Programming schedule from Shortwave Radiogram

Hello friends,
Apologies, especially to North Americans who were awake at an inconvenient hour, for the missing Shortwave Radiogram last Sunday at 0600 UTC on 7730 kHz. The legal difficulties of Brother Stair, a major WRMI client, caused a sudden reduction in the WRMI transmission schedule.

Jeff White at WRMI has kindly offered us Monday at 0800-0830 UTC on 7730 kHz and (for this weekend at least) 5850 kHz. This Monday is a holiday, but when Monday reverts to being a work day, North Americans might want to consider using Audacity’s timer record. Or just leave Fldigi running all night, then read the text and look at the images in the morning.

Please also note that The Mighty KBC is changing frequency this weekend to 6150 kHz for its North America broadcast, UTC Sunday at 0000-0200 UTC. The new frequency replaces 5960 kHz.

 Last weekend’s holiday lights special produced some very nice decoded MFSK32 images from all parts of the world. See the examples above and at the bottom of this email. Additional images have been posted to @SWRadiogram, or https://twitter.com/swradiogram . If you missed the broadcast, Scott in Ontario provided this video, suitable for your own decoding.

 This weekend we will transmit images of Happy New Year in the fourteen languages of the Shortwave Radiogram listeners who are currently sending reception reports or reporting decodes to @SWRadiogram. Sorry if I missed anyone’s language. There will be four additional MFSK32 images, for a total of 18!

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 28, 30-31 December 2017, all in MFSK32:

 1:32  Program preview

 2:34  New shortwave broadcast station in Australia*
 7:23  Radio Caroline returns to the airwaves*
12:28  Images of "Happy New Year" in 14 languages*
22:17  Closing announcements*

* with image(s)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram
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Shortwave Radiogram Program 28 (30-31 December 2017)
28	Saturday	1600-1630 UTC	9400 kHz	MFSK32	Space Line, Bulgaria
28	Sunday	2030-2100 UTC	11580 kHz	MFSK32	WRMI Florida
28	Sunday	2330-2400 UTC	11580 kHz	MFSK32	WRMI Florida
28	Monday	0800-0830 UTC NEW TIME	7730 kHz 5850 kHz	MFSK32	WRMI Florida

 The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1600 UTC on 9400 kHz (via Bulgaria), with the minute of MFSK at about 1530 UTC (if you are outside of Europe, listen via websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ ).  And to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 7-9 pm EST) on new 6150 kHz, via Germany. The 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/. 

Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)  For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama,” per the schedule below:

To Europe
Wednesday	2025-2030 UTC	1584 kHz (MW)	http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox
Thursday	0325-0330 UTC	1584 kHz	http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox
Saturday	2125-2130 UTC	1584 kHz	http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox
Sunday	1155-1200 UTC	6070 kHz
To the Americas
Tuesday	0125-0130 UTC	11580 kHz
Friday	0225-0230 UTC	9955 kHz	http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream
Saturday	0155-0200 UTC	11580 kHz
Sunday	0055-0100 UTC	7730 kHz

 Thanks for your reception reports! 

Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram

January Specials from Airmail Postage & Supplies

Begin your 2018 DXing, with a supply of mint airmail postage stamps and DX supplies. 

Dear Customer,

Below are DX specials and news for JANUARY  2018. 

 If you need a current stamp list or supply list, I can email it to you. 

 DISCOUNT POSTAGE!!: STILL have forever stamps in sheets/partial sheets. Rolls of 100 are SOLD OUT! NOT sure if I will acquire more rolls, time will tell. $1.00 P&H charge now added to discount postage lots.

 POSTAGE GRID UPDATED: For 50c rate that takes effect Jan. 21st.  I added 50c units in 5 stamps. Happy Mailing! $1.00 P&H charge now added for sending discount postage lots.

NEW RATES:  January 21, 2018. US 1st class rate increases from 49c to 50c. Postcard rate increases from 34c to 35c. International rate holds at $1.15....

