Issue no. 1858, Sept 11, 2015. Deadline e-mail next issue: 0800 UTC, Sept 25, 2016.

Well, time again for another SWB. This SWB-info time a huge log. SWB on HCDX : http://www.hard-core-dx.com/swb Hope you find SWB member information : http://www.hard-core-dx.com/swb/member.htm something of inter- Dateline Bogotá 1993-1998 : http://www.hard-core-dx.com/swb/Dateline.htm est there. Still the SWB latest issue/archive : http://www.hard-core-dx.com/swb/archive.htm LA on 4796 is Unid. I have tired a fesw times at 2300 QSL, kommentarer, mm . UTC but nothing Johan Letterstål . Hej, intressant grålinje. 5020 SIBC. På sekunden! there. Almost every night I record the MW band. With Jaguar tit is not possible to record SW. There was a big opening towards Venezuela on Sept 6. About 15 stations was heard with tre- mendous signals. Very exciting to again hear R Rumbos. Long time ago very strong on SW.

Carlos Goncalves Ron Howard . Picture of my local sunset recently, while listening to my shortwave radio. tried to send an xls- file as attachment. Unfortunately the virus scanner at sverige.net stops such attachments from older office packages like mine Office 2007. So the recommendation is to upgrade to avoid this to happen.

No problem at all if you use the mail address below!

Keep on …. ======R e d a k t i o n: Thomas Nilsson

E-mail: [email protected] That is a real spectacular view when DX-ing! Thanks for a nice picture. /TN

page 1 Lennart Weirell : Bara ett QSL att rapportera: Zender Azenko – 6257 e-mail 3 v.

Bo Olofsson : PAX112 på plats. Den här länken ska leda till rätt logg: http://www.furuogrund.se/pax/PAX/pax112.rtf Koax-arbetet framskrider enligt plan. /Bosse

Log (UTC)

2850 Sep2 1815 KCBS, very good with patriotic music and woman announcer. (David Sharp- NSW) 3255 Sep1 1820 BBC, via Meyerton English interview, heavy CWQRM. (AP-DNK) 3255 Sep1 1745 BBC Relay, EG, fair with African football update. (David Sharp- NSW) 3259.994 Aug30 1145 NBC Madang PNG in Pidgin, at 1145-1152. S=9 or -71dBm powerful signal into remote Brisbane unit. Light pop mx played. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 30) 3260 Aug30 -1205 NBC Madang. Yet another good day here; pop Pacific Islands music; 1201 PNG bird call; "NBC News in Brief" (item about PNG’s national oil and gas company Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited, also Nepal has banned an Indian couple from mountain climbing in that country due to digitally altered fake photographs of them on summit of Mount Everest); still semi-readable (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 3310 Sep4 0039 Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi, Quechua, comments, Bolivian songs, clear id. :"Mosoj Chaski Radio". Good and clear signal. (Méndez) 3310 Aug27 2202 R.Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba.Quechua, tks. (CGS) 3310 Sep1 1037 Mosoj Chaski, noted in passing with long-winded male announcer. Only possible with new noise-reducing aerial as faulty streetlight causes huge QRM in this area. (David Sharp- NSW) 3310 Sep4 0908 Radio Mosoj Chaski, w/ nice selection of Andean mx, poor but audible. (XM) 3320 Sep1 1830 Sonder Grense, Meyerton Afrikaans debate. (AP-DNK) 3325 Sep2 1137 presumed NBC with poor signal, but enough to convey some music, still there at 1231. Going by Ron Howard`s obs; but beware: RRI Palangkaraya is also active from before 1000 until 1700v*, per Atsunori Ishida. In fact, Bougainville was off that date, so must have been RRI, per Ron Howard: NBC Bougainville 1109-1116, Sept 3. No trace of them; clearly off the air; hearing better than normal signal from Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya; in fact last few days have not heard Bougainville at all. Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) reports Sept 1, at 0904, no NBC signal and Sept 2, again no signal at 0925. What happe- ned? Bougainville had been doing very well last month. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1111, Sept 3, with the nice patriotic song "Garuda Pancasila"; NBC Bougainville not heard this month, so no QRM`` (Glenn Hauser) 3325 Sep9 -1202* NBC Bougainville. Pop songs (Carole King with "It's Too Late," etc.); DJ in Pidgin; 1201 "NBC Bougainville" promo; into the news in progress which was immediately cut off. NBC Madang (3260) also went off the air about the same time (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 3325 Sep8 1938 NBC Bougainville, Kubu, Papua. Seit 15 Minuten zu hören, Signal wird gerade etwas besser, trotzdem sehr schwach. (73, Christoph Ratzer) 3375.1 Sep2 0909 Radio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira om with novel echo chamber effect, then yl vocalist… fading at 0955. (Wilkner) 3900 Sep2 1245 Hulun Buir PBS, good with talk by man, easy listening CC music. (David Sharp- NSW) 4009.82 Sep3 1650 Birinchi R, Krasnaya Rechka Kyrgyz talk. (AP-DNK) 4010 Sep1 1300 KGR1, good with news or similar. (David Sharp- NSW) 4055 Sep1 1010 R. Verdad, surprisingly good with ID, hymns, scripture reading. (David Sharp- NSW) 4055 Sep9 0000 Radio Verdad strong signal with religious chorale to 0005. (Wilkner) 4369U Sep5 0935 WLO Mobile Radio, w/ marine wx and traffic list (XM) 4557 Aug27 2142 Voice Of The People (cland.), Goyang.Tks. Jammed. (CGS) 4747.53 Sep9 0010 Radio Huanta 2000 Ayacucho om in Spanish chat, under massive CODAR (Wilkner) 4765 Sep2 0239 Radio Progreso, La Habana, Cuban songs, Spanish, comments. (Méndez) 4765 Sep3 1640 Tajik R 1, Yangiyul Tajik talk. (AP-DNK) 4765 Sep6 1336 (carrier + LSB), VC01 (Chinese Military numbers station). Numbers in Chinese; almost fair and blocking any chance of Tajik Radio 1 reception (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 4774.9 Sep4 0043 Radio Tarma, Tarma, Peruvian songs, Spanish, comments. (Méndez) 4774.9 Aug28 2209 R.Tarma, Tarma.Cast, mx dedications px. CODAR QRM. (CGS) 4785 Aug24 2201 R.Caiari, Pt.º Velho RO.Tks, songs, px anns., advs. Occ. CW QRM. (CGS) 4796 Sep2 0300 That unid station (presumed Radio Lípez) was noted again 02.09.16 on 4796 kHz by Eduard in Korsakov Moscow around 03:00 with weaker signal, than it was at first time 30.08.16 . (flute and talk could be heard).

