--------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1003 Broadcasting of Russia, countries of CIS, Ukraine and Baltic countries (ex. USSR) Sunday / 18 November, 2018 --------------------------------- Time : UTC --------------------------------- Editor : Anatoly Klepov --------------------------------- QTH : Moscow, Russia --------------------------------- E-mail : rusdx@yandex.ru Web site : http://rusdx.narod.ru (Russian / English) Mailing List : http://groups.google.com/group/rusdx. QSL, a photo : http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/ --------------------------------------------------------- The first issue was published in January 1991. ------------------------------------------------------------- Broadcasting and radio communication Russia, CIS and Baltic countries (ex. USSR) Worldwide broadcasting in Russian. Editor's desk. Country information. Radio broadcasting in Russian. WEB radio & TV in Russian. QSL world. DX program. Calendar radiodat. Philately. Mass Media. Radio program and schedule. ----------------------------------------------------------- "RUS-DX" may not be redistributed without permission. If quoting from the bulletin, please list the original reporter and "RUS-DX" as source. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine translation : http://translate.google.ru & https://translate.yandex.ru/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- RUSSIA ======== Network radio ---------------------- * The European Media Group (EMG) is launching a radio with a bard song on Radio dly druzei (Radio for Friends) frequencies, Roman Yemelyanov, General Director, told Vedomosti. The radio will be called "Kalina Krasnaya", he said. The station will be played on the air station will be built around the author's song, listeners are waiting for works by such artists as Vladimir Vysotsky, Bulat Okudzhava, Oleg Mityaev and music from Soviet cinema, they say. Mikhail Kortikov was appointed editor-in-chief of the radio station, who also runs the Studio 21 project. Now the new station will be available in the cities of Tolyatti, Stavropol and Ryazan. "We are launching a new format as part of an experiment, radio with such content in Russia is not yet," said Yemelyanov. "If the format shows good results, we will continue to develop it in other cities." According to the Roskomnadzor registry, licenses for the Kalina Krasnaya radio station are owned by Pro Talent LLC. Until 2015, she belonged to Emelyanov, and from 2015 to his wife Yulia. Yemelyanov told Vedomosti that the brand really was registered for this company, its production center, and now EMG lawyers are re-registering the brand for the European Media Group, he says, specifying that the transaction is cash-free. It turns out that EMG will change the format of "Radio for friends" completely - there will no longer be any radio stations with the same name in the holding's assets, the name of the station is no longer mentioned on the EMG website. EMG launched this format in 2014 instead of a number of frequencies "Cupcake FM". "Radio for friends" was positioned as a radio about the breadth of the Russian soul and "native music". Raliolholding gradually gave frequencies to other formats, including the brand of "New Radio" since the end of 2016, since the format "Radio for friends" was not very popular among listeners. Source: https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/news/2018/11/16/786631-radio-s-bardovskoi-pesnei (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) * * European Media Group announces the launch of Kalina Krasnaya radio station - a new project of the holding has already started broadcasting in Tolyatti (107.4 FM), in the near future the station will appear in Stavropol (102.6 FM) and Ryazan (106.7 FM). The musical broadcast will be built around the author's song, listeners are waiting for works by such artists as Vladimir Vysotsky, Bulat Okudzhava, Oleg Mityaev, favorite music from Soviet cinema. "EMG is in constant search for new ways of development. This applies to business and creativity. The idea of launching a radio of this format has long been ripe: a huge stratum of Russian and Soviet musical and poetic creativity unfairly does not have a registration on the radio today, "commented Roman Yemelyanov, director general of the European Media Group. In addition to regional FM broadcasting, the music of the Russian soul on Kalina Krasnaya radio can be heard throughout Russia using a mobile application. (http://emg.fm/news/353) * Samarskaya oblast. Tolyatti. At a frequency of 107.4 MHz, the radio started broadcasting "Kalina Krasnaya" (Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Altaisky kray. ----------------------- On November 8, the Katun FM radio channel began broadcasting from the RTRS facility in the village of Zeleny Dol (Petropavlovsk Kayon) at 103.3 MHz. Transmitter power - 0.2 kW. The coverage radius of the zone includes 11 settlements and is 21,665 km. The population coverage is 10 645 thousand people. (http://altai.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/v-petropavlovskom-rayone-nachal-veshchanie-radiokanal-katun-fm/) Volgogradskaya oblast. ---------------------------------- On November 15, the Volgograd ORTPT branch of RTRS translated the broadcast of Radio Radio Russii in Chilekovo into the FM band (100.4 MHz). This was the completion of a large-scale project to transfer the entire regional broadcasting network of the Radio Russii program from VHF to a more popular FM-range among listeners. The decision to transfer to the FM band was made by the broadcaster, FSUE VGTRK, in 2017. To do this, in 11 localities of the Volgograd region installed modern radio transmission equipment. Transmitters with a capacity from 0.03 to 4 kW covered over 89% of the region's population with a signal. Now you can listen to the program "Radio Russii" with the help of not only receivers, but also smartphones, phones, players, car stereos - any devices capable of receiving a radio signal. The next stage will be the joint work of FSUE VGTRK and FSUE RTRS to expand the broadcasting network and increase the coverage of Radio Russii by means of installing and commissioning additional facilities in the regional centers of the region. (http://volgograd.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/volgogradskiy-filial-rtrs-polnostyu-perevel-radio-rossii-v-fm-diapazon/) Vologodskaya oblast. Cherepovets. ------------------------------------------------ On November 12, began broadcasting Radio Vera in Cherepovets at a frequency of 106.7 FM Source: https://vk.com/rtrs_vologda (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Krasnoyarskiy kray. Krasnoyarsk. --------------------------------------------- On November 19, "Radio Siberia" will sound in Krasnoyarsk at a frequency of 95.8 FM Exactly a year ago, the network of radio stations "Radio Siberia" became the winner of the competition of Roskomnadzor for the right to conduct terrestrial broadcasting in Krasnoyarsk. Contrary to forecasts, it was possible to prepare the radio station for launch earlier than planned - in a few days, residents of Krasnoyarsk will be able to hear a new radio station, an installed 1 kW transmitter will provide technical coverage of more than 1 million people. "Krasnoyarsk is the central and largest region of Siberia, which, unfortunately, has so far been prevented from hearing the programs and news of one of the most popular radio stations of its native land. Therefore, for us, the launch of Radio Siberia in Krasnoyarsk is a long-awaited and strategically important event, "says Igor Azovsky, General Producer of Radio Siberia. The music and information radio station will broadcast light and positive popular musical compositions and a variety of educational and entertainment programs: from car reviews and sports news to interactive discussions of current issues. In the near future, the station will receive news from the most popular news resource of Krasnoyarsk, sibnovosti.ru, which is also included in the holding company MKR-Media. The launch of the station is scheduled for an advertising campaign, including branding of vehicles, placement of commercials in cinemas and cafes of the city, promo at city and sporting events. The network of radio stations "Radio Siberia" began broadcasting in 1992 in Tomsk. Since 2014, part of the holding company "MKR-Media". Today Radio Siberia operates in 5 regions of Siberia. Next year is scheduled to launch broadcasting in Tyumen. MKR-MEDIA media holding is one of the leading Russian media holdings, managing significant multimedia assets. Established in 2014 by the Interstate Development Corporation. The main priority of MKR-MEDIA is the development of international cooperation with partners and reputable media. Currently, more than 500 highly professional specialists work in the media holding. Today, MKR-MEDIA is in partnership with more than 20 international organizations. (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__71272/) Republic of Crimea. Sevastopol. ----------------------------------------------- Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol evicts the structure of the Sevastopol TV and Radio Company from its building The Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol demanded that the Sevastopol TV and Radio Company be autonomously released its premises in the city parliament building. In particular, these are premises in the basements, in which the state channel IKS-24 (editorial, studio, installation, hardware), the only FM radio station Sevastopol FM, and an information agency are located in the city. In addition, there is a technician, the main communication center for live broadcasts, and emergency alerts in the basement floor of the Legislative Assembly. Between the Office of the Legislative Assembly of the City of Sevastopol and the State Autonomous Institution of the City of Sevastopol "Sevastopol TV and Radio Company", an agreement was concluded for the gratuitous use of property under the operational management of the Office of the Legislative Assembly of the City of Sevastopol No. 114 dated December 21, 2015. Now, the Legislative Assembly terminated this contract unilaterally. The breach of the contract leads to the cancellation of live broadcasts of the plenary sessions of the Legislative Assembly, which, in the framework of the state order for covering the activities of state bodies, were carried out by the TV channel "IC 24". Earlier, when discussing in the first reading of the draft law "On the budget of Sevastopol for 2019 and the planning period of 2020 and 2021", a number of deputies spoke in favor of reducing the budget of the State Autonomous Institution "Sevastopol TV and Radio Company", which consists of two television channels ("ICS" and "ICS- 24 "), FM radio station" Sevastopol FM ", wired radio" Says Sevastopol ", which are mainly listened to by the older generation of Sevastopol, the network publication and news agency. Igor Vlasov (https://vk.com/dxingradio) Sverdlovskaya oblast. Yekaterinburg. -------------------------------------------------- ---- 33 radio stations in the FM-band. For every taste, format and even hearing! FM / Radio Station. 87,6 Radio Zvezda 88,3 Khit FM 88,8 Serebryanyy dozhd 89,2 Detskoye radio 89,6 NRJ 90,8 Novoye radio 91,4 Ekho Moskvy 91,9 Narodnaya volna 92,3 Komsomolskaya pravda 92,7 Studio 21 93,7 Radio Vera 94,8 Nashe radio 95,5 Radio Rossii / Radio Urala 95,9 Comedy Radio 96,3 Vesti FM 98,5 Love Radio 98,9 Dorozhnoye radio 99,4 Business FM 100,0 Retro FM 100,4 Radio Pilot 100,8 Radio Mayak 101,2 Yevropa Plyus 102,0 Yumor FM 102,5 Dzhem FM 103,2 Shanson 103,7 Radio SI 104,1 Radio Dacha 104,5 Rock Arsenal 105,0 Avtoradio 105,7 Russkoye radio 106,2 Radiola 107,0 Radio Sputnik FM 107,6 Gorod FM (https://vk.com/radioschoolru) Tomskaya oblast. Tomsk. ----------------------------------- On November 12, at the frequency of 98.4 FM, the "Dorozhnoe Radio", a long-time familiar and beloved by Tomsk citizen, appeared - one of the largest radio stations in Russia. On the air of "Dorozhnoe Radio" there are soulful Russian and foreign songs, from the hits of the 90s to modern dance novelties, up-to-date traffic information and useful programs for those on the go. Road Radio is part of the European Media Group (EMG) - one of the leading Russian media holdings, a leader of Russian broadcasting, whose portfolio also includes Europe Broadcasting Networks, Retro FM, Sport FM, Nove Radio , Radio 7 on Seven Hills, Eldoradio radio station in St. Petersburg, STUDIO 21 project, Profile weekly and profile.ru online resource. (http://emg.fm/news/349) Chuvash Republic. Cheboksary. Novocheboksary. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ * On November 8, the branch of RTRS "RTPTS of the Chuvash Republic" began broadcasting the radio station National Radio Chuvashia-Chivash En in Cheboksary at a frequency of 95.9 MHz. (http://chuvashia.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-translyatsiyu-natsionalnogo-radio-chuvashii-v-cheboksarakh/) * November 8 was another significant day in the history of the National Radio of Chuvashia. From 20 hours 22 minutes the radio channel began broadcasting in Cheboksary and Novocheboksarsk. Last year, Chuvash National Radio won a competition for the right to conduct terrestrial broadcasting using specific radio frequencies, which was held at the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications. It was then that the radio channel "caught the wave" 95.9 FM. Many have been waiting for this event. Radio listeners often called the editorial office and asked when they could hear their favorite shows in Cheboksary and Novocheboksarsk. The team of the National Radio of Chuvashia was also impatient to reach a new level. It took a year to technically prepare everything for broadcasting. "The dream has come true, and we are very happy, because the question of when the National Radio will appear in the capital of Chuvashia and the satellite city has been standing for many years. Programs that previously could only be heard in other municipalities of the republic are now available to residents of Cheboksary and Novocheboksarsk at a frequency of 95.9 FM, "says Oksana Achkasova, director of the National TV and Radio Company of Chuvashia. (http://info.cap.ru/news/2018/11/09/nacionaljnoe-radio-chuvashii-nachalo-veschanie-v-cheboks) UKRAINE ========= 11/16/2018 Today, Ukraine is celebrating the Day of Radio, Television and Communications! According to historical facts, 94 years ago, it was on November 16, 1924, that the history of Ukrainian broadcasting began in the city of Kharkov (then was the capital of the Ukrainian SSR): that day the first official broadcast took place on the territory of our state. This radio broadcast was a transfer of the performance, which was held in one of the Kharkov clubs. Of course, like everything that existed and was made on the territory of the USSR at that time, then broadcasting in Ukraine was completely subordinate and controlled by the state. And the very first private radio station on the territory of Ukraine, some sources call Lviv Radio Studio, which appeared in the city of Leo in the thirties of the last century. This station operated in the mid-wave range from Lviv and identified itself as "Lwowska Fala" ("Lviv Wave"; in fact, the modern Lviv private radio station of the same name is named after her); according to other sources, "Lwowska Fala" was only the name of a music and entertainment program with a local flavor, which Lviv was preparing for the system of the then Polish State Radio (after all, at that time Galicia was under Polish rule). True, in any case, this radio station was not 100% Ukrainian: if the first Ukrainian radio station represented the interests of the Soviet government, then Lwowska Fala operated under the control of the Polish administration, which then led the city. However, times are changing, and after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1991 and the restoration of the independence of the Ukrainian state, a new era began in the history of Ukrainian radio, both public and private. Interestingly, the first non-state radio stations of Ukraine, created in the early 90s, the Odessa Radio Glas, Pavlograd Samara, Kiev ROKS, Lviv Independence, exist today in one form or another. Meanwhile, radio in Ukraine continues its development - new stations are opened, new formats are launched, new technologies are introduced. In particular, this year digital broadcasting in the DAB + standard officially began in our country. Something is gradually dying off - like, for example, wired radio. But at the same time, something new is being born. As, for example, the project of a radio of local communities, which comes to replace wire broadcasting. Radio is developing channels of space communications and the Internet, which in recent years has become a haven for many niche formats and creative projects. Radio has spawned on the Internet, in particular, such a genre as podcasts. In the end, the Internet itself gradually goes into the wireless space, where data transmission takes place using the same radio communication using radio frequencies. Yes, and the radio radio we are used to with the development of modern digital technologies may soon acquire a completely new look. And this new radio do us with you! Happy holiday to you, dear friends and colleagues! Happiness, success, inspiration, grateful listeners and new achievements! (http://proradio.org.ua/news/2018nov.php) "RUS-DX PLUS" PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ============== DX LISTENING DIGEST 18-45, November 5, 2018 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, USA --------------------------------------- ** ARMENIA. 9305, Nov 3 at 1311, TWR music-box IS, S1-S5 with flutter; 1316 S Asian talk. HFCC shows 1315-1445, 300 kW, 100 degrees from ERV. But Aoki shows TWR India not until 1345-1445, variety of languages depending on day of week, quarter of hour. Must have expanded (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASIA [non]. USA - non [GERMANY/KOREA South/KUWAIT/MARIANA ISLS Saipan and Tinian isls/PHILIPPINES/TAJIKISTAN/THAILAND/U.A.E.] B-18 season RFA outlets schedule. Hallo in die Runde, habe mal den B-18 RFA Sendeplan heruntergeladen. Michael, kannst Du den fuer BCDX bitte entsprechend aufbereiten. Wolfgang, wie kommen wir an die FNP QRGs? (Siegbert Gerhard-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30) Effective Oct 28, 2018 through March 30, 2019 All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Updated on Oct 28, 2018. ... Mandarin ... 