--------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1072 Broadcasting of Russia, countries ex. USSR, Ukraine and Baltic countries. Sunday / 15 March 2020 --------------------------------- 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. Blog (QSL & photo): http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/ --------------------------------------------------------- The first issue was published in January 1991. ------------------------------------------------------------- "RUS-DX" may not be redistributed without permission. If quoting from the bulletin, please list the original reporter and "RUS-DX" as source. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry, but here is only a machine translation. Machine translation: http://translate.google.ru & https://translate.yandex.ru/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- RUSSIA ====== Arhangelskaya oblast. Arkhangelsk. Severodvinsk. -------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Since March 12 in Arkhangelsk at the frequency of 89.6 FM the radio "Russkiy Hit" has been playing. At the same frequency, you can listen to the radio station in Severodvinsk in the Arkhangelsk Region, OnAir.ru reports citing the Krutoy Media press service. The total potential coverage of the population is 536.3 thousand people. The broadcasting license is held by Krutoy Media holding. Russian Hit is one of the Krutoy Media radio stations. Broadcasts in 16 cities of Russia, including in Moscow at a frequency of 99.6 FM. 859 thousand people are tuned to the frequency of the Russian Hit radio station in Moscow weekly, 280 thousand people daily (Mediascope, Radio Index data - Moscow, December 2019 - February 2020). The official website of the radio "Russkiy Hit": radio Russian hit.rf. (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/7222.htm) Voronezhskaya oblast. ------------------------------- On Wednesday, March 11, the broadcasting of "Nashe Radio" began in five new cities of the Voronezh region! Residents of cities can now listen to good music: Borisoglebsk (radio frequency 100.4 MHz), Kalach (104.3 MHz), Novokhopyorsk (91.1 MHz), Ostrogozhsk (103.3 MHz) and Pavlovsk (104.0 MHz). Thus, OUR became 144 235 more people. "Nashe Radio" creates a mood throughout the day: from 7.00 to 11.00 the hosts of the morning show "Lifts" Alexander Bon, Tanya Borisova and Igor Pankov help to wake up, from 12.00 to 16.00 in the show "Tariff Day" Nadezhda Epifanova and Dmitry Lensky check the rumors and discuss all the most interesting, from 16.00 to 20.00 Igor Sedov gives useful tips in the program "10 points". Follow the news on the website http://www.nashe.ru/ Information: Nashe Radio is one of the leading Russian radio stations, part of the Multimedia Holding, whose audience is 3 million listeners per day. The radio station's music playlist is based on legendary groups such as Agatha Christie, DDT, Alice, Zemfira, Spleen, Time Machine, King and the Jester, BI-2 and many others. For more than 10 years, OUR Radio has been the organizer of the largest festival in the post-Soviet space, Invasion. (https://multimediaholding.ru/zhiteli-pyati-gorodov-voronezhskoj-oblasti-prisoedinilis-k-nashemu-radio/) Permsky krai. Permian. --------------------------------- Three new radio stations will begin broadcasting in Perm. As Yekaterinburg media manager Nikolai Grakhov told URA.RU, his holding plans to launch Serebryanyy dozhd, Love Radio. Also in the region, it is planned to launch a radio station, which, according to Grakhov, will be similar in concept to the Yekaterinburg "Pilot FM". The Pilot analogue is aimed at a youth audience; the name is now being discussed. He did not specify the specific dates for the broadcasting of the radio stations, saying that "something will be launched at the end of March, something next month." According to a URA.RU source familiar with the situation, Serebryanyy dozhd will go on air at the same frequency - 98.9 FM. The Pilot analogue will be aired on the frequency 103.6 FM (now it broadcasts Our Songs radio). Love Radio will air on 106.7 FM. Serebryanyy dozhd radio station stopped broadcasting in November 2016. The reason was financial loss, former Perm media manager, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Prikamye Oleg Postnikov told URA.RU (he owned a franchise for broadcasting Silver Rain radio). He said that Grakhov was discussing with him plans to resume broadcasting the radio station. Postnikov estimated the monthly costs of Silver Rain in the amount of about 700 thousand rubles. According to him, "in an overheated market", bringing a radio station of this form to a break-even level is almost impossible. "The competition is very high - there are 30 stations in Perm. With the advertising rates that exist, a radio station like Serebryanyy dozhd should either exist as an image project or exist at the expense of other, more profitable projects, "explained Postnikov. Nikolai Grakhov owns Radio C media holding in Yekaterinburg (includes radio stations: Echo of Moscow - Yekaterinburg, Pilot, Radio SI and others). Holding's radio stations are also represented in the cities of Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Chelyabinsk, Samara, Kaliningrad, Tolyatti. photo: Youtube / Dmitry Karasyuk | text: Maxim Anfalov, ura.ru (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__76810/) Komi Republic. Syktyvkar. ------------------------------------------- On March 1, a branch of the RTRC "RTPC of the Republic of Komi" began an FM broadcast of the Vesti FM radio station in Syktyvkar at a frequency of 88.3 MHz. The transmitter with a power of 1 kW, according to the license of the broadcaster, provides a signal to 273.4 thousand people. In parallel, the branch launched the Radio Chanson transmitter at a frequency of 90.4 MHz with a power of 450 watts. Its coverage is also 273.4 thousand people. (https://komi.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-zapustil-fm-translyatsiyu-radio-vesti-fm-i-radio-shanson-v-syktyvkare/) Tomskaya oblast. --------------------------- On March 7, a branch of the RTRS "Tomsk ORTPTS" began broadcasting the radio station "Radio Russii" with the regional program inserts of the GTRK "Tomsk" in the FM band in the village of Vertikos, Kargasoksky District. Broadcast frequency - 101.5 MHz. A transmitter with a power of 0.1 kW covers a signal of more than 1.3 thousand residents of the villages of the Kargasoksky district: Vertikos, Tymsk and Ust-Tyma. In the zone of confident reception is the village of Oktyabrsky, Aleksandrovsky district. The transmitter in Vertikos became a pilot object for the modernization of VGTRK broadcasting networks in the region outside the regional center. This year, the branch will have to launch another 41 Radio Russii transmitters in the Tomsk Region. (https://tomsk.