New Zealand DX Times - Jan 2023

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New Members

Dave Small from the UK. Dave is a regular summer time visitor to Hauhora in the north of New Zealand and is an FM DXer of great renown.

Andrew Wood from Cedar Park, Texas. Andrew is also a ham (KC5DJT).

Yoshi Anda from Namerikawa in Japan. Edward Crangle from Katoomba, NSW in Australia is the fourth of our new members.

We have also heard from Dmitro Lukyanchikov in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is great to know that he is still interested in DXing amidst all the chaos his country is currently suffering. Our thoughts are with him.

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NEW ZEALAND

On 21 December, member David Kaio reported that the Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay AM frequencies carrying Today FM had been removed from their website.

From my monitoring at home and on the Rotorua KiwiSDR, it appears that the Hawkes Bay outlet on 1368 may have closed but 1107 (Tauranga and Rotorua sites) is still on air. (Bryan Clark)

RNZ's radio audience has increased compared with the previous survey, and audience share has increased slightly from 14.5% to 14.6%. RNZ National’s audience grew to 572,000 in a typical week, an increase of 9,000.

This is up 1.7% survey on survey, but down 8.7% on the same survey in 2021. 678,000 New Zealanders aged 10+ listen to RNZ National and RNZ Concert, up from 675,000 (+0.4% percent from the previous survey and 7.3% lower compared to the same time last year).

The number of listeners to all radio across NZ declined to 3,640,200 from 3,663,500 listeners, -0.6% per cent compared with the last survey and -1.1% on the same survey last year. (Stuff)

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ALASKA

640KYUKBethel applies for CP with new tower with coordinates 60 46.59N 161 53.00W (NRC)

700KBYR Anchorage has new slogan “KBYR 700 AM” (via NRC) 1020KVNTEagle River now has slogan “Valley News Talk”. (FCC via NRC)

BAHAMAS

ZNS Radio 1540 kHz, full data e-QSL received in 1 day from D.Morris@znsbahamas.com (Juan Carlos Pérez, Valladolid, SPAIN, via QSL Facebook Group via DX Fanzine 11-12/22)

CHILE

Radio Divina frequencies: Santiago de Chile – 660 AM, Temuco – 1010 AM, Valparaiso – 1340 AM and Victoria – 1490 AM. www.radios-chilenas.com/radio-divina 880CB88Radio Universal, Santiago www.iglesiauniversalchile.com (Items via ARC MV Eko magazine 12/22)

GUAM

KTWG Agaña has notified the FCC that it has reduced power on 801 to 1 kW as of 12 December, due to high electricity costs in Guam. It did not apply for an STA. (NRC)

HAWAII

The licensee of KPRP-650 Honolulu and KKNE-940 Waipahu surrendered both licenses today (6 December) and the stations have been deleted by the FCC.

The 650 station in particular, as KORL, was for many years the best target station in Hawaii for North American DXers. (David Yocis via IRCA io Groups)

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IRAN

In early December, Radio Kermanshah, Paveh was being heard in Europe off frequency on 1377.8 kHz. (Mauno Ritola MW Offsets io Group)

KOREA, SOUTH

HLAZ FEBC Korea, 1566 kHz verified with full data e-QSL in 9 days. Report sent to the following E-mail address: chungsookorea@gmail.com V/S: Chung Soo Kim, Manager of International Relations, Far East Broadcasting Company – Korea. (Antonello Napolitano via DX Fanzine 11-12/22)

MEXICO

XEBS-1410 is now reportedly simulcasting co-owned XEPH-590. That could be helpful for DXers trying to log XEPH. XEBS-1410 gets out very well and is the only Mexican station left on 1410. (Tim Hall via DXing.info FB Page) [New slogan is Sabrosita. XEBS was a regular catch in NZ with its Bandolera slogan. BC]

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The commissioning of a new MW transmitter in West New Britain marked a successful partnership between the provincial government and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). postcourier.com.pg/medium-wave-transmitter-for-province (Papua New Guinea Post Courier, 9 Nov)

NBC has film of commissioning event of the 5 kW MW transmitter on 4th November - in 9-minute extract of speech on NBC West New Britain's Facebook page, Minister for ICT, Timothy Masiu confirmed frequency of Radio West New Britain was 900 kHz (and mentioned reintroducing MW transmissions across PNG, including 10 kW transmitters already commissioned in NBC Highlands (Goroka) and Port Moresby).

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As well as relaying National Radio Service from NBC HQ in Port Moresby, will carry local news etc. Said had even been heard in Boroko (Port Moresby). (Alan Pennington via BDXC 12/22)

SLOVAKIA

On 31 December 2022, Radio and Television of Slovakia will end the operation of medium-wave radio transmitters: Košice 702 and Nitra 1098. Both transmitters were used to broadcast the national broadcast of Radio Patria between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. in the evening. In the night hours, it was supplemented by the broadcasting of the RTVS Rádio Devín program service.

MW broadcasting in the country started in 1926. You can find more about the history of radio broadcasting in Slovakia on our website. www.rtvs.sk/historia/casova-os

MW broadcasting was gradually replaced by FM broadcasting in the VHF band and listeners on medium waves gradually decreased. Today, Slovak Radio is expanding its coverage in the T-DAB+ digital broadcasting standard in band III. (Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska website via Jakub Fabo 15/12 via mediumwave.info)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(items from National Radio Club’s “DX News” magazine)

540KYAHDelta UT granted call change to KNAK (Dec. 13; station is silent).

710KSPNLos Angeles CA granted program test authority on CP with U4 34000/2500, new site (diplexed with KRDC-1110) at 34-06-50/117-59-51.

930KAFFFlagstaff AZ slogan now “Calf The Legends of Country”. (John Johnson)

950KAHIAuburn CA granted STA extension, U1 1250/1250

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950WORLOrlando FL granted STA extension, U2 12000/10000, Cuba QRM.

1050KTCTSan Mateo CA granted STA extension, U4 50000/35000, Mexico QRM.

1100KFAXSan Francisco CA granted STA, U1 12500/12500 from KTCT-1050 tower at 37-39-01/122-09-05 during CP construction.

1180KERN Wasco-Greenacres CA applies for CP with U4 10000/10000, existing site.

1240KCLV Clovis NM granted STA, U1 1000/1000, 182' drop wire from KCLV-FM-99.1 tower at 34-23-18/103-11-07 (previously also applied for the same as a CP).

1340KWXY Cathedral City CA using slogan “Music Radio 101.9”. (FCC)

1360KTNZ Amarillo TX,verified by PPC in 9 days. V/s Dale Artho, President, Catholic Radio of the Texas High Plains. Address: Catholic Radio of the Texas High Plains, 4674 CR 8, Wildorado TX 79098. (John Wilkins-CO)

1420KOBM Omaha NE granted call change to KXCB (to be effective Dec. 20).

1490KFIT Austin TX changed call to KJFK (Nov. 4).

1520KOKC Oklahoma City OK granted STA extension, U1 1 0000/10000, tower at 35-20-01/97-30-18.

1540KXPABellevue WA granted STA extension, U1 5000/1250.

1560WFME New York NY granted STA extension, modified to U1 2.5kw day & night on weekdays between 6am and 7pm local time, U1 10kw day & night at other times, WNSH/ WFMU tower w/slant wire feed at 40-47-18/74-15-19; reduced power is due to blanketing interference at nearby school.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (items from International Radio Club of America’s “DX Monitor”)

1160KBDTHighland Park TX has format change to Vietnamese, Radio Saigon. Looks like a move from 1600. Website saigondallasradio.com lists as Radio Saigon Dallas KBDT 1160 AM (Martin Foltz FL) 1190KNUVTolleson AZ has new slogan “La Onda 1190 AM” 1270KDJIHolbrook AZ new slogan “Newstalk 1270 and 970 AM”

FCC Upholds $20,000 Fine, KSCO Plans to Cease Local Programming

The FCC on 15 December upheld its proposed $20,000 forfeiture against Zwerling Broadcasting System, Ltd’s Conservative Talk 1080 AM KSCO in Santa Cruz California for operating against its licensed parameters. The FCC received complaints in 2016 and 2020 alleging the station had been operating at night with 1kW non-directional for over thirty years as opposed to its licensed directional 5kW. Zwerling had last applied for an STA to operate under those parameters in 1996. In response to the FCC, Zwerling told the FCC that “in the directional mode the station loses coverage to a significant amount of its primary service area.”

The station did apply for the STA again in early September with the FCC rejecting it as the was no proper justification for the need to operate with an alternate antenna system and reduced power during night-time hours and no engineering studies supplied to show that they facility would protect other co-channel and first adjacent stations.

