Thursday, October 16, 2025

WRMI Schedule Update-October 15, 2025

 
Graphics by Gayle Van Horn


The current color grid schedule,  dated October 15, 2025, which includes programming information, is available at: 

Previous schedule update September 25, 2025 

All times UTC
Programming in English, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish

0000-0100 5010ca  5050la  5850na  5950na  7570na  7730na  7780ca  9455na  9395na  9955sa  15770eu  17790la 
0100-0200 5050la  5800la  5950na  7730na  7780ca  9455na  15770eu  17790la
0200-0300 5010ca  5050la  5950na  7780ca  9455na  9955sa  15770eu
0300-0400 5050la  5850na  5950na  15770eu
0400-0500 5850na  7570na  7730na  7780ca  15770eu
0500-0600 5850na  7570na  7730na  7780ca  9395na  15770eu
0600-0700 5850na  7570na  7730na  7780ca  9395na  15770eu
0700-0800 5850na  7570na  7730na  7780ca  9395na  15770eu
0800-0900 7730na  7780ca  9395na  15770eu
0900-1000 5850na  7730na  9395na  15770eu
1000-1100 7570na  7730na  7780ca  9395na
1100-1200 5850na  7730na  9395na
1200-1300 7730na  9395na  15770eu
1300-1400 7730na  9395na  
1400-1500 7730na  9395na  15770eu
1500-1600 7730na  9395na  17790la
1600-1700 7730na  9395na  17790la
1700-1800 7730na  9395na  15770eu  17790la
1800-1900 7730na  9395na  15770eu  17790la
1900-2000 7730na  9395na  17790la
2000-2100 9395na  17790la
2100-2200 7730na  9395na  17790la
2200-2300 5850na  7730na  15770eu  17790la
2300-0000 5850na  5010ca  7730na  9455na  17790la

Target Areas:
ca  Central America
eu  Europe
la  Latin America
na  North America
sa  South America

WRMI website:  http://wrmi.net/
Reception Reports: info@wrmi.net 
Rapid E-QSL: Send a reception report and receive an immediate e-QSL to: wrmiqsl@gmail.com
(GVH/Teak Publishing)




October 2025 programming from UBMP

 
Graphic designs by Gayle Van Horn


The October programming from Uncle Bill's Melting Pot will feature a virtual potpourri of recent releases from around the world.

All broadcasts are relayed from Germany from Channel 292 as follows:

All times UTC/kHz

Friday, October 17, 2025
6070 at 1700 
3955 at 2100 

Saturday, October 18, 2025
9670 at 1700 UTC using beam H (repeat of the October 17 episode).

The Sunday broadcasts have moved to Saturdays. 
In addition to direct radio reception, we do honor reception reports using remote SDR's
as long as the whole program is reported, as well as the SDR used.  
 
 William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer 
Tilford Productions, LLC 
Lafayette, IN 47905-1551 

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

The World Is at Your Mouse Click

 
Airspy Screen Capture

Tuning to shortwave radio over web-connected receivers

By James Careless

Published: September 27, 2025  Updated: September 29, 2025
Even with the loss of the Voice of America, the international shortwave radio bands are still alive with stations worth listening to. But what can you do if you don’t have a shortwave radio receiver, and/or live in an urban area where reception is difficult? 

The answer is to use the internet to access remotely tunable shortwave radio receivers located around the globe. By going through these websites — which are free to use — you can get a taste of what’s on the air worldwide. 

Kiwi Screen Capture of RTM Malaysia

Additional text at: 

Monday, October 13, 2025

AWR World DX News – September 1973

 


Thank you to Ray Robinson and Jeff White for this week's nostalgic feature from Wavescan.

Jeff: This week, by way of something different, we’re delving into our archives and bringing you a 52-year old recording of a predecessor to this program, a segment of an AWR World DX News edition from September 1973.  Here’s Ray Robinson in Los Angeles to explain more.

