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BC-DX 1555                                                  22 Sept 2023
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AUSTRIA   Neues vom ORF Vienna Austria, Sept 19.

<https://orf.at/#/stories/3331611/>

Der ORF startet mit einer neuen Streamingplattform namens ORF ON ins Jahr
2024. Sie soll die ORF-TVthek abloesen und liefert ein neues Design,
laengere Abrufzeiten als bisher,manche Produktionen noch vor der Ausstrah-
lung im TV und zahlreiche Archivsendungen. Dort angesiedelt ist ein neuer
24-Stunden-Kinderkanal. Im linearen Fernsehen wird es mehr Publikums-
beteiligung, neue Magazine und Shows geben.

Das Programm firmiert unter dem Motto "Programm fuer dich und mich und
alle", wie Generaldirektor Roland Weissmann heute im ORF-Zentrum auf dem
Wiener Kueniglberg sagte. Die multimedialen Angebote des ORF wollen den
Fokus darauf legen, breit gefaechert und fuer alle Menschen in Oesterreich
der Ansprechpartner zu sein.

Die Einfuehrung der Haushaltsabgabe sei "kein Ruhekissen fuer uns - ganz
im Gegenteil. Sie ist Ansporn und Verpflichtung, unseren Auftrag noch
besser in Programmangebote zu giessen, die fuer moeglichst viele Menschen
in Oesterreich Identifikation und Anknuepfung bieten", so Weissmann. Ein
geringerer ORF-Beitrag pro Kopf bei gleichzeitig mehr Programm sei kein
Marketinggag, sondern Realitaet.

Im kommenden Jahr wird der ORF neben grossen Shows und der bekannt ver-
laesslichen Infoschiene neue Dokureihen, Diskussionsformate und Magazine
zeigen. Auch Krimis "made in Austria" kommen ins Programm.

Dazu kommen multimediale Storys in ORF Topos und neue Formate fuer das
junge Publikum: Zusaetzlich zum Okidoki-Kinderprogramm kommt der neue
digitale "Kids Screen" - es soll ein digitales, werbe- und gewaltfreies
Programmumfeld fuer die Generation Alpha werden. Eingebettet in die Video-
plattform ORF ON bieten ein durchgaengiger Livestreamingkanal fuer Kinder
und das begleitende On-Demand-Portal ein flexibel nutzbares Gesamtangebot.

Neue Debattenformate.
ORF1 zeigt 2024 neue Sendungen mit Publikumsteilnahme und startet Feed-
back-Formate wie "Frag das ganze Land", fuer das die OE3-Anrufsendung
fuer den TV-Bereich adaptiert wird. Debattiert wird auch in "Fightclub"
(Arbeitstitel), in der Sendung werden zwei unterschiedliche Menschen ueber
ein Thema kontrovers diskutieren und versuchen, das Publikum von ihrer
Ansicht zu ueberzeugen.

Ein neues Unternehmerformat "You are hired ... vielleicht" (Arbeitstitel),
das Rechtsberatungsformat "Kainz und Kamp" fuer junge Menschen sowie
Mirjam Weichselbraun in der Reihe "Ist das so?" gehen neue Wege im Sinne
der Debattenkultur.

Das neue Diskussionsformat "Brennpunkt live" geht als Spin-off der Repor-
tagereihe "Brennpunkt Oesterreich" Problemen im gesellschaftlichen Zusam-
menleben auf den Grund. Das neue "ZIB-Magazin XLarge" soll jungen Menschen
helfen, das aktuelle Zeitgeschehen einzuordnen, und widmet sich fuer sie
relevanten Themen wie Arbeit und Beziehung.

Ausserdem neu: eine multimediale Young-History-Leiste sowie eine True-
Crime-Reihe. Der Donnerstagabend wird in ORF1 umgestaltet. Sind dort der-
zeit US-Fiction und Fussball zu sehen, wird ab Jahresmitte eine "Factual"-
Reihe etabliert, die sich juengerer Zeitgeschichte widmet, so Programm-
direktorin Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz.

Neue Wege bei Information und Show.
ORF2 baut die Information mit einem neuen Korrespondentenmagazin aus.
Weiters werden die Mittags-ZIBs am Wochenende verlaengert, hinzu kommt ein
neues Samstag-Vorabendmagazin der Landesstudios. Grosse Sonderbericht-
erstattungsstrecken begleiten und erklaeren das Superwahljahr 2024 mit
fuenf nationalen und internationalen Entscheidungen. Weiters wird die ZIB
auf YouTube starten.

Im Showbereich wird im Fruehjahr auf "Die grosse Chance" gesetzt, waehrend
im Herbst ein TV-Casting fuer die "Dancing Stars"-Ausgabe im Jahr 2025
stattfindet. Dabei wird auch ein Taenzer aus der Riege der Fans und ein
Profitaenzer im Rahmen von vier Sendungen gesucht. "Wir sehen, dass viele
Menschen in diesem Land tanzbegeistert sind, und wollen uns einen eigenen
Promi basteln", sagte Groiss-Horowitz.

Plattform ORF ON startet.
Der ORF wartet 2024 auch mit zahlreichen Innovationen im Digitalbereich
auf und startet mit ORF ON eine neue Streamingplattform. In ORF ON sind
Videos kuenftig zumeist ein halbes Jahr, vielfach sogar zeitlich unbe-
grenzt abrufbar.

Der ORF oeffnet hierfuer sein Film- und Fernseharchiv und stellt Hunderte
Produktionen zum Abruf bereit, insbesondere aus dem Dokubereich. Ausge-
waehlte aktuelle Sendungen werden kuenftig bis zu 24 Stunden vor der regu-
laeren Ausstrahlung im linearen Programm in ORF ON veroeffentlicht.

Streamingplattform ORF ON.
Um allen Menschen in Oesterreich bereits mit Start der allgemeinen Haus-
haltsabgabe ein neues Streamingerlebnis bieten zu koennen, wird ORF ON
Anfang des Jahres zunaechst in einer Betaversion veroeffentlicht, im Web
vorerst // zur bestehenden ORF-TVthek. Im Laufe des Jahres wird ORF ON
schrittweise um weitere Features ergaenzt: Ein besonderes Highlight wird
ORF Live, das erstmals das gesamte ORF-TV-Programm lueckenlos im Live-
stream verfuegbar machen wird.

Mehr Barrierefreiheit:
In ORF III findet bereits zu Weihnachten der Auftakt zur 40-teiligen Doku-
reihe "Oesterreich - Die ganze Geschichte" statt. Die Reihe wird mit vier
Staffeln auf vier Jahre gestreckt.

Im Bereich Barrierefreiheit kuendigt der ORF die Untertitelung von allen
"Bundesland heute"-Sendungen kurz nach Ausstrahlung in der TVthek bzw. ORF
ON an. In weiteren Schritten sollen diese auch live im Fernsehen verfueg-
bar sein. In Oesterreichischer Gebaerdensprache (OeGS) wird die "ZIB Zack
Mini" 2024 online abrufbar sein.

95 Prozent nutzen ORF-Angebote.
"Mit unseren neuen Formaten sind wir ganz nah an den Lebenswelten der
Oesterreicherinnen und Oesterreicher und nutzen dabei gezielt die Moeg-
lichkeiten der neuen Mediathek", so Groiss-Horowitz. "Mit frischen und
multimedial gedachten Produktionen, grossen Events sowie bewaehrten und
beim Publikum beliebten Formaten bieten wir im ,ORF fuer alle' ein ab-
wechslungsreiches 'Programm fuer alle'."

*Der ORF wird kuenftig durch eine Haushaltsabgabe finanziert statt durch
die GIS. Die vielfaeltigen Leistungen der Sendergruppe werden von der
grossen Mehrheit der Bevoelkerung nachhaltig angenommen. 6,4 Millionen
Menschen nutzen jeden Tag zumindest ein ORF-Angebot im Fernsehen, im
Radio, online oder auf Social Media - das sind 95 Prozent der Bevoel-
kerung, die den ORF in ihren Lebensalltag integrieren - und das fuer
rund 50 Cent ORF-Beitrag pro Tag und Haushalt.
(ORF, Sept 19)

AUSTRIA   O R F - REPORTER CHRISTIAN WEHRSCHUETZ BEKOMMT AUFPASSER IN KIEW

Doublecheck - Offene Attacke gegen Wehrschuetz.

Dass der ORF in seiner Kampfsendung '#doubleckeck' viele Medien ueberaus
scharf und auch unfair kritisiert ist nicht ueberraschend. Dass sogar
eigene Mitarbeiter auf unglaubliche Art und Weise unter Beschuss genommen
werden duerfte es in diesem Ausmass noch nie gegeben haben.

Stefan Kappacher - er ist so etwas wie ein Moechtegern-Armin-Wolf von OE1
- hat gemeinsam mit Rosanna Atzara einen Vernichtungsfeldzug gegen einen
der ganz wenigen wirklich kompetenten Mitarbeiter des ORF gestartet: Gegen
Christian Wehrschuetz, den Ukraine- und Balkan-Korrespondenten des ORF.

