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Issue no. 1988, Oct 31, 2021 Deadline e-mail next issue: 0800 UTC, Nov 14, 2021

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QSL, comments, etc.

GLENN HAUSER LOG ROUNDUPSPlease note and spread the word - for those not on a list where my almost-daily all-bandbut mainly SW log reports appear -- or for those who are but find this a more convenientarchive, weekly merged roundups of all these reports in their original form are posted earlyevery UT Thursday via: http://www.worldofradio.com/Hauserlogs.htmlThe latest ones direct: https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2021_1021_1027.txt(73, Glenn Hauser)

Ron Howard. Around sunrise is always an interesting time to listen. Burbank sun-rise today was at 1405 UT.

Much of my SWL'ing isdone 0900+ UT (2:00+AM), but I'm retired, soit is convenient for me tolisten whenever I want todrive to my local beach.

Up the coast from you atMonterey/Asilomar StateBeach

Christer Brunström: All India Radio 9620 QSL-card dedicting the ruins of twotemples in Sanchi.

Today we had to movethe clock backwards onehour – wintertime starts.

We have had a few weekswith a lot of rain and theweather is very boring.Winter is approaching ra-pidly.

In this issue you can see afew verifications fromOlle Alm’s collection.

Last week Tore Lars-son and Ronny For-slund were picking upeverything radio-re-lated from his home.Here we probably havea QSL collection thatis even more extensivethan Göte Johansson’sand it also spans somany different areas.Olle never had any pe-riods of inactivity sothere was a lot of QSLover the years.

Many thanks to RonnyForslund for his DX-Nostalgia qppearing ineach SWB issue.

Also thanks a lot to allof you for the contribu-tions in this issue.

Keep on ….=============

R e d a k t i o n:

Thomas Nilsson

E-mail:thomas.nils-son@ektv.nu

Radio Altiplano was heard in swedenfrom 1964 to 1982 on 5045 and 9505. Ifyou were lucky you got this beatiful pen-nant together with the verification.

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3310 Oct27 0115 Radio Mosoj Chasqui, Cotapachi, Quechua, comments. (Méndez)3310 Oct26 2340 Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba Quechua, fair to good signal (Wilkner)3320 Oct22 1815 PBS, Pyongyang Korean talk, classical music // 6160 (AP-DNK)3330u Oct26 2330 CHU noted with time checks (Wilkner)3920 Oct27 2106 Korean Central BC Stn. (p), Hyesan Tks. 15341 (CG)3945 Oct19 2155 R.Echo Of Unification (cland.), Chongjin. Tone signal, silence, anns.+IS, march, tks.

35332 (CG)3955 Oct22 1835 Channel 292, Rohrbach German ann to Funk Amateurs, pop songs (AP-DNK)3985 Oct22 1840 R Slovakia International, via Shortwaveservice, Kall-Krekel French talk about football,

music (AP-DNK)3985 Oct23 1900 Radio Belarus, Kall Krekel, , English, id. “Radio Belarus”, news, comments. (Méndez)3985 Oct29 1806 R.Bielorussia via Shortwave Sce., Kall-Krekell. G, tks. 35342 (CG)3985 Oct25 2123 R.Echo of Hope (cland.), Gyengi-do. Kor to KRE, tks. Better on 27/10, 2110. (CG)3990 Oct19 2147 R.Echo of Hope (cland.), Gyengi-do. Kor to KRE, tks. 25442 (CG)3995 Oct22 1845 HCJB, Weenermoor German religious talk, German hymns (AP-DNK)3995 Oct23 1810 HCJB Germany, Weenermoor, music, German, comments. (Méndez)3995 Oct25 2125 HCJB, Weenermoor. G, tks. 35342 (CG)4750 Oct22 1825 Bangladesh Betar, Shavar English talk about Bangladesh (AP-DNK)4750 Oct19 1840 Bangladesh Betar, Shavar. Hindustani songs. 35433 (CG)4765 Oct22 1850 Tajik R 1, Yangiyul Tajik talk (AP-DNK)4765 Oct27 1342 Radio Progreso, Bejucal, Cuban songs, comments, “Canciones de Guantánamo”, “Una

producción de Radio Progreso, hasta un próximo encuentro”, “Radio Progreso les ha ofre-cido su programación del día de hoy”, anthem and close. (Méndez)

4765 Oct30 0210 R Progreso, Bejucal Spanish talk mentioning Bejucal, Cuban songs (AP-DNK)4765 Oct24 0041 Radio Progreso (Bejucal) at 0041 in Spanish with Cuban jazz vocals – Good Oct 24

(Coady-ON)4775 Oct24 0104 Radio Tarma, Tarma, comments. (Méndez)4775 Oct26 2345 Radio Tarma. Tarma 2355 with chat, some brief music (Wilkner)4800 Oct29 2255 Voice of China, Golmud Chinese talk by man and woman (AP-DNK)4840 Oct25 0623 WWCR-3 with Old Time Radio comedy, sounded like some Jack Benny, and an Alice

character, but 0629 closing as having been `Classic Radio Theatre` with Phil Harris &Alice Faye show of April 22, 1950, from network GCN, which otherwise flushes far-rightcrap. Own sked dated Oct 1 shows TOMBS is supposed to be on now. C.R.T. does not ap-pear at *any* time on any of the four WWCR schedules. Something`s always wacky atWWCR. TOMBS is still running on 3215, WWCR-1, whew! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

