--------------------------------------------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 802 Broadcasting of Russia, countries of CIS and Baltiya , QSL world, WEB radio. Sunday / 11, January 2015 Information bulletin of Russian DX League Electronic version ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Time : UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor : Anatoly Klepov ---------------------------------------------------------------------- QTH : Moscow, Russia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail : rusdx@yandex.ru Web site : http://rusdx.narod.ru (Russian / English) Groups : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rusdx (Russian / English) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "RUS-DX" may not be redistributed without permission. If quoting from the bulletin, please list the original reporter and "RUS-DX" as source. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSSIA ======= MW ------ * From February 1 of 40 transmitters RTRS on medium wave will be only 10 power from 1 to 15 kW. - 12.30.2014 Russia took Radio plus local commercials and regional programs on the following frequencies: the reception 02.00 - 04.30 UTC 567 kHz - Radio Russia - Volgograd (GTRK "Volgograd ") 585 kHz - Radio Russia - Perm (GTRK "Perm") 594 kHz - Radio Russia - Udmurtia (GTRK "Udmurtia") 621 kHz - GTRK "Dagestan" in the local language 639 kHz - Radio Russia - Omsk (GTRK "Irtysh") 738 kHz - Radio Russia - Chelyabinsk (Radio "South Ural") 765 kHz - Radio Russia - Karelia (GTRK "Karelia") 846 kHz - Radio Russia - Kalmykia (GTRK "Kalmykia") 855 kHz - Radio Russia - Penza (GTRK "Penza") 873 kHz - Radio Russia - Samara (GTRK "Samara") 918 kHz - Radio Russia - Arkhangelsk (GTRK "Pomerania") 945 kHz - Radio Russia - Rostov-on-Don (STRC "Don-TR") 1080 kHz - Radio Russia - Mordovia (GTRK "Mordovia") 1287 kHz - Radio Russia - Chechen Republic (GTRK "WINE") 1395 kHz - Radio Russia - Orenburg (GTRK "Orenburg") Receiver: Degen 1103 Antenna: Internal, ferrite Admission to the village 150 km. southeast of Ryazan (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") - 12.30.2014 from 03.30 to 04.00 UTC hosted regional broadcasting GTRK "Samara" at a frequency of 873 kHz. SINPO: 43433. Interference Radio Rossii created with a weak echoes from the transmitters of the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad. when Samara transmitter proceeds to broadcast Radio Russia, echo becomes more harder. At 03.57 UTC turn on the transmitter Radio Moldova on the same frequency and drowned out all Russian transmitters, at a frequency of get a mess of different radio stations. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * 576 - Khabarovsk 810 - Vladivostok there is still a Russian Vostok station 765 AM http://vostoknews.ru/ (Roman Nazarov Russia, Primorskiy region, Spassk-Dalniy QTH-LOC: PN64io: RX: TECSUN PL-660 ANT: LW-8m / "deneb-radio-dx") * 585 kHz - Radio Russia - Perm (GTRK "Perm") 639 kHz - Radio Russia - Omsk (GTRK "Irtysh") 738 kHz - Radio Russia - Chelyabinsk (Radio "South Ural") These three regional stations I took evening, 12.10-13.00. On the morning of the passage in Tomsk for them is unlikely. In the morning (00.10-01.00) taken from the east station: Tuva and Khakassia 567 to 792. Even in the dark take on the Russian Radio 576 (Khabarovsk), 594 (Izhevsk), 693 (Ufa), 810 (Vladivostok), 873 (Samara), 936 (Orenburg), 945 (Rostov-on-Don). It is better to observe more and make a list of the exact time of local broadcasting. My Account: 567 - Tuva (Kyzyl): 00.10-01.00, 12.10-13.00; 585 - Perm: -? -, 12.10-13.00; 639 - Omsk: -? -, 12.10-13.00; 738 - Chelyabinsk: -? -, 12.10-13.00; 792 - Khakassia (Abakan): 00.10-01.00, 12.10-13.00; (Vladimir Kovalenko, Tomsk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Kaliningradskaya oblast. Kaliningrad. ------------------------------------------------- Here is a list of FM radio stations in Kaliningrad. In the extreme case that is heard in the center of the apartment. 96.3 Russian Radio 97.7 Bodroe Ucho 93.6 Radio 7 100.1 Autoradio 100.5 Radio Russkiy kray 100.9 Radio Monte Carlo 101.3 Nashe Radioo 101.8 Business FM 102.5 Mayak 102.9 Love Radio 104.5 Radio Kaskad 105.2 Baltic Plus Kaliningrad 105.9 Dorozhnoe Radio 106.4 Radio Maximum (Paul, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx") NDB ------- He took over the Web to a receiver. Hokkaido 469 drive station with the call sign HN and SL at 505 kHz from the Yu- Sakhalinsk On the basis of http://worldaerodata.com/ at this frequency 469 kHz should work drive lighthouse from Khabarovsk callsign UF. Callsign 469 HI - Khabarovsk airport New. Considered the distance. Khabarovsk 807 km, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 475 km Found on the Internet: http://adsbradar.aero/ ADS-B - an acronym for Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (in translation reads as follows: Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) ... (Roman Nazarov Russia, Primorskiy region, Spassk-Dalniy QTH-LOC: PN64io: RX: TECSUN PL-660 ANT: LW-8m / "deneb-radio-dx") * Database on drive station: http://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/reu (Sergey Smolin / "deneb-radio-dx") PREDNESTVOVE ================ 30/12/2014 took Radio Pridnestrovie - Radio 1 in the Ukrainian language with 04.00 to 04.30 UTC on frequency of 621 kHz. SINPO: 43443. After 04.30 UTC transmission began in the Moldovan language. Sent a report to the Prednestrovskiy radio center. With Radio Pridnestrovie no longer respond to el.raporty after closing foreign broadcasting. Receiver: Degen 1103 Antenna: Internal, ferrite (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") "RUS-DX PLUS" PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ================================= Shortwave DX-ing from Bulgaria Bulgarian DX blog --------------------------------------------- UKRAINE Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, World Service at new time: 1600-1800 on 1431 SMF 800 kW / ??? deg to NERu Russian, ex 1500-1700 1800-2000 on 1431 SMF 800 kW / ??? deg to NERu Ukrainian, ex 1700-1900 Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/radio-broadcasting-of-ukraine-world.html - RMRC, EDXC Conference 2014, 2200 UTC, Dec.27 on 9585 via Sitkunai http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/rmrc-edxc-conference-2014-2200-utc.html - Videos Jan.1-6 January 4 Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine World Service in Russian 1700 on 1431 Mikolaev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7buso4tzBh0&feature=youtu.be Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine World Service in Russian 1758 on 1431 Mikolaev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_jmXja452Q&feature=youtu.be Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine World Service in Ukrainian 1801 on 1431 Mikolaev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQX1IEVizc0&feature=youtu.be Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine World Service in Ukrainian 1859 on 1431 Mikolaev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aIiigXyd7k&feature=youtu.be January 5 Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine World Service in Russian 1600 on 1431 Mikolaev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRuE0-D-bAg&feature=youtu.be Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine World Service in Ukrainian 1801 on 1431 Mikolaev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vom-zGxc3zE&feature=youtu.be - RUSSIA New frequency for the Communist Party of Russia Radio Comintern: 1420-1500 NF 6989,8 with Russian songs, ex 7200v. The power is only 1 kW. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/radio-comintern-on-new-frequency.html DX LISTENING DIGEST 14-53, December 31, 2014 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser ----------------------------------------- ** AZERBAIJAN [and non]. BBG CONDEMNS RAID OF RFE/RL BAKU OFFICE December 26, 2014 http://www.bbg.gov/?p=20519 RFE/RL Baku office sealed by authorities in Azerbaijan [caption] WASHINGTON - The Broadcasting Board of Governors today condemned the raid and closure of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Baku office by Azerbaijani authorities. Investigators from Azerbaijan's state prosecutor's office entered the RFE/RL bureau on the morning of December 26 accompanied by armed police officers. They searched the company safe, ransacked files and equipment, and ordered staff members to leave the building after holding them in a room for several hours without telephone or computer access. Several staff members later were summoned for questioning. "This unwarranted action is an escalation of the Azeri government's abusive attempt to intimidate independent journalists and repress free media," said BBG Chairman Jeff Shell. "We call on the authorities to immediately allow RFE/RL to resume its important journalistic work from Baku, and to release investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova." The government raid comes three weeks after the arrest and detention in Baku of prominent Azerbaijani investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova, a contributor to RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service programming. Ismayilova was sentenced to two months of pre-trial detention, and if convicted could serve three to seven years in prison. Khadija's arrest has been widely condemned, including by the BBG. Amnesty International has declared Ismayilova a prisoner of conscience, "detained solely for exercising her right to freedom of expression." "The raiding of our Baku bureau is a flagrant violation of every international commitment and standard Azerbaijan has pledged to uphold" said Nenad Pejic, RFE/RL's editor in chief and co-CEO. "The order comes from the top as retaliation for our reporting, and as a thuggish effort to silence RFE/RL. This is not the first time that a regime has sought to silence us, and we will continue our work to support Azeris' basic right of free access to information and to report the news to audiences that need it." "The operation of our bureau is incapacitated in Baku," said Kenan Aliyev, director of RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service. "There has been a long ongoing crackdown on the media and NGOs in Azerbaijan, including the arrest of Khadija Ismayilova, the host of our show and our contributor. We view this as part of this ongoing campaign against independent media." (BBG PR via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Dec 27, WORLD OF RADIO 1754, DXLD) Association for International Broadcasting - Press Release AIB CONDEMNS DETENTION OF RFE/RL STAFF IN AZERBAIJAN London, 29 December 2014 --- The Association for International Broadcasting today condemned the detention of Baku-based staff of RFE/RL and a raid on the broadcaster's bureau in the Azerbaijani capital. The raid on RFE/RL's bureau took place on 26 December, seizing documents, computers, memory sticks and other items. The office was then sealed, preventing staff from accessing the bureau. The following day the first of a series of raids on homes of RFE/RL employees in Baku began, with a number of staff - including the bureau's cleaner - detained. No charges have been brought against any of the RFE/RL staff. "It appears that Azerbaijan is continuing a comprehensive campaign against the freedom of expression and the press," said Simon Spanswick, chief executive of AIB. "This latest act follows the detention in February and most recently in December of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who contributes to RFE/RL and other media outlets. The raid on RFE/RL's bureau in Baku and the detention of many of the station's staff - including the office cleaner - shows a total disregard for media freedom in the country. AIB calls on the authorities to cease this campaign of intimidation and allow free reporting in Azerbaijan." The raids and detention of RFE/RL staff comes as the broadcaster is under investigation as a "foreign-funded entity". The offices of a range of non-governmental organisations including the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and the Media Rights Institute were raided and sealed in August 2014. International radio stations - including the BBC, Radio Azadliq (the Azeri-language service of RFE/RL), and Voice of America - were taken off the air in Azerbaijan in 2008. International stations have broadcast on satellite or via the Internet since then. The raids come soon after Azerbaijan's six-month presidency of the Council of Europe ended in November. The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation. "Azerbaijan has sought to position itself as an important player both regionally and in the global arena," commented Spanswick. "These latest moves are against international broadcasters and non- governmental organisations that are seeking to assist in the development of Azerbaijan. The raids demonstrate that the country is retreating from the international stage, rather than taking its place on it. It is time to once again move forward. The country can demonstrate this through ceasing the harassment of journalists and NGOs. Instead, the country should uphold the ideals of the Council of Europe." AIB will be raising the matter with the Azerbaijan Ambassador in London and with the authorities in Baku. ENDS For more information, contact Simon Spanswick at the AIB in the United Kingdom on +44 (0) 20 7993 2557, e-mail simon.spanswick@aib.org.uk. About AIB: Established in 1993, the AIB is the international industry association and global knowledge network for the international broadcasting industry- cross-media, cross-border, cross-cultural. With a reach of over 26,000 communicators and media professionals, AIB is a unique centre of information about international broadcasting, covering TV, radio, online and mobile. AIB researches regular market intelligence briefings for its members and provides client-specific consultancy and project support. Members receive an extensive package of services throughout the year. AIB publishes the comprehensive AIB Global Broadcasting Sourcebook and the international media magazine, The Channel. AIB hosts the annual