Shortwave Listening

[MarioMania]

I love listening to Radio New Zealand

Any Good ones?

Like in the U.K or Wales

 

[KeithE4]

RNZ is one of the few that's left in English, other than the propaganda-stuffed Cuba and China and bible-banging US stations.

 

[boombox4]

BBC broadcast to West Africa during the early evenings, Pacific time, and are often audible here in WA state, so maybe they'd also be audible in California. They broadcast from Ascension Island.

BBC is in English to W. Africa at 0500 UTC on 9410 khz. I've heard them here in WA more than once.

 

[CTListener]

RNZ is one of the few that's left in English, other than the propaganda-stuffed Cuba and China and bible-banging US stations.

Is Romania still on shortwave? I remember listening to them a few years ago and being amazed at how old-fashioned the broadcast sounded. The same features most European shortwavers had 40 years earlier: news, commentary, a tourism-related feature, a bit of music, a mailbag program, etc.

 

[MarioMania]

I'm not to keen about the UTC time, Put it in Normal Clock time, like in PST Time. So I understand

05:59 - 08:58 13755 Pacific Mon - Fri
05:59 - 12:58 13755 Pacific Sat Sun
09:59 - 12:58 13755 Solomon Islands, PNG Mon - Fri
12:59 - 16:50 7390 Pacific Daily
16:51 - 17:55 9780 DRM Tonga Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri
16:51 - 17:58 9700 AM Pacific Sat
17:56 - 18:57 11690 DRM Tonga Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri
17:59 - 19:58 11725 Pacific Sat
18:58 - 20:58 13840 DRM Tonga Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri
19:59 - 22:58 15720 Pacific Sat
20:59 - 22:58 15720 Pacific Sun - Fri
22:59 - 05:58 17675 Pacific Daily

Don't know when time to listen, Morning's, Afternon's, Evening's and that's New Zealand Time

 

[gar hi]

RNZ comes booming in here once it's dark.

Late at night after 11 local time, the stations from China and Japan come in strong.

Some can be heard during the day on the higher frequencies but aren't that strong.

 

[KeithE4]

I'm not to keen about the UTC time, Put it in Normal Clock time, like in PST Time. So I understand

05:59 - 08:58 13755 Pacific Mon - Fri
05:59 - 12:58 13755 Pacific Sat Sun
09:59 - 12:58 13755 Solomon Islands, PNG Mon - Fri
12:59 - 16:50 7390 Pacific Daily
16:51 - 17:55 9780 DRM Tonga Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri
16:51 - 17:58 9700 AM Pacific Sat
17:56 - 18:57 11690 DRM Tonga Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri
17:59 - 19:58 11725 Pacific Sat
18:58 - 20:58 13840 DRM Tonga Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri
19:59 - 22:58 15720 Pacific Sat
20:59 - 22:58 15720 Pacific Sun - Fri
22:59 - 05:58 17675 Pacific Daily

Don't know when time to listen, Morning's, Afternon's, Evening's and that's New Zealand Time

UTC is the worldwide standard for all things shortwave, including broadcasters and hams. PST is UTC-8, while PDT is UTC-7.

 

[MarioMania]

I found a Converter, But Because of my Learning Disabilitie, My brain hurts when I try to add things up, So bare with me

So like on 13755 RNZ Starts on 05:59 NZ Time it 21:59 UTC in CA -8 hrs

So 1:59pm PST -- Is that correct?

 

[radiofan2023]

I found a Converter, But Because of my Learning Disabilitie, My brain hurts when I try to add things up, So bare with me

So like on 13755 RNZ Starts on 05:59 NZ Time it 21:59 UTC in CA -8 hrs

So 1:59pm PST -- Is that correct?

Use these sites to convert the UTC time:

UTC to PDT Time Converter

Convert UTC to PDT time zone, calculate the time difference between Universal Time (UTC/GMT) and Pacific Daylight Time (North America) (PDT).

www.utctime.net

UTC to PST Time Converter

Convert UTC to PST time zone, calculate the time difference between Universal Time (UTC/GMT) and Pacific Standard Time (North America) (PST).

www.utctime.net

 

[KeithE4]

I found a Converter, But Because of my Learning Disabilitie, My brain hurts when I try to add things up, So bare with me

So like on 13755 RNZ Starts on 05:59 NZ Time it 21:59 UTC in CA -8 hrs

So 1:59pm PST -- Is that correct?

