communication - British DX Club

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COMMUNICATION
MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH DX CLUB
JULY 2016 EDITION 500
EDITOR
TREASURER
SECRETARY
PRINTING
AUDIO CIRCLE
BDXC E-MAIL:
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Contents
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4-5
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10-11
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14-15
16-17
18-21
22-23
24-25
26-28
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30-33
34-35
36-39
40-43
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44-48
49-51
51-60
61-63
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News from HQ
Open to Discussion
My Life in Radio
Monumental Meeting
Twickenham Meeting
Communication 500 not out
Trends in Tropical Bands
Southern European Report
Listening Post
Ewe antenna
Tracing RBI: part II
Myths of DAB
Japan’s English radio stations
QSL Report
Webwatch
UK News
MW Report
DX News
Beyond the Horizon
Propagation
Medium Wave Logbook
Tropical Logbook
HF Logbook
Alternative Airwaves
Contributors
News From H.Q.
Welcome to the 500th issue of Communication!
500 is a momentous milestone in a journey of DX and radio history
that stretches back to the very first issue of Communication way back
in 1974. How many of the original members would have foreseen us
reaching this far (and with no signs of stopping!)? A lot has changed
along the way, with technological progression and social change all
over the world, but some things remain the same- our shared love of
radio and of hunting down distant signals and stations, sometimes
exotic, sometimes more prosaic, but always satisfying.
Some members remain the same as well, which is good news. A
successful club like ours needs continuity along with fresh faces to
survive, and as you flick through the pages of this 500th issue we hope you will be as delighted
and informed as ever by the range of subjects and talking points that this great hobby still
provides.
To mark this special 500th issue, Alan Pennington looks back at Communication and the hobby
as it was in 1976. We have several other articles for your summer reading in this packed edition,
including Part 2 of Tracing Radio Berlin International, a feature on Japan’s English-language
domestic broadcasters and details of constructing a EWE antenna.
Thanks to Tony Rogers for compiling MW Logbook this month while Susan is on holiday. Our
best wishes for a speedy recovery go to Open To Discussion editor David Morris who was
unable to edit the section over the editorial weekend. Although not at the helm of that column this
month, you can read an article reminiscing on David’s many years in the radio hobby on pages 67 as part of our 500th issue.
Good Listening, Alan, Andrew, Chrissy & Dave (BDXC Board)
New Members
We welcome the following new members this month:
BDXC 2482 Douglas Copeland, Winnipeg, Canada;
BDXC 2483 R. F. Merrall, Dunstable.
BDXC 2484 Jeremy Rhys, Esher
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Publications
Broadcasts in English - Summer (A16) edition. Additional copies are available for £3, €5,
$US6 or 5 IRCs.
Radio Stations in the United Kingdom – 25th edition (2015) - BDXC’s comprehensive guide
to MW and FM radio stations in the UK and Ireland. Prices include postage: UK £4 (two copies
£7); Europe £7, €10 or 8 IRCs (two copies £10 or €15); Rest of World £8, $14 or 9 IRCs.
Reception Report Forms - English language forms, featuring the BDXC logo, suitable for
sending reports to most broadcasters. Price per 25. UK £3; Overseas: £5, €6, US$8 or 7 IRCs.
World Radio TV Handbook 2016 - our supply of the 2016 WRTH has now sold out but copies
are still available direct from the publisher at www.wrth.com or from online bookstores.
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DX Diary
Sunday 17 July: From the Radio Netherlands Archive broadcast by PCJ Media 0600-0800 on
7780 kHz; also Monday 18 July at 0100-0300 on 7570 kHz. (see DX News for more details)
Saturday 23 July: Reading DX meeting - Reading International Radio Group 1430-1700 BST in
the Main Hall at Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC), 35-39 London Street, Reading
RG1 4PS. Further details Mike Barraclough 01462 643899 email [email protected].
Future dates: 1 October, 29 November 2016, 4 March and 29 April 2017.
Friday 9 - Monday 12 September 2016: European DX Council Conference, Hosted by the
British DX Club at The Castlefield Hotel, Manchester, M3 4JR. Local organiser is Chrissy Brand
[email protected] See https://edxcnews.wordpress.com/category/edxc-conference-2016/ and
http://www.bdxc.org.uk/manchester.html A tour of BBC Media City has been booked for the
Saturday afternoon and other events, along with the conference sessions, are being planned. If
you wish to book a room at the hotel please contact Ann Shannon, reservations manager and
quote EDXC 2016 reference number BK57133 [email protected] Tel 0161 832 7073.
For other events see also the club website www.bdxc.org.uk & http://rsgb.org/main/news/rallies/
Member’s Advertisement
For sale: Due to ill health Dave Neale is selling the following receivers. All are boxed, with
manuals and in good working order.
Grundig Satellit 800, £250 or near offer.
Realistic DX394, £95 ONO.
AOR 3030, £275 ONO.
Contact Dave in Middlesbrough on 07828 163880 to discuss.
Front cover: A vintage Murphy radio dial tuned to 500 metres - to mark our 500th issue !
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Open To Discussion
This month with Chrissy Brand - [email protected]
We start this special month with STU FORSYTH in Malaysia. Stu is the editor of the New
Zealand DX League’s New Zealand DX Times and writes regarding Communication reaching our
th
500 issue. “500th issue - wow! I lived in the UK for 9 years in the 1990’s and early 2000s and
was a member. It is a great mag and I always enjoyed reading it. Good luck with the next 500!”
WILLIAM J READ in Stafford was delighted to read the article about Radio Berlin International in
edition 499 of Communication: “In the 1980s I was a regular listener to RBI, and also visited the
GDR on a number of occasions. I recall listening to the final broadcast of RBI on the day that the
GDR ceased to exist in October 1990, and the haunting melody of the GDR's national anthem
rang out for the last time. The photograph on page 21 of a conference room at RBI looked very
familiar, although I have never been there. A virtually identical room exists in another even more
impressive GDR building of the 1950s, the headquarters of the Ministry of State Security, now
open to the public as a museum in what was once "Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR" that I visited last
November. I look forward to the remaining two articles in this series, issues numbers 500 and
501, of your excellent journal.”
BRUNO GUERRÉE from Burgundy
was on holiday in Bavaria recently
and “discovered the Danube Valley,
a very nice area. When driving on a
motorway in Baden-Württemberg,
there was a serious traffic jam and I
had to stop my car... just behind
that Südwestrundfunk car. Look at
the registration plate! Funny, isn't
it?”
On a similar theme, DELL
NETHERTON thought we’d be
interested in “an old and odd car
radio” which he saw recently. “It’s a
Sonamatic with matching scarlet
push buttons and looked the part
for a 1962 Buick (below). While US automobiles are a bit QRO for my tastes, 50 years ago AM
was as good as in car entertainment gets. Mind you, such a luxurious vehicle does get FIVE
presets! Perhaps we radio enthusiasts
should not complain about the pap on
commercial DAB?”
ROGER BUNNEY writes on an
interference issue of an unusual nature.
“I have an interest in the Channel
Islands and frequently listen to BBC
Guernsey on 1116 kHz. It’s a good
signal here in Romsey, unlike BBC
Jersey 1026 kHz which is a much lower
level signal, odd as it’s a higher
powered transmitter, sites roughly the
same distance. I noticed many weeks
ago a whistling interference on the 1116
4
kHz transmission, often starting between 0945 and 1030 and continuing certainly to 1900hrs.
Starts as a series of perhaps 2 seconds bursts of tone at about 1kHz, then a longer tone period
and continues with varying tone lengths, gaps and odd tone mixes - it seems to be data. As it
appears co-incident with 1116kHz
I contacted BBC Guernsey and the noise was heard off air at the St. Peter Port studio via my
phone, checks were carried out at once since 1116kHz carries proceedings of ‘The States’
parliament and must be clean – it was clean and no breakthrough on their line feed to the txr
site. Locally checking with a radio I couldn’t get a positive interference location/direction so that
ruled out any residential property. Recently I had to motor through the town of Romsey and with
1116 kHz on the car radio found that the noise was across the whole town, thoughts now went to
the BT fibre cabling or the earlier Virgin system.
Today, 23 June I had to travel to Fareham, Hants, the noise was present out of Romsey, down
the M271 and along the M27 eastwards but as I approached the Fareham area splatter from the
1107 kHz TalkSport Radio transmitter at Titchfield [Fareham] that also uses the Radio Solent
MW transmitter site plus increasing BBC Guernsey signal levels made it difficult to monitor. It
would seem that there is an interference source with the Southampton area sufficient to cause
intrusive interference levels on BBC Guernsey output. I have been in contact with Ofcom who
are now investigating the complaint. I have no idea what this interference is or where it
originates from, it may be a silent carrier beating with 1116kHz causing the whistle, but I do not
have sufficiently selective equipment to pursue the source.
And finally there have been I suspect morning tests transmissions of music + highly compressed
ethnic speech on 2 mornings, 13/14 June, up to about 1000, one morning a very strong signal
and likely based from Southampton, the next day the signal levels were weaker suggesting that
the transmitter site has moved and I would anticipate as with an earlier spell of pirate
transmissions the transmitter has moved to the Portsmouth area. Nothing more has been heard
as of 23 June.
My ALA1530 Westbrook loop aerial on its rotator failed during the Storm Julie session a couple
of months ago – looks like it’s gone partially open circuit on one side. The replacement electronic
head unit cost nearly £130 with post and VAT! It has yet to be taken down for repair. What a
story! I could listen to BBC Guernsey on-line and suffer the 34 second delay but why should I as
this is a broadcast band.”
DAVID HARRIS writes: “I am carrying out an initial station scan on my DAB radio every month
and noting the number of stations that can be received. So far my scores are:
APRIL 2016 – 74
MAY 2016 – 68
JUNE 2016 – 69
All stations received at 100% signal strength at all times. I am fortunate that I live on the
Hampshire /Sussex border and can receive 6 multiplexes (inc the Portsmouth small area trial
stations). I use a Yamaha Desktop audio system TSX-B235D with loft mounted DAB/FM aerial. I
estimate my aerial to be about 80 ft above sea level.
I was wondering if other members are also monitoring the number of DAB stations they can pick
up? Perhaps listeners could send in their scores. I think the scope for DAB DXing is very limited
but perhaps there is someone living on very high ground in a border area who can pick up a lot
of stations. Maybe we should have a competition to see if anyone can get 100+ DAB stations?
ROG PARSONS writes that “My lovely little (but 'great') Lowe HF 225 after years of reliable
service has succumbed to electronic SD as B1 battery 3v lithium cell 300 mAh part number
B21-0020 has failed after a fair few more years than the '10 years' Lowe predictedV However,
before I boldly go where the hand of man has never set foot and unplug antenna/aerial etc undo
screws etc, to attempt to replace B1 can anyone please tell me the exact battery number for this
(I'm told Mallory) battery CR2030, CR2025 or CR2016 ? “
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My Life in Radio - David Morris
Perhaps radio was in the blood. My maternal grandfather was the managing director of Peto
Scott, the radio manufacturers. Unfortunately, he had died before I was aware of our common
interests. I always seemed to do well with physics at school, and for some reason it was
assumed by one of my school colleagues that I was able to mend radios.
The portable transistor receiver I was given to look at included short wave, and whilst fiddling
about the first short wave station in English that I heard was Radio Nederland on 6020 kHz.
This intrigued me, and tuning around the bands I came across Radio North Sea International
playing music that grabbed my attention. How exciting was that!
I then discovered that we had at home an ancient
radiogram, which included short wave, and another
table valve radio with all of the AM bands. On
returning home from school every afternoon, the
routine was to make sure that RNI was still
broadcasting, and on which frequency, and how bad
was the medium wave jamming today?
On chasing this station up and down the
medium wave band until it settled on 1367
(sic) kHz (220 metres as announced) I
discovered that there were, unbelievably,
other radio stations operating from boats
on the North Sea. I have a keen memory of being thrilled to hear Capital Radio from the King
David one evening on a state of the art B&O transistor radio, and subsequently the very upbeat
sounds of Radio Atlantis.
I was a great fan of A J Beirens and North Sea Goes DX, and one Christmas Day, which fell on
a Sunday, I incurred the wrath of my father as I was listening to this programme at too far loud a
volume too early in the morning on this special day! Headphones were unknown to me at that
time.
My brother and I belonged to the 1st Lilliput Sea Scouts, and they had an ex-Admiralty R107
valve receiver which was on ‘permanent loan’ until the Scout Leader remembered about two or
three years later. A long wire was run up the garden and it was at this time I learned the basics
of DXing.
When the R107 has to be returned, I was distraught, so had to do something about it. I met a
man in a pub who sold me an AR88D. It worked! The warmth and glow of the valves was very
satisfying, and it was probably about that time I came across the World Radio and Television
Handbook, and for several years the local library kept me up to date with the latest edition, until
I could eventually afford to buy my own copy each November / December.
Whilst I cannot remember when I joined the BDXC, my membership number is 111, so it must
have been fairly early on. I was also a member of the European DX Club, and I eagerly looked
forward to receiving the two magazines every month. Then I had to make a choice!
I acquired a mortgage for my first flat. Costing a staggering £18,000, I had to reduce costs, and
so dispensed with my EDXC membership. At some stage I acquired a new Yaesu FRG-7, and
the antenna wire ran around the inside walls of my lounge! When I then moved to a top floor
flat of a five storey block in Westbourne, I was very naughty and went up on the flat roof and
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draped the antenna wire around the asphalt. This flat was very close to the Bournemouth Fern
Barrow transmission site – and didn’t I know it!
A ghetto blaster was an excellent portable radio (contradiction in terms!) and this ensured my
girlfriend (now wife) knew what she was letting herself in for, as Laser 558 was a constant
companion both on this ghetto blaster, and on the car radio.
The FRG-7 remained a faithful companion until after marriage, and the birth of our son. The
FRG-7 was replaced by a FRG-100, so I have now had that radio for over 20 years.
Two or three years ago I purchased a CommRadio CR1, an SDR which operates in a similar
fashion to a communications receiver. It has its advantages – it is portable, and works from an
internal rechargeable battery – but when I was asked by Tim McClellan recently which of the
two receivers I prefer, I enthusiastically responded with the Yaesu. Both receivers are used at
home, both fed by long-wires, but I find that it is always the Yaesu I use, with the CommRadio
being occasionally used to cross-check a parallel frequency.
The 500th edition of Communication is a significant landmark, especially bearing in mind that all
involved do so voluntarily. It is remarkable how every month, just like clockwork, this excellent
magazine falls through our letterbox, and, for me, is always devoured cover to cover as soon as
it has arrived.
I edit the Open to Discussion column, which would be a very short column if it were not for the
support of all of the contributors. I must have looked after OTD for more than 23 years – to my
wife’s bemusement we had moved in to our present house on, I think, the Thursday, and over
the weekend I was typing up OTD on an electric typewriter perched on a work surface in the
kitchen, rushing to make sure that the copy was posted by lunchtime Sunday in our local
postbox (remember Sunday collections?) to be in Reading for the Monday morning. Contact
with head Office is now a little faster!
There is also the social side to BDXC. In addition to the annual Barmy Arms meeting in
Twickenham, there is also regular activity in the Bournemouth / Poole / Dorset area where we
have progressed from a natter in a pub of an evening, to the occasional gathering on an hill top,
usually overlooking the English Channel, in what appears to be a vain hope that FM conditions
will excel. Do they ever?
Perhaps the highlight of the social
side was when Mike Terry managed
to arrange a visit to the Rampisham,
Dorset broadcasting site.
Just
walking through the transmission
hall was probably akin to an art
expert seeing the Mona Lisa in the
Louvre!
There
is
always
something
interesting going on in radio land,
and it must be this that keeps me,
and all other club members, eagerly
turning on the radio, and discovering
a new station, or a rare propagation
improvement, or you somehow
moved a wire and your reception is
enhanced!
Rampisham transmitter hall in 2005 with (l-r) Dave Kenny,
Mike Terry, David Morris, Tim McClellan, Alan Pennington.
Good DX for the next 500 issues!
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Monumental BDXC Meeting
with David Morris - [email protected]
You never – alright, very, very rarely – hear a pirate station on FM in Dorset. Remarkably, when
a group of us were at Hardy’s Monument overlooking Abbotsbury and Portland, we hear TWO
pirates! These stations were a relay of internet station After Hours FM on 95.7 and Global
Dance Radio on 100.7.
The signal from community radio Bay FM
in Exmouth (106.4 FM – 55 km in a straight
line) was excellent and the afternoon
programming caught our attention with a
quiz question about flipping a coin and
probability. The answer was obvious to us,
and Tim McClellan sent a text with the
answer, and the presenter namechecked
us all, and the BDXC, and explained what
we were doing on this Dorset high point.
Those who attended on this coolish,
overcast day were (from left to right in the
photograph) Mike Terry, Dave Kenny,
Simon Hockenhull, Tim McClellan and
David Morris.
Dave had travelled the furthest distance
(from Reading) whilst Simon had driven
from near Bristol.
Dave’s aim to was to hear Radio Tou’Caen
on 1602 kHz, the temporary French station
from Caen on air until September 2016.
He had brought along his loop antenna, and placing the radio inside the loop, he was thrilled to
hear this station which had previously eluded him at home, and also whilst on holiday in
Cornwall. Do try and listen for, like the other new French station on the adjacent 1593 kHz
(Bretagne 5) there is a wide and unusual variety of music, including local music.
It was interesting that before lunch there was a wider geographical range of DAB multiplexes
audible – the most distant being South East Wales – and how after a sandwich from the
excellent China Mermaid Retro Café with proper crockery, bargain prices, and wonderful food –
the choice of DAB multiplex had dwindled.
FM was busy with most channels occupied, but other than the RSL Radio Wimborne, nothing
new or exciting to report. There were a very few French stations, typically from Caen and
Cherbourg. Even the Channel Islands were hiding, with only BBC Radio
Guernsey being audible on 93.2. Island FM on 104.7 was inaudible due to
the Sherborne community radio station, Abbey FM, on the same channel.
Surprisingly, there was electrical interference on the HF bands which
spoiled a bandscan, although the German short wave stations on 6005,
6070 and 6150, as well as 7310 were coming in very clearly.
All in all, a pleasant day for a gossip and a play!
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Twickenham Meeting Report
Nine members braved the somewhat disappointing weather on Saturday 18th June for our
traditional mid-summer gathering on the banks of the river Thames in the club’s original home
town of Twickenham. The most noticeable absentee was of course Mark Savage, who had
organised these gatherings for many years before his tragic death earlier this year. So it was a
meeting tinged with some sadness in that respect, with memories of Mark, prompted by some
albums of photos of previous BDXC meetings and trips from the past 40 years.
But an enjoyable afternoon (and evening!) nevertheless, with wide ranging chat, fuelled by some
good British ales from the (newly refurbished) Barmy Arms. The news that 23 years after being
scuttled by Abie Nathan, his Peace Ship had recently been found by divers off the Israeli coast,
produced much discussion, especially as Chris Greenway had been a DJ on the Voice of Peace
in the early 1980s (as Richard Grant) so could recount first-hand details of life on board. Also on
an offshore radio theme, both Alan P and Mike B wore new Radio 270 tee shirts (one red, one
blue!) featuring the original 270 logo – the station began broadcasting off Scarborough from the
Oceaan 7 fifty years ago in June 1966. (tee shirts available from http://radio270.net/Shop.html )
New radios also featured: Stuart bought along a neat travel portable, the CC Crane ‘Skywave’
bought recently in Las Vegas, Alan R his Tecsun PL360 and Dave his Tecsun PL-310ET. Chat
also covered the best FM DX locations on the south coast, and Spanish MW – would it ever
close? And in response to a request for a list of BBC WS FM relays worldwide, Chris obliged with
a link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/25lGfHqsvqPgsTVM6z88WGD/bbc-fm-stations-around-the-world .
This lists dedicated 24/7 relays only, excluding other stations that relay BBC WS at specific times.
Nearby Church Street had “gone green” as part of the Twickenham Festival with artificial grass
underfoot as it hosted a variety of food, wine and craft stalls. It was here at the Delhi Durbar we
enjoyed an evening curry, opting not to eat ‘al fresco’ on the artificial turf with June not exactly
flaming on 18th! Special thanks to everyone who turned out for another enjoyable gathering! (AP)
Overlooking the Thames and Eel Pie Island: (left to right): Mike Terry, Alan Pennington, Gareth Foster,
Alan Roe, Ian Kelly, Stuart Heathcock, Dave Kenny, Mike Barraclough and Chris Greenway.
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COMMUNICATION - 500 not out!
The observant ones amongst you will have noticed that this is the 500th edition of the club
magazine Communication! The first edition was published, by the then Twickenham DX Club, in
September 1974. The first issue consisted of just three A4 size sheets. The name chosen then
for our magazine has remained the same ever since, although the club changed its name to the
British DX Club in March 1979, in order to more accurately reflect its wider membership.
Communication has been published every month since that first issue in September 1974, with
the exception of just three months: joint issues were published in June/July 1975 and June/July
1977 and the July 1985 edition was missed when we switched printing format.
Up until the 499th (June 2016) edition of Communication, the club had published 19,731 pages in
Communication. This total rises to around 20,775 pages when we include the Broadcasts in
English supplements that members now automatically receive twice a year. And nowadays of
course, some members opt to receive Communication electronically as a pdf via email, instead of
the traditional printed paper booklet dropping through your letter box each month
In September 2014 we published a special 40th Anniversary edition of Communication which
included a detailed look-back at the history of the club and its magazine, so we will not repeat
that history here. However, for those of you who missed that special edition, it is still available to
read online at: http://www.bdxc.org.uk/Communication.pdf
LOOKING BACK – COMMUNICATION – JULY 1976
Much has changed in the past 41+ years since the first edition of Communication, and I’ve
chosen an early edition to look back on, from 40 years ago in the hot summer of July 1976.
The 22nd edition of “The monthly journal of the Twickenham DX Club” ran to six A4 duplicated
sides. In News from Headquarters, editor Dave Kenny reported: “Firstly, some very good news:
A club duplicator has at last been purchased. It’s a Gestetner automatic feed machine and cost
£35. In future we will therefore expand the bulletin as contributions demand!” The club welcomed
its 77th member (it would pass 100 by October that year, just two years after it had launched).
In Meetings Throughout the Nation there were
upcoming meetings in July 1976 in Sunnybank Drive,
Glasgow (contact John McCarra) and in Queens Road,
Reading (contact Ronnie Blair). Plans for a TDXC AGM
in Twickenham in September were also mentioned.
Mike Barraclough added that at the Reading meeting
on July 31st, John Farrer would demonstrate the
Barlow Wadley XCR30 receiver (photo right) and
representatives from BBC Monitoring Service and
Thames Valley Radio may attend.
The summer of ’76, is still remembered as one of the
hottest on record in the UK. Dave Kenny commented in
Propagation Report: “Not only will the month of June
1976 be remembered for its freak weather but also for freak VHF radio propagation. There have
been several sporadic-E occurrences.....” Dave signed off Mailbox “From a
sweltering Twickenham”!
In a new feature, Local Forum, the recently launched independent local
station in Belfast, Downtown Radio was featured. It had launched in March
1976 on 1026 kHz (293 metres) MW and on 96 MHz VHF. Also mentioned
was the club’s “list of all regional and local stations in the UK” which was
“available for a 4p stamp from HQ”.
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Both TDXC Mailbox and DX News (edited by Dr Donald McKinley) reported that Radio New
Zealand was “back on the air again, relaying its domestic services since 5th June, thanks to
DXers’ protests.” DX News also reported Radio Nepal “now uses 7100 kHz in addition to 790 and
5005 kHz.”
The July 1976 Communication also reported on the 10th EDXC Conference held in Hilversum,
Netherlands: “There were 75 participants altogether from 16 countries in Europe, Asia and North
America including 29 guests from broadcasting stations (R Nederland, BBC, R Sweden, DW,
DLF, NOS, TRT, BRT, ORF, RTVE, AWR plus BBC Monitoring Service and the WRTH).
The Shortwave Loggings in July 1976 was compiled by Nick Van Stigt and totalled 55 logs. At
that time, logs were presented in time, not frequency, order. A sample is listed below:
GMT
0150
0430
0432
1105
1130
1417
1903
2005
2019
2030
2119
2215
2350
STATION
R. Sutatenza, Col.
R. Colosal, Col.
R.Rumbos, Ven.
R.Peace & Progress
R. Afghanistan
R. Bremen
R. Tanzania
Malawi BC
Benin R.
R Grenada
Rhodesia BC
R. Nat. Venezuala
4VEH, Haiti
DATE
12/6
19/6
19/6
12/6
6/6
6/6
7/6
13/6
3/6
23/5
18/6
17/6
5/6
kHz
5095
4945
4970
15220
15195
6005
15435
3380
4870
15105
3396
15400
11835
SIO
545
434
434
555
422
333
333
422
343
433
322
322
222
LANGUAGE/INFORMATION
SS. mx, ID at 0200
SS, adverts, frequent IDs.
SS, news, s/off 0500
EE, news
EE, letter box. -1230
GG, mx.
EE, nx, mx -1925
EE, pop mx
EE, ID, mx
EE, Cricket
EE, mx
EE, nx, mx IDs.
EE, religious talk, ID.
INITIALS
MET
JP, MET
MET
MET
ES, MET
TJ
DLR
DLR
RC
ES
DLR
DLR
RC
Of the six contributors, four are still members today! DLR David Reynolds, ES Edwin Southwell,
JP Jim Parker and MET Mike Terry. As is loggings editor Nick Van Stigt (now in Canada).
In July 1976, there was no separate pirate radio section in Communication, but these loggings
were reported, marked as “Cland”! You may recognise some of these stations:
0900
1025
1105
1105
Time R,
Westside Int
Skyport R.
ABC England
30/5
20/6
20/6
13/6
6225
6210
6230
6270
242
443
342
322
EE, ID, mx
EE, ID, mx
EE, ID, mx
EE, ID, mx
JP
JP
JP
JP
QSL Report was edited by Mark Lee in Kew and was a simple list showing “waiting times” for a
QSL. Included in the 32 QSLs reported were these
interesting verifications:
ETHIOPIA
GERMANY
GRENADA
GREAT BRITAIN
INTNL. WATERS
USSR
ETLF
R.Berlin Int
R. Grenada
Manx R.
R. Mi Amigo
R. Kiev
R. Riga
R. Yerevan
11830 kHz
1511
15105
1295
1187
7360
5935
4990
DLR
DLR
MET
DLR
MET
DLR
DLR
DLR
Interesting to see in 1976, RBI on MW listed just
under “Germany” (along with West Germany based
Radio Riga 5935 KHz QSL card (DK)
stations RFE and RIAS). Also Manx Radio on its
daytime frequency 1295 (232 metres) which they
used until 1979. And offshore Radio Mi Amigo on 1187 kHz from the old Radio Caroline ship of
the same name. With Radios Kiev, Riga and Yerevan all listed under the Soviet Union, now of
course in independent states of Ukraine, Latvia and Armenia. Times change! (Alan Pennington)
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Trends in tropical bands broadcasting 2016
by Anker Petersen, editor of the Domestic Broadcasting Survey
Since DSWCI published its first Tropical Bands Survey in 1973, I have registered which domestic
stations are active, based upon loggings from our members and other DX-ers around the world.
