------------------------------------------------------- "RUS-DX" # 917 Broadcasting of Russia, countries of CIS and Baltiya (ex. USSR). Sunday / 26 March, 2017 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) Mailing List : http://groups.google.com/group/rusdx. QSL, a photo : http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/ --------------------------------------------------------- Broadcasting and radio communication Russia, CIS and Baltic countries (ex. USSR) Worldwide broadcasting in Russian. Editor's desk. Country information. Radio broadcasting in Russian. WEB radio in Russian. QSL world. DX program. Calendar radiodat. Philately. Mass Media. Radio program. ----------------------------------------------------------- "RUS-DX" may not be redistributed without permission. If quoting from the bulletin, please list the original reporter and "RUS-DX" as source. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine translation : http://translate.google.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------- EDITOR'S DESK ================ * Summer Broadcast season 2017 ---------------------------------------------- Hello friends and colleagues! Congratulations to everyone with the beginning of the summer broadcast season of 2017! The Novosibirsk DX Site has already posted new frequency schedules for many Radio stations in Russian. Direct link: http://www.novosibdx.info/schedules.html Of course, in our section there are not yet all the schedules of Russian-speaking Radio stations. Gradually, our schedule section will be replenished. I will be grateful for any help in this matter. Any additions, corrections, remarks can be sent both with the help of a special Form at the bottom of the schedule section, and on my e-mail: dxer@yandex.ru They will be accepted with gratitude. Thank you. Yours faithfully, (Igor Yaremenko, Novosibirsk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx") * Summer Broadcast season 2017 ---------------------------------------------- I also decided not to leave my half-sights. And I update the section with the schedules. Broadcasting in Russian | Kursk DX site. Http://www.aseevka.ru/radio-po-russki/radio-po-russki.html I invite everyone. And I will be happy with any comments. (Konstantin Aseev, Kursk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx") * Project Listen to the clouds / "Listening to the clouds" -------------------------------------------------- --------------- With the help of the project Listen to the clouds / Listening to the clouds developer from Norway http://listentothe.cloud you can listen in real time to the negotiations of airport dispatchers from around the world. Negotiations can be heard simultaneously with "ambient" compositions. Among the airports that can be tuned to "listening" are Russia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Ukraine: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Alma-Ata, Kiev, Riga. A site for those who want to create a relaxing atmosphere for work. (Http://www.currenttime.tv/ via https://vk.com/ctvspb) * Radio DARC Video, 6070 kHz ---------------------------------------- Radio DARC Video German Amateur Radio Club radio, every Sunday on 11.00 hrs local time, CET/CEST, i.e. winter 1000-1059 UTC, summer 09-0959 UTC ORS Moosbrunn OE 6070 kHz, 100 kW target some 500 to 2000 kilometers around Vienna Austria. Aus dem Deutschlandrundspruch http://www.alximedia.de/radio/Radio-DARC-Video.mp4 Gut gemacht! 73 wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany) * All India Radio - External Services Division -------------------------------------------------- ----- Streams of Internet Broadcasting All India Radio ESD GOS. In addition to English, in Russian from 16:15 to 17:15 UTC in parallel SW: http://43.252.91.95/live.mp3 In other languages: Http://43.252.91.95/live3.mp3 Http://43.252.91.95/live4.mp3 Http://43.252.91.95/live5.mp3 Hindi Service: http://43.252.91.95/test.mp3 Schedule here: http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Services/External/Documents/5658d0d27c96472ba6cd5d4c322081b3LanguageServicesofExte rnalServicesDivision.pdf (Maxim Ivanov, Moscow, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx") * Specialprogram under påskhelgen ------------------------------------------------- Under påskhelgen är det åter dags för ett entimmes specialprogram från SDXF som sänds vid flera tillfällen. Sändningarna går över Radio Channel 292 på 6070 kHz följande dagar och tider: Fredag 14 april: 1600-1700 UTC Lördag 15 april: 1700-1800 UTC Söndag 16 april: 1800-1900 UTC Måndag 17 april: 0600-0700 UTC Eventuellt tillkommer sändning över ytterligare någon station, vi uppdaterar här på webben i så fall.Lyssnarrapporter sänds som vanligt via e-post till qsl@sdxf.se eller via vanlig post till Sveriges DX-Förbund, Box 1097, 405 23 Göteborg. (http://www.sdxf.se/WP/) * A17 schedule for From the Isle of Music ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Listeners, We are excited to share our A17 schedule for From the Isle of Music: 1. Starting April 2, we will be broadcast on SpaceLine from Bulgaria every Sunday from 1500-1600 UTC on 9400 Khz using 100Kw. This is aimed at Eastern Europe, but during test transmissions was well heard in Western Europe and may be audible far beyond Eastern Europe and the Middle East. 2. Our broadcast to the Americas and parts of Western Europe on WBCQ 7490 Khz will continue Tuesdays 0000-0100 UTC. 3. Starting April 4, we will be broadcast on Channel 292, 6070 Khz every Tuesday from 1900-2000 UTC. 4. Our last Friday broadcast from Channel 292 will be March 31. However, we will continue Saturdays on Channel 292 6070 Khz from 1200-1300 UTC. By popular demand, our first A17 transmission (the week of April 2) will be a replay of the Pablo Menendez/GESI episode (Cuban Fusion & Jazz) followed by a new episode with Mezcla, Pablo Milanes and others the week of April 9. We look forward to sharing a season of wonderful music and interviews with you. William "Bill" Tilford Tilford Productions LLC 5713 N. St. Louis Av Chicago IL 60659-4405 COUNTRY INFORMATION. ========================= RUSSIA ======= The Republic of Udmurtia. Izhevsk. -------------------------------------------- On March 23, the branch of RTRS "Udmurtsky RRTSPTS" translated the broadcasting of radio stations "Radio Rossii" and "Mayak" into the FM band in Izhevsk. The broadcasting frequency of Radio Russii is 96.6 MHz, Mayak is 94.4 MHz. "Radio of Russia" and "Mayak" can receive more than 700 thousand inhabitants of Izhevsk and Zavyalovsky district. The radio station "Radio of Russii" is broadcast daily from 5:56 to 2:00 local time, "Mayak" - around the clock. Prior to that, in the VHF range of "Radio Russia" was broadcast at 68.06 MHz, "Mayak" - at 69.62 MHz. (Http://udmurtiya.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-perevel-translyatsiyu-radio-rossii-i-mayaka-v-fm-diapazone-v-izhevske/) Tomskaya oblast. ------------------------- Radio "Tomsk Blagovest" ceased broadcasting in the city of Asino, Asinovskiy district and Melnikovo village, Shegarsky district, on the initiative of the broadcaster. Residents of Asino received "Tomsk Blagovest" at 101.5 MHz, residents of Melnikovo - at 100.5 MHz. (Http://tomsk.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/radio-tomskiy-blagovest-prekratilo-veshchanie-v-asino-i-melnikovo/) UKRAINE ======== * 23 March. The National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting re-issued 86 licenses of the National Public Television Company of Ukraine for broadcasting, combining them into three licenses, which were extended for a period of seven years. There are 86 licenses for broadcasting, which were owned by the National Radio Company of Ukraine and regional and regional state television and radio companies, which in 2016 were transformed into branches and joint with the National Television Company of Ukraine. Until now, the owner of these 86 licenses was NTU. Now the licenses have been reissued to a new legal entity of the public broadcaster - the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine. Instead of different callsigns, with which three Ukrainian Ukrainian radio channels and 28 regional branches of the National Television Company have previously spoken, each of the three licenses now has one call sign: "Ukrainian radio" (the first channel of Public Radio), "Luch" (second channel) and "Culture" (third channel): Between the three radio channels, the frequency resource, previously owned by the central