4880 Oct25 2127 R.Echo of Hope (cland.), Nowong-gu. Kor to KRE, tks. 35443 (CG)4885 Oct23 1802 R.Echo of Hope (cland.), Nowong-gu. Kor to KRE, tks. 25342 (CG)4885 Oct22 1855 Echo of Hope, via Taereung, South Korea Korean ann, piano music (AP-DNK)4885 Oct23 1920 Echo of Hope, Seoul, Korean, comments. (Méndez)4885 Oct27 0410 Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, relaying Radio Bandeirantes news. (Méndez)4885 Oct24 0038 Radio Clube do Pará (Belém) at 0038 in Portuguese with a preacher – Fair with CODAR

Oct 24 (Coady-ON)4885 Oct26 2340 Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, PA strong signal with music and chat (Wilkner)4885 Oct21 2102 R.Club do Pará, Belém PA. Sports px Cartaz Desportivo. 35343 (CG)4885.04 Oct30 0225 R Clube do Pará, Belém, PA Portuguese talk (AP-DNK)4890 Oct18 2148 R.Echo of Hope (cland.), Nowong-gu. Kor to KRE, tks, mx. 25342 (CG)4905 Oct26 2330 Radio Anhanguera, Araguaína with music and fair to good signal (Wilkner)4925 Oct27 2104 R.Educação Rural, Tefé AM. Tks, mx. 15341 (CG)4930 Oct22 1915 VOA Africa Sce., Moepeng Hill English conversation (AP-DNK)4940 Oct20 0554 S9/+20 open carrier past hourtop to 0602* --- seems too strong for Maicao Montana

missionaries, but no sign of that signal under it. Maybe testing a power increase? Also toostrong for VOA Botswana or São Tomé, compared to 4960 STP in fadey dead air at onlyS9/S6; also far too early for China on 4940 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

4940 Oct27 0406 religious station Fuerza de Paz, programs “Consejos para el Matrimonio” and “Tu Histo-ria Preferida”, songs. (Méndez)

4950 Oct26 1715 AIR, Kashmir, comments. Extremely weak. (Méndez)4965 Oct23 1820 Voice of Hope Africa, Lusaka, religious comments. // 6065. (Méndez)4965 Oct27 1846 Voice Of Hope, Makeni Ranch. E, tks. 25331 (CG)

Log (UTC)

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5025 Oct30 0215 R Rebelde, Bauta Spanish speech: "La Patria por todos" 32332 CWQRM in AM andLSB (AP-DNK)

5025 Oct24 0033 Radio Rebelde (Bauta) at 0033 in Spanish with a love ballad and a man with talk overfolk vocals with mentions of “Cuba”and “Musica Libre” and into salsa vocals at 0036 –Good Oct 24 (Coady-ON)

5040 Oct26 1720 AIR, Jeypore, Hindi songs, comments. Extremely weak. (Méndez)5040 Oct30 0220 R Habana Cuba, Bauta Spanish ann, Cuban songs (AP-DNK)5850 Oct24 0030 Radio Slovakia International (via WRMI Okeechobee, FL) at 0030 // 7780 (Very Good

via WRMI Okeechobee, FL) with “Slovakia Today” and Jonathan McCormack presenting“The Saturday Front Page” weekly press review – Very Good (Coady-ON)

5850 Oct24 0100 Radio Tumbril (via WRMI Okeechobee, FL) at 0100 // 7780 (Very Good via WRMIOkeechobee, FL) with ID of “Hello and welcome to Encore, an hour of classical music onRadio Tumbril, with me, Brice Avery” and into the finest classical music program avai-lable anywhere on the radio today – Very Good (Coady-ON)

5895 Oct26 2008 Radio Northern Star, Bergen, pop and rock songs in English, id. At 2030: “All over theworld...Radio Northern Star”. (Méndez)

5895 Oct30 0940 R Northern Star, Erdal English ann, pop songs (AP-DNK)5915 Oct23 2001 Zambia NBC, Radio 1, Lusaka, Vernacular, comments. (Méndez)5920 Oct24 0633 HCJB Germany, Weenermoor, German, religious comments and songs. (Méndez)5930 Oct30 0935 World Music R, Bramming English ID, English pop songs, strong noise QRM in USB //

927 MW Hvidovre (AP-DNK)5939.144v Oct23 0625 R. Voz Missionária with music and seems // 9 MHz frequency. Haven`t heard the lower

one in some time, but when on, it`s obvious, way off-frequency from 5940. (Glenn Hau-ser, OK, WOR)

