KNLS A16

Summer A-16 of KNLS The New Life Station via tx#1 and tx#2

USA Summer A-16 of KNLS The New Life Station via tx#1 and tx#2

 

0800-0900 UTC on 9655 kHz NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1

0800-0900 on 11870 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#2

0900-1000 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1

0900-1000 on 11870 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2

1000-1100 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1

1000-1100 on 11870 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#2

1100-1200 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1

1100-1200 on 11870 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2

1200-1300 on 7355 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs English tx#1

1200-1300 on 11870 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#2

1300-1400 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2

1300-1400 on 9920 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1

1400-1500 on 7355 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1

1400-1500 on 11765 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#2

1500-1600 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2

1500-1600 on 9920 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1

1600-1700 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2

1600-1700 on 9920 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1

1700-1800 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2

1700-1800 on 9920 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1

(Iva Ivanov)

 

*All times in UTC & frequencies in kHz

Madagascar World Voice A16

Summer A-16 of WWCB Madagascar World Voice

MADAGASCAR Summer A-16 of WWCB Madagascar World Voice

0000-0100 UTC on 9600   kHz MWV 100 kW/040 deg to India English

0100-0200 UTC on 9665   kHz MWV 100 kW / 040 deg to SoAs English

0200-0300 UTC on 6190   kHz MWV 100 kW / 250 deg to SoAm Spanish

0300-0400 UTC on 6150   kHz MWV 100 kW / 265 deg to SoAm Spanish

0400-0500 UTC on 9480   kHz MWV 100 kW / 295 deg to CeAf English

1800-1900 UTC on 9570   kHz MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian

1800-1900 UTC on 17640 kHz MWV 100 kW / 310 deg to CeAf English

1900-2000 UTC on 11945 kHz MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to N/ME Arabic

1900-2000 UTC on 13710 kHz MWV 100 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Arabic

2100-2200 UTC on 11615 kHz MWV 100 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Chinese

2200-2300 UTC on 9455   kHz MWV 100 kW / 055 deg to EaAs Chinese

2200-2300 UTC on 11770 kHz MWV 100 kW / 325 deg to NoAf Arabic

(Ivo Ivanov)

 

 

Jay Allen's AM Portables Mega Shootout 2016

The much awaited Jay Allen's AM Portables Mega Shootout is finally out, here's the link :

 

Shootout Of The Super AM Portables

 

http://radiojayallen.com/am-portables-mega-shootout-2016-update/

Software package for car radios with DRM – Digital Radio Mondiale

Erlangen, Germany, March 10, 2016: A new generation of car radios is just around the corner. These devices receive information not by analog transmission, but digitally – for example, via the new standard, DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale). The advantages: increased sound quality, along with the ability to simultaneously transmit images and text information. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS are now offering device manufacturers a new software package with a decoder for DRM+, and in so doing have pushed digitization one step forward. DRM+ was developed for digital transmissions in the FM band and rounds out the DRM standard.

In a sense, FM radios are true antiques: for decades, they have relied on traditional analog signals. Digital transmission, however, makes for a far superior listening experience. Rather than being sent over the airwaves in analog form, the information is broadcast digitally. An antenna picks up the signal, and software embedded in the radio converts it back into music. The result: enhanced audio signal quality.

In the digitization of FM frequencies, many countries are moving to the new standard, DRM – short for Digital Radio Mondiale. India, with over a billion potential radio listeners, is but one example. The digital information is transmitted via the same frequencies that radio broadcasters have used for analog transmission for decades. Up to now, however, the introduction of the DRM standard has been delayed because broadcasters are waiting for device manufacturers to build DRM-capable radios. The manufacturers, in turn, have been holding back production until the broadcasting companies switch over to digital transmission signals.

The researchers at Fraunhofer IIS are stepping up to help accelerate the international DRM rollout. After developing high-quality receiver software for the DAB standard, which is popular in Germany and Europe, it was a logical step for Fraunhofer IIS to take a comparable approach to DRM. "As with our established DAB software package, we have now developed receiver software for the complete DRM standard," reveals Thomas Dettbarn, scientist at Fraunhofer IIS. "The radio manufacturers can build on a proven modular system, thus shortening their development times and, in turn, reducing their costs. This allows them to focus on integration and application development."

