VOA Radiogram weekend schedule

Hello friends,

Before discussing last weekend’s and next weekend’s program, a reminder that an archive of past VOA Radiogram broadcasts recorded by Mark Hirst in the UK is kindly maintained by Mark at the URL below. You can decode the modes from these recordings …

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=F24C5799D08FDF1E%21507

Last weekend’s 8PSK: As expected, the 640-word-per-minute 8PSK-250 in last weekend’s program usually resulted in more errors than the 320-wpm 8PSK-125. There were a few instances of 95-100% decode of the 8PSK-250, including the 360 km from the North Carolina transmitter to my house in northern Virginia, Saturday 0230 UTC on 5745 kHz. It seems that the 8PSK-250 would be most useful in short-hop shortwave propagation, beyond the range of VHF.

This weekend we return to our workhorse MFSK32 mode for the entire program, except for an MFSK64 image and the surprise mode at the end of the show.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 85, 15-16 November 2014 (all MFSK32 except where indicated):

1:45  Program preview

2:52  Solar eclipse and European power grids*

7:53  Human settlements and animal extinction*

11:45  Interfacing human brains via Internet*

16:05  Sesame Street TV show marks 45 years*

19:45  Russian media news*

26:37  Closing announcements with MFSK64 logo

28:05  Surprise mode of the week

*with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5910 kHz (new frequency as of 1 November)
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1230 UTC on 6095 kHz and Sunday at about 0130 UTC (Saturday 8:30 pm EST) on 7375 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany. Reports for the KBC transmissions to themightykbc@gmail.com .

Thanks for your reception reports. I’ll try to respond before the end of the weekend.

Please tune in and write this weekend.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott

Producer and Presenter

VOA Radiogram

voaradiogram.net

   

Amateur Radio Special Castle Events

Le Château Bivort  (vimeo.com)

November 15-16
WCA pedition of LZ2OQV/P to Royal Palace. Georgi LZ2OQV/1 will be active on from Royal Palace, WCA : LZ-00019. He plans to work as LZ2OQV/P on 20 meters CW/SSB and possible on 17, 15 and 10 meters. QSL via Home Call, bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info LZ2OQV].

November 16
WCA & BCA pedition of ON7ZC/P and ON4BZ/P to Le Château Bivort.  Pierre ON7ZC and Michel ON4BZ will be active from Chateau Bivort, WCA: ON-00464, BCA: HT-107. They plan to work as ON7ZC/P and ON4BZ/P from 08:00 UTC on 7.131 and 14.251 only SSB. For Special QSL instruction please visit on ON7ZC - QRZ.COM. 73 & 11! [tnx info ON7ZC].

WCA Pedition of YT2KID/P to Lazarev Citadel. Dragan YT2KID will be active from Lazarev Citadel, WCA: YU-00008, on the occasion of 666 years since the founding of the guards spear knights SV.Djorda which was established in 1348 year . He plans to work as YT2KID/P on 40 (7.151), 20 (14.251) and 17 (18.130) meters band. QSL via Home Call, bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info YT2KID].
(ICPO)

Weekend relays: Radio City, Euro Music Radio and HLR

Radio City QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

Radio City will be on the air this coming weekend:

All times UTC / frequencies kHz

Friday November 14th at 1900-2000 on 7290 via IRRS and on 1368 kHz via Challenger Radio in Italy, repeated on Saturday November 15th at 0900-1000 on 9510

Every Saturday evening at 2000-2100 there is a separate transmission via Radio Merkurs, Latvia on 1485 AM

Saturday November 22 there is another program via Hamburger Lokalradio at 1300-1400 on 7265

The address remains citymorecars@yahoo.ca
Thank you!

European Music Radio Relay on 16th November 2014

0800 to 0900 (Gohren) on 7265 Tom & Mike Taylor

0900 to 1000 (Gohren) on 9485 Tom & Mike Taylor

Please send all E.M.R. reports to:  studio@emr.org.uk
Thank you!

EMR QSL courtesy of Tom Taylor

EMR Internet repeats on Sunday and Monday:  

Program repeats are at the following times: 0800, 1300, 1700, 2000

Please visit www.emr.org.uk and click on the “EMR internet radio” button which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).

or www.tunein.com and sign in

If you live outside the listening area please try the Twente/Netherlands web receiver at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

Every Saturday and Wednesday the programs of HLR:
07.00 to 0900 on 7265
09.00 to 1200 on 6190
12.00 to 1600 on 7265

Every Sunday:

1200 to 1600 on 9485

E-mail: redaktion@hamburger-lokalradio.de
Thank you!

Good Listening!

73s,
Tom Taylor

DX Stamp & Supply:November Specials

New Zealand honors the upcoming release of The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

Dear Customer,

Italy increases their rate from 2,00 euros to 2,30 euros!! Dec. 1st. I've rearranged the values I have on hand. All units updated. Unfortunately, I don't have a 0,30 to update any units you might have on hand. We can do a switch/exchange for 50c. New price for Italy is now $4.00 up from $3.50....Yes, ouch!!

 

I have several hundred units of $1.15 in stock now. Take advantage of the several 49c discount units for your holiday mailings. 

Below are specials for  November 2014

Discount postage:  Domestic units still available. Stock up for your Holiday mailings. The 49c domestic rate will not increase in January.

If you need a current stamp list or supply list, I can email it to you. Send your request to:  plumdx@msn.com

A list of the countries we stock that have issued their own international forever stamps is yours for the asking.

NEW RATES:
MALAYSIA now 2 RM, up from 1,80 RM.
SINGAPORE: now S$1.30 up from S$1.10
AUSTRALIA rate increased 6th Oct. VK rate now A$2.75 to rest of world, up from A$2.60

NEW PRICES:
AUSTRALIA now priced at $2.75, up from $2.50

IN STOCK AGAIN:

STAMPS ON BACK ORDER: Malaysia, Morocco and Saudi Arabia.

Norway

Recently acquired a batch of Norway denominated stamps. I can offer Norway in denominated stamp unit of 17 kr., world rate for $2.75 each. (17 kr. will be Norway rate beginning Jan. 2015).  Norway international forever stamp still available at $3.00 each. I've updated my stamp price list as such for Norway.

Norway:D: means denominated stamps

Norway:F: means forever stamp

BACK ORDERS will now be sent with your next stamp order, unless I have several to send you.  Am losing money by sending out one at a time. Sorry.

U.S. DISCOUNT POSTAGE DEALS!!

Save Big on your domestic mailings when you plaster
your envelope with colorful stamps.

