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26/01-2012

JAMMING
Bubble jamming on 990khz from easterly direction 2330 to 2400 gmt any ideas?
Harry Worth, Ringwood UK (26/1-2012)

25/01-2012

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
During my trip to Ras al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates I also made a bandscan of the mediumwave band. In this region mediumwave is still alive and full of stations, especially from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

In the daytime I logged the following stations:

531 khz: Iran, IRIB 1: fair
540 khz: Kuwait, Radio Kuwait: good
540 khz: Iran, IRIB 1: fair
594 khz: Saudi Arabia, BSKSA: fair
612 khz: Bahrain, Radio Bahrain: good
621 khz: Iran, IRIB 1: good
630 khz: Kuwait, Holy Quran: good
675 khz: Quatar, QRTC Arabic: very good
720 khz: Iran, IRIB 1: fair
738 khz: Iran, IRIB 1: good
783 khz: Saudi Arabia, BSKSA: fair
801 khz: Radio Bahrain (Bahrain): fair
846 khz: UAE (Umm Al Quwain): very good
882 khz: Saudi Arabia, BSKSA Quran: very good
900 khz: Saudi Arabia, BSKSA: fair
954 khz: Quatar: good
1017 khz: Iran, IRIB 1 (?): good
1098 khz: Saudi Arabia, BSKSA: good
1116 khz: Iran, IRIB 1 (?): fair
1152 khz: UAE, Ras Al Khaimah Radio (Ras Al Khaimah): very good
1224 khz: Iran, VOIRI: good
1269 khz: UAE, Radio Asia (Ras Al Khaimah): very good
1413 khz: Oman, BBC: good
1440 khz: Saudi Arabia, BSKSA: good
1448 khz: Iran, IRIB 1: good
1467 khz: Iran, IRIB 1: good
1575 khz: UAE Dubai, Radio Farda (?): good

Peter Wiedemann, Dresden (25/1-2012)

ST. KITTS & NEVIS
If anyone on the east coast is still awake....
At this moment, 0455 UTC, 25 January 2012, ZIZ National Broadcasting Corp. of St. Kitts and Nevis is coming in with a fair signal on 555 kHzin English relaying the BBC. There is a local ID on the hour and they are scheduled to switch back to local programming at 0600 UTC, according to their website. Caught the local ID on the hour. QRM from 550 as
well as 560 kHz, heavy at times, but this is here and DX-able!
Also check 526 for NDB ZLS from Stella Maris airport in the Bahamas which is also booming in here at the same time with bad QRM from CIAO 530 out of Toronto.
73 Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, dxld yg (25/1-2012)

24/01-2012

ICELAND BAND SCAN
The MW band is pretty dead here right now and has been so since Sunday. Of course it just has to be overcast as well, so no aurora spotting for me either. Major grmbl.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson ISL (24/1-2012)

U S A
A night of storms didn’t let up with daylight as an early-morning tornado hit a radio station in Clanton, AL today around 7am local time. The National Weather Service says a tornado destroyed the studios of Southeastern Broadcasting’s “98 Gospel” WKLF (980) and also brought down much of an adjacent 302-foot transmitter tower. Fortunately there were no injuries. Clanton is about 50 miles south of Birmingham.
Inside Radio via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (23/1-2012)

22/01-2012

DX TEST KRSN
Hi all,
Heard the DX Test from KRSN for the 10 minute period using the Grand Junction CO Global Tuners receiver. Signal was poor to fair.
Regards Tony Magon, VK2IC, Sidney AUS, dxld yg (22/1-2012)
Ran the tape both nights of the test and heard nothing here of KRSN in the jumble that is 1490. Used the Drake R8 and a 200' W-E wire.
Steve Lare, Holland, MI/ USA, dxld yg (22/1-2012)

ALGERIA
Friends, Thanks for the info on 531 and 549 khz Algeria. It is interesting to hear about the new youth FM channel, however the youth entertainment format is not new. Since they increased power on 531 khz and  started 549 khz (it relayed the same channel) they broadcast in the same format: news, commercial advertisments, arab disco music, talking about "vidioklips", hit parade type of programmes; in some programmes they applied 2 (1 male, 1 female) presenters. I wonder if this is related to the "arab revolution" or fear about that, or to the demographic situation of the country? I don't know.
I'd like to note that i had no opportunity to hear the new FM format and I cannot compare that with my observations on the "old" Algerian station. I don't know either that the station is a redesign of the former one, or a totally new one, or the owner is the same or not.
On my location (western hungary) 531 khz can be heard all over the night on the level of a local station; 549 khz is very weak, most of the time it is not audible, interfering with other stations.
Regards, Tibor Gaal HNG (22/1-2012)

FAROE ISLANDS
Erik Kugland reports in the A-DX mailing list that the Faroe Islands transmitter on 531 kHz [Akraberg] is at present on air with full 100 kW after storms damaged a number of FM transmitters. Usually the output is limited to 25 kW nowadays.
Kai Ludwig, dxld yg (21/1-2012)

U S A
1000 WMVP quite good yesterday morning @ 0800. Clip attached
http://www.box.com/s/lncvbilfb3g0loxli3vy
Barry Davies, mwcircle yg (21/1-2012)
Interesting, Barry.
This morning (21st of Jan) I had sports around 0210UTC on 1000 khz. So, I suppose this was also WMPV. I was very surprised to hear a station on 1000 khz because of the Dutch 200KW Zeewolde transmitter of Groot Nieuws Radio.
I can't remember when I heard a station before on 1000 khz !
The Zeewolde transmitter is located in the same direction to which my N. America KAZ antenna is pointing and only about 40 kilometers from my location....
Max van Arnhem HOL, mwcircle yg (21/1-2012)

21/01-2012

INDONESIA
I am listening to an Indonesian station on 1533khz which I presume is Radio Islam Sabili which should be on 1530khz via the Karratha Global Tuners receiver. I started listening at around 1425utc, when there was either an id or advert with many mentions of Jakarta. I will need to go back and listen to the recording later.
Regards Tony Magon VK2IC, AUS via dxld yg (21/1-2012)

ALGERIA
Radio Algeria recently launched a new youth station. Jil FM started broadcasting at 09:00 on Sunday 15 January on 94.7 FM, in the centre and centre-south, on 531kHz mediumwave in the east and south-east and on 549 kHz mediumwave in the west and south-west regions of the country.
Jil FM will be providing its listeners with music, reports, debates, entertainment, comedy and news 24/7. Programming will comprise 65% national and international music, 20% programmes related to socio-professional youth issues, 10% culture and 5% news.
The radio station, located at 12 rue Shakespeare (El Mouradias Alger) will also be present on all social networking sites.
Source: EBU via R Netherlands Media Network blog via mwcircle yg (21/1-2012)

DX TEST KRSN
1490 kHz: I heard it very faintly here in Lakewood Colorado. I could hear some of the sweeps, Hangups and Morse code as well as Paul very faintly. I could also see the mores code at 700hz and 5khz on Spectrum lab waterfall display.
I made a recording of it as well. I will probably post some of the best clips on WTFDA once I clean it up a bit.
Was very faint but I heard the test. A first for me.
John, mwdx yg (21/1-2012)

DX TEST WHP
WHP Radio, 580 kHz, Harrisburg, PA will conduct a DX Test on Monday morning, Feb. 27, 2012 at 12:05, 12:33, 1:05, 1:33, 2:05, 2:33, 3:05, 3:33, 4:05 and 4:33 a.m. Eastern Time for one minute.
The test will consist of voice announcements and Morse code identifications. Operations Manager R.J. Harris is also investigating the possibility of using WHP’s daytime antenna pattern during the test periods. More information regarding the DX Test will be provided as it is developed.
Reception reports and digital audio recordings may be directed to RJHarris@ClearChannel.com.
DXers can receive a WHP QSL card for correct reception reports by sending their reports along with a self-addressed envelope and return postage to the following address: Mr. R.J. Harris, Operations Manager, WHP Radio, 600 Corporate Circle, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Many thanks to Mr. Harris who is also amateur radio operator W3HP. (Test arranged by J.D. Stephens and Jim Pogue)
Jim Pogue, mwdx yg (19/1-2012)

DX TEST WTKT
WTKT Radio, 1460 kHz, Harrisburg, PA will conduct a DX Test on Monday morning,
Feb. 27, 2012 at 12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 1:45, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15 and 4:45 a.m. Eastern Time for one minute.
The test will consist of voice announcements and Morse code identifications. Operations Manager R.J. Harris is also investigating the possibility of using WTKT’s daytime antenna pattern during the test periods. More information regarding the DX Test will be provided as it is developed.
Reception reports and digital audio recordings may be directed to RJHarris@ClearChannel.com
DXers can receive a WTKT QSL card for correct reception reports by sending their reports along with a self-addressed envelope and return postage to the following address: Mr. R.J. Harris, Operations Manager, 1460 The Ticket, c/o Clear Channel Communications, 600 Corporate Circle. Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Many thanks to Mr. Harris who is also amateur radio operator W3HP. (Test arranged by J.D. Stephens and Jim Pogue)
Jim Pogue, mwdx yg (19/1-2012)

DX TEST KRSN
Just a reminder about the KRSN DX test coming up this weekend:
KRSN Los Alamos, NM 1490 kHz.
The DX test is scheduled for early Saturday and Sunday mornings, Jan 21 and 22 at midnight Mountain time. (0700 UTC).
The test will run for 10 minutes each time.
Included are sweep tones, 20 WPM Morse code at 700 Hz, telephone
"offhook" signal, and vocal IDs & announcements provided by Paul
Walker (http://onairdj.com).
Mike Terry, mwdx yg (19/1-2012)

SOUTH AFRICA
The Radio Pulpit relay from Johannesburg has stopped in Cape Town on 729 kHz from beginning of January 2012.
John Plimmer, Montagu, Cape Province, South Africa, mwdx yg (19/1-2012)
It seems we caught this at the right time from Newfoundland Canada at the DXped. Will this be returning, perhaps on a different freq?
73 Neil Kazaross, mwdx yg (19(1-2012)
No it's off air, they had a temporary license only and it they come on air
again it will be on the same frequency.
John Plimmer, Montagu, Cape Province, South Africa mwdx yg (20/1-2012)

DRM?
A strange noise like DRM can be heard during the day, esp. in the afternoon on 1134 kHz here in my location in the middle of Europe. Does anybody know more, have I missed something?
Thanks, Karel Honzik, CZE mwcircle yg (16/1-2012)
Hi Karel, This noise I already noticed in our local afternoons in autumn. No idea what it is.
Max van Arnhem HOL, mwcircle yg (17/1-2012)

DX TEST KRSN
American Broadcast DXers (http://abdx.org/) announces a DX test for KRSN 1490 kHz, Los Alamos NM.

The DX test is scheduled for early Saturday and Sunday mornings, Jan 21 and 22 at midnight Mountain time (0200 ET, 0700 UTC).
The test will run for 10 minutes each time.
Included are sweep tones, 20 WPM Morse code at 700 Hz, telephone "offhook" signal, and vocal IDs & announcements provided by Paul Walker (http://onairdj.com). Thanks, Paul!
Also included is 20 WPM Morse code at 5 kHz, so those of you with the equipment can try to detect the sidebands as CW at 1485 or 1495 kHz.

The transmitter is a Harris DAX-1 at 1000 Watts into a 3-wire folded monopole antenna located at N35° 53'37.6", W106° 17'36.8"

Preferred reception report method is via email to DXTEST@KRSNAM1490.COM. Attach an audio clip of what you heard if you can. At least give a good description of what you heard.
If you simply must use snail-mail, send your report (and a CD or cassette, if you can) to:
DX Test C/O David Sutton 3801 Arkansas Ave, Ste. E. Los Alamos, NM, 87544
Thanks to Mike Westfall, National Radio Club http://www.nrcdxas.org/
Mike Terry, dxld yg /14/1-2012)

U K
I’ve been informed today by Stray FM that 936kHz will not be closing to be replaced by FM.
The new owners might be interested in reception reports since they now have a much larger coverage area.
73 Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (13/1-2012)

17/01-2012

UNID 576 KHZ
Comment to UNID 576 kHz reported by Ehard Goddijn January 11th:

Dear Ydun,
As Mauno mentioned this was BNR Hristo Botev. There was an ID at 1950 UTC "...programa Hristo Botev".
73, Patrick Robic AUT (17/1-2012)

UNID 576 KHZ
576 kHz isn't heard any more. Checked via Greek remote rx.
[See item of January 14th/ed]
Mauno Ritola FIN (16/1-2012)

15/01-2012

BULGARIA
"Dear listeners and friends of the short waves and Radio Bulgaria, With a huge regret to inform you very bad news. After more than 75 years in the world broadcasting from January 31, 2012 at 2200 UT, Radio Bulgaria cease broadcasting on short and medium waves. The solution is that Radio Bulgaria is not necessary now its short waves and medium waves listeners. The reason -no money for broadcast on short and medium waves. And who listens to short waves today? Already has internet. Maintaining the short waves was "Mission Impossible"! Hope dies last. As a frequency manager in the last 19 years my main task was to provide best quality signal of Radio Bulgaria in worldwide coverage. There will be no short waves, there will be no frequency manager. For all people who work in Radio Bulgaria that bad news is shock and horror Beginning of the end. But expect your moral support. Please send e-mail to:

Albanian section: <albanian @ bnr.bg>
Bulgarian section: <bulgarian @ bnr.bg>
English section: <english @ bnr.bg>
French section: <french @ bnr.bg>
German section: <german @ bnr.bg>
Greek section: <greek @ bnr.bg>
Russian section: <russian @ bnr.bg>
Serbian section: <serbian @ bnr.bg>
Spanish section: <spanish @ bnr.bg>
Turkish section: <turkish @ bnr.bg>

and from January 14, 2012: <www.saveradiobulgaria.com>

Thank you and goodbye,
Ivo Ivanov"
John Babbis via Kai Ludwig, dxld yg (13/1-2012)

14/01-2012

UNID 576 KHZ
Ehard: Maybe you had BNR Hristo Botev from Vidin, Bulgaria? I heard them yesterday // 1296 kHz. But strange those mentions about Deutsche Welle.
Do you have a recording?
Mauno Ritola FIN (13/1-2012)

12/01-2012

UNID 576 KHZ
Dear Ydun,
To-day January 11th 2012 UNID station noted on 576 kHz since 1855 UTC carrier; audio 1958 UTC various type of music and announcement in unknown language (Polish?).At 1928 UTC Radio ..... announcing Alarma and Deutsche Welle; followed by english songs; very relaxed presentation.Reception is good SIO=344. Now 1952 UTC talk in unknown language.
Now 2000 UTC a discussion in unknown language still going on and no ID or time pips.
Later on January 11th: The station on 576 kHz suddenly went off the air at 2003 UTC 11/1/2012.
Also heard on 10/1/2012 2022 - 2229 UTC.
Sometimes the transmitter trips.
Happy New Year and 73s, Ehard Goddijn (11/1-2012)

SRI LANKA / GERMANY
DW TRINCOMALEE TESTS? 1548 kHz Medium Wave 8 Jan 2012, 1730 UTC tune in... till 1829 sign off. ((ie 11.00 pm to midnight local time India) Deutsche Welle via Trincomale playing non stop music & regular announcements in German, English,French, Russian & Arabic...."This is Deutsche Welle, the external broadcasting services of Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, we are sorry you are unable to receive our regular programs at this moment."
1548 kHz was a popular DW channel from Trincomalle, including DRM .
I thought that DW via Sri Lanka closed down for good.
Jose Jacob, Hyderabad, India, dxld yg (9/1-2012)

This was the emergency programming DW provides on CD to the transmitter sites, supposed to be played when they get no feed from Bonn anymore, also not via dial-up, in doubt due to a major incident at the Bonn radio house.
It's well possible that this production has hereby been broadcast for the very first time. Using it to test the Trincomalee transmitters, in particular the mediumwave outlet, is now of course a masterpiece of sarcasm. Like it!! And would not take it as indication that Defunct Welle will ever use Trincomalee again.
Kai Ludwig, dxld yg (9/1-2012)

Test tone noted last night on 1548 kHz from tune in at around 1610 UTC (10 Jan 2012). It was also heard by Alokesh Gupta in Delhi.
Jose Jacob, India via dxld yg (11/1-2012)

U K
Now that Belgium has left 927kHz it is possible that Tyrone Community Radio might move here from 1512kHz. They apparently briefly tested this frequency earlier in 2011.
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (7/1-2012)

U K
Yorkshire based Fresh Radio (on 936kHz & 1413kHz) is no longer in operation. The transmitters are broadcasting continuous music announcing that a new radio station for the Dales is coming.
Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (7/1-2012)

05/01-2012

DENMARK
DR on 243 kHz: Finally remembered to take the GX700 outside in time for the afternoon weather to check 243 kHz. DR wasn't wall-to-wall here on the East Coast, true, but easily audible: S2 to S3. A semi-decent car radio should have no problems, at least during the dark.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson, Iceland (5/1-2012)

SPAIN
Onda Cero Radio has left 540 kHz (Barcelona) and now on this channel
Onda Melodía can be heard. Onda Melodía is the music channel of the same
network and presents non stop music with identifications: "Onda Melodía,
música siempre".
Artur Fernández Llorella. Catalonia, Spain via PlayDX via emwg yg (4/1-2012)
Last night there was a transission of the football match FC Barcelona vs. Osasuna and the ID was "Onda Cero Catalunya".
Is this an exception ?
Greetings to beautiful Catalunya, Michael Wlochinski, Moenchengladbach, Germany via mwcircle yg (5/1-2012)

NETHERLANDS
The new transmitting mast in Hoogersmilde, which is being built to replace the old one that collapsed following a fire in July 2011, will be several metres taller than the old tower, according to owner Novec. A spokeswoman said the extra height would increase the range of the transmissions. The rebuilding process has been accelerated, and the new tower should be operational in the summer. The Dutch Government is providing extra funding for the accelerated rebuilding process.
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/new-antenna-mast-at-hoogersmilde-will-be-higher
Andy Sennitt, via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (4/1-2012)

SPAIN
This morning I heard Radio Manresa 1539kHz with an excellent signal and local programming from 0908 (when I tuned in) – 0910utc. At 0910 it rejoined the SER network “Hoy por Hoy – Cadena SER”
The SER schedule shown on EMWG says local programming is 0903-0905 (Mo-Fr).
Has the SER schedule changed?
Does anyone know more?
Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (3/1-2012)
Hi Steve, many of this short local breaks for adv. have no fixed time. They are launched remotely from Madrid at the program host convenience. That one seems to be at the end of the hourly news and if this bulletin last longer then it will start later. The only breaks with a fixed time are those for local or regional news.
This is the same for all networks. Some exception could be that adv. break before the sports midnight program (not sure about the time but it was 2255-2300 sometime ago) and the 1 minute break at .59 each hour along the night (some stations leave the National feed).
73s Mauricio Molano, Salamanca SPAIN, mwcircle yg (3/1-2012)

02/01-2012

DENMARK
DR on 243 kHz has extended on-air time with half an hour daily except Sunday:

08.00  Radioavis (News)
08.03  Morgenandagt (ikke sondag) (Morning prayer, not Sunday)

Time and schedule now
Local time (UTC+1, UTC+2 during summer) - all px in Danish:
05.45-05.51 Weather forecast
06.00-06.07 News in parallel with P4

08.00-08.03 News
08.03-08.30 Morning prayer/service (not Sunday)

08.30-08.40 Gymnastics
08.45-09.00 Weather forecast
09.00-09.07 News in parallel with P4
11.45-12.00 Weather forecast
12.00-12.30 News in parallel with P4
17.45-18.00 Weather forecast
18.00-18-03 News in parallel with P4
18.03-18.19 Shipping info for Danish waters
Ydun Ritz (2/1-2012)

01/01-2012

DRM
First, everyone all the best for 2012.
Can we conclude, so at the start of a new year, that DRM, as a modulation sort on AM and SW, is over?? Most - experimental - transmitters are switched off again, receivers are not available. At least one advantage, normal AM broadcast are not suffering anymore from the - hiss - that DRM stations were making on the co-channel and neighbouring channels.
For example: Radio Waddenzee/Radio Seagull, 1602 KHz., since today, New Yearsday, free from the disturbing which came from Langenberg 1593 KHz.
Best 73's Mr. W. Prins - Haren The Netherlands (1/1-2012)

GERMANY
WDR 1593 in Germany seems to be gone. I´m living approx. 40 km from the transmitter.
I do receive Romania Actualtitati and a weak French signal.
73 and a Happy New Year to all Medium Wave Aficionados,
Michael Wlochinski, QTH: Moenchengladbach, JO31fe via mwcircle yg (1/1-2012)

Hearing France and Kuwait here. Kuwait had a programme in Portuguese discussing Canada @ 0158 then into Arabic at 0200 with "Iraq Al Hurra" id.
Paul Logan via mwcircle yg (1/1-2012)

Re 1593...............it was a pleasure to hear music (of a sort!) on this frequency today - the 1st - at 0800 instead of an incessant roar.
I didn't catch any ID but I suspect it to be the French station recently reported testing, and heard briefly in WDR fades. Would this be the one listed in the 1012 WRTH as Bretagne 5, St.Goueno?  There was background rumble from others unknown on the channel.
73 Noel R. Green via dxld yg (1/1-2012)

COLOMBIA
On 17/12-2011 under Colombia:

"In the past Radio Kelkboom from Aruba on 1440, 1 kW could be heard in NL.
Dont know if this 1440 Aruba is still on.
Ruud, Radio Paradijs HOL (16/12-2011)"

Several years ago Radio Kelkboom left MW, now only on FM.
Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands (30/12-2011)

29/12-2011

GERMANY
Several mediumwave stations in Germany are due to cease transmissions within the next couple of weeks.
The first to go, on Friday 30 December, is the low power (0.6 kW) SWR station at Ulm on 1413 kHz.
The following day it is the turn of high power (700 kW) gospel station ERF at Mainflingen on 1539 kHz and the WDR mediumwave transmitter at Langenberg on 1593 kHz which has been broadcasting in DRM mode.
On 8 January SWR will cease its mediumwave broadcasts of the “Bodensee Sender” on 666 kHz (150 kW), Muhlacker on 576 kHz (100 kW), Freiburg on 828 kHz (10kW) and RheinSender/Wolfsheim on 1017 kHz (100 kW) will close.
Source: Mediamagazine.nl (28/12-2011)
Andy Sennitt comments: The closure of Freiburg on 828 kHz is interesting, as it may improve reception of Dutch broadcaster Radio 10 Gold in some locations after dark, though there is still an NDR transmitter st Hannover active on this frequency.
All via Media Network weblog (28/12-2011)

ALGERIA / CLANDESTINE
Polisario Front 1550 kHz: For the past few days, the Castilian language prgr is being aired 2330-0000 although they're announcing "media noche en Aiún ocupada" (=midnight in occupied El-Aiún), which should be translated to 2300 UTC, but even this may be incorrect as Morocco's time zone matches, I suppose, that of UTC just like here in POR and also in MDR, IRL, G or ISL.

Today, something went wrong down there as the tx went off at 2330 as it normally would after the 2300-2330 prgr in Castilian. On Weds. 21st, however, the b/cast was 2332-0002.
73, Carlos Gonçalves POR via dxld yg (24/12-2011)

23/12-2011

BANDSCAN from ICELAND
Yesterday was a tad busy so I'm bandscanning today.
First longwave at 1245Z: Plenty of activity. NRK and DLF on 153, France on 162, DLR on 177 (weak), Europa on 183 (weak), RUV on 189/207, BBC on 198, R.Lux on 234, RTE on 252.

Mediumwave at 1252Z: Kringvarp Føroya on 531, R. Scotland on 810, Absolute R. on 1215 (weak), Talksport on 1053/1089 (v. weak).
Well, it's high day.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson, Iceland (23/12-2011 1300 UTC)

19/12-2011

U K
Orfordness 1296 kHz is currently (13:00 UTC 19-12-11) on with a musical loop playing, no ID at top of the hour.
1296 kHz  now off at 1330 hrs.
Link to test loop:   http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15836400/1296%20khz%20interval.mp3
Chris McCarthy, Ipswich, Suffolk via mwcircle yg (19/12-2011)

17/12-2011

COLOMBIA
To add on the 1440 Station from Medellin Colombia.
It is listed by the FCC for only 1 kW.
In Brasil the most powerful station during the night is from Manaus with 10 kW.
DX Conditions on MW or excellent now.
1440 is a nice clear option when Luxemburg signs off.
1440 is a channel in both the 9 (Europe) and 10 (America) roster system, no hets.
In the past Radio Kelkboom from Aruba on 1440, 1 kW could be heard in NL.
Dont know if this 1440 Aruba is still on.
Ruud, Radio Paradijs HOL (16/12-2011)

15/12-2011

COLOMBIA
I´ve been plagued by crackly wideband QRM the last few nights, but managed to pull the following out of it:
1440  HJNZ  Colmundo, Medellin; talk, ads and LA pops with several "Colmundo Radio" IDs and "mas ? internacional de Colombia por el mundo"  W/F  0301 14/12
I´m certain I also heard them the previous night over Brazilian religion (presumably Radio Independencia) and WRED with sports, but couldn´t find a clear ID.
Jack Weber, UK via mwcircle yg (15/12-2011)

14/12-2011

LUXEMBOURG
I have heard 1440 well past 8am up til 9am or fadeing off till darkness. Have heard as early as 1400gmt. My view the must taken off timer on the transmitter site. Great station for music all sorts. As I am not fan of digital radio crap or commercial fm station, swl listner as well as mw long live the medium wave LW than goodness.
Radio man (14/12-2011)

LUXEMBOURG
RTL 1440 definitely is on air during the daytime now, with usual English pop oldies songs and German announcers.
Regards Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (14/12-2011)

13/12-2011

LUXEMBOURG
There seems to be a change in broadcasting hours on 1440kHz. Until recently the station closed down at 0800 utc leaving 1440kHz open for DX possibilities, but since last weekend I have observed that RTL stayed on air past 0800hrs. I have not had time to fully monitor the situation but I noticed extended programming at the following new times:
0806 on 13/12/11
0936 on 11/12/11
The last log I have of sign off at 0800 was 6/12/11.
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (13/12-2011)

01/12-2011

BELGIUM
Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal (RVi) will cease to exist after 31 December 2011. That also means also that the Wolvertem transmitter (near Brussels) operating on 927 kHz will be switched off on 31 December at 23:59:59 hours local time. Norkring is the owner of the transmitter. It is unclear if they will put airtime on the market for rent. Mails to them are left unanswered. But I think the transmitter is in bad shape. It is left on the air at night with unmodulated carrier since several weeks ago. We have seen this too during extremely cold periods in recent winters. So I think there are no plans to use the site for other purposes.
On RVi’s website will only be mentioned that the service has ceased while Radio 1 and 2 are now available worldwide via the internet and satellite.
 
