A25 SEASON - 110 NEW FREQUENCIES MONITORED

 

A25 TRANSMISSION SEASON

110 NEW FREQUENCIES MONITORED

The new A25 transmission season began on March 30. I have been scanning the international shortwave bands, checking out what has changed since the start of this new season. Below is a record of some observations made during the first weeks after the changeover.

For each item, I have tried to identify the former frequency used in the B24 season. But this is sometimes quite hard because schedules can be complex or drastically changed by the broadcaster, making it difficult to make direct comparisons.

There are more than 110 frequency and schedule changes listed below. So if you are missing your favourite station, it could be listed here! 

NOTE: It is not possible in this list to cover every frequency change in my monitoring. Sometimes, I have to sleep when my northern hemisphere friends are awake! There are many more frequencies for you to chase down, and I encourage you to do so! It's fun to play "detective"!

Some additional points to note:

1. Consider the suspension of all Voice of America broadcasts (including VoA Deewa Radio, VoA Studio 7, and VoA Radio Ashna). Include the resultant impacts on broadcasters who used or leased time at VoA/USAGM transmitter sites, such as Radio Free Asia, Radio Thailand, Radyo Pilipinas, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (inc. Radio Mashaal, Radio Farda), and Radio Martí. Then, include the cessation of most Adventist World Radio broadcasts (except for the AWR-owned station at Guam), which occurred at the beginning of the B24 transmission season. All this has resulted in much less frequency shifting and juggling of schedules than in the past. Holes are opening up throughout the international bands across the shortwave spectrum. Suddenly, the shortwave dial is looking decidedly quiet! Except for China, of course! If all the stations mentioned above never return to shortwave, there will not be a need for the HFCC frequency registration process. Broadcasters could park their signals wherever they like (facetious comment😏). 
   
   
2. The list is in frequency order. The countries listed are where the transmitter sites are located. Many broadcasters use transmitters in other countries to achieve better reception in the target zones. For example, the world-famous BBC is currently using this long list of relays for the A25 transmission season: Oman, Ascension Is, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City, and Madagascar, as well as its own transmitters in Woofferton, England!
   
   
3. In most cases, I have listed the sign-on and sign-off times for each broadcast. These are represented by asterisks * before the sign-on time and after the sign-off time. I hope readers will find this information more useful.
   
   
4. Australia is not part of the target zones for just about all of these broadcasts. The era of services beamed specifically to Australia stopped years ago. Well....except for China Radio International (aka CGTN Radio) and Radio Romania International, of course! So, comments on signal strength, as noted here at Mount Evelyn, are largely irrelevant and have not been included, except for a few remarks on interference (QRM) from other stations. In the designated target zones, listeners should find good to excellent reception from many of their favourite broadcasters.
   
   
5. All observations are based on actual monitoring from my receivers here at Mount Evelyn. Occasionally, remote SDRs are called upon to 1) confirm the Mount Evelyn reception or 2) monitor propagation conditions in or near the target zone for specific broadcasts. These remote tools are handy for checking the impact of interference, if any, of co-channel or adjacent channel broadcasters.
   
   
6. Some DX lists compare new frequencies with "ex" frequencies used for the same transmission season in the previous year (i.e. A24 compared with A23). I don't find this helpful system, and it can cause confusion. Yes, I know that a few stations will often try to use the same frequencies for the previous 12-month period. However, from a regular shortwave listener's perspective, at the start of a new season, they want to know if the frequency has changed since they last listened on the previous day or the previous week. They won't remember a frequency from two seasons ago!
   
   
7. You may see an occasional change to some of the frequencies listed below in the upcoming weeks. This is not unusual, as broadcasters may discover they have clashed with other stations or receive reports of poor reception in the target zones. Sometimes, everything can take a few weeks to settle in a new transmission season.
   
   
8. I have added a Station/Frequency Cross-Reference List at the end of this post. With so many stations running new frequencies, it can be hard to find the station you want when scrolling through the long list of items below. So, for a specific station, you can check the compiled frequencies in the cross-reference list. Hopefully, this makes it easier to find your desired station. Let me know if you find this reference list useful.
   

 

Equipment: Yaesu FTDX3000 transceiver, Kenwood R5000 receiver, Kenwood TS2000 transceiver.

Antennas: 100m long horizontal sky loop antenna, a delta loop antenna for 10 MHz, a double bazooka antenna for 14 MHz and a 5/8λ centre-fed vertical for 21 MHz and above.

