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BC-DX 1536                                                 23 March 2023
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ALASKA   Anomaly: KNLS Anchor Point on variable frequency ~5530 kHz, at
1230 UT on March 21, 2023. I found a signal on 9580 kHz but nothing on
9625 kHz ... usually if I get one, I get them both. Same result on Don
Moman's SDR in Perseus net.
(Ricky Leong, wor March 21)

thanks Ricky
5532.606 kHz exact at 13.14 UT March 21, steady wandered upwards, 74 Hertz
speed each minute PLUS 74 Hertz distance towards 5.9 MHz, ha, ha, ha
5533.530 kHz at 13.27 UT. S=9+20dB noted sermon in Korean language at
13-14 UT scheduled. At remote Perseus unit in Akitakata Hiroshima Japan

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 21)

ALGERIA   5900 kHz  March 17 at 0633 UT, S=9+20/30dB of Qur'an, certainly
not TOMBS via Bulgaria as has been here. Presumably NF for one of the
Algerian sites {most likely Ourgla towards south-western Sahel / WeAF
target, wb}  I vaguely recall they've been on 5900 kHz before, but can't
find a report. Soon YL talk in Arabic before more music. Scan of all bands
upward to 13 MHz does not find another one to make // . Not on 9500 kHz,
so I wonder if accidentally they reversed the digits? We shall hear if
this recur. But 9500 kHz supposedly at 00-06 UT only.

I'm checking 5900 kHz following this from Jim Renfrew, NY, at 0415 UT:
"Radio Coran 5900 kHz.
Glenn, while attempting to listen to the theological renditions of Brother
Stair on 5900 khz from Kostinbrod-Sofia-BUL, on March 17, at 0305 UT,
I instead found a Koranic program of some kind - very strong - with
Overcomers way underneath (and parallel to 6160v WBCQ). At 0400 UT the
5900 kHz station has a national anthem - familiar, but I can't place it.
Ah, there it is, at 0406 UT an English ID "Holy Koran Radio, Algeria" and
the same in French, then back to Koranic readings. Frequency appears to
be unlisted in WRTH and recent NASWA bulletins.

Seems // to 7440 kHz{from Bechar site towards south-eastern Sahel azi, wb}
but weak there and hard to be certain. Brother Stair, tonight (from beyond
the grave, I suppose) is all about the appearance of "Planet X" and how
the Norwegians have a plan to rescue their population.
im Renfrew, Clarendon-NY state"
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor March 18)

ANTARCTICA   Wolfgang Bueschel just reported March 14: "15474.971 kHz
(!) UNIDentified mx program, likely Argentine Antarctic 5 kW tiny
LRA36 sce? rather strong S=7 at 2330 UT Mar 14."

Who says it's 5 kW?

I also have it approx. 15475 kHz:
15474.97 kHz into the one Argentine KiwiSDR working online. Only rock
music so far, rather weak, on both LSB and USB but louder on USB, and a
reduced carrier if sidetuned. Surprise Tuesday broadcast without any ad-
vance publicity?

Maybe it's the 'new' transmitter no longer circa 15476 kHz. As soon as I
press Send, "RAE Argentina To The World" ID at 0033 UT, more music, rather
distorted. Glenn, at 0036 UT.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx, wor, BrDXC-UK iogroups March 14-15)

Doug White, KA5ETS: "Just heard RAE Argentina al mundo ID at 0048 UT.
S7 into central NC. Using Airspy HF+ Discovery with 57 ft end fed antenna
at 40 ft. Off, or no longer being heard here in NC by 0101 UT."

Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ, Montevideo at 0141 UT: "They've been doing tests on
USB, LSB modi, including AM. I read of Korol asking for reports in our
Whatsapp group. But I am not close to active radio monitoring, lately.
Expect more tests coming besides regular sked already announced."

gh: It's on again with music from 1600 UT tune-in Wed March 15, 1608 UT
RAE multi-lang ID, 15475 kHz USB-mode not LSB, only S3 into BsAs SDR. Is
becoming so common now? 1618 UT phone tones, "comunicad" promo. Later
chex: still at 1647 UT; 1804 UT S5, 1820 UT.
(via Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx, wor, BrDXC-UK iogroups March 14-15)

Other reports on WOR iog:
Eric Fetters-Walp, Lake Stevens, Washington: "At 2035 UTC, I found
LRA36 on 15475 USB (at least it was heard best in USB mode) with a rock
ballad, then an ID, into a rock instrumental with a male voice speaking
during the song, another ID, then into a slow rock song with a singer
who sounded at times like Tom Waits. The signal heard via the Montevideo,
Uruguay, SDR suddenly went off the air around 2047 UT. Here near Seattle,
I could faintly hear the music directly, especially during the guitar
peaks, but it was overall much worse than last Saturday's reception of
LRA-36."

Levi P. Iversen: "Made it here to Norway too. Very weak but heard an ID at
just past 2015 UT on around 15474.97 kHz: "Transmite LRA 36 Radio Nacional
Arcangel San Gabriel" Clear ID. Best in USB mode. Carrier off at 2047 UT."
(via Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx, wor, BrDXC-UK iogroups March 14-15)

15476 - USB mode. R. Nac. Arcangel San Gabriel. March 18, at 2340-2351 UT
Talk show with Informations about radioham and other activities. 35333
(Claudio Galaz-CHL, hcdx March 19)

ARMENIA   TRANS WORLD RADIO: From January there is a new schedule for TWR
via Gavar, Armenia relay center site as follows:

1350 kHz 1800-2030 in Arabic (1800-1830 UT Turkish has ceased)
1377 kHz 1800-1945 in Persian & others, 1947-2047 in Ukrainian & Russian;
864 kHz 1655-1755 TWR (no change)
1395 kHz 1600-1745 Armenian Radio ext.svc (no change) 1900-2100 Overcomer
Ministries in English (no change).
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, 24 Jan via BrDXC-UK 'Communication' magazine, page 8-9,
Febr 2023, also via wor)

Tony Rogers adds that the TWR online schedule indicates, that TWR broad-
casts in Turkish and Kurdish are no longer aired on MW the detailed
schedules listed for 864 and 1377 kHz are:

864 kHz 1655-1710 Daily Kazakh; 1710-1725 Daily Turkmen;
1725-1755 Mon-Fri Russian
1725-1755 Sat/Sun Karakalpak
1377 kHz 1800-1815 Sat-Wed Persian;
1800-1815 Thu Gilaki;
1800-1815 Fri Qashqa'I;
1815-1945 Daily Persian;
1947-2047 Daily Ukrainian.
(Tony Rogers-UK; via BrDXC-UK 'Communication' magazine, Febr 2023, page 32
also via wor)

ARMENIA  12075even  TWR Asia India in Kurdish via Gavar Yerevan bcast
center at 13.27 UT on March 21, S=8 in Hiroshima-JPN,

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 21)

ARMENIA/UZBEKISTAN/TURKEY   17460 mixture of Denge Welat Kurdish radio and
TRT / MIT radio program on Sunday March 19 at 09.40 UT both programs on
co-channel 17460 kHz bad channel px mixture together.

17460even Denge Welat likely via Gavar Armenia instead,
and
17460.014 kHz TRT Osmanic music of Turkish national intelligence
Organisation (MIT) program.

D.W. radio better AHEAD signal in Greece and India remotedly, S=9+10dB,

but TRT stronger S=9+20dB signal in KWT and Doha Qatar ME remotedly
instead. March 19.

[...]  ARMENIA/BULGARIA/UZBEKISTAN/TURKEY/TAJIKISTAN

17460.000 even frequency on Tuesday March 21 at 12.40 UT today still from
Kostinbrod Bulgaria or Gavar Yerevan Armenia bcast center

on Tuesday March 21 at 12.40 UT both programs on co-channel 17460 kHz
b a d   c h a n n e l  px mixture together.

17460even Denge Welat likely via_UNID location instead,
and
17460.010 kHz TRT Osmanic music of Turkish national intelligence
Organisation (MIT).

Denge Welat radio better AHEAD signal in Greece and India remotedly,
S=9+10dB,

but TRT stronger S=9+20dB in KWT and Doha Qatar ME remotedly instead.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 19 - 21)

AUSTRALIA   5045 kHz  Bay Islands Radio. Since their recent return here,
they have been having some amazingly decent receptions for a low powered
station; audio nicely above threshold level, so I was able to ID many of
the older songs that were playing non-stop.

March 15 - Another day with no IDs, PSAs, etc., so seems to not be a
Island FM relay; 1139+ UT, with over an hour of non-stop enjoyable listen-
ing to a wide variety of older songs; Animals - "Don't let me be Misunder-
stood," Emilie-Claire Barlow - "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," Hall
and Oates - "Rich Girl," Dean Martin - "Memories Are Made of This," Helen
Reddy - "I Am Woman," Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," Betty
Everett & Jerry Butler - "Let It Be Me," Nat King Cole - "I Love You For
Sentimental Reasons," Seals and Crofts - "Diamond Girl," Elvis Presley -
"Little Sister," etc.; at 1149, Frank Sinatra - "All the Way" (brief audio
attached).
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor and via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 15)

AUSTRIA   ORF III Zeitgeschichte am 25. Maerz 2023.

<https://tv.orf.at/program/orf3/zeitgeschi1844.html>

25. Maerz 2023 ORF III 20.15-22.25 Uhr CET
Wiederholung 26. Maerz 2023  23.05 Uhr CET.

In Bild und Ton- Oesterreichische Rundfunkgeschichte. Doku OE 2023 (1+2)

Der neue ORF-III-Dokuzweiteiler widmet sich der Geschichte des Rundfunks
in Oesterreich. Der erste Teil beschaeftigt sich mit den Entwicklungen
der fruehen Phase ab 1923 bis zur Rundfunkreform im Jahr 1966.

Als im Jahr 1923 die ersten Sendungen des Versuchsradios Hekaphon in Wien
in den Aether geschickt werden,beginnt die Zeit des Radios in Oesterreich.

Das Potenzial des jungen Mediums erkennen damals nur Wenige. Die erfolg-
reichen Tests veranlassen Funkpioniere sich um eine staatliche Konzession
zu bemuehen. Am 1. Oktober 1924 nimmt die Radio-Verkehrs-AG (RAVAG) offi-
ziell ihren Sendebetrieb in Wien auf. Ihr Generaldirektor ist Oscar Czeija

Das sich anfangs als unpolitisch verstehende Medium wird im Laufe der
1930er Jahre zum Massenmedium und Propagandainstrument. Mit dem soge-
nannten Anschluss an Nazideutschland im Jahr 1938 endet auch die fruehe
Phase des Rundfunks in Oesterreich. Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs
wird Oesterreich und seine Hauptstadt Wien in vier Besatzungszonen aufge-
teilt, ebenso das Radio in vier Alliierte Besatzungssender aufgefaechert.

Mit dem Inkrafttreten des Staatsvertrags im Jahr 1955 erlangt auch der
Rundfunk seine Souveraenitaet zurueck. Im selben Jahr betritt ein neues
Medium die Bildflaeche, das Fernsehen. Ton- und Bildangebend ist die
Politik. Sie nutzt den Rundfunk bewusst, um Politik zu machen. Er ist ihr
schliesslich auch direkt unterstellt. Es beginnt die Zeit des Proporz-
funks.

Im Jahr 1964 wird der Rundfunk selbst zum Politikum. Das Rundfunkvolks-
begehren als erstes jemals abgehaltene Volksbegehren in Oesterreich wird
initiiert. Es landet aber in den Schubladen der Parteisekretariate. Die
Regierungskrise im Jahr 1965 und vorgezogene Neuwahlen bringen die Wende.

Die neue Bundesregierung setzt eine Rundfunkreform im darauffolgenden Jahr
um.
(Paul Gager-AUT, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 17)

AUSTRIA    Sehr geehrter Herr Seiser,
leider muessen wir Ihnen nun mitteilen, dass das ORF Mittagsjournal auf
13730 kHz eingestellt werden muss. Die letzte Ausstrahlung erfolgt am
Samstag, den 25. Maerz 2023.

Das ORF Morgenjournal auf 6155 kHz von 07.00-07.33 Uhr MESZ/CEST bleibt
bestehen.

Freundliche Gruesse
Patricia Petzl

OE1 Service
Tel: +43 1 501 70-371
Fax: +43 1 501 01-18595
Hugo-Portisch-Gasse 1
1136 Wien, Austria, Europe

<oe1.service -at- orf.at>
<http://oe1.ORF.at>

Lieber Hobbyfreunde,

gestern bekam ich diese schlechte Nachricht vom ORF. Am Sonntag in der
Vorschau zu Sommerzeitumstellung hatte ich die ORF Mittagssendung noch
in der Hoererklubinfo aufgefuehrt.

Bei den RTI  DX-Tipps werde ich die Info bekanntgeben. Im Herbst 2022
wurde die Abendsendung und nun wird im Fruehjahr die Mittagssendung
eingestellt. Die Morgensendung wurde auch auf 33 Min reduziert,
hoffentlich bleibt sie uns noch lange erhalten.

(Bernd Seiser-D,
weitergeleitete Nachricht: ORF Info 42 urdxt. Tue, 21 Mar 2023.
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 21)

BOTSWANA   9775 kHz VoA via Moeping Hill w/Marissa Melton reading the news
(NOT via remote or at least she didn't say that it was) w/items re Ukraine
fighting, the Mexican cartel who's members killed some American 'medical
tourists' apologized to the victims, claimed the members who did it acted
against their 'code' and they were bound and delivered to Mexican police.
(A truly bizarre turn!) Other items included Alabama train de- railed (yet
another!) but not immediate toxic spill known, and the shooting in a
Hamburg Germany Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall.

