Category Archives: Schedules and Frequencies

WRTH B14 Schedule Updates

(Source: WRTH)

Updates to the B14 schedules published in the 2015 edition of WRTH are now available to download, for free, from www.wrth.com.

You will need a program capable of displaying PDF files to view these updates. We hope you find these a useful companion to the printed WRTH. Please note that the cut-off date for the file was Jan 29, so any changes that were received after that date will not be included in this file. If we receive enough updates, we may publish an updated version of this file before the end of season.

73 and happy listening from the WRTH Editorial Team.

Please circulate this information freely and as widely as possible! Many thanks.

Radio Australia propagation map and revised schedule

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Speaking of the Radio Australia shortwave service reductions, I just received RA’s new propagation map (above) and schedule (below). Click images to enlarge.

My source also sent a few RA internal notes/points regarding services, feeds and transmitters:

Radio Australia

Babcock ended 14th January.
Brandon last broadcast 31st January.
Shepparton reduced schedule from 1st February. 3 transmitters only.

RAS 1 is Pacific Satellite Feed
RAS 2 is Asia Satellite Feed
RAW 5 is Asia Web Feed
RAW 6 is Pacific Web Feed

Reminder – preferred backup domestic source is Classic FM, not Radio National.
[…]Radio Australia News ex N05 will be the SERN bed news 0600-1800 Monday-Friday.

WRTH 2015 available on Amazon.com

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The publishers of the Wold Radio TV Handbook sent the following message to me regarding availability of WRTH 2015 on Amazon.com:

“WRTH 2015 is now available on Amazon.com, despite the first page listing it as “This title has not yet been released.” We have been unable to get Amazon to change this page.

Readers in North America should click on the listing for other new offers – currently showing as 8 New from $27.28. The copies shipped by us to Amazon are listed under WRTH Publications Limited. These copies will be fulfilled direct from Amazon distribution centers. All the other offers on the page rely on shipping copies from Europe.”

Many thanks to WRTH for clarifying this. Please click here to order WRTH 2015 from Amazon.com.

Click here to read our overview of WRTH 2015 (hint: another excellent issue).

23 January 2015: A Friday morning 31 meter band scan

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This morning, I tuned around the 31 meter band and was surprised with favorable propagation out of Asia (see spectrum waterfall above–click to enlarge).

I started logging a few stations, but the effort quickly turned into a full band scan/survey. I logged everything I could easily hear between the 9,390-10,000 kHz portion of the 31 meter band.

I logged 52 stations and omitted eight that I considered too weak for good copy.

I used my WinRadio Excalibur SDR connected to a large horizontal delta loop wire antenna.

The number of broadcasts originating in or targeting China is pretty phenomenal: the 31 band is your oyster, if you speak Chinese.

31 Meter Band 1200 – 1300 UTC, all frequencies in kHz

9390 Radio Thailand Malaysian (1200Z) then English (1230Z)
9410 China National Radio 5 Chinese
9430 FEBC Radio Chinese
9440 China Radio International Cambodian
9460 China Radio International English
9475 Radio Australia English
9490 Voice Of America Korean
9500 China National Radio 1 Chinese
9515 China National Radio 2 Chinese
9530 Voice Of America Chinese
9540 China Radio International Chinese
9550 China Radio International Vietnamese (covered by CRI Cantonese distortion)
Note the blowtorch CRI signal on 9,570 kHz which was blanketing the surrounding spectrum with noise.
9570 China Radio International Cantonese (transmitter spewing distortion 50 kHz wide)
9580 Radio Australia English (covered by CRI Cantonese distortion)
9590 China Radio International Russian (covered by CRI Cantonese distortion)
9600 China Radio International English
9620 China National Radio 6 Chinese
9635 Voice of Vietnam 1 Vietnamese (slightly below freq)
9640 Radio Havana Cuba Spanish
9645 China Radio International English
9655 China Radio International Chinese
9660 Radio Taiwan International Chinese
9680 Radio Taiwan International Chinese
9700 Lower Sideband communication (UNID)
9710 China National Radio 1 Chinese
9720 China Radio International Filipino
9730 China Radio International English
9735 Radio Taiwan International Indonesian
9740 BBC English
9745 Guanghua zhi Sheng Chinese
9750 Radio Kuwait Arabic
9730 China Radio International English
9770 KBS World Radio Chinese
9775 China National Radio 2 Chinese (vy weak)
9785 China Radio International Laotian
9790 Voice Of Islamic Republic of Iran Pashto
9810 China National Radio 2 Chinese and All India Radio Telugu
9820 Radio Havana Cuba Spanish
9825 Voice Of America Chinese
9830 China National Radio 1 Chinese
9840 Voice of Vietnam English
9850 Radio Habana Cuba Spanish
9855 China Radio International Chinese
9860 China National Radio 1 Chinese (vy weak)
9880 KSDA-AWR Guam Korean (vy weak)
9900 Radio France International Chinese
9920 FEBC Radio Bahnar (w/Jamming)
9940 Reach Beyond Australia (HCJB) Indonesian
9955 Radio Slovakia International English (via WRMI/WRN)
9975 KTWR Guam Chinese
9990 Radio Farda Persian
10000 WWV Fort Collins English

I recorded two broadcasts during the scan–both at 12:30 UTC: Radio Thailand (9,390 kHz) and Radio Slovakia (9,955 kHz). I will post them soon.

Revised B14 Radio Australia schedule

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Click to enlarge.

I just received the revised B14 RA schedule (above–click to enlarge) which shows the reduction of broadcasts this year. The Brandon, QLD transmission facility has been closed and Radio Australia has also moth-balled the newest Continental transmitters at Shepparton.

For comparison click here for the current English HF schedule (PDF).

For what it’s worth, I’m still grateful to see that RA will continue their broadcasts on 9,580 kHz–a staple frequency in my part of the world.

Test Transmissions from Radio Revival Sweden, Thursday, January 22

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Many thanks to Jonathan Marks for sharing this release from Radio Revival Sweden:

Dear Listeners,

Radio Revival Sweden will be testing on Thursday, January 22 as follows:

6035 kHz AM 5 kW 1200 – 1500 UTC

9815 kHz A3H 10 kW 1200 – 1300 UTC

9865 kHz A3H 10 kW 1300 – 1400 UTC

9875 kHz A3H 10 kW 1400 – 1500 UTC

Please listen in and tell us how you are receiving our signal. Regular transmissions will follow this weekend and you are of course welcome to book airtime.

Good listening & 73s

Ronny Forslund
Radio Revival Sweden

Reception reports can be sent to radiorevivalsweden (at) hotmail.com. RSS doesn’t have a printed QSL card but have mentioned that they will respond by email.

Special Radio Netherlands broadcasts starting January 17 and 18, 2015

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Peter De Groot writes:

A series of special Radio Netherlands broadcasts will begin on January 17th and 18th, 2015. Presenters will be John van den Steen, Jerry Cowan and Tim Thomasson. See frequencies and times below:

0100 to 0200 UTC on 7,570 kHz

0100 to 0200 UTC on 11,790 and perhaps 13700

Peter sent no more information than this, so I’m not sure where the transmissions will originate. Since RNW is no longer on the air, I’m certain these broadcasts aren’t coming from Hilversum.

Hopefully, someone will attempt to record these broadcasts in case I’m not in the broadcast footprint. Would like to add this to the SW Radio Audio Archive.