DX RE MIX NEWS # 724

ARMENIA/USA   Test transmissions of Brother Stair TOM in English:
Daily
1202-1402 on 15650#ERV 300 kW / 125 deg to SEAs from March 20 and continued
1502-1702 on 11590*ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu from March 12 and continued
1902-2102 on  9465+ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu Mar. 22/24/25 and continued
1902-2102 on  9460 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu Mar. 20/21/23 in B11 season
Saturday only
0702-1002 on 15750 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf from March 24, check Mar.31
1802-2202 on  7590 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf from March 31, please check
# from 1350 strong co-ch by ERA-5 in Greek and from 1400 by RL in Turkmen
* 1500-1600 QRM by Radio Free Asia in Tibetan on 11585 + Chinese Mx Jammer
* 1600-1700 strong co-ch by Radio Free Asia in Uyghur + Chinese Mx Jammer
+ very strong QRM by TRT Voice of Turkey in Turkish on 9460

ITALY/ROMANIA Summer A-12 of IRRS Shortwave from March 25:
Arab Woman Today:
0800-0815 on 11910 TIG 300 kW / 140 deg to N&ME/WeAS Arabic  Wed
1500-1515 on 15190 TIG 300 kW / 140 deg to N/ME/WeAS Arabic  Fri
Radio Joystick
0800-0900 on  9510 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English 1st Sat
Radio City
0800-0900 on  9510 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU German  3rd Sat
European Gospel Radio (EGR)
0930-1030 on  9510 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Sun
1045-1230 on  9510 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Sun
1245-1300 on  9510 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Sun
1730-1800 on  7290 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Sun
1800-1830 on  7290 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU Italian Sun
1830-1900 on  7290 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Sun
International Public Access Radio (IPAR)
0800-0900 on  9510 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English 2nd/4th Sat
1830-1845 on  7290 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Sat
1230-1245 on  9510 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Sun
NEXUS-IBA
1800-1900 on  7290 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Fri
1800-1830 on  7290 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Sat
1845-1900 on  7290 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Sat
1030-1045 on  9510 TIG 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEU/NoEU English Sun
Brother Stair The Overcomer Ministry (TOM)
1300-1500 on 15190 TIG 300 kW / 100 deg to AS/AUS/NZ English Daily
1500-1700 on 15700 TIG 300 kW / 100 deg to AS/AUS/NZ English Sat
Radio Sentec Universal Life (UNL)
1500-1530 on 15190 TIG 300 kW / 100 deg to AS/AUS/NZ English Sun

IRAN/LITHUANIA Summer A-12 of Sitkunai Relays:

Radio Free Asia
0100-0158 on  9400 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to EaAs Uyghur, not 9490
Radio Liberty
0300-0358 on  9635 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to CeAs Tatar
0500-0558 on  9635 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to CeAs Tatar
Radio Japan NHK World
0430-0458 on  6165 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to EaEu Russian
VOIRI/IRIB
0630-0728 on  9770 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu Italian, deleted
1430-1528 on  7440 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to EaEu Russian, deleted
1730-1828 on  5940 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu German
1830-1928 on  5940 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu French
1930-2028 on  5940 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu English
2030-2128 on  6055 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu Spanish, deleted
HCJB Global
1530-1558 on  6180 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to EaEu Russian Sun, not 9770
1600-1628 on  6180 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to EaEu Chechen Sun, not 9770

MOROCCO Frequency changes of RTV Marocaine in Arabic:
0900-1500 NF 15341.2v*NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NEAf, ex 15349.2v
1500-2100 NF 15345.2v#NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NEAf, ex 15349.2v
* 1145-1500 bad QRM from HCJB Australia in vary on nominal 15340.0
# 1600-1800 bad QRM from Radio Cairo in English on nominal 15345.0