5960 Oct24 0000 The Mighty KBC (Nauen) at 0000 with opening music and ID of “Rocking over theocean, all over Europe, we are the Mighty KBC.” followed by spoken and singing IDs andfunny promos and into DJ Dave Mason with oldies music – Very Good (Coady-ON)

5970 Oct30 0230 R 208, Hvidovre English ID: "Radio 2-0-8", pop songs // 1440 MW Ishøj (AP-DNK)5980 Oct17 1516 R.NZPacific, Rangitaiki. E, jazz mx. ..., nx at 1600. 25341 (CG)5995 Oct23 *1800- Radio Mali, Bamako, interval signal, id. “Vous ecoutez l’Office de Radiodiffusion Tele-

vision de Mali emettant de Bamako”, Vernacular, comments, African songs, no EnglishMagazine today Saturday at 1850, (Méndez)

6015 Oct27 0344 Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, Swahili, comments. (Méndez)6020 Oct24 0604 Radio Delta International, Elburg, songs, id. “Your are listening to Radio Delta Internat-

ional”. (Méndez)6030 Oct26 1815 Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa, Vernacular, comments. (Méndez)6050 Oct24 0344 HCJB, Pichincha, Spanish, religious songs and songs, id. “HCJB...”. At 0358 eclipsed by

Algeria on the same frequency. (Méndez)6065 Oct27 1848 Voice Of Hope, Makeni Ranch. E, rlgs. propag. 35343 (CG)6070 Oct27 0349 CFRX, Toronto, news, comments. Strong QRM from Channel 292 on the same frequency

with “The Overcomer Ministry at 0400 “The Isle of Music” and from 0500 “The Over-comer Ministry” again. (Méndez)

6070 Oct27 0000 CFRX Toronto news items, politics (Wilkner)6070 Oct27 0400 Channel 292, Rohrbach, program “The Isle of Music”. (Méndez)6070 Oct30 0945 Channel 292, Rohrbach English ann, English pop songs (AP-DNK)6085 Oct26 0810 R Mi Amigo International, Kall-Krekel English ID, English pop songs (AP-DNK)6090 Oct27 0350 Voice of Amhara State, Addis Ababa, Vernacular comments. (Méndez)6110 Oct24 0415 Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, Vernacular, comments, East African songs. (Méndez)6110 Oct19 1842 R.Fana, Geja Jawe. Vn, tks, HoA songs. 35433 (CG)6115 Oct24 0705 Radio Nikkei 2, Chiba-Nagara, comments. Extremely weak, barely audible. (Méndez)6140 Oct23 2003 Radio Onda, Borculo, songs, oldies, id. “Radio Onda”. (Méndez)6160 Oct30 0950 Shortwave Radio, Winsen English ann, frequencies: 3975 and 6160 kHz, "Rock tonight"

music (AP-DNK)6180 Oct24 0615 Deutscher Wetterdients, Pinneberg, weather report. (Méndez)6185 Oct27 0413 Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, Mexican songs, comments theatre play, classical

music. (Méndez)6185 Oct31 0930 Radio Classic Sunday (relayed by Radio Piepzender) with nice music presented by three

DJs in Dutch. 3 (CB)6185 Oct20 2035 R.Piepzender, Zwolle. Songs, IDs in E. 35443 (CG)6200 Oct30 1246 Voice of Jinling (6200), back on the air Oct 30, after several weeks silent; tuned in from

1246+ UT; good signal that was blocking Xizang PBS (Tibet - Lhasa). (Ron Howard, Ca-lifornia)

6245 Oct27 2101 R.Echo of Hope (cland.), Hwaseong. Kor to KRE, tks (nx?). Jammed. 34443 (CG)

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6350.1 Oct16 2144 R.Echo of Hope (cland.), Hwaseong. Kor to KRE, tks, mx. Occ. uty. QRM. 25341 (CG)6355 Oct20 2033 R.Echo of Hope. Kor to KRE, tks, mx. // 6250 rtd. 35443. 35342 (CG)6600 Oct22 1821 Voice Of The People (cland.), Goyang. Kor to KRE, tks. Jammed. 23341 (CG)6865.2 Oct24 1801 Sound Of Hope R Int'l, unk. site. Mand to CHN, tks. 25331 (CG)7110 Oct27 *0401- Radio Ethiopia, Vernacular, news, news about “Sudan”, comments. (Méndez)7110 Oct28 0433 Radio Ethiopia Home Service (7110), from 0433 to 0455 UT, with news in vernacular; se-

veral sound bites, including one in English about Sudan, etc.; mostly poor, but no jam-ming. (Ron Howard Calif.)

