-------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1245 Sunday / 9 July 2023 ------------------------- Russia - broadcasting, radio communications, television, internet, high tech. QSL world. World DX 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FROM KAMCHATKA TO THE BALTIC ======================== Voronezhskaya oblast. ---------------------------- Radio Monte Carlo will start broadcasting soon in Voronezh! Radio Monte Carlo is one of the leaders in the format of contemporary music for a premium audience with excellent taste. World-class music is presented on the air: jazz classics, pop and rock music, instrumental and classical compositions, as well as proven hits from different times and the best new ones. Radio Monte Carlo will replace one of the radio stations currently broadcasting in the city. (https://vk.com/fmtv36) Kaluzhskaya oblast. ---------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/00657459 06/16/2023 01.12.2023 06/16/2033 OOO "LRK" Radio Record (168) + Lyudinovo 101.0 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Kostromskaya oblast ------------------------------ License. L033-00114-77/00063727 06/02/2021 06/01/2021 06/02/2031 OOO "MEDIA-CENTER" Marusya FM (168) Sharya (Varakinskiy) 87.5 - 1 + Sarov (Serebryanyye klyuchi, 1, RTRS) 102.3 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Krasnodarskiy kray ---------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/00013669 03/30/2022 07/19/2011 07/19/2026 OOO "FORUM" Retro FM (Retro FM) (168) Belorechensk 102.5 - 0.1 Kuban 105.5 - 0.1 --Tikhoretsk 105.2 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) - License. L033-00114-77/00065008 30.10.2020 01.09.2021 30.10.2030 LLC "VECTOR" Kurganinsk 88.4 FM (168) Kurganinsk 88.4 - 0.1 --Gelendzhik 90.7 --Poltava 101.3 --Tuapse 95.4 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Moscow & Moskovskaya oblast. ------------------------------- * Judging by the changes made to the licenses in the field of communications L030-00114-77 / 00648737 and for the activities of television and radio broadcasting L033-00114-77 / 00063367, the broadcasting of "Radio Zvezda", which is carried out at a frequency of 95.6 MHz to Moscow and the region, will be transferred from Balashikha radio masts on the Ostankino television tower. The power of the transmission equipment located in Ostankino will be 5 kW (a 10 kW transmitter is responsible for broadcasting from Balashikha). Sources: https://rkn.gov.ru/communication/register/license/?id=L030-00114-77%2F00648737 (from the register of licenses in the field of communications) https://rkn.gov.ru/mass-communications/reestr/teleradio/?id=L033-00114-77%2F00063367 (from the register of licenses for television and radio broadcasting) (https://vk.com/tvradiomsk) * Radio Relax FM on 100.4 MHz was launched in Kolomna. RDS PS: "Relax_FM" RT: "Relax FM KOLOMNA 100.4 FM" PTY: Easy Listening PI: 7716 (https://vk.com/tvradiomsk) Sverdlovskaya oblast. -------------------------------- Terminated license Bogdanovich 91.6 (Klen FM) (at the request of the licensee) (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Tulskaya oblast. ------------------------ License. Radio KP persons L033-00114-77/00061914 + Tula 93.3 - 1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Udmurt republic ------------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/00066071 26.12.2013 04/17/2001 04/17/2026 LLC "MG "Novoe Vremya" Radio City FM (25); +Radio HIT-FM (143) Izhevsk 105.7 - 1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Kirovskaya oblast / Magadanskaya oblast / Permskiy kray / Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) -------------------------------------------------- License. Radio station Impulse FM L033-00114-77/00059851 24.02.2016 04/01/2016 24.02.2026 OOO "NPO "TSODIT" Impulse FM (168) Kirov region + Afanasyevo 97.5 - 0.25 White Holunitsa 100.4 - 0.1 + Kai 100.0 - 0.25 Kirs 102.8 - 0.5 Magadan Region 13 km Ust-Khakchan 100.4 - 0.1 + Bolshevik 9.6 km 100.6 - 0.5 + Bolshevik 1.4 km 103.6 - 0.25 Cedar 101.6 - 0.1 + Susuman 102.7 - 0.5 Susuman 100.2 - 0.1 + Ust-Khakchan 103.7 - 0.25 34 km im. Matrosova 100.4 - 0.1 + Madaun 103.6 - 0.5 + Omchak 102.0 - 0.5 + Ust-Omchug 103.6 - 0.5 + Atka 100.1 - 0.25 + Tent 101.4 - 0.5 + Upper At-Uryakh 10 km 103.6 - 0.25 Debin 103.0 - 0.1 + Field 102.3 - 0.25 Perm region + Kuzemyarovo 92.9 - 0.5 + Big Pine 99.8 - 0.25 Ust-Chukurya 100.6 - 0.25 Strong 103.0 - 0.25 Lower Spit 104.4 - 0.25 + Pelym 102.6 - 0.5 Krasnovishersk 104.8 - 0.5 + Razina 107.6 - 0.5 + Krasnoyar 106.9 - 0.25 + Nytvensky district, Paleny Mys-1 94.5 - 0.1 Siwa 101.8 - 0.25 + Yurla 100.2 - 0.5 The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Megino-Kangalassky