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Today's Topics:
1. Logs for 18/6 part 2 (Zacharias Liangas)
2. Re: [bdxc-news] WMLK on 15150 ([email protected])
3. Re: [bdxc-news] WMLK on 15150 ([email protected])
4. LA monitoring (L?cio Bobrowiec)
5. Glenn Hauser logs June +20/21, 2023 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Glenn Hauser log roundup June 14-21, 2023 (Glenn Hauser)
7. European FM DX (Bill Smith)
8. Re: [WOR] Deutsche Welle adds Arabic Shortwave Broadcasts to
Sudan ([email protected])
9. Re: [bdxc-news] BBC WS Antarctica ([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:28:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: Zacharias Liangas <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for 18/6 part 2
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
local ?night logs? more parts follow
Complete listing https://zliangaslogs.wordpress.com/2023/06/20/logs-for-18-6/
In the mountains of Thessaloniki ?using R75 with 2x16m ? antenna
7110? Ethiopia 1727? only carrier or very ow modulation , strong QRM fby many
ops in both bands
7305 IRIB? 1744 language seems Serbian S10 >> Yes Bosnian
7445 BBC with news from Australia S9 and cricket in this area . about Beijing
USA eco-relations in //6195 with S20
9640? R Cairo ? 1756 with crackled sounds in the transmission 1759 with
overloaded music . also heard of the same on 9820 which stopped 1758
6090 no signal of Amhara 1806 instead 6110 with Fana with S7? signal with S3-7
. YL talking and HOA music
7245 Tajik radio 1732 with S9 signal , with a music with fast rhythm 1736 with
mixed talks in Tajik with Tajik music this melody reminds me a Greek sig of the
80s?
Zacharias Liangas
Hard? core DXer https://youtu.be/8VJ__oppkLs the pool
https://bit.ly/3OZixtr? disclaimer on my writinghttps://linktr.ee/zliangas? all
my pages
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:31:56 +0200
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "_ WOR" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [bdxc-news] WMLK on 15150
Message-ID: <5C0B6A28B3B44E97BDDF1A94ED99E334@PC3>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";
reply-type=response
From: Dave Kenny via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 10:40 AM
To: [email protected]
re: Subject: [bdxc-news] WMLK on 15150
USA Good signal of WMLK Radio Assemblies of Yahweh 9275 kHz via Bethel,
January 25, 2023
1700-2200 9275 MLK 300 kW 53 deg to WeEUR English Mon-Fri
via SDR Frostburg MD, USA
<https:\\swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2023/01/wmlk-radio-assemblies-of-yahweh-on-9275.html>
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews Jan 26, 2023)
Dec 2022 Late spare parts item problem, of 60 Hertz and DRM mode ones ...:
But something is indeed happening. I'm flying to the USA tomorrow Dec 11
and will be at WMLK until Dec 22, to work off all the little unfinished
business
and do a DRM upgrade. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The customer had ordered this later, but due to delivery problems
with the equipment I could not finish it in the summer.
Now all parts should be delivered.
In my spare time and maybe the side, I will also be active as ham
radio operator KT3Q partly with the WMLK antenna the KW stations.
(df8dx Dec 10; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, Dec 2022)
>From Dec 2022
USA Re: WMLK in DRM 9275 kHz
Surprise: WMLK in DRM 9270-9275-9280 at 1554 tune-in, usual gospel huxter
pontificating about what is adultery and what not, some dropouts, but
S=9+10dB into Maryland SDR. SNR 22v dB. I copy down all the other para-
meters. Label says it's the Ampegon TSW 2300 transmitter.
No spoken ID circa ToH. Presumably a test. FEBC finished with 9275 AM at
1600 UT, but this overlapped. Nominal WMLK-AM sked starts at 1700 UT.
At 1610 UT switched to Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire", in a loop. Still past
1620 UT. At 1624 UT switched to other music with some dropouts: "Amazing
Grace" on plucked instrument.
Label says test from WMLK; antenna: curtain with double stacked dipole
xHE_AAC(A43456) WMLK EEP Audio 9.14 kbps.
When I first tuned in it was different: xHE_AAC(7B) WMLK Radio EEP Audio
7.46 kbps. SNR varying around 22 dB. Mode B, MSC 64 QAM, SDC 4 QAM
1627 text msg: Hello Nathaniel, how are you doing?
Parameters have changed again: 13.78 kbps, etc.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor & hcdx Dec 21, 2022)
re Surprise: WMLK tests in DRM mode 9270-9275-9280 kHz at 1554 UT
earlier in December item in TopNews #1526 file of Dec 18, 2022,
Bodo DF8DX Ampegon Made in Switzerland technician wrote
USA WMLK Further transmitter work. The Engineer and his assistant have
returned to Bethel to resume work the WMLK Radio station. The picture
shows one of three rectifiers that change the voltage from AC to DC.
They will also be changing the frequency dynamics from 50 Hz to 60 Hz in
the rectifier firing control circuitry. See:
<wmlkradio.com/upgrade-to-the-rectifiers/>
The engineers that were with the unit before and after we bought this set
didn't think the frequency acceleration from 50 to 60 cps would make a
difference, but it has ! The European frequency is 50 Hz while the
US standard is 60 Hz.
(Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K.; wor Dec 9, 2022)
Re: WMLK further work 2.0 WMLK site Dec 11 to 22.
Change from 50 to 60 Hertz Standard Mains Frequency, in North America
is 60 Hz 120 Volt.
It's a strange mail, I don't even know what it's supposed to tell me from
a technical point of view.
But something is indeed happening. I'm flying to the USA tomorrow Dec 11
and will be at WMLK until Dec 22, to work off all the little unfinished
business
and do a DRM upgrade. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The customer had ordered this later, but due to delivery problems
with the equipment I could not finish it in the summer.
Now all parts should be delivered.
In my spare time and maybe the side, I will also be active as ham
radio operator KT3Q partly with the WMLK antenna the KW stations.
(df8dx Dec 10; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, Dec 2022)
read the WMLK request entry in US fcc and hfcc.org organization database
9275 1700 2200 27,28,39 MLK 300 53degr azimuth even zones 27 and 28 in
Europe
slew0 antenna type ITU #902.
123456 nothing service Sats though
301022-260323 English USA MLK FCC request #1757
Bodo also erected the Abuja and Bechar Ampegon tx units in last decade.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10, 2022)
Re: WMLK test in DRM mode on 9275 kHz. Some of the stuff displayed:
"Resistance to large delay/doppler spread"
DRM Mode D ILV L. I have no idea what a lot of this means.
"TX: Ampegon TSW-2500D from Ampegon Power Electronics AG, Switzerland"
Note: earlier it read TSW 2300 ! Which is it ??
1637 UT besides service 1 only, adds 2 and 4 but disappear before can
copy details.
SDR freezes 1640 UT, reload, a bit more, then WMLK signal off per S-meter,
blank DRM readout. 1642UT sig back but nothing heard - because it's now in
AM, starting regular sked early with Yahweh stuff.
Andrea Lawendel, Italy did not have enough to decode but heard via US
remote, same one? Wonders if illegally broadcasting to USA only ?
I think, no more so than all the other US SW stations AM with nominal
external targets.
DEJOM AM drops off AM air again at 1650 UT. 1651 UT back S9 with silent
DRM, 9.14 kbps. And so it goes.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor & hcdx Dec 21, 2022)
-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
From: Dave Kenny via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 10:40 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [bdxc-news] WMLK on 15150
WMLK (Assemblies of Yahweh) Bethel, Pennsylvania currently on 15150 khz
with a good signal here at 0830 tune in, usual preaching from the late
Jacob O Meyer. SIO 344.
First time I've heard WMLK on this frequency or at this time although
they have been registering the frequency for many years in the HFCC.
15150 was first reported by Glenn Hauser on 19 June.
WMLK schedule is Sunday to Friday: 0400-0900 on 15150, 1700-2200 on 9275.
73s Dave
Caversham Berks
AOR 7030+ / 25m longwire.
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 19:26:34 +0200
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "_ WOR" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [bdxc-news] WMLK on 15150
Message-ID: <31152B5FC9AE4CFF90656C51E7C64392@PC3>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8";
reply-type=response
USA Thanks Dave for these real actual NEWS of
WMLK new antenna 15150 kHz plus DRM mode extension construction ... wb.
Some afternoon logs between 14.26 to 15.30 UT on Wednesday June 21:
BUT NOTHING heard of WMLK 15150 kHz neither in AM or DRM mode outlet.
15130even CUB RHC fast speed Rumba mx program from Bauta noted at
14.26 UT,
-- but TX left immediatelly that channel for 15140even kHz, settled here
10 kHz higher like keyboard glitch ...,
15140even kHz settled here,
checked at 14.35 and later again at 15.31 UT. S=9+15dB in MIchigan state
Perseus remotedly, and then at Edmonton-Alb-CAN remotedly S=9+25dB
strong signal.
\\ 15230even CUB RHC via Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW unit, S=8-9
noted at 14.28 UT, S=8-9 sidelobe of mainlobe towards SoAM at BRA/ARG
azimuth target. VERY FAST Cuban Rhumba music played.
14978even CHN Much S=9+30dB powerhouse jamming signal of CNR1 px,
China mainland jamming against low power Taiwanese SOH Falun Gong
Mandarin sect. At 14.31 UT on June 21.
19 kHz wideband audio block heard.
15179.986 UAE IBRA Radio Sweden/SoAS section, in Hazaragi some Persian
language like religious mission program, via ENC Al Dhabayya UAE
relay site, S=9 at 14.37 UT, Persian language family ?
15245.241 KRE Voice of Korea, Kujang site, 200 kW, in French, nice
Violine orchestra music, S=9+15dB at 14.42 UT, scheduled 14.00-14.57 UT.
15255.004 THA RL-RF Turkmen lang sce via Udorn Thani Bandung relay
scheduled at 14-16 UT, S=9 at 14.44 UT.
15299.843 kHz much odd fq aligned at relay outled of BVBCN in Nue
language via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitt-
ing bcast center. At 14.46 UT, scheduled 14.30-15.00 UT.
15375.009 TUR TRT Pres. Erdogan MIT security organization play-
ed jamming of Turkish word pop mx, heavy drums at 13.00-15.57 UT
S=9+5dB into Michigan state and Alberta-CAN province Perseus.
15420.124 UAE ENC Al Dhabayya relay center, one of these faulty fq not
aligned TX units at 14-15 UT in Somali, S=7-S=8 signal at 14.50 UT.
