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"RUS-DX" # 932
Broadcasting of Russia,
countries of CIS and Baltiya (ex. USSR).
Sunday / 9 July, 2017
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Time : UTC
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Editor : Anatoly Klepov
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QTH : Moscow, Russia
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EDITOR'S DESK
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India
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From BC-DX 1305, 4 July 2017
Editor: Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany:
India.
Alan, - Do not know what you are, but this web page you can
Click the program guide link below the Live Radio listen button
To get a PDF of the current day.
only single present day
(Peter W Hansen, dxld June 25)
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Latest A-17 Schedule of All India Radio.
Converted to 16 pages pdf, domestic services only, MW, FM and SW by
Region, with schedules for the SW frequencies (in IST).
Also DRM info on MW.
Hello! Copy of the latest printed schedule of All India
By post yesterday
Eine hilfreiche umfangreiche Reproduktion im PDF format,
AIR Delhi in der A17 Saison.
(Jose Jacob-IND, VU2JOS, June 29 via Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld)
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The book in English
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Propagation Analysis for Profit: a new book on the tools for analyzing the passage of radio waves. It is focused on AM /
FM / SW broadcasters, but it can be useful to radio amateurs.
There is a publication here -
Https://vk.com/doc-3271973_447524180?hash=b46bd111313340092c&dl=dd10be99e22966f99d
Or can be ordered -
Http://swling.com/blog/2017/07/radioworld-free-ebook-propagation-analysis-for-profit/
(Https://vk.com/dxing)
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Radio Magazine # 07/2017 (In Russia)
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Http://www.radio.ru/
Radio reception. V. Gulyaev. Broadcast News
Ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2017/07/20.pdf
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The once famous for the whole Union Riga factory "Radio Engineering"
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Https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=212029785989401&set=gm.1935954036643881&type=3&theater
(Zjuzja Drundulet / "open_dx")
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Japanese dx-server
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I looked at the blog of the Japanese dx-server http://fmdx.blog81.fc2.com. Have drawn attention to the audio recordings
of radio stations of the USSR. There is a lot of audio already and a new era of the Russian Federation. I duplicate my
message with vcfm.ru - the theme "All-Union radio" - in the adapted version. There is only one problem if clicking on a
link to a record is not from the blog page, then in many browsers it produces a 404 error. For those who want to listen,
there is one way out - copy the link to the clipboard, and then insert into the line of some audio player "Open URL".
Checked, opens without problems.
"On air, the third program of the All-Union Radio ..." (1988.05.14 / 1559 / 68.3MHz): http://blog-imgs-44-
origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx/198805141559_683MHz.mp3
Local regional, republican broadcasting of the USSR.
1. "Vladivostok Says!", The beginning of the musical stereophonic program "The Seagull" (1986.06.27 / 1705 / 69.7MHz):
http://blog-imgs-27-origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx/ 198606271705_697MHz.mp3
2. "Amur" radio station (Khabarovsk) - the beginning of the stereophonic program (1987.06.19 / 1600 / 72.0MHz):
http://userdisk.webry.biglobe.ne.jp/021/887/11/N000/000/000/
128839451218416104729_Khabarovskoe_R._198706191600_72.0MHz.mp3
3. Radio station "Zeya" (Blagoveshchensk) - program schedule (1988.06.19 / 1600 / 72.4MHz): http://blog-imgs-27-
origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx/198806191600_724MHz.mp3 , The completion of work (1990.07.08 / 1159 / 72.4MHz):
http://blog-imgs-27-origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx/199007081159_724MHz.mp3
4. "Krillon" radio station (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) - program schedule (1987.08.08 / 1600 / 66.1MHz):
http://userdisk.webry.biglobe.ne.jp/021/887/11/N000/000/000
/128839436411216104130_Sakhalinskoe_R._198708090600_66.1MHz.mp3, Shutdown at the Mayak frequency
(1988.07.27 / 1857 / 66.1MHz): http://blog-imgs-44-origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx /198807271857_661MHz.mp3
5. "Says Birobidzhan!" (1986.07.12 / 1115 / 67.8MHz): http://blog-imgs-27-
origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx/19860712_678MHz.mp3
6. Kazakh radio (1990.12.05 / 1740 / 11950kHz): http://blog-imgs-31-
origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx/199012051740_11950.mp3, recording the second one (1990.11.23 / 1758 / 11950kHz):
http://blog-imgs-31-origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx/199011231758_11950.mp3
7. Yakut radio - weather, callsign, republican news (1988.09.09 / 0630 / 14530kHz): http://blog-imgs-62-
origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx/198809090630_14530(7265x2) KHz.mp3, the republic's latest news (1988.09.20 / 0646 /
14530kHz): http://blog-imgs-62-origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx/198809200646_14530(7265x2)kHz.mp3
8. Amur TV (Blagoveshchensk) - program schedule (1990.06.26 / 1631 / R1ch): http://blog-imgs-44-
origin.fc2.com/f/m/d/fmdx/199006261631_R1ch.mp3
Source: http://fmdx.blog81.fc2.com/blog-date-201310.html
Http://fmdx.blog81.fc2.com/blog-date-200904-1.html
(Maxim Ivanov, Moscow, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx")
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Without problems opens in Edge.
(Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russa / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx")
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Marconi Radio International back on the air on 9 July 2017 on 11390 kHz
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Greetings from Italy!
Please be advised that after many weeks of absence due to a transmitter fault, MRI will be back on the air tomorrow,
Sunday, 9 July 2017, with its original, very old and just refurbished transmitter as follows: 08.30-11.30 UTC on 11390
kHz AM with only 25 watts.
Reception reports with audio clips (mp3-file) are welcome and confirmed by QSL verification. Some lucky listeners will
ALSO receive our printed QSL card, so don't forget to include your postal address. E-mail: marconiradiointernational
(at) gmail.com
Last but not least, we need your help! If you are a DX blogger, or use social networks, please post an announcement on
your own blog and/or Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to
a friend. This should help increase our potential audience.
We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions.
Best 73's
Marconi Radio
COUNTRY INFORMATION.
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RUSSIA
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Regional broadcasting network.
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Development of Krutoy Media regional broadcasting network for 2017
Since the beginning of 2017, 24 cities have joined the regional broadcasting network of Krutoy Media, in 13 of which
broadcasting licenses are owned by Krutoy Media. This allowed to increase the potential audience of the radio stations of
the holding by 7.7 million people.
Branches of Radio Dacha opened in Veliky Novgorod, Yoshkar-Ola, Stavropol, Syktyvkar, Cheboksary. Abdulino,
Artem, Akhtubinsk, Vyazma, Yugorsk, Yadrin joined the regional broadcasting network of the radio station. Currently, the
network of regional broadcasting "Radio Dacha" has 229 transmitters installed in the cities of Russia and CIS countries.
Since the beginning of the year, branches of Love Radio have opened in Arkhangelsk, Blagoveshchensk, Vladimir,
Vologda, Yoshkar-Ola, Orsk, Surgut, Tomsk. The Game and Izhevsk also joined the regional broadcasting network of
the radio station. Today, Love Radio transmitters are installed in 151 cities in Russia and neighboring countries.
In 2017 Bugulma, Mozhga and Samara included the radio "Taxi FM". Today, radio transmitters are installed in 7 cities of
Russia.
"Radio-Dacha" LLC is recognized as the winner of competitions for terrestrial radio broadcasting in the cities of: Biysk,
Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Kurgan, Salavat and Sterlitamak. LLC "Love Radio Network" received the right to perform
terrestrial radio broadcasting in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. In the near future in these cities will begin broadcasting "Radio
Dacha" and Love Radio, respectively.
Krutoy Media is one of the leading radio holdings in the country, uniting the radio stations Love Radio, Radio Dacha, Taxi
FM, Vesna FM.
The regional network of radio stations Krutoy Media has more than 380 transmitters located in the cities of broadcasting
in Russia and CIS countries.
Krutoy Media owns a license for broadcasting with the software concept of Love Radio in St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk,
Blagoveshchensk, Volgograd, Vologda, Yekaterinburg, Yoshkar-Ola, Nizhny Tagil, Ivanovo, Kursk, Kemerovo, Nizhny
Tagil, Orsk, Ryazan, Surgut, Tomsk And Chelyabinsk;
With the software concept "Radio Dacha" - in Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Barnaul, Blagoveshchensk, Bryansk, Veliky
Novgorod, Vologda, Volgograd, Ivanovo, Irkutsk, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan, Kirov, Kemerovo, Kerch, Magnitogorsk,
Murmansk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhniy Novgorod Tagil, Perm, Rybinsk, Ryazan, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol,
Simferopol, Sochi, Stavropol, Syktyvkar, Tambov, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Feodosia, Khabarovsk, Cheboksary, Yaroslavl;
With the software concept "Taxi FM" - in Kazan.
The general director of Krutoy Media is Julia Golubeva. Member of the Russian Academy of Radio. Laureate of the
National Award "Media Manager of Russia - 2012".
Official site: www.krutoymedia.ru.
(Http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/4522.htm)
Astrakhanskaya oblast. The village of Tambovka.
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GTRK "LOTOS"
In the village of Tambovka in the Astrakhan region, a regional radio station is broadcasting
http://lotosgtrk.ru/news/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=16807
On July 1, in the village of Tambovka, the Astrakhan branch of the ORTPC starts broadcasting FM on the federal
channel Radio of Russia at a frequency of 103.4 MHz. Thus, the previous broadcasting in the mode of FM VHF will be
terminated. Note that in the broadcast of the federal channel "Radio of Russia" local residents of the village of Tambovka
will be able to hear regional programs that go from 7 to 7.30 am, from 13.10 to 14.00 and from 17.10 to 19.00 local time.
(Https://vk.com/vcfm2014)
Vladimirskaya oblast. Carpet.
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Since June 30, Radio Russia Vladimir has started broadcasting in the FM band in Kovrov at a frequency of 98.3 MHz.
The coverage area is about 30 kilometers. And in Murom at a frequency of 88.7 MHz. The coverage area is about 20
kilometers. In the near future in Vladimir, FM broadcasting is also planned. Recall, before that, only in the Goose-Crystal
"Radio-Russia Vladimir" could be heard in the broadcast band 103.1 MHz.
(Https://vk.com/vcfm2014)
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On July 4, the branch of the RTRS "Vladimirsky ORTPTS" together with GTRK "Vladimir" began broadcasting programs
"Radio Russia - Vladimir" in the FM-band in the cities of Kovrov and Murom.
In Kovrov, radio is available at 98.3 MHz, in Murom - 88.7 MHz.
(Http://vladimir.rtrs.ru/tv/analog/rtrs-nachal-fm-translyatsiyu-radio-rossii-vladimir-v-dvukh-krupneyshikh-rayonnykh-
tsentrakh-oblasti-/)
Omskaya oblast.
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Since July 3, 2017, residents of the city of Tykalinsk, Omsk region will be able to hear programs on the frequency 103,1
FM radio station "Radio Siberia" ("MKR-Media").
The transmitter installed at the communication facility of the Omsk ORTPTS will ensure a reliable signal reception not
only in the Tyukalinsky district, but also in part of the territory of the Krutinsky district. The total number of new potential
listeners will be more than 30 thousand people.
Tyukalinsk will become the 28th city of broadcasting "Radio Siberia", but at the same time the first one where the
broadcast will be organized according to the partner model. A network partner of Radio Siberia was the Moscow-based
Alex Media LLC, which together with the retransmission of the Omsk Radio Siberia Airlines intends to offer local
newscasts and weather forecasts to the Tukalins.
- The development strategy of "Radio Siberia" assumes active expansion not only to the centers, but also to the small
cities of the regions. With the start of broadcasting in Tyukalinsk we are opening a new page in the long history of the
oldest Siberian radio station. It is especially pleasant that our first network partner himself addressed with a proposal for
cooperation. This shows not only the quality of the software product, confirmed by industry awards, but also its
commercial attractiveness. The holding considers the work on the network partnership scheme promising and intends to
use it in the development of its television and radioactive assets, "Roman Klimas, Deputy General Director for
Broadcasting of the MKR-Media Holding, said.
Today, Radio Siberia operates in cities in eight regions of Russia: the Omsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Irkutsk regions, the
Trans-Baikal Territory, the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, the Altai Republics and Buryatia. In 2016, the radio
station increased the range of broadcasting in the Kuzbass and sounded in the town of Borza and Uletovsky district of the
Trans-Baikal Territory. The launch of Radio Siberia in two small cities of Buryatia is being prepared.
"Radio Siberia" began broadcasting in 1992 in Tomsk. Since 2014 he has been a part of the holding company "MKR-
Media". Laureate of the international award. A.S. Popov, the national award "Radio Mania", the contest "RadioImage",
the festival "Together - radio".
Https://omskzdes.ru/society/48542.html
(Https://vk.com/vcfm2014)
Novosibirskaya oblast. Novosibirsk.
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The group of companies "Vyberi Radio" launched Love Radio in Novosibirsk!
Love Radio broadcasts the most current music tracks and the latest news of show business, cinema and social life. Love
Radio keeps pace with the times and makes everything relevant to the public. The ether has no age restrictions and
therefore gives dreams and excellent mood to everyone without exception!
The new format was the ninth in the number of radio stations in Novosibirsk. In addition to Love Radio, in assets Choose
Radio in the city include: Europe Plus, Retro FM, Dorozhnoe Radio, Radio 7 on seven hills, Radio Dacha, Business FM,
Radio 54 and Gorodskaya Wavna.
(Http://www.gkvr.ru/news/the_group_of_companies_vyberi_radio_started_broadcasting_love_radio_in_novosibirsk/)
Republic of Adygea
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GTRK "Adygea" in the summer season broadcasts programs of foreign broadcasting on shortwave at the following
schedule: 18.00-19.00 - in Adyghe, Arabic and Turkish languages on Mondays; 18.00-19.00 in the Adyghe language on
Fridays; 19.00 - 20.00 in the Adyghe language on Sundays. All broadcasting is conducted at a frequency of 6000 kHz,
the transmitter power is 100 kW, the azimuth is 188 degrees. The site of GTRK "Adygea" http://www.adygtv.ru/ programs
/ radio- inoveshchanie / broadcasted /.
(Radio Magazine # 07/2017, Radio Reception, V. Gulyaev.
Ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2017/07/20.pdf)
Komi Republic.
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July 1, 2017
Solemn opening of Radio Dacha took place today, within the framework of the inter-regional traditional holiday "Lud"
Today in with. Izhma the head of the region Sergey Gaplikov, the head of the administration of MR Izhemsky Lyubov
Terentyeva and the head of the Izhma district Tatiana Arteeva solemnly opened the radio station Radio Dacha. The
channel will broadcast in the village at a frequency of 102.5 MHz. The coverage radius is about 50 kilometers, so that the
air is available for residents of the nearest settlements. The air will broadcast domestic music, entertainment programs,
information materials of the region, including the administration of the MR "Izhma".
The head of the administration of the Izhma MP Lyubov Terentyeva: "I think this is an excellent gift to the villagers in
honor of the anniversary of Izhma. We thank the company the Musical World for the given technical opportunity. We are
going to test the radio within six months. If the residents support our initiative, the contract for broadcasting will be
extended for the next year. "
Http://www.izhma.ru/en/news/2219/?_utl_t=vk
(Https://vk.com/vcfm2014)
Republic of Tatarstan
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Radio Iskatel has started broadcasting in Kazan
Radio Iskatel continues to expand its borders - since July 5, began broadcasting in Kazan at a frequency of 93.1 FM.
The third capital of Russia, a hospitable city with a million population with a thousand-year history is not the whole list of
what Kazan is famous for. Here is the Kazan Kremlin, the temple of all religions of the world and the falling tower of
Syuimbike. It is one of the most visited cities in the world on a par with Rome and Paris! Together with Radio ISKATEL
residents of Kazan and the nearest cities will every day go to the world of new knowledge and music!
