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BC-DX 943 18 Dec 2009
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ARMENIA Frequency change of WYFR Family Radio in Polish via TV Radio
Waves Yerevan Armenia site, from Dec 15
1800-1900 NF 7590 ERV 100 kW / 330 deg, ex 5820 kHz.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
AUSTRALIA [and non] CVC - So indeed shortwave appears to be a done deal
for Christian Vision. And yes, the governmental body that operated the
Australian broadcasting transmitters at this time closed the Darwin/Cox
site in 1997, following budget cuts for foreign broadcasting. It is also
correct that in 2000 the site had been leased to Christian Vision for ten
years, and probably (although not necessarily) they simply let the lease
run out now instead of renewing it. Now the question is if Broadcast
Australia or another operator will step in. It could happen, but I would
not count on it.
Concerning the transmission equipment: At present it consists of one of
the original Collins transmitters from 1968 (three such rigs are still in
use at Sackville, too) which can now be manually tuned only, requiring
about 15 minutes. Otherwise there are three rather modern Thomson
transmitters, two originally delivered to the Cox site in 1994, the third
one moved in from Carnarvon after this site had been closed in 1996.
Reportedly Christian Vision brought in two Continental 100 kW transmitters
from somewhere, replacing the two other old Collins rigs. Perhaps they are
not in use at all, or is there a time when more than four frequencies are
on air simultaneously?
Next question: How about CVC Spanish and the [Santiago-CHL] Calera de
Tango transmitters? I would not count on Christian Vision keeping their
shortwave activities in Chile either.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Dec 11)
HCA Kununurra pics. HC 100 Transmitter, Kununurra
<http://picasaweb.google.com/tystakes/HCJBMinistryScenes#49503708827142717
62>
HCA Antennas and Farm, Kununurra
<http://picasaweb.google.com/tystakes/HCJBMinistryScenes#49503709301525053
62>
(Alokesh Gupta-IND VU3BSE, SW TXsite Dec 9)
AUSTRIA/BULGARIA Balkanische Bedingungen: ORS vertagt Bulgarien-Kauf
04. Dez. 2009
Ein ORS-Sprecher bestaetigt, betont aber: "Das Projekt lebt weiter",
2010 werde weiterhandelt
Naechste Huerde auf dem schier endlosen Weg der ORF-Sendertochter ORS zur
Uebernahme des bulgarischen TV-Sendernetzes. Den zuletzt geplanten
stufenweisen Einstieg mit anfangs 25 Prozent vereitelten ORF-Gesetz und -
Stiftungsrat. Verhandlungen ueber doch gleich 100 Prozent des TV-Netzes
waren weit. Doch nun verlangte die Verkaeuferin Bulgarische Telekom
Vorauskasse, heisst es bei den ORS-Eigentuemern, ORF und Raiffeisen. Der
Aufsichtsrat lehnte die geforderten Modalitaeten nach STANDARD-Infos ab.
Ein ORS-Sprecher bestaetigt, betont aber: "Das Projekt lebt weiter", 2010
werde weiterverhandelt.
<http://derstandard.at/1259281226222/Balkanische-Bedingungen-ORS-vertagt-
Bulgarien-Kauf>
(DER_STANDARD Wien; 5./6.12.; via Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX Dec 4)
<http://www.wirtschaftsblatt.at/home/400466/index.do>
<http://www.medianet.at/content23993-44.html>
<http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/medien/469408/index.do?from=simarchiv>
Diese Meldung aus 2008, die aber [noch] nicht Realitaet ist:
<http://derstandard.at/1227287719725>
AZERBAIJAN/ARMENIA 9677.3v at 0617-0637* UT. R. Nagorny Karabakh,
Stepanakert, Dec 12, Armenian, YL talks with mentions of "Karabakh
Respublika" and one "Space" music theme, short OM report in Russian, then
OM talk - fair - good with usual distorted audio.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DXplorer Dec 13)
"Ädälän Säsi Radiosi" see page 88 in WRTH 2010 under "Mountainous
Karabagh".
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh>
Service rather in Azeri to AZERBAIJAN mainland "... an Azeri-language
radio station intended to let Azeris know what they are thinking."
(wb)
ARMENIA [and non]. Armenian Radio Voice of Justice has "LITTLE EFFECT" in
Azerbaijan.
Armenians and Azeris have looked with distrust over the front lines around
Nagorny Karabakh for 15 years, but one small group of Armenians is trying
to change that.
Since 1997, they have broadcast for half an hour, four times a week, what
they call Voice of Justice, an Azeri-language radio station intended to
let Azeris know what they are thinking.
Karabakh, which has declared unilateral independence from Azerbaijan, once
had a significant Azeri population but they fled during the war for
control of the region.
The station output appears to be having little effect, however. Officials
in Baku have said the broadcasts are just propaganda, while refugees
tracked down by IWPR said they would not listen to them, and called the
carefully-crafted reports biased.
"We are just trying to show the Azeris that a new war would bring only
harm to our peoples. Despite the fact that the policies of Azerbaijan are
today preventing a solution to the conflict, we are convinced that the
final word will belong to our peoples," said Mikael Hajian, director of
the station.
Hajian is a linguist who studied in Baku and speaks Azeri like a native.
"Azeri is a beautiful language, with many of its own characteristics, and
it is very similar to Armenian," he said.
The station staff is mainly made up of Armenians who fled Azerbaijan
during or before the conflict. They prepare reports every day, and try to
remain up to date. On one occasion, they heard an Azeri child on Radio
Liberty asking that his contemporaries in Karabakh also speak out against
war.
"Our radio station quickly made a series of programmes in which Karabakh
children said 'no' to war, and told all about their experiences and the
horrors they had seen," Hajian said, adding the station was careful to be
unbiased in its reports.
"You will never hear a bad word about the Azeris. We sometimes criticise
[Azerbaijan president Ilham] [brackets as published] Aliev and the current
authorities, but never the people. If a journalist has prepared material
that has a negative feel, I make sure to remove it, and I am proud of
this," he said.
The station is a rare link between the two countries that have had no
diplomatic relations since the end of the Soviet Union. Clashes between
Armenians and Azeris over the control of Nagorny Karabakh started even
before the fall of communism, shooting over the front line remains a
danger for local residents, and relations between the peoples are poisoned
to this day.
A peace process, chaired by Russia, France and the United States has
failed to make much progress since the war ended with a ceasefire in 1994,
and hundreds of thousands of refugees are still in limbo. The station
transmitter is not powerful enough to be heard in Baku, but officials in
the Azerbaijan capital said they took it seriously as a source of Armenian
propaganda.
"The Armenian Voice of Justice is not the only one. There are also radio
channels being broadcast from Iran and propagandising separatist ideas
against Azerbaijan. It was to fight such broadcasts that President Ilham
Aliev issued the decree Strengthening Azerbaijan's TV and Radio Space. The
communications ministry conducts this work, they even get specific money
for this," said Togrul Mamedov, assistant to the chairman of Azerbaijan's
television and radio council.
The station's broadcasts are not aimed at officials, however, so IWPR
journalists in the Azerbaijan capital contacted some refugees in the west
of the country to see if the Armenians' message was getting through.
Two refugees had never listened to it, and the one who had was not
impressed. "Once, a couple of years ago, I listened to a report by this
radio station, which apparently is called Voice of Justice. I really did
not like the content of the broadcasts, since it appeared from their words
that Azeris were falsifying the history of Karabakh," said Kerim Kerimli,
a journalist and a refugee from Shusha. "I did not listen to it again."
I_W_P_R. Text of report by London-based Institute for War and Peace.
Reporting website, on 9 Oct, 2009.
(via BBC_M via dxld)
BANGLADESH 4750 at 1342-1400* UT. Radio Bangladesh, Shavar, Dec 13,
Bengali, YL/OM talks with some mentions of Bangladesh, two national songs,
time signals, final ID as "Bangladesh Betar" - fair and even almost good
with one unidentified Chinese station in the background.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DXplorer Dec 13)
New 1000 kW Bangladesh Transmitter Inaugurated.
The Daily Star has an indirect piece on the new 1000 kW Bangladesh
transmitter opened yesterday.
<http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=117166>
The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was talking to local people in a
videoconference after inaugurating a newly installed 1000-kilowatt medium
wave transmission centre of Bangladesh Betar here yesterday. She formally
launched the transmission centre of the state-owned Bangladesh Betar by
pressing a button at the Superpower Transmission Centre.
