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Dieses Bulletin wird mit Einverstaendnis von Wolfgang DF5SX verteilt.


BC-DX 937                                                    07 Nov 2009
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ALASKA   An experiment that fires powerful radio waves into the sky has
created a patch of 'artificial ionosphere', mimicking the uppermost
portion of Earth's atmosphere. According to a report in Nature News, the
experiment is called the 'High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program'
(HAARP), near Gakona, Alaska. It has spent nearly two decades using radio
waves to probe Earth's magnetic field and ionosphere.

One of the most obvious results of the experiments is that they can create
lights in the sky that are similar to auroras, the glowing curtains of
light that naturally appear in the polar skies when electrons and other
charged particles pour down from Earth's protective magnetosphere into the
upper atmosphere. There, at an altitude of about 250 kilometres, the
charged particles collide with molecules of oxygen and nitrogen and make
them emit light, similar to the process inside a fluorescent light bulb.
HAARP's high-frequency radio waves can accelerate electrons in the
atmosphere, increasing the energy of their collisions and creating a glow.

The technique has previously triggered speckles of light while running at
a power of almost 1 megawatt. But since the facility ramped up to 3.6
megawatts it has created full-scale artificial auroras that are visible to
the naked eye. In February last year, HAARP managed to induce a strange
bull's-eye pattern in the night sky. Instead of the expected fuzzy,
doughnut-shaped blob, surprising irregular luminescent bands radiated out
from the centre of the bull's-eye, according to Todd Pedersen, a research
physicist at the US Air Force Research Laboratory in Massachusetts, who
leads the team that ran the experiment at HAARP.

The team modelled how the energy sent skywards from the HAARP antenna
array would trigger these odd shapes. They determined that the areas of
the bull's-eye with strange light patterns were in regions of denser,
partially ionised gas in the atmosphere, as measured by ground-based high-
frequency radar used to track the ionosphere. The scientists believe that
these dense patches of plasma could be gas that was ionised by the HAARP
emissions.

"This is the really exciting part - we've made a little artificial piece
of ionosphere," Pedersen said. "The novelty is not seeing the aurora -
it's the fact that we can actually create enough high-energy electrons to
form plasma," said Mike Kosch, chair of Experimental Space Science at
Lancaster University, UK. "It shows something completely different and new
that we hadn't expected. We didn't know we could do that from a radio
array on the ground," he added.
(Times of India via Mike Terry-UK, dxld via WDXC-UK Contact Nov 1)

ALBANIA   R. Tirana's B-season frequency, 13640 doing well on the first
day of English at timeshifted 1530 UT: Oct 26 carrier already on the air
at 1524. IS started at 1528:30, modulation lo-fi and distorted like from a
worn-out tape. 1530 YL announces new transmission schedule dated 25th of
October 2009 to 27th of March, 2010, as always at the beginning of each
broadcast taking a couple of minutes:

"UK and USA at 1945-2000 on 7465, 11635 UK at 2100-2130 on 7520 USA at:
1530-1600 13640
2100-2130  9895
0130-0145  7425
0245-0300  7425
0330-0400  6150
0430-0500  6100
To Europe Monday-Saturday, to North America Monday-Sunday."

Otherwise Canadians must consider themselves adjuncts of the USA. Monday-
Sunday? This is misleading. In UT terms, the first broadcast at 1530 is on
Monday, and the last one at 0430 is on UT Sunday. But there are no
broadcasts in English between 0500 UT Sunday and 1530 Monday, a 34.5-hour
gap.

At 1540 there was an item about a meeting in Vienna evaluating Albania's
parliamentary elexions this year, the US ambassador saying allegations of
irregularities were groundless, as the socialist opposition had been
claiming. Occasional chirps of interference were heard, unknown source.
Cuban splatter? Spread-spectrum, or some other utility? At least CODAR
does not normally reach this high above 13600.

The 1945 frequencies were not making it here Oct 26, except for traces of
carriers. We assume they are good in Europe and perhaps in eastern NAm,
and may improve here as winter oncomes. No better at 2100, I am afraid:
trace on 7520, nothing audible on 9895.

Radio Tirana will be eager to hear from listeners how these and all their
language broadcasts are coming thru, any unexpected interference problems,
etc.? Note that the 0330 has been shifted from 6110 used last winter, to
avoid Ethiopia, but is 6150 really clear now? And is there any residual
DentroCuban jamming on 6100 kHz at 0430 UT?
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Oct 28)

13639.97  Radio Tirana from Shijak tx site some 30 Hertz down at 1530 UT,
in peaks exciting S=9+35 dB in Stuttgart Germany; normally my location is
in dead zone of 22mb. 1530 UT new female voice announcer recording in the
clear for Radio Tirana schedule as from Oct 26th.

Slight adjacent channel signal from 13635 kHz like CVC Darwin Australia
transmission up to S=7 level, and small tiny AIR Bangalore service in
Gujarati on 13645 kHz, like S=1.

News items about GREENERY in Tirana city, some new road building programs,
and scandals in Albania. Scheduled Mondays to Saturdays towards NoAM, like
USA, CAN and MEX.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 26)

6150  I woke up suddenly at 0300 UT Nov 3rd. So I heard a very clear piano
interval signal of Radio Tirana on 6150 kHz channel started at 0327-0330
UT, Nov 3rd. S=9+10 dB signal level. No Interference, free channel, but
low modulation on the lady announcer program at 0300 UT. Radio Tirana need
urgently an OPTIMOD unit in order to power their modulation on air.

No interfrence from adjacent channels, but 6145 kHz contained IRIB Tehran
in Sorani Kurdish program, and also on 6155 kHz weak signal of BBC Cyprus
in Arabic and AIR Bangalore India too.

At 0430 UT I noted the same English program again but on 6100 kHz, which
was also S=9+10dB level, but a little bit ionosphere noisier than at
previous 0330 UT hour. 6095 and 6105 kHz were empty channels on this slot,
all monitored in Stuttgart, southern Germany.

6130 kHz channel is totally covered by 500 kW superpowers Russian programs
BBC RMP at 0300, and NHK Japan via Wertachtal at 0330 UT. Roumania at 0400
with 300 kW Harris unit.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

13640  R. Tirana, English to NoAM, Nov 3 at 1532 UT going from
transmission schedule to news, good signal and absolutely no interference
on channel or from the sides. CODAR ("ocean wave radar") swishing pulses
did not extend above 13575 kHz at this time.

R. Tirana 2100-2130 English check Nov 3: at 2111 very poor signal on 9895,
just noise on 7520. Propagation conditions had degraded. At 2346 UT,
during Tirana's one-hour break before resuming in Albanian on 7425 kHz, I
found that frequency bearing something in Chinese, and furthermore jamming
noise underneath, the latter probably spurious from the barrage against
Marti on 7405, as there were similar sounds on otherwise open 7385, 20 kHz
on the opposite side.

Chinese is now scheduled as CRI via Kunming, 500 kW at 177 degrees, but
CRI is also scheduled during the following hour on 7425, 00-01 in English
via Kashgar, East Turkistan, 100 kW at 174 degrees, and that explains the
weak co-channel or SAH that has been heard when R. Tirana to NAm is quite
weak after 0000. One needs to hear it on 7425 since:

The other RT frequency, 6110 from 0000 UT, is still occupied by RHC but
the two could be heard mixing at 0052 UT Nov 4, plus DentroCuban bubble
jamming underneath.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Nov 4)

6165  checking Nov 5 at 2228 UT to see how R. Tirana is doing, intended
for Europe at 2130-2300 UT. It may have been underneath, but the dominant
6165 signal was not \\ RT Albanian talk on 7435 kHz, as 6165 kHz was
musical, and 2229 UT into announcement I finally decided was in French but
with an extremely heavy accent; closing ID included "Ici poste national de
l'ONRT", anthem and off at 2231:30* UT and even then there was little of
Tirana to be heard.

I was not expecting ONRT as an ID for this station usually referred to as
RNT Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne, but uplooked later, ONRT fits
perfectly to the WRTH heading: Office National de Radio et Television du
Tchad. Does this mean that both poste and office are masculine??
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Nov 6)


A Swedish DXers questions.
Dear Drita: This weekend I have been very busy with other matters and had
no time to monitor Radio Tirana. But today I got an e-mail from a Swedish
DXer who asks:

1) The transmitters on 1215, 1395 and 1458 kHz are located in Lushnje
according to WRTH until 1994. From WRTH 1995 the transmitter's size is
given as Fllaka. Is this the same transmitter plant or a new one?

2) I have a QSL from Radio Tirana from the beginning of the 1960ies for
their SW transmissions. Do you know which SW transmitters were in use
then? In WRTH only Tirana is noted.

Drita, I guess I can give the answers myself, but to avoid possible
mistakes I ask you first before writing to Mr. Lars Skoglund. So your help
will be appreciated.

Kind regards from Sweden in the autumn monotony.
(Ullmar Qvick-SWE, via Drita Nov 2)

Hello,
for Mr. Lars Skoglund in Sweden ... and see below,

The strong first MW tx Tirana, Made in USSR.
ALB  Radio Tirana Kashar 1359 kHz 50 kW of March 1952 year.
41 21 53.88 N  19 42 46.60 E

<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=41%C2%B021%275
3.88%22N++19%C2%B042%2746.60%22E&sll=41.364967,19.712944&sspn=0.388048,0.8
91953&g=41%C2%B021%2753.88%22N++19%C2%B042%2746.60%22E&ie=UTF8&ll=41.36496
7,19.712944&spn=0.003032,0.006968&t=h&z=18>

ALB  Radio Tirana SW Shijak site + MW 1089 kHz 100 kW in November 1961,
Made in USSR. PRCHN unit replaced in June 1987.
- but changed separate of East European Communist block to Chinese PRCH
friendship and equipment in 1966 year.
41 19 49.10 N  19 33 00.28 E

<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=41%C2%B019%274
9.10%22N++19%C2%B033%2700.28%22E&sll=41.364967,19.712944&sspn=0.003032,0.0
06968&ie=UTF8&ll=41.330306,19.550078&spn=0.006067,0.013937&t=h&z=17>

ALB  Radio Tirana MW Fllake 1215 1395 1458 kHz, 2 x 500 kW txs.
directional 4-mast antennas 1395 kHz
at 4, 30, 33, 315, 330, 338 degrs azimuth and
directional 8-mast antennas 1215 kHz
at 33, 315 & 330 degrs azimuth.
non-directional 2 x single MW masts on 1458 kHz.

7.8 kilometers north of Durres harbour.
High power mediumwave site, Made in PR of China from October 1966 year
onwards, 2nd transmitter in 1968.
41 21 51.12 N  19 30 47.46 E

<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=41%C2%B021%275
1.12%22N++19%C2%B030%2747.46%22E&sll=41.330306,19.550078&sspn=0.006067,0.0
13937&ie=UTF8&ll=41.3642,19.513183&spn=0.012127,0.027874&t=h&z=16>

Location   kHz Origin, year kW Antenna Remarks

Shijak     1089 CHN    1961 150 ND  / new unit June 1987
Kashar     1359 RUS    1952  50 ND ceased bcing 15.06.2000.
            (now stand-by for 1089)
Shkoder     693 CHN    1983  50 ND
           1323 CHN    1980  15 ND
Kukes       648 CHN    1980  50 ND
            990 CHN    1970  16 ND
Korce      1260 CHN    1982  50 ND
            621 CHN    1980  25 ND
Gjirokaster 909 CHN    1982  50 ND
           1305 CHN    1970  15 ND
Sarande     864 CHN    1980  30 ND ceased bcing 15.05.2000.
[Sorry Sarande TX site not traced yet.]
Fllake     1215 CHN  1966 500 Directional 33, 315 & 330 degrs
Fllake     1395 CHN  1968 500 Directional 4,30,33,315,330,338 degrs
Fllake     1458 CHN  1968 500 ND.   (July 10, 2000)

ALB  former Kukes MW 648 kHz 50 kW. 1980 year.
not traced so far yet.
Probably  42 01 49.63 N  20 25 38.19 E  location, dimmly in G.E.