Turn on the Radio Iskatel in Kazan at 93.1 FM.
The broadcasting time is daily, round the clock. Potential audience of the radio station is 1 million 230 thousand people.
Broadcasting cities: Angarsk, Barnaul, Gorno-Altaisk, Irkutsk, Kursk, Seversk, Surgut, Togliatti, Tomsk.
Official website: www.radioiskatel.ru
(Http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__66116/)
St. Petersburg
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Gazprom-Media purchases from Sergey Rudnov the frequency of Neva FM in St. Petersburg
Holding Gazprom-Media became the owner of the frequency 95.9 FM in St. Petersburg, which previously broadcasted
the radio station Neva FM, which was part of the Baltic Media Group. Six of ten formats belonging to Gazprom-Media
are already operating in St. Petersburg.
In the middle of June the new owner of the Baltika Advertising Agency, registered in St. Petersburg, was LLC Open
Radio, which is part of Gazprom-Media, according to the USRLE. And on June 30, the first company was replaced by
the general director - now it's Mikhail Mikhailov, the head of the GPM Radio branch in St. Petersburg.
The Agency of Advertising Technologies "Baltika" itself, as follows from the materials of Roskomnadzor, is the owner of
license No. 20043, which allows broadcasting in St. Petersburg at 95.9 FM. For many years it was broadcast by the
station "Neva FM", but now officially the radio channel is called "St. Petersburg's White Nights". The media with this
name was registered in Roskomnadzor in February this year.
"Neva FM" was part of the "Baltic Media Group", founded by Oleg Rudnov. In January 2015, he died, and management
of the media group was entrusted to Aram Gabrelyanov, the owner of the holding "News Media" (Life.ru, Lifenews
television channel, etc.). In September 2015, Mr. Gabrelyanov decided to dissolve the editorial office of the radio station:
only music began to sound on its air.
In March 2017, the site of the radio station stopped working. And in June 2017, as Lenizdat reported, referring to the St.
Petersburg and Leningrad region CETs post in the VKontakte network, broadcasting at 95.9FM was suspended until
August 15.
Until June 2017, Sergey Rudnov, heir to the founder of the Baltic Media Group, and his partner, Sergey Lashayev,
owned the OOO "Agency of Advertising Technologies" Baltika ". Together they, for example, own the news agency
BaltInfo.
In 2015, when the station was still active, RAS revenue of OOO "Agency of Advertising Technologies" Baltika "reached
55 million rubles, profit from the main activity - 35.2 million rubles, net profit - 32.9 million rubles. There are no data for
2016.
The General Director of "GPM Radio" Yuri Kostin did not respond to the request of AdIndex. Director of Corporate
Communications Gazprom-Media Irina Osadchaya declined to comment. Contact with the former owners of the radio
frequency failed.
"Of course, [we] periodically think about the opportunity to strengthen positions, particularly in the regions," argued in
2014 in an interview with Kommersant on the cost of the broadcasting business, Mr. Kostin. - But there, and in Moscow,
an inadequate understanding of the value of assets. You are trying to squander them for money they are not worth and
will never be worth, but they cost you in 2007, when in the cities with a million inhabitants the station was sold for $ 2
million. Now such prices are absolutely unacceptable. "
"GPM Radio", as indicated on its website, manages ten formats. Six of them - Avtoradio, Energy, Children's Radio,
Humor FM, Ekho Moskvy and Radio Zenit - broadcast in St. Petersburg. The most successful in this city, according to
Mediascope for March-May 2017, is Avtoradio with a daily audience of 412,600 listeners over 12 years old. The smallest
daily audience - 117.9 thousand - from "Children's Radio".
In comments to the post of CETC of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region in "VKontakte" one of the users suggested that
"TNT Music Radio" will be launched at the frequency of 95.9 FM in St. Petersburg. In other comments, this information
was disproved. In the Roskomnadzor registry, the media with the name "TNT Music Radio" does not appear.
Sergey Sobolev, adindex.ru
(Http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__66119/)
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Photo of the transmitter DSV-150 from the inside. Photo by Tatiana Nikolaeva (RTPS Olgino).
The photo shows the transmitter PB-467 (commissioning - 1982), which was used, in particular, for broadcasting the
Radio Orpheus program at a frequency of 1125 kHz. Since 1972, two similar types of transmitters have been used to
broadcast Radio Mayak at 198 kHz and for another program of the All-Union Radio at 873 kHz ...
(Https://vk.com/ctvspb?w=wall-59176345_10032)
Tverskaya oblast. Rzhev.
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Radio "VERA" came to Rzhev
The project of the non-profit educational radio "VERA" was presented on June 30, 2017 to journalists and public
organizations of the city of Rzhev, Tver region.
At a meeting held in the Rzhev diocesan administration, deputy. Director of the radio "VERA" Natalia Streltsova, gene.
Producer Denis Makhanko and director of the ANO Radio "Vera Verhnevolzhie Radio" Ekaterina Arnautova talked about
a radio station that can be heard around the clock in almost forty regions of Russia.
Rzhevitane can receive the signal of the radio station at a frequency of 102.4 FM.
There is no commercial advertising on the Vera radio, but a noticeable place on the air is given to information about
charitable projects, people and organizations that need support. Such information, in particular, appears daily in the
"Business of the Day" program.
In turn, representatives of the Rzhev public told about their impressions from the radio station and expressed hope that
local information will provide information about local projects and events.
Broadcasting of the radio "VERA" in the Tver region, except for Rzhev, is also carried out in Mednoye and Ostashkov.
The launch in Vyshny Volochke is being prepared. The air of the radio station "VERA" can also be listened on the website
www.radiovera.ru 24 hours a day.
"Vera" is a station telling the modern city resident about Orthodoxy.
On the radio, which broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the best domestic and foreign music, and among the
programs - the church calendar, the interpretation of the Gospel readings, programs about love, history, about the
upbringing of children and family values.
"Vera" is a project of an initiative group of Orthodox laity, created with the blessing of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Revision
Category: Authors "Р"
(Http://foma.ru/radio-vera-prishlo-vo-rzhev.html)
Tyumenskaya oblast. Tyumen.
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Radio DFM.
Since June 28, 2017, at the frequency of 98.4 FM in Tyumen, the main dance radio of the country sounds!
The fact that DFM radio will be in Tyumen, we reported in November 2016. In record time, our partners have solved all
the issues and you can set up your receivers on DFM!
In Tyumen, the country's most dance radio is heard by more than half a million people! And on the wave of DFM in
Russia, almost 50 million listeners are tuned!
(Http://www.dfm.ru/press/news/hotnews/2105953/)
KYRGYZSTAN
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The broadcasting network of the first program Birinci Radio consists of CB transmitters operating at a frequency of 612
kHz (150 kW, Krasnaya Rechka), 1404 kHz (transmitters with capacities of 20, two for 7 and two for 1 kW located in
populated areas Points Dedemoyl, Aidarken, Naryn, Orgolchor and Cholpon-Ata, respectively) and 1431 kHz (40 kW,
Jalal-Abad city). In addition, the broadcast is on HF at a frequency of 4010 kHz (power
Transmitter - 100 kW) and 4820 kHz (transmitter power - 15 kW). In the broadcasting grid there are quite a few (almost
at the beginning of each broadcast hour) short programs in Russian. Bring all the schedule will not allow the volume of
the allocated magazine area. Let's just mention that this is mostly news "Results of the day". From thematic - "Sports
Week", "Capital", "Kyrgyzstan", etc.
(Radio Magazine # 07/2017, Radio Reception, V. Gulyaev.
Ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2017/07/20.pdf)
MOLDOVA
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"Radio Moldova Actualitati" (in Russian "Radio Moldova 1") in the CB range operates at frequencies of 873 and 1494
kHz. The Russian language broadcasts the news in the following time blocks: 06.00-06.10; 08.00-08.05; 11.00-11.10;
15.00-15.10 (Wednesday - Monday); 15.10-16.00 and 17.35-17.55 (on Wednesdays); 18.05-18.15 (except Saturdays
and Sundays); 18.30-18.45 (on Mondays). From 20.30 to 21.00 on Saturdays
The program in Russian, prepared by radio station "Free Europe"
(Radio Magazine # 07/2017, Radio Reception, V. Gulyaev.
Ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2017/07/20.pdf)
PRIDNESTROVIE
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Currently, the broadcast of "Radio Transnistria" is conducted at an average wave frequency of 621 kHz with a
transmitter power of 150 kW. The programs are broadcast in Moldovan, Russian and Ukrainian languages from 04.00 to
05.30 every day, except Saturday and Sunday. Broadcast in Russian - on air from 04.00 to 04.30.
(Radio Magazine # 07/2017, Radio Reception, V. Gulyaev.
Ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2017/07/20.pdf)
UKRAINE
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On three channels of "Ukrainian Radio" ("Ukrainian Radio" - the first channel of Public Radio), "Luch" - the second
channel and "Culture" - the third channel) launched the internal quality monitoring service of the air, which tracks
violations of journalistic standards, Fixes the apparent situations of unpreparedness of the journalist to the air, speech
errors and poor-quality material delivery or inability to work before the microphone. This was written in Facebook, the
general producer of "Ukrainian Radio" Dmitry Khorkin ...
On June 1, Dmitry Khorkin became the general producer of "Ukrainian Radio". Anatoly Tabachenko became adviser to
the new general producer of the branch of the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine "Central
Directorate of the Ukrainian Radio" Dmitry Khorkin. Prior to that, for 18 years, Anatoly Tabachenko worked as executive
director of "Ukrainian Radio"
(Source: Portal "Public Broadcasting").
(Http://proradio.org.ua/news/2017jun.php)
*
Military Radio of the Ministry of Defense "Army FM" launched its own website, where you can listen to radio stations
online. This was reported on the Facebook page by the chief editor of the radio station Irina Sampan. "Now we have a
face." Army FM "launches its website, there is a" Listen "button above, and in sections you can find our projects and
ourselves," she wrote. The site of the FM Army radio station (available at http://www.armyfm.com.ua) is Ukrainian-
language and has six sections: "About Us", "Projects", "News", "Gallery", "Military TV" , "Contacts". There is also a
"Listen" section, which makes it possible to listen to the radio station on-line. Recall, on March 1, at 6 o'clock in the
morning the test broadcast of the radio station "Army FM" began. In December 2015, it became known that from March
1, with the support of the American public initiative in Ukraine, a radio station for the military will be launched.
(Source: Portal "Media detector").
(Http://proradio.org.ua/news/2017jun.php)
USA
====
"Russia today" has entered the American FM range.
WASHINGTON, June 30 - RIA Novosti. News agency and radio Sputnik (as part of MIA "Russia Today") announced the
beginning of broadcasting in the FM-band in Washington (DC, USA). Round-the-clock broadcasting in English is
available on 105.5 FM waves. The program grid includes information news blocks and thematic programs - from political
talk shows to expert analysts in the field of economics and finance.
Sputnik editor-in-chief Mindia Gavasheli: "We are happy that we are starting to speak directly with our listeners in
Washington." Over the past few months, Sputnik radio has been the object of constant attacks in the US corporate press,
and often people who wrote or talked about us did not even Worked hard to listen to our programs, now the
Washingtonians will have the opportunity to listen to us, not what they say about us, and I'm sure that the difference will
be obvious .We hope that the entrance to the Washington market is only the first step, and we will continue to work on so
that more people could hear our programs, not the rumors about them. "
Among radio programs popular with listeners in Washington is the political talk show "Between the Two Lights: Nixon and
Stranahan", which discusses the most topical issues and acute political issues; Information-analytical programs Brave
New World, Level Talk, and others.
Sputnik (sputniknews.com) - international news agency and radio with multimedia information hubs. Sputnik includes
sites in 30+ languages, analog and digital broadcasting, mobile applications and social networking sites. News tapes
Sputnik go around the clock in English, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese.
(Https://ria.ru/society/20170630/1497633606.html)
MONITORING
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*
On July 6, Radio Gazeta Slovo on 828 was well received at night. Even on video was shot.
Https://youtu.be/cRjg9ra1CoQ
Often would be so. More stations are good and different!
(Eugene, Minsk, Belarus / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx")
*
*
828 kHz
From five to nine in the morning and the evening broadcasts the Orthodox Radio of St. Petersburg, which, it is going to
confirm the reports, only need to pay back the answer. Information from the new issue of the guidebook Broadcasting in
Russian.
(Victor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Russia / "open_dx")
*
1, 2 July 2017.
Receiver: Selena Be 211
Antenna: telescopic
Belarus, Russia, Ukraine.
On the left, the frequency data on my scale / right are accurate, as they are indicated in WRTH-2016.
MHz / MHz WRTH-2016 / UTC / Station. Program.
67.15 / 67.04 / 09.27 / The message "Dagostan Radio" in the local language. Radio of Dagestan from Kochubei
67.25 / 67.13 / 10.30 / Ukraine the program "Efficiency". Presumably from Kharkov
68.30 / 68.24 / 09. 28 / Kalmyk radio in the Russian language. Transmitter in Utta and // 69.59 MHz
68.55 / 68.48 / 08.55 / They reported "Radio Grodno", in Russian. Transmitter in Mastia
69.15 / 69.38 / 09.08 / News in the Ukrainian language. Since 09.12 Christian program in the Ukrainian language.
Transmitter Nikopol
70.60 / 70.52 / 10.13 / The program is from Odessa. Political discussion in Russian.
66.75 /? / 10.05 / Unidentified, news on Russian, and from 10.10 h Christian program in the Ukrainian language.
(Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria).
"RUS-DX PLUS"
PARTNER CHANNELS
AND INTERNET
==============
SHORTWAVE BULLETIN
Issue no. 1879, 2 July 2017.
edited by Thomas Nilsson, Sweden
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QSL, kommentarer, mm.
Christer Brunström: Radio Thailand 9390 nice QSL-folder + informative folder. Radio Mi Amigo International via
Armenia11845 kHz nice QSL-card. Trevlig sommar!
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Log
4810 Jun27 -1845 Armenian Public Radio, Gavar, Arabic, comments. (Méndez)
Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain
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Trends in tropical bands broadcasting 2017
Anker Petersen says: Dear friends, I have just edited my annual "Trends in Tropical Bands Broadcasting 2017", which is
attached. The DSWCI used to publish this annually in "Short Wave News", but this no longer exists. So I hope you will
publish it.
Trends in tropical bands broadcasting 2017 by Anker Petersen, editor of the Domestic Broadcasting Survey Since
DSWCI published its first Tropical Bands Survey in 1973, I have registered which stations are active, based upon
loggings from our members and other DX-ers around the world. Here is an updated status where Clandestine and Pirate
stations not are included.