7206 Oct27 0350 Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, Arabic, comments, mentioned “Sudan”, East African songs, at0601 time signals, id. “Huna…Sudan...”, news. (Méndez)

7220 Oct27 0917 Rockpower, Nijmegen, pop and rock songs. (Méndez)7254.9 Oct19 0615 VON is on for a change, S9+10/20 in Hausa. Replying to my previous obs that it`s mostly

missing at 0600+, Ron Howard and Wolfgang Bueschel say it`s intermittent and/or maycome on air later than I check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

7205.95 Oct24 2045 By chance, tuned into Omdurman, Sudan here last night (Sunday 24 Oct) on off-channel7206.0 kHz at 2045 UTC and heard it continuing in Arabicwell past 2100 UTC (whichWRTH 2021 shows as sign-off time). Best on USB but even so very difficult to copy dueto stronger RFI and CRI on 7205 kHz at that time. This was before the military coupwhich happened in local morning today apparently, with civilian rule dissolved, leadersarrested and a state of emergency declared.Late this afternoon (and currently) Sudan heard still on the air on the off channel 7205.95kHz with a mix of speeches,. interviews and local songs/music, in Arabic. The BBC re-ported this morning that state TV and radio HQ had been taken over by the military. (AlanPennington, Caversham, UK via WOR)

7365 Oct24 0803 HCJB Germany, Weenermoor, German, religious comments. (Méndez)7365 Oct30 0905 HCJB Deutschland with a Biible study. 2 (CB)7490 Oct24 The Overcomer Ministry (via WBCQ Monticello, ME) at with the still very dead Brother

Stair preaching and pontificating his own brand of pseudo-Christian teachings from thegrave along with his cohort of fire and brimstone morons – Very Good (Coady-ON)

7490 Oct24 2100 Marion’s Attic (via WBCQ Monticello, ME) at 2100 with Marion Webster’s more thanwelcome and refreshing change to Brother Stair’s pseudo-Christian preaching with hereclectic and really old music program with her friend, Christina, spinning the discs andwax cylinders and reading listeners’ mail – Very Good (Coady-ON)– This program along with Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot also on WBCQ, as well as Jon Ju-rasek’s VOWR Radio International available via WRMI and WWCR, are in my humbleestimation, the finest indie programs available on shortwave radio these days.

9230 Oct26 2106 Sound Of Hope R Int'l, unk. site. Mand to CHN, tks. // 7810.077 better. 25331 (CG)9280.2 Oct26 2108 Sound Of Hope R Int'l, unk. site. Mand to CHN, tks. 15341 (CG)9550 Oct23 2021 Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, religious comments. Very weak. (Méndez)9550.1 Oct21 2106 R.Boa Vontade, Pt.º Alegre RS. Tks. // 11895.199. 15341 (CG)9635 Oct23 1750 Radio Mali, Bamako, Vernacular, comments, at 1800 interval signal, id. “Vous ecoutez

l’Oficce de Radiodiffusion Television du Mali...” and close. (Méndez)9666.086v Oct23 0627 RVM also still >1 kHz off-frequency with music, seems // 5939.144v. The upper one

keeps jumping back and forth, hard to tell if plus or minus, but at one point measured here(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

9710 Oct19 2210 RHC S9+20 but distorted, as the Chief Meteorologist roughly summarizes weather forCanada, USA, in Spanish; as well as about :15 past some English hours. Even worse onundermodulated 11850. Something`s always wrong at RHC.You may notice that I seldom mention the content of RHC programming; because it`s sooutweighed by their SAWAs; and because you cannot trust RHC to be honest about Cu-ban affairs, let alone American. DDC is a good source for The Other Side, for example:'Growing old in Cuba is like a living hell' -- 'I’m not helpless, and I don't want to be con-descended to. I need a dignified retirement,' says a retired teacher who worked for thestate for 35 years... https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1634315177_34832.html(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

9819.1 Oct26 2002 Radio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, religious songs. (Méndez)9835 Oct27 0928 Sarawak FM, Kajam, Malaysian comments and songs. (Méndez)11439.9 Oct26 2110 Sound Of Hope R Int'l, unk. site. Mand to CHN, tks. 15341 (CG)11460.2 Oct26 2112 Sound Of Hope R Int'l, unk. site. Mand to CHN, tks. Adj. uty. QRM. 24341 (CG)11735 Oct26 1743 Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, Swahili, comments. (Méndez)11780 Oct26 2008 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, Brazilian songs. (Méndez)11815 Oct27 0703 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, identification song “Radio Brasil Central, Goiania...”, ,pro-

gram “Madrugada Musical”, Brazilian songs. Impressive signal. (Méndez)

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11815.1 Oct21 2104 R.Brasil Central, Goiânia GO. Mx px Brasil Sertanejo. 35343 (CG)11895.2 Oct21 2108 R.Boa Vontade, Pt.º Alegre RS. Tks. // 9550.122. 25331 (CG)13680.1 Oct26 2114 Sound Of Hope R Int'l (p), unk. site. Tks. 15331 (CG)13690 Oct24 1330 Incredible signal from Armenia TWR in lang ending with ID addr & IS, then lang switch

