BC-DX 1594 10 Oct 2024
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ARMENIA Photo Transmitter RV-685 "Bob-2". Control panel at Yerevan
Noratus Gavar SW and MW site. Sept 19, 2024.
<https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3750>
Video - 0:50 m/s. Transmitter RV-575 ("Thunder") is working on an even-
ing session. Yerevan Noratus Gavar SW and MW site. 09.19.2024
<https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3751>
<https://vk.com/public158109176?z=video-
158109176_456239542%2F6ee805215a97447f3d%2Fpl_wall_-158109176>
Video 2:12 m/s. End of session. Rebuilding the RV-571 transmitter "Bob-2".
Yerevan Noratus Gavar SW and MW site. Sept 20, 2024.
<https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3753>
<https://vk.com/public158109176?z=video-
58109176_456239543%2F1e3c032420310cd232%2Fpl_wall_-158109176>
(via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1308 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22)
AUSTRALIA 11825 kHz E-QSL card from Radio Reach Beyond Australia.
Program "Women of Hope" was transmitted on 26. Sept. 2024 in Burmese
language on 11825 kHz.
You can see the eQSL here - <https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/10/radio-
reach-beyond-australia.html>
(Piotr Skorek-POL; via RUSdx #1310 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
15460 kHz Reach Beyond Australia e-QSL 13.20-14.00 UT Sept. 27 2024
<https://myqsl.github.io/2024/10/ 01/australia.html>
e-QSL Topic: Coober Pedy Underground City (South Australia).
(Evgeny Kornikhin, Moscow-RUS, deneb-radio-dx; via
RUSdx #1310 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
AUSTRIA Special Ham Radio station from ORF, Austria.
This station should be operated in the memory of Wolf Harranth, legendary
Austrian radio amateur (call sign OE1WHC) and longtime host of the two
shortwave media programs on Radio Austria International: 'Kurzwellen
Panorama', and the short program of Wolf's DX highlights re stations he
picked up at his location, known as 'DX-Telegramm'.
(Joe Hanlon-NJ-USA, wor Sept 28)
Special callsign OE0RF celebrates the 100 years of radio broadcasting
within Austria, which started on October 1, 1924. ORF is the nation's
national public broadcaster and members of that amateur radio club will
be putting this one on the air. QSL direct via OE1XRW.
<https://www.oe1xrw.radio/>
(via The Daily DX, USA; Jose Jacob-Hyderabad-IND VU2JOS; wor Sept 28)
re: 100 years of radio Austria.
Hello, Here is an information about a special broadcast from ORS Moosbrunn
- programm will be in German language. Information in German and English:
Info sent by Harald Suess from Austria.
On the occasion of 100years of radio in Austria, the shortwave transmitter
ORS Moosbrunn broadcasts one of the last interviews with Professor Wolf
Harranth, who died in the summer of 2021.
In this special broadcast, Wolf Harranth, a legend in the world of broad-
casting, will give you unique insights into the history of RAVAG (Radio
Verkehrs AG) and its significance for Austrian broadcasting.
A show not to be missed! Tune in to your shortwave receiver and immerse
yourself in the fascinating history of the origin of broadcasting in
Austria.
Details of the show:
Date: October 6, 2024
Time: 10:00-11:00 CEST - 08:00-09:00 UTC
Frequency: 6055 kHz
We look forward to your participation and confirm your receipt report with
a special QSL card. Reception reports by post to
ORF CARO
1136 Vienna
Austria, Europe
by e-mail to <caro -at- oe1xrw.radio>
(via Christian Ghibaudo-Nice-France, BrDXC-UK iogr news Sept 28)
6055 kHz ORF Special operated in the memory of Wolf Harranth, legendary
Austrian radio amateur (call sign OE1WHC) on Sun Oct 6th via ORS Moosbrunn
site, S=9+30dB signal noted remotedly on Crossed loops/dipols at the DARC
Amberg Perseus units, though better signal compared than Beverage antennas
at same location in North-Eastern Bavaria.
Reminds me of Wolf's visit here for his lecture on Hobby Elektronik
Stuttgart 1978 and had a personal operator meeting with Ralf DL4TA,
Juergen DF5TY and Horst DL4SBK.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
AUSTRIA in OE laeufts den ganzen Herbst ueber, 100 Jahre Radio in allen
Facetten im Radio und TV OE. 1 Oct. 2024.
Sehr langer Artikel gespickt mit vielen Fotos.
Der Wettstreit der Radioerfinder.
Blitzwarnsystem als erstes "Funkgeraet", Alexander Popow.
<https://topos.orf.at/100-jahre-radio-erfindung100>
Der Beitrag "Marconi und seine Radio Geschichte" ist am 1. Oktober 2024
um 20:00 Uhr im ZIB Magazin zu sehen.
"WLAN" fuer Telegramme als Radiovorlaeufer.
Literaturhinweis:
Marc Raboy, Allan Robertson, et al.: "Marconi: The Man Who Networked the
World", Oxford University Press, 872 Seiten, 2016.
Tesla zaehmte die Wellen.
Ueber den Atlantik nur noch ein Katzensprung.
Sportuebertragung via Radio 1928.
Der Sender Bisamberg im Jahr 1934.
Entdecken Sie auch die neue Online-Ausstellung der Oesterreichischen
Mediathek zu 100 Jahren Radiogeschichte in Oesterreich.
<https://www.mediathek.at/onlineausstellungen/100-jahre-radio>
I.Chronik
II. Radio von "Uncle Sam"
..V.Radioerinnerungen
VI. Radio im Archiv
Traeger und Sammlerinnen, [Mit zahlreichen Links]
Aus anderen Quellen:
UNESCO-Dokumentenerbe "Memory of Austria": Historische Radioaufnahmen
RAVAG und Rot-Weiss-Rot.
Beforschung der Sammlung "Rot-Weiss-Rot" im Forschungsprojekt ACONTRA.
Interesse an weiteren Radioaufnahmen auf Tonband?
Stoebern Sie in ueber 10.000 Tonbandmitschnitten in der digitalen Samm-
lung der Oesterreichischen Mediathek [...] und Neu im
<https://shop.orf.at/orf/de>
<https://shop.orf.at/orf/de/alle-orf-artikel/oe1/3162/hallo-hallo-hier-
radio-wien>
CD um 18.10 E(A)
<https://shop.orf.at/orf/de/buch/dokumentation/3163/100-jahre-radio-
n-oesterreich>
Buch um 22, 00 E(A)
<https://shop.orf.at/media/image/2b/de/78/ORF-SHOP-Banner-
neusDxSndcSbX5V6_1280x1280.jpg>
(ORF, Oct 1 - 2)
AUSTRIA ORF Salzburg - 100 Jahre Radio-das Polyphon (?)
Was ist das ?
<https://salzburg.orf.at/stories/3275841/>
Lange Nacht im ORF-Landesstudio Salzburg feiert 100 Jahre Radio.
Der ORF Salzburg beteiligt sich heuer mit einer eigenen Ausstellung an der
'Langen Nacht der Museen' am Samstag. Bei einem Rundgang durch das Landes-
studio koennen 100 Jahre Radiogeschichte multimedial erlebt werden.
Oesterreich feiert dieser Tage ein ganz besonders Jubilaeum:
Vor genau 100 Jahren wurde hierzulande erstmals eine Radiosendung ausge-
strahlt. Diesem Anlass widmet sich auch das ORF-Landesstudio Salzburg. In
einer eigenen *Ausstellung wird auf die vergangenen hundert Jahre bewegter
Radiogeschichte zurueckgeblickt.
Fotostrecke mit 7 Bildern:
Fuehrung mit Hannes Eichmann durch die Ausstellung "100 Jahre Radio" im
ORF Landesstudio Salzburg. ORF/Georg Hummer
ORF Landesdirektorin Waltraud Langer begruesst Ausstellungskurator und
Kulturredakteur i.R. Hannes Eichmann im Foyer des ORF Salzburg.
ORF-Mitarbeiter bei der Fuehrung durch die Ausstellung im Foyer des von
Gustav Peichl 1972 erbauten Landesstudios.
Die ersten Hoerer wurden auch Radio-Amateure genannt, viele haben sich
die ersten Empfangsgeraete selbst gebaut.
Programmchef Christopher Poehl von Radio Salzburg kennt den Sender seit
seinen Kindertagen.
Hannes Eichmann und Karoline Koller schwelgen in Erinnerungen an legen-
daere Radio-Salzburg-Stimmen.
100 Jahre Radio zum Begreifen und Anhoeren bietet das "Polyphon" vor dem
Publikumsstudio.
Beim Oeffnen jeder einzelnen Schublade ertoenen jeweils sorgsam aus-
gewaehlte Ausschnitte aus Radio Salzburg im Wandel der Zeit.
Bewegte Geschichte.
"Hallo, hallo! Hier Radio Wien auf Welle 503" - mit diesem ikonischen Satz
nahm die Vorgaengerin des ORF, die Radio-Verkehrs-AG (RAVAG) ihren Sende-
betrieb 1924 auf.Es war der Startschuss fuer die schnelle und erfolgreiche
Verbreitung des ersten elektronischen Massenmediums.
Salzburg machte schon frueh Erfahrungen mit dem neuen Medium :
Die Salzburger Festspiele waren 1925, ein Jahr nach der ersten Radio-
sendung, im Programm vertreten. Bis Radio in Salzburg empfangbar wurde,
sollten aber noch weitere fuenf Jahre vergehen. 1930 wurde dafuer der
erste Sender auf dem Moenchsberg installiert.
Radio ist nach wie vor beliebtes Medium.
Die multimediale Ausstellung im Landesstudio Salzburg dokumentiert die
100-jaehrige Geschichte des Radios. Das Medium wurde bereits wiederholt
totgesagt und zaehlt heute dennoch zu den beliebtesten Medien, sagt der
Kurator der Ausstellung, Hannes Eichmann: "Es ist wie mit dem Kino und
dem Fernsehen, das wurde auch oft totgesagt und es lebt trotzdem.
Radio ist ein Medium, das einfach herzustellen ist, die Menschen direkt
anspricht und die Fantasie anregt."
