magari per capire l'esatta frequenza di qualche trasmettitore DX o pirata, che spesso non è precisa e conoscerla è un fatto curioso, però in AM-SSB con il PL660 non si va oltre la risoluzione minima di 1 kHz. Personalmente, avendo sulla stessa scrivania anche l'R7 Drake ed il VR5000DSP Yaesu, i quali hanno una risoluzione minima rispettivamente di 100 e 20 Hz, effettuo la misurazione con questi ultimi, sperando di avere una valore il più preciso possibile.
Tranquilli, ho finito.
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16.18 - 7503 kHz
Già parecchi giorni fa, ma non ricordo a che ora, ho sentito qualcosa su questa frequenza, mi pare degli annunci RAI, tuttavia non mi sono soffermato e addirittura ho pensato ad una spuria. Contemporaneamente, però, mi ricordavo sempre di tale frequenza in uso alcuni anni fa e, infatti, cercando in un motore di ricerca sono apparse delle vecchie segnalazioni, se non ricordo male intorno al 2006. Oggi pomeriggio sono stato all'ascolto più di un'ora, mentre era in onda un programma di cenni storici sui rapporti tra Chiesa e politica e non era certo la RAI, poi quando sono iniziate le telefonate in diretta mi è tornato in mente che verso le 17.00 solo un'emittente poteva trasmettere secondo questa modalità: RADIO MARIA. Infatti, verificata la frequenza locale in FM erano perfettamente sincronizzate e non era una spuria perché si riceveva anche con l'R7 Drake. Il segnale era sufficiente-insufficiente
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17.22 - 6325,9 kHz
CAROLINE RAINBOW
Canzone pop e jingle.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente


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Luca Botto Fiora
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Rapallo (Genova) - Italia


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


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


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


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


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SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.0 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.0 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.4 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.2.4 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.6 demo (orologio mondiale)

April 20 log

Canada - Radio Japan in Japanese on 11655 at 1335.
                CRI on 16260 at 1340 in English. Male announcer.
                CRI on 9650 at 1345 in English with a news magazine.

Cuba - CRI on 9570 at 1344 in English with a news magazine.

Spain - Radio Exterior De Espania on 17595 in Spanish at 1825. On 15110 at 1940 in Spanish to North America. On 9535 with the news in Spanish at 0208. Read by both male and female announcers. Targeted to Central America. At 0350 in Spanish, male host with phone interview on 9620 and 9630.

United Kingdom - BBC on 15105 at 1935. Male announcer in Hausa to West Africa. Good signal.

Ascension - BBC in English at 1945 on 15400. Female announcer. Broadcast targeted to Africa.

United States - EWTN with a church choir in English at 1958 on 15610. Target is Europe.

Madagascar  - VOA on 15580 in English with a male host playing music at 2014. Target Africa.

Greece - Voice Of Greece on 15630 with music in Greek with a female hostess. News in Greek at 2100 by a male announcer. Targeted for Europe. On 9420 at 0136. Male and female announcers taking listener phone calls in Greek.

Netherlands - R. Nederland on 15315 in Dutch at 2119. Male announcer interviewing a young woman. Broadcast target was West Africa.

Bonaire - R. Nederland on 17605 to South America at 2151. Presumably the news read by male and female hosts in Dutch.

Iran - V. O. Islamic Republic Of Iran  on 13710 in Japanese. Japanese lessons in Iraqi. Female hostess at 2131. Music  at 2155.

Kuwait - Radio Kuwait on 15540 at 1956 playing music. Rap, Hip-Hop, Rock and R&B.

Russia - V.O. Russia. Musical broadcast on 9430 in Russian at 0141. Female announcer.

Romania -Radio Romania on 9520 with the news read by a female announcer at 0204 in Romanian. Targeted to South America. The show "Inside Romania" ending at 0355 on 9645. Female announcer. Targeted to Central America.

Albania - CRI in Chinese to North America on 9570 at 0343. Male and female announcers. Commercial and station ID in Chinese and English at 0347.

Glenn Hauser logs April 20-21, 2012

** CANADA [non]. 15125, April 21 at 1458, good signal with Chinese music (not Firedrake!); has to be prélude to RCI relay via Wulumuchi, EAST TURKISTAN. 1500, English `news from Radio Canada International, with Rick Svoboda` right away without any IS or sign-on! Nor explanation of why they were playing Chinese music before it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 21, before 1230:
15435, good at 1226. Hope they and VOT stayed that far from Turkey today, starting up on 15450.

Before 1400:
13130, fair at 1344; none in the 12s, 13s
13850, good at 1337
15490, good at 1342
15565, good at 1342
15970, good at 1337
16100, very good at 1340
17250, JBA at 1338
17450, very good at 1338; none in the 18s

After 1400:
15615, good at 1410, atop WEWN English making SAH of about 6 Hz. I continue to marvel at how WEWN could jump into the Firedrake, when they should have stayed on their usual channel 15610! Their own frying pan of spurs go wherever Vandiver goes
17570, good at 1418, atop V. of Tibet/Madagascar audible under

Before 1500:
14700, very good at 1459
15800, very good at 1457
15970, very good at 1457
17250, very good at 1459
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 9955, Saturday April 21 at 1150, the DentroCuban Jamming Command suffers the `Reality in Jesus` preacher on WRMI to be heard in English; after 1200, wall-of-noise vs R. Libertad. Jamming also off by 1500 when WORLD OF RADIO came on, but --- see U S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EUROPE. 15843-USB, April 21 at 1233, first check for today`s pre-publicized transmission of R. Spaceshuttle International from ``Scandinavia``, where ``Dick Spacewalker`` told me he wanted to play the latest WORLD OF RADIO four times between 09 and 18 UT: 0915, 1215, 1515, 1715. It`s just barely audible, with occasional peaks to barely audible.

