European Perspective

Thirty days after seasonal changes took place, International radio schedules show how deep reductions are affecting short and mediumwave.

            From Russia, the Voice of Russia announced that their Swiss relay on medium wave 558 kHz will be closed down as from December 31st, 2012.  The future of the antenna is still uncertain.  It used to be the main outlet for Swiss Italian language public radio until 2005 but it found a new life as German, French and Italian programs from Radio Moscow were re-directed to Central Europe from its powerful antenna looking over the Alps.

            The Voice of Russia will concentrate its mediumwave broadcasts to Southern Europe on 1548 kHz from Moldova but also through a digital TV channel in North West Italy.  As you know digital TV is offering also a new chance to listen to radio and at the Voice of Russia they’re testing this opportunity to get in touch with old and new listeners.

            Similar tests have been conducted also by Radio France Internationale and the Vatican Radio but coverage is proving to be very limited while costs are still unknown.

            On short wave we notice heavy cuts and many frequencies have been silenced.  I’m truly upset as I find nothing on the 49 meters band, once the most popular European short wave band.  Some broadcasts are still aired from Vienna, Austria, in German at 07.00 UTC on 6155 kHz.  A taste of the past.

            During daytime only, Romania, Spain and Turkey seem to be active as usual in Southern Europe, especially on higher frequencies, for instance:

               * Radio Romania International in French on 15150 kHz at 11.30 UTC,

               * Radio Exterior de España in Spanish on 15585 kHz at 11.45 UTC,

               * The Voice of Turkey in German on 17755 kHz at 12.45 UTC.

                        In English, China Radio International is using many frequencies.  Around noon UTC they’re broadcasting on 17490 kHz. 

            Some broadcasts to Africa are also heard in Europe.  From Woofferton England, Deutsche Welle is beaming its French program to Central Africa at 12:00 UTC on 17800 kHz, thus giving a chance to shortwave listeners in Europe too, after they abandoned all broadcasts to the Old Continent.

            If you wish to be informed on what is going on in the Italian and European international broadcasting scene, please check our website www.italradio.org . You will find a web portal with current news in English.

(AWR Wavescan/NWS199/A Peterson)

Ancient DX Report 1902

            In our Ancient DX Report for the year 1902, we report the comment of a radio historian who stated that the Navy in each major country of the world was now involved in studying and  experimenting with wireless. We might also add that wireless was on the air experimentally in many different countries throughout the world during the year 1902: in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia & the South Pacific. 

            During this particular year under review, the Japanese Navy established two experimental wireless stations, one in Tokyo and the other in Yokasuka, as the first wireless stations in Asia.  The Marconi company established two wireless stations in Africa, one in the Congo and another in Angola, and these were the first wireless stations in that continent.

            Marconi himself was involved with further experimental transmissions from ships; on the “Philadelphia” in the Atlantic at a distance of 2099 miles from the Poldhu station, and on the “Koh-i-Noor” (KOH-ee-noor) for the benefit of the assembled governors from the various colonies in the British Empire.  The tests from Poldhu to the “Philadelphia” were radiated on 820 kHz mediumwave.

            Marconi was also involved with tests transmissions on board the Italian Navy vessel “Carlo Alberto” and these experiments took place in the Mediterranean, off the coast of European Russia, and in the Atlantic.  In fact at one stage, Marconi was granted the exclusive usage of the “Carlo Alberto” almost as though it was his own mobile experimental wireless station.

            Both France and Spain established land based wireless stations on an experimental basis during the year 1902.  The French stations were established on Ushant Island, just off the western edge of France, and the mainland station was at Brest, 50 miles distant.  The Spanish stations were located at Cabo de la Nao and Cabo Pelado, both on the Mediterranean coastline.

            Over in the United States, the Marconi company rebuilt the antenna system at their Wellfleet station, CC, that had been destroyed in a windstorm at the end of November in the previous year, 1901.  In August, the Marconi company also took out a lease on the Jacob’s property at Fire Island, just off the coast of Long island, for the purpose of establishing what became known as the Babylon Wireless Station.

            Also during the year 1902, Lee de Forest constructed a wireless station on the roof of the Cheese Borough Building in New York City, and a companion station on the Hotel Castleton on nearby Staten Island.  This Staten Island station is recognized as the word’s first wireless/radio station ever built on the premises of a hotel. De Forest also obtained land near the Montauk Lighthouse, right at the Atlantic end of Long Island, for the installation of a wireless station.

            In the meantime, the Canadian born Reginald Fessenden was also busy on the experimental wireless scene in the United States.  On April 19, he gave a public demonstration of his wireless equipment to several government officials, including army & navy personnel, on Roanoke Island, North Carolina.  Soon afterwards, he transferred the equipment to another location, this time to Old Point Comfort in Virginia.  Right at the end of the year, Fessenden was awarded a patent for the transmission of voice messages by wireless.

            During the summer, Archie Collins conducted voice transmissions between ship and shore.  The two small ships involved in this experimentation were the “John G. McCullough” and the “Ridgewood”, both owned by the extensive Erie Railroad System.

            Interestingly, there was also a series of voice transmissions over on the west coast of the United States.  Young Francis McCarty successfully transmitted experimental voice messages in the famous Golden Gate Park to his brother Ignatius on the other side of Stow Lake.

            During this same era, three young men in New Zealand conducted their own successful wireless experiments.  James Logan sent Morse Code signals across Wellington Harbour, at the bottom of the North Island; a Mr. W. P. Huggins sent Morse Code signals across a short distance at Timaru, in the middle of the eastern coast of the South Island; and Joe Passmore, at the age of 17, sent Morse wireless messages in Dunedin, at the bottom of the South Island.

