Radio Kuwait on shortwave

 

KUWAIT  

Radio Kuwait Kabd in Persian noted again Friday, April 5th on

 

http://kw9k2ra-2.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/?f=7249.85iqz14

 

08.10 UT scheduled, Holy Quran prayer at 08.29 UT, now at 08.42 UT. Persian song singer in action.

S=9+20dB signal in Kuwait Amateur Radio society amateurish KIWI SDR monitoring.

 

Also, S=9+20dB signal noted in the Doha Qatar Perseus unit on measured 7249.856 kHz approx.

 

Nothing of R Kuwat’s DRM signal could be traced on 15110 kHz today.

 (vy73 de wolfie  df5sx/wwdxc)

Radio Kuwait summer schedule

All times UTC

broadcast daily

Arabic

0300-0630  5960me

0500-0900  15515as

0945-1330  15110 DRM

1100-1330  9750af

1400-1600  11630af  (Qu'ran)

English

0500-0800  15530eu

0500-0800  11970 DRM

1800-2100  15540eu

Filipino

1000-1200  17760as

Persian

0800-1000  7250me

Urdu

1600-1800  15540as

(WRTH 2024)

Radio Kuwait updates DRM schedule

From August 27 Radio Kuwait Urdu Sce will be in DRM mode (UTC)

1600-1800 15540.0 KBD 250 kW 100 deg to SoAS Urdu DRM, exAM
1800-2100 15539.7 KBD 250 kW 310 deg to WeEUR English DRM A19
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 27)

Monitoring Radio Kuwait

Radio Kuwait QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

Temporary schedule of Radio Kuwait

All times UTC

Summer A-17 temporarily schedule of Radio Kuwait on July 20:
0500-0900 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic General Service
0800-1000 on  7250 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to WeAs Persian
1600-1800 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu
1700-2000 on 13650 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg to ENAm Arabic GSce DRM, ex AM
1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English DRM mode,ex AM

All other registered frequencies of Radio.Kuwait are inactive at present:
0200-0745 on  5960 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
1000-1200 on 21580 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipino
1015-1600 on 11630 KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1100-1600 on  9750 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic General Service
1215-1545 on 21540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Service
1615-2100 on  6050 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
2015-2400 on 17550 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg to ENAm Arabic General Service
(SWL DXng)

Radio Kuwait returns to shortwave after two-year absence

(Gayle Van Horn QSL Collection) 

Radio hobbyist are once again hearing Radio Kuwait on shortwave. During the winter, Radio Kuwait released news that Ampegon would be updating the station's transmitters in Al Kabd. The Swiss-based company Ampegon accepted a contract from Al Rashed to handle the upgrade of five analog shortwave transmitters, that are more than 20 years old for the Kuwait Ministry of Information in Al Kabd transmitter station. The five transmitters were originally installed between 1992-1995. Ampegon planned to refurbish all of the transmitters and in addition upgrade three of them to full digital DRM integration and converted to the new transmitter control system UCS, which will include; new motor drives within the tuning circuits.

Recent monitoring on April 10, 2017, has been observed on 15540 kHz from 1800-2100 UTC using KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to western Europe.

At this time, a definite summer schedule has not been released and DX Bulgaria has predicted the  station may use the schedule from summer 2015. Additional schedule information will be posted at Shortwave Central as it is received

All times UTC

0200-0900 on  5960 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
0500-0900 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic General Service
0800-1000 on  7250 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to WeAs Farsi
1000-1200 on 21580 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipino
1015-1600 on 11630 KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1100-1600 on  9750 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic General Service
1215-1545 on 21540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Service
1600-1800 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu
1615-2100 on  6050 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
1700-2000 on 13650 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Service
1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English
2015-2400 on 17550 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Service
(GVH 13 April 2017)

"Ampegon" to update shortwave transmitters of Radio Kuwait in Al Kabd

Swiss based company "Ampegon" has accepted a contract from Al Rashed to handle the upgrade of five analog shortwave transmitters, that are more than 20 years old for the Kuwait Ministry of Information in Al Kabd transmitter station. The five transmitters were originally installed between 1992 - 1995. "Ampegon" will refurbish all of the transmitters and in addition upgrade three of them to full digital DRM integration and converted to the new transmitter control system UCS this will include: new motor drives within the tuning circuits. Work in Al Kabd transmitter station is expected to start in January 2017.

