LimeSDR: Flexible, Next-generation, Open Source Software Defined Radio

Features and specifications

RF Transceiver: Lime Microsystems LMS7002M MIMO FPRF (Datasheet)
FPGA: Altera Cyclone IV EP4CE40F23 - also compatible with EP4CE30F23
Memory: 256 MBytes DDR2 SDRAM
USB 3.0 controller: Cypress USB 3.0 CYUSB3014-BZXC
Oscillator: Rakon RPT7050A @30.72MHz (Datasheet)
Continuous frequency range: 100 kHz – 3.8 GHz
Bandwidth: 61.44 MHz
RF connection: 10 U.FL connectors (6 RX, 4 TX)
Power Output (CW): up to 10 dBm
Multiplexing: 2x2 MIMO
Power: micro USB connector or optional external power supply
Status indicators: programmable LEDs
Dimensions: 100 mm x 60 mm

More info at :   https://www.crowdsupply.com/lime-micro/limesdr

Airspy Mini announced !

We are delighted to announce the long awaited Airspy Mini, the SDR Dongle built on top of the proven Airspy R2 infrastructure with an affordable price. Check this beauty!

Technical specifications:

Continuous 24 – 1800 MHz native RX range, down to DC with the SpyVerter option
3.5 dB NF between 42 and 1002 MHz
Tracking RF filters
35dBm IIP3 RF front end
12bit ADC (80dB Dynamic Range, 64dB SNR, 10.4 ENOB)
10, 6 and 3 MSPS IQ output - Optimized for portable and tablets
Up to 6 MHz panoramic spectrum view
0.5 ppm high precision, low phase noise clock
4.5v software switchable Bias-Tee 100% Compatible with SpyVerter and High Performance LNA
IQ or Real, 16bit fixed or 32bit float output streams
No IQ imbalance, DC offset or 1/F noise at the center of the spectrum that plagues all the other SDRs
No drivers required! 100% Plug-and-play on Windows Vista, Seven, 8, 8.1 and 10, all Linux Flavors, Mac and Android
Best software support of all existing SDRs
Compatible with Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Pine64 and UP boards
Operating temperature: -10°C to 40°C

Pre-order:
We started a pre-order for the Early Birds in a limited quantity at $99 each.

Order here : https://www.itead.cc/airspy-mini.html

(Youssef via airspy list)

SDRplay announces the acquisition of Studio1 SDR software

28/April/2016,Wakefield,UK : SDRplay Limited has today announced that it has reached an agreement with Sandro Sfregola, (formerly CEO of SDR Applications S.a.s.) to acquire all Rights, Title and Interest in Studio1 a leading software package for Software Defined Radio applications.

 

Jon Hudson, SDRplay Marketing Director said: "We are delighted to have reached this agreement with Sandro to acquire Studio1. Studio1 is the perfect complement to our SDR hardware products and gives us the ideal platform to deliver a complete class leading SDR solution for our customers. We look forward to working with Sandro and further developing Studio1 to unlock the full capability of our current and future products".

 

Hudson added: "Studio1 has established a strong customer base with users of many other SDR hardware products. Studio1 will continue to be available as a stand-alone product from WoodBoxRadio http://www.woodboxradio.com/studio1.html for the foreseeable future , but we also look forward to further developing Studio1 to specifically benefit present and future owners of our products"

 

Sandro Sfregola added: "I am very pleased to have reached this agreement with SDRplay. The long term future for SDR lies in complete end to end solutions and I feel the SDRplay RSP combined with Studio1 software gives users an outstanding combination of performance and affordability".

 

About Studio1:

 

Studio1 was developed in Italy by SDR Applications S.a.s. and has hundreds of happy customers around the world. Studio1 is known for its user friendly stylish GUI, CPU efficiency and advanced DSP capabilities, including features not available on other SDR software packages.

 

www.sdrapplications.it

 

About SDRplay:

 

SDRplay limited is a UK company and consists of a small group of engineers with strong connections to the UK Wireless semiconductor industry. SDRplay announced its first product, the RSP1 in August 2014

 

www.sdrplay.com

admin@sdrplay.com

 

(Press Release)

CNR A16

CNR A16 Schedule effective 27th March, 2016

http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/cn/cnra16.htm

Eye Radio launches nationwide shortwave broadcasts

Eye Media, the parent organization of Eye Radio, has announced that it has launched a new shortwave broadcast service to complement its existing FM broadcasts in South Sudan.

The broadcasts starting today will bring listeners news and information in Arabic, as well as Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari, Zande and Lutoho.

According to a press release today from Eye Media, "the Eye Radio Shortwave will cover the whole of South Sudan including remote areas in which communities are not able to access FM radio staions."

Eye Radio is one of the fastest expanding media houses in South Sudan after launching FM repeaters in several state capitals last year, expanding the station's reach beyond Juba where it is based.

Full story at :

https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/eye-radio-launches-nationwide-shortwave-broadcasts

Eye Radio plans to start on shortwave wef 26th April, 2016 :

0400-0500 UTC 11730 kHz

1600-1700 UTC 17730 kHz

Eye Radio on FB : https://www.facebook.com/eyeradioss/

Related :

 

Eye Media launches shortwave broadcast

 

http://www.eyeradio.org/eye-media-launches-shortwave-broadcast/

US Coast Guard solicits bid for DRM equipment

USCG Research and Development Center, New London, CT , USA solicits bids for DRM equipment :

http://tinyurl.com/jt8cufc

(Alokesh Gupta)

AIR VBS on 9870 kHz back on air

Vividh Bharati service of All India Radio on 9870 kHz is back on air after being off the air for almost a month.

DRM Recommends DRM30 for FCC’s AM Revitalization

Digital Radio Mondiale has submitted comments to the FCC in regards to the AM Revitalization (MM Docket No. ET 13-249). While the organization says that it is supportive of changes to rules for AM broadcasters, in its comments it also submits a proposal for the FCC to consider its DRM30 standard mode for replacing analog sound broadcasting in frequency bands below 30 MHz.

More at :

http://www.radioworld.com/article/drm-recommends-drm30-for-fccs-am-revitalization/278678

IRRS A16

A16 / Summer 2016 schedule for IRRS-Shortwave

Effective 16 March, 2016-30 October 2016

IRRS-Shortwave (Milano, Italy)

Freq.(kHz) Time UTC Time CET Days         ITU Zones               Power        Antenna Language

7290   1800-1900  2000-2100  Fri,Sat,Sun 18-20,27-30,37-39 150 kW   Europe, MidEast, Africa English (1)

9510   0800-0900  1000-1100  Sat             18-20,27-30,37-40 150 kW   Europe, MidEast, N Africa English (1)

9510   0930-1100  1130-1400  Sun            18-20,27-30,37-40  150 kW  Europe, MidEast, N Africa English (1)

15190 1500-1530  1600-1630  Sun            38-45,48-51,54-60  150 kW  MidEast, Asia, Australia English (2)

15515 1500-1530  1600-1630  Sat             38-41,47-48,52-53  150 kW  East Africa  Var (3)

(1) To Europe, Middle East and N Africa

(2) to Middle East, Asia and Pacific (also heard in N America & Europe)

(3) to Africa in local languages

See program schedule for language and program details

Information on any additional test transmission will be available on our Web site http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules

CET: Central European Time (winter) or local time in Central Europe (UTC+1)

UTC: Universal Time Coordinated equivalent to GMT

Last update on March 15, 2016

in parallel with Internet Radio NEXUS (IRN) (24 hrs)

see also: European Gospel Radio

________________________________

For more information:

IRRS-Shortwave,

PO BOX 10980, I-20110 Milano, Italy.

ph: +39 02 2666971

email: info@nexus.org

SDR# rev 1444 is out

SDR# rev 1444 is out , many enhancements and fixes.

