17th Edition of the Global Radio Guide (Winter 2021-22) Now Available

 

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Teak Publishing Company 
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For Immediate Release                                                                       Thursday, December 2, 2021

On any given day, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) fueled by a meteoric rise in the country's economics, politics, the covid pandemic, cyber security and human rights issues, Beijing Winter 2022 Olympics, and a strident expansion of the country’s military forces dominates global news headlines and news cycles. These headlines include China’s recent tensions with Taiwan, which are said to be the worst in forty years, and its other neighbors in the South China Sea region.

As China’s influence continues to expand worldwide, so have the country’s huge radio broadcast services. Local, regional, and international mediumwave and shortwave networks carry news and programming to audiences around the world. Since these services are government-sponsored you are hearing China’s Communist Party’s (CCP) perspective of worldwide events as they unfold. Topping the list of the country’s media outlets is China Radio International (CRI) the largest and most widely heard station in China.

For those who want to follow all the ongoing storylines originating from the PRC, Gayle Van Horn’s 17th Edition of her Amazon bestselling Global Radio Guide (Winter 2021-22) has all the details you need to monitor all the radio services from the Land of the Red Dragon.

Her feature is one of the most comprehensive articles ever written on the Chinese radio broadcast system. Complete schedules for all China radio services, a section of how to ID national stations broadcasting in Chinese, and links to videos with CRI IDs in 45 languages on the author’s YouTube channel that are just some of the materials you will find in this all-important cover story in the GRG. This is an indispensable guide for the radio listener to hear China as tensions in the region continue to heat up.

China’s broadcasters are not the only focus of this completely updated edition of the GRG, though. Worldwide, tensions are continuing to escalate, and – in another case of what is old becoming new – people around the world are once again turning to shortwave radio to place themselves on the front lines.

With the help of the GRG, you can tune in to shortwave broadcast stations from other hotspots such as Cuba, India, Iran, North/South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and many other counties. If you have a shortwave radio receiver, SDR, or Internet connection, pair it with this unique radio resource to know when and where to listen to the world.

This newest edition of the GRG carries on the tradition of those before it with an in-depth, 24-hour station/frequency guide with schedules for selected AM band, longwave, and shortwave radio stations. This unique resource is the only radio publication that lists by-hour schedules that include all language services, frequencies, and world target areas for over 500 stations worldwide. The schedules included in this edition of the GRG are valid from 31 October 2021 until 26 March 2022, the B21 broadcast schedule period.

The GRG includes listings of DX radio programs and Internet website addresses for many of the stations in the book. There are also entries for time and frequency stations as well as some of the more “intriguing” transmissions one can find on the shortwave radio bands.

Gayle has also updated her now-famous SDR Buyer’s Guide, a must-have compendium that helps you navigate through the revolutionary world of software-defined radios (SDRs), the new digital frontier of the radio hobby.

Also new in this 17th edition, James Careless, in an article that originally appeared in Radio World, looks at the current state of shortwave receiver technology. Dr. Adrian Peterson of AWR looks back at the early days of Philippine broadcasting. David Harris has written a review of the bhi NES10-2MK4 Noise Cancelling Speaker. Spectrum Monitor columnist Fred Waterer will take you on a guided tour of shortwave music programs from around the world.

There are updated columns including the latest radio news in Bits & Bytes, current radio QSL information and addresses, the Best of the Best DX shortwave program listings, and a listing of radio station Internet websites.

This edition also has introductory articles for beginners on Traveling the World via Shortwave Radio Broadcasts, Monitoring the Shortwave Action Bands, and Teak’s latest greatly expanded frequency list of HF non-broadcast radio stations worldwide.

Global Radio listeners are routinely entertained with unique perspectives to events, music, culture, history, and news from other countries that you will not see or hear on your local or national broadcast channels. Global Radio broadcasts are not restricted by country borders or oceans and can travel thousands of miles, reaching millions of listeners worldwide, now in over 300 different languages and dialects.

Whether you monitor shortwave radio broadcasts, amateur radio operators, or aeronautical, maritime, government, or military communications in the HF radio spectrum, this book has the frequencies to help you to hear it all. Teak Publishing’s Global Radio Guide "brings the world to you."

You can find this edition of the Global Radio Guide, along with all of Teak Publishing e-book titles currently available for purchase, on the Teak Publishing Web site at http://www.teakpublishing.com. This includes all previous editions of the Global Radio Guide available at reduced sale prices.