Shortwave programs of Radio Kuwait was stopped around the end of May 2015. Former schedule from 2015 Winter schedule 

All times UTC

0200-0745 on  5960 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
0500-0900 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic General Service
0800-1000 on  7250 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to WeAs Persian
1000-1200 on 21580 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipino
1015-1600 on 11630 KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1100-1600 on  9750 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic General Service
1215-1545 on 21540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Service
1600-1800 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu
1615-2100 on  6050 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
1700-2000 on 13650 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg to ENAm Arabic General Service
1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English
2015-2400 on 17550 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg to ENAm Arabic General Service
(Ivo 24 Dec 2016)

Radio Kuwait summer schedule update

(Gayle Van Collection)

Radio Kuwait - updated summer A15 

All times UTC

0200-0750 on  5960 KBD 200 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Sce
0500-0900 on 15515 KBD 150 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic General Sce
0800-1000 on  7250 KBD 200 kW / non-dir to WeAs Persian
0930-1600 on 11630 KBD 200 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic Holy Qur'an
1700-2000 on 13650 KBD 200 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Sce
2010-2400 on 17550 KBD 200 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Sce

Inacive transmissions
1000-1200 on 21580 KBD 150 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipino
1010-1600 on  9750 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic General Sce
1210-1550 on 21540 KBD 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Sce
1600-1800 on 15540 KBD 150 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu
1610-2100 on  6050 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Sce
1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English
(Ivo SW Nx/09 Jun)

Radio Kuwait winter schedule

Effective to: 29 March 2013

broadcast daily/target areas and languages as indicated

All times UTC

Radio Kuwait
0200-0900 on 5960 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
0500-0900 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic General Service
0800-1000 on 7250 KBD 500 kW / non-dir to WeAs Persian
0930-1600 on 11630 KBD 500 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic Holy Qur'an Sce
1000-1200 on 21580 KBD 500 kW / 084 deg to EaAs Tagalog
1100-1600 on 9750 KBD 300 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic General Service
1200-1600 on 21540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Service
1600-1800 on 15540 KBD 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu
1600-2100 on 6050 KBD 300 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
1700-2000 on 13650 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Service
1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English
2000-2400 on 17550 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Service
(DX Mix Nx 814)
(QSL/GVH)

Revisions on Radio Kuwait schedule

Ths is an addendum to yesterday's post of unregistered frequencies from Radio Kuwait.

All times UTC

Additional unregistered frequencies of Radio Kuwait:
1000-1200 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filippino, new service
1200-2400 on 15515 KBD 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic GS from Aug.20 (ex 1200-1500 UTC)
1600-1800 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu, new service
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria/DX Re Mix 743 (Revised) via Alokesh Gupta, India)

Radio Kuwait unregistered frequencies

All times UTC

Additional unregistered frequencies
1000-1200 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filippino, new service
1200-1500 on 15515 KBD 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic GS from Aug.17
1600-1800 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu, new service
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria/DX Mix News 743 via Alokesh Gupta, India)

Radio Kuwait - Winter Schedule Repost

Last week I posted Radio Kuwait's Winter schedule, effective to 25 March 2012. Yesterday I reformatted that schedule to make it more "user-friendly" to assist in your shortwave monitoring. Please let me know if you log or verify Radio Kuwait.
Gayle Van Horn