The fine comes as owner Michael Zwerling has placed the station up for sale on Craigslist. Zwerling is seeking $1.5 million for KSCO, its three translators 104.1 K281CA Santa Cruz, 95.7 K239CN Watsonville, and 107.9 K300DD Watsonville, and 1340 KOMY La Selva Beach/Santa Cruz.

He is seeking an additional $6 million for the 6.8 acres of property hosting the station’s offices and three towers, otherwise the buyers would pay $15,000 per month in rent.

Zwerling told Lookout Santa Cruz that if a buyer cannot be found by the end of the year, KSCO will eliminate all of its local programming, “Yeah, it looks like our local programming is going away.

I have the radio station for sale, and the real estate separately. I think the ideal buyer would buy them both. But I guess that’s just not in the cards.”

In explaining why he is selling, “Now, I have a different life, and I want to enjoy it. For so many years, KSCO was 90% joy and 10% misery and sadness. In the last two years, that’s reversed. It’s like 90% misery and no fun at all.

It breaks my heart to have to send out these letters to people who have essentially been my family. But I’m just tired of spending all this money.

So many stations in the country now just don’t do live and local because it doesn’t pay, and it hasn’t paid for years.” (Lance Venta, RadioInsight.com via Ray Crawford)

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X-Band Update

ARGENTINA

AM 1620 Radio Italia is a low-power station based in the town of Villa Martelli, Partido de Vicente Lopez. This station was operated by "IT-AR Producciones S.R.L." and its General Director was Mr. Juan Berardis. Studios were located on Calle General Martín Miguel de Güemes 5025 de Villa Martelli, in the northern area of Gran Buenos Aires.

The stations website www.amitalia.com.ar has been inactive for some time and there has been no activity on social media, so it is presumed to have closed permanently, so the only station being heard now on 1620 is Radio Sentires from Parque San Martín, Partido de Merlo. (Argentina en AM y FM FB page 12/22).

CANADA Communications Média Évangélique (Gospel Media Communications) in Montreal has been approved to purchase station CKZW, in a CRTC decision that still refers to the station by its previous call letters, CJRS. Radio Chalom received $309,125 for the station. (via Jon Pearkins)

1610CHHAToronto ON format now SS/Ethnic ex Ethnic. Slogan to “Radio Voces Latinas.” (Wayne Heinen NRC)

1610CHHAToronto ON under CHRN; “You are listening to CHHA 1610 AM, Radio Voces Latinas, located at 22 Wenderly Drive, Toronto, Ontario M6B 2N9, contact 416-785-0680, website www.sanlorenzo.ca, then ID in Spanish and Voces Latinas jingle. (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

1610CHRNMontreal QC over CHHA; “For one of the fastest growing communities in the greater Montreal area, your one and only South Asian station, this is CHRN 1610 AM. You’re listening to CHRN 1610 AM Montreal, Radio Humsafar,” and Hindi ads. (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

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1650CINAMississauga ON w/Radio India jingle, ID as “Broadcasting for the South Asian community of the GTA, this is Cina Radio,” and Cina Radio 1650 jingle. (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

1650CKZWMontreal QC ident in FF “CKZW 1650 AM Montréal,” and “1650 AM Montréal, vous écoutez la Radio Gospel.” (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

1690CHTOToronto ON under/over WPTX; Greek music, “You’re listening to CHTO AM 1690 Toronto, visit our website at www.AM1690.ca.” (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

MEXICO

1670XEFCRReynosa, TAMA. mixing with KHPY and on top briefly. XEFCR call letters, frequency, power, city, and state mentioned. (John Johnston AZ via IRCA)

PUERTO RICO

1660WGITCanovanas slogan now “Lighthouse Radio tu Faro de Santidad.” (IRCA)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1630KCJJIA Iowa City – 11/26 2059 – Fair; “From the Herteen and Stocker studios in the heart of the Hawkeye Nation, this is the Mighty 1630 KCJJ Iowa City,” (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

1630KFBUFox Farm WY verified by PPC in 11 days. V/s Roger Lonnquist (W7RDL). Address: YNOP Radio, PO Box 7393, Helena MT 59604. (John Wilkins CO, NRC)

1640WSJPSussex WI “Bringing Christ to the world through the media, WSJP Sussex, WSJP-FM Port Washington, W260DP Pewaukee, Relevant Radio 1640 AM, 99-9 and 100.1 FM.” (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

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1650KCNZCedar Falls IA noted w/”Maximum Sports, 1650 the Fan, KCNZ Cedar Falls/Waterloo, a Coloff Media station” legal ID into sports talk. (David Houde-VA via IRCA)

1650WJFVPortsmouth, VA using new slogan “WJFV AM 1650”. (NRC)

1650WTJZPortsmouth VA w/ID “WJFN Goochland-Bon Air-Chester 100.5, 107.7, 92.7 FM, AM 820 & WTJZ Portsmouth AM 1650” (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

1660WCNZMarco Island FL format now EE religion, ex SS religion. Carrying Relevant Radio. (DX MidAmerica via NRC)

1660KBREMerced CA w/”Merced’s Rock Station, the Bear at 105-7” slogan ID by a male announcer into a vintage cover of a Black Sabbath song. (Rick Barton AZ via IRCA)

1660WWRUJersey City NJ w/ID as “WWRU Jersey City-New York, 1660 AM WWRU,” and “Radio Korea”. (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

1670WMGEDry Branch GA w/ID “Macon BIN 1670”. (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

1690WTTMLindenwold NJ w/SS ID “Estás escuchando 1680 AM WTTM Lindenwold-Philadelphia... La Unika 1680 AM,” and Mexican music. (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

1690WMLBAvondale Estates GA w/ID “All new Freedom AM 1690 WMLB Avondale Estates-Atlanta.” (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

1690WPTXLexington Park MD w/“Your easy favourites, 100.7 FM and 1690 AM WPTX Lexington Park-Valley Lee-Lusby”. (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

1700WJCC Miami Springs FL in Créole w/ “The views expressed in this program do not necessarily represent Radio Mega LLC, WJCC 1700 AM, their staff, management, or sponsors,” and ID. (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

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1700WRCRHaverstraw NY w/ident as “AM 1700 WRCR Haverstraw” & “Radio unscripted, AM 1700 WRCR and WRCR dot com.” (Bruce Conti-NH via NRC)

US VIRGIN ISLANDS

1620WDHPFrederiksted over/under Rebelde; "It's the station for the people by the people, The Reef 103.5" and high energy soca music. [Bruce Conti-NH via IRCA]

Medium Wave Mailbag

MARTIN GREER

Tasmania sends Christmas greetings and some logs for the Trail. He writes “Only some Australian and NZ stations to report this month. The weather of late in Launceston and Tasmania has been cold which is unusual for this time of year. [Thanks for your contributions Martin – hope you get some great DX in 2023! BC]

STU FORSYTH

Upper Mangawhai also supports the column this month with some North American signals heard on SDR2 just down the hill.

BRYAN CLARK

Lower Mangawhai found reception conditions below par in December, so looks forward to better success in the New Year, as well as more contributors to the column!

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Broadcast Trail

Trail times & dates are in UTC/GMT – 13 hours behind NZ Daylight Savings Time.

Member loggings made on remote New Zealand-based SDRs are indicated with a symbol after the frequency.

# A hash after the frequency indicates loggings made on League SDR2 at Mangawhai (Lower Northland) with EWE antenna to Northeast.

c after the frequency indicates loggings made on League SDR3 at Hinahina (Catlins Coast, Otago) with EWE antenna to South or Central America.

* after the frequency indicates reception made by an overseas member.

a approximate. Frequency for station is well off its nominal channel

v frequency of station varied during reception.

CWIS Reception in NZ is Confirmed With Internet Stream of station.

CWSDR (and a location) Reception in NZ has been Confirmed With SDR reception in specified overseas location to

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BCM Bryan Clark, Mangawhai w/WinRadio G33DDC SDR & EWEs to NE, E, NW.

