www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/radiogram.htm

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RTE Longwave update

Article from the Irish Sunday Independent -
http://www.independent.ie/business/media/rte-ditches-plans-to-axe-longwave-252-radio-service-after-criticism-in-britain-35096216.html

RTE is set to scrap controversial plans to axe its longwave radio
service, aimed at saving the cash-strapped broadcaster €250,000 a
year, the Sunday Independent has learned.

As the station grapples with an unprecedented financial crisis, it was
announced two years ago that it planned to wind down longwave 252
broadcasts before full shutdown in May 2017. But the plan caused
widespread anger, particularly among the Irish community in Britain,
where the service is seen as a crucial lifeline for thousands of older
emigrants who cannot access digital broadcasts.

RTE sources say the service was targeted for shutdown because it is
considered outdated, and is an ongoing and unnecessary cost, during a
time of increasing financial pressures. However, as a result of a public
backlash, the broadcaster was forced to temporarily postpone the closure
until 2017, giving listeners more time to move over to digital
platforms. But the station has confirmed it is now carrying out a
"review" of its previous announcement.

A spokesperson added that there is now no specific date for the
termination of the service. However, it is understood there remains an
ongoing risk as regards its long-term viability. RTE has argued that
transition to better quality, more sustainable digital alternatives, is
essential in the longer term. There are an estimated 600,000 Irish-born
immigrants living in the UK. Many of the older emigrants left Ireland in
the 1950s - with only basic education - as Ireland grappled with
widespread unemployment.

They are now elderly and a significant number are in difficult financial
circumstances, according to social services. This radio service is still
a crucial 'link with home' for many thousands of older Irish in Britain,
according to various immigrant groups working with social services.

 

KBS World Radio Tests

KBS World Radio English Service from South Korea will carry test
transmissions from October 3 to 8 ahead of the B16 shortwave frequency
changes. They are looking for reception reports to be sent to
English@kbs.co.kr to help choose the best freqeuncy for the new season
which starts at the end of October.


Date Time kHz Target Area
Oct. 3 14:00-15:00 9595 India
Oct. 4 9665
Oct. 5 7215
Oct. 6 23:00-24:00 9570 Africa
Oct. 7 9710
Oct. 8 11615
 

Upcoming relays and special broadcasts:

VOA Radiogram will be on air this weekend on the following frequencies,
for more information on the modes to be used visit
http://voaradiogram.net/

Sat 0930-1000  5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300  5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
 

After a summer break Gilles Létourneau who runs the excellent
OfficialSWLchannel channel on Youtube is back with with his shortwave
and radio related Youtube Live shows. To watch the shows or any of his
videos go to https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialSWLchannel

Hobart Radio International will have the following schedule this weekend:

Saturdays  11580kHz 2030-2100, 2330-0000UTC
Sundays    15770khz 2100-2130UTC
Sundays     9955kHz 0330-0400UTC
Mondays     5130kHz 0330-0400UTC
Tuesdays    9955kHz 2230-2300UTC

From the beginning of November (B16) HRI will commence
fortnightly transmissions on Channel 292 6070kHz, but will cease WRMI
11580kHz and 15770kHz. WRMI on 9955kHz will remain.
 

Now we have the second part of an article from RadioJayAllen.com on
combating shortwave radio interference.



Some Examples Of Ways I’ve Dealt With Various Noise Sources:

Noise On The A/C Line & Battery Operation: RFI from many sources gets
into your radio via two routes – directly through the air and by
riding along the power lines. The noise on the A/C line will vary from
circuit to circuit and area to area in your house so simply plugging
your radio or the noise-making device into a different outlet or circuit
can make a big difference. Experiment to see what improvements you can
get this way. Given today’s typical household noise levels, if your
radio can run on battery power it will almost always suffer much less
noise that way than when plugged into the A/C line. Also, many modern
power supplies for radios (wall-warts) are themselves noisy through
improper design. Try battery power…if you haven’t tried that before
you may be in for a treat…it can dramatically lower the noise level.

