Friday, December 30, 2022
Happy New Year from Teak Publishing
Special New Year's Eve programming on WBCQ
From Bill Tilford we have news of a special NYE Spectacular on R Angela (via WBCQ) which will be a two-hour program on 1st January from 0300-0500UT on 5130 kHz. This will replace the scheduled Ginga Brasil! and Uncle Bill's Melting Pot at this time.
Over a dozen Radio Angela hosts and special guests are participating to bring you music, poetry, laughs, special greetings, and other surprises. Unlike past multiprogram WBCQ specials, this broadcast will be exclusive to 5130 kHz.
This sounds fun, and these two hours should complement the earlier two-hour TRSW broadcast
to provide a great four hours of enjoyable listening - accompanied by your favorite beverage!
The latest, and fully updated, schedule of Radio Angela can be found on the WBCQ website at
(A Roe/BDXC)
What is heard on LW/MW in Russia?
From the new bulletin “RUS-DX” (1 January 2023).
They write that Mayak is broadcasting on 549 kHz today (December 27).
Source + comments: https://forum.vcfm.ru/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=78&p=164561#p164561
-Kaliningrad Radio Center #5 has prepared a second transmitter and a new frequency for on-air tests: 549 kHz. A few days earlier, short turns were made to test the operability of the restored antenna and the transmitting complex. Tests are carried out with reduced power, at the level of 50-70 kW. The antenna is involved – a mast with a height of 257 meters, previously used in the long wave band (171 kHz)
There are no airing schedules for 549 kHz. Test broadcasting can be carried out on weekdays during business hours (9-17 Moscow time)
Such a conditional schedule is also valid for a frequency of 1143 kHz.
(https://vk.com/public158109176)
Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia (2022-12-30)
Shortwave Radiogram schedules
Hello friends
I hope you have been enjoying the holiday season. Best wishes for the new year. Bear with me if I type "2022" a few times when I should type 2023.
And if you were affected by Winter Storm Elliott (where did they get that name?), I hope the recovery is going well.
Last weekend the Sunday 2330 UTC show was missing. Jeff White informed me that WRMI's 7570 kHz transmitter "blew a 4CX3000 tube when it was turned on just before 2300 [UTC]" The cold weather which reached Florida caused problems at WRMI. Cold weather does not usually hurt tubes, but power fluctuations caused by Florida's idea of cold weather do cause some tubes to blow.
That 7570 kHz transmission is scheduled to switch to Saturday 2300-2330 UTC this weekend. This will avoid a conflict between Shortwave Radiogram and The Mighty KBC, which moves to Sunday 2200-2400 UTC on 5950 kHz from WRMI, starting January 1.
A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 284) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 1300 UTC) -- it's a chance to decode the "Holiday Spectacular" if you missed it. The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. The analysis is prepared by Roger in Germany.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 285, 30 December 2022-2 January 2023, in MFSK modes as noted:
1:34 MFSK32: Program preview
2:42 MFSK32: NASA's InSight Mars mission comes to an end*
8:25 MFSK64: Free public phone in Philly resists big tech*
13:40 MFSK64: This week's images*
27:50 MFSK32: Closing announcements
* with image(s)
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit 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
Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
UTC Day UTC Time Frequency Transmitter
Saturday 0330-0400 9265 kHz WINB Pennsylvania
Saturday 2300-2330 7570 kHz WRMI Florida
Monday 0800-0830 5850 kHz WRMI Florida
The Mighty KBC transmits to North America Sundays at (NEW) 2200-2400 UTC (5-7 pm EST) on 5950 kHz, via WRMI Florida. A minute of MFSK64 is at about 2330 UTC. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/.
“This is a Music Show” Most of the show is a music show, but the host transmits some MFSK-64 text and image near the end of the broadcast. It’s transmitted on WRMI, Thursdays at 0200-0300 UTC on 5850 kHz (Wednesday evening in the Americas). Also, look for a waterfall ID at the beginning of the show. thisisamusicshow@gmail.com http://www.twitter.com/ThisIsAMusicSho/ @ThisIsAMusicSho https://thisisamusicshow.com
Pop Shop Radio from British Columbia, Canada, includes "a whole variety of pop music, such as records from the 1960s and 1970s that were played on Top-40 radio stations not only in North America but also on offshore radio and stations like Radio Luxembourg." The programs now include some MFSK text and an image. Website: popshopradio.ca. Twitter: @popshopradio1 Email: radiopopshop@gmail.com.
Thanks for your reception reports!
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom
Encore-Classical Music from Radio Tumbril
Dear Listener,
Regular Broadcast times of Encore are:
02:00 - 03:00 UTC Friday 5850 kHz WRMI to US
11:00 - 12:00 UTC Saturday 6070 AND 9670 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
Repeated:
01:00 - 02:00 UTC Sunday 7730 & 5850 kHz WRMI to Europe US and Canada
17:00 – 18:00 UTC Sunday 9670 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
22:00 - 23:00 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, the east coast of the US, and Iceland.
20:00 – 21:00 UTC Friday 6070 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
Some additions to the website:
The Encore website is www.tumbril.co.uk where you will find:
Important information about Up to date transmission times and frequencies.
The playlists for the most recent programs, and an email link.
Informal reception reports as well as those requesting eQSL cards are welcome.
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM - (First broadcast this coming FRIDAY by WRMI at 0200 UTC on 5850, and then Channel 292 on SATURDAY at 11:00 UTC on 6070 and 9670 kHz):
Begins 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.
Channel 292 can be pulled live off the internet if the reception is poor in your location. Easy to find their site with a google search. A very good site for online SDR receivers all over the world is: http://kiwisdr.com/public/ Click the 'Map' button in the top left of the screen.
