------------------------------------------------------- “RUS-DX” # 919 Broadcasting of Russia, countries of CIS and Baltiya (ex. USSR). Sunday / 9 April, 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 ================ * Easter. ---------- A week later on April 16, a bright holiday of EASTER. Everyone remembers their relatives and friends who have gone to a different world. Let us remember them also. Http://rusdx.narod.ru/MEMORY.html * Germany. ------------ WORLDWIDE DX CLUB. Archive copies of DX MAGAZINE 2000 - 2016. WWDXC archive files - https://www.wwdxc.de/online.shtml (Konstantin Aseev, Kursk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx") * USA ------ Additional Broadcasts of VORW Radio International - Newsletter 3 Dear VORW Radio Listeners,  This is the third edition of the VORW Radio International Newsletter, it will be sent out when there is a significant change to the broadcast schedule or if there is a significant update regarding programming or other matters.  I am pleased to announce that there will be a new transmission of VORW to Japan and East Asia via the Tashkent, Uzbekistan transmitting station. The transmission will be heard on a weekly basis each Thursday at 1200 UTC on 9875 kHz.  I am also adding additional frequencies to North America, 9395 and 6855 kHz, these frequencies will help maximize signal coverage in the North American Continent so all listeners may be served.  VORW Radio International is a light entertainment program, serving listeners in Europe, North America, Asia and the World. Programs consist of a mixture of commentary and listener-requested music of all genres.  Comments, questions, reception reports and music requests may be sent to vorwinfo@gmail.com E-QSL's are provided for reception reports.  Here is the Transmission Schedule: Thursdays: 1200 UTC - 1 PM BST - 8 AM Eastern - 9875 kHz to Japan / East Asia 2000 UTC - 9 PM BST - 4 PM Eastern - 11580 kHz to Europe / Eastern North America 0000 UTC - 1 AM BST - 8 PM Eastern - 7490 kHz to North America 0000 UTC - 1 AM BST - 8 PM Eastern - 6855 kHz to Southwestern North America  0000 UTC - 1 AM BST - 8 PM Eastern - 9395 kHz to North America If you are not in the target area of these transmissions or if you do not own a shortwave receiver, please view this document which includes links to online shortwave receivers, which you can listen on.  https://pastebin.com/MRtxR5f7 If you are unable to hear the broadcasts, archived programs are available on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/vorw_radio_int * St. Petersburg. --------------------------- COMING SOON - MAY 7. AS THE RULE, ON THIS DAY, CORRESPONDING ACTIVITIES ARE HELD IN THE DIFFERENT CITIES OF THE COUNTRY For example, in our city, one of the main events, according to tradition, will take place at the monument to Alexander Stepanovych Popov in the park near Petrogradskaya May 5 at 15:00 Moscow time Most likely, on this day the representatives of the St. Petersburg branch of the RTRS will join the traditional rally - finally - at last. We hope that on this day together with us, as well as with the representatives of the AS Popov Museum-Apartment at LETI, the radio broadcasting network of our city, the St. Petersburg State University of Communications, military communication schools, St. Petersburg radio amateurs and other people not indifferent to Radio, there will be participants of the CETV group St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region in contact. (Https://vk.com/ctvspb) * Journal of Radio. ------------------------ Journal of Radio. 04/2017 Radio reception. V. Gulyaev. News broadcast. Ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2017/04/17.pdf * Free / unofficial broadcasters -------------------------------------------------- ------- Anyone who is interested in taking pirates! Easter competition "Hunting for pirates" 2017. Pirate hunt "Pongaa piraatti pääsiäisenä" 2017 will be held during Easter 2017 (celebrated in Finland on April 14th - 16th). We try to keep rules simple: -log as many PIRATE station as possible between April 14th 0000 UTC and April 16th 2359 UTC -all bands are accepted but only stations without license are counted (no relays by legal stations) Stations with many names shall be counted only once. -ID has to be heard or identification should be otherwise confirmed -post your full logs on forum (http://bbs.fmdx.tk/index.php?topic=436.0), FMDX.tk Facebook group or by e-mail staff @ radioaktiiviset.info, during or after the contest (but until April 30th, 2017) -participating is free for anyone and all participants will receive a diploma later -results will be published in May Pongaa piraatti pääsiäisenä 2017 is organized by a local radio club Sisä-Suomen Radioaktiiviset (Radioactives of Middle Finland) A warm welcome Radioactives/Radioaktiiviset (http://dxing.ru/forum.html?func=view&catid=21&id=35762&limit=8&start=16#36821) (Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * Ohne Namen ------------------- Hello dear short wave radio listeners, On Friday the 14th of April at 8 UTC / 10 CEST, Radio Without Name will send two hours of music program “Something with media”. DJ Ohne Namen - DJON mixes with his Denon DJ MCX 8000 device, 74 minutes "Italo Disco" hits. In the remaining time Pop and Rock of the 80s are played. The broadcast will be repeated at 15 UTC / 17 CEST on April 16 and at 8 UTC /10 CEST on April 17. The radio broadcast is transmitted via the radio transmitter, Radio Channel 292 in the 49 meter band at 6070 KHz. Here is the current schedule: http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/ By the way, the 50th episode " Here we go!” will be broadcast on Friday the 14th of April at 13 UTC / 15 CEST! We wish you a good reception of shortwave broadcasting. Best wishes and blessed Easter Ron COUNTRY INFORMATION. =========================   RUSSIA ======= Competition ------------ On holding competitions for the right to carry out terrestrial broadcasting using specific radio frequencies Of May 31, 2017 MESSAGE OF THE FEDERAL SERVICE FOR SUPERVISION IN THE SPHERE OF COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS "Conducting competitions for obtaining the right to carry out terrestrial broadcasting using specific radio frequencies" Terms of the contest: broadcasting time - "daily, round the clock"; The concept of broadcasting is "free". The right to carry out terrestrial terrestrial broadcasting using radio frequency - when performing terrestrial analogue radio broadcasting. The subject of the contest is 1: Kostroma, Kostroma Region, 90.6 MHz, 1 kW; The subject of the contest 2: Kostroma, Kostroma region, 92.0 MHz, 1 kW; The subject of competition 3: Murmansk, Murmansk region, 90.4 MHz, 0.5 kW; The subject of the competition 4: Murmansk, Murmansk region, 91.6 MHz, 0.5 kW; The subject of the competition is 5: Obninsk, Kaluga region, 93.4 MHz, 0.05 kW; The subject of the contest 6: Obninsk, Kaluga region, 97.8 MHz, 0.05 kW; The subject of the competition is 7: Orsk, Orenburg Region, 98.8 MHz, 0.5 kW; The subject of the contest is 8: Orsk, Orenburg Region, 99.6 MHz, 0.5 kW; The subject of the competition is 9: Penza, Penza Region, 94.7 MHz, 1 kW; The subject of the contest is 10: Penza, Penza Region, 97.5 MHz, 1 kW (Https://rkn.gov.ru/tender/fcc/p618/news43827.htm) Orenburgskaya oblast. Orenburg. ----------------------------------------------- On April 4, the RTRS branch Orenburg ORTPTS started broadcasting Radio Russii and Vesti FM in the FM band. The broadcasting frequency of Radio Rossii is 91.0 MHz, Vesti FM is 90.5 MHz. Transmitters with a capacity of 1 kW allow the reception of Radio Rossii and Vesti FM to more than 630,000 residents of Orenburg and its environs. The symbolic button for the launch of the transmitters of Radio Rossii and Vesti FM was pressed by the director of the Orenburg branch of the RTRS Alexei Mikheev and the director of the State TV and Radio Company Orenburg, Larissa Murashova. Alexei Mikheev noted: "FM-band is characterized by a better signal, and this format is preferred by radio listeners. From year to year we try to improve the standard of living of Orenburg citizens by launching new TV and radio programs on air. " Earlier, "Radio Russii" was broadcast in the VHF band at a frequency of 66.02 MHz. (Http://orenburg.