------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 1285 Sunday / 14 April 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. ============== About the newsletter. ----------------- Anatoly, hello! Based on your personal memories and the memories of listeners, you can write a book about our hobby. Thank you very much!!! (Alexander / "Radio reception" - Telegram) Reader's memories. 60s and 70s of the last centuries. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Just like Yuri from Novosibirsk, I remember well how Beijing Radio and Free Russia (broadcasting for the European part of the USSR was carried out from Germany) escaped jamming by suddenly changing the broadcast frequency, only he writes about the 60s, but this continued in the early 70s -s. According to "Free Russia", it was possible to partially tune out the jammers by changing the spatial position of the receiver, that is, its magnetic antenna. I remember that the entire broadcast of this station from 17.00 to 23.00 Moscow time consisted of one repeatedly repeated 20-minute program, which began with the words "This is the Free Russia radio station. This is NTS speaking - the People's Labor Union of Russian Solidarists," two waves were announced - 26, 1 meter and 46.9 meters (frequencies used 11500 kHz and 6400 kHz were not announced) and an address in Rotterdam, Holland. Therefore, I then believed that the broadcast was carried out from Holland, and not from Germany, as it turned out much later. The radio station broadcast from Germany from December 1950 to December 1972, its studio was located in Frankfurt am Main, where the NTS headquarters were also located. The location of the transmitters changed and in the early years broadcasting was carried out from wheels in a mobile version, in recent years the transmitters were located near Sprendlingen. The broadcast was stopped at the initiative of the German authorities due to the emerging improvement in relations with the Soviet Union. Broadcasting from Taiwan to Siberia and the Far East continued until 1974, according to other sources - until 1976. By the way, the People's Labor Union of Russian Solidarists, NTS, which broadcast from this station, as a result of "perestroika" carried out in the USSR, was legalized in Russia in 1996, and its headquarters were transferred from Frankfurt to Moscow, where it is still located. The son of an active member of the NTS, an employee of this station, and then a long-term employee of Radio Liberty* Gleb Rar, political scientist Alexander Glebovich Rar is a frequent guest on Vladimir Solovyov's television programs. By personal order of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin, Gleb Aleksandrovich Rar and his wife received Russian citizenship in 2001. It is noteworthy that this broadcast, like another illegal station of those years that was subject to jamming under the name "Nasha Russia," was never mentioned in the DX broadcasts of Radio Sweden and in the WRTH directories. Nothing is known about the radio station "Nasha Russia"; only an archival recording of its broadcast with heavy jamming somehow came across on the Internet. (Vladimir, Rybinsk, Yaroslavskaya oblst, Russia). * - Radio Liberty is recognized as a foreign agent by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. P.S. To be continued in the next issue. ======================= FROM KAMCHATKA TO THE BALTIKA ======================= Radio "Gordost" ("Pride") ---------------------------------- Radio "Gordost" is expanding its broadcasting to five more cities! Tomorrow (April 11) "Pride" will come to the Middle Volga region, and on the 88.2 FM wave it will begin to sound in Samara and Novokuibyshevsk. And on April 15, Siberia - Novosibirsk and Berdsk are connected to the airwaves on the wavelength 93.2 FM. And also the "fiery" capital on the seven hills of Kostroma - 98.5 FM. This means that Radio "Gordost" is already broadcasting in 14 cities, home to almost 30 million people. And this is just the beginning. Share this news with your friends! Also throughout Russia, Radio "Gordost" continues to work with Yandex. Alice. Listen to Radio "Gordost"! - Moscow 105.0 FM - St. Petersburg 93.3 FM - Nizhny Novgorod 97.6 FM - Belgorod 89.6 FM - Tyumen 87.5 FM - Krasnodar 89.7 FM - Barnaul 87.9 FM - Kaliningrad 98.9 FM - Tula 89.2 FM Source in Russian - https://vk.com/radio_gordost (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Astrakhanskaya oblast. ------------------------------- The Media Holding package included a popular and beloved radio station - Russikoe Radio in the Astrakhan region. Now the branch in Astrakhan is ready to provide advertisers with opportunities to promote their products and goods in 5 settlements of the Astrakhan region. On April 8, Russkoe Radio began broadcasting in Tovarny on the frequency 102.4 FM (Ikryaninsky district), in Tambovka on the frequency 102.0 FM (Kharabalinsky district), Udachny on the frequency 96.9 FM (Akhtubinsky district), in Akhtubinsk (center of the Akhtubinsky district) on the frequency 88.5 FM, Gentle Zaymishche (Akhtubinsky district) at a frequency of 87.7 FM. Russkoe Radio is the best and favorite songs in Russian. This is the country's main music chart and the main music award - the Golden Gramophone. This is a good mood 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! This is the most national, most popular and most soulful radio! Details in Russian - https://sv-veter.ru/news/russkoe-radio-v-astrakhaniskoy-oblasti/ (https://sv-veter.ru/) Vladimirskaya oblast. -------------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/00058020 04/04/2014 06/17/1999 06/17/2025 LLC "PARITET - L" Russkoe Radio (141); Russkoe Radio - Vladimir (27) Vladimir 103.4 - 1 Kolchugino 92.3 - 0.1 --Yuryev-Polsky 105.