The 17th edition of the Global Radio Guide e-Book (electronic book only, “no print edition available”) is available worldwide from Amazon and their various international websites at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MV5XMFZ.

The price for this latest edition is US$8.99 for over 1000 pages of radio hobby content and frequencies. Since this book is being released internationally, Amazon customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, France Spain, Italy, Japan, India, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Australia can order this e-Book from Amazon websites directly servicing these countries. Customers in all other countries can use the regular Amazon.com website to purchase this e-Book.

You can read any Kindle e-Book with Amazon’s ‘free’ reading apps on literally any electronic media platform. You do not have to own a Kindle reader from Amazon to read this e-book. There are Kindle apps available for iOS, Android, Mac, and PC platforms. You can find additional details on these apps by checking out this link to the Amazon website at http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771. 

16th Edition of the Global Radio Guide (Summer 2021) Now Available

Get you copy of the new Global Radio Guide Summer 2021 at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0938DDK5L

Sometimes in life, what is old becomes new again.  Familiar names and voices we long have placed into the recesses of our minds, suddenly spring back to the forefront.

It can be that way with radio as well.  What we sometimes consider to be antique transmissions of a bygone era can re-emerge in a digital world, as if time had merely paused.  They ensnare the attention of both those who were around for the glory days, as well as those hearing these signals for the first time.

Such is the case with the recently resurfaced “Russian Woodpecker.”  The Cold War-era stalwart that once placed its distinct signal across large swaths of the HF band is once again being heard amongst the crackles of static on shortwave radios and SDRs around the world.

For those who want to be part of the action, Gayle Van Horn’s 16^th Edition of her Amazon bestselling Global Radio Guide (Summer 2021) has all the details you need to catch up with our vintage friend.

“My first thought was, ‘I have heard this signal before,’” writes Teak Publishing co-founder and editor of the Global Radio Guide (GRG), Larry Van Horn, in his in-depth look into the return of Russia’s famous Over-The-Horizon-Radar (OTHR) transmissions.  “It did not take long for me to connect what I was hearing to the past and realize I was hearing a form of the old Russian Woodpecker again.”

Included in Van Horn’s article is everything you need to become a grizzled “woodpecker” expert:  a historical review of Russia’s OTHR system, information on where in the world – and on the HF band – the newest version of the Woodpecker is being heard, links to audio samples so you know what to listen for, maps of transmitting locations, and more.

Russia radars are not the only focus of this completely updated edition of the GRG, though.  Worldwide, tensions are continuing to escalate and – in another case of what is old becoming new – people around the world are once again turning to shortwave radio to place themselves on the front lines.

With the help of the GRG, you can tune in to shortwave broadcast stations from hotspots such as China, Cuba, India, Iran, North/South Korea, Taiwan, and many other counties. If you have a shortwave radio receiver, SDR, or Internet connection, pair it with this unique radio resource to know when and where to listen to the world.

This newest edition of the GRG carries on the tradition of those before it with an in-depth, 24-hour station/frequency guide with schedules for selected AM band, longwave, and shortwave radio stations. This unique resource is the only radio publication that lists by-hour schedules that include all language services, frequencies, and world target areas for over 500 stations worldwide.

The GRG includes listings of DX radio programs and Internet website addresses for many of the stations in the book. There are also entries for time and frequency stations as well as some of the more “intriguing” transmissions one can find on the shortwave radio bands.

Larry Van Horn has also updated his now-famous SDR Buyer’s Guide, a must-have compendium that helps you navigate through the revolutionary world of software-defined radios (SDRs), the digital frontier of the radio hobby.

Continuing with the theme of this 16^th edition of the GRG:  Gayle takes a stroll into the seemingly not too distant past, into the role that radio played during the Falkland Island War, even as new government leaders within Argentina jockey for position to reclaim sovereignty over the islands.

Spectrum Monitor magazine editor, Ken Reitz, dives into the rise and fall of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) on shortwave radio.  Reitz gives a rundown on where you can still find DRM signals on the shortwave bands, even if you do not have a DRM-capable radio in your home.

Fred Waterer, also of Spectrum Monitor, checks in with a feature on one of the great pastimes of shortwave radio – traveling the world without leaving home.  This is an especially poignant topic of discussion given the current travel restrictions found in most of the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Waterer gives us a detailed RF-itinerary for circumnavigating the globe via broadcasters on shortwave radio.  While many of the station names may be different than they once were, Waterer proves that there is still plenty of diversity and culture to be found on the bands.