near, Nuoragana 11 km 101.6 - 0.1 Oymyakonsky district, 40 km Artyk 101.6 - 0.5 Oymyakonsky district, 56 km Agayakan 100.0 - 0.1 + Oymyakonsky district, Artyk 100.0 - 0.25 Ust-Nera 102.9 - 0.1 + Tattinsky y, Tomtor 101.0 - 0.5 + Tattinsky, Walba 100.0 - 0.5 Tattinsky, Ytyk-Kyuel 100.7 - 0.1 Tomponsky y, Keskil 100.4 - 0.5 Tomponsky y, Razvilka 103.5 - 0.1 Tomponsky u, Khandyga 103.6 - 0.25 --33 km Ust-Nera 103.3 --Oymyakonsky, 12 km Teryut 102.5 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. --------------------------------- In Nadym, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Love Radio started broadcasting at a frequency of 107.5 FM. The potential audience of the radio station in the city is 44.8 thousand people. The regional partner is LAUNZH LLC, the general director is Mammadov Polad Madat oglu. Love Radio is one of the flagship brands of the Krutoy Media radio holding. Love Radio is excellent modern music from leading Russian and world performers, the most up-to-date information and top news from the world of show business, unique music programs and interactive shows on the air. Every day, more than 3.2 million people in Russia tune into the Love Radio frequency, and about 9.1 million people every week*. The regional broadcasting network of Love Radio has 190 transmitters located in Russia and neighboring countries. The broadcast frequency in Moscow is 106.6 FM. Official site: loveradio.ru. *Mediascope, Radio Index - Russia (cities with a population of 100,000 or more), October 2022 - March 2023, Daily Reach, Weekly Reach radio stations among the population 12 years and older. (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/11022.htm) DIGEST. NEWS. ============= * Radio Sputnik reacted to Lithuania's plans to jam the broadcast. ---------------------------------------------- Vilnius' plans to put up an FM frequency for the competition to drown out Sputnik radio broadcasts in the country will be ineffective, says Eldar Gribanov, technical director of Sputnik radio. Earlier it was reported that the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission decided to announce a competition to select a radio station that will broadcast in the western part of Lithuania on the frequency of Sputnik radio, drowning it out. As explained in the Communications Regulatory Council, in mid-June it turned out that the broadcast of Sputnik radio from the Kaliningrad region can be heard in the Klaipeda region. "This is ineffective. Firstly, we have not yet deployed in the Kaliningrad region as planned. We will do this within a couple of months. And, of course, we will take into account that the countries neighboring the Russian region will want to limit the right of their citizens to free access to information," Gribanov told RIA Novosti. According to him, this is not very profitable for commercial stations, since one should not expect large advertising profits on such air. "We don't know any decent state broadcasters in Lithuania," Gribanov explained. radiosputnik.ria.ru (https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__86441/) * Internet book. V.G. Borisov. 1959. Young radio amateur. ------------------------------------------------- In Russian. 8.2 MB https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_75853 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * A selection of current Telesputnik news from June 26 to June 30, 2023 in the format of an express review. ---------------------------------- Video in Russian - 2:56 In this release: - Let's talk about how Russians can get ranks in computer sports; - Discuss the growth in the sale of accounts in social networks; - Let's talk about how much the costs of online cinemas for originals have increased. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vmei5uwP4A https://telesputnik.ru/materials/trends/video/telesputnik-ekspress-akkaunty-v-socsetyah-prodayut-a-originals- dorozhayut (https://telesputnik.ru/) * Russian Post faced layoffs due to new rate rules. ------------------------------------ The company changed the approach to the distribution of rates among employees who could previously fill several positions, depriving them of such an opportunity. The Russian Post stated that there was no question of reducing the main employees. Russian Post faced a massive layoff of employees after changing the rules for the distribution of rates and payroll, Kommersant writes, citing sources. The newspaper also obtained a corresponding order from the company, adopted in May. Whereas previously postal employees could share multiple rates at the same time in order to get a higher salary (for example, there were five rates for three employees), now there are restrictions on this, in addition, the number of rates itself is reduced, one of the newspaper's interlocutors said. Read more in Russian on RBC: https://www.rbc.ru/business/03/07/2023/64a24bf69a7947a5cf7458e9?