Active domestic transmitters on 2200 - 5800 kHz
Region CIS (former USSR)
1973 - 61
1985 - 59
1997 - 47
2009 - 7
2017 - 6
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Retro Bell Kamra (1959) - transistor radio with built-in camera: https://vk.com/oldmachine?w=wall-65801571_8396 (from
"RUS-DX" # 931, Anatoly Klepov)
Shortwave DX-ing from Bulgaria
Bulgarian DX blog,
Ivo Ivanov
--------------------------
*
SWLDXBulgaria News, July 1-2
USA(non) Frequency changes of Radio Free Asia/Radio Farda/Voice of America, July 1
Radio Free Asia
0030-0130 NF 17845 SAI 250 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Burmese, ex 17785 SAI
0100-0300 NF 13765 DB 200 kW / 125 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 17730 U-B
1100-1400 NF 15745 DB 200 kW / 125 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 7470 U-B
2100-2200 NF 11960 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg to EaAs Korean, ex 7460 U-B
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/frequency-changes-of-radio-free.html
*
SWLDXBulgaria News, July 3
TAJIKISTAN(non) Frequency changes for Voice of Tibet on July 3:
1235-1305 on 15528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15527
1305-1315 on 15523 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15522
1315-1330 on 11518 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11517
1315-1335 on 15517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15528
1335-1345 on 15523 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15522
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/frequency-changes-for-voice-of-tibet.html
UZBEKISTAN(non) Radio Free North Korea is again with 1 hour duration from July 1
1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 1100-1300 till June 30.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/07/radio-free-north-korea-is-again-with-1.html
*
SWLDXBulgaria News, July 5-6
U.K.(non) Radio Liberty via BaBcoCk Yerevan on July 5:
1600-1700 on 7475 ERV 050 kW / 058 deg to CeAs Tajik
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/radio-liberty-via-babcock-yerevan-on.html
U.K.(non) North Korea Reform Radio via BaBcoCk Tashkent, July 6
1430-1530 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, fair/good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/north-korea-reform-radio-via-babcock.html
U.K.(non) Reception of Voice of Martyrs via BaBcoCk Tashkent on July 6:
1530-1700 on 7525 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean/English, very weak
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-voice-of-martyrs-via.html
*
SWLDXBulgaria News, July 7
NUMBERS STATION S06s Russian Lady in "the heart" of 31mb, July 7
0940-0946 on 9655 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/s06s-russian-lady-in-heart-of-31mb-july.html
*
SWLDXBulgaria News, July 7-8
U.K.(non) Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, July 7:
1600-1630 on 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Persian Mon/Fri, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/radio-ranginkamanradio-rainbow-via_8.html
U.K.(non) Reception of Radio Payem e-Doost via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol on July 7
1800-1845 on 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Persian, good signal with echo
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-radio-payem-e-doost-via.html
DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-26, June 28, 2017
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
edited by Glenn Hauser, USA
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** ARMENIA. Weak to good signal of Voice of Armenia, June 23
1530-1545 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Assyrian
1545-1600 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Greek
1600-1630 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Kurdish
1630-1700 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Yezidi
1700-1715 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Turkish
1715-1745 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Azeri
1745-1815 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Farsi
1815-1845 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUneXeG85DM&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q1ODIb9Ojk&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lvkKlg9k5c&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYmmMVRSwU&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AlWqlzNbXU&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQWQNvEM-SE&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXB1mfxGyE8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-hPc74n-kY&feature=youtu.be
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/weak-to-good-signal-of-voice-of-armenia.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001-D, dxldyg via DXLD)
Re all these youtubes: see PUBLICATIONS
** ARMENIA. Re: Thank you Ron O'Quinn on 11845 now --- Good reception
of the Ron O'Quinn special on 11845 kHz (via Armenia) now - scheduled
until 1900 UT. 73, (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus,
longwire, 1727 UT June 25, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Subject: [A-DX] MiAmigo 11845 kHz jetzt On Air. ... noch bis 19 UT aus
Armenia mit 100 kW. Kommt hier in der Eifel mit SINPO: 553443 [sic]
rein. Prasseln durch PLC Junkies in der Nachbarschaft, die einen
Schafft (Christian Milling, Germany, 1704 UT June 25 via Wolfgang
Büschel, DXLD)
Christian, gute Selektion das, 11845 kHz in Gavar. Weit weg nur die
11825 und 11860 kHz Kanäle belegt. Überwiegend in Europa S=9+15dB
Signale, von Italien bis Liverpool, in Bayern und OE. Nur BEL/HOL
etwas mehr S=9+20dB. Dagegen Moskau Russia, bzw. Nordeuropa nur S=8,
kann aber auch an den Antennen dort liegen. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Excellent reception, improving over time, from R Mi Amigo Int from
Yerevan (David J Morris, nr Poole, 1750 UT, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
The signal on 11845 kHz from Armenia between 1700 and 1900 UT was weak
and mostly buried in the noise here in NB but occasionally and briefly
in the first hour, voice and music were understandable. Reception
started to improve around 1820 in the second half of the program and
from then until the end of the program voice and music was mostly
understandable although the signal was still weak. Luckily, no QRM
until Radio Romania International started its IS for its upcoming
Spanish broadcast on 11850 kHz during the last few minutes of the
program, and negligible QRN. On the other hand, there was a great
signal using the U. Twente WebSDR receiver, which I also recorded (--
Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11845, Radio Mi Amigo, Yereven/Gavar, 1835-1900*, 25-06, pop music,
English, comments, identification: "This is Radio Mi Amigo
International...", "Special broadcast",
"radiomiamigointernational.com", "Short Wave Service,
shortwaveservice.com, Thank you for tuning in", tuning music, close.
44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL-880,
Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also GERMANY
Special show of Radio MiAmigo from NORATUS, Sun June 25
1700-1900 11845 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg WeEu English via
Shortwaveservice:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/the-special-show-of-radio-miamigo-from.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001-D, dxldyg via DXLD)
** ARMENIA. I took [received] a new program in Arabic from the 16th to
the 23rd of June 2017 on the middle waves of 1350 kHz. Begins at 1927
and continues after 2030. At 1930, at 2000, at 2030 the news. The
station announces itself as Al-Quds Radio or something similar (in the
beginning thought that it was the sound of Al Jazeera's television.)
Al Quds radio registrar on FM 102.7 Gaza & 105.4 Dimashk (= Damascus),
as the Palestinian radio. 1846 to 1916 was the Voice of Salvation
radio in Russian, a studio in Israel and from 1927 Al Quds (Rumen
Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, via Rus-DX 25 June via WORLD OF RADIO 1884,
DXLD) Al Quds is Arabic for Jerusalem (gh)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Frequency change of Voice of Martyrs
via RED Telecom on June 22:
1530-1700 NF 7525 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean/English, very
weak, ex 7510
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/frequency-change-of-voice-of-martyrs.html
UZBEKISTAN, Extended transmission of Radio Free North Korea via RED
Telecom
1100-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 1200-1300
from June 24
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/06/extended-transmission-of-radio-free.html
Frequency change of Voice of Wilderness via RED Telecom:
1330-1530 NF 7625 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 7615 from
June 26
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/frequency-change-of-voice-of-wilderness.html
North Korea Reform Radio via RED Telecom, June 27
1430-1530 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/north-korea-reform-radio-via-red.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001-D, dxldyg via WORLD
OF RADIO 1884, DXLD)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. MOLDOVA [Pridnestrovie] Was ist auf MW 1429.7 kHz?
Waehrend meinen Mitelwellenjagdstunden (per SDR Aufnahme) fand ich in
meinem Aufnahmen am spaeten Abend (2100 UT) und fruehe Morgenstunden
(bis etwa 0200 UT) in der Naehe von 1430 kHz ein Signal das ich nicht
zuordnen konnte.
Auf 1429.7 kHz (auch mal 1429.5 kHz) ein Signal dass sehr unstabil
ist. Die Frequenz springt jede 5-10 Sekunden schlagartig etwa 20 Hz
hoch/runter. Auch dazwischen schwankt die Frequenz merkbar. Am 17.
Juni hoerte ich um 0100 UT am Rande der Verstaendlichkeit etwas was
sich wie Russisch, Polnisch o.ae anhoerte, am 17. Juni um 2100 UT war
wahrscheinlich Franzoesisch. Spaeter (0300 UT) war das Signal nicht
mehr vorhanden. Deutet m.E. auf ein Signal aus Ost-Europa hin.
Hat jemand eine Ahnung was das sein koennte? (Nebenausstrahlung von
einem anderen Kanal?). (Aart Rouw, Germany, A-DX June 18 via BC-DX 25
June via DXLD)
Re: MW 1429.7 kHz? Das ist eine Nebenausstrahlung aus Grigoriopol von
1413 kHz. Ist gespiegelt auch im Bereich um 1395 kHz zu beobachten.
(Patrick Robic-AUT, A-DX June 18, ibid.)
Die Fundamental 1413 aus Grigoriopol ist eigentlich eher stabil, wie
die andere MW 1548 kHz von dort auch.
aber die Spurs dagegen: das geht doch schon einige Monate so ... die
Spur Nebenaussendung hat all paar Minuten eine zweistufige Aenderung:
der Range der unteren/oberen Hoppfrequenz ist heute Abend circa 35
Hertz Differenz, dazwischen wird noch mal ungefaehr 5 ... 10 Hertz
hin- und her gesprungen.
Die unstabilen Grenzfrequenzen / Spurious frequencies sind in der
letzten Stunde:
1396.703 bis x.738 kHz,
sowie
1429.258 bis x.293 kHz.
Die Einordnung unter die echten Frequenzen im MWband in der MWlist
Database ist nicht weiter schwiering, weil man ja am Screen diese
'dauernde Varianz bzw. Wanderung' genau sieht (Wolfgang Büschel,
df5sx, June 18, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, BC-DX 25 June via WORLD
OF RADIO 1884, DXLD)
** RUSSIA [and non]. HOW VLADIMIR PUTIN WEAPONIZED THE INTERNET
The Week Staff - REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev [portrait caption] June 24, 2017
http://theweek.com/articles/707537/how-vladimir-putin-weaponized-internet
Vladimir Putin's regime is weaponizing the internet to sow chaos,
confusion, and discord across the West. Here's everything you need to
know:
What is Russia doing?
It's conducting a global disinformation campaign of unprecedented
scope. Russia's interference in last year's U.S. election - when
hackers stole and released emails from high-profile Democrats - wasn't
an isolated incident. Kremlin-linked hackers have been active in
French and German elections, promoting far-right parties. They are
also believed to be behind the hack of Qatar's state news agency last
month, when made-up quotes from the country's leader, expressing
support for Israel and Iran, sparked a diplomatic crisis with Saudi
Arabia.
In addition to hacking, the Kremlin has also launched a relentless
propaganda campaign, deploying armies of internet trolls to spread
conspiracy theories and attack Russia's critics. Foreign policy
analysts believe President Vladimir Putin, a former KGB operative,
wants to destabilize and divide the West so it cannot threaten his
autocratic rule or expansionist ambitions. Defense Secretary James
Mattis told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week that
Putin is aggressively "trying to break any kind of multilateral
alliance that is a stabilizing influence in the world" and disrupt
"the international order."
Is this a new strategy?
Disinformation and propaganda have been around for decades: Moscow has
in the past successfully spread rumors that the U.S. government
ordered the killing of Martin Luther King and created the AIDS virus
to kill gays and blacks. But new technology has made the process of
spreading false information infinitely easier. Russia now has its own
24-hour news organization, RT, broadcasting in more than 100
countries; its sister outlet, Sputnik, churns out propaganda in more
than 30 languages. (Sample headline: "Everyone I spoke with in Crimea
wanted to secede from Ukraine.") These organizations, backed by
hundreds of unofficial Moscow-sponsored blogs, twist or fabricate
stories to fit their anti-Western agenda. Their global reach is
impressive: Since its launch in 2007, RT's YouTube channel has had 1.8
billion views - more than CNN's.
What else is Russia doing?
The Kremlin has recruited an estimated 1,000 full-time online trolls
to boost its propaganda efforts. In tandem with thousands of "botnets"
- networks of computers that have been hijacked without their owners'
knowledge - these online provocateurs flood blogs, social media
networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and the comment sections of
news sites with Moscow's messaging. These "troll farms" fiercely
defend Russia from its critics, often by accusing the West of
hypocrisy; spread lies and innuendo about mainstream politicians; and
bolster anti-establishment figures such as Donald Trump, Bernie
Sanders, and French right-winger Marine Le Pen. "The Kremlin doesn't
have a preference in terms of right or left," says Ben Nimmo of the
Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank. "It has a preference
in terms of useful or hostile." The Kremlin even uses Americans'
online footprints to target those who might be particularly
susceptible to propaganda.
How does it do that?
By harnessing the vast reams of user information collected by the
likes of Twitter, Facebook, and Google. Much of this data - what an
individual likes, or has a strong reaction to - is available
commercially, allowing Russia to target people with opinion pieces or
fake news stories that might appeal to them. U.S. soldiers, for
example, are shown footage of Russian troops acting "heroically"
against "terrorists" in Syria; anti-immigration or anti-capitalist
bloggers, reporters, or Facebook activists are targeted with stories
playing to their ideological leanings. The aim is to get "useful
idiots" to spread false or misleading stories unwittingly. "They don't
try to win the argument," says Michael McFaul, a former U.S.
ambassador to Russia. "It's to make everything seem relative. It's
kind of an appeal to cynicism."
Is this proving effective?
Very. Ahead of the U.S. election, Russian trolls successfully spread
false claims that Hillary Clinton helped run a pedophile ring from the
basement of a Washington pizza parlor; in France, they circulated
rumors that candidate Emmanuel Macron was gay and secretly funded by
Saudi Arabia. Nonpolitical disinformation is often designed to
undermine NATO, such as recent fake reports that German soldiers
stationed in Lithuania had raped a local teenager. Putin and his
cronies argue that the CIA also has a history of spreading
disinformation to undermine regimes in countries such as Cuba and
Iran. "If we do propaganda," Sputnik boss Dmitry Kiselyov recently
told Western journalists, "then you do propaganda, too."
What's being done to counter the Russians?
Estonia - the target of Russia's first major cyberattack, in 2007 -
has a Russian-language TV channel dedicated to countering Moscow's
aggressive disinformation efforts. In Washington, the government-
funded Broadcasting Board of Governors recently launched a similar
service, and the FBI is reportedly investigating whether the far-right
news sites Breitbart and Infowars? have helped Russia spread
disinformation. Big tech firms are starting to clamp down: Facebook,
which recently closed 30,000 French accounts for spreading fake news,
now allows users to flag false stories; Google has adjusted its
algorithms to prioritize reputable news sources. But after Russia's
successful interference in the U.S. election, no one doubts Moscow
will continue its campaign to sabotage democracy. "They're coming
after America," former FBI Director James Comey told senators earlier
this month. "They will be back."
Russia's next targets
Hacked emails and fake news were probably only the opening volley in
Russia's new cyberoffensive. Investigators have found that Kremlin-
backed hackers gained access to voter databases and software systems
in 39 states ahead of the 2016 election; in Illinois, they even tried
to delete or alter voter data. Hackers also breached a major election-
software supplier - a potential stepping-stone to gaining access to
voting machines. In other worrying developments, Moscow recently tried
to gain access to the Twitter accounts of 10,000 Defense Department
employees, using individually tailored messages carrying malware. And
Russian diplomats have been found driving around remote parts of the
U.S. where fiber-optic cables are laid, suggesting they are mapping
our country's critical infrastructure. "They've just got so many
bodies [involved in spying in the U.S.]," a U.S. intelligence official
told Politico. "It's not about what we know. It's about what we don't
know." SHARE! (The Week, June 30 via Will Martin, DXLD)
Now there`s a story to share with Rus-DX! (gh, DXLD)
** RUSSIA. HISTORY DX
= Data are published as the material
is received. We hope for your participation in the section.
Journal of Radio No. 12/1991.
Article "Clubs of Soviet DXists", Author: M.Paramonov, Moscow, Part 2
However, despite numerous difficulties, there were genuine enthusiasts
of long-distance radio reception.
The first to openly tell the truth about the plight of Soviet DXists
"at an official level" was able to DX-editor of the Spanish edition of
the Moscow Radio Francisco Rodríguez. In 1988 he together with DXiste
Sergei Sosedkin prepared a series of radio programs on the history of
DXing in the USSR.
And in the late 70s a group of radio enthusiasts-DXistov wrote a
letter to the Central Radio Club USSR named after E. Krenkel and the
USSR Radio Federation with the request to officially recognize the
existence of DXing in the USSR and allow Soviet DXists to enjoy the
rights of radio amateurs-observers. The letter did not reach the
addressee, but the DXists were summoned for the interview "where
necessary".
