WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News
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BC-DX 1646                                                  1 March 2026
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ARMENIA   864 kHz usual USSR standard 260 meters tall mast antenna.
Gavar Radio Center. AREZ Antenna. February 23, 2026. Photo: 

<https://vk.com/wall-158109176_4047>

<https://vk.com/club158109176>
(via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1383 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 1)

ARMENIA   864 kHz non-directional antenna.

Due to internet outages and satellite disruptions, our news program will
be broadcast in Iran from 8:00 PM Iranian time on
medium wave / AM 864 kHz. Medium wave can also be received on car radios.
AM/MW band

<https://www.bdxc.org.uk/mideastMW.pdf>

Radio Iran Azad was first heard in mid-January 2026. The opening announce-
ment in Persian has been transcribed as follows:

"This is Radio Iran Azad. Every night from 8 o'clock Iran time, it broad-
casts on 864 kHz. You can listen to the programmes of Radio Iran Azad on
the car radio as well... If you hear our voice, please contact this number
2-0-44-79-39-48-44-66  {UK-44  phone number, ed.}.

Radio Iran Azad, the voice of freedom for the people of Iran".
Time/UTC    Days   Language  kHz  Transmitter site         kW
1630-1700v  Daily  Persian   864  Yerevan-Gavar, Armenia   1000

This transmission has been observed to come on at around 1615 UT with
what is presumed to be filler music from the transmitter provider in
Armenia, 'AR Radio Intercontinental', until time pips at 1630 UT and the
opening announcement in Persian. This is followed by a news-based pro-
gramme, including reports in English spoken over in Persian. The end of
the broadcast appears to be information on using Starlink, with the same
filler music taking it through to 1715 UT - when the transmitter goes off.

<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/z2hh6lsmw60jij63ha28d/2026-02-
23_ART3-864_kHz.jpg?rlkey=mrqvvihwymj9acxrujja5go9j&dl=0>

2026-02-23_ART3-864_kHz -Gavar- [ Radio Iran Azad / ManotoNews ]

<https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/2027780165510590609>
(Roger Thauer-D, wor Febr 28)

AUSTRALIA   11875 kHz  'Reach Beyond Australia' from Kununurra SW site,
heard at 13.40 UT on Febr 16. Christian music followed by a lesson on the
Prophet Elijah at 1342 UT. Poor-fair.
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

BOLIVIA  3310 kHz  Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba - in Spanish to Bolivia,
Febr 26 at 0005-0012 UT. Comments by YL, a music in a Bolivian style. S=4.
(Rudolf Grimm, Ibiuna-SP-BRA  #462, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 26)

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA   National broadcaster of BiH suspends regular pro-
gramming amid financial crisis

<https://english.news.cn/20260227/94bc7e8afdd64f62a8eea42751f58932/c.html>

National broadcaster of BiH suspends regular programming amid financial
crisis.

The Radiotelevision of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) on Thursday suspended
regular programming for one day amid a deepening financial crisis, marking
the first such interruption since its establishment.

According to BHRT, mounting debts for taxes, salaries, electricity and
heating have pushed the state broadcaster to the brink of collapse. Among
its largest liabilities is a debt to the European Broadcasting Union(EBU),
which has risen to around 22 million convertible marks (KM) (about
13.3 million U.S. dollars), including interest.

The deadline for settling the debt to the EBU expires in two days, raising
the possibility of a prolonged blocking of BHRT's accounts,the broadcaster
said.

To highlight the severity of the situation and the risk of shutdown, BHRT
aired a black screen throughout the day, broadcasting only regular news
programs at scheduled times.

Acting Director General Belmin Karamehmedovic said the financial crisis
dates back to 2017 and questioned how long the broadcaster can continue
operating, noting that about 60 percent of employees receive minimum
wages. Program director Neda Tadic described the decision as difficult
but unavoidable.

BHRT management called on the Parliamentary Assembly and the Council of
Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide urgent financial support.

EU Delegation Head Luigi Soreca earlier stressed that a stable and inde-
pendent public broadcasting system remains a key EU priority for BiH, in
line with the European Commission's 2019 Opinion outlining 14 reform pri-
orities for the country's EU accession path.
(Xinhua Sarajevo-BIH, via Mike Cooper-GA-USA, wor Febr 26)

BRAZIL   11780 kHz // 6180 kHz, Febr 25 at 0750 UT, RNA announcing s/on of
the two SW frequencies, despite having been running for quite a while,
often by 0730 UT. And right into token English, another ep about RNA's
founding in March1974, admittedly originally broadcast in March 2024. Par-
que Rodeador became one of the largest radio sites anywhere and Brasil's
first opportunity to reach the whole world. Barely into it when time is up
by 0754 UT ID and switch to Spanish.

6180 kHz Febr 20 at 07.50UT, token English from RNA, indeed no more samba-
school stuff, but about RNA's own early history, at Parque Rodeador. Be-
lieve I have heard this before, so not really new.Was started during mili-
tary dictatorship 50 years ago in 1974, to counter hostile Cold War broad-
casts into Brazil in Portuguese, such as RHC. Speakerine Nathalia Mendes.
At 07.55 UT into Spanish. This time much weaker // on 11780 kHz.

{ 6179.996 & 11780.009 kHz measured Saturday  Febr 28 at 09.50 UT, ed.}
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Febr 20 -25)

5939.44 kHz much frq oddity, Voz Missionaria - Camboriu, SC-BRA; at 0830
UT. Lively music and a constant announcer waffle over the songs. Pretty
excited stuff to get the day going, and not sounding very preachy! A weak
signal at first, but improved rapidly to a fair level in the summer noise,
on Febr 11.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

BULGARIA    Radio Bulgaria turns 90 (shortened).

Radio Bulgaria's English Service:
A legacy of distinguished voices by E. Radkova.

Nine decades ago, in 1936, the first pilot broadcasts began from Radio
Sofia, successor to the public Rodno Radio founded in 1930. Shortly after-
wards, Radio Sofia started broadcasting to regions beyond Bulgaria. Today,
these programmes are united under the name Radio Bulgaria - the inter-
national service of the Bulgarian National Radio [...] The English service
was launched soon after the first international broadcasts to Europe,
North Africa and North America.

Initially aired in Esperanto, the programmes later expanded to French,
German, English and Italian. In its early years, foreign-language editions
were produced by freelance contributors, including the distinguished
broadcaster Petar Uvaliev, who prepared the Italian-language programmes,
and the opera director Mihail Hadzhimishev, who presented English-language
content [...]

Many prominent figures in Bulgaria began part of their professional path
in the English section.

Raina Konstantinova started in the English Service, responsible for cor-
respondence with listeners. She later became Director of Radio Bulgaria,
Deputy Director of Bulgarian National Radio, and Director of the Radio
Department at the European Broadcasting Union. On a previous anniversary
she said:

"Radio Bulgaria is not simply a part of the Bulgarian media; it is a uni-
que institution with high standards of journalism. To me it is more than a
workplace — it is a place where the world comes into touch with a genuine
Bulgaria, with all its uniqueness and complexity. During the first decade
of the 21st century radio became global, fulfilling the aspirations of
many generations of broadcasters".

CNN anchor Ralitsa Vassileva was also part of the English section. She
joined the service in 1987 as a translator and announcer before continuing
her professional career at CNN International.

Long-time journalist TodorTokin dedicated 15 years to the Central Informa-
tion Service — Radio Bulgaria's reporting team — and to the English-
language editorial office. "We had a very rich programme," he recalled.
Alongside daily news and commentary, there was a weekly show,Top of Bulga-
rian Pops, presenting the ten most popular Bulgarian songs.

Among the professionals in the English-language team were distinguished
figures from Bulgaria's music and film scene.

Pop singer Theodore Shishmanov, founding member of Tonika SV, worked in
the English section between 1985 and 1988. He joined the multilingual
service with the encouragement of rock musician Georgi Minchev, who
collaborated with the French section. Shishmanov served as an editor and
contributed to music programmes, including a weekly pop chart and a
monthly show presented by Minchev.

Djoko Rosic, the actor known for his distinctive voice, was part of the
foreign-language programmes for 17 years. He later became a celebrated
screen actor. In a 2002 interview, he reflected: "Only those with a per-
fect command of languages could do the job — and they were intellectuals.
That is why many dissidents later emerged from Foreign Broadcasts. From
today's perspective, one might say that we were producing propaganda for a
party or a regime, but I am not ashamed of a single line I wrote during
that period."

Radio Bulgaria's English broadcasts reach audiences worldwide. The edito-
rial team covers news and current affairs, alongside programmes dedicated
to Bulgaria's history, culture, tourism and contemporary life. Bulgarian
folklore and contemporary music remain an integral part of the programm-
ing [...]

<https://bnrnews.bg/en/post/428374/radio-bulgarias-english-service-a-
legacy-of-distinguished-voices>   (excerpted)

(Radio Bulgaria, via pres. Michael Bethge-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

BULGARIA {IRAN non}   Iran Intl TV relay on 5885 kHz via Spaceline Ltd.
via SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria relay site today Febr 28 at
20.35 UT,signal not strong, less stronger than USAGM Kuwait relay on 5860
kHz of Radio Farda too in Persian.

5885 kHz Febr 28 at 1720 & 1825 UT, S7/S8 into Riyadh SDR
remotedly, presumed Farsi talk, from Iran International TV, which is TO,
NOT FROM ! Iran. Website translates nicely to English, but nothing ob-
vious about SW broadcasts, just started ?

<https://www.iranintl.com/en>

From time to time, related messages appear in the separate TV livestream
window!
<https://www.iranintl.com/>

<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2fm1nx1tnqgkljo2guhey/2026-02-
28_Iran-International-on-SW.png?rlkey=6cg0j0ldo0scu0jtc5f5p2jhu&dl=0>

(The website <https://www.iranintl.com> is run by Volant Media in London -
Michael Bethge-D)

Analysis with Gemini AI:

This image contains several texts in Persian related to a news network
(Iran International). Here are the texts extracted from the different
parts of the image:
 
Left section (Radio information) "Iran International on shortwave".
To receive, you need a radio with the shortwave band (SW).

