DX RE MIX NEWS # 739

GERMANY(non)  Summer A-12 of Media&Broadcast. Part 2 of 3:
Radio Japan NHK World:
0200-0500 on 11680 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to NoAf Japanese
1700-1900 on 15445 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to N/ME Japanese
2200-2300 on  9620 WER 500 kW / 135 deg to NoAf Japanese

Radio Dardasha 7:
0330-0345 on  9460 WER 125 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian
1600-1615 on 15420 WER 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian
0300-0315 on  7310 WER 250 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
0430-0445 on  9460 WER 125 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
1700-1715 on 13670 WER 125 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
2000-2015 on  5930 WER 250 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
0600-0615 on 11655 WER 125 kW / 180 deg to CEAf Arabic
2030-2045 on  9515 WER 250 kW / 180 deg to CEAf Arabic

Radio Farda:
0030-0230 on  5940 WER 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian
0230-0400 on  7280 WER 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian
1230-1330 on 15680 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian
1600-1700 on 15555 WER 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian

Radio Mashaal:
0400-0600 on 15560 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto
0600-0900 on 15360 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto

Radio Ashna:
1430-1530 on 15380 WER 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Pashto
1530-1630 on 15380 WER 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Dari

Radio Liberty:
1500-1700 on  6105 WER 100 kW / 060 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1700-1800 on  6105 WER 250 kW / 060 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1700-1900 on  5930 WER 250 kW / 045 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1600-1700 on  7355 WER 250 kW / 060 deg to EaEu Russian
1400-1600 on 15240 WER 250 kW / 075 deg to CeAs Turkmen
1400-1500 on 13615 WER 250 kW / 075 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1500-1600 on 13615 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to CeAs Avari/Chechen/Circassian
1500-1600 on 15565 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to CeAs Azeri
1600-1700 on 15410 WER 250 kW / 075 deg to CeAs Turkmen
1900-2000 on  9805 WER 250 kW / 060 deg to CeAs Tatar

Voice of America:
1600-1630 on  7295 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to SEEu Albanian
1730-1800 on 11925 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1800-1900 on 11925 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 13570 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Amharic
1900-1930 on 11925 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri
1800-1900 on 13870 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg to EaAf Amharic
1900-1930 on 13870 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri
0300-0330 on  9815 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to SDN  Arabic "Afia Darfur"
1800-1830 on  9815 WER 250 kW / 165 deg to SDN  Arabic "Afia Darfur"
1900-1930 on  9600 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to SDN  Arabic "Afia Darfur"
1630-1700 on  9490 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to SDN  En "SoSudan in Focus" Mo-Fr
1630-1700 on 11655 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to SDN  En "SoSudan in Focus" Mo-Fr
1630-1700 on 13800 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to SDN  En "SoSudan in Focus" Mo-Fr
1500-1600 on 15265 WER 250 kW / 180 deg to CeAf English
1630-1700 on 17530 WER 250 kW / 180 deg to CeAf Portuguese Fri
2030-2100 on  9810 WER 250 kW / 180 deg to CeAf Hausa Mon-Fri
1400-1500 on 11640 WER 100 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1400-1500 on 17870 WER 250 kW / 120 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1700-1800 on 15130 NAU 100 kW / 113 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0130-0230 on  6095 WER 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian
1500-1600 on 13570 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English
1600-1700 on 13745 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to CeAs Georgian
1730-1800 on  7435 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to CeAs Azeri

Deewa Radio
1700-1800 on  9780 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Pashto

Brother Stair/The Overcomer Ministry:
1400-1500 on  9655 WER 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu English
1500-1600 on 13810 WER 100 kW / 120 deg to N/ME English

Lutheran World Federation Voice of Gospel
1830-1900 on 11975 ISS 500 kW / 180 deg to WCAf Fulani

Voice of Croatia:
2200-0300 on  9925 WER 100 kW / 255 deg to SoAm Croatian till Sep.6
2300-0100 on  9925 WER 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAm Croatian till Sep.6
0100-0300 on  9925 WER 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAm Croatian till Sep.6
0300-0500 on  9925 WER 100 kW / 325 deg to NWAm Croatian till Sep.6
2200-0300 on  7375 WER 100 kW / 255 deg to SoAm Croatian from Sep.7
2300-0100 on  7375 WER 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAm Croatian from Sep.7
0100-0300 on  7375 WER 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAm Croatian from Sep.7
0300-0500 on  7375 WER 100 kW / 325 deg to NWAm Croatian from Sep.7

Gospel For Asia (GFA):
2330-0030 on  9520 WER 250 kW / 075 deg to SEAs Various SEAs langs
0030-0130 on  9520 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Various SoAs langs
1230-1500 on 15350 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Various SoAs langs
1330-1530 on 15390 WER 250 kW / 075 deg to SEAs Various SEAs langs
1530-1630 on 15215 ISS 250 kW / 086 deg to SoAs Various SoAs langs

GUAM    Frequency and time changes of KTWR in Kokborok Mon-Fri:
1500-1530 NF 15150 TWR 100 kW / 285 deg to SoAs, ex 1230-1300 on 15240

USA(non)    Frequency changes of IBB:
Radio Liberty in Russian:
1400-1500 NF 15180 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg, ex 5970
1800-1900 NF 11760 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg, ex 6090

Radio Free Asia in Cantonese:
1400-1500 NF 11715 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Mo/We/Fr,ex 12135
1400-1500 NF 12130 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Tue/Thu, ex 12135
1400-1500 NF 12140 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Sat/Sun, ex 12135
2200-2300 on 15320 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg Mon, x same Daily
2200-2300 NF 15350 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg Tue, ex 15320
2200-2300 NF 15360 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg Wed, ex 15320
2200-2300 NF 15370 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg Thu, ex 15320
2200-2300 NF 15385 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg Fri, ex 15320
2200-2300 NF 15290 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg Sat, ex 15320
2200-2300 NF 15305 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg Sun, ex 15320

Voice of America in Kinyarwanda/Kirundi:
0400-0430 NF  7225 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg, ex 6100

USA   Updated schedule of Brother Stair TOM via secret/hidden tx site SIE:
0400-0600 on 15750 to EaAf Daily
0600-0700 on 15750 to EaAf Sat only
1600-1700 on 15425 to SoAs Sat only
1700-1800 on 15425 to SoAs Daily
1900-2200 on  9400 to WeEu Daily
2200-2300 on  9400 to WeEu Sat only, new confirmed on July 7 and 14

DX RE MIX NEWS # 738

GERMANY(non)  Summer A-12 of Media&Broadcast. Part 1 of 3:
Hamada Radio International:
0530-0600 on  9610 WER 100 kW / 180 deg Mon-Fri to WeAf Hausa

Trans World Radio (TWR):
0545-0600 on  5910 WER 100 kW / 055 deg Mon-Fri to EaEu Polish
0700-0750 on  6105 WER 100 kW / 300 deg Daily   to NoEu English
0830-0900 on  7210 WER 100 kW / 105 deg Daily   to EaEu Hungarian
1000-1030 on  7295 WER 100 kW / 105 deg Sat     to EaEu Romanian
1400-1430 on  7215 WER 100 kW / 060 deg Mon     to EaEu Belarussian
1400-1430 on  7215 WER 100 kW / 060 deg Tue-Fri to EaEu Russian
1530-1600 on  9540 WER 100 kW / 105 deg Sat     to EaEu Romanian