At first I hear some rock music, so no WOR. But at 1235 a familiar voice, as he has picked up WOR at the `Europe` point where I am talking about this very transmission, and some following items. At 1240 break for another voice, music, boings. 1246 it`s I again, at New Zealand; 1257 music; generally weaker after 1300; 1324 peaking a bit, 1332 talk. Last check at 1421, JBA.

At first on the analog dial I assumed it was on publicized 15845-USB, but at 1333 comparing to WWCR 13845, it became obvious RSI was really on 15843, no doubt to distance itself from Galei Zahal, Israel which in the meantime had reactivated 15850 --- it was no problem at all here, zero to JBA.

This was widely heard from Japan to Europe to western North America, where Walt Salmaniw had WORLD OF RADIO at 1519. Erik Køie, Denmark, found their website with contact info and some sexy QSLs:http://spaceshuttleradio.freeservers.com/

Reports and comment to spaceshuttleradio @ yahoo.com e-mail address. Report for posted QSL-cards to Radio Spaceshuttle International, P. O. Box 2702, 6049ZG Herten, The Netherlands. The site does not mention today`s transmission. It was really too weak here to make out what they were saying, but frequency and hearing myself banish any doubt (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, UT Saturday April 21 at 0454, R. Verdade(e), not in Spanish but Brazilian Portuguese, dramatic religious narration with music. Next check around 1155, was still audible but about to fade out, today`s Enid sunrise being 1150 UT, moving 8-9 minutes earlier per week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 13785, April 21 at 1217, Arabic talk about Israel, punxuated by bits of Beethoven symphonies, good signal with flutter, just about the SSOB, i.e. VIRI, 0530-1427, 500 kW, 178 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JORDAN. 11960, April 21 at 0456, no signal here, nor at various earlier chex. (Turkey was fair on 11980). Erik Køie in Denmark and Wolfgang Büschel in Germany have also been looking for this without success, nor the 15290 broadcast at 1100. Wolfy says 11960 was last heard January 4 at 0516. So it appears that another country is totally gone from SW. For years R. Jordan had retained only two token broadcasts in Arabic, domestic relays:
0400-0500 11960
1055-1130 15290
(winter timings one hour later)(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 7275, April 21 at 1159, IS and KBS World Radio from Seoul, ROK, ID in English, 1200 into Korean. Poor signal on 250-kW non-direxional direct from Kimjae.

9650, April 21 at 1250, KBSWR via CANADA, tuned in too late to hear Kevin O`Donovan whose listening tips were just ending (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, April 20 at *1800, R. Kuwait in ``Arabic`` (per HFCC, axually English), cuts on good strength just in time for timesignal, brief national anthem by military band; 1801 opening English with frequencies 963, 93.3 (listed as the multilingual service; used to be on matching 96.3, which is now ``Easy FM``), and, after *years* on 15540, still claims to be on SW 11990!

Obviously their announcers never turn on a radio to their own station, and/or are forbidden from straying from the script. Answering my own question of yesterday, yes, the Islamic evangelism show is back at 1801:30 UT after a spell at 1900; pompous/ponderous announcer seemed to give the title as `Islam Is Peace`, yawn and tuning on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 7440-DRM, April 21 at 1158, noise from 7435 to 7445, no doubt RNZI as now scheduled ex-7285; recheck at 1201, 7445 is now in AM! Good signal with NZ news in English, but cut off abruptly at 1202*. Today`s schedule at http://www.rnzi.com/pages/listen.php
still shows DRM *off* 7440 between 1158 and 1551, but AM from 1159 to 1258 is supposed to be on 9655. Could not hear it there by 1207, tho that signal is never good here as it`s only on the NW antenna toward Timor, Bougainville, PNG. Was this hour also on some other frequency today? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAJIKISTAN. 11500, April 21 at 1210, just hum on fair carrier, from the Orzu relay of V. of Russia in English to S Asia; and probably the same for the next two sesquihours, Hindi and English scheduled until 1500, a perpetual problem. Sometimes also colliding with Firedrake as required by Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 15450, April 21 at 1226, VOT IS and IDs in English, good signal. At one point there was a glitch/bad edit as the first few notes were repeated, or switching feed source? Accurate timesignal at 1230 and opening English with program summary, including `Anatolian Legends` rather than `DX Corner` for which this is an off-week. Firedrake was on 15435 and hope it stayed that far away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1613 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB/LSB, UT Saturday April 21 from 0132.5; followed the `International Radio Report` from CKUT, latest episode with guest Wojtek Gwiazda about the RCI situation. IRR had been on A51 for several months on UT Mondays just before WOR, so is this a new regular slot? It`s on the worldmicroscope schedule this week for 0100, but if `Allan Weiner Worldwide` runs way over that will also bump WOR later than 0130 (which is OK with us for more nightside propagation, but when?).

WOR 1613 also confirmed on WRMI 9955, Saturday April 21 at 1501, no jamming but nevertheless just barely audible, and bothered by splatter all the way from 9980 WWCR Brother Scare. Repeats on 9955: Saturday 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730, Monday 0500, 1130. On WTWW: UT Sunday 0400 on 5755. See also EUROPE: R. Spaceshuttle International (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15180, April 21 at 1340, ``Mona Lisa``, sounds like Nat King Cole, i.e. VOA Korean service which plays a lot from The American Songbook, but 1341 fade him out to `I Love English` lessons with Jennifer Yu, who is satisfied with her apartment location, convenient for commuting, etc.

