DX LISTENING DIGEST 10-12, March 26, 2010 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2010 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1505, March 25-31, 2010 Thu 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB? Thu 2100 WRMI 9955 Fri 0030 WRMI 9955 Fri 0330 WWRB 3185 Fri 1430 WRMI 9955 Fri 2030 WWCR1 7465 [15825 from April] Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 0900 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9510 [not this week; from April at 0800 on 9515, some weeks] Sat 1330 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sat 1900 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 6170 [from April at 1800 on 7290] Sat 1900 WRMI 9955 Sun 0230 WWCR3 4840 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Sun 1900 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Tue 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB? Tue 2230 WRMI 9955 [NEW] Wed 0030 WRMI 9955 [NEW] Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB? Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://193.42.152.193/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN: http://www.wrn.org/wrn-listeners/world-of-radio/ http://www.wrn.org/listeners/world-of-radio/rss/09:00:00UTC/English/541 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** AFGHANISTAN. TALIBAN HARNESS POWER OF THE WEB By Dawood Azami, BBC Pashto, Kabul The Taliban banned the internet when they were in power in Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001 declaring it immoral and un-Islamic. But eight years after the fall of the Taliban regime, the internet has become one of the main platforms for insurgents in the battle for the hearts and minds of the people of Afghanistan. As military operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan intensify, the Taliban are increasingly using the internet to generate popular support and undermine local governments and their international partners. The Taliban use the internet very successfully and they have established "virtual" sanctuaries. Their multi-lingual websites (in Arabic, English, Dari, Pashto and Urdu), "al-Emarah" and "Shahamat", are regularly updated with battlefield reports. The websites also offer readers interviews with Taliban leaders, propaganda videos, commentaries and official statements. . . Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/8570742.stm Published: 2010/03/17 12:12:58 GMT © BBC MMX (via Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, DXLD) ** ALBANIA. Summer A-10 schedule of Radio Tirana ALBANIAN Daily 0630-0800 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / F-04 antenna at 338 deg to WeEu 0630-0900 on 7390 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu 0801-0900 on 1395 FLA 500 kW / F-01 antenna at 033 deg to WeEu 1400-1530 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / F-05 antenna non-dir to WeEu 2030-2200 on 6165 SHI 100 kW / S-01 antenna non-dir to WeEu 2030-2200 on 9490 SHI 100 kW / S-15 antenna at 310 deg to WeEu 2300-0030 on 7425 SHI 100 kW / S-08 antenna at 300 deg to NoAm 2300-0030 on 9860 SHI 100 kW / S-15 antenna at 310 deg to NoAm ENGLISH Tue-Sun 0030-0045 on 9860 SHI 100 kW / S-15 antenna at 310 deg to NoAm 0145-0200 on 7425 SHI 100 kW / S-10 antenna at 310 deg to NoAm 0230-0300 on 7425 SHI 100 kW / S-10 antenna at 310 deg to NoAm 0330-0400 on 7425 SHI 100 kW / S-10 antenna at 310 deg to NoAm ENGLISH Mon-Sat 1430-1500 on [13625] rather 13755 SHI 100kW S-15 ant 310 deg to NoAm 1845-1900 on 7520 SHI 100 kW / S-08 antenna at 300 deg to U.K. 1845-1900 on 13640 SHI 100 kW / S-15 antenna at 310 deg to NoAm 2000-2030 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / S-01 antenna non-dir to U.K. 2000-2030 on 13640 SHI 100 kW / S-15 antenna at 310 deg to NoAm [English: WORLD OF RADIO 1505] GERMAN Mon-Sat 1801-1829 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / F-04 antenna at 338 deg to Germany 1931-2000 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / S-10 antenna at 310 deg to Germany GREEK Mon-Sat 1545-1600 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / F-05 antenna non-dir to Greece FRENCH Mon-Sat 1730-1800 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / S-10 antenna at 310 deg to France 1901-1930 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / S-10 antenna at 310 deg to France ITALIAN Mon-Sat 1700-1730 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / S-01 antenna non-dir to Italy 1901-1930 on 7520 SHI 100 kW / S-08 antenna at 300 deg to Italy SERBIAN Mon-Sat 1800-1815 on 6145 SHI 100 kW / S-01 antenna non-dir to Serbia 2015-2030 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / F-04 antenna at 004 deg to Serbia TURKISH Mon-Sat 1830-1900 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / F-05 antenna non-dir to Turkey [new time] (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 22 via DXLD) ** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, RTA via FRANCE, in Arabic, mostly Qur`an but not at the moment, March 23 at 0553, // 5865, and noticed that 7295 had some hum, and squeal developing on the transmitter. Per DX Mix News, the A-10 schedule calls for this morning usage until May 1: 0400-0557 5865, 0500-0657 7295; and resuming Sept 5. From May 2 to Sept 4: 0400-0557 7295, 0500-0657 9535. All these are Issoudun 500 kW, 162 or 194 degrees back to Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Summer A-10 of RTAlgeria HQ service in Arabic via TDF: 0400-0457 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf till May 1&from Sep 5 0500-0557 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf till May 1&from Sep 5 0500-0557 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf till May 1&from Sep 5 0600-0657 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf till May 1&from Sep 5 1800-1857 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 1900-1957 on 9375 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf till May 1&from Sep 5 1900-1957 on 9375 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf 2000-2057 on 7495 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf till May 1&from Sep 5 2000-2057 on 7495 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf till May 1&from Sep 5 2100-2157 on 7495 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 2100-2257 on 5875 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf till May 1&from Sep 5 [WORLD OF RADIO 1505] Summer A-10 of RTAlgeria HQ service in Arabic via TDF: 0400-0457 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf from May 2 till Sep 4 0500-0557 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf from May 2 till Sep 4 0500-0557 on 9535 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf from May 2 till Sep 4 0600-0657 on 9535 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf from May 2 till Sep 4 1800-1857 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 1900-1957 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf from May 2 till Sep 4 1900-1957 on 9375 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf 2000-2057 on 9375 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf from May 2 till Sep 4 2000-2057 on 9375 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf from May 2 till Sep 4 2100-2157 on 7495 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 2100-2257 on 7495 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf from May 2 till Sep 4 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 22 March via DXLD) ** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS [and non]. 4760.00, 1715-1725 (s. off approx. at 1730) INDIA, AIR, Port Blair (tentative location), 20/03, Indian slow songs - poor with fading and local noise, //4810, 4840, 4880, 5910, 4940, 4965, 5010 and 5040 (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) ** ANGUILLA [and non]. Checking 25m March 25 at 0524, there`s DGS on 11775, so Caribbean Beacon has not made the change to night frequency 6090 after 2200! Fair signal now and // 5935 WWCR, leaving 6090 to the DRM noise from 6085 Ismaning, if not also 6095 Junglinster. Meanwhile, RHC not audible on 11760 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. New ham beacon: see SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS ** ARGENTINA. PARO DE 24 HORAS EN RADIO NACIONAL Los trabajadores de la radio pública exigen un incremento salarial y mejores condiciones de trabajo. Desde las 0 horas de este viernes, los trabajadores de Radio Nacional cumplen un paro por 24 horas, en reclamo de recomposición salarial, y mejoras en las condiciones de trabajo. Desde la comisión interna de la Unión de Trabajadores de Prensa de Buenos Aires, señalaron en un comunicado los motivos de la medida: Desde noviembre del año pasado, hemos pedido un aumento salarial de emergencia que no ha tenido respuesta satisfactoria. Hace más de dos años la emisora se comprometió en el Ministerio de Trabajo a incluir sin dilaciones los derechos contenidos en el Convenio del Periodista. Radio Nacional y Clarín están entre los pocos medios que no reconocen derechos gremiales a los trabajadores de prensa. Insistimos, desde hace años, infructuosamente, sobre el grave riesgo que significa para el personal y el público la acumulación de archivos y basura en los subsuelos de la emisora, junto a instalaciones de la empresa Edesur, y a un tablero eléctrico que ha tenido desperfectos. Pero esto no es todo: el único acceso a la emisora se ubica arriba de esta zona de riesgo ígneo. Radio Nacional sigue sin tener salida de emergencia pese a nuestros múltiples pedidos. No queremos ser otro Cromañón. Nuestros cronistas no pueden seguir viajando en móviles que por su estado, hasta han llegado a perder una rueda en una autopista. Insistimos en la provisión de vehículos que garanticen la seguridad de los trabajadores, de equipamiento técnico (computadoras, impresoras, micrófonos, etc.) y demás elementos en las áreas donde sean necesarios. Solicitamos la adecuación de los espacios físicos para que los productores puedan desempeñar con dignidad sus funciones. No faltan fondos, lo que sobran son promesas incumplidas y desidia. Por lo mencionado, los trabajadores de Radio Nacional representados por la UTPBA , comienzan a partir de las 00 horas del 19 de marzo un paro de 24 horas como inicio de un plan de lucha. La jornada de protesta incluye una asamblea, que se realizará desde las 12, en la puerta del informativo de la radio. Fuente: http://www.novacolombia.info/nota.asp?n=2010_3_19&id=16194&id_tiponota=11 (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, March 19, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) 24-hour strike at Radio Nacional, leading to: Neste momento 19 UT, sinal local de FM da RAE em 19 metros aqui no interior do RS; só acho estranho não estar transmitindo o programa em italiano mas sim está em cadeia com a Nacional 870 com entrevistas e muito tango de altíssima qualidade! (William Viu, Brasil, Friday March 19, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 15820 LSB, unidentified feeder, 2220-2400, March 20, Spanish talk. US pop/rock music. Poor. Weak (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) 15820-LSB, Feeder Argentina. 0140-0210 marzo 21. Retransmitiendo la emisora 101.5 Pop con música en inglés y español, luego un cambio para Latina, pgm: Dando Vueltas. "...tus artistas preferidos Latina te pone bueno... suena tu música, suenan tus canciones, suena Latina; a partir de las 22 la Previa en Latina..." Buen DX (Rafael Rodríguez R., Fomeque, Cundinamarca, 90 km sur oriente de Bogotá, Sony ICF 2010 Hilo de 10 metros, via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) Others have been reporting activity on the LTA feeder frequency 15820- LSB, so I check March 22 at 2322 – just a trace of something there at imagination-level. What about 15345.2? At 2323 March 22, RAE fair signal with trans- equatorial flutter, in Spanish announcing all four frequencies just as I tune in: 6060, 9690, 11710, 15345, and timecheck for 2323 UT. However, this is impossible, since RAE does not have four funxional transmitters. We know that both 11710 and 15345 were missing for months when a single transmitter failed, and has anyone ever heard them on both those frequencies at once? 6060 is certainly a separate transmitter, and not sure if there is really a third for 9690. But WRTH 2010 says there are two x 50 kW and one x 100 kW at General Pacheco. However, schedules show 9690 in use only for Europe at 18-22 M-F, which does not overlap with any 6060 usage, so those could also share one transmitter. Right after this announcement, I checked 11710 anyway, and there was no trace of a het vs something Asian on 11710.0. Nothing from Argentina on 9690 or 6060 either. Therefore I assume that like Voice of Indonesia, RAE just announces all its possible frequencies at once without meaning that they are really all on the air at that very moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also MOROCCO 11710.25, 2140-2148, R. Nacional, Buenos Aires (tentative), 20/03, Spanish-like OM talk - weak under strong local noise, best in USB. 6060, 2152-2156, R. Nacional, Buenos Aires (tentative), 20/03, Spanish-like YL/OM talks - weak under Sichuan PBS carrier and blocked by them at 2155'00. 15345.31/15345.26, 1901-1912/2007-2013, R. Nacional, Buenos Aires, 21/03, Spanish, mostly OM talks/OM talks about Zaragoza-Barcelona football play - poor with local noise and strong heterodyne (MRC on 15345.02), best in USB/strong and almost good already at 2007 (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) 15345, Radio al Exterior; 2214-2220+, 25-Mar; Balada to ID promo at 2217 mentioning Rae, Buenos Aires & La Verdad -- La Sintonía. Panorama Noticias at 2219. All in Spanish. SIO=3+53+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASIA [non]. Tentative A-10 RFA Daily Broadcast Frequencies. All times in UT. Burmese (4 hours daily) 0030-0130 13820IRA, 13865TIN, 17835TIN 1230-1330 7390IRA, 9335TIN, 13675TIN 1330-1430 7390TIN, 9335TIN, 12140TIN(-1400) 1630-1730 9945IRA Cantonese (2 hours daily) 1400-1500 5835TIN, 7280TIN[1430-] 2200-2300 9355SAI, 11715TIN, 11785TIN Khmer (2 hours daily) 1230-1330 12140TIN, 15160IRA 2230-2330 7480IRA, 13740TIN Korean (5 hours daily) 1500-1700 1350 , 5810TIN, 7210IRK, 7455TIN 1700-1800 1350 , 5810TIN, 9370IRA 1800-1900 1350 , 5810TIN, 7465TIN 2100-2200 1350 , 7460 , 9385TIN, 12075SAI Lao (2 hours daily) 0000-0100 15545TIN, 15690IRA 1100-1200 9355IRA, 15145IRA Mandarin (12 hours daily) 0300-0600 13760SAI, 15120TIN, 15615TIN, 15635IRK, 17615TIN, 17880SAI, 21550TIN, 21690TIN 0600-0700 13760SAI, 15120TIN, 15615TIN, 15635IRK, 17615TIN, 17880SAI, 21550TIN 1500-1600 9455SAI, 9905PAL, 11540TIN, 12005TIN, 12025SAI, 13675TIN, 15495TIN 1600-1700 5820TIN, 9455SAI, 9905PAL, 11540TIN, 11795TIN, 12025SAI, 13675TIN 1700-1800 5820TIN, 7280TIN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9540TIN, 9905PAL, 11540TIN, 11795TIN, 13625TIN 1800-1900 7280TIN, 7355TWN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9540TIN, 9865TIN, 11540SAI, 11700TIN, 13625TIN 1900-2000 1098TWN, 7260TIN, 7355TWN, 7435TIN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9865TIN, 9875TIN, 9905PAL, 11700TIN, 11785TIN, 13625TIN 2000-2100 1098TWN, 6140TIN, 7260TIN, 7355TWN, 7435TIN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9905PAL, 11740TIN, 11785TIN, 13625TIN 2100-2200 1098TWN, 6140TIN, 7355TWN, 7435TIN, 9455SAI, 9905PAL, 11740TIN, 13625TIN 2300-0000 7540 , 11760TIN, 11785TIN, 15430TIN, 15485SAI, 15585TIN Tibetan (10 hours daily) 0100-0300 9365KWT, 9885WER, 11695UAE, 15225TIN, 17730 0600-0700 17510 , 17780KWT, 21500TIN, 21690UAE 1000-1100 15460BIB, 17750KWT, 21530KWT 1100-1200 7470 , 13830 , 15670UAE, 17750KWT 1200-1400 7470 , 11590KWT, 11605TIN, 13830 , 15670UAE 1500-1600 9370 , 11585TIN, 11595KWT, 11795UAE 2200-2300 5865KWT, 7505TIN, 9880LAM 2300-0000 7470 , 7505KWT, 9805UAE, 9875TIN Uyghur (2 hours daily) 0100-0200 9350 , 9490LTU, 11895UAE, 11945UAE, 17640TIN 1600-1700 9350IRA, 9370 , 9555UAE, 11750IRA Vietnamese (2 hours daily) 0000-0030 7445IRA, 11605TWN, 13740SAI, 15535VLD, 15560TIN 1400-1500 7520IRA, 9715TIN, 9805SAI, 11605TWN, 11680TIN, 12140IRA 1400-1430 1503TWN 2300-2330 1359TWN 2330-2400 1359TWN, 7520IRA, 11605TWN, 13740SAI, 15535VLD, 15560TIN (Radio Free Asia, via Gordon Brown-UK, NWDXC March 22, via BCDX March 26 via DXLD) 15535 unconfirmed Tnx also to Juan Franco Crespo for the original RFA pdf schedule which lacks any transmitter sites (gh, DXLD) RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at http://www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DXers, but also from our general listening audience. Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl @ rfa.org and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to: Reception Reports Radio Free Asia 2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300 Washington DC 20036 United States of America (via AJ Janitschek, RFA, via Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, India, Cumbredx mailing list, via DXLD) NEW RADIO FREE ASIA QSL AJ Janitschek sends information that Radio Free Asia has announced its next QSL card; this is the fourth card in their Radio Pioneer series and commemorates Russian physicist, Alexander Popov. Popov demonstrated that a receiver could detect the electromagnetic waves produced by lightning discharges in the atmosphere many miles away. In 1895, Popov was able to receive and detect the radio waves produced by an oscillator circuit. In 1897 he successfully sent a ship-to- shore transmission over a distance of 3 miles and then persuaded Russian naval authorities to begin installing radio equipment in its vessels; just two years later he had increased the distance of ship-to-shore transmissions to 30 miles. Popov is credited with being the first to use an antenna in the transmission and reception of radio waves. This new card was debuted earlier this month at the 2010 Winter SWL Festival in Kulpsville. It will be used for all confirmed RFA reception reports dated April 1 - June 30, 2010. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at http://www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DXers, but also from its general listening audience. Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl @ rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to: Reception Reports, Radio Free Asia, 2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20036. Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker (via Rich D`Angelo, NASWA yg via DXLD) Also via Juan Franco Crespo, DXLD. The card itself has no info about Popov, beyond his portrait and dates, just the usual RFA boilerplate (gh, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Things must still not be back to normal at Shepparton following the ``cyclone`` --- what do they mean by that? A tornado or a hurricane/typhoon, or just a bad storm with straight winds? Such vagueness would be unacceptable among US meteorologists. March 18 at 1257 I was surprised to find 9580 and 9590 missing again, but instead a big signal on 9585, see SAIPAN. That transitioned to a weaker KTWR at 1300 and then 9580 came on with R. Australia, but still no 9590, nor by 1317 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also INDONESIA Glenn, What we call a hurricane in the Western Atlantic or Caribbean has other names in other places. It's a typhoon in the Western Pacific (W of the date line) and a cyclone in the Indian Ocean or anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere, usually the SW Pacific. 73, (Dan Malloy, KA1RDZ, Everett, MA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dan, Yes, I know, but ``cyclones`` [hurricanes] rarely hit as far south as inland Victoria, and this one was apparently an isolated unexpected strike, so more like a tornado in our terminology. Or just a bad storm with straight winds which should not be called a cyclone (Glenn to Dan, via DXLD) There is nothing vague about a cyclone, I can assure you (Eddy Waters, South Australia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Eddy, It`s the terminology which is vague, one of those things, which is different in different parts of the world. A tropical storm, what we call a hurricane, with an eye, extremely low pressure at the center, sometimes covering hundreds of miles diameter, slow-moving and with winds of 200-300 kph or even more, can easily be predicted, hits shorelines first moving inland from a tropical or sub- tropical sea. It is my understanding that this same kind of storm is called a cyclone in some parts of the Pacific and a typhoon in others. Is this the `cyclone` which hit Shepparton? Or was it a tornado like we have all too frequently in Oklahoma. Which develops quickly, moves in a relatively brief track, but with extremely high winds can do great damage in a restricted area far from the ocean. Or was it merely a bad storm of neither kind? I still don`t know and your comment still does not answer the question (Glenn to Eddy, via DXLD) Hi Glenn. Hope this helps. http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/cyclone/ Cheers (Eddy, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That makes quite clear that cyclone = typhoon = hurricane and NOT tornado but does not deal with the Shepparton event in particular (gh) "Cyclone" is the accepted meteorological term in the southwest Pacific and region (Theo Donnelly, BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I know. People seem to keep missing the point of my comment. By that you mean what we call a hurricane, right? Well, was it a hurricane = cyclone? How did it do so much damage inland from the south coast of Australia, and we heard nothing about it hitting any coast first? These normally would hit in the tropical areas, north coast or somewhere in Queensland. It would have a long way to go before it got to Shep, meanwhile petering out. From what happened it sounds to me more like what we call a tornado, or just a bad storm with straight- line winds. I`ll have to research this further, as no one in Australia either is clarifying this basic distinction. Google shepparton tornado and get lots of stories about this. Seems some Aussies are admitting that`s what it was (Glenn to Theo, via DXLD) Why not just accept that that is how it's described and registered locally? My grumble is that you constantly be-little what/how other jurisdictions assign or refer to situations, be it weather as in this case... or the type of politics... or the way the programming is run on a certain station. Who gives a fig that it, whatever it is, doesn't fit your (presumed American) sensibility? Organisations and groups outside the US don't march to Your Rules. Please just report facts... and leave the rest of us to draw our own conclusions on the content. We're just as "intelligent" as you (Theo Donnelly, BC, ibid.) Look, I give you a serious answer, trying to find out some information. It seems the Aussies themselves dispute how to identify these things. There is a huge difference between a tornado and a hurricane, whatever they are called. The trouble with `cyclone` is that some people use it to refer to one and some to another. Another meaning is merely a low-pressure area. Linguistic differences are one of my many interests. The `facts` cannot be reported without defining the terms. I have no problem with hurricanes being called cyclones, as long as we know the geographical preference. I do have a problem with mixing them up with tornadoes, which are totally different storms (tho hurricanes can also spawn tornadoes, e.g. in Florida). And yet I still get a snarky anti-American reply from you. Thank you very much. Yes, I am a critic, which means I also opine about things I approve of. Do you really think I am going to stop? (gh to Theo via DXLD) Altho not about this event, see ``We don`t get tornadoes here`` http://www.home.aone.net.au/~byzantium/writing/tornado.html This story makes it pretty clear that this was not a cyclone = hurricane, but a tornado: SUPER-CELL THUNDERSTORMS HIT MELBOURNE, TRIGGER TORNADOES IN SHEPPARTON, INSURERS DECLARE CATASTROPHE http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/a-beauty-of-a-super-cell-thunderstorm-hits-melbourne/story-e6frf7jo-1225837959592 (gh, DXLD) AAMOF, CNN headline crawler at 1703 UT March 21 says [a real] ``Cyclone Makes Landfall on Australian Coast``. And of course there was an undisputed cyclone = hurricane a few weeks ago doing a lot of damage to Fiji (gh, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. CHINA (Taiwan), 15240.10, Radio Australia English Broadcast via Tainan, Taiwan relay. Mar. 16. *2200-2225. Noted with sudden sign-on in mid-programming, with Radio Australia News, Promotion for AM Australia hosted by Tony Eastley. Gradual fade-outs to 2225 (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tainan? Yes, per Aoki at 2200-2330, but at 0000-0800 RA on 15240 is still from Shepparton, in B-09 at least (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) PALAU, 9965, Radio Australia Burmese Broadcast via Koror, Palau site. *1600-1630* Mar. 17. Noted with opening ID for Radio Australia in English, then Burmese Language to 1630 when cut in mid-sentence (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Australia, 11760 via Tanshui [TAIWAN], in Chinese, 1403 18 Mar. YL with talk and Oriental music. Fighting with BBC and CRI for dominance. (s5 QSB) - 73, (Sean Gilbert - Buckingham, UK, http://www.hfradio.org.uk Racal RA1792 and Wellbrook Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11945, 20/Mar 0951, R Australia, English. Pop music and after YL short speech and more pop music. The full ID at 0958 UT and 1000 UT ID with musical vignette. 45433. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, Brasil, Degen 1103, Dipole antenna, 19 meters - east/west - Balun 4:1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Where can I get R. Australia's current SW schedule? I found this file on their website: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pdf/frequency_guide.pdf Is it an old one? I've been listening to R. Australia from about 1130 UT on 11945 kHz with an excellent signal. But I don't see this frequency in their grid. Some online people seem to really hate SW. One often needs a professional detective to discover the links where the major international stations are hiding their SW frequencies on their websites! (Sergei S., March 22, ibid.) Undated schedules like that are really annoying. Most of the frequencies look like they are still in use, and RA does not make major changes between A and B seasons, but they haven`t kept it current. 11945 is Shepparton at 07-13, 329 degrees. Yes, it`s disheartening when stations which are still SW broadcasters are so eager to dis the medium (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. The NT stations making a good showing March 25 from 1228 tune-in, best heard in quite a while, 2310 // 2325 // 2485 with Oz talk, promo news coming up, ``on 783, ABC Alice Springs`` YL ID, 1230 ABC news sounder, and 10 minutes of news about the Territory, such as at 1235 that its population has just exceeded 227,000. (Hmmm, there ought to be room to move Israel there and solve a lot of problems.) At first, 2310 and 2325 were about same level and close to 100% readable except during brief fades; audio also on 2485 but a lot weaker. At 1240 on to Nightline program, and by 1245, 2325 had faded to much weaker than 2310. Enid sunrise today was 1228 UT. I also looked for R. Symban, 2368.5 at 1234 and thought I could detect a carrier, but weaker even than the very weak seventh harmonic of the NDB in Lamesa, Texas, LSA on 2366. This was a VG Outback morning, as HCJB was also in on 15 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. After having had good reception of the 120m stations half a sesquihour earlier, I also had good reception of HCJB on 19m, where often it is completely inaudible. May have been long-path. March 25 at 1315, on 15400 sermon in English with consecutive translation to Chinese; at 1326 caught English ID ``Listening to HCJB Global Voice, Melbourne, Australia`` and back into Mandarin. HCJB also good on 15340 at 1315 with song in Asian language, no het from Morocco, presumably off 15341 today. Around 1323, 15340 went to talk in unID language, and reception so good I could tell there was slight hum on the transmission. Scheduled 1315-1330 on Thursdays is Bhojpuri. Both WRTH 2010 and Aoki show two clashing listings for 1330 daily, Hindi and Rawang! But station website already displays A-10 schedule showing Hindi at 1330 and Rawang for Myanmar at 1230. Things had changed drastically by next check 1358 when both frequencies were much weaker with flutter, 15340 worse (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15340, HCJB Australia, 1513-1530*, March 22. In English with religious show presented by Brian; fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIAN DAB INDUSTRY NEWS http://www.digitalradioplus.com.au/enews/26_march_2010.htm or http://tinyurl.com/yh3jmr2 -- (Rob de Santos, Columbus, OH, March 25, dxldyg via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA [and non]. Re ``In the next year or so we will probably see the shutdown of what's left of Radio Budapest and Radio Austria International`` The last remains of Radio Austria International ceased to exist on New Year's Eve. What still goes out are merely token transmissions, for legal reasons necessary while otherwise leasing the Moosbrunn facilities to AWR, VT and now also Media Broadcast. I have a feeling that it would be cynical to guess when this puppy will be finally shot (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AZERBAIJAN. After an interruption of two years, Radio “Voice of Southern Azerbaijan” has resumed its emissions between 16 and 17 hours on 9375 and 13645 kHz on separate days of the week (DX Mix transcript, http://bnr.bg/sites/en/Lifestyle/DX/Pages/1903DX.aspx R. Bulgaria March 19, via DXLD) No, it hasn`t!!!!!!!!!!! This is obviously lifted from DXLD discussion about the unID on 13645 which turned out to be India, and all the stuff about VOSA was labeled as HISTORICAL, not since 2003y. BDXC-UK Communication also made this mistake (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. Bangla Cabinet today scrapped the daylight saving time. The daylight saving time was due to come into force from 31st March. Bangla Radio and BBC Bangla external service used to shift their broadcast time to keep up with the changed local time. The clock in Bangladesh was first advanced by one hour on 19th June 2009 and had shifted back by one hour on 31st December 2009. This was an electricity savings measure by the Bangladeshi Government (Supratik Sanatani, West Bengal, India, March 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And put Bang time ahead of the country to the east, Myanmar ** BELARUS [and non]. 6040, 24/3 0051, Belaruskoye Radio, talks and songs, // 6010 & 6070, fair, QRM from China, stopped at 0057 from Radio Slovakia International starting English. But at 0100 all were covered by Radio Canada International. What a jammed frequency! (Giampiero Bernardini, RX: Perseus, ANT: Wellbrook LFL 1010, QTH: Bocca di Magra, Italia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CRI is also Sackville (gh) ** BELARUS. Summer A-10 of Radio Belarus, Minsk: Belarussian 1100-1400 on 7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu 1100-1400 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu Russian 1400-1600 on 7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu 1400-1600 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu Polish 1600-1800 on 7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu 1705-1800 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to CeEu 1600-1800 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu German 1800-2000 on 7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu 1800-2000 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to CeEu 1800-2000 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu English 2000-2200 on 7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu 2000-2200 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to CeEu 2000-2200 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu Russian 2200-2300 on 7360 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg to WeEu 2200-2300 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg to CeEu 2200-2300 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to SoEu Belarussian Radio HS-1: Belarussian 0400-0700 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 072 deg to EaEu 1500-1700 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 072 deg to EaEu (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 22 March via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) ** BELARUS [non]. Radio Liberty, Belarussian Service, A10: (time UTC) 0300-0500 on 612 6105 6120 1500-1700 on 612 7270 9725 1700-1900 on 612 6050 6105 1900-2100 on 612 5995 9405 Source: http://www.svaboda.org/content/article/1984815.html 73! (Alexey Zinevich: a DXer from Minsk, Belarus, March 18, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BHUTAN. 6035.01, 0038-0054, Bhutan BS, Thimphu, 21/03, Dzongkha, OM talks, typical local singing without/with local music - fair with splashes from 6030 (ROU), then poor due to downward propagation (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) 6035, 24/3 0001 BBS, Bhutan, talks by man followed by monks' slow music, fair/good. It sound like they are on air with 100 kW again (Giampiero Bernardini, RX: Perseus, ANT: Wellbrook LFL 1010, QTH: Bocca di Magra, Italia, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ciao, The BBS transmitter was on repair in February 2010, and under test in first week of March, it was irregular then, but last 10 days its noted strong & continuous between 0100 UTC to 1500 UTC, I think they have recommissioned the 100kw Thompson TXR at full duty... The Signal is very strong like S9+30 db here without any ext. antenna (- I leave only approx. 350+ KM aerial distance from Thimpu, Bhutan) and can be listened very well without erecting any telescopic whip, inside living room, great audio with S9+. Try 0500-0600 and 0800-0900 UT in English (Partha Sarathi Goswami, Rx. Sony 7600GR and Redsun RP2100, Siliguri, West Bengal, India, ibid.) AND English at 14-15, no? That`s only chance in WNAm (gh, DXLD) 6035, BBS (tentative), March 24. Thanks to the timely tip from Giampiero Bernardini! Recently I have checked here from about 1330 to 1400 to only find PBS Yunnan in Chinese with no other station noted. Today at 1346 tune-in clearly heard two stations mixing together. BBS seemed to improve over assume Yunnan by 1350; played unique indigenous music/singing; announcer taking several on-air phone calls in assume Dzongkha (clearly not in Chinese); matches their schedule and as heard here in the past during this time period; played one pop song; after 1400 there was too much QRM from the adjacent splatter to decipher what was happening. Needs more monitoring now that they have increased their power! (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BBS still using 50 kW old transmitter (Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, India, March 24, ibid.) ** BOLIVIA. Florida DXing - 2320 to 2345 Bolivian opening 19 March ---------------------------------------- 3309.98, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba 4409.8, Radio Eco, Reyes 4451.2, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma 4700, R San Miguel, Riberalta 4716.19, Radio Yura, Yura 4796.49, Radio Lipez, Uyuni 5580.2, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos - Seems off but was on 18 March same time! 5952, Pio XII, Siglo Veinte (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, La Florida, EE. UU. de Norteamérica, Drake R8 - Icom 746Pro DL, 60 meter band dipole ~ Noise Reducing Antenna, HCDX via DXLD) 5952.47, 2247-2256, R. Pio XII, Siglo Veinte, 20/03, Spanish, YL (mostly)/OM talks - poor (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6135.049 V, Radio Santa Cruz, 0917, Spanish, mensajes by a woman, then talk by a man with mentions of "Santa Cruz" and local time check. Unstable carrier, drifting up and down by a few Hertz but otherwise very good. 19 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF-7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6185, 19/Mar 2350, BRASIL, R Nacional da Amazônia, Português. Retransmitindo o programa “Eu de cá e você de lá”(?) da Rádio Nacional de Brasília AM. Bom sinal, leve QRM da provável CRI com serviço em Mongol (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, Brasil, Degen 1103, Dipole antenna, 19 meters - east/west - Balun 4:1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) O o, the nemesis of XEPPM is back after absence a few weeks (gh, DXLD) 6185, 20/Mar 0943, BRASIL. R Nacional da Amazônia. There is no signal of RNA. At 1736 UT the signal is too weak. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, Brasil, Degen 1103, Dipole antenna, 19 meters east/west - Balun 4:1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Or not; see MEXICO ** BRAZIL. 7842.50 ??? Pirata ??? 00:45 21/03 UNID ??? uma possível tx pirata... px musical Recordando o passado, locução masculina bem interiorana. ..recados aos amigos caminhoneiros "esta é a rádio.... transmitindo para todo o Brasil..." tenho muito fading e estática devido chuvas...e quando o cara fala o nome da rádio está difícil... risos... [Later:] 7842.50, 0045 21/03 Pirata R Diário da Manhã, local unid, px musical relembrando o passado, locução masculina, às 0107 ID parcial, 24232 (PU2LZB Renato Uliana, Guarulhos-SP GG66rn, IC-R75 ant. vertical plano terra, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) 7840 kHz - S. O. S. ---- Olá amigos, Ontem, às 2249 UT, enquanto espreitava a banda de 41m, deparei-me com transmissão - classificada SINPO 22232 - cujo 'slogan' era: "... Radio Gaio Guarani transmitindo em Ondas Curtas para todo o Brasil...". A programação constituia-se de cantigas antigas (décadas de 1930~1950, avaliei), espécie de marchas militares ou similar. OBS.: Dada a dificuldade da escuta, considere-se a variação fonética do nome da estação. Alguém, POR FAVOR, ratifica ou esclarece a informação (Valter Pessanha / Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ agradece, March 22, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) Bom Dia, há uma reportagem anterior do Renato Uliana que informa "Radio (Pirata) Diário da Manhã," mas ontem caro Valter, à partir de 21:30 (hora local) [0030 UT] iniciei minhas escutas nessa frequencia que bate exatamente em 7842.5 USB, entretanto escuto melhor em 7843 e 7844 AM, já o locutor informa 7845 kHz, "Radio Tempo do Amor, a radio do tempo em que existia o Amor". Escutado música de marchas militares, hinos da marinha e exército, hino da bandeira, canções clássicas e de bandas de músicas de uma época remota e o locutor raramente falava e quando falava, o sinal era tão débil que eu não entendia nada; escutei em melhores condições na antena dipolo 1/2 onda ressonante em 40 metros, transceptor Yaesu FT-857D. Nos portáteis chineses Degen, Tecsun e Sangean com anteninha telescópica era muito difícil escutar. O responsável por essa emissora deve ser da velha guarda, rs,rs, rs. Grato aos amigos Renato e Valter pela curiosa e exótica informação, Atenciosamente, (David Elias Nader, PU4YEN, Patrocínio-MG, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, ibid.) Por aqui ouvi a emissora em 7842.5 às 0300 UT com marcha militar, frases nacionalistas e o programa "Alma Cabocla", musica sertaneja, a emissora de identificou como Rádio Diário da Manhã. Vai ver. utilizam mais de um nome em horários diferentes. 73 (Samuel Cássio Martins, São Carlos SP, March 22, ibid.) Ola Pessoal, Esta emissora vem sendo ouvida já de longa data, vejam os comentarios abaixo: Veja a Data: DX LISTENING DIGEST 5-033, February 21, 2005 (Eduardo L. Castaldelli, Mairiporã- SP- Brasil, ibid.) Olá Pessoal, Com certeza trata-se da mesma transmissão. De qualquer forma é uma TX interessante e curiosa; fazia muito tempo que eu não ouvia essas marchinhas e hinos tocadas nesta emissora. Me fez lembrar do tempo em que tínhamos na escola a disciplina de Educação Moral e Cívica... bons tempos. Quando a propagação melhorou pude confirmar que se tratava da Rádio Pirata Diário da Manhã, e o áudio ficou nota 8. Acredito que deva ser uma transmissão de baixa potência algo entre 100 e 1000 watts no máximo, mais nesta banda com uma boa propagação e uma boa antena dá para ir muito longe. Apesar de algumas críticas com relação a forma amadorística que a Diário da Manhã transmite, no meu modesto modo de ver a maioria das TX piratas são assim mesmo... até mesmo algumas que não são piratas possuem qualidade ruim ou péssima... mais o importante e divertido disso tudo é justamente a dificuldade... se não é só sintonizar a BBC ou a VOA e tá tudo certo. Seria bacana se a Diário da Manhã paga-se QSL... não sei se paga ou não... mais para quem gosta é no mínimo exótico, já que não é comum emissoras piratas brasileiras em ondas curtas... ( no entanto em FM... risos ). Um forte 73 e boas escutas ! (PU2LZB Renato Uliana, Guarulhos-SP GG66rn, http://www.amantesdoradio.com.br ibid.) Olá Renato, Esta transmisão se tiver uma antena boa, e bem alta, não precisa ter muita potência, para ir longe em 40 metros. Eu acredito que deva ter entre uns 20 watts e 100 watts. Aqui em Alfredo Marcondes, ela também chega com sinal bom, quando a propagação ajuda, mais o aúdio deixa a desejar (Rogério Rampazo, Tecnico Eletronico, ibid.) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 9645.3, R. Bandeirantes, March 23 at 0556 with heavy QRM from Vatican IS on 9645.0, after Arabic, but that went off at 0557 to resume in Latin by 0630. Bandeirantes was again giving full ID for AM, FM and SW frequencies, each with its own alfanumeric callsign, plus http://www.radiobandeirantes.com.br The website only shows AM and FM frequencies, forcing one to dig for anything about SW. Even without Vatican, RB suffers from the 9645.0 leapfrog mixing product of WYFR 9715 over 9680, but not at the moment, as WYFR strength varies greatly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3355.04, R. Educadora 6 de Agosto, Xapuri (pres.) 0947 signal already noted, but very little audio. Found w/M tlk in poss. PT at 1006. Into pleasant Pop-like song at 1008. 1011 W briefly, then another Pop song. 1015 couple canned words by W, then studio M anncr again definitely PT. Sounded like a ment of Sao Paulo at 1018 just before M anncr started phone conversation w/W. M joined in on the phone then at 1021 w/another poss. ment of Sao Paulo. 1023 ballad w/W vocal. 1025 jingle by W again, then another ballad. Faded in the next 20 minutes and completely gone by 1045. Grayline matches up well with Acre state. (20 March) 11749.84, R. Voz Missionária, Florianópolis 2303 lively instru. Rel. mx at t/in, then M in PT w/pgm intro. Ment of time and Brasil, then choral singing and cont. tlk by same M. 2315 Pop-like rel. choral song. 2319 M briefly, then jingle w/poss. ID and ment of ``Missionaria" and Brasil. 2321 ment of Missionaria and Brasil again, followed by dramatic mx, and then choral song. M again at 2324 w/ment of hora, nacional, and radio. Seemed to go into next pgm at 2325 w/tlk across BoH by M. Good w/severe QRM from 11750 which was notched out for the most part. Audio distorted, maybe from the QRM. (19 March) 11765, Super R. Deus é Amor 2303 great signal w/ID by M at t/in, pgm ID jingle, then full ID w/web site which was cut off at the end, then pgm ID again, and vcl song by W. 2308 M pgm host w/abt a dozen ments of the pgm and tlk. W joined in at 2311. 2327 canned ad, then M came right back continuing. Amazing clear signal. (19 March) 11780, R. Nacional Amazonia 2303 filler mx, then M anncr w/"Nacional" ID, then promo for "Nacional Informa" pgm. Pgm continued at 2304. 2307 promo or intro w/nice ID, then raspy-voiced M w/tlk and interview of W going over BoH. ID promo w/jingle at 2332 and other anmnts. 2336 "R. Nacional de Brasilia AM estereo" ID. One of the strongest signals on the band of course. (19 March) 11815, R. Brasil Central 2303 nice ID w/QTH at t/in, then canned anmnt w/crowd cheering, and promo for a number of pgms. 2306 TC, jingle, and into Reggae-like song. 2310 jingle ID, then another live song. 2316 live M anncr again including TC, and canned ID promo. Mx continued at 2321. 2331 M DJ again w/song anmnt, TC, and jingle. Excellent. (19 March) 11914.97, R. Gaúcha 2303 apparent nx in progress w/M host mentioning Porto Alegre, Brasil, Sergipe, etc. W commented several times. Only hrd on 1 sound bite. 2315 canned anmnt. Different M w/pgm segment, sports?? 2328 finally canned ads/promos. Time ticks accurately on BoH. Ment of Gaucha at 2332. Fair signal but 11920 slop QRM, especially when they were playing mx. (19 March) 11925, R. Bandeirantes 2303 live tlk by W w/ments of Sao Paulo. 2305 nice ID, then canned anmnt, and studio M anncr at 2306 w/phone calls/rpts all the way to 2328. 2328- 2333 ad/promo block, then M host again. Strength about equal to Gaucha, and horrible 11920 slop QRM. (19 March) The above ZYs were the only ones noted on 25 meters (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) All these are sometimes audible also in the nightmiddle to some degree, except 11915v (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4845.24, 0118-0128, R. Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus, 21/03, Portuguese, OM talk with mentions of Amazonas and Manaus, long pause at 0123-0125'30, then Brazilian song - poor-fair with local noise (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) 11734.98, 1950-2001'28*, R. Trans Mundial, Santa Maria, 21/03, Portuguese, OM religious talk, then music and many short YL/OM talks with mention of some frequencies - fair-poor with deep fading and local noise (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) 11765.03, 0555-0603, Super R. Deus é Amor, Curitiba, 20/03, Portuguese, OM/YL talks with short musical pauses – poor till 0559'40 when BBC came on 11760, then weak, also heterodyne, also at 2012/2054 this evening with poor/fair signals. 11780.02, 2116-2124, R. Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília, 20/03, Portuguese, OM short ann, Brazilian songs – fair-poor with deep fading and local noise, also on 6185.01 at 2208/2230-2244 this evening with poor/fair signals. 11814.99, 0604-0612, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia, 20/03, Portuguese, OM short talks with IDs at 0610'25 and 0610'55, Brazilian songs – fair, also at 2050 this evening with fair signal (Mikhail Timofeyev, North- East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6059.98, Super Radio Deus é Amor, Curitiba PR, 2301-2315, March 26, ID announcements at 2303. Portuguese religious talk. Poor with adjacent channel splatter. Good signal on // 11765 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** BRAZIL. Radio Inconfidência --- Olá Amigos, gostaria de informar que a Radio Inconfidência de Belo Horizonte voltará a emitir com 100 KW EM 880 KHZ, E EM 19 METROS, Nesta semana, que se inicia amanha. Abaixo segue a informação, do responsável pelo setor da emissora: Caro Durval, Terça, 23, a partir das 0:00 h. Att., Marcus Starling, Diretor Técnico, (31) 3298-3400 (Durval, March 20, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) Says is resuming transmission on 19m, WTFK?? Was on 15190, I remember, and strangely enough WRTH 2010 does not show it as *inactive, tho no one has heard it for years, and with 5 kW. Now it will collide with Equatorial Guinea if it really come back starting Tuesday at midnight (= 03 UT, meaning UT Tuesday, or UT Wednesday?). Nothing but an undermodulated preacher in English at 2041 check March 23, R. Africa, and no sign of it by March 26 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No inicio do mês, escutava a Inconfidência no litoral a noite norte do Rio Grande do Sul mesclando com a Itai de Porto Alegre, que tambem emite em 880 Khz, o que fazia cerca de 3 anos que não ocorria. Entretanto, nos 49 metros, parece estar com a mesma potência em relação a Itaiaia "10 Kw" com mesmo desempenho, mas estão autorizados para irradiarem 25 Kw. A grande supresa fica por conta do retorno nos 19 metros em 15190 Khz com 5 Kw. (Edison Bocorny Jr., Novo Hamburgo, March 22, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Olá pessoal, Por enquanto não notei diferença nos sinais da R. Inconfidencia exceto na ID da emissora que agora é feita em idioma Inglês... Alguém conseguiu escutar a Inconfidencia em 19 metros? Abçs (PU4YEN David, ibid.) RÁDIO INCONFIDÊNCIA em expansão Olá amigos, Ratificando o recente e maravilhoso informe do Durval sobre nossa histórica emissora, tenho o prazer de divulgar que, através de contato ainda há pouco através do fone (31) 3298-3439 c Sr. Gleison Ferreira - da parte técnica, fui informado que a frequência será 15190 Khz, além da tradicional 6010. OBS.: Infelizmente, a data não poderá ser cumprida devido a pequeno incidente (a máquina que fazia a capina do parque de transmissores acabou atingindo a antena, que aguardava, na horizontal, para ser içada), implicando em alguns dias a mais para o marcante evento. Vamos afiar atentos para efetuarmos o devido registr (Valter Pessanha, March 22, ibid.) Edison, Realmente é uma surpresa muito grande a Rádio Inconfidência (A Gigante do Ar), slogan da emissora nas décadas de 80 e 90, voltar a transmitir pela faixa de 19m, desta forma praticamente será a única emissora brasileira a optar por esta frequência visto que as Rádios Gazeta, Record e Cultura de São Paulo já a abandoram. Estamos na expectativa para avaliarmos o comportamento e o código SINPO do sinal. 73! (Rogério Ferreira, Barão de Cocais - MG, ibid.) No inicio do mês, escutava a Inconfidência no litoral a noite norte do Rio Grande do Sul mesclando com a Itai de Porto Alegre, que tambem emite em 880 Khz, o que fazia cerca de 3 anos que não ocorria. Entretanto, nos 49 metros, parece estar com a mesma potência em relação a Itaiaia "10 Kw" com mesmo desempenho, mas estão autorizados para irradiarem 25 Kw. A grande supresa fica por conta do retorno nos 19 metros em 15190 Khz com 5 Kw. Inclusive, ja estão anunciando a frequência de 15190 Khz na sua identificação, o que indica o seu retorno nos 19 metros (Edison Bocorny Jr., Novo Hamburgo, ibid.) Amigos, Em fevereiro pude conhecer aqui em Brasília o presidente da Inconfidência, Valério Fabris, entusiasmado com o aumento de potência nos 880 e o retorno dos 19 metros. Dei a ele minhas palavras de apoio à iniciativa. Abraços (Lucio Haeser, ibid.) I still won`t believe it until I, or someone axually hear it on 15190. Lots of LA SW stations announce former SW frequencies thru neglect or as a matter of false pride (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. TV CULTURA BRAZIL RECEIVED IN PORTUGAL The MUF has been high enough for reception of Ch A2 in sound and vision from TV Cultura signal parallel with webstream http://www.portalcultura.com.br/paginas/mult_tv_aovivo.php Signal was in from about 1835 UT and went about an hour later. The sound didn't last so long. Distance is just under 4,000 miles Yes F2/TEP. Sometimes there are Brazilian NBFM signals around 39 MHz here in the late afternoon, sounds like police type thing + pager signals around 42 43 MHz. Ascension Island 50 MHz beacon in at the moment, ZD8VHF (Hugh Hoover, Portugal, 2146 UT 19 March, WTFDA via DXLD) I'm in locator square IM67. Canary Islands-S America 50 MHz contacts at the moment. Canary Islands 700 miles SW of me, no signal here (Hugh Hoover, 2210 UT 19 March, ibid.) Hi, I've put a video on youtube of yesterday's reception. Not a lot to see, never got much stronger than this and the video IF bandwidth was screwed down anyway. It's a kids show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTGIwkIoiTI (Hugh Hoover, 1225 UT March 20, ibid.) Hugh, It's clear to me it's F2. But, since it's up in the world of You Tube, how would you explain to a non-DXer how you IDed the station? (Saul Chernos, Ont., ibid.) Had the station last summer via multihop Es, video also on youtube. Brazilian DXer put me onto TV Cultura; it's their PBS type network and this is the nearest Ch A2 station to me. They also have programming times just for their area. Their FCC site lists zero offset station for Belem. Measured at around 55.250.010 MHz last summer. When it came up yesterday checked frequency, same. Went to their webstream programming --- audio same with few seconds delay. Cheers (Hugh Hoover, ibid.) ** BULGARIA. Summer A-10 schedule of RADIO BULGARIA March 28-October 31, 2010 ADDR: 4, Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1040 Sofia and P.O.Box 900, 1000 Sofia. Phone:+359 2 933 66 33; fax.:+359 2 865 05 60; Website: www.bnr.bg MW: Petritch (G.C: 41N28/023E19): 747 kHz, 300 kW / non-dir Vidin (G.C: 43N50/022E43): 1224 kHz, 300 kW / 205 deg SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N23/024E52): 2 x 300 kW, 3 x 170 kW S=Sofia (G.C: 42N49/023E11): 2 x 100 kW, 2 x 050 kW DRM V=Varna (G.C: 43N09/027E52): 2 x 100 kW BULGARIAN / e-mail: 0000-0100 -daily- South America 6200 P170/258, 7400 P170/245 0000-0100 -daily- North America 9700 P300/306, 11700 P300/306 0430-0500 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0430-0500 Mon-Fri East Europe 6200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 0430-0500 Mon-Fri West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0400-0500 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0400-0500 Sat/Sun East Europe 6200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 0400-0500 Sat/Sun West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1300-1400 -daily- Balkans 7400 P170/248, 1224 1300-1400 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306 1500-1600 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 1500-1600 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 1500-1600 -daily- Middle East 12000 P300/126 1500-1600 -daily- South Africa 15700 P300/185 1800-1900 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 1800-1900 -daily- Middle East 6000 P170/115 1800-1900 -daily- West Europe 6000 P170/306 1800-1900 -daily- West Europe 9400 S050/306 DRM ENGLISH / e-mail: 0200-0300 -daily- North America 9700 P300/306, 11700 P300/306 0630-0700 -daily- West Europe 9600 P300/306, 11600 P300/306 1730-1800 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1730-1800 -daily- West Europe 9400 S050/306 DRM 2100-2200 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 2300-2400 -daily- North America 9700 P300/306, 11700 P300/306 WORLD OF RADIO 1505, FRENCH / e-mail: 0100-0200 -daily- North America 9700 P300/306, 11700 P300/306 0600-0630 -daily- West Europe 9600 P300/306, 11600 P300/306 1700-1730 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1700-1730 -daily- West Europe 9400 S050/306 DRM 2000-2100 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 GERMAN / e-mail: 0530-0600 -daily- West Europe 9600 P300/306, 11600 P300/306 1630-1700 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1630-1700 -daily- West Europe 9400 S050/306 DRM 1900-2000 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 RUSSIAN / e-mail: 0300-0400 -daily- East Europe 6200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030, 1224 0500-0530 -daily- East Europe 6200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 1400-1500 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030, 1224 1400-1500 -daily- Central Asia 7400 P170/045 1530-1600 -daily- East Europe 9400 S050/030 DRM 1600-1630 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 1800-1900 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 2300-2400 -daily- Central Asia 7400 P170/045 SPANISH / e-mail: 0100-0200 -daily- South America 6200 P170/258, 7400 P170/245 0100-0200 -daily- Central America 9400 P170/295 0600-0630 -daily- South Europe 11800 P170/260, 15800 P170/260 1630-1700 -daily- South Europe 11800 P170/260, 13800 P170/260 2130-2230 -daily- South Europe 6200 P170/260, 9800 P170/260 2300-2400 -daily- South America 6200 P170/258, 7400 P170/245 ALBANIAN / e-mail: 0530-0600 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0600-0700 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 1600-1630 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 1900-2000 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 GREEK / e-mail: 0500-0530 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0500-0600 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 1630-1700 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 2000-2100 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 SERBIAN / e-mail: 0600-0630 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0700-0800 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 1700-1730 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 2100-2200 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 TURKISH / e-mail: 0500-0530 -daily- Middle East 5900 P170/115, 7300 P170/126 1730-1800 -daily- Middle East 6000 P170/115, 1224, 747 HORIZONT HS-1 Bulgarian 0900-1200 Mon-Thu West Europe 11900 S050/306 DRM 0400-0700 Friday West Europe 9400 S050/306 DRM 0600-0900 Sat/Sun West Europe 11900 S050/306 DRM EURANET English 0900-0930 Sat/Sun West Europe 11900 S050/306 DRM RADIO VARNA Bulgarian 2100-2400 Sunday Black Sea 6000 V100/ND 0000-0300 Monday Black Sea 6000 V100/ND DX MIX NEWS in Bulgarian: 0445-0500 Sun 1224 6000 6200 7400 1345-1400 Sun 1224 7400 11700 15700 1845-1900 Sun 747 1224 6000 9400 DRM DX MIX NEWS in English: 2140-2150 Fri 5900 7400 2340-2350 Fri 9700 11700 0240-0250 Sat 9700 11700 0640-0650 Sat 9600 11600 DX MIX NEWS in French: 2030-2040 Tue 5900 7400 0130-0140 Wed 9700 11700 2030-2040 Sun 5900 7400 0130-0140 Mon 9700 11700 DX MIX NEWS in German: 1950-2000 Tue 5900 7400 0550-0600 Thu 9600 11600 1920-1930 Sat 5900 7400 DX MIX NEWS in Russian: 1440-1500 Sat 1224 5900 7400 1540-1600 Sat 9400 DRM 1610-1630 Sat 5900 7400 1840-1900 Sat 5900 7400 2340-2400 Sat 6200 0340-0400 Sun 1224 6200 7400 0510-0530 Sun 6200 7400 0510-0530 Mon 6200 7400 DX MIX NEWS in Spanish: 1650-1700 Sun 11800 13800 2150-2200 Sun 6200 9800 2320-2330 Sun 6200 7400 0120-0130 Mon 6200 7400 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 20, via DXLD) In this schedule (in the source) I can't find 1000 and 1100 UT transmissions. Either they are cancelled or just not mentioned for some reason. ------ 73! (Alexey Zinevich: a DXer from Minsk, Belarus, ibid.) Budget cuts. NO AM broadcasts of Radio Bulgaria in 0800-1300 UT slot anymore (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, ibid.) ** BURMA [non]. EXILED RADIO PLAYS A CAT-AND MOUSE GAME By Lynette Lee Corporal – Asia Media Forum BANGKOK, Mar 19, 2010 (IPS) - For exiled journalists working on shortwave radio programming aimed at Burmese and Tibetan listeners, dodging the ‘enemy’ in the name of freer speech is often a cat-and- mouse game. Seeing their radio frequencies jammed, undertaking clandestine reporting and sourcing, dealing with poor signals and being spied upon are daily fare for the Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and India-based Voice of Tibet (VOT). More at : http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50719 (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CANADA. CANADIAN DTV TRANSITION DELAYED, MORE OR LESS The CRTC released some major changes to TV regulatory policy. The headline change involved allowing the three major TV groups (CTV, Canwest/Global, and Rogers) to spread their Canadian content requirements among their various stations (and cable channels). They've also proposed what looks like a copy of the U.S. solution for cable compensation to local broadcasters. "Each television station would have the option of entering into negotiations to establish a fair value for the distribution of their programs." More important to DXers, they've backtracked on requiring *all* OTA stations to switch to digital by August 31st of next year. Stations in "mandatory markets" are still required to convert, but stations in smaller markets may continue in analog for an indefinite period, unless they operate in channels 52-69 (apparently such stations may move below channel 52 and continue in analog). The CRTC says such stations serve 17% of the population. These stations *may* continue in analog, but the CRTC *encourages* them to convert to digital. There are obviously some rather powerful analog transmitters outside these mandatory markets. "Mandatory Markets" are the 13 provincial and territorial capitals; markets with a population over 300,000; and markets with more than one local station. These markets are: - Vancouver & Victoria, B.C. - Calgary, Edmonton, Lloydminster, and Lethbridge, Alberta - Regina & Saskatoon, Sask. - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Toronto, London, Windsor, Kitchener, Thunder Bay, Barrie, and Hamilton, Ontario.* - Montreal, Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, Sherbrooke, Riviere-du-Loup, Saguenay, and Rouyn/Noranda/Val d'Or, Quebec - Saint John, Moncton, and Fredericton, N.B. - Halifax, N.S. - Charlottetown, P.E.I. - St. John's, N.L. - Whitehorse, Yukon - Yellowknife, NWT - Iqaluit, Nunavut - National Capital Region (Ottawa-Gatineau) * Barrie & Hamilton are part of the Toronto market. The Commission is considering a "consumer subsidy program" for the purchase of digital receiving equipment. While they seem to anticipate converter boxes (as used in the U.S.) in many cases, they also believe around 40,000 viewers may live in areas where OTA signals will disappear & satellite equipment may be needed. They seem to be considering the possibility of subsidizing satellite gear for these viewers. They also seem to be considering taking the satellite operators up on their offer to provide a local-channels-only service with no monthly charge. They are considering a DTV education program similar to that undertaken in the U.S. last year. It might include call centres & mandatory airing of conversion PSAs. Remember that in the U.S., Wilmington, North Carolina was used as a test market for the conversion. The CRTC is considering drafting one or more markets for a similar early conversion. They have tentatively nominated Winnipeg for this "honour". -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, March 22, WTFDA via DXLD) Wow. Imagine the DX possibilities with lots of Canadian analogs still around, but with many Canadian ES pests (CKCK-2, etc) gone. This sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun for years to come. Wrh (Bill Hepburn, Ont., ibid.) ** CANADA. 6069.977, CFRX, 0933, English, news update (or similar) by a woman. No ID but heard two references to "Ottawa." Also brief comment by a man. Tough copy with slop on high side. 19 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF-7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. BIBLE VOICE BROADCASTING PROGRAMME SCHEDULES – A10 Summer All times in UTC (Universal Time) MIDDLE EAST 1 Sunday 1530-1815 English 13590 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Monday 1545-1600 English 13590 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Tuesday 1545-1620 English 13590 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Tuesday 1700-1715 English 13590 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Tuesday 1715-1800 Hebrew 13590 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Wednesday 1545-1600 English 13590 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Thursday 1545-1645 English 13590 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Friday 1545-1615 English 13590 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Friday 1730-1800 English 13590 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Saturday 1545-1800 English 13590 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen MIDDLE EAST 2 Sunday 1800-1830 English 9430 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal Friday 1830-1900 English 9430 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal Saturday 1800-1900 English 9430 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal MIDDLE EAST 3 Sunday 1730-1800 English 9645 Khz; 125 kw; Wertachtal Saturday 1700-1800 English 9645 Khz; 125 kw; Wertachtal MIDDLE EAST 4 Tuesday 0430-0500 Arabic 9735 Khz; 250kw; Wertachtal Thursday 0430-0500 Arabic 9735 Khz; 250kw; Wertachtal Friday 0500-0515 Arabic 9735 Khz; 250kw; Wertachtal MIDDLE EAST 5 Monday 1615-1700 Arabic 11645 Khz; 100 Kw; ISS Wednesday 1545-1700 Arabic 11645 Khz; 100 Kw; ISS Friday 1615-1630 Arabic 11645 Khz; 100 Kw; ISS MIDDLE EAST 6 Monday 1655-1715 Arabic 13580 Khz; 250 Kw; ISS Tuesday 1655-1715 Arabic 13580 Khz; 250 Kw; ISS Wednesday 1655-1730 Arabic 13580 Khz; 250 Kw; ISS Thursday 1655-1715 Arabic 13580 Khz; 250 Kw; ISS Friday 1655-1715 Arabic 13580 Khz; 250 Kw; ISS Egypt 1 Friday 0900-1000 Arabic 17535 Khz; 125 Kw; Wertachtal IRAN 1 Sunday 1830-1900 Farsi 11855 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Monday 1800-1830 Farsi 11855 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Tuesday 1800-1900 Farsi 11855 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Wednesday 1800-1830 Farsi 11855 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Thursday 1800-1900 Farsi 11855 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Friday 1800-1830 Farsi 11855 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen Saturday 1800-1815 English 11855 Khz; 100 Kw; Nauen IRAN 2 Sunday 1530-1730 Farsi 12140 Khz; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Monday 1530-1730 Farsi 12140 Khz; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Tuesday 1530-1730 Farsi 12140 Khz; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Wednesday 1530-1730 Farsi 12140 Khz; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Thursday 1530-1730 Farsi 12140 Khz; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Friday 1530-1730 Farsi 12140 Khz; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Saturday 1530-1730 Farsi 12140 Khz; 100 Kw; Wertachtal IRAN 3 Sunday 1530-1545 Farsi 11955 Khz: 250 kw: Wertachtal EAST AFRICA 1b Sunday 1600-1630 Oromo 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Sunday 1630-1800 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Sunday 1800-1830 Somali 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Monday 1600-1630 Oromo 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Monday 1630-1700 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Monday 1700-1730 Tigrinya 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Monday 1730-1800 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Tuesday 1630-1700 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Tuesday 1700-1730 Tigrinya 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Tuesday 1730-1800 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Wednesday 1630-1700 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Wednesday 1700-1730 Tigrinya 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Wednesday 1730-1800 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Thursday 1600-1630 Oromo 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Thursday 1630-1800 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Friday 1600-1630 Oromo 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Friday 1630-1700 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Friday 1700-1730 Tigrinya 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Friday 1730-1800 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Friday 1800-1830 Somali 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Saturday 1630-1800 Amharic 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun Saturday 1800-1830 Somali 13810 Khz; 100 Kw; Issoudun SUDAN 1 Sunday 1630-1700 Nuer 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Sunday 1700-1730 Dinka 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Monday 1630-1700 Nuer 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Monday 1700-1730 Dinka 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Tuesday 1630-1700 Nuer 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Tuesday 1700-1730 Dinka 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Wednesday 1630-1700 Nuer 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Wednesday 1700-1730 Dinka 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Thursday 1630-1700 Nuer 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Thursday 1700-1730 Dinka 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Friday 1630-1700 Nuer 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Friday 1700-1730 Dinka 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Friday 1730-1745 Fur 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Saturday 1630-1700 Nuer 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal Saturday 1700-1730 Dinka 13720 Khz; 100Kw; Wertachtal CENTRAL AFRICA 1 Sunday 1830-1845 Swahili 11830 Khz; 125 Kw; Wertachtal Sunday 1845-1915 English 11830 Khz; 125 Kw; Wertachtal WEST AFRICA 1 Saturday 1930-1945 French 11830 Khz; 125 Kw; Wertachtal Saturday 1945-2000 Adja 11830 Khz; 125 Kw; Wertachtal WEST AFRICA 2 Wednesday 2000-2030 French 9485 Khz; 125 Kw; Nauen INDIAN SUBCONTINENT INDIA 1 Sunday 1415-1500 English 15265 Khz; 250 Kw; ISS Saturday 1400-1500 English 15265 Khz; 250 Kw; ISS INDIA 3 Sunday 1500-1515 English 13740 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal INDIA 4 Sunday 0030-0100 English 7405 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal Monday 0030-0100 Hindi 7405 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal Tuesday 0030-0100 Hindi 7405 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal Wednesday 0030-0100 Hindi 7405 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal Thursday 0030-0100 Hindi 7405 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal Friday 0030-0100 English 7405 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal Saturday 0030-0100 English 7405 Khz; 250 Kw; Wertachtal INDIA 5 Wednesday 1530-1600 Urdu 13740 Khz; 100 Kw; ISS Thursday 1530-1600 English 13740 Khz; 100 Kw; ISS Friday 1530-1600 Urdu 13740 Khz; 100 Kw; ISS Saturday 1515-1545 English 13740 Khz; 100 Kw; ISS INDIA 7 Thursday 1400-1415 Dzongkha 7485 Khz; ; 250 Kw; Dushanbe Thursday 1415-1430 Nepali 7485 Khz; ; 250 Kw; Dushanbe Friday 1415-1500 Hindi 7485 Khz; ; 250 Kw; Dushanbe WEST EUROPE 1/UK Sunday 0700-0730 English 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Saturday 0700-0745 English 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Wertachtal SPAIN Sunday 1800-1830 Spanish 9435 Khz; 125 Kw; Nauen EAST EUROPE 1/RUSSIA Sunday 1800-1900 English 6130 Khz; 125 Kw; Wertachtal Tuesday 1800-1830 Russian 6130 Khz; 125 Kw; Wertachtal Thursday 1800-1815 Ukrainian 6130 Khz; 125 Kw; Wertachtal Friday 1800-1845 Russian 6130 Khz; 125 Kw; Wertachtal Saturday 1830-1845 English 6130 Khz; 125 Kw; Wertachtal CHINA 1 Sunday 1145-1215 English 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk Sunday 1215-1230 Cantonese 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk Monday 1200-1215 Mandarin 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk Monday 1215-1230 Cantonese 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk Tuesday 1200-1215 Mandarin 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk Tuesday 1215-1230 Cantonese 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk Wednesday 1215-1230 Cantonese 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk Thursday 1215-1230 Cantonese 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk Friday 1200-1230 Cantonese 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk Saturday 1145-1215 English 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk 1215-1230 Cantonese 5945 Khz; 100 Kw; Khabarovsk CHINA 2 Tuesday 1200-1230 Uyghur 15610 Khz; 250 Kw; Nauen Thursday 1200-1230 Uyghur 15610 Khz; 250 Kw; Nauen KOREA 1 Sunday 1045-1115 Japanese 5985 Khz; 200 Kw; Kamchatsky All our Shortwave Programs are available for internet listening at http://www.biblevoice.org (Select Listen and then Language and/or the Broadcaster Name). Programmers love to hear from you directly! Send your reports to mail @ biblevoice.org or mail to: BVB P O Box 425, Station E Toronto, Ontario Canada M6H 4E3 (via Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, India http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. On Air: ON, Toronto, 87.9, a pirate with prayers in Arabic from the Scarborough Muslim Assocation at the Jame Bakr Siddique Masjid, heard at 74 km. Industry Canada has been notified (FMedia! Final Issue 2009-2010 via DXLD) ** CHAD. 6165, just as I tuned in at 0530 March 20, went from drumming to RNT = Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne ID, then to YL in French still with drumming intervals. Fair signal but no QRM during this semihour, probably our best chance to hear it before *0559 Bonaire and Croatia. In A-10 the situation will change, as the Dutch broadcasts via Bonaire move one UT hour earlier at 0400-0427 and 0500-0527, and Croatia also starts an hour earlier at 0500. Turkey in English is also on there until 0355 or so. WRTH says Chad starts at 0425, so the window should then be 0427-0459 when propagation should be better anyway; maybe still audible after 0527 but depending on Croatia QRM or maybe that fading out earlier in summer; not considering possible adjacent- channel problems. Of course Chad could revert to 4905 or 7120 at any time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6165, RNT, 0427-0430+, March 21, three minute window here for Chad to be heard. Audible after Radio Nederland sign off at 0427 with definite RNT Balafon IS. Chad completely covered by a strong Radio Nederland sign on at 0430. Weak but readable at 0427 but with weak co- channel QRM. Chad heard in the clear and with a stronger signal at 0510 tune-in with local Afro-pops and hi-life music. French talk. Local drums at 0530 and French talk (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) I just caught RNT on 6165 from 2215 to 2231*. Hi-life music, then OM in French at 2229 with sign-off announcements, then into presumed National Anthem until 2231*. 