Transportradio:
0800-1000 on  6095 WER 100 kW / non-dir Mon-Fri to WeEu Dutch/English-Music

Mighty KBC Radio:
0900-1600 on  6095 WER 100 kW / non-dir Sat/Sun to WeEu English/Dutch-Music

Hamburger Lokalradio
0900-1000 on  6045 WER 100 kW / non-dir 1st Sun to CeEu German/Music

XVRB Radio - The Music Museum
0900-1000 on  6045 WER 100 kW / non-dir 3rd Sun to CeEu English/Music

Radio Iceman
0900-1000 on  6045 WER 100 kW / non-dir 4th Sun to CeEu English/Music

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio:
0900-1000 on  6140 ISS 100 kW / 080 deg 1st Sun to CeEu German/Music
1300-1400 on  6140 NAU 100 kW / 126 deg 2nd Sun to CeEu German/Music

European Music Radio:
0900-1000 on  6140 ISS 100 kW / 050 deg 3rd Sun to CeEu English/Music

Radio Gloria:
0900-1000 on  6140 ISS 100 kW / 080 deg 4th Sun to CeEu English/Music

Evangelische Missions Gemeiden:
1030-1100 on  6055 WER 125 kW / non-dir Sat/Sun to CeEu German
1100-1130 on 13710 WER 250 kW / 045 deg Sat     to FE   Russian
1500-1530 on 11695 WER 250 kW / 060 deg Sat     to EaEu Russian

Missionswerke Arche Stimme des Trostes
1100-1115 on  5945 WER 250 kW / non-dir Sun     to CeEu German

Voice of Oromiyan Liberation Front:
1600-1630 on 15170 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg Sun     to EaAf Oromo

OGM Radio Horiyo Ogadeniya:
1600-1630 on 15170 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg Tue/Sat to EaAf Somali

Voice of Oromo Liberation (Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo):
1700-1800 on 13830 ISS 100 kW / 126 deg Sun/Wed to EaAf Oromo/Amharic

Christliche Wissenschaft/Christian Science
1800-1900 on  9585 WER 100 kW / 090 deg Sat     to EaEu Russian

Pan American Broadcasting (PAB)
1930-2000 on  9515 NAU 250 kW / 150 deg Sun     to NoAf English
1400-1415 on 15205 WER 100 kW / 090 deg Sun     to SoAs English
1415-1430 on 15205 WER 100 kW / 090 deg Daily   to SoAs English
1430-1445 on 15205 ISS 250 kW / 083 deg Sun     to SoAs English

Radio Biafra London
2000-2100 on 11870 WER 125 kW / 180 deg Thu/Sat to WCAf English+Igbo

Adventist World Radio
0400-0430 on  6020 WER 100 kW / 120 deg to EaEu Bulgarian
1600-1630 on  9830 WER 100 kW / 120 deg to EaEu Bulgarian
0900-1000 on  9790 ISS 100 kW / 120 deg to SoEu Italian Sun
0700-0800 on 15225 WER 100 kW / 210 deg to NoAf Arabic
0800-0830 on 15140 WER 100 kW / 210 deg to NoAf French
0800-0900 on 15225 WER 100 kW / 210 deg to NoAf Kabyle/Tachelhit
1900-2000 on  9765 WER 100 kW / 210 deg to NoAf Arabic/Tachelhit
2000-2030 on  9765 WER 100 kW / 210 deg to NoAf French
1730-1800 on 15170 WER 100 kW / 210 deg to NoAf Kabyle
1900-2000 on 15260 NAU 100 kW / 215 deg to NoAf Arabic
1900-1930 on 11945 WER 250 kW / 210 deg to NWAF Wolof
1900-1930 on 15205 WER 100 kW / 195 deg to CeAf Fulfulde
1930-2000 on 15205 WER 250 kW / 180 deg to CeAf Ibo
2000-2030 on 17610 WER 100 kW / 180 deg to CeAf French
2030-2100 on 11755 WER 100 kW / 180 deg to CeAf Youruba
0300-0330 on  6065 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
0300-0400 on 11610 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Oromo/Amharic
1730-1800 on 15155 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Oromo
1630-1700 on 17575 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Somali
0400-0600 on 15225 WER 250 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
1900-2100 on 11605 WER 250 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
1200-1300 on 17535 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs English/Bangla

Adventist World Radio via TRM Sri Lanka from July 2, ex via NAU/WER
1300-1330 on 15320 TRM 250 kW / 015 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon-Fri, ex NAU
1300-1330 on 15320 TRM 250 kW / 015 deg to EaAs Uyghur Sat/Sun, ex NAU
1330-1500 on 15320 TRM 250 kW / 015 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex NAU
1500-1530 on 15255 TRM 250 kW / 005 deg to SoAs Punjabi, ex NAU
1530-1600 on 15255 TRM 250 kW / 005 deg to SoAs English Sat-Wed, ex WER
1530-1600 on 15255 TRM 250 kW / 005 deg to SoAs Tibetan Thu/Fri, ex WER
1500-1530 on 15595 TRM 250 kW / 005 deg to SoAs Nepali, ex WER
1530-1600 on 15290 TRM 250 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Hindi, ex NAU

Adventist World Radio via TRM Sri Lanka till Oct.1, ex till June 30:
1100-1130 on 15540 TRM 125 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1130-1200 on 15540 TRM 125 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Javanese Mon/Wed/Fri
1130-1200 on 15540 TRM 125 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Sundanese Sun/Tue/Thu/Sat
1200-1300 on 15490!TRM 125 kW / 045 deg to EaAs Chinese
1300-1330 on 17635#TRM 125 kW / 075 deg to SEAs Khmer
1330-1400 on 17635#TRM 125 kW / 075 deg to SEAs Khmer Sun
1330-1400 on 17635$TRM 125 kW / 075 deg to SEAs Thai Mon-Wed/Fri
1330-1400 on 17635 TRM 125 kW / 075 deg to SEAs Lao Thu/Sat
1400-1500 on 12105 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg to EaAs Chinese
1500-1530 on 15715 TRM 125 kW / 060 deg to SEAs Karen
1530-1600 on  7410%TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Marathi
1600-1630 on 11835 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Urdu
1630-1700 on 11740 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs English
2100-2200 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 025 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon-Sat
2100-2200 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 025 deg to EaAs Cantonese Sun
2200-2230 on  9455 TRM 125 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Indonesian
2200-2230 on  9545&TRM 125 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Javanese Sun/Tue/Thu
2200-2230 on  9545&TRM 125 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Sundanese Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat
2230-2300 on  9730 TRM 125 kW / 105 deg to SEAs English
2300-2400 on  9730 TRM 125 kW / 075 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
0000-0030 on 11955 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg to SEAs Burmese
0030-0100 on 11955 TRM 125 kW / 060 deg to SEAs Karen
! 9720 SDA from Oct.2
#11750 SDA from Oct.2
$11880 SDA from Oct.2
%15330 SDA from Oct.2
&11850 SDA from Oct.2

DXPedition - 06-07.07.2012 - logs

Last weekend, I did another DXPedition with my friend and fellow DX-er - Ivo Ivanov. We were DXing in the village of Patreshko in the Balkan mountains with Sony ICF-2001D and two beverage antennas - one, beaming East-West, which is long 200 metres and a second one, which is long 60 metres and is beaming North-South. The antennas are quite big and the receiver overloaded and also the conditions were not good for distant catches on the lower frequencies, but we logged many new stations.

