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If quoting from the bulletin, please list the original reporter and "RUS-DX" as source. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine translation : http://translate.google.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------- EDITOR'S DESK ================ * October 22 is the birthday of Sergei Izyumov, Moscow. Congratulations to our reader, who contributes to the newsletter information bulletin! Success and health! * HFCC. B17. -------------- Approximate frequency plan for the season B17. http://www.hfcc.org/data/b17/ http://www.hfcc.org/data/b17/b17allx2.zip * Publication ---------------- BRITISH DX CLUB PUBLICATIONS Thanks to Tony Rogers for his regular updates on the website to the following seven guides: Africa on MW & SW http://bdxc.org.uk/africa.pdf Broadcasting in Afghanistan http://bdxc.org.uk/afghan.pdf External Services on MW http://bdxc.org.uk/mwext.pdf UK LPAM/RSL/Community Radio MW log http://bdxc.org.uk/lpam.pdf Middle East & Caucasus on MW & SW http://bdxc.org.uk/mideast.pdf South Asia on MW and SW http://bdxc.org.uk/southasia.pdf UK on SW http://bdxc.org.uk/uksw.pdf Finally the DX and Media programme day by day frequency guide has also been updated at: http://bdxc.org.uk/dxprog.htm There are many more articles online at: http://bdxc.org.uk/articles.html Remember to bookmark the website homepage! http://bdxc.org.uk (Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) (DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-41, October 10, 2017 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, USA) * Syria. -------- Damascus Radio foreign service was heard on 738 kHz [sic: you mean 783! --- gh] on 21 September in foreign languages: 1700-1800 Russian; 1800-1900 German; 1900-2000 French; 2000-2100 English; 2100-2200 Spanish; 2200 back to Arabic (Observations by Dave Kernick, Mauno Ritola / WRTH Facebook, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) When checked during the above times on subsequent evenings I have only heard Arabic, so this may have been a one-off relay of the foreign language services (Dave Kenny, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1899) Syrian Radio from the Adra transmitter site near Damascus has returned to the air with the General Service on 567 kHz and Sout Al Shabab FM (Voice of Youth) on 666 kHz (reports from Rawad Hamwi, Saudi Arabia, on WRTH Facebook group, 26 Aug and 6 Sep) Right now Damascus Radio announces three working MW frequencies 567, 783, and 936 kHz (Rawad Hamwi, WRTH Facebook group 16 Sep) Damascus Radio foreign service was heard on 738 kHz on 21 September in foreign languages: 1700-1800 Russian; 1800-1900 German; 1900-2000 French; 2000-2100 English; 2100-2200 Spanish; 2200 back to Arabic (Observations by Dave Kernick, Mauno Ritola / WRTH Facebook) When checked during the above times on subsequent evenings I have only heard Arabic so this may have been a one-off relay of the foreign language services (Dave Kenny, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) 783, The foreign language transmissions were probably only a test as they ended after one or two days (Bengt Ericson, ARC 5.10.2017, ARC mv-eko 9 Oktober via DXLD) (DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-41, October 10, 2017 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, USA) - Syria: observed regularly from September 29 between 16 and 20 hours and was always only in Arabic, and until 4.30 pm the program was submitted to Souto Falestine, ie. The Voice of Palestine. They do not speak Syria, Damascus, and Surya and Dimashk. (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria / "deneb-radio-dx") - I confirm the observations of Rumen: for today (October 16) the broadcast from Damascus is ONLY in Arabic (monitoring from 16.05 to 17.20), no foreign service is on the air. (Vasily Gulyaev, Astrakhan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * Next Global HF Weekend: November 3-5, 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Posted on October 16, 2017 by Admin It's still a couple weeks away, so be sure to mark the next Global HF Pirate Weekend on your calendar. The idea behind the Global HF Weekends are to promote friendship through radio around the world. The hope is that listeners will be able to hear different stations and for broadcasters to reach distant locations. Anyone may participate. I've already heard from a few stations who plan to broadcast and I've been in contact with a number of listeners. The last one, which occurred during the first weekend of April, resulted in some success with intercontinental broadcasting. Four North American pirates all operated around 0600 UTC between 6920 and 6950 kHz and were heard in New Zealand. A South American station ran 24/7 tests on 6930 kHz across Global HF Weekend and was reported in Germany, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and South America with only 10 watts. One Dutch station was logged in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, Kentucky, New York, Maryland, and Virginia. Other stations were active specifically for the weekend, but just for a local or regional audience. We'll see how many stations show up during the next weekend. It seems unlikely that stations will be using 13 meters this time and much more likely that stations will be trying the 6900-kHz range and possibly 31 and 25 meters. November 3-5, 2017 Maybe 15010-15090 kHz, probably 6200-6400 kHz and 6800-6990 kHz Of course, these were general frequency ranges used by pirates during prior Global HF Pirate weekends. Some stations will surely operate on frequencies and times outside of these ranges. In fact, the way conditions have been lately, frequencies at or below 15 MHz seem like they will be more effective for intercontinental broadcasting. These will be updated on the Hobby Broadcasting (http://hobbybroadcasting.blogspot.com/) blog as it happens and also check the loggings on HF Underground (https://www.hfunderground.com/) (Василий Лазарев, Самарская область / "deneb-radio-dx") RUSSIA ======== The Republic of Karelia ----------------------------- * October 18 in Petrozavodsk on 100.4 MHz began broadcasting ENERGY radio RDS-ENERGY-NRJ 100.4 PTY POP M RT NRJ 100.4 FM SMS 1042 WWW.ENERGYFM.RU (https://vk.com/radio.tv_10) * RADIO ENERGY APPEARS IN KARELIA! Radio ENERGY, the most progressive and fashionable radio station in Russia, began broadcasting in Petrozavodsk. Since October 18 in the capital of Karelia, Radio ENERGY can be heard on the frequency of 100.4 FM. It was good news for everyone who follows the trends of dance music and does not miss a single musical novelty. After all, the brightest stars of modern music - Rihanna, Robert Williams, David Guetta, Imagine Dragons, Katy Perry and others - actively collaborate with Radio ENERGY. Concerts of many world artists are held in Russia with the participation and support of Radio ENERGY. This is the first and only international brand on the domestic radio market. The radio station is part of the GPS holding company Radio and is an integral part of the global network of the authoritative world radio bearer - ENERGY (NRJ), created by the French NRJ GROUP. Radio ENERGY is rightly called the trendetter in the field of music, entertainment and lifestyle. The air presents the novelties of the world charts, the most fashionable modern hits and mixes of the best DJs of the planet. Here one of the best radio shows - the show with "Black Pepper" BLACK2WHITE also comes out. Radio ENERGY supports sport, a healthy lifestyle and actively involves the audience in its socially significant projects. Very popular with listeners are such special projects as reality show "Detector of Truth", competition "ENERGY-vision", winter festival "ENERGY in the Mountain". Petrozavodsk is the largest city of Karelia, the administrative, industrial, tourist, scientific and cultural center of the North- West Federal District of Russia. To date, the city has more than 278 thousand people. (http://www.gpmradio.ru/news-page/uid/13124) Samarskaya oblast. Neftegorsk. ------------------------------------------- The city of Neftegorsk of the Samara region joined the regional broadcasting network "Radio Dacha". The broadcasting frequency is 107.8 FM. Coverage of the population is 38.5 thousand people. Regional partner of Radio Dacha - LLC "Diana", director - Frolov A.Yu. Radio Dacha is one of the radio stations of the media holding company Krutoy Media. Included in the TOP-10 music radio stations of the country. According to Mediascope (Radio Index - Russia, January-June 2017), 6.6 million people listen to Radio Dacha every day, 16.1 million weekly. Today, the regional broadcasting network "Radio Dacha" has more than 230 transmitters located in the cities of Russia and neighboring countries. The official site of Radio Dacha: www.radiodacha.ru. (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/4772.htm) St. Petersburg -------------------- The St. Petersburg branch of RTRS has translated VHF broadcast "Radio Petersburg" and "Radio Orpheus" to RTPS Olgino. On October 15, a new VHF broadcasting complex was commissioned at the RTPS of Olgino, consisting of 69.47 MHz and 71.66 MHz transmitters. Taking into account the fact that previously the air broadcasting of these radio stations was carried out from the site of the Leningrad Radio and Television Broadcasting Center, the reception quality of their signals may vary at separate reception points. In these cases, it is recommended in particular to fully extend the telescopic antenna of the receiver and determine its orientation for optimal reception quality, or connect a small wire antenna in the form of a piece of insulated wire to the receptacle "External antenna" of the receiver, by placing it near the window. Until the end of the year, it is planned to transfer the broadcasting of another VHF station - "Radio Rossii" at the frequency of 66.3 MHz from the site of the LRTTC to the RTPS of Olgino. (https://vk.com/ctvspb) Sakhalinskaya oblast. ------------------------------- * Radio ASTB starts broadcasting in nine cities and villages of Sakhalin and the Kuriles. The work of the transmitters has already been tested by the test broadcast, and on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, the broadcast will become permanent. Municipalities where FM broadcasts of Radio AGV: - the city of Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsk - 105.5 FM; - Smirnykh city - 105.5 FM; - from. Krasnogorsk - 105.7 FM; - Tomari city - 105.5 FM; - from. Chekhov - 105.7 FM; - the city of Kurilsk - 105.5 FM; - North-Kurilsk - 105.5 FM; - the city of Yuzhno-Kurilsk - 105.5 FM; - from. Malokurilskoye - 105.6 FM. In addition, the radio already broadcasts throughout the south and central regions of the region. After connecting new settlements in the zone of confident reception will be more than 90% of the region's population. 21 the city hears Radio ASTB, in the zone of confident reception about half a million people. Radio ASTB is the first and only radio station in the Sakhalin region with its own 24/7 programming. On the air, residents of the region receive prompt news, objective information and listen to popular music. 