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 - http://www.tumbril.co.uk
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Radio Angela Special Announcement
Due to WBCQ's transmitter outage on 7490 kHz, for the next several nights, Radio Angela will be sharing 5130 kHz with several of the programs normally heard on 7490 kHz. Most nights, those programs will all air prior to our 10pm EST start, and our shows will be unaffected.
One notable exception is that Thursdays 0300-0400 EST (Wednesdays 10pm-11pm), the second hour of a talk show from 7490 kHz will displace the first hour of our Radio Angela broadcast. Tonight, therefore, Randy Holt's Radio New Music will air at 0400 UTC (11 PM EST tonight), an hour later than usual.
This is a temporary situation until the transmitter for 7490 kHz can be repaired. 7490 kHz carries a very different format than Radio Angela, and these will be separated again when circumstances permit.
(Bill Tilford, Radio Angela/28 Dec 2022)
History of Bulgaria's Vakarel transmitting station
From the script of AWR "Wavescan" DX Program
On this occasion here in Wavescan today, we present the story of the huge radio broadcasting station that was erected at Vakarel back in the era before the beginning of World War II. Vakarel is a small town with a population of less than 2,000, some 25 miles southeast of the national capital Sofia.
Both the major national highway system and the electrified railway system run through the Vakarel area. A major highlight in the area was the tall radio tower that was erected a mile distant from the village of Vakarel some 85 years ago.
It was on Wednesday 13 October 1937, that the huge new radio broadcasting station was officially dedicated at Vakarel, with the intent of gaining nationwide coverage on mediumwave and longwave from one location. Test broadcasts from the new Telefunken transmitter began six weeks later, on 17 November with 100 kW on 850 kHz.
At the time of construction by Telefunken, the Blaw-Knox radio tower stood at 1160 feet (though some authorities say 705 feet) and for a long period of time, it was the second tallest man-made structure in the world and the tallest in Europe. It was a tourist wonder in that area of forests and undulating hills.
At the time of its demolition, the Vakarel radio tower was still the tallest in Bulgaria. The famous (or as some radio engineers would suggest, infamous) Blaw-Knox diamond-shaped tower near Vakarel was one of four such towers in Europe.
Back in 1937, two-directional antenna systems were erected at Vakarel for use on longwave and mediumwave, though little use was ever made of its longwave capability. One antenna system was made up of three towers, each guyed, and the other system consisted of two towers.
The mediumwave channel initially was 850 kHz, with a power of 100 kW.
During World War II, the 100 kW transmitter was operated at half power, 50 kW, due to the unavailability of spare parts, though still on the same mediumwave channel 850 kHz.
When circumstances in Europe began to settle down after the end of World War II, the power level at the mediumwave transmitter was again restored to its 100 kW capacity. At the same time, the operational frequency was changed to fit in with the mediumwave channel patterns in Europe, and the original 850 kHz channel was modified in favor of the new 827 kHz.
However, when the pattern for mediumwave frequency usage was modified to 9 kHz intervals in Europe in 1978, the Vakarel transmitter was adjusted from 827 kHz to 828 kHz. Back at that era, radio Sofia was on the air via Vakarel with news bulletins in 15 different European languages, including Esperanto.
During the year 1990, a new high-powered 500 kW mediumwave station at Shunem, in the northeast of Bulgaria, was activated on the same channel as Vakarel, 828 kHz. However, the program feed for both transmitters was the same, in the languages of the surrounding countries. At the same time, the power level at Vakarel was reduced from 100 kW to 50 kW.
But changes were on the horizon. The German-made Telefunken transmitter at Vakarel was aging, and a whole nationwide network of FM stations was taking over the radio scene throughout Bulgaria. Both Vakarel and Shunem were inactive in 2011, and finally, the historic Vakarel transmitter was silenced forever three years later, on 31 December 2014.
The three-quarter century-old Blaw-Knox tower stood tall and strong for another six years, as no more than an old tourist attraction. Then two years ago in 2020, a special event amateur station LZ0AA was licensed to transmit 80 meters from the Vakarel Tower, as the final episode of events from this historic landmark.
That was the end. On 16 September 2020, that tower with its 130 tons of steel was dropped.
Gone was the old historic German transmitter, and likewise the old German tower, both of which performed so remarkably well during their 85-year history of mediumwave radio broadcasting. However as a matter of interest, you can search for Vakarel Radio Tower on Google Earth, and there you will see the tower still standing, together with its lengthy shadow.
(via BrDXC-UK 'Communication'/Top News 27 Dec 2022)
Another JSWC broadcast over HCJB
AUSTRALIA/JAPAN - Another JSWC broadcast over HCJB Japanese December 30/31
Japan Shortwave Club (JSWC) will broadcast 30 minutes year-end program Shortwave World in 2022 in Japanese by the club members -Toshimichi Ohtake and Takahito Akabayashi, over HCJB Japanese of Reach Beyond Australia (from Kununurra 75 kW 5 deg azimuth).
December 30 at 2230-2300 UT on 15420 kHz, repeated December 31 at 1100-1130 UT on 11905 kHz.
This is the last chance to get JSWC's 70th-anniversary special eQSL. Reception reports should be addressed to jswc70qsl@gmail.com
JSWC will prepare another new QSL in 2023. HCJB-Japan will also send their own eQSL for the report to hcjbjapan.office@gmail.com
(Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo-JPN, Dec 23/Top News 27 Dec 2022)
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins
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Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2022 Dec 26 0226 UTC
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 19 - 25 December 2022
Solar activity reached moderate levels on 20 Dec. Region 3169 (N19, L=116, class/area=Dho/290 on 21 Dec) produced an M1/Sf at 20/1406 UTC which was the largest event of the period. Low levels of solar activity and C-class flare activity were observed throughout the remainder of the period. A CME from 24 Dec was determined to have an Earth-directed component and is expected to arrive on 27 Dec. No other Earth-directed CMEs were detected this period.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 24-25 Dec, and normal to moderate levels were observed on 17-23 Dec.