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Radio Australia reception report

Gone but not forgotton - Radio Australia Darwin

Radio Australia Darwin; that modern state-of-the-art international shortwave broadcasting station as it once was, is gone, gone forever! It is no longer on the air, it has been dismantled, and the property has reverted to its original inhabitants, the Belyuen Aborigines.

The very modern city of Darwin in northern Australia, with its almost quarter million inhabitants, is vibrant and progressive, but it has not always been that way. It is known that the area was long under the aegis of the Larrakia Aborigines, and in fact there was active trade 600 years ago between the islands of Indonesia and the Aboriginal communities in what is now the Northern Territory.

The first recorded sighting of the Northern Territory of Australia by a European was made by the Dutch captain, Willem Janzoon aboard the good ship Duyfken in the year 1606. During the 1800s, the British made four unsuccessful attempts to establish permanent settlements along the northern coastal areas of Australia, but the land was considered to be too inhospitable, and the distances to other settlements on the continent of Australia were just too great.

In the year 1825, this northern area of Australia was annexed to the colony of New South Wales; nearly 40 years later, the administration of the territory was transferred to the colony of South Australia; the area was subsequently subdivided, at least temporarily, into two segments, Northern Australia & Central Australia; and finally the re-united territory was officially granted statehood in 1978.

In the year 1839, the famous ship HMS Beagle sailed into the local harbor during its second expedition, though the noted Charles Darwin was not aboard on this occasion. Thirty years later, a settlement was established, mainly for the purpose of maintaining the junction between the international underwater cable from England and the Overland Telegraph line from Adelaide in the south. At the time, the harbor was known as Darwin Harbor, but the settlement was known as Palmerston. The town name was changed to Darwin in 1911.

In the early part of the year 1942, Darwin was largely destroyed in double bombing raids on the same day, and ultimately, a total of 64 bombing raids were made on the town. The coastal maritime station VID was destroyed in the first raid and the radio service was quickly transferred to the airport radio station on the edge of town.

Darwin was rebuilt after the war, and it was largely destroyed again by Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974, and it has again arisen for the third occasion, this time as a beautified modern city.

Likewise, the Radio Australia shortwave station underwent three different and separate eras. Work commenced on this station in 1966 at a location on Cox Peninsula, seven miles across the harbor, or 100 miles around the unmade road. Three Collins transmitters rated at 250 kW were installed and these were activated progressively beginning in December 1968, though full usage was not implemented until nearly three years later.

Initially, programming was taken off air on shortwave from Lyndhurst and Shepparton and also from Brisbane, though three program lines became available three years later when the microwave link to Darwin was completed from Mt Isa in western Queensland. The three program lines from the studios in Melbourne were designated as VLK VLL & VLM.

However, the station was rendered inoperable as a result of the Christmas cyclone in 1974, and that was the end of its first era of operation, after just three years of full time on air duty.

During this interim period, a new, and supposedly temporary, shortwave station was installed into a vacant American NASA building on the edge of Carnarvon in Western Australia. In the meantime, consideration was given as to whether the Darwin station should be renovated, or re-erected further inland.

Almost ten years after the station was damaged in the cyclone event, the Radio Australia transmitter facility was re-activated at its original location with a regular schedule, using two transmitters on air and a third in hot standby. That was in September 1984.

Ten years later again, two new Thomson transmitters were installed; and soon afterwards, the 300 kW Thomson at Carnarvon, VLK, was taken to Darwin, where it was installed as VLU, but never taken into active service for Radio Australia. Instead, the station was again closed, on June 30, 1997, this time due to budget restrictions. That was the end of its second era of active service, lasting a dozen or so years.

Two years later again, a lengthy series of short test broadcasts began from Darwin with the use of several different transmitters and aerial systems. These tests were performed to keep the station alive in anticipation of possible coming events.

During this interim period, several other international broadcasting services, such as the BBC London, Deutsche Welle Germany, and the Voice of America in Washington DC, and others as well, made overtures to the Australian government requesting the usage of the Darwin station as a relay facility. However, none of these requests were granted, and instead, the station was sold to Christian Voice, who re-activated the station around the turn of the current century.

During the ten year period under Christian Voice, two Continental transmitters formerly in use with Adventist World Radio as KSDA3 & KSDA4 on the island of Guam were installed at Darwin and taken into regular service. The 300 kW Thomson from Carnarvon was also activated by Christian Voice. During this third era of on air performance, the Darwin station again carried some of the Radio Australia programming for coverage into Asia.

However, just before mid-year this year, the station was again closed, quite unceremoniously, and this time dismantled. Some equipment went to Shepparton for subsequent installation at Radio Australia, and some went to the new HCJB station at Kununurra, just across the state line near the northern coast in Western Australia. The building and the property at Cox Peninsula has already been given back to the Aboriginal Belyuen Community who inhabit the area.

There was also a receiver station located ten miles distant from the transmitter station and that was closed back in 1974 when the microwave broadband link was extended to Darwin, thus providing the program feed from the Melbourne studios.

QSL cards? Radio Australia has been a prolific verifier of their shortwave programming and multi-thousands of cards have been issued from their offices in Melbourne. Likewise, Christian Voice issued many QSL cards and email QSLs during their ten year period of ownership.

That magnificent shortwave station at the Top End in Australia has been silenced for ever, and even now it is no more than a nostalgic memory for millions of listeners throughout the world

(AWR Wavescan/NWS84 via Adrian Peterson)

Real time updates

Today I'm using only short longwire aerial. Tomorrow I will be on my DX camp. Here are some logs from today:

• 1930UTC: 6320kHz - 45332 - Radio Caroline International (Czech Republic) - English
• 1950UTC: 7630kHz - 35333 - Free Radio Victoria (Netherlands) - English, later QRG 7640
• 2000UTC: 6525kHz - 55455 - Radio Mustang (Netherlands) - English
• 2000UTC: 7600kHz - 45444 - Trans Europe Radio (Netherlands) - English
• 2100UTC: 6306kHz - 25332 - SWR NL (Netherlands) - English
• 2100UTC: 6925kHz - 25321 - Radio Python - weak, but readable, peaking over the static
• 2200UTC: 5895kHz - 55555 - Radio Northern Star (via Nord Revival, Sweden) - English
• 2200UTC: 6325kHz - 45444 - BorderHunter Radio (Netherlands) - English
• 2200UTC: 6300kHz - 54444 - De Wittereus (Netherlands) - English
• 2200UTC: 6290kHz - 52242 - Focus International (United Kingdom) - English

This evening, there are many stations, a lot of great music and many listeners. The strongest signals right now are BorderHunter, De Wittereus and Radio Mustang on 48 metres band, they all sound excellent.

Please post all your loggings here as a comment!

Pirate radio night

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND ALL LISTENERS AND BROADCASTERS ABOUT THE EURO-AMERICAN PIRATE RADIO NIGHT. IT STARTS TODAY AT 1800UTC, BUT THE PIRATES WILL BE MORE ACTIVE ON SATURDAY EVENING AND POSSIBLY THE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING! PLEASE POST YOUR LOGGINGS AS A COMMENT ON THIS BLOG POST OR SEND THEM TO MY EMAIL, WHICH IS AT THE END OF THE POST. KEEP YOUR EARS OPEN AND 73!