directorate of "Ukrainian Radio" and all regional branches, was redistributed. As a result of the redistribution of the frequency resource, about 18 FM frequencies previously said to be purely branch, Connected to the networks of "Luch" and "Culture", said the Internet edition of the "Detector of Media" deputy executive director of the branch "Ukrainian Radio" Valery Yurchenko, but now the regional branches of the National Technical University now have four 50-minute segments of broadcasting on the "Ukrainian Radio" (total 3:00 20 minutes a day), and also for them speech segments up to 4:00 a day in the networks of "Luch" and "Culture" are provided, the deputy director general of the National Coordination Council for Coordination of Branches Mikhail Shmatov told the "media detector". Simultaneously with the licenses, a total of about 60 VHF and medium-wave frequencies were withdrawn, on which there is no speech for a long time, or FM frequencies have already been received in these cities. "This is basically VHF, as well as a few mid-wave frequencies in places where there are already no objects (towers), or there are no transmitters, or speech is transferred to the FM band," explained Yurchenko. Source: Portal "Public Broadcasting"). (Http://proradio.org.ua/news/2017mar.php) * Programs of the metropolitan satellite network station Bright Emmanuel Radio sounded in the Dnieper - thus, the family of a light radio station joined the seventh place of speech. Now residents of the Dnieper and the region will be able to hear the programs of the radio station on the wave of 70.37 MHz. The staff of the Light Radio welcomes the Dnipro with this event and invites them to join the big and friendly radio station. The listeners of Bright Radio are waiting for a variety of spiritual and educational programs, sermons, prayers, inspired music. And the daily interesting interactive will help listeners understand the vicissitudes of life and express their own opinion on various issues of spiritual and secular life. Recall that in the spring of 2016 the radio station won a tender for granting frequencies in three cities of Ukraine: Zaporozhye, Dnieper and Chernigov. During the year, all three cities were connected to the broadcasting system of TRC "Emmanuel" Bright Radio. For the first time, Bright Radio was sounded in 2005 in Kiev and Kiev region. At the moment the radio station is broadcasting in the VHF FM band in Kiev (67.28 MHz), Kharkov (69.20 MHz), Lviv (67.82 MHz), Sumy (69.02 MHz), Zaporozhye (69.92 MHz), Chernigov (70.79 MHz). Radio is available in Europe via ASTRA 4 satellite, broadcasts on the Internet: on the site and on the YouTube video channel, and around the world via the smartphone application (Source: site of the radio station). (Http://proradio.org.ua/news/2017mar.php) "RUS-DX PLUS" PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ============== DX RE MIX NEWS # 999 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Bulgaria March 20, 2017 ------------------------------------------------ NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady in 9-11-12 MHz, March 15 0831-0837 on 9255 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, very good 0831-0837 on 11530 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, fair/good 0841-0847 on 9952 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, very good 0841-0847 on 12140*unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, fair/good *co-ch in AM 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Dari Radio Free Afghanistan http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-in-9-11_15.html RUSSIA(non) Fair signal of Adygeyan Radio on March 12 1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Sun Adygeyan http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/fair-signal-of-adygeyan-radio-on-march.html U.K.(non) Summer A-17 changes of clandestine broadcasts via BaBcoCk Radio Dandal Kura International 0500-0600 NF 5960 ASC 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAf Kanuri, ex 7415 A16 0600-0700 on 7415 ASC 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAf Kanuri, ex 0500-0700 0700-0800 NF 13810 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri, ex 15480 A16 1800-2100 on 12050 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Kanuri, same QRG A16 Sedoye Bahar Voice of Spring will be on air at new time and frequency 1700-1730 NF 7530 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri in A-17 ex 1730-18 on 7495 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri in A-16 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/summer-17-changes-of-clandestine.html U.K.(non) Radio Sedoye Bahar & Radio Ranginkaman via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, March 17 Radio Ranginkaman 1700-1730 on 7580 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri Radio Rainbow, weak Radio Sedoye Bahar 1900-1930 on 7510 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri Voice of Spring, weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/radio-sedoye-bahar-radio-ranginkaman.html DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-11, March 15, 2017 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, USA ------------------------------------------ ** IRAN [non]. Radio Payem e-Doost via BaBcock Grigoriopol, March 9 1800-1845 on 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi, very weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/radio-payem-e-doost-via-babcock.html Reception of Sedoye Bahar, V of Spring via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol March 9 1900-1930 on 7510 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri Voice of Spring, very weak: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/sedoye-bahar-voice-of-spring-via.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) A-17 changes of clandestine broadcasts via BaBcoCk Sedoye Bahar Voice of Spring will be on air at new time and frequency 1700-1730 NF 7530 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri in A-17 ex 1730-18 on 7495 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri in A-16 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/summer-17-changes-of-clandestine.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. FRANCE, Dead air of Denge Kurdistan via TDF Issoudun 1500-1930 UT, March 9: 1500-1600 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg open carrier, instead of Kurdish 1600-1930 7455 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg open carrier, instead of Kurdish 1930-2130 7455 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg Kurdish as scheduled winter B-16 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/dead-air-of-denge-kurdistan-via-tdf.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRANCE, Dead air of Denge Kurdistan via TDF Issoudun 15-1930 UT, March 9-11 1500-1600 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg open carrier, instead of Kurdish 1600-1930 7455 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg open carrier, instead of Kurdish 1930-2130 7455 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg Kurdish as scheduled winter B-16 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/dead-air-of-denge-kurdistan-via-tdf.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #998 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, March 13, 2017 via DXLD) FRANCE, Denge Kurdistan was back on air via TDF Issoudun 1500-1930 UT, March 14 1500-1600 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, instead dead air March 9-13 1600-1930 on 7455 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, instead dead air March 9-13 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/denge-kurdistan-was-back-on-air-via-tdf.html (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1869, DXLD) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010.20 *0000-0015 13.3 KGZ Birinchi R, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek Opening melody, ID in Kyrgyz and Russian: "..... Birinchi Radio - Govorit Bishkek", National Hymn, 0003 Russian ann, folksongs 45233. (// 4820 was totally covered by Xizang) AP-DNK (Anker Petersen, from Skovlunde made on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 4996, RWM time station, 0609 usual repeating CW IDs. Weak but there. 25 Feb. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop and 1530 foot Delta Loop antennas, Hard-Core- DX mailing list via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Russia's RT Network: Is It More BBC or K.G.B.? https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/world/europe/russias-rt-network-is-it-more-bbc-or-kgb.html The RT newsroom overlooking central London. Russia insists that RT is just another global network like the BBC or France 24, albeit one offering "alternative views" to those of the Western-dominated news media. Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times [caption] By STEVEN ERLANGER March 8, 2017 LONDON -- The London newsroom and studios of RT, the television channel and website formerly known as Russia Today, are ultramodern and spacious, with spectacular views from the 16th floor overlooking the Thames and the London Eye. And, its London bureau chief, Nikolay A. Bogachikhin, jokes, "We overlook MI5 and we're near MI6," Britain's domestic and foreign intelligence agencies. Mr. Bogachikhin was poking fun at the charge from Western governments, American and European, that RT is an agent of Kremlin policy and a tool directly used by President Vladimir V. Putin to undermine Western democracies -- meddling in the recent American presidential election and, European security officials say, trying to do the same in the Netherlands, France and Germany, all of which vote later this year. But the West is not laughing. Even as Russia insists that RT is just another global network like the BBC or France 24, albeit one offering "alternative views" to the Western-dominated news media, many Western countries regard RT as the slickly produced heart of a broad, often covert disinformation campaign designed to sow doubt about democratic institutions and destabilize the West. Western attention focused on RT when the Obama administration and United States intelligence agencies judged with "high confidence" in January that Mr. Putin had ordered a campaign to "undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process," discredit Hillary Clinton through the hacking of Democratic Party internal emails and provide support for Donald J. Trump, who as a candidate said he wanted to improve relations with Russia. The agencies issued a report saying the attack was carried out through the targeted use of real information, some open and some hacked, and the creation of false reports, or "fake news," broadcast on state-funded news media like RT and its sibling, the internet news agency Sputnik. These reports were then amplified on social media, sometimes by computer "bots" that send out thousands of Facebook and Twitter messages. To many Americans, the impression that RT is an instrument of Russian meddling was reinforced when its programming suddenly interrupted C-Span's online coverage of the House of Representatives in January. (C-Span later called it a technical error, not a hacking.) Watching RT can be a dizzying experience. Hard news and top-notch graphics mix with interviews from all sorts of people: well known and obscure, left and right. They include favorites like Julian Assange of WikiLeaks and Noam Chomsky, the liberal critic of Western policies; odd voices like the actress Pamela Anderson; and cranks who think Washington is the source of all evil in the world. But if there is any unifying character to RT, it is a deep skepticism of Western and American narratives of the world and a fundamental defensiveness about Russia and Mr. Putin. Afshin Rattansi, on stage, hosting a talk show called "Going Underground." Mr. Rattansi went to RT in 2013 after working at the BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera and Iran's Press TV. "Unlike at the BBC and CNN, I was never told what to say at RT," he said. Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times [caption] Analysts are sharply divided about the influence of RT. Pointing to its minuscule ratings numbers, many caution against overstating its impact. Yet focusing on ratings may miss the point, says Peter Pomerantsev, who wrote a book three years ago that described Russia's use of television for propaganda. "Ratings aren't the main thing for them," he said. "These are campaigns for financial, political and media influence." RT and Sputnik propel those campaigns by helping create the fodder for thousands of fake news propagators and providing another outlet for hacked material that can serve Russian interests, said Ben Nimmo, who studies RT for the Atlantic Council. Whatever its impact, RT is unquestionably a case study in the complexity of modern propaganda. It is both a slick modern television network, dressed up with great visuals and stylish presenters, and a content farm that helps feed the European far right. Viewers find it difficult to discern exactly what is journalism and what is propaganda, what may be "fake news" and what is real but presented with a strong slant. A recent evening featured reports of Britain refusing to condemn human rights violations in Bahrain and a "mainstream media firestorm" over Attorney General Jeff Sessions's chats with the Russian ambassador to the United States. Other reports included the "liberation" of Palmyra by the Syrian Army with "the support of the Russian Air Force;" an interview with former British ambassador to Syria and a United States critic, Peter Ford; and a report about a London professor decrying the fall in British living standards. There are "clickbait" videos on RT's website and stranger pieces, too, like one about a petition to ban the financier George Soros from America for supposedly trying to "destabilize" the country and "drown it" with immigrants for a "globalist goal." Mr. Bogachikhin and Anna Belkina, RT's head of communications in Moscow, insist it is absurd to lump together RT's effort to provide "alternative views to the mainstream media" with the phenomena of fake news and social media propaganda. "There's an hysteria about RT," Ms. Belkina said. "RT becomes a shorthand for everything." For example, she says, while RT was featured heavily in the American intelligence report, it was largely in a seven-page annex (of a 13- page report) that was written more than four years ago, in December 2012, a fact revealed only in a footnote on Page 6. She flatly denies any suggestion that RT seeks to meddle in democratic elections anywhere. "The kind of scrutiny we're under -- we check everything." "We overlook MI5 and we're near MI6," Britain's domestic and foreign intelligence agencies, Nikolay A. Bogachikhin, RT's London bureau chief, joked last month. He was poking fun at the charge from Western governments that RT is effectively a Kremlin agency. Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times [caption] For RT and its viewers, the outlet is a refreshing alternative to what they see as complacent Western elitism and neo-liberalism, representing what the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov recently called a "post-West world order." With its slogan, created by a Western ad agency, of "Question More," RT is trying to fill a niche, Ms. Belkina said. "We want to complete the picture rather than add to the echo chamber of mainstream news; that's how we find an audience." Nearly all the mainstream media came out against Mr. Trump during the campaign and much of the news coverage about him was negative, she said. "This is why we exist," Ms. Belkina said. "It's important to watch RT to hear alternative voices. You might not agree with them, but it's important to try to understand where they're coming from and why." A French legislator, Nicolas Dhuicq, who has appeared on RT and went to Russian-annexed Crimea in 2015 as part of a delegation of French legislators, said that RT's aim was "to make the voice of Russia heard, to make the Russian point of view on the world heard." Still, Mr. Dhuicq said, "the impact of RT, in my opinion, is very low." He added: "There is enormous paranoia when we imagine that RT will change the face of the world, influence national or other elections." Afshin Rattansi, who hosts a talk show three times a week called "Going Underground," came to RT in 2013 after working at the BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera and Iran's Press TV. "Unlike at the BBC and CNN, I was never told what to say at RT," he said. There have been two cases of RT announcers quitting because of what they said was pressure to toe a Kremlin line, especially on Ukraine, but not in London, Mr. Rattansi said. Michael McFaul, a Stanford professor who was the United States ambassador to Russia during the Obama years, said that RT should not be lightly dismissed. "There is a demand in certain countries for this alternative view, an appetite, and we arrogant Americans shouldn't just think that no one cares." "Question More" is the slogan of RT, which is trying to fill a niche, said Anna Belkina, head of communications in Moscow. "We want to complete the picture rather than add to the echo chamber of mainstream news; that's how we find an audience." Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times [caption] But there is a considerably darker view, too. For critics, RT and Sputnik are simply tools of a sophisticated Russian propaganda machine, created by the Kremlin to push its foreign policy, defend its aggression in Ukraine and undermine confidence in democracy, NATO and the world as we have known it. Robert Pszczel, who ran NATO's information office in Moscow and watches Russia and the western Balkans for NATO, said that RT and Sputnik were not meant for domestic consumption, unlike the BBC or CNN. Over time, he said, "It's more about hard power and disinformation." The Kremlin doesn't care "if you agree with Russian policy or think Putin is wonderful, so long as it does the job -- you start having doubts, and of 10 outrageous points you take on one or two," he said. "A bit of mud will always stick." Probably more important than RT, Mr. Pszczel said, are Sputnik and local language outlets sponsored by Russia, like the Slovak magazine "Zem a Vek," known for its conspiracy theories. Sputnik is the largest source of raw news in the Balkans, he said, "because it's a free product in local languages." And "then they set up some friendly association, at some small university, which holds seminars, and then a number of strange websites start promoting the product, like an industrial marketing operation." But RT is also helpful in another traditional Moscow effort: making friends with useful people, and not just Mr. Assange, Mr. Pomerantsev said. "RT made Mike Flynn feel good after losing his job" as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, he said, paying him a reported $40,000 to come to RT's anniversary celebration in Moscow and sit near Mr. Putin. And Mr. Flynn, for a time, was national security adviser of the United States. Mr. Nimmo of the Atlantic Council noted RT's small reach in Germany, where Angela Merkel, a Putin critic, is facing a tough re-election fight, and where there are up to 3.5 million Russian speakers. "I strongly suspect that RT Deutsch has a trivial effect compared to Russian-speaking Germans watching Russian television," he said. Stefan Meister, who studies Russia and Central Europe for the German Council on Foreign Relations, agreed that "we shouldn't overestimate RT. The main success of the Russians is the link to social media through bots and a network of different sources." That network, he said, is "increasingly well organized, with more strategic and explicit links between sources and actors -- Russian domestic media, troll factories, RT, people in social networks and maybe also the security services." "Open societies are very vulnerable," Mr. Meister said, "and it's cheaper than buying a new rocket." RT is part of the reality of the 21st century, Mr. Pomerantsev said. "Everyone will do it soon. It's the world we have to live in." Hacks and leaks are much more disruptive, he said. "If you can take out the electrical grid in Ukraine, that's scary. It's hard to get too scared about Larry King on RT." Mr. Pomerantsev agrees with Ms. Belkina that RT is not inventing popular mistrust about Western democracy. "The Russians are about sowing mistrust about institutions that is there already, feeding it," he said. "How do we make our institutions more trustworthy?" Follow Steven Erlanger on Twitter @StevenErlanger. Aurelien Breeden contributed reporting from Paris (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN [and non]. 4765 CUBA / TJK, bad audio mixture on even frequency, Radio Progreso Spanish from Bejucal Cuba and Tajik R1 Dushanbe Yangi Yul hit each other on equal S=6 level at 0305 UT March 15. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, more logs of March 15 at 0230-0330 UT, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 15, 2017, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. Mauno Ritola wrote on the WRTH Facebook group: Christian Milling announces test on Saturday 11.3. from "Golden 80's Rewind" 9900 kHz via Tajikistan 100 kW towards Australia starting at 1200. Email contact: jordan.heyburn@outlook.com (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) But Radio Menschen & Geschichten in German, instead of Golden 80's Rewind:in English, videos later today (Ivo Ivanov, March 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of Radio Menschen & Geschichten via Dushanbe, March 11: 1200-1300 on 9900 DB 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs German, instead of Golden 80's Rewind 1200-1202 dead air & then repeat of Radio Menschen & Geschichten program from Feb 26! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/good-signal-of-radio-menschen.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re 9900 kHz exact fq from Dushanbe TJK, 1150-1259 UT on March Saturday 11th. Instead of "Golden 80's Rewind", heard "Radio, Menschen und Geschichten" in German language, recording of Sunday February 26 in 49 mband on 6045 kHz. "Radio, Menschen und Geschichten" today Dushanbe broadcast center, empty carrier on air at 1150 to 1158 UT, nice signal at remote unit in New Delhi India at S=9+20dB level. Audio Carillon 'Glockenspiel' signal from Euskirchen western Germany Broadcasting House switched on, b u t at very tiny 5 per cent modulation level, heard between 1158 and 1200 UT underneath, - in New Delhi India. 1202:17 UT late REAL TRANSMISSION START with 100 per cent modulation audio level, "Radio, Menschen und Geschichten" ID in German language. S=9+20dB or -54dBm signal in Delhi India remote post. Worldwide could be heard, here the reports: S=9 -72dBm in Brisbane Queensland, North Eastern Australien remote SDR S=8 -80dBm in Doha Qatar. S=9+10dB in Western Hungary. S=9+5dB in DARC Amberg, Bavaria, Germany. S=9+5dB in Rome and Calabria Italy. S=7-8 in Manchester UK and the Netherlands. S=5 -94dBm in Tokyo Japan. S=7 -85dBm in central Florida USA. S=3 in Edmonton Alberta CAN und Michigan USA. Schööööööön: "Waltzing Mathilda" at 1212 to 1215:35 UT. Later on reports of former "FM Radio 100" interview in West-Berlin during GDR era, as well as a traffic transmission service report from Sweden. 10 kHz wideband, exact broad signal, nice audio modulation! Station ID and Euskirchen Germany address given at 1258:30 UT. 1259:35 UT Carillon, 1x Glöckchenspiel. 1259:55 UT TX Dushanbe OFF switch. 73 de (Wolfgang df5sx, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND [non]. A-17 BBC plans to compensate for no Thai relay: BUT FAR OF COMPLETE BBC schedule yet TAC Tashkent UZB replacement, broadcast now on 100 kW only, instead of combined 200 kW twins, now many half at 100 kW on air to double the transmitter availability at this broadcast center. Some curtain antenna usage declined from 'four dipole rows above' to 'two dipole rows above'. NHK Radio Japan Tashkent subcontinent service lost strong curtain #206 antenna array, instead now log-periodics horizontal of #912 ITU type. To free Babcock DHA UAE transmitters for further BBC coverage, DWL left some DHA relay rentals, now move to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Yerevan transmission center Gavar: only 6 times usage of 300 kW / 1 x 100 kW; their single high-power 300 kW tx, distance Armenia to East Asia as replacement for Nakhon Sawan 250 kW units during northern summer season is much limited. BBC Dari, Tamil and Singhalese languages even used Woofferton England broadcast center via long distance to subcontinent. 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Buschel, March 9, DXLD) and here the BBC Requests / Changes in A-17 season, to replace Nakhon Sawan Thailand relay transmissions from March 26: 73 wb Subject: BBC East Asia services, despite Nakhon Sawan relay is silent. ... 0100-0130 on ... 9915 UZB TAC... 0100-0200 on ... 7465 UZB TAC 1330-1400 on ... 11750 UZB TAC 1330-1415 on ... 11995 UZB TAC 1545-1600 on ... 11995 ERV ... 1630-1700 on ... 11995 ERV ... 1700-1730 on ... 5875 ERV ... 1730-1800 on ... 5875 ERV ... 1800-1830 on ... 5875 ERV ... 1830-1900 on ... 5875 ERV ... ENGLISH ... 