At 1347 found same on weaker 11940 but not synchronized while 15180 and 7225 were in synch. Sites: 7225 and 15180 both Tinang, PHILIPPINES --- O o, 11940 not in HFCC, must be another new frequency not yet making it into the registry? No, it`s listed as 11935 TINIAN, also by Aoki, EiBi. I could have sworn it was 10, not 5 kHz above the open carrier on 11930, presumed R. Martí warming up for *1400, but did not pin the frequency down for sure (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15420-CUSB, April 21 at 1359, ``WBCQ, The Planet`` IDs and fanfare IS loop, 1400 JIP BS in Sabbath hymn; fair signal so far. Normally on air this early only on Saturdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs April 19-20, 2012

** CHINA. Firedrake April 20 before 1300, only time to catch a couple:
15800, very good at 1259
15900, very good at 1259

After 1300:
15555, fair at 1300 with het and noise jamming. This one still going while the above cut off
15500, good at 1321 with het; none in the 16s, 14s, 13s, 12s. Most of them cut back on, circa 20 minutes past the hours

Before 1400:
12300, fair at 1359; none in the 13s, 14s
15490, fair at 1353, het on lo side from V of Tibet, Tajikistan
15565, fair at 1353 with noise jamming too
15785, very good at 1353; Galei Zahal has now escaped: see ISRAEL
15900, good at 1353
16100, very good at 1357
16700, good at 1357
17100, very good at 1357

After 1430:
15800, very good at 1434
17100, very good at 1435; none in the 16s, 14s, 13s, 12s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 6060, April 20 at 0600, RHC English news of Topic 5, what else? with heavy flutter, and frequency is also wobbling. Sounds like Doppler effect during severe propagation disturbance --- but the other three frequencies 6010, 6050 and 6125 are loud and clear! Well, not loud in the case of 6125, but no such flutter or wobble on any of them. 6060 is the signal aimed furthest away from us, toward `New York` and Europe, so maybe it`s hitting some weird propagational pocket? Continued during next semihour. Certainly not in auroral conditions, as CFRX 6070 was also clear and steady, better than usual, in fact. Knowing RHC, maybe instead this anomaly is a terrible defect originating with the 6060 transmitter. FWIW, WWV reported at 0600:

``Geophysical Alert Message
#Solar-terrestrial indices for 19 April follow.
Solar flux 138 and estimated planetary A-index 5.
The estimated planetary K-index at 0600 UTC on 20 April was 3.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CZECHIA [non]. 9955, April 20 at 0548, ``We Shall Overcome`` performed in Czech during the Spanish service of R. Praga, which still exists on SW thanks to WRMI. In the style of the New Christy Minstrels, who AFAIK never recorded WSO. No jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, April 20 at 0544, R. Africa is again on before 0600, poor with gospel huxter; nothing from Nigeria 15120 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EUROPE. WOR radio transmission --- Hi Glenn, Radio Spaceshuttle
from Scandinavia will be on air next Saturday 21st April 2012. We
shall transmit on 15845 kHz USB and if allowed we like to relay also
latest World of Radio program of yours. WOR scheduled at 0915, 1215,
1515 and 1715 UT.

Transmission will start 09 UT and ends 18 UT. Glenn, I wish there
could be some High Frequency Pirate News on your program, please.
Greetings, (Dick Spacewalker, April 17, WORLD OF RADIO 1613, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Hope Galei Zahal, Israel, back on 15850 is too weak
to bother; but LSB might be better for 15845 (gh, DXLD)

** ISRAEL. 15850, April 19 at 1933, poor signal with music, presumed Galei Tzahal finally back on this frequency to escape 15785 QRM [see also CHINA: Firedrake], first reported April 18 by Wolfgang Büschel. Could be a problem for R. Spaceshuttle from Scandinavia broadcast April 21: see EUROPE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, April 19 at 1902, R. Kuwait in English with news about Kuwait, mainly concerning some guy named Sabah, (Saba-h al-Ahmad al-Ja-bir as-Saba-h, as in Wikipedia for the Emir, the extra hyphens meaning macrons over the preceding a`s), mentioning Kuwait University; interrupted by musical relief bits more than once a minute; fair signal. 1925 switch to western pop music, 1930 fade it out for `Today in History`. For a while, the daily Islamic-evangelism show in English had been appearing at 1900; is it back at 1800 now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MAURITANIA. 7245, April 20 at 0554, IGIM is back with VG S9+22+ signal and chanting, still at 0630. Maybe made an effort to turn on the SW earlier than usual for Fribbath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, April 20 at 0559, right after China/Canada quit 6190, no signal here from XEPPM. Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla, DF, has had further contact with Srta. Pilar Cruz at the station, who now confirms that according to the engineers, 6185 is on the air from 14 to 05 UT only, duplicating MW 1060 from 22 to 05; so implying that separate SW programming is now at 14 to 22 = daytime only.

Formerly SW was on during night only, 6 pm to 6 am local, which now during DST would be 23-11 UT. While the additional daytime span should be good for single-hop covering much of Mexico beyond the 100 kW MW groundwave range, it`s no good further away. At 1407 April 20 I could only detect a carrier on 6185 in the noise level.

Julián and I would like them to resume broadcasting overnight beyond 0600, when propagation is best and interference is least. He also suggests that if they take a 3-hour ``rest``, it should be at midday 17-20 UT, and be on the air at 11-14 when propagation is still funxioning better. The severe undermodulation on 6185 before 0500 has not been addressed, so if that`s always the case, this is all an exercise in futility.

1060 is a rare almost-clear channel in Mexico, only one other station listed by IRCA, XETF, 1 kW in Veracruz, R. Formula, ex-1250, but is XEEP really 100 kW at night? IRCA Log, Cantú and WRTH all show it reduced to 20 kW. We can still hear it sometimes, but with plenty of QRM: April 20 at 0608 had some Spanish, and at 0615 S Asian music, likely XEEP in its eclectic format; mixed with a Brother Scare psychophant from WLNO New Orleans, more or less nullable.

