-------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1218 Sunday / 1 January 2023 ------------------------- Russia - broadcasting, radio communications, television, internet, high tech. QSL world. World news. ----------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023! Happy New Year 2023 to all readers! Good luck in your personal life, happiness in the family and health! Thank you for being with us! MERRY CHRISTMAS! On the night of January 6-7, Russian Orthodox celebrate the feast of the Nativity of Christ. As you know, the Russian Orthodox Church at the beginning of the 20th century did not switch from the Julian calendar to the new Gregorian, as a result of which the calendar differs by 13 days from the calendar used by other Christians. On the bright holiday of Christmas, I wish you good and happiness, well-being and comfort in your home, warmth, mutual understanding and support in the family. May your life be peaceful, calm, happy. Merry Christmas! RUSSIA ======= Altaiskiy kray. ---------------------- Following the meeting of the Federal Competition Commission (FCC) on December 21, 2022, the city of Barnaul, Altai Territory joined the Radio Iskatel network. KBU "Publishing House Region" became a partner of Radio Iskatel in Barnaul. Multi-format media holding, which includes the publicly accessible regional TV channel Katun24, an Internet portal, newspapers and magazines, as well as the largest radio network in the Altai Territory. The presence of such a partner will allow to fully reveal the potential inherent in Radio Iskatel, the basis of which is infotainment programs related to the broadcasting region. Such localization makes the radio station close to every listener, and the atmosphere of domestic and foreign rock gives the radio station its own unique look. You can hear Radio Iskatel on the air, on the website, mobile applications and smart devices with a voice assistant. Radio station website: www.radioiskatel.ru (https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__84913/) Krasnodarskiy kray. ------------------------------ * Armavir - according to information from the RTRS website, Mayak was officially launched at 90.8 MHz. It broadcasts from the Armavir-2 facility (tower on Rosa Luxembourg Street). Vesti FM, DFM, Comedy radio also work from there. Under the license of the RKN, the transmitter power is 1 kW, 332.7 thousand people live in the coverage area https://krasnodar.rtrs.ru/press/analog/ (https://vk.com/tvfm23) * Chistaya Volna (Pure Wave) launches a radio network in the FM band The site says: "FM Belorechensk 101 / Anapa 94.5 / Gelendzhik 93.9 / Medium waves 1584 kHz Belorechensk". According to the vcfm forum, at least in Anapa, Radio Chistaya Volna is already working. Source: http://cwradio.ru/ (https://vk.com/tvfm23) Kurganskaya oblast. ---------------------------- In Kurgan today (12/25/2022) Like FM was turned on at 89.3 MHz. Source: Vladimir Dyachkov, Chelyabinsk, Russia / https://vk.com/kuradiotv (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Novosibirskaya oblast. -------------------------------- * The inclusion of Relax FM in the largest city of Siberia is expected - on December 31, Novosibirsk will join the regional broadcasting network of the radio station. Broadcasting frequency - 107.7 MHz. (https://vk.com/radioitv) * The broadcaster LLC "Dom Muzyki" extends the temporary suspension of the broadcast of the radio station "Radio Kniga" at a frequency of 93.2 MHz in the Novosibirsk region until March 31, 2023. (https://novosibirsk.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/radio-kniga-prodlevaet-vremennuyu-ostanovku-veshchaniya-v-novosibirskoy- oblasti/) * On the eve of the New Year holidays, the branch of the RTRS "Siberian RC" began broadcasting the programs of the radio station "Dorozhnoe Radio" from the television center of Novosibirsk. The broadcast is carried out in the FM band at a frequency of 102.0 MHz, the transmitter power is 1 kW. The radio channel "Dorozhnoe Radio" became the twenty-third broadcast from the highest antenna tower in Novosibirsk. More than two million residents of the regional center and its environs listen to the radio channel's programs, which is 73.4% of the total population of the Novosibirsk region. (https://novosibirsk.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/v-kanun-novogo-goda-dorozhnoe-radio-v-novosibirske-otmetilo-novosele/) * Novosibirsk radio stations (data of December 30, 2022). MHz / kW / Novosibirsk broadcasting time / Time / Radio station 88.6 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / Radio Orpheus (plan) 89.1 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / GPM Radio (plan) 92.8 MHz / 3 / 24 hours / Radio 7 na semi Kholmakh 93.2 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / Radio Kniga (since 01/20/20). The transmitter has been disabled since 04/17/20. 