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This file is put together on a voluntary basis and is also included in our WWDXC WWW homepage-German AGDX Club address: or or via Link of Homepage: Both actual and previous week issue are available, previous week under: e-mail #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* ALGERIA 13855* kHz Ifrikya FM, Berkaoui Ouargla, 2315 UT, Dec 27. French news type monologue by male announcer in French language. // 13640 kHz Bechar site, both transmitters with the same moderate signal level. { * 13790 kHz scheduled, ed.} (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) ALGERIA Wie bereits gemeldet, sendet Chaine 3 ausser zu Zeiten des Ramadans, fuer rund vier Stunden jeweils Donnerstagsabend zu Freitag- frueh und Freitagsabend zu Samstagfrueh neue und aeltere Disco / Dance- musik bzw. DJ-Mixe. Dabei ist der Empfang auf der Langwelle Tipaza 252 kHz nicht selten in Ortssenderqualitaet. Allerdings gibt es bei und nur bei diesen Sendungen schon seit Jahren einen Schoenheitsfehler: Bei genauem Hinhoeren ist zu vernehmen, dass es in jeder Minute mindestens einen Modulationsausfall fuer den Bruchteil einer Sekunde gibt. Chaine 3 ist ebenfalls ueber herkoemmliche Internetradios zu empfangen. (Steffen Mehnert via Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Bieners DX_Digest Jan 2025 column, Dec 8) ASCENSION ISL I am unusually bandscanning between 05 & 06 UT Dec 27, so some 'new' frequencies catch my attn on 49mb, in unknown language: 6170kHz at 0525 UT and 6135 kHz at 0538 UT. HFCC.org shows both are in Hausa, half an hour each, VOA first and BBC second. Convenient pair, could be same transmitter ? Both are on a 547 antenna, but VOA is 250 kW at 27 degrees, and BBC is 125 kW at 65 degrees - quite a disparity. 65 aims at the SoEast corner of Nigeria, but 27 aims at Ivory Coast considerably to the west of any Nigeria. HFCC antenna reference shows 547 is "EHR(S)2/2/0.8" whatever that mean. Hausa is a language for which I have no "feel" at all - there must be some keywords to recognize it, like however they say "this is" as in an ID. Did Dr Richard E Wood's language recognition series ever cover Hausa ? Don't call me Hausar. Google translates "This is the Voice of America" as "Wannan ita ce Muryar Amurka" but I don't know if they axually say that. It's mainly spoken in northern Nigeria but also: "Hausa is one of Africa's most commonly spoken languages after Arabic, French, English, Portuguese, and Swahili. It is a lingua franca and a language of trade in West Africa. It is spoken in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Germany, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, and Togo" (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx Dec 27) ASCENSION ISL 12050 kHz Jan 5 at 0724 UT, African music S6/S9, the SSOB, R. Ndarason International, targeting CHAD, in the Kanuri language, not Kannada as many guess, which is spoken in India. Would be the OSOB, except weakies on 12095 kHz = also ASC with BBC French; and 11510 kHz = probably Turkish jammer and/or Dengę Gel, nothing else on 25mb. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Jan 5) 12050even kHz R Ndarason Internat in Kanuri lang noted S=9+10dB signal at 19.32 UT on Jan 5. wb df5sx AUSTRALIA 11945, 11875, 15320 kHz Reach Beyond Australia, HCJB (AUS), E-mail: Date December 22, 2024, 11.30, 12.00, 12.15, hcjb.html. (Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1322 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 29) AUSTRALIA 9860 kHz Reach Beyond Australia, from Kununurra heard at 0935 UT on Dec 9 with a man speaking alone and slowly in Korean. Poor- fair. (Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1182 Dec 15) 11875v kHz Reach Beyond Australia via Kununurra, signal only fair and somewhat disappointing with Hindi service at 1248 UT on Dec 10. I don't know why, but so far this winter, this frequency for 1200-1400 UT sub- continental languages has not been as good as in the past. One can usu- ally count on RBA to pin the meter. (Ralph Perry, Wheaton-IL-USA, NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1182 Dec 15) 11874.947 kHz measured Dec 31. wb. 11875v Reach Beyond Australia, Kununurra heard at 1211 UT on Dec 25; a woman's monologue in listed Dzongkha. Poor-fair. (Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1184 Dec 25) AUSTRIA [and non] Media Broadcast B24 schedule: NDR Hamburg 'Gruss an Bord' at 1800-2100 UT on Dec 24: Nothing really listenable direct, possible only on 11, 13 and 15. WRMI 15770 kHz as usual too weak here off the side. At 1844+ UT I check UTwente. All of them are in music, except 9635.000 kHz - German talk ! Later they are all talking but 9635 kHz does not match. Must be way out of synch at ORS Moosbrunn Austria, why? 13829.999+ kHz MBR Nauen. 11649.999+ kHz TDF Issoudun. 6079.962 kHz CRRT RRTM Telecom Tashkent relay VG S=9+20/30dB signal. 6030.047 kHz TDF Issoudun ISS VG S=9+20/25dB {faulty fqy variable ISS mouving around tx, like 9490}. By 2057 UT check, 9635 kHz is off already; 6079.962 kHz with lots of applause, no ID, and 2100 UT into Korean: nothing so scheduled in Aoki & EiBi, but China already in Chinese at 2025-0100 UT on 6080 kHz. Aha, in EiBi by time, Korean starts at 2100 UT via Uzbekistan on 7540 kHz, Clandestine target radio 'Voice of Martyrs'. RFA & CRI also Korean but not via Tashkent. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Dec 24) AUSTRIA {single day operation } 6070 kHz SM Radio Dessau, 100 kW via ORS Moosbrunn-AUT. e-QSL: 13.00-14.00 UT, Dec. 31, 2024. Blog: E-mail: (Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg-RUS, via RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) AUSTRIA 9635 kHz 'Gruss an Bord' NDR Hamburg via ORS Moosbrunn, 2025- 2057 UT off abruptly. Male and female hosts to this program in German, fe- male vocalist with piano accompaniment; applause at times. They appeared to cut off during the last song. The webfeed had the end of the song and sustained applause. 2100 UT bells ringing, into midnight church service. Fair level. There have been better years for this from here. Nice to get a log on ORS Moosbrunn at its sad end, though. 24 Dec. (David Potter, Gainesville-FL-USA, wor Dec 27) AUSTRIA ORS Moosbrunn - ein letzter Besuch in OE1 - ORF radio. Folgenden Programmhinheis auf ORF-Radio OE1 heute Abend Jan 1st um 2205 CET/MEZ: AUSTRIA ORS Moosbrunn - a last visit to OE1 - ORF radio. The following program information on ORF radio OE1 tonight Jan 1st at 2205 CET/MEZ: Die Jet Lag All Stars auf Kurzwellen-Exkursion. Ein letzter Besuch beim Kurzwellensender ORS Moosbrunn, mit Peter Knorr, Ing. Ernst Spitzbart, Roman Messmer, Rainer Elstner, Sarah Schulmeister, Elke Tschaikner und Christian Scheib. ORS Moosbrunn - a last visit to OE1 - ORF radio. The following program information on ORF radio OE1 tonight Jan 1st at 2105 UTC / GMT: Die Jet Lag All Stars auf Kurzwellen-Exkursion - Wed - 01 01 2025 CET 22:05 - The Jet Lag All Stars on a shortwave excursion. A last visit to the ORS Moosbrunn shortwave transmitter, with Peter Knorr, Ing. Ernst Spitzbart, Roman Messmer, Rainer Elstner, Sarah Schulmeister, Elke Tschaikner, and Christian Scheib. (lg Harald Suess-AUT, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 1> u.a. Sie ist moeglicherweise die letzte ihrer Art und die groesste noch dazu: Die Sendeanlage fuer Kurzwelle suedlich von Wien im kleinen Ort Moosbrunn. Aber mit dem Donauwalzer zu Silvester 24/25 stellt die imposante Sende- anlage ihren Betrieb ein.Kurzwelle hat ein Jahrhundert lang seine Relevanz daraus bezogen, dass man mit verhaeltnismaessig wenig Energieaufwand welt- weit Programme ausstrahlen kann. Egal ob nach Chile, Neuseeland, Kanada oder wie zuletzt noch einmal als tagesaktueller Informationskatastrophen- dienst in die Ukraine. Aber kurz gesagt: internet killed the radio star. [...] Die Kurzwelle aber sicherte mit dieser ihrer speziellen Ping-Pong-Eigen- schaft jahrzehntelang weltweite Sendekommunikation noch sehr lange, bevor andere Technologien das leisten konnten. Und warum baute man diesen be- eindruckend riesigen, tonnenschweren Kurzwellensender in den 50er respek- tive 60er Jahren ausgerechnet mitten in ein Sumpfgebiet? Auch das hat Gruende, die mit Reflexion zusammenhaengen: Ein hoher Grund- wasserstand in einer feuchten Region erleichtert den Kurzwellen den Weg Richtung Ionosphaere. Unsere ORF- beziehungsweise ORS-Kollegen Diplom- ingenieur Peter Knorr und Ingenieur Ernst Spitzbart uebernehmen in diesen zwei Stunden der OE1 Jet Lag All Stars Radio Show die technisch-kulturelle Reiseleitung und selbstverstaendlich werden dabei noch dutzende weitere, faszinierende Details enthuellt. Sogar an einer "Ringelspiel"-Rundfahrt auf einer Rundantenne mit circa 80 Metern Durchmesser nehmen wir dann teil [...] AUSTRIA Die Jet Lag All Stars auf Kurzwellen-Exkursion. Thanks to a heads-up from Wolfie DF5SX, I listened to a great program from Austrian Radio's OE1 channel last night: "Die Jet Lag All Stars auf Kurzwellen-Exkursion" about a visit to the ORS Moosbrunn transmitting complex bjust before its closure. Although almost all in German except for the program title announcement("Jet Lag All Stars Radio Show" - go figure) and some amateur radio contacts, it was still quite enjoyable and it was easy to get the gist of the conversations with the help of Google Translate. There were also some nice radio-related songs including the one used by CKUT's "International Radio Report" (can you guess which one?). I will append below the translation of the promo for the program. It is still available on the ORF player website: Austrians listening in learned a lot about shortwave radio: its origins and uses, how it works, and so on. This is another great example of how public radio can instruct and inform. Congratulations to Austrian Radio for airing this program. (Richard Langley-NB-CAN, wor Jan 2) The Jet Lag All Stars on a shortwave excursion. Jet Lag All Stars Radio Show - Playlist: You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio. JET 250101 Jet Lag All Stars Radio Show / Sender Moosbrunn / Tschaikner Radio-Activity, Antenna. - News. - Transistor. Petit pays. I'm sitting on top of the world. Las Vegas / Sinatra Tribute Band; On the radio. Jet Lag All Stars Radio Show One last visit to the shortwave transmitter in Moosbrunn. With Peter Knorr, Ing. Ernst Spitzbart, Roman Messmer, Rainer Elstner, Sarah Schulmeister, Elke Tschaikner and Christian Scheib. It is possibly the last of its kind and the largest at that: the shortwave transmitter south of Vienna in the small town of Moosbrunn. But with the Blue Danube Waltz on New Year's Eve 24/25, the impressive transmitter will cease operation. For a century, shortwave has derived its relevance from the fact that programs can be broadcast worldwide with relatively little energy consumption. Whether to Chile, New Zealand, Canada or, as recently, to the Ukraine as a daily information disaster service. But in short: the internet killed the radio star. But let's treat ourselves to a few high- lights in Moosbrunn and in the ORF center on Kueniglberg on the highs and lows of this radio technology that is probably dying out. In the 1940s, books with titles such as "The Shortwave Amateur - Textbook and Guide for Transmitting and Reception" appeared, sold extremely well and were printed in several editions. In the post-war reconstruction climate, there was obviously a lively interest in self-determined, world- wide information exchange, in the most direct case with Austrians who had emigrated, and later more and more with holidaymakers. Telephone calls were hardly affordable, e-mail did not exist. But what was or is this shortwave transmission technology actually? The manuals for shortwave users mentioned above sound to our ears like hardly comprehen- sible, technical specialist literature, and yet the readers consisted of radio listeners and not necessarily university graduates. So what is it all about? Let's start with two very basic questions: Why does shortwave work worldwide, but VHF, i.e. ultra-shortwave or longwave, does not ? And why, which brings us to the heart of nerd knowledge, why did they build one of the world's largest shortwave transmitters near Vienna de- cades ago and deliberately in the middle of a marshy meadow area? The answer to question 1 is as surprising as it is simple, as long as the layperson wants nothing more than to be given a reason instead of trying to understand the physical background. So: For very specific reasons that have to do with the "length" of the transmitted waves, the "short waves" are neither absorbed nor let through by the ionosphere surrounding the earth, but are reflected. They are therefore sent back to earth, but from there back towards the ionosphere. And this atmospheric ping-pong game ensures that short waves can be sent all around the globe. Up and down un- til someone receives them. Ultra-short waves, i.e. VHF, and even higher frequency waves penetrate the ionosphere and fly on towards satellites.And of course there has been more than enough demand for this in recent decades. But with this special ping- pong property, short waves ensured worldwide broadcast communication for decades, long before other technologies could do the same. And why was this impressively huge, heavy shortwave transmitter built in the 1950s and 1960s in the middle of a swamp? This too has reasons related to reflection: a high groundwater level in a humid region makes it easier for shortwaves to travel towards the ionosphere. Our ORF and ORS collea- gues, graduate engineer Peter Knorr and engineer Ernst Spitzbart, will be the technical and cultural tour guides for these two hours of the OE1 'Jet Lag All Stars Radio Show', and of course dozens of other fascinating details will be revealed. We even take part in a "carousel" ride on a cir- cular antenna with a diameter of around 80 meters. (lg Harald Suess-AUT, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 1) BOLIVIA 4809.99 kHz Radio Logos, Chazuta, 0905 UT, Dec 27. Monologue by male in presumed Quechua, flute interlude, time check and string of an- nouncements in Spanish then back to back rustic vocals. Canned ID at 0923 UT followed by vocals by Banda Apocalpsis and another canned Radio Logos ID at 0930 UT. Excellent modulation and nice signal despite thunderstorm crashes. (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) BRAZIL Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, appears to be out of the air on both frequencies, 4985* and 11815 kHz. 6010 kHz Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0540-0633 UT, 29 Dec, Bra- zilian songs, comments, program "Memoria Nacional". 