NEW FOREIGN RATES: Hong Kong jumps to HK $5.00 1st Jan.

IN STOCK AGAIN: 

STAMPS ON BACK ORDER:   Saudi Arabia
STAMP PRICE LIST UPDATE: Argentina has been dropped.  Mexico now priced at $1.50

U.S. DISCOUNT POSTAGE DEALS!!

Save Big on your domestic mailings when you plaster 

 your envelope with colorful vintage stamps!

HAPPY  MAILING!!

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Add $1.00 for P&H

 JANUARY 2018  DX  SUPPLY  SPECIALS

200/200 European Plain Mailers and Plain Returns - $40.00

200/200 European Air Mailers and Plain Returns - $40.00

200/200 STATESIDE Mailers and Returns - $22.00

European AIR Returns are SOLD OUT, not to be restocked.

Priority Mail Shipping Rates: Orders up to $40.00 add $9.00, orders from $41.00 to $100.00 add $15.00. orders from $101.00 to $150.00 add $20.00, orders over $150.00 add 15%. When ordering supplies and stamps, the stamps ride free, just use supply total to figure shipping costs. Shipments to Canada and overseas ship at a greater cost. (07/2015 modified)

Stamps Only Orders: Just add $1.00 P&H for posting to USA, add $2.00 for posting to Canada.

73, bill

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908 788 1020
Email: plumdx@msn.com

Ancient DX Report 1913

Navy NAA spark transmitter Arlington 1913

The greatest tally of wireless development during the year 1913 occurred in the United States, where experimental transmissions and broadcasts took place in several different locations. Successful entrepreneur Charles Herrold in San Jose California continued his daily broadcast of music and speech, and he conducted arc test transmissions between Point Arguello and Mare Island on behalf of the navy; these transmissions were also heard across the continent at the navy wireless station NAA in Virginia.  These transmissions were radiated with 1½ kW on 100 kHz longwave.  He also developed a procedure whereby the frequency emitted by the spark could be adjusted so that it was in tune with the voice and the music.

On February 13, 1913, the navy wireless station NAA  at Arlington Virginia was taken into service, with three transmitters; 2 at 100 kW for international communication, and 1 at 5 kW for local communication. This station became very popular with jewelers across the nation with its daily time signals at noon. It is stated that station NAA was regulating 10,000 clocks across the continental United States. In addition, station 9XB at Beloit College in Wisconsin began the broadcast of daily time signals on February 3; and station 9YR at the St Louis University began the broadcast of daily weather bulletins in Morse Code during this same year.  A phonograph record played in the Metropolitan Wireless Telephone Tower in New York was heard by a wireless listener 225 miles distant.

Large new wireless stations were under construction at Somerset and Belmar in New Jersey, as well as in Bolinas and Marshall in California.  Another huge new wireless station was under construction at Kahuku at the northern tip of the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. The United States navy is now operating nine wireless stations along the west coast of the United States, plus seven in Alaska, and twenty seven along the east coast and in the Caribbean. 

The first issue of a new wireless a magazine was issued in October (1913).  This new monthly magazine, the Wireless Age, grew out of the old Marconigraph publication. In an experimental demonstration, wireless news in Morse Code was picked up by a railway train traveling at 60 miles an hour.  Wireless towers were erected for this purpose at two locations of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, at Scranton Pennsylvania and Binghamton New York. Youthful amateur radio operators were the first to bring news out of heavily flooded areas of Ohio, in which 1,000 people died and ¼ million were left homeless. At one location, people were crawling along telephone wires in order to escape from their flooded homes.

On the maritime scene, the ship Volturno burned during a storm in mid Atlantic on October 11, and a total of 11 ships responded to the SOS distress signals sent out by Morse wireless.  A total of 521 passengers and crew were safely rescued, though tragically 136 died in their attempts to escape the burning Volturno in lifeboats. Lloyd’s of London stated that their registry showed that 1500 ships were fitted out with Marconi wireless apparatus. The ship Hirondelle was fitted with a strange musical instrument, a wireless piano, that Prince Albert of Monaco demonstrated during a visit to New York. 