93.8 MHz / 1 / 06.00 - 01.00 local time / "Mayak" + Novosibirsk Radio STRC "Novosibirsk" 94.2 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Love Radio 94.6 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / Radio channel "Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov" - Radio "Vera" 95.0 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Radio "Mir" of the Interstate TV and Radio Company 95.4 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / "Nashe Radio" 95.8 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Detskoe Radio 96.2 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Russkoe Radio 96.6 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / Serebryany dozhd Radio 97.0 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Retro FM 97.4 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Comedy Radio 97.8 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / Radio Russii + Novosibirsk Radio GTRK "Novosibirsk" 98.3 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" 98.7 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / Autoradio - Novosibirsk 99.1 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Radio Energy 99.5 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / "Humor FM" 100.0 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / "Novoe Radio" 100.7 MHz / 3 / 24 hours / Radio "Uniton" 101.4 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Radio "Gorodskaya Volna" 102.0 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / Dorozhnoe Radio 102.6 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / Radio Record 103.2 MHz / 3 / 24 hours / Radio Europe Plus Novosibirsk 103.9 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / DFM radio 104.6 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Vesti FM + STRC "Novosibirsk" switching on 105.2 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Radio "Hit FM" 105.7 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Radio "Business FM" 106.2 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Radio 54 106.7 MHz / 1 / 24 hours / Radio Dacha 107.7 MHz / 2 / 24 hours / Radio Chanson Details - http://www.novosibdx.info/radio.html (http://www.novosibdx.info/) Omskaya oblast. ------------------------ Two new radio stations will be launched in Omsk in the near future. The day before, the Federal Competition Commission for Television and Radio Broadcasting summed up the results of the competition for the right to broadcast on radio frequencies. According to the decision of the commission, the companies PI FM LLC and GPM Radio LLC were among the winners. The first one will be broadcast in Omsk under the PI FM brand at a frequency of 91.8 MHz. The second will take a frequency of 92.3 MHz (the brand under which it will work is unknown). It should be noted that now radio PI FM, which is part of the structure of MKR-Media LLC, broadcasts in 22 Russian cities. LLC "GPM Radio" is the largest player in the radio broadcasting market in the country. He owns such radio brands as Avtoradio, Humor FM, Radio ENERGY and others. kp.ru (https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=16348) Permskiy kray. --------------------- Relax FM continues to expand coverage. On December 26, the radio station began broadcasting in Perm at 105.1 FM. The potential coverage of listeners is over 1.3 million people. The Relax FM format is unique for the Russian radio industry. The air broadcasts compositions that you will not hear on any other radio station. This music is associated with travel and pleasant meetings, gives positive emotions and fills with energy. Details - https://www.gpmradio.ru/news-page/uid/28512 (https://www.gpmradio.ru/press#news) Rostovskaya oblast. ------------------------------ In Rostov-on-Don, on the wave, where Chanson radio is now broadcasting, from January 1, 2023, another radio station will broadcast. It is reported by "AiF-Rostov". Roskomnadzor has already issued the corresponding license. Radio "Chanson" has been broadcasting on the wave 105.1 FM in Rostov since January 2007. As the name suggests, the basis of this radio station was songs in the chanson genre, which is quite popular in Russia. The new radio station operates in a completely different format. Like FM was founded in 2015 and broadcasts in 15 Russian cities, including Moscow. On the air you can hear popular songs of Russian and foreign performers. The radio station is aimed at the youth audience. At the same time, it uses a fairly innovative technology, when listeners can influence the content by liking a particular composition. The more likes, the more often the song is on the air. The publication also reports that there will also be local tie-ins called "Recorded Radio" on the air. By the way, this is the name of the internal radio station of DSTU. And Radio South Region LLC, which announced the change of partner, belongs, according to data from open sources, to the DSTU Social Development Fund. bloknot-rostov.ru (https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=16361) DIGEST. NEWS. ============= * Program "Radiopanorama". -------------------------------------- In Russian. Moscow. World Radio Network. 31.12.2022 Program "Radiopanorama" for lovers of long-range radio reception. Author and presenter Vadim Alekseev. Program content: - The main topics of Radio Panorama 2022 Publishing - publishing the details of the program and sound file on the page - https://vk.com/dxing?w=wall-3271973_7211 Publication and preparation of the sound file - Vladimir Emelyanov, Samara, Russia. (https://vk.com/dxing) * What is heard on LW/MW in Russia? ---------------------------------- They write that Mayak is broadcasting on 549 kHz today (December 27). Source + comments in Russian: https://forum.vcfm.ru/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=78&p=164561#p164561 - Kaliningrad Radio Center #5 has prepared a second transmitter and a new frequency for on-air tests: 549 kHz. A few days earlier, short turns were made to test the operability of the restored antenna and the transmitting complex. Tests are carried out with reduced power, at the level of 50-70 kW. The antenna is involved - a mast with a height of 257 meters, previously used in the long