Scan frequently the following bands:

• 3900-3950kHz
• 5800-5900kHz
• 6200-7000kHz
• 7400-7600kHz

Stations list:

• 3930kHz: AM: Radio Batavia
• 3935kHz: AM: Radio Rainbow International
• 6200kHz: AM: Station SPE (800W)
• 6205kHz: AM: Blue Star Radio  (150W)
• 6266kHz: AM: Radio Waves International (25W)
• 6280kHz: AM: Radio Merlin
• 6295kHz: AM: Radio De Wittereus (300W)
• 6295kHz: AM: Radio Omejan (SHARED FREQUENCY WITH DE WITTEREUS)
• 6300kHz: AM: Radio Osaka
• 6305kHz: AM: Radio Powerliner
• 6320kHz: AM: Radio Caroline International (150W)
• 6324kHz: AM: SWRNL (30W)
• 6384kHz: AM: Radio Underground (he is planning to test 15 or 21MHz during the day)
• 6425kHz: AM: Radio Bravo Siera (17W)
• 6450kHz: AM: Radio Universe (50W)
• 6525kHz: AM: Radio Mustang
• 6735kHz: AM: CoolAM Radio (12W)
• 6930kHz: LSB: Radio Activity (80W), he will broadcast only at 2000-2030UTC
• 6945kHz: AM: Radio TrueNorth Canada (600W)
• (early European mornings on 6945kHz)
• (also will test 15070 or 21850kHz to Europe)
• 7570kHz: AM: Radio Latino
• 7600kHz: AM: Trans Europe Radio (85W)
• 7620kHz: Geronimo Shortwave (250W) (only on Saturday night)
• 7640kHz: Free Radio Victoria

A message from Radio Waves International:

• Saturday from 13.00 to 15.00 UTC on 6266kHz
• Saturday from 19.00 to 21.00 UTC on 6266kHz
• Sunday from 06.00 to 13.00 UTC on 6266kHz

Special QSL (free of charge no IRCs needed)
RWI
BP 130
92504 RUEIL Cedex
France


A message from Geronimo Shortwave:
    Hi Georgi.....just to tell you Geronimo Shortwave will be on air on Sat evening perhaps on 7620/30khz around that area anyway to join in with your pirate night/day, power will be 250w. A few weeks ago Dave Scott heard our station in Greece on 7615 khz with a good signal so night times and evenings are now better for shortwave, conditions for morning reception and some early evening can also be bad, sunspots drop to Zero the other day lets hope they will be back up for next weekend.
    Have a good weekend 73s  Chris and Dave Scott/Dave Simpson.


GERONIMO SHORTWAVE
PO Box 101 145, 99801 Eisenach, Germany
PO Box 2702, 6049ZG, Herten, Netherlands
email:  geronimoshortwave@hotmail.com


Free Radio, for Radio People!


Regular stations on the air:

• 3905kHz: AM: Skyline International
• 6960kHz: AM: Atlantic Radio
• 6980kHz: AM: Laser Hot Hits  (45W)
• 7600kHz: SSB: Lightning Radio (25W)

Legal stations on the air:

• The Mighty KBC: AM: 6095kHz (100kW, via Wertachtal)

Also there could be a start time of the broadcasts, for example after 1800UTC on both days.
I will pubblish station names without location, a frequency, which can be changed later and a broadcast time. If you want your station to take part in the Pirate radio night, just leave a message here or send me an email to: georgi.bancov@gmail.com !

A cold-war stalwart goes out of fashion

TWIDDLE the dial of a short-wave radio and you never know what you will get. Through the hiss of static you may hear Cuban propaganda, football from Brazil or Chinese opera. Unlike other radio broadcasts, short-wave transmissions, bouncing off the ionosphere, can connect any two points on earth. One hazard is physics: signals wane and wax during the day. Another is governments. In the cold war communist regimes jammed Western stations. Now the threat is budget cuts.

On June 24th the state-funded Radio Canada International (RCI) ended its short-wave broadcasts and went online only. On June 29th Radio Netherlands did the same. Wojtek Gwiazda of the RCI Action Committee, a ginger group, says politicians think short-wave sounds an old-fashioned way to spend taxpayers’ money.

Even aficionados accept that the glory days are gone: political freedom and new technology means listeners have more choice now, while local rebroadcasts and internet streaming give foreign stations more hum for the hertz. But short-wave remains a good way of reaching remote areas and poor people (a basic receiver costs as little as $10). Graham Mytton, who used to run the BBC’s audience research, says it is cheap, easy to use and the only medium that gets through everywhere. A natural disaster, he notes, can take local transmitters off air and bring down the internet, but a battery-powered radio will still work.

China is expanding its short-wave broadcasts—both to reach listeners abroad and (some say) to disrupt transmissions from unwelcome foreigners, such as the Voice of America (VOA). The largest remaining short-wave broadcaster, VOA says it has no plans to junk its transmitters: its short-wave audience has actually grown over the past decade in countries like Myanmar (where it claims a quarter of the adult population listens, and three-quarters in rural areas).

Digital short-wave broadcasts would be clearer and could carry bits of text too. The technology (known as DRM) has existed for years. But listeners will not buy pricey new radios without content, and broadcasters will not go digital without listeners.

Other stations are filling the newly empty spectrum. World Christian Broadcasting of Tennessee has built a new site in Madagascar which will beam multilingual music, news and religious programming to South America, Africa and the Middle East at an annual cost of over $3m.

Others see commercial possibilities. Globe Wireless, an American firm, has long used short-wave for maritime e-mail service to thousands of ships. Although the data speeds (at only 2,400 bps) are not as zippy as a satellite link, the service is cheaper—and keeps going if solar flares or space debris hit satellites, says the firm’s boss, David Kagan. The short-wave voice may be old and hoarse. But it still dependably carries a message.

(Source: Economist)

Vatican Radio minor changes

Dear all,

Please note the following minor change of Vatican Radio's schedule:

Rosary

1840-1900 daily   WeEu    add 3975VAT* and del 9645SMG // 6075SMG  7250SMG

1840-1900 daily   ECAf    9755SMG

1840-1900 daily   WeAf   11625SMG

1840-1900 daily   N/ME   13765SMG

* 3975.6 variable, observed on July 4 evening

73! Ivo

Happy Birthday, Ivo

Today is the birthday of Ivo Ivanov - long time frequency manager of Radio Bulgaria, my friend and fellow DX-er. 
Let's wish him health, happiness, love and many, many DX-catches.

DX RE MIX NEWS # 737

CHILE   New A-12 schedule of Voz Crista / La Voz from June 29:
Spanish to Northern South America
2100-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg, ex 1200-2300
2300-0200 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg till Sep.1
2300-0100 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg from Sep.2

Spanish to Southern South America
2100-2200 on  9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg, ex 1200-2200
2200-0200 on  9780 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Sep.1
2200-0100 on  9780 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg from Sep.2

Portuguese to Brasil in DRM mode
1800-2000 on 17640 SGO 015 kW / 045 deg, cancelled

IRAN    New additional frequencies of VOIRI/IRIB:
1930-2327 on  6010 KAM 500 kW / non-dir to CeAs in Azeri, alt.5940
2130-0127 on  7325 SIR 500 kW / 270 deg to N/ME in Arabic, alt.7360
2230-0057 on  7405 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg to CeAs in Tajik
2330-0027 on  6005 KAM 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME in Kurdish, alt.6010
2330-0327 on  6010 SIR 500 kW / 336 deg to CeAs in Azeri, alt.6005/7205
0030-0127 on  9650 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME in Turkish

U.K.(non)   Frequency change of BBC:
1700-1800 NF  7425 CYP 300 kW / 077 deg to WeAs, ex 6155*in Dari/Pashto
1800-1900 NF  7425 CYP 300 kW / 077 deg to WeAs, ex 6155*in Dari
* to avoid Voice of Russia in DRM

