--------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1081 Broadcasting of Russia, countries ex. USSR, Ukraine and Baltic countries. Sunday / 17 May 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 ====== Republic of Adygea ---------------------------- Recently I helped a friend from the Netherlands with the identification of Radio Adygea on SW and search for QSL contacts. In the process, it turned out that the official name of this program - the radio channel "Compatriots", and the certificate Roskomnadzor on media registration for this channel is separate (in the basement on the website Adyghe State Television and Radio Company not a word about him, but it is mentioned in Russian at the very end broadcast transmission). The schedule for SW looks like this: Mon, Fri 18:00-19:00 6000 Sun 19:00-20:00 6000 The transmitter in the Krasnodar Territory. By the way, Ivo Ivanov from Bulgaria writes that with broadcasting in Arabic and Turkish, scheduled to sound on Monday, in lately everything is not so good: on May 4 there was no transmission at all (only unmodulated carrier), and on May 11 the whole hour was in Adyghe. Confirmation from Maykop itself is said to be problematic. To me in my time it was possible, but I had to contact ordinary mail, make the card itself on the printer (they only have to put a signature and a seal) and attach a labeled envelope for the answer. And my Dutch friend in on Friday boasted on Facebook that he had received QSL from the Krasnodar CRTC for this broadcast. QSL - on a company postcard, Victor confirms reports Nikolaevich Efimtsov, ru6ax [at] mail.ru. I do not know what position he Now, and in 2015 was the deputy. Head of the communications department. (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "open-dx") - In the 90s, Radio Adygea broadcast in the 1089 kHz CB band. They were heard well in the North. Tried to get from them confirmation and only after several attempts received your report form with a note confirming "transmitter operation". It was back in 1995. (Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "open-dx") Sverdlovskaya oblast. Staroutkinsk. Nizhny Tagil. ------------------------------------ * 91.0 MHz - the broadcasting frequency of the Radio Voskresenje in Staroutkinsk. We launched another transmitter of our radio in the FM band. Source: https://vk.com/pravradio_ru (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) * On May 1, the Russian television and radio broadcasting network (RTRS) began broadcasting Mayak radio station programs in the FM band in Nizhny Tagil. According to the Sverdlovsk Regional Radio and Television Broadcasting Center, not only the Tagil residents, but residents of neighboring settlements, including in Verkhnyaya Salda, Baranchinsky, Gornouralsky and some others, can listen to the Mayak. Previously, this radio station was broadcast only in Yekaterinburg. Broadcasting is from a radio-television transmitting station located in Nizhny Tagil at a frequency of 99.6 MHz with a power of 1 kW. According to RTRS, you can listen to the radio station daily from 6:00 to 1:00 local time. About 423 thousand people live in the coverage area. tagilka.ru (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__77405/) News Kaleidoscope ==================== * Program "Radio Panorama" -------------------------------------- Moscow. World Radio Network. In Russian The program "Radio Panorama" for fans of distant radio reception. Author and host - Vadim Alekseev. 05/16/2020 - Legislation on advertising in the Russian Federation may be relaxed - The growing popularity of radio in the wake of the crisis # COVID19 - R. #Marti has stopped broadcasting from Greenville - Anniversary of the first licensed broadcast in Britain - Updated schedule #WBCQ - Opinion of the leadership of the consortium #DRM on the fate of short waves Publish - Publish the program details and sound file on the page. Publication and preparation of a sound file - Vladimir Emelyanov, Samara, Russia. (https://vk.com/dxing) * IT'S CURTAINS FOR RADIO COMINTERN -------------------------------------------- They did not make it to blowing out their 87 birthday candles. The transmission towers (215 metres high), also known as Radio Comintern located in the transmitting centre in Moscow, were packed with dynamite and demolished. Inaugurated on May 1st, 1933, it was the world's most powerful (500kW) radio station in a period when radio was the only means of propaganda. After broadcasting for seventy years, it was closed in 2003 and became an attraction because the dilapidated towers were being climbed, even by free climbers. An article on Mediaradio.info recounts its history with images of the site. Radio Comintern was named after the Third International, an organisation that advocated World Communism. Article on Mediaradio.info about Radio Cominterns history https://blog.radioreporter.org/its-curtains-for-radio-comintern (https://blog.radioreporter.org/) * Mark --------- Presenter: Yuri Borisovich Levitan https://vk.com/public158109176?z=photo-158109176_457239641%2Falbum-158109176_00%2Frev (https://vk.com/public158109176) * He fought with Japan. -------------------------- In Russian. Tex and photo. About the radio and the radio operator during the war in the Far East ... https://vk.com/@radioreceiver-voeval-s-yaponiei (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Radio station "Sever" ("North") - as a weapon of victory! ----------------------------- In Russian. Text and photo. Military radio station "Sever". https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5d0b426278854a00ae3d948f/radiostanciia-sever-kak-orujie-pobedy- 5eb664dac7c480495abf905e (Mikhail Zykov, Omsk, https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Radio operator Sonya who is always on the air. ------------------------ In Russian. This heroine has several names - Ursula, Sonya, Madame Burton, Ruth Werner. The latter is a pseudonym, which Ursula Kuchinski, a radio operator, resident, colonel of the GRU, took for herself, moving away from work in intelligence. But before taking up her memoirs, she lived several lives in one: she worked with Richard Sorge in China, studied in the USSR, participated in the abduction of the secrets of the atomic bomb, was the head of the illegal residency ... Text and photo: https://vk.com/@radioreceiver-radistka-sonya-kotoraya-vsegda-v-efire (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Big Digit: The History of the Comintern Radio Station ----------------------------- In Russian. Video. 