Whether you monitor shortwave radio broadcasts, amateur radio operators, or aeronautical, maritime, government, or military communications in the HF radio spectrum, this book has the frequencies to help you to hear it all. Teak Publishing’s Global Radio Guide "brings the world to you."

You can find this edition of the Global Radio Guide, along with all of our titles currently available for purchase, on the Teak Publishing Web site at www.teakpublishing.com.  For a limited time, all previous editions of the Global Radio Guide will also be available at a reduced price.  Details will be available at www.teakpublishing.com.

The 16^th edition of the Global Radio Guide e-Book (electronic book only, no print edition available) is available worldwide from Amazon and their various international websites at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0938DDK5L 

The price for this latest edition is US$8.99. Since this book is being released internationally, Amazon customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, France Spain, Italy, Japan, India, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Australia can order this e-Book from Amazon websites directly servicing these countries. Customers in all other countries can use the regular Amazon.com website to purchase this e-Book.

 

You can read any Kindle e-Book with Amazon’s ‘free’ reading apps on literally any electronic media platform. You do not have to own a Kindle reader from Amazon to read this e-book. There are Kindle apps available for iOS, Android, Mac, and PC platforms. You can find additional details on these apps by checking out this link to the Amazon website at www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771.

 

Global Radio Guide (Winter 2019-2020) Now Available at Amazon

Once again, Global Radio broadcasters have moved to the information war front lines as the world’s major superpowers have entered a new Cold War. As tensions heat up in the world’s hotspots such as eastern Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, you can follow international events on the radio, but you need an accurate and a comprehensive radio guide to hear the action.

Teak Publishing is pleased to announce the release that all-important radio guide – the Global Radio Guide (GRG), 13th edition (Winter 2019-2020) e-book, by Amazon bestselling author Gayle Van Horn W4GVH. The book was formerly known as the International Shortwave Broadcast Guide.

This Amazon's' electronic' book is your ticket to travel the Global Radio bands. The heart of this publication is a 24-hour station/frequency guide with all the latest Winter 2019-2020 schedules for selected AM band, longwave, and shortwave radio stations. This unique resource is the only radio publication that lists by-hour schedules that include all language services, frequencies, and world target areas for over 500 stations. There are listings of DX radio programs and Internet websites addresses for many of the stations in the book. There are also entries for time and frequency stations and even a few other intriguing shortwave radio stations.

New in this 13th edition of the GRG is an introductory article: The Software Defined Radio - Bringing the World to Your Doorstep. It includes our first-ever SDR buyers guide. Gayle and Larry Van Horn have also joined forces again penning an in-depth equipment review on the new Airspy HF+Discovery SDR.

Other authors in this edition include Richard Fisher with a feature on WBCQ - The Most Powerful Shortwave Voice in North America, and The Spectrum Monitor’s Fred Waterer, with a feature on winter/holiday radio programming. The 2019-2020 winter propagation forecast is presented by international radio propagation expert, Tomas Hood NW7US. In addition to his propagation forecast, Tomas will also preview his thoughts on the new solar cycle 25.

There are also articles on Traveling the World via Shortwave Radio Broadcasts, Monitoring the Shortwave Action Bands, our exclusive Hot 1000+ shortwave frequency list, and new radio product announcements.

The 13^3h edition of the Global Radio Guide eBook (electronic book only, no print edition available) is available worldwide from Amazon and their various international websites at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082DNSN4P.

The price of this latest edition is US$8.99. Since this book is being released internationally, Amazon customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, France Spain, Italy, Japan, India, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Australia can order this e-Book from Amazon websites directly servicing these countries. Customers in all other countries can use the regular Amazon.com website to purchase this e-Book.

You can read any Kindle eBook with Amazon’s ‘free’ reading apps on literally any electronic media platform. You do not have to own a Kindle reader from Amazon to read this e-book. There are Kindle apps available for iOS, Android, Mac, and PC platforms. You can find additional details on these apps by checking out this link to the Amazon website at www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771.

Additional information on this and other Teak Publishing radio hobby books can be found on the company sponsored Internet blogs – The Shortwave Central (http://mtshortwave.blogspot.com/), The Military Monitoring Post (http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/), and on the Teak Publishing Company blog – The Btown Monitor Post (http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/). You can learn more about the author by going to her author page on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/GayleVan-Horn/e/B0084MVQCM/.

Global Radio listeners are routinely entertained with unique perspectives to events, music, culture, history, and news from other countries that you won’t see or hear on your local or national broadcast channels. Global Radio broadcasts are not restricted by country borders or oceans and can travel thousands of miles, reaching millions of listeners worldwide, now in over 300 different languages and dialects.