1300-1400 on 9410 UZB TAC ... ... (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ** THAILAND [non]. All of NAK frequencies are transferred to other transmitter sites as follows, in B-16 / A-17 season: [Ivo Ivanov`s listing as annotated by Wolfgang Büschel:] 0000-0030 on 5875 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SEAs Burmese, ex NAK ... 0030-0100 on 5875 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bengali, ex NAK ... 0100-0130 A-17 ... 9915 UZB TAC ... 0100-0200 A-17 ... 7465 UZB TAC 1330-1400 on 5855 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bengali, ex NAK 1330-1400 on 7565 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bengali, ex NAK ... 1330-1400 A-17 5845 7465 SNG, 11750 UZB TAC ... 1330-1415 A-17 7485 9585 SNG, 11995 UZB TAC ... 1500-1600 on 9920 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu, ex NAK ... 1545-1600 on 7600 ERV 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs Tamil, ex NAK ... 1630-1700 on 5875 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bengali, ex NAK ... 1630-1700 on 7600 ERV 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs Sinhala, ex NAK 1630-1700 A-17 ... 11995 ERV ... 1700-1730 on 5875 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Dari, ex NAK ... 1700-1730 A-17 5875 ERV ... 1730-1800 on 5875 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex NAK ... 1730-1800 A-17 5875 ERV ... 1800-1830 on 5875 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Dari, ex NAK 1800-1830 on 7560 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Dari, ex NAK 1800-1830 A-17 5875 ERV ... 1830-1900 on 5875 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex NAK 1830-1900 on 7560 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex NAK 1830-1900 A-17 5875 ERV ... In HFCC Database are still registered these frequencies as NAK, but all are cancelled, according to IBB Monitoring ... 1300-1400 A-17 9410 UZB TAC, 15310 OMA SLA ... Ivo Ivanov-BUL, March 8 (A-17 comments by wb, March 9, BC-DX 12 March via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN, More frequency changes of Voice of Tibet on March 8: 1245-1300 NF 11512 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11508 1300-1330 NF 11518 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11513 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot. bg/2017/03/more-frequency- changes-of-voice-of.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #998 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, March 13, 2017 via DXLD) Updated schedule of Voice of Tibet Mar 11: 1200-1210 on 11513 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese no change 1210-1230 on 11508 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese no change 1230-1235 on 11507 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan no change 1235-1245 NF 11513 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11507 1245-1305 NF 11508 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11512 1305-1330 NF 11503 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11518 1330-1335 NF 9513 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9512 1335-1345 NF 9507 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9512 1345-1400 NF 9507 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9517 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/updated-schedule-of-voice-of-tibet-on.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE [non]. 11580, Thursday March 9 at 1352, presumed RUI relay as scheduled via WRMI, in a narrative story with classical music about an artist and a hand model, then about a bird. Turkishish music follows with no program outro or station ID until 1359.5 automation fires Bob Zanotti WRMI ID. If it is RUI, not properly packaged for a 29.5 minute slot. I check the WRMI server, and find this is the ``Thursday`` broadcast uploaded March 3, last Friday, only one week out of date. Anyhow every day, all the news seems to be about Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine. `Reading Lounge` is the program which started at 1346:30. However, this file is exactly 30:00 long and the reading is still going when cut off, so the Turkishish music must have been WRMI fill a bit early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: RUI STALLED ON WRMI --- Broadcast on 13 March [UT Mon] at 0200 UT on 11580 was of a program from July 2016 based on content, confirming GH's speculation from examining the WRMI server (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) i.e. Saturday and Sunday files were dated from that era (gh, DXLD) 11580, March 15 at 1330, RUI via WRMI, preview mentioning International Women`s Day which was March 8, so I conclude this file is from one week ago, not today. Then 1335 feature on an exhibition about 50 Ukrainian inventors, many of whom got mixed in with Russians during the Soviet era (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S S R. MOSCOW WEEKLY OUTPUT BY LANGUAGE AND AREA [historic] (via Roger Thauer-D, A-DX ng March 4 via BC-DX 12 March via DXLD) USA / Uzbekistan We received a QSL card from VORW Radio International. 09.03.2017 / 1200-1300 UT / 12085 kHz / Tashkent / 100 kW / Azimuth 068 degrees. E-mail: vorwinfo @ gmail.com PI: http://ivanovpb.blogspot.ru/2016/08/vorw-radio-international.html MOP: http://use015.blogspot.com/2017/03/vorw-radio-international-test.html AK: http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/03/blog-post_10.html (?? / PI / DK / SR / SS / FB / DE / VL) (multiple reports to RusDX March 12 via DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. Test transmission of V of The Report of The Week, Mar 9 1200-1300 on 12085*TAC 100 kW / 068 deg EaAs English, poor/weak/fair: *mixing with Voice of Tibet in Tibetan via Dushanbe from 11512 kHz after 1240 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/test-transmission-of-voice-of-report-of.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ?? How does that mix??? (gh, DXLD) See also USA WORLDWIDE DX CLUB - Bad Homburg - GERMANY DX MAGAZINE 3/2017 NEWS ABOUT BROADCASTING (+other) STATIONS Walter Eibl - Erlangen - GERMANY ------------------------------------------------------- ARMENIA - International Public Radio of Armenia is the foreign service of Armenian Radio: 1530-1545 Daily Assyrian Middle/Near East 4810 1545-1600 Daily Greek Middle/Near East 4810 1600-1630 Daily Kurdish Middle/Near East 1314 4810 1630-1700 Daily Yezidi Middle/Near East 1314 4810 1700-1715 Daily Turkish Middle/Near East 1314 4810 1715-1730 Mon-Fri Azeri Middle/Near East 1314 4810 1715-1730 Sat/Sun Turkish Middle/Near East 1314 4810 1730-1745 Daily Turkish Middle/Near East 1314 4810 1745-1815 Daily Persian Middle/Near East 4810 1815-1845 Daily Arabic Middle/Near East 4810 Middle East & Caucasus on Mediumwave and Shortwave published by / British DX Club, UK. (via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #912 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 19) International relays on shortwave via Gavar Radio CJSC is the operator of shortwave transmitters at Gavar. Transmitter Site: Gavar, near Noratus, Gegharkunik - 100 / 300 kW. Time/UTC Days Station Language Target kHz 0300-0330 Daily BBC Pashto West Asia 7445 0800-1200 Daily Denge Kurdistan Kurdish Middle East 9400 1245-1300 Sat TWR India Kui South Asia 9345 1245-1300 Sun TWR India Santhali South Asia 9345 1300-1315 Sat TWR India Ho South Asia 9345 1300-1315 Sun TWR India Kumaoni South Asia 9345 1315-1330 Sun-Tue TWR India Marwari South Asia 9345 1315-1330 Wed/Thu TWR India Mewadi South Asia 9345 1315-1330 Fri TWR India Braj Bhasha South Asia 9345 1315-1330 Sat TWR India Bengali South Asia 9345 1330-1345 Mon/Tue TWR India Maithili South Asia 9345 1330-1345 Wed TWR India Kashmiri South Asia 9345 1330-1345 Thu TWR India Tibetan South Asia 9345 1330-1345 Fri TWR India Haryanvi South Asia 9345 1330-1345 Sat TWR India Garhwali South Asia 9345 1330-1345 Sun TWR India Bondo South Asia 9345 1345-1400 Sun TWR India Kuruk South Asia 9920 1345-1415 Mon-Fri TWR India Maithili South Asia 9920 1345-1415 Sat TWR India Bundeli South Asia 9920 1400-1415 Sun TWR India Kharia South Asia 9920 1415-1430 Sun/Mon TWR India Magahi South Asia 9920 1415-1430 Tue/Wed TWR India Mundari South Asia 9920 1415-1430 Thu-Sat TWR India Kuruk South Asia 9920 1430-1445 Sat/Sun TWR India Sadri South Asia 9920 1430-1500 Mon-Fri TWR India Sindhi South Asia 9920 1445-1500 Sat/Sun TWR India Chodri South Asia 9920 1500-1515 Mon TWR India Gamit South Asia 9575 1500-1515 Tue/Wed TWR India Bhili South Asia 9575 1500-1515 Thu/Fri TWR India Vasavi South Asia 9575 1500-1530 Sat/Sun TWR India