All times UTC

Radio Kuwait/General Service
Arabic
0200-0300 5960me
0300-0400 5960me
0400-0500 5960me
0500-0600 5960me
0600-0700 5960me
0700-0800 5960me
0800-0900 5960me
1000-1100 21520eu 21540al
1100-1200 9750af 21520eu 21540al
1200-1300 9750af 21520eu 21540al
1300-1400 9750af 21520eu 21540al
1400-1500 9750af 21520eu 21540al
1500-1600 9750af
1600-1700 6050me 6080al
1700-1800 6050me 6080al 13650na
1800-1900 6050me 6080al 13650na
1900-2000 6050me 6080al 13650na
2000-2100 6050me 6080al 17550na
2100-2200 6050me 6080al 17550na
2200-2300 17550na
2300-0000 17550na

Farsi
0800-0900 7250as
0900-1000 7250as

Radio Kuwait/Holy Qu'ran
Arabic
0500-0600 15515as
0600-0700 15515as
0700-0800 15515as
0800-0900 15515as
0930-1000 11630af
1000-1100 11630af
1100-1200 11630af
1200-1300 11630af
1300-1400 11630af
1400-1500 11630af
1500-1600 11630af

Radio Kuwait
English
1800-1900 15540eu
1900-2000 15540eu
2000-2100 15540eu
(DX Mix News 709 12/29/2011 via ALokesh Gupta/reformatted by GVH)

Radio Kuwait winter schedule

Kuwait

Winter B-11 of Radio Kuwait in Arabic:

Effective to: 25 March 2012

All times UTC

0200-0900 on 5960 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME
0500-0900 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Holy Qura'n service
0800-1000 on 7250 KBD 500 kW / non-dir to WeAs Farsi
0930-1600 on 11630 KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Holy Qura'n service
1000-1500 on 21540#KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
1100-1600 on 9750 KBD 300 kW / 275 deg to NEAf
1600-2200 on 6080*KBD 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME
1700-2000 on 13650 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm
1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English
2000-2400 on 17550 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm
# unregistered frequency, co-ch REE in Spanish, registered freq. 21520
* unregistered frequency, cco-ch R.Minsk and VOA, registered freq. 6050
(DX Mix News 709 via Alokesh Gupta, India & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Radio Kuwait summer schedule

Kuwait

Effective to: 30 October 2011

All times UTC
0200-0900 5960#KBD 250 kW non-dir to NE/ME Arabic General Service
0500-0900 15515*KBD 250 kW 059 deg to EaAS Arabic Holy Qura'n sce
0800-1000 7250 KBD 500 kW non-dir to WeAS Farsi
0930-1600 11630^KBD 250 kW 230 deg to CeAF Arabic Holy Qura'n sce
1000-1500 21540+KBD 500 kW 310 deg to WeEUR Arabic General Service
1100-1600 9750!KBD 300 kW 275 deg to NoEaAF Arabic General Service
1600-2200 6080@KBD 500 kW non-dir to NE/ME Arabic General Service
1700-2100 13650 KBD 500 kW 350 deg to NoAM Arabic General Service
1800-2100 15540 KBD 500 kW 310 deg to WeEUR English

# co-ch Radio Japan NHK in Japanese till 0500.
* co-ch BBC in Hausa 0630-0700.
^ co-ch CNR in Kazakh/Chinese
+ co-ch REE in Spanish
! co-ch Radio Japan NHK in Japanese and VOR in DRM from 1300.
@ co-ch Radio Minsk HS-1 and VOA in English from 1700.

Frequencies 6080, 15515 and 21540 kHz are unregistered in HFCC!
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)
(DX Mix News 677 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Radio Kuwait schedules changes

Changes of Radio Kuwait in Arabic to NCAf:

All times UTC NF new frequency
0200-0940 NF 13650*KBD 500 kW / 286 deg, ex 15495
1000-1740 NF 11630#KBD 500 kW / 286 deg, ex 15505
1800-2400 NF 13600 KBD 500 kW / 286 deg, ex 15495
#co-ch 1000-1200 CNR 1/8 and 1300-1500 Voice of Russia in Russian WS
*co-ch 0700-0900 Voice of America in Chinese + mx Jammer
(DX Mix News #560 via wb, Germany/Rachel Baughn, MT/Alokesh Gupta, India)

Radio Kuwait - B08 multilingual schedule

6055, 7250, 9855, 9880, 11630, 11675, 11990, 13600, 13620, 15110, 15495, 17885 kHz.