0400-0500 11980TJK 15340SAI 17660SAI 0500-0700 11980TJK 15340SAI 17660SAI 21700TIN ... Tibetan {0000 VoA Tibetan 5890KWT 7580KWT 9670UDO} 0100-0200 9670TJK 11895TJK ... 0200-0300 9455KWT 9670TJK ... 0600-0700 ... daily 17815TJK... ... 1100-1200 9315TJK ... 15745TJK 1200-1300 9315TJK ... 15375TJK 15745TJK 1300-1400 9315TJK ... 15375TJK 15745TJK 1500-1600 7540TJK ... 2200-2300 7470TJK ... 2300-2400 ... 7470TJK ... Uyghur 0100-0200 7580TJK ... 1600-1700 daily 7545TJK ... (Wolfgang Buescel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, BC-DX 1 Nov via DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. JAPAN [AFGHANISTAN/AUSTRIA/BANGLADESH/FRANCE/GERMANY/INDIA/INDONESIA/ IRAQ/KURDISTAN/LITHUANIA/MADAGASCAR/MYANMAR/PALAU/PALESTINE/RUSSIA/ SINGAPORE/SOUTH AFRICA/TAJIKISTAN/TANZANIA/THAILAND/U.A.E./USA/ UZBEKISTAN/VATICAN STATE/WEST BANK] NHK World - Radio Japan Tokyo - October 28, 2018 - March 25, 2019. B-18 winter season file, according NHK World Radio Japan leaflet. Foreign language and Japanese Services English ... 1400-1430 SoWeAS 6165tac-UZB ... Hindi ... 0059-0120 SoWeAS 6155tac ... 1530-1600 SoWeAS 7565tac Persian 0400-0430 ME 11730tac ... 1630-1700 ME MW927tjk Russian 0330-0400 EU MW 738msk MW 1386lit ... 1600-1630 EU MW 738msk MW 927tjk 1730-1800 EU MW 1386lit Urdu (time extended now back, again by 15 mins, to 45 mins) ... 1700-1745 SoWeAS MW927tjk SW / MW relays: ... msk Moscow, Russia ... lit RRT Lithuania ... tac RRTM Tashkent, Uzbekistan tjk Teleradiokom Dushanbe, Tajikistan ... (transformed by wb at wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21, 2018 via wb Oct 31, DXLD) ** LATVIA. A letter from Andrei Nekrasov, coordinator of Radio Center. Good afternoon, Anatoly! I was very glad to receive a letter from you with a question! This year, on March 22, Radio Center received permission for daily and round-the-clock broadcasting from Riga (Latvia) in Russian. At present, trial transmissions are being conducted on the old and legendary broadcasting frequency of our AM 1485 kHz station in order to determine the antenna tuning and radio signal passing towards Moscow and St. Petersburg. The last test program was held on October 24th. Next week it will be clear about the new tests. In the future, for the implementation of regular round-the-clock broadcasting, we will use the frequency AM 1602 kHz. After that, due to various kinds of restrictions in Russia, we will completely stop our broadcasting in Moscow, leaving only one broadcasting studio behind us. You can also listen to us on the Internet. If you have any questions, I will try to answer them quickly. I apologize if there will be delays due to high employment. With respect and blessings, Andrew http://www.radiocenter.net (Rus-DX Nov 4 via DXLD) ``Off-Tsentr`` now ** RUSSIA. Russian Military Radio on CW --- Hi Glenn! In tuning on the Web SDR from the UTwente site, I ran across some morse code on 4438 kHz at 1440 GMT on 11-4; running it through a decoder netted a 5-letter code transmission apparently to station RIQ83 from RMAE. This page: https://planesandstuff.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/ciscallsigns.pdf lists those calls as Russian Military, with RMAE in the Baltic Fleet. Heard a little audio up around 4440 a little later, but couldn't understand the language. Hope things are going well! (Eric Loy, Danville IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. On November 1, at 0415 UT, PRPs were transmitted at 5775 kHz in CW mode (coastal warnings) Novorossiysk communications center: "... ric de rcv ...". Previously this information Received at a frequency of 5854 kHz (Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx", Rus-DX Nov 4 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUED BY FLORIDA COMPANY THAT WANTS TO BROADCAST RUSSIA'S SPUTNIK RADIO A middleman buys U.S. radio airtime and sells it to Russia. https://www.newsweek.com/florida-company-broadcasts-russias-sputnik-radio-sues-department-justice-1190138 By Cristina Maza On 10/29/18 at 8:00 AM World International Affairs A U.S. broadcasting company based in Florida is suing the Department of Justice for requiring that the media company register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). According to the Department of Justice, RM Broadcasting LLC, a company operating out of Jupiter, Florida, is required to sign up as a foreign agent because it broadcasts the Russian radio program Sputnik. FARA requires that U.S. individuals or entities register with the government if they are doing political, public relations or financial work on behalf of foreign individuals or entities. The Department of Justice claimed that RM Broadcasting acted as a "publicity agent" and "information-service employee" for the Russian state-owned media company Rossiya Sevodnya. But RM Broadcasting argued that the arrangement was only a run-of-the-mill business deal that did not qualify as propaganda or promotion. The dispute culminated in a lawsuit that was filed against the Department of Justice on October 19 in Florida's federal court. "RM does not create, provide, or have any direct control over the content of the programming, and does not possess the authority to exercise editorial control over the programming," RM Broadcasting owner Arnold Ferolito's lawyer Nicole Waid argued in a letter to the Department of Justice. "RM does not act as an agent, representative, employee, or servant of Radio Sputnik, Rossiya Segodnya. The contractual relationship between the two parties solely consists of the availability of radio airtime between Radio Sputnik and an FCC licensee," the letter continued. gettyimages-873156498-594x594 The Moscow headquarters of Russia's Rossiya Segodnya state media group, which runs the Sputnik news agency RM Broadcasting, on November 12, 2017. A company operating out of Jupiter, Florida, is required to register as a foreign agent because it broadcasts the Russian radio program Sputnik, according to the Department of Justice. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images In an email to Newsweek, Waid said that RM Broadcasting did not want to register as a foreign agent because the company "fundamentally disagrees with the government's interpretation of the definition of an agent of a foreign government." She also cited privacy concerns. "There are consequences to registering as an agent of a foreign government. First, you relinquish your 4th Amendment rights. The government has the ability to inspect your books and records at any time (including financial statements, emails, etc.). Second, the confidential terms of your business contracts are no longer confidential. The service agreements are posted online with all financial information regarding the business transaction (except bank account information regarding wire transfers)," Waid wrote. "Thus, registering can have a significant detrimental impact on business operations." Nevertheless, court documents revealed that the company was doing a type of public relations work for Sputnik International. In a letter addressed to Sputnik representative Anton Anisimov, Ferolito wrote that the company wanted to provide "proper PR and advertising opportunities" for the Russian media outlet. The broadcasting company shared with the Department of Justice copies of its contract with Sputnik. However, it denied the government's request to provide copies of all communications with Radio Sputnik and its parent company Rossiya Segodnya, which is owned and operated by the Russian government. "We respectfully submit that this request is overbroad, unduly burdensome, and unnecessary," the lawyer's letter read. Reston Translator, another U.S. company that broadcasts Sputnik, registered as a foreign agent last year. But unlike Reston Translator, which broadcasts radio programs, RM Broadcasting only buys airtime for radio stations and resells that airtime to companies like Sputnik. Legal experts said that subtle difference could be debated in court, because FARA law is not well defined. The outcome of the case could have a significant impact on how FARA law is interpreted going forward, according to experts. "The statute is so far-reaching and sweeping, and many terms are not well defined. This leaves room for interpretation. They are arguing about control, about whether there is agency and whether the Russian government can direct or control their activity. These inquiries are very fact-specific, and there is gray area, so it does give the parties an opportunity to argue their case," Tessa Capeloto, a lawyer and expert on FARA law, told Newsweek. "Depending on what happens, it could impact how DOJ interprets control and agency, and it could impact future registrations and how DOJ applies the law." FARA was a little-known law until recently, when several high-profile cases snagged former Trump campaign officials for acting as unregistered foreign agents for Ukraine and Turkey. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Mike Flynn pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered foreign agent for a Turkish company with ties to Turkey's government. In August, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Sam Patten were also charged for working on behalf of Ukraine. Before 2018, only a handful of FARA violations had been prosecuted in the years since the law was enacted in 1938 to counter Nazi propaganda efforts. In 2016, an audit of FARA conducted by the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found "widespread delinquencies" in compliance rates. gettyimages-995204464-594x594 Following a pre-sentencing hearing, Michael Flynn, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, departs the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on July 10. Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images But FARA law has gained a new lease on life ever since special counsel Robert Mueller opened his investigation into foreign election interference in the aftermath of the 2016 elections, and foreign media companies have been thrust into the spotlight. In November 2017, Russian media companies RT and Sputnik officially registered as foreign agents in response to a request from the Department of Justice. In September 2018, the department demanded that two Chinese media companies do the same. Nevertheless, many legal experts and law enforcement agents are confused about what constitutes a FARA violation and when someone is obligated to sign up as a foreign agent. In the case of RM Broadcast, the company's lawyers argued that it was not acting as a foreign agent by simply honoring a contract with Sputnik. RM Broadcasting is ultimately a one-man show run by 75-year-old Arnold Ferolito. According to documents submitted to the Department of Justice, Ferolito is originally from the Bronx, New York, and now lives in semiretirement in Florida. His wife, Olga, is a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Russia. "Mr. Ferolito travels to Russia to visit family and for business purposes, but he does not participate in any activity that promotes Russian interests or values," documents submitted by Ferolito's lawyer read. Last year, Ferolito brokered a deal with the AM radio station WZHF that made Sputnik the only program available on the Washington, D.C.-area station. That likely caught the attention of federal investigators who were looking to curb foreign influence through FARA enforcement. But the U.S. government had its eye on RM Broadcasting for years before the deal with WZHF. In 2013, the Justice Department's counterintelligence unit asked the company to describe all services it provided from Kremlin-linked entities. In that case, the government was interested in the company's ties to the outlet Voice of Russia. RM Broadcasting's relationship with Voice of Russia was terminated in 2014. Update (10/29): This story was updated to include comments from Ferolito's lawyer (via Benn Kobb, WOR iog via DXLD) see also LATVIA ** U S A [non]. AWR broadcasts in B-18, requested by MBR Media Broadcast FMO. fq sorted ... 9855 1530-1600 41E TJK DB 100 137 418 1234567 Oriya ... 9905 1530-1600 41S ARM ERV 100 125 218 1234567 Kannada ... (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 26)(BC-DX 1 Nov laboriously realigned by Glenn Hauser for DX LISTENING DIGEST) The previous revision of requirements and pamphlet was completed in early 2017. This review and update will be completed in June 2019. You can find the current requirements at https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/Merit_Badge_ReqandRes/Radio.pdf along with an FAQ at https://k2bsa.net/radio-merit-badge-2/ You can also find a history of the merit badge, established in 1918, at this link https://k2bsa.net/radio-merit-badge/ Roughly 6,000 Scouts earn the badge each year. If you're interested in bringing your shortwave listening expertise to this effort, thereby helping introduce this topic to the youth involved in Scouting, please respond to me at jim at k5nd.net with an expression of your interest and your qualifications. I'm also open for any questions you may have. All the best, (Jim Wilson, K5ND, Chair, Boy Scouts Jamboree on the Air Task Force, SME, Radio Merit Badge, ptsw iog via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ EDXC CONFERENCE 2018 The two-part report on the EDXC conference held in Bratislava and Vienna has now been uploaded to the club website at: Part 1 Bratislava http://bdxc.org.uk/edxc18a.pdf Part 2 Vienna http://bdxc.org.uk/edxc18b.pdf (as featured in 'Communication', but with some extra colour photos) (BDXC, WOR iog via DXLD) Hard-Core-DX Digest ----------------------------- * Vol 191, Issue 12 Message: 2 Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 From: Jari Savolainen Subject: Re: [HCDX] TWR Europe Moldavia 1548 kHz and Radio Sawa Kuwait 1548 kHz (MW DX Transatlantic) Daniel, have you ever tried mw-dx with SSB? For example on 1539 and 1548 using LSB would eliminate the whistle from upper frequency. SSB also in many cases gives more readable audio. Also when scanning the band it shows you a weaker station carrier, which you might not notice on AM. Personally I always use SSB when DXing. Of course using SSB depends on the quality of the receiver's SSB unit. 73, Jari Message: 11 Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 From: Chris Krug Subject: [HCDX] Weekend Logs I had a few hours to listen to the radio this weekend (hooray!) , here's a few highlights: 11/10 VO Welt (R Denga) - Moldova - 11530 (1325), very weak but in the clear, Eastern Euro music ... Chris? KC5IIE Rec: FT-1000mpMk5, FT-2000 Ant: 40m loop * Vol 191, Issue 18 Message: 12 Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 From: Jorge Freitas Subject: [HCDX] Log My Blog:?DX-Jorge Freitas? DX-Jorge Freitas ... 7495 17/Nov 2051 UZBEKISTAN (Relay) North Korea Reform Radio in Korean. Om speaks. The signal is weak, but constant audio over moderate fading. (Jorge Freitas-B) ... Jorge Freitas?Local time -3 UT?Feira de Santana Bahia? 12?14?S 38?58?W -?BrasilTecsun PL-310ETAntenna Delta Loop SWLDXBulgaria News, Editor: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria --------------------------- * SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov.11 UZBEKISTAN(non) Reception of BVBroadcasting via Tashkent on Nov.11: 1130-1200 on 15640*TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to EaAs English Sun, good signal * co-ch same 15640 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Pashto R.Free Afghanistan https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-bvbroadcasting-via.html * SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov.14-15 NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady in 31mb on Nov.15: 0940-0946 on 9540 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB/AM, good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-in-31mb.html UZBEKISTAN(non) North Korea Reform Radio via Tashkent on Nov.15: 2030-2130 NF 7495 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-north-korea-reform-radio_16.html DX MAGAZINE 11 / 2018 WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Bad Homburg - GERMANY --------------------------------------- NEWS ABOUT BROADCASTING (+other) STATIONS Walter Eibl - Erlangen - GERMANY ARMENIA / AUSTRIA / BULGARIA / FRANCE / GERMANY / MADAGASCAR / SOUTH AFRICA / SRI LANKA / TAJIKISTAN [FRANCE / GERMANY] - AWR broadcasts in B-18, requested by MBR Media Broadcast FMO: ... 9855 1530-1600 41E TJK DB 100 137 418 1234567 Oriya 9905 1530-1600 41S ARM ERV 100 125 218 1234567 Kannada ... (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 26) GERMANY - Sendeplan SWS Kall Eifel Germany. B-18 >> Alle Zeiten in MEZ. All times in CET = UTC +1hr. 6005 kHz Montag-Freitag ... 1000-1200 Radio Belarus (deutsch) ... Samstag ... 1000-1200 Radio Belarus (deutsch) ... Sonntag ... 1000-1200 Radio Belarus (deutsch) ... (Christian Milling-D, via A-DX ng Aug 16) JAPAN [AFGHANISTAN / AUSTRIA / BANGLADESH / FRANCE / GERMANY / INDIA / INDONESIA / KURDISTAN / LITHUANIA / MADAGASCAR / MYANMAR / PALAU / PALESTINE / RUSSIA / SINGAPORE / SOUTH AFRICA / TAJIKISTAN / TANZANIA / THAILAND / U.A.E. / U.S.A. / UZBEKISTAN / VATICAN STATE ] NHK World - Radio Japan Tokyo - October 28, 2018 - March 25, 2019: B-18 winter season file, according to NHK World Radio Japan leaflet English ... 1400-1430 SWAs 6165/UZB ... Hindi ... 0059-0120 SWAs 6155/UZBc ... 1530-1600 SWAs 7565/UZB Persian 0400-0430 ME 11730tac ... 1630-1700 ME MW927tjk Russian 0330-0400 EU MW 738/M MW1386/LTUt ... 1600-1630 EU MW 738/M MW 927/UZM 1730-1800 EU MW1386l/LTU Urdu (time extended now back, again by 15 mins, to 45 mins total each) ... 1700-1745 SWAs MW927/UZB (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21) SWAZILAND {eSwatini} / BENIN / MOLDOVA {Pridnestrovie} / UAE - TRANS WORLD RADIO - MANZINI, SWAZILAND BROADCAST SCHEDULE B2018 28th October 2018 - 30th March 2019 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQU AZI Reception Area TX Station SMTWTFS ... 