15474.888 MUCH ODD fq UZB Japanese 'Funsato no haze' (tent.), S=9,
at 14.51 UT on June 21, via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan
Shortwave Transmitting bcast center.
15490.004 CVA Vatican Radio relay center Santa Maria di Galeria, with
muslim world daily relay transmission in Tamil to Asian southern sub-
continent, S=9+35dB tremendous signal into Alberta province, at 14.52 UT
religious and SoAsian flute mx, 100 Hertz BUZZ strange tone accompanied
15505even TJK AWR Asia English sce via Dushanbe Orzu relay site, at
14.53 UT, S=9+10dB in Edmonton Alberta-CAN remotedly.
15520even ESP REE Noblejas early appeared Interval Signal from 14.54 UT
S=9+20dB on strange signal path ???
15555.470 odd approx USB mode signal, of WJHR Milton FL sermon,
S=9+20dB at 14.57 UT on June 21.
15574.995 KOR KBS Seoul from Gimje in Korean, S=9+25dB at 14.58 UT.
15579.992 BOT VoA English 14.00-16.30 UT, S=6 signal side in Alb-CAN.
15605.004 MDG AWR in Mizo language from
MGLOB Talata Volonondry Madagascar relay facility in Tibeto-
Burmese language family towards east Indian Asian target. S=9+10dB
at 15.02 UT, religious chorus heard.
15621 kHz some kilohertz wide STANAG digital signal at 15.03 UT,
S=9 signal.
15629.836 UZB Iran International TV radio program via RRTM Telecom
Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center,
much odd fq aligned TX unit, S=9+10dB fluttery at 15.04 UT.
15639.995 D__ VoA Deewa radio via Lampertheim Germany,
Pashto lang service at 15.06 UT S=8 into Edmonton Alb-CAN.
15690.035 D__ Persian lang sce R Farda via USAGM relay at
Biblis {Y.T. sightseed this at Biblis in 1962 year, in then
poor condition of the decade, but no 9/11 security
sanctions, hi, wb.} in Germany, S=7 at 15.07 UT.
15750even USA WINB wideband digital signal at 15742 to
15755 kHz fq range. S=9+10dB, 15.09 UT.
15759.971 much odd TWN SOH Falun Gong Mandarin Taiwanese sce
at 15.10 UT S=8 signal in Alb-CAN.
15770even USA WRMI Okeechobee, En program, talk comment of
Putin's war time against Ukraine nation midst in Europe, S=9+10dB
at 15.12 UT on June 21. Comment of Norwegian battle field doctor
"not a great time ... the only solution kind ..."
15799.944 TWN SOH Mandarin Chinese Falun Gong tx sce, S=9 sig
at 15.13 UT on June 21.
15825.002 kHz USA WWCR1 from Nashville TN, S=9+15dB sermon at
15.15 UT.
17460.009 TUR TRT Emirler ot heavy speedy Turkish pop mx via
MIT Turkish security sce of the Osmanic republic, S=9+10dB at
15.17 UT.
17530even BOT USAGM relay site Selebi-Phikwe Moepeng Hill at 15.19
UT S=7-8 backlobe into Alberta-CAN.
17589.816 UZB IBRA Radio Stockholm / Asia in Bengali via RRTM
Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast
center at 15.00-15.30 UT to 41NE ITU sector transmission.
17605.006 CVA Vatican Radio relay site of Santa Maria di
Galeria of Radio Tamazuj - southSudan Arabic sce of
Hollandese press sce from the Netherlands press sce, towards
southern Sudan, S=9 at 15.22 UT.
17630even MLI CRI Beijing English sce via African relay site at
Bamako II txion center, 15-16 UT, S=8-9 at 15.23 UT.
17700even CVA VoA Hausa sce to West AF, via VR at Santa Maria di
Galeria relay site, S=9+10dB at 15.24 UT.
17790even USA PAB radio Africa, via WRMI Okeechobee FL site,
English at 15.25 UT S=9+25dB proper signal, two accompanied heavy
BUZZ signals of 60 and 120 Hertz apart distance strings.
10.4 kHz excellent audio quality signal.
17830even D__ USAGM Radio Farda in Persian, from Lampertheim,
S=8 sideband signal into Edmonton at 15.27 UT.
and some other broad OTHR digital signals on 17822, 17846, 17908,
17920, and 17928 kHz.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 21)
-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
From: Dave Kenny via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 10:40 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [bdxc-news] WMLK on 15150
WMLK (Assemblies of Yahweh) Bethel, Pennsylvania currently on 15150 khz
with a good signal here at 0830 tune in, usual preaching from the late
Jacob O Meyer. SIO 344.
First time I've heard WMLK on this frequency or at this time although
they have been registering the frequency for many years in the HFCC.
15150 was first reported by Glenn Hauser on 19 June.
WMLK schedule is Sunday to Friday: 0400-0900 on 15150, 1700-2200 on 9275.
73s Dave
Caversham Berks
AOR 7030+ / 25m longwire.
