Radyo Pilipinas returns to service

 

The first broadcast on the First Day of New Service from the Philippines - Radyo Pilipinas is now available for viewing at the  Shortwave Central YouTube channel. Thank you for your likes, thumbs up, and for subscribing. to the channel.

Video available at:     https://youtu.be/ZyCzhmsZCxo

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins, December 1, 2025

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:Issued: 2025 Dec 01 0212 UTC

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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 24 - 30 November 2025

Solar activity was at low levels over 24-27 and 30 Nov with C-class flare activity observed. High levels of solar activity were observed on 28 Nov when Region 4294 (S15, L=293, class/area=Fkc/1100 on 30 Nov) produced an impulsive M5.9 flare (R2-Moderate) at 28/2222 UTC, with Type-II (828 km/s) and Tenflare (240 sfu) radio emissions, as the region rotated onto the disk from the SE limb. Solar activity reached high levels again on 29 Nov with six M-class flares (R1-Minor) observed from Region 4294. No Earth-directed CMEs were detected during the summary period. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was a normal to moderate levels on 24-27 Nov, with high levels observed on 28-30 Nov. 

Geomagnetic field activity reached active levels on 24 Nov, and G1 (Minor) storm levels on 25 Nov, due to negative polarity CH HSS influences. Active levels were observed again on 26 Nov as negative polarity CH HSS influences subsided, followed by the onset of positive polarity CH HSS influences. Periods of G1 (Minor) storming were observed on 27 Nov, with periods of active conditions observed over 28-30 Nov, due to continued positive polarity CH HSS 

             Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 01 December - 27 December 2025

Solar activity is likely to reach moderate to high levels during the outlook period. M-class flares (R1-R2/Minor-Moderate) are likely, with a slight chance for X-flares (R3-Strong or greater), through 12 Dec due primarily to the flare potential of Region 4294. 

There exists a slight chance for the greater than 10 MeV proton flux to reach S1 (Minor) solar radiation storm levels through 12 Dec, due primarily to the eruptive potential of Region 4294. 

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 01-06, 16-17, and 24-27 Dec. Normal to moderate levels are expected to prevail throughout the remainder of the outlook period. 

Geomagnetic activity is likely to reach active levels on 03 and 06 Dec, and G1 (Minor) storm levels on 04-05 Dec, driven by influences from a negative polarity CH HSS. Additional G1 storm periods are likely on 13 Dec, with active levels likely on 14 Dec, again associated with negative polarity CH HSS effects. Active conditions

are likely on 21 Dec, followed by G1 storm levels on 22 Dec, in response to negative polarity CH HSS influences. Further G1 storm periods are likely on 23-26 Dec, with active levels likely on 27 Dec, due to positive polarity CH HSS influences. Quiet and quiet to unsettled conditions are expected to prevail throughout the

remainder of the outlook period. 

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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest

#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index

2025 Dec 01     190           8          3

2025 Dec 02     190           5          2

2025 Dec 03     190          15          4

2025 Dec 04     190          25          5

2025 Dec 05     190          30          5

2025 Dec 06     190          12          4

2025 Dec 07     190          10          3

2025 Dec 08     190           8          3

2025 Dec 09     190           5          2

2025 Dec 10     185           5          2

2025 Dec 11     180           5          2

2025 Dec 12     180           8          3

2025 Dec 13     175          18          5

2025 Dec 14     175          12          4

2025 Dec 15     180           8          3

2025 Dec 16     180           5          2

2025 Dec 17     180           8          3

2025 Dec 18     180          10          3

2025 Dec 19     180           8          3

2025 Dec 20     175           8          3

2025 Dec 21     175          15          4

2025 Dec 22     175          20          5

2025 Dec 23     180          20          5

2025 Dec 24     190          25          5

2025 Dec 25     195          20          5

2025 Dec 26     195          20          5

2025 Dec 27     195          15          4

(NOAA)

Blog Logs, December 2025

 

Welcome to the December issue of Blog Logs. Thank you for your emails, logging contributions, and following my latest daily tweets on X at: Shortwave Central (Gayle Van Horn W4GVH@QSLRptMT

Have you subscribed to the Shortwave Central YouTube channel? You will find a vast selection 

of videos and audio airchecks, and the Playlist is growing! Join your fellow radio enthusiasts at: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShortwaveCentral 

The Shortwave Central blog brings you the latest from the ever-changing realm of radio. Additional radio information is covered in my Bits & Bytes monthly column in The Spectrum Monitor e-zine at: https://www.thespectrummonitor.com/

Languages as indicated

// denotes station heard on a parallel frequency

*Sign-on Sign-Off*/ frequencies in kHz

Monitoring  July 1-30, 2025   

UTC, frequencies kHz 

Mediumwave

San Andreá Island

910, La FM 0114-0130+. Exceptional reception for this rare station off the coast of Colombia. Male/female duo with promos, chat about Colombia. Local ads with phone numbers. Promos for upcoming newscasts and additional local ads. (Gayle Van Horn, LA/Kiwi SW Central SDR. You Tube video: https://youtu.be/dJDSkx5b8VA

South Korea 

1566, FEBC Radio International via Jeju, South Korea 1953-2001. Korean religious text to musical melody. Station info to brief musical vocals. Interval signal at 1959 to intros and text. (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi Taiwan). YouTube video: https://youtu.be/e8TGEg8ozac 

United States

760, WJR Detroit, MI 0429-0435. Chargers vs Pittsburgh football coverage. Post-game chat on the game to local ads. (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi Empire, MI) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/oNWL6kjCiXY

830, WCCO Minneapolis, MN  0457-0500. Closing conversation about the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald – 50 years ago. Station ID at 0500 into national news and local ads (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi Chetek, WI SDR) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/lYeqlulkcTA

Shortwave

Belarus

3940, Music Wave Radio 1905-2105. Russian comments to Russian and English pop vocals. English identification “Music Wave radio.” SINPO 35433 (Manuel Méndez, Friol,  Spain/BDXC)

Bolivia

3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi 0146-0155. Quechua programming with comments and promos. SINPO 15421 (Méndez).