page 2 Not sure of when it changed, but this year`s DSWCI DBS list of deleted stations shows the new name was last heard only three years ago: 4795,9 BOL R Lipez, Uyuni, Potosí AUG13 (Glenn Hauser, OK) 4805 Aug24 2147 R.Dif.ª do Amazonas, Manaus AM.Tks, prayer. (CGS) 4805 Sep10 2330 Radio Difusora do Amazonas,Manaus noted weak 2330 on 10 September (Wilkner) 4810 Sep4 -1845* Armenian Public R, Noratus, Gavar Noratus IS, 1816 Arabic ID, frequency ann, short ID, musical interlude, 1818 Arabic news, 1831 Armenian song, 1844 Arabic ID, closing ann. (AP-DNK) 4824.49 Sep9 0000 La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos with very weak signal best in lsb (Wilkner) 4835 Sep4 1220 JBA carrier detectable in splatter of prolonged 4840 WWCR [q.v.], presumably AIR Gangtok, unless someone report Australia reactivated today. No VL8 carriers audible now on 2325 or 2485. Other JBA carriers indicating INDIA are there on 4760, 4970, 5010 at least (Glenn Hauser, OK) 4835 Sep9 1333 AIR Gangtok (presumed) with announcers and subcontinent music/singing; programming very discernible; audio above threshold level. Another day without ABC Alice Springs NT (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 4835 Sep1 1245 AIR Gangtok, presumed with fair signal but very little copy due to very low modulation. Brief copy after 1320 but gone after 1400. (David Sharp- NSW) 4840 Aug31 0905 WWCR, Nashville TN.Tks. F/out. (CGS) 4845 Aug24 2144 R.Cultura do Amazonas, Manaus AM.Regional nx. Much better on 27/8, 2130. (CGS) 4870.57 1350 new off frequency 4870.57 (thanks to Dave Valko for exact frequency), AIR (Delhi- Kingsway), 1350 with subcontinent singing; of course best in USB to get away from RRI Wamena, which I made out to be on about 4869.88, so the AIR off set is a help to their reception. Do not recall AIR off frequency before? (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 4875.1 Sep9 0002 Rdif Roraima, Boa Vist, good signal with voice EE UTE occasionally on top. (Wilkner) 4875.14 Sep2 0918 R. Dif. Roraima,(p.) noted in passing with upbeat local music. (David Sharp- NSW) 4875.2 Aug24 2142 R.Roraima, Boa Vista RR.Songs. (CGS) 4885 Sep3 2033 Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, soccer, live matches. (Méndez) + (CGS) 4885 Sep2 0910 R. Clube do Para, (p.) ith excited talk by a man, Brasopops. Fair. (David Sharp- NSW) 4885 Sep2 0810 Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, PA variety of talk and music with strong signal (Wilkner) 4894.9 Sep4 0930 UNID ….possibly…. Radio Novo Tempo, Campo Grande, weak. (Wilkner) 4895 Sep2 1220 AIR Kurseong, looking to see if there was any activity from Mongolia and got this instead with ID and news at 1230. Strong. (David Sharp- NSW) 4910 Aug27 2141 VL8T, Tennant Creek NT.E, tks. (CGS) 4910 Sep2 0800 VL8T Tennant Creek, first noted NT stations off the air on Sept 2. (Wilkner) 4915 Aug26 2142 R.Daqui, Goiânia GO.Rlgs. propag. Much better on 27/8, 2150. (CGS) 4915 Sep2 0915 Radio Daqui Goiânia, GO good signal with Brasil Pop, om vocal and dj. (Wilkner) 4925.2 Aug28 2214 R.Educação Rural, Tefé AM.Songs, tks. CGS 4925.2 Sep9 0026 Radio Educação Rural, Tefé, AM noted good signal with melodic piano solo. (Wilkner) 4925.24 Sep1 1030 R. Educacao Rural, presumed with excited comments. (David Sharp- NSW) 4930.00 Sep1 1800 VOA Studio 7, via Moepeng Hill English ann, frequencies, Ndebele talk to Zimbabwe, mentioned African Democratic Party. (AP-DNK) 4949.7 Aug27 1914 RNA-Canal "A", Mulenvos.Tks. Weak modulation. (CGS) 4955 Aug28 2211 R.Cultural Amauta, Huanta.Quechua, tks. (CGS) 4955 Sep1 1025 Cultura Amauta, talk by a man, mensajes, local references. Fair. (David Sharp- NSW) 4970 Aug28 1342 AIR Shillong. In English with interview with an author; semi-readable. (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 4985 Aug27 2132 R.Brasil Central, Goiânia GO.F/ball px Show de Bola. (CGS) 4990 Sep4 0918 Radio Apintie, presumed, could not get more than a carrier out of this one. (XM) 4990 Sep2 0810 Radio Apintie, Paramaribo om in Dutch very weak with fading. (Wilkner) 5005 Aug31 0431 RNGE, R. Bata. Nice surprise to find them already on the air at 0431, on Aug 31; mostly with African music, with only a few announcers briefly in Spanish; poor, but better than normal; still heard at 0534 (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 5005 Sep9 0440 Radio Nacional, Bata, African songs. African and pop songs. (Méndez) 5009.71 Sep1 1750 R Nasionaly Malagasy, Ambohidrano (tent.) very weak carrier with unreadable audio. (AP-DNK) 5020 Sep9 1223 Wantok FM relay via SIBC, 1223 till tuned out 1236; non-stop pop songs, except for frequent IDs ("This is Wantok FM 96.3. Good times, great music," etc.). Seems like this new extended schedule has now become their regular daily schedule? ex: 1200* (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 5024.916 Aug30 1117 Noted a S=7 or -81dBm signal in Brisbane and Washington-WA-US state, most probably Radio Quillabamba Peru, across the southern Pacific Ocean path, South American mx heard. 1117 UT on Aug 30. Cuban Radio Rebelde is not on air at present. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 30)