USA(non)    Frequency changes for Voice of America:
0300-0330 NF  7260 SAO 100 kW / 052 deg, ex  7330 SAO Arabic "Hello Darfur"
1400-1500 NF 11825 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg, ex 11880 PHT Urdu"R.Aap Ki Dunyaa"
1500-1530 NF 11920 TIN 250 kW / 305 deg, ex 11940 TIN Uzbek,  jammed by CHN
1700-1800 NF  9725 SAO 100 kW / 126 deg, ex 12120 MDC English/Shona/Ndebele
1800-1900 NF  9725 IRA 250 kW / 251 deg, ex 12120 IRA English/Shona/Ndebele
2000-2200 on 13820 GB  250 kW / 184 deg, ex 13820 SAC Spanish "Radio Marti"
0100-0300 on 11775 GB  250 kW / 184 deg, ex 11775 SAC Spanish "Radio Marti"

USA(non)    Frequency change of WYFR Family Radio in English to EaAf:
1800-2000 NF  9925 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg, ex  7395

VATICAN CITY   Summer schedule of Vatican Radio on short waves from July 1:

Amharic
0400-0415 daily   EaAf    9660SMG 11625MDC
1630-1645 daily   EaAf   13765SMG 15570SMG
Amharic/Russian/Armenian/Ukrainian (Oriental Liturgy)
0830-0950 Sun     WeEu   11740SMG
0830-0950 Sun     EaAf   15595SMG 17590SMG
Angelus
0950-1030 Sun     NoAf   15550SMG
0950-1030 Sun     SoAf   17570MDC
0950-1030 Sun     SoAs   17590SMG
0950-1030 Sun     WeEu    6075SMG  7250SMG  9645SMG 11740SMG
0950-1030 Sun     N/ME   15595SMG
Arabic Days Area kHz
0400-0430 daily   NoAf    9645SMG
0400-0430 daily   N/ME   11715SMG
0645-0705 Mon-Sat WeEu    6075SMG
0645-0705 Mon-Sat NoAf    7250SMG  9645SMG
0645-0705 Mon-Sat N/ME   15595SMG
1530-1600 daily   N/ME   11935SMG 15595SMG
2040-2100 daily   NoAf    7250SMG  9645SMG
Armenian
0210-0230 daily   CeAs    7335SMG  9645SMG
1550-1610 daily   CeAs   11715SMG 15185SMG till Sep.1
1550-1610 daily   CeAs    9585SMG 11715SMG from Sep.2
Belarusian
1700-1720 daily   EaEu   11715SMG till Sep.1
1700-1720 daily   EaEu    7360SMG from Sep.2
Chinese
1230-1315 daily   EaAs    9900IRK 11890PUG 17590SMG
2200-2245 daily   EaAs    9600PHT 12035SMG 15460TIN
English
0140-0200 daily   SoAs    9580SMG 11730TAC
0250-0320 daily   NCAm    7305SAC  9610SAC till July 31
0300-0330 daily   SoAs   15460PUG
0300-0330 daily   CeAf    7360MDC
0500-0530 daily   ESAf   11625MDC 13765MDC
0630-0645 Mon-Sat N/ME   15595SMG
0630-0700 daily   NWAf   11625SMG 13765SMG
1200-1215 Mon-Sat CeAm   13730SAC till July 31
1530-1550 Sun-Fri SoAs   11850PHT 13765TAC 17520MDC
1530-1600 Sat     SoAs   11850PHT 13765TAC 17520MDC
1615-1630 daily   N/ME   15595SMG
1730-1800 daily   ECAf   11625SMG 13765SMG 15570SMG
1945-2030 daily   NoAm    9800SAC DRM till July 31
2000-2030 daily   WCAf    9755SMG 11625SMG
English (Mass)
1130-1200 Fri     N/ME   15595SMG 17590SMG
French
0230-0250 daily   NCAm    9610BON till Sep.1
0230-0250 daily   NCAm    6040BON from Sep.2
0430-0500 daily   ECAf    9660SMG 11625SMG
0600-0630 Mon-Sat NWAf   11625SMG 13765SMG
0615-0630 Mon-Sat N/ME   15595SMG
1600-1615 daily   N/ME   15595SMG
1700-1730 daily   ECAf   13765SMG 15570SMG
2030-2100 daily   WCAf    9755SMG 11625SMG
Hindi
0040-0100 daily   SoAs    9580SMG 11730TAC
0200-0220 daily   SoAs   15460PUG
1430-1450 daily   SoAs   11850PHT 13765TAC 17520MDC
Italian
0600-0615 Mon-Sat N/ME   15595SMG
1200-1220 daily   N/ME   17590SMG
1200-1220 daily   WCAf   21675SMG
1900-1930 daily   N/ME   13765SMG
Italian (Mass)
0730-0830 Sun     WeEu    7250SMG
Latin (Mass)
0530-0600 daily   WeEu    6075SMG  7250SMG  9645SMG
0530-0600 daily   N/ME   15595SMG
Malayalam
0120-0140 daily   SoAs    9580SMG 11730TAC
0240-0300 daily   SoAs   15460PUG
1510-1530 daily   SoAs   11850PHT 13765TAC 17520MDC
Papal Audience
0830-1000 Wed     WeEu    6075SMG
Portuguese
0030-0100 daily   SoAm   15470BON
0530-0600 daily   WeAf   11625SMG
0530-0600 daily   CSAf   13765MDC 15570SMG
1100-1130 Mon-Sat SoAm   13730SAC till July 31
1800-1830 daily   ECAf   11625SMG 13765SMG
1800-1830 daily   WeAf   15570SMG
Romanian (Liturgy)
0610-0730 Sun     EaEu    7250SMG  9645SMG
Rosary
1840-1900 daily   WeEu    6075SMG  7250SMG  9645SMG
1840-1900 daily   ECAf    9755SMG
1840-1900 daily   WeAf   11625SMG
1840-1900 daily   N/ME   13765SMG
Russian
1230-1300 daily   CeAs   13685TAC 17865SMG
1610-1640 daily   EaEu   11715SMG 15185SMG till Sep.1
1610-1640 daily   EaEu    9585SMG 11715SMG from Sep.2
Somali
0345-0400 Sun     EaAf   11625MDC
1615-1630 Sat     EaAf   13765SMG 15570SMG
Spanish
0100-0230 daily   SoAm    9610BON
0320-0400 daily   NCAm    7305SAC  9610SAC till July 31
1130-1200 daily   CeAm   13730SAC till July 31
1200-1215 Sun     CeAm   13730SAC till July 31
1900-1930 Sat     WCAf    9755SMG 11625SMG
Swahili
0330-0345 Sun     ECAf    7360MDC
0330-0400 Mon-Sat ECAf    7360MDC
1600-1615 daily   ECAf   13765SMG 15570SMG
1615-1630 Sun-Fri ECAf   13765SMG 15570SMG
Tamil
0100-0120 daily   SoAs    9580SMG 11730TAC
0220-0240 daily   SoAs   15460PUG
1450-1510 daily   SoAs   11850PHT 13765TAC 17520MDC
Tigrinya
0415-0430 daily   EaAf    9660SMG 11625MDC
1645-1700 daily   EaAf   13765SMG 15570SMG
Ukrainian
1640-1700 daily   EaEu   11715SMG 15185SMG till Sep.1
1640-1700 daily   EaEu    9585SMG 11715SMG from Sep.2
Ukrainian (Liturgy)
0610-0745 Sun     EaEu    9850SMG 11740SMG
Urdu
0025-0040 Mon/Thu SoAs    9580SMG 11730TAC
1410-1430 Wed/Sun SoAs   11850PHT 13765SMG 17520MDC
Vietnamese
1315-1400 daily   SEAs    9900PHT 11890TIN
2315-2400 daily   SEAs    9600PHT 12035SMG

Cancelled languages on short waves: Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Esperanto, German, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian (except Liturgy), Slovak, Slovenian and Swedish.
Cancelled all European transmissions on short waves in English, French, Italian (except Liturgy), Spanish and Portuguese.
Cancelled morning transmissions on SW in Belarussian, Russian, Ukrainian.