Canada

6070, CFRX Toronto, 0541-0604. English comments and news on regional ads. Channel 292 on this frequency until 0645. SINPO  15422 (Méndez).

China

11630, CNR 17, 2132-2140. Kazakh service with a male announcer conducting an exercise program routine with background piano music. Martial music briefly at 2139 to the lady’s announcement (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi SW Central LA) You Tube video: https://youtu.be/Fi_7ltJ3kxU

Colombia

6010, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, 0532-0616. Colombian musical vocals to religious text. Interference noted from Rdio Inconfidencia on this frequency. (Méndez).

Cuba

5025, Radio Rebelde, Bauta 0705-0733. Spanish programming to Cuban music titled Todo Música. (Méndez).

Finland

6120, Radio Blacksmith Knoll, Poro 0611-0711. Pop music and announcer comments in English. SINPO 15422 (Méndez).

Germany

15440, Adventist World Radio via Nauen to Nigeria. Amharic programming, including program comments to close of programming at 1900, followed by Hausa service sign-on “this program is in Hausa.” (Rudolf Grimm, Brazil).

Guam

15360, Adventist World Radio via Agat to Pakistan. Sindhi service 1641-1659. Christian programming to choral music. Interval signal to station identification in English to 1700* (Grimm).

Liberia

6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia 2105-2114. English religious programming. SINPO 15422. Additionally, heard at *0556-0622. English ID “Good morning, ELWA Radio” into religious comments and music. SINPO 25422 (Méndez).Monitored 2140-2147 with Christian choir vocals and text comments. SINPO 24432 (Grimm).

Madagascar

11610, MWV Radio Feda via Mahajanga to North Africa. Arabic service  2252-2259; 11965, MWV African Pathways via Mahajanga to Southeast Africa. English 2003-2015. (Grimm).

Mali

5995, ORTM/Radio Mali via Bamako 1838-1905. African songs to 1849 English Magazine- covering English national news to 1902, pop tunes in English, followed by additional African music tunes. SINPO 35433 (Méndez).

North Korea

9890, Voice of Korea 1704-1759. Arabic service opening with martial music and station ID. North Korea’s KCBS on 3250, 1650-1759*. Lengthy musical orchestral selections. Korean text at 1750 to national anthem and 1759 sign-off (Van Horn, LA)

Peru

4775, Radio Tarma 0945-1030. Spanish announcer’s announcement to Andean instrumental tunes. Programming included ID as “Radio Tarma e nonda corta” with frequency quote (Rod Pearson, FL).

4955, Radio Cultura Amaula Haunta 1015.+ Presumed to be Quechua language with religious format of readings to closing prayer’s “amen.” Fair-poor signal with observed fading (Pearson). 

Philippines

9920, FEBC Radio International via Iba 1226-1230. Rade is the listed language service. Religious program format to station info. Station info and promotional into religious text format (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi PHL) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/4nlVoUj4qj4

9405, 2254-2259. FEBC Radio Liangyou 3 via Bocaue, Philippines. Listed Chinese service with religious text to prayers. Lady announcer continues with sermon text and station info (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi PHL) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/YfNhq4yve4o 

12070, FEBC Radio Liangyou 1 via Iba, Philippines 2300. Chinese text from male/female duo and station info routine. (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi PHL) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/tBbvuqwgs_I

Romania

15200, Radio Romania International via Galbeni to North America. Romanian service 1740-1750. Items from a male announcer to Romanian vocal music. SINPO 25432 (Grimm).

Turkey

9870, Voice of Turkey, Emirler to South America in Spanish; 0128-0135. Instrumental music to comment on the political history of Turkey. SINPO 35443 (Grimm).

United Arab Emirates

15215, FEBC Gaweylon Tibetan Radio via Al-Dhabbiya, UAE relay 1153-1215. Station sign-on, instrumental music to interval signal. Sign on in to Tibetan into religious programming format. (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi Kuwait) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/9Fe7yA8G898

98

United States

7370, KNLS Anchor Point, Alaska *0800-0811. Station interval signal into Chinese programming. SINPO 15422 (Méndez).

6030, Radio Marti 0259-0305. (Greenville, N.C.). Spanish text about the artist from We Are the World, followed by the song. Information on shortwave with station ID at 0300. News promo for upcoming newscast. (Van Horn/LA/Airspy ) YT video: https://youtu.be/9V3nLPe0ZR4

15150, WMLK Bethel, PA 1625-1659. Text on prophecy and readings from the book of Romans. Closing routine with ID and contact information to 1659.* (Van Horn/LA/Airspy SW Central, LA) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/pAKXFgnjxM8

Uzbekistan

9750, BBC WS via Tashkent to South Asia. English service 0115-0122. Discussion, news items and BBC identification. SINPO 25322 (Grimm).