Here are a few pictures of the antennas at Wolvertem
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/
original/22935817.jpg
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/
original/27136164.jpg
http://www.project208.com/belgium-meise-wolvertem-drijpikkelstraat-pictures.html
In Google Maps : http://g.co/maps/6h5ad
and in Bing Maps : http://bit.ly/tIlTQK
Source: Guido Schotmans via Media Network weblog (30/11-2011)

COLOMBIA
See photos and read about two Finnish dxers' tour to Colombian radio stations in Bogota and Barranquilla.
Ydun Ritz (1/12-2011)

29/11-2011

CANADA
Radio Ville-Marie, using call letters CIRA, has begun broadcasting on 1350 kHz from Gatineau, Québec, right next to the Canadian capital Ottawa. CIRA is the fifth transmitter for Catholic station Radio Ville-Marie, which broadcasts across Québec on four different FM frequencies. Its most powerful transmitter is located in Montréal on 91.3 MHz FM. The station was first reported heard by Canadian DXer Barry McLarnon on November 12.
During the first test broadcasts CIRA was heard simulcasting CJEU 1670 AM. CIRA has been heard off the nominal frequency at 1350.077 kHz. The station broadcasts at a power of 1 kW daytime and 0.18 kW nighttime. CIRA can be reached by writing to Radio Ville-Marie-Outaouais, C.P. 51020, 375 ch. Des Épinettes, Orléans, Ontario K1E 3E0, Canada, or by email.
DXing.info (26/11-2011)

U S A
A new graveyard station signs on in Kansas on 1340 AM.
KGGS from Garden City, Kansas, has been broadcasting on 1340 kHz AM since November 9. KGGS has a country music format and a transmitter power of 1 kW. The launch of the new radio station was announced by Steckline Communications Radio Group President Greg Steckline and reported in the local newspaper, The Garden City Telegram.
DXing.info (26/11-2011)

FRANCE
A new AM station has been testing in France in early November on 1593 kHz. Radio Bretagne 5, from Saint-Gouéno in Brittany. Transmitter power is 10 kW daytime and 5 kW nighttime. You can contact the station by writing to Radio Bretagne 5, La Chaumière, F-22120 Pommeret, France, or by email. The station is even planning to print QSL cards. Information about the station has been published by DXers Artur Fernández Llorella and David Duckworth.
DXing.info (26/11-2011)
See items November 6th about testing, heard by several dxers.
Ydun Ritz

28/11-2011

ARGENTINA
Radio Juventud is one more unlicensed station on the Argentine X-band. Radio Juventud broadcasts from the capital Buenos Aires on 1700 kHz, simulcasting its programming on 90.1 MHz FM. Radio Juventud is located at Cjal. José Dans Rey -Calle 26- Nº 742, (B1887ELF) Florencio Varela, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. You can call the station at (011) 4255-0739 or 4237-2218. The station manager is Héctor Hugo Alaniz.
Marcelo A. Cornachioni on Condig mailing list (19/11-2011) and DXing.info (26/11-2011)

27/11-2011

NORTHAMERICAN BANDSCAN
I had a listen at 1000 this morning and noted the following stations:
740 CFZM Weak
1010 CFRB Fair
1050 CHUM Weak
1100 WTAM Weak
1130 WBBR Good
1140 CBI Weak
1180 WHAM Good
1290 CJBK Fair
1320 CJMR Good
1390 WEGP Good
1430 CHKT Fair
1440 WRED/WHKZ Weak and cross-fading
1510 WWZN Fair
1520 WWKB Good
1540 CHIN Good
Whilst there is nothing particularly exciting in this list, what was interesting is that an hour earlier many of them were inaudible. They were all gone again by 1100 when no trans-Atlantic signals were noted. Another interesting point from this morning was that at 0700 there were many more stations at the lower end of the band which had all gone by 0800 and which did not reappear – for example 560 WGAN; 570 Reloj; 610 WIOD; 700 WLW
73 Andrew Brade, UK via mwcircle yg (27/11-2011)

24/11-2011

CANADA
I called CKDH Amherst NS today. The station manager said AM 900 closed "last Thursday" [Nov. 17/2011].
Andy Reid CAN (23/11-2011)
Thanks, Andy. Always sad news, when stations close.
Ydun Ritz

22/11-2011

CANADA
Some changes for Montreal's AM radio scene, approved by CRTC today:
- CKGM to move from 990 to 690
- New French talk station on 940
- New French LBGTQ specialty station on 990
Full details on the CRTC website:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/whatsnew/2011/n1121.htm
73, Ricky Leong, Calgary AB via dxld yg (22/11-2011)

18/11-2011

NETHERLANDS
Radio Seagull 1395 kHz:
From the station website:
The six week test on 1395 has come to an end. From various locations, with a variety of antenna configurations and with output  running from less than one to (slightly) over 5 kilowatt have provided us with   an abundance of information. The test was a co-operation between the licensee,   the Dutch Telecom Agency and Radio Seagull.
We want to thank everyone who sent in reports. Many of you sent in more than once, exactly like we asked. Martin Smith and Paul Stiles are making an inventory of the places where the reports come from and soon you can expect the award winning reporter who received the signal the furthest away, to be announced. We did get hundreds of reports.
Well   done!

The future:
That is what many people have asked us about. Unfortunately we cannot tell you anything yet because we don't know ourselves. The outcome of the evaluation will be that the licensee, the Telecom Agency and Radio Seagull have a good impression of the potential. That impression will be the guide line for the future. Watch this space.
Thanks again!
ps - Radio Seagull does of course continue on 1602 AM and around the world online - click the "Listen Now" button.
Sietse Brouwer http://www.radioseagull.nl/news.html via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (18/11-2011)

14/11-2011

NETHERLANDS
Radio Seagull: The 1395 kHz is now off air, from today part 3 of the test transmittions has ended.
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (14/11-2011)

13/11-2011

U S A
RADIO SAWA in Arabic to NoAF, NoEaAF, NE, ME
0000-2400 990 to Libya, Egypt, Palestine
0000-2400 1170 to NE/ME
0000-2400 1548 to NE/ME
1645-0400 1431 to Djibouti, NoEaAF
VOA, via William Hague-UK NWDXC, Oct 19 via BC-DX Oct 27 via DXLD yg (13/11-2011)

12/11-2011

GERMANY
SWR2 "Der Mittelwellensender Mühlacker - 81 Jahre lebendige Rundfunkgeschichte" [81years MW station Muehlacker, 1930 - 2011] feature on SWR2 Stuttgart program, 12 Dec 2011, 07.30-07.58 UT.
MW 576 kHz SWR Muehlacker to be closed for ever on Dec 31, 2011.
Wolfgang Bueschel, in mwdx yg (12/11-2011)

FRANCE
Radio Bretagne 5 1593kHz: Heard for the first time at 0955utc with a huge signal here. Either very odd propagation or they are putting out a very effective signal. Signal had diminished by about 1015utc. Playing back to music but at 1000 had time pips and French announcement mentioning 1593 and ondes moyennes.
Reception easily dominated the DRM on 1593kHz.
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (12/11-2011)

FRANCE
Last information from Bretagne 5 on 1593 KHz.
73 de Vincent Lecler http://ndbdxingblog.blogspirit.com via mwcircle yg (9/11-2911)

06/11-2011

FRANCE
Radio Bretagne 5 heard testing 1593khz weak french sogns brittany folk music, near Fordingbridge Hampshire uk time, ten am gmt.
Harry Worth (6/11-2011)

NETHERLANDS
Radio Seagull 1395 kHz received loud and extremely well in southern Denmark - 50 kms north of the Danish/German border - around 1630 UTC with music, own advs and IDs.
Mentioning that they are on 1602 kHz and testing on 1395 kHz. The streaming is more than one minute ahead!
Ydun Ritz (6/11-2011)

NETHERLANDS
Today Radio Seagull has now started with part 3 of its test-transmittions: The 1395 kHz transmitter of Radio Seagull is now on air again with about a power of five kW ! Enjoy listen to this! Please send in your test reports! See
http://www.radioseagull.com/receptquest.html
Please note: every day between 7PM BT and 10PM BT is this transmitter switched off because to prevent interferes with Radio Tirana which broadcasts on this same frequency! Anorak Nation via Nico from Gouda, the Netherlands via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (6/11-2011)

DENMARK
As of November 1st 2011 DR (Danmarks Radio) has been authorized by the Danish Ministry of Business and Growth to use Kalundborg 243 kHz and 1062 kHz for transmission of nationwide radio.
Conditions for use:
243 kHz may be used with either analogue AM (max 300 kW) or DRM (max 60 kW).
1062 kHz may be used with either analogue AM (max 250 kW) or DRM (max 50 kW)
More - in Danish.
Please note, that DR only has got the authorization for using the frequencies; if DR will use it is another story.
Now, only 243 kHz is used a couple of hours a day for service messages on AM.
By the way, a couple of weeks ago I tried to listen in on 243 kHz from Portugal - but nothing heard!
Ydun Ritz (6/11-2011)

NETHERLANDS
Radio Seagull has returned to 1395kHz this evening (5/11). 1395 is // 1602 but a much better signal here, although Russian is audible behind Seagull @ 2200 utc.
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (5/11-2011)
Radio Seagull is back on the air on 1395 kHz (= 09.40 UTC)
73 Hugo Matten, mwcircle yg (6/11-2011)

05/11-2011

FINLAND DXPEDITION
Want to know how hungry bears can destroy Beverage antennas? More at
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih10rep.dx
Or how hungry DXers can focus on eating, drinking and being merry, instead of DXing? More at http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih7rep.dx
Two DXpedition reports from the Arctic, another one spanning two countries!
73s Mika Makelainen http://www.DXing.info/ (5/11-2011)

03/11-2011

ICELAND BANDSCAN
For the last several days, conditions on MW have been rather bad up here. I have the SuperTech portable tuned to 1215kHz almost 24/7, and the signals from the UK on this and other frequencies have been unusually weak for the season. Even at night, S=1 is common. Heck, I've caught myself turning on an FM radio more often than usual!
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson, Iceland (3/11-2011)

NETHERLANDS
Radio Seagull 1395 kHz: 2nd part of 1395 test  finished.
Wednesday October 26th 2011 the LV Jenni Baynton returned to her homeport Harlingen (Holland). The second part of the test program has finished and it is time to put all the reports and measurements together to see what the results are. Adjustments to the antenna have given the signal a boost   as to how far we get, but unfortunately that lead to reception nearby being less sucessful. However it is like we have stated many times, this is why it is a  test.
The ship has now returned to port and preparations are now going on to sort things out for the third and final phase, expected to   start first week of November. We have one more " experimental antenna"  to test,   after which we will return to the basic set up which will probably mean we will   be getting into area's we were getting into
during the first few days.
The anchoring in the Waddenzee was for testing the new anchor as well. We have finally got our own anchor, a special mushroom   anchor designed for stationary ships like lightvessels. The anchor held perfectly and indeed the lifting was a bit of a job for the old windlas, but it   did the job well. 
So both tests were successful. Stay tuned and do send in a reception report during the 3rd part of the test, even if you have already done so before. Thanks in advance.
Sietse, http://www.radioseagull.com/news.html via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (1/11-2011)

500 KHZ
A number of the WD2XSH 500-kHz stations will be on the air on Thursday night, November 3 to mark the 105th anniversary of the Berlin treaty that made 500 kHz the International Distress Frequency. Stations operating in the band from 495 to 510 kHz will call CQ on 500 kHz and then QSY to complete the QSO. Stations operating in the band from 461 to 478 kHz will call CQ on 474.5 kHz and then QSY. Other stations may operate beacons with special messages in the bands from 508 - 510 kHz and 476 - 478 kHz. Reports are welcome via the www.500kc.com web site and most stations will QSL. (tnx W1FR)
Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (1/11-2011)

01/11-2011

CANADA
Look for all kinds of special programming on CBC all this week for their 75th anniversary.
Lots of goodies at the special web site: http://www.cbc.ca/75/
73 Best of DX, Shawn Axelrod VE4DX1SMA Winnipeg MB via mwdx yg (31/1-2011)

31/10-2011

U K
A Wirral hospital radio station takes to the airways next week. Radio Clatterbridge takes to the airways after 60 years.
Wirral cultural ambassador Mike McCarthy will next Monday press a button and Radio Clatterbridge’s new AM service will begin transmissions to patients across Clatterbridge Health Park, including Claire House and St John’s Hospice.
The station provides programmes round the clock, but until now they have only been available to listeners with bedside headphones cabled to the studio.
Volunteer presenters wanted to extend the services to other parts of the health park and that was achieved with a new transmitter and aerial. Programmes will now be broadcast on 1386AM (medium wave) to anyone with normal radio on the Clatterbridge site.
More here
Wirral Globe, Merseyside UK (31/10-2011)

29/10-2011

FRANCE
H hello Idun,
Radio Sud mediumwave frequency was: 819 khz.
I don't know the power and the time of their broadcast. I think recently its power is very low, I didn't receive the station here in western Hungary.
I also don't know exactly when Radio Sud will leave mediumwave 819 khz.
Regards, Tibor Gaal HNG (29/10-2011)

28/10-2011

FRANCE
Some news for your news service:
According to a message carried on the French mailing-list OLOM, Sud Radio have shut down their mediumwave outlet at Gauré (Toulouse region) and will from now on be an FM-only station.
73s, Alain Korvallo, Paris - France via mwcircle yg (28/10-2011)

26/10-2011

NETHERLANDS
On 25-10-2011 from 17:10 to 18:00 UTC very good reception of Radio Seagull on 1395 kHz. New location?, better reception over here than from the Harlingen location. Also better reception than the former Big L on 1395 kHz.
Reception in the Ardennes, Belgium.
Ge Huijbens, Beffe, Belgium via mwcircle yg (26/10-2011)

25/10-2011

SOUTH AFRICA
729 kHz TX is back on air from Cape Town, South Africa in parallel to 657 in Johannesburg.
ID’ as “657 AM.
1430z ID in English and Afrikaans as “Radio Pulpit"
John Plimmer via mwdx yg (25/10-2011)

PUERTO RICO
Distance reports 1660 WGIT Canovanas PR now calling itself "Mix 107." It is // with WVOZ 107.7 FM Carolina PR. Logged this month in Scandinavia by Frederick Douren.
Best wishes Barry Davies via mwcircle yg (23/10-2011)

Reported by a host of listeners in this area, not only FD.
First reported as unID to me by Harry Holm on 5th October, Fredrik Dourén 10 days later.
The ID is "Sintoniza La Real Mix 107.7 (Real pronounced in SS)+ [LOL] + Esta es su WTCV canal 32, San Juan, WVEO Canal 17, Aguadilla, WVOZ, canal 47, Ponce. Tu Canal de Videos, WTCV". N.B.: the annct of the FM channel "ciento siete punto siete" is followed by laughter. TCV is apparently an acronym for "Tu Canal de Videos". Owners are the International Broadcasting Corp., phone 787 274 1800. They also own 1660 WGIT, but this callsign is not mentioned on the air. (No need to per current rules?)
Henrik Klemetz, mwcircle yg (24/10-2011)

SAMOA AMERICAN
I had an email exchange this morning with Larry Fuss, the President of South Seas Broadcasting, the owner of mediumwave licenses WVUV 648 kHz, and KKHJ 900 kHz on American Samoa, whilst trying to plan some working travel.
He informs me:
"We gave up on the AM operation. Finding a site for an AM tower with an adequate ground system is virtually impossible on a small island."

So that is another historic call sign (WVUV) that has apparently disappeared from the medium wavebands forever.
73 Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA via dxld yg (23/10-2011)

U S A
The WGBW DX Test is running on 1590 - also running CW id's. Heard on a remote receiver in Southern New England.
Regards Tony Magon VK2IC via dxld yg (23/10-2011)

24/10-2011

Sorry for this week of silence; have been away on holiday! Ydun.

FRANCE
Radio Bretagne 5 (former Littoral AM) will have tests on 1593 kHz from October 21st 2011 to January 20th 2012. From St Goueno transmitter in Brittany (Côtes du Nord). Radio Bretagne & Compagnie La Chaumière 22120 Pommeret. Or visit Facebook page of Radio Bretagne 5.
Christian Ghibaudo (17/10-2011)

16/10-2011

U S A
WGBW AM 1590 Denmark, Wisconsin USA test set for this upcoming Sunday, October 23rd from Midnight to 1am local time (CDT)
10 kilowatts and daytime pattern.
Programming will include tones, ID's and unique music.
Thought I'd give you a 'heads-up'.
Best, Mark Heller, WGBW AM-1590, Denmark, WI USA via Shawn Axelrod, mwdx yg (16/10-2011)

15/10-2011

NETHERLANDS
From the station website:
Radio Seagull 1395 AM - Update 12 October 2011
Tuesday evening at 8pm CET the transmitter was switched off in Harlingen harbour. The first part of our test period has ended. We have learned a great deal, thanks to the numerous reports you sent in. Thank you for that.
We are now preparing for the trip to our next location, about a half a mile out at sea. Because the official storm season has started we need to use extra heavy anchoring gear. Also we need to do adjustments to the antenna and the transmitter. Finally a spare generator will have to be hoisted on board to be on the safe side.
Reports came in from all over Holland, Belgium, Germany and the UK. Places like Liverpool, Braintree, Ipswich and even one from London. We were surprised by reports from Wicklow in Ireland and Furnes in Norway!
We expect to resume broadcasts in a few days once we're safely anchored. Watch this space for news and do listen to 1395 from time to time. Don't hesitate to send in a new report when you hear us, it will be from another location and again we like to know!
Sietse, http://www.radioseagull.com/news.html via Mike Terry, dxld yg (15/10-2011)

11/10-2011

ACORES
828 Antena 1 Açores, Monte das Cruzes, Flores island, reactivated (after an antenna break down back in June last), 2236-..., 07/10, relaying Antena 1 Lisboa, comments on the f/ball match POR vs. ISL; 44433, QRM de E.  I had recently reported on its reactivation scheduled for Thursday, 06/10, and it seems things did run well for the RTP.  This small 1 kW tx served by a folded monopole with the VHF-FM antennae on top is back and with regular, strong signals.
Carlos Goncalves POR (10/10-2011)

GAMBIA
648 GRTS, or more commonly known as R.Gambia, in Bonto, is still putting a dreadful audio as observed on 08/10, 2208-..., talks in Vernacular, possibly a news bulletin, very strong, but hardly readable; 44433 reflecting the signal only, not exactly the content, QRM de E as usual.
Carlos Goncalves POR (10/10-2011)

NETHERLANDS
1395 R.Seagull, on board a vessel off the Dutch coast, 2135-2140*, 06/10, silent carrier for testing; 35443.  And it seems there was another similar test (silent carrier) on the 8th.
Carlos Goncalves POR (10/10-2011)

10/10-2011

U K
Radio 4's Longwave goodbye - Article just published on The Guardian website:
A handful of specially crafted glass valves each measuring one metre high are all that is stopping the historic home of Test Match Special, Yesterday in Parliament and the Daily Service going suddenly and permanently off air.
BBC Radio 4 long wave, which transmits on the 198 kilohertz frequency, relies on ageing transmitter equipment that uses a pair of the valves – no longer manufactured – to function.
The valves, at Droitwitch in Worcestershire, are so rare that engineers say there are fewer than 10 in the world, and the BBC has been forced to buy up the entire global supply. Each lasts anywhere between one and 10 years, and when one of the last two blows the service will go quiet.
Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/09/bbc-radio4-long-wave-goodbye?INTCMP=SRCH
Mike Barraclough via dxld yg (9/10-2011)

ARGENTINA
Radio Tradicional Conurbano Norte is a new Argentinian radio station on 1340 kHz AM. The station is located in Florida, Partido de Vicente López, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Currently the stations is testing with station identifications and music. The unlicensed station can be contacted by email. It was first reported by DXer Marcelo Cornachioni on Condig mailing list on September 23.

Another new station on the same frequency [1340 kHz] is Frecuencia Mediterranea, broadcasting from Rosario del Tala, Provincia de Entre Ríos. The station has been operating on FM 102.5 MHz, which is now being relayed also on the AM band. This unlicensed station, headed by Hugo Rubén Pitura, can be reached by writing to Dr. Rozados 533, (E3174BEK) Rosario del Tala, Entre Ríos. The phone numbers are (03445) 42-3009 and 42-2144, and the station also has email. Also this station was first reported by Cornachioni.

Slightly higher on the AM band, Radio Malvinas Argentinas is a new station operating on 1400 kHz. Despite its name, the station is not operating anywhere near Islas Malvinas (The Falkland Islands), but in the city of Rosario, as reported by Cornachioni. Telephone numbers (0341) 437-3431 and 437-5360 have been announced. This unlicensed station is headed by Sr. Gustavo Martín Izquierdo.
DXing.info (8/10-2011)

PERU
New Catholic station begins broadcasts in Peru on 1180 AM.
NSE Radio is a Catholic station testing currently a new transmitter in the Peruvian capital Lima on 1180 kHz AM. NSE stands for Nuestra Señora del Encuentro con Dios, and stations with the same name already exist elsewhere in Peru and several other Latin American countries. NSE Radio was first logged by Pedro F. Arrunátegui in Lima on September 15, and reported on El Chasqui DX. NSE Radio can be reached by email. Test broadcasts are being conducted at a power of 1 kW, but eventually transmitter power will be raised to 10 kW, says Esteban Vélez at the station in response to Arrunátegui's email.
DXing.info (8/10-2011)

ITALY
Radio Medjugorje Italia heard widely on 1476 kHz AM.
Radio Medjugorje Italia is a new Italian station broadcasting on 1476 kHz with 1 kW of power. It was first heard testing with a programming loop in Italy on October 5, and has already been logged as far as in Scandinavia. Radio Medjugorje Italia transmits from the province of Padova, and can be reached by email. The station was first reported by Roberto Scaglione on bclnews.it website.
DXing.info (8/10-2011)

U K
Nepali Gurkha community in the UK gets a station on 1179 AM.
Radio BGWS, the new community station for the Gurkha Nepali community in the Farnborough and Aldershot area in the United Kingdom, has been testing on 1179 kHz AM. The licence was originally awarded by Ofcom in September 2009. The transmitter power is unknown, but suspected to be under 50 watts. Radio BGWS is run by the British Gurkha Welfare Society. The postal address is: 119 Wren Way, Farnborough, GU14 8TA, the United Kingdom, and the station can be contacted also by email. Radio BGWS was reported by Dave Kenny on BDXC mailing list on September 25.
DXing.info (8/10-2011)

09/10-2011

POLAND
Just in is the new operational schedule from Babcock for the B11 season, and it should be definite now also for Polskie Radio after they were busy evaluating various scenarios during the last weeks.

The big surprise: They will use 1296 from Orfordness, and I suspect it was primarily the operator who successfully convinced them of doing so. It could become the only remaining analogue transmission from Orfordness, RNW no longer shows up in the new Babcock schedule. There may still be a slim possibility that it is an omission at this point, but if not now it would happen in next year anyway.

What Polskie Radio will carry on 1296 is English, and for that they will throw it off shortwave altogether. How is the reception of 1296 in the UK and Ireland, behind the beam that goes during darkness out over Germany to the area from Poland to Hungaria? Using 1296 for German would make more sense I think.
1296 1800-1900 PRW Orfordness UK 300 96 English UK/WeEUR
Extract of item from Kai Ludwig in dxld yg (9/10-2011)

U K
This morning Merseyland Alternative Radio has moved to 1575kHz from usual 1395kHz, presumably because of strong signal from Radio Seagull on 1395kHz.
The MAR website reflects the change as does on air announcements. By the way if you are looking for MAR it might be best to listen at the top of the hour when it fully IDs and it also apparently transmits a morse code ident.
Meanwhile R Seagull 1395 continues to put out a strong signal – exactly 10dB stronger than Radio Waddenzee on 1602 at my location.
Last night at 2300utc Seagull was still on air but sharing 1395kHz with Energy 1395 from Dublin and the Russian language station. BTW R Seagull has its ”top of the hour” a minute late.
73 Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (9/10-2011)

NETHERLANDS
Radio Seagull 1395 kHz: This station seems to be on a full time test schedule. Certainly on air all day. Not on air last night though. But as I write this, they’ve just gone off air.

Station is asking for reception reports and will be offering CD prizes as follows:
1) to one reception report drawn at random at the end of test transmissions
2) one to the listener who reports the most distant reception on 1395kHz
73 Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (8/10-2011)

LUXEMBOURG
According to an article in the local press it has been decided to close Marnach transmitting site at the end of 2014.

RTL Group / CLT will then convert the site into a "data center", which will be environment-friendly ("green IT").
This is the result of lobbying and legal action taken over the last few years by local residents, who consider the transmitting site as the source of various nuisances.
The article also adds that a spokesperson for the government said that there were "no appropriate site in Luxembourg" where to reinstall the antennae...
Best 73 de Francis Mougenez LUX via mwcircle yg (7/10-2011)

NETHERLANDS
Radio Seagull 1395 kHz: There have been various reports of intermittent activity last night 6th Oct and this morning 7th October on 1395kHz.
Presumed signal from Seagull now at 1241utc. Big S9+10dB signal but off frequency. Drifting around 1395.07kHz.
73 Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (7/10-2011)

U K
BBC Radio Scotland set to cease broadcasting at night.
Read more here
The Drum via Ydun Ritz (7/10-2011)

06/10-2011

U K
Buried in the BBC news today that they are cutting 2000 jobs, there is this item:
There will be reductions in medium-wave transmissions for local radio in England where coverage replicates FM. There will also be no reinvestment in long wave, which will lead to the end of Radio 4 on LW in the long term.
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (6/10-2011)
Bad news again. Do they have any time table for the reductions in medium-wave transmissions?
73 Harald Kuhl, mwcircle yg (6/10-2011)

NETHERLANDS / GERMANY
The website of Dutch-based KBC Radio states that the tests on mediumwave 531 kHz from Burg, Germany will stop on Friday 7 October. Until then, the tests are at 1500-1800 UTC.
As previously reported, KBC Radio will start testing on 6095 kHz shortwave on Saturday 8 October. The tests will be each Sat & Sun at 0900-1600 UTC.
More details at:http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/
Media Network weblog via Mike Terry via mwdx yg (6/10-2011)

ITALY
Da qualche ora, Radio Medjugorie Italia sta testando sui 1476 kHz con 1 kW di potenza.
Rapporti d'ascolto a medjugorjeitaliatv@libero.it
Roberto Scaglione, http://www.bclnews.it via mwdx yg (5/10-2011)

ITALY
A new station started today to broadcast in Italy on MW. It's Radio Medjugorje Italia on 1476 kHz. It is located, as reported, in Padova province (Veneto region) North Italy. They are on air with 1 kw. Reports can be sent to medjugorjeitaliatv@libero.it There also a web site: http://www.radiomedjugorjeitalia.com/
(via PlayDX)
73 Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia via mwcircle yg (5/10-2011)

05/10-2011

U S A
Last night I only managed a short scan of the band for trans-Atlantic DX around 0000utc (4/10), and there was very little to be heard. The few signals detectable were weak.
That is all apart from one:
On 1660kHz I had a clear S7 signal with full legal ID at 0000utc listing several stations in south western Florida/Marco Island – namely WCNZ Marco Island. It’s hard to explain why just one signal should be getting clearly across the Atlantic.
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (5/10-2011)

04/10-2011

1368 kHz (20 kW, soon 50 kW in Jan 2012) from Padova to Italy, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Southern Germany
1566 kHz in the city of Rome
1575 kHz outside Rome
9510 kHz Shortwave will be remain our frequency at the same time 0930-1030 CET in the winter. (comment: change in time!)
We cannot guarantee that this free repeat will be for ever ... but in the meantime enjoy!
This is effective today for your next broadcast in November.
IRRS Nexus (4/10-2011)

LATVIA
Unrelated to the programmes transmitted by IRRS Nexus separate Radio City programmes has been broadcast by Radio Merkurs on 1485 kHz (1 kW) Saturdays 21.00 - 22.00 Central European Time. We don't know if this service will be on a monthly or weekly basis.
Information from IRRS Nexus (4/10-2011)

U K
Radio BGWS 1179 kHz has commenced broadcasting from the Farnborough and Aldershot area to the large Gurkha Nepali community. The station is run by the British Gurkha Welfare Society. Web site www.bgws.org Email radiobgws@btconnect.com.
Dave Kenny BDXC –UK via John Williams, mwcircle yg (4/10-2011)

CANADA
Bell Media Launches TSN RADIO in Montreal and Winnipeg
– TSN Radio 990 in Montreal debuts with live coverage of all Montreal Canadiens games
– Winnipeg’s TSN Radio 1290 is the radio home of the Winnipeg Jets.
To tweet this release: http://bit.ly/oexAsy
More here http://ctvmedia.ca/tsn/releases/release.asp?id=14303&yyyy=2011
Got this info from Dan Sys.
73 Best of DX, Shawn Axelrod VE4DX1SMA , Winnipeg MB via mwdx yg (4/10-2011)

03/10-2011

CROATIA
Could this just be a misinterpretation of a program announcement? For instance, at the end of the 0200 UT English insert on SW, times and frequencies are always announced including the MW outlet. The script always includes a date up to which the MW schedule is valid, usually at the end of an A or B season. I always figured this was to reflect the time change for the transmission due to the change between summer and winter time.
Of course a 600kw transmitter is expensive to operate, so if Croatian Radio is having a money crunch, this facility could be shut down. Croatian Radio has an extensive FM network for domestic use, and European listeners can use the 3985 and 7410 frequencies.
Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxld yg (3/10-2011)

CROATIA
This may well explain the apparent misunderstanding. Of course the frequency announcement is valid until Oct 29 only because as of Oct 30 the use of 3985 will be extended and 7410/6165 be replaced.

The complete B11 schedule for Glas Hrvatske will be:
Zadar-Nin, 600 kW on 1134:
1700-2345.
Deanonec, 10 kW:
0600-1650 on 7370,
1655-0555 on 3985.
Wertachtal and/or Nauen and/or Issoudun:
100 kW each on 7375,
1/ to South America 2300-0400,
2/ to North America East 0000-0400,
3/ to North America West 0200-0600;
different azimuths each, so apparently indeed again three different transmitters.
Singapore, 100 kW to Australia / New Zealand:
0700-1100 on 17860.

