Es catches 30.08.2019

That was the most fruitful Es-day of the year 2019 for me. And again simultaneous hops from at least two directions: 1) Central Italy, Sardinia and Corsica; 2) Northern Italy, Central, Eastern and Northern France, Switzerland, Austria, South-Western Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and England.

SAQ transmission on UN-Day, October 24th

Join us in celebrating UN Day on October 24 at the World Heritage Grimeton!

This year, hundred years have passed since equal voting rights for men and women were introduced in Sweden. It is a human right that everyone can make their voices heard in fundamental issues and is prerequisite for creating a democratic and peaceful society. On this occasion, we want to raise the power of women in peace issues. Therefore the organization Acting 4 Change, that works with the project womens empowerment in Casamance in Senegal, is invited to talk about women’s participation in the peace process from a Senegalese perspective.

During the evening, a peace message is sent with the old long-wave transmitter SAQ and finally we listen to Senegalese rhythms performed by Kilimandiarou.

The event is held in the radio station building with free admission. Arrive at the event on time, as there is a limited number of seats.

Tonight’s program 6 pm – 8 pm

Welcome – CEO Grimeton World Heritage, Camilla Lugnet

Women’s Participation in the Peace Process – Women’s Empowerment in Casamance – President Acting 4 Change, Linda Ohlsson*

The long wave transmitter is started – President Alexander GVV, Jan Steinbach

Peace message sent ** (17.00 UTC)               

Concert with Kilimandiarou Welcome to an evening of signs of community and peace!

* More info about Acting for Change can be found here www.acting4change.org

The arrangement is made possible with the help of project funds from Varberg Municipality.

More information about the transmission

 
The transmission is on 17,2 kHz CW.
Startup of the transmitter around 16.30 UTC
Transmission of a message at 17.00 UTC 
You can also watch a live video stream of the transmission on www.alexander.n.se.
No QSL-cards will be given this time and no List of Reports will be constructed but we accept shorter Listeners Report to e-mail info/at/alexander.n.se.

*The world heritage site Grimeton is a living cultural heritage. All transmissions with the long-wave transmitter SAQ are therefore preliminary and may be cancelled with short notice.

Source: station's mailing list

Evening MW bandscan 17.10.2019 - 18.10.2019

Asian MW propagation starts from China these days. Then some stations from Korea and India are appearing on the band:

17.10.2019

15:20	1017	kHz		China Radio International	Changchun	200	kW	6720	km	056	°
15:27	1044	kHz		China Radio International	Changzhou	600	kW	7350	km	069	°
15:58	1359	kHz		CNR 1	?	10	kW	????	km	???	°
16:19	738	kHz		UNID	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
16:38	1143	kHz		Radio Free Korea	Deogyang-gu	100	kW	7310	km	060	°

18.10.2019

16:33	846	kHz		AIR West Ahmedabad (tent.)	Ahmedabad A	200	kW	4750	km	114	°
16:37	990	kHz		AIR North Jammu	Jammu A	300	kW	4100	km	101	°
16:50	1224	kHz	???	UNID	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°

UNID - 1224 kHz - 18.10.2019 - 16.50 (possibly Taiwan or Guangxi JGD Caifu Guangbo?):



RX:  Degen DE-1103

ANT: Built-in ferrite rod

Reception of Radio Krym Realii on 648 kHz

Early evening reception of signal of the new Ukrainian MW transmitter on 648 kHz is quite good in Kyiv. Some co-channel interference from Radio Murski Val (Slovenia) is not strong enough at this hours.

But later, QSB of the signal from Chonhar TX site gets more deep and frequent, and QRM from Slovenian station gets stronger making reception uncertain sometimes.

Radio Krym Realii – 648 kHz – 17 October 2019 – 16.10 UTC:


RX: Degen DE 1103
ANT: Built-in ferrite rod

Station's website: https://ua.krymr.com/

Tropo catches 15.10.2019 - 16.10.2019

Indian summer brings good tropospheric ducting from the southern and western direction. The propagation is not so dense as past autumn, but also interesting. Maximum achieved distance is about 810 km (Shumen, Bulgaria).