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-fm-translyatsiyu-radio-rossii-v-vertikose/) Tulskaya oblast. Tula. ---------------------------------- On March 7, the branch of RTRS "Tula ORTPTS" began an FM broadcast of the radio station Radio Kniga in Tula. Broadcast frequency - 89.2 MHz. The transmitter with a power of 1 kW covers a signal of more than 900 thousand people. (https://tula.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-fm-translyatsiyu-radio-kniga-v-tule/) Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. Surgut -------------------------------------------------- ------------ On March 12, the city of Surgut of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra, joined the broadcast network of the Russkiy Hit radio. The broadcasting frequency is 89.5 FM, the potential audience of the radio station is 393.5 thousand people. The broadcasting license is held by Krutoy Media Holding. Russian Hit is one of the Krutoy Media radio stations. Broadcasts in 15 cities of Russia, including in Moscow at a frequency of 99.6 FM. 859 thousand people are tuned to the frequency of the Russkiy Hit radio station in Moscow weekly, 280 thousand people daily (Mediascope, Radio Index data - Moscow, December 2019 - February 2020). The official website of the radio "Russian Hit": radio Russian hit.rf. (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/7214.htm) News Kaleidoscope -------------------------------- * GTRK of Russia ----------------- Astrakhan region. GTRK "Lotus". WEB: https://lotosgtrk.ru/ 414040, Astrakhan, st. Lyakhova, 4 GTRK Lotus is a branch of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company in Astrakhan. It was founded in September 1956. The programs of GTRK Lotos are aired on the television channels Russia 1, Russia 24, and the radio stations Radio Russia, Mayak, and Vesti FM. "Says Astrakhan ..." With these words in 1926 the history of the Astrakhan broadcasting began. The first Astrakhan radio station was installed on the territory of the Kremlin in a one-story barrack-type building. Its power by modern standards was only 1 kW. However, this event was of great importance: at that time there were only four radio stations throughout the country ... (http://lotosgtrk.ru) * Radio "Russkaya Arctica" ------------------------------------- A non-profit project aimed at acquainting students with the history, geography, culture and ethnography of the Far North, at popularizing polar research in Russia, at perpetuating the memory of great discoverers, travelers, scientists and on patriotic education of youth. More details: https: //presidential grants.rf/public/application/item? Id = 5974f022-c626-404c-b987-9cf5a69dd30a (Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open-dx") * Radio holding "European Media Group", -------------------------------------------------- ---------- which includes the radio stations Europe Plus, Dorozhnoe Radio, Retro FM, etc., distributed among employees an order for a possible dismissal for appearing at work with signs of SARS in order to "hedge" due to the "troubled situation" in Moscow and a large number of openings in the holding, Anton Korobkov-Zemlyansky, head of the EMG press service, told RNS. "The order of EMG CEO Roman Emelyanov about the possible dismissal of" for appearing to work with symptoms of SARS ", in fact, was sent to employees. We have a large radio holding, which includes several radio stations. We follow the news, we see that in Moscow the situation is already turbulent. We have a lot of open spaces in our office, open space, several hundred employees work. Therefore, we decided to play it safe, to warn employees about the responsibility that they bear before themselves, to colleagues, so that if there are any signs of the disease, they will sit at home and be treated. This is especially true for those who return from vacations from abroad, "Anton Korobkov-Zemlyansky told RNS. Earlier, a copy of the order was released by the Telegram channel "Rise". "In the largest Russian radio holding, they threatened employees with dismissal for appearing to work with symptoms of ARVI," the channel said. "EMG employees received an order on preventive measures for influenza and other respiratory infections signed by CEO Roman Emelyanov today, March 5th." photo: Anatoly Zhdanov / Kommersant | text: rns.online (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__76740/) * Publications and reports on the coronavirus. -------------------------------------------------- --------- Publications and reports on coronavirus today have captured the entire information space. Some can no longer imagine their morning without reading a roundup of viral fields. The excitement around this topic is so high that any messages are accepted on faith. And now someone in the pursuit of profit publishes frankly unverified information, completely not thinking about the consequences. In turn, lawyers warn: providing false information may result in liability. NB! To the attention of editorial offices that cover the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 Due to the high social significance of this topic, the provision of false information may result in liability for parts 9, 10 or 11 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offense (the "Fake Law"). The response measures on this issue are already taking Roskomnadzor ... More details - https://www.radioportal.ru/news/yuridicheskiy-praktikum-vm-o-razmeshchenii-informacii-o- koronaviruse-covid-19 (https://www.radioportal.ru/) * Republic of Komi, Ukhta. --------------------------------- In early March, our radio amateur - Alexander Molchanov went on a business trip in the city of Ukhta and photographed the city's radio stations. The video is uploaded to YouTube and in our group. https://vk.com/tvradio47?z=video-67314840_456239080%2F3d07024f5d8a6b8d22%2Fpl_wall_-67314840 (https://vk.com/tvradio47) * Radio receiver tube "Kazakhstan" -------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5d5de1435ba2b500adcf87cb/radiopriemnik-lampovyi-kazahstan- 5e53fff54ae6635ac274a28e (https://vk.com/club3877182) * 15 best radio receivers according to the website version. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Controversial rating. But for fun, you can see. https://omegapost.ru/best/luchshie-radiopriemniki.html (https://vk.com/public158109176) * Latvian student Popov, who created radio communications in Latvia. -------------------------------------------------- ----- The Russian Empire paid priority attention to the development of radio and telegraph communications in the Ostsee provinces - a potential theater of operations with Germany. In the territory of future Latvia, the creation of a radio communication system was led by the outstanding design engineer Janis Linters, a student of radio inventor Alexander Popov. This man survived two world wars, bourgeois Latvia, the Soviet period and an imitation of execution during the Nazi occupation of the Baltic states. In Russia, the telegraph began to develop rapidly as early as 1833 - an optical telegraph line was drawn from St. Petersburg to Warsaw. It crossed the territory of future Latvia, namely, it passed through the county town of Vitebsk province Dvinsk (now Daugavpils). In Dvinsk there was one of the directorates of the line. A little later, on November 1, 1852, the first electromagnetic telegraph line, which turned out to be the longest in Russia, was built and commissioned at the expense of the Riga Exchange Committee. She led from Riga to the Boulder-Aa pilot station (northern left-bank microdistrict of Bolderaa), and it was designed by a specially invited engineer from Germany, Werner von Siemens, who became the founder of the famous engineering and technical dynasty, the legacy of which is a German conglomerate with a billion-dollar profit ... Details here - http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__76795/ (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__76795/) * Krasnoyarsk ---------------- A photo. Radio tower. https://vk.com/public158109176?z=photo-158109176_457239509%2Falbum-158109176_00%2Frev (https://vk.com/public158109176) * Magazine "Radio" No. 3/2020 ---------------------------------- In Russian. Radio reception. V. Gulyaev. Broadcast News. https://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2020/03/25.pdf (http://www.radio.ru/arhiv/2020/3.shtml) * Retrotechnics. -------------------- In Russian. Radio Russia -303 http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/00/rp_p1/rossija303.html (https://vk.com/public158109176) ARMENIA ======== A photo. Yerevan. TV radio tower. https://vk.com/public158109176?z=photo-158109176_457239506%2Falbum-158109176_00%2Frev (https://vk.com/public158109176) UZBEKISTAN =========== A photo. Tashkent. TV radio tower. https://vk.com/public158109176?z=photo-158109176_457239510%2Falbum-158109176_00%2Frev (https://vk.com/public158109176) PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ============== BC-DX 1418, 8 March 2020 Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany ----------------- ESTONIA 1035 kHz QSL Transmission via Radio Ely. Radio Television Voice of Hope. Letter from Tula - Voice of Hope, in response to a reception report. Good afternoon. We don't send confirmations on Family Radio, only Adventist World Radio. You should contact them directly: (Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1070 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 1) FRANCE/MOLDOVA {Pridnestrovie} [to KURDISTAN in Near East] Changes of BRB Denge Welat via TDF Issoudun France and Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac Moldova. 0330-0600 NF 7350 ISS 250 kW 90 deg to WeAS Kurdish, ex 7360 kHz 1000-1100 NF 15175#KCH 300 kW 116 deg to WeAS Kurdish, ex13730 kHz 1300-1400 on 13730 KCH 300 kW 116 deg to WeAS Kurdish is addit. time 1400-1600 on 11540*KCH 300 kW 116 deg to WeAS Kurdish is addit. freq # on air on February 20, but not on air on February 21, probably test * on air on February 20, but not on air on February 21, probably test BRB Denge Welat via Issoudun/Grigoriopol on February 21 0330-0559 on 7350 ISS 250 kW 90 deg to WeAS Kurdish 0600-1400 on 13730 KCH 300 kW 116 deg to WeAS Kurdish 0600-1500 on 11530 KCH 300 kW 130 deg to WeAS Kurdish 1500-1559 on 11530 ISS 250 kW 90 deg to WeAS Kurdish 1600-2159 on 9525 ISS 250 kW 90 deg to WeAS Kurdish (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews Febr 21) MOLDOVA 11530 R. Denge Welat from Belgium [via BRB Ludo Maes-BEL FMO] unknown site [rather 'V.of Welat - Denge Welat' or ex'Radyoya Denge Kurdistane' from Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac in Pridnestrovie], in Kurdish 15 Febr 2020 at 0955-1014 UT Kurdish chants, woman talk w/ several music sound breaks, man ID at 1000 UT above music sound (Radio Denge Welat), brief music bridge into woman talk (presumed news, ment. Romania) other woman talk (ment.Ankara, Iran), brief music break at 1006, first woman talk, a third woman very long talk; strong and almost steady signal (S=9+20dB of peak) w/ loud audio, lite fast shallow qsb at times; very good; in // w/ many seconds of delay till 1000 UT, then some seconds in delay or in advance at times from SW broadcast. (Gianni Serra, Roma-ITA, wor Febr 29) RUSSIA Re: Adygeyskoye Radio via Krasnodar Armavir site on 6000 kHz re Adygey Radio. Der beste Kenner ueber DX und Sendungen aus GTRK Adigey via Krasnodar bc center ist Rumen Pankov aus Bulgarien, der hoert die Stationen aus dem Kaukasus schon seit 45 Jahren. Er ist ein Urgestein der DX Szene. Wer ihn kontaktieren will ? via Rumen Pankov Box 199 BG-1000 Sofia-C Bulgarien oder Rumen Pankov_BUL Auch in der Saison A-20 ab 30. Maerz wirde Adigey wieder 6000 kHz nutzen, der Privatsender Sofia Kostinbrod hat auch 6000 kHz registriert, mal sehen ob letzterer Request nur ein wooden-entry ist. 6000 1500 2359 28,27 SOF 25 306 0 885 1234567 290320 251020 Eng BUL NEW SPC 2221 6000 1800 2000 29 ARM 100 188 0 218 1234567 290320 241020 Ady RUS RRS GFC 1135 (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 2) Archive aus 1999, 2004 und 2011y. ex 7325, nunmehr 6000 kHz nicht Kaukasus, sondern Richtung Naher Osten: ADYGHEY nationals: 71,000 in Turkey; 25,000 in Syria; 44,280 in Jordan; 8,000 in Iraq, 3,000 in Israel. KABARDINO nationals: 202,000 in Turkey. Daher gehoeren zu diesen speziellen Diensten auf 7325 kHz auch lokal produzierte Programme auf Arabisch und Tuerkisch (weil halt viele dieser Personen ihre alte Sprache kaum mehr verstehen). (Bernd Trutenau-LTU, BC-DX Apr 21, 2004) RUSSIA 7325 kHz at 1702 OT on 16 Sept, Adygey Radio, announced sign-off 1800 UT, vernacular, SIO 555. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, HF logbook, Oct BrDXC-UK Communication magazine via dxld, Oct 2011) Website is unfound. Did they spell it that way in Roman? Try Adygey instead and get a site about "car parts: tips and secrets"! (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld, Oct 2011) This Website is working well with lots of convenient access to MP3 audio files on the SW broadcasts "Inoveshchaniye". All programmes are in 3-language presentation of Adygey, Turkish, Arabic. Consistently targeted towards Circassian minority groups in Near East, which speak accordingly their home country Arabic or Turkish, in addition to Adygey language. About company The State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Adygea is a branch of the country's largest media holding, the All-Russian State Television and Radio Company. On April 10, 1992 the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of the Republic of Armenia was transformed from the Adygei Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting. Regular broadcasting of republican television began on March 6, 1993. Today, the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Adygea" broadcasts on the TV channels "Russia 1", "Russia 24", and the radio channels "Radio Russia" and "Mayak". For compatriots living abroad established broadcasting. Radio programs sound in Adyghe, Turkish and Arabic. Our business card and priority of our own broadcasting is news. The information service of television and radio works in the information environment of the cities and regions of Adygea to go on air and tv with the latest and current news. Every day on the channel "Russia 1" 8 news releases are broadcast on television, in two state languages ??