A central component of the modular system developed by Fraunhofer IIS, and the heart of any digital radio, is the baseband decoder. This converts the transmission signals received from the broadcaster into digital data streams. In the DRM standard, the sound quality is ensured by the new audio codec MPEG xHE-AAC – the successor to HE-AAC v2, which has a track record of success in DRM and DAB+. Numerous service decoders for the representation of text, images, and other value-added information are available as additional components of the modular DRM system. Of special note here is the text information service Journaline: similarly to teletext on TV, it presents specific information from the broadcaster that the users can read while listening to their favorite station. This may be news, weather reports, sports results, or station contact details for participating in the radio program. Journaline is also part of the DRM Emergency Warning Functionality, or EWF. In the case of an alert, EWF enables DRM receivers to switch automatically over to the emergency program, in which the audio announcement is accompanied by text giving multilingual details and instructions on looking up further needed information.

For manufacturers, Fraunhofer's modular approach to DRM means that they can select various features according to their own radio designs and compose the functional range of their devices as required.

(Fraunhofer IIS Press Release)

Google testing 100KW radio transmitter in New Mexico

Experiments involve high power transitions, at varying 2.5 GHz, 5.8GHz, 24GHz, 71-76GHz, and 81-86GHz.To test the transmitter, Google is reportedly using radio call sign WI9XZE.

Most reports speculate that the 100 kW transmitter testing could be related to the little known SkyBender project.

Full story at :

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/google-testing-100kw-radio-transmitter-in-new-mexico-possibly-related-to-project-skybender-report-302643.html

Mighty KBC 6095 kHz closing down

KBC 6095 Closing Down

Due to the lack of new sponsors, The Mighty KBC will close down on 6095 kHz on March 27th, 2016. We will soon announce if we continue on shortwave on 6040 kHz to the USA. We will improve our 1602 AM /DAB+ service. This will happen on April 1st.

http://www.kbcradio.eu/index.php?dir=news/detail&id=426

HT Media launches new FM station "Radio Nasha" in New Delhi

HT Media, which operates its FM radio stations under the brand "Fever FM" in five cities, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, has launched a new brand, "Radio Nasha" in New Delhi.

The company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the new broadcast station Radio Nasha 107.2 FM was launched in the capital on 9 March 2016.

HT Media picked up the most expensive frequency at Rs 169.16 crore  for the lone one  available in Delhi, during the auction of the first batch of FM phase three frequencies.

Non-stop test transmissions on 107.2 MHz was first observed on 27th Feb, 2016, here's a video :

https://youtu.be/710jWia5mqI

Here's HT Media'a corporate announcement submitted to NSE :

http://nseindia.com/corporate/HTMEDIA_09032016170249_548.zip

Revolutionary audio codec delivers quality at much lower bit rates

A new audio codec has been introduced that will dramatically reduce the cost of audio streaming on the web, on mobile phones, and improve audio encoding for digital radio.

The new MPEG coding, called xHE-AAC is the latest upgrade to the AAC family of audio compression algorithms, pioneered by the not for profit research organisation Fraunhofer. It provides extended high efficiency (xHE) encoding of AAC compression, which explains the acronym.

Read more at:

https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/revolutionary-audio-codec-delivers-quality-much-lower-bit-rates-dbs2016

First Anniversary of DRM Transmitter celebrated at AIR Pune

First Anniversary of DRM Transmitter celebrated at AIR Pune.

http://airddfamily.blogspot.in/2016/03/first-anniversary-of-drm-transmitter.html

Also a nice video....

https://youtu.be/XuJv0a3PRRc

First WebSDR from India coming up !

Have you ever wanted to listen to HF bands from India ? Don't have a HF receiver and antenna? Out of town and miss listening to the bands ? Or just trying to test your new transmitter?

Your needs have been answered !

We are proud to introduce to you, South Asia and India's first WebSDR!, a mirror to your own transmissions !

(A WebSDR is a Software-Defined Radio receiver connected to the internet, allowing many listeners to listen and tune it simultaneously)

The web service will be available to all via http://www.websdr.in/ from March 13th! (running on testing mode now)

We have a 30 user limit now. If u are not able to access, refresh window.

Current Hardware is a LinuxMint server with VUSDR from Dr Naidu. Antenna is an Inverted V at ~45m MSL

Currently this is in the testing mode and we are planning to add more bands and spectrum later.

Chrome browser is working with android perfectly, iOs Safari will work only on mobile mode of site and also needed to be enabled "iOS audio start" button which comes near to the Waterfall

Linux/Windows users: Select HTML5 and if audio wont come up. Check whether the audio device is busy on playing music or some audio application.

Android app PocketRxTX support is coming up.

