"RUS-DX" # 1120 Broadcasting of Russia, plus countries of near and far abroad countries. Sunday / 14 February 2021 --------------------------------- 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 ======= Network Radio - Radio Monte Carlo. ----------------------------------------------- Radio Monte Carlo in early 2021 will start broadcasting in the cities of the Russian Federation: Kazan (over 1.25 million people) and Khabarovsk (over 600 thousand people). Monte Carlo in these cities is being launched based on the decision of the Federal Broadcasting Competition Commission, which recommended a change in the format of the regional station. Now the best world music of the XX and XXI centuries will sound here. Until 2019, Radio Monte Carlo broadcast in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad, remaining a small niche station. The management of the Russian Media Group made a decision to expand the broadcasting area, turning the radio station into a full-fledged federal network. Through the efforts of the Radio Monte Carlo team and partners, by April 1, 2021, the Mediascope Monte Carlo panel will sound in 14 cities from 25 cities. The radio station plans to start broadcasting in the city of Togliatti, which will become the 15th for the station from the Mediascope panel. This should happen by May 1, 2021. An important evidence of the popularity and relevance of the Monte Carlo station for the Russian Media Group is the fact that regional partners are actively responding to offers to participate in competitions for broadcasting in new cities, investing their own funds to obtain a frequency. Due to the interest of partners in February and March, Monte Carlo plans to enter the competition in Belgorod and Murmansk. Today Monte Carlo is more than 30 cities with a monthly coverage of more than 7 million people. (https://russianmediagroup.ru/news/k-seti-radio-monte-carlo-prisoedinilsya-habarovsk) Kurskaya oblast. ----------------------- In Kursk, the radio station Humor FM was launched on 107.6 FM. Regional advertising is already there. (Igor Demyanov, Kursk, Russia / https://vk.com/radioitv) Novosibirskaya oblast. --------------------------------- On February 9, the branch of the RTRS "Siberian RC" began broadcasting the programs "RADIO 54" in the FM band at a frequency of 102.7 MHz in the regional center of Suzun, Novosibirsk region. The transmitter power is 0.1 kW, the height of the transmitting antenna is 75 meters. Broadcasting time from 6.00 to 24.00 daily. The radio station became available for 16,609 thousand residents of 8 settlements, including the regional center. The average radius of the coverage area is 18.376 km. This is the 13th transmitter of the RADIO 54 network. The potential audience of Radio 54 radio listeners increased to 2,442, 695 thousand people, or 87.3% of the population of the Novosibirsk region. (https://novosibirsk.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachinaet-translyatsiyu-radiostantsii-radio-54-v-suzune-novosibirskoy- oblasti/) Orenburgskaya oblast. --------------------------------- In the city of Buzuluk, Orenburg region, the call signs of the radio "MIR" sounded. You can listen to the radio station there by tuning to 102.7FM. Recall that the broadcast of the radio station "MIR" is carried out on the territory of Russia, as well as Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia. The total potential audience is 45.4 million people. Broadcasting is carried out in three time zones: +0, +4, +7. The basis of musical policy is the high-quality popular Russian-language music of the last 15 years. Also on the air around the clock - news, interviews with stars and educational and entertainment broadcasts of a wide range. mir24.tv (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__79421/) Orlovskaya oblast. ---------------------------- The city of Orel has joined the Love Radio broadcasting network. You can hear the radio station in the administrative center of the Oryol region on a frequency of 103.0 FM. The potential audience in the district is 400 thousand people. Regional partner of Love Radio - LLC "Istoki", General Director - Erokhin V.V. Love Radio is one of the flagship brands of the Krutoy Media radio holding. It is included in the TOP-10 of the most popular music radio stations in Russia and is the leader in the share of women aged 16-34 in the audience of the station. Love Radio is excellent contemporary music from leading Russian and world performers, the most relevant information and the main news from the world of show business, unique music programs and interactive shows on the air. More than 3.5 million people in Russia tuned in to the Love Radio frequency every day, and 9.4 million people weekly *. The regional broadcasting network Love Radio has more than 180 transmitters located in Russia and neighboring countries. The broadcasting frequency in Moscow is 106.6 FM. Love Radio official website: www.loveradio.ru. * Data from Mediascope, Radio Index - Russia, 100K +, April - September 2020, 12+, Zh16-34, Reach Dly, Reach, Table% Reach Dly. (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/7888.htm) Saratovskaya oblast. ------------------------------ From February 8, the transmitter, broadcasting the program "Radio Russii" with regional inserts, will start operating in the town of Rtishchevo. The radio station will be available for reception in 64 settlements of the Rtishchevsky and Arkadaksky regions at a frequency of 101.5 MHz. In accordance with the development plan of the radio network this year, the branch of the VGTRK GTRK Saratov and the branch of the RTRS Saratov Regional Radio and Television Transmitting Center are planning to put into operation 2 more new FM transmitters of Radio Russii in Pugachev and Khvalynsk, as well as transfer the replacement of equipment from VHF to the FM band at 4 stations: in Saratov, Ershov, Perelyub and Pinerovka (Balashovsky district). Recall that "Radio Russii" in the FM band has been broadcast since 2017 at a frequency of 100.4 MHz by a station in the village. Shirokiy Buerak in the town of Balakovo and its surroundings, and since November 2020 at a frequency of 103.5 MHz - by a station in the village. Aleksandrov Gai to the settlements of Aleksandrovo-Gaysky and Novouzensky districts. Source: https://gtrk-saratov.ru/radio-rossii-i-programmy-gtrk-saratov-teper-dostupny-v-fm-diapazone/ (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Sverdlovskaya oblast. --------------------------- On February 5, the branch of the RTRS "Sverdlovsk Regional Television and Radio Broadcasting Center" began broadcasting the radio station "Voskresenje" in Afanasyevsky. The programs of the radio station in Afanasyevsky are available on a frequency of 99.7 MHz in the FM band. The transmitter with a power of 1 kW covers about 69 thousand people with a signal. (https://ekburg.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-translyatsiyu-radiostantsii-voskresenie-v-afanasevskom/) Chelyabinskaya oblast. ------------------------------- In Chelyabinsk, a new radio station on 106.8 FM began broadcasting - "Radio Vanya". The new network partner of the state television and radio company "South Ural" pleases its listeners with dance music and not only ... cheltv.ru Details - http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__79417/ (OnAir.ru) Kaleidoscope of news ================== * Photo about the radio. ------------------- Archive. Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia. https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2021/02/blog-post_13.html * Radio Panorama program. -------------------------------------- Moscow. Worldwide radio network. In Russian 02/13/2021 The "Radio Panorama" program for lovers of long-distance radio reception. Author and host - Vadim Alekseev. - #UNESCO World Radio Day - University of California Santa Barbara created a radio archive - 90th Anniversary of Vatican Radio - Unique Radio Australia returns to HF via #WNB (USA) - Changes #DRM #RFI broadcasts from Issouden (France) - Poll by VTsIOM on the demand for radio Publish - Publish the details of the program and sound file on the page. Publication and preparation of a sound file - Vladimir Emelyanov, Samara. (https://vk.com/dxing) * For beginner DX listeners. ----------------------------- In Russian. Selecting a radio receiver. How to compose and send a MW Reception Report. How to make an appointment report. The international signal evaluation codes are SINPO and SINPFEMO. Sample report. From the archive page "DX Portal, Russian SWL / DX site". https://web.archive.org/web/20170525011307/http://dxing.ru/informatsija/36-nachinajuschim.html (https://vk.com/club3877182) * The basics of amateur radio communication. -------------------------------------------------- In Russian. Electronic edition. PDF, 7.6 MG. A beginner's guide to shortwave radio amateurs Edition 8, revised and expanded. Komsomolsk-on-Amur 2019. Author: Alexander Zamoroka (UAØC, ex RAØCL, UAØCJQ, UAØ-11Ø-295). https://vk.com/doc-163779953_588601077?hash=4a43fa1bed3a60b9fc&dl=1343998f29a543329b (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * How I increased the performance of wireless headphones by 10 times. --------------------------------- Pictures and text in Russian - https://pikabu.ru/story/kak_ya_uvelichil_rabotu_besprovodnyikh_naushnikov_v_10_raz_7997833 Last year I bought inexpensive wireless headphones ... Picture for an example from the Internet. For the price / quality, they suited me more than. Good clear sound, without extraneous noise in the form of "crackling" bluetooth signal. At the time of purchase, they held a charge for about 6-7 hours, and then after a year of use, 3-4 hours. At the time of purchase, the price of such headphones was 1500r. Having disassembled the headphones, I found a board and a small battery there, like this ... As you can see, there is only 200 mAh and the battery itself is small, although there is a lot of space in the headphones for the battery. Well, after measuring how much free space I have in my headphones, I went to the radio parts store. There I found such a battery (2000 mAh), which was ideally suited in size ... The price of such a battery was only 380 rubles! The only thing left is to unsolder the old battery and solder the new one to the board, so here you need either the skills of the basics of soldering or give it to any electrical engineering repair, I think they won't take much for soldering two wires to the board. In my case, I myself soldered and glued the battery to the wall of the headphones with double-sided tape. I am satisfied with the result as an elephant, now they are discharged in 60-70 hours of active use and instead of charging once a day, I charge them about once every 10 days. (https://pikabu.ru/community/ham_league) * VTsIOM conducted a poll for the World Radio Day. ----------------------------------------- According to a VTsIOM poll conducted on the occasion of World Radio Day (February 13), 55% of the population in Russia continues to listen to radio, most often people are motorists who listen to music while traveling. We can say that it was the widespread development of motor transport that mothballed radio as an important type of media - after all, over the past decades, it could have been supplanted by television and the Internet with their much greater capabilities in visualizing transmitted data, but alas, you cannot look at the screen while driving. At the same time, the radio itself is not such an old technological curiosity. When asked to name its inventor, 63% of Russians surveyed named their compatriot Alexander Popov, who demonstrated his experiments on "wireless telegraph" at the end of the 19th century, another 1% recalled the Italian radio engineer who lived at the same time, Nobel Prize winner Gulelmo Marconi, every fifth said " I don't know, "the Interfax news agency notes. In fact, the list of radio inventors is even wider, one might even say that this is the fruit of the activities of a whole galaxy of inventors who lived at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The first patent for the wireless transmission of an electrical signal was obtained in 1872 by the American researcher Malon Loomis, also in the USA David Hughes (1878) and Thomas Edison (1876) are considered the inventor of wireless communication, in Germany - Heinrich Hertz (1888), in France - Edouard Branly (1890), in Serbia - Nikola Tesla (1891), in Brazil - Landel de Moore (1893-1894), in Great Britain - Oliver Joseph Lodge (1894), in India - Jagadish Chandru Bose (1894- 1895). However, when asked about the most important inventions or discoveries that changed the world in the 20th century, radio was recalled by only 1% of respondents (although, strictly speaking, the invention is more likely to be related to the 19th century). 20% of respondents named the Internet and computer technologies as the main invention of the 20th century, 13% - space technologies, astronautics, 12% advances in medicine, 8% - telephone and mobile communications, 6% - the coronavirus vaccine (although it certainly does not belong to the 20th century either. century, as well as the inventions of Elon Musk, about which some also recalled). Every fourth respondent - 24% - began to listen to radio less often in recent years than five to seven years ago, 17% do it just as often, 14% began to listen to radio more often, however, in the age group from 18 to 24 years old they do not listen to radio 68% of respondents. Among those who continue to listen to the radio, 59% do so in a private car. Another 34% listen to it at home (even in 2019-2020, 41% answered this way). 17% of the respondents listen to the radio in the country, 13% - in public transport, 12% - on the street. Music on the radio is preferred by 77% of the respondents, news - 44%, talk programs - 20%, scientific and educational programs - 22%, weather forecast - 25%. When asked about their favorite radio station, 12% each named "Russian Radio", "Europe Plus" and "Road Radio". 10% have a favorite station - "Radio Dacha". "Autoradio" was named by 9%, "Mayak", "Retro FM" and "Radio Chanson" - 8% each, "NASHE Radio", "Echo of Moscow" - 6% of respondents, "Radio ENERGY" and "Humor FM" - 5% of respondents each. An initiative all-Russian poll by VTsIOM-Sputnik was conducted on February 7, 2021. The survey involved 1,600 Russians aged 18 and over. The survey method is a telephone interview on a stratified two-base random sample of landline and mobile numbers. The sample is extracted from the complete list of telephone numbers used on the territory of the Russian Federation. Data are weighted by probability of selection and by socio-demographic parameters. For this sample, the maximum error size with a 95% probability does not exceed 2.5%. newizv.ru (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__79391/) * World Radio Day is celebrated for the tenth time on February 13. -------------------------------------------------- - The holiday was approved by the UN General Assembly in 2011 in honor of the creation in 1946 of UN Radio. In 2021 the motto of the holiday is: "New world, new radio. Evolution, innovation, convergence ". Today, radio stations can be listened to in all environments, including through television. Teleradio. In 2019, Russian television switched to digital technologies. 