(via Dave Onley, Dec 10, MWC yg via dxld)
Comment on "New 1000 kW mediumwave transmitter in Bangladesh".
Bangla Desh being one of the poorest countries of the world, DRM in this
part of the world is totally ridiculious, IMHO. So if I were BaDesh chief
engineer I would block the DRM button. Fact is that you cannot buy high
new powered AM transmitters without DRM option, and it is only for
propaganda reasons the DRM club mentions this new TX. AM (analogue) is a
very good distribution medium in Bangla Desh, it's river delta, causing
many problems for the population, has just one good feature, very high
conductivity for AM signals.
(RNW MN blog via dxld Dec 15)
BELGIUM 1233/1305 Liege/Marche resp - No signal here in Belgium from
Pure FM on 1233 & 1305 kHz. Well mention on the web side of RTBF/Pure FM.
(Ydun Ritz-DEN medium wave info, Nov 14; via ARC MV-Eko)
The stations are still missing on 5 December. (ed, Olle Alm-SWE, Dec 7)
BOLIVIA December Band Scan:
3309.98v Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 0900, 0100
4409.86 Radio Eco, Reyes, 2310
4451.2 Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma, 2312 on 7th Dec
4716.65 Radio Yura, Yura, 2300, 0930
4796.49 Radio Lipez, Uyuni, 2300, 1000
5580.2 Radio San Jose, San Jose de Chiquitos, 2330
5952 Pio XII, Siglo Veinte, 2340
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, dxld / DXplorer / direct Dec 13)
5952.47 at 0015-0040 UT on Dec 12, R Pio XII, Siglo XX, Spanish religious
talk, music and choir, 14111, QRM 5950 kHz.
(Anker Petersen-DEN, via Dario Monferini-ITA, playdx yg via dxld)
BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA 1503 Radio Zavidovici, schedule: 0500-1715. At
1700 they relay news from BH Radio 1. e-mail: <dadozav @ zona.ba>
(Play-DX via BE; via ARC MV-Eko Olle Alm-SWE, Dec 7)
BRAZIL December Band Scan
4805 R Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus, 2300
4825 R Cancao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, Sao Paulo, 0006
4845.2 R Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus, 0820
4985.0 R Brasil Central, Goiania, 2330, 0820
5035 R Aparecida, Aparecida, SP 0130
5044.95 R Cultura do Para, Belem, PA
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, dxld / DXplorer / direct Dec 13)
6009.91 R. Inconfidencia at 2250-2310 UT on Dec 12, ID. Brazilian
pops/ballads. Portuguese talk. Fair but weak adjacent channel splatter.
5940.01 Radio Paz no Valle, at 0000-0100 UT on Dec 13, Portuguese
religious programming with talk and music. Jingles. ID. Fair signal.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld Dec 13)
It's not totally certain but seems that the name of Brazilian station in
5940 is Voz Missionaria; but they relay R. Paz no Valle (with 2 L). In the
time I heard and logged 5940 kHz, around 0830 UT during past week, this
relay was happening, so my log could be rectified:
5940 R. Paz no Valle, Camboriu(?) via Voz Missionaria. Dec 10,
Portuguese, 0816-0834 UT male talks hosting listeners by phone and music
in program "Alvorada Sertaneja", "Radio Paz no Valle, muito mais musica
para abencoar sua vida, a musica que vem do ceu!". 33533
(Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec-SP-BRA, dxld Dec 13)
5940 R. Voz Missionaria (pres), Camboriu SC, at 2257-2317 UT on 09 Dec,
rlgs. propag., songs; 23431, QRM de VoRUS in Portuguese until 2200 UT,
then progr in Russian.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 16)
CAMEROON 6005.017 CRTV-Buea, at 1650 UT in French, general talk by a
man, no ID but at least one mention of "Yaounde." Carrier off at 1702 UT.
Usually impossible here, with jamming on low side (+/- 6003) and an Arabic
station (Yemen?) cochannel. Presume this is the old 4-kW transmitter?
11 Dec.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Dec 13)
Great catch, previously only reported from neighboring Nigeria.
(GH dxld, ibid.)
and by Anker Petersen or Chris Greenway too during their trips to AF in
recent years, wb.
CHINA Firedrake. The closest targets both in time and frequency
appearing in Aoki list, against:
7525*Xi Wang Zhi Sheng SOH 2200-2230 and 2300-2330 daily Chinese 100kW
131degr via Dushanbe-Yangiyul TJK
Dec 5 at 1334 UT: 8400 poor, 9000 JBA, 10210 & 11300 zilch.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld via RUSdx Dec 13)
Yahoo maps, MS Virtual earth, Google Earth imagery. Some high resolution
place. VE Update - Google Earth V.5 historical image.
New GE imagery, Quanzhou CHN new site. It seems there's another GE imagery
update today. The new SARFT site at Zhangban near Quanzhou is now visible:
24 53 46 N 118 48 17 E of course, replacing the old site nearer to
Quanzhou city.
(Alan Davies-INS, Asiawaves Dec 16)
CHN Zhangban near Quanzhou SW site, 5 curtains, 6 masts
24 53 30.83 N 118 48 04.81 E
CHN Zhangban near Quanzhou MW site
two 4-mast MW installations at
24 53 38.80 N 118 48 33.12 E
and
24 53 13.88 N 118 48 25.59 E
latter under construction still on image snap in July 2008. There are two
big directional MW arrays for 837 and 909 kHz towards Taiwan, and a row of
five curtain antennas for SW. The SW antennas seem to be beaming around
175 degrees towards the South China Sea and Indonesia rather than inland
for jamming purposes, but what service are they used for?
(Alan Davies-INS, SW TXsite Dec 16)
Is indeed interesting to note the difference in the beam heading for the
SW antennas between the two sites. And as for new beam direction for SW
antenna at new site; factoring-in an assumed slew azimuth variation of up
to 30 degrees, we assume targets as: Indonesia, Philippines, Australia or
northward to China, Korea(s), Mongolia or Eastern Russia - I've no idea.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Dec 16)
CHN Voice of the Strait Fotan, 783 kHz 600 kW 4-mast
24 09 24.16 N 117 55 47.01 E
tx house at
24 09 16.03 N 117 55 34.38 E
UNID in China: has been solved ? single MW mast
23 56 29.33 N 117 19 54.69 E
unid 4-masts???
22 56 36.31 N 116 25 56.55 E
(Alan Davies-INS, / wb, SW TXsite Dec 16; wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)
CHINA/KOREA/SAIPAN/TAIWAN/TINIAN 7385, RFA from Taiwan. Came across
Firedrake jamming music again against RFA Mandarin Chinese in 1800-2000 UT
slot Dec 14th.
Noted Firedrake also on \\ Tinian channels 5810 5990 6095 7445(-1900 UT),
and on RFA Palau relay 9875 kHz. But no firedrake music noted on Tinian
outlets 11790 and 11945 kHz here in Europe; this could be due to no
propagation from Chinese jamming transmitter site towards central Europe
in 25 mb around deep nighttime 1900 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 14)
Similar Firedrake music jammer against BBC Mandarin observed at 1300-1530
UT too
6095 BBC Kimjae-KOR 250 290 CHN
7535 BBC Nakhon Sawan-THA 250 20 CHN
9605 BBC Singapore Kranji 250 13 FE
11895 BBC Singapore Kranji 100 13 FE
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
CONGO DR. 5066.403 Radio Candip, TENTATIVE, at 1620 UT, presumed with
French talk by a man, brief Afro music bridge, carrier cut at 1628 UT.
Threshold signal, with CW QRM. 11 Dec.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Dec 15)
CYPRUS Further to government approval for 8.8 million Euros for the
radio stations budget. Before christmas somewhere the money will be found
to pay the salaries of the staff at Cybc / PIK. It is a worldwide problem
cash flow and to Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
I think some others on FM will close as the recession has hit the tourism
industry badly too. Also others are jealous of the Cybc and call the
station a govermnent mouth piece.