15422. 6150 kHz Radio Saturno, Belo Horizonte, 0543-0614 UT, 29 Dec, Brazilian songs, comments, ID. "Radio Saturno". 15422. 6180 kHz Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 2054-2113 UT, 28 Dec, Bra- zilian songs, comments, ID. "Radio Nacional". // 11780 kHz. 25422. Also heard *0800-0822 UT, 29 Dec Brazilian songs, ID. "Radio Nacional da Amazonia, comments. 35433. 9818.6 kHz Radio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, 0634-0655 UT, 29 Dec, religious songs and comments, ID. "Radio 9 de Julho". 25422. (Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, hcdx BrDXC-UK groups.io>; Dec 29) * 4985.007 UNID but program content confirmed at Kiwi_set at Sao Paulo-BRA remotedly, S=7 -88dBm strength music progr 'Radio Brasil Central' Goiania, but suffered by RTTY like UTE on 4986.57 and 4987.43 kHz pair twin signals. Likely US NSS US Navy, Andrews AF 4985 kHz channel data entry. Jan 4. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4) BRAZIL 5939.666 kHz Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu-SC, 0200 UT, Dec 28. Music in progress into news type program starting at 0202 UT. Good signal, fair modulation and interesting offset:) // 9665.022 kHz good // 11749.84v fair in LSB to avoid co-level CNR. (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) 6149.968 kHz Radio Saturo, Sao Paulo, 0230 UT, Dec 28. Possible 'Radio Saturo' ID caught right at tune-in followed by Dancing in the Moonlight by Orleans the a Julio Iglesias song. Poor to fair. (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) BULGARIA Sofia Kostinbrod SPC-NURTS Bulgaria relay site. QSL via Spaceline Ltd., Sofia Bulgaria. Soviet shortwave transmitter "Sneg" - 50 kW, delivered of the 70ties / 80ties in communist USSR ? Leningrad factory ? Photo: (via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) CHINA {TIBET - Xizang province} 4905 kHz "Xizang Radio and Television Station," 2259 UT, Jan 3, via Kiwi SDR remote at New Delhi, India; Chinese (PRC) choral National Anthem ('Pinyin Yiyongjun jinxingqu' - March of the Volunteers); relay started of CNR11 (Tibetan Service). Also // 4920, 6025, 6110, 6130, 6200, 7385 kHz and also // CNR11 program on 6010 and 7360kHz; also at other times when India and Laos are silent, heard on 567 kHz. My remote audio - (Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor and direct Jan 3) 4905 kHz (TIBET) Xizang Radio & TV Station at 1604 UT, Dec 28, in English with "Hello Xizang", man and woman with news about China to 1620 UT when woman gave welcome to "Hello Xizang", into music. Good, best frequency, // 4920 kHz fair, 6200 kHz poor, 7255 kHz very poor with QRM. (Harold Sellers, Vernon-BC-CAN, direct & ODXA Dec 28) CHINA Xiamen (Amoy) Travel Radio will stop transmission on December 30. Xiamen (Amoy) Radio and Television Group (XRTG), Fujian province, China an- nounced on December 23 as follows: 1. By the order of National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), Xiamen Travel Radio (94.0 MHz / 1008 kHz 10 kW) will stop transmission at 1600 UT on December 30, 2024. 2. From January 1, 2025, Xiamen Economic and Traffic Radio (107.0 MHz / 1278 kHz) will be renamed to"Xiamen Traffic and Travel Radio", taking over some programs of Xiamen Travel Radio. After January 1, 2025, XRTG will operate the following 4 sets of radio broadcasting. Xiamen General Radio FM 99.6MHz AM 1107 kHz 10kW Xiamen Traffic and Tourism Radio FM107.0MHz AM 1278 kHz 10kW Xiamen Music Radio FM 90.9MHz Xiamen Minnan Voice Radio FM101.2MHz AM 801 kHz 10kW Xiamen Travel Radio started trial broadcasting in August 2008 only on me- dium wave. FM frequency was later added. The formal opening of the radio station was January 1, 2011. Original article is at (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo-JP, wor Dec 28) CHINA 5050 kHz Beibu Bay Radio, 1513-1516 UT, Jan 3, heard via remote Kiwi SDR at Dimapur, India; the daily English segment; "Let's start it, English Showtime," "One Word, One World" segment about China's indepen- dently built multifunctional research vessel Tan Suo San Hao (Explorer 3) was launched in Dec. (Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor and direct Jan 3) CHINA 6180 kHz CNR 1 jammer in Mandarin Chinese to FE. Dec 13, 2024, at 1538-1550UT. SIO 433. YL in Mandarin with a long monologue. This is likely jamming Radio Taiwan International on the same frequency. OM joins at 1540 UT. Mixed OM / YL in debate or argument. Multiple speakers and noise effects. Effective jamming. Background MX. (Vince Henley-WA-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1182 Dec 15) 6200 kHz 'Voice of Jinling' Nanjing site, brilliant signal at 1250 UT on Dec 15 with usual moody recorded mx segment. Zorba tune on mandolin at 1258UT, then Tanya Chua at 1259 UT with usual theme song ending this half- hour slot. Fanfare at 1300 UT and OM giving ID in Chinese. (Ralph Perry, Wheaton-IL-USA, NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1182 Dec 15) CHINA {target radio towards TAIWAN island } 1422 kHz "Voice of Pujiang" terminated its broadcast. "Voice of Pujiang" on 1422 kHz (25kW), a radio service for Taiwan operated by Shanghai Radio & Television Station (SMG: Shanghai Media Group), termi- nated its broadcast on January 1, 2025 without previous notice. The station began its transmission in January 1988, in 2000's was using shortwave (3280, 4950, 9705 kHz etc.) along with MW 1422 kHz, received by the listeners around the world. The shortwave transmission ended in May 2013. By the way "Pujiang" is the abbreviation of "Hungpu River" in Shanghai. On the same day SMG also terminated Story Radio (102.7 MHz), 5 Star Sports Radio (94.0 MHz), Lovejoy Fashion Radio (98.1 MHz) and 3 TV channels with- out notice. Original information is from (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo-JP, wor Jan 6) Hi Takahito, I thought 1422 kHz (and 603 kHz) has been used lately by Shanghai Dongfang GD di yi Caijing Guangbo. Is that incorrect ? {later} Thank you, Takahito. So apparently 603 kHz continues. 73, Thanks, Mauno Ritola-FIN. Re: "Voice of Pujiang" terminated its broadcast. "Shanghai Donfang GD di yi Caijing Guanbo" means "Shanghai Eastern Broadcasting Station, No.1 Economy Radio". This was the formal name of the station from July 2002 year, when the station merged to "Shanghai Donfang GD" and controlled by No.1 Economy Media Group (YICAI), until 2010 year, when the name "Shanghai Donfang GD" was no more used and "Voice of Pujiang" was again separated. Afterwards major media groups in Shanghai were unified to "Shanghai Media Group"(SMG). So "Voice of Pujiiang" was the independent station name under SMG. (Takaito Akabayashi-Tokyo-JP, Jan 7) Re: "Voice of Pujiang" terminated its broadcast. I will always be grateful for Timm Breyel's (Malaysia) help contacting the VOP station back in 2013 year. Sent off a report of my reception and told Victor at the station how I missed visiting the old Xiangyang Market (which was across the street from Xiangyang Park which I often visited, which was not far from an apartment I once owned in Shanghai), where they use to sell fake designer goods (closed in 2006 year). Received this reply: "Thank you for your reception report! I have listened to the record. I confirm you were listening to Voice of Pujiang, please find the QSL-letter in the attachment. When I was a high school student, many of my classmates went to the Xiangyang Market to get some cheap stuff. :) If you have another chance to visit Shanghai, you are most welcome to come to our station, the address is shown on the QSL letter, or we can have a coffee together, I am also a DXer. Have a nice weekend!" [I often visited Shanghai, but never had an opportunity to visit th station - Ron] My Voice of Pujiang QSL SW 5075 kHz, for April 4, 2013 reception, shortly before they ended their SW operation - - - Email from 2013: "Dear Friends of Voice of Pujiang, As many monitors noted, 'Voice of Pujiang' has already closed all its shortwave service since 2 May, 2013. That means, 1 May was the last day of 'Voice of Pujiang' on the shortwave bands. In recent years, Voice of Pujiang has already transformed into a local station rather only focuses on Taiwanese audience. We still broadcast 8 hours daily on AM 1422 kHz. So, Medium wave DXers are still welcomed to submit their reception reports. Best wishes! Victor Qian. China Business News Radio / Voice of Pujiang, Shanghai, China" [...] Still, I am very much pleased to verify reception reports before the clo- sure of shortwave service,issuing QSL letters both regular and electronic. The schedule is: 11.30-16.00 UT on 3280 kHz, 4950 kHz and 5075 kHz. Some monitors say the 5075 kHz will change to 9705 kHz in early May. Again, I don't even know because we have no contact with the transmitting site. It is totally their decision to change or not. For regular reception reports, an IRC is needed to cover the international postage and the address is as follow: Mr. Qian Xiaoyan Voice of Pujiang Floor 11, Radio Building No.1376 Hongqiao Road Changning District SHANGHAI 200051 P.R. CHINA. At last, many thanks for your yearly support. For most BCLers and Dxers, I have to say goodbye to you, because I think you will be less likely to listen to our programs on smartphones. Best wishes! Victor Qian" (via Ron Howard-CA-USA, Jan 6) CUBA 13650 kHz C-R-I via RadioCuba Quiviacan San Felipe TITAN relay site, at 2316 UT, first time heard here in weeks. Probably came on at 2300 UT, but we only heard a carrier until music at a quarter past. Recheck after 2330 UT had signal fully lighting the green tuning light (SW-2000629 and long wire). Usual programming of Chinese restaurant music with no Por- tuguese voice on what is listed as "Portuguese" service (to Brazil). Fair to Good. Dec 28. (Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Jan 28) CUBA 6180 kHz CGTN via Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center. 0145 UT English current events program, 0200 UT into presumed CRI Man- darin. Good carrier with hum; very low modulation - a smidgen better in that you can actually make out whole sentences most of the time. Distort- ed near TOH. They must have been on an interlude but are back, but for how long? 23 Dec. (David Potter-Gainesville-FL-USA, wor Dec 23) 9570 kHz CRI via Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center. 1215 UT t/in to presumed CRI Cantonese. Big signal with much-improved audio over last night on 6180 kHz, though modulation still somewhat low and a bit distort- ed. Otherwise fully audible; including "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" of all things. To 1230+ UT; 1250 UT recheck with OC., 1254 UT off 23 Dec. (David Potter-Gainesville-FL-USA, wor Dec 23) CUBA 9570 CRI via Quivican. 1240 UT check with strong carrier and spo- radic, indecipherable modulation. Presumed to be CRI Cantonese. 1250 UT off. 30 Dec 2024 CRI via Quivican. 1215UT Strong carrier, decent level audio which is badly distorted. 31 Dec 2024 (David Potter-Orlando-FL state, wor Jan 1) 6180 kHz CGTN via Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW bcast center of Radio- Cuba. 0057 UT strong carrier on, English 0100-0120+ UT with extremely low modulation. 29 December 2024 CRI via Quivican. 0230-0259 UT Mandarin. Strong carrier with a bit of hum. Modulation is low, but this time, it's usable even though it's substandard. Into CGTN English at 0300 with ID and into news, 0301 UT off. 30 Dec 2024 CRI via Quivican. 0205 UT carrier pops on, then CRI Mandarin shortly follows. Initially it was low but audible. After 10 minutes or so, it goes downhill rapidly to the point where it wasn't usable. Abruptly off at 0248* UT. 31 Dec 2024 CGTN via Quivican. 