12 news blocks on weekdays, as well as district news, weekly programs "Open Studio" and "Actual conversation", which guests are show business stars, politicians and other interesting interlocutors. Every morning on weekdays on the air "Oblast Blah Blast Show", during the day - entertaining and informative headings, games and large-scale projects. Leading Radio ASTB are well-known personalities of Sakhalin such as Alena Barinova, Denis Fedoseev, Yara Kalashnikova and others. The Broadcasting Expansion Project is implemented with the support of the Government of the Sakhalin Oblast. astv.ru (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__67138/) * According to Nikolai Kudryaev of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on October 20, Autoradio broadcast in the medium-wave band at 531 kHz was discontinued. Recall that the radio broadcast programs of the radio station was conducted for nearly 20 years (since 1998) through a transmitter with a power of 5 kW from 16: 00-13: 00 UTC. (https://vk.com/club59176345?w=wall-59176345_11365) ARMENIA ========= * On September 29, 2017, at 1350 kHz, I listened to the radio program "Golos Spaseniya" ("Kol Eshua") in Russian from the studio in Israel, through the Transmitting Radio. Transmitter in Armenia. (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria). * News agency and radio Sputnik launched FM broadcasting in Gyumri. The program schedule is available to Gyumri listeners in Russian and Armenian in the fm-band at the frequency of 90.1. The ether includes daily news blocks on topical socio-political issues, as well as thematic programs on a wide range of topics. "We are very pleased that we can now bring Sputnik Armenia news in high quality to our listeners in Gyumri, and we hope that the experience will be successful, and in the future Sputnik will be able to spread the broadcast signal to other regions of Armenia," said Sputnik Armenia head Dmitry Pisarenko. The transmitter power allows broadcasting not only in Gyumri, but also in the nearest settlements within a radius of 30 km. The potential audience is more than 200 000 listeners. Broadcasting is organized jointly with the partner company - radio station "Tospa". Also Sputnik radio programs are available on Russian and Armenian versions of Sputnik Armenia portal. Sputnik Armenia started its work in July 2015, and in less than two years of work became one of the leading Internet media in the country. The agency's assets include an information portal in Armenian and Russian languages, a radio resource and a high-tech multimedia press center. Sputnik Armenia is part of the international news agency and radio with multimedia information hubs in dozens of countries. Sputnik includes sites in more than 30 languages, analog and digital broadcasting, mobile applications and social networking sites. For subscribers, Sputnik news tapes are available 24/7 in English, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese. ru.armeniasputnik.am (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__67168/) KYRGYZSTAN ============ Radio "The Voice of Life", presumably in the languages of Pashto and Dari, is again on air. Listened on October 3, 2017 at 16.40 UTC 5130 kHz. (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria). MOLDOVA ========= * On October 18, he received Radio Moldova (Russian Service) from 18:00 - 18:30 UTC at 1494 kHz = 35443. Degen 1103 is ferrite. (Victor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * Radio Moldova Actualitati on SV 873 and 1494 kHz on air every day from 03.00-19.00 UTC, and on Mondays from 03.00-20.00. The program is produced on Radio Free Europe on Monday from 18.15-18.45 in Russian and from 19.30-20.00 in Moldovan. Programs from Tiraspol are heard at CB 621 kHz from 03:00 in Ukrainian and Moldovan; from 04.00 in the Russian language from Monday to Friday. The announcement "V efire Radio Odin" or "Radio Odin Plus", not mentioning the Pridnrstrovskoe radio, as it was before. From October 30, the transfer will be one hour later - from 04.00 am to UTC. (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria). UKRAINE ======== Several times I listened to the radio "Mayak Odessa" at 765 kHz and always spoke Ukrainian, and the songs were mostly in Russian. At the time of Charles de Gaulle in France and after that there was a law how much of the song will be in French and how many in other languages. Similar is now in Ukraine. September 29 at 15.40 UTC listened to the grammar program, discussed how the word "train" is pronounced in Ukrainian and Russian (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria). ESTONIA ========= Thematic schedule Radio Eli (updated 16.10.2017) - http://radioeli.ru/?page_id=9 (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") MONITORING ============ 1395 kHz - the test? ------------------------- October 21 - 19.00 and further (possibly earlier - did not listen) there is a strong signal at a frequency of 1395 kHz. The character of the test is western (the best samples of oldies) music and songs in non-stop mode, without announcements. In the south of Russia the signal is very powerful and clean. There are two options: either it is a former TSR transmitter (Albania), or Armenia. Judging by the absence of a characteristic "buzz" due to the frequency drift of the Albanian transmitter, it is most likely that it is a test broadcast from Armenia. Once again I repeat - without any announcements. The broadcast has been going on for two hours (now 21.00). The signal is heard on the SDR in the suburbs, in Ukraine. Yudong Ritz said in her correspondence that she hears on Sangean 909 in her own country, in South Denmark. At 21.03 the transmitter is disabled in the middle of the song without announcements or callsigns. (Vasily Gulyaev, Astrakhan, Russia / "open_dx') "RUS-DX PLUS" PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ============== DX RE MIX NEWS # 1034 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Bulgaria. Date Oct.15, 2017 ------------------------- CLANDESTINE Updated summer A-17 of clandestine broadcasts as of Oct.15: ... Radio Payem e-Doost 0230-0315 on 7460 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi ... Denge Kurdistan 0230-0500 on 6155 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish ... Denge Kurdistan 0500-1800 on 7320 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 0500-1800 on 7520 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish ... Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok 1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun Voice of Tibet 1200-1210 on 11513 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1210-1230 on 11507 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese ... Radio Free North Korea 1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean ... National Unity Radio 1200-1500 on 11550 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean ... Voice of Tibet 1230-1235 on 15533 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1235-1305 on 15527 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan ... Voice of Tibet 1300-1310 on 11507 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1305-1315 on 15522 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1310-1330 on 11512 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1315-1335 on 15528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan ... Voice of Wilderness 1330-1530 on 7625 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean Voice of Tibet 1335-1345 on 15522 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1345-1400 on 15528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan ... North Korea Reform Radio 1430-1530 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean ... Voice of Martyrs 1530-1700 on 7525 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean/English ... Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow 1600-1630 on 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri ... Denge Kurdistan 1800-2100 on 6155 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1800-2100 on 7320 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish Radio Payem e-Doost 1800-1845 on 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi ... North Korea Reform Radio 2030-2130 on 7500 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean ... Voice of Tibet 2300-2305 on 7492 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2305-2335 on 7493 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2335-2400 on 7487 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan Shortwave DX-ing from Bulgaria Bulgarian DX blog, Ivo Ivanov -------------------------- * SWLDXBulgaria News, October 14-15. U.K.(non) Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Oct.15 1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun, weak: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-khmer-mchas-srok-via-babcock_15.html U.K.(non) Reception of FEBA Radio via BaBcoCk Yerevan on Oct.15: 1730-1800 on 7510 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Silte, fair signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-feba-radio-via-babcock_15.html U.K.(non) Reception of Trans World Radio Africa via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, Oct.15: 1800-1830 on 9940 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf Kunama Sun, strong, with TWR Eu IS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-trans-world-radio-africa.html * SWLDXBulgaria News, October 16 NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady in 9MHz on Oct.16 0830-0836 on 9220 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, fair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-in-9mhz.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S11a Cherta in 11MHz, Oct.16 1015-1018 on 11493 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-s11a-cherta-in-11mhz-oct16.html Hard-Core-DX Digest ---------------------------- Vol 178, Issue 16 Message: 4 Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 From: Glenn Hauser Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 14-15, 2017 ** TIBET [non]. 