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop (https://www.rbc.ru/) * RTRS wants to take away the laurels of the peddler of telegrams from the Russian Post? -------------------------------------- The Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network" (RTRS) is experimenting in the Arkhangelsk region with receiving and sending telegrams on short waves, thus, as it were, reviving the old grandfather's method of transmitting telegrams via radio. The method, which, as they say, has already been abandoned by the Russian Post. However, in this case RTRS is known to be experimenting with shortwave broadcasting in a new digital format. According to the RTRS itself, on June 27 of this year from the territory of the Mezensky municipal district (part of the Mezensky district of the Arkhangelsk region, and covers the territory of the local regional center Mezen, with a population of about 3 thousand people), we will further quote, "to the address of the general director A welcoming telegram was sent to the RTRS of Andrey Romanchenko and the Governor of the Arkhangelsk Region Alexander Tsybulsky with the help of new HF equipment. It confirmed the very fact of establishing a stable HF radio connection from a hard-to-reach point in the Arctic region." End of quote. Details in Russian - https://obob.tv/tekhnologii/rtrs-khochet-otnyat-lavry-raznoschika-te/ (https://obob.tv/) * The evolution of the logos of the radio station "Serebryany dozhd". ------------------------------------------------ https://vk.com/public180684859?w=wall-180684859_43028 (https://vk.com/public180684859) * Internet book. V.A. Burland. 1961. Book of the Rural Radio Amateur. ---------------------------------------------------- In Russian. 10.8 MB https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_75878 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * From August 1, 2023, GPM Radio radio stations in the city of Rostov-on-Don will be transferred to the management of the Choose Radio Group of Companies. ------------------------------------------------ The parties agreed on all conditions for mutually beneficial cooperation in the development of radio brands in cities, as well as ensuring the monetization of advertising inventory, the company's press service reported. "GPM Radio radio stations in Rostov-on-Don have always shown high audience and financial results. "In order to strengthen the positions in the Southern Federal District, the largest player in the regional market was chosen as a partner for the further development of brands," says Vadim Tereshchuk, General Director of GPM Radio. "GPM Radio already has a positive experience of regional consolidation in the markets of St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Perm and Samara, so we expect GPM Radio to strengthen its rating positions and increase the monetization of our brands in this region." "Partnership with GPM Radio, which started a year ago in the cities of Yekaterinburg, Perm and Samara, proved to be extremely effective for both parties," says Mikhail Poponov, General Director of Choose Radio. - The Rostov branch of Choose Radio is one of the strongest teams in our company. I am sure that the integration process will be comfortable, and the expansion of the pool of stations will give us the opportunity to offer even more tools for solving advertisers' business tasks." We add that today the branch in Rostov-on-Don unites Avtoradio, Humor FM, ENERGY Radio and Children's Radio. (PRO_FM - Telegram) * Oil painting: a robot artist painted the Children's Radio logo. -------------------------------- The Children's Radio logo, made in a new cartoon style, adorned the GPM Radio office in St. Petersburg. An unusual exhibit was presented by the St. Petersburg company Robohood. She heard on the air of Children's Radio - material about her activities and in gratitude made a creative gift to the editors of the radio station. Details in Russian - https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__86468/ (OnAir.ru) * Internet book. I.I. Spizhevsky, V.A. Burland. 1957. Radio amateur reader. ---------------------------------------- In Russian. 11 MB https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_75937 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * The evolution of TV logos - Channel Five (St. Petersburg). ------------------------------------- https://vk.com/public180684859?w=wall-180684859_43122 (https://vk.com/public180684859) * Internet book. E. A. Levitin. 