2296
Clandestine Stations / Re: Eye Radio 17730khz *1600z 4/30/16
« on: May 06, 2016, 1647 UTC »
1643 decent copy w/some deep fading. SIO 222
1646 ID
1646 ID
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2297
Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Cairo 9965 AM 0355 UTC 5/6/2016
« on: May 06, 2016, 1622 UTC »
I had a post of Radio Cairo on 4/24 and after reading comments on their
poor audio I thought I would have a second listen after work last night.
Yup, they got their problems. Signal last night here was a little less than
the S9+20 on the 24th, about S9 with light fade. Strong signal with decent enough copy
but poor audio quality.
I attached a 10 second recording to show what I'm getting here in CT.
poor audio I thought I would have a second listen after work last night.
Yup, they got their problems. Signal last night here was a little less than
the S9+20 on the 24th, about S9 with light fade. Strong signal with decent enough copy
but poor audio quality.
I attached a 10 second recording to show what I'm getting here in CT.
2298
Shortwave Broadcast / Re: KVOH Voice of Hope 17775 am 1640 UTC 5/4/2016
« on: May 05, 2016, 1711 UTC »They're doing that show on the weekends now? Good to know. I thought they had moved it up to 0100 UTC weekdays too but I keep forgetting to check at that time.I checked my logs for 9975 kHz weekend jazz program I mentioned. The last time I logged KVOH on the weekend was 5/3/2015 at 0300z, I got a QSL for that program and was the only reason I logged it. I have heard it since but have not logged it. I'm going to check 9975 this weekend and try to pin down their Jazz program. I heard it several times and it's very good!
2299
Clandestine Stations / Re: Eye Radio 17730khz *1600z 4/30/16
« on: May 05, 2016, 1700 UTC »
5/5/2016
S3 fade, noise. decent copy at peaks
SIO 232
1658 ID Eye Radio
1700 OFF
S3 fade, noise. decent copy at peaks
SIO 232
1658 ID Eye Radio
1700 OFF
2300
Shortwave Broadcast / KVOH Voice of Hope 17775 am 1640 UTC 5/4/2016
« on: May 04, 2016, 1659 UTC »
From Los Angeles, Spanish. SIO 232
On the weekends I pick them up on 9975 kHz, sometimes with a very good jazz program.
KVOH started up an African transmitter site in Lusaka, Zambia, Omnidirectional on 6065 kHz.
I haven't picked up that one.
1659 ID KVOH in English
On the weekends I pick them up on 9975 kHz, sometimes with a very good jazz program.
KVOH started up an African transmitter site in Lusaka, Zambia, Omnidirectional on 6065 kHz.
I haven't picked up that one.
1659 ID KVOH in English
2301
Clandestine Stations / Re: Eye Radio 17730khz *1600z 4/30/16
« on: May 04, 2016, 1605 UTC »
SIO: 333
1600z sign on, several mentions of Sudan
1603 ID Eye Radio heard
1615 ID Eye Radio. news in English, "crops being eaten by insects". info of a contest. Firefighters in South Sudan. Good copy, some light fade, noise.
1618 ID, interview about the farms and problems with insects.
1632 YL talking about practices in the oil fields, OM on World Firefighters Day.
1639 sig down , SIO 232
1600z sign on, several mentions of Sudan
1603 ID Eye Radio heard
1615 ID Eye Radio. news in English, "crops being eaten by insects". info of a contest. Firefighters in South Sudan. Good copy, some light fade, noise.
1618 ID, interview about the farms and problems with insects.
1632 YL talking about practices in the oil fields, OM on World Firefighters Day.
1639 sig down , SIO 232
2302
Shortwave Broadcast / VOA Radiogram #161 5745 AM 0230 UTC 5/1/2016
« on: May 02, 2016, 1539 UTC »
"Welcome to program 161 of VOA Radiogram from the Voice of
America.
I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Washington.
Here is the lineup for today's program, all in MFSK32 except
where noted:
1:33 Program preview (now)
2:43 Russia launches rocket from new cosmodrome*
6:44 Freedom House press freedom report*
14:01 Olivia 64-2000: Dwarf planet has a moon*
23:31 MFSK32: Old RFE/RL transmitting site in Spain*
26:07 Closing announcements*
* with image
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
And visit voaradiogram.net.
Twitter: @VOARadiogram
tRm tet
Russia Launches First Rocket From New Cosmodrome
VOA News
April 28, 2016
Russia has launched the first rocket from its new cosmodrome,
Vostochny, after a one-day delay for technical reasons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to the far-east Russian
location for the launch, and congratulated cosmodrome workers
after the event - while also scolding them for the delay.
"Despite all its failings, Russia remains the world leader in the
number of space launches," he said at a televised meeting
following the launch.
The Soyuz rocket carried three microsatellites into orbit
Thursday. Putin said afterward that the next stage for Vostochny
was to launch a heavier rocket.
Russian media reported early Wednesday that the first attempt at
the launch was stopped just minutes before takeoff.
The Vostochny spaceport in Russia's far eastern Amur region has
been hailed by the Kremlin as a major step forward, despite
numerous construction delays and a budget of up to $6 billion.
It is seen as a means to reduce Russia's dependence on the
Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan. Russia has been forced to pay
rent for the use of Baikonur at the rate of $115 million a year
since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
But Russian officials say they will continue to use Baikonur for
manned missions until 2023. Thursday's launch was the only one
planned this year from Vostochny.
http://www.voanews.com/content/russia-launches-first-rocket-from-
new-cosmodrome/3306207.html
See also:
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-launches-first-rocket-cosmodr
ome-vostochny-second-try-putin-present/27702828.html
Sending Pic:85x304C;
tR rp
This is VOA Radiogram from the Voice of America.
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
Watchdog Report: World Press Freedom Hits 10-Year Low
Ken Bredemeier
April 27, 2016
WASHINGTON - Freedom of the press declined across the globe last
year to its lowest point in more than a decade, a Washington
watchdog group has concluded.
Freedom House, which advocates for the expansion of freedom and
democracy around the world, said in a new report Wednesday that
only one in seven people across the globe lives in countries
where coverage of political news is robust, journalists' safety
is guaranteed, there is minimal state intrusion in the media's
affairs and the media are "not subject to onerous legal or
economic pressures."
Jennifer Dunham, the report's research director, told VOA that
authoritarian rulers and terrorist groups throughout the world
are cracking down on journalists' independent reporting, while
jailing, abusing and killing reporters who dare to write and
televise reports at odds with official government edicts, or
expose corruption. Other countries, like China, she said, limit
access to certain internet sites that might reflect badly on the
government in power.
She blamed deteriorating global press freedom on the "heightened
level of violence against journalists" and the increased
partisanship and polarization of media outlets around the world,
with many journalists forced by governments and insurgent groups
to take sides in armed clashes or by powerful media groups
looking out for their business interests. ...
