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BC-DX 1579                                                    2 May 2024
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AFGHANISTAN   I would like to remember one more broadcaster heard on the
air - Radio Afghanistan. Broadcasting in Russian by the international ser-
vice Radio Afghanistan began in January 1961. The station had low-quality
transmitting equipment and was unlucky with the choice of frequencies.
Therefore, there were often problems with receiving the station.

I remember the only period when audibility was unusually good for three
years from 1974 to the end of 1976. The broadcast was carried out during
the day at a frequency of 15195 kHz from 13.30 to 15.00 Moscow time for
half an hour consecutively in Russian, German and English. True, the time
for listening was inconvenient, but I sometimes adapted to listen at work
in a special laboratory, where I first did my internship, and then worked
for a short time before the army. There was some kind of service radio in
the laboratory, which I used.

Over the years,the content of Russian Radio Afghanistan broadcasts has re-
mained approximately the same. This was the case in 1974: news, Russian
music, commentary, Afghan music, conversation (about Afghanistan), Afghan
music.The broadcasts covered the changes taking place in Afghanistan since
the recent overthrow of the monarchy in July 1973 and the activities of
President Mohammed Daoud Khan,the cousin of the former king Mohammed Zahir
Shah, whom he overthrew. These were the last years of relative stability,
after which, from April 1978, a period of revolutions and civil wars began
in Afghanistan.

In the early 80s,and perhaps earlier, some periodicals sold in Soyuzpechat
kiosks in other countries published schedules of foreign, including Rus-
sian-language broadcasting in these countries:

Radio Afghanistan - in the newspaper "Kabul new times";
Radio Damascus - in the newspaper "Syria times";
Radio Ulaanbaatar - in the newspaper "News of Mongolia";
BBC - in the magazine "England".
(Vladimir, Rybinsk, Yaroslavlskaya oblast-RUS; via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

Now called IEA - Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

ALASKA   9760  KNLS religious broadcast in Mandarin, April 24, 2024, at
1513-1521 UT. SIO 444. YL with homily. Target China. Moderate QRN / QSB.
Listenable. Increasing QRN as sun rises here. OM joins at 1516 UT.
(Vince Henley-WA-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1149 April 28)

ANTARCTICA   15476 kHz  LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel:
F/D e-QSL in 3 days. Heard via Kiwi SDR Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
E-mail:  <lra36nacional@gmail.com>
(Juan Carlos Perez Montero, Valladolid, SPAIN, via F_B Group "QSL",
DXF-128 May 2024)

ARGENTINA   Ushuaia Prefectura Naval Radio, 8414.5 kHz: F/D e-mail in
72 hours. The report was sent to: 
<ushu-contrase -at- prefecturanaval.gov.ar>

First time they replied that QSLs are not available but after explaining
that a verification by e-mail is enough they did so.
(Nestor Damian Fischetto, Bahia Blanca-ARG, via F_B Group "QSL",
DXF-128 May 2024)

AUSTRALIA   v9580 kHz  Radio Reach Beyond, Kununurra Australia. 0928-
0959 UT, 25 April, Korean service. After English sign-on, woman related a
story about life transformation through witness and faith. Music at 0939
UT. Station info at 0943 UT with postal and email addresses. Flip to pro-
gramming in special English at 0944 with story about a sherpa in Nepal
facing an avalanche. Good strong, but slighly noisy.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1149 April 28)

11825 kHz REACH BEYOND, 1515-1530 UT on 23 April, Burmese. Music by female
vocalist followed by lesson read by woman. Music at 1525 UT followed by
further talk by woman and English language sign off at 1529 UT. Fair.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1149 April 28)

11825 kHz "Reach Beyond Australia" from Kununurra-AUS religious program in
Burmese to Myanmar, April 25, at 1513-1522 UT. SIO 444. YL announcer with
religious message. Moderate QRN, shallow QSB. Listenable. YL with long
monologue or homily in Burmese language.
(Vince Henley-WA-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1149 April 28)

15460 kHz  Reach Beyond Australia, Kununurra heard at 1216 UT on April 23.
a man speaking in listed Hindi to the accompaniment of flute music. Poor-
fair signal. { May 1st: 15459.995 kHz measured by wb.}
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via 
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1149 April 28)

BELARUS/BURKINA FASSO  
International media banned in Belarus and Burkina Faso.

Belarus bans Deutsche Welle Bonn / Berlin.

According to broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), the Belarusian leadership
has banned its Belarusian service. The Ministry of the Interior in Minsk
has classified the offshoot DW Belarus as an extremist organisation, the
German foreign broadcaster announced today in Bonn. This means that the
content of DW Belarus on the Internet and the channels of the Russian DW
editorial office in social networks are banned in the ex-Soviet republic.

and

Burkina Faso has suspended further international media. After the British
BBC and the US broadcaster Voice of America were suspended last week,
Deutsche Welle (DW), the French media TV5 Monde and "Le Monde" as well as
the British newspaper "The Guardian" are now also affected. [...]

Internationale Medien in Belarus und Burkina Faso verboten.

Belarus verbietet Deutsche Welle.

Die autoritaere Fuehrung von Belarus hat das belarussische Angebot der
Deutschen Welle (DW) nach Senderangaben verboten. Das Innenministerium in
Minsk habe den Ableger DW Belarus als extremistische Organisation einge-
stuft, teilte der deutsche Auslandsrundfunk heute in Bonn mit. Damit seien
in der Ex-Sowjetrepublik die Inhalte von DW Belarus im Internet sowie die
Kanaele der russischen DW-Redaktion in sozialen Netzwerken verboten.[...]

and

Burkina Faso hat weitere internationale Medien suspendiert. Nachdem ver-
gangene Woche schon die britische BBC und der US-Sender Voice of America
suspendiert worden waren, sind jetzt auch die Deutsche Welle (DW), die
franzoesischen Medien TV5 Monde und "Le Monde" sowie die britische Zeitung
"The Guardian" betroffen.[...]

<https://www.dw.com/de/warum-burkina-faso-internationale-medien-
verbietet/a-68963167>
(April 29 / May 1)

BRAZIL   11780.006  Rádio Nacional Brasil Amazonia, S=9 strength in ME at
00.53 UT April 27.

11815.014 kHz Rádio Brasil Central, poor S=6 in Doha Qatar remoted SDR. 
00.55 UT on April 27.