One of the first noisy items I encountered was a flatbed scanner. It
took me awhile to localize it because I had never before encountered a
device that was noisy without being turned on…it just had to be
plugged in. Once I figured that out I simply left it unplugged except
when I was using it. Eventually it became outdated and was replaced with
a new model which is not noisy.

Modem: My modem was an intermittent noisemaker. Often I would unplug its
wall-wart and the noise would stop, but I could plug it in again and the
noise would not come back for hours or days. I never figured out why but
I replaced the wall-wart and the noise stayed away.

O2 (Carbon Monoxide) Detector: This was causing lots of hash on AM until
I relocated it to another outlet. If I had been aware of this issue when
I first bought it I might have tried a different model but this solution
worked for me.

Surge-Suppressor Power Strip: This was one of the hardest ones to locate
because it was both quirky and intermittent. I discovered it when I was
turning circuit breakers off individually. I turned one breaker off and
the noise stopped, but when I turned the breaker back on the noise did
not come back…for three days. I determined which outlets were
controlled by that circuit and when the noise finally returned I
systematically started pulling plugs but this time I got an unexpected
result when I unplugged a power strip which had several devices plugged
into it. It turned out that the power strip was the culprit but only
when one certain piece of equipment (an audio processor) was plugged
into it…now that’s nasty. The processor was fine when plugged in to
the outlet directly, and the power strip was fine when used with
anything else, but plug that particular component into that particular
power strip and BUZZ! It turns out that power strip had a MOV (Metal
Oxide Varistor) surge protector. These MOV’s tend to weaken with time
so many such strips include an indicator light to let you know their
status. So I admit I don’t know if it was the neon indicator or the
MOV itself which was causing the noise but the clear solution was to
replace the strip.

Dimmers: Some dimmers are far nosier than others. When installing or
replacing a dimmer be sure to look for one with RFI Suppression built
in…it should state this on the packaging. Even so, dimmers are noise
generators, and are generally at their worst at mid-brightness settings.
One solution I found was to use a small AM loop antenna to help improve
the signal to noise ratio. Loop antennas are natural noise-fighters
because they respond to the magnetic portion of the radio signal while
ignoring the electrical component, which is where the noise is. I have a
GE Reproduction Cathedral radio in my kitchen and it sits very near a
dimmer switch which has to be on most of the time. I found that my Terk
AM Advantage loop antenna placed next to the radio as shown virtually
eliminates the buzz caused by that dimmer on the AM station that radio
is always tuned to…it seems to be the only practical solution in this
case.

TV Sets have always been the bane of AM radio listeners but Plasma sets
are by far the worst offenders ever. If you are choosing a new set be
aware that LCD/LED sets produce far less interference; generally if you
are several feet from the TV you will be OK, whereas Plasma sets often
cause interference over much greater distances. If a nearby TV is
causing interference about the only thing you can do is to find a spot
where your reception is less affected by it, aim your radio carefully to
minimize it and again, try a loop antenna.

Other Solutions:

Noise Suppressing Power Strip or Outlet: These are available in many
forms and may sometimes be of value but their effectiveness is hard to
predict. I rate them as worth a try but don’t expect miracles.

Try A Windowsill: OK. You’ve been through it all, but living in an
apartment building you just have weak signals and tons of noise. There
is still hope. If your AM and SW reception is much better in a
windowsill than anywhere else inside your home, you can “import”
that signal to a more convenient listening spot using an antenna
designed to do this. For AM one excellent choice is the C. Crane Twin
Coil Ferrite Antenna . The pickup or head end of this antenna can be
placed on your windowsill to intercept signals that don’t make it
through the walls, then deliver them to your listening spot. The antenna
comes with a 6 foot cable for this purpose, but you can also obtain 25
and 50 foot extensions as needed. For this purpose I know of no other
antenna that works this well. For Shortwave there are a number of loops
available such as the Sony ANLP-1 (SW only) and Degen/Kaito loops (SW
Only SW/AM models available). Many listeners have gotten good results by
merely creating a stealth antenna…one which is almost invisible, using
fine wire or foil arranged around the window’s perimeter…again,
experimentation is the key here as there are few hard and fast rules
about what may work in your particular setting. If you can open a window
or balcony door you can place an antenna outdoors…a passive or active
whip such as the Sony AN-1 (now available from Japan via eBay as the
AN-12). Of course, if it happens to be convenient you can simply leave
the radio on the windowsill, perhaps aided by a small passive
loop…several are available and all are equally effective.

