BC-DX 1588                                                   18 Aug 2024
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ALASKA   7395 kHz  KNLS Anchor Point site religious broadcast in Chinese
Mandarin to FE Asia, August 2, at 1447-1452 UT. SIO 222. Weak, noisy
signal. OM with sermon or homily in Mandarin.
(Vince Henley-WA-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

ALASKA   Re: HAARP
Walt, so where is the schedule. Unseems around here:

<https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/>

(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor Aug 13)

Cross posted from a message on the UDXF io group, I can't vouch for its
validity.

<https://t1p.de/prhlq>
(William Fenech, wor Aug 14)

Note that per this sked, on UT Aug 15 into 16 only, the total span is ex-
tended from 2330 to 0830 UT, otherwise finishing by 2330 UT daytime on
Aug 17-18-19. NO frequency details. Where is the sked Walt is referring
to?  Glenn
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor Aug 14)

I'm pretty sure this is HAARP at 02:46 UT slowly sweeping upward with
a very strong carrier. Frequency increases by about 11 kHz every
30 seconds. But upon reaching about 5951 kHz, the carrier shifted and
started dropping in frequency! Rather interesting. I haven't seen this
before from HAARP!

[...]  They kept slowly heading down until they hit 5755 kHz at 03:00 UT
and went off. Took me a few minutes to find them again. Now (03:04 UT),
they're on 6900 kHz with intermittent open carrier, with a buzz, and a
weak upward sweeping tone. About 5 seconds on, then 5 seconds off.

[...]  6900 kHz went off at 03:08:40 UT, and I haven't found anything
else pointing to Galkona, so perhaps off for the evening. Expect them
back tomorrow at 20:30 UT.

[...]  Now on 2800 (03:00 UTC change) ... Walt

[...]  And off as scheduled just a few seconds before 03:30 UTC. They're
back tomorrow at 20::30 to 03:30 UTC between "2.8 and 10 MHz" ...73, Walt
(Walt Salmaniw-Masset-BC-CAN, wor Aug 15)

ARMENIA   Photo of CJSC Yerevan Noratus Gavar-ARM bcast center of May
2024. HF antenna SGD 4/8 PA. Azimuths 305 / 330 degrees.

<https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3675>  July 28

(via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1301 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4)

ARMENIA  'Denge Gel' broadcasts since April on shortwave only between 0400
and 1600 UT, there are no evening transmissions in the 41 mB anymore.
The announcement at

<https://denge-gel.org/em-ki-ne/>

mentions the frequency range between 11510 and 11550 kHz in which the
transmission moves around as attempt to escape the jamming transmission
from Emirler TRT site.

The transmission comes, presumably since the former 'Denge Welat' has been
renamed in last year, from Gavar-Noratus Armenia site, as shown in

<https://vk.com/wall-158109176_3619>

They use one of the Bob-2 1000 kW transmitters from the late 60s, run at
300 kW

<https://vk.com/wall-158109176_3620>

The second such transmitter is only occassionally tuned up

<https://vk.com/wall-158109176_3626>

and the third 1000 transmitter of the newer Kondor model

<https://vk.com/wall-158109176_3663?z=photo-158109176_457240368%2Falbum-
158109176_00%2Frev>

already mothballed due to lack of customers. No other regular trans-
missions than 'Denge Gel' for the big shortwave transmitters anymore
since the BBC left, and on the four 100 kW rigs no other daily ones
than Radio Erena 1700-1800 UT on 9585 kHz.
(Kai Ludwig-D, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 13)

11539.996 kHz UNID Kurdish program noted in Tokyo-JPN remotedly at 13.47UT
on Wed Aug 14, likely 'Denge Gel' via Yerevan Gavar site in Armenia.

see also
11535.010  TRT Pres Erdogan radio jamming sce against Kurdish national
radio 'Denge Gel' {at present on 11539.995 kHz channel - rent via
Gavar-ARM bcast center, wb.}. Osmanic/Turkish martial trumpet fanfare &
drums music group, S=9+25dB at 14.36 UT on Wed Aug 14.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

ARMENIA   11519.996  Kurdish national SW radio 'Denge Gel', only fair S=8
signal into WeEUR target these days, mornings heard at 09.32 UT, extensive
Kurdish female/girls talk via the air, via Yerevan Gavar bcast center site
...and nearby Erdogan Turkish avoid jamming bcast on 11530.011 kHz.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

AUSTRALIA   11900 kHz Reach Beyond, via Kununurra site, at 1259 to 1315 UT
on 28 July. Hindi sce. Station ID with mention of internet and postal
addresses. Indian music at 1301 UT. Rather excited man delivered a talk
until about 1308UT when there was group prayer with verses ending in Amen.
Music again at 1310 UT. Man spoke again about people who are friends in
God. Fair improving to good.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

11905 kHz  Reach Beyond Australia, Kununurra heard at 1148 UT on Aug 2.
a discussion involving two men in listed Burmese. Mostly fair.
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

AUSTRIA    Richard Lugner (91) verstorben.
Bauunternehmer und Reality-TV-Star Richard Lugner ist im Alter von
91 Jahren gestorben, wie Familienkreise bestätigten.

<https://orf.at/stories/3101424/>

<https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_CD_International>

Radio CD International (Radio CD) war ein von 1990 bis 1996 im Osten
Oesterreichs empfangbarer privater Hoerfunksender.

Mangels gesetzlicher Grundlagen fuer Privatradio in Oesterreich wurde
von Bratislava (Pressburg), zunaechst Tschechoslowakei, ab Jaenner 1993
Slowakei, aus gesendet. Durch die Bezeichnung International sollte die
Empfangbarkeit ueber Staatsgrenzen hinweg und somit ein voelkerverbin-
dender Charakter betont werden. CD war sowohl eine Anspielung auf die
Compact Disc als auch auf Corps Diplomatique. [...]

Zwar wandelte sich Radio CD International mit der Zeit in Richtung eines
Formatradios, war jedoch fuer OE3 im Raum Wien noch immer Hauptkonkurrent.

Telekabel Wien sowie Richard Lugner beteiligten sich am Sender. [...]
Auch das Studio uebersiedelte dann in das Wiener Einkaufszentrum Lugner
City, vorher war es zwischenzeitlich in der nahen Kaiserstrasse in Wien 7
untergebracht. [...]

Im September 1996 musste der Sendebetrieb erneut aus buerokratischen
Gruenden ploetzlich eingestellt werden. Dies liess Radio CD in ein
Finanz-debakel schlittern, das die Betreibergesellschaft, CDI Holding AG
(ueber die bereits im August 1994 der Ausgleich eroeffnet worden war)
Richtung Konkurs trieb. [...] Nach Aussagen von Richard Lugner als Mit-
glied des Vorstandes der Holding AG war das Privatradio mit 30 Millionen
Schilling (2,18 Mio. Euro) ueberschuldet. [...]

Kuenftige Taetigkeiten wuerden, so Lugner, von der wirtschaftlich gut
gestellten CD-City Radio GmbH abgewickelt werden.

Zuletzt war der Sender, der ab 15. Februar 1997 null Uhr wieder unter
96,9 MHz terrestrisch aktiv sein wollte, (bei geringer technischer Reich-
weite) vom 1. April 1997 bis 31. Maerz 1998 im Kabelnetz von UPC Telekabel
Wien unter dem neuen Namen CD City Radio auf 92,7 MHz empfangbar - ...

in der letzten Woche seiner Existenz nur mehr als ein etwa zweistuendiges
Endlosband. Die neuerlichen Bemuehungen um eine Sendefrequenz verliefen
erfolglos. Am 1. April 1998 wurden das Studio sowie die Frequenz im Wiener
Kabelnetz von Energy 104,2 uebernommen. 

An diesem Tag starteten oesterreichweit 52 Privatradios. (August 13)

BOLIVIA   3310 kHz  Mosoj Chaski, 0910 UTC on July 28. Man preaching
followed by a song. Voice modulation is a bit low, but music level is ok.
SINPO 45344.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA,via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1162 July 28)

BOLIVIA   3310kHz Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba {? Cotapachi}, 2323-2356.
OM chat in presumed Quechua. Fair to poor signal. 24 July.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

BOLIVIA   5952 lsb mode.  Pio XII, Siglo Veinte (tent), 2340-2350 UT. weak
het. 24 July.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

BOTSWANA   15580 kHz  VOA, July 29, 2115z. No VOA even though they were
audible earlier this month at this same time
{seemingly stopped VoA 15580kHz channel service during winter season down-
under at 20.30 UT, wb.}
Reports of shortened hours at VOA may have come true although I haven't
heard if the reason is Washington, DC or in Botswana itself. The Selebi-
hikwe relay station does not appear to have on site power generation
infrastructure ( e.g. diesel storage tanks or generators) as that seen at
Sao Tome, in other words, grid dependent.

Ray Robinson reports that Voice of Hope Africa is operating with reduced
hours, resulting from "load shedding" in Zambia similar to what's happen-
ing in South Africa. This lack of electricity production in southern 
Africa may be spreading to Botswana also.

Something else I notice for the first time, on the north end of the
Selebi-Phikwe MW site  21 56 59.53 S  27 35 48.31 E
is what appears to be an HF log periodic. Doesn't look like a broadcast
antenna to me, maybe a communications antenna instead.
(Jerry Lenamon-TX-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

USAGM  VOA Botswana A-24 monitoring - morning session 03.00-07.00 UT
2024-08-13 03:01:34 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-10 03:01:56 AM  5925 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-09 03:02:18 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-13 03:31:34 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-10 03:31:56 AM  5925 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-06 03:32:18 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-13 03:32:40 AM  7460 (BOT) VOA KNKR

2024-08-06 04:01:56 AM  5925 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-10 04:01:56 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-10 04:02:40 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-13 04:02:40 AM  7460 (BOT) VOA KNKR
2024-08-07 04:31:56 AM  5925 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-10 04:31:56 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-10 04:32:40 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL

2024-08-07 05:01:56 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-13 05:02:40 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-08 05:03:02 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-06 05:31:56 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-07 05:33:24 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-09 05:33:46 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL

2024-08-08 06:03:46 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-08 06:04:08 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-13 06:33:46 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-09 06:34:08 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL

USAGM  VOA Botswana A-24 monitoring - afternoon session 15.30-22.00 UT
2024-08-06 15:31:34 AM 17530 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-09 15:31:56 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-06 15:32:40 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-12 15:32:18 AM  5940 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-09 15:33:24 AM 11750 (BOT) VOA HAUS

