-------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1142 Broadcasting of Russia, plus countries former USSR and far abroad countries. Sunday / 18 July 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 - GPM Radio. ---------------------------------------- GPM Radio is the largest Russian radio holding. It has been leading its history since 2003 (until 2016 - VKPM). GPM Radio unites nine radio brands: Avtoradio, RADIO ENERGY, Humor FM, Radio Romantika, Comedy Radio, Like FM, Relax FM, Detskoe Radio, Ekho Moskvy, as well as Online Radio 101.ru and a network of its own branches in largest cities of Russia. In recent months, 12 cities and towns of the country have joined the broadcasting network of GPM Radio radio stations. Since the beginning of 2021, the holding's network has grown by 24 regional radio stations. Among all GPM Radio formats, Avtoradio remains the leader in terms of audience coverage (over 90% of Russian regions) and the rate of expansion of broadcasting geography. In the second quarter of 2021, Avtoradio was heard in 5 more cities of Russia, and since the beginning of the year, the radio station has been heard in 8 cities and towns of the country. Among them: Davlekanovo of the Republic of Bashkortostan (90.2 FM), Kotelnikovo of the Volgograd region (103.0 FM), Kurgan (107.1 FM), Suksun in the Perm region (99.3 FM) and four cities of the Volgograd region - Mikhailovka ( 102.9 FM), Novoanninsky (103.2 FM), Serafimovich (100.5 FM) and Surovikino (100.7 FM). The entertaining and humorous formats of GPM Radio are still popular in the regions. Over the past six months, "Humor FM" and Comedy Radio have included in their broadcasting networks in 5 cities. In the second quarter, the radio station "Humor FM" came to Yegoryevsk, Moscow region (89.7 FM) and Cheboksary (97.7 FM), the center of the economic, political and cultural life of the Chuvash Republic. Since the beginning of the year, this cheerful radio has been raising the spirits of the listeners of Kursk (107.6 FM), Ryazan (96.9 FM) and the city of Uchaly of the Republic of Bashkortostan (87.5 FM). Comedy Radio pleases from the beginning of the year with a bright air of the inhabitants of Tomsk (90.3 FM), the oldest and largest city in Siberia, and in the II quarter the capital of the Republic of Buryatia Ulan-Ude (101.9 FM), two cities of the Leningrad region - Kingisepp (96.5 FM) and Sosnovy Bor (97.4 FM), as well as Krymsk in the Krasnodar Territory (95.5 FM). The most technologically advanced format of GPM Radio - Like FM, which began expansion into the regions last year, does not slow down in the new one either. In the second quarter, the radio station sounded in Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moscow Region (92.6 FM), and since the beginning of the year, the largest cities of Russia Ryazan (103.2 FM) and Bryansk (100.3 FM) have recognized it. Also, Like FM was heard by residents of the city of Unecha, Bryansk region (100.7 FM). Continues to expand the geography of broadcasting and Radio ENERGY. This year, the cool "Show with Black Pepper", the hit parade NRJ HOT 30 and the most fashionable music are also listened to in Stavropol (103.6 FM), one of the largest cities in the North Caucasus and the North Caucasian Federal District, and in Yegoryevsk near Moscow (88.5 FM ). GPM Radio is one of the leading national radio holdings. The radio stations included in its structure are represented throughout the Russian Federation and abroad. Their creative teams invariably keep a high bar for the quality of work on the air, acquainting listeners with new music charts and new performers, with the main events in the country and the world, current facts and interesting people. The radio brands of the holding are actively introducing digital technologies for effective communication with the audience; they are represented in all social networks and video hosting sites. More information about the GPM Radio formats is available at www.gpmradio.ru/about. (https://www.gpmradio.ru/news-page/uid/21954) Krasnodarskiy kray. ----------------------------- Radio Russii Kuban "changed the frequency in Apsheronsk and Goryachy Klyuch. Hear the programs "Radio Russii Kuban "is now available at 99.9 MHz in Apsheronsk and 91.7 MHz in Goryachy Klyuch. The broadcast is daily from 05:00 to 01:00. Mode - monaural Source: https://www.kubantv.ru/obshhestvo/radio-rossii-kuban-izmenilo-chastotu-v-apsheronske-i-gorjachem-kljuche/ (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Sverdlovskaya oblast. --------------------------------- On July 15, the branch of the RTRS "Sverdlovsk Regional Television and Radio Broadcasting Center" began FM broadcasting of the "Voskresehje" radio station in Cheremissky at a frequency of 105.9 MHz. The transmitter power is 0.1 kW. The suspension height of the transmitting antenna is 176 m. About 9.5 thousand people live in the coverage area. The program is broadcast daily, around the clock. (https://ekburg.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-fm-translyatsiyu-radiostantsii-voskresenie-v-cheremisskom/) Permskiy kray. Permian. ------------------------------- On July 9, the branch of the RTRS "Perm KRTPTS" began FM broadcasting of the radio station "First International Radio PI FM" in Perm at a frequency of 93.9 MHz. A transmitter with a power of 1 kW covers 1 million residents of Perm with a radio signal. The Perm branch of the RTRS has been attracting new radio stations to the Krupskaya RTPS for four years. During this time, most Russian radio stations have placed transmitters at the RTRS transmitting station. The main TV tower of Prikamye broadcasts 70% of Perm radio stations. The radio station "First International Radio PI FM" began broadcasting on August 1, 2018. Broadcast cities: Bratsk, Buzuluk, Gorno-Altaysk, Irbit, Kemerovo, Minusinsk, Moscow and Moscow region, Neftekamsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Novokuznetsk, Perm, Petrozavodsk, Syktyvkar, Tula, Elista. (https://perm.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-fm-translyatsiyu-pervogo-internatsionalnogo-radio-pi-fm-v-permi/) Primorskiy krai. Vladivostok. ------------------------------------- Vladivostok, the administrative, cultural, scientific, educational and economic center of the Primorsky Territory, has joined the network of cities broadcasting Love Radio. The broadcasting frequency of Love Radio in the district is 89.4 FM, the potential audience is 700 thousand people. Regional partner - LLC "NMK", General Director - Gubar D.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 proportion 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 current information and the main news from the world of show business, unique music programs and interactive shows on the air. More than 3.4 million people in Russia tune in to the Love Radio frequency every day, and 9.3 million people every week *. 