1961. Handbook of Broadcast Receivers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. 19.6 MB https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_75982 Handbook of broadcast receivers. Second, stereotypical edition. The directory provides data on broadcasting receivers produced by the industry for the period from 1946 to 1958. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Telephone Hooligans in the USSR. How They Found. -------------------------------------------------- ------------ Being on a business trip in another city, at the next call of the office phone, they tell me that the girl asks me to phone. I pick up the phone, and there is silence. A little later, they hung up. I get into the car and go to the telephone exchange. I ask the duty officer to find out the number from which they just called. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_75956 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * In Russia, they checked the stability of the Runet in case it was turned off from the outside. ----------------------------------------- The Russian authorities and operators once again checked the performance of Russian sites in the context of the country's disconnection from the international Internet. As a representative of Roskomnadzor told RBC, the exercises were successful. Details in Russian - https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/05/07/2023/64a569439a7947106d06262b (https://www.rbc.ru/) * RTPC of the Republic of Tatarstan. City of Kazan. Photo from the account of the organization that created the lighting on the tower. -------------------------------------------------- ----- https://vk.com/tatarstan_radiotv?w=wall-14553046_53803 https://vk.com/tatarstan_radiotv?w=wall-14553046_53799 (Kirill Radist, Kazan, Russia / https://vk.com/tatarstan_radiotv) * The coverage area of "Radio 54" by the end of the year will exceed 89% of the territory of the Novosibirsk region. ------------------------------------ Governor Andrey Travnikov and Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Region Andrey Shimkiv assessed the capacity of one of the largest satellite communication centers in Russia - the Siberian Regional Center branch of the RTRS in the Ordynsky District and discussed the prospects for further cooperation with the branch director Alexander Otsetsky. Andrey Travnikov emphasized that today the work of the center is not just monitoring, but also serious amounts of information processing. The geographical location allows the Azimut-N Satellite Communication Center to use most of the spacecraft of the domestic satellite constellation in the work of earth stations. The center's specialists control the operation of all digital television stations from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka. Teleport provides broadcasting of federal and commercial channels, availability of high-speed Internet and telephony. Details in Russian - https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=17215 (https://tele-satinfo.ru/) * RF satellite platforms are experimenting with frequencies in an attempt to avoid jamming. ---------------------------------------------- Russian direct broadcast satellite platforms are experimenting with frequencies, trying to cope with jamming directed at them (more on this jamming here: Russian direct broadcast satellite platforms in an unpleasant situation - https://obob.tv/sobytiya/rossiyskie-sputnikovye-platformy-ne/). As representatives of some platforms, in particular MTS TV, told Obob.tv, they are trying different methods to combat jamming, but it is very strong. In particular, to combat jamming, platform representatives are trying to change frequencies, trying to find the least jammed transponders. For example, in the upper frequency range. Details in Russian - https://obob.tv/sobytiya/sputnikovye-platformy-rf-yeksperimen/ (https://tele-satinfo.ru/) * Kuban Radio Center. ------------------------------------- The antenna worked with the RV-680 transmitter, at a frequency of 1170 kHz in the direction of the Middle East. Power 1200 kW. The program was broadcast: "Voice of Russii". For 2023, the antenna system has been decommissioned, the transmitter has been dismantled. The Zarya system is directional. Previously used at many radio centers, if necessary, zonal broadcasting. To date, the only "Zarya" as part of the FSUE RTRS is used at the Pridnestrovian Radio and Television Center - 1548 kHz, 1000 kW. The azimuth of the main lobe is 245 degrees, the direction is the Balkans. Despite the European direction, the signal is well received in the European part of Russia. The