All India Radio, winter schedule

All India Radio/External Service - B12 winter schedule

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC   / Target Areas:  af (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) me (Middle East) pa (Pacific)

Arabic
0430-0500 11670me 15210me 15770me
0500-0530 11670me 15210me 15770me
1730-1800 9620me 11710me 13640me
1800-1900 9620me 11710me 13640me
1900-1945 9620me 11710me 13640me

Baluchi
1500-1600 6165as 7340as 9620as

Bengali
0300-0400 7420as
0400-0430 7420as
0800-0900 7420as
0900-1000 7420as
1000-1100 7420as
1445-1500 7420as
1500-1515 7420as
1600-1700 7420as
1700-1730 7420as

Burmese
1215-1300 11710as 15040as
1300-1315 11710as 15040as

Chinese
1145-1200 11840as 13605as 15795as
1200-1300 11840as 13605as 15795as
1300-1315 11840as 13605as 15795as

Dari
0300-0345 9835as 9910as 11740as
1315-1400 9910as 11670as
1400-1415 9910as 11670as

English
0000-0045 6055as 9690as 9705as 11710as 13605as
0000-0045 DRM 11645as
1000-1100 7270as 13605as 13695pa 15030as 15410as 17510pa 17895pa
1330-1400 9690as 11620as 13710as
1400-1500 9690as 11620as 13710as
1530-1545 9910as
1745-1800 7550eu 9445va 9950eu 11580af 11670eu 11935af 13695af 17670af
1800-1900 7550eu 9445va 9950eu 11580af 11670eu 11935af 13695af 17670af
1900-1945 7550eu 9445eu 9950eu 11580af 11670eu 11935af 13695af 17670af
2045-2100 7550eu 9445eu 9910pa 11620pa 11670eu 11740pa
2045-2100 DRM 9950eu
2100-2200 7550eu 9445eu 9910pa 11620pa 11670eu 11740pa
2100-2200 DRM 9950eu
2200-2230 9910pa 11620pa 11670eu 11740pa
2200-2230 DRM 9950eu
2245-2300 6055as 9690as 9705as 11710as 13605as
2245-2300 DRM 11645as
2300-0000 6055as 9690as 9705as 11710as 13605as
2300-0000 DRM 11645as

English/Hindi/Urdu
0830-0900 7250as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0900-1000 7250as 7340as 9595as 11620as
1000-1100 7250as 7340as 9595as 11620as
1100-1130 7250as 7340as 9595as 11620as

English/Pashto
1415-1500 9910as 11670as
1500-1530 9910as 11670as

French
1945-2000 9620af 11710af 13640af
2000-2030 9620af 11710af 13640af

Gujarati
0415-0430 15120af 15185af
0415-0430 DRM 17715af
1515-1600 11620af 13640af 15175af

Hindi
0315-0400 11840me 13695me 15120va (af/me) 15185af
0315-0400 DRM 17715af
0400-0415 11840me 13695me 15120va (af/me) 15185af
0400-0415 DRM 17715af
0430-0500 15120af 15185af
0430-0500 DRM 17715af
0500-0530 15120af 15185af
0500-0530 DRM 17715af
1615-1700 7250af 9445af 9950af 12025me 13605me 17670af
1700-1730 7250af 9445af 9950af 12025me 13605me 17670af
1945-2000 7550eu 11670eu
1945-2000 DRM 9950eu
2000-2045 7550eu 11670eu
2000-2045 DRM 9950eu
2300-0000 9910as 11740as 13795as

Indonesian
0845-0900 15770as 17510as 17875as
0900-0945 15770as 17510as 17875as

Kannada
0215-0300 13695me 15120me

Malayalam
1730-1800 7250me 12025me
1800-1830 7250me 12025me

Nepalese
0130-0200 3945as 7420as 9810as
0130-0200 DRM 11715as
0200-0230 3945as 7420as 9810as
0200-0230 DRM 11715as
0700-0800 7150as 7420as 9595as 11850as
1330-1400 3945as 4870as 7420as 11775as
1400-1430 3945as 4870as 7420as 11775as

Pashto
0215-0300 9835as 9910as 11740as

Persian
0400-0430 11670as 15210as 15770as
1615-1700 9620as 11710as 13640as
1700-1730 9620as 11710as 13640as

Russian
1615-1700 9595eu
1615-1700 DRM 15140eu
1700-1715 9595eu
1700-1715 DRM 15140eu

Sindhi
0100-0200 5990as 7370as 9635as
1230-1300 6165as 7340as 9620as
1300-1400 6165as 7340as 9620as
1400-1500 6165as 7340as 9620as

Sinhala
0045-0100 7270as 11740as 11985as
0100-0115 7270as 11740as 11985as
1300-1400 7270as 9820as
1300-1400 DRM 15050as
1400-1500 7270as 9820as
1400-1500 DRM 15050as

Swahili
1515-1600 9950af 13605af 17670af
1600-1615 9950af 13605af 17670af

Tamil
0000-0045 9835as 9910as 11740as 11985as 13795as
1115-1200 7270as 9810va 13695va 15050as 15770va (as/pa) 17510as
1200-1215 7270as 9810va 13695va 15050as 15770va (as/pa) 17510as

Telugu
1215-1245 9810va 13695va 15770va (as/pa)