Ten worst
The report said there is no "free press" in 50 of the 199
countries it tracked throughout the world. It labeled the 10
worst as North Korea, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Crimea, Eritrea,
Cuba, Belarus, Equatorial Guinea, Iran and Syria.
Dunham described North Korea and Turkmenistan as "vastly worse
than someplace like a Iran or Cuba where there are kind of
stirrings of popular discussion. Someplace like North Korea or
Turkmenistan, the people have no access to the Internet, they are
completely dominated by state propaganda, by narratives ((of))
the personality of the leader. They really have no access to
news from the outside world and there's really no Independent
media at all in those countries."
Full text:
http://www.voanews.com/content/watchdog-report-world-press-freedom-hits-10-year-low/3304493.html
See also:
http://www.voanews.com/content/report-finds-press-freedom-declines-in-africa-world/3304494.html
http://www.rferl.org/content/world-press-freedom-house-lowest-decade/27699975.html
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/freedom-press-2016
Image: Proportions of world population in countries whose press
freedom is rated not free (blue, 46%), partly free (yellow, 41%),
and free (green, 13%) ...
Sending Pic:169x288C;
VOA Radiogram now changes to Olivia 64-2000 ...
u uaozie
Before RSID: <<2016-05-01T02:44Z MFSK-32 @ 100000+1499>>
This is VOA Radiogram in Olivia 64-2000.
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
Hubble Spots Moon Circling Distant Dwarf Planet
Rick Pantaleo
VOA Science World blog
April 27, 2017
Out in the far reaches of our solar system lies the Kuiper Belt.
This region of space is occupied by icy objects left over from
the creation of the solar system.
Several dwarf planets, such as Pluto, also occupy the Kuiper
Belt.
Astronomers studying images gathered by the Hubble Space
Telescope in 2015, say that they have found a dark and tiny moon
circling the dwarf planet Makemake, the smaller sister of Pluto.
Makemake, discovered in 2005, was named after a deity worshiped
by the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island.
This new found moon, the first companion to the dwarf planet
that's ever been seen, has been nicknamed MK 2.
Its diameter is estimated to be about 260 kilometers across and
was found orbiting Makemake at a distance of about 21,000
kilometers.
bit.ly/1ST7F1q
bit.ly/1TwSvfa
VOA Radiogram now returns
Before RSID: <<2016-05-01T02:50Z OL 64-2K @ 100000+1499>>
to MFSK32 ...
This is VOA Radiogram in MFSK32.
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
Image: Artist concept of dwarf planet Makemake and its moon MK2
...
Sending Pic:384x384;
Radio World has an interesting story about the old Radio Liberty
(later RFE/RL) transmitting site at Playa de Pals, Spain:
http://www.radioworld.com/article/radio-capital-de-lempord-honors-radio-liberty/278677
http://www.capital-radio.net/Galeria/govorit-radio-svoboda/
http://www.radioliberty.org/
Image: Derelict Continental transmitter at the Playa de Pals site:
Sending Pic:205x171C;
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
And visit voaradiogram.net.
Twitter: @VOARadiogram
Thanks to colleagues at the Edward R. Murrow shortwave
transmitting station in North Carolina.
I'm Kim Elliott. Please join us for the next VOA Radiogram.
This is VOA, the Voice of America.
Sending Pic:316x28C;
Olivia 64-2k
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(days/times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via North Carolina
America.
I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Washington.
Here is the lineup for today's program, all in MFSK32 except
where noted:
1:33 Program preview (now)
2:43 Russia launches rocket from new cosmodrome*
6:44 Freedom House press freedom report*
14:01 Olivia 64-2000: Dwarf planet has a moon*
23:31 MFSK32: Old RFE/RL transmitting site in Spain*
26:07 Closing announcements*
* with image
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
And visit voaradiogram.net.
Twitter: @VOARadiogram
tRm tet
Russia Launches First Rocket From New Cosmodrome
VOA News
April 28, 2016
Russia has launched the first rocket from its new cosmodrome,
Vostochny, after a one-day delay for technical reasons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to the far-east Russian
location for the launch, and congratulated cosmodrome workers
after the event - while also scolding them for the delay.
"Despite all its failings, Russia remains the world leader in the
number of space launches," he said at a televised meeting
following the launch.
The Soyuz rocket carried three microsatellites into orbit
Thursday. Putin said afterward that the next stage for Vostochny
was to launch a heavier rocket.
Russian media reported early Wednesday that the first attempt at
the launch was stopped just minutes before takeoff.
The Vostochny spaceport in Russia's far eastern Amur region has
been hailed by the Kremlin as a major step forward, despite
numerous construction delays and a budget of up to $6 billion.
It is seen as a means to reduce Russia's dependence on the
Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan. Russia has been forced to pay
rent for the use of Baikonur at the rate of $115 million a year
since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
But Russian officials say they will continue to use Baikonur for
manned missions until 2023. Thursday's launch was the only one
planned this year from Vostochny.
http://www.voanews.com/content/russia-launches-first-rocket-from-
new-cosmodrome/3306207.html
See also:
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-launches-first-rocket-cosmodr
ome-vostochny-second-try-putin-present/27702828.html
Sending Pic:85x304C;
tR rp
This is VOA Radiogram from the Voice of America.
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
Watchdog Report: World Press Freedom Hits 10-Year Low
Ken Bredemeier
April 27, 2016
WASHINGTON - Freedom of the press declined across the globe last
year to its lowest point in more than a decade, a Washington
watchdog group has concluded.
Freedom House, which advocates for the expansion of freedom and
democracy around the world, said in a new report Wednesday that
only one in seven people across the globe lives in countries
where coverage of political news is robust, journalists' safety
is guaranteed, there is minimal state intrusion in the media's
affairs and the media are "not subject to onerous legal or
economic pressures."
Jennifer Dunham, the report's research director, told VOA that
authoritarian rulers and terrorist groups throughout the world
are cracking down on journalists' independent reporting, while
jailing, abusing and killing reporters who dare to write and
televise reports at odds with official government edicts, or
expose corruption. Other countries, like China, she said, limit
access to certain internet sites that might reflect badly on the
government in power.
She blamed deteriorating global press freedom on the "heightened
level of violence against journalists" and the increased
partisanship and polarization of media outlets around the world,
with many journalists forced by governments and insurgent groups
to take sides in armed clashes or by powerful media groups
looking out for their business interests. ...
Ten worst
The report said there is no "free press" in 50 of the 199
countries it tracked throughout the world. It labeled the 10
worst as North Korea, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Crimea, Eritrea,
Cuba, Belarus, Equatorial Guinea, Iran and Syria.