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 +, October 2020 - March 2021, 12+, Zh16-34, Reach Dly, Reach Wly, Table% Reach Dly. (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/8180.htm) Kaleidoscope of news ================== * Radio Panorama program. -------------------------------------- In Russian. Moscow. Worldwide radio network. 07/17/2021 The "Radio Panorama" program for lovers of long-distance radio reception. Author and presenter - Vadim Alekseev. "Radiopanorama" is a repeat of July 10th. Publish - Publish the details of the program and sound file on the page. Publication and preparation of a sound file - Vladimir Emelyanov, Samara, Russia. (https://vk.com/dxing) * On the former site of the radio plant in Berdsk, a stele was demolished to the inventor of radio Alexander Popov. ------------------------------------------- On Sunday "Courier. Wednesday. Berdsk" readers reported that a stele with a bas-relief of Alexander Popov, the inventor of radio, was demolished on the former territory of the Berdsk radio plant. - This is how it destroys people's memory. I wonder who gives this permission ?! - the reader is outraged, who has captured on the photo what is happening on July 11 from the windows of the office, located in the business center "Vega". - Right now, in Berdsk, a monument is being demolished, which has stood since the 1970s. On the 18th block, on the opposite side, there was a stele with a bas-relief of Popov. Right now, unknown people have demolished it to zero! maybe she did not stand on the balance sheet of the city, but it's still a pity. My mother told me about her, how the administrative building was built and more ... - regrets the Berdchan woman. Indeed, as reported by "Courier. Wednesday. Berdsk" the head of the Berd department of culture Oksana Mokrienko, there is no such monument in the official register. - We don't have a balance, for sure. Because just the other day we did an audit, we have new objects - memorial plaques. There is no stele in the list, - Mokrienko commented on "Courier. Wednesday. Berdsk". According to her, a memorial plaque to the director of the BRZ Alexander Shkulov and a plaque with the names of the Vegovtsy who made a special contribution to the development of the radio plant and the city were recently moved to the Vegovsky square. A public garden and a monument to Alexander Popov were opened not far from school No. 10 in the year of the 300th anniversary of Berdsk. It was the idea of Viktor Golubev, a former radio operator and now the largest Berd businessman. With his money, a memorial complex was built next to the old Vega site. Apparently, the Berdsk radio plant, which was sold out in the late 1990s, does not need commemorative signs, entrepreneurs need a territory for something else. But so far the Vega Museum is open, where the memory of the enterprise thundering all over the country is kept. Anastasia Solodkova, kurer-sreda.ru (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__80558/) * See "History of Radio Modern". Part one". -------------------------------------- Petersburg journalists filmed and published the first series of the documentary "Wave" about the radio station "Modern". The co-author of the film and editor of "Paper" Elizaveta Ivantey spoke about this. In the film, as the authors said, stars of "Modern" starred Sergei Rost, Viktor Yanishevsky, Alexei Klimushkin, Sergei Stillavin, Natalia Markova, Olga Nikolaeva, Yana Ermolaeva, Alexander Humbert, Alexei Razumovsky and others. The full-length documentary took three years to complete. The episode's release date is timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the day when the radio station stopped broadcasting. "Modern" is the first St. Petersburg independent radio, where Dmitry Nagiyev, Sergei Shnurov and others began their careers. photos and videos: Youtube / postmodern doc | text: paperpaper.ru (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__80547/) - The documentary "Wave". History of Radio Modern. Video - 1:04:47 In Russian. https://youtu.be/NOfwZ4N_H0k The most complete story of the rise and fall of the cult St. Petersburg radio station of the 90s, which gave rise to the careers of Dmitry Nagiyev, Sergei Rost, Sergei Shnurov, Gennady Bachinsky, Sergei Stillavin, Alla Dovlatova and many other figures in show business. Script writers and directors: Serafim Romanov, Elizaveta Ivantey Operators: Elizaveta Ivantey, Ekaterina Tyurina, Alexandra Sidorkina, Ilya Kaminsky, Dmitry Timofeev, Roman Kitashov Editing: Serafim Romanov (Postmodern doc, 2021) * Radio receiver R-155U PERLAMUTR ----------------------------------- In Russian. Video (after advertising) - 12:12 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456241660%2Fdb676390a7a461355d%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * The radio stations Peter FM and Popular Classics are available in Tricolor. ---------------------------------------- Since July 2021, subscribers of the multi-platform operator of the digital environment Tricolor have the opportunity to receive radio stations Peter FM and Popular Classics. These radio stations were created by M10MEDIA, a federal radio holding from St. Petersburg. Other products of the creative team are already available in Tricolor - Radio Vanya and Radio for Two. The partnership between two major broadcasters enables more than 12,000,000 Tricolor subscribers to listen to a variety of content previously available in other broadcast media: terrestrial and digital. Peter FM is a radio for real Petersburgers, hardened by the Baltic winds and lack of sun, but who have retained the spirit of freedom in their souls and who value true friendship and love. Only the best songs of Russian rock with real guitar sound, relief melodies, sincere lyrics and strong character sound on the air of Peter FM. Peter FM is your present! Popular Classics - radio, where popular classical compositions are presented in a unique abridged version, and modern instrumental pieces and soundtracks fit harmoniously into the playlist. The works of the most famous authors (Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Schubert, Liszt, etc.) and the titans of film music performed by outstanding musicians of the world sound here. The mission of the radio station is to break the stereotype that only experts love and listen to classical music! (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__80571/) * An article about the first commercial radio station in the USSR, Europe Plus Moscow, in the Government Gazette, October 1990. -------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/wall-95751351_1904?browse_images=1 Source: https://vk.com/tvlife (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) * Traditional media are dead, long live the new