1800-1830 1 Kunama 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH 1800-1830 7 Tigre 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH 1800-1815 2345 Tigrinya 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH 1815-1845 23456 Tigrinya 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH 1830-1845 7 Tigrinya 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH UAE KCH = Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac, Moldova (Lorraine Starvropolous / TWR Africa. Oct 9, via Gayle Van Horn W4GVH USA) USA - non [GERMANY / KOREA South / KUWAIT / MARIANA ISLS Saipan and Tinian / PHILIPPINES / TAJIKISTAN / THAILAND / U.A.E.] - B-18 season RFA outlets schedule: Effective Oct 28, 2018 through March 30, 2019 All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Updated on Oct 28, 2018. Mandarin ... 0400-0500 11980TJK ... 0500-0700 11980TJK ... ... Tibetan 0100-0200 9670TJK 11895TJK ... 0200-0300 ... 9670TJK ... 0600-0700 ...daily 17815TJK ... 1100-1200 9315TJK ... 15745TJK 1200-1300 9315TJK ... 12055LAM 15375TJK 15745TJK 1300-1400 9315TJK ... 15375TJK 15745TJK 1500-1600 7540TJK ... 2200-2300 7470TJK ... 2300-2400 ... 7470TJK ... Uyghur 0100-0200 7580TJK ... 1600-1700 daily 7545TJK ... (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1) DX LOGBOOK Logs around the clock by Ashok Kumar Bose, Ontario, L6P 3Z3, Canada SHORTWAVE BANDS Frequency UTC SIO ITU Radio Station Language Programme Details Date Rep. ... 7245.0 1800 444 MDA TWR Africa Swaziland Tigrina ID, relPX, MX, ID 0111 SG 9315.0 1100 343 TJK RFA-Relay Tibetan ID, ann, rpts 0111 SG 15745.0 1200 333 TJK RFA-Relay Tibetan ID, ann, rpts 0111 SG Thanks a lot to our club members for their contributions: SG : Siegbert Gerhard, Frankfurt, Germany. AOR AR7030 with 5m-EMF, Sangean 818 ACS & DEGEN DE1103 with telescopic antenna. [Thanks to Alexander Golovikhin, Tolyatti, Russia for informational support] RADIO GAZETA Issue # 1 November 13, 2014 Editor: Igor Kolke, Moscow, Russia -------------------------------------------- - Regional stations in Russia are cleaning the air from their own production programs - Ukraine gets rid of wired broadcasting - Tallinn residents complain about radio in buses - Argentine station broadcasts football matches for cores * Regional radio stations are increasingly broadcasting federal content, dispensing with their own broadcasting. This approach to broadcasting in audiovisual media was stated by the head of Roskomnadzor, Alexander Zharov. "This is obviously due to the fact that producing your own content is quite laborious and costly. But this is unfortunate, as the collectives of radio stations are decreasing. Radio stations began to produce less local news, reports from local events, "Zharov said at the international conference" Radio in Global Media Competition ". The conference, organized by the Russian Academy of Radio, is being held in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. * In Ukraine, wired radio is gradually becoming silent. In September of this year, Ukrtelecom, managing the wire broadcasting network in the country, decided to disconnect Odessa from the system. The reason for this was the mass refusal of the service. The next "candidates for departure" are called Nikolaev and Lugansk regions, where the number of users of wired radio is critically reduced, reports the Delo.UA publication. Not the last role in the refusal of listeners from wire broadcasting is obviously played by the cost of the service. So, according to the publication, if in the fall of 2011 the monthly fee was just over 7 hryvnia per month, then from May 1 of this year it increased to 26 hryvnia per month. In 2012, the number of radio points throughout Ukraine reached 2 million, now the wired radio subscribers are just over 500 thousand, and the number of settlements covered by the network is 5 thousand. About 100 thousand users refuse the service annually. Aware of the rate of refusal of citizens from radio outlets, the National Broadcasting Council decides to replace the wired broadcasting technology with low-power FM broadcasting to provide them with small settlements in the country. * Passengers of Tallinn buses complained about the drivers of some routes, who loudly listen to the radio in Russian. The claim entered the service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Estonia, which monitors the implementation of the "Law on Language", according to the ERR portal. Denis Borodich, Chairman of the Board of Tallinn City Transport, spoke out in defense of bus drivers: "Drivers while working naturally can turn on the radio. The only thing - it should not interfere with passengers. Therefore, in such a situation, you can only ask them to make the sound quieter, "explained Borodich. She has not yet expressed her position on whether Tallinn drivers are violating the laws of the country, the language inspectorate of Estonia. Ontario DX Association Province of Ontario, Canada. -------------------------------------- Target Listening by Country November 2018 Editor: Harold Sellers - Armenia. TWR India *1535-1540* (1500-1600 Sa/Su) English, 7550. (Ivanov, WOR Nov 7/18) BBC *0000-0200* English 5970. - Azerbaijan. Radio Fedaletin Sesi / Voice of Justice *0820-1410* Azeri 9677.6v. - Kyrgyz Republic. Kyrgyz Radio, Radio Birinchi, 4010, 4820v *0000> in Kyrgyz and Russian. - Pridnestrovie (Moldova) Radyo Dengê Welat - Tajikistan. Radio Tajikistan Tajik 4765. Radio Free Asia *0100-0300* Tibetan 9670. Adventist World Radio *1300-1330* Dzongkha 15430. - Ukraine. Radio Ukraine International via WRMI Florida, English *0200-0230* 7780 Tu-Sa. - Uzbekistan. NHK World Radio Japan *1400-1430* English 9560. Adventist World Radio *1600-1630* English 11975. DX RE MIX NEWS # 1097 Nov.16, 2018: Editor: Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria --------------------- RUSSIA Weak signal of GTRK Adygeya/Adygeyan Radio, Nov.16 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/weak-signal-of-gtrk-adygeyaadygeyan.html TAJIKISTAN(non) Fair signal of Voice of Tibet in 41mb, Nov.16 2300-2330 on 7496 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2330-2400 on 7484 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/fair-signal-of-voice-of-tibet-in-41mb.html U.K.(non) Reception of FEBA Radio via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Nov.16 1500-1530 on 5895 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bengali, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-feba-radio-via-babcock_17.html RUSSIAN LANGUAGE RADIO ========================= Taiwan. ------------- MRI tests at 5,900 kHz from November 22 to 25, 2018. According to the Russian Service of Taiwan International Radio 22, 23, 24 and 25 November, the test broadcast of MRI in Russian will be conducted on the frequency 5900 kHz from 17.00 to 17.30 UTC via a transmitter in Bulgaria. All four days the same program will be broadcast. Reports are welcome at russ @ rti.org.tw. (From the announcement of the radio station) (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") WEB RADIO AND TV IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ================================= Radio. Russia. Tverskaya oblast. Tver. ------------------------------------ The Tver radio site "Vera" started working, where you can listen to live broadcasts, as well as individual programs from the local and federal broadcasts. A special place on the site is given to Tver charity projects and organizations, information about which is posted on the main page and in a separate section, the website of the Tver Diocese informs ... All information about the programs will be posted on the new website tver.radiovera.ru, created by the Radio Verra Verkhnevolzhye radio channel autonomous non-profit organization with the support of the Orthodox Initiative-2018 small grants competition. "Faith" is a project of an initiative group of Orthodox laity created with the blessing of the Russian Orthodox Church. (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__71260/) A television. Russia. ------------------- Moscow. TV channel "Dialogi o rybalke" ("Dialogues about fishing.") WEB: http://dialogitv.ru/ The first informative and entertaining program about fishing on Russian television. The program tells about fishing as a type of human leisure. First broadcast on May 13, 1999. QSL WORLD ======== AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia DE = Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" DK = Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" IR = Igor Kolke, Moscow, Russia / https://kolkeradio.blogspot.com/2018/11/qsl-kbs-world.html#more IZ = Ivan Zeleny, Nizhnevartovsk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" KB = Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" VK = Vasily, Moscow, Russia / "open_dx" VL = Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" China --------- Received e-QSL for receiving "Xinjiang PBS-Uighur General Service" (558 kHz, via Hutubi). Report sent to: crieng [at] cri.com.cn (IZ) Czech Republic / Russia --------------------- Received a QSL card from Radio Prague for receiving in Russian - 10.24.2018 22.30-22.59 UTC at a frequency of 738 kHz (via the World Radio Network). Have sent the first card of eight, although asked just the eighth. (DK) Germany -------------- * Received QSL from HCJB Deutschland for receiving in Russian radio studio "Wave Hope "- 09/23/2018, 03.00-03.30 UTC at 3995 kHz (Weenermoor, Germany). The report sent by e-mail: hoffnungswelle@gmail.com. On the photo card of the radio station "Voices of the Andes" in Ecuador. (DK) * Germany --------------- Received