Listeners can hear shortwave broadcast stations from China, Cuba, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, New Zealand, North/South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, and many other counties. If you have a shortwave radio receiver or Internet connection, and this unique radio resource, you will know when and where to listen to your favorite radio broadcast station.

This publication will have wide appeal to amateur radio operators, shortwave radio hobbyists, news agencies, news buffs, educators, foreign language students, expatriates, or anyone interested in listening to a global view of world news and major events as they happen. Teak Publishing’s Global Radio Guide brings the world to you.

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency
Stations monitored 15 September-09 October, 2019

Logs and information welcome at: w4gvh@frontier.com

RTA QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

Algeria
Radio Algerienne Chaine 1, Tamanrasset (10 kW) 909 kHz. Arabic phone-in report at tune-in 1518-1520. Announcer's commentary on Islam to men's vocal segments // Radio Algerienne Chaine 1,Illizi 1071 kHz (5 kW). Chaine 3 LW station 252 LW in French 24 hours. Tentative on Algeria's Radio Multichaine/Radio Qur'an on 1422 kHz AM, 1410-1435. Two male's Arabic conversation and announcement segments from tune-in.

China
China, CNR 1 VO China 4750 // 4800, 5945, 6125, 7230, 7290, 7305, 9500, 9845, 9860 kHz. Two announcer's trade newscript in Chinese. Most signals fair SIO 333. (China SDR) China Radio Int'l at English at 1315 on 9570 (SIO 222), 11910 kHz. Different program for 1300-1400 on 5955, 9730, 9870, 11760, and 15590 kHz.

CNR 11 Beijing, Fair signal for Chinese instrumental music, heard at 1325 on 7350 // 9480 kHz. Announcer's brief text 1330, returning to music program. China's CNR 2 Business Radio at 1405. Chinese business reporting format, on 3985 (under jamming), 6065, 7245, 7265, 7315, 7335, 7370, 7375, 7425, 9515, 9775, 9820 kHz. (China SDR)

CNR 5 VO Zhonghua, Chinese at 1414 on 5925 (SIO 434) // 7385 (SIO 444), 9665 kHz (SIO 434). Announcer's trade script to musical interlude at 1415. Station announcements to Chinese easy-listening vocals 1417-1421. Fanfare, jingles, promos and interview segments. (China SDR)

Voice of Strait (tentative) 4940 kHz (SIO 443). Chinese radio drama including sound-effects and singing segments monitored 1432-1452. Occasional pauses for program narrations and jingles. (China SDR)

Clandestines
Denge Welat/VO Homeland 11530 kHz via Moldova relay to 1500. Kurdish music vocals from 1340 // with online streaming audio at http://www.denge-welat.org/. Announcer's items between tunes. Time tips 1400 into fanfare intro music, to Kurdish news script format. Station is former Denge Kurdistane, targeting listener's across the Caucasus and Near East. Schedule shifts to Issoudun, France relay 1500-2100 UTC. (NLD SDR)

Echo of Hope/VOH 3985, Korean programming 1545 under heavy jamming.  Parallel frequencies observed as; 4885, 9100 (no jamming), 5995 and 6250 jammed. male/female practicing language skills with bits of English included. (China SDR)

Radio Sana'a/Rep. of Yemen Radio 11860 kHz. Arabic vocals 1320 tune-in to brief announcement pause. Arabic vocals program interspersed with promos for terrific signal SIO 444. Assumed to be aired from transmitter in Saudi Arabia, and in support of Yemeni president Hadi. (Qatar SDR)

Radio Tamazuj 15150 kHz via Madagascar relay from 1505. Announcer's Sudanese Arabic running // on 15400 via Issoudun, France relay. Presumed newscast and brief references to "Radio Tamazuj" at 1512, continued reporting format, including phone reports. Additional ID 1516. Slight delay via Issoudun. (NLD SDR/Qatar SDR)

Voice of Wilderness 7615 kHz (Tashkent, Uzbekistan relay) (tentative) from 1410 tune-in. Station wasn't being jammed from my tune-in during religious vocal music and male's Korean sermon cadence to 1421. Continued religious format, prayer and vocals. ID format 1430 into instrumenetal piano and prayer and text. Instrumental hymn, To God be the Glory 1459. Announcement to 1500 sign-off as scheduled. Website: http://www.cornerstone.or.kr/ (NLD SDR)

Congo Republic
Radio Congo 6115 kHz, 1823. French text covering topics about Congo to male/female segment. Very poor signal and barely SIO 232. GRG schedule to 2000, needs extra monitoring. (S Africa SDR)

Cuba
Radio Havana 6000 kHz, 1310. Spanish news and commentary on // 9535, 11760 and 13740 kHz. Musical jingles, promos and station IDs for Radio Habana Cuba. Additional news on Latin America.