Vanautu

5040, Radio Vanautu 1025-1035. The male announcer’s presumed Bislama announcement, mixed with English. Noted mention of upcoming “Bislama news.” Local time check, local announcements, “good afternoon “ to listeners, followed by biblical references and what is “God’s purpose" is to us. (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi AUS) 

Venezuela

4940, Radio Montana’ in Spanish 0110-0140. Musical instrumentals to piano selection. Several additional Spanish music tunes. Very brief announcer’s item to instrumental violin music (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi LA Airspy).

Vietnam

11885, Voice of Vietnam 1638-1645. Russian service with the lady’s newscast script and station info. (Van Horn, LA/) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/bHetu7v3avc

Goggle-Gobble Special, ready for download

 

 

Jen's Thanks-FriendsGiving - Gobble-Gobble Special for November 27, 2025, is now available for download and listening.  

Cast for Nov. 27th T- Day

 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q5fucefiu0jbsz59az0vh/Jen-s-Thanks-FriendsGiving-Gobble-Gobble-Special-For-Thurs-Nov.-27th-20-24-heard-on-Unique-R-Australia.mp3?rlkey=1zbvfmk6l2mx8jlvnrlraooia&dl=0

 

Encore classical music from Radio Tumbril

 

Regular Broadcast times of Encore By WRMI and Channel 292 are:

02:00 - 03:00 UTC Friday 5850 kHz WRMI to US

20:00 - 21:00 UTC Friday 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe

11:00 - 12:00 UTC Saturday 9670 kHz Channel 292 to Europe

01:00 - 02:00 UTC Sunday 5850 kHz WRMI to US and Canada

18:00 - 19:00 UTC Sunday 3955 kHz Channel 292 to Europe

03:00 - 04:00 UTC Monday 5950 kHz WRMI to the US and Canada

13:00 - 14:00 UTC Tuesday 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe, east coast of US and Iceland. (Sometimes RTTY on the lower sideband. Suggest notch out or use USB.)

Some Things to see on The Encore Website:

The Encore website is www.tumbril.co.uk, where you will find:

Important information about the funding of Encore - Radio Tumbril.

Up-to-date transmission times and frequencies.

The playlists for the most recent programs.

An email link.

Informal reception reports, as well as those requesting an eQSL card,s are welcome.

PLEASE MAKE A PAYPAL DONATION AND HELP KEEP ENCORE ON THE AIR - Go to - www.tumbril.co.uk

WRMI and Channel 292 are very generous with their airtime, but Encore still costs around 100 Dollars/Euros a month to broadcast.

If you can - please send a small contribution to help Encore keep going.

THE DONATION BUTTON is on the homepage of the website - www.tumbril.co.uk - which folks can use if they would like to support Encore.

(Please don't be put off by the POWR security wall when using the PAYPAL button - it is a harmless requirement of WIX the website hosting service.)

THIS FORTNIGHT'S PROGRAM - First broadcast on FRIDAY 28th November by WRMI at 0200 UTC on 5850, and 2000 UTC on 15770 and then on Channel 292 on SATURDAY 29th Nov at 11:00 UTC on 9670 kHz:

Starts with Three Fragments for Flute and Harp by Witold Lutoslawski, A waltz from the ballet Coppélia by Delibes, and the music for a Pas de Deux from the ballet Giselle composed by Adolphe Adam.

After that some of a cello concerto by Robert Schumann, and the Adagio from the Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1.

The programme concludes with two pieces from contemporary Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo, a piano improvisation on a theme by J S Bach by Gabriela Montero and the Adagietto from Mahler's Symphony No. 5.

(This bulletin is sent by Bcc to the many hundreds of listeners who have been in contact with Encore over the last six years of broadcasting.)

Brice Avery - Encore - Radio Tumbril - www.tumbril.co.uk

GMØTLY

Texas Radio Shortwave-6th Anniversary Video

 

The Shortwave Central YouTube channel brings you the opening for today's special broadcast, for the 6th Anniversary of Texas Radio Shortwave.

Video available at: https://youtu.be/XJvPIZ7APDs

Thank you for your likes, and subscribing to the channel. 

Calling All Radio Nutzz (CARN), slated for November 29 program

 

                              Don't miss the next program of Calling All Radio Nutzz !

Full of news, views, live tuning from both coasts, plus other information related to the HF spectrum, that`s DC to daylight. A new Interval series, plus continuing radio waves and the ionosphere. A link to the book itself is available on The Internet Archive, with full details in the first program. New tapes from GB's DXpeditions & radio experiments.

Calling All Radio Nutzz (CARN)

November 29, 2025

1900 - 2200 UTC 

The Live Stream. For everything CARN.

http://uk4-vn.mixstream.net:8104/index.html 

For your contact pleasure

Jenur@proton.me

We look forward to presenting the show and hope you can join us on those Saturdays throughout the DX season, or Enjoy Our Casts when sent out.

The Bands Are Alive !!

73's & 33's

Jen & GB

Texas Radio Shortwave set to celebrate Six Years

 

Don't miss the two broadcasts on this special occasion!  

Texas Radio Shortwave is celebrating its sixth anniversary on Friday, November 28, 2025. 

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2000 UTC on 3975 kHz to Europe from ShortwaveRadio in Winsen, Germany, transmitting with 1 kW into a crossed dipole antenna

2300 UTC on 9670 from Channel 292 in Rohbach, Germany, transmitting with 10.5 kW into a 10.5 dB gain beam antenna.

Texas Radio Shortwave uses a version of The Yellow Rose of Texas as its interval. signature song.