All times UTC

0200-0930 15495 Arabic No/CeAfrica
0200-1305 6055 Arabic ME, Persian Gulf.
0315-0700 11675 Arabic Europe / NoAmerica. DRM.
0500-0800 15110 English So/SoEaAsia
0800-1000 7250 Persian ME, Persian Gulf. (x9750)
0915-1310 13620 Arabic Europe / NoAmerica. DRM
1000-1200 17885 Filipino Asia
1000-1740 11630 Holy Quran No/Ce/EaAfrica. (x15505)
1205-1500 17885 Holy Quran Russia / Mongolia.
1315-2110 9880 Arabic No/CeAfrica. DRM
1505-1800 13620 Arabic Europe / NoAmerica.
1800-2100 11990 English Europe / NoAmerica.
1800-0000 13600 Arabic No/Ce/EaAfrica. (x15495)
1815-0000 9855 Arabic CeAmerica.
2200-0300 11675 Arabic NoAmerica. DRM.
(Jose Miguel Romero-ESP/HCDX Jan 17)

Google Earth imagery. Some high resolution place.
MW Kabd 630 kHz
29 08 46.44 N 47 46 50.22 E
or three times mast groups at
29 08 40.17 N 47 46 00.09 E

but not highpower installation 29 08 01.86 N 47 45 55.84 E
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 16)
(WWDXC Top News/ BC-DX #895 wb, Germany)

Radio Kuwait - English A08 schedule revisions

All times UTC
broadcast daily - target areas: me (Middle East) va (Europe & North America)

0500-0600 15110me
0600-0700 15110me
0700-0800 15110me

1800-1900 11990va
1900-2000 11990va
2000-2100 11990va
(Source: WWDXC/Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times SW Guide)

Evidence found of corruption at Radio Kuwait

A committee formed by the Ministry of Information to investigate irregularities at Radio Kuwait has recommended that the case file should be referred to the Public Prosecution, reports Al-Jareedah daily. A report submitted by the said committee stated that, as a result of the irregularities, the project to strengthen the mediumwave band at Radio Kuwait was delayed for four years. Moreover, the suspects are said to have violated the terms and conditions of the contract.
(Source: Arab Times/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Observations on Kuwait

KUWAIT 15110 Radio Kuwait in English on 15110 seems three hours on air in our mornings at 0500-0800 UT. R Kuwait noted today Febr 27th, took over of FM 99.7 MHz local radio station. Weak signal at 0515 UTC, but gets increasingly stronger S=6 at 0535 UTC, and at 0555 UTC similar strong as adjacent Samara-RUS in Tatar on 15105 kHz approx. S=8-9 signal. Before Kuwait got stronger I used small 2.6 kHz filter or used even Eton E1 SYNC function in USB mode. Kuwait's transmission is aimed in direction of 100degr towards Indian subcontinent, and remaining backward side lobe into Europe [315degr] is not as strong as the Kuwait 15495 kHz Arabic channel.

At 0540 UTC noted on fair level, English political commentary. S=8 at 0546 UTC, shortly after nice lively melodic pop music singer till 0600 UTC. After a piece of soul music at 0600 UT started at 06.01:30 UT with news in English. Items: Invasion of Turkish Army in Northern Iraq, Butto's dead, Iranian Non-Atomic program, Kenya uproar, BIH Banja Luka uproar on Kosovo independence separation, USA Clinton-Obama. Weather forecast for Kuwait: increasingly rain the whole day, 12 to 23 cC temperature. At 0604 UT S=9, ID local FM 99.7 MHz station, pop music.

Underneath of Kuwait signal I noted another tiny Chinese language station actually, but couldn't find any registration entry nowhere at this time of the day.

Adjacent: at 0525 UT 15100 Islambad-PAK S=5-6, 15105 Samara-RUS in Tatar? S=7-8, 15120 CRI Beijing 500 kW powerhouse in Chinese.
(W. Buschel, Germany)
Photo via Archive Collection)