<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=+42%C2%B0+1%27
49.63%22N+++20%C2%B025%2738.19%22E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.808164,
57.084961&ie=UTF8&ll=42.030453,20.427275&spn=0.012002,0.027874&t=h&z=16

ALB  former Skoder MW 693 kHz 50 kW / 1323 kHz 10 kW. 1983 year.
42 02 50.49 N  19 31 44.13 E

<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=42.047358&lon=19.528925&z=17.2&r=0&src=msl

>>


ALB  former Korce 621 kHz 25 kW / 1260 kHz 50 kW. 1981 year.
40 36 09.57 N  20 46 30.24 E

<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=40%C2%B036%270
9.57%22N++20%C2%B046%2730.24%22E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.808164,57
.084961&ie=UTF8&ll=40.602658,20.775067&spn=0.003067,0.006968&t=h&z=18>

ALB  former Girokaster 909, 1305 kHz 50 kW / SW 5020 5057 kHz 60 meterband
1983 year.
40 01 42.41 N  20 12 47.39 E

<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=40.028447&lon=20.213164&z=18&r=0&src=msl>

ALB  SW TX site Cerrik, Made by PRCH of October 1967 onwards

ALB  Cerrik older SW site-A-site, 10 x 50 kW units,
6 low powers 15/25 kW, 33 antennas
41 00 49.85 N  19 59 34.53 E

<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=41.013847&lon=19.992925&z=17&r=0&src=msl>

ALB  China Radio International Cerrik relay site-B
modernized/upgraded by PRCH in November 2004.
6 x 150 kW TX.  23 curtain antennas.
40 59 44.87 N  19 59 51.06 E

<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=40%C2%B059%274
4.87%22N++19%C2%B059%2751.06%22E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.808164,57
.084961&ie=UTF8&ll=40.995797,19.997517&spn=0.012195,0.027874&t=h&z=16>

History:
also SW site on Radio Peking relay to North America in Vietnam war in
1968-1975 year.

Sometimes combined 120 kWs to 240 kW units during US-Vietnam war, noted on
6200, 7090, 7300, 9350, 9390, and 11975 kHz, and Radio Peking relay on
7120 and 9780 kHz, powerful mouthepiece towards USA at 0100-0400 UT.
Feeder from Shijiazhuang PRCH  38 13 13.53 N  114 06 18.81 E

<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=38%C2%B013%271
3.53%22N++114%C2%B006%2718.81%22E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.808164,5
7.084961&ie=UTF8&ll=38.220425,114.105225&spn=0.012694,0.027874&t=h&z=16>
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 2)

ARMENIA   Freq. change for Democratic VoBurma in Burmese via TRW:
1430-1530 NF  9430*ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SEAs, x9415 in B-08
*strong co-ch China Radio International in Chinese till 1500
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

ASCENSION ISL   Ascension Budget Problems Threaten BBC/VTC Relay Station.
More than 1,000 miles from the African coast, Ascension Island is a refuge
and breeding ground for millions of birds. For the past two centuries it
has also served as one of the Western world's most vital staging posts,
guarding Napoleon in his St Helena exile, policing the seas to stamp out
slavery, linking the Atlantic's undersea cables, offering a lifeline to
the Falklands and monitoring the skies for satellites, space shots, radio
transmissions and the electronic signals of terrorists and hostile powers.
The birds, once threatened with extinction, are now returning in their
millions, thanks to a programme to eradicate feral cats and other
predators.

Unless the Ministry of Defence pays millions of pounds in unpaid taxes for
its RAF airbase, the island will be bankrupt by June. The only school will
have to close, the hospital will have no doctors, the few shops, one hotel
and fledgling tourist trade will be unviable. Even the conservation
programme will have to be abandoned.

The threat comes because the MoD is determined to cut costs to pay for
Afghanistan. Its refusal to pay back-taxes on the airbase that Britain
shares with the US has left Ascension with a o900,000 deficit on its o6
million budget.

The island's small council and government, responsible for all services to
the 900 inhabitants, have cut spending to the bone.

Unless a deal can be done in Whitehall, Britain's strategic asset in the
South Atlantic may soon become no more than a barren fortress, the
function it first had when troops arrived in the 1820s to prevent a French
fleet from rescuing Napoleon.

The row pits the MoD against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which
has a keen interest in Ascension's viability, not only because of
international obligations to protect the island's ecology, but also
because Ascension houses a key listening post for GCHQ, Britain's
electronic intelligence service. It also has one of the world's most
powerful relay stations, broadcasting BBC programmes in dozens of
languages across Africa and Latin America.

The BBC World Service depends on Ascension, and the 50 specialist
engineers who maintain the power station and vast array of transmitters,
antennas and satellite dishes would leave overnight if they were forced to
send their families off the island. Without the BBC relay there would be
no power generation or desalination plant. There would be no water for
anyone on the island except the Americans, who operate their own power and
desalination plants.

The quarrel stems from the establishment of a proper administration in
2002 to replace the ad hoc services reluctantly provided by the BBC and
other users of the island. It is also the result of Britain's decision to
keep Ascension a closed island, inaccessible without a permit and with no
right of abode for those working there. The reason is that Ascension is
one vast listening station, packed with radar, antennas and military
intelligence personnel. The Americans, who own the two-mile runway (one of
the world's longest, designed to accommodate the space shuttle), have no
interest in outsiders prying into their affairs.

The crisis comes as Ascension boasts one of the boldest and most
successful conservation programmes in any British overseas territory. The
plan to kill all the feral cats was controversial. The birds now nest on
the main island again _ and thousands circle the guano-covered rocks daily
in a long breeding season. Some of the work is vital in monitoring climate
change. Next year, if the budget is not settled, it may all stop. The tiny
island that has played such a crucial role in British history, from
Napoleon to the Falklands war, would be ruined by a quarrel in Whitehall.
(The Times, via Mike Barraclough-UK, dxld Oct 22, via ARDXC ADXN)

AUSTRALIA   B-09 for CVC International via DRW=Darwin:
Chinese to China
2200-2300  9585 DRW 250 kW 340 deg
2300-0200 15170 DRW 250 kW 340 deg
0400-0600 15250 DRW 250 kW 340 deg
0600-1200 17635 DRW 250 kW 340 deg
1200-1800 13685 DRW 250 kW 340 deg

English to India
0930-1230 15535 DRW 250 kW 303 deg
1230-1830 13635 DRW 250 kW 303 deg

Indonesian to Indonesia
2300-0200 15250 DRW 250 kW 290 deg
0400-1000 17820 DRW 250 kW 290 deg
1000-1300  9890 DRW 250 kW 290 deg
1300-1700 11925 DRW 250 kW 290 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

Also morning Special Burmese outlet to Myanmar. Radio Australia's English
sce is scheduled via CVC Darwin site at 0000-0200 UT daily to Asia
17665drw.
(wb)

17665  Noted RA test transmission in Burmese with test broadcast
announcements and Burmese songs and music together with address
announcements between 0100 and 0130 UT on 17665DRW kHz daily. In between
there are some English announcements also.
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4)

>From 26 October 2009 until 28 March 2010, 11980 kHz will carry Radio
Australia's service to Burma in English and Burmese. The commencement date
of the Burmese-language component will be announced shortly.

11980 kHz operates from 1600-1700 UT from the Cox Peninsula station using
a 250 kW sender and an aerial bearing of 314 degrees.

Please publicise this notice as you see fit.
Kind regards
Nigel Holmes
Transmission Manager
RADIO AUSTRALIA
(Oct 28)

BANGLA DESH   [non]  BBC Bangla monitored schedule for B09.
2330-2400 Hrs 5890, 7490 kHz
0030-0100 Hrs 6065, 5905 kHz
1230-1300 Hrs 5845, 7550 kHz
1400-1500 Hrs Sun only 7550, 11915 kHz
1530-1600 Hrs 9505, 11915

BBC Website <http://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/institutional/frequencies.shtml>
lists the one year old B09? frequencies. The website does not mention time
of broadcast.

VT Communication published schedule of B-09 does not list BBC frequencies.

HFCC.org list for BBC Bangla is confusing because it lists a second set of
frequencies corresponding to the old time schedule of the period before
BBC Bangla advanced programming by one hour to adjust to the changed
Bangladesh Local time. This change was to have reverted back in September
/ October but has not done so.

BBC Bangla normally does not announce the shortwave frequencies. Multiple
emails over the past one year to BBC pointing out their website anomaly
have not been answered .

Where does that leave a BBC Bangla shortwave listener?
>From an amused and confused BBC Bangla listener of 30 years.
(Supratik Sanatani-BGD, dxld Nov 2)

Though both lists are somewhat different ... 25 entries in total.

BBC Bengali to SoAS - standard and Summertime - see below.
 5845 1230-1300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325
 5845 1330-1400 smtwtfs Duchanbe TJK 200 135
 5890 2330-2400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325
 6065 0030-0100 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325
 6155 1630-1700 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325
 6175 1530-1600 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325
 7205 1630-1700 smtwtfs Singapore    100 340
 7225 1330-1400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 305
 7550 1230-1300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325
 7550 1330-1500 s...... Tashkent     100 131
 7490 2330-2400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325
 9440 0330-0430 .mt.... Nakhon Sawan 250 300
 9505 1530-1600 smtwtfs Singapore    250 340
 9510 0030-0100 smtwtfs Singapore    250 340
 9510 0130-0200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325
 9605 1630-1700 smtwtfs Singapore    250 340
11750 0030-0100 smtwtfs Singapore    250 330
11750 2330-2400 smtwtfs Singapore    100 330
11915 1330-1400 smtwtfs Singapore    250 330
11915 1400-1500 s...... Singapore    250 330
11915 1530-1600 smtwtfs Singapore    100 340
11995 0130-0200 smtwtfs Singapore    250 330
11995 0330-0430 .mt.... Nakhon Sawan 250 305
13790 0330-0430 .mt.... Nakhon Sawan 250 300
17615 1230-1300 smtwtfs A'Seela      250  80

FEBA Bangla to SoAS
 7370 0015-0100 smtwtfs Tashkent     100 131
 7370 1500-1530 smtwtfs Tashkent     100 131
(wb)

The BBC lists are correct. 2330, 0030, 1230, 1530 UT are all summer times
and BGD supposed to introduce the winter time as from 1st Nov but
postponed it.

The winter schedule timings are 0030, 0130, 1330, 1630 hrs UT to be
introduced either on coming Sunday or shortly.
(Alok Dasgupta-IND, dxld Nov 4)

BOURKINA FASO   5030.02  Leise aber gut verstaendlich (Audio OK) in
Franzoesisch und mx. Aoki: 5030 R. Burkina 1700-2400 UT French/Dialects 50
ND Ouagadougou.
(Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX Nov 4)

Not only Mauritania, but Ouagadougou 5030 kHz was also reactivated Nov 3,
says Jari Savolainen, Finland, heard at 1745 UT. This one is not so easy
with powerful Rebelde next door. Nov 4 at 0628 UT there was certainly a
carrier on 5030.0 and lo modulation amid Cuban splash. WRTH 2009 shows
sked as 0530-0800 and 1700-2400 UT, with daytime frequency 7230 kHz 0800-
1700 UT; is that reactivated too?
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Nov 4)

BOSNIA   [SERBIA non]  9675  Late deep night I noted unusual strong night
signals on both 41 and 31 mb even from close-by stations like Wertachtal
and Lampertheim, some 120 kms away from my location.

On 9675 kHz was International Radio Serbia from Bijeljina, Bosnia on air
with typical and very lovely Serbian (Yugoslav) folk music in 0100-0200 UT
time slot Nov 1st.

Powerful S=9+20dB and excellent audio from the Swiss made transmitter -
sure it was the former 500 kW beast - but seemingly reduced to 200-250 kW
level. Deep and very fast fluttery though. ID "Belgradu Serbia" in Serbian
noted at 0110 UT. Commentary then "Balkanske ... Serbia integratia ...
Europske..." . NX in Serbian at 0157-0159 UT by female. At 0200 UT end of
program with some "technical" sentence in Serbian. TX switched off at
exact 02.00:52 UT.

Adjacent Iran in Spanish on 9680 kHz was very poor, S=6 level. Adjacent
9670 kHz channel content a mixture of both US Tibetan program from
Wertachtal and CHN mainland jamming at S=9+10dB level, 0100-0300 UT, but
not annoying.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1)

Here is the new schedule, effective today:
<http://glassrbije.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=3
0&Itemid=123>

B09 INTERNATIONAL RADIO SERBIA
Transmitter BIJ Jabanusa near Bijeljina, Bosnia [YABANUSHA, BEE-YEL-YINA]
1900-1930 6100  250 kW 310 degr WeEu RUSSIAN
1930-2000 6100  250 kW 310 degr WeEu ENGLISH
2000-2030 6100  250 kW 310 degr WeEu SPANISH
2030-2100 6100  250 kW 310 degr WeEu SERBIAN SUN-FRI
2030-2130 6100  250 kW 310 degr WeEu SERBIAN SAT
2100-2130 6100  250 kW 310 degr WeEu GERMAN  SUN-FRI
2130-2200 6100  250 kW 310 degr WeEu FRENCH
2200-2230 6100  250 kW 310 degr WeEu ENGLISH
2230-2300 7230  250 kW 100 degr Au   SERBIAN

0100-0130 6190  250 kW 310 degr NCAm SERBIAN MON-SAT
0100-0200 6190  250 kW 310 degr NCAm SERBIAN SUN
0130-0200 6190  250 kW 310 degr NCAm ENGLISH MON-SAT
(via Dragan Lekic-SRB, dxld Oct 31)

Rubbish DRM ruins 6100 kHz. 6100 Serbia was on air on Monday 26th, but
suffered once again by DRM outlet[s]! from Luxembourg 6095 and Moscow 6105
kHz.