            It was during the year 1902 that extensive building work was accomplished for a huge new Marconi station near Sydney in Nova Scotia, Canada.  This grand new station, located near the coast at Table Head, Glace Bay, was made up with several buildings, including the main transmitter building which was four times larger than the earlier sister station at Poldhu in England. 

            The four wooden aerial towers, made of pine wood, 210 feet high, stood at the corners of a square 200 feet on each side.  The transmission cables at the top of these towers were 3 inches thick, and they whipped around angrily when the power from the 75 kW alternator was applied.  The first day of transmission tests from this new station at Glace Bay in Canada was November 19, 1902.

            Around this era the king of Germany, His Imperial Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm 2, became very interested in the development of wireless, particularly for its usefulness to the German navy.       

            It is stated that a contingent of personnel from a German navy ship at berth in Sydney Harbor, Nova Scotia in Canada, made their way to the new Marconi wireless station at Table Head, Glace Bay.  It would appear that this event took place quite early in the year 1902.

            This group of 30 naval officers, under the leadership of the navy commander and accompanied by the German wireless inventor, Professor Adolf Slaby, were intent upon viewing the latest wireless developments as installed at this massive new wireless station.  The station manager, Richard Vyvyan VIV-ee-an), opposed their entry, and stated that they would be welcome, if they showed a letter of authority from Marconi or his company.  The group demanding entrance to inspect the station stated that His Imperial Majesty in Berlin would be much annoyed if his men were not permitted to view the station.

            Next day, a company of 150 sailors showed up, in a much larger attempt to over run the property.  In a intuitive bid to deter this “invasion”, as the radio historians call it, Vyvyan organized a defensive force of local laborers who successfully opposed the attempt.

            Next month?  Ancient DX Report for the year 1903.

(AWR Wavescan/NWS 199/A Peterson)
photo/Italian Navy vessel, Carlo Alberto/
http://www.gwpda.org/naval/

Hamburger Lokalradio special programming

Germany
Hamburger Lokalradio (HLR) will broadcast another series of special shortwave  programs for the holiday season. The station will use the low-power transmitter in Goehren on 7265 and 6190 kHz.




Schedule for HLR New Year specials
Saturday, December 29th 2012
0500 - 1000 UTC, 7265 kHz
0500 "HLR Radio Tropical" (music from Cuba plus reports in Spanish and Portuguese
0600 "New Letters on the Air" (English)
0700 "HLR Swing Lady Carola Marwitz-Schramm" (music feature, German)
0800 "HLR Poetry" by Mascha Kalenko (German)
0900 Radio City - the station of the Cars (multilingual)
1000 - 1300 UTC, 6190 kHz
1000 "HLR Um Goethes Willen" (music and literature, German)
1100 "HLR Swing Lady Carola Marwitz-Schramm" (music feature, German)
1200 "HLR Poetry" by Mascha Kalenko (German)
1300 - 1700 UTC, 7265 kHz
1300 "HLR Swing Lady Carola Marwitz-Schramm" (music feature, German)
1400 Radio City - the station of the Cars (multilingual)
1500 "HLR Um Goethes Willen" (music and literature, German)
1600 "New Letters on the Air" (English)

Monday, December 31st 2012

0500 - 1000 UTC, 7265 kHz
0500 "Focus" (containing reports from Deutsche Welle Radio, English)
0600 "Earth & Sky" (science and technology, English)
0700 "Deutschlandreise" (feature courtesy of DW Radio, German)
0800 "HLR Lalelu" (a capella music from Hamburg, German)
0900 "HLR Herzschlag" (love stories, German)
1000 - 1300 UTC, 6190 kHz
1000 "Literatur Club" (featuring A. Stoltenberg, German)
1100 "HLR Lalelu" (a capella music from Hamburg, German)
1200 "HLR Herzschlag" (love stories, German)

Tuesday, January 1st 2013

0500 - 1000 UTC, 7265 kHz
0500 "HLR Radio Tropical" (music from Brazil plus reports in Spanish and Portuguese)
0600 "Radio Books" (courtesy Huis de Buren, English)
0700 "HLR Radio Nostalgie" (featuring Leguana Cuban Boys, German)
0800 "HLR Special - Auxiliary tools for severely disabled people" (German)
0900 "HLR Greek Songs" (German/Greek)
1000 - 1300 UTC, 6190 kHz
1000 "HLR Wir pfeifen nicht nach Ihrer Tanze" (German)
1100 "HLR Greek Songs" (German/Greek)
1200 "HLR Radio Nostalgie" (featuring Leguana Cuban Boys, German)
1300 - 1700 UTC, 7265 kHz
1300 "HLR Radio Nostalgie" (featuring Leguana Cuban Boys, German)
1400 "HLR Greek Songs" (German/Greek)
1500 "HLR Wir pfeifen nicht nach Ihrer Tanze" (German)
1600 "HLR Special - Auxiliary tools for severely disabled people"
(German)

Wednesday, January 2nd 2013

0500 - 1000 UTC, 7265 kHz
0500 "HLR Radio Tropical" (music from Latin America plus reports in Spanish and Portuguese)
0600 "New Letters on the Air" (English)
0700 "HLR Kultur pur" (German)
0800 "HLR Schwarz auf weiss" (literature, German)
0900 "HLR Technikmagazin" (German)
1000 - 1300 UTC, 6190 kHz
1000 "HLR Schwarz auf weiss" (literature, German)
1100 "HLR Kultur pur" (German)
1200 "HLR Technikmagazin" (German)
1300 - 1700 UTC, 7265 kHz
1300 "HLR Kultur pur" (German)
1400 "HLR Schwarz auf weiss" (literature, German)
1500 "HLR Radio Tropical" (music from Latin America plus reports in Spanish and Portuguese)
1600 "New Letters on the Air" (English)

Hamburger Lokalradio welcomes reception reports and will QSL all correct reports. Return postage is highly appreciated.