AIB International Media Excellence Awards - the "AIBs". For more information, visit http://www.aib.org.uk and http://theaibs.tv or call +44 (0) 20 7993 2557 AIB | PO Box 141 | Cranbrook | TN17 9AJ | United Kingdom T +44 20 7993 2557 F +44 20 7993 8043 (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) US AGENCY DECRIES "DIRECT THREATS" AGAINST AZERI RFE/RL JOURNALISTS | Text of press release issued by US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website on 29 December Washington: The Broadcasting Board of Governors today called on Azerbaijani authorities to cease their investigations of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Baku bureau journalists and to immediately permit the news bureau to reopen. In the past three days 23 RFE/RL journalists were interviewed by Azerbaijan's state prosecutor's office. A lawyer representing the Baku bureau staff said people were being "dragged" to the prosecutor's office "by force and threats." Another 13 RFE/RL journalists are waiting to be summoned for questioning. Authorities also began to question family members of journalists. The investigations follow the raid and closure of the RFE/RL Baku bureau on Friday, December 26. In early December, authorities also arrested and jailed prominent Azerbaijani investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova, a contributor to RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service programming. "This harsh treatment, including direct threats against our journalists, violates every principle of media freedom," said BBG chairman Jeff Shell. "We again call on Azerbaijani authorities to permit RFE/RL's Baku bureau to reopen, to halt the investigations and harassment of RFE/RL journalists and their families, and to release Khadija Ismayilova." In a related development, on December 26 a Baku court heard and rejected Ismayilova's appeal. She remains in prison after being sentenced to two months of pre-trial detention on charges of inciting a colleague to attempt suicide. Reporters Without Borders has called this "the latest example of the appalling harassment to which this trailblazer of investigative journalism has been subjected for years by [Azerbaijan's] government in its drift towards despotism." RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service is one of the last remaining independent media outlets in Azerbaijan. Several international organizations that support civil society, including IREX, the National Democratic Institute, and Oxfam have been forced to suspend their operations in Azerbaijan this year. Source: Broadcasting Board of Governors website, Washington D.C., in English 29 Dec 14 (via BBCM via WORLD OF RADIO 1754, DXLD) ** BELARUS. Absolutely defective transmitter of Radio Belarus on December 30: 1100-2300 on 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Bel/Ru/Pol/Ge/Fr/Sp/En/Ru. -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1230 UT Dec 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11730 is off around 1300 UT (Ivo, 1308 UT, ibid.) 11730 was back on air at 1320 gone again at 1330 UT (Ivo, 1332 UT, ibid.) ** GEORGIA [and non]. R Radio and Newgeorgia fined with 5,000 GEL for illegal broadcasting --- 27 DEC 2014 - 13:37:00 http://agenda.ge/news/27210/eng R Radio attracted public interest in Georgia owing to its links with 'Russia Today' --- Agenda.ge,27 Dec 2014 - 13:37, Tbilisi,Georgia Georgian National Communication Commission has fined LTD R Radio and LTD International News Agency NewsGeorgia with 5,000 GEL both for illegal broadcasting. R Radio has also been given a written sanction for violating of license-related obligations. The commission has stated that Newsgeorgia, based on its own editorial responsibility, created a radio production that was broadcasted by R Radio with the title-Radio Sputnik Georgia. "The action was taken as undertaking joint broadcasting without appropriate license and authorisation," Georgian National Communication Commission's statement reads. The R radio had triggered speculations in public with regard to its Russian links. Privately owned R Radio, which currently broadcast in Tbilisi under the name Radio Monte Carlo, allocated four hours a day to broadcast Russia Today's new large-scale media brand- Sputnik's programs in November 2014. The legality of broadcasting Sputnik was put at question mark by local media reports and NGOs, especially when the Sputnik launched its website and begun radio broadcasting in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region, which is currently occupied by Russia. Georgian non-governmental organisation Institute for Development for the Freedom of Information (IDFI) called on R Radio in November to publically release details of its agreement with Russian state news agency 'Russia Today'. Since the Georgian National Communication Commission launched studying the issue, the R Radiostopped broadcasting of Radio Sputnik Georgia after a week in action (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Dec 27, DXLD) ** LITHUANIA. REPEAT / LITHUANIA - our German DX Club from Rhein-Main Frankfurt/Main will the recording of the latest EDXC Conference, held in Monaco and southern France near Nice in September 2014. On Saturday UT Dec 27 / Sunday Dec 28 at 07 local JAPAN Standard Time. TOWARDS JAPAN, Asian Far East target, at Dec 27 - 2200-2300 UT time on 9585 kHz at Sitkunai Lithuania 100 kW site. Please inform all guys about this SINGLE DAY / SINGLE HOUR broadcast at Japanese DX Club - JSWC. NOW REPEAT ON Sunday Dec 28 local Japan 07-08 time on 9585 kHz <<< (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 21, dxldyg via dXLD) 9585, checked that REPEAT transmission of RMRC EDXC special on Dec 27 worldwide on remote network access to various SDR Perseus units. Free channel at 2158 UT on Dec 27 in Nara Japan remote unit. Only S=8 strength reliable signals heard in far outer European areas like southern Italy, northern Sweden near Narvik, in northern Finland too (also Ivo in Sofia Bulgaria had that recorded). But NOTHING heard in central Europe and British Isles - much winter signal skip level here in Germany, as well as same bad reception in downunder Australia and western Canada and CA-USA. Was surprised, heard fair signal better than St. Helena level in Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina and NoWeUSA like NY and MA. When listened extensively close to Lulea Sweden remote heard few minutes of CNR1 mainland jamming co-channel on test the antenna already in 22-23 UT slot. This jamming started then later at 2255 UT At 2249 UT noted some RMRC addresses, and short piece of "Man of action"?? Radio Nordsee jingle? Goodbye noted at 2251 UT. At 2255:37 UT crash start very early CNR1 word jamming switched on, meant for 2300 UT broadcast of US RFA Radio Free Asia Chinese transmission co-channel (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX 29 Dec via DXLD) 9585, Rhein Main Radio Club - Sitkunai (tentative), 2213-2245 Dec 27, could make out occasional words but hard to get a hand on program content. Definitely English and heard a woman talking about Caribbean cruise and word "shortwave" also noted. Presumed this special rebroadcast. Quite poor (Rich D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610, U.S.A., Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, ARDXC via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. RTRS FEBRUARY 1, 2015 WILL DISABLE 30 OF 40 TRANSMITTERS ON MEDIUM WAVE http://top.