Summer schedule of Vatican Radio on medium waves from July 1:
585 kHz
0530-0600 Latin (Mass)
0600-0615 Italian Mon-Sat
0615-0630 French Mon-Sat
0630-0645 English Mon-Sat
0730-0830 Italian (Mass) Sun
0830-0950 Oriental Liturgy Sun
0950-1030 Angelus Sun
0830-1000 Papal Audience Wed
1100-1110 French Mon-Sat
1200-1220 Italian
1530-1600 Italian
1600-1615 French
1615-1630 English
1840-1900 Rosary

1260 kHz
0030-0100 Portuguese
0100-0145 Spanish
0210-0230 Armenian
0230-0300 Russian
0300-0320 Ukrainian
0320-0340 Belarussian
0340-0400 Lithuanian
0400-0430 Arabic
0500-0520 Finnish Mon/Sat and Swedish Tue-Fri/Sun
0520-0540 Albanian
1000-1130 Portuguese Mon-Sat
1130-1200 Spanish Mon-Sat
1230-1300 Russian
1530-1600 Arabic
1610-1640 Russian
1640-1700 Ukrainian

1611 kHz
0610-0745 Ukrainian (Liturgy) Sun
1550-1610 Armenian
1610-1640 Russian
1640-1700 Ukrainian

Last update: July 4, 2012

Ten questions about the new Radio Netherlands Worldwide

Radio Watch:
Ten questions about the new Radio Netherlands Worldwide

After looking back and saying goodbye to the RNW departments which are disappearing, it’s time to look forward. What will the new Radio Netherlands be like? Ten questions - and answers - about the organisation which is over 65 years old, but which is getting a new lease of life.

Why the changes?
The new Radio Netherlands Worldwide was conceived on 30 September 2010. The minority coalition of the conservative VVD and Christian Democrats, relying on support from Freedom Party MPs, published its government programme. The coalition has since fallen. There was one sentence in the programme about RNW:

“Radio Netherlands Worldwide will concentrate on its core business including the provision of unbiased information and will be financed from the foreign ministry and development aid budget.”
That brief sentence led to the termination of services in a string of languages, of whole departments and radio programmes. The reorganisation was drastic and painful. With a decimated budget and staff, the new RNW rises out of the ash of the old.
What will the new RNW do?
Provide unbiased information, said the government programme. The starting point is Free Speech, or rather the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion and the right to opinion and expression, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. RNW describes its new goal as follows:

“Disseminating the free word in countries where the freedom to form ones opinion and to express that opinion is seriously limited.”

This goal is to be achieved through “the (co-) production and distribution of independent, reliable and unbiased information”.

Will I be able to listen to RNW?
Unfortunately, the era of globally available RNW has passed. Luckily, there’s reasonable freedom of speech in many countries and people living there will no longer have access to RNW. The company will target four areas of the world where free speech is doing less well: sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, China and Central America. RNW will concentrate on three central themes: democracy, human rights and sexual rights.

RNW will also home in on a new target audience: people from 15 to 30 - students and young professionals.

Will I still be able to read RNW articles?
Yes, of course. There will be websites in English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and French. The articles on the Indonesian and South Asian sites will remain but the sites will not be updated.

Why is RNW targetting young people in sub-Saharan Africa?
RNW has chosen eight countries in the region where the development of democracy, human rights and sexual rights is problematic: the Democratic republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Ivory Coast.

The countries are also in many cases troubled by poor governance, political violence, poverty and corruption. RNW will develop programmes, formats and web productions for the audience in this region.

Is that also needed in the Middle East and North Africa?
Following the Arab Spring, the situation here is very different. There have been changes of power or calls for more democracy in countries such as Egypt, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia. Issues such as internet freedom and the position of women and minority groups are important.

At the moment, Syria is extremely chaotic and a lot of fighting is taking place but, even here, RNW sees opportunities. There are also the Gulf States, which have higher standards of living but little in the way of democratic freedom. These are all countries where the new RNW can play a free-speech role.

China blocks the internet, though, why target there?
RNW has for a number of years been very active in China via the internet and social media – the new RNW will carry on this work. RNW will not be as badly hit as are the BBC or the Voice of America by China’s mass internet blockades. That’s because of RNW’s method of disseminating the information.

On one hand, the Chinese-language RNW website offers information about lots of aspects of Dutch society, from fashion and design to gay rights and euthanasia. On the other hand, there’s also more ‘risky’ information which is hard to get in China. Some important themes are the influence of citizens on government, corruption and internet freedom.

RNW will also target Central America. Wasn’t that already being done?
Yes, RNW has a huge reputation in Latin America. The cut in subsidy, however, means that just three countries will still be targetted: Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico. Cuba’s strict Communist regime allows only state media to operate. As well as making radio broadcasts, RNW will – carefully – begin working with a number of bloggers.

Venezuela’s government is another repressive regime. Mexico’s problems are, on the other hand, very different, with organised crime, drugs and violence. RNW’s Spanish website will remain online and programmes such as the popular current affairs show, La Matinal, will still be aired.

What about North Korea, Myanmar and Iran?
The languages spoken in these countries make them a limited audience. RNW has been forced to make choices because of the cut to its income and it has been decided not to target these countries in a general way, but RNW will certainly operate here on a project basis.

When will the new RNW really begin?
At the moment, RNW is in a transitional phase. Outgoing staff are being bade farewell, while formats and content for the new organisation are being developed and applications for new posts processed. Once all this has been completed, the new Radio Netherlands Worldwide is due to be launched on 1 January 2013.

(Source : RNW)

New electronic QSL letter from Radio City

for their Sunday morning broadcast on 9510kHz via the IRRS facility in Romania.

“Listen to AWR”: AWR 41st Year Annual DX Contest

“Listen to AWR”: AWR 41st Year Annual DX Contest

As Adventist World Radio enters into its 41st year of international radio broadcasting, we take pleasure in announcing our annual “Wavescan” DX contest, which comes to you under the title, “Listen to AWR”. In short, you are invited to listen to as many different AWR shortwave locations as possible during the month of July 2012. 

Here are the details of our 2012 “Listen to AWR” DX Contest:-

A. AWR Shortwave Locations

You are invited to listen to as many shortwave locations in use by Adventist World Radio as possible during the month of July 2012. You may listen to the broadcasts from the AWR station KSDA on the island of Guam, and to any and all of the shortwave relay stations that carry programming from Adventist World Radio. Remember also that the AWR DX program, “Wavescan” is on the air shortwave over several of the stations in the regular AWR network, and also from shortwave stations WRMI & WWCR in the United States.

