Shortwave Radiogram, Program 381

 

Hello friends

I hope the holidays of December are unfolding well for you. Activities in our house might result in repeat broadcasts at the end of December, or early January. I will let you know.

Here in the Washington DC area, pirate shortwave broadcasters have been active in their usual 6900-7000 kHz neighborhood. They've been audible even during the daylight hours, indicating that they are not far away. One of the stations, in a synthesized voice, informed listeners that it is transmitting in C-QUAM stereo. It advised using the QAM mode on KiwiSDR receivers. I did that, and indeed it was stereo. It was a weird sort of stereo, wavering quickly between left and right channel. But interesting to listen to.

A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 380) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 381, 13-18 December 2024, in MFSK modes as noted:

 1:43  MFSK32: Program preview

 2:53  MFSK32: Mathematician solves the moving sofa problem*

 7:48  MFSK64: Are buildings made of wood sustainable?

13:16  MFSK64: This week's images*

27:52  MFSK32: Closing announcements

* with image(s)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net

And visit http://swradiogram.net

Bluesky: swradiogram.bsky.social

Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram

(visit during the weekend to see listeners’ results)

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

Shortwave Radiogram Gateway Wiki: https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Shortwave_Radiogram_Gateway

 

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

 

Thanks for your reception reports!

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB

Producer and Presenter

Shortwave Radiogram

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

 (graphic: mutantspore.bsky.social in Florida (near Tampa) received these images 6 December 2024, 0030-0100 UTC, 9265 kHz from WINB Pennsylvania)

Holiday Programming on Shortwave

 

As was the case in recent years, I have again been collating a list of programming scheduled to be broadcast (mostly) on shortwave over the forthcoming holiday period, this time covering the period Saturday 14 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025. The list includes both "seasonal" and "non-seasonal" programming. Regular weekly music programming where no special advance program information has been provided is not usually included in this list (although there may be some exceptions!), however, please refer to my Music on Shortwave list.

The first edition of this compilation is now available to download from the permanent link at:

https://app.box.com/s/kbdxb4c5lwpju0kpoi27aiwc35br2g2a (

or Tiny URL https://bit.ly/3LgKNJ2 

In the event that further information becomes available, I will issue updates and post to the above permanent links. Small changes will be issued as incremental versions, which will not be announced in social media posts. Significant changes and additions will be issued as new versions and will be announced. It will be worth checking the above links from time to time for the latest information. 

I hope that you find this resource useful.

Additions and corrections are most welcome to alan-roe-swl@randa33.co.uk

Best wishes for Christmas and a Happy New Year

(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK/BDXC)

Encore - Classical Music on Radio Tumbril

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Some Things to see on The Encore Website:

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

Important information about funding of Encore - Radio Tumbril.

Up-to-date transmission times and frequencies.

The playlists for the most recent programs.

An email link.

Informal reception reports as well as those requesting eQSL cards are welcome.

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

THIS FORTNIGHT'S PROGRAM - First broadcast this FRIDAY 13th December by WRMI at 0200 UTC on 5850, and 2000 UTC on 15770 and then Channel 292 on SATURDAY 14th December at 11:00 UTC on 9670 kHz:

Starts with starts with some of Beethoven's last major compositions - the String Quartet No. 16. It is followed by Finnish composer Kimmo Hakola - his Clarinet Concerto, and then a cello sonata from one of J S Bach's children - C P E Bach. After that - the Monteverdi Choir will sing John Tavener's Dum Transisset Sabbatum. The program ends with the Flute Sonata in D Major by Joseph Bodin De Boismortier. 

 

Thank you for spreading the word about Encore - Classical Music on Shortwave on Radio Tumbril - and thank you for your support.

 

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

GMØTLY

From the Isle of Music on December 14

 

A couple of schedule adjustments start in December to get away from interference from other stations:

From the Isle of Music, December 14, 2024

We will finish 2024 with a potpourri of recent news (and related songs) in Cuban music plus some buried musical treasures.

Times UTC/ kHz:  

All transmissions from Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany

0400-0500 on 9670 with beam R towards eastern North America but usable in parts of Europe, North Africa and Eurasia

1800-1900 on 9670 with beam E-F towards South Asia but usable in Europe, North Africa, and parts of the Middle East and Eurasia

2200-2300 on 3955 and 6070 kHz (omnidirectional for Europe and beyond)

(Tilford Productions)

Radio Caroline North on December 14-15

 

Our next Radio Caroline North broadcast is between 14th-15th December, live from our radio ship Ross Revenge.

You'll hear some great music from the 60s to early 90s – plus this month's competition winners will receive an Akai retro-style AM/FM radio, courtesy of Dean & Joy Chesterton from Unitrade Plumbing and Heating Engineers in Deal (see panel below for pictures).

Listen on 648 AM across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and beyond, 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 memories@... and remember, it's the only email address that gets you straight through to our 'North' broadcasters.

https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html

(Mike Terry/BDXC)

Mali heard on 9635 kHz

 

RTVM Mali

 

9635 kHz seemingly back on air service daytime too, noted via Kiwi SDR unit remotely on Canary Islands Kiwi SDR at: http://ea8bfk.ddns.net:8073

 

Heard long interval signal 12.59 – 13.01 UT S=9+5dB  -67dBm signal strength, then Sahel Arabic language ID, and at 13.03 UT news in French language, followed by speech in French language to crowd .

(wolfie df5sx /WWDXC, Germany) 

Preparing for Christmas in the wilds of Antarctica

 

Helen Burchell

BBC News, Cambridgeshire

If you were guaranteed a white Christmas, but it meant working thousands of miles away from your family and friends in a freezing wilderness, would you relish the opportunity?

This is what the festive season holds for the hundreds of scientists, researchers and support staff living at remote stations in Antarctica this year.

Almost 300 members of the Cambridge-based British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are spending Christmas at five research stations and on board the vessel, the Harwich-based RRS Sir David Attenborough.

Although it is the busiest time of the year (with almost 24 hours of sunlight), many, who are not living in a tent doing field research, find the time to make decorations, secret Santa gifts and enjoy a meal or festive film together.

Additional story at: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4zqkqg61xo

Photo/The British Antarctic Survey ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, is deployed to the Antarctic this Christmas/BBC News

Adventist Shortwave Broadcasting History, part 2

 

Special thanks to Ray Robinson and Jeff White for sharing Part 1 and 2 in the history of AWR

Jeff: Two weeks ago we brought you the history of the Adventist radio program “The Voice of Prophecy”, which in one form or another has been on the air since 1929, and indeed is still on the air to this day. But it was on Friday evening, October 1, 1971, that the first shortwave broadcast from the newly formed Adventist World Radio (AWR) was beamed across Europe from a 250 kW transmitter at Radio Trans Europe in Sines (“Seenesh”), Portugal. RTE, of course, no longer exists, but here’s Ray Robinson with part 2 of our series on the history of Adventist shortwave broadcasting.