- Russian and Adyghe. In the morning, afternoon and evening broadcasts, we talk about the significant events of the day, prepare stories on the most pressing problems. Another information resource is the all-Russian round-the-clock channel "Russia - 24". Every day from 22 to 23 hours - only the latest news, competent comments, discussion of urgent and relevant topics of the day, special reports. A large selection of thematic programs is traditionally presented on our air. Every day we offer viewers programs on the economic, political, social, cultural and sports life of the region. Many topics are prompted by residents of the Republic. We are ready to listen, provide assistance and support! Multi-series television projects were filmed by journalists and operators of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of the Republic of Armenia abroad, in the countries of Adygs' compact residence. Today in the television archive there are broadcasts prepared in Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Germany, France, Austria, Egypt. The company has a professional and ambitious team. Journalists of the State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company "Adygea" were repeatedly awarded thanks to the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, legislative and executive bodies of Adygea, many public organizations, and became laureates and prize-winners of federal and regional contests and festivals. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 12, 2011) UZBEKISTAN 6270 kHz Iran International TV (via Armenia or Uzbekistan RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan bcast center Shortwave Transmitting Stn.) in Farsi 06 Febr 2020 at 1839-1859 UT slow flute music pause, man talk, and then interviewing other man, (abrupt audio off from 1847:07" till 1848:47" UT w/carrier on only), since then continuing man host interviewing other man (Teheran, Iran, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Irak, Istanbul), other man host talk and interviewing some men in turns, Radio host brief announcement w/ ID at 1856 UT (Iran International), then continuing talk program w/ other interviews; better in ssb w/ loud audio, almost slow qsb (fast at times), w/ strong or moderate qrn rustle when fading, almost good. (Gianni Serra, Roma-ITA, wor Febr 29) UZBEKISTAN [JAPAN non] 7525 kHz QSL via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan bcast center. Tashkent Shortwave Transmitting Station, c/o RRTM, Amir Timur str. 109 "A" Tashkent, 100202 Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Received a QSL postcard from Asian Broadcasting Institute for the Dec 7525 kHz program dedicated to the 40th anniversary of this DX club. So, everyone who listened to the program and wrote to the station - wait, the station started sending out. By the way, the card is very "smart". Contains an image of the Japanese islands, from where the radio waves disperse in circles. (VM Vasily, Moscow-RUS, open-dx / RUSdx #1070 March 1) 7525 QSL of Asian Broadcasting Institute. 40th Anniversary Special Broadcast. Dec 2019. Dec 8, 13.30-14.00 UT. Blog: (Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1070 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 1) QSL Asian Broadcasting Institute Japan. A second QSL card was also received from the Asian Broadcasting Institute from Japan for the report dated December 6, 2019. A QSL card was received from Asian Broadcasting Institute from Japan for a report dated December 8, 2019. The Asian Broadcasting Institute (Asian Broadcasting Research Group) broadcast a special shortwave broadcast to celebrate its 40th anniversary. (DE Dmitry Elagin, Saratov-RUS, deneb-radio-dx via RUSdx #1070 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 1) 7525 QSL Asian Broadcasting Institute (Taskent-UZB). QSL-card #28 (7525 kHz, 13.30 UT, 07-Dec-2019). Reception via KiwiSDR in Sweden. Sent from Japan on Febr 9 2020, received on Febr 29, 2020. Blog: (KB Konstantin Barsenkov, StPetersburg-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx"; via RUSdx #1070 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 1) VANUATU Radio Vanuatu on 7260 kHz, with extended broadcast. 7260 kHz R. Vanuatu, 0540-0659* UT on Febr 29. Anomaly, with extended broadcast; observed normally going off at 0630* UT; 0540-0629 UT, with non-stop chatting in vernacular, except for a few pop songs; 0629 UT, IDs and program of very entertaining Pacific Islands music / songs; promo in English for the upcoming concert of the South African group "Soweto Gospel Choir"; suddenly off. (Ron Howard-CA-USA, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 29) SHORTWAVE BULLETIN Issue no. 1945, 8 March 2020 edited by Thomas Nilsson, Sweden ----------------------------------------------- Log 4010.23 Mar1 0130 Birinchi R, Krasnaya Rechka Kyrgyz talk (AP-DNK) 4765 Mar1 0140 Tajik R 1, Yangiyul Tajik ann, local music (AP-DNK) 6000 Mar2 1815 Adygeyan R., Adygeyan, (Monday) tk ID "Adyyan Radiokampanii...islami...." (TB) Contributors to the log: (AP-DNK), Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark TB, Tomas Burian, Morava, Moravia Hard-Core-DX Digest ------------------------------- * Vol 207, Issue 9 Message: 2 Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2020 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Subject: [HCDX] Log March 8th Log of March 8. TAJIKISTAN 9806even kHz Voice of Tibet, clandestine radio program for decades. Now from Dushanbe Yangi Yul Tajikistan 100 kW site. As usual not on even x.5 / x.0 spacing. Heard full 45 mins on that channel, when I tuned-in at 13.15-14.00 UT. No China mainland jamming accompanied today ! S=9+25dB in remote Delhi India SDR rx. S=6 only on remote Doha Qatar unit, at 13.24 UT on March 8. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 8) * Vol 207, Issue 11 Message: 2 Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Subject: [HCDX] log March 10, 08.00 - 08.30 UT Checked the Near East and Central Asia services in 25 meterband this hour. Surprise, surprise, not heard recently: UZBEKISTAN/TAJIKISTAN [U.K. not] 11570even kHz Iran International, Persian service relay, many stn ID's heard at 08.27 UT. S=9+10dB in remote Doha Qatar site. Thrice checks on worldwide Kiwi_Net direction finding option TdOA: centered location point always at Tashkent Uzbekistan or Dushanbe Tajikistan Central Asia bcast center outlet. N o t on elsewhere reported Gavar Yerevan Armenia site location, sorry. Message: 6 Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Subject: Re: [HCDX] LRA 36, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Radio Northern Star and other stations heard in Friol KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 4010.219 kHz Kyrgyz R Birinchi in Kyrgyz from Bishkek at 15.56 UT at S=8 or -79dBm level. 