page 3 5025 Aug27 2135 VL8K, Katherine NT.E, nx, mx, interview. QRM de CUB. (CGS) 5025 Aug28 0935 R.Rebelde, Bauta.Tks, mx. F/out. (CGS) 5025 Sep1 1045 R. Quillabamba, noted with huaynos, mixing with Rebelde. (David Sharp- NSW) 5035 Aug31 0610 Weak broadcast signal, presumably R. Aparecida, not enough here nor on 11854.9 to make a match. 5035 never audible here earlier in evenings, altho blocked by 5040 Cuba; Aoki gives odd schedule of 05-03 UT. 5035 has another Brazilian, R. Educação Rural, Coari, which may or may not relay R. Rio Mar, Manaus; a report of that by Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal was never confirmed by ZY DXers (Glenn Hauser, OK) 5035 Sep3 2040 Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, religious comments, id. "Radio Aparecida". // 9630 and 6135. (Méndez) 5035 Aug24 2204 R.Aparecida, Aparecida SP.Natl. nx magazine A Voz do Brasil. (CGS) 5035t Sep1 1020 R. Aparecida? Noted with talk but no ID. (David Sharp- NSW) 5035 Sep4 1040 Radio Aparecida, relig mx and PT talk. (XM) 5050 Aug28 1336 AIR Aizawl. Mixing with Guangxi Beibu Bay Radio (China); both about equal strength; AIR with comedy and BBR with singing (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 5066.4 Aug31 -1848* R.Télé Candip (p), Bunia.Silent carrier. (CGS) 5066.44 Sep1 1800 Radio Candip, fair with French news or talk, bothered by UTE. (David Sharp- NSW) 5900 Sep6 *1000- Radio Rossii, via presumed Vladivostok, *1000, Sept 6. Transmitter suddenly on and audio quickly followed; strong OTH radar (later off); news in Russian with sound bites; 1010 usual "Radio Rossii" ID; traditional Russian song; their national network. 1103 news (no OTH radar); 1110 usual "Radio Rossii" ID; pop hit song (sounded like a Prince song); their national network. Radio Rossii Primorye : by 1250 good signal strength but had intermittent crackling (assume their transmitter); 1257 not the usual Radio Rossii ID, but instead the unique ID of "Radio Rossii Primorye"; ToH time pips and usual "Radio Rossii" ID; 1300 into their national network. So 1210 to 1300 is indeed local programming (not the natio- nal network), which conforms nicely with Sei-ichi Hasegawa (Japan) posting (thanks very much Sei-ichi): "Radio Rossii Premor'e Local Px at 1210-1300UT on 5900kHz via ???(Khabarovsk). As ID "V efire Radio Rossii Primor'e". It seems to be a special service of the flood damage by typhoon"Lionrock"." My audio of ID through ToH today at http://goo.gl/UEOJFj . Special thanks to Mauno Ritola for his Russian linguistic assistance yesterday. I never would have made the con- nect from my hearing "radio companion Vladivostok" to the actual correct ID of "Gosu- darstvennaya Tele radiokompania Vladivostok ". Well done! (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 5900 Sep8 1300 Radio Rossii (national network), 1300, Sept 8. Switched from local programming to na- tional network; time pips; "Radio Rossii" ID and the news. My audio (very clear "Radio Rossii Primorye" ID) at http://goo.gl/Pv0s1c . BTW - No possibility of Radio Rossii on MW 810 reception at my QTH, as KGO San Francisco is a powerhouse here (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 5900 Sep5 *1000- Radio Rossii, with brief news or similar by woman, ID and further comment by a man. A bit of flutter but otherwise good. Happy to see this one back. (David Sharp- NSW) 5900 Sep4 1405 R. Rossii (site?). Thanks to tips from Ron Howard & Ivo Ivanov (HCDX), i caught a few minutes of RR above the noise this morning--mostly RU chat, some operatic-style singing & a nice "Radyo Rossii" ID @ 1409. Surprised the signal isn't better as most FE RU sta- tions heard in the past had usually quite good signals. (Dan Sheedy) 5900 1014 1100 Radio Rossi, Khabarovsk, presumed, no more than a threshold signal out of this one w/ similar situation on 1100 recheck. (XM) 5909.978 Aug31 0556 Alcaraván Radio likewise remeasured, compared to 5909.95 earlier. No trace of possible leapfrog mixing products around 5810 or 6110 now that both frequencies are clear. Meanwhile I received a reply early UT September 1 from QSL manager Rafael Rodríguez R. in Bogotá: ``Hola Don Glenn, Cordial saludo, hasta hoy te respondo su mensaje del pasado 18 de agosto; realmente no he tenido contacto con Martin Stendal para conocer de primera mano la realidad de las emisoras; hoy se han reactivado aunque personal- mente las noto muy bajas de señal. Pienso que ha sido una situación técnica y decisiones del propio Martin S en mantenerlas apagadas. El fin de semana, le hice llegar un mensaje vía un tercero; que sería bueno con la llegada de los acuerdos de Paz poner a funcionar las emisoras y creo tuvo eco. Ojalá pudiera chequear si te llega la señal. Buenos DX, Rafael R.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK) 5909.98 Aug31 Alcaravan Radio, good with traditional Latin music, automated (sounding) time call/ID, not heard next night. (David Sharp- NSW) 5910 Sep4 0504 Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras, Llaneras songs, id. "Alcaraván Radio... Departamento del Meta, Alcaraván Radio", "1530 AM Alcaraván Radio", at 0657: "Son las 2 de la mañana", Martin Stendal religious comments. (Méndez) 5910 Sep9 0027 Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras, upbeat mus vocalist , yl “..las palabras..cuatro de la