Wireless experiments were conducted across the Atlantic between the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the new NAA at Arlington in Virginia.  Sir Ernest Fisk in Sydney Australia founded AWA Amalgamated Wireless of Australia, the equivalent in Australia of RCA in the United States. On April 23, 1913, the International Bureau in Berne Switzerland issued a document outlining the approved initial letters in the English alphabet that may be used to identify wireless stations throughout the world.  Great Britain was allocated the initial letters B G and M, Italy was granted the letter I, and Japan the letter J.

New Zealand closed the wireless station on top of the Post Office in Wellington in favor of a new station above the hills of Wellington, and they installed the used equipment on distant Chatham Island under the call sign VLC.
(AWR-Wavescan/NWS 460)

photo/Wikimedia Commons

Abandoned Radio Stations

Rugby Radio

Thank you to Wavescan, for sharing their show script

In our program today, we present Part 3 in our mini-series on Abandoned Radio Stations, and this time we examine the story about four major shortwave stations; in Wales, Holland, Ukraine and Australia.  Let’s go to Wales first.

Back in the early part of World War 2 in the middle of the last century, hurried plans were developed for the construction of an important communication station as a back up for the larger and more important Rugby Radio.  The huge wireless a station at Rugby was taken into service in 1925, and at the height of its massive capability, it contained more than 30 transmitters, mostly shortwave, though the superpower very low frequency longwave transmitter was capable of communicating with submarines almost anywhere.  There were times also, when Rugby Radio carried a relay of BBC radio programming on shortwave for rebroadcast and for direct listening in overseas countries.

During the stressful years of World War 2, the British authorities determined to build a backup station for Rugby Radio in England and a location in a lonely area near Criggion, across the border in Wales, was chosen.  The Criggion station also contained shortwave and longwave transmitters together with a massive aerial and counterpoise system that was attached to a nearby high hill. 

The three tall towers installed at Criggion were originally slated for erection at the British navy communication station at Trincomalee Sri Lanka, but because of the high priority for Criggion they were diverted to the location in Wales.  As we know, Trincomalee was subsequently taken over by Deutsche Welle for their Asian relay station, and it is now operated by SLBC, the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.  There are times when this program, Wavescan, is on relay from SLBC Trincomalee.   

Criggion Radio began service on shortwave in July 1942, and the station was declared redundant in 2003, due mainly to the availability of satellite communication.  Useful electronic equipment was removed and installed elsewhere, and since then the station has lain vacant and abandoned.  
 Weeds abound everywhere, the interior of the main transmitter building has been trashed and broken, though it still stands strong and solid.  A total of some 10 auxiliary buildings are in the same condition, and the BBC declares that the station has been abandoned and left to rot.

Over the other side of the North Sea in the country of Holland, there is another high profile radio station that has been closed and abandoned.  Radio Netherlands Worldwide RNW began the usage in 1985 of its huge shortwave station at Flevo, on ground that had earlier been reclaimed from the sea. 
 At the height of its usefulness, RNW Flevo contained 1 transmitter at 100 kW and 4 at 500 kW, though the power of the 500 kW transmitters could be stepped down if desired.  There were 17 curtain antennas for overseas coverage and 2 for local coverage in Europe.

Radio Netherlands Flevo was closed in 2007, and the usable electronic equipment, including the 5 shortwave transmitters, was all removed.  These days, the transmitter building and all of the tall self supporting antenna towers remain on site, unused and abandoned.  This massive shortwave station can still be seen on Google Earth, impressively sited in the midst of serenely cultivated farm lands.
 Let’s go over to the Ukraine now, to the site of what was a woodpecker over the horizon radar station.  It all still stands there, quite near to the disastrous and abandoned nuclear generation plant at Chernobyl. 