At :35 into "International Edition" w/ items re power cuts and the nuclear
plant in Ukraine being off grid yet again because of Russian attacks,
attacks on journalists jeopardizing Press Freedom, and Republicans in the
US Congress begin an 'investigation' over the withdrawal of US troops from
Afghanistan.

A "PSA" leading up to ToH w/a "Rewards for Justice" bounty on al-Shabaab
chief spokesman "Ali Mohamed Rage" who has been named a "Specially Desig-
nated Global Terrorist" offering up to a (presumably US) $5 million for
info.
(Ken Zichi-Williamston-Michigan-USA, wor March 16)

CUBA   15140 kHz, March 14 at 1900-1915 UT, checking for RHC English at
earlied time, but: no signal here nor on 11760 kHz. Something's always
wrong at RHC. 11880 kHz not on air before or after 2230.

RHC website is uselessly outdated, and HFCC is boycotted, but does
register with ITU, for A-23 as of 23 February latest: I pull out the
higher-band CUB entries. They are all HAB without breaking down to
three different sites; the Language column is always blank; and some
obvious traditional CRI relays are not marked as such. With kW powers
and azimuths which should make the target clear:

{locations mark added by wb.}
BAU 17730, 1830-2000, 100, 140 [could include 19-20 English??]
BEJ 15730, 2130-2330,  50, 135
BAU 15520, 1900-2100, 100, 100 [NEW, Africa? not in ITU but SPAIN also]
QUI 15230, 1100-1400, 250, 305
QUI 15230, 2100-0400, 250, 160
BAU 15140, 1000-1400, 100, 130
BAU 15140, 1400-1700, 100, 10
BAU 15140, 1700-1930, 100, 340 [already heard it to 1930* amid English]
QUI 15120, 2300-2400, 250, 160 [surely CRI]
QUI 13740, 1000-1300, 250, 160
QUI 13740, 2000-0300, 250, 160
BAU 13700, 1000-1400, 100, 310 [spurs not entered; NO 13680 kHz]
QUI 13650, 2100-2200, 250, 135 [has been CRI Portuguese at 23-24 UT]
BAU 11950, 2200-2300, 100, 340 {Mesa Retonda ? }
QUI 11880, 1400-1500, 250, 305 [CRI? long gone; no tarde RHC English]
QUI 11850, 2000-0400, 250, 170
BAU 11760, 1000-1700, 100, 0   {non-directional}
BAU 11760, 2000-0100, 100, 0   {non-directional}
BAU 11670, 2200-0300, 100, 130

tedious, lowers not copied yet, but no new 9700 kHz despite already on
air, just QUI9790-CRI, BEJ9710, BEJ9650, BEJ9535; no 7s.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor March 14)

CUBA   Re: Bejucal, Cuba, research findings.

In Cuba, they don't talk about "Bejucal" (the city of Bejucal is far from
the center). Internally, in the company, they speak of the second trans-
mitter center of Quivican. The facilities of "Bejucal" are still in use
and have even been restored after the last cyclone (Nvember 2022).

The transmitters are used, among other things, for the broadcasting on
short waves of Radio Progreso, La Onda de la Alegria, on 4765 kHz,
{not lately   gh}

For the other programs broadcast from this former transmitter center of
the USSR, Radiocuba does not wish to communicate.

Michel Fremy
<https://www.media-radio.info>
<https://www.facebook.com/Radiosdumonde/>
(shortwavesites iog; Michel Fremy-BEL, 20 March 2023)

DENMARK   5970 kHz  Radio 208, Hvidovre, 1757-1807 UT on March 21, rock
and pop songs in English. 25432.
(Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, wor March 21)

FRANCE   11800.085V kHz  March 21 at 0650 UT, weak S6/S9 signal way off-
frequency, i.e. DWL in Hausa language, at 0630-0700 UT via TDF Issoudun:
a site emitting many imprecise frequencies, and this one is also varying
slightly as I try to measure it. These stick out in my bandscans at 1-kHz
intervals in USB, producing a rumble or some pitch other than 1000 Hz when
tuned 1 kHz below nominals.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor March 21)

FRANCE/SAO TOME   Deutsche Welle A23 season. Valid from 26.03.23-28.10.23

Language Time(UTC) Frequency  Txer Site Target Area Weekday

AMHARIC 1600-1700 15275 kHz ISSOUDUN Ethiopia      Daily
AMHARIC 1600-1700 17800 kHz ISSOUDUN Ethiopia      Daily

HAUSA   0630-0700  9830 kHz SAO TOME Africa (West) Daily
HAUSA   0630-0700 11850 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) Daily
HAUSA   0630-0700 15215 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) Daily

HAUSA   1300-1400  9830 kHz SAO TOME Africa (West) Daily
HAUSA   1300-1400 11850 kHz SAO TOME Africa (West) Daily
HAUSA   1300-1400 17800 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) Daily

HAUSA   1800-1900  9830 kHz SAO TOME Africa (West) Daily
HAUSA   1800-1900 15215 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) Daily
HAUSA   1800-1900 17800 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) Daily

Saturday Football Bundesliga match for deep western Africa
HAUSA   1325-1530 15195 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) 01.04.23-20.05.23
HAUSA   1325-1530 17840 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) 01.04.23-20.05.23

HAUSA   1325-1530 15195 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) 27.05.23-27.05.23
HAUSA   1325-1530 17840 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) 27.05.23-27.05.23

HAUSA   1325-1530 15195 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) 19.08.23-02.09.23
HAUSA   1325-1530 17840 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) 19.08.23-02.09.23

HAUSA   1325-1530 15195 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) 16.09.23-07.10.23
HAUSA   1325-1530 17840 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) 16.09.23-07.10.23

HAUSA   1325-1530 15195 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) 21.10.23-28.10.23
HAUSA   1325-1530 17840 kHz ISSOUDUN Africa (West) 21.10.23-28.10.23

Last Updated : 14th March 23
(DWL Bonn via Alokesh Gupta-IND, wor March 16)

GERMANY   SM Dessau Radio 3955 kHz, Rohrbach-Waal, Bavaria, Germany, EUR
March 17. SM Dessau Radio hrd from SDR at Novosibirsk Siberia remotedly on
3955 KHz (using a Double Half Double Loop antenna) - using QAM at 5 kHz
bandwidth produced a rather nice audio. S4 (SINPO) with light noise and
moderate fading. Tuned at 2159 UT with end of French service and what
sounded like Chinese music and then started English at 2200 UT.

Many station ID announcements in German and En, man talking about history
of Dessau and as the program progressed, more music. Music was mostly
German songs from the region interspersed with the SM Dessau Radio jingle
and man / woman announcers. The woman appeared to be in German, the man
in English. All in all, a nice program and well hrd in Siberia. Also not-
ed from W1NT SDR at 2230 UT at about the same lvl as Novosibirsk as the
darkness path approached ECNA. Not as well hrd from the TWR SDR site in
Delhi and even weaker from WeAustralia so suspect they were using an E-W
antenna.
(Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, wor March 18)

GERMANY/U.K.   Re:  SM Dessau Radio 3955 kHz. Fair to good reception of
the program here in NB near the east coast of Canada. If beamed in the
same direction from ENC Woofferton as the preceding KBS transmissions in
German and French (114 degr), then received here off the back/side of the
beam.

Supposed to have been at a power of 125 kW but I didn't notice any change
in the audio level on my recording between the end of the KBS French broad
cast, registered with HFCC for 250 kW via ENC Woofferton-UK, and the start
of the SM Radio Dessau broadcast. Perhaps the KBS broadcasts are running
at 125 kW, too. Interesting program. Included various renditions of the
Dessau March used as the station's theme tune.
(Richard Langley-NB-CAN wor March 18)

INDONESIA   3325 kHz  Voice of Indonesia (Channel One), 1303 UT, March 15;
English segment; news, followed by the usual patriotic song "Bagimu
Negeri"; sounded like commentary, which was followed by "Today In History"
all of which was unreadable due to very low modulation, but somewhat
better than the usually heard open carrier. This Channel One programming
is very different from the 7780 kHz, VOI (Channel Two) relay via WRMI USA
relay in Florida at 8-9 UT.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor and via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 15)

INDONESIA  [and non]  7289.93 kHz  RRI Nabire, at 0748 UT till cut off at
0806* UT; EZL songs and announcers; signal very slowly improving (fading
up); went off very early today.

WRMI relay of the Voice of Indonesia - Channel Two, on 7780 kHz, at 0811
UT; DJ with the "Indonesia Today" program in English; the daily "World
Weather," a feature which is never carried on VOI - Channel One on 3325
kHz.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor and via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 16)

IRAN   A-23 summer schedule of IRIB Tehran, Iran

Freq  StartStop CIRAF            TX  kW deg        lang
IRIB language sorted section:
11760 0130 0600 39              SIR 500 198  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
11960 0230 0530 38,39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W

11905 0320 0420 38E,39W         SIR 500 282  0 146 Ara IRN SSS-FFF
Voice of Palestine, to Palestine, Jordan westbank and Gaza strip
occupied.

13590 0530 0730 38,39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
13780 0600 0830 39              SIR 500 198  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
13590 0830 1030 38,39           SIR 500 282  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
13780 0930 1130 39              SIR 500 216  0 216 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
13590 1030 1430 38,39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
13765 1130 1430 39              SIR 500 216  0 216 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
 7410 1430 1730 37,38,39        ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
 9640 1430 1730 39              SIR 500 216  0 216 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
 6060 1730 1930 37-39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
 6060 1930 0230 37-39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
 7250 2250 0050 39              SIR 500 198  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-S

 7305 1620 1720 29SE,39NE,40NW  SIR 500 328 15 218 Axm IRN ARMENIA

11630 1420 1520 41NE            SIR 500 90   0 218 Ben IRN BENGALI
13780 1420 1520 39              ZAH 500 0    0 935 Ben IRN BENGALI
11750 1620 1650 41NE            SIR 500 90   0 145 Ben IRN BENGALI

 7305 1720 1820 28S             SIR 500 298-15 218 Bos IRN BOSNIAN

11645 1520 1620 41,49,54        SIR 500 102  0 146 Eng IRN ENGLISH
 9835 1920 2020 52,53,57        SIR 500 216  0 216 Eng IRN ENGLISH
 9855 1920 2020 27,28           SIR 500 313  0 218 Eng IRN ENGLISH

15445 0550 0650 46,47           SIR 500 263  0 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA
17640 1050 1120 46,47           SIR 500 257-30 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA
 9470 1820 1920 46,47           SIR 500 257-30 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA
11630 2220 2320 46,47           SIR 500 263  0 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA

Hebrew to Israel and NE/ME
13740 0420 0450 38E,39W         SIR 500 295  0 211 Heb IRN EBRIIII
15445 0650 0720 38E,39W         SIR 500 282  0 146 Heb IRN EBRIIII
15150 1150 1220 38E,39W         SIR 500 295  0 211 Heb IRN EBRIIII

11860 1420 1520 41NE            SIR 500 102  0 146 Hin IRN HINNDI

11700 1120 1150 30,31 SIR 500 18   0 146 Kazakh IRB KAZAKHI delete in A23

 9570 1320 1420 39              SIR 500 298-15 218 Kur IRN KURD-SH
 7285 2320 0020 39              SIR 500 298-15 218 Kur IRN KURD-SH

13630 0550 0820 30S,31S,40E     SIR 500 46 -30 216 Prs IRN DARIIII
13680 0920 1250 30S,31S,40E     SIR 500 46 -30 216 Prs IRN DARIIII

 9730 0220 0320 40E,41W         SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN PUSHTOO
 9510 1220 1320 30S,31S,40E     SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN PUSHTOO
 5945 1650 1750 40E,41W         ZAH 500 0    0 935 Pus IRN PUSHTOO

 5990 1820 1920 28S             SIR 500 300 30 218 Sqi IRN ALBANIA
 7325 1820 1920 28S             SIR 500 298-15 218 Sqi IRN ALBANIA

15130 0450 0550 39S,47,48,52,53 SIR 500 216  0 216 Swa IRN SWAHILI

 6000 0050 0220 30-31,40-42     SIR 500 65 -15 156 Tgk IRN TAJIKKI
 5990 2120 2250 30-31,40-42     SIR 500 65 -15 156 Tgk IRN TAJIKKI

 6040 0020 0120 29S,39N         SIR 500 298-15 218 Tur IRN TURK-ES
13650 0420 0550 29S,39N         SIR 500 310  0 211 Tur IRN TURK-ES
 9870 1650 1820 29S,39N         SIR 500 310  0 211 Tur IRN TURK-ES

 7215 2020 2350 29SE,39NE,40NW  SIR 500 320  0 146 Tur IRN AZERI_A
 7205 2350 0420 29SE,39NE,40NW  SIR 500 320  0 146 Tur IRN AZERI_T

11945 1250 1420 40E,41N         SIR 500 90   0 145 Urd IRN UURDUU-
 6175 1520 1620 40E,41N         SIR 500 90   0 145 Urd IRN UURDUU-

IRIB frequency sorted section:

 5945 1650 1750 40E,41W         ZAH 500 0    0 935 Pus IRN PUSHTOO
 5990 1820 1920 28S             SIR 500 300 30 218 Sqi IRN ALBANIA
 5990 2120 2250 30-31,40-42     SIR 500 65 -15 156 Tgk IRN TAJIKKI
 6000 0050 0220 30-31,40-42     SIR 500 65 -15 156 Tgk IRN TAJIKKI
 6040 0020 0120 29S,39N         SIR 500 298-15 218 Tur IRN TURK-ES
 6060 1730 1930 37-39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
 6060 1930 0230 37-39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
 6175 1520 1620 40E,41N         SIR 500 90   0 145 Urd IRN UURDUU-

