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WRTH A19 Bargraph Frequency Guide

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(Source: WRTH via John Hoad)

WRTH A19 Bargraph Frequency Guide

Now Available – Buy your CD or Download today!

We are delighted to announce the availability of the new WRTH Bargraph Frequency Guide for the A19 season. The CD contains the complete, and monitored, A19 international broadcasts on LW, MW and SW, and fully updated domestic shortwave, displayed as a pdf colour bargraph.
There are also other pdf and xls files to help you get the most out of the Bargraph. All these files are also available on a downloadable Zip file.

If you have not yet got your copy of WRTH 2019 then why not buy one now. Readers in the USA can also buy from Amazon.com or Universal Radio Inc.

The CD and Download are only available from the WRTH site. Visit our website to find out more and to order a copy.

I hope you enjoy using this new Frequency Guide.

Nicholas Hardyman

Publisher

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Alan Roe’s updated A19 season guide to music on shortwave

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who notes:

I attach an updated version (version 2) of my “Music Programmes on Shortwave” PDF list for the current A-19 broadcast season for you to consider adding to your SWLing Post pages. I hope that you find it of interest. As always, I appreciate any updates or corrections.

Alan, thanks so much for keeping this brilliant guide updated each broadcast season and for sharing it here with the Post community! I always keep a printed version of your guide at my listening post!

Click here to download a PDF copy of Alan Roe’s Music on Shortwave A-19.

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Alex updates frequency charts and upgrades format

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alex, who notes updates to his excellent frequency charts. Alex writes:

My charts are updated again. This time I have changed format and made the charts less time consuming to compile and – I think – more user friendly too.

The result is they are updated for the summer schedule much earlier – there are still 6 months of summer to go for them to be useful!

For each hour, the listener is given a running order of about 30 stations that are most worthwhile to try. Doing it this way means you can easily compare the reception quality of the different frequencies for the same station and also get an idea of each broadcaster’s strategy for reaching listeners.

For the summer, I have put the top station as number 51, down to about 80. Many radios have enough storage to allow you to set a page for each hour and then up to 100 presets for each page. This means you can check your favourite stations in a couple of minutes. There is less detail, but today time is so precious, the ease of use seemed to me to be the priority for the charts. (I have numbered 1 to 30 for the winter charts)

Thank you for once again updating and sharing your handy broadcast charts, Alex!

Click here to download Alex’s broadcast charts via his website, ShortwaveTimes.com.

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What are Shortwave and HF broadcast seasons?

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After posting recent shortwave broadcast schedules and updates for the A19 season, SWLing Post reader Tom Cook asked, “What is A19?”

Excellent question, Tom! And, frankly, one I’ve never answered here on the SWLing Post even though it’s so fundamental to understand HF broadcast scheduling.

Shortwave broadcast schedules are coordinated for two seasons:

  • a summer season which starts on the last Sunday in March and ends on the last Sunday in October; and
  • a winter season which starts on the last Sunday in October and ends on the last Sunday in March.

The summer season is often referred to as the “A” season, and winter the “B” season. This is often abbreviated, so “A19” equates to the 2019 “A” or summer season.

For newcomers to shortwave listening, the confusing bit is that three month period between January and March in any given year–the end of the “B” season which started the previous year. For example, in February 2019 you would still be in the B18 broadcast season even though you’re already in the year 2019.

At time of posting (May 4, 2019), we are in the A19 HF broadcasting season.

Thanks for asking your question, Tom! I hope this explanation helps.

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Alan Roe’s A19 season guide to music on shortwave

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who notes:

I attach a copy of my “Music Programmes on Shortwave” PDF list for the
new A-19 broadcast season for you to consider adding to your SWLing Post
pages.

Alan, thanks so much for keeping this brilliant music guide updated each broadcast season and for sharing it here with the community! I always print and keep a copy of your guide at my listening post!

Click here to download a PDF copy of Alan Roe’s Music on Shortwave A-19 v1.1.

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Shortwave Service A19 Schedule

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Hoad, who notes that the German broadcaster, Shortwave Service, has posted their A19 schedule. We’ve included it below for your convenience:

(Source: Shortwave Service)

3985 kHz Montag-Freitag

1500-1530 UTC Radio Tirana Französisch
1530-1600 UTC Radio Slowakei Französisch
1600-1700 UTC SRF Echo der Zeit
1700-1800 UTC Radio Mi Amigo International
1800-1830 UTC Radio Slowakei Deutsch
1830-1900 UTC Radio Slowakei Französisch
1900-1930 UTC Radio Slowakei Englisch
1930-2000 UTC Radio Tirana Deutsch (Mo-Sa)
2000-2030 UTC Radio Tirana Italienisch (Mo-Sa)
2030-2050 UTC Radio Belarus Französisch
2030-2110 UTC Radio Belarus Spanisch