NEW ZEALAND A-12 schedule of Radio New Zealand International:
0459-0650 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM  All Pacific
0459-0650 on 11675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg DRM All Pacific
0651-0758 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM  Tonga
0651-0758 on 11675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg DRM Tonga
0759-1058 on  6170 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM  All Pacific
0759-1058 on  7285 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg DRM All Pacific
1059-1259 on  9655 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg AM  Timor, NW Pacific
1300-1550 on  6170 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM  All Pacific
1551-1650 on  7285 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM  Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji
1551-1650 on  6170 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg DRM Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji
1651-1836 on  9615 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM  Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji
1651-1836 on  9890 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg DRM Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji
1837-1850 on  9615 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM  Samoa
1837-1850 on 11675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg DRM Samoa
1851-2150 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM  Niue, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
1851-2150 on 15720 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg DRM Niue, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
2151-0458 on 15720 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM  All Pacific
2151-0458 on 17675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg DRM All Pacific

DX RE MIX NEWS # 723

ALBANIA Summer A-12 schedule of Radio Tirana:
Albanian Daily
0700-0800 on 7390 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu
0801-0900 on 1395 FLA 500 kW / 033 deg to WeEu
0801-0900 on 7390 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu
1400-1530 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to WeEu
2300-2400 on 7425 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm, but registered at 300 deg
English Tue-Sun
0130-0200 on 7425 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
English Mon-Sat
2000-2030 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to U.K.
German Mon-Sat
1931-2000 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to Germany
Greek Mon-Sat
1545-1600 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to Greece
French Mon-Sat
1730-1800 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to France, but registered 1901-1930
Italian Mon-Sat
1700-1730 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to Italy
Serbian Mon-Sat
2015-2030 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / 004 deg to Serbia
Turkish Mon-Sat
1830-1900 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to Turkey

BELGIUM(non) Summer A-12 of TDP stations:

Radio Miraya in English/Arabic:
0300-0600 on 11560 SMF 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAf

Denge Mezopotamya in Kurdish:
0300-1500 on 11530 SMF 300 kW / 129 deg to WeAs Daily
1500-1900 on 11530 SMF 500 kW / 129 deg to WeAs Daily

TDP Radio in DRM:
0700-0800 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Mon
0800-0900 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Tue
0900-1000 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Wed
1000-1100 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Thu
1100-1200 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Fri
1200-1300 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Sat
1300-1400 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Sun

Suab Xaa Moo Zoo in Hmong:
1130-1200 on 11570 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Daily
2230-2300 on 7530 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAS Daily

Khmer Post Radio in Khmer:
1200-1300 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Wed/Thu/Fri

Khmer People Power Movement in Khmer:
1200-1300 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Sat/Sun

The Disco Palace in DRM:
1530-1630 on 15775 ISS 100 kW / 079 deg to Asia Daily
2000-2100 on 17755 GUF 100 kW / 311 deg to NoAm Daily

Radio Xoriyo Ogadenia in Somali:
1600-1630 on 17870 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg to EaAF Mon/Fri

Voice of Asena in Tigrinya:
1700-1800 on 15245 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Mon/Fri

E-SAT Radio in Amharic
1700-1800 on 15370 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg to EaAF Daily

CROATIA Tentative summer A-12 schedule of Croatian Radio HS-1:

0459-1658 on 7410 DEA 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu/NoAf
1659-0458 on 3985 DEA 010 kW / 000 deg to WeEu

INDIA All India Radio in Hindi noted on March 15:
1615-1730 NF 15120 ALG 250 kW / 245 deg, ex 15075//7410,9950,12025,13770,17670

ISRAEL Frequency change of Radio Galei Tzahal in Hebrew:
0000-2400 NF 15785 USB, ex 15850 AM. No signal on // 7635 or 9235 or 6973

USA(non) Additional test transmissions of Brother Stair TOM in English:

Daily
1200-1400 on 15650 probably via Yerevan to SoAs from March 20, new
1502-1702 on 11590 probably via Yerevan to WeEu from March 12, ex 1400-2000
1902-2102 on 9460 probably via Yerevan to WeEu March 20 & 21, new
1902-2102 NF 9465 probably via Yerevan to WeEu from March 22, ex 9460

Saturday
0700-1000 on 15750 probably via Yerevan to EaAf only March 24?
1500-1700 on 15700 probably via Yerevan to EaAf only March 24?
1800-2200 on 7590 probably via Yerevan to EaAf only March 24?