largest "Dawn" was in the Irkutsk Radio Center # 7: 37 towers + Photo - https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3247 (https://vk.com/public158109176) * Telesputnik-Express: Threads social network overtook Twitter, Russian authorities banned Apple equipment. ------------------------------------ Video in Russian - 3:17 https://vk.com/telesputnik?z=video-46499225_456239901%2Fvideos-46499225%2Fpl_-46499225_-2 In this release: - Watching memes dedicated to the new social network from Mark Zuckerberg Threads. - Find out what IT specialists are in demand now. - We understand why officials are prohibited from using iPhones. - Discussing the Google quantum leap. - We are talking about the plans of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to introduce domestic software. (https://telesputnik.ru/) WEB RADIO AND TV IN RUSSIAN ========================== Russia. Vladimirskaya oblast. ---------------------------------------- Radio July. Aleksandrov 98.2 FM Listen - https://top-radio.ru/aleksandrov/radio-iyul (https://top-radio.ru/web) TV SHOWS of the USSR of the 60s, 70s, 80s. ================================== TV shows "Youth". Soviet television. --------------------------------------------------- Transfer "50 / 50" (TV show). The program appeared on television in 1989. "50 x 50" is an information and entertainment music program for young people. The TV show aired until 1997. The hosts of the show changed several times. The very first was showman Sergey Minaev. According to the name of the program "50 x 50", the TV show was all 50 to 50. Equal music and news information. 50% popular TV stars and 50% up and coming performers. In 1991, Sergei Minaev was replaced by actor Alexei Veselkin. Detail in Russian + photo: https://tv-80.ru/molodezhnye/50x50/ (https://tv-80.ru/) RADIO ENGINEERING. STORY. ========================= * Russia and USSR ---------------------- - The portable radio receiver "VEF-202M" has been prepared for production since 1978 by the Riga Electrotechnical Plant "VEF". The radio receiver "VEF-202M" was planned to be produced with Olympic symbols and an increased price. It is an analogue of the "Vef-202" receiver and does not differ in anything except the letter "M". The Vef-202M radio receiver did not go into production, and ordinary Vef-202 radio receivers were produced with the Olympic symbols. Detail in Russian + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp4/wef202m.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) - Since the beginning of 1970, the VEF-204 radio receiver has been produced by the VEF Riga Electrotechnical Plant. The ''VEF-204'' radio receiver is an export version of the ''VEF-201'' model. The receiver differs from the base receiver in other HF sub-bands, starting from 13 meters. The free position of the range switch at the VEF-201 receiver is occupied here by the sixth SW sub-band - 75 ... 187 m. Detail in Russian + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp4/wef204.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) * July 2 is UFO Day. -------------------------- MP3 player with FM radio "UFO" Online store uvbr.ru (Ruslan Slavutsky, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia) - You can watch it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/mp3-fm.html QSL World ======== AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia EK = Eugene Kornykhin, Moscow, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" HB = Hansjoerg Biener, Nuremberg, Germany IM = Igor, Murom, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" PS = Piotr Skorek, Poland VL = Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" VV = Viktor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" Bulgaria ------------- QSL card Bulgarian National Radio. 06/02/2023 / 15.00-15.22 UTCF / Internet Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/radio-bulgaria_1.html (AK) Czech --------- QSL card "QSL SPECIAL" - 100 Years Czech Radio. 05/18/2023 / 20:00-20:29 UTC / Internet Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/qsl-special-100-years-czech-radio.html (AK) - Radio Prague International QSL card from the series - 100 Years of Czech Radio - Our listeners. 