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BC-DX 1384                                                   18 May 2019
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ALASKA. HAARP QSL CARDS Hello Folk, This letter sent me by Miss
Amanda Dawn Christie, to inform me of the status of the responses to
the reception reports of the listening of the HAARP Event, 2019

- - -

My apologies for the delayed response. When I returned home to
Montreal from Alaska I was in the midst of final exams, critiques, and
grading. I am almost finished now.

I actually just met with my designer this morning about the designs of
the QSL cards. We are making custom QSL cards for this event, so
please do be patient. He is going to get me a draft by May 10, then we
will likely go back and forth making changes until May 24, I hope to
have them printed by early June so I can mail them out to people in
June.

I am meeting with my project manager tomorrow morning, and we will be
creating our strategy for how to manage the reception reports (there
were a lot) communicating with people, organizing the data,
recordings, audio, images, video, the website, etc., and making a
spread sheet with everyone's information (name, contact info, mailing
address, etc.), so that we can make sure not to miss anyone when send
out the QSL cards.

So you were not forgotten; I just had not yet designed the cards (I
want to make a special design), and I am a full time professor and it
was the end of the semester. Classes are finished now, and I just have
one class left to finish grading. Then all of my attention will be
back 100% on this project. QSL cards are currently being designed and
should go in the mail in early June. Best, Amanda Dawn Christie
(via Hector Frias Jofre, CE3001SWL, Chile, April 30, dxld May 2)

ANGUILLA   11775 kHz, Caribbean Beacon (re-checked) at 2100 UT. Archival
tapes of Doc Scott in monologue, short acoustic guitar break and contact
##, then more of the Doc. Very strong signal, but the audio started
cutting out after 2130 UT. Thinking it was a problem with the big Grundig,
I tuned in on another radio, but same thing.
Gone after 2200 UT - Very Good (sans loose audio connection) Apr 28.

6090 kHz, Caribbean Beacon at 0330 UT. PM Scott monologue, with a lot of
loose audio cable issues. Reconciled with WWCR on 5935 kHz, the problem
not heard there, so this is a C.B. issue. After 0400 UT, DGS, with another
of his James Clavell novel-like communions, with the cup finally being
lifted at 25 minutes past the hour - Very Good (sans audio issue) May 1.
(Rick Barton-AZ-USA, dxld May 2)

ANTARCTICA   15475.972 kHz, on May 14 at 1327 UT, JBA carrier on signature
off-frequency of LRA36, active since it's Tuesday. Even weaker JJBBA
carrier by 1357 UT recheck. Try again Thursday.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 14)

15475.972  Checked that LRA36 channel Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel,
Base Esperanza, Antarctica, today Thursday on Perseus and KiwiSDR
worldwide net in Europe (in Holland, Switzerland, Germany) and
on various SDR's in Brazil.

But signal is much very tiny and weak tonight at S=3 ... 4 level,
couldn't even take an AUDACITY mp3 recording,
measured exact 15475.972 kHz, 17.50 - 18.10 UT.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)

ARMENIA   9300  TWR India (via CJSC Yerevan Gavar) at 14.17:33 UT on
16 April. Poor/fair in Hindi with hymns/inspirational chat, BOH ID in
English/Hindi with Post Box # for contact.
(Dan Sheedy via Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, DXplorer
via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 10)

AUSTRALIA   11905 kHz, Reach Beyond, Kununurra. Extended use of this
frequency, Nagamese 1130 (on a Monday) UT, with opening announcements and
hymn. This obscure language is described by Dr Google as "a pidgin/creole
arising out of Assamese, Hindi, English and various Naga languages.
April 29.
(Craig Seager-NSW-AUS  VK2HBT, ARDXC May ADXNews, direct and via dxld)

A paper QSL card from Reach Beyond Australia HCJB [sic] for a report dated
March 29, 2019 was received. By default, the station confirms the reports
with an electronic card, but if you need a copy on paper, you need to
report this in the report. The date the envelope was sent is April 2,
2019. The theme of the card is Ringneck Parrot, the Australian parrot.
(Dmitry Elagin, Saratov-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World,
RUSdx 28 April via dxld May 2)

BHUTAN   6035 kHz  BBS Thimpu  on May 15, from 1143 UT till suddenly off
at 1151* UT; pop songs; very decent reception due to FM99 (relayed via PBS
Yunnan) again being off the air today and the North Korea jamming spur had
not yet started up. Is wonderful to hear BBS without the usual QRM.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)

BOLIVIA   3310 kHz, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba 2319 to 2350 UT,
yl in Quechua language, later both om and yl, weak alas steady signal.

6134.86 kHz  Radio Santa Cruz, 2330 to 2340 UT, weak distorted signal
noted also on the 4 May, same time.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6)

BRAZIL   3375.1 kHz,  Radio Municipal, Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira,
2340 to 2350 UT, weak in PT, om chat no music heard.
First log of this one for a while.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6)

BULGARIA  {Taiwan}  Received a QSL card from the German Service of Taiwan
International Radio for reception - 05 Apr 2019, 19.00-19.30 UT at a
frequency of 5900 kHz (transmitter SPC-NURTS Spaceline Ltd. Sofia
Kostinbrod Bulgaria relay site). Card number 2019-3.
The report sent by e-mail:  <deutsch -at- rti.org.tw>
(Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" RUSdx May 12)

BULGARIA   TOM Brother STAIR via SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria
relay site on May 10. {heard also in 31mb 9400 to NE/ME target, wb.}
1500-1700  6000 SOF 050 kW 030 deg to EaEUR  English, fair/good
2000-2200  6055 SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR  English, weak/fair
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11)

CANADA   6069.985 kHz CFRX Toronto, En night sce at 06.30 UT on May 15,
S=7 or -81dBm signal in remote SDR at Cape Canaveral FL state.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)

CHINA   15165 kHz, CNR1 at 1329 UT in Mandarin jamming the VOA in Mandarin
via Thailand with a woman with excited promos then a man and woman with
excited news coverage from 1331 UT - Fair mixing with VOA Apr 26.

15165 kHz, THAILAND, VOA at 1329 UT in Mandarin with an interview between
a woman and a man - Fair mixing with CNR jammer Apr 26.

15250 kHz, CNR at 1212 UT // 11785 and 11825 kHz in Mandarin jamming the
VOA in Mandarin via the Philippines with a woman with light talk and Asian
instrumentals and children's choruses - Weak Apr 26.

- The feed could have come from
CNR3  (The Voice of the Music 'Yinyue zhi sheng 2200-1600 UT
FM90.0 MHz Beijing') or

CNR12 (The Voice of the Entertainment 'MW Beijing 747 kHz #582 site,
2035-1805 UT', wb.).
There are a total 17 CNR programs for the Chinese authorities to choose
from.
(Mark Coady, Selwyn-Ont-CAN, ODXA iog via dxld May 2)

6185 kHz  China Huayi Broadcast Co. (*CHBC Chengdu) (presumed), 1000 UT on
April 27. Recently heard much stronger than in the past; time pips; in
Chinese; before 1000 UT, seemed to be sports program. This is not often
reported.

6185 kHz  China Huayi Broadcast Co. (*CHBC Chengdu) (presumed), 1053 UT on
April 29. Recently with greatly improved reception; do not recall them
ever being so strong in the past. In Chinese; pop song till ToH, when time
pips. Also well heard April 30.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA,dxld May 2)

* CHBC Chengdu 15 kW non-dir, 0950-1600 UT, FM 107.1 MHz, AM 873 kHz
Except 0400-0953 UT every Wednesday. China Huayi Broadcasting Corporation,
P.O.Box 251, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China 350001. (Aoki Nagoya data)

CHINA   6125 kHz  CNR1 Beijing #572 site 37degr azimuth path via
Vladivostok, Alaska, western Canadian coast line.
On April 28, at 1211 UT. The opening ceremony of horticultural Expo 2019;
held in Beijing; theme this year is "Live Green, Live Better"; opening
speech in English by someone from the International Association of
Horticultural Producers (AIPH), along with Chinese comments/translation.

My audio at
<http://bit.ly/2ZFTm67>
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld May 2)

Hi Glenn, Spectacular hour+ video of the opening ceremony that I heard
yesterday -
<http://bit.ly/2J40P9o>
On the video, at 16:37 UT, it corresponds to my recording.
Was especially intrigued from 57:00+ on the video.
An amazing presentation.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld May 2)

CHINA   11785 kHz, re my report of a special musical event on CNR1
jammer, May 15 before and after 1300 UT,

Ron Howard replies on the WOR io group:
"Hi Glenn, Here in California, I was also listening to CNR1
(6125 kHz.). Live coverage of the opening ceremony of the Conference on
Dialogue of Asian Civilizations [explained in English:]
<http://bit.ly/2W9Gru6>
being held in Beijing; live coverage ended at 1345 UT. A major event, as
it was attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Many performers (song
Auld Lang Syne, etc.). My audio of a portion of today's coverage at
<http://bit.ly/2JkBuZz>
Ron"

Very good; but I fail to comprehend what "ALS" or "Nessun Dorma"
by Puccini have to do with any Asian civilisation.

Or have the ChiCom cooepted those too as their very own?
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld May 16)

CHINA/KUWAIT  13570 kHz came across of tiny RFA Chinese via BBG IBB Kuwait
relay site in 16-17 UT slot on May 17. Noted tiny Kuwait signal,
underneath of much stronger CNR1 jamming outlet, up to S=9+30dB powerful
noted in remote SDR in Seoul in South Korea.

Compared program content against CNR1 7345 kHz powerhouse
from Beijing CHN site.
But noted also as jammer against Chinese programs on 6075, 6125, 6135 kHz.

CNR1 program heard for comparision in Seoul-KOR also // at 16.19 UT on
MW 540, 639, 756, 1251, 1377, 1539, 1593 kHz.
SW 4750 4800 5945 6000 6080 6125 6145 6175 7275 7290 7305 7345 7365 9500
9710 9810 9830 9845 9860 11710 11925 kHz.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)

CHINA/THAILAND   Co-channel equal level in Brisbane S=9+10dB
hit each other:
5915even kHz CRI Mongolian, Huhot, China, and
5914.982 kHz Myanmar Radio, Nay Pyi Taw site, Myanmar.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)

CONGO   6115 kHz, on May 13 from 0525 past 0536 UT I keep checking for
carrier from Brazzaville, but none of it. On May 3, Ron Howard heard it
suddenly come on at *0533 UT.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 14)

CUBA/USA   BTW, in his April NASWA Journal column, discussing the proposed
FY 2020year USAGM budget, Kim Elliott says:
"It looks like OCB and USAGM are satisfied with the progress of access to
new media in Cuba, strongly hinting that the Greenville shortwave site may
no longer be needed".
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld May 2)

CUBA   13739.289 kHz, on May 13 at 1347 UT, RHC S=9+10dB and auto-knocked
off-frequency again today. Something's always wrong at RHC.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 14)

CUBA  6100 RHC Bauta Spanish S=8-9 in Alberta at 11.05 UT on May 14

6000 kHz not on air already from 250kW Quivican site,
came later on-air around 11.12 UT and some TX break downs in between.

5025 kHz R Rebelde in Spanish S=9 fluttery at 11.15 UT,
but Grayline in Ohio state, ... West Virginia etc. ,
so 31, 25, 22, and 19 mb signal from Cuba
doesn't propagate into Alberta Canada at this dark area time slot.