(Costa Constantinides-CYP, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
CZECH REP/USA [and non] On Radio Prague's Mailbox programme today it
was announced that the present transmission schedule will continue until
1 February 2010.
(Roger Tidy-UK, dxld Dec 13)
WRMI 9955 probably still not back on NW antenna but absence of jamming
audiblized the SSE antenna, poor and fading but building a bit to S=9+15dB
by 1510 UT when R Prague had a talk for the third Sunday of Advent, about
a cleric faking something.
Before that, the Sunday mailbag segment from 1504 (as always 24 hours late
on the WRMI 1500 UT relay), at 1507 was answering listeners, Lenfant Lee
in China, Yukiko Maki in Japan, Thaddea (?) Nielson (?) in New Zealand,
about future of its own SWBC, but could not copy details. So found the
audio on demand at
<http://helix.radio.cz:8080/ramgen/rm/EN/09/12/EN091213-14-high.rm>
And this is what she said: "At the moment all we can say is that the
status quo will be maintained until Feb 1, 2010. What will happen after
that date is still the subject of discussion between Czech Radio and the
Foreign Ministry. We will of course update you on the matter as soon as we
know more. In the meantime, thank you for your interest and support."
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Dec 15)
FRENCH GUIANA TDF DRM tests to Brazil.
Bonjour Simone, Today, I got the following info from TDF:
DRM transmissions on 17875 kHz will be performed from Montsinery (French
Guiana) 1300-2145 UT towards Brazil from Tuesday 8 December to Thursday
17 December included.
In fact, last Tuesday, it actually started at 1700 UT.
Good listening! Season's greetings. Regards.
Jacques GRUSON F6AJW, Copy: DRMNA
(Jacques Gruson-F via drmna yg via Alokesh Gupta-IND, dxld Dec 15)
GERMANY 1593 DRM transmissions were resumed on 4 December after several
weeks absence due to antenna works. (-ed)
(ARC MV-Eko Olle Alm-SWE, Dec 7)
Some Media Broadcast changes:
Cheetah Radio in English to SoAS:
1600-1700 on 9650 WER 125 kW / 090 deg Sat, cancelled from Dec 5
WYFR Family Radio in English to ME from Dec 10:
1600-1700 NF 5965 NAU 500 kW / 139 deg, ex5960, re-ex11995 kHz.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
GERMANY/PHILIPPINES/SRI LANKA Frequency changes for VoAmerica
from Dec 12:
1400-1500 NF 15530 BIB 100 kW / 075 deg, ex17520 Tibetan
1500-1600 NF 9310 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg, ex13735 English
1600-1700 NF 6000 IRA 250 kW / 025 deg, ex11500 Bangla
Frequency changes of Radio Free Asia in Burmese from Dec 12:
0030-0130 NF 12115 IRA 250 kW / 057 deg, ex13815
1230-1330 NF 7595 PHT 250 kW / 280 deg, ex15700
1330-1400 NF 7595 PHT 250 kW / 280 deg, ex 9670
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
GREECE Livestream Greek Radio.
Voice of Greece (ERA 5) - Live Internet Radio.
<http://tvradio.ert.gr/radio/liveradio/voiceofGreece.asp>
<http://tvradio.ert.gr/radio/liveradio/asx/era5.asx>
ERA5 Voice of Greece Orthodox mass is 29 seconds behind shortwave 9420
and 15630 kHz at 0700-0900 UT on Dec 13.
R Filia livestream
<http://tvradio.ert.gr/radio/liveradio/filia.asp>
<http://tvradio.ert.gr/radio/liveradio/asx/filia.asx>
is 33 seconds behind late too on shortwave 12105 kHz at 0700-0900 UT Dec
13. Spanish/Greek mixed program 0730-0800 UT, followed by German news at
0800 UT.
[later] ERT ERA 5 Voice of Greece / Radio Filia on SW 12105 kHz Voice
of Greece (ERA 5) - Live Internet Radio livestream.
<http://tvradio.ert.gr/radio/liveradio/filia.asp>
<http://tvradio.ert.gr/radio/liveradio/asx/filia.asx>
at 0900 UT has a >Sunday only?< divine service program of Urdu [or/and
supposedly Bengali?] immigrant community from Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Given the www address of Filia Radio, phone and fax numbers at 0911 UT.
Phone in talk in Urdu[or/and Bengali?] at 0914 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 13)
Yes, I also hear it! On Dec 4 they made some 'temporary changes' - but
surely not on Sunday!
Temporary change of program time. Please be advised that until further
notice, the broadcast of Filia Radio's foreign and Greek language programs
will be as follows:
[Greek LT transformed to UTC by wb.]
0600-0630 Albanian
0630-0700 English
0700-0730 French
0730-0800 Spanish
0800-0830 German
0830-0900 Russian
0900-1100 Greek program
1100-1130 Arabic
1130-1200 Serbo-Croatian
1200-1230 Bulgarian
1230-1300 Polish
1300-1330 Rumanian
1330-1400 Turkish
Last Updated on Friday, 04 December 2009 09:30
- as seen on:
<http://www.ert.gr/filia/en/announcements/prosorini-allagi-orariou-
ekpompon.htm>
(Erik Koie-DEN, dxld Dec 13)
12105 Radio Filia program relay via shortwave Avlis missed this
morning[Dec 17 & still 18]. I assume due of the country wide strike of
Greek journalists a special very same program of Voice of Greece is
heard on all three channels in \\ 9420, 12105, and 15630 kHz til
1000 UT.
R Filia
<http://tvradio.ert.gr/radio/liveradio/filia.asp>
Voice of Greece (ERA 5) - Live Internet Radio.
<http://tvradio.ert.gr/radio/liveradio/asx/era5.asx>
<http://tvradio.ert.gr/radio/liveradio/voiceofGreece.asp>
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 17)
GREENLAND 3815U Kalaalit Nunaata Radioa at 2141 UT.
Presumed this one with bits and pieces of woman's(?) voice till 2145 UT,
when went into what sounded like up-tempo instrumental music featuring
woodwinds, nonstop for 15 minutes. At 2200 UT, male voice intermittently
audible till 2209 UT, when a different voice perhaps the woman's(?) took
over. Perhaps music at 2211 UT and nil heard after that. (Reported s/off
is 2215v UT.)
Extremely faint signal followed with great difficulty through local
electrical noise and constant QRM from hams yacking aimlessly on 3818L.
This on Dec 11; no sign of them today (Dec 12). As sketchy as this logging
was, I'm still pleased because it's the first time I've ever been able to
hear anything from them despite at least two years of trying.
(Bob Hill-MA-USA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews and also DXplorer Dec 12)
3815 at 2154-2215* UT on Dec 09+10, Greenlandic/Danish, folksong, Danish
news and reports, 2212 UT orchestra music and choir 25332.
(Anker Petersen-DEN, via Dario Monferini-ITA, playdx yg via dxld)
In RT's documentary on Greenland there's a 2-minute episode on island's
radio/TV public broadcaster KNR.
You can watch it on YouTube, starting from 2:22
<http://www.youtube.com/russiatoday#p/u/10/S1BgsaGz-Co>
KNR has a bit of English on its website at
<http://www.knr.gl/index.php?id=13>
I liked "Branding Greenland" video.
(Sergei S., Moscow/Chicago, dxld Dec 15)
GUINEA 7125 R. Guinee, Sonfonya Conakry, at 2303-2335 UT on 15 Dec,
French, news, mainly home affairs, Afr. songs, Afr. pops; 45433, fluttery
towards 2330 UT as usual.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 16)
INDONESIA 7289.8 at 0745 UT. RRI Nabire poor signal but improving, with
popular music & Indonesian announcements. RRI news bulletin at 0800 UT on
Nov 5.
(Bryan Clark-NZL, Dec NZ DX Times via dxld and direct)
Where is Nabire, anyway? On the NW coast of Papua at the bottom of that
big bay facing north, 135+ degrees east, in the UT +9 zone; so 0800 UT
1700 local, about an hour before sunset.
Atsunori Ishida has just updated his latest Indonesian list, Dec 8
<http://www.max.hi-ho.ne.jp/a-ishida/ins/>
See that for all the details including times of local and RRI news.
He shows: 3345 "unstable" but PNG not heard recently 3987 off the air for
two months 4925 off since Nov 19 6125 not mentioned, and:
7290 RRI - Nabire -0800*v, Jakarta news at 0800 Dec 4, 7, 8 (Everyday
monitor time: 0750-0810 UT only).
