-------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1175 Broadcasting of Russia, plus countries former USSR and far abroad countries. Sunday / 6 March 2022 --------------------------------- 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/ & https://www.bing.com/translator ----------------------------------------------------------------- The bulletin is not a political publication, we only write about radio. The bulletin publishes information only about broadcasting stations. Military frequencies and information about transmitters are not published. RUSSIA ======== Astrakhanskaya oblast. -------------------------------- Radio Dacha continues to expand the geography of broadcasting! We are pleased to announce that now our wave will sound in the FM band of a wonderful city in the Astrakhan region. Tune your receivers to 96.3 FM and enjoy great music, soulful atmosphere and exciting shows! Source: https://vk.com/radiodacha (https://vk.com/radioitv) Kostromskaya oblast. ------------------------------- On March 1, the Like FM radio station began broadcasting in Kostroma, the pearl of the Golden Ring of Russia. In one of the oldest cities, whose history is inseparable from the development of our state, today over 277 thousand people live (data for 2021). Kostroma is famous for its cultural centers and museums, the city is called the cradle of the royal dynasty and the birthplace of the Snow Maiden, and now the most technologically advanced radio in the country sounds here at a frequency of 89.7 FM ... The formation of its own federal network Like FM began in December 2020. Having won the metropolitan audience, the successful high-tech format first broke into the air of Krasnoyarsk (95.0 FM), and then the radio station sounded in Ryazan (103.2 FM), Bryansk (100.3 FM), Orekhovo-Zuyevo (92.6 FM) near Moscow, Velikiye Luki (91.5 FM), Petersburg (104.8 FM) and now in Kostroma. The construction of the Like FM regional broadcasting network will continue, new inclusions are ahead. (https://www.gpmradio.ru/news-page/uid/24593) Sverdlovskaya oblast. -------------------------------- On February 28, the branch of the RTRS "Sverdlovsk ORTPC" began broadcasting the radio station "Voskresenie" in Rezh. The station's programs are available on 93.1 MHz in the FM band. The transmitter with a power of 0.1 kW covers about 50 thousand people with a signal. (https://ekburg.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-fm-translyatsiyu-radiostantsii-voskresenie-v-rezhe/) - On March 1, the branch of RTRS "Sverdlovsk ORTPTS" started FM broadcasting of radio stations "Radio Russii" in Novouralsk. The transmitter power is 0.1 kW, the height of the transmitting antenna is 53 meters. The radio program is broadcast at a frequency of 99.8 MHz daily from 05:00 to 01:00. 166 thousand people live in the coverage area of the radio signal. (https://ekburg.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-fm-translyatsiyu-radiostantsiy-radio-rossii-v-nizhnikh-sergakh-i- voskresenie-v-severoura/) News kaleidoscope ================== * Roskomnadzor has taken steps to partially restrict access to Facebook to "protect Russian media," according to an announcement on the department's official website. -------------------------------------------------- -------- "In accordance with the decision of the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the social network Facebook, starting from February 25, 2022, Roskomnadzor, in accordance with the law, takes measures to partially restrict access," Roskomnadzor reports ... Details - https://www.radioportal.ru/news/mediapravo/roskomnadzor-chastichno-ogranichil-dostup-k-facebook - Due to restrictions, the editor of the newsletter does not have access to the Facebook pages, so access to information about the radio has been reduced. * Response measures have been taken to restrict access to Russian media. --------------------- On March 4, 2022, a decision was made to block access to the Facebook network (owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.) in the Russian Federation. Since October 2020, 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media and information resources by Facebook have been recorded. In recent days, the social network has restricted access to accounts: the Zvezda TV channel, the RIA Novosti news agency, Sputnik, Russia Today, the Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru information resources The above restrictions are prohibited by Federal Law No. 272-FZ "On measures to influence persons involved in violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms, the rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation", adopted, among other things, to prevent violations of the key principles of the free flow of information and unhindered access Russian users to Russian media on foreign Internet platforms. (https://rkn.gov.ru/news/rsoc/news74156.htm?utm_source=gazeta.ru&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gazeta. ru&utm_referrer=gazeta.ru) * "Echo of Moscow" is off the air. ------------------------------------ - Broadcasting of the radio station "Echo of Moscow" at a frequency of 91.2 FM is stopped, the transmitter is turned off. The broadcast was carried out from the Ostankino television tower, the transmitter power was 5 kW. The disconnection occurred after the Prosecutor General's Office demanded to restrict access to the websites of Ekho Moskvy and the Dozhd TV channel (recognized as a foreign agent). (https://vk.com/tvradiomsk) - "Echo of Moscow" is off the air. This was announced by the editor-in-chief of the radio station Alexei Venediktov. Earlier, the Prosecutor General's Office demanded to restrict access to the Ekho Moskvy website. This decision was made due to "the purposeful placement of information with calls for extremist activity and violence, the placement of deliberately false information about the actions of Russian military personnel in the DPR and LPR." The editors of Ekho Moskvy categorically disagree with the presentation of the Prosecutor General's Office, - Aleksey Venediktov, editor-in-chief of Ekho, wrote about this in his telegram channel. The editors of Ekho Moskvy categorically disagree with the presentation of the Prosecutor General's Office, which led to the radio station being taken off the air and the site blocked. The claims contained in the submission are not supported by any examples, any evidence, they are unfounded and insulting to journalists and citizens of Russia. The editors will challenge this decision in the courts. We see in it a political component, as well as the introduction of censorship, which is directly prohibited by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Roskomnadzor confirmed that it had blocked access to the radio station's website in Russia at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office. This was confirmed to Interfax by a representative of the department. They clarified that they restricted access to the information resources of Ekho Moskvy "for the purposeful placement on a systematic basis of information materials containing false information regarding the nature of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, its form, methods of warfare, quantitative human losses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation , shelling and casualties among the civilian population, as well as containing calls for the organization of mass (public) events on the territory of the Russian Federation. The RKN recalled that the law provides for liability under Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for the publication of such information. (https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__82442/) - Venediktov announced the decision to liquidate "Echo of Moscow" Moscow. March, 3rd. INTERFAX.RU - The Board of Directors of "Echo of Moscow" has decided to liquidate the channel and the website of the radio station, said the editor-in-chief of "Echo of Moscow" Alexei Venediktov. The decision was made by a majority vote of the board of directors, Venediktov wrote on his Telegram channel on Thursday. According to him, while the editors have not figured out the essence of the presentation. As Interfax was told in the press service of the Gazprom-Media holding, SD "Echo of Moscow" decided to liquidate the radio channel and the website of "Echo", having considered the order of the Prosecutor General's Office to restrict access to this media. As Venediktov told Interfax, the SD's decision means that broadcasting and the Ekho Moskvy website will not be restored. "We do not know what liquidation is. We understand that broadcasting and access to the site will not be restored," he said. "The decision to liquidate was made in just 15 minutes in my absence, I was not even invited to the meeting," he said. The Prosecutor General's Office, in his opinion, did not demand the closure of Echo. "In the submission of the Prosecutor General's Office, it was said that it was necessary to eliminate violations up to the termination of broadcasting, but the termination itself was not mandatory," he said. At the same time, he believes that the decision of the board of directors actually deprives the minority shareholders of ZAO Ekho Moskvy, who own 34% of the company's shares, from ownership. "There are minority shareholders who own a 34% stake in Ekho Moskvy CJSC, by the way, a blocking stake. They are actually deprived of their property. We will meet with the shareholders and decide what to do with it," Venediktov said. Previously, the radio station's website was blocked in the Russian Federation. The broadcasting of the radio station in Russia was also stopped. On March 1, the Prosecutor General's Office demanded that Roskomnadzor restrict access to Ekho Moskvy and Dozhd (recognized as a foreign agent in Russia by the