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Friday, October 03, 2025

Russian pirate station from Belarus active on 3940 kHz

 

BELARUS {Putin's imperial war music radio? } 3940 kHz, 'Music Wave Radio', 1842-2024 UT, Sept 27, Russian songs and comments. 25422.
(Manuel Mendez, Lugo-ESP, hcdx Sept 28)  {rather Russian pirate stn ? }

BELARUS   3940 kHz  'Music Wave Radio', 1933-2031 UT on Sept 06, Russian, male, comments, music, songs. 25422. (Manuel Méndez-ESP/DX Fanzine)

For a long time I've been noticing logs of a Russian station on 3940 kHz named "Music Wave Radio". I never managed to hear this ID but the other day I heard "Russkoe Piratskoe Radio" (Russian Pirate Radio) and e-mail
address  podradio@mail.ru

I sent off a report and the next day came a response from Evgeny Shaden with a QSL and some info: 'Russian Pirate Radio' is indeed the name of the station, "Music Wave Radio" together with "Nostalgic Broadcasts" and "Radio Wagner" {Russian Legion of Foreign Soldiers group left Mali territory recently} are just the titles of the programmes. 

My observation is, that their programmes are generally biased towards patriotism. Their schedule is Saturday and Sunday 1900 "until early in the morning. They give the transmitter power as 20 kW, which would explain the strength, but they will not disclose even the country where the transmitter is located.
(Vashek Korintek-Czech Republic / 'Shortwave Bulletin'; Sept 27)
(WWDXC/Top Nx 1630-03 Oct 2025
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Studios of Scandinavian Weekend Radio


The monthly broadcast from Finland's Scandinavian Weekend Radio will be broadcast this weekend. Programming will feature The Best Soul, Funk and R&B.  

Don't miss it - for additional information and the October schedule, go to: http://www.swradio.net/

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Finland's RealMix Radio ready for weekend broadcast

 
2024 QSL from RadioMix Rado

RealMix Radio, which broadcast on  6195 kHz, is back on the air this weekend, October 4,5, 2025. 

During the station's recent autumn break, both the technology and the station's software got an overhaul!

Check out the station's programs and schedules on the RealMix website at https://www.realmix.fi/
Have a nice weekend with RealMix Radio

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Trans World Radio nears Guam closedown on October 25

 
KTWR Guam transmitters


Trans World Radio, KTWR, Guam, will go off air permanently on 25 Oct 2025 after 48 years of service.  

Their current schedule till that date is as follows:

All times UTC

1045-1100 15120  Mongolian (ex Sun)
1100-1115  15120 Mongolian
1215-1245 9975 Mon - Fri English, Sun Japanese
1230-1245 12040 Karen (Sun)
1245-1315 15400 English & Indian languages
1500-1600 9900 Korean
1600-1630 15390 DRM (Sat)
1600-1645 15390  DRM (Sun)

Reception Reports to asiafeedback@twr.org
TWR)  
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UK Propagation Update

 


RSGB

GB2RS News Team | October 3, 2025

Last week was characterised by very unsettled geomagnetic conditions with a Kp index that reached 7.33 on 30 September and was often above 5. 
This is not good for HF propagation!

But what caused this? A high-speed solar wind stream at around 750 kilometres per second, coupled with the Bz component of the Sun’s magnetic field pointing south, led to the disruption. But there didn’t seem to be any particular solar event that triggered the high-speed solar wind stream.

The Russell-McPherron effect is probably to blame. This is a phenomenon where the alignment of the Earth’s and the Sun’s magnetic fields, during the equinoxes around March and September, allows charged particles from the solar wind to more easily penetrate the Earth’s magnetosphere.

This enhanced connection leads to more intense geomagnetic storms and increased aurora activity as the Bz aligns favourably with the Earth’s magnetic field at these times. This may pass as we get further into October.

As a result of the geomagnetic storm, maximum usable frequencies, or MUFs, have often been lower than normal. A quick listen on 28MHz on Wednesday 1 October confirmed the poor conditions. It’s a shame as October is normally a fantastic month for HF DX.

The solar flux index peaked at 187 on 30 September, having been above
170 since 28 September.