In remote SDR unit at Massachusetts at 11.21 UT
5025 kHz S=8-9.
6000 kHz break down, NIL
6100 RHC Sp Bauta, S=9+15dB,
9535/9640 doesn't propagate today.
11760 kHz Bauta S=7 ... up to 9, much fluttery,
          bad propagation at 11.24 UT.

re odd 13739.289 kHz May 13:
Around 13.02 UT on May 14
both 13700 and 13740 kHz, are even exact kHz channel.
S=7-8 in MA, S=8 in Rochester NY,
S=5 poor in MA, S=8-9 in Detroit MI,
and best signal heard S=9+10dB in Rochester NY,
depending of rx gear and antenna type... 13.07 UT.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 14)

5980.007 some scratching tone QRM noted during 49mb check in Cape
Canaveral FL state, 2 x 2760 kHz broadban multi-tone either sideband noted
at 06.25 UT on May 15.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)

EGYPT   Reception of Mystery Egyptian Music Station 9550 kHz, May 11
0815-0820 UT  9550 kHz, unknown tx, unknown to NE/NoEaAF
Music, fair/good signal.
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11)

FRANCE   Reception of Radio Sinit Eritrea RSE via MBR FMO brokery,
via TDF Issoudun bcast center, May 11
0500-0600 11660*ISS 250 kW 123 deg to EaAF Tigrinya/Arabic Sat, very good
* co-ch same 11660 XIA 150 kW non-dir to EaAS Chinese CNR2-weak.
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11)

GUINEA   9650 kHz, Radio Guinee, Conakry, at 2056 UT in French with lively
African hi-life vocals and a man with brief talk with a mention of
"Guinee" at 2058 UT and more lively African hi-life vocals and a man with
brief talk with a mention of "Guinee" over lively African hi-life vocals
at 2104 UT - Fair to Good May 1

- I absolutely love African hi-life music. In fact, I have loved all forms
of African music for the forty years of my involvement in this great
hobby. It's one of my favourite music genres. I just wish more African
countries would invest in serving their people by returning to the
shortwave bands. They can't be properly serving their people with
mediumwave and FM transmitters and as for satellite and internet radio, as
Scotty on the Enterprise would say, "Laddie, it's not going to happen!"
(Mark Coady, Selwyn-Ont_CAN, ODXA iog via dxld May 2)

INDIA   Radio Kashmir special programs for Eid al Fitr.

Special programs of Radio Kashmir Srinagar for Eid al Fitr 2019 festival
is noted as follows:

2140 to 2237 UT on 1116 kHz also announcing 4950 kHz
(Not heard by me, may be in skip) and 103.5 MHz.
In the past others stations from Jammu & Kashmir were also noted on
MW relaying the same program. These special broadcasts will continue till
around 4th of June 2019. The timings of these broadcasts were noted
as slightly varying in the previous years.

<https://qsl.net/vu2jos/qsls/AIR_Srinagar_1116.jpg>
(Jose Jacob-IND  VU2JOS, <www.qsl.net/vu2jos>  DXindia May 16)

INDONESIA    Re: Voice of Indonesia (3325 kHz) with audio.

Voice of Indonesia, chequed now (1620-1705 UT on May 08) via SDR Kiwi in
Jakarta, Indonesia, on air on 3325.00 and 4749.94 kHz with program
in Arabic, Arabic comments, and Indonesian songs,at 1700 UT program
in Spanish, id. "Voice of Indonesia", "La Voz de Indonesia", "El programa
en Espana, comenzamos con las noticias, en onda corta, 3325 kHz".
Very good signal on 3325 and weak and with strong QRM from Bangladesh
Betar on 4749.94 kHz. Bangladesh on 4750.00 kHz even.

Via SDR Kiwi near Perth, West Australia, good singal on 3325 kHz and
on 4749.94 kHz weak and strong QRM from Bangladesh, with much stronger
signal than Indonesia.
(Manuel Mendez-ESP, May 8)

INDONESIA   3325 kHz  Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, on May 15,
from 1302+ UT, in English; slightly better than yesterdays reception; same
format; 1312 UT, "Commentary" about USA/Russian relations; 1315 UT, "Today
in History" (this date in 1972, Okinawa returned to Japan, etc.); my
sunrise today was at 1300 UT.

Ramadan - Recently checking the various RRI sites (Ternate, Wamena,
Merauke, etc.), but found nothing reactivated.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)

INDONESIA   3325 kHz  VOI in English via RRI Palangkaraya (tent) weak
audio.

3325 kHz presumed VOI via RRI Palangkaraya (south Borneo Island /
Kalimantan) has some weak audio now - maybe 10-20% modulation max. but not
very strong and wavery propagation today - the audio sounded like them but
I could not ID the language even if presumed English at this time.

Far weaker than KRE 3320 kHz at 1310 UT this morning local time in the
Mojave Desert (14 May). It seems since they have some audio back their
carrier is weaker. Some ~1 kHz fast CW in there but not a repeating
beacon. Nulls about 290 deg. azimuth, again.
(Stephen P. McGreevy-USA, N6NKS <http://www.auroralchorus.com> wor May 14)

INDONESIA   3325 kHz VOI in English via RRI Palangkaraya (tent) weak audio
Hi Steven, Thanks for sharing your 3325 kHz. observations today (May 14).
Interesting to note the difference between our receptions, even though we
are both in California. Today heard with audio at a decent level, from the
Voice of Indonesia. A few highlights:

*1102: Suddenly on.

1300-1308: Into segment in English; intro ID and then the news (item about
Disaster Risk Reduction conference [May 13-17]
being held in Geneva, item about ASEAN, item about moving the capital away
from Jakarta, etc.). My audio of today's ASEAN
news story, followed by clear ID, at  <http://bit.ly/2VCkmF5>

1308-1312: "Commentary."

1312-1316: "Today in History" (this date in 1948, independent state of
Israel was proclaimed, etc.).

Nice to hear VOI back to a fairly readable level again!
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 14)

INDONESIA   re 3325 kHz
Re: 3325 VOI in English via RRI Palangkaraya (tent) weak audio.

Thanks to KiwiSDR worldwide net, heard via
<http://ptlenkiwisdr.ddns.net:8073/>

<https://www.google.com/maps/place/6%C2%B058'12.0%22S+107%C2%B033'00.0%22E
/@-6.97,107.5478113,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-
6.97!4d107.55>

KiwiSDR Bandung Indonesia like a local stn at 21.20 UT on May 14,
3325 - or rather 3324.999 kHz, lower side flank, set options
AM mode narrow, AGC off, manual gain 90dB,
signal S=9 or -73dBm at 21.20 UT.

ID in English Voice of Indonesia at 21.43-21.44 UT
Music choral announced ...

nothing heard/visible on 4750 kHz though.

now at 22.00 UT, Bandung-INS local 05.00 hrs,
VoINS English to Japanese service, ID and www address given.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 14)

IRAN   So IRIB is now on some further OOB frequencies, as in HFCC A-19
request file:

12160 0320 0420 38E,39W IRB Ara Sirjan 29N27 055E41 295 500 1234567
31-Mar-2019 27-Oct-2019 SSS-FFF-3A104

12180 0320 0420 30,31 IRB Rus Sirjan 29N27 055E41 18 500 1234567
31-Mar-2019 27-Oct-2019 RUSSIAN-8A306
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 2)

IRAN   A-19 frequency schedule of PARS TODAY - VIRI IRIB

Ahwaz site still mentioned in A-19 database.

*  6 x IRIB  Ramadan specials 05 May to 05 June, 2019
+----+----+----+-----------+---+----+-------+---+---+---+---+-------+
+FREQ STRT STOP CIRAF ZONES LOC PWR AZIMUTH SLW LAN ADM BRC Language+
+----+----+----+-----------+---+----+-------+---+---+---+---+-------+
 9550 0020 0320 6S,7S,8S,10 SIR 500 295   0 211 Spa IRN IRB SP NIL altern
 6065 0030 0130 29S,39N     SIR 500 295   0 156 Tur IRN IRB*TurkishRamadan
 S=9+30dB -41dBm HQ at 00.48 UT May 18
 6000 0050 0220 30SE,31SW,4 SIR 500  53 -30 218 Tgk IRN IRB TAJIK
 S=9+30dB heard in Delhi India at 00.53 UT May 18, 6000.004 kHz,
 underneath RHC Quivican San Felipe TITAN Cuba 5999.995 kHz at 00.50 UT.
 6175 0050 0220 30SE,31SW,4 SIR 500  46  30 206 Tgk IRN IRB TAJIK NIL alt.
 7410 0130 0230 39          SIR 500 198   0 146 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-S
 6000 0220 0320 40E,41W     SIR 500  60 -30 218 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO
 6165 0220 0320 40E,41W     SIR 500  53 -30 218 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO
 7320 0220 0320 40E,41W     AHW 500  84   0 145 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTOalternat
 7410 0230 0530 39          SIR 500 198   0 146 Ara IRN IRB Al-Quds TV
 9900 0230 0530 38,39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara IRN IRB Al-Quds TV
 6085 0320 0420 38E,39W     SIR 500 288 -25 218 Ara IRN IRB PALESTINE
 9550 0320 0420 30,31       SIR 500  30   0 206 Rus IRN IRB RUSSIAN
12050 0320 0420 38E,39W     SIR 500 282   0 146 Ara IRN IRB PALESTINE
12160 0320 0420 38E,39W     SIR 500 295   0 211 Ara IRN IRB PALESTINE
12180 0320 0420 30,31       SIR 500  18   0 146 Rus IRN IRB RUSSIAN
13695 0420 0450 38E,39W     SIR 500 282   0 146 Heb IRN IRB HEBREW
13740 0420 0450 38E,39W     SIR 500 293  30 218 Heb IRN IRB HEBREW
13785 0420 0550 29S,39N     SIR 500 310   0 211 Tur IRN IRB TURKISH
13635 0450 0550 39S,47,48,  SIR 500 216   0 216 Swa IRN IRB SWAHILI
13665 0450 0550 39S,47,48,  SIR 500 223 -30 218 Swa IRN IRB SWAHILI
 7410 0530 0600 39          SIR 500 198   0 146 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-S
13730 0530 0730 38,39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara IRN IRB AR-W 13730.005
13625 0550 0820 30S,31S,40E SIR 500  53 -30 218 Prs IRN IRB DARI 13625.007
13680 0550 0820 30S,31S,40E SIR 500  65 -15 156 Prs IRN IRB DARI NIL alter
13740 0550 0820 30S,31S,40E AHW 500  84   0 145 Prs IRN IRB DARI NIL alter
13795 0550 0650 46,47       SIR 500 255 -15 218 Hau IRN IRB HAUSA13795.008
15435 0550 0650 46,47       SIR 500 263   0 218 Hau IRN IRB HAUSANIL alter
15730 0550 0650 46,47       SIR 500 263   0 218 Hau IRN IRB HAUSA
13640 0600 0830 39          SIR 500 198   0 146 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-S
probably ARS Riyadh/Jeddah jamming co-channel on 13639.957 kHz May 17
15445 0650 0720 38E,39W     SIR 500 293  30 218 Heb IRN IRB HEBR 15445.000
15130 0720 0820 27S,28S,37  SIR 500 295   0 218 Spa IRN IRB SP_alternate
17780 0720 0820 27S,28S,37  SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SP   17780.008
17815 0720 0820 27S,28S,37  SIR 500 295   0 211 Spa IRN IRB SP   17714.997

13590 0830 1430 38,39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-W
13590.005 at 11.30 UT May 12,
also co-channel ARS Bubble jamming underneath heard.