Ray: Thanks, Jeff. Back in the 1970’s, besides the “Voice of Prophecy” program,  there were also three main units of Adventist World Radio, each operated independently of the others. Like some other Christian broadcasters, AWR has always primarily been a program producer, with no real aspirations to run stations on shortwave with identities similar to domestic AM or FM stations. They made programs in various languages, usually about half an hour in length, and then bought time on shortwave transmitters operated by others to air them.

In Europe, Radio Trans Europe in Sines, Portugal had been setup as a Deutsche Welle relay station with two 250 kW Marconi transmitters, and AWR-Europe was able to purchase time on those transmitters, for programming produced in studios in Germany and France in the languages of various European countries, both East and West.

In Asia, the original AWR-Asia bought time on the shortwave transmitters of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation at Ekala, a dozen miles north of Colombo – an operation that undoubtedly developed following the “Voice of Prophecy’s” decision to use the Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon in Colombo in 1954.

In Latin America, AWR actually bought an existing shortwave station in Cahuita, Costa Rica, and used its five shortwave transmitters to broadcast programming in Spanish and English beginning in 1991.

So, let’s look at each of these operations in turn.

Europe

During 1968 while our Wavescan editor-in-chief Dr. Adrian Peterson was living in Lahore, Pakistan, he was invited to serve as an informal advisor to fellow Australian Dr. Walter Scragg who was serving in international radio leadership at the global

headquarters of the Adventist denomination in Washington, D.C. It was at that stage that serious planning was underway for establishing a coordinated global outreach on shortwave radio.

Three years later, the newly married Allen and Andrea Steele were transferred from specialized FM radio programming in Washington, D.C. to Lisbon, Portugal, to head up the inauguration of the new Adventist World Radio, a name, incidentally, that Adrian Peterson had first suggested to Walter Scragg.

After many weeks of coordination with the main production studios in Paris, France and Darmstadt, West Germany, the time came for the inaugural broadcast from the fledgling AWR on Friday evening, October 1st , 1971.

n a special studio of Radio Trans Europe on the top, 6 th floor of an ornate residential building at 84 Rua Braamcamp in Lisbon. Then by car, they

personally delivered the complete set of program tapes, now ready for broadcasting, to the Radio Trans Europe on-air coordinating studio at Sesimbra, some 24 miles south of Lisbon.

At Sesimbra, all programming was sent by VHF link 40 miles across Setubal Bay to the shortwave transmitter site located near the ocean on Monte Mudo hill, close to Cape Sines. The inaugural AWR broadcast was in Italian, and it began at 2015 UTC

on 9670 kHz.

By 1973, they were airing programming several days per week each in 16 languages – Arabic, Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish and Ukranian. You may remember this interval sign

The two transmitters at RTE had originally been procured by Deutsche Welle for a new relay station in El Salvador, Central America. But when that project had to be canceled due to lack of government approval, the transmitters were diverted instead to Sines, Portugal. They are first listed in the 1971 edition of the WRTH, and the relay site was finally closed in 2011. AWR-Europe used the station in Portugal for some 15 years. After that, they hired airtime for 5 more years on another Deutsche Welle relay site in Malta – Radio Mediterranean, and even conducted some tests via a Deutsche Welle relay site in Kigali, Rwanda.

Asia

As we commented a few weeks ago, the first Adventist programming on shortwave in South Asia was via the original Emissora de Goa (or, Radio Goa), beginning in April 1950. In 1954, that shifted to the Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon, and their shortwave transmitters at Ekala, north of Colombo.

In the early 1970’s, the Peterson family were transferred first to Colombo, where they supervised the production of half a dozen programs in as many languages that were broadcast on shortwave by the now SLBC in Ekala. Then in 1975, they were transferred again to Pune, India, for the purpose of coordinating the Adventist

ministry across the 12 countries that had formerly comprised British India. Program production was likewise moved to new AWR studios in Salisbury Park, Pune. A year later, all of the radio programming that was organized under a combined unit, and on October 7, 1976, the Adventist headquarters in Washington, D.C. gave formal recognition to the Pune-based radio studio as “AWR-Asia”. All the AWR programming produced in the Pune studio was broadcast from Sri Lanka on shortwave, medium wave and FM. The Ekala shortwave station was closed in 2013, when its replacement at Trincomalee came online. The forerunner to this program, Wavescan, was Radio Monitors International, and here’s the beginning of an RMI program broadcast via SLBC in March 1980 – recognize the theme tune?

Latin America and Oceania

In Latin America, because of the large geographic areas many medium wave stations aspired to cover, it was common practice for them to install shortwave transmitters co-sited with their medium wave ones, to simulcast their programming to a wider

audience. Examples of such stations which were bought by local Adventist churches and carried Adventist programming on shortwave include:

Union Radio – TGMU – in Guatemala City on 5980 and 6090 kHz,

Radio Amanecer Internacional in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with 1 kW on 6025 kHz,

Radio Adventista Mundial in Celendin, Peru, with 350 watts on 3870 kHz, and

Radio Alajuela in Costa Rica.

Also, the same pattern emerged in many Pacific island groups, where stations were wanting to provide a signal to listeners on outlying islands. Here examples of stations carrying Adventist programming on shortwave included:

Papeete, Tahiti with 20 kW on 15170 kHz,

Noumea, New Caledonia also with 20 kW on 3355 and 7170 kHz,

Raratonga, Cook Islands, with 500 watts on 11760 kHz,

Port Moresby and in fact all 30 shortwave stations throughout Papua New Guinea.

Voice of Prophecy’ was also heard from Taipei, Taiwan, on 3335 kHz with 10 kW.

All of these stations carrying Adventist programming on shortwave were in addition to the services from Adventist World Radio that in the 1980’s was producing over 1200 hours of programming each week in 55 languages in Europe and South Asia. In 1991, under the leadership of David Gregory in Central America, a station that had previously been operated by the U.S. government – Radio Impacto at Cahuita on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica – was procured for the central AWR organization. With studios in Alajuela, the programming of AWR-Latin America in Spanish and English was carried over the station’s five shortwave transmitters. However, only eight years later (in 1999), the Cahuita transmitter site was sold to new owners, and then two years later again it was closed.

KSDA

Well, subsequent to the story of the AWR shortwave units that were established in Europe, South Asia and Latin America, comes the shortwave site that was built in 1985 at Facpi Point, near the community of Agat, on the west coast of the island of Guam in the western Pacific. And that’s where we’ll pick up the history of Adventist shortwave broadcasting again, next week.

Back to you, Jeff.

(Ray Robinson/Wavescan)

 Adventist Shortwave Broadcasting History, part 1 - November 30, 2024

https://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2024/11/adventist-shortwave-broadcasting.html

Survey of December program farewells to Moosbrunn

Moosbrunn, Austria transmitters/Wikipedia

Long-time shortwave fans will remember the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz interval signal and the station IDs in four languages. Just as 'Sweden Calling DXers' / MediaScan on Tuesdays and the 'DX Juke Box' / 'Radio Netherlands Media Network' on Thursdays for the English-speaking DX community, the media programs with Wolf Harranth were an incentive for German-speaking shortwave fans to tune in to the Austrian foreign service.

