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BC-DX 1650                                                  4 April 2026
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ALASKA  A26 Combined Frequency Schedule KNLS Anchor Point Alaska, Created:
February 22, World Christian Broadcasting, MWV New Life Station Mahajanga,

<https://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/2026/03/knls-mwv-a26.html>

(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi/Bharat, via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1387
via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

ASCENSION ISLAND   Re: "6180 kHz, Mon March 30 at 05.19 UT, sped-up dialog
in African language, S=9+10/20dB. HFCC shows BBC Hausa daily except
Sundays. Brasil would not be on at this hour, but watch out: not in
HFCC.org.
{later} 
HFCC shows this is by ENC  ENC Encompass, does not name either BBC
or Global Talk America as original source. EiBi.database list does show
Global Talk America; missing from Aoki.Nagoya list.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor April 3)

"Good morning (my time zone), Glenn, as always, I am very thankful for
your efforts to keep the stream of news on international radio flowing.
Please don't mind a comment on one of your items. We were both listen-
ing to 6180 kHz on Monday, but it was not the BBC but GTA which was re-
ported by you/in World of Radio to be produced by former VoA employees:

260401 6180 0500 0104 ASC GTA, Hausa, nx: Nigeria 35433 HjBi;
0500-0529 UT: 6180 kHz (ASC ENC English Bay 125 kW, 65 degr) Mon-Sat
260330 6180 0500 3003 ASC GTA, Hausa, nx: Iran-war 35433 HjBi
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, wor April 3)

BULGARIA   {TAIWAN non}   9790 kHz  Radio Taiwan International QSL card
+ radio station magnet badge. March 1, 2026; 17:00-17:30 UT, Russian via
SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria relay site. Image:

<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/03/radio-taiwan-international_25.html>

Magnet image:
<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/03/radio-taiwan-international_73.html>

(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1387 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

BULGARIA   {Iran target radio}  Radio Zamoneh.
'Radio Zamoneh' continues to be heard via Spaceline Sofia Kostinbrod in
Bulgaria. 1930-2030 hrs on 6110 kHz in Farsi.

The 60 minute broadcast is actually a 30 minute programme repeated. Today
it was also noted on the harmonic frequency 12020 kHz.
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, wor April 2)

260329   6010 kHz  1930  March 29  BUL  'R. Zamoneh' (ID), Farsi, word (F)
35444    HjBi, 1930 UT 25432, 1931 UT off, 1933 UT strong carrier 35444
2000 UT empty carrier, 2001 UT again program.

Apparently, this consists of two 30-minute radio segments.

{Similar programs March 30 at 19.50UT; April 1st at 19.30 UT; April 2nd at
20.00 UT .
12020 kHz 1st hx of 6010 kHz April 2nd at 19.50 UT. ed.}
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, wor March 29 to April 2)

CANADA   {non}  BVB Summer Frequency Schedule

<https://www.hagcm.org/_files/ugd/22d1db_
8f4e4f7483b34d2fb09846a5fffdcef1.pdf>

Programs are available on   <www.bvbroadcasting.org>

Programmers love to hear from you directly. Please send your reports to
<mail -at- bvbroadcasting.org>
or mail to

BVB
P.O.Box 95561
Newmarket, ON L3Y 8J8, Canada, North America.
(BVB via Zacharias Liangas-GRC- wor March 31)

CHINA   Nei Menggu Chinese News and General Radio extended the schedule.

According to 'Xiaolin Broadcasting Station'

<https://kbysradio.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/>

Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia Radio & Television Station have started the
integration works of their "News Radio" (Hohhoto 95.0 MHz and others) and
"Chinese News and General Radio" (Hohhoto 89.0 MHz MW 675 kHz SW 7420 kHz
9520 kHz and others), to stop "News Radio" in the nearest future.

Therefore, the opening hour of "Chinese News and General Radio" was moved
up about 1 hour earlier. Now the transmitting hour is 2100 UT (former
2150-) 1605 UT. They now relay "Voice of China" (CNR1) at 2200-2230 UT,
this will be extended to 2200-2300 UT soon.

btw.  'Nei Menggu Radio & Television Station' stopped "Economy and Life
Radio" (Hohhoto 101.4 MHz and others) and "Storytelling and Folk Art
Radio" (Hohhoto 102.8MHz and others) at 1800 UT on March 24, 2026.
Their online broadcasting with schedules is at

<https://www.nmtv.cn/liveBroadcast>

E-mail address is said to be <nmgxwcbgdjxx -at- 163.com>
(via Takahito Akabayashi-Tokyo-JP, direct and wor March 31)

CHINA    Firedrake jamming to jam 'Sound of Hope' from Taiwan.

SWL, Andre from South Africa, YouTube video March 30th:
"China's infamous "Firedrake" shortwave jammer appears to be back on the
air. I heard it tonight, 30 March 2026, for the first time in a about a
year. In this video, I tune to 7280 kHz and 15740 kHz, where you can
clearly hear the distinctive Chinese orchestral music — the signature of
the so-called Firedrake jammer. I am using the Qodosen DX-286 paired with
the MLA30+ loop antenna, right here in Johannesburg, South Africa.

For those unfamiliar, the Firedrake jammer is part of China's long-runn-
ing shortwave jamming system. It works by transmitting powerful signals
directly on top of target broadcasts, effectively drowning them out.

What makes Firedrake unique is its audio: it plays looping Chinese classi-
cal folk music — often a full hour-long sequence — specifically designed
to block stations while sounding like a legitimate broadcast.

One of its primary targets has long been Sound of Hope, a broadcaster
linked to anti-government messaging, along with other international ser-
vices like Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.

The jammer is believed to be distributed via Chinese satellite feeds and
then retransmitted by high-power transmitters across the country, allow-
ing it to appear simultaneously on multiple frequencies — exactly what
we're seeing again here. What's particularly interesting is that Firedrake
activity has been sporadic in recent years, with many DXers reporting
long periods of silence — which makes this apparent return all the more
significant.

If you've been missing that unmistakable "music jammer" sound on the
bands, it looks like it might be back. Frequencies logged in this video:
•  7280 kHz
• 15740 kHz
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8aaZpEzjiA>
(via Mike Barraclough-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr hcdx April 1)

Re: Firedrake jamming to 'Sound of Hope' from Taiwan:

At 23.50 ... 00.05 UT check only two Ching and Bang, Cat miau Mouse,
fiddle mx heard of China mainland, on
15729.974 and 15794.974 kHz channels in 19 meterband.

Upperst frq CNR1 national program relay jammer against TWNese SOH relay
on 21645 kHz in 13 mb. 73 wolfie df5sx April 2.

CUBA   Radio Habana Cuba - in English. Today, 1900-2000 UTC in English,
followed by French, on 11880 and 15140 kHz Quivican channels, ed.
(Harold Sellers-BC-CAn wor March 31)

CUBA   5025 kHz on March 30 at 0517 UT, S=9+30/40dB of deadair from R.
Rebelde; a lot of that lately. Something's always wrong at RadioCuba.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor March 30)
Measured recently exact 5024.997 kHz small limited low power empty carrier
txion of old Bauta site, ed.

CUBA   11760 kHz March 30 at 0528 UT, RHC Spanish sportstalk, SSOB S=9+30;
still on at 0714 UT, S=9+20dB.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor March 30)  via Quivican site, ed.

CZECH REPUBLIC   Czech ruling coalition presents plan to partially defund
public media.

<https://www.reuters.com/world/czech-ruling-coalition-presents-plan-
partially-defund-public-media-2026-03-23/>

Czech ruling coalition presents plan to partially defund public media
By Jan_Lopatka; March 23, 2026 3:14 PM UT.

Singing of a coalition agreement in Prague, Czech Republic:
Leader of ANO party Andrej Babis, leader of Freedom and Direct Democracy
(SPD) party Tomio Okamura, and leader of Motorists party Petr Macinka
sign a coalition agreement at the Czech Parliament in Prague, Czech Re-
public, November 3, 2025. R_EUTERS_David_W_Cerny

Summary_ Coalition moves to cut public media fees;
Plan seen as step to end licence funding;
Broadcaster warns cuts would threaten services;
Press groups decry threat to media freedom.

The Czech ruling coalition will introduce a legal change ?on Tuesday that
would lower funding for public television and radio later this year, coa-
lition politicians ?said on Monday, in a step critics see as an attempt to
weaken independent media.

The coalition of Prime Minister Andrej Babis' populist ANO party, the far-
right SPD and the eurosceptic Motorists will introduce a bill to cancel
the monthly user's fee for public media for senior citizens, young people
and companies.