USA(non) And last frequency changes of Voice of America for B-12 season:

English
0100-0200 NF 15185 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg, ex 15620
Georgian
1600-1700 NF 11775 WER 250 kW / 090 deg, ex 12025, re-ex 7390
1700-1800 NF 11775 WER 250 kW / 090 deg, ex 12025, re-ex 9760
Farsi, retimed
0130-0230 NF 7400 WER 250 kW / 105 deg, ex 0230-0330 on 7265
0130-0230 NF 9445 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg, ex 0230-0330 on 9440
0130-0230 on 9495 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg, ex 0230-0330 on same
Somali
0330-0400 NF 11990 UDO 250 kW / 272 deg, ex 11780

Cyprus BC

Reception report sent to rik@cybc.com.cy for their Friday broadcast to Western Europe in Greek between 2215 and 2245UTC on 24th February this year. Hope they will verify it with a QSL card soon.

Laser Hot Hits confirmation

Dear Georgi,
Many thanks for the report. Its great to know you had good reception of Laser in Bulgaria. We've read out your report on air, hopefully you have heard this. Please see the attached eQSL. Sorry for the delay. We hope you keep on tuning into Laser.

Regards
Martin Scott

Pirate Radio QSLs

My QSL Collection

E-Mail Reception Reports

Alleluia! After more than five months, I was finally able to sent an email reception report to Voice Of Croatia for their English language newscast from 1900 to 1915UTC on 3985kHz via transmitter in Deanovec, in the surrounding of the Croatian capital Zagreb. Until yesterday, my email messages couldn't be delivered to Croatian Radio and TV, because of exceeded quota limit. I also sent reception reports to:

• Christ Gospel Broadcast via Bible Voice: mail@biblevoice.org
• Channel Africa and SW Radio Africa via Meyerton to the Sentech transmitter operator: hoosens@sentech.co.za, ottok@sentech.co.za
• Radiostation Belarus via Minsk: radiostation-belarus@tvr.by
• Polish Radio External Service via Skelton:  polska@polskieradio.pl
• Voice Of Turkey via Emirler: englishdesk@trt.net.tr
• Kol Israel via Tel Aviv: englishradio@iba.org.il

DX RE MIX NEWS # 722

GREECE
After a meeting on February 17, the Administrative Board of the Greek Public Broadcaster (ERT) ordered the switch-off of 13 medium wave transmitters whereas only 9 medium wave transmitters with their respective programs of the Greek Public Radio will keep operating:

Transmitters to cease for ever:
Ioannina   765 kHz
Larissa    945 kHz
Heraklion  954 kHz
Attica     981 kHz
Perea     1044 kHz
Orestiada 1080 kHz
Malgara   1179 kHz
Tripolis  1314 kHz
Pyrgos    1350 kHz
Volos     1485 kHz
Serres    1584 kHz
Kavala    1602 kHz
Kozani    1602 kHz. Summary power: 500 kW

Transmitters remain open:
Megara     666 kHz 100 kW FILIA
Boyati     729 kHz 100 kW EPA 1
Malgara    792 kHz 100 kW ERA SPORT
Zante      927 kHz 050 kW Local & National Prgr
Corfu     1008 kHz 100 kW Local & National Prgr
Florina   1278 kHz 010 kW Local & National Prgr
Komotini  1404 kHz 100 kW Local & National Prgr
Rhodes    1494 kHz 100 kW Local & National Prgr
Chania    1512 kHz 100 kW Local & National Prgr. Summary power: 760 kW

GERMANY(non) Some MBR changes:

Voice of Oromiyan Liberation Front to EaAf:
1600-1630 on 15315 NAU 500 kW / 144 deg Oromo Sun, ex WER 500 kW / 135 deg

