WORLDWIDE DX CLUB
Top News

BC-DX 1642                                                   18 Jan 2026
________________________________________________________________________

ALGERIA   13855 kHz  Mon, Jan 5, at 1954-2010 UT, Ifrikya FM, Ouargla-ALG,
Arabic & French to WeAfrica. Musics; 1959 UT Man talking, in french; 2000
UT Time pips; Man says ID and speaks in arabic; After, other man says ID:
La Voix Africaine; 2002 UT Starts a musical program; 2006 UT Woman says ID
and more songs. Fair reception: 45533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 5)

15140even ALG  RTA 'Ifrikya FM' in Arabic via Qargla site towards WeAF /
western Sahel zone, backlobe S=9+5dB signal at 08.10UT, scheduled 08-19UT.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 12)

ARMENIA   864 kHz  Persian language test transmission noted from Friday 
Jan 16 on MW 864 kHz 1000kW non-dir ARRT antenna outlet from Gavar Yerevan
high power bcast center towards Iran audience target. Time span 16.30-
20.00 UTC. Location at Yerevan Noratus Gavar
40 25 32.71 N  45 12 15.73 E

<https://maps.app.goo.gl/vYfVXoM2F91G4WJy5>

<https://yandex.com/maps/-/CLhrYElB>

ARMENIA   Re: BBC World Service in Farsi Reactivated? (New HFCC.org Data).
Actually, BBC London WS has been broadcasting in Farsi on MW 1395 kHz via
Armenia for several months already.

BBC London WS          1730-1800 Farsi
NHK World-Japan        1800-1830 Farsi
Adventist World Radio  1830-2030 Arabic
BBC London WS          2030-2100 Farsi

<https://mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1&kHz=1395>

2026-01-16 15:00:00 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) FRD FARS
2026-01-16 16:59:59 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) FRD FARS
2026-01-11 17:30:00 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) BBC FARS
2026-01-16 17:59:59 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) BBC FARS
2026-01-11 18:00:00 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) NHK PERS
2026-01-16 18:19:59 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) NHK PERS to 18.20 UT
2026-01-11 20:30:00 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) BBC FARS
2026-01-16 20:59:59 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) BBC FARS
(Alexander Miatlikov-Dnipro-UKR, wor Jan 16)

Some RMS log time span list at Yerevan Armenia embassy location:

2026-01-13 05:30:00 capture: AM 15430 (DHA) FRD FARS
2026-01-15 07:59:59 capture: AM 15430 (DHA) FRD FARS

2026-01-12 08:00:00 capture: AM 15110 (DHA) FRD FARS
2026-01-14 11:59:59 capture: AM 15110 (DHA) FRD FARS

2026-01-12 12:00:00 capture: AM 15310 (DHA) FRD FARS
2026-01-14 14:29:59 capture: AM 15310 (DHA) FRD FARS

2026-01-11 14:30:00 capture: AM 13755 (DHA) FRD FARS
2026-01-16 16:59:59 capture: AM 13755 (DHA) FRD FARS

2026-01-16 15:00:00 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) FRD FARS
2026-01-16 16:59:59 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) FRD FARS
2026-01-11 17:30:00 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) BBC FARS
2026-01-16 17:59:59 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) BBC FARS
2026-01-11 18:00:00 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) NHK PERS
2026-01-16 18:19:59 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) NHK PERS
2026-01-11 20:30:00 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) BBC FARS
2026-01-16 20:59:59 capture: AM  1395 (ERV) BBC FARS

2026-01-11 17:30:00 capture: AM  1548 (KWT) VOA FARS
2026-01-16 23:29:59 capture: AM  1548 (KWT) VOA FARS

2026-01-12 02:30:00 capture: AM  1413 (SLA) BBC WSE 
2026-01-17 04:59:59 capture: AM  1413 (SLA) BBC WSE 

2026-01-12 03:30:00 capture: AM  9410 (SLA) BBC FARS
2026-01-17 04:29:59 capture: AM  9410 (SLA) BBC FARS

2026-01-11 15:00:00 capture: AM  9870 (SLA) BBC ARAB
2026-01-15 15:29:59 capture: AM  9870 (SLA) BBC ARAB

2026-01-11 16:00:00 capture: AM  1413 (SLA) BBC WSE 
2026-01-16 16:59:59 capture: AM  1413 (SLA) BBC WSE 

2026-01-13 16:30:00 capture: AM  9465 (SLA) BBC FARS
2026-01-16 16:59:59 capture: AM  9465 (SLA) BBC FARS

2026-01-11 18:30:00 capture: AM  7445 (SLA) BBC FARS
2026-01-16 19:29:59 capture: AM  7445 (SLA) BBC FARS

2026-01-11 19:00:00 capture: AM  1413 (SLA) BBC WSE 
2026-01-16 20:59:59 capture: AM  1413 (SLA) BBC WSE 

2026-01-15 17:00:00 capture: AM 12005 (WOF) FRD FARS
2026-01-16 18:59:59 capture: AM 12005 (WOF) FRD FARS

2026-01-15 19:00:00 capture: AM  9515 (WOF) FRD FARS
2026-01-16 19:59:59 capture: AM  9515 (WOF) FRD FARS

2026-01-15 20:00:00 capture: AM  5875 (WOF) FRD FARS
2026-01-16 20:59:59 capture: AM  5875 (WOF) FRD FARS

2026-01-12 05:30:00 capture: AM 15615 (XXX) RTC VARI
2026-01-16 13:59:59 capture: AM 15615 (XXX) RTC VARI

2026-01-11 14:00:00 capture: AM  7500 (XXX) RTC VARI
2026-01-16 20:59:59 capture: AM  7500 (XXX) RTC VARI

2026-01-16 15:00:00 capture: DRM 17575 (WOF) BBC DRMA
2026-01-16 15:59:00 capture: DRM 17575 (WOF) BBC DRMA
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 16)

ASCENSION ISLAND   12010 kHz  Sun, Jan 4, at 1901-1915UT, Follow The Bible
Ministries, Ascension Island-ASC, in English to SoAF. Man pastor makes a
preaching - God and The Bible! Good reception: 45544.
Parallel on 11660asc to WAf, 45554.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 4)

AUSTRALIA   15439.985 kHz  RBA HCA religious ministry in Nepali to South
Asia 13.30-13.45 UT, final Nepal language ID noted at 13.45 UT on Jan 14;
'Reach Beyond Australia' via Kununurra bcast center site.

11824.958  'Reach Beyond Australia' Kununurra bcast center site in
Burmese at 14.00-14.30 UT, at 14.13 UT on Wed Jan 14.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14)

BOLIVIA   3310 kHz  Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi, at 0024-0032 UT on Jan
18, Quechua, comments. 15421.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

BRAZIL    11780.008  RNA Brasilia, poor propagation at 21.16UT only S=5-6.
 9665.002 Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC, BrasPort, S=8 at 21.24 UT Jan 12.
15189.805 frq oddity  R Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG, fair S=7 signal,
          08.12 UT on Jan 13
11780.008 kHz much strong nice Latin AM music program from RNA Brasilia
          S=9+35dB signal level at 01.06 UT Jan 17.
11755.625 UNID station string, probably Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC
          Brazil, S=7 at 01.03 UT Jan 17.
15189.813 BRA  R Inconfidencia, S=5 poor and tiny at 13.38 UT  Wed Jan 14.
15189.796 kHz  S=8 signal of Inconfidencia bcast at 00.52 UTon Sat Jan 17.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 12 - 13 - 14 - 16 - 17)

BRAZIL   5939.5 kHz  Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC, at 0617-0641 UT on Jan
18, religious songs and comments. Portuguese. 34433.

6010 kHz  Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG, at 2113-2138 UT on Jan
17, soccer, live matches. 15421.

9818.6 kHz  Radio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, at 0805-0827 UT on Jan 18, re-
ligious songs and comments, Portuguese. 35433.

11780 kHz Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, at 2027-2118 UT on Jan 17,
Brazilian songs, id. "Radio Nacional", Portuguese, comments. 35433.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

BRAZIL   5939.52 (5940) kHz  Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC - in Por-
tuguese to Brazil, Jan 14 at 0149-0154 UT. A Christian hymn, an announce-
ment about 'Congresso dos Gideoes Missoinarios' (Gideons Missionary Con-
gress), time checking. S=9+40dB. Mr. Alvaro Barcelos (engineer /technician
at Radio Voz Missonaria) recently informed us that the 5940 kHz transmit-
ter / antenna system has been technically revised, now powered by 10 kW,
resulting in a stronger signal.

6010.07 (6060) kHz  Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG - in Portuguese
to Braxil, Jan 14 at 0155-0204 UT. Oldies, song by Tim Maia, Phil Collins,
program id 'Selecao Inconfidencia'. Presented a full ID: "ZYL275, ondas
medias, 880kHz; ZYE521, 49 metros, 6010 kHz; ZYE522, 19 metros, 15190 kHz;
ZYD696 FM 100,9 MHz; emissoras da Rede Inconfidencia de Radio, Belo Hori-
zonte, Brasil'. S=9+20dB.
(Rudolf Grimm, Sao Bernardo Ibiuna SP-BRA  #442;
hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14)

CANADA   UNIDentified English language relationship/partnership discus-
sion program heard 01.35 UT in AB-CAN SDR remotedly, twice men, a lady,
and phone in.

I guess is a local Edmonton MW stn intermodulation audio mixture into the
shortwave SDR on 7314.990 kHz, {neighbour 7305 kHz VR Spanish}  S=9+10dB.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17)

CANADA   6070 kHz  CFRX, Toronto, at 0553-0622 UT on Jan 18, English, com-
ments, news, advertisements. 'Channel 292' out of the air today. 15422.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

CHINA
9480even CHN  CNR  domestic Tibetan language service via Dong Fang island
         relay site in Hainan province, S=9+25dB, at 14.22 UT on Jan 14,
         scheduled 08 - 16 UT.
9630 kHz bad audio mixture of
9630even CHN  CNR17 domestic sce in Kazakh from Lingshi site at 12 - 15
         UT, 14.25 UT Jan 14 and underneath also signal of
9629.995 KOR  KBS Kimjae in English, scheduled 14 - 16 UT, at 14.26 UT.
9889.991 CHN  CNR13 domestic radio in Uyghur language on western CHN bor-
         der province Xinjiang, from Beijing TXion center at 10 - 15 UT,
         S=9+20dB signal at 14.31 UT Jan 14.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14)

CHINA   Information not - yet - mentioned in Aoki Nagoya, EIBI or hfcc.org
database lists:
15570 kHz in Tibetan sce also noted in 00.00-01.00 UT time slot, S=9 at
00.25 UT on Sat Jan 17, scheduled likely 00.00-07.00 UT via CNR11 txion
from Baoji site.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17)

COLOMBIA   6010 kHz  La Voz de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, at 0704-0726
UT on Jan 18, Spanish, religious comments and songs. 14321.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

CUBA   Yes, at 20.50 UT Jan 12 noted two RadioCuba transmissions on
15139.998 kHz S=9+15dB EMPTY CARRIER, no audio at all on this channel.
Also on 11760even kHz only poor signal S=8 with very low audio modulation
level,  'I did understand nothing' << wb. ed.