2024-08-08 16:01:56 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-09 16:02:18 AM  5940 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-06 16:02:40 AM 15730 (BOT) VOA SOMA
2024-08-10 16:03:24 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-10 16:03:46 AM   909 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-08 16:31:56 AM 15730 (BOT) VOA SOMA
2024-08-10 16:32:18 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-08 16:32:40 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-07 16:33:02 AM   909 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-06 16:33:24 AM 11910 (BOT) VOA SUEN
2024-08-06 16:33:46 AM 15260 (BOT) VOA SWAH

2024-08-10 17:03:02 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-06 17:04:30 AM 12080 (BOT) VOA PORT
2024-08-06 17:04:52 AM  6045 (BOT) VOA ZIMB
2024-08-05 17:05:14 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ZIMB
2024-08-05 17:05:36 AM   909 (BOT) VOA ZIMB
2024-08-11 17:32:18 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-10 17:33:46 AM 12080 (BOT) VOA PORT
2024-08-05 17:35:14 AM  6045 (BOT) VOA ZIMB
2024-08-06 17:35:36 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ZIMB
2024-08-05 17:35:58 AM   909 (BOT) VOA ZIMB

2024-08-11 18:04:30 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-07 18:04:52 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-12 18:06:42 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGZ <
2024-08-10 18:04:08 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL <
2024-08-12 18:04:30 AM   909 (BOT) VOA ENGZ <
2024-08-11 18:04:30 AM   909 (BOT) VOA ENGL <
2024-08-06 18:05:14 AM 12080 (BOT) VOA PORT
2024-08-06 18:33:46 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-08 18:34:08 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-07 18:33:24 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGZ <
2024-08-11 18:33:24 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL <
2024-08-08 18:34:30 AM  9490 (BOT) VOA FREN

2024-08-07 19:01:56 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-06 19:02:18 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-05 19:02:18 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-11 19:02:40 AM   909 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-08 19:02:40 AM  9490 (BOT) VOA FREN
2024-08-07 19:33:02 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-08 19:33:24 AM  6080 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-11 19:32:18 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-07 19:32:40 AM   909 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-08 19:34:30 AM 11825 (BOT) VOA KNKR

2024-08-08 20:03:24 AM 15580 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-08 20:03:46 AM  6195 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-10 20:02:18 AM  4930 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-06 20:02:40 AM   909 (BOT) VOA ENGL
2024-08-08 20:33:24 AM  9490 (BOT) VOA HAUS <
2024-08-11 20:33:46 AM  9490 (BOT) VOA FREN <
2024-08-08 20:34:08 AM  7325 (BOT) VOA HAUS

2024-08-06 21:32:18 AM  9555 (BOT) VOA BAMB
(USAGM VOA monitoring Botswana SW relay in southern Africa, Aug 13)

BRAZIL   Radio Educacao Rural - Coari reactivated on 5035 kHz. Appears
to be another reactivation of this station! Heard at 1007 with "Bom Dia"
greetings and roosters crowing. At 1015UT a beautiful choral version,
Brazilian style, of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" (9th symphony). Then anncts
and chat. 1025 UT - ID as "Radio Coari" and mentions of "Amazonia", then
a popular song.

Programming on this day was mainly community ("comunidade") anncts and in-
terviews, with only occasional music. 1102 UT - ID and 7 AM time check as
"las siete" - Yes, two minutes late! Fade-out around 1108 UT. I last heard
this station on 4 June 2023, so great to hear it again!

The location is in the far western part of Brazil, so its fade-out is
always later than eastern PY stations.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; 8 July WRTH - World Radio TV 
H_Book F_Book Group; via BrDXC-UK "Communication" monthly magazine August
2024, page #29, BrDXC.UK iogroups August 10)

BRAZIL   Voz Evangelica on 9991 kHz.
Hearing it with a fair signal via the SDR in Berlin, Maryland, with music
at 0012 UTC. It's also audible but poor via the Northern Utah SDR as of
this hour. Not heard directly here when I checked; we're still hours away
from local sunset.
(Eric Fetters-Walp, Lake Stevens-WA-USA, wor Aug 12)

Re:  BRAZIL Voz Evangelica 9991 kHz.
Checked this Sunday evening 11 Aug and found Evangelica back on 9991 kHz
with usual straight religious music - no IDs heard yet for this one. Amaz-
ing that signal is so much better as heard at one of the northern Maryland
SDRs than it is at Brasilia or Paradinho remotedly. 2300 UT signal was S5
to S7.

In an answer to my question about Evangelica, the operator of Radio Radio
Amexinha described it as "a new free [radio] from the state of Ceara
Northeast of Brazil ... it has been working for a few months and there is
no exact time to turn the transmitter on or off, there are days when it
doesn't even turn on.

Unfortunately as far as I know it doesn't publish contacts, I asked to
some colleagues and if I find out anything I'll let you know."
(Dan Robinson-MD-USA, wor Aug 12)

CHINA   9585 kHz S=9 powerhouse endless Chinese string instrument music at
12.52 UT, heard in 12-14 UT slot, 
AGAINST WHOM ?
Maybe test of Beijing #491 bcast center after 2 months installation refur-
bishing work of RTC - like other season in Kashi-Kashgar or Urumchi sites?

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

11805even UNID Mandarin Chinese at 14.43 UT S=9+35dB powerhouse signal. 
Maybe another RTC Beijing #491 bcast center gear test ?

11885.003 kHz UNID at 14.30-15.00 UT slot: was CNR Uighur talk sce,
at 14.50 UT noted powerful PBS Xinjiang from Urumqi in Uighur language,
scheduled til 12.00 UT only, but was on air late at 14.50 UT in
// to Urumqi too on 6120 and 7205 kHz, noted powerful in Doha Qatar 
SDR Perseus net.

11770even PBS Xinjiang Mandarin Chinese sce, S=8 at 14.26 UT. scheduled
14-18 UT via Urumqi Xinjiang province site.

11775even Nanning RTC center #954 site at 14.27 UT, scheduled 10.00-16.05
UT, in Mandarin Chinese; not clear stated whether CNR1 relay or former
domestic CNR6 Taiwan sce ?
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

Kazajo excepto M 0800-1100
6015 uru 2315-0348, 1153-1800 =9470
7340 uru 2315-1800
9470 uru 0348-1153            =6015
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

CHINA  7340even noted on extended China mainland Xinjiang province outlet,
when looked out for co-channel 'MiniTransat Sailing' talk via TDF Issoudun
bcast center, see under FRANCE entries ...

7340even noted extended Uighur language at 15.21 UT, to 1805 UT, like
7340 kHz 0328-1158 UT entry to ITU zone 42N URU  100 non-dir of PBS Urumqi

Female voice Uighur program from Urumqi, but not // of CNR17 in Uighur
(male voice content on 9630 kHz of Lingshi RTC center #725).

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

CHINA/ {FRANCE non}  13735 & 7340 kHz, Aug 16 at 1511 UT direct and 1524
UT into UTwente, no signals from Mini TransAt marine weather. Rather,
UTwente shows a JBA S6 carrier on 7340.008 kHz. EiBi and Aoki list data-
bases show that would be PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi in Kazakh, from East Turki-
stan, std denunciation. Canary SDR antenna must be disconnected. No sig-
nals to Bermuda either. I had no better luck Aug 15 during same hour.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Aug 16)

CUBA   5025 kHz  R Rebelde, 0959-1015 UT on 2 Aug. Spanish. Very excited
speech by someone, perhaps Castro, leading up to speech by woman.
"Tweedle" ToH sounder into man introducing second of hour of programming.
News at 1002 UT with woman greeting listeners (buenos dias Cubanos - good
day Cubans). Man doing news until about 1006 UT. Short piece of classical
music until 1007 UT. Another rousing speech at 1009 UT ending in long
station ID. Fair to good.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

CUBA   4765 kHz  July 24 at 0251 UT, R. Progreso is S=9+5dB but just
barely modulated; while 5025 kHz R. Rebelde is S=9+30dB with good mod now.
But by 0645 UT, 5025 kHz air is dead at S=9+30/40dB, as often the case
late at night. Something's always wrong at Radiocuba. RReb is certainly
24h on numerous MW outlets, perhaps with more reliable modulation.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1162 July 28)

CUBA   9700 kHz  Aug 12 at 0423 UT RHC English still running later than
usual, S=9+25/35dB direct and VG modulation, show is'Sustainably Speaking'
about agriculture, M&W alternating, seems apolitical, soon into next pro-
gram, Economic Report. Meanwhile the nominal English frequency 6000 kHz is
JBA carrier only, and 15230 kHz is also on at S=9+5/15dB with dead air!
Something's always wrong at RHC. Same at 0437 UT recheck.
Hope 9700 kHz be off before NZ come up!
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor & hcdx Aug 12)

CUBA   15230 kHz  July 29 at 2208 UT, RHC {via RadioCuba site at Quivican
San Felipe TITAN unit, wb.} S=9+10/20dB but very distorted, unreadable but
intonation resembles Portuguese as sked in EiBi database, not Aoki Nagoya
list - 15230, July 31 at 2210 UT, RHC S=9+10/20 direct but JBM, supposedly
Portuguese. 
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

CZECH REP / SLOVAK REP     STVR u Praha. Slowakische Medienberichte:

Tschechischer Rundfunk bricht Zusammenarbeit mit STVR ab.

Der oeffentlich-rechtliche Tschechische Rundfunk (CRo) hat auf unbestimmte
Zeit die seit langem bestehende Zusammenarbeit mit der slowakischen
oeffentlich-rechtlichen Station STVR eingestellt.

Darueber berichtet am Montag die slowakische Zeitung Sme. Der CRo aeusser-
te demnach Bedenken, dass die Fuehrung und das Programm der Medienanstalt
in Bratislava unter politischen Einfluss geraten koennten.

Der STVR hat aufgrund einer Gesetzesaenderung der aktuellen Regierung von
Robert Fico (Smer) vor kurzem die bisherige slowakische Medienanstalt RTVS
ersetzt. Deren erzwungenes Ende halte man beim Tschechischen Rundfunk fuer
eine gezielte Massnahme und einen ersten Schritt zur Verstaatlichung,
teilte der Leiter der CRo-Kommunikationsabteilung, Jiri Hosna, gegenueber
Sme mit.
(Radio Prag International, August 12)

FRANCE   11790 kHz  R France International via TDF Issoudun site, 0430-
0459 UT on 2 Aug. Swahili to East AF target. Sign on with ID by man and
woman. Fanfare into news with correspondent reports. Female announcer did
ID at 0441 UT. Longer form feature reports followed. Pop music by female
vocalist at 0455 UT. Off at 0459 UT. Fair signal.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

FRANCE   15275 kHz  Deutsche Welle, Amharic to Ethiopia, Horn of Africa,
1655 UTC, Sunday Aug 4. Catch the tail end of news/discussion in Amharic
followed by a song. SINPO 35333 ... lots of fading / coolness and deep,
not short fades ... but OK. Suddenly just seconds before 1759 UTC, while
still on air, the signal very quickly cascaded into a 21122 SINPO ...
became riddled with noise and was unintelligible.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

FRANCE   7340 // 13735 kHz, Aug 12 at 1513-1559.7* UT, TDF Issoudun site
with French and heavily accented English weather info for sailboat race.