SMF Stu Forsyth listening on the League’s SDR2 at Mangawhai w/NE EWE. MG Martin Greer, Tasmania using a Kenwood R2000 & Tecsun PL-880, with EWE's pointing E, W. S & NE. 5581638AUSTRALIA 6WA Wagin WA w/good signal and ID as ABC Radio Perth // to local 7NT 91:7MHz in Launceston 16/11 MG 9541614NEW ZEALAND SENZ Hamilton with fair signal briefly with SENZ ID mixing w/ 2UE Sydney NSW.16/1 MG 10260929AUSTRALIA 3PB Melbourne Vic with strong signal with ABC Radio News,was // to local 7PNN 92:5MHz.14/11 MG 10900757MEXICO XEPRS Rosarito w/sung national anthem, later EE sports talk, commentary highlights, poor 19/12. BCM 10981059AUSTRALIA 2RN Goulburn NSW with ID as RN into ABC National News w/good signal,mixing with 4LG Longreach QLD,and then at 1105 Newstalk ZB Christchurch popped through and dominated the frequency.18/11 MG 11200814USA KPNW Eugene OR up vgd w/Coast to Coast AM talkshow w/George Noory, freq drifted up to 1120.015m 14/12. BCM 1120#0843USA KPNW Eugene OR fair to poor with Coast to Coast AM talkshow, deep fades and some splash from 1125. SMF 27/12 1140#0850USA KHTK Sacramento CA (pres) w/sports talk. Fair at best. SMF 27/12 1150#0848USA KEIB Los Angeles CA fair/ poor w/talk show & adverts 27/12. SMF

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11900809USA KEX Spokane WA w/George Noory promo & “News, traffic & weather, 11-90 AM KEX” very good 14/12. BCM 12000747CANADA CJRJ Vancouver BC all alone, fair w/Asian vocal during deep fadeout of usually dominant WOAI 19/12. BCM

12100844USA KGYN Guymon OK w/string of advts, “only on your …station, Big Talker KGYN”, Fox Sports Radio promo 0850, fair 11/12. BCM 12150959NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Kaikohe with fair signal,and ID just before TOH news service 15/11 MG 12510850AUSTRALIA 2DU Dubbo NSW,with a block of local ad’s,w/ good signal and program called Super Radio Network 14/11MG 12961039NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Hamilton w/ good signal,program with Marcus Lush 11/11 MG 13770934NEW ZEALAND Star Radio with ID good signal briefly dominated c/c 3MP Melbourne Vic 15/11MG 13860920NEW ZEALAND Radio Tarana Auckland w/ID by OM as Radio Tarana good signal and in the clear 15/11 MG 14000906USA UNID on talk w/reference to “meteorologist” in mix of country music (Likely KCYK) & Asian lang (likely KVTO) 15/12. BCM 1420#0825HAWAII KKEA Honolulu w/ESPN Radio good/ fair, deep fades 12/12. SMF 14400805KIRIBATI Radio Kiribati, Tarawa fair w/nx in dialect, usually dominant Moana AM on open carrier 14/12. BCM 14491118AUSTRALIA 2MG Mudgee NSW with ID Super Radio Network good signal // to 2SM 1269 KHz in Sydney NSW 11/11 MG 14580835AUSTRALIA 2PB Newcastle NSW with ABC News Radio with good signal and ID was // to local 7PNN 92:5MHz in Launceston.2/11 MG

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Finally something to feature, it would seem that ye Ed is missing out with the main activity happening in the northern and southern ends of the country. I did manage some DX from Tasmania on Christmas Eve. Many years ago (33 years ago to be exact) Dave Dwyer told me that in Christchurch Tasmanian stations are received at the end of the season.

BRIAN WITHERS

Napier is first using an SDR Discovery with a high gain aerial.

24/12/22 2230 to 2420 UTC 95.7 Gosford ABC 90.9 ABC,94.5 Lismore ABC 89.7 ABC, 92.9 Classic ABC Sydney. All very weak to weak signals including 98.9 ABC. Later 97.9 ABC, 98.7 Concert ABC Manning River fairly good. Grafton 91.5, 92.3, 97.9, 99.5 fairly good 104.1 pops Sydney?

Norfolk Island 89.9 2405 UT 5 minutes poor signal . New Caledonia 89, 90, 91.5 93 including 88 breaking into local Small FM 88.1 fairly good.

25/12/2022

Norfolk Island 89.9 0205 UTC poor signal until 0255 Back 5 minutes at 0330 UTC.

26/12/2022

Hamilton 91.4 & 98.6 poor all morning including Wellington. Later Australia FM heard from good to poor from 0750 UTC to past 0830 UTC . 89.7 ABC Manning River including 96.3, 90.9 2PNN Illawara, 91.7 2ST Nowa, 92.1 Narrabri SBS. 92.9 ABC Classic Sydney with RDS including 104.1 2DAY & 104.9 2MMM plus 102.5 2MBS & 97.7 SBS. Later 96.3 2CCC Gosford, 96.5 Mixed JJJ Murrumbidgee with 2CHR Newcastle,98.9 SBS Lismore, 99.5 2iCEwith pops Katoomba, 101.3 Hits Gosford & 2GGO 107.7 pops Gosford.

DAVE HEADLAND

Maheno, North Otago 2x 8 element FM antennas Airspy HF+ Discovery and SDR Play RSPsx receivers 03/12/22 0515 UTCFiji – 88.2 BBC, 92.0 & 92.2 Viti FM, 92.8 R.Fiji One Sigatoka, 93.0 R.Fiji One, 93.8 Mix FM Lautoka, 94.6 R.Fiji Gold v.gd at times 0919 UTC2BDR “Triple M” Falls Creek, Vic 94.1 0930 UTC3REG Lakes Entrance Vic 90.7 23/12/2022 2240 UTC4CRB relay (suspect Lord Howe Is) 87.6 fair 2353 UTCNorthland opening - Gold 89.2, The Rock 90.0, Today FM 90.8, More FM 91.6, SENZ 92.4, Hauraki 93.2, The Edge 94.0, ZM 94.8. Unk. stn playing long jazz track 88.1, rap on 87.6 and stn carrying talkback 87.9 0002 UTCThe Wireless, Mangawhai 90.4 with oldies 0008 UTCWest Coast Radio Auckland 87.9

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24/12/2022

2146

UTCRAW Sydney 87.6 2204 UTC4CRB relay 87.6 2230

UTCRiver FM Penrith/Hawkesbury 87.6, Voice of Islam Sydney 87.6

2250 UTC87.6 Australia with religious mxd with River FM Hawkesbury and Voice of Islam Sydney 0043 UTCNew Caledonia 88.0 with French

25/12/2022

0753

UTCGeelong: 3BAY 93.9 & 3PLS “Pulse 94.7” 94.7

UTCBendigo: 3PNN 89.5, 3JJJ 90.3, 3ABC-RR 91.1, 3BDG 9 1.9, 3ABC-FM 92.7, 3BBO 93.5 0754 UTC2BDR Omeo “Triple M” 90.1 0755 UTCLatrobe Valley: 3SEA “Triple M” Warragul 94.3, 3PNN 95.1

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0758

UTCMelbourne: 3SYN 90.7, 3ZZZ 92.3, 3PTV “Smooth” 91.5, 3MEL Nova 100.3, tent 5ABC Angaston 90.7 0806 UTC3NE Mt. Hotham 89.3

0810

0816

UTCWestern Victoria: 3PNN 91.7, 3ABC-RR 94.1

UTCEastern NSW: Bega 2PNN 89.7, 2EC 94.5, 2ABC-FM 99.3, 2JJJ 100.1, 2ABC-RN 100.9, 2ST Nowra 91.7, 2UUU Shoalhaven 92.3, Illawarra 2ABC-FM 95.7 & 2PNN 90.9, Bateman’s Bay 2PNN 100.5 & 2ABC-FM 101.9, Cooma 2XXL 96.1 & 2SKI 97.7, 2SKI Jindabyne 94.7

0828

UTCEastern Victoria: 3GLR 100.7, 3TFM 99.9, 3ABC-FM 101.5

UTC1JJJ Canberra 101.5 0836

0833

UTC3MGB Mallacoota 101

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1030

UTCBig opening into eastern NSW: 1032 UTC2EAR Moruya 107.5, 2ICE Lithgow 107.9, 2ST Ulladulla 106.7, 2ABC-FM Newcastle 106.1, 2EC Batemans Bay 105.9, 2GOS “Star 104.5” Gosford, HPON Nowra 103.7 1055 UTC – 2CBA Sydney 103.2, 2KKO Newcastle 102.9, 2EEE Bega 102.5, Canberra 1JJJ 101.5 & 1ABC-FM 102.3, 2ABC-FM Batemans Bay 101.9 1114 UTC – 2CCR “Alive 90.5” Parramatta 90.5, 2CCM Gosford 94.1, Sydney: 2RDJ 88.1, 2RRR 88.5, 2GLF 89.3, 2NBC 90.1, 2ABC-FM 92.9 1136 UTC2SNR “50 plus” Gosford 93.3, 2PQQ “Triple M” Pt Macquarie 90.3, 2HD Lake Macquarie 90.5, 2JJJ Grafton 91.5 1145 UTCHPON Pt Macquarie 92.7, 2GCB Rhema Gosford 94.9, Newy FM Newcastle 87.8 1230 UTC2UUS Camden 88.3, 2PNN Orange 91.9 1250 UTCUnk ABC (Tenterfield/Thredbo?) 90.5, 2JJJ Wagga 90.7 1325 UTC2MBS Sydney mxd 2EEE Bega 102.5, 2ABC-FM Bateman’s Bay 101.9, 2UUL Wollongong 96.5 2305 UTCGold Coast: 4ABC 88.5, 4CRB 89.3, 4ABC-RN 90.1

26/12/2022 0633 UTC2LIV “Pulse 94.1” Wollongong 94.1 0730 UTC4CRB relay (Lord Howe Is?) 87.6, plus Gold Coast 4ABCRN 90.1, 4SEA 90.9, 4GGG 92.5 0745 UTC4SBS Brisbane 93.3

(Thanks Dave, there’s definitely something about a southern (and northern) location, Canterbury has been very quiet).