SPD chief Tomio Okamura said the proposal was the first step toward the
government's plan to cancel the user's fees altogether and bring financing
fully under the state budget. "Our voters want the end of user fees,"
Okamura told reporters in comments broadcast on Czech ?Television after a
meeting of the coalition chiefs.

The public Czech Television and Czech Radio play a large role in the
country's media space, with Czech Television claiming to be the most
watched television among viewers aged 15 and over, with a 29% market share
of that audience,including its various channels of entertainment and news.

Czech Television and Czech Radio each had trust of 59% of Czechs in a 2025
Reuters Institute survey, the highest ratings among Czech media included
in the poll.

CZECH_TV_PROTESTS.  Czech Television said the cut would make it impossible
to meet its public service commitments.

"General Director HynekChudarek and the entire CT leadership will continue
o take all steps aimed at maintaining the current functional fee system,
and in its current extent," it said in an email. It was not immediately
clear how large the funding cut would be under the proposal. Okamura said
funding would return to levels of 2024, before a slight increase in fees
by the previous parliament.

Czech Television has a budget of 8.5 billion crowns ($402.54 million) for
2026, mostly from the user fees that are 155 crowns ($7.36) per month.

The introduction of the bill by members of parliament means it will skip
wider discussion that a government-sponsored bill would have in the legis-
lative process.

Pavol Szalai,the head of the Prague office of 'Reporters Without Borders',
said the changes would make a significant change to a decades-old model
that made public media a pillar of democracy.

Babis, a billionaire businessman and political ally of Hungarian leader
Viktor Orban, a self-proclaimed advocate of 'illiberal democracy', has
long railed against both public and private media, accusing them of lies.

Media independence was among key topics at the largest anti-government
protest in years in Prague on Saturday, ?which organisers said drew
250,000. ($1 21.1160 Czech crowns).
Reporting by J._Lopatka, Additional reporting by J._Hovet, Editing by
W. Maclean.
(via Eric_Floden_Reuters; wor March 23)

CZECH REPUBLIC   Re:  Czech ruling coalition presents plan to partially
defund public media. A story on the Radio Prague International web site
gives no indication of an impact:

<https://english.radio.cz/news>

Czech ruling coalition to propose scrapping broadcast fees for selected
groups. The Czech ruling coalition plans to submit a bill to the Chamber
of Deputies on Tuesday that would abolish television and radio licence
fees for seniors, companies, dependent young people under 26, and indivi-
duals with physical disabilities.

According to Tomio Okamura(SPD), the move would effectively return fee re-
venues to their 2024 level. He made the announcement following a meeting
of the coalition council on Monday. The proposal will also include the re-
moval of a provision allowing regular fee increases in line with inflation

 Okamura described the measure as an interim step toward the complete abo-
lition of licence fees, which the government has pledged to implement in
its policy program.

Opposition parties have criticized the move saying it will threaten the
independence of the country's public broadcasters. A: Daniela_Lazarova
(via Mike Cooper-GA-USA, wor March 23)

CZECH REPUBLIC   The public Czech Radio will get a quarter less than last
year's 26.25 million crowns contribution from the Foreign Ministry for its
foreign broadcast Radio Prague International this year under an addendum
to the contract that its director general Rene Zavoral signed today, he
told the Czech Radio Council.

It still needs to be signed by Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motorists).

"It will mean a significant reduction in services and a reduction in the
number jobs in the foreign broadcasting, which celebrates 90 years this
year," Zavoral told the council. He did not want to mention specific
austerity measures before discussing them with the foreign broadcasting
staff.

The foreign minister announced his intention to cut the foreign broadcast-
ing subsidy a few weeks ago. Next year, he would like to abolish the
foreign radio broadcasts altogether as unnecessary. This will require a
change in the law.

Radio Prague International broadcasts via the Internet, shortwave or
satellite and can currently be tuned in seven languages: English,
German, French, Spanish, Ukrainian, Russian and Czech for compatriots
abroad.  -  ($1 equals 21.315 crowns)
(CTK March 30, pvr/dr/hol, via Mike Cooper-GA-USA, wor April 2)

FRANCE   PanAm Broadcasting and RFI on the same frequency from the same tx
site - TDF Issoudun France.

On March 31 (Tuesday), on 9690 kHz, with Pan American Broadcasting [ex-Eq
Guinea], broadcasting via TDF Issoudun, France; heard via Indonesia and
Philippines remotes; 2000+ UT, airing the late Tony Alamo's old recording,
with preaching and religious song; fair receptions.
(Ron Howard-CA, direct and wor March 31)
re 9690 kHz - Y e s , heard March 31 at same time in western EUR also. wb.

PanAm Broadcasting and RFI are right now (20:15 UT) both on 9790 kHz and
from the same tx site (!) (TDF Issoudun). Recently, there were numerous
problems with audio on transmissions coming from there, which could be a
reason why the lose customers ...
(Alexander Miatlikov-DEN now, wor March 30)

Re: PanAm Broadcasting and RFI on the same frequency from the same tx site

PAB supposed to be on 9690 kHz - but not daily; Tony Alamo? HFCC.org:

9690 2000 2015 55,58NE,58S,59 ISS 500 75 0 216 1=Sun 6=Fri 290326 241026
Mul F  TDF TDF 2749 PAB

9690 2030 2100 55,58NE,58S,59 ISS 500 75 0 216 1=Sun       290326 241026
Mul F  TDF TDF 2750 PAB
(gh, wor March 30)

GERMANY   DLF 'Mediasres' program.
Unfortunately, it often takes a conflict for some stations to remember
shortwave again. Thus, ORF expanded its shortwave broadcasting hours in
2022, and now in March 2026, the foreign-language programs of Radio Japan,
NHK, VOA, and Radio Farda have followed suit. Unfortunately, the facility
in Moosbrunn Austria has not been preserved.

<https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/aus-prag-nach-teheran-wie-radio-farda-
weiterhin-in-den-iran-sendet-102.html>

DLF aired this report on March 24; I hope it is still available. Mediasres
report on the U.S. court order requiring VOA to fully resume its broadcast-
ing operations.

<https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/voice-of-america-nach-dem-richterspruch-
wieder-auf-sendung-100.html>
(via Roger Thauer-D, April 3)

GERMANY   Funkstoerungen der BNetzA digital ueber das Bundesportal melden.

Innerhalb der Digitalisierungsstrategie des Bundes bietet die Bundesnetz-
agentur seit Herbst 2023 die Moeglichkeit, Funkstoerungen ueber das
Bundesportal "Verwaltung digital" bei der Bundesnetzagentur einzureichen.

DasPortal ermoeglicht die strukturierte Eingabe aller relevanten Daten mit
Frequenz, Ort, Zeitpunkt, Art der Stoerung, weiterhin das Hochladen von
Messwerten, Fotos oder Audiodateien, und eine automatische Eingangsbestae-
tigung und transparente Nachverfolgung Ihrer Meldung.

Im Laufe des Jahres wird das E-Mail-Postfach  <funkstoerung-at- bnetza.de>
abgeschaltet.

Das ServiceTeam steht weiterhin fuer telefonische Beratung zur Verfuegung.
Sie erreichen es von Montag bis Freitag unter der Telefonnummer
0228 - 141516.

Informationen ueber Funkstoerungen und deren Bearbeitung durch den Pruef-
und Messdienst sowie die Verlinkung zu dem Formular erhalten Sie ueber das
Internet:

<https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Vportal/TK/Funktechnik/Stoerung/
start.html>

Neues von der Repeatermap.

Martin Leuschner, DK3ML, hat seine Online-Relaiskarte Repeatermap einmal
mehr aktualisiert. Die Karte ist jetzt deutlich schneller, da nur noch die
Repeater geladen werden, die auch gerade sichtbar sind. Ausserdem gibt es
nun eine Detailseite fuer jeden Repeater. Dafuer im Karten-Pop-up auf das
Rufzeichen klicken.

Die Detailseite erhaelt weitere Informationen wie Repeater in der Naehe
oder Repeater, die auf der gleichen Frequenz senden. Auch eine lang er-
sehnte Suchfunktion ist nun vorhanden. Gesucht werden kann im Moment nach
Rufzeichen, QTH oder Frequenz.

Dazu gibt es links neben dem Titel ein Suchfeld. Dort kann man nach vollem
Rufzeichen (exakt), nach Laendern oder groesseren bekannten Orten oder
nach einer Frequenz in MHz (es werden Rx und Tx verglichen) suchen. Die
Treffer erscheinen in einer Tabelle mit Link zur Detailseite und zur Karte

Das bedeutet in der Praxis neben den bisher bekannten Funktionen: Wenn man
einen Urlaub plant und wissen moechte, welche Relais dort erreichbar sind,
gibt man in das Suchfeld den naechsten groesseren Ort oder einen bekannten
Punkt (z.B. eine Grossstadt oder Nordkap) ein und erhaelt dann eine Liste
mit den gewuenschten Daten.