Furthermore, only IRCA has that Veracruz station on 1060. WRTH and Cantú still show it on 1250. But Cantú strangely crosses the border to add this one instead:
``1060 KXPL Radio NET 1060 Cd. Juárez, Chih. (El Paso, TX) 10,000 D``
It`s the only El Paso station he includes, tho I have not searched the entire list for any other trans-border outlets (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7275, April 20 at 0627 I caught TUNISIA until its automatic chopoff at 0628*; with BFO on, I could still hear a much weaker carrier, so perhaps FRCN Abuja is still there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, April 19 at 1904, no DRM noise detectable from VON Abuja, just the analog spur from SPAIN, q.v. Off the air today, or not propagating? 15120 Ikorodu also unheard when normally in AM at 0544 April 20, tho Equatorial Guinea was making it on 15190 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 15119.5, April 19 at 1904, REE spur from 15110, matched by one on 15100.5 or so; detected in the absence of any DRM noise from Nigeria 15115-15120-15125 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15180, April 19 at 1304, VOA Korean with good signal, atop some CCI; quickly IDed by // 7225. Not noticed here before, no wonder, since HFCC April 20 shows it just started April 19, at 12-15, 250 kW, 21 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES, the also-USward azimuth. 24 hours later, not so good.

Oops, MBR also started using 15180 from 15 April at 13-14, 250 kW, 45 degrees from Trincomalee, SRI LANKA! What station, service? Aoki April 20 already has PHT, but not TRM. BTW, 15180 is also a V. of Korear frequency, but only at 00-04 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1613 monitoring: confirmed on WWRB 5050, UT Friday April 20 starting between 0332 and 0333. Next: UT Sat 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB/LSB; UT Sun 0400 on WTWW 5755. On WRMI 9955: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730; Sun 0800, 1530, 1730; Mon 0500, 1130. On Hamburger Lokalradio, Germany, 5980, Tue 0930. Also see EUROPE for four additional broadcasts Saturday April 21 from R. Spaceshuttle, 15845-SSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15610, April 19 at 1900, WEWN signal has built up to very good midday level, also audiblizing the squishy spurs which are still very much attached to this transmitter, peaking approx. 15619 and 15628, the latter bothering Greece on 15630, and also detectable at 15601 and 15592 where fortunately there are no victims at the moment. So all that downtime of the English transmitter was not to fix this years-long defect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 870, April 20 at 0619 UT, WWL with Dave Ramsey has competition from another station playing C&W and making a fast SAH with WWL nulled, maybe 20 Hz. 0622, ID sounded like WHCD 102.5, then quoted Ephesians. No such call on 102.5. Closest call match on 870 in NRC AM Log is WTCG, 5 kW daytimer in Mount Holly NC, religious format.

However, it must be WPWT, 870 Colonial Heights TN, which has been widely reported cheating on the IRCA list: April 19: ``9:15 pm EDT, daytimer on with trad country and IDs for 870 and 100.7, mixing with WWL and Cuban ticker. Playlist is on http://topgunradio.com 10,000 watts non-directional (Steve Francis, Alcoa, Tennessee)``

``WPWT and WHGG [1090] are diplexed on the same tower in Gray, TN. They have always had problems with the diplexing system because of the
closeness of the frequencies, and the shortness of the tower. Not
only is the tower very short for both frequencies, it also uses -
get this - a three element ham radio HF beam (looks like a Cushcraft) as a top hat.

Both stations are using Harris DX10 transmitters with Kahn Power Side.  At least they were a few of years ago when I was working at Bristol Broadcasting (WXBQ/WEAZ/WTZR/WFHG(AM-FM). A close friend of mine was doing some contract work for WPWT/WHGG at the time and had some real horror stories of their site. 73, (Rene' Tetro, WFIL-WNTP, Philadelphia)``

So maybe the ID I heard was for their other station WHGG, and/or one of the FMs in the cluster (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 910, April 20 at 0617, and still at 0626 UT, open carrier looping east/west. Most likely 1 kW KVIS Miamuh OK, giving us an unintended respite from 24/7 gospel-huxterage. I remember when this was a genuine full-service local station KGLC (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 16778-USB, April 20 at 1311, as I am tuning down MHz by MHz from 21780, startled to hear vocal music here in the marine band; sounds SE Asian or Chinese, with orchestra. On for less than a minute, cutting off, also at 1315, 1323, 1329 but nothing more past 1430 as I left a receiver on in the background. It was very hard to tune in, making me wonder if modulation was inverted. During pauses there continued to be a very reduced carrier on 16778, probably also from this. Likely some vessel messing around.

According to Klingenfuss SW Frequency Guide of a decade ago, 16788 is/was ship channel 180. Of the 41198 posts in the UDXF yg in the past six years, not a single significant hit on 16778 (or 16.778) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Log Saverio De Cian

Alcuni giorni di buone aperture in onda media con segnalini interessanti e utili ad allenare le orecchie al DX:

1700 11/04/2012 0400- USA WEUP Huntsville AL; Px mx gospel, Id "WEUP"23222
1680 11/04/2012 0400- USA WOKB Winter Garden FL; parlato in F, mx gospel23222
1650 11/04/2012 0400- USA WHKT Portsmouth VA; mx, interviste in diretta 33222
1620 11/04/2012 0430- CUB CMBA Radio Rebelde, px mx, commenti e Id in S23222
1370 11/04/2012 0425- CLM HJBO Minuto de Dios, Barranquilla; telefonate in diretta, mx, Id "Minuto de Dios"22222
1340 11/04/2012 0428- CLM HJFB Amor Estereo, Bogotá; Px musica locale, Id "Amor Estereo"
1620 13/04/2012 0400- CUB R Bayamo; Inno, Id "Radio Bayamo, Cuba"32322
1400 14/04/2012 0400- PRU OBX4W Callao Super Radio, Lima; Sport, Id "Golazo" "Lima"22322
1360 18/04/2012 0400- PRU OAX4Y Nueva Q, Lima; mx, vari Id "La Radio Cumbia"33333
1340 18/04/2012 0407- PRU OAU4Q R Alegria, Lima; px mx, Id "1340 AM ... Radio Alegria" (tnx Comuzzi x la collaborazione) 22322
159018/04/20120400-VEN YVUD R Deporte 15-90, Caracas; dirette sportive e commenti (tnx Comuzzi x la collaborazione) 22222

Saverio De Cian

RX: Perseus
ANT: K9AY
Sedico (Belluno)

Radio Ronco, nel 1970 la prima emittente italiana in onde medie?