Dunham described North Korea and Turkmenistan as "vastly worse
than someplace like a Iran or Cuba where there are kind of
stirrings of popular discussion. Someplace like North Korea or
Turkmenistan, the people have no access to the Internet, they are
completely dominated by state propaganda, by narratives ((of))
the personality of the leader. They really have no access to
news from the outside world and there's really no Independent
media at all in those countries."
Full text:
http://www.voanews.com/content/watchdog-report-world-press-freedom-hits-10-year-low/3304493.html
See also:
http://www.voanews.com/content/report-finds-press-freedom-declines-in-africa-world/3304494.html
http://www.rferl.org/content/world-press-freedom-house-lowest-decade/27699975.html
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/freedom-press-2016
Image: Proportions of world population in countries whose press
freedom is rated not free (blue, 46%), partly free (yellow, 41%),
and free (green, 13%) ...
Sending Pic:169x288C;
VOA Radiogram now changes to Olivia 64-2000 ...
u uaozie
Before RSID: <<2016-05-01T02:44Z MFSK-32 @ 100000+1499>>
This is VOA Radiogram in Olivia 64-2000.
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
Hubble Spots Moon Circling Distant Dwarf Planet
Rick Pantaleo
VOA Science World blog
April 27, 2017
Out in the far reaches of our solar system lies the Kuiper Belt.
This region of space is occupied by icy objects left over from
the creation of the solar system.
Several dwarf planets, such as Pluto, also occupy the Kuiper
Belt.
Astronomers studying images gathered by the Hubble Space
Telescope in 2015, say that they have found a dark and tiny moon
circling the dwarf planet Makemake, the smaller sister of Pluto.
Makemake, discovered in 2005, was named after a deity worshiped
by the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island.
This new found moon, the first companion to the dwarf planet
that's ever been seen, has been nicknamed MK 2.
Its diameter is estimated to be about 260 kilometers across and
was found orbiting Makemake at a distance of about 21,000
kilometers.
bit.ly/1ST7F1q
bit.ly/1TwSvfa
VOA Radiogram now returns
Before RSID: <<2016-05-01T02:50Z OL 64-2K @ 100000+1499>>
to MFSK32 ...
This is VOA Radiogram in MFSK32.
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
Image: Artist concept of dwarf planet Makemake and its moon MK2
...
Sending Pic:384x384;
Radio World has an interesting story about the old Radio Liberty
(later RFE/RL) transmitting site at Playa de Pals, Spain:
http://www.radioworld.com/article/radio-capital-de-lempord-honors-radio-liberty/278677
http://www.capital-radio.net/Galeria/govorit-radio-svoboda/
http://www.radioliberty.org/
Image: Derelict Continental transmitter at the Playa de Pals site:
Sending Pic:205x171C;
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
And visit voaradiogram.net.
Twitter: @VOARadiogram
Thanks to colleagues at the Edward R. Murrow shortwave
transmitting station in North Carolina.
I'm Kim Elliott. Please join us for the next VOA Radiogram.
This is VOA, the Voice of America.
Sending Pic:316x28C;
Olivia 64-2k
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(days/times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via North Carolina
2303
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Azteca 6850 AM 2224 UTC 1 May 2016
« on: May 01, 2016, 2229 UTC »
S9 some fade and noise
2226 mail
2229 cantilever bras
2234 ID Radio Azteca
2235 OFF suddenly
2226 mail
2229 cantilever bras
2234 ID Radio Azteca
2235 OFF suddenly
2304
Shortwave Broadcast / DigiDX #11 15770 AM 2130 UTC 5/1/2016
« on: May 01, 2016, 2222 UTC »
From WRMI
MFSK32 and Olivia 64-2k decoded with FLdigi.
image sent: group QSL card for program #10.
"Hello and welcome to DigiDX 11, a weekly review of the latest shortwave and DX news broadcast mainly in MFSK32 mode. This broadcast includes shortwave news and another attempt
to broadcast a MIDI audio file compressed as a .ZIP file.
DigiDX weekly schedule:
Sunday 2130 - 15770kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Sunday 2330 - 11580kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Monday 2000 - 6070kHz via Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)
Any changes to this schedule or extra broadcasts will be listed on http://www.digidx.uk
If you enjoy DigiDX and find the service useful please consider donating via our Patreon page. Any money donated will go towards paying for airtime to keep DigiDX on the air to Europe
and North America.
Every donation will help no matter how little -https://www.patreon.com/digidx.
Thanks very much to listeners Mike Stapp, Mark Braunstein and Richard Langley for contributing to the Patreon campaign.
The latest shortwave news will now be in Olivia-64-2000 mode.
oueo lUi
Before RSID: <<2016-05-01T21:31Z MFSK-32 @ 100000+1499>>
..
...
...
Latest Shortwave News:
Eye Radio for South Sudan
Iran Prisoners Radio
Increase in radio listening for BBC WS
Shortwave Radio Archive - Critically Endangered SW Stations list
Eye Radio for Sudan
News of two new clandestine stations in this week's DigiDX, the first is Eye Radio broadcasting to South Sudan. Eye Radio will mainly be in Arabic but also the,Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari,
Zande and Lutho languages
Eye Radio is on FM in several cities in South Sudan but according to the station the Eye Radio Shortwave will cover the whole of South Sudan including remote areas in which communitie
s are not able to access FM radio stations.
Eye Radio's new broadcasts will run from 0400- 0500 every day on 11730 kHz on the 25 meter band and 17730 kHz on the 17 meter band from 1600 to 1700. Both transmissions are
relayed from Issoudun in France.
Iran Prisoners Radio
The second new clandestine station is the Voice of Spring which is a radio station for prisoners held in Iran. Broadcasting in Farsi on Thursday and Friday on 7495kHz at 1730, the broadcast aims to bring family messages, news from outside and music to prisoners across Iran after the electricity and lights are turned out in the prisons.The station is broadcast from the transmitter in Pridnestrovie (claimed by Moldova).
Increase in radio listening for BBC World Service.
Although without direct news on shortwave broadcasting, the BBC have announced an increase in their radio listenership for the BBC WS. The English service has an increase to an
audience of 66 million weekly listeners and the total for all language radio services is now 147 million people each week.
Francesca Unsworth, Director of BBC World Service Group, says:
Were about to begin the biggest expansion of the World Service since the 1940s, thanks to the additional funding agreed by the UK Government last year. These are to include extra
radio broadcasts to Eritrea and North Korea plus expanded TV/Radio services to Russia.