Abbreviations:
NF = New Frequency for the A24 transmission season

NS = New Site (i.e. a change in relay station for a specific broadcast)
QRM = Interference from another station
// = The same broadcast simultaneously on another frequency, i.e. in parallel.

WS = BBC World Service

AF = Africa. Eu = Europe, As = Asia, ME = Middle East, NAm = North America, CAm = Central America, SAm = South America, Oc = Oceania, AFG = Afghanistan,

N = North, S = South, E = East, W = West

ENAm = Eastern North America, NEAs = North East Asia, etc.

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49 mb

5970   OMAN. BBC - Al'Seela. *1400-1500* Dari to AFG. NF (ex 5975), Apr 9.

6075   CHINA. CRI - Kashi. *0000-0100* English to SAs. NF (ex 7425), Apr 8.

6160   CHINA. CRI - Kashi. *2300-2400* English to SAs, NF (ex 7410), Apr 7.

6180   CHINA. CRI - Kashi. *2300-2400* English to SAs, NF (ex 13800), Apr 4.

41 mb

7280   IRAN. VoIRI - Sirjan. *0050-0220* Tajik to CAs. NF (ex  7270), Apr 10.

7430   CHINA. CRI - Jinhua. *2200-2300* Mandarin to EAf. NF (ex 7440), Apr 3.

7440   NEW ZEALAND. RNZP - Rangitaiki. *1259-1650* English to Pac. NF (ex 7390). A stinker of a choice - severe clash for the first hour with co-channel CRI-Nanning's Mandarin to SEAs. Apr 11.

31 mb

9390   TAJIKISTAN. BBC - Dushanbe. *1430-1500* Korean to EAs, weekdays only. NF, Apr 9.

9410   OMAN. BBC - Al Seela. *0200 Pashto, 0230 Dari, 0300-0330* Pashto to AFG. NF (ex 6195), Apr 5.

9430   U.A.E. Mizzima R - Dhabayya. *0030-0100* Burmese to Myanmar. Additional txion for earthquake situation there. Supposedly limited-time service. Apr 5.

9490   CHINA. CRI - Kunming. *2330-0030* Sinhala to Sri Lanka. NF (ex 6100), Apr 7.

9510   UZBEKISTAN. BBC - Tashkent. *0000-0200* English to SAs. NF (ex 6035), Apr 5.

9540.12   UAE. FEBC - Dhabayya. *0200-0230* Urdu to SAs, -0300* on Fri only. NF (ex 7320), Apr 9.

9545   USA. KNLS - Anchor Point AK. *0900-1000* Russian to EAs. NF (ex 9705), Apr 10.

9570   CHINA. CRI - Kunming. *1100-1157* Cantonese to EAs. NF (ex 13580), Apr 4.

9580   USA. KNLS - Anchor Point AK. *1000-1100* English to EAs. NF (ex 9680), Apr 8.

9580   USA. KNLS - Anchor Point AK. *1100-1200* Russian to EAs. NF (ex 9570), Apr 8.

9590   CHINA. CRI - Beijing-Matoucun. *2200-2300 English to EAs. NF (ex 5915, Apr 3.

9685   USA. KNLS - Anchor Point AK. *1000-1100* Mandarin to EAs. NF (ex 9680), Apr 8.

9695   VATICAN. Vatican R. - SM Galeria. *2200-2230* Mandarin to EAs. NS (ex Tinang), Apr 3.

9695   CHINA. CRI - Kashi. *0100-0200* Urdu to SAs. NF (ex 6020), Apr 9.

9730   USA. KNLS - Anchor Point AK. *1100-1200* Korean to EAs. NF (ex 9720). Not one of the greatest decisions! Two Korean SDRs yielded poor results with co-channel CNR and siren jamming. Better reception here at Mt. Evelyn, marginally! Apr 8.

9740   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. *2200-2300* English to WEu, NF (ex 7220). Heavy splash from CNR-Kashi on 9745.  Mar 31.

9740   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. *0300-0400* English to WNAm, NF (ex 9510), Apr 1.

9765   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. *1500-1600* Farsi to Iran. NF (ex 9490) and one UTC hr earlier, Apr 9.

9770   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. *0400-0600* Turkish to Eu. NF (ex 9650), Apr 5.