9818.876 kHz R 9 de Julho, S=8 backlobe into Qatar ME at 01.14 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 27)

BULGARIA   {Taiwan (Republic of China) }  5900 kHz  E-QSL  Radio Taiwan
International Russian service (via SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria
relay site), Nov 26, 2022; 5900 kHz, 430 days, web-form:

<https://ru.rti.org.tw/index/content/id/6>  Picture:
<https://ew1mb.blogspot.com/2024/04/qsl-from-radio-taiwan-
international.html>
(Alexander Myadel, Minsk-BLR, SHORTWAVE BLOG FROM BELARUS; via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

CHINA   11830 kHz CRI Beijing, April 25, 0115 UT, in Spanish. 500 kW beast
at 269degr azi from Kashi-Kashgar Xinjiang western province to ITU Zone 14
(Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay), part of a four-hour
block in Spanish to South America starting at 2300 UT. An amazingly long
path for a scheduled broadcast, about 10,500 miles from Kashi-Kashgar to
Santiago, Chile. This 269degr azimuth goes right over Rio and Sao Paolo
which are 1500 to 1800 miles closer. Sunrise at Kashi was around midnight
GMT so the final 3 hours are increasingly in daylight.
(Jerry Lenamon-TX-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1149 April 28)

CONGO D.P.R.   RADIO KAHUAZI WILL SOON BE BACK TO SHORTWAVES.

It's been several years since Radio Kahuzi, in the midst of reorganization
in Democratic Republic of Congo, has been on shortwave. The latest news-
letter from Radio Kahuzi contains indications that the long road to resum-
ing on SW may be coming to an end. According to the newsletter:

"Our ministry in Bukavu, DR Congo continues daily with improved FM and SW
reaching the local population with local news, and Christian programming
from familiar voices our listeners have come to love over the past thirty-
two years. Most Christian organizations and churches use Internet stream-
ing to reach a larger audience and our future plan is to also stream Radio
Kahuzi directly from Bukavu online.

Our faithful and talented staff, Samuel, Gregoire, Feza and Danny continue
day by day to share the precious Word of God in French, Swahili and many
other dialects to Bukavu and beyond."

Unclear from this was whether Radio Kahuzi is, in fact, already on the air
on shortwave or if not - and there have been no reports of it being heard
- when this might take place. So, I sent an email to RK asking for clari-
fication and received the following response:

"Greetings in the Lord from Bradenton, Dan ! Kathy and I are recuperated
and working with our team to upgrade our systems including Short Wave, as
the technical problems get worked out for good quality broadcasts.

We are making changes to our SW antenna at present and will keep you post-
ed when the testing is ready to begin. We are also researching the How to 
... of Podcasting as we work on it with our Blog type site which is bring-
ing in the Far East and other new interest!"

So, from this - Radio Kahuzi is not back yet on shortwave but I think we
can still have hope that we may be able to hear them again in coming
months. Radio Kahuzi, which by the way was a superb verifier of reception
reports, was last on the air on 6210.20 kHz.

That frequency was quite consistent and the station was heard on a daily
basis via European SDR sites, in the hour or so before Kahuzi signed off
somewhere in the 1815 to 1830 UTC range. The station was frequently
mistaken by Europirate listeners as a pirate, and at times the RadioKahuzi
signal was so good that it scored S5 to S7 levels before sign off.
(Dan Robinson via wor; via DXF-128 May 2024; als SWB-2053)

CUBA   5024.995 kHz  Radio Rebelde Bauta like signal, but ONLY CARRIER
signal of S=9+10dB level noted at southern Germany / Switzerlands Perseus
SDR unit near Lake Constance sea, at 04.18 UT April 24. Further check at
05.49 UT: Rebelde music px heard at S=5 level fade-out path in Europe.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 24)

CUBA   6000 kHz  April 27 at 2335 UT, something strange here: long nar-
ration in English but only an occasional word understood, with continuous
Chinese music background; like storytelling. Bigsig has to be Cuban relay,
not direct from China; no CRI English relays are supposedly sked at this
time nor frequency.

This is Sat, but on a weekday, 6000 kHz would be running the alt RHC ser-
vice, 'Mesa Redonda', // 11950 kHz, which is not on now. At first during
AC power outage due to storms, I'm monitoring on the D808 or DX398 por-
tables. AC back on at *2345 UT, then on the NRD at S=9+10dB including the
HSNL. 2358 UT "until next time, goodbye"; 2359 UT promos in Chinese/
English. 0000 UT no timesignal or ID but into song, strange ToH behaviour
for CNR domestic or CRI external.

By 0044 UT next check into Georgia SDR, 6000 kHz is mixing Spanish and RHC
English at equal audio levels. Spanish mentions China, so that may be from
CRI, S=9+40/50dB. Something's always wrong at RadioCuba. None of this is
accounted for in latest EiBi or Aoki database lists.

11760 kHz on April 28 at 1935 UT, speech in English about democracy, ha2,
from RHC, not off the air but S=9+10dB into Georgia SDR, while primary ?
frequency this hour, 15140 kHz, is off. Lots of background noise at the
venue. Outro as PM of St Vincent & Grenadines. Something's always wrong at
RHC.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor April 27 - 28)

FRANCE   9690 kHz  April 28, s-on 2000UT. Religious Programming in English
from s/on 2000-2015 UT; s/off and again from s/on 2030-2100 UT sign off.
Targeted to Western Australia and also Eastern Australia which is quite
rare nowadays. Especially since here in Western Australia it is 4.00am
local time. According to HFCC.org via TDF Issoudun France. Caught an
address for the Zion Church in Michigan state USA.
(Craig Tyson, Perth-WeAUS; hcdx April 29)

Yes, via Pan American Broadcasting Religious programming via TDF ISSOUDUN
as given in WRTH A24 season list.
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, wrth spring 2024 / hcdx April 29)