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA dxld Dec 15)
IRAN Winter B-09 for VOIROI / IRIB
ALBANIAN 0630-0727 on 13810 15235
1830-1927 on 6100 7285
2030-2127 on 6100 9740
ARABIC 0230-0527 on 6065 9895
0230-0527 on 7350 "Al-Quds TV"
0330-0427 on 7250 9505 "Voice of Palestine"
0530-0827 on 13790 13800 15545
0830-1027 on 9885 13790 13800 15545
1030-1427 on 13790 13800 15545
1430-1627 on 15545
1630-2027 on 6065
2030-0227 on 3985 6065
ARMENIAN 0300-0327 on 7295 7325
0930-0957 on 9695 15260
1630-1727 on 6185 7230
AZERI 0330-0527 on 9865
1430-1657 on 6200
BENGALI 0030-0127 on 5905 6185
0830-0927 on 11705
1430-1527 on 5910 5920 7380
BOSNIAN 0530-0627 on 13760 15235
1730-1827 on 5945 7295
2130-2227 on 5950 9710
CHINESE 1200-1257 on 9900 11670 13645 15150
2330-0027 on 5945 7325 9635
DARI 0300-0627 on 9875 13740
0830-1157 on 11670 13720
1200-1427 on 9940 13720
1430-1457 on 9940
ENGLISH 0130-0227 on 6120 7250 "Voice of Justice"
1030-1127 on 15460 17660
1530-1627 on 6160 7380
1930-2027 on 6010 #6040 7320 9855 11695
GERMAN 0730-0827 on 15085 17590
1730-1827 on #6105 6205 7380
FRENCH 0630-0727 on 13600 15425
1830-1927 on #6025 6180 7380 9565
HAUSA 0600-0657 on 15435 17810
1830-1927 on 5950 7335
HEBREW 0430-0457 on 9820 11925
1200-1227 on 13740 15390
HINDI 0230-0257 on 13725 15165
1430-1527 on 7360 9585
INDONESIAN 1230-1327 on 15200 17570
2230-2327 on 5945 7255
ITALIAN 0630-0727 on #9770 13620 15085
1930-1957 on 5890 7380
JAPANESE 1330-1427 on 7380 9905
2100-2157 on 6145 7260
KAZAKH 0130-0227 on 7265 9500
1530-1627 on 7345 9660
KURDISH 0330-0427 on 3945 6145 Sorrani dialect
1330-1427 on 5990 Kirmanji dialect
1430-1527 on 5990 Sorrani dialect
1530-1627 on 5990 Kirmanji dialect
PASHTO 0230-0327 on 6095 6140
0730-0827 on 11990 15440
1230-1327 on 6200 7305
1430-1527 on 5890
1630-1727 on 6005 6015
RUSSIAN 0300-0327 on 6040 9510
0500-0527 on 12025 15530 17680 17780
1430-1527 on #3960 7345 9575 9730
1700-1757 on 3985 5925
1800-1857 on 6035 7305
1930-2027 on 3985 7205
SPANISH 0030-0227 on 7225 9680
0230-0327 on 7225
0530-0627 on 13710 15320
2030-2127 on 5950 #6055 7200
SWAHILI 0400-0457 on 13640 15260
0830-0927 on 15240 17660
1730-1827 on 6130 7365
TAJIK 0100-0227 on 5955 6175
1600-1727 on 5945 5955
TURKISH 0430-0557 on 12060 13750
1600-1727 on 6175 7310
URDU 0130-0227 on 3945 6030 6185
1300-1427 on 6175 9790 9835
1530-1727 on 5890
UZBEK 0230-0257 on 6040 6175
1500-1557 on 5945 7215
# Sitkunai, Lithuania relay.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
IRELAND 252 Atlantic 252 Transmitter Site. Tom Hands shows us the
mighty 500kW giant at Summerhill, EIRE. 1998y
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-O5X7ZfQJM>
(Mike Terry-UK, dxld Dec 10)
ISRAEL 945 Galei Zahal was noted 22 Nov at 1815 UT on their new 945 kHz
frequency \\ 1224, 1305, 1368 kHz, and sw 6973 kHz. The 1287 kHz
transmitter is running the info loop which apparently tells listeners to
switch from 1287 to 945 kHz.
(Jari Savolainen-FIN, dxld; via ARC MV-Eko Dec 7)
KOREA D.P.R. KCBS programmes in Korean online.
Dear Hobbyists or friends of Korea! To my big surprise the official North
Korean website
<http://www.kcckp.net>
provides audio on demand wav.-files for the daily Korean language
programmes of the Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS) from
Pyongyang, North Korea (DPR Korea). Just click
<http://www.kcckp.net/krt/index.php>
and you'll find links to seperate programme items such as news, commentary
or even pieces of music. Click
<http://www.kcckp.net/krt/download.php?news_id=start.wav> (top)
for the opening with interval signals, Korean announcements and National
Anthem. Under
<http://www.kcckp.net:8080/krt/end.wav> (last),
wrong URL link, try rather
<http://www.kcckp.net/krt/download.php?news_id=end.wav>
you'll hear the closing announcement and again the National Anthem. You
may also download the files onto your computer. Download or online opening
of files may be rather slow. Sometimes the offer doesn't work at all.
Let's hope they will soon extend the service to all foreign language
programming as well.
If you do NOT wish Big Brother to monitor your online movements on that
website you may use the secure server:
<https:\\www.kcckp.net/krt/index.php>
Good luck, best wishes and SEASON'S GREETINGS to all of you,
Arnulf Piontek
Berlin, Germany
(Dec 10)
Arnulf Piontek schrieb: Eine Riesenueberraschung hat die offizielle
nordkoreanische Webseite
<http://www.kcckp.net> seit heute auch lueckenlos funktionierend parat.
Unter
<http://www.kcckp.net/krt/index.php> [...]
Registriert ist die Domain auf den Berliner Kaufmann Jan Holtermann,
Geschaeftsfuehrer der KCC Europe GmbH:
<http://www.kcc-europe.de>
Naeheres zu dem Unternehmen hier:
<http://www.kcc-europe.de/ueber_uns.phtml>
Der Server steht in Berlin. Vor ca. 5, 6 Jahren erschienen einige Artikel
ueber Herrn Holtermann:
<http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/art271,2241789>
<http://www.stern.de/digital/online/internet-diktatur-am-netz-520156.html>
<http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-
zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2004/1122/lokales/0011/index.html>
Es waere interessant, wenn es gelaenge, fuer die Stimme Koreas auch
zuverlaessig funktionierende Livestreams auf die Beine zu stellen.
(Wolfgang Thiele-D, A-DX Dec 10)
KOREA Rep. of 6105 KBS Radio 3 HLKC-Voice of Love is relayed on 6015
kHz. I confirmed it *2100 UT on Dec 16. \\ MW 639 kHz. The ID is before
the time pips, ID as "KBS Je sam Radio, Sarang-ui Sori Bansong, HLKC"
<http://ndxc.org/aoki/binews/au/kbs3-20091217-0400_6015.mp3>
It is the first time that Radio 3 is relayed on SW. The schedule of
Radio 3 at *2100-1800* UT. KBS Global Korean Network HLCA carry on
6015 kHz to +0400-0858* UT on Dec 16. I seem to be a test broadcast.
de Hiroshi
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN NDXC, dxld Dec 17)
KYRGYZSTAN 612 Tent. Bishkek 612 kHz has been logged in Russia in
November, with a prgr in Kyrgyz not \\ 4010 kHz Kyrgyz Radio 1.
Traditionally, a 150 kW tx in Bishkek on 612 kHz used to carry Kyrgyz
Radio 2.
(Viktor Rutkovsky-RUS in open_dx via Bernd Trutenau-LTU Nov 20,
via ARC MV-Eko Dec 7)
LITHUANIA New sked of HCJB in Russian/Chechen to EaEUR from Dec 6:
1530-1628 on 3955 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg Sunday, additional txion
1630-1728 NF 3955 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg Daily, ex3960 Sun only
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
MADAGASCAR 5109.95 Dec 15 at 1715 UT noted Magagascar on 5109.95
(appr.). AM mode, 100 kHz above nominal, punching error at the tx site,
I guess.