Next week NOAA predicts that the solar flux index will remain above 150 to 160 all week. The good news is that geomagnetic conditions are forecast to improve, with a maximum Kp index of 3. If that comes to pass, we can expect HF to be better after a day or two, and we might be able to make the most of the autumnal conditions for DX.

VHF and up:

The current spell of unsettled weather, mainly over northern areas, is typical of the season, but it’s also common to find high pressure passing by in between the deeper lows. In the current pattern, the highs are mainly for the southern half of Britain. This will bring some good Tropo conditions at times for the VHF and UHF bands.

As we head into autumn, these lifts may linger through much of the morning on some days before the temperature rise breaks down any temperature inversion. A good clue is that it’s usually over when the overnight fog clears.

On the other hand, there will probably be some good rain scatter opportunities on the GHz bands as the active lows push fronts across the country, especially in the north. There are signs that we may return to high pressure over the country during the RSGB 2025 Convention weekend from the 10 to 12 October.

We have a meteor shower to play with during the coming week. The Draconids peak on Wednesday 8 October, but the shower stream is spread over the whole of the week.

Lastly, there have been some reasonable auroral events recently so, as usual, keep a watch on the Kp index going over 5 since, as we said earlier, these autumn months are very much favoured for auroral activity.

For EME operators, the Moon’s declination is increasing and goes positive tomorrow, the 6 October, so lengthening Moon windows and increasing peak elevation is the story for the coming week.

Path losses continue to fall as we approach perigee on 8 October. 144MHz sky noise will be low for much of the next seven days.

https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/propagation-news/2025/10/03/propagation-news-5-october-2025/
(Mike Terry, UK/BDXC)

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Encore classical music from Radio Tumbril

 Encore classical music from Radio Tumbril

Starts with a Song by 16th Century composer Giobanni Bassano scores for cornet instead of voice, Part of a Ravel string quartet, and some modern sitar music.

After that - part of the violin concerto in E Minor by Mendelssohn, and an aria by Handel.
The programme finishes with some of the 'Trout' Quintet from Schubert , and the poem Pleasure no More by Clément Marot set to music by Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade.





Dear Listener,
Regular Broadcast times of Encore By WRMI and Channel 292 are:
02:00 - 03:00 UTC Friday 5850 kHz WRMI to US
20:00 - 21:00 UTC Friday 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe
10:00 - 11:00 UTC Saturday 9670 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
01:00 - 02:00 UTC Sunday 5850 kHz WRMI to US and Canada
19:00 - 20:00 UTC Sunday 3955 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
02:00 - 03:00 UTC Monday 5950 kHz WRMI to the US and Canada
13:00 - 14:00 UTC Tuesday 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe, east coast of US and Iceland. (Sometimes RTTY on the lower sideband. Suggest notch out or use USB.)

Some Things to see on The Encore Website:
The Encore website is www.tumbril.co.uk where you will find:
Important information about funding of Encore - Radio Tumbril.
Up to date transmission times and frequencies.
The playlists for the most recent programmes.
An email link.
Informal reception reports as well as those requesting eQSL cards are welcome.

WRMI and Channel 292 are very generous with their air-time but Encore still costs around 100 Dollars/Euros a month to broadcast.
If you can - please send a small contribution to help Encore keep going.

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

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

THIS FORTNIGHT'S PROGRAMME - First broadcast on FRIDAY 3rd October by WRMI at 0200 UTC on 5850, and 2000 UTC on 15770 and then Channel 292 on SATURDAY 4thj Octobeer at 10:00 UTC on 9670 kHz:
Starts with a Song by 16th Century composer Giobanni Bassano scores for cornet instead of voice, Part of a Ravel string quartet, and some modern sitar music.
After that - part of the violin concerto in E Minor by Mendelssohn, and an aria by Handel.
The programme finishes with some of the 'Trout' Quintet from Schubert , and the poem Pleasure no More by Clément Marot set to music by Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade.

(This bulletin is sent by Bcc to the many hundreds of listeners who have been in contact with Encore over the last nearly six years of broadcasting Encore.)

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

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New Season of Calling All Radio Nutzz (CARN) Begins in October

 


                                      Jen and GB announce the new season of CARN.