Egypt
ERTU Cultural/Songs 1341 kHz (100 kW), 1750. Male/female announcer duo trade chats with Kenny G as background music. Station info routine at 1800. Not a peep from Radio Cairo, for shortwave at any hour and various frequency checks. Active ? (Kuwait SDR) ERTU/Gen Prgrm in Arabic. Audible from 1435 tune-in Qur'an on 882 (SIO 333) // 936 (SIO 222) 981 (SIO 222) 1305 (SIO 333).

Eritrea
VO Broad Masses-Prgrm 1, 7140 kHz. Tentative Amaharic text to 1750. Horn of Africa music almost buried in poor conditions. No sign of Prgrm 2 on 7180 kHz.

Eqt. Guinea                               
RTVGE Radio Bata, 5005 kHz. Instrumental music tune Bolero at tune-in 1827-1829. Lady's Spanish announcement into Spanish pop tune. DJ format with announcement into Spanish pop tune 1834-1839. New easy-listening vocal tune 1840-1844. Spanish guitar ballad 1845. Drop out by 1900 (SIO 433) (S Afr SDR)

Ethiopia
Radio Amhara, 6090, 1910. Tune-in to Horn of Africa musical vocals. Presumed talk and text is in listed Amharic. Fair signal with intermittent co-channel interference to 1950. Ethiopia's FBC Radio Fana significantly better on 6110 kHz. Presumed programming is in Oromo (or Somali) for announcer's news briefs and HOA musical vocals. Good signal on subsequent 6090 kHz check at 1735 tune-in. Lady's HOA vocals to 1738. Brief comment to new music. Fair SIO 322. (S Afr SDR)

Voice of Tigray Revolution, 5950 kHz (100 kW). Regional Horn of Africa vocals at tune-in 1850-1855. Announcement in listed Afar or Tigrinya. Signal fair to poor, peaking by 1905 amid HOA vocals. (SIO 322/433) Audible from 1740 on 5950 kHz, as male/female trade briefs to 1745 fanfare. Phone-in

India
All India Radio/Aligarh 9620. Indian sitar and tabla from 1400 tune-in. Continued Sindhi service music program, interspersed with brief announcements. Schedule to 1500. Fair signal with fades SIO 222. AIR External service in English 1900-1945, monitored on 9445.

Jordan
Jordan Radio/Main Program 855 kHz, Qur'an recitations in progress at 1250 tune-in to 1300. Station reference at 1300 into Arabic newscast to 1313. Announcer's items on Iraq, Iran, and Kuwait to 1318. Recitations resumed at close of news. Signal clear and no interference (SIO 333) (Kuwait SDR) Same program format and SIO 1530 recheck.

Kuwait
Radio Kuwait 1341 kHz, 1435 tune-in amid Qur'an to 1445, followed by station ID. Arabic music 24 hours on 1134 kHz. Main Program in Arabic 540 // 1134 kHz. (Kuwait SDR)

Mali
ORTM Radio Mali 5995, 1815 tune-in to African ethnic vocals to 1825. Musical jingle to announcer's French comments. African highlife vocals to 1830. Chat, jingles and a brief news headline format into African xylophones reminiscent of music from Mozambique. Good signal from tune-in (SIO 343). GRG schedule to 0000. Recheck signal at 1850, with unknown African language (Bambura or ethnic?) as announcer reads text. It should have been English news per their schedule. Fair reception for the autumn equinox on 23 September. Presumed news at 1900. Brief musical interlude, followed by announcer's talk. SIO 322(S Africa SDR)

Malaysia
RTM Sarawak WAI FM 11665 kHz, 1340. Announcer's Asian news topics in Malay and items on Kuala Lumpur. Pop vocal variety. SIO 434. Recheck on subsequent days on 11665 kHz, 1410 kHz. Morning-show format of announcer's conversations, national items and Malay pop vocals. (SIO 433). (Philippines SDR).