Here is an updated status (where Clandestine and Pirate stations are not included).
Active domestic transmitters on 2200 – 5800 kHz
Region
1973
1985
1997
2009
2016
Central Africa
Southern Africa
Middle East
102
57
9
76
39
4
40
33
1
18
20
0
8
10
0
Indian Subcontinent
South East Asia
Indonesia
62
40
171
45
29
105
45
21
65
29
4
13
17
1
5
China, Taiwan, Mongolia
CIS (former USSR)
Far East
119
61
38
110
59
28
75
47
28
32
7
9
19
6
10
Papua New Guinea
Australia and other Pacific
17
10
20
4
20
13
15
8
5
10
Central America, Mexico
Caribbean
Northwestern South America
21
29
98
23
3
41
24
3
19
5
2
3
1
3
2
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
47
78
35
33
69
42
22
78
25
5
28
14
0
9
5
Brazil
Southern South America
107
5
87
2
67
1
35
0
27
0
Total
1106
819
627
247
138
During the past year the previous trend, that Tropical shortwave stations slowly disappear,
continued throughout the world. The reason is that other media get higher priority than keeping
elderly shortwave transmitters alive. However, there was only a minor fall from 147 last year to
138 frequencies this year.
Below are some domestic broadcasting stations on the Tropical Bands, which have closed down
during the past year:kHz
3205
3210
3380
3905
4319
4716.7
4765
4789.9
4820
4860
4885
4975
4976
kW
10
1
1
10
3
1
10
0.5
50
50
1
1
10
Station, country
NBC Sandaun, Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
Vintage FM Relay, Razorback, Australia
Centro Radiofonico Imbabura, Ecuador
NBC New Ireland, Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
AFRTS Feeder, Diego Garcia
R Yatun Ayllu Yura, S.Antonio, Bolivia
R Rural, Santarem, Brazil
R Visión, Chiclayo, Peru
AIR, Kolkata, India
AIR, Shimla, India
R Maria, Anápolis, Brazil
R Iguatemi, Osasco, Brazil
UBC R, Kampala, Uganda
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Last logged
APR15
JAN15
SEP14
APR15
DEC14
APR15
JAN15
APR15
JAN15
APR15
SEP14
APR15
APR15
Southern European Report
with Stefano Valianti
I’ve always been interested in radio programming in addition to radio reception. So I read with
interest the article by David Harris (“DAB: Too much radio?” June Communication). To compare
with my location, NW of Bologna, I receive 39 stations, all national as no local multiplexes are
presently available, via channels 12A (Eurodab), 12B (RAI) and 12C (DAB Italia). This is how the
stations might be classified according to their programme format:
News, current affairs, rock (1)
Variety, pop music (1)
News, talk (2)
RAI Radio 1
RAI Radio 2
Radio 24
Radio 24 + 1 – one hour delay repeat of Radio 24
Religious (1)
Radio Maria
Rock, jazz (3)
RAI Radio 4 Light – “Il jazz di Radio 4” daily at 2200 local
RAI Radio 7 Live – 24/7 live rock music, concerts
RTL Rock
Traffic info and pop music (2) RAI Isoradio – news from RAI Radio 1 on the hour
RTL Viaradio Digital – RTL 102.5 hourly news bulletins
Maritime news and weather,
RTL Guardia Costiera – in cooperation with the Italian
pop music (1)
Coast Guard, RTL 102.5 news bulletins at some hours
Classical music (3)
RAI Radio 5 Classica
RAI Radio 8 Opera – 24/7 operatic music
RAI Radio 3 – also cultural programmes, current affairs
Politics and Parliament (3)
RAI GR Parlamento – Parliament b’casts, press reviews
Radio Radicale – also Parliamentary broadcasts, first
press review of the day at midnight
Radio Padania –right-wing Northern League party station
Old-time radio (1)
RAI Radio 6 Teca – recordings of old radio programmes
All-Italian pop music (2)
Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana
RTL Italian Style
National FM networks (6)
M DUE O, Radio Capital, Radio Deejay, RDS, R 101
RTL 102.5
Other specialized non-stop
RTL Best, RTL Lounge, RTL Groove
music programmes (8)
Radio Capital Funky Town
Radio Capital Music – rock and pop evergreens
KC3 – pop and rock produced by DAB Italia
M DUE O Dance, RDS Relax – easy listening pop
Radio Vaticana Italia – not only religion but also pop and
International stations (5)
world music, talk, meteo, traffic for Rome and Milan,
press reviews, classical music
Radio Maria Albania – in Albanian
Jazz 24 – jazz 24/7 from station KPLU
Radio Orbital – current hits, 101.9 FM in Lisbon
Maxxima – house music station in Geneva “La radio des
nouvelles musiques”
There are also some stations I'd like to have on DAB: Euronews
Radio, the radio version in Italian of the pan-European TV service
based in Lyon, Radio Svizzera Rete Uno, Radio Capodistria,
particularly in areas not covered by their good transmitter on 1170
kHz medium wave, and maybe the BBC World Service and VOA
Global English.
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12B
12B
12C
12C
12C
12B
12B
12A
12B
12A
12A
12B
12B
12B
12B
12C
12A
12B
12A
12A
12C
12A
12A
12C
12C
12C
12C
12A
12C
12C
12A
12C
Listening Post
with Alan Roe
[email protected]
Welcome to Listening Post for July.
China Radio International
On April 26th, China Radio International made a number of changes to their programme line-up,
including the introduction of new programmes. Further changes were made sometime in mid
June with additional new programmes. The programme day now runs from 1600UTC, so that for
example you will find Weekend programming starting on Friday at 1600UT. (For reference, prior
to April, the programme day ran from 0000UT).
Former weekend programmes Heartbeat and Horizons now move to weekday slots and four
new programmes are heard as follows: Chinese Theatre (on weekdays), Alight on Literature
and Ink & Quill (on weekends), and Language Café (a daily English learning programme
featuring English idioms).
I’ll look at these new programmes more closely next month, but in the meantime here is the new
programme schedule in full:
Sunday to Thursday
UTC
1600-1700
Hourly News
Chinese Theatre
Postcard
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Roundtable(rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Language Café
1700-1800
1800-1900
Life
Upclose
1900-2000
2000-2100
2100-2200
2200-2300
Life
Upclose
2300-2400
Friday and Saturday
Postcards Heartbeat
Music+
Horizons
Alight on Literature
Ink & Quill
Sounds of
the Week
Biz Buzz
Chinese Studio
The Beijing Hour night edition(rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Chinese Theatre
Alight on Literature
Postcard
Ink & Quill
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Roundtable (rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Language Café
Sounds of
Postcards Heartbeat
Music+
Horizons
Biz Buzz
the Week
Chinese Studio
The Beijing Hour morning edition(rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
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Monday to Friday
UTC
Hourly News
Language Café
0000-0100
Life
Upclose
0100-0200
0200-0300
Life
Upclose
0300-0400
0400-0500
Life
Upclose
0500-0600
0600-0700
Life
Upclose
0700-0800
0800-0900
Life
Upclose
0900-1000
1000-1100
Life
Upclose
1100-1200
1200-1300
Life
Upclose
1300-1400
1400-1500
1500-1600
Saturday & Sunday
Postcards Heartbeat
Music+
Horizons
Sounds of
the Week
Biz Buzz
Chinese Studio
The Beijing Hour morning edition(rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Language Café
Sounds of
Postcards Heartbeat Music+
Horizons
Biz Buzz
the Week
Chinese Studio
The Beijing Hour morning edition(rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Language Café
Sounds of
Postcards Heartbeat Music+
Horizons
Biz Buzz
the Week
Chinese Studio
The Beijing Hour morning edition(rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Language Café
Sounds of
Postcards Heartbeat Music+
Horizons
Biz Buzz
the Week
Chinese Studio
The Beijing Hour midday edition(rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Language Café
Sounds of
Postcards Heartbeat Music+
Horizons
Biz Buzz
the Week
Chinese Studio
The Beijing Hour midday edition(rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Language Café
Sounds of
Postcards Heartbeat Music+
Horizons
Biz Buzz
the Week
Chinese Studio
The Beijing Hour evening edition(live broadcast)
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Language Café
Sounds of
Postcards Heartbeat Music+
Horizons
Biz Buzz
the Week
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Chinese Theatre
Alight on Literature
Postcard
Ink & Quill
Chinese Studio
Hourly News
Roundtable (rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
The Beijing Hour evening edition(rebroadcast)
Chinese Studio
I’d welcome your comments on these new programmes, or (as always) any other programmes
that catch your attention! Good SWL until next month. Alan.
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EWE Bewdy
by Paul Ormandy
This article first appeared in the New Zealand DX Times earlier this year. Reproduced with kind
permission of the author and the New Zealand DX League http://www.radiodx.com/
EWE Bewdy! EWE antennas have found favour with DXers in New Zealand and worldwide.
Their compact size makes them a good choice for the average Kiwi yard, it also means they can
be used as a portable antenna and taken away for DXing in favourable locations. When you are
fortunate enough to live in a good location and have a selection of EWEs the results can be very
rewarding, [New Zealand DXer] Bryan Clark only uses EWEs at Mangawhai, the quality of
Bryan's loggings are testament to how effective these aerials are. EWEs are essentially 2 x
short, phased verticals. The horizontal wire is simply a phasing wire, it does not contribute to the
gain of the antenna.
Recently, EWE antennas were made for
Phil Garden and Ian Wells, and tested at
Waianakarua where they performed very
well. We used the fixed earth line model
otherwise known as a “flag on the
ground”. A flag antenna is usually
elevated 2m above ground level. It looks
like the image below except a wire runs
between the earth points, note the arrow
indicating direction of reception so pick
the direction you want to favour and
position the antenna accordingly. Note
the coax connects at the end where the
desired signals will come from. Photo: Ian Wells with his newly installed EWE at Waianakarua.
Constructing them is easy, below is a list of materials to build a 4m x 12m x 4m antenna. This
dimension works very well on MW & SW. Feel free to substitute whatever you have in your
treasure collection: 2 x 4m lengths of 50mm OD (outside diameter) PVC electrical conduit, 4 x
crimp lugs to suit the nuts and bolts you use (from your local electrical wholesaler), 32m x
suitable insulated flexible wire (0.5 to 1.5 sq mm), 1 x 9:1 balun – see text, 1 x 820 Ohm resistor
– see text, 2 x 15 or 20m hanks of 3 or 4mm nylon cord, 4 x tent pegs, 1 x roll insulation tape or
4 sturdy black UV-resistant cable ties to hold the wire against the mast, 4 x small bolts, 8 x small
nuts, 8 x small washers, 1 x tube silicon sealer, 1 x piece of perspex or thick plastic approx 25 x
60mm, 1 x plastic box to house the balun (I used a cheap conduit joint box and sealed up the
hole with silicon), 1 x length of coax sufficient to reach your receiver, 1 x 20dB preamp (essential
if using the EWE for MW).
Right: EWE antenna diagram (Thanks G0JHC on qrz.com)
You can use metal or wooden poles if you have them, Bill
Marsh uses bamboo poles as they are lightweight and easy to
obtain You could also hang one or both ends from trees,
though it is recommended that your EWE is relatively clear of
trees, bushes, metal fences etc. Cut one piece of wire 12m
long, the other 20m long and attach crimp lugs or form eyes
to suit the hardware used. We used 6mm stainless steel nuts,
washers and bolts for the balun and resistor termination. For
permanent installation, tape or cable tie one end of the 20m
of wire up one pole and do likewise at the other end. Drill an
16
8mm hole through the top of each mast and attach 2 x 7.5 – 10m nylon guy cords.
The balun is in fact an impedance matching transformer with a 9:1 ratio. It is made by winding 35
turns of fine wire on the antenna side and 11 turns on the receiver side on an Amidon FT82-43
or FT50-43 ferrite toroid (I'd recommend the FT82 as it’s bigger than the FT50 and easier to
wind). These toroids are designed for MW right thru SW and are available from South Island
Component Centre in Christchurch. You can buy a suitable matching device online, see
www.dxengineering.com/parts/svp-sv-btplus They cost US$49 so will cost around NZ$120.
To make the resistor termination, crimp and/or solder lugs onto each end of the resistor. Take a
piece of 3-4mm plastic/perspex etc. and drill holes for each end of the resistor to connect to. Bolt
the resistor in place and liberally smear silicon over it. You could also mount the resistor in a
suitable enclosure. EWEs are low gain antennas, which isn't too much of a problem for SW from
6MHz and up.
For MW and tropical band DX you'll need a preamp.
The 20dB preamp preferred by MW DXers is the
Advanced Receiver P0.1-30/20VD. They are US69.95
plus postage so will cost about NZ$140 each. The
following pictures show how the wire is run down the
masts and connected to the balun. Left: Balun layout.
Thanks to the late John Bryant.
Assemble the entire antenna on the ground. Then
move it to where it will be fully erected. You'll probably
need someone to help at this point. Stand one of the
masts up and drive pegs into the ground at 45 deg
either side of the antenna and about 3-4m out. Then erect the other mast, keeping the horizontal
wire reasonably taut, drive in two more tent pegs and tie off. Run out the 12m wire along the
ground and attach to the balun at one end and the resistor at the other. Do the same with the
main aerial wire.
Connect the coax and test the antenna. If it all works, liberally smear silicon over the bolts on the
balun and resistor termination. To make a portable version, you'll need 4 x 50mm PVC couplers,
or you can make your own couplers by cutting 4 x 150mm lengths of 50mm ID (internal
diameter) PVC drain pipe. Cut the 2 x 4m lengths into 3 x 1333mm sections and glue couplings
on the end of four of them. Assemble each mast and drill a big enough hole at the top and
bottom to feed the crimp lugs through.
Showing how the wire is run down the masts and connected to the balun and resistor.
(see also photo on page 25 showing another view of the complete aerial)
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Tracing Radio Berlin International
by Sabine Schereck
Part II – Between Party Line and the Open World: Radio Berlin International
The second part of the research on RBI focuses on the programmes of the European English
Service. The programme began with following announcement: “This is Radio Berlin International,
the voice of the German Democratic Republic, broadcasting to Europe.”
During the first years, the programmes were 30 minutes long. Later they increased to 45 minutes
and had a relatively fixed structure. Each programme had daily:
a) a news bulletin at the beginning, which was ten minutes long and read live
b) a commentary, the ‘Tageskommentar’, abbreviated as TAKO, which was three minutes
long and produced on the day.
The remaining time followed a weekly schedule that changed only slightly over the years and
consisted of pre-produced material. An RBI Journal in 1982 published following schedule:
Mon
Tues
Weds
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun
Spotlight on Sport, DX Meeting
GDR Kaleidoscope (culture, science and technology, social life, youth affairs, etc.)
We Answer Listener Questions, Pop Corner
The Land We Live In (interesting aspects of life in the GDR) Midweek Sports Report
Newsreel of the Socialist World (Reports about life and development in the socialist
countries) Did You Know?
News and views of the world peace movement, GDR Report (Reports, interviews etc.
on GDR-North America, GDR-Britain relations respectively), Dateline Berlin (John Peet
on current affairs)
Weekend Magazine, Mailbag / Thank You For Writing
Between the individual items, music from the region to which it was
broadcast was played. This made it more attractive to the target
audience without compromising guidelines for programmes on
networks that aimed at the national audience considering some
music from western countries was not available in the GDR. The
news bulletin consisted of items given by the central news department and items compiled by
the individual departments of each specific region. The news covered the GDR, FRG,
international current affairs and events of the region to which the programme was broadcasting,
all with the party’s viewpoint. In order to obtain the news items for and from Britain, the divisional
directors had access to western media, particularly to the British press and its newspapers such
as the Financial Times.
RBI QSLs: from 1962 www.hobbyradio.se & 50 years ago in 1966. Paul Greaves via http://swling.com
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A significant aspect in presenting news and programmes of the GDR was the so-called ‘ARGU’.
The ‘ARGU’, short for ‘argumentation’ (and in this context meaning ‘line of argumentation’), was
a daily meeting of the Secretary of Agitation and Propaganda and the Head of State. They did
not only decide which news was to be presented but also how it was worded. Additionally, they
dictated which topics were not to be
mentioned.
At
this
meeting,
representatives of the State Committee
for Print and Broadcast and the news
agency
Allgemeiner
Deutscher
Nachrichtendienst (ADN) were present
so that they could pass down orders to
their departments. (RBI stamps from
www.oldtimeradio.de)
Hannelore Steer whose career span over 20 years as an
editor in the Africa Department of RBI, stated in an
interview: “The programme [of RBI] was a selfrepresentation of the GDR, where the image of the GDR
was embellished”. (Photo of Hannelore, with audio, from
www.wwwagner.tv/?p=21395)
Heinz Odermann admits the same in Wellen mit tausend
Klängen.
Wolfram Bielenstein, Head of the European English
Department for many years, confirms this in an interview:
“Problems within the country, particularly economic ones,
were not addressed. Instead the country boasted with its
achievements.” This can be clearly heard on the
programme broadcast on 30 December 1984, which stated
that the GDR “exceeded its target” and the economy was
overall flourishing. When reporting restrictions were lifted after 9 November 1989, the
programme Thank You For Writing on 12 November 1989 responded to the fact that many GDR
citizens left their country and gave reasons such as “substantial problems in health service” and
“insufficient supply of consumer goods”. The programme also admitted: “=the media pretended
that this country did not have any problems at all and painted a rosy picture as if we were
advancing from one success to the next.”
On 16 November 1989 the programme offered the following explanation as to why this “rosy
picture” was painted: “The former leadership of this country (=) were living in a make-believe
world of their own. They had so effectively walled themselves in that very seldom did they get a
glimpse of real life in this country. Thus the picture the media presented had to match their
image. (=) There was an efficient system of censorship installed, which basically boiled down to
the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party laying down the rules. (=) The leadership of
the Socialist Unity Party (=) had the media, including RBI, play to its tune. (=) There were daily
briefings by the respective department of the Central Committee on what to broadcast and what
to leave out.”
Listening to RBI’s programmes from the 1980s, their style varied. Some programmes like
Mailbag were rather slow, conservative and stilted; others, however, like the sports programme
were very lively. A noteworthy feature is that some programmes were presented by two people:
This allowed one person to quote from letters and the other to provide the answers, which made
the programme more interesting. The music often reflected the fashion of the time.
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The Team
The English Department of RBI had about twelve members of staff. Almost all were involved in
translating, reporting, news-reading, presenting and replying to listeners’ letters. The news and
commentaries were generally compiled and written by the Heads of Department. The English
Department also worked with freelance journalists. It did not, however, have correspondents
abroad.
The English Department was predominantly set up by people who returned from exile after
National Socialism was defeated. These were mostly Communists who helped to build the GDR.
Having been in exile in English speaking countries, they had acquired the language skills needed
to produce programmes in English. The English and other departments were also made up of
those who had studied either Journalism or languages at university or had a training in
interpreting, which, too, was offered at universities.
Important members of the team were the native speakers. What would entice someone from
England, for example, to work in and for the GDR? The most common reason was that they
believed in the socialist system as in the case of British-born journalist John Peet. Another
reason was their involvement in the Resistance and it was important to them to live in a country,
whose aim was to eradicate former Nazis.
Despite having to put up with the restrictions in their freedom of expression and a generally lower
living standard (compared to the one in West Germany) they had an advantage that GDR
citizens did not: they kept their nationality and had the opportunity to travel to the West. In
practice, however, this was rarely done as this involved much bureaucracy.
Bielenstein points out that the bonus of having an employment, which might not have been easy
to secure in their home country, came at a price: Native speakers had to take into account that –
from a western point of view – working for a socialist country could be career-damaging and
prospects of finding employment after a return were limited. Also, native speakers were not
presented to their listeners by their real name but by an adopted one. Native speakers were
recruited through the socialist party of their country, for example in France or Sweden, or through
their studies at an East German university.
The task of native speakers was to translate manuscripts, correct translations made by Germans
and to present: Majorie Milner, for example, presented Mailbag, Jean Jones presented Did You
Know? and Bob Hamilton covered sport. They were not entitled to compile the news or write the
commentary, but were allowed to read the news, if they were trusted. Native speakers usually
had a two-year-contract. After two years some of them preferred to return to their country.
Inside RBI Nalepastraße in the 2000s (photo SS)
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The English Department was run by people who, on the one hand, generally believed in the
socialist system, but, on the other hand, were painfully aware of the system’s shortcomings.
They hoped that a new government would improve the situation within the state. The majority of
staff, however, was less motivated by party politics than by a passion for the English language
and the opportunity to employ their language skills and be creative. Additionally, working at RBI
offered privileges that most other GDR citizens or even other journalists did not have.
Privileges
Firstly, as RBI produced programmes for listeners outside the GDR, the programme makers
were granted more freedom than their colleagues who produced for an audience in the GDR
itself. Odermann writes that from the 1970s onwards only some German programmes were spotchecked by the Department for Foreign Information of the Central Committee. This freedom was
also a result of the fact that most officials were not able to speak the languages in which the
programmes were produced. This is very much in contrast to Radio Moscow, where the news
were translated from Russian into a foreign language and then translated back into Russian by
another translator to ensure its meaning had not been altered.
Secondly, depending on the rank and the person’s ‘trustworthiness’, the language skills enabled
some RBI staff to travel to countries that were not part of the Eastern Bloc. These excursions,
however, were not to gain information about the country to which RBI broadcast, but to support
GDR’s trade delegation. That meant that if the GDR participated in international trade fairs, the
task was to act as an interpreter and spokesperson of the GDR as Hannelore Steer, who
travelled to Africa several times, remembers.
Hardy Graupner, who worked as an editor in
the English Department from 1983 onwards,
recalls privileges regarding the standard of
living: access to rare books; doctors, who
worked on the premises of GDR’s broadcasting
centre; special holiday camps for children, and
occasionally peaches, which were seldom
available in the GDR.
After RBI Hardy Graupner went onto work for
Deutsche Welle. Photo from
http://www.dw.com/en/they-said-i-had-a-look-ofuncertainty/a-4809726
Finally, the opportunity to work with native speakers was a privilege in
itself. Not only language skills could be improved, but also ways of
making more interesting programmes. Although it could rarely be put
into practice, they learned about balanced and objective journalism.
Their insight into their country was used to make the programmes as
attractive as possible – but considering they had not been to their
country for a while, they were slightly out of touch. Information about
current events was provided through other international broadcasters
such as the BBC.
Who listened to RBI? That question will be investigated in the next
part.
Right: Photo of RBI pennant from Marty Delfin’s blog
http://shortwavescatter.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/remembering-radio-berlininternational.html
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DAB: The myths and mis-selling of DAB
By David Harris [email protected]
A personal view of DAB in the UK by David Harris
It is over 20 years since the first public DAB broadcasts began in the UK. There were not many
listeners as commercially marketed DAB receivers did not come onto the market until 2000.
Since then we have seen DAB slowly increase the number of stations and its coverage across
the UK. Various governments have proposed an end of FM for national networks (which would
leave only local and community stations). Yet we are still in a state of limbo with regard to what
sort of technology will be supplying our broadcast needs in years to come. DAB has not been a
great success and I think we need to try and understand why this has occurred. My contention is
that we were mis-sold DAB as, like many new technologies, it was essentially a “solution in
search of a problem”.
Let us start at the beginning and look at the classic definition of marketing: “Marketing is the
management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer
requirements profitably” (Chartered Institute of Marketing) When the concept of DAB
broadcasting was first put forward no one actually asked what customers, that is us the radio
listeners, might actually want. Instead they broke all the rules and tried to sell DAB on its
features rather than its benefits. Many websites still emphasise these features which warrant
careful examination.
DAB myth 1. There is no hiss or crackle with the sound unlike FM. That is a highly specious
claim as a poor DAB signal produces that awful burbling sound which makes the signal
unintelligible. DAB is all or nothing in that you either get a good signal or effectively no signal
whereas analogue signals degrade gradually enabling one to hear fringe stations, albeit with
some possible degradation of sound quality.
Myth 2. It is easy to tune. Given that some areas of the UK now have over 70 stations, scrolling
through to find your favourite can take quite a long time. Most DAB sets have some sort of presets but I still find that analogue sets are much simpler to use.
The World DAB stand at the Radio Days Europe 2016 conference in Paris in March (CB)
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Myth 3. DAB stations auto tune on car radios when you move from area to area. This may
have been a point 20 years ago but the last few cars that my wife and I have owned all have an
auto tune feature on the FM car radio. It is only in the last year that most new cars have DAB
radios fitted as standard. The vast majority of cars in the UK do not have DAB radios.
Myth 4. Stations can display track listings. While DAB stations can display more information
is this something we really want? Modern FM radios also display programme information.
Myth 5. DAB offers more stations. Whilst on the surface this may be factually correct but if
most of the DAB stations turn out to be owned by Bauer, Global or Wireless Group then that is
quantity and not quality or diversity. Personally I don’t want Heart, Capital or talkSPORT and I
really don’t want Heart 2, Capital Extra, Absolute 90’s or any permutation of these mega
corporations and their pop music.
Myth 6. Everyone else is taking up DAB so we don’t want to be left behind. Whilst sparsely
populated, oil rich, rural Norway seems to be intent to phase out FM and go fully DAB there is no
rush to follow them. Canada trialled DAB and gave it up completely. Finland has now allocated
DAB frequencies for other uses and in France it seems to have become quite marginalised
despite the switching off of many MW stations at the end of 2015.
Myth 7. DAB is cutting edge digital technology so it must be good. These has been a
tendency in recent years for governments to put tremendous emphasis on anything that has
“digital” in it. By inference anything that is analogue is old fashioned and not worth keeping. In
fact we have seen the audio quality of radio diminish considerably since the launch of DAB. FM
stereo signals offer a much superior audio quality to the 128 kbit/s offered by a few DAB
stations. However due to high costs many stations now only broadcast in mono at 64 kbit/s
which is surely a retrograde step.
Myth 8. DAB is the future. Unfortunately DAB is fast going down the road of the 8 track
cartridge, Betamax video recorder and compact cassette player as technologies that did not last
the course. DAB+ which uses a more efficient encoding system is likely to be the standard used
throughout Europe. Unfortunately many existing DAB radios in the UK (including 3 out of the 4
DAB radios in my house) are unable to process DAB+ signals. It is possible that at some time in
the future we may be talking about a DAB switchover, in favour of DAB+ yet still be arguing
about what to do with FM and maybe even MW. There is also increasing evidence that many
people are bypassing radio receivers completely and access radio stations via the internet. The
logical conclusion eventually would seem to be to switch off all radio transmitters.
How can we save the sinking ship? Given that an enormous amount of money has been
invested in DAB in terms of new radios and transmitter networks what can be done to salvage
the situation? The answer is to go back to basics and try to satisfy customers by offering
diversity within radio services. Here is my simple 5 point plan:
1) The big three corporates must be prevented from opening up any more clone stations.
2) I am concerned about the proliferation of religious stations. We have seen the spread of US
religious stations on shortwave.
3) Given the enormous start-up and running costs of a radio station the only way forward must
be through not-for-profit stations who can offer something different from the mainstream.