22 March 2010. Using the Drake R8B and 200' W-E wire (Steve Lare, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) This evening RNT had a very quick sign off announcement at 2226 then into NA and off just prior to 2228. 23 March 2010 (Steve Lare, Holland, MI USA, ibid.) ** CHAD. 6165, RNT, 0457-0537, March 26, audible after Radio Nederland sign off at 0457 with Afro-pop, hi-life music. French talk. Local drums at 0529. Poor to fair. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** CHAD. 6165, RNT, 2150-2230*, March 26, African hi-life music. Local drums at 2200. French talk. Sign off with National Anthem at 2229. Fair but some weak co-channel QRM (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** CHILE. 17680, CVC La Voz, usual big signal March 19 at 1412 but now it`s overmodulated and splattering, worst centered on 17650, also bothering BSKSA French on 17660; and more spikes matching 17680 modulation around 17480-17510. Not much on the hi side, however. Was interviewing someone about racism in Guatemala. 17680, CVC La Voz, as noted in previous report earlier on March 19, still badly distorted and spurring, at 2038. Splatter audible from 17615 to 17700 at least, and at 2114 a greater problem than usual for RNZI on 17675, needlessly next to this other southern hemispherian in a wide-open band. March 20 at 1419 check, 17680 still distorted, overmodulated music but not splattering much (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17680, CVC La Voz, Calera de Tango, 1233-1303 21-03, programa "Primera luz", "primer programa de la mañana", locutor, "A esta hora en Santiago de Chile tenemos 11º C, tiempo soleado, la máxima en la capital chilena será de 25º C, buenos días desde Santiago de Chile." (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, escucha realizada en Friol, Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G, Antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, well, appears they are originating at least this program from Santiago, rather than Miami. Must look out for more of same. Unless, like certain weather channels, the casters say ``we`` when referring to anywhere and everywhere, even tho they are really in Atlanta, or somewhere. The CVC website shows Primera Luz airs Sundays at 6-9 am (zone?), but not from where. However, the contact page http://www.cvclavoz.com/index.php?url=contact still directs everything to Miami (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A-10 for Voz Cristã / La Voz via SGO=Santiago: Spanish to Northern South America from Oct. 4 [sic; really from Mar 28! -- gh] 1200-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / non-dir till Oct. 09 2300-0200 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / non-dir till Oct. 09 1100-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / non-dir from Oct. 30 [really Oct. 10+] 2300-0100 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / non-dir from Oct. 30 [really Oct. 10+] Spanish to Southern South America from Oct. 4 [sic; the 12-23 and 23-02 schedule is really in effect from 4 April to 9 Oct. These are the non- DST dates for Chile, but why should that have any bearing on broadcasts to other countries originating in Miami?? Perhaps local working/office hours for staff in Chile trump everything else -- gh] 1200-2300 on 9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Oct. 09 2300-0200 on 6070 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Oct. 09 1100-2300 on 9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg from Oct. 10 2300-0100 on 6070 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg from Oct. 10 Portuguese to Brasil in DRM mode 1800-2000 on 17640 SGO 015 kW / 045 deg (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 20, via DXLD) WB: so this seems correct schedule on CVC SGO transmissions: B-09/A-10 for Voz Crista / La Voz via SGO = Santiago: Spanish to Northern South America 1100-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / non-dir from Oct. 10 1200-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / non-dir till Oct. 9 2300-0200 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / non-dir from Apr 4 till Oct. 9 2300-0100 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / non-dir till Apr 3, from Oct. 10 Spanish to Southern South America 1100-2300 on 9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Apr 3, from Oct. 10 1200-2200 on 9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg 14 March till Apr 3 1200-2300 on 9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg Apr 4 till Oct. 9 2200-0200 on 9745 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg 14 March till 28 March 2300-0100 on 6070 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Apr 3, from Oct. 10 2300-0200 on 6070 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg Apr 4 till Oct. 9 Alternative: 1100-1200 on 9780 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg 14 March till 3 Apr Portuguese to Brasil in DRM mode 1800-2000 on 17640 SGO 015 kW / 045 deg from 28 March 1800-2000 on 17860 SGO 015 kW / 045 deg till 27 March (via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 20 via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. Lots of Firedrake activity March 18, including some frequencies new to me, not including 8400 for a change; Aoki referenced: 1247 on 11840, mixing with Chinese from All INDIA Radio. 1250 on 11635, FD // 11840, victim here being VOA Chinese via Thailand 1251 on 11500, poor mixing with something, i.e. Sound of Hope 1251 on 10400, good signal vs nothing, presumably SOH, not listed 1254 on 9365, VP aside WTJC 9370v, // 10400 and // much stronger 9380, both of which are SOH channels 1337 on 13100, Good with flutter // 10400. Aoki has 13100 as SOH 1338 on 13710, sounds like FD, but not // 13100, and nothing to bother except All India Radio in English No further FD found in the 12-13 and 14-19 MHz ranges. But 13855 had strong Chinese music not // Firedrake at 1340 March 18. This must be CRI non-jamming Chinese service via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, 500 kW, 308 degrees. 15430 with a low-pitched roar, a different kind of jamming against something in unID language, March 18 at 1342, i.e. V. of Tibet via UAE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake March 19: not much found in upward bandscan until 13970 at 1401 with telltale open carrier, flutter, het, and 1405:12 resuming music. At 1419 came to a JBA signal on 18100, in the hamband, and by now 13970 is gone, so cannot try to // but found another FD: At 1421 on 10420 (instead of previous 10400), poor, but 18100 is too weak for a definite // (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11500, 20/Mar 0941, Firedrake Chinese with good signal. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, Brasil, Degen 1103, Dipole antenna, 19 meters - east/west - Balun 4:1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake? CNR1 jammer (presumed) 11500, in music, 1219 18 Mar. Instrumental Chinese music, then horns and drumming. (s7) CRI 11640 via Xian, in Chinese, 1251 18 Mar. YL and OM talking. Can hear some of the jamming music from 635 (which is getting stronger) in the background, which is audible even with a 3 kHz filter (peaking s3) RFA (presumed) 11590 via Kuwait, in Tibetan, 1239 18 Mar. om and yl talking but huge buzzing QRM (presumed from CNR jammer) although can still make out the audio clearly underneath. (s7 with QRM). VOA 11635 via Udon Thani, in Chinese, 1243 18 Mar. suffering from co channel QRM from jamming stn. Can hear OM and YL talking but can also hear Chinese music and the jamming signal is about 1-200 Hz LF giving a heterodyne. Best in USB. (s4 at best) - 73, (Sean Gilbert - Buckingham, UK. http://www.hfradio.org.uk Racal RA1792 and Wellbrook Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13745, March 19 at 2130 Chinese vs Chinese with flutter, and roughly equal levels. It so happens in B-09 that only one station is scheduled on this frequency for only one hour a day, Radio Free Asia in Chinese via TINIAN. Yet there are two stations to be heard! Whadddyaknow, CNR1 needs to use this frequency too, so tough luck, RFA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, "Firedrake" is being heard here daily with quite a strong signal on 11840 kHz from before 1145 with CNR1 in the background often causing a flutter, the target being All India Radio in Chinese. It sometimes goes off at precisely 1300 when the CNR time signal is heard, and sometimes continues with CNR1 until 1315 when AIR closes down. On the parallel AIR frequencies of 15795 and 17705 there are two CNR1 "echo jammers" and this morning I was able to hear Firedrake behind CNR1 on 17705. It seems Firedrake by itself isn't enough for India! (All times UT of course.) Best Wishes (Paul Kennett, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake March 23: 1331 fair on 8400, // 9380 mixing with something, DW? Also fair on 11500, and at 1337 good on 13970, but none found higher. 15430, however, had noise jamming of a certain pitch, mixing with something which sounded like Chinese, March 23 at 1340, both of which were probably jamming against Voice of Tibet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9380, Firedrake with flutter, March 22 at 1311; 11500 at 1333, VG Firedrake during drumming, and still at 1432. 15430, ChiCom jamming against V. of Tibet, March 25 at 1359: all I could hear was talk in Chinese mixed with noise, and both stopped at precisely the same instant near 1400 as VOT was also scheduled to finish; therefore, I think this was all coming from a single jamming transmitter. 17550, strong signal with M&W in Chinese at 1406 March 25, but heavy flutter. V. of Tibet is also scheduled here via Madagascar at 1330- 1430. VOT is supposedly in Tibetan only, so suspect I was also hearing just the jamming. No similar signals from China anywhere else on 17 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also INDONESIA ** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait, 1500-1530, March 21. “Focus on China” Sunday program in English; canned introduction by “Gary”, but it has been years since I last actually heard him present the current news items; for a long time now has been a sole woman announcer; canned ID during the show: “This is the Voice of Strait. This is Focus on China”; news item about railway construction scheduled to be built from 2010 to 2012 and a review of the high speed trains that have recently been completed; today had full half hour (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, VOS consistently has a nice English ID at 1300, per the audio attachment; at 00:13 “This is the Voice of Taiwan Strait News Radio”. CHINA, VOS, 4940 kHz, 1300 UT, March 22, 2010.mp3 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://www.mediafire.com/?nz5mvkmn1ml (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** CHINA. 5050, Guangxi Beibu Bay Radio, Mar. 13, 1409-1432. After weeks of checking this frequency and that now we’re into spring equinox, this station appeared on this date, with remarkably good signals. Noted with EZL Listening to MOR Music, both in English and Vietnamese. Announcements in VT and in EG by M, and by a female speaker in English. Noted with several ‘good’ ID’s for ‘B-B-R’ and one for “Guangxi Beibu Bay Radio” by female announcer at 1431, in English. Since that day the reception of this station has dropped off and getting later to catch a decent signal (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 5075, going from music to Chinese talk, March 22 at 1246, vs ute beeps from 5078. Must be V. of Pujiang, Shanghai, supposedly only 15 kW southward, partly in Amoy per Aoki. At 1252 also had Chinese on 4940, i.e. V. of Strait, Fuzhou. And WWRB 5050 had considerable CCI and SAH at 1250 March 22, where there are two Chinese stations until 1300, V. of Beibu Bay, and China Huayi. 7220, at 1400 March 21, still barely audible the REE IS by mistake, morphing into the CRI IS, via Kunming. This anomaly will probably go away in A-10, or show up on some other frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. CRI Russian A10 http://russian.cri.cn/741/2008/11/19/1s265082.htm (Translated in English: http://translate.google.ru/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Frussian.cri.cn%2F741%2F2008%2F11%2F19%2F1s265082.htm&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8) ------ 73! (Alexey Zinevich: a DXer from Minsk, Belarus, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. [portion of the long thread under NETHERLANDS [non] about Happy Station cancelling shortwave, which diverged to this topic:] So what does CRI know that you don't know? They're gladly throwing money into broadcasting where there are presumably no listeners -- and don't tell me it's for propaganda purposes because if there aren't enough listeners on shortwave to matter, nobody of consequence is getting said propaganda. Please. I don't buy your excuse (Clara Listensprechen, ibid.) You need to understand the mindset of the Government in China, which is very close to the same mind set of the USSR [q.v.]