Texas Radio Shortwave turns six years old this Friday, November 28, and we’re celebrating in style.  We’ve rerecorded our very first broadcast, this time with higher-quality versions of the original music and refreshed announcements.

Our inaugural show aired via North American pirate station Radio GaGa, back before we settled on a regular music format.  It’s an eclectic mix—two Texas artists in the set, plus a grab-bag of songs we just liked.  Artists include Gary P. Nunn, Tom Petty, Green Day, Jethro Tull, and The Specials.

Listen to Texas Radio Shortwave from Anywhere in the World

Texas Radio Shortwave broadcasts via ShortwaveRadio and Channel 292 in Germany. We know reception can sometimes be tricky outside Europe—but don’t worry, there’s an easy solution.

Use a free remote European receiver.

If your own radio can’t quite pick us up, tune in through one of these online software-defined radio (SDR) receivers:

• Weston-super-Mare, UK – Our favorite! The owner welcomes TRSW listeners.

http://sdr.loginto.me:8073/

• University of Twente, Netherlands – A reliable and popular choice.

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

For U.S. listeners:

You can often hear our late-night (UTC) Channel 292 broadcast on 9670 kHz using a receiver in rural Maryland, USA, hosted by N5RTC.

http://sdr.hfunderground.com:8076/

Reception reports welcome!

Bonus QSLs:

Veteran listeners may recall we missed a fourth-anniversary show in 2023. To make up for it, three listeners who report Friday’s broadcast will be randomly selected to receive an Imaginary Fourth Anniversary QSL in addition to their sixth-anniversary card. These three special cards will bring the total number of 2023 imaginary QSLs to five, out of almost 4,000 QSLs issued since we started.

Of almost 4,000 QSLs issued since we started.

Looking forward to hearing from everyone—and thanks for six great years of listening!

Whether you listen on your own radio or through a remote SDR, we’re happy to verify your reports. Please email texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com

Many TRSW programs are available at www.mixcloud.com/texasradiosw

TRSW's Facebook page www.facebook.com/texasradiosw

TRSW Listener's Group Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/580199276066655/

(TRSW)

Rare DX - La FM from San Andrés Island

 

La FM from San Andrés Island, operating on 910 kHz,  is the latest addition to  #Rare DX videos, now available at the Shortwave Central  YouTube channel, 

Available at:  https://youtu.be/dJDSkx5b8VA

San Andrés Island is considered a separate country, although politically part of Colombia, and is 1470 miles north. 

Observed as San Andrés but nicknamed El Centro, it is the department's main urban center and considered an "exotic holiday destination."

Thank you for your 'likes', comments, and for subscribing to this channel at: 

https://www.youtube.com/c/ShortwaveCentral

A Closer Look at Papua New Guinea

 

Ray Robinson and Jeff White bring you this week's Wavescan, with a closer look at Papua New Guinea, which leaves all of us wondering, " Will Papua New Guinea return to shortwave?"

Jeff: In May this year, the government of Papua New Guinea announced “Medium Term Development Plan IV”, which included a goal of achieving 100% broadcast coverage of the country by 2030.  The Minister for Communications asked the state broadcaster, the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for their recommendations, and in response, NBC suggested reintroducing the use of shortwave radio – a possibility which is now being explored with manufacturers and funding partners.  In light of this, we thought it might be interesting to review what we know of the history of broadcasting in PNG, and in particular, their previous use of shortwave.  Ray Robinson in Los Angeles has been sifting through the records.  Ray?

Ray: Thanks, Jeff.  As recently as the late 20-teens, NBC was operating a network of about 20 regional shortwave transmitters, all with 10 kW, on various frequencies mostly in the 60 and 90 meter tropical bands.  And if listings in the WRTH are to be believed, it appears the last shortwave transmitters were not switched off until sometime in 2022.  So it’s somewhat surprising now to hear that use of shortwave is being seriously reconsidered.  The transmitters in use previously were mostly NEC HFB-7840 models manufactured in the early 1990’s, and they apparently went silent when parts failed and knowledgeable engineers were not available to service them.  Now it seems that parts have already been purchased for at least one transmitter on the island of New Britain, and are awaiting installation.

A Radio New Zealand broadcast on June 13 of this year included a discussion program in which it was stated that NBC in Papua New Guinea had approached Radio New Zealand for technical assistance in reestablishing their shortwave broadcasts within the next year.  Such a request to RNZI, the most successful shortwave operator in the neighborhood (bar the Chinese) makes perfect sense, although it’s unclear what shape such assistance might take.  So, let’s look at why shortwave has historically been so important to PNG, and why its reintroduction now is a practical necessity.

The island of New Guinea lying to the north of Australia has generally been considered to be the second largest island in the world, after Greenland, about 1,500 miles long.  However, it was recently established that if the Greenland icecap were to melt, we would see that Greenland is actually three islands, not one, so New Guinea really is the largest.  It’s part of the continent of Australasia, which includes the Australian landmass, New Zealand and New Guinea.

The western half of New Guinea, known as Irian Jaya, was administered historically by the Dutch, and in 1949, it was claimed by the newly independent country of Indonesia.  It is now administered as six provinces within that country.