4) Move the big three commercial operators off MW and FM to free up their MW and FM
frequencies for community, experimental and other non-commercial services.
5) Reduce the regulatory burden and copyright costs for non-commercial stations to enable them
to try out different types of programming and broadcast different genres of music. Successful
stations could then migrate to DAB if some slots were reserved for not for profit stations.
Ed:- Do you agree or disagree with David? Comments to Open To Discussion. I’m positive for
the future, with the new DAB multiplex in Manchester’s new and innovative community stations.
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Japan’s domestic radio broadcasts in English
By Koji Hoshi
I’d like to write about Japan’s domestic radio broadcasts in English, to mark the 500th issue of
Communication. These broadcasts are mainly from NHK, AFN and regional private FM stations.
NHK is the abbreviation of Nippon Hoso Kyokai (it means ‘Japan Broadcasting Corporation’).
They have a diverse range of programmes covering news, education, culture, family
entertainment and sports - broadcast around the clock on every day of the year. I’m sure that
you know their international SW service as NHK World Radio Japan. They operate four
television channels: General TV, Educational TV, BS 1 and BS Premium. NHK also delivers
three radio channels: Radio 1(General), Radio 2(Educational) and FM (mainly music).
On Radio 2, there are a lot of English-studying programmes. These are ‘Basic English 1’,’BE 2’,
‘BE 3’, ‘English conversation’, ‘English listening’, ‘English listening (time trial)’, ‘Business English
(entry level)’, ‘Business English (advanced level)’, ‘One point English news’ and ‘general news in
English’. These programs are generally 15 minutes long and on every weekday. There are four
Radio 2 high-powered (500KW) MW transmitters and lots of local ones, making it easy to hear
everywhere within Japan: 747kHz in Sapporo, 774kHz in Akita, 693kHz near Tokyo and 873kHz
in Kumamoto. In case of an emergency, like in the 2011 disaster, you turn on the TV to NHK and
set the audio to English sub-audio with the remote controller. I personally think they are reliable
at times of mass disaster and the only public TV in Japan, with proper training, budget, and
human resources.
American Forces Network. AFN-Japan, formerly the Far East Network (FEN), has one fullpower VHF terrestrial TV outlet. Located on Okinawa atop the Rycom Plaza Housing area in the
central part of the island, AFN-Okinawa's (U.S. channel 8) TV signal serves the military and their
families stationed on the island. AFN-Japan also operates three low-power UHF terrestrial
transmitters at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Commander U.S Fleet Activities Sasebo and
Misawa Air Base. TV viewers on military bases in the Tokyo and Kanto Plain area of Japan can
view AFN via contractor-operated base cable TV services, or through AFN Direct-To-Home
(DTH) dishes if they reside off-base. AFN-Japan's radio services consist of AM and FM stereo
operations at Yokota Air Base, Tokyo (810kHz & cable FM), MCAS Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
(1575kHz), FLTACTS Sasebo,Nagasaki (1575kHz), Okinawa (648kHz & 89.1MHz) and Misawa
Air Base , Aomori(1575kHz).
The following four regional FM private stations established Megalopolis Radio Network
(MegaNet), linking Japan's international FM radio stations and covering more than 65% of
Japan's population.
1) InterFM89. 89.7MHz in Tokyo and 76.5 MHz in Yokohama . Their slogan is ‘The Real Music
Station’ since April 2013 and previous slogan was ‘Tokyo's No.1 Music Station’. The station uses
English as its main language besides Japanese, with public service announcement segments
aired in Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Indonesian, Spanish, Thai, Portuguese and French
to better serve the international community in the Tokyo Metropolitan area and its vicinity, not to
mention news and other information bits in Japanese that the locals will find useful. 70% of its
airtime is dedicated to worldwide music while the remaining 30% goes to Japanese pop and rock
music selected in large part by a committee. InterFM broadcast style mirrors American FM radio
style and is consistent with stations in networks such as Clear Channel in the US.
2) Radio Neo 79.5MHz in Nagoya, Aichi - MegaNet lost an
affiliate in Aichi Prefecture when Radio-i closed in 2010,
reducing its affiliates to three; MegaNet returned to Aichi in
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April 2014 as InterFM Nagoya and changed name to Radio Neo in October 2015.
3) FM Cocolo 76.5MHz in Osaka.
‘Cocolo’ means ‘heart’ or ‘mind’. Kansai
area which includes Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo
(city of Kobe), Nara, Shiga, and
Wakayama prefectures. Most of the
programmes are in English and
Japanese, with Chinese, French, Filipino,
Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Malaysian,
Portuguese, Sinhalese, Spanish, Thai and
Vietnamese.
4) Love FM 76.1MHz in central Fukuoka,
82.5MHz in west Fukuoka, 82.7MHz in
Kita-Kyushu. They cover all area of
Fukuoka Prefecture, parts of Kumamoto,
Nagasaki, Saga, Oita, and Yamaguchi Prefecture and Northern Kyushu. They have 3
frequencies, “Fukuoka Station 76.1MHz”, Kitakyushu Station 82.7MHz” and
“Fukuoka Tower Station 82.5MHz” which set up on February 2002. One of
them “76.1” frequency can cover from Kumamoto City, part of Oita to Ongagun, Fukuoka. For example, when you go driving from Kumamoto City, you
can enjoy driving to Fukuoka City without changing frequency. Love FM
supports your daily life with good music and information.
If you’ve any queries, I always welcome your comment at my blog, Radio Listening Overseas
http://listening-overseas.air-nifty.com
A view of the EWE aerial built for Ian Wells and Phil Garden (courtesy of NZ DX Times)
- see full article on p.16-17.
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QSL Report
edited by Dario Gabrielli [email protected]
Dario Gabrielli, Viale della Resistenza 33b, IT- 30031 Dolo (Ve) Italy
Bulgaria: European Music R via Kostinbrod, Bulgaria.7290kHz. English programme . Email
report to [email protected], and a full data eQSL letter in Word format received in 10
days. Site given as "Secretbrod, Bulgaria". (ARo)
R City via Kostinbrod, Bulgaria. 7290 kHz English programme. Email report to:
[email protected] and a full data eQSL letter in PDF format in 3 hours. The featured car
in the photograph is a 1956 De Soto Fireflite (named after a Spanish explorer and introduced by
Chrysler in the late 1920's) (ARo)
Cuba: Radio Havana Cuba. 6000 kHz English programme. QSL in 227 days for postal report.
Also received under separate cover a New Year's card and two 2016 pocket calendars (ARo)
Radio Havana Cuba 5040 kHz. QSL card received in post in 238 days for e-report sent to Arnie
Coro [email protected]. Card pictures Cuban national hero, José Marti. They also sent 55th
Anniversary RHC sticker. (AP)
Germany: Radio Back in Time 6070 kHz. Relay via Rohrbach,Germany Channel 292
transmitter. Received e-QSL in 20
days for email report sent to :
[email protected] (JGa)
R Northern Ireland via Rohrbach,
Germany on 6070kHz. English
programme.
Email
report
to
[email protected]
and a reply in 10 minutes. QSL card
received in post in 4 days. v/s
Jordan. (ARo)
Radio Star 6070 kHz. Relayed by
Channel 292 Rohrbach. Received eQSL in 1 hour for email report sent
to: [email protected] (JGa)
Radio Sylvia
6070kHz sender
Rohrbach Germany. Received eQSL in 13 days for email report
sent to: [email protected], they ,
however I also have sent postal
report to: PO Box 902349, D-21057
Hamburg, Germany (JGa)
India: AIR Ragaam service in Hindi
and English. 7550 kHz in DRM
mode from Bangalore. E-mail
report with mp3 audio clip sent to
[email protected]. Full
data QSL card in 27 days. Faceside features a nice view of AIR
Broadcasting House. (ARo)
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Netherlands: Atlantis 1395kHz location Grou NL. Received my self-prepared QSL (=postcard
Oudewater NL scan 1 &2) and visit card in 7 days for postal report sent to: Carlierstraat 23, NL8919 BB Leeuwarden, Netherlands (JGa)
Norway: NRK Sorlandet, I heard in Assen NL on 87,8MHz (transmitter Hovdefjell 25kW), 88,8
(transmitter Greipstad 57,5 kW ) and 97,6 (transmitter Lyngdal 50kW)
received my self-prepared QSL in 16 days for postal report sent to: Boks 413, NO-4664
Kristiansand (Norway) (JGa)
U.K.: Babcock test transmission via Woofferton on 7285 kHz. eQSL in 346 days for email report
sent to [email protected]. v/s Dave Porter, G4OYX, (Retired) Senior Transmitter
Engineer Woofferton 1982-2012. Transmission was to fault-find on a 300 kW sender at the UK
HF transmitter station at Woofferton. (ARo)
Kiss 106,40 MHz location Mendelsham UK power 20kW received in Assen NL. Received my
self-prepared QSL(=postcard Elburg NL) in 11 days for postal report sent to: 1, Golden Square,
London W1F 9DJ, United Kingdom (JGa)
Unofficial / Free Radio: Hoop op Geluk 94,6 MHz. Received own QSL of them (scan 1 &2) &
postcard of Nijkerk NL (scan 3&4) all in about 38 days for postal report sent to: Molenweg 71,
3781 VB Voorthuizen (The Netherlands) (JGa)
KCR=Key Channel Radio 6920 kHz. Received e-QSL in 3 days for email report sent to:
[email protected] (JGa)
Little Feat Radio 6285 kHz. Received e-QSL and letter /info sheet in 4 days for e-mail report sent
to: [email protected] (JGa)
Radio Benelux 6320 kHz. Received
photo-QSL, picture, visit card and
letter in about 1.5 months for postal
report sent to: SRS Germany, Radio
Benelux, PO Box 101145, D-99801
Eisenach Germany (JGa)
Radio Doctor Tim
6295 kHz.
Received e-QSL in 35 days for email
report to: [email protected] (JGa)
Radio
Enterhaken
6320
kHz.
Received e-QSL in 1 day for email
report to: [email protected] (JGa)
Radio Enterprise 6950kHz. e-QSL in 6
hours
for
e-report
sent
to:
[email protected] (JGa)
Radio FDK 94,50 MHz. Received my
self-prepared QSL in about a month for postal report sent to: Roy Huygen, Konigsfelder Strasse
5, D-49824 Ringe Ot Neugnadenfeld Deutschland (JGa)
Radio Green Frog 6319 kHz. Received e-QSL in 1 month for email report sent to: [email protected] (JGa)
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Radio Illegal 6540 kHz.
[email protected] (JGa)
Received
e-QSL
in
38
days
for
email
report
sent
to:
Radio Latino 7590 kHz. Received e-QSL and picture in 2 days for email report sent to:
[email protected] (JGa)
Radio Nordseewelle 88,20 MHz location Norden Germany. Received my self-prepared QSL
(=postcard Montfoort NL) in 9 days for postal report sent to: Am Markt 6, D-26506 Norden,
Germany (JGa)
Radio 60 6285 kHz. Received e-QSL in 1 day for email report sent to: [email protected]
(JGa)
Radio Twentania 97,30MHz. Received my self-prepared QSL(=postcard Oosterhout NL scan
1&2) & logo (scan 3) and letter (scan 4) all in 28 days for postal report sent to: Niels Scholte
Lubberink, Cobbingstraat 24, NL-7631 DB Ootmarssum (The Netherland) (JGa)
WREC Radio Free East Coast 6292 kHz. US pirate via Europe-relay. Received e-QSL in 1 day
for email report sent to: [email protected] (JGa)
WREC Radio Free East coast 6305 kHz. Received e-QSL for this European relay of the US
Based station in 1 day for email report sent to: [email protected] (JGa)
USA: WRMI, Okeechobee FL 15770 kHz. QSL card received in post in 699 days for email
report on AWR Wavescan programme sent to [email protected] and [email protected] . Card
pictures aerial view of white sandy beach + words "AWR Wavescan. Produced at WRMI". (AP)
WRMI, Okeechobee FL
7570 kHz. QSL card
received in post in 621
days for email report on
PCJ Media's "Song of
India" programme sent to
[email protected] .
Card
pictures WRMI logo on
map of world. (AP)
(maybe WRMI are working
through a backlog of
QSLs!)
Vatican: NHK World Radio
Japan 9710 kHz via Santa
Maria di Galeria. Partial
data card received in 25
days for reception report
sent through their website.
(DS)
Adventist World Radio is issuing a new QSL card at the time of the Wavescan 2016 “Grand
Finale DX Contest” which takes place during August. We will have full details of the contest and
special temporary address in next Month’s Communication.
With very pleasure we can see that radio stations, despite money problems, continue to answer
reception reports of their listener confirming them. Hoping that this can continue!
Dario
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Webwatch
Edited by Chrissy Brand - [email protected]
Alokesh Gupta on the DXIndia Yahoo Group writes that All India Radio has created a
'Listeners’ Corner' section on its website http://allindiaradio.gov.in with useful information for
listeners. A special direct link named “Reception Report / Feedback from Listeners along with
mandatory one time Listener Registration” http://pbinfo.air.org.in/feedback is created to send
feedback online on their services. All listeners are requested to send reports and feedback
through this link. Listeners’ Corner:
http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Information/ListenersCorner/Pages/default.asp
Radio Taiwan International is celebrating 88 years with a competition. http://english.rti.org.tw/
They invite listeners to send a creative birthday greeting,15 seconds maximum, in sound, audio
or video, by 10 July. Details at http://events.rti.org.tw/big5/2016Activity/2016rti88/en.aspx
Among the past month’s daily posts at The SWLing Post, http://swling.com/blog is a September
1984 Radio Moscow recording contributed by Jim Jordan to the Shortwave Radio Audio
Archive.
Chris Greenway posted in the BDXC Yahoo Group: Many thanks
to all BDXC friends who were at the club's summer meeting in
Twickenham on Saturday for making it a very enjoyable afternoon
and evening. As ever, there were a number of things to follow up
after the meeting, one of which was for me to circulate the link to
this website which lists all of the BBC's FM relays around the
world (dedicated 24/7 relays only, i.e. it doesn't include other
stations that may also relay the BBC at specific times):
http://bbc.in/28Z4WUA
Alan Pennington reports that the 2016 BBC - British Antarctic Survey special broadcast is
available on iPlayer at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03z1gbt He adds “I thought Cerys
Matthews was an excellent choice as presenter - her clear Welsh voice well-suited to shortwave
(BBCWS take note!). Although aimed at the 45 BAS personnel in Antarctica, the programme
also seemed to recognise there might be other listeners, e.g. by mentioning that Hailey Base
was being moved 24km due to a crack (chasm?) in the ice. Also a good example of how to fit so
much into 30mins - well done the independent producers (Boffin Media?)! Armchair quality
reception on 5985 from Woofferton here in Caversham.
Mike Terry gives a link on one of many items on the 2 July retirement of Garrison Keillor. Like
the BDXC he has great longevity, being host of A Prairie Home Companion since 1974, which
was also the year of the very first issue of Communication. For WPSU Kristine Allen wrote a nice
piece at http://radio.wpsu.org/post/garrison-keillor-retires-prairie-home-companion “But he will
continue to host The Writer’s Almanac, heard every weekday morning at 9:00am on WPSUFMH Saturday July 9, WPSU will offer a new program, Mountain Stage with Larry Groce [which
has been on air 30 years itself] from NPR. Recorded in front of a live audience, Mountain Stage
features performances from seasoned legends and emerging stars in genres ranging from folk,
blues, and country to indie rock, synth pop, world music, alternative, and beyond.”
By the way, A Prairie Home Companion will continue from the autumn with a new 30 week
season but with a new host Chris Thile (who starts on 15 October) and occasional appearances
from Garrison. There are hundreds of past shows and videos to watch in the archive at
http://prairiehome.org/
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U.K. & Ireland News
Edited by Dave Kenny - [email protected]
Medium Wave
Heritage Radio on 1602 kHz in Manchester launched 7th June to coincide with the start of
Ramadan. Power is 50 Watts emrp from a transmitter at the British Muslim Heritage Centre,
College Rd, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8BP. More at http://www.bmhc.org.uk/heritageradio-coming-soon/
Bradford Asian Radio is due on the air soon in the Bradford area on
1413 kHz with 40 Watts. Transmitter installation is almost complete.
The station was awarded a licence by Ofcom on May 2014. The web site
(not yet fully active) will be at http://www.bradfordasianradio.co.uk/
Spectrum Radio on 558 kHz has reduced its output of China Radio International to 1900-2300
BST, replacing CRI with Sawt al Khaleej in Arabic from 0000-1100 and 1300-1800. World Music
is schedule on 558 kHz at 1100-1300 (not Sa), 1800-1900 (not Sa) and 2300-0000 (not Fri).
Radio Warrington is back on 1332 kHz as of 1130 BST today following replacement of the main
transmitter that failed last week with catastrophic damage. The main unit is 220 W output
producing the licensed emrp of 100 W and the reserve transmitter running now, provided by
BDXC member Dave Porter, is a 150 W unit. (Dave Porter 27 June) Nick Rank had reported it
being off the air for a few days on 26 June.
BBC news
The rollout of BBC Local radio stations on Freeview was completed across England and the
Channel Island on 21 June according to a516digital. On
this date, Freeview users in the north of England and in
the Channel Islands saw new stations appear on their
Freeview EPG, joining users in other parts of England,
where the roll-out has already been completed. Most
areas now have five BBC local stations on Freeview.
Here in Berkshire, from the Hannington TV transmitter
(BBC South) we now get: 719 Radio Berkshire, 720 Radio
Sussex, 721 Radio Wiltshire, 722 Radio Solent, 734 Radio Solent Dorset. You may need to do a
full channel rescan to see the complete lineup of stations in your area.
Commercial radio
KMFM gets power increase. Two transmitters of KMFM in Kent have had a power increase:
100.4 KMFM Medway (Gillingham) - now 150W vertical + 130W horiz -from 26 May
107.9 KMFM Medway (Hoo St Werburgh) is now 300W vertical + 174W horiz - from 26 May
FM community radio
Radio Sangam (Huddersfield 107.9 MHz) were awarded a licence by Ofcom in April 2014. They
held a launch party on 9 May with FM 107.9 MHz due to start from 3 June according to a posting
on their Facebook page. Their web site is www.radiosangam.co.uk
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Salaam Radio (Peterborough 106.2 MHz) launched on 1 June. The station which describes itself
as Peterborough’s first Muslim community radio station, has been broadcasting online for some
years and was awarded a community radio licence by Ofcom in June 2015. Web site is
www.salaamradio.co.uk
New community radio licence awards in South East England Ofcom has awarded five more
community radio licences. The licences are for services in south east England (outside the M25).
Ofcom has made a licence award to each of the following:
Vectis Radio (Vectis Radio Limited) Newport, Isle of Wight
Andover Radio (Andover Radio Limited), Andover, Hampshire
Kennet Radio (Kennet Community Radio), Newbury, Berkshire
BFBS Brize Norton (BFBS Brize Norton Limited), Carterton, Oxfordshire
BFBS Shorncliffe (BFBS Shorncliffe Ltd), Folkestone, Kent
These services will be licensed for a period of five years from the date of their launch. All five
services will be licensed to broadcast on FM.
Current short-term RSLs (Restricted Service Licences)
Radio Mi Amigo, Harwich will be on the air with an RSL from 30 July until 7 August. An hour of
programming will be relayed across Europe each day on 6070 kHz via Channel 292 as follows
(All times in British Summer Time UTC+1 hour and subject to change)
Saturday 30th July: 0600-0700 (Our first broadcast of the 9-day season): Tony Currie Show
Sunday 31st July: 1700-1800: John Ross-Barnard
Monday 1st August: 2300-0000: Dave Kent
Tuesday 2nd August: 2100-2200: John Cavanagh
Wednesday 3rd August: 1900-2000: Garry Lee
Thursday 4th August: 0800-0900: Enda Caldwell
Friday 5th August: 1400-1500: Alan Turner
Saturday 6th August: 1300-1400: Roger Day
Sunday 7th August: 1200-1300: Dave Rogers
Sunday 7th August: 2300-0000: Farewell Show with all our DJs.
Broadcasts will also be streaming on the internet 24 hours a day. (R Mi Amigo via MWB)
Ramadan RSLs continue variously until between 5th and 11th July at Blackburn, Bolton (96.0),
Bradford, Bristol, Dudley, Cardiff, Edinburgh (87.9), Glasgow, High Wycombe (88.3), Hounslow
(101.4), Huddersfield (87.9), Keighley (102.1), Leeds (99.9), Leicester (95.1), Milton Keynes
(107), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oldham, Oxford, Peterborough, Slough (87.9), Stoke-on-Trent,
Walsall (87.8). Most on 87.7 MHz - except as listed above.
Extended Duration RSLs - on air for specific event days over a long period
87.7 MHz R Brands at Brands Hatch Race Circuit - race days until 30 Nov 16
87.7 MHz Donington FM at Donington Circuit near Derby - race days until 30 Nov 16
87.7 MHz Knockhill FM, Knockhill Circuit, Dunfermline, Fife - race events until 16 Oct 16
96.2 MHz Nitro FM, Santa Pod Circuit, Northants. - drag racing. - race events until 29 Oct 16
1404 kHz Radio Rovers, Blackburn Rovers FC - home matches until 31 May 17
1602 kHz Silverstone FM at Silverstone Racing Circuit, Northants - race days only until 6 Nov 16
1602 kHz Radio Thruxton, Thruxton Circuit, Andover - PA relay of race commentary until 8 Oct 16
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RSL Area
Bexhill on Sea
Blackwell, Bromsgrove
Brighton
Chelmsford
Tintagel, Cornwall
Exeter
Fairford, Glos
Farnborough
Glasgow
Goodwood, Chichester
Harwich
Kilkeel, Co Down
Leeds
Liverpool
Malmesbury, Wilts
Manchester
Milton Keynes
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newton Abbot
Portaferry, Co Down
Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Silverstone
Snetterton, Norwich
Troon, Ayrshire
Upton upon Severn
Walton upon Trent
Wimbledon SW19
Wimbledon SW19
Wimbledon SW19
MHz
87.9
87.7
87.7
106.8
106.2
87.7
107.9
87.7
87.7
87.7
87.7
96.3
97.8
Station ID
Purpose
Bexhill FM
Brumjam Radio
IBSA convention
Jam FM
Tintagel Carnival Radio
IBSA convention
Air Tattoo Live
Airshow FM
IBSA convention
Goodwood Radio
R Mi Amigo Harwich
Fuse FM
Chapel FM
LIMF Radio
Radio Womad
IBSA convention
IBSA convention
Pride Radio
IBSA convention
New Life Radio
Ferry FM
New Wine FM
R Silverstone
BSB Radio
@The Open Radio
Longside Radio
Adams Agility FM
Live@Wimbledon
Live@Wimbledon
Live@Wimbledon
media student broadcast
9-22 Jul
international scout jamboree 29 Jul-6 Aug
Jehovah’s Witness convent’n
14-17 Jul
scout & guide jamboree
30 Jul-6 Aug
carnival broadcast
29 Jul-6 Aug
Jehovah’s Witness convent’n 30 Jun-10 Jul
air show
6-10 Jul
air show
9-17 Jul
Jehovah’s Witness convent’n
21-24 Jul
horse racing
25-30 Jul
commemorative broadcast 30 Jul-7 Aug
Ulster Scots
29 Jun-12 Jul
music & art festival
30 Jul-7 Aug
music festival
2-29 Jul
world music festival
27 Jul-1 Aug
Jehovah’s Witness convent’n
21-24 Jul
Jehovah’s Witness convent’n
21-31 Jul
LGBT pride event
4-31 Jul
Jehovah’s Witness convent’n
14-17 Jul
Christian conference
28 Jul-5 Aug
gala festival
15-22 Jul
Christian conference
22 Jul-6 Aug
race commentaries
7-31 Jul
British Superbike race
9-10 Jul
golf championship
10-18 Jul
Upton blues festival
15-17 Jul
dog agility event
16-31 Jul
tennis
26 Jun-11 Jul
tennis - Centre Court
26 Jun-11 Jul
tennis - Court No 1
26 Jun-11 Jul
Dates
* Ofcom no longer publishes frequencies in advance but many will be on 87.7 or 87.9 MHz
Ireland
No commitment to keep RTÉ longwave service as survey findings revealed The longawaited findings of a Government-funded survey into RTÉ longwave radio listenership in Britain
have been revealed – but they come with no commitment to save the service. The survey
received a response rate of almost 3,200 people when conducted among the Irish community
across Britain last year. Its key findings were released last Friday, 3 June, revealing that for the
majority of listeners, RTÉ longwave is seen as a ‘lifeline’ to Ireland. In total, 76 per cent of those
respondents stated that the service ‘maintains a link with Ireland’ for them, while 79 per cent
indicated that it was valuable as it brings them news from Ireland. The survey further showed that
just over 70 per cent of listeners to the RTÉ longwave service in Britain are aged over 60; that a
similar number of listeners were born in Ireland and that just over 60 per cent are retired.
Despite Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan acknowledging this week that the
findings “demonstrate the very significant role that RTÉ Longwave Services play in providing a
link with home for many within the Irish community in Britain” no commitment has yet been made
by RTÉ or the Government regarding safeguarding its future. Instead, the Government has
confirmed that “a further meeting of the Consultative Group will take place over the coming
months to consider the research findings in detail and to discuss the next steps.” (Irish Post 6
June / MET)
Newstalk Radio in North East Ireland has moved from 107.4 to 107.9 (Clermont Carn, 4 kW).
The Dublin transmitter may move from 106.0 to 107.3 later this year. (Frequency Finder 25 June)
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Digital
Kiss Fresh - non stop new beats - is to be added to local multiplexes covering Birmingham,
Manchester, Tayside, Edinburgh, Humberside, Inverness, Leeds, Northern Ireland, Tyne & Wear,
Teesside, Glasgow, Lancashire, Liverpool and South Yorkshire
Absolute Classic Rock is being added in Birmingham, Liverpool and South Yorkshire.
(Ofcom radio update 7 June)
Spectrum Sino Since 24 May Spectrum’s DAB one channel (on the London 2 multiplex), apart
from one hour a day of Chinese Spectrum and one hour of Polish Radio, is broadcasting
Spectrum Sino whose web site http://sino.co.uk describes itself as “the leading English language
media platform, dedicated to improving Chinese and UK understanding, through engaging and
entertaining TV and radio programming. Its aim is to be the No.1 source of knowledge on China.”
