IRCA Mexican Log, 29th Edition (Fall 2026)
The IRCA Mexican Log lists all AM stations in Mexico by frequency, including call letters, state, city, day/night power, slogans, schedule in UTC/GMT, formats, networks and notes. The call letter index gives call, frequency, city and state.
The city index (listed by state, then city) includes frequency, call and day/night power. The transmitter site index (listed by state, then city) tabulates the latitude and longitude of transmitter sites. Also, in this edition, there is a spread sheet with links to web sites, live broadcasts and facebook page of many of the Mexican stations. This is an indispensable reference for anyone who
hears Mexican radio stations.
The 2026-27 Mexican Log .pdf is posted on the IRCA website for all to download. The link is:
https://www.ircaonline.org/editor_upload/File/2026-27_IRCA_Mexican_Log.pdf
A big thank you to Tim Hall for compiling this invaluable resource for us!

October issue of MWN (2026-10-04)

The Vidin site (home for BNR Horizont 576 kHz / Ed) now has solar panels installed around the remaining 4-mast ARRT antenna.
43°50’14.53″N  22°42’53.97″E

Marco (2026-10-04)

Translated from Spanish:
Antonio Madrid reports from Barcelona that COPE Barcelona (738 kHz) is transmitting only a carrier wave due to the stormy weather in Catalonia.

Jorge Garzón to iberiaDX iog (2026-10-03)

4VL’s 1584 translator in Cunnamulla (far western Queensland) has returned to service after 4 months.

Some background to what has happened there:
With thanks to feedback from Al Kirton, the original installer of this operation in the early eighties. Also, thanks to Garry Bowles, Toowoomba former announcer at 4VL Charleville. Al Kirton & Garry did the digging for this info, and to Geoff Speed, GM of Heartland Radio P/L (Resonate Radio Network) in Kingaroy (RRN Hub).
Geoff Speed informed us that rats had eaten the lining of the shipping container above the ATU and fallen debris had caused the ATU to short out and destroy one of the ceramic capacitors.
As this transmitter is low powered (PA 161.44 watts) the ATU is in the hut with the transmitter and not at the base of the stick.
Sourcing an appropriate ATU took some time.

If anyone is interested in trying to get this signal, the best ‘out back’ Kiwi SDR is located in Hammond, Flinders Ranges of SA.
Here : http://wartli.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/
Suggest you try around 2030-2100 UT to allow the ‘terminator’ (Sun) to kill 4CC (t) in Rockhampton (500 watts).
4VL (t) Cunnamulla 1584 kHz is // to 4VL Charleville 918 kHz.

Cheers Chris Martin, Gold Coast Qld. (2026-10-03)

It appears that Bergen Kringkaster will now also broadcast on 630 kHz, given that 630, 1314, and 5895 kHz are now available to anyone wishing to apply for the frequencies.
https://nkom.no/aktuelt/kunngjoring-mottatt-soknad-for-frekvenstillatelse-for-630-khz-1314-khz-og-5895-khz?fbclid=IwY2xjawUrKmhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMUt1T211enBIVk13N2dWc0FzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeP3l7p_XrashtW1LweTT1FcAxvAfbNEhU6PIsOmOwFWB6DBWr5FsEJeXs2Vc_aem_5_VEnNZB6A_7ZTs525YntA

DDXLK – Dansk DX Lytter Klub (2026-10-01)

ZoomRock FM is a private medium wave (AM) hobby radio station based in Naantali/Naantali and founded by Harri Kujala; it sends to the Turku region in Finland.
St. Karins/Kaarina: ZOOMROCK FM 1242 kHz
1.0 kW (increased transmission power)
22 B ND 22E1746 60N2359
BC2 019284 ZOOMROCK FM 01.10.2026 – 31.12.2026 (granted period for the license)
Frequency and power: 1242 kHz , power 700 watts (this spring).
Music style: AOR (Adult-Oriented Rock) – melodic, softer, guitar-based rock.
Target group: People over 50 years of age.
Technology: The station uses the cloud-based system RadioMan, which enables broadcasting without a traditional physical studio.

Kari Kallio to nordx iog (2026-09-30)

Radio Eule, the Deutsches Museum’s small 10 W medium-wave station, has now changed its transmission frequency from 1500 kHz – which is unusual in Europe – to 1494 kHz on the 9 kHz grid. The station can be heard clearly in Salzburg in the evenings on 1494.0014 kHz. It is broadcasting old episodes of Radio DARC, currently the Easter 2026 episode.

73 Christoph Ratzer (2026-08-28)

Special dawn programme “Mahishasur Mardini” by Akashvani on the ocassion of ‘Mahalaya 2026’.

Special transmission by Akashvani for ‘Mahalaya 2026’Date : 10th October, 2026 (Saturday)Time : 0350 – 0545 IST, 2220 UTC (9th Oct, 2026) to 0015 UTC* (10th Oct, 2025)* some stations have late sign in & may continue past 0100 UTC

Akashvani, Delhi will broadcast the special dawn on the programme “Mahishasur Mardini” on the occasion of Mahalaya in following languages  :
– Hindi/Sanskrit version – on its Indraprastha & FM Gold channels. This will be relayed by all FM Gold channels and selected MW stations.
– Bengali/Sanskrit version – at same time on Akashvani Delhi FM Rainbow network and selected MW stations.

Akashvani, Kolkata will also originate the special Mahalaya programme in Bengali/Sanskrit at same time which will be relayed by selected MW & FM stations .This programme may also be relayed over DRM channels and on YouTube channel AIR Live News 24X7 & DTH.