radio, which is nowhere without digital. -------------------------------------- The audience goes to the Internet, and this must be taken into account, I am sure the editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow in St. Petersburg "Valery Nechai ... Details in Russian - http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__80574/ (OnAir.ru) * The government submitted to the State Duma a bill providing for the assignment of radio frequencies by making an entry in a specialized register. ------------------------------------ Permission to assign a radio frequency or radio frequency channel, according to the document, will now be issued "in the form of an entry in the Unified Register of Frequency Assignments for Civilian Radioelectronic Means," TASS reported. For radio electronic means used for the needs of state authorities, the needs of the country's defense, state security and law enforcement, permission will be issued in writing. In the current version of the Law "On Communications" there is no provision on a single register. The explanatory note says that this "approach will improve the manufacturability of processes, including through the use of digital technologies." In addition, this will allow "accelerating the introduction of digital and electronic services" both on the part of Roskomnadzor and on the part of individuals and legal entities planning to use the radio frequency spectrum. The transition to the registry model will save time for individuals and legal entities planning to apply for the assignment of radio frequencies ... Details in the source in Russian - https://telesputnik.ru/materials/gov/news/kabmin-vnes-v-gosdumu-zakonoproekt-o- reestrovoy-modeli-prisvoeniya-radiochastot/ (https://vk.com/radioitv) * The fines of Radio Liberty for the absence of the foreign agent marking in the Russian Federation exceeded $ 2.2 million. ------------------------------------------------- The amount of fines imposed on the projects of the media corporation Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (entered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation into the register of foreign media agents) for the absence of the foreign agent marking is 169 million rubles ($ 2.277 million), in total in relation to RFE / RS LLC ( also included in the register of foreign media agents) and its general director has already drawn up 650 protocols, Roskomnadzor (RKN) told Interfax. "The court of first instance considered 504 cases and imposed fines totaling 169 million rubles. 167 decisions are pending at the appeal instance. 146 decisions on bringing to administrative responsibility for a total amount of 39.35 million rubles have come into force," the RKN said ... They clarified that in 2021, for the lack of marking in relation to RFE / RL LLC and its general director, the department drew up 650 protocols: 390 protocols - under Part 1 of Art. 19.34.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, 260 - under Part 2 of Art. 19.34.1 Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. According to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, according to part 1 of article 19.34.1 (violation of the procedure for the activities of a media-foreign agent), the fine for officials is 50 thousand rubles, for legal entities - 500 thousand rubles, for a repeated violation (part 2 of art. 19.34.1 of the Administrative Code) fines are 100 thousand and 1 million, respectively. The RKN also reported that "there is currently no information on payment of the imposed fines" ... Details in Russian - http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__80583/ (OnAir.ru) * How I taught Morse code myself. -------------------------------------- In Russian. Video - 28:33 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456241667%2F4a5f1541b35708e3ec%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 I am telling you how I studied the telegraph on my own. Used a homemade automatic telegraph key and transceiver. Also a couple of stories from amateur radio life. Please treat it as a spoken genre, not a technical video. I can tell you something else. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Flying crane on permafrost. How Yakutia received the highest gift. -------------------------------------------------- ---- The entire city watched the unique operation of installing the TV tower at the height of summer. The Yakutsk TV tower became the second in the history of the country, mounted from the air. The gift for the 60th anniversary of the YaASSR was "prepared" by the entire Union. 4 days instead of 3 months At the initial stage, a team from Khabarovsk was involved in the construction of a television tower in Yakutsk. They built a powerful pile foundation from scratch for the foundation supports. To hold the structure weighing almost 500 tons in permafrost conditions, each of them was made in the form of a square with sides of 31 meters ... Details in Russian - https://yakutia.aif.ru/city/event/letayushchiy_kran_na_vechnoy_merzlote_kak_yakutiya_poluchila_samyy_vysokiy_po darok (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ============== SHORTWAVE BULLETIN Issue no. 1980, 11 July 2021 edited by Thomas Nilsson, Sweden ----------------------------------------------- Log (UTC) 3985 Jul6 1835 R Belarus, via Shortwaveservice, Kall-Krekel French talk about Belarus (AP-DNK) 3985 Jul1 2044 R.Bielorussia via Shortwave Sce., Kall-Krekell. G, songs, tks. QRM de KOR? 34342 (CGS) 4765 Jul6 1910 Tajik R 1, Yangiyul Tajik conversation (AP-DNK) 4765 Jul4 -2000* Tajik Radio, Dushanbe, Tajik music. Extremely weak, best on LSB. (Méndez) Contributors to the log: AP-DNK = Anker Petersen, Denmark CGS = CG/CGS, Carlos Gonçalves, Lissabon, Portugal Méndez = Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain Other radio news [WOR] Cuba - RHC - Manolo de la Rosa. Cuba - Manolo de la Rosa, prominent Dxer and producer of the programs "Para los Diexistas" on Radio Moscú and "En Contacto" by Radio Havana (RHC) with his wife Malena, died in Cuba. Information posted by his daughter Yanela on facebook. (Dino Bloise, Miami, USA via WOR) More info can be found here: https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.word-press.com/2021/07/07/fallece-el-locutor-cubano-manolo-de-la-rosa/ (via WOR) [WOR] Revolution in the air | History Today: Russia 1991g See interesting story here: http://www.historytoday.com/archive/behind-times/revolution-air (Charles Harlich, via WOR) State support has saved broadcasters. 