------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1271 Sunday / 7 January 2024 ------------------------- 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 the editor. -------------------- "30th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of the bulletin in Russian." * Briefly about transistor portable receivers, which at different times I used for my hobby. Receivers "VEF 201" and "VEF 204". "VEF-201" has been produced by the Riga State Electrotechnical Plant "VEF" since 1969. Designed for reception in the DV, SV and 5 HF sub-bands. Since the beginning of 1970, the VEF-204 radio receiver has been produced by the Riga Electrotechnical Plant VEF. The ''VEF-204'' radio receiver is an export version of the ''VEF-201'' model. The receiver differs from the base one in other HF subbands, starting at 13 meters. To this day, this legendary ''VEF-204'' remains in my collection, which I really like for its shape. The scale on the receivers was digitized in meters, so for convenience, I made an overhead plastic scale indicating frequencies in kHz, which was more convenient, since station frequencies are announced in kHz. Power is supplied from six elements of type R-20 (A-373). Since it was expensive to buy 6 batteries regularly, I purchased a separate mains power supply for the receiver, which I inserted into the battery compartment. The power supply was specially produced for the "VEF" receiver by the factory, and I accidentally saw it in a radio store. With batteries, I used the receiver when traveling, and with a power supply on my desk, where everything was dedicated to the radio. Later I switched to a lightweight device - the "DEGEN DE1103" receiver and the "DEGEN 31 MS Active loop antenna" antenna, which is still considered a good device today. There were other receivers, but these were for the soul, to listen to the radio in nature. I consider the radio a member of the family. Now is the time when you can buy any receiver for your soul, but it all comes down to financial issues and not everyone can afford to buy a sophisticated unit for DX training. This is briefly about radio receivers, about which you can write a lot, apparently everyone has their own opinion on their receiver. But it all depends on many factors - your age, how much we can pay for the receiver and the relationship in the family to your hobby, which for me was positive, but not always cloudless, and there were years when I simply did not engage in radio broadcasting for years. But I remember everything that was laid down from childhood with love. I don't know whether I will have new receivers, everything around me is changing. But that will be a completely different story. Picture (from the Internet) - radios "VEF 201" and "VEF 204" - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/12/vef-201-vef-204.html * Letters from readers. "Hello, Anatoly! Congratulations on the 30th anniversary of the Rus-DX Plus newsletter! Impressive timing for a single editor to publish! It is in vain that they say that "one man in the field is not a warrior." It happens that one is a serious force! It's a matter of dedication to an interesting and useful business - a radio hobby, for which thank you very much! I am always amazed at the breadth of coverage of your news aggregator in the world of radio and in every issue I find something I need for myself! Happy New Year, my old friend! I wish you good health, success and prosperity! 73! Yuri Loburets, Novosibirsk." (The letter is printed with the permission of the author) * FROM KAMCHATKA TO THE BALTIKA ======================= In Russia, licenses were extended for the entire next year. -------------------------------------------------- -------- The Russian government has extended television and radio broadcast licenses, which were due to expire at the end of 2023, for the entire next year. As Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, this happened as part of the work to reduce the administrative burden. "We will extend licenses for television and radio broadcasting and a number of other permits that expire next year," the government press service quotes Mishustin's statement. The resolution on extending the validity of licenses was signed by the head of the Cabinet of Ministers on December 23. In addition to television and radio broadcasting, it also concerns other areas of life. lenizdat.ru (https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=18072) On holding competitions for the right to carry out terrestrial broadcasting using specific radio frequencies dated February 28, 2024. -------------------------------------------------- ------------ The right to carry out terrestrial broadcasting using radio frequencies - when carrying out terrestrial analogue radio broadcasting. Conditions of the competition: broadcasting time - "daily, around the clock"; The broadcasting concept is "free". Competition subject 1: Kemerovskaya oblast - Kuzbass, Novokuznetsk, Prokopyevsk (92.3 MHz, 1 kW, transmitter installation point - Novokuznetsk); Competition subject 2: Kemerovskaya oblast - Kuzbass, Novokuznetsk, Prokopyevsk (94.7 MHz, 1 kW, transmitter installation point - Novokuznetsk); Competition subject 3: Republic of Khakassia, Abakan (92.0 MHz, 1 kW); Competition subject 4: Republic of Khakassia, Abakan (98.0 MHz, 1 kW); Competition subject 5: Altaiskiy kray, Biysk (87.8 MHz, 1 kW); Competition subject 6: Altaiskiy kray, Biysk (88.6 MHz, 1 kW); (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Rebroadcast of Radio Russii through Pridnestrovie (Transnistria). -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- As many have noticed, the night break in the retransmission of Radio Russii on 999 kHz from Transnistria does not begin at one o'clock Moscow time. I clarified the information. At the last moment, the Moscow leadership decided to change the break time. Now it is: 02.00-06.00 Moscow time (23.00-03.00 UTC) I hope this is the final version. (https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3518) Zabaykalskiy kray. ----------------------------- On "Radio Iskatel" in Chita on 92.0 FM, from approximately midnight on December 31, 2023, RDS was launched. PS: "ISKATEL" RT: PTY: ROCK M (https://vk.com/tv_fm) Kemerovskaya oblast. ------------------------------ Radio VERA started broadcasting in Kemerovo The advent of 2024 at the VERA radio station is marked by the launch of broadcasting in Kemerovo. On January 1 at 00:01 local time, the call signs of the radio station sounded on the frequency 104.3 FM. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/tvradio42?w=wall-201441304_335 (https://vk.com/tvradio42) Kirovskaya oblast. --------------------------- The youth music radio station dedicated to hip-hop culture "STUDIO 21" will again broadcast in Kirov. The Russian youth music radio station dedicated to hip-hop culture "STUDIO 21" (12+) resumes broadcasting in Kirov on wave 101.8. Let us remind you that at the end of November 2023, broadcasting in Kirov was temporarily suspended for reasons beyond the control of the team. The radio station began broadcasting on December 22, 2017 in Tolyatti on the frequency 107.4 FM. Already in the summer of 2018, the radio station was available on FM waves in 40 cities of Russia. vkirove.ru (https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=18075) Krasnodarskiy kray. --------------------------- - License. L033-00114-77/00977194 12/19/2023 12/19/2023 12/19/2033 LLC "NEW SYSTEMS" SPUTNIK (168) +Anapa (Lysaya Gora) 94.1 - 0.03 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) - L033-00114-77/00067958 11/30/2012 09/21/2009 09/21/2024 LLC "RADIONAVIGATOR - KUBAN" +Radio Rus (168) Slavyansk-on-Kuban 90.8 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) - L033-00114-77/00668110 08/03/2023 03/01/2024 08/03/2033 LLC "LEADER COMMUNICATIONS" Radio Monte-Carlo (168) +Sochi (Bytkha St.) 97.6 - 1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Красноярский край. --------------------------- Актуальную информацию о передаваемом RDS радиостанциями Красноярска можно изучить здесь: https://vk.com/topic-202907898_47980040 Представлены данные: Programme Service name, RadioText, Programme TYpe и Programme Identification. Радиостанции в Красноярске 8.10.2023 92.7 - Comedy Radio PS: COMEDY 92.7 RT: COMEDY 92.7 PTY: Varied Speech PI: 7744 93.1 - Pi FM PS: PIFM 93.1 RT: www.pifm.ru PTY:Pop Music PI: 77AA 93.5 - New radio PS: Novoe 93.5 FM RT: REKLAMA 2638833 PTY:Pop Music PI: 7739 94.0 - Vesti FM / GTRK Krasnoyarsk without RDS 94.5 - Radio Russia / State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Krasnoyarsk without RDS 95.0 - Like FM PS: LIKE FM 95.0 RT: LIKE FM 95.0 PTY:Pop Music PI: 7212 95.4 - Radio Vera PS: VERA - SVETLOE RADIO RT: VERA - SVETLOE RADIO PTY: Culture PI: 7E21 95.8 - Radio Siberia PS: RADIO SIBIR 95.8 FM RT: RADIO SIBIR 95.8 FM Reklama 219-16-19 www.radiosibir.ru PTY:Pop Music PI: 7234 96.2 - Krasnoyarsk FM PS: KRSK FM KRASNO - YARSK FM 96.2 FM PTY:Pop Music PI: A7B2 96.6 - Radio Zvezda PS: *ZVEZDA* RT: Radio Zvezda FM PTY: None PI: 7730 97.0 - Detskoe radio PS: DETSKOE 97.0 PTY: Children's Progs PI: 7235 97.4 - Radio Mir PS: RADIOMIR 2191619 97.4 FM PTY:News PI: 7E77 97.8 - Radio 7 PS: _RADIO7_ RT: Radio 7 Krasnoyarsk Telefon 263-88-33 PTY:Pop Music PI: A777 98.2 - Humor FM PS: HUMOR FM 98.2 RT: HUMOR FM 98.2 PTY:Pop Music PI: 7205 98.7 - Retro FM Krasnoyarsk without RDS 99.1 - Radio 99.1 FM PS: 99.1 FM PTY:Pop Music PI: A7B3 99.5 - Radio Pride 99.9 - Sputnik 100.3 - Record / Radio 100.3 PS: RECORD RT: 263-88-33 reklama radio RECORD PTY:Pop Music PI: 7849 100.8 - Dorozhnoe radio - Krasnoyarsk PS: DORO*NOE PTY: Varied Speech PI: 7827 101.3 - Love Radio / One Hundred and One and Three PS: LOVE RT: REKLAMA 2638833 PTY:Pop Music PI: 77C1 101.7 - Radio Chanson Krasnoyarsk without RDS (~from February 2021) 102.2 - Serebryany dozhd - Krasnoyarsk PS: SILVER RAIN 2745412 102.2 FM PTY: Varied Speech PI: 7354 102.8 - Krasnoyarsk Glavny PS: KRASNO YARSK GLAVNY 102.8FM RT: KRASNOYARSK GLAVNY 102.8FMM PTY:Pop Music PI: 7E78 103.3 - Energy PS: -ENERGY- NRJ103.3 RT: "ENERGY: track/show title" "ENERGY: WHTSP +7 985 382 3333" "ENERGY: www.energyfm.ru" "ENERGY: Energy FM" "ENERGY: Reklama" PTY:Pop Music PI: 7202 103.8 - Europe Plus Krasnoyarsk PS: EUROPA PLUS 103.8 FM PTY:Pop Music PI: 7760 104.2 - Business FM Krasnoyarsk PS: BUSINESS FM104.2 PTY:News PI: 7401 104.6 - Radio Dacha-Krasnoyarsk PS: DACHA RT: Radio Dacha 104.6 PTY:Pop Music PI: 7724 105.2 - Autoradio PS: *AUTO*FM 105.2 RT: "track/program name" "Avtoradio" "Reklama" PTY: Varied Speech PI: 7261 105.8 - Russkoe Radio-Krasnoyarsk PS: RUSSKOE 105.8 RT: Pycckoe radio 105.8 PTY:Pop Music PI: A771 106.6 - Mayak / State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Krasnoyarsk without RDS 107.1 - Komsomolskaya Pravda PS: PADIO KP 107.1 FM clock Telefon 8-800-200-9702 PTY: Information PI: 7742 (https://vk.com/topic-202907898_47980040) Moscow. ----------- New and re-registered television and radio channels registered in 2023: In Russian. https://vk.com/tvradiomsk?w=wall-194965312_8946 (https://vk.com/tvradiomsk) Nizhnegorodskaya oblast. ---------------------------------- RTRS will begin broadcasting radio "Orpheus" in Nizhny Novgorod on January 1 The RTRS branch "Nizhny Novgorod ORTPTS" will begin FM broadcasting of radio "Orpheus" in Nizhny Novgorod on January 1. The radio station is available on a frequency of 88.8 MHz daily, around the clock. More than 1.9 million listeners will be able to receive Orpheus radio - residents of Nizhny Novgorod and nearby settlements within a radius of up to 47 km. Radio "Orpheus" will become the 31st FM radio station, broadcast in the capital of the region by RTRS. + Photo of the TV and radio tower - https://vk.com/rtrs_info?w=wall-26819787_41775 (https://vk.com/rtrs_info) Permskiy kray. ----------------------- - Radio Permyak. 