* now 9690 kHz, formerly request on 9560 kHz
 3995 2200 2300 27,28          ISS 100 260 146 1234567 Deu MBR MBR X.19
 5950 2000 2100 37-38,46-47    ISS 250 175 156 1234567 Fra KBS TDF 60
 5960 1900 1950 27             ISS 250 333 206 17      Eng TDF TDF PAB
 5960 2000 2035 27             ISS 250 333 206 1       Eng TDF TDF PAB
 9490 0100 0200 11             ISS 150 285 216 1234567 Spa RMI TDF RMM-D
 9490 0200 0300 11             ISS 150 285 216 1234567 Spa RMI TDF 1
*9560 2000 2015 55,58NE,58S,59 ISS 250 75  227 16      Mul TDF TDF PAB
*9560 2030 2100 55,58NE,58S,59 ISS 250 75  227 1       Mul TDF TDF PAB
 9810 1900 1930 46,47          ISS 100 175 156 1234567 Mul KRI MBR X.Sahel
11660 0500 0600 48NW           ISS 250 123 211 1234567 Mul MBR MBR X.Eritr
11820 0500 0600 48NW           ISS 250 123 211 1234567 Mul MBR MBR B.Eritr
11850 0630 0700 46,47W         ISS 250 170 211 1234567 Hau DWL MBR A.HA-06
11850 1800 1900 46,47W         ISS 500 175 217 1234567 Hau DWL MBR X.HA-18
11925 1900 2000 28S,37-39,46-59ISS 100 150 211 2       Fra RMI TDF VORW
12015 1800 2100 46,47          ISS 100 167 206 1234567 Mul MBR MBR B.Niger
13775 1600 1700 48             ISS 500 130 217 1234567 Amh DWL MBR X.AM-16
13800 1800 1900 2,3,4,6,7,8-10 ISS 100 290 217 1234567 Mul MBR MBR X.namew
15150 1700 1800 48SW,58NW      ISS 100 144 206 1234567 Kin MBR MBR X.Rwand
15195 1325 1530 46,47W         ISS 500 165 217 1234567 Hau DWL MBR A.HA-BL
15205 1500 1600 48NW           ISS 100 125 217 1234567 Mul MBR MBR X.eaer
15215 0630 0700 46,47W         ISS 250 160 217 1234567 Hau DWL MBR A.HA-06
15215 1300 1400 46,47W         ISS 500 163 211 1234567 Hau DWL MBR X.HA-13
15215 1600 1700 4,8,9          ISS 500 300 217 1234567 Mul MBR MBR X.nusae
15215 1800 1900 46,47W         ISS 250 175 217 1234567 Hau DWL MBR A.HA-18
15275 1215 1300 47E,48W        ISS 250 133 206 1234567 Ara DWL MBR A.AR-12
15275 1600 1700 48             ISS 250 130 211 1234567 Amh DWL MBR A.AM-16
15315 1830 1900 46S,47SE       ISS 250 170 217 1234567 Hau MBR MBR X.316
15340 1700 1800 48W            ISS 250 127 217 1234567 Mul RMI TDF OM
15350 1325 1530 46,47W         ISS 500 175 217 1234567 Hau DWL MBR X.HA-BL
15350 1630 1700 47,48          ISS 100 135 217 1234567 Mul MBR MBR X.B16
15380 1900 2000 46SE,47SW      ISS 250 160 217 1234567 Mul RMI TDF NEW
15390 1700 1730 48NW           ISS 100 123 217 1234567 Mul MBR MBR X.Eritr
15410 1600 1635 48W            ISS 250 127 217 1       Amh RMI TDF Mor-VOA
15425 1700 1800 48SW           ISS 250 140 217 1234567 Mul MBR MBR X.Ugand
15550 1700 1730 39SW,47E,48W   ISS 250 135 207 1234567 Apd JRC JRC RD 1700
17555 1600 1700 39SW,47E,48W   ISS 250 135 207 1234567 Apd JRC JRC RD 1600
17575 1500 1600 48NW           ISS 100 125 217 1234567 Mul MBR MBR X.eaer
17575 1600 1630 48W            ISS 250 127 217 1234567 Amh RMI TDF OPM
17630 1700 1800 48W            ISS 250 127 217 1234567 Mul RMI TDF 1888 ra
17685 1600 1630 48W            ISS 250 127 217 1234567 Amh RMI TDF ARI
17800 0630 0700 46,47W         ISS 500 160 217 1234567 Hau DWL MBR X.HA-06
17800 1215 1300 47E,48W        ISS 250 133 207 1234567 Ara DWL MBR A.AR-12
17800 1300 1400 46,47W         ISS 250 172 217 1234567 Hau DWL MBR A.HA-13
17800 1600 1700 48             ISS 250 130 217 1234567 Amh DWL MBR A.AM-16
17800 1800 1900 46,47W         ISS 250 167 217 1234567 Hau DWL MBR A.HA-18
17815 1630 1700 48W            ISS 150 125 217 1       AmhSTDF TDF PAB
17840 1325 1530 46,47W         ISS 250 175 217 1234567 Hau DWL MBR A.HA-BL
17870 1700 1800 48SW,52NE,53NE ISS 100 140 207 1234567 Mul MBR MBR X.BuCAf
21460 1400 1500 41             ISS 250 83  217 1234567 Mul MBR MBR C.B11
21485 1500 1600 47SE,48W       ISS 250 138 227 1234567 Apd JRC JRC RT 1500
21485 1600 1700 39SW,47E,48W   ISS 250 135 207 1234567 Apd JRC JRC RD 1600
(hfcc.org A24 request list March 18)

9490 0100 0200 11             ISS 150 285 216 1234567 Spa RMI TDF RMM-D
9490.060 ... x.078 variable signal up and down, unstable tx outlet unit,
R República S=8 backlobe signal noted on Doha Qatar SDR remotedly. 01.11UT

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 27)

FRANCE    100 New DAB+ Transmitters Across France.

TDF notes success in expanding reach across mainland France in 2023.
By T._Carter_Ross -  Published: Febr 13, 2024

Throughout 2023, network operator TDF worked to deploy 100 new DAB+ trans-
mitters at 70 sties across mainland France. Through this effort, more than
55% of French citizens have access to DAB+ digital radio signals and more
than 550 radio stations broadcast using the technology in the country.

"2023 marks an essential milestone for DAB+, with more than one in two
French people now able to listen to the radio thanks to this technology,"
stated Karim El Naggar, General Director of Audiovisual and Networks at
TDF. "I congratulate ... the TDF teams, who, through their expertise and
professionalism, enabled the deployment of a very large number of trans-
mitters in a very short time."

TDF is currently focused on the second phase of deploying the M1 and M2
national multiplexes, which carry 13 services. Since October, TDF has
brought online 44 DAB+ transmitters in alignment with the ARCOM deployment
plan. This second phase, which brings DAB+ reception to new motorways
across the county, is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of
2024.

Speaking at the Paris Radio Show in early February, ARCOM President Roch-
Olivier Maistre noted that 110 DAB+multiplexes are not authorized in main-
land France. In overseas France, experimental service are on air in Marti-
nique and 20 stations in Reunion have requested the start of a DAB+ ex-
perimental service.