05/02/2023 / 14:00-14:29 UTC / Internet Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/radio-prague-international.html (AK) Finland ---------------- confirmation email from Scandinavian Weekend Radio July broadcast listening: 11690 kHz July 01, 2023 04.28-05.30 UTC. I was interested in listening to the reception of this frequency in the morning. Details here: https://myqsl.github.io/2023/07/01/swradio.html (EK) France / Germany ------------------------------ Received e-qsl from Radio Atlantic 2000 International for reception 06/10/23 / 0800-0825 UTC / 9670 kHz (VL) Germany ------------- eQSL Radio Musicallee E-mail: qslmusikallee[at]gmail.com 1 July 2023 / 19.00-20.00 UTC / 3955 kHz (via Channel 292) Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/radio-musikallee.html (AK) - eQSL Jake-FM E-mail: qsl[at]jake-fm.de 1 July 2023 / 08.00-09.00 UTC / 6070 kHz (via Chanel 292) Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/jake-fm.html (AK) - eQSL ABC German E-mail: ABC-Germany[at]gmx.de July 2, 2023 / 12.25-13.00 UTC / 9670 kHz Picture: same as last month. (AK) Germany / Scotland -------------------------------- Received a great e-QSL from Scottish Weekend Music Radio. QSL is designed as a 12-page booklet in pdf format and contains a cover, a brief description of the station, a letter from the host, the confirmation of reception itself, samples of banners and QSL stations, a photo of an old transmitter and even a reception report form. Listened to the station on 3975 kHz via a Shortwave Radio transmitter from Germany on June 16th. Waited a little over a week for a response. The report was sent to info[at]wmrscotland.com (IM) India ---------- * QSL card for Akashvani (new name of All India Radio). 7-04-2023 / 13:30 UTC / 9950 kHz Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/akashvani.html (AK) * (Finally got my first one) QSL from All India Radio (Akashvani), 9620 kHz April 19, 2023 1642-1730 UTC. QSL Subject - front door in Lamayuru monastery, Ladakh region. All my previous reports from 2021 have been unanswered. Details and pictures here: https://myqsl.github.io/2023/04/19/air.html (EK) Italy ---------- * eQSL Radio Voyager. E-mail: enterpriseradio[at]hotmail.com June 30, 2023 / 18.38-19.20 UTC / 6940 kHz Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/radio-voyager.html (AK) * E-QSL card from Italian pirate station - Enterprise Radio. Program was transmitted on 02.07.2023 on 6940 kHz. (PS) - You can watch it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/enterprise-radio.html Japan / USA -------------------- Japan Short Wave Club confirmed e-QSL next issue Japan DX Report as part of the Wavescan program: 15770 kHz July 02, 2023 year 04.43-04.49 UTC. The subject of the e-QSL does not change - the Dotonbori quarter in the city of Osaka. Details here: https://myqsl.github.io/2023/07/02/jswc.html (EK) Poland ------------ Suddenly, a letter came with a question from the Russian service of the Polish Radio. "Dear Victor, For some time now, we have not received reports from you about listening to our radio station, which we previously received from you regularly. In this regard, we would like to clarify whether everything is fine with you? We really appreciate the opinion and the work done by our listeners, so it is important for us that we always stay in touch. We would also like to know which programs and sections of our radio station do you like the most and why? And also I wonder if you read our website, where we also publish all our news and materials. Sincerely, Russian Service of Polish Radio. (VV) Russia / Germany ---------------------- QSL card "Voice of the Andes" - radio studio "Otkrovenie". 3.6.2023 / 15.29-15.58 UTC / 13800 kHz / Nauen, Germany / Program in Russian. Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/blog-post.html (AK) Russia / USA -------------------- For Russian-language broadcasts on 15770 kHz, there are several cards. https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3222 (https://vk.com/public158109176) USA ------- On July 2, half an hour later, a response came from Terry Colgan for receiving Texas Radio Shortwave on 15770 kHz. Received on XHData D-808 on a telescopic antenna Attached a small video of the reception and a couple of audio recordings from the recorder. (VV) Таиланд ------------ Thailand: A reception report to the English language Radio Thailand World Service (rthworldservice@gmail.com) was promptly answered with an online questionnaire at https://docs.google.com. The email made it clear that completing the questionnaire was a requirement for a QSL: "Greetings from Radio Thailand and thank you for your email. [...] To receive a QSL card and improve our radio programs, please take a moment to tell us how satisfied you are with our radio program by filling out a quick Questionnaire .