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BBC WS Antarctica  View Printable Version 
Thursday, June 22 2023

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BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2023 noted today June 21
at 21.30 to 21.59 GMT on ENC Woofferton units
13810 kHz S=9+30dB signal strength,
12005 kHz S=9+20dB

and ENC at Al Dhabayya transmission site on 7255 kHz in the UAE S=9+20dB

some program content to mention
21.37:40 ‘I’m an beliver ...’
21.39 Cambridge mentioned
21.40 ... amazying pictures on Antarctica winter
21.44:20 mid-winter cake babe
21.45:24 mid-winter message from here south of France ...
21.46:37 ...from here in Yorkshire, happy birthday on Sunday
21.47:08 ...looking forward to your pictures ...
21.47:29 ... see your videos soon...
21.48:35 Happy Mid Winter from London
21.48:50 ... from South Dublin
21.49:10 ... from South Africa
21.49:47 song played
21.50:22 ... animals in Antarctica ? what happens there ? Ice Bear ?
21.51:48 rest of the messages ...
21.52:40 ..2nd year not so cold ...
21.53:17 My Darling, the man to come ...
21.54:00 Happy Mid-Winter celebration
21.54:44 Technology ... take care ...
21.56.00 Far Away
21.56:27 ... from Canada, Happy Mid Winter
21.56:50 her’s John Nicols in Bremerhaven
21.58:07 Happy Mid Winter
21.58:50 ... thank you for your work ...
21.59:00 song – Jingle Bells – All The Way ... til 21.59:40 GMT
21.59:59 GMT last string tone of the special transmission
vy73 de wolfie df5sx
wwdxc germany


From: Alan Pennington via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2023 12:13 AM
To: bdxc-news@groups.io
Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] BBC WS Antarctica

13810-WOF was the best frequency here in Caversham with 12005-WOF also good.

A 2-minute shorter edition is on BBC WS later at 0132 UTC (0232 BST)
including I presume on R4 198 kHz longwave and DAB.

But also now available to listen to online at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5hqt (though always sounds better
coming through the ether!)

73 Alan AOR 7030plus, longwire
Caversham, UK

From: Alan Pennington via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2023

from British Antarctic Survey website:

Celebrating Midwinter in Antarctica (21 June, 2023)
https:www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/celebrating-midwinter-in-antarctica-2/
Today (21 June) marks the longest night in Antarctica and around 40 people
will be celebrating Midwinter in British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) three
winter stations:


Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic peninsula,
and King Edward Point and Bird Island on South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands. [...]

includes:

BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast
The teams gather together at the end of the special day to listen to the
BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast, a unique radio programme featuring
messages from friends,
family and supporters back in the UK. This year's edition is presented by
BBC Radio 6
Music's Cerys Matthews and features interviews with Professor Dame Jane
Francis,
Director of BAS and Nadia Frontier, a marine biologist from BAS and former
winterer.

The BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast will be transmitted at 21.30 GMT on 21
June


on shortwave frequencies: 12005 kHz, 13810 kHz and 7255 kHz.
You can also listen to the programme on the BBC World Service at 02.32 BST
on UK DAB and on BBC Sounds.

On 20/06/2023 16:18, Alan Pennington via groups.io wrote:
Frequencies confirmed for the special 30-minute BBC Antarctic Midwinter
broadcast are:

7255 kHz Dhabbaya 250 kW
12005 kHz Woofferton 300 kW
13810 kHz Woofferton 250 kW
(Ascension relay - not being used)

Presume these are on air 2130-2200 UTC on 21st June (as tested 14th June)
though not yet included in BBC schedule?
A slightly shorter version of the programme is also aired 22nd June 0132,
0432 and 1232 UTC on BBC WS streams mentioned below.
0132 UTC (0232 British Summer Time) should include UK DAB and 198 kHz Long
Wave plus 1413 kHz -A'Seela(Oman), 7325 kHz -A'Seela(Oman), 17790
kHz -Kranji(Singapore).


73, Alan

On 14/06/2023 13:42, Alan Pennington via groups.io wrote:
Midwinter's Day in Antarctica is a week away (21st June) and BBC,
as in previous years, will have a half hour broadcast to
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff over-wintering at BAS bases there.
"The Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast is unlike anything else on the BBC World
Service.