98.4% of the population received the opportunity to receive 20 digital terrestrial TV channels and three radio stations. The first digital multiplex includes Radio Rossii, Mayak and Vesti FM. According to "Mediakop", almost 20% of Russians listen to the radio through TV. These can be fans of three radio stations, blind and visually impaired, as well as people whose activities or lifestyle allow them to listen to programs, but do not give them the opportunity to watch. In the wake of progress. All information on the air, be it a TV program, a conversation on a mobile phone or a message to astronauts and possible aliens, is transmitted using radio waves. Radio waves differ in their technical characteristics: for long ones, the wavelength is from 1 to 10 km and the frequency is from 30 to 300 kHz, in the short ones, the length is from 10 to 100 meters and the frequency is from 3 to 30 MHz. At the dawn of radio broadcasting, it was believed that only long wavelengths could transmit information over long distances. The seemingly useless shortwave range was given over to radio amateurs. And suddenly it became clear that short waves can be reflected from the earth and the upper atmosphere. Thanks to their multiple reflections, they spread information over thousands of kilometers, even with a low-power transmitter. This "range" has contributed to the flourishing of shortwave broadcasting. Today, short wavelengths are used mainly for amateur and professional communications, some countries use it for broadcasting. HF broadcasting is the most effective way of transmitting information in emergency situations when there is no electricity, no Internet, or mobile communications. Since the middle of the 20th century, ultrashort waves (VHF) have become widespread, which include waves of the decimeter range - UHF. Reception of digital terrestrial television in our homes depends precisely on how well your antenna picks up the UHF range. Catch the wave. Different antennas are needed to receive different wavelengths. In the former USSR, television was broadcast mainly on meter waves (1-12 frequency channels). It was only in the post-Soviet period that TV companies began to actively develop the decimeter range (21-69 frequency channels). Now federal TV channels broadcast exclusively in the UHF. Collective VHF antennas have been installed on rooftops since Soviet times, and personal antennas from many viewers still receive only VHF waves. Such an antenna can pick up a digital TV signal near the transmitting station. But its power will be weak, or even completely insufficient. Since there are no usual interference in digital TV broadcasting, the picture will look great for the viewer, then disappear completely. Only a decimeter antenna can receive a digital terrestrial television signal stably without interruptions. It usually looks like a Christmas tree - a long stick with small, expanding crossbars. For high-quality reception, we recommend choosing decimeter log-periodic antennas. These are structures of two main rods aimed at the source of the transmission. Across them are shorter rods of different lengths - vibrators. They are designed in such a way as to steadily pick up the signal. The antenna should be directed towards the nearest TV tower. But there are cases when the TV tower is closed by another building, or the windows are turned in the other direction. And here you can use the ability of UHF waves to reflect from hard surfaces. That is, the antenna can be oriented to the visible wall of the neighboring house, to the mountain. It is necessary to rotate it, achieving the maximum possible received signal strength. This indicator can be monitored by the signal level and quality indicator. This indicator is built into most digital TVs and set-top boxes. It appears on the screen during manual tuning of TV channels. Usually, for this you need to select the "Channel setup" item in the menu and then "Manual setup". In the field that appears, you must enter the number of the television channel and / or the frequency of the multiplexes in your locality (you can see them on the rtrs.rf website). All digital receivers have a button for switching from radio mode to TV viewing mode and vice versa. Usually this button is called TV / RADIO, less often TV / R or just RADIO. From the point of view of a physicist, television is a radio with a picture. And even the first TV programs began with greetings from radio viewers. Although the TV looks like a very impressive device, without the right antenna it is deaf and blind. (https://moscow.rtrs.ru/press/announcements/ko-vsemirnomu-dnyu-radio-kak-slushat-radiostantsii-cherez-televizor-/) * Radio has lost its young audience. -------------------------------------------------- ---- If in 2005 23% of Russians did not listen to the radio, and in 2009 - 36%, now the share of those who ignore this media has reached 45%. The peak was in 2019, when this figure was 50%. According to the VTsIOM poll, 14% of respondents began to listen to the radio more often than 5-7 years ago, 24% - less often, and 17% of media consumption remained unchanged. Mostly young people do not listen to the radio - in the group of 18-24 year olds, the share of those who ignore it is 68%. The trend is confirmed by the data of the media meter. According to the Mediascope Radio Index, in July-December 2015, the Reach Daily of Russian radio stations in the 12-19 age group was 3.7 million people (that is, 72% of Russians of the specified age included daily radio). In January - June 2020, the accumulated daily number of listeners decreased to 3.1 million (56.6%). Reach Weekly decreased from 4.8 million (92.8%) to 4.3 million (78.5%). True, the remaining listeners noticeably increased their listening time: from 176 to 247 minutes per day. The most popular place to listen to the radio is personal vehicles (59%), and its share has remained virtually unchanged over the past 2 years. But the home environment lost 7 pp (34% in 2021 versus 41% in 2019). Every fifth Russian (22%) prefers to listen to the radio at work or school. The audience includes radio for music (77%), news (44%) and weather forecast (25%). Less popular are programs of the spoken genre - interviews, talk shows (20%) and scientific and educational programs (22%). The respondents named "Russian Radio", "Europe Plus", "Road Radio" (12% each) and radio "Dacha" (10%) as their favorite radio stations. The rest of the projects received less than 10% of the votes. It is noteworthy that a third (34%) of compatriots could not name the inventor of the radio. But the rest have no doubts about his domestic origin: 63% for Alexander Popov and only 1% for Italian Guglielmo Marconi. Adindex.ru (https://www.radioportal.ru/news/radio-poteryalo-moloduyu-auditoriyu) BELARUS. ========== February 9, Minsk / Corr. BELTA /. The channels of the Belarusian radio join the UNESCO global initiative in the field of radio broadcasting. BelTA learned this from the press service of the Belteleradiocompany. "On the occasion of the X World Radio Day, which is annually celebrated on February 13, the radio stations of Belteleradiocompany prepared interactive contests and flash mobs for their listeners. The date of the holiday was not chosen by chance: it was on this day in 1946 that UN Radio began broadcasting. New world - new radio: evolution, innovation, convergence, "- said the press service. The organizers of the action especially emphasize the viability of radio and its resistance to various kinds of transformations - it adapts and introduces innovations. In order to remain a highly mobile means of information, universally accessible to any person, radio adopts new technologies, connects people, because listeners always have the opportunity to communicate and receive the necessary information about almost everything that is happening around. The radio stations of Belteleradiocompany traditionally take an active part in the global initiative for the World Radio Day. For example, the First