------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1276 Sunday / 11 February 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ============== EDITOR'S NEWS. ============== Internet pages about radio from the past. -------------------------------------------------- ------------ It is always interesting and informative, especially when years have passed and the memory can return to that distant time when everything was different. Dear readers, what information is in your archive about the pages of Russian and Soviet radio listeners and radio amateurs. Write. Everyone is interested in a walk through the history of our hobby. * To this day, on the Internet there is the Page in English of Mikhail Timofeev (St. Petersburg, Russia), although the author is not among us. [https://dxcorner.narod.ru] The page covers the period 2008 - 2013. - Photo by Yury Krivtsov - Current DX Logbook. DX_Logbook_on-line_January_2013 - DX Logbooks archive 2008-2012 - Last DXpedition. DXpedition_January_27-28_2012 - DXpeditions archive 2008-2010 - St.Petersburg Regional Center schedules - St.Petersburg B12_LW/MW_schedule (in English) - St.Petersburg_LW/MW/FM/TV_schedule (in Russian) - My favorite DX and other links - My small photo album - Exotic DX News archive (AM, Radio reception - Telegram) P.S. You can read a lot of interesting things in the section - Exotic DX News archive. What was the history of our hobby, the opinions of people of that time who had their own views on the events taking place. Why was the newsletter closed? Interview with Mikhail Timofeev in the issue - https://dxcorner.narod.ru/EDXN_21_No_3_1988.pdf DX Club "Baltika" - https://dxcorner.narod.ru/EDXN_30_No_8_1989.pdf * I contacted Fedor Brazhnikov from Irkutsk in connection with his Internet site, which covers the years 1996 - 2006. Fedor wrote: "For the sake of history, I left my website on the Internet, although I do not support the page on the Internet, and there are many reasons for this. Keeping a website up to date is difficult; it needs to be taken seriously. It's easier to leave everything as it is, for history. I was the only one who did all this before. The former enthusiasm has faded." There is an interesting page in Russian on the Internet "Irkutsk Efirolov" (1996-2006) [http://www.irkutsk.com/radio/russian.htm] Useful information for those who love Radio. - What is DXing? - About our Circle - Page for beginners - Useful links - Radio broadcasting in the Irkutsk region - Center for Broadcasting and Radio Communications (CRR) N10 - Television in the Irkutsk region - Frequency and time standard stations, "RTZ", "RVM", "RID" - Audio Archive - call signs, jingles, etc. - CIS weather radio stations - East Siberian River Shipping Company - Radio broadcasting in Russia - Radios controlled via the Internet - Radio frequency spectrum allocations - "Pirate" Radio - Amateur Radio - Collection of QSL cards and letters - The Review Book is temporarily closed due to spam attacks (read old messages) - Radio Sweden DX program ====================== FROM KAMCHATKA TO THE BALTIKA ======================= According to changes in VGTRK licenses: - In Donetsk, "Mayak" will begin broadcasting on 100.4 MHz, and in Gorlovka, the radio stations "Mayak" (94.8 MHz) and "Vesti FM" (96.2 MHz) will begin broadcasting. - In Mariupol, Mayak and Vesti FM will change frequencies. So, "Mayak" will broadcast on 102.1 MHz, and "Vesti" on 96.4 MHz. - "Radio Russia" (99.3 MHz) will appear in Svatovo, and "Vesti FM" will appear on 105.5 MHz: - In Kremennaya (103.0 MHz) and Stakhanov (101.6 MHz), Vesti FM will begin broadcasting instead of Mayak. - In Lugansk, Radio Russii will change the frequency from 99.5 MHz to 99.1 MHz. (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) Vesti FM --------------- License L033-00114-77/00065117 https://rkn.gov.ru/mass-communications/reestr/teleradio/?id=Л033-00114-77%2F00065117 - Donetsk People's Republic Gorlovka 96.2 - 0.5 Mariupol 96.4 - 0.6 Volodarskoe 95.0 - 1 Vasylivka 104.2 - 1 - Zaporozhskaya oblast Berdyansk 96.9 - 0.5 - Lugansk People's Republic Krashy Luch 97.1 - 1 Kremennaya 103.0 - 2 Svatovo 105.5 - 1 Stakhanov 101.6 - 1 - Khersonskaya oblast Genichesk 106.6 - 1 Golaya Pristan (Malye Kopani) 100.3 -1 Kakhovka (Vasilevka) 104.8 -5 Skadovsky district, Bekhteri 100.1 - 0.25 (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) Mayak ---------- License L033-00114-77/00058284. https://rkn.gov.ru/mass-communications/reestr/teleradio/?id=Л033-00114-77%2F00058284 - Donetsk People's Republic Gorlovka 94.8 - 0.5 Donetsk 100.4 - 1 Mariupol 102.1 - 0.6 Non-24-hour broadcasting: 133 daily, from 06.00 to 01.00. (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) Radio Russii ------------------- License L033-00114-77/00058283 https://rkn.gov.ru/mass-communications/reestr/teleradio/?id=Л033-00114-77%2F00058283 - Zaporozhskaya oblast Berdyansk 99.1 - 1 Energodar 106.8 - 0.5 - Lugansk People's Republic Stakhanov 102.5 - 1 Lugansk 99.1 - 1 Svatovo 99.3 - 1 - Khersonskaya oblast Golaya Pristan (Malye Kopani) 103.3 - 1 Kakhovka (Vasilevka) 105.6 - 1 Broadcasting is not 24 hours a day, 140 daily, from 05.00 to 01.00. (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) Radio Pika. ----------------- Registered radio "Pika" - https://rkn.gov.ru/mass-communications/reestr/media/?id=1017011 Let us remind you of the broadcasting cities: Melitopol (Zaporozhskaya oblast) 104.1 MHz Berdyansk (Zaporozhskaya oblast) 98.0 MHz Genichesk (Khersonskaya oblast) 93.5 MHz Lugansk People's Republic 96.5 MHz and 96.7 MHz Online: http://radio.pika-fm.ru:8000/pika.fm Details in Russian - https://vk.com/teleradioldnr?w=wall-134632126_46438 (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) GPM RADIO expands broadcasting to new regions of Russia. --------------------------------------------- "Avtoradio", "Humor FM" and Detskoe Radio sounded in the DPR and LPR, as well as in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. Popular formats of GPM Radio are broadcasting to more and more populated areas in four new regions of Russia. "Avtoradio", "Humor FM" and Detskoe Radio appeared in several cities of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhskaya and Khersonskaya oblast. Details in Russian - https://www.gpmradio.ru/news-page/uid/35059 (https://www.gpmradio.ru/) Belgorodskaya oblast. ------------------------------ We are pleased to announce the launch of radio programs "Bely kvartal" ("White Quarter") - the cultural center of Belgorod and the region. In the near future, the broadcast of radio programs "Bely kvartal" will begin on the waves of radio Rus - 91.8 FM and radio VERA - 103.2 FM. We will additionally notify you about this on our official VK and TELEGRAM pages (t.me/belkvartal31). By the end of the year we plan to launch our own radio "Bely kvartal". Source - https://vk.com/belkvartal31 (https://vk.com/radio.tv_31) Volgogradskaya oblast. -------------------------------- - License. L033-00114-77/00064610 02/14/2018 02/01/2018 02/14/2028 LLC "VTK" +Avantage (168) Uryupinsk (Gorsky) 100.2 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) - Nashe radio, which has already stopped broadcasting on 100.2, will be restarted on a different frequency, 88.4 MHz. A license for it has not yet been obtained. (https://vk.com/volgograd_fmtv) Voronezhskaya oblast. ------------------------------- The Novoe radio in Voronezh will move to a new location. At the moment, broadcasting is carried out from the Voronezh ORTPTs, but at the end of December last year, a conclusion on the project documentation appeared in the public register of the "Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare", from which it follows that the new location of the FM 98.5 MHz transmitter will be at 36 Ordzhonikidze St., hotel building. At the same time, the height of the antenna suspension compared to ORTPTS will be reduced by almost half and will be 78 m. The transmitter power will remain the same - 1 kW. The start of broadcasting from a new point, judging by this document, is 