Thai
1100-1200 11670as 13645as 15410as

Tibetan
1215-1300 7420as 9575as 11775as
1300-1330 7420as 9575as 11775as

Urdu
0015-0100 6155as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0100-0200 6155as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0200-0300 6155as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0300-0400 6155as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0400-0430 6155as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0530-0600 11670me 15210me 17770me (Haj Season)
1430-1500 3945as 6045as
1500-1600 3945as 6045as 6155as
1600-1700 3945as 6045as
1700-1735 3945as
1700-1800 6045as 6155as
1800-1900 6045as 6155as
1900-1930 6045as 6155as
(BCL via Jose Jacobs DXindia, updated by Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany. Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times)

Radio Australia, winter schedule

Radio Australia - B12

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC

Burmese
0100-0130 11780
2300-2330 5955

Chinese
1300-1400 9475 9965 11660
1400-1430 9475 9965 11660

English
0000-0100 9660 12080 15240 15415 17795 19000 21740
0030-0100 17750
0100-0200 9660 12080 15160 15240 15415 17750 17795 19000
0200-0300 9660 12080 15160 15240 15415 17750 17795 19000
0300-0400 9660 12080 15160 15240 15415 17750 19000 21725
0400-0500 9660 12080 15160 15240 15415 21725
0500-0600 9660 12080 13630 15240 15415 21725
0530-0600 17750
0600-0700 9660 11945 12080 13630 15240 15415 17750 21725
0700-0800 7410 9475 9660 9710 11945 12080 13630 15240
0800-0900 5995 7410 9475 9580 9710 11945 12080 15240
0900-1000 9580 11945
1000-1100 6020 9580 11945
1000-1100 Sat/Sun 9475
1100-1200 5995 6020 6080 6140 9580 11945
1100-1200 DRM 12080
1200-1300 6080 6140 9580 11945
1200-1300 DRM 5995
1300-1400 5940 6020 9580 11945
1300-1400 DRM 5995
1400-1500 5940 5995 9580 11945
1430-1500 9475 11660
1500-1530 11945
1500-1600 5940 5995 7240 9475 11660
1530-1600 11880
1600-1630 9580
1600-1700 5940 5995 7240 9475 11660 11880
1700-1730 11660
1700-1800 5995 9475 9500 9580 11880
1730-1800 6080
1800-1900 6080 9475 9500 9580 11880
1800-1900 Sat/Sun 9710
1900-2000 6080 9500 9580 11660 11880
1900-2000 Sat/Sun 9710
2000-2030 6080 9500
2000-2100 9580 11650 11660 12080 15515
2030-2100 9500 11695
2100-2200 9500 9660 11650 11695 12080 13630 15515 21740
2200-2300 9660 9855 12080 13630 15230 15415 15515 21740
2300-0000 9660 9855 12080 15230 15415 17795 19000 21740
2330-0000 17750

French
0300-0400 15515
0400-0500 15515
0500-0557 15515

Indonesian
0000-0030 12005 17750
0400-0430 17800
0400-0500 15240 17750
0500-0530 11700 15240 17750
2200-2300 11695 11830
2300-2330 11695 11830

Tok Pisin
0900-1000 5995 6020 6080 9475 9710
0900-1000 mtwhf 12080
1000-1100 Sat/Sun 5995
1000-1100 6020 6080 9475 9710
1000-1100 mtwhf 12080
(Nigel Holmes, R Australia via Andreas Volk, Germany ADDX Munich via WWDXC/BC-Top News via BCL)

　

International Radio Serbia, winter schedule

International Radio Serbia - B12

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC

Albanian
1745-1800 9635eu

Arabic
1530-16000 9635eu

Chinese
1730-1745 9635eu

English
0130-0200 twhfa 6190va (Europe/North America)
1400-1430 9635eu
1930-2000 6100eu
2200-2230 6100eu

French
1630-1700 9635eu
2130-2200 6100eu

　

German
1700-1730 9635eu
2100-2130 smtwhf 6100eu

Greek
1815-1830 9635eu

　

Hungarian

1800-1815 9635eu

Italian
1830-1900 9635eu

Russian
1600-1630 9635eu
1900-1930 6100eu

Serbian
0100-0130 mtwhfa 6190va (Europe/North America)
0100-0200 Sun 6190va (Europe/North America)
0130-0200 m 6190va (Europe/North America)
0200-0230 twhfa 6190va (Europe/North America)
1430-1500 9635eu
2030-2100 smtwhf 6100eu
2100-2130 smtwhf 6100eu
2230-2300 f 6100eu

Spanish
1500-1530 9635eu
2000-2030 6100eu
(BCL)

RFA upgrades automated reception reports

Radio Free Asia (RFA) is ready to launch a new automated reception report system! For years DXers have been able to submit reception reports to RFA at: www.techweb.rfa.org and receive a QSL card in the mail. In a few days RFA will relaunch the site with system upgrades including:

- an easier-to-navigate interface

- DXer registration

- option to submit anonymous reception reports

Background

The Q-code was developed and instituted in 1912 in order to facilitate communication between maritime radio operators of different nationalities. It is for this reason that the Q-prefix has been excluded from call-signs.

Shortwave radio listeners, or DXers, direct their "QSL" request (Can you verify transmission?) to radio stations around the world they happened to have monitored. "D" in DX is for distance and the "X" refers to the unknown. DXers are hobbyists who enjoy DXing or trying to pick up radio stations from a distance.

These reception reports are valuable to radio stations as they assist in evaluating transmission signal strength and quality. Radio stations usually reply by mailing a "QSL Card". The QSL card acknowledges the receipt of the report and confirms the details of the transmission.