National Channel of Belarusian Radio launches a thematic flash mob #radio_unites on social networks Instagram, VKontakte and Odnoklassniki. Participants are encouraged to post a photo in their accounts while listening to the radio (at home, at work, outdoors) along with the hashtags # radio95, # Belarusian radio # radio1. The authors of the best pictures will receive prizes and the opportunity to visit the House of Radio with a guided tour. A whole marathon of gifts, sweepstakes and contests awaits the listeners of the Radius FM radio station. Themed quizzes with interesting surprises will begin on the eve of the holiday on Friday, February 12, on the morning air. And directly on World Radio Day, subscribers of the radio's social networks will have the opportunity to win a branded sweatshirt or portable speaker with the Radius FM logo. The draws will continue on Valentine's Day on February 14th. The most active listeners will find a set of Yin Yang branded mugs. The radio station "Stalitsa" on the occasion of the World Radio Day invites listeners to take part in an interactive morning show. The presenters will help you recharge your batteries for the day and win prizes with the radio station's logo. The most active subscribers of the official accounts of the Kultura radio channel in social networks will also expect pleasant gifts on this day, and the international radio Belarus will pay special attention to feedback from its foreign audience: congratulations from listeners of the radio station from all over the world will sound throughout the day. Programs dedicated to World Radio Day will also be aired on the regional radio stations of the Belteleradiocompany Radio Brest, Gorod FM, Radio Vitebsk, Radio Gomel, Gomel +, Radio Grodno, Radio Mogilev in all regions of the country. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) UTILITY RADIO ============= Russian naval bases broadcast single-letter radio beacons to help ships find the best communication channel in the current environment. The beacons are grouped around ten different frequencies in 100Hz slots. Not all channels are active at the moment. Marker D Sevastopol P Kaliningrad S Severomorsk C Moscow Astrakhan F Vladivostok K Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky M Magadan Frequency 3594.7 3594.8 3594.9 3595.0 3595.1 3595.2 3595.3 3595.4 4557.7 4557.8 4557.9 4558.0 4558.1 4558.2 4558.3 4558.4 5153.7 5153.8 5153.9 5154.0 5154.1 5154.2 5154.3 5154.4 7508.7 7508.8 7508.9 7509.0 7509.1 7039.2 7039.3 7039.4 8494.7 8494.8 8494.9 8495.0 8495.1 8495.2 8495.3 8495.4 10871.7 10871.8 10871.9 10872.0 10872.1 10872.2 10872.3 10872.4 13527.7 13527.8 13527.9 13528.0 13528.1 13528.2 13528.3 13528.4 16331.7 16331.8 16331.9 16332.0 16332.1 16332.2 16332.3 16332.4 20047.7 20047.8 20047.9 20048.0 20048.1 20048.2 20048.3 20048.4 (https://vk.com/topic-163779953_46710245) RELAY ====== PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ============== SHORTWAVE BULLETIN Issue no. 1969, 7 February 2021 edited by Thomas Nilsson, Sweden ----------------------------------------------- Log (UTC) 3985 Jan25 2221 R.Bielorussia via Shortwave Sce., Kall-Krekell. G, mx, tks. 35332 (CG) Contributors to the log: (CG)/(CGS), Carlos Gonçalves, Lissabon, Portugal Station news TAJIKISTAN. Voice of Tajik (Ovozi Tojik) (Gov). 1143 kHz & 7245 kHz. Daily: 0200-0400 Tajik / CAz 1000-1100 Uzbek / CAs 0400-0600 Farsi / ME 1100-1200 Hindi / SAs 0600-0800 Dari / WAs 1200-1300 Arabic / ME 0800-1000 Russian / CAS 1300-1400 English / Was 14.00-1600 Tajik / CAz 1600-1800 Farsi / ME V: eQSL-letter, E-mail: ovozitojik2016@mail.ru, info@ktr.tj (WRTH 2021) Other radio news History of radio receivers. The universal two-lamp battery radio receiver RP L2 (RPL - lamp radio, 2 - two-lamp) was produced by the Electrotechnical Trust of low-current factories since 1929 It could work as a detector, as a detector with an amplifier, as a regenerative single-tube and regenerative two-tube (the second radio tube is designed to amplify low frequency ). The radio receiver could be used as a single-tube low frequency amplifier. Tex and photos - https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=photo-163779953_457262656%2Falbum-163779953_00%2Frev (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) (RUS-DX #1118) About radio hooligans, radio amateurs and radio pirates. In Russian - Part In a joking manner, the cartoon character tells about radio hooligans, how they appeared and who can be conside- 1-2 red as such.https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456241227%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 Part Radiomult continues the story about radio hooligans and radio pirates of the 60s. He explains the difference 3 between the two. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456241228%2F0927be517fd41d26cd%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 Part Radiomult continues the story about radio hooligans and radio pirates of the 60s-70s. 4 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456241229%2Fe5828333bac4c416da%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 Part A story about radio hooligans and pirates. 5 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456241230%2F61812bcebf1e59a081%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) (RUS-DX #1118) Tecsun PL-330. Full overview of the radio. In Russian. At the end of last year, I bought myself a Tecsun PL-330, since the SDR with a laptop was hard to carry, and the reception quality on the VbestLife CS-106 upset me. For almost a month I studied the device and now I decided to make my own review of the receiver, including all the information collected in it. Video - https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456241233%2Fd462058d24659ac09f%2Fpl_post_- 163779953_47910. Roman Morozov, Samara, Russia. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) (RUS-DX #1118) The reasons for the collapse of the USSR radio plants on the example of a small receiver. In Russian. In the USSR there were more than a hundred radio factories, each of which produced dozens of items of radio equipment. With the collapse of the USSR, factories one after another began to go bankrupt, and by the beginning of the 2000s, we had practically no factories that produced household radio equipment. To understand how a conventional radio factory works, consider the production of the simplest radio equipment - a pocket receiver. It would seem that even a school radio circle can collect such a trifle, but in reality everything is much more complicated ... Details - https://zen.yandex.ru/media/poleznoe/prichiny-razvala-radiozavodov-sssr-na-primere-malenkogo-priemnika- 601c48eca34fdb6f58a2e05f (RUS-DX #1119) Give the air to "radio hooligans" - they will definitely restore LW (MW) radio broadcasting in Russia. In Russian. I turn the control knob of my VEF-202, in the hope of catching a radio station in the MW range, at sunset they break through to the endless Russian expanses from abroad and suddenly I hear the painfully familiar intonation of the program ..... but it's a "radio hooligan" !!! ! It turns out that these days they continue to air !!!! For about 20 minutes, the guy was telling the story of rock albums, diluting the perky monologue with excerpts of compositions of the past years, after which the program ended abruptly. These 20 minutes my soul soared somewhere in the 70s, plunging into the balm of memories of a dashing youth ... Details - https://zen.yandex.ru/media/poleznoe/otdaite-efir-radiohuliganamoni-tochno-vosstanoviat-dv-sv- radiovescanie- v-rossii-5ff66a12d1a90641ca1de2e6 (RUS-DX #1119) How to restore broadcasting on Long and Medium waves. In Russian. What Hitler could not do, our smartphone lovers in the Kremlin managed to do. In 2014, by their