DigiDX now returns
Before RSID: <<2016-05-01T21:43Z OL 64-2K @ 100000+1499>>
to MFSK32 mode....7^=XygC&dtf
The excellent ShortwaveArchive.com which archives many shortwave radio broadcasts from recent recordings to recordings over the last 50 years has added an endanged shortwave
station list. This serves as a good guide as to what audio recordings should be submitted to the Shortwave Archive to provide a record of these stations if they do indeed unfortunately
stop shortwave broadcasts. The list has been created by Thomas Witherspoon from ShortwaveArchive and London Shortwave who runs an excellent blog here - http://london-shortwave
.blogspot.co.uk/
--Critically Endangered--
All India Radio
Radio Exterior de Espaa (temporarily shut down and reopened due to public pressure).
Voice of Greece (shut down, operated illegally and then resumed legal broadcasts).
IRIB (shortwave service reductions announced).
Radio Australia (reduced the number of broadcasting frequencies and targeted regions in 2015).
Radio Cairo (the transmitters are not functioning properly and have been neglected for several years).
Radio Pakistan (on air irregularly).
--Vulnerable--
Radio Nacional da Amaznia (one of two transmitters broke down in 2014 and remains unfixed).
Radio New Zealand International (operating on a reduced schedule due to a transmitter malfuction).
--Recently Closed Down--
Radio Belarus
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada International
Radio Damascus, Syria
Radio Netherlands
Radio Kuwait
Radio Poland
International Radio of Serbia
Voice of Russia
See the list which will be regularly updated here - http://shortwavearchive.com/endangered/
atnf*
Before RSID: <<2016-05-01T21:46Z MFSK-32 @ 100000+1499>>
e}iZa:pwMt
Now in MFSK32 mode we have another famous shortwave interval signal. This text is a Base64 encoded ZIP file which can be converted to to MP3 by going to http://midi.digidx.uk (and
select the Submit ZIP option) or go to http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp choosing to decode the data and export to file, the file can then be renamed a .ZIP
file and then the MIDI file can be extracted and opened in Winamp or similar software.
--START--
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Now follows the over-the-air QSL card for all reports recieved for last week's broadcast. Sorry for the lack of replies to emails, this is due to a holiday I had in Prague over the last week, I
will reply as soon as I can over the next few days. The image on the background of this QSL card is a photo I took of the Radio Free Europe / Radio Libery building in Prague.
Sending Pic:532x304; Thank you for listening, please send reception reports to reports@digidx.uk. Any news stories, features or any other ideas for DigiDX please also send to the same
email address.
MFSK32 and Olivia 64-2k decoded with FLdigi.
image sent: group QSL card for program #10.
"Hello and welcome to DigiDX 11, a weekly review of the latest shortwave and DX news broadcast mainly in MFSK32 mode. This broadcast includes shortwave news and another attempt
to broadcast a MIDI audio file compressed as a .ZIP file.
DigiDX weekly schedule:
Sunday 2130 - 15770kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Sunday 2330 - 11580kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Monday 2000 - 6070kHz via Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)
Any changes to this schedule or extra broadcasts will be listed on http://www.digidx.uk
If you enjoy DigiDX and find the service useful please consider donating via our Patreon page. Any money donated will go towards paying for airtime to keep DigiDX on the air to Europe
and North America.
Every donation will help no matter how little -https://www.patreon.com/digidx.
Thanks very much to listeners Mike Stapp, Mark Braunstein and Richard Langley for contributing to the Patreon campaign.
The latest shortwave news will now be in Olivia-64-2000 mode.
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Before RSID: <<2016-05-01T21:31Z MFSK-32 @ 100000+1499>>
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...
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Latest Shortwave News:
Eye Radio for South Sudan
Iran Prisoners Radio
Increase in radio listening for BBC WS
Shortwave Radio Archive - Critically Endangered SW Stations list
Eye Radio for Sudan
News of two new clandestine stations in this week's DigiDX, the first is Eye Radio broadcasting to South Sudan. Eye Radio will mainly be in Arabic but also the,Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari,
Zande and Lutho languages
Eye Radio is on FM in several cities in South Sudan but according to the station the Eye Radio Shortwave will cover the whole of South Sudan including remote areas in which communitie
s are not able to access FM radio stations.
Eye Radio's new broadcasts will run from 0400- 0500 every day on 11730 kHz on the 25 meter band and 17730 kHz on the 17 meter band from 1600 to 1700. Both transmissions are
relayed from Issoudun in France.
Iran Prisoners Radio
The second new clandestine station is the Voice of Spring which is a radio station for prisoners held in Iran. Broadcasting in Farsi on Thursday and Friday on 7495kHz at 1730, the broadcast aims to bring family messages, news from outside and music to prisoners across Iran after the electricity and lights are turned out in the prisons.The station is broadcast from the transmitter in Pridnestrovie (claimed by Moldova).
Increase in radio listening for BBC World Service.
Although without direct news on shortwave broadcasting, the BBC have announced an increase in their radio listenership for the BBC WS. The English service has an increase to an
audience of 66 million weekly listeners and the total for all language radio services is now 147 million people each week.
Francesca Unsworth, Director of BBC World Service Group, says:
Were about to begin the biggest expansion of the World Service since the 1940s, thanks to the additional funding agreed by the UK Government last year. These are to include extra
radio broadcasts to Eritrea and North Korea plus expanded TV/Radio services to Russia.
DigiDX now returns
Before RSID: <<2016-05-01T21:43Z OL 64-2K @ 100000+1499>>
to MFSK32 mode....7^=XygC&dtf
The excellent ShortwaveArchive.com which archives many shortwave radio broadcasts from recent recordings to recordings over the last 50 years has added an endanged shortwave
station list. This serves as a good guide as to what audio recordings should be submitted to the Shortwave Archive to provide a record of these stations if they do indeed unfortunately
stop shortwave broadcasts. The list has been created by Thomas Witherspoon from ShortwaveArchive and London Shortwave who runs an excellent blog here - http://london-shortwave
.blogspot.co.uk/
--Critically Endangered--
All India Radio
Radio Exterior de Espaa (temporarily shut down and reopened due to public pressure).
Voice of Greece (shut down, operated illegally and then resumed legal broadcasts).
IRIB (shortwave service reductions announced).
Radio Australia (reduced the number of broadcasting frequencies and targeted regions in 2015).
Radio Cairo (the transmitters are not functioning properly and have been neglected for several years).
Radio Pakistan (on air irregularly).
--Vulnerable--
Radio Nacional da Amaznia (one of two transmitters broke down in 2014 and remains unfixed).
Radio New Zealand International (operating on a reduced schedule due to a transmitter malfuction).