11518, Oct 15 at 1319, JBA carrier with flutter, presumed Voice of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN on signature split frequency. Today`s NDXC/Aoki agrees: 11518 is in use only at 1315-1330 in Chinese, 100 kW, 95 degrees from Dushanbe-Yangiyul (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-41, October 10, 2017 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, USA ---------------------------------------------- ** ABKHAZIA. The last time I listened to the Abkhaz radio in April and May 2017. On October 1, 2017, I heard them again at NE [sic?] 1350 kHz (presumably the transmitter power was not current) from 1550 until the end of the transfer at 1558, then a break and switched on Avtoradio from Moscow, The name of the radio and the motto of the station "Move Forward", then songs. The frequency is suppressed by the transmitters of Hungary and the Greek pirate (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Rus-DX Oct 8 via DXLD) ** ESTONIA. At the "Russian Radio Estonia" sounded "Russian Radio REP" and "Russian ROCK Radio". http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__67003/ On October 2 at 6:00 the listeners of "Russian Radio Estonia" were presented with a new composition of the leading morning program "Full forward!". Oleg Fedorov joined Elena Golovenko and Maria Stepchenko. "On the "Russian Radio Estonia" the updated morning program "Full Forward" was broadcast and we also launched two Internet stations that have no analogues in Estonia - "Russian Radio REP" and "Russian Radio ROCK", - said the program director of the station Natalia Shustrova. According to Shustrova, Oleg Fedorov - a man whose unconditional professionalism in the field of radio, life experience, seasoned with worldly wisdom, natural charm and an amazing sense of humor, we hope very soon win the sympathy of radio listeners. According to the latest research conducted by Kantar Emor, "Full ahead!" Is the most heard morning program among commercial Russian- language stations in Estonia. "Russian Radio Estonia" presented two new Internet stations at once, which you can listen to on the official website http://www.russkoeradio.fm "Russian ROCK Radio" - this is the first round-the-clock station in Estonia, on which 100% of Russian rock sounds. "Here all the Soviet and post-Soviet rock stars are collected. The playlist of the station is made up of the most famous and popular songs of such bands and performers as "Kino", "Time Machine", "DDT", "Alice", "Nautilus Pompilius", "Chi-F", Garik Sukachev, "Chizh & Co, King and Jester, Agatha Christie, Leningrad, Zemfira, BI-2, Spleen, Mumiy Troll, Dancing Minus and many others, Shustrova explained. "Russian Radio REP" is marked 16 + and gives the opportunity to hear all the most notable commercial and underground rappers. The tracks that make up the playlist of "Russian Radio REP" are reproduced in original author versions without censorship restrictions. The sound design for the station was made by Dmitry "DMS" Laytenberg from Tallinn. Basta, Timati, Guf, LSP, Oxxxymiron, MiyaGi & Endgame, Scriptonite, Jigan, ATL, Caste, L'One, Caspian cargo, St1m, Scrooge, Pharaoh, Husky, Peak, Yanix, Bread, Face is a partial list of those , whose work is represented on the "Russian Radio REP," - said Shustrova. Both Internet stations also feature the songs of the best local rock and rap musicians (Rus-DX Oct 8 via DXLD) ** GEORGIA. Re: [A-DX] ORF: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Meixner" Sent: Monday, October 09, 2017 12:50 PM [A-DX] ORF: Radiostation Nummer 5 - ein georgisches Dorf ohne Namen Nach einem Hinweis von OM Paul Gager hier http://oe1.orf.at/player/20171006/492159 Auf der Abspielskala ab "18.38" noch einige Tage zum Nachhoeren: "Radiostation Nummer 5 - ein georgisches Dorf ohne Namen" Während des Kalten Krieges wurde zwischen dem Westen und der Sowjetunion ein heißer Informationskampf ausgefochten. Die Sowjetunion störten die Radio-Sendungen der feindlichen westlichen Staaten, die auf Russisch bzw. in den Sprachen der vielen Völker der Sowjetunion übertragen wurden: "BBC", "The Voice of America", "Radio Liberty", "Radio Free Europe", "Deutsche Welle", "Die Stimme Vatikans" und einige andere. Für diese Stör-Arbeit hat der Kreml kolossale Geldsummen ausgegeben. Auf dem Gebiet der UdSSR wurden ganze Siedlungen gebaut, die nur dem Zwecke dienten, die "westliche Propaganda" die Ohren der Sowjetbürger nicht erreichen zu lassen. Eine dieser geheimen Siedlungen, die so genannte Radiostation Nummer 5, hat Tatjana Montik in Georgien ausfindig gemacht. -------------------- Dazu aehnlich passend von 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) [translation] Re: [A-DX] ORF: Radiostation number 5 - a Georgian village without name Thanks Paul and Herbert, see pictures and texts https://chai-khana.org/en/georgias-secret-radio-station "I still remember my very first day at work. It was September 9, 1955. ... Bazaleti, - in the west ran the station always under the location Dusheti a village northeast, Once there was radio on the transmitter ground, 4875 kHz 60 mb, LW 189, MW 1215 kHz, as well as short wave over 34 high antennas. Move the slider to Google Earth on Nov. 3, 2003, since you can see the whole technique superb before the scrapping in 2006/2007. and also the YouTube video film from 2010 is very revealing, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvOSRfRp6PU also shows much of the once greatness of communist dictatorship, such as the scrap atomic submarines in Murmansk also .... 73 wb [A-DX] ORF: Radiostation number 5 - a Georgian village without name According to a note from OM Paul Gager here http://oe1.orf.at/player/20171006/492159 on the playing scale from "18.38" still a few days to listen: "Radiostation number 5 - a Georgian village without names" During the Cold War was between the West and the Soviet Union a hot information campaign. The Soviet Union disturbed the Radio broadcasts of the hostile western states, in the languages ??of the many peoples of the Soviet Union: "BBC", "The Voice of America", "Radio Liberty", "Radio Free Europe", "Deutsche Welle", "The Voice of Vatican" and some others. For this Sturgeon work, the Kremlin has issued colossal money sums. In the area of the USSR, whole settlements were built which served only the purpose of the "Western propaganda" does not reach the ears of the Soviet citizens to leave. One of these secret settlements, the so-called Radiostation Number 5, Tatyana Montik found in Georgia. As shown in Fig. Similar to this from https://deutsch.rt.com/russland/55731-the-buzzer-russlands-geheimnisvollste-radiostation/ "There has been a mysterious mystery in Russia for more than 40 years Radiostation transmitting a white noise. But sometimes additional puzzling signals - numbers, names and words whose Purpose nobody understands. What could it do with it? ..... " With regards, Herbert (via DXLD) ** INDIA [non]. 9410, TWR India, via Yerevan, 1248-1300, Oct 5. Non- stop IS; into religious singing; poor. Thanks go to Ivo, who on Oct 2 recorded the same IS as I heard today and also thanks to Dave Valko! My audio of the IS at http://goo.gl/HigvEa (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. 4 October. MOSCOW, Oct. 4 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. Exactly 60 years ago, the USSR opened the space age of the development of mankind, successfully launching the first ever artificial earth satellite, PS-1 (Simplest satellite-1). It was a sphere 58 centimeters in diameter, weighed 83.6 kilograms, it was equipped with four antennas and battery-operated transmitters. A small ball with antenna whiskers: how the first satellite was created. The spacecraft successfully flew 92 days, until January 4, 1958, having made 1 thousand 440 revolutions around the Earth (approximately 60 million kilometers), and its callsign "Beep! Beep!" were taken by millions of radio amateurs around the world ... RIA Novosti https://ria.ru/science/20171004/1506149914.html (via Rus-DX Oct 8 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7500, North Korea Reform R., Tashkent. S/on at exactly 2030 with its usual Haydn Trumpet Concerto theme music and ID. Good signal but with occasional deep fades. Video shows some tonal controls employed over the audio. https://youtu.be/l1vVMRctFdQ (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Loop antenna, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ- 1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. Re: Radio Dengê Kurdistanê programme via CJSC Yerevan Gavar Armenia. ARMENIA [to all Kurdistan, in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran target https://guncelgercek.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/kurdistanharitasinirlarla.jpg RDK broadcast via CJSC Yerevan Gavar Armenia relay site. (ex via Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac Moldova Pridnestrovie) yes, featured by Kai Ludwig (and Ivo Ivanov-BUL), in RDK - Radio Dengê Kurdistanê programme, produced by "Stiftelsen Kurdisk Media" in Nacka near Stockholm, Sweden; via broadcasting house at 'Globe Show Center' in Denderleeuw near Bruxelles, Belgium. Checked both RDK channels on Eutelsat Hotbird 13C, 13degr satellite today transponder 11296 H 27500, Audio ID 3027 transponder 11373 H 27500, Audio ID 3008 RDK program feed on satellite is 1/10 second ahead of remote SDR reception on shortwave on Oct 5 at 1315 UT. Note, mainlobe direction is 192 degrees southwards. 7320 kHz S=6 in southern Germany, S=6 in eastern Finland, 7520 kHz S=3 in southern Germany, S=5 in eastern Finland. Nothing so far on 6155 nor 9580 kHz at this hour. Nothing heard anymore on 11600 kHz from former relay Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter in Grigoriopol Maiac in Moldova Pridnestrovie (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 3)(Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ARMENIA, Updated schedule of Denge Kurdistan, now only via Yerevan 0230-0500 6155#ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 0500-1800 7320 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish, added 1230-1500 0500-1800 7520*ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1400-1600 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish >>>>>> cancelled 1800-2100 6155 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1800-2100 7320 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish #strong co-ch 6155 NAU 100 kW / 220 deg to NoAf French AWR 0430-0500 *& weak co-ch 7520 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Khmer RFA 1430-1500 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/updated-schedule-of-denge-kurdistan-now.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ARMENIA, 7320, Denge Kurdistan program from Brussels, via CJSC Yerevan Gavar on Oct 8 at 1927 UT in Europe totally disturbed audio quality, OVERMODULATED signal. But in Middle East remote SDR in Doha Qatar disappointing poor and tiny S=5 or -94dBm signal, I don't believe a 300 kW tx power signal; nearby compare signals on 7325 1900-1930 VoPeople Somaliland via Talata relay S=9+25dB 7295 CRI Urumqi in English, S=9+25dB. 6155, Denge Kurdistan program from Brussels, via CJSC Yerevan Gavar much better signal in Middle East target. At 1929 UT better and stronger in 49mb, S=9+10dB or -67dBm. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) The new Denge Kurdistane transmissions via Armenia have been registered with HFCC by Bundesnetzagentur, an agency of the German federal government. That's quite interesting, because in 2008 that very federal government banned Roj TV, the operator of this station in its former incarnation as Denge Mezopotamya. Note also that Newroz TV, the new parent station of Denge Kurdistane, is gone. They had been shut down by Eutelsat last October, then successfully sued Eutelsat and returned on Eutelsat 7 West A (which, however, was hardly suitable for their purpose). But now no longer seen in frequency lists, and http://www.newroz.tv has been stripped of all content. Really a developing story (WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7320 at 1950 weak/poor signal with persistent, heavy static. Middle Eastern/Turkish style music. No announcements heard up to 1958. Tests from Armenian Public R. have been listed here but nothing definite as of yet. Music continued past top of hour, 2000. Announcements heard approx. 