"No less than 555 services are authorized and more than 60% of the metro-
politan population should be covered by this broadcast standard at the end
of March," he said.
(Radio World; via ArDXC-ADXN #677, March 2024, pages #16-17)

GERMANY   21600 kHz  C. M. Obrecht Shortwave Radio, via Nauen: F/D e-QSL
in 7 hours. Heard via kiwi SDR Bandung, Indonesia. E-mail:
<c.obrecht -at- swissonline.ch>
(Juan Carlos Perez Montero, Valladolid-ESP, via F_B Group "QSL",
DXF-128 May 2024)

INDIA/BHARAT   9950 kHz  AIR / Akashvani QSL card. April 1, 13.30 UT,
9950 kHz. Picture:
<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/akashvani.html>

(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

9950 kHz  Akashvani / ex-All India Radio (IND)
QSL-card: 9950 kHz, 13.30-14.35 UT, Jan. 23, 2024. Blog:
<http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/all-india-radio.html>
(Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

INDIA/BHARAT   Akashvani Pune, 792 kHz, F/D QSL Card in 106 days. Heard
via KiWI SDR in India. E-mail address:
<spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in>
(Juan Carlos Perez Montero, Valladolid, SPAIN, via F_B Group "QSL",
DXF-128 May 2024)

ITALY   radiorama numero #127.
Nuovo numero di radiorama disponibile per il download.

<https://www.air-radio.it/index.php/2024/04/24/radiorama-numero-127/>

<https://www.air-radio.it/index.php/2021/11/07/smantellato-il-centro-di-
cape-greco-cipro/>
<bpecolatto -at- libero.it>  via wwdxc.germany April 28)

LIBERIA/EQUADOR/CHINA   Likely ELWA Monrovia {thanks Glenn for tip} or
HCJB Mt. Pichincha Quito signal ?  
UNID program strings visible in MA, MI state units and at Edmonton-CAN at
06.00 UT Monrovia poor small station on 6049.999 kHz (?or Xizang Lhasa
Baiding CHN string) or Pichincha EQA 6050.011 kHz ?

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 24)

LITHUANIA   1386 kHz  Received eQSL from Polish Radio. The report was com-
piled at a medium wave frequency of 1386 kHz; via Radio Baltic Waves
International 21:00-03:30. Daily; 1386 kHz MW Viesintos. LTU site, 75 kW.

As I understand it, they will send it by regular mail, but they will
simply duplicate it by E-Mail in case the letter does not arrive by regu-
lar mail. The report was sent to the address:
<ru [at] polskieradio.pl>
(Dmitry Zhavoronkov, Kirovskaya oblast-RUS, DX WORLDWIDE - Telegram; via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

MALAYSIA   Wai FM-Malaysia, 11665 kHz Kajang bcast center: F/D e-QSL in
3 days. V/S: Mohd Fauzi Bin Ali Hassan, Chief Assistant Director. E-mail:
<pnk_rtmkajang@rtm.gov.my>
Heard via Kiwi SDR Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
(Juan Carlos Perez Montero, Valladolid, SPAIN, via F_B Group "QSL",
DXF-128 May 2024)

MYANMAR   Thazin Radio, in Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo) and operated by the mili-
tary, was silent for a few days on shortwave from April 17 to April 23.

However, it has now resumed broadcasting. As of this morning, April 26,
the station was heard on 6165 kHz during the morning hours, on 9590 kHz in
the afternoons, and on 7345 kHz for the evening broadcasts.
(Sarath Weerakoon-CLN  4S5SL, Mt. Lavinia Beach, Sri Lanka, April 28)

NETHERLANDS   7405 kHz E-QSL Radio Piepzender (Zwolle, Netherlands),
Oct 13, 2023, 136 days, e-mail: <radioqsl -at- hotmail.com>

Picture:
<https://ew1mb.blogspot.com/2024/04/qsl-from-radio-piepzender-
netherlands.html>
(Alexander Myadel, Minsk-BLR, SHORTWAVE BLOG FROM BELARUS; via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

13865 kHz  E-QSL Radio Piepzender (Zwolle, Netherlands), Dec 2, 2023,
81 days, weekends.
e-mail:  <radioqsl -at- hotmail.com>  Picture:

https://ew1mb.blogspot.com/2024/04/qsl-from-radio-piepzender-13865-
khz.html>
(Alexander Myadel, Minsk-BLR, SHORTWAVE BLOG FROM BELARUS; via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

5955 kHz  E-QSL Radio Veronica (Westdorpe, Netherlands), Febr 4, 2024,
26 days, e-mail:  <qslcards -at- radiocorp.nl>  Picture:

<https://ew1mb.blogspot.com/2024/04/qsl-from-radio-veronica-5955-
khz.html>
(Alexander Myadel, Minsk-BLR, SHORTWAVE BLOG FROM BELARUS; via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

NEW ZEALAND   11725 kHz  E-QSL Radio New Zealand Pacific (Rangitaiki,
New Zealand), April 6, 2024, 1 day, web-form:

<https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/qsl/>   Picture:

<https://ew1mb.blogspot.com/2024/04/qsl-from-radio-new-zealand-
pacific.html>
(Alexander Myadel, Minsk-BLR, SHORTWAVE BLOG FROM BELARUS; via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

RUSSIA   9996 kHz  RWM northern Moscow Taldom site: F/D e-QSL in 6 days.
It appears to be a photocopy of the paper QSL they mentioned they would
send by postal mail. E-mail address  <gsvch -at- vniiftri.ru>
(Miguel Angel Rocha Gamez, Cartagena de Indias-CLM, via F_B Group "QSL",
DXF-128 May 2024)

SAUDI ARABIA   11935 kHz  April 28 at 1857 UT, clear Arabic, presumed Rep.
of Yemen Radio, recovered from horrible buzzroar instead, S=9+5/20dB into
UTwente, but chopped off air at 1859* UT unexpected time. I'll bet we hear
the buzzroar again. ! shortly after writing that, recheck at 1905UT, there
it is! buzzroar only at same signal level but sounding much louder. I was
about to bandscan for a new frequency. It's as if they deliberately chang-
ed from one to the other. Something's always wrecked at wRiyadh.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor April 28)