96.3 MHz. New radio station in Solikamsk. (Anton Gabov, Moscow, Russia / https://vk.com/vcfm2014) - In October 2023, the construction of two more radio stations was completed in the city of Gubakha, Perm Territory! All you have to do is get the necessary licenses and... Go ahead! Very soon we will delight the residents of this glorious city with even better and more diverse music on the frequencies 94.1 FM and 95.6 FM! The construction of media resources is proceeding according to a clear development plan for the Mega-Media radio holding for 2023-2024. Photo - https://vk.com/id4381521?w=wall4381521_5003 (Anton Gabov, Moscow, Russia / https://vk.com/id4381521) Komi Republic. ------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/00613766 08/29/2022 01/01/2015 12/10/2024 LLC "DACHA RK" Komi FM (2); +Radio Vanya (166) Izhma 102.5 - 0.45 Obyachevo 103.0 - 0.45 Vizinga 103.6 - 0.45 Troitsko-Pechorsk 102.2 - 0.45 Ust-Kulom 100.4 - 0.1 Ust-Tsilma 100.3 - 0.45 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Ryazanskaya oblast. ------------------------- L033-00114-77/00668110 08/03/2023 03/01/2024 08/03/2033 LLC "LEADER COMMUNICATIONS" Radio Monte-Carlo (168) +Ryazan 87.5 - 1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Samarskaya oblast. --------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/01010543 12/29/2023 06/21/2002 06/21/2024 + LLC "PROSPEKT-TV" +Like FM (168) Togliatti (Zhigulevsk) 104.4 - 0.5 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) St. Petersburg and region. ------------------------------------ Traditional review and RDS in St. Petersburg at the end of December. Video in Russian - 17:10 https://vk.com/tvradio47?w=wall-67314840_5133 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BMcD4Xady8&t=8s (https://vk.com/tvradio47) Smolenskaya oblast. -------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/00057377 07/05/2013 01.11.2014 07/05/2024 LLC "S.Y.S." First Media Holding (17); +Radio dlya dvoikh-Region (151) Gagarin (Akatovo) 107.5 - 1 Safonovo (Terenteevo) 102.5 - 1 Yartsevo 106.8 - 0.25 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Stavropolskiy kray. ------------------------------ On January 1, 2024, at exactly midnight, Radio Maximum was launched in Pyatigorsk instead of Radio Serebryany dozhd. City residents will be able to tune in to 105.4 MHz and hear rock music 24/7. The last 5 minutes of broadcasting and the transition to Radio Maximum. https://vk.com/public204049665?w=wall-204049665_1232 (https://vk.com/public204049665) Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. ------------------------------------------- Two new radio stations were switched on in Tarko-Sale. On December 31, 2023, the broadcast of "Humor FM" on 106.3 and "Vesti FM" on 107.4 began. Now there are 6 radio stations in Tarko-Sale, rebroadcast by the Purovskaya Media Group. MHz/station 102 / Europe Plus 103.4/Di FM 104.2 / Autoradio 105.8 / Chocolate 106.3 / Humor FM 107.4 / Vesti FM Source - https://vk.com/public_pur_adm_89 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Licenses terminated. ----------------------------------- Skopin (Ryazanskaya oblast) 92.9 (Monte Carlo) (according to the licensee's application) Kamyshlov (Sverdlovskaya oblast) 107.1 (NRJ) (termination of activities of a legal entity) Pyshma (Sverdlovskaya oblast) 99.5 (NRJ) (termination of activities of a legal entity) Sukhoi Log (Sverdlovskaya oblast) 96.5 (NRJ) (termination of activities of a legal entity) Michurinsk (Tambovskaya oblast) 91.5 (Moon FM) (at the request of the licensee) (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Results of television and radio broadcasting for 2023. ================================= * Volgogradskaya oblast. --------------------------------- Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/volgograd_fmtv?w=wall-67247495_6365 (https://vk.com/volgograd_fmtv) * Voronezhskaya oblast. ------------------------------ Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/@-24158102-itogi-2023 (https://vk.com/fmtv36) * Krasnodarskiy kray and Adygea. ---------------------------------------- Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/@-206132844-itogi-2023-goda (https://vk.com/tvfm23) * Kurskaya oblast. ------------------------- Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/radio.tv_46?w=wall-110042272_3451 (https://vk.com/radio.tv_46) * Moscow and Moskovskaya oblast. -------------------------------------- Results. Another year is ending - 2023. During these 365 days, many interesting events took place in Moscow and the region, both in the television and radio environment. In this article we will summarize the year in detail. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/@-194965312-itogi-2023-goda-v-moskve-i-oblasti (https://vk.com/tvradiomsk) * Republic of Bashkortostan. ------------------------------------ Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/bashfmtv?w=wall-23672167_1159 (https://vk.com/bashfmtv) * Republic of Tatarstan. ------------------------------ Results. Details in Rusian - https://vk.com/tatarstan_radiotv?w=wall-14553046_55622 (https://vk.com/tatarstan_radiotv) * Samarskaya oblast. ----------------------------- Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/samara_fmtv?w=wall-18663493_50132 (https://vk.com/samara_fmtv) * St. Petersburg and region. ------------------------------------- Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/@tvradio47-itogi-2023-goda (https://vk.com/tvradio47) * Saratovskaya oblast. ---------------------------- Results. Details in Russian- https://vk.com/radiosaratov?w=wall-28526072_26681 (https://vk.com/radiosaratov) * Sverdlovskaya oblast. ------------------------ Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/ekbradiotv?w=wall-20890825_30818 (https://vk.com/ekbradiotv) * Stavropolskiy kray. ------------------------------ Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/public204049665?w=wall-204049665_1228 (https://vk.com/public204049665) * Chelyabinskaya oblast. -------------------------------- Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/chelradiotv?w=wall-18520524_42668 (https://vk.com/chelradiotv) * Far East and Eastern Siberia. ------------------------------------------------ Results. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/@-57714744-2023-itogi (https://vk.com/tv_fm) DIGEST. NEWS. ============= * January 2 is Soft Pillow Day. -------------------------------------------- Collage. Soft Toy Day is celebrated annually on January 2. They came to us from Ancient Greece and to this day are a wonderful addition to any interior. It is unlikely that there is at least one house on the globe that does not have at least one soft pillow. This accessory has become so integrated into everyday life that it was given a special day on the calendar. Radio cushion is a loudspeaker for individual listening to broadcasts from a radio broadcast network. THE USSR. Leningrad. 