 

Download at :   http://airspy.com/download/

License Programme for DRM’s Audio Codec MPEG xHE-AAC Announced

San Francisco, April 18, 2016—Via Licensing Corporation announced today that a patent pool license for Extended High Efficiency AAC (xHE-AAC) is in the final stage of development.

 

xHE-AAC is the most recent update to the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) family of technologies standardized by ISO MPEG. xHE-AAC combines an optimized speech coder with a high-performance general audio coder resulting in a single audio coding system capable of achieving exceptional results at low bit rates with any type of audio content, whether speech, music, or ambient sounds.

 

xHE-AAC is ideally suited for radio broadcast, which combines a variety of content from talk radio to voice over music or sound-effects to purely musical program content. For this reason, xHE-AAC has been selected as the audio coding format for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM), a digital radio system designed to work over existing analog radio broadcast infrastructure, including shortwave. Apart from radio broadcast, xHE-AAC is well suited for radio streaming services, especially over congested networks. Due to its coding efficiency and scalability, with stereo bit rates as low as 12 kilobits per second xHE-AAC enables streaming services over 2G networks such as those found in emerging markets, and it can save bandwidth costs for service providers and consumers even on 3G and 4G LTE networks.

 

A number of xHE-AAC essential patent owners have been working to establish the patent pool with Via Licensing, including Dolby Laboratories, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Fraunhofer IIS, Koninklijke Philips N.V., Orange S.A., Sony Corporation, and VoiceAge Corporation. 

 

Royalties for the xHE-AAC license are expected to be as follows:

 

Volume  (per unit/annual reset)        Per-Unit Fee*

 

For the first 1 to 500,000 units           $1.08

For 500,001 to 1,000,000 units          $0.88

For 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 units       $0.78

For 2,000,001 to 5,000,000 units       $0.70

For 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 units     $0.67

For 10,000,001 to 20,000,000 units   $0.47

For 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 units   $0.45

For 50,000,001 to 75,000,000 units   $0.40

For 75,000,001 and more units          $0.35

 

* Preliminary; subject to change, pending availability of the license

 

The xHE-AAC program is designed to make it easy for current and future AAC pool licensees to add a license grant for xHE-AAC to an existing AAC license agreement. Similarly, reporting a mix of both AAC and xHE-AAC products is streamlined for AAC licensees. The license fees presented above are inclusive of the underlying AAC patents. In other words, xHE-AAC licensees will not be paying twice for the patents that are granted under the AAC Patent License Agreement.

 

"We are very pleased that the xHE-AAC patent pool is nearing launch," said Joseph Siino, President of Via. "Via and its licensors have supported the Digital Radio Mondiale initiative for many years. As the format evolves, just as the AAC codec family itself evolves, it is important for us to aid commercialization of the technology by simplifying access to the essential patent rights for manufacturers and developers worldwide."

 

The xHE-AAC patent pool is expected to launch in the second quarter of 2016.

 

About Via Licensing Corporation

 

Via Licensing Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., a company with more than 50 years of experience in innovation and technology licensing. Via is dedicated to the development and administration of licensing programs for mandated, de facto, and emerging standards on behalf of innovative technology companies in the audio, broadcast, wireless, and automotive markets. For more information about Via, please visit vialicensing.com. 

(Press Release)

CRI A16

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL A16
Effective March 27, 2016

0000-0057
Cambodian 11990nnn, 9765nnn, 684dof
Cantonese 17490bei, 11820xia
Chinese 13655xia, 13580bei, 12035xia, 11975kun, 11900bei, 11780jin, 9435kun
English 15125bei, 13750bei, 11885xia, 11790xia, 9570cer, 7425kas, 7350kas, 6180kas, 6075kas, 6020cer
Hakka 15100bei, 9610kun, 9550kun, 9460kun
Mongolian 11875bei, 9470xia
Portuguese 9710kas, 9560bei
Russian 9445huh, 7405huh, 1521
Spanish 15120hab, 5990hab
Vietnamese 13770xia, 11770bei, 603dof

0100-0157
Amoy 174950ei, 15425xia, 15100bei, 11980kun, 11945kun, 9610kun, 9550kun, 9460kun
Chinese 15140xia, 13580bei, 11770nnn, 11650uru, 9655nnn, 9560kas
English 15785xia, 15125bei, 11770kas, 9675kas, 9580hab, 9570cer, 9535kas, 9470kas, 6180kas, 6020cer
Russian 13600xia, 5905kas, 1521
Urdu 9695kas, 7240kas

0100-0257
Chinese 15160jin, 13655xia
Spanish 9710kas, 9590kas

0130-0227
Nepalese 13780kun, 11860kun

0200-0227
Pashto 15435xia, 11870kas, 9765kas

0200-0257
Amoy 17490bei, 15425xia
Bengali 11640kun, 9655kun
Chinese 15140bei, 9825kas, 9815kas, 9690E, 9580hab,9570cer, 6020cer
English 13640kas, 11770kas
Hakka 17495bei, 15425xia
Russian 17640xia, 5905kas
Spanish 9710kas, 9595kas
Tamil 17505kun, 15260kas, 13600kas
Urdu 11650kas, 9450kas

0230-0327
Nepalese 13780kun, 11730kun

0300-0357
Chinese 17540bei, 15230xia, 15160jin, 15130bei, 9570cer, 9450kas, 6020cer
English 15785xia, 15120bei, 15110kas, 13590bei, 11770kas, 9790hab, 738msk
Hindi 15350kas, 15210kas, 13720kas, 11640kas
Russian 17710jin, 17640xia, 15435uru, 5905kas
Tamil 13730kas, 13600kun

0400-0457
Cantonese 15230xia, 15160jin, 9790hab
Chinese 15130bei, 15110kas, 13640kas
English 17855bei, 17730xia, 15785xia, 15120bei, 13590bei
Hakka 17710bei, 17540kas, 17510xia, 15350kas
Russian 17640xia, 15665kas, 15445kas, 5905kas
Vietnamese 17740xia, 11650kun, 684dof, 603dof

0500-0557
Cantonese 15230xia, 15160jin
Chinese 15785xia, 15130bei, 15120bei, 15110kas
English 17855bei, 17730xia, 17540kas, 17510kas, 15465kas,15350kas, 11895kas, 11710cer
Russian 15665kas, 15445kas
Vietnamese 17740xia, 11650kun, 684dof, 603dof