It will be remembered that there was a catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl in 1986 that destroyed a nuclear reactor from which radio active fallout spread out across Europe.  This disastrous event is by far the worst nuclear accident in the history of the world.

Still standing nearby, though bereft and abandoned, is a massive radio station that defies imagination for its size; it was known as the Woodpecker.  This radio station transmitted super-powered shortwave signals in the form of over the horizon radar transmissions, which caused a havoc of interference in the international shortwave broadcasting bands. 

Duga 3

Known in Russian terminology as Duga 3, the Woodpecker station near Chernobyl was constructed in 1976 and it required a total staff of 1500 personnel.  The gigantic antenna system stands 1,000 feet tall and it is described as a photographic wonder.  The total radio frequency output was estimated at around 10 MW (megawatts).  This station was declared redundant in 1989 and closed, and abandoned.

And for our fourth abandoned radio station in our program today, we visit down under to the continent of Australia.  Lying close to the Pacific coast in North Queensland is the small town of Brandon, and just three miles north of Brandon at the intersection of three roads (Jack, Colevale and Gordon), lies an ABC mediumwave and shortwave broadcasting station. 

The Brandon property in the flat sugar cane country was acquired in 1958 and the 50 kW mediumwave station 4QN (630 kHz) was transferred from Clevedon and rebuilt further south at Brandon.  Then 31 years later (1989), two 10 kW STC transmitters from the closed shortwave station at Lyndhurst in Victoria were installed with 4QN at Brandon. 

The original intention was that subsequently two shortwave transmitters at 100 kW would be co-installed at the Brandon radio station.  However, instead a third 10 kW transmitter from Lyndhurst was installed at Brandon (1999), and a few more years (2006), all three STC transmitters were replaced by two 20 kW DRM RIZ transmitters from Croatia.  However, 9 years later again (2015), the shortwave service from Brandon was abruptly and unceremoniously closed.

The Brandon radio station is owned and operated by Broadcast Australia and it is an unattended relay station that carries the programming from the government operated ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.  The medium wave station 4QN is still on the air at this location to this day, but the shortwave transmitters lie silent, and the two curtain antennas stand unused.  However, even though the shortwave facility has been abandoned and is no longer in use, yet the outward appearance of the facility seems to indicate that it is all still in good condition
(AWR-Wavescan/NWS 460)
photo/http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/r/rugby_radio/index.shtml

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2017 Dec 25 0211 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 18 - 24 December 2017

Solar activity was at very low levels throughout the period. Region 2692 (N18, L=087, class/area=Eai/160 on 24 Dec) was the only active region with sunspots this period and produced multiple low and mid-level B-class flares throughout the week. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 18-23 Dec with moderate levels observed on 24 December.

Geomagnetic field activity reached active levels early on 18 Dec in response to the influence of a recurrent, positive polarity CH HSS. Quiet to unsettled conditions were observed on 19 and 23-24 Dec and generally quiet conditions were observed throughout the remainder of the week under a nominal solar wind regime.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 25 December - 20 January 2018

Solar activity is expected to persist at very low levels throughout the 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 26-30 Dec, 02-06 and 14-19 Jan. Normal and normal to moderate greater than 2 MeV electron flux values are expected throughout the remainder of the forecast period.  Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 01 and 13 Jan with active levels expected on 25 Dec and 02, 08, 14 and 20 Jan under the influences of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Quiet and quiet to unsettled conditions are expected throughout the remainder of the forecast period.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2017 Dec 25 0211 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2017-12-25
#
#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2017 Dec 25      75          12          4
2017 Dec 26      75           8          3
2017 Dec 27      75           5          2
2017 Dec 28      75           5          2
2017 Dec 29      75           5          2
2017 Dec 30      74           5          2
2017 Dec 31      72          10          3
2018 Jan 01      72          25          5
2018 Jan 02      72          15          4
2018 Jan 03      72          10          3
2018 Jan 04      72           5          2
2018 Jan 05      72           5          2
2018 Jan 06      72           5          2
2018 Jan 07      72          10          3
2018 Jan 08      72          12          4
2018 Jan 09      72           6          2
2018 Jan 10      72           5          2
2018 Jan 11      72           5          2
2018 Jan 12      72           5          2
2018 Jan 13      74          22          5
2018 Jan 14      75          16          4
2018 Jan 15      75           6          2
2018 Jan 16      75           5          2
2018 Jan 17      75           5          2
2018 Jan 18      75           5          2
2018 Jan 19      75           5          2
2018 Jan 20      75          12          4
(NOAA)