6100 New U.K. outlet of Polish Radio Warsaw in German via Woofferton today
at 1630 UT, only S=9+15dB signal, but rubbish DRM signal on adjacent 6088
to 6103.1 kHz from Junglinster Luxembourg site.

6105drm Voice of Russia, Moscow, latter which is in DRM mode now, terribly
covers 6100-6105-6110 channels at 2000-2300 UT. S=9+40dB.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1)

CANADA   New RCI B09 technical & program schd's are now available in pdf
format:
<http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/horaires.shtml>
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, dxld Oct 27)

CHILE   B-09 for Voz Crista La Voz via SGO=Santiago:

Portuguese to Brasil
1800-2000 17860 SGO 015 kW 045 deg DRM  Sun-Thu

Spanish to Northern South America
1100-1200  9780 SGO 100 kW non-dir till March 13
1200-0100 17680 SGO 100 kW non-dir till March 13
1200-0200 17680 SGO 100 kW non-dir from March 14

Spanish to Southern South America
1100-2200  9635 SGO 100 kW 030 deg till March 13
1200-2200  9635 SGO 100 kW 030 deg from March 14
2200-0100  9745 SGO 100 kW 030 deg till March 13
2200-0200  9745 SGO 100 kW 030 deg from March 14
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

CHINA   3280  Voice of Pujiang, Shanghai at 1346 UT in Chinese, talks by
man and woman. At 1428 UT noted 5075 \\ 3280 kHz with what sounded like a
dramatization. Poor Oct 30.
(Harold Sellers-BC-CAN, DXplorer Oct 30)

CNR-1 heard on 9450 with echo jamming at 1452. Strong jamming of Sound of
Hope, which I was unable to hear at all; parallel and one second slower
than 5030.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld via WDXC-UK Contact Nov 1)

I'm still learning new SWL tricks. One that I haven't mastered yet
involves jamming. Can you explain what "echo jamming" is?
(Richard Bianchino, ibid.)

There are two types of Chinese jamming that are directed against such
stations as Sound of Hope, Radio Free Asia, BBC, etc. that broadcast in
Chinese or similar language (Tibetan, etc.). One is "Firedrake", which is
just non-stop Chinese music similar to Chinese opera music, but never with
any singing, just loud music.

The second type is regular CNR-1 programming that they transmit from one
or more sites, with two or more transmitters and out of sync, causing a
very distinctive echo effect to the audio, which makes it almost
impossible to hear (or understand) the underlying station.

Which of course is the whole purpose of the jamming. The CNR-1 programming
can be confirmed by checking for a \\ with a known (non-jamming) CNR-1
frequency. I use 5030 to hear if the programming matches up as the same.

Recently there are some frequencies that actually use both Firedrake and
CNR-1 echo jamming, just to be doubly sure no one can hear the jammed
station.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld via WDXC-UK Contact Nov 1)

CUBA   Radio Habana Cuba really is on 6110 NOW, checked at 2330 UT with
their own programming. You may have seen my report of this morning that
they were also using new 6110 kHz then, and it is on all day long. It
remains to be seen for how much longer, but apparently replaces 5965 which
was on the air from 1100 to 0500 (I believe). They were also on new 6150
kHz last night after 0600 UT and we can only hope they will not be on it
before 0500 UT!
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Nov 3)

I noted RHC at that 0300-0500 UT on 6000 kHz English S=9+10dB, also 6040
and weaker 6060 kHz at 0350 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

DENMARK   The reason for using 243 kHz instead of 1062 here in October is
that some windmills are being erected close to the Kalundborg transmitting
station, and some apparatus used are being interferred by the 1062 kHz
signal.
(Erik Koie-DEN, dxld Oct 23)

The reason for the reactivation of Kalundborg 243 kHz is work in the
harbour. Huge wind mills to be placed in the Great Belt have to be
assembled by means of a big crane. This crane get "electric" from
interference caused by the mediumwave transmitter of 1062 kHz. During the
MW transmission at 0735 UTC in the morning work with the crane is paused.

In Danish:
<http://www.nordvestnyt.dk/artikel/45102:Kalundborg 
DR-s-vejrudsigt-goer-kran-elektrisk>
(Ydun Ritz-DEN, Oct 25, ibid. dxld)

DRM

6180, the 500 kW [analog] powerhouse from Bangalore noted here in central
Europe the whole evening with fair strength, like an UAE relay
transmission. Started 1725 UT with AIR interval signal.

The planned IRIB Sitkunai Lithuania outlet by Sigitas Zilionis on co-
channel 6180 moved to 6105 kHz instead tonight, IRIB German service
S=9+40dB powerhouse.

But at 1900-1927 UT all three channels 6175-6180-6185 kHz were useless due
of "crackbrained" planning of the Roumanian RRO organisation, which put
some DRM mode interference midst on the broadcast band. 6180 Italian in
DRM mode. Also

5930drm RRI German  on 5925-5930-5935 kHz 1900-1957 UT
6030drm RRI Russian on 6025-6030-6035 kHz 1600-1657 UT
6030drm RRI Fr/En   on 6025-6030-6035 kHz 2100-2157 UT
- even English at 2130 UT.

3975drm PRW in German        2030-2100 UT 3970-3975-3980 useless.
5875drm RRI Kvitsoe in Ge    1730-1757 UT 5870-5875-5880 useless.
6105drm VoRussia Moscow      2000-2300 UT 6100-6105-6110 useless.
6145drm VoRussia Kaliningrad 1600-1900 UT 6140-6145-6150 useless,

also HCJB relay via Issoudun at 1800-1900 UT on 6140 kHz negative, latter
which moved now on Wertachtal 3975 kHz at 1700-1800 UT instead.
(wb, dxld Oct 25)

Rubbish DRM ruins 6100 kHz. 6100 Serbia was on air on Monday 26th, but
suffered once again by DRM outlet[s]! from Luxembourg 6095 and Moscow 6105
kHz.

6100  New U.K. outlet of Polish Radio Warsaw in German via Woofferton
today at 1630 UT, only S=9+15dB signal, but rubbish DRM signal on adjacent
6088 to 6103.1 kHz from Junglinster Luxembourg site.

6105drm Voice of Russia, Moscow, latter which is in DRM mode now, terribly
covers 6100-6105-6110 channels at 2000-2300 UT. S=9+40dB.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1)

Douglas from Germany missed the RNZi DRM mode outlet from 9760 WOF, tx
switched OFF at 1130 UT:

9760 1100-1130 ......s KBS Woofferton 250 105 English W EUR
9760 1100-1130 .....f. NHK Woofferton 250 105 English EUR
9760 1130-1200 ......s RNZ Woofferton 250 105 English W EUR <<<<
9760 1130-1200 .....f. NHK Woofferton 250 105 Russian W EUR
(Douglas Kaehler-D, A-DX Sat Oct 31)

He heard also DRM on 17650 at 1330 UT to cargo ship fleet. Nauen mit zwei
Datendiensten seit 1330 UTC (vorher Echo des Tages). QRG: 17650 kHz

1) Nachrichten Data: Journaline 11.52 kbps
   "DRM News Service for Tsingtao Express". (ein Hapag-Frachtschiff)
   WAZ-Nachrichten und DW-Top News

2) DRM Service B Data: MOT WebSite 11.52 kbps, ...wird noch dekodiert...
   SNR ist immer so um 10-12 dB.
(Douglas Kaehler-D, A-DX Sat Oct 31)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   6025.700  R. Amanacer (pres.) at 1115- UT nx pgm w/M
host. A couple sound bites. 1119 UT end of nx, mx outro, then tlk by M.
1126 UT ad block including one for bank. Back to live M at 1129 UT.
Somewhat muffled audio. Fairly strong but slop QRM from 6030 kHz. Starting
to get some heavy QSB after 1120 UT.
(Dave Valko-USA, hcdx Nov 6)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA   15190  R Africa, Bata, 2106-2112, Oct 23, African-
accented preacher, hallelujah hymn in hilife style, good S=9+18 signal,
but despite this, lo-fi audio with some hum, undermodulation. Problem
probably starts with the crummy consumer mike used by the preacher and/or
his recording equipment. It is the program from White City, Saskatchewan,
of all places, outroed by non-African-accented announcer with address as
<embassy @ afcmi.org>  or Box 714, White City, Saskatchewan, S4L 5B1,
Canada.

White City is a bedroom suburb on the east side of Regina. After only a
semiminute of dead air(!) R Africa started the next show at 2111 UT, "Hope
for Today", with audio fading up and down, as if a tracking problem on the
cassette tape; continuing a study of Malachi.
(Glenn Hauser-USA, via ntt Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Oct 28)

FRANCE   7240/7200  Protest of DARC Ham Radio Bandwatch against use of
7200 kHz frequency by Gospel for Asia via Issoudun daily at 2330-0030 UT
was successful.

GFA / TDF / DTK Media Broadcast will replace 7200 by 7240 kHz as from
November 2nd, 2009.

Former transmission on 7200 kHz will last ultimately in \\ til November
8th 2009, in order to inform the audience on Indian subcontinent about
that fq change.

According World Radio TV Handbook the GFA language transmissions last
mostly 15 mins, on this slots are in

Bantawa, Boro, Chakma, Chin, Gurung, Ho, Karbi, Khurukh, Limbu,
Lungelimagar, Mising, Santhali, Sherpa, and Tibetan.

see IARU actions  <http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/actions.pdf>

(Ulrich Bihlmayer DJ9KR
Leiter der Bandwacht des Deutschen Amateur-Radio-Clubs e. V.
und Stellv. Leiter aller Bandwachten in der Region 1 der IARU / ITU Genf

URL: <www.iarums-r1.org>  and  <www.iaru-r1.org>
click MONITORING SYSTEM.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30)

FRANCE/MONACO   702  Col de la Madonne (MCO bzw. F), 702 kHz, 1800 UTC,
RCI relay.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 29)

China Radio International broadcasts since 26. September 2007 also via
Monte-Carlo Radiodiffusion owned transmitter in Col de la Madone, France,
on 702 kHz. Schedule is 0800-2300 UTC.
(Kai Ludwig in RBB-Radio 1 Radio-News via KWRS/NTT Aktuell; CRI website)

0800-1300 French, 1300-1500 Chinese, 1500-1800 Italian, 1800-2300 French;
hourly identification in French. (Herman Boel-BEL)

GERMANY/FRANCE    Some Media Broadcast changes effective Nov 2:
WYFR Family Radio in English
1600-1700  9870 NAU 500 kW 150 deg to EaAf, additional txion

HCJB Global in German
1700-1800 NF  3975 WER 100 kW non-dir to WeEu, x1800-1900 6140 ISS

Gospel For Asia in various South East Asian langs
2330-0030 NF  7240 WER 250 kW 075 deg to SEAs, x7200 ISS

see IARU actions  <http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/actions.pdf>

(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

WRMI - VO Oromia Independence in Oromo to ETH/ERI ?
1700-1730 .....s. EaAF 13830JUL in summer, probably on 9680ISS in
winter season, Sats only.
<http://www.awofio.com/Radio-rswo.htm>
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

3975  HCJB - Kurz nach 1700 UT aus Wertachtal S=9+10dB am Eton E1 in
Stuttgart. Nicht verwunderlich, der M&B Sender steht nur 120 km entfernt.

via M&B Wertachtal
1700-1730 R HCJB 3975/WER Mennonitenplatt (ab 2.11.09)
1730-1800 R HCJB 3975/WER                 (ab 2.11.09)

via TDF Issoudun war heute 1.11. schon abgeschaltet, das Datum stimmt.
1800-1830 R HCJB 6140/ISS Mennonitenplatt (bis 1.11.09)
1830-1900 R HCJB 6140/ISS                 (bis 1.11.09)

dann YFR Hungarian to Hungary, "Magyar Nyelven" 1800-1900 3975WER
und YFR "Srpski za Srbiju" Serbian To Serbia 1900-2000 3975WER
und Ungarn JBR erst um 2200 UT. wb df5sx jn48or
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 2)

GERMANY   Programmtipp 21.11. D-Radio Kultur aus Koenigs Wusterhausen
Quelle: Programmheft "Deutschlandradio", Ausgabe Nov. 2009

<http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/deutschlandrundfahrt/1062248/>

Samstag 21.11.2009 1405-1500 CET / 1505-1600 MEZ
Programm Deutschlandradio Kultur
Moderation: Olaf Kosert

Deutschlandrundfahrt - "An der Wiege des Rundfunks".
Zur Feier der 750. Sendung besucht die "Deutschlandrundfahrt" einen
rundfunkhistorischen Ort: Koenigs Wusterhausen. Hier nahm 1920 der erste
deutsche Rundfunksender den Betrieb mit der Ausstrahlung eines
Weihnachtskonzerts ueber Langwelle auf. Heute erinnert ein Museum an
diesen Teil der Geschichte Koenigs Wusterhausens. Die
"Deutschlandrundfahrt" wird live aus dem dazugehoerenden Maschinensaal
ausgestrahlt.
(Bernhard Weiskopf-D, A-DX Oct 31)

Zerstoerung Sendemast am 13. November 1972.
Uebrigens sind die daraufhin befragten ehemaligen Techniker in Koe-Wu sehr
TAUB auf diesem Ohr, als wenn sie noch alten Stasi/SED/KPD Seilschaften
durch Eid verpflichtet waeren ...