2023-2024. Source: https://vk.cc/cu1iar (https://vk.com/fmtv36) Kaliningradskaya and Kurganskaya oblast. -------------------------------------------------- ------- Novoe radio persons L033-00114-77/00152707 +Kaliningrad 91.7 - 1 +Kurgan 89.7 - 1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Kaluzhskaya oblast. --------------------------- Radio of big stars and big hits - radio Hit FM - will sound in the city of Obninsk, Kaluga region. The broadcast launch is planned before the end of the year. You can hear hit music and incendiary shows on 91.4 FM. The radio station received the right to broadcast in Obninsk at a meeting of the Federal Competition Commission for Television and Radio Broadcasting on January 31. The concept was presented by program director of Hit FM radio Roman Kukhlevsky. With the joining of the federal network of the city of Obninsk, another 129.5 thousand people will be able to tune in to the hit wave. (https://rmg.ru/news/radio-hit-fm-zazvuchit-v-obninske) Krasnodarskiy kray. ----------------------------- - On February 1, 2024, Radio Monte Carlo sounded in Gelendzhik. You can hear world-class music here on 88.4 FM. The partner broadcasting the radio station in Gelendzhik was Media-Track, with which Russian Media Group has long and fruitfully collaborated in broadcasting the holding's assets in the Krasnodar Territory. Radio Monte Carlo is one of the most dynamically developing radio stations in Russia. In 2022, the radio station received the prestigious industry award "Radiomania" in the "Progress of the Year" category. And in 2023, the station's federal broadcast network increased by 25%. The radio station started broadcasting in the largest and most strategically significant cities of the country: Barnaul, Veliky Novgorod, Voronezh, Murmansk, Nalchik, Novy Urengoy, Obninsk, Ussuriysk. Radio Monte Carlo features the main hits of the 20th and 21st centuries, educational programs and a unique atmosphere. The station embodies a unique premium radio format and creates a pleasant backdrop to life. (https://rmg.ru/news/radio-monte-carlo-zazvuchalo-v-gelendzhike) - New frequencies sent for approval to the ITU (Geneva-84 issue No. 334): Korenovsk 92.8 MHz; Temryuk 93.1 MHz. Source: https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/brific/BRIFIC/SpecialSection/GE84/GE84_334.pdf (https://vk.com/tvfm23) Leningradskaya oblast. ------------------------------ Radio Volkhov-VFM will move from 87.8 MHz to 99.3 MHz. A license has been obtained to broadcast Radio Volkhov-VFM. We will inform you about the broadcast start date later. L033-00114-77/00622666 10/28/2022 02/01/2023 10/28/2032 LLC "VGTRK" +RADIO VOLKHOV-VFM (168) Leningrad region Volkhov 99.3 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/tvradio47) Moscow. ----------- On the Moscow FM frequency of "Serebyany dozhd" the RDS encoder settings have been updated. Was: RT: none PTY: None Became: RT: "w w w. s i l v e r. r u" PTY: Varied The PS (sil*rain) and PI (7354) parameters remain the same. (https://vk.com/tvradiomsk) Moskovskaya oblast. ----------------------------- ENERGY began broadcasting in Klin, Moscow region - from February 6 the broadcast is available to residents on 89.7 FM. Technical coverage exceeds 127 thousand people. The national ENERGY network now has 170 transmitters, which cover over 45.5 thousand settlements in Russia with a signal. Details - https://www.gpmradio.ru/news-page/uid/35071 (https://www.gpmradio.ru/) Permskiy kray. --------------------- RADIO PREVET sounded in Ocher and Vereshchagino The call signs of the radio station, already familiar to Nytven residents, were heard for the first time today for residents of neighboring cities - Ocher and Vereshchagino. According to tradition, the broadcast began with Yuri Shatunov's song "Hello." The broadcast will feature mainly Russian-language hits from the 90s and 2000s, as well as new releases, plus weather reports, astrological forecasts, advertising and other useful information. Broadcast frequency - 92.4 fm. If you're in these parts, tune in! Source - https://vk.com/radioprivet (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Primorsky Krai. ------------------------- - On the evening of February 2, Primorskaya Volna started broadcasting in the village of Kirovsky on 89.2 MHz. A stream has already appeared on the Infinity-Holding icecast server: http://inhold.org:8000/primvolna-kirovskiy - As of February 3, Primorskaya Volna is broadcasting on 100.3 MHz in Partizansk. A day earlier, GPM Radio issued a press release about the launch of Avtoradio in the above city on the same frequency on February 1: https://www.gpmradio.ru/news-page/uid/34929. - As previously announced, full-scale testing of the new antenna began at 103.9 MHz in Nakhodka. The music is playing in the "Novoe Radio" format without identifying elements. (https://vk.com/tv_fm) Republic of Bashkortostan. ------------------------------------- In Ufa, on February 8 at 18:00, Radio Monte Carlo was turned on on 102.5 MHz. (Vladimir Dyachkov, Chelyabinsk, Russia / https://vk.com/bashfmtv) Samarskaya oblast. ---------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/00060335 05/17/2013 06/17/1998 06/17/2025 LLC "MERIDIAN" +106.6 (21); +Radio Rodnykh Dorog (147) Samara 106.6 - 3 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Stavropolskiy kray. ------------------------------- Neftekumsk. Novoe radio. 102.1 MHz. Source: https://vk.com/newradio_stv (https://vk.com/public204049665) Tyumenskaya oblast. ---------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/01043182 02/07/2024 01.10.2020 10/25/2028 LLC "TEKHINVEST" +Comedy Radio (168) Tobolsk 96.1 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. -------------------------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/00956658 11/30/2023 01.12.2024 11/30/2033 UIA "PURMEDIA" +Russkoe Radio (168) +Urengoy 103.9 - 0.1 +Khanymey 104.2 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Licenses terminated -------------------------------- Uvarovo (Tambovskay oblast) 107.2 (Avtoradio) (at the request of the licensee) Volkhov (Leningradskaya oblast) 87.8 (VFM) (at the request of the licensee) Ivanovo (Ivanovskaya oblast) 69.29 (Chanson) (at the request of the licensee) Serov (Sverdlovskaya oblast) 107.3 (Radio Vanya) (termination of activities of a legal entity) (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Autoradio. ---------------- On the official website of Avtoradio (https://www.avtoradio.ru/) broadcasting cities in Novorossiya were added, but in Mariupol with an error: instead of 101.7 - 107.1. (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) - Broadcasting frequencies by city - website https://www.avtoradio.ru/ About us - Broadcasting Cities. ================== DIGEST. NEWS. =================== * Date - February 7th. Moon flight day. --------------------------------------- The collage contains a still from the Soviet film comedy "Circus" (1936) and a photo of the packaging box of the "Grundig G6 Aviator" radio. Baron Munchausen is famous for his adventures, which included flying a cannonball and visiting the moon. In order to get to the Earth's satellite, the hero of the stories of Rudolf Erich Raspe planted Turkish beans. When they grew to the skies, Munchausen climbed them to the moon. Other literary heroes also covered this distance of 400 thousand kilometers. In "Dunno on the Moon," two representatives of the short people, Dunno and Donut, end up in a hijacked spaceship inside the Earth's satellite. Based on the fantastic stories of the Soviet writer Nikolai Nosov, a cartoon was made in 1964. In July 1969, a team of American astronauts who arrived on the Apollo 11 spacecraft quite realistically landed on the surface of the Moon. Although, even after decades, disputes about this and 8 other NASA expeditions do not subside. Proponents of conspiracy theories are convinced that the video of the landing of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and other astronauts was filmed in a pavilion on Earth by