Sirjan and Ahwaz site - maintenance break 0820-0920 UT daily,
except Zahedan site.

 9445 0920 1220 30S,31S,40E SIR 500  53 -30 218 Prs IRN IRB DARI_alternate
 9495 0920 1220 30S,31S,40E SIR 500  53 -30 218 Prs IRN IRB DARI
13725 0920 1250 30S,31S,40E SIR 500  65 -15 156 Prs IRN IRB DARI 13725.010
13640 0930 1130 39          SIR 500 216   0 216 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-S
13740 0920 1150 30S,31S,40E AHW 500  84   0 145 Prs IRN IRB DARI_alternate
17660 1120 1150 46,47       SIR 500 263   0 218 Hau IRN IRB HAUSA
13765 1130 1430 39          SIR 500 216   0 216 Ara IRN IRB ARA-S13765.011
13690 1150 1220 38E,39W     SIR 500 295   0 156 Heb IRN IRB HEBREW
13740 1150 1250 30S,31S,40E SIR 500  80   0 156 Prs IRN IRB DARI notMay 12
 7355 1220 1320 30S,31S,40E SIR 500  60 -30 218 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO NIL?
 9510 1220 1320 30S,31S,40E AHW 250  84   0 145 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO 9510kHz
 9510 1220 1320 30S,31S,40E SIR 500  53 -27 218 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO on air
13745 1250 1420 40E,41N     SIR 500  95  15 156 Urd IRN IRB URDU
 7345 1320 1420 39          SIR 500 298 -15 218 Kur IRN IRB KUR_Kurmanji
 9560 1320 1420 39          SIR 500 298 -15 218 Kur IRN IRB KUR_Kurmanji
13735 1320 1420 28E,29,30   SIR 500 336   0 146 Rus IRN IRB RUSSIAN
 6155 1420 1520 41NE        SIR 500  90   0 218 Ben IRN IRB BENGALI
 9810 1420 1520 41          SIR 500  95  15 156 Hin IRN IRB HIND_alternate
 9895 1420 1520 39          AHW 500 n-d   0 935 Ben IRN IRB BENGALI
11920 1420 1520 41NE        SIR 500  90   0 145 Ben IRN IRB BENG_alternate
12050 1420 1520 41          SIR 500  95  15 156 Hin IRN IRB HINDI
15235 1420 1520 41          SIR 500 102   0 146 Hin IRN IRB HINDI
 7415 1430 1730 39          SIR 500 198   0 146 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-S
 9280 1430 1730 37,38,39    ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-W
 7300 1520 1620 40E,41N     SIR 500  90   0 145 Urd IRN IRB URDU
 9800 1520 1620 41,49,54    SIR 500 102   0 146 Eng IRN IRB ENGLISH
15235 1520 1620 41,49,54    SIR 500 102   0 146 Eng IRN IRB ENGLISH
 9775 1550 1720 29S,39N     SIR 500 310   0 211 Tur IRN IRB TURKISH
 5925 1620 1720 40E,41W     AHW 250  84   0 145 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO ?//
 5925 1620 1720 40E,41W     SIR 500  80   0 146 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO ?//
 6065 1620 1720 40E,41W     ZAH 500   0   0 935 Pus IRN IRB PUSHTO
 7230 1620 1720 29SE,39NE   SIR 500 320   0 146 Axm IRN IRB ARMEN
 7305 1620 1650 41NE        SIR 500  95  15 156 Ben IRN IRB BENGALI
11665 1620 1650 41NE        SIR 500  90   0 145 Ben IRN IRB BENGALI
 6015 1700 1830 37-39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-W
 7300 1720 1820 27,28       SIR 500 310   0 211 Deu IRN IRBGERMANalternate
 7330 1720 1820 27,28       SIR 500 320  25 156 Deu IRN IRB GERMAN
 7370 1720 1820 28S         SIR 500 298 -15 218 Bos IRN IRB BOSNIAN
 9880 1720 1820 27,28       SIR 500 310   0 211 Deu IRN IRB GERMAN
 5920 1820 1920 28S         SIR 500 295   0 156 Sqi IRN IRB ALBANIAN
 7235 1820 1920 28S         SIR 500 320   0 146 Sqi IRN IRB ALBANIAN
 7330 1820 1920 27,28       SIR 500 310   0 211 Fra IRN IRB FRENCH
 9860 1820 1920 46,47       SIR 500 263   0 218 Hau IRN IRB HAUSA
 6155 1830 2100 37-39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara IRN IRB AR-W 6154.998
 5925 1920 1950 28S         SIR 500 300  30 218 Ita IRN IRB ITALIAN
 7370 1920 1950 28S         SIR 500 295   0 156 Ita IRN IRB ITALIAN
 9750 1920 2020 52,53,57    SIR 500 216   0 216 Eng IRN IRB ENGLISH
 9855 1920 2020 27,28       SIR 500 310   0 211 Eng IRN IRB ENGLISH
 7315 1930 2300 29S,39N,40N SIR 500 320  25 156 Aze IRN IRB*AzeriRamadan
 9620 2020 2120 27S,28S,37  SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH
11870 2020 2120 12-16       SIR 500 238 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH
 7355 2050 2150 45          SIR 500  65 -15 156 Jpn IRN IRB JAPANESE
 6155 2100 0230 37-39       ZAH 500 289   0 145 Ara IRN IRB ARBIC-W
 7280 2130 2300 30-31,40-42 SIR 500  60 -30 218 Tgk IRN IRB*Tajiki_Ramadan
 9730 2200 0030 30-31,40-42 SIR 500 198   0 146 Ara IRN IRB*ArabicSRamadan
 7225 2220 2320 46,47       SIR 500 255 -15 218 Hau IRN IRB HAUSA
 7275 2220 2320 46,47       SIR 500 255 -15 218 Hau IRN IRB HAUSA
 7410 2300 0320 29S,39N,40N SIR 500 336   0 146 Aze IRN IRB*AzeriRamadan
 7235 2320 0020 46,47       SIR 500 270 -25 156 Fra IRN IRB FRENCH
 7260 2320 0020 46,47       SIR 500 255 -15 218 Fra IRN IRB FRENCH
 7270 2320 0020 46,47       SIR 500 255 -15 218 Fra IRN IRB FRENCH
13805 2320 0020 39          SIR 500 304 -15 218 Kur IRN IRB*Kurmanji_Ramad
 7230 2350 0120 12-16       SIR 500 255 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SP  7230.004
11660 2350 0250 07S,10N,10  SIR 500 328  15 218 Spa IRN IRB SP 11660.004
(hfcc.org request table A-19, May 9 / 11)

On May 11:
7315 1930 2300 29S,39N,40N SIR 500 320  25 156 Aze IRN IRB*AzeriRamadan

7315.002 kHz S=9+25dB in Western Europe, S=9+35dB in Austria/Hungary
at 21.54 UT.

7280 2130 2300 30-31,40-42 SIR 500  60 -30 218 Tgk IRN IRB*Tajiki_Ramadan

7280.006 kHz S=9+10dB in Western Europe, S=9+20dB in Austria/Hungary
at 21.58 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11)

15445even  0650-0720 UT  38E,39W   SIR 500 293  30 218 Heb IRN IRB HEBREW

Checked on May 15, weak signals in Moscow, Delhi and Doha Qatar, but
reliable S=9+15dB signal in remote SDR near St.Gallen/Saentis mountain
Switzerland unit: requested 0650-0720 UT.

13640 kHz, mixture heard in past 6 months daily of both
- two Arabic language stns co-channel - hit each other.
Scheduled IRIB Arabic and ARS Jeddah/Riyadh security forces
'against jamming' co-channel, noted some strings differed, not congruent.
Strongest string measured 13639.957 kHz (ARS?)
and 13639.988 kHz (IRIB Sirjan), S=7-8 in remote Switzerland SDR unit.

re IRIB Spanish
15130 0720 0820 27S,28S,37  SIR 500 295   0 218 Spa IRN IRB SP_alternate
17780 0720 0820 27S,28S,37  SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH
17815 0720 0820 27S,28S,37  SIR 500 295   0 211 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH

HFCC-requested 15130 kHz IRIB Spanish sce is seemingly alternate,
not on air on May 15.
17780.008 and 17814.997 kHz much powerful here in central Europe too.
Phone-in talk about Venezuela/USA civil/embargo etc. crisis politics.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)

IRAN   7410 kHz, re my unID open carrier, May 12 at 0028 UT,
Wolfgang Bueschel replies:

"IRIB Ramadan special of Azeri language noted on 7410.005 kHz, only S=6
or -94dBm here in central Europe at 00.15 UT on May 12. 73 wb  df5sx

6 x IRIB Ramadan specials 05 May to 05 June, 2019
7410 2300 0320 29S,39N,40N SIR 500 336 0 146 Aze IRN IRB*Azeri Ramadan
(hfcc.org request table A-19, May 11)"

I had searched for 7410 before but unfound; another version, from Ivo:

"IRAN Additional frequencies of PARS TODAY VIRI IRIB
from May 6 to June 5 due to the Muslim holiday Ramadan
2130-2300   7280 SIR 500 kW 060 deg to CeAS  Tajik
2200-0030   9730 SIR 500 kW 198 deg to NE/ME Arabic
2323-0020  13805 SIR 500 kW 304 deg to NE/ME Kurdish
0030-0130   6065 SIR 500 kW 295 deg to NE/ME Turkish
Alt. freqs 1930-2300 on 7315 & 2300-0320 on 7410 Turkish

So was my dead air in Azeri or Turkish?
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 11/12)

IRIB Ramadan
7315.002 IRIB  21.50 UT May 11 S=9+25dB in HOL/UK remote SDR.
S=9+35dB in Hungary and Austria remotes.

7280.006 IRIB  21.55 UT May 11 S=9+5dB to Tajikistan CeAsia,
sidelobe in UK remote SDR. S=9+10 dB fluttery in HOL.
S=9+20dB in Hungary and Austria remotes.

13805 even S=9+15dB or -61dBm, signal remotedly in Blackpool-UK
at 23.50 UT on May 11. HQ prayer at 23.56:50 UT.

7410.005 kHz IRIB Sirjan, Turki-AZ Ramadan special, like Azeri Turk
language sce, S=6 or -94dBm at 00.15 UT on May 12.

7409.981 kHz at 23.45 UT on May 12, S=9+20dB or -56dBm

13805even kHz S=6 in Blackpool at 23.52 UT on May 12.
9730.005  kHz S=6 at 23.48 UT May 12.

Comment on the night reception May 12:

IRIB Ramadan 7409.981 kHz at 23.45 UT S=9+20dB or -56dBm

was so much powerful strong,

I could observe  t w o  Arabic/muslim sounded content
services on that channel,

I believe 7409.981 kHz on lower side 'could be'
rather a Saudi Arab Holy Quran jammer
against IRIB Ramadan 7410.005 kHz ?

Iranian services from Sirjan broadcast center site
are mostly on upper side, x.003 to x.011 kHz.

Only a guess, but similar happened in past rather on 22 meterband.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 12)

So was my dead air 7410 kHz in Azeri or Turkish ?
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 11/12)

I've also my doubts about the Ramadan specials,
I don't understand Turkish nor Azerbaijani,

I can not clearly identify neither Turkish nor Azeri, Azerbaijani,
or Kurmanji languages.