15.10.2019

18:30	88.80	MHz	TUR	a Haber Radyo (tent.)	?	?	kW	???	km	???	°
19:53	88.30	MHz	ROU	Itsy Bitsy	Tulcea/Topolog	3	kW	630	km	195	°
20:00	90.60	MHz	ROU	Radio ZU	Tulcea/Topolog	5	kW	630	km	195	°
20:13	92.00	MHz	UKR	Radio Piatnytsia	Vinnytsia	1.5	kW	190	km	231	°
20:31	90.10	MHz	BUL	BNR Horizont	Shumen	3.6	kW	810	km	201	°
21:04	90.00	MHz	ROU	Digi FM	Focşani/Măgura Odobești	60	kW	560	km	209	°
21:11	88.10	MHz	BLR	Pravda Radio	Smetanichi	6.3	kW	250	km	328	°
21:14	88.60	MHz	BLR	BR Radio Stalitsa	Smetanichi	4	kW	250	km	328	°
21:24	91.30	MHz	ROU	Kiss FM	Buzău/Dealul Istrița	30	kW	650	km	208	°
21:29	93.50	MHz	ROU	Radio Trinitas	Comănești/Lapoș	2	kW	540	km	216	°
21:40	106.3	MHz	BLR	BR Pershy Kanal	Smetanichi	15	kW	250	km	328	°
21:43	107.3	MHz	UKR	NRJ	Zhytomyr	1.5	kW	130	km	268	°
21:46	107.6	MHz	UKR	Kraina FM	Lubny	0.2	kW	190	km	101	°
22:02	87.60	MHz	BUL	BNR Radio Shumen	Shumen	100	kW	810	km	201	°
22:14	88.40	MHz	BLR	BR Radio Stalitsa	Soligorsk	3.1	kW	340	km	324	°
22:17	88.80	MHz	MDA	Radio Shanson	?	?	kW	???	km	???	°
22:57	90.80	MHz	ROU	SRR Radio Iaşi	Câmpulung Moldovenesc/Rarău	30	kW	480	km	230	°
23:20	90.30	MHz	BUL	BNR Radio Shumen	Silistra	7.6	kW	740	km	200	°
23:32	107.5	MHz	UKR	Radio Shanson	Cherkasy	1.5	kW	150	km	131	°
23:37	103.4	MHz	UKR	UA:Ukrainske Radio	Andriivka	15	kW	130	km	278	°
23:41	102.8	MHz	ROU	SRR Radio România Cultural	Bârlad/Trestiana	30	kW	500	km	204	°
23:54	98.70	MHz	ROU	SRR Radio România Cultural	Câmpulung Moldovenesc/Rarău	30	kW	480	km	230	°