Iran local time: 
06:30 to 19:30 on 12110 kHz (ex 9500 kHz) 
19:30 to 06:30 on  5885 kHz. With you 24 hours a day. Central section
(Breaking news) Breaking news | Ali Khamenei killed. Network logo:
IRAN International.
(Roger Thauer-D, wor Febr 28)

CHINA   4500 even kHz  P.R. domestic radio program PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi
site, in listed Mongolian language, on Febr 18 at 0147-0207 UT (4500.000
kHz per UTwente, fair/ no audio due to strong carrier on), music program
w/ slow music, Chinese woman lyrical chant, at 0151 UT woman brief announ-
cement, woman slow local song, woman DJ brief announcement, woman local
lively folk song, woman talk, slow music, time pips at 0200 UT, woman and
man announcements, slow music break, other man talk (news?) w/ brief music
breaks and woman brief talk, other man talk over local music, slow music;
heard in USB/LSB sync, non stop rapid no deep qsb, moderate to loud qrn
rustle, qrm brief light codar, fair/ almost fair/ from about 0200 UT poor/
almost fair; in // 6190 kHz, almost good to almost fair (6189.996 kHz per
Uni Enschede Twente remote SDR unit, fair/ almost fair),
(Gianni Serra-Roma-Italy; direct and via wor Febr 18)

9820 kHz  'Voice of Beibu Bay Radio' - Nanning bc center site, at 12.20
UT, Vietnamese to SoEaAS target. Commentaries and occasional light pop mu-
sic. Heavy QRM at equal strength with the co-channel CNR2 - Xian. // 5050
kHz also heard at good strength. Febr 14.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

9720 kHz  'Voice of South China Sea' - from Nanning site, 12.00-12.30 UT
in Filipino to SoEaAS. News and then a cultural program. Good signal, but
with what sounded like some type of jamming, although I'm not sure who
would jam this programming. Febr 14.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

CHINA   6100 kHz at around 23:00 UT - Firedrake Music Jamming again ?

Symphonia de Pots & Pans; Crash & Bang suite.
FYI, once you've heard 'real' Firedrake / Firedragon jamming, increasingly
rare, you'll recognize that its high-energy percussion, never vocals, is
quite different than the regular Chinese music fill inhabiting 'Portuguese'
and several other language services. 73, Glenn Hauser

So I've been hearing Chinese music on 6100 kHz for the past week or so
around 2300UT and EIBI database frq request list says it's CRI but all I'm
hearing is music playing so it could possibly be the firedrake jammer? It
probably is because all I'm hearing is music and it's kind of strong.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, & Harold Frodge-CAN,  hcdx & odxa Febr 19 / 24)

COLOMBIA   6010.01 kHz 'La Voz de tu Conciencia' (tent.), Puerto Lleras
on Febr 11 at 0501-0515 UT (6010.007 kHz per Uni Enschede Twente remote
SDR unit, no audio/ barely audible at times w/ 3.82 kHz filter), woman and
man unclear talk in turns (more likely with Spanish accent), brief slow
music pause, continuing unclear talk by woman and two men, from about 0511
UT slow music for about one minute, again man and woman unclear talk;
heard better in usb/ lsb sync, non stop rapid no much deep qsb, loud
rustle qrn, barely audible at times in am/ poor or very poor in SSB sync.
(Gianni Serra-Roma-Italy; direct and via wor Febr 13)

CUBA   11760 kHz at 0230 UT on 2026-Febr-21. Radio La Habana Cuba, un-
known language. Not English. Noisy 'windhowl'. IS clearly heard with
Havana and Cuba as ID. Music heard later. Poor signal though.
20260221_0230_UT_11760_khz_Cuba_R_Habana_Cuba.mp4

Language tentat. Spanish ? French ? Kriyol ?
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, hcdx Febr 22)

Jean-Michel Aubier-F wrote "... It sounds like Creole language."

RHC  La Habana Cuba on 11760 kHz, on Sunday Febr 22 at 03.35 UT likely
in Port ? or Kryol ? S=8-9 in Athens GRC, Pardinho Brazil, Sao Paulo re-
motedly.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

5025 kHz  'Radio Rebelde' at 0810 UT. Upbeat music, Spanish lang. ballads,
talk by woman in Spanish. Lively Cuban jazz with horns, congas, after the
half hour. F/G with just little 4-band "World Traveler" portable with whip
antenna. Fair to Good. Febr 16.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Febr 27)

11880 kHz  RHC La Habana at 2000 UT on Febr 22. The best time to catch RHC
in English here in NorthWestFlorida, at 2000-2100 UT. Always local level
and the one transmitter which works almost flawlessly compared to the
others.

The same transmitter is used for Spanish on 11760 kHz at equal excellent
level until highly variable 1600-ish switch to 11880 kHz. Or sometimes,
they don't bother to switch and stay on 11760kHz. Or sometimes, they never
bother to come up on 11880 kHz, like this day. Maybe  Millennial Miguel
(who never got to learn "responsibility" from Prof. Arnaldo de Jesus Coro
Antich) is on coffee breaks when this happens ?
(Terry L Krueger-FL-USA, hcdx & wor Febr 3)

11760kHz noted in most EXCEL table frequency definitions some decade ago
delivered by Señor Prof. Arnaldo Coro CO2KK, as RHC radio signal via 'deep
angle fountain like used non-dir antenna -- which is visible in Google
Earth and Google Maps -- into Caribbean bassin and Central AM states tar-
get, via once Made in USSR Quivican San Felipe bcast center site. ed.

9710 kHz  Radio Habana Cuba at 0115UT. Good with SW-2000629 and 20' indoor
wire. Male annmt, talking about CIA backed coup in Guatemala in the 1950s.
Good signal and even good modulation here tonight. Good signal on Febr 25.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via odxa/wor Febr 27)

Radio La Habana Cuba tonite. RHC on 9710 kHz continued in Portuguese ser-
vice from 0300 to 0330 UT with a fairly good signal, record:

<20260227_0300_UT_9710_khz_Cuba_R_Habana_Cuba_Portuguese.mp4>

Then at 0330 UT they cleanly flipped to English

<20260227_0331_UT_9710_khz_Cuba_R_Habana_Cuba_English.mp4>

Here's a curious thing about the English segment. Most of it was 'news'
reporting by Ed Newman, but at about 0413 UT (43 minutes into the clip),
they played the song 'Stand by Me' by John Lennon from his Rock'N'Roll
LP !  Message/ plea for help?
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, wor Febr 27)

So, Pres. Drumb lifted the recent oil embargo against Cuba, to deliver
Venzuelan oil import into the communist Cuba state freely.  Febr 27, ed.

CUBA  [and non]   11760 kHz on Febr 24 at 07.54 UT, RHC still on at
S=9+20dB in order to provide windhowl; by 15.47 UT, 11760 kHz good S9
music not howling, whilst 15140 kHz, the usual howler at this hour, is
off; SAWA.

US prop USAGM  Radio Marti via Greenville NC bcast center, compensates
for this by dead airing on 15380 kHz.

9710 kHz  on Mon Feb 16 at 0524 UT, surprised to hear French talking about
Cuba, S=9+10/20dB. And at 0542 UT, fraxured French Kriyol. NOT known times
for these langs on RHC which this must be. Meanwhile, a JBA carrier on
11760 kHz. RHC website has a new look, and apparently deleted any info
about SW broadcasts !  The programming page showing timeblox is mostly
blank:
<https://www.radiohc.cu/programacion/>

9710 kHz on  Febr 20 at 0713 UT, S5 of dead air; and 11760 kHz, S9 of dead
air with windhowl, somethings always wrong at RHC.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

11880 kHz  Febr 24 at 19.51 UT, RHC La Habana in Kriyol language sce,
good S=9+20dB into Georgia SDR remotedly, barely audible under windhowl
on S=9+10/15dB strength on 15140 kHz. Modulation cut incomplete at 19.54
UT on 11880 kHz, dead air carrier stays on, no English after 20.00 UT.
Something's always wrong at RHC.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Febr 24)

13650 kHz  Febr 20 at 2304 UT, CRI { Latin AM relay at Quivican San Felipe
TITAN 250 kW relay site, ed.}, music fill instead of Portuguese, but
pleasant listening, S=9+10/20dB. As for RHC itself, at 2327 UT on 11760
kHz - non-directional - is S=9+20/30dB of windhowl only, 11880 kHz S=9+20
dB of clean dead air. SAWA.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

ECUADOR   6049.99 kHz  HCJB Pico Pichincha mountian, in Spanish on Febr
02 at 0401-0420 UT (6049.990 kHz per Uni Enschede Twente SDR unit remoted-
ly, w/ man clear talk in Spanish, fair /almost fair at times), slow chorus
chant, man unclear talk w/ Spanish accent until 0409UT, slow song, man un-
clear talk till about 0417 UT, slow song; better in usb/lsb sync, non stop
rapid no deep qsb, moderate rustle qrn, qrm light or moderate sporadic
CW, almost fair/ poor or almost fair in SSB sync/ very poor or almost fair
in AM.
(Gianni Serra-Roma-Italy; direct and via wor Febr 13)

6049.99 kHz  HCJB (pres), Pico Pichincha mountain on Febr 10 at 0240-0254
UT ( 6049.989 kHz per Uni Enschede Twente SDR unit remotedly, poor), woman
unclear talk w/ Spanish accent, slow song, woman unclear talk, slow song;
heard better in USB/ LSB sync, rapid shaky no deep qsb, loud qrn rustle,
poor/ very poor in SSB sync/ barely audible at times in AM.
(Gianni Serra-Roma-Italy; direct and via wor Febr 13)

ETHIOPIA   6110 kHz  Radio Fana, Addis Ababa Gedja site, in listed Amharic
on Febr 04 at 0431-0445UT ( 6110.002 kHz per Uni Enschede Twente SDR unit,
poor), some men and woman talk in turns, man talk, local lively music
pause at 0437 UT, some men talk in turns, at 0442 UT brief local lively
chant w/ instrumental music, man unclear talk, woman long talk w/ some men
talk in turns (phone calls: hallo?); heard better in usb/lsb sync, very
rapid qsb, loud qrn rustle, almost fair/ poor or very poor at times in SSB
sync/ poor or very poor in AM.
(Gianni Serra-Roma-Italy; direct and via wor Febr 13)

FRANCE   9490 kHz  Tue, Febr 17, at 0159-0215 UT, Radio Republica, TDF
Issoudun-F, in Spanish to Cuba. Clandestine Station(CLA). Opening carrier;
0200 UT ID: Radio Republica, La Voz del Directorio Democratico Cubano;
Woman announcer begins the program; says about the Cuban crisis and an
interview w/a man, Cuban expert, about the social and economic Cuban
crisis and people consequences. Fair reception: 35533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 17)

FRANCE   17850 kHz  Radio France Internationale, TDF Issoudun - in French
to Central Africa, Febr 21 at 1802-1808UT. News bulletin preseted by a YL,
comments about Nicolas Maduro by a OM. S=7.