e-qsl from Radio Oberlausitz for receiving 11.11.18 / 09.15-09.45 UTC / 7440 kHz (VL) Italy ----------- Received QSL card from Italcable frequency and time standard radio station from Italy for reception - 09/19/2018, 08.30 UTC at a frequency of 10,000 kHz. The report sent by e-mail: info @ associazioneitalcable.it. On the card scoreboard with time and frequency. (DK) Japan ----------- * Received a QSL card from "STV Radio" / JOWF (1440 kHz, via Sapporo). The report in English sent to: contents@stv.co.jp and through the form on the website: https://reg18.smp.ne.jp/regist/is?SMPFORM=lcmd-niodk-5b6f2569976e9e4f0ef38ac2b6e5f443 (IZ) * NHK World Japan A new QSL card was received from the Russian service of Radio Japan in response to a report dated September 18, 2018. QSL theme - Autumn in a mountain village (Nagano Prefecture). So also put two postcards in the envelope. QSL can be viewed here http://freerutube.info/2018/11/15/qsl-nhk-world-japan-radio-yaponii-sentyabr-2018-goda/ (DE) Philippines ---------------- Received email confirmation from FEBC for receiving in Koho Vietnamese Tribal- 09/21/2018, 13.00-13.30 UTC at the frequency of 9 920 kHz. On the card - photo of the beach. The report was sent by e-mail: norie.estabillo @ febc.ph. Answer received from: NORITA P. ESTABILLO Shortwave Operation, Program Support Supervisor Far East Broadcasting Company (Phils.) Wakas, Bocaue Bulacan Philippines Email: norie.estabillo @ febc.ph Please use the following mailing address: Far East Broadcasting Company PO Box 14205, Ortigas Center, Pasig city 1605 Philippines (DK) Poland ----------- Received QSL-card of the Russian edition of the Polish Radio. 04.10.19 / 16.30-17.30 UTC / 1386 kHz Theme: Torun, Poland / (AK) Republic of Korea / United Kingdom. -------------------------------------------------- - Received a QSL card from the Russian service of KBS World Radio for receiving - 19.09.2018, 18.00-19.00 UTC at the frequency of 12,065 kHz (via the transmitter in Great Britain). The card is dedicated to the year of the Golden Dog, with the image Korean Traditional Dog Breeds - Chindo, Sapsari, Tongoni and Phunsan. The report was sent by e-mail: russian @ kbs.co.kr. (DK) Republic of Korea --------------------------- Received a QSL card from the Russian service of KBS World Radio for receiving - 09.27.2018, 13.00-14.00 UTC at the frequency of 9,645 kHz. On the card - the leaders North and South Korea. Report sent by email: russian @ kbs.co.kr. (DK) Romania ------------- Received a QSL card from the Ukrainian service of Interradio Romania for receiving - 12.10.2018, 15.00-15.26 UTC at the frequency of 5910 kHz. The report sent by e-mail: ucra @ rri.ro. On the card - Alba lulia - The Vauban - type Citadel. (DK) Russia / Austria ------------------------ Received a QSL card from the Voice of the Andes from Voronezh for receiving in Russian - 10.27.2018, 15.30-16.00 UTC at a frequency of 13,800 kHz (Mosbrun transmitter, Austria). The report was sent by e-mail: mks @ intercon.ru. On the card is a giraffe on the background of the sunrise. (DK) Russia / Germany --------------------------- * Received QSL card "Voice of the Andes" - studio "Revelation". 2.11.2018 / 13.30-15.00 UTC / Russian / 9500 kHz, Nauen Germany You can view the card here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2018/11/blog-post_13.html (AK) * Received a QSL card from the Voice of the Andes from Voronezh for receiving in Russian - 10/17/2018, 03.00-03.45 UTC at the frequency 3995 kHz (transmitter Venus, Germany). The report was sent by e-mail: mks @ intercon.ru. On the card - the castle on the background of the sunrise. (DK) * HCJB Voice of the Andes Received QSL card from the Voice of the Andes from Voronezh for a report dated November 3, 2018. This time the letter came surprisingly quickly, the envelope was sent on November 6th. In addition to the always new unique QSL, Nelli Yakovlevna sent a letter with personal appeal and Christian poems. QSL can be viewed here http://freerutube.info/2018/11/02/qsl-hcjb-golos-and-avstriya-rossiya-oktyabr-2018-goda/ (DE) Slovakia ------------- Radio Slovakia International Received two new QSL cards from the Russian edition of the International Radio of Slovakia in response to the reports dated October 25, 2018. The themes of this anniversary QSL are 100 years of Czechoslovakia. Also in the letter they put three different stickers and two tourist booklets. The envelope was sent on November 5, 2018. QSL can be viewed here http://freerutube.info/2018/11/15/qsl-radio-slovakia-international-slovakiya-oktyabr-2018-goda/ (DE) South Korea -------------------- Received a new verification card from the Korean edition of KBS WORLD for listening and sent a report on October 16, 2018 at a frequency of 7275 kHz (09.00-09.30 UTC). QSL card is dedicated to the meeting of divided Korean families, which was held in August of this year. Report filled in using the form on the site. (IK) Taiwan ------------ * Received e-qsl from Radio Taiwan International. German service for receiving 13.10.18 / 19.00-19.30 UTC / 6185 kHz (VL) * QSL Radio Taiwan International Received a new letter from the Russian edition of the International Radio of Taiwan with cards for the Retro QSL promotion. In the envelope two QSL for the reports dated September 8 and 9, 2018. The envelope was shipped from Taipei on October 31, 2018. QSL can be viewed here http://freerutube.info/2018/11/17/qsl-radio-taiwan-international-tayvan-sentyabr-2018-goda- retro-qsl-chast-14/ (DE) Taiwan / Bulgaria ---------------------------- Received 2 QSL-cards of the German service Radio Taiwan International. 07.09.2018 & 14.09.2018 / 1900-1930 UTC / 5900 kHz, Kostinbrod, Bulgarien. You can see the cards here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2018/11/radio-taiwan-international.html (AK) Thailand ------------ Received QSL from R.Thailand Int. (In English). I listened in June at a frequency of 9920 kHz. Wrote to feedback @ hsk9.org (VK) USA -------- Received a QSL card from a WRNO radio station from Texas for receiving in English language - 09/22/2018, 02.30-03.00 UTC at a frequency of 7505 kHz. The report sent by e-mail: wrnoradio @ mailup.net. On the card - a map of the world. (DK) Vatican ----------- Received 2 QSL cards of the Russian service of Vatican Radio. 01.10.2018 / 13.30-12.50 UTC / 9610 & 11875 kHz Email: russo @ spc.va (AK) Pirate radio -------------------------- Radio Merlin Int'l / pirate stn - e-QSL (6305 kHz, 14.05 UTC, 11-11-2018) Reception via KiwiSDR-SUI Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/radio-merlin-international.html (KB) THE CALENDAR =========== 12 / November ---------------- November 12, the most solar radio station "Vostok FM" marks six years since the beginning of the broadcast! For six years now, Radio Vostok FM has been expanding the listeners' musical horizons and inviting them to the fairy-tale world, where the atmosphere of carefree summer heat reigns throughout the year and the most juicy hits filled with sunny rhythms sound ... Today Vostok FM broadcasts in seven cities in Russia, including in Moscow at a frequency of 94.0 FM. Weekly, 511 thousand listeners are tuned to the Vostok FM frequency in the capital *. The official site of radio "Vostok FM": vostok.fm (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/5730.htm) 13 / November ----------------- November 13, 2003 - 15 years ago, Radio Center No. 5 in the village of Bolshakovo, Kaliningrad Region, was transferred to the Kaliningrad ORTPT from the RTRS St. Petersburg RC branch. (https://vk.com/club171176221) HISTORY DX AND RADIO ==================== 1973/1974 ---------------- QSL. Lithuania. Radio Vilnius. 7 Sept. 1973 / 21.00-22.00 UTC / 665 kHz You can view the card here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2018/11/blog-post_43.html 18 Jan. 1974 / 21.00 UTC / 665 kHz You can view the card here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2018/11/blog-post_20.html (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia) 1979 ------- Shortwave Archive: 1979 Radio Moscow Mailbag Studio Recordings. If you've been a shortwave radio listener since the Cold War, you no doubt remember Radio Moscow's Mailbag program with Joe Adamov. Tom Gavaras, a new contributor at the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive, recently shared a series of seven Radio Moscow studio recordings and noted: These recordings were originally provided to me on reel-to-reel tape directly from Radio Moscow (which I dubbed to a cassette). At that time, I was program director at St. Cloud State University's radio station KVSC-FM (St. Cloud, MN) and aired Moscow Mailbag once a week during the afternoon news block programming. Transcription shows from other shortwave stations were played on other weekday slots at the same time. Here's the first studio recording: https://ia801503.us.archive.org/6/items/RadioMoscowMoscowMailbag19791/RadioMoscowMoscowMailbag1979_1.mp3 (https://swling.com/blog/2018/11/shortwave-archive-1979-radio-moscow-mailbag-studio-recordings/) 1995 ------- QSL. From the Jose Hernandez archive, Madrid / https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080049528677701/ Latvia. Riga. Latvian Radio Riga. 18.7.95 / 20.30 UTC / 5935 kHz You can