Author: mw

Venezuela

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Just a short update on the Venezuela, Caracas situation (via Kiwisdr Bonaire)

910  R Center, 20 kW, gone – off air
1200 R Tiempo, 10 kW, carrier only , no sound
1490 R Dinamic, 10 kW,  Nothing, off air
All stations are in Caracas.

670 R Rumbos was reported off air last week for a couple of days but is back.
The Rumbos site seems to give broader news, including that must irritate the authorites as reports on opposition leader Machado and Foro Penal. www.radiorumbos670am.com
The Rumbos radio reports about problems people face on food and water.
As I write this now on power interruptions.

Ruud. Radio Paradijs (2026-11-03)

Listening Exercise of IberiaDX

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Welcome to ESCO-01, the first Coordinated Listening Exercise of @IberiaDX board. We propose a monthly listening exercise for everyone interested, being or not an IberiaDX member.
Pedro and I have organized this very first event that we hope you enjoy it. After this first email, we will send a reminder the day before the session takes place. Please keep in mind that this is not a competition; the goal is simply: to identify which stations, whether official, unlicensed, or “pirate”, are currently active across the radio spectrum.

ESCO-01 · THE EVENT
The first coordinated listening session will begin at 00:00 local time on Friday, November 6 (Thursday night into Friday) and will conclude at 23:59 local time on Sunday, November 8.
This first event will focus on British medium-wave (MW) broadcasting stations operating between 531 kHz and 1720 kHz (including legal, unlicensed, and pirate stations). It is also worth noting stations that you are aware of but can’t be received at your specific location due to various factors (such as QRM/interference, atmospheric storms, poor propagation, etc.).
Any type of receiver and antenna can be used, and site of listening is restricted to a chosen grid locator during the whole event. The use of remote SDRs is not permitted, unless the equipment belongs to you personally. Check your grid locator here: https://www.dxfuncluster.com/locator.php

Please submit your results in an Excel spreadsheet, Word document, or text file, including the following fields (example below):
DATE UTC kHz ITU STATION TXer DETAILS NOTES SINPO

2026-11-06 12:12 1107 G-Eng TalkSport (ID location here) MultiTxer Football match, jingle. Noisy, variable. 433

Data should be submitted either via email through the “IberiaDX” forum (http://groups.io/g/iberiaDX) or via WhatsApp to +34 657 348 474 as an attached file (please do not send plain text logs within a WhatsApp message).

Submissions will be accepted throughout Monday, Nov 9th and Tuesday, Nov 10th, until 21:00 UTC. Please include your full name, QTH (country), and details regarding the receiver and antenna used. A brief comment on the stations heard and session would also be appreciated. Should you have any questions, we are here to help.

73 and happy listening to everyone!

Pedro Porres and Jorge Garzón (@IberiaDX, Spain) via nordx iog (2026-11-03)

United States

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WMFN-640 Peotone, Illinois, is back on the air again with gospel format. They may be doing some kind of testing, as the signal cuts in and out periodically. ID at 1203am CST mentioned WMFN Peotone and W244BQ Park Ridge (96.7 FM translator). I hadn’t heard anything here in a few weeks.

Karl Forth, Chicago to IRCA iog (2026-11-03)

United Kingdom

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Radio Caroline North‘s next broadcast is between 7th – 8th November, live from our radio ship Ross Revenge.
You’ll hear some great music from the 60s to 90s – plus you could win a fabulous Roberts Beacon 320 Bluetooth Speaker in this weekend’s competition draw.
Listen on 648 AM across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and beyond, on 1368 AM in the North/North-West courtesy of our friends at Manx Radio, worldwide online here via our Caroline North Player, on smart speakers and the Radio Caroline app.
We’d love to hear from you during the broadcast via north@radiocaroline.co.uk and remember, it’s the only email address that gets you straight through to our ‘North’ broadcasters.
The programme of this can you now find on https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#caroline_north_schedule.html

Nico in Gouda, the Netherlands (2026-11-02)

Luxembourg

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The three transmission masts in Beidweiler (known as “Beidler” in Luxembourgish), located in the municipality of Junglinster, Luxembourg, are set to be demolished by explosives on Friday, November 6, at 3:00 PM. The German firm Liesegang, based in Hürth, is handling the placement of the explosive charges, and preparations are reportedly already well underway. While it had long been known that the transmission masts in Junglinster itself would also be removed, a specific time has now been set for the masts in Beidweiler.

The demolition is attracting interest from beyond the region as well. Those unable to be present in Luxembourg to witness the event can follow the demolition online from the Netherlands. RTL is capturing the dismantling process—in both sound and vision—and broadcasting it live via a livestream.

The three masts in Beidweiler are owned by Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE), a subsidiary of the RTL Group. From 1972 until 1:00 a.m. on January 2, 2023, they were used to broadcast RTL’s French-language radio programming toward France via longwave. The installation consists of three identical 290-meter-tall masts, which are held upright by guy wires. The masts in Junglinster are constructed differently: they widen toward the base and stand upright without additional support, whereas the masts in Beidweiler cannot remain standing without their guy wires.

It is not yet known when the steel lattice masts in Junglinster will be demolished. They stand 215 meters tall, though at the time of their construction in 1954 and 1955 (with a third added in 1959), they were 250 meters high. In 1983, they were shortened to their current height. For a long time, they served as a backup transmitter for Beidweiler.
https://www.radiotrefpunt.nl/entry/10733-vrijdag-6-november-om-1500-uur-einde-van-het-
langegolfzendstation-in-beidweiler/

Nico from Gouda (2026-11-02)

Finland

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RealMix Radio is reaching further!

Starting next weekend, our programmes will reach a wider area on 1485 kHz AM 📻✨
Enjoy RealMix on your car or home radio in western Uusimaa, Finland. In the evenings, you may also be able to hear us elsewhere in Scandinavia!
How does RealMix sound on your radio? We’d love to see your reception videos in the comments.

RealMix Radio on Facebook (2026-10-30)

Mongolia

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The Ulgii transmitter on 209 kHz is still radiating a silent carrier throughout the day except for regional programming in the last hour.
Ulaanbaatar on 164 kHz is operating normal programming. Emails asking for information have gone unanswered.
It appears the other 209 kHz and 227 kHz transmitter sites are operating normally although I cannot confirm 100% as I can only receive those other sites just before closedown at 15:00 UTC whereas Ulgii and Ulaanbaatar can be received in the afternoon here at present in Northern Finland.

Matt, Arctic 252 LW Radio – Inari, Finland (2026-10-30)

Luxembourg

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There has been some confusion concerning the demolishing of three antenna masts. Will it be the three in Beidweiler or the three in Junglinster?
The photos in the link below all show Junglinster, but close reading in the article reveals that it must be those in Beidweiler, which
will be blown up on November 6th.
“Unlike the antennas of Jonglänster, which become wider at the bottom, those of Beidler do not remain standing, but must be held up by guy ropes, or rather supported.”
https://www.rtl.lu/news/national/de-6-november-ginn-dmasten-zu-beidler-gesprengt-2099246245

Ydun Ritz (2026-10-30)