Philippines
FEBC Radio, 9400 kHz. 1357. Chinese service's closing information on station, followed by interval signal melody of Jesus Saves song, to 1400 closedown. Chinese service from 1400 on 9345. Station ID into morning religious programming and musical interludes. Both frequencies via Iba, Philippines. Schedule for this segment runs to 1600 UTC Javanese service on 15620 kHz (Bocaue, Philippines) 1400-1430 with religious sermon. Lahu service (Bocaue) 11750 kHz, 1400-1430. (New Delhi SDR)

PBS Pilipinas, 9910 kHz, "PBS Pilipinas..the Voice of the Philippines" at tune-in 1917. Audible on // 12120 (best SIO 444) and 15190 (SIO 222). Filipino pop vocals to 1921. Easy-listening vocals tune to 1927. Announcer's English/Filipinos ID, frequency and station promo located "in Manila, Philippines". Closing national anthem 1928-1929.All frequencies targeted to the Middle East. (New Delhi SDR).

Saudi Arabia
SBA Itha' Huna Al Azm, 11745 kHz. Arabic service targeted to Yemen with low-level Arabic text. SIO 322. SBA Radio Saudi Gen Prgm 1 on 9650 from 1455. Traditional Arabic music to 1458 for announcer's Arabic references to Saudi Arabic including identification. Intro melody at 1500 into newscript format. Frequency 9650 kHz scheduled to broadcast to 1755.SBA Radio Saudi Qur'an from 1457 on 13710, shift to 15205 kHz at 1545. SBA Saudi Radio International on 17660 kHz in French to 1600. SBA Saudi Radio International 9895 kHz Pashto service 1400-1558; Persian service 1157-1757 on 7240 kHz. SBA Qur'an channels (24 hours) 783, 855, 900 kHz AM/ 100 kW. (Qatar SDR) SBA Radio Riyadh 1440 kHz (1600 kW). Arabic briefs between men's Arabic chorus music, and selections of easy-listening tunes. SBA Qur'an in progress 1510 on 810 kHz (10 kW), SBA Radio Jeddah 810 (5 kW) underneath with men's Arabic chorus. (Qatar SDR) SBA Radio Riyadh on medium wave in Arabic at 1730-1740 on: 945 (SIO 333) // 1071 (322) 1215 (222) 1449 (SIO 222) 1449 (SIO 222) SBA R Saudi Call of Islam 1745 on 594 (222) 783 (333) 1422 (333).

Sultanate of Oman
Radio Oman, 9620 kHz, 1510 tune-in. Great signal (SIO 444) for US/Euro pop tunes. English ID as "Nation Station" Taylor Swift music. Schedule is 1500-1600 hour in Arabic. Muddled audio by 1540 recheck in Arabic with traditional music and Arabic discussion. Radio Oman on 558 kHz (SIO 322) // 1242 kHz (SIO 333) in Arabic with radio drama presentation between Arabic vocals, 1520-1540 tune-out. Arabic on 9620 also audible at this time, though not parallel. (Qatar SDR)

Sudan
Sudan Radio/General Prgrm 7205 kHz (100 kW) 1705 tune-in. Male/female trade Arabic conversation and briefs. Low-level audio SIO 222. Easy-listening music 1715-1717. Arabic promos after fanfare. Lady's presentation including phone-in call, talks and music from 1724. Signal fair-poor with intermittent peaks. Sudan's VO Africa /Sudan Radio in English 1715-1800 on 9505 kHz. My tune-in 1750 to announcer's English teaching Islam to 1757. African vocals to 1802 time tips. Announcer's ID routine in listed Hausa with news script format. HOA tunes from 1808. Fair signal SIO 332. (S Afr SDR)

Tajikistan
Radio Tojikiston Prgm 1 (Tajik Radio 1). Tentative as station on 4765 kHz, 1435-1505. Low-level audio (SIO 222) as text reading in what may have been Tajik or Uzbek. Female's brief comment into Middle-Eastern musical vocals 1452-1458. Top-of-the hour announcement (ID ?) into recitations format and reading text. Checked reception for Voice of Tajik on 7245 kHz from 1507. Similiar program format in presumed Tajik and running // with 1143 kHz AM. (Kuwait SDR)
(Gayle Van Horn/Teak Publishing)

Global Radio Guide (Summer 2019) Now Available at Amazon

Older ham radio operators and radio listeners might remember a time when shortwave radio stations broadcast a nearly constant drumbeat of political propaganda during the Cold War years. Shortwave radio stations such as Radio Moscow, the Voice of America, and the BBC, to name a few, played an important ideological role during that confrontation between the East and West.