--Recently Closed Down--
Radio Belarus
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada International
Radio Damascus, Syria
Radio Netherlands
Radio Kuwait
Radio Poland
International Radio of Serbia
Voice of Russia
See the list which will be regularly updated here - http://shortwavearchive.com/endangered/
atnf*
Before RSID: <<2016-05-01T21:46Z MFSK-32 @ 100000+1499>>
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Now in MFSK32 mode we have another famous shortwave interval signal. This text is a Base64 encoded ZIP file which can be converted to to MP3 by going to http://midi.digidx.uk (and
select the Submit ZIP option) or go to http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp choosing to decode the data and export to file, the file can then be renamed a .ZIP
file and then the MIDI file can be extracted and opened in Winamp or similar software.
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Now follows the over-the-air QSL card for all reports recieved for last week's broadcast. Sorry for the lack of replies to emails, this is due to a holiday I had in Prague over the last week, I
will reply as soon as I can over the next few days. The image on the background of this QSL card is a photo I took of the Radio Free Europe / Radio Libery building in Prague.
Sending Pic:532x304; Thank you for listening, please send reception reports to reports@digidx.uk. Any news stories, features or any other ideas for DigiDX please also send to the same
email address.
2305
Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Havana Cuba 15140AM 5/1/16 1900z - 55th anniversary today
« on: May 01, 2016, 2003 UTC »
S9+ as I passed by at 1930z
2306
Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Australia New Music Show (Country) 1105z 9580AM
« on: April 30, 2016, 1342 UTC »
decent copy. peaks to S6, fade. fair amount of interference
from CRIs fat sig on 9570.
1336 "Sat. night country" music playing, interview.
from CRIs fat sig on 9570.
1336 "Sat. night country" music playing, interview.
2307
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ride of the Valkyries Pseudo Numbers Station 6925 USB 0353 UTC 29 Apr 2016
« on: April 29, 2016, 2132 UTC »
Very cool Chris, could you explain the decode.
2308
Shortwave Broadcast / DigiDX (via WRMI) 15770 am 2130 UTC 4/24/2016
« on: April 29, 2016, 1647 UTC »
Program #10
MFSK32 and Olivia 64-2000
image sent, group QSL card
Hello and welcome to DigiDX 10, a weekly review of the latest shortwave
and DX news broadcast in the MFSK32 mode. This broadcast includes
shortwave news and reception reports and an article on shortwave jamming
from Soviet occupied Latvia.
Also included after the feature is another attempt to broadcast a MIDI
audio file, this time in Olivia 64-2000 mode.
DigiDX weekly schedule:
Sunday 2130 - 15770kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA) Sunday 2330 -
11580kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA) Monday 2000 - 6070kHz via
Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)
Any changes to this schedule or extra broadcasts will be listed on
http://www.digidx.uk
If you enjoy DigiDX and find the service useful please consider donating
via our Patreon page. Any money donated will go towards paying for
airtime to keep DigiDX on the air to Europe and North America.
Every donation will help no matter how little
-https://www.patreon.com/digidx.
Thanks very much to listeners Mike Stapp, Mark Braunstein and Richard
Langley for contributing to the Patreon campaign.
Latest Shortwave News:
Radio Guinea reactivates shortwave transmissions Return of Radio Biafra
All India Radio considers future of shortwave broadcasts Mighty KBC on
6095kHz in May SDR Touch now supports the SDRplay
Radio Guinea reactivates shortwave transmissions
After several years off the air, Radio Guinea from Guinea (Conakry) in
West Africa has reactivated its shortwave broadcasts since the 16th
April.
The broadcast is in French on 9650kHz and is believed to come from the
Sonfonia site located in the capital Conakry. The signal has been
observed in Europe and North America between 2200 and 0800 however over
the last few days before this broadcast it appears to have been off the
air once again.
Return of Radio Biafra
According to the official website of Radio Biafra, the station calling
for an independent Biafra state in Southern Nigeria will return to
shortwave on 11700kHz from the 20th April. The broadcast is scheduled to
be on the air from 1800 to 2100 UTC. It is believed to be relayed from
the Kostinbrod site near Sofia in Bulgaria.
All India Radio considers future of shortwave broadcasts
New Delhi based newspaper The Sunday Guardian have reported that All
India Radio is considering shutting down its shortwave transmitters to
the cost of keeping the AIR on the air over shortwave. Instead there
would be a move to internet only radio broadcasting.
The newspaper reports that 95% of the External Services Division's
budget is spent on the shortwave infrastructure with the remaining 5%
spent on producing the programmes and paying staff wages.
However an AIR source has told the Sunday Guardian : The proposal
suggests the shutting down of short wave and the service being made
web-based and continues But of course there is the argument that
short wave can reach even the remotest corners of the world, which is
not the case with internet signals. The shutting down of short wave,
without a doubt, will affect the propaganda value of India among its
listeners abroad. This is why there are chances that the short wave
service might continue in neighboring countries like China, Nepal,
etc.
AIR broadcasts in 12 Indian languages and also Arabic, Balochi, Burmese,
Chinese, Dari, French, Indonesian, Persian, Pushtu, Russian, Sinhala,
Swahili, Thai, Tibetan and English (General Overseas Service).
Read the full article here - http://goo.gl/x2Mfb2
Mighty KBC on 6095kHz in May
Mighty KBC will have another special broadcast on 6095kHz to Europe on
Sunday 15th of May between 0800-1000UTC. It has not yet been announced
what music programme and DJ will be on air.
SDR Touch now supports the SDRplay
Android SDR app SDR Touch has launched a new beta version which supports
the popular SDR Play SDR. The SDR Play supports between 100kHz to 2Ghz
and therefore combined with SDR Touch will allow shortwave to be
listened to on any Android phone or Tablet with Android 4 or above.
Currently listening to shortwave using SDR Touch is possible using an
RTL-SDR and upconverter and hopefully the support for the SDRPlay will
improve the experience of SW listening using the app. Sign up to beta
test the app here - https://goo.gl/nD6BYL
Upcoming relays and special broadcasts:
Radio Northern Ireland will broadcast live on Channel 292 and WRMI every
week in April at the following times / frequencies:
Monday 9955kHz : 0130-0200 via WRMI Saturday 15770kHz: 2100-2130 via
WRMI Monday 6070kHz : 1700-1800 via Channel 292
VOA Radiogram will be on air this weekend on the following frequencies,
for more information on the modes to be used visit
http://voaradiogram.net/
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
Gilles Ltourneau who runs the excellent OfficialSWLchannel channel on
Youtube has another radio related Hangout this week - To watch the
hangouts or any of his videos go to
https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialSWLchannel
Shortwave radio jamming in Soviet Latvia by LatvianHistory.com Radio is
one of the most effective ways of communication. The information that
travels around the airwaves can reach even the most remote places. In
late 20 century twenties it was discovered that by transmitting in High
Frequency band (1,6 Mhz-30 Mhz) or so-called shortwave the signal can
reach every radio receiver in faraway countries. In so the shortwave
radio became effective way for government propaganda. And regimes that
disliked that their citizens can listen to foreign broadcasts searched
for ways how stop this.