Live-streaming on : https://prasarbharati.gov.in  and News On AIR

App”Mahishasuramardini” is a special two hour transmission consisting of Sanskrit & Bengali recitation & music composed by Late Shri.Birendra Krishna Bhadra. Akashvani has been broadcasting this program since early 1930’s. The sheer nostalgia is what makes the dawn of Mahalaya special as one of the most looked forward to radio broadcasts. Countdown of the Indian festival of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya.

Frequencies observed during past years in MW:
531 – Jodhpur
549 – Ranchi *
603 – Ajmer621 – Patna A *
648 – Indore657 – Kolkata A *
675 – Chattarpur684 – Port Blair
711 – Siliguri *729 – Guwahati A
747 – Lucknow A756 – Jagdalpur
774 – Shimla792 – Pune *
801 – Jabalpur *
810 – Rajkot A *
819 – New Delhi A *
828 – Silchar
846 – Ahmedabad *
891 – Rampur
909 – Gorakhpur
918 – Suratgarh
954 – Nazibabad
981 – Raipur
990 – Jammu
1008 – Kolkata B *
1026 – Prayagraj
1044 – Mumbai A (Pure DRM)
1125 – Udaipur/Tezpur
1179 – Rewa
1242 – Varanasi *
1260 – Ambikapur
1269 – Agartala
1296 – Darbhanga
1314 – Bhuj
1386 – Gwalior
1395 – Bikaner *
1404 – Gangtok
1458 – Bhagalpur
1530 – Agra
1593 – Bhopal A*
Try also in DRM mode on minus 9 kHz of AM frequency

Reception Reports to :Please submit your reception reports on line at:
https://prasarbharati.gov.in/reception-report/
or by email to: spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in
or by postal mail to :
Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy)
Akashvani (All India Radio),
Room No. 204,
Akashvani Bhawan,Parliament Street
New Delhi110001, India

Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi to dxindia iog (2026-09-28)

In mid-October, Czechia will lose the country’s tallest structure: two steel radio transmitter masts in the village of Liblice near Český Brod will be brought down in a controlled explosion. This pair of 355-metre towers has loomed over the surrounding area for half a century and, according to the site’s owner, would cost more to repair than to demolish.

Owners of neighbouring properties have already received notices: during the blasting operation, being present within the designated safety zones will be prohibited. Once demolished, the landmark that has been part of the local landscape for half a century will disappear from the horizon.

The current pair of steel masts was built in 1976, with the ceremonial launch taking place on 28 December 1976. Each mast reaches a height of 355 metres — taller than the Eiffel Tower including its antenna (330 metres). At the time of construction, the structures were considered a remarkable technical achievement.

Originally, the transmitter broadcast the second programme of what was then Czechoslovak Radio on medium wave. The combined output of the two towers reached 1,500 kilowatts, allowing the signal to cover a significant part of the country. Czech Radio stopped broadcasting on medium wave at the end of 2021. Country Radio continued transmitting on the same frequency from Liblice for a while afterward — it shut down on 31 March 2025. Since then, no radio station has broadcast from the site.

České Radiokomunikace, the company that owns the masts, found no further use for them, and keeping them standing would have required extensive and costly repairs. The most urgent task would have been a complete replacement of the guy-wire anchors, at a cost of roughly 120 million crowns. Restoring the structures’ anti-corrosion protection would have cost about another 25 million crowns, and repairing the lifts inside the masts roughly the same amount. According to estimates, the most essential work alone would have cost around 170 million crowns.

novinky.cz via Around Prague website (2026-09-28)

SAQ Grimeton scheduled to air on UN-Day, Oct 24th 2026.

SAQ was put into commercial radio traffic on December 1st 1924, at first on 16.2 kHz. In mid December 1924, the frequency was changed to 16.1 kHz and on Dec 24th 1926 it was changed back to 16.2 kHz. On March 10th 1927 SAQ’s frequency was again changed, this time to 17.0 kHz, a frequency previously used by Italian station IRC in Rome.

Only two weeks later, on April 3rd 1927 SAQ’s frequency was again changed, now to 17.2 kHz, a frequency previously occupied by LPV in Buenos Aires, in order to provide “suitable noninterfering wave channel for new Belgian station ORU Ruysselede”, according to the traffic manager at RCA.
17.2 kHz has since then, except for a short period in the 1950’s when SAQ was transmitting on 17.25 kHz, been the frequency we all now belongs to the historical Alexanderson alternator SAQ at Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden.
On UN-Day, October 24th, 2026, SAQ is scheduled* to spread a peace message to the World on 17.2 kHz CW.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CADvSwQhdKI

Program and transmission schedule:
10:00 CEST (08:00 UTC): The visitor center and radio station is opened for visitors.
See grimeton.org for more info.

Transmission & YouTube Live stream:
14:20 CEST (12:20 UTC): Live stream on YouTube begins with a technical walk-through of SAQ.
14:30 CEST (12:30 UTC): Startup and tuning of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ.
14:45 CEST (12:45 UTC) SAQ in the air “VVV VVV VVV de SAQ SAQ SAQ” (approx. time)
15:00 CEST (13:00 UTC): Transmission of a peace message from SAQ.

Live Video from World Heritage Grimeton Station
The transmission event can be seen live on our YouTube Channel

We are planning to carry our some test transmissions on Friday, October 23rd, 13:00 – 16:00 CEST (11:00 -14:00 UTC). SAQ will be on the air shorter periods of time during this interval, when we will be carrying out tuning, tests and measurements.
Your comments are welcome to info@alexander.n.se.

QSL Reports to SAQ
Your QSL reports to SAQ are, as usual, most welcome and much appreciated!

SAQ Grimeton Radio Station (2026-09-26)