4:08. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klp4U3-SzB8&feature=youtu.be (https://vk.com/public158109176) * Short waves die but don't give up (R2DVD) ----------------------------------------- In Russian. The Internet can give a second life to HF communications. It is believed that in the matter of providing reliable communications, shortwaves have long lost ground in favor of more advanced modern technologies and remain only the lot of old-school hobbyist radio hobbyists. However, the shortwave connection is still alive and even evolves and develops. In some cases, it is able to successfully and free of charge replace or duplicate an expensive satellite phone where there simply are no other ways to be heard! ... Full article - https://vk.com/@radioreceiver-korotkie-volny-umiraut-no-ne-sdautsya-r2dvd (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Radio station named after the Comintern. Powerful Broadcasting History Pages ------------------------------------- In Russian. Video: 3:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Bgjzoyq5w&feature=youtu.be (https://vk.com/public158109176) * Radio station RV-3. Saratov. -------------------------------------- In Russian. Video: 3:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FklPqk1hu00&feature=youtu.be (https://vk.com/public158109176) PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ============== SWLDXBulgaria News May 10 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria -------------------- ARMENIA/INDIA Iran International TV & All India Radio on 11560 khz, May 10: from 1255 NF 11560 ERV 100 kW / 100 deg to N/ME Persian, instead of 6270 kHz, from 1315 on 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto/English AIR co-ch Summer A20 of Iran International TV is 0400-1200 on 11570 & 1200-0400 on 6270 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/iran-international-tv-all-india-radio.html SWLDXBulgaria News May 10-11 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria --------------------------------- GERMANY (non) Reception of Pan American Broadcasting via MBR Tashkent on May 10: 1630-1730 on 6155 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs English Sun Tony Alamo, weak/fair 1630-1730 on 7425 TAC 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAs English Sun Tony Alamo, very weak https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-pan-american-broadcasting_41.html NUMBERS STATION Good signal of S11a Cherta in 31mb, May 11 0700-0711 on 9339 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/good-signal-of-s11a-cherta-in-31mb-may.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady 31mb on May 11: 0840-0846 on 9353 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-31mb-on_11.html DX MAGAZINE No. 5 / May 2020 WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Germany ------------------------------ NEWS ABOUT BROADCASTING (+other) STATIONS Editor: WALTER EIBL RUSSIA - Reception of GTRK Adygeya / Adygeyan Radio , May 8: 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CAs Adygeyan Fri, good (Bulgaria DX) 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. 9450 / 1420 / 444 / UZB / Radio Japan / English / Enetrtainment Electronics / 1704 / MF MF = Michael Frese, Osnabrueck, Germany. Grundig Yachtboy with Telescopic aerial. Here are the loggings from Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, SP, Brazil: 11510 UZBEKISTAN: Radio Free North Korea, via Tashkent, Korean, 18/041310. Female and male announcers, talk about North Korea. 25432 Tx w/78? to North Korea. 11510 TAJIKISTAN: via Dushanbe, Korean, 18/04 1315 Christian message in Korean language by male voice. 25422.Tx w/71? to North Korea. 11550 TAJIKISTAN: Bible Voice Broadcasting, via Dushanbe, Korean, 18/04 1315 Christian message in Korean language by male voice. 25422 Tx w/71? to North Korea. [Спасибо за информационную поддержку - Алнесандр Головихин, Тольятти] SWLDXBulgaria News May 11 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ---------------------------- ARMENIA/INDIA Iran International TV on 11570 & 11560 kHz, May 11 0400-1200 on 11570 ERV 100 kW / 100 deg to N/ME Persian, fair/good 1200-1315 on 11560 ERV 100 kW / 100 deg to N/ME Persian, fair/good 1315-1400 on 11560*ERV 100 kW / 100 deg to N/ME Persian, under AIR *1315-1320UT 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeAs dead air AIR co-ch *1320-1400UT 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeAs Dari px AIR on/off https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/iran-international-tv-on-11570-11560.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady 25mb on May 11: 1210-1216 on 12165 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-25mb-on_11.html RUSSIA Reception of GTRK Adygeya / Adygeyan Radio in 49mb on May 11 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygean Mon, fair/good 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ara/Tur Mon NOT ON AIR https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-gtrk-adygeya-adygeyan_11.html SWLDXBulgaria News May 12 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria -------------------------- ARMENIA (non) Trans World Radio TWR India in 22mb via CJSC Yerevan, May 12 1315-1330 on 13745 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Maithili Mon-Fri, weak/fair Summer A-20: 13745 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs various langs 1345-1445UTC. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/trans-world-radio-twr-india-in-22mb-via.html ARMENIA (non) Trans World Radio TWR India in 25mb via CJSC Yerevan, May 12 1420-1424 on 11590 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri-good signal Summer A-20: 11590 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs various langs 1315-1445UTC. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/trans-world-radio-twr-india-in-25mb-via.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady 41mb on May 12 0730-0746 on 7365 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, weak https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-41mb-on_12.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady 25mb on May 12 0740-0746 on 11655 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-25mb-on_12.