But TRT and IRIB clearly separate Turk-ES and Turki-AZ.

though ITU language table mentioned
8 x different Turki language versions
(incl. old Osmanic empire langs, Kurmanji etc).

TRT Ankara has two different Turkish programs too.
like IRIB does

"Turk-ES"
is meant towards Turkey in zones 29S, 39N

"Turki-A"
is meant for former Osmanic targets,
zones 29SE,39NE,40NW,
like Azerbaijan/Armenia,
Caucasus mountain target, Kurdistan, IRQ and IRN,

IRIB has also different Turk programs
of Turkish on shortwave,

but Azeri-langs via Iranian ! MEDIUM-waves, see WRTH 2019, page 477.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 12 / 13)

Re: IRIB Tehran, A-19 schedule, 6x Ramadan specials 05May - 05June 2019

Ahwaz site still mentioned in A-19 database.

Rather again, after nothing was scheduled anymore during A-18 and B-19. I
found no opportunity so far to check out if transmissions have indeed
resumed and, if so, of which quality they are (this because of the rather
sorry modulation that comes out of Zahedan now).

As a reminder: "Ahwaz" is in fact Mahshahr, apparently not referenced as
such to avoid confusion with the completely different site Mashhad (closed
years ago {after Iran-Kuwait/Iraq war}, thus this is no longer an issue).
Shortwave transmitters are in the same building than 576 and 1080 kHz,
probably even sharing spare parts etc. if the mediumwave rigs came from
ABB, too. So using this shortwave equipment again should be feasible.

7315 1930-2300 29S,39N,40N SIR 500 320 25 156 Aze IRN IRB*AzeriRamadan
7315.002 kHz S=9+25dB in Western Europe, S=9+35dB in Austria/Hungary
at 21.54 UT.

Was, it seems, not in earlier HFCC updates yet. Regular World Service
broadcasts in Azeri had been taken off shortwave in 2016, with mediumwave
considered sufficient it seems. Would be worth to check if there is at
present special overnight broadcasting on 702 kHz and perhaps other
foreign service frequencies.
(Kai Ludwig-D, wor May 13)

ISRAEL   QSLs: Voice of Hope, 1287 kHz (MW), 50 kW from She'ar
Yashuv, Israel. F/D card for series of e-mail reports to VOH HQ in
CA. USA. Reception reports were nightly afterdusk receptions while
cruising north from Haifa, Israel up to Athens, Greece for 5 days.
VOH was interested in any QRMing stations as I cruised NW. V/S Ray
Robinson.
(Don Hosmer, MARE Tipsheet May 3 via dxld)

JAPAN   5006 kHz  JG2XA, {CW on 5006 (assume JG2XA) } after several months
of testing their transmitters with just a carrier on air, on May 16,
noted in CW at 1222 UT; didn't check 8006 kHz. This is a HF-Doppler (HFD)
Project. Assume this is still a low powered station as it was in the
past (200 watts?)
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld / DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)

KOREA D.P.R. and KOREA Rep of

 620.951 1300-2000 KRE  PYONGYANG BS  Kor Chongjin-Nanam,  13.10 UT
         S=9+10dB in remote Akitakata JPN SDR unit.
 656.996 2100-2000 KRE  PYONGYANG BS  Kor Pyongyang  S=9+5 13.12 UT
 810.170 2000-1800 KRE  KCBS          Kor Kaesong    S=8   13.15 UT
 818.994 2000-1800 KRE  KCBS // 3220  Kor Pyongyang  S=9+10dB 13.17 UT
 972even 0350-2400 KOR  KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1,Dangjin S=9+25dB 13.19 UT
1142.984 0700-0100 KOR  RADIO FREE KOREA Kyonggi-do Koyan S=8-9
         underneath KBS Kyoto JPN, 13.22 UT.
1170even 1300-1400 KOR  KBS WORLD R   Chi Kimjae     S=9+30dB 13.25 UT
1188even 1100-1500 KOR  VoA           Kor HLKX Seoul S=9+15dB 13.27 UT
1566even 1230-1345 KOR  FEBC/RFA/VOA  Kor/Jap/Chi/Rus Jeju S=9+45dB 13.27
2850even 2000-1800 KRE  KCBS PyongyangKor Pyongyang  S=9+35dB 13.33 UT
3219.881 2000-1800 KRE  KCBS PyongyangKor Hamnung    S=9+20dB 13.36 UT
3219.881 1800-2000 KRE  PYONGYANG BS  Kor Hamnung
3319.994 2100-1900 KRE  PYONGYANG BS  Kor Pyongyang  S=9+30dB 13.38 UT
3479.987 0458-2302 KOR  VOP           Kor Kyonggi-do S=9+40dB 13.39 UT
3909.965 0458-2302 KOR  VOP           Kor Kyonggi-do S=9+40dB 13.40 UT
3910     0530-2400 KRE  North Korean heavy Jamming   Noi Kujang
3920     2000-1800 KRE  KCBS PyongyangKor Hyesan     NIL not on air
3930     0530-2400 KRE  North Korean heavy Jamming   Noi Kujang
3930.003 0458-2302 KOR  VOP           Kor Kyonggi-do S=9+40dB 13.41 UT
3970     0400-2400 KRE  Echo of Unif. Kor Chongjin-Nanam NIL not on air
3985.012 0655-0100 KOR  Echo of H.-VOHKor Hwaseong   S=9+35dB 13.43 UT
3985     0530-2400 KRE  North Korean heavy Jamming   Noi Kujang
4449.927 0455-2300 KRE  North Korean heavy Jamming   Noi Kujang
4450even 0458-2302 KOR  VOP           Kor Kyonggi-do     S=9+35dB 13.45 UT
4557     0455-2300 KRE  North Korean heavy Jamming   Noi Kujang S=9+30dB
4885even 0655-0100 KOR  EoHope-VOH Kor Seoul not jammed,  S=9+30dB 13.54UT
5857.508 0000-2400 KOR  HLL2Seoul Meteorological Kor Seoul,H3E mode
5920even 0258-0206 KOR  VoFreedom Kor Hwaseong, NIL only jamming S=9+20dB
5995     0355-0002 KRE  North Korean Jamming    Noi Kujang -31dBm
5995.031 0655-0100 KOR  EoHOPE-VOH Kor Hwaseong S=9+45dB powerhouse14.06UT
6003     0355-0002 KRE  North Korean Jamming    Noi Kujang S=9+45dB14.08UT
6015even 0350-2400 KOR  KBS Hanminjok Bangsong1 Kor Hwaseong S=9+40dB
6015     0355-0002 KRE  North Korean heavy Jamming  Noi Kujang    14.09 UT
6100even 2000-1800 KRE  KCBS Pyongyang Kor Kanggye       S=9+30dB 14.10 UT
6135     0550-0002 KRE  North Korean Jamming Noi Kujang  S=9+35dB 14.12 UT
6249.997 0550-0002 KRE  North Korean Jamming Noi Kujang  S=9+40dB 14.24 UT
6250even 0655-0100 KOR  EoHOPE-VOH Kor Seoul S=9+40dB powerful    14.25 UT
6250even 0400-2400 KRE  Echo of Unification  Kor Pyongyang ??
6350     0550-0002 KRE  North Korean Jamming Noi Kujang
6350.033 0655-0100 KOR  EoHOPE-VOH Kor Hwaseong          S=9+35dB 14.30 UT
6400.005 2100-1800 KRE  PYONGYANG BS Kor Kanggye         S=9+35dB 14.35 UT
6519.971 0458-2302 KOR  VOICE OF THE PEOPLE  Kor Kyonggi-do  S=9+30dB
6520     0455-2300 KRE  North Korean Jamming Noi Kujang      14.37 UT
6529.492 14.39 UT  KRE  North Korean Jamming ?? Bubble-Ditter jamming
6600even 0458-2302 KOR  VOICE OF THE PEOPLE  Kor Kyonggi-do  S=9+30dB
6600     0455-2300 KRE  North Korean Jamming Noi Kujang      14.40 UT
9100even 0655-0100 KOR  EoHOPE-VOH Kor Seoul not jamming S=9+20dB 14.43 UT
9665even 2000-1800 KRE  KCBS Pyongyang Kor Kanggye       S=8-9    14.45 UT
heavy QRM of adjacent 9660 kHz, TWN International and mainland CHN
few CNR1 jammer.
11680even2000-1800 KRE  KCBS Pyongyang Kor Kanggye       S=9      14.52 UT
// 810, 2850, 3220, and 9665 kHz.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)

KOREA D.P.R.   Is anyone hearing the Voice of Korea in English on
11710 between 1000 and 1100? At my location in Ontario, I haven't been
able to even detect a hint of a carrier for several months now until
they come on in French at 1100. According to Dan Ferguson's SW Skeds
spreadsheets the beam for both broadcasts is Latin America.
(Mark Coady-ON-CAN, May 3, ODXA IOG via dxld May 8)

Morning Mark and the group, While not between 1000 and 1100Z,
I was able to receive the Voice of Korea this morning on 11710 kHz
at 1130 UT in Hamilton, Ont. SINPO 25532. Would have been nearly
impossible to identify, if I wasn't already very familiar with their
programming style. I was actually surprised to hear them once again,
although a pretty weak signal, they were there all the same.
(John Gillespie-ON-CA, dxld May 8)

That's in French from 1100 to 1200 UT and I hear them every day there.
At 1200 UT they change to KCBS in Korean (Mark Coady, ibid.)

Arnulf Piontek's authoritative A-19 sked for 10-11 UT English shows
11710 & 15180 kHz at 28 degrees for Ce&SoAM; 11735 & 13650 kHz at 238
degrees for SoEaAsia. May well be one of their temporarily suspended
broadcasts.

11710 kHz, on May 13 at 1354 UT, VOK is S8-S9 with self-jamming
noise, closing English to North America reciting this and some other
transmissions, to Europe and NE {SoEa}Asia, but not all of them.
Also on weaker // 9435; 11735 kHz is also on in Chinese. Other days hardly
any signal at all and wonder if it's transmission-caused, propagation-
caused, or some of both.
(gh, dxld May 8 / 14)

Re: Glenn Hauser logs May 8 / 14;
checked at 10.30 to 10.50 UT in Hiroshima Japan
and Edmonton Alberta Canada remoted SDR's.

11710even  Voice of Korea Kujang foreign sce, English sce, at 10.34 UT
song "... my country...." brass mx at 10.51 UT,
S=9+10dB sidelobe im Hiroshima Japan, S=9 in Edmonto Alberta Canada.
slight underneath: CNR1 Beijing Chinese.

15180even Voice of Korea Kujang foreign sce, English sce, at 10.42 UT
S=9+5dB sidelobe im Hiroshima Japan,
S=9-10dB in Edmonto Alberta Canada.

