Bob’s Radio Corner: Where it Began – The AM Medium Wave Broadcast Band

By Bob Colegrove One of the great attractions of the radio hobby is that it has so many different areas on which to specialize.  As examples, one can focus on a particular band, collect or restore …

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NHK Radio 2 is *already* down... mainichi.jp/english/arti... IRCA DXers obs'd the final day of regular programming, which was really March 29th (Sunday), signing-off @ 1505z. Transmitters remain on until tomorrow w/ closure announcements. groups.io/g/IRCA/topic... #mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio

NHK ends Radio 2 broadcast aft...
NHK ends Radio 2 broadcast after 95 years, merges channels - The Mainichi

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's public broadcaster NHK ended its Radio 2 broadcast featuring language learning programs on Monday, bringing an end to its 95-

The Mainichi
In the end I did hear Farsi talk on 837 a bit later, just as weak as the CNR5 snippet below... MWLIST also lists them from a small, 10kW relay in Khur. Offset I measured is 836.9996, really likely .9992 - doesn't match the .996 one listed for Esfahan/Habibabad 400kW unit! #mediumwave #mwdx #Iran

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837 kHz: uh oh, I didn't expect to hear Chinese songs in #aurora 😳 Yet that's CNR5 Cross-Strait Radio, 1000kW @ 8214km... IRIB Radio Esfahan is missing or very low power #mediumwave #mwdx
864 kHz: looks like IRIB Radio Kermanshah had slipped off-freq to 863.8442 and likely also boosted its power, surely in an effort to jam co-channel Iran International via Gavar🇦🇲 (and the Quran station from Egypt). #mediumwave #mwdx #Iran #IranWar #jamming
738 kHz: IRIB Radio Bushehr, off to 737.951, much better than usual w/ Shabhaye Iran network px. Wow! #mediumwave #mwdx #Aurora
810 kHz: SBA Holy Quran alone on the frequency! Not surprised about BBC Radio Scotland missing due to #Aurora, but... where is IRIB Radio Lorestan?! (EDIT: eventually I did hear it later in the background) #mediumwave #mwdx
Apparently there's a BIG #Aurora going on tonight 😮 Must be it... must be it... BBC Radio 5 Live is almost COMPLETELY KNOCKED OUT on 909 kHz, uncovering IRIB Radio Kerman, Sirjan, 150kW @ 3715km. Offset 908.9617 acc. to my SDR, probably more like .9613 really. NEW LOG! #mediumwave #mwdx
Has #Iran started doing co-channeling the China way? I'm seeing as many as 3 or 4 carriers on 1548 kHz, accompanying Voice of Trump Farsi via Kuwait🇰🇼 -- and that's with the small terminated Flag NULLING the Middle East! OK, one is an impostor, Radio Islam 🇿🇦. But others? #mediumwave #IranWar
864 kHz: an extended late-night #Ramadan prayer service with lots of consecutive Allahu Akbar's running on NMA Holy Quran 🇪🇬 // SBA Radio Riyadh & SBA Holy Quran 🇸🇦! Was clobbered by co-ch Iran International via Gavar🇦🇲 until 2305z when it went dead-air (carrier is still there). #mediumwave #mwdx