2020 has hurt many areas of our lives. Radio broadcasting was included in the list of the most affected industries. State support measures allowed the radio broadcaster to survive, preserve their creative teams and save almost 500 million rubles. What was included in the state aid package? Concessional loan with the possibility of transforming it into a subsidy in 2021, as well as reducing the rates of insurance premiums and contributions to the Russian Pension Fund. The largest radio holdings, having received state support, in turn, extended a helping hand to their partners in the regions. License fees were reduced to 80-90% or canceled altogether. In addition, the agreements with the Russian Authors' Society and the All-Russian Intellectual Property Organization were revised in favor of the broadcasters. According to the President of the Russian Academy of Radio Andrei Romanchenko, these reciprocal measures have allowed many broadcasters to preserve the broadcast of their radio channels and save creative teams. rosvois.ru (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__80503/) (RUS-DX #1140) Wired broadcasting. Wired radio has a reputation as a media outlet for retirees, although even now the service has a multimillion audience. Meanwhile, Rostelecom is slowly destroying the once popular media - it refuses to restore damaged lines and connect new users (according to the author of the article). The author of TJ studied how the difficult fate of wired radio is developing today and whether it is possible to connect a radio point in an apartment in 2021 (source in Russian - URL: https://tjournal.ru/tech/124629-pyatsovremennyh-tendenciy-provodnogoradio-kak-ya-nachal -ego-slushat-ichut-ne- stal-radiohuliganom (04/23/21). (https://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2021/06/13.pdf) (RUS-DX #1140) Russian Woodpecker Antenna Array Now a Cultural Heritage Site The massive Duga-1 antenna array that transmitted the obnoxious and infuriating "Russian Woodpecker" HF signal from the 1970s until the late 1980s is now a cultural heritage site. The array, located near Chernobyl in Ukraine, was part of an over-the-horizon radar (OTH-R) system designed to detect and offer early warning of incoming ballistic missiles from the US. A complementary receiver site was located some 40 miles away. While the system was opera- ting, its broad rat-a-tat signal, typically at a 10 Hz rate, caused severe interference in the amateur bands. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster and the end of the Cold War preceded the end of the system and the interference it caused. NATO military intelligence discovered and photographed the structure, which it dubbed "Steel Yard." Nearly 2,300 feet long and more than 450 feet tall, the steel beams of the radar array are in the Chernobyl ex- clusion zone tower above the surrounding forest. Seen from a distance, it appears to be a massive wall or the start of a cage. As Vice recently reported, the Association of Chernobyl Tour Operators was the first to announce that Ukraine had made Duga-1 a protected heritage site. The Russian Interfax news service later reported the official designation. "Our heritage is not only the area around the power plant but also the buildings located on its territory," Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukraine's Minister of Culture and Information Policy, said in a Telegram thread about the announcement. "So now we are working on identifying other objects that should be part of the list of monuments. Our goal is to pre- vent destruction when possible." A Duga array seen from a distance. [Ingmar Runge photo] The Soviet Union deployed two similar OTH-R installations -- known and Duga-1 and Duga-2 -- the one near Cherno- byl and another in eastern Siberia. Transmitter power levels were rumoured to be in the 10-megawatt EIRP range. Duga-1 was the focus of a 2015 documentary, The Russian Woodpecker, by Chad Gracia. The film includes intervi- ews with Duga Commander Vladimir Musiets and others involved in building and operating the OTH-R system. The production was a 2015 Sundance Film Festival winner in the documentary category. In recent years, the Duga-1 radar has also played a role in other films, as well as in various video games and novels (ARRL, via Phil Bren nan) (July 2021 - Australian DX News via WOR) SWLDXBulgaria News July 10-11 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ----------------------------- GERMANY(non) Reception of PAB Tony Alamo Ministries on 7425 kHz MBR Tashkent on July 11 1630-1730 on 7425 TAC 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAs English Sun, very good via SDR Tambov RUS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/pab-tony-alamo-ministries-on-7425-khz.html Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 223, Issue 12 --------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 From: Manuel Mendez Subject: [HCDX] Stations heard in Reinante and Friol Manuel Mendez Lugo, Spain Logs in Reinante and Friol Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters ARMENIA, 7510, Radio Ibrahim (FEBA), Noratus, 1735-1748, 06-07, Vernacular, comments, East African songs. 35433. TAJIKISTAN 4765, Tajik Radio, Dushanbe, 1927-1940, 10-07, comments. Extremely weak, barely audible and best on LSB. 7245, Voice of Tajik, Dushanbe, 1736-1758*, 06-07, Persian comments and songs. 24322. UZBEKISTAN, 7605, Radio Ranginkaman via RRTM Telecom, Tashkent, 1634-1700*, 09-07, Persian, comments, pop songs in English, Persian songs. SWLDXBulgaria News July 12-13 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ---------------------------- NUMBERS STATION S06s Russian Lady on 7365 kHz via SDR Albertirsa HNG, July 13: 0730-0736 on 7365 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, very good plus hum http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-on-7365_13.html NUMBERS STATION S06s Russian Lady on 11655 kHz via SDR Albertirsa HNG, July 13: 0740-0746 on 11655 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, weak to fair signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-on-11655_13.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Reception of Voice of Martyrs on 9929.8v kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent on July 12 1200-1230 on 9929.8vTAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean. Very good signal via SDR Novosibirsk, RUS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/voice-of-martyrs-on-99298v-khz-via-rrtm_13.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Radio Free North Korea RFNK on 11509.8v kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 12: 1300-1400 on 11509.8vTAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, fair/good + jamming via SDR Tambov, RUS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/radio-free-north-korea-on-115098v-khz_13.html UZBEKISTAN(non) North Korea Reform Radio on 7590 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent on July 12 1400-1500 on 7590 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean. Very good via SDR Novosibirsk, RUS. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/north-korea-reform-radio-on-7590-khz.html SWLDXBulgaria News July 13-14 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ---------------------------- NUMBERS STATION S06s Russian Lady on 11565 kHz via SDR Tambov RUS on July 14 0830-0836 on 11565 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, very good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-on-11565_14.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Reception of Nippon no Kaze on 11874.8v kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 13 1300-1330 on 11874.8vTAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean. Good signal via SDR Tambov in Russia. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/nippon-no-kaze-on-118748v-khz-via.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Reception of Furusato no Kaze on 11874.8v kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 13 1330-1357 on 11874.8vTAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Japanese. Good signal via SDR Tambov in Russia. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/furusato-no-kaze-on-118748v-khz-via.html UZBEKISTAN(non) NHK World Japan Network Radio Japan on 9450 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 13 1400-1430 on 9450 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs English. Very good signal via SDR Tambov in Russia. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/nhk-world-radio-japan-on-9450-khz-via.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Reception of Furusato no Kaze on 11994.8v kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 13 1430-1500 on 11994.8vTAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Japanese. Good signal via SDR Tambov in Russia. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/furusato-no-kaze-on-119948v-khz-via.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Reception of Voice of Martyrs on 7530 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 13: 1530-1600 on 7530 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean. Fair to good signal via SDR Tambov, RUS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/voice-of-martyrs-on-7530-khz-via-rrtm_14.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow on 7605 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent on July 13 1630-1700 on 7605 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi, fair to good signal via SDR Tambov, Russia. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/radio-ranginkamanradio-rainbow-on-7605_14.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Reception of Nippon no Kaze on 5845 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 13 1730-1800 on 5845 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean. Good signal via SDR Tambov in Russia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/nippon-no-kaze-on-5845-khz-via-rrtm.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Reception of Furusato no Kaze on 5845 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 13 1800-1830 on 5845 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Japanese. Good signal via SDR Tambov in Russia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/furusato-no-kaze-on-5845-khz-via-rrtm.html SWLDXBulgaria News July 13-14 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria --------------------------- UZBEKISTAN(non) North Korea Reform Radio on 7590 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 14: 1400-1500 on 7590 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean. Very good via SDR Novosibirsk, RUS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/north-korea-reform-radio-on-7590-khz_15.html SWLDXBulgaria News July 15 part 2 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ---------------------------- NUMBERS STATION S06s Russian Lady on 9255 kHz via SDR Albertirsa HNG, July 15 0930-0936 on 9255 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, very good signal. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-on-9255.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Reception of FEBA Radio India on 11805 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 15 1430-1500 on 11805 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Hindi Wed-Sun. Very good via SDR Tambov, Russia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/feba-radio-india-on-11805-khz-via-rrtm_15.html UZBEKISTAN(non) IBRA MEDIA Radio Ibrahim on 9390 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 15 1500-1530 on 9390 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bengali. Very good via SDR Tambov, Russia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/ibra-media-radio-ibrahim-on-9390-khz_15.html SWLDXBulgaria News July 16 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ---------------------------- NUMBERS STATION S06s Russian Lady on 9655 kHz via SDR Szekesfehervar HNG, July 16 0840-0846 on 9655 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB mode. Very good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-on-9655_16.html NUMBERS STATION S06s Russian Lady on 7161 kHz via SDR Szekesfehervar HNG, July 16 0910-0916 on 7161 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB mode. Good + QRM HAM's http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-on-7161.html BC-DX 1472, 17 July 2021 Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel. Germany ----------------- ARMENIA Very good signal of FEBA Radio 7510 kHz via ENC-DMS FMO but CJSC Yerevan Gavar Armenia, on July 9 1730-1800 7510 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Silte good via SDR Novosibirsk-RUS KIWI_net remotedly. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9) SOWJETUNION USSR history [UKRAINE] Russian Woodpecker Antenna Array Now a Cultural Heritage Site. The massive Duga-1 antenna array that transmitted the obnoxious and in- furiating "Russian Woodpecker" HF signal from the 1970s until the late 1980s is now a cultural heritage site. The array, located near Chernobyl in Ukraine, was part of an over-the- horizon radar (OTH-R) system designed to detect and offer early warning of incoming ballistic missiles from the US. A complementary receiver site was located some 40 miles away. While the system was operating, its broad rat-a-tat signal, typically at a 10 Hz rate, caused severe interference in the amateur bands. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster and the end of the Cold War preceded the end of the system and the interference it caused. NATO military intelligence discovered and photographed the structure, which it dubbed "Steel Yard." Nearly 2,300 feet long and more than 450 feet tall, the steel beams of the radar array are in the Chernobyl exclusion zone tower above the surround- ing forest. Seen from a distance, it appears to be a massive wall or the start of a cage. As Vice recently reported, the Association of Chernobyl Tour Operators was the first to announce that Ukraine had made Duga-1 a protected heritage site. The Russian Interfax news service later reported the official designation. The Soviet Union deployed two similar OTH-R installations known and Duga-1 and Duga-2 the one near Chernobyl and another in eastern Siberia. Transmitter power levels were rumoured to be in the 10megawatt EIRP range. Duga-1 was the focus of a 2015 documentary, The Russian Woodpecker, by Chad Gracia. The film includes interviews with Duga Commander Vladimir Musiets and others involved in building and operating the OTH-R system. The production was a 2015 Sundance Film Festival winner in the documentary category. In recent years, the Duga-1 radar has also played a role in other films, as well as in various video games and novels. ARRL, via Phil Brennan. (ARDXC ADXNews of July 2021 #648 page #11, July 8) TAJIKISTAN 4765 kHz Tajik Radio 1, Dushanbe Yangiyul, listed in Tajik, 02 July 2021, 2336-2353 UT. woman/man talk, typical local chant w/slow music, two men talking until 2349 UT, local humdrum chant w/ instrumental music sound; better in ssb, non stop rapid qsb, strong qrn statics, poor/ almost fair at times. (Gianni Serra-ITA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1004, July 11) TURKMENISTAN 279 kHz Turkmenistan's longwave station Turkmen Radio on 279 kHz; 24-hour sked (150 kW via Asgabat) still reported as 'irregular' and may not be active. Your observations/info welcomed. Shortwave Central (Gayle Van Horn W4GVH) in Twitter 5 July 2021. Mike Terry to Longwaveradiolistening iog (2021-July-05) (Ydun's Medium Wave Info-DEN, RUSdx #1141 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11) UZBEKISTAN Reception of FEBA Radio India 11805 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 9: 1430-1500 11805 TAC 100 kW 131 deg to SoAS Hindi Wed-Sun. Very good via SDR Tambov-RUS KIWI_net remotedly. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 10) IBRA MEDIA Radio Ibrahim 9390 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 9: 1500-1530 9390 TAC 100 kW 131 deg to SoAS Bengali. Very good via SDR Tambov-RUS KIWI_net remotedly. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 10) Reception of Voice of Martyrs 7530 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 9 1530-1600 7530 TAC 100 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS Korean. Very good via SDR Novosibirsk-RUS KIWI_net remotedly. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 10) Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow 7605 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 9 1630-1700 7605 TAC 10)0 kW 236 deg to WeAS Farsi. Good signal via SDR Novosibirsk-RUS KIWI_net remotedly. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 10) Radio Free North Korea RFNK 7540 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 9 2000-2100 7540 TAC 10)0 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS Korean, very good via SDR Novosibirsk-RUS KIWI_net remotedly. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 10) North Korea Reform Radio 7589.9v kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent July 9 2000-2100 7589.9vTAC 10)0 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS Korean. Good signal via SDR Novosibirsk-RUS KIWI_net remotedly. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 10) Reception of Voice of Martyrs 7530 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 9 2100-2130 7530 TAC 10)0 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS Korean, very good via SDR Novosibirsk-RUS KIWI_net remotedly. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 10) UZBEKISTAN Reception of PAB Preparing for Jesus on 13580 kHz via MBR FOM, via RRTM Telecom Tashkent on July 10 1300-1400 on 13580 TAC 100 kW 66 deg to JPN - Japanese Sat, fair signal via SDR Tambov-RUS, KIWI_net remotedly. North Korea Reform Radio NKRR on 7590 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent on July 10 1400-1500 on 7590 TAC 100 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS Korean. Very good signal via SDR Novosibirsk, RUS; KIWI_net remotedly. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 10) SWLDXBulgaria News July 17 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ----------------------------- U.K.(non) Very good signal of FEBA Radio on 7510 kHz via ENC-DMS Yerevan, July 17 1730-1800 on 7510 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Silte via SDR Novosibirsk, Russia. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/feba-radio-on-7510-khz-via-enc-dms.html UZBEKISTAN(non) No signal of North Korea Reform Radio on 7590 khz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 17 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/no-signal-of-north-korea-reform-radio.html Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 223, Issue 18 ----------------------------------------------- Message: 7 Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 From: L?cio Bobrowiec Subject: [HCDX] 15-16/07 Logs 4010kHz, Kyrgyz Radio, Kyrgyztan, Bishkek; 16/07, 0014 ? 0020 male (sounding like a sermom), female announcements, seems local music. Exceptionally clear, fair (LOB). https://soundcloud.com/user-463139565/kyrgyyz?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1 Tecsun PL310et? Wire 14m, dipole 18m? Embu SP Brasil RADIO BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE =============================== ALASKA Very good signal of WCB KNLS The New Life Station in Russian on 9695 kHz, July 15 0900-1000 on 9695 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2 via SDR Half Moon Bay CA, USA At 0912UT on 9695 kHz again wrong frequency announcement for Russian broadcast at 1500UTC: 1500-1600 on 9730 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2 instead of new freq.9800 kHz (http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/wcb-knls-new-life-station-in-russian-on.html) CHINA. 11630, CNR17, from 1141 to 1303 UT, Saturday, July 17. Found // 9630, started at *1200. Back in July, 2020, this station aired a language lesson in either Russian or English, about 1230; checked today and only heard segments of monologues in assume Kazakh or with selections of music/singing (similar to Russian music). My music audio is at http://bit.ly/3euk7U8 . Both frequencies fair to good reception. (Ron Howard Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey) CR-1, antenna: 30m long wire) GERMANY(non) Good/weak signal of HCJB/Voice of The Andes on 13800 kHz via MBR Nauen, July 17: 1529-1629 on 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Russian/Chechen Sat only via SDR Tambov, Russia (http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/hcjbvoice-of-andes-on-13800-khz-via-mbr_18.html) PHILIPPINES(non) Reception of Vatican Radio in Russian on 9610 & 11850 kHz via USAGM Tinang, July 14 1230-1250 on 9610 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg to FERu Russian, very good signal via SDR Novosibirsk, Russia. 