0105-0115 UT okay carrier with barely detectable, but presumed CGTN audio. G. 1 Jan 2025 (David Potter-Orlando-FL state, wor Jan 1) CYPRUS/U.K. {SYRIA and neighbours target} The BBC starts a new Arabic broadcast to Syria 0600-0730 UT and 1300-1930z on Limassol MW 639 kHz beamed to Egypt and Palestine, and Limassol too MW 720 kHz beamed to Syria and Iraq. (Ashraf Chaabane to DXing.info FB group via Ydun's MW-Info / ARC 13 Dec) Regarding "BBC starts a new Arabic broadcast" Most of it is English. Arabic has today (the first day of these extended MW transmissions?) been noted only between 1500 and 1530 UT, so still appears to be on the schedule introduced in November 2023 on Limassol-CYP 639 kHz, 0500-0530 and 1500-1530 UT. Limassol different site 720 kHz was not in use since January 2023, so it's no surprise that it was not properly set up today. What would also need clarification is what became of the other transmissions on 639 kHz: Al Arabiya, which from July 2023 had booked the airtime between 1900 and 2100UT, and FMM's Monte Carlo Doualiya which from December 2023 used 1600- 1700 UT. I have not seen any further reports about or mentions of either broadcast. Will try to check it out if no one else does ... Concerning the difference between 639 and 720 kHz: (Kai Ludwig-D via Ydun's MW-Info 13 Dec 2024) Following the rapid developments in Syria,the BBC World Service will offer enhanced services to audiences across the country. Broadcast on medium wave and FM, an enhanced audio service will provide the people of Syria and surrounding countries with a trusted source of independent news when audiences need it the most, particularly as local media and digital ser- vices are disrupted. Broadcasting news and information in Arabic, the service will air BBC News Arabic bulletins throughout the day including the BBC News Arabic's World at One and BBC News Arabic's Newsnight. It will also feature packages from the Gaza Lifeline service and contributions from correspondents such as Feras Kilani as well as the BBC's wealth of reporters based across the region. There will also be an English offer on the network, curated from World Service English, for those Syrians who speak the language. Jonathan Munro, Global Director, BBC News, says: "As we have all been watching, listening to and reading about the dramatic changes that have swept through Syria, the Syrian population have been left without essen- tial access to reliable and independent news about the events taking place. The BBC World Service's enhanced services will bring them the la- test breaking news and analysis from Syria, the Middle East and the rest of the world." The Syrian radio network will go out on medium wave, 720 kHz and 639 kHz, and on 93.0 FM. The BBC World Service has a history of responding to emergency situations globally. Most recently, in Nov 2024, we launched an emergency radio service for Gaza - which remains on air - and in May 2023 during the conflict in Sudan, BBC News Arabic began an emergency radio service. In February 2022, the BBC News Ukraine service extended TV bul- letins following the invasion of the country. BBC News has responded to the events in Syria with special programming across the week. World Service English amended their schedules on Satur- day 7 and Sunday 8 December in response to the fast-developing story, there have been additional episodes of the BBC Global News podcast and correspondents including Barbara Plett-Usher, Lyse Doucet and BBC News Arabic's Feras Kilani, have brought audiences breaking news across BBC outlets. (Ydun's MW-Info 19 Dec 2024) CZECH REPUBLIC 'Radio Bila Hora' Czech radio PIRATE program in 2024/25 ? Y.T. heard on 3381.255 to 3381.260 kHz on Dec 31, 2017 year. CZECH REP 3381.260 kHz measured exact at 1720 UT tonight Dec 31, 2017y; Radio Bila Hora noted on both Perseus_net units on neighbourhood nations in Stein-am-anger in Western Hungary close to Styria Austria border on re- mote SDR unit of HA1VHF S=9 signal, and also on Bavarian / Czech border at DARClub OV Amberg Oberpfalz Bavaria unit rather S=9+10dB little stron- ger, depends of selected antenna. Program is pre-recorded of formerly po- pular Czech singer of the 50ties and 60ties. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, to DXplorer yg, via BC-DX 1 Jan via dxld Jan 2, 2018) Re: Radio Bila Hora, Czech Republic, on 3381.260 kHz I also heard Radio Bila Hora on 3381.26 kHz on Dec 31 - 2017, at 1510-1525 UT, when checking the 90 mb in Skovlunde, Denmark. Wellknown pop songs, but the signal was weak at that time: SINPO 23222 with QRM from a strong whistling tone [heterodyne] in USB. Now I tried it again at 2115-2125 UT, when they were heard stronger with Czeck entertainment with an audience. SINPO 33433 with same whistling tone. (Anker Petersen-DEN, DXplorer Dec 31 via BC-DX 1 Jan via dxld Jan 2, 2018) Hi dear Anker, - heard only now and then few minutes -, radio program is typical for Czech - Slovak national feeling. It's not easy to understand background memories for foreigners. Rather stable fqy, at 2130 UT noted on 3381.255 kHz five Hertz downwards. Still S=9+10dB signal strength here in eastern Bavaria on Czech Republic border area. (wb df5sx, to DXplorer yg, via BC-DX 1 Jan via dxld Jan 2, 2018) At 2300 UT Midnight in Prague, they played two anthems, presumably includ- ing the Czech National Anthem and after a short pause resumed their prior programming with men and women talking and various music selections as heard prior to 2300 UT. At 2315.5-2318 UT a speech or reading by a man was played and then back to usual program. In this time period music was defi- nitely not pop music but local songs. (Bruce Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Jan 1 via BC-DX 1 Jan 2018 via dxld) DENMARK 15699.99*kHz 'World Music Radio' from Randers, in Danish Dec 29, at 1406-1428 UT (15699.994 - .995 - .994 kHz per UTwente remotedly, poor / very poor at times w/ 3.82 kHz audio filter), playing reggae songs, w/ woman brief announcement at about 1410 UT, man announcement and ID at about 1421 UT, then a lively afropop song and Lat Am lively song; better in usb/lsb sync, non stop rapid and deep qsb, strong qrn, fair/almost good w/ loud audio; in // 25800.02 kHz, Marslet, Aarhus site, poor/almost fair/ fair at times. (Gianni Serra, Roma-ITA, dxld Dec 29) * 15700.006 kHz measured on Tue Jan 7, at 15.30 UT. ed. Danish low powered SW station, 'World Music Radio' is coming in quite well at fair/good level into Masset at 17:03 UT. I suspect that they should be pretty widely heard in North America. "This is WMR, World Music Radio" ID at 17:05 UT. In Masset, 25800 kHz is blocked by a spurious signal from my Bodnar mini-GPS. 5930 kHz is visible only as a weak carrier. (Walter Salmaniw-BC-CAN wor Dec 29) Re: 15700 kHz 'World Music Radio'. Only hearing 25800 kHz here. Signal is fair but noise level is brutal. Nothing but noise on 15700 kHz. (Stephen C Wood - KC1QEM, Cape Cod-MA-USA, wor Dec 29) DENMARK 25800.04 kHz World Music Radio, Arthus-Marslet, 1650 UT on Dec 27. Weak but readable signal, playing Yellowman's We Wish You a Reggae Christmas. (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) ECUADOR 6050 kHz, HCJB, Pichincha mountain, 0416-0422 UT, 29 Dec reli- gious songs, Spanish. 25422. (Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, hcdx BrDXC-UK groups.io>; Dec 29) 6049.989 kHz HCJB, Quito Pinchacha, 0227 UT, Dec 28. Spanish talk, con- temporary Spanish religious vocal. Good signal. (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) EGYPT 9439.853+ kHz on Dec 20 at 2131 UT, R. Cairo not off the air, S=9+30dB into UTwente, YL talk but of course extremely distorted, seems like English intonation as scheduled. Something's always awful at Abis. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Dec 25) 9439.860+ kHz on Dec 25 at *2116 UT, S=9+35dB silent carrier cuts on into UTwente, after nothing at 2115 UT. Soon talk, extremely suptorted, 2218 UT "Radio Cairo presents Turkey(?)" sounded like. Something's always awful at Abis and/or crappy at Cairo. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Dec 25) Noted likely antenna ajustment TEST at Abis broadcast center on 9889.953 kHz S=6 -92dBm signal into Doha Qatar SDR unit at 20.00 UT, wb. E'SWATINI 11660 kHz Trans World Radio Africa, Manzini former SWZ site. e-QSL: 11660 kHz, 17.15-18.00 UT, Dec. 23, 2024. (Evgeny Kornikhin, Moscow-RUS, deneb-radio-dx; via RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) see also Eibi Perseus.list of Jan 1, 2025. 7245 0330-0345 Su-Mo SWZ Trans World Radio AH ETH /UAE 7245 0330-0345 Tu SWZ Trans World Radio OO ETH /UAE 7245 0330-0345 Th SWZ Trans World Radio SID ETH /UAE 9655 0330-0345 Su-Mo SWZ Trans World Radio AH ETH /UAE 9655 0330-0345 Th SWZ Trans World Radio SID ETH /UAE 9655 0330-0345 Tu SWZ Trans World Radio OO ETH /UAE 17680.1 1300-1315 Th-Su SWZ Trans World Radio AFA EAf /UAE 9585 1400-1443 Mo-Fr SWZ Trans World Radio LO MOZ 6175 1420-1435 Su SWZ Trans World Radio SGA MOZ 9585 1420-1435 Su SWZ Trans World Radio LO MOZ 9585 1420-1450 Sa SWZ Trans World Radio MKU MOZ 15105 1440-1457 Th-Su SWZ Trans World Radio AFA EAf 9585 1455-1525 SaSu SWZ Trans World Radio F MDG 9585 1455-1525 Mo-Fr SWZ Trans World Radio MSY MDG 11880 1500-1530 SWZ Trans World Radio SO EAf 11880 1530-1545 Su SWZ Trans World Radio SO EAf 11879.968 kHz Somali sce S=9+30dB in Doha Qatar ME SDR on Jan 5th. 13580 1530-1545 Mo,Fr SWZ Trans World Radio JU EAf 15105 1532-1621 Mo-Fr SWZ Trans World Radio TIG EAf 15105 1547-1621 SaSu SWZ Trans World Radio KUN EAf 15104.961 kHz Kunama Tigre sce S=9+35dB in Doha Qatar ME SDR 13580 1557-1657 Su SWZ Trans World Radio KiR EAf 13579.950 kHz Kirundi sce S=9+35dB in Doha Qatar ME SDR 11660 1630-1645 Fr,Sa SWZ Trans World Radio KAM ETH 11660 1630-1645 Mo SWZ Trans World Radio AH ETH 11660 1630-1645 Tu,Su SWZ Trans World Radio OO ETH 11659.986 kHz Oromo sce S=9+40dB in Doha Qatar ME SDR 11660 1630-1700 We-Th SWZ Trans World Radio OO ETH 11660 1645-1700 Su SWZ Trans World Radio OO ETH 11660 1645-1700 Fr,Sa SWZ Trans World Radio HAD ETH 11660 1645-1700 Mo-Tu SWZ Trans World Radio BNA ETH 6100 1700-1730 SWZ Trans World Radio YAO MOZ 6099.976 kHz Yao sce S=9+15dB in Doha Qatar ME SDR 11660 1700-1730 SWZ Trans World Radio AH ETH 11660 1730-1745 Su SWZ Trans World Radio SID ETH 11660 1730-1800 Mo-Fr SWZ Trans World Radio OO ETH 9380 1745-1800 Sa SWZ Trans World Radio TUR EAf 9500 1802-1902 Su SWZ Trans World Radio E EAf 9499.990 kHz English sce S=9+35dB in Doha Qatar ME SDR 13800 1802-1902 Mo-Fr SWZ Trans World Radio A EAf 7410 1820-1850 Mo-Fr SWZ Trans World Radio UM AGL 7409.976 kHz Umbundu sce S=9+35dB in Doha Qatar ME SDR 7410 1850-1905 Su-Fr SWZ Trans World Radio UM AGL 7410 1850-1905 Sa SWZ Trans World Radio CKW AGL 7410 1905-1920 Sa SWZ Trans World Radio UM AGL 7410 1905-1920 Su SWZ Trans World Radio P AGL 15105 1905-1935 SWZ Trans World Radio LIN COD 15104.980 kHz lingala sce S=9 in Doha Qatar ME SDR. 7410 1905-2001 Mo-Fr SWZ Trans World Radio P AGL 7410 1920-1935 Su SWZ Trans World Radio KWA AGL 7410 1920-2005 Sa SWZ Trans World Radio P AGL 15105 1935-1950 SaSu SWZ Trans World Radio F COD 7410 1935-2005 Su SWZ Trans World Radio P AGL 15105 1935-2005 Mo-Fr SWZ Trans World Radio LIN COD 15105 kHz Trans World Radio Manzini-SWZ at 1550 UT, Dec 28, in Kunama language, woman preaching, some Christian music, 1552 UT into song. Fair. At 1618 UT good signal. 1619 UT "This is T-W-R, broadcasting from e'Swatini.", IS and off. (Harold Sellers, Vernon-BC-CAN, direct & ODXA Dec 28) ETHIOPIA Re: Gedja Ethiopia - Radio Oromiya (6030 kHz). Acc. to WRTH schedule Marti 6030 kHz operates between 0100-1300 UT. 73, Mauno Thanks for the posting, Ron. I've received Radio Oromiya at excellent levels this past year right at sign on, but it must have been when Radio Marti is not on the air. When I checked now, I only hear them, although Adis Ababa is in sunlight now, so a bit too late. I wonder whether 'Radio Marti' ever has any off times during our local evenings? (Walt Salmaniw-Haida Gwaii-BC-CAN, wor Dec 29) Enjoying the 'World of Radio' from my remote QTH on Haida Gwaii off the NW coast of BC, Canada. 6030 kHz Radio Oromiya from Gedja site in ETH, *0259 UT, Dec 29, Kiwi SDR remote at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; suddenly on with Horn of Africa music / singing; announcers in vernacular and HOA music; 0316-0322 UT, drama with a noisy rooster in the background; 0401 UT, sounded like news. My remote audio - I wish the "Africalist" produced by Thorsten Hallmann (Germany) was still active. It was an excellent Africa database. He and his info are certainly missed! (Ron Howard-CA-USA wor & direct Dec 29) FRANCE UNID: 15710 kHz at 1345 UT tune-in (Saturday only). UNID station heard Saturday 4 Jan on 15710 kHz until 1400 UT when TX off. Language sounded African, and music to Top of Hour sounded Horn of Africa. Perhaps WRMI {Jeff White himself} brokered station on new schedule (or in error) via TDF Issoudun, i.e. either "Moresh Voice of Amhara International Radio" scheduled in Amharic Saturday at 1600 UT on 15710 kHz or "Fano Deims" scheduled in Amharic language Sats at 1700 UT on 15215kHz ? (Alan Roe, Teddington-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr news Jan 4) GERMANY 9715 kHz Bible Voice Broadcasting via MBR Nauen 100 kW 126degr azi to ME at 1800 UT, Dec 28, on the air with Jewish-style music, English, man introducing "Seed of Abraham" program. Poor. (Harold Sellers, Vernon-BC-CAN, direct & ODXA Dec 28) GERMANY 13589.989 USAGM VOA English S=9+15dB signal from Lampertheim Germany relay site, 19-20 UT En towards CeAF, SoEaAF, MDG, MOZ azi etc. Noted in Doha Qatar ME Perseus SDR remotedly. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4-5) GUATEMALA Now Dr. Madrid is backtracking about the new SW transmitter for R. Verdad. He had been saying it was in Mexico being held up for customs duty? Now he says it's still in Europe, as received Dec 30 by Gabriel Gomez, Uruguay: " 'Radio Verdad Internacional' Todavia estamos en vueltas de traer el transmisor desde Europa. Gracias por su interes. Cuando salgamos al aire por onda corta lo informare en Facebook. Edgar Madrid, 'Radio Verdad Internacional' Rte CX7BI- CX0001 Gabriel". (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Dec 31) GUATEMALA 4052.5 or 4055 kHz, part of nightly bandscans in case TGAV should reappear, nothing yet. And maybe never: received this Dec 28 from Manuel Mendez, Lugo, Spain, my translation: "Hello Glenn, several months ago, the alleged reactivation of RadioVerdad, Chiquimula, Guatemala, on their frequency of 4055 kHz was discussed. As you well know, el Sr. Edgar Amilcar Madrid, after the short wave trans- mitter stopped working years ago, was allegedly deceived by someone who sold him a fictitious short wave system via satellite and with a multitude of minitransmitters distributed throughout the world, so that the station could be heard on 4055 kHz at any hour of the day or of the night and in any place of the world, the system that after months and months of decep- tion, and asking for money, evidently never worked. Upon giving up on what I understand was a fraudulent and fictitious pro- ject, it seems that he decided to resume SW with a new transmitter. In the month of September I got in contact with him to find out how the project was going, and he replied: "I am awaiting a new very modern transmitter, very soon. It's 1,200 watts, computerized, made in Frankfurt, Germany. We already have the antenna on hand, also modern, and some accessories are also arriving. I don't know exactly when the transmitter will arrive in Guatemala, but it will be later.We have already paid for everything, and we are seeing problems with customs charges. When we get the transmitter,we will see first of all the installations and then we plan to inaugurate it in Chiquimula. We have been assisted by en- gineer Ernesto Santizo, in the United States. Unfortunately, there has been a lot of opposition to this project.We don't want to announce anything yet. Once it's installed, I'll inform DXers in order to get their reports. Thank you for your interest in Radio Verdad." Yesterday, the 27th December, I sent him a new email to see if the reac- tivation of Radio Verdad would be imminent, and his response was this: "It seems that the transmitter is arriving already in Mexico. Right now they are demanding money I don't have in order to send it and I don't know how I am going to do that. Thank you for your interest. May God bless and protect you." The truth is that everything seems to indicate, I hope it's not like this and I'm mistaken, that the same or other people who scammed the system via satellite, are doing it again with this new short wave transmitter. I have searched on Google and not found any manufacturer of short wave trans- mitters in Frankfurt, Germany, although there could be one, and the manner of asking him for money, now telling him that the transmitter is in Mexico and that he needs to pay more, while before he said that he had everything paid, reminds me very much of what happened before. Cordial greetings, and a very happy 2025, Manuel Mendez" It seems "Ernesto Santizo" is too common a name,search ranging from a pro- fessor of medicine in Guatemala to an inmate in North Carolina. The word santizo literally means "I sanctify" earnestly. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Dec 28) INDIA/BHARAT 567 kHz Akashvani Dibrugarh, suddenly on with strong test tone at 2346UT, Dec 26, via the Kiwi SDR remote at Dimapur, India; 2358 UT distinctive AIR IS, followed by patriotic song "Vande Mataram"; Lao Natio- nal Radio heard underneath. see also under LAOS, - Lao National Radio and Akashvani Dibrugarh both on 567 kHz. 639 kHz Akashvani Kohima, 1232+ UT, Jan 3, via Kiwi SDR remote at Dimapur, India; program in English with listener's new year's resolutions. My remote audio - (Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor and direct Dec 26 / Jan 3) INDIA/BHARAT AIR / Akashvani 9620 kH wrong feed noted just now. 1700 UT relay of Kolkata Home Service, 1730 UT Delhi Home Service, instead of Ex- ternal service in Farsi and Arabic. Audio sounding better than External Service ! (Jose Jacob, Hyderabad-IND, DXindia via Jayanta Chakraborty Dec 26) IRAN 9650 kHz Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting at 1536 UT, Dec 24, English, man reporting on Israeli assault on hospital in Gaza, followed by other reports and commentary on Gaza war conflict. Confirmed by listening via Qatar SDR. Poor. {IRIB Sirjan site scheduled 15.20 - 18.20 UT on various directions in En, Bangla and Turkish, ed.} (Harold Sellers, Vernon-BC-CAN, direct & ODXA Dec 24) IRAN I came timely a little late to switch-off Sirjan IRN at 15.18:40 UT its a Sirjan sce of VoIRIB in Pashto, Kurdish Sorani, Bangla. 11710 1220 1320 30S,31S,40E SIR 500 40 0 211 Pus IRN IRB 6207 PUSHTOO 11710 1320 1420 39 SIR 500 298-15 218 Kur IRN IRB 6208 KURD-SH 11710 1420 1520 41NE SIR 500 90 0 145 Ben IRN IRB 6209 BENGALI though 14.20-15.20 UT in Bangla language. 11709.972 kHz measured at 13.08 UT on Tue Jan 7th, wb. 15359.956 kHz measured at 18.35 UT on Sun Jan 5th, of IRN VoIRIB from Sirjan site, in Hausa towards West AF, 18.20-19.20 UT, S=8 sidelobe into western Europe. 15134.955 kHz fqy varying of Sirjan site, IRIB's Arabic sce scheduled at 11.30-17.30 UT and noted at S=9+15dB signal level at short distance in Doha Qatar_ME Perseus SDR remotedly; at 15.40 UT on Jan 5. 11880.007 kHz IRIB's English sce towards SoAF, RSA, ITU zones 52, 53, and 57. Much low modulated on Jan 5th. 19.20-20.20 UT scheduled. S=9+15dB at 1951 UT Jan 5 in Doha Qatar ME Perseus unit. S=9+30dB -46dBm carrier signal strength noted at 19.37 UT Jan 5, in kiwiKenya SDR remotedly. S=9+10dB -71dBM in Johannesbourg, RSA_kiwi SDR. S=9+10dB -68dBm in East London southern coast_kiwi SDR. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4 - 5) JAPAN re Radio Japan, Bengali Service, via KDDI national telecommuni- cation provider at Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan site. Radio Japan missing in Bengali at 1500 UT on 11610 kHz today 30 Dec 2024 ! Other services to SouthAsia were heard as usual today as follows: Hindi 1530 UTC 11610 Urdu 1600 UTC 9440 Wonder what happened to Radio Japan Bengali Service, Frequency change or ????? (Jose Jacob, Hyderabad-IND vu2jos, wor Dec 30) Re 11610 kHz: finally checked that channel/hour today Saturday Jan 4th: 11610even kHz CRI Bangla service from Kashi-Kashgar Xinjiang province big bcast relay center scheduled 14-15 UT. But heard Chinese language sce in- stead today til 14.59 UT. Then 11610 kHz powerhouse S=9+35dB -43dBm noted in Doha Qatar ME SDR remotedly at 15.00 UT, when NHK R Japan from Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan bcast center site started in - likely - Bangla spoken. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4-5) JAPAN 11610 kHz NHK World Radio Japan via KDDI national telecommunica- tion provider at Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan site. 1525UT NHK to South Asia. Musical box tuning signal to BoH, opening Hindi service (we missed pre- vious bcast in Bengali) with man in Japanese, pres.news headlines, sounded like Japanese / Hindi language lesson after that, then off at 1551 UT. Fair on Dec 26. (Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Dec 26) 13705 kHz NHK World Radio Japan at 2300 UT. M and W in (listed) Thai language, piano music and female jazz singer. Heard with RS DX-402, window frame antenna for perspective). This fqy allows them to dodge the Cuban / Chinese music station this hour on 13650 kHz. Short repetition of NHK tun- ing signal at 2320 UT, then off. Transmitter reopen at 2325 UT, repeating until 2330 UT and switch to Vietnamese. Fair Dec 15. (Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Dec 16) JAPAN 9440 kHz NHK World Radio Japan, transmitting from KDDI national telecommunication provider at Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan site, was logged on 7 October 2024. An Urdu language broadcast was monitored from 16.00 till 16.20 UT. Station ID and contact details were announced, followed by news which began with "assalamu alaikum", then reports on Israel-Gaza- Lebanon war, Ukraine-Russia war, Taiwan and Cambodia items. A Japanese language program with dialogue in Urdu and Japanese rounded out this broadcast to close at 16.20 UTC. Reception on 9440 kHz rated a SINPO of 55444 - good signal strength and clear content. NHK world Radio Japan, transmitting from Yamata site, was logged on 9 December 2024. (T.L.Breyel, Malaysia via RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) JAPAN 11630 kHz NHK Radio Japan in Japanese to SoEaAS via KDDI national telecommunication provider at Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan site, 2153 UT on Dec 11. Lots of talk in Japanese by a man and woman. Talk continues with background music. Talk and possible ID at 2200 UT. Poor with choppy fad- ing. (Ed Cichorek-NJ-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1182 Dec 15) JAPAN New schedule for Shiokaze effective 6 January 2025. For anyone who follows the broadcasts from Shiokaze, Hiroshi's blog at mentions a new schedule effective 6 January 2025: 1300-1400 on 5935 and 6085 kHz 1405-1435 on 7260 and 7325 kHz 1600-1700 on 6165 and 6180 kHz 1705-1805 on 7225 and 7320 kHz Shiokaze (Sea Breeze) broadcasts to North Korea and is operated by the in- dependent investigating organisation "Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea", regarding persons believed to have been abducted by North Korea prior to 1983. All broadcasts are from Yamata in Japan (300 kW). They usually have an English programme at 1300-1400 UT and 1600-1700 UT on Wednesdays (otherwise they are in Korean and Japanese) (Tony Rogers-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr news Jan 7) KOREA D.P.R. of {North} DRM test from NoKorea on MW can be observed via Japanese SDR's remotedly on the following frequencies: 657, 702, 765, 801, 819, 927, 882 and 999 kHz. The ID is "A00001". My theory: the North Korean government bought new transmitters from China with DRM capability, and the manufacturer added the station name. And the transmitters are in DRM mode initially, but North Korean engi- neers cannot switch them to AM mode. Now they broadcasting useless DRM content across the country, because "MSC" is missing. (Laszlo Tringer via DXing.info via wor iog; NZLDXT Jan 2025, page 12, Dec 26) KYRGYZ REP/CHINA Did someone note? Turkic QRMing Lhasa Xizang 4820 kHz. Most probably Kyrgyz Radyosu { 2nd program wb.} reactivated. Thanks, Mauno Ritola-FIN, Dec 29. Found a station on 4820 kHz QRMing Lhasa Xizang with program in a Turkic lang. Via Novosibirsk kiwi_SDR_net remotedly. This station has a signal level of -75 and seems s/off 1230z, leav- ing Xizang in the clear with signal at 80 dbm. Reception on Dec 21. Just listen and think! (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wor Dec 26) re 4820 kHz Lhasa / Bishkek co-channel ? Checked on Jan 6th at 12.00- 12.30 UT in Perseus unit in Tokyo Japan and kiwi-sdr at Novosibirsk-RUS. Two signals co-channel noted today in // on Lhasa 4820even and on upper fqy flank 4820.007 kHz. Strength similar like 1st program channel 4010 kHz Kyrgyztelekom Krasnaya Rechka Bishkek usual old USSR 15 kW level steep angle signals. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 6) LIBERIA 6049.998 kHz ELWA Monrovia, chorus sun Christma's Carols at 07.03UT on Dec 26 much strong S=9 or -71dBm signal on Furteventura Island, my tip to the crowd: listen our UT mornings around 07 UT via this remote Kiwi-SDR. 06.36 UT English heard via Fuerteventura isl of Kiwi-worldwide Kiwi_net [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 26) LIBERIA 6050 kHz ELWA Radio, Monrovia, *0555-0613 UT, 29 Dec interval signal, at 0557 UT, English, ID., religious comments and songs, program "Back to the Bible". 25422. (Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, hcdx BrDXC-UK groups.io>; Dec 29) MADAGASCAR 13670even exact fqy, Radio Feda in Arabic, S=8-9 at 19.20 UT on Sun Jan 5th, via MWV New Life Station, Mahajanga-MDG, (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 5) MADAGASCAR v9755 kHz La Voz Alegre in Spanish via MWV New Life Station, Mahajanga, Madagascar. 