(Paszkiewicz WI)13690 Oct28 1414 TWR IS, opening some language, mentions Afghanistan, S7/S9+10 with flutter, pretty

good next to 13700 Cuba. It`s TWR ``India`` in Hindi M-F (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)15190 Oct27 0912 Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, program “Trem Caipira”, comments, Brazilian

songs. (Méndez)15475.98 Oct27 1510 -RCUSB, at 1510 tune-in, LRA36 is on again this Wednesday, of four Brazil SDRs, best

on a Brasília, S2-S3 but buzzy/clicky, OTH radar? Slightly better than Pardinho at first,JBA at Campo. 1513 Antártida song, 1516 ID; 1527 Pardinho available and slightly bet-ter, S4-S5; often recommended west Iceland SDR at 1535 gets nothing but buzz. Usualmix of frequent IDs, brief talks, two theme tunes, variety of other music. 1558 ID,Pardinho improves to S5, less buzz; 1600 ID, historical; 1606 hielo song; 1609 La RadioPública ID, music; 1617 ``Nacional Antártida Argentina, en todo el país, la radio pública``fuller ID, music; 1621 contact info, ID; 1623 hielo song on `El Lejano Sur` program, past1700 still music S5-S7; 1715 music sounds like it`s looping/vamping; 1721 hielo song,1725 Antártida song, 1728 more music, still going as I tune out. How long more did theyonstay? Sam Sánchez in Oregon was also hearing it earlier than usual at 1336 viaPardinho and also unusually with house music. I suppose their FM 96.7 runs much longeror always and who knows when they will fire the SW up or down (Glenn Hauser, OK,WOR)

15720 Oct16 *2159- R.NZPacific, Rangitaiki. E, tks. 15431 (CG)15790 Oct23 1702 World Music Radio, Randers, pop songs, Latin American songs, id. “WMR, World Music

Radio”. (Méndez)

Pirate Stations

3905 Oct25 2121 R.Scooby - pir. E, pops, tks. 35342 (CG)3940 Oct29 1808 R.Free Waves Bay (p) - pir. Ru, pops, tks, Amer. oldies at 2110 when vy. strg. (CG)4865 Oct22 1811 Mystery R 21 - pir. Pops. 35343 (CG)

4870 Oct26 1833Radio Mystery21, pop songs, id. “You are listening to Mystery21, Radio Mystery21”.(Méndez)

5780 Oct24 1753 R.Harmony - pir. E, oldies. Not hrd. for a long time. 35443 (CG)6270 Oct29 2113 R.Black Bandit - pir. E, Dutch mx, pops, c&w. ID as Triple L though. 35343 (CG)6290 Oct29 1803 R.Pioneer (t) - pir. Pops. T-ID via DX press. 35443 (CG)6295 Oct17 1513 Reflections Europe - pir. E, rlgs. propag. Moments w/o audio. 15341 (CG)6380 Oct23 1748 R. 319 - pir. Pop mx. ID via DX press. 15341 (CG)6385 Oct16 1854 R.Joey - pir. Pops. ID via DX press. 35342 (CG)

6935 Oct17 2254AD149, Argentina; instead of usual musical selections, relaying possible a argentine stat-ion "Frecuencia Al Dia...programa semanal. Poor, s/off at 2258 (LOB).

6940 Oct17 1511 R.Nova - pir. Pops. Country & stn ID via DX press. 25341 (CG)6985 Oct16 2146 R.The Vault - pir. E, pops. 35343 (CG)

7610 Oct22 2304R. RCW, Chile, San Francisco; spanish male talks. It had been a while since theydon't broadcast on this frequency; poor, fady (LOB).

12255 Oct17 1603 Reflections Europe - pir. No audio. 15341 (CG)

Contributors to the log:wb, Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews,DXLD, DXPlorer, A-DXGlenn Hauser, Enid, OK, USA (also from WOR/DXLD)Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, USA, WOR/DXLDCB, Christer Brunström, Halmstad, SwedenAP-DNK, Anker Petersen Skovlunde, DenmarkMark Coady, Ontario Canada

CG/CGS, Carlos Gonçalves, Lissabon, PortugalManuel Méndez, Lugo, SpainLOB, Lúcio Bobrowiec, Embu, SP, Brasil(wb, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 5)Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South FloridaSherry Paszkiewicz Manitowoc WIAlan Pennington, Caversham, UK via WOR

Don’t forget to take a look att Rudolf Grimm’s blog here: https://dxways-br.blogspot.com/

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ARGENTINA. LRA 36 new team 2022https://admin.radionacional.com.ar/cuatro-mujeres-estaran-a-cargo-de-lra-36-radio-nacional-en-la-antartida/

"Four women will be in charge of LRA 36Radio Nacional in Antarctica, 15/10/2021

Romina Zabalza is one of the three produ-cers who, together with a technical opera-tor, make up the team that in 2022 will bein charge of LRA 36 Radio NacionalArcángel San Gabriel, which operates inAntarctica Argentina and broadcasts fromBase Esperanza, on 15476 kHz 19-metershortwave band and 97.6 MHz FM.

Romina told us that she is a dentist, a na-tive of Tucumán, that she belongs to theNavy and that she will travel next Februarywith her family to the Esperanza Base tojoin the 2022 work teams.