Among the signatories of this letter was DXist Vladimir Yakovlev. Now
he is the president of the Soviet DX-archive. The Soviet DX archive is
an informal association of DXists, which collects information on the
development of the DX movement in the USSR and abroad. At the disposal
of the Soviet DX-archive there are unique documents and phonograms.
The Soviet DX archive is by no means the only informal association of
Soviet long-distance admirers. At present, there are many similar
organizations in the USSR. Let's briefly describe the most famous of
them.
"Radio Canada listeners' club" has existed since 1988. It unites radio
amateurs-DXists who are interested in the work of the International
Canadian Radio, as well as the culture and history of Canada. The club
has close contacts with the Russian service of the Canadian Radio. The
club is headed by the oldest DXist Albert Grabarenko.
"Moscow DX-Association" was formed on July 22, 1990. It is an informal
association of DXists in Moscow and the Moscow region. The president
of the association is the author of this article. The initiative group
also includes well-known DXists S. Sosedkin, A. Panteleev and others.
The Association issues several DX-bulletins. The most famous is
"MOSKOW PRESENTS". The bulletin enjoys well-deserved popularity not
only among Soviet radio amateurs, but also foreign DXists. Reviews of
the newsletter are regularly transmitted in DX-programs of Moscow
Radio in Spanish and German.
"The Leningrad DX-circle" unites several dozens of fans of long-
distance reception. He publishes a fairly popular newsletter "Exotic
DX News." Guided by the work of the circle amateur radio - "Ether"
Mikhail Timofeev and Alexei Osipov.
The "Free Radio" club was formed in 1991. It collects and distributes
information about unregistered official stations or, as they are
called, "hobby pirates". The monthly report on the work of the club is
published on the pages of the bulletin "Exotic DX-news". (From
http://radiowiki.ru/index.php?title=File:Radio_1991_?._?12.djvu&page=15
via RusDX June 25 via DXLD)
** UKRAINE. Under the sanctions imposed by Ukraine on Russian
companies, the radio station Nashe Radio, which broadcasts songs of
Russian rock artists, as well as the Orthodox radio Vera, follows from
the published order of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Sanctions were adopted for a period of three years. Among the
restrictions - the termination of the provision of telecommunications
services and the use of public telecommunications networks, follows
from the document.
Also under Ukrainian sanctions - state television and radio company
VGTRK (including the department for the development of non-terrestrial
TV channels), "National Media Group", "First Channel", Life portal,
"Zvezda" TV channel, "Public Television of Russia". The media holding
of RBC also fell under the sanctions (from https://vk.com/dxingradio
via Rus-DX 25 June via DXLD)
** U K. BBC Monitoring's staff were informed today that the service
will be leaving Caversham Park - its home since 1943 - in May 2018.
BBCM will be relocated to London's New Broadcasting House.
Staff were also informed that BBCM would retain its Crowsley Park
receiving station (three miles north of Caversham Park). BBCM will
also continue to operate its 11 overseas bureaus: Cairo, Delhi,
Istanbul, Jerusalem, Kabul, Kiev, Miami, Moscow, Nairobi, Tashkent and
Tbilisi (Chris Greenway, BBCM, June 26, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1884, DX LISTENING DIGEST
The Australian Shortwave Radio Journal
By Bob Padula,
Melbourne, Australia
-----------------------------------
Here in Melbourne, good propagation continues in the 9 MHz spectrum during our winter daytime period, and this
summary of frequency occupancies was made on July 4, 2017, late-morning, between 0100 and 0130, just prior to Solar
Noon.
9370 KAZAKHSTAN RFA-Dushanbe Tibetan
...
9900 UZBEKISTAN TWR-India, Tashkent, Indian langs
9915 UZBEKISTAN BBC-Tashkent Hindi
...
BC-DX 1305, 4 July 2017
Editor : Wolfgang Bueschel,
Germany
-----------------
ARMENIA Weak to good signal of Voice of Armenia Gavar site, June 23
1530-1545 4810 ERV 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME Assyrian
1545-1600 4810 ERV 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME Greek
1600-1630 4810 ERV 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME Kurdish
1630-1700 4810 ERV 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME Yezidi
1700-1715 4810 ERV 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME Turkish
1715-1745 4810 ERV 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME Azeri
1745-1815 4810 ERV 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME Farsi
1815-1845 4810 ERV 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME Arabic
Reception of FEBA Radio via BaBcoCk FMO, via Yerevan Gavar,
Wed June 22
1730-1800 7510 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Silte, good/fair
Reception of FEBA Radio via BaBcoCk FMO via Yerevan Gavar site
Tue June 21
1600-1630 12125 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Guragena Mon-Wed
1600-1630 12125 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Amharic Thu-Sun
1630-1700 12125 ERV 300 kW 192 deg to EaAF Amharic Daily
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 30)
ARMENIA MiAmigo 11845 kHz jetzt On Air.
... noch bis 19 UT June 25 aus Armenia mit 100 kW. Kommt hier in der Eifel
mit SINPO: 53443 rein. Prasseln durch PLC Junkies in der Nachbarschaft,
die einen schafft.
(Christian Milling-D, A-DX ng June 25)
Re: MiAmigo 11845 kHz jetzt On Air.
Christian, - gute Selektion das, 11845 kHz in Yerevan Gavar.
Weit weg nur die beiden 11825 und 11860 kHz Kanaele belegt.
Ueberwiegend in Europa S=9+15dB Signale, auf den Remote Installationen von
Italien bis Liverpool, in Ungarn, Bayern und OE.
Nur BEL/HOL etwas mehr S=9+20dB.
Dagegen in Moskau Russia, bzw. in Nordeuropa nur S=8, kann aber auch an
den genutzen Antennen dort liegen; die Perseusleute in Schweden und
Finnland fahren dort auf 'Holzreifen'-Antennen >passend<
zu dem 900 EURo SDR.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 25)
11845, Radio Mi Amigo, Yereven Gavar, at 1835-1900* UT on June 25,
pop music, English, comments, identification:
"This is Radio Mi Amigo International ...", "Speciall broadcast",
"radiomiamigointernational.com", "Short Wave Service,
shortwaveservice.com, Thank you for tuning in", tuning music, close.
44444.
(Manuel Mendez-ESP, hcdx June 25)
25. Juni 2017 - Sondersendung von Radio Mi Amigo fuer Ron O Quinn.
Spanien - Nach 57 Jahren im Radio haengt Ron O Quinn seine Rock n Roll
Schuhe an den Nagel. Radio Mi Amigo, das ihn im Programm hatte, sendet aus
diesem Anlass ein zweistuendiges Special. Die Sendung wird am 25. Juni von
1700-1900 Uhr UTC auf der Kurzwelle 11845 kHz und in webstreams.
Ron O'Quinn (* 4. Maerz 1943) begann seine Radiokarriere als 16-jaehriger
bei WMGA an seinem Wohnort in Moultrie, Georgia, USA. 1966 kam er nach
Europa, um als Programmdirektor von Swinging Radio England zu arbeiten,
doch das war aus arbeitsrechtlichen Gruenden nur von kurzer Dauer. In
spaeteren Jahren produzierte er Musiksendungen zur Verbreitung ueber viele
unterschiedliche Sender ("Syndication"). Ab 2010 war er durch solche
Programm auch wieder in Europa zu hoeren.
Zunaechst wurde er bei KBC-Projekten uebernommen, spaeter bei Radio Mi
Amigo International, das via Kall auch auf Kurzwelle aktiv wurde.
(Radio Mi Amigo International, von Dr. Hansjoerg Biener ergaenzt)
MOLDOVA 9900 Trans World Radio Africa - via Grigoriopol Maiac
Pridnestrovie, at 0108-0130* UT on June 27, Hindi language program with
long religious talk followed by station ID and closedown announcements.
Another Hindi language program followed with more religious talks and some
music. Station ID and close down announcements followed by IS until
carrier cut. Fair.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer July 3)
MOLDOVA 9900 QSL Trans World Radio Africa - Grigoriopol Maiac
Pridnestrovie verified an electronic report with a no data electronic
reply from
Dilip Sequeira or
Media Director, TWR India - Delhi in one day thanking me "for being a
faithful listening to SWRadio programs".
Dilip indicated that "The Radio company that works in over 85 languages in
India and makes over 100 hours of content in a week. We broadcast from
Guam on SW and from Sri Lanka on AM. We are celebrating our 40th year this
year as a we started with 5 languages in India and today have grown. TWR
is now also in video and mobile devices." Dilip mentioned that "The QSL
card comes from our Guam transmission center, someone from there will be
in touch and sendyou what you need."
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer July 3)
MOLDOVA Radio Ranginkaman / Radio Rainbow via BaBcoCk FMO,
via Grigoriopol Maiac Pridnestrovie, Fri June 23
1600-1630 7575 KCH 500 kW 116 deg to WeAS Persian+BBC English* Mon/Fri
* including BBC English teaching program "Beta Speaking",
but only Friday.
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 30)
UZBEKISTAN Extended transmission of Radio Free North Korea
via RED Telecom
1100-1300 15630 TAC 100 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS Korean, ex1200-1300
Frequency change of Voice of Wilderness via RED Telecom
1330-1530 NF7625 TAC 100 kW 70 deg to NoEaAS Korean, ex7615 from June 26
North Korea Reform Radio via RED Telecom, June 27
1430-1530 11570 TAC 100 kW 76 deg to NoEaAS Korean, good signal
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 27)
DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-27, July 5, 2017
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
edited by Glenn Hauser, USA
------------------------------------------
** ESTONIA [and non]. Re DXLD 17-01, Former clandestine R. NADEZHDA --
Curious details:
Tallinn, SOVETSKAYA ESTONIYA, 10Oct90, p 2
[Interview with Ye. Kogan, by Vyacheslav Ivanov, SOVETSKAYA ESTONIYA
special correspondent to the 4th Session of USSR Supreme Soviet:
"...As We Forgive Our Debtors"]
[Text] Parliamentary activities obviously do not come easily to
Yevgeniy Kogan. Gray hair has already begun to appear in his thick
beard, and he is still a long way from 40... Nevertheless, having
barely recovered from a recent operation, he is once again in the
Kremlin and once again is participating in the work of the session of
the USSR Supreme Soviet, taking advantage of his deputy mandate that
gives him the right, while not a Supreme Soviet member, to be present
at its meetings and to make inquiries. It would seem that he is
seriously attuned to occupying a permanent place on the parliamentary
benches-because soon there will be a partial renewing of the makeup of
the Supreme Soviet...
During one of the breaks, our correspondent asked Ye. Kogan to answer
a few questions.
[V. Ivanov] Yevgeniy, the Intermovement radio station has begun
broadcasting in the republic; we have also heard discussions about the
fact that television broadcasts - the so-called "Kogan-TV" - will
begin soon. At the same time everyone knows how difficult it is to
obtain authorization to broadcast over the air. In order to get this
authorization it is necessary to enlist the support of USSR
Gostelradio and its reliable partner, Ministry of Communication, both
of which are the only organizations that have the right to allocate
frequencies for television and radio broadcasting. Could you please
tell us how the idea arose that Intermovement should become the owner
of its own radio and television transmitters and how that idea is
being carried out?
[Ye. Kogan] The idea was suggested to us by American journalists with
whom we had a meeting immediately after the election of USSR people's
deputies, when Estonian TV (to their shame) invited us to them. At
that time the Americans asked, "Does Intermovement [ID] have its own
television channel?" The only response we could give was to grin
bitterly: the only persons working on existing television were
representatives of the People's Front-Yarlik, Sheyn, Undusk... At that
time we numbered considerably more. But we were not allowed in any way
to get there, so that, in general, there could not be any mention of
getting our own channel... But the dream of having that channel became
imprinted on our minds.
And now it has already moved into the area of being worked out in a
concrete, practical way. Both yesterday and today I had meetings here
that dealt with that question, so things are moving ahead.
The first stage was radio broadcasting. There are those who might
criticize us about its content, but we will be having our own
transmitters very soon. For the time being, we are operating with
those that have been given to us temporarily. At the present time,
properly speaking, we do have our own transmitters-the formalization
of the documents is coming to an end, and soon we shall begin
operating with them.
We have information that we can be heard even in Odessa Oblast and, of
course, by our neighbors - in Pskov and Leningrad Oblasts. We have
been registered as the radio station in the Northwest Region, so that
we are being received on short waves not only in Estonia. But we have
not set ourselves the goal of limiting ourselves to the republic
territory. True, on mediumlength waves there are a few places where,
because of the terrain, we cannot be heard. In Kokhtla-Yarve, for
example, the mining waste piles hinder reception. But with the
introduction of the UKV [ultrashort-wave] transmitter, we shall
reliably "cover" all of Estonia, Leningrad and Pskov oblasts, and
Latvia.
We also want to implement television according to the same principle:
Pskov and Leningrad should be able to receive our broadcasts.
At the present time I cannot reveal details of a technical nature, in
as much as the forces that are opposing us, obviously, will begin
their own "work." The material aspect is also being decided, and I
have moved far ahead in that question...
[V. Ivanov] Yevgeniy, we cannot, however, avoid a discussion on that
topic, because, sooner or later, people will begin asking us WHO is
financing you.
[Ye. Kogan] At present, no one. We do not receive any financing "from
the outside." At one time we received considerable amounts of money -
during the strikes, when we asked the workers of Leningrad and other
regions for their support. So we do have current accounts in the
banks, and, for the time being, we are holding onto them. We also
received funds from the population and from enterprises. And although
in Tallinn our current account has been closed, we have transferred
the money to other places and are continuing to work. Of course, it
will be necessary to "tighten our belts": we were offered an excellent
transmitter for 40,000 rubles, but it proved to be too expensive for
us-we had to buy one costing 12,000.
There will also be large financial problems with the television
transmitters. But leasing is always possible.
[V. Ivanov] But when, realistically speaking, will your TV broadcasts
begin?
[Ye. Kogan] By the end of the year, I think. As for the content: in
that tremendous stream of negative information that is currently
crashing down on everyone, many people are beginning to get a
permanently negative reaction in general to all the mass media. Many
people have stopped reading newspapers, some have been turning off
their TV sets... Therefore we intend to reduce to the minimum the
policy of broadcasting "in pure form" on our television. We need
entertaining programs, artistic movies... Of course, we are not able
to wave a magic wand and begin broadcasting many hours a day all at
once. At first it will be an hour or two a day. Perhaps at first it
will not even be every day. As for later on, time will tell...
[do all these [. . .] mean material omitted as they should, or merely
some kind of pause??? as far too many writers misuse it; when obvious,
I editorially replace the dots by dashes --- gh]
[V. Ivanov] Do you mean, then, that the direction taken by your
television will be to entertain and educate?
[Ye. Kogan] Not just that. There will be an entertaining direction and
an educational one, but there will also be politics-where can we go to
get away from politics?
Later on, I will be killed, as unilaterally happens today in our
history. But I feel that it will be completely reasonable to oppose
objective historical information to that stream. We need comparisons
and analysis.
But, I repeat, no one would have begun to engage in this job if it did
not have political importance.
[V. Ivanov] Yevgeniy, could you not give us the coordinates - the
telephone numbers or the address of your radio station? We want to
make a report on this for the newspaper.
[Ye. Kogan] For the time being they probably do not have any
particular desire to meet anyone, because - certainly you will
understand this - in the face of the negative reaction that has
currently arisen... A definite reaction to a specific person! But we
have had instances when people were "chucked out" of their job. Out of
all the co-chairmen of Intermovement, for example, I am the only one
who has avoided dismissal, and that is because I am a people's deputy
and cannot be dismissed... But the others have been dismissed.
Everything was "simply" random, but all of them were dismissed.
Perhaps there are also coincidences, but when they constitute 80
percent, it is more than randomness.