0500-0657
Arabic 17485kas, 11775cer, 9590cer, 9515cer
German 17615uru, 17720kas

0600-0657
Chinese 17740xia, 17650kas, 17615kun, 15785xia, 15230xia, 15160jin, 15120bei, 11710nnn
English 17710bei, 17695xxx, 17540kas, 17510kas, 15465kas, 15350kas, 15145kas, 13645xia, 11895kas, 11870kas, 11710cer
Italian 17520kas

0600-0757
French 17865kas
Spanish 17680kas

0700-0757
Cantonese 17875kun, 15230xia, 11640jin
Chaozhou 17750xia, 15145xia
Chinese 17840xia, 17740xia, 17650kas, 17615kun, 17520kas,
11875nnn, 11710nnn
English 17710bei, 13660xia

0700-0857
Chinese 11855cer
English 17670kas, 17540kas, 17490kas, 15465kas, 15350kas,
13710cer, 11895kas

0800-0857
Chinese 17650kas, 17560xia, 15560xia, 15230xia, 11640jin, 9880bei
English 11620xia
Hausa 7295bko

0800-0957
Russian 15665uru, 15335kas

0830-0927
Indonesian 17735kun, 17705kun, 15135kun

0900-0957
Chinese 17850kun, 17670kun, 17560xia, 15560xia, 13570xia,11895nnn, 9880bei, 7430jin
English 17750kas, 17650kas, 17650kun, 17570uru, 17490kas,15350kas, 13790jin, 11620xia
Romanian 9460cer, 7285cer

0900-1057
Chinese 17840kas, 17530xia, 15525uru, 15250kun, 13850bei,
11980kun, 9460nnn

0930-1027
Malay 17680kun, 15135kun

1000-1057
Cantonese 17670kun, 15440kun
Chinese 17650kas, 17540bei, 9890xia, 9880bei
English 17750kas, 17490kas, 15350kas, 15210kun, 13790jin,
13720xia, 13590bei, 13570xia, 11635bei, 11610xia, 9865xxx
Hungarian 17570kas, 15220kas
Russian 11935szg, 9725huh, 7390huh, 1323uru, 1116, 963huh

1000-1257
Japanese 11620xia, 7325jin, 1044fr1100 Changzhou Henglin

1030-1127
Cambodian 15160nnn, 9490kun, 684dof
Indonesian 17605kun, 15135kun

1100-1157
Bulgarian 7220cer
Burmese 9880kun, 1188
Cantonese 13580kun, 9645bei, 9590kun, 9540bei, 7370nnn, 603dof
Chaozhou 11875kun, 9440kun
Chinese 17650kas, 15440kun, 13755kas, 13610kas, 11750bei, 7435bei
Czech 17570kas, 15225kas
English 13720xia, 13590bei, 11795kas, 1269yun
Esperanto 15110uru, 11635uru, 9455xxx
Mongolian 11610xia, 7390huh
Russian 11935szg, 9890bei, 9725huh, 1521uru, 1323lha, 1116, 963huh
Vietnamese 17530xia, 11720bji, 9550bei, 1296yun

1100-1257
English 17490kas, 15660kas, 13665cer, 11660kas, 11650uru, 5955bei

1100-1357
Korean 13620xia, 1323cah, 1017 Changzhou Henglin

1130-1157
Filipino 12070xia, 11955kun, 7410jin, 5910bei, 1341 Huadu Guangdong

1130-1227
Thai 9785kun, 7360kun

1200-1227
Filipino 17510xia, 11955kun

1200-1257
Amoy 11910bei
Cantonese 13590hab
Cambodian 11680nnn, 9440kun
Chinese 17650kas, 15110uru, 13755kas, 13610kas, 7435bei
English 17630uru, 15660kas, 11980kun, 11760kun, 11690xia,9760kun, 9730kun, 9645bei, 9600kun, 9460kas,
1341 Huadu Guangdong, 1269yun, 1188, 684dof
Mongolian 5990huh, 5915huh, 100.9ula, 103.7Darkhan
Russian 17575szg, 13600xia, 13575uru, 11935szg, 7400kas,
6100bei, 1521uru, 1323lha, 963huh
Serbian 7345cer
Vietnamese 11720bji, 11640xia, 9550bei, 1296yun

1200-1400
Chinese 13810kas, 11790kas - news radio
Chinese 9855bei, 9540kun, 7440nnn
French 17560kas

1230-1327
Laotian 9785kun, 7360kun
Malay 15600kun, 11955kun

1300-1357
Bengali 11610kun, 9600bji, 9490kun
Burmese 11780kun, 9880kun, 1188
Chinese 13855kas, 13650uru, 7435bei, 7215xia
English 17630uru, 13755kas, 13670kas, 13590hab, 11980xia,
11900kun, 11760kun, 11660kas, 9870xia, 9765bei,
9730bei, 5955bei, 1341 Huadu Guangdong, 684dof
Esperanto 11650bej, 9440nnn
French 17880bko, 17650kas, 13685bko
Hindi 11675uru, 9450kas, 1422kas
Japanese 7410jin, 7325xia, 1044
Mongolian 7285bei, 6100bei, 100.9ula, 103.7Darkhan
Russian 13600xia, 9675szg, 7400kas, 5990huh, 5915huh,
1521uru, 1323lha, 963huh
Vietnamese 9685xia, 9550bei, 1296yun, 603dof

1330-1427
Indonesian 11955kun, 9535kun
Thai 9785kun, 7360kun, 1080

1400-1457
Amoy 11650kun, 9655kun
Bengali 11610kun, 9490kun, 1269yun
Burmese 11780uru
Cambodian 9880nnn, 6055kun, 684dof
Chinese 15410kas, 11785kas, 11610uru, 9730kas, 7435bei,7410bei, 7235kas, 6040xia
English 17630bko, 17630uru, 15700hab, 13710kas, 13685bko,
11765uru, 11675uru, 11665uru, 9870xia, 9765xia, 5955bei,1422kas
Japanese 7410jin, 7395xia, 1044
Korean 5965xia, 1017
Mongolian 5990huh, 5915huh
Nepalese 7435kun, 7250xia, 1269yun
Russian 9675szg, 7330xia, 5905kas, 1521uru, 1323lha
Sinhalese 11900jin, 7265kas 1188
Tamil 13600kas, 11685kas
Urdu 11660kun, 9435kas, 1422kas
Vietnamese 12010bji, 9550bei, 684dof, 603dof