Address:
Hamburger Lokalradio, Kulturzentrum LOLA, Lohbruegger Landstrasse 8, 21031 Hamburg, Germany

E-mail: redaktion@hamburger-lokalradio.de   
(Tom Taylor)

Wavescan begins a new focus for 2013

"Wavescan" CALLING AFRICA!

 

During the entire coming year, 2013, programming in the AWR DX program, "Wavescan", will be concentrated upon the radio broadcasting scene on the continent of Africa, including nearby islands and the Middle East. Tentative planning for the scheduling of radio features includes a historic rundown of an African radio station, large or small, as the the main opening topic every third week. As follow on topics in the weekly half hour program, many additional African features will be presented, including interviews and on-the-spot recordings made by the program producer, Jeff White of Radio Miami International WRMI in Florida.

All of the African information that will be presented on air in "Wavescan" throughout the year 2013 will be under the title, "Focus on Africa", and the purpose for this year long emphasis is to encourage the development of international radio broadcasting and shortwave listening throughout the African arena. The international DX program, "Wavescan" is researched and written in Indianapolis and produced by Jeff White in the studios of shortwave WRMI in Miami.

We here at "Wavescan" always welcome reception reports from our listeners, and we receive listener mail from some 100 countries throughout the world. All reception reports are verified with our QSL cards through the postal system, and of course, some form of return postage is always appreciated.

In particular, we would welcome reception reports from listeners living in continental Africa and nearby areas. The international DX program "Wavescan" is the current name for the original DX program, "Radio Monitors International" that was launched from the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in 1975, as part of the shortwave scheduling of Adventist World Radio.

Adrian M. Peterson

AWR Wavescan Program Schedule

Dear Radio Colleague,

 

Please find below the current schedule for the broadcast of the AWR DX program "Wavescan".

Wavescan Scheduling: B12 Transmission Period

Day UTC Call kHz kW Station Location Country

Sun 0500 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

1200 AWR 17535 250 Media Broadcast Wertachtal Germany

1500 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

1600 KSDA 11825 100 Adventist World Radio Agat Guam

1530 AWR 15255 250 Sri Lanka Broad Corp Trincomalee Sri Lanka

1600 KSDA 15360 100 Adventist World Radio Agat Guam

1630 KSDA 11740 100 Adventist World Radio Agat Guam

2230 KSDA 15320 100 Adventist World Radio Agat Guam

Mon 1200 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

Tue 0430 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

Wed 0100 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

1200 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

2000 WINB 13570 50 World International Red Lion Pennsylvania USA

Thu 0400 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

1430 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

Fri 0415 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

1200 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

1730 WWCR2 12160 100 Worldwide Christian Nashville Tennessee USA

2100 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA 2330 WRMI 9955 50 Radio Miami Int Miami Florida USA

 iPod AWR

Internet Stream AWR.org WRMI.net WWCR.com WINB.com

Telephone Feed WINB at 1 415 655 0846

Script Archive Ontheshortwaves.com, Radioheritage.net, Portale.italradio.org, Offshoreradio.de

Printed Articles Various radio magazines

Google Search Wavescan

Happy New Year!

Adrian Peterson/AWR

Trans World Radio India updates schedule

TWR India

Effective January 1, 2013 

All times UTC

 

NVS 6115 1500 1530 41 250 1234567 URDU (ex SAM)
NVS 7285 1600 1615 40 250 1234567 PASHTO (ex SAM)
NVS 7285 1615 1630 40 250 23456 PASHTO (ex SAM)
NVS 7285 1615 1630 40 250 7 DARI (ex SAM)

short wave broadcasts from Samara (SAM) will stop on December 31, 2012.

Broadcasts at 1500-1530 on 6115 kHz and 1600-1630 on 7285 kHz will be broadcast on same frequencies from Novosibirsk from January 1st, 2013.

Reports at : http://www.twr.in/technical_info.htm or info@twr.in 
(Alokesh Gupta, India)

 

 

IRRS announces new programs

Dear Listeners and Friends of IRRS-Shortwave,

It's the time of the year when we are usually summing up our activities, and  deciding whether and how to follow up in the next. At the end of the year we  will be having our annual board meeting, but I can anticipate that we will  continue broadcasting on shortwave, focusing even more to far away countries,  besides our usual targets in Europe, North Africa and Middle East.

Effective from December 22, 2012, IRRS has begun a weekly each Saturday at 20:45 CET (19:45 UTC) on 7290 kHz and 1368 kHz medium wave. The program is a 15 minute program in French and English specifically created for shortwave about issues related to Europe and interesting to our European audience. I will not reveal the name just now, just listen and send your reception report directly to the address that you hear on the air. They also QSL directly.

Lastly if you have not sent a reception report for our newly started medium wave broadcasts, we will sending out a special QSL card for reception reports received ONLY for broadcasts in the following time slots, as heard ONLY until Dec. 31, 2012:

- 20:00-21:00 UTC (21:00-22:00 CET) on 7290 kHz and 1368 kHz MW (CHALLENGER R. NORD ITALIA)

- 06:00-07:00 UTC (07:00-08:00 CET) on 1368 kHz MW (CHALLENGER R. NORD ITALIA)

Please do write us, tell us about our content, what you like and you do not like, besides technical quality, and send your email or letter to:

- email: reports@nexus.org - or:
- by snail mail to: IRRS, PO Box 10980, I-20110 Milano, Italy

All letters and comments are greatly appreciated, and help demonstrating to our broadcasters that Shortwave is still viable, and really help us to stay on the air.