21580 kHz  Radio France Internationale, TDF Issoudun - in French to Cen-
tral Africa, Febr 21 at 1712-1758 UT. Talk music, an interview, sign-off
on 1758 UT. S=7.
(Rudolf Grimm, Ibiuna-SP-BRA  #461, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

GERMANY   Budget Cuts at Deutsche Welle Berlin - Bonn.

Budget cut weakens Germany's international broadcaster: Comprehensive plan
to implement cuts adopted, Greek service discontinued.

Following the reduction in the federal subsidy for Deutsche Welle (DW) for
2026, the Broadcasting Council, the Administrative Board and the DW mana-
gement team convened a special joint session to discuss a comprehensive
package of measures to achieve the required savings of 21 million EURos.

Under the plan,the Greek service will be discontinued and the journalistic
portfolio in other languages scaled back. The German-language journalistic
offering will be merged with the German language courses. Numerous posi-
tions across the organization will be eliminated, and investment funds
significantly reduced. In purely numerical terms, around 160 full-time
positions are affected, although the final number may vary. There will be
no layoffs.

Dr. Karl Juesten, Broadcasting Council Chair: "DW must remain a strong
voice for freedom, especially in restricted media markets such as Russia
and Iran. To do that, it needs reliable, long-term funding. Due to the
cuts, the broadcaster will have to expect significant losses in reach.
This is particularly troubling, as Russia and China are investing heavily
in their state-run propaganda outlets while the US withdrawal from inter-
national broadcasting is creating further gaps. By reducing funding to DW,
both the German and European perspectives will be weakened internationally
- and that at a time when Europe urgently needs new partners and allies.

We especially regret the closing of the Greek service. For over 60 years,
it strengthened German-Greek relations and made the German perspective vi-
sible in Greece. We did not take this decision lightly and it was not
approved without dissenting voices. Unfortunately, the forced savings made
this step unavoidable."

Dr. Achim Dercks, Administrative Board Chair: "The current budget cuts at
DW come just two years after they implemented a savings package of 20 mil-
lion EURos. This is in direct contradiction to the pledge made by the
government in its coalition agreement to strengthen DW. Without restoring
its funding in the 2027 Federal Budget, rising costs across nearly all
areas threaten to lead to long-term damage to journalistic quality, tech-
nical infrastructure and reach. It is only with adequate funding that
Deutsche Welle will be able to successfully make its contribution to free
reporting and against disinformation."

DW Director General Barbara Massing: "The savings made necessary by the
cuts and the lack of compensation for collective wage increases are ex-
tremely painful. They weaken our competitiveness at a time when a strong
German and European presence is becoming ever more important geopoliti-
cally. At the same time, we will continue to advance DW's quality initia-
tive and digital transformation, launched several years ago - albeit at a
slower pace.

DW is widely regarded as a trusted and independent source of information,
both in censored markets and in countries where Germany is building stra-
tegic partnerships. Sustainable funding for the future is crucial if we
are to fulfill our journalistic mandate in a highly competitive global in-
formation space. Now is the time for the government and parliament to set
the necessary course together. I am sincerely grateful to the members of
the Broadcasting Council and the Administrative Board for their support,
which was clearly evident during the meeting."

In the 2026 federal budget, the German government reduced its subsidy to
DW by 10 million EURos to 415 million EURos. At the same time, the failure
to offset moderate pay increases from the existing collective bargaining
agreement will generate an additional 11 million EURos in costs. As a re-
sult, DW is required to reduce spending by a total of 21 million EURos.
The savings will be implemented in a socially responsible manner and in
accordance with DW's strategic priorities. Multiple areas of the organi-
zation will be affected.

DW language services.
DW's Greek-language service will be discontinued. This service provided
independent information to audiences in Greece, including during the mili-
tary dictatorship from 1972. It served as an important channel of dialogue
during the EURo crisis, conveying German perspectives to the Greek public.
Greece has long been a member of the European Union and is a stable demo-
cracy with a diverse media landscape, which is why DW must make cuts in
this area.

DW's German-language offering will be restructured: The journalistic of-
fering DW  German and 'DW Learn German' will be merged, with the budget
nearly halved. Independent journalism and integrated language-learning
elements will be combined into a clearly defined overall product focused
primarily on learners at higher language levels (from B1/B2).

The new format is aimed at audiences outside the DACH region - Germany,
Austria and Switzerland - including learners in pre-integration programs
abroad who are seeking reliable information about living and working in
Germany and Europe. The service is designed to combine journalistic rele-
vance with practical guidance while strengthening language skills. People
who speak German well enough to follow current affairs coverage in the
language can access established German-language media brands and pub-
lishers online.

Changes to the journalistic portfolio.
The budget for the language services 'Portuguese for Africa' and Dari
/ Pashto for Afghanistan will be reduced. The number of editions of the
Spanish-language TV news will be reduced, while prime-time broadcasts
will remain unchanged.

Several programs will be discontinued: the Russian-language satire maga-
zine Zapovednik (an external production), the arts and culture magazine
Arts Unveiled, and the debate format 'Auf den Punkt' in all language edi-
tions. Also ending are the science magazine 'Tomorrow Today' in Portuguese
(target country: Brazil), the environmental magazine 'Eco Africa' in
Portuguese, and the Europe-focused magazine Europeo in all seven language
editions.

Infrastructure and Administration.
More than one-third of the total savings will come from infrastructure and
administrative areas, as well as from cost reductions achieved through the
use of AI. Professional training programs and events are among the areas
affected. Funding will also be cut for technical equipment, the further
development of DW apps and building renovations. The expansion of new
international correspondents' offices will be slowed. Costs in production
and distribution will also be further reduced.

DW is Germany's international broadcaster.
As an independent media outlet, we provide unbiased news and information
in 32 languages around the world so that people can form their own
opinions. DW's TV, online and radio services reach 337 million users every
week.

DW Akademie trains journalists worldwide, supports the development of free
media, and promotes the German language with free learning opportunities.
(DWL  Febr 18, 2026; Press release {unedited}); via
Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 24)

Comment by wb.: Deutsche Welle, formerly great West Germanys foreign radio
service on SW and MW. Founded in 1953 year via Norden Osterloog bcast cen-
ter in northwestern Germany on North Sea coastline.

We were proud of the work done by the DWL staff at this era, such as of
chief engineer Gustav.G. Thiele, ham radio call DL1ZK, Cologne, was father
of DWL Kigali, Trincomalee, Sines, Malta and Montserrat Caribean relay
sites in this era;  also DX Editor of DW transmissions in the sixties,
etc., over these decades.

Now has been declined from 2010 season to 2026 season, a very limited ser-
vice - worldwide-wise; on the web and few satellite channels since the
major personnel and financial restrictions happened during the chancellor
Merkel era. Limit declined yearly from 700 to 415 million EURos in the
foreign ministry budget} of the global service in 2010 -

broadcast stopped in German language, but replaced by English (!) world-
wide service instead, managed on an 'narrow gauge' extremely left-wing
ideological basis, without much qualified journalistic performance these
days.

One tends to feel ashamed of this German foreign service product these
days.
(ed. via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 28)

GUAM   7455 kHz  Wed  Febr 25, at 1943-1953 UT, AWR Asia / Pacific, KSDA
Agat Facpi Point-GUM, in Korean to FE. Woman announcer talking, preaching,
presumed; 1951 UT A hymn by choir. Poor reception w/rare fair moments:
25422.

11805 kHz  Wed  Febr 25, at 1932-1942 UT, AWR Asia / Pacific, KSDA Agat
Facpi Point-GUM, in Arabic to ME. Man announcer talking, preaching; 1942
UT  Preaching continues ! Good recepttion: 45544.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 25)

GUAM   17755 kHz  AWR  KSDA Agat Facpi Point, s/on 1330 UT, Lisu language
to SoEaAS. Opening ID in English with frequency and language annct. Then
IDs again in Lisu with many mentions of AWR in its programming. Songs and
preaching. Lisu is spoken by over a million people across southwestern
China (Yunnan, Sichuan), northern Myanmar, Thailand, and parts of India.
It is a tonal language, typically featuring six to eight tones and a com-
plex phonology. Good signal, Febr 14,
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

INDIA/BHARAT   11900 kHz  Akashvani program via Bengaluru SW site at 19.46
UT, French service to EUR. Music, then commentary. The studio announcer's
audio was clear and intelligible. But at 1956UT, a one-minute pre-recorded
annct was terribly muffled !  Then back to studio audio, and everything
was clear again. 2001 UT English program 'Spotlight'. Again, some muffled
audio was monitored, sounding almost overmodulated, but not as bad as
earlier. Akashvani's lack of attention to audio quality makes this one of
the most frustrating stations to listen to ! Excellent signal, Febr 19.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

INDONESIA   Re:  Chinese New Year of the Horse 2026 and Ramadan 2026.