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) DPR ------ Current information on radio broadcasting in Torez (04/07/2024): 92.9 MHz - Radio Russii PS: RADIORUS RT: RADIO OF RUSSIAN TOREZ 92.9 PTY:Pop Music PI: 2711 94.9 MHz - Dorozhnoe radio PS: DOPO*HOE RT: DOPO*HOE RADIO TOREZ REKLAMA 8-800-222-22-57 PTY:Pop Music PI: 1E93 98.4 MHz - Soldatskoe Radio PS: OnlyYour RT: Only Your RADIO TOREZ 98.4 MHz PTY:Pop Music PI: 2712 (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) Permskiy kray. ---------------------- Kungur 97.2 FM On April 11 at 14:00 the new regional radio station "Permyak" started broadcasting in Kungur on the frequency 97.2 FM This is the 3rd city of broadcasting of our beloved and native radio of all Permians! And that very moment of the first switching on in Kungur... Today radio "Permyak" can be heard: Solikamsk at frequency 96.3 FM Gubakha on frequency 94.1 FM Kungur on frequency 97.2 FM In 2024, Kudymkar 105.2 FM and Osa 107.5 FM will also join the radio station's broadcast network Radio "Permyak" - We are on our way! Source: https://vk.com/radiopermyak (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Primorskiy Krai. ------------------------- License. L033-00114-77/01018787 01/16/2024 12/30/2027 01/16/2034 LLC "MAXIMUM" +Autoradio (168) +Lesozavodsk 107.6 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Republic of Khakassia. ------------------------------ The city of Abaza, Republic of Khakassia, joined the Radio Dacha broadcasting network. Broadcasting frequency - 105.0 FM, population coverage - 17.0 thousand people. Regional partner - Radio Network LLC, General Director - Ivashkina A.S. "Radio Dacha" is one of the leading radio stations of the Krutoy Media holding. "Radio Dacha" is one of the six most rated music radio stations in Russia in terms of all main indicators: daily audience volume, weekly audience volume and share of listener audience. The station's weekly reach is more than 14.8 million radio listeners. 5.6 million - choose the station every day. The audience share of Radio Dacha listeners is 4.8%. The regional broadcasting network of Radio Dacha includes 266 transmitters located in Russian cities and neighboring countries. *Mediascope, Radio Index - Russia (cities with a population of 100,000 or more people), July - December 2023, Daily Reach, Weekly Reach, AQH Share radio stations among the population 12 years and older. (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/12250.htm) Samarskaya oblast. --------------------------- In Tolyatti, approximately from the beginning of April 2024, Project NACHALO is broadcast on 102.3 MHz. According to the creators, compositions by musicians from the Samara region and original tracks in general will be broadcast. Representatives of Radio AUGUST, which broadcast for many years on this frequency, do not provide comments on the change in the broadcasting concept. UPD.: a representative contacted us and informed us that the "Augusta" group is now a fan club. (https://vk.com/samara_fmtv) St. Petersburg and Leningradskaya oblast. ------------------------------------------ Radio Russii. - St. Petersburg - RTS-1 / 66.30 MHz / 99.0 MHz - Volkhov - RTS-1 - Vyborg - 104.6 MHz - Kingisepp - 67.67 MHz - Luga - 103.5 MHz - Podporozhye - 69.95 MHz - Priozersk - RTS-1 - Tikhvin - 66.14 MHz (https://vk.com/tvradio47) Khersonskaya oblast. ----------------------------- - Radio "Tavria" in Lazurny and Zhelezny Port, listen to us on a wave of 105.5 MHz. Residents of Lazurny, Zhelezny Port and neighboring settlements can listen to the radio station on the road and at home. (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) - Radio "Tavria" is available in Chaplynka, listen to us on a wave of 95.3 MHz. Residents of Chaplynka can listen to the radio station on the go and at home. Current news, reliable information and favorite programs can be heard on frequency 95.3, as well as on our website: https://tavria.tv/radio/channel (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) Chelyabinskaya oblast. -------------------------------- - License. L033-00114-77/01103017 03/25/2024 07/01/2024 03/25/2034 LLC "ELECTRONIC CENTER" PAUSA (168) +Verkhniy Ufaley 99.0 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) - L033-00114-77/01103009 03/25/2024 09/01/2024 03/25/2034 LLC "ELECTRONIC CENTER" NATASHA (168) +Verkhniy Ufaley 98.3 - 0.1 (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) Licenses terminated. ----------------------------------- Vyksa (Nizhegorodskaya oblast) 102.1 (Pioneer FM) (at the request of the licensee) Yelets (Lipetskaya oblast) 107.7 (Humor FM) (at the request of the licensee) (https://vk.com/vcfm2014) ============ DIGEST. NEWS. ============ * Date: April 7. ----------------------- RuNet's birthday. It was on this day, April 7, that the Russian-language Internet domain .RU was registered Collage - https://vk.com/retrofm?w=wall-19928749_205750 (https://vk.com/retrofm) * The date is April 10. ----------------------- International Day of the Resistance Movement. Initially, the Resistance Movement was understood as the actions of French patriots against the Nazis who occupied the country during the Second World War. Nazi Germany ruled here from 1940 to 1944. But then "resistance" began to be called any anti-fascist and anti-militarist movement in countries that were under the occupation of the German Nazis, Italian fascists and Japanese militarists. The collage features the front and back of a photo frame with a built-in radio. The device was used by members of the French resistance during WW2. An exhibit from a private collection. (Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia). Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/blog-post_7.html * The date is April 10. ----------------------- Every year on April 10, the world celebrates one of the unusual holidays - the birthday of a match. The first matches appeared at the beginning of the 19th century. Before their creation, fire was produced in two ways: friction and striking a spark from stone or silicon. Collage. (Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast). Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/blog-post_42.html * The date is April 10. ------------------------- 95 years ago, on April 10, 1929, the building of the Main Post Office of the city of Stalino was put into operation. It is known that the strategic object was designed by the architect Arkady Grigorievich Mordvinov. The new building was made in the style of constructivism, a very fashionable trend at that time, which was distinguished by "laconic forms and monolithic appearance." Illustration: Ravil Akmaev, April 2021 https://vk.com/teleradioldnr?w=wall-90936879_10089 (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) - Donetsk (Ukrainian Donetsk; before 1924 - Yuzovka, until 1929 - Stalin, until 1961 - Stalino) is a city in the Russian Federation. Until February 21, 2022 - a city in southeastern Ukraine. Administrative center of the Donetsk region, Donetsk district and Donetsk city community. City symbols (coat of arms and flag) were approved on September 27, 2004 by the Donetsk City Council. Since April 2014, it has been the capital of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. From September 30, 2022, it is the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic, which became part of the Russian Federation. (https://znanierussia.ru/articles/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA) * The date is April 11. -------------------------- Exactly 10 years ago, on April 11, 2014, the information radio "Vesti FM" began broadcasting in Donetsk at a frequency of 90.5 MHz. (https://vk.com/teleradioldnr) * Date: April 12. ------------------------- Cosmonautics Day. The photo shows V. Tereshkova (call sign "Chaika") and the radio station "Estonia-2". Collage. (Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast). Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/blog-post_9.html * Collage of the bulletin "RUS-DX # 1284" (English version). ----------------------------------------- Internet page - Escuchando La Radio. You can view the collage here - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/rus-dx-1284.html * Radio Panorama program. -------------------------------------- In Russian. Season A-24: from March 31 to October 26, 2024 inclusive. The "Radio Panorama" program is for fans of long-distance radio reception (DX). Mon 20.00 - 20.30 UTC / 7730 kHz / WRMI (Okeechobee, USA) / 100 kW / Eastern Europe / 44 (https://www.novosibdx.info/schedules.html) * Book on the Internet. R. M. Malinin. 1970. Power supply of radio equipment from the mains. --------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_85068 The book provides practical diagrams of rectifiers and voltage stabilizers of various types, outlines the principles of their operation, and provides calculations for these devices. The designs of power supply transformers and autotransformers and smoothing filter chokes are described. The book is intended for radio amateurs involved in the design of radio and electronic equipment. Designed for a wide range of radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * How Peter ended up in Khabarovsk: "Peter FM in Khabarovsk" celebrates its first birthday. --------------------------------------------- "Piter FM" is a Khabarovsk radio that talks about the city and its residents. Fashionable musical compositions are played on air, which alternate with broadcasts where interesting guests discuss current topics. In April, the radio station turned exactly one year old. In honor of this event, we met the Piter FM team and found out how the radio station appeared in our city and why it has such a name. Details in Russian - https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__88716/ (OnAir.ru) * How the first pocket radios were assembled. Documentary film from 1956. ------------------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 4:10 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_85090 https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456245446%2F843f21563be307a8a5%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Book on the Internet. Yu. V. Zaitsev. 1969. Semiconductor Resistors: A Handbook. ------------------------------------------------------------ In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_85106 The designs and parameters of nonlinear semiconductor resistors (thermoresistors, variators, photoresistors) are described and their technical and operational characteristics are considered. The operating features and range of domestically produced semiconductor resistors are given. The brochure is intended for radio amateurs, but can be used by specialists working in the field of designing radio equipment. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * An Azerbaijani TV channel is registered in Russia. ------------------------------------------ The Azerbaijani media "LiveTz.az" has achieved state registration in Russia. The TV channel will show films in both Russian and Azerbaijani languages. As the head of the TV channel and member of the Union of Journalists of Russia Rafik Aliyev said, the main goal of the media will be to introduce the Russian audience to the culture and history of Azerbaijan and demonstrate the republic's films in Russian. It is also planned to dub Russian films into the Azerbaijani language. According to Aliyev, the channel has already started operating in test mode and is broadcasting in two languages, while the television broadcast itself is currently only available via the Internet. It was noted that negotiations are currently underway with Russian cable television and IPTV operators on the inclusion of "LiveTv.az" in the package of Russian TV channels. In addition, the head of the Azerbaijani media emphasized that more than one million Azerbaijani citizens live in Russia, and the appearance of their "own TV channel" is a very important event. sng.today (https://tele-satinfo.ru/) * "Radio Chanson" and "Pobeda" will start FM broadcasting in Belarus? --------------------------------------------- As our website learned, "Radio Chanson" was registered in Belarus. The license was received on March 20 and, under its terms, the new station plans to begin broadcasting on September 1, 2024. Broadcast volume: daily, 24 hours a day. The "Register" also states that radio "Pobeda", which appeared on May 2, 2023 and so far broadcasts only in the Online format, will begin broadcasting in the FM range, and very soon - on May 1, 2024. Broadcast volume: 24 hours a day Details in Russian - https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=18313 (https://tele-satinfo.ru/) * Will modern television be able to withstand the Internet? ----------------------------------------- You often hear from young people that television is dying. The new generation is more willing to consume content from the phone, however, there is also a lot of content produced specifically for the blue screen. For example, television programs are duplicated on all popular social networks, and the broadcast technologies themselves are developing and improving. Details in Russian - https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/2821268/ (https://vk.com/rtrs_info) * The Radio House said goodbye to the public. ---------------------------------------- The House of Radio said goodbye to the public, finally letting them wander through the dark corridors where Shostakovich and Bergholtz once walked. In the studios and offices, cinema halls, installations, bookstores, cafes were opened for just a couple of days - this created that same creative space that St. Petersburg so lacks and where you want to spend the whole day, flowing from room to room and enjoying the atmosphere of creativity, if possible in participating in it. Details in Russian - https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__88724/ (OnAir.ru) * Book on the Internet. K. A. Shulgin. 1951. Construction of amateur shortwave transmitters. ------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_85154 The brochure is intended for ordinary shortwave amateurs who have basic knowledge of electrical and radio engineering. It introduces the reader to the operation of a tube generator, the physical processes occurring in the circuits of short-wave transmitters, the rules for constructing circuits of individual stages and the entire transmitter as a whole. In addition, it provides practical guidance on the selection of circuits, the design of individual parts and assemblies of the transmitter, design considerations for the manufacture of the entire transmitter, and, finally, methods for tuning and debugging amateur shortwave transmitters. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Photo - Sunset at the Kuban Radio Center. -------------------------------------------- March 31, 2024 The photo shows the antenna on which the only surviving transmitter RV-681 (1089 kHz) is loaded. The transmitter is working. Silent due to lack of loading. Comes to life once a week for half an hour to check technical readiness Photo from a subscriber - https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3590 (https://vk.com/public158109176) * Business proposed to the Ministry of Digital Development to ban the parallel import of smartphones and laptops. -------------------------------------------------- -------- Electronics assemblers are also asking for soft loans to produce domestic equipment. Details in Russian - https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2024/04/08/1030377-biznes-predlozhil-zapretit- parallelnii-import-smartfonov-i-noutbukov?utm_campaign=vedomosti_public&utm_content=1030377-biznes- predlozhil- zapretit-parallelnii-import-smartfonov-i-noutbukov&utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram_ved (https://www.vedomosti.ru/) * Book on the Internet. I. V. Kazansky. Shortwave equipment. 1952. Ninth radio exhibition. ------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_85187 The collection contains descriptions of the best examples of various short-wave equipment exhibited at the 9th All- Union Exhibition of the Creativity of Amateur Radio Designers. The designs of the exhibits described here are quite modern and satisfy all the basic requirements for such equipment. All designs included in this brochure were awarded prizes and diplomas by the exhibition jury. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Russians have begun to download VPN service applications more often. ------------------------------------------ On March 1, a ban on the popularization of VPN services came into force. Previously, Roskomnadzor reported that since March, 82 sites advertising VPN services have been blocked, and 628 owners of such resources have been sent a notice demanding that they remove such content, Izvestia writes. Recently, there was a wave of blocking of various services, which again led to an increase in downloads, as some of the old VPNs stopped working, noted Yuri Shabalin, CEO of Stingray Technologies. On average, popular applications among Russian users can account for about 90-100 million downloads per year. A member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, IT and Communications, Anton Nemkin, told the publication that he also has information about a sharp increase in demand for VPNs amid a ban on the popularization of such applications. According to him, users download services in order not to lose access to familiar platforms, not realizing that they are exposing themselves to risks. (https://telesputnik.ru/materials/trends/news/rossiyane-stali-chasche-skachivat-prilozheniya-vpn-servisov) * President of GPM Radio Yuri Kostin spoke about ways to achieve success in a professional environment/ ----------------------------------- On April 9, in the Gazprom pavilion at the Russia exhibition, the President of GPM Radio, Vice-President of the Russian Radio Academy Yuri Kostin gave a lecture. The speaker explained what ways exist to achieve success in a professional environment, shared recipes on how to make a name for yourself in modern journalism, and how to skillfully and effectively use the experience of successful representatives of the profession to form a personal portfolio. Details in Russian + video - https://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__88764/ (OnAir.ru) * Radio Moscow Ephemera Circa 1972. -------------------------------------------- Many thanks to SWLing Post and SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following Radio Moscow ephemera from 1972. This media is also posted on Archive.org. Details in English + pictures - https://swling.com/blog/2024/04/radio-moscow-ephemera-circa-1972/ (https://vk.com/dxing) * Meetings in the Arctic. --------------------------- Radio magazine correspondent N. Grigorieva, who visited the island in 1982, talks about what the Arctic was like. Dikson and the Sedov archipelago on Severnaya Zemlya. Details in Russian - https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_85208 (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Book on the Internet. A. G. Sobolevsky. 1972. Amateur radio workshop. ------------------------------------------------ In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_85211 The brochure tells how to set up an amateur radio workshop, which would have a set of tools and materials, a work table, a vice, a soldering iron, etc. The features of materials, their use in radio engineering, preparation of parts and wires for soldering, and assembly soldering techniques are described. It is described in detail about modern amateur radio installation - wire and printed. The brochure is intended for beginner radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * Saint Petersburg. ----------------------- Photo of the TV tower. (https://vk.com/tvradio47) Picture - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/blog-post_11.html * Annual conference "Local radio: innovations and prospects". -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ From May 30 to 31, 2024, the annual conference "Local Radio: Innovations and Prospects" will be held in Sochi. The organizer of the event is the Russian Academy of Radio. The largest regional conference in the radio broadcasting industry will be held with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation. During the conference, media professionals will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing regional radio broadcasting, as well as possible development strategies and effective work models. Preliminary (changes are possible before the start of the conference) event program in Russian: https://www.radioacademy.ru/event_programm/id/89 (https://vk.com/chelradiotv) * Microsoft has no plans to liquidate its business in Russia. ---------------------------------------------- Microsoft Corporation does not plan to liquidate its legal entities in Russia, their financial statements for 2023 show. TASS found such references in the documentation of three of the four local legal entities of the corporation. Similar decisions on them were made at the end of 2022 - after the suspension of sales of new products, but since then Microsoft managed to decide to block existing cloud solutions in the Russian Federation. Details in Russian - https://telesputnik.ru/materials/companies/news/microsoft-ne-planiruet-likvidirovat-svoy-biznes-v- rossii (https://vk.com/telesputnik) * Book on the Internet. E. N. Kuzmin. 1972. Advice for radio amateurs. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_85245 The book contains brief information about materials and technological techniques used in amateur radio practice. The book is intended for a wide range of radio amateurs. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) * A year and a half before the first manned flight into space, the Soviet Union invented space television. --------------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 2:23 https://vk.com/retrotvussr?w=wall-177507201_11580 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqtJWInFgwk And to begin with, they filmed something that no one had seen before. On October 7, 1959, Soviet photo and television equipment installed on the Luna-3 spacecraft transmitted images of the far side of the Moon to Earth. There is a space television museum in St. Petersburg, where all the legendary equipment is stored. (https://vk.com/retrotvussr) * Chinese banks have begun blocking Russian payments for electronics. -------------------------------------------------- ----------- Kommersant: Chinese banks have begun to block Russian payments for electronics. Starting in March, Chinese banks began to block payments from Russian legal entities for electronic components purchased from Chinese manufacturers for various assemblies. As Kommersant notes [https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6636979?from=glavnoe_3], we are talking about the so-called kit kits from which electronic devices are assembled. They include processors, screens, and other components. Representatives of Russian IT companies interviewed by the publication confirmed difficulties with paying for components, noting that since December there have been problems with paying for ready-made devices from Asian manufacturers - system units, servers, data storage systems. The Russian-Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs noted that there are now problems with paying for goods from China in general. The reason is the significant influence on Chinese financial structures from the United States, which threatens sanctions if cooperation with Russian legal entities is revealed. Blocking payments for Chinese components may have a negative impact on Russian electronics manufacturers, but alternative options for settlements with sellers are already being worked out. (https://www.mk.ru/economics/2024/04/12/kitayskie-banki-nachali-blokirovat-rossiyskie-platezhi-za- elektroniku.html?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop) * A selection of current Telesputnik news from April 8 to April 12, 2024 in the format of an express review. ---------------------------------------------------------- Video in Russian - 6:36 https://vk.com/telesputnik?w=wall-46499225_11789 https://vk.com/telesputnik?z=video-46499225_456240033%2Fcee80bbe8a28ddf533%2Fpl_wall_-46499225 In this issue: - Apple warned users about a massive hacker attack on their devices; - The timing of the mass transition to the digital ruble has become known; - The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the detention of a group of telephone scammers; - Yandex launched testing of its cloud gaming service; - Putin called for providing all Russian roads with uninterrupted communications; - Businesses have proposed banning parallel imports of smartphones and laptops into Russia. (https://vk.com/telesputnik) * A year and a half before the first human flight into space, space television was invented in the Soviet Union. -------------------------------------------------- ---------- Video in Russian - 2:23 https://vk.com/retrotvussr?w=wall-177507201_11580 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqtJWInFgwk And to begin with, they filmed something that no one had seen before. On October 7, 1959, Soviet photo and television equipment installed on the Luna-3 spacecraft transmitted images of the far side of the Moon to Earth. There is a space television museum in St. Petersburg, where all the legendary equipment is stored. (https://vk.com/retrotvussr) * Book on the Internet. Yu. F. Skripnikov. 1973. Heat sinks for semiconductor devices. ---------------------------------------------------------- In Russian. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?w=wall-163779953_85281 The basics of calculating radiators of several types are given. Recommendations are given for the use of radiators for transistors and semiconductor diodes. The technology of manufacturing radiators is considered. The brochure is intended for a wide range of amateur radio designers. (https://vk.com/radioreceiver) ============================================ WEB RADIO AND TELEVISION IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ============================================= Russia. Saint Petersburg. --------------------------- Radio METRO WEB: https://radiometro.ru/ 102.4 MHz St. Petersburg RADIO METRO 102.4 FM - HIT MUSIC STATION!!! The radio station has been broadcasting since January 1, 2001 on 102.4 FM in St. Petersburg. 24/7 broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. RADIO METRO 102.4 FM - Musical, informational, optimistic and fashionable FM radio station in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region with its own broadcast format!!!! (https://top-radio.ru/web) =================================== TV shows from the USSR in the 60s, 70s, 80s. ==================================== Program "Goluboy Ogonek" ("Blue Light"). "Blue Light" was the name of an entertainment television program during the Soviet era, which was initially broadcast every week on weekends, and later only on holidays. The program was shown by the First Program of the Central Television, and it was attended by leading pop and circus performers, opera and ballet stars, operetta actors and indispensable guests of honor - cosmonauts, Heroes of Socialist Labor, and other honored guests. The history of "Blue Light" began on April 6, 1962 with the program "Television Cafe". Then they gave it another name - "To the Light", and then "To the Blue Light". (The word "blue" was associated with the bluish tint of black-and-white television screens of the time.) Details in Russian + photo: https://tv-80.ru/muzykalnye/goluboy-ogonek/ (https://tv-80.ru/) ============================== RADIO BROADCASTS OF THE USSR. ============================== "Morning broadcast of the Mayak." In the morning musical and entertainment humorous program "Mayak" humorous stories were replaced by funny songs and musical numbers. We invite you to listen to episodes from 1986-1987. Listen in Russian - https://disk.yandex.ru/d/lx6-KY6KcuUg3g (http://clubcccp.ucoz.ru/index/radioperedachi_sssr/0-204) ====================== RADIO ENGINEERING. STORY. ======================== * Russia and USSR ----------------------- - The radio receiver "Meridian" has been produced by the Kiev plant "Radiopribor" since 1967. The radio receiver is designed for reception in the LW, MW, SW bands, divided into 4 sub-bands, 3 extended (25, 31, 41) and 1 semi- extended (49...75 m). The receiver circuit is made of 10 transistors. The receiver was also produced for export, the only difference being the inscriptions in English. Details in Russian + photo: https://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp2/meridian.