15230even tiny S=5-6 signal string visible in EUR/NE/ME target at 13.39
UT on Jan 14; likely RHC La Habana via Quivican San Felipe TITAN bc cen-
ter. Scheduled 11 - 15 UT; but never sure at RadioCuba facilities.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 12 - 14)

CUBA  Two empty audio carrier signals noted from RadioCuba relay Quivican
San Felipe TITAN site on 15140even kHz at 00.47 UT on Saturday Jan 17,
S=9+15dB signal noted in Edmonton AB SDR remotedly. But some low audio
whistle tones noted also some 60, 120, 240, 360, 720 Hertz distance away
on both sidebands.

Also RadioCuba 11760even kHz S=9+25dB empty clean audio - strong carrie
on air, but not modulated - no RHC La Habana Spanish program heard at
01.04 UT Saturday Jan 17.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17)

DENMARK   15700.002 kHz WMR  World Music Radio via Randers small txion on
strong propagation S=9+15dB in Athens and Doha Qatar at 07.56UT remotedly,
Latin AM nice music program.

15699.995 kHz  WMR World Music Radio low power 3 kW stn from Randers DNK,
S=6 fair signal music in performance at 13.52 UT on Jan 14.

15699.996 DNK  WMR World Music Radio, nice morning path signal into Greece
and Kuwait / Qatar NE/ME target SDRs, S=9+10dB signal at 06.27 UT, Jan 15.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 13 - 14 - 15)

ECUADOR   6050 kHz HCJB, Monte Pichincha domestic sce outlet, at 0428-0436
UT on Sat 18, Spanish, religious songs. 35433.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

ETHIOPIA   6110 kHz  Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, Gedja site, at 1839-1855
UT on Jan 17, Vernacular, comments, East African songs. 25422.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

FRANCE   21580 kHz  Mon, Jan 12, at 1321-1330 UT, Radio France Internatio-
nale, TDF Issoudun-F, in Fulani / Fulfulde to WeAfrica. Woman announcer in
conversation w/a man and woman; 1330 UT Ending of the edition. Fair recep-
tion: 35533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 12)

21580 kHz  Wed, Jan 14, at 1603-1613 UT, Radio France Internationale, TDF
Issoudun-F, Hausa sce. to WeAF. Woman / man announcers in conversation w/a
man; RFI fast jingle; News in progress. Fair reception: 35533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 14)

11760 kHz  Thur, Jan 8, at 2013-2025 UT, Radio France Internationale, TDF
Issoudun-F, in Hausa to Nigeria / WeAfrica. Man/woman announcers talking;
They say about Nigeria, several times,into interview w/a nigerian man;
2023 UT A brief music and RFI ID + jingle; Woman talking. Good signal and
modulation w/jamming (??) interference: 44544.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 8)

FRANCE {IRAN non}  'Radio Zaman Bidari' schedule change. 'Radio Zaman
Bidari will now be broadcasting their single hour program Thursdays from
1930-2030 UT on 15540 kHz {probably rather TDF Issoudun relay outlet, ed.}
for 2026. Their latest 2026  QSL confirms:
<http://swlqslmuseum.com/bidar.html>

Radio Shabname - Voice of Freedom. New Iranian Clandestine radio program:
 7465 kHz 1530-1630 UTC Heard well on Uni Enschede Twente SDR remotedly.
 9680 kHz 1830-1900 UTC
17540 kHz 1530-1630 UTC   Shabname.org  Jan 16.
(Bill McDavitt, BrDXC-UK iogr / wor Jan 10 / 16)

Re: 'Radio Zaman Bidari' Schedule Change. WRTH 2026 page #640 had
Radio Awakening Time on 9705iss at 1830-1930 UT Thursdays for B-season,
gh.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Jan 10)

Re:  'Radio Zaman Bidari' Schedule Change. Hello Glenn, - Sorry for the
delay in my reply but I was waiting for verification from 'Radio Zaman
Birdari'. They did verify that the time slot is now 1930-2030 UT and the
Frequency is still 15540 kHz.

<http://swlqslmuseum.com/bidar.html>
Bill - SWL QSL Museum  <http://www.swlqslmuseum.com>

{and from Jan 15 another item}
'Radio Zaman Bidari' will be on 9705 kHz at 1830-1930 UT Thursdays until
March 29, 2026, then assumed back to 15540 Khz.  The information I provid-
ed previously as to frequency and program time changes was in error and
sent to me by the station. I get the impression from the station emails
that its barely more than an individual financing radio broadcasts to
Iran.
(Bill McDavitt, BrDXC-UK iogr / wor Jan 13 / 15 )

Re:  'Radio Zaman Bidari' schedule change Jan 15-16.

WRTH has  <radiozb1357 {at} gmail.com>
<https://www.instagram.com/p/DLqFGROqv0_/Hth>

Hello,  Does anyone know their email address and / or website ?
Thanks, 
(Christian Ghibaudo-Tende-F, BrDXC-UK iogr. BDXC news - Jan 16)

FRANCE {IRAN non, rather TDF Issoudun-F relay}
Re:  New target Iran SW station.

A song just played was "Iran-E Javan", according to Shazam. Found this on
the Web: It is a modern rendition of "Vatanam," also known as the Royal
Salute or "Health of the Shah", which was the National Anthem of Qajar
Iran from 1873 until 1909 era."

{later} This song was played several times during the broadcast. Attached
is a recording of the last tens of seconds of the broadcast with the last
bars of their "theme song" and s/off announcement.
(Richard Langley-NB-CAN wor Jan 15)

Just listened on a KSA SDR from Er-Riyadh remotedly on 9680 kHz. Fairly
good reception about S=9+20dB, but became much weaker towards the end of
transmission 18:30-19:00 UTC.
(Arthur Pozner-NY-USA, wor Jan 15)

Noted as 'Zaman Bidari' by Mauno Ritola-FIN. There is another on 9705 kHz
in Farsi language. Jan 15.

From my observations
7465 shabname at *1530 UT today Jan 16, best signal in Greece again today.
9680 zaman bidari at *1830 UT -46dB on Riyadh SDR remotedly best signal
    (no shabname) low modulation.
9705 another station in Farsi -40dB; in Riyadh SDR remotedly at 1840 UT.
1395 BBC London Farsi from Gavar Yerevan ARM site, starts at 2030 UT,
     not 1930 UT  -52dB signal.
(Zacharias Liangas-Thessaloniki-GRC, wor Jan 15 - 16)

9705 kHz 'Sharharoye Iran'another still unID station in Farsi -40dB signal
with 60db SNR; in Riyadh -85dB at 18.50 UT Fri Jan 16.

The Persian phrase 'Shahrha-ye Iran' literally translates to "cities of
Iran" or "Iranian cities." The word 'shahrha-ye' means "cities of," and
'Iran' means "Iran". This is a general geographic term referring to the
various urban centers located throughout the country of Iran.

WRTH_app item:
Farsi         Days   Area   kHz
1830-1930 UT  Thur   IRN    9705iss   RADIO ZAMAN-E BIDARI
1800-1900 UT  Fri    IRN    9705iss   RADIO MELLAT-E IRAN
(Zacharias Liangas-Thessaloniki-GRC, and via Roger Thauer-D, wor Jan 17)

GERMANY   3995 kHz  HCJB Germany, Weenermoor, at 1911-1933 UT on Jan 17,
religious songs and comments, German service. 15422.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

GERMANY  11700 kHz  Wed, Jan 14, at 1900-1910 UT, AWR Africa, MBR Nauen-D,
in Hausa to Nigeria. IS, ID; Man announcer talking and a brief song; Now,
starts a preaching by him; 1910 UT A song. Fair reception: 3~45433.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 14)

GUAM   7455 kHz Sun, Jan 4, at 1929-1942 UT, AWR Asia / Pacific-KSDA Agat
Facpi Point-GUM, in Korean to Korea. Man preaching; 1935 UT Woman talking
and a piece of religious song; Returns man pastor w/a prayer. Facpi recep-
tion: 35433.

11805 kHz  Sun, Jan 4, at 1917-1928 UT, AWR Asia Pacific-KSDA Agat Facpi
Point-GUM, in Arabic to ME. Man makes a preaching; 1928 UT Music, ID and
... Facpi reception: 35533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 4)

GUAM  9719.996 kHz  KSDA AWR Agat Facpi Point outlet, Mandarin Chinese at
14.00-14.30 UT S=9+25dB signal at 14.28 UT on Jan 14.
Early at 14.29:10 UT KSDA AWR GUM tx switch off.

15600.012 KSDA AWR Agat Facpi Point, Mandarin Chinese scheduled 13-14 UT,
S=9+15dB signal strength at 13.47 UT on Jan 14.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14)

INDIA   11900 kHz  Sun, Jan 4, at 1957-2015UT, Akashvani External Service,
Bengaluru-IND, in French w/ Spotlight to EUR. Woman announcer says a com-
ment about development w/economy, technology and democracy; She speaks in
slow French !  2004 UT  A music space; 2007 UT Woman announcer invites to
next program: "Spotlight": News, in english, presented by her and a man
announcer; 2012 UT Spotlight program in progress. Unusual good reception,
this afternoon, here (4:57-5:15 PM): 45544 !
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 4)

JAPAN   13705 kHz  Radio Japan World NHK via KDDI national telecommunica-
tion provider at Koga-Ibaragi-Yamata Japan site towards SoEaAsia target
like probably Indonesian service played piano mx at 00.18 UT S=9+10dB
noted in Doha Qatar SDR unit remotedly, scheduled 23.10-00.59 UT.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17)

JAPAN   6115 kHz Radio Nikkei 2, Chiba-Nagara, at 0736- UT on Jan 18,
Japanese, comments, male, female. 15422.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

KOREA D.P.R. 15245.243 much much frq oddity, VoKorea in Russian via Kujang
200 kW site scheduled 07-09 UT, S=8 signal at 08.14 UT.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews & hcdx Jan 13)

KUWAIT   VOA Farsi program sce on MW Kuwait 1548 kHz transmission.

Voice of America (VOA) in Farsi / Persian  to Iran is now heard in the
evening on 1548 kHz (relayed from Kuwait?) until 2330 UT close each night.
[this is VOA Farsi programming, not Radio Farda].

This was announced on VOA Farsi website January 10th:

"Radio broadcasting of Voice of America programs for audiences inside Iran
has begun. You can now hear Voice of America television programs simulta-
neously via the medium wave 1548 kHz in the AM band of all radios, includ-
ing in private cars, trucks, and intercity buses."

<https://ir-voanews-com.translate.goog/a/voa-radio-broadcast-launch-on-
1548khz-am/8101808.html?_x_tr_sl=fa&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc>

Fair reception here in Caversham-UK at 2330 UT close each night with
VOA ID.

US RMS monitorin log at 17.30-23.30 UT, wb. ed.
2026-01-11 17:30:00 capture: AM  1548 (KWT) VOA FARS
2026-01-16 23:29:59 capture: AM  1548 (KWT) VOA FARS

(Alan Pennington-Caversham-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr news Jan 16)

Listen to the latest news on the nationwide protests and unrest in Iran,
which have already subsided again; via shortwave and medium wave radio of
USAGM transmissions like MW VOA Kuwait 1548 kHz. Because US aircraft
carriers are still in the Pacific and need a week to deploy to the Middle
East installation area. The attack could involve bombing the presidential
palace or kidnapping Khomeini. Though President Trump significantly
‘scaled back’ his bellicose rhetoric on January 15-16. ed.