1400-1557
French 13670cer, 11920cer

1430-1457
Burmese 11780kun
Filipino 11640bei, 7325bei, 1341

1430-1527
Laotian 9785kun, 7360kun, 1080

1500-1527
Pashto 11665kun, 9665kas
Persian 9600kas, 9570uru

1500-1557
Bengali 9610kun, 9490kun
Chinese 13755kas, 13680kas, 9560kas, 9455kun, 7435bei,7235kas, 5910bei
English 17630bko, 15700hab, 15245kas, 13685bko, 13640kas,11610kas, 9880nnn, 9870xia, 9720uru, 9675jin, 7395uru, 7325bei,5955bei, 1323lha, 1188
Hindi 7265kas, 7225uru
Japanese 9585xia, 7410jin, 1044
Nepalese 7435kun, 7250xia
Russian 13860szg, 11790uru, 9880xia, 5990huh, 5965bei,5915huh, 5905kas, 1521uru, 1323cah, 963hua
Tamil 11685kas, 9690kas
Turkish 9565cer, 7345cer
Urdu 9435kas, 7285kun, 1422kas
Vietnamese 9550bei, 684dof, 603dof

1530-1557
Pashto 11880kun, 9665kas, 9570uru

1600-1657
Arabic 17880bko, 15125bko
English 15250kas, 13760kas, 11965kas, 11940kas, 11900jin,9880nnn, 9570bei, 7235kas, 6175nnn, 6060kun,1323lha, 1080
Hakka 11880xia, 9770uru
Hindi 7395uru, 7235kas, 5915kas, 1422kas, 1269yun, 1188
Russian 13680szg, 13580uru, 11875uru, 5905kas, 1521uru
Swahili 7245xia, 5985bei
Turkish 7325kun, 6165uru
Vietnamese 9550bei, 7315kun, 684dof, 603dof

1600-1757
Arabic 13790kas, 11725cer, 9555cer
French 15680kas
German 7380cer, 5970cer

1630-1727
Hausa 13785kas, 9685kun

1700-1757
Croatian 11825bei, 9435kas
Cantonese 9770xia, 9435uru
English 13760kas, 13570xia, 12015bei, 11900jin, 9880nnn,
9570bei, 7420kas, 7410kas, 7265kun, 7235bei, 6175nnn,
6165bei, 6140kas, 6060kun, 1323htb, 1080xua
Esperanto 13570bei, 11650xia
Russian 13640uru, 11875uru, 9470bji, 7410szg, 1521uru
Swahili 15125bko, 13645bko, 11680xia, 5985bei

1730-1827
Chinese 11660szg, 9695kun, 9685uru, 7315kun, 7275uru
Hausa 13645bko(1800-), 11640bko(1800-), 9685kun, 9450kas

1800-1827
Persian 9670bei, 7415xia

1800-1857
Chaozhou 13700uru, 11895xia
English 13760kas, 9600bei
Italian 7435jin, 7340kas
Russian 9765szg, 9560bji, 7210uru, 1521uru

1800-1957
French 11695cer, 9455cer, 6055cer, 5970cer
German 11775kas, 11650uru, 7395kas

1830-1857
Bulgarian 9695kun, 9695jin, 7265uru, 6020szg
Persian 9670bei, 7415xia

1830-1927
Arabic 13685bko, 11640bko

1830-2027
French 9645kun, 7350uru

1900-1927
Czech 9515bei, 7415uru
Hungarian 9560uru, 7435xia
Romanian 6090uru

1900-1957
Albanian 7385kas, 6020szg
Cantonese 11895kas, 7215bei
English 9440kun, 7295kas
Portuguese 13630bko/11640bko fr 1930, 11750jin, 9765bei,
9730kas, 9535bji, 7405xia, 5985bei
Russian 9525bei, 7245bji, 6110xia, 1521
Turkish 9655kun, 7255kun

1930-1957
Czech 7415uru
Romanian 7435xia, 6090uru

1930-2027
Esperanto 9745uru, 7265uru

2000-2027
Serbian 9585kas, 7390xia, 7325uru

2000-2057
Chinese 9865kun, 7440bei, 7405xia, 7335szg, 7245kas
English 13630bko, 11640bko, 9600kas, 9440kun, 7415kas,
7295kas, 7285cer, 5985bei
Polish 7305uru, 6020szg
Russian 9525bei, 7245bji

2000-2157
Arabic 7235cer, 6185cer, 6100xia
English 7285cer, 5960cer

2030-2057
Bulgarian 11940kun, 9720uru
Hungarian 9585kas, 7390jin

2030-2127
Italian 7345kas, 7265uru

2030-2227
French 11660kas, 9430uru

2100-2127
English 13630bko, 11640bko
Serbian 7445kun, 7325xia

2100-2157
Croatian 7225bei, 6135bei
English 9600kas, 7415kas, 7325bei, 7205xia
Serbian 6135bei

2100-2257
Korean 7290xia, 1323, 1017
Spanish 9640kas, 7335szg

2130-2157
Hungarian 7445uru

2130-2227
French 13630bko, 11975bko

2200-2257
Chinese 9675bei, 7430jin, 7395uru, 7325kun, 7265kun,7215kun, 6140kun, 6100kun, 5975bei
English 9590bei
Esperanto 9860kas, 7300kas
Japanese 13640jin, 9535xia
Portuguese 9685kas, 9410kas, 7260uru, 6175cer
Spanish 9490bei

2200-2400
Spanish 7250uru, 7210cer

2230-2257
Chinese 15505bko, 11975bko

2300-2357
Cambodian 11990nnn, 9765nnn, 684dof
Cantonese 15100bei, 11945kun, 9460kun, 7325kun, 6140kun
Chinese 11975bko, 11900bei, 9865uru, 7295bko
English 11955kun, 11790xia, 11690bei, 7350kas, 6180kas,5990hab, 5915kas
Japanese 13640jin, 11680xia
Mongolian 12085xia, 9470xia
Portuguese 13650hab, 9560bei
Russian 9445huh, 7405huh
Spanish 6175cer
Vietnamese 11620bei, 7220xia, 603dof

2300-0100
Spanish 9800kas, 9590kas

2330-0030
Sinhalese 9490kun, 7260kas

Source : http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/

NHK A16

NHK Radio Japan Frequency Schedule A16
Effective 27th March, 2016

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/resources/brochure/pdf/rj_schedule.pdf

KTWR A16

KTWR GUAM A16

Effective Date: March 27, 2016

 

To China

 

Cantonese 1400-1430 Mon-Fri 9975

Mandarin  1015-1100 Mon-Fri 11750

Various   1100-1200 Daily   12120

Mandarin  1100-1230 Mon-Fri 9910

Mandarin  1130-1230 Sun     9910

Mandarin  1115-1230 Sat     9910

Nosu Yi   1200-1215 Daily   11580

Mandarin  1230-1300 Mon-Fri 9910

Mandarin  1215-1245 Tue-Thu 9975

Mandarin  1330-1400 Sun-Fri 9975

Mandarin  1400-1430 Sat-Sun 9975

Mandarin  1430-1445 Daily   9975

To Indonesia

 

Madurese   0930-1000 Mon-Fri 11965

Indonesian 1000-1030 Sun-Fri 11965

 

To Japan

 

Japanese   1215-1245 Sun 9975

 

To Korea

 

Korean    1345-1500 Tue-Fri 9910

Korean    1345-1510 Sat-Mon 9910

 

To Myanmar

 

