-------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1251 Sunday / 20 August 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 ======================== Astrakhanakaya oblast. ------------------------------ - License. L033-00114-77/00058713 09/05/2017. 01.12.2020 05.09.2027 OOO PKF ABSOLUT-SD +Dorozhnoe radio (166); Svezhiy veter - Astrakhan (2) Astrakhan 107.8 - 0.5 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) - L033-00114-77/00056879 04/11/2013 01/29/2009 01/29/2024 LLC "CASPIAN MEDIA GROUP" "Caspian Media Group" (17); +Radio Rodny Dorogy (151) Astrakhan 106.0 - 1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Krasnodarskiy kray. ---------------------------- - Love Radio (88.3) and Russkoe Radio (103.0) have been broadcasting in Yeysk since this summer. 100.2 (Marusya FM) and 101.8 FM (Radio Rus) remain unlaunched. The Love website does not report a launch in the city of Yeysk: https://www.loveradio.ru/regions Source: https://youtu.be/Nq6QeLU8pZ (https://vk.com/tvfm23) - License. Hit FM persons L033-00114-77/00624348 + Yeysk (Shyrochanka) 98.3 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Novgorodskaya oblast. ------------------------------ - On August 15, the branch of the RTRS "Novgorod ORTPTS" began broadcasting the radio station "Radio 53" in the city of Staraya Russa at a frequency of 98.6 MHz. (https://novgorod.rtrs.ru/tv/radioveshchanie/rtrs-nachal-fm-translyatsiyu-radiostantsii-radio-53-v-borovichakh/) - In Veliky Novgorod, the premium radio station Monte Carlo began broadcasting at a frequency of 105.3 FM. Radio Monte Carlo sounds for intellectual and creative individuals who value sophistication and quality in everything. For people who want to enjoy music that evokes positive emotions and aesthetic pleasure. They are open to new experiences and strive to enrich their lives with inspiring and harmonious music. Radio Monte Carlo will become their faithful companion, helping to create an atmosphere of comfort and relaxation. Source: https://vk.com/montecarlovn (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) - On August 17 at 06:00, the Novgorod branch of RTRS began broadcasting the Radio 53 radio station in the city of Valdai at a frequency of 99.6 MHz. The radio station is now available to 22.6 thousand residents of Valdai and its environs. The transmitter power is 0.1 kW, the height of the transmitting antenna is 82 meters. The average radius of reliable program reception is about 17 km. The launch of the Radio 53 radio station in Valdai is part of a joint large-scale program of the regional state autonomous institution Information Technology Agency and RTRS to expand the broadcasting network. (https://novgorod.rtrs.ru/tv/radioveshchanie/rtrs-nachal-translyatsiyu-radiostantsii-radio-53-v-gorode-valday/) Primorsky Krai. ----------------------- - License. L033-00114-77/00058228 07/19/2016 08/19/2011 08/19/2026 LLC FIRMA "ORBITA" + Russkoe Radio (157); +Russian Radio-Spassk-Dalniy (11) Spassk-Dalny 101.3 - 0.49 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) - License. L033-00114-77/00057904 05/08/2013 06/02/2008 06/02/2024 LLC FIRMA "ORBITA" +Nashe Radio (154 h 20 min); +Nashe Radio - Spassk-Dalny (13 hours 40 minutes) Spassk-Dalniy 104.4 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) - Radio "Lemma-Spassk" and "VBC-Spassk" stop broadcasting Instead, Nashe Radio and Russkoe Radio will appear. Orbita media holding is changing network partners. On Wednesday, August 16, the Lemma-Spassk and VBC-Spassk radio channels stop broadcasting, but in September, new radio stations will appear on the same frequencies after technical work is completed: Nashe Radio - Spassk-Dalniy 104.4 FM and Russkoe Radio - Spassk-Dalniy 101.3 FM. Source: https://vk.com/spassktoday (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Republic of Bashkortostan. -------------------------------------- Music Relax FM fills with energy and strength, creates an atmosphere of peace, allows you to forget about the fuss and enjoy the moment. Residents of Ufa can now fully experience all this - Relax FM broadcasting began on August 15 in the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Relaxing compositions, unique headings and themed music channels are featured on 92.0 FM. The potential audience is more than 1.3 million people. Relax FM is actively expanding the coverage area, only in 2023 the radio station appeared in the largest centers of Russia - in Novosibirsk and Sochi, won FKK competitions for the right to broadcast in Tomsk, Rostov-on-Don. Ufa is another millionaire city in the Relax FM federal network. To date, it has 15 transmitters, which allow you to confidently receive the air in more than 6.48 thousand settlements of the country. The total technical coverage, taking into account Moscow and the region, exceeds 30.3 million people. Details - https://www.gpmradio.ru/news-page/uid/32061 (https://www.gpmradio.ru/) - License. L033-00114-77/00065163 