Allein aus dem ORF-Landesstudio Salzburg werden taeglich fast 200.000
Hoererinnen und Hoerer erreicht. Wie Radio gehoert wird, hat sich aller-
dings stark veraendert, sagt die Direktorin des Landesstudios Salzburg,
Waltraud Langer: "Frueher hat sich die Familie um das Radiogeraet geschart
und man musste direkt beim Radio sitzen.Inzwischen gibt es so viele Arten,
wie man Radio hoeren kann - und auch das zeigen wir hier."
Ausstellung kann bis Maerz 2025 besichtigt werden.
Die Ausstellung wird am Samstagabend im Rahmen der 'ORF-Langen Nacht der
Museen' eroeffnet. Begleitend dazu wird die 'Lange Nacht des Radios' live
aus dem ORF Publikumsstudio gesendet. Das ORF-Landesstudio kann am Samstag
ab 18 Uhr mit einem Ticket der Langen Nacht der Museen besucht werden.
Die Ausstellung "Hundert Jahre Radio" ist danach bis *Maerz 2025 zu sehen.
red, <salzburg.ORF.at> (ORF, Oct 5)
AUSTRIA {ORS Moosbrunn archive item from Dec 2014}
ORS-Sendezentrum wird geschlossen.
Der Oesterreichische Rundfunk (ORF) kaufte im Jahr 1959 zwischen den Wohn-
gebieten Moosbrunn und Mitterndorf 80 Hektar Wiesenflaechen und errichtete
dort eine Kurzwellensendeanlage mit angeschlossenem Sendegebaeude, die in
den nachfolgenden Jahren staendig erweitert wurde.
Aufgrund der hohen Sendeleistung kam es immer wieder zu Stoerungen bei
elektronischen Geraeten im Moosbrunner Gemeindegebiet. Sorgen der Bevoel-
kerung ueber moegliche gesundheitliche Beeintraechtigungen, aber auch der
Aerger ueber diese Probleme muendeten schlussendlich in der Beauftragung
einer Studie, die in den 90er Jahren von den Gemeinden Moosbrunn,
Gramatneusiedl und Mitterndorf in Auftrag gegeben wurde. Im Zuge der um-
fangreichen Erhebungen vom Universitaetsinstitut fuer Umwelthygiene waren
zu guter Letzt (Gott sei Dank) keine gesundheitlichen Beeintraechtigungen
feststellbar.
Trotzdem Moosbrunn durch den Sender in der ganzen Welt einen Bekanntheits-
grad erlangte, war die Begeisterung innerhalb der Bevoelkerung - bedingt
durch die technischen Stoerungen - doch sehr verhalten. Eine nochmalige
Erweiterung der Sendeanlage konnte vor der Jahrtausendwende verhindert
werden. Da der Betrieb von Radio Oesterreich International im Auftrag der
Oesterreichischen Bundesregierung vor einigen Jahren eingestellt wurde,
kommt es seitdem nur mehr zu Auftragssendungen, dies fuehrte auch zu einer
wesentlichenVerringerung der Sendeleistungen. Immer wieder gab es behoerd-
liche Verhandlungen und Besprechungen mit der Geschaeftsleitung der Kurz-
wellensendeanlage.
Nunmehr fand am 1. Dezember 2014 von Buergermeister Gerhard Hauser, Vize-
buergermeister Ing. Robert Huber und geschaeftsf. Gemeinderat Dipl. Ing.
Paul Fruehling ein Gespraech mit dem kaufmaennischen Direktor des ORF,
Mag. Richard Grasl statt, um die derzeitige und auch zukuenftige betrieb-
liche Nutzung der Sendeanlage zu besprechen. Dabei wurde den Gemeindeman-
dataren mitgeteilt, dass der Betrieb der Sendeanlage aus heutiger Sicht
bis laengstens 2020 weitergefuehrt wird. Damit gehoeren senderbedingte
Stoerungen hoffentlich bald der Vergangenheit an.
(Volkspartei Moosbrunn, Austria, Dec 2014; archive)
AUSTRIA 17570 kHz AWR in French via ORS Moosbrunn to central Africa,
1946 UT on Oct 1st. Religious song in English despite the service being in
French, cold segued into another English song. SINPO beyond all 5s, sounds
good with audio filter opened up to 8 kHz bandwidth.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
BRAZIL 4985 Radio Brasil Central, Goainia, 0615-0627UT, 17 Sept, Brazi-
lian songs, program "Madrugada Musical". // 11815 kHz. 25422.
6010 Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0504-0608 UT, 22 Sept, Brazi-
lian songs, program "Memoria Nacional". 15422.
6150 Radio Saturno, Belo Horizonte, 0552-0617 UT, 22 Sept, Brazilian
songs. 15422.
6180 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 2036-2056 UT, 21 Sept, Por-
tuguese, comments, Brazilian songs. 25422.
9818.7 Radio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, 0448-0519UT, 22 Sept, religious songs
and comments. 25422.
(Manuel Mendez, Reinante-ESP, BrDXC-UK iogr Sept 22)
BRAZIL 11780 kHz R Nacional da Amazonia Brasilia at 2345 UT. Heard on
RS SW-2000629 and indoor Slinky antenna (to 16'). VG, and with seemingly
non-stop Bossa Nova music going on thru the next hour. Very Good Sept 21.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Sept 23)
BRAZIL 11815 kHz Radio Brasil Central, Goiania (pres),0156UT on Sept 23
in Portuguese. Woman then man with mellow vocals, talk between announcer
and a woman (maybe a call in) with announcer continuing for a while and
into another mellow vocal. Poor - fair signal.
(Mark Taylor, Madison-WI-USA, NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1171 Sept 29)
BRAZIL 6009.97 kHz R. Inconfidencia, Contegam, MG. 0945 UT Brazilian
folk music, ID at 0952 UT, Time check at 0955 UT for 6:55 am. Anncts and
at 0959 UT, a rundown of AM, SW and FM frequencies. 1000 UT, adverts. Very
weak signal and was initially heard when there was no Korean jamming
present on 6015 kHz until 1001 UT. Once the splashy jamming started, even
switching to LSB didn't help the Brazilian. Faded by 1004 UT. Monitoring
confirmed via the Pardinho Kiwi SDR. This is, indeed, a very rare visitor
to Mount Evelyn these days. I cannot remember the last time I heard it.
Sept 16.
You can get an aerial view of the AM antenna by inputting this decimalised
lat/long into Google Maps: {sic / gh }
19.89904288211011 S 44.05450876587875 W MW mast 880 kHz.
19.899804 S 44.052483 W SW mast, west of TX house, 3masts 6010v kHz
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/sauW8L7SMgCffZ8A9>
19.900784 S 44.052859 W SW mast, south of TX house, 2 x 2masts 15190v kHz
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/L2Y4pT2jsfcWT6DF9>
It is located about 13km west of Bel{o} Horizonte in the metropolitan city
of Contagem.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS, via
ARDXC ADXN magazine #684 page #3, Oct 2024, direct and via gh too Oct 5)
BRAZIL v6010 kHz Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 2039-2052 UT,
Oct 5, soccer, live matches. 15422. Also heard 0454- UT, Oct 6, Brazilian
songs, program "Memoria Nacional". 25422.
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo-ESP, wor Oct 5)
CUBA 6000 kHz RHC, Oct 4 at 0310 UT, RHC English S=9+30/40dB but extre-
mely distorted, unusable. Something's always wrong at RHC. One wonders how
management or engineering at anystation could allow this to go on and on
and on, rather than just giving up and turning it off. Makes them a
laughingstock.
6000 kHz RHC, Sept 30 at 0235 UT, S=9+30/40dB of dead air in English from
RHC - not even a trace of mod. Only other frequency on is 15230 kHz at
0249 UT, S=9/+10dB of extremely supported music in presumed Spanish ser-
vice. Something's always wrong at RHC.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
9790 kHz RHC, Oct 6 at 0337 UT, S=9+20/30dB of JBM Chinese, then English
with cgtn.com reference. CRI relay by Radio Cuba where something's always
wrong.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
DENMARK 25800 kHz World Music Radio, Denmark. Very listenable signal
right now, 1731 UT. Island / Reggae style music to yl w/ canned ID in
Danish. Followed by Instrumental version of " Come Together". Now into
latin music.
(Stephen C Wood - KC1QEM, Cape Cod-MA-state_USA, naswa & wor Oct 3)
15699.991 DNK WMR from Randers towards 180 degr southwards EUR and AF.
poor just under threshold JBA signal at 06.39 UT, Oct 4. wb.
DENMARK 15700 kHz World Music Radio via Randers Denmark, 0452 UT on Oct
2 with Afro / Caribbean world music. SINPO 45343. Pretty impressive for
only 300 watts into a 3 element Yagi beaming due south from the transmit-
ter site in Denmark.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
E'SWATINI 9940 kHz {SWAZILAND formerly} Trans World Radio, Manzini, 1910
UT on Oct 3, with OM singing hymn in presumed Lingala. SINPO=35444.
(John Figliozzi-NY) I have them here as well, at 1937 UT in Lingala. SINPO
is just about all 5s across the board.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
FRANCE 17555 kHz JRC R Dabanga at 1630 UT, w/ man in (listed) Dari
Afghanistan-sic, ed.} - {rather Sudanese Arabic towards NoEaAfrica/Sudan
at 135degr azimuth; at ITU zones 39SW,47E,48W - ed.}.
Faded out as we neared the top of the hour. Fair on Sept 29.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Oct 1)
GERMANY 15310 kHz Bible Voice Broadcasting (via MBR Nauen-Germany site),
1600UT, 20 Sept. Tigrinya language. ID in English by woman "You're listen-
ing to Bible Voice Broadcasting". ID in Tigrinya followed by sacred music.
Poor to Fair.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1170 Sept 22)
GUAM KTWR B24 DRM Schedule
Hi everyone. We hope your shortwave listening experiences have gone well
with the current elevated solar activity. We have seen signals do some in-
teresting things over the past year or so.
Now that the B24 HFCC conference is over, we can let you know what our DRM
broadcast schedule will be. We had to delete one broadcast to China and
split the South Asia broadcast blocks.
The broadcast to Japan will continue its experiment with the 25-m band. We
may change this back to 31 meters at mid-season if the data indicates the
need to do so. Finding a frequency free of digital interference has been a
challenge.