To make the best of changing propagation conditions, RFA rotates frequencies during the summer and winter seasons to maintain the best possible coverage. As a shortwave broadcaster, Reception Reports are important to RFA in helping determine the best frequencies to use in order to reach our target audience.

RFA is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, 2

Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia,
including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org/english/about/frequencies.html.

You also have the option of using the following Microsoft Tag from your smartphone. The free mobile app for your smartphone is available at http://gettag.mobi .

Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to us at:

Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America
(A.J. Janikschek/RFA)

Radio Free Asia - B12 Winter Schedule

28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

Programming targeted to Asia. RFA does not broadcast in English

All times UTC

Burmese
0030-0130 12115 15700 17835
1230-1400 11795 12105 13735
1400-1430 11795 12105
1630-1730 9940

Cantonese
1400-1500 6025 7470
2200-2300 7250 9780 11775

Khmer
1230-1330 13765 15160
2230-2330 5840 11850

Korean
1500-1700 648 5855 7210 11585
1700-1900 648 5855 9385
2100-2200 648 7460 9385 11995

Lao
0000-0100 15690 17770
1100-1200 9325 15120

Mandarin
0300-0600 11980 13710 15665 17880 21450 21540
0600-0700 11980 13710 15150 15665 17880 21540
1500-1600 6025 7445 9605 9790 9905 11945 13725
1600-1700 6020 7415 7445 9455 9605 9905 11945 13725
1700-1800 6020 7415 7445 9355 9455 9905 11750 11945
1800-1900 6025 7385 7415 7445 9355 9455 9905 11750 11790 11945
1900-2000 1098 5860 6025 6095 7385 9355 9455 9875 9905 11790 11945
2000-2100 1098 5860 6025 6095 7355 7495 9355 9455 9875 11945
2100-2200 1098 6025 6095 7355 7495 9355 9455 9875 11945
2300-2400 7540 9585 9825 11775 11975 15550

Tibetan
0100-0200 9670 11695 13620 15610 17730
0200-0300 9670 9700 11695 15520 17730
0600-0700 17515 17675 21610 21695
1000-1100 9690 15140 17810
1100-1200 7470 9350 11545 15375
1200-1400 7470 9350 11590 13625 15375
1500-1600 5825 9955 11905 12085
2200-2300 6005 7470 9835
2300-2400 6010 7470 7550 9875

Uyghur
0100-0200 7480 9480 9645 9690 17805
1600-1700 5810 7310 9725 12035

Vietnamese
0000-0030 9920 11605 11965 15170
1400-1430 1503 9400 11605 12130 13735
1430-1500 9400 11605 12130 13735
2330-2400 1503 9920 11605 11965 15170
(AJ Janikschek/RFA)

Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2012 Nov 05 0312 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 29 October - 04 November 2012
Solar activity was at very low to low levels. The largest flares of the period were a pair of C1 flares from Regions 1596 (N07, L=150, class/area Eho/460 on 21 October) and 1598 (S12, L=111, class/area Dki/420 on 23 October) at 0507 UTC and 1139 UTC on 31 October, respectively. Other activity of note was a 24 degree long filament eruption centered at S32E07 that occurred from 0640-0855 UTC on 30 October. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed during the reporting period.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate levels on 29-30 October and again on 01 November. High levels were reached on 31 October. Normal background levels were observed from 02-04 November.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to active levels with major to severe storm periods observed at high latitudes. The period began with quiet conditions until a sudden increase in solar wind speed at the ACE spacecraft from 290 - 360 km/s occurred at approximately 31/1445 UTC. A sudden impulse (13 nT) was observed at the Boulder magnetometer at 1539 UTC on 31 October. This initial activity was due to a pair of CMEs resulting from filament eruptions on 27 and 28 October. The geomagnetic field responded with a unsettled period during the 1500-1800 UTC period on 31 October. At approximately 31/2348 UTC, the total magnetic field (Bt) increased from 9 to 15 nT
while the Bz component rotated to a southward (negative) component for approximately 20 hours (maximum deflection of 11 nT). The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to active levels with major to severe storm periods observed at high latitudes on 01 November. By 02 November through the rest of the reporting period, quiet conditions prevailed.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 05 November - 01 December 2012
Solar activity is expected to be very low to low until 08 November. From 08-21 November, a chance for M-class flares exist as old Region 1594 (S27, L=199) rotates across the visible disk. From 22 November until the end of the forecast period, very low to low levels are expected.

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 from 09-24 November. Normal to moderate levels are expected from 25 November through 01 December.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be quiet to unsettled through the forecast period. Unsettled conditions with a chance for active periods are expected from 08-11 November and again on 13
November due to activity from a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream.