SPAIN   1260 kHz Radio Algeciras: F/D e-QSL in 4 days. The report was sent
to the station's Director : 
<JFGuirval -at- prisaradio.com>
but reply came from:
<MEGallego -at- prisaradio.com>
V/S: Miguel Esteban Gallego Sanchez, Jefe Departamento Tecnico, Sistemas
y Emisiones.
(Antonello Napolitano, Taranto-ITA; via DXF-128 May 2024)

TAIWAN   QSL Special program Radio Taiwan International German service
11995 kHz, 9545 kHz via Tamshui Taipei site, July 7, 2023, 145 days,
web-form:
<https://de.rti.org.tw/index/content/id/8>  Picture:

<https://ew1mb.blogspot.com/2024/04/qsl-from-special-programm-radio-
taiwan.html>

QSL Radio Taiwan International French service, Aug 6, 2023, 11995 kHz,
167 days, web-form:
<https://fr.rti.org.tw/index/content/id/1>  Picture:
<https://ew1mb.blogspot.com/2024/04/qsl-from-radio-taiwan-
international_5.html>

The French service of Radio Taiwan International is pleased to inform you
that during the month of August 2023, we will be broadcasting directly
from the Tamsui transmission centre in northern Taiwan to Europe and North
Africa.

The programme will be broadcast in French on shortwave every Friday,Satur-
day and Sunday in August. Here are the broadcast frequencies and times:

Frequency 11995 kHz, 17:00-18:00 Universal Time
Frequency  9545 kHz, 18:00-19:00 Universal Time
(Alexander Myadel, Minsk-BLR, SHORTWAVE BLOG FROM BELARUS; via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

TAIWAN/GERMANY   RTI 2024 Taiwan Forum in Berlin

Dear distinguished friends,
You are cordially invited to the 2024 Taiwan Forum in Berlin held by
Radio Taiwan International on May 7.

<RtiForumRSVP.png>

Radio Taiwan International (Rti) is a public broadcaster that ensures sto-
ries and perspectives from Taiwan are heard globally, providing the time-
liest and the most trustworthy information about the country in 20 dif-
ferent languages. Since 2022, Rti started holding Taiwan Forum where the
core spirit of discussions was the idea
"We Share the Same Responsibilities."

The forum has travelled to London and Bangkok in the previous years.

On May 7, 2024, Rti is taking Taiwan Forum to Berlin, Germany, with a fo-
cus on "Taiwan Strategies at a Time of Global Upheaval."

In 2024, more than 70 countries around the world will hold general elec-
tions following the conclusion of Taiwan's presidential and legislative
elections in January, with the new government set to take office in May.

Elections for the European Parliament take place in June 2024, the US Pre-
sidential election in November, while the reelection of Russian President
Vladimir Putin could lead to changes or developments in the Russia-Ukraine
war launched by Moscow in February 2022. How the outcomes of these elec-
tions impact geopolitics and the global economy will attract much atten-
tion?

On this occasion, the Rti forum not only invites experts who are familiar
with Taiwan's international relations and economic development to discuss
the hard issues:

1) Turning the Page: 2024 a Year of General Elections and a New Interna-
tional Environment, with a focus on how the strategies of Taiwan's govern-
ment are responding to global changes and how the international community
is accommodating Taiwan in its global agenda. In addition, our second
session looks at how soft power has become a major alternative for the
country as it seeks to connect with other societies and foster understand-
ing between diverse communities around the world.

2) Aural Power: Amplifying Taiwan on the International Stage will take you
on a journey of sound and music to explore how the diversity and vitality
of modern Taiwan are delivered to people around the world.

Further Information
Website:        <https://berlinforum.rti.org.tw/en/>

Register here: <https://forms.gle/oXyLZwBozePAJFJx8>

Topic:   Taiwan Strategies at a Time of Global Upheaval
Date:    Tuesday , May 7, 2024 (09:30 CEST until 13:30 CEST {UTC+2hr)
Venue:   Taipeh Vertretung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Address: Markgrafenstr. 35
         10117 Berlin
         Germany Europe

Inquiries:
<taiwanforuminberlin 'at' rti.org.tw>

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Best regards,
Radio Taiwan International (via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 23)

TAJIKISTAN/CHINA   9350.020 kHz likely odd txion signal from RFA Uyghur
at Orzu-TJK. S=9+20dB sidelobe into Qatar-ME, 01.04 UT, and co-channel
9350even  CHN  CNR1 jammer against USAGM outlet service, S=9+25dB 01.01 UT

9369.979 kHz TJK  USAGM  RFA Orzu Tibetan sce to Xizang province, 01-02 UT
S=9+10dB signal at 01.07 UT; and co-channel
9370even less strong in ME sidelobe, S=8-9 CNR1 Mandarin program jamming.

// 9410even  RFA Tibetan at same time via AGM United States Agency for
Global Media (USAGM) exIBB exBBG USAGM VoA Kuwait al-Dschahra suburb txion
center. S=9+15dB  at 01.08 UT in Doha Qatar ME.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 27)

TAJIKISTAN   15490 kHz R Free Asia, April 22, 1215 UT in Tibetan via
Dushanbe-Orzu bcast center.200 kW at 110degr azi. RFA English ID at 1230.
The Chinese jamming is less effective today, at least for me, 7000 miles
from the target. If the jammer is in eastern China the path would be very
different than the path from Tajikistan. The Orzu site is about 70 miles
south of Dushanbe and is about 7600 miles at 347degr azi to central Texas.
(Jerry Lenamon-TX-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1149 April 28)

THAILAND   12035 kHz  USAGM VOA DEEWA RADIO from Udornthani txion center,
1500-1515 UT on 23 April, in PASHTO. News after ID. Several mentions of
Pakistan, Taliban and Iran. Correspondent report on a pipeline with men-
tion of Iran. Correspondent ended with 'VOA Deewa, Islamabad'. Woman did
ID and frequencies announcement at 1511 UT. Almost perfect signal.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1149 April 28)

TURKEY   6050 kHz  TRT Voice of Turkiye QSL card, TRT Emirler site.
02 Febr. 2024, 19.30 UT, 6050 kHz English. Picture:

<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/voice-of-turkiye.html>
(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

6125 kHz, Voice of Turkiye, English Service (Emirler TUR). QSL-card:
04.00-04.57 UT, Febr. 9, 2024. Blog:

<http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/voice-of-turkey-tur-date-
february-27.html>

(Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

9870.019 kHz  Voice of Turkey Emirler in Spanish at 01-02 UT, S=8 signal
of backlobe into ME at 01.20 UT on April 27.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 27)