wave band (171 kHz) There are no airing schedules for 549 kHz. Test broadcasting can be carried out on weekdays during business hours (9-17 Moscow time) Such a conditional schedule is also valid for a frequency of 1143 kHz. (https://vk.com/public158109176) * What about talking? What is the communication range between portable radios? ---------------------------------- Video in Russian - 7:23 https://vk.com/radioitv?z=video-90495469_456240133%2F33675440eb0a33190b%2Fpl_post_-90495469_14479 https://vk.com/radioitv?w=wall-90495469_14479 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-v8qwavkrw What is the range for this radio? How many kilometers does this radio hit? What is the maximum communication range? Isn't it familiar questions? This time we will talk about whether radio stations have such a parameter as "communication range". (Dima Kolyadenkov, Saransk, Russia / https://vk.com/radioitv) * Why do Russians unscrew antennas from routers. -------------------------------------------------- -------- Users of Wi-Fi routers are mainly divided into two camps. Some use these devices on the "set it and forget it" principle, while others are prone to various kinds of experiments - from choosing the most "high-speed" installation site to unscrewing the antennas from the device case. In this article, we will try to understand what pushes users to get rid of antennas and whether there is at least some grain of rationality in this. Details in Russian - https://hi-tech.mail.ru/news/55384-zachem-rossiyane-vykruchivayut-antenny-u- routerov/?frommail=ft_ml&utm_partner_id=429 (https://mail.ru/) * Eutelsat is slowly leaving Russia. -------------------------------------------------- December 25, 2022 Eutelsat has suspended broadcasting for several Russian channels. Roskomnadzor is ready to assist in reissuing the necessary permits for TV channels. The French satellite operator Eutelsat has issued a statement suspending broadcasting activities for some channels in Russia and Iran. Details in Russian - https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=16351 (https://tele-satinfo.ru/) * About the situation on the radio market in a special project of "Business Petersburg". -------------------------------------------------- -------- Roman Emelyanov, General Director of the holding "European Media Group" (includes national broadcast networks of popular radio stations "Europe Plus", "Dorozhnoe Radio", "Retro FM", "Radio 7 na semi Kholmakh", "Novoe Radio", STUDIO 21, as well as the magazine "Profil", a regional network of radio stations "Kalina Krasnaya" and "Eldoradio" in St. Petersburg), about the situation on the radio market in a special project of "Business Petersburg" "Business of two capitals". ROMAN, DOES THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD STRONGLY INFLUENCE RADIO? - Of all the media that exist today, it is the radio that is most strongly influenced by the external agenda. It is faster than others, in the event of a market fall, it finds itself in a crisis, but it is also the first to recover. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/dxingradio?w=wall-34858156_3199 (https://vk.com/dxingradio) * New Year humor. -------------------------- Image: https://t.me/qrzqrz/2742 (QRZ CHANNEL / Telegram) - You can also see it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/blog-post_25.html * Mediascope summed up TV viewing in 2022. -------------------------------------------------- - Mediascope, authorized by Roskomnadzor, has summed up the results of the outgoing year. Russians still trust television, primarily the VGTRK channels. TV channel "Russia 1" for the seventh time in a row ranked first in terms of audience share - this year it increased by 22% and amounted to 14.3%. NTV (9.6%) came in second place, rising by 9% and overtaking Channel One (8.6%), which lost 11% of its audience share. Fourth place is occupied by Channel Five (7%), which increased its share by 3%. The top five is closed by Ren-TV, which has remained at the same position with an audience share of 5.7%. Domashny, STS, Karusel and TV-3 channels lost 4%, 10%, 3% and 15% each, as a result their shares are 4.9%, 4.6%, 3.4% and 3.3%, respectively. Rossiya 24 ranks tenth, but the channel's share has doubled compared to last year, from 1.6% to 3.2%. Details in Russian - https://www.cableman.ru/content/mediascope-podvel-itogi-telesmotreniya-v-2022-godu (https://www.cableman.ru/news) * Finished batches of domestic processors "Baikal" and "Elbrus" are not sent to Russia - Maksut Shadayev. ------------------------------ The head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev, spoke about batches of domestic processors Baikal and Elbrus stuck abroad. According to him, foreign enterprises that were engaged in the production of chips refuse to send ready-made products to Russia. The reason for this decision is not yet clear. Shadayev did not tell about the number of delayed processors, and about the companies responsible for the incident. It is known that until March 2022, Taiwanese TSMC was engaged in the production of Elbrus and Baikal processors. The only thing reported by the head of the Ministry of Digital Development was that the delay had already affected the production volumes of equipment based on domestic CPUs. This year, 15,000 computers and 8,000 servers based on Baikal and Elbrus processors were produced. And these figures would be much higher if "those batches of Russian processors that were ordered and produced were shipped." Source: kommersant.ru (https://club.dns-shop.ru/digest/85652-gotovyie-partii-otechestvennyih-protsessorov-baikal-i-elbrus- ne/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=digest&utm_campaign=club_best) * The new standard Wi-Fi 6E allocated frequencies 5.9-6.4 GHz -------------------------------------------------- ------------ The State Commission on Radio Frequencies has allocated a frequency range of 5.9-6.4 GHz for the new Wi-Fi 6E wireless Internet standard. It will operate indoors, including offices and residential buildings. Kommersant writes about this, citing a source. Working at 6 GHz and a greater number of channels within the frequency distinguishes this network from Wi-Fi 6. Details in Russian: https://www.cableman.ru/content/novomu-standartu-wi-fi-6e-vydelili-chastoty-59-64-ggts (https://www.cableman.ru/news) * The Ministry of Digital Development supported the Rostelecom project for the development of a mobile OS. -------------------------------------------------- ------ The government included Rostelecom's project to create a national mobile ecosystem based on the Aurora OS, which the operator estimated at 480 billion rubles, in the roadmap for the New System-wide Software (NOPO) until 2030. However, the issue of financing remains unresolved: Kommersant's sources say that the Ministry of Finance is not yet ready to approve the allocation of funds for the project. Experts also believe that other domestic developers of mobile operating systems should be involved in the project, including Kaspersky Lab, Astra Linux and Rosa. Details in Russian - https://news.mail.ru/politics/54467627/?frommail=1 (https://mail.ru/) * Russian computer manufacturers are asking for protection from foreign technology. -------------------------------------------------- ------------- The government is discussing the possibility of banning the import of computers and laptops from Dell, HP, HPE, Acer, MSI and other foreign manufacturers into Russia. This initiative was put forward by the domestic vendor ICL. He also proposes to stimulate demand for Russian computers through a 20% cashback program for citizens. Retailers and officials support the idea of launching a cashback program, but oppose the restriction of parallel imports, warning of the risks of a reduction in the assortment and an increase in illegal supplies. Details in Russian - https://news.mail.ru/economics/54467613/?frommail=1 (https://mail.ru/) * Windows again became available for download in Russia. ----------------------------------------- Microsoft opened to Russian users' access to download the Windows operating system, Izvestia found out. The software page on the company's official website reloads without a VPN. You can install both the latest version of the OS, Windows 11 22H2, and previous versions - Windows 10, Windows 8.1. and Windows 7. "The OS download page does open in Russia. Most likely, this is an adjustment of the corporation's policy towards Russian users who have already bought Windows," said Dmitry Bevza, an IT expert. The Izvestia correspondent managed to download the OS from two computers. A "Windows Setup Assistant" is available for updating software, as well as an image of the operating system itself for burning to DVD or USB. Details in Russian - https://iz.ru/1447613/2022-12-28/windows-vnov-stal-dostupen-dlia-skachivaniia-v- rossii?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop (https://iz.ru/) * Radio Monte Carlo launches New Year's advertising campaign. -------------------------------------------------- - New Year is tradition and comfort. Music will help create the holiday mood - world-class music that sounds on the radio Monte Carlo. These are the brightest hits of the 20th and 21st centuries, the best Christmas melodies and a special atmosphere. The mood of the New Year and Christmas is also created by the new advertising campaign of Radio Monte Carlo. From January 1, 2023, "live" holiday banners can be seen on the Internet, as well as on outdoor advertising structures. And thanks to modern technologies, it has become quite easy to tune in to the radio station: you just need to point your smartphone at the QR code integrated on the layout - and now the Monte Carlo New Year's radio sounds in your device. The station wishes its listeners a Happy New Year and wishes them love, kindness, prosperity and, of course, world-class music in the coming year! (https://rmg.ru/news/radio-monte-carlo-zapuskaet-novogodnyuyu-reklamnuyu-kampaniyu) * We print on a 3D printer a model-toy of the radio designer Mishutka from childhood. -------------------------------------------------- ------ Video in Russian - 8:42 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456244110%2Fcfdff6be7a5faec014%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_69897 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Interference from a modern New Year's garland, through the radio. -------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 1:41 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456244108%2Fd9fd0c97c14b861b88%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_69888 There are comments. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Perpetual detector receiver without batteries - Do it yourself. -------------------------------------------------- --------- Video in Russian - 13:23 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456244109%2F3c75d8409782a71cf6%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_69894 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Sputnik was not allowed to broadcast in Belgrade. -------------------------------------------------- --- The Serbian Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (REM) at today's (December 26) meeting was distributing permits for broadcasting in the Avala zone - for broadcasting in the Belgrade region. Studio B and TV Una received broadcast permits, while 11 radio stations received broadcast permits, according to Radio Sputnik - they were the only ones who were denied permission to broadcast. www.ruserbia.com (https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=16356) * DFM kicks off the New Year with an incendiary advertising campaign. ------------------------------------- New Year is a time of celebration and separation. And who knows how to rock cooler than DFM radio? Of course, no one! So let's celebrate the New Year together with the country's most dance radio. And DFM radio welcomes the New Year with an atmospheric New Year's advertising campaign. You can watch the radio station's commercial, combining groovy dance rhythms and traditional New Year's bells, from December 26 on the MUZ-TV, Yu, STS, STS Love, TNT, Pyatnitsa TV channels, as well as on the air of the RU.TV channel. "The whole coming year promises to be rich and bright for DFM radio," says Mikhail Kortikov, program director of DFM radio. - On the air, as always - hot dance premieres, exclusive DFM mixes and positive. Get in the Christmas spirit with us." (https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__84947/) * Round table of Kaluga radio amateurs at a frequency of 2m (145.625) Topic: "Round radio table". ---------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 32:32 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456244121%2Fd2a466a9eb64bfe09a%2Fpl_post_- 163779953_69992 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_69992 Video by Sergey Truschelev, Kaluga. 2022-12-29 21:00. Round table of Kaluga radio amateurs at a frequency of 2m (145.625) R3XCM, 73! (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * There was a presentation of the circle of radio electronics. -------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 8:24 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456244122%2Fbd283df5fbee783054%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_70001 On December 23, 2022, a very important event took place! We, a friendly team of like-minded people and enthusiasts, held a presentation of a radio amateur circle. About 80 children from schools in the city of Slavyansk-on- Kuban visited the department of technical creativity of the Center for Additional Education in the city of Slavyansk-on- Kuban during the day. The club is scheduled to open in January 2023. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * A selection of the latest Telesputnik news for 2022 in the format of an express review. ---------------------------------------------- Video - 6:57 https://vk.com/telesputnik?w=wall-46499225_9418 https://vk.com/telesputnik?z=video-46499225_456239850%2F04819cb3d1b539961d%2Fpl_wall_-46499225 In this release: - Recall how Elon Musk bought Twitter; - We will discuss the topic of cybersecurity in Russia and how experts fought against scammers throughout the year; - Let's draw the line of import substitution of content and how the Russians survived the departure of Western majors. (https://vk.com/telesputnik) WEB RADIO AND TV IN RUSSIAN ============================== Russia * Radio Den'. WEB: https://radioday.fm/ Air frequency - broadcasting cities Volgograd Region: Mikhailovka 104.9 FM / Uryupinsk 106.4 FM / Novoanninsky 98.9 FM / Frolovo 88.1 FM Irkutsk region: Bratsk 101.7 FM Rostov region: Tatsinskaya 103.6 FM Ryazan region: Kasimov 104.9 FM / Sasovo 90.7 FM / Skopin 100.2 FM Sverdlovsk region: Kamensk-Uralsky 102.6 FM Stavropol Territory: Novopavlovsk 95.6 FM Tula region: Efremov 97.2 FM On air since 2015. Streaming link http://air.radioday.fm/48 VKontakte group http://vk.com/radiodaytime Station with completely own programming (https://www.radioportal.ru/) * Chelyabinskaya oblast. Magnitogorsk. Music Internet radio station "MGN RADIO". WEB: https://mgnradio.com/ On November 10, 2015, the online radio station "Radio Meridian" appears on the Internet. Its main task is to familiarize radio listeners with new music, the authors of which distribute their works mainly on digital music platforms and social networks such as Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki. After five years, Radio Meridian is rebranding for the first time in its history, the radio station changes its name to Other Radio | powered by GTF.Club", the changes mainly affected the on-air design and social networks, updates on the site were postponed for a long time, and as it turned out, for good reason. On its sixth birthday, Now Another Radio abruptly carries out a second rebranding, which was approached thoroughly. On the birthday of November 10, 2021, a rebranding was made, the radio station website received a new registration at a new address - https://mgnradio.com/ the name was changed to "MGN RADIO | Powered by GTF.Club" the short name of the station is "MGN RADIO", the Russian sound of the name "MGN Radio" can also be deciphered as "Magnitogorsk Radio". (https://mgnradio.com/) * TV channel "Russian Extreme" WEB: http://www.extremtv.ru/ The sports and entertainment TV channel "Russian Extreme" is dedicated to all kinds of extreme sports, travel, martial arts, an active lifestyle and extreme cinema. The program schedule of the TV channel includes exclusive world competitions, which in