Together with the producers María Rodríguez, Claudia Albarracín and the technical operator Mariela Churquina, she isundergoing the corresponding training to take on the task during the summer and for the whole of next year.

He expressed that it is "an enormous pride" to assume "with a lot of responsibility" the work in charge of Radio Nacio-nal's radio station and told details of the official presentation of the new staff held yesterday.

The ceremony was in charge of the Minister of Defense, Jorge Taiana; the president of Radio y Televisión Argentina(RTA), Rosario Lufrano; the vice-president of RTA, Osvaldo Santoro, and the Director of Radio Nacional, AlejandroPont Lezica, among other authorities."(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain)

KOREA - Sae Nala Bangsong (New Country Broadcasting)

Info found online and with the excellent assistance of pasar malam (via "Now On The Radio" Website):

Sae Nala Bangsong (New Country Broadcasting), is a religious radio station presented by Sons and Daughters Company,of South Korea. The CEO and founder is Matthew Bahng. The company creates and delivers hopeful messages packedwith new sounds to attract all demographics of North Koreans. They know for a fact that their programs are already ma-king an impact in people's lives in North Korea and this is one project that will continue and will not stop until theybecome one as a nation. Sons & Daughters Company aims to arouse the interest of North Koreans and people around theworld by delivering messages through creative and modern content. Little by little, they are seeing results. They are confi-dent that this project will have a positive impact on youth in North Korea and around the world. Intro video in English -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13kzzSo4Ojg . Sons and Daughters Company homepage in Korean- https://www.sonsanddaughtersco.com/ . Thanks very much to pasar malam for his wonderful help!

My Oct 19 (Tuesday) observations - Sae Nala Bangsong (New Country Broadcasting) via RRTM Telecom Tashkent (perIvo), on 9585, from *1600 to 1630* UT; in Korean; fair-good reception; first time I have checked on this religious stationbroadcasting to N. Korea; intro frequency (S-W, gu - oh - pal - oh [SW 9585]); sounded like preaching and religioussong; at 1626, a clear "Amen." My 1600-1615 UT audio is posted at http://bit.ly/3jimMm8 . Station is only onTue/Thu/Sun.(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)

UAE. Surprise, surprise, seldom reported: 7325even PAK R Pakistan in Urdu sce from Islamabad at 02.00-02.30 UT, (?)only weekends on shortwave (?), many IDs in Urdu at 02.06 UT, 10 kHz wide audio block, excellent program audio feedfrom bcast center, respect to the technicians at Islamabad ! (73 wb df5sx)-----------------------Hi Wolfy,This will be of interest to you: Aoki - 7325 0200-0230 UAE FEBA Radio Pakistan Urd Al-Dhabbiya 1-57and 7325 0200-0300 UAE FEBA Radio Pakistan Urd Al-Dhabbiya 6

Online: "Feba Radio Pakistan" - https://www.facebook.com/Feba-Radio-Pakistan-1985111091775167/

"Our broadcasts are reaching millions of people in Pakistan and influencing many lives who do not have any other sourceof learning God’s love for them."

Station news

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https://feba-radio.org/

"Feba web radio is a Non-denominational Gospel radio with a passion and a mission to broadcast Hope. We are addres-sing the issues of individuals, youth, women, families and communities and builds trusted relationships with its audi-ences. We are addressing the different social issues and assisting the communities through social actions such as educat-ion, health care, disaster relief, spiritual and economic development. We are sharing God’s love in remotest areas as wellas in urban and most advanced audiences in order to bridge the gaps among different communities. Our programs areon air through Short wave, FM and Internet in the heart language of the listeners. We are trying to reach the unre-ached or least reached areas with the unchanging Word of God through our broadcasts."(Ron Howard, California via WOR)

Re: [nordx] CW beacon för oss vanliga radiohobbysister är en sällsynt delikatess"Thank you so much for your reports. Always nice to receive from you and your comments :-) Thanks for the audio clip.You already know a little about our station anyway information can always be found on our website.

Enclosed are eQsl cards. The card shows the transmitter. Also enclosed are pictures of the beacon CW keyer. This is con-nected to the driver of the transmitter and switches it off and on according to the CW code.We hope to do more transmiss-ions of this kind and probably also with even lower power. A few years back we were driving it with only 1 W. We maydo that again to make it more interesting to catch.Still have a good time!"Sincerely Jorge _.(Kari Kallio via NORDX)

[WOR] Updated B21 schedule of AWR Wavescan DX program in English from tomorrow:Sunday 1530-1600 15530 via KSDASunday 1600-1630 12040 via KSDASunday 2200-2230 12040 via KSDAAlso many times by WRMI, KVOH, Voice of Hope- Africa (Zambia)

(Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, Indiavia WOR)

[A-DX] Die "Beverage" wird 100Die Novemberausgabe der QST (Monatsmagazin des US-amerikanischen Amateurfunkverbandes ARRL) feiert miteinem Artikel "Die Beverage-Antenne, 100 Jahre später" von Ward Silver, N0AX, und Frank Donovan, W3LPL, dashundertjährige Jubiläum der berühmten Empfangsantenne. Sie wurde 1921 von Harold Beverage, W2BML, entworfenund patentiert (US Pat. 1381089 - 1920).