Radio Ronco potrebbe essere stata la prima radio in Italia a trasmettere in onde medie. La stazione nacque nel corso del 1970 in via Ronco 6 a Massarosa (Lucca), sulle prime alture delle Apuane. Fondata dal diciassettenne appassionato di elettronica Luigi Lugnani, con la collaborazione di Bei e Walter Lombardi (che la descrisse anche su "Il Massagrausi", giornalino della parrocchia), Radio Ronco trasmetteva musica e parlato per molte ore del giorno, principalmente la sera e d'estate fino alle 3 di notte con 500 watt in AM su 1470 KHz, con una diffusione che raggiungeva La Spezia, Pisa ed Empoli. L'emittente disponeva di trasmettitori realizzati da Lugnani, che alimentavano un'antenna di 20 metri. L'esperienza in onde medie durò fino al 1973, per poi subire una pausa sino al 1977, quando lo stesso Lugnani, sull'onda dell'entusiasmo delle prime radio libere in FM, realizzò Radio L, con studi in via Sarzanese a Bozzano (Lucca) in un casottino di un ex distributore di benzina. Con il fondatore c'erano altri 5 amici: Alfonso Betti, Cinquini, Giacomo Galafate Orlandi (poi a Radio Babilonia), i fratelli Bruno (poi a Radio Montecatini 102) e Franco Alvaro. L'emittente trasmetteva intorno ai 90 MHz con due finali da 100 watt l'uno, con una distribuzione del segnale limitata anche per via delle interferenze causate da Radio Mare Versilia di Viareggio, che trasmetteva dal monte Marcello (La Spezia) proprio sui 90 MHz. Nel 1978 Radio L convertì la propria denominazione in Radio Valle Mare, dandosi un assetto più organizzato e venendo censita come operante al 31/03/1979 dalla Regione Toscana. Ma di lì a poco, all'alba del nuovo decennio, anche su questa esperienza calò un velo, causato dal progressivo aumento dei costi di gestione, dalle difficoltà nel reperimento della pubblicità, dal disamoramento dei soci della radio, impegnati in altre attività, e dalla spietata concorrenza di emittenti più consolidate ed appetibili per il pubblico. La storia di Radio Ronco/Radio L/Radio Valle Mare è tornata alla luce nel 2010, quando venne smantellata la sua storica antenna e oggi il suo ricorso vive sul web attraverso un filmato pubblicato su http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElpS2ouINyc&feature=relmfu). (R.R. per NL)

Glenn Hauser logs April 19, 2012

** CHINA. Firedrake April 19, before 1300; I start late so hustle to get in a full bandscan:

12600, good at 1257; none lower
12980, good at 1257
13680, very good at 1258
14700, very good at 1258
15900, poor at 1258
15970, very good at 1258; none in the 16s
17250, fair at 1259
17450, JBA? At 1259

After 1300:
12300, good at 1321
13850, very good at 1320; none in the 14s
15450, fair at 1302 atop V. of Turkey, het on lo side, but gone at 1305:
15485, fair at 1305, het on hi side, moved up from 15450 vs Turkey
15540, fair at 1305, het on lo side
15900, poor at 1322
16100, poor at 1323
16980, very good at 1324

Before 1400:
12300, fair at 1355
13850, very good at 1355
15490, good at 1357; up from 15485
15560, good at 1357; up from 15540
16980, very good at 1357

After 1400:
15615, fair at *1403 cutting on atop WEWN vs V. of Tibet 15613
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, further attempts to hear XEPPM: 0516 April 19, JBA carrier under huge splash from 6190 CRI Sackville. Next check at 1045, when R. Educación is supposed to be on (until 1100), nothing but a very weak probably E Asian signal. Per Aoki could be VOK in English, or 15 kW China Huayi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11520, April 19 at 1253, very poor signal presumed WEWN English as now scheduled; Spanish 12050 was equally poor, while 7555 was very good, before upshifting to 11550 after 1300.

15615, supposed to take over from 11520 at 1300: can`t hear it at first, but propagation is poor. I think it may not have come up promptly, as before 1324 a carrier seemed to be on and off, and at 1324 still very poor, may have aired a ``join in progress`` announcement.

By 1357, 15615 has built up to fair level, so I keep listening to hear when it gets hit by Firedrake. By 1402, there is a het from 15613, i.e. V. of Tibet, and at *1403 sharp, Firedrake cuts on 15615, blotting WEWN. Tsk2.

12050 still has squishy spurs, but the English frequencies are too weak to tell. At 1527, now back on 15610, I try to hear them on 15601 and 15619 but cannot, altho 15610 is not a big solid signal like it can be with some sporadic E help. No het audible against stronger 15620 FEBC Philippines playing ``Jesus Saves`` IS, about to conclude Indonesian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1613: first airing presumed on WRMI 9955 UT Thursday April 19 at 0330; remaining: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130.