Only two Asian stations heard at S=9 this 10.30-11.00 UT time slot,
VoKOR Kujang Korea D.P.R.    and
15580 kHz FEBC Radio from Boceau, in Sunda / Sasak towards Indonesia ?,

5920  Vo Freedom, bubble jamming S=9+10dB in Tokyo unit at 10.46 UT,
heavy jamming in 5905 to 5935 kHz range traced S=9+25dB in Hiroshima
Japan unit.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 14)

KOREA Rep of   5920 kHz, Voice of Freedom, at 1010 UT on May 2. Start of
program in Korean after the news; 1015 UT into another program; as usual
was jammed by North Korea, but VOF's signal was cutting through the QRM
fairly well.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor / dxld May 8)

KOREA REP OF   4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, at 1240 UT on May 15 (Wednesday).
Very good reception of the podcast program "Easy English," which was in
English and Korean; announced as a "Friday" show.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)

3320 kHz KRE - music operatic singing in North Korean. 1305z. Stronger
than not // 2850 kHz. Both fading out at near-sunrise now locally.
{3219.881 on May 13}

4450 kHz: Voice of the People (KOR) heavily (KRE) jammed, amazingly its
parallels on 6 MHz - 6600 and 6520 kHz are nearly clear of KRE jamming
save for weak jammers way under - 6600 kHz much stronger than 6520 kHz.
4450 kHz mess nulls about roughly 310 deg. azimuth. 1315z.

6400kHz: KRE - KPBS with Korean talk in strident fashion and music
interludes - mildly distorted audio quality - the weakest of my 6 MHz
signal-checks - 1310 - 1330z. On 6400 kHz since about the past 10 days
or so now.
(Steve McGreevy-Mojave Desert, N6NKS, via Robert Wilkner-FL-USA,
DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6)

Voice of the People jamming report.
Up early before sunrise local here in the desert (29 April), between
1310 to 1345z I checked 6600 kHz ( // 6520 and 4450 kHz, etc.) and the
fierce buzz-hash jamming is back on both 6600 and 6520 kHz Voice of the
People (clandestine KOR) aimed at North Korea (KRE) - on 27 and 28 April
the jamming was very minimal on both 6 MHz frequencies of the V of P but
is now back as usual.

I note a fair/good station (Taiwan?) on 6045 kHz in Korean with
beep-jamming from presumed KRE - this at 1330z (I don't think it is
very effective jamming!).

4450 kHz: KRE jamming on the Voice of the People from South Korea is
only buzz/hash jamming this morning (29 April - 1315-1345z monitoring
time - the fascinating stepped-tone (or het) jammer is gone leaving only
the noise jammers, bummer!)

6400 kHz: KRE (KCBS) fair but not as good as Nikkei-1 6055 kHz or
6350/6520/6600 kHz etc.. I'd say 6400 kHz KRE has quite low ERP these
days toward the WCNA (~10 kW like) and is ~10 dB weaker here (average) in
the Owens Valley than Radio Nikkei-1 6055 kHz overall, lately.

Later on a desert walk with my SW7600GR I enjoyed my sand-dune stroll
rocking out to North Korean pop tunes (!) on 9665 kHz (KCBS) at about
1630-1715z. Better than the local FM stations.
(Steve McGreevy-Mojave Desert, N6NKS, via Robert Wilkner-FL-USA,
DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6)

Reception of KBS World Radio in English on April 30:
1800-2100 UT on 9785 KIM 250 kW 264 deg to SoAS English, fair/good
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 9)

KOREA D.P.R.   11710 kHz, May 13 at 1354 UT, VOK is S8-S9 with self-
jamming noise, closing English to North America reciting this and some
other transmissions, to Europe and NE Asia, but not all of them. Also on
weaker // 9435 kHz; 11735 kHz is also on in Chinese. Other days hardly any
signal at all and wonder if it's transmission-caused, propagation-caused,
or some of both.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 14)

KUWAIT   Two Radio Kuwait signals traced in 19mb on remote New Delhi
India SDR unit:

15515.003 R Kuwait Kabd in Arabic, S=7 signal at 06.53 UT May 15.

15529.707 R Kuwait Kabd in English, S=9+5dB signal at 06.52 UT May 15.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)

15540even fq  R Kuwait Kabd in Urdu language, heard at 16.16 UT May 17
on remote SDR unit at Seoul KOR, S=7-8 level.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)

KYRGYZSTAN   Birinchi Radio (translated means "First Radio") relays
BBC World Service in English on 4010 kHz & MW 612 as follows:

BBC Sport News 1000-1004 Sat & Sun; 1005-1009 Mon-Fri;
BBC News    at 1500-1506 Sat & Sun, 1600-1606 Mon-Fri.

Radio Sedaye Zindagi operating by Pamir Ministries via Bishkek on
5130 kHz was confirmed on 01 April at *1550-1757* kHz and on
12 April at *1445-1755* UT. Three quarters of their programs are in
Dari & quarter are in Pashto. They are on the air only Mon-Fri and only
in first half of the month. The official name is Sedaye Zindagi
(=Sound of Life) but in Farsi "sedaye" means "voice").
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, May BrDXC-UK "Communication" magazine direct/via dxld)

MADAGASCAR   QSL Madagascar World Voice. A new QSL card from Madagascar
World Voice has been received for the report of April 10, 2019.
Card with the theme of the year 2019 - Madagascar lemur.
Also in the envelope put two QSL as cards.

A card last year for the 35th anniversary of KNLS and archival QSL with
a USSR stamp.

<http://freerutube.info/2019/05/07/qsl-madagascar-world-voice-knls-
madagaskar-aprel-2019-goda/>
(Dmitry Elagin, Saratov-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" RUSdx May 12)

MALAYSIA   11665 kHz  Wai FM (RTM Kajang) at 1255-1320 UT, on 15, 16, 17,
19 April & 1357-1405* UT on 16 April. 1st heard as (T) on 6 April 1357-59*
UT with ML pop song cut off in mid-verse. Later logs usually poor at tune-
in with signal improving towards 1330+ UT. Wai FM news at 13.00:05 UT then
big production jingle, ML pop, some nice 'indigenous' a capella group
singing (well, some hand chimes/foot drumming in there, too), previous
logs had RTM net news at 1400 UT, as well. Nice to hear them once again,
even though their "Wai FM-Limbang" programme heard last year 1315-1400 UT
on M/Th has apparently been discontinued.

11665  Wai-FM (via RTM Kajang). 1240-1320+ UT on 30 April. Doing fairly
well this morning with usual ML pop, lively DJ, big production jingles.
Apparently not running "Wai FM-Limbang" programme (as heard last year)
on Mondays 1315-1400 UT.
(Dan Sheedy via Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, DXplorer
via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 10)

MALI   5995 kHz, Radio Mali, Bamako, at *0553-0806* UT on May 5, open with
African song, ID "ORTM, la passion du service public", tuning music,
anthem, tuning music, 0559 UT id. "Vous ecoutez L'Office de
Radiodiffusion Television du Mali, emettant de Bamako...", African
songs and vernacular comments, at 0800 UT tuning music, ID, vernacular
comments and close at 0806 UT. 34433.

9635 kHz, Radio Mali, Bamako, at *0806-0835 UT on May 5, open at 0806*UT,
when closed on 5995 kHz. vernacular comments, ID "Radio Mali", "Bamako".
45444.
(Manuel Mendez-ESP, wor/dxld May 8)  * same procedure like decades ago ...

MALTA   Radio Malta 999 kHz riattivata.
Buon giorno a tutti. Radio Malta ha riattivato la frequenza di 999 kHz
dopo l'interruzione del 13 maggio, durata per tutta la giornata.
Non ho notato nessun calo di potenza nell'emissione.

g_o_ogle translate:
"Radio Malta 999 kHz reactivated.
Good morning everyone. Radio Malta has reactivated the 999 kHz frequency
after the interruption on May 13th, it lasts all day.
I didn't notice any power drop in the issue.
73 de Giovanni it9tzz, bclnews.it  May 14

999 kHz 5 kW, location PBS Radio Malta, Mosta site
35 54 47.36 N  14 24 41.14 E
<https://goo.gl/maps/Q2CDosYGLAG2>
<https://binged.it/2Mqj0FX>

NETHERLANDS  [BELGIUM]  Re: 6030 kHz  Belgien/Niederlande on shortwave.

Ob MW oder KW - die NL-"overheid" erteilt Lizenzen und ist bei BeNeLux-NGO
wohl freigiebiger als sonst ... Glenn Hauser hat jedenfalls einen
HFCC-request-Eintrag gefunden: MRT  Margraten HOL 50 48 N  05 48 E

6030 kHz 0000-2400 UT to zones 27E, 28NW  MRT 1kW 0degr 0slew ITU ant #700
daily Portuguese HOL RON RON

antenna #700  -  CH1/1/0.3
Centre-fed curtain antenna arrays without reflector
Designation:  CH  m/n/h, where:
m = number of half-wave dipoles in each horizontal row.
n = number of parallel rows spaced half a wavelength apart.
h = height above the ground in wavelengths.

Radio Onda wird von einem gemeinnuetzigen Verein mit Sitz in Bruessel
betrieben.

Mit Radio Onda will die
NGO ASSOCIATION SANS BUT LUCRATIF ONDA POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE LA
COMMUNICATION SOCIALE ET CULTURELLE DE LA COMMUNAUTE BRESILIENNE
EN BELGIQUE

zur Verbreitung brasilianischer Kultur auch in Europa beitragen. Dazu wird
ein Webradio und schon seit Wochen auf 6030 kHz eine Kurzwellenstation
betrieben.

Allerdings sendet diese nur mit 1 kW Leistung aus den Niederlanden. Eine
Handvoll Idealisten sorgt fuer den Ganztagsbetrieb!
Die Musikauswahl ist sehr bunt: Von Rock ueber Samba bis Sertaneja sind
viele Stile vertreten. Gewuerzt ist die Mischung mit viel Humor und
Informationen in Portugiesisch fuer Brasilianer und Europaeer. Kontakt ist
via
<ondaasbl -at- hotmail.com>   moeglich.

Organisation ASSOCIATION SANS BUT LUCRATIF ONDA POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
DE LA COMMUNICATION SOCIALE ET CULTURELLE DE LA COMMUNAUTE BRESILIENNE EN
BELGIQUE, siehe auch

<https://www.staatsbladmonitor.be/bedrijfsfiche.html?ondernemingsnummer=07
18722290>

Laut dieser Eintraege lautet die Adresse
Stevens-Delannoystraat, 22,
1020 Bruessel, Belgium
<ondaasbl.wixsite.com>
(via Jens F. Hofstadt-D, A-DX ng May 15)

NEW ZEALAND   Fair signal of Radio New Zealand Pacific, May 10
2059-2258 11725 RAN 050 kW 035 deg to All Pacific, English
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11)

NEW ZEALAND   5945  RNZ National at 0600 UT. Sign On May 11 beginning
with News. Excellent.

9700  RNZ Pacific at 0545 UT on May 11 with Pacific news.
Signed off at 0558 UT. Excellent.
(Mick Delmage-AB-CAN, DXplorer May 13)

5945.004 kHz  R NZi Rangitaiki traced during Cuban radio band check,
noted in remote Cape Canaveral SDR site in FL state.
S=9+10dB signal at 06.28 UT.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)

NEW ZEALAND   5945 kHz, on May 14 at 0606 UT, RNZP is already on here,
S=9+10dB, ex-9700 kHz. Has ACI from 5950 kHz WRMI, which is never very
strong even tho on 285 degree beam WeNoWe, but even RNZI is quite
stronger, OK by tuning LSB; promo for RNZ National show; 0608 UT
forecasts, 0609 UT 'Checkpoint'.
Yes, latest websked from RNZI shows 9700 kHz, its best frequency here,
has been reduced to only one hour! All non-DRM:

04:59-05:58  9700  Pacific Daily
05:59-09:58  5945  Pacific Daily
05:59-12:58  5945  Pacific Sat-Sun
09:59-12:58  5945  Solomon Islands, PNG Mon-Fri
12:59-18:58  5980  Pacific, replaced by
12:59-16:50 UT  6170  from 17 May Pacific Sun-Fri
12:59-18:58 UT  6170  from 18 May Pacific Sat

5980, May 14 at 1318 UT, RNZI at S8-S9 with item about Samoa; no CCI from
JSR Shiokaze/Seebreeze, Japan which has been reported colliding; but
no other east Asian signals on 49m today either.