Frequency updates

All times UTC

Germany
The Mighty KBC Radio
Effective: 31 December 2017
0000-0200 on  5960 NAU 125 kW / 300 deg to ENAm English Sun on Dec.24
0000-0200 on  6150 NAU 125 kW / 300 deg to ENAm English Sun from Dec.31

Radio Liberty via Biblis, Germany
1600-1700 9490 BIB 100 kW / 075 deg to CeAs Uzbek, ex 12055

Guam
KTWR Trans World Radio Asia:
1215-1315 12160 TWR 100 kW / 290 deg to SoAs, ex 11695 as follows
1215-1315 Assamese Mon-Fri & Kokborok Mon-Fri; 1230-1300 English Sat
1300-1315 Nepali Sat; 1245-1300 Kokborok Sun; 1300-1315 Manipuri Sun

USA
Radio Marti
Additional frequency listed HFCC
2300-2400 on  7355 GB  250 kW / 184 deg to Cuba Spanish
0000-0700 on  7355 GB  250 kW / 183 deg to Cuba Spanish
1000-1400 on  7355 GB  250 kW / 183 deg to Cuba Spanish

Voice of America via Tinang/Udorn/Sao Tome
1330-1430 9580 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmer, additional frequency
1430-1530 15450 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to SEAs Burmese, ex 17680
1730-1800 11695 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri, ex 11830
1800-1900 11695 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to EaAf Amharic, ex 11830
1900-1930 11695 SAO 100 kW / 076 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri, ex 11830
2200-2230  7590 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmer, ex 7460
(SWL DXing)

Stetement on the future of Overcomer Ministry

Attention Overcomer Listeners
Due to legal difficulties, as of January 1st, 2018, the Overcomer Ministry will not be broadcasting on AM/FM radio and shortwave.
The Overcomer broadcast will continue on satellite and on this website stream."

“Legal difficulties” are not specified, it might be that broadcast contracts after 31st December had not been arranged prior to the arrest and detention of Brother Stair on 18 December.
He had been appealing for donations in order to continue broadcasting after the end of December only a few weeks ago.

WRMI and WHRI have already stopped carrying Overcomer but Brother Stair continues to be heard on other shortwave stations including WBCQ, WWCR and WWRB – at least until 31st December.
(BDXC) http://overcomerministry.org/

Merry Christmas from Teak Publishing

We wish all our Twitter and blog followers of  Shortwave Central, Milcom Monitoring Post and B'town Monitoring Post, a very Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Gayle & Larry Van Horn
Teak Publishing

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

Special holiday programming from Hamburger Lokal

All times UTC

Special programs of Hamburger Lokalradio


0700-1300 on  6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu German Sun, Dec.24
0700-1300 on  6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu German Mon, Dec.25
0700-1300 on  9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu German Tue, Dec.26
0700-1300 on  6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu German Sun, Dec.31
0900-1400 on  9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu German Mon, Jan.01
(SWL DXing)