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-translyatsiyu-radio-rossii-i-vesti-fm-v-fm-diapazone-v-orenburge/) Mari El Republic. Yoshkar-Ola. -------------------------------------------------- --- The city of Yoshkar-Ola of the Republic of Mari El joined the network of regional broadcasting Love Radio. The broadcasting frequency is 107.6 FM. The coverage of the population is 301.1 thousand people. The license for broadcasting is owned by Krutoy Media. Also, based on their own licenses, Love Radio is broadcast in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Blagoveshchensk, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Kemerovo, Nizhny Tagil, Orsk, Ryazan, Tomsk, Chelyabinsk. According to Mediascope (Radio Index - Russia, July - December 2016), every day Love Radio is listened to by 3.6 million people, every week - 9.2 million people. Today the regional broadcasting network Love Radio has more than 145 transmitters located in Russia and CIS countries. The official site of Love Radio: www.loveradio.ru. (Krutoy Media website: http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/4280.htm) Ryazanskaya oblast. --------------------------- On April 1, the branch of the RTRS "Ryazan ORTPTS" began broadcasting the radio station "Radio Denj” (“Radio Day") in the cities of Kasimov, Mikhailov, Skopin and the working village of Pronsk. In Kasimov, "Radio Denj" is available at the frequency of 100.5 MHz, in Mikhailov - 102.8 MHz, in Pronsk - 101.7 MHz, in Skopin - 102.7 MHz. Radio station "Radio Denj" can receive more than 150 thousand inhabitants of these settlements. (Http://ryazan.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-translyatsiyu-radiostantsii-radio-den-v-kasimove-mikhaylove-pronske-i-skopine/) Tatarstan. Nizhnekamsk. ---------------------------------- The branch of RTRS "RTBC of the Republic of Tatarstan" began broadcasting the radio "Mayak" in Nizhnekamsk. The broadcasting frequency is 88.2 MHz. The transmitter power is 1 kW. "Mayak" can receive more than 330 thousand residents of Nizhnekamsk and its environs. (Http://tatariya.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-translyatsiyu-mayaka-v-nizhnekamske/) Chuvash Republic. Cheboksary. --------------------------------------------------- - On April 3, the Cheboksary city of the Chuvash Republic joined the regional broadcasting network "Radio Dacha". The broadcasting frequency is 105.7 FM. On the same frequency, Radio Dacha can be listened to in Novocheboksarsk. The total coverage of the population is 598.8 thousand people. The license for broadcasting is owned by Krutoy Media. Also on the basis of its own licenses, Radio Dacha broadcasts in cities: Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Barnaul, Blagoveshchensk, Bryansk, Veliky Novgorod, Vologda, Volgograd, Ivanovo, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kemerovo, Kirov, Magnitogorsk, Murmansk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhny Tagil, Perm, Rybinsk, Ryazan, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Syktyvkar, Tambov, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Khabarovsk, Yaroslavl. "Radio Dacha" is one of the radio stations of the media holding company Krutoy Media. Included in the TOP-10 music radio stations of the country. According to Mediascope (Radio Index - Russia, July - December 2016), every day "Radio Dacha" is listening to 6.0 million people, weekly - 15.5 million people. Today, the regional broadcasting network "Radio Dacha" has more than 220 transmitters located in the cities of Russia and neighboring countries. The official site of Radio Dacha: www.radiodacha.ru. (Krutoy Media website: http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/4278.htm) Yaroslavl region -------------------------------- Yaroslavl. RTPS Dubki. Radio stations: MGTS / Radio station / Location / kW, W 72.26 / Zvezda & Radonezh / RCS Yaroslavl / 250 W 73.94 / Echo of Moscow / RTPS Dubki / 1 kW / 96.20 PLAN / Komsomolskaya Pravda / RTPS Dubki / 250 W 96.60 PLAN / Radio Chanson / RTPS Dubki / 100 W 98.70 PLAN / Radio Kniga /? / 250 W 99.10 / Radio Russii / RTPS Dubki / 1 kW 99.50 / Sport FM / RTPS Dubki / 1 kW 99.90 / Vesti FM / RTPS Dubki / 1kW 100.60 / Love Radio / RRS Yaroslavl / 250 W 101.10 / Serebryany dozhd / RCS Yaroslavl / 250 W 101.70 / Radio 7 / RTPS Dubki / 1 kW 102.20 / Retro FM / RTPS Oak / 1 kW 102.60 / Russkoe radio / RTPS Dubki / 1 kW 103.30 / Radio Dacha / RTPS Oak / 1 kW 103.80 / Dorozhnoe Radio / RTPS Dubki / 1 kW 104.50 / Autoradio / RTPS Dubki / 1 kW 105.10 / Europa Plus / RTPS Dubki / 1 kW 105.60 / Hit FM / RCS Yaroslavl / 250 W 106.50 / Echo of Moscow / RTPS Dubki / 1 kW 107.00 / Detskoe radio / RTPS Dubki / 1 kW 107.90 / Mayak / RTPS Oak / 1 kW - Also in Yaroslavl you can hear and see radio stations and TV channels from Kostroma, Ivanovo (Rodniki), Rybinsk, the village of Volga. - Pirates: 95.00 / Radio Record / Bragino / 15-30 W 95.20 / Sky FM / Neftestroy / 30 W https://vk.com/skyfm (Https://vk.com/yaradiotv) BELARUS ========== Fresh plans. 90.7 - Bobruisk - Yumor FM 95.4 - Bobruisk – Bobruyskoe Gorodskoe Radio 94.1 - Minsk - Legends FM Exact launch dates are unknown. Information from tenders for procurement of Beltelecom equipment. Evgenij Tokar (Https://vk.com/radioby) “RUS-DX PLUS” PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ============== Shortwave DX-ing from Bulgaria Bulgarian DX blog, Ivo Ivanov -------------------------- * SWLDXBulgaria News, April 2 RUSSIA(non) Weak signal of Adygeyan Radio on April 2 1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Sun Adygeyan Adygeyan Radio No signal on 6000 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English BS TOM at same time http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/weak-signal-of-adygeyan-radio-on-april-2.html * SWLDXBulgaria, April 4 TAJIKISTAN(non) Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet, April 4 1200-1210 on 11508 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese unchanged 1210-1230 NF 11513 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11503 1230-1235 on 15517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchanged 1235-1305 NF 15527 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15523 