Es catches 14.07.2020 - 17.07.2020

14.07.2020

13:28	88.80	MHz	TUR	TRT Radyo 1	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
13:37	88.80	MHz	TUR	aHaber Radyo	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
13:41	92.20	MHz	TUR	TRT FM	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
13:46	89.50	MHz	TUR	TRT FM	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°

17.07.2020

09:21	66.30	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Sankt-Peterburg/Olgino	20	kW	1070	km	359	°
09:22	69.47	MHz	404	Radio Peterburg	Sankt-Peterburg/Olgino	20	kW	1070	km	359	°
09:56	90.20	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi (tent.)	Lieksa/Koli-Verkkovaara (tent.)	30	kW	1410	km	359	°

All the stations were identified by ID jingles, RDS, playlists, podcasts, parallel frequencies or parallel web streams. Power values are ERP, distances are approximate.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

Utility station on 6022 kHz and QRM to Radio Delta International

 Evening listening of Radio Delta International on 6020 kHz in Eastern Europe is usually accompanied by interference from FSK utility station on the adjacent frequency of 6022 kHz.

From the RDI's reply on my reception report:

"…In the East we have some problems with the strange digital interference on 6022. Hopefully in the future it will disappear, it is not normal that they use this frequency…"

This QRM is not a trouble at all in the case of reception with some SDR, where low and high sidebands of the "filter" can be adjusted independently, and splashes from Chinese high-power transmitters on 6015 and 6025 kHz are much more considerable and annoying. However, this signal makes reception on 6020 kHz uncomfortable or even impossible (depending on its strength) for DXers with simple portable receivers, where rich selection of IF filters is absent.

Protocol of this utility station is identified as CIS-36-50 (also known as BEE-36 or T-600) with 200 Hz shift and 50 Bd rate FSK modulation. It is being widely used by russian navy. Tentative location of the transmitter is Autonomous Republic of Crimea or Sevastopil, occupied and annexed by russia. Results of the TDoA analysis point at the same direction:

From 17.00 till 18.00 UTC 6022 kHz channel is completely blocked by superstrong DRM signal of Radio Romania International on 6025 kHz, and the reason for such a stupid choice of frequency for the utility station is unknown. Anyway, if you hear utility interference on 49 mb, be sure that in 95 per cent of the cases the source of interference is the russian military.

eQSL from Radio Delta International

Thanks, Aart, for the quick reply and nice, detailed eQSL! Radio Delta International is broadcasting on the frequency of 6020 kHz via 1000 W ERP transmitter equipped with NVIS antenna in Elburg, Netherlands. Reception in Kyiv is quite difficult due to almost constant splatter from Chinese stations on 6015 and 6025 kHz and utility FSK crap on 6022 kHz at evening hours.

Station's website: https://radiodelta.am/

WFME Family Radio has left 1560 kHz

 American religious radio station WFME Family Radio has left MW frequency of 1560 kHz.

In late November 2020, Family Radio announced the sale of the property surrounding WFME's broadcast towers in Queens, but stipulated that the terms included that Family Radio would still use this site until a suitable alternate location for the station was found. However, no alternate site proved to be immediately available, therefore WFME in early 2021 ended regular programming and began broadcasting a recurring announcement that the station would suspend operations "in just a few days". Although Family Radio officials expressed a desire to eventually return to the New York airwaves, they noted that there were no immediate plans; listeners were directed to access either WFRS in Smithtown and WFME-FM in Mount Kisco, in addition to the Family Radio webstream (Wikipedia).

It is pity, because WFME was one of the most easy to catch MW stations from NA here, in Ukraine.

WFME - 1560 kHz - 20th of January 2018 - 06.00 - 06.15 UTC - reception with Degen DE-1103 and its telescopic whip antenna:

Es catches 13.07.2020

09:04	88.50	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:04	88.80	MHz	I	Radio Maria	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:04	90.40	MHz	AUT	Hitradio Ö3 (tent.)	Klagenfurt 1	100	kW	1300	km	258	°
09:04	91.20	MHz	AUT	Ö1	Graz 1/Schöckl (tent.)	80	kW	1150	km	258	°
09:04	91.70	MHz	I	Radio Company (tent.)	Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera	16	kW	1420	km	257	°
09:04	91.90	MHz	I	Radio Cuore	Buti/Monte Serra	?	kW	1670	km	252	°
09:04	92.20	MHz	I	Radio Duemila (Lucca)	Buti/Monte Serra	?	kW	1670	km	252	°
09:06	87.30	MHz	I	Radio Studio X	Marliana	2	kW	1640	km	252	°
09:06	87.50	MHz	I	Radio Capital	Castel San Pietro Terme (tent.)	63	kW	1570	km	252	°
09:06	87.90	MHz	I	Radio Sportiva	Bologna/Colle Barbiano	40	kW	1570	km	253	°
09:06	88.60	MHz	I	Radio Capital	Serramazzoni (tent.)	63	kW	1610	km	253	°
09:06	89.90	MHz	I	RAI Radio 3	Vo'/Monte Venda (tent.)	320	kW	1500	km	255	°
09:06	90.95	MHz	I	m2o	Menconico/Monte Penice	25	kW	1690	km	257	°
09:06	91.20	MHz	I	Radio LatteMiele (Em. Romagna)	Serramazzoni (tent.)	25	kW	1610	km	253	°
09:07	87.60	MHz	I	Easy Network	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:07	88.00	MHz	HRV	Radio Istra (tent.)	Rovinj/Bubani-Vrh Sv. Martina	10	kW	1370	km	251	°
09:07	88.10	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	Vo'/Monte Venda (tent.)	320	kW	1500	km	255	°
09:07	89.00	MHz	I	RAI Radio 2	Vo'/Monte Venda	320	kW	1500	km	255	°
09:07	90.20	MHz	I	Radio Deejay	Buti/Monte Serra (tent.)	63	kW	1670	km	252	°
09:07	90.50	MHz	I	Radio Maria	Castel San Pietro Terme (tent.)	130	kW	1570	km	252	°
09:07	90.80	MHz	I	Radio Viva FM	Pellegrino Parmense (tent.)	4	kW	1650	km	256	°
09:07	91.40	MHz	I	RMC - Radio Monte Carlo	Castel San Pietro Terme (tent.)	130	kW	1570	km	252	°
09:07	91.50	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:08	89.50	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	Bologna/Colle Barbiano (tent.)	130	kW	1570	km	253	°
09:10	89.10	MHz	I	Virgin Radio	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:10	89.30	MHz	I	Radio Maria	Quarrata (tent.)	16	kW	1640	km	251	°
09:10	90.10	MHz	I	Radio 105	Modigliana/Monte Trebbio	40	kW	1560	km	251	°
09:10	90.60	MHz	I	RAI GR Parlamento	Travo/Frazione Pigazzano	32	kW	1670	km	257	°
09:10	91.50	MHz	I	RTL 102.5	Travo/Frazione Pigazzano (tent.)	63	kW	1670	km	257	°
09:11	89.70	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	Travo/Frazione Pigazzano (tent.)	40	kW	1670	km	257	°
09:13	89.60	MHz	HRV	Radio Centar - Studio Poreč (tent.)	Poreč/Funtana-Punta Groša	7	kW	1380	km	252	°
09:13	91.20	MHz	I	Radio Basilica Verolanuova-inBlu	Verolanuova	1	kW	1610	km	258	°
09:14	91.10	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:15	88.00	MHz	I	Virgin Radio	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:15	89.50	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara (tent.)	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	50	kW	1840	km	282	°
09:15	89.90	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara (tent.)	Genk	20	kW	1750	km	282	°
09:15	90.70	MHz	I	Radio Italia Uno	Mango/Frazione San Donato (tent.)	4	kW	1780	km	258	°
09:15	91.70	MHz	BEL	VRT Radio 1 (tent.)	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	50	kW	1840	km	282	°
09:16	89.00	MHz	I	Radio Lodi-inBlu	San Colombano al Lambro	50	kW	1660	km	258	°
09:16	90.40	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara (tent.)	Egem	50	kW	1910	km	283	°
09:16	91.80	MHz	I	RTL 102.5	Mango (tent.)	32	kW	1780	km	258	°