During the New Year break, IRRS will be working on a new system to send QSL cards almost in real time. All those who sent a reception report recently will be notified by email on how to receive our new QSL card.

In the meantime, have a very Happy New Year 2013 from all of us here in Milano.

73s,

Ron
--
Ron Norton NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association
email: ron@nexus.org http://www.nexus.org

QSL Report Central

There’s still time to snare the 16^th Anniversary QSL card from Radio Free Asia. The microphone and flag card features a glimpse of what the RFA broadcasters use in the Washington DC studios. The Anniversary card will be used to confirm all valid reception reports through December 31, 2012. Reception report details may be submitted by following the QSL REPORTS link at www.techweb.rfa.org or email to qsl@rfa.org.Listeners without Internet access, can mail their reports to: Reception Reports, Radio Free Asia, 2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300,Washington, DC 20036 USA. Complete multilingual RFA schedules may be found in MT ExPress.

Ludo Maes, sends in news of changes from Belgium’s TDP, which brokers air time for

programs with political or religious background. TDP has been replaced with a new company name called Broadcast Belgium. Please delete the former contact email info@transmitter.org with ludo.maes@broadcast.be for correspondence and reception details.

            Still scrambling to find addresses, for ship communication heard in the utility bands ? Try googling at www.google.com, the ship name + vessel owner. Follow the Contact link for a fill-in-the details page or a postal address.

           
       Armed Forces Radio (AFRTS) closed the Saddlebunch Keys, Florida transmitters, due to budget cuts, however you can still verify Diego Garcia (4319, 12759 USB kHz) and Guam (5765, 13362 USB kHz) relays. Post program details online at the Contact Us link on the AFN website www.myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil. Postal mail to: NMC DET AFRTS-DMC, 23755 Z Street, Bldg. 2730, Riverside, CA 92518-2017.

           
      Here’s a favorite among DXers. Puzzled on an interval signal ? Not sure on an identification announcement ? Hobbyists know the value of air checks, jingles, signature tunes, and of course interval signals. Log on to Interval Signals Online www.intervalsignals.net to search by-country a plethora of stations from across the globe. Interval Signals Online is an excellent aid to guide you through those puzzling DX moments.

           

           

MEDIUM WAVE

Hungary-MR4, Magyar Radio, 1188 kHz AM. Full data verification letter, signed by Edit Julia Kaupert. Received in six months for an AM report. Station address: Stefánia út.7, 6720 Szeged, Hungary (Artur Llorella, Spain/HCDX)

 

KCEG, 780 kHz AM. Fountain, Colorado. Colorado’s Country Classics. Full data QSL signed by Timothy C. Cutforth, Owner/General Manager. Received in six days for an AM report. Email tcut4th@msn.com or radioranch@live.com (John Wilkins, CO/NRC DX News) No station address at press time. Streaming audio http://780kceg.com/  

 

KWEI, 1260 kHz AM. Weiser, Idaho. La Rasa-Spanish Radio. Full data QSL, signed by David L. Combs. Received in seven days after nine attempts from 2004. Station address: KWEI Spanish Radio, 1156 N. Orchard Street, Boise, Idaho 83706. Streaming audio www.kweiradio.net (Wilkins).

            

WFBL 1390 kHz AM. CNY Talk Radio. Full data verification from Don Wagner, General Manager. Received in 65 days for an AM report and mint stamps. Station address: CNY Talk Radio, 8456 Smokey Hollow Road, Baldwinsville, NY 13027. (D. Arrington, PA) Email: d.wagner@lmgiradio.com Website: www.wfbl.com

 

WFLF 540 kHz AM. Maitland, Florida. How Central Florida Stays Informed. No data confirmation email via Katherine Brown, Program Director katherinebrown@clearchannel.com. Received in 141 days for an AM report. Station address: 2500 Maitland Center Parkway, Maitland, FL 32751. (Al Muick, PA/HCDX) Streaming audio via iHeart Radio www.540wfla.com/

           

WVON, 1690 kHz AM. The Talk of Chicago. Verification letter signed by LaVetta Hodges-Account Executive, plus audience card. Received in 150 days for an AM report. Station address: 1000 E. 87^th Street, Chicago IL 60619-6397. (Patrick Martin, Seaside, OR) Streaming audio www.wvon.com/

 

RUSSIA

Voice of Russia, 11960 kHz. Full data Manned Flight Into Space card, signed by Mrs. A. Molodkina. Received in 24 days for an E-report to letters@ruvr.ru Postal address: Pyatnitskaya 25, 115326 Moscow, Russia (Shukhrat Rakhmatullaev, Uzbekistan/RUS-DX) Streaming/on-demand audio www.ruvr.ru.

 

SPAIN

Radio Exterior España (REE) 7275 kHz. Full data 70^th Anniversary card, signed by Secretaría Técnica. Received in ten days for an E-report to ree@rtve.es (Llorella) Station address: Casa de la Radio, Avenida de la Radio y Televisíon 4, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain. ((Llorella).

 

UTILITY

France-CROSS Jobourg 2187.5 kHz. No data letter and verification statement, signed by Thierry Pichon, le professeur principal de l’enselgnement maritime, directeur par intérim du CROSS Jobourg. Received in 192 days for a utility report. Station address: CROSS Jouburg, 14 Route d’ Auderville, 50440 Jobourg, France. (Patrick Robic, Austria/UDXF) CROSS, sometimes called CROSSMA, is an organization of monitoring activities at sea and rescue coordination, based in Jouburg, France.