Another experiment will be using two different antennas for the 15390 kHz
broadcasts. The Sunday broadcast will be beamed mostly toward central
India while the Saturday broadcast will continue the southern India head-
ing. Please let us know the differences in performance that you notice.
DRM broadcasts (Effective 27 October 2024), 90 kW:
Designated Day Time (UTC) Frequency Coverage Area Language
Saturday 1059-1130 12040 kHz China English 305 degr azimuth.
Saturday 1130-1230 11965 kHz Japan Japanese, En. 50kW, 350degr azimuth.
Sunday 1600-1645 15390 kHz India English 290 degr azimuth.
Saturday 1600-1630 15390 kHz India South Indian languages,
260 degr azimuth (290 slewed minus 30deg).
73 from KTWR (KTWR Blogspot; via
ARDXC ADXN magazine #684 page #8-9, Oct 2024, direct Oct 5)
GUAM/{ TJK/UZB non anymore } In B-24 season not anymore mornings AWR
South-EastAS sce at 00.00 to 02.00 UT via UZB Tashkent relay site, nor
02.00-03.00 UT via Dushanbe Yangi-Yul transmission.
Only shortened 0000-0100 UT via KSDA AWR Guam own transmission center
site:
17525 0000 0030 49E SDA 100 285 -15 218 Thai SDA FCC
17650 0000 0030 49NW SDA 100 285 0 218 Myanmar SDA FCC
17525 0030 0100 49NW SDA 100 285 -15 218 Kxf* SDA FCC
* Manumanaw Karen, Burmese national domestic audience languages.
(hfcc.org anisation; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 1)
{TAJIKISTAN in A-24 season, ed.} 15515 kHz, Sept 30 at 0250 Ut, gospel
huxter in English, S=9/+10dB with flutter. EiBi database list shows AWR
via Dushanbe for Bangladesh audience at 0200-0300 UT.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Sept 30)
GUAM 12105 kHz KDSA AWR Agat, 1500 UT on 2 Oct. English - End of Chi-
nese transmission with sign-off in English: From the beautiful Pacific
Island of Guam, this is Adventist World Radio, the voice of Hope, now
concluding our educational and informational programmes of 100 thousand
watts. Good.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
HUNGARY The world record for medium-wave power at 2000 km {sic} is cele-
brating its 50th anniversary. The foundation stone for the Solt medium-
wave transmitter was laid on 5 Sept 1974, and it's going strong! While
some countries prefer to ignore the protection of national minorities in
one of their regions, Hungary ensures it even in neighbouring countries
where three million Magyar speakers live.
There used to be a national transmitter at Lakihegyi, but due to inter-
ference it no longer covered the desired area at night. In 1970, Hungary
decided to install a new 2000 kW transmitter. The transmitter, consist-
ing of two 1000 kW units, was of Russian manufacture.
A 120 kV high-voltage line fed the centre over the Danube. The antenna
consisted of a lattice tower with a triangular cross-section, 303.6 m
high, resting on two cylindrical ceramic insulators. Stability was ensur-
ed by three rows of steel cables separated by porcelain insulators. The
whole structure weighed 184.5 tonnes.
But over 40 years of operation, the power and sound quality deteriorated
and the transmitter was deemed to be too energy-consuming. The transmit-
ters consumed more than 6,400 kW: 2,000 kW was sent to the antenna and the
remaining 4,400kW was given off as heat. In 2017, Hungary did not hesitate
to replace its 2000 kW medium-wave transmitter with a new one of the same
power.
An ultra-modern solid-state transmitter supplied by the Canadian company
NAUTEL. It consists of five transmitter blocks, each with a capacity of
400 kW. Coupled together, they produce a carrier of 2 MW. Efficiency has
risen from 30% to over 90%, and improvements to the antenna circuit have
increased the area covered.
In addition to the possibility of DRM,the new installation has 3 major ad-
vantages: energy consumption is considerably reduced; the installation is
remotely controlled; and modules can be replaced during operation. Despite
commissioning the new transmitter, the radio station wanted to keep its
old transmitter in reserve. This turned out to be unnecessary, because
even if it failed, the new transmitter could continue to broadcast at re-
duced power by isolating the faulty module. The emergency transmitter in-
stalled at Lakihegyi was also useless. Today, it is only used to transmit
the long-wave radiosignal.
By maintaining the world-record power of 2,000 kW, Radio Kossuth is able
to broadcast better than ever throughout Hungary, Slovakia and substantial
parts of Austria, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Romania. At night, the
station can be received in good conditions throughout Europe. To those who
claim that medium wave is 'finished', Hungary is thumbing its nose at
them, and it is not about to abandon this range of waves! It will be on
the air for a long time to come.
(Michel Fremy-BEL; via Radio Magazine; Sept 30)
ICELAND RUV on 189 kHz from Iceland has been off the air since at least
0900 UTC this morning (September 5 ed.). (Conor Burns via Mediumwave.Info)
I asked RUV and the 189 kHz transmitter is temporarily off due technical
problems, but the last year's decision about the closure by the end of
this year still stands:
<https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2023-02-28-langbylgjan-thagnar-og-
kallad-eftir-abendingum-um-hvar-ma-baeta-fm-kerfi-ruv>
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, via Mediumwave.Info, wor Sept 30)
INDIA/BHARAT Akashvani (India) heard in English, former AIR Delhi.
Akashvani (India) heard in English Tuesday Oct 1 at 2017 UT on 9620 kHz.
A female announcer gave a report on the Kashmir election, then a male an-
nouncer with English ID. See link below for recording. The signal was re-
latively strong as usual on the East coast of the US here in Damascus,
Maryland. Audible, but with fading. RSPdx SDR with 80 meter horizontal
loop antenna 12 to 30 feet above ground.
<https://youtu.be/_MVk6JY62OU>
(Marshall Reel-MD-USA, wor Oct 1)
INDIA/BHARAT 15280.008 kHz Akashvani Bangalore Mandarin sce 2345-0115 UT
S=9+10dB strength at 00.10 UT. Underneath hit by CHN mainland jamming CNR1
program co-channel.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 3)
INDIA/BHARAT 15260 kHz All India R. Akashvani, Bengaluru site. On Sept
17 at 0200 UT, poor reception of their transmission listed to SoEaAsia at
this time. Did not recognise any English. Typical overmodulation. Indian
song at 0201 UT.
(Gavin Waters, Doncaster, Melbourne-Vic-AUS; via
ARDXC ADXN magazine #684 page #5, Oct 2024, direct Oct 5)
INDIA/BHARAT 9874.807 fqy oddity of the Delhi Kingsway tx unit as al-
ways, Akashvani Baluchi sce, S=9+10dB strength in Qatar ME remotedly, sub-
continental mx / Hindi mx played. 13.05 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mon Oct 7)
INDIA/BHARAT Akashvani at 0018 UT on Oct 09. In trying to catch the 0045
UT English segment of Akashvani last night I noticed the signal was parti-
cularly loud and strong during the preceding Chinese bit 0018 UT. However,
it was really over-modulated and muddy sounding, almost incomprehensible.
English at 0045UT did not appear. Actually, I'm not really sure if English
is a daily segment at 0045 UT.
Any idea what was going on there? See link below for two video clips.
15280 kHz 0018 UT 2024-Oct-09. INDIA Akashvani in Chines: Mostly Indian
music with break for talk by woman that lasted over most of next 30 mi-
nutes. English not noted at 0045. Audio very muddy but signal very strong.
<https://twitter.com/PopShopRadio1/status/1844023170514448783>
(Tony Pavick, Hope-BC-CAN, BrDXC-UK iogr Ocr 9)
INDONESIA 7290 kHz R. RRI Nabire Pro 1, INS; 21 Sept, 0848-0932 UT mini-
mal mod. that couldn't distinguish mx than tks, 0900 UT seems islamic seg-
ment, 0905-0921 UT mx, after returned to critical signal. 0848-0905 UT
=15211, 0905-0921 UT=25322, 0921-0932 UT=15221.
(Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec-Embu-SP-BRA, hcdx Sept 21)
INDONESIA 4755.03 kHz Vo Indonesia, Cimanggis. 2115 UT English to INS.
Military song by a choir (shades of Pyongyang), then an Indonesian pop
song!! Talk about contrasts! Heavily accented English announcements.
Fair signal, Sept 15.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS, via
ARDXC ADXN magazine #684 page #3, Oct 2024, direct and via gh too Oct 5)
INDONESIA [and non] 7289.93 kHz RRI Nabire Pro 1, tuned-in at 0826 UT
till suddenly off at 0940* UT, Sept 30. Playing all EZL songs, with some
in English; Islamic segments, 0848-0859 UT (Shalawat Tarhim prayer and
Maghrib [sunset] call-to-prayer); 0912-0923 UT, no modulation/audio, just
an open carrier; heavier than usual QRN, making for mostly poor-fair re-
ception, not the normal fair reception.
[non] 7780 kHz Voice of Indonesia (Channel Two) via WRMI (FL-USA),
0817-0825 UT, Sept 30 (Monday). In English; promo for responsible tourism
in Indonesia; playing a brief selection from the patriotic RRI song "Mars
Angkasawan RRI," along with spoken "79th birthday wishes for Indonesia" -
<https://setkab.go.id/en/79th-indonesias-independence-anniversary-
reflects-nations-maturity-cabinet-secretary-says/>
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 30)
IRAN 9789.974 VoIRIB in Kurdish via Sirjan site, 13.20-14.20 UT, noted
14.05 UT S=9+25dB strong, but though very low modulated signal.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mon Oct 7)
JAPAN 11625 kHz R Japan, 1915z, Sept 17, in Japanese. 300 kW at 305degr
azi from NHK Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan, with an evening broadcast to
Eastern Europe, Western Russia, Asia Minor, and Near/Middle East. Dawn is
approaching Japan but it's midday in Texas so an all-daylight path of
6500 miles at 46degr from Yamata to central Texas-USA. The path to the
target is all dark.
(Jerry Lenamon-TX-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1170 Sept 22)
JAPAN Very Good Reception of NHK Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan, into NB-CAN.