9755 kHz is La Voz Alegre,name of the Spanish service from MWV Madagascar. I'm hearing it presumed now at 0342UT. 9755 kHz is recently ex-6180 kHz as reported here. Georgia SDR has it only slightly below 9755 = 9754.97 kHz. {...} La Voz Alegre was also one of the programmmes deleted with WWCR-1 as Alan Roe-UK reported. I was not aware it was on WWCR too, or whether it's really the same. The sign-off of 9755 kHz just now mentioned World Christian Broadcasting, altho I heard no mention of Madagascar. Sked is 02-04 UT. FYI,WEWN has been totally off SW for months. Supposedly waiting for repair / parts. No Spanish, and long before that, no English. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx Jan 4) UNID religious Spanish language program heard 02.00-02.35 UT at present on 9754.945 kHz S=9+25dB proper signal in Edmonton AB, later though S=9+20 dB signal in Edmonton-AB-CAN, now on 9754.953 kHz measured at 02.50 UT Jan 04 (73 de wolfie df5sx) ... as far as I know WEWN Vandiver-AL is off the air due to a transmitter failure last summer and has not returned. The have not published a B24 schedule at their website. A comparison to the live audio of their 'Radio Catolica Mundial' does seem to match what I'm hearing. check (Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, wor Jan 4) Plus, WEWN Vandiver-AL was very much a Catholic SW station. 9755 kHz This is not Catholic programming. Direction finding using Kiwi didn't point to that part of the US, but I know the TDoA function is notoriously suspect. What I do know is the east coast of Brazil always is very well heard in Masset-BC-CAN, and another reason why I wondered about that part of the world. 73, Walt Very strong into Masset-BC-CAN on 9755 kHz at 02:49UT tune-in. In Spanish, with lots of mentions of "biblia". On measured 9754.954 kHz. Mentioned New York Times at 02:51 UT. Should nail an ID fairly easily shortly ... La Voz Alegre ID at 02:54 UT ... this does not sound like VR, but doesn't TWR have such a program ? Sounds more evangelical ... Walt La Voz de Alegre, then starts again at 03.00 UT. 9754.958 kHz now exact at 03.05 UT. Interesting. Program ended at 02:59 UT with transmitter cutting* at about 02.59:30 UT, but returned after about 15 seconds and back into 'La Voz Alegre' program with multiple mentions of La Voz Alegre. - Walt * seems azimuth change from Central AM degrs azi to more southern America ARG / CHL target azimuth ? ed. Madagascar origin makes sense, as it's near my antipode, and always strong I checked a number of locations and found the following: Bonaire SDR: VERY strong Peru: Strong Iceland: fair New Zealand: fair South Africa: Strong. So it gets out far and wide ! I give up DFing, as another time, it showed location as mid-Caribbean, and another time further north and east. Not once anywhere close to Africa ! 73, Walt Re: 9755 kHz unid. A quick DF-direction finding procedure,- on my KiwiSDR using SDRs in South America, Europe, Iceland and my own SDR points to Brazil on the Atlantic coast. Might be wildly off-base, but with the off-channel, this is pretty characteristic of Brazilian SW stations, no? But, in Spanish, rather than Portuguese, however. Sure like to know where it's originating from. Enjoying the world of radio from my remote QTH on Haida Gwaii off the NW coast of BC, Canada. vy73 de Walt MADAGASCAR 9754.97v kHz odd fqy, Jan 4 at 0342 UT, Spanish, which was mystifying some reporters, who overlooked that 'La Voz Alegre', as that service is named by Madagascar World Voice, had recently moved off 6180 kHz to avoid Cuba and Brazil {co-channel ed.}, a good idea, for the bihour in Spanish at 0200-0400 UT. 'La Voz Alegre' was also one of the programmmes deleted with WWCR-#1 as Alan Roe-UK reported. I was not aware it was on WWCR too, or whether it's really the same. The sign-off of 9755 kHz at 0358 UT mentioned 'World Christian Broadcast- ing', and various contact info, altho I heard no mention of Madagascar. Such offfrequenciness has become typical of MWV. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Jan 4) Yes Glenn and Walt, 100% MDG is origin of the program - like their KNLS evangile kind outlets, Spanish language sounds like Mexican or Cuban ... but Y.T. had scratch my head of 26 Hertz frequency varying moving upwards around in two hours time !? [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4) MADAGASCAR 11735 kHz Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 1847-1900UT, Voice of America- VOA Studio 7, Talata Volonondry-MDG, Shona/Ndebele/English. Program "L ive Talk": Man announcer in conversation w/ a Zimbabwean man: They say about Zimbabwean Christmas Celebration; 1849 UT now, he talking with a woman (Zimbabwean woman) w/ the same theme; 1852 UT New conversations, in Shona, Ndebele and English, all about Christmas Celebration; ID. Good reception: 45554. (Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Dec 26) MADAGASCAR re 5010 kHz formerly {probably} via MDG. Very probably Radio Madagasikara in malagasy language on 5010 kHz AM, this morning 21st december (western Europa time) 0555-0610 UT. Very weak. (Nicolas Philby-F (near Paris, France) wor Dec 21) Yes, Madagasikara tx unit 5010 kHz has been down now many years. 2 x 50 kW originate twin unit built up in Siemens Vienna - Austria factory (help of RIZ Zagreb, Croatia ? ) and erected probably in the mid 80ties at SFBerlin/R Bremen 6190 kHz outlet (target towards GDR then), and moved around 1996 year out of Bremen and erected then at SWF Rohrdorf - southern Germany. I'm visited in 1999 year during a sightseeing tour of our local amateur radio club P06 Ludwigsburg. In 1996year at Rohrdorf tx bcast center, power level decreased from original 50/30 kW water-cooled to 10 kW air cooled construction type. Unit sponsored as aid by the German develop departements; the Siemens transmitter was finally donated to Madagascar by SWR Rohrdorf / Germany and was also built-up there by German technicians, and was in operation there on 7 and 5 MHz more as a decade from 2004 year or so. (vy73 de wolfie, wor Dec 21) MALI Radio (Nationale du) Mali or occasionally ORTM/Office de Radiodif- fusion-Television du Mali is one of the stations that you can still use to bring you into the new year on shortwave. In fact, in the past, the re- porter has mostly noted the station at the end of its broadcast at mid- night. At the beginning of this year, reception was so good at other times that he could enjoy the African music. Apparently the old broadcast schedule is correct.The two frequency changes were confirmed with one fre- quency going off and the other signing on. On some days there there were announcements. On other days the frequency simply signed off in mid-music. 0600-0800: 5995 kHz (morning program 'Au Chant du Coq') 0800-1800: 9635 kHz 1800-2400: 5995 kHz When listening more frequently in early January 2025, the reporter could hear almost no French (actually only station announcements). The Spanish shortwave expert Manuel Mendez, who looks for the station, reports that there is an English Magazine on Saturdays at around 18.50 h. (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 5) MALI 5955 {sic, rather 5995 kHz ? ed.} Radio Mali, Bamako tx center I, 0549 UT, Jan 5. Back to back rock songs: Bryan Adams, Steelheart and Guns n Roses. 0600 UT ID by female in French mentioning Bamako and Radio Natio- nale du Mali. Rooster crows, greetings in French and Arabic, afro-pop tune by Guinean band Bembaya Jazz National, more rooster crowing followed by Malian singer Ami Koita. Good signal slowly fading. +0637UT on Jan 7. Excellent signal, awesome local music that Shazam cannot ID. Besides XEPPM Radio Educacion, this is becoming my second favorite station for music. (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Jan 7) 9635 kHz Radio Mali, Bamako tx center I, 1749-1959* {empty channel at 18.44 UT Dec 29; rather 15.49-17.59 UT}, 28 Dec Vernacular, comments, African songs, French, ID. interval signal and close on this frequency. 35433. (Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, hcdx BrDXC-UK groups.io>; Dec 29) 5995 kHz Radio Mali, Bamako tx center I, 1841-1911 UT, 28 Dec, Vernacular comments, African songs, at 1850 UT, "English Magazine", news and comments about Mali in English, African songs, French, comments. 25433. {yes confirm on 5995 kHz WeAF typical female singer at 18.40 UT on Dec 29, S=9+20dB proper signal here in WeEUR. Korean tiny stn co-channel under- neath on 5995.032 kHz. wb.} (Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, hcdx BrDXC-UK groups.io>; Dec 29) MALI 13630 kHz CGTN Radio (CRI), Bamako II tx center, 2002 UT on Dec 27. English news bulletin in The Bridge with host Jason Smith interviewing Dr. Jeffery Sachs. Excellent signal // 11640 kHz via Bamako fair, 9600 kHz via Kashi poor-fair, 9440 kHz via Kunming jba. (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) MOLDOVA {Pridnestrovie - Transnistria, separate} Retransmission Radio Rossii. Vesti FM + Local broadcasting. Received a letter from the Transnistrian Radio Center with a frequency schedule for retransmissions. 13.00-16.18 UT, Mon-Fri / 621 kHz / Radio PMR. 15.00-01.00 UT, daily / 999 kHz / Radio Rossii. 17.00-07.00 UT, daily / 1413 kHz / Vesti FM. (Viktor Tsekhanovich, Kerch-RUS, in Russian language see website via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic PMR, breakaway territory also known as Radioteletsentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac item formerly: v/s Sergey Omelchenko Technical Director of Pridnestrovskiy Radioteletsentr, Grigoriopol, Pridnestrovie - PMR Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. See different address on page #297 and #555_international, in WRTH 2024. MONGOLIA 12085 kHz Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar Khonkhor, *1000-1012 UT, 29 Dec interval signal, English, female, "Welcome to the Voice of Mon- golia in English", news, comments, Mongolian songs. 25422. (Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, hcdx BrDXC-UK groups.io>; Dec 29) NETHERLANDS 5955 kHz Radio Vernonica, Westdorpe, 0556-0737UT on Dec 15, pop songs in English, oldies, Dutch, comments, ID. "Radio Veronica". 35433 6020 kHz Radio Casanova, 0716-0739 UT on Dec 15, pop songs, ID. "Radio Casanova, promoting love and peace all over Europe", "Radio Casanova", Dutch, comments. 35433. 6130 kHz Radio Europe, Alphen, 1943-2003 UT Dec 14, techno-pop songs in English, ID. "From the hard of Holland, this is Radio Europe, 6130 kHz, shortwave". 45444. 6140 kHz Radio Onda, Borculo, 0618-0805 UT on Dec 15, songs in French, ID. in French, "Ici Radio Onda", classical music. 25422. (Manuel Mendez-Lugo-ESP, hcdx BrDXC.UK iogr Dec 15) NETHERLANDS 5944.989 kHz Radio Veronica, Westdorpe/Overslag, 0544 UT, Dec 27. Generally moderate signal with fair peaks. Eclectic mix of pop and rock music, from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Miami Sound Machine. Occasional chatter by man and woman although a bit muffled compared to the music. Reported 1 kW. 6129.99 kHz Radio Europe, Alphen a/d Rijn, 0452 UT, Dec 27. Good signal with an eclectic mix of pop songs. Frequent "From the heart of Holland on Shortwave, this is Radio Europe" ID's. Very nice signal for reported 1 kW! (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) NETHERLANDS 6140 kHz Radio Onda, Borculo, 0638-0825 UT on 29 Dec, Bra- zilian songs, ID. in Portuguese, "Radio Onda, nossa radio", songs in French, classical music, ID. "Radio Onda". 35433. 6170 kHz Radio Delta International, Elburg, 1852-1907UT, 28 Dec, English, comments, ID. "Radio Delta, five decades of music", pop songs, oldies. 34433. Also 0750-0833 UT, 29 Dec, English, comments, ID., songs. 35433. (Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, hcdx BrDXC-UK groups.io>; Dec 29) PALAU 9930 kHz Hope Radio T8WH Palau. Tuned into the test broadcast from T8WH at 1110 UT on 9930 kHz using KFS SW kiwiSDR with a gospel message by man in progress. Pgm annmt at 1113 UT followed by station ID at 1114 UT and into another message on the 23rd Psalm. Program "God is in the Music" at 1129 UT. At 1140 UT the signal suddenly deteriorated with what sounded like interference or possibly jamming, but by 1146 UT the audio was gone. Checking the NZRDXL kiwiSDR at 1200 UT confirmed the issue is jamming as I could hear T8WH audio underneath but heavy noise jamming is present. At 1205 UT the jammer increased in strength and no audio was heard. (Bruce Churchill-CA-USA, wor Jan 3) re: Hope Radio Test schedule. Hope Radio, T8WH Angel 3, Palau testing on 9930 kHz at 1055-1200 UT Mon-Fri. Reports may be submitted in I got e-QSL within a few hours! (attached) (Jose Jacob VU2JOS, Hyderabad-IND Bharat, wor Jan 3) 9930 kHz Hope Radio Palau - I had a very weak signal here at 1133 UT with choir singing followed by om, English with apparent preaching. Heard men- tions of "God" and "Heaven". Could only pick out a word or two here and there. Pretty much just threshold audio. (Stephen C Wood - KC1QEM, wor Jan 3) PERU 4775 Radio Tarma, Tarma, 0110-0125 UT on 29 Dec, Spanish, comments, Peruvian songs. 