UAE   {Czech Rep RPI Prague} 12095 kHz  via ENC Al Dhabbaya relay ME.
Received paper QSL from Radio Prague International for reports of recep-
tion via WRN (12095 kHz) on 4, 5 and 8 January. I sent reports by regular
mail to Prague. The waiting time for a response is approximately 3.5
months. In addition to the card, the envelope contained a bookmark for
the book.
(Igor Gashin, Murom, Vladimirskaya oblast-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

UAE   9839.993 kHz oddly signal of EWC relay site Al Dhabbaya, rent by
USAGM Pashto sce VoA Deewa program to AFG/IRN/PAK target, S=9+10dB at
01.23 UT on April 27.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 27)

U.K.   UNIDentified PIRATE like station.
5879.964 kHz  likely U.K. pop mx pirate, S=9+10dB at 04.33 UT April 24.
OFF air when checked again at 05.49 UT. Likely 'Radio Rock Revolution'
music program, acc BrDXC-UK 'Communication' magazine March 2024, page #45
pirate progrs list, contribution by German DXer Axel Roese.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 24)

USA   12050 kHz  April 23 at 0419 UT, Spanish hymn, S=9+5/10dB into
Queretaro SDR, so WEWN is on after missing earlier on April 22. Also on
at 1429 UT check April 23, RCC stuff in Spanish, S7/S9.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor April 23)

USA   5130.304 kHz  WBCQ ? sermon, weak and tiny S=6 in WeEUR at 04.39 UT.
6159.929 kHz WBCQ singer program, poor and tiny S=5 in EUR at 05.51 UT.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 24)

USA   9475 kHz  WTWW, 2340 to 0001 UT on 21 April, English. Religious ser-
vice by Bob Biermann of Trinity Chapel with communion prayers. Hymn Let
all Mortal Flesh was sung. Service vaguely resembled Roman Catholic but it
wasn't Catholic. Serviced ended at 2355 UT, Gospel music and Ancient World
Radio ID at 2357 UT. Change to 5085 kHz. Carrier cut at 2328 UT.
5085 kHz not heard at this time at my QTH, but confirmed at East Coast USA
SDR. Very Good.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1149 April 28)

USA   17865 kHz Radio Marti, via USAGM Greenville-NC: QSL Card in 25 days.
Report in English sent to:  <mdail -at- bbg.gov>
(Christian Ghibaudo, Nice-FRA; via DXF-128 May 2024)

USA   17870 kHz -{5 kHz up now weekends, wb.}, April 28 at 1448 UT, sur-
prised to find Spanish here, anti-Russian comments, 1449 UT VOA editorial,
S5/S7; 1456 UT R. Marti ID for 1180 kHz MW and vague "onda corta"; so the
separate Grimesland broadcast aimed at Cuban mercenaries for Russia in
Ukraine has abruptly shifted from 17865 kHz for the Sat/Sun only broadcast
at 13-17 UT.

Neither 17865 nor 17870 kHz appears in latests Aoki, EiBi, nor original
HFCC requests !  And I see no ACI or CCI reason to change. Maybe avoiding
jamming? Not aware of any. At 1559 UT it's S7/S9 into UTwente, but I can't
get the few Kiwis in western Russia or eastern Europe to run. Some now
labeled as not covering higher MHz bands.

Mon-Fri 17-21 UT 17690 kHz ex-17680 kHz is also missing from HFCC.org re-
quest list. About due for another change without notice.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor April 28)

USAGM monitoring at Kiev Ukraine embassy.  OCB program in Spanish;
look-out   'OCB SPAN' Organisation via Greenville-NC state

Mon-Fri 17690 kHz 17-21 UT

Sat & Sun only
April 20/21  13-17 UT  17865 kHz
April 27/28  13-17 UT  17870 kHz

<https://ibbmonitor.appspot.com/status/RMS_LOG_KIEV_240429_133213.TXT>

USA   17690 kHz  May 1 at 1710 UT, again NO signal of R. Marti to Cuban
mercenaries for Russia in Ukraine. Was also missing and found nowhere
else on April 30. Again May 1 at 1720-1725 UT I do a quick but thorough
bandscan and find it nowhere else on the 21, 17, 15, 13 or 11 MHz bands.

Propagation is degraded but VOA still manages a good signal in English
from Grimesland on 17530 kHz, and Marti to Cuba on 13605 kHz, while 11930
& 11860 kHz are JBA absorbed. It's done for now but unconfirmed whether
permanently canceled. Could it be they got zero listener response? I'm on
a Martinoticias mailing list and never saw any reference to this secret?
service.
 
Now I search the website on Ucrania and get loads of hits on stories men-
tioning it but nothing about the broadcasts; however this brief about the
mercenaries:

<https://www.martinoticias.com/a/mercenarios-cubanos-en-la-invasi%C3%B3n-
rusa-en-ucrania-7-meses-de-silencio/387853.html>

Then no significant hits searching on the 4 frequencies used:
17680, 17690, 17865, 17870 kHz, but no hits on 13605 or 13.605 kHz either
as if SW were irrelevant.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor May 1)

Four weeks test series of OCB Spanish to Ukraine battle field target via 
USAGM Greenville-NC bcast center stopped 17870 kHz on April 28 at 17.00 UT
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 1)

UZBEKISTAN   11729.839 AWR Asia in Mandarin via CRRT RRTM Telecom Tashkent
Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center. S=9+30dB signal sidelobe
noted in Doha Qatar ME SDR unit remotedly. At 00.50 UT on April 27.