On December 31, 2024, the historic pause signal will sound once again and for the last time. People at Moosbrunn knew of expected cuts at AWR and had negotiated less airtime. The obviously very short-term end of the rental of 11 hours daily by Adventist World Radio came as a surprise and hit the ORS Moosbrunn shortwave station hard. Without this major customer, the station (2 x 100-kW-transmitters) can no longer be operated economically.The complete shutdown of AWR shortwave except KSDA Guam must have come as a surprise even to the different AWR studios.

Radio DARC Germany

Sun, December 29, 2024, 10:00-12:00 hrs UT: 6070 kHz

Radio Joystick

Sun, December 15th, 2024, 11:00-12:00 hrs UT: 7330 kHz.

DJ Charlie Prince has already found a new station for his Radio Joystick <https://radiojoystick.de>

From 2025, his one-hour Music and Malta program will be broadcast from ENC Woofferton, England. He is also saying goodbye to ORS Moosbrunn with a special broadcast. "For a decade, the ORS Moosbrunn transmitter near Vienna helped listeners to Funky Sounds 4 Central Europe! Topics of the Charlie Prince Show on shortwave: Malta, media, music - and more! At the end of 2024, the operator ORS announced the end of the modern broadcasting station! JOY is thus losing its long-time traditional frequency 7330 kHz and is complaining about this with a special broadcast on December 15th at 12 noon Central European Time on 7330 kHz!"

SM Radio Dessau

Thur, December 26, 2024, 09:00-15:00 hrs UT:

6070 kHz 100-kW-Marathon: Radio DARC, 10:00 SM Radio Dessau, 11:00 Radio Klein Paris, 11:30 FM Kompakt, 12:00 Jake FM, 13:00 Decade AM and 14:00 Radio Power Rumpel.

Tue, December 31, 2024, 12:00-14:00UTTC on 6070 kHz Farewell program SM Radio Dessau (https://www.smradio-dessau.de) has announced two special broadcasts for the end of December 2024, one traditional and one occasion-related: Since 2018, SM Radio Dessau has organized a 100-kW marathon broadcast for the second day of Christmas with programs that otherwise broadcast on Channel 292. According to the advertising card, the broadcast on December 26th will be "probably the last marathon".

This time, Michael Fischer of Jake FM, P.O.Box 500138, 47870 Willich, GER   100kw

qsl@jake-fm.de  will manage the QSLs.

In June 2018, SM Radio Dessau had its first 100 kW broadcast over ORS Moosbrunn. The special relationship was first documented in a farewell broadcast in 2022. SM Radio Dessau in the announcement of the current farewell broadcast for the ORS Moosbrunn transmitter: "After we retired the 300-kW-transmitter in 2022, we are now unfortunately retiring the entire Moosbrunn station." Reports are welcome under this address:

Max Berger, Saalestrasse 44, 06846 Dessau, Germany

maxberger @smradio-dessau.de

Moosbrunn staff

Tue, December 31, 2024, 09:00-12:00: 6055 kHz

The Moosbrunn shortwave station will also be bid farewell in style by its operators. They would have love to use the iconic 6155 kHz frequency but decided that would ruin any reception of the low power frequency neighbours on 6150 and 6160 kHz.

The three-hour program block features a recently rediscovered program of Herbert Richard Leutgeb and Charlotte Trnka [sic] about 50 years of broadcasting in Austria, the anniversary program with Wolf Harranth about 100 years of regular broadcasting in Austria, which had already attracted 300 reception reports on October 6, 2024, and four episodes of the recent OE1 series "Hello World, this is Radio Austria International".

I had asked for foreign language announcements/features but the three/two-and-a-half staff at ORS Moosbrunn are not program producers. Please be reminded, that ORS is only a technical provider and not the ORF. So, it is still a success that they were able to secure three hours of broadcasting time from their superiors.

((Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, English version of an original article forRadio-Kurier printed magazine December 2024; via WWDXC Michael Bethge)

The end of Radio Sputnik

 

USA: It's over for the last two radios that were broadcasting Radio Sputnik. End of the glasnost era: a time when American stations were broadcasting on mid-airwaves in Moscow and Russian radio rented transmitters in the USA.

Change of regime in the Kremlin and very soon the permissions to broadcast the Russian program of the VOA and Radio Liberty are canceled. In the United States, however, it was not easy to get rid of the English programs of the Russian broadcaster.

Russia's war in Ukraine has sparked criticism against the owners of stations that broadcast Sputnik in the U.S. The National Association of Broadcasters had said: "In light of Russia’s unprovoked aggression against the free and sovereign people of Ukraine, the NAB calls on broadcasters to stop broadcasting any state-sponsored programming that has links to the Russian government or its agents." »

Until a few weeks ago, five US radio stations, including KCXL Radio in Kansas City, were broadcasting the programs. Radio Sputnik Washington WZHF (1390) and its translator W288BS on 105.5 FM even broadcasted this content 24 hours a day, other stations provided a few hours a day.

WZHF is a regional radio station founded in 1947, under WEAM sign installed 1355 Addison Rd S in Capitol Heights, Maryland at 38°52'09"N 76°53'46"W.

Sputnik was buying airtime from the stations, through an American broker, RM Broadcasting. This is actually a paid advertisement in the service of Russian interests. The amount paid ranged from $35,000 to $50,000 per month

It was in 2011, that WZHF began broadcasting the Voice of Russia programming in English.

After resuming a Spanish-language format around 2015, WZHF resumed broadcasting Radio Sputnik, the successor to the Voice of Russia in November 2017.

In 2019, RM Broadcasting was forced to register with the government under the Foreign Agent Registration Act. She stated that she received, between November 24, 2017 and June 2019, $1,427,016.29 from the "Federal State Unitary Enterprise International Information Agency" owner of Radio Sputnik

Last month, the wind has turned: the US State Department has introduced new sanctions against Russia-backed broadcasters.

These new sanctions, against the Russian government, have just forced the liquidation of Radio Sputnik's US operations and the closure of its studios in Washington.

(R Magazine)

37th Edition of the Radio Broadcasting in Russian Handbook

 

A reminder to hobbyists that follow Russian broadcast

The 31st edition of the Broadcasting in Russian Handbook, published by the St. Petersburg DX Club, has been recently released.

The St. Petersburg DX Club has recently published the 37th edition of its 'Radio Broadcasting in Russian' handbook. This is the most comprehensive guide to Russian-language broadcasts on SW, MW and LW. The information is primarily valid until the end of March 2025, covering the B24 broadcasting season. The handbook is divided into four detailed sections: 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION.