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2012 Nov 05 0312 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2012-11-05
#
#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2012 Nov 05      95           5          2
2012 Nov 06     100           5          2
2012 Nov 07     105           5          2
2012 Nov 08     110          10          3
2012 Nov 09     110          10          3
2012 Nov 10     110          10          3
2012 Nov 11     115          10          3
2012 Nov 12     115           5          2
2012 Nov 13     115           8          3
2012 Nov 14     115           5          2
2012 Nov 15     120           5          2
2012 Nov 16     115           5          2
2012 Nov 17     115           5          2
2012 Nov 18     110           5          2
2012 Nov 19     110           8          3
2012 Nov 20     110           5          2
2012 Nov 21     105           5          2
2012 Nov 22     100           5          2
2012 Nov 23     105           5          2
2012 Nov 24     105           5          2
2012 Nov 25     100           5          2
2012 Nov 26     100           5          2
2012 Nov 27      95           5          2
2012 Nov 28      90           5          2
2012 Nov 29      90           5          2
2012 Nov 30      90           5          2
2012 Dec 01      90           5          2
 (NOAA)

TWR Africa winter schedule

Swaziland

TWR Africa

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC  as(Asia)  af (Africa)

Amharic
0330-0345 mfs 9525af
1630-1645 mt 9500af
1700-1715 Sun 9500af
1700-1730 mtwhfa 9500af
1730-1800 Sat 9500af

Chewa
0400-0445 Sat/Sun 5995af

Chokwe
1820-1835 6130af

English
0255-0300 Sun 3200af
0300-0325 Sun 3200af
0430-0500 mtwhf 3200af
0500-0600 3200af 9500af
0502-0600 6120af 9500af
0600-0700 3200af 6120af 9500af
0700-0800 3200af 6120af 9500af
1425-1455 6025af
1525-1555 Sat/Sun 6025af
1700-1800 3200af
1700-1800 Sat/Sun 3200af
1800-1900 3200af 9500af
1800-1900 Sat/Sun 3200af
1900-2000 3200af
1900-2000 Sat/Sun 3200af
2000-2030 Sat/Sun 3200af

Fiote
1905-1920 f 6130af

French
1445-1500 Sat/Sun 9585af
1500-1525 Sat/Sun 9585af
1935-1950 9940af
1950-2000 Sat 9940af
2000-2020 Sat 9940af

German
0400-0430 mtwhf 3200af 4775af
0400-0500 Sat/Sun 3200af 4775af

Hadiya
1645-1700 fa 9500af

Kambaata
1630-1645 fa 9500af

KiKongo
1850-1900 twhfs 6130af
1900-1905 twhfs 6130af

Kimbundu
1950-2000 6130af
2000-2005 6130af

Kirundi
1557-1600 mtwhf 15105af
1600-1627 mtwhf 15105af

Kuanyama
1905-1920 Sun 6130af

Lingala
1905-1935 9940af

Lomwe
0342-0357 4775af
1510-1555 7315af

Luchazi
1905-1920 w 6130af

Lunyaneka
1905-1920 Sat 6130af

Luvale
1850-1900 m 6130af
1900-1905 m 6130af
1905-1920 h 6130af

Makua
1455-1500 7315af
1500-1510 7315af

Makhuwa
1355-1400 Sat 7315af
1400-1425 Sat 7315af

Malagasy
1455-1500 mtwhf 9585af

Ndau
0325-0340 3240af
1645-1700 4760af
1700-1759 4760af

Ndebele
0255-0300 mtwhfa 3200af
0300-0310 Sat 3200af
0300-0325 mtwhf 3200af
1525-1555 mtwhf 6025af

Oromo
0330-0345 t 9525af
1630-1700 wh 9500af
1645-1700 Sun 9500af
1715-1745 Sun 9500af
1730-1800 mtwhf 9500af

Portuguese
1355-1400 Sun 7315af
1400-1425 Sun 7315af
1425-1455 7315af
1630-1645 mh 4760af
1850-1900 Sat 6130af
1900-1905 Sat 6130af
1905-1920 mt 6130af
1920-1950 6130af

Shangaan
1545-1600 Sun 4760af
1600-1615 Sun 4760af
1600-1630 Sat 4760af
1630-1645 twfa 4760af

Shona
0255-0300 3240af
0300-0325 3240af
1455-1500 6025af
1500-1525 6025af
1555-1600 6025af
1600-1625 6025af

Sidamo
0330-0345 wh 9525af

Swahili
1700-1745 9475af
1745-1800 Sat/Sun 9475af
1800-1815 Sat/Sun 9475af

Tshwa
1600-1630 mtwhf 4760af
1615-1645 Sun 4760af

Umbunbu
1750-1800 mtwhf 6130af
1800-1820 mtwhf 6130af
1835-1850 6130af

Urdu
1400-1415 15360as
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India/reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times)

KNLS winter schedule

USA, KNLS Alaska - B12 Winter Schedule

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC

freq / meter band/ target area / language

9655 31 0800-0900 Eastern Russia Russian

9655 31 0900-1000 Eastern China Chinese

9655 31 1000-1100 Asian Pacific Coast English

9610 31 1100-1200 Eastern China Chinese

7355 41 1200-1300 Asian Pacific Coast English

9920 31 1300-1400 Eastern China Chinese

7355 41 1400-1500 Eastern China Chinese

9655 31 1500-1600 Asian Pacific Coast English

9655 31 1600-1700 Central Russia Russian

9655 31 1700-1800 Central Russia Russian
(BCL)

South Korea winter schedule

South Korea, KBS - B12 Winter Schedule

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC

Arabic
2000-2100 ME/Af 9840 (Dhabaya)

Chinese
1130-1230 China 6095
1130-1230 seAs 9770
1300-1400 As 1170(MW), 7275
2200-2300 China 7275
2300-2400 seAs 9805

English 1
0200-0300 SAm 9580
0800-0900 seAs 9570
1200-1300 Nam 15575
1300-1400 seAs 9570
1600-1700 seAs 9640
1600-1700 Eu 9515
1800-1900 Eu 7275

English 2
1100-1130 Eu (Sat only) 9760 (DRM)
2200-2230 Eu 3955 (Skelton)