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady 41mb on May 12 1110-1116 on 7560 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-41mb-on_84.html UZBEKISTAN (non) Free North Korea Radio via RRTM Telecom Tashkent on May 12 1300-1400 on 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, weak to fair signal: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/free-north-korea-radio-via-rrtm-telecom.html BC-DX 1425, 12 May April 2020 Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany ----------------- ARMENIA [FEBA to Africa] Reception of FEBA Radio via ENC-DMS Yerevan Gavar relay site, May 1 1730-1800 UT 7510 kHz ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Silte Daily. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews May 3) Good signal of FEBA Radio via ENC-DMS Yerevan Gavar site April 28 1615-1630 UT 9540 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Guragena Mon-Wed 1615-1630 UT 9540 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Amharic Thu-Sun 1630-1700 UT 9540 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Amharic Daily (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews April 28) ARMENIA Reception of ARMENIAN RADIO Home Service shortwave May 6 1201-1203 11590 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS open carrier/dead air 1203-1206 11590 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Armenian, good signal TWR India 11590 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS 1315-1424 Mon-Fri A20 TWR India 11590 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS 1315-1445 Sat/Sun A20 1309-1315 11590 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS TWR Interval Signal & from 1315 11590 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS TWR India vary langs. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews May 6) ARMENIA Trans World Radio India in English via Yerevan Gavar, May 5 1420-1424 11590 ERV 300 kW 100 deg SoAS Mon-Fri, good; 1415-1445 Sat/Sun (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews May 5) ARMENIA Good signal of FEBA Radio via ENC-DMS Yerevan Gavar, May 7 1615-1630 9540 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Amharic Thu-Sun 1630-1700 9540 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Amharic Daily Reception of FEBA Radio via ENC-DMS Yerevan Gavar relay center, May 7 1730-1800 7510 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Silte Daily, fair (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 7) ARMENIA 9880 Apr 25 at 0211-0221 UT, BBC London via Yerevan Gavar relay center, in Pashto. Woman and man announcers present news, presumed; 0218 UT ID. Fair reception. Parallel logs on 6195 kHz relay Al-Seela Oman relay center, fair reception. And 7445 kHz relay Al-Seela OMA, barely audible. 9880 kHz. Apr 25, at 0230-0242 UT. BBC London, Gavar-ARM, in Dari. Man talks; A conversation with a man. Poor reception. (Jos? Ronaldo Xavier-BRA, hcdx April 25) ARMENIA/INDIA/TAJIKISTAN* Iran International TV London-GB & All India Radio on 11560 khz, May 10: from 1255 NF11560 ERV 100 kW 100 deg to NE/ME Persian, instead of 6270 kHz from 1315 11560 BGL 500 kW 325 deg to WeAS Dari/Pashto/English AIR co-ch Summer A20 of Iran International TV is 0400-1200 11570 & 1200-0400 6270 (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 10) * WRTH 2020 Update contain 04-12 UT as via Dushanbe-TJK bcast center instead much more eastwards in Central Asia as origin. (wb) MOLDOVA/FRANCE DENGE WELAT kHz: 9525, 11530 Summer Schedule 2020. Target: TURKEY SYRIA IRAQ IRAN Time Days Area kHz Kurdish 0230-0500 daily NE/ME 9525iss 0500-0600 daily NE/ME 11530iss 0600-1600 daily NE/ME 11530kch 1600-2100 daily NE/ME 11530iss [ KURDISTAN ] BRB Denge Welat via MDA Grigoriopol & TDF Issoudun May 4 0600-1600 on 11530 KCH 300 kW 130 deg to WeAS Kurdish, weak + good TRT* 1600-2100 on 11530 ISS 250 kW 90 deg to WeAS Kurdish, very good signal * co-ch same 11530 EMR 500 kW 105 deg to WeAS Turkish TRT Radio Erdogan (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews May 4) RUSSIA [USSR history] Radio communication during the Great Patriotic War. In Russian. " Attention. Air alert! " From the first days of World War II, radio communications became the most important means of operational command and control and informing the population of a huge country. "From the Soviet Information Bureau" - these words, starting from June 24, 1941 until the end of the war, opened summaries of messages from the front that thousands of people listened with excitement daily. Moscow was still far from the front line, but training alarms were announced quite often, the city was plunged into darkness, and each of these hours knew its place: fighters of the air defense units, fighter pilots who defended the capital's sky, responsible employees of defense enterprises , observation posts on the roofs of tall buildings. Elderly people and children had to take refuge in bomb shelters .... Full article here "Sokol" did not contact. Radio communications sabotage and partisan groups during the Great Patriotic War. In Russian. Radio tower of the Comintern. Year 1922 (1967 film) (via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1080 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 10) TAJIKISTAN Weak/fair signal of Bible Voice Broadcasting Dushanbe, Apr 29 1300-1330 11550 DB 100 kW 71 deg to EaAS English Mon-Wed Living the Bible (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews May 1) Reception of Radio Free Asia RFA via Dushanbe relay site, April 28 till 1230 9370 LAM 100 kW 104 deg to WeAS Farsi R.Farda, very good, 1230-1330 9370 DB 200 kW 125 deg to SoEaAS Burmese RFA, weak to fair (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews Appril 28) TAJIKISTAN/ARMENIA RADYO IRAN INTERNATIONAL. kHz: 801, 1395, 6270, 11570 kHz. Summer Schedule 2020 Time Days Area kHz Farsi 0400-1200 daily IRN 11570dsb* 1100-0400 daily IRN 801dsb 1200-0400 daily IRN 6270erv* 1500-0300 daily IRN 1395erv Key: * Variable frequency, to avoid jamming. (WRTH 2020 Update) UZBEKISTAN NHK World Radio Japan via ENC-DMS RTTM Tashkent, May 4 1530-1600 9600 TAC 100 kW 163 deg to SoAS Hindi - fair, incl. 1532-1540 9600 TAC 100 kW 163 deg to SoAS English nx bulletin Radio Ranginkaman/Rainbow via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, May 4 1630-1700 7600 TAC 100 kW 236 deg to WeAS Farsi R.Rainbow, weak to fair (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews May 4) UZBEKISTAN 11890 kHz Radio Nyawa Sarawak resumes SW broadcasting with new schedule. May 5 (Tues) - Radio Nyawa Sarawak, via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting Station, has resumed their SW broadcasting on 11890 kHz, now on daily from Monday to Friday; today heard with new schedule from tune in at 