49c Units
  2 stamps
 in 3 stamps
 in 4 stamps
 in 5 stamps

x 100
 $42.00
 $41.00
 $40.00
 $39.00

x 200
 $81.00
 $80.00
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x 400
 $157.00
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 $150.00
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(Three stamps mean 49c unit is made with 3 stamps: 22c, 22c and 5c for example)

MORE U.S. POSTAGE for SALE!

100 x 32c - $27     300 x 32c - $73

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NOVEMBER  2014  DX  STAMP  SPECIALS
    2 Switzerland-$4.00       3 Japan-$3.90
       2 Lithuania-$3.00       2 Spain-$3.20       3 UK-$5.10
       

NOVEMBER  2014  DX  SUPPLY  SPECIALS
200/200 European Air Mailers and Air Returns -$40.00
200/200 Stateside Mailers and Returns - $19.00
2 Standard QSL Albums - $40.00
5 Packs QSL Album Pages - $25.00

Priority Mail Shipping Rates: Orders up to $16.00 add $6.50, orders from $16.01 to $40.00 add $9.00, orders from $41.00 to $100.00 add $15.00. orders from $101.00 to $150.00 add $20.00, orders over $150.00 add 15%. When ordering supplies and stamps, the stamps ride free, just use supply total to figure shipping costs. Shipments to Canada and overseas ship at a greater cost. (01/2014)

Stamps Only Orders: Just add $1.00 P&H for posting to USA, add $2.00 for posting to Canada.

73, bill

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Flemington, NJ 08822
908 788 1020
908 782-2612 FAX
Email: plumdx@msn.com

Gorbachev Warns of New Cold War

Radio hobbyists have speculated that we may see the return of a Cold War in the radio scene ... Former General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev predicts the "world is on on the brink of a new Cold War."

The Brandenburg Gate, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, November 9, 1989 (photo/German Missions to the United States, Germany/MS State.edc)

Gorbachev Warns of New Cold War

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," U.S. President Ronald Reagan demanded in a 1987 speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. Some two and a half years later, on Nov. 9, 1989, Berliners flocked to the wall that severed East and West Berlin and did exactly that.

But as the city celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Sunday, Reagan's catchy imploration is little more than a faint echo against a backdrop of blaring political tensions that former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says have brought the world to the threshold of a "new Cold War."

Gorbachev, whose policies of glasnost and perestroika precipitated the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc, defended Russian foreign policy in his speech at a symposium in Berlin on Saturday.

"The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. Some say that it has already begun," Gorbachev said on Saturday in comments carried by Reuters. "Euphoria and triumphalism went to the heads of Western leaders. Taking advantage of Russia's weakening and the lack of a counterweight, they claimed monopoly leadership and domination of the world."

Gorbachev, 83, also said that President Vladimir Putin's speech at the annual Valdai International Discussion Club forum in Sochi on Oct. 24 — which many analysts interpreted as an anti-Western tirade — in fact expressed the "desire to find a way to decrease tensions and ultimately build a new basis for partnership."

Additional story at Moscow Times
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/25-years-after-fall-of-berlin-wall-gorbachev-embraces-kremlin-narrative

Radio Sputnik replaces Voice of Russia

24/7 Broadcasting Strategy

Sputnik, a major new media brand with modern multimedia centers in dozens of countries, began live internet broadcast on November 10. All of Sputnik’s multimedia centers located in major world capitals will maintain their own websites and broadcast from local radio stations.

Station identification as, "the Voice of Russia has reached new heights and is now Radio Sputnik ... telling the untold " http://sputniknews.com/radio/

MOSCOW, November 10 (Sputnik) — In 2015, Sputnik will broadcast in 30 languages, with over 800 hours of radio programming a day, covering over 130 cities and 34 countries. Sputnik’s exclusive content is designed for a global audience of billions who are tired of aggressive propaganda promoting a unipolar world and want a different perspective.

The flagship site is www.sputniknews.com.

Sputnik for the world

Offering a fuller picture of the world with a truly diverse range of views, Sputnik tells the untold.

"There are countries that impose their will on both the West and East," Director General of Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency Dmitry Kiselev said. "Wherever they intervene, bloodshed, civil wars and color revolutions ensue. Entire countries fall apart. Iraq, Libya, Georgia, Ukraine, Syria, to name just a few. Many people already understand that the world doesn't necessarily have to believe that the actions of the United States work for everybody. Russia proposes a model for the world that is based on respect for all of humanity. We believe in a diverse, multicultural world, and we have many allies. To promote this outlook our media group is launching a new global brand, Sputnik."

Sputnik points the way to a multi polar world that respects every country's national interests, culture, history and traditions.

Read additional story on Sputnik's strategy and more at http://sputniknews.com/russia/20141110/1014569630.html

Sputnik Radio streaming audio available at: http://sputniknews.com/radio/

Thanking Veterans For Their Service

Today on November 11, 2014, our nation honors all of the veterans that have served in the United States services of the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy. This special day coincides with Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the end of World War I.

Teak Publishing thanks all that have served, not only this day ... but everyday. We honor your devotion to our country.

Gayle and Larry Van Horn (USN Ret.)

Special QSL: Letter from "Home" Voice of Mongolia

Mongolian Costumes (chinaculture.org)

Honhor, Mongolia

For our unique QSL this week, we feature a very special QSL that was received by Mrs. Dr. Carolyn Lysandrou, amateur callsign KC9URR, who now lives in Bloomington, Indiana.  Some years ago, Dr. Lysandrou was living in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia where she spent some time. 

            Here in the United States two years ago, she endeavored on several occasions to tune in to the shortwave service of the Voice of Mongolia, and then on September 14 (2012) she was finally successful in tuning their signal on 12085 kHz.  This 250 kW shortwave transmitter is located at Honhor, a few miles south east from the national capital Ulaan Baatar.  

            Her reception report was verified by a friendly letter in English from Uyanga Ganchangaa together with a QSL card; that is, a tourist picture postcard with the QSL text handwritten on the reverse side.      

            Mrs. Carolyn states that she ”spent many days trying to hear the station”, and that “it was so nice to receive such a wonderful personal letter” referring to the area where she used to live in Ulaan Baatar.  With a nostalgic comment, Carolyn Lysandrou concludes by saying: “I miss Mongolia”.

(AWR-Wavescan/NWS 297 via Adrian Peterson)

North of the Stone Wall: The Radio Scene in Scotland - Part 2

Portions of Hadrian's Wall in Scotland (wikipedia)

In Part 2 of the  radio scene in Scotland, North of the Stone Wall, we go back to the early 1920's, at the time when the first radio broadcasting stations were installed in Scotland.  All four of these early BBC stations were Marconi units rated at 1½ kW; three operated in the medium wave band, and one in the longwave band.