Very good signal here in NB {east CAN} yesterday (25 September) from NHK
in Japanese direct from Yamata on 11910 kHz with transmitter sign-on at
20:55:09 UTC and audio starting a few seconds later. Reception continued
at a good level for a couple of hours while slowly degrading. Became poor
and then unusable in the third hour. From my recording, transmitter
appeared to sign-off within a few seconds of 00:00 UTC.
I presume propagation was across Europe to eastern Canada given the beam
direction of 290 degr. But this transmission has also been received in
Brazil according to a report I read. In that case, perhaps off the back of
the transmitting antenna and one or two favourable signal bounces off the
Pacific Ocean.
(Richard Langley-NB-CAN, wor Sept 26)
re: Very Good Reception of NHK Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan, into NB-CAN.
As I mentioned, reception of NHK in Japanese was quite good. As I don't
understand Japanese except for the usual few words, I submitted the first
half hour or so of my recording to the online TuboScribe service, which
offers three free under 30-minute file transcriptions per day. After gett-
ing, in this case, the Japanese text, you can get a translation using the
Google translator; in my case, into English. Before the top of the hour
(21:00 UT), my recording was of an extended weather report. Then, there
was this:
"This is NHK World, Radio Japan, and NHK's international broadcast. After
this, we will also be broadcasting in Japanese from 6:00 a.m. Japan time.
Japanese broadcasts from 6:00 a.m. will be on 11.910 MHz for continental
Asia and 11.910 MHz for Southeast Asia. We will report on frequencies
above 965 MHz. This is NHK World, Radio Japan, and NHK International
Broadcasting. We have announced this with AI.
We will report on NHK World, Radio Japan, and NHK International Broadcast-
ing. It's 6 o'clock. Good morning. This is Kanachan TV every morning on
Thursday, September 26th. This is Fukushima Yuri. Every morning at
6 o'clock, we will report on news and sports information immediately after
this.
The world report from around 13 minutes is about the aim of the Italian
Navy aircraft carrier's flight to Japan. Every day from around 6:44, we
will ask Mr. Hoshino Satoshi, a researcher at Rikkyo University's Social
Design Institute, about the challenges of the elderly-centered support
business that supports elderly people living alone. Now, we will report
on the news from now on with Mr. Ishihara's announcer. Good morning."
Not a perfect translation and some obvious errors but not too bad. But
what is KanaChan TV ? Wikipedia was not too helpful. And seems to be a
live broadcast as 21:00 UTC 6 a.m. in Japan. Does this broadcast go out
simultaneously on local networks in Japan ?
(Richard Langley-NB-CAN, wor Sept 27)
KOREA D.P.R. {North} 11710 kHz Voice of Korea, Kujang heard at 1123 UT
on Oct 1 with a man speaking sternly and at a quick pace in French. Music
followed at 1125 UT. Poor-fair.
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
KOREA REP OF {South} 9570 kHz KBS World Radio, Kimjae site. Good re-
ception of the Paralympic results in En at 1010 UT on Sept 6 (Allen).
Sept 16 at 1300 UT in English to SoEaAsia. Good reception. Theme music,
intro then News read by Daniel Chin (5 day holiday traffic, families se-
parated by the Korean war, Rubbish balloons, Trump shooter, etc). Parallel
signal on 15575 kHz fair reception.
(Gavin Waters, Doncaster, Melbourne-Vic-AUS; via
ARDXC ADXN magazine #684 page #4, Oct 2024, direct Oct 5)
KOREA REP OF {South} 9740 kHz QSL KBS World Radio (Spanish service),
17.05-18.00 UT, Aug. 24.
<https: //myqsl.github.io/2024/10/03/kbs.html>
Sent a report by email. In the envelope,in addition to the QSL card, there
was a postcard "Hold hands with KBS World Radio on-air" and two forms for
reports in Spanish.
(Evgeny Kornikhin, Moscow-RUS, deneb-radio-dx; via
RUSdx #1310 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
1170 / 9645 / 6040 kHz KBS World radio in Russian. "Mailbox" program.
"From October 27, we will switch to the winter broadcasting schedule, and
our program will be broadcast daily from 12 to 13 hours on 1170 kHz, from
13 to 14 hours on 9645 kHz, and from 18 to 19 hours on 6040 kHz. All times
are Greenwich Mean Time."
<https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/program_segments_view.htm?lang=
r&procode=one&bbs=othc_letter&no=46851>
(via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1310 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
KOREA REP OF {South} 9785even KBS World from Kimjae site - English
14-16 UT, nx at 14.00 UT, S=9+20dB signal, station ID heard at 14.00 UT.
250 kW 264degr azi westwards.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mon Oct 7)
MADAGASCAR 17730 kHz via Talata-Volonondry relay center.
Adventist World Radio at 1615 UT (in progress) M in (listed) Marathi (re-
gional; India), SouthAsian vocal music at 1623 UT. Woman, then man at the
BoH with contact info, was cut off by transmitter shutting off at 1628 UT.
Fair; Fluttery Sept 30.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Oct 1)
MADAGASCAR 15550.015+ kHz {SUDAN SOUTH [non].} Sept 20 at 1508 UT, Ara-
bish S8/S9 direct and slightly off-frequency plus. Check UTwente just in
time before 1527* UT readout 15 Hz high as above, it's R. Tamazuj from
site MADAGASCAR but at 1445-1600 UT, not -1527* UT per HFCC, EiBi and Aoki
databases. EiBi list shows sibling service R.Dabanga for Darfur follows on
15550 kHz from 1600 UT via Vatican, and 1700-1730 UT via France.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1170 Sept 22)
+ via MGLOB Talata Volonondry Madagascar relay facility.
13810 kHz on Sept 16 at 0420 UT, M&W in unID lang, S=9+20/30dB, the SSOB
by far and almost the OSOB, i.e. BBC London in Somali until 0430* UT as
sked Mon-Fri only from 0400 UT per EiBi database.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1170 Sept 22)
MADAGASCAR 11610 kHz R Feda via Mahajanga site at 2245 UT. Talk by man
in Arabic, some ME music to 2300 UT close. Good on Sept 28.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Oct 1)
MADAGASCAR 11850 kHz AWR Swahili via Talata-Volonondry to EaAfrica at
1753 UT Oct 2 with music and preaching in Swahili. SINPO all 6s if such a
thing existed. With my audio filter opened up to 8 kHz bandwidth, it
sounded good.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
MOLDOVA Pridnestrovskiy (Transnistrian) Radioteletsentr (PRTC) trans-
mitter Grigoriopol Maiac radio center. Schedule of retransmissions of
Russian programs. Introduced from October 1, 2024.
999 kHz 16.00-20.30 UT Radio Russii / Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Moldova.
1413 kHz 03.00-21.00 UT Vesti-FM / Ukraine, Crimea.
<https://vk.com/public158109176>
(via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1310 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
Transnistria. Put in a good word about the Transnistrian Center.
You know, I write you something about Powerful Radio Broadcasting. Then
I open forums or chats ... And there are real wild fantasies and verbal
battles. "We need this station there, or that one", "We don't need another
one - I don't like the content", "Oh, and for such an order the center
can't even dream" and so on.
In short, armchair reasoning. There is absolutely no sense in it, but
"graphomania" is fashionable now. And everything would be fine, but in
the end, they give birth to fabrications, which people meekly believe.
Now there will be "the obvious-incredible" :
From October 1, PRTC stops broadcasting sessions of Transworld Radio.
Broadcasting of programs on frequencies of 621 kHz and 1548 kHz will be
removed.
The reasons that formed the basis for the termination of broadcasts are
two points:
1. Reduction of financial funds.
2. Sanction pressure.
The main reason, of course, is the second. Since 2023, PRTC has been in-
cluded in the sanctions list. Transmirovoe Radio is a foreign customer.
Such cooperation in the field of radio broadcasting is not approved in
the United States and TMR suffers losses from fines under the sanctions
policy.
PRTC has been a Russian radio center since 2007.
Details in Russian + photo:
<https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3761>
(via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1310 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
MONGOLIA Received a QSL for listening to the Voice of Mongolia pro-
gram in Russian via the Internet. Didn't expect confirmation.
There is information about confirmation of an electronic QSL for listen-
ing to the Japanese edition of the program via the Internet. The report
was sent to
<vom.russian [at] yahoo.com>
Picture:
<https://vk.com/club3877182?w=wall-3877182_40425&z=photo-
3877182_457248295%2Fwall-3877182_40425>
<https://vk.com/club3877182?w=wall-3877182_40425&z=photo-
3877 182_457248296%2Fwall-3877182_40425>
<https://vk.com/club3877182?w=wall-3877182_40425&z=photo-
3877182_457248294%2Fwall-3877182_40425>
(Maxim Terleev-RUS, <https://vk.com/club3877182-RUS> via
RUSdx #1310 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
MYANMAR 5914.976 kHz odd fqy of Myanmar Radio from new capital Nay Pyi
Daw at 13.44 UT on Mon Oct 7, Burmese pop mx noted at Qatar Perseus unit,
S=8 signal, similar strength but different program on 5985 kHz even fqy
from old British empire Burmese capital Yengu-Yangoon bcast center at same
time and strength level.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mon Oct 7)
NEW ZEALAND How To Listen.
RNZ Pacific (RNZI) broadcasts at the following frequencies and times to
different parts of the Pacific Region. Expect schedule changes from time
to time to take account of propagation to our target audience.
NB: Every month on the first Wednesday is Maintenance day at our trans-
mitter site from 2230 - 0600 UTC. ( Thursdays 1030 - 1800 NZST )
During this period there may be interruptions to our programmes.
31 Mar 2024 - 26 Oct 2024
UTC kHz TARGET DAYS
00:00 - 06:58 17675 Pacific Updated 8 Sept 2024. Daily
06:59 - 12:58 13690 Pacific Daily
10:59 - 12:58 13690 Solomon Islands, PNG Mon - Fri
12:59 - 16:50 7440 Pacific Daily
16:51 - 17:58 9700 AM 9655 DRM Tonga Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri
16:51 - 18:58 9700 Pacific Sat
17:59 - 18:58 9700 AM 9655 DRM Tonga Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri
17:59 - 18:58 11725 Pacific Sat
18:59 - 20:58 15720 AM 13840 DRM Tonga Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri
18:59 - 22:58 15720 Pacific Sat
19:59 - 20:58 15720 AM 13840 DRM Pacific Sun - Fri
20:59 - 22:58 15720 Pacific Sun - Fri
22:59 - 00:00 17675 Pacific Sun - Fri
(Tanino Marabello-Treviso-ITA, wor Sept 30)
I was wondering if New Zealand if shifted to Summer Time ?