This section includes:  

- List of abbreviations and special terms used in the publication. 

- List of media outlets classified as foreign agents. 

- Updates on Russian-language broadcasting changes since the last edition. 

 

SW/MW/LW BROADCASTING

This part lists 52 stations from 33 countries and territories across five continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and Australia. The listings include:  

- Frequencies and program schedules.  

- Transmitter locations and power.  

- Target areas.  

- Contact details: postal addresses, phone/fax numbers, websites, social media (Facebook, VKontakte) and email addresses.  

- Stations’ QSL policies.

 

ONLINE BROADCASTING

Similar to the SW/MW/LW Broadcasting section, this part focuses on 23 Internet radio stations from 19 countries and territories, including:  

- State broadcasters.  

- Former AM broadcasters now operating exclusively online.  

 

HISTORY OF BROADCASTING

This section concludes the history of Trans World Radio and its significant contributions to global broadcasting.

 

Sample pages covering Vatican and partly the UK https://www.novosibdx.info/images/sprav37.pdf

 

Sample pages covering partly the US, Tajikistan and partly Taiwan

https://muromdx.ru/images/2024/radio-broadcasting-in-russian-b24-p36.webp

https://muromdx.ru/images/2024/radio-broadcasting-in-russian-b24-p37.webp 

 

The handbook is available only in Russian and comprises 76 A5 pages.  

Price: USD 2 for a PDF copy via email.  

Payments: PayPal only.  

For inquiries and orders, contact St. Petersburg DX Club:  

Email: dxspb[at]nrec.spb.ru 

Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber: +7(921)793-72-84 

Alexander Beryozkin

St. Petersburg DX Club

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 02 - 08 December 2024

Solar activity reached high levels on 08 Dec when Region 3912 (S07, L=80, class/area=Dai/220 on 07 Dec) produced an impulsive X2.2/2b flare at 08/0906 UTC; the largest event of the period. Associated with the X2.2 flare was a Castelli-U radio burst, a 870 sfu Tenflare, and a 360 sfu Type-II radio sweep. Regions 3912 and 3917 (S07, L=09, class/area=Dac/210 on 08 Dec) produced the bulk of the M-class flares (R1-Minor events) observed over the course of the week. No Earth-directed CMEs were detected as a result of this week&#39;s activity. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

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

Geomagnetic field activity reached active levels on 03 Dec due to the passage of a CME from 27 Nov. Quiet and quiet to unsettled levels were observed throughout the remainder of the period. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 09 December - 04 January 2025

Solar activity is likely to reach moderate levels. M-class flares (R1-R2/Minor-Moderate) are likely, with a slight chance for X-class flares (R3-Strong or greater), throughout much of the outlook period. 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit; barring significant flare activity. 

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels throughout the outlook period. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be quiet and unsettled over 09-14 Dec due to positive polarity CH HSS influences. Quiet and unsettled conditions are likely over 16-20 Dec, with active conditions possible on 19 Dec, due to negative polarity CH HSS

influences. 

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#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index

2024 Dec 09     180           8          3

2024 Dec 10     175           8          3

2024 Dec 11     175           8          3

2024 Dec 12     180           8          3

2024 Dec 13     180           6          2

2024 Dec 14     180           8          3

2024 Dec 15     170           5          2

2024 Dec 16     170           8          3

2024 Dec 17     175           8          3

2024 Dec 18     175           8          3

2024 Dec 19     175          12          4

2024 Dec 20     175           8          3

2024 Dec 21     185           5          2

2024 Dec 22     190           5          2

2024 Dec 23     185           5          2

2024 Dec 24     185           5          2

2024 Dec 25     180           5          2

2024 Dec 26     180           5          2

2024 Dec 27     190           5          2

2024 Dec 28     185           5          2

2024 Dec 29     185           5          2

2024 Dec 30     180           5          2

2024 Dec 31     180           5          2

2025 Jan 01     180           5          2

2025 Jan 02     180           5          2

2025 Jan 03     175           5          2

2025 Jan 04     175           5          2

(NOAA)

December programming from Texas Radio Shortwave

 Texas Radio Shortwave has some great programming to celebrate Christmas - don't miss it !! 

All times UTC, target areas as indicated

Featuring the Music of Jimmy Dean

Dec 7 2200 on 3955 to Europe 

        8 0200 on 9670 to North America (East)

     0400 on 9670 to North America (West)

     1300 on 9670 to Europe

Dec 15 0200 Mixcloud Worldwide 2022 Varied Merry Christmas (Reprise)

 

      25 0300  11900 to North America 2024 Texas Christmas

                1100 6070 to Europe

                1400 9670 to Europe 2024 Texas Christmas

                1800 3955 to Europe 2024 Texas Christmas

This schedule is subject to change without notice.

Programs on Mixcloud are streamed at www.mixcloud.com/live/texasradiosw/ beginning at

0258 UTC with TRSW's interval signal (The Yellow Rose of Texas).

Programs for Europe and beyond are transmitted on Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany, 10

kiloWatts with an omnidirectional antenna.

Programs to North America and beyond are transmitted on Channel 292, 10 kilowatts with

a 10.5 dB gain beam antenna.

Texas Radio Shortwave is an independent producer of musical and topical shows, usually

about Texas. From time to time, we play old-time radio shows having nothing to do with Texas.

Texas Radio Shortwave uses a version of The Yellow Rose of Texas as its Interval Signal and

Signature Song.

Texas Radio Shortwave verifies correct, detailed reception reports by electronic QSL.

This includes reports from listeners using a remote receiver (SDRs).

The program email is texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com

Follow us on Facebook at the Texas Radio Shortwave Listener's Group at: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/580199276066655

(TRSW)

Notre-Dame reopening to air on Radio France International

 

Notre-Dame (photo via Britannica)

Reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris Event Programming on RFI, France 24 And MCD in French

After more than five years of complex construction following the fire that partially destroyed the Cathedral in 2019, the doors of Notre-Dame de Paris will reopen on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December, the dates of the reopening to the public and the first Sunday mass. 

To bring this global event to life for its listeners, viewers and Internet users, France Médias Monde channels are covering the event in special programs in French and 21 other languages.

Journalists from RFI, France 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya have followed the progress of the work over the past five years and have met with the major players in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame. The channels are offering series of documentaries, reports, as well as interviews and analyses to understand the scope, particularly internationally, of this historic and religious monument.

Additional story at: 

https://aib.org.uk/france-medias-monde-channels-cover-reopening-of-notre-dame/

Radio Blacksmith Knoll on Saturday December 6

 

Dear Esteemed Listeners,

We are pleased to announce our newest broadcast, scheduled to air on December 7, 2024.

As atmospheric conditions tend to vary significantly during the winter season, we have planned our December broadcast to air at the following times:

6120 kHz

All times UTC

10:00 - 10:35 

11:00 - 11:35 

18:00 - 18:35 

20:00 - 20:35

In the event of QRM/QRN, the broadcast will be postponed to the next available slot during the day, starting at the top of the hour.