. CRI has languages that get less than [sic] letters or emails a year. They are: Esperanto Thai Hungarian Bulgarian Italian Malay Laotian Greek Czech Albania The language with the biggest audience is the English. Like other state agencies that are directly under the Central Committee (CC) in the media sector. The 3 largest by importance to the CC are Xinhua News Agency, CCTV and CRI. China National Radio in 4th place. These organizations have budgets in China that are protected as state secrets. So spending money is no problem. And if they don't spend money, this sets a bad example with in the CC and CPC. So to power up a dozen or more 100 and 300 kW and some 500 kW transmitters is no problem. The State Power Company also falls under the CC. If you get my meaning. Because of the ideology and to save face and to give the impression they are just as, or more powerful than the VOA and the BBC, they add more and more frequencies. Cost is not a problem, if no one listens, it's not a problem. When Hu Jintao, or Wen Jiabao or any other of the leaders address their own population, than can say "The People's Republic Of China with the service provided by China Radio International shows that we are more powerful than the VOA in Washington and the BBC. We are bigger, stronger and more important. To build a strong Motherland we need to cover the world with the message of mutual understanding and peace". If you read or understand Chinese you can find such quotes. The propaganda they can get out of this by telling their own population is first priority, this is how you build nationalism. In the last ten years the PRC has become more and more nationalistic. If you read and spoke Chinese some of the slogans you see in Beijing and elsewhere in the country would raise your eyebrows. A few other foreigners I know in China who speak Chinese said these slogans make them feel very uncomfortable because of the language. If you want to know why, just think of the propaganda the Germans used during WW2 (Keith Perron, ibid.) [this thread diverged to: U S S R, q.v.] One of the problems with CRI is that once they launch a language service they never stop it. R. Peking started Hungarian and Czech during PRC's confrontation with the Soviet block but now they just can't let those people go. Certainly, these days CRI can afford running as many language services as they want. > In the last ten years the PRC has become more and more nationalistic. That certainly seems to be a growing problem - at least, with younger Chinese people. Perhaps, it's partly due to China's impressive economic achievements (Sergei S., ibid.) China has openly said they wanted to build relationships with countries in Africa that are rich in resources. I lived there for just over 8 years; the Chinese are just as wasteful as the USSR was if not more so. CRI has a number of departments that spend millions upon millions each year. A good example would be CRI Television. CRI's TV department which started around the same time at DW-TV, has wasted so much money. The only place you can see any of the shows, well I'll let you know when they do. They build a full television production facility. It has a staff of 800 or so, but the only people who have ever seen the shows are in CRI. As for impressive economic achievements. Yes it's true, but knowing and having dealt first-hand with how numbers are in China, it's not as high as the government says it is. At CRI when I was running the External Program Department, which I built from scratch, I was always watching the budget, but they always would come to me and say I needed to spend more. Li Yihua in the finance department even went to far as to tell me at the weekly meetings, if you don't need it, spend it anyway. The Hungarian and Czech staff does not have to be let go. They can move them to the Chinese service (Keith Perron, ibid.) CRI's Russian service gets very few letters from "regular listeners"; most are Russian DXers which account for a very small audience, compared to the amount of users in Russia that log onto the Russian site of CRI. So why is CRI keeping Russian on SW? Political. In 2003, CRI and State Admin of Film, Radio & Television held a meeting to discuss cutting the Russian service off shortwave or not. But it was at the same time Vladimir Putin was going to Beijing to meet Hu Jintao, so it was delayed. Li Dan, the former president of CRI, even said in 2004 that by 2015 the English service of CRI will be online only. This was not for cutting costs as they will and have been hiring more people. In 2002 after Li Dan, Xu Huazhen the former deputy director of the English Service, and Li Ping got back from the US, UK and Australia on a fact finding mission and to meet listeners, they discovered that the only people that showed up were DXers. They were so unhappy with it, the report the submitted to the Central Committee states there was no future for China to continue with SW broadcasts in the developed world and the future for the developing world is internet and mobile radio. China, which has very good relations with many African nations, has been very busy since mid 2006 sending technology and helping them set up internet networks (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.) And let's not forget too the number of languages featured on Radio86, that offshoot of CRI from a year ago. Estonian, Lithuanian, Belarusian, Icelandic, Danish; What's next? (Jon Pukila, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, ibid.) Hi Clara, CRI Director General Wang Gengnian, in his January 2010 address noted: “In 2009, we have 59 language services, including six new languages, turning CRI into the only media agency with the largest number of languages broadcasting to the world. We also built another 14 overseas 24-hour radio stations, and our production capabilities of localized programming has also been enhanced dramatically . . . Progress also makes people delighted. We have altogether received a new record high of over 2.9 million letters from overseas listeners and online users.” http://english.cri.cn/6909/2009/12/31/45s539397.htm (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, March 22, ibid.) ** COLOMBIA. 5200 Harmonic, CAUCANA 1040, Popayán. 2220-2240 marzo 22. Harmónico 5 x 1040. Mencionando web en http://www.caucana1040. [dot what?] "...la mejor radio con la mejor calidad... somos la única emisora local que transmite las 24 horas para el Cauca, con nuestro moderno transmisor de estado sólido..." Anuncios de Agromáquina. "...Radio 1040 presente en las manifestaciones de fé en la semana santa 2010.... Radio 1040, de la cadena Red Sonora..." (Rafael Rodríguez R., Fomeque, Cundinamarca, 90 km sur oriente de Bogotá, Sony ICF 2010 Hilo de 10 metros, via Yimber Gaviría, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) NOTA --- Aunque el sitio de Caucana 1040 en Popayán está en construcción, se puede escuchar el audio. Pagina: http://www.redsonoraradio.net/caucana1040.am/ Audio: http://www.redsonoraradio.net/realaudio/caucana.html 73 de (Yimber Gaviría, ibid.) ** COLOMBIA. 5910.022, Marfil Estéreo, 0924, Spanish, traditional ballad, jingle, and into talk by a man. Peaking at S9+20. 19 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF- 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910.03, 0435-0447, Marfil Estereo, Puerto Lleras, 20/03, Spanish, Latin American songs, 0442'45 OM/YL talks, then next song – fair-poor with splashes from 5905 (DW) (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) 5910, HJDH Marfil Estéreo; 1055-1103+, 21-Mar; Spanish pop tunes; ID spot by M&W in Spanish at 1057; music continued past 1100 to sung anthem 1100+ then back to pop music. SIO=322, USB helps with Deutsche Welle in German on 5905 via Netherlands Antilles (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6010, RHC missing March 18 at 0540, and instead La Voz de tu Conciencia was dominant way over XEOI which caused a rippling SAH from a considerably different frequency. Just as I intuned, was giving ID mentioning 6010 onda corta, 1530 onda media, TC for 12:36, into program ``La Verdad``, e-mail as contacto @ fuerzadepaz.com and referencing Romanos diez. Later at 0547 checked 5910 and the other HJDH, Marfil Estéreo was there with music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6010.02, LV de tu Conciencia, 0440-0455, March 19, tune-in to local music. ID announcements at 0445, promos and religious talk. Fair to good (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** COLOMBIA. 6035.02, LV del Guaviare, San José Guaviare, 0935-1003, March 26, Spanish talk. ID at 1000. Announcements, promos. Poor in noisy conditions (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** COLOMBIA. RADIO CIUDAD GLOBAL --- Queridos Amigos Diexistas y amantes de la radio. Les invito a escuchar esta iniciativa por la radiodifusupon internacional vía internet. Se trata de radio Ciudad Global que produce desde Bogotá. Radio Ciudad Global es la primera iniciativa por la radiodifusion internacional en Colombia Este mes cumplimos un año, llevando informaciones y producciónes para oyentes internacionales, en Español, Ingles y proximamente en Francés. Escuche nuestros programas. Confirmamos la escucha con QSL virtual. Emitimos On line a través de Radio Mexico Internacional. Para consultar los horarios entre a "señal en vivo" en nuestra dirección: http://www.radiociudadglobal.com O escúchenos en nuestros archivos en podcast: http://www.radiociudadglobal.podomatic.com Buena Escucha (César Augusto Rodríguez, RCG, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. FARC Radio Communications --- Good day to all. I wonder if anyone knows if the Colombian Guerrillas (FARC) are still heard on the air. With new technology is very easy for the government and friends to pinpoint where they could be hiding but nevertheless, I would like to know. Best 73s Luigi, San Juan, Kenwood R-2000 (Héctor Pérez, March 24, HCDX via DXLD) If you mean SWBC, no; probably FM (gh) ** CONGO. 6115.000, Radio Congo, 1824, French, talk by a woman with several African references ("Libreville" and "Cameroon") but NO clear ID. Suffering heavy splatter on both sidebands. 20 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF-7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR. 5066.765, Tentative, Radio Candip, 1604, someone here in French, very weak with talk by man. Faded out or off by 1611. Needs more work. 20 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF-7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. 2859.82, Radio San Carlos, 0140-0202*, March 20, 2nd harmonic. 2 x 1430v. Local pop music. Spanish announcements, promos, ads. Very weak/threshold signal but fair on peaks. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** CROATIA [and non]. Dear DXers, From this Sunday, Zadar 1134 medium wave will further be reduced by 90 minutes, so, here is the VOICE OF CROATIA A10 SCHEDULE, from March 28 *until May 09*, 2010 VOICE OF CROATIA (Glas Hrvatske), Zagreb - A10 FREQ SCHEDULE ------------------------------------------------------------ 0000-0100 3985 Eu Deanovec 10 kW/ N-D 7375 NAm-E Wertachtal 100 kW/ 300 degrees 7375 SAm Wertachtal 100 kW/ 240 degrees 0100-0300 3985 Eu Deanovec 10 kW/ N-D 7375 NAm-E Wertachtal 100 kW/ 300 degrees 7375 NAm-W Nauen 100 kW/ 325 degrees 7375 SAm Wertachtal 100 kW/ 240 degrees 0300-0500 3985 Eu Deanovec 10 kW/ N-D 7375 NAm-W Nauen 100 kW/ 325 degrees 0500-0800 6165 Eu Deanovec 100 kW/ N-D 0800-1100 7320 Eu Deanovec 100 kW/ N-D 11675 Au,NZ Kranji 100 kW/ 140 degrees 1100-1200 7320 Eu Deanovec 100 kW/ N-D 11675 Au Kranji 100 kW/ 140 degrees 1200-1400 7320 Eu Deanovec 100 kW/ N-D 1400-1500 6165 Eu Deanovec 100 kW/ N-D 1500-2030 1134 Eu Zadar-Rasinovac 600 kW/ 315 degrees 6165 Eu Deanovec 100 kW/ N-D 2030-2200 3985 Eu Deanovec 10 kW/ N-D 2200-2300 3985 Eu Deanovec 10 kW/ N-D 7375 SAm Wertachtal 100 kW/ 240 degrees 2300-2400 3985 Eu Deanovec 10 kW/ N-D 7375 NAm-E Wertachtal 100 kW/ 300 degrees 7375 SAm Wertachtal 100 kW/ 240 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------ VOICE OF CROATIA (Glas Hrvatske), Zagreb - A10 LANG SCHEDULE ------------------------------------------------------------ 0200-0215 ENGLISH 0230-0245 SPANISH 1200-1205 SPANISH MO-FR 1400-1410 ITALIAN [R Rijeka] MO-FR 1600-1615 ENGLISH MO-SA 1600-1605 ENGLISH SU 1730-1740 HUNGARIAN [R Osijek] MO-SA 1805-1815 ENGLISH [simulcast with HR1] MO-FR 1805-1810 ENGLISH [simulcast with HR1] SA 2100-2105 GERMAN 2215-2230 ENGLISH 2230-2245 SPANISH ------------------------------------------------------------ Regards & many 73s! (Dragan Lekic from Subotica, Serbia, March 26, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CUBA. Coded secret Cuban radio transmissions --- Those who are interested in coded secret messages can check out this useful information: http://www.duke.edu/web/isis/gessler/collections/crypto-cuban-numbers.htm (military.radioman, shortwawave-radio yg via ptswyg via DXLD) ** CUBA. Re 10-11, RHC AUDIENCE: Manolo told me the only reason RHC is still on the air today is because of political reasons and also the fact they can't lay anyone off. He said 20 years ago it was different, but today it's only dxers (Keith Perron, Taiwan, March 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. RHC English missing from 6010 at 0540 March 18, opening frequency for COLOMBIA, q.v. RHC English only on 6060, whilst 6120, 6140 and 6150 were all in Spanish this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Just found the following announcement on the Radio Havana website at http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/a_noticiasdecuba/10/marzo/19/cuba6.htm "RADIO HAVANA CUBA TO BROADCAST ON TROPICAL BAND Havana, March 19 (RHC)-- Beginning Monday, March 22nd, Radio Havana Cuba will broadcast on the Tropical Band of shortwave frequencies. The international radio station's programming in Spanish, English, French, Creole and Esperanto will be heard throughout Cuba, as well as in the southern part of the United States, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and the northern part of South America. Listeners will be able to tune in to Radio Havana Cuba between the hours of 23:00 UTC and 11:00 UTC the following day on 5040 Khz. " (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Alan, this reminds me of when RHC was previously in the 60 meter band, on 5055, back in September 2005 (DXLD 5-164 and 165). (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, USA, ibid.) That's not new meter band for RHC, has been used in past on 5055 or 5060 too. But comes a little bit late this decade, due of increased sunspots growing on the horizon. Two steep fountain like antenna [similar like Munich 6085 type] visible at Quivicán at 22 49'24.76"N 82 17'47.48"W and 22 49'21.24"N 82 17'23.87"W http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=22%C2%B049%2724.76%22N++82%C2%B017%2747.48%22W&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.641509,56.733398&ie=UTF8&ll=22.823656,-82.296524&spn=0.003693,0.006925&t=h&z=18 http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=22%C2%B049%2721.24%22N++82%C2%B017%2723.87%22W&sll=22.823656,-82.296524&sspn=0.003693,0.006925&ie=UTF8&ll=22.822707,-82.290001&spn=0.003693,0.006925&t=h&z=18 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) A partire da lunedì prossimo Radio Habana Cuba utilizzerà i 5040 khz dalle 2300 alle 1100 UT per le sue trasmissioni in inglese, francese, creolo, spagnolo e esperanto (Roberto Scaglione, shortwave yg via DXLD) No reason RHC shouldn't use 5040 kHz as they're in the Tropics and are using it for regional coverage. Be interesting to see if it's as strong as 5025 R Rebelde (Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) RADIO HAVANE CUBA EN BANDE TROPICALE DES 60 MÈTRES http://www.radiohc.cu/frances/a_noticiasdecuba/marzo/10/19/cuba7.htm Chers amis nous avons une très bonne nouvelle à vous annoncer. À partir de lundi 22 mars, Radio Havane Cuba commencera à émettre aussi en bande tropicale de 60 mètres. Vous êtes invités à capter les émissions en français sur la bande des 60 mètres de 00:00 heures à 01 :00 heure TU et de 01 heure 30 à 02:00 heures TU. Les émissions en bande tropicale remplaceront celles transmises à la même heure sur 13790 khz bande des 22 mètres (RHC website March 19 via DXLD) But they don`t give the 60m frequency! Making the French Fpeakers guess. I still haven`t found this announcement on RHC`s Spanish website. Squeezing out poor Pará 5045, especially with WWRB staying on 5050 all-night. And even worse news for this station: (gh, DXLD) 5039.18, Radio Libertad, Junin, Perú, 1050-1110 fade out, rustic OA music, Very Strong signal, "..en pueblo de ....Radio Libertad...por ejemplo ...sin embargo...en Peru.... en todos los dias...atencion Junin ..seis en la mañana..." 15 March (Bob Wilkner, FL, SW Bulletin via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) see also PERU TRANSMITIRÁ RADIO HABANA CUBA EN BANDA TROPICAL. A partir del lunes 22 de marzo 2010, Radio Habana Cuba comenzará a transmitir en banda tropical espacios de sus programas en español, inglés, francés, creole y esperanto. Esta emisión dirigida a Cuba podrá se escuchada en el idioma español en los horario comprendidos entre las 0200 hasta las 1100 UT, en la frecuencia de 5040 kHz, por la banda de 60 metros. Esta transmisión dirigida hacia Cuba también puede ser escuchada en el Sur de los Estados Unidos, América Central, México, Caribe y Norte de Sudamérica. Escuchar audio en [auto-launches]: http://programasdx.com/audios/tropicalrhc (Vía: Radio Habana Cuba via José Bueno, March 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) I`ve yet to find 5040 on the Spanish website, and of course the transmission schedule has not been updated. A few days ago RHC said it would start operations on 5040 kHz March 22 at 2300. An announcement recorded by Jose Bueno gives the Spanish segment on 5040 as 02-11 UT. On March 22 at 2330, 5040 was indeed on with very good signal amid English. Arnie Coro says it`s a NVIS antenna with limited coverage, but like Rebelde on 5025, it really gets out horizontally as well as vertically. This does replaces 13790 also for English, no longer heard during the 23-24 hour. Kept monitoring 5040 and heard: 0000 French, 0100 Creole, 0130 French, 0200 Spanish. Supposed to run Spanish all the way until 1100 but at 0540 noticed it was off; not sure when it quit, but maybe around 0500 when other transmitter/frequency changes are made. 5040 seems a good clear frequency for RHC, but if you hear a het from 5039.18, that`s poor Radio Libertad, Junín, Perú, as measured recently by Bob Wilkner, FL at 1050-1110, and presumably trying to be heard in the evenings. RHC 5040 also squeezes out poor Pará 5045, especially with WWRB staying on 5050 all-night, and presumably RHC will too later as planned (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Havana Cuba with strong signal on 5040 kHz tonight (22 March) at 2345 UT tune-in as announced on their website with Caribbean Outlook programme in English. SIO 443 - stronger than Rebelde on 5025 here in UK. Switched to French programme at 0000 UT (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030+ / longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here in the city of Feira de Santana in Bahia, Brazil, R Havana Cuba in 5040 kHz in French comes with a moderate signal at 0022 UT March 23. YL talk between short local mx. (Jorge Freitas-B, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)) 5040 CUBA RHC, currently (0030) noted here with mx, IS, ID, Creole talk. Or mostly French (Dan Ferguson, SC, shortwavelistening yg via DXLD) Dear amigos, At 23 hours UTC, March 22, Radio Havana Cuba started its national service for the Cuban archipelago on the ITU Registered Frequency of 5040 kiloHertz. The first program that went on the air was our English language service, and the ¨menu¨ continued with a program in French. March 23 UTC day (Tuesday UTC day) the 5040 kiloHertz frequency will continue to be on the air until 1100 UTC [sic], with programming in Spanish too. The new national service is designed to provide coverage of the most famous Cuban tourist resorts, like Varadero Beach, Cayo Largo, Jardines del Rey, Guardalavaca, and others where last year some two million three hundred thousand foreign tourists visited to enjoy their holidays. Reports of the new transmissions began to come in immediately from the Jardines del Rey tourist resort located in the keys north of Ciego de Avila province, where signals of S9 +40 dB were picked up. The antenna used on 5040 kiloHertz is an NVIS system, Near Vertical Incidence Skywave radiating system, also known as a "Cloud Warmer" because it sends the signals at very high angles above the horizon, so I am not expecting many reports outside the primary target area of the broadcast. Anyway, reports will be, as always most appreciated, from anywhere the 5040 kiloHertz transmission is picked up. Send mail to : inforhc at enet dot cu 73 and DX. Arnie Coro, Host of Dxers Unlimited radio hobby program --- Source: http://bit.ly/acNHbq (via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) More about the NVIS System antenna. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/accp/ss0131/lsn2.htm#fig2-10 Military antenna, "Near vertical incidence sky wave (NVIS). NVIS antenna AS-2259/GR is a lightweight sloping dipole, omnidirectional antenna used with AM radios (AN/GRC-106) and improved high frequency radios (IHFR)(AN/PRC-104A and AN/GRC-213/193A) that operate in the HF range of 2 to 30 MHz. Like the doublet antenna, the NVIS is used when the tactical situation allows stationary operations. The NVIS extends radio range up to 300 miles by using sky wave propagation. Polarized horizontally and vertically at the same time, it can be erected by two soldiers in about five minuets. Figure 2-10 shows an operator using an NVIS antenna wit an AN/PRC-104A portable radio". Source: http://bit.ly/bLuE0r (Yimber Gaviría, ibid.) CUBA/USA. Yes, Radio La Habana de Cuba on 5040 kHz noted here in Germany at 2344 UT March 22. Also even heard here with proper signal on my Sony ICF2010 in the sleeping room, without external antenna this morning at 0430 UT March 23. But was OFF air 5040, when checked at 0555 UT today again. Instead heard Radio Rebelde La Habana de Cuba as usual on 5025 kHz as well as US religious WWCR 4840, and probably under heavy CODAR signal WWRB 5050. 6140, International news in English from Radio La Habana de Cuba at 0605 UT March 23, S=9+20dB, "... anti US war protest rallys in California ...", "... we think always of Vietnam and Afghanistan war ...". 6150, Similar signal of Spanish service from Radio La Habana de Cuba at 0615 UT March 23, but heavily hit by neighbour Moosbrunn Austria powerhouse on 6155 kHz, latter S=9+40dB. No signals of RHC noted in 31 mb at same time slot, due of poor propagation? [not using 31m then gh] 6030, R Marti in Spanish on Chilean terremoto with much stronger 500? KW powerhouse Greenville at S=9+40dB level. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Free Territory of America: RHC on new 5040 is a very good signal at 0730 past 0800 on 24 March in Spanish, but with ID also in English, and parallel good 6140 and 6150. Their 6060 is at fair strength, but now with side-splash from Sweden 6065 til 0800 and Slovakia 6055 from 0800. There is a weak unidentifiable signal on 6000 but nothing audible on 6010 (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5040, Radio Habana Cuba, La Habana, 0942-0950, March 24, Spanish, Educational talk by female, very nice song, ID as: ".....sintonizan Radio Habana Cuba...", 24432 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very strong in Maryland last night around 0111 UT. Some fading, too. I guess that NVIS isn't quite so 'vertical' as one would think. 73 (Mike Agner, NASWA yg via DXLD) 5040, Radio Habana Cuba, 0657-0703, 25-03, español, locutor, comentario sobre la situación en Haití después del terremoto sufrido en en país, comentario sobre la situación en diversos países africanos, identificación "Radio Habana Cuba". 45444 (Manuel Méndez, escucha realizada en casco urbano de Lugo, Sony ICF SW7600G, Antena de cable, 8 metros, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5040.00, R Havana Cuba, 0920-0930 26 March 2010 in English with World news, 0922 ID then back to the world news, 0926 ID again with web address followed by local South American news, Honduras, Ecuador, Argentina, clear and fair level (John Kecskes, Australia, Kenwood R- 5000 and NRD 515, HCDX via DXLD) There they go again, mixing up languages; was allegedly all in Spanish 02-11 (gh, DXLD) 5040, Radio Havana Cuba Sign off at 1100 last two days, Truly local signal :) (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Flórida, March 26, HCDX via DXLD) See also PERU: R. Libertad ** CUBA [and non]. DentroCuban Jamming Command let Radio República go for a couple of weeks on new 9490 via Sackville, but finally jamming is audible way underneath it March 19 at 0032. It may have been there a while as have not checked it every night. Meanwhile, ex-9810 is still being noise-jammed like another vacant frequency nearby, 9825`s Radio Martí. DCJC, 11930 heavy noise against R. Martí, March 20 at 1403, but pulsing spurs also audible out to 11910-11950, bothering e.g. Romania on 11940 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See USA: VOA, WRMI ** DJIBOUTI. At least a very nice surprise during this quite extended cx gloom. Heard this morning at 0259 UT. I was intrigued by what first appeared to be a carrier between 1537 and 1539 KHz but I soon discovered that it was a tone coming from a station at 1539 KHz. I the following clip, you'll hear a bit of that tone (1 kHz) followed by Djibouti's National anthem then Radiodiffusion Vision Djibouti station opening: http://www.quebecdx.com/djibouti_ 1539.mp3 It is sure refreshing to hear something else than Radio Sawa [1431 kHz]. Station power is listed between 40 and 50 kW (EMWG-WRTH). Distance from Quebec to Djibouti is 10,850 km. (Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, QC, Canada, http://www.quebecdx.com rx: Perseus, ant: 290m (950ft) terminated beverage at 55 , MFJ-1026 phaser with LF mods, mwdx yg via DXLD) 4780, Radio Djibouti, *0300-0340, March 20, sign on with National Anthem. Opening Arabic announcements at 0301. Qur`an at 0302. Arabic talk at 0313. Horn of Africa music. Fair (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** DJIBOUTI [non]. Hi all, Excellent reception here in BULGARIA at this moment 1543 UT for La Voix de Djibouti. Schedule is: 1530-1630 Thursday on 15165 (55555+), tentatively via ISSOUDUN, FRANCE, typical sound of ISS 500 kW. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, March 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 6025, 19/Mar 2328, R Amanecer, Spanish. Uma seqüência de gospel mx. Em meio a muita QRM não identificada volto a ouvir a R Amanecer. Sinal fraco em meio a fortes QRM, o áudio é identificado graças a música e pelo acompanhamento no link da Radio Amanecer on-line http://www.ra.do/raudio.html Às 2334 UT OM talk com menções dos nomes das músicas e cantores reproduzidos e logo após OM e YL se alternam na fala. Há ocasiões de melhora do sinal (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, Brasil, Degen 1103, Dipole antenna, 19 meters - east/west - Balun 4:1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 4330, 1215-1230+ March 18, mostly talk in non-tonal language, definitely not Chinese, but occasional bits of Chinese-style music, fair with ute QRM bursts. This is the longtime distinctive WOOB frequency of the CNR8 service in Kazakh from PBS Xinjiang, 100 kW non- direxional from Urumqi per Aoki. 4460 Beijing was also in as it is most mornings, unlike 4330. Note it`s NOT ``Urumqui``. In Chinese there is no U-after-Q rule since the Q is not really a Q as we pronounce it in English. See also CHINA 13855 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 4781.6, RADIO ORIENTAL, Tena. 2230-2304* marzo 20. Mencionando línea telefónica 2887700. Anuncios de Gobierno Municipal de Tena. “Amigos, amigas es Oriental de Tena..." Fuera del aire luego de las 2304* (Rafael Rodríguez R., Fomeque, Cundinamarca, 90 km sur oriente de Bogotá, Sony ICF 2010 Hilo de 10 metros, via Yimber Gaviría, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) ** ECUADOR [and non]. Here's the summer 2010 Schedule from Vozandes Media for Europe, Euroasia and Southamerica VAM (Vozandes Media / HCJ) Shortwave Programme Schedules, A10 Summer, All times in UT Europe: 1630-1700 German (Low) daily 5940 kHz Sit [LITHUANIA; see below] 1700-1730 German (High) daily 5940 kHz Sit EuroAsia: 1530-1600 Russian Sun 9770 kHz Sit 1600-1630 Chechen Sun 9770 kHz Sit South America: 0000-0030 Waodani daily 6050 kHz QUI [ECUADOR] 0030-0100 Cofan daily 6050 kHz QUI 0100-0500 Spanish daily 6050 kHz QUI 0830-1100 Quechua daily 6050 kHz QUI 1100-1500 Spanish daily 6050 kHz QUI 1900-2400 Spanish daily 6050 kHz QUI 2300-0000 German daily 9835 kHz SGO [CHILE] 2245-2300 Kulina daily 11920 kHz SGO 2300-0045 Portuguese daily 11920 kHz SGO 73, (Stephan Schaa, Germany, March 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Plus the 11920 spurs around 11901v and 11939v will still be there, I bet and fear (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LITHUANIA relays: antenna type 616 to zones 29,30. EHR(S)4/4/0.5 much better antenna gear than winter 75 mb 3960 kHz antenna of type 700. antenna type 700, easy dipole row at Sitkunai at 79 degrees. CH1/1/0.3 79 degr/259 degrees (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX March 19 via DXLD) Note second website above is titled ``Alyx Antenna Guide`` --- hmmm, Alyx is also involved in The Disco Palace, ``Miami`` (gh, DXLD) ** EGYPT. 6270, R. Cairo, English pop music "wanna be my lover" and Spanish rap talk about eclicic [?] mix. YL English announcer at 0327 with ID and anthem. I don't know if it was the announcer enunciating more carefully than most, or if they are starting to improve their technical work, because the SIO was 44+3+ -- actually listenable! Dead air at :28; 0320-0333* 20/Mar (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheeet March 26 via DXLD) Radio Cairo heard in English 0200-0205 UT, on the frequency of 6270. heard Arabic music then time pip followed by a male with the ID "you are listening to Radio Cairo broadcasting to the west coast of North America". Then into a summary of tonight`s programming. Then into the program at 0205 the holy Koran and how to understand it. Signal was good (Ron Trotto-WDX4-KWI, IL, UT March 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) You`d think the 23 UT broadcast would be to ENAm and the 02 to WNAm, but as we pointed out last year, the azimuths registered indicate otherwise, reversed. In A-10, 330 degrees at 2300 on 11590; 315 degrees at 0200 on 6270, Viz.: EGYPTIAN RADIO & TV UNION (ERTU) TENTATIVE FREQUENCY SCHEDULE (A 10) STARTING ON 28 /3 /2010 Time(UTC) Freq Lang Target Area --------------------------------------------- 0030-0430 11590 ARABIC E.N.AMERICA 0045-0200 6270 SPANISH N.AMERICA 0045-0200 9360 SPANISH C.AMERICA 0045-0200 9915 SPANISH S.AMERICA 0200-0330 6270 ENGLISH E.N.AMERICA 0700-1100 15800 GENERAL PROGRAM W.AFRICA 1015-1215 15060 ARABIC M.EAST 1215-1330 17870 ENGLISH S.ASIA 1230-1400 15710 INDONESIAN S.E.ASIA 1300-1400 15065 DARI W.AFGHANISTAN 1300-1600 15080 ARABIC W.AFRICA 1330-1530 15040 PERSIAN IRAN 1400-1600 15065 PASHTO AFGHANISTAN 1500-1600 15780 UZBEKI UZBEKISTAN 1530-1730 17810 SWAHILI C.& E.AFRICA 1500-1600 13580 ALBANIAN ALBANIA 1600-1700 15285 AFAR E. & C.AFRICA 1600-1800 6270 URDU S.ASIA 1600-1800 12170 ENGLISH C.& S.AFRICA 1700-1730 15285 SOMALI E.& C.AFRICA 1730-1900 15285 AMHARIC E.& C.AFRICA 1700-1900 9280 TURKISH TURKEY 1700-2300 9250 WADI EL NILE SUDAN 1800-1900 6270 ITALIAN EUROPE 1800-2100 9990 HAUSA W.AFRICA 1900-0030 9295 VOICE OF THE ARABS E.AFRICA 1900-2000 9280 RUSSIAN W.RUSSIA 1900-2000 6270 GERMAN EUROPE 1900-2030 11510 ENGLISH W.AFRICA 1900-0700 9305 GENERAL PROGRAM N.AMERICA & EUROPE 2000-2200 6860 ARABIC AUSTRALIA 2000-2115 6270 FRENCH EUROPE 2030-2230 9280 FRENCH W.AFRICA 2115-2245 6270 ENGLISH EUROPE 2215-2330 9360 PORTUGUSE S.AMERICA 2300-0030 11590 ENGLISH W.N.AMERICA 2330-0045 9360 ARABIC S.AMERICA 2330-0045 9250 ARABIC C.AMERICA (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, March 22, dxldyg via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 15710, R. Cairo Indonesian service, March 26 at 1310, quite distorted audio, plus a spur almost as strong around 15700. A weaker blob on the high side around 15720 probably from same (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. 11830, Voice of Eritrean People via Nauen, GERMANY (listed). Mar. 18 1729-1758* Noted in Arabic to 1730, followed with broadcast in Tigrinyan. News summary with Horn of Africa music to closing segment. Final comments and off with Horn of Africa I.S. Really nice signal on this date (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 9704.2, Radio Ethiopia (Gedja Dera), 2054-2100*, 3/17/2010, Amharic. Modern, jazz style music with just a hint of HOA influence. Talk by man at 2057. Anthem at 2059, not quite over when the plug was pulled on the transmission at 2100. Moderate signal with some fading (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, RX-340, IC-R75, Random Wire (90'), ALA100M Loop (20'), Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. ETHIOPIAN PM SAYS HE WILL AUTHORIZE JAMMING VOA Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa 18 March 2010 http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/Ethiopian-PM-Says-He-Will-Authorize-Jamming-VOA-88480397.html (via Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, India, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES STATEMENT AGAINST ETHIOPIAN JAMMING OF VOA AMHARIC "The United States opposes Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles’ decision to jam Voice of America’s Amharic Service and condemns his comparison of their programming to Radio Mille Collines of Rwanda. Comparing a respected and professional news service to a group that called for genocide in Rwanda is a baseless and inflammatory accusation that seeks only to deflect attention away from the core issue. The Prime Minister may disagree with news carried in Voice of America’s Amharic Service broadcasts; however, a decision to jam VOA broadcasts contradicts the Government of Ethiopia’s frequent public commitments to freedom of the press. We note that the Ethiopian Constitution states that all citizens have the right to freedom of expression 'without any interference' and that this right shall include freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds, 'regardless of frontiers.' The Constitution further notes that freedom of the press shall specifically include 'prohibition of any form of censorship.' We look to the Government of Ethiopia to abide by its constitution." Gordon Duguid, Acting Department Spokesman, State Department, 19 March 2010. "Zenawi’s statements [on 18 March] were the first acknowledgment of government interference with VOA broadcasts, which are beamed by satellite from Washington and received in Ethiopia via short-wave radio. Just two weeks earlier, Shemelis Kemal, a government spokesman, told CPJ that any suggestion of government involvement in the interference was an 'absolute sham.' He said such practices were unconstitutional.' Committee to Protect Journalists, 19 March 2010. "[T]he timing of a recent story on VOA about the alleged jamming of the Amharic Services of Voice of America and of Germany’s Deutsche Welle, appears equally deliberate. To be fair the story does quote a denial from the spokesperson of the Government Communications Office, and it does also make clear that the VOA transmissions in Afan Oromo and Tigrinya which are broadcast on the same frequencies before and after the Amharic transmissions are heard normally. Nevertheless, the timing of the story, and the fact that VOA chose to raise the issue publicly rather than with the Government Communications Office directly, does suggest the intention was to have a political effect." Walta Information Center (Addis Ababa), 13 March 2010. See previous post about same subject. Posted: 20 Mar 2010 (www.kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) U.S. CRITICIZES ETHIOPIA FOR JAMMING VOA BROADCASTS - CNN.com Glenn: I thought you might be interested in this story from CNN about the VOA and Ethiopia. Best.... http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/03/21/ethopia.radio/ (via Charles Harlich, DXLD) + lots of comments ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 11675, Voice of America Amharic Broadcast via Nauen, GERMANY (listed). Mar. 18. *1800-1825. Opening ID in EG for ‘This is the Voice of America; the following broadcast is in Amharic`. News and commentary to 1825 (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No jamming heard? THE TIGRE MAFIA RULING ETHIOPIA --- By Genet Mersha March 23, 2010 . . .Thirdly, the prime minister went public in saying he would authorise his officials to jam the Voice of America, Amharic Service, if Ethiopia has a radio jamming capacity. He denied there was any such capacity in the country, as far as he knew and informed by his officials. This is a cockeyed misrepresentation of the truth. Since 1998, TPLF has been jamming, on and off, “the shortwave transmissions of Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea (VOBME), as Eritrean state radio is known,” according to Hans Johnson of Shortwave Central, using Voice of the Tigray Revolution from Mekelle. Moreover, Hans Johnson reports that the practice of jamming in Ethiopia has longer life. Voice jamming is the technique mostly used to create interference on other/ foreign radio broadcasts, i.e., beaming another radio on the same frequency at the same time. The Emperor had jammed radio Cairo Amharic service, which was broadcasting ELF propaganda against Ethiopia in the 1970s. The military regime jammed the Amharic service of VOA and the voice of Germany, when it was under intense internal and external pressures. Therefore, this claim by Ato Meles now that Ethiopia has never jammed is either foolhardy, intended to cover his record of thought control, or an effort to get the Americans to talk to him face to face so that he would tell them that the practice would take place, in return asking them to close their eyes to TPLF-induced problems, especially in connection with the election. . . (from Source: http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&title=ethiopia_the_people_vs_tplf_tigre_addis_&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) VOA AMHARIC NOW AVAILABLE BY SATELLITE TO SIDESTEP ETHIOPIAN SHORTWAVE JAMMING "The Voice of America launched satellite transmission of the daily Amharic language programs for our audience in Ethiopia over the weekend. The international broadcasting agency launched this new means of transmission in order to overcome the jamming being conducted by the Government of Ethiopia. Please let us know if you have heard the show on this satellite service. We are exploring other alternatives so check our web site for further developments." On New Skies (NSS), 57 degrees east. Via Jimma Times, 23 March 2010. (www.kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) Requires a big C-band dish for reception. More shortwave frequencies, from more locations, would still be helpful. As would, perhaps, time on the Radio Sawa medium wave relay in Djibouti (Kim Andrew Elliott, Posted: 23 Mar 2010 ibid., see http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=8578 for more, via DXLD) 2 Comments on “VOA Amharic now available via satellite” #1 Kai Ludwig on Mar 23rd, 2010 at 23:45 This is a channel on a big IBB feed package, also known as IOR (Indian Ocean Relay). I wonder if VOA Amharic is new on NSS 12 at all. It goes out via the IBB transmitters in Sri Lanka, and they can be fed neither via Intelsat 907 (the “Atlantic Ocean Relay” position) like IBB Sao Tomé and Sentech Meyerton nor via Hotbird like Media Broadcast Nauen / Wertachtal. Thus I suspect the referenced NSS 12 audio channel carried it before, too, just without being announced and pointed out to editorial staff because it was considered as internal feed until now. #2 Anonymus anonymus on Mar 24th, 2010 at 18:20 I have left my name out just because of fear of …. I believe VOA transmission in amharic can be heard better if transmitted by arabsat free to air sattelite because most people have little dish and are tuned to arabsat (Media Network blog comments via DXLD) ** EUROPE. 