While listening last night, their programs seem to have shifted by an hour
(Chris in Ohio-USA, wor Oct 1)
Re: Radio New Zealand Pacific transmission A24 sheet updated.
Yes, last weekend, Sept 29.
(Chris Mackerell, Sandy Bay-Marahau Road, Motueka-NZ, wor Oct 1)
NEW ZEALAND 17675 kHz Sept 30 at 0631 UT, surprised to find RNZP here
so late, after nothing on 9700, 11725, or 13690 kHz; S8/S9 report about
a case of radiation exposure on Guam; 0633 UT start another program,
'It's Personal' interview. This is not a mistake, however, as Tanino
Marabello points out {see latest RNZ Pac schedule given above, ed.},
another sked revision shows 17675 kHz at 0000 UT until 0658 UT daily
"updated 8 Sept"! Surely was not running 17675 kHz that late already for
two sesquiweeks:
<https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/listen>
17675 kHz also at 2259-0000 UT Sun-Fri only - so that means ZERO frequen-
cies during that hour on Saturdays, surely not correct ! 13690 kHz now
shown at 0659-1258 UT for Pacific daily, AND 1059-1258 UT for Solomons/
PNG on Mon-Fri only.
Does that mean one transmitter split into NW and NE antennas, or two dif-
ferent transmitters on same frequency ? This span was previously shown on
two different frequencies. At 1259-1650 UT daily on 7440 kHz for Pacific,
which I confirmed circa 1345 after a 1-hour power outage here. 15720 kHz
at 1859-2258 UT depending on day of week, target.
This schedule can be so confusing. Instead of specifying different days
of week for each segment, they ought to have complete skeds for Mon-Fri,
another for Sat only and another for Sun only. DRM skeds should also be
separated. Also it takes a lot of fishing around website to find program
sked info, depending on whether it's RNZ domestic relay and those are of
course in local imaginary time UT+13hrs
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Oct 1)
PHILIPPINES 15435 kHz FEBC Manila via Bocaue bc center. R at 0001 UT
Open, nice vocal music, some sounding like religious choral music. Listed
in this slot as Xitsonga / Shangaan (a Bantu language in SoEaAfrica - ac-
cording to references) Fair Sept 30.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Oct 1)
Strange oddity at FEBC Bocaue PHL outlet on
15435.503 kHz FEBC Manila in Shan and Tai-Nue languages of Bocaue site,
S=8-9 signal at 00.10 UT, Thur Oct 3.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 3)
ROMANIA RRI Hoerertag 2024. Radio Romania International.
Liebe Freunde, jedes Jahr wird am 1. November der Tag des rumaenischen
Rundfunks gefeiert. Dieses Jahr erwarten wir sie am 3. November 2024,
dem ersten Sonntag nach dem Tag des Rundfunks, zum "Tag des Hoerers" bei
Radio Rumaenien International.
Die kuenstliche Intelligenz (KI), die direkt aus der Science-Fiction-
Literatur zu stammen scheint, aber bereits 1956 als akademische Disziplin
gegruendet wurde, ist zunehmend im Alltag praesent. Sie bewirkt tiefgrei-
fende Veraenderungen auf allen Ebenen der Gesellschaft. Die Auswirkungen
der KI, die oft mit der industriellen Revolution verglichen wird, bringen
unumstrittene Vorteile, aber auch zahlreiche Herausforderungen und beacht-
liche Risiken mit sich.
Die Meinungen der Experten sind geteilt. Waehrend die einen glauben, dass
kuenstliche Intelligenz in Zukunft unverzichtbar sein wird,sprechen andere
von ihrem Potenzial, die Menschheit zu zerstoeren.
In der Ausgabe2024 des RRI-Hoerertags fragen wir Sie, wie KI Ihrer Meinung
nach die Welt veraendern wird? Wie werden die Arbeitsplaetze der Zukunft
aussehen? Wie abhaengig werden wir von KI sein? Wer und wie sollte der
Einsatz von KI reguliert werden? Was sind Ihrer Meinung nach die Vorteile
und Gefahren des Einsatzes von KI?
Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Antworten, die in die Sendungen von RRI am
3. November 2024 aufgenommen werden sollen! Sie koennen uns per E-Mail an
die Adresse
<germ -at- rri.ro>
oder auf Facebook ihre Meinung zukommen lassen. Wenn Sie moechten, koennen
Sie auch vorab aufgezeichnete Audio-Antworten per WhatsApp an +40744312650
senden, oder Sie koennen uns Ihre Telefonnummer schicken und wir rufen Sie
aus dem Studio an, um Ihre Nachricht aufzuzeichnen. Wir danken Ihnen im
Voraus!
<https://www.rri.ro/de/hoererecke/hoereraktionen/rri-hoerertag-2024-
id813711.html>
(RRI Oct 3)
Listeners' Day on Radio Romania International.
On Nov 3, 2024, the first Sunday after the celebration of the Romanian
radio corporation, RRI invites you to be part of the Listeners' Day show.
This year, RRI asks you in what way you think AI will change the world.
What will the jobs of the future be like? To what extent will we depend on
AI? Who and how will have to regulate the use of AI? Which are, in your
opinion, the pros and cons of using AI?
We are waiting for your contributions, to include them in our November 3rd
show. You can send them by email, to <engl -at- rri.ro> or on Facebook.
You can also send audio messages on WhatsApp, at +40744312650, or you can
send us your phone number and we will call to record your contribution.
Thank you!
<https://www.rri.ro/en/news-and-current-affairs/newsflash/listeners-
day-on-radio-romania-international-4-id813365.html>
(RRI Oct 3)
ROMANIA 11960 kHz Radio Romania International English via Galbeni to
Western Europe at 0533 UT Oct 3. News segment with advisory for Romanians
in Lebanon to Evacuate. Then segment on listeners day, asking for liste-
ners emailed or voice recorded comments on A.I. SINPO is all 6's if such
a thing existed.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
11975 kHz RRI in Romanian via Galbeni site to Western Europe at 1806 UT
Oct 2 with Romanian music and male announcer who speaks for a minute after
the song then introduces a feature hosted by a woman. SINPO all 5s.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
13650 kHz 2030z, Oct 4, R Romania Intl with 30 minutes in English to the
British Isles and eastern North America via Tiganesti with 300 kW at
307degr azi feeding what might be one of the biggest curtain arrays still
in use, 8 wide x 4 high.
(Jerry Lenamon-TX-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
SAUDI ARABIA [and non] 11934.894 kHz on Sept 30 at 1550 UT, Arabic
lexure with music segments, and NO, chirping/jamming for a change, pre-
sumed still Rep. of Yemen Radio service; S=9+10/20dB into UTwente. Wanted
to hear such ID around 1600 UT but *1557 UT outwiped by heavy ACI from
11940 kHz, CRI English claiming everything is just fine and free in China,
restarting English at 1600 UT; from Kashgar, {Xinjiang province in western
China, - or called like Osmanic western world typical ID: wb}
EAST TURKISTAN, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uighurs and
other Moslems. By 1707 UT recheck, 11934.895- kHz in the clear again, and
still at 1931 UT, exactly same offset.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Oct 1)
SAUDI ARABIA [and non] 11934.895 kHz also on Oct 1 at 11.50 UT.
No Iranian bubble audio signal heard/seen on screen, on that channel on
Oct 1st.
S=9+30dB signal from Yemen excile radio program of Riyadh bcast center,
signal fqy on lower sideband flank today,
and co-channel 10.00-12.57 UT too, of
11935even CHN CRI Russian sce via Shijiazhuang powerful beast trans-
mission too - underneath in Middle East.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews & hcdx Oct 1)
SPAIN 17715 kHz Tue, Oct 1, at 1914-1930 UT, Radio Exterior de Espana,
Noblejas-ESP site, in Spanish. Woman announcer interviews a man till 1916
UT into program "Mundo Solidario"; 1917 UT A song; 1920 UT Now, woman in-
terviews a couple of spanishs who visited Argentine Patagonia, local
peasants, climatic conditions and mineral exploration, including oil and
... Very good reception: 55555.
Parallel logs on 15390nob, dead and buried!; 15520nob 35533; 17855nob off.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Oct 1)
17715.012 kHz exact measured fqy on Oct 1st. ed.
SPAIN 17715 kHz R Ext. de Espana at 2100 UT, men in Spanish with live(?)
sports PBP, "Fair". 15520 kHz audible but "Poor", so ID presumed. Nothing
heard on 17855 kHz for few days. The first day, I didn't think anything of
it until seeing a post by Paul Walker, Jr. in Alaska. I've been rechecking
the fqy ever since. Fair, Sept 29.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Oct 1)
15520 kHz Radio Exterior Espana via Noblejas to the Middle East. 1940 UT
on Oct 1 with female singer doing some kind of ballad/soft ac song.
SINPO beyond all 5s. Sounded good with audio filter opened up to 8 kHz
bandwidth.
[...] and Observations regarding Radio Exterior Espana via Noblejas:
Checking at 1930 UT on Sept 27 and the North American beam is not on the
air. A check just after 1800 UT on Saturday the 28th shows 17855 kHz still
off and 15390 kHz has been off about a month. An 1805 UT on Sept 29 check
shows 17855 kHz REE still missing. 17715 kHz was missing during a check at
1930 UT on Oct 2 and 17855 kHz is still incommunicado. Only 15520 kHz was
on air today.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
15520 kHz REE Noblejas, Oct 2 at 2158 UT, only REE frequency active, at
25% capacity, S=9+10/20dB direct off the back toward ME, might be suffi-
cient if not for my local noise blasts. 2201 UT in token English. At 2226
UT into UTwente when measured, S=9/+10dB, topic has been something about
farming.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
17715 kHz REE Noblejas, Oct 4 at 2200 UT, token English from SNR, best
here S=9/+10dB on SoAM channel as 17855 kHz for NOAM is still OFF. So is
15390 kHz for AF, but 15520 kHz for ME also backwardly audible. Some-
thing's notright at Noblejas. Preview topic to be something about art
history on October 20; such a discussion underway at 2210 UT.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
SRI LANKA 12040 kHz Adventist World Radio, via SLBC site Trincomalee
relay. 2207-2225 UT on Sept 8, strong in English. I enjoyed listening to
the Wavescan programme.