view the card here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2018/11/latvian-radio-riga.html 2001 -------- HOW LENINGRAD REGION TO NORTH AMERICA BROUGHT. In July 2001, representatives of the relevant committee of the Government of the Leningrad Region addressed us with a regular request. In this case, the request was somewhat unusual - about the possibility of organizing one-time broadcasts in the range of short waves to the countries of North America during the upcoming visit of the delegation of representatives of the authorities of our region. On the organizational side, there were no special obstacles to the preparation of such a broadcast, since for several years short radio broadcasting from Radio Gardarika, supervised by the Government of the Leningrad Region, was carried out from St. Petersburg, however, it was conducted mainly in the countries of central and western Europe. Of course, due to the long-range propagation of the HF signal in the ranges of 41 or 49 meters, it was sometimes taken even in Japan or New Zealand, but there was practically no experience in the direction of the North American continent. Due to the geographical location of the powerful broadcasting facility in the village of Krasny Bor, Tosnensky District ("Radio Center No. 11"), the HF-band technical equipment was initially designed to provide broadcasting to Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the USSR, as well as, partly Latin American countries (since the azimuth of the "СГД" antennas for the countries of northwestern Europe "coincided" with the direction to South America). For the same "geographical" reason, broadcasting from Red Bor to North America was almost never carried out, since the track in this case passes far beyond the Arctic Circle with frequent violations of the passage of radio waves. Therefore, before the start of one-time broadcasting sessions, it was decided to conduct several tests in order to select the optimal frequencies and check the quality of transmission. In this, we were assisted by our volunteer radio amateurs from the United States and Canada (given, among other things, advice on the selection of meso-protected frequencies on the east coast), the RMS remote monitoring service employees (who put the "Radio Studio - Nevskaya Volna" test frequencies on automatic radio monitoring in Washington, Dallas, Ottawa and even in New Delhi - for a change), the radio-frequency department specialists in Moscow, who at the time were preparing seasonal schedules for Russian broadcasting, and whom we, in turn, helped more than once with adjustment of the frequency schedules of the radio station "Voice of Russia". Our final test schedule was as follows: July 30, 14: 00-15: 00 UTC 15605 kHz July 31, 02: 00-03: 00 UTC 7400 kHz, 14: 00-15: 00 17690 kHz August 1, 02: 00-03: 00 UTC 9940 kHz, 14: 00-15: 0017690 kHz August 2 and 3, 02: 00-03: 00 UTC 9940 kHz The broadcast used 200 kW transmitters "Sneg-MU" and "Middle Eastern" antennas "СГД 4/4 РАД" and "СГД 4/2 РАД" with a reverse reverse of 327 degrees and an additional rotation of the radiation pattern in the horizontal plane minus 15 degrees. The reports on the admission of test broadcasts were confirmed by QSL cards, and this experiment was remembered by the international cooperation of people who are not indifferent to shortwave broadcasting. The application contains several recorded short sound files of the RMS system about the reception of Radio Studio - Neva Wave in Canada, the USA and India. (https://vk.com/spbctv?w=wall-171176221_1162) WORLDWIDE NEWS. ===================== Russia ------------- The program "Radiopanorama". Moscow. World Radio Network. The program "Radio Panorama" for lovers of long-range radio reception. The author and presenter is Vadim Alekseev. 11/17/2018 - Report of the head of the ILR at the conference "Radio in global media competition" - Digital radio in Russia: the official position of the Ministry of Finance and press coverage - "Efficiency" of the Internet media on the examples of events in Ingushetia and soc. polls - New broadcasting language #VOA to Africa - Observations for Radio Kashmir - Schedule # B18 Radio #Habana Cuba and additions to it - Archive music recordings Radio Tahiti (https://vk.com/dxing) Publish - publish the details of the program and sound file at https://vk.com/dxing - Publication and preparation of the sound file - Vladimir Emelyanov, Samara. Romania. ------------- Inter Radio Romania. (Radio Romania International). In Russian. Club DX program - Author and presenter: Tatiana Codreanu 11/17/2018 Topic: History of Romanian Broadcasting. The building of the Romanian Society of Broadcasting. Duration: minutes - 8:33 http://www.rri.ro/ru_ru/17_11_2018-2589711 (http://www.rri.ro/ru_ru/pages/home/) India --------- ** INDIA. Hello! The latest B-18 schedules of AIR is now available in my website as follows, which is updated frequently: 1) Frequency Wise (Home & External combined) https://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm 2) External Service (Time wise): https://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm 3) External Service (Language wise): https://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/Language.htm Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Oct 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CUBA -------- CUBA Full B-18 schedule of R. Habana Cuba start on 11 Nov 2018. Update arrived today November 12, two freq/time changes, see below, wb. 0000-0100 6000 QVC 250 010 ENAm Spanish Mon-Thur "Mesa Redonda" 0000-0500 9640 BEJ 050 110 Antill Spanish {0000-0100 9720 BAU 100 130 SoAf English, now new time 22-23 UT, wb.} 0000-0500 11670 BAU 100 130 SoAm Spanish 0000-0600 11700 QVC 250 160 SoAm Spanish 0000-0100 11950 BAU 100 340 WNAm Spanish Mon-Thur "Mesa Redonda" 0000-0030 15730 BEJ 050 135 SoAm Creole 0030-0100 15730 BEJ 050 135 SoAm Portuguese 0100-0130 15730 BEJ 050 135 SoAm French exQuechua 0100-0600 6060 BAU 100 010 ENAm Spanish 0200-0600 6000 QVC 250 010 ENAm English 0200-0800 6165 BAU 100 340 WNAm English 0600-0800 6000 QVC 250 010 ENAm English 0600-0800 6060 BAU 100 010 ENAm English 0600-0800 6100 BAU 100 310 WNAm English 0800-0830 6100 BAU 100 310 WNAm Esperanto Sun only {ex 1200-1500 6000 QVC 250 305 NCAm Spanish, wb.} 1200-1600 9535 BEJ 100 230 CeAm Spanish 1200-1400 9600 QVC 250 305 NCAm Spanish {ex 12-15 UT, wb.} probably Quivican antenna HRS4/4/0.9 305degr mainlobe San Francisco CA 1200-1600 9640 BEJ 050 110 Antill Spanish 1200-1600 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish 1200-1400 11950 BAU 100 340 WNAm Spanish 1200-1500 13780 BEJ 050 160 SoAm Spanish 1200-1600 15140 QVC 250 130 SoAm Spanish 1400-1600 13700 BAU 100 315 WNAm Spanish 1600-1630 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish Mon-Sat 1600-1630 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Esperanto Sun only 1600-1900 15140 BAU 100 010 ENAm Spanish 1630-1900 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish 1900-1930 15140 BAU 100 340 WNAm Arabic 1930-2000 15140 BAU 100 340 WNAm Creole 2000-2100 15140 BAU 100 340 WNAm English 2030-2100 15370 BAU 100 010 WeEu French 2100-2130 9720 BAU 100 130 SoAf French, new time slot, wb. 2100-2130 15140 BAU 100 340 WNAm French 2100-2130 15370 BAU 100 010 WeEu Portuguese 2130-2200 9720 BAU 100 130 SoAf Portuguese, new time slot, wb. 2130-2200 15370 BAU 100 010 WeEu Arabic 2200-0600 9535 BEJ 100 230 CeAm Spanish 2200-2400 9640 BEJ 050 110 Antill Spanish 2200-2300 9720 BAU 100 130 SoAf English, new time slot, antenna Bauta #3, HRS4/4/0.8, 160degr minus 30degr slewed, wb. 2200-0300 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish 2200-0600 11840 QVC 250 170 Chile Spanish 2200-0500 13740 BAU 100 160 SoAm Spanish 2200-2400 15370 BAU 100 010 WeEu Spanish {2300-2330 9720 BAU 100 130 SoAf French, now new time 21-2130 UT, wb.} 2300-2400 11700 QVC 250 160 SoAm Portuguese {2330-2400 9720 BAU 100 130 SoAf Portuguese, now new time 2130-22 UT, wb.