- - - -
USA Good signal of WMLK Radio Assemblies of Yahweh 9275 kHz via Bethel,
January 25, 2023
1700-2200 9275 MLK 300 kW 53 deg to WeEUR English Mon-Fri
via SDR Frostburg MD, USA
<https:\\swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2023/01/wmlk-radio-assemblies-of-yahweh-on-9275.html>
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews Jan 26, 2023)
Dec 2022 Late spare parts item problem, of 60 Hertz and DRM mode ones ...:
But something is indeed happening. I'm flying to the USA tomorrow Dec 11
and will be at WMLK until Dec 22, to work off all the little unfinished
business
and do a DRM upgrade. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The customer had ordered this later, but due to delivery problems
with the equipment I could not finish it in the summer.
Now all parts should be delivered.
In my spare time and maybe the side, I will also be active as ham
radio operator KT3Q partly with the WMLK antenna the KW stations.
(df8dx Dec 10; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, Dec 2022)
>From Dec 2022
USA Re: WMLK in DRM 9275 kHz
Surprise: WMLK in DRM 9270-9275-9280 at 1554 tune-in, usual gospel huxter
pontificating about what is adultery and what not, some dropouts, but
S=9+10dB into Maryland SDR. SNR 22v dB. I copy down all the other para-
meters. Label says it's the Ampegon TSW 2300 transmitter.
No spoken ID circa ToH. Presumably a test. FEBC finished with 9275 AM at
1600 UT, but this overlapped. Nominal WMLK-AM sked starts at 1700 UT.
At 1610 UT switched to Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire", in a loop. Still past
1620 UT. At 1624 UT switched to other music with some dropouts: "Amazing
Grace" on plucked instrument.
Label says test from WMLK; antenna: curtain with double stacked dipole
xHE_AAC(A43456) WMLK EEP Audio 9.14 kbps.
When I first tuned in it was different: xHE_AAC(7B) WMLK Radio EEP Audio
7.46 kbps. SNR varying around 22 dB. Mode B, MSC 64 QAM, SDC 4 QAM
1627 text msg: Hello Nathaniel, how are you doing?
Parameters have changed again: 13.78 kbps, etc.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor & hcdx Dec 21, 2022)
re Surprise: WMLK tests in DRM mode 9270-9275-9280 kHz at 1554 UT
earlier in December item in TopNews #1526 file of Dec 18, 2022,
Bodo DF8DX Ampegon Made in Switzerland technician wrote
USA WMLK Further transmitter work. The Engineer and his assistant have
returned to Bethel to resume work the WMLK Radio station. The picture
shows one of three rectifiers that change the voltage from AC to DC.
They will also be changing the frequency dynamics from 50 Hz to 60 Hz in
the rectifier firing control circuitry. See:
<wmlkradio.com/upgrade-to-the-rectifiers/>
The engineers that were with the unit before and after we bought this set
didn't think the frequency acceleration from 50 to 60 cps would make a
difference, but it has ! The European frequency is 50 Hz while the
US standard is 60 Hz.
(Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K.; wor Dec 9, 2022)
Re: WMLK further work 2.0 WMLK site Dec 11 to 22.
Change from 50 to 60 Hertz Standard Mains Frequency, in North America
is 60 Hz 120 Volt.
It's a strange mail, I don't even know what it's supposed to tell me from
a technical point of view.
But something is indeed happening. I'm flying to the USA tomorrow Dec 11
and will be at WMLK until Dec 22, to work off all the little unfinished
business
and do a DRM upgrade. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The customer had ordered this later, but due to delivery problems
with the equipment I could not finish it in the summer.
Now all parts should be delivered.
In my spare time and maybe the side, I will also be active as ham
radio operator KT3Q partly with the WMLK antenna the KW stations.
(df8dx Dec 10; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, Dec 2022)
read the WMLK request entry in US fcc and hfcc.org organization database
9275 1700 2200 27,28,39 MLK 300 53degr azimuth even zones 27 and 28 in
Europe
slew0 antenna type ITU #902.
123456 nothing service Sats though
301022-260323 English USA MLK FCC request #1757
Bodo also erected the Abuja and Bechar Ampegon tx units in last decade.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10, 2022)
Re: WMLK test in DRM mode on 9275 kHz. Some of the stuff displayed:
"Resistance to large delay/doppler spread"
DRM Mode D ILV L. I have no idea what a lot of this means.
"TX: Ampegon TSW-2500D from Ampegon Power Electronics AG, Switzerland"
Note: earlier it read TSW 2300 ! Which is it ??
1637 UT besides service 1 only, adds 2 and 4 but disappear before can
copy details.
SDR freezes 1640 UT, reload, a bit more, then WMLK signal off per S-meter,
blank DRM readout. 1642UT sig back but nothing heard - because it's now in
AM, starting regular sked early with Yahweh stuff.
Andrea Lawendel, Italy did not have enough to decode but heard via US
remote, same one? Wonders if illegally broadcasting to USA only ?
I think, no more so than all the other US SW stations AM with nominal
external targets.