[V. Ivanov] You emphasized how difficult it was for you to get air
time on Estonian television. But when you get your own television,
will you offer the floor to your opponents?
[Ye. Kogan] We have already discussed that question. We had a pleasant
discussion, for example, before the television cameras with activists
in the Estonian National Independence Party. In preparing our first
declaration for "Hope" Radio, we said that we will offer the floor
over the air to EVERYONE. Particularly to those who are not given any
access to the official mass media (via Leo Barmaleo, Moldova, July 2,
dxldyg via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Radio Free North Korea is again with
1 hour duration from July 1
1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 1100-1300
till June 30.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/07/radio-free-north-korea-is-again-with-1.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. MOLDOVA, 9900, QSL Trans World Radio Africa -
Grigoriopol Maiac Pridnestrovie verified an electronic report with a
no data electronic reply from Dilip Sequeira or Media Director, TWR India -
Delhi in one day thanking me "for being a faithful listening to
SWRadio programs".
Dilip indicated that "The Radio company that works in over 85
languages in India and makes over 100 hours of content in a week. We
broadcast from Guam on SW and from Sri Lanka on AM. We are celebrating
our 40th year this year as a we started with 5 languages in India and
today have grown. TWR is now also in video and mobile devices." Dilip
mentioned that "The QSL card comes from our Guam transmission center,
someone from there will be in touch and sendyou what you need." (Rich
D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer July 3 via BC-DX 4 July via DXLD)
?? So what`s this about Moldova? A-17 HFCC shows 9900 used by TWR from
Guam only, but not to Africa (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7345, Radio Sakha at 1049 UT June 29 with music. Usual IS
with jew`s harp, 5 time pips to 1100. Fair until mixing with CNR1
China at 1100 UT. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx:
Perseus SDR; Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. LIFSHAK ON THE IMPACT ON THE POST OF RUSSIA
Opened a personal war with the Post of Russia. This amazing
organization, because of the monopoly of the delivery of goods with
Aliexpress, does not worry about the quality of its services. My
parcel was lost directly in the liaison office (Moscow), well, they
did not find it on 40m2 of premises and that's it. The complaint was
not answered, nor did they reply to the complaint about the lack of
response to the first complaint. I have already accepted that they can
not "get it". But, it turns out, there is a way! In the mobile
application Mail of Russia (available for iOS and Android) - order the
delivery of the lost parcel to the house ... and enjoy an ebullient
activity in her search. In my case, on my mobile, the post office
chief phoned and offered to pay my money for the lost parcel, if only
I canceled the delivery to the house.
Author Oleg Kuplensky
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleg-kuplensky-6691a311/?
https://vk.com/dxing (RusDX July 2 via DXLD)
For more than three weeks I did not receive letters by regular mail,
but here, as "broke" - came 3 + 2 every other day. Such a feeling that
this "lump-loss" was found and they decided to deliver to the
recipient. The date of admission to the sorting center is not checked
- there is a stamp on only one of the five envelopes. So, this is
again about the work of our "Post of Russia" (Konstantin, St.
Petersburg, Russia, ibid.)
** RUSSIA. MOSCOW --- "ECHO OF MOSCOW" WILL LAUNCH THE PROGRAM IN
UKRAINIAN.
The editor-in-chief of the radio station Ekho Moskvy, Alexei
Venediktov, announced the launch of the program in Ukrainian. The
first broadcast is scheduled for Wednesday, June 28. This is reported
by the Russian Service of the BBC.
The program will last half an hour. The issues will be published on
Wednesdays at 16:35 Moscow time.
"It is important that the hosts will speak Ukrainian: Alexei Solomin,
Alexei Naryshkin in Moscow, and Matvei Ganapolsky from Kiev via
Skype," Venediktov said.
According to the editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, the listeners who
have reached the studio will also have to speak in Ukrainian. Such a
format, in his opinion, is needed to inform people what is really
happening in Ukraine.
June 25 in the air of the show "Ganapol. Results without Yevgeny
Kiselyov "presenter Aleksey Solomin said that the program will be
called" A scho there at the Khokhlov ". Venediktov noted that this
name is a business name. "I do not know how Ukraine perceives the
word" Ukrainians, "if it is offensive, it will not be in the title,"
said Glavred. Lenta.ru
http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__65995/
WEB: http://echo.msk.ru/sound.html
Moscow - 91.2 MHz + 35 cities in Russia
(RusDX July 2 via DXLD)
But is it audible/transmitted in occupied Ukraine? (gh, DXLD)
** RUSSIA. RADIO RECEIVERS THAT WE USED [continued]
1956 year. Instructions for using the radio "BALTIC". The State Union
Plant named after Shevchenko. Kharkov, 1956 year.
Page 25. Instructions For the owner of the radio.
1. According to the current legislation, mandatory registration of
radio receivers in local communication enterprises is established.
The purchased radio receiver must be registered by its owner in the
nearest communication enterprise at the place of residence: in the
regional, regional, regional and republican centers - within 3 days,
and in the remaining localities - 10 days from the date of acquisition
of the radio receiver.
2. When moving to another apartment in the same village, the owner of
the radio receiver is obliged to report this (in writing) within 3
days to the communication company at the place of registration of the
radio receiver, and when moving to another locality - to register the
radio receiver at the new place of residence in the 7-Day time limit.
3. For failure to register a radio receiver within the prescribed
time, a fine of 50 rubles will be charged. Payment of a fine does not
exempt the owner of the radio receiver from making a subscription fee
for Time of actual use of the radio.
4. The subscription fee for the use of the radio receiver is accepted
by the communication enterprises at the place of registration of the
radio receiver for any period, but not less than for half a year:
A) for the first half of the year - until February 1;
B) for the second half of the year - until August 1.
The subscription fee not paid in the specified term is charged with
the accrual of a fine of 1 ruble for each full or incomplete month of
the delay in the next payment.
5. Failure to use radio receivers for reception does not exempt their
owners from contributing a subscription fee at the existing tariff in
a timely manner.
6. For radio receivers that are in individual or collective use with
the blind (in apartments, hostels), as well as with special schools,
libraries and other cultural and educational institutions for the
blind, a subscription fee is not charged (Ruslan Slavutsky,
Moscovskaya oblast, Russia, via RusDX July 2 via DXLD)
You can see the pages from the instructions on the bulletin page -
http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/06/blog-post_24.html
http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/06/blog-post_32.html
(Rus-DX July 2 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA [non]. RADIO SPUTNIK GOES LIVE IN FM IN WASHINGTON DC
Hello, Glen[n], If you haven't yet heard about this, I thought you
might find it of interest. It showed up on one of the news aggregate
sites I peruse.
https://sputniknews.com/agency_news/201706301055129290-sputnik-radio-dc-launch/
73, (John Wesley Smith, KC0HSB, July 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST; also via
Mike Barrraclough, July 2, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1885, DXLD) Viz.:
GOOD MORNING, AMERICA! RADIO SPUTNIK GOES LIVE IN FM IN WASHINGTON DC
(c) Sputnik/ Konstantin Chalabov Press Info 20:22 30.06.2017
Seeking to bring the latest exclusive stories and exciting news and
talk shows to the American audience, Sputnik Radio proudly announces
that it has launched in Washington DC on the FM bandwidth [sic].
Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of RT and Rossiya Sevodnya
(c) Sputnik/ [caption] Sputnik Editor-in-Chief Hopes for Normalization
of Russia-West Relations in Coming Years
Sputnik Radio begins broadcasting in Washington DC on the FM bandwidth
[sic], bringing its programming to FM listeners across the
metropolitan area for the very first time.
Sputnik Radio broadcasts, ranging from news programs to talk shows and
financial analysis, are now available on 105.5 FM, 24 hours a day, 7
days a week.
Mindia Gavasheli, editor-in-chief of the Sputnik Bureau in Washington
DC, said that he's glad to finally make the Sputnik Radio broadcasts
available to listeners in DC so that they can form their own opinion
instead of relying on rumors and stories spread by certain media
outlets.
"We're glad to finally be able to directly address our listeners in
Washington. During the last few months Sputnik Radio has become the
target of constant attacks in the US corporate media. And often the
people who wrote or spoke about us didn't even bother to listen to our
broadcasts first. Now however, Washington residents will get the
opportunity to listen to us and not just to what is being said about
us, and I believe that the difference will become apparent to them. We
hope that our entrance onto the Washington market is just the first
step, and will strive to ensure that more and more people are able to
hear our broadcasts instead of rumors about them," he said.
The radio broadcasts now available to the DC audience include the
popular Fault Lines with Nixon and Stranahan talk show that cover
today's most interesting and pressing political issues; along with the
Brave New World and Level Talk information and analytical programs,
amongst a host of others.
Sputnik (sputniknews.com) is an international news agency and radio
station with multimedia information hubs all over the world. Sputnik
hosts websites in over 30 languages, mobile apps and social media
pages, along with analogue and digital radio broadcasting. The Sputnik
newswire is released 24/7 in English, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese (via
DXLD)
Aliens & Russians can`t own a broadcast outlet in the US, so who is
renting this to them? They don`t even mention call letters! Searching
FCC FM Query on 105.5, none in DC proper; one in faraway Salisbury,
Maryland; lots all over Virginia, but must be this one in a WDC
suburb, a mere 99-watt ``translator``, and with direxional signal
degrading to 36% between 40 and 80 degrees, i.e. towards WDC, and some
attenuation from 0 to 120 degrees. Reception in WDC itself may be
iffy. {Meanwhile US government broadcasting is not allowed in Russia}
(IIRC, WUST-1120 used to relay Russia. It`s Spanish/Ethnic, ``New
World Radio``, 50 kW daytimer only per NRC AM Log.) Here the Russkie:
W288BS VA RESTON USA FX LIC
Licensee: RESTON TRANSLATOR, LLC
Service Designation: FX Translator Station (retransmits signal,
different channel than main station)
Channel/Class: 288D Frequency: 105.5 MHz Licensed
File No.: BLFT-20110901ACE
Facility ID number: 140589
CDBS Application ID No.: 1442828
Technical Data
Links & Maps
38 57' 51.00" N Latitude
77 06' 16.00" W Longitude (NAD 27) 38.964167 -77.104444
Polarization: Horizontal Vertical
Effective Radiated Power (ERP): 0.099 0.099 kW ERP
Antenna Height Above Average Terrain: 188.5 0. meters HAAT -
Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 261. 261. meters AMSL
Antenna Height Above Ground Level: 188. 188. meters AGL
Directional Antenna ID No.: 98907 Pattern Rotation: 0.0
Antenna Make: - Antenna Model: - No. of antenna sections: - [blanx]
Relative Field values for directional antenna
Relative Field polar plot [link]
Relative field values listed here do not include any pattern rotation
that may be indicated above [but says 0.0]
0 0.690 60 0.360 120 0.790 180 1.000 240 1.000 300 1.000
10 0.550 70 0.360 130 1.000 190 1.000 250 1.000 310 1.000
20 0.450 80 0.360 140 1.000 200 1.000 260 1.000 320 1.000
30 0.400 90 0.400 150 1.000 210 1.000 270 1.000 330 1.000
40 0.360 100 0.500 160 1.000 220 1.000 280 1.000 340 1.000
50 0.360 110 0.625 170 1.000 230 1.000 290 1.000 350 1.000
Station Search Details
Call Sign: W288BS
Facility ID: 140589
Primary Station Call Sign: WAMU
Community of License: RESTON, VA
Service: FX
Fac Type: FM TRANSLATOR
Status: LICENSED
Status Date: 01/17/2008
Frequency: 105.5
Channel: 288
Digital Status: [blank]
Lic Expir: 10/01/2019
Licensee: RESTON TRANSLATOR, LLC
Address: 11140 GLADE DRIVE
City: RESTON
State: VA
Zip Code: 20191 -
Phone Number: (703) 476-0808
Engineering Data View Engineering Data
Call Sign History View Call Sign History
FRN History View FRN History
Correspondence Folder View Correspondence Folder
(FCC FM Query excerpts via WORLD OF RADIO 1885, DXLD)
WAMU! Is Reston Translator LLC a subsidiary of public radio WAMU?
Probably not, but WAMU was previous renter of W288BS, now a more
apropos callsign I bet the Russkies are loath to enunciate (Glenn
Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1885, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Not available on TuneIn. Not sure their 99 watts would have made it to
my old QTH near Winchester, Virginia. Dealing with a 99 watter (100.1
KBND) in Bend, Oregon 20 miles away and have hiss on it on the Elad in
stereo mode. Regards, (George, NJ3H, Redmond, Oregon USA, SDRs:
Perseus and Elad FDM-S2, Antenna: Wellbrook ALA1530AL-2, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
What's the point? Unless for "bragging rights". Unheard at my QTH.
Already have stations on 105.1 and 105.9. I guess unless near the
antenna, station is unheard. Wonder if this is from the prior MW
station with VOR 1390 WZHF or WCRW 1190 in Leesburg, VA. 73, (Kraig,
KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas VA, July 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1885, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This is from WAMU:
http://dcist.com/2017/06/russian-funded_news_station_replace.php
What's the point: Well, at least the same one as with their now
abandoned Bluegrass project. Btw, in Europe it is not unusual to serve
one and the same area with transmitters not more than 400 kHz apart
and have, to quote Berlin as an example, 32 FM outlets in one town
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
GOOD MORNING AMERICA, RADIO SPUTNIK GOES LIVE ON FM IN WASHINGTON D.C
Russian-Funded News Station Replaces Bluegrass on 105.5 FM, Rachel
Kurtuis, DCist.com, June 30.
http://dcist.com/2017/06/russian-funded_news_station_replace.php
Posted by: (Mike Barraclough, England, July 2, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.:
RUSSIAN-FUNDED NEWS STATION REPLACES BLUEGRASS ON 105.5 FM
by Rachel Kurzius in News on Jun 30, 2017 3:00 pm
radio2_0708.jpg Photo by Darwyn
[illustration of a Yaesu transceiver, tuned to 14.275 MHz; why???]
Those who've become accustomed to hearing bluegrass music when they
turn the dial to 105.5 FM are in for a surprise - the bandwidth [sic]
now broadcasts Sputnik, a "global wire, radio and digital news
service" funded by the Russian government.
"It's radio that brings you the views that you don't get from other
stations," says Mindia Gavasheli, the editor in chief of Sputnik U.S.
Indeed, Sputnik is surely the only media outlet in D.C. where a former
Breitbart investigative reporter shares an office with a Green Party
candidate for city council. Launched in 2014, it operates out of an
office on K Street NW by Farragut North.
Sputnik was back in the headlines itself this past month after its
White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg quit, writing on Twitter
that the outlet "isn't happy with real journalists. They'd rather have
ACTUAL propagandists operate anonymously."
Sputnik fired back in a statement, saying it was "saddened by false
accusations spread by Mr. Feinberg and hope that the fruits of his
rich imagination would not create more conspiracy theories around
Sputnik."
The outlet has been part of the broader debate over Russian-funded
media outlets, like television station Russia Today, which is
available as part of a number of cable packages in addition to a
presence on YouTube. A Director of National Intelligence report about
Russian interference in the 2016 election accused both RT and Sputnik
of being part of Russian propaganda efforts that "contributed to the
influence campaign by serving as a platform for Kremlin messaging to
Russian and international audiences." (Full disclosure: I worked at RT
America in 2013 and have appeared as a guest on a radio show broadcast
by Sputnik that no longer exists.)
"If you've heard anything about Sputnik, it's that these are the
nefarious people who hacked our election and imposed Donald Trump on
us," says Gavasheli. "The only way to disprove it is to make them
listen to it. I really felt like we need to go FM and make sure that
people can tune in."
The Bluegrass Country station that previously resided on 105.5
announced in late May that it would no longer broadcast on that
frequency. (The station had also recently been transferred from WAMU
to a foundation that sprung up to save it.) 105.5 is what's known as a
"translator" station, meaning it repeats the signal provided by
another signal.