[...] Please inform us after you finish this questionnaire, and then we will send you a QSL card as soon as possible." (HB) CALENDAR - HISTORY OF DX HOBBIES, RADIO, TV AND MAIL =========================================== 30 June. ------------ The Pyatigorsk station of the Stavropol branch of the RTRS is 65 years old On June 30, the radio and television transmitting station (RTPS) Pyatigorsk of the branch of the RTRS "Stavropol KRTPTs" celebrated its 65th anniversary. The tower broadcasts 20 digital TV channels and 13 FM radio stations. The infrastructure of the station also has a connection point for cable operators, equipment for cellular communication and data transmission operators. "The Pyatigorsk TV Tower is rightfully considered a symbol of the Caucasian mineral waters, a landmark and pride of the Stavropol Territory. Built in 1958, RTPS was the highest mountain TV station in Europe: 950 meters above sea level. The dominant height and powerful transmitters allowed the TV tower to cover with a signal not only Pyatigorsk, but also the surrounding settlements. Today, more than 800,000 people live in the coverage area of the station," Andrey Romanchenko, General Director of RTRS, said in a congratulatory message. (https://vk.com/rtrs_info?w=wall-26819787_41190) July 1st ---------- The Radio and Television Transmitting Center of the Republic of Buryatia is 90 years old - On July 1, 1933, a 10 kW radio station was put into operation in Verkhneudinsk (modern Ulan-Ude). - In 2001, the radio and television center became part of the RTRS. A digital television network of 200 transmitting stations has been created in the region, covering more than 97% of the population. Almost all - 193 - were built from scratch. - The construction was carried out in difficult climatic conditions, and the distances between the objects were 400-500 km. - The branch won the corporate competition based on the results of activities for 2016. - In 2020, the modernization of the VGTRK radio network was completed in the republic: the programs of Radio Russia became available to almost 90% of the population. (https://vk.com/rtrs_info?w=wall-26819787_41201) July 2 ---------- The first broadcast of the radio station "Atlantika" was released 58 years ago, on July 2, 1965. The radio station heard letters from the families of fishermen and sailors, who were recorded in the radio studio. "Heads of radio stations, wherever they were - even in the Pacific Ocean, even in the Atlantic - always caught this radio station and tried to turn on the crew to listen. She was warm, homely - such a forgotten warm feeling, "said Vladimir Grigoriev, chairman of the board of the NGO" Union of Fisheries of the North "to Murman State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. The radio station went out of business in 2004. "Broadcasting resumed on April 1, 2014, on the birthday of the regional radio, but now we can only hear the voice of "Atlantika" on old recordings," said the head of the city of Murmansk, Igor Morar. b-port.com (https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__86432/) July 7th ---------- Today, the St. Petersburg (federal) channel "Channel Five" is 85 years old (https://vk.com/public180684859) July 8 ---------- All-Russian day of family, love and fidelity. Photo - A. S. Popov with his wife Raisa Alekseevna Bogdanova. (Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia) - You can see it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/07/blog-post_6.html July 9 ---------- Russian Post Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of July. This year it is July 9th. WORLD NEWS ============= * Belarus. -------------- Monitoring in Bulgaria. VHF / FM / station, according to WRTH. Radio Gomel / Homiel / on 68.45 and 69.92 MHz at 09.50 UTC in Russian / advertising / and telephone 343 343, and at 10 am news in Belarusian, June 29; Radio Grodno / Hrodna / on 68.12 at 09.55 UTC advertisement and message about Radio Grodno in Russian, July 1st; Radio Vitebsk / Viciebsk / on 67.64 at 10.02 UTC with news in Russian on July 1st; Unidentified / Unidentified /: ~ 68.75 MHz at 10.07 UTC announces itself as Radio Culture Radio Viborg and weather report in Belarusian / Ukrainian. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria - Selenium B211 receivers and telescopic antenna, and Ishim 003 - hired temporarily from Bulgarian hams). * Bulgaria. ------------- When and how foreign broadcasting of Bulgarian radio began. Links to Radio Bulgaria website: https://bnr.bg/ru/post/101847334 part 1 - https://bnr.bg/en/post/101634196/kogda-i-kak-nachalosy-inoveshtanie-bolgarskogo-radio-chasty-1 part 2 - https://bnr.bg/ru/post/101646289/kogda-i-kak-vozniklo-inoveshtanie-bolgarskogo-radio-chasty-2 (Viktor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * Serbia. ----------- Broadcast of radio programs in Russian "Window to Russia" continues in Serbia. Starting July 1, 2023, with the support of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, the broadcast of informational, musical