Mike adds that it is effectively Chinese soft propaganda. (MWB)
Sandgrounder Radio a community station in Southport has appeared on the NE Wales and W
Cheshire DAB multiplex. www.sandgrounderradio.co.uk. (John Mattocks 20 June)
Sound Digital (Digital 2) Transmitters Paul Dixon writes that “members might wish to have the
list of the 45 Digital 2 transmitters that I finally obtained from Ofcom. Sound Digital had previously
refused to give me the list, Arqiva ignored me and Ofcom initially refused but eventually
responded to an FOI request”. Here is the full list of transmitters by order of power (erp in kW):
Wrotham (25 kW)
Pontop Pike (20)
Sutton Coldfield (20)
Winter Hill (20),
Angus (10)
Black Hill (10)
Divis (10)
Emley Moor UHF (10)
Moel y Parc (10)
Oxford (10)
Waltham (10)
Wenvoe (9)
Peterborough (8.9)
Turners Hill (8.5)
Sandy Heath (7.8)
Darvel (7)
Crystal Palace (6)
Alsagers Bank (5)
Bilsdale (5)
Chillerton Down (5)
Craigkelly (5)
Guildford (5)
Kilvey Hill (5)
Mendip (5)
Belmont (4.7)
Hannington (4.6)
Churchdown Hill (4)
High Hunsley (3.8)
Danbury (3.5)
Zouches Farm (3.4)
Hemel Hempstead (3.2) Bow Brickhill (3)
Tapton Hill (2.8)
Blunsdon (2.5)
Truleigh Hill (2.4)
Pur Down (2)
Mapperley Ridge (1.55) Alexandra Palace (1.5) Reigate (1)
Toot Hill (1)
Dunkirk (0.9)
BT Tower (0.8)
Whitehawk Hill (0.6)
Poole (0.4)
Glasgow Hilton (0.3)
(Paul Dixon)
Manchester Minimux Updates Two more services are being added to the small-scale DAB trial
multiplex in Manchester, whilst one is closing. Rainbow Radio, serving Manchester’s migrant
West African communities, and Solar Radio, the soul, jazz and blues station will be added. Solar
will be broadcast in DAB+. Manchester Business Radio, which launched with the multiplex in
September last year, is closing down pending a long term future being decided. Another station
has announced it will be launching shortly Love 80s from the company which owns Dee 106.3
and Silk 106.9. (Radio Today 17 June)
MSF 60 kHz time signal station - notice of interruption
We have just been informed that the MSF 60 kHz time and frequency signal broadcast from
Anthorn Radio Station will be off-air for annual maintenance work from:
Monday 4 July until Wednesday 20 July (including weekends). The signal will be off-air
each day between 08:00 BST and 18:00 BST unless the weather is too poor to allow
maintenance work to be carried out.
We will aim to get the service back on air as soon as possible rather than waiting to the end of
the downtime scheduled. The interruption to the transmission is required to allow essential
maintenance work to be carried out in safety. (Mike Terry BDXC-News yahoo group 1 July)
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Medium Wave Report
Edited by Dave Kenny - [email protected]
Headlines: Netherlands several new low power AM stations coming on air soon
Bermuda 1160 and 1280 kHz still on air. I emailed inquiries to some radio contacts in Bermuda
regarding the status of 1160 BBC and 1280 BBN [Bible Broadcasting Network] relays. Received
the following on 5 June from Ed VP9GE: "I am listening to 1160 right now. It is alive and well.
Not sure for how long. 1280 is sponsored, I believe, by a local church group. No sign that it will
cease in the near future. Bermuda Broadcasting Company three AM stations have transitioned to
FM. Ed VP9GE" (Bruce Conti, mwdx yg 5 June via mediumwave.info)
India The special Bengali service from AIR Chinsurah (1000 kW) or Akashvani Maitree Channel
will be inaugurated by President Mr Pranab Mukherjee on 28 June for listeners in Bangladesh
and West Bengal. The programmes can be heard on 594 kHz at 0030-0900 and 1000-1730
UTC. The current External Service programmes will be aired in DRM mode on 604 kHz on the
same transmitter. (Alok Dasgupta on FB via Jose Jacob DX_India)
Update: The inauguration was postponed but AIR has started using 594 instead of 1134 kHz in
the evening from today (28th June) with GOS 1000-1100, Tamil 1115-1215, Burmese 1215-1315,
Nepali 1330-1430 and News 1515-1600 UTC. Also noted DRM on 604 kHz with Delhi Rainbow
channel during the above period. (Alok Das Gupta via Jose Jacob DX_India)
The medium wave tower of AIR Thiruvananthapuram (1161 kHz, 20 kW) collapsed during a
storm on 17 June putting the station off the air. However the SW transmitter on 5010 / 7290 kHz
is still heard. (Jose Jacob DX_India yg) A new tower has been constructed and will be on air from
26 June on 1161 kHz 20 KW. This is a speedy installation completed in record time after the
tower collapse (Rajeesh Ramachandran, DX_India 25 June)
Netherlands Frequencies for some of the newly-licensed low power AM stations:
747 kHz Radio T’Pot, Gasselternijveen. 0.1 kW - occasional tests
747
Radio Babylonia, Musselkanaal, 0.1 kW www.babylona.nl - from July/Aug
828
Wereldstad The Heartbeat of the City, Rotterdam, 0.1 kW wereldstadrotterdam.nl/
1251
Memories AM, Oss, 0.1 kW http://www.memories1251.nl/
1395
Atlantis Radio, Grou, 0.1 kW http://atlantisradio.eu/, - now on air.
1395
Cupra Radio, Emmer-Compascuum, 0.1 kW
1485
AMsterdam 1485, Amsterdam. 0.001 kW (http://radio-tv-nederland.nl/am/am.html)
Atlantis Radio testing on 1395 kHz Paul de Haan on the
Internet Radio Cafe forum reports that Radio Atlantis has
announced that it will start official broadcasts on 3 July on
1395 kHz. Checking their Facebook page, which is linked to
on their website http://atlantisradio.eu/, they are already
making test transmissions. Paul says their licence is for 100
Watts. Email address is [email protected]
Has been heard in UK - see MW Logbook.
Radio Babylona Aweg 6a, 9581 AK Musselkanaal, will be launching in July or August on 747
kHz. Licensed power is 100W. www.babylona.nl
Radio TPot, Gasselternijveen, 747 kHz will make a test tonight at 2030-2100 UTC. 25/100/200
Watt carrier, each for 10 minutes in that order. Reports to [email protected] (Mauno Ritola,
WRTH 17 June)
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Wereldstad “The Heartbeat of the City”, will be launching in Rotterdam on 3 July on 828 kHz.
Licensed power is 100W. It will be on the air from 1000-1700 http://wereldstadrotterdam.nl/
Address is Overwolde 46, Hoogvliet
New low power AM licences Since 11 May the Radiocommunications Agency has received a
total of 36 applications for Low Power AM licences. The Agency has three new categories for
low-power medium wave: hobby radio (transmitter output power of 1 watt), small broadcasting
(power up to 100 watts) and a low power medium wave transmitter for events. For the category
‘hobby radios’ there are 7 applications and for 'small broadcasters' 29 applications we received.
There were no applications for the category of low-power medium wave transmitters for events.
The Radiocommunications Agency has this week started providing the first licences to applicants.
No details have been published on the Agency's web site. (mediamagazine.nl 14 June)
Sweden Hörby MW 1179 kHz on the air again Hörby Mellanvåg on 1179 kHz will be on the air
again from 28 August to 10 September 2016. More info at:
http://veteranljuddagen.se/veteranljuddagen%202016.html (ARC web site)
Ukraine Radio Krym Realii (Crimea Realities) is a joint project of Radio Liberty and Ukrainian
Radio 1st Programme, broadcasting six days a week on the latter's 549 kHz mediumwave
frequency. It's on the air Mon-Fri 0535-0600 & 1530-1600 UT, Sat 1510-1600 UT. Programming
appears to be in Russian only. Radio Liberty has info and on-demand audio files on its
Russian/Ukrainian/Tatar website at krymr.com. (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online via DXLD)
DX News - Short Wave
[email protected]
Headlines: New Nigerian clandestine; special Radio Netherlands Archive broadcast; new RNZI
SW schedule; Radio Liberty ends Russian SW broadcasts.
Antarctica The annual midwinter broadcast to staff of the British Antarctica Survey was
broadcast as usual by the BBC World Service on 21 June at 2130-2200 UTC. This year the
frequencies were 5985-Woofferton UK, 6035-Dhabbaya, UAE; 7360-Ascension Island. Both
5985 and 7360 were well received here (ed)
This information from the British Antarctic Survey gives some background to the broadcast:
On Tuesday 21 June, scientists and support staff based at research stations in Antarctica will
celebrate Midwinters Day, the shortest day of the Austral Winter. In a tradition that goes back to
the early days of exploration on the continent, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff will sit down to
a festive meal and exchange gifts. They will also listen to the BBC World Service’s annual
Midwinter’s Day broadcast. This years programme is presented by Cerys Matthews of BBC
Radio 6 Music and will include personal greetings to everyone working at BAS research stations.
BAS has four stations which it operates over the winter months; Bird Island, King Edward Point,
Rothera and Halley VI. There are a total of 46 staff wintering at those stations. In her message to
staff BAS Director, Jane Francis, said everyone would be thinking of those currently working in
Antarctica as they sat down to their meals. She spoke of a busy time ahead for the organisation
with various major projects in the pipeline as well as the building of a new ship. Staff at Rothera
Research Station will hold their festivities next week. They postponed the event to focus on the
task of assisting the US National Antarctic Programme with a medical evacuation from its
Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole. The runway at Rothera has had to be cleared to allow
aircraft used in the evacuation to land and refuel. (BAS press release via AP)
The BBC - British Antarctic Survey Midwinter broadcast is now also available on the iPlayer at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03z1gbt
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Armenia Radio Northern Ireland had a test transmission to Asia via the Gavar, Armenia site,
brokered by shortwaveservice.com (Kall, Germany). It was on the air from 1000-1030 on 5 June
on 17560 kHz and audible in UK with a weak but clear signal. (Alan Gale, DK)
Voice of the Report of the Week had a test via Gavar, Armenia on Tuesday 22 June in English
at 1100-1200 on 15780 with 100kW to South Asia. Address for reports is [email protected]
This is also a customer of Shortwaveservice Kall. (Christian Milling, A-DX via BC-DX)
Radio Menschen & Geschichten in German was broadcast from Armenia towards Europe, on
Sunday 26 June from 1800-1900 UTC on 12070 kHz with 100 kW. (Shortwaveservice.com on
Facebook via AP) [This was a repeat of an earlier broadcasts today: 0800 on 6045 (Nauen)
and 7310 (Kall); 1000 on 6005 (Kall); 1700 on 3985 (Kall) AP. ]
Clandestine & Other Target Broadcasts
Radio Munansi has been confirmed as the name of the new Ugandan opposition station being
relayed by WWRB. It is carried on Sat/Sun at 1700-1900 on 15240 kHz in the Luganda language.
Radio Munansi is a US-based internet station at http://radiomunansi.com/ with a postal address
of 7035 Laurel Cyn Blvd # 15333, North Hollywood, CA 91615, USA.
Radio Niger Delta Voice of Peace from New York launched on 1 July as follows:
0500-0555 on 9515 (probably via TDF Isoudun) to WAf in English
1900-1955 on 11985 (probably via TDF Issoudun) to WAf in English. (Ivo Ivanov dxld)
Igberetvnews.com reports: “ "In the battle for hearts and minds in the Niger Delta, some Niger
Delta agitators in Diaspora have established Radio Niger Delta Voice of Peace in New York. The
broadcast declared total support for dialogue and extends its hand of fellowship to President
Muhammadu Buhari. It also expressed its appreciation and readiness to continue working with
National Security Adviser General Babagana Monguno." (Glenn Hauser dxld)
Was not heard on Sunday 3 July so either Mon-Sat only or a very short-lived operation. (DK)
Radio Publique Africaine, Burundi, is relayed on 15480 kHz via Issoudun at 1800-1900 daily.
Thanks to Ivo Ivanov and Patrick Robic for the tip. http://www.rpa.bi (Mauno Ritola, WRTH)
Former FM station silenced by the Burundi government in April 2015, now using SW and internet
to reach its audience.
Equatorial Guinea Radio Bata was heard on 2 June on 5005 kHz with a fair signal here from
tune-in at 2225 UTC, and continuing well past midnight with lively African music and regular IDs
in Spanish. Not heard here since at this time. It usually operates much more limited hours these
days making it more difficult to log. (Dave Kenny)
Germany Frequency change for Deutsche Welle via Media Broadcast from 1 June : 0500-0600
on new 15255-fr (Issoudun 500kW) to SAf in English (ex 15250) //11820. (Ivo Ivanov dxld 5 Jun)
Test frequencies of Deutsche Welle via Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) from 28 June to 1 July:
0300-0400 15255-tr to EAf Swahili
0400-0500 15255-tr to EAf English
0400-0500 17800-tr to EAf English
(Ivo Ivanov dxld)
Deutsche Wetterdienst updated schedule from 1 July:
0604-0630 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to Eu German CUSB, alt.6180
1204-1230 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to Eu German CUSB, alt.6180
1604-1630 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to Eu German CUSB, alt.6180
2004-2030 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to Eu German CUSB, alt.6180
1604UT is additional, but no signal; 2004UT is inactive transmission. (Bulgarian DX Blog 2 July)
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Radio Mi Amigo International - new Saturday schedule
Most of the Saturday schedule will now be presented in English, while starting the day off in
German and Dutch. The new Saturday schedule on 6005 and 9560 kHz (via Kall, Germany):
0600 - Good morning show - Cpt. Kord (German/English)
0700 - Manneke pop - Peter van Dam (Dutch/English)
0800 - Rockin' Ron's Time Machine - Ron O'Quinn (English)
0900 - Soundtrack of the 60's - Paul Graham (English)
1000 - Johnny's Offshore Radio Diary - Johnny Lewis (English)
1100 - All Time Soul Top 500 - Bruno Hantson (English)
[all times converted to UTC-ed]
Sunday’s schedule remains unchanged on 6005 and 9560 kHz:
0600 and 1000 - Bruno’s Soul Box - Bruno Hantson (English)
0700 and 1100 - Hello To The World - Lion Keezer (Dutch)
0800 and 1200 - Paul Newman’s Radio Shack (English)
0900 and 1300 - Lost and found - Jeffrey Willems (Dutch) (Radio Mi Amigo newsletter)
India AIR Lucknow has been missing on 4880 and 7440 for many days now. According to
information from the station, the SW transmissions from AIR Lucknow was discontinued from 1
Apr 2016 due to non availability of valves for replacement. The 50 kW transmitter which used the
frequencies of 4880 during morning and night and 7440 during day time stopped in the evening
of 31 Mar 2016. So far 11 stations of AIR has been discontinued on SW in recent times.
(Jose Jacob, DX_India yahoo group, 1 June)
DRM resumes on 7550 AIR Bangalore' s DRM transmission on 7550 kHz was noted back on air
on 18 June. Schedule: 1745-1945 UTC 7550 kHz GOS-IV Prog 1: English; Prog 2: Vividh
Bharati/Raagam English/Hindi towards UK & West Europe --- (Alokesh Gupta, DX_india)
From last weekend DRM from Bangalore has restarted on 7550 and 11620. It will restart soon on
17895. Full schedule at: http://qsl.net/vu2jos/drm/swk.htm (Jose Jacob, DX_India, 20 June)
David Crystal writes “I have received the external services frequency schedule for All India
Radio. AIR does not use 11620 at 1330-1500 UTC and does not use 11580 or 17670 at 17451945. Yes I know that AIR can start using those frequencies at any time but I think this is the best
information available”. (David Crystal, Israel) David also added that DRM is not currently being
used, but as reported above AIR has recently resumed DRM on 7550 and 11620 kHz.
Italy IBC - Italian Broadcasting Corporation announced on their Facebook page: News for our
listeners in North and South America! From this week we start two new broadcasts from
Okeechobee (FL, USA): every Friday 01.00-01.30 UTC on 9955 kHz
every Saturday 01.30-02.00 UTC on 11580 kHz
Please try to listen and reports to [email protected]
Updates news and complete schedule on http://www.ibcradio.webs.com (Alan Gale 13 June)
Korea South KBS DX slot to be dropped Very sad news to share with you all. Just got an
email from Kwan Mo Yoo, producer at KBS World Radio, English section informing that KBS
management has decided to discontinue the DX capsule segment aired on KBS Listener's
Lounge from 16 July. That means you'll listen to my Indian DX Report on KBS on 25 June for the
last time. (Prithwiraj Purkayastha, 22 June, DXLD yg)
Netherlands / Taiwan In July, PCJ Radio International will present a special two hour
programme called From the Radio Netherlands Archives. It will broadcast material from the
Radio Netherlands archives that has not been heard since it was originally broadcast. Material
will be from 1947 to 1995 and will include some rare material from Jerry Cowan, Dody Cowan,
Harry van Gelder, Eddie Startz, Tom Meijer and many others.
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Also included will be rare performances recorded at the Wereldomroep of some internationally
known artists. The programme will be presented by Paulette MacQuarrie; producer, editing will
be Keith Perron who will also do the prologue. This will be the first of a number of specials.
Listeners who write in will also get a special e-QSL. The schedule is:
Sunday 17 July - 0600-0800 UTC on 7780 kHz to Europe (via WRMI)
Monday 18 July - 0100-0300 UTC on 7570 kHz to N America (via WRMI)
For more information contact PCJ at [email protected] (Keith Perron, PCJ Media via MWB)
New Zealand RNZI moves to one-transmitter operation. RNZ International (RNZI) is retiring
its 27-year-old analogue-only short-wave transmitter and moving to a one-transmitter operation.
From 1 July 2016 we will be using our newer digital/analogue transmitter and swapping between
its digital short-wave and analogue short-wave modes throughout each day. The digital mode
delivers a signal to relaying Pacific stations, and the analogue mode reaches individual shortwave listeners. RNZI has made the decision not to replace the old short-wave transmitter, but to
instead maximize the flexibility of our newer short-wave transmitter by using either its analogue
or digital mode to deliver to different audiences at different times of the day. We are also
focusing on broadening the options for delivering our signal to relaying radio stations. These
stations broadcast our daily news and current affairs content over their own local stations - and
allow us to reach a large local Pacific audience. By working with partners like the BBC World
Service (Pacific stream) and Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Limited (PCBL) (which includes
the former TVNZ satellite service) we've been extending our content delivery via satellite. We'll
be continuing to focus on this as a complimentary delivery to the DRM digital short-wave service.
(RNZI 24 June via Mike Terry, ABC via Gavin Robertson)
The new RNZI schedule as of 1 July
0000-0458 15720 (AM) Pacific
Daily
0459-0658 11725 (AM) Pacific
Daily
0659-1058 9700 (AM)
Pacific
Daily
1059-1258 9700 (AM)
PNG
Daily
1259-1650 6170 (AM)
Pacific
Daily
1651-1858 7330 (AM)
Pacific
Sat
1651-1850 5975 (DRM) Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa Sun - Fri
1850-1950 9760 (DRM) Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa Sun - Fri
1859-1958 9700 (AM)
Pacific
Sat
1951-2050 11690 (DRM) Pacific
Sun - Fri
1959-2058 11725 (AM) Pacific
Sat
2051-0000 15720 (AM) Pacific
Daily (RNZI web site)
Sri Lanka / USA IBB Iranawila relay station closed As of today [9 June] the Sri Lanka relay
station is no more. The station is too expensive to maintain and something like a quarter of a
million bolts on the antennas need to be replaced because of corrosion. They are closing two a
year now, so one of the German stations is next (a reliable source, 9 June, for DXLD)
According to IBB Monitoring the final date of IBB Iranawila was 5 June. From 6 June all of the
scheduled Iranawila transmissions have moved to other sites: Yerevan(-ga), Udon Thani(ud),
Tinang(ph), Woofferton(wo), Kuwait(kt), Lampertheim(la), Biblis(bi), Saipan(sn) as follows:
Radio Free Asia
0030-0130 Burmese 9940-sn
0100-0200 Uighur 9780-kt
1230-1330 Burmese 7530-ph
1630-1730 Burmese 9940-ga
Deewa Radio
0100-0300 Pashto 11700-ud 13840-ud
0300-0400 Pashto 13840-la
1300-1400 Pashto 9310-ud
1400-1430 Pashto 9310-kt
1430-1600 Pashto 9310-ud
1300-1900 Pashto 9335-la
1300-1400 Pashto 13590-ud
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Radio Mashaal
0400-0500 Pashto
1000-1300 Pashto
Radio Farda
0630-0730 Farsi
Voice of America
1330-1430 Khmer
1430-1530 Burmese
2330-0030 Burmese
Radio Liberty
1600-1700 Tajik
15760-ud
15360-ud
0500-1300 Pashto
15760-kt
17880-ud
1200-1800 Farsi
12005-wo
11695-ph
11965-ud
7440-ud
1400-1500 Kurdish
1700-1800 Kurdish
17870-wo
7485-ud
7475-ga 11910-la
1900-2100 Russian
7475-bi (WB, DX Mix)
Taiwan RTI German service will have special broadcasts in August, September and October
direct from Taiwan, which have been arranged by the RTI listeners club. A special QSL will be
available. The frequency will be 11665 kHz from Tamsui, Taiwan with this schedule:
1600-1700 UTC on 26-28 August, 2-4 September
1000-1100 UTC on 1-3 October, 8-10 October.
1600-1610 on 22 July in AM and 1620-1630 in DRM. (Paul Gager via wwdxc Germany 24 June)
UK European Music Radio is now off air for the summer and returns in October (Allen Dean)
USA WHRI Angel 1 frequency changes from 5 June:
1300-1400 17815 CAf English Sat/Sun (ex 21610)
1400-1500 17815 CAf English Sat Bro Stair- Overcomer
1400-1500 17815 CAf English Sun - other rlg px
(DX Mix News)
WHRI Angel 2 frequency change from 5 June:
2000-2200 15530 WEu English Sun (ex 11750)
(DX Mix News)
KJES to return with new owner “My company Shellsburg Community Broadcasting has
purchased the assets of shortwave station KJES Vado, New Mexico. Plans are set to re-new the
license and move the transmitters and antennas to a new site. A temporary transmitter site will
be constructed to serve while the main site is re-constructed. Upgrades are planned for the
transmitters and antennas”. (Jon Gorski, KJES, 20 June, via Glenn Hauser DXLD)
Radio Northern Ireland is now scheduled via WRMI as follows:
Saturday 2100-2130 on 15770, Sunday 0130 on 11580, Tuesday 2200-2230 on 9955
On 18 June they were heard on 6205 kHz during the evening (Allen Dean)
Hobart Radio International is now scheduled via WRMI as follows:
Saturday 2030-2100 and 2330-0000 on 11580, Sunday 0330-0400 on 9955, Tuesday 0330-0400
on 9955. Also via WBCQ on Mondays at 0330-0400 on 5130 kHz (Allen Dean)
RFE / RL ends SW broadcasts in Russian From 26 June the Russian service of Radio Liberty
will stop broadcasting on short wave. Online broadcasts will continue and from 0000-0600 and
2100-2200 Moscow time [2100-0300 and 1800-1900 UTC), you can listen to the Russian service
on medium wave 1386 kHz [via Lithuania-ed]. The Russian Service of RL began shortwave
broadcasting on 1 March 1953 under the name "Radio Liberation”. RFE /RL aim to spread values
of democracy and civil society, addressing the audiences of those countries in which freedom of
the press is either prohibited or restricted, or has not yet become the norm. (RL 31 May)
Observations by Ivo Ivanov, Wolfgang Bueschel and Kai Ludwig (dxld) on 26 June indicate that
RFE/RL have cancelled SW services in Avar, Belarusian, Kabardino, Russian and Caucasus
Echo, but continue in Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek and Chechen. Kai suggests that this could lead to
closure of the IBB’s Biblis site which is now left with only a handful of relays.
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Beyond the Horizon
Edited by Chrissy Brand - [email protected]
UK & Irish stations heard in UK
MHz
94.7
95.2
96.0
96.1
103.1
103.5
104.1
104.6
106.9
UTC
1559
1558
0906
1553
0652
0616
1557
0700
0705
Station, details, etc.
BBC H&W, Ridge Hill, local traffic news
BBC R Oxford, stn ann and traffic report
BBC Cambridge, Rod Stewart song
BBC R Solent, Rowridge, report on Cliff Richard
Heart, Bluebell Hill, breakfast w James & Beccy, Men at Work
BBC Essex, Gt Braxted, no Sunday trains Colchester-Ipswich
BBC R Berkshire Hannington ‘If I were a carpenter’ record
BBC Surrey, Guildford, Britain leaves the EU
Bob FM, Hertford, UEFA concern re Eng and Rus hooligans
MHz
87.7
87.7
87.9
92.6
93.2
97.1
97.5
98.0
UTC
1159
1015
1011
0954
1600
0940
1605
1606
Station, details, etc.
Ramadan Radio, Arabic mx and speech
Live@Wimbledon. Chat re tennis rules, mention Centre Court
Ramadan R, Slough. Ads, ID “Slough’s choice for Ramadan”
Radio Verulam, CR St.Albans, Stewart w golden oldies
BCFM, Bristol, recovery of Egyptian flight black box
Radio Lab CR Luton & Beds, Rohan’s Golden Breakfast px
Somer Valley FM, Midsomer Norton, station ann
Ujimar Radio, Bristol, station ann and mx
SIO
252
354
Good
253
Good
Good
354
Fair
Good
Date
16/06
16/06
11/06
16/06
24/06
11/06
16/06
24/06
14/06
Inits
SHo
SHo
SB
SHo
SB
SB
SHo
SB
SB
Community & RSL stations heard in UK
SIO
152
v wk
fair
Good
253
Good
253
354
Date
16/06
30/06
30/06
11/06
16/06
11/06
16/06
16/06
Inits
SHo
DK
DK
SB
SHo
SB
SHo
SHo
European / North African stations heard in UK
MHz
67.1
87.6
87.6
87.6
87.6
87.6
87.6
87.6
87.6
87.7
87.7
87.7
UTC
1905
1619
1638
1719
1729
1837
1933
0608
1057
1155
0841
1458
ITU
RUS
FIN
I
ALG
87.7
87.8
87.8
87.9
87.9
88.0
88.1
88.2
88.6
88.6
89.9
90.4
91.3
91.5
0930
1736
0623
1612
1721
0842
1938
1842
1601
0844
0905
1940
1658
1331
HOL
E
F
FIN
F
HOL
ALG
ESP
I
HOL
F
ALG
HOL
F
MRC
ALG
ALG
POL
F
ALG
HOL
I
Station, details etc.