decree, they turned off the last LW and MW radio stations in Russia. The argument is iron-hard to maintain. This means that the USSR was a very rich country, since it could contain 105 powerful radio stations in large cities of the country. All in all, there were more than 300 radio stations in the USSR, including the SW range. For some reason, we quickly forgot even the lesson of the Great Patriotic War. When the enemy reached the outskirts of Moscow, a new super-powerful radio station for broadcasting in the MW range was built at an accelerated pace in the Kuibyshev (now Samara) region. Soon the whole world was listening to the famous Levitanovskoe "Moscow Says" through a radio station near the village of Staroye Semeikino Details - https://zen.yandex.ru/media/poleznoe/kak-vosstanovit-radiovescanie-na-dlinnyh-i-srednih-volnah- 5fb08bf270f5da1bda409b43 (RUS-DX #1119) The most indestructible radios in the USSR, which were given out for free. In Russian. They were produced in very large quantities, but few had them for personal use. They were required to work in any conditions, up to a nuclear strike from the enemy. This class was called "combined arms broadcasting receivers" ... Details - https://zen.yandex.ru/media/poleznoe/samye-neubivaemye-radiopriemniki-sssr-kotorye-vydavalis-besplatno- 601701e85930a614f24405cf (https://vk.com/club3877182) (RUS-DX #1119) BC-DX 1455, 9 February 2021 Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel. Germany ----------------- ARMENIA/MOLDOVA New time/frequency/tx site of Trans World Radio India 1500-1530 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Urdu Daily relay FEBA Radio 1600-1630 7590 KCH 300 kW 98 deg to SoAS Urdu IS CANCELLED, INACTIVE (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews Febr 7) ARMENIA New schedule of TWR India 9290 kHz via Yerevan Gavar site 1315-1330 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Mundari Mon/Tue 1315-1330 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Kurux Wed-Fri 1315-1330 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Kui Sat 1315-1330 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Santhali Sun 1330-1345 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Kharia Mon 1330-1345 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Sadri Tue 1330-1345 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Bondo Wed 1330-1345 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Maghai Thu/Fri 1330-1345 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Ho Sat 1330-1345 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Maithili Sun 1345-1415 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Hindi Daily 1415-1430 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Hindi Mon-Fri 1415-1500 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Hindi Sun 1430-1500 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Punjabi Mon-Fri 1500-1530 9290 ERV 300 kW 100 deg to SoAS Urdu Daily FEBA Radio No monitored English transmissions 1315-1530 UT 9290 kHz via Yerevan Gavar site ! (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews Febr 7) GERMANY/BELARUS 3985 kHz R Belarus Int via Kall. English service. QSL received in 21 days for an email report to Also received a nice postcard featuring a vintage (1876) drawing of Mir Castle by Napoleon Orda. I also received a small Radio Belarus fridge magnet. Nice to have Belarus back on short wave, even if not direct! (Alan Roe-UK, BrDXC-UK February 'Communication' magazine) GUAM/ARMENIA/ASCENSION ISL/MOLDOVA FEBA INDIA (Rlg). Revised schedule. Malayalam Days Area kHz 1245-1315 ...tfs. SoAS 11590twr (ex11580) TWR INDIA (Rlg) Bhatri Days Area kHz 1315-1330 ......s SoAS 11590twr (add) Dzongkha Days Area kHz 0045-0100 .....s. SoAS 7590kch (ex7280) English Days Area kHz 1245-1300 mtw...s SoAS 11590twr (add) 1250-1255 mtwtf.. SoAS 12040twr (add) Hindi Days Area kHz 0045-0100 ......s SoAS 7590kch (ex7280) 0045-0115 mtwtf.. SoAS 7590kch (ex7280) 1245-1250 mtwtf.. SoAS 12040twr (add) Punjabi Days Area kHz 1430-1500 mtwtfs. SoAS 9290erv (add) 1445-1545 mtwtf.. SoAS 7505kch (del) Urdu Days Area kHz 1500-1530 daily SoAS 9290erv (add) 1600-1630 daily SoAS 7590kch (del) TWR ASIA (Rlg) English Days Area kHz 1200-1230 .....s. EaAS 9910twr+ (add) Japanese Days Area kHz 1130-1200 .....s. EaAS 9910twr*+(add) 1245-1315 ......s EaAS 7500twr+ (del) Key: + DRM; * Plans to extend Japanese block to 60 mins, with the second half hour replacing the current English programme. TWR EUROPE AND CAMENA (Rlg) Kazakh Days Area kHz 1545-1600 daily CeAS 7590kch (ex6240tac) Russian Days Area kHz 1800-1815 m...... CeAS 1377erv (add) TWR AFRICA (Rlg) Arabic Days Area kHz 1730-1800 mtwtf.. EaAF 17745asc (add) IBRA MEDIA (Rlg) Amharic Days Area kHz 1615-1630 ..wtf.s EsAF 9540erv (del) 1630-1700 daily EaAF 9540erv (del) Guragena Days Area kHz 1615-1630 mtw.... EaAF 9540erv (del) Notes: In addition to the above, broadcasts that were on 11590 kHz between 1300-1500 UT from the 'erv' {Yerevan Gavar} transmitter site, have been changed to 9290 kHz. (WRTH B-20 Update, first issue - but not final - delivery stopped already edition of coming Febr 21. WRTH Publications Ltd) INDIA The updated AIR External Service Schedule is available in (Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS, DXindie groups.io Febr 9) LATVIA 1602 kHz Radio Center Riga. QSL received in post after 2 months for email report sent with mp3 recording to Card has Moscow studio address but was posted from Brooklyn, New York. Verifier signer is Andrey Nekrasov who also sent a sticker and leaflet on Russian Christian Radio Center. (heard on Sheigra DXpedition). (Alan Pennington-UK, BrDXC-UK February 'Communication' magazine) MOLDOVA/FRANCE {to KURDISTAN ex-Osmanic empire} BRB Denge Welat is again 11530 kHz, KCH = GRI Grigoriopol Maiac. 'V.of Welat - Denge Welat' or ex'Radyoya Denge Kurdistane' Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac Moldova. 0600-1300 11530 KCH 300 kW 130 deg to WeAS Kurdish 1300-1500 11530 KCH 300 kW 116 deg to WeAS Kurdish 1500-1600 11530 ISS 250 kW 090 deg to WeAS Kurdish Very good via SDR Tambov Russia from 1500 UTC February 4 TRT Radio Erdogan at same time is previous 11540 kHz. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews Febr 7) TAIWAN {to KOREA D.P.R.} 'National Unity Radio' Seoul SoKorea via ? FMO BBC / and ENC is the Frequency Management Organisation - ENC Encompass Digital Media Services, replacing Babcock via ENC Encompass Digital Media Services FMO, A-21 season requested Dushanbe TJK, but today via new Thomcast-Ampegon Panchung Taiwan bcast center site instead. 5985 2100-2200 TJK National Unity Radio Kor Dushanbe-Orzu 1-7 7200 1100-1258 TJK National Unity Radio Kor Dushanbe-Orzu 1-7 Kiwi-Net. Other Kiwi SDR rx installations worldwide, used for TdOA Direction Finding option. Johannesbourg RSA Brasilien Antillen Bonaire Indonesien Bandung Russland Novosibirsk Russland Khabarovsk Sued Korea, Daejeon Australien Brisbane Australien Perth Neuseeland evtl eingeschraenkt China Hong Kong Taiwan Japan Tokyo area oder #2 Kanada, Edmonton at VE6JY USA Dear Harbour WA (wb df5sx, via BC-DX TopNews Febr 2) Hard-Core-DX Digest ----------------------------- Vol 218, Issue 13 Message: 2 Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 9-10, 2021 re 4765 kHz R Progreso from old USSR relay site Bejucal (RadioCuba #2) of the 1965 years era, each 50 kW; and combined also to 2x times as 100 kW in total. (11840 kHz R Moscow relay .... for example) 13 SW masts of 1965 Sowjetunion Leningrad firm design at 22?51'55.24"N 82?20'11.10"W instead clean free WONDERFUL Latin AM music program Radio Rebelde heard instead: a thousand times 'I like it' https://www.radiorebelde.cu/audios-bajo-demanda/radio_rebelde_en_vivo_frecuencia_am.html Bauta {former Brown Boveri gear of 1962} RadioCuba #1 site is refurbished a decade ago and replaced by latest BBEF Beijing Made in P.R. of China gear. 6 x 100 kW BBEF, 1 x 50 kW reserve unit. Quivican San Felipe TITAN, RadioCuba #3 site. Soviet antenna design - mid/end of 80year era, 16 x curtains, 2 x NVIS fountain non-directionals 5 x 250 kW is also different gear. Maintained, and refurbished in 1999 ... 