16.10.2019

00:00	91.00	MHz	UKR	Radio Relax	Cherkasy	1	kW	150	km	131	°
00:10	90.00	MHz	UKR	Radio Maksymum	Antopil	1.5	kW	290	km	277	°
00:35	88.50	MHz	UKR	Radio Shanson	Antopil (tent.)	1.5	kW	290	km	277	°
00:43	87.60	MHz	POL	PR 2	Zamość/Tarnawatka	30	kW	500	km	275	°
00:51	90.90	MHz	UKR	Liuks FM	Antopil	1.5	kW	290	km	277	°
01:00	89.50	MHz	UKR	FM Halychyna	Antopil	0.75	kW	290	km	277	°
02:33	66.53	MHz	UKR	UA:Radio Kultura	Antopil	17	kW	290	km	277	°
02:35	66.20	MHz	BLR	BR Radio Stalitsa	Gomel	8	kW	230	km	009	°
02:39	67.22	MHz	BLR	BR Pershy Kanal	Smetanichi	8.3	kW	250	km	328	°
02:42	67.37	MHz	BLR	BR Pershy Kanal	Bragin	17	kW	160	km	355	°
02:44	67.46	MHz	UKR	UA:Radio Promin	Antopil	17	kW	290	km	277	°
02:50	67.76	MHz	BLR	BR Pershy Kanal	Gomel	8	kW	230	km	009	°
02:54	68.00	MHz	BLR	BR Kanal Kultura	Smetanichi	8.3	kW	250	km	328	°
02:56	68.24	MHz	UKR	Radio Maria	Antopil	17	kW	290	km	277	°
03:01	66.53	MHz	UKR	UA:Radio Kultura	Antopil	17	kW	290	km	277	°
03:04	66.14	MHz	UKR	Radio Maria	Khmelnytskyi	3	kW	270	km	249	°
03:10	68.30	MHz	BLR	BR Kanal Kultura	Bragin	17	kW	160	km	355	°
03:13	68.57	MHz	UKR	UA:Radio Promin	Vinnytsia	17	kW	190	km	231	°
03:16	69.11	MHz	BLR	BR Radio Stalitsa	Bragin	17	kW	160	km	355	°
03:19	69.26	MHz	BLR	BR Kanal Kultura	Gomel	8	kW	230	km	009	°
03:20	67.10	MHz	BLR	BR Kanal Kultura	Pinsk	8.3	kW	370	km	305	°
03:28	66.32	MHz	BLR	BR Pershy Kanal	Pinsk	8.3	kW	370	km	305	°
03:33	70.91	MHz	UKR	Radio Maria	Vinnytsia	8	kW	190	km	231	°
03:35	70.97	MHz	UKR	Holos Nadii	Olevsk	17	kW	220	km	297	°
03:38	71.69	MHz	UKR	UA:Radio Kultura	Vinnytsia	10	kW	190	km	231	°
03:43	71.93	MHz	UKR	UA:Radio Kultura	Bershad	17	kW	230	km	200	°
03:45	72.47	MHz	UKR	Yaskrave Radio	Vinnytsia	17	kW	190	km	231	°
03:47	72.98	MHz	UKR	Holos Nadii	Cherkasy	17	kW	150	km	131	°
04:04	71.90	MHz	UKR	UA:Radio Promin	Andriivka	17	kW	130	km	278	°
04:07	91.10	MHz	UKR	Radio Piatnytsia	Zhytomyr	0.3	kW	130	km	270	°
04:07	87.70	MHz	UKR	Radio Lvivska Khvylia	Kovel	0.1	kW	420	km	285	°
04:08	90.30	MHz	UKR	Radio Lvivska Khvylia	Luboml	1	kW	460	km	285	°
04:09	89.40	MHz	UKR	Radio Lvivska Khvylia	Horokhiv	0.2	kW	400	km	274	°
04:09	90.40	MHz	UKR	Radio Piatnytsia	Antopil	1.5	kW	290	km	277	°
04:10	88.30	MHz	UKR	UA:UR - Lutsk	Lutsk	1.5	kW	360	km	279	°
04:10	91.40	MHz	UKR	UA:UR - Ros	Cherkasy	0.5	kW	150	km	131	°
04:11	90.60	MHz	UKR	Radio Piatnytsia	Lutsk	1.5	kW	360	km	279	°
04:12	87.80	MHz	UKR	UA:UR - Rivne	Antopil	1.5	kW	290	km	277	°
04:12	88.70	MHz	UKR	Radio Maksymum	Lutsk	1.5	kW	360	km	279	°
04:12	90.50	MHz	UKR	Melodia FM	Vinnytsia	1.5	kW	190	km	231	°
04:13	91.50	MHz	UKR	Radio NV	Lutsk	1.5	kW	360	km	279	°
04:13	91.90	MHz	UKR	Radio Piatnytsia	Lviv	1.5	kW	460	km	265	°
04:14	87.90	MHz	POL	Radio Plus (Lublin) (tent.)	Lublin/Piotrków	25	kW	550	km	281	°
04:15	91.70	MHz	UKR	Radio Lvivska Khvylia	Boryslav	0.1	kW	520	km	259	°
04:17	92.20	MHz	ROU	Radio Trinitas	Hârlău	2	kW	420	km	220	°
04:20	91.50	MHz	UKR	Radio Piatnytsia	Polianetske	1.5	kW	180	km	186	°
04:27	91.20	MHz	UKR	UA:UR - Kropyvnytskyi	Kropyvnytskyi	0.75	kW	240	km	147	°
04:30	91.80	MHz	UKR	UA:UR - Bukovyna	Chernivtsi	0.75	kW	400	km	237	°
04:31	90.70	MHz	POL	PR 1	Solina/G. Jawor	30	kW	580	km	262	°
04:57	88.60	MHz	UKR	UA:UR - Vinnytsia	Vinnytsia	1.5	kW	190	km	231	°
05:00	90.40	MHz	BLR	BR Radio Stalitsa	Zhlobin	0.5	kW	290	km	354	°
05:00	91.30	MHz	POL	PR 3	Zamość/Tarnawatka	30	kW	500	km	275	°
05:03	89.80	MHz	UKR	FM Halychyna	Lutsk	0.75	kW	360	km	279	°
05:08	89.30	MHz	UKR	UA:Ukrainske Radio	Novohrad-Volynskyi	1	kW	200	km	278	°
17:10	91.50	MHz	UKR	UA:UR - Chernihivska Khvylia	Bakhmach	0.3	kW	190	km	062	°

BNR Radio Shumen - 87.6 MHz - 15.10.2019 - 22.05:


RX:  Degen DE-1103 / Airspy Mini (results marked by italics)
ANT: 80 mb dipole / Built-in telescopic whip (a Haber Radyo(?) and UA:UR - Chernihivska Khvylia)

Skyline Radio Germany - 20 years on air!