Ray: Thanks, Jeff.  Yes, in 1973, AWR World DX News was a program that went out on Sunday mornings via a 250 kW transmitter of Radio Trans Europe in Sines, Portugal.  The actual time of the program was 0900 UTC, on 9670 kHz.  The program was introduced by Allen Steele, and the DX news was presented by his finacée, Andrea Paige, who later became his wife.

When AWR Europe first started, Allen and Andrea were based close to the transmitter site in Portugal.  But as the number of languages increased, it became more convenient and practical for them to move the production facilities and offices to a new location in Paris, France.  And in this recording, Allen gives the address as P.O. Box 5409, Paris 9, France.  That address has, of course, long since been retired, so don’t go sending anything there.

As you’ll hear, much of the program content was provided by the Medium Wave Circle – the British equivalent of the American National Radio Club, so it’s not surprising they discussed medium wave developments as well as those on shortwave.  Sadly, only the first five minutes of the recording have survived, so I’m going to play that, and then I’ll explain a little more about it afterwards.  So again, from a Sunday morning in September 1973, here’s AWR’s World DX News.

You may listen to the original audio on this week's podcast at: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wavescan

AWR World DX News  1973 Radio Seagull https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnZiNs2iFao
WR World DX News 1974 - ILR & Offshore Radio 

And that was the beginning of an AWR World DX News edition from September 1973.  As you heard, the stations they featured were Radio Atlantis and Radio Seagull, both of which broadcast from the Caroline vessel, the MV Mi Amigo.  At that time, the ship was anchored off the coast of The Netherlands.  It was still a full year before the Dutch legislation against offshore stations became law, so it was being legally supplied from ports on the Dutch coast.

Radio Atlantis during the daytime broadcast pre-recorded pop music programs in Flemish for listeners in Belgium, and then overnight Radio Seagull took over with progressive rock music and presentation in English.  The transmitter on 1187 kHz, which was announced as 259 metres, was a Continental 50 kW unit that had first been installed on the ship in February 1966, and it had very wide coverage of northern Europe at night.

The presenter’s voice you heard was Tony Allan, closing out the Radio Atlantis programming for the day over their theme tune, Atlantis by The Shadows, and then also opening Radio Seagull two hours later, apparently on a Friday evening.  Radio Seagull was relatively short-lived – from July 1973 to February 1974 – but it wasn’t a commercial success, and when the money from the original backers dried up, the owners of the MV Mi Amigo simply reverted to the familiar name Radio Caroline instead.

Oh, and as for the concerns about the weight of the new antenna mast on the MV Mi Amigo, well it stayed up just fine, radiating the programming from the ship for the next seven years.  

When the vessel finally sank in shallow waters during a storm in March 1980, the top half of the mast remained proudly poking out of the sea, pointing to the sky. 


It was interesting to hear that this program went out the month before the launch of the very first legal, landbased independent commercial radio stations in the UK – the LBC news station in London modelled after WINS, New York, followed a short time later by the pop music station Capital Radio and other stations around the country, all of which simulcast on AM and FM.

Anyway, that was an interesting glimpse into the early days of AWR programming for DXers, and if you happen to have any old recordings like that, we’d love to hear them.  Just send them through any file-sharing platform using the email address wavescan@yahoo.com.

Back to you, Jeff.




Classic interview available with former Radio Tirana presenter

 
Vintage QSL from Radio Tirana


ALBANIA   

An interview with June Taylor, former presenter of Radio Tirana.

There is an extended interview with June Taylor, former presenter on Radio Tirana, in this 2022 radio program (broadcast on the London radio station
Resonance FM at:


Also, Bryan Clark-NZL in the New Zealand Radio DX League's DX Dialog io. group found some short clips of June Taylor (pre-Radio Tirana) in this unfinished film at:

(Alan Roe, Teddington-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr Oct 7)
(WWDXC Top Nx 1631/12 Oct 2025)

Jen's Eclectic Views & Real Deal audio for October 12, now available

 

Jen's Eclectic Views & Real Deal

Now available for listening or downloading

For Cast Link :

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e1w45hhgh42fn04iqoq73/Jen-s-Eclectic-Views-Real-Deal-For-Sunday-October-12th-17-20-heard-on-Unique-R-Australia.mp3?rlkey=gjoaky3ud77gnr2bmdtijcu7y&dl=0

Live Stream next week, Jen's Instrumental Madness Surf Show - October 19, 1900-2100 UTC.