Gamit South Asia 9575 1515-1530 Mon/Tue TWR India Mawachi South Asia 9575 1515-1530 Wed/Thu TWR India Dhodiya South Asia 9575 1515-1530 Fri TWR India Gamit South Asia 9575 1600-1700 Daily IBRA Radio Amharic Horn of Africa 12125 1630-1730 Daily Radio Free Asia Burmese South-East Asia 9940 1730-1800 Daily IBRA Radio Silte Horn of Africa 7510 Additional transmissions are made regularly on shortwave, using transmitters at Gavar for private customers. Some extra relays from Gavar are brokered by the Shortwave Service (Germany) and further details can be found on their website at: (Middle East & Caucasus on Mediumwave and Shortwave published by / British DX Club, UK; via AK Anatoly Klepov, Moscow-RUS, RUSdx #913 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 26) RUSSIA - Reception of Adygeyan Radio on Feb 26 & Feb 27: 1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CAs Sun Adygeyan 1745-1755 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CAs Mon test tone 1755-1800 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CAs Mon dead air 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CAs Mon Ad/Ar/Tu (DX MIX NEWS #996 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, February 28, 2017, via DXLD) 7345 // 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk. Feb 26 (Sunday) noted at 0246, with their weekend schedule (0000-0500), as opposed to the weekday schedule 0300-0500; pop songs; 0250 usual ID and ads; covered at *0258 by strong RRI sign on (IS), which is often not so strong as today. 7345 // 7295, on Feb 27 (Monday), 0450-0500*; usual ID and ads; music; 0500 IS (Jew's harp - khomus) and 3 pips; 7295 with much better reception than normal, with 7345 still stronger. (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WOR 1867, DXLD) UZBEKISTAN - February 25th from 1401 to 1416 UT hours on 6260 kHz sounded early Christian transfer in English - in the beginning was classified Bible Voice Broadcasting, Canada. ... and direct too: Bible Voice Bc at *1401-1416* UT on 6260 kHz with Christian prgr in English was confirmed on 25 February 2017. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, via RUSdx #913 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 26) Shortwave DX-ing from Bulgaria Bulgarian DX blog, Ivo Ivanov -------------------------- SWLDXBulgaria News March 21 NUMBERS STATIONS S06s & S11a in 49,41,31,25mb on March 21: S06s Russian Lady 0800-0806 on 11635 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB 1010-1016 on 7340 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB 1100-1106 on 6190 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB 1110-1116 on 7230*unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB * QRM CRI on 7220 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Bulgarian AM S11a Cherta 1020-1023 on 9960 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/s06s-russian-lady-s11a-cherta-in.html BC-DX 1292, 20 March 2017 edited by Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany ------------------------------------------------- U.K. [MOLDOVA/OMAN/SINGAPORE/UAE/UZBEKISTAN] New schedule of BBC in Farsi from March 22 ... 0230-0330 6095 TAC 100 kW 236 deg to WeAS Farsi ... 0230-0330 7300 KCH 300 kW 116 deg to WeAS Farsi ... Current shortwave schedule of BBC Farsi until March 21 ... 0330-0430 7445 KCH 300 kW 116 deg to WeAS Farsi 1600-1700 7530 KCH 500 kW 116 deg to WeAS Farsi ... (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 19) Hard-Core-DX Digest ---------------------------- * Vol 171, Issue 25 Message: 4 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 From: Jota Xavier Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs: March 23, 2017. JRX Logs: March 23, 2017. CLANDESTINE.** 7350. Mar 23 at 0420, Denge Kurdistan, Maiac-MDA, in Kurdish. Man annnouncer talks and talks. Fair transmission, 35433. DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX).Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3).RX (s): Degen DE1103. Message: 5 Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Subject: [HCDX] log 0110 - 0142 UT Between 0110 and 0142 UT March 24 these entries log noted: KYRGYZ REPUBLIC Noted 2nd tx again on air, after a break of few weeks. 4819.886 kHz Birinchi Radio Bishkek at 0105 UT, but latter suffered of even frequency mixture with China mainland Chinese sce from Lhasa Tibet western China. Much better KGZ Radio 1 Bishkek on 4010.219 kHz, S=9+10dB in remote SDR unit at Delhi India. Mostly in Kyrgyz language, but some Russian language fragments heard too. 0110 UT on March 24. * Vol 171, Issue 27 Message: 6 Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 From: Glenn Hauser Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 24-25, 2017 ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, March 25 at 1257, mix of Chinese talk and Kurdish music, S6-S9. At 1258 the Chinese seems to stop, but circa 1300 I hear two sets of timesignals several seconds apart (and not looking at my clock for precise timing comparisons). The first one has one long tone, then several short ones and a final prolonged one. The second is more conventional, 5 or 6 pips, and then a Denge Kurdistane ID. Trying to sort this out consulting Aoki: D.K. at 1300 is supposedly changing from one 300 kW antenna azimuth to another from PRIDNESTROVYE. RTI is finishing an unjammed hour in Amoy, but Sound of Hope may also be on here during long hours relaying RFA in Chinese, when it would be jammed, presumably with CNR1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA [and non]. 5910, March 25 at 0442, Alcarav?n Radio on as usual from COLOMBIA, during the final semi- hour broadcast ever from the Sitkunai site, i.e. NHK relay in Russian, as Christian Milling had tipped us earlier: he`s in Vilnius putting together a tribute to Lith SW to be broadcast later elsewhere. A few minutes earlier on the R75 I could detect no second signal, but now on the NRD545 I can almost convince myself there is a second slightly offset carrier underneath (double-pitched het with BFO offtuned). At 0504 recheck again nothing but HJDH. Sitkunai had been carrying only a few relays which obviously didn`t make it cost-effective. But as too often happens, also registered a bunch of imaginary transmissions in HFCC B-16, all dated 1234567 301016-250317; the LitEng ones surely being the long-deleted Radio Vilnius!: 5910 0430 0500 27,28 SIT 100 79 Rus LTU NHK NHK 7185 7325 2300 2400 4,8,9 SIT 100 310 LitEng LTU LRT LTU 3011 9455 2100 2200 43,44 SIT 100 79 Cmn LTU IBB IBB 511 9555 0600 1600 29,30 SIT 100 79 LitRus LTU LRT LTU 3007 9710 0800 1500 27,28 SIT 100 259 LitEng LTU LRT LTU 3008 9735 0100 0300 4,8,9 SIT 100 310 LitEng LTU LRT LTU 3009 9740 0100 0200 42,43 SIT 100 79 Uig LTU IBB IBB 544 9825 2300 2400 43,44 SIT 100 79 Cmn LTU IBB IBB 562 Only the IBB and NHK ones have really existed. HFCC A-17 still has, just in case, 4 SIT listings for LRT only, on 9555, 9710, 9875, 11690. Some defunct stations just won`t let go, resulting in far too much nonsense in HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Shortwaveservice Newsletter 25. März 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------- Hallo liebe Kurzwellenfreundinnen und -freunde, morgen beginnt die Sommersendeperiode A17 und leider beginnt sie auch mit schlechten Nachrichten für den internationalen Rundfunk: Die Kurzwellensendeanlagen in Litauen und Albanien - in letzterem auch die Mittelwelle - werden stillgelegt. Heute wurde der tradionsreiche Sendestandort Zehlendorf dem Erdboden gleich gemacht. Der 360m hohe Langwellensendeturm steht nicht mehr. Diese 3 eher traurigen Ereignisse werden wir morgen in unserer Märzausgabe von "Radio. Menschen & Geschichten" behandeln. Außerdem schauen wir auf ein besonderes Projekt: Die documenta ist die weltweit bedeutendste Reihe von Ausstellungen für zeitgenössische Kunst und wird in diesem Jahr ein begleitendes Radioprogramm produzieren, das auch über Kurzwelle ausgestrahlt wird. Abgerundet wird die Sendung wie immer mit "Vox Populi", der Hörerpost. Als besonderheit kommt diese Ausgabe von "Radio. Menschen & Geschichten" nicht aus dem Studio in Euskirchen sondern wurde in Vilnius mittels mobilem Studio in einem Hotel produziert, daher ist der Sound der Mirkofone anders als üblich. An den Sendezeiten hat sich nichts geändert: 08 Uhr UTC = 10 Uhr MESZ auf 6045 kHz via Nauen mit 100kW 08 Uhr UTC = 10 Uhr MESZ auf 7310 kHz via Kall mit 1kW 10 Uhr UTC = 12 Uhr MESZ auf 6005 kHz via Kall mit 1kW 17 Uhr UTC = 19 Uhr MESZ auf 3985 kHz via Kall mit 1kW Für das Osterwochenende haben wir eine einstündige Sondersendung in englischer Sprache unter dem Titel "Bye, Bye Sitkunai" in Vorbereitung. Sie behandelt die Rundfunkgeschichte Litauens von den Anfängen in den 1920er Jahren, über die Zeit der sowjetischen Besatzung bis hin zum heutigen Tage, an dem die Kurzwellenanlage ein für alle mal still gelegt wurde. Die genauen Sendezeiten werden wir in einem separaten Newsletter bekannt geben. Ansonsten änder sich bei den Sendungen aus Kall-Krekel im Vergleich zur Normalzeit bezogen auf die Lokalzeit in Mitteleuropa nicht viel. Hier der Überblick: Sendezeit 6005 kHz: 09-22 MESZ Sendezeit 6085 kHz: 09-19 MESZ Sendezeit 7310 kHz: 08-18 MESZ Sendezeit 3985 kHz: 00-09 MESZ und 18-24 MESZ Sendezeit 15560 kHz: 12-14 MESZ und 17-19 MESZ (vom 08. April-27. April) Und jetzt die Frequenzen en detail (hoffentlich diesmal ohne Typos...) Wichtig: Die Angabe des Tages bezieht sich immer auf die MESZ, nicht auf UTC ****** Sendeplan 6005 kHz: Montags-Freitags: MESZ UTC Programm ... 