I was surprised when AWR Wavescan started discussing an upcoming meeting
about the B19 Shortwave schedules! I didn't catch the start so I don't
know the episode. So I listened to the rest of Wavescan as usual. It was
great to hear it, even if it was 5 years old! The programme covered the
tests of WWVL in Colorado, about closing of Sentech's Meyerton transmitter
in South Africa and the loss of shortwave services to the Northern Cape of
South Africa, B19 discussion segueing to a visit to Uruguay.
Chat with Carlos in Australia. There was a Japan SWC summary of member Dx
reports. This included reports for VOA, Vatican, Radio Habana. This was
presented by the same announcer, Yuki, who does it today. A eQSL was re-
ceived from both AWR and the Japan Shortwave Club.
(Jayce Gilbert, Cheltenham-Vic-AUS, via
ARDXC ADXN magazine #684 page #5, Oct 2024, direct and via gh too Oct 5)
TAIWAN 9455even 'Furusato no Kaze' Japanese sce, symphonic mx progr, no
talk, Baozhong-Paochung site, S=9+15dB at 13.50 UT.
9525even RTInt Taipei in Thai language 13-14 UT, S=9+20dB at 13.55 UT,
via Baozhong-Paochung site.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mon Oct 7)
TAIWAN 9490 kHz Radio Taiwan International, Danshui heard at 1100 UT on
Sep 30 with time pips, sign-on and a man reading presumed news in Russian.
Poor-fair.
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
9740 kHz Radio Taiwan International, Paochung heard at 1115 UT on Sept 30
with a monologue by a woman in Japanese. Mostly poor.
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
THAILAND Dear Worldwide Listeners.
The Radio Thailand Broadcast Schedule for the A24 Seasonal Change will be
effective on October 1, 2024, at 0800 UTC.
In 2024, we are broadcasting in three languages: English, Mandarin and
Malaysian. Stay tuned for Japanese, which will return in December 2024
after a pause in October and November.
Thank you for being our fans and for your continued support.
Warm regards, Radio Thailand World Service (via WRTH F_B page)
0000-0030 11750 {new, really for NoAM? gh/ed?}
0200-0230 15590
0500-0530 17640
1200-1230 9385
1315-1330 9385
1800-1830 7475
1830-1930 7475
(R Thailand F_B page via
ARDXC ADXN magazine #684 page #9-10,Oct 2024, direct and via gh too Oct 5)
TURKEY Voice of Turkey Emirler site on 17765 kHz.
Unlisted but in progress at 1510 UT with YL talk (news?) in ? lang,
1515-1528 UT OM vocal songs, 1528 UT YL and usual Voice of Turkey filler
music.
15:30 UT time pips and OM ID then extended talk in ? about Israel &
Palestinians, then about Hezbollah until 1542 UT. Brief music & more OM
talk until more music at 1544 UT. Continuing with spoken items and music
interludes.
Not sure what language but definitely not // 17815 kHz listed at Voice
of Turkey in Turkish. Is it Dari 1500-1530 UT & Pashto 1530-1625 UT there-
fore a switch (or keyboard glitch mistake) from 11765 kHz ?
1557 UT switch on of much stronger CRI French service.
Last bit of woman before 1530UT, shortened music, pips and OM in this clip
... <https://voca.ro/1gq6RbOpPBVm>
re: Voice of Turkey 17765kHz - Fehler
Da hat sich der Techniker-Ingenieur in Emirler auf der Tastatur vertippt.
17765 kHz stattdessen heute vertippt, - auf mistake 11765 kHz ?
im Winter 271024-300325 in B-24 wieder auf 9595kHz eine Stunde spaeter...
9595 kHz 1600-1730 UT 30S,40N EMR 250 72 211 1234567 PbtPrs TUR TRT
(Mark Hattam-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr news Sept 23)
UKRAINE 1278 kHz renamed. On September 19, the Ukrainian Parliament
renamed Kurisove to Pokrovske because it was named by Russian colonel
Ivan Kuris (1764-1836).
<https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/pubFile/2532672>
The village has a long history of renamings:
2024- Pokrovske;
2016-2024 Kurisove;
1937-2016 Petrivka/Petrovka;
1921-1937 Petrovske/Petrovskoye;
1793-1921 Kuriso-Pokrovskoye.
(Alexander Miatlikov-Dnipro-UKR, via MW_list / wor Sept 30)
UKRAINE SDR use in Ukraine. I just about fell off my chair when I came
across this article about military SDR use in Ukraine against Russia's
invasion.
<https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/sdr-and-cognitive-radio>
Enjoying the world of radio from my remote QTH on Haida Gwaii off the
NW coast of BC, Canada.
(Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, wor / odxa Oct 6)
UAE 11705 kHz 0050 UT, Radio Free Asia via Abu Dhabi Media at Dhabayya
in Burmese with talk, sounding vaguely like news items. Signal weak-fair,
SIO 323.
(Carlie Forsythe-Madison-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
U.K. 15660 kHz VOA Amharic at 1801 UT Oct. 3 via ENC Woofferton to East
AF with program intro,mention of VOA Amharic website by male host followed
by news with female anchor. SINPO would be all 6s if such a thing existed.
Some RTTY or something similar is often ever present and obvious here over
VOA but today VOA is drowning out the RTTY / data.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
U.K. Encompass Woofferton test transmission on 12050 kHz.
Thanks David, I have not tried 11610kHz. I am in hospital again that's why
I am using SDR receivers. What are these tests about? If there are more
tests I will try both frequencies.
Ref 1566 kHz we get quite a strong signal. From Taunton carrying BBC
R Somerset with Co Channel from Premier Christian after dark.
(Simon Hockenhull-UK, near Bristol; BrDXC-UK iogr Oct 17)
U.K. As it happened often in past decades, TEST txion Fine Tuning on
EBC Woofferton transmission center.
Re: Encompass Woofferton test transmission on 12050 kHz.
There were two tests one on 11610 kHz and the other on 12050 kHz.
The bearings from WOF were 128* and 152* resp.
A sender was being "fine-tuned" as we say!
Lots of reports to TT today, I'll be on the QSLs for a while.
Also note from the boss of the Asian station in Oldham area on MF 1566kHz.
He as turned it off for good and handed back the licence to Ofcom.
73 Dave G4OYX
(David Porter ENC Woofferton-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr Oct 9)
U.K./CHAGOS ISLANDS/MAURITIUS UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands
to Mauritius :
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o>
(Eric Floden, wor Oct 3)
USA Voice of America Will Get a New Headquarters (Radio World).
New digs for Dan Robinson's favorite democrat-directed den of devilry.
<https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/voice-
of-america-will-get-a-new-headquarters>
What happens to the fine VOA Amateur Radio Club station and its antennas
on the roof?
(chirp via wor, Oct 4)
USA {ARGENTINA non} RAE Argentina to the World. I just noticed that RAE
Argentina to the World in English has resumed (some time ago) daily one-
hour broadcasts from Monday to Friday (rather than the weekly half-hour
programmes that were introduced during Covid). WRMI currently broadcasts
the last half-hour of RAE English on 5850 kHz at 2230-2300 UT joining the
live stream mid-way through the programme.
The WRMI sked also shows RAE English at 1400-1430 UT on 7730 kHz, but
checking today (3 October), the Overcomer is being heard instead. I did
quick check of other WRMI freqs at this time, but no trace of RAE.
The web live stream is heard at
<http://vmf.edge-apps.net/embed/live.php?streamname=sc_rad35-
100131&autoplay=true>
at 1400-1500 and 2200-2300 (maybe other times also, but not found yet).
An audio archive of (most) daily broadcasts can now be found at
<https://www.radionacional.com.ar/category/english/>
(Alan Roe, Teddington-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr Oct 3)
USA Congress is trying to force carmakers to keep AM radio ?
it should also use this opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past:
<https://theconversation.com/congress-is-trying-to-force-carmakers-to-
keep-am-radio-it-should-also-use-this-opportunity-to-correct-the-
mistakes-of-the-past-238295>
A well-intentioned article, but any "solution" that does not begin with
smashing the existing corporate megabeasties will ultimately fail,and even
that won't be enough on its own.
Incidentally, do a deep dive into the actual program schedules of many
LPFM stations, and while some of them harbor rather good entertainment
programs, the question of whether they truly fulfill that public interest
thing is often, well, a reasonable question. Personally, I'm glad they
exist, but in many cases, pull out the content feeds from Pacifica et al
and you've got local DJs.
Real, honest to God regional and local public affairs programming costs
money and requires talent. I'm not sure that even a reformed AM band
would fare too much better (but driving a stake thru the heart of the
vampires would still be a catharsis.)
(Bill Tilford-IN-USA, wor Oct 3)
UZBEKISTAN 9400 kHz Adventist World Radio - Tashkent (pres), 2347 UT,
Sept 27; in Mandarin. YL speaking in a measured, calm way, musical bridge
to a man, 2256 UT hymn, 2258 UT pause and repeat of hymn (theme?), 2359 UT
man likely giving an ID and schedule incl. 'dientai', off 2300 UT.
Poor - fair.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1171 Sept 29)
UZBEKISTAN 15320 kHz AWR via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Short-
wave Transmitting bcast center Tashkent. 2210 UT, the Ngaju Dayak language
beamed to Indonesia, with preaching and songs. Ngaju is spoken on the
island of Borneo in Central Kalimantan. Borneo is politically divided into
three countries: Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia.