director Stanley Kubrick. (Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia). You can view the collage here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/02/blog-post_4.html * Date - February 9. World Dentist Day. -------------------------------------------------- Collage. English radio tooth - implant. Englishmen James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau recently designed a dental implant that can receive signals sent by radio, mobile phone or computer. The implant has already received the British Future Project award, which is designed to attract public attention to scientific developments, and from June 21 it can be seen in the London Science Museum. A filling containing a receiver and a miniature vibrating device is implanted into the tooth during a routine cavity swallowing procedure. Vibrations from the tooth are transmitted through the bones of the skull to the inner ear and converted into sound. The reception quality is so high that there are no restrictions on message transmission. The main thing is that there is no interference on the air, from which radio teeth begin to ache. According to the inventors, brokers will be able to use the radio tooth to monitor quotes while listening to opera; politicians to get tips during interviews, or football coaches to convey commands to players on the field (for some teams, even if you shout into a megaphone, you still won't be able to help). We, as in many other cases, sourly note that the widest field for the use of the radio tooth lies in the field of bewitching ordinary people and controlling mass consciousness. (Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast). You can view the collage here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/02/blog-post_7.html * Date - February 10. Iron's birthday. -------------------------------------------------- ------ Devices for ironing clothes were invented a long time ago. In the 4th century BC. In ancient Greece, methods were used to pleat clothes made of linen using a hot metal rod that resembled a rolling pin. In ancient times, lightly processed heated cobblestones were used to iron clothes. In Rus', before the advent of the iron, fabric was also smoothed with a frying pan heated over hot coals or with a rubel - a device made of a corrugated wooden board and rolling pin. The thing that needed to be ironed was wrapped around a rolling pin and a board was rolled over it. The first mention of the iron was found in the book of expenses of the royal court. The entry is dated February 10, 1636. The mentioned and described iron, costing 5 altyn, belonged to the simplest heating type. It weighed about 10 kilograms and was monolithic. Collage. Radio iron. Plug in the iron to listen to music? This unusual shape was given to the radio by four designers Dean McNamee, Elena Gianni, Gizem Boyacioglu and Mayo Nissen. The radio wave tuning buttons are hidden in the holes of the metal base. The temperature control controls the volume, and the steam button turns the radio on and off. (Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia). You can view the collage here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/02/blog-post_9.html * Radio Panorama program. -------------------------------------- In Russian. Moscow. World Radio Network. 02/10/2024 The "Radio Panorama" program is for fans of long-distance radio reception. Author and presenter Vadim Alekseev. Program content: - Powerful solar flare - The fate of time signals on the BBC - The first amateur radio station on the Moon - Technical problems on R. Cairo - There is one less SW station in Brazil - North Korea has stopped broadcasting to South Korea - Letters to WRN - continued Publishing - publishing details of the program and sound file on the page - https://vk.com/dxing?w=wall-3271973_7968 Publication and preparation of a sound file - Vladimir Emelyanov, Samara, Russia. (https://vk.com/dxing) * From the history. Broadcasting transmitter "Priliv". ------------------------------------------------- Photo and description in Russian: https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3538 The sample operated in Hungary on 540 kHz until November 27, 2017. Replaced by an imported transmitter from the Nautel family. The Soviet lamp giant is preserved as a reserve, and also as a technical monument (https://vk.com/public158109176) * Movie. "When they become adults" (1985) ------------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 1:04:15 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_83160 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456245277%2F8e50b2aeb69e40bb52%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 WHEN THEY BECOME ADULTS (1985) An atmospheric film from an Odessa film studio with stunning music and acting. The main character, Vladimir Vasilyevich Kuznetsov, leaves the radio factory and gets a job as a foreman at an electrical technical vocational school, where future radio assemblers are trained. He doesn't get a job there out of vocation, out of personal necessity, and therefore at first he conducts his classes with healthy indifference and without a twinkle. - "I'm here to teach you how to assemble LKS-314 series boards. That's probably all." However, over time, the situation begins to change, the master gets used to the group of students, empathizes with them, and tries to help in solving life problems that arise. In the background, the problem of the personal life of the main character runs like a red line throughout the entire film. The film reveals various pedagogical problems and interestingly shows the learning process of radio installers, who amusingly poke at boards with soldering irons and probes. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Basic abbreviations used in radio communications. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_83168 The international shortwave code is a combination of letters, formed in most cases on the basis of English words. The use of such a code makes it possible to conduct radio communications without knowing the correspondent's language and reduce their duration. The table shows the main such abbreviations; in fact, there are much more of them. But they are used much less often. Therefore, as you communicate with correspondents, the operator will get to know them. Pick up the key more often and work on the air! (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Book on the Internet. A.K. Bektabegov. 1958. Pickups. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_83172 The brochure discusses the requirements for modern pickups designed to play both long-playing records and regular gramophone records. Design options and types of pickups are analyzed and some pickups produced by our industry are described. The brochure is intended for trained radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Why are you asked to show your phone's IMEI? ------------------------------------------ You decide to sell your phone, but the buyer asks you to send me the IMEI. Why is it needed and is there a danger? Let's figure it out. After posting an advertisement for the sale of a smartphone, you will then have to answer questions from potential buyers. Among other things, you may be asked to send IMEI, a photo of the box or a sticker where the IMEI is also visible. At first glance, a harmless request. But is it possible to give such information and what might it mean? IMEI is a unique number by which you can identify your phone. This is what needs to be indicated in the report of phone theft. You may also need it when contacting support. The IMEI is usually printed on the box and can also be found by entering the number *#06#. Details in Russian - https://hi-tech.mail.ru/news/49236-zachem-prosyat-sbrosit-imei-telefona/?frommail=1 (https://mail.ru/) * The evolution of the Vesti FM radio station logos. ---------------------------------------- https://vk.com/public180684859?w=wall-180684859_51506 (https://vk.com/public180684859) * Book on the Internet. G.A. Goryacheva. E.R. Dobromyslov. 