All India Radio in French on 9620 via Bengaluru AM mode, January 18

INDIA   Reception of All India Radio External Service in French on 9620 kHz via Bengaluru in AM mode, January 18:
1930-2030 on  9620 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to WeEu French, instead of DRM mode. Very good via SDR So Phisal Thailand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnr_HzuEgxI&feature=youtu.be

WINB Radio in English, BUT in AM mode on 9265 via Red Lion, May 30

USA   Good signal of WINB Radio in English, BUT in AM mode on 9265 kHz via Red Lion, May 30
from 0729 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to MEXI, instead of DRM via SDR Boca Raton FL, USA.
from 0759 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to MEXI, instead of DRM via SDR Half Moon Bay in CA
0700-1000 on  9265 INB 015 kW / 062 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri Hybrid DRM mode Summer A-22
1000-1100 on 13655 INB 015 kW / 062 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri Hybrid DRM mode Summer A-22
1100-1700 on 15750 INB 015 kW / 062 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri Hybrid DRM mode Summer A-22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHJfIOdStY4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O80F91YqCB4&feature=youtu.be

New additional shortwave transmitter for Radio New Zealand Pacific

NEW ZEALAND   New additional shortwave transmitter for Radio New Zealand Pacific!!
Some feedback from Radio New Zealand Pacific Technical Manager - Adrian Sainsbury:
"We are absolutely delighted with the surprise news of funding for new transmitter
after repeated requests over many years. Radio New Zealand Pacific is a lone voice
on HF amongst a myriad of China Radio transmissions! It will improves the analogue
transmissions so it can be maintained 24/7. Currently when in DRM mode there is no
AM service. It will be possible to run simultaneous on DRM and on AM frequencies!"

KTWR Asia in Chinese on 9910 via Agana in AM & DRM mode, May 4

GUAM   Reception of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia in Chinese on 9910 kHz via Agana in AM & DRM mode, May 4:
1200-1215 on  9910 TWR 200 kW / 305 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon-Fri AM mode. Very good via SDR Hanoi, Vietnam
1215-1245 on  9910 TWR 090 kW / 305 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon-Fri DRM. Very strong + decoding via same SDR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdBLvMPbKp4&feature=youtu.be

KTWR Asia in Chinese on 9910 via Agana in AM/DRM mode, April 25

GUAM   Reception of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia in Chinese on 9910 kHz via Agana in AM/DRM mode, April 25
1200-1215 on  9910 TWR 200 kW / 305 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon-Fri AM mode. Very good via SDR Hanoi, Vietnam
1215-1245 on  9910 TWR 090 kW / 305 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon-Fri DRM. Very good plus decoding via same SDR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySCWKQLvglc&feature=youtu.be

Radio New Zealand Pacific in AM/DRM mode via 2 transmitters in //

 

NEW ZEALAND   Radio New Zealand Pacific in AM/DRM mode via 2 transmitters in //
1651-1835 on  9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Tonga/Samoa English  AM mode Sun-Fri
1651-1835 on  9780 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg to Tonga/Samoa English DRM mode Sun-Fri
1836-1935 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Tonga/Samoa English  AM mode Sun-Fri
1836-1935 on 11690 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg to Tonga/Samoa English DRM mode Sun-Fri
1936-2058 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Tonga/Samoa English  AM mode Sun-Fri
1936-2058 on 13840 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg to Tonga/Samoa English DRM mode Sun-Fri

Longwave test transmission from Sweden

An interesting test transmission will be conducted on 191 kHz from the old longwave transmitter site in Motala, Sweden. More information to follow later.

Vesti FM QSL

Received a nice QSL card and a brochure from the Krasnodar-Tbilliskaya transmitter site for my report of their Vesti FM transmission on 1089 kHz.

Radio France has decommissioned three mediumwave transmitters

Radio France has decommissioned the first three of of its mediumwave transmitters. Last Wednesday, three high power AM stations of France Info, the news channel of the public broadcaster, were switched off.

France Info is currently available in France on more than 260 FM frequencies. Nevertheless there are still areas where the station is not well-received on FM. Therefore France Info also transmits through various high power mediumwave transmitters.

To save costs, it was decided to change this. The three mediumwave transmitters affected are:

In NE France, Nomeny 837 kHz 200 kW, located north of Nancy.
In Central France Nieul 792 kHz 300 kW, north of Limoges.
In the south, Muret 945 kHz 300 KW, SW of Toulouse.

The other high power mediumwave stations of France Info,as well as the mediumwave transmitters of the local network France Bleu, are still on the air.

For listeners in the affected areas, the elimination of AM stations means receiving France Info in some places over the air is difficult or even impossible, requiring manual switching between different AM frequencies. DAB+ is not an alternative, as Radio France has already decided not to invest in digital terrestrial radio.

After the summer station operator TDF will dismantle the mediumwave transmitters in Nomeny, Nieul and Muret. What will happen to the towers is still unclear.