2000:35. OM heard but too much static to pull out much, including language but definitely not Arabic (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7320 is Denge Kurdistan // at same time on 6155, both via Yerevan, Armenia -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010.21, Oct 9 at 0020, JBA carrier, presumed Bishkek, along grayline, always off-frequency but less than before circa .23 or .22 as last month; could it be drifting steadily downward on the way to .00? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. 15517, Oct 4 at 1333, JBA carrier, no doubt V of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN on signature split frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. The National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting suggests the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDCU) to build a system for jamming the body and radio signals from the annexed Crimea to the territory of the mainland Ukraine. A member of the national council, Sergei Kostinsky, commented on this in a commentary to the Crimean Reality. "To date, the strategy is to muffle the hostile signal, first of all, it concerns the ATU zone. The National Council has already sent a letter to the NSDC, where we informed about all the TV channels and radio stations that work from Crimea, from Krasnoperekopsk, which broadcast in the south of the Kherson region. We propose to the NSDC to build a system for jamming this signal," he said ... http://proradio.org.ua/news/2017oct.php (Rus-DX Oct 8 via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) Crimea for several years, as part of Russia, and Ukraine still considers its territory. Many more years will pass before there are changes in the Crimea issue (Anatoly Klepov, editor, Moskva, ibid.) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ SHADOWS OF THE STATE London, UK Photobooks The Cold War ended in 1991, but echoes of it can still be heard today. One example of this are numbers stations, short wave radio broadcasts of coded messages, believed to be intended for undercover agents in enemy states. Despite originating in the darkest days of the last century these transmissions continue today, with broadcasts occurring daily from countries including Russia, Cuba, and North Korea. Shadows of the State is a photographic project by Lewis Bush which investigates these mysterious broadcasts and attempts to locate the likely transmitter sites of thirty of these stations. These sites are then mapped using high resolution satellite imagery and displayed alongside radio spectrograms, audio recordings, and extensive information about each station. The result of this is a 192-page photobook, Shadows of the State, which contains information, imagery and audio from thirty of these stations. The dummy was designed by Lewis Bush and the final version by Tom Mrazauskas. Tom is an award winning designer and founder of Berlin based photobook publisher Brave Books http://bravebooks.berlin/ who will publish the book in an edition of 700 copies. Alongside the physical book, a dedicated website will house additional recordings, information about the stations, and an explanation of some of the research methods used to produce the book. https://tipi-bookshop.be/shop/shadow-state-lewis-bush/ (Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) DX RE MIX NEWS # 1035 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Bulgaria. Date Oct.17, 2017 ------------------------ ARMENIA(non) Good signal of Trans World Radio India on Oct.14 1300-1315 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Sat 1429-1444 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Sat http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/10/good-signal-of-trans-world-radio-india_14.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady in 9MHz on Oct.16 0830-0836 on 9220 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian CUSB, fair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-in-9mhz.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S11a Cherta in 11MHz, Oct.16 1015-1018 on 11493 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-s11a-cherta-in-11mhz-oct16.html SWAZILAND(non) B17 changes of Trans World Radio Africa from Oct.29 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/b17-changes-of-twr-africa-via-mazini.html B17 changes of TWR Africa via Mazini & Grigoriopol from Oct.29 - ... 1630-1700 NF 9940 KCH 300 kW / 160 deg to EaAf Somali, x 11635 B-16 U.K.(non) Radio Ranginkaman/Rainbow via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol on Oct.13 1600-1630 on 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Persian Mon/Fri, good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-ranginkamanrainbow-via-babcock_13.html U.K.(non) Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Oct.15 1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun, weak: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-khmer-mchas-srok-via-babcock_15.html U.K.(non) Reception of FEBA Radio via BaBcoCk Yerevan on Oct.15: 1730-1800 on 7510 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Silte, fair signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-feba-radio-via-babcock_15.html U.K.(non) Reception of Trans World Radio Africa via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, Oct.15: 1800-1830 on 9940 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf Kunama Sun, strong, with TWR Eu IS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-trans-world-radio-africa.html BC-DX 1318, 18 October 2017 Editor : Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany ----------------- BELARUS A few notes about LW / MW / SW broadcasting in Belarus. For August-September demolished SW-masts in the village Kolodischi. On the last day they transmitted a signal at the frequencies: 11730, 11930, 6080, 7255 kHz. As of 08.10.2017 the following masts were demolished in the radio center "Sosnovy": The mast height of 118 meters fell first last year. The Great Dawn - 1170 kHz. The radio signal "Belarus" was broadcasted. All supports were dismantled in the summer of 2017. APPT-1 and most likely APPT-2. One tower stood near the traction substation of the radio center and was closest to Bobruisk. Broadcast "Mayak" on the frequency of 549 kHz ... The second tower was far from the motorway and closer to the river Svisloch. The broadcasting of the 1st NCBD was at a frequency of 279 kHz. At the moment, there is still a tower AM-353 (353 m high), it emitted at a frequency of 171 kHz "Radio-1". Apparently, it will soon fall due to the stupidity of the Ministry of Communications of Belarus and, of course, Beltelecom. (Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #946 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 15) RUSSIA 7345 at 0451- UT, NVK Radio Sakha on Oct 10. Tuned in with multiple ads, mostly in Russian, but not all. Some were in Yakut. Good to very good level, although strength was about S6 to S7. 1 kHz tone audible weakly, too. Into music at 04:55 UT. Still 3 1/2 hours until local sunset at transmitter site. 7345 100kW 300deg; 7295 250kW 50deg, wb. (Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, DXplorer Oct 10) Hard-Core-DX Digest ---------------------------- Vol 178, Issue 22 Message: 10 Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 From: Jota Xavier Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs: Fri, October 20, 2017. JRX Logs: Fri, October 20, 2017. UZBEKISTAN. ** 9900. Fri, Oct 20 at 0120-0130, Trans World Radio-India, Tashkent-UZB, in Tibetan. Man announcer talks, preaching presumably; 0126 A song by choral. TWR India with a very poor broadcasting, 25332. DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3) RX (s): Degen DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000 Antenna: Longwire Radiorama numero 73 AIR Associazione Italiana Radioascolto Torino, Italy ----------------- Il Mondo in Cuffia - Scala parlante a cura di Bruno PECOLATTO ARMENIA. Test frequencies of Armenian Public Radio via shortwaveservice now are registered in HFCC Database as "For new organization" as follows UTC kHz info 0200-0500 6155 ERV 100 kW 192 deg to WeAS, not yet used for tests 0630-2100 6155 ERV 100 kW 192 deg to WeAS, not yet used for tests* 0230-2100 7320 ERV 100 kW 192 deg to WeAS various langs & Armenian 0230-2100 7520 ERV 100 kW 192 deg to WeAS various langs & Armenian 0800-1800 9580 ERV 100 kW 192 deg to WeAS various langs & Armenian *from 0730 6155 ERV 100 kW 192 deg to WeAS Russian/Armenian Sept 23 (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 23 via BC-DX 1316) LITUANIA. Current schedule for Radio Baltic Waves International 1386kHz, 75kW, omnidirectional 120 m tower, transmitter type: Nautel NX300. UTC info 1630-1730 Radio Poland in Russian; 1730-1800 NHK World in Russian; 1800-1900 RFE/RL in Russian; 1900-2100 RFE/RL in Belarusian; 2100-0300 RFE/RL in Russian; 0300-0330 RFE/RL in Belarusian; 0330-0400 NHK World in Russian; 0400-0500 Radio Poland in Belarusian. (Rimantas Pleikys, WRTH Facebook group, 3 September via TR via Communication monthly journal of the British DX Club October 2017 Edition 515) MONGOLIA/TAIWAN/UZBEKISTAN. BBC London Korean service launch. Website https://www.bbc.com/korean https://www.bbc.com/korean/41371739 Second day for BBC London Korean Sce to North Korea, Sept 26 1530-1830 5810 TAC 100 kW 068 deg to NoEaAS Korean, fair+jamming 1530-1830 9940*TSH 300 kW 002 deg to NoEaAS Korean, fair to good 1630-1730 1431 CHO 500 kW 150 deg to NoEaAS Korean *from 1800 9940 KCH 300 kW 157 deg to EaAF TWR Africa co-channel On this frequencies until Oct 28. From Oct 29 will be: 1530-1830 5810 TAC 100 kW 068 deg to NoEaAS Korean 1530-1830 5830 TSH 300 kW 002 deg to NoEaAS Korean 1630-1730 1431 CHO 500 kW 150 deg to NoEaAS Korean (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 26 via BC-DX 1316) Milcomms & Utility DXing Di Antonio Anselmi 10387.0: ---: RUssian Diplo/Mil, RUS 1515 USB CIS.45 33.33Bd selCall-WakeUp / CIS-60 35.5 Bd -> CIS- 45 40Bd, same physical modem (21Sep17) (AAI) 10719.0: ---: Russian Intel/Mil, RUS 1130 USB CIS-45 HDR modem v1, OFDM 45-tone 33.33Bd PSK-2, two bursts series (26Sep17) (AAI) 10796.0: RAA: M32a Russian Navy HQ St. Petersburg, RUS 0837 CW simplex w/ RCRE "RCRE DE RAA", "RAA DE RCRE K", "RAA QRR3 QDW 10540 K", "RCRE OK QRR3 QDW 10540 k", "RAA K" (20Sep17) (AAI) 11544.0: ---: Russian Intel/Mil, RUS 0803 USB CIS-3000 PSK-8 3000Bd followed by CIS MFSK-64 (32+32) (28Sep17) (AAI) 12193.0: ---: Russian Mil/Gov, RUS 1348 USB CIS-112 OFDM 112-tone 22.22Bd BPSK modem (14Sep17) (AAI) 13146.0: ---: Russian Navy, RUS 1411 (cf) CIS Navy "Akula", FSK 500Bd/1000 (29Sep17) (AAI) 13391.0: ---: Russian Intel/Mil, RUS 