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

For your contact pleasure

Jenur@proteon.me

Jen In The Rad

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

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:Issued: 2025 Oct 13 0235 UTC
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 06 - 12 October 2025



Solar activity reached moderate levels on 09 Oct when Region 4236 (N10, L=62, class/area=Ekc/320 on 04 Oct) produced an M2.0 flare (R1-Minor) at 09/1231 UTC; the largest event and sole M-flare of the period. Solar activity was at low levels throughout the remainder of the period. Region 4246 (N24, L= 290, class/area=Dai/180 on 12 Oct) produced several C-flares over 10-12 Oct, along with two Earth-directed CMEs. The first CME was associated with coronal dimming near AR4246 at around 11/0115 UTC, and the second CME was associated with a long-duration C9.6/1f flare at 12/1350 UTC from AR4246. The first CME is anticipated to arrive on 15 Oct, and the second CME is anticipated to arrive on 16 Oct. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 06-12 Oct. 

Geomagnetic field activity was quiet on 06 Oct. Periods of active conditions were observed on 07-08 Oct due to the passage of CMEs that left the Sun on 03 Oct. Quiet conditions were observed again on 09 Oct. Active conditions were observed on 10 Oct, with periods of G1 (Minor) storming observed on 11-12 Oct, due to negative polarity CH HSS influences and possible embedded transient influences. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 13 October - 08 November 2025

Solar activity is expected to be at low levels throughout the period, with a varying chance for M-flare (R1-R2/Minor-Moderate) activity. 

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 13-19, 21-24, and 28 Oct-08 Nov. Normal to moderate levels are expected throughout the remainder of the period. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach active and G1 (Minor) storm levels on 13 Oct, and quiet to unsettled levels on 14 Oct, in response to waning negative polarity CH HSS influences. Periods of active conditions are likely on 15 Oct due to the anticipated arrival of a CME from 11 Oct, and again on 16 Oct due to
the anticipated arrival of a CME from 12 Oct. Periods of G1 (Minor) storm levels are likely on 20 Oct due to negative polarity CH HSS influences. Active conditions are likely over 25-26 Oct in response to negative polarity CH HSS influences. Periods of G1 storming are likely on 28 and 30 Oct, with periods of G2 (Moderate) storming likely on 29 Oct, due to positive polarity CH HSS influences. G1 (Minor) storms are likely again on 08 Nov due to the anticipated influences of another recurrent, negative polarity CH HSS. Quiet and quiet to unsettled levels are expected to prevail throughout the remainder of the period. 

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2025 Oct 13     140          18          4
2025 Oct 14     145           8          3
2025 Oct 15     145          15          4
2025 Oct 16     150          10          3
2025 Oct 17     150           5          2
2025 Oct 18     150           5          2
2025 Oct 19     150           5          2
2025 Oct 20     150          15          5
2025 Oct 21     150          10          3
2025 Oct 22     145           8          3
2025 Oct 23     140           5          2
2025 Oct 24     145           5          2
2025 Oct 25     150          12          4
2025 Oct 26     150          12          4
2025 Oct 27     150           8          3
2025 Oct 28     145          25          5
2025 Oct 29     145          35          6
2025 Oct 30     145          25          5
2025 Oct 31     140          15          4
2025 Nov 01     140           8          3
2025 Nov 02     140           5          2
2025 Nov 03     135           5          2
2025 Nov 04     140           5          2
2025 Nov 05     145           5          2
2025 Nov 06     135          10          3
2025 Nov 07     130          15          4
2025 Nov 08     130          30          5
(NOAA)

Friday, October 10, 2025

Radio Caroline North, October 11-12 schedule

 
Ross Revenge ship

Our next Radio Caroline North broadcast is scheduled for October 11-12, 2025 - live from our radio ship Ross Revenge.