page 4 tarde “ back to music 0031. (Wilkner) 5915 Aug29 2206 Myama R (p), Naypiydaw.UNID lang., tks. (CGS) 5915 Aug30 2114 ZNBC-Radio 1, Lusaka.Vn, tks, tribal songs. (CGS) 5939.88 Sep1 2120 Voz Missionaria, Camboriù,Brazil, religious, fair (Bernardini) 5950 Aug30 1717 Voice Of The Tigré Revolution, Geja Dera.Vn, local songs, tks. (CGS) 5950 Sep4 1955 V. o. Tigray Revolution, Ethiopia, talks, fair stopped at 2000 by KBS (Bernardini) 5980 Sep4 -0058* Radio Chaski, Urubamba, Cusco, religious comments: "Sólo Dios..., Dios está aquí...". (Méndez) 5980 Aug24 2210 R.Chaski, Cuzco.Rlgs. chorus. Adj. QRM. (CGS) 5985 Sep1 1327 Shiokaze/Seabreeze (via Yamata).. Shiokaze's 1st day here (ex-5965, where the NK jam- mer still lurks...clueless) with Thursday's EG program. Myanmar is now unusable until after Shiokaze's 1400*. (Dan Sheedy) 5995 Sep2 *0559- Radio Mali, Bamako, tuning music, French, female, identification, comments. (Méndez) 6009.972 Sep1 0358 presumed Voice of Thy Conscience; very weak until cut off at 0359*. Back on at *0401 with carrier, and then low modulation tropical music, remeasured as 6009.978. Last night it was on hi side of 6010. At 0408, I recognize ``When the Saints Go Marchin` In``, sung in English. Nothing audible around 5910, blocked by NHK France until 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK) 6010 Sep4 0705 La Voz de tu Conciencia (p.), comments and songs. Very weak, barely audible. (Méndez) 6010 Aug26 2148 R.Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG.Tks. CGS 6010.16 Aug31 0740 LV Conciencia, (p.) with talk by a man, weaker than Alcaravan. (David Sharp- NSW) 6010.160 Aug31 0553 La Voz de tu Conciencia, first heard earlier in evening on 6010.17, remeasured now with music, but it varies audibly as a try to pin it. (Glenn Hauser, OK) 6025 Aug31 -0412* presumed Red Patria Nueva with actual audio from 0351. Not often I get any audio here, but did so today with EZL pop songs and suddenly off; poor (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 6035 Sep9 -1222* BBS. Announcer in vernacular with the usual brief breaks for indigenous music (1214 and 1217); at 1220 indigenous music/chanting/singing till suddenly off; slightly better than normal (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 6040.35 Sep1 2113 Radio Aparecida, via RB2 Curitiba, religious talks, weak, // 11854.9 11934.62 USB to avoid China (Bernardini) 6040.7 Aug27 2146 R. B2, Curitiba PR.Mass. Adj. QRM. (CGS) 6050 Sep4 *0527- ELWA Radio, Monrovia, identification, religious comments and songs. (Méndez) 6050 Sep2 1324 Asyik FM (via RTM-Kajang). After a few days of "big carrier-no modulation"/not on at all, Asyik popped back this morning very well with recorded & live in-studio ML pop, nice "almost-a-jingle" spoken "Asyik FM-Asyik FM" just before BOH & a big production RTM/Asyik station promo. (Dan Sheedy) 6070 Sep4 0916 CFRX Toronto, M and W in cmntry, fair to almost good but rapidly deteriorated. (XM) 6080 Aug31 2132 R.Marumby, Curitiba PR.Songs. QRM de CHN. // 9515 rtd. (CGS) 6089.87v Sep1 1759 FRCN Kaduna, clear "Radio Nigeria" ID by a man (presumably followed by Kaduna but missed it). Occasional comments by a woman, into news or similar. Overmodulated and warbly xmtr, drifting as low as .85-ish. Not heard next day so irregular. (David Sharp- NSW) 6090 Sep4 2009 Amhara State Radio, Ethiopia, HoA music, fair (Bernardini) 6110 Aug30 1720 R.Faja, Geja Dera (or Geja Jawe?).Vn, tks. CGS 6110 Sep4 2012 Radio Fana, Ethiopia, songs, good (Bernardini) 6115 Sep1 *1800- Radio Congo, Brazaville, news, comments, at 1831 African songs, more comments, "Ra- dio Congo, bon soir". Also with extended program 1751-1957*, Sep 3, French, news, comments, id. "Radio Congo", "Le Congo", "Amis auditeurs", African songs. (Méndez) 6115 Sep1 2208 Radio Veritas Asia, Philippines, Holy Rosary in Chinese, fair/good (Bernardini) 6115 Sep1 1810 Radio Congo, fair with news. Not noted next day so irregular. (David Sharp- NSW) 6135.2 Sep1 2213 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, A Voz do Brasil prg, fair (Bernardini) + (CGS) on Aug 24. 6160 Aug24 2205 CKZN, St. John's NL.E, nx. (CGS) 6160 Sep9 0005 CKZN St Johns yl news items then om same, with brief music bridge 0010. (Wilkner) 6173.81 Sep1 1053 R. Tawantinsuyo, noted as big her against nominal, with partial copy in LSB and tight filters. Mostly poor. (David Sharp- NSW) 6173.9 Sep4 0038 Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, comments, Peruvian songs. (Méndez) 6180 Sep1 0853 R.Nac. da Amazónia, Parque do Rodeador DF. Ruined by adj. DRM QRM. (CGS) 6190.00 Sep3 1630 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi Mongolian ann, local songs. (AP-DNK) 6284,934 Sep 11 0054 Who is Europirate on 6284.934? Playing music with OM anncr. Bumper mx between anncs. Weak in VA but definitely there. (Chuck Rippel) ------FYI - - - - HF Underground: Radio Focus International 6285 AM. 0054: Blue Suede "Hooked On A Feeling" Brian D. - Pirate Radio Shortwave Enthusiast from NY (via Ron Howard)