1305-1335 NF 15528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15522 1335-1400 on 15517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchanged http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet.html * SWLDXBulgaria News, April 4-5 KURDISTAN(non) Minor transmitter change of Denge Kurdistan, April 4 1600-1930 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 1600-1900 1930-2030 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 1900-2030 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/minor-transmitter-change-of-denge.html NUMBERS STATION S06s Russian Lady in 9-11-12 MHz, April 5: 0830-0836 on 9255 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB 0830-0836 on 11530 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB 0840-0846 on 9952 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB 0840-0846 on 12140 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/s06s-russian-lady-in-9-11-12-mhz-april-5.html DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-13, March 29, 2017 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, USA -------------------------------------------- ** BELARUS [non]. Und jetzt die Frequenzen en detail (hoffentlich diesmal ohne Typos...) Wichtig: [See GERMANY for full sked; RusDX excerpted only the part aboout a CIS country; all daily in German:] Sendeplan 6005 kHz: 0700 Radio Belarus (deutsch) Sendeplan 3985 kHz: 2200 Radio Belarus, 2100 Radio Belarus (shortwave service, Germany, via RusDX 26 March via DXLD)   Excerpting from a full schedule needs to take account of showing durations! The 0700 broadcast has nothing after it until 1030 UT weekdays, 1100 weekends, so is Belarus really for 2.5 or 3 hours, or is there a break? The 2200 & 2100 [sic] broadcasts are axually at 2100-2300 UT, apparently. As for languages, none given for 2200 & 2100, so not necessarily German?? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA [and non]. SECRETLAND, SPL The Global specialist for International Communications on shortwave and provided to you strong, clear and quality signal around the world. A17 schedule of Brother HySTAIRical TOM via SPL Secretbrod from Mar 26 1600-2000 on 11600.4 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME English, bad frequency choice* *from 1600 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish Denge Kurdistan 1800-2000 on  6000.0 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English, bad frequency choice# # 1800-1830 on  6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon Adygeyan Radio # 1830-1900 on  6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Mon Adygeyan Radio # 1800-1900 on  6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri Adygeyan Radio # 1900-2000 on  6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Sun Adygeyan Radio 1801-2000 on  9400.0 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English, strong/clear signal! 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. CLANDESTINE, A-17 of clandestine broadcasts to North Korea via DB/TAC: Radio Free North Korea 1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, same in A-16 National Unity Radio 1200-1500 on 11550 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, same in A-16 Voice of Wilderness 1330-1530 NF  7615 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 7620 A-16 North Korea Reform Radio 1430-1530 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, mixing with: 1430-1500 on  9500 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Hindi Wed-Sun FEBA!! Voice of Martyrs 1530-1700 NF  7510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Kor/En, ex 7515 A-16 North Korea Reform Radio 2030-2130 on  7585 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, videos later http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/summer-17-of-clandestine-broadcasts-to.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** 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) … 11600, MOLDOVA, MEZ BRB Radyoya Denge Kurdistane, from Grigoriopol Maiac broadcast center, heard in Qatar remote SDR, S=9+25dB at 0537 UT, 11.4 kHz wideband proper signal [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, March 28 morning, in 0455 to 0640 UT time slot, heard mainly in remote SDR units in Doha Qatar and Delhi India, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. KYRGYZ REPUBLIC: Noted 2nd transmitter 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 service from Lhasa Tibet western China [sic]. 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 (Wolfgang Büschel, DF5SX, March 24 0110-0142 logs, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1871, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA [and non]. Bye, bye Sitkunai --- Hi all, as you may know, the Sitkunai shortwave transmitter will be shut down forever. The last program will be tomorrow, Saturday between 0430 and 0500 UT, the NHK to 79  on 5910 kHz. I'm currently in Vilnius and had the chance to visit the transmitter site as probably the last person from abroad. I took some pictures; you can find them here: http://bit.ly/2nNfJqx My original idea was to do a "Bye, bye Sitkunai" program broadcast over the transmitter as the last show ever. Due to technical difficulties and the massive personal effort it takes to set the transmitter in operation for an ad-hoc broadcast, this won't be possible. But: we managed to produce a show which will cover the history of Lithuanian Radio, Radio Vinius' foreign service, Radio M-1 (the first and only commercial radio station in the Soviet Union), Radio Centras and Radio Baltic Waves International - and of course the Sitkunai transmission station. Rimantas Pleykis, Sigitas Žilionis and Audrius Matonis will be our guests in the show. We will add some historical audio recordings as well as Lithuanian music. What's missing are stories from listeners: What are your memories on Radio Vilnius? You can send them to me (christian.milling@shortwaveservice.com) as text or audiofile. I'll add them to the show. Even if it's not possible to go out with this show via Sitkunai, I'll book some relays around the world (quantity depends on what my wallet will tell me :)). Any wishes? There will also be a special QSL card. The show is intended to be broadcasted around the easter-weekend (16th April 2017). Best regards, (Christian Milling, shortwaveservice, March 24, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1871, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910, March 25 at 0442, Alcaraván 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 doesn`t register in gaisma.com, but Vilnius sunrise today was 0409 UT, so 5910 should still propagate westwards.) 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, WORLD OF RADIO 1871, DX LISTENING DIGEST) During the Easter weekend Shortwaveservice is planning to broadcast a special programme in English called "Bye, Bye Sitkunai" talking about Sitkunai's history from its beginning in the 1920s, the Soviet occupation (acc. to the email => "sowjetische Besatzung") to the present. He didn't gave any details when it will be broadcast. 