Burmese    1200-1230 Mon-Fri 15390

Burmese    1200-1245 Sat     15390

Burmese    1200-1300 Sun     15390

Sgaw Karen 1300-1330 Sun-Fri 15390

Sgaw Karen 1300-1315 Sat     15390

 

To Vietnam

 

Vietnamese 1245-1330 Sun-Fri 11580

Vietnamese 1245-1345 Sat     11580

 

To South Asia

Kokborok  1230-1300 Mon-Fri 15240

Kokborok  1245-1300 Sun     15240

Hindi     1245-1300 Sat     15240

Dzongkha  1230-1245 Sat-Sun 11580

Santhali  1300-1315 Daily   11935

Santhali  1315-1330 Sun     11935

Assamese  1315-1345 Sun-Fri 11935

Manipuri  1330-1345 Sun     11935

Dogri     1345-1400 Mon-Fri 11585

Kashmiri  1345-1400 Sat-Sun 11585

Garhwali  1400-1415 Mon-Fri 11585

Hindi     1400-1430 Sat-Sun 11585

Hindi     1430-1500 Mon-Fri 11585

English   1530-1548 Mon-Fri 12120

English   1530-1546 Sat     12120

 

To South East Asia

English   1030-1100 Sun-Mon 11965

English   1030-1115 Tue-Fri 11965

 

To South Pacific

 

English 1000-1026 Mon-Fri 11840

English 1000-1015 Sat 11840

 

Trans World Radio - Guam

Submit reception reports at : http://www.twr.asia/online-qsl-form

(Alokesh Gupta)

SDR Touch releases software with SDRplay RSP functionality

Good news for Android users - SDR Touch have released a beta version of their software with SDRplay RSP functionality - go to https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.sdrtouch.sdrplay to sign up as a beta tester - SDR Touch works on most recent Android Phone or Tablet devices.

Radio Free Asia commemorates the 2016 Rio Olympics

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its 61st QSL card. This latest design commemorates the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil scheduled for August 5-21, 2016. The Games always bring people together from around the world in peace and harmony to respect universal moral principles. This new design shows an adaptation of RFA's first panda design originally used for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This updated version of the original design adds a hat made of various fruits. The fruit hat was popularized in the 1900's by Brazilian singer and actress, Carmen Miranda. This QSL design is used to confirm all valid reception reports from May – August 2016.

 

RFA's QSL commemorating the 2016 Summer Olympics

 

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin (including the Wu dialect), Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a 'surrogate' broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org.

 

RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at http://techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX'ers, but also from its general listening audience

 

Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org and by mail to:

 

Reception Reports

Radio Free Asia

2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300

Washington DC 20036

United States of America.

 

# # #

AIR’s Experience with ‘DRM Dual Channel Transmission on Single Frequency’ through Shortwave Transmitter

Jan-Mar 2016 issue of ABU Techinal Review features an article on dual channel DRM transmission experience from AIR Bangalore.

AIR's Experience with 'DRM Dual Channel Transmission on Single Frequency' through Shortwave Transmitter

 

Page 27 ( Page 29 in the pdf file)

 

http://data.abu.org.my/technical/tdwebsite/tr/265%20Q1%202016.pdf

(Alokesh Gupta)

 

BBG announces Amanda Bennett as new Director of Voice of America

WASHINGTON - The Broadcasting Board of Governors today will welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Amanda Bennett as the 29th Director of the Voice of America (VOA).  An introduction and swearing-in ceremony will be held at Voice of America headquarters at 10 a.m. this morning and will be streamed live on the BBG website,  www.bbg.gov

"We are thrilled to have such a talented, experienced and award-winning journalist as Amanda take the helm at VOA," said BBG Chairman Jeff Shell. "Her unique skills and deep understanding of the rapidly evolving digital news marketplace will serve VOA well."

"Amanda embodies everything we've been looking for in a VOA Director," agreed BBG CEO and Director John Lansing. "In today's complex geopolitical environment, VOA's work is more important than ever, and we are confident that Amanda will lead VOA to great success around the world on all media platforms."

"I am happy and excited to be part of such a vital news organization," said Bennett.  "We are the only source of reliable, objective, credible news and information for a large part of the world.  What's more, our mission of covering the fascinating complexity of our country and its people is a beat like no other. I look forward to working with the skilled and passionate journalists at VOA to bring those stories alive for the world."

Bennett served as executive editor of Bloomberg News, where she created and ran a global team of investigative reporters and editors and co-founded the Bloomberg News Women's project.  She also served as editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, editor of the Herald-Leader in Lexington, Kentucky, managing editor/projects for The Oregonian in Portland, and reporter and editor for the Wall Street Journal for more than 20 years, including a stint as the Journal's Beijing correspondent. Most recently, she has been a contributing columnist for The Washington Post.

Bennett shared the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with her Journal colleagues, and in 2001 led a team from The Oregonian to a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.  Projects by the Bloomberg projects and investigations team, led by Bennett, won numerous awards, including Loeb, Polk, Barlett & Steele, Headliners, Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and Overseas Press Club awards.

Bennett is the author of six books and a graduate of Harvard College.  Together with her husband, Donald Graham, she co-founder of TheDream.US, which provides college scholarships to the children of undocumented immigrants.

Bennett succeeds David Ensor, who served as VOA Director from 2011-2015.  VOA's Associate Director of Language Programming Kelu Chao has served as Acting VOA Director since June of last year.  

The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an independent federal agency, supervising all U.S. government-supported, civilian international media, whose mission is to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy. BBG networks include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti). BBG programming has a measured audience of 226 million in more than 100 countries and in 61 languages.

       

(Press Release)

Radio Mirchi starts test transmission in Kochi

Radio Mirchi has started test transmission on 104.0 MHz in Kochi, RDS is also active.

(Anu via FM DX South Asia)

AWR Grand Finale Annual DX Contest

"Grand Finale" Annual DX Contest

 

How Many AWR Shortwave Sites Have You Verified?

 

Ever since Adventist World Radio was inaugurated way back some 45 years ago, listeners in many countries on all continents have looked forward to participating in the annual DX contest.    Our historical records show that the first listener contest was conducted by the fledgling new AWR back during the year 1972, just a few months after the official inauguration on October 1, 1971.

 

The longest series of annual DX contests began under the original Adventist World Radio in Asia, AWR-Asia in Poona India, and these were introduced just a few years later, in 1977.  Since then, this well established AWR DX program "Radio Monitors International" has transmigrated from Asia to the United States, and the name likewise has evolved into the now familiar "Wavescan".

 

Throughout all of these intervening years, the annual winner's list contains the names of well known international radio monitors living on all continents.  In addition, the long roster of regional winners over the years includes a host of names, international radio monitors living in up to a hundred different countries.  Any and all entrants have an equal possibility of winning one of the many awards that are available each year.

 

As Adventist World Radio enters its 45th year of international radio broadcasting, we take pleasure in announcing our annual "Wavescan" DX contest for the year 2016.  This year's contest is planned as the last ever contest from the AWR DX program "Wavescan" and it comes to you under the title,

 

"Grand Finale" Annual DX Contest:

 

How Many AWR Shortwave Sites Have You Verified?