5129.934 kHz Afghan Christian Radio, Sedaye Zindagi, in Pashto language, S=8 at 16.13 UT on March 10. Both on remote SDR rx at Doha Qatar ME. (wb, March 10) * Vol 207, Issue 14 Message: 6 Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 From: Jota Xavier Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs_ March 9-10, 2020 JRX Logs_ March 9-10, 2020Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808Antenna (s)_ Mini Loop to SW & Telescopic ARMENIA** 7410. Mar 10, 2020. 0049-0059, BBC, Gavar-ARM, in English. Woman and man announcers talking. Poor reception. JRX_Jos? Ronaldo XavierSWARL Callsign PR7036SWLCabedelo, Brazil SWLDXBulgaria News March 9-10 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ------------------------ KURDISTAN(non) TRT Radio Recep Erdogan and BRB Denge Welat on March 9: from 1156 on 11530 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Turkish TRT, good signal from 1156 on 11530 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish BRB, weak signal till 1300 on 15170 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish BRB, weak signal 1300-1400 on 15170 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish BRB, very good & from 1300 on 11530 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish BRB, fair signal from 1300 on 11530 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Turkish TRT, weak signal Updated schedule of BRB Denge Welat via TDF Issoudun and MDA Grigoriopol https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/trt-radio-recep-erdogan-and-brb-denge_10.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady 50/40mb on March 10 0700-0706 on 5760 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, weak: 0710-0716 on 6930 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, weak: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-5040mb.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady 41/25mb on March 10 0730-0736 on 7425 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, fair: 0740-0746 on 11560 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, weak: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-4125mb.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Trans World Radio India via RRTM Telecom Tashkent on March 9 1545-1600 on 6240 TAC 100 kW / 066 deg to CeAs Kazakh, fair, QRM STANAG 6235v https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/trans-world-radio-india-via-rrtm.html SWLDXBulgaria News March 10 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria --------------------------- ARMENIA(non) Good signal of Trans World Radio India in 31mb, March 10 1315-1420 on 9300 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi and Indian langs, 1420-1424 on 9300 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri & again wrong A-19 summer time announcement in English px: Mon-Fri 1535 on 9300 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/good-signal-of-trans-world-radio-india.html FRANCE(non) Reception of BRB Denge Welat via TDF Issoudun on March 10: till 1500 on 11530 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish MDA Grigoriopol 1500-1559 on 11530 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, very good signal 1600-2159 on 9525 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, very good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/reception-of-brb-denge-welat-via-tdf.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S11a Cherta in 41mb on March 10 1020-1023 on 7469 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/reception-of-s11a-cherta-in-41mb-on.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Voice of Martyrs via RRTM Telecom Tashkent on March 10 1530-1600 on 7530 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, weak/fair signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/voice-of-martyrs-via-rrtm-telecom.html SWLDXBulgaria News March 11 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria -------------------------- KURDISTAN(non) BRB Denge Welat 2nd freq.15170 is off on March 11 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/brb-denge-welat-2nd-frequency-on-15170.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady 25mb/31mb on March 11: 0830-0836 on 11530#unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, poor&weak 0840-0846 on 12140*unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, weak/fair 0840-0846 on 9952 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, very good # plus co-ch 11530 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish BRB Denge Welat * plus co-ch 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Dari R.Free Afghanistan https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-25mb31mb.html SWLDXBulgaria News March 11-12. Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria -------------------------- TAJIKISTAN(non) Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet on March 12 1230-1235 on 9899 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchanged 1235-1241 NF 9894 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9884 1241-1305 NF 9886 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9894 1305-1311 NF 9876 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9884 1311-1335 NF 9894 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9896 1330-1400 on 9806 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchanged 1335-1341 NF 9886 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9876 1341-1400 on 9876 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchanged https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet-in.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Some changes of Radio Free North Korea via RRTM Tashkent: 1300-1400 on 7590 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, x 1200-1430 on same 2100-2130 NF 7535 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, x 1900-2130 on 7550* *to avoid on 7550 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to WeEu En/Hi/En DRM All India Radio https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/some-changes-of-radio-free-north-korea.html SWLDXBulgaria News March 12-13 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria -------------------------- RUSSIA Fair signal of GTRK Adygeya/Adygeyan Radio on March 13 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ady/Ara/Tur Fri 13-03-2020 GTRK Adygeya, Adygeyan Radio in Adygean, Arabic, Turkish to CeAs 1800 on 6000 Armavir.MP4 BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN. FOREIGN RADIO STATIONS ============================== Unknown station ----------------------- Kind regards Anatoly, Yesterday evening - 12. 