09:17	88.70	MHz	F	France Musique (tent.)	Lille/Bouvigny le Mont (tent.)	130	kW	1960	km	281	°
09:17	92.00	MHz	I	RTL 102.5	Castel San Pietro Terme (tent.)	79	kW	1570	km	252	°
09:18	91.10	MHz	I	Radio Zeta	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:18	91.10	MHz	I	RTL 102.5	Casnigo/Frazione Colle Bondo	4	kW	1600	km	260	°
09:19	88.20	MHz	I	RTL 102.5	Caneva (tent.)	50	kW	1420	km	257	°
09:19	88.80	MHz	I	Radio Piper	Caneva	3	kW	1420	km	257	°
09:19	90.40	MHz	I	Canale Italia	Caneva (tent.)	160	kW	1420	km	257	°
09:19	92.00	MHz	I	Viva FM (tent.)	Brescia/Mt. Maddalena (tent.)	79	kW	1590	km	258	°
09:20	87.60	MHz	I	Virgin Radio	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:20	88.70	MHz	I	Millennium	Milano	50	kW	1670	km	259	°
09:20	89.50	MHz	I	Radio Fantastica (Piemonte)	Bagnolo Piemonte/Rucas	32	kW	1840	km	259	°
09:20	90.20	MHz	I	Radio Maria	Serramazzoni (tent.)	50	kW	1620	km	253	°
09:20	90.50	MHz	I	Radio Deejay	Bagnolo Piemonte (tent.)	25	kW	1840	km	259	°
09:20	92.10	MHz	I	RAI GR Parlamento	Conco/Cima Forcella	400	kW	1480	km	257	°
09:20	92.10	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	Torino/Eremo (tent.)	200	kW	1790	km	259	°
09:21	89.10	MHz	I	Radio Fantastica (Piemonte)	Mango/Frazione San Donato (tent.)	25	kW	1780	km	258	°
09:21	91.80	MHz	I	Radio Birikina	Ragogna	6.3	kW	1370	km	257	°
09:21	91.90	MHz	I	Radio Nostalgia (Piemonte)	Magnano/Frazione Broglina	7.9	kW	1750	km	261	°
09:22	87.50	MHz	I	Radio Subasio	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:22	91.20	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:25	91.60	MHz	I	Radio Italia Uno	Netro/Regione Le Bline	16	kW	1750	km	261	°
09:28	87.70	MHz	I	Radio Italia Anni 60	Castel San Pietro Terme (tent.)	63	kW	1570	km	252	°
09:28	88.00	MHz	I	Radio Capital	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:28	90.30	MHz	I	Radio Capital	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:28	90.40	MHz	I	Radio Capital	Parzanica/Monte Creò (tent.)	7.9	kW	1600	km	259	°
09:29	89.10	MHz	I	Radio LatteMiele (Emilia Romagna)	Castel San Pietro Terme (tent.)	50	kW	1570	km	252	°
09:30	89.30	MHz	I	Radio Studio Delta	Montescudo-Monte Colomboo	50	kW	1530	km	249	°
09:31	87.60	MHz	HRV	HRT-HR 2 (tent.)	Ugljan/Mala Glava	5	kW	1350	km	245	°
09:32	89.90	MHz	G	BBC Radio 2 (tent.)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:32	91.40	MHz	I	Radio Nostalgia (Piemonte)	Mirabello Monferrato	10	kW	1740	km	258	°
09:32	92.10	MHz	G	BBC Radio 3 (tent.)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:33	88.30	MHz	I	Radio Evangelo (Bologna)	San Lazzaro di Savena	1.5	kW	1570	km	252	°
09:33	88.60	MHz	I	Radio Viva FM	Parzanica/Monte Creò-Traliccio	16	kW	1600	km	259	°
09:33	91.70	MHz	I	RAI Radio 2	Bologna/Colle Barbiano (tent.)	130	kW	1570	km	253	°
09:35	90.90	MHz	AUT	Ö1 (tent.)	Salzburg 1/Gaisberg	100	kW	1290	km	264	°
09:36	88.60	MHz	I	Radio Camaldoli Stereo	Vico Equense/Monte Faito	20	kW	1640	km	235	°
09:37	87.80	MHz	I	Radio Kiss Kiss	Cesena (tent.)	7.9	kW	1540	km	250	°
09:37	89.60	MHz	I	Radio Deejay	Castellammare di Stabia	16	kW	1640	km	235	°
09:38	87.60	MHz	I	Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana	Vico Equense/Monte Faito (tent.)	100	kW	1640	km	235	°
09:38	88.20	MHz	I	Radio 105	Vico Equense/Monte Faito (tent.)	200	kW	1640	km	235	°
09:39	87.80	MHz	I	R101	Tramonti/Monte Sant'Angelo (tent.)	10	kW	1630	km	235	°
09:40	88.70	MHz	D	Bayern 2 (tent.)	Grünten (Allgäu)	100	kW	1500	km	266	°