1958. Fabric, metal, plastic 27x27x10. GKP-5641 RV-361. It was assumed that radio pillows would find wide application in rest homes, sanatoriums, and hospitals. The clasp on the bottom pillowcase served as a switch. In the 1950s, an interesting version of the loudspeaker was developed that made it possible to listen to radio broadcasts individually without disturbing anyone. This receiver looked like this. Just like a regular pillow. But with a piezoelectric element inside and a radio cord. In addition, this radio pad could be connected as an additional loudspeaker. Part of the ARZ~49 radio receiver is visible in the background of the photograph. (Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia) The collage can be viewed here: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/01/blog-post_1.html * January 10 - Energy Cost Reduction Day. -------------------------------------------------- ------ Collage. The collage contains a detector radio receiver that does not require power. Every year on January 10, the world celebrates Energy Cost Reduction Day. If you think about it, energy supply is a positive trend because you: - save your budget; - help the environment; - you work with the most modern equipment that will last longer; - take a conscious approach to consumption, which goes into other areas. (Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia) The collage can be viewed here: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/01/10.html * Radio Panorama program. -------------------------------------- In Russian. Moscow. World Radio Network. 01/06/2024 The "Radio Panorama" program is for fans of long-distance radio reception. Author and presenter Vadim Alekseev. Program content: - ITU Strategic Development Plan for 2024 - 2027 - Journalists against "synthetic voices" from artificial intelligence - New QSL cards from Radio Prague International - New QSL card from Radio Free Asia - Radio Shiokaze (Japan) is experiencing difficulties - Voice of Strait (China) expands broadcasting - Israel returned to medium waves Publishing - publishing details of the program and sound file on the page - https://vk.com/dxing?w=wall-3271973_7916 Publication and preparation of a sound file - Vladimir Emelyanov, Samara, Russia. (https://vk.com/dxing) * Collage. Happy New Year! ------------------------------------ Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx". You can view it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/01/blog-post.html * Postcard. Happy New Year! ------------------------------------- https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3514 (Andrey Molokov, St. Petersburg, Russia / https://vk.com/public158109176) * Postcard from 1956. "Kittens on the Radio Record." -------------------------------------------------- ----- http://www.odlr.ru/radioclub/koty_1.jpg http://www.odlr.ru/radioclub/koty_2.jpg It is interesting that the technology is the simplest - it is a photo postcard, that is, it is printed on ordinary glossy photo paper: the picture is photographed, and the back is printed on a printing press. The circulation is indicated at 20 thousand: in Soviet times - small, but by today's standards - very impressive. (Vasily, Moscow, Russia / http://forum.odlr.ru/showthread.php?t=7856&goto=nextoldest) * Book on the Internet. A. D. Smirnov. 1983. Amateur Radio Designs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_81924 The book is a bibliographic reference to descriptions of amateur radio designs published in magazines, brochures and books. The reference book contains the necessary bibliographic information and brief annotations of descriptions indicating design features. For a wide range of radio amateurs, and will also be useful for radio engineering circles, clubs and libraries. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Abandoned radio center RV-34. ------------------------------------ Video in Russian - 21:10 https://vk.com/dxclubradio?z=video218120596_456239919%2Fb09f3866db42765af8%2Fpl_wall_-35538617 (Alexey Chudakov, Moscow / https://vk.com/dxclubradio) * Chronicle of glorious deeds. ------------------------------------ The history of the Volgograd (united) ORTPC begins with radio broadcasting. From the State Archives (newspaper "Povolzhskaya Pravda" No. 205 dated September 5, 1933): "The regional radio committee informs all radio listeners that on September 5, broadcasting begins through the Stalingrad 10-kW radio station RV-34, at a wave of 541.5 m." Details in Russian - http://lib.broadcasting.ru/articles2/bc-reg/impuls-v-tv-veshanii (https://www.broadcasting.ru/) * Communications for Victory: how the world's most powerful medium-wave station was built. -------------------------------------------------- ---- Almost immediately after the declaration of war in the USSR, the construction of the world's most powerful radio station began. On July 1, 1941, a decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR was issued "On the construction of a radio station in the Kuibyshev area" - "Construction No. 15 of the NKVD Osobstroy". The planned power of the station was supposed to be 1200 kW, fantastic for those years. Theoretically, it was impossible to achieve such power under the conditions of that time due to the lack of proper radio tubes. This problem for the USSR was solved by Alexander Lvovich Mints, the creator of long-wave radio stations named after. Comintern" with a power of up to 500 kW, which began broadcasting in 1933. Details in Russian - https://www.broadcasting.ru/articles/svyaz-dlya-pobedy-kak-stroili-samuyu-moshchnuyu-v-mire- srednevolnovuyu-stanciyu (https://www.broadcasting.ru/) * Excursion to the NIRFI training ground "Sura". ---------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 10:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fICLSP5ibIo Tour of the heating stand of NIRFI "Sura" In 2021, an unusual amateur radio experiment was carried out on short waves, and many learned about the existence of an unusual object - the Sura heating stand - a very powerful scientific radio station with a huge HF antenna in the form of an antenna field of 300x300 sq.m. Details + photo - https://r3t.ru/ru/articles/364-ekskursiya-sura (Anatoliy / "Radio reception" - Telegram) * Book on the Internet. V.V. Drozdov - Amateur HF transceivers. ----------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_81986 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Let's talk about the topic of Nostalgic Broadcasts. What is it and where does it come from? What kind of name is this? -------------------------------------------------- More than 10 years ago, Russia stopped full-fledged radio broadcasting in the short wave range. What were the reasons for this - you know yourself. Repeated attempts were made to draw public attention to this situation. However, relevant ministries and broadcasters have no interest in Powerful Radio. Against the backdrop of such indifference, an idea was born. Albeit in a minimal volume, but broadcast something in Russian. And at the same time - made in Russia. I note that even when discussing the idea, political broadcasting became taboo. The basis of the broadcasts are pages of the history of Powerful Radio, Radio Centers, and music programs of past years. Everything that suits nostalgia. Naturally, all this is "on a voluntary basis." It is impossible to call such a thing full-fledged radio broadcasting. Rather, it's just a little person's attempt to do something good. When the first hour-long broadcast was ready, a question arose. Through which object to broadcast. Initially, there was an attempt to offer the program for rebroadcast to the Germans (Channel 292). But the answer came that alas. They cannot put a Russian program on the air. The American radio station WRMI saved the situation. The station manager allocated airtime without any problems. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3517 (Andrey Molokov, St. Petersburg, Russia / https://vk.com/public158109176) * The evolution of TNT channel logos -------------------------------- https://vk.com/public180684859?w=wall-180684859_50581 (https://vk.com/public180684859) * The evolution of TNT4 TV channel logos -------------------------------- https://vk.com/public180684859?w=wall-180684859_50579 (https://vk.com/public180684859) * The evolution of REN TV channel logos -------------------------------- https://vk.com/public180684859?w=wall-180684859_50577 (https://vk.com/public180684859) * Book on the Internet. N. S. Mamaev. 1995. Satellite television broadcasting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_82021 A description of professional satellite television receiving installations and the most successful amateur radio designs designed for implementation at home is given. For trained radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * What do the numbers in the Russian passport mean? ----------------------------------------- In Russia, there is constant talk about the introduction of electronic passports, and citizens are trying to discover hidden meaning on the pages of their own documents. Let's figure out how to find out the series of any person's passport, and when the transition to electronic media awaits us. Details in Russian- https://hi-tech.mail.ru/review/51732-zifry_pasport/?frommail=2 (https://mail.ru/) * Book on the Internet. I. N. Sidorov. 1996. Electronics at home and in the garden. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_82047 The basic electrical diagrams of electronic devices used in everyday life and on personal plots are presented, ensuring the protection of premises and property, saving energy, facilitating labor when growing crops, increasing the reliability and durability of the operation of household equipment. For a wide range of radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Book on the Internet. V. M. Kuzin, O. V. Kuzina. 1999. Repair of combined devices, domestic and foreign. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- InRussian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_82070 The principle of operation, design, characteristics and basic rules for using combined devices are considered. Schematic electrical diagrams, layout diagrams of elements, electrical circuit maps and other information about domestic and the most common foreign combined devices are provided. Practical recommendations for troubleshooting and troubleshooting are given. Schemes of original measuring instruments, developed by the authors and implemented by them in practice, are proposed for repetition by radio amateurs. For trained radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * January 1 in the history of terrestrial television and radio broadcasting in Moscow and the region. -------------------------------------------------- - Details In Russian: https://vk.com/tvradiomsk?w=wall-194965312_8963 (https://vk.com/tvradiomsk) * "Radio "Culture" will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2024. --------------------------------------------- In Russian. (https://vk.com/cultradio91_6fm) * Receiver from "Girls". A collector from Kharp dreams of opening a RADIO Museum. -------------------------------------------------- -- Video in Russian - 4:27 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_82106 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456244999%2F826673c7e1ae1a2548%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Book on the Internet. A.F. Senchenkov, L.G. Funshtein. 1956. Application of ferrites in radio equipment. -------------------------------------------------- https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_82151 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * The lighting of the St. Petersburg TV tower has been completely changed. ---------------------------------------------- Video - 2:22 https://vk.com/tvradio47?w=wall-67314840_5136 https://vk.com/tvradio47?z=video-67314840_456239159%2F485bede61a3a7c369c%2Fpl_wall_-67314840 After several months of darkness, Aptekarsky Island glows in the night again. The lighting of the St. Petersburg TV tower has been changed. Artem Potar will tell you how the installation of several thousand lanterns and spotlights took place and what happened in the end. (https://vk.com/tvradio47) * 10 Best Smart TV Boxes | 2024 or how to make an old TV smart. --------------------------------------------- Details in Russian - https://pikabu.ru/story/10_luchshikh_smartpristavok_dlya_televizora__2024_ili_kak_sdelat_staryiy_televizor_umnyim _10978629 (https://pikabu.ru/) * Book on the Internet. E. B. Gumelya. 