570kHz Kaliningrad.
This data signal has returned in the last 24 hours, having been absent for several days over Christmas.

Steve Whitt to mwcircle iog (2022-12-28)

Re. https://mediumwave.info/2022/12/27/russia-64/

Maybe from Moscow, 75 kW.
http://www.radioscanner.ru/forum/topic30247-510.html

http://www.radioscanner.ru/files/download/file22154/raspsdr.psokiwi.net_2022-12-27t13_00_15z_549.082_sam.wav
There is a recording, but this is радио россии – not маяк.

Maybe – just a rumor – it could be Noginsk – big new ARRT there. There were tests for WRN on 738 and it already operated on 549 in the past – with 75 kW.

Marco (2022-12-28)

Kurisove – antenna down 46.99110554585313, 30.889136206883137

There is the antenna down, it looks like a cage antenna like this one:
https://radiomap.eu/ru/spb/spb_rc1_shv102_1.jpg

I don’t know the reason for the collapse, the Google pictures are dated
to Sep 2021.

Marco (2022-12-27)

“Пишут, что сегодня на 549 вещает Маяк”

“They write that Mayak is broadcasting today on 549
Probably Kaliningrad, but maybe another place”
https://forum.vcfm.ru/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=78&p=164561#p164561

I cannot confirm that at this time (19:34 UTC), but I will continue to
monitor it.

Marco (2022-12-27)

Now available Slogans List as of December 26, 2022
https://misc.kg4lac.com/irca

4,731 stations with slogans.
If a station doesn’t appear this indicates I don’t have the station slogan.
I’ve skipped making changes of stations playing Christmas songs/music as they will chance back to their regular format once the holiday is over.
Since silent stations come and go, seemingly, quicker than I can update the list, silent stations remain in the list until they are actually deleted from the FCC list.
As always, please let me know of additions, corrections, etc. Acknowledgements are given on the final page of the Slogans List.
Remember, the “Recent MW Station Contacts for Reception Report Verifications” link to the list is also available on the same webpage. The Verifications page was updated on Monday, December 15, 2022.

This slogans list is probably the final list for 2022. Therefore, Happy New Year to everyone.

Kraig Krist to irca iog (2022-12-27)

New DXpedition report from Finland.
I have now published a full report from DXpedition AIH163 held in late November and early December in Arctic Lapland. As some of you already know, the highlight of the DXpedition was the coverage that the hobby has received on the BBC over Christmas. This was a result of journalist Erika Benke’s interest in DXing. She visited Aihkiniemi during AIH163. Check out for instance this video report by her: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0drc52k

However, it wasn’t all – although we are approaching the solar maximum, there were nevertheless some nice openings especially to the US and the Philippines, so also DX-wise this was a fabulous experience: http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih163report.htm

Mika Makelainen to irca iog (2022-12-26)

Winter storms may affect broadcasters.

Bob Bittner on facebook:
“NO CHRISTMAS MUSIC ON WJIB DUE TO POWER OUTAGE IN MAINE, the source of most WJIB programming.
A comedy of errors up here…. WJTO Generator not working, my car is stuck in the mud from so much rain, and even if I could get to Cambridge by car to re-program the WJIB-Cambridge computer (what you’re hearing now with regular programming) it would not be safe to leave here to get on the glass-frozen roads we call the flash-freeze. Central Maine Power says we’ll have power restored on the 25th by 10:30 pm. Now 215,000 Maine customers without power. Cape Cod WBAS is off the air entirely, so is WJTO, and separately WLVP. WLAM in Lewiston is still on the air, last I knew.
Sorry folks. Maybe I’ll put all Christmas/holiday music on Monday.”

Steve Whitt to mwcircle iog (2022-12-23)

WDCX 990 off due to the storm, WEEB noted at 1630 EST and CBW at 1645, WEEB back at 1653. Thanks to Jerry Bond for the tip.  WEEB new, CBW relog.

Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY to irca iog (2022-12-23)