1984. Capacitors. ------------------------------------------------------------ In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_83217 The main parameters and characteristics of various classes of capacitors produced by industry are considered. A classification of capacitors is given and their design varieties are considered. Recommendations are offered for the selection, use and operation of capacitors in radio equipment. For a wide range of radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * 1963 Terminal equipment of the Leningrad-Moscow television cable line. -------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Photo from the archives of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network. Saint Petersburg. https://vk.com/retrotvussr?w=wall-177507201_10524 (https://vk.com/retrotvussr) * In Russia, on March 1, all popular VPN services may be blocked. ------------------------------------------------ Information about VPN blocking since March 1 has spread on the RuNet. Mizulina believes that it is impossible to limit the work of all of them, but there will most likely be problems with access. The head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, at a meeting with students from school No. 1 in Yekaterinburg, answered questions from schoolchildren regarding the blocking of VPN services in Russia. A video of Mizulina's speech went online: One of the Yekaterinburg schoolchildren asked Ekaterina a question: "According to Internet sources, from March 1, 2024, all VPN services will be blocked. Please tell me is this information true?" To which there was an immediate response from Mizulina: Most likely, this is exactly so. But I will say this as a person who works in this field. Proxies, anonymizers, VPN services - they cannot be blocked completely. For a person with knowledge, there is nothing difficult in creating your own proxy. Later, the head of the Safe Internet League said that she "didn't promise anything." In her opinion, free VPN services steal and distribute users' personal data. Mizulina later compared the free VPN services that users most often download to a portal to hell: ... Details in Russian - https://hi-tech.mail.ru/news/106210-ekaterina-mizulina-rasskazala-o-blokirovke-vpn-v-rossii- video/ (https://mail.ru/) * The State Duma said that they will not ban VPNs in Russia for now. -------------------------------------------------- ----------------- There are currently no plans to introduce a complete ban on the use of VPN services in Russia, State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein said. This is how he commented on the planned restriction of access to materials that popularize dangerous programs on March 1. Details in Russian - https://news.mail.ru/politics/59677211/ (https://mail.ru/) * Book on the Internet. L.M.Kononovich. 1986. Modern broadcast receiver. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_83246 The principles of constructing radio broadcasting receiving devices are outlined in an accessible form. Particular attention is paid to methods for obtaining electrical parameters that ensure virtually undistorted reproduction of radio broadcasting programs, as well as methods for controlling radio receiving equipment. The issues of constructive layout of modern receiving devices are considered. Descriptions of the most typical and promising schemes and designs are provided, and information on configuration and measurements is provided. For a wide range of radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * The millionth TV set "Raduga - 716/D". This model has been produced by the Leningrad plant named after 1977. Kozitsky. --------------------------------- Photo. https://vk.com/retrotvussr?w=wall-177507201_10539 (https://vk.com/retrotvussr) * Russian digital TV will have to make room so as not to disturb its "neighbors." -------------------------------------------------- ---- The State Commission on Radio Frequencies has considered the issue of ceasing the use of the frequency range 694-790 MHz in a number of border regions for digital television. In countries neighboring Russia, this range has long been given over to cellular communications of the LTE standard, but in Russia TV broadcasters are opposed to this. Details in Russian - https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=18148 (https://tele-satinfo.ru/) * Starlink satellite terminals began to be sold in the Russian Federation. ----------------------------------------------- As the St. Petersburg publication comnews.ru writes [https://www.comnews.ru/content/231402/2024-02-05/2024- w06/1007/ilon-mask-pereshel-storonu-rossii], over 10 Russian Internet stores began selling subscriber receiving equipment for Elon Musk's Starlink satellite network. Unlike last year's single sales of non-activated Starlink devices, this time deliveries to the Russian Federation are on a wholesale scale, and the kits have an activated account and a price that is at least half as low as last year's. According to comnews.ru, it is currently impossible to use Starlink anywhere in the Russian Federation, except for the Zaporozhye, Kherson, Donetsk, Lugansk and Crimean regions, the annexation of which the Russian Federation announced not so long ago, but precisely because Starlink considers these regions to be Ukrainian , then Starlink is already working there, since Ukraine is one of the countries where Starlink services have been officially launched (while the Russian Federation is not one of the countries where Starlink has launched its services). Details in Russian - https://obob.tv/sobytiya/sputnikovye-terminaly-starlink-nachali-proda/ (https://tele-satinfo.ru/) * Book on the Internet. A.G. Dolnik. 1964. Loudspeakers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_83265 The operating principle and design of loudspeakers are briefly described, their main technical parameters are given, as well as features of use in radios, televisions, sound recording systems, radio installations, etc. The brochure is intended for a wide range of amateur radio designers. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * YouTube blocked the channels of regional State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. -------------------------------------------------- ------------- List of blocked State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company on YouTube by federal district Central Federal District: State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company "Belgorod", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Vladimir", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Voronezh", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Ivteleradio", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Kaluga", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Lipetsk", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Orel", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Oka", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Smolensk", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Tambov", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Yaroslavia". Northwestern Federal District: State TV and Radio Company "Pomorie", State Television and Radio Company "Karelia", State Television and Radio Company "Komi Gor", State Television and Radio Company "Murman", State Television and Radio Company "Slavia", State Television and Radio Company "Pskov", State Television and Radio Company "St. Petersburg". Southern Federal District: State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Adygea", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Kalmykia", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Lotos", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Volgograd-TRV", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Don-TR". North Caucasus Federal District: State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Dagestan", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Ingushetia", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Alania". Volga