On Feb 18 - Now that Ramadan has officially started, Indonesian RRI Nabire
Pro 1 (7289.992 kHz) is playing a mixture of Islamic sounding songs, as
well as the usual EZL songs; mostly poor reception from tune-in at 0900 UT
till suddenly cut off at 0920* UT; heard via Kiwi SDR remote at Palomar
Mt. (#2), South.Calif.-USA; 0916-0920* UT, cut off during the Islamic
Shalawat Tarhim prayer; never made it to the usual Maghrib (sunset)
call-to-prayer. My remote one minute audio -

<https://app.box.com/s/k5gnmyvf3xgvd469wzplrd5wnkhctknz>

(Ron Howard-Monterey-CA-USA, wor Febr 18)

INDONESIA   7289.92 kHz  RRI - Nabire, Central Papua. Pro 1 programming at
0850 UT; easy-listening Western-style ballads. No anncmt at 0900 UT, but a
very brief ID at 0912 UT. Then more music. 0915UT brief annct then Islamic
call to prayer. 0927UT Brief ID then into a song. Flattened by the s/on of
the much stronger CNR 1-Beijing at 0930 UT, but I could still hear Nabire
underneath with music, but it was difficult to listen to. All hope was
lost with the 1000 UT co-channel s/on of CRI in Russian. But the Nabire
carrier remained on and was easily identifiable past 1000 UT on Febr 13.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

IRAN   11779.96 kHz  IRIB Tehran via Sirjan SW center site; at 0440 UT in
Turkish to ME. commentaries and spasms of music. Fair signal with heavy
fading. Not to be confused with co-inhabitant Brazil, which is off air by
then. Febr 16.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

ISRAEL/USA  {IRAN non}   The attack on Iran has begun, Saturday Febr 28.
It's been talked about for weeks, and now it's happened, while many of you
were asleep: Israel and the US have launched military action against Iran.

This is an important action that could result in a wider conflict in the
Middle East, with Iran at the center of battle. It'll be interesting as to
how much we will hear re this breaking news via shortwave. Will BBC expand
coverage to the MiddleEast during the actions, just as it did with Ukraine
a few years ago ?

And, the US and Israel could knock out the shortwave facilities of VOIRI
(Sirjan, etc.) as a result. Another key nation that we could lose for
 listeners. In the meantime, as it would be said to start an auto race:

"SWLers, start your receivers!"

The news on this military action, and the events of the next few weeks,
will make for intriguing listening. It's about how much news and opinion
we will get from the broadcasters that report on it.
(Joe Hanlon, NJ-USA, wor Febr 28)

JAPAN   3925 kHz  Radio Nikkei 1 (tent), Nemuro, Febr 21 at 2249 UT. An
acceptable carrier, only sounds of murmurs from a male voice, with no way
to understand what was being said. S=1 / S=2.
(Rudolf Grimm, Ibiuna-SP-BRA  #461, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

JAPAN   11610 kHz NHK World Radio via KDDI national telecommunication pro-
vider at Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan site at 1510 UT, in progress w/ jazz
music px that caught our ears. Ended at 1520 UT with familiar NHK tuning
signal, then from (listed) Bengali to Hindi and language lesson by radio.
Off at 1550 UT. Very Good on Febr 23.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via odxa/wor Febr 27)

9440 kHz   NHK World Radio at 1557 UT. Repeats of NHK tuning signal to
sign-on in (listed) Urdu service to PAK target at 1600 UT. Mixing with
Voice of Korea (IS) on 9435 kHz,so we reset for narrow bw. Fair on Feb 24.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via odxa/wor Febr 27)

11830 kHz  'NHK World Radio' at 0630 UT, via KDDI national telecommunica-
tion provider at Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan site, Japanese/Korean language
lesson to close at 0650 UT. - There's a number of these Radio Japan trans-
missions that end ten minutes before the hour. Good signal on Febr 15.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via odxa/wor Febr 27)

JAPAN  6085 kHz {target radio, OPPOSITION/RESISTANCE to NoKorea)
'Shiokaze / Sea Breeze' at 1350 UT; via KDDI national telecommunication
provider at Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan site. In progress w/ woman in Ko-
rean. New fqy for me, but not for the North Koreans - the beeper jamming
station was loud and clear. Usual ending with piano music. TXion off at
1400 UT. We weren't able to chase down a // bx. Fair to Good on Febr 24.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via odxa/wor Febr 27)

6085 kHz  1300-1700 UT to ITU zones 43N,44 YAM  300kW 290degr azi ant#146
daily requested 261025-280326  Mul     J   JIC MIC hfcc.organisation 

KOREA  D.P.R. of {North Korea}  12015 kHz on Wed Febr 25, at 1915-1928 UT,
Voice of Korea, Kujang-KRE, in Spanish to EUR. Man announcer says govern-
ment news and comments about Communist Party of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea; fair reception: 1924 UT he announces, now, a space de-
dicated to popular music and by woman announcer presents it. Fair recep-
tion: 3~45533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 25)

KOREA REP OF  {South}   15265 kHz  KBS World Radio Seoul, Russian Section.
QSL cards from the mailbag. May 5? - May 11?, 2025, 06:00- 07:00UT, Image:

<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/02/kbs-world-radio-russian-
section_16.html>

September? 19 - May? 25, 2025; 06:00 PM - 7:00 PM UT, 15265 kHz. Image:

<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/02/kbs-world-radio-russian-
section_32.html>
(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1382 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

KUWAIT   5860 kHz  Radio Farda, via AGM United States Agency for Global
Media (USAGM) USAGM VoA Kuwait al-Dschahra suburb - in Farsi to Iran, Febr
21 at 1806-1812 UT. Talk by various commentators, certainly about politi-
cal aspects in Iran. S=4.
(Rudolf Grimm, Ibiuna-SP-BRA  #461, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

LATVIA   In Latvia, amendments to the Law on Electronic Mass Media are
being considered

<https://lv.sputniknews.ru/20260227/deputaty-podklyuchilis-k-
initsiative-zapretit-vse-radio-na-russkom-v-latvii-
32269760.html>

to provide for the broadcasting of radio programs exclusively in the
Latvian language. The proposals include an amendment to Article 18 of
the law, stipulating that licenses for broadcasting radio programs will
henceforth be issued only for broadcasts in the Latvian language.

It is also proposed to clarify the language regulation of radio programs,
stipulating in the law that they must be broadcast in Latvian. If a pro-
gram includes fragments in a foreign language, they must be translated
into Latvian. The changes will not affect musical content.
(TeleSat-INFO.Ru / Telegram; via
Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1383 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 1)

LUXEMBOURG   Villa Louvigny. Next month a exhibition will be held in Villa
Louvigny in Luxembourg, of course about Radio Luxembourg - radio house.
From 4 March to 3 April 2026, the exhibition "Radio Luxembourg - Ghosts of
the Villa" offers an exclusive opportunity to step inside the legendary
Villa Louvigny and let the sounds guide you through its remarkable history.
More on this web site:  <https://radio.lu/en/home/>
(Christian Ghibaudo-Nice-France, BrDXC-UK iogr Febr 18)

LUXEMBOURG  {Slovak RSI radio, non}   6140 kHz  RSI via Radio Gloria /
Radio Onda.  Hallo Michael !

Die deutsche Redaktion hat seit Sonntag 15. Febr. einen Vertrag mit Radio
Gloria / Radio Onda und dem Sendestandort Junglister in Luxemburg be-
schlossen; auf 6140 kHz zwischen 1530-1600 (UTC?) soll nun das deutsche
Programm nach der Abschaltung aus Kall Eifel wieder auf Kurzwelle senden.

Quelle: Deutsche Redaktion von Radio Slowakia International.

<https://dersi.stvr.sk/wie-sie-uns-horen>

<https://dersi.stvr.sk/wie-sie-uns-
horen?_gl=1*1wkkkff*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTE4NzcyMjYwNy4xNzcxNDE5MTM2*_
ga_MJ18J2RTWX*czE3NzE0MTkxMzQkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzE0MTkxMzQkajYwJGwwJGgw>

Radio RSI Deutsch - STVR
(vy73 Harald Suess, A-2231 Strasshof, Oesterreich - Austria - Europe,
via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 17)

LUXEMBOURG   6140 kHz  Radio Augusta International, which had temporarily
disappeared from Radio Onda's shortwave frequency Junglinster on 6140 kHz,
has been broadcasting there again since the end of January 2026.
The station is relayed from 19:00 to 21:00 hrs UTC on 6140 kHz, in // with

<https://radioaugusta.com>

Reception reports are answered quickly with a detailed e QSL. Unfortuna-
tely, it does not mention the transmitter location or country, but of
course you know yourself that you have Luxembourg verified as a radio
country. A reception report sent to the DJ hosting the program was answer-
ed in English by Didier Petit, Manager of Radio Augusta, via

<radioaugustainternational -at- gmail.com>

The reception report was about a program hosted in French, but the 80s
tracks were all in English and were well-known hits. Therefore, gathering
program details was not difficult; the introductions were explanations of
the tracks being played.
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, wor Febr 24)

MADAGASCAR   11824.961 kHz much frq oddity 'MWV African Pathways' English
from Mahajanga site. At 04.01 UT on Febr 22 S=9+15dB signal.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

11965 kHz  'World Christian Broadcasting', at 2049 UT on Febr 17. Man with
a religious message and asking if you are part of the solution or part of
the problem. A homily followed. Very good.
(Ed Cichorek-NJ-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

MADAGASCAR   11610 kHz  MWV 'Light of Life' from Mahajanga bcast site, at
2140 UT, Mandarin to WeEUR azimuth; preaching; it changed at 2200 UT into
Arabic with 'Radio Feda' programming for NoAF. Good signal. Interestingly,
the transmission to NoAF at 2200 UT was somewhat stronger than the service
to EUR a few minutes earlier. This is despite using the same azimuth 325
degrees, as per HFCC.org registrations. Febr 15.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