Mac: Not tested so far

Default configuration of the site is done to 7070LSB for PC users, Mob-site configuration yet to do :)

Our team :  Ragav VU3VWR,SureshVU2XSK,Kaviyarasu, Myself VU2XPK and Saro VU3OBR  

Hope you will like it, expecting your feedback's!

  

Thanks and 73,

Sinosh Pushparajan

SIARS (South India Amateur Radio Society)

VOA Introduces Lao English Teaching Program

WASHINGTON D.C., March 3, 2016 -- The Voice of America will launch a new English-language learning program on Lao National Television March 5th to teach American-style English.

English Lessons with Toui and Mani is hosted by VOA Lao Service's Phouthasone Douangphoumy, known on the program as "Toui," and VOA Khmer Service's Manilene Ek, known as "Mani." The program series teaches television audiences in Laos the use and meaning of American idioms, and provides information about the U.S. culture.

"The hosts make a great team explaining life in the United States while they teach English as it is spoken in America," said East Asia and Pacific Division Director William Baum. "Toui and Mani are fun to watch."

Lao National TV is the most-watched television network in Laos, with an audience share of 53 percent. English Lessons with Toui and Mani will air Saturdays and Sundays from 6 p.m. to 6:25 p.m. in Laos, airing just prior to the network's evening newscast.

"We are aiming this show at a wide audience, such as students, private companies, and government," said host Toui. "English is booming, and this is a very good opportunity for people in Laos to learn about it."

Added Kelu Chao, acting Director of VOA, "People watching English Lessons with Toui and Mani will have a head start learning American English, should they want to come to the U.S. to go to school, or use English in their business at home in Laos."

VOA radio broadcasts rank among the most popular international programs in Laos, where local news media are subject to censorship. VOA Laos transmits on shortwave, local affiliate radio stations, and the Internet in Laos and northern Thailand, where many Lao-speakers live.

VOA reaches a global weekly audience of more than 187 million people in over 40 languages. VOA programs are delivered on satellite, cable, shortwave, FM, medium wave, streaming audio and video and more than 2,350 media outlets worldwide. It is funded by the U.S. Congress through the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

(Press Release)

Freenet takes over Media Broadcast

March 3, 2016 11.22 EUROPE/LONDON BY JÖRN KRIEGER

The German mobile communications company Freenet has acquired the German technical services provider Media Broadcast through its subsidiary mobilcom-debitel, paying €295 million for 100% of its shares.

Media Broadcast's satellite business unit is not included in the transaction. If approval by the anti-trust authorities is granted, the acquisition is expected to be completed in April 2016 at the latest.

French technical services provider TDF Group acquired Media Broadcast (then called T-Systems Media&Broadcast) from Deutsche Telekom for €850 million in 2007. 

Full story at :

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/03/03/freenet-takes-over-media-broadcast/

VOA Launches New Prime Time Programs for Iran

WASHINGTON D.C.-- VOA Persian launched its television program New Horizon with Payam Yazdian followed by C-Street, the first of its Farsi language documentary series produced by Bloomberg Television. The Voice of America is shaking up its prime time television line-up in Iran with a fresh look and with new Farsi language programming that will continue to speak to Iran's millennials and its diverse audience. "We are making efforts to keep pace with the media markets in Iran. The target is a younger audience and we are evolving with the times," explains VOA Persian Service Director Setareh Derakhshesh.

New Horizon with Payam Yazdian focuses on international issues and is the first of four new weekly programs under one umbrella - New Horizon - each focusing on the rapidly changing issues affecting Iran and the world:

Mondays: New Horizon with Payam Yazdian, (International Issues)

Tuesdays: New Horizon with Masoud Safiri, (Inside Iran Issues)

Wednesdays: New Horizon with Ali Javanmardi, (Regional Issues and the Fight against ISIS)

Thursdays: New Horizon with Fahimeh Khezr Heidari, (Women and Minorities, Culture, and Social Issues)

Paired with the New Horizon programs and airing from 8:30 - 9:00 p.m. Iran time, VOA Persian also premiered the first of its four weekly half-hour Farsi language documentary series, produced by Bloomberg Television:

Mondays: C-Suite (an inside view of successful companies)

Tuesdays: Brink (technology, science, and cutting edge companies)

Wednesdays: Inside Series (another inside view of successful companies)

Thursdays: Game Changers (Bios of successful well-known entrepreneurs)

Promotion for the new lineup began last week.

The new one-hour lineup precedes VOA Persian's flagship news broadcast,NewsHour. "Relations between Iran and the United States are evolving," said Kelu Chao, acting VOA Director. "Our new prime time television lineup for Iran responds to the evolving needs of the Iranian audience." 

