Month: March 2026

Iran

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Jamming?
Now at 2010 utc, IRIB Khalj-E Fars on 693 kHz is off, IRIB Bushehr on 1305 is off, on it’s second frequency, 738 kHz  there is silent carrier only. Jamming (buzzing) sound observed on 558 kHz, no idea there is a jamming signal or a fault of an R. Iran transmitter.

Audio from 558 kHz:
https://voca.ro/11Q1DnljA1AM

Tringer László HNG (2026-03-16)

Iran

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Schedule irregularities:
Markazi 774 kHz did NOT join the usual central px of the provincial networks (936, 1026…) this evening (15 March) after 20:30 UTC but is broadcasting a radioplay instead. Despite very good signal, NO local ID was thus given at the bottom of the hour at 20:30 UTC tonight. It seems the war is confusing some of the schedules of the regional networks which makes it difficult to identify what DXers are actually listening to.

Paradise.FM (2026-03-15)

Djibouti

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USAGM Transmission Site Update
From ‘Wavescan’ dated 15 March, by Jeff White
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wavescan/episodes/2026-03-14T17_00_00-07_00

“At the recent HFCC conference in Malaysia we had an update from the USAGM representative there regarding the agency’s transmitter sites. He said that for the foreseeable future it appears that USAGM’s relay sites in Greenville (North Carolina), Kuwait and the Philippines will continue to operate. But their short wave transmitter sites in Thailand, Germany, Botswana and the medium wave site in Djibouti will remain off the air. […] The USAGM was coordinating frequencies for the Voice of America and Radio Marti but no longer for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty nor for Radio Free Asia”.

Alexander Miatlikov to WOR iog (2026-03-15)

Iran

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The “bubble jammer” has not started on 1548 kHz yesterday (14.03.2026), Iran International TV reported that the “jamming tower” was hit near Shiraz, the report mentioned satellitte jamming only, but earlier TDoA measurements marked Shiraz as the source of the bubble jammer on 1548. So it possible that the medium wave and sattelite jamming was originated from the same site. 
https://x.com/IranIntl_En/status/2033062219559174597

Tringer László (2026-03-14)

Mexico

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It has been confirmed on Facebook that XEHK-960 has gone off the air. Their web page has already been taken down, and they have already been removed from the Radiorama Occidente live streams page.

The web page and live stream page for XEZJ-1480 have also been taken down.

THall DX to DXing.info Facebook group (2026-03-14)

Spain

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COPE infoloops on AM making it easy to identify which one we are hearing.
Interesting to ID the various COPE stations that used to be a big mashup with lots of echoes most of the time, but now airing local IDs constantly because of the on-going switch to FM:

1296 kHz is announcing 93.4 FM for Valencia
711 kHz is announcing various frequencies for Murcia, Cartagena and Lorca/Aguilas, eg. 106.9 and 89.2 / 89.4
1143 kHz is announcing 90.2 FM for Ourense
1215 kHz is announcing 106.1 FM for León.
(1053 is blocked by UK and 837 is swamped)

Furthermore, several “normal” COPE outlets are audible relaying the usual programme. at least one heard on 1143 announcing as “COPE Jaen 94.2 FM”. On 837, I found two COPE stations, one of them IDing as the southernmost “COPE Sevilla 99.6 FM” and one more (possibly Burgos).
1224 and 1269 carried the normal COPE stations, most probably Lugo and Zamora. So does 999 kHz with “COPE Madrid – connectate en tu communidad de Madrid”.

As announced, COPE is closing down its AM transmitters where FM is available on two or more frequencies.
So the question is: why is 999 kHz Madrid still active with the regular schedule? Madrid has COPE on 106.3 FM and COPE Mas on 92.0 FM (both logged on FM last summer). I cannot follow the argumentation that they are closing down in cities with COPE and COPE Mas on FM, as Madrid does fulfill this condition and still keeps on running on AM. Yes, its the provinces capital – but so is Valencia and that has the infoloop …

Paradise.FM (2026-03-14)