MALI   15125even kHz  CRI Beijing African relay Bamako #2 stn, at 1700 UT,
opening with woman in (listed) Swahili service and news, several mentions
of "Burundi". Traditional WestAfrican music (presumed - the bx in for
WeAfr.) after the half hour. Good on Febr 27.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via odxa/wor Febr 27)

11640even  kHz Wed Febr 25, at 1859-1913 UT, CRI Africa relay site at Ba-
mako- tx#2 -MLI, in Arabic to EaAF & Arab World. Woman / man announcers
talking; Arabic music; Woman talking and song. Fair reception: 35433. Pa-
rallel on 13685bko, 45544.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 25)

MEXICO   6184.96 kHz  XEPPM-OC Radio Educacion-Cultura Mexico Senal In-
ternacional (pres), Mexico D.F. on Febr 03 at 0226-0243 UT ( 6184.964 
kHz - .963 - .964 kHz per Uni Enschede Twente SDR remotedly, barely audi-
ble), ongoing typical lively Lat Am music and a lively chorus song, then a
slow music and some lively music tracks; heard in Lsb sync to nullify very
rapid rtty, very rapid and deep qsb, loud rustle qrn, qrm light rtty at
times, poor in lsb sync/ very poor in usb sync and in am due to loud rtty.
(Gianni Serra-Roma-Italy; direct and via wor Febr 13)

MONACO/FRANCE   You may have heard about 'Channel 292' offering time from
Monaco Media Diffusion (MMD) on medium wave at 1467 kHz with a power of
1000 kW 1 megawatt. The price is €350 per hour, so I am saving up some
money to give this a go for an all-Europe MW special broadcast of Pop Shop
Radio in April.

{anyway -  MW 1.5 frequency greyline proper signal reception to all-Europe
in April will be somewhat start after 18.30 UTC/GMT, ed.}.

Here is where I need some assistance.
I understand that Trans World Radio uses this transmitter from 2115 to
2300 UT. Are you able to receive this at your location? A few people have
told me that Iran may give this frequency some grief.

I am thinking about using it at 2300 UT sometime in April. I realise that
this would be 0000 GMT in the UK and 0100 UTC in Europe. There is only a
7 hour window for booking time, 2300 to 0600 UT, so this seems like the
most ideal time. Because I recognise that people may have work the next
day, I would do UT Friday or Saturday (local Saturday / Sunday).

To get the best coverage, I'm considering a beam that would be primarily
north east from Monaco / France, toward the Baltics.
Any advice would be appreciated. Tony Pavick, Pop Shop Radio.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, BrDXC-UK iogr Febr 25)

{my advice would be 325 degrees main azimuth to Western Europe during
nighttime, wb. ed.}

Re:  'Channel 292' offering time from Monaco Media Diffusion on medium
wave at 1467 kHz.  mail to  <info -at- channel292.de>

Hello Tony,
I live very close to Roumoules and even closer to Monaco, so of course
I can hear TWR very well on 1467 kHz.

Currently, the broadcasts are directed towards North Africa. But the four
antennas are rotating; until 2023 year, there were {likely 25 degrees azi-
muth requested to ITU zone 28, ed.} broadcasts in Polish, therefore to-
wards Poland.

Personally, I received 1467 kHz clearly, even as far away as Israel
(last December) and also Chisinau in Moldova.

I've already visited the Roumoules transmitting center, which is quite im-
pressive with its LW and MW antennas.

I hope you'll be able to broadcast from Roumoules; it's in France, but
it's a Monegasque frequency!
Regards, Christian Ghibaudo.
(Christian Ghibaudo-F, BrDXC-UK iogr Febr 25)

MONACO/FRANCE   RMC  Roumoules this from wwdxc archive of October 1999
year, 4 x various direction azimuth selectable.

re: " ... but it's a Monegasque frequency ... " :

So I understand now, its - RMC  Roumoules- radio-belonging to Monaco in-
stead anyway, similar to Vatican Radio SW via Santa Maria die Galeria site
like VATICAN STATE request registration ?  wb. ed.

FRANCE   TWR Program schedule winter season B99. 31 Oct 1999 - 26 Mar 2000
1 Mon .. 7 Sun

TWR Roumoules relay - RMC-France on LW and MW
time      day     language     kHz  pwr  zone    azi
             -
0328-0358 1234567 French    LW 216 2000 27       315

0445-0515 1234567 German      1467 1000 28        25
2000-2015       7 Sous        1467 1000 37,38    241
2000-2015      6  Tamazight   1467 1000 37,38    241
2000-2015   345   Albanian    1467 1000 28        85
2000-2015 12      Mandarin    1467 1000 27,28    325
2015-2030     5   Spanish     1467 1000 28,37    241
2015-2030    4    Croatian    1467 1000 28        25
2015-2030 123  67 Albanian    1467 1000 28        85
2030-2100 1234567 German      1467 1000 28        25
2100-2130 12345   German      1467 1000 28        25
2100-2200      67 Arabic      1467 1000 37,38    241
2130-2200 12345   Kabyle      1467 1000 37,38    241
2200-2300 1234567 Arabic      1467 1000 37,38    241
2300-2315 1234567 English     1467 1000 27,28    325
2315-2345 1     7 English     1467 1000 27,28    325
(TWR Europe, Oct 18, 1999 year)

MONGOLIA  (tent)  4895 kHz  Mongoliin Radio, from Moron in Mongolian to
Mongolia (domestic Service), on Feb 24 at 0018-0029 UT. A significant car-
rier at 4895 kHz (observed on both the Icom IC-R75 and our Kiwi SDR), ex-
tremely weak signal, with a male voice and a typical music being percep-
tible. No reference to this transmission on 4895 kHz on EiBi or AoKi list
databases, but a positive data is presented in WRTH 2026, page #715, as an
occasional transmission, under test (status:  end of 2025). As I stated
above, just a tentative to be this station. S=1 / S=2.

80 days from English Service of Voice of Mongolia, P.O.Box 365,
Ulaanbaatar 13, Mongolia, Central Asia.

12 kW SW tx of July 2003, mast of steep angle non-directional antenna seen
at location
49 36 52.28 N  100 10 14.16 E  or

<https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZzXciZnTsQLns41o9>

(Rudolf Grimm, Ibiuna-SP-BRA  #462, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 26)

MYANMAR   5915 kHz  Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Daw capital site - in Burmese to
South East Asia, Febr 24 at 0041-0102 UT. A sequence of romantic songs,
interspersed with narration in a female voice. S=2.
(Rudolf Grimm, Ibiuna-SP-BRA  #462, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 26)

MYANMAR   7345 kHz  Thazin Radio, Pyin Oo Lwin bcast center site (Mandalay
bcast house ?ed.), 1235 UT, Minorities Service. Possibly in the Shan
language, as it had that lilting sound of Thai, to which it is somewhat
related. Talks and pleasant music selections. Heavy QRM at about equal
strength with the co-channel  CNR 7 'Voice of the Greater Bay' program.
On Febr 14.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

NETHERLANDS    Radio Europe 6129 kHz, 1 kHz down.

Hi.  Starting from Sunday 16th around 20:00 UT, Radio Europe is transmitt-
ing on 6129 KHz, so 1 kHz lower than its usual frequency of 6130 kHz.
Good reception from morning to evening here in central Italy.
<fabiobonucci68 -at- gmail.com>
(Fabio Bonucci-ITA  IK0IXI, BrDXC-UK iogr Febr 17)

6128.986 kHz  Buenasera Signore,
measured fair S=6 signal noted at 19.32 UT on Tuesday Febr 17, likely via
location in Holland from latest WWDXC  TOP-News site, but maybe moved
away to differnt location, acc advice of Mauno Ritola-FIN.

6130 kHz  Radio Europe Holland low power station. The location given in
the blog is
52.13780371267681 N  04.636390593923322 E
exactly at Ondernnemingsweg #18, which is the street name of the warehouse

Yes, the mast is located on the warehouse building at exactly:

HOL_R Europe_6130 kHz   52 08 15.74 N  04 38 11.40 E

shown in the ra.antenne.2 photo as the horizontal antenna. And only in the
satellite image from June 2021 is there a second mast on the property line
by the water. HOL_2.Mast_June 2021_ location  52 08 14.76 N  04 38 11.85 E

Google Earth is currently delivering very blurry satellite images; this is
intentional in these turbulent political and economic times. 15 years ago
for example, satellite videos from above were much sharper.
(wb  df5sx, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 11)

NETHERLANDS   6129.99 kHz 'Radio Europe', Alphen a/d Rijn, in English Febr
12 at 0509-0534 UT (no signal / 6129.988 kHz per UTwente, but no audio),
playing some non stop disco music songs, at 0522 UT man announcement and
IDs twice (...This is Radio Europe, Radio Europe on shortwaves!), lively
Spanish like song (in Dutch?), old disco music song, man ID w/ synthesiz-
ed voice, some women hinting briefly something, followed by same man: "One
one one one one...!", slow rock song; better in Usb/ Lsb sync/ after 0520
UT better in am, w/ loud audio, many rapid and shaky no deep qsb, then al-
most slow and deep qsb at times, light or moderate rustle qrn (louder when
fading), fair / almost good in Usb or Lsb sync; almost fair/ fair/ then
good or almost good or almost fair at times when fading in am/ from 0532UT
audio overwhelmed by the qrn due to slow and deep fading, then very poor
audio about one minute later.
(Gianni Serra-Roma-Italy; direct and via wor Febr 13)

NETHERLANDS   3965 kHz tiny / LPAM registered SW radio station in Holland.
The Dutch LPAM station Radio Delta testing(?) on 3965kHz from 1700-2300 UT
on Sat/Sun according to their broadcast schedule. It lists 12005 kHz from
0800-1659 UT on Sat/Sun. It looks like using 6040 kHz has been dropped.
(Paul Watson; BrDXC-UK iogr Febr 21)