03. 2020 after 20 h. GMT - for the first time I found an unknown station broadcasting in Russian on 1611 kHz. Reception was weak but signal was audible. Its programme contained old Russian songs and announcer comments also in Russian. Signal was interfered by some non-Russian music station. Maybe You was able to listen to it? Or maybe someone else from Your DX friend? I would like to know name of this station and contact. Do you know anything about this? Thanks in anticipation for any info. Best 73! With my best wishes Piotr Skorek From the group "deneb-radio-dx" 1/ Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia - Letter from DX-ist from Poland: "Yesterday evening - 12. 03. 2020 after 20.00 UTC - for the first time I discovered an unknown radio station broadcasting in Russian at 1611 kHz. Reception was weak, but a signal was heard. His program contained old Russian songs and the announcer's comments also in Russian. The signal was interrupted by some non-Russian music station. I would like to know the name of this station and the contact. Do you know anything about this?" March 13 in Moscow also heard this station at 1611 kHz. The receiver turned on at 19.45 UTC - a radio play about the Great Patriotic War, 19.55 UTC a song by Vysotsky, 20.00 UTC - a new radio play about the war. I did not hear the station identification. The audibility of SINPO is 34443, after 20.45 UTC the audibility dropped to 2 points. Perhaps this is a pirate station? I would be grateful for the information. 2 / Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia - On pirate resources there is no information on this frequency for March 12 and 13. If the station appears on air today or tomorrow, there may be an identification. A video recording the reception of this broadcast appeared on YouTube yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpj_VguiUzA 3 / Igor Kolke, Moscow, Russia - Identification marks never appeared. Wrote a post about this. https://kolkeradio.blogspot.com/2020/03/1611.html Mysterious frequency 1611 kHz At once on several forums devoted to radio, information appeared about a strange signal at a medium-wave frequency of 1611 kHz. At this frequency, daily with the onset of twilight, one can hear Russian speech and music. The station broadcasts without identification. The signal strength is difficult to calculate equally and who is behind it. However, the frequency of 1611 kHz in Russian is more or less audible. You can hear this signal both in the Central and North-Western parts of Russia, and in the north of Europe and the Baltic countries. This follows from the messages of ham radio Finland, Poland, Russia. I first heard the signal at a frequency of 1611 kHz in early March, but then I did not attach any importance to it. I thought that pirates use ether. However, in my opinion, the content for the broadcast is non-standard. All-Union radio broadcasts and Soviet songs are broadcast. Hobby colleague Kari Kallio from Finland wonders: can sound at 1611 kHz be considered the birth of a new Russian-language station with museum content, or is it fun for pirates? A listener from Poland is also trying to identify the signal. In the deneb-radio-dx group, our hobby colleague wrote that he first discovered an unknown radio station on March 12, 2020. No identification elements were heard, and the signal in Poland was weak, but he could hear some details of the broadcast. Today, March 14, 2020 at 15.59 UTC, having tuned in again to the frequency of 1611 kHz, I heard the final of the radio broadcast "Good morning". Following at 16.03 UTC, the All-Union Radio broadcast from the Singing Meridians cycle began. Reception held in the south of Moscow. Of the equipment, only the DEGEN DE1103 radio receiver. I rated the signal quality on the SINPO scale as 25421. During the half-hour reception, there were no identification elements of the broadcast. I am sure that in the near future the answer to the question - who is still using the frequency of 1611 kHz, ham radio will find. I drew attention to another "ghost" with Russian-language content all in the same medium-wave range, and more precisely at a frequency of 1665 kHz. At this frequency, Russian pop is broadcast in the evenings. The signal also goes without identification. 4 / Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia - March 15th. Radio at 1611 kHz is now at 03.00 UTC a man's voice announced. ?????? ............ INTERNET RADIO in English. Admission to Degen1103 S - 2/3 points China -------- China International Radio. Gear table. Copy of the table - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/03/blog-post_13.html (Alexander Makukhin, Moscow, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Moldova ------------- "Radio Moldova Actualitati" (in Russian: "Radio Moldova 1") in the medium-wave range operates at frequencies of 873 kHz and 1494 kHz. Transmitters are used for broadcasting programs: on the first frequency - with a power of 50 kW (Chisinau), on the second - in the cities of Edinets and Cahul (each - 20 kW). News in Russian is broadcast in the following time blocks: from 07.00 to 07.10; from 09.00 to 09.05 (Mon-Fri to 09.10); from 12.00 to 12.05 (Mon-Fri to 12.10); from 5 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Mon-Fri); from 17.10 to 17.40 (Tuesday); from 8.35 to 18.55 (Tue, Wed); from 9 a.m. to 7.15 p.m. (Mon-Fri); from 19.15 to 19.45 (Monday). (https://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2020/03/25.pdf) WEB and ESSENTIAL RADIO AND TV IN RUSSIAN =================================== RUSSIA -------------- Moscow. ------------ Radio Voice of Burma. WEB: voiceofburma.ru The radio station Voice of Burma talks about the different countries of Asia. This is an international station, which is listened to by all those who are interested in the culture and life of the inhabitants of Asia, tourism in Asian countries and travel to eastern countries. This is a Russian-language radio, but also broadcasts beautiful music and songs in Burmese. On the air you can hear useful tips for everyday life and health, humorous programs, quizzes and contests. One of the contests is Believe / Do not Believe, where you can win a real prize from a radio station, the main thing is to correctly answer one question. The air is also alternated by news and informative programs, entertaining-humorous programs and mini-shows are broadcast daily, with interesting names "Mexican Scoundrels" and "Lisp". In the mornings, the news channel "Alarm Clock" is released. Many listeners are interested in the program "Around the World in 100 Seconds" - a cognitive radio journey through interesting