73, (Manfred R. Reiff, Germany, March 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1871, DX LISTENING DIGEST) THE NEXT ONE: BYE, BYE SITKUNAI BROADCAST CENTER. Erfahren wir dann morgen, ob die Tschuess-Sendung direkt aus Sitkunai kommt oder doch einen Umweg ueber ein anderes Relais nehmen muss. Dafuersind zumindest schon mal ein paar Gespraeche im Kasten und auch ein paar Fotos aus Sitkunai: 18 pictures from SW / MW bcast center Sitkunai. Aaaalso: Die letzte Sendung, die aus Sitkunai auf Kurzwelle laufen wird ist die Sendung der NHK World Radio Japan Tokyo in Russian, morgen frueh Saturday March 25, zwischen 0430 und 0500 UTC auf 5910 kHz. Eine Extrawurst fuer uns Radiobekloppte wuerde man zwar gerne braten, aber der Aufwand ist zu hoch und es ist bei Adhoc-Relays in der Vergangenheit zuviel schief gegangen, dass es schade waere, wenn auch die Nummer in die Binsen ginge. Dennoch haben wir eine Sondersendung in englischer Sprache zusammengeschustert, in der ein ehemaliger Mitarbeiter von Radio Vilnius (englischer Service, heute Nachrichtenchef im TV) ueber seine Zeit waehernd der Wende erzaehlt. Sigitas Zilionis kommt zu Wort und berichtet ueber die Radiogeschichte Litauens im allgemeinen und Sitkunai im speziellen und Rimantas Pleykis berichtet ueber den ersten und einzigen Privatsender in der Sovjetunion "Radio M-1", den er mitgebruendet hat und stellt sein aktuelles Projekt "Radio Baltic Waves International" vor, dass auf Mittelwelle 1386 kHz noch aus Sitkunai und spaeter im Laufe des Jahres von einem anderen Standort gesendet werden wird. Dazu ein paar Audioextrakte aus vergangenen Zeiten und litauische Musik. Was noch fehlt sind Eure Hoerergeschichten; Erinnerungen an die Sendungen "von hier". Gerne koennt Ihr die mir noch schicken und ich baue sie in die Sendung rein, entweder per Textform oder als Audiodatei. Die Sendung wird voraussichtlich am Osterwochenende laufen (also rund um den 16. April). Es wird eine Sonder-QSL Karte geben (wenn mein MS- Paint wieder funktioniert). Die Senderstandorte und Senderichtungen werde ich kurzfristig zusammenkoordinieren, mal schauen, was das Portemonnai als maximale Moeglichkeit hergibt. Wuensche an Sendezeit werden gerne entgegengenommen. Viele Gruesse - Christian (Christian Milling-D, direct from Sitkunai Lithuania, March 24 via BCDX 28 March via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. AMERICA IS ILL-PREPARED TO COUNTER RUSSIA'S INFORMATION WARFARE --- Propaganda is nothing new. But Moscow is frighteningly effective -- and worse is on the way. Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, Feb. 23. Photo: Metzel Mikhail/Zuma Press By Mike Rogers  March 27, 2017 6:59 p.m. ET 38 COMMENTS https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-is-ill-prepared-to-counter-russias-information-warfare-1490655558?tesla=y When historians look back at the 2016 election, they will likely determine that it represented one of the most successful information operation campaigns ever conducted. A foreign power, through the targeted application of cyber tools to influence America's electoral process, was able to cast doubt on the election's legitimacy, engender doubts about the victor's fitness for office, tarnish the outcome of the vote, and frustrate the president's agenda. Historians will also see a feckless Congress -- both Democrats and Republicans -- that focused on playing partisan "gotcha" and fundamentally failed in its duty to gather information, hold officials accountable, and ultimately serve the country's interests. Whether or not the Trump campaign or its staff were complicit in Moscow's meddling is missing the broader point: Russia's intervention has affected how Americans view the peaceful transition of power from one president to the next. About this we should not be surprised. Far from it. Propaganda is perhaps the second- or third-oldest profession. Using information as a tool to affect outcomes is as old as politics. Propaganda was familiar to the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Byzantines, and the Han Dynasty. Each generation applies the technology of the day in trying to influence an adversary's people. What's new today is the reach of social media, the anonymity of the internet, and the speed with which falsehoods and fabrications can propagate. Twitter averaged 319 million monthly active users in the fourth quarter of 2016. Instagram had 600 million accounts at the end of last year. Facebook's monthly active users total 1.86 billion--a quarter of the global population. Yet even these staggering figures don't fully capture the internet's reach. In February, Russia's minister of defense, Sergei Shoigu, announced a realignment in its cyber and digital assets. "We have information troops who are much more effective and stronger than the former `counter-propaganda' section," Mr. Shoigu said, according to the BBC. Russia, more than any other country, recognizes the value of information as a weapon. Moscow deployed it with deadly effect in Estonia, in Georgia and most recently in Ukraine, introducing doubt into the minds of locals, spreading lies about their politicians, and obfuscating Russia's true intentions. A report last year by RAND Corp., "The Russian `Firehose of Falsehood' Propaganda Model ," noted that cyberpropaganda is practically a career path in Russia. A former paid troll told Radio Free Europe that teams were on duty around the clock in 12-hour shifts and he was required to post at least 135 comments of not fewer than 200 characters each. In effect, Moscow has developed a high-volume, multichannel propaganda machine aimed at advancing its foreign and security policy. Along with the traditional propaganda tools -- favoring friendly outlets and sponsoring ideological journals -- this represents an incredibly powerful tool. Now extrapolate one step further: Apply botnets, artificial intelligence and other next-generation technology. The result will be automated propaganda, rapid spamming and more. We shouldn't be surprised to see any of this in the future. Imagine an American senator who vocally advocates a new strategic-forces treaty with European allies. Moscow, feeling threatened, launches a directed information campaign to undermine the senator. His emails are breached and published, disclosing personal details and family disputes, alongside draft policy papers without context. Social media is spammed with seemingly legitimate comments opposing the senator's position. The senator's phone lines are flooded with robocalls. Fake news articles are pushed out on Russian- controlled media suggesting that the senator has broken campaign- finance laws. Can you imagine the disruption to American society? The confusion in the legislative process? The erosion of trust in democracy? Unfortunately, this is the reality the U.S. faces, and without a concerted effort it will get worse. Congress is too focused on the trees to see the frightening forest. Rather than engaging in sharp-edged partisanship, lawmakers should be investigating Russian propaganda operations and information warfare. They should be figuring out how to reduce the influence of foreign trolls, and teaching Americans about Moscow's capabilities. That would go a long way to save the republic. Mr. Rogers was chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 2011-15. Appeared in the Mar. 28, 2017, print edition (via Mike COoper, DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE THE TOKEN AMERICAN JOURNALIST ON RUSSIAN STATE TV  {CHitajte na russkom} By David Filipov March 23 Follow @davidfilipov David Filipov, The Washington Post's Moscow bureau chief, has appeared on numerous nationally televised talk shows in Russia. (Jason Aldag/The Washington Post) [caption] https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/23/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-the-token-american-journalist-on-russian-state-tv / MOSCOW -- I'm standing in a glistening TV studio that evokes "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" crossbred with "Fox NFL Sunday." The stage is a large, brightly lit clock face that occasionally flashes random, live-action video images. Metallic shards of blue, red, and white light coruscate across the reflective steel and glass backdrop. From a massive screen behind the stage, Russian President Vladimir Putin stares down balefully. No one on this set is going to win a million dollars. But millions of Russians are watching. This is "60 Minut," an hour-long political talk show aired on the state-owned Rossiya-1 television network that dominates Russia's 7 to 8 p.m. weeknight time slot. Its charismatic husband-and-wife hosts, Evgeny Popov and Olga Skabeeva, offer sharp, well-prepared, slanted commentary on the news of the day, and carefully choreograph discussions that heat up quickly and simmer just south of shouting matches. Most Russians get their news from state-controlled TV broadcasts that dole out the stories the Kremlin wants told. But it is on political talk shows such as "60 Minut" where the Kremlin's view of the world is sized up, shouted over and ultimately deemed the only right one. On "60 Minut," the guests face off from two small glass tables on opposite sides of the stage: pro-government on one side, foreigners and dissenters on the other. I'm one of the foreigners. Five minutes into the March 10 show, Popov sidles over to me and asks the question that any American who gets in a political conversation in Moscow gets asked -- except this time, ratings will later show, 2,833,200 viewers are watching. "Why is an independent Russia to blame?" he says. "Why is Russia the enemy?" As he asks that, I'm wondering, "Why am I here?" [Here's what it's like to be a Russian TV political talk show host] Well, for one thing, it's a rush. You feel like you're a rock star playing the Colosseum; then when you get out there, you realize it's the Roman era, you're a Christian, and you're performing for a colosseum filled with hungry lions. But I wanted to understand how shows like this work -- and to do that, I really had to be part of them. It's kind of like being the token liberal on "Hannity" or the conservative sop on "Hardball With Chris Matthews," except that on American TV there's still a choice of viewpoints. Russian television is firmly pro-Putin. It's also like being the bad guy on "The Jerry Springer Show," because if I'm here, the subject is the United States -- and in today's Russia, Americans are the bad guys: hypocritical, rife with double standards, pushers of 25 years of policies aimed at keeping post-Soviet Russia down. Dissenting ideas are allowed, but mostly so that they can be knocked down. We'll all get a chance to have our say, and debate a little, but the deck is stacked. The patriotic side will get the final word, verbal pats on the back from the hosts, and the lion's share of the studio audience's applause for lines such as "Putin is a humanist, because he delivers on all of his promises." Someone on the March 10 show actually says that. That show kicks off with a tease to a dramatic CNN documentary in which American journalists and officials paint a harrowing picture of Putin's unchecked power, and repeat the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that the Kremlin meddled in the U.S. election so President Trump would win. The documentary fuels a favorite topic of Russian political TV: Russia-bashing by the American elite. "60 Minut" -- Popov will tell you the name was not ripped off from the world-famous CBS show, and he'll also disagree with what I'm writing about his show -- is probably the best of a raft of well-produced Russian talk shows that debate their way into validating the view of the world of Putin's Russia. Ukraine, in this view, is a rogue fascist state backed by cynical Americans uninterested in the suffering they have caused; Crimea was rescued by Putin's troops from Kiev's marauders and restored to its rightful place as part of Russia; Syria is a successful intervention to clean up the mess created by Washington's unlawful intervention; Russia suffers not because of its kleptocratic leadership's refusal to loosen its grip on power to allow the rule-of-law society that makes free markets work, but because the United States and its European proxies don't allow it to thrive. American media are so biased when we talk about Russia, according to the view broadcast on state media, that we can't see these truths, whereas in Russia, as one pro-Kremlin lawmaker said with a straight face on a recent show, "we have true freedom of speech." On "60 Minut," news stories that flesh out the theme of the day flash across the screen, then the hosts coax a discussion of the official take on what's going on. The game-show presentation makes the debate that follows look like a competition. Everyone gets to take a turn, as graphics and videos flash across the screen and the "interactive floor." During one episode, when I was talking about Russian and U.S. strikes against the Islamic State, the image on the floor was the view from a fighter jet aiming at a target. In debates on these programs, I'm a pretty easy target, thanks to my inexact Russian and fumbling efforts to pull off self-effacing wit (imagine a combination of Yakov Smirnov and Balki). The hosts and guests are generally indulgent and occasionally help me find the right words, but in the end, it always turns out that the guys on the Kremlin's side make the most sense. Most American journalists based in Moscow avoid these shows. One, Michael Bohm, has become a household name with his frequent appearances, but he has no affiliation with household-name U.S. media. Most of my colleagues fluent enough to hold their own in a debate don't see the upside of being a televised whipping boy and having their employer's name dragged through the mud. This was the theme of my first appearance on "60 Minut," on Inauguration Day. That mondo screen in the back broadcast the inauguration proceedings in real time, interspersed with live reports from Washington. But the show started with a story of mine that ran that day plastered across that screen. It was a mostly lighthearted piece that poked fun at some of the over-the-top ways Russians were expressing their affection for Trump. Skabeeva introduced me. "We've never seen an author of The Washington Post and now let's look at one: David Filipov, in our studio," she said. I bathed in the applause. Rock star. But the point of bringing up the article was to use it (unfairly, I'd say) as an example of anti-Russian slant, and lead into a CNN story about who would take charge if Trump were assassinated before taking office. Putting the two reports together, the