Die "Beverage" ist nach wie vor für die niedrigen Bänder beliebt, da die zunehmende Sonnenfleckenaktivität im Sonnen-zyklus 25 dort zu schwächeren Signalen führt. Der Artikel erklärt die störunterdrückenden Eigenschaften der Beverage-Antenne und zeigt, wie man ein einfaches Beverage-Antennensystem baut [siehe auch 1].

Belrose et al führten mit einer 100 Meter langen Beverage-Antenne in einer Höhe über dem Erdboden von 1 Meter einigeExperimente bei einer Frequenz von 2 MHz durch und veröffentlichten diese in der Januarausgabe der QST in 1983 [2]:

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1. Die Wirksamkeit erhöht sich mit Abnahme (!) der Bo-denleitfähigkeit - um 5,7 dB im Vergleich von guter zurschlechter Erdbodenleitfähigkeit.

2. Der Gewinn steigt nur geringfügig mit dem Abstanddes Antennendrahts zum Boden an (0,3 m zu 3,0 m = 2dB; 1 m zu 3 m = 1,3 dB).

3. Der Gewinn nimmt mit der Länge zu (Länge 100 m =>200 m = 3,5 dB; 100 m => 400 m = 5 dB / -7 dBi).

4. Der Öffnungswinkel (-3 dB) betrug bei 100 MeterLänge, 1 Meter Höhe bei 2 MHz in der Horizontalen 77°und in der Vertikalen 60° bei einem Erhebungswinkel von42°.

Neben der Richtwirkung macht vor allem der große Störabstand zwischen DX-Signal und Störpegel diese Antenne beiDXern so beliebt. Einziger Nachteil: Diese Antennenform braucht viel Platz

[1] http://www.antentop.org/019/files/va3znw_019.pdf[2] Vgl.: Karl Rothammel Y21BK, Antennenbuch. 10. Auflage, Stuttgart 1991, S.195f.)

(Tom Kamp df5jl via A-DX)

DX-Philately – Stamps of Radio Stations by Continents and Countries

The 6th edition of DX-Philately – Stamps of Radio Stations by Continents and Coun-tries is now available and distributed to previous buyers in 8 countries on 3 continents.It is a Word-file and contains listing of more than 400 DX and radio related stampsfrom 121 radio countries.

If you don’t already have this list please contact: lennart(at)weirell.se for more infor-mation.(Lennart Weirell)

Museum of TV and Radio Broadcasting in Kazan.On October 15, Minister of Digital Development of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communicat-ions of the Republic of Tatarstan Airat Khairullin and Deputy Director General of RTRS Boris Terebilenko opened a TVand Radio Broadcasting Museum in Kazan. The exposition is located in the building of the RTRS branch "RTPC of theRepublic of Tatarstan" in Troitsky Forest.

The opening ceremony of the museum was attended by Vladimir Yakimov, director of the RTRS Radio Telecentre in theRepublic of Tatarstan, Firdus Gimaldinov, director of Tatarstan State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, headsof other RTRS branches, regional media companies and specialized educational institutions.The history of the development of national television is reflected in 11 thematic zones of the exposition. The stands showexamples of radio equipment that RTRS previously operated in 13 regions. The exposition pays special attention to TVand radio broadcasting in Tatarstan. In the media zone, visitors can try themselves as a TV news announcer or weatherforecast and take memorable photos.

In honor of the opening of the museum, the Radio Television Center of RTRS in Tatarstan turned on the festive illuminat-ion mode of the Kazan TV tower.(https://moscow.rtrs.ru/press/news/ayrat-khayrullin-i-boris-terebilenko-otkryli-v-kazani-muzey-teleradioveshchaniya/)(RUS-DX #1156)

Imperial shard on the Dniester. Memories of a soldier.An interesting essay about the history of Radio Transnistria from one of its first announcers. Despite some emotionalcoloring and, at times, excessive politicization and subjectivity, it reads interestingly -https://proza.ru/2020/05/04/1925 (Leo Barmaleo / “open-dx”)(RUS-DX #1156)

New frequencies and changes.BR IFIC №2957 Date: 19.10.2021. Special Section GE84/306 International Frequency Information Circular (TerrestrialServices). Radiocommunication Bureau.https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/brific/BRIFIC/SpecialSection/GE84/GE84_306.pdf(https://vk.com/vcfm2014) (RUS-DX #1156)

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Christoph Ratzer’s Zwei-Draht BeverageUnd nun steht meine Zwei-Draht Beverage wieder. Diesmal genau "nur" eine einfache Wellenlänge von 190 Meter, hörtRichtung USA 335° - und Richtung Afrika bei 165°. In der Praxis ist der Öffnungswinkel wesentlich größer. Extremreißfester Draht (200 kg), die letzten Meter isoliert. Boxen und Vorverstärker (direkt an der Antenne und fernschaltbar)natürlich von RemoteQTH.com(Christoph Ratzer via A-DX)

O. Razin. Museum "History of Telecommunications and Computing".In February 2021, the oldest higher educational institution of communications in Russia, the Moscow Technical Univer-sity of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI), celebrated its 100th anniversary.