English 3
0200-0300 seAs 9640
1230-1330 China 6095

1400-1500 seAs 9640

French
2000-2100 ME/Af 5950 (Issoudun)
2100-2200 Eu 3995 (Skelton)

German
2000-2100 Eu 3955 (Skelton)

Indonesian
1200-1300 seAs 9570
1400-1500 seAs 9570
2200-2300 seAs 9805

Japanese
0100-0200 Japan 9580
0200-0300 Japan 11810
0800-0900 Japan 6155,7275
0900-1100 Japan 9805
1100-1300 NonDir 1170 (MW)

Korean 1
0900-1100 As 7275
1000-1100 NonDir 1170(MW)
1600-1800 ME/Af 9740
1600-1800 Eu 7275
1700-1900 Eu 9515

Korean 2
0300-0400 SAm 11810
0700-0800 Eu 6045 (Woofferton)
0900-1000 ME/Af 15160
0900-1100 seAs 9570
1000-1100 NonDir 1170 (MW)
1200-1300 As 7275
1400-1500 Nam 15575

Russian
1800-1900 Eu 7235 (Woofferton)
2030-2100 Moscow 738 (MW)

Spanish
0100-0200 SAm 11810,11635(Montsinery)
0200-0230 Nam 15575
0600-0700 Eu 6045
1100-1200 SAm 11795

Vietnamese
0100-0200 seAs 9690
1030-1130 seAs 9770
1500-1600 seAs 9640
(via Alokesh Gupta/BCL)

Polish Radio winter schedule

Poland, Polish Radio External Service - B12

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC

transmitters via Bulgaria 050 kW/030 deg to Eastern Europe

Belorussian
1430-1500 12095eu
1730-1800 9755eu
1800-1830 9755eu

Polish
1500-1600 12095eu
1630-1700 9755eu
1700-1730 9755eu
　

Russian
1400-1430 12095eu
1830-1900 9755eu
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria/HCDX)

Radio Tirana winter schedule

Radio Tirana

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC

*Albanian*
0800-0900 Eu daily 7390sh
0901-1000 Eu daily 7390sh 1395fl
1500-1630 Eu daily 1458fl
0000-0100 NAm daily 7465sh

*English*
2100-2130 Eu mo-sa 7465sh
0230-0300 NAm tu-su 6100sh

*French*
1830-1900 Eu mo-sa 7465sh

*German*
2031-2100 Eu mo-sa 7465sh

*Greek*
1645-1700 Eu mo-sa 1458fl

*Italian*
1800-1830 Eu mo-sa 6040sh

*Serbian
* 2115-2130 Eu mo-sa 1458fl

*Turkish*
1930-2000 Eu mo-sa 1458fl
(R Tirana via Wolfgang Bueschel re-arranged by Alan Roe, Teddington, UK via BCL)

　

Radio Romania International, English winter schedule

Radio Romania International

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC
Target Areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) na (North America)

English 

0100-0200 6145na 7340na

0400-0500 6130na 7305na 15220as 17870as

0630-0700 DRM 9600eu

0630-0700 7310eu 17780pa 21600pa

1200-1300 15460eu 17530eu 17765af 21570af

1800-1830 DRM 5895eu

1800-1900 DRM 9780eu

1800-1900 11955eu

2130-2200 DRM 6030eu

2130-2200 7310na 7380eu 9435na

2300-0000 6015eu 7220eu 9530as 11810as
(BCL)

Voice of Russia, English winter schedule

Voice of Russia - English

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 October 2013

All times UTC

Target Areas: af (Africa) am (Central & South America) as (Asia) eu (Europe) me (Middle East) na (North America)pa (Pacific-Australia & New Zealand) va (Various Areas)

English

0000-0100 7250na 7290na

0100-0200 7250na 7290na

0200-0300 15630na 17665na 17690na

0300-0400 15630na 17665na 17690na

0400-0500 9830na 15630na

0500-0600 9830na 15630na

0600-0700 21800pa 21820pa

0600-0700 DRM 11635eu

0700-0800 15745as 218000va 21820va

0700-0800 DRM 11635eu

0800-0900 15745as 21800va 21820va

0800-0900 DRM 9625eu 11635eu

0900-1000 7205as 15745as 21800va 21820va

0900-1000 DRM 9625eu

1000-1100 7205as 7260as 11680as 15745as

1000-1100 DRM 9625eu

1100-1200 11680as 15740as

1100-1200 DRM 9625eu 11640as

1200-1300 5885as 9560as 12075as

1200-1300 DRM 9625eu

1300-1400 7205as 7260as 9560as 12075as

1300-1400 DRM 9625eu

1400-1500 4780va 7260as 12075as 13790me

1500-1600 4780va 9735me 9880as 11985me

1600-1700 4780va 5885as 5995as 9880as

1700-1800 4780va 7240as 7330eu 9735va 9880as

1800-1900 4780me 7330eu 9735va 11985va

1900-2000 7330eu

2000-2100 7330eu

2100-2200 5940eu

2200-2300 7250am 11830na

2300-0000 7250am 7290am
(VOR via Elena Osipova/reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times) 

North Korean Shortwave Getting Stronger

The North Korean authorities are in the process of replacing their existing shortwave radio transmitters, Daily NK has learned. The measure appears designed to both allow better broadcasts targeting South Korea and stop outside shortwave broadcasts entering.