 

Italy-VEN, Non Direction Beacon, Venezia, 379 kHz. Full data prepared QSL card stamped as verified. Received in 16 days for a utility report. Station address: ENAV s.p.A., CAAV Venezia, Aeroporto Internazionale Marco Polo, 30030 Tessera-Venezia, Italy (Robic)

 

 

Italy-LIN, Non Directional Beacon, Linate 386 kHz. Full data prepared QSL card stamped and signed by Marco Casiraghi. Received in 21 days for a utility report. Station address: ENAV S.P.A., Milano ACC, C.P. 55, 20090 Linate Aeroporto, Italy (Robic).

 

United States-BL-NAVMARCORMARS Groton, 14391.5 kHz. Full data QSL card in 70 days, for utility report of annual Armed Forces Day broadcast. QSL address: Robert Veth, Director, 4 Lantern Lane, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824-1316 (Robic).

 

Vietnam-XVN-Nha Trang Radio, 8414.5 kHz. Full data prepared QSL card stamped as verified. Received in 68 days for a utility report. Station address: Vishipel Cong Ty Thong Tin Dien Tu Hang Hair, Vietnam, Dai Thong Tin Duyen Hai Nha Trang, 40/1 Tran Pu, Vinh Nguyen, TP Nha Thrang, Vietnam (Robic).

 

UGANDA

Dunamis Broadcasting, 4750 kHz. Full data QSL card, unsigned. Received in three weeks for E-report to mail@biblevoise.org Postal address: Box 425, Station E, Toronto ON Canada M6H 4E3. (Llorella). Website: www.biblevoice.org/

Christmas Greetings From My House to Yours

To all of the blog readers, hobbyist, friends and broadcasters that visit this blog... have a very Merry Christmas. Thank you for the time you spend on my blog and the varied emails you send me.

May this season be filled with joy and glad tidings as you gather with friends and family.
Sincere good wishes to one and all.
Gayle Van Horn

IRRS-SW holiday announcement

Dear Listeners and Friends of IRRS-Shortwave,

It's the time of the year when we are usually summing up our activities, and  deciding whether and how to follow up in the next. At the end of the year we  will be having our annual board meeting, but I can anticipate that we will  continue broadcasting on Shortwave, focusing even more to far away countries,  besides our usual targets in Europe, North Africa and Middle East.

Just before Christmas I would like to inform you of a new, exceptional news  program that will be broadcasted effective Dec. 22, 2012 weekly each Saturday at  20:45 CET (19:45 UTC) on 7290 kHz and 1368 kHz Medium Wave. The program is a 15 minute program in French and English specifically created for Shortwave about  issues related to Europe and interesting to our European audience. I will not  reveal the name just now, just listen and send your reception report directly to
the address that you hear on the air. They also QSL directly.

Lastly if you have not sent a reception report for our newly started Medium Wave  broadcasts, we will sending out a special QSL card for reception reports  received ONLY for broadcasts in the following time slots, as heard ONLY until  Dec. 31, 2012:

- 20:00-21:00 UTC (21:00-22:00 CET) on 7290 kHz and 1368 kHz MW (CHALLENGER R. NORD ITALIA)

- 06:00-07:00 UTC (07:00-08:00 CET) on 1368 kHz MW (CHALLENGER R. NORD ITALIA)


Please do write us, tell us about our content, what you like and you do not  like, besides technical quality, and send your email or letter to:

- email: reports@nexus.org - or:
- by snail mail to: IRRS, PO Box 10980, I-20110 Milano, Italy

All letters and comments are greatly appreciated, and help demonstrating to our broadcasters that Shortwave is still viable, and really help us to stay on the air.

During the Christmas and New Year break will be working on a new system to send  QSL cards almost in real time. All those who sent a reception report recently  will be notified by email on how to receive our new QSL card.

In the meantime, have a wonderful Christmas time with your families, and a very  Happy new year 2013 from all of us here in Milano.

73s,

Ron
--
Ron Norton NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association
email: ron@nexus.org http://www.nexus.org

Weekend program guide to the world

 

HH Lokalradio, EMR and Radio Gloria to Europe & the World

 

Saturday 22nd:

05.00 – 11.00 UTC, H.L.R on 7265 KHz m.kittner@freenet.de to Europe

11.00 – 17.00 UTC, H.L.R on 6190 KHz m.kittner@freenet.de to Europe

 

Sunday 23rd:

00.00 – 02.00 UTC, R.G.I on 9480 KHz radiogloria@aol.com World Service

02.00 – 03.00 UTC, E.M.R on 9480 KHz studio@emr.org.uk World Service

10.00 – 11.00 UTC, R.G.I on 6005 KHz radiogloria@aol.com to Europe

10.00 – 12.00 UTC, R.G.I on 9480 KHz radiogloria@aol.com to Europe

12.00 – 14.00 UTC, R.G.I   on  7265 KHz     radiogloria@aol.com to Europe

16.00 – 18.00 UTC R.G.I "coloRadio.org" internet


EMR 
now have “NEW design” Verification of Reception QSL’s for 
Christmas!

 Good Listening

Tom Taylor

XVRB set for December 23 broadcast

The December broadcast: XVRB will be on the air with a Christmas special on December 23rd. (0900-1000 UTC) on 6045 kHz.