page 5 6301.9 Aug28 2227 R.Geronimo Short Wave (p) - pir.E, pops, tks. P-ID via DX press. (CGS) 6304.9 Aug31 1931 R.Technische Man - pir.Du/G/E, pops, ref. to a rec. rpt from Hamburg. (CGS) 6319,933 Sep11 0110 Got another on 6319.933. OM anncr breaking into music. He just gave an ID @0110 as "Radio...... " Have some fairly high noise levels here. (Chuck Rippel) 7120 Sep3 1745 Radio Hargeisa, Hargeisa, Vernacular comments. (Méndez) 7205 Sep3 1916 Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, Arabic, comments. (Méndez) 7225 Sep1 1340 Sichuan PBS2 (Chengdu). Mix of Yui chat, "traditional" sounding CH music, multi- language ID @ TOH, followed by "..the People's Radio Station, S-W 6-0-6-0, 7-2-2-5, FM 88.1.." & into TB program. 7225 bothered by a 2-3 kHz whiny het & //6060 was squ- eezed between CNR2 & RN1. (Dan Sheedy) 7255 Sep3 *1758- Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, tuning music, id. "This is The Voice of Nigeria, broadcasting to Africa on 7255 kHz, 41 meter band". News and comments. (Méndez) 7259.959 Aug30 1105 Vanuatu noted on SDR unit in downunder Brisbane Queensland Australia. Co-channel lesser strength QRM of 7259.991 kHz, tentativelly of PBS Xinjiang from CNR Urumqi China ? - or 7259.991 kHz UNIDentified Ulanbataar Mongolia in Mongolian language. 1105 UT on Aug 30. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 30) 7260 Sep4 1127 R. Vanuatu, 1127-1210 & 1233-1338. Another outstanding day here; certainly one of their best receptions; continuing with their recently extended schedule, which am happy to say now seems to be their regular schedule; 1132-1201 non-stop monologue in vernacular; ID "Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila"; into Pacific Islands songs. 1308 "local news . . Vanuatu" in vernacular; regional news ("Minister of Foreign Affairs from New Zealand, Murray McCully," about improvement of Kiribati’s waste management, water and sanitation, as well as maritime safety; Prime Minister of Samoa about food security and local markets; etc.); "sports news" (New Caledonia beats Papua New Guinea 4-1, etc.); 1318 ends with main news items again; "Radio Vanuatu" ID; news & sports surprising readable; into C&W song in English and more music; // 3944.2 (poor). My audio today at http://goo.gl/6xn0Cq (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 7265 Aug30 1223 Azad Kashmir Radio. Very much appreciate Dave Valko's help in confirming I m hearing AKR, as he was listening via remote today and heard same type of music (repetitive) as I was. Nice to have it confirmed AKR does not sign off at 1215*, as per Aoki. Am hearing this much stronger than last year! After 1230 is unusable due to CNR2 signing on with strong signal (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 7295 Sep6 1026 R. Sakha, via Yakutsk. Pop songs; 1051 usual "Radio Sakha" ID, along with ads; ToH Jew's Harp IS and time pips; almost fair. 7295 the stronger transmitter, with // 7345 much weaker. (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 7345 Aug28 1216 Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, brief check at 1216. Traditional music; clearly today, even with CNR1 QRM, this frequency was much stronger than clear, but unusable // 7295. Have not been able to to hear the reported spur on 7395 (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 9410 Aug28 1143 Fu Hsing BS (p.), 1143 & brief check at 1215. This one continues to be off the air much more than they are on; weak, but signal slowly improved. Dave Valko, via remote in Ja- pan, was also hearing them today; their 9774 remains silent (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 9515 Aug26 2116 R.Marumby, Curitiba PR.Polit. propag. segments, advs., songs. CGS 9515 Sep1 2048 Radio Marumby, Curitiba, Brazil, talks, songs, weak (Bernardini) 9525.9 Aug31 1536 Voice Of Indonesia, Cimanggis.Mand, tks, mx. (CGS) 9525.9 Sep9 1319 VOI. "Today in History" (today is "National Sports Day" in Indonesia; the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was established this date in 1948; this date 2004 there was a car bombing of Australian embassy in Jakarta); fairly readable even with prominent audio hum; recently doing fairly well (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 9545 Sep2 0500 SIBC, running well past their usual 0500 time for going off the air; 0500-0606; ABC news in English 0500-0505; another Australian program with long segment about a fan who died a violent death at a rugby game in Port Moresby (PNG); good number of com- mercial announcements and PSAs; 0531 into music program; at times well heard. My clear audio of PSA, ads, etc. at goo.gl/hpTST3 (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 9564.98 Sep1 2052 Super Rádio Deus é Amor, Curitiba, Brazil, usual religious talks, fair (Bernardini) 9565 Aug28 0945 SRDA.Songs, rlgs. propag. Adj. QRM. F/out. (CGS) 9580 Aug30 1145 R.Australia, Shepp. VIC.E to Pacific, interview, mx, nx at 1200. Deteriorating. Adj. QRM de MRC on 9575. (CGS) 9580 Sep3 1356 RA. RA doing well today //12085 (very not so good) with 12065 possibly replaced by 15240 (imaginary-level audio sounded // to 9580). A re-check on 4 Sept. @ 1410 found 9580 (good)/12085 (poor) with nothing heard on 12065 or 15240. (Dan Sheedy) 9630 Aug28 0946 R.Aparecida.Mx px O Canto da Terra,..., tks. Adj. QRM. F/out. (CGS) 9635 Sep2 *0759- Radio Mali, Bamako, tuning music, female, identification, comments, French. (Méndez) 9635 Aug26 1318 R.Mali, Kati.F, nx. Vy. weak modulation. (CGS) 9635.8 Aug28 1005 R.Voice Of Vietnam, Son Tay.Vietn, tks, mx. F/out. (CGS)