The 1134 kHz transmitter has been built during the eighties for coverage of Central Europe, with a directional antenna, providing a gain of 7 dB to this direction, thus also further on towards North America. It was never meant for domestic coverage, thus in previous years only on air from the late afternoon til the next morning. In March of last year the airtime has been cut back to the current few hours in the evening.
Actually the facility is 1200 kW, with a pair of two 600 kW transmitters. In September 1991 its antenna has been damaged in fighting, knocking the station off air until it could return with 600 kW on a makeshift antenna in January 1992. The antenna had been fully restored only in 2003/2004. The power stayed at the 600 kW level used since 1992.
Nin is meanwhile the only active mediumwave transmitter in Croatia. All the other ones, meant for domestic coverage, have been shut down in April 2008. This also included the DRM on 594 that seriously interfered with the use of this frequency in Germany and Bulgaria, thus after some time the DRM testing had been confined to the daytime hours. Meanwhile the co-channel operations that suffered back then do longer exist as well.
And a word about Deanovec: The site has, besides the closed mediumwave transmitters (alongside the DRM one on 594 also a 100 kW on 1125), also one 100 kW and two 10 kW shortwave transmitters. At present only one 10 kW transmitter is in use, and it will be so also during B11 on 7370/3985. Registration data that still reads 100 kW does not reflect the real transmission parameters.
See also http://www.oiv.hr/broadcasting/terrestrial/analog-radio/analog-radio_en.aspx
Kai Ludwig, Germany via dxld yg (3/10-2011)

CROATIA
Hi everyone,
According to a news item carried today on the European mail reflector Euroradio, also carried on the French language mail reflector Rglobe, Croatia is to shut down its MW station on 1134 kHz on the 29th of october.
Regards, André Coville, dxld yg & mwdx yg (2/10-2011)

U S A
This from the NRC:
1370 WVIE MD Pikesville – Is now on with U4 50000/24000, upgrading the night facilities. This is a Fox Sports station.
Best wishes Barry Davies, Carlisle UK via mwcircle yg (2/10-2011)

BRAZIL
Brazilian mediumwave list updated. As usual on the Dx Clube do Brasil website   www.ondascurtas.com
Enjoy!
Rocco Cotroneo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil via mwdx yg (25/9-2011)

01/10-2011

CANADA
CBE Windsor ON 1550 kHz:
I tried to catch this sign off last night, Oct. 1. As best as I could tell, CBE was still on at 12:05 AM ET. Seemed to me to go off during the weather, but then is was back on again in a few mins. Again it went off maybe around 12:15 but I heard it pop back on again. Was gone for good at around 12:20. No sign of it this morn.
Andy Reid via dxld yg (1/10-2011)

SAO TOME
Ydun, Regarding the reception reports in Spain and Holland from IBB/VOA 1530 São Tomé (from Mr. Prins, 9/9): Spain and Holland aren't far from due north of the site. And it has a fairly high gain "side-fire" two element antenna whose radiation at true north is about 12,250 mV/m/km, the equivalent of about 1.6 megawatts. And the site is located at Ponta Praião, so that the path to the north is over salt water within less than 1 wavelength from the antenna, ideal for "sea gain" effects. In fact, when we commissioned the antenna, we could see the wave action on the shoreline as very slight variations in the electrical characteristics of the antenna. So it's ideally situated for good transmission to the north, in fact over the entire arc from around 300 degrees true to around 140 degrees true. ( The maxima in the antenna pattern are at 332 deg. and 108 degrees deg. True.)
Ben Dawson (29/9-2011)

30/09-2011

CANADA
CBE WINDSOR ON signs off tonight!
CBC Radio One 1550 AM signs off tonight at 11:59 PM [Sep. 30]. It has been replaced with two FM stations, 97.5 Windsor and 91.9 Leamington. So if you can hear it, nows your last chance!
A nice little item on the change over:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2011/09/30/wdr-goodbye-am-frequency.html
Andy Reid via dxld yg (30/9-2011)

Just want to mention, that CBC was heard back in November 2002, when I was visiting The Twin Cities MN. What a pity with all these medium wave stations signing off for good!
Ydun Ritz (30/9-2011)

LIBYA
Hi DXers, i noticed, that 1251 is back on air, but with the same reduced power, the dutch station is more powerful at my QTH. I found this video now from Surt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVaaByXjPr4
Nato has been bombarded a radio station. It was 972 khz?
Laszlo Tringer HNG (30/9-2011)

29/09-2011

DENMARK
The transmitter at Kalundborg (243 kHz) now is operated by Teracom Danmark (ex-Broadcast Service Denmark). The address remains the same in Taastrup.

www.teracom.dk:
"Teracom A/S, formerly known as “Broadcast Service Denmark,” is a part of the Teracom Group. In Denmark alone, we have more than 30 years’ experience contributing to and distributing radio and television channels. We provide coverage for all of Denmark and have the country’s most attractively positioned transmission masts at our disposal."
73 Harald Kuhl, Germany via mwcircle yg (29/9-2011)

NETHERLANDS
You need new batteries for 1395. Big L will test with Seagull on 1395. Testing with different power. The tests will start with some luck this weekend.
1395.eu website (29/9-2011)

NETHERLANDS
As from 1 October and for six weeks, 1395 kHz will again be used from the Netherlands. No, not by the Big L (fat chance that they will ever return).
The organisation behind Radio Waddenzee and Radio Seagull has received a permit to test the frequency from their transmitting ship. The power output will vary as will the location of the ship; the idea is to find the location where the balance between transmitting power (cost and possible inconvenience) and coverage is optimal. As it is a test, there may be transmissions at a given time and nothing the next.
The web site of Seagull will contain a ready-made form for reception reports. The web site is: http://www.radioseagull.nl/
73 Herman Boel BEL via mwcircle yg (29/9-2011)

27/09-2011

BANDSCAN FROM ICELAND
It's been a tad wet lately, but I could take the Panasonic tranny outside tonight. Conditions were down. 1053, 1215 and 1377 were the only frequencies with listenable signals. Oh, and there are aurorae in the sky.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (26/9-2011)

22/09-2011

NETHERLANDS / U K
Conformation there is that Radio 1 from the Dutch public radio had ceased broadcasting via Orfordness on 648 KHz. as from 15.00 hours today, the 22 of Sept. 648 Was in use since august the fourth after two fire incidents on two of Hollands major FM broadcastings towers in Lopik and Smilde. Radio 1 is the national emergency radiochannel, so nationwide reception is needed. Lopik, for the center part of Haooland, is on full power again. The tower in Smilde collapsed. The 100 mtr. reservemast in nearby Assen cannot provide the same coverage as Smilde.
On many places in the northern part of the Netherlands radiolisteners still don't have reception on FM of for example Radio 1. So it is somewhat strang that 648 is switched off now. Perhaps the 180.000 Euros per month is the reason, and no one is listening to AM in Holland anymore. During the programms on Radio 1 today not any announcement was made that AM 648 should left the air. On 15.00 hours the timesignal was audible and then the transmitter signed off. It is not yet clear how the receptionproblems in the northern part of Holland will be solved.
Wille Prins, HOL (22/9-2011)

U S A
Power-saving AM transmissions method(s).
The FCC has now signed off on "Modulation Dependent Carrier Level" technology that promises to make AM transmitters anywhere from 20-40% more efficient. The technology isn't new but new to the US. Advocates, such as Harris and Nautel, say they’re ready to put MDCL-compliant transmitters on the market right away – others say the interference especially with HD signals may inhibit its use in some markets. Broadcasters seeking to use MDCL technology can now ask the FCC for a waiver of Rule 73.1560(a).
Read the full story in this week's Radio Journal...
http://www.insideradio.com
Mike Terry via dxld yg (22/9-2011)

Maybe what's in the following helps understanding a bit more on the whole thing:
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=197928.0
73, Carlos Gonçalves POR via dxld yg (22/9-2011)

Sounds like a heap of nonsense.
Why don't they just use SSB with reduced (but constant) carrier, like AWR
Italy used to do?
Not only would they save a lot of power, but they would also free a lot of frequency spectrum.
André Coville via dxld yg (22/9-2011)

Because that doesn't offer the fidelity and audio-frequency response expected by hard-core mediumwave listeners, and would not support AM stereo.  Additionally, many of the cheap mediumwave radios flooding the market would have difficulty dealing with it.  There would also be a lot of antenna tuning and possible re-design involved for something like full-carrier USB when used on mediumwave.  I am presuming, of course, that one could still offer CQAM or Kahn stereo subcarriers on MDCL.  That could not be done on FC-USB/LSB.
I don't believe the MDCL would offer significant power savings with AM stereo, however, for the simple fact that the subcarriers are of a consistent percentage of injection.  Having said that, such a scenario might eliminate the static/adjacent channel splatter which might occur to a listener in a fringe area if he or she was listening to an MDCL station without AM stereo.
Submerging again.
Al Muick, Whitehall PA  USA via dxld yg (22/9-2011)

ITALY
Hi folks, summer is over today, but on Italian medium wave it's springtime! Read about it here:
http://fromdctodaylight.splinder.com/post/25572751/springtime-on-italian-mw
Comments (and signal reports from the European readers) obviously welcome.
Ciao, Christian Diemoz, Italy via dxld yg (21/9-2011)

NETHERLANDS / U K
The Dutch public broadcaster has announced today that it will cease its transmissions on 648 kHz as of tomorrow, 22 September 2011.
73 Herman Boel BEL via mwcircle yg (21/9-2011)

18/09-2011

LIBYA
Hello DXers,
I have been monitoring 1251 kHz from Libya for the past 3 days. That freq. has been silent for a while, but on 15/9 around 19:00 I noticed that it went back on the air once again with a new ID (Shabakat radio wa television Libya, Radio Libya min taraplos el a'sema) the Libyan Radio and TV Network, Radio Libya from Tripoli the capital.
First time to hear such ID. but sounds like it's gonna be the official ID from now on.
On the other hand 1053 was really having different programs on the same day, with Libya FM  as an ID! But on 16/9 they got back to the normal ID of Radio Libya 96.6. so sounds like that freq. Will be having a carrier of FM stations.
Here's the ID mentioned on 1251
http://soundcloud.com/su1tz/1251-radio-libya
All the best Tarek Zeidan, Cairo,Egypt via dxld yg (18/9-2011)

15/09-2011

SOUTH AFRICA
The Catholic community in South Africa is celebrating the news that after 11 years, Catholic station Radio Veritas has been granted a license to air.
“The news of being granted this license has filled us with an indescribable joy and messages of congratulations have not stopped streaming in,” said Father Emil Blaser, a Dominican priest who has spearheaded the effort since 2000. 
“We have waited so long and tried every means possible to get on air,” he added.
Fr. Blaser said that over the last 11 years, the station has engaged in public hearings, conducted market research, streamed online, and knocked “on government and international doors” in an effort to be granted a frequency for broadcasting.
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg thanked the country's communications regulator –  the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa – for finalizing the requests for the license.
“At last,” Archbishop Tlhagale said, “Radio Veritas will be broadcasting in the greater Johannesburg Metropolitan area – our Archdiocese.”
Radio Veritas will air on a 576kHz medium wave frequency, previously known as Metro FM. The official launch will be announced as soon as the technical aspects have been worked out, station representatives announced on Sept. 13.
More on Catholic News Agency (15/9-2011)

13/09-2011

DENMARK
From September 14th Danmarks Radio (DR) on 243 kHz Kalundborg will transmit short news before Shipping Info. A small progress in radio history!
Time and schedule
Local time (UTC+1, UTC+2 during summer) - all in Danish:
05.45-05.51 Weather forecast
06.00-06.07 News in parallel with P4
08.30-08.40 Gymnastics
08.45-09.00 Weather forecast
09.00-09.07 News in parallel with P4
11.45-12.00 Weather forecast
12.00-12.30 News in parallel with P4
17.45-18.00 Weather forecast
18.00-18-03 News in parallel with P4
18.03-18.19 Shipping info for Danish waters.
Reports can be sent to: info at bsd.dk
Ydun Ritz (13/9-2011)

ITALY
Radio Studio X (Momigno, Pistoia; region Tuscany) is again irregularly active on 1584 kHz. Heard by Mauro Giroletti on Sept. 7 and by myself on Sunday Sept. 11. It´s off the air this Monday morning Sept. 12.
Radiomarina is irregularly testing on 1071 kHz. Heard yesterday Sunday Sept. 11 during local daytime on exact 1070.764 kHz, with music and IDs in Italian. E-mail address is radiomarina@wifi4all.it
According to their e-mail reply, they are running 150 W into a 60 meters wire antenna. Their location is given as a generic "in the Venezia (Venice) province".
A few pictures have been posted on Andrea Lawendel´s blog Radiopassioni:
http://radiolawendel.blogspot.com/2011/09/radiomarina-1071-khz-le-prime-immagini.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign
=Feed%3A+Radiopassioni+%28Radiopassioni%29
73 Fabrizio Magrone, Forli, Italy via mwdx yg (12/9-2011)

CANADA
This piece of good news from the NRC:
1310 CHLW AB St. Paul - Their CP deadline to move to 97.7 MHz has been extended to April 21, 2012.
Barry Davies, Carlisle UK via mwcircle yg (11/9-2011)

10/09-2011

SLOVAKIA
According to the french section of R. Slovakia Int., Rimavska Sobota is still on the air on medium waves 567 kHz with Radio Patria.
But I could'nt see this entry on the WRTH and on http://mediumwave.de/
Has someone an idea about that ? Thanks.
Jean-Michel Aubier, France via dxld yg (10/9-2011)

U K
I forgot to mention that URY York on 1350 kHz returned to the air sometime between 8th / 9th September with automated music. Their website says that they are still off air until next term.
73, Steve Whitt, near York, mwcircle yg (10/9-2011)

09/09-2011

U S A/DJIBOUTI (?)
VOA special broadcasts on 1431 kHz in Horn of Africa.
Voice of America is broadcasting special drought-related radio programs delivering life-saving information to the hundreds of thousands of victims of the humanitarian crisis who are now at risk of starvation in Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
The first of the half-hour radio programs, broadcast on medium-wave Thursday night in the Somali and Amharic languages, features an exclusive interview with USAID Director Rajiv Shah, who recently visited the region and calls the famine “an extraordinary tragedy.”

The VOA Somali and Amharic drought programs include on-scene reports from journalists at the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya and throughout the drought region.
VOA Director David Ensor says the goal of the programs is to “provide vital information, reunite families and let the victims of the crisis know about international concern and assistance.”
Ensor says, “Information is vital in a humanitarian crisis and VOA and its international broadcasting partners will do whatever is possible to use our unique worldwide broadcasting capabilities to get information to the people who are suffering the most.”

The new programs are broadcast Monday through Friday on MW frequency 1431. They are also broadcast on shortwave, streamed on VOA Somali and Horn of Africa websites and broadcast throughout Africa on the Arabsat satellite.
The Somali language show airs at 6:30 pm local time and the Amharic program airs at 7:00 pm. Ensor says the shows will “give drought and famine victims practical information on how to survive with limited resources, as well as how to get medical treatment.”

For more information about the VOA Somali program, Lifeline Somalia, visit www.voanews.com/somali/news. For information about the Amharic program, Lifeline in the Horn, visit www.voanews.com/amharic/news.

For press inquiries, contact Kyle King in Washington at kking@voanews.com.
Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (9/9-2011)

07/09-2011

ITALY
Hi Ydun. Just receveived an unexpected mail from Radiomarina's Staff. Attached to it, three pictures of its broadcasting equipment and a nice lighthouse QSL. Contact address is radiomarina@wifi4all.it (the station also confirms my reception last weekend on 1071 kHz). Further details and picture in my post: http://radiolawendel.blogspot.com/2011/09/radiomarina-1071-khz-le-prime-immagini.html
Andy Lawendel Italy (7/9-2011)

UKRAINE
Ukrainian Radio Maiak Odesa is active again on 765kHz. Heard in Ukrainian in the evening around 1700UTC and in Russian after 1900. Commercials are in Ukrainian and Russian.
ID: "Radio Maiak Odesa na volnye 765 kilogerts." They announce 765kHz only, no FM frequency. TX: Petrivka, 70kW.
This station is independent of Radia Mayak in Russia.
Karel Honzik, CZE mwcircle yg (6/9-2011)

05/09-2011

MOZAMBIQUE
/ LESOTHO / FREE STATE PROVINCE
LM Radio, Mozambique’s English language music radio station which hit the airwaves in October 2010 can now be heard in Lesotho and the Free State Province.
LM Radio's programmes are music led with a minimal amount of talk. The music style recalls Lifetime Memories, no matter what the age - with popular, happy, sing-a-long, feel good music, designed to uplift and entertain the listener. Presentation style is relaxed and intimate, like a familiar friend. Songs range in era from the sixties to present day. The chat is mainly about music, lifestyle, travel, health and interesting topics.
The target market is 35 years plus with an LSM 8 -10.
LM Radio broadcasts 24 hours a day on FM to listeners in Maputo and surrounding areas, on free to air satellite and Internet streaming via www.lmradio.net.
The big news is that LM Radio can now be received on 1197 AM (Medium Wave) within 200 km of Maseru, Lesotho during daylight hours. The official launch date is 1 October 2011 but test transmissions are currently being broadcast.
LM Radio has signed a long-term agreement with the Lesotho National Broadcasting Service (LNBS) to rent airtime on the 1197 kHz Medium Wave (AM) transmitter located near Maseru. In terms of the agreement, LM Radio’s programmes will be carried on the 1197 AM transmitter during the hours 07:00 to 17:00, 7 days a week.
LM Radio presenters include some very familiar household names including: Brian Oxley, Tinky Pringle, Reg de Beer, Peter de Nobrega, Dave Simons, Nick Megens, Anne Williams plus of course the stations founder and breakfast show host Chris Turner.
Initial transmission coverage is expected to reach Maseru, Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Virginia, Winburg, Ficksburg, Caledon, Ventersburg, Bethulie, Colesberg, Bethlehem and Aliwal North.
Listen live online: www.lmradio.co.mz
Mediaupdate.co.za South Africa (5/9-2011)

ITALY
Hi Ydun, please find a very short YT clip with Italian music heard yesterday, September 3rd on 1071 kHz around 19 UTC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIKfrX4JoO8. I'm pretty sure it was Radio Marina, tho I didn't manage to hear any identification. Format sounds quite the same as other current Italian low power on mediumwave (except for Radio Challenger 1368//1566). Recording made live in Liguria, close to La Spezia.
As I reported on my blog www.radiopassioni.it, I tried on several occasions to look after Marina on 1071 during my brief stay in our DX location in Borghetto Vara, with no luck until yesterday. At least comparing it with a close by Media Veneto Broadcast on 1233, which was quite good and stable during the evening and in the night.
When I did go back on 1071 a hour after the clip was made, Iran was already a strong dominant: no traces of any Marina. I strongly suspect its tests are somewhat irregular.
Ciao, Andy Lawendel (now back in Milan) I (5/9-2011)

SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
During my vacation in Benidorm, Costa Blanca in Spain I heard on my Sangean in the daytime propagation pathern of course many local and regional Spanish AM stations. From northern Africa strong signals from Algeria on 531, 549, 981 and 1422 KHz.
Rather remarkable, to my opinion, in the evening hours daily the VOA on 1530. First I thought that it was a relay from somewhere in de Mediteranean. Back home internet told me that is must be the 600 Kw. tx on the island of Sao Tomé & Principe. Distance to Spanish Costa almost 4000 km,. Also back home (northern part of the Netherlands) signals from the VOA now and then in a overall SIO 3 till 4.
Best 73's Wille Prins HOL (5/9-2011)

04/09-2011

ITALY
1071 4/8 1000 Radio Marina, Italy, songs and some ids: "Radio Marina, prove di tecniche 1071 kHz pari a metri 280 onde medie" rasmissione in Onde Medie", suff/good. Heard un car radio and Sangean 909 in province of Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna, North Italy).
Alessandro Capra on the phone to Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italy, mwcircle yg (4/9-2011)

03/09-2011

CANADA
I just heard a moment ago on CKAC 730 a canned message from the president of Cogeco Diffusion, owner of CKAC that there will be a format change effective from next Tuesday at 04:30 AM, DST. CKAC sports will become "Radio Circulation 730" (Traffic Radio 730). The sport programming including the Montreal Canadians games will be transfer over the 98.5 FM frequency, already a talk radio owned by Cogeco Diffusion. They also stated that their web site will continue to emphasize on sports.
The use of this format may be adequate for now since there is currently a known traffic chaos in Montreal due to many road repairs and major construction sites but I don't believe in a long term profitability and in my opinion, unfortunately this is the beginning of the end of CKAC-AM.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/on-september-6-ckac-becomes-radio-circulation-730-montreals-first-dedicated-traffic-1556827.htm
Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, QC Canada via mwdx yg (3/9-2011)

01/09-2011

LIBYA
Hello Idun, On 30/08-2011 Laszlo Tringer assumed that the weak station on 1251 khz is Libia. It is definitelly not! It is Iran!
Please compare 1251 with 1026 khz at around 00.00 utc (02.00 CET local time) and it is no doubt that the same station is available on both frequencies. 1026 is very strong at every night while 1251 khz is weak. On 1251 khz Iran couldn't be heard when Libia was on the air. Since Libia left 1251 khz the frequency is free for DXing. I call your attention to the fact that around 01.00 utc (03.00 CET local time) 1026 and 1251 khz is separated and they carry different programmes from Iran.
Sincerely, Tibor Gaal, western part of Hungary (1/9-2011)
TIibor, below you can see more dxers also mention 1251 kHz to be from IRN. (ed)

DOMENICA
For the second time, I heard Radio Juventus Don Bosco .Santa Domenica, Domenica on 1640khz,at 0401utc 31/8/11. With ID as "" Evangelista Don Bosco "" by male.
Maurits Van Driessche BEL (31/8-2011)

30/08-2011

LIBYA
Hi! I received today (30.08) a very weak signal with Quran recitation(?) on 1251 KHz under the Dutch station at 0037 UTC! Here is the recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqVM1zON7es
I think, Libya on 1251 is back in the air! But also possible, that is an other arab country on this freq. So this reception need confirmation.
Laszlo Tringer HNG (30/8-2011)

I think it is not an Arab country but Iran, this is their typical 'echoey' sound. BTW, 1053 kHz now IDs as "Huna Radio Libya" and it is not // www.libya.tv audio.
73, Mauno Ritola, Finland (30(8-2011)

This could be be IRIB, Iran - Kiashahr 100 kW is listed on this frequency.
73s Dave Kenny via dxld yg (30/8-2011)

28/08-2011

U K
To make the logging about Tyronne Comm. Radio on 927 KHz. from Radio Man complete the following.
The dutch radiostation on 927 is, to be exactly, coming out of Belgian, so not a dutch but a flamish (dutch speaking part op Belgian) radiostation. It's the first program of the VRT via the 100 Kw. TX in Wolvertem, near Brussels. Funny thing is that TCR first broadcasts on 1512. The former Radio Vlaanderen Int. frequencie.

Good till fear reception of dutch radiostation on AM in the UK is expected on
1602 (1 Kw near Harlingen) Radio Waddenzee / Seagull,
1296 Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, truckersradio (10.00 - 12.00) via the UK Ordfordness (300 Kw.),
1008 (200 Kw Zeewolde) Groot Nieuws Radio,
828 (20 Kw near Rotterdam)Radio 10 Gold,
747 (400 Kw Zeewolde) Radio 5 Nostalgia,
675 (120 Kw Lopik)Radio Maria and
648 Khz. (via the old BBC-WS Orfordness) Radio 1 to make nationwide reception possible after the fire in two of Hollands majore FM transmitter towers.
And finally, tests from KBC 531 are hardly audible here in the northern part of Holland.
Best 73's W.Prins Haren - The Netherlands (28/8-2011)

U K
Tyrone Community Radio has now returned in the early hours of Saturday morning 27th aug to its old freq of 1512khz mw low power at the moment. Because of dutch radio on 927khz wipeing out TCR for a couple of hours few nights a week. In my views it should never have moved in the first place nit wits think the know better.
Radio Man (27/8-2011)

27/08-2011

U S A
50,000-Watt station KXEL/1540 (Waterloo) is temporarily off the air due to storm damage. According to the station's website, straight line winds caused roof damage at its Dysart transmitter site on July 11, but initial damage to the transmitter was repaired. KXEL says more damage has occurred during routine operation since then, forcing it to go off the air. No timeline for returning was mentioned. KXEL's daytime signal is strong across Eastern Iowa and it can be heard across much of the Upper Midwest at night. 
This from the Northpine web site.
73 Best of DX, Shawn Axelrod  VE4DX1SMA Winnipeg MB via mwdx yg (27/8-2011) 

26/08-2011

LIBYA
Hello DXers,
Based on a tip from my friend Patrick Robic and Mauno Ritola, they picked up 1053 kHz with some Arabic talks on 25/8 around 1:30 UTC.
I double checked the freq on 26/8 and noticed that they signed on at 1800 UTC carrying the audio stream of Radio Libya (used to be known as Libya Alhurra - Free Libya in English) operated by Al Jazeera network from Qatar.
Lately they changed the name of the network to be Libya TV instead of Libya AlHurra. For a live stream of the TV network www.libya.tv
This is the second MW freq to be carrying audio stream of TV network, as I reported earlier this week 1125 kHz was carrying the audio stream of Aljazeera TV.
The other MW freq which used to be operated by Gadaffi's regime are all silent 972/1251/711, but I noticed the website of Voice of Africa htpp://voiceofafrica.com.ly is still on but supporting the rebels now mainly using the reports of Aljazeera.net reports.
All the best, Tarek Zeidan, Cairo Egypt via dxld yg (26/8-2011)

25/08-2011

LIBYA
Website of Voice Of Africa www.voiceofafrica.com.ly working again, with liberated content!
Last day it was full with pro-Gaddafi news.
"In the name of Allah, Allahu Akbar, was liberated from Tripoli Gaddafi and his aides and his gang
24/08/2011
Praise be to Allaah.
Edit all of the dust of the city of Tripoli, Qadhafi and his bandits and battalions Have been combing the city by the rebels and captured many of the mercenaries and snipers Libya will remain free proud"
Via google translator.
I hope, 1251 KHz will be active soon!
Laszlo Tringer HNG (25/8-2011)

24/08-2011

LIBYA
Last day [23/8] I detected 1KHz test tone on 1053 khz at ~ 2005 UTC! I think that the rebels wants start the liberated program on this freq. But the test tone went off air few minutes later.
Laszlo Tringer, HNG (24/8-2011)

LIBYA
Hello DXers, while checking the current situation in Libya, I noticed around 18:30 UTC that the Voice of Free Libya on 1125 kHz is rebroadcasting the audio stream of Al Jazeera TV, a special network by Al Jazeera reviewing the surrent situation in Libya.
1449 kHz is still broadcasting Voice of Free Libya from Musrata, and 575 kHz is Radio Free Libya from Benghazi.
Nothing from 972/1251/1053 kHz.
All the best, Tarek Zeidan, Cairo Egypt via dxld yg (23/8-2011)

23/08-2011

LIBYA
Only Libya Al Hurra's frequencies active now, as I hear here in Hungary (Budapest now). 972, 1053 and 1251 seems that off air. On 1053 I heard a very weak russian station, not libyan. (19:18 UTC)
Laszlo Tringer, HNG (22/8-2011)

22/08-2011

LIBYA
Hello DXers, according to Aljazeera network, the Rebels managed to control the Libyan TV.
I checked the Libyan TV on the Nile Satellite 7 West and I noticed even the Jamaheriya radio is not active on the satellite. Checking the shortwave freq of 8500 kHz but nothing yet. To early to check the MW frequencies. More to come.
all the best Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt via dxld yg (22/8-2011 1433 UTC)
Hello, an update: I managed to get the jamaheriya TV, we have only Black screen with the jamaheriya logo so far. 14:40 UTC. 
all the best Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt via dxld yg (22/8-2011 1440 UTC)

LIBYA
I listened to the U Tube recording and it's Great jamaheriya Radio [972 kHz] with a Pro Gadaffi song with some QRM from another station, tripoli is having some power problems so they may have reduced the output of the transmitter. I know that other station is having what sounds like white noise but the language spoken is not Arabic ( according to my ears ) so I don't think it's a clandestine station jamming Great jamaheriya radio.
All the best, Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt (21/8-2011)

21/08-2011

LIBYA
Hi Ydun!
1251 kHz was not silent at the time mentioned. The signal was much weaker than it used to be in the past, but it was on air carrying Great Jamahiriya Radio programme with clear ID "Idha´at Jamahiriya al Ozma" at 2300 UTC.
73, Patrick Robin AUT (21/8-2011)

LIBYA
Radio Jamahiriyah on 1053 and Voice of Africa on 1251 khz are went silent around 22:30 UTC! On 972 KHz I received this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be_MQcOg0zM
I cannot understand it!
Laszlo Tringer HNG (21/8-2011)

20/08-2011

GERMANY / NETHERLANDS
KBC ( in the past on 1395) is now testing from Burg, Germany on 531 khz.
Lots of music and ID's in Eng, Dutch, German. They are very interested to know where they can be heard.
Their e-mail adress: kbc531@gmail.com
Max van Arnhem, HOL via mwcircle yg (19/8-2011 2046 UTC)

19/08-2011

ALGERIA
At least since the 13th inst., RTA Tipaza 252 is 1 kHz higher. The result here is a strong heterodyne with co-channel RTÉ.
73, Carlos Gonçalves, POR via dxld yg (18/8-2011)

LIBYA
Hi Tarek,
On 1125, isn't it the Green Mountain (Jabal al-Akhdar) rather than the White Mountain?
Best regards, Chris Greenway via dxld yg (18/8-2011)

Hello Chris, thanks for your e mail. as you know we are in the month of Ramadan and we are fasting almost 15 hours and more so I can blame it on that :)
Of course it's the Green Mountain not the white one. sorry about that.
Expecting some changes in the Libyan media in the next few days as Tripoli is about to fall in the hands of the Rebeles. so I guess no more Voice of Africa and al Jamaheriya al Ouzma IDs.
All the best my friend, Tarek Zeidan, Cairo,Egypt via dxld yg (19/8-2011)

18/8-2011

IRELAND
When visiting Ireland recently I was informed that Tyrone Community Radio (TCR AM), previously on 1512 kHz, now is using 927 kHz.
Karl-Erik Stridh (18/8-2011)

LIBYA
Hello dxers, I have been monitoring Libya for the last couple of hours and here's my report:
8500 khz went silent around 17:30 UTC and till now 19:30 it is still silent.
About the MW frequencies in Tripoli:

17/08-2011

U K
MAR Merseyland Alternative Radio is a land-based pirate radio station from within the UK.
Hear us on the MW band on 1395 AM (215 metres).
Our other transmitter on 1314 AM (228 metres) will hopefully return very soon.
Reception reports, requests and dedications would be welcomed.
Our web streams can be found at Http://www.mar.me.uk
Contact us:
E-mail rock@ rock.com
Text 07504 464678
Sign our Guestbook or send us a Shout via our web sited.
Crew MAR via Steve Whitt, mwcricle yg (17/8-2011)

NETHERLANDS
Museum of Rock Art in Hoek van Holland is cooperating with Stichting Norderney and have some Radio Veronica studion on display. The manager told me that on August 31 there will be commemorative broadcast with DJs from Veronica, RNI and Mi Amigo broadcasting live "near 1600 metres" as he put it.
Karl-Erik Stridh (17/8-2011)

16/08-2011

GERMANY
1539 kHz: According to a an email just received from ERF in Wetzlar, they are using this frequency only 0400-0800 UTC, valid until 31.12.2011. After that MW will no longer be used due to the costs.
Bengt Ericson, the Arctic Radio Club (12/8) via Barry Davies, mwcircle yg (16/8-2011)

GERMANY / NETHERLANDS
KBC has received a test license for 531 kHz in Burg Germany. We start testing on Friday the 19th [August 2011] on AM 531. More dates coming tonight.