During the first Soviet occupation in 1941, the Soviets started the
registration of the radio owners. They wanted to know how many and what
kind of people could listen to foreign broadcasts, and impose license
fees for radio using and in case of need take them away from the owner.
During the Nazi Germany occupation a list of suppressed radio stations
was made.
In 1945 the Soviet occupation returned. Everywhere in Latvia people
gathered at their radio receivers and waited for the news of coming
American and British liberation, however soon the frequencies of the
foreign stations became filled with load roaring noise. The era of the
Soviet radio jamming had begun.
On 1946 USSR Communications ministry issued an order to register the
radio receiver in whole country. On the streets of the cities and main
squares loudspeakers were placed to transmit the propaganda from radio
stations from Riga and Moscow. It was nearly impossible to purchase the
radio receiver after the war, so the radio transmission points were
placed in the apartments. It had strategic goal because now the
government could inform the people about its decisions and orders.
As the Cold War became more intense the Western countries begun to
transmit broadcasts to Soviet Union in various languages including
Latvian. The main broadcasters were the Voice of America, BBC Word
Service, Deutche Welle and Radio Free Europe. Radio Free Europe was
actually a creation of the US Central Intelligence Agency. CIA secretly
financed the RFE for many years until it was discovered by the leftist
journalists in 1967 and since 1972 the RFE is financed by the US
Congress. USSR also had its own shortwave propaganda station Radio
Moscow. However, in Western countries listening to the Soviet propaganda
was not considered as a serious crime. In Soviet Union listening to
Western stations could cause a real jail sentence.
For instance in 1951 Elfida Jansone was put on LSSR High Court for
listening to the Voice of America. For this crime she was sentenced for
eight years in labor camp. In 1948 the Latvian Communist party Riga city
committee bureau issued a decree For urgent actions for jamming of
the anti-soviet broadcasts. The decree ordered every institution that
had a shortwave transmitter to jam the foreign radio stations. Jamming
was done by Latvian Energy, Sea Fleet and Soviet Army. Army constructed
10 transmitters that jammed the foreign voices 24 hours in day. However,
the power of these transmitters was too weak to completely silence the
foreign broadcasts. Because of this in all three occupied Baltic States
a special jamming stations were built. On May 5 1951 the chairman of the
LSSR Council of Ministers Vilis Lcis wrote a note to Vyacheslav
Molotov that in accordance to USSR Council of Ministers decree on 4
December 1950, a high voltage radio center was to be built in Riga;
however the Ministry of Communications had planned to build it only in
1953. The head of the LSSR asked the Soviet Ministry of Communications
to start building this object already in 1951 and finish it in 1952.
However, the slow Soviet bureaucracy only in 1953 ordered to build
jamming systems in the Baltic States. A jammer was built in Liepaja,
Daugavpils and Riga.
All of these special objects were under control of the Latvia republican
radio center. American made shortwave transmitter SCR-399 that was
delivered by the US in war-time was now used to jam the US broadcasts.
The power of these transmitters was not high only 400 watts however
it operated in the 1,5- 1,8 Mhz frequency range that used by the most
foreign stations. The object in Liepaja has 12 transmitters and one
Russian Extra type Medium Wave transmitter (Medium Wave is
526-1600 kHz). In the Riga object at the Dome Square basement had 18
SCR-399 transmitters but at other Riga site 15 Soviet KV-5 transmitters
with power of 5 kilowatts were placed. The transmitters were modified
with GMD generator that was the most secret part in the objects. This
device made various tone sound signal that was nicknamed saw by
the listeners. It was impossible to filter this noise because its
frequency was the same as the broadcasting foreign station. It even made
interference in frequencies free from broadcasts. It was a hard time for
people living near the jamming stations because the strong signal made
inference for allowed radio and TV broadcasts. Before the start of every
broadcast one or even two transmitters were allocated to the broadcast
frequency and after the command was given the jammer were turned on.
Sometimes the in the time of broadcast the stations slightly changed the
frequency, leaving the jammer in behind, forcing to retune it. The radio
propagation issues also sometimes did not allow silencing the broadcasts
completely.
The Medium Wave broadcasts were completely jammed by stations from
Lithuania and Estonia. Sometimes the foreign broadcasters appeared at
previously unannounced frequencies and the jammer power was not so high
so the ordinary Soviet citizen could listen to them.
Despite the warnings and repressions, people listened to foreign
broadcasters. Some were tired of the Soviet propaganda, some were just
curious. Some understood that they lived behind the Iron Curtain and had
enough of censorship and lies. The Latvian radio receiver producers VEF
and Radiotehnika were forced to make receivers without the frequency
ranges where the foreign broadcasters appeared. The listeners of these
stations were reported by the work colleges, neighbors even relatives.
While nobody was thrown in the prison since the death of Stalin, being
caught of listening to hateful anti-soviet propaganda could mean
job loss and further sanctions.
Not every foreign broadcaster was considered anti-soviet, as there were
many broadcasters from Soviet-friendly countries. The main condemned
broadcasts came from Western Europe and US.
The Soviet spy agency KGB tracked the radio listening. It had many radio
control points over all country. In 1982 the KGB was even ordered to
track the Ultra High Frequency ranges at 30 km zones around the cities.
The main ones who were tracked in this range were radio amateurs. In
Soviet times every radio amateur was under the KGB watch. The Soviet
Military intelligence service GRU installed a mobile tracking and
surveillance base in Riga that could listen and record the telephone
conversations. After the fall of the Soviet Union the GRU offered to
sell these devices to Latvian government.
The shortwave radio jamming in Soviet Union ended when the new Soviet
leader Mikhail Gorbachev ordered to stop the useless spending of
money. Shortwave radio jamming is still practiced by many countries
like China, North Korea, Iran and Vietnam. As long there will be a need
for political information the shortwave radios and its jammers will not
disappear.
Selected Sources: Upmalis, Ilgonis, Tiglass, riks, Stankvis,
riks. (2011) Latvija padomju militristu var : 1939-1999.Rga:
Latvijas okupcijas izptes biedrba.
Thank you for all the reception reports sent to reports@digidx.uk. Many
of you have correctly identified the tune include as a MIDI file as
Yankee Doodle which is used by VOA to start and finish their broadcasts
in English and other languages.
Listening on 6070kHz on Monday at 2000 Michele Costantino in Italy and
Merkouris in Greece heard DigiDX with interference from another station
which I believe to be VOA in French from Pinheira on the island of Sao
Tome. It would be nice to hear in future reception reports if anyone
else from Southern Europe also hears this interference and how this
affects the reception of DigiDX.