3985 kHz Samstag

1500-1530 UTC Radio Tirana Französisch
1530-1600 UTC Radio Slowakei Französisch
1600-1700 UTC SRF Echo der Zeit
1700-1800 UTC Radio Canada International Französisch
1800-1830 UTC Radio Slowakei Deutsch
1830-1900 UTC Radio Slowakei Französisch
1900-1930 UTC Radio Slowakei Englisch
1930-2000 UTC Radio Tirana Deutsch (Mo-Sa)
2000-2030 UTC Radio Tirana Italienisch (Mo-Sa)
2030-2050 UTC Radio Belarus Französisch
2030-2110 UTC Radio Belarus Spanisch

3985 kHz Sonntag

1500-1530 UTC Radio Tirana Französisch
1530-1600 UTC Radio Slowakei Französisch
1600-1700 UTC SRF Echo der Zeit
1700-1800 UTC Radio Canada International Englisch
1800-1830 UTC Radio Slowakei Deutsch
1830-1900 UTC Radio Slowakei Französisch
1900-1930 UTC Radio Slowakei Englisch
1930-2030 UTC Musik / Sonderprogramme
2030-2050 UTC Radio Belarus Französisch
2030-2110 UTC Radio Belarus Spanisch

6005 kHz Mo-Fr

0700-0900 Radio Belarus Deutsch
0900-0930 DP07 Seewetter
0930-1000 Voice of Mongolia Englisch
1000-1030 Radio Slowakei Deutsch
1030-1100 SRF RendezVous
1100-1130 Radio Slowakei Englisch
1130-1200 Radio Slowakei Französisch
1200-1230 DP07 Seewetter
1230-1300 Radio Tirana Englisch
1300-1330 Radio Slowakei Deutsch
1330-1400 Radio Slowakei Französisch
1400-1430 Radio Slowakei Spanisch
1430-1500 Radio Slowakei Englisch
1500-1530 Polskie Radio Deutsch
1530-1600 Radio Slowakei Englisch
1600-1700 SRF Echo der Zeit

6005 kHz Sa

0700-0900 Radio Belarus Deutsch
0900-0930 DP07 Seewetter
0930-1000 Voice of Mongolia Englisch
1000-1030 Radio Slowakei Deutsch
1030-1100 Musik
1100-1130 Radio Slowakei Englisch
1130-1200 Radio Slowakei Französisch
1200-1230 DP07 Seewetter
1230-1300 Radio Tirana Englisch
1300-1330 Radio Slowakei Deutsch
1330-1400 Radio Slowakei Französisch
1400-1430 Radio Slowakei Spanisch
1430-1500 Radio Slowakei Englisch
1500-1530 Polskie Radio Deutsch
1530-1600 Radio Slowakei Englisch
1600-1700 SRF Echo der Zeit

6005 kHz So

0700-0900 Radio Belarus Deutsch
0900-0930 DP07 Seewetter
0930-1000 Voice of Mongolia Englisch
1000-1030 Radio Slowakei Deutsch
1030-1100 Radio Canada International Französisch
1100-1130 Radio Slowakei Englisch
1130-1200 Radio Slowakei Französisch
1200-1230 DP07 Seewetter
1230-1300 Radio Canada International Englisch
1300-1330 Radio Slowakei Deutsch
1330-1400 Radio Slowakei Französisch
1400-1430 Radio Slowakei Spanisch
1430-1500 Radio Slowakei Englisch
1500-1530 Polskie Radio Deutsch
1530-1600 Radio Slowakei Englisch
1600-1700 SRF Echo der Zeit

Montag-Sonntag

0700-1700 Radio MiAmigo International*

Samstag-Sonntag 7310 kHz
1000-1400 Radio MiAmigo International*

*Deutsch / Englisch / Niederländisch, Programmplan unter
http://www.radiomiamigo.international/english/sw-schedule.html.
Zeitangaben in UTC, Stand: 1.5.2019

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Classical Music on Radio Tumbril, April 28 – May 3

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Encore – Classical Music on shortwave – broadcast Sunday afternoon in Europe & USA

Encore – Classical Music this weekend is being broadcast as usual by Channel 292 (Europe) on 6070 kHz at 15:00 UTC Sunday 28th April.
Back on the air after ten days of maintenance.
And by WBCQ on 7490 kHz at 00:00 – 01:00 UTC Monday 29th April.

There is a repeat on 6070 kHz on Friday at 19:00 UTC.

The show this week will start with a fanfare on medieval bladder pipes followed by some Holst and an organ sonata by Bach. We have two lyrical and romantic contemporary pieces from Thomas Adès, also some Telemann and Mozart. Amongst much else – Leonard Bernstein conducts Charles Ives and the programme finishes with some early Russian polyphony.

As usual – reception reports and requests for music to play in future programmes will be very welcome.

Regular Broadcast times are:
15:00 – 16:00 UTC Sunday, and repeated 19:00 – 20:00 UTC Friday on 6070 kHz (Channel 292 Germany).
00:00 – 01:00 UTC Monday on 7490 kHz (WBCQ – Maine).

Brice Avery – Encore – Radio Tumbril – www.tumbril.co.uk

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