Bible Voice Broadcasting Network to N&ME:
1800-1830 on  9465 WER 100 kW / 120 deg English  Tue, cancelled
1645-1730 on 11700 WER 100 kW / 120 deg English  Sat, ex 1645-1800

Bible Voice Broadcasting Network to SoAs:
1530-1600 NF 13740 WER 100 kW / 090 deg Urdu Wed/Thu, ex 13670*
1515-1600 NF 13740 WER 100 kW / 090 deg English  Fri, ex 13670*
1515-1530 NF 13740 WER 100 kW / 090 deg English  Sat, ex 13670*
* to avoid China Radio International in French via Cerrik, Albania

Bible Voice Broadcasting Network to EaAs, new sce via MBR from March 2:
1100-1115 on 15390 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg Cantonese Tue-Thu
1100-1130 on 15390 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg Chinese Mon
1100-1130 on 15390 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg English Fri-Sun. This is maybe ex
1400-1430 on  9375 A-A 200 kW / 132 deg till March 1 and re-ex 6225 A-A

Brother Stair TOM in English:
1900-2000 on  9835 WER 500 kW / 165 deg to NCAf, cancelled from Feb.20

WYFR Family Radio, additional transmissions, but really all in English:
1100-1200 on 13690 TRM 250 kW / 075 deg to SEAs English, not Illocano
1200-1300 on 13690 TRM 250 kW / 075 deg to SEAs English, not Tagalog
1200-1300 on 13720 TRM 250 kW / 075 deg to SEAs English, not Cebuano
Transmissions in Illocano, Tagalog and Cebuano as follows:
1100-1200 on 17555 KCH 250 kW / 078 deg to SEAs Illocano from March 2
1200-1300 on 17555 KCH 250 kW / 078 deg to SEAs Tagalog  from March 2
1200-1300 on 17860 ERV 250 kW / 087 deg to SEAs Cebuano  March 2-March 6
1300-1400 NF 17545 KCH 250 kW / 078 deg to SEAs Cebuano  from March 7

MOLDOVA
No transmission of Radio SSC in Somali Arabic on Saturday Mar.10
1700-1740 on 12130 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg to EaAF, probably back on Thursday? 

NIGERIA
Voice of Nigeria noted on March 7:
1500-1530 on 15120 DRM, but no audio
1530-1545 on 15120 only noise, no tranmission
1545-1555 on 15120 AM in English

Strange situation for Voice of Nigeria on March 8:
1445-1545 NF 15115 DRM, ex 15120, but again no audio
1515-1555 on 15120 AM, very good reception in BUL after 1545

RUSSIA
VOR 1300-1500 Russian & 1500-1700 English on 9470.8. Registered:
1300-1700 on  9470 MSK 500 kW / 190 deg, 1330-1430 co-ch VOIRI in Japanese

RUSSIA
Voice of Russia in DRM (English Ch#1 and Hindi Ch#2):
v1515-1600 on 7300 ARM 030 kW / 284 deg to WeEu, but registered from 1600!

U.K.
On Sun March 11 excellent reception in BUL of pirate WRInternational
0800-1100 on 15770 from 250 kW (BAB or MBR), SINPO 55555. Very nice music!!

USA(non)
Frequency change for Voice of America in English to SoAs:
0100-0200 NF 15620 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg, ex 7325 // 9435 IRA and 11705 UDO

Postal reception reports

Here are some stations I'm I have prepared reception reports to send to:

• China Radio International in Russian via Shijiazhuang, China - QSL card received
• IRRS Milano in English via Rimavska Sobota, Slovakia
• Radio Farda in Farsi via Iranawila, Sri Lanka - QSL card received
• Radio Exterior De Espana in English via Noblejas, Spain - QSL card received
• RTV Tunisia in Arabic via Sidi Mansour, Tunisia
• Voice Of America in English via Sao Tome and Principe - QSL card received
• Voice Of America in English via Moepeng Hill, Botswana
• AIR General Overseas Service in English via Khanpur/Delhi - QSL card received

More information later.