According to the Northeast Asian Broadcasting Institute (NABI), the authorities made their first move in March this year, replacing the shortwave transmission equipment at Kanggye Transmission Station in Jagang Province with modern equipment made by Beijing BBEF Electronics Group Co. Kanggye Transmission Station is one of three high output shortwave transmission facilities in North Korea, with the other two being at Pyongyang and in Gujang County, North Pyongan Province.
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India) Additional story at: http://tinyurl.com/8sbfaw5

North Korean winter schedules

North Korea

All times UTC
Target Areas: af (Africa)  as (Asia) eu (Europe) ca (Central America) na (North America) sa (South America) va (Various Areas)

Voice of Korea

Arabic
1500-1557 9990me 11545af
1700-1757 9900me 11545af

Chinese
0300-0357 13650as 15100as
0500-0557 7220as 9345as 9730as
0600-0657 13650as 15100as
0800-0857 7220as 9345as
1100-1157 7220as 9345as
1300-1357 6170as 9850as
2100-2157 7235as 9345as 9975as 11535as
2200-2257 7235as 9345as 9975as 11535as

English
0400-0457 7220as 9345as 9730as  11735ca  13760sa  15180sa
 0500-0557 13650as 15100as
0600-0657 7220as 9345as 9730as
1000-1057 6170va 9335sa 9850as
1300-1357 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1500-1557 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1600-1657 9990va 11545va
1800-1857 7570eu 12015eu
1900-1957 7219af 9975va 11535va 11910af
2100-2157 7570eu 12015eu

French
0400-0457 13650as 15100as
0600-0657 11735ca 13760sa 15180sa
1100-1157 6170va 9335sa 9850as
1400-1457 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12915eu
1600-1657 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1800-1857 7210af 9975va 11535va 11910af
2000-2057 7570eu 12015eu

German
1600-1657 6170eu 9325eu
1800-1857 6170eu 9325eu
1900-1957 6170eu 9325eu

Japanese
0700-0757 3250as 7580as 9650as
0800-0857 3250as 7580as 9650as
0900-0957 3250as 7580as 9650as
1000-1057 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
1100-1157 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
1200-1257 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
2100-2157 3250as 7580as 9650as
2200-2257 3250as 7580as 9650as
2300-2357 3250as 7580as 9650as

Russian
0700-0757 9975eu 11735eu 13760eu 15245eu
0800-0857 9975eu 11735eu 13760eu 15245eu
1400-1457 6170eu 9325eu
1500-1557 6170eu 9325eu
1700-1757 6170eu 9325eu

Spanish
0300-0357 11735ca 15180sa
0500-0557 11735ca 15180sa
1900-1957 7570eu 12015eu
2200-2257 7570eu 12015eu

 PBS - Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (Pyongyang Pangsong)

Korean
0300-0357 7220as 9345as 9730as
0700-0757 7220as 9345as
0900-0957 9975eu 11735eu 13760eu 15245eu
1000-1057 7220as 9345as
1200-1257 7220as 9345as
1300-1357 6170eu 9325eu

KCBS - Korean Central Broadcasting Station (Choson Jungang)

Korean
0900-0957 7220as 9345as
1200-1257 6170va 9335sa 9850as
1400-1457 6170as 9850as
1700-1757 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
2000-2057 6170eu 7210af 9325eu 9975va 11910af 11535va
2300-2357 7235as 7570eu 9345as 9975as 11535as 12015eu
(Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany/reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times) 

Voice of Turkey winter schedule

Voice of Turkey

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC
Target Areas: as (Asia) eu (Europe) va (Various)


Arabic
1000-1100 11955af
1500-1600 9665va 15200va

Azerbaijan
0800-0900 11835va
1630-1700 5965as
1700-1730 5965as

Bulgarian
1200-1230 7245eu

Chinese
1200-1300 11805as

Dari/Persian
1600-1700 11680va
1700-1730 11680

English
0400-0500 7240as 9655va
1330-1400 12035eu
1400-1430 12035eu
1730-1800 11730va
1800-1830 11730va
1930-2000 6050eu
2000-2030 6050eu
2130-2200 9610va
2200-2230 9610va
2300-0000 5960va

French
2030-2100 5970eu 6050va
2100-2130 5970eu 6050va

Georgian
1100-1200 9840as

German
1230-1300 17755eu
1300-1330 17755eu
1830-1900 7205eu
1900-1930 7205eu

Italian
1500-1530 6185eu

Kazakh
1430-1500 9785va

Persian
0930-1000 11795va
1000-1100 11795va
1600-1700 9530va

Russian
1400-1500 9410va

Spanish
0200-0300 9410va 9650va
1730-1800 9495va
1800-1830 9495va

Tatar
1100-1130 15360va

Turkish
0100-0200 6000as
0200-0300 6000as
0500-0600 9700va 9820as
0600-0700 9700va 9820as
0700-0800 11925va 15350va 15480as
0800-0900 11925va 15350va 15480as
0900-1000 11925va 15350va 15480as
1000-1100 15350va 15480as
1100-1200 15350va 15480as
1200-1300 15350va 15480as
1300-1400 15350va

Turkmen
1300-1330 11965va
1400-1500 11815va
1500-1600 11815va
1600-1700 11815va
1700-1800 5980eu 6120va
1800-1900 5980eu 6120va
1900-2000 5980eu 6120va
2000-2100 5980eu 6120va
2100-2200 5980eu 6120va

Urdu
1300-1400 11985va

Uyghur
0300-0400 9460va
1330-1400 13685va
1400-1430 13685va

Uzbek
1130-1200 13625va

(TRT/BC-DX Top News 21 Oct/W. Bueschel) 