 

In short, you are invited to make up a list of all of your AWR QSL cards, one only for each different AWR shortwave site.  "Grand Finale" Annual DX Contest:

 

How Many AWR Shortwave Sites Have You Verified?

 

A. How Many AWR Shortwave Sites Have You Verified?

 

You are invited to make up a tabulated list of all of your AWR QSL cards, one only for each AWR shortwave site.  You may also include reception reports for any AWR shortwave site that you have not yet verified, up to a maximum of three additional sites.  The listing of each QSL card for each AWR site that you have verified should show the station name, location, country, frequency, date and a brief description of the card.  Here is a sample listing showing how to give the information:-

 

1. KSDA          Agat Guam                 11935 kHz       2015 March 1  Yellow Compass Card          

2. WRMI          Okeechobee FL            9955              2013 Oct 29    Dr Chow Interview

3. AWR           Forli Italy                       6205              1985 May 30   Forli Antenna

4. SLBC          Ekala Sri Lanka            6075              1984 Dec 30   Sines Antennas

5. TIAWR        Alajuela Costa Rica    15460              1986 Oct 17    Radio Lira Antenna

6. Media          Nauen Germany           9610              2016 Feb 14    Report enclosed        

 

B. Copy Three Cards

 

Where possible, please copy any three of your AWR QSL cards, preferably in color, though black and white can be acceptable, and enclose with your contest entry.

 

C. Your Best AWR QSL Card

 

Which is your best AWR QSL card?  Explain why in one short paragraph.  A color copy would be appreciated.

 

D. AWR Reception Reports

 

You are invited to prepare three reception reports for the broadcast on shortwave, mediumwave or FM of any AWR programming in any part of the world.  You may choose the international shortwave programing from Adventist World Radio, via KSDA Guam, or any of the shortwave relay stations that carry AWR programming, or any of the 1700 local mediumwave or FM stations in any part of the world that are affiliated with Adventist World Radio.  You may include up to three reception reports of AWR programing from shortwave sites that you have not yet verified.

 

Please do not send a recording of your reception; we just need your honest reception report on paper.  All reception reports will be verified with a special contest endorsement.

 

E. Three Radio Cards

 

Where possible, you are invited to include three radio cards for the Indianapolis Heritage Collection with your contest entry.  These cards may be old or new, and they may be QSL cards, reception report cards, or picture cards of radio stations, etc.  Not valid for this contest are amateur cards nor CB cards.

 

Other Contest Details

 

Well, there you have it, the details for our Wavescan 2016 "Grand Finale DX Contest".  This contest will run through the month of August 2016, and all contest entries should be postmarked at your local post office anywhere in the world on any date up to the end of the month of August 2016 and they should be received at the AWR temporary post office address as given below no later than the end of the month of September 2016.

 

Post your entry with all items to Adventist World Radio, remembering that neatness and preparation will all feature in the judging procedure.  Due consideration will also be given to the area of the world in which the contestant lives.

 

Where possible, please enclose return postage in the form of currency notes in any international currency, or mint postage stamps.  Please note that IRC coupons are too expensive for you to buy, and they are no longer valid in the United States.

 

Please enclose your postal address label also.

 

The awards for the 2016 AWR "Grand Finale DX Contest" will be similar to all previous contests.  There will be a special award for the world winner, one of Jerome Berg's radio history books; and World Radio TV Handbook 2017 for each continental winner.  In addition, there will be other special awards as well as AWR souvenirs and radio curios for many participants.

 

All AWR reception reports will be verified with a specially endorsed AWR QSL card.  Please remember that it will take a period of many months, well into the new year 2017, to process all of the contest entries and reception reports, but each will in due course be processed.

 

Here is the only address for the "Grand Finale" Annual DX Contest: How Many AWR Shortwave Sites Have You Verified?  This postal address is temporary, and it is open only during August and September 2016.

 

TEMPORARY POSTAL ADDRESS, Open only during August & September 2016:-

 

Adventist World Radio

Grand Finale DX Contest

Box 771

Bloomington

Indiana 47402-0771 USA

 

Radio-Télévision Guinéenne (RTG) , Guinea reactivated on shortwave

Radio-Télévision Guinéenne (RTG), the state broadcasting service of Guinea has been re-activated on shortwave, as per BDXC Africa Guide station was last reported on shortwave on 7125 kHz in September 2012.  Earlier a 50 kW transmitter was situated at Conakry.

 

Reactivated station on 9650 kHz was first noted by Paul Walker on 14th April 2016, Sakae Obara from New Jersey, USA identified the station as 'Radio Guinea' during a discussion in DXLD list. 

 

Logged on 16th April, 2016 0103 UTC onwards with surprisingly fair to good reception on 9650 kHz , heard till 0230 UTC onwards until it started fading, Content was mostly Afro music with occasional French talk.

 

 

And here's an audio file logged at 0107 UTC on 16th April 2016 on 9650 kHz

https://soundcloud.com/alokesh-1/radiodifusao-nacional-guinea-bissau-9650-khz-0107-utc-16-april-2016

 

Per Wikipedia, Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea (French: Guinée française), the modern country is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry in order to distinguish it from other parts of the wider region of the same name, such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea.[5] Guinea has a population of 10.5 million.

Related :

On 29 issuers of the Guinean Radio Television, currently operate only 6

 

http://tinyurl.com/h6hjhrm

 

Paul B. Walker  who was one of the first DXer to notice and post about 9650 kHz on April 14th as an UNID station has shared this audio link  :

 

http://youtu.be/_Nk8d6RANg0

 

(Alokesh Gupta)

HT Media launches new FM stations "Radio Nasha" in Delhi & Mumbai

HT Media, which runs its FM radio station "Fever FM" in five cities in India, has launched a new station "Radio Nasha" in Delhi and Mumbai.

After Delhi, HT Media Ltd has launched its second radio station, Radio Nasha, in Mumbai. While in Delhi it is 107.2 FM, in Mumbai it is Radio Nasha on 91.9 FM. These are part of the Phase III radio launches from HT Media. In the Phase III FM radio auctions, HT Media acquired 10 new frequencies in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and seven towns of Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Aligarh, Gorakhpur, Bareilly and Allahabad).

HT Media already operates FM stations under the Fever FM brand in the five metros ....Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata. As part of the differentiated content stratergy, Radio Nasha will play retro music from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Fever FM, on the other hand, will play contemporary Bollywood music.

An antenna that speaks without listening

Freed from the textbook symmetry between transmission and reception, the device could be a boon to communications.

Read the story by Johanna L. Miller at :

http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.7254

MWV back on air with much improved reception towards India

MWV (Madagascar World Voice), the newest station on shortwave was noted back on air after almost 12 days, however English transmissions to India at 0000 and 0100 UTC which were barely audible earlier were noted with much improved reception on both 9600 kHz at 0000-0100 UTC and 9665 kHz at 0100-0200 UTC.
 