LIBERIA   6050 kHz  ELWA Radio, Monrovia, at *0555-0628 UT on Jan 18,
interval signal, at 0557 UT English, ID. "ELWA Radio ...", religious
comments and songs, male, female. 35433.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

LUXEMBOURG   6140 kHz  Radio Onda, Junglinster, at 1833-1849 UT on Jan
17, songs in French, ID. "Vous ecoutez Radio Onda", pop songs in English.
35433.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

MADAGASCAR   13670 kHz  Sun, Jan 4, at 1945-1955 UT, MWV - Radio Feda,
Mahajanga-MDG, in Arabic to ME. Man preaching; He answers the questions
makes by woman collaborator; 1950 UT A brief music; Woman/man announcers
talking, ID and returns a conversation between them. Good reception:
45544.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 4)

MADAGASCAR   15490.017 frq oddity of BBCWS London English, via MGLOB
Talata Volonondry Madagascar relay facility at 06.31 UT Jan 15, 06-07UT,
S=9 signal across Africa path to ME/NE in Doha Qatar, Kuwait and Athens
Greece SDRs.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 15)

MADAGASCAR   11610 kHz  Jan 16 at 2313 UT, S=9+10/20dB dead air. Surely
MWV not turned off after 21-22 UT Mandarin to Europe, 22-23 UT Arabic to
North Africa. Both 100 kW and 325 degrees also thisaway, when modulated
one of best signals on band even here. Something's messedup at Mahajanga.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Jan 16)

MADAGASCAR   13670 kHz . Wed, Jan 14, 2026. 1846-1856, MWV-African Path-
ways Radio, Mahajanga-MDG, in English to CeAfrica. Man preaching; 1848 UT
He says ID and preaching in progress; 1856 UT ID and website. Good recep-
tion: 45544.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 14)

MALI   5995 kHz Radio Mali, Bamako txion center #1, in French and presumed
in Arabic, Dec 25, at 0650-0709 UT. (5995.001 kHz per Uni Enschede Twente
remotedly, good w/ 6.15 kHz filter.) typical local lively singsong chant
w/ instrumental sounds until 0654 UT, woman brief unclear announcement,
slow chant, at 0659 UT woman ID (Radio Mali ...) and brief announcement,
continuing w/ another choral chant, at 0701 UT same woman w/ ID and brief
announcement, m'bira* tune until 0703 UT, man talk in Arabic (pres) and in
French w/ African accent (no much clear, ment Bamako); heard in usb/lsb
sync, light rapid qsb, qrn moderate rustle and loud crackles, almost fair/
poor/ very poor (a miracle of Xmas: no buzz noise!)
(Gianni Serra-Roma-ITA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1237 Jan 4)

13630even MLI  CRI African relay Bamako tx center #2, 20.00-21.30 UT
          fair S=7-8 side-/backlobe into Edmonton AB CAN at 21.09 UT.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews & hcdx Jan 12 - 13)

MALI   5995 kHz  Radio Mali, Bamako tx #1 center, at 1844-1911 UT, Jan 17,
African songs, at 1852 UT English Magazine, news and comments about Mali
in English, at 1907 UT more African songs, Vernacular, comments. 35433.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

MEXICO   6185 kHz  Radio Educacion, Ciudad de Mexico, at 0547- UT on
Jan 18, Mexican and other Latin American songs, Spanish, comments,
ID. "Cultura Mexico, Senal Internacional...", music. 25422.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

MYANMAR   5914.976 much frq oddity of Myanmar Radio Burmese sce via
capital single SW transmitter Nay Pyi Taw txion site, 23.30-05.30 UT 
S=9+15dB into ME and EUR, noted remotedly at 23.50 UT.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17)

NETHERLANDS   6005 kHz  Radio Piepzender, Zwolle, at 0656-0719 UT on Jan
18, pop songs, music, Dutch, comments, ID. "Radio Piepzender". 35433.

6020 kHz  'RuquiRadio AM', Spain, via Radio Casanova, Winterswijk, 0722-
0743 UT on Jan 18, Spanish, " 'RuquiRadio AM', podeis enviar vuestros in-
formes de recepcion a <ruquiradioam -at- hotmail.com> ", "Estas en la
sitonia de RuqueRadio AM, tu radio", Spanish songs. Website

<https://ruquiradioam.com/>  35433.

6020 kHz  'Radio Casanova', Winterswijk, at 0811-0833 UT, on Jan 18, pop
songs, Dutch, comments, ID. male, "Radio Casanova". 25422.

12005 kHz  Radio Delta International, Elburg, at 0829-0849 UT on Jan 18,
pop songs, English, ID. "Radio Delta", comments. 35433.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

NETHERLANDS   Herbert Visser, who has been active in Dutch radio since the
days of offshore radio and founded 100% NL in 2002, left his position as
director of Mediahuis Radio at the end of the year.

As a result, Radio Veronica (Mediahuis station) also disappeared from the
frequency 5955 kHz. On the morning of 10 Jan 2026, SuperClan Radio could
be heard on 5955 kHz. In this broadcast, Herbie the Fish announced that he
was retired after 45 years of professional life. He now has plenty of time
- and his only current project is SuperClan Radio.

SuperClan Radio, which has been broadcast on 'Channel 292' for years, is a
hobby project separate from Visser's other professional activities.Follow-
ing the SuperClan broadcast of Jan 4, 2026, Herbert Vissers spoke about
the death of David Bowie exactly ten years ago. Back then, he organised a
digital memorial station. Likewise on this 10 January from 09:00 h until
15:00 h UTC, only music by David Bowie would be played to commemorate the
10th anniversary of his death.

After that 5955 kHz channel is unuseable, because Radio Romania Interna-
tional takes over the frequency until the evening.
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, via printed WWDXC DX Magazine Jan 10)

NEW ZEALAND   Actual full power Ampegon tx just still on repair now, after
DRM program fault last week, is still off. Noted again reserve unit odd
some plus Hertz aligned on 17675.012 kHz, S=6 at 00.37 UT on Sat Jan 17.

17675.013 NZL  much frq oddity, like reserve TX unit in use at Rangitaiki
          S=9+15dB power signal, at 21.03 UT on Jan 12.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17)

NEW ZEALAND   Radio New Zealand Pacific new frequency ?
13755 kHz on the air 0600-1000 UTC, and 11725 kHz 1000-1400 UTC, and
that Daily. Updated since January 17th.
(Christian Ghibaudo-Tende-Nice-F, BrDXC-UK iogr. BDXC news - Jan 18)

Radio New Zealand appear to have changed frequency from 13755 kHz to
11725 kHz for their transmission that can be heard in the mornings in
Europe. So far the signal on 11725 kHz is reasonably listenable by short
wave standards. Perhaps stronger than 13755 kHz was that could still be
heard here.
(John Gleeson, Birmingham-UK; BrDXC-UK iogr. BDXC news - Jan 18)

 7390 1300 1700 61S,62,63W   RAN  50 35  148 1234567  Eng RNZ  -16.50
 7390 1300 1700 51,56,64S,65SRAN  50 325 148 1234567  Eng RNZ  -16.50

11725 0500 1300 61S,62,63W   RAN  50 35  156 1234567  Eng RNZ  09.59-
11725 0500 1300 51,56,64S,65SRAN  50 325 156 1234567  Eng RNZ  09.59-
11725 1645 2100 61S,62,63W   RAN  50 35  156      6   Eng RNZ
11725 1645 2100 51,56,64S,65SRAN  50 325 156 1234567  Eng RNZ

13755 0500 1300 61S,62,63W   RAN  50 35  156 1234567  Eng RNZ  -09.59
13755 0500 1300 51,56,64S,65SRAN  50 325 156 1234567  Eng RNZ  -09.59

The requests in the hfcc.org database leave all options open in the 5-13UT
time slot. Reception in Europe via the long route through Tahiti, Easter
Island, Colombia, and the Azores path in UT mornings. ed.

Another R NZPacific frq change according Mauno Ritola-FIN of today:
09.59-13.59 UT  11725 kHz daily.
12.59-16.50 UT   7390 kHz daily.
(via BrDXC-UK iogr. BDXC News - Jan 18)

NORWAY   1314 kHz  LLE-2  Bergen Kringkaster (Bergen Broadcasting). Format
change from 2 December at 4pm to leased external programming daytime and
nighttime with the evening hours set aside for FBK members' free broad-
casts. Sub-licensee Radio SPL is now leasing The Sea rebroadcasting that
station 2300-0600 CET [2200-0500 UT]. Another sub licensed broadcaster
LAKRI is on Wed and Thur 1900-2100 UT.

Bergen Kringkaster also has a new sustaining service with a Nordic Music
format with some radio nostalgia and comedy. Fixed IDs top and bottom of
the hour on rotation including two in morse. IDs on rotation during rest
of schedule.

1575 kHz LLE-4  Radio Northern Star /VFG A/C oldies from both sides of the
Atlantic, with 17 hours of ministry broadcasting each week. 1575 kHz runs
// LLE-3 on 5895 kHz. All stations on site are 24/7 hrs/d. Verifications
of correct reports may take time due to much multitasking !

Svenn Martinsen to ARC mw-eko December via mediumwave.info.

("Communication" monthly magazine Jan 2026, p#27, BrDXC.UK iogroups;
Medium&Long Wave Report by Dave Kenny-UK, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 10)

OMAN   BBC foreign Farsi sce,  off frequency at 16.59 UT.

I caught the last minute of what I think was BBC London Farsi from ENC
A'Seela relay center today Fri Jan 16, somewhat off frequency on 9462.8
kHz down from 9465 kHz at 1659 UT at my QTH. I'm tentatively logging it
as BBC Farsi but looking to other ears to confirm my logging

<https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/play/502138/8cb3bcb4-9234-49b0-
a9cc-4230b052ead2>
Abrupt cut at 1700 UT per schedule
(Tony Pavick-Hope BC-CAN, BrDXC-UK iogr Jan 16)

OMAN   11995even frq  BBC London via ENC A'Seela relay center, in Dari to
AFG/PAK/IRN target. Scheduled 14 - 15 UT, S=8 signal at 14.18 UT Jan 14.

12095even frq  BBC London via ENC A'Seela relay center, in Somali to East
Africa target. Scheduled Mon-Fri only 14-15UT, S=9+10dB signal at 14.21UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14)

OMAN   BBC World Service in Farsi reactivated ? (new hfcc.org data)

With all the recent broadcasts to Iran - I stumbled across some interest-
ing entries in the HFCC File for the BBC World Service,effective today for
the most part. I'll include the link and I'll copy and paste the entries.
Time will tell if these are all wooden entries or if the BBC has actually
reactivated their broadcasts to Iran.

9410 0330 0430 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 14-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA
9420 0330 0430 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 15-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA
9440 0330 0430 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 15-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA
9590 0330 0430 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 15-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA

9465 1630 1700 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 13-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA
9570 1630 1700 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 15-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA
9605 1630 1700 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 15-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA
9770 1630 1700 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 15-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA

6130 1830 1930 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 15-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA
7425 1830 1930 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 15-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA
7445 1830 1930 40 BBCWS ENC Fas A'Seela 345 250 13-Jan 29-Mar-2026 FARSA
daily broadcasts.