The eastern half of the island was split in the 1880’s between German New Guinea in the north and British Papua in the south.  ‘Papua,’ by the way, is a Malay word which means ‘frizzy hair’, and it has been used for the island at least as far back as 1526.  All of present-day Papua New Guinea came under Australian control at the end of World War I, although the different parts were still administered separately.  The former German and British territories were united as Papua New Guinea after World War II (along with about 100 other islands, the largest being New Britain), and then the country gained full independence as a member of the British Commonwealth in 1975.  Since then, the form of government has been a constitutional monarchy, now with King Charles III as the monarch, represented by a Governor-General.  There is a legislature in the form of a national parliament, with a Prime Minister and members who are also provincial leaders.

PNG is a very mountainous country, mostly covered by thick tropical vegetation, with almost impenetrable jungle in the low-lying areas.  There is a spinal mountain range running east-west for over 1,000 miles, with the tallest peak reaching 16,023 feet.  The tree line is at around 13,000 feet, and some of the peaks above that contain rare equatorial glaciers.

The last official population estimate in 2021 was 11.8 million, but that number is unreliable because the population is highly rural, with only 14% living in urban centers.  The capital, Port Moresby, has a population of less than 400,000, although that still makes it the largest city in the southwestern Pacific outside Australia or New Zealand.  Unofficial estimates of the total population of PNG made using satellite imagery put the number closer to 18 million.  The majority of that population lives in mountain villages where there are no roads or other infrastructure (no electricity, no running water), and they can only be reached by very arduous multi-day hikes on foot from the nearest provincial towns.  Some villages have airstrips (often created by missionary groups), but most do not.  Because of the isolation of these people groups, PNG is the most linguistically diverse country in the world, with 840 known spoken languages – not just dialects, separate languages.  Each one has developed among people living in clusters of isolated mountain villages, sometimes numbering no more than about 20-30,000 speakers of each language.

Again, because of the isolation, it is estimated that at least 40% of the population are subsistence farmers, living completely independently of the cash economy.  They do not have any connection with or receive support from the capital, and they rarely have any need for money.

The official languages of the country are English, Tok Pisin (or Pidgin) and Hiri Motu (a Polynesian language spoken by about 5% of the population in the south east).  The lingua franca used for commerce is Tok Pisin, an English-based creole, although standard English is used in government, higher education, and formal writing.

Classic QSL from Radio East New Britain

So, how do you unite a country as linguistically diverse as PNG?  How do you forge a national identity?  How do you even begin to think about reaching people who never come into even a regional town, let alone the capital?  How can the authorities provide health education, warnings about weather events, emergency assistance when needed, and so on?

You would think that from a radio perspective, small, compact people groups could probably best be serviced by FM transmitters right in their communities, but the problem with that is lack of infrastructure.  With no electricity, the transmitters would have to be powered completely by renewable energy sources such as solar, which would limit them to very low power operation, and then only during the daytime and when it wasn’t too cloudy, which it often is.  Program production in the local language would also have to be powered in the same way, and for the most part, that’s just not viable.

Medium wave doesn’t work well in the tropics for regional coverage due to atmospheric noise, so where medium wave has been deployed (and there are a few 10 kW units in use), they’re only for population centers close to the transmitters.  The only real alternative for national coverage is some form of shortwave broadcast from locations where there is at least a bare minimum of services.  And that’s exactly what PNG had for decades, usually broadcasting in a mixture of English, Pidgin, and perhaps the most dominant vernacular language in their area.

Classic QSL from NBC

The history of radio broadcasting in Papua New Guinea dates back to 1935 when the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) opened the first commercial medium wave station, 4PM, in Port Moresby, although it was closed again during World War II.  In 1944, the U.S army established a radio station called 9PA, which was the first to broadcast in local languages.  After the war, the ABC assumed control of 9PA and gradually expanded its broadcasting services in the territory.

In 1961 the first PNG government broadcast service was launched, the forerunner of 15 regional stations specifically for Papua New Guinea audiences.  This dual system of broadcasting continued until the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) was formed under the Broadcasting Commission Act of 1973.  The NBC is thus Papua New Guinea's state-owned broadcaster, now operating two national radio stations and one television station.

In addition to the NBC, there are also a number of private and community radio stations operating in Papua New Guinea, all on FM.  These mostly target urban youth, who find it easy to tune in on subsidised smart phones that have FM tuners built in.  But, there’s little coverage of the more rural areas.

The 1970 edition of the WRTH lists eight regional stations (all government-operated), such as Radio Rabaul, Radio Wewak, Radio Western District, Radio Goroka, and so on, all on frequencies in the 90 meter tropical band, with a mix of 10 and 2 kW transmitters.  Most of the regional shortwave transmitters were replaced in the early 1990s, and the 1995 edition of the WRTH shows 23 regional stations, all operating with 10 kW in the 90 meter band.  There are also two 100 kW units listed in Port Moresby on 60 meters and 31 meters, which were obviously intended to provide national coverage.

FM transmitters have been deployed in town areas throughout the country, with both the BBC World Service and Radio Australia being available on FM in Port Moresby.  But most of the population is well out of the reach of any FM or medium wave transmitter.  So, we look forward with interest to see how the situation develops in PNG.  

Will a network of regional shortwave stations be reestablished?  Will the 

high-power units in Port Moresby be refurbished and reactivated for national coverage?  Maybe by this time next year we’ll know.

 Back to you, Jeff.

(Ray Robinson/Wavescan 23 Nov 2025)

To hear vintage radio recordings from Papua New Guinea in this edition,  refer to:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wavescan

Radio Prague International via WRMI schedule

 

Radio Prague International (Czech: Cesky rozhlas 7 - Radio Praha) is the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic.