Welcome to Radio Blacksmith Knoll – your go-to station for a unique radio experience. From classic music to timeless stories, from trivia challenges to scavenger hunts, we’ve got plenty of

surprises in store to keep you engaged and entertained.

https://blacksmith-knoll.blogspot.com/2024/12/dear-esteemed-listeners-we-are-pleased.html

Welcome to the Cozy Heart of Radio Blacksmith Knoll!

Nestled in our vintage basement studio, we bring you a unique radio experience crafted both from public domain treasures and latest hits from present day. Picture the warm glow of analog equipment, the hum of classic tunes, and the charm of timeless stories filling the airwaves. Our curious operator, always ready with a smile and a microphone, guides you through a world where nostalgia meets innovation.

But that’s not all! Stay tuned for intriguing hints about competitive tricks and tasks designed to keep you engaged and entertained. From trivia challenges to scavenger hunts, we’ve got a lineup of surprises that will keep you on your toes. Whether you’re a history buff, a music lover, or just someone looking for quality entertainment, Radio Blacksmith Knoll has something special for you.

Join us as we forge a radio experience like no other, blending the past with the present in a way that’s both informative and captivating. Tune in, relax, and let the magic of public domain radio sweep you off your feet!

Music on Shortwave Update

 

An updated edition (Version 2.0) of my Music Programmes on Shortwave PDF file for the current B-24 broadcast season is now available to download from the permanent link at:

https://app.box.com/s/kbdxb4c5lwpju0kpoi27aiwc35br2g2a 

Tiny URL https://bit.ly/3LgKNJ2

I hope that you find it of interest.

I hope to publish my annual "Holiday Programmes on Shortwave" PDF file (which will cover the period 14 December to 1 January) on 12 December. It will be available at the above links,  where you will also find my "at-a-glance" PDF programme grids for the English services of BBC World Service, CGTN Radio, Radio Romania International, Voice of America and Voice of Turkiye.

As always, I appreciate any updates or corrections.

(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK/BDXC)

Special events from Vatican Radio this weekend

 

Vatican Radio

This weekend Vatican Radio will be again on shortwaves for special events:

Saturday December 7th: 1455-1615 UTC Live coverage of the Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals

Sunday December 8th: 0825-1015 UTC  Live coverage Holy Mass presided over by Pope Francis with the new Cardinals.

The frequencies will be: in French on 17525 kHz. Portuguese on 15565 kHz and English on 15490 kHz to India and 17540 kHz to Africa.

No Arabic language this time.

(Christian G. (Nice, France/BDXC)

Propagation Update from the U.K.

 

RSGB

GB2RS News Team

December 6, 2024

We had another week of high solar activity but limited geomagnetic disturbances. This meant that the upper HF bands were playing ball all week.

The Kp index only exceeded four on one occasion, on the 30 November when it hit 4.67, but otherwise it has been low.

And with a solar flux index mainly in the 180s this allowed the upper HF bands to shine. The maximum usable frequency or MUF over a 3,000km path has been consistently over 35MHz during daylight hours.

The MUF over 100km has also been more than 14MHz around midday, making 20 metres almost a local band at times thanks to near vertical incidence skywave signals! If you have worked anyone in the UK on 20 metres let us know.

An approaching active region just off the east limb of the sun was responsible for an M2.3 solar flare on the 4 December, so perhaps increased solar activity is on the horizon.

Next week NOAA predicts the week will start with the solar flux index starting in the 180s, perhaps then increasing to 200 as the week progresses.

An increased geomagnetic disturbance is forecast for the period of the 10 to the 13 December, when the Kp index could increase to four.

If this does come to fruition, we can expect MUFs to drop until the storming has passed. As always keep an eye on Propquest.co.uk for near-real-time MUF figures and solarham.com for Kp indices.

VHF and up :

Meteor scatter is top of the list this coming week, with the big Geminids shower lasting throughout the month and peaking on Thursday 14 December.

With a peak zenith hourly rate (ZHR) of 150 it’s one of the most active and reliable of the annual showers. Other lesser meteor streams are also in play, so check the meteor scatter frequencies on 144, 50 and 70MHz where digimodes MSK144 and FSK441 will dominate activity.

We have another period of primarily unsettled weather for the lead into this weekend, with deep lows bringing heavy rain, and perhaps some snow over northern hills.

Watch out for very strong winds with potentially damaging gales in places. By the time many of you hear this on Sunday 8 December, we will be mid-way through the main event but hopefully your antennas have survived.

The better news is that the first half of the week is dominated by high pressure, so this brings a chance to repair antennas and get some Tropo time before a slow drift back to unsettled conditions in the second half of the week.

For other modes, GigaHertz band rain and snow scatter will be worth considering especially over the weekend and again later in the week.

Last Friday afternoon saw another big 50MHz F2 opening to North America, so continue to be vigilant if you’re in the shack after lunch and the Kp index is below two.

The solar conditions mean that there is still a chance of Aurora, although the Sun has been a bit quieter recently. Some days the f0Es trace on Propquest shows that weak Sporadic-E is still occurring.

The Moon’s declination is rising again and going positive on Monday. With falling path losses as we approach perigee on Thursday it’s a good week for EME. 144MHz sky noise is low all week.

https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/propagation-news/2024/12/06/propagation-news-8-december-2024/

(Mike Terry/BDXC)

Blog Logs-December 2024

 

Welcome to the December 2024 edition of Blog Logs. Thank you for your emails and for following the Shortwave Central blog and X/Twitter at Shortwave Central @QSLRptMT. 

Do you have any radio loggings or information to share for the January 2025 edition of Blog Logs? Your input from mediumwave, or shortwave can be sent to: w4gvhla@gmail.com  Tell the world what you're hearing from your listening post or portable monitoring!

Don’t forget to subscribe to the Shortwave Central YouTube channel. There is a large selection of videos and audio airchecks, and the Playlist is growing! Join your fellow radio enthusiasts at: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShortwaveCentral   

By following the Shortwave Central blog and X postings, you will receive the latest tips and information from the ever-changing realm of radio! Additional station news is covered in my monthly column, Bits & Bytes in The Spectrum Monitor e-zine at https://www.thespectrummonitor.com/ 

Language services as indicated.

// denotes station heard on a parallel frequency

*Sign-on Sign-Off*/ frequencies kHz

Monitored November 4- December 4, 2024   

All times UTC

Mediumwave

Brazil

550, Rádio São Francisco, Caxias do Sul RS at 0408. Brazilian songs and Portuguese comments. SINPO 25442 (Grimm)

570, Rádio Eldorado, Criciuma SC at 0420. Sports report, soccer update to station ID. SINPO 35443 (Grimm).

1160, Rádop Luz e Alegria, Frederico Westphalen RS at 0106. New bulletin, “A Voz do Brazil.” (Grimm).