Here is the link to the file itself:

<https://new.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B25&broadc=BBC>

Worth monitoring!
(John Jurasek-Orlando-FL, wor Jan 15)

PHILIPPINES   12120 kHz  Mon, Jan 5, at 1858-1913 UT, Radyo Pilipinas,
Tinang-PHL, in Filipino / Tagalog to ME foreign worker audience. Space
dedicated to varied station IDs by woman announcer; 1900 UT News high-
lights; News in details by man announcer. Fair reception w/a interference
by slight sound similar to RTTY transmission (only this frequency!):
3~44433. Parallel on 9370 kHz, 35533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 5)

15515.002 kHz FEBC Manila via Bocaue txion center, Mandarin Chinese sce
on lengty 10 - 16 UT scheduled. S=9+15dB at 13.46 UT on Jan 14.
11599.966 kHz much frq oddity  PHL  FEBC Manila, Iba relay site, 14-16 UT
Mandarin Chinese, S=9+20dB into ME/FE remotedly at 14.03 UT on Jan 14.
11750.003 kHz FEBC Manila Bocaue center site,in Lahnda language at 14.00-
14.30 UT, S=9+20dB at 14.09 UT on Jan 14. Target is Punjab Pakistan, like
similar Punjabi language.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14)

ROMANIA   9520 kHz from Galbeni site, Radio Romania Intl. at 0610 UT, in
progress, W in French, but mixing heavily with co-channel China PBS Nei
Menggu (via Hohhot site - far north-eastern China mainland) and OTHR Radar
pulses. Noisy frequency ! RRI went off at 0625 UT after a cupla reps of
the familiar RRI tuning signal. Woman in Chinese dialect (listed Mandarin)
on channel just after RRI close. Fair with CCI Jan 9.
(Rick Barton, Sun City, AZ state, wor Jan 9)

ROMANIA   Re:  BC-DX item 11 Jan - Romania Cluj 950 kW MW transmitter,
Made in Tesla, Prague, CSSR in 1972 year:

I can't remember the source anymore after two decades, but I once enquired
about the weird 950 kW figure for 1152 kHz and was told that indeed a
SRV-750 and SRV-200 transmitter had been coupled there. And the other two
SRV-750 that Tesla Hloubetin delivered to Romania were of course the
1500 kW on 855 kHz that after dark already 120 km south of Berlin-Britz
drowned out the transmitter there completely.

The nominal powers in Romania that did not look like Czech equipment were
the 1200 kW on 153 kHz and especially the even 1000 kW on 1053 kHz. Pro-
bably Soviet equipment there instead,like Buran or the more recent Tayfun.
Anyone remembering 1053 kHz relaying Radio Moldova, with a characteristic
sound that suggested the use of defective Ballempfang, whatever it may be
called in English? (i.e. VHF as source)

By the way, there has been this weird article about "Soviet Union launch-
ing colour TV late" (where did they get the idea from?): Then check out
how late it was introduced in Romania and be surprised, unless you are al-
ready aware of the horrendous circumstances there. I still remember the
sports magazine of GDR TV apologizing for RomanianTV feeding the following
handball match in B&W only, because after 1980 it was outright impossible
to avoid such a remark.
(Kai Ludwig-D, wor via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 12)

RUSSIA   6617 kHz  St. Petersburg Volmet in AM - a lot of temperature data
read in Russian language at 23.55 UT.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17)

SOLOMON ISLANDS   5020 kHz  Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation,
Honiara, at 0748-0809 UT on Jan 18, female, male, English, comments,
songs. Extremely weak, only audible at times. Program matches with the
signal via remote SDR receivers in New Zealand. 14411.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

SPAIN   Two pure and tiny REE Spanish signals noted at 00.45 UT on
17715.011 kHz and nearly even frq 9690 kHz too, at same time.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17)

SPAIN  9690. Wed, Jan 14, 2026. 1912-1932, Radio Exterior de Espana,
Noblejas-E, in Spanish to NAm. Man/woman announcers present news
into programa informativo "24 Horas"; ID: RNE, w/repetition; News re-
porters participations too; Brief interviews. Exceptional good
reception this afternoon, in my area: 45544.

Parallels logs on 12030, barely audible, bad; 17715, 45554; and 17755kHz,
fair reception, 3~45533, with poor vs. BA moments, mainly after 1927 UT!

17755. Wed, Jan 14, 2026. 1615-1625, Radio Exterior de Espana, Noblejas-E,
Spanish Sce. to Africa. Sport news by man/woman announcers, including the
African Cup of Nations; Spanish football news; ID. Fair reception: 35533.
Parallel on 12030, off the air!
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 14)

TAIWAN   5900 kHz  Thur, Jan 8, at 2027-2037 UT, National Unity Radio,
Taipei Tamsui-TWN, in Korean to Korea North. Man announcer talking; 2031
UT Music; Woman/man announcers talking. Barely audible reception: 25521.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 8)

TAIWAN   15890even  TWN outlet 'Star-Star-BC' station, or 
'Ying-Ying-guangbo diantai', lady reading a lot of numbers in Chinese at
00.32 UT on Saturday Jan 17.

11915.003 likely TWN  Voice of Taiwan International via Paochung site ?
at 14.15 UT on Jan 14 in Mandarin Chinese ?
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14 - 17)

TURKEY   Noted Voice of Turkey Emirler transmissions
13655.004 kHz Uzbek service to CeAsia at 11.30-12.00 UT slot and
17775.012 kHz Mandarin Chinese to Far East target 12.00-12.55 UT.

and 7245.004 kHz VoTUR Bulgarian sce at 12.00-12.25 UT Jan 12.

15350.008  VoTurkey Emirler in Turkish 07.00-13.55 UT, powerhouse
S=9+45dB at 08.15 UT.

 9410.008 TUR  Voice of Turkey in Russian via Emirler site at 14.20 UT,
on Jan 14, S=9+50dB !!! powerhouse signal, scheduled 14.00-14.55 UT.

15350.010 TUR  Voice of Turkey Emirler in Turkish language at 07.00-13.55
UT S=9+20dB strong at 13.40 UT, Jan 14.

13635.020 TUR  TRT VoTurkey Emirler site in English at 13.30-14.25 UT
scheduled request, at 13.57 UT on Jan 13, S=9+35dB powerful signal per-
formance.

15390.014 TUR  Voice of Turkey Emirler in Urdu towards PAK target
audience, 13.00-13.55 UT, S=9+10dB in Doha Qatar ME, at 13.44 UT Jan 14.

11815.005 TUR  Voice of Turkey Emirler at 14.00-16.55 UT in Turkish, full
of S=9+40dB powerhouse signal at 14.10 UT on Jan 14.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews & hcdx Jan 12 - 13 - 14)

15235.005 TUR  Voice of Turkey Emirler in Hausa towards WestAfrica target
audience, Turkish guitar and flute nice music program, S=9+20dB at 06.43UT
on Thursday Jan 15.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 15)

TURKEY   9660.007 kHz  Sun Jan 11 at 1741 UT, VOT English, S=9+15/25dB
into Uni Enschede Twente - The Netherlands, tuned in early enough this
week as 'Letterbox' starts immediately after the news. First, Cemre says
that 7 January was a very special occasion, 63rd anniversary of VOT from
1963y; reaches 85 countries on SW. Come on, powerful SW transmitters can
reach *every* country sooner or later; have heard from listeners in only
85 countries over 63 years??

1) Mr  ? Albanese, Palermo, Italy, heard Italian on 11970 kHz - so why is
he writing in English? Has not been getting his QSLs.

2) Siddartha Papajarjee, West Bengal-Bharat, how is New Year celebrated?
Big events in Istanbul. Not getting his QSLs either.

3) Jayanta Chakraborty, New Delhi, Bharat, found out what Cemre name
means: heavenly warmth, arrival of spring. 44444 on 6125 kHz - again
unremarkable that he keeps hearing the North American, not South Asian
frequency at 0400 UT. Temp in Ankara plunged to -12 C.

4) Alan Roe, UK, enjoyed holiday special programs such as on NYE.
Is a 10-minute walk from River Thames.

5) Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, wants another QSL.

6) David Ortiz Martinez, Garcia?, Nuevo Leon. She addresses him as Mr.
Martinez instead of Mr. Ortiz.

7) Finally, Bob Jenky?, Tomball TX. About QSL delays, they are address-
ing the backlog. 1806 UT theme. 1807-1809 UT, multi-lingual ID filler
reel, 1809 UT 'Economic Diary'.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Jan 11)

Updated VO Turkiye schedule Jan 11.
The Voice of Turkiye English service have updated their programme schedule
for 2026. I have uploaded the new schedule to:

<https://app.box.com/s/kbdxb4c5lwpju0kpoi27aiwc35br2g2a>
(or for short:
<http://tinyurl.com/shortwaveprograms>

NB: You will also find here the latest editions of the English language
programme schedules of BBC WS, and R Taiwan Int (both recently updated
with minor programme changes) along with schedules for CGTN Radio and
Radio Romania International.
(Alan Roe, Teddington-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr / wor Jan 11)

UAE   15110even BBC London in Burmese, 13.30-14.00 UT S=9+20dB on ENC
Doha Qatar ME Perseus SDR unit remotedly at 13.34 UT on Tuesday Jan 13.
{that's the same UAE even ENC Dhabbaya tx like Radio Farda at 0800 UT on
15110 kHz, ed.}
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews & hcdx Jan 13)

U.K.  Press Association: UK 'should be spending double' on BBC World
Service, says Tim Davie.

Outgoing BBC director-general Tim Davie has said the UK should be "spend-
ing double" the amount of money on the corporation's World Service.

The 58-year-old said further spending is required to keep up with China
and Russia, who he said are spending billions on their equivalent ser-
vices, while being quizzed by MPs on the Public Accounts Committee on
Thursday.

Asked what percentage of BBC cuts had impacted the World Service, he re-
plied: "In cash terms, in line with the rest of BBC and its cuts and pres-
sures, (it is) not particularly worse than the rest of the BBC, so not
(discriminating) against the World Service...

"You know my view, which is I think the UK should be spending double the
amount it spends on this service, without question.

"I mean, if you look at what China and Russia are doing, six to eight
billion, I think it is absolutely paramount that we invest in what I think
is a unique and precious UK strategic asset.

"I care about that enormously, and I think it needs investment, but in
terms of the licence fee construct and how much you ask from (households),
I mean, I'm going around the country all the time, household budgets are
under enormous pressure."

In January 2025, it was revealed BBC World Service was to axe 130 jobs as
it looked to save around £6 million for the next financial year.

Davie continued: "For us to ask for more for the World Service from the
licence fee, I think, is untenable, and for me to announce, 'I'm sorry,
you won't be getting Radio 4 or all the other things we do, but we'll be
playing money to the World Service', was not something we could do.

"So the short answer to your question, keep the cash where it was, don't
diminish the World Service, even though you could argue, in terms of this
pure investment with regards to the UK licence fee payer, you might want
to do that, I didn't want to do that.

"And don't cut the World Service more than the rest of news and all the
other things, because we were facing a 30% over the last decade, 30% de-
cline in real terms, in terms of our income, that's what we've tried to
do."

Cost-saving measures at the World Service saw it close posts in the UK
and internationally as well as cutting roles in BBC Monitoring, a divi-
sion which reports and analyses news from media around the world.

The cuts came after financial pressure amid rising inflation and the pre-
vious two-year freeze in the licence fee, and projected its total deficit
would increase to £492 million for the 2024/25 financial year.

It also followed the BBC World Service being given a funding boost as part
of the autumn budget to protect the corporation's existing foreign
language services.

The BBC also revealed in its annual plan for 2025/26 that its annual in-
come had fallen by £1 billion in real terms compared with 2010, in March
last year.

<https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-spending-double-bbc-world-120839436.html>

Casey Cooper-Fiske, PA Senior Entertainment Reporter, Thu, 8 Jan 2026.
via Mike Cooper-GA-USA, wor Jan 14)

U.K.   100th anniversary of Rugby Radio Station.

Messages have been sent across the globe to mark the 100th anniversary of
a radio site where the world's first transatlantic phone call was made.

The New Year's Day broadcasts were made by Rugby Amateur Transmitting So-
ciety (RATS ) from the former Rugby Radio Station.

The site first opened in 1926 inside what is now a Grade II- listed build-
ing, just east of the Warwickshire town.

A total of 57 radio transmitters covered an area of 1,600 acres but the
site closed in 2002 and it now forms part of Houlton Secondary School.

The voice and morse code broadcasts reached America, Canada, Brazil and
all of Europe, said Steve Jones from the society, but failed to reach
other parts of the world due to atmospheric conditions.

"But we certainly spread our wings, it was absolutely fantastic to be
transmitting from Rugby Radio Station again," he said.

A huge hall houses radio telephony equipment on tables and fixed to the
walls as well as on a balcony.

The station became the UK's base for radio telephony.
The society had erected an antenna at the school site, allowing the broad-
casts to take place.

"When the radio station first opened it had an initial message that it
sent out and we compiled a message which was part of what was first trans-
mitted on the first day 100 years ago," said Mr Jones.

"After the broadcast we then took calls from radio amateurs from all over
the place back into us," he added.

Rugby's role in the first telephone call across the Atlantic.
Rugby Radio Station became the UK's base for radio telephony and made the
first transatlantic voice transition in January 1927 which was sent to
Houlton, in Maine, in the United States.

It also sent the time signal, maritime and submarine communications and
played key roles in World War Two.

It could broadcast a message so powerful that it would be picked up by
almost every ship at sea.

After closing, part of the building that was used to house the transmit-
ter was saved and developed into the school.

There are parts of the school that have remnants of the historic building.

Other events to mark the anniversary include an exhibition at the town's
art gallery and museum later in the year. "It's exciting times for the
amateur radio community and the local Warwickshire community at large,"
added Mr Jones.

<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgqe8gvelewo>  BBC by Vanessa Pearce.

(MWCircle io.group; Mike Terry-UK, BrDXC-UK Jan 2 also via wor Jan 6)

U.K.   LF info request.

There's a picture of a dial with both Droitwich and Ottringham marked at

<https://x.com/Tunisia_1943/status/1794028781809623388>

Unfortunately, the dial dates from between 1950 and 1953, after Ottringham
had stopped the use of LW and moved to 1295.
(Chris Greenway-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr Jan 13)

Hi Dave - re your request for pics with both Ottringham and Droitwich on
the dial - in Part 3 of Chris Greenway's article "BBC on Longwave" we in-
cluded a pic of a (Spanish?) dial with Droitwich on Longwave and Ottring-
ham on medium wave (but date of receiver unknown). It was published in the
April 2024 edition of 'Communication' printed magazine.

I think the photo originated here:

<https://en.todocoleccion.net/valve-radios/pieza-radio-antigua-
dial-cristal-receptor-internacional-frecuencia-aparato-
radiodifusion~x194695343>  (pic 4 of 13)

Chris's "BBC on Longwave" was serialised in eight parts in 'Communication'
between Febr and Sept 2024 (based on his original X/Twitter thread from
2023 and 2024) and Ottringham was mentioned in a number of parts.

Back in November 1992's 'Communication' Nick Rank wrote a 2-page article
"BBC Ottringham" but this didn't include any pics. 73 Alan
(Alan Pennington-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr Jan 14)

Re: LF info request.
Thanks Alan for mentioning my history of the BBC on longwave that was
serialised in 'Communication' printed magazine. The whole history can be
found in one place at

<https://radioatlanticodelsur.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-bbc-on-
longwave-1924-2025.html>
(Chris Greenway-UK, BrDXC-UK via groups.io news Jan 14)

I am writing part five of the UK Broadcast LF story for the VMARS "Signal"
magazine.

Also in Pt 6 I will be covering the case of the TH537V final RF o/p tube
in the B6042 present LF transmitters at Droitwich.

I wonder of any of you have any press cuttings of the furore re these
tubes concerning their perceived rareness and what horrible things can
happen when they fail on site? I have seen a report that there will be a
power surge when they fail and it will bring the 700' masts down!

I'd like to get in as much press daftness as possible...

The previous 4 are on bbceng as per the link, scroll down to the bottom.

<https://www.bbceng.info/Technical%20Reviews/tott/tott.htm>

To conclude the series it would be fitting to  have a pic of a vintage RX
glass dial that shows both Ottringham and Droitwich, has anybody seen one
in print? So it would date from 1943 through to 1953.

ISTR there was mention of OTT in Communication at some point.
Thanks and 73 Dave
(David Porter-UK  G4OYX, BrDXC-UK iogr Jan 14)

USA   9264.988 kHz WINB PA Red Lion w/SW Radiogram #431 with text stories
about Ball bearings for studying physics in microgravity by NASA: and 'Re-
thinking how we end a satellite' mission' with the planned burning up of
used satellites perhaps adding to issues with holes in the ozone layer and
poorly designed 'meant to burn up before hitting the ground'causing danger
of injury on Earth! The photos didn't all make it, and the ones that did,
were a bit 'dodgy' at times:

It ended with a brief THOR 22 message: "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026 FROM SHORTWAVE
RADIOGRAM !" At 0100 UT non-bored OM WINB ID and into "Viewpoint" with
'attorney and author' Chuck Crismier w/today's rant about Israel, which is
one of his favourite topics. 4+5443+ but getting weaker,down to 4533+2+ by
end 0030-0105 UT on Jan 2.
(Zichi MI Mare Tips #1388 / wor Jan 9)

15770 kHz  WRMI FL Okeechobee w/Wavescan edition NWS #880 for release on
Sunday Jan 4 with items about the VoA relay station on the US Coast Guard
Cutter "Courier" broadcasting from around the Caribbean, and Mediterranean
via (primarily) the Mid East and Eastern Europe from 1952-1964. This was a
repurposed WWII troop carrier that never saw actual use in the war because
it was built in 1945, and the war ended. I had heard OF this but never
heard it as it predated my hobby days!

Other items aired were about 'Galei Zahal' {military radio,ed.} being shut
down after 75 years of broadcasting in Israel, and the recent shutdown of
Radio Free Asia and an interview about monitoring radio inside NorthKorea,
as well as the Japan DX report. At BoH, repeat of SW Radiogram #431 with a
good quality decode as shown by the photos. 4+54+4+4+ with an occasional
DEEP fade, but few and far between. 1300-1400 UT on Jan 7.
(Zichi MI Mare Tips #1388 / wor Jan 9)

USA   17790 kHz  Mon, Jan 12, at 0102-0129 UT, WRMI - Radio Taiwan Inter-
national, Okeechobee-FL state, Spanish to LatinAM. Woman/man announcers
talking about varied vascular deseases and eating habits, including the
coffee and energy drinks with caffeine; 0111 UT Starts the program "For-
mosa 24/7 hrs/d": Today w/ the mainly theme Unhealthy Eating by children
in Formosa / Taiwan; The multiprocessed foods! 0118 UT A pause to reflec-
tion! A song; 0121 UT Program "Galeria Cultural", con un tema de salud
_La Sarcopenia despues de 50/60 anos; 0128 UT Finales de la edicion con ID
and address, RTI sked in Spanish; 0129 UT IS. RTI, today, w/exceptional
good reception: 45544!!
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 12)

USA   17790 kHz Wed, Jan 14, at 1634-1648 UT, WRMI - PAB Radio Africa Net-
work, Okeechobee-FL, English Svce. to LatinAM. Man talking, preaching;
1645 UT  A short hymn by choir; 1646 Returns the preacher! Poor reception:
2~35322.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, hcdx Jan 14)

USA   WRMI transmission sheet B25 minor updated. I would like to point out
the WRMI transmission sheet updated on January 18, 2026.
It can be viewed at the following URL:

<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/
1pcIEX8kisrOPqlXHDAq6gympKUgDj0SIb96qce2kGGQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0>

(via Tanino Marabello-ITA, wor Jan 18)

USA   WoR confirmed UT Saturday January 3 at 0400 UT on WTWW 5085 kHz,
S=9+20dB direct but noisy with HNL of S9. Much weaker signal than usual
here and to some remotes, but VE6JY in Edmonton-Alberta remotedly is gett-
ing it well at S7/S9, "the ministry of ... Glenn Hauser ..." 0429 UT a
hymn and start of another before 0434* UT chop.

WWV: "The estimated planetary K-index at 0300 UT on 3 January was 3.33.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms
reaching the G1 level occurred."
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1237 Jan 4)

USA   We've seen rumors that the folks at "World's Last Chance" are having
financial issues. While I can't seem to confirm or deny that, it IS true
that WBCQ is now offering a 'deal' for anyone interested in renting time
on 9330 kHz which has until now been exclusively WLC. I do note that I've
not heard any activity on 9330 kHz since I saw this on Wednesday, and the
log below from the 11th may well be the 'final' airing !

According to WBCQ's website: "Superstation available. One of the most
powerful and versatile shortwave stations is now available for your
lease. The Monticello Maine Superstation operating on 9330 kHz with up to
500 kW of power with its fully rotatable antenna system can put a short-
wave signal anywhere in our world. Contact WBCQ ... for this unique oppor-
tunity."
(Ken Zichi-Williamston MI state USA, wor Jan 16)

USA   'World's Last Chance' bankrupt, so WBCQ  9330 kHz off.

"Hello Glenn, The Worlds Last Chance ministry has apparently gone bank-
rupt and has abandoned shortwave radio and WBCQ. The following message is
now posted on wbcq.com:

'Superstation available. One of the most powerful and versatile shor-
twave stations is now available for your lease. The Monticello Maine
Superstation operating on 9330 kHz with up to 500 kW of power with its
fully rotatable antenna system can put a shortwave signal anywhere in
our world.
Contact WBCQ at (207) 889-0039 for this unique opportunity.'
Regards, Lw" (Larry Will, Area 51)

Bill Tilford IN: "An ironic aspect of their radio setup was that in recent
times, that 500 kW rotatable was aimed at Brazil, the UK, the US and
Canada. All dressed up with no place to go so to speak. If the proposed
refunding of the USAGM family really happens, maybe Uncle can lease some
time on it."

"Good point, Bill. It has excellent reach. Perhaps even RCI. Sackville was
only a "stone's throw" away from Monticello ME. Practically in Canada
already. 73, Walt" Salmaniw, BC_CAN

"I reached out about leasing time for Pop Shop Radio. Allan says he is
looking for "long term program leases" 12 hours a day on 9330 kHz.
That shoots that for me! Tony Pavick, BC-CAN"

9330 kHz, on Jan 14 at 1531 UT, still no signal from WBCQ / WLCR.

Website still shows 9330 kHz, but headed by: "Beloved of Yahuway {sic},
The Non-Profit WLC Ministry is currently facing growing financial
challenges, which have unfortunately led to the suspension of several pro-
jects..." It remains an "online ministry".

WLC bankrolled most? of the cost of setting up the 500 kW 'SuperStition',
and thus had rights to all its airtime, altho allowed AAAWWW one hour a
week. So what exactly is the ownership now? Do they still have any stake
in the facility? Or is it 100% owned by WBCQ ?
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Jan 14)

Re:  'World's Last Chance' bankrupt, so WBCQ 9330 kHz off.
Just checked their website, unlike the rest of their site the text at the
top of it I can't copy and paste. It's starts with

Beloved of Yahuwah the non profit WLC ministry is currently facing growing
financial challenges which have unfortunately led to the suspension of se-
veral projects. Goes on to ask for donations.
<https://www.worldslastchance.com/>
(Mike Barraclough-UK, wor Jan 14)

Re: 'World's Last Chance' bankrupt, so WBCQ 9330 kHz off.
I reached out about leasing time for PopShop Radio. Allan says he is look-
ing for "long term program leases" 12 hours a day on 9330 kHz. That shoots
that for me !
(Tony Pavick-CAN, wor Jan 14)

Goes on to ask for donations.
One of their strange little quirks is that in the past, if someone had
wanted to donate, they would have needed to navigate a labyrinth, and would
as likely as not found mention of crypto. Even now they appear diffident
about the huxtering aspect.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, wor Jan 14)

USA   USAGM Radio Marti Spanish program from Greenville NC state at 20.58,
15380even kHz  S=9+15dB ?16-22 UT,
13820even kHz  S=9+10dB ?15-22 UT at 21.05 UT,
13570.005 kHz  S=9+10dB at 21.10 UT,
11930.003 kHz  S=8      at 21.14 UT,
11860even kHz  S=8      at 21.16 UT. 9820 kHz channel empty.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 12)

USA  {CUBA non}  9410 kHz, Jan 15 at 1449 UT, R. Marti about futbol, // 
13570  11930  7435 kHz; not on 9820 kHz; while 11860 kHz is OC warmup. By
1514 UT recheck. 9410 kHz off, while 11860, 11930, 13570, 13820 kHz are
on. 9410 kHz new to me but already in EiBi database list at 11-15 UT
slot.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor Jan 16)

USA R Marti Sp best strong signal on 9820 kHz at 01.13 UT S=9+35dB, and
also // 6030, 7435, 7365 kHz, all full S=9+20dB power and clean audio too.
From USAGM broadcast center site at Greenville NC state.
Endless discussion on petrolio from Sowjetunion and at present, no
monera petrol etc. etc. at 02.20 UT.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 17)

USA   7505 kHz  Jan 16 at 0756 UT, WRNO New Orleans not off the air, YL
undermodulated in English, I finally conclude, S9+20/30dB. Late broadcasts
are sporadic. Website is all about donating, no programming info:
<http://www.wrnoworldwide.com/>
Via wor Hitlist, WRNO also on F_B, but nothing newer than April 9, 2020 !
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Jan 16)

USA   9264.986 kHz  WINB Red Lion fair S=7 at 00.03 UT, but nothing of
WBCQ 9330 kHz txion which suffers money these days, probably only low
power WBCQ 7489.977 kHz, The Planet progr ? noted at 01.21 UT low poor
and tiny S=6.

9929.984  WTWW Lebanon TN S=9 at 00.11 UT in EUR and Doha Qatar.

12050even EWTN txion #3, as always easy Spanish nice program from Birming-
ham Vandiver AL state, S=9+10dB at 01.08 UT Jan 17.

7520even  WWCR #4 transmission from Nashville TN talk of Obama / Russia
/ Cuba talk, CIA director matter discussion, S=9+25dB at 01.20 UT Jan 17.

13845.005 WWCR #3 transmitter from Nashville TN state, much fluttery side-
lobe audio signal, across the Arctic ALS - Yakutian path in FE Siberia,
S=9 strength at 14.02 UT on Jan 14.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14 - 17)

re: WBCQ  7489.977 kHz, The Planet progr ?

0500 UT Sunday, 7490 kHz goes from SW Sat Night, to 'The Devil's Advocate'
instead of turning off as on sked, with T.D.A. shown as 0400 UT Saturdays.
Still on at 0526 UT. Not really listening to it; assumed still the show as
introduced. Rather poor reception even unto Maryland SDR. I suspect 7490 
kHz be underpowered.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Jan 18)

So much for Radio Angela 2.0 there. That show makes The Proud Boys look
like McGovern Democrats by comparison.  {...}

I have no basis to assert or even predict that this will happen, but if
9330-related revenue stops coming in, their mostly self-financed-so-far
'Radio Angela 2.0' on 6160 kHz would be a controllable expense, and moving
some of it to 7490kHz after hours and shutting off 6160 kHz might actually
make sense. Did the transmitter go off after 0516 UT or continue with
something else ?
(Bill Tilford-IN-USA, wor Jan 17 - 18)

USA  Congress approves $653 million for VoA, RFA and other USAGM broad-
casters.

{more US international broadcasting items ...}

MAGA mouthpiece Kari Lake claims US-funded broadcasts effectively serve
Iranians and Venezuelans, but she presides over Potemkin airwaves.

Deserving of scrutiny is the boasting this week by the self-proclaimed
acting chief executive officer of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM),
Kari Lake, that audiences in Iran and Venezuela are being effectively
served amid the current geo-political crises.

Lake and DOGE, ten months ago, effectively destroyed US international
broadcasting. Everyone at the Voice of America was sent home (where
nearly all remain), all contracts were canceled for wire services and
satellite transponders, USAGM transmitter sites were mothballed and
Congressionally-approved funds for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty and
Radio Free Asia throttled.

What has been hastily brought back, as a claimed "statutory minimum" by
Lake, resembles a Potemkin village. She has ignored a federal judge's
order to restore VOA.

There's a few daily minutes of VOA Korean program on shortwave from the
Philippines. VOA and RFA used to broadcast in Korean from dusk to dawn
using mediumwave transmitters in South Korea that cover most of the penin-
sula. [RFA has just announced it is reviving Korea coverage without her
cooperation.]

A snippet of Dari and Pashto also is beamed to Afghanistan via shortwave
from the Middle East. Previously VOA's broadcast 24/7 hrs/d via satellite
TV into Afghanistan and garnered a significant audience.

A few stories are posted online in Mandarin Chinese, but the hours of
satellite TV programming have not resumed.

Lake contends that the audiences in Venezuela are being reached by the
Radio Marti transmissions, a service which targets Cuba. La Voz de Ameri-
ca (VOA in Spanish), which had a significant audience in Latin America
before Lake shut it down, has not been restored. Its website is frozen in
time at March 14, 2025.

Radio Farda (RFE / RL's service for Iran) is back on shortwave on leased
transmitters and on medium wave from Kuwait, although the signals are be-
ing heavily jammed, presumably by the Iranian security apparatus. Lake,
meantime, is feuding with RFE's president, Steve Capus, because she's de-
manding the grantee (which is not a government agency) align its messaging
with Trump's foreign policy.

USAGM's cumulative efforts in Farsi, including VOA's Persian News Network,
appear to be under the direction of someone who has been compared to a
Trump PR machine. Ali Javanmardi even went on air and made explicit that
what is broadcast under his and Kari Lake's supervision will follow the
current U.S. administration's policy on Iran.

Some recent VOA content in Mandarin was MAGA propaganda praising Trump,
not balanced journalism. VOA's standards & practices editor was among
those placed on paid administrative leave early last year and has since
accepted a similar post at a domestic news network.

Lake, who twice failed to win statewide office as a Republican in Ari-
zona, reportedly has her eye on a political future in Iowa. Meanwhile, she
has repeatedly expressed her contempt for the US InternationalBroadcasting
Act of 1994 intended to prevent U.S. government officials from interfering
in the editorial decisions of either VOA or RFE / RL.

<https://asiatimes.com/2026/01/the-hollow-resurrection-of-us-
international-broadcasting/>

{more US international broadcasting items ...}

<https://phayul.com/congress-approves-653-million-for-voa-rfa-and-
other-usagm-broadcasters/>

The U.S. Congress has reached a bipartisan agreement to allocate approxi-
ately $653 million to fund the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the
federal agency that oversees international broadcasters including the
Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty (RFE/RL), and others.

Lawmakers from both the House of Representatives and the Senate reached an
agreement as part of a broader bipartisan spending bill released on
Sunday.

According to the spending plan text, the bulk of the allocation, roughly
$643 million, will go toward USAGM's international broadcasting opera-
ions, with nearly $10 million earmarked for capital improvements such as
broadcast infrastructure and distribution platforms.

The congressional decision marks a clear rejection of the previous admini-
tration's push to defund and ultimately dismantle USAGM, which had been
championed by former President Donald Trump and his advisors. Trump issued
an executive order in early 2025, directing the agency to slash operations
and eliminate staff. As a result, thousands of VOA employees were placed
on administrative leave, and federal grants to RFE/RL and RFA were abrupt-
ly cancelled.

Supporters of the funding deal have described the congressional action as
a necessary defense of press freedom and democratic values. Senator Brian
Schatz (D-Hawaii) highlighted that funding cuts could undermine key news
services in critical regions, warning that "authoritarian regimes will
fill the vacuum if U.S. international media is weakened."

On the other side, some critics, including voices aligned with the former
administration, have framed USAGM as a costly government enterprise. In a
statement responding to the bill, Kari Lake, senior advisor to USAGM ap-
pointed by the Trump team, expressed "disappointment" at Congress allocat-
ing significantly more money than what the administration had requested,
asserting that the agency can still "advance the president's message"
without the higher funding levels.

The funding agreement arrives amidst ongoing legal battles over USAGM's
operations. Following the 2025 executive order that triggered layoffs and
funding freezes, multiple lawsuits were filed by journalists, contractors,
and media advocates. At various points, federal judges ordered the resump-
tion of funding and rehiring of employees; other court rulings placed
stays on these reinstatements, leaving VOA and related outlets in a state
of uncertainty throughout much of the past year.

The bipartisan spending bill, including the USAGM funding language, still
requires final passage in both houses of Congress and must be signed into
law. While the Republican-controlled House and Democratic Senate have
previously cooperated on avoiding government shutdowns, political tensions
over unrelated policy areas could influence the timing and content of the
final package.

Once enacted, the measure will provide breathing room for VOA, RFE / RL,
RFA, and related services to continue international programming and re-
build operational capacities trimmed during 2025.
(Phayul_Newsdesk_Jan 14, 2026_Tenzin_Nyidon_Dharamshala_Jan_17)

UZBEKISTAN   Today I received a revised schedule from Trans World Radio,
which includes changes to the time and frequency of the Korean service via
CRRT RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center,
as shown below:

TAC Korean 1100-1130 Sun-Mon   15630 Sunday Sce-Sun & Women of Hope-Mon
TAC Korean 1100-1130 Tue-Fri   15630 With You
TAC Korean 1130-1200 Tuesday   15630 Looking Up
TAC Korean 1130-1145 Wed-Fri   15630 Your Quest for God-Wed, Together-Thu
                                     Lets Talk About Something - Fri
TAC Korean 1145-1200 Wed & Fri 15630 Music Walk
TAC Korean 1145-1200 Thursday  15630 Light & Life

TAC Korean 1500-1530 Mon-Fri    7540 With You
TAC Korean 1530-1545 Sun-Fri    7540 Bible reading
TAC Korean 1530-1545 Saturday   7540 Lets Talk About Something
TAC Korean 1545-1600 Mon-Wed    7540 Your Quest for God
TAC Korean 1545-1600 Thursday   7540 Truth in the Test Tube
TAC Korean 1545-1600 Friday     7540 Pray School
TAC Korean 1545-1600 Saturday   7540 Dr Luke
TAC Korean 1545-1600 Sunday     7540 Hope For Today
TAC Korean 1600-1628 Mon-Tue    7540 Bible School Basics
TAC Korean 1600-1628 Wed-Fri    7540 Looking Up
TAC Korean 1600-1628 Mon-Fri    7540 Creation Moments
TAC Korean 1600-1630 Saturday   7540 Standing Strong Through The Storm
TAC Korean 1600-1630 Sunday     7540 Sunday Service
TAC Korean 1630-1700 Sun & Sat  7540 Gospel Train-Sun, Women Of Hope-Sat
TAC Korean 1630-1643 Mon-Fri    7540 Music Walk
TAC Korean 1645-1700 Mon-Fri    7540
(Anand Mohan Bain, President of RFI Pariwer Bandhu SWL Club-India,
via WWDXC printed DX Magazine Jan 2026, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 6)

VANUATU   5040 kHz  Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila, at 0732-0807 UT on Jan 18,
female, male, English, Bislama, comments, music. 15421.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

VENEZUELA   4940 kHz 'Estacion 4940' at 0542-0634 UT on Jan 18, religious
songs and comments, Spanish. 15422.
(Manuel Mendez, Friol-Lugo-ESP, hcdx / BRDXC-UK iogr Jan 18)

VENEZUELA [non]   A quick check of the 16 possible military frequencies in
Gilles Letourneau's CIDX Messenger column, Jan 11 at 0346-0348 UT direct,
hits no activity; need a lot more patience, but here's the list in order:
7516, 7849, 8060, 8184, 8260, 9795, 10600, 11155, 11601, 11625, 12161,
12191, 13449, 13500, 14569 kHz. 
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Jan 11)

VENEZUELA   4940 kHz  'Estacion 4940' (tent.), located in the vicinity of
the Venezuelan border with Colombia, according to information from South
American radio listeners and reported in publications on the same subject
- in Spanish, Jan 3 at 0020-0027 UT. Comments by a broadcaster on various
subjects. S=4.
(Rudolf Grimm, Sao Bernardo-SP-BRA, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 3)

VENEZUELA   4940 kHz 'Estacion 4940' the usual semi-mystery religious stn
believed set up by Russell Stendal and operated from Apure State in SW Ve-
nezuela near the Colombia border, noted today with very good signal 1052
UT, OM in Sp praying / preaching to Comunidad Cristiano, warning about
lures of el diablo and exhorting listeners to trust in El Senor. Talks
straight through TOH, no ID, perhaps a recording ... 1105 UT into mx pgm
with selection of ranchera style singing with horns and guitar. Segue to
HJ arpa mx 1110 UT ... The best summary on the current state of knowledge
on this one is the very comprehensive analysis done by The SWL QSL Museum
website. Kudos to the author!

<http://www.swlqslmuseum.com/Estacion4940/>
(Ralph W. Perry, Wheaton-IL-USA, NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1237 Jan 4)

VENEZUELA  {COLOMBIA border region}  4939.98 kHz  'Estacion 4940' (pro-
bably), in Spanish, Jan 1, 0551-0610 UT. (4939.983 - .982 kHz per Uni
Enschede Twente-HOL, poor / almost fair; qrn loud rustle and qrm unid
carrier on) ongoing slow classic music, slow song by man, long slow music
till 0602 UT, man brief unclear talk, long choral chant until 0706 UT,
man unclear talk (w/ Spanish accent and w/ some music at times), slow
chants; better in Usb/Lsb sync, non-stop rapid and deep qsb, qrn loud
rustle, poor; (my first log in 2026).
(Gianni Serra-Roma-ITA, via NASWA Electronic Flashsheet #1237 Jan 4)

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

Some SW logs today Jan 12

17790even USA WRMI Okeechobee FL state and // 
15770even USA WRMI Okeechobee FL state
          both powerful signals eastwards across Atlantic S=9+20dB
          at 21.00 UT on Jan 12.

12050even USA  Catholic radio stn EWTN Birmingham Vandiver AL state
          S=8 at 21.18 UT in Spanish.

 9350even USA  WWCR #2 Nashville TN state at 21 - 23 UT,
          S=8-9 at 21.21 UT.

 9929.983 kHz  USA  WTWN Lebanon TN state at 21.25 UT Jan 12,
          proper S=9+15dB signal but terrible roarer like BS TOM reli-
          gious program.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 12)

USA {non} and others - More on Radio Farda - and logs more Jan 13 - 15:

More on Radio Farda transmissions.
FEW MORE FAULTY/STRANGE ?  ITEMS ON THE SCHEDULE, at least not in
effect yet ?

<https://www.radiofarda.com/a/33644714.html>

translation Persian - English - Starting Saturday, January 10, Radio Farda
will once again be broadcast on shortwave radio, or SW.

You can listen to and follow Radio Farda's programs on shortwave at
these frequencies:

-  8:30 PM to 22:30 PM  12005 kHz
-  9:00 AM to 11:30 AM  15430 kHz
- 11:30 AM to  3:30 PM  15110 kHz, til  12.00 UT
-  3:30 PM to  6:30 PM  15310 kHz, from 12.00 UT
-  5:30 PM to  8:30 AM   7500 kHz
-  6:30 PM to 12:30 PM  13755 kHz
- 22:30 PM to 23:30 PM   9515 kHz
- 23:30 PM to  7:30 AM   5875 kHz

So according to info on this Radio Farda, Prague bureau Web page, trans-
lating from Persian and converting from local times listed to UTC, the
schedule reads:

12005 04:00-05:30
15430 05:30-08:00
15110 08:00-12:00
15310 12:00-14:00      -1430 UT
13755 14:00-16:00  1430-1700 UT
12005 16:00-17:00  1700-1900 UT
 9515 1900-2000 UT
 5875 2000-0400 UT
(Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K., wor Jan 11)

Re:  More on Radio Farda.
I recorded Radio Farda on 15430 kHz unattended today, using the Uni
Enschede Twente SDR receiver from 05:25 to 08:05 UTC. Radio Farda was very
weak to non-existent at the start of the recording. They could have been
on before 05:30 UT; hard to say. The signal slowly faded in and became
clear after some tens of minutes with no jamming initially noticed.

Mostly music being played. The jammer's carrier came on at 07:00UT (single
het noticed) and then about 10 seconds later, the bubble jamming started.
Radio Farda seemed the stronger of the two signals. Radio Farda's audio
stopped some seconds after 07:59 UT but the jammer continued to the end of
the recording at 08:05 UT so its uncertain when it shut off.

Interestingly, the frequency of the single hetrodyne drifted gradually
from about 312 Hz down to 248 Hz at the end of the recording.
2026-01-13 05:30:00 capture: AM 15430 (DHA) FRD FARS
2026-01-15 07:59:59 capture: AM 15430 (DHA) FRD FARS
(Richard Langley-NB-CAN, wor Jan 14)

Re:  More on Radio Farda.
7500 and 15615 kHz These frequencies remind of the former Iran Internatio-
nal transmissions. So it appears that now the cheaper 100 kW option from
Dushanbé Tajikistan and/or Yerevan Gavar Armenia is being tried,with which
RFE/RL would use up their remaining money less quickly.

And see: 
<https://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mcbibuelz22i>
(Kai Ludwig-D, wor Jan 14)

"The familiar sound of the Iranian bubble jammers was observed at my lo-
cation today on 15430 kHz at 09:10 UT, long after Farda had signed off
this frequency. Was gone when I checked again at 09:30 UT.

15110 kHz is noted at 10:22 UT with heterodyne (carrier on 15109.85 kHz
which is subject to frequent breaks of a few seconds at a time). They seem
to be having trouble in keeping the jammer on the air. The bubbling sound
was noted starting just before 10:30 UT. The signal was ENC Dhabayya UAE,
is weak here in the U.K. so the 35 degree antenna must be highly directio-
nal.

Back in the late 1990s a number of low power transmitters (10/20/50 kW)
were installed at the Kamalabad site, presumably for jamming purposes.
The last time I heard the Iranian bubble jammers on HF was in 2013 aimed
at blocking Israel's Persian service. I expect that the jamming equipment
is kept in standby, but probably needs some maintenance.

US Radio Farda on HF was never jammed in recent years as the programming
consisted almost entirely of popular music. The Iranian authorities were
probably of the opinion that the audience on short wave was minimal any-
way. With the current unrest in the country I would guess that people are
resorting to all possible ways of hearing the latest news and many would
be turning to short wave radio now. Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight,
U.K. Jan 11"
(via Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx & wor Jan 11)

Re:  Radio Farda 15430 kHz.

IRAN   Yes Walt, Radio Farda jammed by Bubble audio jamming and interfe-
rence audio tone of 270 Hertz difference frequency as S=8 signal on upper
sideband flank between partly 11.00 UT and sudden-Jam-TX_off at 11.20UT on
Jan 12. So they keep main power electricity partly in Iran these days ?
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 12)

re UAE  15110 kHz at 08.00-12.00 UT.
15110even frq transmitter in use from Abu Dhabi Media owned and ENC ope-
rated (one of four different freq transmitters in UAE) at  ENC  DHA
Dhabbaya site at 11.00 UT, S=9+15dB in SV1BTL  Perseus SDR unit at Athens
GRC and in Doha Qatar, both remotedly.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 12)

Re: Radio Farda logs today Jan 12 - 13

UAE  ENC A'Dhabbaya relay site ? - yes - also on 15615_even kHz channel at
13.25 UT on Monday Jan 12; and two 'neighbour' strings seen on
15615.063 & 15615.083 kHz
seemingly interference by IRAN security forces radio jamming.

Bubble jamming audio seen on screenshot at Greece remotedly on 15611 to
15619 kHz frq range.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews & hcdx Jan 12)

Re FARDA via UAE  ENC Dhabbaya relay site
15430 kHz  05:00-08:00 UT
15110 kHz  08:00-12:00 UT
and likely - CRRT RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting
bcast center too.

15429.986 one four txs at ENC Dhabbaya bcast little frq oddity.
UAE  R Farda in Persian, S=9+5dB at 07.51 UT on Jan 13,
2 x 100 Hertz away little strings either sideband - main power in UAE ...

15110even UAE  R Farda in Persian via ENC Dhabbaya site, much stronger
S=9+25dB now after channel move from 15430 to 15110 kHz at 08.01 UT,
2 x 100 Hertz away little strings either sideband - main power in UAE ...
seemingly different DHA  transmitter now in use here.

Around 08.21 UT some Iranian? jamming stn string visible,
moving/hopping around 20 Hertz downwards variable in
15110.419 ... 15110.402 kHz channel range.
15110.309 much odd frq - measured Iranian whistle interference at 08.45UT,
no Bubbling audio tone heard here, likely an ODD frq outlet from Sirjan
txion center site to keep a whistle tone on air ?

15615.001 UZB - likely, R Farda via Tashkent bcast center, S=9+25dB at
07.48 UT, - and Iranians security people playing around on prox.
15617.260 kHz and set a bubble jamming unit of S=7-8 at 08.20 UT.
15615.074 kHz settled jamming stn in wide range 15611 - 15619 kHz at
08.50 UT.

15135.010 IRN  VoIRIB Sirjan site, Arabic at 06.00-08.30 UT, S=9+20db to
Saudi peninsula target, S=9+20dB at 08.08 UT on Jan 13.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews & hcdx Jan 13)

15309.984 frq oddity R Farda Persian relay S=9+20dB signal at 13.38 UT,
          and IRAN'ian BUBBLE jamming co-channel too, centered at
15310.127 kHz, covered frq range 15303.3 - 15317.4 kHz range.

15614.999 kHz likely originate via CRRT  RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan
          Shortwave Transmitting  bcast center too; Radio Farda in Persian
          at 13.49 UT also S=9+20dB signal strength, not jammed so far,
b u t
15615.400 kHz measured UTE transmission from downunder
WMW Wiluna Met FAX transmission from AUStralia

<https://www.bom.gov.au/marine/radio-sat/vmw-technical-guide.shtml>
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews & hcdx Jan 13)

Probably also limited time span of VoA Persian transmission via USAMD
Kuwait MW 1548 kHz relay at 17.30-21.00 UT

2026-01-11 17:32:40 capture: AM 1548 (KWT) VOA FARSI
2026-01-11 20:32:40 capture: AM 1548 (KWT) VOA FARSI

I saw the use of the 1548 kHz transmitter described as VOA Farsi.
If so it would be the audio of  <https://ir.voanews.com/live/video/86>

Would be absolutely plausible, since the transmissions of RFE/RL are
still no USAGM ones, no matter that Capus now presents a stance of fol-
lowing the Parteilinie. They obviously booked again the airtime directly
from ENC, as they did for three months in last year. The arrangement is
basically the same again, Abu Dhabi during daytime and ENC Woofferton-UK
evening / night, just with other frequencies, as shown at

<https://new.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B25&broadc=ENC>

Probably this time they choose to not go on air around the clock (perhaps
because not much money is left) but only between 0400 and 1700 UT or some-
thing like that. At least right now there is no carrier on 9515 kHz.

Should RFE/RL follow the advice of using mediumwave they would likely be
offered Noratus/Armenia, as already in use by the BBC (or not anymore?
which would be a big surprise of course).

By the way, a German word exists that denotes the condition shown by that
woman from Iowa: 'Realitaetsverlust'.
(Kai Ludwig-D, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 12)

Iran protests: How Radio Farda manages to keep on reporting from Prague.

In this interview, Hannah Kaviani of Radio Farda explains among others how
the current unrest differs from the 2022 protests and how contact with
people inside Iran is being maintained from the Czech capital.

<https://english.radio.cz/iran-protests-how-radio-farda-manages-
keep-reporting-prague-8874403>
(Jean-Michel Aubier-F, wor Jan 14)

Fake ? - or veiled information amongst various US organization fractions ?
R Farda of Prague bureau originate website changed content again
- I see on US monitoring RMS still two {veiled '(XXX)' marked entries -
since / from Jan 11:

 7500 kHz daily from 14.00 - 21.00 UT
and
15615 kHz daily 05.30 - 14.00 UT, at least on log file at RMS Quetta,
Dushanbé and Yerevan US embassy location? monitoring SDRs.

Log from 13.25 UT on Wed Jan 14th:
15110even UAE  S=9+25dB empty carrier, already on air, requested in
          hfcc.org in B25 season as BBC London, noted at 13.29:17 UT ID
          "This is BBC ... BBC dot com."  13.29:40 UT BBC Burmese program
          much early txion start.

15309.986 little odd frequency TX unit at  UAE  R Farda via ENC A'Dhabbaya
          relay site at 13.31 UT, and MUCH STRONGER Iranian security jamm-
          ing outlet from Sirjan? site, S=9+35dB outlez at 15310.123 kHz
          measured at 13.33 UT.

Iranian BUBBLE  jamming broadband audio visible in range 15301 to 15319kHz
in Doha Qatar, Athens Greece and Kuwait remoted SDRs.

15135.012 IRN  VoIRIB Sirjan in Arabic scheduled 11.30-17.30 UT, noted at
          13.36 UT on Wed Jan 14.

OTHR on a lot of frq channels, in ME / CentralAS target noted signals up
to S=9+45 ... 50dB and stronger signal of the military on channels
15372 kHz, 12207 kHz, 15730 kHz, 13737 kHz at 13.43 and 14.10 UT Jan 14.

Around 15615 kHz channel - but not Radio Farda via Tashkent Uzbekistan
relay site on service at 13.50 UT Wed Jan 14 -- instead heard
15615.035 kHz centered IRANian BUBBLE jamming from Sirjan IRN site in
powerhouse level of S=9+35dB in wideband frq range broad signal outlet
visible and heard Bubble audio signal on 15611 to 15619 kHz frq rande.

11630.116 much frq oddity  UAE  IBRA Radio in Tigre to Horn of Africa,
          ETH/ERI etc. 14.00-14.30 UT scheduled from ENC A'Dhabbaya relay,
          one of four DHA txs, which is always on 100 Hertz and more fre-
          quency offset. S=9+20dB sidelobe into Doha Qatar SDR.  14.05 UT

11710.010 probably  IRN  VoIRIB Sirjan in Kurdish language scheduled re-
          quested 13.20-14.20 UT, noted at 14.07 UT with very low audio
          modulation on sidelobe, but very strong S=9+20dB carrier level
          in NE/ME target.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14)

And some logs more on Thursday Jan 15:
15730 DRM digital audio block visible at fair S=8 level, 06.20 UT, CNR1
          domestic relay from Kunming Anning site center. Jan 15.

Super signal of OTHR war radars noted on 15684 kHz S=9+35dB strength at
06.29, and 15558 kHz S=9+30dB at 06.30 UT on Thur Jan 15.

15430.243 IRN  BUBBLE jamming audio signal at 06.32 UT, S=9+10dB in wide-
          band range of 15426 - 15434.4 kHz heard and visible on Perseus
          SDR screen; ... also two UTE signals traced nearby on accombined
          15433.230 and 15434.460 kHz.
15320.011 IRN  VoIRIB Sirjan sce, Hausa service to WeAFrica, S=9+25dB at
          06.37 UT Jan 15, scheduled 05.50-06.50 UT.
15615.051 UNID jamming string at fair/poor S=8 level, 06.55 UT, but no 
          Radio Farda - Persian signal on 15615 kHz traced  -
          likely from Tashkent UZB relay rent recently, not heard at the
          hour.

No more Radio Farda relay transmissions from the ENC A'Dhabbaya UAE and
CRRT RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center,
were observed after January 14. The various US organizations, including
the Farda website at its Prague headquarters, are only releasing vague
shortwave information on January 14 and 15.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14 - 15)

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

Hans-Friedrich Dumrese ist tot.  1954 - 2026

<https://volksfreund.trauer.de/traueranzeige/hans-friedrich-dumrese>

Diese traurige Nachricht habe ich am 15.Januar aus der Runde um Joe Leyder
aus Luxemburg per E-Mail erhalten. Ich bin geruehrt, denn es ist schmerz-
haft, einen wahren lieben DX Freund zu verlieren.

Wir in der deutschen DX Szene kannten Hans-Friedrich mit dem Kuerzel 'hfd'
seit den Siebzigern ueber 50 Jahre lang als kompetenten und verlaesslichen
Funkfreund und Zuarbeiter fuer die Hoertips aus verschiedenen Regionen der
Welt u.a.beim Evangeliums-Rundfunk Wetzlar, fuer das KW-Panorama ORF Wien,
die deutschen DX Hobby Print- und Nachschlagemedien u.a. bei dem Daten-
material wie den ersten Friedewald Listen in den 70zigern und 80zigern.

Hans-Friedrich Dumrese war mehr als ein sehr kompetenter DXer und
Datenzuarbeiter; er war und bleibt ein herzlicher Freund von uns im
WWDXClub, ein Symbol fuer alle engagierten Hobbyfreunde. Wir sind ihm
dafuer sehr dankbar.

Wir alle haben in Hans-Friedrich Dumrese einen freundlichen, warmherzigen
Hobbyfreund kennengelernt. Und so bleibt er in unserer Erinnerung.

Er war gebuertiger Eichsfelder, hat in den 70zigern sein Studium in
Hannover absolviert, und kam ueber Osnabrueck und Essen nach Trier als
RWE_net Mitarbeiter ...

Sein Leben war mit den weltweiten Kurz- und Mittelwellensendungen, damit
auch mit den IFA Berlin und anderen Radiofreunde-Treffen zur Pflege der
Hobby Kontakte, sowie gemeinsamen Besichtigungen von technischen Radio-
und Studioanlagen eng verbunden und in unserer Erinnerung unvergesslich.

Hans-Friedrich Dumrese, unser lieber DX Freund und WWDXC Datenzuarbeiter,
lebt weiterhin in unseren Gedanken und in unseren Herzen.

Hans-Friedrich Dumrese hinterlaesst im Privaten eine schmerzliche Luecke,
deshalb gebuehrt in dieser schmerzlichen Stunde unser herzliches Beileid
seiner Ehefrau, den Toechtern und Enkelinnen.

Ruhe in Frieden!

(WORLDWIDE DX CLUB - Wolfgang Bueschel und Michael Bethge, 18. Januar 2026)

**************************************************************************

Hans-Friedrich Dumrese (1954-2026)

Seit den Siebzigerjahren hat HFD, so das Kuerzel in der AGDX-Welt(ADXB-DL,
WWDXC, weltweit hoeren), regelmaessig mit Hoertipps und anderen Informa-
tionen zur Hobbyszene beigetragen. Ein historisches Beispiel sind seine
Senderportraits im ERF-DX-Programm, die dann auch in die Hobbyfachzeit-
schriften fanden.

Seine letzten Logs bei a-dx sind vom September 2025. Fuer einige Hobby-
freunde wurde Hans-Friedrich Dumrese durch die Teilnahme an Hobbytreffen
und Besichtigungen auch ein persoenlicher Freund. So hat er vor mehr als
35 Jahren in Trier das lokale Hoerertreffen organisiert ...

mit traurigen Gruessen  Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D,

(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D an Bernd Seiser-D - 18. Januar 2026)