KTWR Guam winter schedule

Guam, KTWR - B12

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC Target Areas: as(Asia)  pa (Pacific)

Assamese
1315-1345 smtwhf 15265as

Balinese
0930-0945 Sun 15200as
0930-1000 Sat 15200as

Burmese
1200-1245 mtwh 15390as
1200-1300 fas 15390as

Cantonese
1330-1400 mtwhf 11675as

English
0850-0900 mtwhf 15200as
0900-0930 mtwhf 15200as
1000-1018 mtwhf 11840pa
1000-1030 Sat 11840pa
1400-1425 mthf 15225as
1400-1435 swa 15225as

Hui
1330-1400 Sat/Sun 11675as

Indonesian
1000-1030 smtwhf 15200as

Javanese
1000-1030 Sat 15200as

Kokborok
1230-1300 mtwhf 15240as
1245-1300 Sun 15240as

Korean
1345-1400 mtwhfa 11580as
1400-1430 Sun 11580as
1400-1445 Sat 11580as
1400-1500 mtwhf 11580as

Madurese
0930-1000 mtwhf 15200as

Mandarin
0945-1000 mtwhfa 15235as
1000-1100 mtwhfa 15235as
1045-1100 mtwhfa 11580as
1100-1200 mtwhfa 11580as
1100-1145 13765as
1100-1200 9910as
1215-1245 mtwhf 9975as
1330-1400 mtwhf 9975as
1400-1430 mtwhf 9975as
1430-1500 9975as

Manipuri
1330-1345 Sun 15240as

Mus/Beng
1230-1245 Sat/Sun 15240as

Nosu Yi
1200-1215 11580as

Sanrthali
1300-1315 15240as
1315-1330 Sun 15240as

Sgaw Karen
1300-1330 15390as

Sudanese
1030-1100 15200as

Vietnamese
1245-1300 15550as
1300-1330 smtwhf 15550as
1300-1345 Sat 15550as

Trans World Radio-Guam
P.O. Box 8780
Agat, Guam 96928 USA
(Alokesh Gupta/India-reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times)

Denge Kurdistan East winter schedule

Clandestine

Denge Kurdistan (Voice of Kurdistan) targeted to Iraq.  Voice of Kurdistan broadcasts from studios located in Belgium (operational since 1 September 2012. This service either replaces Denge Mezopotmaya/Voice of Mezopotamya or has been renamed from it)

Transmitter Site: Simferopol, Ukraine - 300 kW.
(BDX Club/Middle East on SW Sept 2012)

Denge Kurdistan East
Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC

Kurdish
0400-0500 11510
0500-0600 11510
0600-0700 11510
0700-0800 11510
0800-0900 11510
0900-1000 11510
1000-1100 11510
1100-1200 11510
1200-1300 11510
1300-1400 11510
1400-1500 11510
1500-1600 11510
1600-1700 11510
1700-1800 11510
1800-1900 11510
1900-2000 11510
(BRB/Alokesh Gupta-reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times)

　

　

Radio Veritas Asia Winter Schedule

Philippines

Effective: 27 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC

Radio Veritas Asia, is a Catholic station, on the air since April 11, 1969,
No English broadcast, and all daily programming are targeted to Asia

Bengali
0030-0057 15265
1400-1427 11870

Chin
0130-0157 15255
1430-1500 11870

Filipino
1500-1553 15320 (transmitter CVA - Vatican - Santa Maria di Galeria)
2300-2327 9720

Hindi
0030-0057 15280
1330-1400 11870

Hmong
1200-1227 11935

Kachin
1230-1257 15225
2330-2357 9645

Karen
0000-0027 11935
1200-1230 15225

Khmer
1000-1030 11850

Mandarin
1000-1100 11945
1100-1157 11945
2100-2200 6115
2200-2257 6115

Myanmar
1130-1157 15450
2330-2357 9720

Sinhala
0000-0027 11855 15460
1330-1400 9520

Tamil
0030-0057 11935
1400-1427 9520

Telugu
0100-0127 15530
1430-1500 11750

Urdu
0100-0127 15280 17860
1430-1457 15330 (transmitter CVA - Vatican - Santa Maria di Galeria)

Vietnamese
0130-0200 15530
0200-0230 15530
1030-1100 11850
1100-1127 11850
1300-1327 11850
2330-2357 9670
(RVA Technical Dept. via Ashik Eqbal Tokon, Rajshahi, Bangladesh/HCDX 12 Oct 2012)

New Zealand Winter Schedule

Radio New Zealand International

Effective: 28 October - 30 March 2012

All times UTC

All programming targetd to Pacific regions
　

English - AM
0000-0100 15720
0100-0200 15720
0200-0300 15720
0300-0400 15720
0400-0458 15720
0459-0500 11725
0500-0600 11725
0600-0700 11725
0700-0758 11725
0759-0800 9765
0800-0900 9765
0900-1000 9765
1000-1058 9765
1059-1100 17675
1100-1200 17675
1200-1258 17675
1300-1400 5950
1400-1500 5950
1500-1550 5950
1551-1600 9765
1600-1700 9765
1700-1750 9765
1751-1800 11725
1800-1900 11725
1900-1950 11725
1951-2000 17675
2000-2100 17675
2100-2150 17675
2151-2200 15720
2200-2300 15720
2300-0000 15720
　