1230-1250 on 11850 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg to FERu Russian, very good signal via SDR Novosibirsk, Russia. (http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2021/07/vatican-radio-in-russian-on-9610-11850.html) WEB and TERRESTRIAL RADIO AND TV FROM RUSSIA OR IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ================================================== ========= Russia. Krasnodarskiy kray. Sochi. ------------ Sochi Lounge Air. WEB: https://www.sochilounge.ru/Air Crystal and clear. These melodies envelop like air. They will allow you to find unity within yourself. (https://vk.com/allradi) Russia. Krasnodarskiy kray. Sochi. ------------ Radio Sochi Lounge. WEB: https://www.sochilounge.ru/Main-Channel Author's selections of vocals, light electronics, trip-hop, indie pop. Wherever you are, decorate your interior with stylish music. (https://vk.com/allradi) Russia. ------------ 404 Radio. WEB: https://404radio.ru/ Broadcasts popular music and pop songs. (https://vk.com/allradi) QSL WORLD ======== AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia DK = Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" JP = Jim Pogue / https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080049528677701 KB = Konstantin Barsenkov, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia / "rusdxplus" & "deneb-radio-dx" MC = Michael Cunningham / https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080049528677701 PI = Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open-dx" VL = Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" Iran ------- eQSL Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran E-mail: englishradio @ irib.ir July 27, 2020 / 1920-2020 UTC / 702 kHz Dear friend, Warm greetings from sunny Tehran, For your kind information, we at IRIB English Radio did our best to send you a beautiful paper QSL card along with few promotional items via post, but unfortunately, most of the packages were rejected by the post office of a number of countries. So, we decided to try e-QSL, hoping you would like them. Please let us know what you think about this decision. Also, your comments and suggestions about our programs are welcomed as always. With regards Maryam Geshani Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2021/07/blog-post_10.html (AK) Netherlands ------------------ Radio Piepzender (NL) 2 e-QSLs: 6185 kHz / 18.50-20.35 UTC / Jun.25-, Jul.2-2021 Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2020/09/radio-piepzender.html (KB) Slovakia -------------- Radio Slovakia International. QSL 2021 - Legends of castles and castles in Slovakia. https://rsi.rtvs.sk/russkiy/257648/qsl-2021-legendy-gradov-i-zamkov-slovakii (DK) QSL mail --------------- * Confirmations received from: - QSL-lx RWI - eQSL Studio DX via WRMI - QSL WRNO 7505 kHz - QSL Radio Slovakia Int. via WRMI from 03/14/21, the frequency was not indicated on the card (PI) * Received a QSL card from Branefive - Swiss Rock Band for receiving 04.10.20 / 03.00-03.30 UTC / 3935 kHz - - this is the second QSL from them. (VL) History ----------- * 1937. One more classic card today from my collection of historic QSLs, this one for the many Russian DXers on this page. Jerry Berg writes in his excellent book On the Short Waves, 1923-1943: "The Soviet Union was a major player in the shortwave game of the 1930s. As early as 1930, Radio Centre Moscow was broadcasting on shortwave in 50 languages." This card appears to be celebrating the success of an Arctic expedition team. Maybe some of our Russian friends can add more detail. Disclaimer: No, I did not hear the station personally. I purchased this card on Ebay several years ago related to my interest in radio history. I'm old but not THAT old! https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10225578012374498&set=pcb.4794179277264689 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10225578012254495&set=pcb.4794179277264689 (JP) * 1986 Radio Vilnius, Lithuania https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10158299380146430&set=gm.4794663573882926 (MC) - 1988. 1989. Radio Peace and Progress. Moscow. USSR. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10158299441711430&set=pcb.4794734580542492 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10158299441976430&set=pcb.4794734580542492 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10158299442366430&set=pcb.4794734580542492 (MC) - 2001 Radio Gardarika. Russia. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10158299375586430&set=pcb.4794660527216564 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10158299376451430&set=pcb.4794660527216564 (MC) CALENDAR - HISTORY OF DX-HOBBIES, RADIO AND MAILS ============================================== July 11. ------------ On July 11, 2001, at a frequency of 104.0 FM in St. Petersburg, "NASHE Radio" sounded - a radio station for those who love Russian rock. At the time, it seemed to many that the genre was dead, but radio proved otherwise. Both the classics of the Russian rock scene and young performers, from DDT, Alisa and the Time Machine to Splin and Zemfira, appeared on the waves of NASHEO. The radio station again made rock music fashionable and relevant. This was all the more valuable, since at the beginning of the 2000s, the Internet had not yet become an integral part of life, and radio was the main source of quality music ... Details - http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__80566/ (OnAir.ru) From the history of foreign broadcasting Radio Moscow --------------------------- Sharing this Old Radio Moscow Programme Guide & World Frequency Schedule for the Period Sept 30th 1990 to March 30th 1991. Will surely be interesting to old timers, see the scale & reach of Radio Moscow on multiple frequencies around the world, was incredible. As a child would listen to Radio Moscow with my Dad, it was heard loud & clear in Mumbai INDIA. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3612955962139071&set=pcb.10159639061678698 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3612956098805724&set=pcb.10159639061678698 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3612956308805703&set=pcb.10159639061678698 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3612956572139010&set=pcb.10159639061678698 ... (Sameer Tungare, Mumbai, India / www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup) WORLD NEWS. ===================== * NEW HISTORY MATERIAL AT -------------------------------------------------------------------- The mid-1930s were the end of the line for the famous radio manufacturer Atwater Kent; the company closed in 1936 But two years prior to that they issued the "Atwater Kent World-Wide Radio Station Directory." There were two editions, both issued in 1934; the first had a green cover, the second tan. They share much of the same content, but they are not identical. Note the inside back cover of the green version, where some unknown BCB DXer of almost 90 years ago entered his logs and dial readings. Both editions are posted in "DX History-II/Lists, Logs, Guides & Col- umns" (look for the red "New"). Under "Specialized Resources/The DX Recordings of Colin Miller," we have posted a recording of the Voice of Greece, recorded in the 1970s. And in "The DX Recordings of Tetsuya Hirahara" we have posted two recordings of R. Miskut, Nicaragua, plus photos of the station. Tnx, Colin and Tetsuya. And Adrian Peterson has updated his "Wavescan" entries with eight new stories: (1) "St. Vincent Volcanic Erup- tion" (Wavescan N635, April 25, 2021); (2) "Ancient DX Report: 1924, Pt. 1" (Wavescan N635, April 25, 2021); (3) "The Radio Scene in Brazil: The Early Mediumwave Years; the Rest of the Story-Radio SPC Rio Becomes WNYC- New York; and WNYC on Shortwave" (Wavescan N636, May 2, 2021); (4) "The German Shortwave Service at Koenigswusterhausen-2" (Wavescan N638, May 16, 2021); (5) "The Radio Scene in The Lonely Isolated Maldive Islands-The Island of Gan" (Wavescan N640, May 30, 2021); (6) "Radio Malaysia Singapore in Two Different Coun- tries (1942)" (Wavescan N641, June 6, 2021); (7) "Australian Shortwave Callsign VLV" (Wavescan N641, June 6, 2021); and (8) "The Original Radio Saigon (and When it Pretended to be NIROM in Batavia)" (Wavescan N644, June 27, 2021). Tnx, as always, Adrian. (Jerry Berg via DXPlorer) (SHORTWAVE BULLETIN # 1980, 11 July 2021, edited by Thomas Nilsson, Sweden) * Swedish radio is 100 years old ------------------------------------ Den 12 juli 1921 sändes det första rundradioprogrammet i Sverige från Boden Radio. Stationen i Bodens fästning hade då redan existerat under några år och använts för helt andra ändamål. Stationen var placerad i en betongbunker som hade invigts av kung Gustaf V under ett besök i Boden. Det var radiokommissarie Axel Jenner som skulle tala i pionjärsändningen men något gick fel varför hans förmodligen mycket välvalda ord inte kom ut i eterhavet. Han blev då aningen upprörd och utropade "jävlar anamma!" Exakt i det ögonblicket hade teknikern fått ordning på sändningen varför just detta kraftuttryck kom att inleda den svenska rundradiohistorien. Radiotjänst, föregångaren till dagens Sveriges Radio, gick ut i etern för första gången den 1 januari 1925 med legendariske Sven Jerring bakom mikrofonen. (http://www.sdxf.se/WP/?p=11028) * Johnny Cash, radio operator, 1953 ------------------------------------------- Long before worldwide fame, drug addiction, legal problems, and multi-million dollar recording deals, Johnny Cash was recruited into the US Air Force. As the Cold War broke out, Johnny was sent to serve as a radio operator in West German Landsberg am Lech. His task was to intercept Soviet messages, which he successfully coped with, quickly mastering the Russian "Morse code". One of the messages he intercepted on March 5, 1953 was the news of Stalin's death. Johnny became the first American to know about this. https://vk.com/shortwaveradio?w=wall-76300890_9804%2Fall (https://vk.com/shortwaveradio) * Ex All India Radio engineer is minister in new cabinet. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Devusingh Chauhan is the new Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications, Govt. of India. Before taking the plunge into politics, 57-year-old Devusinh Chauhan served as a broadcast engineer with the All India Radio for over 12 years. Chauhan is two-term Lok Sabha member from Gujarat. A diploma holder, he worked with the All India Radio from 1989 to 2002 before resigning and joining politics. (https://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/) * After 63 years, VOA Bangla service to end radio broadcasts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice of America Bangla language service FM, MW and shortwave radio transmissions officially end on July 17, 2021, after 63 years of serving Bangladesh and the Bangla-speaking Indian states of West Bengal, Tripure and Assam. Simultaneously, the service's television and social media content will expand considerably, as these are platforms more heavily used by VOA Bangla's 16 million weekly audience members. "When VOA Bangla launched in January 1958, Bangladesh was known as 'East Pakistan' and it was a territory under martial law with no television or private radio," said John Lippman, Acting VOA Programming Director. "VOA's shortwave radio transmissions from outside the borders were a lifeline to the Bangla-speaking population for independent news and information." While the service's shortwave radio audience is now less than one percent, VOA Bangla social media audiences have grown significantly in recent years. Engagement actions on the Twitter account have risen 54% over the previous year, while video views on Instagram are up 274% in the same period. "Dozens of domestic television and radio stations compete for Bangla-speaking audiences, as well as an increasing number of digital sources," Lippman noted. "As the demand for TV and online access to news in Bangladesh expands, VOA's Bangla service program offerings need to be on the platforms its audience already is most active." "VOA Bangla radio broadcasts brought world events to its audiences since the days when radio was the primary news medium," Acting VOA Bangla Service Chief Satarupa Barua told staff this month. "It was a staple in our upbringing, a household name. We will build on that reputation, increasing our presence on media that is now far more heavily used than short wave and medium wave radio." During the final days of its radio broadcasts, the service will broadcast retrospective programming, looking back at the changes in the country since 1958. "Because of our service's history in Bangladesh, working at VOA has been the 'dream job' for many of us. With the coming changes, it will continue to be," Barua added. This change in radio programming will not affect broadcasts of "Lifeline", a 30-minute daily radio program in the Rohingya language, spoken by Muslim refugees in Bangladesh who fled ethnic violence in Myanmar. Produced by the Bangla service, the program launched in July 2019. (Press Release) (https://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/) * CHINA. CNR17, which officially started on Jan. 1, 2015, was formerly known as "Kazakh Radio." It now broadcasts to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China, from a transmitter site located in Lingshi County (a county level division under the jurisdiction of Jinzhong Municipality), in Shanxi Province, China. (Ron Howard Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey) CR-1, antenna: 30m long wire) 73!