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PAUL ORMANDY

Oamaru, taking a break from 6 metres FT8 (I have noticed you popping up from time to time) provides his usual extensive loggings: 24/12/2022 89.722102PNN Bega/Cooma 89.921383TSC Melbourne, "The Light" 90.321443JJJ Bendigo 90.523102BCRR Tenterfield 90.721102PNN Grafton/Kempsey 90.721442JJJ SW Slopes 90.921487JJJ NE Tasmania 90.922422PNN Illawarra 91.521122JJJ Grafton/Kempsey 91.523375RM Renmark, RDS ID! 91.721497NT NE Tasmania 91.723452SKI Bombala "Snow FM" 91.921543BDG Bendigo "Hit 91.9" 91.900011WAY Canberra, relig 92.322133ZZZ Melbourne, Greek 92.321142MRR Grafton/Kempsey 92.521157PNN NE Tasmania 92.52339 2XL Bombala, Snowy Mountains "XL FM" 92.721163ABCFM Bendigo 92.700021ART Canberra 92.921552ABCFM Sydney 92.923402SKI Thredbo "Ski FM" 93.121563SBSFM Melbourne, Italian 93.321167ABCFM NE Tasmania 93.922512ABCRN Tamworth 94.121177ABCRN NE Tasmania 94.123206NW Port Headland (tent) Triple M, only listed outlet on 94.1

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95.1 2118 3PNN Latrobe Valley 95.3 2314 2ABCFM Richmond/Tweed 95.5 2349 2MRR Manning River 96.7 2119 3JJJ Latrobe Valley 97.9 2253 3MMR Mildura/Sunraysia "Triple M" 99.7 2258 3ABCRN Horsham 100.5 2121 2PNN Batemans Bay/Moruya 100.7 2158 2ABCRN Upper Namoi 101.5 2121 3ABCFM Latrobe Valley 101.9 2123 2ABCFM Batemans Bay/Moruya 102.1 2225 7PNN Devonport West 102.3 2124 2ABCFM Canberra 102.5 2159 2EEE Bega "Power FM" 102.7 2134 3RRR Melbourne 102.7 2301 2ABCFM Mildura/Sunraysia 103.1 2227 3BBR Warragul 103.3 2201 3JJJ Upper Murray, flood warnigs for Upper Murray 103.5 2234 2ABCRN Merriwa, tfc rpt Newcastle, Heatherbrae 105.5 2126 2ABCFM Central Western Slopes 105.5 2204 2CSF Coffs Harbour, local wx 105.7 2235 2BDR Albury "Triple M" 105.9 2127 3ABCFM Melbourne 107.1 2130 3JJJ Ballarat 107.1 2209 Sky Sports Racing, Eden 107.5 2132 3JJJ Melbourne 107.9 2133 2ABCRN Central Western Slopes

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BRYAN CLARK

Mangawhai. Bryan reports: Here is my first report for the 2022/23 DX season with all Dates and Times in UTC. Have cut off at Christmas Day as still to write up my logbook for Boxing Day – will submit that next month. A report out to 2BBB Dorrigo 93.3 was verified by program host and fellow FM DXer Paul Mech.

02/12/2022

2146 UTC - New Caledonia on 88.0 // 89.0, 90.5, 92.0, 92.5 // 93.0, possibly on 97.0 and 97.5; French talk on 100.0 with // traces 100.4 and 101.0, 102.0. At 2305, rap music on 101.5.

3/12/2022

0558 UTC - Fiji opening Viti FM in Fijian 92.0 // 92.2; 92.8 in Fijian; 88.2 BBC World Service over/mixing local Mangawhai LPFM Star; Fiji 92.8 // 93.0 at 0603; 95.2 2Day-FM //95.4 at 0604; 96.0 at 0606z “Vote for Fiji” // 96.2; 97.6 Mirchi FM // 97.8 at 0609; 98.4 Legend FM exc // 98.6 mixed at 0611; 100.0 // 100.2 Gold FM at 0616 – also on 100.6 thru Magic; 100.8 Navratang // 101.0 over NZ.

0618 UTC - Australia ABC Classical 101.9 Batemans Bay // 102.3 Canberra, 103.3 2TLP Ngarralinyi Radio, Taree at 0622; 89.7 ABC NewsRadio at 0634 – still audible at 0707 // 90.7 exc.

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0708 UTC - Possibly Triple J on 92.3; UNID Music station on 89.7 at 0710 w/no anncts, later ABC NewsRadio came back; 92.3 ABC cricket at 0719, other ABCs on 90.7 and 91.5; 93.3 2BBB Dorrigo steady with progressive rock on The Mechie Show till 0802 tune out; 107.1 Horse Racing format at 0803; 106.3 2CFS Coffs Harbour w/Triple M network at 0804; 105.1 2ROX “Hits” Kempsey later till 0815, over/mixed NewsTalk ZB Kaitaia.

04/12/2022

0517 UTCC - 87.5 Tonga; 88.1 mystery Tongan followed from 0520. 0549 UTC - Fiji opening - 92.0 // 92.2 Viti FM w/hymn in Fijian; 92.8 Radio Fiji 1 w/bi-lingual sermon in EE & Fijian // 93.0; 95.2 // 95.4 2DayFM at 0553; 96.0 // 96.2 – FM96; 97.6 Radio Mirchi in Hindi w/Coca Cola and Big Save advts at 0558 but gone by 0600; 92.0 // 92.2 still here at 0601 w/news; 93.0 // 92.8 vgd. 2040 UTC - another opening to Fiji – the usuals 92.0 // 92.2, 92.8 // 93.0; 95.1 Coromandel FM off the back of yagi at 2044; 97.8 Radio Mirchi up good 2049; 97.6 UNID Māori station followed from 2051 –see below; 100.2 Radio Fiji Gold w/EE news “FBC News” promo, 101.0 Navtarang o/RNZ National; 102.6 Bula FM vgd, 103.2 // 103.4 Radio Sargam; 105.0 Radio Fiji 2 w/news in Hindi at 2102 overNZ. 2104 UTC - 87.5 Tonga up w/speech in Tongan; Viti FM Fiji 92.0 still audible at 2130.

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2217 UTC - UNID on 97.6 w/Māori format, weak signals – seemed to peak at NE or East beam, but only station that fits is Tuwharetoa FM Turangi which I’ve never hrd before. Followed to 2300 UTC.

10/12/2022

0809 UTC - UNID 92.1 w/classic pops eg Beatles followed past 0840. No anncts caught. Maybe Today FM Whakatane but couldn’t get a // to confirm.

11/12/2022 (misty rain falling throughout the afternoon and evening)

0103 UTC - The Sound, Kerikeri weak on 92.0 // 98.0 from Whangarei, vgd; More FM Tutukaka surging to good at 0248.

0110 UTC - Short Fiji opening – 92.0 vgd // 92.2 weak; 92.8 fair. Gone within 5 minutes.

0310 UTC - Newstalk ZB Kaitaia vgd (best reception to date) despite RNZ Concert 105.2 QRM; 97.1 Hiku FM Kaitaia 97.1 weak

0423 UTC - All Whangarei FMs coming through, 88.0 and 88.3 outstanding, 106.9 fair, 107.3 poor; 89.6 weak audio presumed to be Coast, Russell 300 watts.

0912 UTC - LPFMer on 107.5 w/talk format likely Whangarei area, possibly religious format.

17/12/2022

(more steady rain)

0626 UTC - All the Whangarei LPFMers in well again including Magic FM on 107.1 (weak) // 88.3 (much stronger).

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18/12/2022

1805 UTC - Opening to Bay of islands – 89.6 Coast, Russell & 92.0 The Sound, Kerikeri. Possible traces of 95.2 More FM Russell at times.