You'll hear some great music from the 60s to 90s – plus this month's competition, where three lucky listeners could win a quality Roberts Bluetooth speaker courtesy of UK Fasteners Supplier of top quality window fasteners and consumables.

Listen on 648 AM across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and beyond, and on 1368 AM in the North/North-West courtesy of our friends at Manx Radio, worldwide online here via our Caroline North Player, on smart speakers, and the Radio Caroline app.

We'd love to hear from you during the broadcast via north@radiocaroline.co.uk and remember, it's the only email address that gets you straight through to our 'North' broadcasters.

(Mike Terry/BDXC)
(photo/Wikipedia)

U.K Propagation Update

 


RSGB

GB2RS News Team | October 9, 2025

We finally got rid of the high-speed solar wind stream, which caused havoc on the HF bands. But we are not out of the woods yet!

Last week saw the Kp index hit 6.67 on 2 October, and it was often up around 4 or more. Even though the Kp index eventually reduced, the ionosphere took its time to recover and things were not back to near normal until Tuesday 7 October.

Meanwhile, the solar flux index decreased to 131 by 8 October, so the HF bands were hardly humming by this time.

DX on the 10m band was hard to find. Openings to Europe were commonplace but longer paths were not so good, with only weak North American stations being heard later in the day.

A minor G1 geomagnetic storm watch was in effect for 48 hours from 7 October when at least one faint coronal mass ejection was predicted to pass the Earth. Only minor C-class solar flares occurred during the week, but that didn’t help too much.

CDXC members were reporting DX, such as V85T in Brunei on 15m and A52G in Bhutan on 20m – both using CW. However, there was not much to work on the higher bands. Southerly paths were a little better with 5X2I in Uganda reported on the 17m band using FT8.

Next week, NOAA predicts that the solar flux index will be in the range of 130 to 140, but it is also predicting geomagnetic disturbances today,
12 October. After that, the Sun may quieten a little with a maximum Kp index of 2 for the rest of the coming week before more geomagnetic disturbances. The Kp index is forecast to be 4 or 5 during the weekend of 18 and 19 October.

VHF and up:

The coming week is dominated by high pressure, either over the UK or near enough to influence the propagation and provide a prolonged period of Tropo weather.

It’s probably worth mentioning a few ground rules about Tropo operating. 
Firstly, large areas of high pressure can produce widespread lift conditions due to the strength of the elevated temperature inversion 1 to 1.5km above the ground. The longer the high lasts, the lower this descends, so limiting maximum distance across the centre of the high.

Try beaming around the edge rather than across the centre. Secondly, there may be surface temperature inversions at night or in foggy weather, and these will provide temporary enhancements. Thirdly, the clue for a good ‘radio’ temperature inversion is the presence of fog or layers of cloud which give a better moisture contrast and ducting prospects.

One last point. Try other modes like SSB or CW rather than sticking to repeaters which can get very crowded in lift conditions.

There is no rain scatter in the frame this week and the Draconids meteor shower has just passed, so back to random activity on that front. On 8 October the Sporadic-E graphs at propquest.co.uk  showed that there had been occasional spikes up to 5MHz or so. This may liven up the 10m band if we get any more. There have been a few weak auroral events but nothing too exciting.

For EME operators, the Moon’s declination is still increasing, reaching its peak today, 12 October, so long Moon windows and high peak elevation continue. Path losses are rising again after perigee on the 8 October. 
144MHz Sky noise will be moderate to low for the coming week.

