The World of Radio before and after March 28th

Sweden

B25 is ending, and A26 will be here in a few hours UTC. Frequency changes are upon us, and as usual, it may take a few days or even weeks befor the removal dust has settled.

One of the knowns is the Swedish DX Federation’s shortwave transmission on Channel 292’s 9670 kHz on April 3 (Good Friday) from 08:00 to 09:00 UTC and from 15:00 to 16:00 UTC. Contact data there.

Programs in Chinese & other regional languages

As for Chinese broadcasters, A26 shortwave frequencies used on the national and provincial level, as well as international broadcasters’ A26 frequencies targeting Chinese-speaking audiences can be found on Xiaomage’s blog. All India Radio’s, aka Akashvani’s, Chinese-language programs are usually jammed or co-channeled, but can be heard rather well when you listen through an remote SDR receiver inside India.

The international Chinese-language schedule also includes programs like NHK Radio Japan and Radio Exterior de Espana’s once-a-week shortwave transmission. Times given there are Chinese standard time, i. e. UTC+8. Malaysia’s Mandarin program on shortwave, according to Xiaomage, runs 01:00 to 02:00 UTC and from 02:10 to 04:00 UTC on 11885 kHz. The program in between, from 02:00 to 02:10 UTC, is in Hakka. John Jurasek’s Voice of Report of the Week’s Asia edition from 09:00 to 10:00 UTC on 9705 kHz on Thursdays, is also mentioned.

Japan

More schedules by Radio Japan can be found on the NHK radio schedule. English, already only a shadow of itself during the past years, has now been reduced to 29 minutes a day from Monday to Friday, and eleven minutes on Saturdays and Sundays. The transmission comes directly from Yamata, so it seems that the Issoudun relay has been cut. French for Africa can still be heard twice a day, but also only directly from Yamata.

On the plus side, Radio Japan has expanded its transmissions to the Middle East, reportedly with a 24-hours program per day. A NHK press release of March 9 gives details about times (Japan STandard time, deduct 9 hours for UTC) and frequencies.

Romania

Radio Romania International (RRI) has published schedules for its English and (maybe, no year given) German transmissions, but not yet for their French and Spanish transmissions. RRI online’s Mandarin schedule may or may not be up to date; according to Xiaomage, we should expect the DRM transmission on 17760 kHz from 12:30 to 13:00 UTC, and a rebroadcast of the previous day’s DRM transmission, but then in analogue mode, on 21550 kHz.

 

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