R Rossi, RR // 67.4, 70.35, 72.92
YLE 1 female presenter, Finnish //88.7
Impulse Italy, pop mx, II
Algeria Prog 3 Arabic music
R Mediterranee. Talk. French/Arabic
R Algerienne 3 French //87.7, 92.7, 93.9, 94.4
R Culture Algeria Classical mx
Polskie Radio 4, Kielce. Talk.OM Pol
RMC, Le Havre. Pop music FF
R Algerienne 1, AA
Radio 10 mx UK Oldies, OM DD RADIO_10
R Dimensione Suono, S Lessurgiu (Pres) ads and
talk, mentions “RDS” in prief peak
R 10, Lelystad. DD ads, “Radio Teen” ID, pop mx
RSA, Nerja. Talk on Sweden. YL EE
France Inter, Paris. Talk FF
YLE R Suomi, YL, Finnish // 94.0
Fun Radio, Yvetot. Pop music FF
NPO Radio 2 - OM DD NPO_R2__
R Batna, AA
RNE 2, classical mx, SS
R Camadoli stereo RCS, traffic alert, \\RCS\\
NPO 3FM, Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd NPO_3FM_
France Musique, Brest. Classical FF
Radio Setif, AA //92.4
BNR Nieuwsradio Michael Jackson NIEUWS-France Culture, Caen. Talk FF
40
SIO
455
455
455
SpE
SpE
455
353
SpE
333
455
Strong
bf pk
Date
25/05
25/05
30/05
02/06
02/06
02/06
02/06
08/06
08/06
02/06
05/06
29/06
Inits
SHo
SHo
SHo
DH
DH
SHo
SHo
DH
DH
SHo
DS
DK
fair
SpE
444
253
333
Strong
444
343
SpE
Good
333
445
Strong
333
06/06
02/06
09/06
25/05
09/06
05/06
02/06
02/06
26/05
05/06
19/06
02/06
05/06
07/06
DK
DH
DH
SHo
DH
DS
SHo
SHo
AS
DS
DH
SHo
DS
DH
91.8
92.6
92.9
93.3
93.5
93.9
93.9
94.5
94.7
94.7
94.8
94.9
95.6
95.6
95.7
97.1
97.6
98.5
1700
1701
1707
1715
1645
1912
1708
1528
1547
0811
1526
1751
1332
1421
0717
1720
1722
1130
HOL
HOL
HOL
E
I
ALG
HOL
ITA
I
F
I
E
F
F
BEL
HOL
HOL
F
98.6
98.7
99.1
99.6
100.1
100.4
100.7
101.9
102.1
102.1
102.1
102.3
102.6
102.7
103.0
103.8
103.9
104.4
104.6
105.6
106.5
106.6
107.0
0720
1727
1728
1420
1730
1732
0123
1738
0715
1741
0855
1129
1424
1743
1743
1751
0714
0713
1752
1334
0708
1555
0706
BEL
HOL
HOL
F
HOL
HOL
F
HOL
BEL
HOL
BEL
F
F
HOL
HOL
HOL
F
Unid
HOL
F
F
F
F
NPO Radio 1 -OM news DD NPO_R1__
NPO Radio 2 same news as 91.8 NPO_R2__
NPO Radio 2 NPO_R2__
Unid. Marbella. pop music. SS
RAI 1, male singer, II
R Constantine. Arabic. Stereo signal!
NH Radio mx RTVNH.NL
Radio Subasio Rome SUBASIO
RAI Radio 1, II, // 88.1, 94.1
France Bleu Nord, Lille Pop music FF
Radio Maria Italy R.Maria
UNID. Blues music. Spanish
France Musique Caen, Classical. FF
France Culture, Classica music FF
Radio 1 Flanders Brussels Traffic alert
UNID pop mx NPO_NCM_
Radio Decibel mx Jason Durillo DECIBEL
Transat FM Boulogne-sur-mer,, Transat FM le
Strong
Strong
Good
SpE
455
SpE
Strong
SpE
SpE
333
SpE
SpE
444
555
Excl
Strong
Strong
Excl
05/06
05/06
05/06
02/06
30/05
02/06
05/06
26/05
26/05
08/06
26/05
02/06
07/06
09/06
26/05
05/06
05/06
26/05
DS
DS
DS
DH
SHo
DH
DS
AS
AS
DH
AS
DH
DH
DH
AS
DS
DS
AS
Excl
Strong
Good
555
Strong
Good
444
Good
Excl
Fair
good
Excl
555
Good
Strong
Good
Excl
Excl
Fair
333
Excl
fair
Excl
26/05
05/06
05/06
09/06
05/06
05/06
03/06
05/06
26/05
05/06
06/06
26/05
09/06
05/06
05/06
05/06
26/05
26/05
05/06
07/06
26/05
06/06
26/05
AS
DS
DS
DH
DS
DS
DH
DS
AS
DS
AP
AS
DH
DS
DS
DS
AS
AS
DS
DH
AS
DK
AS
son de toutes les Generations
BRTN Radio 2 Flanders music “Wrecking Ball”
Radio 8FM mx KC & Sunshine Band __8FM___
100% NL adverts DD 100%_NL_
France Inter, Caen. Talk. FF
BNR Nieuwsradio news DD NIEUWS-Q Music Justin Timberland Qmusic__
France Bleu Cherbourg Pop FF
Sky Radio, stn ID Coldplay
Studio Brussel, Ostend, music RDS Stu Bru
Radio 538, mx “Do It Right”
Studio Brussel, Egem. DD ads, StudioBrussel jingle
NRJ France, mx, FF
France Bleu, Caen talk FF
Radio 538, mx Red Hot Chilli Peppers RADIO538
Radio Veronica, mx Cure, Bob Marley VERONICA
Radio 10, mx “Jessie?” RADIO_10
Europe 1, breakfast show banter, FF
Unid, Dutch or Flemish playing “Raspberry Beret”
100% NL Dutch? Music
France Info Cherbourg Talk FF
France Info, FF
R Campus Lille. World mx. RDS CAMPUS__
RMC, FF
Stations heard in Bulgaria including OIRT band
MHz
65.75
65.75
67.04
67.15
68.3
68.35
69.68
70.07
91.3
91.3
91.95
UTC
0820
0825
1045
0704
0705
0710
1211
1600
1022
1348
1006
ITU
ARM
RUS
RUS
BLR
BLR
BLR
BLR
RUS
Unid
TUR
Station, details etc.
TV sound of ch R2: ads in Armenian
TV sound of ch R2: TV quiz in RR
R Dagestan, Mahachkala,ID in VE,at 1100 R. Rossii prgr
Kanal Kultura (Channel Culture) in BY, ID //70.00
Catholic sermon in BY
R Grodno, ads in RR
R Brest in RR, ID
R Mayak, Sochi,nx in RR //72.80
ID as “Radio Takania”, AA
“TRT Anadolu Radio” // 101.9, 106.8
R Bahrain, ID in AA,local nx from Bahrain
41
Date
17/06
17/06
04/06
18/06
18/06
18/06
29/05
07/06
17/06
07/06
17/06
The last logs on the previous page are from Rumen Pankov, made in Sofia, Bulgaria using an
FM telescopic antenna on TV with a wire dipole, 2.8 metres, reflector 3 metres. Bahrain among
many Arabic speaking stations. On Analogue TV in May & June Rumen observed only four TV
stations on channels R2 – ORT1 Russia and one from Armenia, on ch R9 Romania, on ch E3
Jordan.
DAB and FM bandscan, Hardy Monument, Martinstown, Dorset
Simon Hockenhull writes: This is my DAB and FM bandscan at Hardy Monument near
Martinstown in Dorset. It is a National Trust site on top of an 850 foot high hill in South Dorset
near Martinstown. It has great views across Dorset and on a clear day into parts of Devon. The
conditions were flat with just a few French stations from across the channel occasionally fading in
but there were loads of English stations from the surrounding areas at good strength. We actually
got a mention and won a competition on the local community station Bay FM from Exmouth.
Another station that got us going called itself After Hours FM playing continuous modern dance
and trance music - we think this was a pirate station but from where? My Grundig YB400 is great
with low to medium strength FM signals but was getting a bit overloaded with all the strong FM
signals at this location causing poor selectivity .The car radio and my new Roberts Play
FM/DAB/DAB+ fared rather better. On DAB the three national multiplex’s were heard at good
level probably Stockland Hill and Mendip with local multiplex’s from Devon via Stockland Hill,
Bournemouth via Bincombe Hill, Somerset and SE Wales via Mendip. For FM I used my
Vauxhall Corsa radio with its roof mounted aerial, my Grundig YB400 and Roberts Play with their
telescopic aerials. For DAB I used my little Roberts Play portable radio with its telescopic rod.
BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4 and classic FM transmitters received are not shown to save space.
Times of the bandscan were approx 1300-1430 UTC on 11 June.
MHz Station details
SIO
87.6
Unid
French sport commentary // 87.8
243
87.7
R Winbourne (RSL) Local prog and mx
254
88.3
Unid
French
242
89.3
BFBS Blandford Camp Stn ann and mx
355
95.2
BBC R Cornwall Caradon Hill Stn ann
253
95.5
BBC R Somerset Mendip Male presenter
455
95.7
After Hours FM (relay) Dance and trance mx
354
95.8
BBC R Devon Exeter St Thomas ann 1980’s mx 355
96.0
Wessex FM Bridport 1980’s record
344
96.1
BBC R Solent Rowridge Sport prog
555
96.4
Heart Beacon Hill Adverts and stn ann
455
96.8
BBC Cymru Wenvoe Welsh
455
97.2
Wessex FM Bincombe Hill 1980’s record
555
101.0 Kiss FM Mendip Dance mx
555
455
101.2 Heart Soar, mx
102.0 Spire Salisbury female singer
455
102.3 Heart Nine Barrow Down Stn ann and mx
555
102.6 Heart Mendip Stn ann and mx
555
102.8 Hot Radio Poole Local adverts and stn ann
555
103.0 Stockland Hill Mx and stn ann
555
103.4 BBC R Devon North Hessary Tor nx, wx
555
103.8 BBC Solent/Dorset Bincombe Hill nx, travel
555
104.0 Abbey 104 Sherborne, nx
353
104.3 BBC R Devon Beacon Hill, nx
555
105.2 Wave 105 Chillerton Down, Hollies// 105.8 Poole 555
106.4 Bay FM Exmouth Mention of BDXC
455
107.0 Isle of Wight Radio Chillerton Down, M Jackson
455
107.6 Fire FM Bournemouth, stn ann
555
1078 The Breeze Chilworth Level 42
355
Photo: Karl Davies and Wendy Harrington on Hot FM. Bay FM gave an on-air shout out to the BDXC.
42
DAB and FM News
On 6 June David Smith in Huddersfield reported receiving German TV last night (5 June) and
two Dutch DAB Multiplexes(6 June) in Huddersfield. “Propagation seems to stop as you drop
down the Pennines into Greater Manchester. I've posted some videos to Youtube.
https://youtu.be/AJXXzzDCBmY That is with a TV antenna in loft roughly pointing at Emley Moor
(SE)”. https://youtu.be/AJXXzzDCBmY
On the same date (6 June) Nick Rank in Buxton could hear Noord-West multiplex from the
Netherlands on channel 9D.
On 7 June Alan Gale wrote “Radio Ramadhan in Oldham on 87.7 MHz is coming in well here at
1550 UTC, mostly in a mixture of English and Urdu with announcements, adverts and chat etc.
Sounds like the one in Bolton on 96.0 MHz is on air too, as I could hear some music under BBC
Radio Shropshire which tends to dominate that channel.”
On 10 June Gareth Foster wrote: “Currently in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Good UHF lift last night
with French TV muxes coming in on ch 22, 25, 28, 29, and 30. Presumed Caen. Note France
now has 6 muxes all HD since April 5th so one was absent. All died just before midnight local.”
On the same day John Hoad in Faversham Kent wrote: Currently have very good reception from
Langenberg Germany at 0715UTC - 106.7, 99.2, 95.1, 101.3, 88.8, & 103.3 most with RDS.
Sangean ATS-909X
David Harris writes: “On 2 June there was a splendid SpE observed from 1700 -1900 with
stations coming in from the far South: Spain, Morocco and Algeria. On 9 June 2016 stations from
Normandy came booming in with full stereo signals. Members might be interested in the Dutch
website http://www.fmtvdx.eu which is dedicated to FM DXing and has some listener logs which
may help with station identification. I live in Emsworth, Hants and use a Bose Wave radio with
an omni-directional roof mounted FM aerial.”
Thanks to all contributors for the news and logs. Great to see that so many members are
enjoying some European and North African FM in this Sporadic E season - Chrissy
Propagation Report
with James Welsh [email protected] Links www.jameswelsh.org.uk
Propagation Summary
On 17 June the RSGB reported good reception on 6 metres, but the rest of the HF band had
been disturbed by coronal hole activity, particularly on 14-15 June. Sporadic E conditions,
however, did produce some good VHF propagation, mainly in the first and last weeks in June
Propagation Forecast up to 16 July
Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels for the forecast period.
The solar flux is expected to be at normal to moderate levels with high levels likely on 4-7 July
and again on 16 July due to Coronal Hole High Speed Stream (CH HSS) activity.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels from 2-3 July, 7-12 July
and 14-15 July. G1-Minor storm levels are likely on 2-3 July and 11 July due to recurrent CH
HSS activity. www.swpc.noaa.gov
See also Glenn Hauser’s DX Listening digest at: www.worldofradio.com or http://bit.ly/dxlatest
Meteor showers in July 2016
Piscis Austrinids: (Southern Hemisphere shower) Active: 15 July - 10 August, Maximum: 28 July
Southern Aquariids Active: 12 July - 23 August. Maximum: 30 July
Capricornids: Active: 3 July - 15 August Maximum: 30 July.
More details can be found at: http://bit.ly/meteorprop Also thanks to Mike Terry for updates.
Sporadic E propagation on the VHF/FM band is possible during July until about mid August.
43
Medium Wave Logbook
Edited this month by Tony Rogers - [email protected]
Middle East & Caucasus
kHz UTC Station, location, programme details, etc
594
2125 SBC, Saudi Arabia. Arabic traditional mx
837
2045 IRIB, Isfahan, Iran. Sermon in Farsi // 702
873
2040 IRIB, Bojnurd, Iran. Sermon in Farsi // 1494
1134 0001 R Kuwait, ID in AA, sermon
1188 2120 IRIB, R Payem, Tehran, Iran. Mx
1242 0005 Unid (Oman ?) in AA often speaking about Iraq
1323 0027 IRIB, Jolfa, Iran. Talks in Farsi
1350 1817 TWR, Gavar, Armenia ”Leading the Way” in EE translated to Farsi
1377 0025 IRIB, Paveh, Iran. Ramadan sermon in Farsi/Arabic
1395 2350 Vesti FM, Russia in RR // Moldova 1413 kHz
1476 0020 IRIB, Marivar, Iran. Sermon in Farsi/AA
1494 0015 IRIB, Mashad, Iran. Sermon in Farsi/AA, // 1449
1521 0044 SBC, Duba, Saudi Arabia. Arabic mx
SIO
343
343
343
333
252
242
353
444
322
422
333
353
242
date
04/06
19/06
19/06
22/06
08/06
22/06
07/06
19/06
07/06
22/06
07/06
07/06
23/06
inits
KCH
RP*
RP*
RP*
SHo
RP*
RP*
RP*
RP*
RP*
RP*
RP*
SHo
Africa
kHz
531
531
540
549
630
864
963
981
1422
1422
1530
1550
Station, location, programme details, etc
Jil FM, F'Kirina, Algeria. Arabic mx // 549
Jil FM, F’Kirina, Algeria. Arabic pop mx
SNRT, Sidi Bennour, Morocco. Arabic mx
Jil FM, Sidi Hamadouche, Algeria. Arabic pop mx
RTT, Tunis, Tunia. Mx, mixed with Romania
ERTU Koran, Santah, Egypt. Call to Prayer
RTT, Tunisia. Michael Jackson "Billy Jean"
R Algerienne 2, Alger, Algeria. Tamazight speech
R Algerienne C, Alger, Algeria. FF speech
R Algerienne, Alger, Algeria. Arabic mx, Koran px
Voice of America via Sao Tome relay. News, EE
National Radio of SADR (Western Sahara), Algeria. Talk in AA
SIO
222
343
252
343
222
243
544
445
354
222
332
433
date
04/06
12/06
08/06
12/06
04/06
09/06
18/06
08/06
08/06
04/06
28/05
20/06
inits
KCH
SHo
SHo
SHo
KCH
SHo
RP*
SHo
SHo
KCH
SHo
RP*
Station, location, programme details, etc
RNE R5, Barcelona, Spain. OM speech in SS
RNE R Nacional, Madrid, Spain. Talk prog, YL in SS
R România Actualitati, Romania. Mx/speech, mixed with UK
RTBF Int, Wavre, Belgium. FF speech
RTBF, Wavre, Belgium. Talk in FF, fading
CRo2, Praha, Czech Republic. Czech speech
RNE R Nacional, multi-site, Spain. Phone-in, SS
R Murski Val, Nemcavci, Slovenia. Local mx
RAI R1, Pisa, Italy. Italian speech and mx
RNE R5, Madrid, Spain. OM monologue, mx, SS
RNE R Nacional, Sevilla, Spain. YL talk prog, SS
ERT, Athens. Greek // 1008, 1512
RNE R Nacional, multi-site, Spain. Mx up to nx, SS
RNE R Nacional, Barcelona, Spain. News, SS
RNE R5 (Cadiz or Las Palmas?). instr. mx, “Radio Cinco Todo Noticias”
SRR R1, Boldur, Romania. Romanian speech and mx
R Free Europe, Moldova. RR to Pridnestrvye/Tiraspol // 1494
R538, Hulsberg, Holland. Mx and stn ann
RAI R1, Milan, Italy. Italian sports commentary
R Inter, Madrid, Spain. SS speech
CRo2, Brno, Czech Republic. Czech speech
RAI R1, Torino, Italy. Italian sports commentary
SIO
222
333
222
252
121
344
333
252
333
322
222
544
323
555
344
242
533
253
444
353
343
242
date
04/06
04/06
04/06
30/05
04/06
07/06
04/06
23/06
08/06
04/06
04/06
20/06
04/06
04/06
22/06
04/06
20/06
12/06
05/06
23/06
07/06
05/06
inits
KCH
KCH
KCH
SHo
KCH
SHo
KCH
SHo
SHo
KCH
KCH
RP*
KCH
KCH
AP
SHo
RP*
SHo
SHo
SHo
SHo
SHo
UTC
2116
2240
2115
2241
2138
2025
0138
2113
2112
2131
2106
2335
Europe
kHz UTC
576
2220
585
2222
603
2230
621
1140
621
2235
639
2121
639
2240
648
0046
657
2110
657
2245
684
2248
729
2352
729
2258
738
2300
747
0257
756
2005
873
1815
891
2232
900
2037
918
0048
954
2122
999
2038
44
1008
1062
1125
1350
1350
1395
2027
2036
2030
2123
2221
0230
243
242
343
253
353
09/06
05/06
09/06
08/06
04/06
SHo
SHo
SHo
SHo
RM*
1345
2303
2350
2212
2310
2125
2134
2112
2136
2140
2311
2108
2005
2004
2145
2003
2147
1130
1430
2030
Groot Niews R, Zeewold, Holland. Religious song
RAI R1, multi-site, Italy. Italian sports commentary
RTBF Vivacite, Wavre, Belgium. FF mx
iAM Radio, Milan, Italy. Stn ann
iAM, Milan, Italy. Fair peaks of dance mx
Atlantis R, Grou, Friesland NL. DD+EE oldies, ID “Atlantis Radio: The
New Generation of Golden Oldies”. 0300: DD nx. Fair skywave peaks.
Atlantis R, Netherlands. Dutch oldies, OM, IDs, clear channel, v. weak
Atlantis R, Grou, Neths. Wings record, ID. New 100 watt Dutch station
ERA, Komotini, Greece. In Greek // SW 9420
ERA, Komotini, Greece (pres). Mx
ERA, Komotini, Greece. Greek speech
RNE R5, multi-site, Spain. OM in SS, talk programme
TWR, Roumoules, France. Arabic talk
SER, multi-site, Spain. SS football commentary
SER, multi-site, Spain. SS OM chat
RNE R5, Lugo. OM's with talk, SS
ERA, Chania, Greece. Greek speech
SER, Castello, Spain. SS football commentary
SER, multi-site,Spain. SS football commentary
RAI R1, Genova, Italy. Italian speech
RAI R1, Genova, Italy. Talk in Italian, mixed with Spain
Bretagne 5, St Goueno, France. FF speech and mx
Bretagne 5, St Goueno, France. Mx, FF
R Tou’caen, Caen, France. Cont eclectic mx, with occasional YL IDs FF
R Tou’caen, Caen, France (pres) YL in FF, occ. mx. Hrd Pembrokeshire
SER, multi-site, Spain. SS speech and time pips
1395
1395
1404
1404
1404
1413
1467
1485
1485
1503
1512
1521
1539
1575
1575
1593
1593
1602
1602
1602
243
141
343
522
121
252
322
555
222
322
212
252
233
253
353
222
253
322
232
141
332
22/06
27/06
26/06
20/06
04/06
07/06
04/06
04/06
28/05
04/06
04/06
07/06
28/05
28/05
28/05
04/06
28/05
04/06
11/06
15/06
05/06
AP
nr
AP
RP*
KCH
SHo
KCH
KCH
SHo
KCH
KCH
SHo
SHo
SHo
SHo
KCH
SHo
KCH
DKd
NR
SHo
British Isles
kHz UTC
549
1144
549
1622
558
1144
558
1638
585
0909
603
1145
630
0926
630
1147
657
0940
657
1148
666
0956
720
1008
720
1149
720
2022
720
2255
729
1150
738
0736
738
1151
756
0134
765
1117
765
1150
774
1030
792
1155
801
1156
810
2115
828
1038
828
1104
828
1158
837
1157
Station, location, programme details, etc
Spirit R, Carrickroe, Ireland. Religious mx
Spirit R, Carrickroe, Ireland. ID, mx, continuous noise
Spectrum R, Crystal Palace. Rock mx
Spectrum R, Crystal Palace. Middle Eastern mx, continuous noise
BBC R Scotland, Dumfries. Steven Jordan Show, moderate noise
Smooth, Littlebourne. Adverts
BBC 3CR, Luton. Marriage guidance feature, talk, moderate noise
BBC 3CR, Luton. Report about child musical education
BBC R Wales, Wrexham. Mx, Bangles "Eternal Flame", excellent signal
BBC R Wales, Wrexham. Stn ann
BBC R York. "On North Yorkshire's Roads", talk, noise
BBC R4. Cricket commentary, excellent signal
BBC R4, Crystal Palace. TMS
BBC R4, Lisnagarvney. Report on antibiotics
BBC R4. Talk, possible QRM from Romania
BBC R Essex, Manningtree. Female singer
BBC Hereford & Worcester, Worcester. Breakfast Show, ID, noise
BBC H&W, Worcester. Local cricket commentary
BBC R4, Redruth. EU election results
BBC Essex, Chelmsford. BBC Essex Travel, ID, extremely weak
BBC R Essex, Chelmsford. Female Singer
BBC R Leeds. West Yorkshire Travel, moderate noise
Smooth, Bedford. 1970’s hits
BBC R Devon, Barnstaple. Stn ann
BBC R Scotland, multi-site. Local presenter & mx
R Aire 2, Leeds. Mx: Pet Shop Boys, ID, moderate noise
BBC Asian Network, Sedgley. Father’s Day messages, Indian mx, ID
Smooth, Luton/Bournemouth. Rock the Boat record
BBC Asian Network, Leicester. Female presenter
SIO
253
433
253
333
333
152
333
252
555
252
322
555
252
243
433
152
322
253
253
322
152
333
152
253
343
333
322
242
252
date
30/05
25/05
30/05
25/05
27/05
30/05
27/05
30/05
27/05
30/05
27/05
27/05
30/05
09/06
04/06
30/05
17/06
30/05
24/06
19/06
30/05
27/05
30/05
30/05
04/06
27/05
19/06
30/05
30/05
inits
SHo
SC
SHo
SC
SC
SHo
SC
SHo
SC
SHo
SC
SC
SHo
SHo
KCH
SHo
SC
SHo
SHo
SC
SHo
SC
SHo
SHo
SHo
SC
SC
SHo
SHo
45
837
846
846
855
855
882
945
945
963
972
972
990
999
999
999
1026
1026
1035
1035
1053
1071
1089
1116
1125
1125
1152
1152
1161
1170
1170
1215
1242
1251
1260
1260
1278
1278
1296
1296
1305
1323
1341
1341
1359
1368
1368
1368
1368
1368
1368
1377
1413
1413
1413
1431
1431
1458
1458
1485
1636
2116
2340
0729
1159
1622
1609
2008
0831
1200
2300
1157
1201
1222
1556
1202
1547
0746
1204
1308
1324
1406
1205
1050
1148
0705
1207
0651
0644
1442
1513
1540
2121
0619
1314
1242
2001
1315
2247
1534
2118
1620
2010
2207
1237
1423
1642
1944
2117
2201
0839
0857
2043
2043
2111
2256
1219
1317
1225
BBC R Cumbria, Barrow-in-Furness. Traffic & Travel nx
R North, Redcastle, Ireland. Country mx
R North, Redcastle, Ireland. Continuous easy listening mx
BBC R Lancashire, Preston. Report on Euro 2016, excellent signal
Sunshine R, Ludlow. Stn ann and news
BBC R Wales, Washford. Report on the threat of Russian hooligans
Gold, Derby. Mx: Love Train, Ads for Bristol Street Motors
Smooth, Bexhill. Smooth Hits
Asian Sound R, Haslingden. Talk, ID "Asian Sound Radio Network"
Sunrise R, Southhall. News, Mayor of London
Sunrise R, London. Asian mx, ID, good signal
BBC R Devon, Exeter. Lionel Ritchie record
BBC R Solent, Fareham. News
Rock FM 2, Longton. Abba, ID, Climie Fisher, OM speech, ad break
Rock FM 2, Longton. "Playing the Greatest Hits for Lancashire"
BBC R Jersey, Trinity. Female newsreader
Downtown R, Belfast. Mx: Bruce Hornsby, ID
BBC R Sheffield. Toby Foster at Breakfast, ID
Lyca R, Crystal Palace. Adverts
TalkSport. Reception is AWFUL! OM speech: Football management
TalkSport, Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Manchester United news
TalkSport. Poor signal. European club football, Diego Simeone, Arsenal
BBC R Guernsey, Rohais. BBC R Devon stn ann
BBC R Wales, Llandrindod Wells. Mx: Hot Chocolate, ID
BBC R Wales, Llandrindod Wells. Stn ann
Key 2, Manchester. "Greatest Hits for Manchester", excellent signal
Free R 80’s, Birmingham. 80’s hits
Viking 2, Hull. Viking 2 at Breakfast, ID, weak signal
Signal 2, Stoke-on-Trent, Mx: Dire Straits, ID, good signal
TFM 2, Stockton on Tees. Eurythmics, ID, Louis Armstrong, ID, speech
Absolute. Music: Fun. Danielle Perry. ID, ad break, traffic and travel
Absolute, Stockton on Tees. Ad break, promo, traffic and travel, music
Smooth, Bury St Edmunds. Korgis record
Smooth R, Wrexham. Ads, ID "This is Smooth Radio"
Sabras R, Leicester. Asian version of Cliff Richard record
Pulse 2, Bradford. Ads: Go Compare, ID, continuous noise
Pulse 2, Bradford. 1980’s mx
R XL, Birmingham. Asian prog
R XL, Birmingham. "Call Radio XL now", ID, slight noise
Hallam 2, Barnsley. Nx report on Oscar Pistorius, continuous noise
Smooth, Brighton. Stn ann & Beatles record
BBC R Ulster, Lisnagarvey. OM and YL conversation, sport update
BBC R Ulster, Lisnagarvey. Football commentary
Smooth, Cardiff. "Make you feel my love" song by Adele
Manx R, Foxdale, Isle of Man. "Nation’s Station" ID
R Caroline via Manx R. Oldies, “Caroline from the Ross Revenge”
Manx R, Foxdale, Isle of Man. Faint speech: Male speaking at length
Manx R, Foxdale, Isle of Man. Mx, OM, ads, ID, OM, mx, promo, ID
Manx R, Foxdale, Isle of Man. DPM scaffolding advert
Manx R, Foxdale, Isle of Man. News bulletin
Asian Sound R, Ashton Moss. Asian mx, continuous noise
BBC R Gloucestershire, Bourton/Berkeley Heath. Travel news
BBC R Gloucestershire, Bourton/Berkeley Heath. "BBC Introducing", mx
Premier Christian R, London. Speech from US Preacher; QRM BBC
Smooth, Southend. Abba Record
Smooth, Southend. Smooth Love Songs, mx: Phil Collins
Gold, Manchester. Mx: Ultravox Vienna, ID, excellent signal
BBC Asian Network, Birmingham. Asian mx
BBC R Merseyside, Wallasey. Mx: "Green Green Grass of Home"
46
333
252
333
544
253
555
433
253
433
252
444
253
252
222
333
152
433
333
152
332
332
232
252
322
152
555
252
322
433
343
443
443
253
433
152
333
152
252
433
322
253
333
354
433
433
444
332
342
343
434
333
322
333
332
252
333
555
243
555
15/06
30/05
05/06
17/06
30/05
15/06
15/06
04/06
14/06
30/05
05/06
30/05
30/05
11/04
15/06
30/05
15/06
17/06
30/05
11/04
11/04
11/04
30/05
19/06
30/05
01/06
30/05
01/06
01/06
11/04
11/04
11/04
08/06
01/06
30/05
29/05
04/06
30/05
02/06
15/05
08/06
11/04
04/06
04/06
29/05
25/06
11/04
22/06
04/06
04/06
14/06
14/06
22/06
22/06
28/05
02/06
29/05
30/05
29/05
SC
SHo
SC
SC
SHo
SC
SC
SHo
SC
SHo
SC
SHo
SHo
MC
SC
SHo
SC
SC
SHo
MC
MC
MC
SHo
SC
SHo
SC
SHo
SC
SC
MC
MC
MC
SHo
SC
SHo
SC
SHo
SHo
SC
SC
SHo
MC
SHo
KCH
SC
nr
MC
MC
SHo
KCH
SC
SC
MC
MC
SHo
SC
SC
SHo
SC
1485
1485
1503
1530
1530
1530
1548
1548
1548
1548
1548
1557
1557
1557
1566
1584
1602
2125
2128
2113
0724
2001
2238
1230
2002
2220
2225
2358
0747
2005
2355
2310
1154
2240
BBC R Sussex, Brighton. Mungo Jerry record
BBC R Merseyside, Wallasey. Local presenter
BBC R Stoke, Sideway. Male presenter
Pulse 2, Huddersfield. Mx "Preacher Man", ID
Pulse 2, Huddersfield. 1980’s mx
BBC Essex, Southend. Big Band mx
R City, Liverpool. Talk, Rock 'n' Goal Years, talk, mx, excellent signal
Gold, Saffron Green. News and Bee Gees record
City 2, Bebbington. Late Night Talk Show
Forth 2, Edinburgh. Local adverts
Gold, London. Nx in EE
BBC R Lancashire, Oxcliffe. "Travel news you can trust"
Smooth, Northampton. Chicago record
Unid (Smooth?) non stop evergreens Gl. Knight, Simon & Garfunkel etc
BBC Somerset, Taunton. "Late Show", midnight nx, weak signal
BBC H&W, Woofferton. Wings record
BBC R Kent, Rusthall. Sports news
343
333
232
333
242
232
555
243
343
343
333
333
232
353
322
152
232
07/06
07/06
28/05
22/06
04/06
12/06
29/05
28/05
12/06
12/06
20/06
15/06
28/05
20/06
02/06
30/05
12/06
SHo
SHo
SHo
SC
SHo
SHo
SC
SHo
SHo
SHo
RP*
SC
SHo
RP*
SC
SHo
SHo
LPAM, Community Radio & RSL (all LPAM unless stated)
kHz UTC Station, location, programme details, etc
SIO
936
1131 Dales R, Hawes (CR). "The Bradshaws". "Dales Diary" Events
554
936
1616 Dales R, Hawes (CR), ID, continuous noise
322
1251 0624 The Cat, Warrington. "Bringing you the latest new music", excellent
555
1332 1209 R Warrington (CR). "Proud to be at the Heart of your Community"
555
1332 1425 R Warrington (CR). Cont. mx, “Radio Warrington” IDs, QRM Smooth R 242
1386 1237 R City, Singleton Hosp., Swansea. Cont pop, instrumental mx, ID 1255 243
1386 1428 R Clatterbridge, Wirral. Promo for "Afternoon Edition" prog, mx, IDs
242
1386 1528 R Clatterbridge, Wirral. "From the Heart of the Health Park"
333
1449 1505 Brill 1449, Bucks. Rock mx, ID “Live from the top of the hill this is Brill
1449” (Heard on portable rx at Bledlow - 10 miles from Brill)
343
1449 1604 The Hub, UWE Frenchay Campus. Modern mx
253
1503 1101 Betar Bangla, E London. Talk, ID “the Family Show on Betar Bangla AM” 142
1521 1521 Flame CCR, Willaston, Wirral (CR). Mx: "Lucky One", very slight noise 433
1584 1104 Panjab R, N.London. Ads in Panjabi ID “email [email protected]” 243
1602 0732 Heritage R, Whalley Range, Manchester. ID, good, very slight noise
544
1602 1530 Heritage R, Manchester. Back on-air. Discussion & phone no.