9785   KOREA REP. KBS World R. - Kimjae. *1400-1600* Engllish to SAs. NF (ex 9630). Adjacent channel QRM was noted here from the extra strong CNR 9870 kHz. Apr 9.

9875   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. *2030-2130* English to SAs, SEAs and Oc. NF (ex 9610), Apr 10.

9880   CHINA. CRI - Kashi. *2200-2300* Esperanto to SAm. NF (ex 9860), Apr 3.

9895   UAE. IBRA R. - Dhabayya. *0230-0300* Dari to AFG. NF (ex 7300), Apr 5.

25 mb

11590   UZBEKISTAN. IBRA R. - Tashkent. *0000-0030* Bengali to SAs. NF (ex 7470), Apr 8.

11600   PHILIPPINES. FEBC - Iba. *1400-1600* Mandarin to EAs. NF (ex 9345), Apr 9.

11620   ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. *0000-0100* English to ENAm. NF (ex 7325 via Galbeni), Apr 5.

11625  JAPAN. R. Japan - Yamata. *2100-2300* Japanese to ME and EEu, NF (ex 11675), Mar 31.

11650   ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. *2200-2300* English to EAs, NF (ex 9620), Mar 31.

11655   GERMANY. Bible Voice - Nauen. *0600-0615* Arabic to NAf. NF (ex 9440), Apr 9.

11660   JAPAN. R. Japan - Yamata. *1100-1120* Japanese to EAs. NF (ex 6910), Apr 4.

11700   FRANCE. R. France Int’l - Issoudun. *0500-0700* French to CAf/WAf. NF for this time period (ex 9790) and // 15300, Apr 5.

11710   CHINA. CRI - Nanning. *0900-1000* English to EAs, NF, Mar 31.

11725   NEW ZEALAND. RNZP - Rangitaiki. *0959-1258* English to Pacific, NF (ex 13755), Mar 31.

11730   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. *2300-0000* Spanish to SAm, NF (ex 7325), Mar 31.

11765   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. *1500-1600* Pashto to SAs. NF (ex 9595), Apr 9.

11785   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. *2200-2256* English to NAm. NF (ex 5960) and 1 UTC hr earlier than B24. Apr 9.

11790   FRANCE. R. France Int’l - Issoudun.  *0430-0500* Swahili to EAf. NF (ex 15215 via Talata), Apr 5.

11820   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. *0300-0357* Spanish to CAm. NF (ex 9545), Apr 5.

11850   GUAM. KSDA - Facpi Point. *1100-1200* Mandarin to EAs with AWR programming.  NF (ex 15430) and NOT on 11855 as listed in the AWR/KSDA A25 schedule. Apr 4 and 8.

11875   USA. KNLS - Anchor Point AK. *0900-1000* Mandarin to EAs. NF (ex 7370), Apr 10.

11885   JAPAN. R. Japan - Yamata. *2200-0100* Japanese to EAs, NF (ex 11955), Mar 31.

11895   VATICAN. Vatican R. - SM Galeria. *2200-2230* Mandarin to EAs. NF (ex 7300 via Tinang), Apr 9.

11900   AUSTRALIA. Reach Beyond - Kununurra. *1245-1330* Hindi to SAs, daily except Sun. NF (ex 11875), Apr 11.

11905   CHINA. CRI - Jinhua. *0900-1000* English to Au/NZ, NF (ex 17690), Mar 31.

11935   CHINA. CRI - Shijiazhuang. *1100-1200* Russian to Siberia. NF (ex 7290), Apr 4.

11955   CHINA. CRI - Kunming. *2300-2400* English to Philippines, NF (ex 9535), Apr 4.

11960   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. *0530-0600* English to WEu. NF (ex 11930) and 1 UTC hour earlier than B24, Apr 9. 

11965   JAPAN. R. Japan - Yamata. *2100-2300* Japanese to SEAs, NF (ex 11630), Mar 31.

11975   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. *2030-2100* English to Eu. NF (ex 7375), Apr 10.