0700 USB CIS FTM-4, MFSK-4 150Bd (effective 37.5:Bd) 4000Hz modem (tones at: -6, -2, +2, +6 KHz) 8 mins lasting (26Sep17) (AAI) DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-42, October 17, 2017 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, USA -------------------------------------- ** BELARUS. A few notes about LW / MW / SW broadcasting in Belarus For August-September demolished SW-masts in the village. Kolodischi. On the last day they transmitted a signal at the frequencies: 11730, 11930, 6080, 7255 kHz. As of 08.10.2017 the following masts were demolished in the radio center "Sosnovy": The mast height of 118 meters fell first last year. The Great Dawn - 1170 kHz. The radio signal "Belarus" was broadcasted. All supports were dismantled in the summer of 2017. APPT-1 and most likely APPT-2. One tower stood near the traction substation of the radio center and was closest to Bobruisk. I broadcast "Mayak" on the frequency of 549 kHz ... The second tower was far from the motorway and closer to the river Svisloch. The broadcasting of the 1st NCBD was at a frequency of 279 kHz. At the moment, there is still a tower AM-353 (353 m high), it emitted at a frequency of 171 kHz "Radio-1". Apparently, it will soon fall due to the stupidity of the Ministry of Communications of Belarus and, of course, Beltelecom. https://vk.com/radioby (via Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL. DX RE MIX NEWS # 1034 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Date Oct 15, 2017 Also visit: & UPDATED A-17 OF CLANDESTINE BROADCASTS AS OF OCT 15: [in time order] ... Radio Payem e-Doost 0230-0315 on 7460 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi ... Denge Kurdistan 0230-0500 on 6155 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish ... Denge Kurdistan 0500-1800 on 7320 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 0500-1800 on 7520 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish ... Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok 1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun Voice of Tibet 1200-1210 on 11513 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1210-1230 on 11507 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese ... Radio Free North Korea 1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean ... National Unity Radio 1200-1500 on 11550 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean ... Voice of Tibet 1230-1235 on 15533 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1235-1305 on 15527 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan ... Voice of Tibet 1300-1310 on 11507 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1305-1315 on 15522 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1310-1330 on 11512 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1315-1335 on 15528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan ... Voice of Wilderness 1330-1530 on 7625 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean Voice of Tibet 1335-1345 on 15522 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1345-1400 on 15528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan ... North Korea Reform Radio 1430-1530 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean ... Voice of Martyrs 1530-1700 on 7525 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean/English ... Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow 1600-1630 on 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri ... Denge Kurdistan 1800-2100 on 6155 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1800-2100 on 7320 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish Radio Payem e-Doost 1800-1845 on 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi ... North Korea Reform Radio 2030-2130 on 7500 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean ... Voice of Tibet 2300-2305 on 7492 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2305-2335 on 7493 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 2335-2400 on 7487 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan ... http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/dx-re-mix-news-1034.html (via dxldyg via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. PRIDNESTROVIE, 7460, 0315-, Radio Payam e-Doost, Oct 8. Excellent reception with 1 kHz tone until 0315 s/off, and with it, the tone jammer. Presumed Farsi (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Payem e-Doost via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol on Oct 10 1800-1845 on 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi, very weak: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-payem-e-doost-via- (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1900, DXLD) That`s the Baha`i station, originating in the Washington DC area back to where it all started and is persecuted. WRTH does not consider it clandestine/target but a mere USA station (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 7460, 0304 11 OCT - RADIO PAYAM E-DOOST (CLA). SINPO = 15311. Middle Eastern Language (?). Female announcer interviewing male over the phone. Musical interlude 0312z, followed by female announcer, then more middle Eastern music with microtonal vocals. S/off 0315z. QSB = moderate-to-rapid rate, barely discernible modulation on noisy carrier mostly below the noise floor with occasional peaks to just above, or mixing with it. sf71.1, a4, k3, geomag: unsettled. 500 kW, beamAz 116 , bearing 36 . Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect ~75 feet of rain gutter running north/south. Received in Plymouth, MN, United States, 8365 km from the transmitter at Grigoriopol. Local time: 2204. 73s (--Rodney Johnson, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DXLD) ** KAZAKHSTAN. Kazakh radio is 95 years old. Its history dates back to 1921. Then From Orenburg - the capital of Kazakhstan at that time, republic. March 23, 1927 for the first time on the air was a Kazakh speech. Today, on the air radio programs are heard in the languages: Kazakh, Russian, German, Korean, Uighur, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Tatar and English. The percentage of Kazakh radio genres is as follows way: Information-analytical - 18% Social cognitive - 25% The program "Dostyk" - 3% Literary and musical - 17% Children and Youth - 5% Archive - 5% Music - 25% Advertisement - 2% Joint projects are being implemented with Radio Russia (Russia), Belarusian Radio (RB) and Radio Kyrgyzstan conduct interstate radio bridges dedicated to integration of countries. Within the framework of the EAEC, the most important socio-political and cultural events ... The official site of the Kazakh radio - http://kazradio.kz It works with 8 August 2006. Online broadcasts are held from July 18, 2011 Frequencies: http://kazradio.kaztrk.kz/en/radio/veshanie Contacts: Phone: 8 (717) 255-33-37 E-mail: kazradio@kaztrk.kz http://kazradio.kaztrk.kz/en/radio/contacts History: http://kazradio.kaztrk.kz/en/radio/history Kazakh radio is the country's largest broadcasting network. Programs of Kazakh, Russian, German, Korean, Uighur, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Tatar languages. Kazakh radio takes a leading place among electronic media (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan / "deneb-radio-dx" via Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) UZBEKISTAN, 5810, 1522-, BBC, Oct 7. Tuned into 5810 to hear the transmitter come on at 1522, and much stronger today compared to yesterday, and should overcome the OTH radar noise. OC until 1525:30, when brief IDs in English began. Not hearing the same on 9940, just a giant OC. 'Details of all our services are at BBC World Service.com'. Korean came on at 1529:40. Overall, except for the unintentional interference, it would have been very decent reception, and still is, despite the OTH radar. UZBEKISTAN, 5810, 1529-, BBC Korean, Oct 8. The OTH radar has taken a day off from their interfering with BBC Korean relayed from Uzbekistan, but unfortunately the engineers at the site have as well. Nice strong OC, but no BBC until 1531:30. In addition a rapid pulse jammer is also present. Interesting that the Taipei frequency of 9940 should be blasting in, but it's about equal strength to Tashkent, and a louder buzzing jammer cochannel (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 13) btw. 7320 kHz Denge Kurdistan program from Brussels broadcast, via CJSC Yerevan Gavar on Oct 13 at 0525 UT in Europe totally DISTURBED audio quality, OVERMODULATED signal (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010.221, Oct 11 at 1124, JBA carrier vs MARS on 4011- USB, surely Bishkek on characteristic off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 531, 1451-, Avtoradio, Sakhalin, Oct 9. I can confirm that this Russian station is still on the air. Heard this morning cochannel to NHK 1 with pop music, including, 'Another one bites the dust'. The tell tale rapid tones after some songs is characteristic for this station. Not strong (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 907, 1427-, UB, Oct 9. Well, I'll be darned! I've rarely, if ever snagged an aviation beacon from Russia before, but this morning I did. While band scanning, I noticed a weak carrier on 907. While trying to demodulate it (it seemed like an OC only, suddenly I began hearing CW, and sure enough, 'UB': dot dot dah, dah dot dot dot. Heard both in AM and when tuned LSB. This place is located on the Kamchatka Peninsula. I'm pleased! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PAL error? I recently posted a logging for my, I believe, first ever Aerobeacon in the MW band from Russia heard in North America. It was for UB on 907 kHz. The problem is that I don't think that PAL lists the town site properly. Rather than Ust-Bolsherelsk, it may very well be Ust-Bolsheretsk. Checking Google Earth, I carefully looked at the entire Kamchatka Peninsula, and could not find the PAL listed town, but rather Ust-Bolsheretsk, on the south-west end of the peninsula, and sure enough, there is an airport there, but sure looks abandoned. Anyway, just a correction. Small, but I'm a stickler for details! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, IRCA via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Walt, According to Worldaerodata.com it's Ust-Bolsheretsk. The correction has now been made to my working copy of the PAL :) The World Aero Data website gives the location as 52-49-00N 156-16-00E. I haven't found a radio facility or airport near those coordinates in Google Maps, but the location is on the outskirts of a town labeled Ust-Bolscherezk. Not sure if that's the place you found. I believe Bill Whitacre recently heard this beacon at Grayland (Bruce Portzer, ed., PAL, ibid.) Bruce, NDB are not always located right at the airport. I know in Canada, our CFS (Canadian Flight Supplement) lists every airport in the country, along with all of the navigational aids, and where they are located. VHF VORs, are usually located some miles from the airport. In the case of Ust-Bolsheretzk, the only airport I could find is at coordinates 52.909271, 156.882535 That has to be an airport, but sure looks abandoned to me, except that abandoned airports have X's across the runways. This one does not. It had to be a former military airport with what looks like a lot of dispersal areas to the south of the runway (a single runway, with a parallel taxiway). I'm assuming that the NDB is for this site. Google maps looks like there might be a tower at exactly 52.816696, 156.267171. You can see the red/white tower, and perhaps another tower slightly to the SE from it. Shows up better on Bing maps (with shadows). Good fun! Further to studying the excellent resource you mention, Bruce (worldaerodata.com), it's clear to me that the airport at Ust- Bolsheretsk is closed. The NDB is probably used for helicopter traffic now. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, IRCA via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 7345, 0451-, NVK Radio Sakha, Oct 10. Tuned in with multiple ads, mostly in Russian, but not all. Some were in Yakut. Good to very good level, although strength was about S6 to S7. 1 kHz tone audible weakly, too. Into music at 0455. Still 3 1/2 hours until local sunset at transmitter site (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. HISTORY OF DX AND RADIO. The data is published as the material is received. 1990 ------- My first meeting with Pavel Mikhailov. -------------------------------------------------- ------------ This was in 1990. In Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) from all parts of the then USSR, DX listeners came to their first All-Union DX conference, which was the first and in the future, as it turned out, and the last, as no one took the organization to unite all listeners of broadcasting stations on a large scale and everything remained in place in the form of small associations and clubs DX. And I want to tell you about the first meeting with Pavel Mikhailov, then the editor of the program for DX-listeners of the Moscow Radio. Incredibly, but the fact I went to the conference together with Pavel in one train, in one car and in one compartment and my shelf was lower, and its upper one. In the evening we boarded the train and in the morning were already in Leningrad. Nobody spoke about the radio in the compartment, because we did not know each other and his voice did not impress me when he read the purity on the radio air. I even told him that I decided to exchange regiments with him, since I am younger than him, to which Paul agreed. In the morning, in conversation, I asked Paul if he did not know where the House of Cinema was, where I had to pick up the return tickets, to which Pavel said that I did not know the city. So we parted at the Moscow station in different directions and what a surprise, when in three hours we meet at the organizing committee of the DX conference! And then we learned, each other - were traveling in the same compartment and who did not say anything about the radio. Unbelievable but true. Much we do not know about those who are around, this is our life (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow) 1994 ------- QSL card from the past, received in 1994 from Radio Dniester International - broadcasting service of Moldavian Republic of Pridnetrovie. Transmitter site - Grigoriopol / Pridnestrovie. (Piotr Skorek, Poland) You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/10/radio-dniester-international.html 2002 - 2004 ---------------- From the program Feedback 04.10.2017. Polish radio in Russian - -------------------------------------------------- ------------ Quotation of a letter from Viktor Warzin, Kommunar, Leningrad region. "And Victor Warzin, in turn, wrote just a huge letter, a fragment of which I will read: I do not have any special stories about radio KV or SV. So I do not pretend to a prize - I'll just write, for all of you, as my friends and I "got to know" the radio. In 2002, our class was combined with another, in which, with some guys, we found a common love for radio. One of the friends, being an insanely "sick" radio (he, by the way, has a Polish surname), managed to get the transmitter, another to install and broadcast in the FM range. In truth, I do not even remember how many watts the transmitter was - it's understandable that it's small (but, in the reviews wrote, about hearing in 25-30 km). We were just schoolchildren. In 2002-2004 there was a rather high peak for "pirated broadcasting", but, since pirate lighters had low-power transmitters - they "did not particularly hammer the air" and rarely interfered with others, unlike us. Then the guys chose an unsuccessful frequency. To some, the wave of our radio interfered with the reception of Channel 1. A car arriving at the car, which determined the interference, and by some miracle, determined the neighboring house 300 meters away. In general, high technologies in 2004 were fully involved and showed their downgrade. And after that, all the "pirates" began to broadcast more boldly: Kolpino and Pushkin and my friends. Basically, my friends, represented the musical direction, put any music (except for chanson, rap and pop - this was the main rule). And on the weekends they called "fictitious" numbers (calling the last 4 digits). We talked with listeners on different topics (many initially thought that it was a rally, and then they told us about their pressing problems (about husband's drunkenness, etc.), and simply about life, and we sometimes performed the function of a helpline, everything it was curious and it seemed very interesting, we then knew the world ... And maybe some people helped, who knows what would happen to them if they did not speak out then ... (After all, many people talked about their hard problems without seeking help, and just get out ... it's interesting that most of us, during the call, were already listening to us) was a direct dialogue with the people, put applications on sms or online, talked with listeners, let them speak out ... broadcasting a few days in a row, they acquired permanent listeners .... time, money was lost, new worries .... schoolchildren faced an obstacle transition to a new life ... Over time, and the transition to senior classes, universities, work, communications were lost - but, the fact that the antenna is still on that cult 5-storey floor gives hope that it will broadcast its radio program." (Rus-DX Oct 15 via DXLD) ** SWAZILAND [and non]. TRANS WORLD RADIO MANZINI, SWAZILAND Tentative BROADCAST SCHEDULE B2017 29th October 2017 to 24th March 2018 ... Other TWR Africa SW [sic] Broadcasts Tentative BROADCAST SCHEDULE B2017 29th October 2017 to 29th March 2018 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQU AZI Reception Area TX Station SMTWTFS ... 1630-1700 1234567 Somali 31 9940 160 Kenya/Somali KCH 1800 1830 1 Kunama 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH 1800 1830 7 Tigre 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH 1800 1815 2345 Tigrinya 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH 1815 1845 23456 Tigrinya 41 7245 157 Eritrea KCH Lorraine Stavropoulos, TWR (via Jean-Michel Aubier, Twitter: @aubierjm dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. 11518, Oct 15 at 1319, JBA carrier with flutter, presumed Voice of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN on signature split frequency. Today`s NDXC/Aoki agrees: 11518 is in use only at 1315-1330 in Chinese, 100 kW, 95 degrees from Dushanbe-Yangiyul (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. KYIV TO BLOCK BROADCASTING OF PRO-RUSSIAN CHANNELS IN THE DONBAS Systems to block the broadcasting of pro-Russian TV channels and radio stations are to be set up along the demarcation line in the Donbas, NSDC (National Security and Defense Council) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said in Pokrovsk in the Donetsk province, 06239.com.ua reports. "In Pokrovsk the first trial installation of the complex counter- information system has been created, which will make it possible to completely block the pro-Russian TV and radio channels and at the same time to receive all the Ukrainian ones very well. We have now tested its operation - it works very well. Within a few months it will be set up along the entire demarcation line," Turchynov said. The press center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that on the city council premises those present were shown a "unique modern method of suppressing broadcasts from the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, developed by one of the leading Ukrainian companies". The press center claims that this method will make it possible to effectively create a barrier to the broadcasting of up to 10 channels of enemy broadcasts simultaneously. In December 2016, Ukraine resumed the broadcasting of its TV channels in the Donbas, restoring the broadcasting tower on the Karachun Mountain close to Sloviansk. Later it became clear that the signal from the new tower did not reach the territories controlled by DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) separatists. The tower's most can reach only 20 KW with a radius of 67 km (Donbas, broadcasting, Ukraine via Steve Whitt, Oct Medium Wave News via DXLD) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ HFCC B-17 schedules now online The B-17 HFCC frequency schedules are now available at http://www.hfcc.org/data/b17/ Haven't had much time to digest it all, but see my separate post about DW (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, UT Oct 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) i.e., only remaining DW English hour on SW deleted (gh) BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ================================= Germany ------------- Germany: Radio "Voice Andes" from the transmitter in Germany and with the program in Russian, the studio "Otkrovenie" listened with a very weak signal on October 5, 2017 at 03.50 UTC at 3995 kHz, and in parallel but the frequency of 5920 kHz was suppressed from the WHRI radio (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria). Egypt ---------- Monitoring the listener from the Moscow region. 19.07.17. 1008 kHz, 15:34 UTC - Egypt in Russian. (http://www.radioscanner.ru/forum/topic30247-306.html) Romania ------------ Radio Iasi on Wednesdays from 17.30 to 18.00 on CB 1053 kHz - begin with the words "Emisioni etnice Russ lipovan", but the whole program sounds only in Romanian. Then the radio of Constanta at CB 909 and 1530 kHz from 18.04 to 18.59 transmits in Russian. On October 18, the main tempo from 18.12 h was "Who are these Cossacks?" Theories about the origin of the Cossacks. From November 1, the transfers will be an hour later. (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria) Russia ---------- "Voice of the Andes" - radio studio "Otkrovenie". From October 29, 2017 - 15.30-16.00 UTC / 11900 kHz / Moosbrunn, Austria. (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow) South Korea ------------------ Schedule of the World Radio KBS in Russian (B-17). "October 29, 2017, we turn to the winter schedule of broadcasting. Our sentries broadcasts in Russian will be aired daily from 13 to 14 hours Greenwich Mean Time at 9645 kHz and from 18 to 19 hours Greenwich Mean Time 7235 kilohertz. 