Russia can only be seen on the air of the Russian Extreme TV channel: X-Games World Extreme Games, World Championships in cliff diving, motofreestyle, air slalom, ice downhill Crashed Ice, freeride, drifting, motoenduro. The largest mixed martial arts tournaments, documentaries about the most incredible human achievements, interviews with extreme stars, travel shows about traveling the world without a penny in your pocket, movie and show business stars in extreme sports. (https://www.cableman.ru/channels/table) MUSIC BROADCASTS - RADIO, TV, INTERNET ===================================== Music TV shows. Soviet television. -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Transfer "Old songs about the main thing". Channel One project. One of the most successful projects on Russian television over the past 20 years. The authors of the idea were K. Ernst and L. Parfenov. A cycle of New Year's musicals stylized as 50-60-70-80s of the last century. Popular modern actors performed songs and reprises of that time ... Detail in Russian + photo: https://tv-80.ru/muzykalnye/starye-pesni-o-glavnom/ (https://tv-80.ru/muzykalnye/) RADIO ENGINEERING. HISTORY. ========================= Russia ---------- Portable radio receivers. - The portable radio receiver "Amfiton RP-210" has been prepared for production since 1992 by the Kotovsky branch of the Chisinau plant of calculating machines. The all-wave portable radio receiver ''Amfiton RP-210'' operates in the ranges of LW, MW, SW1 5.95 ... 6.2 MHz; HF2 11.7 ... 12.1 MHz and VHF. The receiver has a power-on indicator, a treble tone control, jacks for an external antenna, for headphones and power ... Detail in Russian + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp1/amfiton_rp210.html - Since 1988, the portable radio receiver "Amfiton RP-306" was planned to be produced by the Kotovsky branch of the Chisinau plant "Scheotmash". ''Amfiton RP-306'' is an analogue of the radio receiver "Quartz RP-306" since 1987 produced by the "Kyshtym Radio Plant". "Amfiton RP-306" operates in the LW and MW bands ... Detail in Russian + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp1/amfiton_rp306.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) - Portable radio receiver "Apogee-301" since 1980, produced by the Kimov Radio Electromechanical Plant. The radio receiver is designed to receive programs from broadcasting stations in the MW, SW and VHF bands. It provides for AGC, AFC, indication of settings in the UKB range, treble tone control, scale illumination. The radio has a power-on indicator and a fine-tuning knob in the HF range ... Detail in Russian + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp1/apogey301.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) PIRATE RADIO ============ * Monitoring. Broadcasting at a frequency of 1575 kHz. 26 December 2022, Now, 4:34 UTC broadcasting on 1575 kHz, the reception is better than ever, that is, on the C grade of SINPO 35433. Music, songs, language - Russian ... Just in case, I also checked 3940 kHz, I did not find any signal. (Sergey, Latvia / https://dxforum.ru/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=453&start=15) December 27th. At a frequency of 1575 kHz, after a long absence, a pirate appeared again. A New Year's gift for everyone who missed domestic radio piracy. 1575 kHz, 1.5 kW Reception in the Leningrad region Video - 1:02 https://vk.com/public158109176?z=video-158109176_456239360%2F520e81c182dc8c4f90%2Fpl_wall_-158109176 https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_2788 (https://vk.com/public158109176) - Sergey Weydenbaum 20 December Hello! I have a question: - Broadcasting stopped? - Vadim Komarov Sergey Weydenbaum 20 December Hello Sergey! Broadcasting is planned to resume only at a frequency of 1575 kHz. The anode transformer has been repaired and now it will be in oil. Signal power 2-3 kW. height of the antenna suspension is 30 meters. Broadcasting on HF (3940 kHz) is not yet planned. There are no resources for this, and there has never been support from the outside. To be honest, I don't even know if it's worth even continuing to engage in Internet radio, everything that sounds on the air is rare recordings and famous hits and much more. quite unique, but it does not add listeners yet. (http://id043199.myrh.ru/) * Station at a frequency of 1752 kHz. Posted by weydenbaum, 28 Dec 2022, 02:58 For more than a month now, I have been periodically watching a Russian-language radio station on this frequency ... Comes with strong and long fading. The content is similar to the radio station "Vesti FM". I even thought, isn't she? However, no... At the beginning of the hour, he does not announce himself. Reception time 02.30 Moscow time (https://dxforum.ru/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=598&sid=4409f4e1b1b4a048e4448ca82e8cb47d) QSL WORLD ======== AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia KB = Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" VG = Valentin Glushchenko, Bataysk, Rostovskaya oblast, Russia / https://vk.com/club206578745 VL = Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" Australia ---------------- Reach Beyond Australia / HCJB / Japanese Sce (AUS) e-QSL: 11905 kHz / 11.00-11.30 UTC / Dec.17-2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/reach-beyond-australia-hcjb.html (KB) Germany ------------- * eQSL ABC German. E-mail: ABC-Germany@gmx.de December 24, 2022 / 13.00-14.00 UTC / 6070 kHz Picture on eQSL - December. (AK) - eQSL Radio City. Email: citymorecars@yahoo.ca December 