1104 till 1158* UT (although their website still lists the former schedule of ex: 1000-1100 UT); in vernacular with mostly phone conversations; one brief spot in English about corruption in "East Malaysia"; mostly poor, but at times fair reception. Today's audio streaming (Ron Howard-CA-USA, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 5) UZBEKISTAN Trans World Radio TWR India via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, May 7 1541-1546 6240 TAC 100 kW 66 deg to CeAS open carrier/dead air and then 1546-1600 6240 TAC 100 kW 66 deg to CeAS Kazakh, fair, QRM STANAG 6235v (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 7) UZBEKISTAN 7525 Asian Broadcasting Institute, via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting Station, multi-colored 40th anniversary Card in 73 days. The report was sent via snail mail to the following Japanese address. P.O. Box 2334 Ginza Branch, 100-8698 Japan. (Edward Kusalik, Daysland-Alb, Canada) Nippon no Kaze & Furusato no Kaze via RRTM Tashkent, April 30 1300-1330 11875 TAC 100 kW 76 deg NoEaAS Korean Nippon no Kaze, fair and 1330-1400 11875 TAC 100 kW 76 deg NoEaAS Japanese Furusato no Kaze, fair BUT VERY LOW MODULATION this transmitter of RRTM Telecom Tashkent-UZB. Furusato no Kaze & Nippon no Kaze via RRTM Tashkent, April 30 1430-1500 11995 TAC 100 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS Japanese Furusato no Kaze,fair 1500-1530 11995 TAC 100 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS Korean Nippon no Kaze fair/good - BUT VERY LOW MODULATION this transmitter of RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Voice of Martyrs via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, April 29 1530-1600 7530 TAC 100 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS Korean, very weak signal Trans World Radio India via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, April 29 1545-1600 6240 TAC 100 kW 66 deg to CeAS Kazakh, fair, QRM STANAG 6235v (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews May 1) SWLDXBulgaria News May 12-13 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ----------------------------- UZBEKISTAN (non) Radio Ranginkaman/Rainbow via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, May 12 1630-1700 on 7600 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi R.Rainbow, weak to fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/radio-ranginkamanrainbow-via-rrtm_13.html SWLDXBulgaria News May 13 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ---------------------------- NUMBERS STATION S06s Russian Lady & TRT & BRB on 11530 kHz on May 13: 0730-0736 on 11530#unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB S05s, weak # plus co-ch 11530 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Turkish TRT R.RTErdogan # plus co-ch 11530 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish BRB Denge Welat https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/s06s-russian-lady-trt-brb-on-11530-khz.html NUMBERS STATION Fair signal of S06s Russian Lady 25mb, May 13 0830-0836 on 11565 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/fair-signal-of-s06s-russian-lady-25mb_13.html SWLDXBulgaria News May 13-14 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ---------------------------- UMBERS STATION Fair signal of S11a Cherta in 31mb, May 14 0700-0711 on 9339 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/fair-signal-of-s11a-cherta-in-31mb-may.html UZBEKISTAN (non) Free North Korea Radio via RRTM Tashkent, May 13: 1300-1400 on 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, weak signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-free-north-korea-radio-via.html DX RE MIX NEWS # 1173 & SWLDXBulgaria News May 15 SWLDXBulgaria News May 14 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ----------------------------------- DX RE MIX NEWS # 1173 May 15 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/dx-re-mix-news-1173.html MOLDOVA (non) Trans World Radio TWR Africa via Grigoriopol, May 14: 1800-1845 on 9940 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf Mon-Thu, fair signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-trans-world-radio-twr_14.html U.K. (non) Reception of FEBA Radio via ENC-DMS Yerevan on May 14: 1730-1800 on 7510 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Silte, good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-feba-radio-via-enc-dms_14.html SWLDXBulgaria News May 15 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ---------------------------- NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady 31mb on May 15: 0840-0846 on 9655 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-31mb-on_15.html RUSSIA Reception of GTRK Adygeya / Adygeyan Radio in 49mb, May 15 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri, good: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-gtrk-adygeya-adygeyan_15.html SWLDXBulgaria News May 16 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ---------------------- ARMENIA (non) Another frequency change of Iran International TV from May 16: 1200-1400 NF 11550*ERV 100 kW / 100 deg to N/ME Persian, ex 11560# re-ex 6270 * plus co-ch 11550 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to EaAs Bible Voice Broadcasting BVBN # to avoid 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeAs Dari All India Radio til 14UT 1300-1329 English Mon-Wed; 1300-1315 English Fri and 1300-1329 Korean Sat/Sun https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/another-frequency-change-of-iran.html BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN. FOREIGN RADIO STATIONS. ============================== DPRK -------- Website "Voices of Korea" You can listen to the program on the Russian-language web page of "Voices of Korea" "Mailbox": http://www.vok.rep.kp/index.php?CHANNEL=3&lang= The first time I could not start the player on the page, only the second time. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Radio stations that have currently stopped broadcasting in Russian language in SW and MW: -------------------------------------------------- ----- * Radio Afghanistan - recently (several seasons) there are no broadcasts on Russian language * Mission Friedensstimme - the last two weeks the program was not broadcast (check today) * Cairo Radio - problems with the transmitter (missing several seasons) * All India Radio - temporarily stopped broadcasting in Russian due to coronavirus * International Spanish Radio - temporarily stopped broadcasting in Russian due to coronavirus * Radio Damascus (on MW) - it is not known whether there is broadcast in Russian or not? * WWCR - after leaving frequency 15795 kHz, the broadcast of "B family focus "in Russian * Also, after stopping the broadcast of the World Radio Network at 738 kHz, there are no broadcasts in Russian Radio Prague, International Radio Slovakia and Russian Radio Australia (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") WEB and ESSENTIAL RADIO AND TV IN RUSSIAN =================================== Russia. ---------- Radio Cometa. WEB: kometa.fm Radio "Comet" - the most home-made radio, it originated in the year 83 of the last century, on personal enthusiasm, imagine a smart sixth-grader boy! The name could not be different, since it was chosen by that young bully - a radio amateur who knew what the 6P3S tetrode was. The boy grew up, interest and love for radio and the constant broadcasting of an already matured young man and a man who returned from Afghanistan, resulted in an increase in the popularity of the radio station and since 2007 it is already an official radio station, the founder and director of which is the very boy Pavel Hlyupin. By the way, now she is part of the large media holding Comet. Radio "Comet" is a family radio, the wife Elena takes part in the case as the chief editor. The original programs have remained since the creation, but of course they have changed in the quality and importance of the materials submitted. The comet works both in Chekhov, Moscow region, and directly in Donetsk and Gorlovka. The air is somewhat different, but the direction of broadcasting is the same. Well-chosen music and songs, the latest news and analysis of events at the proper level. There are daily broadcasts for children, programs for young people and enough adults on the air. They hold the interest and attention of listeners with openness, accessibility and originality. The team evaluates its work with these words - "We don't copy anyone and we hear everything, and we don't repeat everything" (https://vk.com/allradi) Republic of Tatarstan. Kazan. The new national radio Kitap can be listened to on smartphones through the app -------------------------------------------------- ------------------ (Kazan, May 7, Tatar-inform, Gulnar Garifullina). Since the beginning of May of this year, the Kitap radio station can be listened to on smartphones through a mobile application. The correspondent of IA Tatar-inform was told by the deputy head of the department of television and radio broadcasting of JSC Tatmedia, the editor-in-chief of radio station Kitap Almaz Mirgayazov. "We have developed mobile applications for smartphones running on Android and iOS operating systems. Everyone can go to application stores, type "National Radio Kitap" in the search and download it to their smartphone. The applications were ready on April 28, and on May 1 we downloaded them to the Play Market and App Store. We specifically wanted to be in time by May 7 - Radio Day, "said Almaz Mirgayazov. According to the editor-in-chief, mobile applications are convenient for use by our compatriots abroad, as they do not have the opportunity to listen to FM radio stations in Kazan. "According to statistics, as Internet use expands, more and more users prefer this type of mobile application, therefore, in conditions when other national radio stations are moving to the mobile application format, Kitap radio will become very relevant," he said. The head of the radio noted that the air will sound songs that are consistent with the national spirit and familiar to every Tatar from childhood. "From time to time, listeners will be presented with the best works of fiction that are selected according to strict requirements, they should be literally best sellers, only the best excerpts from works that will be interesting to as many listeners as possible" should be heard on the radio, "the chief said editor. Almaz Mirgayazov noted that while the Kitap radio station is not broadcasting on the FM frequency. The frequency has already been allocated, but all the necessary documents for broadcasting are not ready. "Due to the spread of the coronavirus and due to the fact that the President of Russia announced non-working days, Roskomnadzor works in a limited mode. We have not yet considered our application for a license for frequency registration, "the editor explained. The start of work of the radio station at the FM frequency of 98.6 MHz may be delayed until September-October of the current year. Previously, it was planned that the radio will work in June - July. "We try, we do not sit idly by. If he doesn't let him in on the right, we turn to Roskomnadzor on the left. We constantly remind them of our application, "said Almaz Mirgayazov. https://www.tatar-inform.ru/news/society/07-05-2020/novoe-natsionalnoe-radio-kitap-mozhno-slushat-na-smartfonah- cherez-prilozhenie-5741114 (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia) QSL WORLD ======== AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia BG = Babul Gurta, India / https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080049528677701/ DE = Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "rusdxplus" DK = Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" DM = Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "open-dx" KB = Konstantin Barsenkov, Sankt-Petersburg / https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080049528677701/ PI = Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open-dx" RV = Ruud Vos, Holland / https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080049528677701/ VP = Vladimir Pivovarov, Ukraine / "deneb-radio-dx" YT = Yuri Troickiy, Moscow, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" Argentina / USA ----------------------- RAE Argentina al Mundo After several attempts, two e-QSL cards were received from RAE Argentina al Mundo from Argentina (broadcast via WRMI in the USA) in response to reports of May 22, 2018 and January 16, 2019. The cards are probably assigned numbering 00000161-QSL and 00000164-QSL. http://freerutube.info/2020/05/12/e-qsl-rae-argentina-al-mundo-argentina-ssha-2018-2019-god/ (DE) Australia --------------- Received an electronic QSL from Reach Beyond Australia for Japanese reception Language - 09.05.2020, 11.00-11.30 UTC at a frequency of 15565 kHz. On confirmation - Wedge-tailed eagle. The report was sent by e-mail: a20 @ reachbeyond.org.au. (DK) Belgium / Germany --------------------------- * Radio Space. E-mai: shortwave @ radiospace.be Got eQSL QSL - Verification From: www.radiospace.be To: M. Anatoly Klepov Moscow - Russia We herewith verify that on may 10th 2020 between 17.00 and 18.00 CET you heard a broadcast from the station RADIO SPACE on 6070 kHz, the BELPOP. The AM shortwave transmitter (10 kW) is located in Rohrbach-Waal in Germany, the transmitter of Channel292. The studio was installed in Belgium Alveringem, near by the coast. The signal was brought by an internet connection to the transmitter in 128 kbps. The Internet Radio Space Team for this program consists of only one person. Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/05/blog-post_12.html (AK) * Received electronic QSL from a radio station from Belgium - Radio Space for receiving through Channel 292 - 05/10/2020 at a frequency of 6070 kHz. The report was sent by e-mail: shortwave @ radiospace.be. (DK) China -------- 2 eQSLs received for receiving Chinese MR broadcasts in English (Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 9880 kHz) and China's 1st Internal Program in Chinese (Beijing, 17605 kHz). I wrote to yinglian [at] cri.com.cn with copy to crieng [at] cri.com.cn, waiting for an answer 1 day. Accompanying signed by Ying Lian, as usual. In the pictures - Nam Tso Lake in Tibet and the Great Wall of China. http://dxsignal.ru/qsl/new/CRI_200515_7.png http://dxsignal.ru/qsl/new/CNR-1_200515_3.png (DM) Esvatini (Swaziland) ------------------------------- Received an electronic QSL from TWR-Eswatini for receiving in Amharic - 05/07/2020, 17.00-17.30 UTC at a frequency of 9500 kHz (transmitter in Swaziland). On the card is a part of the transmitter. The report was sent by e-mail: lstavrop @ twr.org. (DK) Germany -------------- * Confirmations received from Radio Emma Toc. 08-05-2020 / 20: 00-20: 30 UTC / 6070 kHz via Channel 292 (PI) - Confirmation received from Radio Northsea International. (PI) * Received eQSL "1. Jahr Korches-Radio " Email: korches-radio @ gmx.de 05/03/2020 / 10: 00-11: 00 UTC / 6070 kHz / 100 kW aus Wien. Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/05/eqsl-1.html (AK) - Received eQSL Radio Northern International Email: info @ radio-northsea.de WEB: www.rni220.com March 15, 2020 / 19.00-19.40 UTC / 6070 kHz Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/05/blog-post_13.html (AK) * Received an electronic QSL from Radio Power Rumpel for receiving through Channel 292 - 05/10/2020 at a frequency of 6070 kHz. The report was sent by e-mail: radiopr @ partyheld.de. (DK) * The Ghoul A new e-QSL card was received from The Ghoul station for a report dated May 10, 2020. Broadcast was conducted through Channel 292 in Germany. http://freerutube.info/2020/05/15/e-qsl-the-ghoul-germaniya-maj-2020-goda/ (DE) - Radio Northsea international After a repeated request, the first e-QSL card for me was received from Radio Northsea International station for a report dated March 1, 2020. The music show was broadcast via Channel 292 in Germany. http://freerutube.info/2020/05/13/e-qsl-radio-northsea-international-germaniya-mart-2020-goda/ (DE) - Flamethrower radio The first e-QSL card for me was received from a British broadcaster Flamethrower Radio for a report dated May 9, 2020. The music show was broadcast via Channel 292 in Germany. http://freerutube.info/2020/05/12/e-qsl-flamethrower-radio-germaniya-maj-2020-goda/ (DE) Myanmar ------------- * Myanma radio Email: nptradio.eng @ gmail.com eQSL. 9 May 2020 / 15.00-15.35 UTC / 5985 kHz Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2020/05/blog-post_10.html (AK) * Received an electronic QSL from Myanma Radio for receiving in Burmese - 05/08/2020, 15.15-15.40 UTC at a frequency of 5985 kHz. The report was sent to the address of the technical department: nptradio.eng @ gmail.com. Mr. Dmitriy Kutuzov Nice to meet you again from Myanmar. We well received your mail and confirmed our station, Myanma Radio Thank your for your details report and now we sent QSL and verification card. Sincerely Myanma Radio, English program. (DK) Philippines ----------------- Received an electronic confirmation from FEBC for a reception in minangkabau - 05/09/2020, 09.30-10.00 UTC at a frequency of 15450 kHz. On the card - Bocaue Transmission Site. The report was sent by e-mail: norie.estabillo @ febc.ph. (DK) Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) ---------------- Radyo Denge Welat via Kishinev-Grigoriopol : 11530 kHz in Kurdish language at 1059 hrs 1122 hrs UTC log this station on 10th May 2020 and f/d eQSL arrived on 11th May 2020 for my email report to: Mr Sergey Omelchenko, Technical Director of Priduestrovsky Radiotelecentr. https://babulgupta-dxer.blogspot.com/2012/10/nigeria.html (BABUL GUPTA, BARASAT, WEST BENGAL, INDIA) (BG) Russia ---------- Radio Adygea Krasnodar 6000 Khz...Thanks for the help by my DX friend Dmitry Mezin in Kazan! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2905722439543014&set=gm.3512375392111757&type=3&theater&ifg=1 (RV) Romania ------------- * You can find the QSL card on the website of the English IRR service, which will be sent out for admission reports in May 2020: https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/may_2020_qsl_card-2617188 (DK) * All the QSL_cards for 2020 have been posted on the Ukrainian page of the IRR site. (VP) USA ------- WRMI Unexpectedly received two new QSL cards from Radio Miami International in response to reports from July 3 and 19, 2019. I listened to the programs of Radio Tirana and VORW Radio International. The envelope (for some reason in printed form) was sent from Palm Beach (Florida) on April 30, 2020. http://freerutube.info/2020/05/14/qsl-wrmi-ssha-iyul-2019-goda/ (DE) Pirate radio ------------------------ * Here came the answer from Radio Mystery21. Mystery21 QSL Dear SWL Yury, thanks a lot for your nice reception report from Russia! We are really surprised to learn how many people can listen to us all over Europe and from Siberia to the East Coast oft he United States. Inspite of the World Wide Web people still enjoy listening on shortwave, and like us they are fascinated by the myth of wave propagation. That explains the name of our station "Mystery21". We have been on air for many years, but we are newcomers on shortwave. We chose the 60m band because oft the variety of propagation conditions: short distance in Europe during the day and DX after sunset. Our equipment is completely homemade and we are testing with 1,2 KW PEP from 8 relatively cheap mosfets and a simple inverted V dipole antenna installed