Klickt man dann auf das Call eines Relais, werden ein Kartenausschnitt,
die Daten des Relais sowie Listen mit anderen Relais in der Naehe und
anderen Relais auf derselben Frequenz gezeigt. Genau so kann man Relais-
Rufzeichen oder Frequenzen in das Suchfeld eingeben, um mehr Daten dazu
zu erhalten. Darueber berichtet Winfried Galonska, DL3XU.

<https://www.repeatermap.de>
(Deutschland-Rundspruch 13/2026, Redaktion CQ DL - DARC e. V. - April 2)

GERMANY   6160 kHz  eQSL Imaginary Stations. Clok program. Via Verden
Aller Lower Saxony Germany low power SW station. E-mail:
<imaginarystations [at] gmail.com>  22 March 2026, 14.00-15.00 UT, via
Shortwave Radio Gold. Picture: 

<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/03/imaginary-stations-clok.html>
(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1387 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

GERMANY   SE-TA 2 radio geht wieder auf Sendung.
Wie uns unser Radiofreund Thomas Becker aus Bonn berichtet, ist SE-TA 2
demnaechst wieder zu empfangen:

4. April 2026, 09:00-10:00 UT auf 6095 kHz mit 100 kW aus Nauen:
"Let's go Rock'n'Roll".

6. April 2026, 08:00-09:00 UT auf 6115 kHz mit 1 kW
(Wiederholung/repeat vom 4. April 2026)

7. April 2026, 08:00-09:00 UT auf 6195 kHz DRM digital mode, mit 1 kW.

4. Mai 2026,   08:00-10:00 UT auf 6115 kHz 1 kW, 56th Jubilaeumssendung.

HUNGARY   1188 kHz  e-QSL from Hungarian station 'Nemzetisegi Radio'. The
program was transmitted on 1188 kHz in Slovakia on March 6, 2026. Image:

<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/03/nemzetisegi-radio.html>
(Piotr Skorek, Poland; via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1387 via
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

INDONESIA   7289.9 kHz  RRI Nabire Pro1 / Pro Satu, March 28 heard at my
local beach; 0825UT till suddenly cut off in mid-song at 0918* UT; playing
EZL songs and a few Islamic sounding songs, as well as announcers; Islamic
Shalawat Tarhim prayer (0903-0909 UT); wherever they get this prayer audio
from, it has a pronounced audio hum; 0909-0914 UT, switched over to the
Maghrib (sunset) call-to-prayer; IDs "R-R-I- Nabire"; after 0900 UT heard
nicely fading up to fair to almost good reception, even with moderate QRN
(static); Nabire sunset at 0910 UT.

7289.9 kHz  RRI Nabire Pro1 / Pro Satu, March 26 heard anomaly (no music)
at my local beach; 0816-0914 UT; semed coverage of some event; announcers
with background sounds; 0904-0910 UT, Islamic Shalawat Tarhim prayer, with
audio hum; 0910-0914 UT, Maghrib (sunset) call-to-prayer; moderate QRN
(static).

7289.9 kHz  RRI Nabire Pro1 / Pro Satu, March 25 heard at my local beach;
EZL songs and announcers; 0906 UT till cut off in mid-songs at 0916* UT;
Islamic Shalawat Tarhim prayer, with audio hum (0906-0910 UT); switched to
Maghrib (sunset) call-to-prayer (0910-0914 UT); moderate QRN (static).
[A beautiful moon was setting out over the Pacific Ocean!]

Also this remote reception heard via Kiwi SDR at Bandung.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 28)

ITALY   List of Italian-language radio stations updated in A26 season.
Good morning everyone, I would like to inform you that the timetables and
frequencies of Italian-language broadcasters updated to today, March 31,
2026, can also be found on the website:

<https://aer.org.es/notizieradio/trasmissioni-in-lingua-italiana>

(Dario Gabrielli-ITA, Notizieradio via wor March 31)

JAPAN   Bye-bye, NHK Radio 2 Radio, March 29.

I tuned to NHK R2, 1602 kHz from the Kitakyushu broadcasting station to
witness the end of NHK R2. My location was Fukuoka Prefecture. At 00:05
JST on March 30, the station transmitted its call sign and station ID.
Normally, the national anthem and interval signal would follow, but this
time they were not aired, and the transmission went straight to an unmo-
dulated carrier.

SINPO: 54544. There was some interference from other NHK R2 stations as
well, such as the Miyazaki broadcasting station (Nobeoka relay?), but
overall reception was fairly good. It is expected that "end-of-service
announcement broadcasts" will continue until the end of the month, after
which the station will go off the air.
(Akiyoshi Teraoka-JP, wor March 29)

As of 15:30 JST (06:30 UTC) on March 31, many NHK R2 stations have already
gone off the air.

According to the program schedule,"end-of-service announcement broadcasts"
are supposed to continue until 23:45 JST (14:45 UTC) today. However, under
my reception conditions, stations in JOLB Fukuoka, JOSB Kitakyushu, and
Yamaguchi (ex-JOUZ Shimonoseki Relay) B.S. have already ceased transmis-
sion. According to another Japanese DXer, some high-power stations such as
JOAB Tokyo are still on the air, but most others have already been con-
firmed off the air.

In his view, the relay stations were shut down first, and the main stations
are being taken off the air sequentially.
(Akiyoshi Teraoka-JP, wor March 31)

re:  Sign-off of NHK Radio 2 network.

Fortunately, Asian propagation was quite favourable into Masset-BC-CAN to-
day to witness the final shut down of the NHK Radio 2 network.  All the
frequencies were noted, but I stuck with 774 kHz JOUB Akita with 500 kW.
The final program was an Arabic lesson right up to 15:00 UT.

At the top of the hour, they began their final 5 minutes with what sounded
like some interviews with listeners. Then at exactly 15:05 UT, they gave
for the final time the NHK Radio 2 ID and call letters, in this case JOUB,
and instead of the lovely sign off routine afterwards, only dead air.

A sad day for me, personally, as this network has been like an old friend,
with language lessons, and even more important, earthquake and tsunami
warnings in English which over the years I heard on a number of occasions,
and directly impacted me at my oceanfront cottage in Masset, BC.

As I type this at 15:18 UT, the open carrier continues, although an hour
now after local sunrise, the signal is fading. Goodbye to an old friend,
but with change, new opportunities arise ! 73, Walt
(Walter Salmaniw-BC-CAN, Dx_plorer March 29)

Re:  Bye-bye, NHK Radio 2 Radio.  Hi, Walter san ! Thank you for sharing.
Good DXing ! Your reception conditions are excellent !

Since you had already posted earlier, I should have replied there ...

For reference, I've also attached my reception recording. I'm posting from
the web, so I'm not sure if it uploaded correctly.

It seems that some stations are still transmitting a carrier while others
are not. Kitakyushu broadcasting station is still transmitting a carrier,
but many stations, including JOAB Tokyo, are no longer doing so.
(Vy 73 de Akiyoshi Teraoka-JP, to Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN. wor March 29)

JAPAN   JJC/JSC Kyodo News (Shortwave FAX) has been ceased the transmition

According to JM8GQR, transmissions of the shortwave fax newspaper "JJC/JSC
Kyodo News" by Kyodo News Agency ended on March 31, 2026.
The post can be found at this URL:

<https://x.com/JM8GQR/status/2038931788408688807/>

For reference, the English translation of the article attached to the post
regarding the termination of the newspaper broadcast is as follows:

[Notice of Termination of Shortwave FAX News Transmission at the End of
March].
Kyodo News will terminate the transmission of news and other content via
"shortwave FAX," currently broadcast on a single frequency from Kagoshima
Radio, at the end of this fiscal year on March 31. Vessels that are cur-
rently receiving only shortwave FAX are requested to arrange, through
their shipowners, to transition to email-based news delivery via satellite
(via Akiyoshi Teraoka-JP, wor March 31)

JAPAN   "Monthly Shortwave" edited by Takahito Akabayashi-JP; March 2026
issue.  Source:  <www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~BCLSWL/TA2603.html>
(Online community page - Escuchando La Radio &
<https://t.me/listeningtotheradio>  Author: Yimber Gaviria-CLM; via
via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1387 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

KOREA REP OF  {South}   15265 kHz  QSL - KBS World Radio. Confirmations
that were lost in the mail from 2023 and arrived in March 2025. QSL card.
September 18-24, 2023, 6:00 PM-7:00 PM UT, 15265 kHz. Image:

<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/03/kbs-world-radio_22.html>

15265 kHz QSL card. October 9-10, 2023; 6:88 PM-7:00 PM UT; Image:

<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/03/kbs-world-radio_4.html>

(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1387 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

KOREA REPUBLIC OF  {South Korea}   KBS A26 summer schedule.