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/26/12/2014/549ac5e39a794719bd44450e Russian state television and radio broadcasting operator RTRS February 1, 2015 will disable broadcasting on medium wave transmitters 30 of 40, told RBC source close to the RTRS. Department of operation RTRS has sent a letter to the regional radio centers. The representative confirmed RTR RBC that the company will continue in 2015 to reduce the broadcasting of radio programs on medium wave, but did not name the specific timing and extent of the reduction of funding for this purpose. After February 1, 2015 broadcast on medium wave transmitters will continue 10 RTR. All of them are low-power - from 1 to 15 kW - and enable radio reception in a radius of 50 kilometers, the source says RBC. These transmitters are planned to eventually convert to broadcast in FM-band with the same short-range, told the correspondent of RBC deputy director of RTR Sergey Arkhipov. Broadcasting transmitters disconnected by, inter alia, the Ukraine, which now distributes the signal to only one station RTR in Grigoriopol (Transnistria) with a capacity of 500 kilowatts. It transmits radio program "Vesti FM", its broadcast on medium wave will cease from 1 February. Transmitters RTRS Sovetsk (Kaliningrad region) and in Krasnodar stopped broadcasting in Ukraine already the first of December, told RBC. This information was confirmed by a representative of RBC RTRS. 11th December 2014 "Ukrainian Radio" began broadcasting in Russia in Russian, according to the website of the State Committee of Ukraine on Radio and Television. As follows from the findings of technical experts RTRS (there are at the disposal of RBC), the first Ukrainian radio steadily taken on medium wave in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Broadcasts are in the range of 1431 kHz and 549 kHz from the radio center "Ray" National Radio Company of Ukraine in Mykolaiv. In case of refusal by RTR radio broadcasts, technical support operation of the transmitter will RTRS losses, the size of which in 2015 is estimated at 2 billion rubles. This figure is close to the estimate of the amount of damages RTRS stopped broadcasting government programs on the air of a powerful radio, which was previously quoted the head of the Ministry of Communications Nikolay Nikiforov in the materials on the proposals to modernize the long-range radio prepared for the government (there is a version of RBC). The minister predicted shortfall RTRS about 1.5 billion in revenue per year and, as a consequence, an increase in its loss from the operation of a network of powerful radio broadcasting to 2.5 billion rubles. In 2013, the year, according to "SPARK-Interfax", RTRS revenue was 21 billion rubles., The loss from continuing operations amounted to 0.95 billion rubles The official representative of RTRS Igor Stepanov confirmed RBC, there is a possibility the termination of funding programs broadcast on medium wave RTR. In this case, the operation of powerful radio transmitters will be for RTRS completely unprofitable, and they will have to disable it. In particular, according to Stepanov, will be turned off most powerful transmitters operating in the medium range. Chairman of the consortium "Digital Broadcasting Technology Platform" (CTPD) Andrew Bryksenkov, expressed regret that the government has no plans to provide financial support for further broadcasting. Not been reviewed by the Ministry of Communications and the proposal on the conservation of broadcasting programs RTR on long and medium wave with subsequent transition to broadcasting funding from the state budget, according to Bryksenkov. RTRS few years consistently turns distant broadcasting in connection with the termination of financing by RTR broadcasting public radio. First, in March 2013, was stopped broadcasting radio station "Mayak" (RTR) on long and medium wave. Since the beginning of the same year, sharply - by almost half - reduced its broadcasting other public radio company - "Voice of Russia", - reducing service fees RTRS 330 million rubles a year. Then, in 2014, RTR put out medium- and long-wave program "Radio of Russia" (Victor Rutkovsky via open_dx list) Posted by: (Alokesh Gupta, Cumbre DX yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1754, DXLD) The second paragraph perhaps needs an explanation: "FM" refers in Russian explicitly to 87.5...108 MHz, as opposed to 66...73 MHz where Radio Rossii has its VHF outlets. Hardly any new radio is capable of this so-called OIRT band anymore, and obviously this is now the only reason for Radio Rossii still being transmitted on mediumwave at all. Thus the scenario as of Feb 1st: Mediumwave to be still operated with not more than 15 kW where no CCIR band frequency for Radio Rossii is on air yet. Wherever they manage to get one -> *click*. At a glance missing from the machine translation: The quoted Mr. Bryksenkov also denounces the circumstance that people away from towns get cut off from terrestrial radio altogether (Kai Ludwig, Germany, mwmasts yg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__53432/ The radio station "Voice of Russia", and with it the foreign broadcasting in Khabarovsk cease to exist. A sign at the entrance to the main editorial information removed from the wall, according to the portal "province". In the best of times for the radio station broadcasting from here was conducted in three languages: Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Among employees in different years were Soviet and foreign journalists, as well as prisoners of war. "Radio Moscow" (as then called the station "Voice of Russia") appeared on the air of Asia in 1946 to promote the then Soviet ideology. At the same time the staff monitored the airwaves next countries: Japan, China, Korea. Revision of foreign broadcasting in Khabarovsk occupies three floors of the House of radio. In the 80's worked here more than a hundred people. The history of foreign broadcasting in the USSR began in November 1917: in German, was read a proclamation of peace. After 12 years, there was a radio station "Radio Moscow", which broadcasts abroad. During the war it was decided to expand the influence and Asian countries. So in Khabarovsk in the Russian Federation, a second international broadcasting station. Speakers working foreigners are recruited including prisoners of war. Work with them had the last editor radio Valentin Sadchenko. "Known to many a politician Irina Khakamada - her father, A Japanese prisoner of war, after the camp we worked in Khabarovsk long, long time. Then for good progress was transferred to Moscow ", - said the chief editor of the editorial board of the information in Khabarovsk FGBU" Voice of Russia "Valentin Sadchenko. In addition to broadcasting