RNZ operates on the following schedule (AM only, all times UTC, and boy have they cut it back!):

7390: 1259-1649, or 4:59-8:49 AM PST (add one hour for PDT in all cases, effective 3/10)
9700: 1651-1755, or 8:51-9:55 AM PST
11725: 1855-2058, or 10:55 AM-12:58 PM PST (varies on weekends)
13755: 0858-1255, or 12:58-4:55 AM PST
15720: 2058-2258, or 12:58-2:58 PM PST (one extra hour earlier on Saturdays)

They fill in some of the gaps with DRM, but... why? Sounds like RNZ is finally ready to hang it up on shortwave.

 

[MarioMania]

RNZ operates on the following schedule (AM only, all times UTC, and boy have they cut it back!):

7390: 1259-1649, or 4:59-8:49 AM PST (add one hour for PDT in all cases, effective 3/10)
9700: 1651-1755, or 8:51-9:55 AM PST
11725: 1855-2058, or 10:55 AM-12:58 PM PST (varies on weekends)
13755: 0858-1255, or 12:58-4:55 AM PST
15720: 2058-2258, or 12:58-2:58 PM PST (one extra hour earlier on Saturdays)

They fill in some of the gaps with DRM, but... why? Sounds like RNZ is finally ready to hang it up on shortwave.

You forgot

22:59 - 05:58 17675 Pacific Daily

 

[KeithE4]

You forgot

22:59 - 05:58 17675 Pacific Daily

I didn't include the DRM broadcasts. DRM has few, if any, listeners in the US. I'm not sure about anywhere else in the world, except maybe India on the Ancient Modulation band.

 

[radiofan2023]

I didn't include the DRM broadcasts. DRM has few, if any, listeners in the US. I'm not sure about anywhere else in the world, except maybe India on the Ancient Modulation band.

What is DRM?

 

[KeithE4]

What is DRM?

Digital Radio Mondiale, no relation to Digital Rights Management. It's been around for years, but never really took off in most countries. I believe India is an exception, but only on AM.

 

[MarioMania]

I'm hearing it on 17675, How is it different from Non DRM?

 

[davideduardo]

I'm hearing it on 17675, How is it different from Non DRM?

DRM It is not backwards compatible. You must have a DRM radio to hear it. India has a system of many high (Megawatt and 500 kw) and medium (100 kw to 250 kw) transmitters on the air or being constructed along with many regional services. Unlike FM, DRM on medium wave can cover huge areas, allowing All India Radio to have fewer transmitter sites with expanded coverage using a digital system on the medium wave band.

This is full of hype, but: Digital Radio Mondiale | The future of global radio

This is coverage map of AIR's DRM service:



With very high power, these sites will cover nearly all the nation. Of course, one issue is the considerable number of different languages used in India. In many areas, multiple services in various languages is needed.

 

[MarioMania]

Yeah, That what I thought, 17675 isn't DRM

Only 3 RNZ ones are 9780, 11690 & 13840

Thanks David

 

[Mediafrog+]

I didn't include the DRM broadcasts. DRM has few, if any, listeners in the US. I'm not sure about anywhere else in the world, except maybe India on the Ancient Modulation band.

Radio New Zealand will resume fulltime shortwave DRM broadcasts of its analog output once their new 100kw Ampegon transmitter is installed and operational later this year. RNZ had previously done this from 2006 to ~2018, but the older Thomson 100kw unit from 1990 (used for analog) became troublesome, forcing the station to switch its newer (2006) Thales transmitter from DRM to AM output for most of its broadcasts, with very limited use of the older transmitter.

 

[Mediafrog+]

You must have a DRM radio to hear it. India has a system of many high (Megawatt and 500 kw) and medium (100 kw to 250 kw) transmitters on the air or being constructed along with many regional services. Unlike FM, DRM on medium wave can cover huge areas, allowing All India Radio to have fewer transmitter sites with expanded coverage using a digital system on the medium wave band.

The expansion of India’s mediumwave network has allowed the government broadcaster to shutdown virtually all of its domestic shortwave services, which used to have dozens of transmitters around the country. I believe there is only one of those remaining in operation.

BTW All India Radio was recently rebranded as Akashvani for most of its various language services.

 

[boombox4]

I found a Converter, But Because of my Learning Disabilitie, My brain hurts when I try to add things up, So bare with me

So like on 13755 RNZ Starts on 05:59 NZ Time it 21:59 UTC in CA -8 hrs

So 1:59pm PST -- Is that correct?

Maybe get a cheap clock, and set it to UTC / Greenwich Mean Time. That might help. I know a lot of SWL's did that in the 1970's and earlier.