"The third party provider told us that he had another client and he
wanted to take over," says Chris Teskey, Bluegrass Country's program
director. "He didn't say, 'I need more money from you guys.' That was
never really an option." Bluegrass Country's deal had been a local
marketing agreement, where they essentially paid a monthly rent to
keep - a deal he says had been in place for the past eight years.
"Initially we were fairly unhappy about losing [105.5]," Teskey says.
"But the expense of running that was about a third of our budget and
we're in much better financial shape now. Frankly, the signal at 105.5
isn't that great - you lose it in Rockville."
Listeners can now hear Bluegrass Country on 88.5 FM HD Channel 2,
streaming online, or via their phone app.
When told that Sputnik would be replacing bluegrass, Teskey responded,
"Given the current political climate, I would say that's fascinating."
Gavasheli says that Sputnik also has a local marketing agreement in
place with the third-party provider, though he declined to get into
the details of it.
Both Gavasheli and Teskey declined to name the third-party provider.
Communications attorney John Garziglia confirmed that he's the owner,
as part-owner of Reston Translator LLC. He says that Radio Sputnik has
already been carried on HD radio, and the transition will have 105.5
rebroadcast 93.9 HD 3 for listeners.
As for the potential politics of having Sputnik on the airwaves,
Garziglia had no comment. "It's a business arrangement," he says.
So what can people expect if they turn the dial to 105.5 FM?
While Sputnik is currently in talks with potential hosts and producers
about a D.C. morning drive show, programming right now in the mornings
is largely international news coming from Moscow and Edinburgh, two
other cities with Sputnik newsrooms. D.C. is Sputnik's only U.S.
outpost for now, and employs about 40 people, Gavasheli says.
At noon on weekdays, the three-hour progressive radio show "The Thom
Hartmann Program" plays (Hartmann also has a daily television show on
RT America), followed by "By Any Means Necessary," a show about social
justice movements hosted by Eugene Puryear, a D.C. based activist.
At 4 p.m., "Fault Lines" comes on, with Lee Stranahan, a former
Breitbart reporter, and Garland Nixon, a progressive. Gavasheli
describes it as a "Crossfire-style" show where "they yell at each
other and argue about things." Then, at 5 p.m., Brian Becker of the
ANSWER Coalition hosts a show called "Loud and Clear With Brian
Becker," which covers international issues.
"We don't do our shows on weekends, so Moscow produces most of the
content on the weekends," Gavasheli says. "I suspect most of the stuff
is pre-recorded."
He says he's open to having Sputnik broadcast on other FM stations
throughout the country, but "our resources are not limitless,
regardless of what you hear from the senators in Congress," says
Gavasheli. "We're considering other markets, but right now, we're more
concentrated on producing more original shows." (via DXLD)
Greetings: Listening to WOR 1885. I can pick up Sputnik Radio (with
ID) on 105.5 FM from Northwest D.C., with enough static to remind me
of Radio Moscow World Service of yore.
Not a fan -- even though it was a news story about European-Japanese
trade -- so won't tune in again, but thought you'd like a reception
report and glad to have a reason to write after hearing you over the
air and (now) online after all these years. Take care, (Scott Wells,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Tom Taylor's radio newsletter does mention who is renting this (and
also does a pretty regular job of keeping up with translator issues
and AM radio format changes and sales).
Russia's "Sputnik Radio" just LMA'd a translator in Washington DC.
Translator owner John Garziglia may want to add a little asbestos to
his wardrobe - let's see how the D.C. pundits feel about having a
translator at 105.5 air an English-language news/talk service with
ties to the Russian government. Garziglia told this NOW Newsletter
that he was unable to reach an agreement with the Bluegrass Country
Foundation that took over the niche format from American University's
not-for-profit WAMU/88.5 (May 24 NOW). ("Bluegrass Country" does air
on the HD2 signal of news/talk WAMU, and of course online.)
The foundation's lease of Reston translator W288BS at 105.5 ended June
21, and now here's Sputnik Radio, a projection of the government's
Sputnik News Agency. One other change is to the translator's feed
station. The Sputnik folks are leasing an HD Radio signal from Urban
One's urban WKYS/93.9. DCRTV.com says Sputnik was previously heard on
an HD channel of Hubbard's news WTOP/103.5. (It's being replaced in
that lineup by a simulcast of sister "Federal News Radio" WFED/1500.)
Posted by: (Wally Leisering, July 6, dxldyg via DXLD)
105.5 is usually covered here at home in Mount Airy by "Big Apple
Country" in Winchester VA, but I can hear W228BS 105.5 about 5 miles
south of here. For a long time this translator relayed "Bluegrass
Country" from one of WAMU's HD channels. I had heard the rumor that R.
Sputnik would be on the translator soon, but most people said 105.5
would become one of the many relays of the Jesus pop "K-Love" stream.
I'm pleased that K-Love is *not* taking over that station.
I believe that W228AM is actually independently owned and the FCC
registration lists it's now terminated relationship with WAMU for
Bluegrass Country. Regards, Lw (Larry Will, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Later:
Radio Sputnik noted in Rockville, central Montgomery County, Maryland,
on W288BS 105.5 FM in Reston, Virginia, with a fair to good signal,
bothered a bit by co-channel "True Apple Country" WXBN Berryville VA.
Programming on Thursday, July 6 in the 1400 UT hour consisted of a
segment about scams and frauds, presentation style and tone somewhat
reminiscent of sensationalist/gossip television shows like "TMZ." The
tragic story of the fake pop group Milli Vanilli was profiled. The
Milli Vanilli segment also ran yesterday on 105.5 FM at around the
same time. Next, the "Worlds Apart" feature discussing US/Russia
relations. Multiple station IDs for "Video Sputnik" were heard. Is
this stream simply the audio of RT or is it something else?
The collective gasp in the media world about the presence of such
audio propaganda on the airwaves in the Washington DC metro area
elicits a big yawn from radio listeners here. For several years now,
we've had sterile, vapid Chinese government propaganda from the
blowtorch 50 kW daytimer WCRW 1190 AM.
The Russians were also on the AM band here for a short while a couple
of years ago, when they ran the extremely boring Voice of Russia on
WZHF 1390. WZHF is licensed for 9 kW daytime but I'm never able to
hear it with any kind of useful signal and suspect they are running
much lower power and/or are using a random wire for an antenna (Larry
Will, Mount Airy, Maryland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN Frequency changes for Voice of Tibet July 3
1235-1305 on 15528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15527
1305-1315 on 15523 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15522
1315-1330 on 11518 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11517
1315-1335 on 15517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15528
1335-1345 on 15523 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15522
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/frequency-changes-for-voice-of-tibet.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
THE HIGH-TECH WAR ON TIBETAN COMMUNICATION
The Chinese digital security state versus a small exile community.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/27/the-high-tech-war-on-tibetan-communication/
Nithin Coca, @excinit 06.27.17 in Security --- Comments 836 Shares
Image credit: CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images
Each year, March 10th in Tibet brings more police onto the streets,
closer online censorship of terms like "Free Tibet" and "Dalai Lama"
and a spate of cyberattacks.
"Every March 10th, almost all major Tibetan organizations in
Dharamsala are targeted with Distributed Denial of Service and other
cyber attacks," said Tenzin Dalha, a researcher at the Tibet Policy
Institute, part of the Central Tibetan Administration. Four years ago,
that happened to the Voice of Tibet (VOT), a nonprofit media outlet
run out of the Indian hill town of Dharamsala, bringing its website
down for several days.
The reason for the crackdown is that the date commemorates March 10th,
1959. On that day, rumors spread in the Tibetan capital Lhasa about
the impending arrest of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, by
the Chinese, who had invaded the territory in 1950. Tibetans rallied
to support their spiritual leader and the mass protests led to a
violent crackdown. The Dalai Lama and his entourage escaped to India,
where he and the Tibetan government-in-exile remain.
When VOT started in 1996, it was one of the few channels of
communication between Tibetans and their government-in-exile across
the border, as all newspapers, television and other print materials
were heavily censored. Using shortwave radio, it transmitted its news
service across the border into Chinese-occupied Tibet, both in Tibetan
and Mandarin Chinese.
"Of course the Chinese Government tries to jam our program
consistently, and we try to fight with them by broadcasting our
programs on different frequencies, at different times."
"We are a news organization, and we spend [our time] making stories,"
said Tenzin Peldon, editor at VOT. "Of course, the Chinese government
tries to jam our program consistently, and we try to fight with them
by broadcasting our programs on different frequencies, at different
times, so if one program is jammed, other ones get through."
China's control of information is key to its control over Tibet.
Propaganda has been key in pushing its own version of history -- that
the 1959 invasion was a "liberation" and that Chinese rule has been a
boon to Tibet -- both at home to the global community. In the
following decades, most of the country's Buddhist monasteries and
temples were destroyed, while many Tibetans were put into forced labor
camps or, in many cases, killed.
Vast mining operations and dams run by Chinese companies are strewn
across the plateau but have not benefited Tibetans. Lhasa, once a
forbidden, holy city where foreigners could enter only in very limited
instances, is now a Chinese-majority city that Tibetans from outlying
regions have to get special permissions to enter. Yet as development
spread across the plateau and China opened during the economic boom of
the 1990s, Tibet appeared seemingly docile and increasingly integrated
with the mainland.
This image fell apart in early 2008. It was, again, March 10th. This
time, just a few months before China was to welcome the world to the
Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, decades of discontent erupted into
protests in Lhasa, which quickly spread across the occupied country.
Tibetan exiles helped to spread images of monks protesting spread
online, which, together with a powerful human-rights documentary,
triggered protests across the world, and calls for countries to
boycott the Olympics.
It was a huge embarrassment for the Chinese government. Martial law
was quickly declared, and the years since have seen an even greater
clampdown on free expression through the pervasive monitoring of
Tibetans, both those inside Tibet and out.
What was once a low-tech information battle over radio waves has now
being reshaped by the internet and smartphone access that have spread
into Tibet. Yet while China operates the world's most powerful
digital-security apparatus, there are only around 6 million-7 million
Tibetans in Tibet, and about 150,000 exiles scattered around the
world.
For the small Tibetan community with limited resources, to face off
with Beijing is a David and Goliath situation.
Pro-Tibet demonstrators near the European Union-China summit in
Brussels earlier this month. [caption]
________________________________
The attack on Voice of Tibet four years ago was a common distributed
denial of service (DDoS) attack, but others have been far more
sophisticated.
The scale of China's operation was not clear until a report released
by the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab in 2009, titled "Tracking
Ghostnet." This clearly showed, for the first time, the extent of
cyber espionage and how deeply it had infiltrated the Tibetan
movement, including the office of the Dalai Lama. For Lobsang Gyatso,
this was a major wakeup call.
"The report was a huge eye-opener ... until then, we didn't have proof
or an understanding," said Lobsang, the digital-security-programs
manager with the Tibet Action Institute. "This made it very concrete
and showed it was state-sponsored ... it was pretty clear to us who
was behind it."
"Every single organization affiliated with the CTA or with the Tibetan
freedom movement in India has been targeted with severe cyber
attacks."
Citizen Lab uncovered 1,295 infected hosts in 103 countries across the
entire Tibetan spectrum. Signs all pointed to China as the culprit.
"Every single organization affiliated with the CTA or with the Tibetan
freedom movement in India has been targeted with severe cyber
attacks," said Dalha. "The website of CTA, [in particular] the Chinese
website, has been hacked several times."
The most common method of spreading malware was simple -- email
attachments. Citizen Lab documented the use of suspicious emails with
links to complex malware in a 2013 follow up report on what they
called APT1's Glasses, which it sourced directly to the People's
Liberation Army in China. Tibetans switched strategies, from sending
attachments to using more-secure services such as Google Drive and
Dropbox to share files.
"Most NGOs by then had developed this practice of sharing everything
with Google Drive," said Tenzin Jidgal with the International Tibet
Network. Not too long thereafter, some organizations noticed some of
the emails they were getting with Google Drive attachments were being
sent from malicious servers including links that led to malware.
This time, however, they were prepared. They shared data with
outsiders, such as Citizen Lab, to better understand the problem. It
was no accident, but a meaningful, organized response to a genuine
threat.
'Free Tibet' banner outside the Beijing National Stadium at the 2008
Olympics. [caption]
_____________________________________
Leading the fight to protect NGOs from digital threats is the Tibet
Action Institute (TAI) founded in 2009.
"We fill a supporting role for others doing advocacy," said Lobsang.
"How to make their work more effective, so that there are not
attacked, and they are protected."
TAI does not focus on getting users to select the best or safest
tools. Instead, it wants people to understand the Chinese threat and
make small changes. It models its campaigns after those in the public-
health sector, and works both with the exile community and Tibetans in
Tibet, making sure they understand how to send information outside the
country safely.
"Tibetans in Tibet tend to have this idea: 'If the information gets
out, I don't care what happens to me.' It's very courageous," said
Lobsang. "But we want to help them get over that mentality, making
them understand that [their well-being] is very important to the
movement."
That often means teaching simple tasks -- helping them understand how
mobile networks and SIM cards work -- so that they can use low-risk
communication methods.
This behavior change is key to TAI's mission, as a system is only as
secure as its weakest link. If regular Tibetans are not secure, then
potentially no one is.
"It's more about behavior and understanding security, and making
sure you understand once you install an app, what those permissions
mean, so you're better informed before doing anything."
"Our focus has been on what tools people are using already, and then
what practices that can actually support that to be more secure," said
Lobsang. "It's more about behavior and understanding security, and
making sure you understand once you install an app, what those
permissions mean, so you're better informed before doing anything."
Also key to the effort are partnerships with institutes such as
Citizen Lab or other NGOs facing similar threats from Chinese state
actors.
Since that 2009 report, Citizen Lab has been releasing regular updates
on the latest tactics being used by hackers to try to access Tibetans'
and Tibet organizations' data, which directly inform TAI's training
tactics.
It is a nonstop game of cat-and-mouse. As the Tibet movement's
digital-security abilities and training improve, the Chinese
government implements more-sophisticated hacking techniques. Members
of the Tibet movement credit the integration of digital-security
thinking for allowing it to keep pace with threats. According to
Bhuchung K. Tsering, Vice President at the International Tibet
Network, the everyday use of digital tools requires people and
organizations to make security second nature.
"The best thing that we can do is be mindful of what we do all the
time," said Tsering. "If we are mindful, then we will be more prepared
to take those steps that might prevent the ... Chinese, or anyone
else, from getting into our system."
A Tibet Action Institute workshop. [caption]
__________________________
No one really knows what Chinese hackers will attempt next -- it was
only a few years ago that China even admitted to having a cyber army.
But one thing that worries many is that the most ubiquitous app used
in China is also commonly used among the exile community -- WeChat.
At core an instant messenger, WeChat was initially popular with many
Tibetans as it allowed, for the first time, regular communication
between those still in Tibet and those in exile.
"In Dharamsala, a lot of Tibetans use WeChat to just talk to their
friends in groups," said an expert at Free Tibet, a UK-based NGO who
preferred to remain anonymous. "By using WeChat outside of China,
Tibetans are willingly giving up their security and privacy."
WeChat has serious security issues, and many believe it is readily
sharing data with the Chinese government. Citizen Lab found line by
line censorship of content when analyzing information flows between
India and Tibet earlier this year around the Kalachakra teaching,
which China deemed "illegal," held by the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya,
India.
In China, several Tibetans have been arrested for sharing content
deemed politically sensitive on WeChat. While more and more members of
the community understand that discussing political topics or sharing
images of, for example, the Dalai Lama, can put people at risk of
being arrested, Lobsang is worried about something else entirely.