Programming updates of Hamburger Lokalradio and relay stations

Effective: 23 December 2017
All times UT
0700-1000 on  6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu Sat CUSB, ex 0700-1100
0700-0730 Switzerland In Sound in English
0800-1000 Hamburger Lokalradio in German
1000-1100 NF  7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu Sat CUSB, ex 6190 as follows:
1000-1100 Hamburger Lokalradio in German
1100-1200 on  7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu Sat CUSB, ex same 1000-1200
1100-1200 Hamburger Lokalradio in German
1200-1600 NF  6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu Sat CUSB, ex 7265 as follows:
1200-1300 New Letters in English
1300-1400 Making Contact in English
1400-1500 Radio Tropicana in Spanish
1500-1530 Media Network Plus in English
1000-1300 on  9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu Sun CUSB is unchanged as follows
1000-1100 Hamburger Lokalradio in German
1100-1130 Media Network Plus in English
1200-1300 Radio Tropicana in Spanish
(SWL DXing)

Cuban Christmas Programming from Tilford Productions

From the Isle of Music, December 24–30:
This week, a potpourri of excellent albums from 2017 plus a touch of Cuban Christmas Jazz.
Four opportunities to listen on shortwave:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0100-0200 UTC on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US) NOTE THAT UTC CHANGES BUT EASTERN US TIME IS STILL THE SAME.
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany.

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, December 24
If We’re Going to Hell, We Want Company…
Episode 42 of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot will include some “XXXmas music” for people who can’t take any more Christmas music. That parental warning at the beginning of every show is real for this episode due to language in some of the songs. Fans of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation of the 1970s will also enjoy this.
Sunday, December 24
2300-2330 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on  WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz  from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe

Thanks for all you do for radio!

William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer
Tilford Productions, LLC

Shortwave Radiogram schedule, December 23-24

As demonstrated by the easily visible trace in the waterfall, Frederic in France had good (too good!) reception of the Olivia 128-2000 17 December 2017, 2330-2400 UTC, 11580 kHz from WRMI Florida.

Hello friends,
We had a busy but mostly successful program last weekend. The 8PSK-125FL and 250FL modes worked well if reception conditions were reasonably good. The 8PSK-500F with Flamp also produced some 100% decoded files, often on the second or third pass, which is exactly how Flamp is supposed to work.

The Olivia 128-2000 resulted in 100% decodes in some very poor conditions.

Links to audio and video of last week’s program, suitable for your own decoding, are at the bottom of this email.

This weekend we will take a break from the experimentation for an all-MFSK32 show. This will be transmitted during all four time slots this weekend, i.e. there will be no special “slow show” Sunday at 2330 UTC.

 For program 27, 23-24 December 2017, Shortwave Radiogram will transmit twelve MFSK32 images of holiday lights from cities and towns throughout the United States. Shortwave reception conditions might make some of these photos fuzzier, but more charming.

 With the images following in quick succession, screen capture might be difficult. Keep in mind that Fldigi automatically saves decoded MFSK images as png files in the folder \fldigi.files\images\ (in Windows; folder names may be different in other operating systems).

 Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net

 And visit http://swradiogram.net

Twitter: @SWRadiogram
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304

Shortwave Radiogram Program 27 (23-24 December 2017)
27	Saturday	1600-1630 UTC	9400 kHz	MFSK32	Space Line, Bulgaria
27	Sunday	0600-0630 UTC	7730 kHz	MFSK32	WRMI Florida
27	Sunday	2030-2100 UTC	11580 kHz	MFSK32	WRMI Florida
27	Sunday	2330-2400 UTC	11580 kHz	MFSK32	WRMI Florida

The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1600 UTC on 9400 kHz (via Bulgaria), with the minute of MFSK at about 1530 UTC (if you are outside of Europe, listen via websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ ).  And to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 7-9 pm EST) on 5960 kHz, via Germany. The 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/. 

Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)  For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama,” per the schedule below:

To Europe
Wednesday	2025-2030 UTC	1584 kHz (MW)	http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox
Thursday	0325-0330 UTC	1584 kHz	http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox
Saturday	2125-2130 UTC	1584 kHz	http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox
Sunday	1155-1200 UTC	6070 kHz
To the Americas
Tuesday	0125-0130 UTC	11580 kHz
Friday	0225-0230 UTC	9955 kHz	http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream
Saturday	0155-0200 UTC	11580 kHz
Sunday	0055-0100 UTC	7730 kHz

 Thanks for your reception reports! 

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
Kim

 Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB

Producer and Presenter

Shortwave Radiogram

Audio and video from Shortwave Radiogram, 16-17 December 2017

1) Saturday, 1600-1630 UTC, 9400 kHz from Bulgaria, received by Mark in the UK (about 2000 km). MFSK32 text was 100%, with images received. 8PSK-125F was 100%, but one sentence was mangled in 8PSK-250FL. The 8PSK-500F with Flamp received all blocks after multiple passes.

https://soundcloud.com/voaradiogram/shortwave-radiogram-16-december-2017
2) Saturday, 1600-1630 UTC, 9400 kHz from Bulgaria, received by François in France. Conditions were more challenging, but the MFSK32 performed well.  The 8PSK-125FL and -250FL modes showed errors. But the 8PSK-500F with Flamp received all 25 blocks in the first pass, just before the signal faded.

https://soundcloud.com/voaradiogram/shortwave-radiogra-16-december-2017-received-in-france ;

3) YouTube video by Scott in Ontario, Sunday, 2030-2100 UTC, 11580 kHz from WRMI Florida. You can watch Scott's decode, or decode the show yourself. The MFSK32 performed well despite fades. The 8PSK-500F Flamp was received 23 of 25 blocks. 

https://youtu.be/Y9dzEZO5sOE
If you don't mind cheating, use this "studio" audio to fill in Scott's missing two blocks ...

http://swradiogram.net/post/168650895952/if-you-did-not-receive-all-the-blocks-of-the-flamp
4) Sunday, 2330-2400 UTC, 11580 kHz from WRMI Florida, as received in Switzerland. This is the all-Olivia 128-2000 broadcast. A low signal and local noise provide a good workout for the Olivia 128-2000.

https://soundcloud.com/voaradiogram/shortwave-radiogram-program-26s-17-december-2017
And this audio by F4ECA in France ...

https://soundcloud.com/user-605560085/shortwave-radiogram-1712-slow-mode-olivia-1282000

(Kim Elliott)

Christmas Programming Schedules

A sampling of stations airing special Christmas and New Years programming. For additional reading about DXing during the holidays, follow Fred Waterer's terrific feature in the winter edition of International Shortwave Broadcast Guide.
Available at:  https://www.amazon.com/International-Shortwave-Broadcast-Guide-2017-2018-ebook/dp/B077SF99SS/

All times UTC

December 22
Special transmission of Welle 370 via MBR Nauen, Germany
1300-1400 on  6055 NAU 125 kW / 222 deg to CeEu German Christmas Concert
(SWL DXing)

December 22-24
This year's Christmas program from 16 Gwendoline Street will be an hour on the following frequencies, via IRRS in Milan, Italy.

Friday, December 22, 7290 kHz, 1900-2000
Saturday, December 23, 9510 kHz, 0900-1000
Sunday, December 24, 9510 kHz, 1200-1300

846 medium wave, to south central Europe, ltaly and the Adriatic.

Friday, December 22, 1900-2000 UTC and 2330-0030
Saturday, December 23, 0530-0630 and 2230-2330

Online at www.nexus.org/mp3
www.egradio.org/
(Stephen Jones)

December 24
NDR Christmas Special transmissions via Media Broadcast
1900-2100
6010 kHz Erevan(ARM) Europe
6080 kHz Nauen(DE) North Atlantic
9740 kHz Nauen(DE) Indian Ocean West
9790 kHz Moosbrunn(AT) Indian Ocean East
9800 kHz Issoudun(FRA) Atlantic(South Africa)
11650 kHz Issoudun(FRA) South Atlantic