1968. Selection of transistor receiver circuits. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_82172 The main issues of choosing transistor receiver circuits are outlined. An analogy is drawn between the calculations of tube and transistor receivers. Calculation formulas are reduced to the minimum required for simple calculations. Circuits of direct amplification and superheterodyne receivers, as well as individual stages, are presented. The brochure is intended for radio amateurs familiar with the development and calculation of tube receiver circuits. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Humor. Mikhail Evdokimov. "Village Inventor" ------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 2:03 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_82170 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456245207%2F65c176b945d30586be%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * New Year's broadcasts --------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radio_i_tv?w=wall-221232666_286 https://vk.com/radio_i_tv?w=wall-221232666_287 A little off-topic. Not about streams, but on the occasion of the holiday I decided to post recordings of New Year's broadcasts from radio stations from different cities. Somewhere they included the speeches of governors and the chiming clock, somewhere the usual linear broadcast, and some even put on leading DJs. (https://vk.com/radio_i_tv) * Top 5 Telesputnik interviews for 2023. ------------------------------------------ In Russian. https://vk.com/telesputnik?w=wall-46499225_11306 https://telesputnik.ru/materials/hipe/article/top-5-intervyu-telesputnika-za-2023-god We present to you the top 5 most read Telesputnik interviews in 2023. Representatives of government and business told us about the state of affairs with digitalization in the Republic of Tatarstan, how protected Russian enterprises are, about measures to prevent remote unauthorized influence on the operation of digital broadcasting networks by unfriendly states, as well as the importance of our own domestic production of electronics. (https://vk.com/telesputnik) * The most popular issues of Telesputnik-Express for 2023. ------------------------------------------------------ In Russian. https://vk.com/telesputnik?w=wall-46499225_11307 https://telesputnik.ru/materials/hipe/article/samye-populyarnye-vypuski-telesputnik-ekspress-za-2023-god The editors selected the Telesputnik-Express episodes that were most actively watched: about how Rostelecom is transferring employees to smartphones with Aurora, about the most popular IT specialties, about attacks on broadcasters, and the removal of Harry Potter films from libraries online cinemas and Putin's support for a digital passport. (https://vk.com/telesputnik) * The most popular Telesputnik articles for 2023. ------------------------------------------------ In Russian. https://vk.com/telesputnik?w=wall-46499225_11308 https://telesputnik.ru/materials/hipe/article/samye-populyarnye-stati-telesputnika-za-2023-god We wrote hundreds of materials over the year, from which we selected the top 5 most read articles. In them we talked about attacks on domestic communications and broadcasting satellites, the ban on registration on Russian websites using foreign email, the new realities of media telecom, whether the industry can cope without foreign software and which contractor to develop an online course on crime prevention among teenagers generation was chosen by Rosmolodezh. (https://vk.com/telesputnik) WEB RADIO AND TELEVISION IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ============================================= Russia. Lipetskaya oblast. Elets. ---------------------------------------- Pervoe Setevoe radio WEB: https://pervoesetevoe.ru/ Yelets 89.3 FM (https://top-radio.ru/web) TV shows from the USSR in the 60s, 70s, 80s. ==================================== Program "Visiting a fairy tale." History of the program: The program "Visiting a Fairy Tale" appeared on television in 1976. It was broadcast throughout the school year, and in the summer it went on vacation with the schoolchildren. The show was divided into several seasons. At first the program was broadcast every Saturday, and was repeated the following morning. One episode along with the film lasted 1 hour 45 minutes. "Visiting a Fairy Tale" began with a colorful animated screensaver in several versions to the melody of "Come, Fairy Tale" by V. Dashkevich. Presenter Visiting the fairy tale - Valentina Mikhailovna Leontyeva, whom after some time the whole country knew as kind Aunt Valya. Each episode began with her greeting: "Hello, dear guys and respected adult comrades." Each program was accompanied by a fairy tale or a children's film, a game or an exciting animated story. They broadcast fairy tales from different times, as well as films from almost all film studios of the USSR republics. Details in Russian + photo: https://tv-80.ru/detskie/v-gostyah-u-skazki/ (https://tv-80.ru/) RADIO BROADCASTS OF THE USSR. ===================== "Creativity of the Young" - a music program from the Yunost radio station. The program featured interviews with young musical groups and performers, and their music was played. Once a month, as part of the program, a Musical Tournament was held, which was like a hit parade. The winning song was determined by radio listeners in their letters, and the journalists present in the studio shared their opinions about the song that had just been performed. At the end of the year, Melodiya recorded an audio cassette with the winning songs of the Music Tournament. Let's remember how it was... http://club-cccp.ucoz.ru/publ/sovetskie_ispolniteli/tvorchestvo_molodykh/13 Listen in Russian - https://disk.yandex.ru/d/6OurvSbvB6TFmw (http://clubcccp.ucoz.ru/index/radioperedachi_sssr/0-204) RADIO ENGINEERING. STORY. ======================== * Russia and USSR ----------------------- - The portable radio receiver "Kvarts-407" has been produced by the Kyshtym Radio Plant since 1977. The receiver is created on the basis of the ''Kvarts-404'' model and is similar to it. It is designed for reception in the LW and MW bands. Reception is made using a magnetic or external antenna. Details in Russian + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp2/kwarc407.