11985   CHINA. CRI - Urumqi. *1100-1200* Mongolian to As. NF (ex 6100), Apr 4.

12000   CHINA. CRI - Kashi. *0300-0400* English to SAs. NF (ex 11770), Apr 8.

12005   CHINA. CRI - Kunming. *0900-1000* Mandarin to Au/NZ, NF (possibly ex 15210), Mar 31.

12005   UZBEKISTAN. BBC - Tashkent. *1430-1500* Korean to EAs. NF, Apr 9.

12010   AUSTRALIA. Reach Beyond - Kununurra WA. *1145-1200* Burmese to SEAs. NF (ex 11945), Apr 4.

12095   OMAN. BBC - Al'Seela. *0000-0200* English to SAs. NF (ex 7430), Apr 8.

12095   OMAN. BBC - Al Seela. *0200 Pashto, 0230 Dari, 0300-0330* Pashto to AFG. NF (ex 7445), Apr 5.

12095   MADAGASCAR. BBC - Talata Volonondry. *0400-0500* English to EAf. NF for this time period, Apr 8.

22 mb

13600   JAPAN. R. Japan - Yamata. *2310 Thai, 2330 Vietnamese to 2340* (2350* Sa/Su) to SEAs. NF (ex 13705), Apr 9.

13635   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. *0600-1300* Turkish to Eu. NF (ex 15350), Apr 8.

13640   CHINA. CRI - Jinhua. *2200-2300* Japanese to EAs, NF (ex 7430), Apr 3.

13660   UZBEKISTAN. FEBC - Tashkent. *1430-1500* Hindi to SAs on Su, We, Th,Fr, Sa. NF (ex 9540), Apr 9.

13690   NEW ZEALAND. RNZP - Rangitaiki. *0559-0958* English to the Pacific with BBC news relay. NF (ex 13755), Apr 9.

13720   CHINA. CRI - Xian. *1000-1200* English to SEAs. NF (ex 7250), Apr 8.

13730   CHINA. CRI - Kunming. *0900-1000* Mandarin to Au/NZ, NF, with unidentified co-channel QRM also in Mandarin. Mar 31.

13750   CHINA. CRI - Beijing. *0000-0100* English to EAs. NF (ex 13730), Apr 5.

13780   FRANCE. R. Japan - Issoudun. *1900-2100* Japanese to CAf. NF (ex 15130), Apr 10.

19 mb

15110   CHINA. CRI - Kashi. *0300-0400 English to SAs. NF (ex 13800), Apr 8.

15120   GUAM. KTWR - Agana. *1045-1115* Mongolian to EAs. NF (ex 15610), Apr 9.

15130   ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. *0300-0357* Spanish to SAm. NF (ex 9740), Apr 5.

15170   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. *2300-0000* Spanish to SAm, NF (ex 9510), Mar 31.

15240   IRAN. VoIRI - Sirjan. *0420-0550* Turkish to ME. NF (ex 11780). Apr 10.

15290   GIUAM. KSDA - Facpi Point. *1000-1200* AWR programming in Mandarin to EAs. NF (ex 15295), Apr 4.

15295   OMAN. BBC -0 Al'Seela. *1200-1400* English to SAs. NF (ex 12030), Apr 11. 

15300   FRANCE. R. France Int’l - Issoudun.  *0400-0500* French to EAf. NF (ex 9790), Apr 5.

15300   FRANCE. R. France Int’l - Issoudun. *0900-1000* French to WAf. NF this time slot, Apr 8.

15310   OMAN. BBC - A'Seela. *2200-2400* English WS to SEAs, NF (probably ex 9580 Dhabayya and the silent 9440 Tinang), Mar 31.

15320   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. *0500-0600* Swahili to EAf. NF (ex 17780) and two UTC hours earlier than in B24. Apr 5.

15390   SPAIN. REE - Noblejas. *1500-2300* Spanish to EAf. NF (ex 17755), Apr 10.

15400   MADAGASCAR. BBC - Talata Volonondry. *0500-0600 Kinyarwanda to EAf on Sat only. NF (ex 21660 via Dhabayya), Apr 5.

15430   IRAN. VoIRI - Sirjan. *0450 Swahili to EAf, Hausa to WAf until 0650*. NF (ex 15320), Apr 10.

15440   GERMANY. AWR - Nauen. *1900-Hausa, 1930 Igbo, 2000 Yoruba, 2030 Nigerian Pigdin to 2100* to Af. New service, Apr 10.