hosts nudged the audience to the conclusion that the U.S. media hates Russia and wants to stop Trump from improving relations with Moscow. A pro-Kremlin legislator, Sergei Zheleznyak, drove home this point, raving about the conspiracy to me and the other outsiders -- a German reporter, and Owen Matthews, a British journalist who goes on Russian TV because he likes getting the opportunity to knock Putin on a live national broadcast. Zheleznyak's umbrage was mostly for show. During a commercial break, he smiled and said in fluent English, "I hope I didn't offend you." Another frequent guest on "60 Minut" who goes off on America on-screen is Andrei Bezrukov, in person a well-spoken and thoughtful commentator. He should be, because he is one of the sleeper spies exposed and expelled from the United States in 2010. I spent months chasing after him back then; another reason to go on these shows is you meet all sorts of fascinating people. And then, every so often, there's a chance to make a point that 2,833,200 Russians will hear. After appearing on a few shows, I started to anticipate the question and plan my answer. In the March 10 show, when Popov asks me why America hates Russia, I spring my trap. "I know how to make people stop saying that Putin is the core of all the evil in the world," I say confidently, fumbling only a couple of the words. "Oh, please tell us," Skabeeva sneers for the camera. "Have you written about it in your newspaper?" Popov inquires. "Not yet," I wink, as though letting them in on some scoop. "Okay, this is a very simple," I continue in my Smirnovesque Russian. "He can run for the president and then lose with a distance of 3 million votes like Hillary Clinton did." I plow ahead despite misstating the stats. "Then everybody will stop the talking about him." Popov gave a sarcastic chuckle. There was nothing to say to that. I didn't kill the lion. But I gave him a good yank on the tail (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN [and non]. 9350, March 27 at 0121, JBA carrier, or more like two of them. HFCC shows IBB in Uighur, 01-02, 200 kW, 60 degrees from Dushanbe; i.e. Radio Free Asia and/or ChiCom jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKISTAN. 7245, Tajik Radio 1 from Dushanbe Yangi Yul site, during morning fade-out at 0506 UT S=9 level, female presenter [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, March 28 morning, in 0455 to 0640 UT time slot, heard mainly in remote SDR units in Doha Qatar and Delhi India, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. CLANDESTINE, A-17 of clandestine broadcasts via TAJIKISTAN: Voice of Tibet 1200-1210 on 11508 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1210-1230 on 11503 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1230-1235 on 15517 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1235-1305 on 15523 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1305-1335 on 15522 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1335-1400 on 15517 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PUBLICATIONS ++ ALL UPDATED FOR A-17: DX/SWL/Media Programs http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html World of Radio schedules http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Alan Roe`s Hitlist of SW stations http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 73, Glenn Hauser DISTANCE CALCULATIONS Here's the best website I've run across for accurately calculating straight-line (a.k.a. "as the crow flies" [meaning Great Circle??]) distance between two points: http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm Waaaaaaaay better than http://www.indo.com/distance This one let me pinpoint the exact locations of the KOTS transmitter AND the house in west Omaha where I was living at the time. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af, March 28, IRCA via DXLD) Thanks, guys. Regarding distance calculation, I keep my logbook at mwlist.org which automatically calculates the distance (and bearing) from the transmitter to receiver after you've created an account (free) and entered in your receiver coordinates. 73, (Tim Tromp, MI, ibid.) RUSSIAN 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" via RusDX March 26 via DXLD) 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 Aseyev, Kursk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx", ibid.) DX RE MIX NEWS # 1001 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Bulgaria. Date: April 5, 2017 ---------------------------- AZERBAIJAN Good signal of Ictimai Radio with broadband FM mode, March 30 0815-1415 on 9676.9 unknown tx / unknown to CeAs Azeri, plus strong co-ch 1100-1400 on 9680.0 TSH 100 kW / 352 deg to EaAs Chinese RTI & CNR Jammer http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/good-signal-of-ictimai-radio-with.html GERMANY Christian Milling from Shortwaveservice announced: Special program "Bye, bye Sitkūnai" about the switch off of the Sitkūnai transmitter will be as follows: 2200-2300 on 5950 YFR 100 kW / 181 deg to Cuba English Apr.15 via WRMI Okeechobee 1600-1700 on 9400*SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Apr.16 via SPL/SCB Bulgaria 1800-1900 on 7465 ERV 100 kW / 330 deg to NoEu English Apr.16 via Noratus, Armenia 2130-2230 on 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Apr.16 via WRMI Okeechobee 0000-0100 on 9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English Apr.17 via WRMI Okeechobee 0300-0400 on 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Apr.17 via WRMI Okeechobee * in A-17 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi 1700-1800 SPL BVBroadcasting http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/special-program-bye-bye-sitkunai-will.html NUMBERS STATION Unscheduled broadcast of S06s Russian Lady on March 31: 0820-0824 on 9925 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, good signal Other broadcasts of S06s Russian Lady, S11a Cherta & E11 Oblique March 31 S06s Russian Lady 0900-0904 on 5744 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB 0908-0912 on 6524 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB 0930-0934 on 12140 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB S11a Cherta 0915-0918 on 7317 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB 1020-1003 on 9960 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB E11 Oblique 1000-1009 on 7840 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/unscheduled-broadcast-of-s06s-russian.html RUSSIA(non) Weak signal of Adygeyan Radio on April 2 1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Sun Adygeyan Adygeyan Radio No signal on 6000 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English BS TOM at same time http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/weak-signal-of-adygeyan-radio-on-april-2.html TAJIKISTAN(non) Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet, April 4 1200-1210 on 11508 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese unchanged 1210-1230 NF 11513 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11503 1230-1235 on 15517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchanged 1235-1305 NF 15527 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15523 1305-1335 NF 15528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15522 1335-1400 on 15517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchanged http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet.html U.K.