Although shortwave broadcasts directly from the Czech Republic ceased in 2011, Radio Prague International is now heard daily via Radio Miami International. The Radio Prague International website has content in English at  https://english.radio.cz/ with the option for other languages.

Radio Prague International broadcasts listings from the WRMI schedule dated 2 November 2025. 

Time/UTC Days Language kHz Transmitter site kW Target area

0000-0030 Daily Spanish    5010 Okeechobee FL 100 Caribbean

          Tue-Sat English  9395 Okeechobee FL 100 North America

0000-0030 Daily Spanish   17790 Okeechobee FL 100 Latin America

0100-0130 Tue-Sat English  5950 Okeechobee FL 100 North America

0200-0300 Sun English      7570 Okeechobee FL 100 Western North America

0230-0300 Daily Spanish    5010 Okeechobee FL 100 Caribbean

0300-0330 Daily Spanish    5800 Okeechobee FL 100 Latin America

                           9955 Okeechobee FL 100 South America

0400-0430 Daily English    9955 Okeechobee FL 100 South America

0430-0500 Daily French     9955 Okeechobee FL 100 South America

0600-0630 Mon/Tue English 15770 Okeechobee FL 100 Europe

1300-1330 Daily English    9955 Okeechobee FL 100 South America

2230-2300 Mon-Fri English 15770 Okeechobee FL 100 Europe

                          17790 Okeechobee FL 100 Latin America

2300-2330 Daily French     5850 Okeechobee FL 100 North America

                          17790 Okeechobee FL 100 Latin America

2300-2330 Mon-Fri English  9395 Okeechobee FL 100 North America

2330-0000 Daily English    5850 Okeechobee FL 100 North America

                          17790 Okeechobee FL 100 Latin America

(WWDXC Top Nx 1636/21 Nov 2025)

(BDXC/Tony Rogers)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

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:Issued: 2025 Nov 24 0142 UTC

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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 17 - 23 November 2025

Solar activity was at low levels. C-class activity was observed from Regions 4274 (N25, L=274), 4284 (S07, L=177, class/area Dai/150 on 19 Nov), 4290 (S10, L=035, class/area Cao/120 on 22 Nov) and 4291 (S14, L=028, class/area Dao,120 on 22 Nov). 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 19-20 Nov with a peak flux of 2,880 pfu on 20/1435 UTC. Normal to moderate levels were reached on 17-18 Nov and 21-23 Nov. 

Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet to unsettled levels with isolated active levels observed early on 17 Nov and midday on 23 Nov. Solar wind parameters were enhanced midday on 20 Nov when Bt reached 18 nT and Bz reached values at -10 nT. Solar wind speeds began the highlight period at about 550 km/s, declined to near 325 km/s early on 20 Nov and gradually increased to about 500 km/s late on 23 Nov. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 24 November - 20 December 2025

Solar activity is expected to be expected to be at R1-R2 (Minor-Moderate) levels on 28-30 Nov and 01-11 Dec, primarily due to the flare potential and return of old Region 4274. Mostly C-class activity is expected on 24-27 Nov and 12-20 Dec. 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels on 28-30 Nov, 01-03 Dec, 08-12 Dec and 16-17 Dec, all due to coronal hole influence. The remainder of the outlook period is likely to be at normal to moderate levels. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to range from quiet to G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels. G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) levels are likely on 26-27 Nov and 03-04 Dec due to anticipated influence from CH HSS. Unsettled to active conditions are likely on 24-25 Nov, 28-30 Nov, 05-07 Dec, 12-14 Dec and 17-19 Dec. Mostly quiet levels are likely on 01-02 Dec, 08-11 Dec, 15-16 Dec and 20

Dec. 

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#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index

2025 Nov 24     125           8          3

2025 Nov 25     125          12          5

2025 Nov 26     130          25          5

2025 Nov 27     135          25          5

2025 Nov 28     140          12          3

2025 Nov 29     145           8          3

2025 Nov 30     150           8          3

2025 Dec 01     155           5          2

2025 Dec 02     150           5          2

2025 Dec 03     155          25          5

2025 Dec 04     160          20          5

2025 Dec 05     170          12          4

2025 Dec 06     175          10          3

2025 Dec 07     170           8          3

2025 Dec 08     165           5          2

2025 Dec 09     160           5          2

2025 Dec 10     155           5          2

2025 Dec 11     150           5          2

2025 Dec 12     145           8          3

2025 Dec 13     135          18          5

2025 Dec 14     130          12          4

2025 Dec 15     130           5          2

2025 Dec 16     125           5          2

2025 Dec 17     125           8          3

2025 Dec 18     120          10          3

2025 Dec 19     120           8          3

2025 Dec 20     125           6          2

(NOAA)

HAARP testing to November 25

 

HAARP

ALASKA   

HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program) is currently conducting tests that began on November 17, and will extend to November 25, 2025

Testing frequencies are between 2.75  and 10 MHz, and recent monitoring on: 2750, 3089, 3250, 4290, 4300, 5250, 5800, 9600 kHz. 

The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a University of Alaska Fairbanks program that researches the ionosphere – the highest, ionized part of Earth's atmosphere. The most prominent instrument at HAARP is the Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI), a high-power radio frequency transmitter facility operating in the high frequency (HF) band. 

Observations: 3250 kHz  Nov 19 at 0454;  6900 at 0220 - 0259 UTC  

(T Pavik, Canada)

To learn more about HAARP, go to: https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/

(Teak Publishing)

Jen's Birthday Celebration !