Geomagnetic field activity reached minor storm levels on 23 Dec, and active levels on 19, 22, and 24 Dec, all due to CH HSS influences. Quiet to unsettled field activity was observed throughout the remainder of the period.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 26 December - 21 January 2023
Solar activity is expected to be low throughout the period with a slight chance for M-class flare activity.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 26 Dec-03 Jan, and 20-21 Jan. Normal to moderate levels are expected to persist throughout the remainder of the period.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach minor storm levels on 27 Dec due to the anticipated arrival of a CME from 24 Dec in addition to positive polarity CH HSS influences. Minor storms are expected again on 03 Jan and 19-20 Jan due to the influences of multiple recurrent CH HSSs. Active conditions are expected on 28, 30-31 Dec and 04, 18 Jan. Quiet and quiet to unsettled activity are expected to persist throughout the remainder of the period.
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
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2022 Dec 26 135 10 3
2022 Dec 27 136 30 5
2022 Dec 28 138 15 4
2022 Dec 29 132 10 3
2022 Dec 30 134 15 4
2022 Dec 31 132 12 4
2023 Jan 01 130 10 3
2023 Jan 02 130 5 2
2023 Jan 03 135 18 5
2023 Jan 04 140 10 4
2023 Jan 05 140 10 3
2023 Jan 06 140 8 3
2023 Jan 07 140 10 3
2023 Jan 08 140 5 2
2023 Jan 09 136 5 2
2023 Jan 10 130 5 2
2023 Jan 11 135 5 2
2023 Jan 12 130 5 2
2023 Jan 13 130 5 2
2023 Jan 14 130 5 3
2023 Jan 15 128 5 2
2023 Jan 16 125 5 2
2023 Jan 17 120 8 3
2023 Jan 18 120 12 4
2023 Jan 19 120 25 5
2023 Jan 20 120 20 5
2023 Jan 21 125 10 3
(NOAA)
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Merry Christmas from Teak Publishing, to our global followers
Afrikaans - 'n Geseende Kersfees en 'n voorspoedige Nuwejaar
Afrikaans - Een Plesierige Kerfees
Albanian -- Gezuar Krishtlindje
Arabic - I'd Miilad Said Oua Sana Saida
Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque - Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Urte Berri On
Bengali - Bodo Din Shubh Lamona
Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce
Breton - Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian - Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Celtic - Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Chinese -
(Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
(Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
(Hong Kong) Kung Ho Hsin Hsi. Ching Chi Shen Tan
Cornish - Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Cree - Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian - Sretan Bozic
Czech - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish - Gladelig Jul
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
English - Merry Christmas
Esperanto - Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian - Roomsaid Joulu Puhi
Farsi - Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish - Hyvaa joulua
French - Joyeux Noel
Frisian - Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier
German - Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek - Kala Christouyenna
Hawaiian - Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew - Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi - Bada Din Mubarak Ho
Hungarian - Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic - Gledileg Jol
Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Italian - Buon Natale or Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Kala - Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Etos
Korean - Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian - Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
Lettish - Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
Manx - Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori - Meri Kirihimete
Marathi - Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo - Merry Keshmish
Northern Sotho - Matlhatse le matlhogonolo mo ngwageng o moswa.
Norwegian - God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar
Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei
Yaahr
Papiamento - Bon Pasku i Felis Anja Nobo
Pig Latin - Errymay ristmaskay
Polish - Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Portuguese - Feliz Natal (Used in Portugal, Brazil and several former Portuguese colonies)
Rapa-Nui - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Romanian - Craciun Fericit
Russian - Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom
Samoan - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Serbian - Hristos se rodi
Scottish - Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
Serbian - Hristos se rodi
Singhalese - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slavonic - Christos Razdajetsja! Slavite Jeho!
Slovak - Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene - Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish - Feliz Navidad (Used in Spain as well as Mexico and most of Central and South America)
Swahili - Krismasi Njema
Swedish - God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ar
Tagalog - Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil - Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai - Sawat Dee Wan Kritsamas
Turkish - Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian - Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu - Bara Din Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese - Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Waray - Maupay nga Pasko ngan Mainuswagon nga Bag-o nga Tu-ig
Welsh - Nadolig Llawen
Zulu - Nginifisela inhlanhla ne mpumelelo e nyakeni
Friday, December 23, 2022
Christmas Eve DX Test for WCGA
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the National Radio Club and International Radio Club of America is pleased to announce a Christmas Eve DX Test for WCGA 1100 in Woodbine, Georgia.
Station owner Wesley Cox explained, “WCGA is a daytime-only station that broadcasts a news/talk format to the Georgia coast at 10,000 watts. We sign off at sundown to protect WTAM in Cleveland, Ohio. But we need to do some maintenance on our Harris DX-10 transmitter and the audio chain, so we thought, let’s do it on Christmas Eve.”
The station will broadcast test tones, Morse Code identifications, long-duration 1 kHz test tones, and Christmas music produced using a modular synthesizer. The testing will begin at 12:01 AM Eastern Time (05:01 UTC) on Saturday morning, December 24th.
The test can be received at great distances, perhaps even in Europe and Scandanavia. Cox welcomes reception reports from faraway listeners, “We’re especially interested in hearing reports about the audio coming from the station, noting any distortion or modulation issues.”