Federal District: State TV and Radio Company "Bashkortostan" (Bashkortostan 24), State Television and Radio Company "Vyatka", State Television and Radio Company "Mari El", State Television and Radio Company "Nizhny Novgorod", State Television and Radio Company "Orenburg", State Television and Radio Company "Penza", State Television and Radio Company "Perm", State Television and Radio Company "Udmurtia". Ural federal district: State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Kurgan", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Region-Tyumen". Siberian Federal District: State TV and Radio Company "Altai", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Gorny Altai", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Irtysh". Far Eastern Federal District: State TV and Radio Company "Chita", State Television and Radio Company "Bira", State Television and Radio Company "Kamchatka", State Television and Radio Company "Magadan", State Television and Radio Company "Sakha", State Television and Radio Company "Sakhalin". The total number of blocked STRCs on YouTube is 45 channels (https://vk.com/protelevizor?w=wall-44776848_24496) - Let us remind you that YouTube has previously blocked Russian media channels - including VGTRK, Channel One, NTV, REN TV, TNT, TASS, RBC and others. Because of this, lawsuits were filed against the parent company of the video hosting company, Google, according to which the property and assets of the Russian division of Google were arrested. Along with the fines imposed on the organization, it was decided to file for bankruptcy. In October last year, the Moscow Arbitration Court declared her bankrupt. (Tele-SatINFO.RU) * A 1954 story about the work of the Moscow Temp plant. -------------------------------------------------- - Video in Russian - 1:45 https://vk.com/retrotvussr?w=wall-177507201_10573 https://vk.com/retrotvussr?w=wall-177507201_10573&z=video- 177507201_456239259%2Ffeeaa149bd54b88dce%2Fpl_post_-177507201_10573 (https://vk.com/retrotvussr) * "RG": where did the popular radio "Kniga" disappear? -------------------------------------------------- ------- The other day, readers lost the "Kniga" radio station on 105 FM. They just didn't find their favorite presenters and usual programs on the usual wavelength; now they are replaced by songs. What's wrong? The founders decided to change the format; now Gordost radio is heard on 105 FM. Details in Russian - https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__88273/ (OnAir.ru) * Book on the Internet. M.A. Zgut. 1964. Symbols and radio circuits. -------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_83300 The book explains where the symbols used in radio circuits come from, what these symbols mean, and how to read circuits made from them. It is designed for people just getting acquainted with radio technology. In this regard, a brief explanation of the principle of their operation is given for a number of radio components. At the same time, the book may also be of interest to professional radio engineers, since it reflects GOST materials on graphic symbols for electrical circuits, which came into force on June 1, 1963. The brochure is intended for trained radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Mail and Calendar for Windows 11 will stop working in 2025. -------------------------------------------------- ------- The standard utilities will be replaced by paid Outlook. Microsoft intends to completely remove the Mail and Calendar applications from Windows 11. This first became known in the summer of 2023, and now the company has announced the timing of the "death" of the programs. The utilities have been working for the last year - with the update, which will take place after January 1, 2025, the applications will be removed from the OS and from the Microsoft Store application store. Programs will also lose support - they will not receive new features, bug fixes or updates. Details in Russian - https://hi-tech.mail.ru/news/106293-pochta-i-kalendar-dlya-windows-11-perestanut-rabotat-s- 2025-goda/ (https://mail.ru/) * In a direct line with the Sun: seasonal interference with television reception is possible in the regions. -------------------------------------------------- ------------- On February 20, solar interference begins in Russia, a seasonal phenomenon that can lead to a short-term weakening of the television signal. In different parts of the country, short-term interference on TV screens is possible until March 15 from 11:18 to 13:06 local time. The duration of interference is from several seconds to 5 minutes per day. The television signal is distributed throughout the country through communication satellites hovering in geostationary orbits located in the equatorial zone. In the spring, when the Sun moves from the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere, for several minutes a day it appears exactly behind the satellite - in line with the receiving earth station. The communications satellite signals are jammed by the more powerful electromagnetic radiation of the star. Then, thanks to the rotation of the Earth around its axis, the spacecraft moves away from the "solar illumination." Details in Russian - https://vk.com/rtrs_info?w=wall-26819787_41850 (https://vk.com/rtrs_info) * Book on the Internet. V.A.Lomanovich. 1958. Amateur radio stations on the ranges 144-146 and 420-425 MHz. ------------------------------------------------------- In Russin. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_83316 The brochure describes two homemade radio stations with universal power supply, designed to operate in the 144- 146 and 420-425 MHz bands, and describes the methodology for setting them up. The brochure is intended for trained radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Digest of events of the Russian Radio Academy for 2024. ------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://www.radioacademy.ru/event/id/104 (https://www.radioacademy.ru/) * Phone memory. ------------------------------ Riga Order of Lenin State Electrotechnical Plant "VEF". Such phones were also produced there! Photo - https://vk.com/club206578745?w=wall-206578745_8340 (https://vk.com/club206578745) * A report about the modest museum of the Leningrad plant named after Kozitsky. -------------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 3:49 https://vk.com/retrotvussr?w=wall-177507201_10602 https://vk.com/video-26548409_456276214 Source: https://vk.com/video/@78promo (https://vk.com/retrotvussr) * The LRTPC has finished updating the lighting. -------------------------------------------------- - Photo - https://vk.com/tvradio47?w=wall-67314840_5192 Unusual, bright and every day a new image. All this is about the St. Petersburg TV tower on Aptekarsky Island. The lighting on the tower will be modernized by the beginning of 2024. And now city residents are actively posting her spectacular colorful outfits on social networks. The openwork patterns received modern illumination, and a palette in the colors of the Russian tricolor appeared on the top. In addition, the rays of the TV tower illuminate the space from all sides. This looks especially impressive when there is snow or fog outside. The settings are still ongoing, so we are waiting for even newer images. Let us note that now, as of February 2024, radio stations operate with LRTPC for the city and region, as well as digital television and in analogue format TV Channel 78. (https://vk.com/tvradio47) * BR IFIC No. 3014. Date: 02/06/2024 ------------------------------------------------ Special Section GE84/334 International Frequency Information Circular (Terrestrial Services). Radiocommunication Bureau https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/brific/BRIFIC/SpecialSection/GE84/GE84_334.pdf (Internet) * RadioTour | Archive of local advertising records. ------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radiotourofficial (Internet) * The Fresh Wind media holding will soon begin operations in Naberezhnye Chelny. -------------------------------------------------- --------- The corresponding LLC appeared on January 23 - https://www.rusprofile.ru/id/1241600002522 (Andrey Rebrin, / https://vk.com/tatarstan_radiotv) * A 24-hour television channel "Ural 24" began operating in the Ural Federal District. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------- The project unites branches of VGTRK in the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Kurgan regions, Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug: State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Ural", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "South Ural", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Region Tyumen", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Kurgan", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Yugoria" , State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Yamal". Deputy General Director - Head of the regional department of VGTRK, Chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber of Russia for the development of the information community, media and mass communications Rifat Sabitov spoke about the features of the channel and the territory it covers. The interview took place in the largest studio in the Chelyabinsk region, which was opened on the basis of the VGTRK branch - State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "South Ural". Details in Russian - https://vk.com/ekbradiotv?w=wall-20890825_30866 (https://vk.com/ekbradiotv) * UVB-76. How the most secret radio station in the world was hacked. ----------------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 14:34 https://vk.com/chelradiotv?w=wall-18520524_42786 https://vk.com/chelradiotv?z=video-18520524_456239995%2Ffe1dc0ed961150e507%2Fpl_post_-18520524_42786 (https://vk.com/chelradiotv) * Russian Post has temporarily stopped ground delivery to 24 European countries. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- - Russian Post has temporarily stopped ground delivery to European countries due to bureaucratic difficulties in processing road and rail transportation. Airfreight delivery is still available, but it is more expensive and not suitable for all categories. More details in Russian on RBC: https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/07/02/2024/65c3a4339a794773e544caee (Valery / Radio reception - Telegram) * Book on the Internet. N.V. Prilyuk. 1967. Pocket transistor radio. ----------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. The circuit and design of an amateur pocket radio receiver using transistors is described, a detailed description of its components and parts is given. Particular attention is paid to setting up and interfacing the receiver circuits. The brochure is intended for a wide range of amateur radio designers. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * A selection of the most important industry news according to Telesputnik from February 5 to 9, 2024 in the format of an express review. -------------------------------------------------------- Video Russian - 5:59 https://vk.com/telesputnik?w=wall-46499225_11479 https://vk.com/telesputnik?z=video-46499225_456240009%2Fa9e9069657cd1ae4a5%2Fpl_wall_-46499225 In this issue: - The Gosuslugi portal may in the future be completely replaced by smart speakers with voice control, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev. - A response to another blocking of Russian media channels on YouTube could be to slow down access to video hosting, says State Duma deputy Anton Gorelkin. - Domestic base stations for 5G networks will begin to be installed in cities with a population of over a million from 2025, promised Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko. - The Chinese manufacturer of household appliances Skyworth is negotiating with Russian retailers about placing its products in their networks. (https://telesputnik.ru/) * An interesting illustration with the title "Dream Apparatus". -------------------------------------------------- ----------------- From the 1963 book by Waldman E.K. "Entertaining telegraphy and telephony." This young signalman dreams of building the device shown in our drawing. Picture - https://vk.com/retrotvussr?w=wall-177507201_10417 (https://vk.com/retrotvussr) ============================================ WEB RADIO AND TELEVISION IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE =========================================== Ryazanskaya oblast. Kasimov. ---------------------------------------- Radio Day. WEB: https://radioday.fm/ Internet + 11 MHz transmitters (https://top-radio.ru/web) Stavropolskiy kray. ------------------------------ Listen: - Radio Province Pyatigorsk - Love Radio Pyatigorsk - Radio Maximum Pyatigorsk - Humor FM Pyatigorsk You can visit the website radio-provintsiya.rf Online broadcasting of Radio Monte Carlo Pyatigorsk will also be available soon! (https://vk.com/public204049665) ==================================== TV shows from the USSR in the 60s, 70s, 80s. ==================================== Program "Veselye rebyata" ("Jolly Guys"). From 1982 to 1990, the humorous program "Jolly Guys" appeared on the country's television screens, which was very popular. At the beginning, the program was created as a competition (1979-1981). The winners were awarded a yellow leader's hat and trips to Gabrovo (Bulgaria) to the international humor festival. The presenter was Alexander Maslyakov. Details in Russian + photo: https://tv-80.ru/yumoristicheskie/vesyolye-rebyata/ (https://tv-80.ru/) ===================== RADIO BROADCASTS OF THE USSR. ===================== "Na vsekh shirotakh" ("At all latitudes") is another musical program whose author was Viktor Tatarsky. It appeared at the end of 1973. Vyacheslav Osokin, Tatyana Kolomeitseva, Dmitry Ukhov, Vera Spasskaya also worked on the program. It began airing on Sundays at 2:05 p.m. and repeated on Mondays at 10:35 p.m. The program featured music from performers from all over the world, although the bulk of the time was devoted to performers from Socialist countries and the Soviet Union. It was broadcast until the end of 1976. http://club-cccp.ucoz.ru/publ/sovetskie_ispolniteli/na_vsekh_shirotakh/11 Listen in Russian - https://disk.yandex.ru/d/XI0fvUQLIesEKA (http://clubcccp.ucoz.ru/index/radioperedachi_sssr/0-204) ======================= RADIO ENGINEERING. STORY. ======================== * Russia and USSR ----------------------- - A radio receiver with a solar battery "Lel" was produced by the Novgorod plant named after the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution in the first quarter of 1985. "Lel" is the first domestic receiver in which, along with a battery of 2 316 elements, a solar battery is used. It was developed at the Popov IRPA together with the Novgorod software "Start" based on the serial radio receiver "Svirel". Like the prototype, ''Lel'' is designed for reception in the CB range with a built-in magnetic antenna. The solar battery was developed at NPO "Kvant" from monocrystalline silicon with a working area of 70 cm. Dimensions of the battery are 115x65 mm, output power at illumination of 500 W/m is 300 mW. In illumination conditions of 250 W/m (light clouds), it ensures the operation of the radio without consuming energy from the elements. Details in Russian + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp2/lel.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) - Since 1989, the radio receiver with a solar battery "Lel RP-402" has been produced by the Novgorod plant named after the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. The small-sized transistor radio receiver ''Lel RP-402'' was created on the basis of the serial model ''Lel'' produced in 1985. The receiver operates in the CB range. Power is supplied from 2 316 elements and a built-in solar battery. Details in Russian + photo: http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp2/lel_rp402.