... Es stimmt, als der hoechste der Koe-Wu Sendemasten, 243 m hoch, am 13.
November 1972 mittags durch einen orkanartigen Sturm zerstoert wurde,
verstummte auch die gerade laufende Kurzwellen-Aussendung der griechischen
kommunistischen Partei auf der Kurzwelle 7335 kHz. Entweder war die
Antenne getroffen, oder es gab andere Stromzufuehrungsprobleme...
Jedenfalls meldete das der BBC Monitoringservice genau auf die Minute ...
die haben bestimmt in der Abhoerstation Caversham Park in England dem
griechischen Geheimsender zugehoert..., dass die Aussendung in Griechisch
ploetzlich verstummte.

Der geheime Sender hiess Voice of Truth, griechisch "Radiofonikos Stathmos
I Foni Tis Alithias" und brachte Programme der griechischen
kommunistischen Parte im europaeischen Exil, neben 7335 kHz im Winter auch
auf der Frequenz 9775 kHz im Sommer benutzt.

Dazu gab es noch ein "Bizim Radio" fuer die tuerkischen Kommunisten, der
ausbreitungsmaessig im Sommer von Bulgarien, im Winter aus Koe-Wu sendete
- oder auch kombiniert 1xBUL 1xDDR: 6200-BUL, DDR: 9500, 9535, 9585, 9600
kHz, sowie ueber den von 935/904 kHz umgestimmten Mittelwellensender Burg
908 kHz. Ersatzsender war wohl manchmal auch der 50 Kilowatt
Kurzwellensender der Deutschen Post der DDR in Leipzig Wiederau.

"Radiofonikos Stathmos I Foni Tis Alithias" und "Bizim Radio" waren
Ausdruck der bruederlichen Hilfe der SED an westliche kommunistische
Parteien. Aehnliche Programme strahlten auch Ungarn fuer Italien sowie
Rumaenien fuer Spanien aus.

Die Unterbrechung der Uebertragungen in Koenigswusterhausen Richtung
Griechenland und Tuerkei hielten vom 13. November bis zum 19. November
1972.

Ich meine Redakteur Arne Skoog bei Radio Sweden English Service hat diese
Meldung auch uebernommen, und im WWDXC Worldwide DX Club DX Magazine
Monatsheft gab es auch eine Meldung darueber, wir bezogen damals den
woechentlichen Informationsdienst des BBC Monitoringservice beim WWDXC ...
Also Meldungen darueber muessten sich in diversen DX Publikationen finden
lassen.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 31)

Heusweiler 1179 kHz 10 kW. [started as Radio Saarebruck in 1945]
As of today Saarlaendischer Rundfunk Heusweiler 1179 kHz will be on air
around the clock, 24hrs.

<http://www.biener-media.de/1179-DE.html>

<http://www.sr-online.de/antennesaar/2113/>
has been clumsily updated. The grey bar under which the current airtimes
for the mediumwave transmitter were shown now carries the note "rund um
die Uhr" [...round the clock ...]. (kl)

<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=49.346393&lon=6.914544&z=17&r=0&src=msl>

<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=49.34631111+N+
6.9160299+E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.808164,57.084961&ie=UTF8&ll=49
.347311,6.92503&spn=0.010526,0.027874&t=h&z=16>

Zoom in to a 1000 meter height level
<http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=49.346455~6.9148
96&style=h&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-
1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&where1=49.346421%20N%206.914896%20E&encType=1>

is broadcast via a tiny 10 kW station, the reserve mast of main unit 1422
kHz stands behind the bridge across the highway A8 northerly.

Nothing audible of this signal here, all covered by strong co-channel
Roumanian radio Bacau Galbeni, 200 kW Harris tx, and at night from
Soelvesborg Sweden too.

Is distance of 179 kms from my home, but even on my excellent AUDI
Symphonie radio Hirschmann diversity antenna I hear only very low tiny
signal - under threshold during noon.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

Erhard Pitzius hat folgende gefuehrte Besichtigung beim Saarlaendischen
Rundfunk organisiert, bei den Standorten Goettelborner Hoehe und
Heusweiler.

Termin: Freitag der 13. November 2009
Treffpunkt 14.45 Uhr [MEZ] am Eingangstor zum Sender Goettelborner Hoehe.

Anmeldunger per Mail Erhard Pitzius:
<epi @ ep-entertainment.net>

Ablauf [MEZ - CET]:
1500-1630 Uhr: Fuehrung in Goettelborn, UKW u. DVB-T Sender
1630-1700 Uhr: Fahrt nach Heusweiler
1700-1800 Uhr: Fuehrung in Heusweiler, MW Sender 1422 und 1179 kHz.
(Bernhard Weiskopf-D, via ntt 16.10.2009)

Ausstellung zu 60 Jahre Studio Franken.
Vor 60 Jahren ist das Studio Franken in einem ehemaligen Nuernberger
Pferdelazarett eroeffnet worden. Mit regionalen Sendungen seit 1961 im
Radio und seit 1978 im TV war der BR in Deutschland ein Vorreiter der
Regionalisierung. In einer Sonderausstellung praesentiert das
Rundfunkmuseum Fuerth derzeit die Geschichte des Bayerischen Rundfunks/BR
in Franken in Wort, Bild und Ton. Aus vielen Sendungen gibt es Ausschnitte
zu hoeren und zu sehen. Aus dem Studio Franken stammt u.a. die Sendung mit
den hoechsten Einschaltquoten im Bayerischen Fernsehen,"Fastnacht in
Franken". Weitere Informationen findet man auf der Homepage des Museums
bzw. in
<www.rundfunkmuseum.fuerth.de/downloads/09-09-21_wellenmeer.pdf>
(Bayerntext 5.10.2009 via Karl Michael Gierich-D, ntt)

Der neue [deutsche] Radio-China-International-Clubs hat nun auch eine
Internetpraesenz:
Die URL   <http://criclub.helmutmatt.de>
(Linda und Helmut Matt-D, ntt)

Photos of Julich Antenna Farm. Some Juelich transmitter site links:

<http://www.darc.de/distrikte/g/50/aktivitaeten/rundfunksendestelle-
juelich/>

of 2006
<http://www.t-systems-mediabroadcast.com/coremedia/generator/www.t-
systems-
mediabroadcast.com/en/Home/property=blobContent/id=50344/downloads-
ShortwaveBroadcast-pdf-ps.pdf>

<http://www.drm-national.de/Juelich.jpg>

<http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Shortwave_transmitter_J%C3%BClich>

<http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Deutsche_Telekom#Transmission_facilities
_for_shortwave>

GREECE   This is the New B-09 Sunday Voice of Greece Program Schedule in
Greek.

0700-0800 Broadcast in English. Radio Filia on 12105 kHz. Every Day.
1105-1200 Greek In Style, English on 9420 15650, Sunday.
0105-0205 Greek In Style, English on 7475 9420 12105 Monday.

The Saturday Schedule has no English, the Daily Schedule won't open.
(John Babbis-USA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

Voice of Greece 7450 kHz at 223 degrees noted last deep night between 0320
and 0440 UT Nov 3.

Signal strength level was a lot weaker, approx. 2/3rd less of both 7475
285 degr and 9420 kHz 323degr level, here in southern Germany.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

The Voice Of Greece, Antennas And Service Areas.
Compiled By John Babbis, Silver Spring, MD, USA

The Fifth Program of the Greek Broadcasting Service (Elliniki Radiophonia)
is transmitted from the short-wave transmitting center at Avlis, about 70
kilometers north of Athens. The station was put into service in 1972, and
has two 100-kW H.F. Marconi B-6123 Broadcast Transmitters and one 250-kW
Continental 419 F-2 Broadcast Transmitter (working at 70 kW. with an
effective radiated power of 170 kW).

Antennas covering 1,100 acres, arranged in three lines cover the desired
directions. The pylons supporting the 6 MHz arrays are truly impressive at
328 feet. Each line has eight separate antennas for the 6, 7, 9, 11, 15,
17, and 21 MHz Broadcasting bands. Each antenna consists of two curtains
with a total of 8 horizontal dipoles. The dipoles are all fed by open wire
feeders which can be remotely switched to enable radiation in two
directions 180deg apart. There are also three curtains for the 11 meter
band (26 MHz) which may be put into service during Sunspot Cycle 22 if the
Maximum Usable Frequency allows it.

For transmissions to neighboring countries like Cyprus, Turkey, the
Balkans, and the Middle East, there are two rotatable-periodic antennas
with a high-angle of vertical radiation (45 deg) and a wide angle of 32
deg in the horizontal plane. The remotely-controlled switching center
allows each of the two 100 kW Marconi transmitters to be connected to any
one of the 23 antennas. Electro-mechanical protection circuits ensure that
a transmitter can only be connected to an antenna that is tuned to the
same frequency.

The Continental transmitter is connected to a separate antenna.

The change of antennas and transmitting frequencies is made during the 10-
minute interval between programs, which always begin on the hour, preceded
by the familiar signature tune of a shepherd playing the flute with the
tinkling of sheep bells in the background followed by the Greek National
Anthem.

Location Power  Azimuth  Antenna Service Area
AVL      100    002deg   HR3     Europe, Balkan Countries, Sweden
AVL      100    046deg   HR1     Japan, Tashkent, USSR
AVL      100    046deg   HR3     Japan, Tashkent, USSR
AVL      100    080deg   HR1     Australia, Middle East, USSR
AVL      100    100deg   LP      Middle East
AVL      100    105deg   HR2     ME, Indian Ocean, Australia
AVL      100    105deg   HR3     ME, Indian Ocean, Australia
AVL      100    143deg   HR3     Arabia-Indian Ocean, Egypt-Libya
AVL      100    182deg   HR3     CeAfrica, Egypt-Libya, SoAfrica
AVL      100    226deg   HR1     Azores, South America
AVL      100    226deg   HR3     Azores, South America
AVL      100    260deg   HR1     Central America
AVL      100    285deg   HR2     Eur, Atlantic, NWAfrica,
                                 Panama, Americas
AVL      100    285deg   HR3     Europe
AVL      100    292deg   LP      North America
AVL      100    300deg   HR2     North America
AVL      100    323deg   HR3     Eur, Balkan Countries, NoAmerica
AVL      170    323deg   FIXED   Eur, Atlantic Ocean, Americas

Avlis has three series of curtains, some of which have been used in
the antipodal mode:

HR1: 046 / 226 deg   HR2: 105 / 285 deg
     080 / 260 deg        120 / 300 deg

HR3: 002 / 182 deg   105 / 285 deg
     046 / 226 deg   143 / 323 deg

Also, 2 log-periodic rotatable antennas (000 deg ... to 360 deg) which
have been used for the azimuths of 002 deg, 008 deg, 052 deg, 100 deg,
292 deg, and 306 deg.

      kW  Azi
KAV  250  026 deg     KAV  250  095 deg     KAV  250  105 deg
KAV  250  208 deg     KAV  250  240 deg     KAV  250  355 deg
THE   35  115 deg     THE   35  315 deg     DL   250  075 deg
DL   250  272 deg     DL   250  296 deg     GR   250  164 deg
(John Babbis-MD-USA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4)

HONDURAS   3250.029  R Luz y Vida at 1132-1136 UT. English lang lesson w/W
in Sp and M responding in En. Mostly rel. phrases, but also one mentioning
government. 1136 UT canned pgm intro by M, then M w/ID, and tlk pgm. Good
on the T2FD. Usually the Windom is better on LAs.
(Dave Valko-USA, hcdx Nov 6)