On WTWW: Thu 2100 on 9479, UT Sun 0400 on 5755
On WWRB: UT Fri 0330v on 5050
On WBCQ Area 51: UT Sat 0130v on 5110v-CUSB/LSB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Taiwan Actividad "Celebrando el Año del Dragón"

La sezione spagnola di Radio Taiwan  sta organizzando l'iniziativa "Celebrando l'Anno del Dragone", nella quale l'ascoltatore avrà l'opportunità di vincere graziosi ricordini della stazione e dell'anno del dragone. Per partecipare e consultare il regolamento dell'attività, basta collegarsi alla seguente pagina Web: http://www.rti.org.tw/big5/2012Activity/2012drawing/es/index.aspx

Il programma di R. Taiwan Internacional in spagnolo si può ascoltare alle  04.00 UTC su 7570 kHz via Okeechobee, Florida, Stati Uniti e alle 20:00 UTC su 3965 kHz via Issoudun, Francia

Nino Marabello
Treviso, Italy

RX: ICF SONY SW7600G
Ant.: VHF esterna azimuth 230° http://acquamarina.blogspot.it

QSL da Hamburger Lokalradio

Ricevuta in 24 giorni via posta ordinaria la QSL di Hamburger Lokalradio ascoltata sui 7265 kHz via MV Baltic Radio.
Rapporto inviato via email con allegato file audio.
http://diarioradio.blogspot.it/2012/04/qsl-da-hamburger-lokalradio.html

--
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Porto S. Stefano (GR) Italy
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Receivers: ICOM IC-R71E
Sangean ATS909 with 2x80kHz Murata filters in FM
Antennas: 15 meters outdoor random wire with RF System Magnetic Longwire Balun
Indoor self-made single-turn coax loop
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Glenn Hauser logs April 17-18, 2012

** CHINA. Firedrake April 18, circa 1330:
14950, very poor at 1329; none in the 13s, 12s
15500, very poor at 1332 with het on lo side
15555, very poor at 1332 with het from 15558
16100, fair at 1338, none in the 17s

After 1400:
15615, poor at 1427 and now colliding directly with WEWN which has inexplicably moved up from 15610, or ex-9390; see U S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA. 5965 and 9630, April 18 at 0548 and 0551 respectively, REE relay is back on correct frequencies, 24 hours after landing on 5995 and 9635, by mistake? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, April 18 at 0556, R. Africa is on rather early and propagating with YL gospel huxter, long IADs, more obvious when music plays; 0559 retune, now YL giving PO Box in NJ 07528, ``stay tuned for today`s message``, then OM g.h., somewhat overmodulated yet muffled. Apparently just changed programs when I was not monitoring, and missed another possible local ID, but probably none given (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, trying to hear R. Educación, XEPPM: April 17 at 2356 weak carrier with no modulation audible, continuing past 2402; there is ACI from Brasil 6180, but no big signal on 6190 yet.

At 0117 April 18, still carrier with no modulation detectable, vs bigsig from Brasil 6180 and now very bigsig from RNW Dutch Bonaire 6190.

0153, same situation except no 6190 problem, Bonaire off after 0127.

0257-0301+, 6185 with trace of modulation, unknown if in Spanish. However, Vatican is at 03-05 to E Europe, starting with Ukrainian.

0449, now some poor modulation, music sounds Greek, which is perfectly possible for XEPPM`s eclectic format; then M&W conversing. Modulation is still so low I can`t be sure it`s Spanish. Or is it Vatican?

0547, no carrier detectable; and during this hour only, 6190 has CRI via Sackville. But even with BFO, I can`t find any signal on 6185.

0605, zero signal on 6185, and in fact nothing audible on 49m above 6160 Canada/Newfoundland.

I asked Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla in the DF about XEPPM, and he replied April 15:

``Desde hace un mes XEPPM transmite todo el día en los 6185 kHz; la he captado en la mañana, al mediodía y en la noche. No sé si ha salido del aire en la madrugada pero he de confirmar esta semana cuál es la situación.``

For a month he has been hearing it all day long, not sure if it`s still on overnight, to be checked out.

Follow-up April 17:

``Hola Glenn: hoy hablé telefónicamente con Pilar Cruz, encargada de la onda corta y me confirmó el nuevo horario de Radio Educación onda corta -6185 kHz- el cual es de las 09:00 a las 06:00 -hora del Centro- (1400 a 1100 UT).

Asimismo la programación independiente de la onda corta es de las 17:00 a las 00:00 horas del Centro (22:00 a 05:00 UTC), horario en el que tienen programas exclusivos para la onda corta; el resto del tiempo la programación es la misma que la de la onda media 1060 kHz``

Pilar Cruz, who is in charge of the SW service, confirmed on the phone that the 6185 schedule is now 14-11 UT; separate SW programming is at 22-05, the rest of the time relaying MW 1060.

I replied:

``Hola Julian, Gracias, pero sigue sin escucharse en varias horas de la noche. Estoy seguro que no esta en el aire por 6185, ejemplo anoche antes y despues de las 06 TU. Tal vez Sra. Cruz no sepa que no funciona actualmente en OC?? No nos importan tanto las horas distintas de la programacion OC, sino las horas correctas que transmiten en OC, sea con programacion de OM o no. Tal vez queria decir, en OC solo de 09 a 18 hora del centro?? En vez de hasta 06? Por favor tratar de escucharla en 6185 a las horas nocturnas y diurnas? Voy a probar aun mas esta tarde. Acabo de consultar su sitio web, donde aparece nada de esto. Nisquiera una grilla de programas OC, como antes hubo. Solo esto:
http://www.radioeducacion.mx/onda-corta

``Su transmisión con programación propia es de las 18:00 a las 12:00 y de ahí se enlaza con la señal de AM hasta las 6:00 horas.``

Parece que queria decir 18:00 a las 24:00 (o 00:00) .... AM hasta las 6:00 --- en hora local, el esquema anterior. 73, Glenn``

[Summary translation:] Thanks but it continues to be unheard at various times in the night. For example last night it was not audible on 6185 before or after 0600 UT. Maybe Mrs. Cruz is not aware that SW is not funxioning? The SW-only programming hours are not as important to us as the correct hours when SW is transmitted, whether with MW programming or not.