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) - Portable radio receivers "Kvarts-408" and "Kvarts-308" were produced by the Kyshtym Radio Plant from the first quarter of 1981 and 1985. The radio receiver "Kvarts-408" operates in the LW and MW ranges. Power is supplied from a Krona battery. Sensitivity in the range LW - 0.8 mV/m, SW - 0.4 mV/m. Selectivity - 20 dB. Rated output power 100 mW. The range of effectively reproduced frequencies is 450...3150 Hz. Receiver dimensions 176x112x48 mm. Weight 540 g. The radio receiver ''Kvarts-308'' is an analogue of the described receiver, but in connection with the new GOST 5651-82, the HF limit of the long wave range has been changed. Details in Russian + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp2/kwarc308.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) * The network tube radio receiver of the 2nd class "Baltika" (RZ-1) has been produced since 1950 by the Riga Radio Plant "VEF", the Gorky ZIL Plant (named after Lenin) and the Kharkov Shevchenko Plant (ZIS). --------------------------------- Details in Russian + photo - https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_82031 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) RADIO FACTORIES OF THE USSR. =================== Kirov plant "Ladoga". --------------------------------------- Founded in 1965. The Kirov plant "Ladoga" was part of the Leningrad PTO "Vodtranspribor", OJSC "Plant "Ladoga". Plant products in Russian - https://www.radionic.ru/taxonomy/term/217 (https://www.radionic.ru/node/211) QSL World ========= AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia AS = Alexander Shchepochkin, Tula, Russia DM = Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "Radio reception" - Telegram IR = Igor Kolke, Moscow, Russia / https://vk.com/radioko KB = Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" VL = Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russai. VV = Victor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" Canada / England ------------------------ Pop Shop Radio / 250 kW via Encompass (UK) e-QSL: 5960 kHz / 02.00-03.00 UTC / Dec.30-2023 Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2020/09/pop-shop-radio.html (KB) Czech --------- - Radio Prague International showed QSL cards for 2024. They will be dedicated to the Year of Czech Music. So far, images of four postcards have appeared on the station's website. The radio station also announced a change in its QSL policy: "Starting January 1, 2024, our radio station is changing the rules for sending out QSL cards. We will send electronic QSL cards in response to electronic acceptance reports. Only those listeners who traditionally send their acceptance reports by mail will receive a printed version of the QSL." (IK) - From January 1, 2024, our radio station is changing the rules for sending out QSL cards. We will send electronic QSL cards in response to electronic acceptance reports. Only those listeners who traditionally send their acceptance reports by mail will receive the printed version of the QSL. QSL 2024 - Year of Czech Music https://ruski.radio.cz/kartochki-qsl-radio-praga-8699002 (VV) Germany ------------- eQSL WMMR - Mystery Mix Radio E-mail: imaginarystations[at]gmail.com 31 December 2023 / 10.08-11.00 UTC / 6160 kHz Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/01/wmmr-mystery-mix-radio.html (AK) Germany / Austria ---------------------------- eQSL SM Radio Dessau / 100 kW Marathon / via ORS (AUT) 12/26/2023 / 6070 kHz Max Berger confirmed the marathon on December 26th. A meaningful signal appeared only in the last hour, R DX Freunde. (DM) Germany / Lithuania ------------------------ * eQSL SM Radio Dessau. E-mail: maxberger[at]smradio-dessau.de 12/08/2023 / 15.30-16.00 UTC / 1386 kHz / 35443 I also sent the report by regular mail. (ASH) - You can watch it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/01/sm-radio-dessau.html * E-QSL SM Radio Dessau. 12/01/2023 & 12/08/2023 / 15.30-16.00 UTC / 1386 kHz Picture - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/01/sm-radio-dessau_6.html (AK) * SM Radio Dessau / test via RBWI (LTU) e-QSL: 1386 kHz / 15.30-16.00 UTC / Dec.15-2023 Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/04/sm-radio-dessau_6.html (KB) Italy ------------ eQSL Enterprise Radio E-mail: enterpriseradio@hotmail.com 30 December 2023 / 14.42-15.22 UTC / 6955 kHz Picture: (AK) Netherlands -------------------- eQSL Radio Monique International E-mail: radiomoniqueradio[at]hotmail.nl https://radiomonique.blogspot.com/ 31 December 2023 / 15.35-16.10 UTC / 6300 kHz Picture from the old series: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/01/radio-monique-international.html (AK) Spain / Germany ----------------------------- RuquiRadioAM / via Channel 292 (D) e-QSL: 9670 kHz / 17.00-17.30 UTC / Dec.23-2023 Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2023/03/ruqui-radio.html (KB) Taiwan (Republic of China) ---------------------------------------- Radio Taiwan International (RTI) will apparently continue to respond to listener reports with paper QSLs in 2024. RTI has a card for January. The card is dedicated to the upcoming Chinese New Year. https://vk.com/radioko?w=wall-161080476_1085 (IK) Taiwan (Republic of China) / Bulgaria ----------------------------------------------------------- Radio Taiwan International QSL card. 3 December 2023 / 17:00-17:30 UTC / Russian / 5900 kHz (transmitter in Bulgaria) Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/01/blog-post_6.html (AK) USA. -------- RFA QSL #84 announcement. Dear friends, Happy New Year! Attached is the press release for RFA's QSL card #84, celebrating the year of Dragon. We hope you enjoy this new QSL card and we look forward to receiving your reception reports by email to qslrfa.org, or by snail mail. Reception Reports Radio Free Asia 2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300 Washington DC 20036 United States of America You are receiving this because you have expressed interest in Radio