DEJOM AM drops off AM air again at 1650 UT. 1651 UT back S9 with silent
DRM, 9.14 kbps. And so it goes.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor & hcdx Dec 21, 2022)
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 20:13:59 +0000 (UTC)
From: L?cio Bobrowiec <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] LA monitoring
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
4810Khz, R. Logos, Peru, San Martin; 20/06, 0846 ? 0912 pop gospel music
selections, at 0854 ads by male in Spanish ?artigos para cama de toda
medida...sus pedidos...574720?, return of musical selections. Logos earlier
than usual (usualy in the morning starts at 0913, although in the last few days
there has been no signal so early), tune in 4808kHz to avoid STANAG, fair to
good (LOB-B).
https://on.soundcloud.com/eBJvs
7260kHz, R. Vanuatu;? 21/06, 1052 ? 1113 music selections, at 1103 short canned
ID by female, music selections, 1107 male announcements ?Vanuatu every day??,
female, National Anthem, sign off. Poor to fair, some fade; end of
transmissions was 1109 but still in 1113 there was a carrier. Below, the
recording of? the last 2 minutes of R. Vanuatu before close their broadcasts
(LOB-B).??? ? ??https://on.soundcloud.com/2T6fZ
Tecsun 310et?
Wire 14m,? dipole 18m?
Embu SP Brasil
Enviado do Yahoo Mail no Android
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 23:29:03 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June +20/21, 2023
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Wed June 21 at 1752, LRA36 talk
already on the air, 1754 sounds like live ``buenas tardes`` greeting
at 15 local time, between Sra. Men?ndez and the usual male host. No
signal direct altho imagination-level bit of the reduced carrier; of
the four Argentine SDRs, the best one is offline; two get a trace at
best, but the other one is weak but readable; steadily fades down to
JBA by 1925 and not at all by 2015 but unknown if or when it turned
off. Anyhow, now seems regular roughly 18-21 UT on Wed & Sat. I missed
checking for those last week (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ANTARCTICA [non]. 12005, June 21 at 2130, annual BBCWS midwinter
special for Antarcticans, greetings from families with bits of music
interspersed such as ``I`m a Believer`` twice near the start. I first
tried several remotes in Argentina, Uruguay, RSA, some getting some
signal but inadequate. So I settle on UTwente, where I thought
Woofferton might be skipping over, but sufficient at S9+20; and 13810
slightly weaker at S9+10 and minus 3 Hz offset. Third frequency, 7255
via UAE a very poor third everywhere if at all. I don`t get it why
they disused Ascension, which should have put the best signal
southward. Uncounted, but there were so many quick greetings that it`s
hard to believe the target audience no more than 32 to 40 down there.
Of course, each could receive greetings from several family, friends.
At 2145 a quick check for my direct reception: both 12005 & 13810
audible but very poor. 2159 closing with ``Jingle Bells``, off at
2200* sharp. Anyhow, BBC are repeating it later and streaming, and I
hope ondemand for convenience. Yes, Alan Pennington, bdxc-news, says,
``But also now available to listen to online at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5hqt
(though always sounds better coming through the ether!)`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, UT Tue June 20 at 0100, RAE VG in English
via WRMI; always gives day of produxion at outset, this time ``Monday,
June 12`` -- more than a week ago. WRMI sked now shows RAE English
0100-0130 Tue-Sat on 9395 - but is there only one new program per
week? Repeated over & over? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 17855 & 15520, Wed June 21 at 2200, good signals from token
English of SNR into UTwente, far off-target but I conveniently have it
running after BBC/Antarctica. News includes about the latest migrant
boat loss off Canarias. 2205 feature previewing some operas this fall
at Teatro Real. Singer explains how different languages lead to
different interpretations. 2220 about a paleontologist in 1868 whose
cave paintings he discovered in Altamira were dismissed as fraudulent
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785, June 21 at 2200, no signal from VOT English for us
into UTwente, nor at 2207 recheck. Something`s always erroneous at
Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2195 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard?s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees.
Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2195, WRMI: 5850, very weak,
jamming, 0159, June 17 UTC 2023 [Sat]
15770, Signal S5, confirmed, 2258, 2259, June 17 UTC 2023 [Sat]
9395, static, QRN, S7, S8 signal, 0159, June 18 UTC 2023 [Sun 0130-
NEW]
9395, 2330, June 20 UTC 2023 [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73?s, Richard,
June 21, 2023``
Confirmed Tue June 20 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+15 into Missouri SDR,
S9/+20 direct.
Also confirmed Wednesday June 21 at 2100 on WRMI 7490 -67 Hz =
7489.933 into Virginia SDR, noisy S5/S8. Next:
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW to be confirmed]
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
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** U S A. 15150, June 21 at 0405, WMLK again, S9+20/25 into UTwente
and I could believe it`s really 300 kW; but I miss sign-on if any, nor
any real IDs; amateurish singing in progress, hymn? By 0412 presumed
DEJOM with Yahweh stuff, perpetual obsession with ``correct`` name for
their deity. At 0433 I check the website, still with no new info,
altho the ``live radio`` plays -- but NOT // 15150, in fact an
entirely different speaker. So far I have seen zero other reports
about this in all the DX sources I have; no one has noticed but me
starting two nights ago? Then, here`s another, June 21 at 0840 in
bdxc-news:
``WMLK (Assemblies of Yahweh) Bethel, Pennsylvania currently on 15150
khz with a good signal here at 0830 tune in, usual preaching from the
late Jacob O Meyer. SIO 344. First time I've heard WMLK on this
frequency or at this time although they have been registering the
frequency for many years in the HFCC. 15150 was first reported by
Glenn Hauser on 19 June. WMLK schedule is Sunday to Friday: 0400-0900
on 15150, 1700-2200 on 9275. 73s Dave Kenny, Caversham Berks, AOR
7030+ / 25m longwire``
9275, still no WMLK here at 2057 June 21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5085 & 9475, still no activity from WTWW; however George
McClintock tells me June 21 there`s still a possibility of
reactivation if some airtime can be sold. Partially depleted tubes may
be sold on EBay. Vines are now overgrowing the two WTWW buildings. A
tree fell over on one of the feedlines. SFAW HQ in Colorado is still
paying electric bill at minimum rate of $2K per month, altho axual
consumption has been nothing but air-conditioning (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A. 88.3, a reply to my first unID of my June 14 FM DX report,
``88.3 at 1714, mentions Leesburg? which is in N VA, NW of WDC.