page 6 9645.37 Sep1 2025 Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, Brasil, sport, weak (Bernardini) 9645.4 Aug26 2127 R.Bandeirantes, São Paulo SP.Tks abt. f/ball. Adj. QRM. (CGS) 9650 Sep3 0700 Radio Guinea, Conakry, French, identification: "Radio Guinée, Conakry", news, African songs, program "La Matinel du Radio Guinée", at 0730 religious catholic program "Le jour du Seigneur ", at 0800 "Radio Guinée, L'actualité", news. Also initiating program *0602-0805, Sep 4, African songs, id. "Vous ecoutez Radio Guinée", at 0731 religious program: "La Voix de l'Evangile de l'Eglise catholique", 0800 news, African songs. (Méndez) 9650 Aug30 2123 R.Guinée. Vn, tks. Adj. QRM. (CGS) 9650 Sep1 2220 Radio Guinéè, Conakry, nice Afro songs, good (Bernardini) 9650 Sep1 1820 Radio Guinea, good with local hilife, talk by a man, Cora instrumental bridges. (David Sharp- NSW) 9664.9 Aug25 2142 R.Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC.Songs px, TCs. (CGS) 9664.9 Sep4 2112 Voz Missionaria, Florianopolis, Brazil, songs, fair/good //5939.9 (Bernardini) 9665 Sep1 0850 R.Voz Missionária.Mx px, tks. Co-ch. QRM de KRE. F/out. (CGS) 9680 Aug31 0504 Voice of Hope Africa. In English; announcer with African accent giving today's program schedule; several IDs; religious singing; mostly fair (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 9724.9 Aug26 2131 R. B2, Curitiba PR.R.Aparecida relay, px Cantinho Sertanejo. (CGS) 9724.9 Sep1 2104 Radio Aparecida, via RB2 Curitiba, Brazil, weak // 11854.9 11934.62 (Bernardini) 9730 Aug30 0927 Myanma R (p), Yegu.Songs, tks. F/out. (CGS) 9745 Aug28 1949 Firedragon. Strong signal of FD non-stop musical jamming against RFA; unable to tell if CNR1 also used (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 9818.96 Sep1 2039 Rádio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, Brazil, religious songs, fair (Bernardini) 9819 Aug28 1005 R. 9 de Julho.Tks, songs. Adj. QRM. F/out. (CGS) 9835 Aug28 1900 Sarawak FM. In vernacular; playing pop songs; // 11665, which was a relay of Sarawak FM; both equal strength. Rare that I listen at this time. BTW - After the reactivation of Asyik FM on 6050, on Aug 22, have been checking for other stations returning to SW, but as of Aug 28, both Radio Klasik (5965) and Traxx FM (7295) both remain silent. Now 7295 has Radio Sakha (Russia) broadcasting there (Ron Howard, Calif., USA) 9835 Aug28 1008 Sarawak FM via RTM, Kajang.Nx, mx & songs. F/out. (CGS) 9885.02 31.8 *1930- R Prague, via Noratus, Gavar, *1930-2030* celebrating its 80 years on shortwave! Two Noratus IS, English ID, 1931-2000 R Prague IS, Czech programme; 2001 Noratus IS and English ID, R Prague IS, Czech ID, Anthem, English news, Heritage Day, 2014-2027 English interview about developments in broadcasting during these 80 years, special QSL promised. (AP-DNK) 11580 Aug28 *0130- Radio Northern Ireland, signed on with the "Lincolnshire Poacher," heard a clear "Northern Ireland," and possibly an address. Difficult to hear much else because of the jamming on this frequency aimed at earlier WRMI programs and still going. Signal was fair, but because of the jamming pretty much unintelligible. (Aug. 28, 2016) Earlier on 15770 from 2054 t/in until 2114 t/out had something unid on this freq. RNI scheduled for 2100 s/on, but signal too weak to determine if this was it. Was best in LSB. Appeared to be EG with some mx. (XM) 11735 Aug26 1315 R.Transmundial, St.ª M.ª RS.Tks. Co-ch. QRM. (CGS) 11735 Sep1 1857 Radio Transmundial, Santa Maria, Brasil, talks, great id, weak/fair NO ZBC. (Bernardini) 11735 Aug26 1509 Zanzibar BC, Dole.Swah, local songs. (CGS) 11764.6 Aug28 1245 SRDA.Tks. Adj. QRM. (CGS) 11764.63 Sep1 1903 Super Rádio Deus é Amor,Curitiba, Brasil, songs, fair (Bernardini) 11780 Sep1 2057 Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brazil, songs, fair/good (Bernardini) 11815 Aug28 1110 R.Brasil Central.Px Goiás (...), tks, mx. Adj. QRM. F/out. (CGS) 11815 Sep1 2034 Rádio Brasil Central, Goiana, Brasilian songs, weak/fair (Bernardini) 11854.9 Aug31 1118 R.Aparecida.Tks. (CGS) 11854.9 Sep1 2030 Radio Aparecida, Brasil, talks, fair (Bernardini) 11860 Sep1 1906 Radio Sana'a, via Saudi Arabia, talks about Yemen and Algeria, good (Bernardini) 11925.2 Aug30 1150 R.Bandeirantes. "Bandeirantes Informa" (t), pops, advs., nx. Adj. QRM at 1200. (CGS) 11925.24 Sep1 1909 Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, Brasil, talks politics, weak (Bernardini) 11934.6 Aug26 2133 R. B2, Curitiba PR.R.Aparecida relay Cantinho Sertanejo. Adj. QRM. (CGS) 11934.62 Sep1 2059 Radio Aparecida, Curitiba, Brazil, religious prg fair //11854.9 (Bernardini) 12065 Sep1 0925 R.Australia, Shepp. VIC.E to Pacific, RN Drive px, tks on home polit., ..., nx. Deteriora- ting slowly. (CGS) 15190.01 Aug31 1115 R.Inconfidência.Tks. Still w/ dreadful modulation. (CGS) 15415 Aug31 2150 R.Australia, Shepp. VIC.E to Pacific, interviews, nx at 2200. (CGS) 15720 Aug29 2215 R.NZi, Rangitaiki.E, Pacific reg. nx. (CGS)