INDIA    [c.f. AIR schedule in BC-DX TopNews #936]
Some B-09 frequency changes of All India Radio, eff Oct 28:

to WeAs
1615-1730 NF 6130 + DEL 250 kW 282 deg in Persian, x11585
1730-1945 NF 6280 @ BGL 500 kW 300 deg in Arabic,  x7550(13620 B-08)
1730-1945 NF 7305 ^ ALG 250 kW 282 deg in Arabic,  x 11585
+co-ch 1615-1730 Voice of Russia in English/French
@co-ch 1700-1800 Radio Pakistan in Persian
^co-ch 1745-1945 Voice of Russia in Arabic/English/Russian
       1800-1900 VOIRI in Russian
       from 1900 China Radio Internat in Romanian/Czech

to EaAf
1745-1945 NF  7400%DEL 250 kW 245 deg in English, x15075
1745-1945 NF  9415 DEL 250 kW 245 deg in English, x17670
%co-ch 1745-1945 Radio Bulgaria in German/French/English/Russian
       1745-1800 China Radio International in Swahili

to No/WeAf
1745-1945 NF  6120&BGL 500 kW 280 deg in English, x13605
1745-1945 NF  7410$ALG 250 kW 282 deg in English, x15155
1945-2030 NF  6280 BGL 500 kW 300 deg in French,  x7550(13620 B-08)
1945-2030 NF  7410 BGL 500 kW 280 deg in French,  x13605
&co-ch 1745-1800 Radio Taiwan International in Russian
       1745-1945 TRT/VOT in Turkish
       1800-1900 WYFR Family Radio in Spanish
       1900-1945 Voice of Russia in French
$co-ch 1745-1800 China Radio International in Russian+English!!!

to WeEu
1745-1945 NF  6180*BGL 500 kW 320 deg in English, x 7410
1745-1945 NF  7550#BGL 500 kW 310 deg in English, x11620
1945-2045 NF  6180*BGL 500 kW 320 deg in Hindi,   x 7410
1945-2045 NF  7550#BGL 500 kW 310 deg in Hindi,   x11620
2045-2230 NF  6180*BGL 500 kW 320 deg in English, x 7410
2045-2230 NF  7550#BGL 500 kW 310 deg in English, x11620
*co-ch 1830-1930 VOIRI in French
       1930-2000 PRW in Ukrainain
       2000-2100 DWL in Russian
       2215-2230 Cyprus BC in Greek Fri-Sun
#co-ch Sat & Sun Radio Amica in Italian
       1745-1800 VOA in Kurdish
       1800-1900 BBC in Dari

to EaAs/SoEaAs
2245-0045 NF  6055$BGL 500 kW / 060 deg in English, x11620
2245-0045 NF  7305!BGL 500 kW / 090 deg in English, x13605
$co-ch 2300-0045 REE in French/English
!co-ch 2245-2300 WYFR Family Radio in English
       0030-0045 Vatican Radio in Portuguese
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

INDIA   Radio Kashmir, Srinagar, bestaetigte einen Empfangsbericht fuer
4950 kHz unter folgender Adresse:

Mr. Ayaz A.Malik
Station Engineer
Radio Kashmir
Srinagar 190001
Jammu & Kashmir
India
e-mail  <rks_se @ yahoo.co.in>
(Jose Jacob-IND, 14.10.2009)

The updated AIR SW schedule is vailabale as follows:

Freq order
<http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/freq.htm>

Language order
<http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/language.htm>

Time order
<http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/time.htm>

Station order
<http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/loc.htm>

The B-2009 schedule of AIR is available in the offical web site
<http://www.allindiaradio.gov.in/schedule/fqsch.html>

This lists some additional frequencies not actually in use at present but
which will be used later/shortly.

Radio Kashmir, Srinagar is noted with winter schedule sign on at 0120 UT
on 4950 kHz (ex 0000 UT).
(Jose Jacob-IND  VU2JOS, DXindia Nov 4)

ISRAEL   15783.22  Galei Zahal Forces Radio from Israel in Hebrew on early
morning at 0620 UT, S=3-4, Nov 6.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 6)

KOREA  D.P.R.   2850  Korean Central Broadcasting at 1350, two men in
Korean. Fair Oct 30.

3320  Pyongyang Broadcasting Station at 1344 UT, man and woman in Korean.
\\ 3250. Both poor Oct 30.

3560  Voice of Korea at 1341 UT with operatic singing. This was apparently
an English hour, but I didn't stay with it. However at 1415 UT noted them
with French hour, including IDs at 1415 and 1432. Poor Oct 30.
(Harold Sellers-BC-CAN, DXplorer Oct 30)

KOREA, REP.   6348  Echo of Hope at 1333 UT in Korean with music and talk.
Also noted \\ 3985 kHz. Poor under jamming Oct 30.
(Harold Sellers-BC-CAN, DXplorer Oct 30)

KUWAIT/TINIAN/CHINA/BUBBLER   13649.51 - 13658.44  Noted an Unidentified
like Bubble oscillating signal on this range in 0600-0900 UT slot. Usual
this channel is a co-channel mess of US Tinian in Mandarin, Chinese ECHO
jammer, and Radio Kuwait's Arabic service. Nov 6.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 6)

LITHUANIA/IRAN   9770  Italian service of IRIB Tehran usual powerhouse via
Sitkunai relay 0630-0727 UT, S=9+40dB, and direct in \\ on 13620 and 15085
kHz on same +40dB level.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 6)

LUXEMBOURG   6095drm   Soeben auf der KBS Homepage gefunden:
Vom 01.11.2009 bis 30.04.2010 sendet KBS World Radio das deutsche Programm
in DRM Modus von 0900-0930 UTC auf 6095 kHz [via RTL Junglinster-LUX wb.].
(Jan Balzer-D, A-DX Oct 30)

MAURITANIA   4845  ORTM, reactivated on after several weeks' silence, Nov
4 at 0625 UT with usual undermodulated low-key chanting, which seems
designed to put listeners to sleep rather than awaken them; ute QRM on hi
side evitable by tuning to lo side. At the very western tip of Africa,
4845 kHz can hold up amazingly long in Nov-Jan with latest sunrises, all
the way to 0800 UT or whenever they switch to daytime frequency 7245 kHz;
has that been reactivated too? Revival of 4845 kHz all-night will again
facilitate MW DXers' identifying MW \\ 783 kHz.

Tnx to Jari Savolainen who first reported 4845 kHz resumed at 1740 UT on
Nov 3. Ron Howard says 4845 UT was off by 0111 Nov 4, so apparently not
really all-night, and what I heard at 0143 UT may have been Brasil
instead.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Nov 4)

I received which seemed to be Radio Mauritania on 4845 kHz at 2130 UT on
Nov 4. First noted on Nov 3 at 2100 UT by Mr. Tanuoh in Kumamoto, Japan.
de T. Inoue.
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, NDXC Nov 5)

MOLDOVA    New time & frequency for Radio Mada International in French
1530-1600 on 15640*KCH 300 kW 160 deg to MDC Sat/Sun till Oct 18
1530-1600 on 15670 KCH 300 kW 160 deg to MDC Sat/Sun from Oct 24
*strong co-ch BBC/DW English in DRM mode
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

[PRIDNESTROVYE]   Radio PMR noted with excellent reception at 2345 UT on
Oct 26 on 6240 kHz, identification followed by news items in German.

2230-2400 Sunday to Thursday, English 2230 and 2315, French 2245 and 2330,
German 2300 and 2345 UT.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, WDXC-UK Contact Nov 1)

MYANMAR   5770  Defense Forces Station Myanmar. Observe a new morning
service 0028 past 0200 UT on 5770 kHz. Will have to monitor their sked.
Evening 1130-1530 UT.
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN  4S7VK, DXplorer Nov 3)
8400 kms distance to Germany, in 318 degrees azimuth.

NIGERIA   Bodo Fritsche, 5N0OCH (DL3OCH call in Germany), builts up the
new SW station of Voice of Nigeria at present, in duty til end of November
2009.

More under <www.qrz.com>
put in " 5N0OCH " on the upper left corner, click "search". Two exciting
antennas of Grassvalley Thomcast/Thales company at Mannheim Germany.

Two 16 stocked dipols curtain, one true north, the other to westerly
diection. 9 - 19 MHz. Also an ALLISS antenna, - with separate TX on the TX
house?

"The picture on website shows my new toy which I am using since 17th of
October. Its a fully rotatable curtain antenna with 32 stocked dipoles.
Each 16 for lowbands (6 ... 16 MHz) and highbands (16 ... 26 MHz). Key
features: 80meters high, more than 20dBi gain on each band, weight 280
tons, rotated by 20 kW motors, completely remote controlled."
(Bodo Fritsche-NIG  5N0OCH, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30)

OMAN   17632.39  Radio Oman Thumrait, on odd channel noted here with
medium interference whistle in past two weeks ... tx wandered this morning
from xx.38 ... xx.40 kHz ... til 0820 UT.

Noted an intermodulation of RNW Dutch again this time 15500 kHz at 08-09
UT, but no formula so far, 5955 + 9545 kHz doesn't fit with RNW.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 2)

PORTUGAL   New e-mail address for Radio Portugal International.
I have just received an e-mail from Radio Portugal International,
informing me that reception reports may be sent to them at the following
e-mail address:
"R. Portugal International"  <isabel.venes @ rtp.pt>  Cheers!
(Dave Askine-USA, NASWA yg via dxld Oct 28)

RUSSIA/ARMENIA/MOLDOVA   This night Nov 1st at 0100-0200 UT noted extreme
superb SW AUDIO signals in 49 to 31 band here in southern Germany, even
from stations on short to 2000 km skip distance ...

Clean audio even heard from RUS/CIS stations like a local AM station, from
MSK, SAM, ARM, ERV, GRI. The final stage tubes on their Russian made
transmitter gear is now in perfect fine condition mostly. Some 10 years
ago most Russian SW facilities suffered by bad audio level.

6185 S.P VoRUS Sp noted in 0000-0400 slot.
6225 GRI DWL German Bundesliga football coverage 0000-0200
6240 GRI VoRUS En 0000-0600
7210 MSK VoRUS Por/Sp 0000-0600
7220 GRI VoRUS Ru 0000-0400
7225 SAM VoRUS Sp 0000-0400
7250 ARM VoRUS En 2300-0500
7260 MSK VoRUS Ru 2300-0400
7280 ARM VoRUS Sp 0100-0400
7285 Unid Russian, most likely via Kopani Mykolaiev Ukraine?
     noted 0000-0200 very strong ...
7290 SAM VoRUS Port/Sp 0000-0300 UT
7430 ERV VoRUS Ru 0000-0400

but TJK VoRUS Sp on 6135 kHz diametral in muffled audio quality.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1)

RUSSIA/KALININGRAD   Winter B-09 schedule of Tatarstan Wave in
Tatar/Russian:
0510-0600 on 15105 SAM 160 kW / 065 deg to FE
0710-0800 on  9860 SAM 250 kW / 058 deg to RUS
0910-1000 on 11915 SAM 250 kW / 305 deg to WeEu

Winter B-09 of Radio Rossii in Russian:
0500-0800 on  9840 MSK 250 kW / 260 deg to WeEu
0825-1300 on 12075 MSK 250 kW / 260 deg to WeEu
1325-1600 on  7310 MSK 250 kW / 260 deg to WeEu
1625-2200 on  5905*MSK 250 kW / 260 deg to WeEu
*strong co-ch 1900-2000 RFI in Russian

Winter B-09 for Voice of Russia in DRM mode:
0200-0600 on 15735 K/A 090 kW / 213 deg to SoAs Ru/Ru/En/En
0700-0900 on 11635 MSK 035 kW / 260 deg to WeEu En/Ru
0900-1400 on  7325 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Ru/Ru/Ge/Ge/Ru
1400-1600 on  5905 MSK 035 kW / 260 deg to WeEu Ru/En
1400-1800 on  9675 MSK 035 kW / 260 deg to WeEu Ru/En/Ge/Fr
1600-1900 on  6145 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Ru/Fr/It
2000-2300 on  6105 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Fr/Fr/Ru
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

1116  Victor Rutkovsky berichtet, dass mit 1116 kHz der letzte MW Sender
des Sendezentrums Moscow Oktyabrskoye Polye am 1. November 2009
geschlossen hat. Das dort sendende relay Radio Sofia sendet nur noch im
Internet.

Das ist die Strauch/Baum Flaeche am Oktod Turm gelegen. Mit einem Institut
im Park.
<http://maps.yandex.ru/?ll=37.490807%2C55.781698&z=17&l=sat>
55 46 54 N  37 29 27 E
eingegrenzt.

Das ist der Standort, wo jahrelang die DWL auf MW Moskau Oktyabrskoye
Polye 693 kHz sendete. In Sowjetzeiten liefen dort verschiedene
Stadtsender auf MW (also fuer die Versorgung der Innenstadt), danach dann
DW, BBC, RFI usw. Die Oktod-Webseite hatte immer eine vollstaendige
Uebersicht der Ausruestung dort, inkl. eines in den 40ern gelieferten RCA-
Senders aus den USA.