SKYLINE RADIO GERMANY - 20 YEARS ON AIR! - PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

WE WANT THE AIRWAVES - IF ROCK IS GONNA STAY ALIVE!

Shortwaveradio.de kindly gave us another possibility to be on air with some brandnew shows via their transmitters in Northern Germany.

If you would like to try to catch our programmes, 6 hours on October 26th, 2019, Saturday before Halloween, 13.00 - 19.00 UTC would be a good time to give us a listen again.

Try the 75 metre band shortwave on 3975 kHz!

Let's keep fingers crossed that propagation is good again!

We received more than 30 reception reports again in June and we hope we can beat this result again! So don't hesitate to write in again.

It might be a good chance for you to catch our very special and unique 1999 - 2019 anniversary eQSL-card! This is available as eQSL-card only!

We look forward to your reception reports and comments to: SKYLINE RADIO GERMANY, P.O.Box 2702, 6049 ZG Herten, The Netherlands or via e-mail to: skylineradiogermany/at/web.de

Have a great time with us and Good DX,

DJ Jan-Hendrik

Source: station's mailing list

Cat-and-Mouse game on 6250 and 6350 kHz

It's interesting to watch that daily cat-and-mouse game on 6250/6255 and 6350/6355 kHz where COTB station Echo of Hope runs away from North Korean jammer. Recently the station has changed its frequency to 6255 kHz, but jammer followed it. The similar "game" can be observed 100 kHz upward.

I hear the Echo of Hope on 6250 kHz and behindhand noise jammer on 6255 kHz at the moment recalling the same situation with Kurdish clandestine broadcasters and Iranian bubble jammer near 4 MHz in the late 1990s.

Evening MW bandscan 25.09.2019 - 04.10.2019

25.09.2019

18:47	1359	kHz		Dimtsi Woyane Tigray	Mekelle	100	kW	4170	km	166	°
18:52	1242	kHz		JOLF NBS Nippon Hoso	Tokyo/Kisarazu	100	kW	8270	km	53	°

27.09.2019

19:20	1170	kHz		HLSR KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 2	Gimje	500	kW	7450	km	61	°
19:25	1503	kHz		Radio 1503 Zavidovići	Zavidovići/Mecevici	1	kW	1130	km	239	°

04.10.2019

15:55	648	kHz		AIR West Indore	Indore A	200	kW	4980	km	111	°
16:45	1395	kHz		Public Radio of Armenia (Ext. Service)	Gavar/Noratus	500	kW	1590	km	128	°
16:55	1575	kHz		Voice of America	Ban Phachi/Rasom	500	kW	7390	km	96	°
19:24	1359	kHz		Dimtsi Woyane Tigray	Mekelle	100	kW	4170	km	166	°
19:30	1242	kHz		JOLF NBS Nippon Hoso	Tokyo/Kisarazu	100	kW	8270	km	53	°

RX:  Degen DE-1103 / XHData D-808

ANT: Built-in ferrite rod

New MW transmissions in Ukraine

According to information on UKRTVR message board, Radio Krym.Realii, joint project of Radio Svoboda (RFE/RL) and Ukrainske Radio, has started broadcasting on the new medium wave frequency recently.

New 10 kW transmitter in Chonhar (Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast) on 648 kHz is in use. Time of the transmissions is unknown by now.

The station is broadcasting for population of Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol temporarily occupied and annexed by russian fascists. Radio Krym.Realii is also using FM transmitters in Kherson Oblast and has own programs on the frequencies of UA:Ukrainske Radio (873 kHz) and UA:Ukrainske Radio - Puls (in Luhansk Oblast).

UPDATE: Now (13th of October 2019, 17.25 UTC) I can confirm presence of the station on 648 kHz. Fair signal, with moderate interference from co-channel Radio Murski Val (Slovenia).

Station's website: https://ua.krymr.com/

Unidentified station on 87.7 MHz (meteor scatter?)

As maximum of the October Draconids (Giacobinids) meteor shower occurs on the 9th of October, I decided to observe lower part of CCIR FM band that day. Without any great success, except for some strange UNID appeared for half a minute on 87.7 MHz.

The music sounds Kurdish or Iranian for me, however I can't find any Kurdish station on 87.7 MHz in various frequency bases. All known power values of Iranian transmitters on the frequency are quite low to being received via MS with such a good signal level, IMHO:

RX: Airspy Mini SDR
ANT: 80 mb dipole

Public Radio of Armenia is on 1395 kHz again

Foreign service of the Public Radio of Armenia (Հայաստանի հանրային ռադիո) is now occupying its traditional MW frequency of 1395 kHz again.