Due to groups.io file space limitations the pdf file has been offloaded
to Proton Drive. Follow this link to view it:

<https//drive.proton.me/urls/GCV0QK8CSW#8Hj6GUxhatRl>

TIME & FREQUENCY schedule. Effective 29th March 2026

Europe     LANGUAGE TIME in UTC  -  FREQUENCIES in kHz
KOREAN 1   1600-1700  7275
           1700-1800  9515
           0700-0800 13610 ENC WOF_UK
RUSSIAN    1300-1400  9645
           1800-1900 15265 ENC WOF_UK
           1800-1900   WRN
ENGLISH 2  1500-1700  9515
ENGLISH 3  2200-2300 11810
ENGLISH 4  2200-2230   WRN
           0930-1000   WRN
FRENCH     1900-2000   6145 ENC WOF_UK
GERMAN     2000-2100   3955 RNC WOF_UK
SPANISH    1700-1800   9740

North America
KOREAN 1   1400-1500  15575
ENGLISH 3  1300-1400  15575
SPANISH    0200-0300  15575

South America
KOREAN 1   1200-1300  11795
KOREAN 2   0300-0400  11810
ENGLISH 3  1000-1100  11795
SPANISH    1100-1200  11795

Southeast Asia
KOREAN 1   0800-0900   9570
           0900-1000   9570
CHINESE    1130-1230   9770
ENGLISH 1  0800-1030   9770
ENGLISH 3  1300-1400   9570
           1600-1700   9640
INDONESIAN 1200-1300   9570
           1400-1500   9570
VIETNAMESE 1030-1100   9770
           1530-1600   9640

Middle East - Africa
KOREAN 1   1600-1700   9740
           0900-1000  15160
ARABIC     2000-2100   6090  ENC WOF_UK
           1700-1800    WRN
FRENCH     2000-2100   9655  ENC ASC English Bay

China
CHINESE    1100-1200   6095
           1200-1300   6095
           2300-2400   7215
           1100-1200   1557 (AM)

India
ENGLISH 2  1400-1600   9785

Japan
JAPANESE   0100-0200  11810
           0200-0300  11810

Jakarta
INDONESIAN 1200-1300  102.6 (FM local)

Non Direction
KOREAN 1   1000-1100   1170 (AM)
JAPANESE   0800-0900   6155
           0900-1000   6155
           1100-1200   1170 (AM)
RUSSIAN    1200-1300   1170 (AM)
CHINESE    1300-1400   1170 (AM)
(via Alokesh Gupta-BHARAT, wor March 31)

MADAGASCAR   World Christian Broadcasting, MWV New Life Station Mahajanga,
A26 Combined Frequency Schedule Alaska / Madagascar. Created: February 22,

<https://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/2026/03/knls-mwv-a26.html>

(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi/Bharat, via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1387
via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

MALAYSIA    Malaysia SW radio active on April 2. RTM Sabah V FM 11885 kHz
at 0155 UT, April 2, via Bandung SDR remotedly, in Chinese language. My
five minute remote audio -

<https://app.box.com/s/5ogwus2g5luoj43xoy28vq26s8qd8rzh>

The "V" in Sabah V FM stands for "Variety" or signifies the "Various"
languages broadcast by the station. It is the sister station to Sabah FM -
which primarily broadcasts in Malay and is designed to serve the diverse,
multicultural population of Sabah by broadcasting in languages including
English, Mandarin, and several Sabah indigenous languages including
Kadazan, Dusun, Murut, and Bajau Sama (West/East Coast).

RTM Nasional FM on SW 15295 kHz  at 0201 UT, April 2, via the same remote,
in vernacular. My five minute remote audio -

<https://app.box.com/s/vfzddjiyvhvex0kw4llir02gvuov12zr>

(Ron Howard-CA-USA, direct via  wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 2)

Re: [WOR] RTM Sabah V FM heard at Asilomar State Beach, California

Greetings, Wolfie, from California!

On 11885 kHz, around 09.30 UT, I heard RTM 'Sabah V FM' with fairly strong
OTH radar, but during my random listening at the beach, I didn't catch the
time that went silent; later Sabah was in the clear till sometime around
09.57 UT, when I started to notice another station on frequency, with
Malaysia the strongest. Later it was evident the UNID station was getting
stronger and it was CNR1 programming used to jam Taiwan (per Aoki list);
heard // 6125 kHz. After 1200* UT, 11885 kHz was a clear frequency.

So on April 2, I first heard 'Sabah V FM', while randomly listening, from
01.55 (remote reception) till 12.00* UT (beach reception). When monitoring
at the beach, I did occasionally check 15295 kHz 'Nasional FM', but I
didn't catch them on the air till fairly late (11.40 UT) and then it was
heard with an extremely strong signal and in the clear. Today I didn't get
into recording anything, but focused on just listening. Certainly we need
to continue monitoring Malaysia till they settle into a clearly estab-
lished daily schedule.

So far I have not heard the anticipated reactivation of 11665 kHz'Wai FM',
etc., nor of 9835 kHz 'Sarawak FM'.

Per Aoki Nagoya Circle database list:
A26 Shortwave Frequency List, April 1, 2026, at 0400 UT.  Day 1 = Sunday
kHz        Time(UTC)  ITU  Station        Lang. Location  Days
11885 kHz  1000-1200  CHN  CNR 1 Jamming  Chi   Fujiang   1-7
11885 kHz  1000-1200  TWN* R.TAIWAN INT.  Chi   Paochung  1-7
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor April 2)

11885 kHz channel terrible audio mixture 06 til 12 UT:

Malaysia - likely RTM domestic sce from Kajang K-L site on frq oddity
11884.987 kHz
          and co-channel China mainland domestic CNR13 sce on
11884.996 kHz  PBS Xinjiang in Uyghur language at 11.45 UT on April 2nd.

15294.987 new refurbished RTM Kajang tx outlet, Malaysian Nasional pro-
          gram to SoEAsia target, typical Asian singer program, S=9+5dB
          at 10.39 UT and 11.15 UT too.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 2)

Malaysia active April 4.
April 4 - At 0028 UT, both 11885 kHz (RTM Sabah V FM) and 15295 kHz (RTM
Nasional FM) heard with excellent reception, via Kiwi SDR at Bandung re-
mote. Ron
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 4)

Re: RTM Kajang Malaysia active April 4.
... but 11884.992 kHz signal centered TX string on Perseus and Kiwis in AS
and AM remotedly ... RTM Sabah V FM outlet OFF air ... little later at
01.17... 01.18 UT, April 4.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 4)

MALAYSIA/CHINA    Easter Saturday Apr 4 check of RTM  K-L  Kajang outlets:

15294.987 kHz  'RTM  Nasional FM' K-L  Kajang site - probably - in Malay
language sce at 08.30 UT April 4th, S=8 in JP and Qatar SDRs remotedly.

11885.002 kHz  CHINA   PBS Xinjiang province domestic radio from Urumqi
site, in Uyghur language sce, S=6, partly military security OTHR  QRM di-
sturbtion from the 11875 kHz lower flank channel.

11884.992 kHz usual minus 8 Hertz lower flank signal from RTM 'Sabah FM'
K-L  Kajang in Baj sce, Barakai acc hfcc.org / Eibi database list, noted
S=7 in Tokyo JP and Doha Qatar, and Karelia Finland remote SDRs; at 08.40
UT April 4th.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 4)

MONACO   WRTH - World Radio TV Handbook on Facebook: By Mauno Ritola-FIN.

Radio Six International transmission at 2300-2400 UT on 1467 kHz on
Saturday 28th March will be broadcast at the reduced power of 500 kW
instead of previous 1000 kW from Roumoules MW & LW txion site.
This is a test to see if there are any differences in reception quality,
especially in Northern Europe. So all reports are welcome, especially if
reception can be compared with previous 'Radio Six' transmission with full
1000 kW.

Feedback to M. Pascal Penella, head of Roumoules tx site:
<ppenella -at- mmd.mc>   and Tony Currie:  <letters -at- radiosix.com>
Thanks for the info: Christian Ghibaudo-Nice-Tende-F, 
via  Mike Terry-UK, gh, wor March 28/29)

Re:  Radio Six International - test tonight March 28.
The original test broadcast with 1000 kW did air, and I noted it on
KiwiSDRs as far afield as east coast Canada. Last weekend was supposed to
be the first "regular" airing of Radio Six's slot, but that didn't happen
due to antenna issues at the transmitter.