at 25 meters above the soil. We use sound processing with an optimod pc card and with stereo tool. Our bandwidth is a little bit higher than with most commercial stations. We apologize for not having any printed QSL cards at the moment. Considering the high number of reception reports we are thinking about E-QSL. You will find further information and pictures on our facebook site. There you will also find our webstream during the transmissions. If you like, you can join our facebook group. Mystery21 - The Spirit of Music Stay tuned and enjoy listening on shortwave, especially on the 60m band. We are looking forward to hearing from you again. Yours, Mystery21 team (YT) * Radio Joey / pirate station (HOL) March 22, 2020 / 16.45-17.35 UTC / 6325 kHz / KiwiSDR / Denmark / e-QSL / radiojoey@hotmail.com (KB) CALENDAR - HISTORY OF DX-HOBBY AND RADIO ========================================= Lipetsk Radio Television Center RTRS celebrated its 60th anniversary 05/14/2010 ---------------------------------------------- The branch of RTRS "Lipetsk ORTPTS" celebrated the anniversary of the regional radio television center - 60 years since its foundation. Together with the whole country, the radio and television center has come a long way in the development of broadcasting - from a single television relay to a multi-program digital network. The Lipetsk Radio Telecentre was established by order of the Ministry of Communications of the RSFSR in April 1960. In the same year, the first transmitter was broadcast in Lipetsk, which provided television broadcasting of the First Moscow Program. Two years later, the Dozhd-2 broadcasting station was put into operation, broadcasting two radio programs in the VHF band. At that time, there were less than a dozen television sets in the regional center of the young Lipetsk region, and only a few families, their relatives and neighbors could watch TV shows. The construction of low-power radio-television stations in the regions was proceeding at a rapid pace, and by the end of the seventies the whole region could receive color television broadcasting. Actively mastered and applied satellite technology. (https://lipetsk.rtrs.ru/prof/rtrs-region/newspaper/lipetskiy-radioteletsentr-rtrs-otmetil-60-letie/)ВСЕМИРНЫЕ NEWS. ====== Cuba -------- CUBA Full A-20 schedule of Radio Habana Cuba start / updates of 28 April 2020 til 25 Oct 2020. 0000-0030 15730 BEJ 050 135 SoAm Creole exQuechua 0000-0600 6000 QVC 250 010 ENAm English New York 0000-0700 6145 BAU 100 340 WNAm English Chicago 0100-0500 6060 BAU 100 010 ENAm Spanish New York 0500-0600 6060 BAU 100 010 ENAm English New York 0500-0700 6100 BAU 100 310 WNAm English San Francisco 0700-0730 6100 BAU 100 310 WNAm Esperanto Sun only 1100-1400 6000 QVC 250 n-d NCAm Spanish non-directional TITAN Quivican San Felipe antenna HQ2/2/0.2 non-directional 1100-1300 6100 BAU 100 340 WNAm Spanish Chicago ex11950kHz 1100-1500 9535 BEJ 100 230 CeAm Spanish MEX-GTM-CTR-Panama 1100-1500 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish non-directional HQ1/08 1100-1400 13740 BEJ 100 160 SoAm Spanish Buenos Aires ex13780 1100-1500 15140 BAU 100 130 SoAM Spanish Rio de Janeiro 1200-1500 7350 BEJ 050 110 Ant Spanish Antilles ex9640 HQ1/03 1200-1500 15230 QVC 250 305 SoAm Spanish San Francisco 1300-1500 13700 BAU 100 310 WNAm Spanish San Francisco 1500-1530 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm EsperantoSun only non-directional HQ1/08 1500-1530 15140 BAU 100 010 ENAm EsperantoSun only 1500-1530 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish non-dir Mon-Sat HQ1/08 1500-1530 15140 BAU 100 010 ENAm Spanish New York Mon-Sat 1530-1800 15140 BAU 100 010 ENAm Spanish New York daily 1530-1800 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish non-directional HQ1/08 1800-1830 15140 BAU 100 340 WNAm Arabic Chicago 1830-1900 15140 BAU 100 340 WNAm Creole Chicago 1900-2000 15140 BAU 100 340 WNAm English Chicago 2000-2030 15140 BAU 100 340 WNAm French Chicago 1930-2000 15370 BAU 100 040 WeEu French Europe A-2 antenna HRS4/4/0.8 NY 10degr +30degr slewed EUR azimuth 2000-2030 15370 BAU 100 040 WeEu Portuguese Europe 2030-2100 15370 BAU 100 040 WeEu Arabic Europe 2100-2130 15370 BAU 100 040 WeEu Portuguese Europe but Spanish 2100-2130 UT May 1 and 2 instead \\ 9535 11760 11800 kHz. 2130-2200 15370 BAU 100 040 WeEu Spanish Europe 2100-0500 9535 BEJ 100 230 CeAm Spanish MEX-GTM-CTR-Panama 2100-2300 9640 BEJ 050 110 Antill Spanish Antilles QRM CRI HQ1/03 2100-0200 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish non-directional HQ1/08 2100-0500 11800 QVC 250 170 SoAM Spanish Chile 60 Hertz tone and two accompanied spurs on 11790 and 11810 kHz. 2200-2230 15230 QVC 250 160 SoAm Portuguese Buenos Aires ex11700 2230-2300 15230 QVC 250 160 SoAm Portuguese?Buenos Aires ex11700 2200-2300 6000 QVC 250 010 ENAm Spanish New York 2200-2300 13740 BAU 100 130 SoAm Spanish Rio de Janeiro ex11700 2300-0400 11670 BAU 100 130 SoAm Spanish Rio de Janeiro ex11700 N o t on 11880 kHz tonight Apr 30-May 3, but on 7380 kHz instead. 2200-2230 7380 BAU 100 100 SoAf French Africa but on Spanish A-3 antenna HRS4/4/0.8 RJ 130degr -30degr slewed SoAF azimuth 2230-2300 7380 BAU 100 100 SoAf Portuguese Africa ex11880 2300-2400 7380 BAU 100 100 SoAf English Africa ex11880 2230-2300 15730 BEJ 050 135 SoAm French Mon-Sat 2230-2300 15730 BEJ 050 135 SoAm Esperanto Sun Only to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires target. 2300-2400 6000 QVC 250 010 ENAm Spanish Mon-Thur "Mesa Redonda" towards Washington DC/New York. 2300-2400 11950 BAU 100 340 WNAm Spanish Mon-Thur "Mesa Redonda" to Chicago. 2300-2330 15730 BEJ 050 135 SoAm Creole Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires 2330-2400 15730 BEJ 050 135 SoAm Portug. Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires 2300-0400 9640 BEJ 050 110 Antill Spanish Antilles HQ1/03 2300-0500 15230 QVC 250 160 SoAm Spanish Buenos Aires ex11700 83 and 263 degrees CT2/1/0.8, TX #6 2100-2300 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba Spanish 2300-2330 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba English Mon-Sat 2300-2330 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba Esperanto Sun Only 2330-2400 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba English daily 0000-0030 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba Creole 0030-0100 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba French 0100-0500 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba Spanish 0500-0600 5040 BAU 100 n-d Cuba English Transmitter sites: BAU Bauta 6 x 100 kW units. BEJ Bejucal 50, 100 kW (combined 50 kW units) QVC Titan-Quivican San Felipe 5 x 250 kW units. Shortwave schedule of Radio Rebelde 0000-2400 5025 BAU 100 non-dir to Ce&SoAm Spanish Shortwave schedule of Radio Progreso 0030-0400 4765 BEJ 050 non-dir to Cuba Caribbean Spanish (RHC of April 28, 2020, traced by monitoring April 28/29/30 gh/wb via wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 28-30, May 1 / 2 ) CUBA CRI La Habana Quivican San Felipe TITAN relay Cuba, A-20 DST file of March 29 0000-0100 5990 QVC 250 n-dir NoAM Spanish hx 11980 kHz 0000-0100 15120 QVC 250 160 SoAM Spanish 0100-0200 9580 QVC 250 10 NoAM English 0200-0300 9580 QVC 250 10 NoAM Chinese 0300-0400 9790 QVC 250 305 WeNoAM English 0400-0400 9790 QVC 250 305 WeNoAM Cantonese 1200-1300 9570 QVC 250 10 NoAM Cantonese 1300-1400 9570 QVC 250 10 NoAM English overlapped 1400-1500 11880 QVC 250 305 WeNoAM English irr. this hour ceased 1500-1600 11880 QVC 250 305 WeNoAM English 2300-2400 5990 QVC 250 n-dir NoAM English hx 11980 kHz poor 2300-2400 13650 QVC 250 135 SoAM Portuguese { \\ 15600 CRI Beijing Port, S=9+40dB in Tokyo Japan remotedly, wb.} TITAN tx #1 and #5 in usage for CRI transmissions. (A-20 hfcc/crtv-CRI, via wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, April 30) (Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX, Germany) France ------------ Atlantic 2000 provides you a new online program every weekend. Visit regularly our website, and listen to our new Podcasts. Good listening! Visit our website: http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr Listen to our Podcasts and follow us: https://www.mixcloud.com/atlantic2000 MUSIC A-20 season. ------------------------------- Alan Roe's updated A-20 season guide to music on shortwave. Many thanks to Alan Roe, who notes: I attach a copy of my "Music Programmes on Shortwave" PDF file for the current A-20 broadcast season which I hope you will find of interest, and for you to upload to your SWLing webpage if you wish. Alan, thanks so much for keeping this brilliant guide updated each broadcast season and for sharing it here with the Post community! As I say with each update: I always keep a printed version of your guide at my listening post! Click here to download a PDF copy of Alan Roe's 'Music on Shortwave A-20' (Alan Roe-UK, wor May 5) (BC-DX 1425, 12 May April 2020) Return of "radio six international" to shortwave June 6, 2020 ----------------------------------------------- Shortwave broadcast on June 6th After an absence of five years, Scottish station radio six international returns to the HF bands to mark the outlet's 57th anniversary. Saturday Sounds with Tony Currie will air from 22:00 to 24:00 UTC on 6,070kHz (49.39m) via Channel 292's 10kW transmitter in Germany. The programme will largely feature independent and unsigned music from around the world. QSL cards will be issued on receipt of either one Euro of one US dollar for return postage, with Reception Reports requested to be sent to Radio Six International, 21 Sherbrooke Avenue, Glasgow G41 4HF, Scotland. E- QSLs will happily be sent free of charge. Launched in 1963 as an afternoon's entertainment by a group of primary school children, it never went away and after various incarnations - including a spell as Europe's first commercial cable radio network in the 1980s - the station has been webcasting round the clock for the past twenty years. For a time, the station maintained a daily shortwave presence from 2004, using the facilities of both IRRS and WBCQ, switching to weekly transmissions from Ulbroka, Latvia in 2005 and daily programmes on medium wave and satellite via RTI in Tatras, Slovakia. In 2008 the various transmissions were ended to concentrate on the internet service and the provision of syndicated programming around the world. 58 stations now take some or all of our output, with 9 hours a week simulcast on FM in New Zealand and 4 hours on FM in Taiwan. Our broadcast on June 6th is currently on one-off; however we are considering a more regular return to the HF bands in the future. Note: Radio Six International is an internet station at www.radiosix.com with audited listeners in 200 countries worldwide. It's been webcasting since 2000, and syndicates up to 9 hours a week of programmes to its affiliate network of 58 AM, FM and DAB Digital stations around the world. (https://swling.com/blog/2020/05/return-of-radio-six-international-to-shortwave-june-6-2020/) (https://vk.com/dxing) China. ------------- Interesting at China R Int Perhaps your collections also have QSL from English and other language China MR services signed by Ying Lian. So: Ying Lien is not real person, and the collective pseudonym of the letter department there. Did not know this before! The reason for studying the issue was a remark by Glenn Hauser to my QSL news, published in Rus-DX and reprinted in DX LISTENING DIGEST 19-44 from 10/31/2019. Glenn writes: "Ying Lian = group name, not an individual (gh)." I got interested and dug up something on this topic on the Internet: Finnish magazine Radiomaailma, 2/2002 The story of DX-East Jyrki Hütonen about the trip to China won in the contest, which was dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the MR of China (combed google translation from Finnish) I met with those who respond to letters from listeners. Lu Yan, Li Zheng and I Maine was told that letters to the radio station are warmly welcome. These and other employees can use the common alias Ying Lian in their the answers. (https://docplayer.fi/108257674-China-radio-international-60-vuotta.html) Monitoring Times, April 2003: The Ying Lian mystery is finally clarified (George J. Poppin, Audibility Monitor, San Francisco, DX Listening Digest) Viz .: My name is Shang Chunyan and I'm in charge of letters from Americas. But our collective name is Ying Lian to make our work more convenient (Ying Lian, English Service, via Poppin) (https://archive.org/stream/MonitoringTimesApril2003/04April2003_djvu.txt) DX LISTENING DIGEST 2-174, 11/7/2002 ** CHINA. RE: `Ying Lian` can be the words meaning` English practise` (Edwin Lowe, Revesby NSW, Nov ADXN via DXLD) Lian also means a link, to contact, etc., and that seems to make sense: English (language) contact (person or section). (Olle Alm, Sweden, Nov 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) (http://www.worldofradio.com/dxld2174.txt) (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "open-dx") 73!