08/31/2021 08/31/2021 08/31/2031 LLC "MEDIA PLUS" +Autoradio (168) + Starogusevo 103.7 - 0.1 + Kyrgyz-Miyaki 103.0 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Mari El Republic. ---------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/00661859 07/07/2023 09/01/2023 07/07/2033 LLC "CHUVASHMEDIA" + Novoe radio (158); Republic Radio (10) + Kozmodemyansk 93.1 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Saratovskaya oblast. ------------------------------ Like FM Saratov on 101.5 live! The broadcast started at 16:07. RDS is not on the air. In the ratings of Moscow stations, Like FM takes 27th place out of 41 (May-July 2023), ahead of DFM, Children's Radio, New Radio and other stations. In Russian cities 100+, the station is at position 29 out of 31 (January-June 2023), ahead of Radio Mir and Studio 21. To date, Like FM is represented in 16 cities of Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Perm, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk. (https://vk.com/radiosaratov) Stavropolskiy kray. ---------------------------- License. Radio Tochka of persons L033-00114-77/00059017 Neftekumsk (5th microdistrict) +100.8 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Tverskaya oblast. ----------------------- - License. L033-00114-77/00669990 08/14/2023 09.10.2009 09.10.2024 OOO "MEDIO" +Radio Rodny Dorogy (168) - License Kashin 106.1 - 0.1 - License. L033-00114-77/00056483 08/30/2012 09/15/2009 09/15/2024 LLC "FM-CLUB" +Radio Rodny Dorogy (168) Torzhok 96.3 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Udmurt republic. -------------------------------- Radio Hit FM has joined the close-knit family of other radio stations of the Russian Media Group holding in Izhevsk. Now guests and residents of the City of Gunsmiths and Green Parks will be able to listen not only to Russian Radio, MAXIMUM and DFM radio, but also to the holding's hit radio station. From August 1, current Western and domestic hits can be heard in Izhevsk at a frequency of 105.7 FM. Details - https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__86743/ (OnAir.ru) Licenses terminated. -------------------- Nazarovo 106.1 (Russkoe Radio) (at the request of the licensee) Shakhunya 99.4 (Etalon) (termination of a legal entity) Kachkanar 103.2 (NRJ) (termination of legal entity) Tikhoretsk 102.4 (Europe+) (at the request of the licensee) (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Monitoring ----------------- UNIDENTIFIED RADIO: A radio that plays non-stop the disco-style Russian national anthem /performed by the Lube group?/. On August 18th sounded at 0500 UTC on 7032kHz, delayed on 6828kHz and thereafter a few seconds late, and on 9310kHz all on USB. On August 10th from 0600 UTC three different songs were played on these frequencies. (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria) Russia / USA -------------------- Traditionally, I inform you about the Russian-language shortwave broadcast on 15770 kHz This Sunday, there will be a broadcast in memory of the host of the Mayak Radio Station: Andrey Nikolaevich Barshev. The older generation probably remembers his programs: "Juke Machine", "What the French Sing About", "By the Fireplace". This is the same Mayak that existed before the rebranding of 2006-2007. The unforgettable timbre of Andrey Nikolayevich's voice cannot be confused. "By the fireplace" - a program about Russian romance. The recording that will sound on the air is Barshev's last work. Due to a serious illness, the presenter did not manage to return to the microphone. The lighthouse repeated the last transmission of Andrei Nikolaevich, after his death. It was a tribute. It is this repetition that will sound on Sunday, at 15770 kHz. The rest is live. Good luck Session 1: 21.30 UTC Saturday Session 2: 04.00 UTC Sunday Admission reports can be submitted at wrmi.net (https://vk.com/public158109176) DIGEST. NEWS. ============= * In the Internet. B.S. Ivanov. 1992. Encyclopedia of the Beginner Radio Amateur. ----------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_77285 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Don't distract the driver. He listens to WEF-12. ------------------------------------ Picture - https://vk.com/club206578745?w=wall-206578745_6393 (https://vk.com/club206578745) * Television and radio signal coverage of the territory of the LPR was 85%. ------------------------------------------------ August 13, 2023 Television and radio broadcasting in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) covers 85% of the region's territory; more than 170,000 copies of 40 regional newspapers are distributed weekly in the subject. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Republic, "Television and radio broadcasting covers 85% of the territory of the LPR," said a spokesman for the department. According to him, eight TV channels operate in the region - 7 state and one private, as well as 28 radio stations - 7 regional, 17 federal and 4 private radio stations. The lack of television and radio broadcasting in some of the settlements of the LPR is due to their close proximity to the line of contact, as well as the lack of electricity. tass.ru (https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=17446) * Staroe Radio (Old radio) - a film by Dmitry Zavigelsky. ------------------------------------ Video in Russian - 38:57 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video60699042_456243747%2F2c7498410e37cd295f%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 How to save the world of old tube sound, the first radio recordings, the vanished voices of the people we admire and revere. After all, they were able to record sound quite recently, but millions of years have flown by and not a word from anyone. Cameraman Yulia Shulgina. Dmitry Zavigelsky is a documentary filmmaker by the vocation of the soul, more than once treated kindly by various awards for the best film in different countries. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * A light version of Windows 10 for weak computers has appeared in Russia. ------------------------------------- The assembly is based (https://windows64.net/481-windows-10-x64-lite-by-den-106gb-samaja-malenkaja- sborka.html) on Windows 10 version 22H2. It weighs only about 1 GB. The novelty is intended for low-power personal computers and outdated laptops. Many built-in applications and Microsoft functionality were cut from the Lite version. These include Windows Defender and the Microsoft Store, as well as biometrics. To install the assembly, you will need a computer with a 64-bit processor with a frequency of 1 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and 10 GB of free disk space. Details in Russian - https://telesputnik.ru/materials/trends/news/v-rossii-poyavilas-oblegchennaya-versiya-windows- 10-dlya-slabyh-kompyuterov (https://vk.com/telesputnik) * The evolution of the Radio Chanson logos. -------------------------------- https://vk.com/public180684859?w=wall-180684859_44661 (https://vk.com/public180684859) * Collector and restorer of radio receivers. ------------------------ Video in Russian - 6:25 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_77377 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video315660736_456242083%2Ff46bedef63bbd4663a%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * History of logos of 20 Russian TV channels | Channel One, Russia 1, Ren TV, STS, TNT, Muz TV. ------------------------------ Video - 12:55 https://vk.com/radioitv?w=wall-90495469_14876 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RphKp8jG85c (https://vk.com/radioitv) * The strategy for the development of the communications industry of the Russian Federation until 2035 has been published. ---------------------------- The Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation presented a draft strategy for the development of the communications industry of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2035. In an explanatory note, the agency stated that the implementation of this plan will help ensure national security, technological sovereignty and economic development. Details in Russian - https://telesputnik.ru/materials/gov/news/opublikovana-strategiya-razvitiya-otrasli-svyazi-rf-do- 2035-goda (https://telesputnik.ru/) * The first radio amateur of Russia - Fedor Alekseevich Lbov (1895 - 1976) - R1FL. "Gorky TV". Recorded in 1975, Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod). -------------------------------------------------- -------- Video in Russian - 22:44 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_77405 On January 15, 1925, the first Russian shortwave Fyodor Lbov went on the air. "Everyone here R1FL, Russia Pervaya Fedor Lbov. Report hearing. Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Novaya, 40." These were the first words (by telegraph - CW) from the USSR on the world air. This R1FL transmission was received by a radio amateur with the callsign GHH2 in distant Mesopotamia (present- day Iraq) near the city of Mosul at a distance of almost 2500 km from Nizhny Novgorod. Detail in Russian + photo - https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_77405 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * In almost 33 years of existence, FM radio has become an integral part of everyone's life. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Everyone listens to the radio, whether it's a Muscovite going to his dacha on Friday or a fan of foreign rock from the regions. Easy accessibility, wide coverage and a variety of content delivery forms make the radio attractive both for the mass listener and for advertisers - from banks and IT corporations to local brands of clothing and everyday goods. RBC Life talked to representatives of the largest Russian media holdings and industry analysts and found out how the content on the radio changed under the influence of the crisis in the global music industry, what the audience of the leading stations was at the end of the first half of the year, and what benefits classical FM derives from partnership with the digital segment. Details in Russian - https://rbclife.ru/news/64d9f8169a79476ae662ff93?utm_source=vk&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=preview (PRO_FM / Telegram) * "Gazprom-Media" decided to completely liquidate the "Echo of Moscow". ------------------------------------------------ "Gazprom-Media" called it expedient the liquidation of CJSC "Echo of Moscow" The radio station ceased operation in March last year. The holding "Gazprom-Media", which she was part of, insists on the liquidation of the corresponding CJSC. The brand "Echo of Moscow" claims "Russia Today" Gazprom-Media considers it expedient to liquidate Ekho Moskvy CJSC, since the radio station, which was previously part of the holding, stopped working last year and generates only losses, the company's press service told RBC. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/@-180684859-gazprom-media-reshil-polnostu-likvidirovat-eho-moskvy (https://vk.com/public180684859) * Internet book. S. B. Shmakov. 2012. Encyclopedia of the Radio Amateur. Modern Element Base. ------------------------------------------------ In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_77467 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Pakhurdin Daniyalov - UA6PCD. The most unique radio amateur and a man of strength and will. ---------------------------- 9 videos in Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_77453 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Telephone, radio, camera: important inventions invented twice. ------------------------------ History knows a number of cases when the same thing was invented twice. Phenomena in which two or more innovators claim the same discovery is called multiples or multiple discovery. In this article, you will learn about the inventions that caused controversy over the names of their creators. This material opens a series of publications on this topic. Details in Russian - https://dzen.ru/a/ZN42unIoO0G_XeLA (https://dzen.ru/onlinepatent) * "Telesputnik-Express": forced blocking of cellular communications and testing of the digital ruble. -------------------------------- Video in Russian - 3:15 https://vk.com/telesputnik?z=video-46499225_456239924%2Fvideos-46499225%2Fpl_-46499225_-2 https://vk.com/telesputnik?w=wall-46499225_10681 The security forces will be given control over mobile communications, Runet has become one of the cheapest in the world, testing of the digital ruble has begun in Russia. The main news of the telecom industry from August 14 to 18, 2023. In this release: - In Russia, they are preparing a mechanism for the forced shutdown of mobile communications in case of an emergency. - Rostec presented secure messengers Hummingbird and Impulse. - Testing of the digital ruble has begun in Russia. - The Russian Internet was called one of the cheapest in the world. - Roskosmos is starting to produce an analogue of Starlink. (https://vk.com/telesputnik) EB RADIO AND TV IN RUSSIAN ============================== Russia. Saratovskaya oblast. Balakovo. ---------------------------------------- Radio Active. WEB: http://www.upfa.ru/radioactive/ (https://top-radio.ru/web) TV SHOWS of the USSR of the 60s, 70s, 80s. ================================== Transfer "9 studio" ---------------------------- The informational and analytical program "9 Studio" was the first program in the Soviet Union that told about events in international politics. The program lasted for 14 years on the air (from 1974 to 1988, program I, monthly, running time 60 minutes, airing time 19.00). Although at one time it was closed, moreover, four times, and almost accused of anti- Sovietism. And this despite the fact that the program itself was almost officially propaganda. And the presenter Valentin Zorin was called the main "TV-Americanist", although he called himself a "cold war soldier". Detail in Russian + photo: https://tv-80.ru/informacionnye/9-studiya/ (https://tv-80.ru/) RADIO ENGINEERING. STORY. ========================= * Russia and the USSR ---------------------- - The wearable radio receiver "Geologist-3" was produced by the Dnepropetrovsk Radio Plant from the 1st quarter of 1976. The radio receivers' "Geologist" enjoyed deserved popularity at one time. From the beginning of 1976, the plant began production of a new model based on integrated circuits ''Geologist-3''. In appearance and electrical circuit, it differs little from the serial model ''Geologist-2''. Main characteristics: Wave bands: LW, MW, SW-1 75.9 ... 47.6 m, SW-2 42.5 ... 41.1 m, SW-3 31.8 ... 30.7 m, SW-4 25.5...24.8 m. Detail + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp1/geolog3.