Here's an youtube video for English txn to India at 0047 UTC on 9600 kHz

 
 
Also an audio file of MWV english txn to India at 0119 UTC on 9665 kHz :
 
https://soundcloud.com/alokesh-1/madagascar-world-voice-9665-khz-0119-utc-15-apr-2016

(Alokesh Gupta)
 

RVA A16

Radio Veritas Asia A16

March 27, 2016 -  October 30, 2016

Time (UTC) Language Frequency (kHz)

2100–2257 Mandarin   6115
2300-2327 Filipino   15355
2330–2357 Vietnamese 9670
2330–2357 Myanmar    9720
0000–0027 Karen      11935
0000–0027 Kachin     9645
0030–0057 Bengali    15265
0100–0127 Telugu     15530
0100–0127 Urdu       15280
0130–0200 Zomichin   15255 (Th-F-S-S)
0130–0200 Teddimchin 15255 (M-T-W)
0130–0230 Vietnamese 15530
1000–1027 Khmer      11850
1000–1157 Mandarin   11945
1130–1157 Myanmar    15450
1200–1227 Hmong      11935
1200–1227 Karen      11890
1230–1257 Kachin     15225
1300–1357 Vietnamese 11850
1330–1357 Chin       11870
1400-1427 Hindi      11870
1400–1427 Bengali    11825
1430-1457 Urdu       15330
1430–1500 Telugu     11870
1500-1553 Filipino   15620

IndiBlogger Launches IndiPR.com

IndiBlogger Launches IndiPR.com - A self-learning engine that automatically targets the right publishers

Thousands of businesses, products and services are launched everyday across the world. When these products go live, a Press Release (like the one you're currently reading) is usually the first order of business. Businesses of various sizes, including start-ups, can now have their Press Releases published by relevant influencers in less than 72 hours.

IndiPR.com was built to make it extremely simple for a business to get their Press Releases published by top bloggers. All a business has to do is upload their Press Release and the 'Automated Influencer Targeting Engine', or 'AITE' for short, proceeds to accept applications and automatically shortlists bloggers based on various factors including internal ratings and rankings. Once shortlisted, the influencers do their research and publish their articles.

Anoop Johnson, Co-founder and Director of Marketing at IndiBlogger, adds, "With a starting budget of just USD 150, a business of any size will be able to get their press releases published by influential bloggers with a few clicks."

IndiPR.com assists digital marketers with a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, SEO, content marketing, generating awareness and gaining much needed conversations around the product, driven by internet users on influencer platforms like blogs.

One of the main issues that most marketers face when working with influencers is the cumbersome process associated with identifying and targeting each Influencer. Karthik DR, Co-founder & Business Head at IndiBlogger says, "The amount of time that people spend in trying to identify and contact influencers is huge. With IndiPR.com, you don't have to worry about any of this as the system just needs your Press Release. The rest is history!"

In the future, IndiPR.com will carry more than just Press Releases. Influencers will be able to get creative assignments, get invitations to attend the trendiest launch events and be privy to the latest news on the planet before the world wakes up to it.

Renie Ravin, the Founder and CEO of IndiBlogger, says, "We believe that this system will help Influencers with fresh and new content on their site every day. In a way, you could be writing about the next Google without even realising its immense potential."

Contact Information: Anoop Johnson   contact@indipr.com

Phone - +91-9900-001655 or 0124-4891498

First DRM European Workshop “Flexible and Complete Digital Radio for Europe” asks European Stakeholders to Support and Manufacture DRM and DAB+ Receivers

Following from a very successful General Assembly, the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium, and the German DRM Platform held a most comprehensive European workshop hosted by Fraunhofer IIS in Erlangen, Germany from 6th to 7th April 2016.

This was a first such DRM event aimed at offering solutions to all broadcasters large or small. During their presentations and discussions participants stressed that DRM is the ITU endorsed and internationally adopted standard for the distribution of programmes internationally, nationally and up to local coverage level. DRM can also provide an economic and complementary solution to exactly those coverage scenarios that the established DAB/DAB+ networks in Band-III were never designed for.

Following their deliberations the participants urged all stakeholders of Digital Radio in Europe – including European organisations, regulators, broadcasters and the receiver and automotive industry – to embrace publicly the duality and complementarity of the open DRM and DAB standards as the complete Digital Radio solution for Europe (and worldwide). This means a digital future for all broadcasters, offering more programme choice to listeners, extra multimedia services with text and images, increased energy savings and spectrum efficiency. The participants ask 'all European stakeholders to promote actively the manufacturing and distribution of multi-standard Digital Radio receivers, comprising at least the DRM and DAB standards.'

The first session, held in conjunction with the open part of the DRM General Assembly, took a brief look at the status of DRM adoption around the world, including the DRM roll-out in India, ready to become the largest digital radio market in the world with over 600 million people being reached by DRM broadcasts. Presentations given by experts from various European countries showed that the digitisation of radio progresses in Europe. At the end of the first day Fraunhofer IIS (Bernd Linz) demonstrated the latest development to provide traffic and travel services in DRM radios, soon to be installed in Asia. Afterwards Martin Speitel demonstrated the features of the Fraunhofer software package for car radios with DRM. With this solution, radio manufacturers can quickly build or enhance radio platforms on a proven modular system covering the full DRM and DAB standards including their full feature sets, thus shortening their development times and, in turn, reducing their costs.

On the 7th April benefits and opportunities of DRM were shown with practical applications. Ampegon (Matthias Stoll) showed how easy and cost-effective the transition from analogue AM to DRM can be. Marc Holthof of the German Navy gave an example of how to use DRM over shortwave for maritime broadcasting of information and entertainment to ship crews at sea. Csaba Szombathy, Technical University of Budapest, demonstrated his original monitoring programme of DRM transmissions. Then RFmondial (Jens Schroeder), demonstrated how to provide DRM services in the crowded FM band compatible with all the existing FM stations. Joachim Lehnert, German DRM Platform Chairman, showed that DRM is a suitable system for local/regional coverage in VHF Band III, fully compatible with DAB/DAB+ and DVB-T networks and in keeping with RRC-06. RFmondial (Detlef Pagel) also referred to the use of DRM in VHF Band III and stressed that DRM+ is the most suitable digital system for the local and regional single-station broadcasters, as a complement to multiplexes, while sharing all the listenerrelated features with the DAB+ standard. Finally, Manfred Kühn, Mobile Broadcast Consult, demonstrated the flexible transmission of multiple DRM channels in a single DAB frequency block in VHF Band III.

This session was followed by a status report on the development of digital multi-standard radios, presented by Robert Bosch Car Multimedia, NXP, Fraunhofer IIS, PnP Networks and Panasonic. All the speakers finally emphasized the market and framework requirements for the production of multistandard radios for Europe.

Joachim Lehnert, Chairman of the German DRM Platform, concluded that the workshop was an important step to bringing national activities together and added; "With all the European DRM activities presented over the past two days and the encouraging messages from the receiver industry, I believe that the famous 'chicken or egg' problem can be solved from the receiver end by adding DRM as a complement to existing digital receivers. This will eventually help all radio broadcasters across Europe, whether national, local or community stations, and will ensure each has a digital home in the future."