Once again, Global Radio broadcasters have moved to the front lines as the world’s major superpowers have entered a new Cold War. As tensions heat up in the world’s hotspots such as eastern Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, you can follow international events on the radio, but you need an accurate and comprehensive radio guide to hear the action.

Teak Publishing is pleased to release that important radio guide – the Global Radio Guide (GRG), the 12th edition (Summer 2019) electronic book, by Amazon bestselling author Gayle Van Horn W4GVH. The book was formerly known as the International Shortwave Broadcast Guide.

This Amazon 'electronic' book is your ticket to travel the Global Radio bands. The heart of this publication is a 24-hour station/frequency guide with Summer 2019 schedules for selected medium wave and all known longwave/shortwave radio stations. This unique resource is the only radio publication that lists by-hour schedules that include all language services, frequencies and world target areas for over 500 stations. There are listings of DX radio programs and Internet websites addresses for many of the stations in the book. There are also entries for standard time and frequency stations, and even a few other intriguing shortwave radio stations.

New in this 12th edition of the GRG is a Summer 2019 Propagation Forecast, by international radio propagation expert, Tomas Hood NW7US. Tomas looks at summer radio conditions and the new solar cycle.

Gayle and Larry Van Horn have joined forces again penning a very timely article on monitoring the Venezuelan political crisis including broadcast and military frequencies.

Other authors in this edition include The Spectrum Monitor’s Fred Waterer, with a feature on summer radio programming and Richard Fisher with an easy homebrew antenna support construction article.

Spectrum Monitor e-zine columnist/feature writer Larry Van Horn has a special feature on Who’s Who in the Shortwave Radio Spectrum that will assist the reader in monitoring Global Radio activity outside the broadcast radio spectrum. This article also includes an updated Teak Publishing HF 1000+ non-broadcast frequency list.

The 12th edition of the Global Radio Guide e-Book (electronic book only, no print edition available) is available worldwide from Amazon and their various international websites at
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R81NJHD/.

The price for this latest edition is US$8.49. Since this book is being released internationally, Amazon customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, France Spain, Italy, Japan, India, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Australia can order this e-Book from Amazon websites directly servicing these countries. Customers in all other countries can use the regular Amazon.com website to purchase this e-Book.

You can read any Kindle e-Book with Amazon’s ‘free’ reading apps on literally any electronic media platform. You do not have to own a Kindle reader from Amazon to read this e-book. There are Kindle apps available for iOS, Android, Mac and PC platforms. You can find additional details on these apps by checking out this link to the Amazon website at www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771.

Additional information on this and other Teak Publishing radio hobby books can be found on the company sponsored Internet blogs – The Shortwave Central (http://mtshortwave.blogspot.com/),
The Military Monitoring Post (http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/), and The Btown Monitor Post (http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/). You can learn more about the author by going to her author page on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/GayleVan-Horn/e/B0084MVQCM/.

Global Radio listeners are routinely entertained with unique perspectives to events, music, culture, history, and news from other countries that you won’t see or hear on your local or national broadcast channels. Global Radio broadcasts are not restricted by country borders or oceans and can travel thousands of miles, reaching millions of listeners worldwide, now in over 300 different languages and dialects.

Listeners can hear shortwave broadcast stations from China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, New Zealand, North/South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, and many other counties. If you have a shortwave radio receiver or Internet connection, and this unique radio resource, you will know when and where to listen to your favorite radio broadcast station.

The Global Radio Guide will have wide appeal to amateur radio operators, shortwave radio hobbyists, news agencies, news buffs, educators, foreign language students, expatriates, or anyone else interested in listening to a global view of world news and major events as they happen.

Airspy HF+ Discovery Coming to Btown

The first review is in and you can read it at https://www.fenu-radio.ch/Airspy_HF-Plus_Discovery-en.htm.

I have one of the new Airspy HF+ Discovery SDRs on order and looking forward to putting through its paces. I will pin a "First Look" review in a future edition of The Spectrum Monitor (TSM) and a more in-depth review in the Winter edition of Teak Publishing's Global Radio Guide.

Will try to utilize several of the various software packages with this unit in the GRG review.

In the meantime. I have been on the Airspy Online SDR net using a prototype based in Europe. So far, very impressed, especially its noise handling capability that will be welcomed here in Btown.

Global Radio Guide (Winter 2018-2019) Now Available at Amazon

Older ham radio operators and radio listeners might remember a time when shortwave radio stations broadcast a nearly constant drumbeat of political propaganda during the Cold War years. Shortwave radio stations such as Radio Moscow, the Voice of America, and the BBC, to name a few, played an important ideological role during that confrontation between the East and West.