24th December 2017 (Sunday)
2100-2300 UTC
5930 kHz Nauen(DE) North Atlantic
6155 kHz Erevan(ARM) Europe
9590 kHz Issoudun(FRA) Atlantic
9650 kHz Moosbrunn(AT) Indian Ocean East
9765 kHz Nauen(DE) Indian Ocean West
9830 kHz Issoudun(FRA) South Atlantic

Please send your reception reports to : michael.puetz@media-broadcast.com
More info at :
http://www.ndr.de/info/sendungen/So-empfangen-Sie-die-Gruss-an-Bord-Sendungen,grussanbord326.html

On Christmas Eve, Norddeutsche Rundfunndr broadcasts messages to sailors all over the world in the radio broadcast "Gruss an Bord" or "Greeting aboard" - greetings to the ship's crew in their home country. The greetings to the sailors were recorded at two "greeting on board" events in the Adventszeit: on 4 December in the  Cultural memory in Wilhelmine gear in neutral and on December 11 in the Hamburg Seemannsmission "Duckdalben". Relatives and friends had the opportunity to wish their loved ones at sea a happy holiday and a good new year. The show "Greeting aboard" was heard for Christmas 1953 for the first time on the radio. It is thus one of the oldest existing radio broadcasts in the world.
www.ndr.de/info/sendungen/So-empfangen-Sie-die-Gruss-an-Bord-Sendungen,grussanbord326.html

More about program "Gruss an Bord"at:
http://www.ndr.de/info/sendungen/Gruss-an-Bord,grussanbord306.html
(H. Kuhl/BDXC & A Gupta/DX India)

December 24-26More Christmas relays via Channel 292
Universe Radio
1300-1600 on  6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu English Sun
Radio Waves International
0900-1000 on  6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu English Mon
0900-1000 on  6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu English Tue
SuperClan Radio
0800-0900 on  6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu English Tue
(SWL DXing)

Radio Ohne Namen has two special Christmas editions this year, as well as a repeat of last year's special Christmas edition. The full schedule is as follows:

24 December (Christmas Eve)
1200: the first Christmas edition
1900: repeat of the first Christmas edition

25 December (Christmas Day)
1000: the second Christmas edition
1100: the 2016 Christmas edition
1500: repeat of the second Christmas edition
1900: repeat of the 2016 Christmas edition

26 December (Boxing Day)
1000: repeat of the 2016 Christmas edition
1100: repeat of the first Christmas edition
1200: repeat of the second Christmas edition
Further additional and repeat episodes of R Ohne Namen are then scheduled for December 27, at 0800. December 29 at 1400, December 31 at 1500 and January 1, 2018 at 1000, 1100, 1500 and 1900.
(Pennington/BDXC)

WMLK orders new shortwave transmitter

Shortwave Transmitter with a Simple to Handle UCS Control Systems

Turgi, Switzerland, November 30, 2017. Ampegon has received a new contract from WLMK Radio, based in Pennsylvania, United States, for development and installation of a new 300 kW high power Shortwave Transmitter with test load, matrix switch and remote control system.

In spring 2017, WMLK Radio's transmitter building caught fire and the previous Ampegon transmitter (originally built in 1975 under our heritage BBC brand, and working reliably until the fire) was completely destroyed. Ampegon is now pleased to be working with WMLK to provide a replacement transmitter as quickly as possible and get their radio station back on-air.

Ampegon will provide our latest transmitter model featuring a high performance PSM power supply, the latest filter technology and Ampegon’s intuitive UCS control system. This allows the entire transmitter to be operated from a single touch screen, or even remotely over the internet. These features provide significant benefits over the heritage generation BBC transmitter, including greater electrical efficiency, significant reliability improvements, and the ability to retune rapidly.

Ampegon’s Radio Transmitter Construction Group aims to give WMLK a high priority in order to have the station back on-air by October 2018.
(http://ampegon.com/news/?id=91)
(photo/WMLK)