Reception on 11580khz at 2330 was heard in Goa, India by Jawahar
Almeida(VU2JAB), he only managed to decode a small section of the
broadcast but mentions that he tunes into VOA Radiogram weekly and it
comes in fairly well on 17580 khz at 1600 Saturdays.
Now DigiDX finishes the e-QSL card in MFSK32 and then changes to Olivia
64-2000 for a MIDI file of another famous shortwave interval signal.
This text is a Base64 encoded MIDI file which can be converted to to MP3
by going to http://midi.digidx.uk (and select the Submit option) or go
to http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp choosing to
decode the data and export to file, the file can then be renamed a .MID
file opened in Winamp or a similar software.
Sending Pic:532x304;
tntt
Before RSID: <<2016-04-24T21:54Z MFSK-32 @ 100000+1504>>
j#/L#.
.
.
--START--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--END--
Thank you for listening to DigiDX, please send reception reports to reports@digidx.uk. This is DigiDX sign
MFSK32 and Olivia 64-2000
image sent, group QSL card
Hello and welcome to DigiDX 10, a weekly review of the latest shortwave
and DX news broadcast in the MFSK32 mode. This broadcast includes
shortwave news and reception reports and an article on shortwave jamming
from Soviet occupied Latvia.
Also included after the feature is another attempt to broadcast a MIDI
audio file, this time in Olivia 64-2000 mode.
DigiDX weekly schedule:
Sunday 2130 - 15770kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA) Sunday 2330 -
11580kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA) Monday 2000 - 6070kHz via
Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)
Any changes to this schedule or extra broadcasts will be listed on
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Langley for contributing to the Patreon campaign.
Latest Shortwave News:
Radio Guinea reactivates shortwave transmissions Return of Radio Biafra
All India Radio considers future of shortwave broadcasts Mighty KBC on
6095kHz in May SDR Touch now supports the SDRplay
Radio Guinea reactivates shortwave transmissions
After several years off the air, Radio Guinea from Guinea (Conakry) in
West Africa has reactivated its shortwave broadcasts since the 16th
April.
The broadcast is in French on 9650kHz and is believed to come from the
Sonfonia site located in the capital Conakry. The signal has been
observed in Europe and North America between 2200 and 0800 however over
the last few days before this broadcast it appears to have been off the
air once again.
Return of Radio Biafra
According to the official website of Radio Biafra, the station calling
for an independent Biafra state in Southern Nigeria will return to
shortwave on 11700kHz from the 20th April. The broadcast is scheduled to
be on the air from 1800 to 2100 UTC. It is believed to be relayed from
the Kostinbrod site near Sofia in Bulgaria.
All India Radio considers future of shortwave broadcasts
New Delhi based newspaper The Sunday Guardian have reported that All
India Radio is considering shutting down its shortwave transmitters to
the cost of keeping the AIR on the air over shortwave. Instead there
would be a move to internet only radio broadcasting.
The newspaper reports that 95% of the External Services Division's
budget is spent on the shortwave infrastructure with the remaining 5%
spent on producing the programmes and paying staff wages.
However an AIR source has told the Sunday Guardian : The proposal
suggests the shutting down of short wave and the service being made
web-based and continues But of course there is the argument that
short wave can reach even the remotest corners of the world, which is
not the case with internet signals. The shutting down of short wave,
without a doubt, will affect the propaganda value of India among its
listeners abroad. This is why there are chances that the short wave
service might continue in neighboring countries like China, Nepal,
etc.
AIR broadcasts in 12 Indian languages and also Arabic, Balochi, Burmese,
Chinese, Dari, French, Indonesian, Persian, Pushtu, Russian, Sinhala,
Swahili, Thai, Tibetan and English (General Overseas Service).
Read the full article here - http://goo.gl/x2Mfb2
Mighty KBC on 6095kHz in May
Mighty KBC will have another special broadcast on 6095kHz to Europe on
Sunday 15th of May between 0800-1000UTC. It has not yet been announced
what music programme and DJ will be on air.
SDR Touch now supports the SDRplay
Android SDR app SDR Touch has launched a new beta version which supports
the popular SDR Play SDR. The SDR Play supports between 100kHz to 2Ghz
and therefore combined with SDR Touch will allow shortwave to be
listened to on any Android phone or Tablet with Android 4 or above.
Currently listening to shortwave using SDR Touch is possible using an
RTL-SDR and upconverter and hopefully the support for the SDRPlay will
improve the experience of SW listening using the app. Sign up to beta
test the app here - https://goo.gl/nD6BYL
Upcoming relays and special broadcasts:
Radio Northern Ireland will broadcast live on Channel 292 and WRMI every
week in April at the following times / frequencies:
Monday 9955kHz : 0130-0200 via WRMI Saturday 15770kHz: 2100-2130 via
WRMI Monday 6070kHz : 1700-1800 via Channel 292
VOA Radiogram will be on air this weekend on the following frequencies,
for more information on the modes to be used visit
http://voaradiogram.net/
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
Gilles Ltourneau who runs the excellent OfficialSWLchannel channel on
Youtube has another radio related Hangout this week - To watch the
hangouts or any of his videos go to
https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialSWLchannel
Shortwave radio jamming in Soviet Latvia by LatvianHistory.com Radio is
one of the most effective ways of communication. The information that
travels around the airwaves can reach even the most remote places. In
late 20 century twenties it was discovered that by transmitting in High
Frequency band (1,6 Mhz-30 Mhz) or so-called shortwave the signal can
reach every radio receiver in faraway countries. In so the shortwave
radio became effective way for government propaganda. And regimes that
disliked that their citizens can listen to foreign broadcasts searched
for ways how stop this.
During the first Soviet occupation in 1941, the Soviets started the
registration of the radio owners. They wanted to know how many and what
kind of people could listen to foreign broadcasts, and impose license
fees for radio using and in case of need take them away from the owner.
During the Nazi Germany occupation a list of suppressed radio stations
was made.
In 1945 the Soviet occupation returned. Everywhere in Latvia people
gathered at their radio receivers and waited for the news of coming
American and British liberation, however soon the frequencies of the
foreign stations became filled with load roaring noise. The era of the
Soviet radio jamming had begun.
On 1946 USSR Communications ministry issued an order to register the
radio receiver in whole country. On the streets of the cities and main
squares loudspeakers were placed to transmit the propaganda from radio
stations from Riga and Moscow. It was nearly impossible to purchase the
radio receiver after the war, so the radio transmission points were
placed in the apartments. It had strategic goal because now the
government could inform the people about its decisions and orders.