media). As explained in the supervisory authority, the request was sent "in connection with the purposeful and systematic placement on the websites of Ekho Moskvy and Dozhd TV channel of information calling for extremist activity, violence, as well as deliberately false information regarding the actions of Russian military personnel. as part of a special operation to protect the DPR and LPR. Ekho Moskvy is part of the Gazprom-Media holding. Broadcasting since August 22, 1990. The radio station was officially taken off the air in August 1991 by order of the State Emergency Committee. Then the editors managed to establish the air and continue broadcasting. (https://www.interfax.ru/russia/825936) * Google Play blocked apps related to RT and Sputnik in Europe. -------------------------------------------------- The European office of Google announced the immediate blocking of the Youtube channels RT and Sputnik in Europe due to the special operation of Russia in the Donbass, announced on February 24. This statement was published on the company's Twitter account. "We are immediately blocking YouTube channels owned by RT and Sputnik across Europe. It will take time for our systems to be fully operational. Our teams continue to monitor the situation around the clock to take swift action," the statement said. Earlier, Tiktok and Facebook blocked RT and Sputnik accounts in the EU. This means that users of applications in EU countries will not be able to access pages and content in their RT and Sputnik accounts. Earlier in February, RT DE was banned in Germany from broadcasting on all platforms due to its lack of the necessary permission under local media law. The leadership of the RT media holding stated that the German- language channel is licensed in Serbia and therefore its broadcasting is possible on the territory of 33 European countries, including Germany, in accordance with the European Convention on Transfrontier Television. RT DE challenged the decision in court. Russia responded to the blocking of RT DE by stopping the work of the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in the country. The bureau of the TV channel of the same name in the Russian Federation was closed, and the accreditations of all employees of its Russian bureau were cancelled. (https://www.vedomosti.ru/media/news/2022/03/01/911442-youtube-kanali-rt- sputnik?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop) * Program "Radiopanorama". -------------------------------------- In Russian. Moscow. World Radio Network. 03/05/2022 Program "Radiopanorama" for lovers of long-range radio reception. Author and presenter - Vadim Alekseev. Repeat from February 19th. Publication - publication of program details and sound file on the page. Publication and preparation of the sound file - Vladimir Emelyanov, Samara, Russia. (https://vk.com/dxing) * Radio host Viktor Tatarsky died. ------------------------------------ Radio host Viktor Tatarsky died at the age of 83, RBC was told in the press service of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. They did not specify the cause of death. The death of Tatarsky is reported on the Instagram account of Radio Russia. "Since 1967, Viktor Vitalievich has been the permanent host of the Meeting with the Song program. A real symbol of domestic radio broadcasting. A person without whom it is difficult to imagine Radio Russia. Viktor Tatarsky worked until the last day, "the message says ... Details in Russian - https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__82431/ (OnAir.ru) * The company's message about the situation with international mail exchange. -------------------------------------------------- ------------- Dear clients! Mail has always been a humanitarian channel that connects people, despite the circumstances. We deliver important news and goods, valuable not only from a material point of view. Therefore, each violation of postal exchange is an extraordinary circumstance, extremely rare and painful ... Delivery times for international shipments will definitely be increased, with closed skies this is inevitable. If mail sorting terminals fill up to critical levels while waiting for dispatch, we will temporarily suspend the acceptance of items. We are negotiating with the post offices of neighboring countries in order to agree on the connection of air mail as close as possible to the Russian border. So it will be possible to minimize the time by reducing the path of goods on highways and railways ... Details in Russian - https://www.pochta.ru/news-list/item/7749698477 (https://www.pochta.ru/) * The first radio in the Tatar language appeared in the smart Yandex column with Alice. ------------------------------------ Kitap Radio has entered into an agreement with the Yandex media corporation to broadcast its signal on all devices. Now Alice can turn on the Kitap radio. You can listen to your favorite radio station by simply asking Alice about it, for example, like this: "Alice, put on the Kitap radio." Literary and musical radio has been broadcasting in Kazan since 2021 at a frequency of 98.6 MHz and in mobile applications on iOS and Google Play. tatar-inform.ru (https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__82437/) * Radio "Orpheus" is suspended from membership in ICMA. ----------------------------------------- The official website of the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) announced the suspension of the membership of Radio Orpheus. "The ICMA jury members express their solidarity with Ukrainian musicians suffering from the war and sincerely hope that peace will be restored in the near future, and the political situation in Russia will once again welcome Russian colleagues who have made such a big contribution to the success of ICMA," - says, in particular, in the message. The Orpheus radio station is part of the Russian State Musical Television and Radio Center. This is the only radio station in the country where only academic classical music sounds. Radio "Orpheus" provides access to musical masterpieces of the past and present, preserves and promotes Russian academic music and performing school, forms pride and national self-identification among the listener audience. muzlifemagazine.ru (https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__82433/) * Roman Torgashin: "Radio is a school of love." ------------------------------ Musical, sports, information... There are more than fifty radio stations in Moscow alone, and there are thousands of them all over the country. For every taste, just turn the handle of the receiver. And a special place in this long list is radio "Vera". It does not pursue the news agenda, does not escalate the already difficult political atmosphere. It speaks about Love with the radio voices of its presenters and guests and, like the apostles, carries the message of Christ. And millions of people all over the country turn on Vera radio every day to hear the Gospel of the day and the Apostolic readings, listen to a fragment of their favorite book or learn the story behind the creation of a popular composition. Station Director Roman Torgashin talks about broadcasting in the age of the Internet, difficulties in work and miracles that happen to those who believe ... Details in Russian - https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__82468/ (OnAir.ru) * An attack was made on the office of "Silver Rain" in Krasnoyarsk. ------------------------------------------------ March 4, 2022. Last night, an attack was made on the office of "Silver Rain" in Krasnoyarsk. The shelled radio box was discovered in the morning by the station employees who came to work. Aleksey Averin, general director of Silver Rain in Krasnoyarsk, told the details: "Today at 7-40 Masha Pokrovskaya, one of the hosts of the Silver Rain radio station in Krasnoyarsk, came to work, usually at 8 o'clock we start the morning broadcast, and she saw holes in double-glazed windows, similar to bullet holes. In fact, such a ball, 1 centimeter in diameter, was stuck in one of the double-glazed windows, quite large, most likely it was not an injury, they shot either from a slingshot or from a pump-action weapon. It all happened at night today, thank God, nothing threatened our employees. Of course, everyone's mood deteriorated, but in general I tried to talk to everyone, support the guys, we continue to work no matter what, we broadcast. The Silver Rain office in Krasnoyarsk is one of the most unusual. Alexey Averin described what the radio room looks like: "The Silver Rain radio station had the coolest project - to make a glass studio that stands on a building in the city center on the busiest highway - on the Communal Bridge. There are a lot of cars driving around, everyone is watching. You can see us when we broadcast. This large stained-glass window, one of the three that people look through, is completely broken. You know how the windshield of a car diverges like a cobweb when a stone hits it, that's how badly the glass broke. Our Krasnoyarsk colleagues called the police, who are now looking at the records of street surveillance cameras, the police have not yet reported on the results. photo: freeze-frame as Youtube/prima_news / text: silver.ru (https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__82491/) * "Echo" was not. Perm radio station can find a new partner. ---------------------------------------- One of the oldest regional radio stations, Ekho Perm, found itself in a difficult situation after the federal partner was switched off. According to Kommersant-Prikamye, Ekho Perm is planning to find a new federal partner station or organize its own round-the-clock broadcasting. The most priority partner is Business FM. Experts believe that both options are difficult to implement. The radio station "Echo Perm" continues to