0900 0700 Radio Belarus (deutsch) ... Samstags: MESZ UTC Programm ... 0900 0700 Radio Belarus (deutsch) ... Sonntags: MESZ UTC Programm ... 0900 0700 Radio Belarus (deutsch) ... ****** Sendeplan 3985 kHz: Montags-Freitags: MESZ UTC Programm 0000 2200 Radio Belarus ... 2300 2100 Radio Belarus Samstags: MESZ UTC Programm 0000 2200 Radio Belarus ... 2300 2100 Radio Belarus Sonntags: MESZ UTC Programm 0000 2200 Radio Belarus ... 2300 2100 Radio Belarus RELAYS ======= JAPAN [AFGHANISTAN/AUSTRIA/BANGLADESH/FRANCE/GERMANY/INDONESIA/IRAQ/ LITHUANIA/MADAGASCAR/MYANMAR/PALAU/PALESTINE/RUSSIA/SINGAPORE/ SOUTH AFRICA/TAJIKISTAN/TANZANIA/U.A.E./U.K./USA/UZBEKISTAN/ VATICAN STATE] ------------------------------ NHK World - Radio Japan Tokyo - March 26 - October 29, 2017. A-17 summer season file, according NHK World Radio Japan leaflet. ... English 0500-0530 EUR 5975mos (ex Sitkunai, Lithuania) ... 1400-1430 SoWeAS 11935tac ... Hindi ... 0059-0120 SoWeAS 9820tac ... 1530-1600 SoWeAS 9600tac ... Persian 0400-0430 ME 15140tac ... 1630-1700 ME MW927tjk ... Russian 0330-0400 EU MW 738msk MW1386lit ... 1600-1630 EU MW 738msk MW927tjk 1730-1800 EU MW1386lit ... Urdu ... 1700-1745 SoWeAS MW927tjk SW / MW relays: ... msk Moscow, Russia nau MBR Nauen, Germany lit RRT Lithuania tac RRTM Tashkent, Uzbekistan tjk Teleradiokom Dushanbe, Tajikistan ... Not anymore included in RJ printed leaflet, but still on HFCC A-17 database contain Fridays only DRM mode test transmission via 9760wof Woofferton U.K., RJ English 1100-1130 UT, RJ Russian 1130-1200 UT. (NHK Radio Japan, PDF.format leaflet transformed by wb at wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 24, 2017) ps. http RJ NHK Tokyo websites NOT YET UPDATED. wb. (Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany) BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ================================= Afghanistan ----------------- The beginning of the program: "Dear listeners of the Radio of Afghanistan ..." AFGHANISTAN Reception of Radio Afghanistan, External Service on March 22: 1530-1730 on 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs English/Urdu/Arabic/Russian In B-16 QRM from CRI 1500-1600 on 6095 En & 6105 Ru, co-ch CRI from 1700 En Summer A-17 of Radio Afghanistan, External Service effective from March 26: 1530-1730 on 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs English/Urdu/Arabic/Russian In A-17 without QRM from China Radio International on 6095, 6100 & 6105 kHz http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/reception-of-radio-afghanistan-external.html (SWLDXBulgaria News March 22) Taiwan ------------- Taiwan International Radio - Russian Service Mar 22, 2017 at 12:47 Dear friends, Starting from March 26 to October 29, 2017, in accordance with the new broadcast schedule, the Russian Service MRI transmissions will be broadcast on the following frequencies: Short wave (SW): - 11985 kHz from 11:00 to 12:00 UTC (region - Far East) - 9590 kHz from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC (region - Siberia) - 11955 kHz from 17:00 to 18:00 UTC (the region is Moscow and the European part of Russia) (Https://vk.com/dxing) Japan --------- A-17 summer season, NHK World Radio Japan Tokyo schedule. Russian 0330-0400 EU MW 738msk MW1386lit 0430-0500 EU 6165nau 0530-0600 EaAS FE 11790yam 1100-1130 EaAS FE 7355yam 1600-1630 EU MW 738msk MW927tjk 1730-1800 EU MW1386lit (NHK Radio Japan, PDF.format leaflet transformed by wb at wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 24, 2017) ps. http RJ NHK Tokyo websites NOT YET UPDATED. wb. (Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany) WEB RADIO IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ============================ Russia. St. Petersburg. ------------------------ Radio record. WEB: http://www.radiorecord.ru/ The history of Radio Record began in St. Petersburg, in a small studio on the Petrograd side. For the first time the Record was broadcast on August 22, 1995. Two years later the station began to play dance music for 24 hours, changing the original format. Dance music has become the world's leading trend, and the Record listens to millions of people in Russia and beyond. Russian electronic musicians, who grew up together with the Record, on an equal footing with foreign stars occupy the leading lines of the world charts. Germany. --------------- SW-Radio Segenswelle. Religious programs. WEB: www.sw-radio.com QSL WORLD ======== AG = Alexander Golovihin, Togliatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia DP = Dmitry Puzanov, Almaty, Kazakhstan / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" PI = Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" PS = Piotr Skorek, Poland Canada / Bulgaria -------------------------- Received eQSL Radio City. E-mail: citymorecars @ yahoo.ca THIS LETTER WILL VERIFY YOUR RECEPTION OF RADIO CITY ON MARCH 17, 2017 AT 20 - 21 CET ON 7290 KHZ AND / OR MARCH 18, 2017 AT 10 - 11 CET ON 9510 KHZ 50 KW KOSTINBROD, BULGARIA You can see eQSL here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/03/blog-post_19.html (AK) Germany -------------- * Got a QSL card from Radio HCJB Deutschland for the reception Program February 4, 2017 from 15.30-16.00 UTC "Voice of the Andes" - radio studio "Revelation". At the end of the letter they wrote: "With respect on behalf of the Voice of the Andes radio station. Employees of Russian radio broadcasting - the "Wave of Hope" studio "Hoffnungswelle", in cooperation with the studio of German broadcasting "Segenswelle" (sw - radio). Technical Operator Peter Tamm. The card came from the address: "Hoffnunswelle" e.V., Postfach 2814, 32715 Detmold, Germany Emailed info@hcjb.org You can see the card here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/03/blog-post_52.html (AK) * E - QSL card received from German station SM Radio Dessau. Program was broadcasted on 19. 03. 2017 on 6070 khz via Channel 292. Transmitter site - Rohrbach / Germany. Transmitting power - 10 kW. (PS) * E - QSL card received from the German station. Goldrausch 6070. Program was broadcasted. 12. 03. 2017 on 6070 kHz via Channel 292. (PS) India --------- After several attempts, on March 14, 2017, a QSL card was received by mail, confirming the reception Radio Kashmir / AIR Srinagar 06.04.2012 on medium waves at a frequency of 1116 kHz, the time is 1332-1347UTC. The radio station identified itself as Radio Kashmir, relayed local news in Hindi, after Which was followed by the identification of AIR. The reception was conducted in Almaty on the Degen DE1103 and the antenna Degen DE31MS, SINPO 35333. The transmitter in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, is 300kW. I wrote for the last time to the address spectrum-manager ... QTH: Almaty, Kazakhstan RX: Grundig Satellit 750, Sangean ATS-909X, Degen DE1103 + tuner MFJ-959C AN: Wellbrook ALA1530, Degen DE31MS (DP) Ireland -------------- Got an eQSL from Radio Oleg. E-mail: radyooleg@gmail.com Has accepted the station: 17 March 2017 / 16.58-17.18 UTC / 6965 kHz (USB) You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/03/blog-post_18.html (AK) Italy ----------- QSL with a new design from ITALCABLE 15 MHz. Http://ivanovpb.blogspot.ru/2016/04/italcable.html (PI) Japan / Lithuania ---------------------- * I received three QSL cards from NHK for the reception on November 2, December 2 and January 16. Transfers in Russian from Sitkunai to 5910 kHz. In the photo the forest is in a fog, all three are the same. They sent one postcard with a train of four trailers. (AG) * Received 3 QSL Russian service NHK World Radio Japan + beautiful postcard NHK - birds on the tree. November 2, 2016/1386 kHz December 2, 2016/5910 kHz January 3, 2017/1386 kHz Subject: "A Fog Rollede Over the Woods" (AK) Netherlands ------------------ * Has received eQSL Sluwe Vos Radio. E-mail: rxreport @ live.nl 19 March 2017 / 13.33-13.39 UTC / 5030 kHz You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/03/blog-post_66.html (AK) * Received eQSL from the Dutch pirate Sluwe Vos Radio - 5030 kHz. Rxreport @ live.nl Http://ivanovpb.blogspot.ru/2017/03/sluwe-vos-radio.html Usually I try to listen to the air on TECSUN PL-680, and here Decided to listen to this radio station on ETON Traveler III and Was pleasantly surprised that the ETON signal is louder and more legible. (PI) * I received an electronic confirmation from a pirate veteran Movements from the Netherlands Misti Radio - 4735 kHz, March 21, 2017 Http://ivanovpb.blogspot.ru/2017/03/misti-radio.html E-mail address on eQSL. (PI) * E - QSL card received from Dutch pirate station Radio Edelkampioen. Program was broadcasted 21. 