Listeners who hear the test are asked to submit reception reports to the CPC, who will handle the station’s reception reports. Please follow the requirements below:
Send an email of your report, along with a two-minute long recording of your reception in .MP3 or .WAV format to:
dx@highnoonfilm.com
The email should include the following:
John Doe, W4DOE
123 Main Street | Contact Information of DXer
Anytown, AL 35112 |
USA |
johndoe@yephoo.com | Email Address of DXer
Member of both IRCA & NRC | Please note your membership in our clubs.
Drake R8B with a 40? long wire | Information about the equipment used to receive the station.
Remarks | Comments about the station’s audio, interference, frequency stability, or other information you’d like to share.
WCGA.mp3 | Attach a copy of the audio you received.
All emails should be formatted exactly as above. Start with your contact information, and be sure to include the email where you want the QSL emailed.
Reception reports must be received within the next 30 days. The use of remote SDRs to receive the test is discouraged unless it is a receiver location that you have built and maintained specifically for DXing. If a remote SDR is used, you must disclose the location of the receiver and the name of the owner, if known. The remote receiver must be located at least 500 miles from WCGA.
One QSL per DXer.
The CPC would like to thank station owners Wesley and De Cox, along with everyone at Cox Broadcast Group, Inc for working with the DXing community to coordinate the station maintenance. “We wanted to give something back to hobbyists who love radio as we do. It’s also a great way to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Something that gets lost too often in all the hustle of the season. We hope our local listeners will enjoy it too.”
The station will be on the air testing for two hours, using their daytime power and pattern. Their antenna is a six-wire Ron Knott folded unipolar. Don’t miss this chance to hear a rare daytime-only station and put a new one in the logbook.
Les Rayburn, N1LF
les@highnoonfilm.com
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
Farewell to RTL
Reminder: From January 1st, RTL will no longer broadcast its LW signal (234 kHz) from its transmitter in Beidweiler, Luxembourg. It should lower by some 6000 MWh electricity consumption per year. "Adieu, RTL en Grandes Ondes"(Alps DX)
Their longwave station broadcast in French and will sign-off on December 31, 2022.
Annual Christmas Eve NDR 'Greetings On-Board' program
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On Christmas Eve 2022, NDR Info will send Christmas messages to seafarers all over the world. Families and friends can wish their loved ones a Merry Christmas in the traditional show "Greetings on board"!
What would Christmas Eve be without the NDR Info show "Greetings on Board"? It is a long tradition of Norddeutscher Rundfunk to greet seafarers on ships all over the world for Christmas.
"Greetings on Board": How to receive the broadcast
Service: "Greetings on board" from NDR Info can be received via VHF frequencies, shortwave, DAB+ and live streams. The shortwave frequencies for 2022 have now arrived!
It’s always been an entertaining four hours, even for non-German-speaking listeners. The broadcast last year was reduced to three hours (with the Christmas Mass being cut from the broadcast) and further suffered a couple of technical issues, so we hope that this year’s broadcast will be trouble-free.
The Broadcast will run 3-4 hrs in period 1800-2300 on 24 December.
Programming scheduled as:
registered with HFCC for these hours, but note that not all of them will necessarily be used.
1800-1900: 6080-tac, 9610-mos, 9740-nau, 9810-mos, 9820-iss, 11650-nau, 17610-rmi
1900-2000: 6030-arm, 6080-nau, 6080-tac, 9610-mos, 9740-nau, 9810-mos, 9820-iss,
11650-iss, 11650-nau, 17610-rmi
2000-2100: 6030-arm, 6080-nau, 6080-tac, 9610-mos, 9740-nau, 9810-mos, 9820-iss,
11650-iss, 11650-nau, 17610-rmi
2100-2300: 6145-nau, 6155-arm, 9590-iss, 9675-mos, 9740-nau, 9830-iss
(A Roe/BDXC)
Radio Delta International, December 25, 26
Netherlands
Radio Delta International via Elburg will broadcast on December 25/26
All times UTC
Christmas and New Year’s Eve:
25/12/2022 6020kHz + 11730kHz 7.00UTC - 16.00UTC
26/12/2022 6020kHz + 11730kHz 7.00UTC - 16.00UTC
On both days 11730kHz will be on air in the evening for the intercontinental DX Test.
31/12/2022 6020kHz + 11730kHz 7.00UTC - 16.00UTC
01/01/2022 6020kHz + 11730kHz 7.00UTC - 16.00UTC
On both days 11730kHz will be on air in the evening for the intercontinental DX Test.
(Peter Jones/BDXC)
The Mighty KBC is slated for December 25 broadcast
On Christmas Day, The Mighty KBC will broadcast their final program on 5960 kHz via Nauen, Germany, at 0000-0200 UTC.
From January 1, 2023, The Mighty KBC will be using the facilities of WRMI in Okeechobee, Florida. The Mighty KBC is on the air each Sunday via WRMI, 2200-0000 UTC on 5950 kHz for the winter period.
Bible Voice Broadcast updates winter schedule
Bible Voice Broadcasting has updated its winter broadcast schedule. PDF link at:
New schedule for Denge Welat
Clandestine station, Denge Welat via Tashkent, Uzbekistan relay (formerly from Issoudun, France)
All times UTC
0330-0430 - 11539.8vTAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11540 kHz ISS
0430-1200 - 11549.8vTAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11540 kHz ISS
1200-1400 - 11579.8vTAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11540 kHz ISS
1400-1600 - 11529.8vTAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11540 kHz ISS
1600-1700 - 7459.8vTAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 7460 kHz ISS
1700-2000 -7484.8vTAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 7460 kHz ISS
2000-2200 - 7469.8vTAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 7460 kHz ISS
0330-1600 - 11540.0 EMR 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs jammer, TRT Recep Erdogan
1600-2200 - 7460.0 EMR 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs jammer, TRT Recep Erdogan
Switching between frequencies very often happens earlier than the exact time
(DXB 23 Dec 2022)
Important Update: Covid-19 stops SAQ on Christmas Eve morning
SAQ will not air this Christmas.