1170, Rádio Vanguarda, Ipatinga MG at 0207. Brazilian music to station ID. Bee Gees tune, SINPO 25442 (Rudolf Grimm, Brazil)

1250, Rãdio Tupanci at 0150. Romantic music vocals Killing Me Softly tune. SINPO 24322 (Grimm).

1370, Rádio Canção Nova, Curitiba PR at 0000. Portuguese talk to ID and mention of city and station call. SINPO 25542 (Grimm).

1430, Rádio Serra Negra, Serra Negra SP at 0010. Portuguese commercials that mention local Serra Negra. SINPO 25422 (Grimm).

Uruguay

1180, Radio La Voz de Artigas in Spanish at 0202. Station ID “La Voz de Artigas” to Spanish pop tunes. SINPO 24322 (Grimm).

Shortwave

Botswana

11850, USAGM/VOA Selebi-Phikve relay 2055-2100.* Hausa conversations about U.S. politics. Fanfare music to VOA ID. Kiwi Kenya (G Van Horn, LA). 9485 at 1914 with Oromo discussions and sports reports. SINPO 55555 (Paul Walker, AK) 6080, VOA relay in English at 0302 (Sellers).4930, VOA Botswana relay at 0258. I.S. to VOA ID and five minutes of news (Walker).

Bulgaria

9400, Overcomer Ministries relay to the Middle East at 1900. Top-of-the-hour IDs and station info to pastor’s sermon. SINPO 55555 (Walker).

China

9255, CNR-1, 1702 in Chinese with announcer’s talk; 6165, CNR 6/Voice of Shenzhou-Easy Radio 2203-2218. Chinese text to ID, text intro into special drama format. Noted Vietnam # 4 is underneath this signal. Kiwi Hong Kong (Van Horn).

11790, CGTN Radio at 2305 in English. World Insight program of news analysis. (Harold Sellers, BC Canda).

13770, CNR 7/Radio The Great Bay 0215-0230. Cantonese talk to Chinese pop vocals. Additional announcer’s talk and pop vocals, Kiwi Hong Kong (Van Horn).

5965, China Radio International (Xian Xianyang “594”) at 1300. Korean service text to light Asian music and Chinese sign-on to Korean station info and news. (Tony Pavik, BC Canada).

6000, CNR-1 (Beijing-Matoucun “572.”) at 1300. Mandarin service with time tips at 1300 into station ID fanfare. Signal fair-poor. (Pavik). 12045, China National Radio 1 via Beijing in Mandarin at 0047. Asian music and talk. SINPO 25442.(Grimm)

6200, Voice of Jinling (Nanjing) at 1235 in Chinese. A late start at 1235 with soft music on stringed instruments. Station ID, minus time tips. (Pavik).

7220, China Radio International (Jinhua) 1500. Japanese sign-on to male’s news with lead story on 8th economic summit in Beijing  Mongolian on 7285 at 1300. (Pavik)

Clandestine

5935, Shiokaze (Sea Breeze) via Yamata, Japan at 1405. Japanese intros translated text as, “I am calling on those who have crossed over to North Korea and are unable to return…we will send you the wind of your homeland.” Fair-good signal. English on 5955 at 1600; Revival Broadcasting System (Danshui/Tanshui/Tamsui in Korean on 7200 at 1400; 7290 Nippon no Kaze at 1500 in Korean; 11640 Radio Dabanga via Madagascar at 1700. Arabic ID’s; 11830 Mizzima Radio via Uzbekistan in Burmese at 1259;  (Pavik).

France

15130, NHK World Radio Japan via Issoudun, France relay in Japanese. Target to Central Africa, SINPO 35543. Radio France International on 15300 at 1932. New bulletin by announcer duo to instrumental. Station ID and phone-in calls. SINPO 35553. (Grimm). (Grimm).

Germany

3995/5920, Radio HCJB Deutschland 0028-0105. Good-fair signal for German religious praise music // 5920 poor. Selection of German vocals, piano instrumentals, acapella, and tune by Jincheneng Zhang (Van Horn). Website: www.hcjb.de 

India

15410, Akashvani 0245-0300. Fifteen-minute English newscast inserted between Hindi and Nepali programming. Chinese service 15280 at 0113. (Sellers, Grimm).

Japan

6055, Radio Nikkei 1 at 1359. Japanese service with promo messages and time pips at 1400 (Pavik).

Kuwait

13860, USAGM/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty at 0327. Listed as Dari, shift to Radio Azadi at 0335 // 12140 (Sellers).

Madagascar

17700, KTWR Asia via Talata-Volonondry in Hindi at 1401. Announcer’s talk into Christian vocals by male. SINPO 27322 target to South Asia (Grimm).VOA relay 11735 in Shona at 1700 sign-on. Brief snippets of African music prior to newscast. (Pavik) World Christian Broadcasting 11610 at 2239 (Sellers).

North Korea

7570, Voice of Korea , Kujang in English at 2103. News and Asian music, program target to Europe. 9875, Mandarin at 2143; 11735 at 0342 in Korean, including ID “this is Voice of Korea.” SINPO 15421; 9650, Japanese at 2102 with orchestral music and program comments via announcers, SINPO 25432; 7570 at 0342 in Korea with Asian vocals and IDs; 11735, 0342 with Korean service. Interval signal, station ID targeting Asia. (Grimm).11810 at 2255 in English (Sellers).

Oman

12030, 1200 -1300 BBC World Service relay via A’Seela. Bells interval signal into English program promos, time pips, and intros to next-hour programming. Fair-poor signal. Dari 11995, 1600; Pashto 11995 at 1630 (Pavik).

Palau

15680, Hope Radio 4, Palau Medorn. English service 0328 with comments, instrumental music to sign-off 0335. SINPO 15421, targets Southeast Asia. A single 35-minute block of programming per week (100 kW) on Sunday 0300-0335 UTC. (Grimm)

Philippines

9800, USAGM/VOA relay via Tinang at 1900. Korean program including brief contemporary music VOA newscast on politics // 9575. Additional Philippines: 11510 Radio Free Asia at 1600/ 2100 in Korean; VOA Mandarin on 11620 at 1100; BBC World Service 11645 in English at 2300. FEBC Manila 12055 at 2300 in Shan. (Pavik). BBC World Service 9580 at 2246 in English (Sellers).

12055 FEBC Philippines, Bocaue, Lahu at 0032. Christian broadcast in Lahu, SINPO 35543, program target to Southeast Asia. FEBC Radio Liangyou 1 on 12070 in Mandarin. (Grimm)

Romania

7375, Radio Romania International via Galbeni at 2113. Romanian service with features and announcer’s talk. SINPO 35443; French service on 17800 at 1138; 9780 in Romanian at 2022 (Grimm) 7220 at 2303 in English (Sellers). English service at 1942 on 11975 (Walker).