Every year, we make this special programme for just 32 listeners:
The team of scientists and support staff isolated at British research
stations
in the Antarctic midwinter. Presented by Cerys Matthews, the programme
features messages

from family and friends at home as well as music requests from Antarctica.
For decades it has been part of the traditional midwinter celebrations."
https:www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hqt

BBC programme website above shows three scheduled broadcasts at:
* Thu 22 Jun 2023 01:32 GMT
BBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview, East and Southern Africa, Europe and the
Middle East,
Online & West and Central Africa only (also on BBC R4 LW etc at this time
0230 BST?)


* Thu 22 Jun 2023 04:32 GMT
BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
* Thu 22 Jun 2023 12:32 GMT
BBC World Service Australasia

Checking HFCC today, there are 4 x 15 minute BBC English broadcasts
registered this
evening (14 June 2023) 2130-2145 UTC to CIRAF zones 67 & 73 (Antarctica) so
presume these


are the usual tests ahead of the Midwinter's Day broadcast?
Can anyone at Woofferton confirm this, and also if there is still the usual
2130 UTC transmission on 21st June (as well as the three the BBC list
above)?

Frequencies per HFCC 14 June 2130-2145 UTC: 7255 Dhabbaya; 12005 Woofferton;
12065 Woofferton {sic, not <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<}
and 13810 Woofferton.
73, Alan Pennington
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Deutsche Welle adds Arabic Shortwave Broadcasts to Sudan  View Printable Version 
Thursday, June 22 2023

HCDX


From: Kai Ludwig
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: [WOR] Deutsche Welle adds Arabic Shortwave Broadcasts to Sudan

Very good research! They have neither published a press release nor has there been other publicity so far, so this was indeed the only way to find out.

The PDF file is dated 19 June, suggesting that the broadcasts started this Monday. It's a revival after 13 or even more years, they took Arabic off shortwave in 2010 or even earlier if memory serves right (will look it up later). So this is indeed a surprise, particularly in the current situation of up to 300 job positions to go and linear TV in German to close.