We are trying to return on SW in November 2011. Minimum power is 100KW. We are also checking if we can beam again to the USA on shortwave.

For reception reports please mail to KBC531@gmail.com or write to
The Mighty KBC
Argonstraat 6
6718 WT Ede, The Netherlands
Send 2 USD if you want to receive our Mighty KBC QSL card
KBC Radio website (16/8-2011)

ANGOLA
Hans-Friedrich Dumrese noticed during his trip in Namibia, that the Angolan nominally on 1233 kHz is on its old frequency: 1232 kHz.
I checked John Plimmer's file from March 2010 and there is a clear carrier on 1231.98 kHz. Nothing visible now here in northern Europe, but Victor Goonetilleke's remote Perseus in Sri Lanka has a carrier on 1231.977 kHz.
73, Mauno Ritola, mwoffset group via Steve Whitt, mw circle yg (16/8-2011)

15/08-2011

U S A
1590 WGBW Denmark,WI powers up!
Mark Heller writes on Sunday 8:46am EDT in an email to John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee,WI
http://DX-midAMerica.com
"thanks. we made power...the full 10kw today. I'm overwhelmed, delighted, and blessed!
we'll be operating out of Two Rivers on Monday, until the STL link is established....then...look out!
mh"
73 Best of DX, Shawn Axelrod  [REMEMBER ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN HEAR FOREVER] Winnipeg MB, mwdx yg (13/8-2011)

U K
Yes I think all BFBS Gurkha Radio transmitters operate in parallel – no local IDs as far as I know. But of course I cannot hear the tx from Blandford here near York.

PS That reminds me that, in contrast, Garrison Radio does have local programming 6-11am and I’ve heard local/regional IDs and public service messages during the day. For example in Suffolk on 1287 a few days ago I heard the station ID as 107 Garrison FM and it mentions Colchester/Wattisham/Woodbridge as its coverage area. I was about 15km from RAF Wattisham at the time.
73 Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (15/8-2011)

14/08-2011

U K
Steve, you have missed gurka on 1287khz can be heard salibury from blandford.
Harry Worth UK (14/8-2011)

U K
If you want to heard BFS Gurkha Radio in English (perhaps to help you compile a reception report) then you can do so now – 0900-1000 utc Sunday coming live from Nepal.
Look out for a request show called Gurkha Connection, mostly in English, giving out info on how to contact show: Skype/Facebook/Twitter/
Currently I can hear this from York on 1251 and Catterick 1134kHz.
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (14/8-2011 0931 UTC)

13/08-2011

U S A
1590 WGBW Denmark,WI powers up! Mark Heller writes:
"We should power up, late Friday afternoon. No programming yet, FCC didn't grant us that,
yet....we've applied! Doing 'Method of Moments' tests tomorrow and Saturday, weather permitting! Just a beautiful installation, great ground system, terrific dog houses, nice Nautel 12kw xmtr, and I can't wait to get some tests set up!! Towers up at 35 feet, as of noon, Thursday! "
"Can't wait, for the midnight experimental period tests! We're gonna have some fun....
mh"
E-mails from Mark Heller at 1590-WGBW CP:Denmark,WI.
From the UPDATES PAGE at (cheap plug) DX-midAMerica.com

Feel free to distribute as needed....
John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee,WI via Shawn Axelrod  [REMEMBER ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN HEAR FOREVER] Winnipeg MB, mwdx yg (13/8-2011)  

11/08-2011

MADEIRA
1530 PEF, Poiso (ex-Encruzilhadas), 1334-..., 07/8, songs, news bulletin, staion slogans, advertisements, music; 35453. They finally moved to the new site of Poiso, near Chão dos Balcões, where 1530 is served by a 60 m high tower which I believe is a folded dipole so as to include the VHF-FM antennae on top.
The old Harris tx is not kept at 10 kW for a number of reasons, viz. costs reduction and the age of the tx itself; power level is in the region of 3 kW only. Meanwhile, the old tower at Encruzilhadas is expected to be dismantled until September next.
It´s quite a change in their daytime signal which I last logged on 16/7, rated 25342, weak audio, then found them putting an unusually strong signal evenings, and the daytime observation on the 7th confirmed something had changed for the better: today, I was told the move is nearly a fortnight old.

RTP MW stns
The remaining active txs at 1125 Ponta do Pargo and 1332 Sr.ª do Monte were shut down, possibly due to costs saving.
Best 73, Carlos Gonçalves POR (11/8-2011)

NETHERLANDS
Dutch broadcaster Radio Marina has been testing on the mediumwave frequency of 1485 kHz. Radio Marina was transmitting offshore from radio ship Jenni Baynton in Harlingen intermittently on July 29-31. The test broadcasts consisted of oldies music. The station can be reached by email. Radio Marina's mailing address is Postbus 1100, 8300BC Emmeloord, in the Netherlands.
DXing.info (2/8-2011)

GERMANY
KBC Radio, currently broadcasting from Lithuania, is planning to begin test transmissions from Germany on the frequency of 531 kHz AM. An announcement about the upcoming tests was made on the station's website already in March, and another announcement indicated that the tests would take place on July 21, but no broadcasts have yet been reported heard by DXers.
DXing.info (2/8-2011)

ITALY
A station identifying itself as "Media Veneto" has been heard by Czech DXer Karel Honzik on 1233 kHz mediumwave. Already in late May Honzik heard test broadcasts with music and station identifications, but the station has not been subsequently reported by other DXers. An Italian website titled Media Veneto displays the logo of Radio Vicenza, but gives no further information. The company, located in Asiago in the province of Vicenza, can however be reached by email.
DXing.info (2/8-2011)

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS / KIRIBATI
KKMP has begun broadcasting [1440 kHz] from Saipan in December 2010. The station simulcasts on FM 92.1 MHz. KKMP plays island music from around the world, and claims to be the first locally owned and operated radio station in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. You can reach KKMP by email or by calling at +670-233-1440.
Meanwhile, Radio Kiribati has been broadcasting on the same frequency since March 28 this year. Radio Kiribati switched from 846 to 1440 kHz, and also upgraded its transmitter, thanks to support from the Taiwanese government.
DXing.info (2/8-2011)

05/08-2011

NETHERLANDS / U K
648 is back since yesterday, Thursday, now with Dutch Radio 1. 747 carries radio 5.
Ruud HOL (5/8-2011)

04/08-2011

ITALY
Medium Wave 1368 kHz and 1566 kHz improvements.
Hello There from IRRS-Shortwave & Mediumwave in Milano, Italy,
Just a short note to inform our European listeners that our technicians just made a couple of improvements to the stations in Padova on 1368 kHz and in Rome on 1566 kHz.
Transmitter power in Padova was slightly raised to 10 kW while we wait for the power company to deliver a new electricity line to be able to connect a 50 kW transmitter that is in standby. In Rome, we installed a new antenna and transmitter yesterday that double the signal strength as received into the city area and immediate vicinity.
After the new installation, a DX report of our broadcasts on 1566 kHz has been received yesterday from Austria (580+ km or 360+ miles), despite of the low power (1 kW) of this station.
We welcome your reception reports on all of our frequencies. We are on the air daily on 1368 and 1566 kHz from 20:00-20:30 CET in Italian and from 20:30-02:00 CET in English.

I also remind you our high power broadcast daily on 15610 kHz from 13:00-14:00 UTC to Middle East, Asia and Australia and Japan. Daily we are also on the air on 7290 to Europe and Africa from 18:00-20:00 UTC. Your reception reports and comments on our programming are very much appreciated, and also help us to stay on the air. Please email any correspondence to: reports (at) nexus (dot) org. Thank you & stay tuned!
73s, Ron, IRRS via Harald Kuhl D (4/8-2011)

03/08-2011

LIBYA
Last week we, Guido Schotmans (Belgium) and myself, have been monitoring Radio Free Libya from Misurata on 1449 khz.
Every evening at 2030UTC or just after 2030UTC they have a short newsprogramme in English.
Reception quality in Belgium and The Netherlands differs from day to day, it's mostly moderate , sometimes quite good. All depends on the interference from RAI Italy on the same frequency.
Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands via mwcircle yg (3/8-2011)

02/08-2011

NETHERLANDS / U K
All the necessary approval has now been received from the UK, and we can officially announce that Dutch public news/information network Radio 1 will shortly begin broadcasting on 648 kHz via the former BBC World Service transmitter at Orfordness.
This will enable Radio 5 to return to its regular frequency of 747 kHz where it has been supplanted by Radio 1 following the fires at two Dutch FM transmitter sites on 15 July. Arrangements for the temporary broadcast via the UK are being handled by my colleagues in the RNW Programme Distribution Department. The exact time when broadcasts will start on 648 kHz is not yet known, as the transmitter has to be tested, but we expect it to be on the air in the course of tomorrow (2 August).
The mediumwave transmission of Radio 1 will remain on the air 24/7 until all areas of the Netherlands can receive strong signals on FM. There are still some areas where FM reception is poor, and this is expected to last for a number of weeks.
Andy Sennitt, Media Network weblog (1/8-2011) via mwcircle yg (2/8-2011)

01/08-2011

NETHERLANDS / U K
Dutch Radio 1 (news and sports) will appaer on 648 kHz, from Tuesday August 2 2011 from Orfordness UK. This channel and TX has been used by the BBC WS untill recently. Dutch Radio 5 will return on 747 kHz, this carried Radio 1 to Back Up FM coverage still not normal after the fires in the Lopik and Smilde tower, resulting in a collapse of the last one. This has been reported by RNW, the Dutch international service, operating as mediator for the Radio 1 solution.
Ruud, HOL (1/8-2011)

PAKISTAN
Radio Pakistan is launching new programming from August 1, to create awareness among the people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas about the social issues and highlight development activities in these areas. Under the new initiative, a new module titled “FATA News” will be introduced in 9 PM Radio Khabarnama to give maximum coverage to the far flung areas of tribal areas. Two special Pashto bulletins one in the morning and the other in the evening as FATA News will be broadcast from Radio Pakistan Peshawar on Medium Wave transmitter.
PBC Peshawar will also allocate one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening for program specially designed for FATA. National Broadcasting Service, the Current Affairs Channel of Radio Pakistan will start a daily program in Urdu for FATA. Apna Pakistan program, an entertainment of popular repute on national network, will also incorporate FATA.
Radio Pakistan with the help of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhawa is also planning to set up eight FM stations in the tribal areas to reach out the people of the area and create awareness among them about the government’s.
The Pakistan Observer (31/7-2011)

U S A
ESPN Deportes Radio is moving in Miami, as Deportes Media LLC moves the network's programming from Spanish Sports WOCN-A at 1450 AM to the larger signal of Multicultural Radio Spanish Variety WNMA-A at 1210 AM. The move will take place Monday (8/1); Deportes Media closed on the purchase of WOCN in june.
"The ESPN DEPORTES RADIO team is thrilled to expand our coverage in Florida and reach thousands more Spanish-speaking sports fans," said Sr. Director and GM Oscar Ramos. "The re-launch in Miami presents great opportunities for our brand and will allow us to better serve this growing audience of passionate Latino sports fans. The addition of WNMA 1210 AM to our portfolio of stations solidifies our commitment to expand our national presence."
Source: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/94320/espn-deportes-radio-moving-to-1210-am-in-miami
Dino Bloise via dxld yg (31/7-2011)

28/07-2011

NETHERLANDS
Talpa, the company of Dutch media magnate John de Mol, has reacquired market-leading Radio 538 from RTL Nederland, along with Radio 10 Gold and Slam! FM.
Despite the recent recession and a declining advertising market, Radio 538 has been a stable source of income for RTL. The advertising market is now growing again, and in 2010 Radio 538 had advertising sales of 56 million euros, almost 6 percent more than in 2009.
RTL Nederland has owned Radio 538 since June 2007, as part of the deal that saw John de Mol sell his failed television channel Tien to RTL, who relaunched it as RTL8. In return Mr De Mol received a stake of 26.3 percent of RTL Nederland. He now has to divest himself of those shares as he has become a shareholder in RTL’s main rival SBS. The Dutch Competition Authority (NMa) said last Friday that otherwise Mr De Mol, who also produces and sells TV programmes, would have too much power in the commercial television market.
RTL Group, the parent company of RTL Nederland, used its first right to purchase Mr de Mol’s shares. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Source: NRC Handelsblad via Andy Sennitt/Media Network weblog (28/7-2011)

NETHERLANDS / GERMANY
Dutch public network Radio 5 is back on mediumwave via the 10 kW transmitter at Hulsberg on 1251 kHz. This transmitter, which serves the province of Limburg in the south of the Netherlands, had been carrying Radio 1 in parallel with 747 kHz since the collapse of the mast at Hoogersmilde in the north of the country two weeks ago. But since FM reception of Radio 1 in Limburg is good, there is no need to use mediumwave as well.
However the main mediumwave transmitter on 747 kHz will continue to carry Radio 1 instead of Radio 5 for as long as necessary to serve parts of the provinces of Gelderland, North Brabant and South Holland where FM reception is patchy. It isn’t yet clear how long this situation will last.
Andy Sennitt/Media Network weblog (28/7-2011)

NETHERLANDS
Dutch regional commercial broadcaster Radio Marina will be on the air this weekend with a test transmission from the radio ship Jenni Baynton in Harlingen. The news and oldies station wants to see how much of the licensed coverage area it can achieve on its mediumwave frequency.
According to owner Willem Rense Post this test is a step in the right direction: “The Radiocommunications Agency, the government organization that manages Dutch terrestrial frequencies, indicated several months ago some flexibility in dealing with requests to for re-coordination of transmission sites for mediumwave broadcasting, so there is a glimmer of light at last on the horizon. ”
Radio Marina 1485AM says it will not be just another non-stop music station. As well as presented music programmes it will also focus in short blocks on various locations around the IJsselmeer. Mr Post said “We want to provide regional news firsthand, through a network of local ambassadors, so as a listener you get a good picture of what’s going on in the region.”
The test transmission will take place from Saturday 30 July at 0600 UTC till Sunday 31 July at 1600 UTC on mediumwave 1485 kHz and on the Internet at www.radiomarina.nl.
Source: De Stentor via MediaMagazine.nl (27/7-2011)

Radio Marina holds licences, issued in March 2008, to broadcast from The Hague and from Tilburg on 1485 kHz, both with a power of 1 kW.
Andy Sennitt on Media Network weblog (27/7-2011)

27/07-2011

NETHERLANDS
Radio Marina will test on 1485 kHz next Saturday 30 july 08:00 CET to Sunday 31 juli 18:00 CET from the radioship 'Jenni Baynton' in  Harlingen The Netherlands
http://www.radiomarina.nl/ 
73 Hugo Matten, Veurne, Belgium via mwcircle yg (27/7-2011)

26/07-2011

CANADA
This item from the NERW:
CKDH, signed on its new FM signal on 101.7. Once CKDH-FM completes its testing, the clock will start ticking on CKDH's AM signal at 900, which will have 90 days to sign off.
Best wishes Barry Davies, mwcircle yg (25/7-2011)

24/07-2011

NETHERLANDS / GERMANY
Dear Idun, I found this at the site of Medianetwork Weblog:
Dutch-based KBC Radio to test on Burg 531 kHz July 21st, 2011 - 16:49 UTC by Andy Sennitt:
"This site of course has a very interesting history, having been a key site during the days of the GDR, but has been unused since 2008 following the closure of Truck Radio. It has a 10kW transmitter which can also transmit in DRM mode at 2.7 kW, and a 190 metre antenna mast.
(Source: KBC Radio, biener-media.de)"

I assume the test of KBC will take place with similar power. I assume I will not able receive it in western Hungary because of QRM and low power.
Regards, Tibor Gaal HNG (24/7-2011)

23/07-2011

LUXEMBOURG
Since mid of June the new TRANSRADIO TRAM/P 1500 LS in Beidweiler, Luxembourg, is in daily operation for RTL replacing an old tube-type transmitter [234 kHz].

BCE, the network operator for RTL, upgraded this transmitter to the latest solid-state technology from TRANSRADIO to reduce operational costs and to increase the reliability of this important transmitter, which is broadcasting the French RTL program towards Paris using a directional antenna with three 290 m masts.

The TRANSRADIO TRAM/P 1500 LS consisting of two single TRAM 750 LS transmitters and a paralleling unit (PU) for the loss-free coupling of both transmitters, offers an efficency of approx. 90%, the outstanding redundancy of the TRAM-line transmitters with its small power moduls (576 identical moduls in this transmitter!) and the fall-back to operate with -3 dB in case of maintenance work or the unlikely event of a serious problem with one of the transmitters.

The excellent performance and quality of the installed transmission system resulted in a impressive DRM performance with a output spectrum nearly 10 dB better than the ITU requirement and a MER of 36 dB at 400kW DRM average output power.

More details about this very successful project can be found in an artikel written from our senior engineer for AM transmitters, Harald Zank, in the Radio World International 06/2011 in the "Buyers Guide" section. A PDF version of the articel can be downloaded here.

Some more pictures of the site can be found in our References section.
www.broadcast-transradio.com (11/7) via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (22/7-2011)

21/07-2011

NETHERLANDS / GERMANY
KBC has received a test license for 531 kHz in Burg Germany.
We keep you informed when we start testing. We are talking for a few options in some other countries as well.
Eric van Willegen via facebook (21/07-2011)

CANADA
Audience Relations at Radio-Canada says the FM repeater of Première Chaîne's 540 AM Windsor transmitter will be on the air on 105.5 FM as of May 1, 2012.
H van Vugt via dxld yg (17/7-2011)

17/07-2011

CYPRUS
A recent explosion at Cyprus' Zygi port has required reductions in the operations at the BBC/Babcock transmitting station at Limassol. The current Limassol schedule, including MW is:

FREQ STN BTIM ETIM LANG DAYS TARGET PWR AZI

639 BBC 0300 0329 English s...... 500 180
639 BBC 0300 0329 English .mtwtfs 500 180
639 BBC 0329 0330 Arabic smtwtfs 500 180
639 BBC 0330 2100 Arabic smtwtfs 500 180
720 BBC 0300 2100 Arabic smtwtfs 500 110
1323 BBC 0200 0729 English .mtwtf. 200 150
1323 BBC 0200 2300 English s.....s 200 150
1323 BBC 0900 2300 English .mtwtf. 200 150
Dan Ferguson, North American Shortwave Assn: http://www.naswa.net via dxld yg (14/7-2011)

PERU
Hear this morning OCU2X Radio Turbomix, Cajamarca Peru on 1540khz at 0310-0330utc With Peruvian music at 0325utc ID Turbomix AM. Band was very noisy.
73 Maurits van Driessche BEL (17/7-2011)

16/07-2011

U S A
VOA  booming in  at 2200utc S//off    1530khz  15/7   With good and clear ID
http://www.box.net/shared/nd185434922dm6jm05fp
Maurits van Driessche BEL via mwcircle yg (16/7-2011)

NETHERLANDS
747 AM approx 400 kW now carries Radio 1, instead of Radio 5. This after major problems and fires in the 2 tallest FM towers in this country, resulting in the collapse of the Smilde tower. Radio 1 is the major programme with news and info, now that Radio 1 is not longer available in about 80% of the country, the 747 is in use for Radio 1, dropping Radio 5. The second tower in Lopik is expected to come available in a couple of days, but in the North of Holland FM will be off for a much longer time. During this period 747 is expected to carry Radio 1.
Ruud, HOL (16/7-2011)

11/07-2011

U S A
As for reception of KKXA in Europe, on 1521 there is a Saoudi powerhouse, with about 2000 kW. Can be heard on a normal portable or car radio in Holland.
Ruud, HOL (11/7-2011)

U S A
According to the FCC website, the night pattern sends most of KKXA's signal towards Japan.  There's a deep null to the southeast, to protect KXPA-1540 (about 20 miles away), KGDD-1520 (150 miles away),  KGA-1510, and probably KOKC-1520.  Europe is off the edge of the pattern.  There's not mush signal towards Europe, but it should reach the Scandinavian Beverage sites.
Bruce Portzer via mwcircle yg (11/7-2011)

10/07-2011

U S A
Big AM Project at KKXA Progresses.
It’s something of a celebratory event when a big new AM goes on the air. KKXA-1520 isn’t quite there yet but will be soon. Two new towers have been erected. The Puget Sound-area station will blast 50 kW at night and start at 20 kW during the day. It is hoping for approval to move to 50 kW full-time. The debut air date is tentatively at the end of July and the format is up in the air, pending a rough survey of prospective area listeners (country and all-news are leading so far). KKXA will be the sister station of sports talker KRKO-1380 Everett.
The Snohomish area site where the KKXA towers are situated is also home to those of KRKO-1380. Those sticks received unwanted publicity when they were vandalized last year and required rebuilding. Add to that the difficulty in getting the required permits and approvals and it is possible that KKXA will be the last new commercial signal in the area. There are six towers total at the site; four serve KRKO in a parallelogram; four serve KKXA as an in-line array. One taller tower is KRKO-only and not shared. Two of the six towers are shared. Both stations are omni-directional daytime. The KKXA name "is a nod to one of Western Washington’s first radio stations, KXA-770, a station now broadcasting as KTTH 770, The Truth."
Arctic Radio Club, NRC AMS 78/27 via Barry Davies, mwcircle yg (9/7-2011)

GERMANY
See Kai Ludwig's report about Wachenbrunn today [5/7-2011].

02/07-2011

U S A
Dear Mr. Hauser, My name is Brendan Monaghan and I live in Lake Oswego, a suburb of Portland, OR. Via the Portland Radio Forum - and my own monitoring - I found that long-dark station KXPD 1040 AM has begun relaying Beyond Beijing programming from CRI (China Now, Music Safari, etc.). The station had broadcast in Spanish until going dark in December 2009. The day before they were to have involuntarily forfeited their license, KXPD returned to the air with public domain old-time radio programs and low-quality, pre-recorded ID's - before going dark again a week later.

KXPD returned in early June with a similar old-time format from the 9-12 of June, before going dark again. I'm aware of CRI's apparent new business model of buying up/brokering time on other AM stations across the country, so now Portland appears to have joined the list. Interestingly, the station identifies as coming from "Tiggerd/Portland" not "Ty-gerd" as it is actually pronounced. Wonder what the FCC thinks of that. Here is the link to the Portland Radio Forum, which is so far the only information available.
http://feedback.pdxradio.com/topic/kxpd-in-tiggerd
Thanks! Brendan Monaghan, dxld yg (1/7-2011)

HUNGARY
Our national Kossuth Radio has reduced it's MW broadcast time from 1st of July due economic reasons on 540 KHz. The new broadcast time is 2:30-19:30 UTC.
Laszlo Tringer HNG (1/7-2011)

01/07-2011

GERMANY
Dear Idun, i heard the last minutes of MDR Info on 882 khz (Wachenbrunn). On July 1, at 0.00 local time they broadcasted the news, then a recorded announcement informs about the closure of the frequency and advises listeners to other receiving possibilities. As i wrote this (00.15 central european time) the announcement goes on.

Off topic: i am not surprised about the switching of analog programmes on Astra satellite (position 19.2 E). I think this is the last analog broadcast in the satellite world in Europe. Others were turned off long time ago. Digital satellites can provide the same quality as analog ones. In the digital satellite world satellite DXING (monitoring) is also possible. To tell the truth, i loved analog, and i will miss it because analog was the entry point into the satellite world for me in around 1995 when western europeans started to turn to digital.
Sincerely, Tibor Gaal HNG (1/7-2011)

30/06-2011

LUXEMBOURG / GERMANY
Reply to Adam Birchenall:
On May 1st, 2012, German TV Channels will cease broadcasting analog signals on Astra 19,2 degres East. Therefore, radios using sub-carriers of those analog TV signals will also dissapear. Only digital signals will remain on satellite. That will be the case of RTL and others. As for 1440 Khz, hope they would broadcast even at low power all day long...
Denis Gillet BEL (30/6-2011)

GERMANY
Answer from Media Broadcast GmbH - Press Contact:
The transmission of Voice of Russia will c o n t i n u e and is n o t affected by the shutdown (1323 Voice of Russia TX site, location 900 meters southwards of the former GDR 693 kHz site, now 882 kHz MDR program from Halle).
73 Wolfgang Bueschel via dxld yg (30/6-2011)

LUXEMBOURG
I have heard rumours about the closure of RTL radio, china radio int. on 1440 kHz completly in 2012, I had a feeling on this while listening to RTL Radio on Satellite and i heard a german commercial add talking about digital radio and the year 2012.
Adam Birchenall (30/6-2011)

28/06-2011

GERMANY
The German public news MDR Info cease broadcasting by the medium in the southwest of Thuringia. Station operator Media Broadcast has decided on July 1 to stop broadcasting on AM from Wachenbrunn in the frequency 882 kHz is plotted. The other AM stations will stay the MDR Info is in use. (http://www.radio.nl/)
73's Henk Stelte via mwcircle yg (28/6-2011)

LUXEMBOURG
In Luxembourg, a looming end to the AM broadcast. Since the '70s successor and sends Radio Luxembourg RTL Radio on 1440 kHz from Marnach. But here are complaints from residents within about interference by radiation, causing the transmitter site is likely to be closed.
Chances are that this whole RTL radio stops broadcasting on AM. The license for the use of channel runs in October, and the question is whether it is extended. RTL fact itself has been shown actually to want the station.
In recent years, the ability of the transmitter Marnach been drastically reduced. Thus, eight years ago during the morning even with 1200 kW broadcast has already been reduced to 300 KW. Also the channel during the day mostly off. RTL Radio is all still between 4 and 7 hours and between 16 and 19 hours using the transmitter, while China Radio International fills the evening. (http://www.radio.nl)
73's Henk Stelte via mwcircle yg (28/6-2011)

26/06-2011

NETHERLANDS
More than 11,000 people have signed a petition to preserve RNW's Dutch-language broadcasts. Iede de Vries, Chairman of the Action Committee, says that in addition there are about 7000 signatures from listeners who depend on programmes in one of the other nine languages. There are also separate petitions from former ambassadors, business and journalisitic organizations. Mr De Vries will lead a delegation from RNW who will hand the
petitions to the Dutch parliament on Monday, prior to the debate about the substantial cuts in public broadcasting, including RNW.
Mr De Vries says several hundred people from around the world have also sent a personal letter to the Lower House. He says a lot of support has been received from the more than 3,000 partner stations worldwide that carry RNW programmes. He says he suspects that many MPs don't know about many of the things that RNW does, and advocates a postponement of the decision, allowing the broadcaster to inform MPs about the consequences of the cuts. On Friday, the government announced that the current budget of 46 million euros would be reduced to just 14 million euros, a cut of 70 percent which will mean the loss of up to 250 jobs.