9510even  BBC London WS English via CRRT RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan
Shortwave Transmitting bcast center, 01-02 UT, S=9+10dB noted at 01.28 UT 
on April 27.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 27)

UZBEKISTAN  { not TAJIKISTAN }  11589.8 kHz IBRA Radio from Dushanbe Yangi
Yul {sic, rather Tashkent-UZB center, wb.} site, at 0014 UT on April 25,
in Bengali. OM w/ preaching cadence, YL, song, YL, (slowly improving),
brief few measures of song, 0028 ~1 min. dead air, off, 0030 UT. Poor.

comment - Not Dushanbe-TJK:
11590 0000 0030 41NE   TAC  100 131  0 218 1234567 310324 271024
Bengali      UZB IBR ENC {hfcc..org request database}
(Mark Taylor, Madison-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1149 April 28)

UZBEKISTAN   E-QSL Adventist World Radio Hmong service towards Viet-Lao
mountain people area (via Tashkent-Uzbekistan), April 12, 1 minutes, web-
form: <https://awr.org/labs/php-gd-image-and-text/>  Picture:
<https://ew1mb.blogspot.com/2024/04/qsl-from-adventist-world-radio-
hmong.html>

17790 kHz AWR Hmong sce at 13.30-13.45 UT on April 12
<https://ew1mb.blogspot.com/2024/04/qsl-from-adventist-world-radio-
hmong.html>

<https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaUFDD5-
OkVabUL7z0iMMN8a_hKqWHccjpMWkTv1HULlJcr7tgE5WhNs9SczKwr2OCG-
oEORWzq1L4gqQMee_iBchJDFWJB6BiaKqf37NDz6CWhZ6wyUhxVQwjh_
5qwkSh5Hl8inxE4Ae4QPYYxeNKg8yx2XxNOzIMUYhlECVLPiGWrmaAcxDXkBiiWd9/s2409/
Adventist%20World%20Radio%20hmong%20service%20via%20Uzbekistan%2012.04.
2024%2017790%20khz.jpg>

(Alexander Myadel, Minsk-BLR, SHORTWAVE BLOG FROM BELARUS; via
RUSdx #1287 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28)

Bad frequency co-channel selection, at same time TRT in Kazakh
17690 kHz 1330-1400 UT  TUR  Voice of Turkey   KZ   CeAsia  {wb}

VATICAN STATE   Radio Vatikan-Museum nach Restaurierung wieder eroeffnet.

Vor 150 Jahren wurde der Italiener Guglielmo Marconi geboren, der auch als
Erfinder des Radios gilt. In Zusammenarbeit mit ihm entstand unter Papst
Pius XI. auch Radio Vatikan - der Sender des Papstes. Marconi persoenlich
war damals in den vatikanischen Gaerten fuer die ersten Experimente und
weiteren Schritte. Das alles laesst sich im Radio Vatikan Radio Museum in
den vatikanischen Gaerten nachvollziehen, das an diesem Samstag nach einer
Restaurierung wieder eroeffnet wurde.

Mit dabei war auch der Neffe von Guglielmo Marconi, Guglielmo Giovanelli
Marconi. Er berichtet im Interview mit Radio Vatikan:

"Meine Familie war schon immer in guten Beziehungen zum Vatikan, denn
meine Mutter, die Frau Marconis, kannte Kardinal Eugenio Maria Giuseppe
Giovanni Pacelli, der damals noch Staatssekretaer war und spaeter Papst
Pius XII. wurde. Aufgrund dieses Kontakts konnte mein Grossvater auch
Papst Pius XI. treffen, der ein grosser Mann war und sehr offen fuer For-
schung und Entwicklung. Er bat ihn, Radio Vatikan aufzubauen. Und so war
mein Grossvater von 1930 an fuer etwa ein Jahr im Vatikan. Und das war
der Beginn des ersten Segens, der per Radio von einem Papst um die Welt
ging an alle Christen am 12. Februar 1931", erinnert sich Guglielmo
Giovanelli Marconi. Der Neffe des Erfinders des Radios findet wichtig,
dass Fortschritt und Ethik, Wissenschaft und Glaube Hand in Hand gehen:

Erfindung des Grossvaters hilft heute noch Leben zu retten

"Es ist sehr wichtig, dass es eine Allianz gibt zwischen Fortschritt und
Ethik, Wissenschaft und Glaube. Ich moechte auch daran erinnern, dass das
Radio auch heute noch vielen Leuten hilft: Zum Beispiel, wenn es darum
geht, auf See Menschenleben zu retten, etwa all jene, die vor Tragoedien
fliehen, Buergerkriegen, Diktaturen ... Marconi rettet durch das Radio
immer noch tausende Leben", gibt der Nachfahre des Nobelpreistraegers zu
bedenken.

Junge Amateurfunker: Radio funktioniert immer

Zur Wiedereroeffnung des Radio Vatikan Radio Museums war auch eine Gruppe
junger Amateurfunker aus Perugia angereist. Fuer Chiara Alberati war es
etwas ganz besonderes, an dem Ort, an dem Guglielmo Marconi im Vatikan
wirkte, zu sein und auch einige der technischen Geraete sehen zu koennen:
"Das ist die Basis unserer Leidenschaft. Ohne ihn waere es nicht moeglich,
mit anderen ueber Funk zu kommunizieren. Das Radio ist auch deshalb von
fundamentaler Bedeutung, weil heute zwar alle Handys nutzen, aber wenn es
da Mal Probleme gibt, war's das mit der Kommunikation. Radio hingegen
ermoeglicht immer eine Kommunikation, deshalb wird diese Technik zum
Beispiel auch bei Notfaellen genutzt."

Foto:
Mit Chiara ist auch Amateurfunker Marco Dottori aus Perugia gekommen, um
das wiedereroeffnete Radio Vatikan Radio Museum in den Gaerten zu besich-
tigen.

"Es ist wirklich schoen,weil es die Entwicklung des Radios nachvollziehbar
macht, von den Anfaengen mit den ersten von Marconi konstruierten Appa-
raten bis hin zur heutigen Zeit", sagt er im Interview mit Radio Vatikan.

Foto:
Amateurfunker mit Guglielmo Giovanelli Marconi vor dem Radio Vatikan Radio
Museum

Museum nur nach voriger Ameldung zu sehen

Wer nun Lust bekommen hat, selbst mal einen Blick ins restaurierte Radio
Vatikan Radio Museum in den vatikanischen Gaerten zu werfen: Fuehrungen
sind - fuer Kleingruppen auf Italienisch und manchmal auch auf Deutsch -
vormittags nach voriger Anfrage per Email an 
<museoperlaradio -at- spc.va>  moeglich.