Important update!
Covid-19 is currently, again, spreading around the world, also to Sweden and to Grimeton.
Due to Covid-19 infection in the Alexander team, SAQ will not be able to air on Christmas Eve morning, Dec 24th, 2022. No one is seriously ill, only mild symptoms, however, we can not put anyone in the team at risk.
For that same reason, the radio station will be closed for visitors and SK6SAQ will not be QRV, on that same day.
We feel very sorry for this and ask for everyone’s understanding.
From the whole Alexander team at World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station, we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Join the Alexander Association
We welcome you as a member of the Alexander SAQ Grimeton Friendship Association, to support our non-profit activities in preserving, documenting and bringing to life the unique Alexanderson alternator from 1924.
As a member, You get a 10% discount on World Heritage Grimeton's entry, shop and activities, and free admission to Alexander's evening displays and to the Alexanderson Day, upon presentation of your membership card. Four times per year, you will receive our online magazine “Alternator”, exclusively available only to our members.
Members also get access to our online library with lots of unique historical documents about SAQ and the Alexanderson alternator.
Membership costs SEK 125 / year.
Apply For Membership Now!
Help us to keep SAQ Grimeton operational.
Just a small donation will be of great help to us, in our work to keep SAQ in operational condition. Your donation will go to the work of maintaining, displaying and running the historical Alexanderson alternator, as well as passing on knowledge to current and future generations.
*The world heritage site Grimeton is a living cultural heritage. All transmissions with the long-wave transmitter SAQ are therefore preliminary and may be canceled at short notice.
Christmas Day programming
25 December 2022
0000UT: Rock-it Radio Gary K's Vintage Vinyl Treasure Chest Christmas (on 5950 via WRMI)
0100UT: Rock-it Radio Bennie Dingo's Christmas Special (on 5950 via WRMI)
0200UT: 2022 Texas Christmas (on 5950 via WRMI)
0300UT: 2022 Texas Christmas (on 6160 via WBCQ)
1000UT: 2022 Texas Christmas (on 9670 via Channel 292)
1200UT: 2022 Texas Christmas (on 15770 via WRMI)
1900UT: Rock-it Radio Gary K's Vintage Vinyl Treasure Chest Xmas (on 3955 via Ch292) #
TRSW’s final Channel 292 broadcast on 25 December at 1900UTC
on 3955 kHz, (ending three years of TRSW via Channel 292) there will be a special eQSL for this
final show and they’ll also accept reports from listeners using remote receivers.
(A Roe/BDXC)
Thursday, December 22, 2022
The Shortwave Marathon to broadcast December 26
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| Moosbrunn, Austria transmitters |
The Shortwave Marathon on 6070 kHz via Moosbrunn, Austria, will broadcast on 26 December 2022.
All times UTC
0900-1000 on 6070 MOS 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu German SM Radio Dessau
1000-1100 on 6070 MOS 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu German RADIO DARC
1100-1200 on 6070 MOS 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu German SatZentrale
1200-1300 on 6070 MOS 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Jake FM
1300-1400 on 6070 MOS 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Decade AM
1400-1500 on 6070 MOS 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Radio Klein Paris
(DXB 12 Dec 2022)
(photo via Wikimedia)
16 Gwendoline Street holiday programming
Christmas Eve 1323 to Alpine and central Europe 2030 UTC
Christmas Day 1323 to Alpine and central Europe 2030 UTC
Christmas Day 9510 to Europe.1230 UTC
New Year's Eve 1323 to Alpine and central Europe 2030 UTC
New Year's Day 1323 to Alpine and central Europe 2030 UTC
New Years' Day 9510 to Europe 1230 UTC
(Stephen Jones)
BBC World Service and the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, is scheduled to broadcast on BBC World Service. It is based around nine Bible readings, which tell the story of the loving purposes of God. They are interspersed with carols old and new, sung by the world-famous Choir of King’s College Cambridge, which also leads the
the congregation in traditional Christmas hymns.
It will be broadcast (as every year) on Christmas Eve, 24 December, from 1500-1630UTC, on the following scheduled frequencies:
1500-1600: 9410-sla, 12025-sng
1600-1630: 7445-mdc, 12065-sng, 17640-asc, 17830-asc, 21630-asc
(It is possible that some frequencies may be extended later or earlier to accommodate the transmission).
(A Roe/BDXC)
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
SAQ Grimeton scheduled to Air on Christmas Eve morning, Dec. 24th, 2022
On Christmas Eve morning, Saturday, December 24th 2022, SAQ Grimeton is scheduled* to be on the air, to send out the traditional Christmas message to the whole world, using the 200kW Alexanderson alternator from 1924, on 17.2 kHz CW.
On Christmas Eve morning, Saturday December 24th 2022, SAQ Grimeton is scheduled* to be on the air, to send out the traditional Christmas message to the whole world, using the 200kW Alexanderson alternator from 1924, on 17.2 kHz CW.
YouTube channel
Live Video Stream from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station.
Scheduled at 08:25 CET (07:25 UTC) on Dec 24th, 2022
QSL Reports to SAQ
QSL reports to SAQ are most welcome and appreciated!
For guaranteed E-QSL from us, please report using our ONLINE QSL FORM.
We can not guarantee that reports by Email/mail / bureau will be confirmed.