 

Tune in on Sunday ... it's time for a birthday celebration - don't miss this special musical program! 

 The Live Stream for the Celebration 

 http://uk4-vn.mixstream.net:8104/index.html 

 Sunday, November 23, 2025, at 19:00 - 23:00 UTC (and maybe longer)

Plus ... Jen's Special Hitting the Big 0 ... HINT it's not 5, can it be 6,7,8,9?  Take your bets, friends, but we're not telling !!

Enjoy

She Did It Her Way !!

For your contact pleasure

 Jenur@proton.me

Jen In The Rad

 

Radyo Pilipinas World Service set to return December 1, 2025

 

Vintage QSL from Gayle Van Horn Collection

Philippines

RP world service returns: Filipinos abroad to share their stories

By Marita Moaje

November 20, 2025, 6:49 pm Updated on November 21, 2025, 6:07 

MANILA – Radyo Pilipinas World Service (RPWS), the Philippine government’s international radio platform, is relaunching its shortwave broadcasts, marking a major step in reconnecting with Filipinos across the globe.

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), in a memorandum dated Nov. 20, formally approved the reinstatement of RPWS’s shortwave operations.

The authorized start date for resumption is December 1, 2025,” it added.

Additional story at: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1263669

FEBC-Radio Liangyou 1 & 3 videos

 Two new #RARE DX stations have been added to the Shortwave Central YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShortwaveCentral

The channel is expanding, so don't forget to subscribe. Thank you for the kind comments to w4gvhla@gmail 

Stay tuned ...for more videos in the future !!

                                                  https://youtu.be/tBbvuqwgs_I

                                               https://youtu.be/YfNhq4yve4o

WRMI adds new program

 

Dead Air Radio Crypt

The Dead-Air Radio Crypt is the punk-horror-psychobilly variety show you didn’t know you needed. Hosted by members of the late-night horror show Tennessee Macabre and produced in collaboration with Robo-Cat Productions, the show is a mix of underground music, b-sides, and rarities from the history of garage, punk, surf, psych, and psychobilly. Mixed in with the music are vintage radio pulp radio plays. It’s sure to make your nights a little lighter and darker all at once.

(BDXC/Alan Roe, Teddington, UK)

Kuwait on the Air

 

Archival map of Kuwait

A special thank you to Ray Robinson and Jeff White for sharing the Wavescan program on Kuwait from November 17, 2025. Kuwait, at one time, had a prominent voice in the Middle East - but DXers are now left to wonder ... is Kuwait active on shortwave?

Jeff:  In our feature today, we visit the Middle Eastern country of Kuwait.  Kuwait was thrust into the headlines when the neighboring country of Iraq decided to invade in August 1990, sparking the Gulf War.  But Kuwait has a long and proud history of radio broadcasting, and is still represented on shortwave to this day.  So, from Los Angeles, here’s Ray Robinson once more to tell us about the development of radio in that Gulf state.

 

Ray:  Thanks, Jeff.  In my early years exploring the shortwave bands in the 1970’s, one of the stations I remember well was Radio Kuwait.  I was in the UK, and during the afternoons in particular, I remember Kuwait in English booming in on 13 metres, a band that was otherwise almost empty, and yet Kuwait sounded just like a local medium wave station.  I don’t remember the exact frequency – it may have been 21675 – but whatever it was, it was an excellent choice.

So were they channeling a New York Top 40 station there?  I don’t know, but, as far as I can find, we in Wavescan have never covered Kuwait before, so I thought it might be fun to take a look into the history of broadcasting in that country.

Kuwait is situated at the northwest corner of the Persian Gulf, south of Iraq, and is only slightly larger in area than the U.S. state of Hawaii.  The low-lying desert land is mainly sandy and barren.  Kuwait City was founded by an Arab tribe in the early 1700’s, and by 1756 it had become an autonomous sheikdom.  The first sheik was Abd Rahim of the al-Sabah, and his descendants continue to rule Kuwait, which is now a constitutional monarchy.  In the late 1700’s and 1800’s Kuwait was on the fringe of the Ottoman Empire, and in 1897 the country obtained British protection when the sheik feared that the Turks would expand their hold over the area.  In 1961, Britain ended the protectorate, giving Kuwait independence, but agreed to give military aid on request.  No doubt as a legacy from the British Protectorate years, the official languages of Kuwait are Arabic and English.

Oil was discovered in Kuwait in the 1930’s, and it was subsequently proved that Kuwait had 20% of the world's known oil resources.  Since 1946 it has been the world's second-largest oil exporter, after Saudi Arabia.

In the first half of the last century, there was no broadcasting in Kuwait itself, but Kuwaitis, like any other people, were attracted to news sources, especially with the outbreak of World War II.    Many people owned radios, and regularly tuned into broadcasts from London, Cairo and Baghdad.

It was the Kuwaiti, Izzat Jaafar, who operated the first radio transmitter in the country after the war.  His low powered station was located on the waterfront in the Dasman neighborhood of Kuwait City and used to broadcast songs, but it was not licensed, and didn’t last for very long.

In early 1951, Kuwaiti Mubarak Al-Mayal, who served in the military wireless sector, succeeded in setting up a new station, aided by a Pakistani technician, Mohammad Khan Tufail.  After obtaining permission from Sheikh Abdullah Al-Mubarak, who was in charge of public security at the time, they began broadcasting, as Radio Kuwait.  The first transmission was at 7pm local time on Saturday May 12, 1951, and Al-Mayal’s first words were “Huna Kuwait”, meaning "This is Kuwait" in Arabic.