(non) Radio Ranginkaman and Sedoye Bahar via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, March 31 Radio Ranginkaman Radio Rainbow 1700-1730 on 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri, weak to fair Sedoye Bahar Voice of Spring 1700-1730 on 7530 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri, weak to fair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/radio-ranginkaman-and-sedoye-bahar-via.html UZBEKISTAN(non) Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok via RED Telecom Tashkent, March 30 1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun, very weak signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/voice-of-khmer-mchas-srok-via-red.html BC-DX 1294, 6 Aplil 2017 edited by Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany ----------------- ARMENIA/BULGARIA/USA [GERMANY non] Christian Milling from Shortwaveservice announced: Special program "Bye, bye Sitkunai Lithuania" about the switch off of the Sitkunai transmitter will be as follows: 2200-2300 5950 YFR 100 kW 181 deg to NoAM/CeAM English Apr. 15 via WRMI Okeechobee, Florida, USA. 1601-1700 9400*SOF 100 kW 306 deg to WeEUR English Apr. 16 via SPC Bulgaria, new time, not 17-18 UT ! <<<<<<<<< 1800-1900 7465 ERV 100 kW 330 deg to NoEUR English Apr. 16 via Noratus, Gavar, Armenia. 2130-2230 9955 YFR 100 kW 160 deg to CeAM English Apr. 16 via WRMI Okeechobee, Florida, USA. 0000-0100 9395 YFR 100 kW 355 deg to EaNoAM English Apr. 17 via WRMI Okeechobee, Florida, USA. 0300-0400 9955 YFR 100 kW 160 deg to CeAM English Apr. 17 via WRMI Okeechobee, Florida, USA. * via SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria relay site, QSL via ? Spaceline Ltd., Sofia Bulgaria. CEO Dimitar Todorov (Roberto Pavanello-ITA, via Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, via RUSdx #918 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 2) Trans World Radio (TWR), via Grigoriopol Maiac, Pridnestrovie, 999 kHz, 21 March 2017 at 19:30 UT. QSL-card / On QSL there is another e-mail of Mikhail Nevolin (irbisspb St.P.-RUS, via Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, via RUSdx #918 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 2) RUSSIA The fate of powerful broadcasting. Chukotka and Magadan want to revive SW Broadcasting! The issue is being worked out in Moscow. Broadcast SW will be a radio center in Elizovo, Kamchatka Territory - 2 SW of transmitter for 100 kW of type "Thunder" and "Purga" (AK Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, via RUSdx #918 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 2) RUSSIA [and non] Russia's RT Network: Is It More BBC or K.G.B. ? 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 -at- Steven Erlanger. Aurelien Breeden contributed reporting from Paris. (via Mike Cooper, dxld March 15) TAJIKISTAN/UZBEKISTAN {target radio services} CLANDESTINE A-17 of clandestine broadcasts to Tibet and North Korea via Dushanbe Tajikistan and Tashkenz Uzbekistan: Voice of Tibet 1200-1210 11508 DB 100 kW 095 deg to EaAS Chinese 1210-1230 11503 DB 100 kW 095 deg to EaAS Chinese {11513 on Apr 3, wb} 1230-1235 15517 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan 1235-1305 15523 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan 1305-1335 15522 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan 1335-1400 15517 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan Radio Free North Korea 1200-1300 15630 TAC 100 kW 076 deg to NoEaAS Korean, same in A-16 National Unity Radio 1200-1500 11550 DB 100 kW 071 deg to NoEaAS Korean, same in A-16 Voice of Wilderness 1330-1530 NF7615 TAC 100 kW 076 deg to NoEaAS Korean, ex7620 A-16 North Korea Reform Radio 1430-1530 11570 TAC 100 kW 076 deg to NoEaAS Korean, mixing with: 1430-1500 9500 TAC 100 kW 131 deg to SoAS Hindi Wed-Sun FEBA!! Voice of Martyrs 1530-1700 NF7510 TAC 100 kW 076 deg to NoEaAS Kor/En, ex7515 A-16 North Korea Reform Radio 2030-2130 NF7500 TAC 100 kW 076 deg to NoEaAS Korean, ex7585 A-16 (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 30) UZBEKISTAN VORW von Tashkent-UZB nach Japan. Folgende aktuelle kam soeben rein: Hello Harald, I'll be sending out a newsletter on Monday but I am pleased to inform you that the transmission to Japan will be on the frequency of 9875 kHz at the time of 1200 UT each Thursday {from Apr 6} from the Tashkent, Uzbekistan transmitting station. The transmitting power is 100 kW, Azimuth 68 degrees. Kind regards, - John (VORW Radio) (Harald Suess-AUT ADXB, A-DX ng April 2) 9875 kHz at 1200 UT April 6, S=7-8 signal in Tokyo Japan and in Calabria southern Italy remote post, but weak and tiny signal at S=5 level in Finland, Germany, and Hungary remote SDR stations. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 6) BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ================================== China --------- At CRI, the same program is broadcast all day long, and who knows in the What time is UTC updated? What time does the first Transfer of the day, and then there are repetitions? (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") - At 10.00-10.57 UTC the first hour program is broadcast. All other programs are repeated, up to 10.00 UTC the next day. (Igor Yaremenko, Novosibirsk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Vietnam ------------ "Voice of Vietnam" 11.30 - 12.00 and 12.30 - 13.00 At frequencies of 7220 kHz, 9550 kHz (summer period) and 12000 kHz (winter period) 16.30 - 17.00 and 20.00 - 20.30 At 7280 kHz and 9730 kHz 20.00 - 20.30 at the frequency of 6135 kHz (winter period) 19.00 - 19.30 at the frequency of 9895 kHz (summer period) From September 1, 2016, Radio Voice of Vietnam will suspend broadcasting in Russian at a frequency of 9,890 kHz from 19.00 to 19.30 clock and at frequencies of 7280 and 9730 kHz from 20.00 to 20.30 hours in Greenwich. (Russian Editon of Radio Voice of Vietnam) WEB RADIO IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ============================ Novosibirskaya oblast. Novosibirsk. -------------------------------------------------- - Listen to the Internet Radio stations of Novosibirsk online for free on Vo-Radio live, streamed in good quality and without registration. Tones up during work and helps to relax after a hard day. Http://vo-radio.ru/fm-rus/novosibirsk QSL WORLD =========== AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia PI = Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx") Czech Republic / Russia ---------------------------------- Has received a QSL card Radio Prague. 3.1.2017 & 3.2.2017 / 18: 00-18: 29 UTC & 08: 00-08: 29 UTC / 738 kHz Topic: Prague horse-drawn - in operation from 1875. (AK) Taiwan / United Kingdom --------------------------------------- Has received QSL-card Radio Taiwan International. The German edition. The card is 2017-2. 3.2.2017 / 19: 00-20: 00 UTC / 3955 kHz / Woofferton (AK) Vietnam ------------ * I received a QSL card from the English editorial office Radio the Voice of Vietnam. 