I'm checking following this in BrDXC-UK iogr 'Communication', first report
I've seen this year about MiniTransat:

"13735 kHz 1505 UT MiniTransat Sailing, France. Maritime wx, OM, French,
English // 7340 kHz 333 24 July GS Gabby Simmonds Worcester-UK."

13735 kHz, from 1458 past 1500 UT, NO signal at all direct. Propagation
very degraded with little else on band outside USA. So by 1513 UT I'm
tuned to UTwente where 13735.001- kHz is audible poorly at S7/S8, as to
be expected at short skip distance, much better on 7340.000- kHz at
S=9+5/10dB, YL in heavily accented English with weather info, foneticiz-
ing e.g. NNW as November November Whisky.

Mixed with French and hard to tell when she's switching languages.
1522 UT "that's all the weather today" and over to OM in French, seems
like race standings. 1529 UT music bits. 1530 UT she's back talking about
Olympix, medal counts, etc. 1532 UT familiar "Nuits de Paris" song, not
sure of proper title; and many other songs filling out the hour. First
several minutes would play a tune for only a minute or so, fade it down,
and start another; must be a very impatient DJ. Chopoff at 1559.7* UT.

But which race is this for? The big one with SWx broadcasts like this,
'La Boulangere Mini Transat', does not appear to be in progress now nor
in July. In fact this website

<https://minitransat.fr/>

has nothing about this year, but lots about 2023, when arrival dates rang-
ed from November 8 to 18. That's the one from France to Canarias and then
to Guadeloupe. This site shows many other races including some starting
19 July, 18 and 24 August; I wonder which and how many merit SW broadasts:

<https://www.classemini.com/?mode=courses>

These two entries in today's HFCC update could be a clue, note effective
dates:

 7340 1500 1600 27W,36,37W ISS 250 266 146 1234567 120724 250824 Fra F TDF
13735 1500 1600 27W,36,37W ISS 250 256 217 1234567 120724 250824 Fra F TDF

I also searched serial #s 4612 and 4615 for more, unfound. These are also
in EiBi without datespans, not Aoki list.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor & hcdx Aug 12)

FRANCE   13735 kHz  Aug 13 at 1534 UT, S5/S9 of pop music fill, weather
info portion already over from 'Mini Transat'; 1558UT quick sendoff, "Have
a nice day", "a demain", bit more music to 1559.7* UT. As heard into
Canary SDR after NO signal direct and UTwente offline. I guess they had to
buy a full hour tho a semihour would have sufficed.
(Glenn Hauser-OK.USA, wor & hcdx Aug 13)

FRANCE   7340even 'MiniTransat Sailing' talk via TDF Issoudun bcast center
frequency, but nothing oberseved in 22 mb like 13735 kHz.
Weather report of Atlantic started by female voice at 15.05:40UT ... fore-
cast ... high pressure ... England winds ...
S=9+5dB signal noted here in southern Germany Wed Aug 14.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

FRANCE  15290even  NHK R Japan World in Japanese at 09.10 UT, scheduled at
08-10 UT in Japanese via TDF Issoudun site to Sahel & WeAF audience target
S=9+25dB into WeEUR Perseus SDR remotedly heard. Jap female annmt heard.

15300even RFI Paris French sce scheduled 04-10 UT morning sce, S=9+20dB at
09.12 UT, also via TDF Issoudun bcast center installation.

7340 nor 13735 kHz  NOTHING ON AIR  in 15-18 UT time slot today, special
'MiniTransat Sailing' talk via TDF Issoudun bcast center not on air Friday
Aug 16.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

GERMANY   11700 kHz  QSL  Voice of the Andes, via MBR Nauen relay center.
2 QSL cards: 11700 kHz, 15.30-16.00 UT, June 8 & 22. Blog:

<https://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2020/01/hcjb-voice-of-andes.html>

(Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg-RUS, rusdxplus & deneb-radio-dx,
via RUSdx #1301 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4)

GERMANY   11655 kHz  BIBLE VOICE BC (via MBR Nauen relay site), 0600-0615
UT on 3 Aug. Arabic, sign-on over music with woman doing ID and talk until
0605 UT. Music at 0605 UT when man did ID again and woman continued talk.
At about 0607 UT they flipped to both man and woman doing short statements
over dramatic music. Woman did talk at 0610 to 0614 UT. At the point Trois
Gymnopedie by Eric Satie was played with ID info and sign-off. Fair.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

GUAM   9910 DRM digital mode. KTWR Merizo, 1214-1241 UT on 29 July.
Mandarin Chinese. My best yet logging. Sign on at 1215 UT, and then a few
minutes into the transmission a woman speaking about mothers and gifts.
Message change in the text box in DReaM in English and Chinese seeking
program comments. Almost halfway thorough a mention of Luke 15:1.

Things stayed stable during the entire transmission with end at 1241 UT.
Phone translation software was able to grab phrases. I would call it
better than 50% decoded. Samples on:

<https://twitter.com/PopShopRadio1/status/1817979318414492075>
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

GUAM  15610.040 much fqy oddity AWR KSDA Agat in Shan language to SoEaAS
S=9+5dB signal at 11.45 UT, on Wed Aug 14, 11.30-12.00 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

GUATEMALA   TGAV Radio Verdad has been off the air since 5 December 2020,
but would you believe it's still in Aoki Nagoya Circle list? I have been
in contact with Dr Madrid, whose digital clox keep failing, but he says
they do not depend on WWVB.

"We miss your 4-MHz signal. I guess you have no plans to resume it? I hope
you have realized by now that nothing comes of the "worldwide" SW signal
satellite relay deal.
Best wishes, Glenn Hauser-OK-USA via wor" - his reply August 14:

"Now,referring to our short wave station Radio Truth International on 4055
kHz, we have discarded our satellite project, and have returned to the
conventional short wave radio. We are expecting to receive in Guatemala a
new and modern 1200 watt transmitter constructed at Frankfurt, Germany.

This is a computerized transmitter, quite modern. The transmitter was sent
to the United States already, in order to set our 4055 Khz frequency, and
will be sent to Guatemala these days. We plan to return to the air quite
soon. We hope so. Thank you very much.

Your radio friend, Dr. Edgar Amilcar Madrid, Radio Truth International"
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor Aug 14)

INDIA-BHARAT/CHINA   15400.008 kHz usual plus-odd-offset of Akashvani
Bangalore site noted on Wed Aug 14, Chinese Mandarin sce 10.30-11.57 UT,
S=9+10dB signal in Doha Qatar and Hiroshima-JPN remotedly, and accompa-
nied by few CNR1 progr jamming units on even 15400 kHz, from China main-
land. 
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

INDIA/BHARAT    15400.010 slight oddity of Akashvani sce (exAIR), 09.16 UT
via Bangalore powerful 500 kW site, 09.00-10.30 Nepalese foreign sce pro-
gram, heavy disturbed by UNID/orChina mainland parked digital noise QRM on
15399.275kHz 1 kHz noise sound audio wideband. S=9+15dB into WeEUR Perseus
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

INDONESIA   3325 kHz  Voice of Indonesia, from Palangkaraya site, at 1135
to 1145 UT on 25 July. Chinese program. Pop music selections by female
vocalist with drop-in talk by female. Poor.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1162 July 28)

IRAN   Different TXs and/or 19 mband antennas in use on Wed Aug 14:
15429.952 kHz much fqy oddity, Voice of Iran IRIB in Hausa morning sce to
West AF audience target, scheduled 10.20-11.50 UT, S=9+30dB noted in Doha
Qatar ME sidelobe remotedly. And different fqy of
15430.010 kHz low modulated of IRIB Hebrew sce via Sirjan SW center to
Israel Near East target, scheduled 11.50 to 12.20 UT.

11944.964 kHz oddity fqy of IRIB Sirjan in Bengali language, much low
modulation. 14.20-15.20 UT scheduled.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

IRAN   15430.012  IRIB Arabic sce to Saudi/Emirates peninsula, sideband
lobe signal of S=9 into WeEUR target, 09.18 UT, scheduled 08.30-10.30 UT
via Sirjan site {of former AEG Telefunken} SW units. 
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

KOREA  D.P.R. of  {North communist}  15180.240 kHz much odd fqy Voice of
Korea in French to NoWeAM and CeAM target. LatAM sce 10.00-1250 UT in En,
Fr, and Korean languages. S=8 in Doha Qatar and Akitakata Hiroshima SDR
units remotedly.

13649.988 kHz Voice of Korea via Kujang, in Mandarin Chinese, S=9 at 13.36

13760.019 kHz Voice of Korea via Kujang, in En 13-14 UT, S=8 in Akitakata
Japan SDR remotedly, 13.38 UT.

11680.008 kHz Korean sce of Pyongyang site, 19.50-18.00 UT, 13.50 UT on
Wed Aug 14, S=9+15dB.

11710even KRE  Voice of Korea in French, S09 at 13.52 UT, sched 13-14 UT.

11734.962 kHz Bad audio feed modulation from Kujang site, Korean of KCBS
Pyongyang Korean program, Korean male voice presenter, followed by fanfare
hymn at 14.22 UT, martial male army singer group performed.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

KOREA REP OF {South}  15575 kHz  KBS World Radio in Korean to NoAM target,
July 29, 2024, 1414 - 1421 UT. SIO 434. Via Kimjae bc center. Multiple OM
announcers, POP MX with YL soloist. YL announcer joins at 1428 UT.

15575 kHz , KBS World Radio in Spanish to No&CeAM, July 30, 2024, 0249-
0256 UT. SIO 444. Dramatic skit with OM / YL actors.
Via Kimjae bcast center.
(Vince Henley-WA-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

KOREA REP OF {South}  15159.995 kHz  KBS World Radio via Kimjae site in
Korean to FEAS/CEAS/ME/EUR target, Aug 16, at 09.06 UT on Fri Aug 16.
S=9 in WeEUR target. Korean 09-10 UT.

15160 kHz 0700-1100 UT to ITU zones 39E,40  KIM  250kW  290degr  216_ant

NOTHING ON AIR of co-ch requested Algiers 'Ifrikya FM' from Ouargla site.

15174 - 15189 heavy OTHR signal from likely Cyprus? Kaliningrad? S=9+25dB
at 09.08 UT Aug 16.