MTUCI has organized a museum "The history of telecommunications and computing technology", the peculiarity ofwhich is that all the exhibits of the museum are in working order.

One of the organizers of the museum, its leader, head of educational laboratories of the Department of Radio Equipmentand Circuitry, Oleg Alexandrovich Razin, tells about the creation of the museum and its most interesting and even uniqueexposition dedicated to the beginning of color television broadcasting.

Details in Russian + photo -http://www.radio.ru/arhiv/2021/10/V/bead06952cac7f7441c5aeadaeff63f4.shtmlhttps://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2021/10/12.pdf(http://www.radio.ru/)(RUS-DX #1157)

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Soviet transistor radios 1970-1979.During the stagnation era of the 1970s and 80s, portable transistor receivers were perhaps the most common source ofmusical signal and information. It was through them that not only townspeople and villagers learned the latest news, butalso members of geological exploration and other expeditions, as well as political instructors in the army. Some of themodels even claimed the laurels of true Hi-Fi! ...

Details in Russian + pictures -https://zen.yandex.ru/media/shema_tehnik/sovetskie-tranzistornye-radiopriemniki-19701979g-6176d1f6b38a771f3b0b56b7(Mikhail Zykov, Omsk, Russia / https://vk.com/radioreceiver)(RUS-DX #1157)

Schöne Briefmarken von 1996, da waren die PNG-Stationen noch zu hören.

(M Breyel via A-DX)

NEW HISTORY MATERIAL AT <http://www.ontheshortwaves.com>

Ken Boord. Ken Boord was probably the most prolific American DX editor from the mid-1940s until around1961. He had extensive contacts within the shortwave world, both in the U.S. and internationally, and these yielded volu-minous DX information. After his 1944-1955 stint with Radio News he stayed in touch with his sources, ran his own“Flash Sheet” newsletter (see “Specialized Resources/DX Newsletters”), and shared his news with other DX editors on anongoing basis. An example of the latter is an airletter he sent out in July 1956 containing extensive DX news. It is typi-cal of the Ken Boord style. You can find it in “DX History-III/People,” right below the “World at a Twirl” entry. Lookfor the red “New.” -- And we have posted six new Colombian recordings from Tetsuya Hirahara. Thanks, Tetsuya.(Jerry Berg via DXPlorer)

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DX nostalgia by RFKThis time we are focusing on QSLs from the vast collection of the late Olle Alm OA. I am sure that most ofyou know his name, not least because of his collaboration with WRTH. Olle sadly passed away in Decem-ber 2019 after long periods of illness. As he started DX-ing in 1955 and kept up his hobby over the years,Olle naturally built up a massive QSL collection. Here are some examples.

The first QSL is from OAX1A Radio Delcar in Chiclayo, Peru which OA reported in 1962. The station waslisted with 0,3 kW on out-of-band frequency 6700 kHz and this picture postcard shows Avenida Balta. Thestation had its studios and offices on the second floor and with good eyes (or a magnifying glass) you cansee a sign with the station’s name far left on the building, above Banco Popular. The SW transmitter was onthe air from 1900 to 0030 Peruvian time.

Next we have HIFA Emisora Cultural de las Fuerzas Armadas, also known as La Voz de las Fuerzas Arma-das, from Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, heard in 1971. It used to be a regular catch on 4825kHz where it used a 3 kW transmitter.

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Olle, one of Sweden’s top DX-ers, was very active on both MW and SW and here is a QSL card from astation which was very hard to hear: Radio Cook Islands. It came on the air in 1954, initially broadcastingjust two hours a week. In 1974 George Jacobs of the VOA arranged for the VOA relay stations on 11760kHz to go silent at a specific time, enabling American listeners to hear Radio Cook Islands. But Radio Ha-bana Cuba stayed on the channel so nothing was heard…. Sadly the SW station was destroyed by fire in1992 and the station never returned to shortwave.

Some stations of Radio Republik Indonesia RRI verified with own QSL cards and here is a card used by theBali stations. On the backside v/s Moch. Hassan verifies OA:s reception of RRI Denpasar.

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Olle took a special interest in Russian local stations and the fact that he spoke Russian made reporting ea-sier. Here is a letter from the Khabarovsk station on 7210 kHz. The map with the indication of the transmit-ter location was made by Olle himself.

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A QSL card from AFRTS Taiwan which could be heard now and then on 7215 kHz in the 41 metre banddespite the moderate power of 1 kW. OA logged it on December 30, 1959.

Let’s conclude this column with another station which has sadly left SW: Radio Tahiti. In the cold winterthey always provided an athmosphere of sun and warmth. OA heard it in 1969.

Your contributions are always welcome – please mail me at info @ rock.x.se.