20/12/2022

0035 UTC - Australian opening thanks to Dave Small tip. Grafton/ Kempsey NSW hrd on 92.3 ABC Local Radio w/slogan “ABC Radio, right across Australia”, 91.5 Triple J, 90.7 ABC NewsRadio, 97.9 ABC FM classical, 99.5 Radio National - all followed past 0222. At 0117, 92.1 2ARM Armidale, 103.1 UNID traces at 0217, maybe 2CVC Grafton? 0323 UTC - 96.9 talk, 98.5 talk, 101.7 ABC-FM Southern Downs Qld classical past 0331, 103.3 Triple J, Southern Downs, 106.5 RN National Southern Downs, 98.5 ABC Newsradio Lismore distorted 0335; 96.9 ABC national Lismore talk, 96.1 Triple J Lismore hip hop, 95.3 ABC FM Lismore w/classical; 95.1 UNID weak, 94.5 ABC Local Radio, Lismore.

24/12/2022

0029 UTC - 88.7 ABC Nambour Qld classical, 89.5 Triple J Nambour Qld, 90.3 UNID talker here, maybe 4SCR Nambour but bad splatter from local The Wireless 90.4; 91.5 UNID talk here 0040.

25/12/2022

0705 UTC – Big Aussie opening - 92.5 4GLD-FM Gold Coast w/ Christmas songs; 88.0 UNID taped from 0709, 87.8 UNID here as well; 92.5 back strongly 0741 w/”Little Drummer Boy”, 89.3 4CRB-FM, 89.7 ABC NewsRadio Bega/Cooma, 90.1, 90.9 4SEA-FM Gold Coast w/ Dreamworld & Currumbim mentioned;

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91.7 ABC Local Radio, Gold Coast w/female talking, 92.5 Queensland families, Goldsteins bakery, advt for Ashmore, Triple M promo at 0745; 88.5 ABC classical, Gold Coast; 91.5 maybe Triple J, Grafton/Kempsey; 91.3 weak at 0750; 101.9 talk weak; 102.9 Gold Coast vgd; 104.5 rock mx, maybe 4MMM Brisbane; 106.1 ABC-FM Brisbane w/classical; 106.7 UNID w/rock; 107.3 UNID w/Christmas carols at 0753; 105.7 Triple J, Sydney; 104.3 horse racing; 104.1 pops; 103.5 ABC FM Armidale w/classical; 101.1 Triple J, Armidale; 101.7 exc w/”UUS-FM” ident at 0800; 103.1 w/ABC-FM Tamworth talking about opera; 94.7 ABC News, Tamworth; 93.9 ABC news – death at Windsor Beach; 94.5 maybe Triple J; 94.2 2 stations mixed, ABC news; 95.3 Christmas carols from Real FM mixing ABC-FM Lismore classical at 0806; 87.8 UNID pops here 0808. 0903 UTC – 90.7 ABC NewsRadio, Grafton/Kempsey; 91.5 Triple J Grafton/Kempsey strong; 92.3 ABC News; 92.5 ABC News; 92.7 Port Macquarie w/racing commentary; 94.5 UNID sounding like Triple J; 94.7 news report about France; 95.5 2 DJs talking; 96.3 4JJJ-FM Manning River Qld; 96.9 female vocal; 97.1 ABC Manning River, 97.7 SBS Sydney w/Italian or similar lang; 98.7 ABC-FM Manning River w/ classical; 100.3 Dr Robert Malone; 101.5 rock mx over RNZ National; 101.7 weak; 102.1 strong, maybe Triple J Newcastle // 102.3 ; 102.9 2KKO Newcastle w/rock mx strong; 103.7 2NUR-FM Newcastle w/talk in Pacific lang, advt for Heating & Outdoors, Newcastle & Lake Macquarie mentions; 105.3 rock mx dropped out at 0917.

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0921 – 105.7 UNID lang, only 7SBS-FM Hobart seems to fit; 97.1 ABC National Manning River w/talk about American society and trains; 96.3 Manning River fading out; 92.3 vgd at 0926; 91.5 Triple J, 90.7 ABC NewsRadio, Grafton/Kempsey; 87.8 w/classic pops by Abba at 0928; 91.5 2JJJ Grafton/Kempsey “take the Triple J app with you” strong at 0937; 92.3 talk // 94.5; 95.3 ABC FM Lismore opera strong; 96.1 pops strong; 96.9 NewsRadio; 97.7 2SBS Sydney w/ethnic Indian language; 97.9 2ABC-FM Grafton Kempsey w/opera; 99.5 ABC National Grafton/ Kempsey till 0941; 101.3 rock mx; 101.7 Double US-FM Sydney at 0943; 101.3 ident for Hit 101.3” on 2CFM Gosford .

2128 – Australian again - 89.7 UNID w/jazz, until ABC NewsRadio took over channel at 2140; 87.8 in also; 101.9 ABC-FM classical at 2146.

2236 – 91.3 w/weak pops, improving – identified as C91.3 MacArthur improving to good; 91.1 ethnic station at 2344, also stations on 89.5, 89.7, 89.9 (2 mixed), 90.1, 90.7, 90.9.

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TVNZ Nostalgia

One shaggy dog, dozens of humans, and a smorgasbord of Kiwi scenery: viewers were glued to the screen for this TV One promotional campaign, which began screening in August 1991.

The six-part promo followed a lovable sydney silky poodle cross travelling the country by car, train and paw. En route, roughly 50 Kiwis make blink and you'll miss it appearances: including sporting figures, local townspeople, and 20+ TV personalities (see backgrounder for more info, and clues on who is who).

The popular promos were directed by Lee Tamahori, before he made Once Were Warriors.

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/wonderful-world-tv-one-id-1991

Thanks guys for your contributions, it’s nice to see that DX has finally shown a sign of arriving.

That’s it for another month, may 2023 be a good year for you, stay safe and take care.

How many of you remember this series of station idents for TV1 from 1990?

SW Bandwatch

with Ian Wells, Dunedin

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Now that the Christmas decorations are back in storage and the resolutions have been made and broken, let’s get on with business as usual. Remember to show loggings as tentative (tent) if you don’t get a clear ID, or if there’s doubt about the logging, and provide as much detail as you can, including date and language, while keeping your notes concise.

NZ-based remote SDR’s used for your loggings are indicated by this symbol beside the frequency:

2 = Mangawhai, Northland SDR2 (NE direction)

3 = Hinahina, Catlins SDR3 (Easterly direction)

If there’s no symbol, you were using your own radio or SDR equipment, and your own aerial. Also: “a” by the frequency indicates the station was slightly off its allocated frequency.

“v” by the frequency indicates varying frequency during the broadcast “h” by the frequency indicates reception of a harmonic of the true frequency in use.

“U” by the frequency indicates reception using USB mode is recommended

Many common languages are abbreviated –AA=Arabic, CC=Chinese, EE=English, FF=French, GG=German, JJ=Japanese, PP=Portuguese, RR=Russian, SS=Spanish. Others are usually spelled out in full.

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FREQ TIME DETAILS

(Heard in Europe) 72451614TAJIKISTAN Voice of Tajik poor in Persian 3/12 MM 7254.90640NIGERIA Voice of Nigeria poor in local languages 3/12 MM 72600631VANUATU Radio Vanuatu poor in Bislama, English 17/12 MM 73551556CHINA China Business Radio fair in CC 13/12 MM 93651510UZBEKISTAN, Voice of the Wilderness, Tashkent, Korean, talks, fair 17/12 MM 95501740ALASKA KNLS por in Mandarin 16/12 MM 9550.12038BRAZIL R Boa Vontade poor in PP religious talks, ID 3/12 MM 9819.12012BRAZIL R 9 de Julho por in PP, religious talks 3/12 MM 117201617FINLAND, SWR, poor w/ID and songs in English 3/12 MM 117801920BRAZIL, R. Nacional da Amazonia "Brasil Rural", id. fair 16/12 MM 118150910BRAZIL, R Brasil Central "Madrugada Musical, fair 17/12 MM 120851011MONGOLIA, Voice of Mongolia por in CC 17/12 MM 151900933BRAZIL R Inconfidencia "Estaçao Caipira", fair 17/12 MM 15476U1604ANTARCTICA, LRA 36, Base Esperanza por in SS talk 3/12 MM 258001033DENMARK, WMR pop songs, Latin American songs, id. Fair 17/12 MM (Heard in USA) 49802243USA KSKO via WRMI fair w/special Christmas prgm 23/12 RDA 59002243BULGARIA KSKO via Spaceline Sofia fair as per 4980 above 23/12 RDA

SW Report

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Listening Tips

BANGLADESH

External Sce of Bangladesh Betar in English & Bangla on4750 kHz via Shavar, December 29 1745-1900 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs English. Very good signal via SDR So Phisal, Thailand 1915-2000 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Bangla. Very good signal via SDR So Phisal,Thailand (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News & DX RE MIX NEWS # 1275, December 29-30

BRAZIL

ZYE365 Radio Nacional da Amazonia on 6180 kHz via Brasilia DF, December 16: from 0754 on 6180 BRA 250 kW / 344 deg to BRA Portuguese. Good signal via SDR Frostburg MD,USA (Via HCDX. SWLDXBulgaria News & DX RE MIX NEWS # 1273, December 15-16)

CHINA

7385, PSB Xizang, Lhasa, Tibet, 1625-1700, 16-12, English, program “Holly Tibet”, comments, Tibetan songs, at 1659 end of English program. 33433. (Via HCDX Manuel Méndez Lugo, Spain)

ETHIOPIA

6030, Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa, 1702-1716, 13-12, Vernacular, comments.24322. 6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 1701-1718, 13-12, Vernacular, comments.34433.