The online form will be open from December 24th, 2022 until January 13th, 2023.
Amateur Radio Station SK6SAQ
The Amateur Radio Station with the call “SK6SAQ” will be QRV on the following frequencies:
– 3.535 kHz CW
– 7.035 kHz CW
– 14.035 KHz CW
– 3.755 kHz SSB
– 7.140 kHz SSB
QSL-reports to SK6SAQ (NOT SAQ) are kindly received via:
– Email to info@alexander.n.se
– or via: SM bureau
– or direct by postal mail (link to address here)Two stations will be on the air most of the time.
Visiting World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station
Visitors are most welcome to World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station on Christmas morning, Dec 24th. The doors to the transmitter hall will open at 08:00 CET. The entrance is free of charge and we will offer free coffee with Christmas buns and ginger snaps.
Support us to keep SAQ in running condition!
We welcome you as a member of the Alexander Grimeton Friendship Association, to support our non-profit activities in preserving, documenting and bringing to life the unique Alexanderson alternator from 1924.
As a member, You get a 10% discount on World Heritage Grimeton’s entry, shop and activities, and free admission to Alexander’s evening displays and to the Alexanderson Day, upon presentation of your membership card. Four times per year, you will receive our online magazine “Alternator”, exclusively available only to our members.
NEW!: As member, you will gain access to our online library with many unique, historical documents, related to the Alexanderson alternator.
Alexander members also have free admission to the Radio Museum in Gothenburg.
Membership costs SEK 125 / year (approx. EUR 12.-).
Monday, December 19, 2022
KSKO’s Paul Walker to relay a two hour Christmas program on shortwave on December 23, 2022
Tune in for two hours of nothing but Christmas tunes on December 23rd and it’s extra special because it’ll be a live worldwide broadcast of KSKO on Shortwave!!
From 2200-2400UTC (1pm Alaska, 2pm Pacific, 5pm Eastern) we’ll be live across Europe on the 250,000 watts of Spaceline Bulgaria’s 5900 kHz transmitter along with the 100KW WRMI 7570 kHz covering North America and the 100KW WRMI 9955 kHz covering Latin America.
(Paul Walker)
BBC Radio and BBC Sounds to bring festive joy, magical stories and musical treats for audiences this Christmas
"We’ve got a bumper year of festive cheer lined up for our listeners as we invite them to celebrate this season with us across our much loved stations and BBC Sounds."
— Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer
"From magical stories to musical treats and content full of laughter, reflections and brilliant guests, there’s so much to choose from, and once again BBC Radio will provide the perfect Christmas soundtrack for audiences, whatever they are in the mood for.”
Go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/bbc-radio-and-bbc-sounds-christmas-2022 for complete program schedules, something that will appeal to one and all.
Additional links on the website; click on Christmas 2022 for program times dates and descriptions
BBC Sounds
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Asian Network
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 3
BBC Orchestras and Choirs
BBC Radio 4
Radio 4 Extra
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC 6 Music
BBC Radio World Service English
Christmas 2022
Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins
Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2022 Dec 19 0151 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 12 - 18 December 2022
Solar activity reached high levels on 14-16 Dec, and low levels were observed on 12-13 and 18 Dec. Region 3165 (S19, L=279, class/area=Ekc/340 on 15 Dec) produced the bulk of this period's M-flare activity. In total 29 M-class flares were observed during this period, of which two exceeded R2 (Moderate) levels (an M6/2b flare at 14/1442 UTC and an M5 flare at 15/2240 UTC). No Earth-directed CMEs were observed during this period.
No proton events were observed in geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels throughout the period.
Geomagnetic field activity was quiet to unsettled on 12-13 Dec, and quiet on 14-18 Dec. K-index calculations were unavailable due to an outage on 16-17 Dec.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 19 December - 14 January 2023
Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for R1-R2 (Minor-Moderate) events and a slight chance for R3 or greater events throughout the forecast period.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 22-24 Dec, and 26 Dec-02 Jan. Normal to moderate levels are expected on 19-21, 25 Dec, and 03-14 Jan.
Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G1 (Minor) storm levels on 21, 25-28 Dec, and 03 Jan due to CH HSS influences. Active levels are likely on 19-20, 22, 29, 31 Dec. Quiet and quiet to unsettled levels are expected to prevail throughout the remainder of
the forecast period.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2022 Dec 19 0152 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2022-12-19
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2022 Dec 19 150 12 4
2022 Dec 20 145 10 4
2022 Dec 21 130 20 5
2022 Dec 22 120 12 4
2022 Dec 23 118 8 3
2022 Dec 24 118 5 2
2022 Dec 25 120 18 5
2022 Dec 26 125 20 5
2022 Dec 27 127 20 5
2022 Dec 28 130 20 5
2022 Dec 29 130 12 4
2022 Dec 30 135 10 3
2022 Dec 31 138 12 4
2023 Jan 01 140 8 3
2023 Jan 02 150 5 2
2023 Jan 03 155 18 5
2023 Jan 04 160 10 3
2023 Jan 05 160 10 3
2023 Jan 06 160 8 3
2023 Jan 07 160 10 3
2023 Jan 08 158 6 2
2023 Jan 09 156 5 2
2023 Jan 10 154 5 2
2023 Jan 11 154 5 2
2023 Jan 12 152 5 2
2023 Jan 13 150 5 2
2023 Jan 14 150 5 3
(NOAA)
Sunday, December 18, 2022
New schedule for Mike Radio
Heerde, Netherlands
Effective: 25 December 2022
All times UTC
Dutch
0000-1600 - 5870 HEE 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Sun, ex 5880 kHz
1600-2400 - 5840*HEE 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Sun, ex 3940 kHz
*Alternative 3940 HEE 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Sun but is irregular
(DXB 18 Dec 2022)
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Amazing apps from VOA+
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You
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free and receive VOA news and information.