2001years, by Radio Comunicaciones del MICOM (Ministerio de Comunicaciones), (thanks Olle Alm-SWE) MW origin TXs was NEC Made in Japan in 1970, TESLA CSSR in 80ties, Chinese from 2002y onwards, and also some NAUTEL - Made in Canada - origin. Glenn, you should include the technical infrastructure used at RadioCuba centers in the discussions. Your description of intermodulations on the SW bands from low transmission strengths portion - also FM-like scratching audio tones appearance, you have to look at each transmission center separately, not to mix Bejucal 4765 kHz with 13700 kHz Bauta gear example intermodulations. technical knowledge. The equipment provided by RadioCuba is very different in year of construction and design. 73 wb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX" Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 5:58 AM Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 9-10, 2021 CUBA. 4747 & 4782 approx., Feb 10 at 0259, extremely distorted S9+10 spurblobs out of S9+20/30 4765 Radio Progreso, matching plus/minus ~17.5 kHz. These are unlike the ones out of 13700 RHC; no F# tone, totally unreadable in SSB or FM, but music recognizable in AM mode // 4765. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. I`ve heard these spurs occasionally before. Could this be why R. Huanta 2000, Peru, jumped from 4747 to 4764, in retaliation? BTW, WRTH 2021 page 315 says its new frequency be 4755; not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0458 UT February 10 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list I`ll gladly leave discussion of the gear in Cuba to wb. I already said the 4765 spurs were *not* like the 13700 ones. Glenn RADIO BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE =============================== Syria. --------- Radio Damascus on the Internet. Radio Damascus recalled its history. If anyone is interested, then from 37:00 - it lasts about 5 minutes. http://en.ortas.online/index.php?d=100457&id=69820 (Viktor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia / "open-dx" & "deneb-radio-dx") - Here you can listen to Radio Damascus in several languages. In Russian today the file is signed "Panedelnik" (meaning Monday). There is broadcasting in Hebrew, German, English, etc. In Russian, the program lasts 1 hour. https://soundcloud.com/syrianforeignradios (Roman Novikov, Orel, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Ukraine. -------------- Information about Krym.Realii transmission via AM 648 kHz. Operated by the RFE / RL US-Government in russian language from the transmitter Chonhar in the territory of Ukraine. close to the Krim-Border to Russia. QSL via E-Mail: KhalilovR-FL@rferl.org / Mr. Rustem Khalikov WRTH2021 says with 25 kW. Mailadress: Kreshchatyk 19a, 01001 Kiev, Ukraine (Harald Süss, Austria) WEB and TERRESTRIAL RADIO AND TV IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ================================= Russia. Moscow. ------------------------ Radio imagination WEB: http://www.radio-imagination.ru/ Radio Imagination is a modern online radio that offers listeners trendy and stylish dance music. Radio has been broadcasting since June 19, 2010 Broadcast format: dance music (House, Trance, Drum & Bass, Electro ...) Broadcast format: around the clock Broadcast quality: 64 to 320 kbps, stereo Radio slogan: We are looking for talents around the world ... (https://vk.com/allradi) Russia. Moscow. ---------------------- Radio ICE FM WEB: http://www.radioice.ru/ Broadcasts popular music and songs of 2020 in the pop genre. (https://vk.com/allradi) Russia. Altai region. Barnaul. ------------------------ Radio Heart FM WEB: https://www.heartfm.ru/ "Heart FM" is a Barnaul music radio station. We play familiar Pop, Pop / Dance and Pop / Rock hits from the early 00s to the present day. Our frequencies in Barnaul: 105.9 FM, 69.8 VHF. HEART FM - to the rhythm of your hometown! (https://vk.com/allradi) QSL WORLD ======== AI = Andreas Ibold, Germany / https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080049528677701 AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia AY = Alexander Yurin, Saint Petersburg, Russia DE = Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "rusdxplus" & "open-dx" HB = Hansjoerg Biener, Nuremberg, Germany IK = Igor Kolke, Moscow, Russia / https://kolkeradio.blogspot.com/ KB = Konstantin Barsenkov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia / "rusdxplus" & "deneb-radio-dx" TLB = T.L.Breyel, Malaysia / https://shortwavedxer.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html SS = Sergei Shokhin, Selyatino, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" VL = Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" VV = Viktor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Russia / "open-dx" Ascension island ----------------------- BBC World Sce / Atlantic Relay Station (ASC) - e-QSL (12095 kHz / 21.00 UTC / Feb.8-2021) / reply Feb.9-2021. A similar report on the reception of the Special Holiday Edition of Music Life on December 20th remained unanswered. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2021/02/bbc-world-service.html (KB) Austria ----------- Radio Österreich Interbational A letter from the radio station - Dear Mr. Yurin, thank you for your email. We very much appreciate your interest in listening to our programs via shortwave. Our technicians will be pleased about your detailed report. Unfortunatelay, due to cutbacks the Austrian Broadcasting Company ORF decided to discontinue the sending of QSL-cards. We ask for your understanding. We hope that you will nevertheless continue to enjoy listening to our program via shortwave. Best regards Agnes Kraft (AY) Costa Rica / USA ------------------------- All Tribes Radio / via WRMI (USA) - e-QSL (15770 kHz / 13.00 UTC / Feb.11-2021) / reply Feb.11-2021. Confirmation came an hour after sending the acceptance report, a small letter and details of the report in e-QSL in Russian. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2020/12/all-tribes-radio.html (KB) France / Germany --------------------- Radio Waves International Received a new QSL letter from Radio Waves International for the January 15, 2021 report. Traditionally, a postcard, letter, business cards and the station's music playlists were added to the envelope. CDs with music have stopped sending. The letter was sent on January 18, 2021. https://freerutube.info/2021/02/10/qsl-radio-waves-international-germaniya-yanvar-2021-goda/ (DE) Germany --------------- SM Radio Dessau / via Channel 292 (D) - e-QSL (3955 kHz / 22.30 UTC / Feb.1-2021) / reply Feb.7-2021. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/04/sm-radio-dessau_6.html (KB) Russia ---------- NDB Nizhnekamsk / Begishevo (Republic of Tartastan - 2990 km from me away), 749 kHz, with full detailed ppc QSL-letter, pers. letter in german (!) and DIN-A4 photos of antenna and transmitter in 52 days. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=849347749247490&set=pcb.4318835741465714 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=849347909247474&set=pcb.4318835741465714 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=849347985914133&set=pcb.4318835741465714 (AI) Russia / Germany -------------------------- * Got a new QSL card from the radio station "Voice of the Andes" in Russian for the reception on January 23, 2021 at 15.29 UTC on frequency of 9500 kHz (theme flower and psalm from Matthew 5: 8). Email sent from Voronezh on February 1, 2021, 2 identical pocket calendar for 2021 recording studio "Revelation", photocopies of 3 religious poems on A4 sheets and a personal letter from Nelly Yakovlevna, handwritten (!) with a black felt-tip pen. (SS) * HCJB Voice of the Andes A new QSL card has been received from the Revelation studio from Voronezh for the report on the reception of the Voice of the Andes dated January 16, 2021. Nelly Yakovlevna added a personal letter, poems and pocket calendars for 2021 to the envelope. The letter was sent on February 6, 2021. https://freerutube.info/2021/02/13/qsl-hcjb-golos-and-germaniya-yanvar-2021-goda/ (DE) Turkey ----------- * QSL-card "Voice of Turkey". 08.12.2020 / 19.30-20.20 UUC / 6050 kHz / English Blog: http://rusdx.blogspot.com/2021/02/voice-of-turkey.html (AK) * Voice of Turkey / English Sce (TUR) - QSL-card (7240 // 6125 kHz / 04.00 UTC / Dec.8-2020). QSL Theme (Aralik - December 2020): Mevlevi Sema (Dancing Dervishes) Ceremony is included in the 2008 UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Konya, Turkey. Sent from Ankara on Jan 29, received on Feb 8, 2021. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/voice-of-turkey-tur-date-february-27.html (KB) USA ------- * Letter from Radio Free Asia - Dear friends, Just a note of thanks to you, and our listeners worldwide, for your patience as we continue to respond to your reception reports as quickly as possible. Still, we know we've been a slower than usual and just want to reassure you that RFA continues to respond to all reception reports. Yes, we have a bit of a backlog and we're confirming every reception report as time allows. Thank again for your patience and understanding. 73 aj Andrew "A.J" Janitschek Radio Free Asia (AK) * Received e-qsl from Radio KMRT --- USA broadcast via WRMI for receiving 8.02.21 / 00.00-00.30 UTC / 9395 kHz. (VL) - You can see it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2021/02/e-qsl-radio-kmrt.html - WTAB broadcast via WRMI February 15 & 22, 2021. 00.00 UTC 9395 kHz. I just received the flyer below for a new broadcast by "WTAB"-I've no clue what the content will be, but it certainly looks fascinating! Guess I'll have to tune in to find out! https://swling.com/blog/2021/02/wtab-broadcast-via-wrmi-february-15-22-2021/ (https://vk.com/dxing) * WRMI - Radio Miami Int'l (USA) - QSL-card (15770 kHz / 13.00 UTC / Dec.15-2020). Radio Tumbril "Encore Classical Music" program. QSL topic: pineapple. Postcard shipped from West Palm Beach, Florida, USA on January 21, received on February 12, 2021. Blog: https://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/07/wrmi.html (KB) USA / Germany ----------------------- eQSL Bill's Melting pot. Confirmation came from Bill Tilford for listening to Cauldron. -------- Forwards the message -------- 09.02.2021, 03:04, "William Tilford" : Victor, Glad you enjoyed the show. We have music from Tajikstan (including ethno jazz) this week. An eQSL is attached. (ВВ) - You can watch it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2021/02/eqsl-bill-s-melting-pot.html QSL mail --------------- * QSL cards for January 2021. In January, there were not as many letters in the mailbox as in traditional times. Verification cards were sent from Spain, Slovakia and Turkey. - Radio Nacional de España replied to the report dated December 5, 2020. A medium-wave frequency of 738 kHz was monitored in Moscow. Signal quality at night was poor to moderate. In addition to the verification card, the envelope contained a cover letter and RNE stickers. - Radio Slovakia International responded for the reports of 23 November and 5 December 2020. - The Russian and Turkish services of the Voice of Turkey sent QSLs in response to reports dated October 11 and 17 and November 22, December 01.02, 2020, respectively. (IK) * NL R. Classic Sunday / 3920 0 T, general data e-QSL / website RR HjBi Netherlands: R. Classic Sunday, 3920 kHz via Piepzender, music programme/DJ mostly in Dutch. General colour jpg as e-QSL. Received on the same day for reception report via contact form . This form helps you preparing the report which cannot be submitted if anything is missing. Additional remark: "We make a new QSL card every month. so that you receive a different one from us every month when you confirm receipt again. This is the qsl card of the month Januari 2021." (HB) - You can see it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2021/02/radio-classic-sunday.html * QSLs: Long-Wave & Medium-wave Broadcasters. (Russia + ex.USSR) ARMENIA TWR Europe (Yerevan-Gavar) - 1377 kHz TWR Trans Yakhon Radyosa (Yerevan-Gavar) - 864 kHz RUSSIA Radio Free Asia (Vladivostok) - 648 kHz TAJIKISTAN Voice of America (Orzu-Dushanbe) - 972 kHz VOA - Radio Aap Ki Dunyaa (Orzu-Dushanbe) - 972 kHz (TLB) * Received an e-mail letter - e-qsl - no - for receiving from Radio VORW 1.02.21 / 06.25-06.50 UTC / 9670 kHz Atlantic 2000 International e-qsl for reception 1.02 / 09.00-09.30 UTC / 9670 kHz Radio 37 Das Bornholm - Magazin e-qsl for reception 28.01.21 / 18.00-18.30 / 3955 kHz (VL) CALENDAR - HISTORY OF DX-HOBBIES, RADIO & MAILS ============================================== February 12. ---------------- Vatican Radio celebrates its 90th anniversary. On February 12, Vatican Radio will celebrate its 90th anniversary. The radio station was conceived and created by Guglielmo Marconi on behalf of Pope Pius XI. Today, Vatican Radio broadcasts in 41 languages and publishes news in 43 languages, and its employees come from 69 countries. Including Pope Francis, eight Popes used this method of communication. The Russian edition of Vatican Radio was founded on April 19, 1948 ... More details + phot in Russian - https://www.vaticannews.va/ru/vatican-city/news/2021-02/radio-vatikana-otmechaet- 90letie.html (https://www.vaticannews.va/ru.html) February 18. ----------------- In 1911, mail was first delivered by air. (Newspaper "Telek" # 06/2021) WORLD NEWS. ============ * Donetsk People's Republic / Ukraine -------------------------------------------------- --------- In the Novoazovsky district of the DPR, a new transmitting station began to operate to expand the coverage area of the republican television and radio broadcasting, the Ministry of Communications reported. The DPR government spent 65 million rubles for the development of television and radio broadcasting. The State Enterprise "Radio and Television Transmitting Center" on the territory of the Novoazovskiy region conducts test broadcasting of ten television channels in digital format included in the first multiplex, the Ministry of Communications said. The first multiplex includes the following TV channels: First Republican, Union, Oplot, Oplot 2, Novorossiya, Channel One, NTV, Russia 24, Russia 1, 360º ", As well as radio stations" Radio Republic "(at a frequency of 96, 8 MHz) and" Road radio "(at a frequency of 102, 9 MHz). After the completion of testing and commissioning of the facility, which is scheduled for the first quarter, residents of the Novoazovsky district will have access to broadcasting of about 40 TV channels. This will improve the signal quality not only in the DPR, but also in the territories controlled by Ukraine. Source: donetsk.kp.ru (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * WRTH 2021 ------------------ B20 Schedules update An update pdf of the B20 schedules given in WRTH 2021 can now be downloaded from this link: http://www.wrth.com/_shop/wp-content/uploads/WRTH2021IntRadioSuppl1_B20SchedulesUpdate.pdf (http://www.wrth.com/) * New frequencies and changes. --------------------------------------- https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/brific/BRIFIC/SpecialSection/GE84/GE84_297.pdf (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) * Hungary. ------------- In