Maybe she meant to say from 9 to 18 central time, instead of until 06? Please try to hear 6185 during night and day. I am going to try harder this evening. I just consulted their website where nothing about this appears. Not even a SW program grid, like there used to be, just this athttp://www.radioeducacion.mx/onda-corta

``Its transmission with separate program is from 18:00 to 12:00 hours, and from then on linked to the AM signal until 6:00``

Apparently this was supposed to say from 18 to 24 (or 00), and then AM until 06, which was the old schedule.

Julián replies April 17:
``Hola Glenn: en estos momentos 18:25 -Central Time- escucho perfecto a XEPPM -6185 kHz-, mas noche nuevamente intentaré escuchar.

Te aclaro, el nuevo horario de trasmisión de la onda corta es de las 09:00 hasta las 06:00 del día siguiente -Central Time- "descansa" 3 horas entre las 06:00 y las 09:00 - Central Time-

La programación propia de la onda corta -separada del 1060 - inicia a las 17:00 -Central Time con una hora de música mexicana, a las 18:00 inicia la programación hablada y concluye a las 24:00 horas, a las 24:00 horas se toma la programación de la onda media. Todos los horarios te los doy en "Central Time". Si hay alguna duda escribeme y me comunico con la Srita. Cruz, Saludos, Julián``

He was hearing it perfectly at 2325 UT, and reiterates the above new schedule info, i.e. on the air continuously from 14 to 11 UT the next day, taking a break at 11-14.

From my monitoring as above, it seems to be on the air until 0500 UT or so but just barely modulated, and off the air after 0500, until --- ? Possibly the MUF falls below 6185 around local midnight, but at 2 megameters distance, this was habitually audible best after 0600 when the QRM cleared up.

BTW, when I went to their website, this popped up:

``Aviso importante

En términos de lo dispuesto por el artículo 41 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, durante el tiempo que comprendan las campañas electorales y hasta la conclusión de la jornada comicial, debe suspenderse la difusión en los medios de comunicación social de toda propaganda gubernamental. Por ello, del 30 de marzo al 1 de julio de 2012, inclusive, se suspenderá el acceso a las secciones de este portal de Internet que contienen difusión de programas, acciones, obras o logros de gobierno.``

Saying all government advertising and links on the website to anything about government activities has been suspended during the election campaign, 30 March to 1 July, in accordance with Art. 41 of the constitution. Does this mean all stations have also suspended all government PSAs, which are normally required and ubiquitous, including those lauding the Presidencia in particular? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, April 18 at 0555, VON good signal with hum, sufficient but undermodulation giving address english @ voiceofnigeria.com and closing program credits (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH AFRICA. 15255, April 18 at 0601 music in a loop, but not BaBcoCk`s; 0602 Channel Africa, ``Voice of the African Renaissance`` introducing final hour of program on 7230, 15255 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15615, WEWN here April 18 at 1336, but why? Now they will be colliding with Firedrake (also to Asia!) after 1400, as I have been hearing that reliably. It`s there because of V. of Tibet on 15613. Sure enough, WEWN and Firedrake are mixing at 1427, and both are weaker than 15620 FEBC Bocaue in Javanese into Indonesian. Why leave 15610? There`s nothing else on 15610 at 13-15 per Aoki, EiBi, nor on 15605. (Only HFCC has VOR on 15605 at 13-16 from Moscow, presumably wooden.) I can still hear weak squishy spurs at plus/minus 9 kHz from 15615 tho they may have been somewhat attenuated. 15615 is in latest HFCC for WEWN at 13-15, claiming it started 25 March, which is a lie. (And still on 15610 at 15-24).

Furthermore, the WEWN websitehttp://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
still shows 11615 at 13-15, not 15615. Typo??

Then I found a note from Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria:

``Frequency change of WEWN in English to SEAs from April 17: 1300-1500 NF 15615 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg, ex 15610 on April 16, re-ex 9390

Frequency change of WYFR Family Radio in Portuguese to Brasil from April 17, 2200-0100 NF 15745 YFR 100 kW / 142 deg, ex 15190 to avoid R. Inconfidencia. Both confirmed today April 18. 73! Ivo``

Then I sent him my report above to which he replied:

``Yes, very strong Firedrake (also to Asia) here in BUL from 1402 on 15615, but also strong signal from Voice of Tibet on 15613 from Dushanbe-Yangiyul. Shambles! Ivo``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10000, April 18 at 0550, weak 2-way under WWV/H, probably in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)


Domenica 8 aprile 2012
23.00 - 9835 kHz
HCJB - Santiago (Cile)
Tedesco, IDs YL.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente

***

Venerdì 13 aprile 2012
06.45 - 15120 kHz
VOICE OF NIGERIA - Abuja
Inglese, musica afropop e IDs YL.
Segnale buono (modulazione OK)

***

Sabato 14 aprile 2012
05.35 - 11560 kHz
MIRAYA FM - Kopani (Ucraina)
Inglese, telefonate in diretta.
Segnale buono-sufficiente

***

Domenica 15 aprile 2012
05.07 - 11925.2 kHz
R. BANDEIRANTES - S. Paulo (Brasile)
PP, musica pop e annunci YL.
Segnale buono-insufficiente
BBC Meyerton 11925 creava un lieve battimento. La SYNC-U del PL-660 lo eliminava solo per pochi secondi, però restava agganciata, creando una resa audio su Bandeirantes insuperabile!!!

-

*12.00 - 15645 kHz
R. FREE NORTH KOREA - Kamo (Armenia)
Coreano, annunci YL e nxs OM.
Segnale buono-insufficiente

-

15.30 - 17520 kHz
R. VATICANA - Talata V. (Madagascar)
Inglese, IDs OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente

***

Martedì 17 aprile 2012
*10.01 - 6095 kHz
TRANSPORT RADIO via KBC
Olandese, nxs OM e jingles.
Segnale molto buono-buono
Solo fino al 21 aprile.