work, despite the decision to liquidate the radio channel and the website of the federal "Echo of Moscow". As reported on the website of the Perm radio station, it will continue to broadcast its own programs on 91.2 FM in the morning (7.00-11.00) and in the evening (17.00-20.00). Andrey Tvorogov, director of JSC Echo, told Kommersant-Prikamye that Echo Perm was ready to take the federal radio station off the air: "We assumed such a development of events. But we continue to work. We have a clear plan. All details will be announced later." He declined to comment further, citing trade secrets. Details in Russian - https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__82487/ (OnAir.ru) * Appeal of the Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia to the International Union of Radio Amateurs and national organizations - its members. ---------------------------------------- Dear colleagues! On behalf of Russian radio amateurs, we appeal to all radio amateurs in the world and their leaders - heads of national organizations ... Details in Russian - https://srr.ru/obrashhenie-srr-k-mezhdunarodnomu-soyuzu-radiolyubitelej-i-natsionalnym- organizatsiyam-ego-chlenam/ (https://srr.ru/) * Radio "Serebryany dozhd" removed all programs from the air and left only music and news. -------------------------------------------------- ------------- "From March 3, 2022, all programs are being filmed. We will no longer be able to work in the format familiar to us all. Only music and news broadcasts will be on the air (for now)," the radio station said in a statement. (https://vk.com/pro.radio) LITHUANIA ====== In Lithuania, the Russian Radio repeater changed its name from Rusradio to Rradio. The Lithuanian repeater of "Russian Radio" changed its name from "Rusradio" to "Rradio" in connection with the events in Ukraine. The radio station sent out a message about this to the media on Tuesday. "This has become another step in responding to Ukrainian events. We broadcast objective information to foreign-speaking residents of Lithuania and are the same commercial radio station in the country as others, with the difference that our programs are in Russian," the program director said in the message. Ernest Alesin. According to him, Rusradio turned to the Commission on Radio and Television subordinated to the Parliament, which controls the activities of radio stations and television broadcasters, immediately after the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine. "On February 28, the request for renaming was granted," Alesin said. According to market research companies, the radio station has a weekly audience of about 340,000 listeners. It broadcasts the music of Russian performers. Short issues of Lithuanian news are prepared by the editorial staff themselves. tass.ru (https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__82447/) UKRAINE ========== * It became known about the explosion near the TV tower in Kyiv An explosion occurred near a TV tower in Kyiv as a result of a shell hit. An explosion occurred near a TV tower in Kyiv as a result of a shell hit. This became known to RIA Novosti. The building of the control room was presumably damaged, local TV channels temporarily suspended broadcasts due to signal loss. (https://lenta.ru/news/2022/03/01/televyshka/) - The RF Armed Forces put out of action the reserve technological radio and television center in Kyiv / MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces hit a reserve technological radio and television center in the Lysaya Gora area in Kyiv with high-precision weapons. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov. "As a result of a strike with long-range precision weapons, a reserve technological radio and television center was disabled in the Lysaya Gora area in Kyiv ... ". (https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/13943835?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop) * UKRAINE re MW 549 kHz Luch Location. Russia's war invasion into Ukraine. Derzhteleradio and NSTU Teleradiokompania will soon have to transfer the use of MW 549 kHz to the western part of Ukraine near Lviv Krasne. location Lviv Krasne at 49°54'12.84"N 24°41'15.30"E typical USSR 259 meter tall mast https://goo.gl/maps/qVtnKnfHjVzBNihs5 see red-white painted 'tiny' MW mast on the left side in background of the image: https://goo.gl/maps/ePTetqm7mQ5xQokr6 Today I looked at the map of the Russian invasion military war occupation near Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine and saw the Russian Vladimir Putin troops coming from Crimea very close(!) to the MW center Luch. - at https://goo.gl/maps/pVXH7JYgtmD7t6mT8 only 100 km distance of stratetic Odessa port, like MW Petrivka site https://goo.gl/maps/FGA2hBNdx6fe1AxE8 73 wb df5sx ----- Original Message ----- From: Glenn Hauser via groups.io Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2022 9:55 PM Subject: [WOR] RUS-DX Feb 27 items UKRAINE 549 kHz On February 25, 2022, the transmitter was switched on at a frequency of 549 kHz with the first program of the public radio of Ukraine, through the transmitting center Luch. (Viktor Tsekhanovich, Kerch, Russia) THE UKRAINE RADIO RETURNS TO BROADCAST ON THE MEDIUM WAVES OF 549 KHz Quando il gioco si fa duro, tornano le onde medie. Da questa mattina, dopo l'attacco russo, la Radio Ucraina è nuovamente su questa banda, trasmettendo sulla frequenza dei 549 KHz, riattivata e dismessa varie volte nel corso del tempo, l'ultima volta lo scorso primo gennaio. Il canale è di pertinenza del primo canale radiofonico che utilizza un trasmettitore di 400 KW ubicato presso la località di Mykolaiv non lontana dalla strategica Odessa. Nelle situazioni di crisi le vecchie onde medie ridiventano strategiche, consentendo di far arrivare lontano la propria voce, senza la necessità di una rete di ripetitori. Il canale sta trasmettendo un programma non stop con informazioni e commenti. da parte di esperti militari e di sicurezza come Serhiy Grabsky, colonnello di riserva, partecipante a missioni di pace in Iraq e Kosovo; Victor Yagun, maggiore generale del servizio di sicurezza dell'Ucraina, ex vice capo del servizio di sicurezza dell'Ucraina. Purtroppo l'ascolto in Italia non è agevole perché il canale è occupato dalla slovena Radio Koper, quasi sempre dominante su questa frequenza. Nel pomeriggio odierno, tuttavia, tra le 16 e le 17 UTC si sono ascoltati diversi segmenti di trasmissione agevolmente identificabili anche sotto il suono dominante della radio slovena. Miglior fortuna con i web rx della rete mondiale KIWI, ubicati sia in Ucraina che in altri Paesi dell'Europa Orientale, attraverso i quali la trasmissione si ascolta con ottima qualità. Non c'è traccia invece della Radio dell'esercito ARMY FM che avrebbe la frequenza assegnata degli 810 KHz. Lo spegnimento odierno della radio macedone aveva fatto sperare nella possibilità di un ascolto, ma la frequenza risulta occupata dalla madrilena SER nel mio QTH e dalla radio araba sul KIWI RX ucraino. Molto probabilmente l'emittente è ancora inattiva su onde medie mentre continua le sue normali trasmissioni in streaming. A scopo di documentazione dell'importante momento storico ho registrato alcuni minuti della trasmissione di UR1 attraverso il KIWI RX romeno... When the game is hard medium waves are back. Since this morning, after the Russian attack, Radio Ukraine is again on this band, broadcasting on the 549 KHz frequency, reactivated and discontinued several times over time, the last time last January 1st. The channel belongs to the first radio channel that uses a 400 KW transmitter located in the town of Mykolaiv not far from the strategic Odessa. In crisis situations, the old medium waves become strategic again, allowing you to get your voice far away, without the need for a network of repeaters. The channel is broadcasting a non-stop program with information and commentary. by military and security experts such as Serhiy Grabsky, reserve colonel, participant in peacekeeping missions in Iraq and Kosovo; Victor Yagun, Major General of the Security Service of Ukraine, former Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine. Unfortunately listening in Italy is not easy because the channel is occupied by the Slovenian Radio Koper, almost always dominant on this frequency. In today's afternoon, however, between 16 and 17 UTC various segments of transmission were heard, easily identifiable even under the dominant sound of Slovenian radio. Better luck with the web rx of the worldwide KIWI network, located both in Ukraine and in other Eastern European countries, through which the broadcast is listened to with excellent quality. There is no trace of the ARMY FM Army Radio which would have the assigned frequency of 810 KHz. Today's shutdown of the Macedonian radio had given hope for the possibility of listening, but the frequency is occupied by the Madrid SER in my QTH and by the Arabic radio on the Ukrainian KIWI RX. Most likely the broadcaster is still idle on medium wave while continuing its normal streaming broadcasts. For the purpose of documentation of the important historical moment I recorded a few minutes of the transmission of UR1 through the Romanian KIWI RX... (https://swli05639fr.