7719.997 kHz  EOH Sound of Hope, Korean, S=8 in Doha Qatar rx at 15.15 UT
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

KOREA REP OF {South}    Voice of the People now on 6601 kHz.

Aug 15 - <http://hiroshi.mediacat-blog.jp/e155101.html>

6600 kHz VOP - This broadcast, which changes its broadcast time every four
weeks, is often blocked by jamming, but sometimes it can be heard clearly.
It seems that 6600 kHz has become difficult to hear since around July
25th, so perhaps they changed the transmission method, and a special
transmission that alternates between carriers 1kHz above and below, called
super jamming, is broadcast on 6600 kHz, so if you can notch this, you can
clearly hear the "Voice of the People Broadcast" broadcast on 1 kHz above
and below. I don't know what kind of radio wave format it is, but it may be
one way to prevent jamming. However, this also requires a specification to
cut it with a notch, so it may not be easy to deal with.

VOP with carriers on 6599 and 6601 kHz cut off at 6600 kHz.
[screenshot of reception]

VOP and VOH change their broadcast time on the first Monday of every month
in principle. In months with a 5th week, they may be brought forward.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor Aug 16)

Re:  Voice of the People now on 6601 kHz.

I made a similar observation back on 2 Aug. Today, I logged South Korea's
Voice of the People station directed to North Korea. on 6600 kHz // 6520
kHz, at 1100 UT. Both, of course, were jammed.

Video/ audio samples are here:

<https://twitter.com/PopShopRadio1/status/1819462077364515184>

On 6600 kHz the jamming is pulses, short ones 1 kHz above & long ones
1.5 kHz below. The pulses on the plus side of 6600 kHz sound like spoken
words, albeit poorly modulated. At first I thought it was numbers.

On the lower side, it is just pulses,with an occasional double pulse. They
see-saw / alternate with the short pulses on the plus side

By flipping to just AM and not SAM/DSB I was able to clear the signal up
a bit.

Meanwhile, Voice of the People signed on 6520 kHz //, at 1100 UT where a
traditional noise jammer was already in place.
(Tony Pavick-Hope-BC-CAN, wor Aug 16)

KOREAS { REP OF and KRE }  Voice of the People, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi.do
in Korean:
3480 (best reception) // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 (much strong)
// 4560 (2nd best) // 6520 // 6600 kHz, on August 17, at 12.40-13.10 UT.

3480.009 kHz S=9+30dB in Akitakata Hiroshima-JAP, 18 kHz wide broadband
         signal, Bubble signal jammed underneath 10 kHz by KRE NoKorea.
         medium / fair at 12.52 UT.
3910.003 kHz S=9+30dB in Akitakata Hiroshima, Chorus program at 12.54UT
         jammed underneath of buzz digital noise by KRE NoKorea;
         medium / fair.
3930.009 kHz S=9+30dB in Akitakata Hiroshima, Chorus program at 12.56UT
         jammed underneath of buzz digital noise by KRE NoKorea;
         medium / fair. Similar noise kind like 3910 kHz.
4450even S=9+40dB in Akitakata Hiroshima, Chorus program at 12.58 UT
         shrill high tone jamming underneath of digital noise by
         KRE NoKorea; medium / fair.
         Jamming tx centered on fqy exact
4449.961 kHz.
4560.013 S=9+30dB in Akitakata Hiroshima, Chorus program at 13.00 UT
         NOISE JAMMING like!
6520.012 S=9+35dB in Akitakata Hiroshima, Chorus program at 13.06 UT
         NOISE JAMMING KIND  like 3910 or 3930 kHz !
6600even S=9+35dB in Akitakata Hiroshima, Chorus program at 13.09 UT
         NOISE JAMMING KIND  like 3910 or 3930 kHz !

KOR  VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
3480  13.00 UT   KRE  North Korean BUBBLE Jamming Noi  Pyongyang?
3480  1100-0700  KOR  VOICE OF THE PEOPLE      Kor  Kyonggi-do
3910  0250-0005  KRE  North Korean Jamming     Noi  Kujang    
3910  1100-0700  KOR  VOICE OF THE PEOPLE      Kor  Kyonggi-do
3930  0250-0005  KRE  North Korean Jamming     Noi  Kujang    
3930  1100-0700  KOR  VOICE OF THE PEOPLE      Kor  Kyonggi-do
4450  0250-0005  KRE  North Korean Jamming     Noi  Kujang    
4450  0700-0300  KOR  VOICE OF THE PEOPLE      Kor  Kyonggi-do
4560  1100-0700  KOR  VOICE OF THE PEOPLE      Kor  Kyonggi-do
6520  0250-0005  KRE  North Korean Jamming     Noi  Kujang    
6520  0700-0300  KOR  VOICE OF THE PEOPLE      Kor  Kyonggi-do
6600  0250-0005  KRE  North Korean Jamming     Noi  Kujang    
6600  0700-0300  KOR  VOICE OF THE PEOPLE      Kor  Kyonggi-do

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 17)

KUWAIT/THAILAND  15750 kHz, unwanted 1000 Hertz antenna and TX matching 
tone procedure heard on air - already at 11.47 UT, when USAGM Kuwait
Pashto Mashaal Radio sce ended 10-12 UT, and replaced by 12-13 UT outlet
via USAGM Udorn Thani Ban Dung site in Thailand then.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

KUWAIT   15365.007 seldom odd fqy of USAGM United States Agency for Global
Media (USAGM) exIBB exBBG VoA Kuwait al-Dschahra suburb relay site in
Pashto of 'Mashaal Radio' service to CeAS target, 07-10 UT scheduled, at
09.13 UT Aug 16, S=9+20dB backlobe into WeEUR.

15749.996  seldom odd fqy of USAGM United States Agency for Global Media
(USAGM) exIBB exBBG VoA Kuwait al-Dschahra suburb relay site in Pashto,
S=8-9 fair signal  sidelobe into WeEUR.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

MADAGASCAR   12095 kHz  BBC London, at 0417 UT on Aug 4. Report in En-
glish on the immigrant driven riots in Liverpool. At 0420 UT a casual ID
followed by a report on the Olympic medal status. Very good armchair copy.

{via ENC Encompass Digital Media Services FMO organized via MGLOB Talata
Volonondry Madagascar relay facility; wb.}
(Ed Cichorek-NJ-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

MALI   11975 kHz July 29 at 2214 UT, CRI French relay amid odd 2130-2230
UT sked via Bamako {tx center #2, wb.} , Chinese lesson, mentions
"chinois", also sounded like bits of other languages too. Fair signal
direct.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

MARIANA ISLS {TINIAN / Agingan Point SAIPAN} 

<https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/medienmagazin/radio_
news/beitraege/2024/usa_schliessung_sendeanlagen.html>

Shortwave Radiogram transmits digital text and images on an analog short-
wave broadcast transmitter. The program is produced and presented by
Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott-Arlington-VA-USA.

<https://swradiogram.net/>

Shortwave Radiogram, 15-21 August 2024 (program 366):
Digital modes that defend potatoes.

This was a week of bad news about shortwave broadcasting. The US Agency
for Global Media(USAGM) has closed its relay stations at Saipan and Tinian
in the Northern Mariana Islands (used mainly for Radio Free Asia) and at
Sao Tome (used for VOA broadcasts to Africa).

USAGM has not yet announced these closures on its website, but the news
was reported by the Saipan Tribune. The newspaper quoted William S.Martin,
USAGM's director of operations and stations division, who notes shortwave
use has fallen dramatically almost everywhere since the invention of the
internet.

The Saipan station dates back to KYOI, a commercial rock music station di-
rected to Japan, 1982-1989. The Herald Broadcasting division of the
Christian Science Monitor Syndicate operated the station 1989-1998. Radio
Free Asia purchased the facility in 1998, and it became part of the USAGM
shortwave transmitting network. [...]

<https://www.saipantribune.com/news/local/voice-of-america-station-
in-cnmi-announces-closure/article_6feca48a-595c-11ef-83a3-
63348d7b7009.html>

<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gnowao9h2n1ulu4tms6e1/The_Robert_E._
Kamosa_Transmitting_Station-s_shortwave_radio_relay_station_in_Agingan_
Point.jpg?rlkey=vw9618gpy9f93ddkraym74lfi&dl=0>

<http://wikimapia.org/13118288/Robert-E-Kamosa-Transmitting-Station>

<https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/medienmagazin/radio_
news/beitraege/2024/usa_schliessung_sendeanlagen.html>

(URL's via Roger Thauer-D, rhci Aug 15
<http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2024-08-08.htm> ...)

MONGOLIA   Mongolian Radio - WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RADIO ?

This is how the Mongolian voice sounds in Japanese.

Mongolian Radio has a powerful channel called VOICE OF MONGOLIA.Due to its
powerful frequency, this channel is heard in five languages around the
world. This time, let's go through the Japanese edition.

Their history began when the Japanese language editorial office broadcast-
ed its first program on Jan 20, 1989 under the name "Radio Ulaanbaatar".
The first translators-editors, U. Dashnyam, Ts. Burmaa, and D.Tomurbaatar,
first prepared a 30-minute program twice a week, but now,translator-editor
S. Bulgan prepares a 30-minute program with new sorghum news six times a
week. P. Odgerel and T. Guatsetseg are preparing and promoting their
country to Japanese speakers.

To quote just one of the many interesting and proud stories. In 1997, the
Japanese language editorial team broadcast a nine-hour live broadcast of
"Mongolia" in cooperation with Japan's NHK radio station, which was heard
by 20 million people all over Japan.

Three experts from NHK officially and dozens of volunteer experts worked
in this newsroom.

He announced a contest among his listeners, and the winner visited Mongo-
lia. In addition to Japan, we receive letters from listeners in more than
10 countries, including India, Spain, Russia, China, Brazil, Ukraine, and
Korea. In a recent example, Noguchi Minoru, a listener from Saitama Pre-
fecture, sent a thank you postcard saying that he had been listening for
his 1,000th day.  {via DXF FC}
(via Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wor Aug 17)

NETHERLANDS   MCB Radio replaces Album AM on MW 846 kHz. As of 1 July,
Album AM has transferred both licences (Uden and Linschoten) on 846 kHz
to MCB Radio that will provide three locations (Alphen aan den Rijn, Uden
and Den Oever).

Uden remains available as a backup location for MCB Radio if there is
maintenance or a malfunction at the primary location Alphen aan den Rijn.

Because Alphen is significantly closer to the coast (20 km) compared to
Uden (120 km), the signal can be heard reasonably in the Essex, Norfolk
and Suffolk coastal regions.