page 7 Some logs in 2330 - 0115 UT range, Sept 1 / Sept 2 4009.889 KGZ Kyrgyz Radio 1 Bishkek, S=9+30dB in Moscow Russia great signal and modulation, but \\ 4819 kHz unit WAS NOT ON AIR at 0025 UT. At 0051 UT 4009.884 kHz 4949.729 AGL Radio Nacional Angola at 0053 UT on Sept 2, S=8 or -70dBm in Moscow. 5009.997 IND AIR Thiruvananthapuram, S=9+10dB in Moscow, Russia 5085.123 USA WTWW Lebanon TN, at 0055 UT Sept 2, S=9 in Moscow 5909.973 CLM Alcaravan Radio, great Latin AM mx, S=9+5dB -71dBm great signal from downunder to Germany 5915,0 CHN CRI English from Kashgar site, but also Myanmar 5914.993 MMR equal level at 2352 UT, S=8 or -74dBm. 5985.001 MMR Myanmar Radio Yangoon, at 0000 UT, two units?, but noted on odd fq 5985.7v kHz before 0000 UT. 6089.959 BRA Radio Bandeirantes 2330 UT 6090.002 G Anguilla English 6135.206 BRA Radio Aparecida, 0018 UT Sept 2nd, and another weaker stn on 6134.819 kHz unstable fq signal, 3 - 4 Hertz hopping ??? 6180.019 BRA - probably, totally UNDERNEATH of co-channel 6180even CHN CRI Kashgar English, S=9+30dB here in Germany at 0023 UT on Sept 2. 7199.998 THA Myanmar R, 2338 UT 7490.016 USA WBCQ En, 2345 UT, TX not stable, jumps 3 - 5 Hertz up and down, "Freedom Radio" play 7259.990 CHN CNR PBS Xinjang Kashgar 9315,0 EGY Radio Cairo Spanish scheduled, but heard only BUZZ tone - no modulation observed at 0058 UT, S=9+20 or -61dBm strong tx signal. 9480 SNG? Unid stn location, heard BBCWS program at 0100 UT, S=9+20dB signal strength, same as \\ 9410 Oman, and 15310 Thailand relay. Could be Kranji Singapore relay on test ? (73 wb)

Contributors to the log: wb, Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA DXLD, DXPlorer, A-DX Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain Glenn Hauser, Enid, OK, USA (also from WOR&DXLD) AP-DNK, Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, USA Giampiero Bernardini Milano, Italia Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, USA Charles Rippel, VA, USA David Sharp, NSW, AUS Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA XM - Cedar Key - Florida Carlos Goncalves, Lissabon, Portugal Christoph Ratzer, Salzburg, Austria

Station news

AUSTRALIA. Betreff: ABC Northern Territory Shortwave Services . Dear Mr Kuhl, Thank you for your note. The service you are referring to will be re-established next Tuesday morning at 9am local time. Kind Regards, ABC Reception Advice, Communications Networks ------9 am local time Tuesday Sept 13 in NT = 2330 UT Monday Sept 12. GlennHauser via DXLD