(Jari Savolainen-FIN, DXplorer Dec 15)
Noted also in Germany by some Perseus rx user, like Albert Kosnopfel, Nils
Schiffhauer, and Willi Westrupp. (wb)
MEXICO/BRAZIL 6184.948 Radio Educacion aus Mexiko ist hier selbst nach
0800 UTC noch mit gutem Signal und klassischer Musik sowie Ansagen in
Spanisch zu hoeren. Wohltuend ist gerade im unteren Seitenband der freie
Bereich. Erst 20 kHz weiter unten sendet die naechste Station. Ein paar
Hertz weiter oben auf 6185.006 ist noch eine zweite aehnlich starke
Station. Bisher ist noch unklar worum es sich handeln koennte.
(Thomas Lindenthal-D, A-DX Dec 17)
6104.764 Nein, nicht XEPPM Radio Educacion, sondern sehr wahrscheinlich
XEQM mit der Uebertragung von Candela FM XEMH auf 6104.764 kHz.
Insbesondere ab 0700 UTC schwang sich das Signal zu guter
Verstaendlichkeit auf, wohl auch deshalb weil in weitem Umfeld keine
andere Station sendet. Also eine wahrhaftige Perle, die unter dem
sonstigen QRM der grossen 49m Bander verborgen war.
[later] Radio Educacion XEPPM immer noch auf 6184.95 kHz hoeren. Es wird
klassisch symphonische Musik gespielt. Heute morgen uebrigens um 0638 UTC
dominierte mit S=3 auf der 6185 kHz der Brasilianer Radio Nacional
Amazonia auf genau 6185.006 kHz. Educacion war nur mit dem sichtbaren
Traeger vorhanden.
(Thomas Lindenthal-D, A-DX Dec 18)
6185 XEPPM, Dec 15 at 0630 UT with space music one might have heard on
"Music from the Hearts of Space"; tnx to the eclectic format of R.
Educaci¢n, you never know what kind of music they will be playing during
the all-too-brief QRM-free window, which tonight lasted until *0645 UT
Bras”lia playing Silent Night in progress in Portuguese.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Dec 15)
MOLDOVA [to Madagascar] 15670 via Maiac Grigoriopol, Moldova site.
Radio Mada International, *1530-1600* UT, Dec 13, tune-in to test tones at
1528 UT. Sign on at 1530 UT with opening announcements & very short
instrumental music breaks. "Radio Mada" ID heard. Talk in presumed
Malagasy. Instrumental music at 1555 to 1600 UT sign off. Fair signal.
Sat, Sun only.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, hcdx Dec 13)
NETHERLANDS Big L 1395 to premier new PAMS jingles.
The website of KBC Radio <http://www.kbcradio.eu/>
partner of Big L International <http://www.bigl.co.uk/>
which broadcasts on 1395 kHz (and the internet) from the Dutch transmitter
at Trintelhaven, announces that the station will premier its new PAMS
jingle package tomorrow evening at 2200-2300 UTC on the Wolfman Jack show.
<http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/big-l-1395-to-premier-new-pams-jingles>
(RNW MN by Andy Sennitt Dec 10; via Mike Terry, dxld)
PERU December Band Scan:
3329.508 Ondas del Huallaga, Huanuco, 2340
4746.87 Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho, 2300
4774.9 Radio Tarma, Tarma, 2300, 0830
4790 Radio Vision, Chiclayo, 0810, 0000
4824.50 La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos, 2315
4835.42 Radio Maranon, Jaen, 0000, 0940
4857.37 Radio La Hora, Cusco, 2250
5120.458 Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba.
Possibly with weak signal on 12 Dec, tentative.
6019.65 Radio Victoria, Lima, 2320.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, dxld / DXplorer / direct Dec 13)
RUSSIA 1521 Radio Mayak, Kazan is silent since 1 Nov 2009. I phoned the
transmitting center, and they told me that it has been switched off for
good.
(Dmitry Mezin-RUS, via emwg 8 Nov; via ARC MV-Eko Dec 7)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed on Thursday to consider cutting
the number of time zones in the country, which spans 11 time zones. During
his state-of-the-nation address to Russia's parliament he also suggested
discussing the use of daylight saving time and standard time. "All the
advantages of economizing and evident inconveniences in changing time are
necessary to assess.
I hope experts will give us objective answers to these questions," the
Russian president said. Russia was divided into 11 time zones in 1919. The
Soviet Union adopted the system in 1924. The country changes to daylight
saving time starting from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday
in October. Last July, the industrial policy committee at the Federation
Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, proposed abolishing
daylight saving time over adverse health effects.
(RIA Novosti website via Bernd Trutenau-LTU; via ARC MV-Eko Dec 7)
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Frequency change of Miraya FM Radio via IRRS Shortwave:
0300-0600 on 9835 RSO 150 kW 160 deg EaAf/Sudan English/Arabic, deleted
1500-1800 NF 9825 RSO 150 kW 160 deg EaAf/Sudan English/Arabic, ex15650*
*effectived from Dec 15.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
Radio City Relay on 9510 kHz. Dear Listeners, this Saturday the 19th of
December 2009 Radio City will return to the Airwaves via Nexus Milano (ex
IRRS) broker with 150 kW on 9510 kHz, via transmitter in Rimavska Sobota,
Slovak Republic. The time slot is 0900-1000 UT. Our contact address is
still
<citymorecars @ yahoo.ca>
Best regards Radio City - the Station of the Cars. Good listening 73s Tom
(Dec 17)
SOUTH AFRICA Zimbabwe Community Radio / Radio Dialogue in
Ndebele/English/Shona to ZWE
1755-1855 NF 4895 MEY 100 kW / 000 deg, ex5865, re-ex 3955 kHz.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
SPAIN 1359 Things seem now to be very unclear at RNE about the Arganda-
1359 kHz operation. After starting the 24h. DRM operation recently, the
whole past week they were broadcasting in noise mode only from 1900 UT to
appr. 0700 UT. During daytime the frequency was empty.
This morning (23.11.2009) they switched off the DRM transmitter at 0657 UT
and in some moment along the day they started in AM again. Now, at 2034 UT
I can hear the Arganda transmitter in AM. The past week the DRM operation
did not contain the scrolling text announcing 24h operation but only "RNE
DRM ARGANDA-1359 kHz".
(M. Molano-ESP via MWDX; via ARC MV-Eko Dec 7)
No DRM noted the past few nights. -ed, 5 Dec.
(ARC MV-Eko Olle Alm-SWE, Dec 7)
SRI LANKA 7190.1 at 0050-0058 UT. SLBC, Ekala, Dec 13, Hindi, YL short
ann, Indian songs - fair-almost good with SSB QRM.
6004.9 at *0100-0107 UT. SLBC, Ekala, Dec 13, English, OM ID and
frequency annmt, religious talk and song - fair with het. and splashes
from 6000 kHz (TRT).
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DXplorer Dec 13)
7190.09 at 0110-0125 UT on Dec 11/12, Hindi announcement, folksongs,
25232.
(Anker Petersen-DEN, via Dario Monferini-ITA, playdx yg via dxld)
SURINAME Radio Apintie on 4990 kHz. Heard on Dec 18 2009 0440-0525 UTC,
apparently randomly chosen music (heard the same song twice) with a Dutch
language jingle at 0521 UTC. Signal fair to good in New Hampshire, with
interference from a weaker co-channel station (AIR?) in the background.
(Henri Rik van Riel-NH-USA AB1KW, hcdx Dec 18)
SWAZILAND 4760 at 1618-1632 UT. Trans World Radio, Manzini, Dec 13,
Ndebele, YL/OM dialogues in some radio show with short musical pauses -
fair and slightly better (after many attempts during some last weeks I am
not quite sure if Port Blair is still here or not).
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DXplorer Dec 13)
TAIWAN Nippon no Kaze in Korean to North Korea
1300-1330 on 9655 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg, ex1700-1730 on 9820 kHz.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
TUNISIA 7105 Intermodulation of RTT Sfax Tunisia in ham radio band
section 7.1 to 7.2 MHz.
<http://www.iaru-r1.org/>
<http://www.iaru-
r1.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=497:source-of-bc-
signal-on-7105-khz-detected-it-is-an-intermodulation-product-of-rtv-
tunisia&catid=39:iarums&Itemid=87>
<http://www.iaru-
r1.org/index.php?view=article&catid=39:iarums&id=497:source-of-bc-signal-
on-7105-khz-detected-it-is-an-intermodulation-product-of-rtv-
tunisia&format=pdf>
German measuring and control station checked that unwanted emission in ham
radio band from Nov 15 to Dec 16.