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7110, Radio Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 0535-0546, 17-12, Vernacular comments. Ham QRM. 23422. (Via HCDX Manuel Méndez Lugo, Spain)

GUAM

Trans World Radio TWR India in English on 13740 kHz via KTWR Agana, December 14 1245-1300 on 13740 TWR 250 kW / 285 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri. Very good via SDR So Phisal in Thai . (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News, December 14-15)

Trans World Radio Asia in English on 11965 kHz via Agana, December 11 1101-1116 on 11965 TWR 100 kW / 263 deg to SEAs English Sun. Very good via SDR So Phisal,Thai. (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News, December 11-12)

Trans World Radio Asia in Chinese/English on 9910 kHz via Agana, December 11 1128-1143 on 9910 TWR 200 kW / 305 deg to EaAs Chinese/English Sun.Very good via SDR So Phisal, Thai. (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News, December 11-12).

JAPAN

6115, Radio Nikei 2, Chiba-Nagara, 0740-0800*, 17-12, Japanese, comments,male, female. 25321 (Via HCDX Manuel Méndez Lugo, Spain)

MADAGASCAR 9845. Fri, Dec 16, 2022. 1943-1956, MWV-New Life Station, MahajangaMDG, in Russian. A song by female singer & piano; 1948 Man talks, says ID and website; Music. Fair reception: 35433. 9885. Fri, Dec 16, 2022. 1846-1856, MWV-New Life Station, Mahajanga-MDG, in Russian. Music; 1848 Man talks; Music; 1854 Man talks and a music: Music and religious messages! Poor reception: 35422. (Via HCDX José Ronaldo Xavier Cabedelo-PB, Brazil)

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MYANMAR

Myanmar Radio in English on 5985 kHz via Yangoon, December 15 from 1530 on 5985 YAN 025 kW / 176 deg to SEAs English. Good via SDR So Phisal, Thai. (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News & DX RE MIX NEWS # 1273, December 15-16)

NETHERLANDS

5955, Sunlite Radio, Westdorpe, 0607-0640, 17-12, pop songs in English, Dutch, comments, id. “Sunlite”. 25432. (Via HCDX Manuel Méndez Lugo, Spain)

NIGERIA

7254.9, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja Lugbe, 0640-0654*, 15-12, Vernacular, comments. Very weak audio, strong carrier. Signal cut off abruptly at 0654. 15321.Also 0728-0810, 17-12, strong carrier barely audible audio.(Via HCDX Manuel Méndez Lugo, Spain)

PHILIPPINES

FEBC Radio/Radio Teos in Ukrainian, December 11 1500-1530 on 9920 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian Sun 1530-1545 on 9920 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Ukrainian Sun 1545-1600 on 9920 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian Sun Again wrong time & frequency announcement: 19-20MST on 11650,instead 18-19MST on 9920. Very good via SDR Hanoi in Vietnam (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News, December 11-12).

TAJIKISTAN

4765, Tajik Radio, Dushanbe, 1648-1706, 13-12, Tajik songs and comments.15321. 7245, Voice of Tajik, Dushanbe, 1615-1638, 16-12, Persian, comments. QRM from China on the same frequency. 23422.(Via HCDX Manuel Méndez Lugo, Spain)

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THAILAND

HSK9 Radio Thailand World Service in English on 9940 kHz via Udorn Thani, December 28 1200-1230 on 9940 UDO 250 kW / 154 deg to SEAs English. Very good via SDR So Phisal, Thai. (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News & DX RE MIX NEWS # 1275, December 28-29))

USA

WJHR Radio International in English on 15555 kHz in USB mode via Milton, December 29 1400-2200 on 15555 JHR 050 kW / 005 deg to WNAm English USB Daily.Good signal via SDR Frostburg MD USA (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News & DX RE MIX NEWS # 1275, December 29-30).

WTWW-2 Scriptures For America in English on 5085 kHz via Lebannon, December 29:0458&0900 on 5085 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm English. Very good signal via SDR Frostburg MD USA. (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News & DX RE MIX NEWS # 1275, December 28-29))

VATICAN CITY

15640. Mon, Dec 19, 2022. 1348-1359, Radio Azadi (Radio Liberty), Santa Maria di Galeria-CVA, in Pashto. Man and woman announcers present news; Mainly a man participation. Fair reception: 35533.

15640. Mon, Dec 19, 2022. 1400-1410, Radio Azadi (Radio Liberty), Santa Maria di Galeria-CVA, in Dari. Brief music and woman announcer begins news; Man participation too; 1304 Woman says ID two times: Radio Azadi; News continues. Fair reception: 35533.

21660. Mon, Dec 19, 2022. 1440-1450, BBC, Santa Maria di GaleriaCVA, in Somali. Woman announcer in conversation with a man; 1442 Man announcer talks news and next a conversation with a man; Say about Somalia. Fair reception: 35533. (Via HCDX José Ronaldo Xavier Cabedelo-PB, Brazil)

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Shortwave News

BELGIUM / NETHERLANDS

Radio Onda, Via a EMail for reception in NZ.” Got a few reports from Japan, where they manage to hear our radio briefly, I think that is some kind of atmospheric window that reflects the signal and make it bounce around on the distance,we will send you a paper QSL card by post if you provide the postal address, By the way, our radio is off now due to a change of transmission site, will be back on air next year around Feb or March, also with a new frequency, 9530 kHz, that is more likely that you could catch again the signal sometimes...Regards, Julio”. (Via Editor)

GUAM

My Name is Arun Kumar Narasimhan from Chennai in India, and I have been producing and presenting "DXERS DIARY", a 5-minute weekly DX programme in KTWR's DRM broadcast in 15205 kHz from 15.00 hrs UT every Sunday from Jan 3, 2021. This programme is designed to make it easy for listeners to contribute to the advancement of the DX hobby. In this programme, we broadcast listeners' logs, band scans, sent to us from listeners across the world, information about sunspost number, SFI forecast and A-index, news and frequency changes by various radio stations around the world. Listeners can send their band scans, shortwave radio logs, reception reports, views and opinion about the programme to dxersdiary@gmail.com (Via WWDXC N Arun Kumar-IND, direct and wor Dec 13).

NETHERLANDS

Mike Radio New schedule MIK via Heerde as December 25 0000-1600

NF 5870 HEE 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Dutch Sun, ex 5880 kHz

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1600-2400 NF 5840*HEE 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Dutch Sun, ex 3940 kHz

*alternative 3940 HEE 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Dutch Sun but is irreg (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News & DX RE MIX NEWS # 1273, December 15-16)

Radio Delta International New schedule RDI via Elburg. For coming months it is irregular but RDI will be back on air for every weekend:

0700-1700 on 6020 ELB 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Dutch/English Sun B22 HFCC

0700-1700 on 11730 ELB 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Dutch/English Sun B22 HFCC

1700-0700 on 6005*ELB 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Dutch/English Fr/ Sa B22 HFCC

*alternative 9760 ELB 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Dutch/English Fr/Sa B22 HFCC (Via HCDX SWLDXBulgaria News & DX RE MIX NEWS # 1273, December 15-16)

To develop our weekly DX show on Sunday morning, we would like to ask if you can create a personal message for all the DX’ers and listeners (in your own language is also fine for us). This can simply be done with a telephone or another device, create a MP3 and sent it to our email. Together we can create a Radio Delta Shortwave community, i hope you will be a part of our free radio show.

Subscribe yourself to our YouTube channel, you will immediately see all new videos.On our website you can post your reception report, it will be published on the world map. Stay tuned! Regards, Aart.