243
date
11/04
15/06
01/06
29/05
29/06
11/06
23/06
15/06
inits
MC
SC
SC
SC
NR
DKd
nr
SC
15/06
16/06
12/06
15/06
12/06
15/06
01/07
DK
SHo
DK
SC
DK
SC
NR
Longwave
kHz UTC
153
2127
162
1412
171
0024
171
2120
183
0030
183
1411
198
0028
198
1409
216
1407
225
0020
225
2125
234
0003
234
1406
252
1405
252
2350
252
2332
270
2120
date
04/06
04/06
07/06
07/06
03/06
04/06
07/06
04/06
04/06
03/06
04/06
03/06
04/06
04/06
02/06
04/06
04/06
inits
SHo
SHo
RP*
SHo
SC
SHo
RP*
SHo
SHo
SC
SHo
SC
SHo
SHo
SC
KCH
SHo
Station, location, programme details, etc
Antena Satelor, Brasov, Romania. Local mx
France Inter, Allouis, France. FF speech
Medi 1, Nador, Morocco. Interview in FF // SW 9575
Medi 1, Nador, Morocco. FF speech
Europe 1, Felsburg, Germany. Talk, FF, slight noise, good overall
Europe 1, Felsberg, Germany. Adverts, FF
BBC, Droitwich (the name written on the dials of oldest radio receivers!)
BBC R4, Droitwich. Play about severe weather
RMC, Romoules, France. French sports commentary
PR1, Solec Kujawski, Poland. Mx, talk, Polish, moderate noise
PR1, Solec Kujawski, Poland. Polish female singer
RTL, Beidweiler, Luxembourg. Talk, nx, FF, slight noise
RTL, Beidweiler, Luxembourg. FF speech
RTE R1, Clarkstown, Ireland. Saturday Sport
RTE R1, Clarkstown, Ireland. Mx, Late Show, slight co-channel QRM
RTE R1, Clarkstown, Ireland. Piano mx, Algeria mixed underneath
CRo1, Topolna, Czech Republic. Czech speech
47
SIO
253
454
252
252
444
354
252
555
253
433
353
444
354
444
544
555
253
MW Bandscan by Simon Hockenhull at Hardy Monument, Black Down, South Dorset
on Saturday 11 June 2016 between approx 1430-1530 UTC
This is the daylight AM bandscan done at Hardy Monument which is a National Trust site on an 850’ hill in
south Dorset near Martinstown. Conditions were good with low background noise levels apart from some
noise from an invertor used in the National Trust refreshment van and some lightning static towards the
end of the afternoon. I have not included the higher powered Absolute, BBC R5L, BBC Wales and Talk
Sport signals. The main log was done using my Grundig YB400PE. Thanks to Dave Kenny I discovered
the power and magic of the loop aerial which really did enhance the sensitivity of my Grundig.
kHz
549
603
621
630
657
756
774
801
936
945
990
999
1026
1044
1116
1152
1287
1323
1332
1341
1359
1368
1413
1458
1485
1548
1557
1566
1593
1602
Station, location
Spirit Radio, Carrickroe
Smooth, Littlebourne
RTBF Int, Wavre
BBC R Cornwall, Redruth
BBC R Cornwall, Bodmin
BBC R4, Redruth
BBC R4, Plymouth
BBC R Devon, Barnstaple
Smooth, Naish Hill
Smooth, Bexhill
BBC R Devon, Exeter
BBC R Solent, Fareham
BBC R Jersey, Trinity
SER, San Sebastian
BBC R Guernsey
Smooth, Plymouth
BFBS Gurkha R, Blandford
Smooth, Brighton
BBC R Wiltshire, Lacock
BBC R Ulster, Lisnagarvney
BBC R Solent, Bournemouth
BBC R Sussex, Duxhurst
BBC R Gloucestershire, multi-site
BBC R Devon, Torbay
BBC R Sussex, Brighton
Gold, Saffron Green
Smooth, Southampton
BBC Somerset, Taunton
Bretagne 5 Saint-Goueno
R Tou'caen, Caen
Programme details
Religious mx
Stn ann and mx
FF speech
Female presenter
Female presenter
TMS
TMS
Stn ann
Adverts
Adverts
Female Singer
Football
Stn ann
SS speech
Sport prog
Mx and stn ann
Gurkha progs
Police record
Local sport rpt
Local sport prog
Sport prog
Rpt on local festival
Female presenter
Cold Play record
Rpt on local festival
John Lennon record
Classic hits
Stn ann
FF speech and mx
FF speech
SIO
253
252
354
355
242
355
345
455
354
354
355
353
253
253
253
253
333
252
232
253
344
242
242
354
243
354
444
354
354
232
Many thanks to all contributors. It has been nice editing MWL again on a temporary basis whilst Susan is
away this month and good to see so many excellent loggings!
A reminder that the BDXC website includes several guides that I try to keep up-to-date on a regular basis
which may be useful to mediumwave listeners. Those covering Africa, the Middle East and Caucasus,
and South Asia have recently been expanded to include mediumwave as well as shortwave, with a
complete list of mediumwave stations in frequency order added. There are also guides for Mediumwave
External Services and LPAM, Community Radio and RSL radio stations in the UK, the latter which
includes all known mediumwave loggings of stations that have been reported in Communication since the
1980's. All can be found on the club's website at http://www.bdxc.org.uk/ (click on the Articles Index Page).
In the case of the Middle East and Caucasus guide, that may be useful to anyone who wants to monitor
the area by using one of the very useful WebSDR receivers that covers mediumwave. These are located
at Ariel, the Israeli settlement on the West Bank (http://4z5lv.net:8901/), and Samara in southern Russia
(http://websdr.gnuradio.ru:8901/). Both offer decent reception of the region, especially at night.
Good listening, Tony
48
Tropical Bands Logbook
Edited by Alan Pennington – [email protected]
kHz
UTC
Station, programme details, language etc
3255
3310
3310.0
3310
3320
3320
3320
3320
3320
3320
3915
3915
3915
3955
3985
3985
3985
3995
3995
3995
1905
0031
0045
0130
0250
2055
2230
2249
2250
2354
2221
2240
2247
2009
0012
0405
2010
0308
2011
2250
BBC via Meyerton AFS – English interview about Human Rights
453
R Mosoj Chaski, Bolivia – Andean song, tc, anns SS/Quecha.
342
R Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi BOL – Quechua talk
252
Mosoj Chasky – in SS, ID and close down @ 0136.
252
R Sonder Grense, AFS - Afrikaans talk
252
R Sonder Grense, Meyerton AFS - Afrikaans songs, news
353
R Sonder Grense, Meyerton, AFS - Afrikaans ann, orch. mx/songs 453
R Sonder Grense, Meyerton, S Africa – EZL song, Afrikaans promo 252
R Sonder Grense, Meyerton AFS - Afrikaans ann, orchestra music 353
R Sonder Grense, South Africa – rock song, song, talk in Afrikaans 343
BBCWS via Kranji – OM discusses Jamaican Olympic Association. 252
BBC, Kranji, SNG - EE interview with German prof. about BREXIT 454
BBC WS via Kranji – economic talk on BREXIT. EE. static.
353
KBS via Woofferton - GG speech
555
Deutsches Radio 700 - w/ mx.
222
R 700, Kall - Old GG and EE pop ballads. GG
454
R 700, Kall - GG speech
252
HCJB Deutschland – Russian programme, talk.
343
HCJB, Weenermoor - female GG speech
252
HCJB, Weenermoor, D – EE discussion about upcoming British
referendum (// new freq 5920) (pres Life FM Ireland relay – ed)
454
HCJB Germany - relay Life FM (Ireland) // 5920, 7365. EE rel talk 343
Life FM via HCJB, Germany – ‘Israel in the news’ ’93.1 Life FM’ EE 353
Birinchi R, Krasnaya Rechka KGZ – ID in Kyrgyz and RR. National
hymn, 0003: Kyrgyz ann, orchestral mx //4819.9.
353
Vo People via Goyang, S Korea (Cland) - Korean talk & mx, jammed
by N Korea (heard weaker on // 3480, 3912, 4450, 6518 and 6600) 322
Voice of China, Hailar – CC talk (//4800 SIO 131)
151
UNID – tiny signal whistling with RTTY.
222
Mix of Cuba and ?Tajikistan?
~~~
R Progreso, Cuba – lively songs, greetings to listeners. SS.
433
R Progreso, La Habana, Cuba - Spanish ann, Cuban music
353
R Progreso, Cuba (Pres) - Man in SS with Cuban mx – fading
222
R Progreso - Cuban songs and OM anncr. SS
232
Tajik R1, Yangiyul JK – sudden s/on cont. Tajik pop songs until ann
by YL @ 2327. Different from usual early am px (Ramadan px?)
453
Tajik R 1, Yangiyul, Dushanbe TJK - Tajik ann, folk music.
352
Tajik R1, Yanguyul TJK – Tajik talk about Tajikistan, folk song.
453
R Tarma, Peru – Spanish talk and Andean songs.
252
R Tarma, Peru – in SS, ID and close down @ 0202.
353
AIR Hyderabad, India – IS, ann, National Song, ID Hindi.
343
AIR Hyderabad, India – song, ann. 0035: news in EE from Delhi
fading out. //4920 and 5010.
252
CNR-1, Golmud - Man in CC with long talk
222
CNR 1, Golmud, China – song, ann, time pips, anns, song, CC.
454
CNR1, Golmud - Chinese mx
252
Birinchi R, Kyrgyzstan – IDs, NA //4009.94, (Xizang fading out)
342
Xizang PBS, Lhasa (Pres) - Woman in VV with orchestral mx
222
PBS Xizang - Nice selection of CC instrumental music. CC
333
VL8A, Alice Springs, NT, AUS – English pop song, 1930 nx & rpts 353
VL8A, Alice Springs, Australia – serial “Secret River” episode 66. 343
VL8A, Alice Springs, NT, AUS – EE talk, mx interlude, interview.
352
3995
2255
3995
2302
4009.94 0000
4557
1920
4750
4755
4765
4765
4765
4765
4765
4765
0035
0050
0055
0107
0240
0336
0345
2259
4765
4765
4774.92
4775
4800
4800
2300
2355
0040
0135
0018
0030
4800
4800
4800
4819.90
4820
4820
4835
4835
4835
2037
2056
2140
0000
2011
2015
1925
2013
2045
49
SIO Date
18/06
08/06
02/06
18/06
14/06
01/07
21/06
26/06
16/06
02/06
03/06
21/06
26/06
08/06
05/06
19/06
08/06
22/06
08/06
Init.
APD
AM
APD
RP
APD
APD
APD
AP
APD
AM
AP
APD
AP
SHo
KCH
ARo
SHo
AP
SHo
21/06 APD
04/06 DK
04/06 AP
02/06 APD
18/06
06/06
07/06
07/06
08/06
14/06
18/06
30/05
APD
APD
RP
RP
AM
APD
KOD
ARo
07/06
21/06
01/06
02/06
18/06
08/06
APD
APD
APD
APD
RP
AM
02/06
28/05
01/06
10/06
02/06
10/06
29/05
18/06
02/06
08/06
APD
KOD
AM
SHo
APD
KOD
ARo
APD
AM
APD
4835
4835
2050
2130
4835
4840
4840
4845
4885
4885
4905
4910
4910.01
2139
0247
0403
2250
2141
2202
2137
0023
2132
4920
4920
4920
4920
4920
4925.22
4930
0013
0020
2123
2138
2140
2335
1945
4930
4930
4930
4940
1953
2045
2055
2029
4940
4940
4940
4949.7
4949.74
4949.74
4949.72
4950
2031
2045
2046
0020
0045
2325
2345
2205
4960
4960
4985.49
5005
0359
0417
2330
1958
5005.0
5005
2035
2225
5005
5010
0009
0018
5010
0050
5015
5025
5025
5025
5025
5025
5025
5025
5040
5040
5040
0429
0013
0026
0230
0405
0532
2130
2349
0017
0024
0325
VL8A, Alice Springs, NT, AUS – EE interview, mx, occ digital QRM 342
VL8A Alice Springs NT, AUS – English news //5025 Katherine SIO
232 w/CW QRM. (4910 Tennant Crk weak carrier only, no audio) 353
VL8A Alice Springs - female presenter, EE
252
WWCR Nashville TN, USA – Infowars, talk on European army.
453
WWCR, Nashville, USA - Man in EE with adverts and rock mx
333
Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus, Brazil - AM Portuguese talk
352
R Clube do Para, Brazil - Portuguese speech
252
R Clube do Para, Brazil (Pres) - Men with long talk in PP
222
PBS Xizang - Tibetan speech
252
AIR Jaipur IND – IS, “Vande Mataram” song, Rajasthani (pres) ann 252
VL8T, Tennant Creek, NT, AUS – EE news read by male & female
(// 4835 SIO 353 and 5025 Katherine SIO 322-utility QRM)
342
AIR Chennai IND – IS “Vande Mataram” song, Tamil ID, ann, song 352
AIR Chennai, India – sitar music, song, talk in Hindi.
333
Xizang PBS, Lhasa - Woman in VV with songs and piano mx
333
PBS Xizang - Tibetan speech
252
PBS Xizang - Tibetan mx & tk by YL w/OM on phone. Tibetan
131
R Educacão Rural, Tefé, Brazil – AM Portuguese ann, music.
151
VOA via Moepeng Hill, Botswana - English interview about violence
(QRM digital noise in USB)
433
VOA via Botswana - Man in EE with talk on Congress
222
VOA, Moepeng Hill, BOT English ann, Afropop
353
VOA relay, Botswana – African songs with EE comments //4940
322
VOA, Pinheira, STP – txer problems: s/on, ID then transmitter cut
out! Back 2033 w/ Hausa talk, but txer again cut out for a few secs 444
VOA, Sao Tome - ID by man in EE with s/on then Afro language
333
VOA Pinheira STP – Hausa talk, 2059 mx, EE ID. -2100* CW QRM 444
VOA relay, Sao Tome – African songs with EE comments //4930 433
R Nac de Angola, Mulenvos – ‘phone-in, inc mention of station. PP poor
R Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos – Portuguese talk.
252
R Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos - Portuguese ann, mx - very weak 151
R Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos – PP talk.
252
R Kashmir, Srinagar IND – early morning Ramadan px in (pres)
Kashmiri: talk & orchestral mx, -2215* (het from Angola 4949.75) 342
VOA via Pinheira, Sao Tome – Yankee Doodle IS, ID, nx. EE fair/good
VOA, Sao Tome - Man and woman in conversation in EE
222
Voz Cristiana, Chilca, Peru (presumed) Spanish talk
151
R Batá, Equatorial Guinea – anns, ID ‘Radio Batá’, ‘buenas noches
a todo’, Afro song. SS.
343
R Nac Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata – fast talk in Spanish.
353
R Bata, Equatorial Guinea - Lively African mx, DJ mentions Bata,
YL ID in SS “Radio Bata”, still on air past 0000. (extended bcast?) 233
R Batá, Eq. Guinea – song, ID ‘Escucha Radio Batá’, c/d + 0015 332
AIR Thiruvananthapuram IND – AIR IS, “Vande Mataram” song, ann
in Malayalam. (CW QRM in USB).
222
AIR Thiruvananthapuram IND – Malayalam ann, Indian songs. All
other Indian 60mb stations had faded out.
353
WRMI, Miami, USA (Pres) - Man in EE with Bible talk
222
R Rebelde, Cuba – song, tc, talk, song. SS.
443
R Rebelde, Cuba – SS speech
232
R Rebelde, Bauta, Cuba - Spanish ann, Cuban songs, CW QRM 333
R Rebelde - Music including "Hey Jude" & dance song. SS
333
R Rebelde, Cuba - ID by man in SS after anns
333
VL8K Katherine, Australia – world news inc. UK referendum.
242
Radio Rebelde, Cuba – LA mx
121
R Havana, Cuba – Havana Choir Festival, music, ID, EE.
343
R Havana Cuba - SS speech and mx
353
R Havana, Cuba - ID by man in SS with mentions of Cuba
333
50
01/07 APD
01/06
10/06
28/06
09/06
07/06
10/06
05/06
10/06
02/06
APD
SHo
AP
KOD
APD
SHo
KOD
SHo
APD
09/06
02/06
08/06
30/05
10/06
29/05
10/06
APD
APD
AM
KOD
SHo
ARo
APD
18/06
01/06
01/07
12/06
APD
KOD
APD
AM
01/07
28/05
01/06
12/06
02/06
06/06
10/06
01/06
APD
KOD
APD
AM
RAD*
APD
APD
APD
13/06
06/06
09/06
07/06
APD
RAD*
KOD
APD
02/06 AM
02/06 APD
02/06 DK
03/06 AM
02/06 APD
06/06
09/06
02/06
19/06
14/06
30/05
01/06
25/06
04/06
02/06
19/06
01/06
APD
KOD
AM
SHo
APD
ARo
KOD
AM
KCH
AM
SHo
KOD
5040
5040
5040
5066.4
0415
0500
2340
1955
5066.4
5085
5085
5130
5765
2010
0240
0401
0347
0723
R Havana Cuba - Musica Cubana (Cuban songs). SS
R Havana Cuba - Mailbag Plus and From Havana. EE
Radio Habana Cuba – Latin American mx.
R Télé Candip, Bunia, COD – Swahili radio drama, 1957: song and
drums, conversation until abrupt s/off @ 2016
R Candip, Congo D.R. – song with spoken inserts, closing anns.
WTWW Lebanon TN, USA – oldies, Oliver etc. WTWW ID. EE DJ
WTWW Lebanon TN, USA – “Midnight in the Desert” theme mx.
WBCQ, Monticello, USA (Pres) - Faint US female in EE – fading
WRMI, Miami, USA (Pres) - Man in EE with Bible talk
454 19/06 ARo
353 30/05 ARo
121 04/06 KCH
353
342
252
252
222
222
18/06
07/06
28/06
28/06
18/06
30/05
APD
AM
AP
AP
KOD
KOD
th
Thanks to everyone who contributed this month, in the 500 edition of ‘Communication’!
Looking back over 500 issues of ‘Communication’, there wasn’t a separate section for Tropical
Band logs until June 1985, eleven years after the club’s launch. Before then, all shortwave logs
were listed in one column. The first TBL included over 90 logs, and looking back at the wealth of
stations you could hear then is a marked contrast to today. In particular, so many stations from
Africa including Namibia on 3270kHz, Rwanda on 3330, Botswana on 3356 and 4820, Cape
Verde on 3931, Cameroon on four frequencies (3970, 4000, 4795 and 4850), Mauritius on 4855,
Benin on 4870, Kenya on 4885 and Ghana on 4915 to mention a few. Elsewhere in this issue,
Anker Petersen has compiled his annual survey of “Trends in tropical bands broadcasting” which
shows 115 active transmitters in Central and Southern Africa in 1985, compared to just 16 now.
Arthur Miller remarked in his logs this month that June “started brightly with a transmission of
Radio Batá in Equatorial Guinea the highlight”. Sadly, it seemed to be just a one-off on 2nd June
(continuing past midnight into 3rd June). Just a test of the transmitter or for a special occasion?
nd
The friendly football match between Ukbekistan and Equatorial Guinea on 2 June had been
th
cancelled and the President’s birthday wasn’t until 4 June. One can but hazard a guess as to
the reason for the broadcast! Hopefully it won’t be the last we hear from Batá!
Until next month, 73s and Good DX! Alan
HF Logbook
Edited by Stephen Howie - [email protected]
Analogue
kHz
UTC
Station, programme details, language, etc
5820
5865
5865
5870
5895
5910
5910
5910
5910.06
5915
5920
5920
5920
5920
5920
5930
1930
1940
2000
2034
1945
0012
0445
1936
0005
1658
1836
1952
1955
2007
2255
1831
RTE via Madagascar. OM with EE ID at 1930, s/on
343
R Farda via Kuwait. News in Farsi
434
R Farda via Kuwait. News in Farsi
333
VO America via Thailand. OM with KK comm & EE pop
243
BBC WS, UK. Discussion on Wikipedia [not scheduled here-ed] 222
Alcaravan R, Puerto Lleras, Colombia. OM anns, SS talk, mx
pr/fr
R Japan via Issoudun. Possible radio drama, mx, nx, JJ
555
R Romania Int. News in Romanian [Serbian listed at this time-ed] 525
Alcaravan R, Puerto Lleras, Colombia. SS anns, local songs
353
Myanma R, Naypydaw. YL with talk in Burmese
343
HCJB Germany. OM & YL with GG religious talk
233
HCJB Germany. German
433
HCJB Germany. New frequency, GG hymn, ID, rel talk, mx
453
HCJB Germany. German
342
HCJB Germany. Relay of Life FM (Ireland) // 7365 3995 EE
243
RFE/RL via Germany. OM with RR talk
343
51
SIO
Date
Init.