Other Antennas: I have focused on simple indoor solutions for noise but
if you live in a low noise residential area (where the noise outside is
much less than inside your house) and can erect an outdoor antenna –
an outdoor random wire is the simplest and least expensive antenna you
can have and often works very well. Often mistakenly referred to as
longwire antennas, random wires get their name because they are much
shorter than the wavelengths they are intended to receive and their
length is not critical…they do not have to made to a specific length
to resonate on certain wavelengths or frequency bands. Any wire from
about 30 feet up to as long as you can manage will be an excellent
receiving antenna for AM and shortwave if the noise levels are low in
your area…50 to 100 footers are common. Just be sure to use a balun
with shielded coax lead-in to maintain low noise…a simple unshielded
lead-in wire will introduce noise. Here’s one good site for general
antenna building information.

http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx/antenna/

There are also several manufactured antennas you can buy…these are cut
to specific lengths and are usually tuned and trapped to work within
specific frequency ranges but can offer better performance than the
random wire. While most are aimed at the shortwave listener many also
perform well for AM. Universal-Radio is one good source…an internet
search will yield many others. As I mentioned earlier, loop antennas are
generally the best tools for overcoming noise problems and they can also
be of immense value when located externally, either outdoors or just in
another room or attic. The Wellbrook loops
(http://www.wellbrook.uk.com/) are probably the finest available. A
newer offering from Pixel has been getting favorable comments as well.
Loops are valuable because they can outperform wire antennas where noise
is in the air outdoors. There simplest to install are hula-hoop-sized
loops which perform amazingly well and can be used indoors or outdoors,
(I use a Wellbrook ALA-3330S). There are also larger wire loops with
even greater capture area for the best performance you’ll find
anywhere. The T2FD loop is very effective as are the large aperture
loops from Wellbrook or homebrew designs.

Conclusion: (Sub-tiled. “Why is my car AM radio so much better than
any other radio I own?”) There’s much false information floating
around about why car radios seem so much better than most home AM
radios; here are the facts. First, it is indeed true that the best AM
car radios are superb receivers. They are well-built and have
well-designed circuitry. In the past, when radios were optional
equipment, they generally cost hundreds of dollars for an AM only
model…wouldn’t you expect it to be better than a $50 portable? They
also have the advantages of powerful amplifiers and a robust automotive
power supply. However the very best portable AM radios are also
excellent but as I said at the start, they are usually hampered by the
typical household’s difficult RF environment.

Many people point to once-ubiquitous whip antenna and car body as an
excellent pair for good AM reception. This is partially true for outdoor
use, but if you could bring the whole car indoors you would find its
whip antenna would fare much less well because it would pick up tons of
noise which a portable radio’s ferrite rod (being a loop) can ignore.
Also you can’t aim a whip for AM directional reception. I once worked
in a car stereo sales and service shop …indoors the car radios
received far less well than they did outdoors and it was the location,
not the absence of the car body that made the difference. Often, when
people have emailed me asking why such and such a radio which I have
rated as excellent, such as the 5 star radios in my AM Mega Shootout,
doesn’t receive as well as their car radio, I have asked them to take
their radio outside to see how well it does there and many times they
reply with a astonishment at how much better the reception is outside
their house.

AM and SW radio have always fascinated me, but to maximize your
reception you must be aware of the factors that can ruin reception in
order to have any hopes of improving your results. I hope this article
will give you some ideas of ways you can improve yours.

Email me at: radiojayallen@gmail.com and please visit radiojayallen.com
for more radio related articles and reviews.

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This is DigiDX signing off...

 

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We lost a good friend. Gary J. Cohen was a great guy and a very
loyal KBC fan ...
 

http://www.kbcradio.eu/index.php?dir=news/detail&id=447

Please report decode to themightykbc@gmail.com