Best regards,
Mike Wilson
XVRB 6045 - The Music Museum

Special DRM broadcasts for Wavescan

The "Wavescan" DX program which is a joint production of NASB members Adventist World Radio and Radio Miami International, will be included in a new series of four DRM (digital) shortwave transmissions called "DRM Mix" sponsored by Spaceline in Bulgaria which will take place on 22, 23, 25 and 26 December, 2012. Wavescan will air from 17.00 - 17.30 UTC on those days. The frequency will be 9755 kHz from Bulgaria, covering Europe with 100 kW. Wavescan QSL cards are available for reception reports on these broadcasts. The program content will include information on the history of broadcasting in Bulgaria.
(NASB FB Page)

Mighty KBC Christmas Schedule

 

The Mighty KBC Blasting Out Of Your Tranny!!

The extra frequencies and transmitters for 22, 23, 25 and 26 December 2012 are:

EU (German time) UTC +1
9835 kHz, 1500-1600 UTC, Non Directional, 125 kW

USA (East Coast time) UTC -5
21600 kHz, 1500-1600 UTC, 300°, 250 kW

Asia (Vietnam time) UTC +7 / Australia (Sydney time) UTC +11
15470 kHz, 1500-1600 UTC, 75°, 250 kW

And on 22, 23 December we also have our 6095 transmitter on the air as
well with 100 kW 09.00 - 16.00 UTC.

During weekdays we also have The Mighty 6095 on the air between 09.00
- 11.00 UTC with 100kW

The Mighty KBC goes DRM again on 22, 23, 25 & 26 of December 2012.

We repeat the KBC Going Globally Show also in DRM as well.

100 kW from Kostinbrod (Sofia) Bulgaria and a curtain antenna, on 9755 kHz DRM Mix 1600 - 1800 UTC.

 (Alokesh Gupta, India)

Spain's REE updates winter schedule

With some corrections of azimuth:
Spain

Radio Exterior Espana

All times UTC

Arabic
1700-1900 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg to NEAf
1900-2100 on  7265 NOB 250 kW / 170 deg to NWAf Mon-Fri
2000-2200 on  7265 NOB 250 kW / 170 deg to NWAf Sat/Sun
English
0000-0100 on  6055 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg to NoAm back on SW from Dec.4
1900-2000 on  9605 NOB 250 kW / 168 deg to NWAf Mon-Fri
2200-2300 on  6125 NOB 250 kW / 038 deg to WeEu Sat/Sun back on SW Dec.4
French
1900-2000 on  9590 NOB 250 kW / 168 deg to CeAf Sat
1900-2000 on 12030 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg to NEAf Sun
2000-2100 on  9570 NOB 250 kW / 168 deg to NEAf Mon-Fri
2000-2100 on  9605 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg to NEAf Mon-Fri
Portuguese
2100-2200 on 11680 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg to SoAm Mon-Fri
Russian
1700-1730 on 11755 NOB 250 kW / 038 deg to EaEu Mon-Fri
Sefardi
1425-1455 on 15385 NOB 250 kW / 092 deg to N/ME Mon
0115-0145 on 11780 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg to SoAm Tue
0415-0445 on  9690 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg to CeAm Tue
Spanish
0000-0100 on 11815 CRI 100 kW / 110 deg to SoAm DRM
0000-0200 on  9630 CRI 100 kW / 340 deg to NoAm DRM
0000-0400 on  9765 CRI 100 kW / 110 deg to SoAm
0000-0400 on  9620 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg to SoAm
0000-0500 on  6125 NOB 250 kW / 242 deg to SoAm
0000-0500 on  9535 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm
0200-0600 on  3350 CRI 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAm
0400-0800 on  5965 CRI 100 kW / 150 deg to SoAm
0500-0700 on 11895 NOB 100 kW / 098 deg to N/ME
0500-0900 on  9780 NOB 050 kW / 050 deg to WeEu DRM
0900-1500 on 21540 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg to WCAf
1100-1300 on 13720 NOB 250 kW / 000 deg to WeEu DRM
1100-1700 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg to NEAf
1200-1400 on 11910 BEI 500 kW / 138 deg to SEAs
1200-1500 on  9765 CRI 100 kW / 000 deg to CeAm Mon-Fri
1200-1500 on 11815 CRI 100 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Mon-Fri
1200-2300 on  9765 CRI 100 kW / 000 deg to CeAm Sun
1200-2300 on 15125 CRI 100 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Sun
1300-1500 on 17595 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg to SoAm Mon-Fri
1500-1700 on 15385 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Mon-Sat
1500-1700 on 17595 NOB 250 kW / 248 deg to SoAm Sat/Sun
1500-1900 on 17715 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg to SoAm Mon-Fri
1500-2200 on 17755 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Sun
1600-2300 on  9765 CRI 100 kW / 000 deg to CeAm Sat
1600-2300 on 15125 CRI 100 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Sat
1700-1900 on 17715 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg to SoAm Sat/Sun
1700-1900 on 17755 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Mon-Fri
1700-2200 on 17755 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Sat
1800-2000 on  9765 CRI 100 kW / 000 deg to CeAm Mon-Fri
1800-2000 on 15125 CRI 100 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Mon-Fri
1900-2300 on 11940 NOB 250 kW / 242 deg to SoAm Sat/Sun
2200-2300 on  7265 NOB 250 kW / 170 deg to NWAf
2200-2300 on 11625 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Sat/Sun
2300-2400 on  6125 NOB 250 kW / 242 deg to SoAm
2300-2400 on  9535 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm
2300-2400 on  9620 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg to SoAm
(DX Mix 760 via Balkan DX 19 Dec 2012)

Bangladesh updates winter schedule

Bangladesh Betar

All times UTC

1230-1300 NF  7250 DKA 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs English, ex 15105
1315-1345 on  7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Nepali
1400-1430 NF  7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to WeAs Urdu, ex 15505
1515-1545 NF  7250 DKA 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi, ex 15505
1600-1630 on  7250#DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic
1630-1730 on  7250#DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Bangla
1745-1900 on  7250*DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English
1915-2000 on  7250^DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Bangla
# co-ch All India Radio in Persian to N/ME 1615-1730
* co-ch All India Radio in Malayalam to N/ME till 1830
^ very, very strong co-ch Voice of Russia in Russian
(DX Mix 760 via Balkan DX 19 Dec 2012)