"Information is key. They want to know how the exile community
thinks, and from a political perspective, that's a huge plus for
them."
"Instead of them coming to hack us, we are going to a platform that is
run by [China] in some ways, and sharing all of that information
there," said Lobsang. "Information is key. They want to know how the
exile community thinks, and from a political perspective, that's a
huge plus for them."
Moving Tibetans to a more-secure chat app, such as Signal or Telegram,
is a nonstarter due to the challenge of getting enough people to
switch simultaneously. So TAI focuses instead on ensuring users
understand what types of information WeChat can access, and, if
possible, use the app on a separate dedicated phone when communicating
with those inside Tibet. But getting users to understand how China
could use even the simple, daily, nonpolitical communication to their
benefit is a major challenge.
"There's a line that needs to be drawn, but it's hard to get people to
understand how the concept of big data actually works," said Lobsang.
Chinese military march in front of the traditional residence of the
Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet. [caption]
__________________________________
Tibetans are, of course, not the only targets of Chinese government
hackers. While their unique situation puts them in line for scrutiny,
more recent targets have included the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong
and US corporations. China's digital state could even, soon, include
Facebook, which has been making overtures to enter the country and is
creating censorship software that could make it more amenable to
Chinese authorities.
While, at first, for small exile community to face off against a
massive digital-security apparatus may seem insurmountable, size
actually plays to Tibetans' advantage. The exile community is closely
knit, and the near-constant threat of hacking since the 2008 uprising
has helped create a culture of security throughout the movement.
"We have become more aware, more informed, and more literate ... about
digital security and online security," said Jigdal. "We may be
smaller, but if we were able to develop this practice on a day-to-day
basis, it spreads faster, and therefore it's more doable."
For VOT, this meant hiring an IT consultant after the initial DDoS
attack, conducting in-house training, and working with TAI to improve
its own security culture. While its shortwave broadcasts still face
jamming, its website has remained online, and information is, against
all odds, getting through.
"No matter how much the Chinese repress Tibetans, they can't stop
the flow of information."
"No matter how much the Chinese repress Tibetans, they can't stop [the
flow] of information," said Peldon. "So even though the Chinese
government constantly jam our programs and send attacks to our
website, I'm surprised how Tibetans inside Tibet find different ways
to bypass the censorship wall and hear us."
Tibetans in exile are more prepared digitally than ever before.
"Tibet Action Institute's awareness-raising work with Tibetans played
a big role in making sure that it wasn't worth China's while to
continue to spread malware the 'old way,'" said an expert at Free
Tibet, who preferred to remain anonymous.
But the big picture still looks dire. Today, the situation in Tibet is
deteriorating even more, with Freedom House ranking it the least-free
country in the world. Tibetans are facing increased travel
restrictions, fewer cultural rights and more arrests for even simple
online transgressions.
"A risk from a ... different angle is Chinese online propaganda
campaigns that attempt to normalize the current situation in Tibet or
drown out social media posts about Tibet that criticize the occupation
or attempt to publicize human-rights abuses," said John Jones,
campaigns and communications manager at Free Tibet.
The 60th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising is approaching.
China is expected to ramp up measures, online and offline, and do all
it can to ensure that no protests, either like the ones in 1959 or
2008, or the recent spate of self-immolations, take place in Tibet --
and if they do happen, that the rest of the world won't hear about it.
After years of digital fortification, this may be the greatest test of
the exile community's ability to go toe-to-toe with a Goliath in
cybersecurity (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
** U S A [non]. Frequency changes of Radio Free Asia/Radio Farda/Voice
of America, July 1
Radio Free Asia
0030-0130 17845 SAI 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Burmese, ex 17785 SAI
0100-0300 13765 DB 200 kW / 125 deg CeAs Tibetan, ex 17730 U-B
1100-1400 15745 DB 200 kW / 125 deg CeAs Tibetan, ex 7470 U-B
2100-2200 11960 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg EaAs Korean, ex 7460 U-B
...
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/frequency-changes-of-radio-free.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++
DX/SWL/DX PROGRAMS updated:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
ALAN ROE`S HITLIST OF SW STATION WEBSITES updated:
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm
BULGARIAN YTS ARE BACK
From June 26 videos in are again
available! (DX RE MIX NEWS # 1015 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov.
Date: June 30, 2017. Also visit: , DXLD)
WRTH A17 BROADCASTING SCHEDULES UPDATE FILE IS NOW AVAILABLE
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup/
1 July 2017 - Sean Gilbert has just posted on the WRTH Facebook group:
WRTH A17 Broadcasting Schedules Update file is now available for free
download from http://www.wrth.com
The PDF file contains [only] the changes to the transmission schedules
of International and Clandestine/Target broadcasters. Posted by: (Mike
Terry, July 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
38TH EDITION NRC AM RADIO LOG, 2017-2018
[to be published by early September]
Now accepting pre-orders for the 38th edition of the AM Radio Log
Info: http://www.nrcdxas.org
73 (Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log, July 1, NRC-AM via DXLD)
FM NEWS TRANSLATION, ABBRS. IN WTFDA VHF-UHF DIGEST
I haven't had a chance to read the current VUD yet. The abbreviation
key is missing? We'll have to get one in next month. Here's a list:
AF: Application For (new station)
NS: permit granted for New Station
NW: NeW station on the air
CX: License or permit cancelled
ROA: Request Of Applicant (/licensee)
CL: Principal Community ("City of License")
PC: Power (and/or tower height) Changed (construction on a PG has been
completed)
PG: Power (and/or tower height) change Granted
PR: Power (and/or tower height) change Request
QC: freQuency Changed (construction on a QG has been completed)_
QG: freQuency change Granted
QR: freQuency change Request
XC: tower site Changed
XG: tower site change Granted
XR: tower site change Requested
(aux): Auxiliary (backup) transmitter
== (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, July 1, WTFDA gg via
DXLD)
A few more thoughts on this:
> AF: Application For (new station)
> NS: permit granted for New Station
> NW: NeW station on the air
A station comes up as "NW" if it's applied for a License to Cover. In
most cases it may legally begin broadcasting before this license is
issued -- the construction permit ("NS") usually grants automatic
Program Test Authority.
> CX: License or permit cancelled
> ROA: Request Of Applicant (/licensee)
A license/permit may be cancelled by the FCC -- usually because the
station has been off the air for over a year. It may also be cancelled
at the request of the licensee/applicant. Usually this happens either
because the licensee has acquired another station that puts them over
the multiple-ownership limit & they can't sell the less-desirable
station; or because they've decided not to build an authorized
facilities change (usually because they've decided to build a
*different* facilities change).
So far I've only seen "red light" dismissals for AM stations but
there's no reason it can't happen for FM or TV. If a station hasn't
paid its regulatory fees, any applications get a "red light" hold. If
such application is for renewal, the license may expire and be
cancelled. I flag these as "red light" dismissals because in some
cases, they're the result of a bureaucratic snafu and are not final.
> CL: Principal Community ("City of License")
For full-power stations, the station must provide a strong ("city
grade") signal across this community. There have been public-service
obligations involved as well, but most of these have been repealed.
For LPTV, LPFM, and translator stations this is essentially a
placeholder.
> been completed)
> PG: Power (and/or tower height) change Granted
> PR: Power (and/or tower height) change Request
This indicates technical changes will be or have been made which
affect the coverage of the station. Such changes may also be rolled
into a QR/QG/QC, see below. I try to follow the PR/PG/PC with a >
(which indicates the changes should increase coverage) or a < (which
indicates they'll reduce coverage). Often I can't quickly tell;
sometimes the difference is negligible.
Site changes may also be rolled into a PR/PG/PC.
> QC: freQuency Changed (construction on a QG has been completed)
> QG: freQuency change Granted
> QR: freQuency change Request
Often, a frequency/channel change is accompanied by a change in
power/tower height/location. Since the frequency change is most
noticeable, if more than one of these changes is happening, I list it
as a frequency change.
> XC: tower site Changed
> XG: tower site change Granted
> XR: tower site change Requested
Usually site changes are rolled into a PR/PG/PC. If you see a bare
site change, usually it's just a minor correction; the wrong
coordinates were on the license and the licensee wished to correct
them.
> (aux): Auxiliary (backup) transmitter
A full-power station may obtain licenses for one or more backup
transmitters with different facilities (backup transmitters feeding
the *same* antenna and operating at the *same* power don't require
separate licenses) == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
For this issue Anker Petersen has brought his annual "Trends in
tropical bands broadcasting". This time for 2017. As usual very
interesting reading. The reduction of stations on those bands are
incredible. 1973 shows 1106 stations and now in 2017 only 114 left!
Within a few years ahead those bands are more or less dead. For the
station hunters (like me) there is only one solution - listen to
MW instead. Others enjoy FM which is hot just now (Thomas Nilsson,
ed., SW Bulletin July 2 via DXLD)
TRENDS IN TROPICAL BANDS BROADCASTING 2017
by Anker Petersen, editor of the Domestic Broadcasting Survey
Dear friends, I have just edited my annual "Trends in Tropical Bands
Broadcasting 2017", which is attached. The DSWCI used to publish this
annually in "Short Wave News", but this no longer exists. So I hope
you will publish it.
Since DSWCI published its first Tropical Bands Survey in 1973, I have
registered which stations are active, based upon loggings from our
members and other DX-ers around the world. Here is an updated status
where Clandestine and Pirate stations not are included.
Active domestic transmitters on 2200 - 5800 kHz
Region 1973 1985 1997 2009 2017
...
CIS (former USSR) 61 59 47 7 6
...
Total 1106 819 627 247 114
During the past year the previous trend, that Tropical shortwave
stations slowly disappear, continued throughout the world. The reason
is, that other media get higher priority, than keeping elderly
shortwave transmitters alive. This year we had a big loss of 24
frequencies compared to last year's total of 138, particularly because
the Australian Northern Territories and several South American
stations ceased broadcasting.
...
Anker, thanks a lot for this survey, very interesting but with a
tremendous negative trend for us DX-ers! /tn (Thomas Nilsson, ibid.
HOW TO SAFELY ARCHIVE QSLS, POSTCARDS, PHOTOS, AND PRINTED MEMORABILIA
Recently, an SWLing Post reader asked this simple question:
"If you were me, would you laminate a super-rare QSL card?"
The short answer-? Please don't! Never laminate a QSL card, photo,
page or postcard ..... Read the full story here:
http://swling.com/blog/2017/06/how-to-safelyarchive-qsls-postcards-photos-and-printedmemorabilia/
(From SWLing Post via SW Bulletin July 2 via DXLD)
BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
=================================
Germany.
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On Saturday, Missionswerk Friedensstimme announced a new address:
Missionswerk Friedensstimme, Gimborner Str. 20, 51709 Marienheide, Deutschland
(Konstantin Aseev, Kursk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx")
WEB RADIO AND TV IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
=================================
TV.
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Russia. Moscow.
------------------------
TV channel "REN-TV"
WEB: http://ren.tv/
Under the brand REN-TV, the television company was founded on January 1, 1991 as an independent manufacturing
company. The company considers the first program the teleproject of Eldar Ryazanov "The Irony of Fate, or Merry
Christmas", which aired on December 24, 1991 on ORT.
For each of the regions of Russia: the European part, the Urals, Siberia and the Far East, there is a belt version of REN
TV, allowing you to watch the programs of our channel at the usual time!
REN TV is the leader in digital broadcasting! According to the decision of the Federal Competition Commission for TV
and Radio Broadcasting, our channel took the first position in the all-Russian digital broadcasting package (the "second
multiplex"). If your city has already received digital terrestrial television, you need a modern TV or an inexpensive set-top
box to watch REN TV in high quality and completely free!
REN TV is the largest TV network in Russia! In each city of the country the signal of the channel is distributed by our
ether and cable partners. Learn how to tune in to REN TV, using a map.
The TV channel REN TV can also be viewed in packages of all national cable, satellite and IP-operators.
QSL WORLD
========
AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia
AM = Alexander Makukhin, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx".
DE = Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx".
DM = Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "open_dx"
KB = Constantine, St. Petersburg, Russia
VK = Vasily Kuznetsov, Moscow, Russia / "open_dx"
VL = Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx".
Bulgaria
--------------
I received an eQSL letter from SpaceLine LTD. Bulgaria
E-mail: reception @ spaceline.bg
Dear Mr. Klepov,
Thank you very much for yours enthusiastic participation in the SpaceLine Shortwave
Marathon!
This eQSL card is issued specially in order to confirm yours valuable reception reports of
The radio-program translations brokered via SpaceLine Ltd. Transmitter facility Kostinbrod,
Bulgaria, renovated and managed by our company.
We are very glad to confirm the correct observations of the transmissions.
Listening to, as follows: ... We would like to thank you for the monitoring, and we hope you enjoyed the program.
Stay tuned to our frequencies, best 73's and good DX.
Best Wishes, 06/02/2017, Sofia
Ventislav Georgiev
Technical Manager,
SpaceLine Ltd, BULGARIA You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/07/blog-post_2.html
(AK)
China
---------
I received QSL from China Radio International for the report on May 12. The card can be viewed here
http://freerutube.info/2017/07/06/qsl-china-radio-international-kitay-may-2017-goda/
(DE)
Czech Republic
---------
I received a QSL card from Radio Prague.
3.6.2017 / 16: 00-17: 29 UTC / Internet
Topic: Means of public transport. Cable car on Jested.
You can see the card here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/07/blog-post_4.html
(AK)
-
I received a QSL card from Radio Prague.
7.4.2017 / 08: 00-08: 29 UTC / 738 kHz
Topic: Topic: Means of public transport. Electric tram on Charles Bridge in years 1905-1908.
To look a card it is possible here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/07/blog-post_6.html
(AK)
Germany
--------------
*
Received eQSL Radio Joystick.
2 July 2017 / 10.00-11.00 UTC / 7330 kHz
E-mail: radiojoystick@gmail.com
You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/07/blog-post_26.html
(AK)
*
I received QSL from Deutscher Wetterdienst from Germany for the reception on June 6 at frequencies 4583, 7646,
10100.8 in RTTY mode.
The card is here http://freerutube.info/2017/07/06/qsl-deutscher-wetterdienst-germaniya-iyun-2017-goda/
(DE)
Germany / Lithuania / Bulgaria
-----------------------------------------
*
Has received QSL-card "Bye, Bye Sitkunai".
2017-04-16 / 16.01-16.59 UTC / SOF / 9400 kHz / 100 kW
You can see the card here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/07/bye-bye-sitkunai.html
(AK)
*
Has received QSL "Bye, Bye Sitkunai".
(DM)
Indonesia
----------------
The voice of Indonesia, the German service sent a QSL card. Took them in April. Wrote by e-mail ...
The frequency is 9525.
(VK)
Netherlands
------------------
Has received E-QSL from Radio Hollands Palet (Netherlands) for reception 25.06.17 / 22.00 - 22.30 UTC / 6005 kHz
E-mail: hollandspalet@muurkrant.nl
(VL)
-
Received E-QSL from Radio The Mighty KBC for receiving the signal MFSK32 / 1.07.17 / 15.30 UTC / 9400 kHz
(VL)
*
Radio Сasanova (pirate station) - e-QSL (6235 kHz / 17.00 UTC / July 1, 2017);
* Reception through WebSDR / Bedford / UK;
Photos here: https://qsl-review.blogspot.ru/2017/07/radio-casanova.html
(KB)
Netherlands / Bulgaria
-----------------------------------
The Mighty KBC Radio - e-QSL (9400 kHz / 15.30 UTC / July 1, 2017);
Photos here: https://qsl-review.blogspot.ru/2017/07/the-mighty-kbc-radio.html
(KB)
Romania
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*
Interradio Romania.
I received three QSL cards and a letter:
01.14.2017 / 05.30 / 7330 / QSL Sarmizegetusa Regia Stronghold.