Der Irkutsk Club vermerkt aber 4 x 5 kW Jammer ? - mehrfach bei
37.30 E  55.46 N
das ist im Suedwesten, in 37 km suedlicher Distanz !? - Total faulty.

Zwei Tuerme sind beim Oktod-Turm zu sehen, der linke ist aber relativ neu?
55 46 54.32 N  37 29 28.48 E

<http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktod-Sendeturm>
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=55.781865&lon=37.489755&z=17.3&r=0&src=yh>
<http://wikimapia.org/#lat=55.782438&lon=37.492325&z=16&l=5&m=b>

Bei G.E. kann ich die Historie 2003-2009 der Moscow Images aufrufen -
fuenf verschiedene, auch ein Winterbild. Das aelteste Moskau Bild ist vom
22. August 2003.

Die Metro-Station Oktyabrskoye Polye in G.E. ist bei

55 47 36.30 N  37 29 36.12 E   im Nordwesten der Stadt gelegen.
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=55+47+36.30+N+
+37+29+36.12+E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.808164,57.084961&ie=UTF8&t=
h&z=16>
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4)

SLOVAK REP   Radio Slovakia on 7200 kHz channel via Rimavska Sobota-SVK at
0226-0257 UTC. IARU Bandwatch is watching that broadcast in Amateur Radio
40 mb.
see IARU actions  <http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/actions.pdf>

To Roman Kudlac OM3EI.
President of Slovak Amateur Radio Association.

Dear Roman,
thank you very much for your quick answer. I am 100 % sure that R.
Slovakia International is transmitting as I have heard it last night in
full length with several announcements in Spanish language and jingles:

Sign on of the transmissions on 7200 kHz was at 0227 UTC, sign off was at
0257 UTC. The language was Spanish and directed to South America.

Parallel to 7200 kHz the program was also transmitted on 9440 kHz.

I wish you good luck contacting the Slovak Telecoms. authorities. Also
I've informed the German telecoms. authorities Bundesnetzagentur (Federal
Net Agency) for help.

Good luck and thank you for your efforts
de Uli, DJ9KR
Vice Coordinator of IARU MONITORING SYSTEM Intruder Watch.
(Nov 3)

Radio Slovakia.  To <rsi-spanish @ slovakradio.com>
Technician Frantisek Hora  <frantisek.hora @ slovakradio.sk>

Hello Uli, thank you for your fax about frequency problem of Radio
Slovakia. We are working on it with our Slovak PTT. I will keep you
informed.
(Roman Kudlac-SVK  OM3EI, SARA president, Nov 3)

Das Austrian DX Board (ADXB) fuehrt in Zusammenarbeit mit Radio Slovakia
International eine Aktion im Zeitraum im Zeitraum Nov 2009 -Jan 2010
durch, bei der es eine Sonder-QSL Karte als Belohnung fuer korrekte
Empfangsberichte geben wird. Anlass ist das 40-jaehrige Bestehen des ADXB,
des einzigen oesterreichischen DX-Klubs.

Die Bedingungen, um diese Sonder-QSL Karte zu erlangen, lauten wie folgt:

- Jeder Hobbyfreund, unabhaengig von einer Klubmitgliedschaft, erhaelt
fuer einen korrekten Empfangsbericht im Zeitraum 1. Nov 2009 - 31. Jan
2010 ueber eine Sendung von Radio Slovakia International eine Sonder-QSL
Karte.

- Es kann nur fuer jede Frequenz EINE Sonder-QSL-Karte ausgegeben werden.

- Berichte, die nicht in diese Bedingungen fallen, werden von Radio
Slovakia International mit einer Standard-RSI-Karte bestaetigt und fallen
nicht in die Statistik der ADXB-Aktion.

- Der Bericht muss ueber das ADXB, Postfach 1000, A-1081 Wien, Oesterreich
geschickt werden. Fuer jede Frequenz erhaelt man maximal eine Karte. Alle
6 Sprachdienste von Radio Slovakia International nehmen an der Aktion
teil: Slovakisch, Deutsch, Russisch, Englisch, Franzoesisch, Spanisch. Es
wird pro Bericht 1 IRC oder 1 USD oder 1 Euro als Aufwandsentschaedigung
vorausgesetzt. (Gueltigkeit des IRC muss ueber den 31.12.2009 hinaus
gewaehrleistet sein!)

Die QSL-Karten werden direkt von Bratislava aus an den Hoerer versandt.
Ein Hinweis zur Aktion befindet sich auch auf den Webseiten der ADXB-OE
<www.adxb.at>  und von Radio Slovakia  <www.rozhlas.sk/inetportal/rsi>

Dort kann auch der aktuelle Sendeplan abgefragt werden. Sollte jemand
diese Moeglichkeit nicht haben, so kann via e-mail oder Postadresse diese
Info eingeholt werden.

Weitere Fragen zur Aktion beantwortet gerne die ADXB ueber das
Postfach 1000, A-1081 Wien, Oesterreich oder via e-mail an
<adxbsuess @ aon.at>
(Harald Suess-AUT, ntt Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Oct 28)

According to the German Section [of Slovak Radio], effective at the end of
2009, the contracts of staff members in the Foreign Service will be
terminated, as no new funds have been allocated. If the financial
situation improves, the service would continue without changes. Otherwise,
only broadcasts in Slovak and English will continue, and presumably no
longer on shortwave.
(Kai Ludwig via dswci DXW Oct 28)

During the R. Slovakia Int "Mailbag" program of November 1, 2009 a
[Chinese] listener wrote expressing their enjoyment of listening to
shortwave and about R. Prague ending SW broadcasts. The R. Slovakia Int
female announcers basically said sw is an obsolete technology, is a dying
medium and its days are numbered. They also said they didn't have any R.
Slovakia Int information as the details are still being worked out.

Sounds to me that R. Slovakia Int will cease SW broadcasts.
(Kraig Krist-VA-USA  KG4LAC, dxld Nov 5)

R. Slovakia Int Mailbag on end of shortwave, listen to minute #18
<http://www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/uploaded_sounds/m3u_ondemandRSI_soun
dID8033.m3u>
and the big Chinese peoples party will be verry happy ...

SOMALIA/LAOS   7145 kHz, Oct 10. Unid in vernacular and Afro-Horn music
noted since 1740 UT till signing off -1859*. Hargeisa (SOM) ?...
(Vlad Titarev-UKR, DXplorer Oct 10)
[QSL via Baldur DJ6SI, <dj6si @ darc.de> ]

7145. Very regular Vlad. Also Laos back regularly now and also I hear a
badly modulated station from SoAsia on 7105 around 1400 UT. Haven't spent
much time on it yet. I feel this is Jammu Kashmir Pakistan based
clandestine.
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN  4S7VK, DXplorer Oct 11)

Tnx, Victor. Sic, Laos is there - 7145.  Today had them weak but
discernable audio with some readable spoken fragments, at +1316-1330 UT in
French, then NA(?) and into English. Can't hear 7105 HAMs are too active
;-)). Two days earlier on Nov 3  I've heard 7230 kHz Yakutsk giving
weather report in Saha-Yakut at ca. 0450 UT. Weak but quite readable. Can
be traced during the day but mixing later with CHN-Urumqi-Minority Sce
(*0530-) & CNR1 (*0800- ?)
(Vlad Titarev-UKR  Perseus + K9AY ant, DXplorer Nov 5)

SOUTH AFRICA   [to Zimbabwe]  Zimbabwe Community Radio has been on 3955
kHz since the end of September 1755-1855 UT. And every time I've been
listening there, the id is as it used to be. That Sentech mention of R
Dialogue is rather a name of the parent organization for ZCR, just like
Hirondelle for Okapi.
(Jari Savolainen-FIN, dxld Oct 30)

3955  Zimbabwe Community Radio at 1755-1855 UT. En/Ndebele/Shona 100kW via
Meyerton AFS. Mit stark wechselnder Empfangsstaerke (oder deren Audio?)
aber gur verstaendlicher ID-Jingle in En. Ansonsten O=2 signal.
(Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX Nov 4)

17830  BBC WS scheduled at 0700-0800 UT via Meyerton, South Africa site,
was on air program very early around 0647 UT, S=8 signal, report about
"frustration amongst humanitarian peace keeping forces in Congo". Also
noted a continous BBC IS and announcement endless round on 17695 kHz, so
the Sentech engineer prepaired the tx for the regular 0700-0730 UT
transmission.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 6)

SPAIN   1359drm   RNE DRM Madrid Arganda. After several years the medium
wave DRM broadcast of RNE (Arganda 1359 kHz) has passed its testing phase
and has become a regular one on the air 24 hours a day. The ID is "E7C238"
and the program is labeled as "RNE DRM Arganda". I think the power is the
same: 10 kW. [formerly AM 600 kW only nighttime]
(Mauricio Molano-ESP, mwdx Nov 3)

B-09 - Recibida informacion de Antonio Buitrago, sobre las emisiones y
frecuencias para los proximos 5 meses de Radio Exterior de Espana.

Frecuencias formato PDF:
<http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuenciasreeb09.pdf>
Frecuencias formato texto:
<http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuenciasreeb09.doc>
Parrilla formato PDF:
<http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/parrillareeb09.pdf>
Parrilla formato texto:
<http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/parrillareeb09.doc>
Tambien pueden acceder en:
<http://programasdx.com/amigosdelaondacorta.htm>
Web de REE:
<http://www.rtve.es/programas/radioexterior>
Web de Radio Nacional:
<http://www.rtve.es/radio/>
(Jose Bueno-ESP, dxld Oct 28)

SPAIN/CHINA/COSTA RICA
Radio Exterior de Espana, Madrid - B-09 winter/hiver season

Europa
12035  60 0500-0900 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp
12035  60 0600-0900 Sa + Su S y D Sp Esp
 9780  50 0500-0900 Diaria        Sp Esp DRM
13720 000 0800-1300 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp
13720 000 0800-1400 Sa + Su S y D Sp Esp
15585  60 0900-1700 Diaria        Sp Esp
15585  60 1340-1355 Mo-Fr L a V   Cat, Gall y Vasco
11755  38 1700-1730 Mo-Fr L a V   Ruso
 9665 000 1700-2200 Sa + Su S y D Sp Esp
 7275  50 1700-2300 Diaria        Sp Esp
 9665  50 1800-1900 Mo-Fr L a V   Frances
 9665  38 1900-2000 Mo-Fr L a V   Ingles
 6125  38 2200-2300 Sa + Su S y D Ingles
 5970  68 2300-2400 Sa + Su S y D Frances

Oriente Medio
11895  80 0500-0700 Diaria        Sp Esp
21610 110 0900-1700 Diaria        Sp Esp
11765 110 1700-1900 Diaria        Arabe
15385  92 1425-1445 Mons Lunes    Sefardi
 9605 110 2000-2100 Mo-Fr L a V   Frances
12035 110 1900-2000 Su Dom        Frances
12030 110 1900-2100 Mo-Fr L a V   Arabe

Africa Ecuatorial
21540 161 0900-1500 Diaria        Sp Esp
15385 161 1500-1700 Mo-Sa L a Sab Sp Esp
17755 161 1700-1900 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp
17755 161 1700-2200 Sa Sab        Sp Esp
17755 161 1500-2200 Su Dom        Sp Esp
 9590 168 1900-2000 Sa Sab        Frances
 7270 170 1900-2100 Mo-Fr L a V   Arabe
 9605 168 1900-2000 Mo-Fr L a V   En In
 7270 170 2000-2200 Sa/Su Sab/Dom Arabe
 9570 168 2000-2100 Mo-Fr L a V   Frances
11625 161 2200-2300 Sa/Su Sab/Dom Sp Esp
 7270 170 2200-2300 Diaria        Sp Esp

AUSTRALIA
17770 260 0700-0900 Diaria        Sp Esp

FILIPINAS
11910 138 1200-1400 Diaria        Sp Esp (Desde Xian relay CHN)

AMERICA DEL SUR
 9765 110 0000-0400 Diaria        Sp Esp (*)
11780 248 0115-0145 Tues Martes   Sefardi
 5965 150 0400-0800 Diaria        Sp Esp (*)
11815 110 1200-1500 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp (*)
21570 230 1300-1700 Diaria        Sp Esp
17595 248 1300-1900 Sa/Su Sab/Dom Sp Esp
15125 110 1200-2300 Su Dom        Sp Esp (*)
21570 230 1340-1355 Mo-Fr L a V   Cat, Gall y Vasco
17595 248 1500-1800 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp
15125 110 1600-2300 Sa Sab        Sp Esp (*)
17715 230 1700-1900 Diaria        Sp Esp
15125 110 1800-2000 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp (*)
17595 248 1800-1830 Mo-Fr L a V   Portuguese
11940 248 1900-2300 Sa/Su Sab/Dom Sp Esp
11680 230 2100-2130 Mo-Fr L a V   Portuguese
11680 230 2300-0200 Diaria        Sp Esp
 6125 242 2300-0500 Diaria        Sp Esp
 9620 230 2300-0500 Diaria        Sp Esp

AMERICA CENTRAL
 3350 n-d 0200-0600 Diaria        Sp Esp (*)
 9765 000 1200-1500 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp (*)
17595 248 1300-1900 Sa/Su Sab/Dom Sp Esp
 9765 000 1200-2300 Su Dom        Sp Esp (*)
 9765 000 1340-1355 Mo-Fr L a V   Cat, Gall y Vasco (*)
17595 248 1500-1800 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp
17595 248 1800-1830 Mo-Fr L a V   Portuguese
 9765 000 1600-2300 Sa Sab        Sp Esp (*)
 9765 000 1800-2000 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp (*)
11940 248 1900-2300 Sa/Su Sab/Dom Sp Esp (*)
 6125 242 2300-0500 Diaria        Sp Esp
 9535 272 2300-0500 Diaria        Sp Esp

AMERICA DEL NORTE
 6055 290 0000-0100 Diaria        En In
 6055 290 0100-0600 Diaria        Sp Esp
 9675 340 0200-0600 Diaria        Sp Esp (*)
 9690 290 0415-0445 Tues Martes   Sefardi
15170 340 1200-1500 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp (*)
15170 340 1200-1500 Su Dom        Sp Esp (*)
17595 302 1300-1500 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp
17595 302 1340-1355 Mo-Fr L a V   Cat, Gall y Vasco
17850 340 1500-2300 Su Dom        Sp Esp (*)
17850 340 1600-2300 Sa Sab        Sp Esp (*)
17850 340 1800-2000 Mo-Fr L a V   Sp Esp (*)
 9640 302 1900-2300 Diaria        Sp Esp
 6055 290 2300-2400 Diaria        Frances
 9535 272 2300-0500 Diaria        Sp Esp
* Desde el centro Emisor de Cariari, Costa Rica
(REE, Oct 30)

SWEDEN   15850 kHz UNID RNW Dutch transmission. / Intermodulation.
Dear Wolfgang,
On Sundays 5955 and 9895 are both coming from Hoerby Sweden. 5955+9895
gives 15850 kHz and that's what you heard! Regards and thanks for the info
via WWDXC top news,
(RNW technical dept., via WWDXC Oct 30)

7405  Radio Sweden English Frequency Change.
Due to interference from another radio station, we are being forced to
change our broadcast frequency to East Asia at 1330 UTC on 7465 kHz. The
new frequency will be 7405 kHz. The change comes into effect as of the 4th
of November.
(Radio Sweden, via Alokesh Gupta-IND, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4)

SWITZERLAND   558 MW.  I have noticed that today Sept 28 a testing signal
was hearable as a continuous beep. I heard it in Switzerland at 1000
(ground wave, medium power) as well as Swiss evening time at 1900. I heard
it at home as well as in my car while driving in the Zurich area. The
signal direction seems to come from Monte-Ceneri (formerly transmitting on
558 MW), Southern Switzerland, close to the Italian border. Is this Monte-
Ceneri doing a coverage test for somebody else? The Swiss-Italian
broadcast was phased out in summer 2008.
(Philippe Aeby-SUI, MWC via dxld via dswci DXW Oct 28)

I promptly asked for a confirmation to friends in Switzerland to discover
that former Swiss MW station in Ticino has been chosen for an experimental
propagation measuring test carried out by ERF (Europaeische Funk-
Rundsteuerung GmbH) a German company operating in the Ripple control of
electricity supply. The Swiss Federal Communications Office (UFCOM-BAKOM)
has released a temporary test license to the EFR to operate a tone signal
and mesuring propagation in a radius of 50 to 200 kms within Swiss
territory. Tests are now carried on 558 MW, but a switch to long waves is
planned to comply with the remote control of electric consumption and
devices developed by EFR. The company is operating with electric supply
companies in Central Europe. Former Italian Swiss Radio transmitter was
closed down a year ago. The UFCOM later asked editorial houses to show
interests about a possible use of the frequency, but no decision has been
taken until now. The license is operating as from 11 October 2009.
(Luigi Cobisi-ITA, Oct 20; via dswci DXW Oct 28)

TUNISIA   B-09 schedule for RTT Sfax, but the shifted times may not be
precise:
0400-0610 9725 12005
0500-0730 7275
0700-0910 7335
1700-2110 9725 12005
1800-2210 7225
2000-0010 7345
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Oct 28)

I noted 7275 and 9725 kHz broadcasts before 0355 UT at Nov 3rd, scheduled
at least from 0400 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

UNID   7105  Since some days now I listen a BC transmitting Arabic music
and talking station on 7105 kHz. The BC usually starts at 1857 UT and ends
at 2127 UTC.

Who can listen on the QRG and report to me
< dj9kr @ arcor.de >
Shukran jaseelan, ahlan-ahlan asisi!
Vy 73 de: - Uli Bihlmayer, DJ9KR
Vice Coordinator of IARU MS Region 1 (Nov 2)

U.K./PORTUGAL/UAE   DWL echoes  ...  However, at 0612 UT check, no echo so
perhaps Woofferton is synchronized with Sines, while Skelton is not.

DW have done this before, doubling up transmitter sites on their favorite
frequency to Europe, but it seems they have to re-learn each new season
that feed delays need to be adjusted to avoid echoes! Even so they are
likely to interfere with each other depending on skip distances and
locations. It looks like there is another big overlap on 6075 kHz at 17-20
UT between Sines and Woofferton.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Oct 28)

But again no problem, strong without noticeable side-effects here. Seems
indeed that Woofferton takes the Hotbird feed with same equipment than
Sines does, while Skelton does not.

The DW schedule suggests that 6075 originates after 2000 from Al-Dhabbaya.
I'm not sure about this, since it is now pretty weak, but still
considerably stronger than Polskie Radio via Al-Dhabbaya, in German 2030-
2100 UT on 6000 kHz. This transmission started late, with modulation not
being applied until after 2030 UT, when the show was already in progress.
The signal is completely in the clear here, but still unlistenable, since
it is simply too weak.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Oct 28)

Syncronisation of SW programs:

6075 kHz at 2000 UT is fed via Sines Portugal relay ONLY 1700-0400 UT, and
WOF ends at 1959 UT in \\.

But the engineer of DTK/M&B told me about use of different satellite feed
receiver in Wertachtal and Nauen site, that the very same[!] production
line of these rxs  a n d  antennas are forced to be on service in \\ in
order to get exact syncronisation for HRT Croatian Radio relay towards
North America via both WER and NAU at same time 0200-0400 UT on same
shortwave channel 9925 kHz at 300 and 330 degrs.

HRT uses also two tx on 7375 kHz in \\ at WER 0200-0400 UT one towards
300degr and another also to WeNoAM at 330degr.
(wb, dxld Nov 3)

The antenna is no issue. But the receivers not only have to be hardware-
wise identical, it is also essential to have the same firmware, i.e.
software, on them. In this particular case Nauen had such an identical
receiver with same firmware in stock, so they sent it to the Wertachtal
plant for use on the Hrvatski Radio transmissions.

So, in short, such an operation can not be done by just booking a slot.
The transmission provider can not use his usual equipment, first of all
not his usual operational practices, like routing anything through some
central control room as VTC loves to do.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Nov 4)

USA   4755  The last two Saturday nights at various times between 0300 and
0600 UT, WWCR was reported on 4755 instead of 3215. Please monitor whether
this happens again tonight (UT Sunday), at what times, and if they say
anything about it on the air.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Nov 1)

7505.62  WRNO on odd channel at 04-05 UT, S=7 signal.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

UZBEKISTAN   B-09 for CVC International via TAC=Tashkent:

English to India
0030-0230 on  7395 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
0230-0630 on 11970 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
0630-0930 on 15700 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg

Hindi to India
0100-0400 on  9425 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg
0000-0400 on  6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
0400-1100 on 13630 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
1100-1400 on  9500 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
1400-2000 on  6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

ZAMBIA   B-09 of CVC International via LUS=Lusaka:

English to West Africa and Nigeria
0400-0700 on  9430 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg
0700-1400 on 13590 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg
1400-1700 on 13650 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg
1700-2000 on 13590 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg
2000-2200 on  9505 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg

B-09 for Christian Voice via LUS=Lusaka:
English to South and Central Africa
0600-1700 on  6065 LUS 100 kW / non-dir
1700-0600 on  4965 LUS 100 kW / non-dir
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

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BC stations left over in 40 meter Ham Radio Band 7100 - 7200 kHz.