09:41	89.00	MHz	I	Radio Kiss Kiss	Napoli/Camaldoli Eremo (tent.)	200	kW	1640	km	236	°
09:41	91.90	MHz	I	Radio Maria	Napoli (tent.)	16	kW	1640	km	236	°
09:41	92.10	MHz	I	Radiofreccia	Napoli (tent.)	5	kW	1640	km	236	°
09:42	89.30	MHz	G	BBC Radio 2 (tent.)	Holme Moss (tent.)	250	kW	2220	km	292	°
09:42	90.90	MHz	I	Radiofreccia	Pecetto Torinese (tent.)	63	kW	1790	km	259	°
09:42	91.00	MHz	I	m2o	Milano (tent.)	50	kW	1670	km	259	°
09:43	91.20	MHz	D	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Walburg	25	kW	1530	km	267	°
09:44	87.70	MHz	D	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Wannenberg	2.6	kW	1630	km	268	°
09:44	88.50	MHz	SUI	SRF 1	Buchberg/Honegg (tent.)	0.5	kW	1620	km	267	°
09:44	88.80	MHz	I	Radio Kiss Kiss	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:45	87.90	MHz	SUI	SWR 1 Baden-Württemberg	Sankt Chrischona	5	kW	1680	km	268	°
09:45	89.70	MHz	HRV	HRT-HR 1	Biokovo/Sveti Jure	80	kW	1280	km	238	°
09:45	90.00	MHz	D	B5 aktuell (tent.)	München-Ismaning	25	kW	1370	km	267	°
09:45	90.60	MHz	SUI	SRF 1	Bettingen/St. Chrischona	33	kW	1680	km	268	°
09:45	91.30	MHz	D	Bayern 1 (tent.)	München-Ismaning	25	kW	1370	km	267	°
09:46	90.70	MHz	I	RAI Radio 2	Motta Montecorvino (tent.)	200	kW	1540	km	236	°
09:46	91.90	MHz	F	NRJ	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:47	89.50	MHz	SUI	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Sankt Chrischona	5	kW	1680	km	268	°
09:48	88.10	MHz	F	Skyrock	Dole/Mont Roland	1	kW	1860	km	268	°
09:48	88.60	MHz	F	France Culture	Mulhouse/Belvédère (tent.)	100	kW	1700	km	269	°
09:48	89.00	MHz	D	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (tent.)	5	kW	1590	km	269	°
09:48	89.20	MHz	D	SWR 1 Baden-Württemberg	Blauen	8.4	kW	1670	km	269	°
09:48	89.80	MHz	D	SWR 1 Baden-Württemberg	Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (tent.)	5	kW	1650	km	269	°
09:48	90.40	MHz	D	SWR 2	Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (tent.)	40	kW	1590	km	269	°
09:48	91.60	MHz	F	France Musique	Mulhouse/Belvédère (tent.)	100	kW	1700	km	269	°
09:49	88.20	MHz	F	Cerise FM	Mulhouse/colline de la Loh	1	kW	1710	km	269	°
09:50	91.10	MHz	D	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Villingen-Schwenningen/Marbach	1	kW	1610	km	269	°
09:50	91.30	MHz	F	Fréquence Amitié Vesoul	Vesoul/la Demie	1	kW	1790	km	269	°
09:51	88.70	MHz	F	Chérie FM (tent.)	Gray/les Capucines	1	kW	1840	km	269	°
09:52	91.80	MHz	D	SWR 2	Raichberg (tent.)	40	kW	1570	km	270	°
09:53	89.20	MHz	D	SWR 2	Ulm/Kuhberg	10	kW	1500	km	269	°
09:54	88.90	MHz	F	Mouv'	Dijon	1	kW	1880	km	269	°
09:54	89.40	MHz	I	Ciao Como Radio	Como/Monte Croce	16	kW	1660	km	260	°
10:05	89.00	MHz	F	France Culture	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°

All the stations were identified by ID jingles, RDS, playlists, podcasts, parallel frequencies or parallel web streams. Power values are ERP, distances are approximate.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

World Radio Day 2021

Happy World Radio Day!

Вітаю усіх із Всесвітнім днем радіо!

 

UA: Ukrainske Radio is back on 549 kHz

 UA: Ukrainske Radio can be heard again on the MW frequency of 549 kHz via transmitter site Mykolaiv-Luch. Reception in Kyiv is pretty good at the moment (11.00 UTC). Prior warm-up and tests of the TX have even started on the 30th of January. The transmissions are mainly targeted towards the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, at first occupied, then annexed by russian fascists in year 2014.