 7205 2350 0420 29SE,39NE,40NW  SIR 500 320  0 146 Tur IRN AZERI_T
 7215 2020 2350 29SE,39NE,40NW  SIR 500 320  0 146 Tur IRN AZERI_A
 7250 2250 0050 39              SIR 500 198  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
 7285 2320 0020 39              SIR 500 298-15 218 Kur IRN KURD-SH
 7305 1620 1720 29SE,39NE,40NW  SIR 500 328 15 218 Axm IRN ARMENIA
 7305 1720 1820 28S             SIR 500 298-15 218 Bos IRN BOSNIAN
 7325 1820 1920 28S             SIR 500 298-15 218 Sqi IRN ALBANIA
 7410 1430 1730 37,38,39        ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W

 9470 1820 1920 46,47           SIR 500 257-30 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA
 9510 1220 1320 30S,31S,40E     SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN PUSHTOO
 9570 1320 1420 39              SIR 500 298-15 218 Kur IRN KURD-SH
 9640 1430 1730 39              SIR 500 216  0 216 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
 9730 0220 0320 40E,41W         SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN PUSHTOO
 9835 1920 2020 52,53,57        SIR 500 216  0 216 Eng IRN ENGLISH
 9855 1920 2020 27,28           SIR 500 313  0 218 Eng IRN ENGLISH
 9870 1650 1820 29S,39N         SIR 500 310  0 211 Tur IRN TURK-ES

11630 1420 1520 41NE            SIR 500 90   0 218 Ben IRN BENGALI
11630 2220 2320 46,47           SIR 500 263  0 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA
11645 1520 1620 41,49,54        SIR 500 102  0 146 Eng IRN ENGLISH

11700 1120 1150 30,31 SIR 500 18   0 146 Kazakh IRB KAZAKHI delete in A23

11750 1620 1650 41NE            SIR 500 90   0 145 Ben IRN BENGALI
11760 0130 0600 39              SIR 500 198  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
11860 1420 1520 41NE            SIR 500 102  0 146 Hin IRN HINNDI

11905 0320 0420 38E,39W         SIR 500 282  0 146 Ara IRN SSS-FFF
Voice of Palestine, to Palestine, Jordan westbank and Gaza strip
occupied.

11945 1250 1420 40E,41N         SIR 500 90   0 145 Urd IRN UURDUU-
11960 0230 0530 38,39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W

13590 0530 0730 38,39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
13590 0830 1030 38,39           SIR 500 282  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
13590 1030 1430 38,39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
13630 0550 0820 30S,31S,40E     SIR 500 46 -30 216 Prs IRN DARIIII
13650 0420 0550 29S,39N         SIR 500 310  0 211 Tur IRN TURK-ES
13680 0920 1250 30S,31S,40E     SIR 500 46 -30 216 Prs IRN DARIIII
13740 0420 0450 38E,39W         SIR 500 295  0 211 Heb IRN EBRIIII
13765 1130 1430 39              SIR 500 216  0 216 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
13780 0600 0830 39              SIR 500 198  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
13780 0930 1130 39              SIR 500 216  0 216 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
13780 1420 1520 39              ZAH 500 0    0 935 Ben IRN BENGALI

15130 0450 0550 39S,47,48,52,53 SIR 500 216  0 216 Swa IRN SWAHILI
15150 1150 1220 38E,39W         SIR 500 295  0 211 Heb IRN EBRIIII
15445 0550 0650 46,47           SIR 500 263  0 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA
15445 0650 0720 38E,39W         SIR 500 282  0 146 Heb IRN EBRIIII

17640 1050 1120 46,47           SIR 500 257-30 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA

IRIB time schedule sorted section:

 6040 0020 0120 29S,39N         SIR 500 298-15 218 Tur IRN TURK-ES
 6000 0050 0220 30-31,40-42     SIR 500 65 -15 156 Tgk IRN TAJIKKI
11760 0130 0600 39              SIR 500 198  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
 9730 0220 0320 40E,41W         SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN PUSHTOO
11960 0230 0530 38,39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W

11905 0320 0420 38E,39W         SIR 500 282  0 146 Ara IRN SSS-FFF
Voice of Palestine, to Palestine, Jordan westbank and Gaza strip
occupied.

13740 0420 0450 38E,39W         SIR 500 295  0 211 Heb IRN EBRIIII
13650 0420 0550 29S,39N         SIR 500 310  0 211 Tur IRN TURK-ES
15130 0450 0550 39S,47,48,52,53 SIR 500 216  0 216 Swa IRN SWAHILI
13590 0530 0730 38,39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
15445 0550 0650 46,47           SIR 500 263  0 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA
13630 0550 0820 30S,31S,40E     SIR 500 46 -30 216 Prs IRN DARIIII

13780 0600 0830 39              SIR 500 198  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
15445 0650 0720 38E,39W         SIR 500 282  0 146 Heb IRN EBRIIII
13590 0830 1030 38,39           SIR 500 282  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
13680 0920 1250 30S,31S,40E     SIR 500 46 -30 216 Prs IRN DARIIII
13780 0930 1130 39              SIR 500 216  0 216 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
13590 1030 1430 38,39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
17640 1050 1120 46,47           SIR 500 257-30 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA

11700 1120 1150 30,31 SIR 500 18   0 146 Kazakh IRB KAZAKHI delete in A23

13765 1130 1430 39              SIR 500 216  0 216 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
15150 1150 1220 38E,39W         SIR 500 295  0 211 Heb IRN EBRIIII

 9510 1220 1320 30S,31S,40E     SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pus IRN PUSHTOO
11945 1250 1420 40E,41N         SIR 500 90   0 145 Urd IRN UURDUU-
 9570 1320 1420 39              SIR 500 298-15 218 Kur IRN KURD-SH
11630 1420 1520 41NE            SIR 500 90   0 218 Ben IRN BENGALI
11860 1420 1520 41NE            SIR 500 102  0 146 Hin IRN HINNDI
13780 1420 1520 39              ZAH 500 0    0 935 Ben IRN BENGALI
 7410 1430 1730 37,38,39        ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
 9640 1430 1730 39              SIR 500 216  0 216 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
 6175 1520 1620 40E,41N         SIR 500 90   0 145 Urd IRN UURDUU-
11645 1520 1620 41,49,54        SIR 500 102  0 146 Eng IRN ENGLISH
11750 1620 1650 41NE            SIR 500 90   0 145 Ben IRN BENGALI
 7305 1620 1720 29SE,39NE,40NW  SIR 500 328 15 218 Axm IRN ARMENIA
 5945 1650 1750 40E,41W         ZAH 500 0    0 935 Pus IRN PUSHTOO
 9870 1650 1820 29S,39N         SIR 500 310  0 211 Tur IRN TURK-ES
 7305 1720 1820 28S             SIR 500 298-15 218 Bos IRN BOSNIAN
 6060 1730 1930 37-39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W

 5990 1820 1920 28S             SIR 500 300 30 218 Sqi IRN ALBANIA
 7325 1820 1920 28S             SIR 500 298-15 218 Sqi IRN ALBANIA
 9470 1820 1920 46,47           SIR 500 257-30 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA
 9835 1920 2020 52,53,57        SIR 500 216  0 216 Eng IRN ENGLISH
 9855 1920 2020 27,28           SIR 500 313  0 218 Eng IRN ENGLISH
 6060 1930 0230 37-39           ZAH 500 289  0 145 Ara IRN ARBIC-W
 7215 2020 2350 29SE,39NE,40NW  SIR 500 320  0 146 Tur IRN AZERI_A
 5990 2120 2250 30-31,40-42     SIR 500 65 -15 156 Tgk IRN TAJIKKI
11630 2220 2320 46,47           SIR 500 263  0 218 Hau IRN HAUSAA
 7250 2250 0050 39              SIR 500 198  0 146 Ara IRN ARBIC-S
 7285 2320 0020 39              SIR 500 298-15 218 Kur IRN KURD-SH
 7205 2350 0420 29SE,39NE,40NW  SIR 500 320  0 146 Tur IRN AZERI_T

Not all requested frequencies in use, some additional frequencies are
ONLY tentative reserve fqs. Some services of A20 to A22 northern summer
seasons have been deleted now.
No more Ahwaz bcast center outlet requests in Arabic or Persian.
(IRB A23 season, hfcc.org NGOO private organization data, March 18)

JAPAN   5006  HFD Radio Station JG2XA, 1112-1155 UT, on March 13; station
carrying out a HF-Doppler (HFD) project; their new 200W signal (open
carrier) is doing very well; checking to hear if they have started their
CW ID, but they have not.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor and via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 15)

JAPAN   5930even  Shiokaze Japanese program from Yamata bcast center tre-
mendous signal of S=9+60dB (!) noted in remote Perseus SDR at Akitakata
Hiroshima at 13.12 UT on Tuesday March 21.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 21)

JAPAN   Change of monitoring dates for April & November 2023.

Dear NHK WORLD-JAPAN Monitors,

We would like to express our gratitude for your continuous support to
NHK WORLD-JAPAN RADIO service.

This is to inform you that we will change the monitoring dates for April
and November, 2023, considering that these two months are immediately
following the season frequency changes.

The next designated Monitoring Dates are the 3rd week of April,
on April 15-18. For November 2023, the 2nd week, November 11-14.

New Monitoring Form and Frequency Schedule (A-23) will be sent as soon
as they are ready. We will send them to you during the first week of
April. Please wait for a while.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Best regards,
Monitoring Section
NHK WORLD-JAPAN (March 20)

{...}  I have just received this from Radio Japan. The logic behind it
doesn't make sense to me. I would think that they would like to have
some monitoring as soon as A23 season begins.

JAPAN   [and non, FRANCE/GERMANY]  NHK WORLD-JAPAN shortwave requests
in A23 season, language sorted :

11730 0600 0620 37-39          ISS 250 140   0 146 Ara F  NHK
11655 1500 1530 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Ben J  NHK

 7355 0500 0530 53,57          ISS 250 155   0 216 Eng F  NHK
11815 1400 1430 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Eng J  NHK

13680 1430 1450 40             ISS 250 90    0 211 Fas F  NHK

11730 0530 0550 37,46,47       ISS 250 190   0 157 Fra F  NHK
13840 0530 0550 46-48,52,53    ISS 250 152   0 216 Fra F  NHK
 7425 2030 2050 37,46,47       ISS 250 190   0 157 Fra F  NHK

11655 1530 1550 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Hin J  NHK
13600 0000 0030 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Ins J  NHK

12000 0000 0100 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
13680 0000 0100 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
15195 0100 0200 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
17810 0100 0200 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
17560 0100 0500 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
17525 0200 0300 23,24,33       YAM 300 330  25 208 Jpn J  NHK
 6105 0200 0400 10,11          ISS 250 290   0 216 Jpn F  NHK
12025 0200 0400 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
15195 0200 0500 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
17810 0200 0500 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
 9490 0300 0500 37-39          ISS 250 140   0 146 Jpn F  NHK
15325 0400 0900 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
15195 0500 0700 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
17585 0500 0700 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
17570 0500 0800 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK

11825 0700 0800 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
13860 0700 0900 14,16          YAM 300 85   16 208 Jpn J  NHK
15280 0700 1000 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
17895 0800 0900 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
15290 0800 1000 46,47          ISS 250 190   0 157 Jpn F  NHK
 9750 0800 1400 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
15325 0900 1000 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
13645 0900 1200 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
15590 1000 1200 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11815 1000 1400 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK

13690 1200 1300 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
13860 1200 1300 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
 9470 1300 1400 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11915 1300 1400 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
 9560 1400 1500 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
 9720 1400 1500 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11830 1400 1500 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
13835 1400 1500 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11815 1500 1600 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11965 1500 1600 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
12045 1500 1700 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
13650 1500 1700 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
 9560 1600 1700 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
 9650 1600 1700 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
 7375 1700 1900 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
 9780 1700 1900 37-39          ISS 250 140   0 146 Jpn F  NHK
 9795 1700 1900 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11800 1700 1900 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11915 1700 1900 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11945 1700 1900 52,57          ISS 250 155   0 216 Jpn F  NHK

11795 1900 2000 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
 9795 1900 2100 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11625 1900 2100 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11910 1900 2100 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
15130 1900 2100 46-48,52,53    ISS 250 152   0 216 Jpn F  NHK
 9480 2000 2100 51,55,56,59,60 YAM 300 175   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11725 2000 2330 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
15640 2100 2200 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11800 2100 2300 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
11910 2100 2400 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Jpn J  NHK
15640 2200 0100 29,38-40       YAM 300 305   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
13680 2300 2400 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Jpn J  NHK
15330 2330 0200 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Jpn J  NHK

11870 0500 0530 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Kor J  NHK
11825 0800 0830 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Kor J  NHK
 9690 1100 1130 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Kor J  NHK
 9690 1200 1230 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Kor J  NHK
 6190 1300 1330 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Kor J  NHK
 6190 1400 1430 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Kor J  NHK
 9560 2200 2230 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Kor J  NHK

13600 0030 0100 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Mya J  NHK Bur
11815 1430 1500 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Mya J  NHK Bur

 6165 0430 0450 27,28          NAU 125 85    0 146 Rus D  NHK
17530 0530 0550 23,24,33       YAM 300 330  25 208 Rus J  NHK
 7355 1030 1050 23,24,33       YAM 300 330  25 208 Rus J  NHK
13650 2300 2330 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Tha J  NHK
 9440 1600 1620 41             YAM 300 270   0 208 Urd J  NHK
13650 2330 2400 49,50,54       YAM 300 235   0 208 Vie J  NHK

11825 0400 0430 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Zho J  NHK Chin
 9690 1130 1200 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Zho J  NHK Chin
 6190 1230 1300 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Zho J  NHK Chin
 6190 1330 1400 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Zho J  NHK Chin
 6190 1430 1500 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Zho J  NHK Chin
 9560 2230 2250 43,44          YAM 300 290   0 146 Zho J  NHK Chin

Radio Nikkei
 6055 0000 2400 45             NAG  50 244   0 701 Jpn J  NSB
 6055 0000 2400 45             NAG  50 64    0 701 Jpn J  NSB
 9595 0000 2400 45             NAG  50 244   0 701 Jpn J  NSB
 9595 0000 2400 45             NAG  50 64    0 701 Jpn J  NSB

 9760 2300 0800 45             NAG  50 50    0 701 Jpn J  NSB
 9760 2300 0800 45             NAG  50 230   0 701 Jpn J  NSB
 6115 2300 1000 45             NAG  50 50    0 701 Jpn J  NSB
 6115 2300 1000 45             NAG  50 230   0 701 Jpn J  NSB
(taken from hfcc.org March 18 database)

KOREA D.P.R./MONGOLIA/VIETNAM   BAD  MIXTURE on 12015 kHz channel to state
at 13.05 UT on March 21:
12020even  VTN  Voice of Vietnam Hanoi Sontay site in Indonesian 13.00-
13.30 UT, S=8 at 13.05 UT.