Album AM thanks the hundreds of DX listeners throughout Europe (20 coun-
tries, maximum distance 2411 km) for submitting listening reports in the
past 5 years.
(Album AM 1 July via mediumwave.info)

Impact AM is using 747 kHz in Zuid-Holland from 14 July, replacing former
819 kHz.  <https://impactam.nl/>

(Nico from Gouda NL 13 July via <mediumwave.info> ; via MW  Report by
Dave Kenny-UK; via "Communication" monthly magazine August 2024,
pages #27-28, via BrDXC.UK iogroups / wwdxc topnews August 10)

NEW ZEALAND   7440 kHz  RNZ Pacific Rangitaiki in En to Oceania, Aug 1,
at 1450-1506 UT. SIO 333. POP / ROCK MX in En to Oceania, sounding like
Bob Dylan song. Heavy QRN, flutter and generally a noisy signal.
Time pips at TOH. YL announcer with news, OM joins at 1504 UT.
(Vince Henley-WA-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

7440.004 kHz at 14.03UT on Tue Aug 13,S=9+25dB noted in Akitakata-JPN,wb.

NEW ZEALAND   9700 kHz  Radio New Zealand Pacific, Rangitaiki heard at
1153 UT on July 29. a very excited reporter announcing scores and updates
at the Olympic Games. This was followed at 1155 UT by rock music. Poor-
fair.
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

NEW ZEALAND   17675 kHz  RNZI Pacific via Rangitaiki site, 0404 UT on
Aug 3. Detailed weather report in English by a woman. At 0406 UT, organ
music and introduction to a musical program by a man. Two men discussed
a recent album by a local artist. Good tonight with some deep fades.
(Ed Cichorek-NJ-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

NEW ZEALAND   7440.003  R NZPacific, poor signal S=6-7 from Rangitaiki to
NE/ME target, scheduled 12.59-16.58 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

PALAU   9965 kHz  Hope Radio at 0820UT. Talk by heavily accented man, con-
tact info ("Hope Radio dot net"), ID by man at 0830 UT "KHBN Palau", reli-
gious lecture by woman. Very Good Aug 13.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, 'Arizona Update' also via wor Aug 11-14)

PERU   4820 kHz  R. Senda Cristiana, 0922 UT on July 28. There's a fair
amount of atmospheric noise / fading but it sounds like a chorus singing,
possibly kids. SINPO 45344.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA,via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1162 July 28)

PHILIPPINES   15329.964 kHz FEBC Manila via Bocaue bcast center, S=8,
11.15-11.45 UT scheduled Mon language. Aug 14.

11750.005 ... x.010 variable signal out of Bocaue tx unit, FEBC Manila in
Lah language sce, S=9 signal at 14.24 UT
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

PHILIPPINES   11700 kHz  Vatican Radio via USAGM Tinang-PHL relay site at
1500 UT, open, monologue with M in (listed) Malayalam (Indian dialect),
interesting SouthAsian male vocal music at 1525 UT. Familiar Vatican Radio
tuning signal repeated a few times & off at 1530 UT. Fair Aug 14
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, 'Arizona Update' also via wor Aug 11-14)

PHILIPPINES   15449.966 kHz FEBC Manila via Bocaue tx center site, Tibetan
sce at 09.19 UT, S=9 signal even in WeEUR Perseus units remotedly.

Nearby 15455even kHz  UNID empty carrier at same time, also
15463 kHz heavy OTHR signal these days.

15580.004 kHz FEBC Manila via Bocaue txion center scheduled 09-11 UT into
various INS language audience target. S=7 sidelobe into WeEUR though, at
09.20UT. Unstable Bocaue fqy outlet, moved around some 5 Hertz up and down
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

PHILIPPINES   9695 kHz  Fri, Aug 16, at 2210-2220 UT, Radio Vaticana, via
USAGM Tinang-PHL relay center, in Chinese. Woman announcer talking news,
presumably, with a fast music pause between them; 2216 UT Woman communi-
cation. Fair reception: 45433. Parallel log on 7410smg CVA site, 35533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Aug 16)

ROMANIA   9740 kHz via Tiganesti site of RRI Bucharest at 0159UT, w/ repe-
tition of familiar tuning signal, sign-on at 0200 UT w/ woman presenter in
Spanish, then apparent news by man. Trad. Romanian music at 0250 UT and
tuning signal repeats at 0257 UT, off 0300 UT Good Aug 11.

9730 kHz via Galbeni Bacau site of RRI Bucharest at 0110UT. A little flut-
tery but good signal on Drake SW1 and long wire. Jazz or show tunes from
bygone era in US. M presenter in Romanian. Female vocal music, piano.
Signal just cut off in the middle of a song (it is unusual for RRI not to
sign off and use the familiar interval signal bf going off) Good w/ light
flutter; Aug 11.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, 'Arizona Update' also via wor Aug 11-14)

SAO TOME E PRINCIPE   17655 kHz  Wed, Aug 14, at 1800-1815 UT.
USAGM (Voice of America), Pinheira-STP relay bcast center, in Portuguese.
Total silence! Canceled! See HFCC update August 12, 2024.
Source: <https://new.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A24&broadc=AGM>
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Aug 14)

VOA frequency on 17655kHz was sign-off this Tuesday only, rare of happened.
Fact confirmed by two other colleagues, too. I will this checks VOA 17655
kHz between 1700-1830 UT this week. VOA on air, Ever!  Cancelled, Never!

{see also 17655 kHz under Vatican State entry, below, wb.}
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, wor Aug 14)

SAO TOME   Translated from French:

The USAGM has just stopped its medium and short wave station on the island
of Sao Tome. An unannounced stop, which the agency wanted discreet.

The end of 34 years of history: The VOA was installed in Liberia, in 1990,
the civil war made the station totally unusable.

The United States wanted to find another site in the region.

The US government's request for the installation of a Voice of America
relay station has garnered the greatest interest locally. The agreement
was quickly reached: IBB leases a 140-hectare plot on the east coast,
three kilometers from the capital of the Republic, which is also called
Sao Tome.

Construction of the Pinheira site began in 1992, on the ruins of the
former Radio Nacional transmitter who had surrendered. A few months later,
the first transmitter, a 100 kW Harris VP-100B is installed for broadcast-
ing on 1530 kHz medium waves. Four 100 kW Thomcast shortwave transmitters
mounted to broadcast between 6 and 21 MHz.

The IBB had to build its own power plant, consisting of five diesel gene-
rators developing 5MW. The diesel is delivered by a tanker that anchored a
kilometer from the site.A pipeline connected the ship and the power plant.
Another facility provides the necessary water to the center: domestic and
sanitary consumption and for cooling the transmitters.

The IBB Relay Center in Sao Tome was established to ensure the dissemina-
tion of VOA programs in English, French, Portuguese, Hausa, Kirundi and
Swahili to Africa. Subsequently the medium-wave transmitter the 100 kW
"Harris" transmitter was dedicated to broadcasting on tropical waves in
the 60-meter band.

In 2003, a new building was installed on the seafront to house a new 600kW
transmitter that took over the Harris at 1530 kHz. Two trellis antennas
ensure broadcasting as the old antenna was already out of use, ravaged by
corrosion following the marine climate. IBB staff also operate a medium-
wave transmitter "Harris" of 20 kW at 945 kHz connected to an omnidirec-
tional antenna for Radio Nacional de Sao Tome e Principe.

Enormous directional antennas form a circle pointing in NNO directions
from NE to SE. Beams can rotate up to +/- 24 degr, adjust height and width
of beam by changing the phase. There are 15 dipole curtain antennas sup-
ported by 18 rows.

(Radio Magazine F_B group (2024-July-29) via MW Info;
via SWB #2060 Bulletin Sweden, Aug 5)

SAUDI ARABIA   11935.402 kHz  Much clean audio quality from Riyadh bcast
center, carried 'Republic Yemen Excile Radio' in Arabic, HQ prayer in pro-
gress, nice sound heard at 14.56 UT on Wed Aug 14, via Doha Qatar Perseus.
S=9+35dB strength.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

SAUDI ARABIA  [and non]   11935.404- kHz  Aug 14 at 1629 UT, Rep. of Yemen
{excile} Radio, Arabic only S7/S8 into UTwente with heavy ACI from much
stronger 11940 kHz CRI English this hour only via Kashgar, East Turkistan,
{Xinjiang province} land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs
and other Moslems.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor Aug 14)

SLOVENIA   Radio Koper Capodistria is 75.

On May 25th Radio Koper Capodistria in Slovenia turned 75, and there was a
special week on the air to celebrate the anniversary, which culminated
with the opening of the radio headquarters to the public throughout the
morning of the 25th.

My personal ways of celebrating the anniversary are the following: thanks
to Google Maps - which, during a short vacation in Istria, in order to
make me save maybe 10minutes, took me off the highway in favour of a hilly
road - I turned up exactly on the top of Beli Kriz(White Cross), right be-
hind the 549 / 1170 kHz medium wave antenna!

I dug up my notes of significant things that happened on the Koper/Capodi-
stria frequencies, roughly over the last 50 years. Here is a selection:

2 April 1971 - Fair reception on 1169 kHz relaying Ljubljana until 2215,
then in Italian, but with some QRM from Radio Marina on same frequency
broadcasting from the radio ship Mebo II, Man of Action heard.

9 June 1971 - At 0730/0830 holiday programme in German "Club Adria Studio
Aleman" (also heard on other stations in Slovenia and Croatia).

11 Aug. 1972 - High power test transmissions begin on 1079 kHz, and from
Sept. 19th 1169 kHz becomes "Koper 2" and starts relaying the Ljubljana
programme.

11 Dec. 1978 - Radio Capodistria broadcasts on two//frequencies, 1080 and
1170 kHz.

17 June 1979 - Radio Koper Capodistria has the following schedule: Italian
at 0700/2000 on 1080,1170 kHz and FM, Slovenian at 0600/0730 and 1300/1700
on 549 kHz and FM. From this year, the Italian and Slovenian programmes no
longer share the same frequency.

27 April 1981 - Capodistria again with full power on 1170, 1080 kHz goes
off the air.

20 Feb. 1988 - Capodistria heard on the A13 highway with excellent signal
on the 88.4 MHz frequency, coming from an Italian repeater located on
Mount Cesen in the Treviso province.

24 June 1991 - The programmes continue after the usual closing time of
2000, both on medium waves and on 88.4, for continuous updates on the war.
The 2200 news ends with "the wish for a calm night and the hope to be here
again tomorrow morning at 6".

9 Aug. 1991 - Radio Koper has news in English and German at 2215 in //
with Radio Slovenija 1 on 918 kHz from Ljubljana.

1 Aug. 1997 - Radio Capodistria begins an experimental period of trans-
mission on 630 kHz, which greatly improves reception especially in Central
Italy, but which unfortunately does not have a long life.