Radio Romania International, updated winter schedule

 

 

Radio Romania International

Effective to: 30 March 2013

All times UTC

Arabic
0730-0756 on 15155 GAL 300 kW / 245 deg to NoAf
0730-0756 on 15330 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME
0730-0756 on 17500 GAL 300 kW / 245 deg to NoAf
0730-0756 on 17810 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME
1500-1556 on  9655 GAL 300 kW / 140 deg to N/ME
1500-1556 on 11620 GAL 300 kW / 140 deg to N/ME
1500-1556 on 15280 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to NoAf
1500-1556 on 17540 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to NoAf

Aromanian
1530-1556 on  6060 SAF 100 kW / 210 deg to SEEu
1730-1756 on  5960 SAF 100 kW / 210 deg to SEEu
1930-1956 on  7345 SAF 100 kW / 210 deg to SEEu

Chinese
0500-0526 on 17870 TIG 300 kW / 067 deg to EaAs DRM
0500-0526 on 21500 TIG 300 kW / 067 deg to EaAs
1400-1426 on  9725 TIG 300 kW / 067 deg to EaAs
1400-1426 on 11825 TIG 300 kW / 067 deg to EaAs

English
0100-0156 on  6145 GAL 300 kW / 310 deg to NEAm
0100-0156 on  7325 GAL 300 kW / 310 deg to NEAm
0400-0456 on  6130 GAL 300 kW / 320 deg to NWAm
0400-0456 on  7305 TIG 300 kW / 337 deg to NWAm
0400-0456 on 15220 GAL 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs
0400-0456 on 17870 TIG 300 kW / 097 deg to SoAs
0630-0656 on  7310 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu
0630-0656 on  9600 GAL 300 kW / 300 deg to WeEu DRM
0630-0656 on 17780 GAL 300 kW / 100 deg to SEAs
0630-0656 on 21600 TIG 300 kW / 097 deg to SEAs
1200-1256 on 15460 GAL 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu
1200-1256 on 17530 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu
1200-1256 on 17765 GAL 300 kW / 165 deg to EaAf
1200-1256 on 21570 TIG 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf
1800-1856 on  7300 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu
1800-1856 on  9780 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu DRM
2130-2156 on  6030 GAL 300 kW / 300 deg to WeEu DRM
2130-2156 on  7310 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to NoAm
2130-2156 on  7380 GAL 300 kW / 300 deg to WeEu
2130-2156 on  9435 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to NoAm
2300-2356 on  6015 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
2300-2356 on  7220 GAL 300 kW / 290 deg to WeEu
2300-2356 on  9530 TIG 300 kW / 052 deg to EaAs
2300-2356 on 11810 TIG 300 kW / 052 deg to EaAs

French
0200-0256 on  5975 GAL 300 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
0200-0256 on  7325 GAL 300 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
0600-0626 on  9650 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu DRM
0600-0626 on  9690 TIG 300 kW / 217 deg to WeAf
0600-0626 on 11740 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
0600-0626 on 11790 TIG 300 kW / 217 deg to WeAf
1100-1156 on 15150 TIG 300 kW / 292 deg to WeEu
1100-1156 on 15255 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
1100-1156 on 17820 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
1100-1156 on 17870 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to NoAf
1700-1756 on  9690 TIG 300 kW / 292 deg to WeEu
1700-1756 on 11635 TIG 300 kW / 292 deg to WeEu
2100-2126 on  6030 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
2100-2126 on  7370 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu DRM

German
0700-0726 on  9450 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu DRM
0700-0726 on 11810 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu
1300-1356 on  9810 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu
1300-1356 on 11700 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu
1900-1956 on  6010 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu
1900-1956 on  9805 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu DRM

Italian
1500-1526 on  7390 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg to SoEu
1700-1726 on  7415 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg to SoEu
1900-1926 on  7345 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg to SoEu DRM

Romanian
0100-0156 on  5910 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to NoAm
0100-0156 on  7340 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to NoAm
0200-0256 on  5910 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to NoAm
0200-0256 on  7340 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to NoAm
0500-0556 on  6145 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
0500-0556 on  7220 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
0800-0856 on 15370 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Sunday Curierul romanesc
0800-0856 on 15430 GAL 300 kW / 110 deg to WeAs Sunday Curierul romanesc
0800-0856 on 17850 GAL 300 kW / 110 deg to WeAs Sunday Curierul romanesc
0800-0856 on 17860 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Sunday Curierul romanesc
0900-0956 on 15380 GAL 300 kW / 175 deg to EaAf Sunday Curierul romanesc
0900-0956 on 15430 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Sunday Curierul romanesc
0900-0956 on 17745 GAL 300 kW / 175 deg to EaAf Sunday Curierul romanesc
0900-0956 on 17775 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Sunday Curierul romanesc
1000-1056 on 15260 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Sunday Curierul romanesc
1000-1056 on 17780 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to NoAf Sunday Curierul romanesc
1000-1056 on 17870 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Sunday Curierul romanesc
1000-1056 on 21500 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to NoAf Sunday Curierul romanesc
1300-1356 on  7420 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu
1300-1356 on 11870 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
1300-1356 on 15170 GAL 300 kW / 290 deg to WeEu
1400-1456 on 11870 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
1400-1456 on 15170 GAL 300 kW / 290 deg to WeEu
1600-1656 on  9655 GAL 300 kW / 290 deg to WeEu
1600-1656 on 11870 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
1700-1756 on  5995 GAL 300 kW / 140 deg to N/ME
1700-1756 on  7325 GAL 300 kW / 140 deg to N/ME
1800-1856 on  5990 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
1800-1856 on  7350 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
1900-1956 on  5990 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
1900-1956 on  7430 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
2000-2056 on  5990 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu
2000-2056 on  7380 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu

Russian
0530-0556 on  6175 TIG 300 kW / 037 deg to EaEu DRM
0530-0556 on  7210 TIG 300 kW / 037 deg to EaEu
1430-1456 on 11690 TIG 300 kW / 052 deg to CeAs
1430-1456 on 15735 TIG 300 kW / 052 deg to CeAs
1600-1656 on  7300 TIG 300 kW / 037 deg to EaEu DRM
1600-1656 on  9810 TIG 300 kW / 037 deg to EaEu

Serbian
1630-1656 on  6030 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg to SEEu
1830-1856 on  6030 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg to SEEu
2030-2056 on  7425 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg to SEEu

Spanish
0000-0056 on  7315 GAL 300 kW / 280 deg to SoAm
0000-0056 on  9525 GAL 300 kW / 280 deg to SoAm
0000-0056 on 13590 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to SoAm
0000-0056 on 15110 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to SoAm
0300-0356 on  9765 GAL 300 kW / 310 deg to CeAm
0300-0356 on  9870 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to SoAm
0300-0356 on 11825 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to SoAm
0300-0356 on 11850 GAL 300 kW / 310 deg to CeAm
2000-2056 on  6010 TIG 300 kW / 277 deg to SoEu
2000-2056 on  9895 TIG 300 kW / 277 deg to SoEu
2200-2256 on  9790 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to SoAm
2200-2256 on 11870 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to SoAm

Ukrainian
1600-1626 on  5960 SAF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu
1800-1826 on  6090 SAF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu
2000-2026 on  6170 SAF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu
(DX Mix 760 via Balkan DX 19 Dec 2012)

Rádio Ecclésia will not return to shortwave

Angola

In an interview to the Luanda newspaper "O País", Quintino Kandange, who is the director of the Angolan Catholic Broadcaster, Rádio Ecclésia, said that the Catholic Church in Angola renounces to the intention of transmitting on shortwaves again. Instead, the Bishops Conference of Angola and São Tomé decided to ask to the Angolan government for the creation of regional radios on a diocesan basis, on FM only. This is bad news for DXers, of course, and especially for the millions of Angolans who do not live in the main towns of that vast country. The interview, in Portuguese, can be read in Portuguese at http://www.opais.net/pt/opais/?det=30304&id=1929&mid=.

Fernando de Sousa Ribeiro
Porto, Portugal
(HCDX)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2012 Dec 17 1124 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 10 - 16 December 2012
Solar activity was low. The largest flare of the period came from Region 1629 (N11, L=240, class/area=Dai/170 on 14 December), a C5/Sf 12/0727Z. Region 1630 (N19, L=253, class/area=Cai/90 on 11 December), also produced a C5 flare on 10/0558Z. The remainder of
the period was dominated by infrequent, low-level C-class activity. No earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed during the week.

A 10 MeV proton enhancement at geosynchronous orbit was observed on 14-15 December. 10 MeV particle flux was slightly elevated beginning around 14/0900Z. An eruption from the beyond the west limb, in the southern hemisphere, was visible in STEREO-A EUVI imagery beginning around 14/1200Z. 10 MeV flux began climbing more steeply around 14/2245Z, reaching a peak of 9.36 pfu at 15/0155Z, just below the S1 threshold of 10 pfu. Flux returned to normal levels over the course
of the next two days.

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

Geomagnetic field activity quiet all week. Solar wind speed at the ACE spacecraft ranged from around 270 km/s to the near 470 km/s while Bz was never less than -8 nT. A very weak shock was observed at the ACE spacecraft at 14/1852Z, and at GOES by 14/1946Z. Isolated unsettled to minor storm levels were subsequently observed at high latitudes mid-day on 15 and 16 December.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 17 December - 12 January 2013
Solar activity is expected to be low with a slight chance for moderate activity through the forecast period.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at background levels except during 19-21 December when a high speed stream is expected to bring the flux to high
levels.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to begin the forecast period at unsettled levels with a slight chance for an active period on 17-18 December as a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream becomes geoeffective. The remainder of the forecast period is expected to be generally quiet barring any geoeffective coronal mass ejections.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2012 Dec 17 1124 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2012-12-17
#
#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2012 Dec 17     125          16          4
2012 Dec 18     125          12          3
2012 Dec 19     120           7          2
2012 Dec 20     120           5          2
2012 Dec 21     115           5          2
2012 Dec 22     115           5          2
2012 Dec 23     115           5          2
2012 Dec 24     115           5          2
2012 Dec 25     115           5          2
2012 Dec 26     110           5          2
2012 Dec 27     110           5          2
2012 Dec 28     100           5          2
2012 Dec 29     100           8          3
2012 Dec 30      95           5          2
2012 Dec 31      95           5          2
2013 Jan 01      95           5          2
2013 Jan 02      95           5          2
2013 Jan 03      95           5          2
2013 Jan 04     100           5          2
2013 Jan 05     105           5          2
2013 Jan 06     105           5          2
2013 Jan 07     105           5          2
2013 Jan 08     110           5          2
2013 Jan 09     115           5          2
2013 Jan 10     120           5          2
2013 Jan 11     120           5          2
2013 Jan 12     120           5          2
(NOAA)