Once again, Global Radio broadcasters have moved to the front lines as the world’s major superpowers enter a new Cold War. As tensions heat up in the world’s hotspots such as eastern Europe, the Ukraine and Baltic States, the Middle East, and East Asia, you can follow international events on the radio, but you need an accurate and comprehensive radio guide to hear it.

Teak Publishing is pleased to announce the release of that important radio reference – the Global Radio Guide (GRG), 11th edition (Winter 2018-2019) ‘electronic’ book, by Amazon bestselling author Gayle Van Horn W4GVH. The book was formerly known as the International Shortwave Broadcast Guide.

If you want to get in on the action, then this Amazon 'electronic' book is your ticket to travel the Global Radio bands. The heart of this publication is a 24-hour station/frequency guide with Winter 2018-2019 schedules for selected medium wave and all known longwave/shortwave radio stations.

This unique resource is the only radio publication that has by-hour schedules that includes all language services, frequencies and world target areas for over 500 broadcast stations. It has a listing of DX radio programs and Internet websites addresses for many of the stations listed in the book. There are also listings for standard time and frequency stations, and even a few intriguing spy numbers station listings.

New in the 11th edition of the GRG is a feature, The Battle of the Airwaves in Cuba by Gayle (W4GVH) and Larry (N5FPW) Van Horn. This comprehensive feature covers the historic as well as an ongoing war over the airwaves between the U.S. and Cuba. Included are listings of AM/FM/Shortwave broadcast stations in Cuba, US stations beaming to Cuba and an extensive listing of Cuban Internet broadcast audio feeds.

Other authors with feature articles in this edition include The Spectrum Monitor’s Fred Waterer, from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, with a feature on winter radio programming and shortwave broadcast authority Hans Johnson with an update on DRM broadcasting worldwide.

There is a fascinating feature by former VOA audience research analyst and producer of the Shortwave Radiogram, Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott, PhD. KD9XB, on how to monitor shortwave radiogram broadcasts. Veteran journalist (editor and writer for Popular Communications, WorldRadio Online, and CQ Amateur Radio magazines) Richard Fisher KI6SN, has penned a fascinating feature on hearing the World of Shortwave and Mediumwave Broadcast stations using Amazon Echo Dot devices.

Spectrum Monitor e-zine columnist and feature writer Larry Van Horn has a feature on Who’s Who in the Shortwave Radio Spectrum that will assist the reader in monitoring Global Radio activity outside the broadcast radio spectrum. This article also includes an updated Teak Publishing HF 1000+ non-broadcast frequency list.

The 11^th edition of the Global Radio Guide e-Book (electronic book only, no print edition available) is available worldwide from Amazon and their various international websites at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L3RYTPG.

The price for this latest edition is US$8.49. Since this book is being released internationally, Amazon customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, France Spain, Italy, Japan, India, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Australia can order this e-Book from Amazon websites directly servicing these countries. Customers in all other countries can use the regular Amazon.com website to purchase this e-Book.

You can read any Kindle e-Book with Amazon’s ‘free’ reading apps on literally any electronic media platform. You do not have to own a Kindle reader from Amazon to read this e-book. There are Kindle apps available for iOS, Android, Mac and PC platforms. You can find additional details on these apps by checking out this link to the Amazon website at www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771.

Additional information on this and other Teak Publishing radio hobby books can be found on the company sponsored Internet blogs – The Shortwave Central (http://mtshortwave.blogspot.com/),

The Military Monitoring Post (http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/), and The Btown Monitor Post (http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/). You can learn more about the author by going to her author page on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/GayleVan-Horn/e/B0084MVQCM/.

Global Radio listeners are routinely entertained with unique perspectives to events, music, culture, history, and news from other countries that you won’t see or hear on your local or national broadcast channels. Global Radio broadcasts are not restricted by country borders or oceans and can travel thousands of miles, reaching millions of listeners worldwide, now in over 300 different languages and dialects. You do not need to own a shortwave radio to monitor many of these global radio broadcasts.

Listeners can easily hear shortwave broadcast stations from China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, New Zealand, North/South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, and many other counties. If you have a shortwave radio receiver or Internet connection, and this unique radio resource, you will know when and where to listen to your favorite radio broadcast station.

The new Global Radio Guide e-book will have wide appeal to amateur radio operators, shortwave radio hobbyists, news agencies, news buffs, educators, foreign language students, expatriates, or anyone else interested in listening to a global view of world news and major events as they happen.

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