This weekend is only a "test" in the reduced power level. It is part of
the Radio Six regular schedule. If the UK antenna connects up this time!
Cheers, Chris. CAN.

Great signal here as expected (despite the reduced power). Started about
2257 UT. Armchair listening even on my 1960s  Bush TR82B portable which
is fairly deaf !  73s Dave Caversham, Berks. U.K.
(Dave Kenny-Caversham-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr March 29)

MONACO   Radio Six MW 1467 kHz on April 4th:
Tonight (April 4th) Midnight Rendez vous from 'Radio Six International'
will be on the air from Roumoules bcast center on 1467 kHz at 2300-2400 UT
so midnight UK Time. The power will be 750 kW. Happy Easter !
(Christian Ghibaudo-Nice-F, BrDXC-UK news iogr April 4)

MONGOLIA   Thanks Ron for your test transmission report (til 01.41 UT
nightime).

Re: Test Transmission of Mongolian Radio on 12085 kHz.
Something has happened at VoMNG Khonkor bcast center. Recent Khonkor
transmissions are now frequency -  e v e n  measured.

Today Wednesday March 25 at 10.30-11.00 UT noted requested Japanese sce
program at S=9+20dB level in Japan target SDR remotedly. Usually Khonkor
SW outlets in past decade on 12015 and 12085 kHz were always oddly minus
some 10 to 40 Hertz distance frequency-wise.

I guess some new Beijing China made unit is delivered and erected in MNG,
- or the present old TX has been aligned and refurbished recently, that
shows test transmissions happend during UTC nighttime though.
73 wolfie
<https://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml>

btw. the transmitter engineers of Ampegon Made in Switzerland and
Continental of Made in USA were also present in South East Asia on A26
request hfcc.org  meeting conference in K-L, in order to repair the
Malaysian RTM  SW hardware gear. ed.
(wb  df5sx, hcdx March 25)

Re:  Test Transmission of Mongolian Radio on 12085 kHz. March 25, from
0125 till again off at 0141* UT, just an open carrier (dead air) on 12085
kHz. (Voice of Mongolia - presumed); so still testing; heard via Hanoi,
Vietnam remotedly.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, hcdx March 25)

NETHERLANDS   'Superclan Radio 5955' Herbert Visser's Superclan Radio 5955
- "the station that dares to be different" will be on the air until 1900 h
LT/CEST = 1700 hrs UTC. The legal Dutch station can be reached via
<superclanradio -at- yahoo.com>

Vissers Radio: 5955 kHz  requested in hfcc.org at
0500-1800 UT to ITU zones 18,27E,28NW  PTN  1 kW  90degr  0 750
1234567 290326-251026  English   HOL  HVR  HVR  #3593
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, wor April 29)

ROMANIA   RRI Bucharest A-26 summer schedule, in PDF- Format

<https://www.rri.ro/frecvente-unde-scurte-internet-receptie-emisiuni-
social-media-curierul-romanesc-marinari-audionow-tunein>

RUSSIA   MW still in service. - The RTRS Far East Regional Centre still
operates a network of synchronised transmitters broadcasting on 756 kHz
to cover the territories of Khabarovsk, Kamchatka and Chukotka with the
station Vostok Rossii (Russian Far East).

This synchronised network comprises medium-wave transmitters at

Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and Krasnoye 20 kW each.
Berezovy, Bikin, Bogorodskoye, Chegdomyn, De Kastri, Nikolayevsk-on-Amur,
Troitskoye, Tsimmermanovka, and Vyazemsky 5 kW each.

This is a unique example in Russia, given that all broadcasts in this band
have been discontinued for budgetary reasons.

There are several reasons for this exception: the region's specific chara-
cteristics, its greater autonomy from Moscow, and the desire of the
Ministry of Information of the KhabarovskTerritory to reduce the influence
of foreign radio stations broadcasting in Russian.

A major modernisation programme,planned for nearly ten years, has been de-
layed. Officials planned to convert the entire medium-wave broadcasting
network to digital format. According to them, "this change should increase
population coverage by 10 to 15 per cent and significantly improve broad-
cast quality. They hoped that with 'digitisation', the percentage of
broadcasting coverage would rise to 98 per cent".

The regional government wanted to go even further and use shortwave to
cover remote areas. The system was to comprise two 50 kW transmitters ca-
pable of operating from 4.21 to 10.48 MHz. The horizontally polarised an-
tennas would be directed towards north-eastern Russia, the Sea of Okhotsk,
the Bering Strait and the Far North.

In March of this year, the project was revived: specialists from the RTRS
Far East Regional Centre launched a major upgrade of the broadcasting net-
work of the Vostok Rossii radio station in Khabarovsk Krai.

The installation of new equipment has begun at broadcasting centres in
Bikin, Vyazemskoye, Kotikovo and other towns in the region.

The modernisation of the network is being carried out on the initiative of
the Khabarovsk Krai government and the Ministry of Digital Development and
Communications.

The details of this modernisation are not known, but according to the
authorities, it will significantly expand the station's coverage area and
improve signal quality for residents of the region.

It is planned to commission 55 FM broadcasting stations between November
2026 and December 2027.

Will they finally digitise the medium wave band, keep it as it is, or re-
place it with FM? What about the shortwave project ?
Radio Magazine on F_Book (2026-03-17).  <https://mediumwave.info/2026/03/>
(via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1387 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

RUSSIA    Happy summer radio broadcasting season!
A-26 on March 29 - October 25, 2026. - In 2026, as in previous years,
Russia will not change its clocks for summer or winter time. Seasonal
time changes in Russia were abolished in 2014, and the country now ob-
serves permanent winter time.

Europe will switch to summer time in 2026. Most European countries will
move their clocks forward one hour on Sunday, March 29, 2026.

Most countries in Asia and Africa do not use summer time (daylight saving
time), especially in regions close to the equator. In countries such as
China, India, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, and most Central Asian coun-
tries, clocks remain the same year-round.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the United States is in effect from the se-
cond Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. Clocks are moved
forward one hour, increasing daylight hours in the evening. In 2026, the
transition will begin on March 8 and end on November 1, covering almost
the entire country except Arizona and Hawaii.
(via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1387 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

SPAIN   The program "Bande Rumorose" is an Italian DX show about mediumm-
and SW radio, produced with DX Fanzine and hosted by Antonello Napolitano.
In episode #43, the first part is an interview with DXer Roberto Pavanello
about current changes in the mediumwave band, especially in Spain and the
Middle East.

Several stations of the Spanish COPE network are preparing to shut down
their mediumwave transmitters and are already looping announcements di-
recting listeners to FM. Pavanello explains that the main reason is eco-
nomic, because highpower AM transmitters consume a lot of energy, and
listener habits are shifting toward FM, DAB, and internet streaming.
He notes that this is somewhat paradoxical for COPE, whose older audience
might still prefer mediumwave, and that COPE's shutdown is more gradual
than that of Radio Nacional de Espana. The interview then goes through
individual COPE frequencies, describing how the closure of each local
station will affect which stations become dominant on those channels.

On some channels, almost nothing changes because other strong COPE sta-
tions remain, but on others, foreign stations or smaller broadcasters may
become easier to hear. He mentions that the SER network in Spain is also
progressively abandoning mediumwave, having already closed some regional
outlets and even its Madrid flagship on 810 kHz. In contrast, Israel has
reactivated historic mediumwave frequencies 945 and 1287 kHz shortly after
the outbreak of war with Iran?
(Bande Rumorose #43; Roberto Pavanello-ITA via Roger Thauer-D, March 15)

SRI LANKA  {and non}   Listening from Sri Lanka and Maldives.

We're just back from a couple of weeks' holiday in Sri Lanka, coming home
via Maldives. Luckily, we'd opted to fly direct from London, instead of
our making our usual stop-off, in Dubai; the only impact of Trump's ad-
venturism was that our flight-duration was slightly increased, as we had
to avoid Iran airspace.
{to avoid ISR-IRN conflict airspace, usually airline path via IND/Bharat,
PAK, AFG, TJK, TKM, AZE, ARM, TUR, BLG to western EUR instead; wb.}

We were staying in a number towns and villages, in the North Central, Cen-
tral, Southern and Western provinces of Sri Lanka; one to three nights in
each. I had intended to conduct a rough and ready mediumwave and Band II
scan from each location. However, the long-suffering Mrs P - and alcohol
- proved to be two distractions impossible to resist.

I'd brought along the little BelkaDX receiver for shortwave (including
SSB) reception, a Tecsun PL-380, for mediumwave and FM, and the diminutive
ATS Mini for its RDS capabilities.