VOA Persian programs can be seen via the following satellites:

Yahsat (52.5 Deg East) - DL freq 11996 MHz, FEC sym rate 5/6 27.5 MSyms/s, DP - V, VC/ID 203

Eutelsat HB 13B (13 Deg East) - DL freq 12226 MHz, FEC sym rate 3/4 27.5 MSyms/s, DP - V, VC/ID 225

Asiasat-7 (105.5 Deg East) - DL freq 4040 MHz, FEC sym rate 1/2 26.5 MSyms/s, DP - H, VC/ID 415

VOA reaches a global weekly audience of more than 187 million people in over 40 languages. VOA programs are delivered on satellite, cable, shortwave, FM, medium wave, streaming audio and video and more than 2,350 media outlets worldwide. It is funded by the U.S. Congress through the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

(Press Release)

VOA Presents Exclusive Tibetan Election Debate

WASHINGTON D.C., March 2, 2016 -- The top candidates for the position of Tibet's political leader in exile (Sikyong, or prime minister) faced off this week in an exclusive prime time internet, radio, and television broadcast to Tibet, aired and hosted by the Voice of America.  VOA is the leading international broadcaster serving Chinese-occupied Tibet, where local media are censored.

The debate was held in Dharamsala, India, where Tibet's Central Administration in exile is based. Lobsang Sangay, the incumbent Sikyong, and Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the exile Tibetan Parliament, participated.  

"Our facilitating and broadcasting the 2016 exiled Tibetan government's election debate served two purposes," said Losang Gyatso, Chief of VOA Tibetan Service. "For our audiences inside China-controlled Tibet, it's an opportunity to see exiled Tibetans selecting their leadership through a democratic system. For the diaspora Tibetans who vote in the election, it is a rare opportunity to see candidates debate topics important to resolving the Tibet issue."

The election is scheduled for March 20. VOA Tibetan Service broadcaster Namgyal Shastri and Tenzin Sangmo, VOA Tibetan's reporter in Dharamsala, moderated the debate, which is the only one scheduled between the two candidates.

"With the Dalai Lama entering his ninth decade, this election comes at a critical time," said VOA's East Asia and Pacific Division Director William Baum. "Our Tibetan Service is committed to providing accurate, uncensored coverage of this important election."

Tibetans inside China-controlled Tibet are prohibited from voting, so the more than 150,000 Diaspora Tibetans living in Nepal, India, Europe, the United States, and other parts of the world will elect the new Tibetan leader.

Kelu Chao, acting Director of VOA, praised the Tibetan Service for its initiative. "We appreciated the candidates' willingness to participate in the debate, and were pleased Voice of America could present it for the people of Tibet," she said.

VOA Tibetan reaches its audience through television, radio and the Internet with uncensored news that is unavailable to Tibetans inside China through state-controlled Chinese media. VOA offers critical discussions on important issues and provides valuable information and expertise that help support the development of Tibetan civil society. VOA Tibetan audiences are located in Tibet; in the ethnic Tibetan regions of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan; and in Bhutan, Nepal, and India-where Tibetan speakers live.

VOA reaches a global weekly audience of more than 187 million people in over 40 languages. VOA programs are delivered on satellite, cable, shortwave, FM, medium wave, streaming audio and video and more than 2,350 media outlets worldwide. It is funded by the U.S. Congress through the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

(Press Release)

ALYX & YEYI A16

Summer A-16 shortwave schedule of Alyx and Yeyi

Denge Kurdistan
0300-0500 UTC on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0500-1400 UTC on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1400-1700 UTC on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1700-1900 UTC on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1900-2100 UTC on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish

Suab Xaa Moo Zoo
1130-1200 UTC on 11570 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong
2230-2300 UTC on  7530 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong

Radio Que Me
1200-1230 UTC on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Vietnamese Fri

Living Water Ministry Broadcasting
1530-1630 UTC on  9650 unknown probably PUG to NEAs Korean Wed

Oromo Voice Radio, Raadiyoo Sagalee Oromoo
1600-1615 UTC on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon
1615-1630 UTC on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf English Mon
1600-1630 UTC on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Wed/Sat
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming

Radio Xoriyo
1600-1630 UTC on 17870 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri
Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming

Radio Assenna
1700-1800 UTC on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon/Thu/Sat

Eritrean Forum Medrek
1700-1800 UTC on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Tue/Sun
1700-1800 UTC on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Wed/Fri
1800-1900 UTC on 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat

(Ivo Ivanov)