Bad mixture
12015even KRE  Voice of Korea Kujang in English, 13.00-13.57 UT, S=8 and
co-channel AHEAD
12014.874 kHz MNG  Vo MNG UlanBataar site, Japanese 13.00, Mongolian
at 13.30 UT S=9+15dB signal level.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 21)

KOREA REP OF  [SOUTH]  Echo of Hope - VOH, 3985 // 4885 // 5995 // 6250kHz
// 6350 // 9100 kHz, at 1100 UT, March 13, heard their signature sound of
a foghorn; two months with no change; I am not hearing former 7640 kHz any
more; also Nicolas (France) has reported a new VOH frequency on 7710 kHz,
which others have confirmed, but I have not heard them there yet.

All of which would tend to indicate VOH is experimenting with their
seventh frequency. Needs more monitoring to find out what develops.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor and via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 15)

LITHUANIA   {Poland}  Radio Poland via Lithuania Viesintos, 1386 kHz 75 kW
E-mail:  <en -at- polskieradio.pl>

March 13, 16.00-16.30 UT, Russian, 1386 kHz (Transmitter in Lithuania).
Image:  <https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/03/blog-post_15.html>

"Thank you very much, Anatoly, for the report. We send you a scanned QSL
card with the image of Polish Airlines (LOT). As soon as the opportunity
presents itself, we will send all your cards by traditional mail.
Sincerely,
Russian Service of Polish Radio"
(via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1229 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 19)

MALAYSIA   11665  kHz  Wai FM from Kajang site, 1039+ UT, March 13; since
this transmitter has been fixed, I love the Wai FM signal, which is much
stronger now, along with improved audio. For me, the best reception is be-
fore 1057 UT, after which there is adjacent QRM. Audio of YL announcer -

<https://app.box.com/s/topjged9vyaqvvzlabkrma06fx2j7l9b>

Sarawak FM (9835 kHz) remains off the air.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor and via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 15)

MONGOLIA  Voice of Mongolia 12014.87 kHz. Always interesting to experiment
with SDR reception on Mongolia. Today March 18, much stronger signal with
notable transmitter hum on 12014.87 kHz. Initially the South Korean SDR
HL3AMO was clearer, but Sapporo SDR remained stronger and in the end
clearer throughout the 30 minute show from 1430UT sign on with the English
program including interval signal. Truly amazing that here in 2023,
decades after this station was a primary DX target for many of us in the
early days of our DXing careers, VOM remains on using its own transmitters
(Dan Robinson, wor March 18)

MONGOLIA  12084.876 kHz measured in remote Perseus at Akitakata Hiroshima
JPN remotedly, at 09.08 UT on March 21, S=9 music audio heard, plus
2 x 100 Hertz audio string and minor 50 / 100 Hz apart distance, either
sideband visible too.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 21)

MYANMAR   5915 kH (1310z) Myanmar Radio YL broadcasting in Burmese with
CRI QRM Playing Music and Commentary from Naypyidaw with a S9 Signal into
KFS.
(Gary Pence-CA-USA KM5X, wor March 21)

MYANMAR   no chance to listen of Myanmar Radio  Nay Pyi Daw 5915v kHz,
due of 5880 - 5940 kHz broadband range heavy S=9+35dB  DITTER  BUBBLE
JAMMING signal of 5920 kHz from Korea D.P.R., at 10.18 UT on March 21.

[...]   What's happened on Myanmar shortwave Radio today ?

On Wed March 22 at 13.30 UT noted at Nay Pyi Daw  northern capital outlet
on 5915even.000 kHz aligned outlet.

Nay Pyi Daw single TX,
was noted always in past months around minus 10 to 20 Hertz on lower
frequency sideband flank usually.

S=9 signals also on 5985even kHz from Yengu-Yangoon former colonial
British empire capital unit, compared outlets on SDR units remotedly in
Delhi and Akitakata Japan, also via KIWI net in eastern India GRMS Dimapur
via URL localy next

<http://103.232.186.40:8073>
73 wolfie  df5sx  (wwdxc germany via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, March 21 - 22)

NETHERLANDS   6130 kHz  Radio Europe, Alphen, 1652-1710 UT on March 21,
pop and rock songs in English. 34433.
(Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, wor March 21)

NORWAY   5895 kHz  Radio Northern Star, Bergen, 1740-1806 UT on March 21,
pop and country songs in English. QRM from BBC at Dushanbe Tajikistan,
with Korean program. 12421.
(Manuel Mendez-Friol-ESP, wor March 21)

PERU   4820 kHz  Radio Integridad. Marcg 17 at 1029-1110 UT. ID: "Radio
Integridad" and program "En esto pensad" + songs+ ID: "Red radio integri-
dad, la voz que glorifica a Dios" + Songs and so on. 45444 to 35333.

5025 kHz  R. Quillabamba. March 17 at 1110-1124 UT. News. 35333.
(Claudio Galaz-CHL, hcdx March 19)

ROMANIA   RRI 2023 Summer Broadcast Frequencies on shortwaves in English:
Broadcast frequencies valid as of March 26, to October 28, 2023.

RECEPTION AREAS

WESTERN EUROPE
UTC  kHz
05.30-06.00  9700; 11960 (DRM)
11.00-11.00 15130; 17630
17.00-18.00 13750(DRM); 15180
20.30-21.00  9740; 11975 (DRM);
22.00-23.00  9740; 11800

AFRICA
11.00-12.00 15320; 17670

NORTH AMERICA (East Coast)
20.30-21.00 11850; 13650
00.00-01.00  9550; 11620

NORTH AMERICA (West Coast)
03.00-04.00  9850; 11620

JAPAN
22.00-23.00  9790; 11650

AUSTRALIA
05.30-06.00 17760; 21550

INDIA
03.00-04.00 15330 (DRM); 17790 kHz.
(RRI Bucharest, via Paul Gager-AUT, BrDXC-UK March 14)

ROMANIA   RRI Bucharest A-23 summer schedule, valid as of March 26
to October 28, 2023.
                                     ITU          N=
  kHz    UTC    zones    loc  kW deg ant SMTWTFS  DRM  language
 9550 0000 0100 8        TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Eng
11620 0000 0100 8        TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Eng
 9730 0000 0200 8        GAL 300 310 286 1234567  D    Ron
11945 0000 0200 8        GAL 300 310 286 1234567  D    Ron
 9550 0100 0200 4,8      TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Fra
11620 0100 0200 4,8      TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Fra
 9440 0200 0300 14       GAL 300 245 286 1234567  D    Spa
 9700 0200 0300 10       TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Spa
11780 0200 0300 10       TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Spa
11945 0200 0300 14       GAL 300 245 286 1234567  D    Spa
 9850 0300 0400 6        TIG 300 337 288 1234567  D    Eng
11620 0300 0400 6        TIG 300 337 288 1234567  D    Eng
15330 0300 0400 41       GAL  90 100 286 1234567  N    Eng
17790 0300 0400 41       GAL 300 100 286 1234567  D    Eng
15220 0400 0430 43,44    TIG  90 67  288 1234567  N    Chi
17760 0400 0430 43,44    TIG 300 67  288 1234567  D    Chi
 9500 0400 0500 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1234567  D    Ron
11740 0400 0500 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1234567  D    Ron
 9510 0430 0500 29       TIG 300 37  205 1234567  D    Rus
11800 0430 0500 29       TIG  90 37  205 1234567  N    Rus
 9500 0500 0530 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1234567  D    Fra
11740 0500 0530 27SE     GAL  90 285 206 1234567  N    Fra
17520 0500 0530 47,52    TIG 300 187 288 1234567  D    Fra
21550 0500 0530 47,52    TIG 300 187 288 1234567  D    Fra
 9700 0530 0600 27N      TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Eng
11960 0530 0600 27N      GAL  90 300 206 1234567  N    Eng
17760 0530 0600 55,58,59 GAL 300 100 286 1234567  D    Eng
21550 0530 0600 55,58,59 TIG 300 97  288 1234567  D    Eng

 9700 0600 0630 28NW     TIG 300 307 205 1234567  D    Deu
11620 0600 0630 28NW     TIG  90 307 205 1234567  N    Deu
11830 0630 0700 37       GAL 300 245 286 1234567  D    Ara
15130 0630 0700 37       GAL 300 245 286 1234567  D    Ara
15200 0630 0700 39NW     TIG 300 142 288 1234567  D    Ara
17630 0630 0700 39NW     TIG 300 142 288 1234567  D    Ara
11790 0700 0800 39NW     GAL 300 140 205 1        D    Ron
13750 0700 0800 39NW     TIG 300 142 208 1        D    Ron
15200 0700 0800 39NW     GAL 300 110 286 1        D    Ron
17780 0700 0800 39NW     TIG 300 112 286 1        D    Ron
11650 0800 0900 38E      GAL 300 165 286 1        D    Ron
13790 0800 0900 39NW     TIG 300 142 205 1        D    Ron
15170 0800 0900 39NW     TIG 300 142 288 1        D    Ron
15200 0800 0900 38E      GAL 300 165 286 1        D    Ron
11650 0900 1000 27SE     GAL 300 285 286 1        D    Ron
15130 0900 1000 37       TIG 300 247 288 1        D    Ron
15150 0900 1000 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1        D    Ron
17630 0900 1000 37       TIG 300 247 288 1        D    Ron
11650 1000 1100 27SE     GAL 300 285 286 1234567  D    Fra
15130 1000 1100 37       TIG 300 247 288 1234567  D    Fra
15150 1000 1100 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1234567  D    Fra
17630 1000 1100 37       TIG 300 247 288 1234567  D    Fra
15130 1100 1200 27N      TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Eng
15320 1100 1200 48W      GAL 300 165 286 1234567  D    Eng
17630 1100 1200 27N      TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Eng
17670 1100 1200 48W      GAL 300 165 286 1234567  D    Eng

11700 1200 1230 39NW     GAL 300 140 286 1234567  D    Ara
15130 1200 1230 39NW     TIG 300 142 288 1234567  D    Ara
15320 1200 1230 37       GAL 300 245 286 1234567  D    Ara
17780 1200 1230 37       TIG 300 247 288 1234567  D    Ara
 9490 1200 1300 28NW     SAF 100 300 812 1234567  D    Ron
15160 1230 1300 43,44    TIG 300 67  288 1234567  D    Chi
17760 1230 1300 43,44    TIG 300 67  288 1234567  D    Chi
11940 1300 1400 31S      TIG 300 52  288 1234567  D    Rus
13610 1300 1400 31S      TIG 300 52  288 1234567  D    Rus
11950 1300 1500 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1234567  D    Ron
15340 1300 1500 27SE     GAL 300 285 286 1234567  D    Ron
 9520 1400 1430 28SW     SAF 100 270 812 1234567  D    Ita
 9600 1400 1500 28NW     TIG 300 307 205 1234567  D    Deu
11880 1400 1500 28NW     TIG 300 307 205 1234567  D    Deu
 5910 1430 1500 28SW     SAF 100 240 812 1234567  D    Rup
 5910 1500 1530 29SW     SAF 100 30  812 1234567  D    Ukr
11810 1500 1530 29       TIG 300 37  205 1234567  D    Rus
13660 1500 1530 29       TIG  90 37  288 1234567  N    Rus
 5910 1530 1600 28S      SAF 100 270 812 1234567  D    Srp
11830 1530 1600 37       GAL 300 245 286 1234567  D    Ara
15130 1530 1600 37       GAL 300 245 286 1234567  D    Ara
15160 1530 1600 39NW     TIG 300 142 288 1234567  D    Ara
17780 1530 1600 39NW     TIG 300 142 288 1234567  D    Ara
 5910 1600 1630 28SW     SAF 100 270 812 1234567  D    Ita
 9500 1600 1700 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1234567  D    Fra
11620 1600 1700 39NW     TIG 300 142 288 1234567  D    Ron
11975 1600 1700 27SE     GAL 300 285 286 1234567  D    Fra
15160 1600 1700 39NW     TIG 300 142 288 1234567  D    Ron
 5910 1630 1700 28SW     SAF 100 240 812 1234567  D    Rup
 5910 1700 1730 29SW     SAF 100 30  812 1234567  D    Ukr
11975 1700 1800 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1234567  D    Ron
13750 1700 1800 27N      TIG  90 307 288 1234567  N    Eng
15180 1700 1800 27N      TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Eng
15200 1700 1800 27SE     GAL 300 285 286 1234567  D    Ron
 5910 1730 1800 28S      SAF 100 270 812 1234567  D    Srp

 5910 1800 1830 28SW     SAF  30 270 812 1234567  N    Ita
 7245 1800 1900 28NW     TIG  90 307 205 1234567  N    Deu
 9570 1800 1900 28NW     TIG 300 307 205 1234567  D    Deu
11975 1800 1900 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1234567  D    Ron
15200 1800 1900 27SE     GAL 300 285 286 1234567  D    Ron
 5910 1830 1900 28SW     SAF 100 240 812 1234567  D    Rup
 5910 1900 1930 29SW     SAF 100 30  812 1234567  D    Ukr
 9610 1900 2000 37N      TIG 300 262 288 1234567  D    Spa
11850 1900 2000 37N      TIG 300 262 288 1234567  D    Spa
11975 1900 2000 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1234567  D    Ron
15200 1900 2000 27SE     GAL 300 285 286 1234567  D    Ron
 5910 1930 2000 28S      SAF 100 270 812 1234567  D    Srp
 9575 2000 2030 27SE     GAL 300 285 206 1234567  D    Fra
11975 2000 2030 27SE     GAL  90 285 206 1234567  N    Fra
 9740 2030 2100 27N      GAL 300 300 206 1234567  D    Eng
11850 2030 2100 8        TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Eng
11975 2030 2100 27N      GAL  90 300 206 1234567  N    Eng
13650 2030 2100 8        TIG 300 307 288 1234567  D    Eng
13650 2100 2200 14       TIG  90 247 288 1234567  N    Spa
15130 2100 2200 14       TIG 300 247 288 1234567  D    Spa
 9740 2200 2300 27N      GAL 300 300 206 1234567  D    Eng
 9790 2200 2300 45N      TIG 300 52  288 1234567  D    Eng
11650 2200 2300 45N      TIG 300 52  288 1234567  D    Eng
11800 2200 2300 27N      GAL 300 300 206 1234567  D    Eng
 9760 2300 2400 12N      GAL 300 280 286 1234567  D    Spa
11650 2300 2400 14       TIG 300 247 288 1234567  D    Spa
11800 2300 2400 12N      GAL 300 280 286 1234567  D    Spa
13660 2300 2400 14       TIG 300 247 288 1234567  D    Spa
(hfcc.org March 18)

RUSSIA   [Kaliningradskaya oblast. Bolshakovo bcast center village]
2 QSL cards - Radio of Russia, 549 & 1143 kHz.

QSL manager Andrey Molokov. Email:  <andrey_hamradio -at- mail.ru>
Images:
<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/03/blog-post_65.html>
<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/03/blog-post_89.html>

RV-369 LW 173 / 171 kHz history in past century:

Bolschakowo (russisch), deutsch bis 1938 Gross Skaisgirren und 1938-46
Kreuzingen, litauisch Didieji Skaisgiriai) ist eine Gemeinde im Rajon
Slawsk der Oblast Kaliningrad, Russland.

Sie befindet sich an der Hauptstrasse von Talpaki nach Sowjetsk.
Daneben bestehen noch Strassen nach Polessk und nach Tschernjachowsk sowie
ein Bahnhof an der Eisenbahnstrecke von Kaliningrad ueber Polessk und
Slawsk nach Sowjetsk.

Bolschakowo liegt am Suedrand der Elchniederung in einer Marschenland-
schaft und hat rund 2.000 Einwohner. Bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges
befand sich hier der groesste Viehverladebahnhof Deutschlands.

See some 12 pictures of Koenigsberg / Skaisgirren / Bolshakovo picture
download from

<https://app.box.com/s/0pvj6hcpm45t1xj367maau6bauze91p9>

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

<https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BA%
D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE_(%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%
D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%
D1%8C)>

<http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolschakowo>

Kalininrad / Bolshakovo, in der 1. Reihe das 3. Foto von links,
in der 2. Reihe das 1. und 2. Foto.
{sic, links broken due kaliningrad.rtrn.ru data lost ...}
<http://kaliningrad.rtrn.ru/materials.asp?view=3D6223>

In der 3. Reihe das 1. Foto zeigt eine typische Jammingkonstruktion die es
in vielen UdSSR Staedten in gleicher Form gab, d.h. die Niederfuehrung
eines breitbandigen vertikalen Rhombusgebildes.

Geschichte von Bolshakovo-1 aus 1974; und -2 aus 1987:
{sic, links broken due kaliningrad.rtrn.ru data lost ...}
<http://kaliningrad.rtrn.ru/info.asp?view=3D1469>

<http://www.kosmosnimki.ru/index.html#x=3D21.704518&y=3D54.908894
&z=3D12.9&fullscreen=3Dtrue&mode=3Dsatellite>

rather now in 2019year:
<https://goo.gl/maps/UE5G1CNeMQgq66UB8>
(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1229 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 19)

RUSSIA_N   Federation/or non/ : Today March 22nd on 7032 kHz SSB_mode
at *0501-0559* UT // 6828 kHz SSB the unid radio playing non stop the USSR
National Anthem, singing by group called "Lube" as disco version in
Russian was heard. First mentioned was on 14 October 2022 on 9900 kHz.
(pse see British Communication No. 576, November 2022).

Some Russian DXers named it as "Military Radio", but maybe we will say
"Radio Lube" ?  The non stop of only one song remind me of Iranian jamm-
ing on 11470 kHz with the song "Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss me" singing of
legendary Shirley Bassey (recorded in 1958) vs. Radio Courier of Iran of
the communist party of Iran, broadcasting from Bulgaria.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 22)

SPAIN   12030, 9690, 11940, 11685 kHz, Friday March 17 at 2304 UT, token
English from SNR, all four on into Virginia SDR. 12030 kHz ME is
slightly better than 9690 kHz NoAM, while 11685 kHz AF faces usual RTTY
QRM. Justin Coe's feature is an interview at a Madrid gallery about the
painter Lucian Freud. Totally invisbile on the radio! So I look on the
web.

They admit he was grandson of Sigmund but supposedly not influenced by
him. Gallery online shows he specialized in portraits, and *all of them
UGLY !* Enough of that. Turkey fails to broadcast today so I have no
choice but listening to Spain. BTW, A-23 season channels will again be
17855, 15520, 17715, 11670 kHz respectively. Cuba registered 15520 kHz
and might collide until 2100 UT, but Spaingles will then be at 2200 M/W/F.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor March 18)

TAIWAN   Taiwan and Chinese radio broadcasts, Tuesday, March 14

<https://en.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2009146>

Taiwan is working to keep Chinese radio broadcasts from spreading proChina
content in Taiwan. That was the word from Premier Chen Chien-jen (???) on
Tuesday {Mar 14}, in response to reports of Chinese programs picked up on
radios in Hsinchu and Miaoli counties.

The Chinese programs broadcasted messages that encouraged Taiwanese youths
to go start businesses in China and promoted a "united front" in the
cross-strait region. Chen says the government will address the issue and
decide on consequences for the broadcast violations.

The premier adds that the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and other related
officials will work on managing the reception of Chinese broadcasts.

Council Minister Chiu Tai-san (???) says in the past, radio stations in
Kinmen and Matsu counties would frequently pick up on broadcast signals
from China's Fujian province due to its proximity. Chiu says authorities
will consider the signal strength of the broadcasts and confer with others
about how to handle their reception on Taiwan's main island as well.
(RTI via Paul Gager-AUT, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 17)

TURKEY    Summer A-23 schedule for Voice of Turkey
Shortwave Broadcasting Schedule of VOT Emirler bcast center site
between 26 March 2023 - 28 October 2023

Frequency sorted
 Freq StartStop CIRAF                Power  Beam          Language
         UTC                            kW  deg  slw ant
 5945 1830 1930 27,28                  500  310    0 205  Eng      TUR
 5960 1830 2100 38E,39,40W             500  150    0 205  Tur      TUR
 6040 0400 0600 39N                    250  130    0 205  Tur      TUR
 6165 0300 0400 38E,39,40W             250  150    0 205  Eng      TUR

 7210 1100 1130 28SE                   250  300   25 205  Bul      TUR
 7260 0100 0200 8S,10S,11,12,27S,37N   500  290    0 219  Spa      TUR
 7275 0300 0400 6E,7-11,27,28W         500  325    0 219  Eng      TUR
 7360 0000 0200 42,43                  500  72     0 211  Tur      TUR
 7360 1730 1830 38,47,48,52,53         500  210   30 216  Fra      TUR

 9460 1600 2100 27,28                  500  310    0 215  Tur      TUR
 9465 0200 0300 42,43                  500  72     0 211  Uig      TUR
 9540 1400 1500 38E,39                 500  138    0 215  Ara      TUR
 9655 0800 0830 29SE,39NE              250  72     0 205  Georgian TUR
 9765 1500 1600 40,39NE                250  105    0 205  Fas      TUR
 9770 0400 0600 18S,27,28              500  310    0 215  Tur      TUR
 9840 1730 1830 28W,27E                250  310    0 205  Deu      TUR
 9870 0100 0200 12,13-15,16N,37        500  252    0 219  Spa      TUR
 9875 2030 2130 41,49,51,54,55,58-60   500  105    7 219  Eng      TUR
 9880 1930 2030 37,38W,46              500  252  -10 211  Fra      TUR

11660 1630 1730 30S,40E,41N            500  95   -10 215  Eng      TUR
11730 0700 0800 29SE,39NE,40NW,30SW    250  72     0 205  Aze      TUR
11750 0900 1000 39,38E                 500  120  -30 205  Ara      TUR
11765 1500 1630 40,30S                 500  85     0 205  PbtPbu   TUR
                                                          Dari Persian
                                                          Pashto
                                                          Uzbek
11785 2200 2300 4,7,8,9,11N,27,28W     500  325    0 219  Eng      TUR
11825 1330 1400 30,31                  500  62   -10 211  Kaz      TUR
11930 1630 1730 27S,28,37N             250  290   10 210  Spa      TUR
11965 1300 1400 19,20,29,30N           500  20    20 205  Rus      TUR

13635 0600 1300 27,28                  500  310    0 215  Tur      TUR
13655 0830 0900 28SW                   250  290   10 210  Ita      TUR

15235 1030 1100 30S,40N                500  72     0 211  Uzb      TUR
15240 1000 1030 30W,29E                250  32   -10 215  Tat      TUR
15285 0800 0830 29SE,30S,40N           250  72     0 211  Georgian TUR
15320 0500 0700 38,46E,47              500  210   30 216  Hau      TUR
15350 1130 1230 28,27SE                250  310    0 211  Deu      TUR
15375 1300 1600 27,28                  500  310    0 215  Tur      TUR
15380 1200 1300 40,41N                 500  95   -10 215  Urd      TUR
15450 1230 1330 18S,27,28              500  310    0 211  Eng      TUR
15720 0830 1000 39NE,40                250  105    0 205  Fas      TUR

17620 1100 1200 42-44                  500  72   -10 217  Chi      TUR
17720 0400 0500 54N,49                 500  105    7 219  Mly      TUR
17740 1000 1100 27S,28W,37N            250  290  -10 210  Fra      TUR
17770 1400 1500 37,38W,46              500  252  -10 211  Ara      TUR

Language sorted
Freq  StartStop  CIRAF               Power  Beam          Language
         UTC                            kW  deg  slw ant
11750 0900 1000 39,38E                 500  120  -30 205  Ara      TUR
 9540 1400 1500 38E,39                 500  138    0 215  Ara      TUR
17770 1400 1500 37,38W,46              500  252  -10 211  Ara      TUR

11730 0700 0800 29SE,39NE,40NW,30SW    250  72     0 205  Aze      TUR

 7210 1100 1130 28SE                   250  300   25 205  Bul      TUR

17620 1100 1200 42-44                  500  72   -10 217  Chi      TUR

15350 1130 1230 28,27SE                250  310    0 211  Deu      TUR
 9840 1730 1830 28W,27E                250  310    0 205  Deu      TUR

 6165 0300 0400 38E,39,40W             250  150    0 205  Eng      TUR
 7275 0300 0400 6E,7-11,27,28W         500  325    0 219  Eng      TUR
15450 1230 1330 18S,27,28              500  310    0 211  Eng      TUR
11660 1630 1730 30S,40E,41N            500  95   -10 215  Eng      TUR
 5945 1830 1930 27,28                  500  310    0 205  Eng      TUR
 9875 2030 2130 41,49,51,54,55,58-60   500  105    7 219  Eng      TUR
11785 2200 2300 4,7,8,9,11N,27,28W     500  325    0 219  Eng      TUR

15720 0830 1000 39NE,40                250  105    0 205  Fas      TUR
 9765 1500 1600 40,39NE                250  105    0 205  Fas      TUR

17740 1000 1100 27S,28W,37N            250  290  -10 210  Fra      TUR
 7360 1730 1830 38,47,48,52,53         500  210   30 216  Fra      TUR
 9880 1930 2030 37,38W,46              500  252  -10 211  Fra      TUR

 9655 0800 0830 29SE,39NE              250  72     0 205  Georgian TUR
15285 0800 0830 29SE,30S,40N           250  72     0 211  Georgian TUR

15320 0500 0700 38,46E,47              500  210   30 216  Hau      TUR

13655 0830 0900 28SW                   250  290   10 210  Ita      TUR

11825 1330 1400 30,31                  500  62   -10 211  Kaz      TUR

17720 0400 0500 54N,49                 500  105    7 219  Mly      TUR

11765 1500 1630 40,30S                 500  85     0 205  PbtPbu   TUR
                                                          Dari Persian
                                                          Pashto
                                                          Uzbek
11965 1300 1400 19,20,29,30N           500  20    20 205  Rus      TUR

 7260 0100 0200 8S,10S,11,12,27S,37N   500  290    0 219  Spa      TUR
 9870 0100 0200 12,13-15,16N,37        500  252    0 219  Spa      TUR
11930 1630 1730 27S,28,37N             250  290   10 210  Spa      TUR

15240 1000 1030 30W,29E                250  32   -10 215  Tat      TUR

 7360 0000 0200 42,43                  500  72     0 211  Tur      TUR
 6040 0400 0600 39N                    250  130    0 205  Tur      TUR
 9770 0400 0600 18S,27,28              500  310    0 215  Tur      TUR
13635 0600 1300 27,28                  500  310    0 215  Tur      TUR
15375 1300 1600 27,28                  500  310    0 215  Tur      TUR
 9460 1600 2100 27,28                  500  310    0 215  Tur      TUR
 5960 1830 2100 38E,39,40W             500  150    0 205  Tur      TUR

 9465 0200 0300 42,43                  500  72     0 211  Uig      TUR

15380 1200 1300 40,41N                 500  95   -10 215  Urd      TUR

15235 1030 1100 30S,40N                500  72     0 211  Uzb      TUR
(TRT via HFCC.org database requests, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 18)

USA [non, GERMANY/KOREA REP OF Jeju Isl Daehu Seoul/KUWAIT/
MARIANA ISLS Saipan Tinian/PHILIPPINES/TAIWAN/TAJIKISTAN/THAILAND/UAE]

RADIO FREE ASIA A23 request season.
March 26 to October 28, 2023.

Burmese
{0000-0030 UTC  1575BKK  5875UDO  7410UDO 12110PHT VoA Burmese}
0030-0130 UTC  12140TIN 15250PAO 15700TIN
{0130-0230 UTC  7305UDO 15285PHT 17850PHT          VoA Burmese}
0200-0300 UTC  15250PAO
{0230-0330 UTC  7305UDO 15700PHT 17850PHT          VoA Burmese}
{1200-1230 UTC 11965PHT 15565PHT 17680PHT          VoA Burmese}
1230-1330 UTC   9370TIN  9990TJK 13630UAE
1330-1400 UTC  9990TIN 12140TIN
1400-1430 UTC  9990TIN
{1430-1500 UTC  1575BKK  5885UDO  9370PHT  9380PHT VoA Burmese}
{1500-1530 UTC  5885UDO  9370PHT  9380PHT          VoA Burmese}
{1530-1600 UTC  1575BKK  5885UDO  9370PHT  9380PHT VoA Burmese}
{1600-1630 UTC  1575BKK  5885PHT  9370PHT  9380PHT VoA Burmese}
{1630-1730 UTC  1575BKK  9380PHT                   VoA Burmese}
{1730-1800 UTC  1575BKK  6150UDO                   VoA Burmese}
{2330-0030 UTC  1575BKK  5875UDO  7410UDO 12110PHT VoA Burmese}

Cantonese
{1300-1400 UTC  7480UDO  VoA Cantonese }
1400-1500 UTC FNP
          MRA Tinian 250 kW 313 degr:
13575 kHz Sat, Sun
13755 kHz Mon, Wed, Fri
13795 kHz Tue, Thur
1400-1500 UTC  7480PHT  RFA Cantonese
          7480 kHz PHL Tinang 250 kW 332 degr.

Khmer
1230-1330 UTC  9890TIN 11885PAO 12140TIN
{1330-1430 UTC 1575BKK  9615PHT 11695PHT VoA Khmer}
1430-1500 UTC  9355SAI 12140TIN
{2200-2230 UTC 1575BKK  5965PHT  7375PHT  9320PHT VoA Khmer}
2230-2330 UTC 12140TIN 13715SAI

Korean
1000-1100 UTC  1566JEU
{1100-1500 UT  1188SEO                             VoA Korean}
{1200-1300 UT  9350PHT  9490SAI 12080PHT           VoA Korean}
1200-1400 UTC  9900PAO
{1300-1400 UT  9350PHT 12045UDO 12080PHT           VoA Korean}
{1400-1500 UT  9410SAI 12045UDO 12080PHT           VoA Korean}
1500-1700 UTC  1188SEO  9910SAI  9990TIN 11985SAI
1700-1900 UTC  1188SEO  9990SAI 11985SAI
{1900-2100 UT  5875UDO  7365UDO  7465PHT           VoA Korean}
2100-2200 UTC  9540TIN 11945SAI 11985TIN

Lao
0000-0100 UTC 15210TIN
1100-1200 UTC 15195TIN

Mandarin
{0000-0100 UTC 9600PHT 11660UDO 15340PHT 17560PHT             VoA Chinese}
{0100-0130 UTC 9745UDO  9885UDO 15225PHT additional in A23    VoA Chinese}
0300-0400 UTC 11570TIN 11895SAI 11985KWT 17800SAI
0400-0500 UTC 11895SAI 13750KWT 17800SAI 21505TIN
0500-0600 UTC 11895SAI 17800KWT 21690TIN
0600-0700 UTC 11895SAI 13790SAI 17800KWT 17810TIN
{0900-1100 UTC11785UDO 11825PHT 13755UDO 17485UDO 21695PHT    VoA Chinese}
{1100-1200 UTC 7470UDO  9460PHT 11825PHT                      VoA Chinese}
{1200-1300 UTC 7470UDO 11785PHT 11825UDO 15250PHT             VoA Chinese}
{1300-1400 UTC 6115PHT 11785PHT 15130PHT 15165UDO 15250PHT    VoA Chinese}
{1400-1500 UTC 6115PHT  9465PHT 11900PHT 15110PHT             VoA Chinese}
1500-1600 UTC  9940KWT 11675SAI 13810TJK
1600-1700 UTC  7540TJK 11610TIN 13570SAI 13810TJK
1700-1800 UTC  9360KWT  9970SAI
1800-1900 UTC  9360KWT  9970SAI 11760KWT
1900-2200 UTC  1557KOU  Mediumwave Taiwan delete in A23 season.
1900-2000 UTC  9360KWT  9720SAI
2000-2100 UTC  6080TIN  9360KWT 9535SAI
2100-2200 UTC  7435KWT  9685KWT
{2200-2300 UTC 5875UDO  9625PHT                              VoA Chinese}
2300-2400 UTC  9535KWT  9720KWT 15555SAI

Tibetan
{0000-0100 UTC 9440UDO  9895KWT   FNP                        VoA Tibetan
          UDO 13630Tu 13640We 13670Mo 13690Sa 13760Th 13805Fr 13810Su}
0100-0200 UTC  9370TJK  9510KWT  9705TJK 11850KWT 17670TIN
0200-0300 UTC  9380KWT 11745SAI 17670TIN     FNP
          KWT 11820Tu/Th  11895Mo/We/Fr  11925Sa/Su
{0300-0400 UTC 15130KWT 17735PHT  FNP                        VoA Tibetan
          PHT 21600Mo 21610Tu 21620Th 21630We 21640Fr 21650Su 21680Sa}
{0400-0500 UTC 15185UDO 17650PHT 17670UDO 17785PHT 17865PHT  VoA Tibetan}
{0500-0600 UTC 15190KWT 17670UDO  FNP                        VoA Tibetan
          PHT 21580Fr 21600Sa 21610Tu 21620Mo 21630Su 21640We 21650Th}
0600-0700 UTC 15610TJK 21690UAE? co-ch 21690TIN  FNP
          KWT 17670Mo/We/Fr  17750Tu/Th/Sa/Su
1000-1100 UTC 13860KWT 15330TIN                  FNP
          TIN 21455Tu 21485Mo 21495Sa 21505Su 21520Fr 21540We 21565Th
1100-1200 UTC 13580TJK 15265LAM 15490TJK 17640TIN
1200-1230 UTC 15250UAE
1200-1300 UTC 11540KWT 13580TJK 15490TJK 17690TJK 17860LAM
1300-1400 UTC 11570KWT 13720TJK 15275TJK 15490TJK 17860SAI
{1400-1500 UTC 9910KWT 17490BIB 17690LAM                     VoA Tibetan}
1500-1600 UTC  9355TJK 11975UAE                       FNP
          TIN 13720Su/Tu/Th/Sa  13790Mo/We/Fr
{1600-1700 UTC 7565PHT  9760LAM  9950UDO                     VoA Tibetan
          PHT 11890Su/Tu/Th/Sa  ?????Mo/We/Fr * }
2200-2300 UTC  7505KWT  9380KWT                       FNP
          KWT  7355Mo 7360Fr 7365Tu 7520Su/We 9655Th 9920Sa
2300-2400 UTC  5965KWT  9545TJK  9555UAE 11700TIN

Uyghur
0100-0200 UTC  9350TJK  9780KWT  9800TJK 11640KWT
          KWT 11995Su  12000Th  12005Mo  12015Th/Fr 12025We/Sa
1600-1700 UTC  9355TJK 11675TIN 15140TIN
          KWT  9325Tu/Fr 9335We/Sa 9340Mo/Th 9480Su

Vietnamese
RFA Vietnamese is now all digital. Please find us at these locations:
Website:  <https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/>
Audio:    <https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/audio/>
Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/RFAVietnam>
Youtube:  <https://www.youtube.com/user/RFAVietnamese
e-mail    <vietweb -at- rfa.org>

Notes: FNP = frequency not promoted.

All frequencies are in kiloHertz (kHz)
All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Reception reports by email at  <qsl -at- rfa.org>
and by mail to:

Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America
(ITU / hfcc.org A23 request database, March 18, 2023)

*  re RFA Tibetan 16 - 17 UT,  ?????Mo/We/Fr
   hfcc.org database file Januar 24 and / or March 18:

11890 1600-1700 42,43W PHT 250 315 0 216 1357 2603-281023 Bod PHL AGM #470

split 4 / 3 Days operation at Tinang site in Tibetan of USAGM Tinang site,
missed yet the 246  days operation in both database files of Jan 24 and
March 18.  HELP !
73 wb  df5sx  wwdxc

Hello Wolfie,
yes, that must be a mistake, but I don't know about the missing line.
Please send a notification to HFCC and it will certainly be corrected.
Best regards, Mauno, 22 March 2023

USA   9975 kHz  UT Fri March 17 at 0346 UT, quick 2-second check confirms
something on here and has to be KVOH. Program sked has been updated as of
March 12 for DST, also showing expansion to *4* nights per week, instead
of only 3, making up for lost time? i.e. UT Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon:
<https://voiceofhope.com/schedule/kvoh_program_grid.pdf>

So that gives them four chances to fail instead of three, maybe more favo-
rable odds ? Still totally gospel-huxtering tho some shows are disguised
as secular music; except for two DX programs, AWR Wavescan UT Monday 0000,
and Frecuencia al Dia, UT Sunday 0000 UT. They had a chance to carry WOR
but blew it.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor March 18)

USA   5085 kHz, March 14 at 0226 & 2307 UT chex, WTWW is off again.
In case you be unfamiliar, here is what we are missing:

<https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2011/07/15/influential-christian-
identity-pastor-dies>

<https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Peter_J._Peters>
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor March 14)

USA   9264.985 kHz  WINB PA Red Lion end of the 'sing song' and rather
hypocritical 'my beloved' preacher talking about selling body parts from
aborted fetuses (he said babies, but I won't pick nits on the name, it is
his claim that anyone SELLS body parts after an abortion that amazes me !)
This guy is a sesqui-hoot. If you have a few minutes and want to be
amazed, go to expounderministries.com (yes, not .org he apparently isn't
even pretending to be 'non profit'!) and listen to some of his shtick.

OM legal ID at ToH w/SW Radiogram #295 w/the usual mix of digital text and
images, including stories in EE today about the first humans arriving in
North America, earlier than first thought, some 20-16 thousand years ago.
There was also a explanation of how stratospheric balloons navigate the
skies: The photos were in mostly OK:

ID at ToH and into Chuck Crismier 'Viewpoint' talking about 'it's not a
vaccine' and other 'religious' stuff. Interestingly, he never said what it
IS if it's not a vaccine, and what exactly a 'vaccine' is that this is not

None of those who espouse this view ever do explain such things from my
experience. Reception better than usual, but that noise blob still messing
with the LSB so USB sync needed.
4+5544 with good modulation again this week. 0025-0105 UT 10 March.
(Ken Zichi-Williamston-Michigan-USA, wor March 16)

USA   5085 kHz  March 21 at 0100 UT, WTWW-2 is still missing, as George
McClintock updates me: altho he can operate it remotely, he has been re-
covering from a virus or something for the past two weeks, quite ill at
home - and also a week without power following the windstorm; still trees
across the street. Meanwhile the station still needs a *lot* of work;
I suspected he was axually somewhat enjoying the troubleshooting, repair-
ing challenges, when he can get to the site.

Says an insulator broke at the end of an antenna wire, called a Steotype,
or something like that. #2 transmitter runs at 70 kW, but Ted left with
the harmonic filter not working [tho I never heard any second harmonix
from it].

Parts to bring the #1 up from 70 to a minimum of 90 kW were ordered and
supposed to be shipped from China three weeks ago; follow-up found they
were not shipped until last week, so wait another week. Hoping that a sale
will go thru but not firm yet. Buyer will gain among everything else, at
least twelve high power tubes.

Each transmitter needs only one, but Ted had been running the filaments
24 hours, wearing them down, all of them only partly depleted. Come to
think of it, everything was done wrong. George is at least making sure by
remote control that the filaments are off when not transmitting.
#1 and #3 are in pieces. #3 driver tube is no good.

A fan was cooling a balun, but fan's power was not wired in. A frequency
coil was missing, so had to recalibrate. Currently concerned with fixing
the automatic gate to the property.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor March 21)

USA   9975 kHz  KVOH w/"Truth" to Ponder w/mention of a British street
preacher who according to Bob B got into hot water with officials because
he called a trans-woman "Gentleman" (I bet there is more to the story, as
I can't imagine that is the ONLY thing that happened to get him charged
with a crime. Bob B went on to say that God doesn't like homosexuals and
anyone with such a preference is demonically possessed.

"And Jesus said: "Drive out those who love people you don't" doesn't
appear in any of the Bibles I've read. Indeed, the only people he 'drove
out' of anywhere that I can recall from reading that book were the mer-
chants who were trying to use "religion" to line their pockets. Hmmmmmm.

This station has been off a lot more than on ... I thought I heard that it
was going to be on weekends only, but I only seem to be hearing them dur-
ing the week and NOT on the weekends. A change, or do I misremember?
4+554+4+ ALMOST perfect reception 0545-0602* UT on March 10.
(Ken Zichi-Williamston-Michigan-USA, wor March 16)

USA   15755 kHz/DRM mode   WINB PA Red Lion w/"Unity Baptist Church of
Athens TN" show w/a 'good ole boy' preacher emoting and percussing such
that I really couldn't tell you WHAT the pooch he was talking about other
than by the number of times he said 'Jesus' and 'God' and 'Bible' and
'sinner' it must have been something 'religious'. He wasn't quite as bad
as the Crazy Cajun preacher, but he was close.

[Audio Attached] Then at BoH "Bored Woman" ID (She sounds even more bored
in high quality audio I fear!) and into OM choir singing "Old Rugged
Cross" for 'Pastor Buddy Sizemore' from Chapel Baptist Church in Conway
Springs NC who was a similarly accented dude, but he did 'tone it down'
for us Yankees such that I could actually under- stand what he was talking
about.

He started by praying about 'religion' like abortions and children and
'our leaders guidance' and then offered of a CD of today's show, and a
free King James Bible by request. I find that preamble most interesting
because it leads into one of the most SENSUAL and SEXUAL verses of the
Bible (the Song of Solomon Chapter 5) which recounts a dream of a lover
seeking entry into a woman's bedchamber! Do these people even understand
the irony? Abruptly off while 'Buddy' was wrapping things up, so no ID at
the end, or even the details about how to get that free bible and CD, but
good copy right up to the plugpull.

17dB s/n and decoding rather well for a change. In the 55 minutes I re-
corded, it decoded a full 54 minutes of audio once the signal 'settled
down' (the first minute or so had a lot of drop-outs but almost none after
that), so 'listenable'! The audio that decoded sounded pretty good too,
but I REALLY want them to explain what is on the other 5 kHz of their
signal below this DRM audio! ;) 1604-1659* UT on March 10.
(Ken Zichi-Williamston-Michigan-USA, wor March 16)

USA   [non]   Re: US AGM   RFE/RL in Tajik & Uzbek on SW gone?

Right, Tony, not included in WRTH B22 schedules.
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, BrDXC-UK iogroups March 18)

Shortwave broadcasts from RFE/RL in Tajik and Uzbek may have been discon-
tinued. {see WRTH 2023, page 657 right column, wb.}

I have just been looking at the provisional HFCC registrations for A23
season (effective 26 March) and notice that those for the RFE/RL (USAGM)
broadcasts in Tajik and Uzbek are missing, leaving only Turkmen (Azatlyk
Radiosy) on shortwave to Central Asia.
{prev via BIB, LAM, KWT, UDO, or WOF relay sites}

And checking the current HFCC B22 registrations, they have already been
deleted it seems. I do save some of the previous HFCC lists for a short
time for reference and these were still there on 6 December 2022 but gone
by 10 February 2023. There is now no mention of any shortwave frequencies
for these languages on the RFE/RL website either.

I haven't checked this by actually listening yet, but it does look as if
RFE/RL may have stopped these broadcasts on shortwave around the start of
the year.

All other USAGM language services (VOA, RFA, etc) that were on air during
B22 appear to be continuing in A23, at least according to provisional HFCC
data.
(Tony Rogers-UK, BrDXC-UK iogroups March 18)

UKRAINE   MW transmitter, Chasiv Yar, Ukraine.
Just saw your message about the transmitter in Ukraine's Chasiv Yar re-
posted by the BC-DX bulletin at <topnews.wwdxc.de>

Quote "I dont have more info about it like antenna type or transmitter.
Currently it seems that it is switched off on MW like all other MW trans-
mitters in Ukraine. I got more info:

Tx tower was shelled and destroyed in December 2022
<https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1&kHz=873>

Does anybody know more about the transmitter building ? "

The transmitter is Nautel NX-50 (though it operated at 25 kW). Similar
model was installed in Chonhar / Chongar for RFE/RL's project Crimea.
Realities (648 kHz; shut down on the first day of occupation; reportedly
moved by the Russian forces to Crimea). From what I know, both units were
a 'gift' from the USA, and the Chasiv Yar tx is definitely owned by the
Broadcasting, Radiocommunications & Television Concern (rrt.ua).

There has been no info about damages done to the transmitter building, so
let's assume it's relatively undamaged, which of course may change any
moment. Back in July, I asked some technician at Ukrainian Radio to bring
the issue of moving the tx to a safer place to the attention of their
'leadership'. The reply was "We are working on this, but the transmitter
is owned by RRT, not by the Public Broadcasting Company". The tx should be
moved somewhere, as it is definitely needed. In some occupied areas of
Ukraine, mediumwave was the only option to catch a Ukrainian station.
Acknowledging the problem, the officials are just citing a lack of funds.
Of course, they would find those funds if they really wanted to
[...]
Sorry, the tx is actually Nautel XL-60 model as shown at mwlist.
{mwmasts iog}
(Alex Miatlikov-UKR, wor Fri 17 March)

UZBEKISTAN  Hello, Does anyone have any info on which station is currently
broadcasting 17470 kHz now ?  Many Thanks in advance.
(Francois, hcdx March 14)

17469.752 kHz thanks to tip of Francois in hcdx group:
Denge Welat Kurdish program played probably via TEST rent unit at Tashkent
broadcast center, S=9 signal exact measured on remote Perseus SDR in
Edmonton-Alb-CAN at 17.12 UT.

Other at 17.00 UT hour
17894.988 BOT  US AGM VoA English via Moepeng Hill site, S=9+10dB at 17.03
17830even ASC  BBC London in En at 17.04 UT, S=8-9
17790even USA  WRMI Okeechobee FL state, S=9+30dB at 17.05 UT March 14.
17780even U.K. BBC fair signal from ESC Woofferton England, S=7 at 17.06UT
17655.008 USA  US AGM Greenville NC state outlet, Portuguese service to-
          wards Brasil, S=9+30dB at 17.07 UT.
17620even F    RFI Paris via TDF Issoudun, S=9+20dB, at 17.08 in Alb-CAN.
17600even ALG  RTA Bechar towards CeAF / Sahel zone easterly, S=9+10dB at
          17.09 UT.

17450even UNID block, 45 kHz wideband multi string whistle tone signal.
17360even OTHR signal.
This report despatched at 2317 UT on March 14.

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

Re: [bdxc-news] unid 17469.752 kHz
Sounds like Denge Welat. Mauno Ritola

I agree with Mauno, it is Denge Welat. Matches their live stream at
<denge-welat.org>
73's Tony
(Tony Rogers, wor March 15)

Trying Cyprus, Qatar and Kuwait SDRs, Doha Qatar is best at S=9+22dB,
17470 kHz minus 248 Hz; Kuwait -246 Hz. Typical off frequenciness of
Tashkent site. Glenn
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx, wor, BrDXC-UK iogroups March 15)

Re:  unid 17470 kHz: Denge Welat in Kurdish.

At 1636 UT, mx & Kurdish? talk, S=9+10dB into Cyprus SDR at 17469.700 kHz.
However, needs calibration. Same SDR with timesignal on 10000 displays as
-29v Hz.

RWM Moscow-Russia CW IDs audible on side from 9996 kHz at 1639 UT.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx, wor, BrDXC-UK iogroups March 15)

A23 season looming on Sunday March 26,
so likely BRB Ludo Maes ordered some technical broadcast tests of the
Tashkent Uzbekistan antenna in 16 meterband

towards Kurdistan-all nation
(pressure by Turkey since freedom treaty in Lausanne in 1923 year,
when Osmanic empire collapsed 100 years ago)

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

in Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran azimuth target.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 14 - 15)

UZBEKISTAN   re: Denge Welat on 17470 kHz ...
RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center.

One of the new Kurdish radio "Denge Welat" test fqs are 15480, 17460 etc.
noted on Friday March 17:

17459.751 kHz Denge Welat Kurdish outlet at 14.54 UT on S=9+20dB level in
          Doha Qatar, Kuwait, and Athens Greece SDR units this afternoon.

17480.011 TUR  TRT Emirler program, drums and trumpet NE mx type, S=7 only
fair on 16 mb at 14.58 UT.  {thanks Alan: "National Intelligence Organi-
sation (MIT), who forwards the information to TRT's Emirler station ..."

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

Denge Welat has moved to 17480 kHz - heard when I was checking today at
10:35 UT. The Erdogan jammer remains on 17470 (so far). I would expect the
jamming is not very effective in nearby Kurdish speaking regions of Turkey
and Syria in particular, due to the higher frequency skipping over.

The Turks were quick to find Denge's frequency change from 11 to 17 MHz.
I wonder who in Turkey is monitoring the station? - presumably someone in
the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), who forwards the information
to TRT's Emirler station to make the necessary frequency changes.
(Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K., hcdx March 17)

Well - they changed to 17460 kHz when I found it at around 14:00 UT Mar 17
Seems to be using the same transmitter in Tashkent UZB (off be about -
some 275 Hertz distance).
The Turkish jammer is still on 17480 kHz at 15:00 UT !
(Arthur Pozner, hcdx March 17)

Re: Denge Welat on 17470 kHz ...
Well just looking at the University Enschede Twente spectrum analysis of
Denge Welat radio started on 17460 kHz at 1415 UT with Turkish stoppin
from 17480 kHz at 1555 UT as shown in the photo below.

Right now at 1635 UT a signal  of -35dbm is transmitting on 17459.75 kHz
(via Twente) and 51/23 good in my PL330 in Litohoron MT Olympus with the
20 m external antenna.
Erdogan -59dbm 17470.01kHz, National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) radio
Welat   -59dbm 17478.781 kHz
CGTN    -49dbm 17490.0kHz via University r. Enschede Twente SDR at 1130 UT
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, hcdx March 17)

Re:  unid - Denge Welat now on 15480 kHz.

Denge Welat heard this morning {March 17} on new 15480 kHz (15479.77 kHz)
with a strong signal here at 1135 UT tune-in carrying Kurdish music and
talk.

A weaker signal on 15470 kHz is the TRT jammer - carrying Turkish marching
music and Erdogan speeches.

As Tony observed on 15th, audio from Denge Welat matches their web stream
at www.denge-welat.org
(Dave Kenny-UK, BrDXC-UK iogroups March 17)

{KURDISTAN target [non] }  17460.000+, on March 17 at 1825 UT, a speech,
in Turkish ?  Maybe it's Recep. S=9+45dB into UTwente, with some roaring
in background. No het and no other signals in the area now. After long
speech, 1842 UT songs start. Still going past 1900 UT, but now with a fast
rippling SAH from an understation several Hz off, not 250 Hz off as pre-
viously from Tashkent.

As reported March 15, Denge Welat started using 17470 kHz - via Uzbekistan
hit by jamming March 16, and earlier today was playing cat-and-mouse with
Turkish jammer jumping around 10 kHz intervals. Jose Jacob-IND, also re-
ported AWR in Hindi on unlisted 17460 kHZ until 1545 UT switch to another
language - wonder if that were a mistake at Tashkent ?
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor March 18)

VANUATU   7260 kHz  Radio Vanuatu, 0616 till past 0740+ UT (didn't cut off
at 0658 UT, as I had recently been observing!); announcers and pop island
songs; 0631 UT, indigenous drums theme music for the often heard (but cer-
tainly not on every day!) spot with messages and announcements; 0637-0639
UT, dead air with no audio; news / weather in Bislama from 0703 to 0712 UT
sounded like a PSA from the Department of Health about COVID-19, with a
numbered list of items (#1, isolation, #2 . ., #3 . ., etc.); poor recep-
tion. Briefly at 0616UT, had some noticeable QRM from the Voice of Nigeria
(7254.94 kHz).
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor and via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 16)

YEMEN - rather Socotra Island  [non island transmission]
Harald Suess-Austria - just got back from the Yemeni island of Socotra.
No internet, no viable phone operator, and no radio or TV stastions on
the island. The only phone operator is ETISALAT and has no contract with
Austria or Germany.

You can hear stations on VHF from Oman, on MW also OMA, but also on
MW  ARS, IRN, UAE and VoA from DJI  USAGM Djibouti in Eritra with strong
signals, a little weaker then (YEM no - MW cancelled ?), ETH, ERI, EGY,
KWT, QAT, ROU and HNG and other stations up to ARM.

I had tried PAK in vain, the national criquet championships and special
programs would have been expected there, but their frequencies on MW were
occupied several times by other Arabic stations.

I had tried Tanzania, but also there multiple occupancy in the Arabic
region, which made reception from TZA impossible.

The higher bands from 11-21 MHz were particularly present on HF. I had
tried Sudan in vain on shortwave, but heard only a weak station on
1602 kHz.

Shortwave from F, ROU as Europe, and ARS, OMA, KWT and UAE from Middle
East, and CHN, AUS, GUM, MRA, IND, SNG, THA, and TJK from Asia.

However, my equipment was also minimal with the SONY ICF SW07 for weight
reasons (backpack hikes). The isolated island was definitely interesting.

Socotra Archipelago  -  in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of
Aden, is 133 km long and 42 km wide and comprises four islands (and two
rocky is-lets) which appear as a prolongation of the Horn of Africa. The
site is of universal importance because of its biodiversity with rich and
distinct flora and fauna:

37% of Socotra's 825 plant species,
90% of its reptile species and
95% of its land snail species do not occur anywhere else in the world.

The site also supports globally significant populations of land and sea
birds (192 bird species, 44 of which breed on the islands while 85 are
regular migrants), including a number of threatened species. The marine
life of Socotra is also very diverse, with 253 species of reef-building
corals, 730 species of coastal fish and 300 species of crab, lobster and
shrimp.

The People of Sokotra speak a special language, called Sokotri, a very old
non written language. The island belongs to the Republic of Yemen, but
some political interest is from Saudi Arabia (helping to build new school
buildings, Fishermen Boats, Spital) and from the UAE (Roads, Water
de-stillation). Both countries have some military personal on the island,
but
you dont see them on the road.

Mountains are high until 1600 m above sealevel, the most people live near
the coast.

Only two flights a week makes a small traffic on the airport. One flight
to Yemen mainland, the other flight from Abu Dhabi, this one mostly for
tourists.

<https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1263/>

Hello Wolfgang,
Yes, with pleasure. The island itself is 133 km long, the number before
was for the whole archipelago with the 4 islands and therefore seems a bit
confusing.

There is also a small harbour from which ships sail irregularly to Yemen,
mostly for goods,but also a few people. Socotra is also home to "refugees"
from mainland Yemen, who of course speak only Arabic. They came in small
and somewhat larger boats and are happy to be halfway safe there.

The Yemen mainland is about 350 km away from Socotra island. Oman is even
a bit closer, but Africa as a whole is much closer to Somaliland with
about 100 km distance.

There was not a single large ship to be seen, not a single plane in the
air (except those that landed there). There are asphalt roads in the
coastal plain, but with very unpleasant thresholds to slow down the cars,
in the whole mountainous area there are only dirt roads, with one except-
ion, for which 4-wheel drive cars are absolutely necessary.

The biggest problem is the plastic waste in the settlement areas, the lack
of fresh water and sewage structure including sewage treatment. No refuse
pits and no waste disposal. The lack of toilet facilities could also be-
come a problem in the future. In my opinion, the following should be
realised with international help:

- Waste disposal facility
- Local dung pits and dung pits
- emptying programme
- cleaning of already polluted areas on land and sea
- training and awareness raising in the sense of a disposal-friendly
  approach among the population.
- Toilet facilities with emptying service especially at the hotspots of
  the places frequented by tourists.
- Medical facilities with doctors and free access to medicines for the
  local population.

The aim should be to continue to welcome tourists, but to limit the number
as it is now - 50-60 per week. This is the only way to save the island's
treasure. No more roads should be built - the tourists should continue to
be guided over the bumpy mountain roads as they are now, this is what
makes the adventure and the value of this natural island.

It was a pleasure to have had the opportunity to visit this island.
What is missing is peace on the mainland Yemen ....
LG Harald

Logs from Socrota Island, which belongs to the Yemen Republic,
between March 8 - 12, by Harald Suess from Austria:

March 8
15255  1255 AWR Asia in Korean, tx TJK-Dushanbe, at 1255 UT s'off.
15380  1300 'Reach Beyound Australia' in English, "Back to the Bible".
15430  1330 AWR Asia in English, tx GUM, ID, QRG-anncement, religious px.
15550  1345 AWR Asia in Hindi, tx GUM, relig px, Indian song, 1400UT s'off
11955  1400 BBC Asia in Dari, QRG-announcement, nx
 9570  1740 CRI, in English, tx CHN-Beijing, studio talk.

March 10
11860  1200 R. Yemen Int. in Arabic, tx ARS Djeddah, nx about IRN-ARS
       Connection.
21580  1230 RFI in French, tx TDF Issoudun, int. nx
17845  1245 R. ERGO in Somali, tx UAE-Al Dhabbiya, Report,
       station announcment, QRG-announcement
17820  1300 VoA Africa in Swaheli, tx KWT, Identification and nx
15030  1315 AIR New Delhi in Swahili, tx IND Bangalore, annment, s'off.
12065  1320 BBC WS in English, Money Business report.

March 11
11745  0900 R. AZM in Arabic, tx ARS-Djeddah, px for ARS-soldiers in ARS
       and YEM, report.
17490  0915 CRI, in English, tx CHN Kashi, studio talk.
17530  0930 R.Farda USAGM, Farsi, tx THA. Report about Ukraine-Russia War
17810  0945 BBC in Pashto, tx Al Seela OMA, Report about Afghanistan.

March 12
17560  0840 RRI Bucarest in Romanian, Tiganesti, px about human history.
17735  0900 CRI, in Hindi, tx CHN Kashi, talk about Ecology.
(Harald Suess-AUT on tour in Yemen-Indian Ocean, March 22)

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13844.992 USA  WWCR Nashville TN played older archive(?) of UniversalR(?)
          English sermon on March 14 at 23.21 UT S=9+25dB noted in
          Edmonton-Alb-CAN remotedly on Perseus SDR excellent gear.

 9534.998 CUB  RHC Spanish night sce to LatAM, MEX-GTM-HND-PNR-CLM-EQA
          azimuth 230degr flank, 100 kW scheduled via Bejucal bcast center
          site, S=8 signal,

but much stronger signal noted on // Bejucal outlet
 9650.000 even of 50 kW unit at Bejucal towards Antilles, TRD, SUR, GUY,
          NoEaSouth_America at 110 degrees azimuth flank.

11760even CUB  RHC Bauta Spanish program, non-dir Caribbean basin outlet,
          S=9+15dB, tonight much better audio to state, compared to last
          transmission some 1 - 2 weeks ago. 23.11 UT on March 14.

13679.999 CUB  RHC Bauta in 22 meterband, S=9+15dB in Edmonton-AB-CAN,
          23.12 UT on March 14.

15230even CUB  RHC Spanish to BRA/ARG at SoAM, S=9+25dB at 23.26 UT,
          not signal on 15140 kHz at this hour !

13785.002 UNIDentifined, likely ?Korean sce?, S=9 at 23.18 UT. Or other
          Amoy or Cantonese ?  HELP

15770even USA  WRMI Okeechobee-FL state, TOM BS sermon prayer S=9+20dB
          at 23.33 UT.

15190.088 BRA  Radio Inconfidencia in BrasPort, mx px, S=6 at 23.25 UT.

Diverse CHN CNR1 mostly music jamming services against TWN SOH Mandarin
bcs observed around 23.28 UT - amongst other channels :
11850, 15340, 15360, 15740, 15760, 15775, 15840, 15920, and 21490 kHz.

15474.971 kHz (!) UNIDentified mx program, likely Argentine Antarctic
          5 kW tiny LRA36 sce ? rather strong S=7 at 23.30 UT.

15720.011 NZL  RNZ Pacific from Rangitaiki, seemingly - rather poor at
          early night, weak S=4-5 signal from downunder, at 23.33 UT on
          Tuesday March 14.

and 3 x USA/MRA bcast outlets from KSDA AWR Facpi Point relay site
on the Mariana Islands at 23.37 to 23.45 UT:

17520.015 and 17620.044 kHz S=8 Mandarin sce towards China mainland azi-
          muth,  and
17569.997 KSDA AWR program in Thai at 23.30-24.00 UT on March 14.

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

17469.752 kHz thanks to tip of Francois - Denge Welat Kurdish program
played probably via TEST rent unit at Tashkent broadcast center, S=9
signal exact measured on remote Perseus SDR in Edmonton-Alb-CAN
at 17.12 UT, March 15.

Other at 17.00 UT hour
17894.988 BOT  US AGM VoA English via Moepeng Hill site, S=9+10dB at 17.03
17830even ASC  BBC London in En at 17.04 UT, S=8-9.
17790even USA  WRMI Okeechobee FL state, S=9+30dB strength at 17.05 UT.
17780even U.K. BBC fair signal from ESC Woofferton England, S=7 at 17.06UT
17655.008 USA  US AGM Greenville NC state outlet, Portuguese towards
               Brasil, S=9+30dB at 17.07 UT.
17620even F__  RFI Paris via TDF Issoudun, S=9+20dB, at 17.08 in Alb-CAN.
17600even ALG  RTA Bechar towards CeAF / Sahel zone easterly, S=9+10dB
               at 17.09 UT on March 15.

17450even UNID block, 45 kHz wideband multi string whistle tone signal.
17360even OTHR signal.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 15)

re: Denge Welat on 17470 kHz ... via
RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center.
One of the new Kurdish radio "Denge Welat" test fqs are 15480, 17460 etc.
noted on Friday March 17:

17459.751 kHz Denge Welat Kurdish outlet at 14.54 UT on S=9+20dB level in
          Doha Qatar, Kuwait, and Athens Greece SDR units this afternoon.

17480.011 TUR  TRT Emirler program, drums and trumpet NE mx type, S=7 only
          fair on 16 mb at 14.58 UT.  {thanks Alan: "National Intelligence
          Organisation (MIT), who forwards the information to TRT'sEmirler
          station ..."

17600even ALG  RTA Bechar, Arabic mx to Sahel target zone, S=9+15,at 15.16
          UT
17630even MLI  CRI Africa relay site Bamako II relay, En 14-16, 15.13 UT,
          S=9+5dB, 100 Hertz main power string seen on screen.
17660even ARS  SBA Saudi Internat. Riyadh, French at 15.12 UT,
          S=6 poor in NE.
17720.015 TUR  TRT Emirler in Arabic language, S=8 at 15.10 UT.
17790even ROU  RRI Bucharest via Galbeni, weekend mx magazine in Romanian,
          S=9+25dB at 15.09 UT.
17894.993 STP  US AGM relay site Pinheira Sao Tome, En, Algerian item talk,
          ID at 15.07 UT.

also in 19 mb:
15030.004 IND  AIR Bangalore 500kW beast, Swahili program, S=9+10dB at
          13.03 UT fidel singer mx of South Asia subcontinent.
15120even KWT  US AGM of RFA Kuwait 12.30-13.30 UT, S=8  13.05 UT Burmese
15154.998 MRA  US AGM Tinian island, RFA in Khmer language, S=8  13.07 UT.
15170even ROU  CARRIER empty ONLY, RRI Tiganesti - no Arabic modulation at
          all foulty 13.00-13.30 UT transmission S=9+35dB in GRC and KWT,
          in Doha Qatar, at 13.09 UT.
15190.015 BRA  R Inconfidencia, S=6 at 13.11 UT on March 17.
15460even ROU  RRI Galbeni bcast site, Arabic at 13.12 UT, S=9+30dB in
          Near East.
15629.836 UZB  II-TV in Persian via Tashkent, S=9+15dB, at 13.14 UT,
          til -14.30 UT.
15185even UNIDentified, WRMI FL-USA ? parked here?, 14.32 UT, S=9 no modu-
          lation
15270even D   US AGM VoA Biblis in Kurdish 14-15 UT, S=9 at 14.34 UT.
15340even mixture and
15340.028 TWN  SOH Mandarin and CHN  CNR1 Mandarin jamming, S=7 at 14.36UT
15370even ROU  RRI Galbeni site, Romanian sce, 14.38 UT, S=9+25dB powerful
15410even ALG  RTA Ourgla to western Sahel zone in Arabic, S=9+15dB, 14.39
15420even UAE  BBC London in Somali, via ENC Al Dhabbaya, S=9 at 14.40 UT.

15450 / 15445 - 15465 OTHR broadband radar scatter at S=9+20dB, 14.41 UT.
and 15495 - 15515 kHz fq range too.

15515even TJK  AWR Dushanbe relay txion in English , S=9+10dB, at 14.42 UT
15530.014 GUM  AWR KSDA Facpi Point relay, Burmese, 14.30-15.00 UT, S=8
          signal level at 14.45 UT.
15574.994 KOR  KBS Kimjae txion, 14-15 in Korean language, S=8 at 14.46 UT
15580.002 BOT  US AGM relay site VoA Moepeng Hill, En, S=7-8, 14.47 UT.
15689.989 D   US AGM relay site Lampertheim, R Farda in Persian to Iran
          target S=9+25dB 14.50 UT. 100 Hertz buzz string of German main-
          power seen.
15700.009 DNK  Likely WMR Randers mini power private mx program, S=4 14.51
15704.872 CLN  scheduled AWR Trinco SLBC relay in Mandarin, but likely in-
          stead via Tashkent bcast center in Uzbekistan ? due of  o d d
          fq 14.53 UT.

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


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