and educational radio programs in Russian "Window to Russia" continues on Radio Vojvodina, which is the main media of national ethnic minorities in Serbia. Radio programs have been broadcast since 2009 and are prepared by Russian compatriots living in Serbia. By tradition, they cover the most important events in Russia and the life of the Russian diaspora in Serbia and Europe, introduce listeners to the culture and history of the Fatherland, provide an opportunity to immerse themselves in the multifaceted culture of Russia and the stylistic diversity of the Russian language, receive first-hand information about events, get acquainted with popular music in Russian and much more. Radio broadcasts take place: on the National Channel for Ethnic Minorities of Serbia (100 MHz) and Radio Vojvodina (107.7 MHz) on Mondays at 19:00; on Q-Radio (89.2 MHz FM) on Sundays at 11:00 am, with a repeat on Monday; on the Internet radio "Humanitarian Radio Kragujevac" - within 24 hours every day; on other local radio stations in Serbia. (https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=17207) * DX Fanzine, no. 118-July 2023 Editor: Antonello Napolitano, Italy http://www.dxfanzine.com * KVOH Voice of Hope went silent. --------------------------------------------- Strategic Communications Group press release. Tuesday, June 27, 2023 California "After 38 years of Bible broadcasting, KVOH International radio station, The Voice of Hope, switched off broadcasting on 9975 kHz on June 25, 2023 at 10:30 pm local time. Details in Russian - https://swling.ru/2023/07/06/zamolchala-radiostancija-kvoh-voice-of-hope/ (https://swling.ru/) * Antarctica. ------------------ ANTARCTICA, 15476usb, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel new schedule. According to a whatsapp from the station here is the LRA 36 new schedule: Mondays and Fridays from 1300 to 1500 UTC Saturdays from 1800 to 2300 UTC Mondays and Fridays they will probably issue the new program "Ecos de la Antartida" and Saturdays the current program "Uniendo Voces". (Manuel Mendez, Lugo, Spain / HCDX) * BC-DX 1547, 7 July 2023 ---------------------------------- Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany http://topnews.wwdxc.de http://www.wwdxc.de/ * The sun has a record number of sunspots. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------- More than 160 sunspots formed on the Sun in June, the highest monthly total in more than two decades. The data confirms that the current solar cycle, the 25th since records began, is picking up in intensity at a much faster rate than NASA and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted, raising fears of severe space weather events in the coming months and years ahead. Details in Russian - https://swling.ru/2023/07/07/na-solnce-pojavilos-rekordnoe-kolichestvo-solnechnyh-pjaten/ (https://swling.ru/) * Solar activity as a threat to civilization. ---------------------------------------- From time to time our star releases a plasma bomb in a random direction. What can we rely on the next time the Earth is under attack? These are capacitors. From a photon's point of view, the sun is like a crowded nightclub. Inside, the temperature is 27 million degrees, and it is filled with excited bodies - helium atoms fuse, nuclei collide, positrons escape along with neutrinos. When the photon heads for the exit, its journey will take an average of 100,000 years. (There is no quick way to push past 10 septillion dancers, even if you are moving at the speed of light.) Once on the surface, a photon can travel alone at night. Or, if it appears in the wrong place at the wrong time, it could get stuck inside a coronal mass ejection - a collection of charged particles that could destroy a civilization. Details in Russian - https://muromdx.ru/notes/solnechnaya-aktivnost-kak-ugroza-tsivilizatsii (https://muromdx.ru/) * RTE, Atlantic 252 and the end of Irish longwave broadcasting. ---------------------------------------------------- When the RTÉ 252kHz longwave transmitter went offline, it ended our national broadcaster's long history of using high power broadcasting to reach the Irish diaspora in the UK. But that's not the only story the 252 kHz station has been involved in, as it also lasted over a decade as a highly successful "border blaster" pop station and caused quite a bit of chagrin from commercial radio giants in the UK. As someone who has lived in London for a couple of decades, I can testify that I listened to completely different broadcasts from both sides. Details in Russian - https://muromdx.ru/articles/radio-broadcasting/rte-atlantic-252-i-konets-irlandskogo-veshchaniya- na-dlinnykh-volnakh (https://muromdx.ru/) 73!