Nothing there; I now think it was probably Lynchburg as in later 88.3
log below.``
Tim McVey: ``You can't rule out 88.3 WQIQ in Spotsylvania. WQIQ is
part of Virginia Tech's excellent large-area network of stations (IQ
Radio), and a fulltime NPR affiliate. Daily they carry segments on
news from around Virginia. That seems like a reasonable option based
on PTA (other Leesburgs are in FL, GA, AL, OH). 88.3 in Lynchburg, VA
is local, religious programming and a long way from Leesburg. ~tim
mcvey``
Spotsylvania VA is near Frederixburg, between Alexandria and Richmond
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12005, June 21 at 0632, open carrier, fair. Nothing in
Aoki or EiBi anywhen near this time. Would you believe HFCC still has
an A23 entry for Sfax, TUNISIA, 500 kW at 100 degrees on 12005 at
0400-0610? Gone from SW for many years. Maybe that qualify them to
host HFCC meetings, good for the economy. Hmmm, 12005 happens to be
one of the frequencies from Woofferton to Antarctica later this date
at 2130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2328 UT June 21
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:29:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser log roundup June 14-21, 2023
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Please note and spread the word - for those not on a list where my almost-daily
all-band but mainly SW log reports appear -- or for those who are but find this
a more convenient archive, weekly merged roundups of all these reports in their
original form are posted early every UT Thursday via:
http://www.worldofradio.com/Hauserlogs.html
The latest one direct:
https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2023_0614_0621.txt
73, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:57:34 +0000
From: Bill Smith <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] European FM DX
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Azores FM stations were heard this morning (June 21, 2023) in Mashpee, MA. I
presume by K4NBF, Bryce Foster. This was noted on DX Maps. I was listening on
87.7 mhz at the time and heard nothing. The morning started out with SSB
stations from Europe being received on 50 mhz (6M). I talked to F4EZJ and F4ARU
in France and heard EA (Spain) and CT (Portugal). Others did better. All the
while my FM receiver was tuned to the Azores on 87.7. For the record I am 92
air line miles NW of Mashpee. E-skip is forever selective.
Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:13:11 +0200
From: <[email protected]>
To: "_ BCLNEWS" <[email protected]>, "_ WOR" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Deutsche Welle adds Arabic Shortwave
Broadcasts to Sudan
Message-ID: <02A48B8CE397419EA70119A5C1E76449@PC3>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
From: Kai Ludwig
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: [WOR] Deutsche Welle adds Arabic Shortwave Broadcasts to Sudan
Very good research! They have neither published a press release nor has there
been other publicity so far, so this was indeed the only way to find out.
The PDF file is dated 19 June, suggesting that the broadcasts started this
Monday. It's a revival after 13 or even more years, they took Arabic off
shortwave in 2010 or even earlier if memory serves right (will look it up
later). So this is indeed a surprise, particularly in the current situation of
up to 300 job positions to go and linear TV in German to close.
Kai
A-07 season DWL Arabic
5960 0400 0430 38E,39 WOF 250 126 12 211 AR G DWL
7170 0400 0430 38,39E WOF 250 130-10 211 AR G DWL
9530 0400 0430 38E,39 KIG 250 30 0 156 AR RRW DWL
9750 0400 0430 38E,39 NAU 500 140 0 216 AR D DWL
6130 0430 0500 37S,38W,46NE SKN 250 195 15 215 AR G DWL
7170 0430 0500 37S,46N WOF 250 158-12 211 AR G DWL
17860 1800 1957 37S,46N KIG 250 325 30 218 AR RRW DWL
11690 1800 2000 38,39,48N RMP 500 105 0 205 AR G DWL
11690 1800 2000 38,39,48N WOF 250 140 0 218 AR G DWL
13790 1800 2000 37S,38,39,46NE,47N,48NSIN 250 110 0 145 AR POR DWL
13790 1800 2000 37S,38,39,46NE,47N,48NRMP 500 105 0 205 AR G DWL
9620 2000 2157 37S,38,39,47N,48N SIN 250 95 0 217 AR POR DWL
9495 2000 2200 37,38,39W,47 NAU 500 170 0 146 AR D DWL
9495 2000 2200 37,38,39W,47 WOF 250 140 0 218 AR G DWL
13650 2000 2200 37,38NE,46N KIG 250 310 15 217 AR RRW DWL