New programs from Calling All Radio Nutzz will be full of news, views, and LIVE tuning from both coasts, plus other information related to the HF spectrum that's DC to daylight. A New Interval Series, plus continuing Radio Waves and the Ionosphere. A link to the book itself is available on The Internet Archive, with full details in the first program. New tapes from GB's DXpeditions and radio experiments.
 
Here are the dates and times

All times UTC

October 4 - 1800
November 29 - 1900

2026
January 31 - 1900
February 28 -  1900
March 28 - 1900
April 25 - 1800


For your contact pleasure

We look forward to presenting the shows to you, and hope you can join us on Saturdays throughout the DX Season.

73's & 33's
Jen & GB
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Wednesday, October 01, 2025

October programming from Texas Radio Shortwave

 
October QSL from Texas Radio Shortwave


Programming relayed from stations in Germany, as indicated 

All times UTC/kHz

Featuring the Music of B.J. Thomas

October 3   1900 - 6160  to Europe  ShortwaveRadio

October 5  1200 -  9670 to Europe  Channel 292
          2300 -  9670 to North America Channel 292

October 8  1900  - 3975/6160 to Europe  ShortwaveRadio

                                    
2025 Texas Halloween Music

Special Halloween QSL from Texas Radio Shortwave


October 31   2000 - 3975/6160 to Europe  from Shortwave Radio relay
             2300 -  9670 to North America  Channel 292 relay  

This schedule is subject to change based on propagation conditions, listener requests for specific Texas artists or music genres, and factors beyond our control.

Texas Radio Shortwave is an independent producer of musical and topical shows, usually about Texas.
Programs for Europe (Eur) and beyond on ShortwaveRadio in Winsen, Germany, are transmitted with 1 kilowatt into crossed dipole antennas.

Programs for Europe (Eur) and beyond on Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany, are transmitted with 10 kilowatts into a vertical antenna.

Programs for North America (NAm) and beyond on Channel 292 are transmitted with 10 kilowatts into a 10.5 dB gain beam antenna.

Texas Radio Shortwave uses a version of The Yellow Rose of Texas as its Interval Signal/Signature Song.

Texas Radio Shortwave verifies correct, detailed reception reports by electronic QSL. This includes reports from listeners using remote receivers (SDRs). Texas Radio

Many TRSW programs are archived at www.mixcloud.com/texasradiosw.
Texas Radio Shortwave's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/texasradiosw.
Texas Radio Shortwave's Listeners' Group Facebook page is www.facebook.com/groups/580199276066655/.
(TRSW) 
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Blog Logs - October 2025

 

Welcome to the October issue of Blog Logs. Thank you for your emails, logging contributions and following my latest daily tweets on X at: Shortwave Central (Gayle Van Horn W4GVH) @QSLRptMT

Have you subscribed to the Shortwave Central YouTube channel? You will find a vast selection 
of videos and audio airchecks, and the Playlist is growing! Join your fellow radio enthusiasts at: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShortwaveCentral 

The Shortwave Central blog brings you the latest from the ever-changing realm of radio. Additional radio information is covered in my Bits & Bytes monthly column in The Spectrum Monitor e-zine at: https://www.thespectrummonitor.com/

Languages as indicated
// denotes station heard on a parallel frequency
*Sign-on Sign-Off*/ frequencies in kHz
Monitoring  July 1-30, 2025   

UTC, frequencies kHz 

Mediumwave
Argentina
1510, Radio Belgrano, Suarsi. Spanish coverage of an indoor soccer match (Futsal), Deportivo and Union, with fans demonstrating at the sports gym. SINPO 25542. (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, Brazil).

Bolivia
1500, Radio Tawantinsuyo, la Paz. Spanish at 0039. SINPO 24442. Interference from Radio Jacuipe, Riachao do Jacuipe, Bahia.(Grimm).
1560, Radio Luz del Mundo La Paz at 0123. Religious program to health items on maintaining good health. “Radio Luz del Mundo” ID, bestter in LSB (Grimm).