12 July 1998 - Music and News programme in German, English and Italian,
produced in the Capodistria studios and broadcast by Radio Capodistria and
Radio Maribor International (which broadcast on FM 102.8 and later became
Radio MM2 and then Radio SI-Radio Slovenia International, which is now on
FM and DAB).

22 Feb.1999 - Radio Capodistria stops relaying Radio Maribor International
programmes after 2000, and its live programmes now run until midnight.
From midnight to 0600, Capodistria and Maribor have a common programme of
music and news in Slovenian, German, English and Italian with a "STR-
Slovenian Tourist Radio" ID.

6 Aug. 2001 - 1170 kHz heard with weather forecasts at 0740 in Italian
'Tempo delle vacanze', German Ferienwetter and English Holiday weather,
also with news in Hungarian at 0755.

11 Feb. 2004 - 1170 kHz is off all day, Belaruskaje Radyio fair and clear
at 1530.

31 Dec.2012 - Starting tonight, the nightly relay of Radio Slovenia Inter-
national ends, and the new Nottetempo programme begins,from midnight to 6.
From this moment, the station broadcasts its own programmes 24 hours a day

4 June 2019 - Radio Capodistria begins broadcasting Europa Today, produced
by the City News network of online newspapers, at 1032 on Tuesdays.

28 Apr. 2022 - Capodistria received for the first time on channel 12C,
DAB multiplex SLO DAB+ R2 W.

9 Aug. 2023 - Radio Capodistria begins to rebroadcast the programme Scon-
finamenti, produced in the RAI studios in Trieste, and broadcast on the
medium waves of Venice (1367/8 kHz - then 936 kHz) until the closure of
all RAI medium wave stations.
(Southern European Report by Stefano Valianti-ITA; via "Communication"
monthly magazine August 2024, pages #16-17, via BrDXC.UK iogroups /
wwdxc topnews August 10)

SOLOMON ISLANDS   5020 kHz  SIBC Honiara, Solomon Islands, 0738 UT on July
28. Classic country song followed by island song.First time in a long time
they've had decent modulation and aren't swallowed up by Rebeldes wide
audio on 5025 kHz. SINPO 55344. Good signal, a slight bit of fading and at-
mospheric noise but very listenable.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA,via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1162 July 28)

SPAIN   15390 kHz  Radio Exterior Espana, July 29, 2100z, via Noblejas
site. All 4 transmitters were on in Spanish at this time although
15390 kHz (161deg) and 15520 kHz (110deg) were airing a different program
than 17715 kHz (230dego) and 17855 kHz (290deg).
(Jerry Lenamon-TX-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

SPAIN   17855 kHz  Mon Aug 12 at 2200 UT, token English from SNR is a
JBA carrier direct to here! Extremely unusual due to major geomagnetic
storm. Slightly better on 15520 kHz off the back at 2207 UT and the others
17715 & 15390 kHz JBA carriers. By UTwente check at 2227 UT, all are JBA.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor & hcdx Aug 12)

SRI LANKA   15430 kHz  Adventist World Radio via SLBC Trincomalee relay
site heard at 1205 UT on July 29. a monologue by a man in listed Balinese
towards Indonesia target. Mostly poor.
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

SRI LANKA   15500.005 kHz slight plus-oddity fqy of SLBC Trincomalee unit
outlet, rent by AWR Asia in Indonesian language service, 11.00-11.30 UT
S=9+10dB in Doha Qatar ME remotedly.

11800.005 kHz AWR Asia in Karen tribe people language, via SLBC
Trincomalee bcast center, S=9+30dB signal strength at 14.41 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

TAIWAN   9740 kHz  Radio Taiwan International, Paochung site heard at 1119
UT on July 30. group singing and followed at 1120 UT by a woman speaking
in Japanese. Mostly poor. 11-12 UT scheduled.
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

TAIWAN   9900 kHz  R FREE ASIA (via PAOCHUNG-TWN bcast site), 1200-1210 UT
on 30 July. Korean service. Sign on in English followed by ID in Korean by
woman. Same woman did news headlines and then full news with initial story
being about flooding in North Korea. Later story was about nuclear weapon
in the north. Very good. 12-14 UT scheduled
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

TAIWAN   14979.932kHz odd fqy SOH sect Falun Gong target radio in Mandarin
Chinese from Taiwan towards China mainland audience, and CHN CNR1 jamming
on even 14980 kHz, at 11.30 UT on Wed Aug 14.

15375.008 kHz  Fu Hsing BC stn from Kuanyin Taiwan site at 07-12 UTC and
04-07 UT Mon-Fri, S=9 at 13.38 UT on Wed Aug 14. // 9409.989 kHz.

11580.144 kHz odd fqy of Taiwan SOH Mandarin Falun Gong sect transmission,
at 13.48 UT, S=8 in Tokyo-JPN remotedly.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

TAJIKISTAN/UAE/KUWAIT    9545 kHz  Fri, Aug 16, at 2316-2330 UT
USAGM (Radio Free Asia), via Dushanbe Orzu-TJK bcast center, in Tibetan.
Woman announcer in conversation with a man; 2322 UT A brief music pause
and a conversation continues. Poor reception: 25422. Parallel log on
11700 kHz, USAGM (Radio Free Asia) Dhabbaya-UAE, JBA reception: 25311.

2024-08-16 23:02:18 capture: AM 11700 (DHA) RFA TIBE
2024-08-16 23:02:40 capture: AM  9545 (DB ) RFA TIBE
2024-08-16 23:03:02 capture: AM  5950 (KWT) RFA TIBE

(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Aug 16)

TURKEY   The Voice of Turkey sent a QSL card envelope for the April 2024
broadcast again. The envelope contains a schedule (this is my third copy
of the schedule) with the same errors as the two previous copies.
(Evgeniy Kornykhin, Moscow-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx"
via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1301 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4)

TURKEY   11535.010  TRT Pres Erdogan radio jamming sce against Kurdish
national radio 'Denge Gel' {at present on 11539.995 kHz channel - rent via
Gavar-ARM bcast center, wb.}. Osmanic/Turkish martial trumpet fanfare &
drums music group, S=9+25dB at 14.36 UT on Wed Aug 14.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

TURKEY   15720.012 kHz odd fqy of TRT Emirler bcast center site, Persian
Farsi sce at 08.30-09.55 UT. S=9+5dB lobe into WeEUR remotedly check at
09.26 UT.

13635.007 kHz TRT Ankara in Turkish via Emirler bcast center, noted at
09.30 UT on Fri Aug 16, S=9+25dB scheduled at 06.00-12.57 UT towards huge
Turkish nationals audience in western Europe.

11530.011 kHz  09.34UT Erdogan Turkish Osmanic Tukish culture singer avoid
'Denge Gel' Kurdish radio, jamming bcast at S=8 level here in WeEUR heard.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

UKRAINE/LITHUANIA   An unnoticed end of Radio Ukraine International's
English-language programming.

Radio Ukraine International seems to have discontinued its English-
language programming completely on April 21. The last remaining programme
'The indestructible' was produced between January 6 and April 1, aired on
Saturdays at 21:28-21:44 UT on 1386 kHz (via Lithuania's Radio Baltic
Waves International, LRTC location Anyksiai Vieshintos, 200 kW run by
lowered 75 kW). The program's page

<https://ukr.radio/prog.html?id=1121>  wrongly shows the last date as
June 1.

At first, I thought it was a temporary break, but the program's page now
reads "This programme was produced with the financial support of the
European Union".
(Alexander Miatlikov-Dnipro-UKR, wor Aug 12)

Re: An unnoticed end of Radio Ukraine International's English-language
programming.

A pity but in my part of the UK I could never get anything on 1386 kHz
AM at home on my PL880 even at the advertised times.
(Dave Harries-Bristol-UK, wor / BrDXC-UK iogr Aug 14)

UAE  {U.K.-non}  In 2022 BBC circles stated that they can not afford pro-
ducing Russian-language programming for shortwave slots that had already
been planned. However, such programming in fact exists, declared as pod-
casts, with a new episode, ranging in length from about 25 to 45 minutes,
appearing throughout Mon-Fri.

Now on Saturdays these podcasts are broadcast as extension of the
13650 kHz transmission of World Radio Network. This extension has been
announced before, but without mentioning its purpose, and the published
schedule has so far not been updated either.

Only actual listening to this Sat 1700-1800 UT slot reveals what this all
is about. The broadcast file delivered by the BBC starts with an explicit
announcement of "broadcasting our podcasts on 13650 kHz, webstream and
satellite", so it is not just pulled material but without any doubt an
official contribution by the BBC.

No idea why they take this route, considering that the BBC has official
transmissions via Abu Dhabi Media / ENC Al-Dhabayya relay site.
By the way, this 13650 kHz outlet is in fact faulty, suffering from a
rather bad hum that is definitely not on the source.
(Kai Ludwig-D, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 13)

U.K.  BBC WS "at-a-glance" English schedule grid: Updated.

The BBC World Service "six-month" schedules now seem to have been deleted
permanently from the BBCWS website. In May I therefore produced my own
"at-a-glance" schedule listing the BBC WS English programmes on shortwave.

There have been a couple of frequency and programme changes since then,
so I have now updated the listing to version 1.2.

The single-page PDF can be downloaded 
<https://app.box.com/s/kbdxb4c5lwpju0kpoi27aiwc35br2g2a>
or for short: <https://bit.ly/3LgKNJ2>  I hope that you find it useful.

and also download 'BBC-World-Service-Programmes-A-24-Season' pdf file

<https://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BBC-World-Service-
Programmes-A-24-Season-v1.3.pdf>

<https://swling.com/blog/2024/08/alan-roes-bbc-world-service-programmes-
for-the-a24-season/>
(Alan Roe, Teddington-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr Aug 14)

U.K.   17670 kHz  Wed, Aug 14, at 1819-1829 UT, IBRA Media - Radio Sama,
ENC Woofferton-England relay center, in Sudan languages. Man talking;
1821 UT  Music; 1824 UT Man talking, preaching; 1829 UT Woman talking.
Fair reception: 35533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Aug 14)

USA  {and non}    USAGM HFCC A-24 registrations updated.

Re:  USAGM HFCC A-24 registrations updated.  Orzu-Tajikistan site...

Looks like many transmissions are now from different sites, though I
haven't had time to digest all the changes. Duchanbe stands as a great
illustration of how truly neoOrwellian global politics has become, Tajiki-
stan being a member of the CSTO and led by an oft-criticized autocrat.