3965 kHz 1600-0800 UT 18,27,28,37  ELB  5 kW  non-dir #750 daily requested
261025-280326  Nld        HOL RDI RDI  #4571 request.
similar ELB registration requests on 5970, 6040, 6170, 12005, 12030, and
12085 kHz too. hfcc.org

NEW ZEALAND   13755 kHz  'Radio New Zealand Pacific' at 0740 UT. Good with
just RadioShack DX-402 and indoor antenna. Music program with modern music
(Britain's pop soul band Jungle; Houston's Khruangbin). Pips on the hour
to relay of ABC / Radio Australia news magazine in Pidgin English. Very
Good signal on Febr 27.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via odxa/wor Febr 27)

NEW ZEALAND   9780 DRM digital mode; RNZ Pacific, at 1654 UT on Febr 18.
English. DRM  digital mode. Sign-on music. Apparently the transmitter that
had issues a few weeks back is now repaired as the scrolling headlines and
bit rate are back to normal. Headlines about a mine in Bougainville, Non-
communicable diseases in Fiji island, election corrupt.
(Tony Pavick-BC-CAN, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

PALAU   9930 kHz 'Hope Radio 3' from Medorn site, heard at 1252 UT on Febr
20; a man giving a presumed sermon. Mostly poor and difficult to under-
stand.
(Bob Brossell, Pewaukee-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

9930 kHz 'Hope Radio' from Medorn site, at 1328 UT, on Febr 21 in English.
YL religious message, (maybe program change w/ no announcement). 1329 UT
OM singer with folk style hymn, same singer w/ religious message. Fair.
(Mark Taylor, Mauston DXpedition WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

9965 kHz  T8WH  'Hope Radio - Angel 5' from Medorn site, at 0910 UT. Japa-
nese at this time on Tuesdays (English on other days). 0921UT English sta-
tion ID, then back into Japanese programming. 0956 UT Full English ID and
a Gospel song to end transmission at 1002 UT. Good signal, but there is a
slight transmitter hum at 120Hz. Palau's power is 120V at 60Hz, so there
may be issues with rectifier ripple or power-supply filtering. Febr 10.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

PHILIPPINES   9875 kHz  FEBC Manila, via Bocaue bcast site - in Mien to
South East Asia (China), Febr 21 at 2310-2316UT. A Christian message. S=7.
(Rudolf Grimm, Ibiuna-SP-BRA  #461, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

RAMADAN  Just heard on Deutschlandfunk Cologne national domestic radionews
on the evening of February 18: Ramadan 2026 begins, and
400 million Chinese are traveling to their families for the 'Year of the
Horse'.

The last day of Ramadan 2026 is March 20.
'Chinese New Year 2026' was yesterday, February 17,
{INDONESIA}  as 'Indonesian Imlek', it is the year 2577 !
These are the official holidays in Indonesia except the Christian ones:

March 19 -   'Saka New Year 1944', also called 'Nyepi Balinese New Year'
March 21-22  'Id-Ul-Fitri' (celebrating the end of Ramadan)
May 27       'Id-Ul-Adha Day' of sacrifice (10th day of Haj month)
May 31       'Vesak Day 2570 BE' (Buddhist festival)
June 16      'Islamic New Year 1448H'
August 17    'National Holiday'
August 25    'Maulid An-Nabi Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad'
(wb  df5sx, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 18)

ROMANIA  9510 kHz  Tue, Febr 17, at 0151-0156 UT, Radio Romania Interna-
tional, Bacau Galbeni-ROU site, in English to NoAM. Man announcer talking;
ID by woman; 0153 UT A Romanian song; 0154UT She says RRI English sked and
addresses; 0156 UT Ending of the program, closing carrier! Poor reception:
35432.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 17)

ROMANIA   RRI Bucharest in B-25 season.
Daily activity
 9510 0000 0100 12NE    GAL 300 280 286 Spa RRO ROU  2269 yes
 9730 0000 0100 12NE    GAL 300 280 286 Spa RRO ROU  3486 not
15200 0000 0100 14      TIG 300 247 288 Spa RRO ROU  2308 not
17560 0000 0100 14      TIG 300 247 288 Spa RRO ROU  2325 yes
 7325 0100 0200 8       GAL 300 310 286 Eng RRO ROU  2257 not
 9510 0100 0200 8       GAL 300 310 286 Eng RRO ROU  2270 yes
 7250 0100 0300 8       TIG 300 307 288 Ron RRO ROU  2254 not
 9700 0100 0300 8       TIG 300 307 288 Ron RRO ROU  2278 yes
 7220 0200 0300 4,8     GAL 300 310 286 Fra RRO ROU  3469 yes
 7410 0200 0300 4,8     GAL 300 310 286 Fra RRO ROU  2262 not
 9545 0300 0400 10      GAL 300 310 286 Spa RRO ROU  2275 not
 9720 0300 0400 10      GAL 300 310 286 Spa RRO ROU  3464 yes
11660 0300 0400 14      TIG 300 247 288 Spa RRO ROU  3479 yes
11800 0300 0400 14      TIG 300 247 288 Spa RRO ROU  2293 not
 7220 0400 0500 6       GAL 300 320 286 Eng RRO ROU  3462 not
 7410 0400 0500 6       TIG 300 337 288 Eng RRO ROU  2263 not
15250 0400 0500 41      TIG  90 112 288 Eng RRO ROU  2315 yes, DRM 20 Febr
17790 0400 0500 41      GAL 300 110 286 Eng RRO ROU  2337 yes
17660 0500 0530 43,44   TIG 300 67  288 Man RRO ROU  2332 not
17710 0500 0530 43,44   TIG 300 67  288 Man RRO ROU  3483 yes
 6145 0500 0600 27SE    GAL 300 285 206 Ron RRO ROU  2246 yes
 7220 0500 0600 27SE    GAL 300 285 206 Ron RRO ROU  2251 not
 7330 0530 0600 29      TIG 300 37  205 Rus RRO ROU  2259 not
 9420 0530 0600 29      TIG 300 37  205 Rus RRO ROU  2265 yes
 7220 0600 0630 27SE    GAL 300 285 206 Fra RRO ROU  3460 not
 9520 0600 0630 27SE    GAL 300 285 206 Fra RRO ROU  2274 yes
13750 0600 0630 46      TIG 300 217 288 Fra RRO ROU  3485 yes
15200 0600 0630 46      TIG 300 217 288 Fra RRO ROU  2309 not
 9620 0630 0700 27N     GAL 300 300 206 Eng RRO ROU  3463 not
 9870 0630 0700 27N     TIG 300 307 288 Eng RRO ROU  2284 not
17780 0630 0700 55,58,59GAL 300 100 286 Eng RRO ROU  2336 yes,
co-channel heavy QRM SOH_TWN and CNR1 against, bad FRQ selection !
21470 0630 0700 55,58,59TIG  90 97  288 Eng RRO ROU  yes, DRM 20/22 Febr
 9440 0700 0730 28NW    TIG 300 307 205 Deu RRO ROU  2266 not
11620 0700 0730 28NW    TIG 300 307 205 Deu RRO ROU  2285 yes
11660 0730 0800 37      GAL 300 245 286 Ara RRO ROU  2288 yes
15120 0730 0800 37      GAL 300 245 286 Ara RRO ROU  2304 not
15200 0730 0800 39NW    TIG 300 142 288 Ara RRO ROU  2310 not, OTHR QRM
17560 0730 0800 39NW    TIG 300 142 288 Ara RRO ROU  2326 yes

Suns only:
15200 0800 0900 39NW    TIG 300 142 288 Ron RRO ROU  2311 not
17560 0800 0900 39NW    TIG 300 142 288 Ron RRO ROU  2327 yes
17750 0800 0900 40W     GAL 300 110 286 Ron RRO ROU  2334 not !
17830 0800 0900 40W     GAL 300 110 286 Ron RRO ROU  3465 yes !
17640 0900 1000 39S     TIG 300 142 288 Ron RRO ROU  2329 not
17750 0900 1000 38E     GAL 300 175 286 Ron RRO ROU  2335 not,
QRM RCI Kashgar CHN
17830 0900 1000 38E     GAL 300 175 286 Ron RRO ROU  3466 yes !
21470 0900 1000 39S     TIG 300 142 288 Ron RRO ROU  2344 yes !
15260 1000 1100 27SE    GAL 300 285 286 Ron RRO ROU  2318 yes !
17640 1000 1100 37      TIG 300 247 288 Ron RRO ROU  2330 not
17800 1000 1100 27SE    GAL 300 285 286 Ron RRO ROU  2339 not !
21470 1000 1100 37      TIG 300 247 288 Ron RRO ROU  3301 yes,
21470 kHz FAILURE antenna switched on and off, between 10.03 and 10.11
UT many times, I guess the SW antenna in 13 meterband to West Africa
doesn't autotune match in 247 degrees azimuth direction seemingly, ed.