(Press Release)

DOMESTIC BROADCASTING SURVEY 18 (DBS-18), April 2016

The DOMESTIC BROADCASTING SURVEY 18 (DBS-18), April 2016

edited by DSWCI Chairman, Anker Petersen. 

ISSN 1399-8218

The 59 years old DSWCI, which counts experienced DX-ers in 33 countries all over the world as members, will release in April the 18th  Edition of its annual Domestic Broadcasting Survey. This survey is divided into three parts:

Part 1: The 44th  edition of the Tropical Bands Survey covering all ACTIVE broadcasting stations on 2300 - 5700 kHz, including clandestines.

Part 2: Domestic stations on international shortwave bands above 5700 kHz broadcasting to a domestic audience.

Part 3: Deleted frequencies between 2 and 30 MHz which have not been reported heard during the past five years, but may reappear.

This new Survey is based upon monitoring by our members, many official sources and DX-bulletins. A16 schedules are included when available. About 65 domestic shortwave stations frequencies have left the bands. In order to make the DBS reliable, our own monitors around the world have checked throughout the period April 2015 – March 2016, if each of the 500 station frequencies is on the air. ACTIVE stations are marked with an A ("Regular"), B ("Irregular") or C ("Sporadic") in the list.   D means "Likely inactive".

A unique feature is the right column called "Last log". It shows the last month and year before DBS deadline on March 31, 2016   when the particular station was reported logged by a DX-er somewhere in the world. This is another way of indicating the current audibility of the station. To avoid inactive stations in this DBS, most frequencies which have not been heard during the past year, have been deleted and are moved to Part 3. No other frequency list has this feature !

Other useful features for easy identification (ID) are the parallel frequencies and reference to Station ID slogans.

Four sample extracts from the DBS-18 are shown on the next page. Reviews can be found on www.dswci.org   

All buyers of DBS-18 will get a username and password to the monthly updates on the tropical bands published as "Tropical Bands Monitor" on our website. The similar, historical data from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 are available to anybody at  www.dswci.org/tbm .

The 18 pages A-4 size DBS-18 is available by e-mail as pdf-format (about 350 kB).

A limited number is also available printed on paper for the last time, because the DSWCI is dissolved at the end of 2016! 

Both are sold by the treasurer until December 01, 2016:

DSWCI,

c/o Bent Nielsen, Egekrogen 14, DK 3500 Vaerloese, DENMARK

E-Mail edition:     DKK 30,00 or USD 5.00 or EUR 4,00 or GBP 3,00 or  IRC 1. 

Printed edition: DKK 60,00 or USD 10.00 or EUR 8,00 or GBP 7,00 or IRC 2.

Payment by cash notes are  accepted  and  welcome, whereas checks and postal money orders are not accepted.

DSWCI's Bank is Danske Bank, 2-12 Holmens Kanal, DK-1092 Copenhagen K.

BIC/SWIFT : DABADKKK.      IBAN: DK 44 3000 4001 528459. Remember to pay all cost!

Danish buyers please use: Reg. 3001- konto 4001528459.

If you have EURO as national currency, you are advised to pay to our representative in Germany, Andreas Schmid. 

Andreas Schmid, Lerchenweg 4, D-97717 Euerdorf, Germany. E-mail: schmidandy@aol.com

Targobank, Düsseldorf, BLZ: 30020900.  BIC: CMCIDEDD.  IBAN: DE07 3002 0900 5200 087693.

If you want to pay via PAYPAL, you have to contact Andreas Schmid, before you send your payment.

Payment via PayPal only in US$ currency and only for persons, living outside the European Union (EU).

Best 73's,  

Anker Petersen and Bent Nielsen

Samples from Domestic Broadcasting Survey 18: 

B    3900     10     CHN    Hulun Buir PBS,Hailar, Nei         2130-0700 (Tu-0210) 0900-1440 C Menggu MAR16

A   3905     10     INS      RRI Merauke                                Pro 1: 2000-2200 0700-1500v Bahasa Indonesia, ID: "Pro Satu Radio  Republik Indonesia Merauke"     MAR16

A   3912     50     CLA     Voice of the People,via Goyang,  0530-2330 Korean to KRE // 3480(ID) 4450 6518 6600  South Korea MAR16

A   3915     100   SNG    BBC, via Kranji    2200-2300 E    MAR16

A   3925     50     J           R Nikkei, Nagara, Chiba, Tokyo  HS 1: 2155-1500 Japanese // 6055 9595, ID: "Nikkei Radio - sha Tampa-hoso" (Nikkei R Corp. SW Brc.)  MAR16

C    3925     10     J           R Nikkei, Nemuro  HS 1: 2300-0750 Japanese PPPPP

B    3945     10     J           R Nikkei, Nagara, Chiba, Tokyo HS 2: Su-Th 2300-1400(Fr-Sa -0900) Japanese // 6115 9760, ck 3925 (ID)   MAR16

B    3945     6       VUT    R Vanuatu, Emten Lagoon            0400-2200 Bislama/E/F, (= 7260  MAR16

A   3950     100   CHN    Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi,Xinjiang   Nov-May: 2300-0230 1205-1800 C, ID: "Xinjiang renmin kwangpo dientai", E ID: "China Xinjiang People's Radio Station" // 5060 5960;           (=7260) MAER16

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D   4755,5  1       FSM    The Cross R, Pacific Missionary  2000-1200v E rlg, ID: "The Cross Radio", relays FM 88.5/99.5/102.5

                                         Aviation (PMA), Pohnpei            Without power after a storm in May 2015                                                MAY15

B    4760     4       IND     AIR Port Blair, Brookshabad,      Southern Sce: 2355-0300 1030-1700(SS -1730) (SE: 2315-0300 1030-                                                            Andaman & Nicobar Islands                     1830) E/Hindi/ Sanskrit/Nicobarese/Telegu/ Bengali/Tamil/Malayalam,

                                                                                               E nx 0035 1230 1530. S/on with Vande Mataram hymn, Hindi ID:

                                                                                               "Yeh Akashvani Port Blair-he" (Akashvani = The voice from the sky),

                                                                                               0125-0130 Sanskrit, 1030-1100 Nicobarese, 1100-1130 Telegu,

                                                                                               1130-1200 Tamil, 1200-1230 Bengali, (= 7390)                                      MAR16

C    4760     7       IND     R Kashmir, Leh (Laddakh),          (Apr-Oct 0130-)0210-0430 1130-1630v, (SE: 2315-0410 1045-1830)

                                         Jammu and Kashmir                     E/Hindi/Urdu/Laddakhi/Kashmiri. ID: "Akashvani Leh", "Radio

                                                                                               Kashmir". E nx 0245-0300, (= 6000). Part of AIR                                  MAR16

D   4760     1       LBR     ELWA, Monrovia                         0530-1000 1700-2400 (SS-2230) E/Vn, ck 6050                                    JUN15

B    4760     50     SWZ    TWR, Mpangela Ranch                FS: Su 1630-1645 P                                                                                 MAR16

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