kHz  Station             UTC       SMDMDFS kW  Azi TX station ITU Sprache
7100 Voice ofKorea       1800-1857         200 271 Kujang     KRE French
7100 Voice ofKorea       1900-1957         200 271 Kujang     KRE English
7100 Voice ofKorea (KCBS)2000-2050         200 271 Kujang     KRE Korean
7105 R.Madagasikara      0500-1500          20  ND AntananarivMDG Malagasy
7105*XiWangZhiShengSOH   2200-2300         100 325 Tanshui    TWN Chinese
7110 R.Uganda UBC        0600-1200          50  ND Kampala    UGA English
7110 R.Uganda UBC        1200-1400 1.....7  50  ND Kampala    UGA English
7120 RN'Djamena RNT      1500-2130         250  65 Ndjamena   TCD French/
7125 R.Conakry           0600-1200 .234567 100  ND Sofony     GUI Fr/Dial
7125 R.Conakry           0800-1200 1...... 100  ND Sofony     GUI Fr/Dial
7125 R.Conakry           1200-2400         100  ND Sofony     GUI Fr/Dial
7125 R.Conakry           1845-1850         100  ND Sofony     GUI English
7140 NVK R.Sakha         0310-0500 .23456. 100 245 Yakutsk    RUS Yak/Russ
7140 NVK R.Sakha         0910-1300 .23456. 100 245 Yakutsk    RUS Yak/Russ
7140 NVK R.Sakha         2110-0100 .23456. 100 245 Yakutsk    RUS Yak/Russ
7140 NVK R.Sakha         2200-0500 1.....7 100 245 Yakutsk    RUS Yak/Russ
7140 NVK R.Sakha-Rossii  2000-1600         100 245 Yakutsk    RUS Russian
7140 Voice ofKorea       0100-0157         200  ND Kujang     KRE English
7140 Voice ofKorea       0200-0257         200  ND Kujang     KRE Chinese
7140 Voice ofKorea       0300-0357         200  ND Kujang     KRE English
7140 Voice ofKorea       0800-0857         200  ND Kujang     KRE Chinese
7140 Voice ofKorea       1100-1157         200  ND Kujang     KRE Chinese
7140 Voice ofKorea(KCBS) 0900-0950         200  ND Kujang     KRE Korean
7140 Voice ofKorea(RP)   0000-0057         200  ND Kujang     KRE Korean
7140 Voice ofKorea(RP)   0700-0757         200  ND Kujang     KRE Korean
7140 Voice ofKorea(RP)   1000-1057         200  ND Kujang     KRE Korean
7140 Voice ofKorea(RP)   1200-1257         200  ND Kujang     KRE Korean
7145 Lao National Radio  0000-0030          10  ND Vientiane  LAO Cambod
7145 Lao National Radio  0500-0530          10  ND Vientiane  LAO Thai
7145 Lao National Radio  0530-0600          10  ND Vientiane  LAO French
7145 Lao National Radio  0600-0630          10  ND Vientiane  LAO English
7145 Lao National Radio  1130-1200          10  ND Vientiane  LAO Thai
7145 Lao National Radio  1200-1230          10  ND Vientiane  LAO Vietnam
7145 Lao National Radio  1230-1300          10  ND Vientiane  LAO Cambod
7145 Lao National Radio  1300-1330          10  ND Vientiane  LAO French
7145 Lao National Radio  1330-1400          10  ND Vientiane  LAO English
7145 Lao National Radio  2330-2400          10  ND Vientiane  LAO Vietnam
7145 RHargeisaVO.Somalil.0300-0600          25  ND Hargeysa   SOM Somali
7145 RHargeisaVO.Somalil.0900-1200          25  ND Hargeysa   SOM Somali
7145 RHargeisaVO.Somalil.1500-1900          25  ND Hargeysa   SOM Somali
7145 RHargeisaVO.Somalil.1900-1915          25  ND Hargeysa   SOM Arabic
7145 RHargeisaVO.Somalil.1915-1930          25  ND Hargeysa   SOM English
7145 RHargeisaVO.Somalil.1930-2000          25  ND Hargeysa   SOM Amh/Som
7165 R.ETHIOPIA          0700-0800         100  ND Gedja      ETH Somali
7165 R.ETHIOPIA          1200-1300         100  ND Gedja      ETH Somali
7165 R.ETHIOPIA          1300-1400         100  ND Gedja      ETH Afar
7165 R.ETHIOPIA          1400-1500         100  ND Gedja      ETH Arabic
7165 R.ETHIOPIA          1600-1700         100  ND Gedja      ETH English
7165 R.ETHIOPIA          1700-1800         100  ND Gedja      ETH French
7165 R.ETHIOPIA          1800-1900         100  ND Gedja      ETH Somali
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 0355-0430         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Arabic
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 0430-0530         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Amharic
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 0530-0700         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Arabic
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 0930-1100         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Arabic
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1400-1530       100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Bile/Saho
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1530-1600         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Amharic
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1600-1700         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Afar
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1700-1730         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Arabic
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1730-1800         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Somali
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1800-1830         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Amharic
7165 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1830-2000         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Arabic
7165 VO DEM.ALLIANCE     1500-1530 ..3.5.7 100  ND Gedja      ETH Tigrin
7165 VO DEM.ALLIANCE     1500-1530 .234.6. 100  ND Gedja      ETH Arabic
7165 VO DEM.ALLIANCE     1530-1600 ..3.5.7 100  ND Gedja      ETH Afar
7165 VO DEM.ALLIANCE     1530-1600 .2.4.6. 100  ND Gedja      ETH Kunama
7165 VO DEM.ALLIANCE     1530-1600 1...... 100  ND Gedja      ETH Tigrin
7165 VOPeace/VDemEritrea 0400-0600         100  ND Gedja      ETH Tigrin
7175 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1400-1530       100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Bile/Saho
7175 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1530-1600         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Amharic
7175 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1600-1700         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Afar
7175 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1700-1730         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Arabic
7175 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1730-1800         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Somali
7175 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1800-1830         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Amharic
7175 VoBrMasses2(DimtsiH 1830-2000         100  ND AsmSelaeDarERI Arabic
7180 Voice of Korea      2100-2157         200  ND Kujang     KRE Chinese
7180 Voice of Korea      2200-2257         200  ND Kujang     KRE Chinese
7180 Voice ofKorea (KCBS)2300-2350         200  ND Kujang     KRE Korean
7190 SRI LANKA BC        0020-0300 .234567  10  ND Ekala      CLN Hindi
7190 SRI LANKA BC        0830-0920 .234567  10  ND Ekala      CLN Telugu
7190 SRI LANKA BC        0920-0935 .234567  10  ND Ekala      CLN Kannada
7190 SRI LANKA BC        0935-1030 .234567  10  ND Ekala      CLN Malayal
7190 SRI LANKA BC        1030-1230 .234567  10  ND Ekala      CLN Tamil
7190 SRI LANKA BC        1230-1430 .234567  10  ND Ekala      CLN Hindi
7200 NVK R.Sakha         0310-0500 .23456. 100  ND Yakutsk    RUS Yak/Ru
7200 NVK R.Sakha         0910-1300 .23456. 100  ND Yakutsk    RUS Yak/Ru
7200 NVK R.Sakha         2110-0100 .23456. 100  ND Yakutsk    RUS Yak/Ru
7200 NVK R.Sakha         2200-0500 1.....7 100  ND Yakutsk    RUS Yak/Ru
7200 NVK R.Sakha-R.Rossii2000-1600         100  ND Yakutsk    RUS Russian
7200 R.Omdurman  SRTC    1500-2000         100  90 Al Fitahab SDN Arabic
7200 R.Omdurman  SRTC    2000-2230         100  90 Al Fitahab SDN Arabic
7200 VO ISLAMIC REP.IRAN 2030-2128         500 295 Sirjan     IRN Spanish
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     2330-2345 1...... 250  75 Issoudun   F   Bantawa
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     2330-2345 .2..... 250  75 Issoudun   F   MagarEa
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     2330-2345 ..3.... 250  75 Issoudun   F   Gurung
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     2330-2345 ...45.. 250  75 Issoudun   F   Sherpa
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     2330-2345 .....67 250  75 Issoudun   F   Limbu
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     2345-2400 12..... 250  75 Issoudun   F   Chin
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     2345-2400 ..345.. 250  75 Issoudun   F   Burmese
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     2345-2400 .....67 250  75 Issoudun   F   Karbi
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     0000-0015 1....67 250  75 Issoudun   F   Mising
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     0000-0015 .23.... 250  75 Issoudun   F   Bodo
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     0000-0015 ...45.. 250  75 Issoudun   F   Khurukh
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     0015-0030 1...... 250  75 Issoudun   F Tib(Lhasa)
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     0015-0030 .23.... 250  75 Issoudun   F   Chakma
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     0015-0030 ...45.. 250  75 Issoudun   F   Santhali
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     0015-0030 .....6. 250  75 Issoudun   F   Ho
7200 GOSPEL FOR ASIA     0015-0030 ......7 250  75 Issoudun   F Tib(Amdo)
(Nagoya Japan list, Nov 2, 2009)  * CHN firedrake and echo jamming.

see IARU actions  <http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/actions.pdf>

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Morning logs from Stuttgart, Germany, all logs of Monday Nov 2nd.

5930 R Murmansk in Russian (?R Rossii) progr at 0500 UT, S=8-9 signal,
     clear channel, \\ Murmansk 6160 kHz with weaker level, and 7200 kHz
     Yakutsk too.

5940 UNID radioprogram, 05-06 UT, S=7 fluttery. Muffeled audio.
     registered is Okhotsk, AOKI list Magadan site.
     5940 1800-1400 24-26 OKH 100kW 30deg RUS RRS GFC

6150 Underneath a strong carrier, only RHC in Spanish occured here at
     05-06 UT slot, in \\ to much stronger 6140 kHz, latter S=9+20dB.

9494.73 Abkhaz Radio Sukhumi at 0545 UT, in \\ 9535.00, latter which was
        covered from 0600 UT by US Radio Liberty Biblis in Russian.

9718.13  Yemen Radio Sanaa, Arabic, but put out a tiny and weak signal.
         S=3 at 0602 UT.

9895 RNW Grigoriopol Maiac, Moldova, in Dutch at 06-08 UT.
     AFG clashes report, local election farce, ICAF war troops.
     S=9+30dB powerhouse.

12030 Voice of Russia in English, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy at 0610 UT,
      scheduled 0200-0700 UT. S=9+10dB. 8500 kms northern path, 340 degr
      azimuth next to the northpole via Finland, Baltics.

12045 Deutsche Welle Kigali, Rwanda on some morning channels.
      12045 English, 12005 kHz German both S=7-8 at 6-7 UT.

15410 Deutsche Welle Kigali, Rwanda German 6-8 UT.

13615 UNID radioprogram at 6-7 UT, S=8 signal, modern popmusic.
      Maybe an additional US Farda outlet in Persian from Iranawila
      at 04-11 UT ? Obama govt extended a lot of FARDA's schedule.
      See also 15535, 15690, and 21715 kHz.

13710 Perfect terrible mess channel. US propaganda RFA Tinian in
      Mandarin + CHN mainland vibrate echo jammer + IRIB Tehran in
      Spanish to Europe morning program at 0530-0627 UT.

15100 Single channel of Radio Pakistan at 0620 UT, S=9 in peaks,
      no \\ found. Scheduled 05-07 UT.
      At 0824 UT s-on tx on 17700 kHz, S=9+10dB in peaks in Germany.

15360 HRT Croatian Radio, via VTC Singapore Kranji relay to
      PAC/AUS/NZL, poor S=2 back lobe signal at 07-11 UT.

15535 US Farda sce in Persian at 06-07 UT from Iranawila extended,
      S=8-9 level, then 0700-0930 from Udorn Thani-THA;
      \\ 15690, 21715 kHz and also on 16 mb 17 MHz.

15620 CRI Beijing in seldom heard Italian sce, powerhouse signal
      from Kashi in far western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
      06-07 UT.

15787.00 Galei Zahal Israel in 0600-0700 UT slot.

17615 US RFA Saipan relay in Mandarin at 0300-0700 UT, but weak
      CHN mainland vibrate echo jammer.

17632.39 Radio Oman Thumrait, on odd channel noted here with medium
         interference whistle in past two weeks ... tx wandered
         this morning from xx.38 ... xx.40 til 0820 UT.

17635 CVC Darwin program to Asia. 0600-0700 UT. Weak propagation.

17650.06  UNID spurious signal?
          At 0640 UT noted another program underneath Kashi China
          co-channel 17650.00, like African language.
          ?? Sabratha Libya, Saudi Arabia Bambara new morning
          service, Sao Tome on txt test.

Noted an intermodulation of RNW Dutch again this time 15500 kHz at 08-09
UT, but no formula so far, 5955 + 9545 kHz doesn't fit with RNW.

Last Sunday noted on 15850 kHz, i.e. 9895 + 5955 kHz originate from
Hoerby, Sweden site, acc RN Technical dept.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3)

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RMRC  DX Calendar 2010.

Since five years Rhein-Main-Radio-Club and ADDX publish the well known
fine and decorative QSL-card wall calendar with the best QSL-card of the
last 30 years. It is beautifull and very decorative and it is a non-
profit-project supporing DXing. Now the QSL-Calendar 2010 is ready for
distribution. The price will be the same like last year. It is easy to
order the QSL-Calendar 2010: Bank transfer to RMRC account and you will
get the calendar by post. 15.- Euro (including porto inside Europe),
outside Europe plus 6.-Euro porto. You can also order from our homepage
<www.rmrc.de>

If you will order more copies, let us talk about price.
Rhein-Main-Radio-Club e.V. (RMRC).

Account-Nr: 0102483308. BLZ: 501 903 00 Volksbank Hoechst.
IBAN: DE80 5019 0300 0102 4833 08.
BIC (Swift-Code): GENODE51FHC
(Dr. Harald Gabler-D, via dswci DXW Oct 28)


Radio Clubs and DXers: RSD 2009: RMRC Party with live Webcam and Chat.

Hello Radio Clubs, DXers, and Friends of Radio St. Helena around the
world,
on 14. November 2009, during Radio St. Helena Day 2009, the Rhein-Main
Radio Club (RMRC) in Frankfurt, Germany, plans to have a RSD 2009 Party
live over the Internet. We plan to have a Webcam with audio and a live
Chat.

Please look at <www.rmrc.de/Webcam.html>

For email directly to Radio St. Helena during RSD 2009, please use:
<radio.announcements4669 @ msn.com>

The RMRC would like to set up a world-wide Chat for people listening to
RSD 2009. We would appreciate your comments as to the reception quality in
your area, to the audio quality, to the program content, and about
anything else that you would like to comment on regarding Radio St. Helena
or the RMRC.

PLEASE READ the attached WORD document with the title:
RMRC RSD 2009 Party live in Internet.doc (25.0 KB in size). Please pass
this information along to your radio club and radio friends.

Many thanks and good listening to RSD 2009 on 14. November,
Robert Kipp
for Radio St. Helena
for the Rhein-Main Radio Club


RMRC RSD 2009 Party live in Internet

PLEASE try to join us at the
Rhein-Main Radio Club Radio St. Helena Day 2009 Party.

The RMRC plans to have a live CHAT, a webcam with audio so that DXers can
tell us about their reception conditions and about themselves during the
RSD 2009 broadcasts.

The RMRC plans to start the CHAT at about 19:00 UTC on 14. November.

To find the RMRC in the Internet, go to our homepage <www.rmrc.de>
On the homepage, on the left side, select "RMRC WebCam". The webcam picure
will be updated about every minute. You can CHAT with us using the chat-
box just below the photo.

You can hear the streaming audio by starting SKYPE.
Start SKYPE on your computer.
SEARCH for:
"RMRC" AND ("Germany" or "Deutschland") AND "All Languages"
and then hit "Find"

NOTE: be SURE to use "Germany" or "Deutschland", otherwise you get an
address in Brazil or somewhere.

The result should be: RMRC rmrcev Germany, Frankfurt
ADD this NEW Contact to your Skype list of contacts.

For other information from the RMRC, see:
<www.rmrc.de/StHelena.html> for Radio St. Helena information
<www.rmrc.de/QSLCalendar.html> for the RMRC 2010 QSL Calendar
<www.rmrc.de/Webcam.html> for direct access to the webcam page.

These addresses must be exactly as shown (upper and lower case letters).

For RSD 2009, RSH has set up a special email address:
to contact the RSH studio to take part in the program and to take part in
the drawing for RMRC 2010 QSL Calendars.

This special email address is: <radio.announcements4669 @ msn.com>
It is vital to use only lower case letters in this address.

Many thanks for your help and interest and with very best greetings,
Gary Walters, Station Manager of Radio St. Helena
Harald Gabler, Lutz Winkler, and Robert Kipp
Rhein-Main Radio Club, Frankfurt, Germany
(Nov 6)

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vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX


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