Daily  activity
15200 1100 1200 37      TIG 300 247 288 Fra RRO ROU  2313 not
15300 1100 1200 27SE    GAL 300 285 286 Fra RRO ROU  3299 yes
17640 1100 1200 37      TIG 300 247 288 Fra RRO ROU  2331 yes
17800 1100 1200 27SE    GAL 300 285 286 Fra RRO ROU  2340 not
15460 1200 1300 27N     GAL 300 290 286 Eng RRO ROU  2323 not
17700 1200 1300 27N     TIG 300 307 288 Eng RRO ROU  2333 not
17800 1200 1300 48      GAL 300 165 286 Eng RRO ROU  2341 yes
21470 1200 1300 48      TIG 300 172 288 Eng RRO ROU  2345 yes
11945 1300 1330 39NW    GAL 300 140 286 Ara RRO ROU  2297 yes !
15170 1300 1330 39NW    TIG 300 142 288 Ara RRO ROU  2307 yes !
15460 1300 1330 37      GAL 300 245 286 Ara RRO ROU  2324 not !
17810 1300 1330 37      TIG 300 247 288 Ara RRO ROU  2342 not
 9570 1300 1400 28N     TIG 100 300 812 Ron RRO ROU  2276 yes
 9580 1330 1400 43,44   TIG  90 67  288 Man RRO ROU  3478 yes, DRM 20 Febr
13600 1400 1500 31S     TIG 300 52  288 Rus RRO ROU  3484 not
13690 1400 1500 31S     TIG 300 52  288 Rus RRO ROU  2302 yes
15370 1400 1600 27SE    GAL 300 285 286 Ron RRO ROU  2320 not
17790 1400 1600 27SE    GAL 300 285 286 Ron RRO ROU  2338 yes
 5955 1500 1530 28SW    TIG 100 270 812 Ita RRO ROU  2357 yes
11660 1500 1600 28NW    TIG 300 307 205 Deu RRO ROU  2289 not
13640 1500 1600 28NW    TIG 300 307 288 Deu RRO ROU  yes, QRM OTHR 13630
 5955 1530 1600 28SE    TIG 100 210 812 Rup RRO ROU  2358 yes
 5955 1600 1630 29SW    TIG 100 30  812 Ukr RRO ROU  2359 yes
 7440 1600 1630 29      TIG 300 37  288 Rus RRO ROU  2264 yes,
very bad RRI Tiganesti QRG selection, 7445 kHz CRI Russian, 500 kW !
 9460 kHz channel is much, much free frq range, would be much better! ed.
 9460 1600 1630 29      TIG 300 37  288 Rus RRO ROU  3477 not
 5955 1630 1700 28SW    TIG 100 270 812 Srp RRO ROU  2360 yes
11975 1630 1700 37      GAL 300 245 286 Ara RRO ROU  2299 not
13680 1630 1700 39NW    TIG 300 142 288 Ara RRO ROU  2300 yes
13800 1630 1700 39NW    TIG 300 142 288 Ara RRO ROU  3481 not, heavy OTHR
15200 1630 1700 37      GAL 300 245 286 Ara RRO ROU  2314 yes
 5955 1700 1730 28SW    TIG 100 270 812 Ita RRO ROU  2361 yes
 6010 1700 1800 39NW    GAL 300 140 286 Ron RRO ROU  3471 not
 9720 1700 1800 27SE    TIG  90 292 205 Fra RRO ROU  yes, DRM 19/22 Febr
 9810 1700 1800 39NW    GAL 300 140 286 Ron/Hebrew_Sun RRO ROU yes
11630 1700 1800 27SE    TIG 300 292 205 Fra RRO ROU  2286 not
 5955 1730 1800 28SE    TIG 100 210 812 Rup RRO ROU  2362 yes
 5955 1800 1830 29SW    TIG 100 30  812 Ukr RRO ROU  2363 yes
 7205 1800 1900 27SE    GAL 300 285 206 Ron RRO ROU  2249 yes
 9570 1800 1900 27N     TIG  90 307 205 Eng RRO ROU  3476 yes, DRM 19 Febr
 9770 1800 1900 27N     TIG 300 307 205 Eng RRO ROU  2281 not
 6160 1800 2100 27SE    GAL 300 285 286 Ron RRO ROU  3472 not, QRM China
 5955 1830 1900 28SW    TIG 100 270 812 Srp RRO ROU  2364 yes
 5955 1900 1930 28SW    TIG  40 270 812 Ita RRO ROU  2365 yes, DRM 19 Febr
 6180 1900 2000 28NW    TIG 300 307 205 Deu RRO ROU  2247 not
 7235 1900 2000 28NW    TIG  90 307 205 Deu RRO      yes, DRM 19/22 Febr
 7205 1900 2100 27SE    GAL 300 285 288 Ron RRO ROU  2250 yes  QRM China
 5955 1930 2000 28SE    TIG 100 210 812 Rup RRO ROU  2366 yes
 5960 2000 2030 29SW    TIG 100 30  812 Ukr RRO ROU  2367 yes
 9500 2000 2100 37NW    TIG 300 277 288 Spa RRO ROU  2267 yes
11730 2000 2100 27S     TIG 300 277 288 Spa RRO ROU  2292 not
 5960 2030 2100 28SW    TIG 100 270 812 Srp RRO ROU  2368 yes
 6030 2100 2130 27SE    GAL 300 285 206 Fra RRO ROU  2244 yes
 7375 2100 2130 27SE    GAL 300 285 206 Fra RRO ROU  2260 not
 6030 2130 2200 27N     GAL 300 300 206 Eng RRO ROU  2245 yes
 7250 2130 2200 8       TIG 300 307 288 Eng RRO ROU  3475 yes
 7310 2130 2200 8       TIG 300 307 288 Eng RRO ROU  2255 not
 7375 2130 2200 27N     GAL 300 300 206 Eng RRO ROU  2261 not

What happened at this hour on ROU shortwave service on three sub-
sequent days?
No signals heard worldwide on various SDR nets,
no success in Spanish sce reception,  wb.  df5sx
17570 2200 2300 14      TIG  90 247 288 Spa yes DRM 19/20/21 Febr
17640 2200 2300 14      TIG 300 247 288 Spa not AM  19/20/21 Febr

 6030 2300 2400 27N     GAL 300 300 206 Eng RRO ROU  3457 yes
 7220 2300 2400 27N     GAL 300 300 206 Eng RRO ROU  2252 not
 7325 2300 2400 45      TIG 300 52  288 Eng RRO ROU  2258 not
 9620 2300 2400 45      TIG 300 67  288 Eng RRO ROU  2277 yes
(hfcc.org Febr 11; monitor check by wb  df5sx, via
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 11 - 23)

ROMANIA   I received this reply from Radiocom Romania:

Everything is listed correctly. There is confusion because the main trans-
mitter in Galbeni is faulty
{? right ?, DXers worldwide report only of FAULTY TX / antenna feedline at
Tiganesti bcast center instead !; ed.},
and RRI in Galbeni is broadcast on the frequencies assigned to the other
transmitter.

DRM digital mode transmission is broadcast only from Tiganesti (the main
transmitter).

Between 04.00-05.00 we have this: from Galbeni English Mumbai-India 17790
kHz target and from Tiganesti English Mumbai-India 15250kHz. When the main
transmitter in Galbeni returns, English San Francisco will be heard on
7220 kHz (hopefully soon).

7410 kHz Tiganesti is not heard, because this frequency is assigned to the
transmitter that is turned off.

7220 kHz Galbeni will be heard when the main transmitter is restored.

DRM digital mode 21470kHz was broadcast from Tiganesti. The quality of the
transmission may not have been very good. I don't know if you found out,
but in Romania it snowed{!} very hard, there was a snowstorm and many
localities are isolated, highways are closed and there is no electricity.
We hope that the weather will improve and everything will return to
normal. We apologize for this confusing situation.

Best regards,
Lorena Talpan
Sef Serviciu
Serviciul Radiodifuziune
(via Mauno Ritola-FIN, wor iogr Febr 18)

RUSSIA  {Germany bureau}   9500 kHz  QSL card "Voice of the Andes" - Radio
Studio "Otkrovenie". Mailing address: PO Box 585, 394036 Voronezh, Russia.

December 20, 2015?, 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM UT, 9500 kHz via MBR Nauen site in
Germany. Image: <https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/02/blog-post_15.html>
(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1382 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

SPAIN   9690 kHz on Wed Febr 25 at 2300 UT, REE Madrid Noblejas weekly
token English, S=9+20/30dB direct, and also only on much weaker 17715 kHz
for SoAmerica, NO signal on 12030 kHz for ME target, and still missing
17755 kHz for all-Africa. Preview topix: anniversary of Russia's war on
Ukraine soil; something else happened 45years ago. 9690 kHz already fading
down a bit but still sufficient. Yet I find it tiring listening thru the
heavy accent of the OM. Something's not right at Noblejas bcast center.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Febr 26)

TAIWAN   Radio Taiwan International QSL #1 of 2026 year series.
I received a QSL card in 14 days for the following broadcast:

Radio Taiwan International 17 January 2026 Program "El Cartero" in Spanish
language. I sent reception report via email to <spanish -at- rti.org.tw>

Website:  <https://www.rti.org.tw/es/content?uid=14>

The special QSL reproduces National Radio Museum in Minxiong, Chiayi
County and the picture is provided by rikan.6e6636

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Radio_Museum>

The QSL #1 of 2026 series can be viewed at the following URL:
<https://acquamarina.blogspot.com>  Enjoy whatever you are listening !
(Tanino Marabello, Treviso-Veneto-ITA, wor Febr 24)

TAIWAN   15150 kHz RTI via Taipeh Tamsui site, 27 days, det. coloured card
in English / eRR HjBi.

15150 kHz  Radio Taiwan International via Tamsui (Taiwan). Special short
wave broadcast in English prepared by Taiwanese students for a partner
school in North Norway.

Full data color QSL card in Englisch in reply for e-mail report to German
service

<Deutsch -at- rti.org.tw>

seemingly involved as they promised to handle reception reports. Received
in 27 days (13 days airmail delivery). Postal address on the envelope:
P.O.Box 123-199, Taipei 111, Taiwan (R. O. C.)

Picture here: 
<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/02/radio-taiwan-international_18.html>
(Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, via RUSdx #1382 via
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

TAIWAN   Today I received a packet in the postal mail from RTI including a
QSL card for my report of reception using the Uni Enschede Twente SDR re-
ceiver plus a couple of gifts (phone lanyard and sticky notes). Just like
the good old SW days. The packet came from Richard T. Iverson in Taipei
Taiwan. Is he a consultant to RTI ?

In the past, a number of listeners reported problems with the German
customs when receiving gifts from Radio Taiwan International or KBS World
Radio. German customs charged them with more than the package was actually
worth. Listeners then advised those stations not to send their tokens of
appreciation as official organisations but use individual persons as sen-
ders of the parcel.
(Richard Langley-NB-CAN, hcdx / wor Febr 25)

TAIWAN   Special English broadcast directed to Norway (22 January 2026).