As the Cold War became more intense the Western countries begun to
transmit broadcasts to Soviet Union in various languages including
Latvian. The main broadcasters were the Voice of America, BBC Word
Service, Deutche Welle and Radio Free Europe. Radio Free Europe was
actually a creation of the US Central Intelligence Agency. CIA secretly
financed the RFE for many years until it was discovered by the leftist
journalists in 1967 and since 1972 the RFE is financed by the US
Congress. USSR also had its own shortwave propaganda station Radio
Moscow. However, in Western countries listening to the Soviet propaganda
was not considered as a serious crime. In Soviet Union listening to
Western stations could cause a real jail sentence.
For instance in 1951 Elfida Jansone was put on LSSR High Court for
listening to the Voice of America. For this crime she was sentenced for
eight years in labor camp. In 1948 the Latvian Communist party Riga city
committee bureau issued a decree For urgent actions for jamming of
the anti-soviet broadcasts. The decree ordered every institution that
had a shortwave transmitter to jam the foreign radio stations. Jamming
was done by Latvian Energy, Sea Fleet and Soviet Army. Army constructed
10 transmitters that jammed the foreign voices 24 hours in day. However,
the power of these transmitters was too weak to completely silence the
foreign broadcasts. Because of this in all three occupied Baltic States
a special jamming stations were built. On May 5 1951 the chairman of the
LSSR Council of Ministers Vilis Lcis wrote a note to Vyacheslav
Molotov that in accordance to USSR Council of Ministers decree on 4
December 1950, a high voltage radio center was to be built in Riga;
however the Ministry of Communications had planned to build it only in
1953. The head of the LSSR asked the Soviet Ministry of Communications
to start building this object already in 1951 and finish it in 1952.
However, the slow Soviet bureaucracy only in 1953 ordered to build
jamming systems in the Baltic States. A jammer was built in Liepaja,
Daugavpils and Riga.
All of these special objects were under control of the Latvia republican
radio center. American made shortwave transmitter SCR-399 that was
delivered by the US in war-time was now used to jam the US broadcasts.
The power of these transmitters was not high only 400 watts however
it operated in the 1,5- 1,8 Mhz frequency range that used by the most
foreign stations. The object in Liepaja has 12 transmitters and one
Russian Extra type Medium Wave transmitter (Medium Wave is
526-1600 kHz). In the Riga object at the Dome Square basement had 18
SCR-399 transmitters but at other Riga site 15 Soviet KV-5 transmitters
with power of 5 kilowatts were placed. The transmitters were modified
with GMD generator that was the most secret part in the objects. This
device made various tone sound signal that was nicknamed saw by
the listeners. It was impossible to filter this noise because its
frequency was the same as the broadcasting foreign station. It even made
interference in frequencies free from broadcasts. It was a hard time for
people living near the jamming stations because the strong signal made
inference for allowed radio and TV broadcasts. Before the start of every
broadcast one or even two transmitters were allocated to the broadcast
frequency and after the command was given the jammer were turned on.
Sometimes the in the time of broadcast the stations slightly changed the
frequency, leaving the jammer in behind, forcing to retune it. The radio
propagation issues also sometimes did not allow silencing the broadcasts
completely.
The Medium Wave broadcasts were completely jammed by stations from
Lithuania and Estonia. Sometimes the foreign broadcasters appeared at
previously unannounced frequencies and the jammer power was not so high
so the ordinary Soviet citizen could listen to them.
Despite the warnings and repressions, people listened to foreign
broadcasters. Some were tired of the Soviet propaganda, some were just
curious. Some understood that they lived behind the Iron Curtain and had
enough of censorship and lies. The Latvian radio receiver producers VEF
and Radiotehnika were forced to make receivers without the frequency
ranges where the foreign broadcasters appeared. The listeners of these
stations were reported by the work colleges, neighbors even relatives.
While nobody was thrown in the prison since the death of Stalin, being
caught of listening to hateful anti-soviet propaganda could mean
job loss and further sanctions.
Not every foreign broadcaster was considered anti-soviet, as there were
many broadcasters from Soviet-friendly countries. The main condemned
broadcasts came from Western Europe and US.
The Soviet spy agency KGB tracked the radio listening. It had many radio
control points over all country. In 1982 the KGB was even ordered to
track the Ultra High Frequency ranges at 30 km zones around the cities.
The main ones who were tracked in this range were radio amateurs. In
Soviet times every radio amateur was under the KGB watch. The Soviet
Military intelligence service GRU installed a mobile tracking and
surveillance base in Riga that could listen and record the telephone
conversations. After the fall of the Soviet Union the GRU offered to
sell these devices to Latvian government.
The shortwave radio jamming in Soviet Union ended when the new Soviet
leader Mikhail Gorbachev ordered to stop the useless spending of
money. Shortwave radio jamming is still practiced by many countries
like China, North Korea, Iran and Vietnam. As long there will be a need
for political information the shortwave radios and its jammers will not
disappear.
Selected Sources: Upmalis, Ilgonis, Tiglass, riks, Stankvis,
riks. (2011) Latvija padomju militristu var : 1939-1999.Rga:
Latvijas okupcijas izptes biedrba.
Thank you for all the reception reports sent to reports@digidx.uk. Many
of you have correctly identified the tune include as a MIDI file as
Yankee Doodle which is used by VOA to start and finish their broadcasts
in English and other languages.
Listening on 6070kHz on Monday at 2000 Michele Costantino in Italy and
Merkouris in Greece heard DigiDX with interference from another station
which I believe to be VOA in French from Pinheira on the island of Sao
Tome. It would be nice to hear in future reception reports if anyone
else from Southern Europe also hears this interference and how this
affects the reception of DigiDX.
Reception on 11580khz at 2330 was heard in Goa, India by Jawahar
Almeida(VU2JAB), he only managed to decode a small section of the
broadcast but mentions that he tunes into VOA Radiogram weekly and it
comes in fairly well on 17580 khz at 1600 Saturdays.
Now DigiDX finishes the e-QSL card in MFSK32 and then changes to Olivia
64-2000 for a MIDI file of another famous shortwave interval signal.
This text is a Base64 encoded MIDI file which can be converted to to MP3
by going to http://midi.digidx.uk (and select the Submit option) or go
to http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp choosing to
decode the data and export to file, the file can then be renamed a .MID
file opened in Winamp or a similar software.
Sending Pic:532x304;
tntt
Before RSID: <<2016-04-24T21:54Z MFSK-32 @ 100000+1504>>
j#/L#.
.
.
--START--
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--END--
Thank you for listening to DigiDX, please send reception reports to reports@digidx.uk. This is DigiDX sign
2309
QSLs Received / Re: Radio Illuminati eQSL 4/24/16
« on: April 29, 2016, 0531 UTC »
Thnx for the QSL card AC
2310
Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio New Zealand International 15720 AM 0350 UTC 4/28/16
« on: April 29, 2016, 0500 UTC »
Email, but I'm sure they don't responed to everyone. I'll try again someday.