I only managed an FM scan from Wilpattu, in the North. I won't give youthe
full list, but noteworthy is the fact that, just using the on-board whip
antenna, I found 46 occupied channels and only 11 SBs. So, 35 distinct
broadcasts in this out-of-the-way location.

It seems they have more FM choice than we do, here in Reading. The sta-
tions' audio quality was variable, with some in mono, most in stereo, with
or without RDS. Included, were a number of English-language stations:
RadioSL, City FM, and Gold FM spring to mind.

Monitoring from Tangalle, on the south coast was confined to shortwave,
which was dominated by broadcasts from China, in many languages. Very
little else on the Belka's telescopic antenna. Almost no amateur radio
activity. In contrast there were scores of two-way conversations between
(I believe) fishing boats. These popped up literally anywhere from 5-15
MHz, including the airbands, broadcast, and amateur allocations. These
could be upper or lower sideband, which, to me, suggests repurposed ham
radio kit is being used.

{ham radio repeater on 145.700 MHz via Nuwara Elia mountain Kikiliyamana
relay at 06 59 06 N  80 44 48 E serving area up to 250 kms towards south-
eastern India ...
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/Vh3MQpAPN8SoVsHr6>  and tea factory CLN, df5sx }

Leaving Sri Lanka, for The Maldives, my initial FM scan revealed ... ab-
solutely nothing. I was expecting the number of stations would be low, but
nothing at all ?!  It became apparent that on our particular island -
Olhuveli -the FM reception of the three broadcasts from Voice of Maldives,
was quite poor, and there was only one 'hotspot' (a corner of the villa's
decking, overlooking the sea) where anything at all was heard. On 89.0MHz,
transmissions ran in // with MW 1449 kHz, and carried what I would call
'local' programming.

On 90.0MHz there were religious broadcasts. Finally, on 91.0 MHz, Asian
and Western pop music could be heard. These three outlets are provided by
the national broadcaster. Broadcast times were not confirmed but on one
occasion (mid-morning) all MF and VHF transmitters were off the air.

Whether this was intended, or 'due to circumstances beyond our control',
I can't say. There are supposedly several other FM stations on the air,
whose names suggest they are aimed at tourists and may be ultra-low-power,
and possibly only received on their host islands.

Daytime reception on mediumwave was limited to the Maldives' 1449 kHz out-
let (no sign of any DRM on this frequency, despite it being a capability),
and a clutch of weak signals (from India?) on 576, 630, 684, 1161 and 1197
kHz.

Again, China reigned supreme across the broadcast bands. Almost no amateur
radio signals, whilst, this time, the fishermen were busy chatting between
25-30 MHz, presumably on wideband CB equipment.

I was unable to confirm the Male's Velana Airport NDB on 252kHz, which
would have been nice.
(Martin Peters-Reading-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr April 1)

TAIWAN   {KOREAs target radio}  'National Unity Radio' now on 7340 kHz.
(ex: 7235 kHz) - via Taipeh Tamsui bcast center. On Tuesday March 31
NUR 7340 kHz from 1237+ UT, well heard via Palomar Mt.#2, SoCA. remotedly;
the North D.P.R. Korea pulsating jamming remains on ex7235 kHz channel, so
7340 kHz had a nice clear signal. The South Korean musical groups (BIGBANG
and 2NE1) dominated the late 2000s and 2010s K-pop scene. Often collabo-
rating early on, most notably on the 2009 hit "Lollipop," which was th
 song aired today; quotation: "Truth is the daughter of time, not of
authority," often attributed to Francis Bacon, who popularized it.

"Lollipop" Youtube video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIRW_elc-rY>
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, direct and wor March 31)

U.K.   Reading DX meeting: Saturday 11th April at 1430 BST.

A reminder of next Saturday's Reading DX meeting when Chris Greenway will
present another fascinating talk. Chris puts a a lot of time into re-
searching these talks so we hope as many of you as possible can make it to
the meeting. Please encourage others to come along too - both members and
non-members are all welcome !

Saturday 11 April 2026: Reading DX meeting 14.30-17.00 BST at
Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC)
35-39 London Street
Reading RG1 5PS. (in the main Conference Hall).

Chris Greenway will talk about three covert Cold War stations that were
widely heard on mediumwave in Europe during the 1960s:

Oggi in Italia, which was run by the Italian Communist Party from
Czechoslovakia (CSSR),
and
two stations from East Germany, that targeted listeners in West Germany:

'Deutscher Freiheitssender 904' and 'Deutscher Soldatensender 935'
from Burg Magdeburg, 250 kW hardware from Koepenick Funkwerk / Berlin-
Oberschoeneweide.

The talk will be illustrated with audio recordings and visual material.
As well as a break for tea / coffee there will be plenty of time for in-
formal chat.

Note: Access to the meeting rooms on foot is via a passage at the side of
the RISC World Shop on London Street - the entrance doors at the back of
the building has level access. Our meeting is in the main hall this time.

Parking onsite is very limited. Nearest public car park is
Queens Road, RG1 4PX.

RISC is just a 12 minute walk through the town centre from Reading train
station.

There's also a bus stop right outside RISC ('London Street Foot N-Bound'),
a 4-minute ride from Reading train station (e.g. by route claret 21 from
stop EK at the station).

<https://risc.org.uk/about/how-to-find-us/>

Enquiries to meeting organiser Ian Kelly
<iankelly27 [at] gmail.com>
Both club members and non-members are welcome - please spread the word!
(Alan Pennington-UK via BrDXC-UK iogr news April 4)

U.K.   BECG open day Easter Sunday.

The Broadcast Engineering conservation group museum  based in Lincolnshire
is open Easter Sunday. Including The Flashback 67 exhibition.

<https://becg.org.uk/events/>

(David Thorpe, BrDXC-UK iogr news April 2)

U.K. {Cuba non}   "Cuba's Power Failures" BBC World Service London.
Pascale Harter introduces correspondents' and writers' stories from Cuba,
Lebanon, China, Iran and the Iranian diaspora.

More than ten million people were left in the dark this week in Cuba, as
the third major electricity blackout in a month hit the island. As the
US trade embargo and limits on fuel imports bite harder, daily life is be-
coming more and more difficult to navigate. In Havana, Will Grant heard
Cubans newly willing to criticise their own government in public. Follow-
ing the US-Israel bombardment of Iran, and Hezbollah's attacks on Israel
in response, Lebanon was quickly drawn into yet another war. For many
Lebanese, much of their lives has been spent amid conflict or its after-
math of war. Carine Torbey reports from Beirut.

Although it's often co-operated with Iran, China has so far kept its
distance from the war - a strategy perhaps designed to leverage longer-
term advantages over the United States on the world stage. But global
uncertainty still brings its own challenges for Beijing, says Laura
Bicker.

The spring equinox recently marked the Persian New Year festival of
Nowruz - though this time it wasn't much of celebration for many people,
with Iran at war. Leila Molana Allen reflects on how Iranians inside the
country - and abroad, as part of the huge Iranian global diaspora - have
been trying to draw strength from their most ancient traditions.  (23")
FROM_OUR_OWN_ CORRESPONDENT

<https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6tt0>

(John Figliozzi-NY-USA, hcdx April 3)

U.K.   Keep Longwave Campaign update.

The BBC still intends to close down its Radio 4 Longwave broadcasts in Sep-
tember 2026, the BBC's distribution department has revealed. This would
mark an end to BBC broadcasts on the platform after more than a century's
service, and would come exactly 92 years after the main Droitwich trans-
mitter was switched on. This is in spite of over 7000 people so far sign-
ing a petition to keep BBC Radio 4 Longwave, and 23 members of parliament
supporting an Early Day Motion that questions the move.

Asked about the reasons for the shut-down, a BBC spokesman denied that fi-
nancial pressures are the only motive for closing longwave.'Unfortunately,
the decline in listeners and the reduced availability of longwave recei-
vers mean that, for the majority of licence fee payers,closing the service
is the fairest and most sustainable option,' he said, citing figures that
75% of listening now takes place via digital means, including online.

However, this fails to account for 25% of listeners (amounting to several
million people) still using analogue radios in the UK, listeners in areas
of poor coverage, listeners abroad in northern Europe where BBC Sounds i
no longer accessible, and the fact that longwave remains reliable when
the internet and digital transmitters are down.

All of this has been pointed out to the BBC on several occasions since the
closure was mooted in 2023. Yet the BBC spokesman confirmed that 'a deci-
sion to close the platform has already been taken' following an 'impact
assessment', the scope and consequences of which have not been made pub-
lic.

It took intervention from Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron, a supporter of
longwave, for the BBC to finally reveal last month its estimated costs for
running and maintaining its network of three longwave transmitters.