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-ukraine-radio-returns-to- broadcast.html?fbclid=IwAR1t8nB9iUwqcTWoBb0yWky1MzNkwpJx-b6-e3dwTY4Gl6tWS8IbOUG3_2k) Ydun's Medium Wave Info Editor: Ydun M. Ritz Denmark Ukraine February 24, 2022w UKR 549 kHz is back!. Heard weak here in eastern Finland right now. Thanks to Steve Whitt for the alert. Mauno, MWlist@groups.iog (2022-02-24) (Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany) PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ============== SWLDXBulgaria News, February 25-28 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ----------------------------- AUSTRIA Extra broadcasts of Oesterreichischer Rundfunk-1 to Ukraine/Russia: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/extra-broadcasts-of-oesterreichischer.html TAJIKISTAN(non) Brother HySTAIRical TOM on 9290 kHz is via Dushanbe, February 28: 1300-1500 on 9290 DB 250 kW / 072 deg to NEAs English, & co-ch RFA in Tibetan via same tx site 9305 DB 200 kW / 125 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1300-1400UT Radio Free Asia same tx site 13830 DB 250 kW / 110 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1300-1400UT Radio Free Asia same tx site 15745 DB 200 kW / 110 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1300-1400UT Radio Free Asia https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/brother-hystairical-tom-on-9290-khz-via.html USA(non) Radio Ukraine International RUI in English on 5010 kHz via WRMI-14 Okeechobee, February 26 1200-1300 on 5010 RMI 100 kW / 181 deg to CARI English Sat-Thu. Fair signal via SDR Milford PA, USA. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/radio-ukraine-international-english-on.html USA(non) Reception of Ukrainian Radio-1 in Ukrainian on 5010 kHz via WRMI-14 Okeechobee, February 27 1200-1300 on 5010 RMI 100 kW / 181 deg to CARI Ukrainian Sat-Thu. Fair signal via SDR Milford PA, USA. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/ukrainian-radio-1-in-ukrainian-on-5010.html DX Fanzine No. 102 - February 2022 Editor: Antonello Napolitano Italy ------------- Freq. Date Time-UTC ITU Station, Location, Language and Programme Details. SINPO/SWL 549 24.02.22 1715 UKR Ukrainian R.1, Mykolaiv/Luch, Ukrainian: NX. G. RP 549 25.02.22 2100 UKR Ukrainian R.1, Mykolaiv/Luch, Ukrainian: TK+light MX. QRM from R.Koper/Slovenia. 23442 CG 549 26.02.22 1800-1830 UKR Ukrainian R.1, Mykolaiv/Luch, Ukrainian: NX. Re-activated. 55544 PR 549 28.02.22 2005-2008 UKR Ukrainian R.1, Mykolaiv/Luch, Ukrainian: NX. //Webastream. 44544 AN 648 17.02.22 1620-1640 UKR R.Krym Realii, Chonhar, Ukrainian: 32342 PR 873 20.02.22 0130-0145 UKR Ukrainian R.1, Chasiv Yar, Ukrainian: Political TK. 24442 PR 1386 28.02.22 2017-2019 LTU R.Free Europe/R.Liberty, via Viesintos, RR: TK. 44343 AN 1413 24.02.22 1750 MDA Vesti FM, via Grigoriopol, RR: TK. F. RP 1413 25.02.22 2030 MDA Vesti FM, via Grigoriopol, RR: 34433 CG 4010.2 05.02.22 1739-1748 KGZ Kyrgyz R., Bishkek, Kyrgyz songs. Very weak. 15311 MM 4010.2 14.02.22 1741-1750 KGZ Kyrgyz R., Bishkek, Kyrgyz songs. 15321 MM 4010.2 19.02.22 1746-1800*KGZ Kyrgyz R., Bishkek, Kyrgyz: TK+songs+NA+S/OFF. 15321 MM 4765 05.02.22 1801-1817 TJK Tajik R., Dushanbe, TK. Very weak. 15311 MM 4765 14.02.22 1745-1748 TJK Tajik R., Dushanbe, Tajik: TK and songs. 15321 MM 5820 11.02.22 1735 UZB Furosate no Kaze, via Tashkent, KK: TK. F. RP 7610 14.02.22 1730 UZB R.Ranginkaman, via Tashkent, Farsi: Interview. F. RP Contributors: AN = Antonello Napolitano in Leporano TA (Italy). RX: Yaesu FT-747, JRC NRD-545, Kenwood R-1000, ICOM IC R70, Sony ICF 2001 ANT: Rybakov rod (10 mt), 20 m. outdoor wire. Mini Whip SR. CG = Christian Ghibaudo in Nice (France). RX: Sangean ATS 909X, Sony ICF SW1 with telescopic antenna used only for MW reception in Tende. ANT: 12 metre longwire. MM = Manuel Méndez in Friol or Reinante (Spain). RX: Sangean ATS-0909X, Tecsun PL880, Sony ICF SW 7600G, XHDATA D-808. ANT: Degen, 31MS active loop antenna and 8 metre cable antenna. PR = Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria. RX: Sony ICF7600SW, Sony ICF2001D. ANT rod for ICF7600SW, Folded Marconi ant for SW. RP = Roberto Pavanello in Vercelli (Italy). RX: EGZ DX 10, Icom R-71. ANT: EGZ LPF1R ferrite loop for reception of MW, 30-metre long wire. QSL REVIEW LITHUANIA Polskie Radio, via Visientos (RBWI) 1386 kHz: QSL in 11 months for e-report to several addresses. Answer from Russian section. (Artur Fernández Llorella, Malgrat de Mar, SPAIN) Ydun's Medium Wave Info Editor : Ydun M. Ritz Denmark --------------- Ukraine March 1, 2022 UA Suspilne movnik status update - several AM frequencies now in use. Quick check upon the situation of Ukrainian Public Broadcaster - central program from last night (28 feb -> 1 mar) : 549 kHz good, especially strong after 21:00 CET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPOCY9jqctw 657 kHz fair, suffering from Rai which was active again last night after 1:00 although it was supposed to be off! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-8L2NXo9A 1404 kHz, strong but gets swamped out by RR Actualitati https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpaLjGnPm-c 873 kHz, vy. weak and only ID by compared with the others. 549 is running first, the others have a slight delay between 1 and 2 sec. So I can confirm all four frequencies being on air! (but 837 is off) Horst, Germany (2022-03-01) Ukraine March 1, 2022 Checking on-line with a Perseus from Karelia at 00:03 UTC 1 March 2022, the following Ukrainian transmitters are heard: 549: Very strong 657: poor to fair with several cochannels and a beacon (presumably Russian) 1404: fair + reception All Ukrainian. Walt Salmaniw to WOR iog (2022-03-01) BC-DX 1496, 2 Match 2022 Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel. Germany ----------------- ARMENIA QSLs for the BNR podcast via Shortwave Service Kall ... Radio Andorra Revival ... I received a very nice full-colour postcard QSL in the mail today for the transmission from Yerevan Gavar received here in New Brunswik-CAN. We must thank Christian {Milling} for all he does to keep SW alive, for providing interesting programming, and for QSLing something not too many stations do today. (Richard Langley-NB-CAN, wor Febr 18) Ditto on receipt of a very attractive "real" postal QSL for the Radio Andorra Revival on Friday from Christian {Milling} and kudos for supporting the continuance of our otherwise declining hobby. My reception was from NZ and was the 6175 kHz ORS Moosbrunn transmitter site at 1745 UTC. Getting these types of QSLs does take much more effort than an eQSL and obviously more costly thus the effort is doubly appreciated. (Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, wor Febr 19) Radio Andorra QSL Card ... Interesting surprise in the mail box yesterday (don't get that very often) from Radio Andorra 7400 kHz. On the reverse the box for via CISC Gavar Armenia was checked off. This was a e-mail reception report too: (Edward Kusalik-Alb-CAN, wor and odxa Febr 19) Thanks for your uplifting words. It's always a pleasure to recontruct such old audio gems from the Radio Andorra archives. I'm currently working on a new one, but this one will be not as big as the Daniel Balavoine show. It's only 1 hour and I will - for budget reasons - only broadcast it via ORS Moosbrunn Austria site. It is planned for the weekend 5/6 March. The program is called "Contacts", a 60 minute show where Radioannouncer Arty Parera invites guests. This time it's Philippe Clay, who would have his 95th birthday on March, 7th. Hopefully the two missing Vinyl Records arrive in time, so I can replace all the bad sounding songs on the original tape with proper copies from the LPs. Indeed there are some old shows in the archive that have a link to 2022 as they are hosted or featured by guests with "round" birthdays. Let's see what this year will bring. (Christian Milling-D, wor Febr 19) GEORGIA {ABKHAZIA break away province in Russia} Confirmed Radio Abkhazia (ID as Apsua Radio in Abkhazian & Gavarit Sukhumi, Abkhazskoye Radio in Russian & some like Apsa Radio in Georgian) on v9535 kHz as follows: Tue-Fri 0400-0700; Sat-Mon 0500-?: Mon-Fri 1200-1300 & 1500-1600. Nx in Russian Tue-Sat from 0530 & Mon-Fri from 1215 & from 1515 UT. Before of the broadcasts for 10-60 minutes is operating some times Avto Radio Moscow. Nx in Georgian language from 1200 hrs. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 18) GERMANY/UKRAINE Ukrainian Radio on SW. As we know, Radio Ukraine International, a.k.a. Ukrainian Radio, is no longer on SW except perhaps for a one-hour German-language relay from a low-power transmitter in Germany. It is also on satellite but that doesn't help too many. But RUI can be easily accessed on the Web from a couple of URLs: and During the continuous 24-hour streaming, a one-hour English segment is broadcast four times per day (all times UTC): 21:00 - 22:00 23:00 - 24:00 02:00 - 03:00 13:00 - 14:00 It appears that the first new broadcast of the day is at 21:00 - 22:00 UT and is then repeated in the following slots. At other times, there are segments in Ukrainian, Russian, German, and Romanian. Please let me know if I got anything wrong here. (Richard Langley-NB-CAN, wor Febr 23) LITHUANIA {Poland non} 1386 kHz Polskie Radio in Ukrainian Before my day's work, I listened to the mediumwave of Baltic Radio Inter- national for any extension of their relays. At least for today, the morn- ing transmissions ended as scheduled. The programmes in Belarusian and Ukrainian were almost all news.The Ukrainian service ended with a patrio- tic Ukraine march. 