English - DRM
0000-0100 17675
0100-0200 17675
0200-0300 17675
0300-0400 17675
0400-0458 17675
0459-0500 13730
0500-0600 13730
0600-0650 13730
0651-0700 11675
0700-0758 11675
0759-0800 9870
0800-0900 9870
0900-1000 9870
1000-1100 9870
1100-1158 9870
1200-1550 No DRM service
1551-1600 7440
1600-1650 7440
1651-1700 9890
1700-1750 9890
1751-1800 11675
1800-1850 11675
1851-1900 15720
1900-2000 15720
2000-2100 15720
2100-2150 15720
2151-2200 17675
2200-2300 17675
2300-0000 17675
(Adrian Sainsbury/R NZ Intl) 

Deutsche Welle Winter Schedule

Effective: 28 October 2012 - 30 March 2013

All times UTC

Transmitters via Ascension Island, Rwanda, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates,
and United Kingdom

Language/Time/Frequency/Transmitter Site

Amharic to Ethiopia
1600-1657 9800 kHz KIGALI
1600-1657 12070 kHz KIGALI
1600-1657 15275 kHz KIGALI

Chinest to China
1300-1330 9610 kHz KRANJI
1300-1330 11600 kHz KRANJI
1300-1330 13700 kHz DHABAYYA
1330-1400 11600 kHz KRANJI
1330-1400 13700 kHz DHABAYYA

Dari to Asia
0830-0900 15640 kHz DHABAYYA
0830-0900 17710 kHz KIGALI
1330-1400 15640 kHz KRANJI
1330-1400 17860 kHz DHABAYYA

English
0400-0457 7285 kHz KIGALI Africa (west)
0400-0457 9420 kHz KIGALI Africa (east)
0400-0457 9470 kHz KIGALI Africa (west)
0400-0500 5905 kHz KIGALI Africa (east)
0500-0527 5905 kHz KIGALI Africa (east)
0500-0530 9420 kHz KIGALI Africa (ce, ea, so)
0500-0530 9800 kHz KIGALI Africa (ce, ea, so)
0500-0530 11800 kHz KIGALI Africa (west)
0530-0557 9420 kHz KIGALI Africa (ce, ea, so)
0530-0557 11800 kHz KIGALI Africa (west)
0600-0630 12045 kHz KIGALI Africa (west)
0600-0630 13780 kHz KIGALI Africa (west)
0600-0630 17800 kHz KIGALI Africa (west)
0630-0700 13780 kHz KIGALI Africa (west)
0630-0700 17800 kHz KIGALI Africa (west)
1900-1930 11800 kHz KIGALI Africa (south)
1900-1930 12070 kHz KIGALI Africa
1900-1930 15275 kHz KIGALI Africa
1930-1957 12070 kHz KIGALI Africa
1930-1957 15275 kHz KIGALI Africa
2000-2057 9655 kHz KIGALI Africa (central)
2000-2100 11800 kHz KIGALI Africa
2000-2100 12070 kHz KIGALI Africa (south)
2100-2200 9655 kHz KIGALI Africa
2100-2200 11800 kHz KIGALI Africa (ce, east)
2100-2200 12070 kHz KIGALI Africa

French to Africa
1200-1257 9800 kHz KIGALI
1200-1257 15275 kHz KIGALI
1200-1257 15440 kHz KIGALI
1200-1300 15700 kHz WOOFFERTON
1200-1300 17800 kHz WOOFFERTON
1200-1300 21780 kHz KIGALI
1700-1757 9795 kHz KIGALI
1700-1800 12070 kHz KIGALI
1700-1800 15275 kHz KIGALI
1700-1800 15700 kHz WOOFFERTON

Hausa to Africa
0630-0700 12045 kHz KIGALI
0630-0700 15275 kHz KIGALI
0630-0700 21780 kHz DHABAYYA
1300-1400 15275 kHz KIGALI
1300-1400 17800 kHz KIGALI
1300-1400 21780 kHz KIGALI
1800-1857 12070 kHz KIGALI
1800-1857 15275 kHz KIGALI
1800-1857 17800 kHz KIGALI

Pashto to Asia
0800-0830 15640 kHz DHABAYYA
0800-0830 17710 kHz KIGALI
1400-1430 15640 kHz KRANJI
1400-1430 17860 kHz DHABAYYA

Portuguese to Africa
0530-0557 9800 kHz KIGALI
0530-0600 12045 kHz KIGALI
0530-0600 17800 kHz DHABAYYA
1930-1957 11800 kHz KIGALI
1930-2000 11865 kHz KIGALI
1930-2000 12045 kHz MEYERTON

Swahili to Africa
0300-0357 5925 kHz KIGALI
0300-0357 7265 kHz KIGALI
0300-0400 5905 kHz KIGALI
0300-0400 12070 kHz ASCENSION
1000-1100 9800 kHz KIGALI
1000-1100 12070 kHz KIGALI
1000-1100 15275 kHz KIGALI
1000-1100 15700 kHz KIGALI
1500-1557 7300 kHz KIGALI
1500-1557 9800 kHz KIGALI
1500-1557 12055 kHz KIGALI
1500-1557 12070 kHz KIGALI

Urdu to Pakistan & India
1430-1457 15275 kHz KIGALI
1430-1500 15640 kHz KRANJI
1430-1500 17860 kHz DHABAYYA
(DWL, Oct 15)
Issued 15 October 2012
(WWDXC/Top News 1087 at http://topnews.wwdxc.de/)