FALKLAND ISLANDS. The former Falkland Islands Radio Service, which sometimes informally identified on air as 'Falklands Radio', has now made it official. Falklands Radio has a revamped website at a new URL - www.radio.co.fk - offering live audio streaming when they are carrying their own programming, and a programme guide indicating when that is. Observed online this morning (2 September 2016) opening with a news bulletin from BFBS at 10:00 followed by their own Breakfast Show at 10:10 UT. (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online via DXLD)

NORGE . 4 BC txer av 5 på LKB LLE er nå i gang hver med sin sendeplan. Denne vil bli publisert når vi ser at alt funker bra, men alt nå er det mulig å sende rapporter! LLE-2 1314 kHz 250 watts usually at 180 watts AM license 1kW LLE-3 5895 kHz 100 watts USB 25 watts AM license 1kW LLE-4 1611 kHz 250/125 watts USB 65 watts AM broadcast license 1kW LLE-FM 103,8 mHz 50 watts, FM test license 126 watts Reports to: [email protected] and/or [email protected] (Svenn Martinsen via [DX-LISTENERS' CLUB]

page 8 RUSSIA . Hi Wolfie, The first-hand info on the R Rossii SW transmissions has appeared in our open_dx mailing list. I believe you'll get it from Anatoly Klepov on Sunday in a Google-translated version -- but surely it's better to use the hu- man-translated one. ======I visited the Roskomnadzor Primorye branch office on Sep 05 and was told that reactivated R Rossii SW transmissions go on the air from Vladivostok/Razdolnoye. Here is the schedule: 0200-0700 7245 0700-1000 9895 1000-1500 5900 1500-2100 7350 All frequencies are heard well in Vladivostok. (Sergey, RV3DSA/0, currently in Vladivostok, via Anatoly Klepov / RUS-DX, Moscow, in open_dx) = = = = = My comment: indeed, the time slot 1210-1300 is used for Radio Rossii Primorye (confirmed by listening via Australian KiwiSDR yesterday, Sep 06). Quite late for the local programming, as it was 2210-2300 in Vladivostok; that's a bit strange, By the way, most of the air time in this slot was given to parliamentary candidates who presented their election platforms. So maybe this is another reason for the temporarily SW revival, in addition to the Lionrock caused damage? Elections will take place on Sep 18. (Best 73s, Dmitry Kazan, RUS via Wofgang Büschel)

Other radio news

[A-DX] DK8OK: PropLab 3.1: How Propagation really works

Spannendes von Nils Schiffhauer

Ich habe mich mal wieder auf die Ionosphären-Reise begeben: Die Software PropLab gibt es seit einigen Tagen in der Version 3.1, die nun auch einschließlich direkter Besorgung aller aktuellen Ionosphärendaten im Internet ebenfalls unter Windows 10 läuft.

PropLab ist die einzige mir bekannte Software, die das sogenannte Raytracing in 2D und sogar in 3D (unter Berücksichti- gung des Erdmagnetfeldes beherrscht. Dieses einzigartige Plus resultiert in einer weitaus realistischeren Modellierung, als sie Programme wie VOACAP bieten. Vor allem profitieren davon DXer, die es auf nur kurzzeitige Empfangschancen abgesehen haben, die bei anderen Programmen mit ihrem rein statistischen Ansatz verschütt geht.

Nicht zuletzt zeit die Software sehr schön Mehrwegausbreitung, wie der Rundfunkhörer sie z.B. in DRM mit DREAM bequem nachvollziehen kann (View -> Evaluation Dialog -> Channel -> Impulse Response).

Auf meiner Website habe ich dazu eine kleine Information mit vier hoffentlich instruktiven Screenshots veröffentlicht: http://goo.gl/3mU946

(73 Christoph Ratzer via A-DX)

Photo visit to HAARP

ALASKA. Visit to HAARP , AREA 49, Gakona Alaska --- Um colega postou no Reddit amateurra- dio sua visita ao HAARP (instalação que para os que acreditam em teorias da conspiração cria terremotos e queima a ionosfera, haha) Muito legal as fo- tos! http://imgur.com/gallery/6vXRW (Huelbe Garcia, PU3HAG, Aug 29, radioescutas yg via DXLD) and be sure to click on the 27 more photos link at the bottom (gh)

What a great set of excellent hi res photos for HAARP! Always wanted to see better details and now I can. Thanks PU3HAG for sharing!

(Don, VE6JY via DXLD)

page 9 Powering Your Perseus (or any 5VDC SDR): Does The Source Matter? SDRs like the Perseus and Cloud-IQ are sold with switching 5VDC power supplies. While the Perseus PSU is in fact rather quiet, I am no fan of switching power supplies...... Read the full story here at Bjarne Mjelde's blog at http://arcticdx.blogspot.se/ /TN

A look a DX ing thirty years ago. Best 73s, Bob Wilkner

Bob! Thanks a lot for sharing this interesting bulletin from 1982. /TN

page 10 Danish Shortwave Club International AGM announcement As you all know , we decided at our Extraordinary Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Tarp on May 09, 2015, that the DSWCI shall be dissolved by the end of 2016. Thus we have invited our members to join our last AGM which will be held at the longwave transmitter in Kalundborg on the west coast of Zealand on October 08 at 1400 hours local time. Participation now closed for further entries. There will be a reduced agenda due to dissolving the club. Their member Jens Christian Seeberg will show us around on the Kalundborg radiostation. In the evening Dinner is served to celebrate the 60 years Jubilee of the DSWCI. At present we expect 40 persons, incl. spouces, from 15 countries to be present at the AGM and Jubilee Dinner in Kalund- borg. Former producer of “Media Network” from Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, Jonathan Marks, has just confirmed, that he will be our guest. Anker Petersen.

Selected items copied from DX-Window. We all in SWB hope you will have an excellent AGM and it is with mixed feelings we see this old club terminates its activity. /TN

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