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) - "Giala" in translation from Chechen into Russian means "Doe". Since 1968, the portable transistor radio receiver of the 4th class "Giala" has been producing the Grozny Radio Engineering Plant. The radio receiver is made according to a superheterodyne circuit on 7 transistors and 2 p / n diodes and is intended for reception in the ranges: LW (150 ... 408 kHz) and MW (525 ... 1600 kHz) on a magnetic antenna. Detail + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp1/giala.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) * The short-wave radio receiver for military purposes "KV-M" ("Dal-M") has been produced since 1943 at the Kasli Radio Plant, Chelyabinsk Region. (Evacuated in 1941 State Plant No. 193). ---------------------------------------- The ship versions of the Purga-M and, since 1945, the Purga-45 without a quartz filter and on 15 lamps) became an improved model of the KV-M radio receiver, which was produced during the war years. Variants on 6K7 lamps were called "KV-Ya" and "Purga-M". The radio receiver was widely used by shortwave radio amateurs. It is enough to open, for example, any issue of the "Radio" magazine of the 1950s - and you can see it in reportage photographs of amateur and professional signalers. Detail in Russian + photo - https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_77344 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Malachite DSP 3 NOW EXACTLY CATCHES EVERYTHING. -------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 13:30 https://vk.com/dxing?z=video-3271973_456239081%2F381239d0c0848497fb%2Fpl_wall_-3271973 (https://vk.com/dxing) QSL World ======== AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia EK = Evgeny Kornykhin, Moscow, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" KB = Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" PI = Pavle Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" PS = Piotr Skorek, Poland France / Germany ---------------------------- * eQSL Atlantic 2000 International. E-mail: atlantic2000international[at]gmail.com 12 August 2023 / 08.00-09.00 UTC / 9670 kHz (via Channel 292) Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/08/atlantic-2000-international.html (AK) * tlantic 2000 Int'l / via Channel 292 e-QSL: 3955kHz / 22.00-23.00UTC / Aug.13-2023 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rLdPswJlNH9I-_7HcFDNzwliYP37Z3Do/view?usp=drivesdk Reception in the Leningrad region / Degen DE1123 / telescopic antenna 50 cm Video: https://youtu.be/ZurrIqnX4A0 (KB) Germany ------------- eQSL SM Radio Dessau. Email: maxberger[at]smradio-dessau.de 13 August 2023 / 11.00-12.00 UTC / 6070 kHz (via Channel 292) Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/08/sm-radio-dessau.html (AK) India --------- QSL card Akashvani (All India Radio) 06/03/2023 /13:30 UTC / 9950 kHz. Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/08/akashvani-all-india-radio.html (AK) Italy ----------- E-QSL card from Italian pirate station - Enterprise Radio. Program was transmitted on 11. 08. 2023 on 6943 kHz. (PS) - You can watch it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/08/enterprise-radio.html Netherlands -------------------- * Radio Piepzender (NL). Not only did the e-QSL come in five (!) months, but also the acceptance report data was not filled in (empty fields) - it looks like the old "blank" and the frequency is drawn differently. This is not the first time. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h_COq0i1j6eHWjxDgbpOUxrsdshgv_dc/view?usp=drivesdk Received the station on March 19, 1500-1600 UTC, 13865 kHz (St. Petersburg, R-250M2, LW 10 m). Video: https://youtu.be/_xQFGO1cfXM (KB) * Radio Piepzender. And I received the same letter from them, but I didn't send them a report, I just asked a question in email. It looks like they don't read emails. (EK) USA ------- eQSL Texas Radio Shortwave. E-mail: texasradiosw[at]gmail.com August 13, 2023 / 12.00-13.00 UTC / 15770 kHz Image: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/08/texas-radio-shortwave.html (AK) USA / Germany ---------------------- * WREN/via Shortwave Radio (D) e-QSL: 6160 kHz / 20.00-21.00 UTC / Aug.13-2023 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j6c9TzJa5cND1t5NgVk_NA4uBUa8dE2-/view?usp=drivesdk Poor reception, albeit out of town (Leningrad region / Degen DE1123 / telescopic antenna 50 cm) Video: https://youtu.be/abFK5ulALNg Program information on 3975 and 6160 kHz at https://www.shortwaveradio.de/en/shortwavegold/August2023 (KB) - The Backroad / via Channel 292 (D) e-QSL: 3955 kHz / 22.30-23.00 UTC / Aug.12-2023 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lXC0_k-bBFBw_enaAdMti1M5TmJA6xMc/view?usp=drivesdk Reception in the Leningrad region on Degen DE1123 / telescopic antenna (50 cm) / video - https://youtu.be/AoyMTqqJO7o (KB) * Received QSL letter from The Backroad - 4 July / 20.00 UTC / 9670 kHz (via Radio Channel 292 International). (PI) CALENDAR - HISTORY OF DX HOBBIES, RADIO, TV AND MAIL =========================================== 15 