The history of the Dayak people is fascinating and worth exploring. An ex-
cellent summary can be found at
<https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-
transcripts-and-maps/ngaju-dayak>
At 2230 UT, the service changed to Javanese. The signal was strong, but
with the characteristic transmitter hum we find with most broadcasts ema-
nating from Tashkent these days. Sept 15.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS, via
ARDXC ADXN magazine #684 page #6, Oct 2024, direct and via gh too Oct 5)
15320even UZB {Tashkent relay transmission to zone 54} AWR Asia in
Javanese to INS target, S=9 at 22.42 UT, female presenter and typical
Indonesian instrumental mx heard. TJK and UZB rented relay airtime these
days ... to AWR. (wb df5sx, Oct 1)
UZBEKISTAN 7604.93 kHz 2000 UT 'R Free NoKorea' via Tashkent bcast
center site. Not moved for over a month 332; Sept 20 TW.
11569.96 kHz 2000 UT 'No Korea Reform Radio' via Tashkent. Trumpet mx,
Maurice Andre 453; Sept 2 TW.
(Tomoaki Wagai, Wakayama-JAP; via wor Oct 5)
UZBEKISTAN 9895 kHz 0115z, Oct 2, BBC in English with 100 kW at 131degr
azimuth to India. Audio off just after time pips at 0200 UT, carrier off
at 0201 UT. The big question is why are they off at any time? It's the
most populous country on earth and I suspect more Indians speak English
than any other country except ours. The path to Delhi is only 1000 miles,
Mumbai about 1500 UT, Calcutta about 1700 UT and Bangalore in the far
south is about 2000 miles. It's crazy that they're not on 24/7 hrs_d. And
so should VOA. Anyway, very little flutter considering the polar path.
(Jerry Lenamon-TX-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
VANUATU 7260 kHz Radio Vanuatu, 0603 UT till cut off at 0658:23* UT,
Sept 23. Fairly good reception. Here are a few highlights:
0603-0608 UT: News/weather "update" in Bislama (news story -
<https://www.dailypost.vu/news/8-000-south-santo-villagers-to-benefit-
from-tasmalum-health-centre-s-vt67m-upgrade/article_3b57a035-6161-57e8-
b2f5-aee690ebd166.html>
"Approximately 8,000 people within the South Santo Area 1 council now have
access to improved health services and medical equipment, thanks to a
VT67 million upgrade through the Vanuatu-Australia Partnership.
On Thursday, 19 September 2024, the people of South Santo witnessed the
opening of Tasmalum's newly upgraded health centre at South Santo Area 1.
The health centre,which was extensively damaged during a tropical cyclone,
has been rebuilt with climate resilience and sustainability in mind. This
was funded by the Australian government and coordinated by SANMA Provin-
cial Health and Australia Pacific Health.
The facility will also serve people in surrounding areas of inland South
Santo and offshore islands, providing basic health services that were
previously only accessible at the Northern Provincial Hospital (NPH). Due
to the remoteness of villages and poor transport infrastructure,these ser-
vices were often delayed until illnesses reached severe stages ..."
0632-0642 UT: Public Service Messages; regarding the applications for the
administration of the estate of two deceased persons (one died 22 April
2014, while the other died in Western Australia on 9 May 2024), anyone
opposed to these administrations must reply to the court within 28 days of
the last broadcast. Followed by musical ID - "Radio Vanuatu ... Kingdom of
Tonga ... Solomon Islands ... Voice of Papua New Guinea ... Radio Vanuatu"
- my fairly readable audio -
<https://app.box.com/s/zzgjzbgm49jcceqbxcnqw27k9ewi3gtw>
0657 UT: Getting an early start with their promo for the annual "Christmas
In The Park" event. Switched frequency to 3945 kHz, but as usual, that was
very poor (unusable).
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 23)
VANUATU 7260 kHz Radio Vanuatu, Sept 30 at 0630 UT; intro and exit indi-
genous drums; public service "messages" in Bislama regarding the admini-
stration of the estate of several persons (one died 27 Feb 2024 and one
who died on Santos Island, on 21 Oct 2023); anyone opposing these admini-
strations has 28 days to reply to the court after the last broadcast;
these messages authorized by the Public Solicitor's Office, on Santos Is-
land, with phone number 33825
<https://pso.gov.vu/index.php/about-us/our-offices>
mostly readable; the usual 0658:23* UT. Switched to 3945 kHz, which was un-
usable; checked audio streaming online for news/sports/ weather in Bislama
from 0700 to 0714 UT.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 30)
VATICAN STATE 13830 kHz Vatican Radio (direct via Sta. Maria de Galeria
site) 1545 UT, in progress with Amharic bx (to Ethiopia). Supposed to run
on thru the hour 16.00 UT, but switching to Madagascar site (which is
usually more reliable here, 16-17UT). But, instead, everything dropped out
on-the-hour. If heard, the program should be in Swahili at Central/East
Africa target. Fair to Good on Sept 29.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Oct 1)
15565 kHz Vatican Radio in Portuguese via Santa Maria de Galeria to
East Africa at 1820 UT Oct 2 with two men in studio, sounds like they're
talking about the popes recent and current trips. I was able to under-
stand mentions of "Papal activities" and the names of a country or
two he's visited recently. SINPO all 6s if such a thing existed.
(Paul Walker-McGrath-AK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
15610 kHz VOA via Santa Maria di Galeria heard at 1421 UT on Sept 30 with
a man apparently interviewing a woman who responds to him in listed Kur-
dish. Poor-fair.
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1172 Oct 6)
VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA (?) 4940 kHz 'Estacion 4940 Onda Corta', 0943-1000UT
Sept 30. LA songs, a religious song in English; 0958 UT, ID, etc.; better
than normal reception.
My audio of one minute of instrumental music, followed by ID and announ-
cers -
<https://app.box.com/s/4dzbldh3590dd7dpqrbntialiw6dfwxh>
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 30)
VIETNAM 9839.958 kHz - much oddity as always on that channel, VoVietnam
in Japanese from Son Tay site, 14.00-14.30 UT, S=9+10dB at 14.11 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mon Oct 7)
*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
Report of log on Oct 1 - 2, at 22.35 to 00.27UT on remoted SDRs in Europe,
AJ1L at Rockland MA-USA and VE6JY at Edmonton-AB-CAN
17715.012 ESP REE Noblejas in Spanish S=6 here in EUR at 22.35 UT, but
only endless REE interval signal heard from 23.00 UT
S=9+20dB much stronger in Maine US east coast state remotedly.
Nothing on air on 15390, nor 17855 kHz tonight.
15245.245 KRE Voice of Korea in Spanish from Kujang site 22-23 UT,
much oddity in fqy, S=7 here in EUR at 22.40 UT. Korean radio
signals at this hour suffered today. Shrill audio sound of army
woman chorus performed.
15320even UZB {Tashkent relay transmission to zone 54} AWR Asia in
Javanese to INS target, S=9 at 22.42 UT, female presenter and
typical Indonesian instrumental mx heard. TJK and UZB rented
relay airtime these days ... to AWR.
15520even ESP REE Noblejas in Spanish S=9 here in EUR at 22.45 UT, from
23.00 UT in Portuguese. S=9+20dB much stronger in Maine remo-
tedly.
17880even CHN CRI Beijing 500 kW beast in Spanish (one of two stn sces
only in 16 mb tonight at 22.30-23.00 UT - i.e. CRI and REE, ed.)
Marker on upper end of the 16 mb, 22.00-00.57 UT.
Started Portuguese in 23.00-00.57 UT time slot. S=9+15dB even
in Maine and Alberta across Asia, NoEUR, Atlantic towards NoAM
path.
13650even much bad audio signal MIXTURE of same equal strength
CUB CRI central America relay site Quivican San Felipe TITAN
noted, Portuguese music program // 17880 kHz BEI-CHN, at 23.05UT
and
JAP NHK Radio Japan World in Thai language via NHK Koga-
Ibaragi-Yamata Japan bcast center requested 23.00-23.20 UT, at
S=9+25dB strength noted in Maine and Alberta remotedly.
13715 kHz UNIDentified stn program, like Vietnamese Lao SoEaAS language ?
S=9+25dB at 23.11 UT ...
ohh yes, I see an USAGM RMS log entry of RFA Khmer service at
22.30-23.30 UT:
2024-10-01 23:02:18 capture: AM 13715 (KWT) RFA KHME KWT
2024-10-01 23:02:40 capture: AM 12140 (DB ) RFA KHME TJK
others of VoA 22.00-22.30 UT ex 7375 and 9320 kHz via Tinang-PHL.
2024-10-01 22:02:18 capture: AM 5965 (PHT) VOA KHME PHL
2024-10-01 22:02:40 capture: AM 1575 (BAK) VOA KHME THA
// 1575 kHz MW Ban Pachi-Rasom-THA relay site
13760.032 KRE odd fqy signal of KCBS Pyongyang from Kujang site in Korean
at 23.12 UT on Tue Oct 1st, S=9 signal in Edmonton-AB-CAN.
13790even ALG R Ifrikya in undoubtedly French language towards Sahel/WeAF
probably service in 22 mband from Bechar site instead, due of
txion failure reported on 15160 kHz in daytime at Ouargla these
days. 23.14 UT S=9+30dB powerfule signal noted.
I'll ask the Ampegon technician about recent TX repair need at
Ouargla site. ... or does Michel Fremy-BEL; at Radio Magazine
have recent actual Algerian SW sce news ?
13844.986 USA WWCR #3 tx Nashville TN at 23.15 UT on Oct 1st, female
pastor sermon. S=9+35dB powerhouse signal, accompanied by two
120 Hertz audio buzz strings.
12139.973 UZB USAGM RFA#3 Khmer sce requested at 22.30-23.30 UT likely
scheduled via Dushanbe Orzu relay site. But fqy odditity shows
usage of RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitt-
ing bcast center installation instead ? -ed.
At 23.20 UT on Oct 1st, S=9+10dB in AB-CAN remotedly. Hit by
wideband CODAR signal on 12113 to 12198 kHz fqy range.
11815.009 BRA ZYE440 Radio Brasil Central Goiania, S=9+20dB signal,
but carrier only (?) - or much low modulation level tonight ?
23.25 UT.
11780.009 BRA RN Amazonia, Brasilia outlet in BrasPort, very nice audio
sounded program of smooth cancónies. 23.30 UT S=9+45dB(!) much
powerhouse signal in NoAm, // 6180v kHz too.