10/06
21/05
29/05
04/06
21/05
22/06
30/05
21/05
11/06
20/06
19/06
21/05
19/06
29/05
04/06
19/06
MLF
BC
BC
MLF
BC
RAD*
ARo
BC
APD
TA*
MLF
BC
APD
BC
DK
MLF
5930
5945
5950
5950
5952.4
5955
5955
5960
5960
5970
5975
5985
5985
5985
5985
5985
5990
5995
5995
5995
6000
6000
6000
6000
6003
6005
6005
6005
6005
6005
6015
6020
6025
6025
6035
6035
6035
6035
6040
6045
6050
6050
6055
6060
6070
6070
6070
6070
6070
6070
6070
6070
6070
6070
6080
6080
6080
6090
6100
2009
1930
2013
2030
0001
2017
2033
2012
2037
2201
2220
2130
2130
2130
2130
2144
2235
2022
2043
2355
0325
0335
0415
1800
1640
0613
1700
1716
1743
1900
0001
2024
2035
2140
2130
2132
2137
2140
2048
0845
2015
2048
1120
2305
0555
0600
1900
1900
1902
1930
1932
1938
1940
1945
0312
1835
2315
1822
0614
VOIRI, Sirjan, Iran. Sounded like propaganda
434
VOIRI, Sirjan, Iran. OM with II talks, IS & ID, low modulation
343
KBS World R via France. French, China Music Awards
434
KBS World R via France. French, Happy Birthdays
434
R Pio XII, Bolivia. Anns with studio noise in background, SS
432
China R Int. Some kind of soap opera
424
China R Int. Discussion in English about Alibaba
424
China R Int. Chinese play, EE
554
China R Int. EE, YL talk on literary matters
555
VO America via Thailand (pres). OM reports etc in Mandarin
253
VO Vietnam, Son Tay. Vietnamese talk, adj-ch splash
243
BBC WS, UK. Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast w/ Cerys Matthews 444
BBC WS, UK. Test transmission for Antarctic bx, EE
343
BBC WS, UK. Midwinter BAS bx w/ Cerys Matthews
555
BBC WS, UK. Antarctica Midwinter px // 6035 7360
555
BBC WS, UK. Antarctic BC, Cerys Matthews, 'Roxanne', EE
555
Qinghai PBS, China. Orchestral mx, px open, nx // 9850
252
R Liberty via Lampertheim, Germany. Jazz music
434
R Liberty via Lampertheim, Germany. Discussion in Russian
534
R Mali, Bamako. VV talk, hymn, FF anns, NA
352
R Havana Cuba. Folk song, ann FM fqs: 102.5 97.1 & 103.1
444
R Havana Cuba. ‘DXers Unlimited’, 28MHz propagation beacons 453
R Havana Cuba. DXers Unlimited, EE
443
Adygeyan R, Russia. Music, anns, anthem, talk, song, VV
422
Echo of Hope, Suwon, S Korea. YL with talk in Korean
342
R Mi Amigo via Kall. ‘Bruno’s Soulbox’, co-ch BBC Ascension
333
R Mi Amigo via Kall. “Hello Europe” - Johnny Lewis
243
R Mi Amigo via Kall. Pop Music, OM in EE
333
R Mi Amigo via Kall. Pop music, VV
332
R Northern Ireland via Germany. Irish mx, SSTV pic, EE
332
China R Int, Beijing. OM with news bulletin
555
UNID. Chinese pop music [CRI in Polish – ed]
333
R Free Asia via Tinian. Chinese mx
333
Xizang PBS, China. OM & YL with Tibetan comm & sx
343
BBC WS via Dhabbaya. Antarctica Midwinter px // 5985 7360
--1
BBC WS via Dhabbaya. Antarctic Special. messages//5985 7360 142
BBC WS via Dhabbaya Midwinter BC, 'Here Comes the Sun', EE 222
Bhutan BS. Bhutanese music just audible over the noise
151
UNID. Soho R? YL with EE ID not understood, pop mx [80s R?] 243
EMR via Nauen. IDs, Tony Currie - Mailbox
454
PBS Xizang, China. Nice selection of CC instrumental music, CC 443
China R Int. Continuous instrumental music [Xizang PBS-ed]
332
R Nikkei, Nagara, Japan. OM talk in Japanese
343
Sichuan PBS-2, Chengdu, China. Tibetan, talk (nx?) by OM & YL 252
Vatican R. Rel svc in Latin -0610* (over ‘Word of Deliverance)
444
Word of Deliverance via Rohrbach. US rel px, under Vatican
232
From The Isle of Music via Rohrbach. Varied Cuban mx, EE/SS 353
R Ohne Namen via Rohrbach. 1930's jazz/big band mx, GG
333
R Back in Time via Rohrbach. 70's/80's oldies, GG
333
Isle of Music via Rohrbach. EE
333
Italian Bcasting Corp via Rohrbach. DX nx in Italian
454
R Canada Int via Rohrbach. OMs in EE about energy tariffs
343
R Ohne Namen via Rohrbach. German old time mx
454
SM Radio Int via Rohrbach. Ron O'Quinn's RockRoll Rewind, EE 333
VO America via Botswana. Daybreak Africa px, ID, features, ID fr/gd
VO America via Sao Tome. Px on Muhammad Ali, EE // 6195 252
CNR 1, Golmud, China. CC talk // 4800
253
VO Amhara State, Ethiopia. OM with VV comm & HoA mx/sx
243
R Havana Cuba. Comment, European migrant crisis, EE
333
52
29/05
17/06
29/05
21/05
08/06
29/05
21/05
08/06
04/06
03/06
15/06
21/06
14/06
21/06
21/06
21/06
15/06
29/05
21/05
17/06
02/06
28/06
13/06
10/06
20/06
05/06
28/06
25/05
02/06
05/06
05/06
29/05
08/06
18/06
21/06
21/06
21/06
27/05
04/06
19/06
29/05
29/05
01/06
16/06
05/06
05/06
24/05
17/06
15/06
28/06
17/06
26/05
03/06
28/05
25/05
10/06
16/06
19/06
20/05
BC
MLF
BC
BC
AM
BC
BC
SHo
KCH
AP
APD
DS
CB
AP
DK
CSe
APD
BC
BC
APD
AP
AP
CS
AM
TA*
AP
DK
DH
JCa
RM
KCH
BC
HP
MLF
DK
AP
CSe
ARo
MLF
DK
ARo
BC
TA*
APD
AP
AP
ARo
ARo
ARo
HP
DK
MLF
DK
ARo
RAD*
SHo
APD
MLF
JCa
6100
6110
6130
6134.7
6135
6135.21
6150
6159.96
6160
6170
6170
6170
6175
6180
6180
6180
6180
6180
6180
6180.04
6185
6195
6195
6195
6195
6195
6540
7120
7120
7205
7230.01
7235
7240
7240
7250
7255
7255
7255
7260.01
7265
7280
7280
7280
7285
7285
7285
7285
7290
7295
7310
7325
7345
7355
7360
7360
7360
7360
7365
7365
1618
1815
1855
0103
0100
2345
0623
2335
2223
1945
2056
2107
2340
0105
0321
0510
2207
2235
2310
2345
1945
2313
1717
1827
2042
2214
1851
1956
2030
1949
2335
1748
2040
2045
2047
1800
1828
1910
2345
1820
1900
1905
2347
1825
1840
2013
2324
1843
0359
1400
2050
1009
0647
0303
2130
2132
2133
2207
2255
KCBS, Pyongyang, N Korea. Choir
442
R Fana, Ethiopia. OM & YL with Amharic discussion
243
TWR Africa via Swaziland. OM with Chokwe comm & sx
343
R Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Rumbling with Aparecida on 6134.9
422
R Aparecida, Brazil. PP talk, IDs, hymn, religious prayer
343
R Aparecida, Brazil. PP talk, Brazilian song
253
Europe 24, Datteln, Germany. EE ID, GG px, oldies, GG nx, wx 353
CKZN, St John’s NF, Canada. EE interview about fire safety
353
CKZN, St John’s NF, Canada. R1 ‘As it Happens’, chickens
152
VO America via Germany. OM with Kurdish talk // 7225
343
R Romania Int. IS to sign off,
444
SWR, Virrat, Finland. Rock, live in Finnish, IDs, mentioned AP! 242
China R Int via Albania. YL anns, SS talk, mx feature, abrupt off good
RN Amazonia, Brasilia, Brazil. PP IDs, OMs talk, mx
454
RN Brasilia, Brazil. Jingle, ID, “Madrugarda Nacional” px, PP
444
RN Brasilia, Brazil. Brazilian ballads presented by OM, PP
333
RN da Amazonia, Brasilia, Brazil. OM with PP comm & pop
343
RN da Amazonia, Brasilia, Brazil. PP talk, parliamentary issues 444
RN da Amazonia, Brasilia, Brazil. PP talk, Brazilian song, sport 433
RN da Amazonia, Brasilia, Brazil. PP discussion, QRM CRI SS 533
R Taiwan Int via Woofferton
444
BBC WS via Kranji. OM with nx // 11850
322
BBC WS via Oman. Talk on geology, EE
444
BBC WS via Oman. Nx, shooting in Orlando nightclub, EE
444
VO America via Botswana. African Beat px
433
BBC WS via Singapore. OM with EE talk abt gravitational waves 343
BBC WS via Thailand. YL with Pashto sx
444
R Hargeisa, Somaliland. OM with Somali sx & HoA mx then talks 242
R Hargeisa, Somaliland. Somali drama, extended broadcast
343
VOIRI, Sirjan, Iran. YL with Italian ID then talk, off at 1950
344
PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi. Mongolian talk, mx
443
VOIRI, Sirjan, Iran. OM & YL with GG talk
343
PBS Xizang, China. Lots of CC mx, YL with occasional comm
343
PBS Xizang, China. Modern instrumental Chinese music, CC
343
Vatican R. OM with AA talk
444
VO Nigeria. Music, ID, anns by YL, news reports, EE
222
VO Nigeria. OM with EE talk about Islam
242
VO Nigeria. Discussion in EE
333
PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi. Chinese talk // 5960
353
BBC WS via S Africa. OM with Somali talk, ID at 1822
343
VO Vietnam. Nx in EE
433
VO Vietnam. News, Sunday Show, Water Puppets, EE
443
VOIRI, Iran. Arabic style chanting,
444
VOIRI, Zahedan, Iran. OM with long AA talk
343
VO Vietnam. YL with FF talk
343
China R Int via Albania. Chinese play, EE
554
VOIRI, Zahedan, Iran. 2 OMs in AA, ID, Quran, features
fr/gd
IRRS SW via Bulgaria. OM with EE pop, 1800-1900 Fr, Sa, Su 343
R Algerienne via Issoudun. Music open, t/ch, anns, ID, Quran,AA fr/gd
R 700 via Kall. VO Mongolia bx, ID, jingle “Radio 700”, EE
353
VO America via Vatican. OMs with Hausa talks about Nigeria
444
Thazin R, Myin U Lwin, Myanmar. YL with talk in Burmese
242
Overcomer Ministry. Brother Stair, religious shouting, EE
353
Vatican R. Church nx, World Around Us, EE
555
BBC WS via Ascension. Antarctica Midwinter px // 5985 6035
454
BBC WS via Ascension. Antarctic Special for BAS staff
444
BBC WS via Ascension. Antarctic midwinter BC, 'Pina Colada'EE 533
Life FM via Germany. Religion, OM in EE
333
HCJB via Germany. Rely of Life FM (Ireland) // 5920 3995, EE 344
53
19/06
19/06
28/16
07/06
06/06
17/06
05/06
29/06
03/06
17/06
04/06
03/06
21/06
06/06
28/06
18/06
18/06
07/06
21/06
29/06
26/05
04/06
25/05
13/06
08/06
18/06
04/06
10/06
14/06
26/05
14/06
11/06
24/06
28/05
24/06
07/06
04/06
07/06
14/06
18/06
02/06
29/05
04/06
18/06
04/06
08/06
25/05
04/06
12/06
09/06
24/06
30/06
16/06
19/06
21/06
21/06
21/06
05/06
04/06
TA*
MLF
MLF
RP*
APD
APD
AP
APD
AP
MLF
KCH
AP
RAD*
APD
AP
ARo
MLF
APD
APD
APD
MLF
KCH
DH
JCa
HP
MLF
MLF
MLF
APD
MLF
APD
MLF
MLF
ARo
MLF
AM
MLF
NRe
APD
MLF
NRe
ARo
KCH
MLF
MLF
SHo
RAD*
MLF
RAD*
CRS
MLF
TA*
SB
ARo
DK
AP
CSe
DH
DK
7375
7385
7415
7425
7425
7445
7445
7445
7465
7475
7485
7520
7540
7550
8989u
9265
9310
9310
9390
9390
9390
9390
9390
9390
9390
9420
9420
9420
9420
9420
9420
9420
9420
9425
9435
9440
9445
9445
9840
9445
9445
9445
9460
9465
9480
9510
9515
9515
9525.9
9540
9540
9540
9560
9570
9575
9575
9600
9600
9620
2220
1805
2130
1848
2259
1654
1740
1741
2021
2015
2018
1850
1900
2050
2349
0415
1429
1830
0008
1906
1907
2031
2036
2038
2040
0145
0430
1909
1910
2026
2108
2155
2320
1856
1817
2002
1825
1910
1925
2041
2100
2105
1700
1552
0436
1058
1647
1833
1848
1720
1724
1741
0750
1840
0410
2027
2014
2114
0533
VOIRI, Zahedan, Iran. OM with AA sx & comm, ID at 2220
Xizang PBS, China. Lots of local mx to 1805 & abruptly off
UNID. Chanting in VV
BBC WS via Thailand. OMs with Dari discussion
R Romania Int. IS, EE, opening
BBC WS via Madagascar. Talk on zoos, OM in EE // 9410
BBC WS via Madagascar. EE, Sportsworld
BBC WS via Madagascar. African news, OM in EE
R Tirana, Albania. YL with EE talk about work in Albania
RFE/RL via Sri Lanka. OM with RR talk, ex via Thailand
R Free Europe via Philippines. YL with KK talks, ID at 2018
All India R, India. OM with Urdu commentary & sx
Deewa R via Thailand. OM with Pashto sx, abruptly off at 1900
All India R, Bangaluru. GOS to WEu, EE, press review, mx
Pescador Preacher, Nicaragua. Preaching in SS
Classics Experience via WINB. Rock music, EE
Deewa R via Iranawila. ID, Yankee Doodle, Pashto phone talk
Deewa R via Thailand. Local singing, then talk by man, VV
IBRA Media via Tashkent. Bengali, mx and talk
R Thailand. OM & YL with EE review, local nx
R Thailand. Nx, EE, ad for Bangkok Airways
R Thailand. EE, political discussion by OM
R Thailand. News, EE
R Thailand. EE nx
R Thailand, OM in EE
VO Greece. Greek px, ERT Kozmos // 1404 1512
VO Greece. Music including Amy Winehouse, Beatles, Greek
VO Greece. YL with Greek sx & local mx
VO Greece. Traditional slow Greek music, Greek
VO Greece. Greek, traditional Greek mx
VO Greece. Greek YL anns and mx
VO Greece. Greek
VO Greece. Reading poetry in Greek, nice mx, back on
VO Korea, N Korea. YL with GG talk, ID at 1857
Bible Voice via Nauen. Song, Rev Hicks, EE
China R Int. News, Chinese theatre. TV soundtrack
All India R. Music programme
All India R. EE, human development
WHRI, USA. Religious px in EE
All India R. OM with song, GOS
All India R. News, commentary, indirect tax reform, EE
All India R. YL newsreader, EE
VO Turkey. Modern Turkish songs
R Taiwan Int. Identity px, contact details, EE
African Pathways R via Madagascar. EE rel features, IDs, freqs
IRRS via Bulgaria. Religion, OM in EE
KBS World R, S Korea. Discussion on literature, QTH, ID, EE
KBS World R, S Korea. OM with KK talk & sx
VO Indonesia. YL with GG comm & local pop
R Romania Int. Debating contest, OM in EE
R Romania Int. OM EE, station ID then YL with "Think Greener"
R Romania Int. Africa festival in Romania, EE
DP07 Seewetter, Germany. OM, weather reports/synopsis, GG
Madagascar World Voice. YL with RR religious talk
Medi 1, Nador, Morocco (pres). OM anns, px of ME mx, AA
Medi 1, Morocco. Continuous mx
China R Int, Kashi. Chinese play, EE
China R Int, Kashi. Talk on business
R Romania Int. World of Culture, Poetry Festival, Roots, EE
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9760
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9935
9940
9940
9965
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11580
11580
11620
11625
11625
11625
11645
11645
11645
11650
11656
11670
11670
11670
11670
11695
11695
0535
0536
1829
2038
1700
1715
1717
1827
1845
1655
1915
1645
0023
1917
1940
2359
0325
2034
2037
1850
0045
1655
1720
1805
1817
1820
2209
1921
2109
1814
1545
1943
1944
2053
1926
2007
2145
0800
1630
1947
1540
2318
1040
2106
1908
1734
1905
2005
0515
1640
2318
1900
0745
1814
1913
2050
2303
1515
1520
R Romania Int. YL with Radio Newsreel, EE
R Romania Int. YL with Radio Newsreel px, EE
All India R, Aligarh. OM with AA commentary
VO Turkey. News, YL in EE
VO Vietnam. Station sign on and ID
VO Vietnam. OM with talk, playing the sitar, EE
VO Vietnam. YL in EE with article on modern news delivery
VO Vietnam. OM with Vietnamese, comm, ID 1827
BVB via Germany. YL with EE religious, talk about sin
VO Korea, Pyongyang, N Korea. Long story by YL // 11680
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. OM with TT talk & local mx
VO Hope, Zambia. US rel px, ID, closing ann @ 1700, EE
All India R, Panaji. Hindi vocals, YL anns, EE ID, nx, flute mx
VOIRI, Sirjan, Iran. OM & YL with FF discussion
R Japan via Vatican. YL with EE review local nx
China R Int. YL with frequency info in PP
R Romania Int. RRI Encyclopaedia, All That Jazz, EE
VO Vietnam. EE, YL with politics & elections talk
VO Vietnam. News, YL in EE
KBS World R, S Korea. OM & YL with SS talk
R Cairo, Abis, Egypt. YL anns, SS, muffled audio, nx, t/ch, ID
R Bahrain. Disco mx in AA, 1700 ID ”ShaabapZ”
Shabab R, Bahrain. ID in EE "Shabab number one radio"
R Japan via Meyerton. YL with news, EE
R Japan via Meyerton. Talk on weddings, OM in EE
R Japan via Meyerton. YL with EE talk about weddings
R Romania Int, Galbeni. EE nx and mx
Afia Darfur R via Vatican. OM with AA talk about Sudan
R France Int. Talk in FF
VOIRI, Sirjan, Iran. OM with AA comm & sx
VO Turkey. OM in Turkish
RFE/RL via Germany. OM with RR comm, lots of hot jazz
VO America via Germany. OMs with Kurdish discussions
BSKSA Gen Px, Saudi Arabia. Traditional Arabic mx, AA
R Pilipinas, Philippines. Filipino ID, off 1927
BBC WS, Woofferton, UK. Tennis player drugs ban, EE
BBC WS via Ascension. Comedy clubs, OM in EE
VO Greece (pres). Religious service, VV
R Free Asia via Yerevan. IS, Burmese anns, interlude, reports
TWR Africa via Swaziland. OM with FF talk
Nippon no Kaze via Palau. YL with talk in Korean
R Cairo, Abu Zaabal, Egypt. EE talk, 2 OMs, low audio, ID
Overcomer Ministry, USA. Religious px, EE
WRMI, USA. Bible study in EE,
All India R, Bangaluru. YL with EE talk about Indian wildlife
Vatican R. Talk on Middle East, OM in EE
Vatican R. YL with SS prayers, Sa only
Vatican R. Report on Hanson’s disease, EE
R Dabanga via Vatican. HoA mx then nx by YL, AA
VO Korea, Pyongyang, N Korea. Talk on public health, OM EE
VO Greece, Avlis. New times, talk
China R Int. Traditional CC song then talk by YL & OM, GG
EMR via Germany. Mailbag, oldies, EE
All India R. Political commentary, YL in EE
All India R. YL with EE talk about cricket
All India R. YL with Postcard from India px, GOS, Indian mx
R Havana Cuba. LA mx, SS
Vatican R via Palauig. Malayalam Gospel
Vatican R via Palauig. Malayalam sermon
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19/06
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11765
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11795
11810
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11815
11820
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11850
11855
11860
11860
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11860
11875
11890
11890
11890
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12015
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12025
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12055
12060
12060
12065
12065
12065
12065
12065
12075
12075
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12095
12095
0225
1829
1910
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0144
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1645
1800
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1420
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1525
2325
2016
2037
1210
2033
1531
2030
2026
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2111
1916
1522
1612
1649
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2021
2234
1920
1930
2017
2020
0500
2014
1830
1842
2039
1755
1034
2006
1924
2030
1450
1502
1703
1815
1935
1816
1816
1819
1501
2000
Deewa R via Iranawila. Pashto conversation
444
R Biafra via Bulgaria. OM with dialogue, EE/VV
443
R Biafra via Bulgaria. OM with EE talk & local mx
243
R Biafra via Bulgaria. Mx and propaganda, EE
433
Scandinavian Weekend R, Finland. Rock songs, EE ID, anns
332
R New Zealand Int. Female presenter, EE
252
Vatican R. EE service, OM with nx features, ID, close, IS, off
pr/fr
Eye R, S Sudan. OM and YL with local lang talk, mx fanfare, IDs fair
Zanzibar BC, Tanzania. Long gentle, rhythmic song, VV
353
Zanzibar BC, Tanzania. News in EE
322
All India R, ann & freqs for bcs in EE, cl/d at 0045,(no RAE)
454
University Network, Anguilla. Religious px, EE
222
Zanzibar BC, Tanzania. OM with comm & choral sx in Swahili
343
All India R. Feature on musician, songs // 11670, EE
444
VO Turkey, Emirler. YL with report in Dari
442
R Japan via Dhabbaya. IS, ID, OM with talk in Urdu
442
R Romania Int, Galbeni. SS, music selections, ID, close, off
pr/fr
BBC WS via Ascension. Px on courts, EE
252
BBC WS via Ascension. Report on tourism in Tunisia
333
Babcock, Woofferton. Test transmission, anns with music
333
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. Call to Prayer
414
R Free Asia via Tinian. Jingle, Korean ID, talk, mx
442
R Romania Int. Local news, broadcast in English
424
UNID. Singing in Arabic with drums then sign off
424
Rep of Yemen R via Saudi Arabia. Anns, Quran recitations, AA fair
Rep of Yemen R via Saudi Arabia. YL nx in AA mentioned Yemen343
Rep of Yemen R via Saudi Arabia. OM with long AA talk
242
Rep of Yemen R via Saudi Arabia. Arabic mx
333
IBRA R via Woofferton. OM with comm & sx in Fuuta Jalon
243
BBC WS via Singapore. Distribution of charity clothing, EE
444
BBC WS via Singapore. News on killing of MP Jo Cox, EE
354
BBC WS via Singapore. Talk on zoos, OM in EE
444
Sri Lanka BC. VV s/on, talk and folk songs
353
BSKSA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Discussion in Arabic
424
BSKSA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Anns, child in AA, Quran, talk
fair
Madagascar World Voice. OM & YL with AA comm
343
AWR Africa/Europe via Austria. OM with Hausa comm, off 1930 343
AWR Africa/Europe via Austria. Gospel singing
323
AWR Africa/Europe via Austria. Music and commentary, religious 555
R Japan via Issoudun. Friends Around World, EE
353
R France Int. Discussion in French about Musk
424
VO Korea, N Korea. Patriotic mx
433
VO Korea, N Korea. Female newsreader, EE
252
VO Korea, N Korea. Pyongyang in Korean, enthusiastic YL talk 444
Deewa R, USA. OM in Pashto
333
Dandal Kura via Ascension. OM with Kanuri talk
343
UNID. News about Sudan in French followed by Arabic
424
R Algerienne via Issoudun. OM with slow AA chants
343
R Algerienne via Issoudun. AA chants
444
R Australia. Music programme, EE
333
R Australia. News, EE
252
R Australia. News, OM in EE
333
R Australia. Talk on social media, OM in EE
333
R Australia. Oz Country Style, EE
333
End Times Coming via Bulgaria. OM with religious talk, EE
554
End Times Coming via Bulgaria. Talk on angels, OM in EE
444
End Times Coming via Bulgaria.. OM with Bible reading, EE
555
BBC WS via Madagascar. News, EE
252
BBC WS via Ascension. Nx in EE
433
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12120
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13600
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13845
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13710
13710
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13730
13730
13760
13760
13760
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13760
13760
13765
13775
13790
13790
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13800
13845
13845
13855
15050
15090
15105
15105
15120
1805
2003
2016
2021
1544
1736
1926
1252
1745
1825
1925
1958
1309
1640
1721
1316
1225
1857
1955
2036
1334
2031
1802
1810
1915
1945
1341
1408
1644
1930
1943
1805
2050
1358
1359
1425
2018
1700
1740
1355
1625
1848
1925
2115
2150
2015
1353
1100
1109
1117
1837
2141
2148
1350
1346
1135
0615
1657
0350
Bangladesh Betar. National mx
444
BBC WS, UK. World news in English
424
BBC WS via Ascension. Px on courts, EE
353
BBC WS via Ascension. EE, news // 11810
444
TWR via Guam. Closing anns, ID, music, close at 1546, EE
343
R Pilipinas, Philippines. Station ID, OM in Tagalog
333
R Pilipinas, Philippines. YL with Filipino sx, off 1930
343
China R Int, Urumqi. Speech, mx, RR
543
Bangladesh Betar. News, EE
343
Bangladesh Betar. YL with talk, music, EE
454
Bangladesh Betar. OM with Bengali nx review, ID at 1925
343
Bangladesh Betar. Signing off
434
Deewa R via Iranawila. Pashto, YL and OM speech
232
Deewa R via Kuwait. OMs with Pashto discussion
343
VO America via Vatican. Talk about centenarians, OM in EE
444
China R Int, Xian. OM speech, sting, music
432
UNID. Indian type mx
444
All India R. OM with Hindi sx in AA svce
343
All India R. Discussion in French about a health program
434
All India R. French about Liberty
434
China R Int, Urumqi. OM speech, saxophone music
443
R Romania R. Newsreel in English
434
BBC WS via UAE. Nx, Old Trafford evacuated, EE
323
BBC WS via UAE. EU referendum comments, EE
322
BBC WS via Oman. EE mention of Int Criminal Court
222
BBC WS via Oman. Px about tribeswomen making butter
434
China R Int. Postcards, butterfly garden in Dubai, surfing
543
China R Int. FF, OM and YL with speech
443
R Free Asia via Tajikistan. OM with Mandarin talk & relig mx
343
All India R, Bangaluru. Local mx to 1930 then OM with EE ID
243
All India R, Bangaluru. Indian pop in English
434
CNR 1, Linshi, China. YL in CC
433
WWCR 1, USA. Gospel mx
444
China R Int.