220225 1386 kHz 0450 UT Febr 25 LTU Polskie R., BLR, 0500-0530 UT UKR: Krieg / war 35444 HjBi Reaktionen aus ganz Europa, 0527 UT militaerisches Ukraine Lied. I do not understand either of these languages, but I found it noteworthy that some countries like Moldova were mentioned for their reaction to the crisis, we in Germany don't hear much about. They have their own separa- tist region (Transnistria / Pridnestrovie). Although I heard some refe- rences to Hitler, obviously comparing / paralleling the situation, we should not consider Putin as a madman gone wild. He follows his agenda. He takes the land and waits until the West retires. As a Chinese newspaper remarked, with the sanctions in place, the West has no more options left except another World War. As we all know, Western leaders ruled out any military intervention on Ukrainian soil. In about 2014, I saved a map from a "Greater Russia site" I don't remem- ber, but I think that this will be the map after the invasion war, if Ukraine is lucky and not completely conquered. The rest of Ukraine will be landlocked, the Black Sea becoming a semi Mare Nostrum of Russia. (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 25) RUSSIA/UKRAINE/ROMANIA/MOLDOVA Jamming aus Russland heraus. Es wurde auch in den diversen Medien und von Hoerern beobachtet, dass Jamming seitens Russland verstaerkt eingesetzt wird. Kurzwellensendungen von auslaendischen Sendern aber auch Ukrainische und Rumaenische Mittelwellensender wurden teilweise massiv durch Stoersignale im Empfang stark beeintraechtigt. Siehe auch Artikel von der ARRL in folgendem link: (Info: MWN Steve Whitt; via Karin Langhammer, Christoph Ratzer-AUT, via Harald Suess-AUT, Austrian DX Board, Vienna ; March 1) TAJIKISTAN/CHINA mainland Fri Febr 18, Voice of Tibet Oslo via Dushanbe Yangi Yul 100 kW. 1330-1341 9894 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan test tone of 995 Hertz noted so far 1341-1347 9886 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan S=9+25dB stronger in Delhi and Hiroshima than 1330-1334 9864 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan QRM CNR1 Beijing regular 9860 kHz channel QRM CRI Xianyang Xian regular 9865 kHz channel 1334-1342 9876 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan S=9+10dB til 13.41:10 UT 1342-1347 9864 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 18) UKRAINE on Mediumwave during Putin's war invasion. Ukrainske R. (UR) was received in 549, 657, 873 and 1404 kHz in the first days of the Russia-Ukraine war. UR at 549 kHz (Mykolaiv/Luch) was the strongest, heard via R2AJI SDR (Rossosh RUS), 27 Febr, 0224 Z, 55555, nx abt Donetsk, with eventual adj-ch splatter (from 558 kHz R. Romania Actualitati, Targu Jiu, ROU with pop mx // 567 kHz Brasov Bod) and co-ch Arabic chant. On 28 Febr received with nx abt BLR, OM slight echo, 1927 UT ID, YL nx with 3 short interruptions. At 1940 UT Z a collective interview. At 2002 Z other collective interview abt UN. At 2056 UT long speech in En translated to Ukr by YL (possible UN SC meeting to call for extraordinary UN GA). Also strong via UR5VIB (Central UKR) and EW (Minsk BLR) SDRs, on Febr 27 around 0400 Z. Good 54444 (with het. from 547,5 kHz carrier) via YO3GGX SDR (Breaza ROU) Febr 27 at 0235 Z. Not hrd via YO3KSR SDR (Bucharest ROU) in Febr 28. The second QRG of 657 kHz (Chernivtsi UKR) was received via R2AJI SDR (Rossosh RUS), Febr 28, 1932 Z, 43344, YL nx with stronger co-ch IRIB R. Gilar (IRN) and het. from 659 kHz carrier, but still well audible. Also noted via YO3KSR SDR (Bucharest ROU), Febr 27 at 2145 Z with 32232 signal, plus mx (possible IRIB), a carrier and BCN in near QRGs. Former MW Chernivtsi 1449 kHz, now 657 kHz at location 48 16 16.70 N 25 53 32.20 E UR was also listened on 873 kHz (Chasiv Yar UKR) via R2AJI SDR (Rossosh RUS) as weak signal ( // 549 kHz) below an instrumental mx at 0230 UT, and better at 0325 UT with 33323, Febr 27. Taking UR5VIB SDR (Ce UKR) the signal was 32233, QSB, confirmed // 549 kHz; around 0355 UT abrupt start of strong transmission with mx, ID R. Moldova Actualitati ROU, 54445 QSB, with long list of QRGs. Chasiv Yar UKR location at 48 35 25 N 37 51 51 E Finally 1404 kHz (Izmail UKR) received via R2AJI SDR (Rossosh RUS), Febr 28, 2014 Z, 34333 with an interview and YL interpreter // 549 kHz. Also received via YO3KSR SDR (Bucharest ROU), 32322 with deep QSB, Unid co-ch mx, but audible, Febr 27, 2150 Z. Ismajil 1404 (ex549) kHz 5 kW, Transradio TRAM-10 DRM tests, location at 45 19 59.05 N 28 52 20.09 E Former Radio Krym Realii in Russian, 648 kHz location at 45 59 57 N 34 32 56 E 2 kilometers to new Crimea - Ukraine border at Tschonhar (Kherson). MW UKR R. Armiya. I tried to listen R. Armiya FM on 810 kHz (Hirnyk, UKR) before the ruSSian invasion. In Febr 21, 2107 Z I listen in 811 kHz a strong signal via UY2RA SDR (Chernihiy, UKR), but it was R. Vesti in Russian. Strangely, when tuned 1413 kHz, I did not heard R. Vesti form Maiac Pridnestrovie Moldova. Meanwhile in the SDRs of R2AJI (Rossosh RUS) and UR5VIB (Central UKR) we had BBC En, mx (possible IRIB) and 809.4 kHz carrier, without R. Armiya or R. Vesti on that QRG. Nevertheless R. Vesti was strong as usual on 1413 kHz (Febr 22, 0035 Z). Similar situations were found on R2AJI and PI4THT (Twente HOL) SDRs in Febr 24, 0636 Z. Checking again the Chernihiy SDR in local daytime, we had strong 811 kHz Vesti, 576 kHz Romania Act. and 950 kHz R. Iasi, which in fact correspond to 1413{? 1314 wb}, 1179 and 1053 kHz respectively. So the SDR has a tech- nical problem showing wrong QRGs in that frequency range, curiously involving the channel in 810 kHz where we are looking for R. Armiya. (Flavio PY2ZX, wor March 1) UKRAINE 549 kHz On February 25, 2022, the transmitter was switched on at a frequency of 549 kHz with the first program of the public radio of Ukraine, through the transmitting center Luch. (Viktor Tsekhanovich, Kerch-RUS, RUSdx #1174 wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 27) UKR Mykolaiv Luch MW 549 kHz again active. UKRAINE re MW 549 kHz Luch Location. Russia's war invasion into Ukraine. Derzhteleradio and NSTU Teleradiokompania will soon have to transfer the use of MW 549 kHz to the western part of Ukraine near Lviv Krasne. location Lviv Krasne at 49 54 12.84 N 24 41 15.30 E typical USSR 259 meter tall MW mast see red-white painted 'tiny' MW mast on the left side in background of the image: Today I looked at the map of the Russian invasion military war occupation near Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine and saw the ruSSian Vladimir Putin troops coming from Crimea very close(!) to the MW center Luch. - at see image of northern part, View and FREE download share only 100 km distance of stratetic Odessa port, like MW Petrivka site (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 26) UKRAINE Heute (26 Febr) Abend konnte man wieder bombenstark Ukrainske Radio auf MW 549 kHz hoeren mit Berichten, Interviews usw. Ebenfalls relativ guten Empfang bietet so um 18 UTC Radio Moldova, Chisinau in Rumaenisch auf 1494 kHz, mit etwas Interferenzen auch auf 873 kHz. Alles gehoert am QTH Fuerth, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany. (Erich Bergmann-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 26) In response to the unwanted war declared by Vladimir Putin Ukrainske Radyo has reopened Medium Wave radio sites. Even before the first action in the war 549 kHz was back broadcasting from Mykolaiv Luch. 657 kHz has been reactivated from Chernivtsi. Over the past 24 hours UR1 has been heard on 1404 kHz. This frequency has been heavily used over many years in Ukraine. I wonder if it is coming from Petrivka (near Odessa) or possibly from Lviv Krasne ?? Certainly the engineers who worked on getting these transmitters switched back on, plus maybe work carried out on the antennas, are to be praised for their bravery. (Dan Goldfarb-UK, mwmasts Febr 27) Re: About MW 1611 kHz Ukraine ... non and more. At 18z today Febr 28 checked 1611 kHz a few times via kSDR's in the French / Belgian borders and found two Dutch Stations Magny Les hamaux SDR pro- vided the best reception on 2055 with $9.signal ID as Radio ???? International (sounds as Dutch or similar I can upload the audio tomorrow) 810 kHz BBC 2104 UT at S9 via SDR In khimki (msk.sdr) 1404 kHz station seems Romania 2110 UT. 837 kHz just carrier at S7 not Ukraine. Background signal from RAI at 2112 UT. 657 kHz Ukraine S9 at 2115 UT mixed with same background station of 837 kHz RAI S9 549 kHz // 657 kHz with better signal. Btw 1502 kHz I heard a station in Russian with mostly talks S7 no info on mwlist (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wor & hcdx March 1) THE UKRAINE RADIO RETURNS TO BROADCAST ON THE MEDIUM WAVES OF 549 kHz. When the game is hard medium waves are back. Since this morning, after the Russian invasion attack, Radio Ukraine is again on this band, broadcasting on the 549 kHz frequency, reactivated and discontinued several times over time, the last time last January 1st. The channel belongs to the first radio channel that uses a 400 kW transmitter located in the town of Myko- laiv Luch not far from the strategic Odessa. In crisis situations, the old medium waves become strategic again, allow- ing you to get your voice far away, without the need for a network of repeaters. The channel is broadcasting a non-stop program with information and commentary. by military and security experts such as Serhiy Grabsky, reserve colonel, participant in peacekeeping missions in Iraq and Kosovo; Victor Yagun, Major General of the Security Service of Ukraine, former Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine. Unfortunately listening in Italy is not easy because the channel is occu- pied by the Slovenian Radio Koper, almost always dominant on this fre- quency. In today's afternoon, however, between 16 and 17 UT various seg- ments of transmission were heard, easily identifiable even under the dominant sound of Slovenian radio. Better luck with the web rx of the worldwide KIWI network, located both in Ukraine and in other Eastern European countries, through which the broad- cast is listened to with excellent quality. There is no trace of the ARMY FM Army Radio which would have the assigned frequency of 810 kHz. Today's shutdown of the Macedonian radio had given hope for the possibility of listening, but the frequency is occupied by the Madrid SER in my QTH and by the Arabic radio on the Ukrainian KIWI RX. Most likely the broadcaster is still idle on medium wave while continuing its normal streaming broad- casts. For the purpose of documentation of the important historical moment I recorded a few minutes of the transmission of UR1 through the Romanian KIWI RX ... UKRAINE NRCU - Ukrainski Radio, Kiev Das staatliche Radio aus der Ukraine hat die MW Frequenz 549 kHz wieder reaktiviert und ist auch bei uns recht gut zu hoeren, im Sueden Oester- reichs allerdings gestoert durch Radio Koper, Slowenien auf der gleichen Frequenz. Aber der Sender wurde Leistungsmaessig auf max 500 kW ver- staerkt. Dazu ein erklaerender Text uebermittelt von Thorsten Rode aus Deutschland, der sich auf folgender Homepage wiederfindet, allerdings in Russisch / Ukrainisch: Die Uebersetzung in Deutsch dazu: Ab dem 1. Februar wird die National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine die Ausstrahlung von UA wieder aufnehmen: Ukrainisches Radio im Mittelwellenband auf der Frequenz von 549 KHz. Der Mittelwellensender UA: Ukrainisches Radio im Dorf Luch, in der Region Mykolajiw, mit einer Leistung von 500 kW, deckt den groessten Teil der Ukraine ab (tagsueber - 60% des Territoriums einschliesslich der besetzten Gebiete, von Abend bis Morgen - die gesamtes Territorium der Ukraine). "Der CX-Sender ermoeglicht es wirklich, grosse Gebiete mit dem Luftsignal des ukrainischen Radios abzudecken. Wir sprechen ueber die zentralen und suedlichen Regionen und die Krim. Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Odessa haben keine gute Abdeckung im FM-Band, insbesondere in laendlichen Gebieten. Trotz der sehr hohen Sendekosten im mittleren Bereich stellen wir diese Art der Ausstrahlung wieder her, damit die Menschen oeffentliche Programme hoeren koennen", sagte Dmytro Gruzynskyi , Direktor der oeffentlichen Fernseh- und Rundfunksender. "Aufgrund der Tatsache, dass die NSTU im Jahr 2021 die volle Finanzierung erhielt, konnten wir die Ausstrahlung des ersten Kanals des ukrainischen Radios im mittleren Bereich wieder her- stellen. Besonders wichtig ist, dass wir ab sofort mehr ukrainische Inhalte fuer die Krim ausstrahlen koennen. Ich danke insbesondere Mykola Chernotytsky fuer seine Hilfe bei der Er- fuellung dieser Aufgabe", sagte Dmytro Khorkin, Vorstandsmitglied und ver- antwortlich fuer die Radioplattform. Es sei daran erinnert, dass UA: Ukrainisches Radio das beliebteste Radio und das groesste UKW-Netzwerk in der Ukraine ist und mehr als 180 UKW-Frequenzen abdeckt. (Info: Anatoly Klepov "RUS-DX # 1174", Thorsten Rode-D via adxb suess ADXB Rundmail Febr 28) UKRAINE The medium wave transmitter of Army FM, the radio station of the Ukrainian army, has been in test service since December 26 at 810 kHz. 10 kW. The transmitter is located on Terikonna Street in Hirmyk west of Donetsk location 48 02 27.1 N 37 22 02.5 E The station uses a 190 meter high mast owned by Telemerezhi Ukrainy LLC. This mast was already used by Army FM for its FM broadcasts on 92 MHz, it also broadcasts many other TV and FM programs. (Michel Fremy-BEL, wor Jan 4) Ukraine - February 24, 2022. UKR 549 kHz is back!. Heard weak here in eastern Finland right now. Thanks to Steve Whitt for the alert. (Mauno Ritola-FIN, , 2022-02-24) Ukraine February 25, 2022. It seems that Ukrainian 837 kHz [from Kharkiv region] has been reactivated after several years being off air. Heard via remote SDR in eastern Finland. (Thanks for the tip, Marco; via Ydun Ritz-DEN, 2022-02-25) ruSSian invasion of Ukraine: Some useful links here. Here is a full page of Ukrainian radio services. Of course, predominantly in Ukrainian, but worth checking out Ukrainian TV and live cams here: Live stream on Youtube of Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 STATE COMMITTEE FOR TV & RADIO BROADCASTING The governing body of broadcasting in Ukraine RADIO UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL The webpage of the Ukrainian international service RADIO STATIONS IN KYIV, UKRAINE Radio stations in the capital of the country ONLINE RADIO NET - UKRAINE Online radio stations in the country NEWSPAPERS ONLINE - UKRAINE Newspapers, magazines and news sites in the country ONLINE NEWSPAPERS - UKRAINE A listing of newspapers in the country Via Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec_CAN. (via RUSdx #1174 wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 27) UKRAINE [non] Facing censorship Radio Free Europe publishes an article "Crimea Realities blocked - how to receive objective news from Crimea" on its website What if the Internet and the phone is cut off? After that they will, perhaps, realize that they have untapped short wave capacities in Biblis and Lamperthein or remember that they have in stock dismantled medium wave transmitters in Cyprus which can reinforce the capacities of the issuer in Lithuania; or will they realize that they can transmit, as before, from the Czech Republic ... there is a discontinued long-wave transmitter which is in perfect condition. (Michel Fremy-F?/BEL?, wor March 1) UKRAINE/RUSSIA ...... Glenn, I received a personal email from Richard Langley expressing his sadness over the invasion of Ukraine by ruSSia. What a terrible time. I would never have dreamt that this would happen. He mentioned about others in the SWL community might wish to help. On the free media side, this is a great resource that needs our help more than anything now. Please feel free to share this on-line, if you feel so inclined. Take care! (Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, wor Febr 25) Infos im Minutentakt in Deutsch via German-Translate UZBEKISTAN 5910 kHz another check Febr 18 for the weekly Friday new clandestine, Channel 1 TV originating in Canoga Park, California. Last week it was half an hour of dead air but meanwhile, the source was identified. Monitoring Febr 18 via UTwente heard abrupt *1730 UT, S=9+10 of dead air again with lite hum, but 1732 UT cut on abruptly modulation in progress. Talk in presumed Farsi, bit of music, crowd noise, men- tions Iran, and a few times, Kordestan, anthem-like choral music; in- terview for a while, then monolog until 1753.5 UT a snippet of the same music, DA and 1754.6* UT cut off air already. Occasionally was a bit of breakup, not sure if transmitter or receiver-caused. Never heard a word of English, nor the reported ID in Farsi of "Kanal Yek TV", but could have missed it. Site believed Uzbekistan, as in EiBi presumably derived from WOR iog research, but still not in HFCC or Aoki. Website is (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor Febr 18) USA WRMI Radio Miami International. WRMI Resumes Broadcasts of Radio Ukraine International. From WRMI F_B: "Due to the increased interest in the current situation in Ukraine, WRMI has resumed its relays of the daily English language broadcast of Radio Ukraine International, the official overseas service of Ukrainian Radio. RUI can be heard daily, except Friday, at 1200-1300 UTC on 5010 kHz." (Richard Langley-NB-CAN, Febr 24 / Michael Holland Sr. ) Army FM is created by the Ukrainian army to counter pro-Russian propaganda in war zones. The signal is broadcast in the eastern regions by a network of 28 trans- mitters. The editorial office is located in the former Red Army head- quarters in Kiev ... (Febr 24) UZBEKISTAN Brother HySTAIRical TOM on 9290 kHz is via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, on February 25 1300-1500 9290 TAC 100 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS English co-ch very weak signal till 1330 5895 TAC 100 kW 131 deg to SoAS Bengali NHK via same tx center. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 25) SWLDXBulgaria News, March 1-2 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria --------------------------- ABKHAZIA Abkhaz Radio/Apsua Radio in Russian on 9534.8v kHz via Sukhumi, March 2: from 0530 on 9534.8vSUK 005 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian. Good via SDR Khimki, RUS https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/apsua-radio-in-russian-on-95348v-khz.html RUSSIA/UKRAINE Russian & Ukrainian amateurs on 7055 kHz LSB, March 2 from 0830 on 7055 LSB mode. Very good via SDR Szekesfehervar, Hungary https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/russian-ukrainian-amateurs-on-7055-khz.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Voice of Martyrs on 9930 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, March 1 1200-1230 on 9930 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean. Good via SDR Khimki, RUS. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/voice-of-martyrs-on-9930-khz-via-rrtm.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Radio Free North Korea on 9910 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, March 1 1300-1400 on 9910 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean. Good signal via SDR Khimki, RUS https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/radio-free-north-korea-on-9910-khz-via.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Voice of Wilderness on 9380 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, March 1 1400-1530 on 9380 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean. Good via SDR Albertirsa, HNG https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/voice-of-wilderness-on-9380-khz-via.html Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 231, Issue 4 ---------------------------------------------- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 From: Zacharias Liangas Subject: [HCDX] 28,2 checks for Ukraine in MW and updates 28,2 checks for Ukraine in MW At 18z today checked 1611? a few times via kSDR s in the french Belgian borders and found two dutch Stations Magny Les Hamaux SDR provided the best reception on 2055 with $9.signal ID as Radio Augusta? International after? the help of Lawendels (sounds as Dutch or Jax or similar I can upload the audio tomorrow) Audio https://app.box.com/s/gpwpqs39y9b4k4qx67p30kwzl7vmi5eh 810 BBC 2104 at S9 via? SDR In Khimki (msk.sdr) all frequencies below are from same kSDR 1404 station seems Romania 2110 837.15 just carrier at S7 from IRIB not Ukraine. Background signal from RAI at 2112z 657 Ukraine S9 at 2115 mixed with same background station of 837 :RAI S9 549 //657 with better signal 810 on 3/3 in tambov: IRIB at S9 at 16140 1404 Romania plus? , 1413 is removed 837 CNR is heard better than an Isfahan ? 