Spain

9690, Radio Exterior de España at 0200. Good signal for Spanish programming including signal time-pips and intro to program, La Cresta de Onda;  Spanish 12030 at 1700. (Pavik).9690 at 0138 via Noblejas. Speakers discuss health conditions in Spain. SINPO 25442 (Grimm). 9690 at 2301 in English (Sellers).

Tajikistan

5875, Radio Free Asia relay via Dushanbe-Yangiyul.; // 7620. 2340-2359. Tibetan service with news topics amid slight signal fades. Fanfare openings to program segments from male/female duo. Interviews and promotions. Time tips to 2359* Burmese 0030-0130 on 7515. Kiwi Hong Kong. (Van Horn, LA)

United Arab Emirates

9540, IBRA Media/Radio Ibrahim via Al-Dhabbiya relay. 1700-1730. Station sign-on for Oromo service. Vocals in religious praise music into pastor’s sermon to 1720. Hymn vocals to additional text. Fanfare, bells tone to ID. Airspy HF+Discovery (Van Horn)

15575 Radio Free Asia relay via Al-Dhabbiya in Tibetan at 1210. Typical instrumental music and announcer’s talk. Target to Tibet, no notice of jamming (Grimm).

United Kingdom

15260, IBRA Media/Radio Sama via Woofferton, UK relay 1659-1705. Arabic service of talk and weak Arabic vocals into sermon format. Airspy HF+Discovery (Van Horn) (Pavik)

9765, USAGM/VOA Woofferton U.K. relay at 2054. SINPO 55555 (Walker).

United States

11860 //11930 // 13810. Radio Marti via Greenville, NC No jamming observed on any frequencies; 2024-2050. Spanish news and conversations on Venezuela and U.S. politics. Station promo, Spanish IDs and frequency. Chat about Cuba to 2045 .Airspy HF+Discovery (Van Horn) Radio Marti 13820, Spsanish at 1938 with talk on Cuba. SINPO 25332 (Grimm).

7490, WBCQ 0158-0205. Talk on better food choice during the holidays to program promo and contact info. Hal Turner’s show 0159. (Shortwave central Kiwi SDR Mandeville, LA. (Van Horn).

Vatican State

13750, USAGM/VOA Santa Maria di Galeri relay 2050-2055. Hausa service with conversations to phone calls about Africa. NLD Twente SDR (Van Horn).15565 at 1700 in French (Pavik)

Vietnam

11885, Voice of Vietnam 1827-1859. Closing bits of Spanish service to German sign-on 1829. Sign-on ID and program presentations. English service 1859 with IDs, and world news. Kiwi Hong Kong (Van Horn).7220 VOV in Mandarin at 1300; VOV 11885 Vietnamese at  1700 and English 11885 at 1600; Spanish 11885 at 2100 (Pavik).

Radio Northern Star update

 

Norway

Our Shortwave transmitter on 5895 kHz is presently off air due to the ongoing installation and restoration work in the transmitter building which causes frequent power outages. We are therefore only on 5G as are The Ferry and The Coast(Also off FM for the same reason.)

Soon however we plan to put a new transmitter on the air. We are excited to see how that turns out. A 10-fold increase in the transmitter power should be noticeable.

Parts for the transmitter have now arrived, so now it is connect and go as soon as it is practically possible.

We also hope to be back on Medium Wave soon.

Thanks for listening and staying with Radio Northern Star!

(Svenn Martinsen, Facebook, December 3rd)

(Mike Terry/BDXC)

(Mike Barraclough via groups.io)

Shortwave Radiogram, Program 380

 

Hello friends

Thank you for your patience during the repeat broadcasts of Program 379. Thanksgiving week was busy with writing deadlines, appointments and a few holiday activities, so I needed a break from producing the show.

A reminder that Shortwave Radiogram is now on Bluesky at swradiogram.bsky.social. You do not need a Bluesky account to read what is posted there. Shortwave Radiogram on X/Twitter also continues at @SWRadiogram. Maintaining both Bluesky and X accounts is rather time consuming, so eventually I'll have to settle on one. 

A video of the previous Shortwave Radiogram (program 379) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 370, 6-11 December 2024, in MFSK modes as noted:

 1:42  MFSK32: Program preview

 2:48  MFSK32: BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury again

 6:16  MFSK64: Using smartphones to study the ionosphere

10:14  MFSK64: This week's images

27:58  MFSK32: Closing announcements

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net

And visit http://swradiogram.net

Bluesky: swradiogram.bsky.social

Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram

(visit during the weekend to see listeners’ results)

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

Shortwave Radiogram Gateway Wiki: https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Shortwave_Radiogram_Gateway

 

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

 

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 Report 2.0, December 2024

 

           Bringing the latest in QSLing across the globe

Welcome to the December edition of QSL Report 2.0. As we close the year, thank you for your comments and contributions. It has been an incredible year of QSLs and we wish you the best in your pursuits. Your contributions are always welcomed to w4gvhla@gmail.com  

. 

QSL Report 2.0, is a relaunch from my previous QSL Report column, in Monitoring Times magazine. You will find news on QSLing trends, what worked (and didn’t) special event QSLs and QSLs from shortwave, pirate radio, mediumwave, utility longwave, and amateur. Tell the world your results! 

QSL Report 2.0 will bring YOU the latest and keep you informed! 

Address Updates

Ascension Island, Follow the Bible Ministries via BBC Ascension Island relay followthebibleministries@yahoo.com 

Ascension Island, KBS World Radio relay (French svc) french@kbs.co.kr 

Australia, Reach Beyond Australia radio@reachbeyond.org.au    hcjbjapan.office2@gmail.com 

Brazil, Rádio Nacional da Amazonia ouvidoria@ebc.com.br 

Germany, Bible Voice Broadcasting mail@bvbroadcasting.org    

Indonesia, Voice of Indonesia voilisteners@gmail.com 

Madagascar, Madagascar World Voice (Portuguese svc) contacto@palavraalegre.com.br 

Malaysia, Wai FM Malaysia pnk_rtmkajang@rtm.gov.my 

México, Radio Educación pcruz@cultura.gov.mx 

Mongolia, Voice of Mongolia mnb_vom@yahoo.com 

Peru, Radio Senda Cristiana radiosenda4@gmail.com from Jeremias Cusi, Productor de Radio Senda Cristiana

Philippines, FEBC eduard.baliad@febc.ph 

Russia, RWM, gsvch@vniiftri.ru 

South American pirate, Chile, RCW Radio Compañia Mundial rcwradio@gmail.com

South Korea, KBS World (Spanish) spanish@kbs.co.kr 

United Arab Emirates, Gaweylon Tibetan Radio gaweilon@gmail.com 

United States, USAGM, (for all USAGM stations) qsl@usagm.gov 

United States, WMLK, P.O. Box C, Bethel, PA  19507

Vanuatu, Radio Vanuatu robertw@vbtc.vu  technical@vbtc.vu 

Vietnam, Voice of Vietnam (French svc) vovhanoi.france@gmail.com 

Euro-Free Radio

Radio Cuckoo QSL

5940, Free Radio Service Holland. Full data e-QSL in 16 days for e-report to frs@frsholland.nl (Andrew Ross, UK/BDXC).