Formula
7105.0040 kHz = 2 x 7225.0020 kHz minus 7345.000 kHz
transmission times
7345 1856-2309 UTC 52.7 dBµV/m
7225 1656-2111 UTC 76.1 dBµV/m
7105 1856-2111 UTC 21.4 dBµV/m
Complaint to Tunisia's Telecommunication sent out already.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
UGANDA 4976 UBC Radio at 2028 UT on Dec 11 clear from VoRussia Dushanbe
relay, but signal with nearly nomodulation! Just heard some beats in
marginal audio level.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, JPNpremium Dec 13)
UNIDENTIFIED 7194.98 If this isn't Radio Uganda, then what could I hear
being turned on at 0609 (Dec 10), 0617 (Dec 12), 0613 (Dec 13), 0633 UT
(Dec 14) and again this morning Dec 15 at 0618 UT but broke down 0625 UT.
Sizeable carrier but no definite modulation. Anyone, please?
(Martien Groot-HOL, dxld Dec 15)
At 0630 UT on Dec 17 noted a hefty hum on 9574.92 kHz, hetting Radio Medi
Nador on even 9575.00 kHz. When checked at 0930 UT again disturbtion of
same intensity wandered down to approx. 9574.89 kHz. Any ideas ?
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 17)
Odd Saudi Arabia 2nd progr of 9580? (Mauno Ritola, Dec 17)
Nothing heard on Dec 18 so far. wb
Still there at 1100 UT, but not now at 1430 UT. Maybe spurious from Saudi
transmitters?
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, dxld Dec 17)
9580 kHz was a domestic sce frequency of BSKSA 2nd program previously. But
move acc registration to 11855 kHz at 0600-1700 UT ...
(wb)
UAE FEBA Radio in Urdu and Kashmiri to North India
1430-1500 NF 9650 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg, ex12045 kHz.
WYFR Family Radio in English to Madagascar, new txion
1600-1700 on 9795 DHA 250 kW / 215 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
U.K. WYFR Family Radio in English to Middle East, new txion
1700-1800 NF 7390*RMP 500 kW / 120 deg, ex11850 kHz.
*co-ch Radio Belarus Minsk in Polish
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
USA Tour of VOA Transmitter - Greenville, NC on April 26, 1998 Jim
Hawkins' 1998 video tour of the VOA (actually International Broadcasting
Bureau) is now available on YouTube.
Site A (now mothballed), near Greenville, North Carolina, is now available
at YouTube as Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.
Greenville Site B is still in operation. Three GE 250 KW, one 500 kW
Marconi[sic, see below] and One 500 kW Continental transmitter(s).
Part 1 of 5 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7g8UCEQFE8>
Part 2 of 5 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxWSXH2rPlc>
Part 3 of 5 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffnxBJQA6rU>
Part 4 of 5 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYp2zw8FuKg>
Part 5 of 5 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjNRA9YDKrs>
For more transmitter site tours, please visit
<http://www.j-hawkins.com/radio.html>
(Kim Andrew Elliott <www.kimandrewelliott.com> via Mike Terry, dxld Dec 9)
The transmitter complement for VOA site B is as follows:
3 x Continental 420A 500 kW transmitters
3 x General Electric 250 kW
1 x BBC[Switzerland] 500 kW
1 x AEG S4005-500 500 kW
1 x Continental 617A SSB transmitter used for DRM.
There are not any Marconi transmitters at this VOA Greenville B Site.
(Glenn Swiderski, IBB Greenville NC-USA, dxld Dec 13)
However, is GA really still "standing by"? I heard hints that it is now
officially shut down and that the transmitters get step by step
cannibalized for spare parts to keep site B operational.
Further hints indicated that the 500 kW Doherty modulation transmitters in
fact never achieved more than 350 kW. One can hardly copy it, but don't
they discuss in part 4 that it will perhaps not be possible to keep these
transmitters for very long anymore? Is it meanwhile time to wonder when
the day will come and IBB starts to lease airtime for Radio Marti and this
little bit of VOA Spanish and Creole from either WHR, the CBC, RNW and/or
TDF?
If it is not known yet: Site B is a clone of site A. The most notable
difference are the two prototype transmitters from 1986, here it are a
Telefunken and a Brown Boveri instead. These prototypes had been purchased
for evaluation, raising hopes of a modernization of Greenville which never
happened (and raising hopes for a big order at Continental, ABB and
Telefunken that went out into the blue as well).
But this evaluation led to a decision in regard to the equipment to be
used for the Briech (Morocco) and Udon Thani (Thailand) sites. They choose
the Marconi design (prominently featured in part 1), but the transmitters
have not been build by Marconi, instead by a Cincinnati-based company that
never made transmission equipment before. Marconi provided them with the
blueprints, who knows under which kind of arrangement. It could be related
to Marconi's withdrawal from the broadcast equipment business.
(Kai Ludwig-D, SW TXsite Dec 5)
13650 at *1458-1525 UT, WHRI, Cypress Creek, Dec 13, English, opening ann
with full ID, postal and site address, then IRN news, "Lifetime
commentary" with final address in Minnesota, etc. - almost good at the
beginning, then fair and poor due to the downward propagation, also QRM
from on 13650 (CVC) and from 13655 kHz (WYFR) (there were also a lot of
short transmitter shutdowns during 1-2 or even 30-40 seconds).
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DXplorer Dec 13)
WJHR testing for months before regular shortwave broadcasts.
See the small antenna in the wood:
<http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=p37n7k7r88jq&scene=13168592&lvl=1&sty=b&
where1=30%2C650945 -87%2C08953>
15550-USB, WJHR, Milton FL, not heard Dec 10 at 1414 at 1455 checks. But
audible at 1602 UT with revival music, preacher. Quite weak signal. FCC
tells me WJHR is authorized to conduct equipment tests on 15550 kHz
1400-2200 UT; that's all.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Dec 17)
WJHR Int on the air, 15550 kHz USB mode.
15550-USB mode, heard from Milton-FL-USA. WJHR Int a religion feature on
"what in the can" heard ID. At 1802 UTC with ghost music and e-mail
address as <wjhr @ usa.com> signal was (35443) heard on Dec 16. Another ID
was heard at 2002 UTC signal then was around S=3 levels in USB mode with
man made power tools QRN in background, close down at 2158 UTC.
(Richard Lemke-Alb-CAN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 17)
15550-USB WJHR on Dec 16 at 1725-1805+ UT. Noted with preacher religious
ramblings about salvation. Paused at 1802 UT with a station identification
as "WJHR Radio International ... Milton ... Florida" rest was so low keyed
barely could copy the remainder of the station break, then right back to
the Preacher and his sermon. Signal was fluttery at times fairly good and
then just fading right out. Understand they are still in testing phase.
Wonder when they will go into full programming.
(Edward Kusalik-Alb-CAN, where went to minus 37C Sunday morning!
DXplorer Dec 17)
Dear Glen[n], Thanks for report. We are now in testing mode only. Hours of
operation are 9:00 to 5:00 daytime. QSL cards will be sent someday when
they are printed. Preachers are from Smyrna Baptist Church in Pensacola.
FL. Call Bill Adams at 850-377-2242 for information on preachers. Thank
you for listening!
(G. S. Mock-FL-USA, WJHR International, dxld Dec 15)
Hi - I just spoke with Scott Mock, the owner of this new station. They are
still in the testing phase, running 1,000 watts into a two element quad.
He says they are testing (but not always on) between 9 AM and 5 PM
Central. 1500-2300 UT. Scott added that he will QSL and gave his email as
<wjhr @ usa.com>
The call stands for John Hill Radio. He was the guy who recorded the
church service programming that the station is playing.
(Hans Johnson, Dec 15, Cumbredx mailing list via dxld)
WJHR testing for months before regular shortwave broadcasts.
A new Christian shortwave station has begun test transmissions in Milton,
Florida. WJHR started test broadcasts in mid-November, and will continue
testing daily on 15550 kHz on the 19 meter band. Tests are conducted at
different times between the timeframe of 0300-1100 UTC (from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Central time), says station owner Scott Mock in an interview with
DXing.info. Mock hopes to be able to begin regular broadcasts in March or
April 2010, when frequency may be changed to somewhere around 13.8 MHz.
