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August 2019 - Australian DX News - 1

255003-04913 Print Post Approved Registration No. A0011728G Edition No. 627 – August 2019 ISSN 0810-9826 ARDXC Inc. ABN: 83 818 568 199

Australian DX News Monthly Publication of the Australian Radio DX Club Inc. - Australia’s Premier DXing Organisation since 1965


ARDXC Officials and Addresses Committee Officers: Tony Magon (President), Robert Fitzgerald (Vice-President), John Wright (Secretary), Geoffrey Wright (Treasurer) Ordinary Committee Members: David Brown, John Sanderson, Dennis Allen, Denis Smithson. Correspondence for Committee: John Wright, 71 Hilton Ave, Roselands NSW 2196. Annual Membership Fees (from 1/7/2013): All prices quoted in Australian dollars and include GST. Australia $62 (Student under 18yo $31); NZ, Pacific & Asia $84; Rest of the World $98; Family Membership $10 Email only membership $20 Australia (or US $20 overseas) Email + Hard Copy Membership $70 Australia Sample copies of the ADXN are available for $5 (or equivalent) from John Wright, 71 Hilton Avenue, Roselands, NSW, 2196. Email inquiries can be directed to [email protected]

Editorial Deadlines & Addresses

Next deadlines: September 2019 (Issue 628): Friday 30 August 2019 October 2019 (Issue 629): Friday 27 September 2019 SW Trail, On Air and Editorial Craig Seager, 12 Pellion Place, Windradyne, NSW, 2795 (email: [email protected]) Broadcast Band/FM/The Listening Post John Wright, 71 Hilton Ave, Roselands NSW 2196. (email: [email protected]) Utility John Volpato, PO Box 247, Deakin West, ACT 2600. (email: [email protected]) Amateur Bob Ronai, (email: [email protected])

News from Club HQ (with John Wright) Welcome to the August 2019 ADXN. 2830 Dean Agnew from Wadalba on the central coast has joined, Dean has the ICOM R75, Kenwood R600 the ole beast and an AOR AR8600MKZ. Essentially, we have around 145 members with about 5 still to renew. So that’s an upwards trend. Its renewal time. The overseas pdf members due to my illness of a very nasty bug and infections will send out the renewals in the next week or so, so no panic. As been laid flat for weeks haven’t had the strength to do anything. Even football has suffered. (I said this last month. but an re occurrence of the same bug has knocked me around). Sydney AGM Saturday 5th October at the hall in a community, 12 Avoca St, Ropers Crossing, in western Sydney. Will start the AGM proceedings at 12.30pm. Followed by a

club sponsored luncheon as we do this every year. Many thanks to Denis Smithson for his assistance. The hall we have hired is part of the community where Denis lives so we got the hall for $50-00 which is a bargain. Now the demise of cash or cheques, yes Denis has had to put this on his account, so when Denis gets the bill we will reimburse Denis. Now as the October magazine will be close to the deadline. Nomination forms, the balance sheet and proxy forms and the AGM Agenda are in this August issue. Volunteer needed to provide 10 minutes of programming to send to Radio 4KZ Innisfail 531 also on 5055 khz and 1611 in the gulf 873 and many other FM stations in the network. Pay is zero and your helping this club to go to air at 1115 UTC that’s 9.15pm in the Eastern states on a Sunday night. To date no volunteers. Also to the New Zealand DX League, our condolences on the passing of Phil and also Ralph Sutton. Very much remembered on this side of the Tasman. Unique Radio Monday nights 1000 UTC 5045 USB World at your fingertips. Special QSL available. Also Tim keeps on about 3210 KHz using this frequency. Radio 4KZ thinking about going to 2485 KHz, 200 watts or so…….MAY okay? JW 2019 Annual General Meeting of The Australian Radio DX Club in Vic (REG A001728G). Start: 1230pm Saturday 5th October, 2019. The Hall, 12 Avoca Street, Ropers Crossing, NSW. AGENDA Presidents Address Proxy votes declared. Previous minutes to be accepted or declined. Resolutions or rule changes Statement by a member who is not a member of the committee to the correctness of the accounts, to be read out. This is John Smith, without prejudice. Financial report to be adopted or declined as per the ADXN August 2019. Stand down of committee members. Election of committee members. Member to view the accounts, books 2019-2020, and to give a statement without prejudice to the AGM 2020. Close. Front Page: Transmitter complex of 2KP, Kempsey ABC. Note the “top hat” configuration for 684 kHz, quite common for the bottom end of the mediumwave band (Photo: Craig Seager)

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Shortwave Trail Our monthly roundup of members’ loggings edited by Craig Seager

Editorial Address 12 Pellion Pl., Windradyne NSW 2795 E-mail [email protected] 3215 WWCR, Nashville. Christian px 0820, 3/7

(Ireland-P)

3260 NBC, Madang. Religious p[x 0825, 3/7 (Ireland-P)

3325 NBC, Bougainville. Talk in Pidgin 1140, 3/7

(Ireland-P)

3480 V.O.the People (cland). Dialogue in KK 1141, 3/7

(Ireland-P)

3910 Voice of the People. Korean on 22/7 at 1930

//3930 without any jamming on both freqs.

(Pankov*).

4747 R.Huanta 2000. Ads & lively SS talk referring to

Peru, 1142, 3/7 (Ireland-P)

4775 R.Tarma. Animated dialogue in SS 1145, 3/7

(Ireland-P)

4840 WWCR, Nashville TN. American preaching at f/in

0530, weak at first but improved later, 22/7

(Wagner-WF). ⧫Overcomer Ministry, Bro. Stair up

to his usual spruiking, 1151, 3/7 (Ireland-P)

4885 R.Clube do Para, Belém. Fair in Portuguese at

0706 on 10/7 (Adams).

4885 Echo of Hope. Korean on 22/7 at 1945 without

any jamming & at 2000 w/ID in EE “V.O.H.” or =

Voice of Hope, but //9100 was under utility signal

(SITOR or jamming?) (Pankov*).

4985 R.Brasil Central, Goiânia. Poor in PP on 10/7 at

0742 (Adams).

5010 RAE via WRMI, Okeechobee. Dialogue in SS,

1154, 3/7 (Ireland-P)

5020 SIBC, Honiara. ID in EE & close w/NA, 1157 on

3/7 (Ireland-P)

5025 R.Rebelde, Bauta. F/in at 0440 with a very weak

signal in Spanish, but became stronger by 0530.

Pleasing to hear it this early in the afternoon well

past the middle of winter. Interestingly, no sign of

the higher-powered foreign service outlet on 5040

kHz at this time, so perhaps that frequency was

off-air on this day? 22/7 (Wagner-WF). ⧫ Rapid

dialogue in SS 1158, Quillabamba missing, 3/7

(Ireland-P)

5035 R.Educação Rural, Coari. Dialogue about Cuba

1027, 3/7 (Ireland-P)

5040 RHC, Bauta. English to CAm on 10/7, fair at 0525

(Adams).

5055 4KZ, Innisfail QLD. The usual selection of old pop

songs at 0310 with a weak signal. It gained

strength after 0430 and can be heard almost

throughout the entire daylight period during the

winter season when listening in low or no-noise

environments. 22/7 (Wagner-WF). ⧫ Nx px 1201,

3/7 (Ireland-P)

5085 WTWW, Lebanon TN. Pop music programming at

0535 then ID. Fair to poor signal. 22/7 (Wagner-

WF). Station jingle in EE and sixties pop music at

0730, good on 8/7 (Adams). ⧫Prepper px 0804,

3/7 (Ireland-P)

5860 R.Farda via Kuwait. Heard at a fair level with a

Persian phone-in programme at 1944 on 13/7

(Allen).

5875 VOA via Udon Thani. Weak and noisy with a KK

discussion at 1945 on 13/7 (Allen).

5875 BBC via Ascension. Only fair in FF at 0615 on

8/7 (Adams).

5905 Echo of Unification, Pyongyang. Slight noise

and fading, but mainly clear. Heard with a KK talk

followed by some martial music with massed

voices at 1339, 10/7 (Allen).

5925 VOA, Selebi-Phikwe. Decent signal most

evenings 0430+ with "International Edition" on

25/7 with items about the new UK PM, Mueller's

testimony before Congress followed by promos for

"Border Crossings" & "The Sunny Side of Sports".

(Sheedy*)

5935 WWCR, Nashville TN. American preaching at

0427, fair signal after the initial fade-in. 22/7

(Wagner-WF)

5945 RNZI, Rangitaiki. Very good in EE at 0617 on 8/7

(Adams).

5950 RAE via WRMI. Pres this in CC at 0915 with talks

and music px altho weak and very heavy QRM

from RNZI on 5945, 31/7 (Francis)

5950 WRMI, Okeechobee. Only fair in EE to WNA on

5/7 at 0437 (Adams)

5960 R.Ndarason International via Ascension.

Barely audible at 0555 in Kanuri to WAf on 10/7

(Adams).

5960 V.of Turkey, Emirler. Noisy reception of a TT

song at 1953 on 13/7 (Allen).

5975 AWR, Nauen. Bulgarian to SEu 0413, fair signal.

22/7 (Wagner-WF)

5985 CRI via Cërrik. Arabic to NAf on 10/7, good at

0546 (Adams).

5985 Antena DX via WRMI, Okeechobee FL. The

Spanish DX program with general radio news, old

interval signal recordings and DX notes at 0430

(Mondays only) to 0500, fair. 22/7 (Wagner-WF)

5995 RTV du Mali, Bamako. French news to WAf at

0705, good LP signal on 10/7 (Adams).

6000 RHC, Quivican. Barely audible in EE to ENA at

8/7 at 0527 (Adams).

6005 BBC via Ascension. Poor in EE to WAf at 0603


on 8/7 (Adams).

6005 BBC, Woofferton. English to WAf at 0549, fair on

10/7 (Adams). ⧫English WS to WAf at 0523, good

signal. 22/7 (Wagner-WF)

6015 RRI, Galbeni. English to WEu at 0530 to s/off

0558, fair signal. 22/7 (Wagner-WF). ⧫Poor in EE

to WEu on 10/7 at 0543 (Adams).

6050 R.Algerienne, Issoudun. Arabic to NAf at 0405,

fair to poor signal. 22/7 (Wagner-WF)

6050 ELWA, Monrovia. Afro music during English

programme to WAf at 0702, poor LP signal on 8/7

(Adams).

6055 R.Nikkei, Nagara. Network 1 domestic

programming at 0715 with a weak signal but

improved by 0815, 26/7 (Wagner). ⧫Unusual

propagation at 0427 with female voice in

Japanese appearing out of nowhere to be a good

signal briefly then disappearing within minutes on

5/7 (Adams).

6070 CFRX, Toronto. Still being heard here as we

approach August, usual early morning chit-chat

and discussion programming at 0740, a weak

signal but doing well for its 900 watts, 26/7

(Wagner)

6090 Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla. University Network

with American preaching at 0705, fair signal, only

irregularly heard here, 26/7 (Wagner)

6100 RHC, Bauta. DX Unlimited programme in EE on

8/7, good at 0531 (Adams).

6105 R.Japan, Issoudun. Japanese to CAm 0315 to

s/off 0400, good signal. 22/7 (Wagner-WF)

6120 AWR, Moosbrunn. Farsi to Iran 0330-0400, then

into TK until 0430*, fair signal. 22/7 (Wagner-WF)

6120 TWR, Manzini. Poor in EE via LP at 0615 on 10/7

(Adams).

6135 R.Aparecida, Aparecida. Poor in PP at 0620 on

10/7 (Adams).

6165 R.Habana, Bauta. English to CNAm at 0423, poor

signal. 22/7 (Wagner-WF). ⧫Poor in EE to CNA

at 0430 on 5/7 (Adams).

6170 R.New Zealand, Rangitaiki. EE cricket news –

NZ vs India. Weak with splash from Thazin Radio

on 6165. Heard at 1400 on 10/7 (Allen).

6180 RRI, Galbeni. Romanian to SEu at s/on 0400,

good signal and // 7325 also heard. 22/7 (Wagner-

WF)

6180 VoA via Pinheira. Only fair in FF to WAf at 0625

on 8/7 (Adams).

6185 XEPPM R. Educación, México City. Still being

heard but only weakly on 22/7 at f/in 0450. It is

surprising the distance this transmitter (currently

using around 1 kW) can travel, especially now that

we have passed the mid-winter period. Low

sunspots are good for some things! S/off was quite

a bit later on this day with the carrier finally

switched off at 0520. When listening in USB and

beating against the receiver’s BFO carrier there

appeared to be some micro wobbles in the

frequency. I wonder if this is frequency instability

at the transmitter or some type of deep-rooted

instability in the PL-680 circuitry. (Wagner-WF).

⧫Poor in SS at 0457 on 5/7 (Adams).

6195 R.Japan, Cypress Creek SC. Spanish to SAm at

s/on 0400, fair signal. 22/7 (Wagner-WF)

7215 CRI via Cërrik. Heard with an AA commentary at

2008, 13/7. Fair level but noisy (Allen).

7225 PBS Sichuan 2, Chengdu. Fair reception of

Tibetan anns before a song at 1204 on 10/7

(Allen).

7230 CNR 1, Xianyang. Barely audible in Chinese at

0405 on 5/7 (Adams).

7260 Voice of Turkey. 27/6 at 0135 – cut between

studio & tx, typical for them, playing non-stop IDs

in different languages plus folk mx used usually as

their 2nd IS (Pankov*).

7265 Radio Romania Actualitati. Romanian (it is their

1st Home Sce) on 18/7 at 1605 w/direct soccer

play reportage //several MW txs & from 1657 on

9500 (Pankov*).

7265 CNR 2, Boaji-Sifangshan. Poor in CC on 17/7 at

0050 (Adams).

7270 VOA, Selebi-Phikwe. Another 41M VOA African

frequency that does pretty well in my mid-

evenings with programs in Shona..especially on

25/7 @ 0445. (Sheedy*). ⧫ 29/7 at 0450, tonal

African language, S9/+10 with deep fades, what?

Aoki/NDXC shows 04-05 M-F, VOA in Shona for

Zimbabwe. EiBi shows Zimbabwean languages;

WRTH shows it`s the Studio 7 service which could

also be in English or Ndebele. This is the only

significant broadcast signal now within the

traditional 41m band. Altho legal within Region 1,

American hams might prefer VOA avoid it. India

and China also listed on 7270 parts of this hour

(Hauser*)

7290 BBC via Dhabbaya. Hindi to SAs at 0103, poor

on 17/7 (Adams).

7305 BBC via Ascension. Hausa to WAf on 8/7, poor

at 0635 (Adams).

7315 R.Tamazuj, Issoudun. Sudanese Arabic to South

Sudan at 0320 (1:20pm local time), a weak signal

at first but improved after 0400 until s/off 0430.

22/7 (Wagner-WF)

7375 KSDA, Agat. Quite clear mainly with a RR talk at

2015, 13/7 (Allen).

7375 VOA, Selebi-Phikwe. Clear & //5925 in EG

0430+ 25/7. (Sheedy*). ⧫With EE to SAf at 0442,

poor on 5/7 (Adams).

7380 AIR, Bangaluru. Sindi to Pakistan on 17/7, poor

at 0101 (Adams). ⧫31/7 at 0055, 1 kHz tone at

S9/+10 but only poor vs HNL. Aoki/NDXC shows

it must be AIR prior to 01-02 Sindhi hour via

Bengaluru. HFCC shows odd power of 400 kW at

300 degrees staring at 0045 (Hauser*)

7385 WHRI, Cypress Creek SC. American preaching

at 0405, fair signal. 22/7 (Wagner-WF)


7425 BSKSA, Riyadh. Noisy but readable with an AA

commentary at 2019, 13/7 (Allen).

9395 RFPI via WRMI. UT Sun 4/8 at 0008, S9+20 YL in

French on WRMI, quelle? O, it`s RFPI as now

sked this hour, allegedly also on 5950, both

emitting System G. It`s rather puzzling how some

European broadcasters would rather relay via

WRMI to N America in non-English, e.g. also

Italians (Hauser*)

9480 R.Japan, Ibaragi. A bit of plagiarism here!

Excellent reception of an old French folk song “En

passant par La Lorraine avec mes sabots” sung in

Japanese at 2020 on 13/7! (Allen)

9500 R.Romania Actualitati. 18/7 from 1657 w/soccer

play reportage in Romanian //11975 & MW txs, but

at 1818 covered by TWR Manzini on 9500

(Pankov*).

9545 SIBC, Honiara. Good at 0350 on 5/7 in EE with

many Government Ministers talking about

independence 41 years ago (Adams).

9565 Super Rádio Deus é Amor, Curitiba. In the clear

2056, PP talks, fair 5/7 (Seager-P)

9580 CRI via Cuba. 5/8 at 0135, CRI relay is S9+20/30

but undermodulated. Something`s always wrong

at RadioCuba. 9570 Albania relay is still OFF

(Hauser*)

9620 R.Algerienne via Issoudun. Good in Arabic at

*0600 to WAf on 8/7. Co-channel QRM from CNR

2 in Chinese (Adams).

9630.45 R.Aparecida. Fair w/PP talk as 2055, into promo.

5/7 (Seager-P)

9650 R.Guinée, Conakry. Very good with Afro music

during French programme to WAf on 22/7 at 0709.

Swamping co-channel V of Korea, in JJ (Adams).

9790 CRI via Quivican. Good with EE to WNA at 0343

on5/7 (Adams).

9810 CNR 2, Baoji-Sifangshan. Only fair in CC on 5/7

at 0340 (Adams).

9810 BVB Nauen. Jack van Impe Ministries Christian

px in EE on 20/7 from 1800. These Ministries are

known w/their pxs on SW also via other

broadcasters (Pankov*).

9819 R.Nove de Julho, São Paulo. Not much audio,

heart w/9820. PP talks 2058, 5/7 (Seager-P)

9870 Voice of Turkey, Emirler. Good in SS to SAm at

0139 on 17/7 (Adams).

9880 BBC via Dhabbaya. Good in Pashto to

Afghanistan at 0325 on 5/7 (Adams).

9890 BBC via Kranji. Bengali to SAs on 17/7, very

good at 0135 (Adams).

9896 V.of Tibet via Dushanbe. Very good reception of

a Tibetan talk with parts of an EE speech by the

leader of Hong Kong. 1320 on 10/7 (Allen).

9900 VOIRI, Zahedan. Al-Quds TV programme in AA to

ME at 0329, good on 5/7 (Adams).

9915 BBC via Talata. Fading in and out with an EE

conversation about space exploration. Heard

at0428 on 27/7 (Allen).

9925 Mighty KBC. UT Sun 4/8 at 0028, The Mighty

KBC is VG this week via Germany, S9+20, with a

plug from ``A proud supporter``,

http://hfradioreview.com/ --- but could not find a

link on the KBC website; finally searched it out for

exact spelling. Lots of stuff there but ham-

oriented. Heard the same announcement once or

twice more during following hour (Hauser*)

11560 AIR, Bengalaru. A bit noisy but a fair level signal.

Heard with AA chanting at 0435, 24/7 (Allen). ⧫RR

on 4/7 s/on at 1615 w/hoarse lady voice almost

nothing to understanding from her speech (I think

between their 1 bil people there is some who may

speak better?) (Pankov*).

11610 WEWN, Vandiver AL. Interesting propagation

when noted at 0205. A very fluttery WEWN signal

under the co-channel CNR 2-Beijing that had

much longer, deeper fades and a slightly stronger

signal. VOACAP HF predictions indicate that

WEWN could be either borderline short path or

long path to Mount Evelyn. Normally, I hear just

CNR but certainly something different going on in

the upper atmosphere on 28/7 (Wagner).

⧫English to WAf on 17/7 good over CNR 2, Beijing

in Chinese at 0102 (Adams).

11655 AWR via Agat. Karen service to SEA on 17/7 very


11670 R.Habana, Bauta. Spanish to SAm at 0215, a

weak and fading signal, no sign of the usual CNR

2 on this channel. 28/7 (Wagner)

11740 AIR, Panaji (Goa). Pashto to AFG and PAK at

0220. A weak signal and appeared to be suffering

from some type of transmitter squealing sound.

28/7 (Wagner)

11745 Al-Azam R., Jeddah. Qur’an chants at 0400, no

anncts on over 15 min of monitoring, fair signal,

28/7 (Wagner). ⧫Weak but steady reception at

0441, 24/7, with what sounded like AA Koran

chanting (Allen).

11770 Voice of Nigeria, Abuja. Very good with Fulfulde

service to WAf on 10/7 at 0708 (Adams).

11780 RNA, Brasilia. PP frequency annct., ID etc 2059.

Signal level down, but distinct, 5/7 (Seager-P)

11825 KNLS via Madagascar. Fair level signal with

some noise and fading. Heard with an EE religious

talk at 0447 on 24/7 (Allen).

11855.75 R.Aparecida. 29/7 at 2335, S8-S9 from R.

Aparecida always way off-frequency. 2337

conveniently mentions ``programa Com a Mãe

Aparecida`` (Hauser*).

11925 AWR via Trincomalee. Amoy service at 0111,

good on 17/7 (Adams).

11980 V. of Turkey, Emirler. Very good reception of a

TT talk at 0450 on 24/7 (Allen)

12010 R.Pilipinas, Tinang. Noted at 1230 with the usual

landline telephone quality audio for their news

program, weak signal, 28/7 (Wagner)

http://hfradioreview.com/


12035 VoA Deewa R., Umm al-Rimam. Pashto to AFG

at 0345 until s/off 0358, fair signal, 28/7 (Wagner)

12050 VOIRI, Sirjan. Listed as the “Voice of Palestine”

program at s/on 0320 to ME, a massive signal on

28/7 (Wagner)

12095 BBC, Al Seela. English WS to ME at s/on 0300. A

weak signal on the short path across SAs and the

Indian Ocean, 28/7 (Wagner)

13580 BBC, Talata Volonondry. English WS to EAf at

0740 to s/off 0759, fair signal, 27/7 (Wagner).

Weak and noisy reception of an EE discussion at

0623 on 24/7 (Allen). ⧫English to WAf on 22/7,

very good at 0750 (Adams).

13625 VOIRI, Sirjan. Only fair in Dari to CAs on 22/7 at

0747 (Adams).

13635 VoT, Emirler. Turkish to Eu at 0615, fair signal,

28/7 (Wagner)

13745 VoA Deewa R., Ban Dung. Pashto to Afghanistan

0145, fair signal with some multi-path echo, 28/7

(Wagner)

13745 VoIRI, Sirjan. Arabic to ME, scheduled to s/on at

0600, finally arc-ed up the transmitter at 0603. NF

(ex 13640) and a weak signal on 28/7 (Wagner)

13760 VoK, Kujang. Russian to Eu at 0722, orchestral

favourites (!), fair signal, 27/7 (Wagner)

13760 Xinjang PBS, Urumqi-Chanji. Uyghur service at

0640, poor on 22/7 (Adams).

13780 R.Saudi Int’l, Riyadh. Arabic to ME noted just

after s/on at 0606 with some most un-Qur’an-like

contemporary Arabic pop mx with a female singer.

Fair signal on 28/7 (Wagner)

13790 R.Free Asia via Agignan Point. Shaky reception

of a CC song with anns at 0628 on 24/7. Fair level

signal with some background jamming (Allen).

13860 R.Farda, Ban Dung. At 0715 in Farsi to Iran, fair

signal, 27/7 (Wagner). ⧫Very good in Farsi to Iran

at 0740 on 22/7 (Adams).

15130 R.Romania, Tiganesti. Fading in and out and I

just managed to hear the end of a song and a FF

ID before fade-out at 0814, 5/7 (Allen).

15320 Radio Romania International. EE on 30/7 from

1140 w/their DX Mailbag px, featuring 10 reports

from listeners - only from No. Hemisphere

(Pankov*).

15360 Mashaal Radio via Dhabbaya. Pasto service to

Pakistan on 22/7, good at 0620 (Adams).

15370 RHC. 30/7 at 2003, S9-S3, RHC Portuguese is

Just Barely Modulated, with hum, while 15140 is

S6-S5, JBM seems French. Something`s always

wrong at RHC (Hauser*)

15390 CNR 13, Lingshi. Poor in Uyghur on 22/7 at 0617

(Adams).

15400 BBC via Talata. Heard with an EE news

discussion at 0613. Noisy reception on 24/7

(Allen). ⧫Good in EE to SAf at 0701 on 22/7

(Adams).

15560 FEBC, Bocaue. Javanese to Indonesia on 17/7,


15630 AWR via Trincomalee. Good in Cantonese to FE

at 0131 on 17/7 (Adams).

15670 AWR (Nauen?). EE on 21/7 from 1530

w/Wavescan px #543 w/Jeff White, Ray Robinson,

story of Titanic crash, Canadian DX Report

etc.(Pankov*).

15720 R.Free Asia via Dushanbe. Weak and noisy

reception of a Tibetan talk at 0620, 24/7 (Allen).

17640 R.Thailand, Udon Thani. English news to Eu at

0548, good on 22/7 (Adams).

17785 VoA, Tinang. The one-hour Tibetan service to

EAs at s/on 0400, NF (ex 21600) Sat/Sun only, fair

signal with no jamming, 28/7 (Wagner)

17790 AWR via Talata-Volonondry. Poor with French

service to WAf on 22/7 at 0606 (Adams).

17850 RFI, Issoudun. Very poor in FF to WAf at 0704 on

22/7 (Adams).

Contributors: Matt Francis, Elizabeth Bay, NSW (Tecsun PL880 and

external wire)

Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, USA (PL380/6m X wire) Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX

3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000,

Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka

antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed

antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module,

MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU).

Dennis Allen, Milperra NSW (Icom R75, Realistic DX-160,

Longwires)

Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, 7 meters

wire outdoor ant on 8th floor).

John Adams, Port Douglas Far North Queensland

(Sangean ATS-909X, 7 Metre Reel Antenna)

Glenn Hauser, Enid OK USA (JRC NRD-545 with

Wellbrook ALA-330S; Icom R-75, Tecsun PL-880, Radio

Shack DX-398, Grundig Yacht Boy 400, with random wires;

Grundig G8)

Craig Seager, VK2HBT, Bathurst NSW (Perseus SDR, JRC

NRD-545, Airspy HF+, DX Engineering Preamp, Wellbrook

feeder isolator, Icom IC-756 Pro, Loop Skywire, Home-

made Loop with LZ1AQ amplifier, Wellbrook ALA1530-

LNPro)

DXPedition Items:

Wagner-WF = Rob Wagner at Wombat State Forest, Central

Victoria. (Tecsun PL-680 and random wire 45 m long)

Seager-P = Craig Seager, VK2HBT at Pt. Plomer, NSW Mid

North Coast, (JRC NRD-545, EWE, Airspy HF+)

Ireland-P = Phil Ireland, VK2GJF at Pt Plomer (Icom R71,

various portables, EWE)

* Denotes listener outside of Australia

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ANDORRA (non) Atlantic 2000 International will be on air on 6070 kHz via Rohrbach, Germany, Saturday 10 of August 0800-0900 and Sunday 11 of August 1900-2000 UTC. "We will be on the air on August 10th and 11th: Radio Andorra was a legendary radio station, transmitting on mediumwave and shortwave from 1939 to 1981, from the Principality of Andorra, a small country between France and Spain. The station was officially launched on the 7th of August 1939. To celebrate the 80 years of this launch, Atlantic 2000 will transmit a special tribute programme on Saturday, August 10th, from 08:00 to 09:00 UTC on 6070 kHz and online. From 09:00 to 11:00 UTC, online only, we will repeat the tribute to Radio Andorra that we transmitted in 2009, for the 70th anniversary of Radio Andorra. Atlantic 2000 will be on the air again on Sunday 11th of August from 19:00 to 20:00 UTC with music and dedications, on 6070 kHz and online. Streams will be available on our website: http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr or here: - 64 kbps http://87.117.228.65:15124/listen.pls http://atlantic2000int.listen2myshow.com/ - 24 kbps http://95.154.254.129:17473/listen.pls http://atlantic2000.radiostream321.com/ Good listening Visit our website: http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr Listen to our Podcasts and follow us: https://www.mixcloud.com/atlantic2000" (Manuel Méndez, HCDX)

AUSTRALIA ``Unique Radio off air till further notice due to technical issues --- Hi, Unique Radio 5045 and 3210 kHz, Gunnedah NSW, will be off air due to several technical issues. Faults in the antenna and also a fault in the DC power supply to the transmitter have made it necessary to go off air for a while.

These will be fixed as time permits and also will let you know when coming back on air. WINB broadcasts as per usual and podcasts also continue. https://www.uniqueradio.biz Best regards, Tim Gaynor, Unique Radio, Gunnedah NSW, Australia`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

CONGO 6115, Radio Congo, recent start up times (already in progress): July 19, started *0526: July 21, at *0536; July 23, at *0531 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1993, DXLD)

DENMARK

5839.992, WMR full ID heard at 0323 UT, S=9 signal all over western Europe on high summer prop condition tonight, 8 kHz wide signal nice Portug-Brasilian music program heard. Some rush log items of this morning here in western Europe various SDR's in Holland, England and Germany [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 26, WOR iog via DXLD) World Music Radio (WMR) is broadcasting with 100 W only - not 8 kW - on 5840 kHz from Randers, Denmark - 24 hours 7 days a week - using an inverted V aerial. It was way back in 2004-05 that WMR was broadcasting with 7 kW (from Karup, Denmark) Please :-) I've adjusted the frequency 8 Hz up, so it should be back on 5840.000 kHz. I hope. And remember also - WMR - Saturday and Sundays on 15805 kHz (200 W) at 0720 UTC - currently with a new 3 element Yagi aerial beamed towards Northern Scandinavia, Japan and Western North America. Best 73s (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, www.wmr.radio HCDX via DXLD)

GUAM KTWR is about to start regular DRM broadcasts to four different areas. There will be broadcasts one day per week to each of four areas starting 5 Aug 2019. They will be working with the content server parameters to come up with the best compromise settings for each area. Each week will have different settings. KTWR will really appreciate your feedback for as many weeks as possible. Your assistance will ultimately help give your fellow listeners the best possible reception in the long run.

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For now, all programs will be in English. The schedule will be as follows, starting the week of 5 August through the end of the A19 broadcast season. (via Christoph Ratzer-AUT OE2CRM, A-DX ng July 24) Monday 11580 kHz 1215-1245 UT 285 degr 90 kW English Tuesday 11995 kHz 1026-1056 UT 165 degr 50 kW English Wednesday 11995 kHz 1026-1056 UT 315 degr 50 kW English Thursday 11995 kHz 1026-1056 UT 345 degr 50 kW English (via Hans Johnson-FL-USA, dxld July 23)

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

Birinchi Radio operates now on 612 kHz only between 0000-1200 UT. 4820 kHz carries 2nd prgr, but only between 0000-1230 UT. Power is 15 kW. On MW all other KTRK transmitters except 612 kHz are reported to be off the air. WRTHmonitor July 2019 updates, <http://www.wrth.com/_shop/?p=5220> (via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1038 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 21)

KOREA NORTH [non]. VOICE OF FREEDOM (Rlg) (New Entry) Korean 1400-1430 daily KRE 11510tac 2100-2130 daily KRE 7550tac Ann: Korean: “Ulineun bughan-ui immuleul bangsong hal geos-igo, "jayuui soli, "gonghwagug sudo in seoul chulsin hangug”. Notes: Produced by “North Korean Christian Missionary Broadcasting”. This is a new, religious, target broadcaster and should not be confused with the existing “Voice of Freedom” entry under Korea, North, in the C&OTB section of WRTH (WRTH Update July 31 via WORLD OF RADIO 1993, DXLD)

MALI Radio Mali was back on air in 31mb on July 27: from 0830 on 9635 BKO 050 kW / non-dir to WeAf French, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/ortm-radio-mali-was-back-on-air-in-31mb.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 26-27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very good signal of CRI Africa relay via Bamako, July 12 1700-1757 13645 BKO 100 kW 111 deg to SoAF Swahili 1700-1757 15125 BKO 100 kW 111 deg to SoAF Swahili 1800-1827 11640 BKO 100 kW 085 deg to WeCeAF Hausa

1800-1827 13645 BKO 100 kW 111 deg to WeAF Hausa 1830-1927 11640 BKO 100 kW 085 deg to CeAF Arabic 1830-1927 13685 BKO 100 kW 020 deg to NEAF Arabic 1930-1957 11640 BKO 100 kW 111 deg to SoAF Portuguese 1930-1957 13630 BKO 100 kW 111 deg to SoAF Portuguese 2000-2127 11640 BKO 100 kW 111 deg to SoAF English 2000-2127 13630 BKO 100 kW 111 deg to SoAF English 2130-2227 11975 BKO 100 kW 020 deg to WeAF French 2130-2227 13630 BKO 100 kW 111 deg to SoAF French NOTE: No signal 1300-1357 French 13685 & 17880 WeAF No signal 1400-1557 English 13685 SoAF & 17630 CeAF (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 12)

ROMANIA One of three txs of Romanian 300 kW bcast centre at Tiganesti is out of service at present RadioCom offers now as substitute service via 100 kW bcast center Săftica (old center of 1956 year, which used also as clandestine stn transmitter for comintern "Radio España Indepedente" and "Portugal Libre" radio program mouth piece of communist parties of Spain and Portugal towards their home dictatorship countries and to foreign (immigrant) workers in West Europe, in 1956 til approx. 1978.) Săftica uses mainly two newer revolving antennas, of log-periodic horizontal characteristics, seen on Google Earth or Google Maps images. (Wolfgang Bueschel)

RUSSIA Good signal of GTRK Adygeya / Adygean Radio, July 5 via Krasnodar Armavir site in fore Caucasus area 1800-1900 6000 ARM 100 kW 188 deg to CeAS Adygean Fri (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 14)

NEW HISTORY MATERIAL AT

<www.ontheshortwaves.com> Update, June 30, 2019 -- Though it doesn't play the role it used to, QSLing has always been part of shortwave listening. In 1983, the late Al Sizer of North Haven, Connecticut tried to capture its zen in a three-part NASWA series, "The Mystique of the QSL," in which Al asked a number of DXers to opine on what QSLing meant to them. We have posted the series under "DX History/QSLS & Other Station Memorabilia," together with an earlier (1972) NASWA article from Al, "An Honest Look at QSLs," where he takes aim at some practices that he did not consider kosher. <www.ontheshortwaves.com> Update, July 7, 2019 -- In the early 1940s, Manitoba stations CKY-CKX made available to their listeners a series of station stamps promoting outdoor activities in the province. You'll find the story of these stamps in "Cinderella Visits CKY-CKX, Manitoba" posted under "DX History/QSLS & Other Station Memorabilia." A 1924 CKY QSL appears on pg. 4 of the article. <www.ontheshortwaves.com> Update, July 14, 2019 -- If you are interested in deep radio history, you should be a member of the Antique Wireless Association. This time we have posted three papers from the latest AWA Review.. Two, "Jack R. Poppele, Radio Engineer," and

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"Highlights of the Jack Poppele Collection Recently Donated to the AWA Museum," both by Mike Molnar, chronicle the history of this important figure in radio and TV engineering. Jack Poppele was chief engineer at WOR, a well-known figure in the NNRC, and director of the Voice of America from 1953 to 1956. He was from New Jersey, and in addition to his many contributions to the electronics industry, he was an important patron of the Newark News Radio Club, and served as its honorary president. The third article, "The History of the Heath Companies and Heathkits: 1909 to 2019," by Erich E. Brueschke and Michael Mack, will be of interest to anyone who ever built a Heathkit. We have posted the Poppele papers under "DX History/Clubs and Publications, and the Heathkit paper under "DX History/Equipment & Advertising." These papers are reproduced from the 2019 issue of the AWA Review, Vol. 32, by permission of the Antique Wireless Association. Check out the AWA at < www.antiquewireless.org/> -- And we have added a recording of DW Kigali under "Specialized Resources/The DX Recordings of Colin Miller." <www.ontheshortwaves.com> Update, July 21, 2019 -- More trinkets, this time from Canada. Under "DX History/Stations," Trinkets-VIII contains five items: (1) a medal recognizing the formation of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, predecessor to the CBC, in 1932; (2) a CBC-Radio Canada "Heritage" badge; (3) a member-button for the CBC-Radio Canada Stamp Club; (4) an RCI 60th anniversary pin; and (5) a microphone pin, which must be from 1974 or later, as that was the year the "exploding pizza" logo was adopted. Trinkets-IX contains another CBC item, a 2011 CBC commemorative coin, together with a presentation booklet celebrating the 75th annivesary of the formation of the CBC /Radio-Canada in 1936. It contains much interesting history of the CBC. (Zoom in for best readability.) <www.ontheshortwaves.com> Update, July 28, 2019 -- This time we have added a number of new historical items in the "HCJB Literature" section of our HCJB Tribute Page < http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/HCJB/HCJB.html> These were owned by early ace DXer Kermit Geary of Walnutport, PA. All are marked "New." They are: (1) "Think it Over," a pamphlet that seems intended especially for amateurs--from the references to HCJB powers and frequencies, it looks like this dates from the mid 1930s. (2) "The WorldWide Radio Missionary" folder, also undated, but the times and powers, and the use of the "Pre-Casilla 691" New York forwarding address, suggest that this is from 1942 or thereabouts. (3) "HCJB International Program Schedule," Spring 1961. (4) "First Anniversary of the Russian Program" folder--I believe they started broadcasting in Russian in 1952. (5) "Glimpses of Ecuador," probably from the early 1960s. Under "Specialized Resources/Wavescan," Adrian Peterson has sent along ten new stories. They are: (1) "The Titanic Tragedy: The Flow of Wireless Messages" (Wavescan N536, June 2, 2019). (2) "The Radio Scene on Diego Garcia-3" (Wavescan N537, June 9, 2019). (3) "Australian Shortwave Callsign VLQ" (Wavescan N537, June 9, 2019). (4) "David Sarnoff and the Titanic Wireless Messages" (Wavescan N538, June 16, 2019). (5) "The American Voice of the Taj Mahal [AFRS Agra]" (Wavescan N539, June 23, 2019). (6) "Titanic Events: The Mystery of the Overlooked Marconigrams" (Wavescan N540, June 30, 2019). (7) "A Summary of the Radio-Related Events of Titanic Week" (Wavescan N540, June 30, 2019). (8) "Chicago Shortwave Station in Indiana [Mackay Radio WMEC]" (Wavescan N542, July 14, 2019). (9) "Ancient DX Report 1918-2" (Wavescan N542, July 14, 2019). (10) "India's 100,000 Islands: The Radio Scene on Kavaratti Island [and 5 others]" (Wavescan N544, July 28, 2019). Thanks to Adrian for continuing to illuminate the forgotten corners of DX history. And finally, under "Specialized Resources/The DX Recordings of Colin Miller," Colin has sent along a recording of ELWA from the 1970s.. Thanks, Colin.

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Editor: John Wright E-mail: [email protected] The Listening Post is all about you, past future and present tense. Members are interested in reading about how you started in the hobby, and what you have been doing radio-wise recently. But we also want to hear about the person lurking behind the dials, so feel free to slip in a bit of more general life-based discussion. Too, this is the place to discuss any and all topics of current interest to radio hobbyists, but let’s keep it light and respectful. Dennis Allen, from Milperra in Sydney. With heaps of odd jobs turning up lately, not as much listening as I would have liked this month. Still conditions are still not so hot.so I don't think I've missed much. Now for the good news. Four of us from the bowling club are off to Grenfell for a few days in a couple of weeks for a "bowling holiday". So, I'll be taking the R75 with me in the hope of having a twiddle for a while without all the electrical interference and noise etc. Of course that is if I can escape from all the bowls and beer, but here's hoping. Anyway. I'll let you know all about it next month. In the meantime, 73's. Nice and cool out at Grenfell! Take your woollies mate-JW

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John Wright Roselands NSW. ICOM R75 and a EWE 10 degrees antennae. Well a miracle got a report to Bucharest, Radio Romania International 15410 0530! Not much except work and typical sick on my days off! At any rate stay warm! It’s freezing! - ed Johno Ian O’Toole, Kurrajong NSW “Charlie VK2CLH gave me an article and photos of Phil Collins VK2FGBR using his recently restored B2 Spy Set in the recent Military Radio Weekend. Phil is a keen CW operator and spent quite a few years in the Royal Navy in T class submarines as a radio operator. I first met Phil when he was on the hunt for a TCS receiver and transmitter. These sets apparently were the first sets that the Collins Company got onto military contract. Phil was successful in his endeavours and tracked a set down in the U.S. It was complete but had never been restored. We had a lot of phone calls and Phil eventually got it to go”

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Broadcast Band & FM News Editor: John Wright E-mail: [email protected] Postal contributions to John Wright, 71 Hilton Avenue, Roselands 2196 N.S.W. We will start off with notes from Chris Martin Oamaru overlooking the Gold Coast. Over all a pretty ordinary month with signals not up to par. That said on June 29th I logged WFME New York on 1560 at 0603z. This is only the fourth time in over 40 years of DX that it has been heard by me. It usually comes in all by itself around 0950 – 1020z during auroral event. This is the earliest I’ve heard it. Shmiffy & I are planning our next DX session in the cane fields late August. Will run out 500 meters over flat acid ground. We look forward in anticipation! Keep your ears on. Cheers. Medium wave trail. Chris Martin Ormeau Qld. AOR 7030+ with 450 meter Beveridge. 660 0727 KTNN Window Rock fair sig w/ Navajo

Chanting and drums.

740 0931 KTRH Houston strong “News Radio AM 740”.

999 1045 DYSS Cebu C.Philippines in Filipino w basket

ball game commentary. Dominant.

1030 0922 KTWO Casper on C2C AM.

1030 0944 KCTA Corpus Christie dominant reading from

the scriptures in EE.

1070 0713 KNX Los Angeles spot “protect your assets from

the IRS” Strong sig.

1130 0621 KWKH Shreveport strong w/Fox Sports Radio.

1180 0915 Un Id on EE Nx mixed with Marti. Possible

KGYN Guymon.

1190 1101 KGBN Anaheim in KK with piano mx px.

1200 0738 WOAI San Antonio “News Radio AM1200

WOAI”. Strong.

1210 1106 KZOO Honolulu on top w/ JJ vocals.

1280 0927 KXTK Arroyo Grande strong w/ Fox Sports

radio.

1510 0710 KSPA Piedmont in CC w/ Classical Mx mixed

w/other Yanks.

1560 0603 WFME New York w/life matters religious out on

its own. 29/6

1570 0952 XERF Mexico excellent @ 15dB/9 w/Nostalgia

Crooners, on 24 July.

1580 0700 KBLA Los Angeles totally dominant with Arlo

Guthrie Album’s. Mx Px.

Very interesting list Chris. -ed JW.


From John Schache, on DxPedition to Pt Plomer NSW (Airspy HF Plus, EWE, K9AY) 540 Apia. EE church service and hymns at 0659 30/6.

Mixed with the Australian. (JS-P)

558 R. Fiji 1 Faded up briefly at 1113 on 2/7. A bit of

a mix on this channel at this time. (JS-P)

590 KSSK Adverts 0742 2/7. Poor to fair but all om its

own. First time heard by myself so very pleasing.

(JS-P)

1017 TongaAll over 2KY at 0515 5/7. 40 mins before

sunset. (JS-P)

1040 KLHT Religious px at 1056 2/7. Noted in passing.

(JS-P)

1062 Radio Sport Wanganui. Listed as only 1kw so nice

to catch this one at 0652. 5/7. (JS-P)

1050 KTCT Good at 0624 4/7 on peaks. Usual sport px.

1089 China Heard in // with 6165 with no sign of 2GZ,

1105 2/7. (JS-P)

1100 KFAX Good with 'KFAX AM 1100' ID at 0627 4/7

when it rose above the splash. Then into religious

px.

1180 A wonderful cacophony of stations here 0903 3/7.

Usually Marti or Rebelde is here on their own.

Unfortunately, no IDs heard on the recording! (JS-

P)

1180 KERN A bit of a surprise here as I was expecting

Marti or R. Rebelde, but the KERN ID with FM and

Am frequencies was here fading up briefly 0631

4/7

1200 WOAI. Came up well enough to hear website

address, traffic report and weight loss advert. 4/7

0558. Well before sunset. (JS-P)

1280 KXTK Probably the one here with ESPN sports

0627 4/7. Fair at times.

1320 La Poderosa Mexico. A real jumble here on a night

of good conditions, but caught the ID 0908 3/7.

(JS-P)

1360 Radio Bienestar Lima. The catch of the trip.

Thanks to Craig for spotting it and managing to //

up with the webstream. Monologue by a male

then into seeming t/back. 0832 2/7. Big with

station promo and IDs 0758 4/7 (JS-P)

1400 Unid. Heard from 0723 with seeming prayers at

0759 3/7, then into church service, Intriguing

indeed. Recording has yet to be reviewed. (JS-P)

1413 R. Ferrymead. Heard 1137 30/6 with community

notices. Good over mostly nulled SBS. New one

for me. (JS-P)

1420 KKEA. Just about word perfect with ESPN

basketball news 0707 4/7. (JS-P)

1420 Unid. Mexico? Big signal here with adverts

alternating with KKEA at times. 1034 4/7. (JS-P)

1440 Kiribati. Strong on the EWE over SBS 4/7 0714.

(JS-P)

1470 Peru. Heard earlier in the week but nice to hear

promo in SS and EE for their English lessons 4/7

0727. Quite good on peaks. (JS-P)

1500 R.Formula. Nice to hear this before the regular

Hawaiian faded in. Well heard 0605 well before

sunset 4/7. (JS-P)

1500 KHKA Hawaii. Bit of a jumble here but snagged

the call at 0808 4/7.

1540 KREA. Very strong in Korean - almost word

perfect as with KUAU 0713 5/7. (JS-P)

1570 KUAU. Huge signal 0710 5/7. Word perfect at

this time. A regular. (JS-P)

1570 XERF La Poderosa ID 0606 4/7. Faded up with a

nice big signal. Something else there also but

needs a recheck. (JS-P)

1575 VOA Thailand. Nice clear VOA ID at 1300 2/7. (JS-

P)

1650 KSVE El Paso. Surely the one here in SS 0802 4/7

with sports. Fair only.

1660 WGIT Puerto Rico. SS religious pxing 0747 3/7.

Pretty fair on peaks. Reviewing my recordings

managed to dig out an ID as Faro de Santidad at

0800. A new MW country heard so very pleasing

indeed. (JS-P)

And from Craig Seager, also at Pt Plomer (JRC NRD-545,

Airspy HF+, EWE)

760 KGU, Honolulu. Easy Listening song 1142, ID, fair

on 2/7 (Seager-P)

830 KHVH, Honolulu. “Coast to Coast AM” px 1135

w/ID, phone no. Hard to separate from 828, but

OK on peaks, 2/7 (Seager-P)

1070 KNX, Los Angeles. Usual nx format 1146, heavy

QRM from 1071, 2/7 (Seager-P)

1090 Unid. CBS ID 0920, then series of local adverts.

Earlier, wished everyone a happy 4th July, 4/7

(Seager-P)

1120 KPNW, Eugene. Fair w/nx format 1149, OK on

peaks, 2/7 (Seager-P)

1190 KEX, Portland. Fair w/ “Coast to Coast” 0957, 2/7

(Seager-P)

1200 WOAI, San Antonio. Nx format, mention of San

Antonio 0730, fair 4/7 (Seager-P)

1360 R.Bienestar, Lima. Long SS talks, mentioned

Peruvian place names, seems to be self-help style

pxing, 0828, 2/7 (Seager-P)

1460 KION, Salinas. Farm talk, agricultural nx 1245,

very good on peaks, 2/7 (Seager-P)

1650 KFOX, Torrance. KK pxing 1233, very good

w/talks by males & female anncrs. Alternately, 3/7

(Seager-P)

1670 KHPY, Moreno Valley CA. SS religious talk 1254,

fair only on 3/7 (Seager-P)

Phil Ireland’s Pt Plomer logs (Icom R71A, Eton E1, Digitech

Audio AR1945, Sony ICF 2001,XHData D-808, Radiowow

R-108, Sangean PRD-3, EWE)

558 R,Fiji, Suva. Island mx 1038, 3/7 (Ireland-P)

1017 A3Z, Nuku’alofa. Island mx 1034, behind 2KY,3/7


(Ireland-P)

1150 KEIB, Los Angeles. Ads w/web URL, Newstalk

format 1102, 3/7 (Ireland-P)

1380 KTKX, Sacramento. Sports & ads.1116, 3/7

(Ireland-P)

1570 KUAU, Honolulu. Religious px 0728, 3/7 (Ireland-

P)

1570 XERF, Cuidad Acuña. Latin mx 0542, 3/7 (Ireland-

P)

1580 KBLA, Los Angeles. SS px 0722, 3/7 (Ireland-P)

PACIFIC ASIAN LOG UPDATE

Hello everyone: I recently completed the July 2019 edition of the Pacific Asian Log. It was actually posted a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't have time to send out an announcement before going on vacation. This edition has many changes and updates for stations throughout Asia and the Pacific. Most of the updates have been from actual monitoring via remote receivers in east Asia and elsewhere, which should improve the accuracy of station IDs and other information. The PAL has been posted on the Radioheritage website: http://www.radioheritage.net/ The link for the PDF version is at the top center of the site's main page. You can also use an interactive version of the PAL by going through a couple of the site's internal links. Members of the IRCA mailing list in groups.io can also download the PAL from the files page at https://groups.io/g/IRCA/files The next update will probably be published in a couple of months. Corrections and updates from users are always welcome and can be sent to [email protected] or [email protected] First issued in 2001, The PAL lists medium wave and domestic shortwave broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific. It includes about 5000 stations in over 50 countries, with frequencies, call signs, locations, power, networks, schedules, languages, formats, networks and other information (Bruce Portzer, July 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

Clippings Radio Related Stories from the World Press

Edited by Craig Seager Editorial Address 12 Pellion Pl., Windradyne NSW 2795 E-mail [email protected] How Dissidents Are Using Shortwave Radio to Broadcast News into China For more than four months, Hong Kong has been in the grips

of a civil crisis. Protestors have taken to the streets to challenge the Hong Kong government’s growing acquiescence to Beijing while Chinese government forces and their allies have used militias to attack protestors and electronic tools to disrupt their communications. But media censorship means that few mainland Chinese know what’s going on. A Silicon Valley-based organization has found a way to get information into China and out to Chinese speakers around the world: shortwave radio. “Shortwave broadcast is kinda like a grey area,” said Sean Lin, one of the co-founders of the Sound of Hope radio network. “There’s no law that says you cannot do it. It depends on if governments want to keep [a particular radio station] going or shut it down based on Beijing’s pressure,” Shortwave radio has been used for decades to broadcast news, information, political messages, and disinformation. During World War II, the Germans and the British both used radio waves between 3–30 MHz (10 to 100 metres) to try to persuade listeners around the world. Sound of Hope, co-founded by Lin and Allen Zeng in 2004, looked to take the same technology and broadcast messages into China. Zeng originally set up the station to broadcast to the Chinese language population in Silicon Valley. It was his response to a dearth of Chinese-language news coverage that wasn’t heavily influenced by the Chinese government. “You would expect them [Chinese language news and media in the United States] to have some basic media decency and do their job. They don’t. They all have family in China. They need to go back to China. They need to do business in China,” said Zeng. Soon, the Sound of Hope began to broadcast into mainland China itself. Both Zeng and Lin identify as members of the Falun Gong movement, a traditional Chinese religious movement heavily persecuted by the Chinese government. The station does carry religious programming, but they say it’s primarily for reportage and commentary about events in China, and of relevance to the Chinese diaspora. Shortwave (really, AM) radio can be a powerful tool, but it can be drowned out by a more powerful signal. Five years after the radio effort launched, the Chinese government’s jammers had essentially squelched the broadcast. “We were desperate,” because of the jamming, said Lin. “Then we had an engineer in Taiwan who came up with a strategy.” The station now uses more than 100 radio antennas located in countries all around China, such as Thailand and Taiwan, which trade the signal — in effect, playing a game of keepaway with the station’s broadcasting. It’s a strategy they still employ to get their show to 60 percent of the Chinese mainland, including Hong Kong. They have about a 30-person reporting team, who operate under pen names all around the world. It’s a mix of reporting about China and

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world events, through an analytical lens that’s much more critical of the Chinese government than the government would allow, as well as some original reporting on events within China itself. “We rely on a reporter who calls into China to dig up news,” said Lin. Much of their exclusive Chinese coverage is the sort of thing that a local television investigative news team might cover, “petitioners who petition the central government. A lot of the times their case is not handled by the authorities, so they will find another way to seek help, seek a way to voice how their house is being taken down by local authorities, or corruption cases, things like that.” Lin and Zeng say that they would like to do more reporting on everything from the Hong Kong protests to the plight of the almost three million Muslims imprisoned in the sprawling re-education camps of Xinjiang. Sound of Hope gets no help from the U.S. government, a reluctance that Zeng and Lin attribute to pressure from Beijing. Instead, they rely on donations, mostly from Silicon Valley, and an army of volunteers. But working with the network carries risks, even outside of China. Last November, Thailand authorities acceded to a Chinese request to arrest a Taiwanese man named Chiang Yung-hsin for setting up an antenna for Sound of Hope. “Many prisoners of conscious escape from China and escape to Thailand, so of course the Chinese government have their own control agents,” Lin said. The Chinese government works both inside and outside China to shape the global perception of its actions and to restrict the ability of Chinese people within the country’s borders from accessing information. They run dozens of radio stations, including in places like Washington, D.C., to carry the government-approved narrative. They manage a vast—but unremarked upon—social media presence on popular platforms like Instagram. On the ground, where Hong Kong protestors had been using the messaging service Telegram to organize, forces within China launch massive DDOS attacks to disrupt the service. (Defense One)

Woman Arrested in Connection to Deadly Attempted Copper Theft at Radio Tower

Angie West SAND SPRINGS, Okla. – A woman was arrested in connection to a suspected copper theft at a radio station’s transmitter site in northeast Oklahoma that left one person dead and another in critical condition. Just before 10 a.m. Sunday, authorities with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office were called to the KRMG AM transmitter site in Sand Springs. According to the Tulsa

World, an engineer checked on an interrupted signal and found one man dead with wire pliers in his hand and another man severely burned, convulsing on the ground. KRMG reports the injured man was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Officials have not yet identified the man who died. The Tulsa World reports 37-year-old Angie West was arrested in connection to the incident. She reportedly told deputies she had taken the men to the area to take copper around midnight. She says she fell asleep in the car and when she woke up, she left. West was arrested and booked into the Tulsa County jail on a complaint of first-degree murder. CMG Tulsa Market Vice President Cathy Gunther released a statement following the incident. “Early this morning two individuals broke into the KRMG AM transmitter site. It appears they attempted to access a building through a conduit and were electrocuted. One of the individuals is deceased and one was transported to the hospital. From the tools and materials found at the site, it appears that they were attempting to steal copper. The safety of our community is of utmost importance – please do not enter any transmitter site, for any reason, as the area is extremely dangerous” (via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Voice of America Exhibition is A Fascinating Look at Early Shortwave Radio

The Delano Transmission Station, one of five massive fields of

shortwave radio antennae built by the federal government. By David Pagel July 30, 2019 Long before cell towers started sprouting up everywhere, the federal government commissioned telecommunication companies to build five massive fields of shortwave radio antennae. The structures, which reached up to 450 feet, were located in out-of-the-way places in California, Ohio and


North Carolina. Each was designed to bounce radio waves off the ionosphere, allowing federally produced programming to be transmitted all over the globe. The U.S.’ international radio broadcaster Voice of America was born during World War II. It expanded during the Cold War. As technology advanced, its programs were carried via television and digital platforms. Today it is part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, providing news and information in 47 languages to a weekly audience of 275 million. Its early years are traced in a fascinating exhibition at the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Culver City. “Voice of America: The Long Reach of Shortwave” takes visitors back to the predigital world, before our political leaders began tweeting their innermost sentiments and policy decisions. Back then, international audiences were addressed more formally, via carefully scripted programming. Rather than focusing on content — and the charged, often contentious relationship between information and propaganda — the exhibition examines the infrastructure of shortwave radio transmissions. Of course, that structure comes with assumptions about the role of government — and a free press — in a democracy. As is the case with exhibitions at CLUI, visitors are not told what to think, feel or believe about such important subjects; we are free to come to our own conclusions.

The still-operating Transmission Station B at the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station in Greenville, N.C. (Center for Land Use Interpretation)

The antennae are the stars of the show. They appear in photographs, in videos and on touch-screen monitors. Arranged in grids, arcs and asymmetrical arrays, they resemble high-tech fishing nets, impossibly spindly bridges, supersized spirit catchers and otherworldly telephone poles. Sculpturally impressive, they make Land Art look fussy, precious and small. All but one of the five transmission stations have been abandoned. The most haunting component of the exhibition is a three-minute video documenting the destruction of the antennae. In sequence after sequence, little puffs of smoke appear before the towering antennae yield to the tug of gravity and topple to the earth in seemingly slow motion.

Some crash into others, causing them to fall like skyscraper dominoes. It’s a sad ballet that marks the end of an era. A pair of touch-screen slideshows is also bittersweet. It takes visitors on a virtual tour of Transmission Station B (the only one still functioning) and Transmission Station A (its twin). Both are near Greenville, N.C. To see the up-and-running station alongside its vandalized, disused doppelganger is to glimpse a living world next to a dying one. (Los Angeles Times)

Ireland Can’t Quit Longwave By Paul Riismandel on August 4 I’m still playing catch up with a queue of interesting radio stories I’ve yet to post. Although this news dates from May, it didn’t get much play on this side of the Atlantic, and should be of interest to Radio Survivors. Ireland’s longstanding – and oft-threatened – longwave radio station RTÉ 1 on 252 kHz is staying on the air. With the ability to serve listeners over a longer distance than AM (mediumwave), though covering less area than shortwave, listeners in the Irish diaspora across the UK have relied upon this station to keep in touch with news and culture back home. However, the cost of maintaining aging equipment and the availability of RTÉ 1 on the internet caused the state broadcaster to plan its shutdown five years ago. That’s when the station first appeared on my radar. Immediately listeners across Ireland and the UK registered their protests, noting that many older people who rely upon the broadcasts aren’t able to use internet radio easily, and that in-car listening isn’t so easily replaced by the internet, either. In 2016 the RTÉ put the closure on hold. It was finally cancelled this May, when the broadcaster announced that it would perform necessary repairs and maintenance in order to keep the 252 signal on air for at least another two years. That will require a two-month interruption in service. As a contingency, RTÉ has explored simulcasts on digital DAB+ radio in the UK, but regulations that require broadcasters to be UK-based have been a stumbling block. Longwave radio, which sits below the AM band between 148

and 283 kHz, was never implemented as a broadcast service in North America. It primarily travels via groundwaves for distances up to about 1200 miles, whereas shortwave travels by

skywaves for even longer distances. Longwave’s advantages are that it has fidelity and reliability that are more like AM radio, while covering a larger area. Though longwave has been in service about as long as AM mediumwave, RTÉ 252 has only been going since 1989. As


contributor Paul Bailey explained, the broadcaster acquired the operation from Radio Luxembourg as its rock music programming was losing ground to native stations in the UK. 30 years is still a decent tenure, and the decision to keep the 252 signal going is a testament to the power of radio, and the notion that obsolescence is in the ear of the beholder. The point of radio is to reach listeners, and if the new technology won’t reach those who benefit most, then is it really better?

Ham Radio Sea Robot Launched yesterday, after its first night in the middle of the Aber Wrac'h (IN78ro), 'Squirrel C' the marine robot designed by the association of “Radio Amateurs Penn ar Bed” already gives impressive results. During this first night its WSPR beacon F4GOH on 7 Mhz and APRS sensors on were recorded by Ham radio all over the world from the North to the South and from California to Tasmania ... For Maurice UGUEN, F6CIU, President of the scientific Ham radio association of Plouguerneau, (small city north of Brest) "These results are out of our forecasts, we did not imagine such a cover for sensors relayed by a micro transmitter on shortwave ... of a lower power than a mobile phone! " The robot is wet for a month of tests in front of the small harbor of Perroz, the time to validate the various scientific programs embedded. Subsequently, in a final form, it will be dropped off Celtic sea, with the final project crossing the Atlantic in complete autonomy. An ambitious program that will be the subject of work associated with several international universities. (Maurice F6CIU, via Southgate ARC)

Swiss Shortwave Merry-Go-Round Founder Bob Thomann (HB9GX) is Silent Key Readers old enough to remember listening to SBC/Swiss Radio International will, no doubt, remember Bob Thomann. I just received the following note from Bob Zanotti: Dear Friends and Broadcasting Colleagues, Our old friend and colleague, Bob Thomann HB9GX, passed away peacefully on Saturday afternoon 3 August local time. He would have been 91 in September. Bob Thomann was the founder of the Swiss Shortwave Merry-Go-Round on SBC/Swiss Radio International back in the 50’s. He and I were teamed up in 1970, when I joined SRI. We co-presented the technical mailbag show, which became known as “The Two Bobs” for 24 years between 1970 and the show’s ending in June 1994. Bob never missed a show, even when we had to do a telephone

hookup when he was hospitalized back in the 80’s. This is the end of “The Two Bobs” Era and an era in shortwave broadcasting in general. But I’m happy to say that the show lives on at www.switzerlandinsound.com, where it has its own section. All that survived from the “Merry-Go-Round” is there, including new material we produced especially for the website. And this will remain as a memorial to Bob Thomann and his contribution to shortwave broadcasting as long as I’m still around.

Mid-1960s photo showing Bob with Heidi Schweizer and Pamela — SBC’s DX Trio at the time. (Image courtesy of Richard Langley)

Bob Thomann was my friend, colleague and fellow ham operator for many years. I will always fondly remember those golden days we shared together. Long live those memories. 73, Bob Zanotti (via SWLing Post)

New DRM Chip AUSTIN, Texas, July 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leading provider of automotive radio solutions, has introduced new hybrid software-defined radio (SDR) tuners, expanding its portfolio to meet the growing need of automotive radio manufacturers to support all global digital radio standards with a common platform.

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The new Si479x7 devices are Silicon Labs’ first automotive radio tuners supporting the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) standard. The Si479x7 tuners are an extension of Silicon Labs’ popular family of Global Eagle and Dual Eagle AM/FM receivers and digital radio tuners, providing the same outstanding field performance, pin and package compatibility between single and dual tuners, and bill of materials (BOM) cost advantages. In addition to introducing new DRM-capable tuners, Silicon Labs is enhancing its Si4790x/1x/2x/5x/6x automotive tuners with unique “SDR-friendly” technology, effectively transforming these devices into hybrid SDR tuners. Silicon Labs’ hybrid SDR technology includes advanced DSP-based automotive features such as Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC), Digital Automatic Gain Control (AGC), Digital Radio Fast Detect and Dynamic Zero-IF (ZIF) I/Q. These features enable automotive radio manufacturers to support global digital radio standards with a common radio hardware and software design. This added flexibility helps OEM and Tier 1 customers reduce design, qualification, sourcing and inventory costs while avoiding the complexity and inefficiency of supporting multiple automotive radio platforms.

“Silicon Labs’ automotive tuners with hybrid SDR capabilities deliver the highest integration and reception performance and the lowest BOM cost of any automotive SDR tuners in mass production today,” said Juan Revilla, General Manager of Broadcast Products at Silicon Labs. “Our tuners with advanced digital radio features enable radio manufacturers to develop a single platform to demodulate and decode worldwide digital radio standards, greatly simplifying car radio designs and reducing system cost. A single digital radio platform can be achieved either with an SDR-based design approach or by using a tuner-plus-coprocessor design.” Silicon Labs’ automotive tuner portfolio includes highly integrated single and dual device options with best-in-class AM/FM receiver performance. The portfolio supports all broadcast radio bands including AM, FM, Long Wave, Short Wave, Weather Band, HD Radio, DAB (Band III) and DRM. The tuners are built on Silicon Labs’ industry-leading RF CMOS technology, delivering outstanding automotive receiver performance. The tuners’ proven mixed-signal, low-IF RF CMOS design provides excellent sensitivity in weak signal environments and superb selectivity and intermodulation immunity in strong signal environments. (Press Release)

VOA Launches Rohingya Language Program Today the Voice of America’s Bangla language service started a five-day-a-week radio show in Rohingya, the language spoken by Muslim refugees that have fled Myanmar. More than 800,000 people have taken refuge at the Kutupalong camp, one of the world’s largest refugee camps at the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. Titled Lifeline, the 30-minute radio show, is available through short and medium wave signals. The program focuses on the lives and needs of the refugees, providing them with valuable information on security, family reunification, food rations, available shelter, education and health including vaccinations and water purification. In addition, a daily segment of the program offers the refugees the opportunity to share their stories, extend greetings to their families and learn about the hazards of joining extremists groups. One overarching objective of the broadcast is to counter Muslim extremists’ narratives and recruitment efforts in the camps and inform the Rohingya about the U.S. and the international community’s involvement in the crisis. “After visiting Cox’s Bazaar and the Kutupalong refugee camp last year, it became obvious to me that we needed to address the informational needs of these people caught in the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world today,” said VOA Director Amanda Bennett. “Providing them with a reliable and authoritative source of news, as well as practical information that will improve their lives, is what the Voice of America does well in various hotspots around the world.” Prior to launching the Rohingya language program, a VOA Learning English team travelled to the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in March of this year at the invitation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The VOA instructors offered six days of intensive training on teaching techniques and methods for 100 selected English teachers. The teachers, in turn, will use the acquired knowledge to train another 5,000 of their colleagues in the camps. (Inside VOA)

Commercial Radio Goes Digital in Canberra 18 July 2019 Commercial radio officially switched on DAB+ digital radio broadcasts in Canberra on Friday, July 19, providing digital quality sound and more station choice for listeners in the capital. All four commercial radio stations, 2CA, 2CC, Mix 106.3 and Hit 104.7 will broadcast in digital, alongside several commercial digital-only stations, with more new stations to launch in coming months.


The DAB+ stations on air include: Snow Digital – featuring popular shows including Kate, Tim & Marty and updates on ski conditions Coles Radio – a contemporary music mix with some great favourites KIX Country – for everyone who loves country music My Canberra Digital – a smooth selection of favourites from the 70s to today Buddha Hits – chill out music that makes you feel good The Edge Digital - urban R&B. Joan Warner, the chief executive officer of industry body Commercial Radio Australia, said the move from trial to permanent services means listeners will have access to the full benefits of digital radio and improved coverage, particularly in the south of Canberra and along the Federal

and Barton Highways. “Commercial radio has been broadcasting on the AM band in Canberra since 1931 and on FM since 1988. Now with the official move to digital broadcasting, radio can keep innovating and

offering better services to listeners,” she said. Craig Wagstaff, the general manager of Canberra FM, said: “We’re excited to introduce new stations to Canberra and be part of the growing digital radio landscape.” Michael Jones, general manager of Radio Canberra, said: “Listeners will notice a significant upgrade in sound quality on DAB+ radios compared to AM, along with other benefits such as easy tuning and on-screen information such as song titles, news and weather.” DAB+ is available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, and has been available in Canberra on a low-powered trial since 2010. It officially launched in Hobart and Darwin earlier this year. Listeners can purchase a DAB+ radio to enjoy the services, with receivers available in a wide range of prices. Consumers who already have a DAB+ radio should rescan their radios from 10.30am on July 19 to pick up the new services. Nearly 70% of all new cars sold in Australia now come with digital radio factory fitted. The move to permanent DAB+ services in Canberra will result in improved reception, including the areas of Conder, Chisholm, Kamba and Jerrabomberra, as well as along the Federal and Barton Highways, including the township of Murrumbateman. Commercial radio stations will mark the start of permanent DAB+ services with on-air giveaways of digital radios. (Press Release)

Point Plomer Peregrinations By John Schache The time has come,' the DXers said, To talk of many things: Of radios — and antennas — seaside DXpeditions — Of rare dx unbounded — zero noise - And clear IDs on the hour — And whether pigs have wings.' (with apologies to Lewis Carroll) It was, of course, time for the Annual DXpedition and Boys Week Away. As usual, we had searched far and wide and of course consulted Mr Google for a suitable site. We finally decided on a cabin at Point Plomer, just north of Port Macquarie and about a 7-hour trip from home. The National Parks cabin was adjacent to a caravan park and only about 100 metres from the beach. Only one house was nearby, and turned out to be vacant. Of course, we had the memory of last year's trip to the Daintree region - reception there was severely hampered by noise from the solar panels and inverter system. However, a decision was made and we booked well ahead of time and just short of the school holidays. Point Plomer is a bit off the beaten track being reached by way of 18km of unsealed (and pot-holed!) road via Crescent Head. Our trip was timed for the start of July when a break from the cool of the Central West winter is always welcome. This also coincides with the whale watching season and indeed, the point is a great place to watch for them.

Phil in photo-documentary mode (JS)

Whales were indeed seen most days, mainly well out to sea, but also close in where they could be seen breeching at times. Binoculars would have been handy here! One afternoon we had the privilege of watching a large pod of dolphins frolicking in the waves just offshore - one of those times when you would not be dead for quids ... I think that, even though trying to travel light, we did well to


get all our gear into Craig’s car on the Friday night. There is always the thought that such and such might just be useful or needed 'just in case'. Add to that the suit cases, sleeping bags and the etc's, well, is there really any such thing as travelling light? So far as receivers go, Craig and I had SDRs and Phil had several large portables and there was an NRD 545, Icom R71 and 3 PK loops to fit in. Add to that laptops, basic groceries and 3 tubs of wire, tools etc, then room is really at a premium. We drove via the Bylong Valley on a beautiful misty morning, then up the highway to Kempsey. Leaving Crescent Head we came to the unsealed road and a million (seemingly) potholes to negotiate. The drive is actually quite scenic and runs along the coast but past Pt Plomer, the road is 4WD only. Our cottage was well equipped and could sleep 10 if needed so there was plenty of space. We set up DX Central on a large table in the living area and soon had all our requisite radios, wire and cables in place - all the important stuff of course.

Local Swamp (JS)

Antenna-wise we ended up with 2 EWEs facing east, Craig had his W6LVP loop, Phil his PK Loops and I had a small flag antenna, theoretically switchable in 4 directions. All I can say is that the idea was good which tells you how useful it turned out to be ... We again decided not to run any lengthy wires out; in any case being close to the beach meant that only a limited run was possible anyway. Personally, I tend to be happy using EWEs instead of running lengths of wire through the scrub. Don't get me wrong - I have used beverages to good effect in the past, however a well-constructed beverage is a different beast to a temporary run thrown in place on whatever supports are available. Receivers mainly in use were Airspy HF+ (Craig and I) with Phil using an R71and large portable or 2 or 3 .... Much to our delight, noise was not a huge issue - the laptop power supplies we could unplug and run on batteries and there was nothing obvious from the camp ground. In general, conditions were quite good the first 3 nights with all the regulars being heard and very good reception from the Pacific and New Zealand. In fact, one evening I spent time going along the band logging NZ on just about every

channel.

Craig at the dials (JS)

I was pleased to log a few new ones. Conditions really picked up for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of July. There was lots to be sorted out and quite a few intriguing things to be heard. Of note were the Peruvians on 1360 and 1470, Mexico on several channels and a so-far mystery station on 1400. A new MW country for me was Puerto Rico on 1660 (WGIT). Fade-in began a bit before 0600, an hour prior to sunset with propagation holding up well after the usual early evening peak. Using the SDRs means that there will surely more of interest on our recordings when reviewed. Being at the dials from around 0530 was the ideal to aim for.

Local headlands (JS)

Of course, our daytrips saw us travel to the nearby towns and villages where we enjoyed good coffee and some pretty good food as well. We were impressed by the Jaycar outlet in Port Macquarie and visited the junk shops we found here and there. Phil brought a couple of radios to add to our pile of luggage on the return trip. Apart from radio there was lots of whale watching and photography with a walk up to the point each morning almost a must do. The hippy campground a few minutes’ drive away had pretty good coffee and is surely a reminder of the days of the '60s for those of us of a certain age .... Would we venture to Point Plomer again? The answer, based on this visit, is yes. Comfortable, plenty of space and pretty noise free are the plusses. Mobile phone coverage is very spotty and not available at the cottage at all. However, we had a pretty good DXpedition and hopefully we will indeed return.


Telegraph Point General Store (CS)

Phil and John chatting to a pleasant English lass over coffee (CS)

Phil deep in thought (JS)

Misty Mountain vista, Smithtown (CS)

Rustic Shed, Gladstone (CS)

Utility DX Report Editor: John Volpato E-mail: [email protected] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8q_xuyF7YdbF8jCSdyjmsQ Hello Folks, Welcome to the Utility column for August. Contributions this month from Phil Brennan and Eddy Waters. NAVTEX LOG Philip Brennan QTH: Darwin, Northern Territory Australia Receiver: Afedri SDR rev.6, SDR Console v.3.10 Antenna: Welbrook ALA 1530 LNPro Software: YaND v.7.0 YYYYMMDD HHMM KHz ID CALL STATION,COUNTRY DIST (Km) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 20190717 1024 518 $12O NMO Honolulu ,HWA 8613 20190717 1110 518 $11T 9WW21 Miri R, Sarawak, MLA 2637 20190717 1150 518 $11X XVS Ho Chi Minh-Ville ,VTN 3715 20190717 1234 518 $11C 9VG Singapore ,SNG 3368 20190717 1240 518 $11E PKX Jakarta ,INS 2726 20190717 1251 518 $11F HAS Bangkok (Nonthaburi),THA 4426 20190717 1302 518 $11G JNB Naha ,JPN 4300 20190717 1311 518 $11H JNR Moji,JPN 5146 20190717 1327 518 $11I JGC Yokohama ,JPN 5400 20190715 1346 518 $11K JNX Kushiro ,JPN 6313 20190717 1328 518 $11J DZS Manila,PHL 3189 20190717 1400 518 $11M XSI Sanya,CHN 4136 20190717 1410 518 $11N XSQ Guangzhou,CHN 4384


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20190715 1423 518 $08O XXX Porto Novo ,IND 6263 20190717 1430 518 $11P XSX Keelung,TWN 4288 20190717 1441 518 $11Q XSG Shanghai ,CHN 4941 20190717 1453 518 $11R XSZ Dalian ,CHN 5785 20190717 1500 518 $11S 9WH21 Sandakan,MLA 2483 20190717 1528 518 $11U 9MG Penang ,MLA 3910 20190713 1602 518 $13A UIK Vladivostok,RSE 6206 20190709 1748 518 $11K XVT Danang,VTN 4030 20190717 1753 518 $11L VRX Hong Kong ,CHN 4256 20190703 1823 518 $08O XXX Porto Novo ,IND 6263 20190701 1904 518 $08S ? Balasore (Orissa), IND 6102 20190708 1944 518 $11W HL? Pyongsan, KOR 5334 20190708 2010 518 $09B A9M Bahrein, BHR 9705

GMDSS LOGS (sample – Phil decodes hundreds of these) Philip Brennan QTH: Darwin, Northern Territory Australia Receiver: Afedri SDR rev.6, SDR Console v.3.10 Antenna: Welbrook ALA 1530 LNPro Software: Multi-PSK, GMDSS Display 6.0.31 (HF=12.577 MHz) <Selective call to a particular individual station> Called MMSI station address: 004122100 [Coast station: Shanghai MRCC Shanghai/MRCC China] (China) MMSI self-identifier: 355493000 [Ship] (GLOBAL VANGUARD, 3EQV7, Cargo - Panama) Date and time of decoding: 05/07/2019 02:19:46 Called MMSI station address: 005671000 [Coast station: Bangkok (Nonthaburi) RCC Bangkok] (Thailand) MMSI self-identifier: 372240000 [Ship] (Panama) Date and time of decoding: 05/07/2019 02:20:09 Called MMSI station address: 005030001 [Coast station: Charleville/Wiluna RCC Australia] (Australia) MMSI self-identifier: 636014190 [Ship] (TIARE, A8SA8, Cargo - Liberia) Date and time of decoding: 05/07/2019 02:24:02 Called MMSI station address: 636014190 [Ship] (TIARE, A8SA8, Cargo - Liberia) MMSI self-identifier: 005030001 [Coast station: 26°19'S 146°15'E Charleville/Wiluna RCC Australia] (Australia) Date and time of decoding: 05/07/2019 02:24:19 Called MMSI station address: 566908000 [Ship] (SHANTUNG - Singapore) MMSI self-identifier: 005030001 [Coast station: 26°19'S 146°15'E Charleville/Wiluna RCC Australia] (Australia) Date and time of decoding: 05/07/2019 02:24:25 Called MMSI station address: 371016000 [Ship] (POSITIVE LEADER, 3EGF8, Cargo - Panama) MMSI self-identifier: 005030001 [Coast station: 26°19'S 146°15'E Charleville/Wiluna RCC Australia] (Australia) Date and time of decoding: 05/07/2019 02:28:27

Called MMSI station address: 419769000 [Ship] (GREATSHIP AARTI, AUWG - India) MMSI self-identifier: 005030001 [Coast station: 26°19'S 146°15'E Charleville/Wiluna RCC Australia] (Australia) Date and time of decoding: 05/07/2019 02:29:15 Called MMSI station address: 538006459 [Ship] (Marshall Islands) MMSI self-identifier: 005030001 [Coast station: 26°19'S 146°15'E Charleville/Wiluna RCC Australia] (Australia) Date and time of decoding: 05/07/2019 02:32:15 NDB logs Session Report for Phil Brennan, VK8VWA Listening Location: Tiwi NT, PH57kp (12°21'15"S 130°53'30"E) Report Created On Jul 26, 2019 at 11:19 UTC Receiver(s): Afedri SDR rev.6.0 Antenna(s): Wellbrook ALA1530 LNPro Software: SDR Console v3.10, WWSU 6.4 Report Sorted by Time in Ascending order, Frequency Range 200.00 - 530.00 kHz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YYYY-MM-DD UTC kHz Call km New Location --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019-07-07 08:16 353 LRE 1875 Y Longreach Apt, Queensland, Australia 2019-07-07 08:18 377 WP 1195 Y Weipa, Queensland, Australia 2019-07-07 08:58 392 LHR 1347 Y Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia 2019-07-07 09:08 383 WLU 1939 Y Wiluna, Western Australia, Australia 2019-07-07 10:11 355 NI 4184 Y Nauru - Nauru IAP, Nauru 2019-07-18 09:27 338 MA 1301 Y Mount Isa Apt, Queensland, Australia 2019-07-18 09:46 251 MEK 2044 Meekatharra Apt, Western Australia, Australia 2019-07-18 10:08 407 GTE 628 Groote Eylandt Apt, Northern Territory, Australia 2019-07-18 10:10 396 LM 2091 RAAF Learmonth - Exmouth Apt, Western Australia, Australia 2019-07-18 10:31 375 OJ 1488 Y Hasanuddin, Indonesia 2019-07-18 10:34 371 ROR 2230 Y Koror, Palau 2019-07-18 10:39 366 PNI 3706 Y Pohnpei - Pohnpei Island, Micronesia 2019-07-18 10:42 359 GEL 2480 Y Geraldton Apt, Western Australia, Australia 2019-07-18 10:46 348 BM 1129 Irarrutu/Babo, Indonesia 2019-07-18 10:49 332 DBY 954 Y Derby, Western Australia, Australia 2019-07-18 10:51 323 CAR 2283 Y Carnarvon Apt, Western Australia, Australia 2019-07-18 10:55 311 NTN 1243 Y Normanton Apt, Queensland, Australia 2019-07-18 11:02 290 LW 2054 Y Lawang, Indonesia 2019-07-18 11:04 287 LEC 2172 Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia 2019-07-18 12:58 404 COE 1333 Y Coen, Queensland, Australia 2019-07-18 13:09 413 BDV 1747 Y Birdsville, Queensland, Australia 2019-07-18 13:14 278 PBO 1838 Y Paraburdoo, Western


Australia, Australia 2019-07-18 13:23 268 FRT 2077 Forrest, Western Australia, Australia 2019-07-18 13:28 215 AL 2704 Halim Perdanakusuma, Indonesia 2019-07-18 13:36 218 CMU 2319 Y Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia 2019-07-18 13:38 223 PO 1399 BIMA, Indonesia 2019-07-18 13:39 227 OOM 2000 Moomba, South Australia, Australia 2019-07-18 13:41 233 NWN 1698 Newman Apt, Western Australia, Australia 2019-07-18 13:43 242 KOW 1222 Kowanyama, Queensland, Australia 2019-07-18 13:46 250 LK 1543 Y BUBUNG, Indonesia

Logs from Eddy: 4149.00 WILUNA AUS 837 VMW USB July 15,

2019WEATHER INFORMATION

4298.00 KODIAK ALS 1101 FAX NOJ RTTY July 16,

2019 WEATHER MAP

4300.70 INSKIP G 1447 STANAG 4285 MKD USB June 12,

2019 ENCRYPTION

4306.40 HUMPTY DOO AUS 940 STANAG 4285 USB June

29, 2019 ENCRYPTION


29, 2019 ENCRYPTION

4636.40 HUMPTY DOO AUS 1440 STANAG 4285 USB

June 12, 2019 ENCRYPTION


June 12, 2019 IDLE

4666.00 SAN FRANCISCO USA 915 USB June 17,

2019 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

5127.00 PERTH AUS 848 AUSTRAVEL USB July 15,

2019CALLS FROM TRAVELLERS

5142.00 UNID 1238 MORSE CW June 24, 2019 CUT

NUMBERS 7NA6 ETC POOR SIGNAL

5144.00 UNID 1247 LINK 11 SLEW USB June 24,

2019 ENCRYPTION

5180.00 SA POLICE AUS 956 ALE 5368@@ USB June 14,

2019 THIS WAS 5368@@

5180.00 NSW POLICE AUS 855 ALE 2915A USB June 16,

2019 THIS WAS 2915A

5180.00 NT POLICE AUS 701 ALE 9598@@ USB June 16,

2019 THIS WAS 9598@@ B1D BA1

5280.00 BEIJING CHN 1056 4+4 LSB July 1, 2019/CY

HW QSL BJEXR WK NR 2205-S///3* XYXYXYXHXY BOZ

UPSB WK TKS///

5280.00 BEIJING CHN 1100 MORSE CW July 2,

2019FOUR LETTER GROUPS

5293.00 MOSCOW RUS 1045 AQUARIUS 200 RTTY

July 2, 2019 SHORT MESSAGES

5311.00 SEVASTOPOL UKR 1045 T600 RTTY July 1,

2019 MESSAGE BURST MODE

5320.00 BEIJING CHN 1200 LSB July 1, 2019

UNIDENTIFIED MODEM AND OPCHAT

5349.00 UNID 1145 BAUDOT RTTY June 18, 2019

ENCRYPTION

5396.00 BEIJING CHN 1155 SELCALL USB July 14,

2019 SELCALL SYSTEM 4 PEAKS 400HZ APART

5421.00 BEIJING CHN 1148 39 TONE 110A USB July

9, 2019 THIS WAS 246 TO 802

5421.00 BEIJING CHN 1152 ALE 246 USB July 9, 2019

THIS WAS 246 TO 802

5422.00 MOSCOW RUS 1145 MORSE CW July 9,

2019ENCRYPTION

5424.00 VLADIVOSTOK RUS 1035 AT 3004D USB July

10, 2019 12 CHANNEL VOCODER ALL CHANNELS

ENCRYPTED PILOT TONE AT 3300HZ

5441.00 UNID 1247 MORSE CW June 24, 2019

ENCRYPTION

5508.00 SAN FRANCISCO USA 1119 HFDL 1 USB June

17, 2019 SQUITTERS

5510.00 UNID 1140 MORSE CW June 18, 2019

ENCRYPTION

5562.00 BEIJING CHN 1345 SELCALL USB May 31,


5562.00 BEIJING CHN 1345 USB May 31, 2019

VOICE NET IN UNID LANGUAGE

5655.00 HAT YAI THA 1120 HFDL 6 USB July 8,

2019SQUITTERS

5684.00 ANDREWS USA 923 ALE ADWSPR USB July 1,

2019 ALECALL US AIR FORCE

5691.00 UNID 1145 MORSE CW June 24,

2019ENCRYPTION

5702.00 SALINAS PUE 757 ALE JNRNPR USB July 16,


5708.00 HICKAM HWA 915 ALE HIK USB July 1, 2019

ALECALL US AIR FORCE


June 9, 2019 IDLE

5818.00 UNID 1140 ALE TO 104 LSB June 16, 2019 TO

104

5818.00 UNID 1135 MIL STD 188 110A 39 TONE LSB


5818.00 UNID 1130 MIL STD 188 110A 39 TONE LSB


5818.00 UNID 1125 MODEM LSB June 16, 2019

ENCRYPTION

5818.00 UNID 1110 MORSE CW June 16, 2019 ND5S

6D56 56S5 NIS6 short message not on for very long.

6255.00 UNID 1120 LINK 11 SLEW USB July 7, 2019

ENCRYPTION

6294.50 UNID 1100 MORSE CW June 2, 2019VERY

WEAK SIGNAL NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO DECODE

6316.00 GUANGZHOU CHN 1127 MORSE XSQ CW July

9, 2019 STATION MARKER

6382.20 OUDDORP NTH 1107 STANAG 4285 PBB USB July

9, 2019 ENCRYPTION

6384.00 BEIJING CHN 1507 SELCALL USB June 12,


6414.50 UNID 1227 110A USB June 24, 2019SHORT

BURST MODE 1200 LONG ENCRYPTION

6418.50 UNID 545 STANAG 4285 USB July 21, 2019

ENCRYPTION

6440.50 MOSCOW RUS 1053 MORSE EW35 CW July 9,

2019 EW35 OE?-ET?E A??EZ DA99A



6562.00 BEIJING CHN 1037 SELCALL USB July 9,


6629.00 UNID 1047 MORSE CW June 18, 2019UMA1

6TA 3U75 =RE36T7 ENCRYPTION

6650.00 UNID 1032 LSB July 9, 2019 UNID

NETWORK IN UNID LANGUAGE SEEMS TO BE MILITARY

6666.00 UNID 1107 MORSE CW July 10, 2019

ENCRYPTION

6715.00 ANDREWS USA 822 ALE ADWSPR USB June 14,


6715.00 HICKAM HWA 821 ALE HIKSPR USB June 14,


6715.00 SALINAS PUE 905 ALE JNRSPR USB June 14,


6715.00 SALINAS PUE 846 ALE JNRSPR USB June 14,


6715.00 McLELLAN USA 838 ALE MCCSPR USB June 14,


6721.00 McLELLAN USA 828 ALE MCC USB June 14,


6767.00 VLADIVOSTOK RUS 948 AT 3004D USB June 25,


2019 12 CHANNELS ALL ENCRYPTED

6780.00 UNID 1120 MORSE CW June 18, 2019 NOW

CONTINUOUS DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE A TIME SIGNAL.

6830.00 UNID 1209 USB July 9, 2019TACTICAL

NETWORK UNID ASIAN LANGUAGE

6840.00 UNID 554 ALE U1T USB June 25, 2019 THIS

WAS U1T

6969.00 VLADIVOSTOK RUS 948 AT 3004D USB June 24,

2019 12 CHANNELS ALL ENCRYPTED

7554.00 MOSCOW RUS 1340 75 RUS RTTY May 31,

2019ENCRYPTION

7657.00 UNID 1057 ALE 674 USB June 14, 2019 TO

674

7657.00 UNID 743 ALE B1D USB June 15, 2019 THIS

WAS B1D

7657.00 VIC POLICE AUS 544 ALE 3008@@ USB June

15, 2019 THIS WAS 3008@@

7660.00 UNID 1143 ALE BA1 USB June 14,

2019THIS WAS BA1

7806.00 UNID 1033 USB July 8, 2019 ASIAN

NETWORK UNID LANGUAGE POOR SIGNAL

7887.00 BEIJING CHN 1017 SELCALL USB June 15,


7956.00 UNID 1225 MORSE CW July 15, 2019VERY

WEAK CW

7988.50 RUSSIAN AIR DEFENCE RUS 1235 MORSE M21 CW

July 15, 2019 SENDS 14 CHARACTER MESSAGES WITH

TIME. MESSAGE SENT EVERY TWO MINUTES

8402.00 TOKYO JAP 1133 32 TONE MODEM USB July

8, 2019 ENCRYPTION

8456.40 HUMPTY DOO AUS 1048 STANAG 4285 USB July

10, 2019 IDLE


10, 2019 IDLE

8608.00 VLADIVOSTOK RUS 1037 T600 RTTY July 10,

2019 IDLE

8665.00 SHANGHAI CHN 1030 MORSE XSG CW July 10,

2019 STATION MARKER

8761.00 UNID JAP 1015 USB July 10, 2019 METEO

INFORMATION

8965.00 ANDREWS USA 740 ALE ADWNPR USB July 4,


8968.00 HICKAM HWA 833 ALE HIKSPR USB June 14,


8968.00 ELMENDORF ALS 904 ALE AEDSPR USB July

1, 2019 ALECALL US AIR FORCE

8968.00 ANDREWS USA 1133 ALE ADW USB July 4,


9025.00 ANDERSON GUA 831 ALE GUASPR USB July


9034.00 UNID 1303 ALE 104 USB June 9, 2019 THIS

IS 103 TO 104

9110.00 BOSTON USA 1010 FAX NMF RTTY May 28,

2019 WEATHER MAP


3, 2019 ENCRYPTION


10, 2019 IDLE


3, 2019 ENCRYPTION


10, 2019 IDLE


19, 2019 IDLE


19, 2019 IDLE

9203.00 UNID 1158 RTTY June 17,

2019ENCRYPTION

9380.00 GUAM GUA 1046 STANAG 4481 NPN RTTY May

28, 2019 ENCRYPTION

9383.00 UNID 1047 RTTY June 15,

2019ENCRYPTION

10060.00 SEOUL KOR 1132 HFDL 10 USB June 2,

2019SQUITTERS

10205.00 UNID 1148 MORSE CW June 2,

2019ENCRYPTION

10265.00 DIXON USA 1043 STANAG 4481 NPG RTTY May

28, 2019 ENCRYPTION

10274.00 MOSCOW RUS 1041 75 RUS RTTY May 28,

2019ENCRYPTION

10295.00 QLD POLICE AUS 757 ALE 431002 USB June 14,

2019 THIS WAS 431002 432271

10295.00 SA POLICE AUS 956 ALE 5368@@ USB June 14,

2019 THIS WAS 5368@@ 5373@@ 5001@@ 5371@@

5374@@


13, 2019 ENCRYPTION


13, 2019 ENCRYPTION


25, 2019 IDLE


25, 2019 IDLE

11408.00 UNID 805 CCIR 493-4 9828 RTTY July 10,

2019SELCALL 128 CALLS 9828

12376.50 UNID 720 STANAG 4285 USB July 17,

2019ENCRYPTION


12, 2019 ENCRYPTION

13215.00 ANDREWS USA 630 ALE ADW USB July 4,

2019ALECALL US AIR FORCE

13215.00 McLELLAN USA 633 ALE MCC USB July 4,

2019ALECALL US AIR FORCE

13824.00 VLADIVOSTOK RUS 614 OFDM 60 TONE USB July

21, 2019 ENCRYPTION


6, 2019 IDLE


21, 2019 IDLE


21, 2019 IDLE


10, 2019 ENCRYPTION


10, 2019 IDLE

15091.00 ANDERSON GUA 617 ALE GUASPR USB July



2, 2019 ENCRYPTION


2, 2019 ENCRYPTION


5, 2019 ENCRYPTION


30, 2019 ENCRYPTION


30, 2019 ENCRYPTION\

That’s all folks. Keep warm and let me know what you are hearing “between the Broadcast bands”! 73, John ᴥ


AUSTRALIAN RADIO DX CLUB inc Vic Reg A0011728G Accounts 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. INCOME Sales and subscriptions 5022-10 IBD Interest 297-26 General interest -30 ATO refunds on GST 245-00 Total Income 5564-66 EXPENDITURE Postage 1346-55 Printing Kwik Kopy 2125-77 NAB Merchant on credit cards 229-59 Bank charge WRTH payment 12-87 ATO GST 7-00 Presented cheque 25-00 Consumer Affairs Victoria 57-80 WRTH 2019 sales 1331-42 Flowers florist C Allen 100-00 AGM Brisbane catering 206-36 J Wright claim (AGM Catering) 38-55 Unique Radio Advertising 255-00 TOTAL 5735-91 Therefore the period 1/7/18 to 30/6/19 a loss of $242-52. BALANCE SHEET Credits as of 30/6/19 General account balance 3453-93 IBD Account 14500-00 Foreign currency 40 USD 57-14 “ “ 5 Euro 6-95 Stamps on hand 30/6/19 42-00 Membership stationary 462-00 Total Credits/Value 18522-02 LIABILITIES NIL Total value of the club as of 30/6/19 $18,522-02 Therefore compared to the previous year we were negative $142-52. However, there were several one-off costs however, the membership has increased due to advertising and Edwin Lowe Facebook page. So, I wish to thank the committee and in particular the treasurer, who did a wonderful job.


Australian Radio DX Club inv Vic Reg A0011728G. ABN 83 818 568 199 NOMINATION FORM 2019-2020

I being a financial member of the ARDXC inc (Vic), wish to nominate ……………………………………..for a position on the committee. NOMINEE……………………………………………………………………… PROPOSER…………………………………………………………………… SECONDER…………………………………………………………………… I accept this nomination………………………………………………………. (signature of nominee) Closing date is last mail 27th September, 2019. Address is J Wright ARDXC, 71 Hilton Ave, Roselands NSW 2196. ………………………..CUT HERE………………………….CUT HERE……………. Australian Radio DX Club inc Vic REG A0011728G ABN 83 818 568 199 FORM OF APPOINTMENT OF PROXY I…………………………………………….OF………………………………………… Being a financial member of that incorporated association, as my proxy vote for me on my behalf at the general meeting of the association, (annual general meeting), to be held on the 5th October 2019, and at any adjournment of that meeting. My proxy is authorised to vote in favour/against. (Delete as appropriate) the resolutions. (Insert the details). Signed …………………………………………………………….. I am a financial member or life member of the ARDXC inc (Vic). This day …………………………..2019. Proxy votes must be received by last mail 27th September 2019. Address is J Wright ARDXC, 71 Hilton Ave, Roselands NSW 2196.

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