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) * In front of you is a 150(!) kilogram combined installation "Leningrad T-3". -------------------------------------------------- ---------------- It has been produced since 1948 at the Leningrad plant named after Kozitsky. The installation contains: a TV, a radio and a record player. TV and radio radios were not available for free sale, but were made exclusively under government orders. Over the entire production period (1948-1951), 86 Leningrad T-3 units were manufactured. Details in Russian + photo - https://vk.com/retrotvussr?w=wall-177507201_10520 (https://vk.com/retrotvussr) * The radio station "NIVA-M" has been produced since 1983. -------------------------------------------------- ---- Stationary single-channel, single-sideband (SSB) HF radio station, consisting of a transceiver and power supply. RS is intended for use in the country's agriculture. The transceiver is designed in the form of a desktop telephone switch. Details + photo - https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_83305 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) =========================== RADIO FACTORIES OF THE USSR. =========================== Leningrad plant "Russia". Founded in May 1911 as JSC Promet. Then the Promet plant, from August 1940 - the Leningrad Motorcycle Plant, from 1952 - Plant No. 684 MPSS, MRP, from 1966 - the Leningrad Rossiya Plant, from 1974 became part of the Krasnaya Zarya Production Association, NPO Rossiya, Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Plant "Russia". Bankrupt in 2005 Plant products in Russian - https://www.radionic.ru/taxonomy/term/232 (https://www.radionic.ru/node/211) ======== QSL World ======== AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia HB = Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, Germany EK = Evgene Kornykhin, Moscow, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" IK = Igor Kolke, Moscow, Russia / https://kolkeradio.blogspot.com/2024/02/qsl.html KB = Konstantin Barsenkov, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" PS = Piotr Skorek, Poland VL = Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia VV = Victor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" Armenia ------------- ARM TWR / 13840 152 T, det. farbige pdf in Englisch mit Gruß /eRR HjBi Armenia: Trans World Radio 13840 kHz kHz Gavar. Salvation Army program in English. Current schedule (effective 31 December 2023) and full data color QSL pdf in English including greeting. Received in 152 days in reply to an e- mail report to . (HjB) (HB) View - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/02/trans-world-radio.html Australia --------------- eQSL Reach Beyond Australia / Japanese Sce / HCJB (AUS) E-mail: hcjbjapan.office2[at]gmail.com 3 February 2024 / 11.00-11.30 UTC / 11905 kHz Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/02/reach-beyond-australia.html (AK) Czech Republic / UAE ------------------ eQSL Radio Prague International 5 February 2024 / 15.00-15.29 UTC / 12095 kHz (transmitter Encompass Media, UAE) (AK) China (Tibet) ------------------ China (Tibet): China Tibet Radio and Television 6130 kHz from Lhasa (Tibet). Holy Tibet Program/English service of "Tibet Radio and Television Foreign program center". Full data color QSL card "Potala Palace" in English including greeting. Received in 853 days for e-mail report to . The delay was mostly due to the Covid19-pandemic. On 1 September 2023, Holy Tibet English Service (China Tibet Broadcasting and TV Station, Number 41 Beijing Middle Road Lhasa, Tibet, China) acknowledged receipt of my reception report and promised to "send you the QSL card as soon as possible." It usually takes one or two months to reach you. Glad to hear from you. " (HB) You can watch it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/02/china-tibet-radio-and-television.html Colombia -------------- E-QSL card from Colombian station Alcaravan Radio. Program was transmitted on 01/13/2024 in Spanish on 5910 kHz. (PS) You can watch it here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/02/alcaravan-radio.html Finland ---------- * Scandinavian Weekend Radio (FIN) e-QSL: 6170 kHz / 13.00-14.00 UTC / Feb.3-2024 Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2020/02/scandinavian-weekend-radio.html (KB) * Scandinavian Weekend Radio 02/03/2024 / 08.56-09.30 UTC / 11690 kHz Average reception at the Belki telescope in Moscow https://myqsl.github.io/2024/02/03/swradio.html (EK) Guam --------- KTWR: 1) 09/08/2023 13.48-14.12 UTC / 9320 kHz / Korean language Good reception at the Belki telescope in Moscow https://myqsl.github.io/2023/09/08/ktwr2023C.html 2) 09/15/2023 13.57-14.12 UTC / 13720 kHz / Chinese Good reception at the Belki telescope in Moscow https://myqsl.github.io/2023/09/15/ktwr2023D.html 3) 09.16.2023 11.13-11.27 UTC / 12120 kHz / English / DRM Surprisingly successful reception at the Belki telescope in Moscow in DRM https://myqsl.github.io/2023/09/16/ktwr2023E.html (EK) Romania / Germany ------------------------------ eQSL Luca's Retro Wave (via Radio Carpathia) E-mail: radiocarpathia[at]gmail.com 01/21/2024 / 11:00-12:00 UTC / 9670 kHz (via Channel292) Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/02/lucas-retro-wave.html (AK) Thailand ------------- Radio Thailand World Service/HSK9 (THA) QSL-card (+stickers): 7475 kHz / 18.30-19.30 UTC / Dec.28-2023 Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2019/01/radio-thailand-world-service.html (KB) USA ------- OTH Radio / via WRMI (USA) e-QSL: 9395 kHz / 05.20-06.00 UTC / Feb.4-2024 Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2023/02/oth-radio.html (KB) QSL mail --------------- * - Unexpectedly, a confirmation came from the Czech Republic from Radio Liberty (which is a foreign agent) for reception in February 2023 through WRMI. The card shows a studio in Prague in the mid-90s. The card states that this is an unofficial broadcast (unofficial RFE/RL Broadcast). Posted 12/29/2023. - eQSLs with the same image were received from Radio Prague (for January after the reminder and February). The regular December 2023 card also arrived, not the one I asked for to fill the 2023 collection. - A scan of the card for admission in January arrived from Poland. New image. (VV) * Received: e-qsl from Imaginary Station for receiving 4 Radio in January The Number Station / UDWD Of the Map Radio 10.00- 10.30 UTC 6160 kHz / KTAB - KPET 03.00- 03.30 UTC 9395 kHz e-qsl from Radio Carpathia for reception 01/21/24 / 11.00-11.30 UTC / 9670 kHz e-qsl from Gary Gordon Radio for reception 11/18/23 / 09.00-09.30 UTC / 6070 kHz e-qsl from OTH Radio for reception 02/09/24 / 08.00-08.30 UTC / 5850 kHz (VL) * New QSL cards At the beginning of February 2024, envelopes from Bangladesh, Turkey and Slovakia were delivered to my home address by traditional mail. Paper verification cards were sent by Bangladesh Betar, Voice of Turkiye and Radio Slovakia International. - From Bangladesh Betar responded for receiving a transmission on a frequency of 4.750 kHz on November 11, 2023. The Arabic audition took place in Thailand. Reception was average, with strong signal attenuation. - The Russian service of Radio Slovakia International responded to the report dated January 9, 2024. Listening at a frequency of 12.095 kHz. The QSL card shows the famous Slovak Radio building in the form of an inverted pyramid. - Three QSL cards were delivered from Voice of Turkiye. Two - from the Russian service with confirmation of reception on October 28 and November 11, 2023, one - from the Turkish language broadcasting service for listening on December 3, 2023. (IK) Happy New Year of the Dragon - from Radio Taiwan International. ----------------------------------------------- Dear listener and friend! The Russian Service of Radio Taiwan International congratulates you on the upcoming New Year according to the lunar calendar - the Year of the Dragon! We wish you health, happiness, peace and prosperity! Happy New Year! ru.rti.org.tw https://www.facebook.com/rtiruss https://vk.com/radiotaiwan https://t.me/rtirussian