A reminder that a special live programme in Dutch will be on the air from The Hague tomorrow (27 June) at 0600-1200 UTC on the following outlets:
107.5 FM (In and around the Plein in The Hague next to the Dutch parliament building)
1296 AM mediumwave (For the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg)
Shortwave 5955 and 9895 kHz (West, Central and SW Europe)
Shortwave 13700 kHz from 1000 UTC (SW and SE Europe)
Internet via http://www.rnw.nl/nederlands/article/luister-live-naar-de-wereldomroep
on our Dutch website
Satellite: Find the satellite serving your region on this page
http://www.bvn.nl/ontvangst/regio_informatie/centraal_europa
More stories about the budget cut
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/global-call-%E2%80%93-save-radio-netherlands-worldwide
Andy Sennitt , Media Network weblog
ttp://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/thousands-sign-petitions-of-support-for-rnw
via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (26/6-2011)

24/06-2011

NETHERLANDS
On Monday 27 June Radio Netherlands Worldwide will have a six-hour live radio broadcast in Dutch from The Hague. From a studio at the entrance to the Dutch parliament, all ten language departments of RNW will be represented in a special programme reporting on the parliamentary debate about the government’s cost-saving proposals for public broadcasting, including the decision to slash RNW’s budget. Personalities from politics, media and the cultural world will also be taking part in a live debate about the value of RNW.
On this day only, RNW will be broadcasting continously on mediumwave 1296 kHz via the high power transmitter at Orfordness between 0600 and 1200 UTC. In addition, the broadcast will be available online via our Dutch website, via satellite and partly also on shortwave according to the regular schedule.
The show will include interactive audience response via SMS, email and telephone. During the broadcast our Dutch Facebook page, Twitter account and website will be reporting on the debate in the House as well as the discussion in the radio studio.
Update 1300 UTC: The extent of the budget cut has now been announced. RNW’s budget will be cut from 46 million euros a year to just 14 million, a cut of 70%. Up to 250 jobs are expected to be lost. Read more about the latest announcement, and its likely
consequences, on our website.
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/special-rnw-dutch-broadcast-on-1296-khz
Media Network by Andy Sennitt via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (24/6-2011)

23/06-2011

ARGENTINA
New stations in Argentina on 740, 1410, 1490, 1590 and 1600 kHz:
Radio La Carretera is a new station on 740 kHz from the town of Allen in Argentina. Radio La Carretera can be reached by email, by phone at 02941 454000 or by writing to Ruta 22 Km 1200, 8328 Allen, Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina. Information about the station was first published by Alejandro Alvarez on ConDig mailing list on June 17. Alvarez heard the first test transmission on June 16, and he says that the truckers' station belongs to Sindicato de Camioneros de Río Negro.
Radio Cope is a new station on 1410 kHz, first reported by Arnaldo Slaen on ConDig mailing list on May 30. The station is located in the town of Chivilcoy, and had begun broadcasts already a couple of months earlier.
Radio Unidad is a non-licensed Christian station broadcasting on 1490 kHz in the Buenos Aires area. Years ago the station operated on 1660 kHz, and then fell silent. Radio Unidad simulcasts on 94.1 MHz FM, and operates also a TV station. Radio Unidad is run by pastors Lázaro Oscar Díaz and his spouse Alicia del Carmen Veliz, who belong to the Iglesia Internacional Unidos en el Amor de Jesús. The station can be found at Calle J.B. Molina 830, José Mármol, Partido de Almirante Brown, Provincia de Buenos Aires. The telephone number is (011) 4291-2544. Information about reactivation on the new frequency was first published by Marcelo A. Cornachioni on the ConDig mailing list on June 19.
La Radio de la Región is a new unofficial station on 1590 kHz, broadcasting from the town of Dolores near Buenos Aires. You can write to the station at Calle Faustino Brughetti 1392, Dolores, Provincia de Buenos Aires. The phone number is (02245) 443131. La Radio de la Región is part of the same company as Radio Dolores, which used to operate on 1480 AM, but is nowadays only on FM. The station is owned by Silverio Horacio Burgeño, and the AM signal is said to be a retransmission of the FM station LRI-434 Radio Dolores (94.9 MHz). La Radio de la Región was first reported heard by Marcelo A. Cornachioni on ConDig mailing list on May 29.
Finally, Region Centro is one more unofficial station, broadcasting on 1600 kHz from Montes de Oca, Departamento Belgrano, Provincia de Santa Fé. Región Centro is headed by Matías Torres, who is also director for Frecuencia Mutual (104.1 FM) in Rosario, and Canal 29 "Aire Mutual". This station was reported by Marcelo A. Cornachioni on ConDig mailing list on June 1.
DXing.info (20/6-2011)

22/06-2011

U K
This has just been posted to the website at http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk
Radio Caroline has, after discussions with politicians and media practitioners, decided to change the objective of our Fair's Fair campaign. The station has been calling on Ofcom to treat the station as a special case and be allowed a licence to transmit our programmes on medium wave to the south east of the UK. Now we are calling on Ofcom to find a frequency and advertise its availability, giving us the chance to apply. Please go to the campaign website, by clicking the link below, for full details and how you can help.
www.RadioCarolineOnAir.com (much more at this link)
Radio Caroline via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (22/6-2011)

ICELAND
Summer Solstice Scan
Weather: Cool, cloudy but dry. So, yes, I took the GX700 with me on a walk between 00Z and 01Z30. No major surprises, but I did hear the 1215 relays on 1197, 1233 and 1242. The German stations dominated the low end (as usual) and kept pretty even with the UK transmitters over the rest of the band. The LW scan was unsurprising as well.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson, Iceland (22/6-2011)
Reynir, have you been able to hear DR on LW 243 kHz? This LW frequency has recently been reactivated with limited programming, see DNK item from 16/6.
Ydun

GERMANY
Dear Idun, www.mediumwave.info published the announcement of AFN Europe on may 25, 2011 stating "AFN Europe will put 873 AM back on the air July 1st."
I think AFN Europe was not correct. Today I heard regular programming of AFN on 873 khz from 03.00 CET (01.00 UTC).
Sincerely Tibor Gaal, HNG (22/6-2011)

GERMANY
Wachenbrunn 882 kHz will be shut down on June 30:
http://www.mdr.de/radio/frequenzen/140402.html
I have not seen a full explanation for the closure so far, but its seems that Media Broadcast can no longer operate the transmitter at this location for whatever reason.
Kai Ludwig via dxld yg (22/6-2011)

LUXEMBOURG
Marnach 1440 kHz will apparently go dark before long:
http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2011/06/153563/
hat-marnacher-sendeanlage-bald-ausgestrahlt.php
Gist: The transmitter violates the fieldstrength limits (no surprise when churning out 600 kW just 130 metres away from the next buildings). BCE indicates that they intend to close it "in the foreseeable future", plans to built a new site as replacement have been terminated. Still it is planned to provide another prolongation of the operation permit that expires on Oct 3, but activists demand to no longer tolerate too high fieldstrengths after this deadline.
The current Marnach transmission equipment:
http://www.transradio.de/index.php?option=com_content&view
=article&id=118&Itemid=105&lang=en
Somewhow I now can't help but wonder if it would be realistic for "Radio 86" to obtain a German broadcasting licence .......
Kai Ludwig via dxld yg (22/6-2011)

20/06-2011

DENMARK
Long wave springs back to life
The medium wave frequency will be vacated on 27 June 2011, and in the future the Weather Forecast, the morning „Body and Movement“ exercise programme and Maritime Safety Information can be heard via a new long wave transmitter.
If you prefer the extended Weather Forecast, need Maritime Safety Information or exercise to ”Body and Movement”, there is good reason to retune your receiver in the immediate future, if you want to continue to receive the Service Programmes from Danish Radio.
On Monday 27 June 2011, DR will close the medium wave frequency and revive the long wave frequency on 243 kHz, which has been silent since 14 February 2007. In the future, all the present DR programmes from medium wave will be transmitted on this frequency.
The target group and some of the core listeners of this channel are export truck drivers, fishermen, yachtsmen and to a lesser degree Danish expatriates, as these increasingly listen to DR on the Internet instead.
„We change from medium wave to long wave because DR is now the only one to transmit on 243 kHz. Long wave has a more stable and better coverage than the medium wave hannel, which in reality only reaches to Hamburg and Oslo,“ explains DR’s Head of Operations, Puk Astrud.

Turkey has left the frequency
When DR previously transmitted on long wave, the frequency was shared with Turkey, and the long wave channel only reached as far as the Alps. But now the Turks no longer transmit on this frequency.
In the period from Thursday 16 June to Monday 27 June, the programmes are transmitted in parallel on long and medium wave, until medium wave is phased out by the end of this month.
”We had a completely new transmitter installed in Kalundborg for the long wave transmissions, and apart from the fact that the programmes can now be heard far into Central and Southern Europe, the change also benefits DR by a significant cut in power costs,” Puk Astrud explains.

Part of Public Service obligation
A survey made by DR Audience Research shows that less than 1.2 percent use the AM channel, and more than half of those use it less than once a month.
”It is a part of DR’s Public Service Contract with the Ministry of Culture to have a channel for such [service] messages, and there are also European Union rules in this field,” Puk Astrud explains.
Original Danish version: www.dr.dk/DRPresse/Artikler/2011/06/15/162856.htm
New photos here
By Jan Dohrmann, DR Press Office (20/6-2011)

VENEZUELA
From a reliable source in Venezuela, I have been informed that the following stations in Aragua state are not active, by decision of CONATEL:

650 kHz YVLH Araguena 650 (Maracay)
1100 kHz YVOP Radio Occidente (Tovar)
1500 kHz Radio Galaxia (San Mateo)
Further, 570 kHz YVLX Radio Rumbos (Villa de Cura) is now called "Radio La Villa".
73, Gunter Lorenz D via mwcircle yg (19/6-2011)

18/06-2011

U K
Awaaz FM Ramadhan
1575 AM - Blackburn
Ramadan 2011 broadcast
On air from: 01/08/11 to 01/09/11
Contact: Rana Gulistan Khan
Telephone: 07984 300701
Email: awaazfm@hotmail.co.uk
mwcircle yg (17/6-2011)

DENMARK
Danish public-service broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) is shifting some of its programming from medium wave to longwave in late June.
On June 16, a new 50 kW transmitter on 243 kHz was activated at the Kalundborg transmission site in Denmark’s western province of Sjælland. DR will simulcast programming on the longwave channel until June 27, when it will end its medium-wave broadcasts from the site on 1062 kHz. The existing medium-wave broadcasts use a 250 kW transmitter.
Previously, DR used a 300 kW longwave transmitter at Kalundborg until February 2007. The channel has been entirely vacant in Europe since October 2008 when Turkey ended longwave broadcasts on 243 kHz from a 200 kW transmitter in Erzurum in eastern Turkey.
DR Operations Manager Puk Astrud told RadioNyt.com that DR expects the longwave broadcasts to be more stable and to provide better coverage than medium wave, reaching as far away as Oslo, Norway, and Hamburg, Germany.
Astrud also noted that the new transmitter is much more efficient and will run at a significantly lower power level, which should result in cost savings for DR.
Radioworld.com (16/6-2011)

DENMARK
Hi Ydun, I heard the dr station on 243 kHz with fair reception with IS as from 1540 UTC 16/6/2011 here in Almere, The Netherlands using a Sony ICF7600GR.
73s, Ehard Goddijn HOL (18/6-2011)

16/06-2011

DENMARK
Danmarks Radio - DR on LW 243 kHz went silent on February 14 th, 2007 but today it has been reactived using a new 50 kW transmitter from the same site in Kalundborg.
Last day for broadcasting on MW 1062 kHz (250 kW) will be Monday June 27 2011. Until then the two frequencies will send simultaneously.

Time and schedule
Local time (UTC+1, UTC+2 during summer) and schedule in Danish:
05.45-05.51 Weather forecast
06.00-06.07 News in parallel with P4
08.30-08.40 Gymnastics
08.45-09.00 Weather forecast
09.00-09.07 News in parallel with P4
11.45-12.00 Weather forecast
12.00-12.30 News in parallel with P4
17.45-18.00 Weather forecast
18.00-18.16 Shipping info for Danish waters.
In Danish http://www.dr.dk/DRPresse/Artikler/2011/06/15/162856.htm
Photos of the antenna masts at Gisselore in Kalundborg.
Danmarks Radio/P4 and Ydun Ritz (16/6-2011)

15/06-2011

NORWAY
Norwegian public broadcaster NRK will cease broadcasts on 630 kHz from the Vigra mediumwave transmitter on 30 June. The purpose of keeping it on the air simply isn?t there anymore, as it primarily is targeted towards the fishing fleet to let them get the weather reports.
Today NRK broadcasts weather forecasts on dedicated channels on satellite and DAB.
The 630 kHz antenna mast is 220 metres high and located near the airport at Vigra. Avinor, the operator of the airport, states that the mast is a danger to air traffic and wants it removed. Avinor and transmitter operator Norkring have agreed that the site will be dismantled after the radio broadcasts cease. The dismantling process is expected to finish by the end of this year. The Vigra transmitter site started transmissions as early as 1935.
The mediumwave transmitter at Røst on 675 kHz will also cease broadcasting on 31 December 2012. This transmitter took over from the Bodoy¸ transmitter in 1999. It has not been decided what will happen with the site afterwards.
There are no plans to stop broadcasts from the Ingoy longwave transmitter on 153 kHz or the Svalbard [Spitsbergen] mediumwave transmitter on 1485 kHz, simply because receiving satellite signals in the northern areas is difficult.
Source: Eivind Motland, NRK via
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/files/2011/06/vigra.jpg via mwcircle yg (15/6-2011)

14/06-2011

NETHERLANDS
Hello Ydun,
Some news about Radio Waddenzee [1602 kHz]: As of June 15, the programs from Terschelling. These are not the normal programs of Radio Waddenzee. Keep an account of other programs than you normally hear. Radio Waddenzee ship is in port during this period of Terschelling, but is not accessible to visitors. From Monday, June 27 at 07.00 hours is the normal programming ring.
Source: http://www.radiowaddenzee.nl/
Regards, Henk Stelte (14/6-2011)

ITALY
For about 3 weeks or so I can hear this:
1233.15  Media Veneto (Italy) - oldies and rare IDs cca once in 15 minutes = ID after every 5th song - it looks like that. A female voice gives an ID and frequency.
I have not seen this station mentioned yet. What do our friends in Italy say?
Thanks, Karel Honzik, CZE via mwcircle yg (14/6-2011)

This is a test from Media Veneta Broadcast, from north east of Italy. There has been other tests from 
Radio Poggio Lupo 1503 kHz and Radio Gold Italia 1593 kHz, both from Sicily.
I've never received them! :-)
Leonardo via mwcircle yg (14/6-2011)

12/06-2011

GERMANY
Hello Idun, from 9th of June, I don't hear AFN on 873 khz. They switched off, but, i
don't know the exact time. The frequency is open for new dx catches.
Regards, Tibor Gaal, Hungary (12/6-2011)

11/06-2011

ITALY
As of Friday June 10, 2011, European Gospel radio via IRRS-Shortwave will be on the air daily with a live program on 7290 kHz to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East from 18:00-20:0 CET.

Our programs can also be heard daily on our new AM/Medium Wave frequencies: on 1368 kHz from Padua (Padova, North East Italy), and locally in Rome on 1566 kHz. We will be broadcasting daily on these Medium Wave frequencies from 17:00-00:00 UTC, i.e. from 19:00-02:00 CET. Reception on 1368 kHz during darkness has been reported within a radius of approximately 700 km from Padua, i.e. in northern Italy, southern France, Austria, Southern Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, and under DX conditions also from Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

We will also be streaming live 24/7 at http://www.egradio.org or http://mp3.nexus.org
Our schedules are online at http://www.nexus.org/schedules

As always we welcome your comments on our programming, as well as your reception reports. You write us or to our program producers to the addresses mentioned on the air, or at: reports (at) nexus (dot) org

Thank you and stay tuned!
73s de Ron Norton, Radio Activity via Alokesh Gupta via Mike Terry, dxld yg (10/6-2011)

VENEZUELA
From a reliable source in Venezuela, I have been informed that the following stations in Carabobo state are not active, by decision of CONATEL:
810 kHz YLPV Super Radio 810 (Valencia)
850 kHz YVRV Radio Valencia 850 (Valencia)
1430 kHz YVNB Radio Satelite 14-30 (Guacara) --> see below
1470 kHz YVJW CNB 14-70 La Valenciana (Valencia) --> see below
1510 kHz Informativa LV del Centro

On the other hand, my source confirms the following stations to be operational in Carabobo state:
770 kHz YVKK RNV Canal informativo (Valencia) http://www.rnv.gov.ve/
890 kHz YVLW Radio América (Valencia) http://www.america890.net/
1040 kHz YVLB La Voz de Carabobo (Valencia) http://es.justin.tv/lavoz1040
1110 kHz YVRX Deportes Union Radio (Valencia) http://www.deportesunionradio.com/
1220 kHz YVVM Radio Venezuela (Valencia) http://www.radiovenezuela.com.ve/
1290 kHz YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello (Puerto Cabello) http://www.radiopuertocabello.com/
1430 kHz Llanerisima (Guacara)
1470 kHz Union Radio Cultural (Valencia)

73, Guenter Lorenz via mwcircle yg (9/6-2011)

U S A / RUSSIA
Well, in DC we have 50-KW China Radio International on 1190 kHz and now Voice of Russia (VOR) Radio on 5-kW Way Broadcasting’s WZHF-AM 1390. While VOR announced 6/9 the launch the stations in New York (Multicultural Radio Broadcasting’s WNSW [1430 kHz] ) and DC, the DC station has actually been on air since March and WNSW since January.
The new stations air live programming with the Russian perspective (in English) on international news, culture, arts and events. The stations mark the first time VOR will produce programming directly from the United States rather than broadcasting news from the Moscow-based radio program. VOR has always reached the US via shortwave and for a
time in the late 70s on 600 kHz from Cuba.
"This is a very significant move for Voice of Russia because it is the first time in the history of the station that material being broadcast to the North American market will actually originate and be produced locally," said Andrei Bystritsky, Chairman of VOR.
VOR has been broadcasting since October 29, 1929, and was the first radio station to broadcast internationally to provide a Russian perspective on news and culture. VOR currently broadcasts to 160 countries in 38 languages for a total of 151 hours per day, on short and medium waves,
in the FM band, via satellite and through a global mobile communications network. The Washington, D.C. station will employ over 15 correspondents throughout the U.S. who will cover stories on culture, sports, science and politics.
To officially kick-off the DC station, Bystritsky hosted a panel discussion on 6/9 that focused on the changes of Russian and U.S. approaches to public diplomacy since the end of the Cold War more than two decades ago; the impact of an American broadcast on attitudes and perceptions toward U.S.-Russian relations; and, the value of international broadcast programs.
The panel was moderated by Angela Stent , the Director for the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University and feature as panelists Andrei Bystritsky , VOR Chairman; Joseph Duffey, former Director of the United States Information Agency; Thomas Graham, former senior director at the National Security Council
for Russia; Rudiger Lentz, former Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for Deutsche Welle; and, Dr. Elez Biberaj, Director of the Eurasia Division for Voice of America. The discussion was held from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the National Press Club.
http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio-programming/voice-of-russia-radio-launches-in-nyc-dc.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (9/6-2011)

09/06-2011

NETHERLANDS
The Radio 192 event will NOT be on 1332 or any other AM channel.
Ruud, The Netherlands (9/6-2011)

NETHERLANDS
Reunion Radio 192 live on Radio Extra Gold.
It is almost ten years ago that Radio 192 was founded. Radio 192, a radio station on cable and AM 1332, which is exempt from the Bosdrift in Hilversum. Radio 192 brought the memories, especially Radio Veronica from the sea, back to life. On July 4, 2001 Tineke opened with 'uncle'Bull Verweij station. Ten years ago, time for a reunion.

A reunion with the jingles, the music and the "people " of Radio 192.
Therefore, all former employees and listeners welcome on Sunday, July 3, 2011 from 12:00 to 18:00 at Rock Art Museum in Hoek van Holland.

Reunion on Radio Extra Gold
Radio Extra Gold, Radio192 with many former employees "on board", organized this conference in cooperation with RockArt and the founders of Radio 192, Michael Baker and Ad Bouman.

It is broadcast live from the old studios of Radio Veronica, as a backdrop. These have been loaned by the Museum of Rock Art Foundation Norderney, where she is a 'national treasure ' to be cherished. Rock Art Museum is located in the industrial Zekkenstraat 42 at The Hook in Hook of Holland.
http://radio.nl/portal/home/medianieuws/010.archief/2011/06/165174.html
Henk Stelte, The Netherlands (9/6-2011)

SOLAR FLARE
More here.

03/06-2011

NETHERLANDS
Radio 10 Gold is part of the whealtiest media organistion in this country: RTL. Also Radio538, the best performing and most profitable station is owned by RTL.
As you describe the problems, it is bad SWR, the TX doest not like bad SWR and keeps switching off and on, retrying.
The reduced power is to be on air, despite the bad SWR, just set the TX at a power level it can have and does not trip.
Bad SWR is mostly caused by antenna problems. Or ATU. Or feeder.

In the month of June Radio Waddenzee/Seagull transmits from the sea, the Waddenzee actualy, near the bird island Griend.
Reports are coming in that reception at the UK coast is good, also reception in Hollnd is better then normal. All due to the salt water gain.
Waddenzee is in Dutch untill 17.00 UTC, followed by Seagull in English.
Ruud, The Netherlands (2/6-2011)
Re.: Radio Waddenzee/ Radio Seagull, please read report from Steve Conway here

02/06-2011

NETHERLANDS
Radio 10 Gold transmitter problems.
Radio 10 Gold, the only left real golden oldie station on AM here in Holland, was facing transmitter problems from there transmitter from Heinenoord on 828 Khz the first of June. First I thougt, after switching on, that the station had ceased broadcasting on AM the first of June, because of budget reasons or something like that. But then I heard there signal coming up under NDR Info Hannover, climbing up in strenght and then drop off completely again. And that went many times that way. The second of June it looks like the signal is stabel again, but whit reduced transmitter power. Happily the station is still loud and clear on my WiFi Radio.
73's Mr. W. Prins - Haren (Gn) The Netherlands (2/6-2011)

01/06-2011

GERMANY
Hello Idun,
I'd like to comment the report (20/05-2011, GERMANY: about AFN 873 khz) written by  Karel Honzik.
He wrote: "... surprised to hear Radio Rossii and Spain together with AFN."

On my location (western Hungary), i hear this setting every night. Radio Rossii starts at 03.00 CET (05.00 Moscow time, 01.00 UTC summer time). And also, i hear BNR from Bulgaria.
I think AFN power is reduced because 3-4 years ago its signal was more powerful.
I want to call your attention to the 1485 khz AFN transmitter, which also serves U.S. soldiers in Germany. According to Euro-African Medium Wave Guide (www.emwg.info) 2 transmitter serves them:
D - AFN Wurzburg Primary, Ansbach (0.3) - 24h; local px Ansbach: 0400-0800, 1000-1200, 1600-1700
D - AFN Bavaria, various (0.3) - 24h; txs in Hohenfels, Garmish-Partenkirchen and Regensburg.

At nights I hear AFN on that frequency, but, i don't know which signal comes to me!!!
Sincerely, Tibor Gaal HNG (31/5-2011)
No, it'snt easy to find out where the signal comes from, when no local items and places are mentioned.
Ydun Ritz (1/6-2011)

U S A
Space Shuttle Landing vs Daytime MWDX.
It looks like we are out of luck again for a possible repeat of the extraordinary daytime MW DX opening we caught a couple years ago when the Space Shuttle was landing across the USA.
http://www.nasa.gov/tvschedule/pdf/tvsked_revm.pdf
If STS 134 lands on schedule at 0635 UT June 1, it will come in over Mexico/Central America in the middle of the night. If it is one orbit later, it will be over Mexico from a more westerly direxion, per:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/news/landing.html
If there should be a further delay to the next orbit, it might come in over the southern USA, but still at night. Only delays beyond that (or a change of landing site) could put it into a daytime situation. But let`s be alert for any such changes
Glenn Hauser, OK, dxld yg (31/5-2011)

28/05-2011

SWEDEN
1512 kHz Radio Nord from Sweden is coming in quite well here in Germany now from tune in around 2130 UTC with a program in Swedish and Englisch ID in between.
73, Harald Kuhl via mwcircle yg (28/5-2011)

GERMANY
May 25, 2011- The American Forces Network Europe (AFNE) is adjusting its radio broadcast signals to help State German officials hosting a huge outdoor multi-concert bash, Hessentag.
German telecommunications officials asked AFN to temporarily turn off the 873 AM transmitter in June because heavy car traffic will be routed by the normally remote AFN radio transmitter on the way to a newly created field parking lot.  Workers also need time to set up and take down concert stages, lights and temporary buildings, and they are bringing in cranes to do it.  The Hessentag festivities and concerts run June 10-19 in Oberursel, Germany.
"Our German neighbors asked us to temporarily turn off our 873 AM Power Network transmitter in Central Germany for concerts with Linkin Park, Bryan Adams, the Scorpions and scores of others," says AFN Europe Commander Colonel Bill Bigelow, "During that time, we'll broadcast to our American audience in Wiesbaden on 1143 AM from another location."
While 1143 AM's 1,000-watts of power will reach Americans stationed in Wiesbaden, the temporary transmitter doesn't have the reach of AFN's 150,000-watt transmitter in Weiskirchen, which reaches American commuters in Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Hanau and Giessen.
AFN Europe will put 873 AM back on the air July 1st.
WellenreiterBN via mwdx yg (27/5-2011)

25/05-2011

FINLAND
DXpedition in the Arctic made easy for you!
Going on DXpeditions has always been difficult: finding the right place, dealing with the interference, getting permission for the antennas, and the hard work of actually putting up the antennas.

Not any more. We have just the right place in the Finnish Lapland, tested and found to be excellent for AM DXing, and already equipped with a huge array of 1-kilometer-long Beverage antennas. You may have read about the hundreds of legendary DXpeditions made to the Arctic since the 1970's. Now you can join the fun!

We built "Aihkiniemi" last summer for ourselves. But we can't be there all the time, so we are also offering it for rent to fellow DXers from around the world. If you don't mind traveling, this is a unique chance to experience a DXpedition of a lifetime without the hard work.