I also received a physical letter from the Post Office yesterday saying
that I should go through customs as soon as possible to get a package from
Richard T. Iverson that costs €3.00 as soon as possible without a note
about RTI.

I consulted with my DX friends about whether this was a scam or not and
one enthusiast told me that it was a little gift from Taiwan regarding
a reception report radio program that was sent from Taiwan to Norway.

After that I went to the Finnish Customs website to complete that task. It
was the first time for me to do customs clearance remotely so I learned
something new yesterday.

Now the package has already been transferred from Customs to Finnish Post
and I expect I will receive it within a week. A lot of work and effort for
a fairly small matter. 73 Kari.
(Kari Kallio-FIN, wor Febr 26)

UNIDENTIFIED/PIRATE RADIO / IVORY COAST - Very unknown station and strange
location information, .... oh my God.

6140 kHz  eQSL Radio Augusta International. 24 February 2026, at 19.00-
20.00 UT. "Hi Anatoly, Thank you very much for your report of reception.
We are on 6140 kHz every day from 7 to 9pm (UK time) via the Brazilian
Radio Onda transmitter. I forward your mail to the dj's of the station and
I'm sur that David or Mike will play a song for you in a future show.
In attachment you can find an E-Qsl card.
Best regards, Didier." Image:
<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2026/02/radio-augusta-international.html>
(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1383 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 1)

UAE   11874.961 much frq oddity of Abu Dhabi Media owned, but ENC ope-
rated Dhabbaya bcast center, S=9+15dB signal strength at 03.55 UT on
Febr 22.

Missed in Aoki Nagoya Circle and Bierwirth Eibi list database, requested
at hfcc.org date stamp from 10 December 2025:

11875 0330-0400 48E,48SW  DHA  250 215  0 206  101225-290326 Som UAE ENC
see target radio in WRTH page #642 under Radio ERGO, Somali language to
SOMALIA final target.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

U.K.   9515 kHz  Wed  Febr 25, at 1954-1959 UT, Radio Farda, ENC Wooffer-
ton-UK, in Persian to Iran. Man announcer talking news, presumed, w/a
collaboration of man news reporter, I think! A conversation w/a man; 1959
UT Ending & closing carrier. Fair reception: 3~45443.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 25)

USA  {non}  BBC Monitoring: Radio Free Asia partially resumes Uyghur
language broadcast.

From highlights from the Turkish media on Turkey-China ties for the week
of 18 - 24 February 2026:

Radio Free Asia partially resumes Uyghur language broadcast. Uyghur acti-
vists have called on Radio Free Asia (RFA) to fully resume broadcasting to
China's Uyghurs {in Xinjiang province, ed.}, after broadcasts recently
restarted only partially, pro-Uyghur website Tamgaturk reported on
19 February.

"While welcoming the resumption of RFA's Uyghur, Mandarin and Tibetan
broadcasts, the Uyghur Movement said the Uyghur Language Service in parti-
cular must be restored to its full former strength," it said. "The Uyghur
Movement emphasised that RFA's mission is to provide independent and un-
censored news was vital for oppressed communities," it added.

RFA had limited its broadcasts following a March 2025 executive order by
US President Trump to cut funding for US state media. Mainstream Chinese
media outlets had hailed that move as the "end of narrative hegemony".
(via Mike Cooper-GA-USA, wor Febr 28)

USA   5850 kHz  RAE Argentina al Mundo, via WRMI Okeechobee-FL relay site
- in Spanish to North America, Febr 21 at 2234-2242UT. Sports program, 'al
pueblo argentino.. Buenos Aires, programa deportivo, River domina..'. S=6.

7435 kHz  Radio Marti, USAGM Greenville-NC relay center - in Spanish to
Cuba, Febr 21 at 2317-2325 UT. Presentation of an interview with an poli-
tical expert, focusing on the main problems in the economies of Cuba and
Nicaragua. S=9.

17790 kHz  Radio Africa  'Pan American Broadcasting', via WRMI Okeechobee-
FL-USA site - in English to Latin America, Febr 21 at 1809-1817 UT. A mes-
sage by an OM, identification, music. S=5.
(Rudolf Grimm, Ibiuna-SP-BRA  #461, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 22)

USA   9265 kHz  WINB - Red Lion-PA state, at 2245 UT on Febr 16; in
English. I rarely do more than pause at WINB, however ran into an enjoy-
able program of Appalachian gospel music by a non -professional, presumed
local group. Unfortunately, I was not listening closely at the beginning
to get a program name. End of a program with contact postal address, ID,
15-minute program of home-made mountain gospel music - "Come back at the
same time next week." 2300 UT  ID, "Moment of Truth" program. Fair.
(Mark Taylor, Lake Farm Park-WI-USA, via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

13570 kHz  USAGM  Radio Marti in Spanish to Cuba island Caribbean via
Greenville-NC relay center, February 22, 2026, at 1611 - 1618 UT. SIO 222.
OMs in Spanish conversation. Moderate QRN, steep QSB to JBA. Listenable
with difficulty. // 13820 kHz.
(Vince Henley-WA-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

USA   15555 kHz USB mode, Febr 24 at 1546UT, no signal from WJHR. In fact,
have not hit it in some weeks on random daytime bandscanning, supposedly
scheduled 1358-2200 UT per EiBi Bierwirth database file. So is it ever on
the air ?

When I did hear it, I wondered whether only tnx to a sporadic E opening
from this glorified ham station. Last report I find was in the Dec 21,
2025 NASWA Flashsheet, from Cichorek-NJ-USA, but omitting time and date !

Last time I logged it was Sept 26, 2025 until 2203* UT, but surely heard
since, but ignored. At that time, I also noted it had been missing until
then. Note occasionally has been on 15550 kHz USB mode instead.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Febr 26)

15555 USB single sideband audio encoded, WJHR Milton FL, sermon on homo
sexuality theme, En screamer male sound, media block 15554.4 to 15558.2
kHz, on upper flank. S=9 at 15.23 UT, Oct 15, 2025.
(wb  df5sx, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21)

USA   12160 kHz WWCR  Nashville-TN state, at 1600 UT. VG in Arizona, first
heard here since the storm. Strong on little 4 band Longine's Symphonette
"World Traveler" and stock whip. Woman hosting political talk show.
At 1700 UT, the tinfoil hats came off and the Stetsons came on, with some
very traditional western and country music. Very Good on Febr 27.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via odxa/wor Febr 27)

5920 kHz  WTWW, Lebanon TN, at 0032UT on Febr 17. Man in English with full
ID and address followed by a recording of Brother Stair. The segment con-
sisted of Stair condemning same sex marriage and promoting full immersion
baptism. Fair.
(Ed Cichorek-NJ-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

5085 kHz  WTWW, Lebanon TN;  still off, but just heard Febr 22 from George
McClintock now that his power and internet are restored. Something in the
transmitter burned up, blackened everything; parts are on order and hope
to be back on air this week.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

USA   {ARGENTINA non}   9455 kHz on Tue Febr 24 at 2256 UT, WRMI Okee-
chobee-FL S=9+30/40dB concluding relay of DW in English via WRN - which
they refuse to provide themselves on SW; 2300 UT tango music, multi-lin-
gual RAE ID, more and more music, no announcements in any language past
2325+ UT. At least there is no more DX olds in Portuguese.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Febr 26)

VANUATU   5040 kHz R. Vanuatu - from Emten Lagoon. 2010 UT Bislama anncts,
2012 UT - Song: "Rivers of Babylon". No signal on any other regular RV
freqs at this time. Fair signal and still there at 2035UT, but then rapid-
ly faded into late summer's morning sun. Febr 19.
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn-Vic-AUS; via
NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1244 Febr 22)

VATICAN STATE   13830 kHz  Febr 25 at 1542 UT, Vatican Radio in Amharic,
S=9+5/25dB, and would you believe it's axually stronger here than USAGM
Greenville-NC Radio Marti on 13820 kHz?! which is only S5/S9; and also
exceeding 13845 kHz WWCR. Vatican Radio also strong S=9/+10dB
on // 15565 kHz.

These are supposedly aimed oppositely toward Ethiopia. No other signifi-
cant signals from Europe on either band.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Febr 26)

VATICAN STATE    Radio Vaticana's New QSL. Hello everyone, according to
Italradio, Radio Vaticana has begun issuing new paper QSL cards. The sta-
tion had been issuing eQSL for some time recently and had not been provid-
ing paper QSL cards.

You can find more details in the article at the URL below:

<https://www.italradio.org/portale/index.php?module=News&func=
display&sid=5170>

(Akiyoshi Teraoka-JP, wor Febr 28)

VATICAN STATE  11755 kHz Vatican Radio, direct from Santa Maria di Galeria
bcast center at 1628 UT; repeats of Vatican Radio tuning signal to open
right on the half. Woman in Arabic, then man. Again, the IS at 1657 UT and
to woman, talk in French. Good on Febr 16.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, Arizona Update via wor Febr 27)

VENEZUELA/ {COLOMBIA border}  4939.98 kHz 'Estacion 4940' (pres) on Jan 31
at 0433-0451 UT (carrier on 4940.128 kHz per Uni Enschede Twente remote
SDR unit, over very poor unclear talk),man and a woman (pres) unclear talk
in turns w/ Spanish accent, from 0445 UT another man joined the conversa-
tion; heard better in USB/LSB sync w/ 12+ kHz aux filter, non stop rapid
no deep qsb, loud rustle and moderate crackles qrn, poor in SSB sync.
(Gianni Serra-Roma-Italy; direct and via wor Febr 13)

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HFCC.org   HFCC  Transmission Schedules information for A26 season.
The new A26 season will commence on Sunday 29 March 2026 and HFCC trans-
mission schedules will be published after 15 March 2026 at

<https://new.hfcc.org/data/a26/>

<https://www.dxguides.info/p/latest.html>  via

Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1383 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 1)