03. 2017 on MW - 1620 khz from Heerde / the Netherlands. (PS) USA ------- * Received eQSL VORW Radio International is the official External Service of TheReportOfTheWeek. E-mail: vorwinfo @ gmail.com 16 March 2017 / 20.00-20.59 UTC / 11580 kHz (via WRMI) You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/03/blog-post_80.html (AK) * Has received a QSL-card WRMI. 06/02/17 / 20.00 UTC / 11580 kHz Retransmission of Vadim Alexeyev's program "Radiopanorama". E-mail: info@wrmi.net Subject: Flora and Fauna of Okeechobee You can see the card here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/03/blog-post_21.html (AK) Vietnam ------------- I received a QSL-card from the Russian service "Voice of Vietnam". 1630-1657 UTC / 18 February 2017/9730 & 7280 kHz. Theme: "Peach flowers ..." (AK) Russian SWL / DX site. QSL album. Moscow, Russia 26 March 2017 ---------------------- Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: Milford / Pennsylvania / USA Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: ZS6BKW w / RPA-1Plus LNA USA WGN / 720 kHz / 09/03/2017 10:00 / e-QSL / Answer received by: Bill Murdoch | Chief Engineer | WGN Radio - bmurdoch@wgnradio.com / English / comments@wgnradio.com Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: St. Petersburg Receiver: Р-250М2 | Antenna: 10 m LW outdoor Guam Trans World Radio (TWR) / 9975 kHz / 07/03/2017 14:30 / e-QSL, schedule / rphilyaw@twr.org Turkey Voice of Turkey / 9410 kHz / 05.01.2017 14:00 / QSL-card, schedule, calendar / russian / russian@trt.net.tr Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: University of Zielona Gora, Poland Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: LW 50 m Germany SM Radio Dessau / 6070 kHz / 19.02.2017 13:00 / QSL card / German / maxberger@smradio.de Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: Bedford / England Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: Dipole centred on 6MHz Netherlands Radio King Shortwave / 6207 kHz / 03/19/2017 08:10 / e-QSL / English / kingshortwave@hotmail.com Ireland Laser Hot Hits / 6205 kHz / 15/01/2017 09:25 / e-QSL / english / studio@laserhothits.co.uk Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: Enschede / Holland Receiver: Web-SDR | Aerial: Mini-Whip United Kingdom Radio Merlin International / 6305 kHz / 03/19/2017 11:00 / e-QSL / english / radiomerlin@blueyonder.co.uk Bulgaria Radio City / 7290 kHz / 17.03.2017 19:00 / e-QSL / English / citymorecars@yahoo.ca Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: Croatia Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: fd4 Germany SM Radio Dessau / 6070 kHz / 03/19/2017 13:00 / e-QSL / German / maxberger@smradio.de Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: Stafford, England Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: HB HF up-converter and RTL dongle / dipoles Netherlands Sluwe Vos Radio / 6210 kHz / 29/01/2017 16:00 / e-QSL / english / radio6210@yandex.ru The author of the message: kzdx Place of reception: Kostanay Receiver: Sangean ATS909X | Antenna: dipole inverted V - 52 meters Palau Radio Japan (NHK World) / 11705 kHz / 26.10.2016 14:00 / QSL card / English / Sent via the web-site of the station's website https://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/contact/ India All India Radio / 9445 kHz / 27.10.2016 17:47 / QSL card / TX - Bangalore / English / spectrum-manager@air.org.in The author of the message: kzdx Place of reception: Almaty Receiver: Degen DE1103 | Antenna: Degen DE31MS India All India Radio / 5040 kHz / 01.11.2016 15:29 / QSL card / TX - Jeypore / English / spectrum-manager@air.org.in Author of the message: rusborder Place of reception: Twente, Netherlands Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: Mini-Whip Italy Key Channel Radio / 6915 kHz / 03/19/2017 11:34 / e-QSL / keyradioam@gmail.com Netherlands Radio Kholodez / 6205 kHz / 03/19/2012 12:40 / e-QSL / A new project from Jelmer, Sluwe Vos Radio. The identification of the station in Russian, in part Russian-language music, put on air DDT on request / Russian / radio6210@yandex.ru Netherlands Mike Radio / 3915 kHz / 18.12.2016 16:55 / e-QSL / English / mikeradio@live.nl Comment by: ukidd102 Place of reception: Japan Receiver: WR-G33DDC | Antenna: ALA1530LNP Zambia Voice of Hope - Africa / 6065 kHz / 22.02.2017 19:59 / QSL-card / english / reports@voiceofhope.com CALENDAR OF RADIO ===================== Nizhegorodskaya oblast. Nizhny Novgorod. -------------------------------------------------- ------------ Radio Record in Nizhny Novgorod celebrates its four-year anniversary. April 7 will be 4 years old, as the first dance radio station of the country broadcasts in Nizhny Novgorod at a frequency of 100.9 FM ... * - exclusive partner - Group of Companies "Choose Radio". Radio stations in Nizhny Novgorod: Radio Cottage, Radio Record, Love Radio, Hit FM, Comedy Radio (Http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__64948/) Mass media ========== * Russia ------------ The State Duma was asked to verify the legality of the work of Radio Liberty and Voice of America Konstantin Zatulin, First Deputy Head of the State Duma Committee for CIS Affairs, suggested that the State Duma check for compliance with Russian legislation with the activities of Radio Liberty and Voice of America, Interfax reports. "I propose that we take a protocol request to the information policy committee and check the activities of companies like Radio Liberty and Voice of America that have Russian service to comply with the legislation of the Russian Federation," Zatulin said at a meeting of the State Duma. According to him, such a step is a response to the bill introduced by US Senator Jin Sahin on the modernization of registration of foreign agents and coercion to it. "The senator directly explains the introduction of the bill by the threat that exists on the part of the TV channel Russia Todya, to seduce the American people with Russian propaganda," Zatulin said. On March 15, Democratic senator Jean Shahin introduced a bill that gives the Ministry of Justice additional powers to investigate potential violations of US law by RT America, which is funded by Russian authorities. In his bill, Shahin insists on the implementation of the law on the registration of foreign agents. She believes that RT America and other organizations should submit documents on sources of financing and foreign relations. (Http://jourdom.ru/news/92686) * Latvia / Lithuania / Estonia. -------------------------------------- The American company buys all TV channels and radio MTG in the Baltics The Swedish media company Modern Times Group (MTG) has entered into an agreement to sell its media assets in the Baltic States to the US investment company Providence Equity Partners, which is, in particular, the owner of the mobile operator Bite, which is present in the Lithuanian and Latvian markets, MTG press release says. Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian TV channels TV3, TV3 +, TV6, LNT, Channel 2, Viasat Eesti, Viasat Sport Baltic, Star FM radio station, as well as Internet portals Tvplay and Skaties will transfer under the control of the American company. Completely the transaction will be completed after its approval by local regulators .... Sputnik-news.ee (Http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__64910/) 73!