Kai

A-07 season DWL Arabic

5960 0400 0430 38E,39 WOF 250 126 12 211 AR G DWL

7170 0400 0430 38,39E WOF 250 130-10 211 AR G DWL

9530 0400 0430 38E,39 KIG 250 30 0 156 AR RRW DWL

9750 0400 0430 38E,39 NAU 500 140 0 216 AR D DWL

6130 0430 0500 37S,38W,46NE SKN 250 195 15 215 AR G DWL

7170 0430 0500 37S,46N WOF 250 158-12 211 AR G DWL

17860 1800 1957 37S,46N KIG 250 325 30 218 AR RRW DWL

11690 1800 2000 38,39,48N RMP 500 105 0 205 AR G DWL

11690 1800 2000 38,39,48N WOF 250 140 0 218 AR G DWL

13790 1800 2000 37S,38,39,46NE,47N,48NSIN 250 110 0 145 AR POR DWL

13790 1800 2000 37S,38,39,46NE,47N,48NRMP 500 105 0 205 AR G DWL

9620 2000 2157 37S,38,39,47N,48N SIN 250 95 0 217 AR POR DWL

9495 2000 2200 37,38,39W,47 NAU 500 170 0 146 AR D DWL

9495 2000 2200 37,38,39W,47 WOF 250 140 0 218 AR G DWL

13650 2000 2200 37,38NE,46N KIG 250 310 15 217 AR RRW DWL

B-08 season DWL Arabic

6035 0400 0429 37-39,47N,48N SKN 300 125 15 217 AR G DWL

7415 0400 0429 38,39,47N,48N RMP 500 110 15 207 AR G DWL

6040 0400 0430 37-39,47N,48N SIN 250 95 0 217 AR POR DWL

9755 0430 0457 37,38W,46N KIG 250 325 30 217 AR RRW DWL

6035 0430 0459 37,38,46N,47N RMP 500 168 0 147 AR G DWL

6135 0430 0459 37,38W,46N SKN 300 195 15 210 AR G DWL

13780 1800 1858 37S,38,39S,46N,47N,48NTRM 250 285 15 216 AR CLN DWL

11925 1800 1957 38,39,48N KIG 250 30 30 217 AR RRW DWL

13790 1800 1957 38,39,48N KIG 250 30 30 217 AR RRW DWL

11605 1800 1958 37-39,46N,47N,48N TRM 250 300 30 217 AR CLN DWL

7280 1800 1959 37,38,46N WOF 250 170 0 151 AR G DWL

7280 1800 1959 38,39,47N,48N WOF 250 114 0 211 AR G DWL

11925 1800 1959 37,38,46N WOF 300 170 0 156 AR G DWL

11925 1800 1959 38,39,48N WOF 300 114 0 218 AR G DWL

5905 2000 2157 37E,38,39,48NW SIN 250 90 0 216 AR POR DWL

5905 2000 2157 37E,38,39,48NW SIN 250 90 0 217 AR POR DWL

9495 2000 2157 37-39,48N TRM 250 300 30 215 AR CLN DWL

13790 2000 2157 37,46N,47N KIG 250 310 15 217 AR RRW DWL

6130 2000 2159 37,46NW SKN 300 160-20 205 AR G DWL

A-09 season DWL Arabic

12045 1700 1800 37S,38,39,40S,47N,48N TRM 250 300 30 217 AR CLN DWL

17860 1700 1857 37,38W,46N,47 KIG 250 325 30 217 AR RRW DWL

13650 1700 1900 38,39,48N WOF 250 107-15 216 AR G DWL

12045 1800 1859 37S,38,39,47N,48N SIN 250 100 0 146 AR POR DWL

11690 1900 2000 38NE,39,47,48N RMP 500 110 15 207 AR G DWL

13810 1900 2000 37S,38E,46NW SKN 250 195 15 205 AR G DWL

15445 1900 2057 37,38W,46N,47 KIG 250 325 30 217 AR RRW DWL

11670 1900 2058 37S,38,39,47N,48N SIN 250 100 0 146 AR POR DWL

9495 2000 2100 38,39W,47,48N RMP 500 140 0 146 AR G DWL

9495 2000 2100 37N,38W,46NW SKN 250 195 15 205 AR G DWL

GERMANY [non] DW Deutsche Welle - Schedule B10 -

valid from October 31, 2010 to March 26, 2011.

Language Freq.

Start End kHz/MHz Station Pwr Azi Target End Date

ARABIC

2000-2100 00097 PALEST.NN 001 0ND Palestine

2020-2130 00088 BAGHDAD+ 001 0ND Iraq

2020-2130 00090 MANAMA 001 0ND Bahrain

2020-2130 00090 NOUAKCHOTT 001 0ND Mauritania

2020-2130 00093 KHARTOUM 001 0ND Mauritania

2020-2130 00093 DOHA 001 0ND Qatar

2020-2130 00094 RAMALLAH 001 0ND Palestine

2020-2130 00097 AMMAN+ 001 0ND Jordan

2020-2130 00097 DSCHIBUTI 001 0ND Djibouti

2020-2130 00107 KUWAIT 001 0ND Kuwait

2100-2200 00093 BEIRUT 001 0ND Lebanon

March 2007:

DWL Television Arabic - Hans-Georg Knopp, SecrGen of the Goethe-Institut:

(...) DWL would like to set a new focus on the Arab region. Television

director Christoph Lanz would like to expand his Arabic programme window

from three to six hours daily. However, there is no money for that - two

million euros per year. So for the time being, the Bonn-based company can

only expand its Arabic internet offering, especially with a view to Iran.

(...) But it must not make any compromises that somehow restrict its basic

democratic orientation.


On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 12:31 PM, VORW Radio wrote:

While this doesn't appear in the HFCC schedules (at least when I checked) I came across a transmission in Arabic earlier on 15275 kHz and after some digging, I found the following schedule on the Deutsche Welle website - it appears that they've added several Arabic transmissions on shortwave for Sudan, obviously due to the ongoing war.