9700, May 15 at 0547 UT, RNZI still on here, VG S=9+10dB and indeed off
after 0600 UT.

5980, May 15 at 1300 UT, RNZP has just come up with news, poor signal but
better than 5945 kHz until 1259 UT, denoting change of antennas from
NoNoWe to NoNoEa; again no CCI audible from JSR Shiokaze; 5980 kHz soon
fading into the dayside absorption and it will only get worse as we
approach earliest sunrise here in about 3 weeks.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 14)

Re: Shiokaze change of frequencies  - 5980 kHz.
Hi Glenn - Thank you for forwarding the report on co-channel 5980 kHz.
From today 0059 [NZT] we move to 6170 kHz.
My checks so far indicate it is a clear channel.
Regards Adrian Sainsbury-NZL, rnz via gh dxld May 17)

Already changed on the RNZI How to Listen page:

12:59-16:50 UT  6170  from 17 May Pacific Sun-Fri
12:59-18:58 UT  6170  from 18 May Pacific Sat
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 17)

NEW ZEALAND [and non]   6170 kHz, May 17 at *1259:10 UT, RNZI bellbird,
S9, 1300 UT Timesignal and RNZP News, first day of new frequency to avoid
Shiokaze clash on ex-5980 kHz; as Adrian Sainsbury had informed me a few
hours before, after I notified him of the problem.
No QRM now as Pyongyang is away for the A-season.

Back on 5980 & 6040 kHz, Shiokaze manages only JBA carriers this far into
the dayside, but the collision was terrible further west as Ron Howard had
reported from California.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 17)

NEW ZEALAND   R NZi 6170.005 kHz, Rangitaiki switch on 12.59:30 UT May 17.

5945.004 kHz  R NZi Rangitaiki, pop mx heard at 12.12 UT in Brisbane
Queensland, Australia, S=9+35dB. And checked also Gifu Nagara in Japan and
Seoul Korea South, S=9+10dB on SDR remotes.

6170.005  new frequency ex-5980 kHz, R NZi Rangitaiki.
At 12.59:30 UT  TX on air, heard on remote unit of VE6JY in Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada, remote Perseus unit and select ATT switch to 30dB option.
13.00 UT news bulletin from Pacific.
S=9+40dB or -34dBm signal.

04:59-05:58  9700  Pacific Daily
05:59-09:58  5945  Pacific Daily
05:59-12:58  5945  Pacific Sat-Sun
09:59-12:58  5945  Solomon Islands, PNG Mon-Fri
12:59-18:58  5980  Pacific, replaced by
12:59-16:50 UT  6170  from 17 May Pacific Sun-Fri
12:59-18:58 UT  6170  from 18 May Pacific Sat
(dxld, wor)

Adjacent Chinese not very strong, 6165 kHz CNR6 Beijing,
and 6175 kHz CNR1 Beijing. No QRM.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA   3260 kHz, NBC Madang, (Maus Blong Garamut - Voice of
Indigenous Drums), 1152-1210* UT on May 15. Mostly pop Pacific Islands
songs, except for surprising religious (Christian) spot by an excited
preacher in English; reception well above the norm. Madang is now running
some commercial announcements.

{BOUGAINVILLE non-log}  3325 kHz, NBC Bougainville, still silent through
May 15, checking from 1024+ UT. This has been rather a long time for them
to be off the air!.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)

3325 kHz: earlier at 1005z, there was presumably PNG Bougainville with
island-accented talk and maybe a VOI Borneo carrier, but much weaker
rumble-hetting PNG. At 1320z an open-carrier from presumed VOI is much
stronger now (local-dawn/sunrise).
(Steve McGreevy-Mojave Desert, N6NKS, via Robert Wilkner-FL-USA,
DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6)

PERU   4747.52 kHz,  Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta Ayacucho, at 2330 to
2345 UT under CODAR as usual, can detect om in Spanish possibly music.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6)

ROMANIA   Reception of Radio City via RADIOCOM Saftica, May 11
0800-0900  9510 SAF 100 kW 300 deg to WeEUR German Sat, very good
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11)

ROMANIA   5979.991  Seldom odd fq seen from RadioCom site RRI Galbeni
Romania at 00.30 UT on May 18, Romanian sce at 00.00-02.00 UT to zone 8
NoAM, 300kW 310degr, big curtain antenna type ITU#286 in use.
S=9+50dB powerhouse at -21dBm level.
Heard via remote SDR's in Germany, Holland and Blackpool England on this
tremendous level.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 18)

RUSSIA    Russia deploys Murmansk jammer system at Baltic base.
By BBC Monitoring

Russia is deploying the Murmansk-BN electronic warfare system to
Kaliningrad Region, the website of pro-government Russian newspaper
Izvestia reported on 26 April.

The system is capable of jamming military communications networks at
ranges up to 5,000 km (in exception conditions, 8,000 km), the report
said.

The first Murmansk systems were deployed in Kaliningrad, with the
Baltic Fleet's 841st Separate Electronic Warfare Centre, at the end of
last year, the report said.

Murmansk-BN is a short-wave shore-based electronic warfare system
capable of electronic intelligence gathering (ELINT) missions, as well
as intercepting and jamming signals in all shortwave bands, the report
said.

Credit: Izvestia website, Moscow, in Russian 26 Apr 2019
(BBC Monitoring via Mike Cooper-UK, Apr 27, dxld RUSdx May 11)

SAUDI ARABIA   15205.057 kHz much odd fq from Saudi Riyadh site,
SBA via MOCI Riyadh HQ program, S=6 in Seoul KOR remote unit,
at 16.05 UT on May 17.

15225.016 kHz  SBA via MOCI Riyadh Arabic progr #1, female phone-in
interview px at 16.12 UT on May 17, fair S=8-9 in South Korea SDR unit.
and //
15434.985 kHz at 16.15 UT little weaker at S=7 level.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)

TURKEY   TRT on mediumwave.

A good question about TRT's transmitters in Turkey. I only checked the
band during the daytime. Four of the listed MW transmitters (Mersin,
Antalya, Trabzon, Diyarbakir) are in southern or eastern Turkey and so
I would not have expected to hear them. Izmir might have been audible
if it was on the air, though it is more than 300 km away.
(Chris Greenway-UK, wor May 12)

Re: FM and AM in Istanbul. - The times are in WRTH:
Radyo Bir                 0300-1015  630 891 927 954 kHz
Radyo Kurdi               0300-1500 1062 kHz
In addition FS in Arabic: 1100-1500, 1700-1900 630 and 1500-1900 1062 kHz.
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, wor May 12)

Again mediumwave on Turkey at present:
I now saw that WRTH 2019 still lists five active mediumwave transmitters
for TRT. One would assume that at least some of them should be audible at
Istanbul. So the question appears to be if either their airtime has been
dramatically reduced or these transmitters have simply been closed, like
the four longwave transmitters have already in the past decade.
(Kai Ludwig-D, wor May 12)

UNIDENTIFIED   Two strong UTE multi-tone signals noted today May 15
at 07.49 UT on 9574even and 9589even kHz, and when zoomed-in some 100,
200, 300, 400, and 500 Hertz distance apart strong signal strings visible
at 07.55 UT. Noted in Moscow, Holland, Switzerland, Austria and Riviera
central Europe.
NATO or Russian forces radio signals ?  or US foreign minister prefered
war preparation, development against Iran state ?
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)

UK   12050 kHz, via ENC Encompass Digital Media Services, replacing
Babcock,

Radio Ndarason International at 1956 UT in Kanuri with African stringed
and percussion instrumentals and occasional male spoken vocals to brief OC
at 1959 UT and brief stringed instrumentals and a man with talk and into
possible news at 2000 UT and a telephone interview between three men at
2002 UT then lively African vocals from 2005 UT - Fair to Good May 1 -
Sked for this one is daily from 1900 to 2100 UT. It's nice to hear
something other than WEWN on this frequency who are scheduled
from 1400 to 2400 UT.
(Mark Coady, Selwyn-Ont_CAN, ODXA iog via dxld May 2)

USA   WBCQ Will Be Testing the "Superstation" Again This Week.

Twitted by Allan Weiner today (13 May) within the past hour:
"A powerful electronic fist [sic, I think] right in the socialist
communist face.

That's WBCQ shortwave. 3265 / 5130 / 7490 / 9330 kHz.

We will be testing the superstation again this week. Full programming
hopefully next month. Keep listening. Keep the faith. We are not the
digital world. We are real."

Why is it that the far right in the U.S. thinks that socialism communism?
Has Allan ever been to Europe or even crossed the border into New
Brunswick?
(Richard Langley-NB-CAN, wor May 14)

USA   9330.1v kHz, May 15 at 1332 UT, WBCQ, TOM with some cribbed dialog
about EMP, not BS hoarsing, but // stronger unsynchronized 9395 kHz WRMI.
So not now the 500 kW transmitter, nor have I heard any sign of it past
few days, nor seen any other reports of it. No pertinent twit from Allan
since May 13 when he said would be "testing the superstation this week".
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 15)

Alan Weiner Talk in UT Fri/Sat night program.
Traced on four outlets, at 00.11 ... 00.22 UT on May 18
checked in Cape Canaveral FL, and Massachusetts state SDR's,

3264.898  wandered ... x.889  ... x.883 kHz, S=5
5130.480  S=7
7490.169  S=9+30dB
9330.140  S=9+15dB
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 18)

USA   17774.990 kHz, May 14 at 1931 UT, KVOH praise music in Spanish,
S9-S7, back on air after tube failure causing a few days outage. Still
on offset typical of old transmitter. Next day, May 15 at 1409 UT, no
signal but often not propagating yet if on; OSOB is JBA carrier from
Saudi Arabia 17615+ kHz. By 1725 UT, in with music at S9.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 15)

USA    I guess much early for Rancho Simi CA origin signals,
at 19.10 UT tonight noted tiny signals on various SDR units:

17774.989 kHz  poor and tiny S=3 or -108dB sidelobe into Alberta Canada.
S=5 -98dBm in NY Rochester, NJ Aberdeen,
and Cape Canaveral in Florida state.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)

USA/RUSSIA    US judge rules on WZHF 1390 Sputnik programme broker.

A judge has ruled (7 May) that RM Broadcasting who hire airtime on WZHF
1390 AM to air Russian Sputnik International radio programmes 24/7 must
register as a Russian foreign agent under recent new US government
registration rules. RM Broadcasting had originally refused to register
as a foreign agent, New York born owner Arnold Ferolito, arguing he
simply had an arms-length commercial business transaction with Russian
news agency Rossiya Sevodnya and that "in the United States a person
should be able to do business without US government interference"
according to this article published in March in the Washington Post:

<https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/this-american-sells-
russia-radio-airtime-the-us-says-that-makes-his-firm-a-foreign-
agent/2019/03/08/d1ae6f54-3483-11e9-af5b-
b51b7ff322e9_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7253ad37eb0d>

Ferolito's business is buying and reselling airtime from FCC licensees.

The Washington Post article says Ferolito, who has a Russian wife and
took Russian language lessons, had also sold airtime in New York to the
Voice of Russia back in 2010.*

Ferolito started a crowdfunding appeal on GoFundMe appeal to cover the
costs of his legal battle with the Department of Justice
https://www.gofundme.com/small-businessman-takes-on-doj but has raised
only $1,180 in 3 months (9-May). But the fund-raising page lists his
arguments against registering as a foreign agent.

WTOP reports that "In June 2018, the government informed RM Broadcasting
it should register as a radio station with foreign allegiances under new
registration rules, which likely refers to the passage of the John
McCain Defense Authorization Act in 2018." Tuesday's ruling in favour of
the US Department of Justice enforces the Foreign Agents Registration
Act (FARA), originally adopted by Congress in 1938 to combat Nazi
propaganda according to the WTOP report

<https://wtop.com/dc/2019/05/judge-rules-dc-based-radio-station-register-
as-russian-agent/>

The judge's ruling bolsters the Justice Department's efforts requiring
several media outlets, including Russia Today, to register as foreign
agents.

WZHF broadcasts on 1390 from a site at Capitol Heights, Maryland
covering Washington DC and surrounds with a daytime power of 9 kilowatts
(reduced to 1 kilowatt after dark). The station's FCC file describes it
as a "non-commercial educational station". WZHF's licensee, Way
Broadcasting Inc, has a broker contract with RM Broadcasting
(on the FCC site) to air "Sputnik Radio" programming 24/7 Monday-Saturday
(and 22 hours on Sundays) from 25 November 2017 to 31 December 2020.

* presume this was on 1430 WNSW Newark NJ,
which carried Voice of Russia 24hrs from January 2011 to April 2014
(and heard on October 2012 Sheigra DXpedition).

(Alan Pennington, Caversham-UK, May 9, BrDXC-UK news iog via
Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 14)

USA   Reception of WWCR-3 World Wide Christian Radio University
Network May 10

1900-2400 13845 WCR 100 kW 040 deg to EaNoAM English
Daily Dr.Gene Scott, good
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11)

USA   Weak to fair signal of WRNO Worldwide Radio May 11
0510&0553  7505 RNO 050 kW 020 deg to EaNoAM English and
from 0700  7505 RNO 050 kW 020 deg to EaNoAM - NO SIGNAL
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11)

USA   9955 kHz, on May 13 at 1358 UT, WRMI fill music, 1359.5 UT Zanotti
ID cut off incomplete before he can utter the address, about 10 seconds
before 1400* UT. WRMI automation is often out of alignment. Was checking
this since on Friday May 10, 9955 kHz stayed on past 1400 UT contrary to
weekday schedule.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 14)

USA   Photo tour of the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station,
at Greenville-B site in North Carolina.

I recently visited the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting station near
Greenville, NC and posted a photo tour on the SWLing Post.

The Murrow site formerly known as "VOA Site B" is the last active US
government shortwave transmitting station in the United States.
It is a massive site the main building sits in the middle of a 2800 acre
(1133 hectares) campus/antenna field.

The station is still on the air 24/7 hrs/d and primarily broadcasts to
Cuba via the Office of Cuba Broadcasting.

Click on the link below to view the photo tour:
<https://swling.com/blog/2019/05/photo-tour-the-edward-r-murrow-
transmitting-station/>

Thomas K4SWL

<http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/may/photo-tour-of-the-edward-r
murrow-transmitting-station.htm>
(Southgate, May 15, via Mike Terry-UK, BrDXC-UK ng news May 17)

VIETNAM   9839.78 kHz  VoVTN Son Tay at 1507 UTC May 12 with News in
English. Off air at 1527 UT. Fair tuning to off frequency to get around
WHRI on 9840 kHz.
{9839.777 on May 13, wb.}

12019.009  VoVTN Son Tay at 1335 UT May 12 in English with news followed
by a program at 1343 UT about weddings.. Ended at 1356 UT. Dead air
at 1357 UT to 1400 UT Interval Signal and Japanese program. Fair.
{12018.981 kHz on May 13, wb.}
(Mick Delmage-AB-CAN, DXplorer May 13)

VATICAN STATE   QSL 9705 kHz. Received a QSL card from the Belarusian
service of Vatican Radio for receiving - 14 Apr 2019, 17.00-17.20 UT
at a frequency of 9705 kHz. On the card - Pope Francis on the plane
talking to reporters.
The report was sent by e-mail to the address:  <bela -at- spc.va>
(Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" RUSdx May 12)

Vatican Radio / PHILIPPINES   QSL 9610 kHz.

Received a QSL card from the Russian version of Vatican Radio for
receiving - 18 Apr 2019, 12.30-12.49 UT at a frequency of 9610 kHz
(via a IBB BBG US owned transmitter on Tinang Philippines 250 kW 349degr
to ITU zones 32, 33W target).

On the card is Edison's phonograph of the end of the 19th century in
the ideal condition. In the background is a collection of historical
photographs of Vatican Radio.
The report sent by e-mail:  <russo -at- spc.va>
(Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" RUSdx May 12)

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DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated May 16:
<http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html>
(gh, wor/dxld)

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#

WRTH A19 Schedules revised already.

Glenn, I noticed a short while ago that the update file was missing a
large amount of additional data. I have uploaded the revised version
but thought you might like it direct.

I saw your comment about the outdated / incorrect data; we await
your comments.
Best regards, Nicholas Hardyman, WRTH Publisher.

Here it is - have not had a chance to look at it yet   gh
(Nicholas Hardyman to Glenn Hauser, May 13)

The original upload to WRTH website was only 39 pages,
the main international section.

The replacement is 78 pages, including further sections:
clandestine, language schedules, frequency list.

None of the correxions I immediately offered have been included,
as there was certainly not time to do that.
But a version #2 is awaited.

Re:  WRTH A-19 updated schedules now available

CUBA --- much RHC info is outdated
Arabic Days Area kHz
2030-2100 daily Eu  11860hab --- this is on 15370

English Days Area kHz
0100-0600 daily NAm  6000qvc --- English starts irregularly at 0000
0100-0700 daily NAm  6165hab --- English starts irregularly at 0000
0500-0700 daily CAm  5040hab --- only at 0500-0600, sometimes Spanish

Esperanto Days Area kHz
1500-1530 ......sAm 11760hab --- this is also on 15140

French Days Area kHz
1930-2000 daily Eu  11860hab --- this is on 15370

Portuguese Days Area kHz
2000-2030 daily Eu  11860hab --- this is on 15370
2230-2300 daily Af   7380hab --- sometimes in Kriyol instead

Quechua Days Area kHz
0000-0030 daily SAm 15730bej --- Quechua deleted? Some reports say

Spanish
1100-1400 daily NAm  6060hab --- on 6000 not 6060
1100-1400 daily SAm 13780bej, 17580hab --- 13740 not 13780,
                    never 17580 but 13700

1100-1500 daily Car  7340bej --- no longer on 7 MHz band
1100-1500 daily SAm 15230qvc, 17730hab --- never 17730 but 13700

2100-0400 daily Car  7330bej --- no longer on 7 MHz band
2100-0400 daily SAm 12000hab --- not here
2100-2300 daily Eu  11860hab --- this is on 15370

CYPRUS (CYP)
FG RADIO
kHz: 9955
Summer Schedule 2019
English Days Area kHz
2145-2200 ...t... LAm 9955rmi

-- WRMI System B grid does show this as only broadcast, but
   thought it had been long deleted. Needs confirmation

EGYPT
English Days Area kHz
2115-2245 daily Eu 9900abs#

--- FYI, the ONLY R. Cairo English shown, and it's inactive!

GERMANY
HAMBURGER LOKALRADIO
kHz: 6190, 7265, 9485
Summer Schedule 2019
English Days Area kHz
0600-0700 .....s. Eu 6190goh*
1000-1100 ......s Eu 9485goh*
1100-1300 .....s. Eu 6190goh*
1400-1500 .....s. Eu 6190goh*

--- has not kept up with frequency swaps: 10-11 on 7265, 14-15 on 9485,
also affecting other languages

GREECE (GRC)
VOICE OF GREECE (I FONI TIS ELLADAS) (Pub)
kHz: 9420, 9935
Summer Schedule 2019
Greek/Various* Days Area kHz
1800-0700 daily Eu,NAm 9420avl#
2200-0400 daily Eu,NAm 9935avl#
Key: # Irregular, times variable; * Incl. segments in Albanian, English,
Polish, Romanian, Russian and Spanish.
See  <webradio.ert.gr/programma-i-foni-tis-elladas>  for details

--- NEVER reported on 9935, but when active on 9420 this span too.
Also Serbian, Arabic ...

INDONESIA: 4750:
Key: # Irregular. Using a transmitter that was previously in service
at the Makassar transmitter site, but is now installed at the Jakarta,
Cimanngis site.

--- FYI: new info that 4750 is not via Makassar now!
As one might guess from remote reception in Jak only, but certain?
Cimanggis site had been dismantled.

IRAN --- does not include current Ramadan expansions

NIGERIA
MANARA RADIO (Rlg) (RE-INSTATED ENTRY)
E: <manaratv1@gmail.com>
W: <www.facebook.com/ManaraRadio>  <www.manaratv.com>
kHz: 13840, 15285
Summer Schedule 2019
Hausa Days Area kHz
0700-0800 daily WAf 13840iss
1600-1700 daily WAf 15285iss

Is this really religious? Not obviously Christian from website, and found
this recent item on their disgraced Facebook, which seems a bit political;
It's in Hausa: google translation [sic sic sic]  ...

PHILIPPINES
RADIO VERITAS ASIA # (Rlg)
Key: # Broadcasts on SW have stopped.

--- there had been one left altho via Vatican relay, Kachin at 0000 UT
on 9705 kHz. Mark Coady heard this April 12. Is it really off now?

POLAND
SPW RADIO WARSZAWA? (NEW STATION)
E: <stowarzyszenie@radiostacjababice.org>
W: <trcn.pl>  <www.facebook.com/radiostacjababice>
kHz: 7415, 7430
Summer Schedule 2019
Polish Days Area kHz
0800-1100 daily Eu 7430wwa#
0800-1430 daily Eu 7415wwa#
Key: # Planned SW heritage project
(registered freqs/schedules shown; exact tx site tbc).

--- Note more info about this, not on air yet. tbc?? No such site
abbr. found in WRTH book, nor in HFCC site list.
O, tbc may mean To Be Confirmed?

ROMANIA
Spanish Days Area kHz
0200-0300 daily CAm 6040tig, 7375tig --- 6080 ex-6040 already

AMATEUR RADIO TODAY #
Key: # SW broadcasts have stopped, due to the closure of the
Meyerton transmitter site at the end of March 2019.

--- yes, but SARL also had their own ham SW transmission on 7082;
has this stopped too?

SUDAN 9505
Key: * As of April/May 2019, the external service has been
replaced with a relay of the home service in Arabic; alt. fq: 7205 kHz.

--- FYI to be noted

TURKEY --- Does not show the irregular mistaken German broadcast
at 23-24 UT on 9830 kHz.

USA
OCB Radio Marti
2200-0300 mtwtf.. CUB 5980grv
--- Does not show this is instead TV Marti

WRNO WORLDWIDE (Rlg)
kHz: 7505
Summer Schedule 2019
English/Chinese Days Area kHz
0100-1300 daily NAm 7505rno#
Key: #; F.Pl: transmissions in Hindi.

--- note the F.Pl: what better site to reach China and India
than New Orleans???

SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM
kHz: 5850, 7730, 7780, 15770
Summer Schedule 2019
English Days Area kHz
0800-0830 ......s NAm,Pac   7730rmi*
0800-0830 ......s NAm       5850rmi*
1300-1330 ....f.. Eu,ME,Af 15770rmi*
2330-2400 ......s NAm,Eu,ME 7780rmi*
Key: * Text and images are broadcast in various soundcard generated
digital modes, such as MFSK32, Olivia and others.

--- omits the WINB broadcasts

WORLD OF RADIO (WOR)
kHz: 7730, 7780, 9395, 9955
Summer Schedule 2019
English Days Area kHz
0030-0100 ......s NAm,Pac   7730rmi
0030-0100 ......s NAm       9395rmi
0100-0130 .t.t... NAm,Eu,ME 7780rmi
0130-0200 m...... NAm       9395rmi
0130-0200 .....s. NAm,Eu,ME 7780rmi
0200-0230 m...... NAm,Eu,ME 7780rmi
0330-0400 m...... LAm       9955rmi
1130-1200 .....s. LAm       9955rmi
2100-2130 ..w..s. LAm       9955rmi
2130-2200 ......s NAm,Eu,ME 7780rmi
2200-2230 ....f.. LAm       9955rmi
Note: Schedule is variable, check <www.worldofradio.com>
for latest relay details

--- altho including a recent addition 2200 UT Fri on 9955 kHz,
retains deleted time 0030 UT Sun on 7730 kHz; and 0030 UT Sun on 9395
kHz?? News to me: not shown on WRMI schedule. The Monday 7780 kHz
is at 0230 UT, not 0200 UT. Omits all broadcasts on stations other
than WRMI, less variable on WBCQ, HLR!

VATICAN ---- FYI, complete English schedule:
English Days Area kHz
1615-1630 daily NAf,ME 11950smg
1630-1700 daily Af      7360mdc, 15565smg
2000-2030 daily Af      7360smg, 9705smg
English (Mass) Days Area kHz
1130-1200 ....f.. As   15595smg, 17590smg

VIETNAM
Spanish Days Area kHz
0130-0200 daily LAm 7315hri --- replaced by English weeks ago

Note: I have not checked multi-lingual religious skeds,
or major broadcasters such as VOA, BBC.

Some interesting new info from the cland section:

VOICE OF ERITREAN LOWLANDS (NEW ENTRY)
+ c/o Gesellschaft der eritreischen Tiefebene e.V., Rosenheimer
Str. 84, D-81669 Muenchen, Germany.
W: <www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpJpyC-Q9Cs>
kHz: 15390
Summer Schedule 2019
Arabic Days Area kHz
1700-1730 m....s. ERI 15390iss

Target:KOREA, North (KRE)
756AM (Clan) (NEW ENTRY)
+ c/o National lntelligence Service (NIS), Naegok-dong, Seochogu,
Seoul, 06796, South Korea.
W: <www.nis.go.kr> (NIS);  <eng.nis.go.kr> (NIS, English)
kHz: 756
Summer Schedule 2019
Korean Days Area kHz
1100-1900 daily KRE 756msn
Notes: No official name/ID has been heard as at time of publication
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld May 13 / 15)

More changes who is not included in updated WRTH A-19 Schedules

<https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/more-changes-who-is-not-
included-in.html>

INTERNATIONAL   More changes who is not included in updated WRTH A-19

Scandinavian Weekend Radio Monthly at 1st Sat 0000-2400 UT
Finnish time or 2100 UT Fri-2100 UT Sat, updated schedule
2100-2200  5980 VIR 0.1 kW non-dir to FIN  Finnish
2100-2300 11720 VIR 0.1 kW non-dir to FIN  Finnish
2200-1100  6170 VIR 0.1 kW non-dir to FIN  Finnish
2300-0900 11690 VIR 0.1 kW non-dir to FIN  Finnish
0900-1200 11720 VIR 0.1 kW non-dir to FIN  Finnish
1100-1300  5980 VIR 0.1 kW non-dir to FIN  Finnish
1100-1800 11690 VIR 0.1 kW non-dir to FIN  Finnish
1300-2100  6170 VIR 0.1 kW non-dir to FIN  Finnish
1800-2100 11720 VIR 0.1 kW non-dir to FIN  Finnish

Hamburger Lokalradio in CUSB, updated
0600-0630  6190 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR En Sat PCJ Media Network Plus
0630-0700  6190 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR English Sat World of Radio
0700-1100  6190 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR GermanSat Hamburger Lokalradio
1100-1200  6190 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR English Sat New Letter/Making
Contact
1200-1300  6190 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR En Sat United Nation Radio
1200-1300  6190 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR German  4th Sat Radio City
1300-1400  9485 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR Spanish Sat Radio Tropicana
1400-1430  9485 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR En Sat PCJ Media Network Plus
1430-1500  9485 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR En Sat World of Radio
0900-1000  7265 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR Ge Sun Hamburger Lokalradio
1000-1030  7265 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR En Sun PCJ Media Network Plus
1030-1100  7265 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR English Sun World of Radio
1100-1200  7265 GOH 001 kW 230 deg to CeEUR Spanish Sun Radio Tropicana

Brother Stair TOM via MBR Nauen is inactive at present
1400-1600  6015 NAU 125 kW 115 deg to NE/ME English

Shortwave Radio, updated
1600-2200  3975 WIS 001 kW non-dir to NWEUR English Daily, not 0700-2200
1600-2200  6160 WIS 001 kW non-dir to NWEUR English Daily, not 0700-1800

Bible Voice Broadcasting
0600-0615 11655 NAU 125 kW 180 deg to NoAF  Arabic Dardasha 7
1745-1700  9490 SCB 050 kW 126 deg to NE/ME Arabic Dardasha 7
1931-1945  5900 SCB 050 kW 126 deg to NE/ME Arabic Dardasha 7
1945-2000  9400 SCB 050 kW 126 deg to NoAF  Arabic Dardasha 7
1230-1245 21480 MDC 125 kW 080 deg to SoEaAS Indonesian 1st&3rd Sun
1400-1430 15265 NAU 250 kW 102 deg to SoAS English 1st Sat
1430-1500 15265 NAU 250 kW 102 deg to SoAS English Sat
1830-1900  9720 NAU 125 kW 230 deg to SoEUR Spanish Sun, not English

Voice of Oromo Liberation is only in Afan Oromo, Amharic is deleted
1700-1730 15420 NAU 100 kW 144 deg to EaAF Afan Oromo Fri/Sun
1700-1800 15420 NAU 100 kW 144 deg to EaAF Afan Oromo Wed

Voice of Greece, news bulletin in other languages Mon-Fri as follows
Arabic/Serbian 0650-0700 UT; Spanish 0805-0810 UT, Russian 0905-0910 UT,
Romanian 1005-1010 UT, Polish/Albanian 1050-1100 UT, English 1200-1205 UT
On shortwave 9420 kHz are only Arabic/Serbian & very rarely in others!

Radio New Zealand Pacific in English AM mode, updated
0459-0558  9700 RAN 050 kW 035 deg to All Pacific Daily
0559-0958  5945 RAN 050 kW 035 deg to All Pacific Mo-Fr
0959-1258  5945 RAN 100 kW 325 deg to NoWePac/PNG Mo-Fr
0559-1258  5945 RAN 050 kW 035 deg to All Pacific Sa/Su

Radio Romania International, frequency changes
0000-0156 NF  5980 GAL 300 kW 310 deg to EaNoAM Romanian, ex9790
0200-0256 NF  6080 TIG 300 kW 307 deg to CeAM Spanish,    ex6040
1900-1956 NF  9610 TIG 300 kW 262 deg to SoEUR Spanish,   ex13810
2100-2156 NF  9610*TIG 300 kW 247 deg to SoAM Spanish,    ex11650
2100-2156 NF 11650 TIG 090 kW 247 deg to SoAM Spanish,    ex13810
* DRM mode

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, updated
1115-1200  9720 TRM 125 kW 345 deg to SoAS various, not 1115-1215

Brother Stair TOM via SPL Secretbrod, updated
1400-1700 11600 SCB 100 kW 306 deg to WeEUR  English
1500-1700  6000 SCB 050 kW 030 deg to EaEUR  English
1600-1945  9400 SCB 100 kW 126 deg to NE/ME  English
2000-2200  6055 SCB 050 kW 306 deg to EaNoAM English
2200-0400  5900 SCB 050 kW 306 deg to EaNoAM English

RAE Argentina to the world via WRMI, updated
2100-2200  7780 YFR 100 kW 044 deg to WeEUR German Mon-Wed/Fri/Sat
2100-2130  7780 YFR 100 kW 044 deg to WeEUR German Mon-Fri is wrong
2200-2300  5010 YFR 100 kW 181 deg to CARI Spanish Mon-Fri, not Daily

Supreme Master TV via WRMI, missing in WRTH A-19 Schedules
1400-2000 15770 YFR 100 kW 044 deg to WeEUR English Daily

WHRI Angel 2 World Harvest Radio International, updated
0300-0330  9505 HRI 250 kW 047 deg to WeEUR English Sun May 5-Aug. 3
0330-0400  9505 HRI 250 kW 047 deg to WeEUR Russian Sun May 5-Aug. 3
0300-0330  7385 HRI 250 kW 047 deg to WeEUR English Sun from Aug. 4
0330-0400  7385 HRI 250 kW 047 deg to WeEUR Russian Sun from Aug. 4

Brother Stair TOM via World Wide Christian Radio
WWCR-1, missing in WRTH A-19 Schedules
0100-0200  3215 WCR 100 kW 046 deg to EaNoAM English Sun
0300-0500  3215 WCR 100 kW 046 deg to EaNoAM English Mon-Fri
0500-0900  3215 WCR 100 kW 046 deg to EaNoAM English Daily
0900-1100 15795 WCR 100 kW 046 deg to EaNoAM English Daily
1700-1800 15825 WCR 100 kW 046 deg to WeEUR  English Mon-Fri
2200-2300  6115 WCR 100 kW 046 deg to NoAM   English Mon-Fri

WWCR-2, missing in WRTH A-19 Schedules
1400-1500  7490 WCR 100 kW 085 deg to CeAF English Sun
1700-1800 12160 WCR 100 kW 085 deg to CeAF English Sun
1800-2000 12160 WCR 100 kW 085 deg to CeAF English Sat
2000-2200  9350 WCR 100 kW 085 deg to CeAF English Sat
2200-2300  9350 WCR 100 kW 085 deg to CeAF English Mon-Fri

WWCR-3, missing in WRTH A-19 Schedules
0600-0900  4840 WCR 100 kW 040 deg to EaNoAM English Mon-Sat
0900-1200  4840 WCR 100 kW 040 deg to EaNoAM English Sat
1300-1400 13845 WCR 100 kW 040 deg to EaNoAM English Sat
1400-1900 13845 WCR 100 kW 040 deg to EaNoAM English Mon-Sat

WTWW-3 We Transmit World Wide - random test broadcasts:
1400-0200 15810 TWW 100 kW 040 deg to EaNoAM English
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, via gh wor via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)