(Mike Terry, UK/BDXC)

Thursday, October 09, 2025

Radio Prague International opening audio on October 8, 2025

 


In case you missed it, the Shortwave Central YouTube channel brings you the opening of today's broadcast relay of Radio Prague International on WRMI. The five-minute video is available at: 

The broadcast airs Monday-Friday at 2300-2330 UTC, in English on 9395 kHz, targeted to North America.

Additional English broadcasts include:

All times UTC

0100-0300 on 9455 to North America, and 7780 to Central America

0300-0330 on 9955 to South America

0600-0630 Monday/Tuesday on 15770 to Europe

1200-1230 on 9955 to South America

2330 mightnight UTC on 5850 to North America

All languages are also on the Astra 3B satellite to Europe. English programming is streamed online at english.radio.cz and is available for offline listening wherever you get your podcasts.






Radio Prague International, part 2

Thank you to Ray Robinson and Jeff White for this week's Wavescan program. This is Part 2, of the popular series on Radio Prague International. If you missed Part 1, the script is available at: 

Jeff: Last week, Ray Robinson began a 2-part series on the history of Radio Prague International, a station I was able to visit when I was in Prague at the end of August for the HFCC meeting.  

So now, here is part 2, picking up the story right after the end of World War II.  Ray?

Ray: Thanks, Jeff.

If you were listening last week, you’ll remember that Radio Prague had been forced to shut down most of their international broadcasts on shortwave during the war by the Nazi occupiers.  Only two hours per day to North America were allowed to continue in the Czech language, and those were heavily censored.

After the war, the international service on shortwave resumed, and it was able to operate with relative freedom for a few years.  But then in 1948, the communists took control of the country through a coup d’état, and Czechoslovak Radio was nationalized.

The communist government built two large transmitter sites in the eastern Slovakian region.  Work at the Velke Kostolany station in Slovakia began in 1949, and that station was on the air for nearly half a century until it closed in October 1997.  Another large shortwave station was constructed near Rimavska Sobota in Slovakia in 1956.  This station originally contained several 100 kW transmitters, although it was rebuilt in 1982 with four new 250 kW Russian transmitters.

Meanwhile, the Podebrody shortwave transmitter site near Prague remained in operation until 1996.  A new shortwave transmitter site at Litomysl, also near Prague, was inaugurated in 1956 with the first of seven 100 kW transmitters, two of which remained on the air until 2011. 

The 1970’s saw a boom in short-wave broadcasting by Radio Prague.


That one was recorded on 6055 kHz in 1973.  Programs in ten languages were broadcast 37 hours a day, and this continued until the end of the communist regime in 1989.

A favorite program of many shortwave listeners was the Wednesday DX program hosted by Oldřich Číp, who later became the founder of the High Frequency Coordination Conference under the auspices of the International Telecommunications Union, itself an agency of the United Nations.  And Oldřich Číp’s son, Vladislav is still the secretary of the organization to this day.

As I said last week, through what was known as the ‘Velvet Revolution’ in November and December 1989, the communist regime fell, but by 1992, Slovak calls for more autonomy effectively blocked the daily functioning of the federal government.  So, on January 1, 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia were peacefully established as two independent states.  And at that time, the broadcast organization of Czechoslovak Radio was also split between the two countries.  In Prague, it was renamed, simply, Czech Radio.

Eventually, Czechia closed its remaining shortwave site at Litomysl in 2011, due mainly to the cost and difficulty of maintaining the equipment and the lack of experienced engineers able to do so.  But, they continued to produce programming in six languages – English, German, French, Spanish, Czech and Russian – primarily for distribution via satellite and the Internet.

But, they didn’t give up on shortwave.  They instead contracted first for their programming to be relayed on shortwave via a site in Yerevan, Armenia, just across the border from eastern Turkey.  Here’s their broadcast on August 31, 2016, exactly 80 years after the launch of Radio Prague on shortwave in 1936.

Radio Prague via Yerevan, Armenia on 9985 kHz on Wednesday August 31, 2016.

When that site closed in 2018, as I’m sure you know, Radio Prague moved some of their program relays to the shortwave transmitters of WRMI in Okeechobee, Florida.