            Radio program broadcasting came to Scotland on March 6, 1923 with the inauguration of station 5SC in Glasgow with 1½ kW on 717 kHz.  The original studios were located in a confined area, in an attic in Rex House at 202 Bath Street, and the transmitter was installed in the Pinkston Power Station at Port Dundas, a mile north of Glasgow city.  The number at the beginning of the call sign 5SC has no apparent real significance within the territories of the United Kingdom, though the letters SC would seem to indicate the first two letters in the territorial name, Scotland.

            Subsequent stations that came on the air quite soon afterwards were Aberdeen 2BD 605 kHz,  Edinburgh 2EH 328 kHz, and Dundee 2DE 906 kHz.  The call sign for each of these three subsequent stations began with the number 2, and the letters in each call sign can be seen in the name of the city of  license.

            Thus the second radio broadcasting station in Scotland was 2BD (605 kHz) in Aberdeen, a relay station with studios at 17 Belmont Street and the transmitter almost adjoining at the Aberdeen Steam Laundry in Claremont Street.  This station was officially inaugurated on October 10 of the same year 1923.    

            The third station was the lone long wave relay station 2EH (328 kHz) with studios in the back premises of a music shop at 79 George Street Edinburgh

and the transmitter in a wooden hut in the quadrangle at the nearby university buildings at Teviot Place on the other side of the main railway station. 

            In addition to the relay of programs from the network key station 5SC in Glasgow, the Edinburgh 2EH was noted back in that era for the production of its own afternoon programming, and a Children’s Hour on Friday evenings.  This station was officially inaugurated on May 1 of the following year 1924.

            The fourth early broadcasting station in Scotland was 2DE (906 kHz) in Dundee with studios at 1 Lochee Street and the transmitter at the Caldrum Jute Works on nearby St. Salvador Street.  This station was inaugurated on November 12 of the same year 1924.

            All four of the original medium wave stations in Scotland were subsequently replaced by the BBC at updated locations with new equipment before the commencement of World War II in 1939.

            North of the Stone Wall, in Scotland itself, the BBC is on the air these days with a multitude of radio and TV stations throughout the entire country.  The BBC Scotland runs separate radio & TV channels in English and in the Gaelic language.

            A map indicating all of the AFRS American Forces Radio Stations in the British Isles during World War 2 shows two stations in Scotland.  These stations were located at American bases apparently near the two major cities, Glasgow and Edinburgh.  Almost nothing is known about these two stations, except that they operated at very low power, usually 50 watts.  It is known that one station was installed in the American Military Hospital at Cowglen, near Glasgow.

            No regular shortwave broadcasting station has ever been erected in Scotland, though hobby pirates have been noted at various times.  For example, QSL cards show:-

                        Radio Freedom         Midlothian                  1974      35 watts        6220 kHz

                        Radio Stella               Central Scotland       1983      20                  7319

                        Voice of Scotland     Cambridge England           1993    300                  6205

            However, there have been some program relays on shortwave from Scotland with the usage of relay stations in the northern hemisphere.  A licensed internet radio station, Radio Six International in Glasgow, took out several short term relays via shortwave stations in Europe and the United States.  The shortwave stations in Europe were located in Italy and Latvia, and the shortwave stations in the United States were WBCQ in Monticello Maine and WWCR in Nashville Tennessee.  These shortwave relays from Radio Six International were on the air for a period of a little over five years, running from December 2003 to December 2008.

(AWR-Wavescan/NWS 297 via Adrian Peterson)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2014 Nov 10 0642 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
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#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 03 - 09 November 2014

Solar activity ranged from low to high levels with Region 2205 (N15,  L=011, class/area Ekc/410 on 07 Nov) responsible for the majority of the activity during the period. 

The period began with high levels as Region 2205 produced an M2 x-ray event at 03/1153 UTC with an associated Type II sweep (517 km/s) followed by an M6/1f flare at 03/2240 UTC with another Type II sweep (601 km/s). 04 November saw activity decreased to moderate levels with a pair of M2 flares from Region 2205 at 04/0838 UTC and 04/0904 UTC respectively. On 05 November, high levels were observed as Region 2205 produced an M7/1n flare at 05/0947 UTC with an associated Castelli-U radio signature to include a 240 sfu Tenflare. Later in the day, the region produced a long duration (LDE) M2/1n flare at 05/1944 UTC with an associated Type II sweep (1291 km/s). 

High levels continued on 06 November with Region 2205 producing an M5/1n flare at 06/0346 UTC with associated Type II (732 km/s) and Type IV sweeps. The region also produced an M3/2n flare at 06/0139 UTC and an M2/1n flare at 2216 UTC with an associated 200 sfu Tenflare. 

High levels were observed on 07 November which began with an M2/2n LDE from Region 2205 at 07/0249 UTC followed by an M2 x-ray event at 07/0425 UTC and an M1/Sf at 07/1022 UTC. Later on the 7th, the region produced an X1 x-ray event at 07/1726 UTC with associated Type II (602 km/s) and Type IV sweeps. Also associated with this event was a partial-halo coronal mass ejection (CME) first observed in SOHO/LASCO imagery at 07/1808 UTC. Subsequent WSA/Enlil model output suggested a glancing blow Earth impact early to midday on 10 November. 

Low levels were observed on 08 November with numerous low-level C-class flares observed from Region 2205, 2201 (S04, L=089, class/area Dai/070 on 06 Nov) and 2203 (N12, L=115, class/area Dao/200 on 03 Nov). The summary period ended on 09 November with a return to moderate levels as Region 2205 produced an M2/1b flare at 09/1532 UTC 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. However, flux levels began the period enhanced due to the Hyder flare observed early on 01 November. The period began with flux levels at 7 pfu and finally declined to background levels early on 05 November. 

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate levels on 03 and 04 November and normal levels on 05-09 November. 

Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels. Quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 03 and 06-09 November while quiet to active levels occured on 04-05 November. Activity levels were dominated by numerous solar sector boundary changes (SSBC) and persistant periods of -Bz. No discernible transient or coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) influences were observed during the period. The ACE satellite observed solar wind speeds that ranged from a low of about 375 km/s late on 03 November to a high near 600 km/s late on 05 November. The interplanetary magnetic field (Bt) recorded a variable field that ranged from a low of 1 nT early on 03 November to a peak of 14 nT midday on the 4th. The Bz component generally ranged from +/- 5 nT or less. Increased Bz variability was observed from about 04/0015 UTC - 05/0845 UTC (+8 nT to -12 nT), 07/1738 UTC - 07/2106 UTC (+9 nT to -8 nT) and again from 09/1452 UTC - 09/2359 UTC (+/-10 nT). 

The phi angle reflected a mostly negative (towards) orientation through the period. Intermittent changes in orientation from a negative to a positive (away) sector were observed from 03/0027 UTC - 03/1101 UTC, 04/0626 UTC - 05/1316 UTC, 07/0025 UTC - 07/0911 UTC and 09/2233 UTC - 09/2359 UTC. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 10 November - 06 December 2014

Solar activity is expected to be at predominately low to moderate levels with isolated high activity from 10 - 23 November and again from 29 November - 06 December. This forecast activity is due to Region 2205, currently on the visible disk through 17 November and the return of old Region 2192 (S12, L=248) due to return late on 11 November. Mostly low level activity is expected for the remainder of the outlook period from 24 - 28 November. 

A slight chance for a greater than 10 MeV proton event at geosynchronous orbit exist for a majority of the period with the exception of 24 - 28 November due to potential significant flare activity from Region 2205 and the return of old Region 2192. 

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels from 10 - 13 November and again from 02 - 06 December. Moderate to high levels are expected from 14 November - 01 December. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at active to major storm levels on 10 - 11 November due to influences from the 07 November CME and negative polarity CH HSS effects. From 12 - 24 November and again from 03 - 06 December, quiet to unsettled levels with isolated active periods are expected due to a combination of CH HSS and SSBC effects. Mostly quiet conditions are expected on 25 November - 02 December. 

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2014 Nov 10 0642 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
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2014-11-10
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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2014 Nov 10     135          34          6
2014 Nov 11     145          18          5
2014 Nov 12     150           8          3
2014 Nov 13     155           8          3
2014 Nov 14     155           8          3
2014 Nov 15     155           8          3
2014 Nov 16     150          12          4
2014 Nov 17     170          12          4
2014 Nov 18     190          10          3
2014 Nov 19     200           8          3
2014 Nov 20     200           8          3
2014 Nov 21     195           8          3
2014 Nov 22     190          12          4
2014 Nov 23     170          12          4
2014 Nov 24     150          12          4
2014 Nov 25     135           8          3
2014 Nov 26     125           5          2
2014 Nov 27     105           5          2
2014 Nov 28     105           5          2
2014 Nov 29     100           5          2
2014 Nov 30     100           5          2
2014 Dec 01      90           5          2
2014 Dec 02      90           5          2
2014 Dec 03      90           8          3
2014 Dec 04      85          12          4
2014 Dec 05      80          12          4
2014 Dec 06      85          12          4

(NOAA)

Think shortwave is dying ? Think again

An Opinion Piece from Global 24

Shortwave radio is not dying. In fact, we think the whole story line should just go away.

We wanted to thank Thomas Witherspoon of SWLing.com for his excellent article on this very topic and the team of Global 24 wanted to share our perspective on this question.

First,

The 5,000 of you that have written to Global 24 since November 1, 2014 attest to the fact that shortwave radio is not dying.

The 1,000 of you that have joined our Listeners Club and Insiders Club since November 1, 2014 attest to the fact that shortwave radio is not dying.

The 30,000 unique visitors that visited our website, Global24Radio.com, since November 1, 2014 attest to the fact that shortwave radio is not dying.

You can expect Global 24 to be outspoken whenever and where ever we hear the words that shortwave radio is dying.

Yes, many government broadcast operations have closed up shop. They are totally incorrect in their worldview and so-called “research”. The public diplomacy and foreign policies of governments around the world are in incoherent disarray. It’s not surprising that incoherent foreign policy equates to government shortwave broadcasting being cut back. The fact that the U.S. government thinks shortwave is a medium of the past - should be enough for us all to stand up and cast a doubtful stare.

Whether we are confronting Ebola, dwindling global natural resources,welcoming the Arab spring or dealing with the reality of more and more failed states - states based on borders and beliefs largely imposed by the West - we are living in a world that is more dangerous than ever.

Important World Events Need a Western Perspective on Shortwave

Yes, we live in a world where terrorists groups like ISIS send out thousands of tweets an hour recruiting people to their violent worldview. Yes, we live in a world where ISIS produces an “Annual Report” that looks as good as than anything the Voice of America (VoA) produces. Yes, we live in a world where the internet reach of terrorists far eclipses the audience of the VoA. Does shortwave have a place in this world? Of course it does. One kid in Syria - or anywhere in the Middle East - listening to a shortwave radio on his parents radio that gets a different perspective and doesn’t go radical makes it worth it to us. Shortwave is a place where moderate worldviews can be heard easily.

We should rejoice in the fact that ISIS and Al-Qaeda don't have the equipment, resources or acumen to broadcast on shortwave and take the battle to airwaves.

Anyone with TV access or web access has so many other choices for information gathering. Why yield the field in shortwave - the one place where an audience is guaranteed? The governments of many nations, especially the United States need to “go back to the basics” and go back to shortwave radio. VoA, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Radio Marti and the Middle Eastern Broadcasters need to have their shortwave budgets exponentially increased immediately. It’s not just about hot button issues and unfree governments - it’s about inexpensive access to information for the world and simple “soft power”. Simply look at China Radio International or the Xinhua news agency and you will see a rapidly growing international presence - they are fighting the fights we have already walked away from.

The Developing World Still Need Shortwave

We live in a world where access to electricity is still limited to huge swaths of our brothers and sisters around the world. Does shortwave have a place of growing importance in this world? Of course, it does.

Shortwave radio requires no electrical mains, no internet access, no subscriptions - and of course, one radio can be shared and listened to by so many people. How can we live in a world where so many people don’t have clean water, electricity, basic medical care and access to information and think that social media, TV and the internet are the sole communication vehicles of the future? When kids in every country the world over have the water they need, the eyeglasses they need, the medical care they need, the electricity they need and the education they need, then maybe we can talk about engaging them on their smartphones and TVs exclusively and winning over their hearts and minds with 160 character “Tweets”.

Shortwave was, and is, a battle that can be won - not given up on.

The Rest of Us Still Need Shortwave

For the first time in many of our lives, we all should genuinely concerned about press freedom in the United States and in other “:First World” nations - yet alone press freedom in countries driving world events like Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Across our country more and more people are seeking a simpler lifestyle unburdened by expensive TV, internet and satellite connections. A lifestyle characterized by a lack of dependence - in terms of either information, resources or infrastructure. We are prepping, homesteading and preparing to live off the grid together. We are buying our guns, packing our bug out bags and drawing up emergency plans for our families. Perhaps, our own government should use shortwave to tell us about their policies and our future as the message isn’t coming thru clearly in the main-stream media spin machine.

What We Plan to Do

Here at Global 24 - we are a modest operation but we will be bringing to the world a new view of shortwave radio. Together with our listeners, we can do what governments can not do: create a renaissance in shortwave listening in the form of commercial shortwave listening before manufacturers stop making radios and stores stop marketing and selling them. These are the real threats to shortwave radio.

We pledge to tell our small story to radio manufacturers all over the globe, to engage with brick & mortar and online retailers here and abroad to carry, market and sell shortwave radios.

We pledge to constantly improve our website to make it a vehicle to convey the necessity, wonderment and joy of shortwave listening.

We pledge to work tirelessly to fight this fight. We need your help. We need your engagement, your feedback and we need you to listen. Be patient with us as we grow, scale and improve every facet of our operation.

Thank You,
The Global 24 Team
(Chelmsford Calling)
http://www.chelmsfordcalling.com/

South Carolina slated for Monday morning DX Test

DX TEST: WSPO ‐1390 Charleston SC will conduct a DX Test on Monday, November 10, 2014, at 0000‐0100 Eastern Local Time (0500 UTC)
The test will run at full day power of 5 kW and will consist of distinctive audio clips, morse code, and sweep tones. Reception reports (including return postage) may be sent to Mr. Bruce Roberts (KI4YST), Director of Engineering, Apex Broadcasting, 2294 Clements Ferry Rd., Charleston SC 29492. Many thanks to J.D. Stephens for arranging the test and to Bruce Roberts at WSPO for making the test possible. (Via Brandon Jordan, IRCA/NRC DX Test Coordinator.)

Brandon can be reached at P.O. Box 338, Rossville TN 38066, (901) 592‐9847, and bdjorda@gmail.com. Brandon has set up a web site at http://dxtests.net/ for the latest test info. And follow him on Twitter @AMDXTests for the latest test info.
(Larry Van Horn/Teak Publishing via NRC DX News # 82)

National Radio Club's AM Radio Log now available

The 35th Edition of the National Radio Club’s AM Radio Log Is Available and Shipping!

The NRC’s AM Radio Log is the leading source for information on AM radio stations in the United States and Canada.

As always, this edition is in an 8"1/2”x 11”, 3 hole punched, U.S. loose leaf format. This publication fits nicely into a one inch, three ring binder.

Additional references include call letters of FM simulcasts with the AM Stations listing, listings of regional groups of stations in
the groups section (a separate section of the Log) a cross reference of those stations that are licensed to use IBOC (In Band


On Channel) digital audio, and a comprehensive list of FM translators that are now simulcasting with AM broadcasters.

Order by postal mail via check or money order in US funds to:

National Radio Club
P.O. Box 473251
Aurora, CO 80047-3251 or order using your Pay Pal account at www.nrcdxas.org.

Member USA – $22.95 (Media Rate)
Member USA – $26.95 (Priority Mail)
Non?Member USA ? $28.95 (Media Rate)
Non?Member USA – $32.95 (Priority Mail)
Canada (Member/Non?Member) – US$36.00
Outside US/Canada (Member/Non) – US$40.00
(NRC)

NRC Antenna Pattern Book - 7th Edition Now Available

The 7th Edition of the National Radio Club Antenna Pattern Book is now available. This all new edition prepared by NRC member Paul Swearingen is an all inclusive book of patterns for both Day and Night operation of stations in the USA, Canada and selected foreign stations.

The data for the book comes from the 34th Edition of the AM Radio Log and NRC member John Callerman’s comprehensive Mexican station listing. The book comes shrink wrapped in 8½ by 11 three hole punch format for placement in your own three ring binder. There are 240 pages and the book has maps covering 530 through 1700 kHz depicting the lower USA, Canada and Mexico. Hawaii and Alaska are shown on separate maps at the of the book.

Price/ordering info:
To the United States, $22.95 for members, $28.95
for non members (add $4.00 for Priority Mail delivery to U.S. addresses only). To Canada $35.00; airmail outside of U.S. and Canada
$39.00. For those outside the U.S., use PayPal or a postal money order in U.S. funds only. Order from NRC, P.O. Box 473251, Aurora CO 80047?3251
or the NRC website at: www.nrcdxas.org. Colorado residents, please add 3.5% sales tax.
(NRC)

Global 24 to add Radio Cairo to lineup

Hollywood, FL) November 7, 2014 – Global 24 is pleased to announce that Radio Cairo will be joining our lineup of international relays.

According to Phil Workman, general manager of Global 24, “Radio Cairo brings a very different feel to Global 24.  We want an international perspective and Radio Cairo will give our lineup a very different sound.  We think shortwave listeners will enjoy hearing Radio Cairo with a little more ease on a regular basis.”

More information will follow in the coming days.

- See more at: http://about.global24radio.com/#sthash.goFS9ysP.dpu
(Global24)

Sunday relay broadcast info

Relay Info 

Sunday November 9 2014

All times UTC

6190 kHz 
Radio Gloria - 07.00 to 09.00 
MVBR    - 09.00 to 10.00 
EMR       - 10.00 to 11.00 

EMR Internet Repeat + Archive Recordings on Sunday 9th of November 

20:00-21:00 European Music Radio (October 2014)

21:00-22:00 European Music Radio (February 1979)

via FM Kompakt im Radio at: http://laut.fm/jukebox

If you live outside the listening area please try the Twente/Netherlands Web Receiver at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

(Tom Taylor)

Have You Considered Chelmsford Calling World Service ?

...from the birthplace of radio...Chelmsford Calling

Based in Chelmsford, Essex in the United Kingdom, Chelmsford Calling Network, is a new wireless source for worldwide radio listeners and amateur radio operators enthusiast.  

The Chelmsford Calling World Service  is a light entertainment program produced by Jim Salmon - 'Sunny Jim' and colleagues from the Chlemsford Calling Network.

Chelmsford Calling is an organisation set up with the aim of promoting radio technology past, present and future. Programming will broadcast monthly via various short wave relay stations around the world and is also available to listen to online.

Programs are composed of 10-15 minute segments consisting of; Media Magazine, The Wireless Years, The Elettra Report, Sunny Jim's Trance Report and Listening Post.

You may listen to the latest program via the Mixcloud service at the 'play' button

Their first program will be relayed by WRMI – Radio Miami International on the 2nd Friday of the month, November 14 at 2300 UTC on 9955 kHz.

The station commented, "We are pleased to be associated with WRMI especially at this exciting period when the importance, enjoyment and potential of short wave broadcasting is recognized and revived."

Listener feedback and suggestions are welcome at info@chelmsfordcalling.co.uk  info@chelmsfordcalling.com or chelmcalling@gmail.com You may also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

To learn more about Chelmsford Calling and join the rapidly growing world audience of radio  enthusiast, visit at http://www.chelmsfordcalling.com/ 

VOA Radiogram weekend schedule

Hello friends,

Last weekend, the frequency of the Saturday 0930-1000 UTC broadcast of VOA Radiogram was changed to 5910 kHz. I never received a memo about this frequency change, so I was not able to inform you. I apologize for the inconvenience, especially to North American listeners who were awake very early in the morning, only to hear no signal on the advertised 5745 kHz frequency.

Here is the revised and up-to-date VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (all days and times UTC):

Sat 0930-1000 5910 kHz (new frequency)
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

With the time change in North America, the 0930 UTC broadcast is now at 4:30 am Eastern Standard Time, and even earlier in the more westerly time zones. If you prefer not to be awake at such an hour, the Audacity timer record feature (in the Transport menu) is handy.

8PSK tests


Most of you reported some errors from last weekend's test of the 8PSK-125 mode (about 315 words per minute). There were, however, several 100% decodes of the 8PSK-125 mode in Europe and North America. (Here's a recording from Greece of one such 100% decode. Try decoding it yourself.) According to VOA Radiogram listeners, it helps to have the Fldigi squelch off or at a low level for this mode, so that characters are decoded even during fades. A low audio level into Fldigi is also useful.

With realistic expectations about the chances for successful decodes, we will experiment with 8PSK modes again this weekend. Towards the end of the show, a VOA news items will be transmitted in 8PSK-125, then the same story will be transmitted again in the even faster 8PSK-250 mode (640 words per minute). You will need Fldigi 3.22.01 to decode these modes.

VOA Radiogram, program 84, 8-9 November 2014

Here is the lineup (all MFSK32 except where indicated):

 1:40  Program preview
 2:51  Agriculture with salty water*
 8:36  New street lighting lower carbon emissions*
14:43  Glowing orbs mark former Berlin Wall*
21:19  Experiments with 8PSK-125 and 8PSK-250
26:29  Closing announcements
27:07  MFSK64 image: Veterans Day in the USA
28:46  Surprise mode of the week.

* with image.

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1230 UTC on 6095 kHz, and Sunday at about 0130 UTC (Saturday 8:30 pm EST) on 7375 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany. Please send reception reports to Eric at themightykbc@gmail.com.

Thanks to everyone who sent receptions reports to VOA Radiogram last weekend. I'll begin work on the QSL and respond by the end of this weekend.

I hope you can tune in and write in.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
voaradiogram.net

European Music Radio schedule update

Dear Listeners,

From November 2014 to March 2015 EMR will be on 6190 KHz every second Sunday with a repeat program from last months transmission. The time slot for EMR on 6190 will be 10.00 to 11:00 UTC.

If you live outside the listening area please try the Twente/Netherlands Web Receiver at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

Good Listening!

73s
Tom Taylor

Radio Waves International special November broadcast

Dear listeners
We will celebrate during all this month of November 2014 our 31st birthday. Operation this year will be with our low power transmitters around 20 watts on several bands 48 , 41 & 26 meter band, with a special QSL on each band ,if you reach all bands an another QSL will be setup for you as GOLD QSL.

Next weekend we wil operate on 41 & 26 meter band from Saturday to November 11.

We invite you to keep listenning.
Please - no IRC or U.s. currency for a reply.
Email correspondence are welcome at rwaves@fre.fr

Have a nice month of listening

Without listeners like you a radio couldn't exist after 31 years

73's the terrible twins
Philippe & Peter Hills

Radio Waves International
since 1983 on shortwaves
30 years on the airwaves
with 20 year of country music

Radio Waves International
Boite Postal 130
92504 RUEIL Cedex
France

http://www.wrwi.fr

Throwback Thursday: Central African Republic

Radio Centrafrique QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

Radio Centrafrique-Radiodiffusion-Television Centrafricaine, was at one time a state-operated radio service of Central African Republic. In recent years, the station was heard on 7220 kHz during the daytime hours only. A new 1 kW shortwave transmitter was installed in May 2010, to operate on 5035 kHz. Unfortunately, as of December 2013, there have been no reports of either frequency being observed.

My initial logging of Radio Centrafrique was on 5035 kHz, August 8, 1983. The station verified with a full data map card on June 15, 1983. The station's broadcast began with a piano melody interval signal, followed by the national anthem and French sign-on as, "ici Bangui, Station Nationale  de la Radiodiffusion-Television Centrafricaine."

Great listening from a once regular station on shortwave.

QSL Report: November 2014

Thank you to those that contributed their QSL information, and the kind newsletters and e-mail groups, who graciously permit Shortwave Central blog to share their QSLs with radio hobbyists.

Please share your QSLing with the world. Contributions are always welcome at: w4gvh @ frontier .com

Amateur Radio

Bahrain-A9ZHK, 20 MHz. Full data color skyline photo of Janabiyah, West Bahrain, signed by Fabien Mineo, Operator. Received in one month for $3.00US and a nested Euro envelope. (Larry Van Horn N5FPW/NC)

Dominican Republic-HI3/IK4QJF, IOTA NA-096, RTTY. Full data color card of beach scene and operator, signed by Fabio Azzali-Operator. Received via ARRL bureau (Van Horn).

Guatemala-TF0G, 28 MHz. Full data color card of operator's portable DXpedition at Yaxha (Enchanted Lagoon) unsigned. Received via ARRL bureau (Van Horn).

Brazil
Radio 9 de Julho, 9820 kHz. Full data station letter, signed by Pe. José Renato Ferreira, Director. Received in five weeks. QSL address: Rua Manoel de Azrão 85, CEP 02730-03, São Paulo-Sp Brazil (Norbert Reiner, Germany/playdx)

Radio Aparecida, 11855 kHz. Station QSL signed by Cassiano Macedo. Received in four weeks for program details to: clube@radioaparecida.co.br and luis.oliveira@radioaparecida.com 
(Artur Fernandez Llorella, Catalonia, Spain)

Radio Brasil Central, 11815 kHz. Full data station QSL. Received in eight months for e-report to: rbcamfm@gmail.com (Llorella).

Clandestine
Sound of Hope Int'l via Taiwan, 7200 kHz. Full data station card. Received in four weeks. QSL address: 6-4, Lane 84, Guo Tai Street, North District, Taichung 404, Taiwan, Rep. of China (Reiner).

Colombia
La Voz de tu Conciencia, 6010 kHz. Station QSl signed by Rafael Rodriguez. Received in four weeks for report and one IRC. Station address: Apartado 67751, Oficina red-4-72 Unicentro, Bogota DC Colombia (Llorella)

Congo Republic
Radio Congo Brazzaville, 6115 khz. Verification letter signed by Jean de Dieu Oko, Directeur des Programmes. Received in two years. QSL address: Boite Postal 2241, Brazzaville, Republique du Congo (Llorella).