The corporation estimates that it would take GBP18million to 're-engineer'
these transmitters, which currently rely on 1980s technology based on
valves that may fail in the near-future. Meanwhile, it costs around GBP1.5
million per year in electricity to run the transmitters.

Several options for providing this funding have been suggested to the BBC,
including the use of solar panels at the transmitter sites, which the
spokesman admitted was 'logical'. Another possibility would be for the BBC
to apply for heritage or extraordinary governmental funding to cover the
costs of maintaining a critical piece of national infrastructure available
for anybody and everybody to use across the country and beyond. Such ideas
were dismissed with the excuse that 'financial considerations are only one
part of a much wider picture', which contradicts the BBC's earlier claim
that longwave needed to be shut down to save costs.

For context, GBP18million to re-engineer the transmitters constitutes 0.03
per cent of the corporation's GBP6 billion annual budget, which some would
consider a bargain for such a long-range flagship transmitter system. The
GBP1.5 million annual operational costs equate to the license fee paid by
approximately 7000 people - coincidentally, the same as the number of
people who have so far signed the petition to keep longwave.

Most of the these are UK listeners, and given that some listeners to long-
wave will not have signed the petition and may not be aware of the impend-
ing closure, one could argue that Radio 4 Longwave's listeners pay for the
service themselves.

It was also suggested to the BBC that, given that all listeners abroad and
the vast majority of the UK's listeners to longwave live in areas covered
by the Droitwich transmitter (all of England and Wales, Northern Ireland
and parts of Scotland), costs could be reduced by only re-engineering and
running that transmitter and allowing the two smaller repeater transmit-
ters in Scotland to be retired. This would still retain most of longwave's
benefits, but compromise the signal quality in some parts of Scotland.
This idea was rejected by the BBC.

Somewhat confusingly, having argued that the longwave transmissions are
redundant in the digital age, the BBC spokesmen went on to say that the
two Scottish transmitters 'provide essential longwave coverage across the
UK, particularly in Scotland.' He added that 'It would not be appropriate
to reduce coverage in one of our nations if we were actively considering
continuing the longwave service.' Again, it is worth noting that many
areas of Scotland can receive transmissions from Droitwich.

The Campaign to Keep Longwave continues to argue that the BBC's decision
to close the longwave platform is the wrong one, and is attempting to en-
gage policymakers in the battle to save this essential service that could
be relied on by millions in an emergency. Please sign and share our peti-
tion to keep longwave and consider contacting the BBC to air your thoughts
on this vital issue. You can also write to your MP, asking them to hold
the BBC to account on this important issue.

<https://keeplongwave.co.uk/2026/03/19/bbc-longwave-set-to-close-
in-september>

(By T Thornes March 19, 2026; via Mike Terry-UK, BrDXC-UK March 20)

USA   New NASWA website includes Dexter QSLs.

Thanks to the combined efforts of Tom Gavaras and John Herkimer long-time
NASWA member Gerry L. Dexter's entire shortwave QSL collection now resides
at the Library of American Broadcasting ("LAB") located at the University
of Maryland in College Park. Tom was able to obtain the whole QSL collec-
tion from Gerry's widow, Sharon, shortly after his passing.

Tom shipped the QSL collection to John Herkimer who scanned the complete
collection in about a month. Once LAB agreed to accept the collection,
John shipped it off to them earlier this year. Of course, we have the en-
tire Gerry Dexter QSL collection available for members on our new website.
Please check out the club's redesigned, updated website:
<https://naswa.net>
(April NASWA Journal, direct and wor April 1)

USA   15750 DRM digital, Mon-Fri on air likely 15 - 20 UT, noted 19.52 UT
on Friday April 3rd, S=8 signal sidelobe into western Europe SDR unit re-
motedly.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 3)

USA  {CUBA target radio of USAGM propaganda}  13720 kHz, March 29 at 1447
UT. R. Marti S=9+5dB on new frequency {via USAGM Greenville NC relay site,
ed.}, ex-13820 kHz, but still on 13570, 11930, and 11860 kHz.

HFCC.org  A26 season request table shows available 14-01 UT, despite ARS
also on 13720 at 18-23 UT - probably wooden, and ISS at 2000-2030 UT.
No other new USAGM Spanish frequencies registered. Was there a problem
with 13820 kHz?  Zero registrations of broadcasters there now, nor
13815 kHz; and no 13825s kHz in the WHem.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor March 30)

USA   VOA Museum, Ohio, expanded hours for May Hamvention.

Discussion in 'Amateur Radio News' started by N8IDA, Monday at 9:26 PM.

The National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting in conjunction with
the West Chester Amateur Radio Association announce expanded hours for the
museum during the 2026 Hamvention.

We will be open for the following:

Thursday May 14th from 12:00 to 9:00PM,
Friday May 15th from 12:00 to 9:00 PM,
Saturday May 16th from 12:00 to 9:00 PM and
Sunday May 17th from 12:00 to 5:00 PM.
Admission is $10.00 at the door. Our Amateur Radio station WC8VOA will be
on the air to operate. The museum is a short drive from Hamvention down
either Interstate 75 or Route 42 from Xenia. GPS use Crosley Blvd.

Exhibits include a dedicated room for vintage Amateur Radio and shortwave
equipment. See the first transmitter for the VOA from 1942. A disc
jockey's station from a vintage radio station. Our Amateur RadioShack with
state-of-the-art equipment from Yaesu, Icom, Elecraft and Mosley. Docents
and ARS operators will be available to enhance your visit to the museum.

For further information you can visit us at voamuseum.org or wc8voa.org on
the web. You can also find us on Facebook at National Voice of America
Museum of Broadcasting. Our regular hours are Fridays, Saturdays and
Sundays 12:00 until 4:00 PM.

We are located at 8070 Tylersville Road, West Chester, Ohio 45069, USA.
Phone at 513-777-0027.

<https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/voice-of-america-museum-
announces-expanded-hours-for-hamvention.986402/>

N8IDA, Monday at 9:26 PM. Go by if you can, it is worth your time.

<https://www.k0uo.com/post/voa-bethany-ohio>

(via gh wor April 1)

USA   Join us at NASB 2026 in Birmingham, AL-USA.

Shortwave broadcasters and shortwave listeners in North America get to-
gether every year at the annual meeting of the National Association of
Shortwave Broadcasters, NASB. This year it's going to be in Birmingham,
Alabama state on Thursday and Friday, May 28th and 29th, hosted by EWTN,
the worldwide Catholic television network which operates shortwave station
WEWN.

The two-day event will include a presentation by former Voice of America
chief White House correspondent Steve Herman. Also Calvin Carter of short-
wave transmitter manufacturer Continental Electronics, Brady Murray of
WWCR in Nashville Tennessee and many more speakers.

On May 29th, there will be a tour of the WEWN shortwave transmitter and
antenna site, one of America's premiere shortwave broadcast facilities,
with 500-kilowatt Continental transmitters and an extensive antenna farm.
We hope to see some of you there. It's free to attend. You can find all of
the details on the NASB website, which is

<www.shortwave.org>   Then click on Annual Meeting Info.

Jeff White, General Manager
WRMI Radio Miami International
10400 NW 240th Street
Okeechobee, Florida 34972 USA, North America.

Tel +1-305-559-9764  <www.wrmi.net>  (via wor March 30)

UZBEKISTAN/GERMANY   6080 kHz  NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk Hamburg Germany;
via CRRT RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast
center. QSL card: 6080 kHz, 19:30-20:10 UT, Dec. 24, 2025. Blog:

<http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2022/03/norddeutscher-rundfunk.html>

(Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg-RUS, rusdxplus & deneb-radio-dx, via
RUSdx #1387 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

VATICAN STATE    Vatican Radio 'Holy Week 2026'. Special broadcasts in
English from Vatican Radio over the Easter period are as follows:

Thur 2 April 1525-1645 UT: 17540 kHz - Santa Messa "in Caena Domini" (From
the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Holy Mass of the Lord's Supper presid-
ed over by Pope Leo XIV).

Fri 3 April 1905-2045 UT: 11870 kHz - The Way of the Cross (Colosseum, The
Way of the Cross presided over by Pope Leo XIV).

Sat 4 April 1850-2145 UT: 11870 kHz - The Easter Vigil (St. Peter's
Basilica, The Easter Vigil presided over by Pope Leo XIV).

Sun 5 April 0805-0940 UT: 17540 kHz - Easter Sunday, Mass of the Day (St.
Peter's Square, Easter Sunday, Mass of the day celebrated by Pope Leo XIV)

Sun 5 April 0950-1030 UT: 17540 kHz - Message and "Urbi et Orbi" Blessing
(Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Leo' XIV Easter Message and "Urbi et
Orbi" Blessing).
(via Alan Roe-Teddington-UK to Dave Harries-Bristol-UK, wor March 31)

VATICAN STATE    VATICAN RADIO in A26 season, Russian sce.
Effective 28th March to 24th October 2026.