Entrance to Czech Radio Today


You can now hear Radio Prague in English via WRMI:



from 01-03 hours UTC on 9455 kHz to North America, and on 7780 kHz to Central America;
from 03-0330 on 9955 to South America;
from 06-0630 Mon & Tue only on 15770 to Europe;
from 12-1230 on 9955 to South America;
from 23-2330 Mon-Fri only on 9395 to North America;
and from 2330-midnight UTC on 5850 to North America.

Radio Prague’s French and Spanish programming can also be heard via WRMI on other times and frequencies.

All languages are also on the Astra 3B satellite to Europe.  English programming is streamed online at english.radio.cz, and is also available for offline listening wherever you get your podcasts. 

So, in summary, Czechia has been heard on shortwave for over 100 years, since 1923, and Radio Prague specifically on shortwave for nearly 90 years, since 1936.  During that time, seven different shortwave sites have been used:
three near Prague at Kbely, Podebrody, and Litomysl
two in Slovakia at Velke Kostolany and Rimavska Sobota,
one in Yerevan, Armenia, and 
finally via WRMI in Florida.

We here at Wavescan honor them for their long and storied broadcast history on both medium wave and shortwave.

Back to you, Jeff.

A number of Radio Prague videos are available on YouTube, by searching Radio Prague at:

Audio available for Oct 4th, Jen & GB's CARN program

 

For the HF enthusiast in you, the Jen & GB's CARN (Calling All Radio Nutzz) program for Saturday, October 4, 2025, 1800-2100 UTC, is now up and ready for downloading and listening

CARN Link.

Enjoy.


The next CARN - Calling All Radio Nutzz.
Novemver 19 at 1900 UTC 

The Live Stream. For everything CARN.


For your contact pleasure

We look forward to presenting the show and hope you can join us on those Saturdays throughout the DX season.
Or enjoy our casts when sent out.

The Bands Are Alive !!

73's & 33's
Jen & GB

October programming for From the Isle of Music

 
Graphic by Gayle Van Horn

The October program will be the final of several episodes, featuring the best of Cubadisco 2025, Cuba's most important discographic awards. This is the best of the best of Cuba's new releases (and recordings from Cubans elsewhere) and will feature a sampling from several categories this month.

All times UTC/kHz

Friday, October 10, 2025
6070 at 1700 
3955 at 2100 

Saturday, October 11, 2025
9670 at 1700, using booster beam H to Africa (repeat of October 10 episode).
*Note that our Sunday broadcasts have been moved to Saturdays.

William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer 
Tilford Productions, LLC 
Lafayette, IN 47905-1551 

Wednesday, October 08, 2025

Texas Radio Shortwave closing minute at YouTube

 

Graphics by Gayle Van Horn

Did you tune in today to Texas Radio Shortwave, featuring the Music of B.J. Thomas?

TRSW always offers a great program, featuring the best artists from Texas. Here is the YouTube link to hear the closing tune at today's sign-off at 19:59 UTC

https://youtu.be/GBdZ43ACKH0

Thank you for watching. Don't forget to subscribe to the Shortwave Central YouTube channel.


Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Evening sport roundup from KWKH Shreveport

 



An evening of AM Airchecks from Shreveport's own KWKH 1130, a station deep in the history of Louisiana broadcasting since 1921.

Tune in to KWKH-The Tiger-Home of LSU Sports, from Monday, October 6, 2025, and available  at https://youtu.be/k4nCKMv0de8

Thank you for watching and subscribing to the Shortwave Central YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShortwaveCentral




Jen's Eclectic Views & Real Deal audio for October 5, now available

 



The audio for the October 5, 2025 edition is now up and ready for downloading and listening. 

Enjoy !!!!!


The Cast Link.


The Live Stream for next week - Jen's Eclectic Views & Real Deal

Sunday October 12
17:00-2000 UTC


For your contact pleasure

Jen In The Rad