B-08 season DWL Arabic
6035 0400 0429 37-39,47N,48N SKN 300 125 15 217 AR G DWL
7415 0400 0429 38,39,47N,48N RMP 500 110 15 207 AR G DWL
6040 0400 0430 37-39,47N,48N SIN 250 95 0 217 AR POR DWL
9755 0430 0457 37,38W,46N KIG 250 325 30 217 AR RRW DWL
6035 0430 0459 37,38,46N,47N RMP 500 168 0 147 AR G DWL
6135 0430 0459 37,38W,46N SKN 300 195 15 210 AR G DWL
13780 1800 1858 37S,38,39S,46N,47N,48NTRM 250 285 15 216 AR CLN DWL
11925 1800 1957 38,39,48N KIG 250 30 30 217 AR RRW DWL
13790 1800 1957 38,39,48N KIG 250 30 30 217 AR RRW DWL
11605 1800 1958 37-39,46N,47N,48N TRM 250 300 30 217 AR CLN DWL
7280 1800 1959 37,38,46N WOF 250 170 0 151 AR G DWL
7280 1800 1959 38,39,47N,48N WOF 250 114 0 211 AR G DWL
11925 1800 1959 37,38,46N WOF 300 170 0 156 AR G DWL
11925 1800 1959 38,39,48N WOF 300 114 0 218 AR G DWL
5905 2000 2157 37E,38,39,48NW SIN 250 90 0 216 AR POR DWL
5905 2000 2157 37E,38,39,48NW SIN 250 90 0 217 AR POR DWL
9495 2000 2157 37-39,48N TRM 250 300 30 215 AR CLN DWL
13790 2000 2157 37,46N,47N KIG 250 310 15 217 AR RRW DWL
6130 2000 2159 37,46NW SKN 300 160-20 205 AR G DWL
A-09 season DWL Arabic
12045 1700 1800 37S,38,39,40S,47N,48N TRM 250 300 30 217 AR CLN DWL
17860 1700 1857 37,38W,46N,47 KIG 250 325 30 217 AR RRW DWL
13650 1700 1900 38,39,48N WOF 250 107-15 216 AR G DWL
12045 1800 1859 37S,38,39,47N,48N SIN 250 100 0 146 AR POR DWL
11690 1900 2000 38NE,39,47,48N RMP 500 110 15 207 AR G DWL
13810 1900 2000 37S,38E,46NW SKN 250 195 15 205 AR G DWL
15445 1900 2057 37,38W,46N,47 KIG 250 325 30 217 AR RRW DWL
11670 1900 2058 37S,38,39,47N,48N SIN 250 100 0 146 AR POR DWL
9495 2000 2100 38,39W,47,48N RMP 500 140 0 146 AR G DWL
9495 2000 2100 37N,38W,46NW SKN 250 195 15 205 AR G DWL
GERMANY [non] DW Deutsche Welle - Schedule B10 -
valid from October 31, 2010 to March 26, 2011.
Language Freq.
Start End kHz/MHz Station Pwr Azi Target End Date
ARABIC
2000-2100 00097 PALEST.NN 001 0ND Palestine
2020-2130 00088 BAGHDAD+ 001 0ND Iraq
2020-2130 00090 MANAMA 001 0ND Bahrain
2020-2130 00090 NOUAKCHOTT 001 0ND Mauritania
2020-2130 00093 KHARTOUM 001 0ND Mauritania
2020-2130 00093 DOHA 001 0ND Qatar
2020-2130 00094 RAMALLAH 001 0ND Palestine
2020-2130 00097 AMMAN+ 001 0ND Jordan
2020-2130 00097 DSCHIBUTI 001 0ND Djibouti
2020-2130 00107 KUWAIT 001 0ND Kuwait
2100-2200 00093 BEIRUT 001 0ND Lebanon
March 2007:
DWL Television Arabic - Hans-Georg Knopp, SecrGen of the Goethe-Institut:
(...) DWL would like to set a new focus on the Arab region. Television
director Christoph Lanz would like to expand his Arabic programme window
from three to six hours daily. However, there is no money for that - two
million euros per year. So for the time being, the Bonn-based company can
only expand its Arabic internet offering, especially with a view to Iran.
(...) But it must not make any compromises that somehow restrict its basic
democratic orientation.
On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 12:31 PM, VORW Radio wrote:
While this doesn't appear in the HFCC schedules (at least when I checked) I
came across a transmission in Arabic earlier on 15275 kHz and after some
digging, I found the following schedule on the Deutsche Welle website - it
appears that they've added several Arabic transmissions on shortwave for Sudan,
obviously due to the ongoing war.
All transmissions are from Issoudun and are heard Monday - Friday, tx power
is unknown:
1230 - 1300 UTC - 15275 kHz
1230 - 1300 UTC - 17800 kHz
1830 - 1900 UTC - 15275 kHz
1830 - 1900 UTC - 17840 kHz
Source (click on the Shortwave Frequencies Summer 2023 at the bottom of the
page) https://corporate.dw.com/en/dw-radio-programs/a-1777509
All the best,
John
Orlando, Florida
_._,_._,_
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:58:12 +0200
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "_
WOR" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [bdxc-news] BBC WS Antarctica
Message-ID: <5D45926142254B8296615AC0A2553BB9@PC3>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8";
reply-type=original
BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2023 noted today June 21
at 21.30 to 21.59 GMT on ENC Woofferton units
13810 kHz S=9+30dB signal strength,
12005 kHz S=9+20dB
and ENC at Al Dhabayya transmission site on 7255 kHz in the UAE S=9+20dB
some program content to mention
21.37:40 ?I?m an beliver ...?