Check it out at http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aihkiniemi_dx_cabin_for_rent.dx

The article includes everything you need to know: what to expect there, how to get there, how to prepare, and how to make a reservation.
73s Mika Makelainen, on behalf of the eight DXers running Aihkiniemi (25/5-2011)

24/05-2011

PHILIPPINES
Foiled attempt to burn Philippine government station:
Various groups and the city government of Tabuk made the initial move this morning to condemn the attempt of still unidentified suspects to burn the only government radio station in the province. In a statement over DZRK Radyo ng Bayan [837 kHz], city Mayor Ferdinand Tubban, Cordillera Bodong Authority secretary general Placido Alsiyang Jr and Philippine Information Agency Infocenter manager Peter Balocnit have condemned in the strongest possible terms the attempt to destroy the station.
Station manager Basilio Baluyan said the police are still investigating the motive, expressing hope that the perpetrators will soon be identified for the filing of appropriate charges. The alleged attempt to burn down the station happened at around 1:02 am on May 25 [sic], 2011, according to Paulo Dayag, security guard in charge. He said that he was awaken by a loud noise inside the lavatory. Getting up he saw a bright light coming from the room. Immediately he took the fire extinguisher and woke up the station’s technician, Willie Anastacio, and both immediately put off the fire.
Mr Baluyan said that if somebody has any ill feelings against whatever was aired on the station, he should not resort to such vindictive act considering that the establishment is a government-owned facility. “If they feel they were hurt by some pronouncement, they should come to me or file a complaint but should not retaliate in a way which is destructive to the facility and the lives of the people working here,” he said.
During the investigation, police found two half burnt empty 1.5 soft drink bottles inside the station’s comfort room and lavatory confirmed to have contained the gasoline used to instigate the fire. Outside the station, an unused gasoline inside a 1.5 soft drinks was left by the suspects who could have immediately left upon finding out that there a security guard who was alerted.
This is not the first time that the station was harassed. Last May 15, 2010, DZRK anchor Jerome Tabanganay was shot by two assailants just outside the station. Former radio announcer Placido Alsiyang Jr, also recalled that during his stint, they had also experienced incidents of harassment, but the threats at present he said are more daring and destructive.
Source: Philippine Information Agency via Media Network weblog (24/5-2011)

22/05-2011

GERMANY
AFN Frankfurt 873 [see Germany 20/5]
Hi Karel, old ILG lists 360° 0600-1500 and 160° 1500-0600, so maybe such a beam change now at 0400?
73, Mauno Ritola, FIN via mwcircle yg (21/5-2011)

21/05-2011

PERU
Radio Onda Cero from the Peruvian Andes surprised European DXers by appearing on the extended AM band in April. Radio Onda Cero has been heard on 1640 kHz, broadcasting from the village of Chamaca, Chumbivilcas Province, in the Department of Cusco. The station was first heard by Torolf Johnsson in Sweden, and much of the information on its identity was discovered by Henrik Klemetz. Confirmations of reception have been received from David Torres Boza who explains that Chamaca is a village of 500 people at an altitude of 3800 meters. This independent station is not part of the Peruvian Onda Cero network.
DXing.info (12/5-2011)

ARGENTINA
Radio Andina is yet another unlicensed station crowding the Argentine AM dial on the frequency of 580 kHz. Radio Andina is run by Medios Andinos S.A., which in turn is owned by Omar Rubén Alvarez who owns a bunch of other media outlets in the country and is close to the national government. Radio Andina can be contacted by writing to Calle Comandante Salas 200, Ciudad de San Rafael, Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina, or by calling at telephone +54 2627 42-4265. The station was first reported by Marcelo A. Cornachioni.
DXing.info (12/5-2011)

20/05-2011

GERMANY
Did anybody know (maybe everybody but me?) that AFN Frankfurt 873 switches power or antenna pattern over before 6am local time?
Unfortunately I did not note the exact time (0356UTC?). I happened to be on this frequency this morning (May 20th) with my loop, surprised to hear Radio Rossii and Spain together with AFN. Suddenly AFN switched OFF, there was ca. 30 seconds of silence and then ON again with much stronger signal. I could not hear those other stations anymore even with the loop. So what it was - power or antenna pattern change?
Karel Honzík, CZE via mwcircle yg (20/5-2011)

SPAIN
Hi friends,
RNE will have special regional/local blocks of programming to give the results of Sunday's election:

UTC
22-may:
1845-1900 REG R1//R5
1930-1935 REG R1//R5
2210-2240 REG R1//R5 (R5 only until 2235)
2235-2240 LOCAL R5

23-may:
The R5TN LOCAL break (0700-0715) could be extended till 0730 if it is considered necessary by each station.

In Castilla y León, the Ponferrada branch will act as a real local station again for this special local breaks on R5 (from some years ago they are only relaying R5TN-León). So it is a rare opportunity to catch this station with own programming (1107 kHz, 10 kw).
The same could be expected from La Línea-1503 (usually // Cádiz) or Vigo-1413 (usually // Pontevedra)... but unsure for me.
The same kind of special local programs could be expected in the private networks too.
Mauricio Molano, Salamanca Spain via emwg yg (20/5-2011)

16/05-2011

SWEDEN
We have now received permission for 2,5 kW on MW 1512 kHz from Kvarnberget (Stockholm) and also on the original Radio Nord channel, 603 kHz, from Sala (the same location as the shortwave transmitter). As for short wave the frequencies have not yet been determined but we will most likely be in the 41 and 31 metre band. SW frequencies will be announced as soon as they are cleared and power will be 10 kW. We will also be running a test towards North America in night time and hope you will be able to hear us over there. As usual you can also hear us on web radio, now with improved webstreams. On May 27 official transmissions will start from the former ice-breaker and museum ship s/s S.t Erik and there will be a lot of live transmissions from the ship. We are also planning a small Radio Nord exhibition on board and the plan is to build a studio with vintage equipment of the same type that was used by Radio Nord. Everybody is welcome to join us the weekend of  May 27-29 on board the S.t Erik!
http://www.radionordrevival.blogspot.com/ via Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (16/5-2011)

 

15/05-2011

TAIWAN
Hi Ydun, Have just finished listening to the Voice of Democracy in Vietnam broadcast on 1503 from Taiwan from 1430 to 1500utc with another dxer in Finland? on a remote receiver in Hongkong. The signal was excellent.
A PO Box in San Jose was given  as well as an email address.
Have managed to find the Voice of Vietnamese Democracy webpage and have sent off an email to try and get the postal address for reception reports.
Tony Magon, Melbourne AUS (15/5-2011)

SWEDEN
Some news on the next Radio Nord Revival 50th Anniversary broadcast from Sweden scheduled for 27-29 May 2011 from Ronny B Goode on Radio Nord Revival Facebook Group:
"Update: I just got the confirmation from the PTS (The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency) that we may also use 603 kHz which is the original Radio Nord channel. In 1962 it was 602 kHz but the frequency plan was changed in 1978. We are licensed to broadcast with 2,5 kW on 603 kHz from Sala and 1512 kHz from Kvarnberget. The latter frequency will be used for maximum ground wave towards Stockholm. So far the SW frequencies have not been decided. Do spread the message in any forum you like and why not invite your friends to join this group? At the moment Blogger is down but more information will be published continously on www.radionordrevival.blogspot.com "
Alan Pennington via dxld yg (13/5-2011)

SWEDEN
Regulary broadcasts from 27 - 29 of May. Next broadcast from Radio Nord Revival will be on  603kHz 2,5kW, 1512kHz 1 kW and 6060 kHz 10kW. More info on Radio Nord revival.
Roy Sandgren, Sweden (13/5-2011)

13/05-2011

PERU
The highlight of my session this morning (May 12) was
1129.95kHz OAX4N Radio Bacán, Lima, Peru
Heard at 0300UTC with a "Radio Bacán" ID
Nicely improved LA conditions this morning brought already long awaited ARG stations on 1030 and 1190 at 0230. Radio Onda Cero PRU on 1640 (their bubbling modulation is not too good) faded out at 0345, an UNID Spanish speaking religious station was on 1570kHz and another LA station in Spanish was on 1400.01kHz. Ecuadorian Time Station on 1510kHz was heard with its pips at 0330. Otherwise many weak carriers and some well known stations like Radio Santa Rosa PRU 1499.85kHz.
It is a tough work without Perseus, I am sure that your harvest of this morning is generous... (as you mostly use Perseus, right?)...
Karel Honzik, CZE via mwcircle yg (12/5-2011)

Hi Karel. I heard on 1570khz, at 0359utc this morning OCU4J Radio Bethel, Lima Peru.
73, Maurits van Driessche, Belgium via mwcircle yg (12/5-2011)

07/05-2011

U K
Welsh Internet station gets mediumwave outlet.
An Internet radio station in Wales, in the UK, is hailing an unusual move into the world of mediumwave broadcasting a success after it crossed the digital divide into the world of analogue.
In a world in which everything seems to be going digital, Celtica Radio has stepped in the opposite direction. Although it continues to make programmes available on its website, as of last week Celtica is also providing shows for the Mid-Wales-based Radio Hafren [on 756 kHz at 2300-0100 UTC].
Andy Sennitt, Media Network weblog (7/5-2011)

04/05-2011

PERU
Tomorrow morning, at 0230, or perhaps a quarter of an hour prior to that, there will be a special programme with greetings and music for the station's listeners in Sweden, on 1640.009.
You are welcome to try, should you be awake at this unearthly hour.
The station is Radio Onda Cero, located at Chamaca, in Chumbivilcas province, Cusco dept., Peru.
Two QSLs have made it to Sweden, and more are likely to be issued. They may be greeting their unknown listener in Lithuania, too, as well as Karel Honzik, in the Czech republic.
Henrik Klemetz, Sweden via mwcircle yg (4/5-2011)

PERU
Radio Onda Cero - 1640kHz.
This is probably the mysterious Peruvian station which has been heard during last weeks on 1640kHz together with Radio Juventus Don Bosco (DOM) but not yet identified as far as I know...
This morning (May 4, 2011) I heard it between 0328-0352UTC fade-out... in Spanish with IDs and slogans like "Onda Cero - tu radio (papa) autentica como tu" and "Radio Onda Cero", playing Andean folklore.   ("papa" is perhaps not correct)
There is Radio Onda Cero FM network in Peru. Unfortunately these days I have no access to net streams (slow mobile phone connection) so I cannot check it. They mention no AM frequency on their web site.
Karel Honzik, CZE via mwcircle yg (4/5-2011)

Karel, Thanks for this tip.
I also heard this station with several "Onda Cero" ID's this morning between 0325 and 0348UTC.
Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands via mwcircle yg (4/5-2011)

03/05-2011

LIBYA
WRTH has uploaded the National Radio update as of May 2
http://www.wrth.com/updates_national.html including:

MW situation: 675, 1125 and 1449 kHz are controlled by the Libyan opposition and identify as Radio or Voice of Free Libya, all with different programming. 1449 kHz is in Misrata, not Al-Assah. 711 kHz is in Al-Assah and transmits irregularly Vo Africa and other programming in parallel with 1251 kHz, which is running on low power. 972 and 1053 kHz are on the air, both carrying own programming. All other MW transmitters are off the air. Benghazi 675 kHz station has also web site at: http://voicefreelibya.blogspot.com

We may assume that the extensive A-11 pdf update of the International section is imminent.
Glenn Hauser, dxld yg (3/5-2011)

TAIWAN
Beginning May 15th, 2011 Foundation For Democracy Of Vietnam will broadcast a daily program from 1430UTC to 1500UTC on 1503khz. This time slot had been used by the BBC Vietnamese Service until it was vacated because of the restructuring measures that have been taken by the BBC World Service.
The 600kw transmitter and directional antenna azimuth of 247deg is located in Fangliao, South Taiwan (Pingtung County). This site is also used by Radio France International in Khmer, Radio Chan Troi Moi (New Horizon Radio) in Vietnamese, Family Radio in Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese and English.
This relay was arranged by Jeff White at WRMI (Radio Miami International) and Keith Perron at PCJ Radio.
Keith Perron via dxld yg (3/5-3011)

CZECH REPUBLIC
Radio Bila Hora, a Czech pirate station should be on the air again:
April 30, 2011 from 1800 UTC on 1790 kHz (AM mode).
See also http://rbh.czechian.net/
Karel Honzik, CZE via mwcircle yg (29/4-2011, but arrived to the list 2/5-2011)

01/05-2011

U K
MAR [Merseyland Alternative Radio] is active again from the Merseyside area on both channels today (0930utc)  May 1st . 1395kHz remains the stronger signal of the two.
Yesterday I noted activity on 1314 but not 1395kHz.
73 Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (1/5-2011)

30/4-2011

LIBYA
Interesting article in yesterday's Guardian here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/29/radio-free-libya-gaddafi-misrata
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (30/4-2011)

29/04-2011

U K
I suspect that Radio Caroline has been tweaking its radiated power on 531. When I first heard it on 22 April it was a good S8 signal here.
In recent days it has been no better than S7 (on the AOR 7030 that is a good representation of 6dB difference).
Yesterday at 1700 there was strong QRM from a transient NDB on 530kHz which I’d never noticed before. This was an s( signal from NE of me and was IDing as LLY.
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (28/4-2011)

ARGENTINA
The AM dial in the Argentine capital continues to change.
Radio Rebelde from Remedios de Escalada has begun broadcasting on 850 kHz. This station however appears to be a reincarnation of Radio Ciudad de Lanús, which used to transmit on 740 kHz. During its history Radio Ciudad de Lanús had operated on a number of AM frequencies (1020, 1160, 1320, 1450 and 1560 kHz), and as soon as the station signed off for good on 740, Radio Rebelde appeared on 850 kHz. To confuse the identity a bit more, Radio Rebelde has been heard rebroadcasting Radio Independencia from 1140 kHz. According to DXer Marcelo A. Cornachioni, the station is unlicensed, but appears to be protected by both the local and national government, and supports the government in its programming. It is operated by Movimiento de
Integración Latinoamericana de Expresión Social (MILES). Cornachioni was the first to publish news about the station on Condig mailing list on April 13. Radio Rebelde can be reached by email.
Radio La Roca on 1530 kHz is another unlicensed station in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. This Christian station can be found at Calle Fardman 4640, Gregorio de Laferrere, Partido de La Matanza, Provincia de Buenos Aires, with phone number (011) 4626-7749. Also this station was first reported by Cornachioni on Condig.
DXing.info (26/4-2011)

25/04-2011

U K
Merseyland Alternative Radio noted at 1320utc on both 1314 and 1395kHz. Reception on 1314 was in my noise floor (~S5) but the signal on 1395kHz was noticably stronger and clearer (S7)
PS R Britannia still on 1476kHz at this time.
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (25/4-2011)

U K
Radio Britannia, Yorkshire is on air as I write this at 0810 utc on 1476kHz. They were on air yesterday until 0917utc. Putting out a decent signal.
Meanwhile on 1395kHz Merseyland Radio is on air too.
73 Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (25/4-2011)

24/04-2011

GERMANY
The Mainflingen transmitter on 1539 kHz will be closed down at yearend. Already as of Aug 1st the evening transmission (1930-2300 CET = 1730-2100 UT in summer) will be cancelled and the transmitter be on air only in the morning (0500-1000 CET = 0300-0800 UT in summer) for the last five months.
http://www.erf.de/index.php?node=4355&content_item=1026

... which refers listeners to DAB, although the transmitter network that will be on air from August does not provide full coverage of Germany. The release also flatly mentions "financial reasons" for abandoning mediumwave. It specifies the airtime in the morning as 0600-1000 because the first hour contains programmes in foreign languages which ERF
usually not communicates in a context with its German radio service.

Just six years ago the transmission facility had been upgraded with a new NVIS antenna and a pair of Thomson S7HP transmitters, for which ERF at this point mentioned investments of three million Euros. This involved a renewal of the transmission contract with Media Broadcast for another ten years, but apparently an early termination has been agreed now (perhaps a connection to DAB transmission contracts exists, but this is entirely speculation).

Meanwhile ERF appears to be best known for its TV service. A while ago I talked with someone from the TV business, who also works with ERF, about this organization and its origins. He was stunned when I told him about 1539 kHz and the brand-new 700 kW equipment for which millions had been spent. In fact he had never heard about the use of this former Deutschlandfunk frequeny at all, and those people he knows as viewers of
the ERF TV programmes in all likelyhood had not either.
Kai Ludwig via dxld yg (24/4-2011)

23/04-2011

U K
Merseyland Radio/MAR is a fair signal this afternoon on 1394.95kHz (varying).
This morning I looked for pirates on 1395 but instead heard Radio Tirana with an ID and abrupt sign off at 0856utc. I'm not sure what their usage pattern on 1394.86kHz is.
73s Steve Whitt, near York, mwcircle yg (23/4-2011)

U K
Radio Caroline 531 kHz: Nice solid S8 signal at 0935utc this morning near York. By comparison Faroes was s7-S8 and fading . Both easily separated using K9AY antenna.
73 Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (22/4-2011)

U K
Radio Caroline first began test broadcasts on Friday, 27 March 1964, commencing full time transmissions at 12 noon two days later on Easter Sunday; from a former Danish passenger ferry, the Fredericia, now renamed Caroline. The ship was anchored three miles off the coast of Felixstowe, Suffolk, England just outside British territorial waters.
See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Caroline
From today until Monday night there are special programmes from the MV Ross Revenge, catch them worldwide on the internet at http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/radioplayer
Mike Terry via dxld yg (22/4-2011)

U K
Caroline is putting out a fair signal into South Bucks on 531 kHz this morning (as long as I'm not using the EWE that's beaming away from it). Best on the random longwire.
Mark Hattam, mwdx yg (22/4-2011)

U K       
It's a beautiful morning here in Tilbury Port, and the Ross Revenge has come alive with the sound of scurrying feet, music, and banter.
The ship truly wakes up from slumber when it is beaming live programmes.
Catch Radio Caroline on Sky ch 0199 on UPC cable in Ireland and on 531khz AM in Kent and Essex
Steve Conway's blog, April 22, 2011 at 10:05 am via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (22/4-2011)

21/04-2011

U K
The surprise of learning first-hand that there were more stations on 810 than just R. Scotland got me wondering: Are they transmitting at lower power, then? R. Wales on 882 and Absolute Radio on 1215 are coming in better than the Scots.
Reynir Heidberg Stefánsson, Iceland (21/4-2011)

20/04-2011

U K
Hello Ydun, this is not really a political rant, as it is about free radio (hurrah!), so perhaps your readers might like to get a little 'fired-up? Here it is, if you like:

Re. BBC Radio Scotland signal. How certain can one be that various analogue signals are not being 'deteriorated' to convince the (v. gullible) public that digital and nothing but digital is the future? One cannot certain at all, if you like a conspiracy theory and personally, I do like the idea of Radio Scotland's 810 kHz signal going down the pan (if it is) as being a bit Orwellian and not a little Soviet.
Most of what the UK government was up to from 1997 until 2010 was about 'convincing' people that all New = Good and all Old = Bad, but let's hope that our present servants (the only other electable Party) are not similarly led-by-the-nose by scientists, ideologues - and the tired old saw that on medium wave there are no-spare-frequencies-and-why-would-you-want-them-anyway?
Of course there are more spare frequencies than ever before, or at least since 1923.           By voting "Yes" in the Alternative Vote referendum, UK voters might for the first time, in my 62 years alone, find themselves represented by a government that is electively democratic and one that perhaps realises that an exclusively on-line, wired-up, unportable community is sort-of quaint, sort of pre-Marconi.
By voting "Yes", not only will BBC Radio Scotland be safe on medium wave but also the listener will not have to resort to some sort of bizarre rediffusion in order to receive Radio Caroline, a pioneer of freedom which does itself no favours by toeing the line and accepting a very narrow channel of communication with any remaining listeners.
There is room for every form of communication. AM, FM, long wave, medium wave, short wave, very short wave, microwave, telephone wires, satellite, broadband internet, semaphore, beacons, drumming, hand signals .... Don't let them tell you otherwise.
Greg Bance, UK (19/4-2011)

U K
No trouble hearing BBC Scotland 810 khz on this side of the Atlantic in Newfoundland lately most nights.
Allen Willie, Canada (19/4-2011)

PERU
Some extremely good reception from Peru this morning at 0500 utc in the top part of the band.
1470 CPN OB4XU http://paulc.fileave.com/1470CPN.wav
1500 Radio Santa Rosa OBX4I http://paulc.fileave.com/1500santarosaOBX4I.wav
1570 Bethel Radio OCU4J http://paulc.fileave.com/1570bethelOCU4J.wav
Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Scotland via mwcircle yg (19/4-2011)

19/04-2011

U K
Well, I think I heard Scotland tonight, but the signal is certainly much weaker and less stable than expected. 810 is usually a 24-hr signal here, and should be booming in right now (2011-04-18 2330Z). It isn't.
Reynir Heiðberg Stefánsson, Iceland (18/4-2011)

18/04-2011

U K
Radio Scotland is on the air April 18th at 1800 UTC.
Bengt Ericson, Sweden (18/4-2011)

U K
Looks like R. Scotland [810 kHz] is gone off the MW band.
Reynir Heiðberg Stefánsson, Iceland (18/4-2011)

14/04-2011

RUSSIA
1395kHz Radio Kavkaz RUS (item 11/4-2011): Yes, it carries both Programma Kavkaz and Golos Rossii and PK also has GR news at TOH and BOH.
73, Mauno Ritola via mwdx yg (14/4-2011)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
UNID on 1640 kHz
Yes, Max, it is Radio Juventus Don Bosco from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
This morning (April 14) its signal was better than on Tuesday and Wednesday and I heard a nice ID at 0408UTC.
Karel Honzik, CZE via mwcircle yg (14/4-2011)
Thanks Karel and Andrew:
This morning at 0408 UTC I heard a clear ID of Radio Juventud Don Bosco on 1640 khz !
73 Max van Arnhem HOL via mwcircle yg (14/4-2011)

U K
This Easter Radio Caroline celebrates its 47th birthday with an 11-day long live broadcast from the Ross Revenge. More here.
Mike Terry via dxld yg (14/4-2011)

SPAIN
RNE-1 Arganda 1359 is back on DRM mode only... as usual.
While they're pumping on silly noise into the band, I'm waiting for a reply on this issue from a Spanish DXer.
73, Carlos Goncalves POR via dxld yg (14/4-2011)

UNID
This morning I heard a station on 1640, best around 0415UTC with songs and Spanish religious talk (ao about San Juan, Puerto Rico). Later some more interference by Eng talks.
can this be Radio Juventud Don Bosco? Are they still active?
73 Max van Arnhem HOL via mwcircle yg (13/4-2011)
Max, I heard this station yesterday (April 12) and today (April 13), between 0250-0425UTC (fade-out) with a period of a longer deterioration between approx. 0330-0400UTC.
The signal was very weak, I agree, their format is religious, at least at this time. I would say it was Argentina, perhaps Hosanna AM 16-40?
I have measured the frequency to 1640.01 kHz.
Karel Honzik, CZE via mwcircle yg (13/4-2011)
I’ve not heard Juventus don Bosco since 2008 and I suspect that they are gone (the web page and streams are no longer active). I can’t speak for Holland, but there have been no Argentine stations heard here recently. Hosanna is not common even in good conditions! That said, I can’t think what else it might be.
Andrew Brade UK via mwcircle yg (13/4-2011)

11/04-2011

RUSSIA
1395.00 Radio Kavkaz RUS with an excellent signal yesterday April 10, 2011 around 2200UTC. The signal was coming from cca 90 degrees acc. to my portable receiver. There were long periods with absolutely no fading.
Heard also this morning (April 11) until 0415UTC what is sunrise in my location.
TX = ?
Karel Honzik, CZE via mwdx yg (11/4-2011)
Instead I heard Golos Rossii last night and also on the recording of sunday morning.
Offset= .997 so it's not the suspected ALB tx.
Jurgen Bartels, Suellwarden, N. Germany via mwdx yg (11/4-2011)

ARMENIA/GEORGIA
[ABKHAZIA and non]
1395 Gavar Armenia. Respecting V. Byushelya wrong - in the Caucasus has two transmitters on 1350 kHz: say in Sukhumi in everyday life works 1500-1820 UT, including Abkhazian Radio from 1500 to about 1540 UT and from 1800 to about 1820 UT, and another in [Gavar] Armenia until 1910 UT / now to 1810 UT / at a frequency of 864 kHz in Kurdish lang / Sorani /, then switching and 1915 / such as 1815 UT / 1350 kHz in Kurdish / Kirmandzhi/, then the Turkish / English / Hebrew and Russian portion, etc.
UTB no record of the Voice of Russia goes through Sukhumi tx site, and broadcast live from around 1540 to 1800 UT / now 1440-1700 UT /, according to the normal and summer time.
In the past, the Abkhaz radio broadcast radio program in Russia, now VSGR.
Rumen Pankov-BUL, RUSdx April 3

Today again with a 0200 UT listen to 1395 kHz. The feeling is that now works entirely different transmitter - signal to a clearer and stronger than I have heard here a couple of days ago. Identifying clear - "On Air - Radio Caucasus, Radio Voice of Russia. This is even more interesting, as our foreign colleagues have heard here on March 31 is still Radio YUFM
http://mediumwave.info/news.html (see RUS item 31/3-2011 belowon this page).
In general, very confused - who is broadcasting, where, why signals and broadcast programs different?
Andrew, Poltava-UKR / "open_dx" RUSdx Apr 3, ibid.