And
speaking of VOA… the 2023 PDF calendar is available for free download at: https://docs.voanews.eu/en-US-INSIDE/2022/09/22/0c520000-0aff-0242-9906-08da9c9bd218.pdf The color edition
features U.S. Islands from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Mackinac Island, Assateague,
Padre Island, Santa Catalina, Key West, Whidbey Island, Kodiak Island, Long
Island, Guam and Nantucket. The 2023 edition would great at your listening
post!
(excerpt from Bits & Bytes/Global Radio Guide Winter 2022-2023 By Gayle Van Horn)
Friday, December 16, 2022
Shortwave Radiogram schedules
Hello friends
I hope you are enjoying the holiday season.
Our transmission last Tuesday at 1530 UTC on 9955 kHz was not on the air due to some issue at WRMI. I am hearing WRMI now (2255 UTC) on 9955, so whatever the problem was, it's resolved now.
Our newest transmission from WRMI is tonight/tomorrow morning at 0530-0600 UTC on 7780 kHz. The signal was not great last week anywhere in the world, but let's see what happens this time. The 7780 might reach Europe, although reception is more likely in the Americas.
A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 282) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 1300 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. The analysis is prepared by Roger in Germany.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 283, 16-20 December 2022, in MFSK modes as noted:
1:33 MFSK32: Program preview
2:40 MFSK32: New Zealand enacts generational ban on tobacco
7:00 MFSK64: Mistletoe is a nutrient-stealing parasite*
13:04 MFSK64: This week's images*
27:32 MFSK32: Closing announcements
* with image(s)
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit 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
The Mighty KBC transmits to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 7-9 pm EST) on 5960 kHz, via Germany. A minute of MFSK is at about 0130 UTC. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com. See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/. Starting January 1, The Mighty KBC will broadcast Sundays, 2200-2400 UTC, on 5950 kHz from WRMI Florida, replacing 5960 kHz.
“This is a Music Show” Most of the show is a music show, but the host transmits some MFSK-64 text and image near the end of the broadcast. It’s transmitted on WRMI, Thursdays at 0200-0300 UTC on 5850 kHz (Wednesday evening in the Americas). Also look for a waterfall ID at the beginning of the show. thisisamusicshow@gmail.com www.twitter.com/ThisIsAMusicSho/ @ThisIsAMusicSho https://thisisamusicshow.com
Pop Shop Radio from British Columbia, Canada, includes "a whole variety of pop music, such as records from the 1960s and 1970s that were played on Top-40 radio stations not only in North America but also on offshore radio and stations like Radio Luxembourg." The programs now include some MFSK text and an image. Website: popshopradio.ca. Twitter: @popshopradio1 Email: radiopopshop@gmail.com.
Thanks for your reception reports!
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom
Encore-Classical Music from Radio Tumbril
Regular Broadcast times of Encore are:
02:00 - 03:00 UTC Friday 5850 kHz WRMI to US
11:00 - 12:00 UTC Saturday 6070 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
Repeated:
01:00 - 02:00 UTC Sunday 7730 & 5850 kHz WRMI to Europe US and Canada
17:00 – 18:00 UTC Sunday 9670 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
22:00 - 23:00 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, the east coast of US and Iceland.
20:00 – 21:00 UTC Friday 6070 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
Some additions to the website:
The Encore website is www.tumbril.co.uk where you will find:
Important information about 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.
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMME - (First broadcast this coming FRIDAY (or that's the plan anyway) by WRMI at 0200 UTC on 5850, and then Channel 292 on SATURDAY at 11:00 UTC on 6070 and 9670 kHz):
Starts with some film music by Roque Banos, part of the Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninoff, and two Poems set to music by Benjamin Britten.
After that the cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays some jazz, Liza Lim flies to the moon with Chang-O, and Niccolò Paganini plays us out with some violin & piano.
Channel 292 can be pulled live off the internet if the reception is poor in your location. Easy to find their site with a google search.
A very good site for online SDR receivers all over the world is: http://kiwisdr.com/public/ Click the 'Map' button in the top left of the screen.
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
The last days of RTL Luxembourg
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| Radio Luxembourg from the days of shortwave |
This a reminder that RTL Luxembourg, 234 kHz will close on 31 December.
According to the station “Faced with the energy crisis, energy sobriety actions were necessary.”
Mike Terry to Longwaveradiolistening iog (2022-12-16)
Slovakia medium wave closurers
RTVS shutting down medium wave.
The official statement from Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska appeared on the webpage. 1098 kHz from Nitra – Jarok and 702 kHz from Košice – ?ižatice are shutting down for good on 31.12.2022.
“Termination of Slovak Radio’s medium wave broadcasting"
On 31 December 2022, Radio and Television of Slovakia will end the operation of medium-wave radio transmitters:
– NE Košice in the ?ižatice location on a frequency of 702 kHz
– NE Nitra in the Jarok location on the frequency 1098 kHz
Both transmitters were used to broadcast the national broadcast of Radio Patria between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. in the evening. In the night hours, it was supplemented by the broadcasting of the RTVS Rádio Devín program service.
Medium-wave radio broadcasting accompanied its listeners for a long time – from 1926 to the present day.
You can find more about the history of radio broadcasting in Slovakia on our website: https://www.rtvs.sk/historia/casova-os .
Medium wave broadcasting was gradually replaced by FM broadcasting in the VHF band and listeners on medium waves gradually decreased.
Today, Slovak Radio is expanding its coverage in the T-DAB+ digital broadcasting standard in band III.