Wehrschuetz gilt in den deutschsprachigen Medien als der beste Kenner und
mutigste Berichterstatter ueber den tobenden Konflikt zwischen Vladimir
Putins Russland und der Ukraine und er kennt auch auf dem Balkan Gott und
die Welt. Nun wollen ihm seine redaktionsinternen Gegner einen Strick
daraus drehen, dass er sich - erstmals in mehreren Jahrzehnten - ein
russisches Fake-Video habe unterjubeln lassen.

Aehnliches duerfte schon unzaehligen anderen Sendungsmachern passiert
sein, ohne dass es jemals erkannt wurde. Schliesslich arbeiten in Laendern
wie Russland (und sehr wahrscheinlich auch in der Ukraine) kompetente
Spezialisten unentwegt daran, solche irrefuehrenden Propagandavideos zu
produzieren, um Stimmung fuer das eigene Land und gegen den politischen
Gegner zu machen. Viele davon sind so perfekt gemacht, dass kaum sie
jemand in Zweifel zieht und als Faelschung erkennt.

Nicht einmal den Grund fuer den offensichtlichen Hass der breit auf-
gestellten linken Gesinnungsgemeinschaft in der ORF-Redaktionsmannschaft
gegenueber Wehrschuetz hat '#doublecheck' verschwiegen. Woertlich hiess es
da: 'Wehrschuetz hat FPOE-Hintergrund.'  Allerdings erkennt man das als
neutraler Zuhoerer bei Christian Wehrschuetz nicht, im Gegensatz zu vielen
seiner Redaktionskollegen, die in Berichten und Interviews nie verbergen
koennen, wie sehr sie rot-gruen indoktriniert sind.

Man kann ziemlich sicher sein, dass der Angriff von '#doublecheck' gegen
Wehrschuetz erst den Auftakt zu einem ORF-internen Krieg gegenueber dem
erfolgreichsten Korrespondenten des Senders bildet. Das duerfte auch
Wehrschuetz bewusst sein, denn er hat ein Interview mit '#doublecheck'
verweigert.
Ein wirksames Rezept, dem auch viel mehr Politiker folgen sollten.
( <https://www.orf-watch.at> Sept 22)

ps. der Vorgang war auch Gegenstand im Medienmagazin 'mediasres' des DLF
und in deutschen Gazetten, wb.

BULGARIA   Bulgarian National Radio and the Voice of Vietnam Radio agree
to cooperate with radio programs, etc.

"BNR and the Voice of Vietnam agree to cooperate in modern radio formats
(published on Sept 15 at 4:39 PM)

VOV delegation visits BNR.
<https://static.bnr.bg/gallery/cr/medium/
6ad1b33c862bf6f9cb7eeac5415fac85.JPG>

The Bulgarian National Radio and the Voice of Vietnam Radio will cooperate
in radio programs, podcasts and video-casts, as well as in exchange of
footage. This was agreed upon by the managements of the media during a
visit of a Vietnamese delegation to Sofia.

Voice of Vietnam Radio Vice President, Tran Minh Hung, has recalled the
"wonderful ties in the past" and expressed a desire to build on them.
"We are thinking about connections in the field of culture, for content
such as music and podcasts. We have things to share," he added.

Director General of BNR, Milen Mitev, pointed out that sharing of ex-
perience between such different countries, including by producing a
radio series about the culture, customs and sights of Bulgaria and
Vietnam, could expand the knowledge and experience of journalists."

<https://bnr.bg/en/post/101878330/bnr-and-the-voice-of-vietnam-agree-to-
cooperate-through-modern-radio-
formats#:~:text=
The%20Bulgarian%20National%20Radio%20and,a%20Vietnamese%
20delegation%20to%20Sofia>
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, wor Sept 16)

COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA   Fwd: Venezuela or Colombia, Estacion 4940 kHz,
identification and email { ... }

Bill, you have perfectly summarized the state of our knowledge about the
activity on 4940kHz, at least as it existed up until this week. But every-
thing may have just changed.

Imagine how surprising it was to see in CADENA DX the report of a formal
eQSL received by Santiago San Gil from La Montana for 4940 kHz !

I am still trying to process this quite unexpected turn of events.
It seems there are only two possibilities. Either the 4940 kHz religious
broadcaster IS the reported "La Montana", as the QSL seems to assert, or
this is a very nicely executed hoax.

<https://www.facebook.com/groups/531629043622500/posts/6529749340477077/>

(Ralph Perry via brdxc-news U.K. groups.io Sept 14)

Re: Venezuela or Colombia, Estacion 4940 kHz, identification and email

From S_W_B on Sept 18, 2022:

"La Montana Colombia" was the name used to refer to an unidentified reli-
gious pirate operating on 4940 kHz AM. In September 2022 another TDoA was
run using a better selection of receivers and the station was found to be
in Venezuela (not Maico, Colombia). It is not known who operates the sta-
tion or where its exact location is. The name "La Montana Colombia" ori-
ginated when the station advertised a Colombian religious movie called "La
Montana" and this was mistaken as the identification. The station operates
24/7 h/d. It seems that it uses relatively high power and or an unusually
efficient antenna because it can be heard with a good signal nightly dur-
ing winter in North America.

Frequency is very stable and is close to 4940.00 kHz. It normally relays
the programs of Fuerza de Paz and has also been mistakenly identified as
such.

One listener contacted the QSL manager of Fuerza de Paz about the station
and received a reply stating that Fuerza de Paz does not operate the sta-
tion or know its identity and the programs are taken from a website. Music
played on the station is a mix of Colombian and Venezuelan origin. The
station appears to be operating from an area very close to the border bet-
ween those two countries. It has been heard giving the Venezuelan time,
originally causing people to think that it is located in that country.

No station identifications are ever given. Some have speculated that its
reason for not providing an identification or contact method is to prevent
DXers from bothering it with reception reports.
(via billmcdavitt, BrDXC-UK iogr Sept 13)

CUBA   11435 kHz  Unidentified Numbers Station at 1600 UT, with a new
twist. A typical "HM-01" numbers station, mixing data text transfer with
coded voice numbers in 5 digit blocks. But, at 1610 UT, heard what at
first seemed to be CCI from an OTHR radar system, but stayed on the
channel way too long. Seemed more likely to be coming from the numbers
tx itself. We tried checking 11530 kHz next hour and 11635 kHz after 1800
UT, but couldn't tell due to weak signal. Fair on Sept 7.
(Rick Barton-Sun City-AZ-USA, wor Sept 11)

CUBA   11530 kHz  Unidentified numbers station at 1700 UT.
{of Bejucal Cuba site ? wb.}  Usual mix of digital data text transfers
alternating with Spanish woman and 5 figure number groups, but it was all
RF and no AF. Normal HM-01 tx, no strange noises or tones. Was preceded by
the 1600 UT txion on 11435 kHz, and followed by the usual tx on 11635 kHz
(also poor signal and audio). Signal likely low due to poor condx across
the HF spectrum at the time. Poor Sept 10.
(Rick Barton-Sun City-AZ-USA, wor Sept 11)

CUBA   11635 kHz Unidentified numbers station {of Bejucal Cuba site ? wb.}
at 2110 UT (in progress at tune-in). Normal modulation and strong signal
with usual mix of digital data text transfers alternating with Spanish
woman and 5 figure number blox. Also: we noted none of the really far out
oddities reported by me recently on some other skeds. Very Good Sept 10.
(Rick Barton-Sun City-AZ-USA, wor Sept 11)

CUBA   11462 kHz  Unidentified numbers station at 0530 UT (in progress at
tune-in), typical HM-01 ##s station {of Bejucal Cuba site ? wb.}, mixing
digital mode and vox (5 digit numbers by woman in Spanish). Outstanding
signal, unlike earlier broadcasts at local morning with anemic audio and
signal level. Well over S9, strong modulation, first heard on random dial-
scan on Ross RE-1942 battery portable and whip. On-the-hour, the tx handed
off to 14375 kHz channel, where it was "Fair", and mixing with an RTTY
station. Excellent on Sept. 16.
(Rick Barton, Sun City-AZ-USA, wor Sept 16)

DENMARK   WMR on 25800 kHz. - WMR, Marslet being heard this afternoon in
upstate NY at 1853 UT w/rock mx. Deep fades but sig rises regularly to
a fair level. SINPO - 35423.
(John Figliozzi, Halfmoon-NY-USA, odxa & wor Sept 15)

E.U.   Russians were banned from entering the EU with personal smartphones
and cars.

The European Commission confirmed the ban on Russian citizens entering EU
countries with personal smartphones, cars and cosmetics. RBC writes about
this

<https://www.rbc.ru/economics/10/09/2023/64fc726c9a79471818cd2333>

citing clarifications from the European Commission. It is noted that the
ban includes cars and other vehicles designed to transport less than ten
people. It does not matter whether they are used for private or commer-
cial transport. Trailers and semi-trailers are also banned.

In addition, Russians are prohibited from carrying personal items, such as
a laptop, smartphone, jewelry and even shampoo. Importing these items may
be considered prohibited imports.

<https://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/2023/09/10/21255374.shtml?utm_
source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop>

(via Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia; via
RUSdx #1255 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17)

FRANCE   Re:  TDF in DMR Mode. Test outlet for coming B-23 season ?

{Probably has something to do with present "Mini Transat 'La Boulangere',
sailing race from France to Caribean target. see next item below, wb}

Here in New Brunswick, noted TDF with a DRM transmission in French today
(20 September) on 7415 kHz tuning in at 01:35 UT. Wasn't getting much
audio initially but improved continuously to almost constant audio before
the transmitter left the air abruptly at 01:57 UT.

Didn't hear an ID so not sure of source of audio. There was also a line of
text transmitted: "Diffusion DRM assuree par l'operateur TDF". Also sub-
sequently found them in DRM with French on 6015 kHz at 02:20 UT but with
little audio decoding and transmitter off shortly before 02:30 UT. What I
heard sort of sounded like a domestic program rather than RFI but couldn't
be sure. Same text line decoded.

Is there any regular schedule of these TDF transmissions ?
(Richard Langley-NB-CAn, wor Sept 21)

Yes, TDF Issoudun is currently broadcasting on 7415 kHz at 0130-0200 UT
and on 6015 kHz at 0200-0230 UT the RFI program. They carry out towards
different zones, here St Pierre and Miquelon {NoEaCanada} (TDF)
(Jean-Michel Aubier-F, wor Sept 21)

Hi Richard
As far as I can find there is no published schedule of these transmissions

Some have been registered in HFCC in the past, but not this lot. If anyone
has a reliable source of information on these I'd like to know so I can
keep the schedule used by KiwiSDRs updated. At the moment I'm just going
on what people are logging at random, and deleting the entries when no-one
has reported it for a while.

I really think this should be something the DRM Consortium could be doing
rather than publishing the largely fictional schedule on their website.
Cheers, Chris
(Chris Mackerell-Marahau-NZL, wor Sept 21)

FRANCE   Mini Transat 'La Boulangere', sailing race from
France to Caribean target.

The Mini Transat "la Boulangere" will leave Les Sables d'Olonne on
Sunday September 24, heading to Guadeloupe, Caribbean basin.

Like every year, there will be shortwave communications from TDF
Issoudun bcast center. Time: 1500-1600 UT, frequencies to monitor:
5975, 6100, 13735, and 15300 kHz.
(Christian Ghibaudo-F, BrDXC-UK iogr Sept 12)

Wie jedes Jahr findet ab 24. Sept. das Mini Transat "La Boulangere" Segel-
rennen statt und wie jedes Jahr wird TDF Sonderprogramme aus Issoudun aus-
strahlen. Der genaue Sendeplan ist noch nicht bekannt, ausser der Uhrzeit:
1500-1600 UT.

Folgende Frequenzen sind zu beobachten: 5975, 6100, 13735, und 15300 kHz.

Wahrscheinlich werden wie jedes Jahr die Frequenzen im 49 meterband in
den ersten Wochen des Rennens eingesetzt werden, und die beiden anderen
in der zweiten Phase.
(Jacques Tavernier-F, via  <aem -at- groups.io> Remy Friess-F, Sept 12)

GERMANY    MDR/SR info

<https://www.mdr.de/tv/programm/sendung-883398.html>
Sept 14, ab 22.10 Uhr MDR tv artour, ua.

90 Jahre "Volksempfaenger" - Das Radio als Kriegswaffe.

Vor 90 Jahren - im Spaetsommer 1933 - praesentierte der damalige
"Reichsminister fuer Volksaufklaerung und Propaganda"
auf der IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) in Berlin den so genannten
Volksempfaenger, das erste bezahlbare Radiogeraet aus Massenproduktion.
[...]  Waehrend bis 1939 eher seichte Unterhaltung im Programm ueberwog,
nutzten die Nazis das Geraet waehrend des Krieges als Hauptinstrument
ihrer Propaganda. Ein Radio als Kriegswaffe.
Autor: Lutz Pehnert

Auch MDR: Am 29. Oktober 1923 wurde von Berlin aus die erste Hoerfunk-
sendung in Deutschland ausgestrahlt. Es folgte eine seit 100 Jahren an-
dauernde Erfolgsgeschichte. Das Team von MDR SACHSEN moechte dieses
Jubilaeum gemeinsam mit seinem Publikum feiern und laedt am Sonnabend,
16. September 2023, zum Funkhausfest ins MDR Landesfunkhaus Sachsen nach
Dresden ein.
Alle Fragen rund um den Tag der offenen Tuer beantworten wir hier.

<https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/dresden/dresden-radebeul/faq-
funkhausfest-tag-der-offenen-tuer-102.html>

und noch ein Tag der offenen Funkhaustuer und zwar am kommenden Sonntag
auf dem Halberg,in Saarbruecken.

<https://www.sr.de/sr/home/der_sr/so_kommunizieren_wir/tdot_beim_
sr_2023_download_flyer_100.pdf>

INDIA   Daily Program Schedule of Akashvani stations.
The daily Minute to Minute Program schedule of Akashvani Stations (known
officially as Cue Sheet) and many other details is now available in the
official website of Prasar Bharati
<https://cuesheets.prasarbharati.org/su_viewCuesheets>

Please login as guest

Please note:
Timing given is in Indian Standard Time !
The schedule of Akashvani relay stations are not listed in it.

Yours sincerely,
Jose Jacob, VU2JOS (DXindia via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 15)

IRAN   13780.013  IRIB Sirjan outlet in Dari language towards AQFG/PAK
target at 09.40 UT, S=9+30dB powerful signal, noted in Qatar SDR unit,
scheduled 09.30-11.30 UT.

13590.005  IRIB Sirjan outlet at 09.46 UT in Arabic language to Saudi pe-
ninsula southwards, S=9+30dB powerful signal noted in Qatar SDR unit,
scheduled 08.30-10.30 UT.

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

JAPAN   New schedule for Shiokaze broadcasts.

For anyone who follows the broadcasts from Shiokaze, Hiroshi's blog at
<http://hiroshi.mediacat-blog.jp/>
mentions a new schedule effective 14 September 2023:

1300-1400 on 5965 and 6040 kHz
1405-1435 on 5935 and 7295 kHz
1600-1700 on 5920 and 6070 kHz
1705-1805 on 6090 and 7320 kHz

Shiokaze (Sea Breeze) broadcasts to North D.P.R. Korea and is operated by
the independent investigating organisation "Investigation Commission on
Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea", regarding persons be-
lieved to have been abducted by North Korea prior to 1983. All broadcasts
are from Yamata KDDI Yamata Transmitter Site (Koga) Japan, Ibaraki, Sanwa,
Koga antenna, radio broadcasting station in Japan (300 kW).

As listed in "Broadcasts in English"they usually have an English programme
at 1300-1400 and 1600-1700 UT on Wednesdays (otherwise they are in Korean
and Japanese).
(Tony Rogers-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr Sept 16)

JAPAN   13650 kHz  NHK World Radio Japan 2330. In progress at tune-in,
Vietnamese service to repetitions of the NHK interval signal, all under
what sounded like an open carrier. Evidently, the Cuban Quivican San
Felipe TITAN 250 kW transmitter to relay CRI (in Portuguese) was on, but,
surprise-!- no audio. Japan went off at 2350 UT Fair under CCI Sept 11.
(Rick Barton-Sun City-AZ-USA, wor Sept 11)

LATVIAN SSR  -  during USSR occupation time.

Since 1950, the network tube radio receiver "Baltika" has been produced by
the Riga radio plant VEF and the Gorky plant ZIL. named after Lenin and
Kharkov plant named after. Shevchenko (ZIS).

Main technical characteristics of the receiver:

LW (2000...732 mb), MW (577...187 mb), SW1 (76...32.3 mb),
SW2 (33.2...24.8 mb).

Sensitivity - on the LW, MV ranges 200 µV, on the HF range 300 µV, from
the pickup sockets 0.25 V. Adjacent channel selectivity 26 dB.
Rated output power 2 W.
The range of sound frequencies of the own speakers is 100...4000 Hz.
Overall dimensions 560 x 360 x 280 mm. Receiver weight 15 kg.

From the home archive - cover and title page from the instructions for the
Baltika radio receiver -

<https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2023/09/blog-post_80.html>
(Ruslan Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia;
via RUSdx #1255 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17)

LITHUANIA/UKRAINE   On Sept 12 at 2300 UT on MW 1557 kHz from LTU nx in
Russian & ID "Radio Pravda", on MW 1386 kHz from LTU nx in German from
Ukrainian Radio and on MW 1278 kHz from UKR nx in Ukrainian.
Before 2300 UT and after 2309 UT, the prgr on *1278 kHz was // 1386 kHz.
Heavy jamming from Greek pirate music station on odd frequency 1386 kHz
was.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14)

* Kurisovo [Petrivka] site, I assume the ARRT antenna is being used:

46.99341518966428 N  30.896262571618276 E
<https://yandex.com/maps/-/CDQpR8y4>

46 59 36.61 N  30 53 47.43 E

history UKR Odessa Petrivka 1242 {1278} kHz 30day 20night kW
150m mast,
R Maiak 765 kHz 100 kW 2 masts (USSR veiled Starobelsk location name)
(Alexander Miatlikov, Dnipro-UKR)

MADAGASCAR   Re:  BBC Transmitter troubles from Talata Volonondry relay.

12095 kHz via MGLOB Talata Volonondry Madagascar relay facility at 0400 UT
is currently the strongest BBCWS SW transmission heard here in Texas-USA in
North America. Haven't noticed any transmitter trouble the past few weeks,
though I wasn't monitoring on the 14th. Audio levels and overall quality
have been quite good from this facility recently.
(Stephen Luce, Houston-TX-USA NoAM, wor Sept 14)

MADAGASCAR  [SAO TOME/VATICAN STATE/ASCENSION ISL]
re:  BBC Transmitter troubles from Talata Volonondry MDG.

according USAGM remote monitoring, wb.:
12095 0400-0500       G BBC  En  WAf /MDG - MDC Talata Volonondry
12095 0500-0600       G BBC  En  WAf /CVA - Santa Maria di Galeria
12095 0600-0630       G BBC  En  WAf /SAO - STP USAGM Pinheira
12095 0630-0700       G BBC  En  WAf /ASC - ENC Ascensnion Isl

12095 2000-2100       G BBC  En  WAf /ASC
12095 2100-2200 Mo-Fr G BBC  En  WAf /ASC

12095 kHz  0400 UT on 14 Sept - BBC (London-UK). SINPO 35222. English,
Transmitter cutting on and off -at-0400z then silent until 0401z, then
off again. Again on/off three times -at-0402z. on/off twice -at-0403z.
-at-0404z on for several seconds then off, then on again with weaker
carrier. no modulation the entire time. -at-0405z modulation distorted
at first, finally arrives, just at the end of World News read by Danielle
Jalowiecka. Newsday begins -at-0406z, then the carrier drops again.
-at-0407z a much weaker signal arrives with clear modulation.

Then off again -at-0408z;
a stronger dead carrier arrives -at-0410z, then drops again -at-0411z,
returning 20 seconds later, still no modulation. Drops again -at-0412z.
Dead carrier returns much stronger -at-0413 for only a few seconds before
dropping again. Returns weaker, and still no modulation -at-0414z. Drops
again -at-0417z. On again for three short periods -at-0427z, still no
modulation, but carrier much stronger. -at-0429 on again, much weaker,
modulation fades in -at-0430z but never full volume.

Danielle Jalowiecka reading headlines but not strong enough to copy.
-at-0432z stronger modulation. I hear the tail end of a story about loot-
ing spree in Khartoum, Sudan. Australian National University researchers
find a rare palm cockatoo that crafts elaborately decorated drumsticks and
uses them musically. -at-0433z Newsday program continues but modulation
becomes weaker again. -at-0435z modulation improves carrier still weak.
250 kW, beam Az 315 degr, bearing 63 degr.

Received at Plymouth, United States, 15359 kms from transmitter at
Talata Volonondry-MDG. Local time: 2300 hrs.
(Rodney Johnson-MA-USA, wor Sept 14)

NEPAL   New TWR SDR net units in Nepal introduced.

Ahora que TWR ha puesto en servicio un nuevo Kiwi-SDR en Kathmandu URL

<http://ktm.twrmon.net:8073/>

es posible escuchar remotamente las emisiones en OM de este remoto reino
montanoso. Demos un repaso a los transmisores locales que llevan la pro-
gramacion de Radio Nepal:

100 kW: Kathmandu 792; Surkhet 576; Dhankuta 648, y Pokhara 684 kHz.
 10 kW: Dipayal 810 y Bardibas 1143 kHz.
Redactor. Date: Mon, 11 Sep AER, EA2-0800
(El Dial E, Spain, via wor Sept 12)

ROMANIA   RRI - Degraded Propagation and Transmitter Problem ?

Radio Romania International today (19 September) on 11975 kHz at 20:30 UT
in English in DRM mode received here in New Brunswick-CAN wasn't suffi-
ciently strong for KiwiSDR receiver to decode audio. And the signal on
13650 kHz was completely missing for Spanish in DRM mode when checked at
21:45 UT. Transmitter problem?
(Richard Langley-NB-CAN wor Sept 20)

Re:  RRI - Degraded Propagation and Transmitter Problem ?
Conditions were bad last night and some paths were very poor. I could
barely hear RRI Tiganesti outlet 11620 kHz last night. They should move
the 0000 UT to their lower inactive parallel: 9550 kHz.
(Andy Reid, hcdx Sept 20)

ROMANIA     Degraded Propagation ??  - but not at 16.30 UT on Wed Sept 20,
in the closer target like Switzerland, southern Germany, BeNeLux, heard
remotedly strong signals as usual:

 5910 kHz S=9+30dB  100 kW  Italian from Saftica site.
11620 kHz S=9+30dB  300 kW  Romanian from Tiganesti site.
11975 kHz S=9+40dB powerhouse signal 300 kW, French west European sce,
      Galbeni origin.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 20)

RUSSIA  {Kaliningradskaya oblast. German: Ostpreussen}.

On September 13, there was a test broadcast of the medium-wave transmitter
of Radio Center #5 (Bolshakovo site) at a frequency of *549 kHz (600 kW).
Reliable reception area: Europe, Baltic states, Belarus, European part of
Russia. The daily test will come later. { * Ukrainian ITU requested ? wb}
<https://vk.com/public158109176>

Results of the test broadcast of the Radio Russii radio channel on Sept 13
in Russian.

<https://vk.com/public158109176?z=photo-158109176_457240278%2Fwall-
158109176_3390>

<https://vk.com/public158109176>
(Anatoly Klepov, Moscow-RUS; RUSdx #1255 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17)

RUSSIA   Samara / Popova / Novosemeikino radio history.

53.39014398599879 N  50.33154737015589 E

53 23 24.5 N  50 19 53.6 E

<https://maps.app.goo.gl/WkiLLBJhiiQJfLnx9>

That historic location had 2 antennas, each one contained 4 freestanding
towers with a cage antenna at the top (maybe topload?).

Demolished in 2010, completely switched off in 2005. The fundaments and
transitter building were still there. Now the fundaments of the upper
antenna got removed last year. not houses are being built.

In May 2023, work is done at the bottom antenna:

See the rays from the fundaments.

Are they maybe removing the grounding network ?
53.38359718333545 N  50.33686682667781 E

Some buildings were also removed. Some pictures and history, also from
the inside:

<https://kryaradm.ru/dostoprimechatelnosti/radiotsentr-im-a-s-popova>

<https://swalker.org/podzemnie/4072-obekt-15-kuybyshevskiy-
radiocentr-1-im-aspopova.html>

<https://www.samara.kp.ru/daily/27127/4212429/>

<https://gon1969.livejournal.com/815058.html>

<https://urban3p.ru/object1343>

<https://www.bagira.guru/ussr/radiostantsiya-kujbysheva-tajna-ob-
ekta-15-radiotsentr-1.html>

Marco (2023-Sept-12)
<https://mediumwave.info/2023/09/>
(via Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia; via
RUSdx #1255 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17)

SWITZERLAND   "Across the Pond" article in Communication; Switzerland

Concerning Switzerland future FM sce, there seems to be a new development:

"Bakom is currently examining an extension of the VHF radio licences until
2026 and will prepare an amendment to the corresponding ordinance for this
purpose," Bakom spokesman Francis Meier told Keystone-SDA. The Federal
Council will probably decide by the end of 2023 whether to approve the
extension.

<https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/rundfunk-bundesrat-roesti-will-ukw-
verlaengerung-beantragen>

Switzerland is due to switch off all FM services on 31st December 2024.
Coverage is 99.5% of the population.

<https://www.worlddab.org/countries/switzerland>

An advantage of DAB in hilly / mountainous areas, as there are in those
two countries, is that it doesn't suffer from multipath, something I no-
ticed when living 3 miles from Whitby in the Esk Valley halfway up a steep
hill with another higher one on the opposite side of the valley in the 60s
and early 70's. FM services in the UK are guaranteed until at least 2030.
(Mike / and Harald Kuhl-D  DL1AX  exDL1ABJ, BrDXC-UK groups.io Sept 14)

TURKEY   It seems the Turkish broadcasts on MW are not on the air starting
at 0300 hrs usually, on MW 630 // 891, 927, 954 & 1062 kHz.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14)

U.K.   Droitwich: The Death Of The 1/2 Million Watt Transmitter.

There is another Video/Youtube (12:45 m/s) about the UK-Transmitterstation
Droitwich, but it is in English. Nice pictures for the MW and LW trans-
mitter.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYjmuwR1cPc>
(Harald Suess, Austria; via Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia; via
RUSdx #1255 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17)

U.K.    End of BBC R4 LongWave  -  unforeseen consequence (?)
From: Paul Crankshaw-UK
Date: Tue, 12 Sept 2023

BBC Radio 4 LW on 198 kHz currently supports the Radio Teleswitching
Service (RTS) which enables electricity suppliers to switch meters between
different energy tariffs such as Economy 7 or Economy 10 and helps deliver
specific savings for customers who use electricity for their heating and 
hot-water provision. It is used when customers don't have a smart meter.

The original plan was to fit a smart meter in every home in the UK by 2020
but this  was scrapped in 2019 when the UK Government realised there was
no chance of it being met. The new target date is 2025 but that won't
be met either.  BBC R4 LW is due to go off in 2024.

This article, written from a Scottish perspective, points out that in
Shetland, for example, only 7% of households have smart meters and only
4 of Scotland's 32 local authorities have 50%+uptake of smart meters.

<https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23782662.bbc-radio-switch-off-mean-
higher-energy-bills-
scots/?ref=ebbn&nid=1388&u=9b737dea84a9994064a02afdd74a8f6f&date=120923>

Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland, U.K.
Perseus SDR, EWE Antenna, Wellbrook FLG100LN amplifier.

From: Steve Whitt - Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:40:34 UTC

Hi Paul
The precedent was set in France for similar reasons, which is why 
LW 162 kHz is still on air, just with tele-data transmission.
Rgds - Steve (MWC iog)
(via Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor Sept 13)

U.K.   Langwelle weiterhin auf dem Rueckzug.

Unter dem Titel "LangwellenradioFans beklagen schwindende Frequenzen" ver-
oeffentlichte die britische BBC am 5. September einen laengeren Beitrag
auf ihrer Internetseite. Dem Bericht zufolge sendet die BBC weiterhin
Radio 4 auf Langwelle sowie ueber Digitalradio, UKW und online. Die ge-
trennte Ausstrahlung von BBC-Radioprogrammen auf Langwelle wird jedoch im
Maerz naechsten Jahres eingestellt. Die langfristige Zukunft der BBC-
Langwellenprogramme ist alles andere als sicher, so der Bericht.

Noch in den spaeten 70ern gab es Dutzende Langwellensender, die auf
Sendung waren - heute ist lediglich eine Handvoll geblieben. Der BBC-
ericht verweist auf verbliebene Sender in Rumaenien, Polen, Algerien,
Marokko und der Mongolei. Die BBC habe bisweilen noch nicht bestaetigt,
wann genau sie die Langwellenuebertragungen einstellen wird.

Das Privatunternehmen Arqiva sei Eigentuemer und Betreiber des Senders
Droitwich in Worcestershire sowie zweier weiterer Sender in Schottland.
Alle drei senden Radio 4 auf der Langwellenfrequenz von 198 kHz.

In einer Erklaerung von Arqiva heisst es: "Die derzeitigen Langwellennetze
sind seit 36 Jahren in Betrieb und sind sehr energieintensiv."

Zudem verweist man auf erhebliche Investitionen, die fuer einen weiteren
Betrieb noetig seien. Einigen Berichten zufolge sei der Unterhalt des
Langwellendienstes zu teuer geworden, vor allem angesichts der hohen
Energiepreise, so der BBC-Bericht.

<https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66644709>
(DARC e.V., Deutschland-Rundspruch 37/2023; Sept 14)

U.K .  Claudius Obrecht Switzerland DRM broadcast on 29 September via
ENC Woofferton United Kingdom bcast center.

Via X formerly Twitter, Claudius Obrecht has advised that his next broad-
cast (of presumably electronic music) will be on 29 Sept at 1600 UT on
15425 kHz DRM, directed to South Asia - India, but covering also "parts
of Europe (Finland too), Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Thailand &
Vietnam South East Asia". The broadcast is via ENC Woofferton at 85 degr,
"+/- 100 kW".
(Alan Roe, Teddington-UK, BrDXC-UKiogr Sept 22)

USA   9264.99 kHz WINB PA Red Lion w/SW Radiogram #322 w/the usual digital
text and photos. Today's stories were about the 'boatlift' on Sept 11,
2001 year in New York:and the small town 'news deserts' as newspapers (and
local radio stations!) fail and find themselves often under attack with
the Marion County Record search by police among other aspects of this
situation. Today's photos made it in OK:

At ToH into Chuck Crismier today ranting about the Constitution, and how
God was instrumental in writing it and how we therefore shouldn't change
it. He didn't explain why the document itself talks about how it should be
amended and set forth the process! Oh, and how Obama 'despised' the Con-
stitution because he was deeply enmeshed in Communist ways of thinking.

Quick quiz: Which USPresident suggested that if he had to suspend the Con-
stitution to stay in office that would be OK? Yeah, right, as they say, if
you want to know what a scoundrel is doing, look at what they accuse
others of! Audio still sounded muffled, although the SW Radiogram sounded
just fine. 454+44 2330-0015 UT on Sept 14-15.
(Ken Zichi-Wiliamston-MI-USA, MARE Tipsheet Sept 14 / 22 via wor)

USA    WWV  25000 kHz standard and time signal outlet.

25000 kHz  UNITED STATES  WWV Boulder CO at 1436 UT usual time ticks and
man announcer with "14 hours 36 minutes Coordinated Universal Time".
20000 kHz also strong. Both Very Good signals on Sept 22.
(David Ross, Hamilton, ON-CAN, CIDX / wor Sept 22)

USA   RFA 27th anniversary QSL.

Anbei die Information zur RFA QSL anlaesslich des 27. Stationsjubilaeums.
Mir gefaellt die QSL sehr, nur das RFA Logo ist etwas zu dunkel geraten.
RFA bestaetigt alle RR von September bis Dezember 2023 mit dieser
schoenen QSL-Karte. Nach wie vor gilt:
Die RFA Sendungen in Koreanisch sind am Besten zu empfangen.

Neuester RFA Sendeplan auf  <www.rfa.org>
<https://www.rfa.org/english>

RADIO FREE ASIA announces 27th anniversary QSL.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its latest QSL card commemorating 27 years
of bringing the news to a weekly audience of nearly 60 million people in
Asia living under oppressive regimes or in media environments vulnerable
to authoritarian propaganda. Through journalism grounded in accuracy,
accountability and trust, RFA brings to light consequential developments
in China, North Korea, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, as well as
the Pacific Island region and Oceania. This is RFA QSL card number 83 and
will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from September to
December 2023.

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, Radio Free Asia
(RFA) broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Cambodian, Korean to North Korea,
Lao, Mandarin (including the Wu dialect), Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo,
and Kham) and Uyghur.

RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editori-al content.
As a 'surrogate' broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to
each of its tar-get countries, acting as the free press these countries
lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its
broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information
about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule,
is available at
<www.rfa.org>

RFA en-courages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports
are valuable to RFA as they help to evaluate the signal strength and
quality of the transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports
by mailing a detailed QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception
report submissions at

<http://techweb.rfa.org>
(follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX'ers, but also from its ge-
neral listening audience. Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the
current broadcast schedule and a station sticker. Reception reports are
also accepted by email to

<qsl -at- rfa.org>

and by mail to - Reception Reports via

Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington D. C. 20036
United States of America
North America
(RFA via Siegbert Gerhard-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 13)

USA   15770 kHz  Wed Sept 20 at 1930 UT, WRMI relaying VOA News, and 1935
UT 'Flashpoint Ukraine'; final item is interview with CEO of DragonFly
about how drones in private hands will soon be as fun and ubiquitous as
the internet. 1959 UT VOA ID sung by sounds like Louis Armstrong, neat
but NO WRMI ID and 2000 UT immediately into gospel huxter. The casual un-
informed listener would conclude that VOA is now a religious outlet, vio-
lating Separation Of Church And State.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Sept 20)

USA   Re:  The Mighty KBC - new (additional) times.

A quick update on my previous message, MightyKBC advise that the 2100-2300
UT Sunday slot on 5950 kHz will be cancelled in favour of the new 0000-
0200 UT Sunday slot (on 5950 kHz).

{ NETHERLANDS non}  The Mighty KBC posted the following message on their
Facebook page today:

"Starting this Sunday !!

We're moving!! And a new frequency for Europe in use.

Sunday 5950 kHz
00.00-01.00 - It's radio but not as we know it-Dave Mason
01.00-02.00 - The Giant Jukebox-Eric van Willegen
And a new time on Sunday for Europe on 15770 kHz.
12.00-13.00 - The Giant Jukebox-Eric van Willegen

All times in UTC. Broadcasting from Okeechobee Florida-USA NoAM."

These are the time that have (unfortunately) been recently vacated by
Texas Radio Shortwave. I assume that the above times are actually in
addition to their existing broadcasts via WRMI, Okeechobee, ie:

0000-0200 sun  9455
0200-0300 sun  5850
0200-0300 sat  5850
0800-0900 sat  7780
1100-1200 fri 15770
1600-1700 wed 15770
2100-2300 sun  5950
(Alan Roe, Teddington-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr, Sept 13)

UZBEKISTAN/AUSTRALIA   11620.412 kHz 
{typical Tashkent-UZB fq oddity rough accuracy deviation, wb.}

on Sept 14 at 1523 UT, 'VOMK Maldives' service is way off-frequency,
first time ever noted such, as measured direct; after the Missouri SDR
also displayed it at 11620.408 kHz, and accurately calibrated compared to
WWV 10000.000 even; 1459 UT open carrier, 1500 UT s/on in English, 1501 UT
English preaching.

All the evidence points to RBA Kununurra Australia being the true site for
this. Reception inferior today into NothAmerica with geomag disturbance,
only S8/S9 but still no signs of transpolarity. Also, on HCDX, Craig Tyson
in Perth-AUS says, "Heard at very good strength signing on at 1500 UT on
11620 kHz in English on the Sep 12 here in Perth. Very likely this is from
KNX as the signal strength and fading patterns were very similar to 11825
kHz Burmese which is definitely from KNX.

Local quality at times from 1500-1530 UT. Craig-Perth-AUS".
Aoki still shows Uzbekistan as if there were no doubt,but EiBi shows [XUU]
site unknown and calls it "clandestine". USAGM RMS monitoring files still
hide the site as [XXX].
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor Sept 15)

{MALDIVES target radio} 11620.00 kHz Sep 15 at *1459.7 UT carrier on, 1500
UT s/on of VOMK Maldives service; seems English but very undermodulated
S=9/+10dB vs HLNL here. Back on-frequency after yesterday on 11620.41 kHz.

As soon as we are more or less convinced it's the RBAustralia Kununurra
site, this comes in from Mauno Ritola-FIN:

"re 11620 kHz  1500-1530 UT site - Sorry, wrong info, Reach Beyond Austra-
lia confirmed now, that it is  n o t  (any more?) via them. So maybe
TWN or TAC. Best regards, Mauno". I still say it's not Tashkent-UZB.
I also compare it to 11825 kHz, RBA in Burmese: weaker S9 HLNL, and slight
wobble of carrier, similar to 11620 kHz.

At 1527 UT I try one of the five KiwiSDRs on Taiwan, BM2KVV #1: 11620 kHz
is JBA and on-frequency. Of course that is inconclusive, as could be too
far for groundwave and too close for skywave. I wonder which of the five
may be real close to any of the three major SWBC sites on island ?
Off shortly after 1530* UT

From my angle it's not Tashkent. But Wolfgang Bueschel says 11620 kHz
signal characteristix today for AWR Burmese on 11850 kHz before 1500 UT
via Tashkent Uzbekistan were identical to 11620 kHz afterwards.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Sept 15)

re: 11620 kHz VOMK Maldives target radio program.

Checked today Friday Sept 15 various signals of there fading, signal
strength and characteristics compared at various Perseus net location
units at Hiroshima Akitakata Japan Far East, New Delhi India South Asia,
and Doha Qatar Middle East.

Undoubtedly compared
11850 kHz  AWR   TAC UZB,
11620 kHz  VOMK  Maldives TAC UZB,
11825v     AUS   KNX  Burmese.

11620 kHz {target radio service to Maldives South Asia target 
'Voice of Martyrs' from Korea, Sept 9 at 1500 UT, 'V of Martyrs' Korea
s/on in English, refers to "tiny Maldives", and continues preaching in
English rather than Dhivehi sometimes.

In this case I'll not trap them since per Almanaque Mundial, total land
area of 1200 islands is only 298 sq km. And anything next to India seems
tiny by comparison. S9/+20dB as usual here on the opposite worldside,
making the "Uzbekistan" nominal site unbelievable; more likely Taiwan or
Kununurra, Australia.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, NASWA Flashsheet items Sept 10; hcdx Sept 9)

UZBEKISTAN   11850even frequency  AWR Asia Burmese service 14.30-15.00 UT
via FMO  RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast
center; at 14.50 UT S=8 signal in Japan, similar fading and flutter in
Delhi and Qatar - opposite worldside compared to OK-USA far away.

At exact 14.59:45 UT  11620even exact fq also undoubtedly via Tashkent UZB
facility, totally same characteristics like
11850 kHz bcast outlet of AWR Burmese an half our before from Tashkent UZB.

UZBEKISTAN  Tashkent site Sept 13 from 12.50 UT onwards
 7599.890  Afghanistan International 01.00-14.30 UT in Pashto, 13.08 UT.
           7600even 14.30-01.00 UT via Yerevan Gavar Armenia site.
15529.872  AWR in Korean 12.51
15600even  AWR in Cantonese 12.53 UT
15629.838  IRN  International TV program in Persian 12.55 UT
11529.828  ??? at 13.11 UT
11589.887  BVB in English 13.13 UT
15474.911  Nippon nu Kaze in Korean 13.17 UT.

{  AUSTRALIA  }  11824.991 kHz Much deep fading different signal characte-
ristic of Burmese sce from private religious company JBA in Kununurra
northern Australia.

RBA Kununurra on Wed 13 Sept
12.20UT 11874.990 RBA  Myanmar S=8 in Hiroshima Akitakata Japan Perseus unit
12.26UT 11899.961 RBA  in Hindi sce, S=7 in JAP
12.29UT 15459.992 RBA  in Hindi sce, S=7 in JAP

USAGM RMS monitoring:
2023-09-15 15:04:05 capture: AM 11620 (XXX) RTC VARI
2023-09-15 15:04:26 upload:  2309151504 -at- MUMB11620RTCVARI.mp4

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

UZBEKISTAN/TURKEY   Denge Gel on 11510 kHz frequency.

Denge Gel (Voice of the People) has a new schedule according to their web-
site. The station was previously called Denge Welat.

Translated from denge-gel.org "Our radio, the Voice of the People, goes to
the winter frequency. From September 15 onwards, our radio will broadcast
on 2 frequencies. According to this, the new frequencies are as follows.

Diyarbakir time from 06.30 to 19.00 LT on frequency 11540 kHz. It is on
the frequency of 7460 kHz from 19.00 to 01.00 LT."

Converted to UTC this would be 0330-1600 UT on 11540 kHz and 1600-2200 UT
on 7460 kHz. Presumably this is via Tashkent-UZB.

However, I found them at 1115UT today (16 September) on 11510 kHz instead,
matching the live stream on their website.

They were previously on the 16 metre-band around 17450-17485 kHz, shadowed
by a Turkish music jammer (which is still on 17450 kHz today Sept 16)
(Tony Rogers-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr Sept 16)

17450.010 TUR  Turkish MIT secret sce jammer from Emirler against national
          Welat radio, S=9+25dB in Doha Qatar at 12.10 UT.
Nothing noted of Denge Welat now 'Denge Gel' Kurdish sce -
now called Denge Gel (Voice of the People)in 11510 to 11540 kHz fq range.

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

Denge Gel again heard on 11510 kHz (presumably via Tashkent bc site) on
17 Sept. Transmitter switched on at 0323 UT, then pause until the pro-
gramme cut in at 0329 UT. The live stream at denge-gel.org was already
active with the same programme in Kurdish, so presumably that is a 24 hour
service. Monitored using the TWR Cyprus KiwiSDR net unit.
(Tony Rogers-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr Sept 17)

On 17 Sept after 0830 UT: They are indeed on 11510 kHz, together with the
Emirler Turkey music jamming by president Erdogan MIT service. Nothing in
the 17450 ... 17485 kHz range anymore.

Consider this:
<https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_3361>
(Kai Ludwig-D, wor Sept 17)

UZBEKISTAN   11510.007 kHz  Denge Gel (Voice of the People) in Kurdish
language, towards Eastern Turkey, northern Syria, northern Iraq and nor-
thern Iran national soil of Kurdish people - Kurdistan.
S=9+10dB -65dBm in Doha Qatar. Nothing noted of Turkish MIT defence secu-
rity jamming station on 16 nor 25 meterband.

see als US AGM monitoring log of Sept 17th:
2023-09-17 10:03:02 capture: AM 17450 (XXX) NOR VARI
2023-09-17 10:03:24 capture: AM 17480 (XXX) RTC VARI
2023-09-17 10:03:46 capture: AM 17470 (XXX) RTC VARI
2023-09-17 10:04:08 capture: AM 17460 (XXX) RTC VARI
2023-09-17 10:04:30 capture: AM 11510 (XXX) RTC VARI

Now at 11.20 UT noted ALSO Turkish MIT defence security jamming station
music programm on 11510.009 kHz CO-CHANNEL.

S=9+20dB or -65dBm signal
noted on KIWI units at Kuwait amateur radio installations.

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

UZBEKISTAN/TURKEY   Re:  Denge Gel on 11510 kHz ?
Denge Gel has started using alternate frequencies to avoid the Turkish
jammer. Noted today at 06:40 UT on 11540 kHz, with Erdogan speech on 11520
kHz. When Pridnestrovye was used in the past, signal strength here in the
U.K. was much stronger. Probably still via Tashkent.
(Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K., wor Sept 20)

{ KURDISTAN [non] }  11540 kHz, on Sept 20 at 1500 UT, sounds like Turkish
music, i.e. jammer against and/or Denge Gel, which recently quit the
17 MHz band for 11510 kHz, but once jammer caught up, into the cat-and-
mouse jumparound. No other significant signals now below 11600 kHz such as
11510 kHz. Later 11540 kHz confirmed as I see this Sept 20 on the WOR iog.
(via Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Sept 20)

re  KURDISTAN  (target radio to Kurdish national people in Near East 
target) nothing heard around 09.30 UT on Thursday Sept 21 in 25 meterband
remotedly in southern Germany, nor Athens Greece, nor Doha Qatar Perseus
SDR installation units.

TURKEY  - re 11540 kHz ... 25 meterband ... on the other hand, the Turkish
radio signal Jammer of the Turkish MIT intelligence service, as an instru-
ment of oppression of the Osmanic state against Kurdish people, has been
observed on the channel
11520.012 kHz
at 09.32 UT, part of Turkish oppression since the peace treaty of Lausanne
Suisse some 100 years ago / on the necessary establishment of a state of
Kurdistan in future, since the decline of the Osmanic Empire in Constanti-
nople in 1922 year.

11520.012 kHz  heard Near East Turkish style singer and string instrument
music of S=9+20dB strength in southern Germany, Greece and Qatar units.

13635.010  TUR   Another TRT Emirler broadcast in Turkish,
scheduled 06.00-12.57 UT noted at S=9+5dB level in Doha Qatar, 09.45 UT.

17740.014  TUR  TRT Ankara via Emirler site, in French language 10-11 UT,
S=9+15dB signal in Doha Qatar at 10.04 UT.

{later}  Right now at 15.05 UT on Sept 21:
11520.011 kHz TURKEY  TRT Turkey jamming Middle East typical music jammer,
S=9+35dB in Doha Qatar remotedly.

But Kurdistan target SW radio Denge Gel at same 15.11 UT time slot 30 kHz
higher channel on
11550even likely via Tashkent bcast center – S=9+20dB signal strength in
Doha Qatar at 15.11 UT.

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

UZBEKISTAN  [non Australia origin towards MALDIVES target]
11620 kHz, Sept 20 cuts on late at *1500.5 UT, VOMK in unreadable English,
S6 / S=9+10dB signal; by 1503 UT changed to the YL in presumed Dhivehi.
Propagation degraded so not as strong as usual, but more than one could
expect from Uzbekistan site rather than Australia. Which is continuing to
be a matter of controversy; another possibility is that more than one site
may be in use on different days.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Sept 20) 
un-substantial discussion of the RTC labelled transmissions via Tashkent
broadcast center in Uzbekistan in central Asia. (wb)

VANUATU   Radio Vanuatu back to the air on 3945 kHz.
Vanuatu today Sept 14, 0633 UT on 5040 kHz, heard via SDR Kiwi remote re-
ceivers in New Zealand, no signal here in Reinante, NoWe of Spain.

At 0659 UT closed on 5040 kHz and open on 3945 kHz.
(Manuel Mendez, Lugo-ESP, wor Sept 14)

VANUATU   3945 kHz  Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila, 0649-0708 UT on Sept 13,
only very weak carrier detected here in Reinante, NoWe of Spain. Checked
via SDR Kiwi remote receivers in New Zealand, on air with its usual
program, Bislama, English, Island songs, interval signal and identifica-
tion. Fair to good signal. It is a shame for me that Vanuatu does not re-
turn to 7260 kHz, because 3945 kHz is inaudible here and 7260 kHz could be
heard at dawn. It could be heard here before in the 3945 kHz harmonic of
11835 kHz, but now there is no such harmonic.
(Manuel Mendez-ESP, wor Sept 13)

re 7260 - on weekend SPRING time will start on southern hemisphere, wb.

VANUATU   Re:  Radio Vanuatu back to the air on 3945 kHz.

Yeh, yeh, - thanks Manuel,

5039.998 kHz  - now I am sure - I heard Radio Vanuatu Emten Lagoon in
English this morning at 06.36 UT (I first assumed RHC English program
from Bauta ! ? instead ), I heard Vanuatu remotedly in Detroit MI,
Edmonton-Alb-CAN, and at Walt's Perseus installation unit in BC-CAN too.

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

VANUATU   Radio Vanuatu schedule. I did some checks on Radio Vanuatu
yesterday and today (17 & 18 September) using the Brisbane KiwiSDR in
Australia and the current schedule appears to be as follows:

1830v-1958v on 3945 kHz
1959v-0658v on 7260 kHz  {see log above, likely 00.00-0659v, wb.}
0659v-1100v on 3945 kHz.

I assume there is no further frequency change between 1959v-0658v UT, but
I am open to correction.
(Tony Rogers-UK, BrDXC-UK ng Sept 18)

VIETNAM   Voice of Vietnam absence ?
9840 and 12020 kHz Voice of Vietnam is missing this morning from these two
of its usual frequencies. Together with yesterday's absence from 11885kHz,
it has me concerned that they may be dropping their nonVietnamese language
services. Anyone have any info about it? They do seem to be on 11720 kHz
in Vietnamese, competing with CRI.
(Art Delibert, North Bethesda-ML-USA, hcdx Sept 16)

Re:  [HCDX]  Voice of Vietnam absence.
Checked Voice of Vietnam Son Tay outlets 9730 and 11885 kHz at 19.40 UT
on Saturday Sept 16, both txions were ON AIR as usual til 19.57 UT.

But 9730 kHz suffers co-channel outlet from CRI Beijing center in Portu-
guese language.
73 wb df5sx, topnews wwdxc Sept 16.

VIETNAM   11885 kHz  Sat, Sept 16, at 1919-1927 UT, Voice of Vietnam, from
Son Tay-VTN site in English. Woman announcer presents a musical program;
at 1927 UT Ends program. Fair reception: 35533.

11885 kHz Sat, Sept 16,  at 1930-1940 UT, Voice of Vietnam, Son Tay-VTN,
in French. IS; Man voice says ID and more; 1931UT Woman and man announcers
present news. Fair reception: 35533.
(Jose Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-PB-BRA, wor Sept 16)

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Log of Sept 14, 06.30-07.30 UT :

Re:  Radio Vanuatu back to the air on 3945 kHz.
Yeh, yeh, - thanks Manuel,

5039.998 kHz  - now I am sure - I heard Radio Vanuatu English this morning
at 06.36 UT (I first assumed RHC English program from Bauta ! ? instead ),
I heard Vanuatu remotedly in Detroit MI, Edmonton-Alb-CAN, and at Walt's
Perseus installation unit in BC-CAN too.

5024.996 CUB  Tentativelly Radio Rebelde in Spanish, very poor and tiny
S=3-4, S=7 or -83dB in Detroit_MI state. 06.30 UT.

5850even USA  via WRMI Okeecheobee-FL - TOM  BS religious S=9+5dB signal
at 06.39 UT.

5940.196 BRA  Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC, S=4 at 06.40 UT, chorus
also on // ZYE890 on 9665.010 kHz at 06.54 UT.

6069.991 CAN  CFRX Toronto, S=3-4 poor signal at 06.44 UT.

6160v nothing noted of WBCQ at this hour.

6184.967 MEX  XEPPM  Educacion Mexico D.F. mx, S=7 in Alberta-CAN, 06.45UT

11815.015 BRA  ZYE440  Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO, S=6 at 07.01 UT.

11725.009 NZL  R NZ Pacific from Rangitaiki tx center, En nx, S=9+35dB on
Walt's BC-CAN at 07.03 UT.

13579.994 STP  BBC London En via USAGM at Pinheira bcast center, S=6 in
Alb-CAN, 07.04 UT.

13635.008 TUR  TRT Emirler in Turkish, S=6 at 07.05 UT.

15150 kHz minus ( ! )  2 Hertz on lower sideband, this morning 07.11 UT,
of WMLK Bethel PA, S=7 fluttery signal, due to the nocturnal propagation
time.

15245.241 kHz  much much odd fq KRE  Voice of Korea Kujang in Russian,
S=8 at 07.15 UT.

17640even  STP  BBC London En via USAGM at Pinheira bcast center, S=6 in
Alb-CAN, 07.09 UT.

17830  DRM mode of CHN mainland, CNR1 digital from Urumqui bcast center,
S=6 at 07.21 UT.

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

Afternoon log of Sept 16th at 12.00 to 15.15 UT of various oddity bcast
outlets, taken in Doha Qatar, New Delhi-India and Hiroshima Akitakata /
Tokyo Japan SDR units remotedly:

15600even UZB  Via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Trans-
          mitting bcast center, AWR Asia in Amoy - Chinese at 12.00 UT,
          S=9+25dB signal in South Asia and Japan.
15529.770 UZB  Much, much odd frequency, AWR Far East Asia in Korean,
          S=9+25dB signal at 12.02 UT on Sept 16th.
17669.838 UZB  Via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Trans-
          mitting bcast center, BVB Canada religious px in English at
          12.04 UT, S=9+15dB signal in South Asia and Japan.
15629.837 UZB  Much odd frequency, Iran International TV in Persian,
          S=9+30dB in Delhi and Doha Qatar at 12.06 UT on Sept 16th.
 7599.889 UZB  Much odd frequency, Radio AFG International TV in Pashto,
          S=8-9 in Doha Qatar at 12.08 UT on Sept 16th.

17450.010 TUR  Turkish MIT secret sce jammer from Emirler against national
          Welat radio, S=9+25dB in Doha Qatar at 12.10 UT.
Nothing noted of Denge Welat Kurdish sce in 16 meterband anymore -
now called Denge Gel (Voice of the People)in 11510 to 11540 kHz fq range.

15569.916 UZB  'Voice of Martyres' Korean, 12.00-12.30 UT (ex9930 kHz),
          via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting
          bcast center, S=9+10dB in Doha Qatar sidelobe signal, 12.14 UT.
 9900.002 TWN  USAGM program RFA in Korean via Pao Chung site-Taiwan,
          bcast today around 12.18 UT.
15459.984 AUS  RBA Kununurra religious sce of /KFI Hindi/Tamil noted at
          13.09 UT, S=9+25dB in New Delhi-IND remoted SDR unit.
Both      TJK  Orzu site of USAGM transmitter installation on
15275even and
15490.002 -both RFA programs in Tibetan to mainland China, and accompanied
          by even frequency of 20 kHz wideband CHN  CNR1 jamming cover.
11885.003 TWN  USAGM program RFA Cambodian via Taiwanese Pao Chung site,
          S=9+20dB signal in Qatar and India SDR, at 13.26 UT.
 9990even TJK  USAGM Burmese program via Tajik Orzu relay site, at 13.27UT
          on S=9+20dB signal level.
11940.002 TWN  Radio NUG in Burmese, brokered by FMO Broadcast Belgium
          likely:  <https://www.broadcast.be>
          rent airtime via Pao Chung Taiwan, at 14.28 UT.
11559.832 UZB  North Korea Reform Radio (formerly 11570 kHz) in Korean via
          RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast
          center, veiled as XXX site via RTC brokery at 14-15 UT. S=9+10dB
          signal in Delhi SDR unit at 14.30 UT.
15474.915 UZB  Target radio 'Nippon no Kaze' in Korean to North Korea
          D.P.R. target, at 14.30-15.00 UT at 14.32 UT.
 9704.983 TWN  'Furusato no kaze' in Japanese via Pao Chung bcast relay
          center at 14.36 UT, and // via
 9685.002 TWN  'Furusato no kaze' in Japanese via Pao Chung bcast relay
          center, S=9 signal in Hiroshima Akitakata SDR unit at 14.38 UT.
 9329.912 UZB  'Voice of the Wilderness' in Korean towards D.P.R. North
          Korea, S=9+20dB at 14.44UT. Via RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan
          Shortwave Transmitting bcast center.

11825.024 UNIDentified bcast, S=9+20dB signal at 14.46 UT. CHN jamming (?)

11850even UZB  AWR South East Asia Burmese sce towards Myanmar target, via
          RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast
          center. S=9+20dB signal at 14.49 UT.
11824.988 AUS  RBA Burmese sce to Myanmar via Kununurra religious relay
          center, S=9+20dB signal at 15.11 UT on Sept 16.
11620even UZB  Likely English sce as 'Voice of Martyrs' via RRTM Telecom
          Tashkent Uzbekistan Shortwave Transmitting bcast center,at 15.13
          UT on S=9+20dB signal level in Delhi SoAS SDR unit.

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

Some other logs of Sept 21:

15030.005 IND  AIR resp. new Akashvani re-called title service from
Bangalore bcast center in Nepali, 09.00-10.30 UT, noted in Doha Qatar SDR
at 09.47 UT. S=9+5dB sidelobe in Middle East.

15110 DRM digital mode of Radio Kuwait Kabd at 09.48 UT, powerhouse
S=9+30dB signal strength in Qatar target, scheduled 09.45-13.25 UT.

15159.993  KOR  KBS World Radio Seoul Kimjae in Korean at 09.51 UT, S=9 in
Doha Qatar.

15629.836  UZB  Iran TV International in Persian via Tashkent bcast center
at 09.53 UT, scheduled 04.30-16.30, (at nighttime move to Yerevan Gavar
Armenia relay site), S=9+15dB strength in Doha Qatar SDR rx.

15749.996 kHz  SELDOM  FREQUENCY  ODDITY of USAGM TX unit,
Pashto service of R Mashaal sce via Kuwait al-Dschahra suburb
US exIBB USAGM installation at 09.56 UT, S=9+20dB strength in Qatar rx.

17485.006 THA  VoA Mandarin sce via USAGM  Udorn Thani Bandung site 09-11
UT, noted at 10.02 UT, S=8-9 in Middle East. Accompanied by China mainland
CNR1 jamming sce on even 17485even channel frequency.

17864.988 UAE  odd fq tx unit(one of 4 units) at Al Dhabbaya, noted
IBRA Radio from Sweden (Ibra South Asia section unit) in Dari language to
AFG/IRN/PAK at 08.30-10.30 UT, S=8-9 in Middle East.

17810even OMA  BBC London in Pashto language towards AFG/PAK,
10.00-10.30 UT, S=9+20dB powerful signal out of Al Seela relay center.

17630even ROU  RRI French noon sce via Tiganesti bcast center,
scheduled 10-11 UT, observed at 10.07 UT on Sept 21.

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

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Music Programmes on Shortwave - 
Version 6 now available for A-23 broadcast season.

An updated version of my "Music Programmes on Shortwave" PDF file
(Version6) for the current A-23 broadcast season is now available to down-
load from this permanent link:

<https://app.box.com/s/kbdxb4c5lwpju0kpoi27aiwc35br2g2a>
(or for short:  <https://bit.ly/3LgKNJ2>  ).

I hope that you find it of interest.

This will be the final major update of this list for the A-23 season,
although there may be a minor (incremental) update in late September/early
October which will be found at the above links. The first issue of the
list for B-23 broadcast season will be early/mid November.

As always, I appreciate any updates or corrections.
(Alan Roe, Teddington-UK, BrDXC-UK groups bdxc-news Sept 14)

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ITU    IARU Monitoring System Region 1 Newsletter August 2023.
Dear readers, Please find here the IARU Monitoring System Region 1
Newsletter of August 2023:

<https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IARUMS-R1-
Newsletter-2023-08.pdf>

(Gaspar Miro-ESP, EA6AMM.  IARUMS Region 1 coordinator, via
INTRUDERALERT mailing list
<http://iaru-r1.org/mailman/listinfo/intruderalert_iaru-r1.org>  Sept 13

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68. UKW-Tagung - Viele erlebten die "Freude am Hobby"

Ein bunter Mix aus hochkaraetigen Vortraegen, Haendlerbeteiligung, Floh-
markt, Camping und auch Geselligkeit zog viele Besucher aus Nah und Fern
zur 68. UKW-Tagung am Wochenende 8. bis 10. September nach Weinheim.

"Der Campingplatz ist um 40 % voller", freute sich Peter Wehrle, DL3PW,
von der Tagungsleitung. Und auch sonst hatte der veranstaltende FACW e.V.
mit dem OV Weinheim (A20) wieder gross aufgefahren: Drei Vortragssaele
waren am Samstag von morgens bis in den spaeten Nachmittag in der
Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Schule Weinheim voll bestueckt.

DL3PW unterstrich im persoenlichen Gespraech, dass die Tagung bewusst kon-
ventionell auf den Praesenz-Charakter Wert lege, weil hierin der Mehrwert
der Veranstaltung laege. So gibt es keine YouTube-Aufzeichnung,sondern die
Tagungsgaeste konnten persoenlich auf dem Flohmarkt stoebern, bei IT-ler
Daniel Fett erfahren, was es mit Kuenstlicher Intelligenz auf sich hat,
bei Peter Welke DK1AA, lernen, wie man den besten DX-Standort fuers Eigen-
heim auswaehlt oder elektrotechnische Sicherheitsaspekte von Solaranlagen
bei Dirk Barthelmes, DL5IN, erlernen.

Nicht zu vergessen die Keynote von Andreas Spiess, HB9BLA, der schon zu
Tagungsbeginn feststellte, dass der Amateurfunk eigentlich schon seit
langem "digital" sei: die Morsetelegrafie als eine der ersten "digitalen
Betriebsarten", im Laufe der Zeit wurden die Filter digital(DSP), dann kam
die Software und nicht zuletzt wurden es die Amateurfunkgeraete dann auch
(SDR). Auch sprach er den "Dauerbrenner" FT8 an - das "kontroverse Stamm-
tischthema", so HB9BLA. Wichtig aber sei doch, dass man - egal wie - die
"Freude am Hobby" erleben koenne, so HB9BLA weiter.Alle Vortraege sind wie
ueblich im Tagungsband in Gaenze nachzulesen.

Die Freude war an vielen Orten der Tagung praesent,das naechste Mal wieder
in der letzten Ferienwoche von Baden-Wuerttemberg, vom 6. bis 8. September
2024 in Weinheim an gleicher Stelle.
(DARC e.V., Deutschland-Rundspruch 37/2023; Sept 14)