World of Radio

** BULGARIA. 5900, UT Sat Jan 21 at 0342 R. Bulgaria conveying its own schedule during weekly DX program; 0348 into DX news, 0350 NHK schedule. Poor and no better on // 7400 with ACI. One more week before this DX program will no longer be on SW, but will they continue to provide it on webcasts? (Glenn Hauser, OK, …

** CHINA. 7220, Jan 20 at 1358 after giving up on PNG 7325, I amuse myself by catching another nonsensical airing of the Radio Exterior de España IS past 1359, prior to CRI`s 1400 Nepali service via Kunming, as they have been programmed to do every day for years. Checking EiBi, I see there is a // 7435 also Kunming: …

TDP RADIO     8.1.12    1300   6015 kHz    E-MX    INSUFFICIENTE BBC WORLD SERVICE   12.1.12    0840     5790  kHz    E-PARL   SUFFICIENTE BBC WORLD SERVICE   13.1.12    0700     3955 kHz     E-PARL   INSUFFICIENTE REE Noblejas  13.1.12    0710     9780 kHz       S-NX   OTTIMO VOICE OF RUSSIA RUVR1A   13.1.12     0720     11635 kHz       R-PARL    SUFFICIENTE RRI TIGANESTI   13.1.12   0730      9450 kHz     D-PARL     INSUFFICIENTE VOICE OF RUSSIA RUVR2A   13.1.12     1600     7300 kHz       …

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Jan 19 at 1332, still no signal from LRA36. I missed checking the previous Thursday. Previous years they have shown up again in Februaries after summer vacation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 19: 11500, JBA with flutter at 1327; no others found 9-15 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. …

** BULGARIA. 15600, Jan 17 until 1500*, doomed R. Bulgaria with choral music, abruptly off without announcement; had lite het from 15601, WEWN 15610 spur. Due to scheduling, I find myself listening more to its Bulgarian and other language broadcasts for the music than to English, of which there is none scheduled between 0800 and 1830. Its website now says: …

** CANADA. 6175, Jan 16 at 0633, surprised to hear big signal with rock music, song by YL in unknown language, mixing in some English words. Soon becomes clear with Spanish announcement 0635 as “Melodías de Corea“. Sackville must have put the KBSWR Spanish hour to Europe at 06-07 on the wrong frequency instead of 6045! No, 6175 is in …

** BRAZIL. 9675, Jan 14 at 0655 music, 0658, definite Brazilian-accented announcements, commercials, but hard to copy with fading and distortion, no doubt ZYE971, R. Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP. Were they on all-night, or just signing on before 5 am DST? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. Petition: http://www.saveradiobulgaria.com It seems no one signing the petition so …

** U S A. Glenn, WTWW-2 will run a test this Saturday [Jan 14] from about 4 pm to 6 CENTRAL [22-24 UT] on 9990. 6 pm to 10 [00-04 UT Jan 15] on 5085. Ted Randall will take phone calls from the listeners live on air. Some final adjustments will be made during this test. Continental Electronics Co. will …

** BULGARIA. 7400, Jan 14 at 0700, R. Bulgarie Internationale, sign-on in French with schedule including this broadcast also on 9400, usual good signal also aimed at N America. In case you haven`t heard, news broke yesterday that R. Bulgaria is to be closed down on SW and MW at the end of January; maybe they will continue via other …

** BOTSWANA. 15580, Jan 13 at 0543, JBA (just barely audible) signal from VOA English, and it`s the OSOB (only station on band), not even Nigeria or Australia on 19m. Current registrations show 15580 at 03-07 is via Botswana, except at 04-05 switching to Sri Lanka (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 13: finally heard one, …

** BULGARIA. 5900, Jan 12 at 0628, ME music, poor signal, cuts off without announcement at 0630*. Thought it might have been something more interesting than R. Bulgaria, but it`s all that`s scheduled, in Turkish. HFCC also shows 0630 in German, but it`s really a wooden alternative to 7400 or 9400, no signal on 5900 after 0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, …

** BOTSWANA. 15570, Jan 9 at *2059 open carrier as VOA is tuning up for continuation of African service in English, to avoid Bonaire already on 15580. *2100 Bots jumps to 15580 where it is supposed to be as modulation begins. But if they are going to turn on only one minute before the hour, the offset is hardly necessary …