<https://www.vaticannews.va/de/vatikan/news/2024-04/radio-vatikan-museum-
wieder-offen-interview-neffe-marconi.html>

Audio: Laenge 4:31 m/s.  Radio Vatikan: Der Podcast
(vatican news - sst, Vatican Radio April 27)

(Probably)  VENEZUELA   4940 kHz  Radio La Montana (Estacion 4940), F/D E-
QSL in 26 days for e-report with mp3-file to:
<radiolamontana -at- gmail.com>

ED:  Honestly, I think this eQSL is a fraud by someone mocking the short-
wave community. You may be aware, as per info given to Manuel Mendez, that
Estacion 4940 wrote in Oct 2023 they had nothing to do with La Montana.
(Juergen Waga, Berlin-D; via DXF-128 May 2024)

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MALACHITE V5 SDR RX

SDR receiver 10 kHz to 250 MHz, 400 MHz to 2 GHz with waterfall and
spectrum analyzer

<https://hamparts.shop/malachite-v5-sdr-rx.html>

This is Malachite DSP SDR Receiver, new version 2023 - V5. It is a stand-
alone SDR receiver in a metal enclosure with a 3.5" 480x320 LCD. The re-
ceiver has a frequency range of 10 kHz to 2 GHz with an exception between
250 MHz and 400 MHz. It supports all AM, SSB, DSB, CW, NFM and WFM modu-
lations. Stereo RDS is supported for WFM with informations at LCD display.

You can also view the signal spectrum on the LCD in 160 kHz, 80 kHz or
40 kHz bandwidths. Thanks to the built-in 3.7V 5000mAh battery, you can
listen for up to 12 hours.

The USB port allows connection to a PC with CAT support, IQ data output
and audio. You can use popular SDR softwares and transfet CAT and IQ data
from SDR receiver to PC. There you can use more SDR SW features !

The antenna is connected via a 50 Ohm SMA connector, with the option to
connect a high impedance antenna - automatic switching inside. There is
also a built-in preamplifier and an adjustable attenuator from 0 to 30 dB.
RF filter switching is automatic.

<https://www.amazon.de/Malachite-Funkempfänger-Frequenzbereich-
umfangreiche-Abdeckung/dp/B0CMTRNKHL>

<https://www.ebay.de/itm/355521808899>

<https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005006874120339.html>

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PACIFIC DASH -  From Asia Vagabond to Casino King.
Westerners adrift in Asia.

According to a tip by Glenn Hauser in wor, read in ARDXC ADXN magazine,
for all those who followed the dream of Shangri-La in the mid 70s and took
off in the hippie Mercedes minibuses via Munich, Istanbul, Silk-street, 
Van-Sea, Iran, Kabul, Kandahar to Goa beach and Kathmandu Nepal into a
world of flowers at Thailand or Bali & Lombok islands.

But they also pursued their dreams through long-distance radio, contacts
and visits to Asian radio stations in the Far East and South East Asia. wb

"ENDLESSLY ENTERTAINING !
He is 'Dash in a Tropical Wonderland' in this offbeat adventure with 
equally quirky characters. A fun journey 

PACIFIC DASH is a colorful new novel tracking the vagabond life journey of
Dashiell Bonaventure, a young American who roams Asia for decades, visit-
ing beaches, vice dens and casinos, all in pursuit of thrills and truth.
This vivid work of gaudy fiction transports readers to exotic worlds and
will delight all fans of armchair global travel, adventure fiction or
romance.

In 1968, a job transfer catapults young Dash's family across the globe,
leaving the cornfields of Illinois for far-flung Hong Kong. In his youth-
ful innocence, the teen believes this expatriate high school adventure is
just a temporary detour but he is mistaken, for thus begins his lifelong
odyssey drifting between continents and crisscrossing Asia in an adventure
of self-discovery.

He roams, for several decades, across Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong
Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar and more. Eccentric and flamboyant
personalities roll through his life as Dash explores the jungles, beaches,
and cities of the Far East.

Along the way, he falls desperately in love and also makes bitter enemies.
He saves lives but also nearly loses his own while backpacking and motor-
cycling across Indonesia. He goes on to work in an illegal floating casi-
no, offshore from Singapore and, as the decades pass, eventually becomes
wildly wealthy while pioneering the VIP gambling junket trade in Macau,
hosting 'whale gamblers' from around the region.

And that's when his troubles REALLY begin.

PACIFIC DASH is the next best thing to taking your own journey down the
colorful back alleys of Asia. Sparkling with anecdotes and color, this
story is designed to charm readers by parachuting them into the festivals,
culture, and vice dens of the Far East. Exhaustively researched and hi-
storically accurate, this book was written by a veteran "Old Asia Hand"
and is an education in itself as to cultural practices and the astounding
sites of SouthEast Asia.

The story unwinds at a furious pace, truly a mad dash: From a sudden di-
saster at international high school in cosmopolitan Hong Kong ... to fan-
tasy years jetting around the globe as the collegiate protege to the
world's reigning literary rock star ... From a dreamlike backpacking idyll
through culture-lush Indonesia ... to an unplanned decade riding a sleazy
floating casino in the Straits of Malacca ... and finally on to Dash's
stunning rise to power as the wealthiest Westerner in Asia and king of
Greater China's casino business.

With PACIFIC DASH, readers experience life amongst Asia's elite, the young
princesses and princelings at the international high school in 1960s Hong
Kong. They hang out with Aussie surfer dudes in Bali and go tromping down
the 1970s hippie trail to Afghanistan, Nepal and beyond. They thrill to
illegal high-stakes baccarat tables on the high seas and gorge on spicy
foods eaten by hand off banana leaves. And they fall in love with the
gorgeous Fiona Lo Ting-Ting and make friends with intriguing characters
like Snakehead Goh, PY (Little Fatty)Lee, Chickie Schmidt and Jackson Toh.

PACIFIC DASH is the newest offering from BANANA LEAF BOOKS, a new imprint
specializing in the adventures of Westerners adrift in Asia.

<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093QYS47V>

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2024  Editions of ENDBH / GNDBH / NANDBH Handbooks - and CDs

Hi all,
The 2024 editions of my NDB handbooks and CDs are available now.

As always I've incorporated the latest changes and monitoring results.

The new GNDBH contains the details of more than 17400 NDBs worldwide.
It is the perfect listening companion for radio listeners who use the
extensive and ever-growing network of WebSDRs.

The updated ENDBH features the data of more than 8400 NDBs, and the new
NANDBH more than 5900 NDBs.

Please find all relevant details at the following URL:

<https://ndblist.info/index_htm_files/NDBpublications2024.pdf>

Once again, I'd like to thank all fellow DXers for your continued support!
Please keep up the good work, I do appreciate your direct input to keep
the handbooks up to date !

vy 73 + gd DX,
Michael
ENDBH, GNDBH & NANDBH editor

<https://ndbchangeblog.blogspot.com>

<https://ndblist.info/index_htm_files/NDBpublications2024.pdf>

(Michael Oexner-D, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 2)