Even during regular operation, WJHR will continue to broadcast only during
local daytime hours.
WJHR is a Christian radio station and plans to air programming by
fundamentalist Baptist churches. "Right now I am financing it myself, but
eventually churches will be donating money to keep it on the air," Mock
explains. Unused airtime will be available for others as well. "If people
want to buy airtime, we'll certainly sell it," Mock says.
A 50-kilowatt transmitter and an antenna directed north are located in
Milton, close to Pensacola in the Florida Panhandle. Mock says he has had
some antenna problems, and is currently in the process of getting the
antenna replaced. Transmitter power is now around 10 kW, but will increase
to the maximum 50 kW by the time regular broadcasts begin. There is no
studio, and all programming is pre-recorded. "It's not a fancy operation,
but it gets the job done", Mock describes to DXing.info.
Unlike nearly all other shortwave broadcast stations, WJHR plans to
transmit only on SSB. Current tests can be heard on the upper side band
(USB). SSB is used because "it is far more economical and almost everyone
can receive SSB", Mock explains.
Mock says he really wants to hear from DXers how well the signal is
getting out, and he will be printing QSL cards next year. Reception
reports are welcome by email to
<wjhr @ usa.com> or by writing to Radio Station WJHR, 5920 Oak Manor
Drive, Milton, FL 32570, USA. DXer Glenn Hauser in the U.S. was the first
to report hearing WJHR on December 8.
<http://www.dxing.info/news/index.dx#wjhr>
(DXing.info, Dec 12, via BrDXC-UK, Dec 15)
WWRB - Range Station.
Hi Glenn: We have received lots of Emails on the Four Course Radio Range
station located here at WWRB shortwave: Power is 50 watts, frequency is
28210 kHz, four Adcock vertical antennas, raised ground plane counterpoise
5 feet off the ground, 50 feet in diameter operated in phase / out of
phase link switching keying.
Primary N main lobe direction: 37 / 217 degrees.
Primary A main lobe direction: 127 / 307 degrees; centered on WWRB
shortwave
lat: 35 37 50 N, longitude 086 00 50 W. Range is on the air 24/7 hrs/d.
The Four Course legs for now are: 352, 082, 172, & 262 degrees outbound.
We plan on bending a 'range leg or two, that is in the future. We are
building a web site for this project so others can build one if they like.
The 'range station is located by the new Runway 18 / 36 we plan on
building here at WWRB shortwave. Listeners can hear the Morse letter N or
the letter A some listeners will hear the steady 'on course' 'beam'; some
will hear all of the signals jumbling about. All kinds of propagation
studies can be made with this 'range station / beacon. Propagation
conditions can change minute to minute allowing listeners to hear one
letter then the other. Back scatter, multipath propagation, selective
fading, name it.
(Dave Frantz-TN-USA, WWRB, dxld Dec 10)
UZBEKISTAN Due to continuous inaudibility on 15215 kHz, Radio Japan
Bengali service will test 7400 kHz from 1300-1345 UTC from 11th to
14th Dec.
Reception monitoring report, preferably with audio file, please be
directly sent to R Japan Bengali service email ID
<nhkworld @ nhk.jp> & <bengali @ intl.nhk.or.jp>
Based on reception quality, R Japan will decide change of frequency.
(Swopan Chakroborty-IND, JPNpremium Dec 12)
NHK Bengali has been heard in its test transmission on 7400 kHz [via
Tashkent-UZB ?] on 1300-1345 UT with relatively fair signal 35333 and
level S=5 till 1330 UT when R Sweden has started on 7405 kHz giving a
result of 32332 and a level S=4 (signal seems decreased). Program heard
was berita dalam bengali , in abt 1320 UT with lagu asli till 1330 UT.
Stopped listening for sometime, and heard again at 1343-1345 UT until
NHK ISed.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, JPNpremium Dec 13)
Frequency changes of Radio Japan NHK World:
1300-1345 NF 7400 TAC 100 kW 131 deg,ex5960, re-ex15215 kHz in Bengali.
Radio Free Chosun in Korean to North Korea
1200-1300 NF 9950*TAC 100 kW 065 deg, ex1230-1300 UT on 12085 kHz
\\ 11560 ERV
*co-ch Radio Ukraine International in English
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
6115 NHK World Radio Japan in Hindi on 9585 & 6115 - testing ? At 1350
UTC - Radio Japan Hindi noted on both 9585 & 6115 kHz - testing ?
6115 was announced as replacement freq for 9585 kHz sometime back.
1345-1430 UT to zone 41 via Tashkent 100kW 163degr.
(Alokesh Gupta-IND VU3BSE, dxld Dec 12)
Radio Japan NHK World. Bengali still on 15215 kHz after four days
(11 to 14 Dec) of test on 7400 kHz, never moved to 5960 kHz.
Hindi still on 9585 kHz after four days of test on additional 6115 kHz.
Never moved to 6115 kHz.
Urdu still on 9795 kHz, never moved to 5985 kHz.
(Alokesh Gupta-IND VU3BSE, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 18)
YEMEN 6135 at 1444-1454 UT. Radio Yemen, Sana'a, Dec 13, Arabic, OM
talk with mentions of Iran and Yemen, 1451 UT some YL and OM ann with ID,
Arabic singing - good with some fading and local noise
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DXplorer Dec 13)
6135.01 at 0640-0700 UT on Dec 12, Republic of Yemen R, San'a, Arabic
conversation and music, 15221.
(Anker Petersen-DEN, via Dario Monferini-ITA, playdx yg via dxld)
ZAMBIA 4965 at 2220-2255 UT. CVC, Lusaka, Dec 12, English, YL short
talks with ID as "Radio Christian Voice", English songs (mostly slow) -
fair- poor with some fading and strong QRM from some DRM-like utility tx
on 4965-4966 kHz.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DXplorer Dec 13)
Latest GE Updates - Get the KML file. As first reported by Alan Davies,
the GE folk have released another image update - the last for the year.
To see the latest GE updates open up GE & then return to your Internet
Browser & access the KML link from this page:
<http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/12/our-final-imagery-update-of-
2009.html>
There's been many updates.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Dec 17)
Narrowed the coordinates of CVC Zambia Makeni Ranch tx site now, only some
2.85 kilometers close to my previously suggested location.
CVC Lusaka Makeni Ranch SW 4965 6065 9430 9505 13590 13650 kHz now exact
- large 60 / 49 mb easy dipol between 2masts, 140m wide, at
15 32 20.40 S 28 00 08.18 E
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=15+32+20.40+S+
+28+00+08.18+E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.808164,57.084961&ie=UTF8&ll
=-15.539,28.002272&spn=0.003892,0.006968&t=h&z=18>
315 degr
- 2mast of 22mb, 39.5m wide at
15 32 17.43 S 28 00 04.87 E
315 degr
- and 2mast of 25/31 mb, 42.5m wide at
15 32 16.25 S 28 00 15.41 E
38/218 degr
(wb, SW TXsite / wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 17)
ZIMBABWE 4828 Voice of Zimbabwe. Mit schlechter Modulation. S=2/3,
Rauschen, Fading. Scheduled 1630-0530 UT daily. Music/Vernacular 100kW ND
Gweru ZWE.
(Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX Dec 17)
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Von Friedhelm Wittlieb
die Ausschreibung des Christmas Contests:
1. Zeitraum:
In der Zeit vom 21.12.2009 (0000 UTC) bis 03.01.2010 (2359 UTC) richtet
das Wellenforum den 5. Wellenforum Christmas Contest aus.
2. Stationen
Im Contestzeitraum sind die BC-Stationen zu hoeren, die auf der Lang- oder
Mittelwelle senden.
3. Teilnahmebedingungen
Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei und unabhaengig von einer Klubmitgliedschaft.
Teilnehmen koennen Newcomer, ebenso wie MW-Spezialisten. Jede Station ist
mindestens zehn Minuten zu hoeren. Die Programmdetails muessen so
abgefasst sein, dass zweifelsfrei auf die gehoerte Station geschlossen
werden kann (keine allgemeinen Floskeln wie Musik, News, o. ae.).
4. Wertung
Gewertet wird jeder BC-Log auf der LW und MW. Logs ohne eindeutige
Identifikation werden mit 1/3 der fuer die Station erreichten Punktzahl
bewertet.