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BBC WORLD SERVICE

0700-0800 sa,su Weekend (e+sAF) 15400-sao 17640-mdc 17690dha (w+cAF) 9410-sao 11830-asc 12095-asc 17830-smg 0700-0800 mo-fr Newsday (e+sAF) 15400-sao 17640-mdc 17690dha (w+cAF) 9410-sao 11830-asc 12095-asc 17830-smg

1100-1130daily The Newsroom (eAS) 6195-sng 9580-sng 11945sng

1300-1330mo-fr The Newsroom (sAS) 9410-sla 12065-sng 1300-1400sa,su Newshour (sAS) 9410-sla 12065-sng 1506-1530mo-fr Focus on Africa (e+sAF) 9410-sla 1600-1700mo-fr BBC OS (e+sAF) 7445-mdc 17640-asc (w+cAF) 17830-wof 21630-asc (ME) 12065-sng

1700-1800mo-fr BBC OS (ME) 6195-sla 12065-sng

1706-1800mo-fr Focus on Africa (e+sAF) 7265-mdc 7445-mdc (w+cAF) 15400-asc 17780-asc 17830-asc 1800-1830sat The Newsroom (e+sAF) 7265-mdc 7445-mdc 9410dha (w+cAF) 11810-asc 15400-asc 17780-asc (ME) 6195sla 12065-sng 1900-1930 sun The Newsroom (e+sAF) 7265-mdc 7445-mdc 9410dha 9585-sao (w+cAF) 11810-sao 12095-asc 1906-1930mo-fr Focus on Africa (e+sAF) 7265-mdc 7445-mdc 9410-dha 9585-sao (w+cAF) 11810-sao 12095-asc 2000-2100 mo-fr Newshour (w+cAF) 11810-sao 12095-asc 2200-2220 daily The Newsroom (eAS) 3915-sng 5960-sla 6195-sng 7300-sla 7465-sng 7520-pht (via BrDXC-UK 'Communication' magazine 12-2022, Dec 12)

The BBC World Service marks its 90th anniversary in December 2022. There will doubtless be many programmes on the air to commemorate this event. There is a BBC 100 timeline website which includes an affectionate look at the many decades the World Service spent at Bush House, in words, audio and video. BBC 100, Bush House Timeline, www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/buildings/bush-house (Via WWDXC 18 Dec 22)

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New schedule of WLC Radio on 9330vWBCQ Monticello from December 8:

0000-0057 on 9330vBCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to U.K. English, ex 0500-0657UT 0100-0157on 9330vBCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to GERM German, ex 0900-0957UT

0200-0257 on 9330vBCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to SPAI Spanish, ex 0700-0757UT

0300-0357on 9330vBCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to PORT Portug., ex 0800-0857UT 0400-0455 on 9330vBCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to FRAN French, ex 1000-1055UT 0500-0657on 9330vBCQ 500 kW / 190 deg to NSAm Spanish, ex 0300-0457UT 0700-0957on *9330vBCQ 500 kW / 170 deg to BRAS Portug., ex 0000-0257UT

1000-1357on 9330vBCQ 250 kW / 253 deg to CNAm English, ex 1100-1357UT 1400-1657on 9330vBCQ 250 kW / 253 deg to WNAm English remain unchanged

1700-2355 on 9330vBCQ 250 kW / 253 deg to ENAm English remain unchanged

*0700-0800 on 9330 BEJ 050 kW / unknown to Eu/Am Cuban HM01 Su/Mo/We/Fr "Perfect"

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Let’s begin by wishing everyone a Happy New Year and I hope you all had a very good Christmas as well.

One of the interesting logs this month has been the reception of the HAARP test on 9600 kHz by bouncing a signal off an asteroid. This test was reasonably well heard on the Smøla SDR in Norway (see bandwatch below). Reception was also made from RTL 243, Beidweiler, Luxembourg on its last day of broadcast as well as Radio Devín in Slovakia on 1098 and 702 kHz which both closed on 31 st December 2022.

The mailbox is empty this month though I guess this is to be expected with the festive season upon us and everyone is getting busy with Christmas and holidays so maybe not so much time being spent listening to the radio. Your Ed (Pukerua Bay) has only 1 QSL in from BBC Ascension Island 6195

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Reports are out to the following: Reach Beyond Australia 9860.11905, 11945, 11876 15320, Gruss-an-boerd 6030, 6080, 9740, 11650, 13725, 15770, Texas Radio Shortwave 5950 for their Texas New Year Hours 1&2 programmes, Atlantic 2000 International 9670, ZNS3 810, Abu Dhabi Radio 6300, Radio Eldorado 1467, Radio City 6070, Radio SM Dessau 6070, KSKO 4980, 5900, 7570, FRSH 7700, 9300. Missima Radio 17755, Radio Strömös via WRMI 5950, Radsio Monique International 6280, RTL 243. WNJC 1360

Bandwatch

REMOTE RECEIVERS

1 = Twente SDR located at Enschede, Netherlands using a mini-whip antenna (PAR0DT design): 2 = KU4SD Kiwi SDR located at Athens, Georgia, USA using a Pixel RF-PRO-1B magnetic loop antenna: 3 = K1HE Kiwi SDR located at Boone, North Carolina, USA using a loop on ground antenna: 4 = Kiwi SDR located at Smøla, Norway using a 150 metre longwire antenna: 5 = KB1UIF Kiwi SDR located at Ashley Falls, MA, USA using a 270 foot off centre fed at 30’ antenna: 6 = NO2CW Kiwi SDR located Hollywood, Florida, USA using a W6LVP loop antenna: 7 = W4KEL Kiwi SDR located at Charlottesville, North Carolina using a dipole antenna 3x20m: USA: 8 = PA0EBC Kiwi SDR located at Groningen, Netherlands using a shielded active loop antenna: 9 = KB3CS Kiwi SDR located at Frostburg, Maryland, USA using a 28 meter OCF wire antenna at 9m above ground level: 10 = JN1ZBZ Kiwi SDR located at Maebashi, Gunma, Japan using a Diamond CP-6S 60m 40m 20m 15m 10m GP antenna: 11 = Kiwi SDR located at Talisay City, Philippines using a 30m Delta loop antenna: 12 = VK3KHZ Kiwi SDR located at Croydon, Victoria, Australia using a T2FD 250 metre long antenna.

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234 10819LUXEMBOURG: RTL via Beidweiler very good in French with pop songs and what seemed to be commercials on last day of broadcasting. Have since learnt that they stayed on for 2 more days but have now gone silent. 31/12 DL 810 60700BAHAMAS: ZNS3 The National Voice, Freeport. Fairgood with long id in English then Christmas songs included Gayla Peevey with “ I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” 24/12 DL 1098 12218SLOVAKIA: Radio Devín via Nitra-Jarok good in Slovak with programme of classical music including David Porcelijn with “Festive Mass in E-Flat Major: I. Kyrie, Maestoso” llel 702 via Kosice fair but best in USB to avoid BBC on 693 kHz. Station now closed down 24/12 DL 1100 60543USA: WCGA Woodbine Georgia fair-good with dx special test with frequency sweeps, tones, telephone disconnect sounds and CW id’s mixed with unid US station. 24/12 DL 1360 7 0656USA: WNJC Washington Town, New Jersey fair with DX test consisting of frequency sweeps, tones, telephone disconnect sounds and CW id’s, mixed with 2 other unid US stations. 30/12 DL 1467 81113NETHERLANDS: Radio El Dorado, Walterswald good in Dutch with oldies including Venus in Blue Jeans and the Cats with Via Con Dios. I ds in Dutch as “Dit is Radio El Dorado” 24/12 DL

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3955 11140GERMANY: Radio Marabu via Channel 292 Rohrbach-Waal poor-fair in German w/music program featuring songs by Die Zwillingsherzen Claudia & Carmen and interview with one of the female singers. Programme ended at 100 UTC 267/12 DL 5800 11039NETHERLANDS: Radio Contikenzo (a combination off 3 Dutch pirate stations working together) good in Dutch and English with schlager songs 04/12 DL 5900 32300BULGARIA: KSKO McGrath, Alaska relay via Kostinbrod Good in English with music pgm hosted by Paul Walker (KSKO announcer) frequent id’s, weather forecast and Christmas songs. Frequent mentions that KSKO was being heard around the world via WRMI and relay in Bulgaria. llel 4980 (via WRMI) good and 7570 (via WRMI) also good 24/12 DL 5945 11019EUROPE: Sunshine Radio (Pirate - unknown location) fair w/some deep fades playing Oldies by Jean Knight, Led Zeppelin, the Turtles and jingle “more music, more fun, the greatest hits” heard through to s/off 1038 UTC 04/12 DL 5950 90107USA: Texas Radio Shortwave via WRMI. Good in English with “Texas New Year Hour 1” music programme 0159/30 UTC WRMI id’s then Texas Radio Shortwave continued with its “Texas New Year Hour2” music programme 01/01/23 DL 5950 90224USA: Radio Strömös via WRMI, Okeechobee, Florida. Good in English with programme of Finnish songs and information hosted by Heppu Hyypiö and Tricky Trev 11/12 DL