In due course, you will be able to obtain the July scheduling of Adventist World Radio, and the relay stations in use at the time, from the AWR website on the internet, from contemporary radio bulletins, from the World Radio TV Handbook, and from other reliable information sources.

B. Prepare Reception Reports

You are invited to prepare just one reception report for any AWR transmission from each AWR transmitter site in any country that you are able to log during the month of July 2012. You may report any AWR broadcast on any shortwave frequency, at any time of the day or night, and in any language; just one reception report for each AWR shortwave location.


C. Photocopies

You are invited to search your QSL collection, and where possible, provide a photocopy of a QSL that you already hold in your collection from any of the AWR shortwave stations that you have heard, during the past five years only. These photocopies should be in color if possible, but black & white is also acceptable. If you do not already have a QSL from any of the AWR stations you select, then you should state so in your contest entry.

D. Three Radio Cards

Where possible, you are invited to include three radio cards for the Indianapolis Heritage Collection with your contest entry. These cards may be old or new, and they may be QSL cards, reception report cards, or picture cards of radio stations, etc. (Not valid for this contest are amateur cards nor CB cards.)

E. Assemble Your Contest Entry 

Post your entry with all items to Adventist World Radio in Indianapolis, remembering that the total number of AWR transmitter locations you hear, and neatness and preparation, will all feature in the judging procedure. Due consideration will also be given to the area of the world in which the contestant lives.

Other Contest Details

Well, there you have it, the details for our Wavescan 2012 “Listen to AWR” DX Contest. This contest will run through the month of July 2012, and all contest entries should be postmarked at your local post office anywhere in the world on any date up to the end of the month of July, and they should be received at the AWR post office address in Indianapolis no later than the end of the month of August 2012.

Return postage in the form of currency notes in any international currency, or mint postage stamps, or IRC coupons would be welcome. Where possible, a self addressed return envelope, business size or half quarto size, would also be welcome.

The awards for this year’s 2012 contest will be similar to all previous contests. There will be a special award for the world winner, one of the Jerry Berg radio history books; and World Radio TV Handbook 2013 for each continental winner. In addition, there will be other special awards as well as AWR souvenirs and radio curios for many participants.

You can remember that all AWR reception reports will be verified with a specially endorsed AWR QSL card. Please remember that it will take a period of many months, well into the new year 2013, to process all of the contest entries and reception reports, but each will in due course be processed.

The only address for the “Listen to AWR” 2012 DX Contest is:-

Listen to AWR DX Contest
Box 29235 

Indianapolis
Indiana 46229 USA 

(via. Dr. Adrian M. Peterson, Co-ordinator - International Relations & DX Editor
Adventist World Radio)

Report Courtesy: Prithwi's World

Radio Marti QSL

Today's afternoon, I received a QSL card of Radio Marti, as well as brochure and frequency schedule of Radio and TV Marti for my reception report, dated 27th May 2012. Many thanks! Muchas gracias!

ABC Radio Celebrates 80 years of broadcasting with special event digital station

This year, Australia’s public service broadcaster – which started in 1932 with just 12 radio stations - turns 80.

To celebrate, the ABC is devoting this weekend to the new showcasing the old, with the broadcaster’s new digital station broadcasting the sounds of Australia from the ABC’s vast archives going back over the last eight decades. 

The name of the station is ‘ABC Turns 80’ – a special events digital station broadcasting from 29 June to 1 July, 2012. 

From the 1932 Melbourne Cup, to the then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's dismissal, to 9/11, the broadcaster will cover significant historical moments and trace the way Australia has changed – politically, socially and culturally.

“Over the past eight decades, there’s been an incredible revolution not only in the development of Australia, but also in the development of the media landscape – and what better way to showcase the wealth of material we’ve collected than through the lates radio broadcasting technology – digital radio” said Tony Walker, Manager, ABC Digital Radio. 

 

(Source : Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union)

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

The reception report was sent to the station e-mail addres rik@cybc.com.cy. This is the second time, I sent a reception report to CyBC, let's see if they reply to this one.

22 June 2012 logs

15,195kHz - WYFR - English - Ascension - 2000UTC - 55555

• Gospel music
• "Scripture of the Week"
• Bible study

15,495kHz - Radio Netherlands Worldwide - English - Santa Maria Di Galeria - 2000UTC - 55555

• Traditional music
• Program about 

10,000kHz - Observatorio Nacional - 32543

• Co-channel QRM from BPM Time Signal station from China and WWV

10,050kHz - Gander Radio - English - Canada - 2125UTC - 45444

• Meteorological information

6,240kHz - SWR NL - English - Netherlands - 2130UTC - 55445

6,260kHz - Radio Omejan - English - Netherlands - 2130UTC - 55455

6,290kHz - Radio De Wittereus - English - Netherlands - 2130UTC - 53444

9,730kHz - BBC World Service - English - Seychelles - 2130UTC - 55555

Radio Netherlands Special QSL

For those listeners who enjoy picking up shortwave broadcasts and sending in a reception report, this is your last chance to dispatch your SINPO to our P.O.Box 222, 1200 JG Hilversum, The Netherlands, or letters@rnw.nl (subject: 29 June Reception report).

We'll return the favour by sending you a special QSL card commemorating the closing of RNW's English service!

(Source: Radio Watch)

Latest QSLs

• Yesterday, I received a QSL card from Radio Tirana for one of my reception report of their Sunday morning broadcasts on 7390kHz, I sent them during the spring. The info on the back side was written in German, so It has probably came from the German department of Radio Tirana.
• Today I received a QSL certificate and a personal letter from Radio Kuwait for my reception report on their English language broadcast to Europe on 15540kHz.

Please, check the page with my QSL cards from the topmenu of the blog to see more information about my collection. The summary is nearly 170 QSL cards from more than 50 countries, verified since October 2012, when I started my verifying activities.

Low-power stations from Germany

2300-2200 on  3995 WNM 010 kW / non-dir, ex KLL 001 kW to Europe as follows:
0400-0530 HCJB in German
0530-0600 HCJB in Russian
0600-0700 HCJB in German
0700-0800 HCJB in English Mon-Sat
0700-0800 HCJB in Spanish Sun
0800-1500 Radio 700 in German/Music
1500-1630 HCJB in German
1630-1700 HCJB in Russian
1700-1800 HCJB in German
1800-1900 HCJB in English Mon-Sat
1800-1900 HCJB in Spanish Sun
1900-2200 Radio 700 in German/Music
2300-0400 Radio 700 in German/Music

0900-1000 on  5980 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to Europe as follows:
0900-1000 Hamburger Lokalradio in GermanMusic

0600-1700 on  6005 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to Europe as follows:
0600-0800 Radio Belarus in German
0800-1700 Radio 700 in German/Music, except:
0800-0900 European Music Radio in English/Music 4th Sun
0900-1000 Radio Joystik in German/Music 1st Sun
0900-1000 Radio Gloria International in German/English/Music 3rd Sun
1000-1015 Missionswerk Freundesdienst in German Daily
1630-1645 Missionswerk Freundesdienst in German Mon-Sat

0615-1300 NF  6070 ROB 4-6 kW / non-dir to Europe, ex 6150 as follows:
0615-0730 Radio 6150 Sat, April 21
0615-0930 Radio Seagul Sun, April 29

0500-1000 on  6085 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to Europe as follows:
0500-1000 Pur Radio 1 in Dutch/Music, ex 0600-1100

0500-1400 on  7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to Europe as follows:
0500-0800 Hamburger Lokalradio in GermanMusic Sun
0500-1000 Hamburger Lokalradio in GermanMusic Sat
0900-1000 Hamburger Lokalradio in GermanMusic 3rd Sun
0900-1100 Hamburger Lokalradio in GermanMusic Sun
1200-1400 Hamburger Lokalradio in GermanMusic Sun

0800-1200 on  9480 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to Europe as follows:
1000-1200 Radio Gloria International in German/EnglishMusic Sat
1000-1100 European Music Radio in EnglishMusic 3rd Sun
1100-1200 Radio Saxonia in German/EnglishMusic Sun

DX RE MIX NEWS # 736

INDONESIA    New additional transmission for Voice of Indonesia in Chinese:
1500-1600 on  9526 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs, but good reception in BUL.