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) - The portable radio receiver "Meridian-2" was produced in 1984 by the Kyiv plant "Radiopribor". The receiver was released for the 40th anniversary of the victory in World War II. It is assembled using a superheterodyne circuit on the K174XA10 microcircuit and operates in the LW and MW ranges. Sensitivity in the LW range is 2 mV/m, SW 1.5 mV/m. Reproducible frequency band 315...3150 Hz. Maximum output power 80 mW. Receiver dimensions 38x80x140 mm. Weight without packaging 260 g. Details in Russian + photo: https://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/index1/radiopriem/rp_pp/rp_pp2/meridian2.html (http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/) - Teleradio "Concert" (first modification), produced in 1961. -------------------------------------------------- ----- Video in Russian - 1:12 https://vk.com/retrotvussr?w=wall-177507201_11495 https://vk.com/retrotvussr?z=video-177507201_456239280%2F5b0a386a6c028a97e7%2Fpl_wall_-177507201 "Concert" was produced at the Kuibyshev Ekran plant. For the video provided, we express our gratitude to Oleg Staroseltsev, the creator of the RetroTechnics resource. (https://vk.com/retrotvussr) ============================ RADIO FACTORIES OF THE USSR. ============================ Moscow State Radio Plant "Red October". Repurposed from a metal products factory in 1949. Since 1949 - Moscow State Radio Plant "Red October", since 1963 - as part of the Moscow Radio Plant as a branch for the specialized production of radio receivers (SPP MRZ). Then, PA Temp, JSC Sokol. The first product of the radio plant, Komsomolets detector receivers. Plant products in Russian - https://www.radionic.ru/taxonomy/term/195 (https://www.radionic.ru/node/211) ======== QSL World ========= AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia PS = Piotr Skorek, Poland VV = Varzin Victor, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" DZ = D.Zhavoronkov, Russia / DX WORLWIDE - Telegram Australia. --------------- eQSL Reach Beyond E-mail: hcjbjapan.office2[at]gmail.com WEB: http://reachbeyond.chowder.jp/ 7 April 2024 / 11.00-11.29 UTC / 15460 kHz Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/reach-beyond.html (AK) Canada / Germany. -------------------------- eQSL to Pop Shop Radio, British Columbia Canada E-mail: popshopperadio[at]gmail.com 6 April 2024 / 21.00-21.30 UTC / 3955 kHz (via Channel 292, Germany) Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/pop-shop-radio.html (AK) Germany. ------------- eQSL Steelguitar E-mail: qslsteelguitar[at]gmail.com 8 April 2024 / 18.00-18.30 UTC / 3955 kHz (via Channel 292) Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/steelguitar.html (AK) Netherlands. -------------------- eQSL Radio Alice. E-mail: radioalice[at]hotmail.com 30 March 2024 / 20.05-20.25 UTC / 3905 kHz Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/radio-alice.html (AK) Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) ---------------------- eQSL Pridnestrovsky Radiotelecentr. E-mail: prtc[at]idknet.com Vesti FM / 04/08/2024 / 02.10-02.45 UTC / 1413 kHz (DZ) Slovakia. -------------- * eQSL International radio of Slovakia. E-mail: rsi_russian[at]rtvs.sk 4 April 2024 / 16.30 - 16.59 UTC / 13650 kHz (Rebroadcast of World Radio via transmitter in the UAE). Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/e.html (AK) * Paper QSL card from Radio Slovakia International - French Section. Programs were transmitted on 08 and 09. 03. 2024 on 3985 kHz. (PS) Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/radio-slovakia-international-french.html Türkiye. ----------- Still, the Russian service of the Voice of Turkey continues to confirm reports with paper cards. Yesterday I received two identical ones for January reports. The card shows views of the St. Nicholas Museum (formerly a church). (VV) USA. -------- Radio Marti. Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station. E-mail: mdail[at]usagm.gov 5 April 2024 / 18.52-18.25 UTC / 17690 kHz Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/radio-marti.html (AK) USA / Germany. ------------------------- eQSL Texas Radio Shortwave. E-mail: texasradioshortwave[at]protonmail.com 7 April 2024 / 17.00-17.40 UTC / 3955 kHz (via Channel 292, Germany) Picture: https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2024/04/texas-radio-shortwave.html (AK) ============ WORLD NEWS ============= * HFCC A24 Update 10.04.2024 -------------------------------------------- http://www.hfcc.org/data/a24/a24allx2.zip (https://vk.com/dxing) * BC-DX 1577, 13 April 2024 ------------------------------------- Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel. Germany http://topnews.wwdxc.de * Uzbekistan. ----------------- Photo - https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3591 