19: 00-19: 30 UTC / 7280 kHz / February 8, 2017 E-mail: anglishsection@vov.org.vn Subject: Hoai River in Hoi An (AK) * QSL from Radio Voice of Vietnam - January 23, 2017 7280, 9730 kHz. Http://ivanovpb.blogspot.ru/2016/06/blog-post.html (PI) Russian SWL / DX site. QSL album. Moscow, Russia 9 April 2017 ---------------------- Author of the message: rusborder Place of reception: Saratov Receiver: SDRplay RSP1 | Antenna: LW 35 meters Bulgaria From the Isle of Music / 9400 kHz / 02.04.2017 15:00 / e-QSL / english / tilfordproductions@gmail.com Germany Missionswerk Friedenstimme / 9680 kHz / 01.04.2017 16:00 / e-QSL / Russian / radiomission [a] mwfst.de, info [a] mwfst.de Author of the message: rusborder Place of reception: Twente, Netherlands Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: Mini-Whip Netherlands Radio Witte Reus / 6385 kHz / 23.10.2016 14:40 / e-QSL / rxradioreport@gmail.com Author of the message: rusborder Place of reception: Saratov Receiver: SDRplay RSP1 | Antenna: A38-LMS Addwards ACTIVE LOOP ANTENNA Estonia Missionswerk Friedenstimme / 1035 kHz / 23.03.2017 22:03 / e-QSL / Russian / radiomission [a] mwfst.de, info [a] mwfst.de Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: Stafford, England Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: HB HF up-converter and RTL dongle / dipoles Netherlands Radio Readymix / 6450 kHz / 25.03.2017 16:10 / e-QSL / Dutch / readymix@hotmail.nl Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: St. Petersburg Receiver: Р-250М2 | Antenna: 10 m LW outdoor Australia HCJB / 9645 kHz / 28.02.2017 13:00 / e-QSL, timetable / English / b16@reachbeyond.org.au Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: Enschede / Holland Receiver: Web-SDR | Antenna: Mini-Whip Italy Radio Arcadia / 6850 kHz / 03/04/2017 19:15 / e-QSL / English / arcadiawaves@gmail.com Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: Bedford / England Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: Dipole centred on 6MHz Netherlands Radio Witte Reus / 6380 kHz / 18.03.2017 15:35 / e-QSL / rxradioreport@gmail.com Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: Milford / Pennsylvania / USA Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: ZS6BKW w / RPA-1Plus LNA USA Radio Casablanca / 6940 kHz / 03.04.2017 01:20 / e-QSL / english / radiocasablanca1@gmail.com Author of the message: irbisspb Place of reception: Markt Allhau, Austria Receiver: WebSDR | Antenna: 78m LW 25m above ground Germany Radio Pushka / 6070 kHz / 12.02.2017 14:00 / QSL-card / english / radiopushka@gmail.com CALENDAR OF RADIO ===================== * April, 4 ------------- April 4, 1949 issued a decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on measures to suppress "anti-Soviet" radio stations. But they were still listening. Sometimes it was possible. (Https://vk.com/dxingradio) * April, 5 ------------ April 5, 2017 Avtoradio, one of the first commercial radio stations in Russia, and today - the flagship station of the largest Russian radio holding company GPM Radio, celebrates its birthday! For the first time Avtoradio sounded 24 years ago in Moscow, and now the station is being listened to in all corners of Russia, CIS countries and abroad. In the zone of confident reception of "Avtoradio" airtime there are more than 1800 cities and settlements. Only for Russia, the daily audience of Avtoradio is 9 million 919,100 listeners, and the weekly audience is 24 million 359,600 people, or 38.5% of the population over 12 years old (Mediascop, Radio Index - Russia, January-December 2016). (Http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__65155/) Mass media ========== BBC: Thank you all, everyone is free Russian service BBC, in fact, ceased to exist with the release of the final issue of the "Fifth floor." We recall why it was so important not only in Russia, but all over the world 3 April Vasily Gulyaev Entering the BBC Russian Service website on Thursday to listen to the latest issue of the "Fifth Floor" program (this is not much of the old Russian service), I saw this message: "In conclusion, this news ... In short, simple, tomorrow, March 31 at 6 pm in Moscow will be the last release of the program" Fifth Floor. " The Russian service of the BBC closes this program and its broadcasting on the Internet. Call it what you want - the end of the era or, conversely, a step in the bright future, but from now on it will be impossible to listen to us even on the Internet, to watch and read - please. This is all the good. " And here is the result of the BBC's long-term broadcasting, which the managing editor Jan Leder summed up in his blog: "Radio has educated me, for many years it was an application of my strength, a source of inspiration, earnings, even personal happiness. So I would not want to be a radio newsstrip. It's better to quasi-heraclitic: everything changes, but you hold on. Thank you all, everything remains on the ground. " The whole epoch which was shortly called the Russian service of BBC has come to the end. That is, it formally ended earlier: on March 26, 2011 the station stopped its broadcasting in Russian on short and medium waves in connection with significant financial reductions. There were only publications and broadcasting on the site, and even then - only three radio programs: a review of the news of the famous Seva Novgorodtsev "BibiSeva", the Sunday magazine "The Fifth Floor" and the program of discussions with listeners "You have the floor." The history of broadcasting in Russian of this media giant is as follows: June 23, 1941, speaking in Parliament, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced to his countrymen about Germany's attack on the Soviet Union. The British Broadcasting Corporation (ie the BBC) decided to translate Churchill's historic speech into Russian and broadcast it for radio listeners in the USSR. This broadcast started the Russian-language broadcasting of the BBC. Broadcasting in Russian has always been conducted in accordance with the principles formulated by the creator of the BBC, Lord John Rith: "Inform, educate, entertain". In the era of socialism, on one sixth of the land appeared a famous saying: "There is a custom in Russia - at night listening to the BBC." At night, in large cities, radio broadcasts were heard, at night, from the transistor radios in the kitchens, voices were heard. They eventually became familiar, almost native, as later faces of serial actors from the TV. There were periods of jamming station programs on short waves, there were periods of warming in relations between the two countries - jamming was temporarily stopped. In the early 1990s, the Russian service of the BBC, under the influence of the ideas of perestroika and glasnost, rented medium-wave transmitters at frequencies of 1260 kHz in Moscow and St. Petersburg and 666 kHz in Yekaterinburg, the transmissions on which were subsequently discontinued. The only BBC program in Russian (at least at the material creation moment) is broadcast for the Central Asia region from Monday to Friday twice a day - in the morning and in the evening. Broadcasting is at a frequency of 1251 kHz using a transmitter in Tajikistan. This is how the fate of the once-rumbling Russian Service of the BBC ends. Now it's just text information and nothing more. (Https://tvkinoradio.ru/article/article10720-bi-bi-si-vsem-spasibo-vse-svobodni) 73!