15421. (Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, hcdx BrDXC-UK groups.io>; Dec 29) PERU 4775.012 kHz Radio Tarma, Tarma, 1004 UT, Dec 27. Andean vocal, ID and announcement over flute music then to song Tu Abandono by Cazador Huanca. Fair with thunderstorm crashes. (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) PHILIPPINES 12120 kHz Radio Pilipinas {via USAGM Tinang bcast relay center units} at 1730 UT, Dec 28, signing on with National Anthem, 1731 UT in Filipino, some English phrases such as "The Voice of the Philippines", frequencies given. Fair, // 9925 kHz poor with het, 15190 kHz barely audible. (Harold Sellers, Vernon-BC-CAN, direct & ODXA Dec 28) PHILIPPINES 11645 kHz Dec 13 at 2300 UT, BBCWS London via USAGM Tinang bcast center site, fairly good directly off the back of Indonesian beam, but at 2306 UT I want best reception possible, via remote Kiwi SDR in Jakarta-INS, somewhat better than Bandung-INS sdr, for much-publicized documentary, 'Morse Code: Ready to Transmit', recorded at an international competition in Tunisia. Nice publicity for ham radio too. I'm the only User of this remote. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1182 Dec 15) ROMANIA RRI Bucharest temp English sked. Dear friends, Romanian Radiocom has reported a major malfunction at one of the shortwave transmitters in Tiganesti, near Bucharest. The RRI programs have been temporarily moved to a second transmitter, to other frequencies and, partially, to other target areas. You can temporarily receive our programs as follows: RRI on shortwaves 7310 kHz is the remaining Tiganesti 300 kW Made in USA unit, and 7375 kHz comes from different site Bacau Galbeni in eastern Romania, also Continental 300 kW, replaced from June 2006 to autumn 2007 erected / refurbished old Made in USSR units of 1967 year {wb.}. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Dec 25) ROMANIA Antenna malfunction failure repair action ended at Tiganesti broadcast site. Das Betreiberunternehmen Radiocom hat den Defekt an seinen Sende- anlagen behoben und der deutsche Dienst von RRI ist nun wieder auf den urspruenglichen Frequenzen zu empfangen. Am 27. Oktober 2024 hat Rumaenien auf Winterzeit umgestellt und auch die Frequenzen der Auslandsprogramme seines Oeffentlich-Rechtlichen Rundfunk- senders gewechselt. In der Zeit vom 27. Okt. 2024 bis einschliesslich dem 29. March 2025 koennen Sie die deutschsprachigen Programme von RRI auf folgenden Wellen- laengen ueber analoge Kurzwelle und via DRM digital empfangen: Uhrzeit (UTC) Frequenz (kHz) Meterband Zielgebiet 07.00-07.30 11620 25 Mittel- und Westeuropa 15.00-16.00 15250 19 Mittel- und Westeuropa 19.00-20.00 7235 DRMdigi 41 Mittel- und Westeuropa Wir sind auch wieder per Satellit empfangbar, und zwar auf Eutelsat 16A, 16 degr Ost, vertikale Polarisierung, Frequenz 11512 MHz, Symbolrate: 29,950 MSym/s im DVB-S2-Standard, Modulation 8PSK, Audio PID510. Betreff: aktuelle RRI QRGs RRI, Alex Groeblacher, 05.01.2025, 20:11 Radio Rumaenien International Deutscher Dienst P.O.B. 111 Str. General Berthelot 60-64 RO-010171, Bukarest, Rumaenien, Europa re Reparatur Sendeanlage Tiganesti. Wenn es denn mit einem verbliebenen TX einen Meter-Bandwechsel notwendigerweise gab ... ist der Sender soweit in Ordnung, - aber an den Dipolen, d.h. Teilen der Antennenstockung bei der Vorhangantenne in einem bestimmten Meterband musste eine Reparatur stattfinden - oder an der feederline between TX house and curtain array. re repair of the Tiganesti transmitter / dipols / feederlines. If a meter band change was necessary with a remaining TX there was a necessary meter band change ... the transmitter is so far okay -- but the dipoles, i.e. parts of the antenna support of the curtain antenna in a certain meter band had to be repaired -- or at the feeder line bet- ween TX house and curtain array meterband dipols. In addition, the remain- ing 2 TXs in Tiganesti have to lead to the dipole antennas with the given feeder line. ed. RUSSIA 765 kHz Radio Vostok Rossii, 0208+ UT, Dec 23, via Kiwi SDR unit remote at Khabarovsk, in southeastern Far Asia Russia; pop songs ("Feel My Heartbeat," etc.); frequent IDs. Website with audio streaming My remote audio (Ron Howard-CA-USA, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 23) RUSSIA/EU/BALTIC SEA Russian shadow fleet - radio related item. Sabotage action by President Putin's secret services against the European Union. Saw this on another iogroup (yes, radio related iogroup). The article sounds like it's referring to SDR wide band receivers. Interesting read. (Walter Salmaniw-BC-CAN, wor Dec 28) SPAIN New stamp from correos.es. New stamp to celebrate the 100th anni- versary of broadcasting in Spain: Spanien 5. November 2024. Briefmarken-Sonderausgabe "Hundertjaehriges Jubilaeum der Zulassung des Rundfunks in Spanien" ein Wert 2.10 EURo. Ein altes Radiogeraet und Mikrofon, sind auf der SBM zu sehen. Correos hat eine Sonderbriefmarke herausgegeben, um an das hundertjaehrige Jubilaeum der offiziellen Zulassung des Radios in Spanien zu erinnern. Im Mai 1924 begann Radio Iberica in einem kleinen Studio am Paseo del Rey in Madrid mit den ersten Sendetests, die den Weg fuer die Gruendung der ersten offiziell lizenzierten Sender ebneten. Im November desselben Jahres nahmen Radio Espana und Radio Barcelona(aus dem spaeter Cadena SER hervor- ging) ihre regulaeren Sendungen auf. [...] Hinter diesem bahnbrechenden Abenteuer standen Antonio Castilla und die Brueder Carlos und Adolfo de la Riva, Ingenieure und Gruender von Radio Iberica. Sie warben nicht nur fuer den ersten Radiosender des Landes, sondern entwickelten auch Empfaenger, die es vielen Madrilenen ermoeg- lichten, zum ersten Mal Konzerte oder Veranstaltungen wie die Ziehung der Weihnachtslotterie zu hoeren. (Paul Gager-AUT, BrDXC-UK iogr news Dec 29) 17715 kHz R Exterior de Espana via Noblejas site, En service with Marilyn Quintana & Amy Egan today starting out with news. Today's lead item was about a businessman Victor deAldama has given testimony linking PM Sanchez to the Koldo scandal case over PPE contracts during the Pandemic. Other items were about the ministry of consumer affairs has fined 5 airlines €179 million for overcharging people & for other violations of consumer rights & in Brussels the EU parliament approved naming a Spanish minister Teresa Ribera approved as EU third VP despite protests because of her role in the Valencia flooding response. In int'l news the indictment of Netanyahu for war crimes by the ICC and Israel's reaction to it & Russia's escalation of the war in Ukraine were mentioned. At :06 ID into a feature about "Spanish A living Language", a 2024 report written by David Fernandez Vitores about Spanish in the world today & in the future. There are over 600 million Spanish speakers (500 million native speakers) in the world, second only to Mandarin Chinese. 2200-2230 UT on 22 Nov. (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI-USA, Michigan ARE Tipsheet, wor Nov 29) SPAIN 9690 kHz R Exterior de Espana w/En service, today, with Marilyn Quintana alone today, and starting out with News, the lead item today was about The People's Party year end review of Spanish politics criticizing everything the ruling party has done and lamenting the likely events of 2025. Other items were about 25 migrants dead in the Atlantic while trying to cross from Africa to Spain. Only 11 were rescued from the Mali ship trying to reach the Canary Islands including many minors and 20 years since the approval of a gender violence law in Spain and how it has impacted Spanish society. Also singer Raphael's manager says the 81 year old artist suffers from a cerebral lymphoma. At:06 a feature about the 25th anniversary of Cirque du Soleil's "Alegria" presented by Amy Egan. Amy spoke with trapeze artists/actors in 'Alegria' who discussed their role in the current show and their history in the cir- cus (one since age 6!) who actually attended a 'circus school' in Brussels and she also spoke with the artistic director of the show, Rachel Lancaster, and what she does to manage the long-running 'show'. THAILAND 7475 kHz Radio Thailand World Service, via USAGM Udorn Thani Ban Dung relay site. e-QSL: at 18.00-19.00 UT,Dec. 23, 2024. The letter contained a link to a calendar for 2025, which you can print out yourself and admire. (Evgeny Kornikhin, Moscow-RUS, deneb-radio-dx; via RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) TURKEY TRT Deutsch, Briefkasten Wiederholung sonntags anstatt samstags. Leider hatten wir keine Zeit die neuen Programme und deren Sendetag mit unserer Hoererfamilie zu teilen. Aber natuerlich wollen wir diese Infor- mationen mit Euch allen teilen. Denn was waeren wir ohne unsere Hoerer- familie... Die deutsche Redaktion von TRT freut sich Dir unseren neuen Sendeablauf vorzustellen. Wir hoffen unsere neue Auswahl gefaellt Dir und wuenschen im Voraus viel Spass mit unseren Sendungen. Herzliche Gruesse - Alev Montag Erstes Quartal nach Jahrtausendwende. Wissen macht neugierig. Dienstag Aus der Sicht einer Reisenden (Wiederholung) Meine Traumziele (Wiederholung). Zufaellige Entdeckung. Mittwoch Sport Panorama. Thema des Tages 1. Donnerstag Am Puls der tuerkischen Aussenpolitik. Unser Briefkasten. Freitag Dossier Analyse. Thema des Tages 2. Samstag Thema des Tages 1 (Wiederholung). Meine Traumziele. Aus der Sicht einer Reisenden. Sonntag Unser Briefkasten (Wiederholung). Dossier Analyse(Wiederholung) (TRT, Jan 3) TURKEY 9660 kHz TRT Voice of Turkiye Emirler, QSL card. 02. Nov. 2024, 17.30-18.23 UT, 9660 kHz in English. Picture: (Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) 9660* kHz Voice of Turkiye, transmitting from Emirler bcast center size, was logged on 9 November 2024. An English language broadcast of news, featured programs and Turkish music with frequent station IDs was noted from 17.30 UT. Reception on 9.660 kHz rated a SINPO of 55454. (T.L.Breyel, Malaysia via RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) * 9660.016 kHz measured at 17.30 UT Sun Jan 5, wb. TURKEY Re: Turkey English letterbox finish, and replaced by English TV program relay via shortwave at Emirler site schedule ? Just a quick info / question: I was just listening to the 'Voice of Tuerkiye 'English on 6050 kHz with their TRT letterbox program and unless I completely misunderstood (or did not get the joke) they said that this was the last letterbox program ever, i.e. they will not continue in 2025 year. Does anybody know anything about it ? I think the speaker said something about structural changes happening at TRT Ankara right now. (Sebastian Schlueter, wor Dec 29) Well, it was definitely mentioned on Letterbox on TRT that this could well be the last Letterbox broadcast unless decisions are changed by year end. The problem was, the producer did not pot down the music during the first part of the announcement making it impossible to understand if this was just letterbox going off the air or VoT altogether. Listening during the 2300 UT broadcast December 29, 2024. (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park-AB-CAN wor Dec 30) Isn't VoTUR TRT Ankara supposed to be on at 21:30 UT on 9610 kHz in English? Nothing heard here in NewBrunswick-CAN today (31 December). (Richard Langley-NB-CAN, hcdx Dec 31) Faded down a lot after 2207 UT. At 2218 UT there was announcement I could not copy, maybe farewell ? ? Otherwise nothing heard about this being their final broadcast. It should come up again at 2348 UT on 5960 kHz, if on the air in 2025, or even 0448 UT on 6125, 7285 kHz. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Dec 31) Re: TRT Turkey + 5960.003 kHz TRT English program noted in Perseus_net unit in southern Germany Bavaria, English powerhouse S=9+30dB signal and deep underneath another too, at 23.14 UT UT_2024 vy73 de wolfie df5sx. 9610 kHz VoTurkey English is on air, zones towards SoAS and Pacific at 105 degrees ITU zones 41, 49, 54, heard here in Germany, and at Perseus SDR unit in Doha Qatar ME remotedly, S=9+5dB, mixed-up with co-ch CNR8 China mainland domestic progr in Mongolian language. ed. hcdx. Re: News from TRT Ankara on Suspected Closure English Letterbox ? Not looking good for the English broadcasts, I'll quote what they send my way. "We are currently undergoing a reorganization process, and we were told that TRT's all foreign broadcasts (VOT radio, multiple-language websites, and podcasts) will be consolidated under one roof, called TRT Global, which will be launched soon. In this new structure, VOT English shortwave broadcasts will be handled by the TRT World channel in Istanbul. We, as the Voice of Tuerkiye English Desk,will not be going on the air. We will be in charge of translating and presenting several podcast series, which will be available through our newly planned online platforms. About the VOT English shortwave transmissions, we really have no idea what type of programming will be carried by TRT World, or whether there will be music. TRT VOT Arabic will face the same fate. But, all other languages remain on the shortwave bands, and there might be new ones in the new term. I am personally sad about all this, but I still hope that it will be turned around at some point. You never know." We'll see what happens going forward. (TRT via Alan Roe, Teddington-UK, wor Dec 30) Re: Voice of Tuerkiye English apparently stops letterbox program. Reception rather poor into UTwente for the 2130 UT broadcast on 9610 kHz. About what time during the hour did you hear that ? Must try to catch it on the 2300 UT repeat on 5960 kHz, and maybe the 0400 UT on 6125, 7285 kHz. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Dec 30) UAE 11785 kHz eQSL. Radio Slovakia International, transmitting from Abu Dhabi Media ENC operated Al-Dhabbaya, UAE site, was logged on 24 Dec 2024. A Russian language bradcast with a Christmas theme was monitored from 16.30 till 17.00 UT. Reception on 11785 kHz rated a SINPO of 35343 audible and clear content despite atmospheric noise. { 11784.986 kHz measured on Jan 05, wb.} (T.L.Breyel, Malaysia via RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) Radio Slovakia International. e-QSL: 11785 kHz, 16.30-17.00 UT, Nov. 13, 2024 e-QSL: 11785 kHz, 16.30-17.00 UT, Dec. 26, 2024 (Evgeny Kornikhin, Moscow-RUS, deneb-radio-dx; via RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) UAE NASWA Flashsheet items Jan 5: 11785 kHz Russian. Abu Dhabi Media owned anoperated by ENC. And this in WRTH 2025 Tony Pavick via groups.io Jan 6: As per a search at shortwave (dot) live, I see this on 11785 kHz (Russian all al-Dhabbaya) Radio Prague 15:00 to 15:30 Radio Exterior Espana 15:00 to 15:30 BBC 15:00 to 15:30 WRN Vsemirnaya Radioset 15:30 to 16:00 United Nations Radio 15:30 to 16:00 NHK Radio Japan 16:00 to 16:20 WRN Vsemirnaya Radioset 16:20 to 16:30 Radio Slovakia Int. 16:30 to 17:00 BBC 17:00 to 18:00 This, however does not show days. (WRTH via Mauno Ritola-FIN, Jan 6) Over on short-wave (dot) info you have Radio Prage (sic) 15:00 to 15:30 Days: 1234567 WRN Vsemirnaya Radioset 15:30 to 16:00 Days: 1234567 WRN Vsemirnaya Radioset 16:30 to 16:30 Days: 1234567 WRN R.Slovakia Internati 16:30 to 17:00 Days: 1234567 WRN BBC 17:00 to 18:00 Days: ......7 Here's my audio/video clip: An abridged translation is: The BBC Russian service was on the air of the world radio network. ... from Saturday to Sunday at 02:00 Moscow time and on Sunday at 11:00. These times don't seem to line up and indicate a Saturday transmission, although that may be streaming on-line only (Tony Pavick, Hope-BC-CAN, Jan 6) U.A.E. 15215 kHz FEBC Radio, Gaweylon Tibetan Radio via Abu Dhabi Media operated by ENC Al'Dhabbaya-UAE, Dec 31. Fluttery poor signal at 1220 UT check but will be better in a month or two with earlier local sunrise in Wheaton. Playing local Tibetan-flavored chant mx. Hrd on a Tue, this xmsn only bcsts on Sun/Mon/Tue at 1200-1230 UT with pgm content from production studio at Gaweylon Center in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, INDIA. (Ralph Perry, Wheaton-IL-USA, NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1185 Jan 5) U.K. {SEYCHELLES-ex} FEBA (Far East Broadcasting Association) Radio Sama via ENC Woofferton-UK site. Good signal in Arabic till S/off at 1859 UT on 15510 kHz; on 03 Dec. FEBA originally broadcast from Mahe in the Seychel- les. Inspired by FEBC's use of radio to broadcast Christ to the world, in 1959 UT this group of British supporters took up the task of establishing a station in the Seychelles - a British Protectorate at the time. Initially broadcasting into India, they became the Far East Broadcasting Association. A interesting fact was the antenna system that was built out over a lagoon 1 km offshore. Regular broadasting began in 1970 and closed in 2003 year due to reclama- tion of land nearby that would bring development and was incompatible with the continuing operation of the station. (via John Durham, Tauranga-NZL; NZLDXT Jan 2025, page #19, Dec 26) U.K. re BBC Somali Service. Interesting article in the Guardian (Simon Hicks-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr news Dec 24) U.K. 15595 kHz VOA via ENC Woofferton-UK heard at 1406 UT on Nov 28; both a woman and man speaking / conversing in listed Kurdish language. Mostly poor. (Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1180 Dec 1) U.K. 15260 kHz Radio Sama, IBRA Media via ENC Woofferton-UK, Dec 30. Huge signal at 1705 UT with moody Arabian ballad by OM and YL and melan- choly stringed instrument backing. (Ralph Perry, Wheaton-IL-USA, NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1185 Jan 5) U.K. 9740 kHz eQSL Pop Shop Radio. E-mail: 25 December 2024, 15.00 UT, 9740 kHz via Encompass Media in Woofferton-UK. Picture: (Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1322 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 29) U.K. 7445 kHz Sat, Dec 28, 2024. 0051-0059 UT, BBC, ENC Woofferton-GB, in Dari. Man/woman announcers in conversation with a couple of Afghan, presumed; 0057UT Woman talking news; Music; Woman in conversation w/ other woman, nice with laughs; 0059 UT Man says ID. Good reception: 45544. 7445 kHz Sat, Dec 28, 2024. 0100-0110 UT, BBC, ENC Woofferton-G, in Pashto. Woman talking and a conversation w/ a nice man, laughs, he answers with laughs! 0108 UT Now, man announcer talking and a conversation with a man. Good reception: 45544. (Jota Ronaldo Xavier-Paraiba-BRA, hcdx Dec 28) U.K. 6070 kHz e-QSL W.I.L. 'Station What I Like', via Woofferton 250 kW Encompass (UK). E-mail: December 24, 2022, 19.00-20.00 UT, 6070 kHz (Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg-RUS, rusdxplus & deneb-radio-dx, via RUSdx #1322 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 29) U.K. 6070 kHz W.I.L., e-QSL: 19.00-20.00 UT, single day transmission on Dec. 24, 2024 via ENC Woofferton-UK bcast center site. (Evgeny Kornikhin, Moscow-RUS, deneb-radio-dx; via RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) U.K. 6060 kHz Pop Shop Radio via ENC Woofferton 250 kW; 1/1 special New Year's broadcast of Tony Pavick's show from Hope, British Columbia; car- rier on 02.59:45 UT with the show starting about 30 seconds later; host ID as, "This is the Pop Shop Radio New Year's Disco Party..." 0302 UT into "Boogie Fever" by The Silvers;other 1970's disco tunes included "Shame" by Evelyn Champagne King and Donna Summer's version of "MacArthur Park." The host sprinkled in short comments in Spanish, French, German, and Ukrainian during the time I was listening. He promoted a digital transmission at the end of the show, which I didn't stick around for, not having the decoding software. Extremely strong signal with very little fading, Jan 3 (Andy Robins, Kalamazoo-MI-USA, Michigan ARE Tipsheet via wor Jan 3) U.K. C20 calls for listing of historic Droitwich LW masts. As the switch-off of long-wave radio looms, C20 Society* has called for the listing of two historic radio masts at the Droitwich Transmitting Station in Wychbold, Worcestershire, in response to a Historic England consultation on the site. Full news item: (*Twentieth Century Society (C20) is a national charity that campaigns to protect Britain's modern architectural and design heritage.) (Alan Pennington-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr news / Longwaveradiolistening Jan 7) U.K. DRM digital BBC to zone #41 in South Asia. Since whem? 17575.00 kHz BBC 1505 UT in DRM with news, 1506 UT ID Awful telephonic audio -70dBm signal via o the Edesa kiwiSDR in NorthernGreece. Reception parameters: IF lvel -8.8db SNR20 B mode 10kHz SDC 4 MSC 16 in DRM 10.72 kbps eibi shows: 17575 kHz 1458-1600 UT G BBC DIGITAL English SoAS (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wor Jan 7) 17575 kHz 1458-1600 UT to ITU zone 41 WOF 100kW 82degr slew+12 ITU antenna type #618 131124-300325 N=drm Eng GB BBC ENC 6518 DRM_ASI USA USAGM 'Radio Free Asia' (RFA) Celebrates the 'Year of the Snake' with a Special QSL Card! The RFA has unveiled its 87th QSL card, commemorating the 'Year of the Snake' (2025) in the Chinese zodiac. This vibrant card is part of their ongoing effort to verify listener reports worldwide. The card design high- lights the snake's cultural significance and includes RFA's unique brand- ing. Details to remember: - Valid for reception reports received from January 1 to April 30, 2025. - Send your reports via email or post to RFA's official addresses. Learn more: [Radio Free Asia QSL Information] Source: Blog post from MT Shortwave Blog: (Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, RUSdx #1323 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 05) USA 15825 kHz WWCR Nashville_TN at 1820 UT. Good with RS SW-2000629 and 22' wire. Religious lecture by man, but the recording was at the wrong speed making the whole thing sound like HAL-9000's final moments in 2001. (I had already thought of "HAL" when he began singing at 1840 UT, but it was "Let it Shine" and not "Daisy"). The program changed at 1900 UT and everything went back to normal at that time. (Heard on the road with RS DX-402 and New-Tronics IC-100S antenna). Good Dec 16. (Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Dec 13 - 16) USA 15555 kHz USB mode outlet, WJHR, Milton-FL, 1735 UT, Dec 27. US preacher talking about his experiences in previous communist Romania. Fair (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) USA 12160 kHz WWCR 2 religious program in En to NoAM, Jan 5, 2025, at 1636-1640 UT. SIO 232. OM preacher with fire and brimstone sermon, (we're all going to Hell) from Nashville,TN state. Poor noisy signal, but listen- able. (Vince Henley-WA-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1185 Jan 5) USA 5085 kHz WTWW situation, not heard for a few days? "Glenn, The driver solid state amplifier went out, I replaced the final IC and it ran for only one hour and died. The back up amplifier lasted for only 5 minutes. I am waiting on parts from China. I expect we will be down at least for a week. George McClintock Jan 1, 2025". (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Jan 5) USA 15825 kHz Jan 1 at 1555 UT, NO signal from WWCR-1, while at 1559 UT the others are: 13845 kHz JBA, 12160 kHz signing on loud, 9980 kHz loud. John Jurasek reported on Dec 31 that WWCR had taken #1 off the air comple- tely, no longer 15825, 6115, or 3215 kHz ! And the updated transmitter and program skeds now show that: This has led to lots of programming changes, some of the #1 ones moved to the others. Alan Roe observes that many of the music shows have been cut. I see that 'The Talking [sic] Machine Show' is still on there, Sats 1800- 1830 UT on 12160 kHz. At 2316 UT Jan 1, no signal on 6115 kHz direct. Why take this drastic step? #1 transmitter seemed to have been OK, in fact cleaner than the others. I hear that WWCR profits have been plummeting, so taking one transmitter completely down should help the bottom line. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1185 Jan 5) USA 9265 kHz Jan 4 at 0743 UT, WINB is on!, S6/S8 in English; sounds the same as 5850 kHz WRMI Okeechobee-FL which is TOM but not BS preaching, maybe Pastor Rice? Not checked on second receiver to make sure // but would never be synchronized. WINB program sked dated Dec 22 shows it clos- ing every night at 0500 UT ! Not back on until 1904 UT weekdays, 1104 UT Sundays, 1304 UT Saturdays, always starting with Overcomer. Of course, still not accounted for at from last April, and in EDT/UT, altho some changes must have been made since then such as deleting 6160 kHz WBCQ channel. This expansion may have been inspired by TOMBS' removal overnight from 6160- kHz WBCQ; will it be every night? (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Jan 4) USA "WBCQ Area 51: frequency and schedule changes - Sat, Jan 4 at 9:53 PM. Hello all, With the new year we are making some changes to our Area 51 service. Effective 4 January 2024 we are moving all of our pro- gramming from 6160 kHz to 5130 kHz. In addition to the frequency change, we are reducing our broadcast schedule by two hours. Our new schedule is Saturday and Sunday 7-11 PM US eastern time (Sunday and Monday 0000-0400 UTC). - Thanks, Lw" (Larry Will) Su 0000 0100 UT Sa 07:00 08:00PM EST Radio Timtron Worldwide Su 0100 0200 UT Sa 08:00 09:00PM EST Grits Radio Su 0200 0300 UT Sa 09:00 10:00PM EST The Lumpy Gravy Radio Show Su 0300 0400 UT Sa 10:00 11:00PM EST The Lost Discs Radio Show Mo 0000 0100 UT Su 07:00 08:00PM EST Radio Timtron Worldwide Mo 0100 0400 UT Su 08:00 11:00PM EST Radio New York International Mo 0100 0300 UT Su 08:00 10:00PM EST American Debauchery, Duane Bruce Mo 0300 0400 UT Su 10:00 11:00PM EST The Eric Dolphy Mystery Hour (via Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Jan 4) USA 9455 kHz Jan 7 at 0000 UT, first checking for WTWW to resume 9475 kHz, I notice a VG signal on 9455 kHz, so WRMI is back after losing this one a couple months ago, and had been down longer than any other trans- mitter. Sounds like an Overcomer service, much like but not synchroniz- ed with 9930 kHz WTWW. I do find it matching 7570 kHz WRMI, so that's the source. Any resemblance to what's on air and what's on sked may be coincidental as at 0000 UT, 9455 kHz WRMI-5 is / was supposedly on System K with RAE-ARG in Japanese, 285 degrees to western NorthAmerica at 00-01 UT Tue-Sat. More than anyth- ing else for 24h: System E, TOMBS. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Jan 6) WTWW: George McClintock notified me about 2345 UT Jan 6 that #2 trans- mitter was ready to resume, first on 9475 kHz and change to 5085 kHz at 0100 UT. I then tuned in 9475 kHz but nothing heard; however at 0000 UT Jan 7 I noticed 9455 kHz was on, see WRMI log. Finally at *0042 UT, 9475 kHz cuts on SFAWPPPP with usual huge signal, some audio cutouts, off again at 0046* UT. Then I await 5085 kHz which cuts on without ID at *0100 UT with SFAWPPPP, break at 0102 UT, right back on until off at 0115* UT. *0120.7 UT back on, and so it goes, still hav- ing problems. Before the breakdowns, 9475 kHz was starting about 2100 UT, I think. As in EiBi database list, 5085 kHz sked is 0100-0400 UT, except UT Sat to 0430 UT for WOR. What's in current HFCC.org for WTWW ? Availabilities will far exceed axual usage: 5085 not listed! 5840 00-14, 50 degrees 5920 not listed! 9475 14-02, 50 degrees 9930 14-24, 180 degrees 9950 00-24, 40 degrees 12105 not listed 15810 00-24, 40 degrees. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Jan 6) UZBEKISTAN BBC WS on new 11630 kHz via CRRT RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbeki- stan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center. BBC at 1200-1400 UT in English Monday to Friday on 11630 kHz, 100 kW via Tashkent, hfcc.org {11630.006 kHz measured Tue Jan 7th at 13.15 UT, wb.} (Jean-Michel Aubier-F, wor Dec 25) VATICAN STATE Vatican Radio will be again on the shortwave, next week. On Monday January 6th, the 'Holy Mass for the Epiphany' will be on the air as usual from 0855-1020 UT, on 17540 (English), 17525 (French) and 15565 kHz (Portuguese). (VR via Chhristian Ghibaudo-Nice-F, BrDXC-UK iogr news Jan 3) VATICAN STATE Vatican Radio via Santa Maria di Galeria bcast center on 17540 kHz now. Came across Vatican Radio on SW signing on in English at 0855 UT on 17540 kHz with one of its occasional extra broadcasts. Very strong signal here. (SIO 454) The events page on Vatican Radio's web site give the following details: 08:55 - 10:20 UT? From St. Peter's Basilica, Holy Mass presided over by Pope Francis, on the occasion of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God and World Day for Peace Chronicle in English Africa: kHz 17540 OC (Dave Kenny-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr news Jan 1) VENEZUELA 4939.983 kHz 'Estacion 4940', 1019 UT, Dec 28. Various Latin songs, from religious to Cuban oldies. Male with "Nacion Tropicale Cuatro Mil Novecientos Cuarenta de Onda Corta" ID. Not sure if that is just a slogan or official station name "Tropical Nation 4940 Shortwave". Excellent signal ! The null on this one leads me to lean toward a Venezue- lan QTH rather than Colombian. (Brandon Jordan, K2SWL Fayette C.-TN-CAN, direct and wor Dec 28) WRTH 2025 Delivery. European Union logistics and customs. Discussion. Now Web App is offered for 10 EURos for owners of printed book of ANY edition: "Special Upgrade Price: Already own a WRTH book (any year)? Get the Web App for just 10 EURos instead of the original price of 24.90 EURos. To redeem the web app at this upgrade price, please follow these steps: Please visit this link: Click on the WRTH Web App 2025 Menu Card. Log in if you have an existing account or create a new account if you are a new user. Click on the year edition of the book you own to answer the question from that year's edition. Once the correct answer is provided the upgrade price is unlocked. Complete the checkout process and start enjoying the Web App." (Mauno Ritola-FIN, Jan 3) also FaceBook entry: The way at least the German-speaking countries distribution in decades was on the first week in December via the distributor in Duisburg via the WWDXC Bad Homburg I got my copy in the first week of December of the year, to start the book content discussion with good old friends like OlleAlm in Sweden, Noel Green in Blackpool, or 4S7VK Victor in Sri Lanka. Where have the days gone? - wb. ed. ZAMBIA Re: Voice of Hope - Africa - OFF THE AIR. Hi, Glenn. I can hear 4965 kHz back on the air this evening via a remote SDR in Jo'burg, so power must have been restored to our transmitter site outside Lusaka today. I'm awaiting final confirmation from our chief engineer on site, but it seems pretty obvious. (Ray Robinson-USA, Strategic Communications Group, Voice of Hope World Radio Network. wor Dec 31) see bcdx topnews #1601: ZAMBIA Die Strategic Communications Group hat am 1. Dez. 2024 mit folgenden Sende-u.Programmplan fuer das Suedliche Afrika veroeffentlicht. 0400-0800 Uhr 9680 kHz (LUV 100 kW, nd) Englisch 1400-1600 Uhr 9680 kHz (LUV 100 kW, nd) Englisch 1600-2000 Uhr 4965 kHz (LUV 100 kW, nd) Englisch (via Dr. HJBiener-D) re: Voice of Hope - Africa - OFF THE AIR ... Hi, Glenn. October to March each year is the 'rainy season' in Zambia, but so far this year it looks like another year of drought. However, on the afternoon of Saturday 28th December, a significant storm swept through the valley where our transmitter site is located (outside of Lusaka), and tore down several power poles. This knocked out the power supply to our trans- mitters and several other utility customers in the area. So unfortunately, Voice of Hope - Africa will be off the air until the electricity utility (ZESCO) can repair the poles and distribution lines. Hopefully this won't take too long because one of the other customers im- pacted is a nearby copper mine whose output is important for Zambian ex- ports, but this is Africa, and there are no guarantees! I'll let you know when power and transmissions are restored. Ray Robinson Strategic Communications Group Voice of Hope World Radio Network via gh wor Dec 29) #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Log Jan 3rd at 09.30-10.32 UT via Kiwi SDR #2 and #4 at Kuwait amateur radio society remotedly, and via Perseus_net SDR unit at Doha Qatar Middle East installation: Checked also in 2025 year the only remaining shortwave outlet of R Kuwait best Kuwait_Kiwi signal world.w. 7249.857 kHz measured R Kuwait from Kabd location, Persian language sce scheduled 08-10 UT daily. 09.34 UT Jan 3rd. S=9+30dB or -47dBm on Kiwi#4, and S=9+15dB or -58dBm on Kiwi#2 unit. S=9+10dB or -62dBm in Doha Qatar ME Perseus unit remotedly. 11515.013 TUR TRT Erdogan security forces anti-Kurdish national radio jamming of Osmanic trumpet/flute music program from Emirler at 10.08 UT Jan 3rd; trumpet/flute Osmanic theme and inter- spersed by heavy 'machine gun' sound audio ... against 'Radio Denge Gel' from likely 11535even ARM 'R Denge Gel' via Yerevan Gavar site, S=9+72dBm signal in Qatar at 10.05 UT. Endless talk program. 9794.810 IND/Bharat - usual odd fqy aligned - Akashvani Delhi Kingsway Nepali language sce at 10.08 UT, S=5-6 or -88dBm poor into ME. 11780.009 IRN VoIRIB Dari sce towards AFG/PAK target audience, from Sirjan site, 09.20-10.50 UT scheduled, S=9+30dB backlobe SW signal as carrier though strong, but LOW AUDIO MODULATION, at 10.12 UT on Jan 3rd. 11795.008 TUR Voice of Turkey, in Persian language, S=9+15dB at 10.14 UT. 11864.766 IND/Bharat - usual odd fqy aligned - Akashvani Delhi Kingsway Nepali language sce at 10.18 UT, S=9 or -74dBm sidelobe into ME. 11955.019 TUR Voice of Turkey in Arabic language at 10-11 UT, S=9+15dB or -62dBm signal in Doha Qatar ME, Arabic discussion / talk / comment. 10.24 UT on Jan 3rd. 12084.502 MNG Voice of Mongolia, Ulan Bataar Khonkhor site, Japanese language sce at 10.30 UT, only sidelobe S=6-7 signal strength into Middle East azimuth target. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 3) Some other logs tonight Jan 4th: UNID Voz Alegre Spanish religious 9754.945 kHz variable fqy moved upwards to 9754.971 kHz at 03.40 UT. {see under MDG above, ed.} 5129.975 USA WBCQ Monticello Maine state {? likely} poor S=4 signal at 01.11 UT. 5800even USA WRMI Radio Taiwan Internat. in Spanish S=9+10dB at 01.13 UT. 4985.007 UNID, but program content confirmed at Kiwi_set at Sao Paulo-BRA remotedly, S=7 -88dBm strength music progr, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, but suffered by RTTY like UTE on 4986.57 and 4787.43 kHz pair twin signals. Likely US NSS US Navy, Andrews AF 4985 kHz channel data entry. 5919.986 USA WTWW Lebanon TN state, BS TOM sermon, S=9+5dB at 01.28 UT. 5939.676 BRA R Voz Missionaria, Camborui SC province, JBA poor S=5, at 01.31 UT and // 9665.009 kHz too, S=9+15dB much proper signal, compared than 50 meterband ! 6009.963 BRA R Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, signal under threshold ! at 01.33 UT. 6150.019 BRA {tentativelly} Rádio Boa Ventade, from Porto Alegre, poor signal in Alberta CAN, but confirmed much stronger at Kiwi_set at Sao Paulo Brazil, S=7-8 or -86dBm strength at 01.37 UT. Nice easy listening music program in BrasPortuguese. 6159.934 USA WBCQ Monticello Maine state poor and tiny at 01.40 UT. 6179.933 odd fqy on lower fqy flank of BRA Rádio Nacional da Brasilia, S=8-9 fluttery signal (Aurora cond?) at 01.41 UT on Jan 4th. 6184.967 MEX R Educacion D.F. in Spanish poor S=6-7 tonight at 01.42 UT 7325even ROU RRI Bucharest from Galbeni site scheduled, in English at S=9+20dB strength in Alberta-CAN remotedly heard at 01.44 UT. but much stronger signals on 41 mb at 7365 and 7435 kHz channels of USAGM R Marti Greenville on S=9+40dB powerhouse level. 7489.924 USA WBCQ Monticello Maine state, talk S=8 signal at 01.50 UT. 7505 nothing, nil of WRNO at this hour; - but later thanks Walt's tip: 7505 is booming in now at 03:53 UT check, Wolfy. 73, Walt BC-CAN. 7505.001 kHz USA WRNO, New Orleans, measured acc CHU standard fqy at 04.08 UT Jan 4th. S=9+35dB powerhouse signal on Perseus SDR unit in Edmonton-AB-CAN, nearly overmodulated though, up to 20 kHz wideband signal seen on Perseus screen. Lady presenter has spoken strong South Asian Bharat like accent, not so easy to understand for Germans like Oxford or Cambridge-UK let's say in comparison of, ha, ha. 7519.994 USA WWCR transmitter channel #4 English sermon, S=9+35dB power- ful outlet noted in Edmonton AB-CAN on excellent Perseus SDR set. 7580even TJK USAGM RFA Uighur language sce via Orzu relay center, outlet of S=7-8 fluttery signal at 01.53 UT. 9264.986 USA WINB Red Lion PA state on east coast US, S=9+30dB signal in AB-CAN remotedly. Sermon: 'Victory of Lord' etc. etc. 9330even USA WBCQ Monticello Maine state in US, S=9 signal, removable Ampegon antenna set seemingly to different azimuth at this hour ? only S=9+5dB, 'victory last chance' ?. Portuguese language in progress around 01.59 UT. 9490 even exact frequency (! not varying anymore) via TDF Issoudun-F Jeff White's FMO entry of Cuban opposition radio from Miami-FL. At 02.05UT on S=9+10dB signal level from Europe. TDF select often different tx units at their big hardware disposal. 9690even ESP REE Noblejas, Spanish NoAM azi service, powerhouse S=9+35dB in SDR at Edmonton-AB-CAN remotedly, 02.08 UT on Jan 4th. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4) Logs now of Doha Qatar ME Perseus SDR unit on Jan 5th at 19.40-20.40 UT 11640even MLI CRI Beijing in Portuguese via African relay site Bamako tx center II site, S=9+10dB at 19.40 UT. 11755even CVA Vatican Radio 'Rosario' program via Santa Maria di Galeria site, S=9+10dB at 19.49 UT Jan 5. // same 11870even but only S=7 signal strength. 11934.894 ARS Sanaa Yemen Excile Radio in Yemenity Arabic via Riyadh site. Music px on Sun at 19.53 UT. S=9+15dB strength in Doha-QAT 11985.028 GUM AWR KSDA Agat in Arabic lang 19-20 UT scheduled, S=8 in QAT 12030even ESP REE Noblejas in Sp, S=9+15dB in Qatar ME, 19.56 UT Jan 5. 9889.953 EGY [probably] R Cairo via Abis bcast site, likely on antenna matching test at 20.00 UT, S=6 -92dBm signal into Qatar SDR unit 9885.025 GUM AWR KSDA Agat in Korean language 20-21 UT scheduled, S=8-9 at 20.03 UT in Doha Qatar ME. 9874.967 KRE KCBS via Kujang scheduled 18.00-23.55 UT in var languages, S=6 poor nearly under threshold level, at 20.06 UT. 9690even ESP REE Noblejas 15.00-23.00 UT Suns, but very bad co-channel Spanish / English audio mixture channel...of PAB to AUS/NZL/INS Pan American Broadcasting via TDF Issoudun France, see hfcc.org 9690 2000-2015 55,58NE,58S,59 ISS 500 75 0 216 Sat/Sun 271024 290325 Eng F TDF PAB 9690 2030-2100 55,58NE,58S,59 ISS 500 75 0 216 Sun 271024 290325 Eng F TDF PAB 7315even UK 'Follow The Bible Ministry' religious Arabic program towards all-Africa azi target, 20.00-20.30 UT via ENC Woofferton bcast center, S=9+15dB in QAT ME SDR. - and // too on 7380 kHz ID 20.27:15 UT followed by violine string mx theme, S=9+20dB 20.27:45 program end, followed still strong WOF empty carrier signal. 20.29:30 UT TX switch-off. 5960even ROU RRI on horizontal log-periodic antenna via Radiocom Saftica site, in Serbian language at 20.30-21.00 UT, 100 kW unit. S=8 5980.002 TUR TRT Emirler in Turkish language, scheduled 17.00-21.57 UT S=8 in Doha Qatar Perseus SDR remotedly, 20.38 UT Jan 5. 6120.018 TUR TRT Emirler in Turkish language, scheduled 19.30-21.57 UT S=6 JBA signal in Doha Qatar Perseus SDR remotedly,20.40UT Jan 5 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 5) #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX END