weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2018 Oct 08 0135 UTC
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 01 - 07 October 2018

Solar activity was very low this period. Region 2723 (S08, L=357,  class/area=Dso/30 on 01 Oct) was the only active region with sunspots, but was quiet throughout the period. No Earth-directed
CMEs were observed during the summary period.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate levels throughout the period.

Geomagnetic field activity reached G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 07 Oct due to the influence of a positive polarity CH HSS. Active conditions were observed on 01-02 Oct and quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 03, and 05-06 Oct. Quiet conditions prevailed on 04 Oct.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 08 October - 03 November 2018

Solar activity is expected to be very low throughout the outlook period.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 08-25 Oct with moderate flux levels expected throughout the remainder of the outlook period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels on 08 Oct and 03 Nov due to the influence of a positive polarity CH HSS. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels are expected on 19 Oct and active levels are expected on 09-10, 18, 20, and 22 Oct, due to the influence of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2018-10-08
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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2018 Oct 08      69          35          6
2018 Oct 09      69          15          4
2018 Oct 10      69          15          4
2018 Oct 11      69          10          3
2018 Oct 12      69           8          3
2018 Oct 13      69           5          2
2018 Oct 14      69          10          3
2018 Oct 15      69           8          3
2018 Oct 16      69           5          2
2018 Oct 17      69           5          2
2018 Oct 18      69          10          4
2018 Oct 19      69          25          5
2018 Oct 20      69          14          4
2018 Oct 21      69           8          3
2018 Oct 22      69          12          4
2018 Oct 23      69           8          3
2018 Oct 24      69           8          3
2018 Oct 25      69           8          3
2018 Oct 26      69          10          3
2018 Oct 27      69           5          2
2018 Oct 28      69           5          2
2018 Oct 29      69           5          2
2018 Oct 30      69           5          2
2018 Oct 31      69           5          2
2018 Nov 01      69           5          2
2018 Nov 02      69           5          2
2018 Nov 03      69          22          6
(NOAA)

From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill's Melting Pot schedules, Oct, 7-13

From the Isle of Music, October 7-13:

This episode presents a special broadcast of Misa Cubana.
The transmissions take place:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)

2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US). This has been audible in parts of NW, Central and Southern Europe with an excellent skip to Italy recently.

3 -4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 kHz from Rohrbach, Germany.


Also recommended:
Jetzt geht’s los! (Here We Go!), an excellent program of early German Jazz produced by Radio Ohne Nahmen, comes on right before FTIOM on Tuesdays from 1800-1900 UTC on Channel 292.

Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, October 7 and 9, 2018
Episode 83 will feature music from Italy
The transmissions take place:
1. Sundays 2200-2230 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe


2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe. If current propagation conditions hold, the broadcast should reach from Iceland to Western Russia, Scandinavia down to North Africa and the Middle East, AND a long bounce to parts of New Zealand.


Also recommended:
Marion’s Attic, a unique program produced and hosted by Marion Webster featuring early 20th Century records, Edison cylinders etc played on the original equipment, comes on immediately before UBMP on Sundays from 2100-2200 UTC on WBCQ 7490 kHz.

William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer
Tilford Productions, LLC

All India Radio's special transmission for "Mahalaya"

Date : 8th October, 2018 ( Monday)
Time : 2225 UTC (7th Oct 2018) to 0015 UTC (8th Oct 2018)
* some stations have late sign in & may continue past 0100 UTC
0355 - 0545 IST

"Mahalaya" is a special two hour transmission consisting of Sanskrit recitation & music orated by Late Shri.Birendra Krishna Bhadra. All India Radio has been broadcasting this program since early 1930's . Countdown of Indian festival of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya.

Frequencies observed during past years :

SW
 4760 - Port Blair
4810 - Bhopal
4835 - Gangtok (Irregular)
4895 - Kurseong (Off air now)
4910 - Jaipur
9380- Aligarh (National Channel)

MW
531 - Jodhpur
549 - Ranchi
594 - Chinsurah (Kolkata)
603 - Ajmer
621 - Patna A
648 - Indore A
657 - Kolkata A
666 - New Delhi B
675 - Chattarpur
684 - Port Blair
711 - Siliguri
729 - Guwahati A
747 - Lucknow A
756 - Jagdalpur
774 - Shimla
801 - Jabalpur
810 - Rajkot A
819 - New Delhi A
828 - Silchar
846 - Ahmedabad A
891 - Rampur
909 - Gorakhpur
918 - Suratgarh
954 - Nazibabad
981 - Raipur
990 - Jammu
1008 - Kolkata B
1026 - Allahabad A
1044 - Mumbai A
1125 - Tezpur
1179 - Rewa
1215 - Delhi National Channel
1242 - Varanasi
1260 - Ambikapur
1296 - Darbhanga
1314 - Bhuj
1386 - Gwalior
1395 - Bikaner
1404 - Gangtok
1458 - Bhagalpur
1476 - Jaipur A
1530 - Agra
1566 - Nagpur (National Channel)
1584 - Mathura
1593 - Bhopal A

Sign on observed by Jose Jacob at different times as follows:

2225 UTC (3.55am IST) 4760,4910, 531, 603, 666, 675, 711, 747, 756, 774, 801, 819, 828, 891, 918, 956, 990, 1008, 1044, 1386, 1395, 1530.
2230 UTC (4.00 am IST) 4835, 1404.
2245 UTC (4.15 am IST) 4895
2250 UTC (4.20 am IST) 846, 1179
2255 UTC (4.25 am IST) 4810, 621, 648, 810, 909, 954, 981, 1026, 1242, 1260, 1296, 1593..

Please email your observations & receptions reports to :  spectrum-manager@air.org.in
spectrum-manager@air.org.in
Postal to:
Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy)
All India Radio,
Room No. 204
Akashvani Bhawan,
Parliament Street
New Delhi 110001, India

or online at:
http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Information/ListenersCorner/Pages/default.aspx

Related :
Eight Decades Later, the Original Mahalaya Still Unites 
https://thewire.in/society/eight-decades-later-the-original-mahalaya-still-unites-bengalis-in-communion
Come Mahalaya, Birendra Krishna Bhadra's recitation still default choice for All India Radio
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-come-mahalaya-birendra-krishna-bhadra-s-recitation-still-default-choice-for-all-india-radio-2020933
(Alokesh Gupta/DX India)

Interval Signal Special

Thanks to Rob Wise, of Hobart Radio International, for sharing his upcoming special programming information for October 6-27, 2018.

mp3: https://archive.org/download/IntervalSignalSpecial3/IntervalSignalSpecial3.mp3
Also at: https://archive.org/details/IntervalSignalSpecial3

mp3 feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/archive/pOGc

Radio Romania Contest Details

Romania 

Dear friends of RRI, you are once again invited to a prize winning contest: "Radio Romania 90 and RadiRo 2018". The contest is dedicated to 90 years of Romanian radio broadcasting and to this year's edition of the International Festival of Radio Orchestras, RadiRo, organized by the national public radio in our country.

The first radio transmission in Romania was broadcast on Nov 1, 1928. Nine decades marked by the special moments have gone by, moments that the national public radio celebrates together with you, by organizing a new contest. The month of November 2018 is, however - rich in cultural events, and one of them being the 4th International Festival of Radio Orchestras between November 18 and 25, to which this contest is dedicated as well.

The public radio service in Romania, the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation, is the leader of the line industry, with a cumulative daily reach of some 4.5 million listeners and a cumulative market share of 30%.

Radio Romania is made up of the channels Radio Romania Actualitati, Radio Romania International, Radio Romania Cultural, Radio Romania Muzical, Antena Satelor, a network of over 10 regional stations, the Radio3net online station, Radio Chisinau (based in the Republic of Moldova), but it is also of the National Radio Drama Department, the RADOR News Agency and the Radio Choirs and Orchestras.

Radio Romania organizes every two years, alternatively with the famous "George Enescu" International Festival, its own International Festival of Radio Orchestras, RadiRo, which reaches its fourth edition in 2018. Famous orchestras as well as prominent soloists and conductors will step onto the stage of the festival, just as every year. The main novelty of the 2018 edition is the series of jazz concerts.

You are invited to follow RRI broadcasts, our website http://www.rri.ro/ and our Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn profiles, and to answer correctly, in writing, a few questions, and you may be a winner. The closing date is November 30, 2018 mailing date, (namely 30 November, 24:00 hours Romanian time, for online contributions, respectively).

The prizes and honorary mentions consist of items promoting Romanian culture, symphonic and jazz music, also promoting the public radio service. The contest is organized jointly with the "Casa Radio" Publishing House and the City Hall of Bucharest.

And here are the questions:
- How many years ago was the 1st radio transmission broadcast in Romania?

- Name three channels under the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation!

- What is the current edition of the International Festival  of Radio Orchestras?

- Who is the organizer of the RadiRo Festival?

Please tell us what prompted you to participate in the contest and why you are listening to RRI's broadcasts and following RRI's content online. Our address is:

Radio Romania International
60-64 G-ral Berthelot Street,
Sector 1, Bucharest,
P.O.Box 111, postcode 010165, Romania.
fax 00.40.21.319.05.62
e-mail engl@rri.ro

Please send your answers by November 30, 2018, mailing date (30 November, 24:00 hours Romanian time, for online contributions). The rules and regulations of this contest are available at:
http://rri.ro/en_gb/rules_of_the_radio_romania_90_and_radiro_2018_contest-2587126  and on the RRI's FB profile.
Good luck!
(Paul Gager-AUT, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 4)

Shortwave Radiogram Schedules

Hello friends,

Shortwave propagation has an interesting artistic effect on many of the images transmitted on Shortwave Radiogram – including images that are art in the first place. See what happened to last weekend’s painting as received at three different locations. See many other examples of decoded images at @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram.

Videos of last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram (program 67) are provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 2030 UTC) and Ralf in Germany (Saturday 1600 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis of last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram and other programs transmitting text and images is prepared by Roger in Germany.

This weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram will begin with an exercise to eliminate (or at least reduce) the annoying slant that sometimes is seen on decoded MFSK images. By eliminating the slant on the first image (an orange vertical rectangle), images decoded later in the broadcast should be slant-free. See details and examples.

This weekend’s broadcast will be in our usual combination of MFSK32, MFSK128, and MFSK64. It includes nine MFSK images, including the rectangular slant test image near the beginning of the show.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 68, 5-8 October 2018, in MFSK modes as noted:

 1:36 MFSK32: Program preview

  2:45 Slant elimination exercise*

  5:29 Zebra mussels colonize Rideau River in Ontario*

10:14 MFSK128: Recycling trucks become works of art*

13:08 MFSK64: Ocean Cleanup System begins service*

17:37 Images of the week*

28:29 MFSK32: Closing announcements

* with image(s)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net

And visit http://swradiogram.net

Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit especially during the weekend)

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304

Shortwave Radiogram Program 68 (5-8 October 2018)
Friday	2030-2100 UTC	7780 kHz	MFSK32 MFSK128 MFSK64	WRMI Florida
Saturday	1600-1630 UTC	9400 kHz		Space Line, Bulgaria
Sunday	2330-2400 UTC	7780 kHz		WRMI Florida
Monday	0800-0830 UTC	7730 kHz 5850 kHz		WRMI Florida

Slow Scan Radio transmits SSTV images and text modes Wednesdays at 1830-1900 UTC on 6070 kHz via Channel 292 in Germany. The Slow Scan Radio transmission on 10 October is canceled. The broadcast is scheduled to resume on 17 October. The website is http://www.slowscanradio.com. Reception reports to x@xdv.me.

The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1600 UTC on 9400 kHz (via Bulgaria), with the minute of MFSK at about 1530 UTC (if you are outside of Europe, listen via websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ ). And to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on the new winter frequency of 5960 kHz, via Germany. The minute of MFSK is at about 0130 UTC.  Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/. 

Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama. For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/  

Broad Spectrum Radio is transmitted by WRMI Florida Mondays at 0700-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz. MFSK32 is broadcast during the second half hour of the show. Reports to broadspectrumradio@gmail.com.

Thanks for your reception reports!

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB

Producer and Presenter

Shortwave Radiogram

Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom

QSL Review

Radio CHina Int'l QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

Special thanks to Antonio Napolitano of DX Fanzine, for permission to share the QSL Review with our blog readers
(GVH)

NB: Radio stations are listed under the country in which the transmitter (not studios!) is (or presumed to be) located. Unless otherwise stated, reception reports
should be considered as sent by electronic mail.

ALASKA
KNLS (Russian program), 11870 kHz: Full data QSL card in 15 months, for report to: knlsradio@gmail.com (Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti, RUSSIA)

ARMENIA
TWR Europe, via Gavar, 864 kHz: E-mail: kdobos [at] twr.org Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

AUSTRIA
Radio DARC, via Moosbrunn, 13860 kHz. Full data QSL card and infosheet of the WRTC- 2018 special broadcast received in 37 days for report with audio clip sent to radio@darc.de V/s: Rainer Englert (DF2NU) Editor-in-chief. (Rafael Martínez, Barcelona,
SPAIN)

CHINA
China Radio International (Japanese Service), via Xian, 9585 kHz: QSL card. E-mail: nihao2180 [at] cri.com.cn Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

Radio Urumqi, 12055 kHz. The lesson of the Russian language for the Uighurs. Full data e-QSL card n 1 day for report to: crieng@cri.com.cn (Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti, RUSSIA)

FRANCE
Radio Taiwan International (Russian Programme), via Issoudun, 11955 kHz: Full data QSL card (Retro, year ?) "Oil - seed rape flowers" received in 30 days for report to: russ@rti.org.tw (Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti - Russia)

GERMANY
Atlantic 2000 International,, via Rohrbach Waal, 6070 kHz: e-QSL and e-infosheet received in 1 day for report in French with audio clip sent to atlantic2000international@gmail.com (Rafael Martínez, Barcelona, SPAIN)

Decade AM, via Rohrbach Waal, 6070 kHz: QSL in 33 days. Report in German sent to: heikohass@gmail.com (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, FRANCE).

Decade AM, via Rohrbach Waal, 6070 kHz: F/D QSL card and stickers in 34 days for ereport to: heikohass76@gmail.com (Jürgen Waga, Berlin, GERMANY).

Radio TW 6070 AM, via Rohrbach Waal, 6070 kHz: F/D eQSL in 6 minutes. E-mail: radiotw6070am@gmx.de (Roberto Pavanello, Vercelli, ITALY).

INDIA
AIR Cuddapah, 900 kHz: QSL Card. E-mail: spectrum-manager [at] air.org.in Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

AIR Jalandhar,, 873 kHz: QSL Card. E-mail: spectrum-manager [at] air.org.in Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

AIR Najibabad, 954 kHz: QSL Card. E-mail: spectrum-manager [at] air.org.in Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

IRAN
IRIB Arabic Radio, via Sirjan, 9790 kHz: QSL Card. Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL and E-mail address! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

IRIB Radio Birjand, 963 kHz: QSL Card. Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL and E-mail address! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

IRIB Radio Payam, via Tehran, 1188 kHz:QSL Card. Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL and E-mail address! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)
IRIB Radio Urumiyeh, via Miandoab, 936 kHz: QSL Card. Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL and E-mail address! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

IRIB Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran, via Sirjan, 7350 kHz: QSL Card. Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL and E-mail address! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

ISRAEL
Voice of Hope, 1287 kHz QSL in 192 days. Report in English sent to: reports@voiceofhope.com (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, FRANCE).

MADAGASCAR
AWR (Programme in Hindi), via Talata Volonondry, 17660 kHz: Full data QSL card "Children listen to the radio" in 33 days for report to: yves@awr.org (Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti, RUSSIA)

MOLDOVA
TWR Africa (Somali Programme), via Grigoriopol, 11780 kHz: eQSL. E-mail: somtwr [at] twr.co.ke, prtc [at] idknet.com Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

MYANMAR
NHK World Radio Relay, 5985 kHz: F/D QSL card and schedule in 544 days, 45 days after reminder to: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/contact/ (NB: heard in Thailand). (Jürgen Waga, Berlin, GERMANY).

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Radio Free Asia, via Tinian, Korean Service, 9990 kHz: Full data QSL card (showing IBB Lampertheim relay site) received in 13 days for report with audio clip sent to qsl@rfa.org (Rafael Martínez, Barcelona, SPAIN)

Voice of America, via Tinian, 7485 kHz: QSL card. E-mail: manager_mariana [at] .ibb.gov Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forgrt to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

PALAU
WHRI, 7385 kHz. F7D QSL card "30 anniversary 1985-2015 WHRI" received in 24 days for report via website. (Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti, RUSSIA)

PHILIPPINES
FEBC Cambodia-Voice of Love via Bocaue, 7410 kHz: e-QSL. E-mail: info [at] volcambodia.org, info [at] febc.ph, info [at] febc.org, info [at] febcintl.org Ed: Please don't forgrt to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk,
RUSSIA)

FEBC Thailand-Lao Radio and FEBC Thailand-Hmong Radio, both via Bocaue, 12095 kHz: eQSL. E-mail: norie.estabillo [at] febc.ph Ed: Please don't forgrt to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

FEBC Vietnam-Nguon Song Radio, via Iba, 9795 and 9920 kHz: eQSL. E-mail: norie.estabillo [at] febc.ph Ed: Please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

Radio Liangyou (Chinese Programme) via FEBC Bocaue, 9275 kHz: Full data QSL card "Internal antenna design" in 32 days for report to: arc@liangyou.net (Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti, RUSSIA)

VOA, via Tinang, 11695 kHz: QSL card. E-mail: manager_philippines [at] bbg.gov Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

POLAND
Polskie Radio, 225 kHz QSL card in 188 days. Report in English (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, FRANCE).

ROMANIA
Radio Romania International (French service), <(B> 9500 kHz: QSL in 123 days. Report in French sent to: fran@rri.ro (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, FRANCE).

Radio Romania International, via Galbeni, 9500 kHz: QSL card. E-mail: rri [at] rri.ro Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forget to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

RUSSIA
Radio Prague (The Russian programme), via WRN Moscow, 738 kHz. Full data QSL card "Timekeeping centre from 1941" Received in 48 days for report to: ruski@radio.cz (Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti, RUSSIA)

Radio Slovakia International, via WRN Moscow, 738 kHz: The Russian program. Full data QSL card "Parta - bridal crown" in 24 days for report to: RSI_ russian@slovakradio.sl (Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti, RUSSIA)

SLOVAKIA
Radio Slovakia International (French service), 227,36 MHz DAB+ (heard in Bratislava) QSL in 11 days. Report sent to: rsi_french@rtvs.sk (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, FRANCE).

TAIWAN
Radio Taiwan International (German service), 11990 9700 kHz: QSL in 19 days. Report in German sent to: deutsch@rti.org.tw (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, FRANCE).

Radio Taiwan International, via Tamsui, 9700 kHz: F/D special QSL card in 22 days for e-report to: deutsch@rti.org.tw (Jürgen Waga, Berlin, GERMANY).

THAILAND
VOA Deewa Radio, via Udon Thani, 7540 kHz: QSL card. E-mail: manager_thailand [at] bbg.gov Ed: Dear Ivan please don't forgrt to mention after many days you receive a QSL! (Ivan Zelenyi, Nizhnevartovsk, RUSSIA)

TURKEY
Voice of Turkey, Russian program, 11955 kHz: Full data QSL card "on August 26, 1071 Malazgirt victory" received in 54 days for report to: russian@trt.net.tr (Alexander Golovikhin, Togliatti, RUSSIA)

UNITED KINGDOM
KBS World Radio (French service), via Woofferton, 3955 kHz: QSL in 182 days. Report in French sent to : french@kbs.co.kr (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, FRANCE).

Radio Caroline, 648 kHz: QSL in 40 days. Report in English sent to: PO Box 12524, Maldon, Essex, CM9 9EX (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, FRANCE).

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Radio Marti, 11930 kHz: QSL in 17 days. Report in Spanish sent to: mdail@bbg.gov (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, FRANCE).

ZAMBIA
Voice of Hope Africa, 13680 kHz: F/D QSL card received in 7 days from the US office for report with audio clip sent to reports@voiceofhope.com v/s Ray Robinson, Vice President Global Operations. (Rafael Martínez, Barcelona, SPAIN)
(Fanzine # 61)
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Can Radio and Podcasting Come Together?

Radio Show session explores getting the best from both worlds
Tom Vernon, Sept 27, 2018

Podcasting is here to stay, and radio isn’t going away anytime soon. How can the two work together?

To address that question, the Radio Show session, The Podcast Boom, explored that topic with a panel comprised of podcasting talent and management. Heading it up was Norm Pattiz, chairman and CEO of Podcast One. Kaitlyn Bristowe, podcast host from PodcastOne; Elaina D. Smith, national radio and podcast host, Westwood One; Mario Lopez, host, TV and radio personality, Premiere Networks; and Jewel, multi-platinum recording artist, actress, author, entrepreneur represented the talent side.

Darren Davis, president, iHeartMedia Networks Group, iHeartMedia Inc. and Suzanne Grimes EVP, marketing, Cumulus and president, Westwood One, spoke up for management.

Additional story at: https://www.radioworld.com/show-news/can-radio-and-podcasting-come-together

The Rumors of Podcasting's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
https://medium.com/audio-insurgent/the-rumors-of-podcastings-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated-a25d4066997c

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2018 Oct 01 0253 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 24 - 30 September 2018

Solar activity was at very low levels throughout the period. Region 2723 (S08, L=356 class/area Dro/030 on 30 Sep) developed on 29 Sep, but was already showing signs of decay as of this report, and remained inactive. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available satellite imagery.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reach high levels on 24 - 28 Sep, then decreased to moderate levels on 29 - 30 Sep. A peak flux of 6,202 pfu was observed on 24/2020 UTC.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels throughout the entire period, from 24 - 30 Sept, under very subtle CH HSS influence. Solar wind speeds averaged near 430 km/s through most of the period, but did see an increase to reach a peak of 505 km/s on 30/0158 UTC.

Total field of strength ranged between 1 nT to 7 nT, while the Bz component was variable between +/- 6 nT noted through the period.

  Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 01 October - 27 October 2018

Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels throughout the outlook period, with a slight chance for C-class flare activity.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at moderate levels are from 1 - 8 Oct, and again from 26 - 27 Oct. High levels are expected from 9 - 25 Oct following the elevated solar wind speeds associated to recurrent CH HSS activity.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels from 1 - 6 Oct, with isolated active levels likely on 1 Oct. Conditions are then expected to reach G1 (Minor) storm levels on 7 - 8 Oct, with G2 (Moderate) storm levels likely on 8 Oct, due to a positive polarity CH HSS.

A brief return to unsettled levels is likely on 9 Oct, with G1 (Minor) storm levels likely returning on 10 Oct as CH HSS effects persist. Active levels are expected on 11 Oct as CH HSS effects taper off.

Mostly quiet to unsettled levels are expected from 12 - 18 Oct, with isolated active periods likely on 14 and 18 Oct. G1 levels are likely again on 19 Oct as another CH HSS influences the magnetic field. Isolated active periods are expected early on 20 Oct before conditions decrease to be at mostly unsettled levels throughout the remainder of the outlook period (21 - 27 Oct) as CH HSS effects continue to wane.

NOAA did not post an 01 October edition of 27-Day Outlook Table. The following post is from the 24 September edition

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2018 Sep 24 0321 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2018-09-24
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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2018 Sep 24      68          15          4
2018 Sep 25      68          10          3
2018 Sep 26      68           8          3
2018 Sep 27      68           5          2
2018 Sep 28      68           5          2
2018 Sep 29      68           5          2
2018 Sep 30      68           5          2
2018 Oct 01      68          10          3
2018 Oct 02      70          12          4
2018 Oct 03      70           5          2
2018 Oct 04      70           5          2
2018 Oct 05      70           5          2
2018 Oct 06      70           5          2
2018 Oct 07      70          20          5
2018 Oct 08      70          35          6
2018 Oct 09      70          10          3
2018 Oct 10      70          18          5
2018 Oct 11      68          15          4
2018 Oct 12      68           8          3
2018 Oct 13      68           5          2
2018 Oct 14      68          10          3
2018 Oct 15      68           8          3
2018 Oct 16      68           5          2
2018 Oct 17      68           5          2
2018 Oct 18      68          10          4
2018 Oct 19      68          25          5
2018 Oct 20      68          15          4
(NOAA)

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October Specials from Airmail Postage & DX Supplies

Dear Customer,

Below are DX supply Offers and news for  OCTOBER 2018. Check out my discount US postage!

Another shipment of Forever stamps in ROLLS rec'd!!  I have 50 rolls available...at great $avings!!!! 

Credit card ordering: By early next year or sooner!, I will end credit card payment method. Twice this year they charged me "extra" because of low volume of cc sales. In April, the annual fee is charged...so I want to end it before that time. Checks are still the main method of payment. I may add a paypal acct...but too many payments via that or not sent as "friend/family" will come with a % fee like I have with credit cards...

  

  

DX Supplies 2018:  I am not restocking Euro envelopes once they sell out. Envelope sales for 2017 were half the envelope sales of 2016, and a dismal 20%  of what I sold in 2013.  2018's selling pace is much worse. NOTE!!: The ONLY international envelopes in stock are European sized PLAIN WHITE MAILERS that are inside tinted!  QSL Albums and pages will not be restocked when sold out. At this point, it just doesn't make sense to re-stock items that take so long to sell...or not to sell.   DX Postage:  Countries will be deleted when sold out. (Hint: Stock up on countries that have international forever stamps...)

DX SUPPLY INVENTORY:

European AIR Mailers are SOLD OUT. 

European PLAIN Returns are SOLD OUT.

Extra Album Pages are SOLD OUT.

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About 10 QSL albums in stock. Each has 50 pages.

U.S. DISCOUNT POSTAGE DEALS!!

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x 500	$215.00	$165.00	$160.00	$159.00	$158.00

Forevers: 100 & 200 qty will be sheets/booklets, 500 qty: sheets/booklets or rolls. 

+++ OCTOBER SPECIAL: 1,000 Forever Stamps for $420.00 !!! +++

Specify sheets/booklets  or in rolls

++  Payment by check preferred on 1,000 qty. ++

$1.15 International (1 oz.) Rate in 4 stamps

x 100 units =  $95.   -:- -:-   x 200 units = $165    

Sent to USA addresses only.

+++ NEW! +++

Add $3.00 Shipping Charge to orders of discount postage

in quantities of 500 and more.

        OCTOBER 2018  DX  SUPPLY  SPECIALS

      NEW Envelope Options With NEW PRICING!!!

200 European PLAIN Mailers - $25.00

400 European PLAIN Mailers - $40.00

1000 European PLAIN Mailers - $85.00 !

QSL Albums Still Available!

1 Standard Album - $35.00

SPECIAL!!   2 QSL Albums - $65.00  SPECIAL!!!!

 300 #6-3/4 Forever Stamped Envelopes - $150.00

with FREE shipping!!

Shipped via Priority Mail: Orders up 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. (07/2015 modified)

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

Pen # 2

For additional information on Pen/Pencil List, contact me at the below email address

1) Late 1930s Sheaffer golden brown vac fil pen

2) 1929 Parker Duofold button fill fountain pen

3) 1929 Parker Lady Duofold button fill fountain pen now with matching pencil too!

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12 Glenn Road

Flemington, NJ 08822

908 788 1020

Email: plumdx@msn.com

Empire Radio slated for weekend broadcast

"This Sunday (30th September) the 40th anniversary Empire Radio programs will be repeated on short wave. Join the original 1978 team of Keith Rogers, Chris Cooper and Albert Hall for an entertaining mix of music and comedy.

We'll be looking back, over 40 years, but certainly not stuck in the past. The most likely frequency is 5825kHz, with 5800 kHz being an alternative,

Of course, these days it is possible to listen to short wave on the internet, via a WebSDR, such as the one at the University of Twente in The Netherlands, which I'll try and tune to myself: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

The Empire will kick off at 0800 GMT and run until 1300. Programmes will then be repeated 1400-1800. We hope you will be able to tune in, and enjoy our brand of broadcasting lunacy!"

(C Cooper/FB/BDXC)

The First Wireless Message from England to Australia: 100th Anniversary

The first direct Wireless Message from England to Australia was successfully transmitted in darkness and daylight, across empty oceans and a wide land expanse, on Friday September 22, 1918, exactly one hundred years ago yesterday.  The wireless transmitter station was located near Carnarvon in Wales and the receiver was located in a private dwelling in Wahroonga, a suburb of Sydney in the Australian state of New South Wales.

The longwave wireless signal was transmitted from Carnarvon at 3:15 am and it was received in Sydney Australia at 1:15 pm.  Due to the fact that longwave propagation is best along a pathway of maximum darkness, it is suggested that this historic wireless signal traversed more than halfway across the globe via the Atlantic, across the Americas and then across  Pacific for a distance of 13,700 miles.

The Carnarvon wireless station was installed near Waunfaw, some seven miles southeast from the royal city of Caernarvon in northern Wales in the year 1914 by the Marconi company of Chelmsford.  The 3600 ft long aerial system was atop 10 steel masts each standing 400 ft tall on top of Cefndu Mountain in Snowdonia. 

The entire antenna system was beamed towards Montreal in Canada for TransAtlantic communication, not towards Sydney in Australia, and its natural wavelength was 5600 m (53.6 kHz).  However, a wireless tuning system enabled the station to transmit on the even lower 21 kHz.

When the station was completed in its early era, it contained a total of six transmitters arranged in pairs; 2 synchronous alternating current transmitters at 300 kW each, 2 continuous wave transmitters also at 300 kW each, and 2 arc transmitters at 200 kW each.  Electrical power was derived from the local hydroelectric power distribution system.  The receiver station was located at Towyn on the coast of Wales some 40 miles south from the transmitter station.

The AWA Managing Director in Australia, the Englishman Sir Ernest Fisk, made a return visit to England in 1916 for the purpose of discussions with Marconi and others for direct wireless communication between England and Australia.  During the following year, he received approval from the Royal Australian Navy in Sydney to erect a wireless station with both transmitter and receiver at the AWA staff housing facility located at “Logan Brae” on Station Street in the Sydney suburb of Pymble.

The allocated callsign for the Pymble wireless station was an AWA callsign, AWY, and frequent tests were conducted  with the large AWA transmitter station located at outer suburban Pennant Hills.  On several occasions during the year 1917, station AWY in Pymble heard wireless signals from England, though no real communication was achieved.  In addition, AWY also often heard wireless transmissions from the high powered German station at Nauen, near Berlin,;and this, during the Great War, as it was called back then.

In December (1917), station AWY was transferred from Pymble and reinstalled in Sir Ernest Fisk’s own home, “Lucania”, at the corner of Stuart and Cleveland Streets in Wahroonga, in Sydney’s upper North Shore.  A combination receiver, made up of a crystal receiver together with three stages of battery-powered valve amplification, was installed in a large back room at ground level in the home.  Likewise, wireless transmissions from England were often heard at this new location, though no direct transfer of messages was achieved.

The antenna system, consisting of two wires 100 ft long and three feet apart, was strung from a square wooden tower 80 feet high in the southeast corner of the home property to a mast in the northwest corner of the property.  This antenna system was suspended high above the house itself.

For several days in advance of the planned inauguration date, reception tests were conducted at station AWY in Wahroonga to discover the optimum time of the day for the best reception of a wireless signal from England.  On the auspicious date, Friday September 22, 1918 a large group of dignitaries including newspaper representatives was invited to arrive at the Fisk home around noon. 

Awaiting a time of successful reception in Australia, were two VIP messages at the Marconi receiver station at Towyn on the west coast of Wales.  These messages had been lodged at the Central Telegraph office in London and they were then transmitted across the telegraph wire system in England to the Marconi receiver station located at Towyn in Wales.

On that auspicious day, September 22, 1918, the two VIP messages were tapped out again in Morse Code at Towyn beginning at 3:15 am and sent via the telegraph network over the intervening 40 miles to the high power transmitter station near Carnarvon.  With a spark power of 200 kW and a frequency of 21 kHz, the transmitter at Marconi’s station MUU thrust the signal out across the Atlantic towards Montreal in Canada. 

However, the beam width was sufficient for reception in Australia, and apparently this very first transmission in Morse Code was decoded in Australia.  Actually the prearranged procedure was for station MUU to transmit the same message every hour on the first quarter hour, and at least two subsequent broadcasts of the same message were heard and decoded at Wahroonga.  The AWA engineer in Wahroonga who decoded the Morse messages and entered the information into the AWY log book was Raymond E. McIntosh.   

The two official messages from London came from the Australian Prime Minister, the Honorable Mr. William M. Hughes and the Minister for the Royal Australian Navy, Mr Joseph Cook.  The Prime Minister’s message applauded Australian troops in their gallant fight against the enemy in France; and the Minister for the Navy applauded Australian sailors for their gallant fight in the waterways around continental Europe.

So what happened afterwards?  Twenty seven years after this historic event, a memorial monument was erected in 1935 on the street corner in Wahroonga next to what had been the home of Sir Ernest Fisk.  ULTRA  Longwave wireless communication between England and Australia developed into shortwave radio communication.  The Marconi wireless station at Carnarvon continued in communication service for a total of  21 years, closing finally in 1939, and the properties were sold off. 

And we might add, that the Australian counterpart for Adventist World Radio is also located in Wahroonga.  The Adventist Media Center is located on Fox Valley Road, right opposite the Sydney Adventist Hospital, the largest privately operated hospital in the Australian state of New South Wales.
(AWR Wavescan/NWS 500)

Blog Logs

Thanks to our regular contributor, Harold Sellers. He shares with our blog readers, his latest from Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. 

Do you have radio logs you'd like to share with other radio hobbyist ? Your logs and radio-related information are welcome, to the email address in the above masthead.
(GVH)

Listening in my car, parked overlooking Kalamalka Lake. CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 whip antenna.

All times UTC

RNZI QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

13840 New Zealand, RNZI at 0224 discussing the earthquake on Lombok. Very good

7780 USA Radio Prague via WRMI relay at 0231, man with news. Good

11560 India, All India Radio at 0240 with Hindi songs, listed as a broadcast in Pashto. Poor

7375 Romania, Radio Romania International at 0300 with sign on, into news.

9395 USA Radio Prague via WRMI relay at 0302, woman with news. Excellent

6185 Mexico, Radio Educacion (?) at 0307.  Somewhere — but I can’t find it now — I read a report that a flood in their building had knocked Radio Education off the air, but there was a weak 
station in Spanish here tonight.  Hopefully them, back on.

6080 Botswana, Voice of America relay at 0309 with news, African-accented announcer. Fair

6070 Canada, CFRX, Toronto at 0330 with Newstalk 10-10 ID and into “The Best of Rush”.   
       
5925 Botswana, Voice of America relay at 0333, political discussion about Iran and Turkey. //6080. Poor with interference from 5920

9395 USA Radio Slovakia International via WRMI relay at 0344, talking about Slovaks who have returned home from living abroad.

QSL via Gayle Van Horn Collection)

11650 Clandestine, Radio Tamazuj presumed via Madagascar relay at 0353 with talks by man and woman, sometimes sound bridges, to 0357 sign-off. May be Arabic or Sudanese Arabic.
Sign off listed as 0430.   

11980 Turkey, Voice of Turkey at 0358 signing on with music and announcements in language, 0400 time pips, more announcements, 0401 news. Listed as Turkish.

11995 Madagascar, BBC relay at 0402 in Somali with news.

11620 Clandestine-Eye Radio via Madagascar relay at 0406 in Sudanese Arabic. Talks, announcements, some sounded to be in local languages, heard mention of a website, mentions of Sudan and Juba. At 0425 began English with “Eye Radio” promo, followed by “Hello and welcome to our weekly program…”, woman talking about South Sudan. - Fair through noise.