events. (https://vk.com/allradi) Irkutskaya oblast. Bratsk. --------------------------------------- Radio "Voice of the Angara" WEB: rga.ru 103.5 & 68.63 MHz + Internet. In the city of Bratsk, the Voice of the Angara radio station is the only local radio station that appeared in difficult times, in 1995 thanks to the intricate young man, Yuriy Osintsev, the founder of the radio station. At first it was a very young team of only four people, but now the team has grown and the team has changed a lot. Therefore, who now in the city of Bratsk does not know about the Voice of the Angara radio station? Radio helps the orphanage of the city of Gavrosh, in good creative relations with the Bratsk Drama Theater, the Charlie Cinema, the hand-to-hand combat section of the Duel, and other cultural and even educational institutions. On the air, music of various genres and a large number of different interesting radio programs. For example, "Mechanical box", in which Petr Ivashchenko will reveal interesting facts from the history of creation and development of famous car brands. In the program "Life or not life" you will be helped to find out how to choose the multicooker correctly or why rocket launchers and planetary mixers are needed. Listen to the radio "Voice of the Hangar" and keep abreast of all the interesting things and the latest news! (https://vk.com/allradi) QSL WORLD ======== AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia CT = Claudio Tagliabue, Italy / https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080049528677701/ DE = Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" HB = Hansjoerg Biener, Germany IR = Igor Kolke, Moscow / https://kolkeradio.blogspot.com/ KB = Konstantin Barsrnkov, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" PI = Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open-dx" PS = Piotr Skorek, Poland VA = Vasily, Russia / "open-dx" China (Tibet) ------------------- China Tibet Broadcasting Station 7385 kHz. Holy Tibet programme in English. Standard text e-mail acknowledging receipt of my reception report and promising a QSL card. Received in 21 days for a report in English to . Street address: "Holy Tibet" English service, No. 41 Beijing Middle Road, Tibet Broadcasting Station, Lhasa, Tibet, China 850000. Additional remarks: (1) The stream http://www.vtibet.com/en/radio/live/ did not work at the time of my reception. (2) The original e-mail sent to the address given on the website was returned as using an invalid address. (HB) --- Text of the generic e-mail "Dear Listener, We have received your Email and will sent you the QSL card as soon as possible. It usually takes one or two months to reach you. Glad to hear from you. Here's a program list: Monday-Tuesday Tibet story; Wednesday-Thursday Eyes on Tibet; Friday Tibet Tourism; Saturday Tibet Review; Sunday Music-Shangri-La. You can have more details online at www.vtibet.com/en/ you can also E-mail us at holytibetprogram@163.com and you can write to us "Holy Tibet" English service, No.41 Beijing Middle Road, Tibet Broadcasting Station, Lhasa, Tibet, China. Our postal code is 850000. Holy Tibet is broadcasted to you every day from 00:00-01:00 [1600 UTC], 15:00-16:00 Beijing Time [0700 UTC] at short wave 4905, 4920, 6110, 6130, 6200, 9580, 7255, 7385, 9490. Holy Tibet China Tibet Broadcasting Station 41 Beijing Middle Road Lhasa, Tibet, China" -- Please note that there is maintenance break in summer, but the dates change from year to year. (HB) Czech ---------- * QSL card. Radio Prague International. Russian edition. Reception - Internet. Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/03/blog-post_60.html (AK) * Radio Prague Two new QSL cards were received from the Russian edition of Radio Prague for the reports of October 3, 2019 and February 5, 2020. Card with the theme - Church of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brothers from the collection of last year. Card Short-wave transmitter Domamil in the city of Moravské Budějovice from this year's collection. http://freerutube.info/2020/03/13/qsl-radio-prague-chehiya-radio-praga-oktyabr-2019-fevral-2020-goda/ (DE) Germany -------------- * Received confirmation from Free Radio Skybird 6070 kHz. (PI) - Received QSL from Radio Northern Europe International - 6070 kHz. (PI) * DCF77 Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Physicotechnical Federal Institute - German National Metrology Institute sent a QSL card for receiving the DCF77 77.5 KHz station on February 25, 2020. DCF77 - the call sign of the long-wave transmitter for accurate time and frequency http://freerutube.info/2020/03/13/qsl-dcf77-physikalisch-technische-bundesanstalt-germaniya-fevral-2020-goda/ (DE) Germany / Netherlands ------------------ Easy listening Easy Listening sent a QSL card in response to a report dated December 25, 2019. The music show was broadcast through Channel 292 in Germany. http://freerutube.info/2020/03/13/qsl-easy-listening-germaniya-niderlandy-dekabr-2019-goda/ (DE) Guam -------- KTWR Guam Received QSL card from KTWR for receiving DRM broadcast on December 23, 2019. The envelope was sent from Merizo, Guam on January 29, 2020. A broadcast schedule and business cards with quotes from the Bible and station symbols were put in the envelope. Received a QSL card from TWR from Hong Kong for a report dated February 12, 2020 http://freerutube.info/2020/03/13/qsl-ktwr-guam-dekabr-2019-fevral-2020-goda/ (DE) Hungary ------------- Radio MR4 Nemzetisegi Adasok A new QSL letter and card was received from MTVA broadcaster from Hungary for receiving Radio MR4 Nemzetisegi Adasok / Minority Radio on January 2, 2020. An archive card of 2004 was added to the envelope (announcer of the 30s), a sticker with the broadcaster's logo, and also probably a sticker for the phone (I did not understand what it was for). http://freerutube.info/2020/03/11/qsl-radio-mr4-nemzetisegi-adasok-vengriya-yanvar-2020-goda/ (DE) Italy / Romania --------------------------- * IRRS-QSL-2020-CoronovirusPandemic. IRRS / NEXUS-IBA ("War Room Pandemic" - COVID-19) eQSL on "2020 coronavirus pandemic:" Stay home, stay safe: Listen to Shortwave " The program "War Room Pandemic". Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/03/irrs-qsl-2020-coronoviruspandemic_8.html (AK) * I got it today for e-QSL from IRRS. At the weekend I was in the village, I heard it perfectly. I listened to 7290 and 9640. I sent the report to 7290, but from the 9th they replaced this frequency with 7295, it should be better heard now, but I can't check anymore (VA) Netherlands -------------------- Radio technical man A new e-QSL card was received from a pirate from the Netherlands Radio Technical Man for a report dated March 7, 2020. Station author Gertie Klinkhamer greeted me during the broadcast thanks to a pirate chat, and three days later he sent an e-QSL with detailed details. http://freerutube.info/2020/03/11/e-qsl-radio-technical-man-niderlandy-mart-2020-goda/ (DE) Norway ------------- * E - QSL card from Norwegian free station - Radio Fox 48. Program was transmitted on 07.03.2020 on 6325 kHz. (PS) - You can see the card here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/03/norwegian-free-station-radio-fox-48.html * LLE-3 Radio Northern Star The first e-QSL card for me was received from LLE-3 Radio Northern Star for the report dated March 5, 2020. A report on web sdr reception in Arctic Norway was confirmed by Svenn Martinsen. http://freerutube.info/2020/03/11/e-qsl-lle-3-radio-northern-star-norvegiya-mart-2020-goda/ (DE) Republic of Korea --------------------------- Received 2 QSL cards for receiving programs in Russian for February 2020 from KBS World Radio. (AK) Philippines ----------------- FEBC Radio (PHL) - e-QSLs (9920, 15450 kHz / 15.00, 09.30 UTC / 06, 07-03-2020); QSL Theme: Blue Lagoon, Ilocos Norte; Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/10/febc.html (KB) Poland -------------- QSL card of Polish radio. 02/07/2000 / 17.00-17.30 UTC / 1386 kHz Theme: Golonka (AK) Russia ---------- * RBU - Russian Time and Frequency Service (Moscow) - https://it2021swl.blogspot.com/2020/03/rbu-russian-time-and-frequency-service.html?fbclid=IwAR3M0- nUECVSZrKPhQkrQ4_q3HR6ZkzKcGqMYhlKRRx-LEwLHG3rg5SXsek (CT) * Russian State Time and Frequency Service / RWM (RUS) - QSL-card (4996 kHz / 06.09 UTC / 28-02-2020); Sent from Mendeleevo (Moscow region) on March 4, received on March 11 (pre-emailed March 2) 2020; Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2020/03/russian-state-time-and-frequency-service.html (KB) Sweden / Germany ---------------------------- QSL card from Swedish DX Federation. Its special program was transmitted on 16. 02. 2020 via Channel 292 on 7440 kHz. (PS) - You can see it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/03/swedish-dx-federation.html Taiwan ------------ * QSL card of Radio Taiwan International. Russian edition. 2020.02.09 / 17: 00-17: 30 UTC / 5900 kHz 2020.02.16 / 17: 00-17: 30 UTC / 5900 kHz Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/03/blog-post_14.html (AK) * Radio Taiwan International Two envelopes were received from Radio Taiwan International with cards for reports dated February 8 and 14, 2020. Card 2020-2 with the theme - Sweet pineapple cakes. The letters were sent on February 27th. http://freerutube.info/2020/03/13/qsl-radio-taiwan-international-tajvan-fevral-2020-goda/ (DE) USA ------- At the end of February, I received a verification card from Radio Free Asia (RFA) station. I received the broadcasting service in Burmese in Moscow on January 19, 2020 at a frequency of 13735 kHz. From January to April, the RFA responds to student reports with this card. It depicts the symbol of the eastern year - the rat. Email address for reports: qsl@rfa.org (IR) PIRATE RADIO (via WebSDR) -------------------------------------- Radio Merlin Int'l (G) - e-QSL (6305 kHz / 12.30 UTC / 08-03-2020); Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/radio-merlin-international.html (KB) CALENDAR - HISTORY OF DX-HOBBY AND RADIO ========================================= 9th of March ----------- On March 9, 1996, the Eldoradio radio station began broadcasting at 101.4 MHz (10 kW, RTPS Olgino). Earlier, from July 1, 1994, the radio station Katyusha played at this frequency. And today, for 24 years, Eldoradio delights all listeners of the city with golden music from the past and present. Included in the TOP 5 of the most popular stations in the city. Format - Adult Contemporary. (https://vk.com/tvradio47) WORLD NEWS. ============ * March 13 -------------- On March 13, 1877, Chester Greenwood of Maine patented headphones. You can see it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/03/13-1877.html (Ruslan Slavutsky, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia) * Coronavirus paralyzed the work of mail. -------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) affects the quality of postal services worldwide. A large community of amateur radio enthusiasts in different countries may remain indefinitely without confirmed reports and feedback from radio stations. For example, now the average waiting time for a QSL card is about a month and a half. Due to the limited operation of the postal services, which are forced to comply with the quarantine regulations, this period can be multiplied. Otherwise, the radio amateur may even be left without feedback. The Universal Postal Union recognizes that the COVID-19 pandemic is a big problem for postal operators, air carriers, shipping companies and other global logistics. However, "everyone's health and safety is a priority," says a special statement from the Universal Postal Union. The international association said that "delays in the delivery of departures caused by the cancellation of flights are temporary." The deadlines for normalizing the work of the world postal sector in the union have not been named. Meanwhile, every day more and more countries suspend flights with other countries, which negatively affects the delivery of mail. The key Russian postal operator, Russian Post, has recorded a decline in incoming mail since the beginning of February 2020. "This is a traditional seasonal decline, to which was added the effect of the closure of production in China," RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the operator. Earlier, the company reported that in the context of the suspension of a greater number of passenger flights to China and the partial closure of borders due to the coronavirus, Russian Post continues to deliver letters and parcels from China using its own aircraft. It is also worth recalling that the World Health Organization considers letters and parcels, including from China, safe for health. "According to recent analyzes, we know that coronaviruses do not live long in objects such as letters or parcels, so there is no risk of infection," the experts explained. (https://kolkeradio.blogspot.com/2020/03/blog-post.html) * China -------- The CNR-13 radio station broadcasting in Uyghur broadcasts Western pop music concerts daily from 12:00 to 13:00, announcing the names of songs in English at frequencies of 720, 855, 1422, 9420 and 9890 kHz. CNR ("China National Radio") broadcasts for national minorities in Kazakh, Uyghur, Mongolian, Korean and other languages. The column author is aware of seventeen CNR channels, each being broadcast under its own number. There are Business Radio channels (economics and science and technology programs for the whole world), Music Radio (stereo music mostly on the VHF band), Metro Radio (broadcasting only for Beijing), Cross-straits Radio "(broadcasts for Taiwan)," Story Radio "(entertainment, humor, life stories), etc. (https://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2020/03/25.pdf) 73!