August. ------------- On the 15th of August the 1st issue of the magazine "Radiolyubitel" ("Radioamateur") was published. Journal "Radiolyubitel" No. 1 for 1924 in Russian. http://archive.radio.ru/web/1924/01/ (Ruslan Slavutsky, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia) 18 August. ------------- August 18 is Air Force Day. (Ruslan Slavutsky, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia) Photo collage - see here: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/08/18.html WORLD NEWS ============= * Kyrgyzstan. ------------------ TV channels fined in Kyrgyzstan for broadcasting in languages other than Kyrgyz. The Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan continues to check TV channels for broadcasting in the state Kyrgyz language. In the first six months of 2023, the commission checked seven TV channels. Details - https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=17445 (https://tele-satinfo.ru/) * Lithuania / Belarus. ---------------------------- The Lithuanian authorities announced the impossibility of fighting Belarusian radio stations. The Lithuanian authorities called it "abnormal" the opportunity to listen to radio from Belarus on the territory of the Baltic state. Unfortunately, local leaders found it impossible to fight radio waves, as reported by Rimantas Bagdzevicius, head of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission. "Of course it's not normal. Radio waves go as they go. These radio stations, these radio transmitters are located in a foreign enemy state, I do not know what can be done," said Bagdzevicius. He was supported by the Deputy Chairman of the Communications Regulatory Service Darius Kuleshyus, noting that checks would be carried out on the fact of the content of Belarusian radio programs. In addition, the Lithuanian leader expressed the hope that if the atmospheric conditions change, the radio from Belarus will be heard worse than at the moment. - There will be checks, and if this radio station broadcasts at the established and agreed frequencies and powers, then there is no violation. Let's hope that when the atmospheric phenomena change, we will not hear very well, he said. Sputnik noted that the Belarusian radio "Mir" is clearly audible in Lithuania. Probably, the position of this media did not please the Lithuanian authorities. home.tv (https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=17444) * IARU Monitoring System Region 1 Newsletter July 2023 --------------------------------------- https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IARUMS-R1-Newsletter-2023-07.pdf (DF5SX via Gaspar Mir?, EA6AMM IARUMS Region 1 coordinator / Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 248, Issue 14) * Moldova. ------------- Medium Waves at TEF 6686 in Chisinau park. Video - 9:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4thG1trBqk https://vk.com/club3877182?w=wall-3877182_39753 (Ivan Dragan, Chisinau / https://vk.com/club3877182) * Gold is shutting down its longtime 1548kHz frequency in London. ------------------------------------ At the end of this month, Global will shut down London's Gold AM 1548 kHz frequency. The station, which began as Capital Radio, has been operating on mediumwave in London since its launch in October 1973, nearly 50 years ago. Details in Russian - https://swling.ru/2023/08/15/gold-otkljuchaet-svoju-davnjuju-chastotu-1548-kgc-v-londone/ (https://swling.ru/) * Solar Eclipse 2023 ------------------------- August 15, 2023 14 October 2023 annular eclipse MW DX project. How DXers can contribute to ionospheric research during the 14 October 2023 solar eclipse. Medium wave DXers know that during a solar eclipse, the blocking out of radiation from the sun can introduce temporary nighttime listening conditions over an area far beyond the path of totality. When will be the next solar eclipse? There will be an annular solar eclipse on 14 October, 2023 when, at totality, the size of the Moon's disk will appear slightly smaller than the size of the Sun's disk, so, not quite as exciting to visual observers. However, that eclipse is expected to have a similar effect on daytime medium wave listening conditions as would a total solar eclipse, and should not be missed by DXers. Details - https://mediumwave.info/2023/08/ (https://mediumwave.info/) * HFCC A23 Update 16.08.2023 ----------------------------------- http://www.hfcc.org/data/a23/a23allx2.zip (https://vk.com/dxing) * Kazakhstan. --------------- What radio stations are listened to in the capital of Kazakhstan? 16 FM radio stations broadcast in Astana: 100.40 Shalkar radios 100.80 Zhuldyz FM 101.40 KRTRK Astana radios 101.80 Dala FM 102.30 Love Radio 102.70 Radio Classic 103.20 Orda FM 103.70 Radio Toy Duman 104.10 Russikoe Radio Asia 104.50 Vostok FM 105.00 Europe + Kazakhstan 105.40 Business FM 105.90 Radio NS 106.40 Autoradio Kazakhstan 106.80 Kazakhskoe radio 107.30 Radio Dacha (https://vk.com/radioschoolru) * 73!