In the beginning, programming was limited to just two hours daily, but he soon succeeded in extending the transmissions and employed more people to aid him.

The first appearance of the station in the World Radio TV Handbook is in the 1954 edition, where it is listed with 1 kW on 5,000 kHz, 60 metres.  By that time, they were broadcasting for five hours per day – 7-9am and 7-10pm local time.

In 1958, two more broadcasters were employed to help develop the station further, which they did with dramatic story telling and playing listener requests.  On the technical side, two 5 kW transmitters were installed in 1960, whose power was soon to be doubled.  On June 10, 1960, Radio Kuwait transmitted their first newscast, and broadcasting hours increased to six per day, then 10, and in October 1960 to more than 16 hours daily.  On Fridays, the Muslim Holy Day when everyone was at home, the station broadcast throughout the day till midnight, with four newscasts.

A year later, when the country proclaimed independence from the British, the station grew again, quite significantly, with larger staff, more studios and installation of 100 kW transmitters.  In fact, the 1962 WRTH shows that the two 10 kW transmitters in Kuwait had been replaced with two Marconi 100 kW transmitters on 1130 and 1345 kHz medium wave, and at least one 50 kW shortwave transmitter on as many as seven different frequencies.  All broadcasting at that time, though, was still in Arabic.

The rapid growth of the station continued apace in the 1960’s, with a 100 kW shortwave transmitter being added in April 1963 on 6055 kHz.  In 1965, Brown Boveri of Switzerland delivered no less than four 250 kW shortwave transmitters, and programming in English was added for several hours per day on both medium wave and shortwave.  It took a few years for new antennas to be installed at the transmitter site near the desert community of Kabad some 15 miles west of Kuwait City, but the new 250 kW transmitters entered service in 1968.

By 1970, for the domestic audience they were running 200 kW 

on 1345 AM and 10 kW on a 60 meter band frequency, but they were also using the high power shortwave transmitters explicitly to target audiences in:

• Iraq/Iran,

• Bahrain/Gulf Area,

• Saudi Arabia,

• Aden/Yemen,

• Sudan,

• the North African countries of Algeria/Libya/Morocco/Tunisia,

• the Levant area of Egypt/Syria/Jordan/Lebanon, and then also

• India/Pakistan and

• Europe.

For a small country whose population at the time was less than 1 million, (it’s still less than 5 million today), they sure had a huge voice and carried a lot of influence in the Arabic-speaking world.

In the early 1980’s, the station’s studio production facilities moved into a new ‘Media Complex’ adjacent to the Ministry of Information in Kuwait City, where state-of-art equipment was installed, and new staff training programs were implemented by the management.  A stylized drawing of the Media Complex was depicted on their QSL cards.

A 1985 program schedule shows they were then broadcasting two different channels on shortwave in Arabic, plus readings from the Koran for several hours per day and programming in English, Persian and Urdu.  Transmissions were also added to the Far East, and for Australia and New Zealand.

Then on August 2, 1990, came the invasion by Iraq.  Amazingly, the Iraqis were not able to silence Radio Kuwait completely, as the Kuwaitis were able to move some of their operation across the border into neighboring Saudi Arabia, first to a transmitting site at Al-Khafji, and later to a larger one at Al-Dammam.

The occupation lasted until February 28th 1991, just less than seven months.  Radio Kuwait’s first broadcast afterwards announced "This is the Liberated State of Kuwait Radio."  Radio Kuwait’s headquarters in Kuwait City had been ransacked and left in ruins, but announcer Hussein Al-Mulla proclaimed that "Kuwait is free and will remain free forever" from a tiny temporary studio he set up near the transmitter site.  It took until 1993 for Kuwait Radio to be fully re-established and re-organized, restoring its role as the mouth of the nation.  Five new shortwave transmitters were installed between 1992 and 1995

QSL from Gayle Van Horn

But sadly, after 20 years in the harsh desert climate the transmitters started to become faulty, and not long after that recording was made, Radio Kuwait left shortwave.  In 2016, however, Ampegon was contracted to refurbish and upgrade the transmitters, including making three of them DRM capable, which they did in 2017.  Since then, Kuwait has remained one of the most acclaimed radio stations in the Arab world.  And as far as I am aware, Kuwait is now the only Middle Eastern country still operating on shortwave.  At least, I thought it was!  According to their website, media.gov.kw/frequency.aspx, they currently broadcast on shortwave in Arabic, Farsi, English, Urdu and Tagalog, with most transmissions in DRM mode.  Their daily English program is listed as running from 0500-0800 UTC, to South and Southeast Asia on 11970 kHz, and to Europe on 15530 kHz.  However, when I tried tuning in at that time on October 13th using WebSDR’s in both the UK and India, nothing was heard in either analog or DRM modes.  And, their schedule seems to have been removed from the DRM.org website.  So, does anyone know what’s going on with Radio Kuwait now?  Please let us know – just email wavescan@yahoo.com.

Of course, we should also mention the USAGM station in Kuwait which was set up in the 1990’s with a 600kW medium wave transmitter and 6 x 250 kW shortwave transmitters, although that’s been taken off the air this year by President Donald Trump’s administration.  Back to you, Jeff.

Recordings of Radio Kuwait can be found by a search on YouTube. www.youtube.com  

(Ray Robinson, (Wavescan 873/17 Nov 2025)