211
China R Int. Learn English
434
China R Int. EE, Roundtable, university education
544
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. Arabic with Western music
443
Ashna R via Kuwait. OM & YL with Pashto talk, ID at 1700
344
R Japan via Madagascar. YL with Swahili comm & sx
343
VO Korea, N Korea. Government propaganda in English
343
VO Korea, N Korea. “Waiting like a loyal dog”, EE
353
China R Int. News and comment in EE
444
VO Korea, N Korea. OM with EE ID, QRFs & close at 1930
243
VO Korea, N Korea. FF, light mx
323
VO Korea, N Korea. News, OM in EE
444
Vatican R. English with latest from Pope Francis
443
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. Arabic
343
R Romania Int. The History Show, Music Time, EE
343
R Romania Int. UK EU membership referendum, EE
555
R Romania Int. Travellers Guide px, EE
544
VO America via Sao Tome. Studio 7, YL presenter, EE
252
WWCR, USA. YL with religious talk, EE
343
WWCR, USA. Religion, OM in EE
444
China R Int. YL presenter in Chinese
434
All India R. Indian female singer
333
R Azadi via Kuwait. OM with Pashto talk
243
VO Korea, Kujang, N Korea. YL sing in fast rhythm, YL talk in EE 442
TWR via UNID site [MDG – ed]. OM with VV ID at 1700 & off
343
All India R, Bangaluru. OM monologue in Hindi 0355, Indian mx 353
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1336
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2010
1844
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2104
1321
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1629
1630
1639
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1736
1045
1317
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1708
1710
1715
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0825
0815
1109
1830
2149
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1639
1056
1630
1711
0820
1027
0635
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2043
1233
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2154
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1008
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KBS World R, S Korea. YL with EE talk about China
China R Int via Mali. OM with AA talk, ID at 1620
R Romania Int. Football report, mentions Man Utd
R Japan via France. OM with JJ comm & Euro Devotional mx
R Japan via France. Japanese
Sawt Linjiila via France. OM with Fulfulde ID & off at 1900
R Sultanate of Oman. Nx, “Best of Golden Oldies", EE
R Sultanate of Oman. Pop music, adverts, “90.4 FM” ID, EE
R Sultanate of Oman OM in AA
R Sultanate of Oman. News roundup in Arabic
R Sultanate of Oman. YL in AA, sounded like a drama
R Romania Int. Assorted music, some in English
BVB via Germany. Choral sx & OM comm in Dinka
VO Korea, Kujang, N Korea. Spanish nx read by OM
RFE/RL. “This is R Free Europe, Radio Liberty, Praha”
VO America. South Sudan in Focus via Vatican
VO America. S Sudan service. Peacekeeping, EE
VO America. OM in EE with "South Sudan In Focus" px
R Pilipinas, Philippines. Station ID, OM in Tagalog
RFE/RL via Germany. OM in RR, ID & URL then talk
R Japan. Discussion in Japanese
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. OM speech
AWR via Nauen. Sx at s/on, then talk by YL and OM, AA
Channel Africa, S Africa. YL with EE talk abt S African politics
Channel Africa, S Africa. News, SA parliament, YL
Channel Africa, S Africa. Parliamentary broadcast, OM in EE
Channel Africa, S Africa. YL in EE
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. AA chants
VO Korea, N Korea. Military/marching music/OM talk, Russian
VO Korea, N Korea. News items in Korean
VO Korea, N Korea. Int Signal then announcement YL EE + mx
VO Korea, N Korea. Political commentary, EE
VO Korea, N Korea. News, OM in EE
China R Int. “Cake and bake” by OM and YL, EE
Deutsche Welle via Madagascar. OM with Swahili talk
Deutsche Welle via Sri Lanka. YL with Amharic ID then HoA mx
Deutsche Welle via France. OM & YL with FF talk, ID at 1711
R Japan. OM & YL talk, music, Japanese
R Japan. YL with continuous “This is NHK World from Japan”
R France Int. Mx, U2 EE cover then FF song // 9790
R France Int. News, Grand Reportage, palm oil production, FF
FEBC, Philippines. YL with comm & lots sx in Karen
Reach Beyond, Australia. Religious talk, EE
Reach Beyond, Australia. Religious broadcast, EE
R Argentina Exterior. FF mx and comment
Athmeeyayathra via Nauen. Instrumental mx at s/on, talk, VV
Athmeeyayathra via Nauen. S/on, Hindi song & talk, VV
VOIRI, Iran. Lead news item about Taliban [IBB R Mashaal-ed]
R Mashaal via Sri Lanka. OMs with Urdu talk
R Havana Cuba. OM with FF talk, YL ID at 2000
R Exterior de Espana. More Euro 2016 in Spanish
R Exterior de Espana. YL with talk in SS
BBC WS via Ascension. News about Tanzania, EE
BBC WS via Ascension. Students study medicine
BBC WS via Ascension. Px on Muhammad Ali, EE
All India R. // 17510
All India R. OM with EE QRFs, ID & off at 1100
R Australia. OM talk, upcoming Brexit vote in UK, EE
BBC WS via Ascension. Opening and station anns, EE
58
342
242
434
343
332
243
333
444
444
333
232
434
343
442
544
544
444
343
333
343
333
544
454
343
544
444
433
344
333
222
343
332
444
454
242
343
242
232
454
444
333
243
433
353
333
353
544
333
343
243
534
322
333
544
252
554
342
232
252
25/06
11/06
24/05
28/16
18/06
10/06
29/05
24/06
06/06
18/06
04/06
24/05
17/06
28/05
17/05
17/05
30/05
13/06
25/05
25/06
24/05
17/05
17/06
17/06
17/05
25/05
02/06
20/06
25/06
24/05
13/06
16/06
30/05
19/06
25/06
11/06
17/06
25/06
18/06
14/06
30/05
05/06
22/05
08/06
09/06
17/06
30/05
24/05
05/06
24/06
18/06
04/06
25/05
17/05
10/06
03/06
25/06
21/06
08/06
MLF
MLF
BC
MLF
BC
MLF
ARo
DH
NRe
BC
KCH
BC
MLF
TA*
MC
MC
DH
DS
DH
MLF
BC
MC
ARo
MLF
MC
DH
NRe
NRe
CSe
BC
DS
JCa
DH
SB
MLF
MLF
MLF
CSe
SB
DS
ARo
MLF
JCa
SHo
HP
ARo
ARo
BC
MLF
MLF
BC
KCH
DH
MC
SHo
DC
MLF
CSe
SHo
15450
15450
15450
15460
15480
15480
15480
15490
15500
15500
15500
15500
15520
15520
15530
15570
15575
15580
15580
15580
15580
15580
15580
15580
15595
15610
15610
15690
15690
15730
15750
15750
15760
15770
15770
15770
15770
15770
15770
15770
15795
15795
15795
15825
15825
17490
17490
17530
17530
17530
17540
17560
17570
17570
17580
17580
17615
17615
17630
0936
1230
1258
1715
1719
1850
1957
1054
1401
1621
1820
1953
1631
1633
1600
1735
1310
0510
1505
1505
1518
1721
1750
1949
0640
1838
2308
1050
1312
2017
1047
1300
1044
1925
1947
2100
2100
2100
2145
2153
1056
1106
1150
1952
2150
1022
1030
1719
1720
1904
1019
1000
0904
1017
1024
1135
0859
0901
1315
FEBC, Philippines. OM with Minangkabau talk & sx
343
VO Turkey. News, Letterbox, Turkey's New Vision, EE
353
VO Turkey. Music programme
544
VO America via Sao Tome. Studio 7 px, OM & YL Shona talk
243
VO America via Ascension. OM with PP talk, Friday only
243
AWR via Madagascar. FF comm, local VV sx, ID & off at 1857 444
UNID. Signed off with “God rest ye merry gentlemen” [Above-ed] 434
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. Prayers in Arabic
343
R Exterior de Espana. Start of nx with OM, YL reports, SS
252
R Exterior de Espana. Football commentary, SS
253
R Exterior de Espana. Fast speech
555
R Exterior de Espana. Discussion on S American football
434
VO Turkey. News headlines, listeners’ letters, EE
343
VO Turkey. YL with EE local nx review then ID
343
AWR via Guam. ID, open anns, mx, talk in EE
242
Vatican R. Talk on Middle East, OM in EE
555
KBS World R, Seoul, S Korea. Touch Base,Listeners Lounge EE 243
VO America via Botswana. Talk about Trump/Putin/Clinton, EE 333
VO America via Botswana. News, EE
252
VO America via Botswana. World nx, 'Border Crossings', EE
444
VO America via Botswana. Music programme & interview, EE
333
VO America via Botswana. Talk about centenarians, OM in EE 444
VO America via Botswana. Sports nx, EE
433
VO America via Botswana. EE discussing US, Assad in Syria
333
Vatican R. News of death of Muhammad Ali, EE
544
WEWN, USA. Called To Communion with ID
544
WEWN, USA. Religious px, OM/YL
343
R Farda via Biblis. Music, singing, modern mx
343
R Farda via Biblis. ID then modern Farsi rock music, VV
533
VO America, Greenville. OM & YL with FF talk
343
VOIRI, Iran. News in Arabic
333
VOIRI, Iran. OM in AA
333
R Mashaal, USA. Discussion in Farsi about education
343
Overcomer Ministry, USA. Telephone caller. Brother R G Stair 333
Overcomer Ministry, USA. English, praying for me
232
R Northern Ireland via WRMI. Irish mx, SSTV pic, EE
453
R Northern Ireland via WRMI. Mx then SSTV tx, EE
443
R Northern Ireland via WRMI. EE, Irish mx thru decades
323
WRMI, USA. Glenn Hauser World of Radio promo, EE
333
WRMI, USA. World of Radio DX px, OM in EE
333
WWCR, USA. Religion, OM in EE
444
Reach Beyond, Australia. OM with religious talk, EE
333
WWCR 1, USA. Religious px, EE
333
WWCR 1, USA. ‘The Old Trailblazer’ to 2000, Real Radio 2000 543
WWCR 1, Nashville TN, USA. EE, religious programmes
333
China R Int. Px about Asian Bank in English
433
China R Int. Life Up Close, western classical mx, EE
555
VO America. Talk about centenarians, OM in EE
444
VO America. Discussion on US elections, EE
343
VO America. OM with FF comm & EE pop
343
China R Int. Current topics in Chinese
333
R Northern Ireland via Armenia. ID, mx, EE
242
China R Int. News in English
434
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. Singing call to prayer
343
CNR 1, China. OM with CC talk & mx jingles
343
Report of Week via Armenia. Mx, IDs, EE
232
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. Singing in Arabic
343
China R Int. News in Chinese
333
China R Int. Literature, Ink & Quill, EE
444
59
11/06
28/05
12/06
17/06
17/06
17/06
18/06
24/05
02/07
18/06
17/05
18/06
05/06
11/06
04/06
25/05
04/06
04/06
08/06
30/06
16/06
25/05
03/06
18/06
04/06
17/05
04/06
24/05
30/05
24/06
24/05
25/06
24/05
17/05
18/06
04/06
28/05
04/06
14/06
30/05
19/06
22/06
03/06
17/05
04/06
24/05
30/05
25/05
04/06
28/16
24/05
05/06
24/05
24/05
25/06
22/06
24/05
24/05
19/06
MLF
ARo
JCa
MLF
MLF
MLF
BC
BC
SH
SHo
MC
BC
JCa
MLF
AM
DH
DK
ARo
SHo
CSe
JCa
DH
NRe
BC
CS
MC
KCH
BC
ARo
MLF
BC
NRe
BC
MC
BC
RM
ARo
KCH
CB
DH
DH
JCa
NRe
MC
KCH
BC
ARo
DH
JCa
MLF
BC
DK
BC
BC
MLF
DK
BC
BC
ARo
17630
17635
17650
17655
17670
17670
17715
17730
17740
17740
17760
17760
17760
17780
17800
17815
17830
17830
17840
17850
17850
17850
17850
17855
17855
17880
17880
21470
21500
21505
21520
21560
21580
21620
21630
21670
21670
21675
21695
21750
21780
1440
0928
0856
1640
0851
1109
1933
1628
0820
0844
0530
1310
1400
1719
1930
2035
0733
1719
0845
1020
1028
1610
1926
1620
1924
0840
1031
1454
0540
1326
1218
1217
1832
1616
1215
1053
1110
1325
1040
1305
1330
China R Int. Px on gaming addictions, EE
354
VOIRI, Sirjan, Iran. OM with Kazakh talk, Kamalabad // 15715
242
China R Int. Chinese/English language training
434
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. OM & YL with FF discussion
343
China R Int. “Postcards”, current topics in English
333
R Romania Int. Nx – state sector salaries & education, EE
555
UNID. Football commentary in Spanish - Euro 2016 [REE-ed]
333
R Havana Cuba. Talk on Cuba and Colombia, QRGs, IS, ID, SS 444
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. OM talk and light instrumental mx, AA
333
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. Discussion in Arabic
434
R Romania Int. IS, OM with ID and Radio Newsreel
4333
R 700 via Armenia. R Menschen & Geschichten - tk & mx, GG 544
VO America via Thailand. ID in English, then nx in Tibetan
343
BBC WS via Ascension. News about Tanzania, EE
333
R Romania Int. Prices of coffee beans
525
Overcomer Ministry via WHRI. EE
333
BBC WS via Meyerton. Business Daily, Witness, EE
333
BBC WS via Ascension. News about Tanzania, EE
333
R Australia. OM in EE
222
R Thailand. YL & OM talk, modern Thai ballads, Thai
353
R Thailand. YL with long Thai talk
343
VO America, Greenville. OM with EE ID then digimodes px
242
R France Int. Discussion in French
332
R Exterior de Espana. Football commentary, SS
232
UNID. Football commentary in Spanish from Euro 2016 [REE-ed] 434
R Mashaal, USA. News in Farsi [R Farda-ed]
333
R Farda via Germany. YL with Farsi ID then OM talk
343
BBC WS via Abu Dhabi. Somalian service
252
R Romania Int. News on under funding in education, EE
433
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. Arabic talk
253
VOIRI, Tehran. Chinese service
152
Vatican R. Italian or Latin talk
252
R France Int via Issoudun. FF talk
455
R Exterior de Espana. Football commentary, SS
252
BBC WS via Ascension. FF talk
252
BSKRA, Saudi Arabia. Station ID, OM in Indonesian
333
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. YL & OM with Indonesian discussion
444
R Africa via Okeechobee. Religious px, EE
252
VO America via Philippines. OM & YL with CC discussion
242
VOIRI, Tehran, Iran. Indonesian service
252
Deutsche Welle via Abu Dhabi. Hausa service
252
18/06
11/06
24/05
17/06
24/05
04/06
18/06
23/06
17/06
24/05
01/06
29/05
29/05
25/05
18/06
04/06
17/06
25/05
02/06
28/05
25/06
11/06
18/06
18/06
18/06
24/05
25/06
08/06
03/06
08/06
20/06
20/06
10/06
18/06
20/06
19/06
05/06
08/06
25/06
10/06
20/06
SHo
MLF
BC
MLF
BC
JCa
BC
AM
ARo
BC
CS
ARo
ARo
DH
BC
NRe
ARo
DH
NRe
ARo
MLF
MLF
BC
SHo
BC
BC
MLF
SHo
CS
SHo
SHo
SHo
SHo
SHo
SHo
DH
MLF
SHo
MLF
SHo
SHo
Digital
kHz
UTC
Station, programme details, language, etc
dB/O Date
Init
5910
6175
11620
11800
11810
11810
11870
11870
15120
15120
1812
0915
1700
1807
1706
1724
2004
2033
1816
1830
R Romania Int, Saftica. OM in Italian
R France Int. Feature about agriculture migrant workers, FF
All India R. Ch1 - YL RR + music/Ch2 - music
R Romania Int, Tiganesti. YL in GG
R Romania Int, Tiganesti. OM with news, EE
R Romania Int. OM EE, YL with "Think Greener" // 9540
R Romania Int, Galbeni. OM in FF
R Romania Int, Galbeni. OM with Radio Newsreel, EE
VO Nigeria. African news, EE
VO Nigeria. Sixty Minutes news programme, EE
16/16/21/18/18/23/17/17/22/24/-
RT
ARo
DS
RT
RT
DS
RT
RT
RT
ARo
Many thanks to all contributors for your logs this month. Until next month, best 73s
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18/06
20/06
17/06
17/06
20/06
26/06
26/06
17/06
17/06
Stephen
with Axel Röse & Vick Haviland [email protected]
Freq
1618
1621
1625
1630
1635
1640
1646
1670
6040
6205
6205
6205
6205
6205
6210
6230
6230
6231
6233
6240
6260
6260
6260
6260
6261
6265
6266
6267
6280
6280
6282
6284
6285
6285
6285
6295
6300
6304
6305
6305
6305
6309
6320
6390
6925
6925
6950
6950
6970
6970
7585
UTC
2109
2050
2050
2117
2158
2054
2024
2040
2308
0342
0540
2049
2111
0820
2047
0934
0951
0801
0830
0828
0747
0755
2050
1015
2103
2020
2150
2008
2030
2125
2023
1020
0827
2048
2108
1650
2032
2010
0755
0856
1615
1942
2108
2130
0011
0042
0859
0205
2007
1900
2138
Station + details
Date
Contributor(s)
R. Barones. Ann, Dutch+popmx, only briefly heard. DD, -21.15
28-May
NS
R. Barones - D, rock, polka, c/d 21.01
5-Jun
AR
R. Barones. Ann, popmx, thunderstorm-QRM. DD
23-May
NS
UNID - --, oldies, -21.45
20-May
AR
R. Calimero - D, instr., schlager, NE-Groningen, oldies, -22.50
29-Jun
AR
Dutch Mx (“kleine Annabelle”), no ann. 17-May
NS
Z. Digital, ID, ann, popmx. DD
19 May
NS
R. Armada. ID, ann, polka-popmx. DD
19 May
NS
Eighties R - pops, email: [email protected] , EE
4-Jun
AP
Coast FM (relay of Canary Island FM stn apprtly Ireland based), -04.23
3-Jun
RAD*
Coast FM Tenerife relay - “more music, Coast FM”, pops, EE.
4-Jun
AP
Coast FM – dance mx, pops, EE also hrd 5-Jun
4-Jun
RM
Coast FM. ID (??), jingle (=21.13), popmx. EE
11-Jun
NS
Coast FM. Id, DJ chat also 5 June. EE
19-Jun
DN
R. Merlin Int'l - E, punk, classic rock, c/d 21.02
7-Jun
AR
R. Casanova - D, G, greets, schlager, polka, pop, instr., c/d 10.11
5-Jun
AR
UNID. Schlagers “Gut Morgen”, hrd. ??
12-Jun
DN
R. Merlin Int. “from Eu to Eu”. Time check then close. EE
29-May
DN
UNID. 90's pop+soul mx, No ann or ID heard, off by 0950. ??
19-May
DN
Z. Digital - D, pop, oldies, rock'n'roll, rock, c/d 10.24
5-Jun
AR DN
Focus Int. Rock, Jingle and safety messages. EE
5-Jun
DN
Focus Int’l, OM, Kansas 'Carry on wayward son', EE
5-Jun
CSe
R. Mazda. ID, ann, Dutch mx. -21.02
28-May
NS
Focus Int’l - E, pop, oldies
5-Jun
AR
R. Desperado - E, oldies, rock, pop, in chat, -21.33
7-Jun
AR
R. Batavier - --, ID in chat, pop, oldies, eurodance, -21.20
29-Jun
AR
Zender Obama. Schlager+dance, ann “K. Welle Zender Obama”. DD 4-Jun
DN
Mustang R. – 70s rock, EE
4-Jun
RM
R. Batavier - E, jingles, schlager, greets, pop, -20.45
5-Jun
AR
R. Merlin Int'l - E, rock, oldies, -21.45
29-Jun
AR
Johnny Tobacco. DD, ID, ann, Dutch-popmx. EE, DD
29-May
NS
Focus Int’l - E, oldies, rock'n'roll, rock, -22.20
5-Jun
AR
Focus Int. Rock mx “also 6260”. EE
5-Jun
DN
R. Desperado, pop (20.49:Nutbush City Limits”), -21.11 DD
19-May
NS
R. Pierclan (tent). Dutch mx (“Hey Fintje”), briefly heard. 11-Jun
NS
Reflections Europe - "god gives mercy!" EE fairly strong signal R
19-Jun
SB
R. Witte Reus (tent). Popmx: only ”Kiss me, N, kiss me baby” ,-20.39
17-May
NS
R. Merlin Int'l - E, oldies, rock'n'roll, rock, -22.20
1-Jun
AR
R. Marabu. Jingle sequence. GG
29-May
DN
R. Merlin Int. ID, jingles. EE
19-May
DN
R Merlin Int “Hello to Stuart Dobson”
28-May
DK
Mike R. - in USB, E, 80's pop, also in AM, oldies, pop, -20.30
7-Jun
AR
R. Abu Dhabi - --, Korean music, pop, c/d 21.27
1-Jun
AR
Little Feat R. - E, pop, oldies, greets, jingles, c/d 21.45
29-Jun
AR
UNID – in USB, NA pirate, rock, pop, c/d 00.16
1-Jun
RAD*
R. Enterhaken – in USB, G, talk, [email protected], -01.03
2-Jun
RAD*
Mike R. Vangelis then ID+jingle. GG
29 May
DN
UNID – in USB, NA pirate, man AN over instrum., c/d 02.11 poor
22-Jun
RAD*
Italian BC - in USB, I, E, Italian pop, oldies, pop, -20.47
7-Jun
AR
IBC – Frecuencia al Día with radio features and interviews, SS (in USB)
9-Jun
RM
R Latino - Italy. Oldies ID EE
28-May
DK
61
Marconi Radio International from Italy emailed to tell us that they broadcast every Wednesday.
The schedule on 29 June was as follows (similar schedule most weeks)
1830-1930 UT on 15070 kHz (USB mode),
2000-2100 UT and 2130-2230 UT on 7700 kHz (USB Mode).
The broadcasts include an old style DX show in English “Italian Short Wave Panorama” and
Italian "Panorama Onde Corte" as well as a mailbag programme in Italian. MRI encourages
reception reports from listeners. Audio clips (mp3-file) of our broadcasts are welcome! We QSL
100%. Our electronic mail address is: [email protected] - Please don’t forget
to include your postal address as some lucky listeners will also receive a printed QSL card.
Archived shows of Laser Goes DX are now online at http://www.mixcloud.com/garydrewshows
The programme will return in October after an absence of 3 years by the time it hits the airwaves
again. More details nearer the time. 73s (Gary Drew)
Serbia: Pirate stations speaking in Serbian and playing folk songs heard on 28 June between
1700-1800 on 1611, 1665 , 1700 & 1727 KHz (RP*)
Greece: Pirate stations speaking in Greek and playing folk songs heard on 28 June between
1700-2000 on 792, 1360, 1368, 1566, 1601.6, 1613, 1619,1629,1640,1660,1670,1680(here only
techno mx) 1719 and at 2000 on 1350 ,1476 and 1557.5. (RP*)
Radio Northern Ireland new website Jordan of Radio Northern Ireland has now launched the
station's own website with past shows, how to listen to RNI, contact details etc. The station is
going from strength to strength with the
first test to Asia, via a transmitter in
Armenia. He already has regular
programmes via relay stations in the
USA and Europe. The website address
is: radionorthernireland.co.uk. Good luck with your station Jordan!
(AR via http://shortwavedx.blogspot.de)
Radio Sylvia "The station started broadcasting back in 1977 as a pirate. We were active for
many years on FM, medium wave and short wave. In 1984 Radio Sylvia was raided by the
German authorities and we were sentenced to heavy fines. After that we changed our name to
Radio Scorpio and were relayed on a regular basis by Belgian, Scottish and Irish short wave
stations. In 2009 we restarted Radio Sylvia as an internet station. We are now broadcasting 24/7
with studios located in Hamburg, Germany. In addition to our online activities, short wave
transmissions are conducted as well on every first Saturday of a month on 6070 kHz from 19:00
to 21:00 CEST.
On 2nd July we celebrated our 39th anniversary with a big live show on 6070 kHz from 18:00 to
21:00 CEST and online from 18:00 CEST until "open end".
Our aim has always been (and still is) to provide a musical alternative to the "official" pop music
radio stations. We focus on non-mainstream music and also support little-known bands and
artists worldwide. You can view the full history, our aims and all station details on our website
www.radiosylvia.com." (AR via QSL information on http://shortwavedx.blogspot.de)
Radio 270 tribute station postponed until 2017 Paul Rusling writes that “Fresh out of interest
and enthusiasm for doing a Radio 270 Tribute station - just not enough time, spare pairs of
hands etc to do it properly, so it will have to wait until 2017. So we are scheduled for Yorkshire
Day (1 August) to Monday 14 August, 2017. At least the weather might be better. We have five
Radio 270 DJs set to appear and four 'others' confirmed as appearing. (via Mike Terry 4 June)
UNID on 6233 kHz Throughout the weekend of 18th/19th June a strong signal was heard on non
stop music but no IDs. (Allen Dean)
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Diving to the Voice of Peace shipwreck
The Voice of Peace was an offshore radio station formed by Abie Nathan which started
broadcasts on 19 May 1973 off the Israeli coast. During its 20 years the station broadcast music
and Abie preached for peace in the Middle East and raised money for this cause. The ship was
deliberately wrecked in 1993. On 21 May this year the Israel Wreck Exploration Team dived and
found the wreck of the Voice of Peace ship lying on a muddy bank between Tel Aviv and Ashdod
approximately 100m below sea level and surprisingly standing on her stern. A video of this dive
has been posted to YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKFC8J4CyU
Living in 66 - Pop, Pirates and Postmen
BBC East broadcast a half hour documentary Pop, Pirates and Postmen on June 1. This
included an interview with Keith Skues on the LV18 on the offshore radio stations at that time,
footage of a visit to them from two then teenagers who went on to start their own landbased
pirate radio station and a collection of radios from that year. It can be viewed on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4OXKMx5sBM (MWB)
Year 1925, Radio Posto zero, first free radio station in Italy
In 1925 a group of amateur radio operators in Milan led by Ing. Eugenio Gnesutta (Italian radio
pioneer, who already founded in 1923 the Group Radiotecnico Milanese), pending the entry into
service of the URI (Unione Radiofonica Italiana, the public service radio) had begun, perhaps as
a provocation to push the public service radio to open a station in Milan, on May 5 1925, more or
less regular evening broadcasts from a private broadcaster called "Place Zero" (Posto Zero, in
italian) located in Via Santo Spirito (where the event is commemorated by a plaque which is
reproduced in above picture). Behind this acronym also they kept the anonymity, to avoid trouble
with the law. This action will lead to the birth of the first URI public radio station in Milan at the
end of 1925. (Newsletter of Radio Latino via AR)
Above Radio Poste Zero 'The Studio”
Right: Radio Poste Zero “On the Roof”
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Huddersfield, Yorks
AOR AR7030, Wellbrook ALA11530LN loop ant
Emsworth, Hants
Realistic DX 394, 15m long wire
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Hardy Monument, Dorset
Eton E5, MW loop
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Racal 1771 / LW, Sony XCR33 / Telescopic, VW car radio
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Funcube Pro+ Elad FDM-S2, 6m indoor wire, Global 2000ATU
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Kenwood TS850, Wellbrook ALA 1530
Berwick, Northumberland
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Vries, Drenthe, Netherlands Sony ICF SW 7600 GR + telescope & 2m wire
Bridgend
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Rickmansworth, Herts
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Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria
Roberts R881
Bournemouth, Dorset
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Berlin, Germany
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Rumen Pankov
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sony ICF2001D & VEF201, Ant Folded Marconi 16m
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Richard Thurlow
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Scott Caldwell
Padgate, Cheshire Sangean ATS909, Eton E1 / DX10, 20m wire, Wellbrook Loop ALA 1530
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Steve Black
Harlow, Essex
Degen 1103, telescopic aerial
SHo Simon Hockenhull
Bristol
Grundig Sat 700, YB 400, ferrite rods, AKD Target HF3+4m LW
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Tony Ashar
West Java, Indonesia
Sony ICF 7600GR / 20m long wire
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