21.39 Cambridge mentioned
21.40 ... amazying pictures on Antarctica winter
21.44:20 mid-winter cake babe
21.45:24 mid-winter message from here south of France ...
21.46:37 ...from here in Yorkshire, happy birthday on Sunday
21.47:08 ...looking forward to your pictures ...
21.47:29 ... see your videos soon...
21.48:35 Happy Mid Winter from London
21.48:50 ... from South Dublin
21.49:10 ... from South Africa
21.49:47 song played
21.50:22 ... animals in Antarctica ? what happens there ? Ice Bear ?
21.51:48 rest of the messages ...
21.52:40 ..2nd year not so cold ...
21.53:17 My Darling, the man to come ...
21.54:00 Happy Mid-Winter celebration
21.54:44 Technology ... take care ...
21.56.00 Far Away
21.56:27 ... from Canada, Happy Mid Winter
21.56:50 her?s John Nicols in Bremerhaven
21.58:07 Happy Mid Winter
21.58:50 ... thank you for your work ...
21.59:00 song ? Jingle Bells ? All The Way ... til 21.59:40 GMT
21.59:59 GMT last string tone of the special transmission
vy73 de wolfie df5sx
wwdxc germany
From: Alan Pennington via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2023 12:13 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] BBC WS Antarctica
13810-WOF was the best frequency here in Caversham with 12005-WOF also good.
A 2-minute shorter edition is on BBC WS later at 0132 UTC (0232 BST)
including I presume on R4 198 kHz longwave and DAB.
But also now available to listen to online at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5hqt (though always sounds better
coming through the ether!)
73 Alan AOR 7030plus, longwire
Caversham, UK
From: Alan Pennington via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2023
from British Antarctic Survey website:
Celebrating Midwinter in Antarctica (21 June, 2023)
https:\\www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/celebrating-midwinter-in-antarctica-2/
Today (21 June) marks the longest night in Antarctica and around 40 people
will be celebrating Midwinter in British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) three
winter stations:
Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic peninsula,
and King Edward Point and Bird Island on South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands. [...]
includes:
BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast
The teams gather together at the end of the special day to listen to the
BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast, a unique radio programme featuring
messages from friends,
family and supporters back in the UK. This year's edition is presented by
BBC Radio 6
Music's Cerys Matthews and features interviews with Professor Dame Jane
Francis,
Director of BAS and Nadia Frontier, a marine biologist from BAS and former
winterer.
The BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast will be transmitted at 21.30 GMT on 21
June
on shortwave frequencies: 12005 kHz, 13810 kHz and 7255 kHz.
You can also listen to the programme on the BBC World Service at 02.32 BST
on UK DAB and on BBC Sounds.
On 20/06/2023 16:18, Alan Pennington via groups.io wrote:
Frequencies confirmed for the special 30-minute BBC Antarctic Midwinter
broadcast are:
7255 kHz Dhabbaya 250 kW
12005 kHz Woofferton 300 kW
13810 kHz Woofferton 250 kW
(Ascension relay - not being used)
Presume these are on air 2130-2200 UTC on 21st June (as tested 14th June)
though not yet included in BBC schedule?
A slightly shorter version of the programme is also aired 22nd June 0132,
0432 and 1232 UTC on BBC WS streams mentioned below.
0132 UTC (0232 British Summer Time) should include UK DAB and 198 kHz Long
Wave plus 1413 kHz -A'Seela(Oman), 7325 kHz -A'Seela(Oman), 17790
kHz -Kranji(Singapore).
73, Alan
On 14/06/2023 13:42, Alan Pennington via groups.io wrote:
Midwinter's Day in Antarctica is a week away (21st June) and BBC,
as in previous years, will have a half hour broadcast to
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff over-wintering at BAS bases there.
"The Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast is unlike anything else on the BBC World
Service.
Every year, we make this special programme for just 32 listeners:
The team of scientists and support staff isolated at British research
stations
in the Antarctic midwinter. Presented by Cerys Matthews, the programme
features messages
from family and friends at home as well as music requests from Antarctica.
For decades it has been part of the traditional midwinter celebrations."
https:\\www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hqt
BBC programme website above shows three scheduled broadcasts at:
* Thu 22 Jun 2023 01:32 GMT
BBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview, East and Southern Africa, Europe and the
Middle East,
Online & West and Central Africa only (also on BBC R4 LW etc at this time
0230 BST?)
* Thu 22 Jun 2023 04:32 GMT
BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
* Thu 22 Jun 2023 12:32 GMT
BBC World Service Australasia
Checking HFCC today, there are 4 x 15 minute BBC English broadcasts
registered this
evening (14 June 2023) 2130-2145 UTC to CIRAF zones 67 & 73 (Antarctica) so
presume these
are the usual tests ahead of the Midwinter's Day broadcast?
Can anyone at Woofferton confirm this, and also if there is still the usual
2130 UTC transmission on 21st June (as well as the three the BBC list
above)?
Frequencies per HFCC 14 June 2130-2145 UTC: 7255 Dhabbaya; 12005 Woofferton;
12065 Woofferton {sic, not <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<}
and 13810 Woofferton.
73, Alan Pennington
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