RUSSIA     Voice of Russia cut transmissions on a MW 1548 from Grigoriopol:
1300-1500 in Russian WS and 1500-1700 in Serbian. Here is the new schedule:
1700-1800 VOR in Russian
1800-2000 TWR in various
2000-2130 VOR in Serbian
2130-2230 VOR in Italian

U.K.(non)    British Antarctic Survey Special annual mid-winter broadcast to staff in Antarctica will be on Wed or Thu or Fri, June 20 or 21 or 22:
2130-2200 on  5950 SKN 300 kW / 195 deg
2130-2200 on  7360 ASC 250 kW / 207 deg
2130-2200 on  9850 SKN 250 kW / 195 deg

U.K.(non) Summer A-12 schedule of Babcock relays. Part 3 of 3:
Trans World Radio Africa
1300-1315 on 13660 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Afar Thu-Sun
1800-1815 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Wed
1800-1815 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu/Fri
1800-1830 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigre Sat
1800-1830 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Kunama Sun
1815-1845 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri
1830-1845 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun

WYFR Family Radio
1700-1900 on 17690 WOF 250 kW / 102 deg to SEEu Turkish
1800-1900 on 11875 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Igbo
1830-1930 on 17550 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa
1830-1930 on 17585 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf French
1900-2000 on 11855 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WCAf Yoruba
2000-2100 on 15195 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CeAf English
2100-2200 on 12070 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CeAf English
1700-1800 on 17545 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to EaAf English
1700-1800 on  9790 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic
1700-1800 on 15600 WOF 250 kW / 128 deg to EaAf Somali
1800-1900 on  9610 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf English
1900-2000 on  5930 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to EaAf Swahili
1600-1700 on  6100 MEY 250 kW / 076 deg to SEAf Malagasy
1800-1900 on  5905 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg to SoAf English
1900-2000 on  9775 DHA 250 kW / 210 deg to SoAf English
1900-2000 on  3955 MEY 100 kW / 076 deg to SoAf Portuguese
1900-2000 on  6100 MEY 100 kW / 330 deg to SoAf Portuguese
1300-1400 on 17735 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Kannada
1300-1500 on 17715 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Telugu/Tamil
1400-1500 on  9595 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Hindi
1400-1500 on 15520 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Marathi
1500-1600 on 13690 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SoAs English
1500-1600 on 15520 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs English
1600-1700 on 11850 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs English
1100-1200 on  9955 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAS Korean
1200-1300 on 17880 DHA 250 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Thai

FEBA Radio
2145-2215 on 11985 ASC 250 kw / 027 deg to WeAf Pulaar/Hassinya Thu-Tue
1830-1845 on 15250 ASC 250 kW / 070 deg to CWAf French
1600-1630 on 12125 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu-Sun
1600-1630 on 12125 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Guragena Mon-Wed
1630-1700 on 12125 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Amharic
1600-1630 on 11655 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Afar
1630-1700 on  9820 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Sun-Wed
1630-1700 on  9820 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu-Sat
1700-1730 on  6180 DHA 250 kW / 215 deg to EaAf Somali
1700-1800 on  9630 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Orominya/Tigrinya
1730-1800 on  7475 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Silte
0800-0830 on 15280 MOS 300 kW / 115 deg to N/ME Arabic
1800-1930 on  9550 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to N/ME Arabic
0230-0300 on  9790 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Dari(Radio Sadaye Zindagi)
0300-0315 on  9790 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Mixed lang
1500-1530 on 11755 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Dari(Radio Sadaye Zindagi)
1530-1600 on 11755 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Pashto
1200-1230 on 15215 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAs Tibetan
0000-0030 on  9390 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bangla
0030-0100 on  9390 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Hindi
0200-0230 on  9750 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu Sun
0200-0215 on  9750 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu Mon-Sat
0215-0230 on  9750 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Mixed langs Mon-Sat
1400-1430 on  9500 TAC 100 kW / 143 deg to SoAs Urdu
1430-1445 on  9500 TAC 100 kW / 143 deg to SoAs Mixed langs
1500-1530 on  9390 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bangla

Radio Australia
2200-2330 on  9695 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Indonesian
2200-2400 on  9855 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs English
2300-2330 on  9490 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SEAs Burmese
0000-0030 on 12005 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Indonesian
0100-0130 on 11780 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese
1100-1300 on  6140 SNG 100 kW / 013 deg to SEAs English
0400-0430 on 17800 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Indonesian via T8WH Angel 4
0500-0530 on 11700 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1300-1430 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Chinese via T8WH Angel 4
1600-1630 on  9540 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs English

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, but on air very irregular:
2215-2245 on  5925 CYP 250 kW / 314 deg to SEEu Greek Fri-Sun
2215-2245 on  7220 CYP 300 kW / 314 deg to SEEu Greek Fri-Sun
2215-2245 on  9760 CYP 250 kW / 315 deg to SEEu Greek Fri-Sun

Suab Xaa Moo Zoo
2230-2300 on  7530 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong

USA(non) Brother Stair TOM in English form European relays from June 1:
via secret/hidden transmitter site, ex Yerevan
0400-0600 on 15750 SIE ??? kW / ??? deg to EaAf Daily
0600-0700 on 15750 SIE ??? kW / ??? deg to EaAf Sat
1600-1700 on 15425 SIE ??? kW / ??? deg to SoAs Sat
1700-1800 on 15425 SIE ??? kW / ??? deg to SoAs Daily
1900-2200 on  9400 SIE ??? kW / ??? deg to WeEu Daily
via Wertachtal
1400-1500 on  9655 WER 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Daily
1500-1600 on 13810 WER 100 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Daily
via Yerevan, all cancelled
0700-1000 on 15750 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Sat
1600-1700 on 15425 ERV 300 kW / 125 deg to SoAs Daily
1800-2200 on  9400 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu Daily
via Tiganesti, all cancelled
1300-1500 on 15190 TIG 300 kW / 100 deg to AUS  Daily
1500-1700 on 15700 TIG 300 kW / 100 deg to AUS  Sat

Lightning Radio on 7600kHz

I received another Hungarian pirate - Lightning Radio, who plays mainly rock and indie music. I heard it on 7600kHz with good and stable signal, 35433. He is broadcasting with 25 watts in Amplitude Modulation and can be heard in most of Central Europe. Occasional digital mode utility QRM was observed during the broadcast, otherwise clear and audible program.

Vatican Radio latest news

6185kHz frequency of the Bulgarian service of Radio Vatican is missing today, maybe has gone (for good). They'll broadcast only on 7360kHz, listening to it now, let's see if they announce the cuts of their Medium Wave and Shortwave services. The last days of Vatican Radio...

Calendar of shortwave specials

http://www.w4uvh.net/calendar.html

(Glenn Hauser, 1600 UT June 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST)