Propagation Forecast Bulletins

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:Issued: 2015 Apr 13 0314 UTC
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 06 - 12 April 2015

Solar activity was at low to moderate levels throughout the period. Region 2320 (S12, L=211, class/area=Dac/180 on 07 Apr) produced an M1/1b flare at 1443 UTC on 08 April and Region 2321 (N13, L=094, class/area=Ekc/610 on 12 Apr) produced a long-duration M1/Sf flare at 0950 UTC on 12 April, which were the largest events of the period. In addition to the R1 (Minor) radio blackouts, Regions 2320 and 2321 produced numerous low to mid-level C-class flares throughout the week and were the most productive active regions of the period. A coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the M1/Sf flare from Region 2321 was first observed in SOHO/LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery at 0948 UTC on 12 April, but was directed well east of the Sun-Earth line. 

Region 2320 produced a C3/1f flare at 1906 UTC on 06 April, with associated Type-II and Type-IV radio emissions, which resulted in a CME that was visible in coronagraph imagery beginning at 1936 UTC on 06 April. This CME impacted Earth early on 10 April, causing periods of moderate geomagnetic storms. See "Geomag" portion below  for further information. 

Toward the end of the period, Region 2320 produced a C6/Sf flare at 2329 UTC on 12 April with associated Type-II radio emissions. A subsequent coronal mass ejection (CME) was first visible in
SOHO/LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery at 12/2348 UTC but analysis is ongoing to determine if this event has an Earth-directed component.   No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached moderate levels on 06-09 April and at normal levels for the remainder of the period. 

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels for 06-09 April under a nominal solar wind regime. The 06 April CME impacted Earth just after 0000 UTC on 10 April, enhancing the geomagnetic field. As the 06 April CME passed the Earth, 10 April began with periods of G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm conditions between 0000-0300 UTC and 0600-0900 UTC and an isolated period of G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm period between 10/0300-0600 UTC. Active conditions were observed between 10/0900-1500 UTC with quiet to unsettled levels observed over the remainder of 10 April. Active conditions were observed once again for the first half of 11 April as residual CME effects continued to subside but the latter half of 11 April was quiet to unsettled. Quiet conditions were observed on 12 April. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 13 April - 09 May 2015

Solar activity is likely to be at moderate (R1-R2/Minor-Moderate) levels throughout the period, with the exception of 25-26 April, due to the flare potential of Regions 2320 (S12, L=211) and 2321 (N13,
L=094). 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit, barring any significant flare activity. 

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 21-24 April and 04-09 May, moderate levels on 17-20, 25-28 April, and 01-03 May, and normal levels for the remainder of the period. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 17 and 30 April with active conditions expected for 16, 25, 29 April and 01 May, all due to coronal hole
high speed stream effects. Quiet to unsettled field activity expected for the remainder of the period. 

roduct: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2015 Apr 13 0314 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html#
#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2015-04-13
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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2015 Apr 13     135           5          2
2015 Apr 14     135           5          2
2015 Apr 15     130           5          2
2015 Apr 16     130          15          4
2015 Apr 17     130          20          5
2015 Apr 18     135          12          3
2015 Apr 19     135           8          3
2015 Apr 20     130           8          3
2015 Apr 21     125           8          3
2015 Apr 22     125           8          3
2015 Apr 23     120           8          3
2015 Apr 24     120           8          3
2015 Apr 25     115          10          4
2015 Apr 26     115           8          3
2015 Apr 27     120           8          3
2015 Apr 28     125           8          3
2015 Apr 29     130          12          4
2015 Apr 30     125          18          5
2015 May 01     125          12          4
2015 May 02     125           8          3
2015 May 03     125           8          3
2015 May 04     125           8          3
2015 May 05     125           8          3
2015 May 06     130           8          3
2015 May 07     135           8          3
2015 May 08     135           8          3

(NOAA)

Domestic Broadcasting Survey # 17 now available

(photo by Anker Petersen)

Press Release

THE  DANISH SHORTWAVE  CLUB  INTERNATIONAL (DSWCI)
www.dswci.org 

New Survey Available

The Domestic Broadcasting Survey 17  (DBS-17), April 2015
edited by DSWCI Chairman, Anker Petersen. ISSN 1399-8218

The 58 years old DSWCI which counts experienced DX-ers in 34 countries all over the world as members, has just issued the 17th  Edition of its annual Domestic Broadcasting Survey. This survey is divided into three parts:

Part 1: The 43rd  edition of the Tropical Bands Survey covering all ACTIVE broadcasting stations on 2300 - 5700 kHz, including clandestines.

Part 2: Domestic stations on international shortwave bands above 5700 kHz broadcasting to a domestic audience.

Part 3: Deleted frequencies between 2 and 30 MHz which have not been reported heard during the past five years, but may reappear.

This new Survey is based upon monitoring by our members, many official sources and DX-bulletins. A15 schedules are included when available. In order to make the DBS reliable, our own monitors around the world have checked throughout the period April 2014 – March 2015, if each of the 530 station frequencies is on the air.  ACTIVE stations are marked with an A (”Regular”), B (”Irregular”) or C (”Sporadic”) in the list.   D means ”Likely inactive”.

A unique feature is the right column called ”Last log”. It shows the last month and year before DBS deadline on March 31, 2015   when the particular station was reported logged by a DX-er somewhere in the world. This is another way of indicating the current audibility of the station. To avoid inactive stations in this DBS, most frequencies which have not been heard during the past year, have been deleted and are moved to Part 3. No other frequency list has this feature!

Other useful features for easy identification (ID) are the parallel frequencies and reference to Station ID slogans.

Three sample extracts from the DBS-17 are shown on the next page. Reviews can be found on www.dswci.org 

All buyers of DBS-17 will get a username and password to the monthly updates on the tropical bands published as "Tropical Bands Monitor" on our website. The similar, historical data from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 are available to anybody at  www.dswci.org/tbm .

The 20 pages A-4 size DBS-17 is available by e-mail as pdf-format (about 350 kB). A limited number is also available printed on paper.

It is sold by the treasurer:

DSWCI,
c/o Bent Nielsen, Egekrogen 14, DK 3500 Vaerloese, DENMARK

E-Mail edition: DKK 30,00 or USD 6.00 or EUR 4,00 or GBP 3,50 or SEK 40,00 or IRC 2.

Printed edition: DKK 60,00 or USD 12.00 or EUR 8,00 or GBP 7,00 or SEK 75,00 or IRC 4.

Payment by cash notes are accepted whereas checks and postal money orders are not accepted.
DSWCI’s Bank is Danske Bank, 2-12 Holmens Kanal, DK-1092 Copenhagen K.
BIC/SWIFT : DABADKKK.      IBAN: DK 44 3000 4001 528459.
Danish buyers please use: Reg. 3001- konto 4001528459.

If you have EURO as national currency, you are advised to pay to our representative in Germany, Andreas Schmid.

Andreas Schmid, Lerchenweg 4, D-97717 Euerdorf, Germany. E-mail: schmidandy@aol.com
Account 2912472076 at Targobank BLZ: 30020900.  BIC: CMCIDEDD.  IBAN: DE24300209002912472076 .

If you want to pay via PAYPAL, you have to contact Andreas Schmid, before you send your payment.
Payment via PayPal only in US$ currency and only for persons, living outside the European Union (EU).

Best 73's,  
Anker Petersen and Bent Nielsen

International Callsign Handbook e-book now available at Amazon

Ask any radio monitor what information they consider important during any monitoring session, and usually two items will top their list: frequencies and call signs. If you can hear activity on a particular frequency, unless you can fully identify the participants transmitting on that frequency, you can’t fully appreciate or document the traffic you are hearing.

With millions of radio stations furnishing a variety of communication services throughout the world, it is necessary that their transmissions carry distinctive call signs or identifiers. Call signs have a four-fold purpose: They may identify the nationality of the station, the agency operating a particular station, the type of station, and the identity of each individual station being heard on the monitored frequency.

The need for station identifications/call signs can easily be illustrated here in the United States, which leads all other countries in the use of the radio spectrum, that now has some 85 different kinds of radio services operated by the government, military and civilians entities, providing air, sea, land and space communication services. There are hundreds of thousands of stations on the air and call signs and other forms of identification help the radio monitor sort through the various stations that are heard.

A call sign is defined as any combination of alphanumeric characters or phonetically pronounceable characters (trigraph), which identifies a communications facility, a command, an authority, an activity or unit. To aid the radio monitor in their listening endeavors, the International Call Sign Handbook series of books/e-books has been published.

Teak Publishing is pleased to announce their latest Kindle e-book -- the fourth edition of International Call Sign Handbook. This e-book represents the most comprehensive collection of military and government station identifications ever published for the radio listening hobby. It is the result of year’s research, study and monitoring the HF/VHF/UHF radio spectrum, by the author. Many different radio monitoring disciplines have been used to compile the listings in this book. If you monitor the HF, VHF or UHF radio spectrum, there is something in this book for you.

The information presented in this book has also been gathered through personal correspondence, material published in the former Monitoring Times magazine, various radio publications, newsletters, public domain government and private internet web sites, but most have been gathered the old fashioned way via on-the-air monitoring. In addition, we have received generous support and contributions from many individuals in the radio hobby.

In addition to international and military/government tactical call signs, other types of identifiers such as Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) and Mode-S aircraft addresses have been included in this e-book. There is a chapter that had basic introductory material, as well as chapters devoted to call sign / words used by the Department of Defense including the US. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. There are sections that cover the various Military Auxiliary Radio Services and the U.S. Air Force Civil Air Patrol auxiliary service.

There is also a chapter that covers call signs and ALE identifiers for the U.S. Coast Guard service. Sections in that chapter include a Coast Guard aircraft fleet list, miscellaneous U.S. coast guard calls, and also their international call signs.

Another large chapter covers various U.S. Government call signs. Sections in this chapter include the U.S. Custom and Border Patrol COTHEN radio system and ALE address list, plus call signs from the following department and agencies - Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of the Interior (DOI), Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of State, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), General Services Administration (GSA), Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD), Miscellaneous Listings, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Communications System (NCS), and U.S. Marshal Service (USMS) service.

One of the larger chapters is devoted to an international / worldwide call signs list. We have a sampling of government and military call signs from 75 counties and international agencies.

The latest craze in aircraft military is decoding Mode-S/ICAO24 radio signals and is included in this book. Our list in this edition covers primarily government / military aircraft and introductory material on Mode-S monitoring.

The last chapter of this book contains a large list of resource information, useful in interpreting the individual entries listed in the book. Sections on U.S. Navy ship/squadron classifications; U.S. Coast Guard cutter designators; a massive list of abbreviations and acronyms that appear in the book; a comprehensive country abbreviation list; and the latest Table of Allocations of International Call signs from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) are included in the last chapter on the e-book.

The Teak Publishing 4^th International Call Sign Handbook is now available for purchase worldwide from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VV7NR1U. The price for this e-Book edition is US$6.99. This book is being released internationally. Amazon customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, France Spain, Italy, Japan, India, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Australia can order the e-Book from Amazon websites directly servicing these countries. All other countries can use the regular Amazon.com website.

You do not need to own a Kindle reader to read Amazon e-book publications. You can read any Kindle book with Amazon’s free reading apps. There are free Kindle reading apps for the Kindle Cloud Reader, Smartphones (iPhone, iTouch, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry); computer platforms (Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 and Mac); Tablets (iPad, Android and Windows 8), and, of course, all of the Kindle family of readers including the Kindle Fire series. A Kindle e-book allows you to buy your book once and read it anywhere. You can find additional details on these apps at this link on the Amazon website at www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771.

For additional information on this and other Teak Publishing radio hobby books, monitor the company sponsored Internet blogs – The Military Monitoring Post (http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/), The Btown Monitor Post (http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/) and The Shortwave Central (http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/) for availability of additional e-books that are currently in production.

Information on other publications by the author is available on the author’s page at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00G1QMO4C.

About the Author

 Amazon bestselling author, Larry Van Horn, a native of San Antonio, Texas, started his radio listening hobby in 1964, when he received his first shortwave receiver.

In 1971 Larry joined the U.S. Navy and served on U.S. naval warships and in the naval aviation community until his retirement in 1993. He retired in New Orleans with the rank of Chief Petty Officer.

He was first licensed as an amateur radio operator in 1973 with the call sign WH6INU. Later, Larry upgraded to General Class and spent his early ham days operating out of the famed KH6SP ham shack in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with his his ham mentor and friend Butch Weber, WA4GIF, chasing DX and contesting.

Now a licensed Extra Class ham, holding the call sign N5FPW, Larry enjoys operating digital modes, contesting and chasing DX. Other aspects of the radio hobby that he enjoys include monitoring military communications (throughout the radio spectrum), federal government monitoring, chasing HF utility communications, satellite monitoring, and AM, FM and TV broadcast DXing.

Larry worked for Grove Enterprises in Brasstown, North Carolina, the publisher of Monitoring Times and Satellite Times magazines. His job on the MT staff was the magazines assistant / technical editor and staff journalist. He wrote for Monitoring Times magazine as a freelance writer and full-time staffer for over 30 years until that publication closed in 2013. Larry was the creative force behind a new publication Satellite Times magazine, and was the magazine’s managing editor, a position he held for more than five years.

He has written dozens of radio equipment reviews and several monthly columns in the pages of the former Monitoring Times including the Signals from Space, Utility World, Fedcom – Federal Monitoring column, Milcom- a military monitoring column, GlobalNet, First Look/MT Equipment/Book Reviews. Service Search, Ask Larry, and the magazine’s Whats New column.

Over the years Larry has also written 10 radio hobby books (some with multiple editions), dozens of magazine features, and numerous technical articles for a wide variety of communications publications and radio hobby club newsletters.

He currently resides in western North Carolina, with his wife Gayle W4GVH. They have one son, Loyd W4LVH, who is married and lives in South Carolina.

Larry is the founder and president of the Teak Publishing Company based in western North Carolina. His first e-book published under the Teak Publishing banner, the North American Enroute Aviation Guide, was an immediate Amazon #1 Best Selling Kindle eBook.

Channel Africa Summer Schedule

(via Playdx # 1635)

A15 Summer Schedule

Effective: 29 March - 25 October 2015

All times UTC

Chinyanja
1200-1300 9625af

English
0300-0355 5980af
0300-0459 3345af
0500-0600 6145af
0600-0655 15255af
0600-0659 6145af
0700-0800 6145af 9625af
0800-0859 6145af
0800-0900 9625af
0900-1000 9625af
1000-1100 9625af
1100-1200 9625af
1500-1559 9625af
1700-1800 15235af

French
1600-1655 15235af

Portuguese
1400-1500 9625af

Silozi
1300-1400 9625af

Swahili
1500-1555 15660af
http://www.channelafrica.co.za/sabc/home/channelafrica/frequencyfinder
06 Apr 2015

Weekly propagation report

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts

:Issued: 2015 Apr 06 0133 UTC
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 30 March - 05 April 2015

Solar activity was at low levels throughout the period. Region 2303 (N19, L=066, class/area=Hkx/400 on 17 Mar) produced low to mid-level C-class activity early in the period while Regions 2318 (N10, L=199, class/area=Dao/199 on 05 Apr) and 2320 (S12, L=212, class/area=Dai/140 on 05 Apr) each produced only low-level C-class flare activity throughout the remainder of the period. 

A filament eruption centered near S29E28 was observed in SDO/AIA 193 imagery between 04/2225-2330 UTC. A long-duration C3/1f hyderflare was measured during this event and had an associated Type-II radio emission. The subsequent fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME) was first observed in SOHO/LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery beginning at 04/2336 UTC. WSA-ENLIL model output suggests a glancing blow arrival of this CME late on 07 April. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 30 Mar and normal to moderate levels on 31 Mar-05 Apr. 

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels on 02-04 Apr with an isolated period of active conditions observed between 2100-2359 UTC on 02 Apr due to the effects of a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream. Quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 30 Mar-01 Apr, and 05 Apr under a mostly nominal solar wind environment. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 06 April - 02 May 2015

Solar activity is expected to be low (below NOAA Scale event thresholds) with a slight chance for M-class (R1-Minor) flare activity throughout the outlook period. 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 22-24 Apr and 02 May, moderate levels on 06-08, 11-14, 17, 20-21 Apr, and 27 Apr-01 May, and at normal levels for the remainder of the period. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 15-16, 18-19, and 25-27 Apr due to coronal hole high speed stream effects. Active conditions are expected on 07-09 Apr due to the anticipated arrival of the 04/05 Apr CME. Active conditions are expected on 17, 20 Apr, and 28 Apr-01 May due to coronal hole high speed stream effects with generally quiet to unsettled levels likely for the remainder of the period. 

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2015 Apr 06 0134 UTC
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2015-04-06
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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2015 Apr 06     120           8          3
2015 Apr 07     125          12          4
2015 Apr 08     125          15          4
2015 Apr 09     130          12          4
2015 Apr 10     135          12          3
2015 Apr 11     135           5          2
2015 Apr 12     135           5          2
2015 Apr 13     135           5          2
2015 Apr 14     130           5          2
2015 Apr 15     130          20          5
2015 Apr 16     140          20          5
2015 Apr 17     145          15          4
2015 Apr 18     145          20          5
2015 Apr 19     145          20          5
2015 Apr 20     135          12          4
2015 Apr 21     130          12          3
2015 Apr 22     130           8          3
2015 Apr 23     125           8          3
2015 Apr 24     120           8          3
2015 Apr 25     125          25          5
2015 Apr 26     125          29          5
2015 Apr 27     130          29          5
2015 Apr 28     130          15          4
2015 Apr 29     120          12          4
2015 Apr 30     115          18          4
2015 May 01     115          12          4
2015 May 02     115           8          3

(NOAA)

Vatican Radio Easter Programming

Special thanks to our regular contributor Larry Zamora, for sending in the following Easter programming from Vatican Radio.

English for Africa programs are being broadcast on short wave kHz 21550 OC for the following live events. I believe your interest in Item No.3 

1.    Friday this Afternoon Rome 3 April 2015 ………………Time 16.55 to 19.15 San Pietro Basilica, Celebration of the Lord’s Passion with Pope Francis

2.    Friday this evening Rome 3 April 2015…………… Time 21.05 to 22.30 Via Crucis with Pope Francis at the Colosseum

3.    Saturday evening  Rome 4 April 2015 ……………Time 20.25 to 23.10 the Vigil Mass of the Resurrection of Christ with Pope Francis

4.    Sunday morning Rome 5 April 2015 …….Time 10.05 to 11.40 Holy Mass with Pope Francis

5.    Sunday noon Rome 5 April 2015…….Time 12.00 to 12.20 Easter Message and the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing.

All times are approximate. There maybe some delays.

Check out also for Shortwave 9700 kh – 31m

                                                     7305 kh     41m

You may also be interested in the online Vatican player Channel 4.

For further information see also: http://en.radiovaticana.va/

Fr. Paul Samasumo

English Africa Service.

Sinene

Free Radio Service Holland Easter programming

All 'Latest News' items appear after clicking below the 'FRS on air April 5th' article !

Easter Sunday broadcast on shortwave
Easter Sunday April 5th FRS-Holland will take to the airwaves. Programs will begin at 10:00 UTC/ 11:00 BST/ 12:00 CEST and last till 15:00 UTC/ 16:00 BST/ 17:00 CEST.

Frequencies are: 7700//9335 kHz and 6070 kHz. After close down FRS intends to continue repeating a few shows on 7700//9335 kHz.

Streaming
Choosing for ‘the best of both worlds’ FRSH goes for broadcasting on short wave in good old AM and digital high quality web streaming. We were approached by the responsible person from the German radio website fmkompakt.de/. He has offered to take care of FRS streaming during future broadcasting days. That means that listeners can make their choice out of two possibilities: http://laut.fm/jukebox and 'good old' http://nednl.net:8000/frsh.m3u

On Easter Sunday April 5th streaming will be done between 15:00- 20:00 UTC/ 17:00-22:00 CEST. Choose for one of the afore mentioned options.  As an 'extra' there will also be streaming via http://laut.fm/jukebox on Easter Monday April 6th between 10:00- 15:00 UTC/ 12:00- 17:00 CEST.

QSL cards
For this broadcast we feature the 8th (!) of the ‘FRS Through the Years’ QSL Series. This successful series will be continued in 2015. A hard copy QSL can be achieved by writing to our Herten maildrop. It's a high quality large size colour QSL which certainly is desirable... E-mails will be consequently replied with our e-QSL card.

Our usual format of 'a Balance between music and information' means....great (often forgotten) music, DX news, the Phrase that Pays, Archive sound bytes, offshore and land based pirate radio items, Uplink, your mail from December 28th 2014, the Day Calendar and...just tune our way and find out!!

VOA Radiogram weekend programming

Hello friends,

The Saturday 0930-1000 broadcast of VOA Radiogram returns to 5745 kHz as of this weekend (4 April).


Yes, there were some breaks in transmission at the beginning of last week's transmission Sunday at 1930 UTC on 15670 kHz. It was not your receiver, computer, or software.

Last week's test of the 8PSK FEC modes was interesting. In general, the 8PSK FEC modes did not perform as well as well as the MFSK modes. However, Richard in New Brunswick and I, using a receiver in Nova Scotia, had 100% copy of all the modes, including 8PSKR250F at 635 wpm! This mode might be useful for high-speed data transmission, including formatted web pages, over distances of 1500 km or less, especially when propagation is stable.

This weekend we will do one more test of 8PSK125F. This will actually be two transmissions, one without the pilot tone, and one with the pilot tone. You do not need to make any adjustments to  detect the pilot tone, other than to have the Fldigi RxID on (green). "The RsID signal will both determine the mode and the mode center frequency (to the nearest 2.6 Hz). A finer resolution of the mode center frequency can be made using the optional pilot carrier," according to the Fldigi Users Manual.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 105, 4-5 April 2015, all in MFSK32 except where indicated ...

 1:27  Program preview
 2:46  Russia Denies License to Tatar-Language TV*
 8:53  8PSK125F: Tatar-language TV channels off air
10:03  8PSK125F (with pilot tone): Same story
11:08  MFSK32 resumes: Cyberattack targets GitHub*
16:39  Google and Chinese website certificates*
21:18  Cuba will increase Internet access*
27:10  Closing announcements
28:35  Bonus mode: Olivia 16-1000

* with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com .

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz (new frequency)
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Sunday at 0130 UTC (Saturday at 9:30 pm EDT) on 7375 kHz (via Germany). This is part of the expanded KBC transmission UTC Sundays at 0000-0300 UTC on 7375 kHz. The Saturday transmission of The Mighty KBC on 6095 kHz is discontinued.  Reports to Eric at themightykbc@gmail.com .

WRMI, Radio Miami International, 9955 kHz, will transmit IDs in digital modes again this weekend. You might not hear these transmissions, or even see a trace of the digital modes on your waterfall, but you might still successfully decode the text. Reports to Jeff at info@wrmi.net .

UTC Day  UTC Time  Center audio frequency  Mode
Saturday  1014:30  2000 Hz  MFSK32 image
Saturday  2129:30  2000 Hz  MFSK16
Sunday  0129:30  2000 Hz  MFSK32
Sunday  0329:30  1500 Hz  Olivia 32-2000
Sunday  1039:30  2000 Hz  MFSK32 image
Sunday  2259:30  2000 Hz  MFSK16
Monday  0059:00  2000 Hz  MFSK32
Monday  0329:00  1500 Hz  Olivia 32-2000

AndFlmsg (Fldigi for Android). If you have an Android tablet or phone, a new beta release (B0.5.0) of AndFlmsg  is now available at  http://www.w1hkj.com/vk2eta/ . This new version can decode MFSK images and has other improvements. Please let me know your results. (This tip from the developer: On the modem screen, to copy and paste part of the decoded text, simply stop the modem with the Modem On/Off button, then long-press on the received text to show the select/copy tool. The text can then be pasted into an email app for example.) (AndFlmsg B0.5.0 may not yet have the 8PSK125F mode.)

Thank you for your helpful reports from last weekend's broadcast (program 104). I will compile the gallery of MFSK images and answer those reports as soon as I can.
Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
voaradiogram.net

Euro weekend programming

Relays this weekend - update

Every Saturday and Wednesday the programs of HLR:
06.00 to 08.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz
08.00 to 11.00 UTC, on 6190 KHz
11.00 to 15.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz

Sunday MV Baltic Radio:
08.00 to 09.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz
09.00 to 10.00 UTC, on 9485 KHz 
E-mail: info@mvbalticradio.de  Thank you!

For outside the listening area please try the Twente/Netherlands Web RX at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

You can also receive MV Baltic Radio via Internet every 3rd Sunday in the afternoon: http://laut.fm/jukebox

Every Sunday the programmes of HLR:
11.00 to 15.00 UTC on 9485 kHz

E-mail: redaktion@hamburger-lokalradio.de  Thank you!

HLR FM-Program via the Internet:    www.hamburger-lokalradio.net

Radio Revival Sweden Transmission schedules:

http://radiorevivalsweden.blogspot.se/p/schedules.html

 

Radio Channel 292  Transmission schedules:

http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/

Radio Mi Amigo Transmission schedules:

www.radiomiamigo.es/shortwave

Good Listening!

73s,  Tom

QSL Report: April 2015

Have a great Easter holiday - and don't forget to find a few minutes for DXing. Who knows what awesome QSL may come your way !

Canada
CFRX Toronto, Canada 6070 kHz. Full data QSL card signed by Steve Canney. Received in 21 days for program details and $2.00US. QSL address: 1831 Waterdown Rd. Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
(Francesco Cecconi, Italy/playdx)

Euro FM
Germany-City Radio Trier, 88.40 MHz. Prepared QSL card confirmed, plus personal letter from Michael Innis, Leitung Marketing & Medienberatung. Received in one week. QSL address: Funkhaus Porta Nigra,  Paulinenstrasse 1, 54292 Trier, Germany. (Norbert Reiner, Karlsruhe, Germany/playdx)

Eifelradio Bitburg 87.80 MHz. Prepared QSL card, signed by Seppl Pauli, plus station sticker. Received in four weeks. QSL address: Charles Lindbergh-Allee 6, 54634 Bitburg, Germany (Reiner).

Hochschulradio Aachen 99.10 MHz. Prepared QSL card confirmed by Tommy Vella, plus personal letter. Received in two weeks. QSL address: Wuellnerstrasse 5, 52056Aachen, Germany (Reiner)

Radio Homburg 89.60 MHz. Prepared QSL confirmed. Received in two weeks. QSL address: Eisenbahnstrasse 2, 66424 Homburg/Saar, Germany (Reiner).

Radio Merzig 105.10 MHz. Full data E-confirmation from Stephan Klein, Moderationm Produktion, Redaktionsleitung redaktion@radio-merzig.de. Received in two weeks. QSL address: Bahnofsstrasse 53, 66663 Merzig, Germany (Reiner).

Switzerland-LandLiebe Radio, Zurich 188.928 MHz (Ch 7A). Prepared QSL card confirmed. Received in three weeks. QSL address: c/o Energy Schweiz AG, Kreuzstrasse 66, 8008 Zuerich, Switzerland (Reiner)

Radio Bern 1, 197.648 MHz (Ch 8B0). Verification letter, signed by Susanne Zimmermann, Sekretariat/Disposition, and prepared QSL card confirmed. QSL address: Dammweg 9, Postfach, 3001 Bern, Switzerland (Reiner).

Radio Chablais, Monthey, 211.648 MHz Ch 10B). Personal letter, signed by Yves Metry and prepared QSL card confirmed. Station souvenirs enclosed. Received in one week. QSL address: Rue des Fours 11A, C.P. 112, 1870 Monthey, Switzerland (Reiner).

Radio Energy Bern, 197.648 MHz (Ch 8B). Prepared QSL card confirmed. Received in five days. QSL address: Dammweg 3, CH-3013 Bern, Switzerland (Reiner).

Radio Freiburg, 197.648 MHz (Ch 8B). Prepared QSL card, signed by Pascal Schnarrenberger, Leitung Moderation. QSL address: Rue de Romont 35, CH-1701 Freiburg, Switzerland (Reiner).

Radio LFM, 211.648 MHz (Ch. 10B). Prepared QSL card confirmed. Received in 20 days. QSL address: 1bis, chemin de Mornex, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland (Reiner).

Euro Free Radio
De Witte Reus, 6385 kHz. Full data E-QSL. Received in one day for program details to rxradioreport@gmail.com (Norbert Reiner, Karlsruhe, Germany/playdx)

Enterprise Radio, 6950 kHz. Two full data E-QSLs.Received in three hours for program details to enterpriseradio@hotnail.com. Station transmits from the northeast of Italy with 100 watts. Received in three hours for program details to enterpriseradio@hotmail.com (Reiner).

Free Radio Service Holland, 6065 kHz via Radio Revival Sweden, Sala Sweden. Full data E-QSL from Peter Verbruggen, plus station page on FRS Through the Years series. Received in 70 days for program details of December 28 broadcast. Next full broadcast will take place on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015. Scheduled frequencies include; 6070, 7700, and 9335 kHz. (Gayle Van Horn/NC)

Hobart Radio International, 6300 kHz. Full data E-QSL card. Received in six days for program details to hriradio@gmail.com (Robert Pavanello/playdx)

Radio Experience, 6240 kHz. Full data E-QSL. Received in two weeks for program details to experienceshortwave@gmail.com (Reiner).

Radio Geronimo SW 9335 kHz. Full data E-QSL. Received in three days for program details to: geronimoshortwave@hotmail.com (Rod Pearson, St Augustine, FL)

Radio Mi Amigo via Radio 700, 6005/7310 kHz. Full data E-QSL card. Received in three weeks for program details to: info@radiomiamigo.es (Reiner)

Radio Mirabelle, 6860 kHz. Full data E-QSL card. Received in one day for program details to radiomirabelle@laposte.net (Pavanello)

Radio Mistletoe, 6295 kHz. Full data E-QSL. Received in ten days for program details to radiomistletoe@live.com (Reiner).

Radio Star International, 6220 kHz. Full data E-QSL cards. Received in four days for program details to rsi@live.co.uk

Scandinavian Weekend Radio, 6170 kHz. Full data station QSL. Received in 38 days. QSL address: SWR, P.O. Box 99, FL-34801 Virrat, Finland (Christian Ghibaudo, France/playdx)

Station QRO, 6925 kHz. Full data E-QSL and station info sheet. Received in one day for program details to stationqrp@gmail.com (Reiner).

Tip and Elvis Show, 6220 kHz. Full data E-QSL. Received in one day for program details to t.eshow@hotmail.com (Reiner).

 South Africa
NHK/Radio Japan via Meyerton relay, 11885 kHz. Full data color Catching Dragonflies in the Sunset card. Received in 28 days. ((Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Canada) QSL address: 2-1, Jinnan 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8001 Japan. Streaming/on-demand audio: www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld 

Thailand
Radio Thailand World Service HSK9, 9390 kHz. Full data folding Democracy Monument card, plus station program schedule and information from the Director of World Service. Received in 327 days. (Rich D'Angelo, PA/NASWA March) Streaming audio www.hsk9.org Station address: Radio Thailand World Service (HSK9), Public Relations Department, Royal Thai Government, 236 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Din Daeng, Bangkok 10400 Thailand

Utility
Finland-M.I.K.E.S. (Centre for Metrology and Accreditation) 25000 kHz. Station verification letter. Received in 191 days. QSL address: P.O. Box 9, Teknikantie 1, FL-02151 Espoo, Finland
(Ghibaudo)

Ireland-Church of St. Laurence O'Toole Kilmacud, 27691 kHz. No data letter signed by Shelia Behan and stamped prepared QSL card. Received in 11 days. QSL address: Lower Kilmacud Road, Stillorgan, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Ireland (Patrick Robic, Austria/UDXF)

Ireland-Church of the Assumption Slieverue, 27205 kHz. No data letter signed by Fr. Thomas Corcoran, and prepared QSL card stamped. Received in 24 days. QSL address: Parachial House, Slieverue, Co. Kilkenny Ireland (Robic).

Ireland-Our Lady of the Rosay Church Limerick, 27641 kHz. No data letter signed by Fr. William Walsh, and prepared QSL card stamped. Received in 11 days. QSL address: Parish House, Ennis Road, Limerick, Co. Limerick Ireland (Robic)

Ireland-Church of the Assumption Tullamore, 27631 kHz. Prepared QSL card signed and stamped. Received in ten days. QSL address: Parish House, Tullamore, Co. Offaly Ireland (Robic).

USA-USCG Camspac 448 kHz. Verification letter for reception of NMC/NMW/NMQ Night of Nights (July 2014), Letter signed by G.D. Stockes, U.S. Coast Guard, Commanding Officer. Previously received the QSL card, but this extra letters is also nice to have.

Utility/Non-Directional Beacons
Canada-VE9BEA, 28245.5 MHz. Verification letter and card. Received in four weeks. QSL address: F. Smith, 45 Elmwood Cours, Fredericton, NB E3B 2P6 Canada. Operator noted her is 82 years old  and the station has been operating continuously since 1996 using an old Radio Shack HTX-100 with an output of 5 watts (Reiner).

France-Non Directional Beacon-EMT, Epinat/Mirecourt 419 kHz. Prepared QSL card signed and stamped as verified. Received in eight days. QSL address: Delegation de 1'Aviation Civile Lorraine Champagne Ardenne, Service Navigation Aérienne Nord-Est, Maintenance Lorraine, Aéroport Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, 57420 Goin, France (Robic)

Gibraltar-ZB2TEN, 28169.7 MHz. Confirmed by ZB3R on a card of ZB2BU; they do not have their own QSL cards-nevertheless the verification was very welcome. Received in seven weeks. QSL address: Gibralta Radio Society, P.O. Box 292, Gibralta.

Utlity/Ship Traffic
Ship addresses may be obtained by an MMSI search at: www.google.com 

5BJL2 Polar Duke (Research Vessel) MMSI 210582000, 2187,5 kHz DSC (digital selective calling). Full data QSL and prepared verification letter confirmed. Received in 95 days (Ibold).

9VMG9 Safe Bristola (Accomodation Platform) MMSI 565294000, 2187,5 kHz DSC. Full data QSL and prepared verification letter confirmed. Personal letter enclosed. Received in 131 days (Ibold).

Disney Magic (cruiselines.com)

C6PTZ Disney Magic (Cruise Ship) MMSI 308516000, 2187,5 kHz DSC. Full data QSL and prepared verification letter confirmed. Received in 40 days after follow-up letter. (Ibold)

LNDH Sea Safety (Offshore Supply ship) MMSI 258165000, 2187,5 kHz DSC. Full data QSL and prepared verification letter confirmed. Received in 23 days (Ibold).

OXNZ5 Maersk Frontier (Anchor Handling Supply Tug) MMSI 219352000 DSC. Full data QSL and prepared verification letter confirmed. Received in four days (Ibold).

V7BB8 Seacor Leopard (High Speed Craft) MMSI 538005110, 8414,5 kHz DSC. Full data E-QSL and prepared verification letter. Received in 16 days. Report sent direct to postal address. hip position Dubai, UAE. (Ibold).

VSMW5 Gargano (Offshore Supply Vessel) MMSI 235362000, 2187, 5 kHz DSC. Full data ship QSL and prepared verification letter confirmed. Personal letter enclosed. Received in 54 days (Ibold).

WDD7531 Harlan S McCall (High Speed Craft) MMSI 36759000, 8414,5 kHz DSC. Full data QSL and prepared verification letter confirmed. Received in 322 days via email afer email exchange with Seacor Headquarters (Ibold).

Vatican City State
Vatican Radio, 9850 kHz. Full data station QSL card. Received in 25 days for program details to: gestfreq@vatiradio.va (Ghibaudo) QSL address: Piazza Pia 3, 1-00129 Vatican City, Vatican City State. Streaming/on-demand audio www.radiovaticana.va

April specials from DX Stamp Service

Dear Customer,

Below are specials for April 2015, no fooling!!

If you need a current stamp list or supply list, I can email it to you. Send your request to: plumdx@msn.com Stamp list now shows the countries with their own international forever stamps that I have in stock. Stamp list now highlights a few that offer priority and non-priority international mailing options.

NEWS: France: If you have non-forever French units on hand, let me know. I now have low values to bring them up to 1,20 euro so you can put them to use. Let me know what you have. Spain: Low values now in stock to update any units you may have to their 1,00 euro rate. Mt. Athos: Now in stock, tho same rate as Greece and Greek stamps should work, I get reports of the Greek stamp being removed and Mt Athos stamps affixed instead. So this ought to solve the problem. Bolivia has been dropped from the stamp list.


NEW RATES:
UK (Eng., Scot., Wales, N Ire.)  increase on March 31st from 97p to 1,00 for 10g letter. Units in stock were updated March 2nd.  A 3p update is available.


NEW PRICES:
QSL Album prices have increased. Request DX Supplies price list.
 
IN STOCK AGAIN: South Korea

STAMPS ON BACK ORDER: Algeria, Argentina, Fiji, Morocco.

BACK ORDERS will now be sent with your next stamp order, unless I have several to send you.  Am losing money by sending out one at a time. Sorry.

 U.S. DISCOUNT POSTAGE DEALS!!

Save Big on your domestic mailings when you plaster your envelope with colorful stamps.

49c Units
 in 2 stamps
 in 3 stamps
 in 4 stamps
 in 5 stamps

x 100
 $42.00
 $41.00
 $40.00
 $39.00

x 200
 xxx
 $80.00
 $78.00
 $76.00

x 400
 xxx
 $154.00
 $150.00
 $145.00

(3 stamps mean 49c unit is made with 3 stamps: 22c, 22c and 5c for example)

     MORE U.S. POSTAGE for SALE!

100 x 32c - $27     300 x 32c - $73

$100 Grab Bag - $75     $300 Grab Bag - $205

Values from 3c to 29c in envelopes of 100 ea. I'll send a good mix.    

     U.S. BOOKLET HOARD!!

Mostly booklets containing 25c stamps

$400 face value for $285 !!

Only 1 remaining!   Please buy me!!
                                                                                 
For US postage deals, payment by  
CREDIT CARD IS OK!!

 No charge for shipping US postage deals to US addresses.
ORDER NOW!
 
APRIL 2015  DX  STAMP  SPECIALS
2 Russia-$2.60    3 Japan-$3.90   2 France-$3.60
    Austria :D: -$2.50    Finland :np: - $1.20
   
     APRIL 2015  DX  SUPPLY  SPECIALS
200/200 European Air Mailers and Air Returns -$40.00
200/200 Stateside Mailers and Returns - $19.00

 
Priority Mail Shipping Rates: Orders up to $16.00 add $6.50, orders from $16.01 to $40.00 add $9.00, orders from $41.00 to $100.00 add $15.00. orders from $101.00 to $150.00 add $20.00, orders over $150.00 add 15%. When ordering supplies and stamps, the stamps ride free, just use supply total to figure shipping costs. Shipments to Canada and overseas ship at a greater cost. (01/2014)

Stamps Only Orders: Just add $1.00 P&H for posting to USA, add $2.00 for posting to Canada.

73, bill

William Plum
12 Glenn Road
Flemington, NJ 08822
908 788 1020
908 782-2612 FAX
Email: plumdx@msn.com

Shiokaze/Sea Breeze Summer Schedule

(QSL via playdx)

Clandestine, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze - A15 Summer Schedule

Effective from: 29 March - 24 October 2015

All times UTC

1330-1400 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Mon
1330-1400 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Chinese Tue
1330-1400 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Wed
1330-1400 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu
1330-1400 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri
1330-1400 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sat
1330-1400 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sun
1400-1430 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Mon
1400-1430 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Tue
1400-1430 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Wed
1400-1430 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu
1400-1430 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri
1400-1430 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sat
1400-1430 on  6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sun

1600-1630 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Mon
1600-1630 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Chinese Tue
1600-1630 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Wed
1600-1630 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu
1600-1630 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri
1600-1630 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sat
1600-1630 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sun
1630-1700 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Mon
1630-1700 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Tue
1630-1700 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Wed
1630-1700 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu
1630-1700 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Fri
1630-1700 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sat
1630-1700 on  5985*YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sun
* co-ch China Radio International in Swahili
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/04/shiokaze-sea-breeze-effective-from.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria-01 Apr 2015)

NHK/Radio Japan summer schedule

Effective: 29 March - 24 October 2015

All times UTC

Relays via:
AFGHANISTAN/ASCENSION ISL/BANGLADESH/BRAZIL/FRANCE/GERMANY/
INDONESIA/LITHUANIA/MADAGASCAR/PALAU/PALESTINE/RUSSIA/SINGAPORE/
SOUTH AFRICA/TAJIKISTAN/TANZANIA/UAE/U.K./USA/UZBEKISTAN]

Arabic
0600-0630 ME/NoAF 11975iss
2000-2030 ME Ramallah 87.8 MHz in Ramallah Palestine,
+3 cities on 107.8, 107.9, and 108 MHz.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/arabic/radio/frequency.html

Bengali
1300-1345 SoWeAS 11685sng
1500-1545 SoWeAS FM Dhaka 104.0 MHz + 6 cities


Burmese
1030-1100 SoEaAS 11740sng
1430-1500 SoEaAS 11740sng
2340-2400 SoEaAS 13650

Chinese
0900-0930 AS 6090
1200-1230 AS 6090
1300-1330 AS 6190
1400-1430 AS 6190
1530-1600 AS 9540
2230-2250 AS 9560

English
0500-0530 EUR 5975wof
0500-0530 AF/EaAF/SoAF 11970iss
1000-1030 OCE/Hawaii 9625
1100-1130 EUR 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1200-1230 SoEaAS 11740sng
1400-1430 SoEaAS 11705pal
1400-1430 SoWeAS 15735tac
1800-1830 CeAF 9755mey

French
0530-0600 WeAF 11730iss
0530-0600 CeAF 13840mdg
2030-2100 WeAF 11950mdg

Hindi
0100-0130 SoWeAS 11590tac
1430-1515 SoWeAS 15745mdg

Indonesian
1115-1200 SoEaAS 9625pal
1315-1400 SoEaAS 11705pal
1406-1451 SoEaAS FM Jakarta 89.2 MHz + 37 INS cities
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/indonesian/aboutus/radio.html
2130-2200 SoEaAS 9560

Japanese
0200-0500 AS 15195
0200-0500 SoWeAS 15325
0200-0500 SoEaAS 17810
0300-0500 CeAM 5910iss
0300-0500 SoEaEUR/NE/ME/NoEaAF 11680nau
0700-0800 EaAS 11710
0800-0900 SoEaAS 13650
0800-1000 So/CeAM 12015asc
0800-1000 SoWeEUR/WeAF 15290iss
0800-1700 AS 9750
0900-1500 SoEaAS 11815
1500-1700 AF/SoWeAS/SoAS 12045
1700-1900 SoEU/ceAF/soAF 11945iss
1700-1900 SoEaEUR/NE/ME/NoEaAF 15445nau
1900-2100 CeAS/ME/NE/NoAF 11965
1900-2100 CeAF 15130iss
2000-2100 OCE/Hawaii 9625
2100-2300 SoEaAS 13680
2100-2400 AS 11910

Korean
0915-0945 AS 5950
1130-1200 AS 6090
1230-1300 AS 6190
1330-1400 AS 6190
1430-1500 AS 6190
2209-2230 AS 9560

Persian
0400-0430 ME 15140tac
1430-1500 ME 13680iss FM Kabul/Herat 88.0 MHz
1630-1700 ME MW927tjk
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/persian/radio/frequency.html

Portuguese
0900-0930 SoAM 6195hri
2130-2200 SoAM MW1370spa MW1520 Mogi das Cruzes
MW1370 Campinas FM 96.5 MHz, Brasília FM 94.1 MHz
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/portuguese/radio/frequency.html
2130-2200 SoAM 17540hri

Russian
0330-0400 EU MW738msk MW1386sit
0430-0500 EU 6165sit
0530-0600 EaAS 11710
1100-1130 EaAS 6090
1130-1200 EU 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1600-1630 EU MW738msk MW927tjk
1730-1800 EU MW1386sit

Spanish
0400-0430 CeAM 5985rmi
0400-0430 CeSoAM 12015hri
0930-1000 CeSoAM 6195hri

Swahili
0315-0400 EaAF 7395mdg
1729-1800 EaAF 13730mdg
1730-1800 TZA FM Mwanza 98.2 MHz
+ 22 cities of TBC FM.
COD FM Kisangani 97.7, Kivu 88.6, Goma 88.7
BDI FM Bujumbura 88.6, 107.5 MHz.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/swahili/radio/frequency.html

Thai
1130-1200 SoEaAS 11740sng
1230-1300 SoEaAs 11740sng
2259-2320 SoEaAS 13650

Urdu
1515-1600 SoWeAS 13870uae
1700-1745 SoWeAS MW927tjk

Vietnamese
1100-1130 SoEaAS 11740sng
1300-1330 SoEaAS 11740sng
2320-2340 SoEaAS 13650

Relays:
asc Ascension Isl
hri HRI Furman-SC, South Carolina, USA
iss Issoudun, France
mdg Madagascar
mey Meyerton, South Africa
msk Moscow, Russia
nau Nauen, Germany
pal KHBN Palau
rmi WRMI Okeechobee-FL, Florida USA
sit Sitkunai, Lithuania
sng Kranji, Singapore
spa Sao Paulo, Brazil
tac Tashkent, Uzbekistan
tjk Dushanbe, Tajikistan
uae Al Dhabayya, UAE
wof Woofferton UK-GBR, only DRM mode special on Fris.

FM relays in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burundi, Congo DR, Indonesia, Palestine West Bank, and Tanzania.
(NHK Radio Japan, March 24, PDF.format leaflet
transformed by wb at wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 25)
(WWDXC/Top Nx # 1202-27 March 2015)

Voice of Turkey summer schedule

Effective: 29 March - 24 October 2015

All times UTC

Arabic
0900-1000 11750va
1400-1500 9540va 17770va

Azerbaijan
0700-0800   11730as
1530-1600 9530as
1600-1630 9530as

Bulgarian
1100-1130 7210eu

Chinese
1100-1200 15240as

Dari/Pashto
1500-1600 11765as
1600-1630 11765as

English
0300-0400 6165as  9515va
1230-1300 15450va
1300-1330 15450va
1630-1700 15520as
1700-1730 15520as
1830-1900 9785eu
1900-1930 9785eu
2030-2100 7205va
2100-2130 7205va
2200-2300 9830va

rench
1730-1800 7360af
1800-1830 7360af
1930-2000 7360af 9635eu
2000-2030 7360af 9635eu

Georgian
1000-1100 9655as

German
1130-1200 13760eu
1200-1230 13760eu
1730-1800 11835eu
1800-1830 11835eu

Italian
1400-1430 9610eu

Kazakh
1330-1400 11880as

Persian
0830-0900 11795as
0900-1000 11795as
1500-1600 9765as

Russian
1300-1400 11965va

Spanish
0100-0200 9770va  9870va
1630-1700 11930va
1700-1730 11930va

Tatar
1000-1030 9855as

Turkish
0000-0100 7260as
0100-0200 7260as
0400-0500 6040as  11980va
0500-0600 6040as  11980va
0600-0700 11750as  11955va  13635va
0700-0800 11750as  11955va  13625va
0800-0900 11750as  11995va  13625va
0900-1000 11955as  13635va
1000-1100 11955as  13635va
1100-1200 1195as 13635va
1200-1300 13635va
1300-1400 9840va
1400-1500 9840va
1500-1600 9840va
1600-1700 5960va 9460eu
1700-1800 5960va 9460eu
1800-1900 5960va 9460eu
1900-2000 5960va 9460eu
2000-2100 5960va 9460eu

Turkmen
1200-1230 11825as

Urdu
1200-1300 13710as

Uyghur
0200-0300 9465as
1230-1300 11700as
1300-1330 11700as

Uzbek
1030-1100 13650as
(revised from by-frequency A15/Top Nx 1200-13 March 2015)

Radio Romania International summer schedule

Effective: 29 March 2015 - 24 October 2015

All times UTC

Arabic
0630-0656 9770GAL 11790GAL 13750TIG 15700TIG
1200-1226 15150GAL 17760TIG
1530-1556 13660TIG 15130GAL

Aromanian
1430-1456 ^5910SAF, not Macedonian
1630-1656 ^5910SAF, not Macedonian
1830-1856 ^5910SAF, not Macedonian

Chinese
0400-0426 *15220TIG 17780TIG
1300-1326 15160TIG 17860TIG

English
0000-0056 9730TIG 11800TIG
0300-0356 9730TIG 11800TIG 11825GAL *15220GAL
0530-0556 9700GAL *11800TIG 17760GAL 21500TIG
1100-1156 15130TIG 15150GAL 17670GAL 17680TIG
1700-1756 9540TIG *11810TIG
2030-2056 6170GAL *9800GAL 13650TIG 15170TIG
2200-2256 5930GAL 7430GAL 9790TIG 11700TIG

French
0100-0156 9730TIG 11800TIG
0500-0526 *7330GAL 9700GAL 15340TIG 17780TIG
1000-1056 11650GAL 15130TIG 15400GAL 17680TIG
1600-1656 9500TIG 11950GAL
2000-2026 6170GAL *9800GAL

German
0600-0626 *7435TIG 9700TIG
1400-1456 9600TIG 11620TIG
1800-1856 *7300TIG 9540TIG

Italian
1400-1426 ^9520SAF
1600-1626 ^5910SAF
1800-1826 *^5910SAF

Romanian
0000-0156 7335GAL 9520GAL
0400-0456 5920GAL 7330GAL
0700-0756 13750TIG 15400GAL 15700TIG 17750GAL
"Curierul romanesc" Sun only
0800-0856 13750TIG 15400GAL 15700TIG 17750GAL
"Curierul romanesc" Sun only
0900-0956 11650GAL 15400GAL 15700TIG 17680GAL
"Curierul romanesc" Sun only
1200-1226 11700GAL 15130TIG
1200-1256 ^9520SAF-100kW
1300-1456 11950GAL 15130GAL
1530-1556 11900GAL 15300TIG
1600-1656 11800TIG 13660TIG to Israel
1700-1756 9500GAL 11975GAL
1800-1856 9500GAL 11975GAL
1900-1956 9500GAL 11975GAL

Russian
0430-0456 6180TIG *7390TIG
1330-1356 13740TIG 15160TIG
1500-1556 9500TIG *11870TIG

Serbian
1530-1556 ^5910SAF
1730-1756 ^5910SAF
1930-1956 ^5910SAF

Spanish
0200-0256 9520GAL 9730TIG 11800TIG 11945GAL
1900-1956 9540TIG 11625TIG
2100-2156 15170TIG 17745TIG
2300-2356 9765GAL 9790TIG 11700TIG 11795GAL

Ukranian
1500-1526 ^5910SAF
1700-1726 ^5910SAF
1900-1926 ^5910SAF

^ Saftica 100 kW, all other Galbeni and Tiganesti 300 kW.
* DRM via Saftica 100 kW; Galbeni or Tiganesti 300 kW.
(RRI-RRO schedule; via Radiocom.facilities at Saftica, Galbeni and Tiganesti; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 10)
(BC-DX/Top Nx 1200-13 March 2015)

Digital IDs on WRMI

from VOA Radiogram

WRMI, Radio Miami International, 9955 kHz, will transmit IDs in digital modes this weekend ...

UTC Day  UTC Time  Center audio frequency  Mode

Sunday 0129:30 2000 Hz MFSK32
Sunday  0329:30 1500 Hz Olivia 32-2000
Sunday 1039:30 2000 Hz MFSK32 image
Sunday 2259:30 2000 Hz MFSK16
Monday 0059:00 2000 Hz MFSK32
Monday 0329:00 1500 Hz Olivia 32-2000
Reports to Jeff at info@wrmi.net

Global 24 schedule - March 28-30

Global 24 QSL

All times UTC

March 28, 2015

1600-1630 6065, 9865 kHz (Europe) – Global 24 News
1630-1700 6065, 9865 kHz (Europe) – Blues Radio International
1700-1800 6065, 9865 kHz (Europe) – Jazz from the Left (Hour 1)
1800-1900 6065, 9865 kHz (Europe) – Jazz from the Left (Hour 2)
1900-2000 6065, 9865 kHz (Europe) – Jazz from the Left (Hour 3)

1800-1900 9525 kHz (Europe, Middle East, Asia) – The Rock Pile (Hour 1)
 1900-2000 9525 kHz (Europe, Middle East, Asia) – The Rock Pile (Hour 2)
 2000-2100 9525 kHz (Europe, Middle East, Asia) –  Blues Radio International

2200-2203 11825 kHz (North America, Europe) – News Headlines
2203- 2300 11825 kHz (North America, Europe) – The Rock Pile (Hour 1)
2300- 2303 11825 kHz (North America, Europe) – The Rock Pile (Hour 1)
2303-0000 11825 kHz (North America, Europe) -The Rock Pile (Hour 2)

2300-0000 5850 kHz (North America) – Old Time Radio, featuring:
 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Mad Bomber Matter” 11-26-61
 The Jack Webb Show “The Razor: Master Detective” 4-10-46

March 29, 2015
0000-0003 11825 kHz (North America, Europe) – News Headlines
 0003-0013 11825 kHz (North America, Europe) –  EU News Network
 0013-0030 11825 kHz (North America, Europe) –  Global 24 News
 0030-0100 11825 kHz(North America, Europe) –  Blues Radio International
 0100-0103 11825  kHz (North America, Europe) – News Headlines
 0103-0200 11825  kHz (North America, Europe) – The Travel with Rick Steves Show, featuring:

One of America’s top experts on travel to Cuba discusses recent changes in the U-S embargo on the next Travel with Rick Steves.

Christopher P. Baker reports on the reaction to President Obama’s announcement in the streets of Havana, and addresses common misconceptions over what it really means for Americans who want to visit Cuba.

And we look at how the Semana Santa observances for the week leading up to Easter, are some of the biggest celebrations of the year in southern Spain.
Get to know the world a little better each week, on Travel with Rick Steves.

0200-0230 9955 kHz (North America, South America) –  News, Rain Report

2200-2300 11825 kHz (North America, Europe) – Jazz from the Left (Hour 1)
 2300-0000 11825 kHz (North America, Europe) – Jazz from the Left (Hour 2)

2300-2303 5850 kHz (North America) – News Headlines
 2303-0000 5850 kHz (North America) – Explorations with Dr. Michio Kaku

March 30, 2015
0000-0100 11825 kHz (North America, Europe) – Jazz from the Left (Hour 3)
 0100-0200 11825  kHz (North America, Europe) – Classics and Beyond

2300-0000 5850 kHz (North America) – Democracy Now!

Sunday Euro relays

Relays on Sunday March 29

Dear Listeners,

Radio Channel 292  

tansmission schedules:

http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/

Atlantic 2000 will be on the air this Sunday 29th of March, with a new broadcast from 09:00 to 10:00 UTC (11:00 to 12:00 CEST) on 9485 kHz.  The program will be streaming at the same time on our website:via http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr

Reports to : atlantic2000international@gmail.com

HLR on Sunday:

11.00 to 15.00 UTC program in German on 9485 kHz

For outside the listening area please try the Twente/Netherlands Web RX at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

Radio Revival Sweden 

transmission schedules:

http://radiorevivalsweden.blogspot.se/p/schedules.html

 

Radio Mi Amigo

transmission schedules:

www.radiomiamigo.es/shortwave

Good Listening!

73s

Tom Taylor