30 October 2019

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.

22 October 2019

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

21 October 2019

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/

17 October 2019

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)

15 October 2019

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

14 October 2019

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

13 October 2019

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/

09 October 2019

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

04 October 2019

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