5940/6185, 7405 (Netherlands) Radio Piepzender. Full data e-QSL in 23 days for e-report to radioqsl@hotmail.com (Jouke van der Galien, NLD/BDXC).

5955, Radio Veronica. Full data e-QSL, received in seven days for e-report to qsl@radioveronica.nl (Bob Williams, UK/BDXC).

6300 Misty Radio. Full data e-QSL in one day, for e-report to misty.shortwave@gmail.com (van der Galien, NLD/BDXC

6020, (Netherlands) Radio Casanova International. Full data e-QSL on the same day for e-report to radiocasanova@hotmail.com (van der Galien).

6170, (Netherlands) Radio Delta. Full data e-QSL in seven days for e-report to info@radiodelta.am (van der Galien).

6280/6335 (Netherlands) Radio Batavia. Full data e-QSL in four days, for e-report to radiobatavia@hotmail.com. (van der Galien)

6210, (Ireland) Radio Cuckoo. Full data e-QSL in nine days, for e-report to radiocuckoo@yahoo.com (Ross).

6905, (Italy) Radio Voyager. Full data e-QSL in two days, for e-report to radiovoyager@hotmail.com (van der Galien).

6300, Taxus Radio. Full data e-QSL received same day for e-report to taxusradio@gmx.net (van der Galien).

819, Radio Hercules, Full data e-QSL in 17 days for e-report to radio819am@hotmail.com (van der Gelien)

1008, (Netherlands) Radio Babylona. Full data e-QSL in 21 days for e-report to babylon@xs4all.nl (van der Galien).

Mediumwave

Laghouat, Algeria via Wikipedia

Algeria

702, Radio Laghouat. No data e-letter from Fadela Yahiaouri. Received in 17 days, for e-report to radiolaghouat03@gmail.com. (Artur Fernádez Llorella, Spain/DX Fanzine).

Italy

1017, Amica Radio Veneta, Vigonza. Full data e-QSL. Received in eight days for e-report to amicaradioveneta@hotmail.com (Paul  Flanagan, BDXC)

Netherlands

1395, Columbia Golden Oldies. Full data e-QSL received within the day for e-report to studio@columbia-am.nl (van der Galien) 

Shortwave

Australia

11875, Reach Beyond Australia. Full data e-QSL in one day, for e-report to radio@reachbeyond.org.au (Michael Gasparri, Italy/DX Fanzine)

Brazil

11780, Rádio Nacional da Amazonia. Full data e-QSL in 14 days for e-report to ouvidoria@ebc.com.br (Mario Alberto Vazquez Santiago, Mexico/NASWA/DX Fanzine).

Bulgaria

KSKO QSL

5900, KSKO McGrath, Alaska relay via Kostinbrod. Full data e-QSL in 25 days from Paul Walker. Received in 25 days for e-report to paul@alaskaradionerd.com (Eckhard Röscher, Germany/NASWA).

Denmark

5980, Radio Oz-Viola. Full data e-QSL in two days, for e-report to jansteendk@hotmail.com ((Juan Carlos Pérez Montero, Spain/DX Fanzine)

Eswatini

11880, Trans World Radio. Full data e-QSL in 16 days from Lorraine Stavropoulos. Received in 16 days for e-report to lstavrop@twr.org (Pérez) .

Finland

6185, Real Mix Radio. Full data e-QSL in 34 days for e-report to realmix.sw@gmail.com (J. Waga, Germany/DX Fanzine).

Germany

HCJB Deutschland QSL

3995, HCJB Deutschland, Weenermoor. Full data QSL card via postal mail in two months, for e-report to mark-t-wardein.ag-hcjb@gmx.de (NASWA).

5920, Gemeiande Gottes via HCJB Deutschland. Full data QSL card. Received by postal mail in seven days to e-report to Zimmerstrasse 3, 3205.1 Herford, Germany (Juergen Waga, Germany/DX Fanzine).

6095, Welle 370 via Nauen, Germany. Full data QSL card received by postal mail. Received in 21 days for German e-report to welle370@funkerberg.de (Christian Ghibaudo, France/DX Fanzine)

6070, Atlantic 2000 International via Rohrbach Waal. Full data e-QSL in one day, for e-report to atlantic2000international@gmail.com (Pérez) 

9670, Texas Radio Shortwave via Channel 292-Rohrbach, Germany relay. The program was the 5th Anniversary program. Received one day  for e-report to texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com (Van Horn, LA) 

Special 5th Anniversary QSL

17860, Radio Free Asia relay via Lampertheim. Full data QSL card received by postal mail in 18 days for e-report to qsl@rfa.org (Ghibaudo/BDXC).

Iran

11640, IRIB Bangla (Radio Tehran). Full data e-QSL. Received 34 days for e-report to radiotehran1982@gmail.com (Juan Carlos Pérez Montero, Spain/DX Fanzine).

Mexico

6185, Radio Educacion. Full data e-QSL. Received in 75 days for Spanish e-report to contactore@cultura.gob.mx (Frank Hilton, SC)

Norway

5895, Radio Northern Star. Full data e-QSL from Svenn Martinsen. Received in 35 days for e-report to 1000@northernstar.no (Perez).

United States

Radio Marti via Wikipedia

17865, USAGM/Radoi Martí. Full data e-QSL. Received in 25 days for an e-report to mdail@bbg.gov (Ghibaudo).

Venezuela

4940, Radio La Montana (Estación 4940). Full data e-QSL in 26 days, for e-report to radiolamontana@gmail.com (this verification may in fact not be from the station). (Waga).

Utility

Australia

12365 USB, VMC Coastal Radio, Full data e-QSL in eight hours from Craig Bloom, Maritime System Operator. E-report to craig.bloom@kordia.com.au (Pradip Chandra Kundu, India/IDXCI)

Estonia

2187.5, Tallinn Radio (Digital Selective Calling channel) Full data color station card from Indrek Laur. Received in 15 days by postal mail to e-report to tallinnradio@riks.ee (Francesco Cecconi, Italy/DX Fanzine).

France

379, NDB-EB St. Etienne/Bouthéon. Verified with prepared QSL card verified plus photo. Received in 132 days. Postal address: Service de la Navigation Aerienne Centre-Est., 630 rue d’ Allemagne, 69125 Lyon St. Exupery Aeroport, France(Patric Robic/UDXF)

Lithuania

385, AVN-NDB Vilnius. Verified with signed and stamped prepared QSL card returned as verified in 63 days from Remigijus Malinauskas. Postal address: oro Navigacija, Balio Karvelio g. 25, 02184 Vilnius, Lithuania. (Robic/UDXF)