***

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QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
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Loop magnetico 150x100 cm su finestra (@2-5,5 MHz)
Dipolo aperto esterno 20 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.

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Glenn Hauser logs April 17, 2012

** ANGUILLA [non]. 6090, April 17 at 0553, Caribbean Beacon is off after quite a spell staying on, uncovering the usual weak het, presumably between off-frequency Brasil and Nigeria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake, April 17 after 1300:
15540, fair at 1309 with het on lo side
15490, poor at 1309 with het on lo side, from V of Tibets

Before 1400:
17450, good at 1341
16980, very good at 1342
16920, JBA? At 1342
16100, very good at 1342
15900, good at 1343
15560, fair at 1345, ex-15540 in previous semihour
15490, poor at 1345
13880, very poor at 1346, new frequency? It is on the Aoki list as one of countless 100-watt nuisance channels of Sound of Hope from Taiwan
13830, fair at 1345, another unusual one
12980, fair at 1348; none in the 11s, 10s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 17820, April 17 at 0604, DW news in English, 0605 `Africa-Link` starting with conflict along the N/S Sudan border. Good standout signal, the SSOB in the nightmiddle, and close to the OSOB, 295 degrees from RWANDA (where else?) at 06-07 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, April 17 at 1318, zero signal from VOI and RRI Banjarmasin on this Tuesday. However, Ishida confirms it had been on today at 1202 in Japanese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 15530, April 17 at 0530 after some nondescript music, La Voz de la Républica Islámica de Irán opening in Spanish, anthem; good signal, but modulation somewhat distorted, 289 degrees from Kamalabad.

15320, April 17 at 0531, same anthem as on 15530, not synch, then into another language, and quickly Qur`an. Scheduled as ``Bossni``, 310 degrees from Sirjan. 19m nicely open from ME with several other signals; see SAUDI ARABIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ISRAEL [and non]. 15785, April 17 at 0526, CRI English is poor with flutter, but seems to have something underneath, i.e. Galei Tzahal. OTH radar pulses, typically from Cyprus, were immediately adjacent, 15788-15803, also bothering something on 15790, i.e. BBC Arabic also via CYPRUS, which was clear around 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 11710, April 17 at 1350, VOK in rather amusing tuba piece with orchestra, as we envision a Great, Dear or Default Leader waddling around, looking at things, 1351 applause and outro as a recording from the 28th April Spring Festival or something like that, immediately back to equally laughable propaganda; also on // 9335 weaker with usual CCI from RFA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MAURITANIA. 7245, April 17 at 0556, nothing from IGIM, nor have heard it for several nights now; just coming on too late, or not at all? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, April 17 at 0554, zero signal from Radio Educación, likewise after CRI/Canada 6190 is finished a few minutes later. Some time ago I pointed out that XEPPM could cover a lot of Mexico in the daytime on 6185 with no interference, unlike most of the evening with ACI and CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15285, April 17 at 0532, Qur`an but not Iran as on 15320, 15530: BSKSA Swahili service at 04-07, 90 degrees from Riyadh (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 9635, April 17 at 0542, double-take, yes, REE COSTA RICA is here on wrong frequency, not 9630, and not 9675 alternate either, but containing numbers partially from both of them.

5995, April 17 at 0551, triple-take, as another Cariari transmitter is on wrong channel, instead of 5965; 5995 is used earlier in evening, so forgot to retune it? Outro to `Mundo Solidario` show, and at 0555 with a SAH, smothering Mali? Yet, the third transmitter in CR was still on correct frequency, 3350 at 0558 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [and non]. 15550, April 17 at 0523, pulsing whine jamming with split-second cutouts every 15 sex; target victim possibly JBA underneath, i.e. R. Dabanga, southwestward from UAE site, seldom audible here at the side even without jamming.

11650, April 17 at 0523, usual ringing-tone jamming, quite different sounding from 15550, underneath R. Dabanga, southeastward from VATICAN, but quite audible off the back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. 15105, April 17 at 0602, BBCWS, fair signal this hour only, 170 degrees from Woofferton, better than Nigeria 15120. Deep-voiced newscaster with peculiar not exactly African accent we often hear on BBC; also a het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ISRAEL [and non]

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, April 17 at 0557, WBCQ in dead air instead of Good Friends Radio Network religion. First time in a while now caught with no modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15610, April 17 at 1306, WEWN English is back on here, instead of silence at this hour after having to quit 9390; and nothing but a dead carrier at 1349-1443* April 16 on 11520.

I refreshed the WEWN SW schedule I have been consulting daily at http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
and it finally shifted to some different frequencies in the English lineup instead of 9390; trouble is, not what I heard!

09-13 11520 SE Asia
13-15 11615 SE Asia
15-   15610 Europe

So are they going to be on 11615 or not? Maybe tomorrow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

New Amateur Radio Features

Radio Heritage Foundationwww.radioheritage.com
April 19 2012

New Amateur Radio Features
__________________________

Two new amateur radio features have been released today by the Radio Heritage Foundation at their website www.radioheritage.com.

Amateur QSL Gallery is the latest in a series looking at the radio shacks of amateur operators contained in QSL collections held by the New Zealand based non-profit organization.

This follows on from the popular Radio Shacks Gallery series which shows QSL cards issued by operators from around the world.

Also released is the first of a new series Art of Amateur Radio, which takes a closer look at cartoon characters found on cards issued from Japan.

From home drawn pictures to professional art work, these cartoons capture a great sense of humor and reflect many aspects of Japanese culture.

Other related features at www.radioheritage.com include the Art of Radio, Art of Radio New Zealand, Art of Radio Japan and the Art of Radio Hawaii and more features are planned for release in 2012.

Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered nonprofit organization connecting radio, popular culture, history and heritage. It is supported by donors throughout the world. It is also a full member of the NZART amateur radio organization. W: www.radioheritage.com.