15450   GUAM. KSDA - Facpi Point. *1000-1100* Mandarin to EAs. NF (ex 15430), Apr 8.

15460   AUSTRALIA. Reach Beyond - Kununurra. *1245-1300* English to SAs on Mon, We, Th, Fr. NF (ex 15320), April 11.

15515   PHILIPPINES. FEBC - Bocaue. *1000-1600* Mandarin to EAs. NF (ex 9275), Apr 8.

15520   SPAIN. REE - Noblejas. *1500-2300* Spanish to ME. NF (ex 12030), Apr 10.

15540   PHILIPPINES. FEBC - Bocaue. *1430-1500* Uyghur to EAs. NF (ex 9940), Apr 9.

15625   GUAM. KSDA - Facpi Point. *2100-2300* AWR programming in Mandarin to EAs. New time - extended 2 hr service for A25 (previously 1 hr in B24). Apr 5. 

15660   CHINA. CRI - Kashi. *1100-1300* English to SAs. NF (ex 12015), Apr 8.

16 mb

17500 U.A.E. Mizzima R - Dhabayya. *1230-1300* Burmese to Myanmar. NF for this service, Apr 8.

17530   CHINA. CRI - Xian. *0900-1100* Mandarin to SEAs, NF (ex 15340), Mar 31.

17560   CHINA. CRI - Xian. *0800-1000* Mandarin to WAs and  CAs, NF, Mar 31.

17580   ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. *2030-2100* English to ENAm. NF (ex 9500), Apr 10.

17630   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. *1100-1200* English to Eu, NF (ex 15460), Mar 31.

17660   FRANCE. R. France Int’l - Issoudun. *0700-1000* French to WAf. NF (ex 17850), Apr 8.

17660   FRANCE. R. France Int' - Issoudun. *1300-1330* Fulfulde to WAf. NF (ex 21580), Apr 11.

17720   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. *0400-0500* Malay to SEAs. NF (ex 17530) and one UT hour earlier than B24. Mainly music programming! Apr 9.

17740   CHINA. CRI - Xian. *0000-0200* English to SEAs. NF (ex 17730), Apr 5.

17745   UAE.  BBC - Dhabayya. *0400-0430* Somali to EAf. NF (ex 15420 via Talata), Apr 8.

17790   VATICAN. Vatican R. - SM Galeria. *1510-1530* Malayalam to SAs. NF (ex 11700 via Tinang). Apr 9.

17815   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler.  *1300-1600* Turkish to Eu. NF (ex 11815) and one UTC hr earlier than B24. Apr 9.

17840   CHINA - CRI - Kashi. *0800-0900* Mandarin to SAs, NF (ex 15550), Mar 31.

13 mb

21510   ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. *1100-1200* English to Eu, NF (ex 21470), Mar 31.

21559.80   UAE.  BBC - Dhabayya. *0500-0600* English to EAf. NF (ex 17690) and way-off frequency, Apr 5.

21565   MADAGASCAR. BBC - Talata Volonondry. *1200-1400* English to SEAs/PNG, NF, Apr 11.

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STATION/FREQUENCY CROSS-REFERENCE LIST

(Frequencies in bold have English broadcasts - see above for details)

Adventist World Radio (AWR) inc. KSDA: 11850, 15290, 15440, 15450, 15625

BBC: 5970, 9390, 9410, 9510, 12005, 12095, 15295, 15310, 15400, 17745, 21559.80, 21565

Bible Voice: 11655

China Radio International (CRI): 6075, 6160, 6180, 7430, 9490, 9570, 9590, 9695, 9880, 11710, 11905, 11935, 11955, 11985, 12000, 12005, 13640, 13720, 13730, 13750, 15110, 15660, 17530, 17560, 17740, 17840, 

FEBC: 9540.12, 11600, 13660, 15515, 15540

IBRA Radio: 9895, 11590

KBS World Radio: 9785

KNLS (World Christian Broadcasting): 9545, 9580, 9685, 9730, 11875

KTWR: 15120

Mizzima Radio: 9430, 17500

Radio France International: 11700, 11790, 15300, 17660, 

Radio Japan (NHK): 11625, 11660, 11885, 11965, 13600, 13780

Radio New Zealand Pacific (RNZP): 7440, 11725, 13690

Radio Romania International (RRI): 9740, 11620, 11650, 11730, 11820, 11960, 11975, 15130, 15170, 17580, 17630, 21510

Radio Exterior de España (REE): 15390, 15520

Reach Beyond (Australia): 11900, 12010, 15460

Vatican Radio: 9695, 11895, 17790

Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran (VoIRI, a.k.a. IRIB, a.k.a. Pars Today!): 7280, 15240, 15430

Voice of Turkey: 9765, 9770, 9875, 11765, 11785, 13635, 15320, 17720, 17815

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