An interesting site for a broadcaster purporting to advocate Western
freedoms and values.
(Stephen Luce-TX-USA, wor Aug 12)

Noticed that the USAGM A-24 schedules were updated today on the HFCC
website, and all the transmissions from Sao Tome, Tinian and Saipan are
gone. We knew about the Sao Tome closure on July 27, can we assume both
the Marianas Islands facilities are also now closed?

Looks like many transmissions are now from different sites, though I
haven't had time to digest all the changes.

<https://new.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A24&broadc=AGM>

(Stephen Luce-Houston-TX-USA, wor Aug 12)

I just made a quick list of all STP/TIN/SAI changes since July, according
to HFCC, documenting the shutdown process.

Everything from Sao Tome, Tinian, Saipan is now gone. I'll try more ana-
lysis about remaining program output at a later time.

[NOTE one transmission from Tinian remains in HFCC, but that's the lonely
BBC relay. I don't think that's still on air from Tinian, half an hour
daily Mo-Fr. Probably from elsewhere now.  ]

{ comment by wb Aug 15:
Both BBC London Korean 1230-1300UT outlets, once of 5875 TIN and 7530 PHT

moved to PHT Tinang PHL USAGM relay - seen from Aug 12 on RMS Log entries

2024-08-12 12:31:31 capture: AM  7530 (PHT) BBC KORE
2024-08-12 12:31:53 capture: AM  5875 (PHT) BBC KORE }

So we have lost two "major" SWBC radio countries in a matter of weeks.
I hope everybody did get their QSLs.

SAO TOME (all VoA)
 4960 0400-0530 English/Hausa: deleted August 12
 4960 0530-0630 French: deleted July 9
 4960 0700-0730 Hausa: deleted July 9
 4960 2030-2100 Hausa: deleted August 12
 5940 1630-1800 English: moved to Lampertheim July 27
 6045 1800-1900 Zimbabwe service: moved to Udon-Thani July 27
 6045 1930-2000 Kinyarwanda: moved to Vatican July 9
 6045 2000-2030 French: deleted July 9
 6080 0400-0600 English: moved to Botswana July 27
 6155 0330-0430 Kinyarwanda: moved to Udon-Thani July 27
 6180 1830-1900 French: moved to Vatican July 9
 6180 1900-1930 French: moved to Ascension July 27
 7225 0330-0430 Kinyarwanda: moved to Vatican July 9
 7225 0430-0530 Kinyarwanda: deleted July 9
 7265 0530-0630 French: deleted July 9
 7325 2030-2100 Hausa: moved to Botswana July 27
9470 1930-2000 Kinyarwanda: moved to Udon-Thani July 27
9470 2030-2100 Hausa: moved to Vatican July 9
9490 2030-2100 French/Hausa: moved to Botswana July 27
9525 2100-2130 French: deleted July 9
11625 2100-2130 French: deleted July 9
11750 1500-1530 Hausa: deleted July 9
11750 1530-1600 Hausa: moved to Botswana July 27
11815 0830-0900 French: deleted July 9
11900 2000-2030 French: deleted July 9
11900 2100-2130 French: deleted July 9
12070 1730-1800 Oromo: moved to Udon-Thani July 27
13670 1600-1630 Kinyarwanda: moved to Udon-Thani July 27
13775 1530-1600 Hausa: deleted July 27
15280 1100-1130 French: deleted July 9
15460 1400-1500 Kinyarwanda: deleted July 9
15460 1600-1630 Kinyarwanda: moved to UAE July 27
15460 1630-1700 Swahili: moved to Udon-Thani July 27
15460 1700-1800 Zimbabwe service: moved to Ascension July 27
15460 1800-1900 Zimbabwe service: moved to Udon-Thani July 27
15660 1700-1800 Amharic/Oromo: moved to Lampertheim July 27
15660 1900-1930 Tigrinya: moved to Lampertheim July 27
17530 1400-1500 Kinyarwanda: deleted July 9
17530 1600-1630 Kinyarwanda: moved to Ascension July 27
17530 1630-1700 Swahili: moved to Woofferton July 27
17580 1400-1500 Kinyarwanda: deleted July 9
17655 1800-1830 Portuguese: deleted July 27
NOTHING LEFT

Botswana
12080 1800-1830 Portuguese: deleted August 12
17530 1530-1600 English: moved to UAE and/or Lampertheim July 27
(two identical registrations)

Kuwait
15750 1100-1200 Mashaal Radio: moved to Udon-Thani August 12

Tinian
 5875 1230-1300 BBC Korean STILL LISTED BUT PROBABLY ALSO MOVED ELSEWHERE
      {to PHT USAGM Tinang relay site, wb.}
 6080 2000-2100 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
 9330 1230-1330 RFA Khmer: deleted July 9,
                reactivated from Orzu TJK July 22
 9370 1230-1330 RFA Burmese: deleted July 9, reactivated from TJK July 22
 9540 2100-2200 RFA Korean: deleted  July 9, reactivated from TJK July 22
 9990 1330-1430 RFA Burmese: deleted July 9
 9990 1500-1700 Korean: moved to Orzu TJK August 12
11570 0300-0400 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
11610 1600-1700 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
11675 1600-1700 RFA Uighur: deleted July 9, reactivated from TJK July 22
11700 2300-2400 RFA Tibetan: moved to UAE August 12
11985 2100-2200 RFA Korean: deleted August 12
12140 1330-1400 RFA Burmese: deleted July 9
12140 1430-1500 RFA Khmer: deleted July 9
12140 2230-2330 RFA Khmer: deleted July 9, reactivated from TJK July 22
12150 1230-1330 RFA Khmer: moved to Kuwait August 12
13575/13755/13795 1400-1500 RFA Cantonese: deleted July 8
13720/13790 1500-1600 RFA Tibetan: moved to UAE August 12
15140 1600-1700 RFA Uighur: moved to Orzu TJK August 12
15195 1100-1200 RFA Lao: moved to Kuwait August 12
15210 0000-0100 RFA Lao: moved to Kuwait August 12
15330 1000-1100 RFA Tibetan: deleted July 9
15700 0030-0130 RFA Burmese: deleted August 12
17640 1100-1200 RFA Tibetan: deleted July 9
17670 0100-0300 RFA Tibetan: deleted July 9
17855 0600-0700 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
21455/21485/21495/21505/21520/21540/21565 
      1000-1100 RFA Tibetan: deleted July 9
21570 0400-0500 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
21590 0600-0700 RFA Tibetan: deleted July 9
21690 0500-0600 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
NOTHING LEFT

Saipan
 9355 1430-1500 RFA Khmer: deleted July 9
 9405 1400-1500 VoA Korean: moved to Tinang August 12
 9490 1200-1300 VoA Korean: moved to Udon-Thani August 12
 9535 2000-2100 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
 9720 1900-2000 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
 9910 1500-1700 RFA Korean: deleted July 9,
                reactivated from Orzu TJK July 22
 9970 1700-1900 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
 9990 1700-1900 RFA Korean: deleted August 12
11675 1500-1600 RFA Chinese: moved to Kuwait August 12
11745 0200-0300 RFA Tibetan: deleted July 9
11895 0300-0700 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
11945 2100-2200 RFA Korean: moved to Orzu TJK August 12
11985 1500-1700 RFA Korean: moved to Orzu TJK August 12
11985 1700-1900 RFA Korean: deleted August 12
13570 1600-1700 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
13715 2230-2330 RFA Khmer: deleted August 12
13790 0600-0700 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
15265 2300-2400 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
17530 0030-0130 RFA Burmese: deleted August 12
17800 0300-0500 RFA Chinese: deleted July 9
17860 1300-1400 RFA Tibetan: moved to UAE August 12
NOTHING LEFT

New
9580 0030-0130 RFA Burmese via UAE, since August 12
11705 0030-0130 RFA Burmese via UAE, since August 12
(Eike Bierwirth-D, wor Aug 13)

Here's my estimate which language services were hit the hardest during the
July/August cuts at VoA and RFA. The numbers are frequency hours per week;
except the last column which is in %. The table is sorted by the % column.

VOICE OF AMERICA
       Before     After Cut    hours/%
Cantonese   7     0     7      100
Mandarin    231   56    175    76
French      79.5  22    57.5   72
Burmese     122.5 42    80.5   66
Tibetan     133   49    84     63
Hausa       76.5  42.5  34     44
Somali      63    38.5  24.5   39
Kinyarwanda 65    44    21     32
Khmer*      24.5  17.5  7      29
Portuguese  19    14    5      26
English     275.5 209   66.5   24
Amharic     26    26    0      0
Bambara     10    10    0      0
Korean      105   105   0      0
Kurdish     35    35    0      0
Oromo       7.5   7.5   0      0
Rohingya    7.5   7.5   0      0
Swahili     10.5  10.5  0      0
Tigrinya    10.5  10.5  0      0
Zimbabwe    31    31    0      0

RADIO FREE ASIA
       Before     After Cut    hours/%
Cantonese   14    0     14     100
Mandarin    266   35    231    87
Tibetan     273   133   140    51
Khmer       42    21    21     50
Korean      105   70    35     33
Burmese     52.5  42    10.5   20
Lao         14    14    0      0
Uighur      77    77    0      0

* VoA Khmer cuts occured already in June
(Eike Bierwirth-D, wor Aug 12)

[NOTE one transmission from Tinian remains in HFCC, but that's the lonely
BBC relay. I don't think that's still on air from Tinian, half an hour
daily Mo-Fr. Probably from elsewhere now.]

Both BBC London Korean 12.30-13.00 UT outlets, once of
5875 TIN and 7530 PHT

moved to PHT Tinang PHL USAGM relay
seen from Aug 12 on RMS Log entries

2024-08-12 12:31:31 capture: AM 7530 (PHT) BBC KORE
2024-08-12 12:31:53 capture: AM 5875 (PHT) BBC KORE
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 15)

RFE/RL could also produce quite impressive numbers with Farsi, Pashto and
perhaps Dari. The last two ones apply of course to VOA as well. And it is
possible that either or both of the Pashto to Pakistan services, branded
Mashaal and Deewa, respectively, are now gone from shortwave, perhaps even
altogether.

Concerning the 30 minutes of BBC at Tinian IslandMRA: I would not rule out
the possibility that they right now still come from there. There had been
similar cases in earlier closures, like the few hours of Radio Marocaine
still coming from the VOA Tanger transmitters when everything else was al-
ready gone or redispatched.