Radio France is not the first public broadcaster in Europe to switch off mediumwave. Previously, public broadcasters in Norway, Denmark, Flanders, Switzerland, Hesse, SouthWest Germany, Central Germany and Bremen turned off their AM stations.

In the Netherlands it's planned to turn off the mediumwave transmitter of Radio 5 in 2015, but an official notice has not yet been released.

(Source: Radio.NL translated by Andy Sennitt)

Radio Impuls from the Czech Republic testing on 981 kHz

A new AM station has begun broadcasting in the Czech Republic on 981 kHz. Local DXer Karel Honzik heard the station on June 27th using FM modulation. The signal is aired from the same antenna as Radio Dechovka on 1233 kHz, located in Prague.

Daytime АМ bandscan

153 - Antena Satelor (Braşov/Bod Colonie, 200kW) - 5
171 - Radiokanal Kavkaz (Tbilisskaya, 1200kW) - 2
261 - BNR1 Horizont (Sofia-Vakarel, 75kW) - 5

531 - Antena Satelor - 3, strong QRM from the "P" NDB on 538 kHz.
558 - Radio Romania Actualitati - 4
576 - BNR1 Horizont (Vidin-Gramada, 400kW) - 5
603 - Radio Craiova (Drobeta-Turnu Severin, 14kW) - 3
630 - Antena Satelor (Voineşti, 50kW) - 4
702 - TRT Türkü (Istanbul-Izzettin-Catalca, 600kW) - 5
711 - Radio Romania Actualitati (Sighetu Marmaţiei-Vadu Izei) - 3
720 - Radio Romania Actualitati (Nufăru/Releul Delta and Sinaia) - 4
747 - BNR1 Horizont (Salmanovo, 5kW) - 2
756 - Radio Romania Actualitati (Lugoj/Boldur, 400kW) - 4
810 - Makedonsko Radio 1 (Ovče Pole, 600kW) - 5
855 - Radio Romania Actualitati (Tâncăbeşti, 250kW) - 5
864 - BNR Radio Blagoevgrad (Blagoevgrad/Belo Pole, 75kW) - 4
909 - Kolozsvári Rádió (Cluj-Napoca/Jucu, 200kW) - 4
963 - BNR1 Horizont (Kardzhali/Gledka, 50kW) - 5
999 - Voice of Russia/Golos Rossii (Grigoriopol/Maiac, 500kW) - 4
1053 - Radio Iaşi (Iaşi/Letcani, 400kW) - 5
1152 - Radio Romania Actualitati (Cluj-Napoca/Jucu, 400kW) - 5
1179 - Radio Romania Actualitati (Bacău/Galbeni, 200kW) - 4
1251 - Unidentified Hungarian station. The frequency had been used by Magyar Radio in the past. - 5
1314 - Antena Satelor with a program in German (Timişoara/Orţişoara, 30kW) - 4
1323 - Radio Bukarest (Târgu Mureş/Ernei, 7kW) - 2

The overal quality of the signal is shown in RED. The bandscan was made with a car radio and its internal antenna during a journey to the city of Plovdiv in Central Bulgaria.

SWL Log - 26/12/2011

6095kHz - The Mighty KBC - English - 1255UTC - Christmas music: "I Wanna Wish You a Merry Christmas" - 55445

6040kHz - Belaruskaje Radio 1 - Belarussian - 1300UTC - News, read by female announcer - 35433, at 1442UTC the signal was 55345 (domestic broadcaster, using only 5kW)

13790kHz - China Radio International - English - Chinese language lesson, signed off at 1355UTC.
IRIB VOIRI on the same frequency, using the same tx power (500kW), but very weak, played short segment Persian music, then news broadcast?

9170kHz - CNR 6 Shenzhou zhi Sheng - Chinese - 1358UTC - Chinese talks and music - 25422 (Domestic broadcaster using only 5kW)

5900kHz - Radio Bulgaria Overseas Service - Bulgarian - 1400UTC - News broadcast in Bulgarian - 55555 (poor signal on 7400kHz)

6285kHz - Voice Of Korea - Korean - 1405UTC - Playing communist anthems, then news broadcast - 55455

9795kHz - China Radio International - English - 1410UTC - Research: China history over the years - 55555

8742kHz - Bangkok Meteo (USB) - Interval signal and weather information, read by female voice, generated with text-to-speech software - 45343

9760kHz - Voice Of America - English - 1430UTC - News from Washington - 54454

11860kHz - Radio France International - Russian - 1451UTC - Male announcer discussing sth. - 35343

6700kHz - Greek Radio Pirates (USB) - Greek - 55455

Radio Filia Winter Schedule

RADIO FILIA (FRIENDSHIP STATION-ATHENS 3) AM 665 kHz.  106.7 FM

0000-0600 Greek
0600-0700 Bulgarian
0700-0800 Albanian
0800-0900 Spanish
0900-1000 German
1000-1030 English
1030-1100 Russian
1100-1130 French
1130-1145 Turkish
1145-1200 Polish
1200-1300 English
1300-1330 Serbo-Croatian
1330-1400 Arabic
1400-1500 Romanian
1500-2400 Greek

Many thanks to BCL News blog !