in Khabarovsk was the radio department. His staff were monitoring foreign radio stations, and the first to report to Moscow about the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. "We were ahead of all broadcasting services all over the world. It was a very prestigious: in front of" Voice of America "in front of" Bi-Bi-Si. "And I have declared, as it was then called, thanks to the systems," - says Valentin Sadchenko. In recent years, worked in the editorial office only seven people who have listened to and read esters sites. "Ready squeeze foreign radio stations on the situation in the Asia-Pacific and China. According to the materials Transmission in Chinese and English. Ready reviews in the amount of 4-5 pages and goes to Moscow", - said the employee FGBU "Voice of Russia" Yuri Tovbin. Now in Moscow decided that the need for the work of this information resource is no more (via Moscow Information DX Bulletin, Weekly electronic publication #924, December 23, 2014, Editor of the current issue: Vadim Alexeev, Moscow, Russia, RusDX Dec 29 via WORLD OF RADIO 1754, DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. Mixture between Voice of Tibet in Chinese and Tibetan on 11692 kHz: 1330-1400 11692 DB 100 kW / 095 deg EaAs Chinese strong, Tibetan weak // frequency 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg CeAs Tibetan. Several videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/mixture-between-voice-of-tibet-in.html http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/frequency-change-of-voice-of-tibe.html http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/frequency-change-for-voice-of-tibet.html Updated winter B14 shortwave schedule of Voice of Tibet 1200-1215 on 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1215-1230 on 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1230-1245 on 15557 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1245-1300 on 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1300-1315 on 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1300-1315 on 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1315-1330 on 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1315-1330 on 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1330-1345 NF 11692 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11693 1330-1345 on 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1345-1400 NF 11692 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11693 1345-1400 on 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 on 15525 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 NF 11512 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af195vpG7zo&feature=youtu.be 1415-1430 on 15530 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1415-1430 NF 11517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_yZSIQFiO4&feature=youtu.be 1430-1445 on 11512 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, cancelled 1445-1500 on 11517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, cancelled All frequencies are jammed by China on xxxx0 / xxxx5 Changes between frequencies vary from 3 to 5 minutes (DX RE MIX NEWS #887 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Dec 29, 2014 via DXLD) PLAY-DX 1632 electronic 4 January 2015 Editor : Dario Monferini, Milano, Italy -------------------------------- WOLGANG BUESCHEL WWDXC BC-DX TopNews Jan 2 REPORT CHINA INDIA TROPICAL BANDS CHINA/INDIA/KYRGYZ REP 4820v AIR Kolkata B, Pachim Banga program came late on air, noted around 0054 UT on 4819.994 kHz but lesser signal level, compared to odd frequency bcast of Kyrgyz Radio Bishkek on 4819.938 kHz footprint, and latter \\ stronger at 4010.033 kHz also from Bishkek, childrens singer chorus at 0043 UT, and open live concert with applause in between breaks at 0128 UT, announced classical lady singer from Russia, on Jan 2nd. 3rd station on this channel accompanied: but strongest signal on exact 4820 is Xizang Mongolian sce of Lhasa Tibet, China at 0047 UT. 4819.938 Kyrgyz Radio Bishkek 4819.994 AIR Kolkata 4820 Xizang Lhasa Tibet... - TAJIKISTAN 4765.059 Boy singer group and string sitar like instrumental music from Dushanbe Yangi Yul site in TJK. At 0043 UT on Jan 2nd. S=9+20dB, one of the strongest signals in 60mb here in Germany at this nighttime propagation path from central Asia. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 2) * ANTONIO MADRID RUBI BARCELONA LOG 02/01/2015 2118 6155,0 BLR R.BELARUS-Minsk-Kalodzicy Musica Popular / Com OM Eng 44444 BC-DX 1191 , 06 Jan 2015 edited by Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany ------------------------------------------------------ {CHINA/INDIA/KYRGYZ REP} Yes, heard only the Chinese stn on 4800 kHz, no AIR stn program at all, UTC-wise time last deep Jan 2nd European night. 4840 also not heard - AIR Mumbai, Maharashtra, - only US WWCR noted here. Correction: on 4760, 4920, 4970, 5040 kHz, no ID's heard, latters are only probably guessed, too weak tiny signals noted in Germany. 4820v AIR Kolkata B, Pachim Banga program came late on air, noted around 0054 UT on 4819.994 kHz but lesser signal level, compared to odd frequency bcast of Kyrgyz Radio Bishkek on 4819.938 kHz footprint, and latter \\ stronger at 4010.033 kHz also from Bishkek, childrens singer chorus at 0043 UT, and open live concert with applause in between breaks at 0128 UT, announced classical lady singer from Russia, on Jan 2nd. 3rd station on this channel accompanied: but strongest signal on exact 4820 is Xizang Mongolian sce of Lhasa Tibet, China at 0047 UT. 4819.938 Kyrgyz Radio Bishkek 4819.994 AIR Kolkata 4820 Xizang Lhasa Tibet ... TAJIKISTAN 4765.059 Boy singer group and string sitar like instrumental music from Dushanbe Yangi Yul site in TJK. At 0043 UT on Jan 2nd. S=9+20dB, one of the strongest signals in 60mb here in Germany at this nighttime propagation path from central Asia. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 2) UKRAINE In Donetsk, began broadcasting another Ukrainian radio station. In the Donetsk region, and December 25 to resume broadcasting "Russian Radio Ukraine". This is stated in the press service of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting. "A nationwide network of >Russian Radio Ukraine<", part of the radio group "brand-Media", will offer listeners not only the usual program, but also the news and special news Donbass. In the radio station will sound the program "Public Radio" - said in a statement. Signal is fed to Volnovakha at a frequency of 97.0 MHz. Recall, December 22, in the framework of the project on the frequency 103,1 FM for the entire Donetsk started broadcasting "Radio 24". source rbc.ua (OnAir.ru, via RUSdx Jan 4) UKRAINE Die deutschsprachigen Programme von Radio Ukraine International (mit Explorer werden seit dem 10. Dezember 2014 um 14.00, 20.00 und 05.00 Uhr UT Weltzeit uebertragen. (Bernd Seiser-D, Dec 21 via Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, ntt via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30) DX-Window No. 522 from the Danish Shortwave Club International Greve, Denmark Editor and Distributor: Anker Petersen