One final thought: Insiders remarked in their disclosures that further de-
tails will be available from the official announcements. I think it is
pretty obvious now that no such statements whatsoever will be issued. It
also seems to me that most of "the international broadcasting community"
(Ok: whatever that may be) has so far not noticed the developments at all.
(Kai Ludwig-D, wor Aug 13)

USA   15150 kHz  WMLK, 0400 to 0420 UT, 31 July. English. Sign on with
station ID, address, operating times, but not frequencies. Non-stop sacr-
ed music until 0415 UT. Elder Jacob O Meyer preaching at 0415 UT. Good.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

USA   9475 ... 9462.2 & 9487.87 kHz approx., parasitic spurs JBA out of
WTWW 9475 kHz which is S=9+40/50dB direct with PPPP, like same transmitter
provides when on 5085 kHz, but not noticed here before. Checking UTwente
at 2248 UT, 9475 kHz JBA centered at 9474.999 kHz.

WORLD OF RADIO #2254 monitoring: Confirmed Saturday August 3 at 2300 UT
on WTWW 9475 kHz, as always VG direct; but VP S8 with ACI into UTwente on
9475.000 kHz. Must not be aimed toward Europe.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

USA   7505 kHz  Wed, Aug 14, at 0358-0405 UT, WRNO, New Orleans-LA, in
English. Woman pastor makes a sermon with very excitement; She says
Hallelujah sometimes; 0400 UT Man says WRNO ID and website; Music;
0404 UT Man talking. Poor reception: 35322.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Aug 14)

USA    7335 kHz Fri, Aug 16, at 2304-2315 UT, USAGM (Radio Marti), Green-
ville-NC-USA, in Spanish. Man presenter in conversation with a external
news reporter, into Marti Noticias. Good reception: 45554.

9565 kHz  Fri, Aug 16 at 2241-2250 UT, USAGM (Radio Marti), Greenville-NC-
USA, in Spanish. Woman presents news and comments about investigation;
2244 UT Man says news about sports, including football, and a press confe-
rence; 2248 UT A conversation with a man about the actual Real Madrid per-
formance. Good to very good reception: 45554.

11930 kHz  Fri, Aug 16, at 2252-2300 UT, USAGM (Radio Marti), Greenville-
NC-USA, in Spanish. Man announcer interviews a man about the Real Madrid
performance and more; 2259 UT ID and website and IS. Fair reception and a
spur moderate interference by CNR1: 43533. Important: After 2300 UT, mode-
rate to strong interference by CNR1 !

15770 kHz  Fri, Aug 16, at 2221-2230UT, WRMI - Radio Taiwan International,
via Okeechobee-FL-USA, in Spanish. Music; 2224 UT Man announcer talking,
in Spanish, addresses to listeners; 2226 UT Pop rock music; 2228 UT Woman
says ID and man repeats, sked frequencies in Spanish, website and POBox;
2229 UT IS. Poor reception: 35422.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Aug 16)

USA   7505 kHz  Aug 14 at 0640 UT, gospel huxter in English, S=9+20/30dB,
WRNO on extended sked. Not heard this late for many weeks in nightly
bandscans. A one-off, or to continue, only English or otherlangs? I re-
cently heard them earlier in Hindi? unlogged.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor Aug 14)

UZBEKISTAN   Bible Voice Broadcasting Canada (Russian language broadcast)
via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center.
e-QSL: 7520 kHz / 18.00-18.30 UTC / June 29, 2024

<https://myqsl.github.io>; /2024/06/29/bvb.html   {URL wrong ? }

(Evgeniy Kornykhin, Moscow-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx"
via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1301 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4)

EE2        7520 kHz   41 METER BAND  100 kW; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
DAY        TIME       LANGUAGE
Saturday   1800-1830  Russian
(BVB  A-24 file)  7540 kHz Tashkent-UZB in B-23 schedule, wb.

UZBEKISTAN   12045 kHz  'Nippon no Kaze' {via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uz-
bekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center. wb.}, 1300-1315 UT on 28
July. Korean. News read by man with stories primarily dealing with the
denuclearization of the Korean peninsula via efforts of the UN and ASEAN
countries.

At 1306 UT a woman introduced what translation software said was a "live
radio magazine". Stories covered included wildfires in the USA, news from
major cities in South Korea, and the US presidential election. Good.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

UZBEKISTAN  11509.907 kHz 'Free Of North Korea' in Korean at 13.43 UT in
Akitakata Japan, S=9+10dB, rent airtime via RRTM Telecom Tashkent
Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center.
KRE jamming on digital scratching kind on wideband 11498 to 11521 kHz.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

UZBEKISTAN   7625even  TVOM 'Voice of Martyrs' in Chinese Mandarin
language, via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting
bcast center, exact frequency, one of their ancient TX units of though
odd fqy older USSR jamming TX gear units.

S=9+20dB noted on Perseus SDR unit at Doha Qatar at 15.11 UT on Aug 16.
Seldom seen super-wideband signal of 24 kHz wide audio block. ( !! )

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)

UZBEKISTAN   7540 kHz  Friday Aug 16, at 2116-2130 UT, 'The Voice of the
Martyrs', via Tashkent-UZB bcast center, in Korean. Man talking preaching;
2120 UT A brief music pause and returns man communication; 2125 UT A song
by female singer; 2129 UT Man talking, ending program. Poor reception:
25522.

15320 kHz  Friday Aug 16, at 2232-2240 UT, 'Adventist World Radio', via
Tashkent-UZB bcast center, in Javanese. Woman talking; 2234 UT Music; 2239
UT Woman and man talking. JBA reception: 25411.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Aug 16)

UZBEKISTAN   11850even / exact frequency, one of their TX units of though
odd fqy older USSR jamming TX gear units at RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbe-
kistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center. Carried AWR Asia Burmese ser-
vice at 14.45 UT on Wed Aug 14. S=9+20dB in Doha Qatar ME Perseus net.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

VANUATU   9960 kHz on July 29 at 0632 UT, R. Vanuatu S6/S8 with music, and
for a change no ACI from 9955 kHz WRMI which is off again instead of ex-
panded - July 30 at 0640 UT, RV with music, S8/S9 stronger than usual and
holding its own against 9955 kHz WRMI.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

VANUATU   3945 kHz  Radio Vanuatu, 0754 UTC on July 28. What is unmista-
kably some kind of cooking / recipe show in their native language. I ob-
viously can't understand much of it but a few words are making it through
in English that imply they're talking about cooking things. I can't tell
if the show is live or recorded but I can hear birds chirping and trucks
passing in the background.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA,via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1162 July 28)

VATICAN STATE   11815 kHz  R Vaticana via Santa Maria di Galeria center,
0439 to 0459 UT on 2 Aug. Ukrainian. IS followed by ID by woman doing long
form talk and reports until 0450 UT when man spoke over music until
0458:45 UT. Woman did final ID with IS at 0459 UT. Fair.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1163 Aug 4)

VATICAN STATE   17655 kHz  Wed, Aug 14, at 1700-1730 UT, USAGM (Voice of
America), SM di Galeria-CVA, in Portuguese. Man announcer, Joao Santa Rita
(JSR), says highlights programming for the first half hour; 1702 UT Woman
presents news with JSR participation, too; External news reporters colla-
borators from Angola (Angola news) and others; 1716 UT ID: VOA; 1720UT JSR
presents Sport News; 1725 A space dedicated to Israel vs Hezbollah crisis;
1729 UT Music. Reception evaluation, approximately: 1700-1710 UT, poor
(35322); 1711-1718 UT, fair (35533) and 1719-1730 UT, good (45544).
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Aug 14)

VATICAN STATE / BOTSWANA   {USA non}
Yes 17-18 UT Portuguese of VoA still ON AIR at Thursday August 15:

17655 kHz via CVA  Vatican State  Santa Maria di Galeria bcast center
at S=9+25dB level heard on Doha Qatar ww Perseus SDR net remotedly,
noted at exact station 17.30:18 UT Port ID annmt 'Washington DC ...'
// also noted stronger S=9+30dB signal excellent outlet of
12080 kHz via USAGM  Botswana relay SW installation at 17.31 UT.

17655 is on the air today from *1700 UT, poor signal into UTwente. Glenn

re VoA Port
VoA  CVA  to AF
17655  1700-1800  USA  Voice of America         Port   AF / CVA
yesterday Aug 13  VoA  PORT entry via Santa Maria di Galeria and Botswana:

<https://ibbmonitor.appspot.com/status/RMS_LOG_JOBG_240814_093143.TXT>

2024-08-13 17:34:52 capture: AM 17655 (SMG) VOA PORT
2024-08-13 17:35:14 capture: AM 12080 (BOT) VOA PORT

PORT from Greenville to Brazil - its CVA Vatican Radio program
and another Madagascar entry of MWV-WCB programs only;
it's a matter of log file content ?
USAGM  RMS Log of Quito and Santa .. files
shows only two PORTuguese monitoring fqs entries - at present:
like
GB     -  CVA 7305 kHz
MWV - MDG WCB 9765 kHz
<https://ibbmonitor.appspot.com/status/RMS_LOG_QUIT_240814_093301.TXT>
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 13 - 15)

VIETNAM   12020 kHz The Voice of Vietnam (English Service),
via Son Tay bcast site.  QSL: 13.30-13.57 UTC, Febr. 4, 2024

<https://myqsl.github.io>; /2024/02/04/vov_en.html>

In February, I sent reports to several services of the "Voice of Vietnam"
about broadcasting to the Pacific region (12020 kHz is broadcasting in
the direction of Japan). But there was no response from anyone.

In May, I accidentally found out that the English service received my
report, since I read it on the air back in February. I wrote them a
letter about this again, and they responded (after 2 weeks). Surpri-
singly, after a month and a half, I received an envelope from them with a
QSL card.
(Evgeniy Kornykhin, Moscow-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx"
via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1301 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4)

VIETNAM   11719.959 kHz much, much oddity. Home sce relay via Son Tay SW
center of VoVTN_1 program, S=7 signal in Vietnamese language, noted in
Hiroshima Akitakata Perseus unit remotedly at 14.18 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)

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EDXC Conference - Friday 20 to Sunday 22 September, 2024.

EDXC Conference in Tartu, Estonia. Tartu is one of the 2024 cultural capi-
tals of Europe. On Friday 20th, a coach from Tallinn (leaving at 1300 LT
latest) is planned.

This will visit the Estonian Broadcasting Museum in Turi (centralEstonia).
Other bus connections are available e.g. from Tallinn or Riga. Flights to
Tartu currently only from Helsinki. Conference presentations will take
place on Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday morning. On Sunday afternoon
a bus trip to Valga is planned.

Further info conference organiser Risto Vähäkainu <rv -at- sdxl.fi> and at
<https://edxcnews.wordpress.com>  and  <https://sdxl.fi/tartu2024>

(BrDXC-UK "Communication" monthly magazine August 2024, page #3,
BrDXC.UK iogroups August 10)

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vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX
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