Month: October 2026

Mongolia

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Mongolias Ulgii transmitter on 209 kHz has lost it’s audio feed or has gone faulty. Just before closedown yesterday the woman’s voice stopped and then a silent period when the anthem is usually played. Then the transmitter was switched off as usual. Today there’s a signal with no audio.
It’s just been fixed 17:00 EEST, Audio is back .

No anthem for the past two days though, there’s a long silence then switch off.
The Audio was a lot better it seemed. 

Matt (2026-10-19)


Ok so Ulgii has lost the feed to the national service. It only carries the local programme in the last hour or so. A silent carrier at other times. 164 I can hear has normal programming. Not sure when this will be fixed. 

Matt (2026-10-20)

Portugal

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After a recent visit (12th October, 2026) to RTP Transmission facilities in Miranda do Douro, I checked the 630 kHz transmitter there and is OFF, so the only remaining Antena 1 txer on 630 kHz seems to be the one in Montemor-o-Velho. First week in September I could not hear neither the usual echoes from both transmitters, so could be already switched off at that time.

Jorge Garzón (2026-10-20)

United States

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DX Central’s DX Challenge:  New Sprint:  The 6th Annual Graveyard Challenge 

It’s everyone’s favorite time of the year on the mediumwave band!  Time for the 6th Annual Graveyard Challenge,  From 0100 UTC on Saturday, October 17 through 0200 UTC on Saturday, November 7, DXers everywhere are invited to tune in, log their catches, and see what we can uncover together.

The Graveyard Challenge represents a true “grind” with DXers challenged to “tame the roar” and pick out as many identifiable stations as possible from each frequency. There are nearly 150 stations on each of the six graveyard channels, so there is plenty of DX to be had!

The challenge at a glance
When: 0100 UTC Saturday, October 17 to 0200 UTC Saturday, November 7
What counts: MW: Graveyard frequencies (1230, 1240, 1340, 1400, 1450, 1490)
Who can join: New and experienced DXers alike
Participating is much easier this season. Sign in to the free DX Challenge app, choose a station from the searchable list, review your reception details, and submit. You can also import supported logs you’ve already entered elsewhere—no need to maintain a second challenge form alongside your own logbook. The app shows the active challenge, qualifying results, leaderboards, and maps as reports come in.

Only receptions made during the challenge window and meeting its rules count toward this sprint. You can still log other catches for the season-long challenges.

Whether you hear one station or twenty, your report helps build the picture of what’s reaching DXers this week. Come tune with us—and show us what you hear!
dxcentralonline.com
youtube.com/c/DXCentral

73 and best of DX!

Loyd Van Horn W4LVH – Mandeville, Louisiana to IRCA iog (2026-10-16)

France

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RNEI on 1467
I wanted to mention we are working with roumoules and looking to resume show production as a medium wave station. We wonder if there’s interest in this?

We’ve preliminarily booked Roumoules for the 25th of December too 18-21UTC (1467kHz) for the RNEI Yule marathon, no longer will listeners need to have access to a world radio, any radio will do!

(RNEI is normally on air on the first Sunday of every month at 11:00UTC on 6070kHz / Ed)

Radio Northern Europe International https://rnei.org (2026-10-16)

Afghanistan and other

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In connection with the Afghani authorities’ suspension of BBC transmissions on FM:
Many transmissions in Dari, Pashto and English have been added t 702, 1251 and 1413 kHz.

(BBC Media Centre, October 13th.
Statement on BBC services in Afghanistan.
A BBC spokesperson says: “The Afghan authorities have suspended the transmission of the BBC from FM radio sites across Afghanistan. We are continuing to report fairly and independently in Pashto, Dari and English to our audiences in Afghanistan, on shortwave and medium wave radio, online and via satellite. Millions of people across Afghanistan rely on the BBC for accurate news and information and we are working with the authorities to address the situation.”)

Mauno Ritola, MWlist iog (2026-10-16)

Finland

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There’s been a very odd resurgence in old information going around the web. This is to clarify the current status of Arctic 252:

The ground preparations for the antenna base were completed and the base is now in place. Sadly the weather has turned here making further work to raise the antenna mast on hold until next summer. More studio equipment was purchased and a new section of antenna mast to increase the height. A PLL board solution was also found to enable the transmitter to change frequency more easily.

Arctic is still awaiting a clear channel from Traficom a year later.

Arctic will be testing again in November on 252 kHz (dates and times will be announced on the website) on a 1.6km longwire. As per the previous tests the signal will be mostly lost into the vegetation but good audio can be received on good antennas 200km away. Carrier detects should be possible up to 700km or more.

Not the ideal set of circumstances as the signal from Algeria hits S9+20db here but it is all that Arctic can do at present.

Matt, Arctic 252 LW Radio – Inari, Finland www.arcticradio.net (2026-10-16)

Monaco / Scotland

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As reported in this previous posting, Tony Currie, the founder of Radio Six International, sadly passed away on September 26.
As a tribute to his passionate MW project on 1467 kHz, COHIRADIA made a dedicated wideband MW recording available in its archive. What a great joy it was to tune in to Radio Six International on 1467 kHz every weekend since March 2026 from midnight onwards, enjoying a full hour of good music in usually good audio quality on our medium wave receivers — spanning a big part of Europe, thanks to the broadcast from the Roumoules transmitter with its massive 1000 kW output. Thank you, Tony, for this wonderful attempt to revive AM radio! Short-lived as the pleasure may have been, we absolutely loved it !

This recording features one hour of the entire MW band, capturing, among other stations, Radio Six in good reception quality at the Graz (AUT) location on September 20, 2026. It is highly likely one of the last broadcasts. In addition, a recording of one of the first test transmissions  on March 28, 2026, recorded in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid (GER), is also available. A third recording made in France in September will follow in the near future.

Remark: The recordings can be played back on a PC with standard SDR software like HDSDR, SDRUno, SDR#, SDRoxide or similar tools. Alternatively playback on analogue AM-receivers is possible via the tools provided on cohiradia.org.

Hermann Scharfetter (2026-10-15)

Armenia

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Not exactly medium wave, but The Mighty KBC has frequencies on 891 and 1008 kHz besides these new SW frequencies.

“Testing from Armenia on shortwave:
October 17th 11.560 kHz 12:00 – 13:00 UTC (instead of 20:00 – 21:00 UTC)
October 24th, 7425 kHz. 20:00 – 21:00 UTC (instead of 11.560 kHz.)”

Eric van Willegen, KBC (2026-10-14)