FM
Radio Ogijares (Granada) 101.8 MHz. Prepared QSL verified and signed by Pedro Fernández, Director. Received in 13 days. QSL address:  c/Veracruz 1, 18151 Ogijares (Granada) (Alvaro López Osuna, Granada, Spain/playdx)

Germany
Gemeinde Gottes Herford, 3995 kHz via HCJB. QSL and personal letter, signed by Nikolai Ernst. Received in three weeks for e-report to info@gemeinde-gottes-herford.de (Llorella)
Nord AM, 3985 kHz via Kall, Germany. Verification in four days for e-report to: nordam@shortwaveservice.com (Llorella).
European mUsic Radio via MVBR, 9485 kHz. E-QSL. Received in five days for e-report to: emrsw@sky.com (Llorella).
Radio Slovakia International, 3985 kHz via Kall, Germany. Verification in seven weeks. Received for an e-repor to rsi_german@slovakiaradio.sk (Llorella).

Voice of Indonesia QSL (Gayle Van Horn QSL Collection)

Indonesia
Voice of Indonesia, 9526 kHz. Full data QSL card, signed by Sri Unun. Received in five months for program details to: voi.deutsche@gmail.com (Llorella)

Medium Wave
Hungary-Dankó Rádió 1350 kHz AM. Full data station letter, signed by Miklós Kenderessy, Director Technicial Department MTVA. Received in six weeks. QSL address: Kunigunda utjá, 1037 Budapest, Hungary (Reiner)

Italy-Europa Radio Jazz via Radio I AM, 1350 kHz AM. Full data E-QSL of color station logo card, from Marco Barsotti-QSL Manager. Received in 12 days for report to info@thesoundofjazz.com (Roberto Pavanello, Italy/playdx)

KBS World QSL card (Gayle Van Horn QSL Collection)

South Korea-KBS World Radio, 738 kHz AM. Cards received for Russian service depicting traditional dances Kangansulle. Program details to: russian@kbs.co.kr (Dimitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia "deneb-radio-dx")

Spain-Radio Almeria-Onda Cero, 1341 kHz AM. Full data letter and QSL card, signed by Francisco Espinar Aranda-Director. Received in 29 days. The director also sent me a few days later, a package of stickers, history of the station and a nice hat ! Email: fespinar@ondacero.es (Osuna)

Spain-Cope Villareal/Castellon, 1053 kHz AM. E-QSL. Received in five days. Email: tecnico.castellon@cadenacope.net (Osuna).

Philippines
Veritas Radio 15225 kHz. Station calendar, stickers and key chain. Received for report details to: karen@veritas-asia.org (and) chrisidariola@gmail.com (Vladimir Rozhkov, Kansk, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Russia/"deneb-radio-dx")

Russia
Radio Adygeya (GTRK Adygeta) 7325 kHz via Krasnodar. Partial data E-verification letter. Received in 11 weeks for e-report to: gtrkadygeya@yandex.ru (Llorella).

Thailand
Radio Thailand, 9390 kHz. QSL in three weeks for e-report to: manager_thailand@tha.ibb.gov (Llorella).
VOA-Radio Farda via Udorn, Thani. QSL in two months for e-report to: manager_thailand@tha.ibb.gov (Llorella).

United Arab Emirates
TWR Africa relay via Dhabbaya, 6120 kHz. E-QSL in two days for e-report to: istavrop@twr.org (Llorella).

United Kingdom
17495 RTÉ Raidió Teilifís Éireann Radio via Woofferton U.K. relay. Full data two-page PDF E-QSL, excluding site location. PDF featured space photo of Ireland and local scenes. Received in ten days for e-report to hearus@rte.ie for special transmission of All-Ireland Football Final. (Rich D'Angelo, PA/DXplorer/WWDXC-Top Nx 1180)

Utlity
Brazil-PT2SSB/B HF Beacon 28210 kHz. Station QSL card in an impressivre envelope with 18 Brazilian stamps. Received in five weeks. QSL address: Quadra 16, Conjunto H, Casa 15, Sobradinho, Brasilia-DF 73050-168 Brazil (Reiner)

Canada-YY0SNO/B HF Beacon, 28282 kHz. Full data letter, received in four weeks. QSL address: Larry Horlick, P.O. Box 1082, Iqaluit, NU, X0A Oh) Canada (Reiner).

China-BPM Time Signal Station, 10.000 MHz. Full data station QSL. Received in nine days for report to: ch117@nts.ac.cn (Osuna).

Ireland-Church of Most Holy Trinity, Templegleglantine, 27,741 kHz. Personal letter, and prepared QSL card stamped and signed by Fr. Tom Hurley. Received in ten days. QSL address: Templeglantine, Co. Limerick, Ireland (Patrick Robic, Austria/UDXF).

Ireland-Church of the Divine Word, Marley Grange, 27,701 kHz. No data letter, parish newsletter and prepared QSL card signed by  Fr. Jim Mulherin. Received in 13 days. QSL address: 25/27 Hermitage Downs, Marley Grange, Dublin 16, Ireland (Robic).

New Zealand-Auckland Volmet, 8828 kHz USB. Verification letter, signed by Tim Halpin. Received in 14 days for e-report to tim.halpin@airways.co.nz (Llorella).

Portugal-CT4RK HF Beacon, 7038.1 kHz. E-QSL from Carlos Mourato, for transmission from Sines, Portugal with five watts. Received in one day. Email address: radiofarol@mail.com (Reiner).

Switzerland-HB9AFZ/B HF Beacon, 7038 kHz. Full data QSL card. Received in one week. QSL address: Francesco Delprete, Via Filanda 6b, 6500 Bellinzona (Reiner).

United Kingdom-St. Lawrence Church Fintona, 27,751 kHz. No data letter. Prepared QSL card stamped and signed by Canon Patrick Marron. QSL address: 17 Tattymoyle Road, Fintona, Omagh, Co. Tyrone BT78 2NR United Kingdom. (Robic)

United States-WA4OTD/B, 28278.8 kHz. Full data QSL card. Received in six weeks. QSL address: Leroy S. Wignot, 14040 Brookstone Drive, Carmel, IN 46032 USA (Reiner).

United States-WAROX HF Beacon, 28286 kHz. Full data QSL card. Received in four weeks. QSL address: Edward Vogeney, 10570 114th Terrace North, Largo, FL 33773 USA (Reiner).

Utility/Ship Traffic

Ship addresses may be obtained by a MMSI search at www.google.com

Wind Surf  (cruisemates.com)

C6IO6-Wind Surf (Sailing Yacht) MMSI 3092424000, 2187,5 kHz. DSC (digital selective calling). Full data QSL and prepared letter. Received in 46 days from follow-up report.Ship position Valetta, Malta. (Andy Ibold, Alpen, Germany/UDXF)

C6TU5-Ramford Challenger (Research Challenger) 2187,5 kHz. DSC with full data QSL, prepared letter and ship info. Received in 103 days. Ship position Bergen, Norway. (Ibold)

DNCQ-Monte Pascoal (Container ship) MMSI 211611000, 2187,5 kHz. DSC with full data QSL and prepared letter. Received in 72 days. Ship position off the coast of Brazil (Ibold).

LAMT-Normand Ranger (Anchor Handling Supply Tug) MMSI 25787000, 2187,5 kHz. DSC with full data QSL and prepared letter, polo shirt and pen. Received in 37 days (Ibold).

LXDV-Charlemagne (Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge) MMSI 253112000, 2187,5 kHz. DSC with full data QSL and prepared letter. Received in 99 days (Ibold).

OUZN2-Shelp Express (Supply vessel) MMSI 219433000, 2187,5 kHz. DSC with full data QSL and prepared letter. Received in 28 days (Ibold).

PBTC-Cornelis Lely (Motor Hopper) MMSI 245496000, 8414,5 kHz. DSC with full data QSL and prepared letter, personal letter and ship info. Received in 51 days (Ibold).

2ALV2-Stena Drillmax (Drillship) MMSI 235060864, 8414, 5 kHz. DSC with full data QSL and prepared letter. Received in 93 days. First Drillship verified (Ibold).

ZCDT2-Ventura (Cruise ship) MMSI 310562000, 2187,5 kHz. DSC with full data QSL, prepared letter, personal letter and ship info. Received ib 73 days.

United States
WRNO-New Orleans, Louisiana, 7505 kHz. Full data QSL card. Received in nine days. Email: wrno@mailup.net (Osuna).

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AM, Euro, Euro Pirates, SW Address, Email and Veri Signer updates

Euro Pirate

Radio Flying Dutchman QSL (Artur Fernandez Llorella)

Condor R condorradio@hotmail.com
Cool AM R coolamradio@hotmail.com
Flying Dutchman (Netherlands) fd@hetnet.nl
Free R Victoria freeradiovictoria@hotmail.com
Iceman R icemanshortwave@gmail.com
Laser Hot Hits (U.K.) studio@laserhothits.co.uk
Lightning R lightningradio@gmx.com
Mustang R (Netherlands) mustangradio@live.nl
NMD R (Netherlands) nmdradio@hotmail.com
Pink Panther R pinkpantheram@hotmail.com
R Alice radioalice@hotmail.com
R Baltic Sea balticseapirate@gmail.com
R Batavia radiobatavia@hotmail.com
R Black Arrow radioblackarrow@hotmail.com
R Black Power radioblackpower@hotmail.com
R Borderhunter borderhunterradio@hotmail.com
R Brandaris Intl brandaris.radio@hotmail.com
R Bravo Sierra bravosierra@hotmail.com
R Caroline Intl carolineradio@hotmail.com
R Dutchwing radiodutchwing@live.nl
R FSM (Belgium) fsm@goatse.be
R Face de Blatte  radiorfb@gmail.com
R Galaxy Intl (Nehterlands) radiogalaxy@quicknet.nl
R Gloria Schweiz QSL@radiogloria.eu (Peter Galliker)
R Hit Mix (Germany) hitmixx58@gmx.de
R Maria (Netherlands) d.sloos@radiomaria.nl
R Merlin Intl radiomerlin@blueyonder.co.uk
R Odynn  shortwaveman@gmail.com
R Rainbow radiorainbow@hotmail.com
R Spaceshuttle (Netherlands) Postbus 2702, NL-6049 ZG Herten, Netherlands spaceshuttle@yahoo.com
R Tidalwave radiotidalwave@hotmail.com
R Zeewolf radiozeewolf@hotmail.com
R Zodiac  radiozodiac@hotmail.com
Shoreline R shorelineradio@hotmail.com

SW
Bangladesh, Bangladesh Betar rrc@dhaka.net (Abu Tabib Md. Hasan, Senior Engineer)
Brazil, R Roraima Boa Vista jornalismo@radiororaima.com.br
Clandestine, Dimtse R Eritrea radioerema@gmail.com radioerema@yahoo.com
Clandestine, R Damal, P.O. Box 104638-00101, Nairobi, Kenya yourvoice@radiodamal.com (Faith Kwamboka, Station Manager)
Clandestine, R Free Sarawak, Socinstrasse 37, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland (Bruno Manser Fonds)
Clandestine, R Mada Int'l, radiomada.int@gmail.com (Christian Lehmann, Vice President GTT Int'l)
Colombia, Apartado Aereo 67751, Calle 44 No. 23-67, Bogota, D.C. Colombia (Rafael Rodriguez R)
France, Echo of Europe  contact@echoofeurope.eu
Germnany, Hamburger Lokalradio c/o Kulturzentrum Lola, 21031 Hamburg, Germany
Germany, Mighty KBC  themightykbc@gmail.com
Kuwait, R Kuwait  (Mr Layali Mulla Hussain, Head of Frequencies Propagation Section)
Laos, Lao National Radio, P.O. Box 310, Vietiane, Laos (Inpanh Satchaphansy, Head of External Relations & Direcotr of Internet Services
Malaysia, Asyik FM mariama62@gmail.com (Mariama Uda Nagu, Head of Asyik FM)
Malaysia, Traxx FM (Miss Najinah Sani)
Myanmar, Myanma RTV (Zeyar, Director of Broadcasting)
New Zealand, R New Zealand Int'l RNZI, P.O. Box 123, Wellington, New Zealand (Adrian Sainsbury, QSL Manager)
Nigeria, VO Nigeria Broadcasting House, P.M.B. 4003, Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria english-von@yahoo.com
Pakistan, R Pakistan cfmpbc@comsats.net.pk (Iftikhar Malik, Controller FM)
Romania, R Romania Intl victoria_sepciu@yahoo.es (Victoria Sepciu, Spanish Svc)
Sri Lanka, AWR relay (Wavescan) dxbangla@gmail.com (Salahuddin Dolar, QSL Manager)
Sri Lanka, Deutsche Welle relay via Trincomalee Deutsche Welle Customer Service, D-53110 Bonn, Germany
Sweden, IBRA/R Sadaye Zindagi info@sadayezindagi.org
United Satates, AWR (Wavescan) Box 29235, Indianpolis, IN 46229 USA
United States, WRMI 10400 NW 204th Street, Okeechobee, FL 34972 info@wrmi.net (Jeff White)
United States, R Free Afghanistan Audio Visual Office, 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
United States, R Mashaal Audio Visual Office, 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
Uzbekistan, TWR India via Tashkent relay, fabraham@twrindia.org (Franklin Abraham, QSL Manager)