24, 2022 / 10.00-11.00 UTC / 9670 kHz (via Channel 292) Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/radio-city.html (AK) - eQSL Radio Carpathia. E-mail: radiocarpathia@gmail.com December 25, 2022 / 14.00-15.00 UTC / 9670 kHz (via Channel 292) Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/radio-carpathia.html "Greetings, Thank you for tuning in to our broadcast and your detailed report. We have attached your eQSL. We broadcast on the third Sunday of every month at 1200 CET on 9670 kHz with a directional booster at azimuth 307. Our programs are also available on our Mixcloud page. For news and more information, you can visit our website or follow our Facebook page. You can also donate to us using the button on our website or using our Ko-Fi Page. kind regards and happy holidays, Luca Trifan https://radiocarpathia.org" (AK) - eQSL W.I.L. Email: pfraser01@hotmail.co.uk December 23, 2022 / 19.00-20.00 UTC / 6070 kHz Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/wil.html (AK) - eQSL Jake-FM E-mail: qsl@jake-fm.de December 25, 2022 / 13.00-14.00 UTC / 6070 kHz (via Chanel 292) Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/jake-fm.html (AK) - eQSL Bobs 60s Splach Email: studio@redsandsradio.co.uk December 23, 2022 / 18.00-18.30 UTC / 3955 kHz (via Chanel 292) Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/bobs-60s-splach.html (AK) - Radio Bogusman Email: pfraser01@hotmail.co.uk December 27, 2022 / 15.00-16.00 UTC / 6070 kHz (via Channel 292) Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/radio-bogusman.html (AK) - SM Radio Dessau. special (the fourth) 100 kW Marathon broadcast Email: maxberger@smradio-dessau.de December 26, 2022 / 09.33-10.00 UTC / 6070 kHz (via Channel 292) Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/sm-radio-dessau.html (AK) * Received confirmation of music entertainment reception from Germany's SM Radio Dessau after the radio marathon on 26 December. https://vk.com/club206578745?w=wall-206578745_3270 (VG) * Radio City / via IRRS (ROU); via Channel 292 (D) 2 e-QSLs: 9510; 9670 kHz / 09.30-10.00; 10.00-10.30 UTC / Dec.24-2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2019/08/radio-city.html (KB) - ABC Germany / via Channel 292 (D) e-QSL: 6070 kHz / 13.26-13.56 UTC / Dec.24-2022. Also in the letter, Detlev Reiermann (aka "Det van Rijn" / program owner) tells about the history of the ABC Germany project and his work at German radio stations + archived QSL cards of the station for 1977 and the current info-sheet "ABC-GERMANY - After 45 years now legally and regularly ON AIR." Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2022/12/abc-germany.html (KB) - Radio Carpathia / Channel 292 (D) e-QSL: 9670 kHz / 14.00-15.00 UTC / Dec.25-2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2022/12/radio-carpathia.html (KB) Great Britain ----------------------- C.M.Obrecht SW Radio / 250kW via Encompass, Woofferton (UK) e-QSL: 3955 kHz / 22.00-23.00 UTC / Dec.22-2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2021/10/cmobrecht.html (KB) - BBC World Service (SNG/MDG/OMA) e-QSL: 10.30; 14.00; 15.30 UTC / 11945; 12095; 5975 kHz / Dec.28-2022. To receive confirmation, you must fill out the online form https://eqsl.tools.bbc.co.uk/ and attach the audio file of the reception. After sending the report, the e-QSL image will appear on the screen, but without any data. e-QSL pictures have not been repeated yet. I wonder how many options there are? Without using a VPN, it is impossible to send a report, at least for me. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2022/12/bbc-world-service.html (KB) Italy ----------------- Radio Voyager / pirate station (I) e-QSL: 6940 kHz / 14.55-16.18 UTC / Dec.24-2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/02/radio-voyager.html (KB) Netherlands ------------------ Sunlite (NL) e-QSL: 5955 kHz / 06.39-07.15 UTC / Dec.19-2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2021/12/sunlite.html (KB) Russia / Germany -------------------------- QSL card "Voice of the Andes". 3.12.2022 / 15.30-16.00 UTC / 9500 kHz / Nauen, Germany Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/blog-post_14.html (AK) Taiwan (Rep. of China) / Bulgaria ------------------------------------------------ QSL card # 12 (December) from the Russian service of Radio Taiwan International. December 4, 2022 / 17.00-17.30 UTC / 5900 kHz Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/blog-post_29.html (AK) USA -------- * eQSL Texas Radio Shortwave. Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/texas-radio-shortwave_25.html (AK) * Radio Free Asia announces QSL Card #81 ------------------------------------------------ To welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its latest QSL card. RFA is closing out an historic year of impactful reporting and exciting growth, during which we have begun broadening our programming and storytelling capacity, as well as updating our technological infrastructure. As we continue our expansion, we look forward to serving our audiences in 2023! This is RFA's 81st. QSL design and will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from January - April 2023... Detail: https://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/2022/12/radio-free-asia-announces-qsl-card-81.html (https://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/) USA / Germany -------------------------- Taxas Radio SW / via WRMI (USA); via Channel 292 (D) 2 e-QSLs: 15770; 3955 kHz / 12.22-13.00; 19.00-20.00 UTC / Dec.25-2022. Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2019/12/texas-radio-shortwave.html (KB) QSL mail --------------- Got: - e-qsl from Radio Liangyou for reception 1.12.22 / 13.00-13.30 UTC / 12120 kHz - e-qsl Radio Delta International for reception 12/25/22 / 07.10-07.30 UTC / 6020 kHz (VL) Paper forms of admission reports. Archive. Before there was the Internet. -------------------------------------------------- Empfangsbericht. Radio China International. Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/empfangsbericht-radio-china.html (AK) CALENDAR - HISTORY OF DX HOBBIES, RADIO, TV AND MAIL =========================================== 25 December. --------------- Exactly 15 years ago, on December 25, 2007, the Detskoe (Children's) Radio was launched, which broadcasts in Moscow at a frequency of 96.8 FM. This is the first radio station in Russia targeted at a children's audience with a national broadcasting network. Created by the founder of the Gazprom-Media holding and managed by the Russian radio holding GPM Radio (since 2016). The radio station takes into account the age characteristics and daily routine of listeners: the morning block is addressed to preschoolers, daytime programs - to children over seven years old, late in the evening - a block for parents and children over 9 years old, at night - music for sleep ... Details in Russian - https://vk.com/tvradiomsk?w=wall-194965312_5190 (https://vk.com/tvradiomsk) 31 December. --------------- On December 31, 1947, the inhabitants of the Amber Territory heard the first call signs of the regional radio and the words sounded: "Kaliningrad is speaking. The radio station operates on a wave of 342 meters. 75 years have passed since then, everything has been - a long way from "plates" on poles, loudspeakers in the kitchen and now - stereo in receivers and televisions throughout the Kaliningrad region. At first it was the All-Union Radio of the USSR, then Radio Yantar, Radio Nostalgia, later Radio Baltic Wave, today it is Radio Mayak, Radio Russia-Kaliningrad and Radio Vesti FM. Today, the Kaliningrad regional radio is news releases every hour, a variety of thematic programs for adults and children. Ahead - new projects, expansion of broadcasting. (https://vesti-kaliningrad.ru/kaliningradskomu-oblastnomu-radio-75-let/) 31 December. ---------------- 65 years since the first television broadcast in the city of Irkutsk (Irkutskaya oblast). TV since December 31, 1957. (https://moscow.rtrs.ru/press/news/) WORLD NEWS ===================== * Merry Christmas! ----------------------- - Radio City: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/radio-city-merry-christmas.html - Atlantic 2000 international: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/atlantic-2000-international_25.html - Sheldon Harvey, Darlene and Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/sheldon-harvey-quebec.html - Radio Bogusman: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2022/12/bogusman.html * Kazakhstan --------------- In Kazakhstan, an SDR receiver was launched in Aksuek, a village in the Moiynkum district of the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan, on the Zhusandala plain, not far from Lake Balkhash. Bands 20m-40m-80m (amateur radio). Antenna Delta loop (triangle) L=164 meters, at a height of 15 meters. Available at http://vik.for-more.biz:8071/ (QRZ CHANNEL / Telegram) * An interesting story about Finnish DXers has appeared on the BBC World Service YouTube channel. -------------------------------------------------------------- The radio man listening to the world from the Arctic - BBC World Service. Video - 4:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uliUrV98XuU These are the same long-range receivers from Lapland, who, with the help of 14-kilometer long distances stretched in different directions, receive almost the whole world on medium waves. One of the team members - Mika Mäkeläinen - gave the BBC correspondent a short tour of the DX base, located 400 km from the Arctic Circle, and spoke about his hobby. The plot is in English, subtitles are available in the video. ("Let's talk about radio?" - Telegram) - Report on this trip: http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih163report.htm (Evgeny Kornykhin, Russia / "OPEN_DX") - Video with a more detailed tour of the Finnish DX base in Aihkiniemi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stlUxm3uSiA (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "OPEN_DX") * Internet survey about broadcasting. ------------------------------------------------- - DX RE MIX NEWS # 1274, 25 December 2022 Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/12/dx-re-mix-news-1274.html - SHORTWAVE BULLETIN Issue no. 2018, 27 December 2022 edited by Thomas Nilsson, Sweden SWB latest issue/archive: http://www.hardcore-dx.com/swb/archive.htm - BC-DX 1527, 27 December 2022 Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany http://topnews.wwdxc.de http://www.wwdxc.de/ - Ydun's Medium Wave Info Editor: Ydun M. Ritz, Denmark http://www.mediumwave.info/ - EiBi B22 Update 12/27/2022 http://www.eibispace.de/ (https://vk.com/dxing) - HFCC B22 Update 12/27/2022 http://www.hfcc.org/data/b22/b22allx2.zip (https://vk.com/dxing) - Glenn Hauser log roundup December 22-28, 2022 https: https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2022_1222_1228.txt - HFCC B22 Update 29.12.2022 http://www.hfcc.org/data/b22/b22allx2.zip (https://vk.com/dxing) - DX RE MIX NEWS # 1275, December 30 Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/12/dx-re-mix-news-1275.html 73!