January 07, 2015 ------------------------------------------- DX NEWS - BELARUS 11730, R Belarus, Minsk, 1100-1330, Dec 30, absolutely defective transmitter for Foreign Service 1100-2300 noted on 1230, off around 1300, was back on air at 1320, gone again at 1330. (Ivanov) - KYRGYZSTAN 4010.03, Kyrgyz R1, Krasnaya Rechka, 1745-1844, Dec 24 and 29, high speed speaker in Kyrgyz, but heard Russian and tentat. Kyrgyz (Turkish language family) mixed at 1844 instead. S=9+15dB in Germany, but broadcast little undermodulated, 23332. (Bueschel and Mille) 4819.94, Kyrgyz R, Krasnaya Rechka, 1828-1836, Dec 24, footprint visible, flute music, S=8-9 level. Also noted at 0043- 0128, Jan 02, childrens singer chorus and open live concert with applause in between breaks, ann classical lady singer from Russia // 4010.03. QRM from Xizang 4820.00 and from *0054 AIR Kolkata on 4819.99. (Bueschel) - LITHUANIA 9585, Rhein Main Radio Club made another attempt to broadcast its special SW program about the EDXC Conference 2014 from Sitkunai, to Japan / Asia on Dec 27 at 2200-2300 on this lower frequency. The RMRC hopes that this transmission will be well received in Japan and Asia and is looking forward to your reception reports. (Cf. DX-Window no. 521. Ed). But also this transmission was unsuccessfull: This time, the program was heard with 35222, then down to 25222. (Ohtake). It was not at all audible in Scandinavia, Central Europe or the UK because of the short distance and the Winter-Skip. (Bueschel,Jørgensen and Petersen). But heard in Bulgaria at 2200-2219, Dec 27, with fair reception. (Ivanov). And in Pennsylvania at 2213-2245, Dec 27, could make out occasional words, but hard to get a hand on program content. Definitely English and heard a woman talking about Caribbean cruise and word "shortwave" also noted. Quite poor. (D'Angelo) - RUSSIA/ UKRAINE Russian state television and radio broadcasting operator RTRS Feb 01, 2015 will disable broadcasting on MW transmitters 30 of 40, told RBC source close to the RTRS. Department of operation RTRS has sent a letter to the regional radio centers. The representative confirmed RTR RBC that the company will continue in 2015 to reduce the broadcasting of radio programs on MW, but did not name the specific timing and extent of the reduction of funding for this purpose. After Feb 01, 2015 broadcast on MW transmitters will continue 10 RTR. All of them are low-power - from 1 to 15 kW - and enable radio reception in a radius of 50 kilometers, the source says RBC. These transmitters are planned to eventually convert to broadcast in FM-band with the same short-range, told the correspondent of RBC deputy director of RTR Sergey Arkhipov. Broadcasting transmitters disconnected by, inter alia, the Ukraine, which now distributes the signal to only one station RTR in Grigoriopol (Prednestrovie) with a capacity of 500 kilowatts. It transmits radio program "Vesti FM", its broadcast on MW will cease from Feb =1. Transmitters RTRS Sovetsk (Kaliningrad region) and in Krasnodar stopped broadcasting in Ukraine already the first of December, told RBC. This information was confirmed by a representative of RBC RTRS. Dec 11, 2014 "Ukrainian Radio" began broadcasting in Russia in Russian, according to the website of the State Committee of Ukraine on Radio and Television. As follows from the findings of technical experts RTRS (there are at the disposal of RBC), the first Ukrainian radio steadily taken on MW in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Broadcasts are in the range of 1431 kHz and 549 kHz from the radio center "Ray" National Radio Company of Ukraine in Mykolaiv. In case of refusal by RTR radio broadcasts, technical support operation of the transmitter will RTRS losses, the size of which in 2015 is estimated at 2 billion rubles. This figure is close to the estimate of the amount of damages RTRS stopped broadcasting government programs on the air of a powerful radio, which was previously quoted the head of the Ministry of Communications Nikolay Nikiforov in the materials on the proposals to modernize the long-range radio prepared for the government (there is a version of RBC). The minister predicted shortfall RTRS about 1.5 billion in revenue per year and, as a consequence, an increase in its loss from the operation of a network of powerful radio broadcasting to 2.5 billion rubles. In 2013, the year, according to "SPARK-Interfax", RTRS revenue was 21 billion rubles. The loss from continuing operations amounted to 0.95 billion rubles The official representative of RTRS Igor Stepanov confirmed RBC, there is a possibility the termination of funding programs broadcast on medium wave RTR. In this case, the operation of powerful radio transmitters will be for RTRS completely unprofitable, and they will have to disable it. In particular, according to Stepanov, will be turned off most powerful transmitters operating in the medium range. Chairman of the consortium "Digital Broadcasting Technology Platform" (CTPD) Andrew Bryksenkov, expressed regret that the government has no plans to provide financial support for further broadcasting. Not been reviewed by the Ministry of Communications and the proposal on the conservation of broadcasting programs RTR on LW and MW with subsequent transition to broadcasting funding from the state budget, according to Bryksenkov. RTRS few years consistently turned distant broadcasting in connection with the termination of financing by RTR broadcasting public radio. First, in March 2013, was stopped broadcasting radio station "Mayak" (RTR) on long and medium wave. Since the beginning of the same year, sharply - by almost half - reduced its broadcasting other public radio company - "Voice of Russia", - reducing service fees RTRS 330 million rubles a year. Then, in 2014, RTR put out MW and LW program "Radio of Russia". (http://top.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/26/12/2014/549ac5e39a794719bd44450e via Rutkowsky in "open_dx", RUS- DX no. 800, Dec 28) - RUSSIA/ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VOICE OF RUSSIA / RADIO SPUTNIK Address : Zubovskiy bul. 4, 115326 Moscow. E-mail: a.bespalov@rian.ru . WEB: en.ria.ru/radio ; sputnifnews.com English 1600-1800 Sa / Am / 9395 yfr = Okeechobee, FL. Ann: English : "You're listening to Radio Sputnik" . (WRTH-2015 in RUS-DX No. 801, Jan 04) NEW YEAR IN MOSCOW ON WRMI Our regular weekly show "From Moscow With Love" from R Sputnik is on hiatus for a couple of weeks for the New Year, so the program hosts Vasily Strelnikov and Natalia Stefanova are doing a special New Year edition of "Vasily's Weekend" just for WRMI from Vasily's Moscow safehouse. It's a great show, dealing with such topics as New Year traditions in Moscow and an irreverent look at censorship past and present at Radio Moscow, with mentions of well- known shortwave personalities such as Joe Adamov. Long-time shortwave listeners will love this edition of the program, which can be heard Tu Jan 06 at 0400 UTC on 9955 and at 2100 UTC on 7570 and 15770; We Jan 07 at 1000 UTC on 5850 and 2130 UTC on 7570 and 15770. And this special show will be repeated Jan 13 at 0400 UTC on 9955 and 2100 UTC on 7570 and 15770; and Jan 14 at 1000 UTC on 5850 and 2130 UTC on 7570 and 15770. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup/ in RUS-DX No. 801, Jan 04) - TAJIKISTAN 4765.06, Tajik R1, Yangiyul, 1840, Dec 24, Tajik program, Dec 24, S=8-9 much fluttery here in Germany. (Bueschel) - UKRAINE 1431 MW, R Broadcasting of Ukraine, World Service, via Simperopol (800 kW) to Russia at new time: 1600-1800 in Russian, ex 1500-1700, and 1800-2000 in Ukrainian, ex 1700-1900. (Ivanov, Jan 04) Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 145, Issue 7 ----------------------------------------------------- Message: 8 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" Subject: [HCDX] VoIRIB Kamalabad 6135 kHz Italian at 1925 UT Jan 6, IRAN VoIRIB Kamalabad 6135 kHz Italian at 1925 UT Jan 6, distorted two like FM signal spurious ranges in 49mb too, on 6064-6075 kHz and 6196-6209 kHz. HQ prayer heard already earlier on previous 1916 UT slot. Other logs of tonith Jan 6th 4010.037 S=7-8 signal here in Germany, fair signal, came across the National Anthem of Kirgiz Republic, played 1758-1800 UT at px sign-off. TX at Bishkek switched off at 18.01:11 UT. Aoki Nagoya list has wrong detail item shows -1900 UT px slot. wb Associazione Italiana Radioascolto Radiorama # 39 ---------------------------------- LE NOTIZIE ARMENIA. Ricevuta bella QSL colorata da TWR-India via Yerevan-Gavar su 9925kHz. Completa di tutti i dati con immagine del sito di in onde corte di Guam, Risposta via mail in 4 mesi v/s: S. Franklin Abraham, TWR-India. (Edward Kusalik-Alb-CAN, dxld Nov 26 via BC-DX 1187) - VOLMET 06917.5 L :MX "L" beacon St. Petersbourg, RUS 2144 CW Morse ID 08816.0 71387 :Russian Naval Air Transport 1540 CW "RJF94 RJC38 DE 71387 QTO 1434 QRD XLAA XLLV QBD 52TT QRE 164T K" 08939.0 UHD :St Petersburg Volmet, RUS 2018 USB/J3E YL russian language USB 10543.0 RCV : BSF HQ Sevastopol, UKR 1255 CW mediterranean weather reports 10543.0 RCV :Russian Navy BSF HQ Sevastopol, UKR 1532 CW nautical warnings 11468.0 --- : unid Russian Navy Kaliningrad, RUS 1330 T600/BEE/50/200 11470.0 --- : unid Russian Navy, RUS 1315 T206/Moroz-1a 50/500 long time idling 12464.0 RHC84 :Russian Navy 1247 CW "RCV DE RHC84 NR 1T4 RPT AL? K" 14556.0 RIW : Russian Navy HQ, RUS 1446 CW "RIW NR 429 RPT k" 16234.0 --- : Russian Navy, RUS 1425 CIS-50-50/500 encrypted messages 17445.0 --- : Russian Diplo/Intel 1405 FSK/200/1000 Link ID 32799 : 2nd of month 19406.0 --- :X06 Russian Diplo 1308 6-MFSK/Mazielka 6 tone selcall sequence "352416" 20752.0 RDL :Russian Strategic Bcast, RUS 1320 BEE/50/200 encrypted tfc s/off 1325 - ASCOLTI DI RADIODIFFUSIONE (Broadcasting) ora UTC kHz data Paese Stazione - dettagli SINPO coll 2108- 1350 30/11/2014 ARM TWR via Gavar-Studio DX in It 35343 Fbr 1823- 4765 23/11/2014 TJK R.Tajikistan,Yangi Yul-Px in tajiko con mx locale 23322 BP 1826-1830 4810 23/11/2014 ARM Armenian National R.,Yerevan-Mx leggera,px in A,s/off 33333 BP 1626-1630 4810 26/11/2014 ARM Armenian National R.,Yerevan-Mx leggera,ID e web,px in greco,s/off 23332 BP 1450- 9400 01/12/2014 MDA Denge Kurdistana,Maiac-Mx locale curda (CLA) 33333 BP PIRATE 2205-2227 3895U 13/12/2014 RUS R Snowball Pirata-mx,ID e QTH(RUS),mx,in E 35443 Fbr BP = Bruno Pecolatto, Pont Canavese (TO) Fbr = Franco Baroni, S. Pellegrino Terme (BG) Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 145, Issue 11 ----------------------------------------------------- Message: 9 Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 9-10, 2015 UKRAINE 11980.086/am/usb PPRK Radio Dniprovska khvyliy Zaporozhye, S=6 fair signal into Germany target, at 0807 UT on Jan 10, Sat/Sun only ?, heard in both AM and better USB mode. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 10) Message: 10 Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] PPE Observat?rio Nacional off frequency RUSSIA Moscow RWM Taldom standard signal on 9996 kHz 31 mb seems were off afternoon, now only a very tiny string visible, probably final amplifier tube stage section failure ? 4996 kHz ist still working now, 1923 UT. WEB RADIO in Russian ========================= Moldova ------------- Radio Plai Address: MD-2028 Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Hincesti, 59/1 E-mail: info@radioplai.md office@radioplai.md mesaje@radioplai.md (live) Internet: www.radioplai.md/ Location: Moldova, Chisinau Broadcasting: FM, on-line Region broadcasting: Criuleni - 104,6 FM Floresti - 106,8 FM Stefan Voda - 100,6 FM Briceni - 100,5 FM Language broadcast: Russian Format: infotainment Start of broadcasting - September 2006 QSL world ========= Argentina --------------- Received an e-QSL-cards from the Italian service RAE for reception 05/01/2015 at the frequency of 15345 kHz. The report confirmed: Caritina Cosulich, Rae Italiano Radio Nacional Argentina. Sent to the address: raeitaliano @ gmail.com. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Vatican ------------ Received QSL-cards from the Belarusian edition of Vatican Radio reception 07.12.2014, 05.55-06.00 UTC on frequency 1170 kHz (through the Belarusian Radio). The card - Pope Francis on the plane. The report sent by electronic mail: bela @ vatiradio.va. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Vietnam. ------------- Dear friends, this year many of the listeners asked us Q: Will new models QSL-cards. In 2015, the Russian edition Radio plans to develop a new model for the QSL-cards satisfying the desires of our favorite students. (transfer from "Contact Us" Radio "Voice of Vietnam" from 27.12.2014) - Received QSL-cards from the Japanese edition of "Voice of Vietnam" for the reception 26/11/2014, at a frequency of 9840 kHz. The card - Dao ethnic girl do. The report sent by electronic mail: vovjapanese @ yahoo.com - Received QSL-cards from the Spanish edition of "Voice of Vietnam" for the reception 29.11.2014 years, 18.00-18.27 UTC on frequency 9730 kHz. The card - a place Kien Giang. The report sent by electronic mail: vovmundo @ gmail.com. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") India --------- All India Radio. Sent a card for electronic report. frequency 9595 kHz. The report for the month of June more. (Vladimir Rozhkov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Iran -------- Received from IRIB QSL -kartochku for reception on October 17 at 13590 kHz (№9). This is the second in 2014. In 2013 received 5 QSL. (Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Poland ----------- * Received QSL-cards from the Russian service for Polish Radio reception 12/14/2014 at a frequency of 738 kHz. The card - Gdansk, view from above. The report sent by electronic mail: ru @ radio.com.pl Ryazan their well heard on 1386 kHz. Incidentally, the transmission 738 differs from transmission kHz to 1386 kHz, while at the same time goes. Checked on December 29, took on different receivers with 17.00-17.30 UTC. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * Received from them QSL-cards (Torun, vzdyad the Vistula). Admissions 1386 kHz 17.00-17.25 1 to December 20, 2014. (Vladimir Pivovarov, Boyarka, Ukraine / "deneb-radio-dx") Prednestrovie ------------------- Received an e-QSL from the Prednestrovie radio center for broadcasting Radio 1, Radio Prednestrovie in Ukrainian 12.30.2014 at a frequency of 621 kHz. The report sent by electronic mail: prtc @ idknet.com. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Russia ---------- Russia-Krasnodar Aero "Tyurik." 5568 kHz. Prepared QSL card returned with signature and stamped. Received in 75 days. QSL address: GKOVD Aeronavigatsiya Yuga, Kubanskiy Centr OVD, ul. 1 Maya 75, 350912 Krasnodar, Russia (Robic). (Shortwave Central) USA ------- * Dear friends, Attached is the information about our latest QSL card. This design commemorates RFA's 2015 as the Year of the Ram. We hope you enjoy this new QSL card and we look forward to receiving your reception reports through our automated reception report system, by email, or snail mail. See the attached PDF press release for more details. You are receiving this because you have expressed interest in Radio Free Asia's QSL cards. Please let us know if you would prefer to be removed from our distribution list. Best wishes for 2015. 73. aj Andrew "A.J." Janitschek Radio Free Asia RADIO FREE ASIA RELEASES YEAR OF THE RAM QSL JANUARY 2015 Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces the release of our Year of the Ram QSL card. The Year of the Ram begins on February 19, 2015, and ends on February 7, 2016. It is also called the Year of the Goat, or Year of the Sheep. Those born in the Year of the Ram are said to be passive, artistic, sensitive, kind, mild-mannered, and sympathetic. Rams enjoy being part of a group but avoid being the center of attention. The Chinese New Year is celebrated in many countries and by many cultures in many ways. For example, parades featuring large and vibrantly colored papier-mâché dragons and parties are quite common. Many families set out a tray to provide guests with an assortment of dried fruits and candies for a sweet start to the new year. Drums are also played, sometimes with red drumsticks, to celebrate the season as a time of renewed hope. No New Year celebration would be complete without firecrackers to ward off evil spirits. Red envelopes (hong bao) with money inside are handed out to children and loved ones too. This is RFA's 56th QSL design and is used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from January-April 2015. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin (including the Wu dialect), Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a 'surrogate' broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org. RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at http://techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX'ers, but also from its general listening audience. If you have a smart phone, feel free to use the QR code below to access our main website for the latest news and information from Radio Free Asia. Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org and by mail to: Reception Reports Radio Free Asia 2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300 Washington DC 20036 United States of America. * United States Radio Ukraine International relay via Okeechobee, Florida 11580 kHz. Full data Marinskyi 18th Century Castle card. Received in 32 days. (D'Angelo) (Shortwave Central) Taiwan ------------ * QSL received from the Russian service of the MRT technique 17/12/2014 at the frequency of 15180 kHz. Last card in the series this year at No. 2014-6 (Reservoir Shimen). In all there were 6 QSL. The report sent by electronic mail: russ @ rti.org.tw. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * QSL sent to the reservoir for the reception on December 3 9540 kHz. (Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Czech Republic ---------------------- A new series of QSL 2015 Radio Prague: QSL 2015 - Industrial and tehicheskie heritage of the Czech Republic http://www.radio.cz/ru/static/qsl/kartoshki-qsl# (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Japan ----------- * Received QSL-cards from Japan for Radio reception in Russian 11/04/2014 at a frequency of 5910 kHz. The report is sent via the website. Theme card - "The Famous Bumper Crop Train "(Fukushima Prefecture). It turns out in 2014 Radio Japan released 4 species QSL (sunrise, the rider on the horse, night fireworks and a train). (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * Received QSL-cards from Radio Japan for appointment on 13 November at 11710 kHz. (Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Pirate radio ------------------------- Netherlands. Received an acknowledgment from the pirate radio station from Holland Radio Tower for accepting 12/20/2014 at frequency 6306 kHz. The report sent: radiotoweram @ gmail.com. Also in the letter informed technical data station. - Czech Republic. Received an e-QSL from pirate radio station from Czech Radio Bila Hora 31.12.2014 for acceptance at a frequency of 3333 kHz. The report sent: rbh @ email.cz. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan / "deneb-radio-dx") Rating survey of Russian-speaking radio stations, 2014. Results. ================================================== It's time to take stock in the poll for the best Russian-language radio station for 2014 according to the group "deneb-radio-dx". The survey involved 22 people. Here are the results: 1. KBS World Radio - 49 points 2. Radio Romania International - 34 points 3. Radio Japan - 28 points 4. Radio Taiwan International - 27 points 5. Radio Liberty - 12 points 6. Vesti FM - 10 points 7. International Spanish radio - 6 points 8. The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting - 6 points 9-10. Ukrainian radio - 5 points 9-10. China Radii International - 5 points 11-13. Polish Radio - 4 points 11-13. Radio Prague - 4 points 11-13. RFI - 4 points 14-15. Voice of Vietnam - 1 point 14-15. Radio Radonezh - 1 point (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan,Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Media ===== 17th edition of the popular "Broadcasting in Russian" Handbook, edited by the St. Petersburg DX Club, has been released at the end of December 2014. The Handbook features various radio stations that transmit programs in the Russian language on short and medium waves as by December 23, 2014. Station listings include frequency and program schedules, transmitter location and power, target areas, postal addresses, phone/fax numbers, Web sites, social network pages, e-mail addresses as well as QSL policy info. The schedules are generally valid until March 29, 2014 (i.e. during B14 broadcasting season). The Handbook is only distributed as a hard copy. Volume is 52 pages of A5 size. Please address your purchase requests to: Alexander Beryozkin, P.O.Box 463, St. Petersburg, 190000, Russia or by e-mail: dxspb@nrec.spb.ru. The price is 5 EUR or 8 USD. Both cash (by post) and electronic payments via Skrill (in EUR) or PayPal (in USD) to the e-mail alex@nrec.spb.ru are accepted. Your comments and suggestions regarding the Guide content are always welcome! (Alexander Beryozkin, President, St. Petersburg DX Club, Russia) 73!