Multilingual programs of the station are audible good in Kyiv at local evenings. According to information published on the Asiawaves website, 500 kW transmitter in Gavar/Noratus and directional antenna beamed to 180° are in use from 15.30 till 18.45 UTC (?), however, the language schedule listed there seems to be outdated.

I have received Farsi program on 4th of October 2019 from 16.45 till 17.00 UTC, when news in another language started:

RX: Degen DE 1103
ANT: Built-in ferrite rod

Station's website: https://en.armradio.am/

Free Radio Logs 22.08.2019 - 28.09.2019

22.08.2019

22.09 - 6267.0 - UNID - 35433 - Visage - Fade to Grey

23.08.2019

19.01 - 6969.9 - Radio Fox 48 - 45444 - Slade - Cum on Feel the Noize, 19.02 - Boney M. - Daddy Cool, 19.11 - The Trammps - Disco Inferno, 19.18 - Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
19.23 - 6285.0 - UNID - 35433 - Some blues, 19.24 - CD
19.25 - 6295.4 - Unknown Radio (tent.) - 25332 - Some weak music on peaks
19.31 - 6305.0 - UNID - 55444 - Mirazh - Ya Bol'she Ne Proshu, 19.33 - Waylon Jennings - Whatever Gets You Through the Night

24.08.2019

19.05 - 6322.5 - Radio Pandora (tent.) - 25322 - Traces of audio on peaks
20.35 - 6293.0 - UNID - 55444 - Stan Ridgway - Camouflage, 20.42 - Relax Trio - You Drive Me Nuts
21.12 - 6265.0 - Channel 92 (tent.) - 44444 - Matthieu Faubourg - The Perfect Time
22.50 - 6284.0 - Radio Joey - 45433 - Club dance music
23.33 - 6300.0 - Abu Dhabi Radio - 45444 - ID, Bing Crosby - Just-A-Wearying For You, 23.35 - greetings to me (thanks!)

25.08.2019

01.57 - 6903U  - Clever Name Radio - 35443 - Short identification by female voice, various electronic dance and oldies music
23.58 - 6285.0 - Kennemer Radio 1 - 45433 - Music, IDs

30.08.2019

19.20 - 6275.0 - Quadzilla Radio - 45433 - ID, Lola
21.04 - 6300.0 - UNID - 45444 - Magic Slim - I'm a Bluesman, 21.07 - The Lennerockers - High Class Lady
21.08 - 6270.0 - Channel 92 (tent.) - 44444 - Spokeman - Scatman, then - QSY to 6275 kHz
21.54 - 6374.9 - Radio Universe - 35422-354233 - Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

31.08.2019

21.26 - 6290.0 - Sluwe Vos Radio - 35422-35433 - Clear identification, DJ's speech

11.09.2019

20.26 - 6290.0 - Radio KR1 (tent.) - 35443 - Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
20.51 - 6205.0 - Laser Hot Hits - 34433 - ID jingle, some speech, pop music

12.09.2019

19.34 - 6286.0 - Abu Dhabi Radio - 45444 - Polka music, 19.52 - ID, Roger Waters - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
20.46 - 6205.0 - Laser Hot Hits (tent.) - 35433-45433 - Pop music and DJ's speech

13.09.2019

20.42 - 7474.7 - Technical Man - 35433 - Ken Laszlo - Don't Cry Tonight, 20.44 - Valerie Dore - It's So Easy, 21.31 - IDs
21.51 - 6290.0 - Johnny Tobacco - 55444 - Hank Thompson - Squaws Along the Yukon, 21.54 - Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds

14.09.2019

19.44 - 6280.0 - Channel 92 (tent.) - 45433-45444 - Some slow electronic music
20.10 - 7725.0 - Zeppelin Radio (tent.) - 35422-35433 - Music on peaks

15.09.2019

18.05 - 6304.0 - UNID - 55444 - Zucchero - Guantanamera, 18.07 - Alice - Una notte speciale
18.12 - 6295.0 - Reflections Europe - 43443 - Some speech in English (male/female voices)
19.16 - 6275.0 - Quadzilla Radio - 35443-45444 - Paul Mauriat - El Bimbo
19.21 - 6205.0 - Laser Hot Hits - 35433-45433 - Genesis - That's All
19.36 - 12255.0 - Reflections Europe - 35422 - Sermon in English

28.09.2019

18.40 - 6280.0 - Johnny Tobacco - 45433 - Greetings to listeners, country music