Hungary, opposition radio station Klubradio stops broadcasting. The independent Hungarian radio station Klubradio, which often criticizes the government of Viktor Orban, will stop broadcasting on 14 February. On Tuesday, a Budapest municipal court rejected the company's protest against a September decision by the State Council on Media Oversight, which refused to renew its agreement with Klubradio on frequency use. Radio stations make claims, in particular, for late submission of documents. Andras Arato, chief executive of Klubradio, called the court's decision "cowardly and shameful", and the case itself was political. Andras Arato, CEO of Klubradio: "I believe that in this country, voters should wake up and decide whether they want to live in such a world. Because today it is Klubradio's problem, and tomorrow many people may face similar things. the fact that the courts will not ensure the rights of citizens. " The radio station's management intends to appeal to the Supreme Court. Klubradio promises to continue working on the Internet and encourages its listeners to support the radio station. The French Foreign Ministry called the suspension of Klubradio's broadcasting as a wake-up call and called on Hungary to comply with European standards with regard to media independence. "Another voice has been drowned out in Hungary. Another sad day for media freedom," Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic wrote on Twitter. photo: Laszlo Balogh / The Associated Press | text: Irina Alexandrova, euronews.com (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__79406/) * World Radio Day: The Most Unusual Radio Stations in the World. ------------------------------------------------- February 13 is World Radio Day. This date was chosen for a reason: February 13, 1946 is considered the day of the creation of the UN radio. The General Conference of UNESCO decided to proclaim this World Holiday in 2011 at the initiative of Spain. A year later, the decision was unanimously supported by the UN General Assembly, after which Radio Day was officially included in the list of international holidays. In the modern world there are many radio stations "for every taste and color", and not only exclusively musical ones. On some of them, the speakers read stories to music, on others, they fascinatingly discuss computer games, technology, travel, and so on. Most importantly, each station has its own audience. Therefore, people who believe that radio is a relic of the past are not entirely right, the radio format is in its prime today. And today we want to tell you not exactly about all its diversity, but exactly about the most unusual "copies" of radio stations in history. "BUZZER". Officially this radio is called UVB-76. Broadcasting has been on short wave since the 70s and in addition to white noise, the radio station occasionally broadcasts words and numbers. At one time, an unknown source was sending incomprehensible encrypted data. The strangeness is that the message began with such a set of letters: "I'm UVB - 76, I'm UVB - 76". For this reason, the frequency was named UVB-76. This was followed by a no less mysterious code: "180 08 BROMAL 74 27 99 14. Boris, Roman, Olga, Mikhail, Anna, Larisa. 7 4 2 7 9 9 1 4 ". No one could figure out this message. Another oddity is that not only the text of the message itself changes, but also its source. One of the latest sources was a small village called Kirsino in the Leningrad region. Until now, the secret of this radio station has not been revealed. Radio station Russian the Pip - PISCHALKA. The strange radio station was noticed in the late 80s. It is believed to be located somewhere in the Rostov region and is transmitting voice messages to the military. For those who do not have the key to the cipher, the messages seem to be simple beeps. It is said that sometimes the weather forecast suddenly hits the radio. CHIPELDUK. A very strange radio, as the project's website says - ChipleDuk - is Unlimited radio with unlimited irresponsibility. The broadcast is based on absurdistic humor: an upside down look at the accepted radio formats. Broadcasts include parody news broadcasts, strange sounds, jokes, and more. Speaking about the project, its creators note that this is a quiet 360-degree revolution. "MISSION CONTROL SOMA FM". This radio station also has its fans: on it you can hear the sounds of space, rocket takeoffs, as well as the docking of ships with space stations. All this is broadcast to the sounds of ambient music. He founded the radio station Rusty Hodge, which writes music and imposes cosmic sounds on it. Soma FM has several channels created for fans of different genres. BIRD SONGS. One of America's radio stations broadcasts the birdsong around the clock, which was recorded over the years by Quentin Howard in his own Wiltshire garden. Today Howard is the CEO of several overseas radio stations. And at one time he expressed great surprise at the fact that the "fuss" recorded by him attracted half a million listeners. The radio has a loyal fan base, claiming that birdsong helps them relax. Enthusiasts have even created a Facebook community for this radio. "DOGCATRADIO". Our smaller brothers also did not go unnoticed: Dogcatradio is an amazing radio station originally from the USA. It was invented by one of the owners of independent labels, who decided to create a radio for pets so that they would not be bored when their owners were not at home. Veterinarians also expressed their point of view, who highly appreciated the creation of such a radio, since music has a good effect on animals, at least they are not bored and sad when no one is at home. "LA COLIFATA". The Argentinean radio station is known for the fact that its most famous program has been going on for 27 years. The originality is that the transmission comes directly from the psychiatric hospital. That is, the point is that people isolated from society talk about their emotions and thoughts, read poems, and invent stories. The most interesting thing is that the listeners of this radio are about 12 million people every month. And this project started thanks to the Argentine psychologist Alfredo Oliveira, who wanted to help patients with social integration. In his reports, he wrote that radio has a healing effect. RADIO RMF FM, POLAND. The creativity of Polish music lovers can only be envied. This radio station, no less original than the previous ones, is located in Krakow. The station building resembles an alien object: huge metal domes with dozens of portholes are interconnected by long green tubes-corridors. The unusual exterior is said to complement the interior as well: rumor has it that the setting is similar to footage from the famous Star Wars saga. But whether Darth Vader lives there is difficult to say: the radio employees work in secrecy and almost never conduct excursions. HOUSE OF RADIO, FRANCE. The huge building, covering an area of about two hectares, has become a real home for a whole "family of radio stations": Radio France Inter, Radio France Info, Radio France Bleu, Radio France Culture, as well as Radio France Musique, Radio FIP and Radio Le Mouv. The 500-meter circle and the 68-meter tower were built more than half a century ago under the control of Charles de Gaulle using the highest technologies. To heat this giant, engineers have built an underground pool, in which the water temperature is kept at 27 degrees all year round. runews24.ru (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__79424/) * The Glory Days of Shortwave Radio. -------------------------------------------------- Video: 41:12 SWLDXBulgaria. Historical recordings of interval signals from former international broadcasters. 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