30-minute programs will be broadcast daily at a frequency of 738 kilohertz at 13:30, 17:30, 20:00, 22:30 (except Saturday), 02:30, 06:30, 8:00 (except Sundays) and 10:30 GMT. In this schedule, changes are possible. You can also receive sentries and 30-minute programs with our home pages on the Internet on the channel Win.K11 from 18:00 to 19:00, from 22:30 to 23:00, from 9:00 to 9:30, from 10:30 to 11:00, from 13:00 to 13:30 GMT. The reception of the hourly transfer of the corresponding day is available from our website in Internet in a round-the-clock mode on the channel Win.K24. Update transmission daily at 11 o'clock GMT. " [http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/about/about_notice_view.htm?No=11928] (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") WEB RADIO AND TV IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ================================= TV. -------------------- Russia. Moscow. ------------------------ TV channel Moscow Confidence. WEB: http://www.doverie-tv.ru/ Trust us your free time, and you will not regret! With the Saturday cleaning and everyday borsch, we will not teach you to stroke the collars and crochet. Just sit back and ... rest! We selected for you the best Latin American TV series and the most beloved Soviet films. Weekends on weekdays and holidays on weekends. Secrets of eternal youth and spa procedures, without leaving home, pleasant communication with the most popular people and unobtrusive serving of the most original dishes. And life, and tears, and love all day and night. Nonstop. Life or not life? Domestic duties will wait. Remember, a woman should be happy and do not owe anything to anyone else. QSL WORLD ========== AG = Alexander Golovihin, Togliatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" AK = Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia DE = Dmitry Elagin, Saratovskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" DK = Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" KB = Konstantin, St. Petersburg, Russia MB = Mikhail Bykhanov, Krasnodarskiy kray, Apsheronsk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" PS = Piotr Skorek, Poland VL = Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" VV = Victor Varzin, Leningradskaya oblast, Kommunar, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" Canada / Romania ------------------------ I received an electronic confirmation from Radio City for the reception on October 21, 2017, 08.00-09.00 UTC at the frequency of 9510 kHz (via the transmitter in Romania, 100 kW). The report was sent by: citymorecars @ yahoo.ca. Verification specified transmitter Saftica, Romania 100 kW. (DK) Czech Republic --------- Czesky Rozhlas confirmed the first two-month reception of Deuce at 954 kHz by card No. 6 from the Prague Radio Site. (VV) Czech Republic / Russia --------------------- * Today I received a QSL card from R. Prague in Russian. Took September 20 at 738 kHz. In the photo, the Prague horse of 1875. In the envelope is a map of the Czech Republic with monuments of culture and nature. (AG) * Received a QSL card from Radio Prague for the reception - 20.09. 2017 on the frequency 738 kHz (via the World Radio Network). Card number 7 on their website. QSL Radio Prague this year can be viewed here: http://www.radio.cz/en/static/qsl/kartoshki-qsl (DK) * I received a letter from Prague with a new card for my report of September 29, 2017. In the photo there is the historic Equestrian tram, the Prague transport administration. Also sent a map of the monuments of nature and culture of the Czech Republic in Russian. The date of dispatch is October 4. The card is here http://freerutube.info/2017/02/13/qsl- radio-prague-chehiya-radio-praga-yanvar-2017-goda/ (DE) France ------------- Has received the usual QSL from Radio Waves International for the reception - September 30, 2017, 18.13 UTC at a frequency of 6235 kHz. The report was sent by e-mail: rwaves @ free.fr. (DK) France / Germany ---------------------------- * I received eQSL Radio Atlantic 2000 International. 7 October 2017 / 08.00-08.30 UTC / 6070 kHz / 10 kW / Rahrbach-Wall (Germany) WEB: http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr You can see the card here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/10/blog-post_19.html (AK) * Has received E-qsl from Radio Atlantic2000 International for reception 7.10.17 / 08.30 - 09.00 UTC / 6070 kHz (VL) Germany ------------- * E - QSL card received from German station - Radio SATzentrale. Program was broadcasted 15. 10. 2017 in German on 6070 kHz via Channel 292. You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/10/blog-post_87.html (PS) * Received electronic QSL from a radio station from Germany - Radio Ohne Namen for Reception via Channel 292 - 15/10/2017, 17.00-17.30 UTC at a frequency of 6070 kHz. The report was sent by: radio.on @ gmx.de. (DK) India ---------- * Received QSL card from All India Radio for the reports of February 1 and March 24, 2017. The card was sent from India on September 15, 2017. Most likely this was made after another reminder about reports without an answer. But it was for these reports that cards were received earlier. In any case, thanks to All India Radio for their attention to listeners and QSL with a new design. The card is here http://freerutube.info/2017/07/28/qsl-all-india-radio-indiya-fevral-2017-goda/ (DE) * Got a QSL AIR card for the September reception of the Russian service, it went faster than a month. South-west face of Humayun's Tomb, New Delhi. (VV) India / UAE ------------------- Got QSL on a postcard from Gaweylon Tibetian Radio for the reception - September 28, 2017, 12.00-12.30 UTC at the frequency of 15215 kHz (through the transmitter Dhabbaya, UAE 250 kW). Report sent e-mail: gaweylon@gmail.com. Acknowledgment received from Anil R. Alfred (Director). (DK) Italy ---------- * Received eQSL Key Channel Radio 14/10/2017 / 17.00-17.30 UTC / 6290 kHz You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/10/blog-post_16.html (AK) * Got E- qsl / information - letter / and 4 photos from Key Channel Radio for the reception 15.10.17 / 04.45-05.15 UTC / 6920 kHz E - mail: keyradioam@gmail.com (VL) * Key Channel Radio (KCR) / pirate station - (6920 kHz, 22.00UTC, October 14/2017); Reception through KiwiSDR / Asferg / Denmark; Photos here: http://qsl-review.blogspot.ru/2017/10/normal-0-false-false-false-en-x-none-x.html E-mail: keyradioam@gmail.com (KB) Japan / Germany ----------------------------- * I received 2 QSL cards from the Russian NHK World Radio Japan service. 1 August 2017/6165 kHz 2 September 2017/6165 kHz Theme: "Colors of the Autumn Chill" ("Colors of Autumn Chill") You can see the card here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/10/blog-post_20.html (AK) * I received a QSL card from NHK in a new envelope. Took September 1 at 6165 kHz. In the photo "Colors of the Autumn Chill". Reported through the site. (AG) * Has received QSL from Radio Japan for reception in Russian - 01.09.2017, 04.30-05.00 UTC at the frequency of 6165 kHz (via the transmitter in Germany, 125 kW). Theme of the card Colors of the Autumn Chill "(Fukushima Prefecture). sent via the form on the site. (DK) - I received a QSL card from Radio Japan for a reception in Japanese - 21.09.2017, 03.00-03.30 UTC at the frequency of 9,490 kHz (transmitter in Germany). The card is "Japanese Fireworks, Climax" (Yamagata Prefecture). Report sent by e-mail: nhkworld @ nhk.jp (DK) Japan / Russia ----------------------- I received QSL from Radio Japan for the reception in Russian - August 29, 2017, 03.30-04.00 UTC at a frequency of 738 kHz (via the World Radio Network, Moscow 5 kW). The theme of the card is "Colors of the Autumn Chill" (Fukushima Prefecture). The report was sent via the form on the website. (DK) Madagascar ---------------- MWV (KNLS) - QSL-card (9570 kHz, 18.00UTC, June 27/2017); * Boat sailing; Sent from Nashville / TN / USA on September 28, 17, received on October 15, 17; Photos here: http://qsl-review.blogspot.ru/2017/10/madagascar-world-voice-knls.html E-mail: mwvradio@gmail.com (KB) Philippines --------------- * Has received a QSL card Radio Veritas Asia. 28 February 2017 / 14.28-14.48 UTC / 11965 kHz Also in the photo envelope of the radio center, a sticker and a keychain with the station's emblem. (AK) * For the first time I received a card from Radio Pilipinas (I used to send it by usual mail, but there was no answer). Thanks to Dmitry Kutuzov for the addresses. Confirmation for September 6 at 12,120 kHz went a month and a half, pretty quickly. In the envelope there was also a frequency-themed schedule and a sticker. (VV) Poland / Russia ------------------------ * I received a QSL card from the Russian Radio Poland service for the reception on August 28, 2017 for frequency 738 kHz (via the World Radio Network, 5 kW). On the card are views of the Warsaw. The report was sent by e-mail: ru @ radio.com.pl. (DK) - I received a QSL-card from the Russian service of Radio Poland for the reception - on 09/11/2017 at frequency 738 kHz (via the World Wide Radio Network). On the card - view of the city Torun. The report was sent by e-mail: ru @ radio.com.pl. (DK) * Received QSL from the Polish Radio in response to my report of September 25, 2017. A card from Warsaw was sent on September 29 and was previously thanked for the report by e-mail. On the card is a photograph of the old city of Warsaw. The card is here http://freerutube.info/2017/06/19/qsl-polskie-radio-polsha-wrn-aprel-2017-goda/ (DE) Russia ---------- * Received a paper confirmation by regular mail from Orthodox Radio St. Petersburg for the reception - September 24, 2017, 02.45-03.00 UTC at a frequency of 828 kHz (Transmitter St. Petersburg / Olgino 10 kW) The report sent by e- by mail to the address of the St. Petersburg DX Club. To receive a confirmation by regular mail, you need to pay the answer. (DK) * Two weeks ago received electronic confirmation, and now came a paper confirmation of the reception of the Orthodox Radio of St. Petersburg on August 23, 2017 through St. Petersburg DX Club. The return address for regular mail is Berezkin Alexander Alexeevich, Nevsky Radio-Electronic Company, PO Box 13, St. Petersburg 192007 (AK) Russia / Austria ------------------------ Has received QSL-card "Voice of the Andes" - radio studio "Otkrovenie". 