Brazil
620, Rádio Jandaia do Sul PR, 0502-0513. Brazilian songs to local ads and time check. Station ID “Jandaia” to vocal tune by Tim Maia. SINPO 25432 (Grimm).
730, Rádio Marumby, Curitiba, PR 0541-0553.Chrisitan vocal music to hymn “Chuvas de bencãos (Showers of Blessings). Station ID “a palavra do Senhor através da música Marumby.” SINPO 24532 (Grimm).
830, Rádio Tropical, Nova Iguaçu RJ 0025-0029. Romantic musical ballad from Lionel Ritchie. Station ID “Tropical AM.” SINPO 35433 (Grimm).
930, Rádio Cultura, Curitba PR, 0018-0024. Advertisement for ‘COPEL” to local time check. Station jingle to “Cultura.” SINPO 34543 (Grimm).
1490, Rádio Difusora, Olimpia, SP at 2152. Station relaying Rádio Bandeirantes with sports news. SINPO 34543 (Grimm).
1500 Rádio Aparecida do Sul. Heard at 2138 with Brazilian style ‘sertanejo’ music. SINPO 35443 (Grimm).

Uruguay
930, Radio Monte Carlo, Montevideo. Spanish programming 0030-0040. Station ID “Transmite Monte Carlo, 930AM…Informativo.” Local time check. SINPO 35333 (Grimm).
1520, Radio Celeste, Tomás Gomensoro. Spanish 2340-2346. Uruguayan-style sequential songs. Verification from the Internet station stream. SINPO 23522 (Grimm).

Shortwave
Classic QSL from KNLS
Alaska
11875, KNLS Anchor Point 0805-0822. Chinese program comments. SINPO 25422 (Manuel Méndez/BDXC).KNLS log on 9580 at 1451. English program, Creation Moment. Excellent signal. 9580 at 1000 with English service IDs and an interval signal. (Harold Sellers, BC, Canada).




Ascension Island
17640, BBC World Service relay 1705-1711 via Georgetown, targeting West Africa. English service 1705-1711. Soccer commentary, match analyst, including crowd background noise. SINPO 35553 (Grimm).
9410, BBWS relay at 0459. Interval signal to ID, upcoming program preview and station ID. Top-of-the-hour time pips to Newshour including news headlines. Fair signal. Logged on 9410 at 0500 with English service. News items about French recognition of Palestine. Fair-good signal; BBCWS Hausa service on 6135 at 0527. Interval signal into ID and presumed newscast. Fair-poor signal  (Tony Pavik, BC, Canada). BBC https://www.bbc.com/ 

Canada

6070 CFRX. 0115. Canadian news topics to conversations for a fair signal. (G Van Horn) YT video from CFRX at SW Central YouTube, 27 May 2025: https://youtu.be/IXPxZ6bRUDE
English programming and news with interference from Germany’s Channel 292 on the same frequency. SINPO 13421 (Méndez).
6070, CFRX at 0759. Ads to ID at 0800. Station ID “Newstalk 1010 CFRB” Canadian and US news headlines. Fair signal (Pavik).
6070, CFRX at 0908 with panel discussion during poor signal (Sellers). https://www.newstalk1010.com/ 

Clandestine
 
1758-1815.Radio Mellat Iran (Radio Iran Nation) Station sign-on with music and numerous IDs. Persian text, music, and discussions. Video at YouTube: https://youtu.be/T8FBTEVF3hM (Van Horn).
9540, Radio Ndarason via Woofferton, UK relay at 0500. Kanuri service with the newscast and interview. Fair-poor quality (Pavik).


7340, National Unity Broadcasting Station via Taiwan at 1259.Korean program with lite style music to 1300. Friendly and humorous interview segment. Fair-good signal (Pavik).

Cuba
5025, Radio Rebelde at 0659. Lite music to ID at 0700. Spanish announcements to upbeat music. Fair-poor with muddy-sounding audio. Magazine-style programming heard on 5025 at 1114. Fair-good signal.  (Pavik). https://www.radiorebelde.cu/ 

11760, Radio Habana Cuba at 1436. Spanish conversations and mentions of Venezuela and Cuba. Fair signal deteriorating quickly to poor quality. No distortion, good audio (Sellers).