Free Asia's QSL cards. Please let us know if you prefer to be removed from our distribution list. Best wishes and 73s. -Aungthu (AK) QSL mail ---------------- Received: - e-qsl from Radio WMMR - Mistery Mix Radio for reception 12/31/23 / 10.00-13.30 UTC / 6160 kHz - e-qsl from Weekend Music Radio for reception 12/28/23 / 15.35-16.00 UTC / 6190 kHz (VL) QSL results for 2023. ------------------------------- At the end of the year, I received about 40 paper verification cards by regular mail. The most active responses to reports came from Taipei (Radio Taiwan International), Prague (Radio Prague International) and Bratislava (Radio Slovakia International). Fewer verification cards were sent than usual in 2023 from Ankara (Voice of Turkey) and Seoul (KBS World Radio). Postal communications with Russia are still disrupted by the postal services of Romania (Interradio Romania), Poland (Radio Poland), Japan (NHK World) and some other countries. In this regard, it was not possible to receive QSL cards, although reports were sent regularly. Interesting cards for 2023 include a limited QSL from Prague from Radio Dechovka for the 100th anniversary of radio broadcasting from the Czech Republic, as well as special confirmation cards for test broadcasts of the German and French services of Radio Taiwan International. In 2023, Radio Thailand unexpectedly updated its collection of verification cards. It was nice to receive a new paper QSL from Bangkok. And "Radio Bulgaria" very friendly sent archival postcards of confirmation, including for listening to the medium wave frequency 576 kHz ("Horizon"). More and more radio stations, in pursuit of saving their budgets, are switching to confirming reports from listeners electronically. I believe that in 2024 the number of incoming paper correspondence from stations will only decrease. (IK) WORLD NEWS ============ * BC-DX 1566, 1 January 2024 ------------------------------------ Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany http://topnews.wwdxc.de http://www.wwdxc.de/ * Tropical Bands Monitor 2024 ---------------------------------- as logged by DX-ers worldwide. Compiled by Anker Petersen 01 January 2024. http://www.dswci.org/tbmonitor/ * DX Fanzine ---------------- No. 124 - January 2024 Editor: Antonello Napolitano, Italy http://www.dxfanzine.com (Antonello Napolitano, Italy) * EiBi B23 Update 01/01/2024 ----------------------------------------- http://www.eibispace.de/ (https://vk.com/dxing) * HFCC B23 Update 01/04/2024 --------------------------------------- http://www.hfcc.org/data/b23/b23allx2.zip (https://vk.com/dxing) * Channel 292 - off the air. ------------------------------------- The last days before the New Year, Radio Channel 292 was not on the air at all in the evenings (I didn't check during the day). Having received confirmation of the Pop Shop Radio reception report, the situation became clearer. Tony writes: "Unfortunately, Rainer, the man who operates Channel292, fell while working on the antenna and severely broke his leg. It has required surgery. So C292 is off the air for at least a week." Auto-translation: "Unfortunately, Rainer, the man who runs channel 292, fell while working with the antenna and seriously broke his leg. An operation was required. SoC292 has been taken off air for at least a week." (Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * WRTH 2024 CONTRIBUTOR GLENN HAUSER --------------------------------------------------- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 From: Glenn Hauser WRTH 2024 CONTRIBUTOR GLENN HAUSER I was invited to write a page about myself for the WRTH 2024. It appears on pages 8-9, and here: https://www.w4uvh.net/GlennHauser_WRTH2024.pdf That and other articles by or about me can be found atop this page: http://worldofradio.com/ghwrites.html And abottom this page: http://worldofradio.com/audiomid.html 73, Glenn Hauser (Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 253, Issue 2) * The evolution of the logos of the TV channel BELARUS 1 -------------------------------- https://vk.com/public180684859?w=wall-180684859_50568 (https://vk.com/public180684859) * Belarus. -------------- While some were making wishes, others were summing up the results of the year, and still others were lighting sparklers and setting off fireworks, at midnight from December 31, 2023 to January 1, 2024, the radio stations "Europe Plus" and "Retro FM" officially stopped broadcasting in Belarus. In Polotsk they were broadcast on FM frequencies 102.1 and 104.7, respectively. Since the New Year, all branded packaging has been removed from the airwaves. From now on, content filling and formation of the playlist of what was once our competitor (2011-2013) will be carried out by the local Summit radio. On the official website of "Europe+" the list of broadcasting cities still includes Vitebsk (97.8 FM), Minsk (98.2 FM), Polotsk (102.1 FM). Few people are interested in this at the moment, but in the morning it will be a shock for the two hundred thousand Polotsk agglomeration where the sounds of their favorite radio stations have disappeared from their usual frequencies. A story of 21 years is gone. The team of the regional media company will have to work hard to retain the audience and advertisers with new solutions that will catch the ear. In fact, we will have to start from the beginning, because, for example, the epicenter of the power of the "Europe+" brand were the authoritative and popular projects "Brigade U", "Eurohit TOP 40", "Residance". Source - https://vk.com/polotsknews (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) * Mongolia ----------------- The Ulgii Broadcasting Tower is the tallest structure in Mongolia. Its height is 360 meters. This is 60 meters higher than the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris. The mast is located in the city of Ulgii, the administrative center of Bayan-Ulgii aimag in western Mongolia. Construction of the radio transmitting center and mast began in 1961 by Soviet engineers. In 1964, a tower with a total weight of 170 tons was erected, and long-wave broadcasting began a year later. Details in Russian + video - https://vk.com/radioko?w=wall-161080476_1083 (Igor Kolke, Moscow / https://vk.com/radioko) 73!