Kavkaz
1395 0100-0500 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS-Cauc.
1395 0600-1200 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS-Cauc.
1395 1300-1700 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS-Cauc.
1395 1800-2000 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS-Cauc.
1395 2100-2400 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS-Cauc.
Voice of Russia began broadcasting on frequency 1395 kHz via a new transmitter in Yerevan Gavar, with a capacity of 500 kW. Programs of the Russian service in the direction of the Caucasus in the air 0500-0600, 1200-1300, 1700-1800 and 2000-2100 UT. The rest of the program is listening "Caucasus".
dxing.ru via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 8

Russian WS
1314 0000-0100 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME
648 0100-0200 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 ME/CIS-CeAS
801 0100-0200 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
972 0100-0200 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 ME/CIS-CeAS
1026 0100-0200 Novosibirsk 500 CIS-CeAS
1314 0100-0200 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME
1503 0100-0200 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/CIS-CeAS
648 0200-0300 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 ME/CIS-CeAS
801 0200-0300 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
972 0200-0300 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 ME/CIS-CeAS
1503 0200-0300 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/CIS-CeAS
621 0300-0400 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
648 0300-0400 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
801 0300-0400 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1548 0300-0400 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1314 0300-0500 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME/CIS-Cauc.
621 0400-0500 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
630 0400-0500 Koenigslutter-GER 100 EUR
693 0400-0500 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
801 0400-0500 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1431 0400-0500 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1548 0400-0500 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
972 0500-0600 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
1314 0500-0600 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 CIS-Cauc.
1395 0500-0600 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS-Cauc. <<<<<<<<<<
648 0600-0700 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
972 0600-0700 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
621 0600-0800 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 CIS,UKR,MDA
999 0600-0800 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR/CIS,UKR,MDA
1314 0600-1200 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 CIS-Cauc.
648 0700-0800 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
972 0700-0800 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
621 0800-0900 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
630 0800-0900 Koenigslutter-GER 100 EUR
693 0800-0900 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
801 0800-0900 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
972 0800-0900 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
999 0800-0900 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1431 0800-0900 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1314 0800-1200 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME
621 0800-1600 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 CIS,UKR,MDA
999 0800-1600 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 CIS,UKR,MDA
621 0900-1000 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
972 0900-1000 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
999 0900-1000 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
972 1000-1100 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
1323 1000-1100 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
621 1000-1200 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
999 1000-1200 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
648 1100-1200 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
801 1100-1200 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
972 1100-1200 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
1323 1100-1200 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
612 1200-1300 Vilnius-LTU 50 EUR/Baltics
621 1200-1300 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
630 1200-1300 Koenigslutter-GER 100 EUR
693 1200-1300 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
999 1200-1300 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1143 1200-1300 Dushanbe-TJK 150 ME/CIS-CeAS
1143 1200-1300 Kaliningrad 150 Baltics
1314 1200-1300 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME/CIS-Cauc.
1323 1200-1300 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
1395 1200-1300 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS-Cauc.
1431 1200-1300 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1503 1200-1300 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/CIS-CeAS
612 1300-1400 Vilnius-LTU 50 Baltics/EUR
621 1300-1400 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
630 1300-1400 Koenigslutter-GER 100 EUR
693 1300-1400 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
999 1300-1400 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1143 1300-1400 Dushanbe-TJK 150 ME/CIS-CeAS
1143 1300-1400 Kaliningrad 150 Baltics
1170 1300-1400 Mogilev-BLR 700 EUR
1251 1300-1400 Dushanbe-TJK 500 AS/ME/CIS-CeAS
1314 1300-1400 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME
1323 1300-1400 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
1431 1300-1400 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1503 1300-1400 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/CIS-CeAS
1548 1300-1400 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1170 1300-1500 Mogilev-BLR 700 CIS-BLR
1314 1300-1500 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 CIS-Cauc.
612 1400-1500 Vilnius-LTU 50 EUR/Baltics
621 1400-1500 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
630 1400-1500 Koenigslutter-GER 100 EUR
648 1400-1500 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
693 1400-1500 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
999 1400-1500 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1143 1400-1500 Kaliningrad 150 Baltics
1170 1400-1500 Mogilev-BLR 700 EUR
1314 1400-1500 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME
1431 1400-1500 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1503 1400-1500 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/CIS-CeAS
1548 1400-1500 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
621 1500-1600 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
801 1500-1600 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME
801 1500-1600 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
999 1500-1600 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1089 1500-1600 Krasnodar 1200 CIS-Cauc.
1143 1500-1600 Kaliningrad 150 Baltics
1251 1500-1600 Dushanbe-TJK 500 AS/ME
1314 1500-1600 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME/CIS-Cauc.
1494 1500-1600 St.Petersburg 600 Baltics
1503 1500-1600 Dushanbe-TJK 500 AS/ME/CIS-CeAS
801 1600-1700 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/CIS-CeAS
999 1600-1700 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR,CIS,UKR,MDA
1026 1600-1700 Novosibirsk 500 CIS-CeAS
1089 1600-1700 Krasnodar 1200 CIS-Cauc.
1143 1600-1700 Kaliningrad 150 Baltics
1170 1600-1700 Krasnodar 1200 ME/CIS-Cauc.
1494 1600-1700 St.Petersburg 600 Baltics
1503 1600-1700 Dushanbe-TJK 500 AS/ME/CIS-CeAS
630 1700-1800 Koenigslutter-GER 100 EUR
648 1700-1800 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
999 1700-1800 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR,CIS,UKR,MDA
1026 1700-1800 Novosibirsk 500 CIS-CeAS
1089 1700-1800 Krasnodar 1200 CIS-Cauc.
1170 1700-1800 Krasnodar 1200 ME/CIS-Cauc.
1170 1700-1800 Mogilev-BLR 700 EUR
1395 1700-1800 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS-Cauc.
1431 1700-1800 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1494 1700-1800 St.Petersburg 600 Baltics
1503 1700-1800 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/CIS-CeAS
1170 1700-1900 Mogilev-BLR 700 CIS-BLR
648 1800-1900 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
801 1800-1900 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1026 1800-1900 Novosibirsk 500 CIS-CeAS
1089 1800-1900 Krasnodar 1200 CIS-Cauc.
1143 1800-1900 Kaliningrad 150 Baltics
1143 1800-1900 Dushanbe-TJK 150 CIS-CeAS
1170 1800-1900 Krasnodar 1200 ME/CIS-Cauc.
1170 1800-1900 Mogilev-BLR 700 EUR
1323 1800-1900 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1413 1800-1900 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1494 1800-1900 St.Petersburg 600 Baltics
1503 1800-1900 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/CIS-CeAS
630 1900-2000 Koenigslutter-GER 100 EUR
693 1900-2000 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
1089 1900-2000 Krasnodar 1200 CIS-Cauc.
1143 1900-2000 Kaliningrad 150 Baltics
1413 1900-2000 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1431 1900-2000 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1503 1900-2000 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME
648 1900-2100 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
801 1900-2100 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1143 1900-2100 Dushanbe-TJK 150 CIS-CeAS
1503 1900-2100 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
630 2000-2100 Koenigslutter-GER 100 EUR
693 2000-2100 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
999 2000-2100 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1143 2000-2100 Kaliningrad 150 Baltics
1170 2000-2100 Krasnodar 1200 ME/CIS-Cauc.
1314 2000-2100 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME/CIS-Cauc.
1395 2000-2100 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 ME/CIS-Cauc.
1431 2000-2100 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
999 2000-2300 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 CIS,UKR,MDA
630 2100-2200 Koenigslutter-GER 100 EUR
648 2100-2200 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 CIS-CeAS
693 2100-2200 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
999 2100-2200 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1143 2100-2200 Dushanbe-TJK 150 CIS-CeAS
1170 2100-2200 Krasnodar 1200 CIS-Cauc.
1170 2100-2200 Krasnodar 1200 ME
1314 2100-2200 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME/CIS-Cauc.
1323 2100-2200 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
1431 2100-2200 Dresden-GER 150 EUR
621 2200-2300 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
999 2200-2300 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
621 2300-0300 Grigoriopol-MDA 150 EUR
1026 2300-2400 Novosibirsk 500 CIS-CeAS
1314 2300-2400 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 ME
73 Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, mwdx yg (11/4-2011)

09/04-2011

DX TEST
KSAZ-580, Marana AZ, will test on Sunday morning, April 24, 0000-0300 PDT (0300-0600 EDT).
From Oregon DXer Patrick Martin relays word from Paul Lotsof.
The station is known as Radio Ebineezer, programs religion in Spanish, and will be running regular programming but at its 5,000-watt non-directional day pattern. English IDs are anticipated on the hour. KSAZ transmits from an array just west of I-10, about 15 miles NW of Tucson. Paul Lotsof says the station (another individual made the decision) will not be running tones or code, so anyone who thinks they have the station is welcome to call him (Paul) at  520-290-9797 and he can confirm it by playing it into the telephone.
Saul Chernos for the IRCA-NRC DX TEST COMMITTEE http://www.nrcdxas.org National Radio Club via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (9/4-2011)U S A / RUSSIA
1390 WZHF VA Arlington 4/2/2011 1306 EDT. Local so no big deal, right? Well, it is a big deal as 1390 now has Voice of Russia 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Program "Rushing for Success in Russia" interviewing "Creative Catering" business owner. Never did hear an ID. However, VOR website http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/10/01/23541245.html has info (also lacking mention of ID).
73, Kraig, KG4LAC via mwdx yg (9/4-2011)

UNID
Here in Canterbury, Kent, UK., for the last few days an apparently unmodulted carrier on 1107 khz. Exciting thoughts come to mind: Caroline testing; CRI firing-up their latest European relay prospect; a local pirate....
Sadly it is probably TalkSport's relay on the blink.
Anyone else heard it?
Excellent "mediumwaveinfo" site, Ydun. Long live Ancient Modulation!
Greg Bance, UK (8/4-2011)

U S A
Thanks to Thomas Witherspoon for posting this interesting article highlighting the struggles of a modern US AM station:
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/04/04/2776002/can-am-radio-survive-by-serving.html
Via Swlfest mailing list Swlfest@hard-core-dx.com
Mike Terry in mwdx yg (8/4-2011)

Trust me, AM radio is struggling here in the US. All radio is struggling, especially AM radio here in the USA.. but we will survive. We have for the last 90 some odd years.
I work for a standalone AM station in a market where two corporations each own 5 or 6 stations.. it's tough but we get by.
Paul B. Walker, Jr., mwdx yg (8/4-2011)

07/04-2011

CANADA
And they are off and running. Yes another Federal election is underway here in the Great White North (Canada).
 
That means the CBC must, by law, carry political ads for all the Parties. You will hear a disclaimer before and probably after each ad saying they are carrying the ad because the law says so not because they support any party in particular.
 
For those of you not familiar with Canadian politics the main parties are:
CONSERVATIVE PARTY lead by Stephen Harper
LIBERAL PARTY lead by Micheal Ignatieff (Yes we use the L word here it is NOT the USA)
NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR NDP lead by Jack Layton
GREEN PARTY lead by Elizabeth May
BLOC QUEBECOIS (Run in Quebec only) lead by  Gilles Duceppe
 
Look for ads from now until Election day on May 2 2011.
73 Best of DX, Shawn Axelrod, VE4DX1SMA, Winnipeg MB via mwdx yg (6/4-2011)

06/04-2011

CUBA
Dear friends,
I have published in my blog an article about the Cuban MW scene after the 2009 Rearrangement Plan. It includes the list of transmitters operating on the island. There are versions in Spanish and English following the corresponding links.
http://moladx.blogspot.com/2011/04/cuba-plan-de-reordenamiento-de-onda.html
Enjoy!.
73s Mauricio Molano, Salamanca Spain via mwdx yg (5/4-2011)

03/04-2011

SWITZERLAND
Hi there,
Voice of Russia has started broadcasting today April 1, 2011, on 558khz from Monte Ceneri in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland.
My QTH is some 150 KM North of it, day-light signal was relatively weak. I heard their German program at around 12:00 UTC in my car. After a break, broadcast has resumed at 15:00UTC, again in German language.
73s Philippe SUI via mwcircle yg (1/4-2011)

LIBYA
Misrata radio station plans broadcasts in English/French.
The nascent independent media movement in Misrata, 214 kilometres (132 miles) east of Tripoli, now includes three radio stations including one that reaches outside Libya. They have plans to start doing some broadcasts in English and French.
Source: AFP via media network weblog (1/4-2011)
It’s not clear whether the ‘one that reaches outside Libya’ means a mediumwave station, or if there is a shortwave transmitter available. I think the latter is unlikely, and it probably refers to one of the high power mediumwave stations. Does anyone have further information?
Andy Sennitt in media network weblog (1/4-2011)

01/04-2011

JAMMER / IRAN?
Hi DXers, finally, i noticed, that the jammer comes from Iran on 1377, and the target is Trans World Radio, Gavar, Armenia. Thats means, this is not a TX malfunction. I did this recording at 1716 UTC today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HqkwZB7TM
You can hear both the jammer and TWR. When it's starts the Farsi program at 1717 UTC, the jammer going crazy and much stronger. This is a big luck, i catched a moment, before France Info starts increase.
Laszlo Tringer, Hungary (31/3-2011)

31/03-2011

UNID
Last night I heard a new station on 1395kHz. Observed from 2344utc - 0010utc with an ID in English at 0000;30utc. Russian male announcer/DJ at other times.
Format = electronic dance music, various mixes and music styles
ID "This is You-FM Russia"
Signal: strong & clear
Direction: best signal from NE (so I don't think this is anything to do with Irish txs on this channel)
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (29/32011)

30/03-2011

LIBYA
Misratah, 1449 khz has very good quality, and excellent signal after sunset! The transmitter is located in the Western part of the city: http://bit.ly/hLUyx3
I picked up with my Sangean pocket radio on Monday @ 4:30 UTC, with continous Quran recitation, this is the strongest broadcast from Libya at my QTH (Hungary).
Laszlo Tringer (29/3-2011)

29/03-2011

U K
No Medium Wave in Macclesfield, Cheshire.
A few weeks agao I swited on my small sony transistor radio to listen to bbc 5live on 909 Mhz to find just noise ... I turned on my bedsie radio (not digital either) to find exactly the same. My car however is fine i can can get 909 no problem and this isnt a digital radio either. Any ideas?
Rab Moore (29/3-2011)

27/03-2011

U K
The 648 sender was cut (the carrier itself, not just the audio) at midnight exactly, with only the first five pips of the GTS being transmitted. There was no close-down announcement immediately beforehand.
I liked 648's modulation. It helped audibility for those of us in the UK in the back of the beam. Compressed audio can be tiring to listen to, but 648's was OK for me, certainly a brighter sound (more bandwidth, I think) than the heavy compression on 198.
An end to more than 71 years of daily MW transmissions from the UK to the continent. (I don't count the jamming that still continues for two hours each morning on 1296.)
Chris Greenway via dxld yg (27/3-2011)

U K
The Orfordness transmitter on 648 kHz has apparently been turned off at 0000 UT = local midnight in the UK. At 2330 it was still on air with its irritating, heavily compressed modulation, containing a fancy teaser with hooks for "World have your say" and more announcer teasing for upcoming mailbag show with moaning and groaning. Was not really
interested in that stuff and rechecked at 0010, finding Radio Murski Val, which was a regular source of interference to Orfordness here, in the clear. So that was it then, apparently without running a "retune" loop even for a single minute, presumably leaving some listeners behind surprised, unless they have been bombarded with trailers recently.

Also silent since 0000 after still being on around 2330: 6075, which was on air continuously for decades, taken aside transmission failures which had become more frequent since 2007. Interesting that they took 0000 as deadline, since officially the B10 schedule is still in force and local midnight in Germany was already at 2300. But perhaps local midnight at
the transmitter site was decisive for turning it off, and in Portugal this was at 0000 UT, too.
Kai Ludwig, dxld yg (27/3-2011)

26/03-2011

U K
After an absence of at least 15 months Crush AM broadcasting on a frequency of 1278kHz the LPAM station broadcasting from the University of Hertfordshire at Hatfield is back on air! Heard 14.00 hours 24 March 2011.
73's John Williams, mwcircle yg (25/3-2011)

25/03-2011

LIBYA
How can I send an E-Mail and/or SMS to Radio Free Tobruk - Do You know?
Zee bedankt, Martin Schodlok, Germany (25/3-2011)

Radio Free Tobruk isn't a MW stn but only on FM, I am told by Tarek Zeidan.
Ydun Ritz (25/3-2011)

24/03-2011

LIBYA
Thanks to great tips I received from Mauno Ritola and Günter Lorenz, Radio Free Libya in Misrata on 1449 was heard in the afternoon and evening of 21 March with live programming, rather than the chants that had been aired continuously since 18 March.
There were some dramatic statements by the presenters. The IDs "Radio Free Libya from Misratah" and "Free Libya, the voice of freedom and dignity" were heard.
It now appears certain that this transmitter is in or near Misrata, not Al-Assah, as in the WRTH.
However, it was not heard on 22 March, though what may have been the carrier (with a hum) was heard on 1449 in the UK that evening.
Chris Greenway, dxld yg (23/3-2011)

23/03-2011

LIBYA
Thanks Ydun for forwarding this message. For those interested to see that report:
http://www.deredactie.be/permalink/1.986694
Guido reported this link after the report also was broadcast this evening on Belgian TV.
Max van Arnhem HOL via mwcircle yg (22/3-2011)

CROATIA
Voice of Croatia (Glas Hrvatske), Zagreb - A11 Freq schedule:
1600-2245  1134 Eu - Rasinovac  600 kW/ 315 degrees
1600-1615  English Mon-Fri
1600-1605 English Sat-Sun 
1730-1740  Hungarian [from R Osijek] Mon-Sat 
1800-1805  GERMAN
1805-1810  English [simulcast with HR1] Mon-Sat 
2215-2230  English
2230-2245  Spanish
Other times are in Croatian.
Dragan Lekic, Serbia via dxld yg (22/3-2011)          

21/03-2011

LIBYA
Hello Mr van Arnhem, I did see that report on Dutch TV as well. The question is do they really transmit with 500 kW. We did see the a very big transmitter on the background, could well be 500 kW. But I could not see if it was on, cause there was no detail of the meters.
The studio is in the TX room, normaly these beast makes so much noise that you cannot use it as a studio. My guess is that a spare transmitter is being used with much less power, in another room.
The TX we saw is a (Swiss made) Brown Boveri, looked very much 60-70ies vintage. Supplied by our Swiss friends Meister and Bolier (MEBO)??? 500 kW would certainly blocked the belgian 10 kW station, I monitored 1125 kHz last night and could mainly hear French from Belgium. BTW, YouTube recordings of 675 Benghazi in one case had very clearly Radio Maria from Holland in the background.
Ruud, The Netherlands (21/3-2011)

20/03-2011

LIBYA
Hi DXers! Benghazi 675 KHz is silent at this time (23 UTC [19/3]), but El Beida 1125 has an excellent signal. 1449 Khz is back on air with Allah Akhbar, this is the strongest Libyan TX at my QTH. R. Jamahiriya is also working on 1053 and on 972 khz.
But the two TX's programs are not matching! Maybe they have regional news/infos. The jamming on 1377 KHz has a very strong signal here in Hungary. Totally drops Lille, it must be closer than Iran. Maybe from Belarus... (this is the nearest dictatorship from here).
Laszlo Tringer, Hungary (20/3-2011)

19/03-2011

LIBYA
Hello DXers,
at 19:00 UTC today 19/3  1449 kHz went silent.
I'm picking up Iran on the same frequency now with Quran (not to be mixed with Libya)
1449 had almost nothing but Allah Akbar chanting.
More to come.
Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (19/3-2011)

17/3-2011

LIBYA
I was just listening to Gadaffi's speech which ended 19:55 UTC. I noticed that he threatened to bomb Radio Free Libya in Benghazi. There are some nes that the pro gadaffi troops are heading to Benghazi over night. It'd be a good idea to have an ear on 675 kHz, Sout Libya al Hurra from Benghazi. So far 19:10 UTC 675 kHz is on air and 3 announcers commenting on Gadaffi's speech.
More to come.
Tarel Zeidan, Aalborg Denmark via dxld yg (17/3-2011) FRANCE
I'm suprized that france bleu on 864 has lasted all this time as i remember the few others on MW that changed to France info in 2002. I have been wondering for some time if 864 will become france info in future.
Adam Birchenall (17/3-2011)

U K
648 kHz: OFCOM is now stating in letters in  response to the Radio Caroline MW licence campaigners that the BBC has possibly changed its view.
The BBC initially confirmed that it no longer requires 648 kHz, but "following appeals made to it, is now reconsidering that decision".
OFCOM are promising to write again "once the BBC has reached a decision regarding the 648 kHz frequency".
Brian Nichols on Facebook via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (17/3-2011)

U S A
DX Test: Craig Baker was so pleased with the results from last weekend's WKVQ DX
Test, he's offered to run another early test for European DXers in hopes that they will hear WYTH too. Here are the details:
WYTH, 1250 Khz, 1 KW, Madison, GA will test on March 19, 2011 from 1:00-1:30 AM Eastern Daylight Saving Time (0500-0530 UTC). Test may include Morse code IDs, voice IDs, special music, and sweep tones.
WYTH, 1250 Khz, 1 KW, Madison, GA will test on March 19, 2011 from 2:00-2:30 AM Eastern Daylight Saving Time (0600-0630 UTC). Test may include Morse code IDs, voice IDs, special music, and sweep tones.
Reception reports may be sent to starstation[at]bellsouth[dot]net which will be acknowledged with an eQSL or snail mail reports which will be acknowledged with a traditional QSL card. Please be sure to include return postage if sending a postal reception report.
WYTH Radio,
Attn: DX Test
P.O. Box 3965
Eatonton, GA 31024-3965
During the test, phone calls will also be accepted at 706-485-8792. Special thanks to Chief Engineer Craig Baker, for making this test possible.
Jim Pogue, KH2AR1250 WYTH test via Kevin Redding on ABDX via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (15/3-2011)

16/03-2011

LIBYA
Al Hurra Benghazi working with low power, at my QTH the reception is so weak, Radio Maria the dominant on 675 Khz. What is the reason?
Laszlo Tringer, Hungary (16/3-2011) FRANCE
France Blue on 864 used to be in C-Quam stereo, this works with fase modulation. Could be something wrong with that.
Ruud, The Netherlands(16/3-2011)FRANCE
france blue know 864 distorted this an exercise to find out how many listeners in the paris region listen on am. eg by complaints they have not had many 864 will soon be off air
Harry Worth (16/3-2011)

FRANCE
Yes, France Bleue on 864 (Paris) does sound distorted and it's been like that for some weeks now.Seems to be ok on one of the astra satellite radio and probably in the paris area on FM.
Adam Birchenall (16/3-2011)

15/03-2011

ALGERIA?
Monday late afternoon and most of evening while listening to RTE 1 on 252 LW i heard a noise like a test tone in the background. By nightime it got stronger and i think it was the algerian channel that the noise came from as probably the algerian channel could of broadcasting on 254 KHz instaed of 252 KHz as an temporary fault or something.
Adam Birchenall (15/3-2011)

FRANCE
France Bleue on 864kHz (Paris)  has had modulation problems all day. Audio sounds distictly distorted and broken up. Much worse this evening [14/3].
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (15/3-2011)

09/03-2011

IRAN
Possibly fearing that it may lose its place on Arab satellite providers, the audio track of Al-Alam TV (Iran's answer to Al-Jazeera) is now broadcast on 1530 mediumwave for the Gulf states. Al-Alam says the 1530 relay is on at 1430-2230 local time. If they mean Iran local time that would be 1100-1900 GMT.
WRTH lists an Iranian transmitter on 1530 in Yazd, but that's well inland, so I assume that this is coming from a new transmitter nearer the Gulf.
Chris Greenway via dxld yg (9/3-2011)

08/03-2011

U K
This from Ofcom:
Radio Caroline
531 AM - Tilbury, Essex
Radio Caroline fund raiser
On air from: 21/04/11 to 02/05/11
Contact: Jeremy Chartham
Telephone: 020 87732660
John Williams via mwcircle yg (7/3-2011)

07/03-2011

SWEDEN
Radio Nord Revival: This is the news from the site
http://www.radionordrevival.blogspot.com/
Modulation tests untl 1500 UTC today. Our modulation tests will continue at least until 1500 UTC on 6060 kHz. Sofar we have received around 30 reception reports from most of Europe. Tonight we will be testing on MW 1512 kHz. Keep listening and thanks for your support!
Herman, Belgium (7/3-2011)

06/03-2011

LIBYA
Most Likely MW transmitters used in Libya are ex off-shore radio rigs.
The 675 kHz from Banghazi is supposed to be the former 100 kW Ampliphase (RCA) on the MeBo 2, RNI and Radio Noordzee. The radioship Mebo 2 has been sold by it's Swiss owners Meister and Bollier to Khadaffi. On board not only the 100 kW MW but also the 2 10 kW transmitters from Veronica (CE), another 10 k and a SW 10 k. All transmitters were removed from the ship, the ship itself has been used as a target for the Libyan Airforce and is demolished.
Ruud, Netherlands (6/3-2011)LIBYA
First of all, 1125 EL Beida is working again.
Last night i received this on 972 khz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5KZc9MKyY0
at 04:49 the annonucer says "Alhurra", thats mean, this is a new freed station in Libya. It listed as Radio Jamahiriyah from Sirt (by EMWG). Sirt is under siege now, very interesting cactch, but need confirmation! Very big QRM by NDR Info.
Laszlo Tringer, Hungary (6/3-2011)

SWEDEN
Radio Nord will be resurrected on March 8, 2011, exactly 50 years after its original launch. Radio Nord was a pirate station operating outside Sweden's territorial waters in 1961-1962. Now on the 50th anniversary Radio Nord will be celebrated by launching a licensed temporary station in Sweden, broadcasting on 1512 kHz mediumwave and 6060 kHz on the 49 meter shortwave band.
The Radio Nord broadcast will begin at 0848 UTC, and occasional test transmissions can be heard beforehand. The AM transmitter site is located in Vallentuna near the Swedish capital Stockholm. The shortwave transmitter site is Sala, some 100 kilometers northwest from Stockholm. The transmitter power will be 1 kW on the AM band and 10 kW on shortwave.
Radio Nord programming will also be rebroadcast on a few Swedish FM stations and Radio Merkurs in Latvia on 1485 kHz. The station can be contacted by email. The project has been organized by Ronny Forslund.
DXing.info (6/3-2011) SWITZERLAND
Radio Gloria is a new station broadcasting on 1566 kHz mediumwave from Switzerland.
In previous years, the same frequency had been used by both a public and a private broadcaster in the country. Radio Gloria broadcast 24/7 for a month, but with only 250 watts of power, from a transmitter site near Lucerne. The station was however heard as far as in Scandinavia. The station was testing on the air only from February 3 to March 2. Previously in 2010 the shortwave frequency of 6085 kHz was used, and it may be reactivated in the spring of 2011. Radio Gloria has been on the air since 2008 on the Internet, satellite and cable, but only occasionally on the broadcast bands. Reception reports are welcome by email, and snail mail can be sent to Postfach 540, CH-6281 Hochdorf, Schweiz.
DXing.info (6/3-2011)ARGENTINA
Radio Sentir is a new unlicensed Argentine station on the extended AM band. Radio Sentir broadcasts on 1620 kHz from Merlo, Provincia de Buenos Aires. The station was first reported heard on January 22 by local DXers Arnaldo Slaen and Enrique Wembagher.
Radio Sentir has announced telephone number (0220) 470-4265. The directors of the station are Daniel Barrientos and Estela Sánchez. Radio Sentir was first reported by Marcelo A. Cornachioni on Condig mailing list on January 28.
DXing.info (6/3-2011)

ALGERIA
Polisario Front frequency change, again: I found them on their old 1550 fq today, at 2233, and still on as I write this. The parallel 6297.15 is not audible. I expect the half hr Castilian prg is carried at 2300. 1550 is strong as usual.
Acc. to the news, Morocco and Polisario have resumed talks once again.
Carlos Goncalves via dxld yg (4/3-2010)LIBYA
1125 kHz maybe silent. But 675 kHz Benghazi received with Excellent signal! Maybe they was boosted the power.
Laszlo Tringer Hungary (5/3-2011) NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC Radio Ulster was heard on 1533am first time i heard it very weak in Aughnacloy northern ireland across border from Emmyvale Co Monaghan Eire. Signal gota bit stronger on my travels to Dugannonn and Coalisland Co Tyrone Northern ireland. I persume transmitter is in Belfast or piarte relay.can someone else plain it.
The are normally heard on 873am Brougher Mountain Co Fernmannagh And 1341am from Divis Mountain transmitter Belfast.
Eton radio best transistor that i ever had. thanks for putting up my comments guys talk again soon.radio fanantic.
Eamon, Ireland (4/3-2011)

LIBYA
Hi all! Finally i picked up Benghazi on 675 in Szekesfehervar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FITrzEUX3TA
it's not 100%, but the program sounds like very special.
1251 and 711 KHz are active, but both channels operates with very low power. I heard Voice of Africa's time signal behind the dutch station on 1251, and the background of the romanian 711.
Laszlo Tringer Hungary (4/3-2011)

AUSTRALIA
New transmissions. READ THIS! Well, as luck would have it, there is apparently in Northern NSW is a pirate operating on 1386 kHz. I've tried to hear it but Radio Tirana [sic] in Auckland is too strong. Good luck! Aussie music there.
Maybe 3210 2355 5050 all playing Aussie music so have a listen from say the end of March onwards, so the whisper says.
John Wright, Peakhurst NSW (Icom R8500 + EWE antennae), March Australian DX News via DXLD 11-09 (4/3-3011)
I believe R. `Tirana` was previously debunked as a misunderstanding. The NZer on 1386 is Radio Tarana, Auckland, 10 kW. There is no Aussie listed on 1386 in WRTH 2011 As/Pac MW list
Glenn Hauser, DXLD 11-09 (4/3-3011)

03/03-2011

SWEDEN
Radio Nord Revival will be active Tuesday March 8 at 09.48 GMT onwards on 1512 and 6060 kHz. For updates please check their blog at www.radionordrevival.blogspot.com
Karl-Erik Stridh (3/3-2011) SWEDEN
A special broadcast of 50 years of Radio Nord will be the 8 th of March on 1512 kHz unknown power and 6060kHz with 10kW's at 10.00 CET. "Radio Nord Revival".
Roy Sandgren, Sweden (3/3-2011)

MEXICO
Radio Anáhuac: Después de casi dos semanas de escucharse débil, la señal de XEANAH 1670 kHz, desde ayer 1 de marzo por la tarde de nuevo se escucha con buena presencia aquí en la Ciudad de México. Desconozco el motivo de la baja en la señal las dos semanas pasadas.
Saludos Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla, DF, 2101 UT, mwdx yg (2/3-2011)

Radio Anáhuac: After almost two weeks of being heard weakly, the signal of XEANAH, 1670, since yesterday evening 1 March is again being heard well here in Mexico City. I don`t know why the signal was weaker for the past two weeks.
Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla, DF, 2101 UT, translated by Glenn Hauser for mwdx yg (2/3-2011)
Still haven`t heard it here in Enid OK, but it seems our chances are improving again.
(glenn hauser)

UN / ITALY
Just heard today at 2230 UTC an English program by United Nations Radio on 1368 kHz relayed by IRRS (via Italian tx).
Harald Kuhl (2/2-2011)

02/03-2011

ISLE OF MAN
Manx Radio on 1368 was heard at 01.11 on March 2 with news, a station ID and an announcement saying that it was closing for the night on medium wave to save power. This was followed by music, and the station was still on the air at 00.11. However, when the frequency was checked again at 01.18 it had closed down.
Roger Tidy, London, UK via dxld yg (2/3-2011)
Not 24h anymore? (yours truly) IRELAND
Dear Steve, Apologies for the break in your RTE Radio 1 long wave 252 service. On Tuesday, we were advised that the service was required to be taken down for a 2 hour period within the next 24 hours, so this is most likely the reason for the break in your service. Please accept our apologies, and I hope that your RTE Radio 1 service will be resumed today. RTE has a dedicated email address for queries. For future time, the dedicated free-phone number for Transmission Services is: 1850-584-584.
Kind regards Mary Creely, RTÉ Information
in an answer to Steve Whitt via mwcircle yg (2/3-2011)