657 R Gilan IRN in 837 mixed with Ukraina Seems more as Turkish than Farsi 549 S10 signal talks 1646 ,no QRM? 1645 In BUcharest RO 3/3 810 a mix of carrieres S7 at 1655 1404 Radio Cluj ID 1656 837 heavy QRM with 300HZ carier plsu +4kHZ S5 657 QRM from CW marker 1702 .-.. 549? S9 signal Ukraine Btw 1502? 28.2 I heard a station in Russian with mostly talks S7 no info on mwlist Audio https://app.box.com/s/2vt8k28v6uovz85zx063u8nbsrcl1cad I received two answers via the WOR email list : Radio Tsentr from Riga has Russian programming. It can be logged from SDR in Karelia but the frequency is heavily split, 1602.75v? (by Andrea Lawendel) It is a full time religious programming.Really low power- and listed as just 1 kW ... (by Arthur Pozner ) SWLDXBulgaria News, March 2-3 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria ---------------------------- TAJIKISTAN(non) Reception of Brother HySTAIRical TOM on 9290 kHz via Dushanbe, March 3: 1300-1500 on 9290 DB 250 kW / 072 deg to NEAs English. Fair/good via SDR Khimki, Russia https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/brother-hystairical-tom-on-9290-khz-via_4.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Furusato no Kaze in Japanese on new 7520 kHz via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, March 3: 1430-1500 NF 7520 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Japanese, ex 7525. Fair signal via SDR Khimki, RUS https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/furusato-no-kaze-on-new-7520-khz-via.html Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 231, Issue 5 ------------------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2022 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] ... in Ukraine: BBC suspends its journalists' work in Russia ... and some more logs when checked 5910 kHz Taskent-UZB, in great expectation at 17.30 UT onwards, only on Fridays; though NOTHING heard in remoted SDR's in GRC, CYP, KWT, nor in Delhi India, at least at 17.27 to 17.35 UT; 5129.947 KGZ surprise Bishkek religious program "Radio Sedaye Zindagi" via lower(!) frequency flank oddity, radio from Krasnaya Rechka Bishkek Kyrgyztelekom. 15-18 UT acc Aoki Nagoya DXCircle database, S=8-9 signal in Delhi SDR remotedly, heard at 17.33 UT. 5829.938 UZB Iran International TV relay in Persian, via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan bcast center Shortwave Transmitting Station, at 17.37 UT on March 4. 5819.981 UZB Nippon no Kaze "il bon ue baram", in Korean language, also via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan bcast center Shortwave Trans- mitting Station, S=7 at 17.39 UT on March 4. 5875even ARM BBC London in Dari language to Persia and Afghanistan target, via CJSC Yerevan Gavar relay site. S=9+20dB proper signal at 17.41 UT, BUT ONCE AGAIN MUCH DISTORTED AUDIO feed on Armenia center. ... 7609.911 UZB Radio Ranginkaman (Rainbow) in Persian, via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan bcast center Shortwave Transmitting Station, S=9 signal in Delhi, at 17.56 UT on March 4. When checked 9770 kHz BBC London planned Russian service regular at ENC Woofferton relay site, though NOTHING heard in remoted SDR's in GRC, CYP, KWT, nor in Delhi India, at least in 17.59 to 18.07 UT time slot on March 4. ... 73 wb df5sx SWLDXBulgaria News & DX RE MIX NEWS # 1236, March 4 Ivo Ivanov, Bilgaria -------------------------- DX RE MIX NEWS # 1236, March 4 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/dx-re-mix-news-1236.html U.K.(non) Good signal of FEBA Radio on 7510 kHz via ENC-DMS Yerevan, March 4 1730-1800 on 7510 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Silte via SDR Heimiswil in SUI https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/feba-radio-on-7510-khz-via-enc-dms.html RADIO BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN ================================= Alaska ---------- Since March 1, the KNLS station has slightly adjusted its antenna azimuths. This concerns programs in Chinese and Russian between 13:00-16:00. Instead of 300 degrees, it will now be 315. Nothing else changes, time and frequencies will remain the same: in Russian: 15:00-16:00 9550 The goal is to better cover broadcast regions. (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "OPEN_DX") Taiwan. ------------- A photo. New Year. Russian Service of Taiwan Radio International. View - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/02/blog-post_27.html (https://www.facebook.com/rtiruss/) WEB and AIR RADIO IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ======================================== Russia. Republic of Tatarstan. Kazan. ----------------------- Radio Millennium. Kazan. Air frequency 107.3 FM On air since 2014 Link to streaming http://rm.skyseven.ru/radio.html Site on the Internet http://radiomillenium.ru/ VKontakte group http://vk.com/radiomillenium Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/radiomillenium Twitter radio stations https://twitter.com/MillenniumRadio Station with completely own programming (https://www.radioportal.ru/) USA ------- UN Radio. Internet: https://news.un.org/ru https://www.unmultimedia.org Identification: "The United Nations News Service presents an overview of the most important news of the past week." ULR http://shoutcast.wrn.org:8025/WRN-R https://tunein.com/radio/World-Radio-Network-in-Russian----WRN-Russkij-s17728/ 21.00-21.29 Mon, Thu / 22.30-22.59 Tue, Sat / 00.00-00.29 Mon, Thu / 02.30-02.59 Tue, Fri / 05.00-05.29 Tue, Fri / 07.00-07.29 Wed, Sun / 10.00-10.29 Mon, Thu / 13.00 -13.29 Wed, Sun / 15.30-15.59 Tue, Fri / 19.30-19.59 Tue, Sat (Handbook "Broadcasting in Russian. Autumn 2021 - Spring 2022". Editor - Alexander Berezkin, St. Petersburg, Russia) INTERNET DIRECTORY ==================== radioscanner. http://www.radioscanner.ru/ Moscow, Russia. Special radio systems. Radio communication. Radio monitoring. - our radio shop - ads - radio rating - radio stations - radio receivers - frequency bands - frequency table - airfields - articles - files - forum - a photo - map of site - Portal - Modifications - Radio signals - LPD forum - SeZador - Museum - NATO - Club - Articles - Broadcasts - Modifications - Ratings - Files - Frequencies - Club forum - LPD forum - Main forum - Ads QSL WORLD ======== AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia AY = Alexander Yurin, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" DK = Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" EK = Eugene Kornykhin, Moscow, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" KB = Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" PI = Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "OPEN_DX" VV = Viktor Varzin, Kommunar, Leningradskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" Australia --------------- Reach Beyond Australia / HCJB (AUS) Margaret Penford sent an e-QSL for monitoring on February 23, 2022 (the station was only received on three frequencies out of five that day). QSL Subject: Parkes Observatory (also known informally as "The Dish") is a radio telescope observatory, located in Australia. It was one of several radio antennae used to receive live television images of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Its scientific contributions over the decades led the Australian broadcasting Commission to describe it as "the most successful scientific instrument ever built in Australia" after 50 years of operation. The report was sent to radio@reachbeyond.org.au and received a response on March 1, 2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/reach-beyond-australia-hcjb.html (KB) Austria ------------ Welle 370 (AUT) The new QSL card and already traditional booklet came in response to a report about the reception of the Welle 370 program on 6140 kHz via an Austrian transmitter at the beginning of December last year. Dispatched from Germany on February 1, received on February 28, 2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2020/01/welle-370.html (KB) - C.M.Obrecht SW Radio / via Channel 292 / test 300 kW (AUT) e-QSL: 15730 kHz / 09.00-10.00 UTC / Feb.25-2022 In the third minute of the broadcast, the signal from Moosbrunn, Austria deteriorated a lot and did not look like 300 kW with a direction of 80°Az. Nearby Radio Farda on 15690 kHz with 100 kW and 104°Az from Lampertheim, Germany sounded very confident. In the second half of the hour, the quality of reception quickly, but smoothly, improved significantly. It seems that at the Austrian transmitting center they experimented with turning the antenna. Claudius Obrecht the next day in a letter: "...The angle and frequency/time was not ideal for St.Petersburg - the higher frequency and earlier time made the beam like narrower but in the target area of SEA the signal was much stronger than the 11 KHz broadcast in Jan. I've seen reports and videos of the target area. Strange it changed, may be they started to turn the antenna a bit too late so it was the first 2 minutes directed to you..." Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2021/10/cmobrecht.html (KB) Canada / Germany ---------------------------- eQSL Radio City February 26, 2022 / 09.00-09.35 UTC / 6070 kHz (via Channel 292) Email: citymorecars@yahoo.ca Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/02/radio-city.html (AK) Czech ---------- Radio Prague International / Radiožurnal / Radio Dvojka Three QSLs came in one envelope for receiving three radio stations: We separately confirmed two reports dated December 30, 2021 on the reception of Radiožurnal (270 kHz) and Radio Dvojka (639 kHz). The theme of the cards is 2020, Transmitters in the Czech Republic. The report was sent by e-mail to cr @ radio.cz Together with the same cards came a QSL from Radio Prague International (Russian service, listening on the Internet, 01/26/2022). The theme is 2022, The Czech Most. Reported through the form on the site Considering also that all the cards are signed in the same handwriting, most likely at the station they simply fill out the form on their own if you send them a report by e-mail. (AY) Germany ------------- Cruisin' The Decades / via Channel 292 (D) Brad Savage / Program Director texted in an email dated March 1st to confirm reception of his program "Cruisin' The Decades" via Channel 292 (6070 kHz / 21.20-22.00 / Feb.26-2022). Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2022/03/cruisin-decades.html (KB) Netherlands -------------------- eQSL Radio Classic Sunday. February 27, 2022 / 09.02-09.30 UTC / 6185 kHz Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/03/radio-classic-sunday.html Radio Classic Sunday We broadcast from the Netherlands for the Netherlands and Europe. www.radioclassicsunday.com info@radioclassicsunday.com https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioClassicSunday/ (AK) Poland / Lithuania ---------------------- Polish Radio / Belarusian Scene / via RBWI (LTU) The custom package came from the Belarusian edition of the Polish Radio. They sent a QSL card (panorama of the center of Gdansk from a height) for reception on January 19, 2022 / 04.00-05.00 UTC / 1386 kHz, a small letter (address of the Belarusian Service Eduard Zholud), two pens and a USB flash drive (32 GB) with a logo POLSKIE RADIO DLA ZAGRANICY. Interestingly, the first report dated November 30 last year remained unanswered at all. Both reports, written in Belarusian, were sent to by@polskieradio.pl. Package sent from Warsaw on February 10, received on March 3, 2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/polskie-radio.html (KB) Taiwan ------------ * Radio Taiwan Int'l / Russian Sce (TWN) Two QSL cards were received from the Russian MRI service for the reception in December and January. The reports showed reception data on both frequencies for the day, the cards only showed broadcasts via the transmitter in Taiwan. Envelope sent from Taipei on February 10, received on February 28, 2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/radio-taiwan-international.html (KB) * Taiwan Radio International The Russian service suddenly sent a card for a report dated 07/07/2021 (17:00 UTC / 5900 kHz). Shipping date from Taiwan is 02/10/2022. Arrived February 28th. (AY) * * Maria Li, today (March 5), in the MRI Mailbox reported that Taiwan's postal communication with the Russian Federation has been suspended. All accumulated QSL cards will be sent to listeners as soon as it is resumed. (AY / VV) Turkey ----------- QSL Voice of Turkey. 06.01.2022 / 13.30-14.25 UTC / 12035 kHz / English Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/03/voice-of-turkey.html (AK) UAE ------- Gaweylon Tibetian Radio / FEBC (UAE) After 7 hours, Anil R. Alfred / Director sent a scan of the QSL card with the requested subject in response to the report on receiving the station on February 27th. The report was sent on the eve of the Losar holiday (Tibetan New Year / March 3-5) to gaweylon@gmail.com. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2019/10/gaweylon-tibetian-radio.html (KB) QSL mail --------------- * Over the past few days, I received the following confirmations that have not yet been sanctioned: - VOT - 5980 kHz in Turkish - MWV - 9845 kHz, - NDR - 6080, 9820 kHz Christmas program for sailors at sea (PI) * Received two QSLs: - from NDR for reception on December 24, 2021, 18-19 UTC at a frequency of 6080 kHz. - Second (round) from the German MRI service for the reception on 01/28/2022, 19-1930 UTC at 5900 kHz. (DK) * Radio Liberty (THA/KWT/LTU) Ken Brown sent the last 3 (series of 8) QSL cards for receiving Radio Liberty on February 8 in Tajik (7475 kHz / 14.30 UTC), Turkmen (6060 kHz / 15.30 UTC) and Russian (1386 kHz / 20.00 UTC) languages. Report to brownk@rferl.org. QSL Topics: 1. German workers fill balloons with hydrogen for a Radio Free Europe operation to carry information over the Iron Curtain in the early 1950s. 2. A Radio Liberty teletype operator in Lampertheim, West Germany. 1950s. 3. Master Control, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Munich. Cards sent from Prague on February 10, received on March 3, 2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2021/12/radio-liberty.html (KB) * FEBC Radio Teos. Reception in Moscow February 18, 2022 / 9920 kHz / 15.00-16.00utc. In early February, the signal from the Philippines reappeared in Moscow (https://youtu.be/hirjZbaFiOQ). Report to the address norie.estabillo@febc.ph, Norita P. Estabillo replied after 14 days. Attached letter and e-QSL. e-QSL subject - Pagudpud area. (EK) - Bangkok Radio for Shipping. Reception in Moscow February 11, 2022 / 6765.1 kHz USB / 18.26-18.40utc (https://youtu.be/LU1LmzEi4iA). Report to jniyomchok@gmail.com, Jantima Niyomchok replied in 12 days. Attached a scan of the confirmation letter and a traditional spread booklet with all service frequencies from Bangkok. The theme of the booklet is the same - Manimekhala, angel of the sea and light. (EK) * Radio Liberty I received a QSL for listening to the Russian service (02/05/2022 / 20:30 UTC / 1368 kHz). (AY) Miscellaneous ----------- TOP 10 DX OF THE YEAR 2021 Blog: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/03/top-10-dx-of-year-2021.html (AK) КАЛЕНДАРЬ - ИСТОРИЯ DX-ХОББИ, РАДИО И ПОЧТЫ ============================================= WORLD NEWS. ===================== * Bulgarian post. -------------------------- Desislava Semkovska from Radio Bulgaria wrote that temporarily the Bulgarian post office does not accept letters to the Russian Federation. I wonder if other countries have similar problems. Yesterday I read that the Russian Post does not send letters to Ukraine, Moldova and Cyprus. https://www.rbc.ru/society/28/02/2022/621cbe929a79477089980b35 (Viktor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * Frequency Changes for WRMI for A22 Season. ------------------------------------------------------- A team of great folks from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) office in Miami and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Atlanta, Georgia and Fort Lauderdale, Florida visited us today. They have been working with our engineers to solve some mysterious interference that airline pilots have been reporting as they fly over the east coast of Florida just east of our transmitter site in Okeechobee. It turns out that our frequency of 7780 kHz on a 44- degree beam up the East Coast of North America and on to Europe was radiating a low-power 17th harmonic (17 times the nominal frequency of 7780 kHz) on a frequency used by aircraft flying in the area. After a lot of hard work by everyone, we have come up with a plan to switch our frequency of 7780 towards Europe to 7730 kHz as of the beginning of the next shortwave broadcast season (the A22 season) on March 27th. And we will switch our transmission to Mexico and Southwestern North America from 7730 to 7780 kHz. After doing a series of tests today, we think that will solve the harmonic interference problem. Thanks to everyone for their assistance. It's much- appreciated. (https://bclnews.blogspot.com/) * FTIOM & UBMP Farewell to Europe Marathon March 8 ----------------------------------- Farewell To Europe Special Marathon Channel 292, 6070 kHz March 8, 0800-2400 CET (0700-2300 UTC) From "Uncle Bill" Tilford, producer and host of From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill's Melting Pot: Personal financial circumstances beyond my control recently made it necessary for me to discontinue broadcasts of my programs from stations in Europe, and Channel 292 has made the wonderful gesture of throwing us a going-away party - a 16 hour marathon of some of our favorite From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill's Melting Pot episodes on 6070 kHz on March 8 from 0800-2400 CET (0700-2300 UTC). Working with the station and interacting with its listeners has been a joy these past few years, and I am deeply humbled by this act of generosity. I hope to be able to return to broadcasting from Europe some day. In the meantime, I have personally selected some favorite episodes of both shows from the past few years for this special event. Let us make the most of this bittersweet moment. - "Uncle Bill" Tilford (From "Uncle Bill" Tilford,) * The BBC has suspended the work of its employees in Russia. -------------------------------- Moscow. March 4th. INTERFAX.RU - The British Broadcasting Corporation is temporarily suspending the work of its employees in Russia in connection with the adopted law criminalizing up to 15 years in prison for fake news about the Russian Armed Forces, BBC CEO Tim Davey said. "This law appears to criminalize independent journalism. It leaves us with no option but to temporarily suspend all BBC journalists and other staff in the Russian Federation while we assess the full implications of this regrettable development," the statement said. BBC CEO Tim Davey, distributed by the media corporation on Friday. The report states that the work of the BBC news service in Russia will be continued from abroad. "The safety of our employees is paramount and we are not prepared to put them at risk of criminal prosecution for simply doing their job. I would like to pay tribute to all of them for their bravery, tenacity and professionalism," Davey said. Details - https://www.interfax.ru/russia/826374 (https://www.interfax.ru/) 73!