Tashkent region. The Republic of Uzbekistan. Shortwave Radio Center. On the territory of Radio Station #3, as part of the national project "Green Space", hundreds of seedlings of fruit trees and other greenery were planted. Thus, the territory of the enterprise is improved and, importantly, lost ecosystems are restored. Source: https://crrt.uz/uz/axborot-xizmati/markaz-yangiliklari/171-kokalamzorlashtirish-va-obodonlashtirish-ishlari- davom-etmoqda.html (https://vk.com/public158109176) * "List of Broadcasts in German" (Hörfahrplan Deutsch) ----------------------------------------------------------------- for the A24 period (31.03.2024 - 26.10.2024) in PDF format (Adobe Reader), compiled by our DX MAGAZINE News Editor Walter Eibl. https://www.wwdxc.de/hfd.pdf (https://www.wwdxc.de/) * From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill's Melting Pot Return. --------------------------------------- Friends, I am pleased to inform you that beginning April 13, From the Isle or Music and Uncle Bill's Melging Pot are returning to Radio Channel 292. For financial reasons they will only be monthly rather than weekly, as follows: From the Isle of Music: 2nd Saturday of each month: 1100-1200 CEST/0900-1000 UTC on 9670 with beam D (Eastward) Repeat 2100-2200 CEST/1900-2000 UTC on 6070 Uncle Bill's Melting Pot: 3rd Saturday of each month: 1100-1200 CEST/0900-1000 UTC on 9670 with beam D (Eastward) Repeat 2100-2200 CEST/1900-2000 UTC on 6070 The 0900 UTC transmissions should be a easy listening in much of western and parts of central Russia. I am less certain about the 1900 UTC broadcasts. I do also honor reception reports using web sdrs with an eQSL PROVIDED A. the report covers the whole program and not a few minutes B. Which SDR was used is specified in the report I look forward to reconnecting with listeners that I have missed for quite a while. Bill Tilford Producer and Host, From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill's Melting Pot * A Selection of Music. Programmes on Shortwave. ------------------------------------------------------------- A-24 broadcast period (31 March 2024 to 26 October 2024) Compiled by Alan Roe. http://www.bdxc.org.uk/music.pdf https://swling.com/blog/2024/04/alan-roes-b24-season-guide-to-music-on-shortwave-version-1-0/ https://app.box.com/s/kbdxb4c5lwpju0kpoi27aiwc35br2g2a * Latvia is looking for a way to stop broadcasting in Russian. --------------------------------------------- A number of Latvian public media outlets opposed the cessation of broadcasting in Russian. They presented their arguments to Latvian President Edgars Rinkevichs, who recalled that the country will finally ban the production of television programs in Russian from the beginning of 2026 as part of the national security concept adopted by parliament, Sputnik reports. Culture Minister Agnese Logina said that state media should continue to broadcast in Russian after 2026 to communicate with the Russian minority. The minister also noted that it is necessary to come up with tools that will allow all residents of Latvia to remain in a single information space. She emphasized that the ban is legally unlawful. It is noted that the concept of national security, which requires a complete rejection of the Russian language in the media, was adopted without any discussion and does not reflect the opinions of various groups of the population, including journalists and Russian-speaking residents of Latvia. russkie.org (https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=18327) * Russian TV channels may be switched off in Armenia. -------------------------------------------------- ----- Yerevan can unilaterally terminate the agreement with Moscow on cooperation in the field of mass communications, which regulates the broadcasting of Russian TV channels in Armenia. This was stated by the country's Minister of High-Technological Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan. According to him, Armenia is going to present Russia with a new package of proposals with amendments regarding the existing agreement. However, if Moscow is not satisfied with the changes in the document and it is not accepted, Yerevan does not exclude the possibility of abandoning Russian channels without taking into account the opinion of the other side. The topic of broadcasting Russian TV channels in Armenia has been raised since September last year, when the possibility of turning them off began to be discussed at plenary sessions of the National Assembly. Later, Moscow and Yerevan held a series of consultations on this issue, but did not come to a common decision. 5-tv.ru (https://tele-satinfo.ru/index.php?id=18328) * Bulletins have been updated on the website of the British DH Club. Released in April. -------------------------------------------------- --- http://bdxc.org.uk/articles.html (https://dzen.ru/id/6368ec7e8762c71332d614ff) * EDXC conference in Metz ------------------------------------- Alan Pennington. reports from North East France. EDXC conference in Metz' text & photos (c) British DX Club October 2023 http://bdxc.org.uk/edxc23.pdf (http://bdxc.org.uk/articles.html) * British DX Club DX / Media / Mailbag Programmes - A24 schedule period --------------------------------------- http://bdxc.org.uk/dxprog.htm (http://bdxc.org.uk/articles.html) * * Romania -------------- Radio Romania International has updated its website. The old design was from something like 2008 :) You won't see anything like this anymore... The address of the Russian page has become more concise https://www.rri.ro/ru (Alex / "deneb-radio-dx") 73!