IRELAND
RTE Radio 1 252 is back on very strong signal in Donegal; daytime signal on 1395 mw all noted all day.
Eamon, Ireland (2/3-2011)

01/03-2011

LIBYA
Hi guys! Libyans are so mad. They 1251 always drops our local MR6! MR6 broadcastas footbal matches, i send u a clip what was happened using my SONY home theater system with loop antenna: http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/10172858/file.html
I live only 80km from the Transmitter Szombathely.
This is a big problem, at night MR6 covers only 20-30km, because the africans are occupied the frequency.
Andras Kiraly, HNG (1/3-2011)

IRELAND
No signal of RTE 1 on 252 LW today or maybe gone for good. Although a fair strength coming from Algeria on same frequency is heard in the middle of the day and to be much stronger by night
Adam Birchenall, UK (1/3-2011)

28/02-2011

SWAZILAND
Clearer, Stronger Medium Wave from TWR, Swaziland on 1170 kHz
http://www.twrafrica.org/0344.asp
Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi via mwdx yg (28/2-2011)

NEW ZEALAND
Operations may change without notice because of programming reasons, technical issues or other reasons. Common programs may be broadcast on a number of frequencies in emergencies.
AM Station Studio Notes:

540 The Word/Bible Radio Auckland 6am-6pm only
612 NZ’s Rhema Auckland
675 RNZ National Wellington Key Civil Defence Station
702 Radio Sport Auckland Central Canterbury
738 Radio Live Auckland
873 NewtalkZB Auckland Central Canterbury
963 Southern Star Auckland Parliament when sitting
1017 Radio Sport Auckland
1071 Livesport Auckland Central Canterbury
1098 NewstalkZB Christchurch Weekday mornings from temporary studios Auckland Other times
1260 Livesport Auckland
1413 3XP Radio Ferrymead Christchurch Ferrymead* Fri-Mon only
1413 AM Radio Ferrymead located in area of severe damage and liquifaction.
1593 Coast Auckland

Notes
Most major radio stations are located in Auckland and insert local Christchurch ads, weather and traffic reports remotely. Some have been basing some of their usual network shows [NewstalkZB, Radio Live, RNZ National] from temporary studios in Christchurch.
All information included here is subject to change without notice.
© Radio Heritage Foundation 2011 www.radioheritage.net via mwcircle yg (27/2-2011)

27/02-2011LIBYA
1251 kHz, Tripoli, Voice of Africa has not been reported but it is active, was heard on my small SONY with ferrite antenna when I woke up at 0030 February 25. While in bed I heard demonstrators shouting, no doubt pro-Khadaffi people, followed by what must have been Moammar Khadaffi's telephone speech earlier that night, lasting for about 20 minutes. Some music and clear ID 0100: "Saut Afrikiya min al-Jamahiriya al-Ozma" - Voice of Africa from the Great Yamahiriya.
Ullmar Qvick via dxld yg (27/2-2011)

ALGERIA
The Polisario Front stn at Rabouni, Algeria, is not to be found on 700 parallel to 6297.15 because... it's now on 702, co-ch. with R.Algérienne/R.Al-Aghwat, Al-Aghwat.
I found them missing on 700 a few days ago, and got them on this new fq yesterday, 25/2.
QRM from ALG can be avoidable, all depending one's antenna, but the usually stronger Algerian signal may still be audible underneath even with an antenna beamed south.
73, Carlos Gonçalves via dxld yg (26/2-2011)

26/02-2011

LIBYA
Hello DXers,
As usual Montoring Libya till late night around 01:00UTC on Fri night:
The most important note was noticing that 1053 and 972 are no having the same programs (thanks for the tip of Mauno Ritola in Finland) it turned out to be that 1053 is having the audio of the Libyan Jamahirya TV, as the announcer was saying to all our viewers world wide.
According to the latest Info. I managed to get from Libya, Radio Misrata on FM band freq. 88.8MHz and 88.9 MHz is IDing as Radio Libya al Hurra (Radio Free Libya)  Radio Libya al Hurra on 675 kHz confirmed that piece of infomation this morning.
On 1125 kHz around 18.20 started sending some coded messges they claimed it's for the Army of the liberated Libya the Army of 17th of february.
Chris Greenway mentioned a youtube record of an English transmission by 1125,iactually this is not the first time as I  recorded  an English message to Obama and H. Clinton on 20th of February. will try to upload all that stuff soon.
More to come
Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (26/2-2011)

24/02-2011

LIBYA
Yes, 711 kHz has been silent since yesterday afternoon and it still is. It was probably from Jefren. The old 20 kW tx on 1449 kHz was in Misurata. The new high power tx, which has been now off for a couple of days, should be from Al-Assah.
73, Mauno Ritola, Finland via dxld yg (1635 UTC 24/2-2011)

LIBYA
Hello DXers, here's a recap on the MW frequencies from Libya.
1449 kHz is still silent since around 19:00 UTC 22/2.
972 and 1053 carrying idhaat al Jamaheria al Ouzma, monitored around 06.30 UTC
675 started with a test tone 06.55 UTC that lasted till 07.00 UTC, the programme started at 07.10 UTC with OM starting the transmission with Besm Allah Alrahman Alraheem, In The Name of Allah, giving ID, and the dates in Hijri which is the Islamic calender, and in the western calender (which is not normal as Libya used to have it's own calender with strange names for the months that was known only in the libyan media and news papers) followed by Quran Recitation.
711 and 1251 due to severe QRM I wasn't able to pick both up.
1125 was silent till I left to work around 07.30 UTC.
Latest News: listening to the speech of Gadaffi on al jazeera TV a few minutes ago, I can see that protesters are now approaching Az Zawiyah which is a city of northwestern Libya situated on the Mediterranean coast about 40 km west of Tripoli. Az Zawiyah is the capital of a shabiyah (district) this is the closest city to Tripoli, Gadaffi asked the ppl there to go and fight the protesters-! among lots of other stuff.

My main concern now is why 1449 is silent, I noticed that the TX of 1449 is located in Misurata. According to AlJazeera today the protestors are having a severe times with the pro gadaffi supporters over there, the latest I heard that the protesters are controling the whole city now. so..... I guess we might..Repeat might hear a new network of Radio Free Libya soon on 1449 kHz. Again this is just my trial to analyize why 1449 is silent.
More to come.
B.Rgds Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (1505 UTC 24/2-2011)

23/02-2011

LIBYA
The latest update on the MW scene from Libya:
1449 kHz is still silent since around 19:00 UTC 22/2
675 kHz Idhaat Libya al hurra - Radio Free libya started their transmission with a test tone around 7.15 UTC, followed by ID and Quran recitation for almost 30 Min, then I had to leave to work.
972 kHz and 711 kHz were having idhaat al jamaheriya al ouzma monitored around 7.00 UTC
1251 kHz was having Voice of Africa  monitored around 6.45 UTC.
Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (23/2-2011)

22/02-2011

LIBYA
According to the Libyan Radio and TV , Gaddafi  is about to have a speech live from Tripoli. Keep an ear on SW and 1449, 972, 1215 the current Pro gaddafi working frequencies.
Let's see what will happen next.
Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (22/2-2011) LIBYA
Recording of 1125 Voice of Free Libya also announcing the Benghazi frequency at 1030 this morning uploaded to YouTube from someone in Dorset using a receiver nearer Libya, also one of Tripoli 1251 at 0256 last night:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DorsetRadio#g/u
Mike Barraclough via mwcircle yg (22/2-2011) LIBYA
Still monitoring the Libyan turmoil media wise.
Around 06.15 UTC today I started checking the Libyan MW freq.
1125 and 675  the two main Radio Free Libya frequencies were silent.
1449, 1215, 972 were all braodcasting Idhaat al jamaherya al Ouzma.
Around 6.45 UTC, I noticed OM on 675 kHz  making a test, saying besm Allah al Rahman Alraheem, let's test, test test and another guy on a phone line talking, the guy in the Studio asked him to repeat but suddenly the phone line went dead with the busy line tone.  Silent for a while and then around 6.55 I could hear the Windows shut down music.  I waited for a while, but I had to run to work.
Y esterday 1125 had an English note to the French foreign minister, President Obama and Hillary Clinton. For about 10 Min the announcer was talking to the three of them criticizing the way they are handeling the turmoil in Libya and asking for the international support to save Libyans from the mass killing taking place there now.  Heavy accented English, but was worth recording.
More to come. 
Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (22/2-2011)

LIBYA
Tarek, I notice Tripoli 1053 & 1251 and Al-assah 1449 (the strongest signal here) all in parallel.
Benghazi 675 seems active too (too much QRM), and parallel to El Beida 1125.
Time: 2215-2255.
73, Carlos Gonçalves, POR via dxld yg (22/01-2011)

21/02-2011

LIBYA
Checking Radio Free Libya around 17:30UTC on the usual frequency of 1125 , but nothing on that frequency, so started checking the MW frequencoes of Libya, I noticed 675 is having Radio Free Libya (ID in Arabic Libya Alhurra ) YL having phone calls from listeners within Libya, some of the calls you can hear the echo of the radio in the back ground of the callers.
1449 and 972  both still having the normal Idhaat al Jamahirya al ouzma , the pro ghaddafi network playing Libyan songs. 
B.Rgds Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (21/2-2011)LIBYA
The latest news we got from Aljazeera, according to witnesses, the protestors managed to get into the TV Building in the capital. and they started looting it.
I'm trying to get the feed of Jamaheriya TV on line but no luck at the moment (8.41 UTC).

I was picking up Libyian Radio on 1449 and 675 in the clear around 6.30 UTC rebroadcasting the speech of saifulislam Ghaddafi, the son of Ghaddafi stating that there will be lots of blood shedding if the protesters started controling the country, followed by an interview with a member of the Egyptian Arabic Nassery party in Cairo.
As I was listening to Radio Free Libya yesterday on 1125 around 22.55 UTC they started giving phone numbers to contact within Libya.
In my following report will try to  get these numbers, and will keep an ear on 1125 today from around 1700 UTC.
More news to come.
B.Rgds Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (21/2-2011)

LIBYA
HelloDxers, following thecurrent situation in Libya , I noticed the following:
Radio Free Libya on 1125, OM shouting Radio Free Libya from the Green mountain -
The first freed station in Libya - 22.45 UTC and I can hear them asking the rest of the Libyan cities to join the revolution.
I checked the rest of the Libyan MW frequencies , sounds like they are still transmitting pro Ghaddafi songs.
More news to come.
B.Rgds Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (20/2-2011)

19/02-2011

SWEDEN / LATVIA
March 8 it will be 50 years since Swedish off shore station Radio Nord commenced official transmissions. In Sweden a group is running Radio Nord Revival on Internet. Over the weekends some of the programmes are relayed by Radio Mercurs on 1485 kHz (1 kW), particullarly overnight. Later in May the Swedish group plan own MW and SW transmissions.
Enclosed is a message from Radio Mercurs:
"We are starting relay Radio Nord 17.40 CET this evening till 9.00 Sunday morning on 1485 kHz Riga and web www.radiomerkurs.lv Regards Raimonds."
Karl-Erik Stridh (19/2-2011)

17/02-2011

SWITZERLAND
Update on Radio Gloria 1566 kHz:
According to a letter and a QSL card received from Radio Gloria, Switzerland, the test transmission on 1566 kHz (250 W) will end on March 2nd, 2011.
There is a possibility that from March they will resume broadcasting on 6085 kHz (QTH Kall, Germany).
73 Harald Kuhl via mwcircle yg (17/2-2011)

14/02-2011

SWITZERLAND
Golos Rossii relay Cima di Dentro 558 kHz 200 kW:
http://www.news.admin.ch/NSBSubscriber/message/attachments/22061.pdf
http://www.admin.ch/aktuell/00089/index.html?lang=en&msg-id=37584

3 involved parties:
1 Bakom    (Swiss Frequency Control Authority)
2 SwissCom (Swiss technical transmitter provider)
3 VoRussia - Golos Rossii (not GFC)

Agent is ELREC AG.
5 years contract, mediumwave Cima di Dentro 558 kHz at reduced power of 200 kW.
Former 558 kHz RSI-Rete 1 program of 1996 year was registered by ITU Geneve with 300 kW "carrier power", non-directional at 26.9 dB antenna.
vy73 Wolfgang Bueschel (14/2-2011)

12/02-2011

U K
648 kHz:
Paul Rusling has just posted the following announcement on the Garry Stevens Message Board:
"It’s likely some of you will start seeing mentions of a new radio station, using the project working title UK International (but it may well become called England International or even London International by launch time) and I just wanted to suppress some of the rumours before it gets discussed too widely in sensational terms.
Our plan is to use 500 kiloWatts on 648 kHz - now the BBC have confirmed they will stop using the frequency in 2 months time".
Karel Honzik, CZE via mwcircle yg (12/2-2011)

11/02-2011

ITALY
Hi Ydun !
I was informed by Maurizio Anselmo of Challenger Radio that the station rised the power on 1368 kHz to 2,5 kW and using a new Folded Dipole antenna. Challenger Radio is rebroadcasting Voice of America at the moment in an experimental phase from 1200-1800 UTC.
73, Patrick Robic, Austria (11/2-2011)SWITZERLAND
I think we can add the assumed frequency to the announcement [10/2-2011] as follows:
"The mediumwave transmitter at Monte Ceneri Cima (former RSI-Rete1, 558 khz, switched off July 1st 2008) will broadcast Golos Rossii [Voice of Russia] with 200kw from March 1st 2011."
I think Golos Rossii will broadcast on 558 khz, but, that frequency will not be good here in western Hungary. It is occupied by MMR (a slovenian radio for minority hungarians).
Tibor Gaal, Hungary (11/2-2011) U K
The BBC is ceasing its 648 kHz transmissions of World Service English language radio on 27 March, 2011.
We have had to make some difficult decisions about the distribution of BBC World Service radio around the world, as a result of the Spending Review settlement that BBC World Service received at the end of 2010.
Closure of the 648 kHz service continues the process of withdrawing from direct broadcasts to Europe in response to a declining number of direct listeners.
However BBC World Service continues to be available in Europe by satellite, cable and online.
In the UK it is available on dedicated channels across the whole of the UK on DAB, online and on all digital TV platforms. This is in addition to overnight transmissions of BBC World Service on Radio 4 frequencies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/institutional/2011/02/110208_648khz_mw_
closure.shtml
BBC World Service via Mike Terry, dxld yg (11/2-2011)

ISRAEL
IBA D arabic  now on old m/w 738khz 10-100 kw,
IBA B now on 1206khz 10 kw
Barth, Israel (11/2-2011)

SRI LANKA
SLBC tests noted on 1125 kHz in Tamil from tune in at 1530 UTC to 1630 UTC sign off yesterday 10 Feb 2011.
1530 to 1615 BBC in Tamil followed by SLBC Home service. SIO 343.
Jose Jacob, India via dxld yg (11/2-2011)

IRELAND
Some interesting MW propagation from Ireland lately:
1) Atlantic Radio on 1251Khz from Western Ireland (!) Here's my video-ed reception:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jwvAXkJExE
2) Zenith Classic Rock, Eastern Ireland on 1584 kHz  STEREO (!) Here's my video-ed reception: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rPqBmmlOgc
Zenith transmits Fridays 00.01 UTC to Sundays 23.59 UTC and its licence expires in a few weeks, website with streams:  www.zenithclassicrock.com
Much more consistent RX of  Irish stations in my location(Dorset, UK) though:
Tyrone Community Radio (1512 k/c), Radio Star (981 k/c) and Radio North (846 k/c)
73 Tim  (M0SVA) UK via mwcircle yg (11/2-2011)

10/02-2011

NETHERLANDS
Re: 1395 kHz please see the following link with a countdown to the start:
http://www.orbitrock.net/
Karl-Erik Stridh, Sweden (10/2-2011) SWITZERLAND
From the page ttp://www.bakom.admin.ch/dokumentation/medieninformationen/00471/index.html
?lang=en&msg-id=37584 of the swiss federal office of communications:
The mediumwave transmitter at Monte Ceneri Cima (former RSI-Rete1, switched off  July 1st 2008) will broadcast Golos Rossii [Voice of Russia] with 200kw from March 1st 2011.
Luigi Ghiringhelli, Italy (10/2-2011)

GREENLAND
Remember, on Feb 11 at 8 am local time all Greenlandic AM transmitters will sign off for good. Record them as long as they are active.

Nuuk (570 kHz)
Qeqertarsuaq (650 kHz),
Simiutaq (720 kHz)
Upernavik (810 kHz),
Uummannaq (900 kHz),
On the same day the relays of KNR newscasts twice daily via Tasiilaq 3815 kHz will also cease.
vy 73, Willi Passman, mwcircle yg (9/2-2011)ITALY
Challenger Radio.
Nice this one !!
By the way, the VOA on 1368 seems to be a regular thing. Border Crossings again today at 1500, now African News Tonight.
Best wishes, Stefano Valianti, mwcircle yg (9/2-2011)

DX TESTS
National Radio Club:

Saturday February 12 - At precisely 0100 and 0200 CST (0700 and 0800 UTC):
KHMO 1070 MO Hannibal
Will test with morse code, sweep tones and voice announcements for 5 minutes at the top of the first hour with its 5KW/3 tower day pattern and 5 minutes at the top of the second hour at its 1KW/6 tower night power.

Saturday February 12 - From 0300 to 0400 CST (0900-1000 UTC):
WLIQ 1530 IL Quincy
Will test for 20 minutes using morse code, sweep tones, voice announcement, special music, sound bites, etc, at its 1400W Non-Directional Day Power, then for 20 minutes at is 290W Non Directional Critical Hours Power, and then for the final 20 minutes it will test at its once-proposed 3 Watts Non Directional Night Power.

Saturday February 19 -- From 1am to 2am CST (0700-0800 UTC)
WLRB 1510 IL Macomb
Will test for the first 30 minutes using morse code, sweep tones, voice announcement, special music, sound bites, etc, at its 1KW Non Directional Day power and for the final 30 minutes with much the same content at its 250W Non Directional Critical Hours Power.

Reporting Requirements
Snail-mail QSLs: Send a self addressed stamped envelope to the Chief Engineer at the following address: Gary Glaenzer c/o (Put the name of the station whose DX test your are reporting on this line) 325 East Douglas Avenue Jacksonville, IL 62650 Tapes or CDs will be accepted along with written reports but MUST be cued up to the point of where the best reception is. If sending in a report by mail, you MUST include a return, self addressed, stamped envelope. The reports are being sent to the engineers home address, not the station. So please be patient, as Mr. Glaenzer is the Chief Engineer for 16 radio stations in Missouri and Illinois.
E-QSLs are available - Send to the engineer at with both the station call letters and the words "DX test" in the subject line, as follows:
KHMO DX Test
WLIQ DX Test
WLRB DX Test
Finally, we ask that you please not telephone any of the stations or the engineer during the test. No one will be at the stations during the tests - everything is being done remotely by phone control. Of course, be sure to report any catches to the DX lists, to club bulletins, or to any of your regular communication channels. And please help the cause by forwarding this test information far and wide, and - if you can - by organizing a test of your own! With thanks to Paul for arranging and Gary for running.
Saul Chernos IRCA-NRC DX Test Committee http://www.nrcdxas.org/ via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (9/2-2011)

09/02-2011

U K
Radio Caroline: In the UK the campaign to get a medium wave licence gathers pace with 51 MPs signing the Early Day Motion and an article in The Sunday Times.
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=42175&SESSION=905
Mike Terry via mwcircle yg (9/2-2011)

1395 kHz UNID
USA station heard all afternoon on 1395 kHz, reception fair but a bit audio noisey. Difficult to recoinse the station ID. Playing pop music and adds, jingles, chat. Normally hear nothing at that time day here in Ireland / Donegal.
I say no analogue switch of MW stations; interesting what you can pick up and my friend Andy in Coleraine, Londonderry Northern Ireland would agree DAB will not work, sour on batteries just eat them in my views.
Eamon, Ireland (8/2-2011)

08/02-2011

07/02-2011

EGYPT
Hello DX ers,
checking the MW freq of the main networks from Egypt I noticed that,

774 is back again with the normal Middle east Radio .
711 is back with idhaat al shaba wel reayad - youth and sports programs.

During the last turmoil in Egypt 819, 774 and 711 used to have the same network with a new ID al Idhaa Al masreya, the Egyptian radio.

621  Voice of the Arabs is still on with the normal programs same as 861 Holly Quran Radio.
Things are getting back to normal on the MW freuencies.
B.Rgds Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg , Denmark via dxld yg (7/2-2011)

05/02-2011

U K
So far, 49 members of the UK Parliament have signed an Early Day Motion calling on Ofcom to allocate a Medium Wave frequency for Radio Caroline.

The Early Day Motion tabled by Tracey Crouch MP says:
That this House expresses its disappointment that, having pioneered commercial radio in the UK and for the past decade being a fully licensed broadcaster, Radio Caroline, a cornerstone of British radio history, has been denied by Ofcom the opportunity to secure a medium wave frequency from which to broadcast; regrets that as a result its devoted listeners are confined to listening to Radio Caroline via the internet and unable to enjoy
its musical offerings in transit; and calls on Ofcom to exhaust all avenues in making the provisions available for Radio Caroline to celebrate its 50th birthday in 2014 by broadcasting on a medium wave frequency which, it appears, is unwanted by both BBC and commercial operators as a broadcast platform.

A list of signatories can be seen at
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=42175&SESSION=905

Parliamentary motion on Ofcom Radio Caroline decision
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2010/radio_caroline_decision.htm
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (5/2-2011)

03/02-2011

SWITZERLAND
Radio Gloria testing from Switzerland on 1566 kHz - now ON AIR.
Please be informed about our very new test transmission on Medium Wave Frequency 1566 kHz in Central part of Switzerland. At this time this is the only Medium Wave station left in Switzerland at all and the very first AM private station in Switzerland.
Our transmitter broadcasts in “AM”-modulation - 24 hours a day. The power is 250 watts only, with a longwire antenna near of the city of Lucerne (Luzern). Radio Gloria hopes that these broadcasts can be heard in Europe. These transmissions will end March 2nd. Please stay tuned and have fun to pick up our low powered AM station.
We kindly confirm your correct reception report by a special QSL card. Send your reports by e-mail to: qsl@radiogloria.eu or by regular (snail) mail to:
Radio Gloria,
PO Box 540,
CH-6281 Hochdorf - Switzerland
Good listening and best 73 de Peter Galliker, station manager Radio Gloria Switzerland.

About Radio Gloria English site: http://www.radiogloria.ch/articulos/new.php?cod=106
The inofficial radio site: http://radiogloria.beepworld.de/
By the way QSL cards for 6085 kHz regarding our test transmissions in December 2010 will be sent these days by airmail to the listeners. Thank you for your reports.
Harald Kuhl, Germany via mwcircle yg (3/2-2011)U K / AUSTRALIA?
i have heard bbc local radio Queensland Australia on the big L frequnecy at 1395am all day to early evening as the big l is off air.
reception: reciving it on drake sw8 transreciver no fadding constant signal. also was reciving it on my eton transistor radio e5 model. i am living in letterkenny Co Donegal ireland, avid of medium wave statons and shortwave as well as side bands.
Eamon, Ireland (2/2-2011)

NETHERLANDS
1395 AM is history for the moment.... We will find another way to bring it back on the air in the future!!
1395AM website (2/2-2011)

01/02-2011

AUSTRALIA
Hi All, ABC Brisbane on 612khz is now being relayed on 6080khz due to the expected tropical cyclone. Suspect this transmission started at 1000utc.
Regards Tony Magon - VK2IC, Carlton - Sydney via dxld yg (1/2-2011)MEXICO
New Mexican X-band station launched on 1670 AM.
XEANAH "Radio Anáhuac" from Huixquilucan, México, has begun broadcasting on 1670 kHz. XEANAH is run by media students at the Anáhuac University near the Mexican capital. The 1-kilowatt AM station was officially launched on January 20, but test tranmissions were heard by DXers a few days earlier. Mexican DXer Héctor García Bojorge was the first to report hearing XEANAH on January 17.
Previously XEANAH had been webcasting since 2004. Programming runs 24/7 and is mainly aimed at the University community. The station can be reached by email or by writing to Av. Universidad Anáhuac #46, Col. Lomas Anáhuac, Huixquilucan, Edo. de México, México.
DXing.info (30/1-2011)

U K
BBC World Service closing five language services.
The BBC World Service is cutting five language services and shedding over a quarter of its workforce. The Macedonian, Albanian and Serbian services will be axed, as will English for the Caribbean and Portuguese for Africa, in a bid to save £46m a year. About 650 jobs will be lost from a workforce of about 2,400. Further seven languages will face a reduction of programs with radio broadcasts phased out in favor of the Internet. Radio broadcasts in Azeri, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish for Cuba, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Ukrainian will come to an end, while distribution continues online, and in some cases for mobile and television audiences.
Overall, broadcasts on shortwave and mediumwave will gradually be reduced all around the world. BBC's service in Europe on 648 kHz AM will be closed in March 2011. Also in March, shortwave programming will end in Hindi, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Nepali, Swahili and the Great Lakes service (for Rwanda and Burundi). Most remaining shortwave services will end in March 2014 aside from English and a small number of services considered most valuable, such as Burmese and Somali.
BBC World Service is currently an international multimedia broadcaster delivering 32 language and regional services. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has described the cuts as "drastic" and said they would "severely damage the national interest of the UK". Cuts have been announced in a bid to focus on more essential services. In 2014 financing the World Service will become the responsibility of the BBC, while it has traditionally been paid for by the UK Foreign Office (Foreign Ministry).
DXing.info (30/1-2011)

31/01-2011

EGYPT
Hello DXers,
I noticed that all the Egyptian networks are broadcasting the same programs

819 General program
774 Middle East Radio
711 Youth and Sports

and the new ID as I mentioned before Al Idhaa Al Masreya (The Egyptian radio).
More to come.
Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (31/1-2011)

30/01-2011

EGYPT
I heard the General Programme of Egyptian Radio on 819 khz at night of 28th to 29th of January, 2011. with the following programme and times.
Around 20.15 UTC i heard a phoning in programme.
At 22.05 UTC (648 khz BBC WorldService) they announced that the chairman of Egyptian parlament informed the public that some important announcement will be aired soon. Next I tuned to 819 khz, but, i heared only arabic music.
Around 22.20-22.28 utc I heared the speech of president Mubarak which were repeated around 22.58-23.0.6 Between the speech and its repetition, arabic music and a short announcement was heard.
At 23.30-23.40 UTC news programme. I think they broadcasted the news which should have been broadcasted at the top of the hour. Only one man read the whole news programme, his voice was monotonous.
23.40-23.50 music.
At 23.50 a radioplay have started, then I went to bed.
Here in Hungary 819 khz has no interference, but has a lot of fading. Signal strength is from nothing to fine (between 1-4).
I tried to hear Egypt also on 621 khz, I detected the president's speech, but the channel is occupied by other stations and Egypt was washed out by stronger stations.
Tibor Gaal, Hungary (30/1-2011)

EGYPT
Hello Dxers,
The situation remains the same in Cairo, the Egyptian Radio stations on MW and SW are all working ok.
Mubarak's regime is still controlling the media, tuning to al parnamaj al aam (The General program).
I can hear them having the same daily programs that I used to tune in to for the last 30 years or so.
On the SW the only frequency that I can get here in N.Europe is 9305 around 20.00 UTC.
The only change I noticed so far is changing the name of the station to be (al Idhaa al Masreya) The Egyptian Radio instead of announcing the usual ID (idhaat al parnamaj al allm min al qahira ) the General program net work from cairo.
More updates soon.
Best Regards Tarek Zeidan, Aalborg, Denmark via dxld yg (30/1-2011)

27/01-2011

24/01-2011

SRI LANKA
SLBC is testing on MW 1125 kHz 1430-1630 UTC (8-10PM IST) with the Tamil Service to India. Would appreciate any reports from South, especially along the coastal belt. Eventually power will go up to 50kW.
Reports to Transmitter Engineer (vkuganesan@yahoo.com), also CC Victorg@slt.lk
Tnx for help. If you need a QSL let us know. Also interested in any of the SLBCs SW services.
Victor Goonetilleke, SRI Lanka via Facebook (24/1-2011)

22/01-2011

U K
Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio is now running live programming from their new studio on 1575. Listening to it via RemoteHams site located at Bedford.
Regards Tony Magon VK2IC, Carlton - Sydney via mwcircle yg (22/1-2011)

19/01-2011