ASIA   1230-1250 UT on  17790  21760 kHz daily.

EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
       0500-0520 UT on   9710, 11815 kHz daily.
       1620-1640 UT on   9710, 11815 kHz daily.
Reception reports to:  <qsl.request [at] spc.va>
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi-Bharat, via RUSdx #1387 via
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

VENEZUELA   4940 kHz  regarding 'Estacion 4940' missing April 2, I did
not get it checked April 3 around 06.30 UT, but note that altho some
are uncertain of its location, Colombia or Venezuela, WRTH 2026 page
#597 lists it as V's only SW station, but "unlicensed", in Rincon
Hondo, 1 kW at 23-10 UT, no callsign. Location is on the map, page #53
(However there are so many FM stations that only those in Caracas can
be in the book.)
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor April 3)

VIETNAM   9730 kHz  Voice of Vietnam, Son Tay site,German Sce (VTN),
QSL card: 20:00-20:27 UT, Dec. 30, 2025. Blog:

<http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2020/01/voice-of-vietnam.html>
(Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg-RUS, rusdxplus & deneb-radio-dx,
via RUSdx #1387 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

VIETNAM   Wed April 1st - 20.00 UT VoVTN Sontay German service, only on
requested frq on air, no QRM of neighbours or co-channel, QRM free recep-
tion though on
9730 and 11885 kHz - but not on former test frq 9835 kHz anymore.
(73 wolfie, dxplorer March 31 / April 1 / April 3)

VIETNAM   VOV5 Tests on 9835 kHz, in French, March 27-31 at 1930-1957 UT:

9835 kHz Test. Tue, March 31, at 1930-1943 UT, VOV5  La Voix du Vietnam,
Son Tay Hanoi-VTN, in French to EUR. Sign-off transmission. In // this
same time, 1930-1943 UT, on 9730 and 11885 kHz: Both on-air !

9730 kHz. Tue, March 31, at 1930-1943 UT, Voice of Vietnam, from Son Tay
Hanoi-VTN, in French to Europe. IS; ID and introduction programming;
Woman announcer presents a Newsletter till 1943 UT. Fair reception
w/interference by China Radio International, on 9730 kHz, via Kashgar-CHN,
in Portuguese w/ Chinese music, only: 43533. Parallel on 11885son, 45533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx April 1)

VIETNAM   Radio Voice of Vietnam has been placed under the direct control
of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The decision to transfer Radio Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam Television, and
the Vietnam News Agency to the direct control of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of Vietnam was not simply an administrative step, but
a strategic act reflecting the maturity of the political system and its
ability to respond to the challenges of the times.

At the Second Plenum of the 14th Central Committee, an agenda was approved
that enshrined a fundamental transition: key national media outlets are
being removed from the structure of state institutions and placed under
the direct control of the Party. Commenting on this decision, Do Tien Sy,
member of the Party Central Committee and Director General of Voice of
Vietnam, noted: "The transfer of three key national media outlets to the
direct control of the Party Central Committee once again confirms the
Party's innovative approach, methods, and strategies in conducting ideo-
logical and political work, as well as in the media and communications
sphere."

Details in Russian:
<https://onair.ru/2026/03/26/radio-golos-vetnama-pereshlo-pod-pryamoe-
upravlenie-czk-kommunisticheskoj-partii-vetnama>

<https://onair.ru/>
(via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1387 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*

Log of Mon March 30 taken in Michigan and Alberta Perseus SDR remotedly:

CUBA   5024.997 kHz  -  nothing heard of R Rebelde rich Latin AM culture,
only pure S=9+10dB strong carrier signal on air, at 04.50 UT March 30.
Nothing heard of R La Habana Cuba px on 6000, 9710, nor 11760 kHz from
Quivican 250 kW beasts TX center though.

VENEZUELA   4939.982 kHz  CLM border region 'Estacion 4940' radio program
S=7-8 fair signal at 04.53 UT.

COLOMBIA   5909.981 kHz  Alcaravan Radio poor S=6-7 at 04.57 UT.

6010.009 kHz 'La Voz de tu Conciencia', Puerto LLeras  and
6010.058 kHz 'Radio Inconfidencia', Belo Horizonte Brazil,
              both tiny and poor at 05.05 UT March 30.

BRAZIL  5939.402 kHz 'Radio Voz Missionaria' Camboriu SC,
poor and tiny at S=6 level, 05.00 UT.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 30)

Firedrake jamming to 'Sound of Hope' Falun Gong sect radio programs from
Taiwan island, at 2110 UT, Chinese jamming still going !
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor April 1)

At 23.50 ... 00.05 UT - April 1st check: only two Ching and Bang, Cat miau
and Mouse, like fiddle mx heard of China mainland, on
15729.974 and 15794.974 kHz channels in 19 meterband.

Upperst frq CNR1 national program jammer against TWNese SOH relay on
21645 kHz in 13 mb.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 1)

Thur April 2nd,   no Firedrake jamming observed so far - in 10 to 11 UTC
hour on various meterband and SDR units in various continents.

April 2nd log though

17615.006 TUR  TRT Emirler in Tatar language to Kazan target, 10.00-10.25
          UT, S=9+10dB at 10.20 UT - heard in Doha Qatar.

10 to 11  UT  ROU  RRI Bucharest in French uses these outlets today at
          10.23 UT, frq change every day surprising ... though:
15250 kHz (not 15150) Galbeni site,
17630 kHz (not 17780) Tiganesti site, S=9+10dB strength.

17740.025 much frq oddity of TUR  TRT Emirler in French sce, 10-11 UT,
          S=9+20dB signal at 10.29 UT in Doha Qatar ISR vv IRN war 
          targeted area.

17900.008 BUL  Spaceline Ltd. Sofia Kostinbrod relay of excile target
          radio 'Iran International TV' program sound from London
          bureau, towards Iran target audience, S=8 though only, at 10.33
          UT, schedule requested 10 to 15 UT likely.

15119.924 kHz UZB  TWR Asia Singapore in Mongolian sce, via RRTM Telecom
          Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center.
          10.30-10.45 UT, heard at 10.36 UT on April 2.

15180.244 much frq oddity on this 19 mb channel, KRE  Voice of Korea from
          Kujang SW site, at 10.37 UT in English.

15294.987 new refurbished RTM Kajang tx outlet, Malaysian Nasional pro-
          gram to SoEAsia target, typical Asian singer program, S=9+5dB
          at 10.39 UT and 11.15 UT too.

15430.015 IRN  Typical PARKED Sirjan tx outlet, no program channel con-
          tent observed, scheduled Hausa of IRIB Sirjan 10.20-11.50 UT -
          S=9+45 dBm full powerhouse carrier signal at 10.46 UT.

15629.917 UZB  much frq oddity  TWR Asia Singapore, via RRTM Telecom
          Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center in
          Korean language, noted at 11.11 UT S=9+15dB signal strength on
          April 2nd.

15750.300 kHz usual Spaceline Ltd. Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria frq oddity,
          UNDERNEATH heard Persian TV program of 'Iran International TV'
          London, S=9+10dB at 11.20 UT, Sirjan bubbler much ahead on
15730.252 kHz of 9 kHz wideband audio like a bcast stn outlet of Sirjan.

CNR_1 program mainland jamming against Taiwanese SOH noted on
15970 and 16100 kHz at 11.23 UT.

13635.008 TUR  TRT Voice of Turkey Emirler, in Turkish, mordning service
          to western Europe at 06.00 - 12.55 UT, S=9+5dB heard in Doha
          Qatar ME remote SDR though, at 11.26 UT.

13730 kHz DRM digital mode (seemingly) test transmission from China
          mainland Kunming site, 10 minutes later channel was empty again.
          11.28 UT test time of the technician at Kunming ?,
          to check the feederline match for the next day Friday April 3 ?

11964.978 AUS  RBA  Kununurra in Rohinja 11.30-11.45 UT, 11.34 UT S=9+10dB
          and // same px also on
11899.944 kHz only S=8 strength at 11.38 UT.

11885 kHz channel terrible audio mixture til 12 UT:
Malaysia - likely RTM domestic sce from Kajang K-L site on frq oddity
11884.987 kHz
          and co-channel China mainland domestic sce on
11884.996 kHz  PBS Xinjiang in Uyghur language at 11.45 UT on April 2nd.

 9929.997 PLW  religious English 'Hope Radio 3' from Mehdorn Palau island,
          S=9+10dB signal strength at 12.15 UT in Doha Qatar SDR remotedly

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 2)