All transmissions are from Issoudun and are heard Monday - Friday, tx power is unknown:

1230 - 1300 UTC - 15275 kHz
1230 - 1300 UTC - 17800 kHz
1830 - 1900 UTC - 15275 kHz
1830 - 1900 UTC - 17840 kHz

Source (click on the Shortwave Frequencies Summer 2023 at the bottom of the page) https://corporate.dw.com/en/dw-radio-programs/a-1777509

All the best,

John
Orlando, Florida
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European FM DX  View Printable Version 
Thursday, June 22 2023

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Azores FM stations were heard this morning (June 21, 2023) in Mashpee, MA. I presume by K4NBF, Bryce Foster. This was noted on DX Maps. I was listening on 87.7 mhz at the time and heard nothing. The morning started out with SSB stations from Europe being received on 50 mhz (6M). I talked to F4EZJ and F4ARU in France and heard EA (Spain) and CT (Portugal). Others did better. All the while my FM receiver was tuned to the Azores on 87.7. For the record I am 92 air line miles NW of Mashpee. E-skip is forever selective.
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LA monitoring  View Printable Version 
Wednesday, June 21 2023

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4810Khz, R. Logos, Peru, San Martin; 20/06, 0846 – 0912 pop gospel music selections, at 0854 ads by male in Spanish “artigos para cama de toda medida...sus pedidos...574720”, return of musical selections. Logos earlier than usual (usualy in the morning starts at 0913, although in the last few days there has been no signal so early), tune in 4808kHz to avoid STANAG, fair to good (LOB-B).
https://on.soundcloud.com/eBJvs

7260kHz, R. Vanuatu;  21/06, 1052 – 1113 music selections, at 1103 short canned ID by female, music selections, 1107 male announcements “Vanuatu every day…”, female, National Anthem, sign off. Poor to fair, some fade; end of transmissions was 1109 but still in 1113 there was a carrier. Below, the recording of  the last 2 minutes of R. Vanuatu before close their broadcasts (LOB-B).        https://on.soundcloud.com/2T6fZ

Tecsun 310et 
Wire 14m,  dipole 18m 
Embu SP Brasil

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WMLK on 15150  View Printable Version 
Wednesday, June 21 2023

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From: Dave Kenny via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 10:40 AM
To: bdxc-news@groups.io
re: Subject: [bdxc-news] WMLK on 15150


USA Good signal of WMLK Radio Assemblies of Yahweh 9275 kHz via Bethel,

January 25, 2023

1700-2200 9275 MLK 300 kW 53 deg to WeEUR English Mon-Fri

via SDR Frostburg MD, USA

<https:swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2023/01/wmlk-radio-assemblies-of-yahweh-on-9275.html>

(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, direct and hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX Topnews Jan 26, 2023)

Dec 2022 Late spare parts item problem, of 60 Hertz and DRM mode ones ...:

But something is indeed happening. I'm flying to the USA tomorrow Dec 11

and will be at WMLK until Dec 22, to work off all the little unfinished

business

and do a DRM upgrade. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The customer had ordered this later, but due to delivery problems

with the equipment I could not finish it in the summer.

Now all parts should be delivered.

In my spare time and maybe the side, I will also be active as ham

radio operator KT3Q partly with the WMLK antenna the KW stations.

(df8dx Dec 10; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, Dec 2022)

From Dec 2022

USA Re: WMLK in DRM 9275 kHz

Surprise: WMLK in DRM 9270-9275-9280 at 1554 tune-in, usual gospel huxter

pontificating about what is adultery and what not, some dropouts, but

S=9+10dB into Maryland SDR. SNR 22v dB. I copy down all the other para-

meters. Label says it's the Ampegon TSW 2300 transmitter.

No spoken ID circa ToH. Presumably a test. FEBC finished with 9275 AM at

1600 UT, but this overlapped. Nominal WMLK-AM sked starts at 1700 UT.

At 1610 UT switched to Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire", in a loop. Still past

1620 UT. At 1624 UT switched to other music with some dropouts: "Amazing

Grace" on plucked instrument.

Label says test from WMLK; antenna: curtain with double stacked dipole

xHE_AAC(A43456) WMLK EEP Audio 9.14 kbps.