Cuts lead Greek Public Radio to a partial medium-wave switch-off

After a meeting on February 17, the Administrative Board of the Greek Public Broadcaster (ERT) ordered the switch-off of eleven medium wave transmitters (MW) whereas only nine medium wave transmitters with their respective programs of the Greek Public Radio will keep operating. As it can been seen in the tables and the map below, in fact it is the high-power transmitters that survive, most of which are located near the border and had been used previously for the "International Network of ERA". Additionally ERT retains the frequency of the “First Radio Service” (729) and “Filía” (666) from Attica, and also the one of ERA Sport (792) hosted by the former Voice of America transmitter that was re-installed in 2002 at Malgara. A relatively low power transmitter in Florina will also be retained, probably because of its location being nearby to the FYROM.

The switch-off includes many historical transmitters; most of them have gracefully served YENED [military radio] and [its successor] ERA since the '60s and hosted initially the tranmissions of all regional services of ERA, before FM emerged as a technology. Their FM network started being installed during the early '90s and will remain as the only broadcasting medium for the regional stations that loose their medium wave transmitters. Nevertheless, including the FM transmitters installed after 2000, it seems to cover most of the regional stations' areas of interest. Though, no survey suggesting statistics for the medium wave listenership has seen the light. Please note that due to the transmission mode, as opposed to that of FM, medium wave propagates over long distances and can "overcome" great obstacles, which is valuable in mountainous areas; but it is an old technology with poor sound quality and tends to being abandoned.
The decision of the ERT has already started being implemented. It has already been confirmed that the transmitter E.RA. Sports in Attica (erstwhile YENED historical frequency), the transmitter of 9.58 of ERT3 at Malgara (1179) and those of E.RA. Tripoli (1314) and Orestiada (1080) have been already switched off. With this decision, ERT revoked any previous decision concerning the closure of AM transmitters. The official document was posted online and archived under the topic "Culture and Leisure" (!)
In our future articles we plan to deal with any problems caused by the switch-off. As the main reason given was to save energy, we should mention that the switched off transmitters had a cumulative power of 500 KW, while the ones which remain in operation consume about 760KW.
The tables and the map indicate the stations that remain in operation according to the announcement made by ERT, and the ones which cease operation as estimated by subtraction. The last list contains probably two stations that seems to have been out of operation in recent years, due to decommissioning of obsolete equipment and lack of qualified personnel, without having been officially dismissed (probably in Larissa and Heraklion).
 
Greek radio mediumwave switchoff:
Map representation of the public radio transmitters affected by the latest ERT decision

Remain open:

HH	Position	Frequency (KHz)	Power (KW)	Emitted program
1	Boyáti Attica	729	100	EPA 1 (NET 105.8)
2	Mégara, Attica	666	100	FILÍA
3	Málgara Thessaloniki	792	100	ERA SPORT
4	Corfu	1008	100	Local Program and National Programs
5	Komotiní, Rodópi	1404	100	Local Program and National Programs
6	Chaniá	1512	100	Local Program and National Programs
7	Rhodes, Dodecanese	1494	100	Local Program and National Programs
8	Zante	927	50	Local Program and National Programs
9	Flórina	1278	10	Local Program and National Programs

 
Interrupt function:

HH	Position	Frequency (KHz)	Power (KW)	Year establishment	Emitted program
1	Ioannina	765	10	1968	Local Program
2	Lárissa	945	5	1965	Local Program
3	Heraklion	954	10	1972	Local Program
4	Attica	981	200	1963	NRA Sports
5	Peréa	1044	150	1947	102FM ERT3
6	Orestiada	1080	10	1970	Local Program
7	Málgara	1179	100	1997	958FM ERT3
8	Tripolis	1314	10	1968	Local Program
9	Pyrgos	1350	3	1959	Local Program
10	Vólos	1485	1	1948	Local Program
11	Serres	1584	1	1959	Local Program
12	Kavála	1602	1	1967	Local Program
13	Kozani	1602	1	1967	Local Program