Gewertet wird nach CIRAF-Zonen. Grundlage ist die Zusammenstellung "EDXC
RADIO COUNTRIES", die als pdf Datei zur Verfuegung gestellt wird.
Die Wertung erfolgt nach folgendem Schema: die CIRAF-Zone des
Empfangsortes 10 Punkte, die Logs aus den CIRAF-Zonen, die unmittelbar an
die eigene Zone grenzen 20 Punkte, alle anderen Zonen 30 Punkte.
Beispiel:
Empfangsort ist Luenen (CIRAF-Zone 28 / Deutschland) 10 Punkte;
die unmittelbar angrenzenden Zonen sind: 18, 27, 29, 37, 38, 39
20 Punkte; alle anderen Zonen 30 Punkte.
5. Zusendung der Logs
Die Logs sind gesammelt nach Contestende bis spaetestens 10. Januar 2010
an die Email-Adresse <contest @ wellenforum.de> zu senden.Die Email muss
folgendes Format haben:
Frequenz-Datum-Zeit-ITU-Station-SIO-Programmdetails
Beispiel:
1395-22/12-2200-G-Big L-333-Music (Michael Jackson "Thriller", ID "Big L",
Music (Santana "Maria")
Ausserdem ist neben dem Realnamen der Empfangsort, der verwendete
Empfaenger mit Antenne sowie die CIRAF-Zone des Empfangsortes anzugeben.
Diese Daten werden in einer Gesamtaufstellung der Logs verwandt.
6. Auszeichnung
Jeder Teilnehmer erhaelt nach Abschluss des Contest zeitnah eine Urkunde
mit der erreichten Punktzahl und der Platzierung.
Viel Spass beim Reinhoeren !
73, Friedhelm Wittlieb, Contestmanager
<contest @ wellenforum.de>
Dort sind auch die CIRAF PDF Datei und die EDXC Liste zu erfragen.
(Dec 5)
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Ein Spaziergang mit dem Perseus RX im 31 mb by Nils Schiffhauer, foerderte
heute Dec 13 um 1200 UTC folgende 91 Stationen zutage:
9265 WINB/USA ID in En, SIO 344
9280 WYFR/TWN ID in Ch, SIO 344
9310 WYFR/KAZ ID, SIO 454
9320 WYFR/TJK ohne ID, nur Traeger bzw. Extrem schwach moduliert
9335 Free Afghanistan/KWT SIO 333
9335 Voice of Korea, IS, ID in Fr, SIO 333
9345 Voice of Korea, IS, SIO 354
9355 KTWR Agana, locale IC in Ch, SIO 454
9370v WTJC/USA ID & Angebot QSL-Karten in En, SIO 354
9380 Sweden, SIO 454, leichtes Echo
9400 FEBA/PHL, IC in Ch, SIO 454
9410 Voice of Zhonghua, ID in Ch, SIO 344
9420 VoGreece, ID in Greek, SIO 555
9430 FEBA/PHL, Ch, SIO 444
9440 CRI/Kunming, Khmer, SIO 353-4
9450 WYFR/Novosibirsk, IS & ID, SIO 433-4
9460 WYFR/Irkutsk, IS & Ende der Sendung, SIO 343-4
9465 R. Liberty, ich hoer' da "Radio Azzatyk" raus, SIO 343-4
9475 R. Australia, ID in En, SIO 444
9485 WYFR/Irkutsk, IS, ID, SIO 333
9494.8 wohl Abkhazia, aber fast ohne Modulation.
9500 CVC/UZB, wahrscheinlich, denn sehr schwach, aber nicht CRI!
9510 IRRS Milano via Rimavska Sobota Slovak Republic, SIO 455-4
9515 China Business Radio, ID in Ch&En, SIO 333
9520 PBS Nei Menggu, tent. SIO 222
9530 CRI, ID in Ch, 333
9530 VoA/PHL IS, SIO 333
9540 CRI, ID in Ch, 333-4
9545 DW/UK, DRM, ID in En, 20 dB
9550 CRI, ID in Ch, SIO 333
9555 VoA/MRA, ID in En, SIO 444
9560 CRI/CAN, ID, SIO 343-4
9560 Australia in En, SIO 233
9570 KBS World, SIO 233-2
9575 Medi1, SIO 444
9580 Mix, aus dem einzig Australien mit ID in En mit SIO 222
"hervorragte".
9585 KFBS Saipan, schwierige ID im Splatter, SIO 222
9590 CRI, ID in RUS, SIO 555
9595 Nikkei, SIO 232
9600 RHCuba in Sp mit SIO 444, darunter CRI
9615 CRI, IS, SIO 555
9625 CBC News!, ID in Fr/En, SIO 344
9630 CRI/Lingshi in Ch, SIO 444; vorher CRI/Geermu mit 242
9635 ORTM, IS, SIO 222
9640 VoA/THA, ID in En, SIO 343-4
9645 CRI, ID in Ch & En, SIO 444
9650 KBS/CAN IS, SIO 333
9655 DW/CLN, IS, SIO 232
9685 CRI in Ru, SIO 555
9690 VoNigeria? Ohne ID, SIO 232
9695 VoR, En, SIO 344; im Hintergrund NHK in En
9704.2 Reste der La Voix du Sahel, SIO 242
9705 PBS Xinjiang, SIO 243
9715 WYFR/USA, IS, SIO 222
9720 CRI, IS, SIO 454
9725 VoA/THA, IS, 222
9730 CRI/Kunming, IS, SIO 242-3
9740 BBC/SNG, ID in En, SIO 343-4
9745 Voice of Kuanghua, ID, Ch, SIO 444
9750 NHK in Jpn, SIO 344-3
9755 China Business Radio, ID, SIO 242
9760 CRI, ID, SIO 344-3
9765 REE/CTR, Sp, SIO 232
9775 CRI, Ch, ID, SIO 544
9780 CRI, Ch, ID, SIO 343
9785 CRI, Ch, ID,SIO 344, im Hintergrund VoA/PHL
9790 NHK/Wertachtal, En, SIO 353
9795 RNI/Kranji, Zeitzeichen, SIO 222
9800 AWR/KSDA/Agat-Guam, locale ID in En, SIO 454
9805 VoA/PHL & CRI bis 1200 UTC
9820 China Business Radio, ID in En/Ch, SIO 344
9825 VoA/PHL & CRI
9830 CRI, SIO 333
9845 CRI, SIO 354
9850 Voice of Korea, IS, SIO 232-3
9855 CRI, ID, SIO 344-3
9860 CRI, ID, SIO 344-3
9870 Vividh Bharati, bis 1200 UTC mit SIO 444
9890 CVC Darwin ID in IND, darunter CRI
9895 RNI Wertachtal, ID in Dutch, SIO 343-4
9900 IRIB, ID in Ch, SIO 444-3
9910 KTWR Agana, ID in Ch, SIO 444
9920 FEBC/PHL, SIO 343
9930 WHRI/PAL, ID in En, SIO 344
9935 ERA Thessaloniki relay, Greece, ID in Greek, SIO 344
9950 R. Ukraine, ID in En, SIO 444
9970 RTBF in Fr, SIO 344-3
9975 KTWR/Agana, ID in Ch, SIO 344-3
9980 WWCR, ID in En, SIO 333
9990 Free Afghanistan/CLN, SIO 344
91 Stationen in 2 x 91 Minuten, also. Was haben wir nur "damals" (also vor
zwei Jahren, nur) ohne SDRs gemacht?
(Nils Schiffhauer-D DK8OK, A-DX Dec 13)
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WRTH 2010 - well done the WRTH team.
Arrived today Dec 15 at 0900 hrs a.m. in my postbox at home. Mike Bethge
of WWDXC dispatched the very first 50 copies from the WRTH distributor in
Germany last night at 0630 pm local at Frankfurt/Main post office.
Great service of German postal company.
Now I'll sit down on the SOFA CORNER, to look your maximum performance
product. (wb, Dec 15)
Comment by Noel from Blackpool too:
"...and it's very good once again. I think it is as up to date as any book
can possibly be, and then it's up to us to keep it that way by noting the
changes we read about. Computer technology now means that the book can be
produced much earlier than it used to be. Mr.Frost did very well, though,
when he managed to get it delivered for Christmas.
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vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX
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