When I first tuned in it was different: xHE_AAC(7B) WMLK Radio EEP Audio

7.46 kbps. SNR varying around 22 dB. Mode B, MSC 64 QAM, SDC 4 QAM

1627 text msg: Hello Nathaniel, how are you doing?

Parameters have changed again: 13.78 kbps, etc.

(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor & hcdx Dec 21, 2022)

re Surprise: WMLK tests in DRM mode 9270-9275-9280 kHz at 1554 UT

earlier in December item in TopNews #1526 file of Dec 18, 2022,

Bodo DF8DX Ampegon Made in Switzerland technician wrote

USA WMLK Further transmitter work. The Engineer and his assistant have

returned to Bethel to resume work the WMLK Radio station. The picture

shows one of three rectifiers that change the voltage from AC to DC.

They will also be changing the frequency dynamics from 50 Hz to 60 Hz in

the rectifier firing control circuitry. See:

<wmlkradio.com/upgrade-to-the-rectifiers/>

The engineers that were with the unit before and after we bought this set

didn't think the frequency acceleration from 50 to 60 cps would make a

difference, but it has ! The European frequency is 50 Hz while the

US standard is 60 Hz.

(Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K.; wor Dec 9, 2022)

Re: WMLK further work 2.0 WMLK site Dec 11 to 22.

Change from 50 to 60 Hertz Standard Mains Frequency, in North America

is 60 Hz 120 Volt.

It's a strange mail, I don't even know what it's supposed to tell me from

a technical point of view.

But something is indeed happening. I'm flying to the USA tomorrow Dec 11

and will be at WMLK until Dec 22, to work off all the little unfinished

business

and do a DRM upgrade. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The customer had ordered this later, but due to delivery problems

with the equipment I could not finish it in the summer.

Now all parts should be delivered.

In my spare time and maybe the side, I will also be active as ham

radio operator KT3Q partly with the WMLK antenna the KW stations.

(df8dx Dec 10; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, Dec 2022)

read the WMLK request entry in US fcc and hfcc.org organization database

9275 1700 2200 27,28,39 MLK 300 53degr azimuth even zones 27 and 28 in

Europe

slew0 antenna type ITU #902.

123456 nothing service Sats though

301022-260323 English USA MLK FCC request #1757

Bodo also erected the Abuja and Bechar Ampegon tx units in last decade.

(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10, 2022)

Re: WMLK test in DRM mode on 9275 kHz. Some of the stuff displayed:

"Resistance to large delay/doppler spread"

DRM Mode D ILV L. I have no idea what a lot of this means.

"TX: Ampegon TSW-2500D from Ampegon Power Electronics AG, Switzerland"

Note: earlier it read TSW 2300 ! Which is it ??

1637 UT besides service 1 only, adds 2 and 4 but disappear before can

copy details.

SDR freezes 1640 UT, reload, a bit more, then WMLK signal off per S-meter,

blank DRM readout. 1642UT sig back but nothing heard - because it's now in

AM, starting regular sked early with Yahweh stuff.

Andrea Lawendel, Italy did not have enough to decode but heard via US

remote, same one? Wonders if illegally broadcasting to USA only ?

I think, no more so than all the other US SW stations AM with nominal

external targets.

DEJOM AM drops off AM air again at 1650 UT. 1651 UT back S9 with silent

DRM, 9.14 kbps. And so it goes.

(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor & hcdx Dec 21, 2022)

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
From: Dave Kenny via groups.io


Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 10:40 AM
To: bdxc-news@groups.io
Subject: [bdxc-news] WMLK on 15150

WMLK (Assemblies of Yahweh) Bethel, Pennsylvania currently on 15150 khz
with a good signal here at 0830 tune in, usual preaching from the late
Jacob O Meyer. SIO 344.

First time I've heard WMLK on this frequency or at this time although
they have been registering the frequency for many years in the HFCC.
15150 was first reported by Glenn Hauser on 19 June.

WMLK schedule is Sunday to Friday: 0400-0900 on 15150, 1700-2200 on 9275.
73s Dave
Caversham Berks
AOR 7030+ / 25m longwire.


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