7.10.2017 / 15.30-16.00 UTC / 13800 kHz / Moosbrunn, Austria. You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/10/blog-post_21.html (AK) Slovakia -------------- Radio Slovakia Int'l - QSL-card (738 kHz, 18.30UTC, August 6/2017); * Josef Miloslav Gurban; Reception through KiwiSDR / Nakhabino / Moscow. reg. / Russia Sent from Bratislava on 21.08.17, received on 16.10.17. Photos here: http://qsl-review.blogspot.ru/2017/08/radio-slovakia-international.html E-mail: rsi_russian@rtvs.sk (KB) South Africa --------------------- I hasten to share with you my joy, because only today I received two e-QSL from Channel Africa for January 14-15, 2015 for their reception radio station in Swahili language at 17770 kHz. At the moment, I have this is the record for the duration of the response from radio stations. I sent it to info @ channelafrica.org, english @ channelafrica.org, hoosens @ sentech.co.za, and the answer came with HoosenS @ sentech.co.za. (MB) Taiwan ------------ I received a letter from Taiwan with a new card in response to a report for September 17, 2017. A card marked 2017 - 9. The date the envelope was sent from Taipei on September 27. On the card for some reason, they persistently write about the transmitter in France, although this broadcast from Taiwan. The card is here http://freerutube.info/2017/08/26/qsl-radio-taiwan-international-tayvan-avgust-2017-goda/ (DE) Turkey ----------- * Has received QSL "Voice of Turkey". Confirmation, dedicated to the feast of August 30. (VV) * I received a QSL-card from the English service TRT Voice of Turkey. 05.09.2017 / 12.30-13.25 UTC / 15450 kHz Subject: 26 September has been recognized as "The Language Day" in ourcountry. You can see the confirmation here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/10/blog-post_70.html (AK) United Kingdom ------------------------- I received E-qsl from European Music Radio for the reception on 16.10.17 / 08.15 - 08.45 UTC / 6070 kHz and for the reception 17.10.17 / 08.00 - 08.30 UTC / 9485 kHz (VL) USA ------- * RFA, as always, quickly confirmed. This time, the reception of the Tibetan service, the transmitter of Asia is indicated (as indicated by the transmitter in Dushanbe). They sent 2 cards for 2 reports (top left and bottom right), in September they sent one for 2 reports (upper left). It will be necessary to specify the next time not enough cards. (VV) * WRMI confirmed the reception for July 14 via Okeechobee 11580 kHz. In the image, the sky is covered with antennas directed to the East coast of America. The first card from WRMI and through Okeechobi. I hope they will soon restore the transmitting center after the devastating hurricane and continue broadcasting. (VV) USA / Bulgaria ----------------------- * Got an E-qsl from Radio VORW for receiving 8/10/17 / 16.15 - 16.45 UTC / 9400 kHz (VL) * I received an electronic QSL from the program "From the Isle of Music" for the reception - 15.10.2017, 15.00-15.59 UTC at the frequency of 9,400 kHz via the transmitter in Bulgaria, 100 kW. The report was sent by e-mail: tilfordproductions @ gmail.com Confirmation with a photograph of the Iris Jazz Club, Santiago de Cuba, received from William "Bill" Tilford. (DK) Vatican ------------ * Received a new letter from the Vatican with a card for my report of July 13, 2017. Photo of Pope Francis in an airplane on the way to Brazil, I already received this card earlier. The date of dispatch is September 18. The card is here http://freerutube.info/2017/07/06/qsl-vatikan-radio-vaticana-may-2017-goda/ (DE) * I received 4 old Vatican Radio cards. It went more than usual, I associate it with the vacation of an employee. (VV) Vietnam ------------ I received a QSL card from the Voice of Vietnam for the reception on October 1 at 7280 kHz. In the photo Hoi An Quing Nam. (AП) CALENDAR OF RADIO ===================== 15 October -------------- October 15 marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of Radio Dacha in the city of Solikamsk, Perm Territory. The broadcasting frequency is 97.8 FM. Coverage of the population is 98,0 thousand people. The regional partner of Radio Dacha is Mega-Media LLC, the general director is Gabov A.M. The official site of Radio Dacha: www.radiodacha.ru. (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/4774.htm) 15 October -------------- Radio station Comedy Radio celebrated its anniversary - five years in radio air. The radio station first sounded in Moscow in 2012. During this time, the station's monthly audience reached 6.8 million Russians *. In the metropolitan FM broadcasting, the radio station is in the top 5 radio formats in terms of audience size up to 35 years. Every month Comedy Radio is listened to by 2.2 million Muscovites **. In the capital, the audience of the station has tripled over the past five years. Since 2014, the station has been developing regional broadcasting and now broadcasts in 341 cities and towns, including St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Krasnoyarsk, Perm. Since the start of regional broadcasting, the daily audience of the station has grown by 44%. The audience of Comedy Radio is young people under 35 years old, 60% of whom are men. 63% listen to the radio in the car ... (http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__67172/) - Official website: comedy-radio.ru (http://top-radio.ru/web/comedy) 19 October --------------- It was five years since Love Radio began broadcasting in Lempino-1 (103.1 FM) and Salym-1 (103.2 FM) in the Khanty- Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra. The total coverage of the population is 5,900 people. Regional partner Love Radio - TRC "Siberia", general director - Maslennikov AG The official site of Love Radio: www.loveradio.ru. (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/4790.htm) October 20 --------------- In St. Petersburg, at the frequency of 89.7 MHz from the site of the LRTC, an air broadcast of Radio Zenit began, a radio station representing one of the most popular Russian football clubs, and to this day is the only such implemented project of this kind in our country. (https://vk.com/club59176345) October 20 --------------- It's been one year since Love Radio began broadcasting in Kursk. The license for broadcasting is owned by Krutoy Media. The frequency of "Love Radio - Kursk" is 99.3 FM. Coverage of the population is 444.3 thousand people. The official site of Love Radio: www.loveradio.ru. (http://www.krutoymedia.ru/news/4802.htm) 29 October --------------- Day of military communications operator of Russia. Professional holiday of Russian military signalmen: military personnel and civil servants of communication units in all branches of Russia and in all communications services in all types of the Russian Armed Forces HISTORY OF DX AND RADIO. ==================== The data is published as the material is received. * Free radio of the 90s in Russia. -------------------------------------------------- ---------- The topic of radio piracy is constantly discussed in various forums on the Internet. In addition, certain articles are replicated. In which, to put it mildly, there are inaccuracies. For example, it is claimed that in the former USSR there were no commercial or pirate radio stations. And, they say, in the 60's all the broadcasting was carried out only on the State TV and Radio. One gets the impression that those who approve such authors are poorly acquainted with Soviet / Russian radio piracy. Most likely, they do not know anything about it at all, because they did not even engage in DX-ing. And all such articles serve only to raise interest in this topic on their Internet resources. So, music on medium waves on a frequency of about 1600 kHz (wavelength slightly less than 200 meters), has been massively twisted since the early 60's! To do this, use a lamp set-top box to a tube household radio. It was enough to play the plates and with a normal antenna the signal was received by day for several kilometers by a direct wave. At night, the range increased to several hundred kilometers using reflection from the ionosphere. Transmitting attachments, usually, were lamp "three point" autogenerators on one lamp connected to an anode of an output lamp of the amplifier of low frequency (now speak - sound frequency). Only a few details are needed for such a device! The modulation was anodic-screen. But, unfortunately, we can not say that it was purely amplitude. Since there were parasitic frequency modulation in such simple devices. Nevertheless, in the 60-80 years in some regions of the country there were dozens of stations conducting communications between themselves and transmitting music on behalf of their friends. As for short waves (SW), the first station at the turn of the 1980s-1990s was Radio without Borders Int (RWBI). She broadcasted at 76 meters. Almost simultaneously with her appeared "Green Music Radio" (3020 kHz - 99 meters). At the end of August 1993, the "Southern Hobby Radio" (SHR), which broadcasted 76 meters, appeared on the air. In 1994, there was a pirated "Russkoe Radio" (RR). It broadcast at 76 and 48 meters (as you know, these are two pirate ranges in the low-frequency spectrum of the KV band). Later, the last two stations merged into the "Broadcasting Corporation of the South of Russia" and conducted synchronously transmissions on different SW waves, as well as on VHF. All four of the above stations were received through ex-USSR territory and in Eastern Europe, and some in Western. The programs included not only music, but also thematic programs, answers to questions from listeners. At the same time, a political station was broadcasting from the Moscow region - Radio Samorodinka, where the operator Lev Stepanovich Shishkin was the operator. This station with a power of only 10 watts (the output was a lamp 6P13S) was included in the annual international guide to radio stations on the SW. Was accepted on the territory of the European part of Russia and Eastern Europe. However, this station is best attributed to a group of political semi-legal stations ... To the group of illegal political free radio broadcasters can be attributed to the medium-wave radio station Radio Nadezhda. In the late 90's, she broadcast a fairly long time from the city of Livny Orel. Its transfer was difficult to distinguish from a "legitimate" state or private radio station. Since the late 80s of the last century, the USSR / Russia has actively developed radio piracy on VHF. In some cities, the radio pirate counted 50-60 stations! Good quality of transmitted music was one of the main advantages of FM transmitters (Frequency Modulation - FM). Some free VHF broadcasters had transmitter power of several hundred watts and stereo mode. On the basis of the foregoing, we can firmly state that in the USSR / Russia free broadcasting, or so-called. "radio piracy" existed! And today there are pirate SW stations all over the world. The most popular range is 48 meters (6200-6300 kHz). Broadcast, as a rule, on the night from Saturday to Sunday. Who lives in the western part of the former USSR can still try at night to listen to the range of 76 meters (3900-3950 kHz). Unfortunately, this range is subject to interference in the summer ... In addition, bulletins continue to be issued and there are mailings on free radio broadcasting. The motto of all radioopyates: Fight for free radio! - FFFR! (Fight for free radio!) (http://free.radiodx.ru/page-14.xml) Nowadays ----------------- From the archive of Ruslan Slavutsky, Moscow Region. Single-frequency advertising and prize radio station "Europa Plus" (Moscow, 69.8 MHz). A box of matches with radio ads "Classic FM" next to the size comparison. You can see here - http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/10/europa-plus-698.html 73!