www.youtube.com/@rtiru2023 - Picture - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/02/blog-post_50.html KBS World Radio QSL cards. ----------------------- Mailbox program. Category "Mail of the week". February 9, 2024. Andrey Novgorodsky from Kharkov writes: I am very upset by the information about the termination of the "Mailbox" quiz and about the underfunding for sending verification cards. In this regard, I would like to clarify whether the station completely stops sending paper QSL cards for all incoming reports or will it send a certain number selectively? I also saw on the site that I won the last quiz for January, and would like to find out when the prizes will be sent. Unfortunately, this question has come to a head because in four years we have not been able to receive anything from you from Korea - neither QSL cards, nor prizes for various quizzes. Perhaps all the materials were simply lost by mail. I would also be glad if you have any information about previous shipments to my address. ANSWER: Andrey, today the situation is as follows. As we have said many times, funding for our radio for this year has been significantly reduced, and no money has been allocated for postage costs at all. Over the past year, a large number of verification cards and gifts remained unsent, since there was not enough money allocated to send them either. However, the employee responsible for sending correspondence continues to fill out cards, confirming incoming reports. We sort them by recipient and store them until better times. We hope that sooner or later funding will resume. Regarding shipments. You were the winner of the following quizzes: August 2020, February 2021, March and July 2023, January 2024. Last year the prizes were not sent because there was not enough money, and this year too. But for 2020-2022 everything was sent. (http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/program_segments_view.htm?lang=r&procode=one&bbs=othc_letter&no=45605) Radio Romania International QSL cards. ------------------------------------------------ The English service has repeatedly noted in its letters that RRI does not have funds allocated either for the production of printed QSLs or for their distribution. Even electronic ones they offer to fill out and ask listeners to fill out themselves. This was discussed on the "Radio Reception" channel on Telegram. (Alex M / "deneb-radio-dx") ============ WORLD NEWS ============= * SHORTWAVE BULLETIN # 2047, 4 February, 2024 ---------------------------------- edited by Thomas Nilsson, Sweden SWB latest issue/archive: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/swb/archive.htm * BC-DX 1570, 9 February 2024 ------------------------------------------- Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany http://topnews.wwdxc.de * Uzbekistan. ---------------- Radio Communication Center for Radio Broadcasting and Television. https://www.crrt.uz/ In Uzbek and Russian languages. The Tashkent television center was inaugurated on November 5, 1956, the first in Central Asia. (Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany / Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 254, Issue 5) * DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS update ---------------------------------------------------- http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html SELECTED ENGLISH LANGUAGE DX\SWL\MEDIA PROGRAMS ON SHORTWAVE Plus a few selected Mailbags and other goodies! as of February 4, 2024 Compiled by Glenn Hauser (Glenn Hauser, USA / Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 254, Issue 5)) * Sweden. ------------ - At Radio Sweden, due to budget savings, they are laying off employees and stopping producing materials in Russian from the end of March. The company's website states that a total of three language services should be closed by early spring. In 2016, Radio Sweden already reduced the section in Russian. This happened immediately after the cessation of broadcasting on short waves and due to the lack of audience interest in broadcasts via the Internet. In 2022, Radio Sweden revived its Russian service in connection with the situation in Ukraine. Department employees prepared a daily web podcast, which exclusively covered military operations and everything connected with them. (https://vk.com/radioko) - Foreign broadcasting, Radio, Events. Radio Sweden again stops broadcasting in Russian. The Swedish state broadcaster Radio Sweden is again, two years after its resumption, stopping its broadcasts in Russian. Russian broadcasts from Stockholm were resumed on March 15, 2022, in connection with the beginning of the famous February events in Ukraine. Before this, Radio Sweden broadcast in Russian from November 5, 1967 to March 31, 2016, and was one of the most popular foreign broadcasters in the USSR during the Soviet period. Among the features of the Russian broadcasting of Radio Sweden during the Soviet period, the following can be highlighted. Details - https://obob.tv/radioveshhanie/radio-shveciya-snova-prekrashhaet-veshha/ (https://obob.tv/) * Interview with the director of Radio Romania Actualități. --------------------------------------- In Russian. Vladimir Mitev from the Romanian service of Radio Bulgaria interviewed Mr. Dan Preda - director of Radio Romania Actualități (the news program of Radio Romania, equivalent to the BNR's Horizon program). https://bnr.bg/ru/post/101945252 (Viktor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * OTH Radio program schedule. -------------------------------------- Here is the schedule worldwide, for Over The Horizon Radio Powered by Icom North America: Show 1: 08:00 UTC Fridays towards North America & Southeast Asia on 5850 kHz. Show 2: 09:00 UTC Fridays towards Australia/New Zealand & Oceana 7780 kHz. Show 3: 22:00 UTC Fridays Towards The Caribbean, Central & South America on 9955 kHz. Show 4: 12:00 UTC Saturdays Towards Europe/Africa/Middle East on 15770 kHz. Show 5: 23:00 UTC Saturdays Towards North America (receivable from New Zealand to Eastern Europe) 9395 kHz. Show 6: 05:00 UTC Sundays Towards North America (receivable from New Zealand to Eastern Europe) 9395 kHz. Reception Reports (e-QSL) to othrequests[at]gmail.com (Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * In the United States, unknown persons stole a 60-meter tower and equipment from the territory of a radio station. ------------------------------------------------- In the American state of Alabama, a crime took place in the spirit of the famous illusionist David Copperfield. Unknown persons stole a 60-meter tower and equipment from the territory of the WJLX radio station. This was reported by Fox News. The loss was discovered when a team of landscape designers arrived at the radio to start landscaping. "They stole all the equipment from the building, cut the guy ropes leading to the tower, and somehow managed to tear down the 200-foot tower and remove it from the site," station manager Brett Elmore told reporters. Now employees are working to restore the radio station's broadcasting. klops.ru (https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__88276/) * Station KSKO (Alaska) is back on SW. -------------------------------------------------- -- Every Friday (starting January 26), KSKO (McGrath, Alaska) broadcasts its Lunchtime Show with host Paul Walker. Broadcasts are broadcast via a transmitter in Bulgaria at 21:00 UTC on a frequency of 5900 kHz. Paul notes that the show features a variety of music, information about local events; the presenter also shares his own thoughts. Responses can be sent to the presenter by email. email: paul@alaskaradionerd.com Alan Rowe from the UK shared this message in the World of Radio group. (Let's talk about radio? - Telegram) * EiBi B23 Update 05.02.2024 ------------------------------------ http://www.eibispace.de/ (https://vk.com/dxing) * HFCC B23 Update 08.02.2024 ------------------------------------------ http://www.hfcc.org/data/b23/b23allx2.zip (https://vk.com/dxing) 73!