6000, Radio Habana Cuba at 0358. Reasonable audio, but a bit low. Program previews over music. Good signal but hampered by audio issues. 
Additional Radio Habana monitoring observed as:
6000, 0252 in English; 6000 at 1059 sign on with Cuban national anthem; 6000 at 0458 English service with distorted audio; 9710 English at 0258 with poor audio;9710 English at 0157 with improved audio;9710 at 0259 in English with newscast, heard on // 11760; 11760 at 0229 English talk about Cuba’s socialist economy to 0240; 15140 Spanish at 1400. Station sign-on to the lady’s talk about revolution and Havana. Fair signal, but noisy.(Pavik).

Ecuador

6050 HCJB, 0055. Male/female conversing in the listed Waorani language. Religious music to a very weak station ID at 0100. (Frank Hilton, SC). 0449-0500* with Spanish religious programming to national anthem and closedown (Méndez) 6050 HCJB at 0924. Station sign-on, national anthem and text (Sellers). https://hcjb.org/ 

Eswatini
13800 Trans World Radio at 1300. Arabic service with opening interval signal to English station ID, followed by Arabic at 1302. Fair signal quality (Pavik) http://www.twr.org 

Finland
6120, Radio Blacksmith Knoll, Pori, Finland; 1728-1947. English pop tunes, including ‘oldies.’ English comments to “Radio Blacksmith Knoll” ID. SINPO 15422 (Méndez).

Japan
6055 Radio Nikkei, 1315. Asian music instrumentals amid Japanese service. (Hilton).

Liberia
6050, ELWA, Monrovia 1931-1957. English religious programming, including text and hymns. SINPO 15422. Also logged this station 0603-0621 with similar programming. SINPO 25422 (Méndez). https://www.elwaministries.org/radio/ 


Mali
5995, Radio Mali/ORTM via Bamako 1841-1913. African tunes to French announcements. Station ID “La Radio Nationale du Mali.” French soccer comments, noting no English Magazine program today. SINPO 35433 (Méndez).
15125, China Radio International relay via Bamako at 1718-1725. Swahili service to East Africa and announcer comments. (SINPO 25432; 17880 in Arabic at 1641-1649 with talk of China. SINPO 45554 (Grimm). https://chinaplus.cri.cn/ 

New Zealand
7425, RNZ Pacific 1135. Pacific news topics to Pacific style music. Noted on 7440 at 1455. Additional Pacific pop vocals from lady announcers. (Sam Wright, MS). 7425 at 0914 with pop music. Excellent signal // 9700 (Sellers). https://www.rnz.co.nz/ 

North Korea
Classic QSL from Voice of Korea
9435, Voice of Korea at 1351. English service including choir music. Male announcer at 1355 announcing the closing of programming. Good signal and signal on // 11710 (Sellers).

6099.96 KCBS Pyongyang at 0959. Korean service. Male announcer’s opening announcement prior to 1000 time pips. Typical music heard, fair-poor signal (Pavik).KCBS 2 heard on 6140 at 1300 with a strong DRM signal that decoded the station ID as Korean Central Radio 2 (in Korean). No audio, but sources have indicated that this is not untypical. Off at 1358 as opposed to 1800 as shown on EiBi (Pavik)
Additional North Korean monitoring: Voice of Korea 7220 at 1100 in Mandarin with standard VoK sign-on.
11735 Voice of Korea at 0600. French service with standard sign-on to the national anthem. Fair signal quality.
15245, Voice of Korea at 1900 Spanish service sign-on with anthems. Signal fair-poor.(Pavik)
11710 Voice of Korea at 1013. English service discussing the “martyrs” who have died in Russia’s war against Ukraine. (Fair signal quality (Sellers).
11910 Voice of Korea, 1938-1942. English service to southern Africa in Korean. (Grimm).

Turkey
7225 Voice of Turkey 0259. Interval signal to English service ID and intros. Signal fair poor. VOT heard on 7275 at 0259 with English service; 9870 at 0158 Turkish service sign-on with interval signal and ID. (Pavik) https://www.trtworld.com/ 

Venezuela
4940, Estacion 4940, 0935. Spanish announcer with Andean music and additional talk-overs the choir music at 0937. Abruptly off at 0942, returned at 0944. Mellow instrumentals and perhaps a mention of “Estacion 4940” into “La Biblia” to 1005. Fair signal with considerable interference. (Mark Taylor, WI/NASWA). Still debating if this station is in Venezuela or Colombia - ed
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