03/27/2017 / 15.00 / 7360 / QSL Cantacuzino Castle + Stamp for reception of r / s in the first week of the summer
season.
04/02/2017 / 15.00 / 7360 / QSL Blidaru Stronghold
(AM)
*
Interradio Romania.
I received mail from Romania:
QSL
21.02.2017 - 14.00 - 9880 - Hunyadi Castle.
14.03.2017 - 15.30 - 7330 - Cantacuzino Castle.
Diploma for 10 years of monitoring the radio station Interradio Romania in Russian
No. 382 ... Date 03/20/2017
All diplomas of InterRadio Romania in Russian
№ 382 ..... Date 20.03.2017 ... for 10 years of monitoring the IRP in Russian
No. 379 ..... Date 19.02.2016 ... for 10 years of monitoring the IRP in Russian
№ 2241 ... Date 22.04.2009 ... for 3 years of monitoring the IRP in Russian
(AM)
Russia / Guam
--------------------
AWR / "Voice of Hope" - QSL-card, sked, info (9760 kHz / 20.00 UTC / June 24, 2017);
The answer was received on 07/06/2017;
Photos here: https://qsl-review.blogspot.ru/2017/07/adventist-world-radio.html
(KB)
Taiwan
------------
I received a QSL card from the Russian editorial RTI.
2017/04/01 / 17-18 UTC / 11955 kHz
To look a card it is possible here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/07/blog-post_98.html
(AK)
USA
-------
*
Received an electronic confirmation - Shortwave Radiogram program.
E-mail: radiogram@verizon.net
"Dear Anatoly,
Thank you for this report.
Confirming your reception of the Shortwave Radiogram program 1, 25 June 2017, 2030-2100 UTC on 11580 kHz, via
WRMI in Florida.
A gallery of images from program 1 is attached.
All the best / 73,
Kim ".
In the confirmation of 14 pages -
MFSK32 images received and decoded from
Shortwave Radiogram, program 1, 25 June 2017. My information about receiving the image on page 5.
You can see here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/07/blog-post_59.html
(AK)
*
Received a confirmation via email from WYFR Family Radio through WRMI for the report on July 1.
Unfortunately they do not ship QSL anymore.
Confirmation can be found here http://freerutube.info/2017/07/05/e-qsl-wyfr-family-radio-wrmi-ssha-iyul-2017-goda/
(DE)
-
Received QSL from WRMI for the report on May 30. The card is here http://freerutube.info/2017/07/06/qsl-wrmi-ssha-
may-2017-goda/
(DE)
*
Received confirmation from VOA Radiogram for the reception 18.06.17 / 02.30 - 03.00 UTC / 5745 kHz / Signal MFSK
32
(VL)
*
WRMI / Blues Radio Int'l - QSL-card (9955 kHz / 02.00 UTC / February 27, 2017);
* Reception through WebSDR / MI / USA; The answer was received on 07/05/2017;
Photos here: https://qsl-review.blogspot.ru/2017/07/wrmi.html
(Aerial view of WRMI transmitter site)
(KB)
USA / Kuwait
---------------------
Radio Free Asia - QSL-card (11540 kHz / 13.00 UTC / May 2, 2017);
* Also confirmed the report on admission from 03/06/2017,
Both cards were received on 06.07.2017, stamps on departure
May 18 and June 05, 2017 respectively;
Photos here: https://qsl-review.blogspot.ru/2017/07/radio-free-asia.html
(IBB Kuwait Relay Site)
(KB)
Vatican
-----------
*
I received 3 QSL-cards from the Russian service Radio Vaticana.
04/01/2017 / 12: 30-13: 00 UTC / 11875, 15370 kHz
05/04/2017 / 13: 30-13: 00 UTC / 11875, 15370 kHz
04.06.2017 / 12: 30-12: 57 UTC / 11875, 15370 kHz
You can see one of the cards here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/07/blog-post_5.html
(AK)
*
Received QSL from Radio Vatican for the report on May 6. The card is here http://freerutube.info/2017/07/06/qsl-
vatikan-radio-vaticana-may-2017-goda/
(DE)
*
Vatican Radio - QSL-card, stickers (11715 kHz / 16.10 UTC / May 2, 2017);
The answer was received on 07/06/2017;
Photos here: https://qsl-review.blogspot.ru/2017/07/vatican-radio.html
(His Holiness Francis).
(KB)
Vietnam
------------
I received a QSL card from the Russian edition of the Voice of Vietnam.
1 April 2017 / 16.30-16.57 UTC / 7280 & 9730 kHz
(AK)
CALENDAR OF RADIO
=====================
30 June
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Five years of broadcasting "Love Radio - Ukhta"
On June 30, five years since the beginning of broadcasting, Love Radio has been celebrating in the city of Ukhta of the
Komi Republic. The broadcasting frequency of the radio station in the city is 106.7 FM, the coverage of the population is
151.8 thousand people.
Regional partner Love Radio - File LLC, general director - Korostylev A.P.
(Http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/4490.htm)
July 1
----------
*
"Radio 1" - a year on the air!
Today, July 1, the first near Moscow "Radio 1" celebrates the year since the beginning of broadcasting.
July 1, 2016 the first radio station of the Moscow region "Our Moscow suburbs" entered the media market under the new
name "Radio 1" and in a new format. The radio station became the information voice of the Moscow region - the most
current news is heard on the air, the pressing problems of the Moscow region are discussed, the questions of journalists
and residents of the region are answered by experts and government officials.
During the broadcasting year of Radio 1 several times it got on the lists of the most quoted media, and two programs of
the station were included in the shortlist of the All-Russian award "Radiomania".
"Radio 1" broadcasts in Moscow and the region at a frequency of 68.84 VHF, FM frequencies in the cities of
Volokolamsk 106.8, Zaraysk 106.5, Orekhovo-Zuevo 89.3, Serpukhov 98.2, Taldom 106.8, Shatura 105.1, Kashira 89.8,
Naro-Fominsk 89.7, Dubna 95.8, Podolsk 91.7, Kolomna 94.2. Broadcasting is also conducted on the frequency of 66.44
VHF in the segment of Radio Rossii.
In addition, follow the news, listen to the radio and watch the online broadcast of the broadcasts on the site radio1.news
(Http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__66052/)
*
On July 1, 2017, one year has passed since the beginning of Love Radio broadcast in Chelyabinsk, OnAir.ru reports with
reference to the press service of Krutoy Media.
The frequency of broadcasting "Love Radio - Chelyabinsk" - 94.6 FM, the potential coverage of the population - 1 million
190 thousand people. The license for broadcasting is owned by Krutoy Media.
(Http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/4518.htm)
4th of July
----------
Serebryany dozhd will celebrate its 22nd Birthday.
In connection with this event, the radio station prepared a large ethereal project dedicated to the study of the era of the
90's in general and 1995 in particular. The slogan of the project: "Do you remember how it all began? "... All interviews
will be aired on July 4, and later will be posted on the site www.silver.ru together with photos of the heroes of the 1995
model.
(Http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__66066/)
History of Belgorod Radio.
-------------------------------------------
Next in line is the frequency, probably with one of the saddest destinies - 103.2
In the summer of 2000, natives of Babylon and S. Karpenko led the 103.2 frequency to the first attempt to open a dance
station in Belgorod - the test of Station 2000 began, and then in August they switched to Dynamite Fm.
In November 2001 the test ended and the frequency was temporarily silent.
In August 2002 the broadcasting of "Russian Radio - 2" began. The station was positioned as a nationwide information
station with a musical format, which includes a gold fund of Soviet and Russian popular music. The music format
consisted of "criminals" songs and music of the Soviet period and was built around 3 musical categories: the stage of the
50's and 70's - M. Bernes, M. Magomaev, A. Herman, Earthmen, Flowers, Flame, bardic song - B. Okudzhava, V.
Vysotsky, O. Mityaev, A. Galich, chanson classics - M. Zvezdinsky, M. Shufutinsky, A. Severny, A. Rosenbaum.
Gradually Soviet hits began to supplant "thieves' songs, and by the time the radio station appeared in Belgorod," Russian
Radio-2 "had a slogan" Our Motherland of the USSR "and a lighter retro sound.
In November 2005, "Russian radio - 2" at 103.2 MHz was transformed into a project called "RSN", whose motto in
Belgorod "Listen to the city is all inclusive". On the air of "RSN" a lot of information, cognitive and entertainment
programs: hot news and reviews of the press, sports news, special projects prepared for the Belgorod residents: the
Russian Service of Findings, the Show of Shepelyavyh, Our Motherland - the USSR.
In Belgorod, "RSN" from the information was turned into a purely musical with rare inclusions of information programs,
such as the program of Victor Travin. Local broadcasting on the "RSN" was a kind of revenge for the lost "Favorite
Radio" and the program for applications that came out every day was repeatedly filled with musical greetings several
times.
April 12, 2007 at 103.2 "RSN" is quite logically replaced by "Hit Fm".
The callsign "Hit FM" residents of Belgorod again heard exactly at 12 o'clock. On the "new old" station there remained
the previous team in the person of Alexander Danilov, Irina Vlasova, Vadim Gradov, Oksana Lyubimova and Dmitry
Polyakov. At the time of the change, the band's song "Hands Up" was playing around the circle. "Well, where are you
girls?"
On July 20, 2011, the first report of problems with the local broadcaster Heath Fm appears. The radio station began a
limited broadcast. The exact information is not reported, but there are rumors about the dispute between co-owners of
frequency 103.2. It is officially announced that the broadcaster of the radio program "Hit Fm" in Belgorod needs a large
amount of money to the communication operator broadcasting this program. In this regard, the telecom operator limited
the broadcaster airtime from 22 to 7 hours.
2012 began with sad events - on January 30, the work "Hit Fm" 103.2 due to the conflict of the owners was terminated.
The problems began a long time ago, last year, the first report of problems with the local broadcaster "Hit Fm" appears,
the radio station broadcasts a limited number. And now the situation has come to a complete cut-off. For several weeks
the fate of frequency 103.2 was completely unknown.
Based on later documents of the Supreme Arbitration Court, it became clear that the conflict arose as a result of the fact
that the connected and broadcasting license "Hit Fm" was issued for different companies that could not agree with each
other.
Theoretically this frequency can be put up for the competition, but 103.2 has since been disabled and on air we can only
hear hiss.
(Https://vk.com/wall-83427404_6888)
HISTORY DX
==========
Data are published as the material is received.
We hope for your participation in the section.
*
Coins depicting inventors of radio.
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Ruslan Slavutsky, Moscow region, Russia sent an interesting photo from his collection
Coins.
- 1 ruble of the USSR in 1984. "125th anniversary of the birth of the Russian physicist A. S. Popov."
- 500 lir Italy 1974. "100th anniversary of the birth of Guglielmo Marconi".
You can see the coins on the page of the bulletin here -
Http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/07/blog-post_1.html
-
Coin 1 The ruble "Popov" in 1984 was minted with a circulation of 2 million copies, including 35 thousand as Proof.
Products with this image were issued in addition in 1988 (55,000 units). The release of this jubilee ruble was in honor of
the 125th anniversary of the birth of AS Popov.
The reverse of the coin depicts Alexander Stepanovich Popov, a Russian physicist and electrical engineer, a professor,
an inventor, also depicts the years of life of 1859-1906. Specifically for the collectors, a remade of the anniversary ruble
"Popov" was issued in 1988, it can be distinguished by a coarse inscription: "ONE RUBLE • 1988 • H • ". The circulation
of novodels was 55 thousand coins, all coins were minted as Proof.
Parameters of the coin 1 Ruble "Popov" 1984
Year of coinage: 1984 - Country: USSR - Circulation: 2 million - Weight: 12.8 grams - Diameter: 31 mm - Thickness: 2.3
mm -
Material: Copper-nickel alloy.
*
Journal of Radio Amateurs # 2007-03 page 61.
Author of the article: Vasily Gulyaev, Astrakhan.
RADIOPRIC
Let's imagine for a moment that on the street the very height of the construction of "developed socialism" is the 70s of
the last century, calls for peace are sounding everywhere, and all the people are coming closer and closer to bringing the
cherished communism closer and closer.
Now imagine that it is you who live at this very time, have a receiver and listen to foreign radio stations, from the highest
official stands declared "enemy voices." And even write cautious letters to these radio stations from time to time, where
you ask to confirm the very fact of your reception Radio broadcasts.
All this is pretty easy to imagine. But information about the reaction of the relevant bodies, which fully fell upon the head
of this very fan of "enemy voices," can be gleaned from some films or books about those years. Add to all this that any
of the neighbors could report your suspicious Enthusiasm "where necessary" ...
Here you have a complete picture of the situation with DX-ing in times of "stagnation": this is what will be discussed today
In those same years, the attitude of the authorities towards radio amateurs-shortwave fans was quite loyal: well, people
are fond of talking to each other, although they live in different countries through radio. So all this is put under state
control by filling out questionnaires and other documents, issuing permission for a radio station, official membership in
radio clubs, etc. Measures.
Much more difficult was the case with lovers of long-distance radio reception. It's enough for a person to buy a receiver,
pull the antenna and everything ... You can listen to whom
And at any time: and those who are supposed to know about everything, this fact may not be guessed.
In the former USSR, the former republics of the Baltic States have always been an order of magnitude different from the
rest of the Soviet people. It is not in vain that we tried to go there during the holidays, so that at least a little touch with
freedom and the Western way of life. That's exactly where the "Union of Baltic DX-Stories" was organized on June 1,
1974, or simply - the DX-club "Baltika". The club's mission was to unite the DX-origins living in the Baltic republics, as
well as in the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions. In addition, associate members of the club could be foreign DX-ists
from the Baltic states. The first secretary of the club was Ulinda Rimas from Lithuania.
It is interesting that the club published a printed bulletin, which was called "DX-Echo", it was published until October 1975.
Then the band of problems began, which led to the fact that the club several times stood on the verge of collapse. And
only with the arrival of G. Grigoriev and V. Ershov appeared hope for a full-fledged activity. Moreover, the club began to
accept all comers into its ranks.
As you understand, all the communication of the members of the club was then conducted exclusively with the help of
ordinary letters. This is how the information came to the newsletter "DX-Echo", which was initially hand-written, and was
subsequently printed on a typewriter and sent out to its readers again ordinary
By mail. By the way, it should be noted that the mail was then inspected by all DX-stories, in spite of the fact that the
reports were mainly written only on radio stations that were considered relatively loyal to the Soviet Union.
Another bulletin published at that time; Was called "NDH", which meant - News DK. " The author of these lines managed
to communicate recently with the permanent editor of the bulletin "NDH", now the teacher of the university from Tula,
Vladimir Zharikov. It was a weekly publication, founded on April 7
1973, which in its size was limited only by the volume of information received. There were also radio station schedules,
and current changes in the air, and annotations of new reference publications (as it was for the shortwave), and
observations, and many other very different messages ...
The only thing that immediately strikes the eye: nowhere are the authors of information indicated - in the last resort, only
the initials. Not too much precaution at the time!
(Http://ptk-servis.ru/Radiolubitel%202007-03/61)
Mass media====
LDPR will demand the return of Radio Life title "Russian News Service"
To date, on the frequency of "Life Sound" broadcast version of the television channel "Life"
The leader of the LDPR party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, intends to apply to the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media
of the Russian Federation with the demand to return the radio Life to the title "Russian news service". He told journalists
about this.
"We had a radio station" Russian News Service ", and now Life news, for what reason? A good name was, and now in a
foreign language. We will demand from the Minister of Communications to return the old name,
- he declared.
In December 2016, the radio station "Russian News Service" was replaced by the radio station "Life Sound". Since
January 2017 this radio station has been closed, for today at this frequency the radio version of the TV channel "Life"
broadcasts.
(Https://vk.com/dxingradio)
73!