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6070 10900GERMANY: Radio City, Station of the Cars via Ch 292 Rohrbach-Waal. Good opening with car sound then id’s in various languages the into English music programme 24/12 DL 6070 11133GERMANY: Radio Marabu via Channel 292 RohrbachWaal very good in German good but needed reduced bandwidth to eliminate interference from open carrier on 6073 kHz. Music programme with singers such as Black Fööss, Peter Fox, Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden and Die Zwillingsherzen Claudia & Carmen1202 id and frequency announcement llel 3955 poor-fair w/some fading &6070 very Good 27/12 DL 6070 11203GERMANY: Jake FM via Ch 292 via Rohrbach-Waal Good in German with music programme as part of a marathon broadcast frequent id’s and email address given as maxberger@smradio-dessau.de singers included Calexico, Sutherland Brothers, the Spencer Davis Group, Eric Burden & the Animals among others. 26/12 DL 6070 11102GERMANY: SAT-Zentrale via Ch 292 via RohrbachWaal Good in German 26/12 DL 6070 10903GERMANY: Radio SM Dessau via Ch 292 via RohrbachWaal good in German with mainly Christmas songs some by Bing Crosby part of the Marathon broadcast on 6070 kHz 26/12 DL

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6080 11800GERMANY: Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) via Tashkent with Gruss-an-Bord programme in German for German seamen overseas. Lots of greetings being sent to seamen and songs played like “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” and “La Paloma” llel 6030 (Issoudun) fair, 9740 (Nauen) poor-fair,11650 (Issoudun) fair and13725 (Nauen) Good 24/12 DL 6140 10900AUSTRIA: Radio Welle 370 via Moosbrunn very good at s/on with programme in German 04/12 DL 6280 11133NETHERLANDS: Radio Monique International (Dutch Pirate) very good in Dutch,English and some French id’s music programme hosted by the well-known Bart Steenman frequent jingles “Radio Monique ] International” 18/12 DL 6300 11198NETHERLANDS: Abu Dhabi Radio (Dutch pirate) good in English with oldies and frequent ids to sign off at 1133 UTC 18/12 DL 7700 10852EUROPE: FRS Holland via unknown location fair with sign on music and tuning call and station id’s in English. 0900 UTC into FRS Magazine with Peter Verbruggen. Frequency measured as 7699.86 at s/on drifting up to 7699.91 kHz llel 9300.78 kHz drifting up to 9300.86 also fair 18/12 DL 7780 20835USA: Voice of Indonesia via WRMI fair in English with Indonesian songs and Item on Balinese stone breaking woman 04/12 DL 9600 41218ALASKA: HAARP via Gakona. Quite fair with repeated echo pulses Radio CGTN In English barely audible underneath 27/12 DL 9670 11000GERMANY: Swedish DX Federation (SDXF)good with special dx programme in Swedish 26/12 DL

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9670 11100GERMANY: Radio Marabu via Channel 292 RohrbachWaal very good in German with full id’s as frequency announcement then into music program featuring singers such as Der Rundfunkkinderchor Leipzig, Corona Bavaria, Wham and Bruce Springsteen llel 6070 good and 3955 poor-fair 27/12 DL 9670 11003GERMANY: DARC via Ch 292 Rohrbach-waal very good in German with amateur radio program 25/12 DL 9670 11100GERMANY: Radio Carpathia via Ch 292 Rohrbach-Waal good in English with music programme 25/12 DL 9670 10900GERMANY: Atlantic 2000 International via Ch 292 Rohrbach-Waal very good at Opening w/id’s in various languages then in French with occasional English id’s. music programme with French and English songs 10/12 DL 9860 110856AUSTRALIA: Reach Beyond Australia via Kununurra good with s/on with Kookaburra Call and English id then into Korean with “Voice of martyrs” programme 11/12 DL 11875 111200AUSTRALIA: Reach Beyond Australia via Kununurra s/ on with Kookaburra call and English id then into “Spotlight” priogramme in English 10/12 DL 11905 101100AUSTRALIA: Reach Beyond Australia via Kununurra good with Bible Talk programme in Japanese 04/12 DL 11905 101157AUSTRALIA: Reach Beyond Australia via Kununurra good with sign on with music, English id’s and Kookaburra then into Japan Shortwave Club (JSWC) 70 th anniversary broadcast in Japanese 31/12 DL

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11945 121208AUSTRALIA: Reach Beyond Australia via Kununurra good in Burmese with programme “Hingna Awl” through to sign off at 1230 UTC after English id and s/off announcement and Kookaburra call 11/12 DL 15320 111130AUSTRALIA: Reach Beyond Australia via Kununurra good in Dzongkha to Bhutan with programme “Voice of Salvation” through to sign off at 1200 UTC 10 /12 DL 15770 52032GERMANY: Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) via WRMI with Gruss-an-Bord very good with programme in German for German seamen overseas. 24/12 DL 17775 110304TAIWAN: Mizzima Radio via Tamsui good in Burmese with spoken programme 11/12 DL

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DL = Dene Lynneberg, Pukerua Bay

Well that wraps it up for another month. Look forward to your contributions for next month. Meanwhile good dx on all those online sdrs wherever they may be located.

email hello@radiodx.com subject “Utilities” A trip away to Karitane early December saw a number utility stations logged plus a logging of my first number station transmission. Jim from Auckland makes a return to the Utility page and we hope you continue to recover from a nasty virus (no it was not Covid). FREQUTCDETAILS

65010625USA USCG NMN Chesapeake Male operator with sea conditions fair 5/12 ADK 66761740THAILAND Bangkok Volmet male opened with ID “Bangkok Volmet” 1742 gave the met report for Hanoi, good 4/12 ADK 676511810THAILAND Bangkok Met Male operator EE “This is Bangkok Meteorological Radio” then gave frequencies and times of transmissions fair 5/12 ADK 78500746CANADA CHU Time signal poor 4/12 ADK 87640600USA USCG NMN Chesapeake Male operator broadcasting sea conditions fair 5/12. ADK 88791843 INDIA Mumbai Air (tent) Indian sounding male operator working several aircraft,selcal tones. poor, 4/12 ADK 89061726SANTA MARIA with weather forecast for unheard aircraft good 26/12. JS 89570857IRELAND Shannon volmet with met reports for airports good 5/12 ADK

Male saying he “will call you back” fair 4/12 ADK

SW news from NZRDXL member Jerry Berg, 38 Eastern Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421, USA. Drake R8 & Eton E1-XM receivers. www.ontheshortwaves.com Update, December 11, 2022

We have already posted one QSL, from 1936 https://ecbiz329.inmotionhosting.com/~onthes6/QSL/TI4NRH.jpg, for the famous Costa Rican shortwave station, TI4NRH. Now, in “DX History-I/QSLS & Other Station Memorabilia," we have posted a file with four more. Look for the file at the red “New” in “Stations/Costa Rica” (zoom in to get the details). The first QSL is from February 1930, which is less than two years after the station’s May 1928 inauguration. This was quite early in the history of shortwave broadcasting. The QSL, 10-1/2” x 14” in the original, commemorates the acquisition of some new equipment, and the approval of free franking privileges for the station. Note the reference to the station as “the Lindy of Central America,” a reference to Lindbergh’s famous non-stop flight to Paris, which took place in 1927. The second QSL is from 1934 and is a hamstyle card, repurposed as a broadcast QSL. The third QSL, from 1938, is 9”x12” in size. The pride of the station’s owner-operator, Amando Cespedes Marin, and the place that he felt TI4NRH occupied in shortwave history, really come through. The final QSL, another certificate, was issued in May 1938 to commemorate the station’s tenth anniversary.

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This particular QSL was used to verify a report on a special program arranged in 1941 by the NNRC Courtesy Programs Committee, and the paragraph above the QSL is from the November 10, 1941 NNRC bulletin, where the special program was announced. (“Bob” is Bob Gorsuch, the committee member who arranged programs with Latin American stations.) The fancy NRH QSLs were no doubt a product of Don Amando’s pre-radio background as a photographer.

www.ontheshortwaves.com Update, December 18, 2022

Under "DX History-II/Lists, Logs, Guides & Columns," you will find another example of an early radio log with “dual parentage.” Look for the red “New,” where we have posted the “Practical Wireless Radio Atlas and Wavelength Guide,” and “Answers—World Radio Atlas, Gazetteer and Log Book.” Judging from the note on the inside front cover of each, these must have been printed in 1933. The two publications, from the U.K., appear to be identical. At the beginning there is a combined list of short, medium and long wave stations in Europe, arranged by city (“The Concerts of Europe); at the end there is a similar list of non-European stations (“The Broadcasts of the World”); and in between are maps of the continents, with red dots at the station locations (the lists contain reference points so a specific “station dot” can be found on the maps). -- And under "Specialized Resources/Wavescan," we have updated the Wavescan Index so it is complete through edition #706 (September 4, 2022), which is the latest Wavescan script received. Audio versions of later weekly editions can be found at the usual places online (see URLs at the top of the Wavescan Index).

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