More about our plans for the development of digital broadcasting: https://www.rtvs.sk/radio/dab/ dijektelno-rozhlasove- va?etnienie “
Jakub Fabo (2022-12-15)
(Ydun's MW)
Solar Activity and shortwave listening
Solar Activity Intensifies
After months of relative calm, the sun burst back into life yesterday with a remarkable series of M-class solar flares. The fusillade ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere and caused a rolling global shortwave radio blackout.
If current trends continue, an X-flare may be in the offing, with at least one dangerous sunspot directly facing Earth.
Ydun Ritz (2022-12-15)
Radio Telstar set for Saturday broadcast
Join Dutch station Radio Telstar and friends for a broadcast on Saturday, December 17 from 1100-1400 UTC on 6045 kHz.
Programming will transmit from the 100kW, Nauen, Germany transmitter.
FRS-Holland set for December 18 broadcast
On Sunday, December 18th FRS-Holland will be ringing out 2022 with its traditional Seasonal December broadcast. Programs will start at 08:52 UTC/ 09:52 CET.
Holiday Season Broadcast
Our traditional December broadcast is just around the corner!
The broadcast will be on next Sunday December 18th. FRS-Holland will continue a long time tradition, ringing out the year.It was in the early 1980s that we started with December XMas broadcasts. Only very few times in the past 41 years, FRS was absent in December.
It will be worthwhile tuning our way, so we invite you to join us next week's Sunday!
For detailed information surf to: http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/157-frs-seasonal-december-broadcast-2.html
FRS Special 42nd Anniversary QSL card
It took some time...the production of the special QSL card related to our 42nd Anniversary broadcast. We received a few minor setbacks. Meanwhile, we can proudly announce the handmade QSL has been finished and is ready to send either as an eQSL or a much nicer/ better looking one!) hard copy. It's a very special one...the hard copy really is a must-have and collector's item!!
For those who sent an e-mail report: you still have the opportunity to go for a hard copy. Send 3 euro to our mailing address or if you have Paypal, transfer the money via Paypal (addressed to: frs@frsholland.nl). Safe, quick and easy! You won't regret it.
For listeners from outside Europe: please pay 5 euro.
Good listening and Happy Holidays!
73s, Peter V. (on behalf of the FRS team)
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Denge Welat schedule update
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Effective 13 December 2022
Clandestine station, Denge Welat in Kurdish via TDF Issoudun, France relay.
All times UTC
Kurdish
0330-1600 on 11540 (250 kW) to WeAs
1600-2200 on 7460 (250 kW) to WeAs
(Teak Publishing)
Monday, December 12, 2022
Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins
Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2022 Dec 12 0123 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 05 - 11 December 2022
Solar activity was at low levels through the period. A total of 46 C-class flares were observed from Regions 3153 (S17, L=327, class/area Fko/1080 on 04 Dec ), 3155 (N23, L=026, class/area Dai/140 on 04 Dec), 3156 (N25, L=319, class/area Dao/220 on 03 Dec), 3157 (N16, L=305, class/area Esi/230 on 10 Dec), 3158 (N24, L=354, class/area Dai/110 on 05 Dec), 3161 (N26, L=312, class/area Bxo/020 on 09 Dec), 3162 (S13, L=239, class/area Hsx/070 on 10 Dec) and 3163 (S20, L=217, class/area Eso/140 on 11 Dec). During the period, numrous CMEs were observed, but none were detected to have Earth-directed components.
No proton events were observed in geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels on 05-07 Dec with a peak flux reading of 2,610 pfu observed at 05/1450 UTC. Moderate levels were observed on 08-11 Dec. Geomagnetic field activity generally ranged from quiet to unsettled
levels throughout the period. Isolated active levels were observed on 07-09 Dec with an isolated minor storm (G1-Minor) reading at midday on 07 Dec. Positive polarity CH HSS influences were present on 05 Dec and negative polarity CH HSS influences were present on
07-10 Dec. Wind speeds reached a maximum reading of about 610 km/s late on 08 Dec.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 12 December - 07 January 2023
Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels throughout the outlook period. M-class (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) flares are possible on 11-31 Dec due to current and returning M-class producing regions.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 24-31 Dec and 01-03 Jan due to CH HSS influence. Low to moderate levels are expected on 12-23 Dec and 04-07 Jan.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on 19-20 Dec, 22-31 Dec, 01 Jan and 03-06 Jan. Minor storm (G1-Minor) levels are possible on 22 Dec and 25-28 Dec. This activity is all due to recurrent CH HSS effects.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2022 Dec 12 0123 UTC
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# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2022-12-12
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2022 Dec 12 145 5 2
2022 Dec 13 140 5 2
2022 Dec 14 130 5 2
2022 Dec 15 125 5 2
2022 Dec 16 120 5 2
2022 Dec 17 115 5 2
2022 Dec 18 115 5 2
2022 Dec 19 115 10 3
2022 Dec 20 115 10 3
2022 Dec 21 115 5 2
2022 Dec 22 115 20 5
2022 Dec 23 120 15 4
2022 Dec 24 120 12 4
2022 Dec 25 120 20 5
2022 Dec 26 120 20 5
2022 Dec 27 120 20 5
2022 Dec 28 120 20 5
2022 Dec 29 125 12 4
2022 Dec 30 130 10 3
2022 Dec 31 135 12 4
2023 Jan 01 145 8 3
2023 Jan 02 145 5 2
2023 Jan 03 145 18 5
2023 Jan 04 145 10 3
2023 Jan 05 145 10 3
2023 Jan 06 145 8 3
2023 Jan 07 145 5 2
(NOAA)