} 2330-2400 15730 BEJ 050 135 SoAm French Mon-Sat 2330-2400 15730 BEJ 050 135 SoAM Esperanto Sun only 83 and 263 degrees CT2/1/0.8 0000-0100 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba English 0100-0130 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba Creole 0130-0200 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba French 0200-0600 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba Spanish 0600-0700 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba English 2200-2400 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba Spanish Transmitter sites: BAU = Bauta BEJ = Bejucal QVC = Titan-Quivican San Felipe. Shortwave schedule of Radio Rebelde 0000-2400 5025 BAU 100 non-dir to Ce&SoAm Spanish Shortwave schedule of Radio Progreso 0130-0500 4765 BEJ 050 non-dir to Cuba Caribbean Spanish (RHC of Nov 6, thanks to Arnaldo Coro-CUB - CO2KK - RHC B-18 sheet file - transformed to pure text file via wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 7, updated Nov 12) Beer in honor of the UVB-76 radio beaver -------------------------------------------------- ---- In honor of the famous mysterious radiobearers UVB-76 released ... beer! And this is not the first such themed pivasik: in 2015, Short Wave Pale Ale was already coming out. https://www.canadianbeernews.com/2018/11/08/wellington-brewery-announces-2018-edition-of-uvb-76-imperial-stout- series/ Source: https://vk.com/shortwaveradio (https://vk.com/dxing) - Wellington Brewery Announces 2018 Edition of UVB-76 Imperial Stout Series -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GUELPH, ON - Wellington Brewery has announced details of a second annual set of bourbon barrel-aged imperial stouts that are due for release later this month. UVB-76 (11.9% abv) takes its name from a mysterious shortwave radio station that broadcasts a repeating buzz tone that is occasionally interrupted by a voice in Russian that includes many names in its messages. The series debuted last year with four beers released as part of Wellington's 2017 DecemBEER promotion. For 2018, two of last year's versions - Roman (straight bourbon barrel-aged) and Mikhail (Mexican hot chocolate style with cinnamon, cocoa, vanilla, and spicy chillies) - will be returning, and will be joined by two new variants - Nikita (Neapolitan style with vanilla beans and strawberry) and Alexei (coffee). The beers can be pre-ordered now via Wellington's online store, and will be released at the brewery on Saturday November 24th with a launch event that will feature eight further versions available exclusively on draught. For more details, see the full event announcement. Source: Wellington Brewery mailing list (https://www.canadianbeernews.com/2018/11/08/wellington-brewery-announces-2018-edition-of-uvb-76-imperial-stout- series/) New frequencies ---------------------- ITU - Radiocommunication Bureau International Frequency Information Circular (Terrestrial Services) BR IFIC Nº 2883 / Special Section / GE84/270 https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/brific/BRIFIC/SpecialSection/GE84/GE84_270.pdf (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Competitions for DX-systov ------------------------------------------ * - Top 10 DX of the Year - from December 1 to December 31, 2018. http://www.topdx-radioclub.com/top10dx.html - Grand Tour Across All Continents - from November 30 to December 9, 2018. https://www.dx.cz/index.php?&rubrika=7&id=393 (Information from Mike Terry (UK) in the WOR forum) (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "open_dx") * - A.I.R. Contest 2019 "Attilio Leoni". L'A.I.R. Contest 2019 "Attilio Leoni" avra' inizio alle ore 0000UTC del 02/01/2019 e terminerà alle ore 2400UTC del 09/01/2019... https://air-radiorama.blogspot.com/2018/11/air-contest-2019-attilio- leoni.html?fbclid=IwAR1G93ok3zKGapYY91M0VpqSFx-Qsdq7y4s0eSYCncSOyqTEe3Pk5a2N9aE (Fiorenzo Repetto / https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup/) Canada ----------- BVB Winter Frequency Schedule. BIBLE VOICE BROADCASTING Program Schedule - B18 Winter All times in UTC (Universal Time). (https://www.hagcm.org/frequency-schedule) (https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/22d1db_4bbce76a7c784328b6481f8f410d53fc.pdf) All our Shortwave Programs are available on our website www.bvbroadcasting.org. (Select Listen then Language and/or the Broadcaster Name). Programmers love to hear from you directly. Please send your reports to mail @ bvbroadcasting.org or mail to BVB, PO Box 95561, Newmarket, ON L3Y 8J8, Canada (Письмо с радиостанции) USA ------- VOA new logo. https://www.facebook.com/voiceofamerica/photos/a.432567013073/10156225117713074/?type=3&theater (Sanjay Sutradhar, India / https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup/) Germany ------------- Radio Oberlausitz International publiziert ein eigenes Magazin: Die Oberlausitzer Bergzeitung. Darin geht es weniger um Berge, dafür aber umso mehr um Radio und rundfunknahe Themen. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wUSdjwK8KPCULCziSXwjdgPq8cHSsUIk/view (http://www.channel292.de/) Netherlands ------------------ Dear FRS Friends, Next Sunday November 18th FRS will take to the air. For detailed info check our website at: http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/122-frs-holland-on-air-on-november-18th.html Have a good weekend! 73s, FRS crew (Alexander Golovikhin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") - Following our 38th Anniversary broadcasts on August 26th & September 2nd, FRS will take to the air with a full regular broadcast on Sunday November 18th. Programmes will commence at 08:52 UTC/ 09:52 CET and will last four hours. Close down will be at 13:00 UTC/ 14:00 CET after which the complete programmes will see a full repeat until just after 17:00 UTC/ 18:00 CET. Attention: in the morning/ early afternoon programmes will be aired at 7700//9300 kHz. During the second run starting just after 13:00 UTC/ 14:00 CET, the 31 mb frequency could be changed into 93xx kHz (will be announced later, also listen to FRS Magazine/ FRS goes DX for updated info). Tune in next Sunday...the best in music, many interesting (radio) related items and DX news. It will be worth while to tune in! Reports but moreover: personal comments are more than welcome. P.O.Box 2702 in 6049 ZG Herten, the Netherlands or by e-mail: frs@frsholland.nl . (http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/122-frs-holland-on-air-on-november-18th.html) The State Of This Radio Show - VORW Radio International - Newsletter 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear VORW Radio Listeners, It has been some time since the last newsletter has been sent out, this newsletter outlines schedule changes! If you haven't listened to the radio show recently I welcome you back! Tune in to hear a mixture of thoughtful commentary and discussion on current events, philosophical issues, motivational subjects or random topics entirely! Broadcasts also feature listener-requested music of all genres and information about the songs. Changing listening habits have led to a full revision of how this show is broadcast, declining shortwave listenership and fewer listener donations have led to several cutbacks and discontinuations. Digital content on SoundCloud has expanded. Nonetheless, a full shortwave service to North and South America will continue indefinitely. Thursday: 5 AM Eastern - 1000 UTC - 5950 kHz to Western North America 4 PM Eastern - 2100 UTC - 7780 kHz to Europe & North America 6 PM Eastern - 2300 UTC - 9955 kHz to South America 7 PM Eastern - 0000 UTC - 7730 kHz to Western North America 8 PM Eastern - 0100 UTC - 5850 kHz, 7780 kHz, 9395 kHz to North America & Europe Friday: 5 PM Eastern - 2200 UTC - 9955 kHz to South America 9 PM Eastern - 0200 UTC - 5130 kHz to North America Saturday: 6 PM Eastern - 2300 UTC - 9395 kHz to North America 8 PM Eastern - 0100 UTC - 4840 kHz to North America (Likely to Discontinue Dec. 01) Sunday: 5 PM Eastern - 2200 UTC - 7570 kHz to North America Please send correspondence and QSL Reports to - vorwinfo@gmail.com You can hear VORW Radio International on Tunein at the following time: 6 PM Eastern every Thursday: https://tunein.com/radio/WRMI-9955-s50329/ Latest programs may be heard on-demand via SoundCloud here: https://soundcloud.com/vorw_radio_int This show is on the air exclusively by your support, if you enjoy what you hear please consider a donation via PayPal to: vorwinfo@gmail.com Respectfully, John (VORW Radio International) (Letter from the radio station) "GENIUS IS ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND NINETY-NINE PER CENT PERC" (C) -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -------- One day a little boy returned home from school and handed a letter from the teacher to his mother. For no reason, my mother suddenly began to cry, and then she read the letter aloud to her son: "Your son is a genius. This school is too small and there are no teachers here who can teach it. Please learn it yourself. " For many years after his mother's death, he reviewed the old family archives and came across this letter. He opened it and read: "Your son is mentally retarded. We can no longer teach him at school with everyone. Therefore, we recommend that you teach it yourself at home. " The boy's name was Thomas Edison and by that time he had already become one of the greatest inventors of the century. Edison burst into tears for several hours. Then he wrote in his diary: "Thomas Alva Edison was a mentally retarded child. Thanks to his heroic mother, he became one of the greatest geniuses of his age. " Source: Vintage Group: https://vk.com/vintagephotos?w=wall-44952891_74727 (https://vk.com/club171176221) And can be, sleep was things? -------------------------------------------- "I somehow fell asleep at night before the included R-250m. In headphones. Something lulled me. And I had a dream. I am opening the CETV group, and there is your record, Michael. That Radio Petersburg begins work on medium waves from Bolshakovo (an hour in the evenings), and on weekends from Krasny Bor on SW (2 hours). I was so happy, I began to build a receiver at 1215 kHz. In order to hear Bolshakovo. And heard. Familiar voices and broadcasts! Just childish joy was .... And then ... At three o'clock in the morning, on the frequency where I was dozing off, the call signs of China International Radio slammed. And I woke up, depriving myself of a little dream) ". (Andrey, RA1AVF) (https://vk.com/club171176221) 73!