11749.893 much oddity: BRA R.Voz Missionária, Camboriu SP, at 23.32 UT
11719.971 VTN VoVTN 1st domestic program in Vietnamese, on lower side fqy
these days. Via Sontay bcast center requested at 22.45-10.30 UT,
S=9+5dB signal noted in AB and MA NoAM.
11699.993 UAE USAGM RFA4 Tibetan sce requested at 23-24 UT, S=9+20dB at
23.36 UT via Abu Dhabi Media at Dhabbaya center.
9979.991 USA WWCR #4 TOM BS roarer program, religious chorus, 23.38 UT
S=9+55dB much powerful signal from Nashville TN site, 22-24 UT.
9929.982 oddity - most strongest station sce in 31 mband this hour, at
23.40 UT, S=9+60dB powerhouse, English sermon of WTWW TOB BS at
21-24 UT, homosexual theme talk.
9839.941 VTN VoVietnam Son Tay bcast center in English,S=9+15dB strength
in NoAM at 23.43 UT.
9818.720 much fqy oddity of BRA ZYR96 R 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, 23.45 UT
S=9+20dB signal noted in VE6JY at Edmonton-AB-CAN installation.
9700even UZB RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting
bcast center installation - used for AWR Asia in Lao language,
23.30-24.00 UT, S=8 signal in NoAM at 23.48 UT.
9665even - surprise, surprise BRA R.Voz Missionária, Camboriu SP, at
23.48 UT on even fqy. Much powerful S=9+25dB signal in 31 mb.
// 11749.893 kHz.
9655 DRM mode signal here on this channel, CHN CNR1 Urumqi, Xinjiang
province in northwestern China near KAZ border, call-sign re-
ported on DRM screen like 3FC, 23.50 UT S=9+15dB in Edmonton-
AB-CAN, likely scheduled 21.57-01.00 UT.
9565.002 USA USAGM R Marti in Spanish towards Cuban island audience,
S=9+50dB powerhouse signal out of Greenville NC relay site.
Spanish at 23.52 UT - talk on Cuban matter, what else.
9545even TJK USAGM RFA #4 Tibetan, via Orzu bcast center, 23.53 UT
S=9+5dB strength in NoAM noted remotedly.
9350.002 USA WWCR #2 sermon in En, S=9+50dB powerhouse signal from
Nashville TN outlet. 20 - 24 UT. 23.55 UT.
9330even USA WBCQ from Monticello, Portuguese, only fair signal into
NoAM via short fountain like step skip. S=8-9 at 23.56 UT.
9264.989 USA WINB from Red Lion PA state, at 23.58 UT, flute music
at S=9+25dB level. ID annmt at final 23.59:40 UT and address
given at 00.01 UT Oct 2nd.
7549.922 BRA (tentativelly) BRA R Ameixinha SP, S=7 fair signal at
00.03 UT on Wed Oct 2nd.
7519.993 USA WWCR #4 Nashville TN state, TOM BS sermon, at 00.20 UT
S=9+50dB powerhouse signal tonight.
7489.933 USA WBCQ from Monticello, The Planet likely, S=9+30dB in
NoAM at 00.25 UT on Oct 2nd.
7360.004 TUR TRT Emirler in Turkish, Turkish, fair backlobe signal of
S=8, meant CeAsian target audience service. 00.27 UT Oct 2nd.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 1 - 2 )
Strange frequency oddity at FEBC Bocaue PHL outlet on
15435.503 kHz FEBC Manila in Shan and Tai-Nue languages of Bocaue site,
S=8-9 signal at 00.10 UT, Thur Oct 3.
15514.867 UZB AWR Thai program via Tashkent relay S=8 at 00.05 UT.
15280.008 IND/BHARAT Akashvani Bangalore Mandarin sce 2345-0115 UT at
S=9+10dB signal level, at 00.10 UT. Underneath hit by CHN main-
land jamming CNR1 program co-channel.
15360even CHN CNR1 jamming stn against co-channel
15359.886 TWN SOH Falun Gong sect in Mandarin Chinese, S=7 at 00.23 UT,
next to CNR13 on 15390even kHz Lingshi #725 stn in Uyghur.
15387.993 kHz S=6 signal of 5-digit Number Station in Mandarin Chinese
00.36 UT on Thur Oct 3rd.
re > strange oddity at FEBC Bocaue PHL outlet
15435.503 kHz Shan and Tai-Nue of FEBC via Bocaue, S=8-9, 00.10 UT
PHILIPPINES Mis-aligned fqy of one TX units at FEBC Bocaue site revealed
15560.505kHz much odd fqy at 01.15UT FEBC Javanese sce in INS audience S=8
18040even likely Star-Star BC from TWN?, in Chinese at 00.48 UT Oct 3rd,
5-digit number station in Mandarin.
21530DRM mode 3E8 digital CNR1 from Dong Fang island, Hainan province out-
let, and co-channel in AM mode
21530.167 kHz TWN SOH Falun Gong sect in Mandarin Chinese too, S=7 at
01.03 UT.
17770DRM digital mode domestic CHN CNR1 Dong Fang island Hainan province
27FA call sign, S=9 at 01.08 UT.
17830DRM digital mode domestic CHN CNR1 Urumqi Xinjiang province
S=9+10dB at 01.09 UT.
15180DRM digital mode domestic CHN CNR1 from Kunming center at 01.10 UT.
15514.868 UZB AWR Chinese / Amoy sce from RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbeki-
stan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center, at 01.14 UT, poor.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 3)
Report of log on Oct 4th, at 05.30 to 06.43UT on remoted SDRs in Europe,
Doha Qatar ME and VE6JY at Edmonton-AB-CAN
4765 kHz CUB R Progreso not on air at 05.30 UT, schedule 01.30-05.00 UT
5024.994 CUB R Rebelde music program smooth sweet canciónes, S=9+30dB
at 05.40 UT on Oct 4th.
5939.822 BRA R. Voz Missionária, Camboriu SP, S=9+5 in AB-CAN remotedly
at 05.43 UT.
5960even ASC R Ndarason Int to WeAF, string & drums mx, 05.45 UT at
S=9+15dB strong sigal.
5995even MLI R TV du Mali, Bamako center #1, S=9+10dB into Alberta-CAN,
string instrument and chorus at 05.47 UT Oct 4th.
6000even CUB RHC Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center, RHC English
sce, S=9+30dB power, but terrible distorted audio outlet tonight
6009.950 BRA R.Inconfidencia. Contegam, MG, BrasPort, S=6, talk at 05.50
6050 kHz nothing on air from EQA nor LBR.
6069.989 CAN Interviewed manager at CFRX Toronto progr,S=9+10dB at 05.51
6159.930 USA WBCQ religious TOM BS sermon progr to crowd, S=9+10dB at
05.53 UT on Oct 4th.
6184.965 MEX XEPPM R. Educación Mexico D.F.typical smooth Mexican can-
ciónes at 05.55 UT, S=9+15dB at Edmonton-AB-CAN Perseus SDR.
7410even ASC BBC London Hausa sce to WeAF target, S=9+10dB at 05.58 UT.
15120.014 IRN IRIB Hausa language towards West AF, nx at 06.01 UT heard
remotedly in Doha Qatar Perseus unit, S=9+25dB signal.
15150even USA WMLK fine signal of Ampegon unit at Bethel PA, sermon,
S=9+5dB tonight in AB-CAN, but S=9+15dB in Qatar ME at 06.33 UT
15240.014 IRN VoIRIB via Sirjan bcast center site,Arabic, HolyQuran morn-
ing prayer in progress, 06.00-08.30 UT, S=9+35 powerful at 06.05
15280.008 IND/BHARAT Akasvani formerly AIR Delhi, via Bangalore bcast
center in rabic 05.50-06.30 UT, SoAS typical mx at 06.08 UT,
S=9+15dB in Doha Qatar ME SDR unit.
15320.009 TUR TRT Emirler, Hausa language towards WeAF audience, S=9+5dB
at 06.08 UT. News theme of new female president in México.
15364.996 UAE USAGM Mashaal R in Pashto via Dhabbaya, phone-in program,
04-07 UT scheduled, S=9+30dB strength. 20 kHz wideband signal.
15505even UK ENC Woofferton outlet of Ndarason Int. in KNU, S=7 at
06.14 UT.
15560even AUT AWR Arabic sce via ORS Moosbrunn site, scheduled 06-07 UT
S=9+15dB at 06.15 UT in Doha Qatar ME.
15595even CVA Vatican Radio progr in Arabic via Santa Maria di Galeria,
noted in Qatar ME remotedly, S=9+20dB at 06.16 UT.
Scheduled 06.10 - 06.30 UT.
15770even USA WRMI Okeechobee-FL-US state, flute mx like ROU-Balcan theme
only S=6 poor signal in Middle East SDR unit. 06.18 UT.
17600even ALG Ifrikya FM in Arabic, Bongo mx played, S=9+10dB signal in
Qatar Middle East at 06.20 UT
17640even UNIDentified outlet S=8 at 06.22 UT but seems USAGM RFA Tibetan
via Dhabbaya-UAE site now!; and // nearby 17670 kHz S=9 from KWT
relay site, and finally also 15610 kHz TJK Orzu relay at S=7.
17680even CHN CRI Kashgar Xinjiang province 500 kW beast in Spanish sce
talk and music string instrument, S=9+25dB powerful signal
across CeAS and Doha Qatar towards ESP and South AM target.
06.24 UT.
17790.003 D__ AWR French sce via MBR Nauen site, 06.26 UT, scheduled
06.00-06.30 UT towards zone 46S in WeAF, S=8-9 in Qatar Middle
East Perseus remotedly.
17879.997 THA USAGM R Azadi in Pashto to AFG/PAK at 06.28 UT via
Udorn Thani relay site. S=9+5dB.
15699.991 DNK WMR from Randers towards 180 degr southwards EUR and AF.
poor just under threshold JBA signal at 06.39 UT.
21800even CHN CNR1 most highest jamming fqy in 13 mband, meant against
21799.713 kHz of TWN SOH Mandarin Chinese Falun Gong sect at 06.42 UT.
21530even CHN DRM mode 3E8 digital CNR1 from Dong Fang island, Hainan
province, S=7 in southern EUR Athens-GRC Perseus SDR, 06.43 UT
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 4 )
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