21 march DX broadcast to the east from cupid radio 15070 Friday, March 19, 2010 3:49 PM Hello friends, Doing the big pile of reports from the east continent valentine broadcast, I have worked out a new broadcast for sunday 21 of march. This date was chosen because some japanese dx`rs will try to receive me. The last px was heard in severall country`s from the east, there were loads of reports from japan, kazakhstan, New Zealand, ukranie, russia, and the edges of europe, good working that day. I hope that the conditions will be as good like februarie. My scedule is sunday 21 march freq 15.070 MHZ start 09:00 utc : ending 11:00 utc TX: 400 watts antenna 3 elements beam aimed at 45 degrees from qth, straight over russia, china, korea, japan, New Zealand The frequencie will be 15070. Let`s hope the signal will stop again in newzealand. any report is welkom cupid radio p.o. box 9 8096 ZG Oldebroek Netherlands well happy dx all (rinus March 19, HCDX via DXLD) 15070.23, 0953-1007, HOLLAND, Cupid Radio, 21/03, English, DJ Rinus talks on reports from North Finland and other countries, western oldies – strong, but fair only due to the high level of local noise (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) ** FINLAND. After serious water damage in Christmas, we had to demolish all studio equipment and open all floors. All the wet fillings will be removed and build even more active and more open version about Scandinavian Weekend R studio (SWR website via DSWCI DX Window March 17 via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) No broadcasts were heard in Denmark Mar 06 (Erik Koie and Anker Petersen, ibid.) Next would be first Saturday in April, from 2100 UT Friday for 24 hours, if they be back (gh, DXLD) ** FRANCE [and non]. CHINA/FRANCE/FRENCH GUIANA/RUSSIA/SOUTH AFRICA/TAIWAN --- RFI Paris summer A-10 schedule Chino 0930-1030 7325TWN, 11875TWN, 12025IRK 2200-2300 1098KOU-TWN, 12045VLD 2200-2400 603LUK-TWN 2300-2400 9955TWN, 11665TWN Espanol 0100-0130 9750GUF 1000-1030 9825GUF, 7375GUF, 5960GUF 1200-1230 13640GUF 2100-2130 17630GUF Frances 0400-0500 7215[til May 1st, from Sept 5], 9790, 11700[May 2-Sept 4] 0500-0600 7340[til May 1st, from Sept 5], 9745MEY, 9790, 11700[til Sept 4] 0600-0700 7340[til May 1st, from Sept 5], 9745MEY, 9790[til Sept 4], 11605MEY, 11700, 13695, 15300 0700-0800 9790[from Sept 5], 11700, 13695, 15170MEY, 15300 0700-1130 15300 0800-0900 17850 0800-1000 13695 0800-1600 17620 0900-1000 17850 1000-1600 17620GUF 1200-1300 17660MEY 1200-1330 17850 1200-1400 15300GUF[til Sept 4] 1200-2000 15300 1300-2000 17875GUF DRM Mon-Fri only, irreg? 1300-2100 21620GUF DRM Mon-Fri only, irreg? 1330-1600 13620, 13720 1600-1800 13620[May 2-Sept 4] 1600-1800 17850[til May 1, fr Sept 5] 1700-2000 13695 1700-2100 17875GUF DRM irreg? 1700-2200 17620GUF, 21690GUF 1800-2000 11705 1900-2000 9790 2000-2100 9790 2000-2200 5895, 7205 Hausa 0600-0630 9805, 11995 0700-0730 13685, 15315 1600-1700 15315 Ingles 0400-0430 7425[til May 1st], 9805, 11995[from May 2nd] 0500-0530 11995, 13680 0600-0630 9765[from Sept 5], 11615[til Sept 4], 15160, 17800 0700-0730 13675 [above broadcasts are Mon-Fri only, NOT so specified, as previously discussed in DXLD; could that be true of any other languages? gh] 1200-1230 21620, 17800[May 2 to Sept 4] 1600-1700 15605, 17605 Kampucheano - Camboyano 1100-1130 1503FAN-TWN Laosiano 1100-1130 15680TWN L a V - Mon-Fri Pashto - afgano 1430-1500 15360, 17850 1700-1800 11695 (ex Persa) Persa 1430-1500 15360, 17850 Portugues 0600-0700 11830MEY 1700-1800 15530 Ruso 1300-1330 15160, 17805 1500-1530 13630, 15215 1800-1900 9805, 11795 Vietnamita 1400-1500 7380TWN 1500-1600 1296KUN-CHN, 9565TWN [alt. 15265TWN] Parte Meteo Marine 1130-1200 6175, 13640, 15300, 17610 (A-09 schedule of Romero-ESP dxld, updated for A-10 season, BCDX March 19, via DXLD)) ** GABON. 19160, extremely weak just barely detectable carrier, March 24 at 1351. A few years ago before the sun lost its spots, Africa Numéro Un`s second harmonic of 9580 was regularly heard here, not only in our mornings but afternoons = after sunset there. This frequency merits frequent chex for a revival, altho in the meantime ANU may have suppressed the harmonic. The carrier now, of course, could be something else unless we get some audio to match. This will have to do, lacking the transmitter formerly on 17630 and 15475 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. An update in regard to the transmitter site at Wiederau near Pegau, once known as "Leipzig" (which now would be ambiguous since Wiederau is no longer the only transmitter site in Leipzig area): The older, 236 m tall mast is no longer in use and will soon be demolished. This was the original "J1" mediumwave antenna, later also used for FM and VHF TV. Problems with the insulator forced them to give up this mast for MW around 1985, leaving only two triangular hammock antennas for the 100 kW mediumwave transmitters. The mast fell completely silent when the ch. 9 transmitters left the air in Dec 2005, after FM had already moved to the newer 212 m mast, originally built for UHF (which is no longer here either, moved for DVB-T service to a smokestack within Leipzig). http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/3771.jpg Doomed J1 is the left one. As well-known shortwave from Wiederau ceased in autumn 1993. The four rhombic antennas (every one about 100 x 300 m in size) have since been removed, like the building with the Funkwerk Köpenick transmitter than was in use since 1972. Only the (emptied) building of the wartime transmitter still exists. http://janbalzer.gmxhome.de/wiederau/kurz.htm (pictures are larger than embedded there) Mediumwave: During the not too distant past (let's discuss GE75 times only) the equipment consisted of two 100 kW transmitters, a Lorenz from 1939 and a Funkwerk Köpenick from 1963 (which had replaced the oldest transmitter). Until summer 1989, when the new 1323 kHz facility at Wachenbrunn came into operation, the transmitters were in use on 531 and 1323 kHz. They had a preference for using the Köpenick on 531, since its modulation was noticeably better, but there was no fixed allocation. Lorenz transmitter with SRW 357 PA tubes, made by Werk für Fernsehelektronik, same ones than in 250 kW Funkwerk Köpenick transmitters as well as the 750 kW (which was a 3 x 250 kW amplifier) LW at Zehlendorf: http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100022.jpg http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100019.jpg http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100023.jpg Funkwerk Köpenick transmitter with vapotron PA tubes: http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/1992_1.jpg (Lorenz in background) http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100013.jpg http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100014.jpg http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100015.jpg (5 kW pre-stage) http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100016.jpg (mod pre-stage) http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100020.jpg Operation of these transmitters, after 1998 only occasionally, ceased in 2001. Until the very end both transmitters were operational and used alternately. The Köpenick was on air for the last time on 13 June 2001 (13:00 til 15:00 CET), the Lorenz on 19 Juni 2001 (08:25 til 11:25 CET). At present both transmitters still sit at their places. Question: Which broadcasting transmitter of this age (let's say pre-1945) was elsewhere on air after June 2001? Also the two antennas had been used on both frequencies alternately. They were fed via 50 ohms cable. For 1323 kHz the antenna tuning was a downconversion on at least one antenna, which on this frequency had just 22 ohms. (Contrary the J1 had on 531 kHz about 1000 ohms.) The old mediumwave facilities had been rounded up by a Lorenz 5 kW transmitter, run on 729 kHz with Messewelle from Leipzig studios during the trade fairs and Berliner Rundfunk for the rest for the year: http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100024.jpg http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100025.jpg http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100026.jpg http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100027.jpg http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/19100028.jpg This transmitters used a self-radiating 51 m mast as antenna. Since 1998 the main transmitter for 783 kHz, which three years later became the only one at all, is a Thomson M2W that sits in the original FM/VHF transmitter building. See at bottom of http://janbalzer.gmxhome.de/wiederau/mittel.htm ... which indeed provides about the best possible views, the sight is basically just that of some metal plates, with the air vents being the only clear indication that this *is* the transmitter. A new antenna has been provided with the M2W, very similar to the now removed ones of the old transmitters: http://www.janbalzer.de/wiederau/3800.jpg These antennas are an East German staple, but I never saw them on photos of transmitter sites abroad, with the only exception being the Köpenick-built Pleven in Bulgaria. Any comments on this aspect? Besides this the M2W can also use the above mentioned 51 m mast at reduced power of 20 kW, which is what this standard design permits. This happens not too seldom, just every time work on the main antenna takes place. Perhaps you remember that Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk decided in 1995 to use 783 instead of 531 kHz from Wiederau. 531 was a very good daytime frequency, one would have guessed rather 300 than 100 kW for it. 783 is noticeably poorer, and at night things become really bad. Perhaps you remember my reports about a 1 kHz het, which turned out to originate from Syria. Just 90 km away from a 100 kW station! Of course the DCC system does not help by making such interferences more prominent, lacking the full carrier in pauses, but still quite some people think that MDR should better have ridden out the Beromünster co-channel situation, since now this problem would have been evaporated. For FM/TV see http://janbalzer.gmxhome.de/wiederau/fmtvtx.htm At top the current FM transmitters in the former UHF building, below the test cards the TV transmitters that have now all been removed. In the pre-1990 era most FM/TV equipment originated from Funkwerk Köpenick, plus some own construction, plus some added Zarat (Poland) equipment. Feeds came in via microwave (in place for TV anyway), also for the MW/SW transmissions, with cable connections being only a back-up (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. 17520 // 17800, March 18 at 1238 talk in uncertain language, maybe Hausa? At 1242 DW riff, and definitely in French mentioning Côte d`Ivoire. Was it really in French all along? If so, my mind had not locked into the accent at first. Both these are via RWANDA, at 325 and 295 degrees respectively. It`s questionable whether they really need two frequencies on the same band at azimuths only 30 degrees apart carrying the same service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency change of Deutsche Welle in Russian: 1800-2100 NF 5830 TAC 200 kW / 311 deg to EaEu, ex 5840 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 20, via DXLD) Re 10-11: +non A10+ The schedule now posted at http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,435653,00.html still shows Kisuaheli on shortwave. I can't spot a reduction of Russian on shortwave either. In the case of Chinese the airtime will indeed be reduced by about a quarter, but this happens within a reshuffling, replacing the last slots on the DW schedule ending at xx50. Once this used to be pretty much their standard, obviously to provide ten minutes for setting up the transmitters for the next broadcast. Probably a new site for DW: Lutch/Ukraine (a.k.a. Kopani a.k.a. Nikolayev), Persian 1730-1830 on 7510 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Re 10-11, VOG on 15630 instead of 15650: Such mistake also happened twice in past week, - reverse - when morning Greek service at 0650 til 1000 UT appeared on 15650 instead of nominal 15630 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15630, VOG with lovely Greek music and good reception, much better than Kuwait [q.v.] 11990, March 25 at 1937. Not heard after 2000, but then incoming with lesser signal on 9420. John Babbis points out that this is a national day celebrating the Greek war of independence against the Ottoman Empire, and ERA-5 is simulcasting ERA-2 from 1300 to 0400 UT March 26 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: ** GREECE. GALA PROGRAM AT ERA-5 On Thursday, March 25, 2010: 06.00-10.20 Greece time (0400-0820 UT): CONNECTING WITH NET 105.8 (CHURCH SERVICE) 10.20-14.00 Greece time (0820-1200 UT): CONNECTING WITH SECOND PROGRAM 14.00-15.00 Greece time (1200-1300 UT): CONNECTING WITH NET 105.8 (RADIONEWSPAPER) 15.00-06.00 of the following day Greece time (1300-0400 of the following day UT): CONNECTING WITH SECOND PROGRAM (Via John Babbis, MD, DXLD) ** GREECE. ERT S.A.: THE VOICE OF GREECE A10 SHORT WAVE TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE Effective from 28/03/10 to 30/10/10 (00:00)UTC EUROPE 0000-0300 9420 7475 Gr 0300-0400 9420 7475 Gr 0400-0500 9420 7475* 7450 Gr 0500-0600 9420 7450* Gr 0600-1000 9420 15630 Gr,Eng 1100-1200 9420 15630 Gr 1200-1300 9420 15630 Gr 1300-1400 9420 15630 Gr,Eng 1400-1500 9420 15630 Gr 1500-1600 9420 15630 Gr 1600-1800 9420 15630 Gr 1800-1900 9420 15630 Gr 1900-2000 9420 15630 Gr 2000-2100 9420 15630 Gr 2100-2200 9420 15630 Gr 2200-2300 9420 *15630 Gr 2300-2400 9420 7475 Gr Foreign Language Transmissions 0500-0600 11645 Al 0600-0700 11645 Eng 0700-0800 11645 F 0800-0900 11645 E 0900-0930 11645 D 0930-1000 11645 Rus TASKEND 1100-1300 9420 Gr M.EAST/INDIAN OCEAN/AUSTRALIA 2300-2400 15650 Gr 0000-0100 15650 Gr 0100-0200 15650 Gr 0200-0300 15650 Gr 0300-0400 15650* Gr AMERICA/ATLANTIC OCEAN 0000-0100 9420 7475 Gr 0100-0400 9420 7475 Gr 0400-0600 9420 7450* Gr 1700-2000 9420 15630 Gr 2000-2300 9420 15630* Gr 2300-2400 9420 7475 Gr SOUTH AMERICA/PANAMA ZONE/SW AFRICA 1700-2000 15630 Gr 2000-2100 15630 Gr 2100-2300 *15630 Gr 2300-0200 7475 Gr (1) Gr=Greek, Eng= English, Al= Albanian, F=French, E= Spanish, I=Italian,Pl=Polish, P=Portuguese, R=Romanian, Rus= Russian, S= Swedish, Sc= Servocroatian, Tr=Turkish, D=German [?? What Swedish et al.? -- gh] (*) Transmission end 10 min earlier LIVE AUDIO URL:http://www.ert.gr Reports via e-mail: era5@ert.gr ERT S.A. MACEDONIA STATION EUROPE 1100-1650 9935 Gr EUROPE 1700-2250 7450 Gr ERA 5 'THE VOICE OF GREECE' ?essogion 432,15342, Ag.Paraskevi Attikis,Tel +301 6066308,6066297,Fax +301 6066309 Macedonia Radio Station: Angelaki Str 2, 54621 Tel: +3031244979, Fax: +3031 236370 General Direction of E.RA (Engineering Div.): Messogeion 432, 15342, Ag. Paraskevi Attikis Tel 301 606 6257 Fax +301 606 6243 (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, March 22, dxldydg via DXLD) ERT 5: THE VOICE OF GREECE A10 SHORT WAVE TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE Effective from 03/28/10 to 10/31/10 UT mb Freq mb Freq mb Freq Language ------------------------------------------------ EUROPE 0000 0400 31 9420 41 7475 Greek 0400 0500 31 9420 41 *7475 41 7450 Greek 0500 0600 31 9420 41 *7450 Greek 0600 1000 31 9420 19 15630 Greek 1100 2300 31 9420 19 *15630 Greek 2300 2400 31 9420 41 7475 Greek EUROPE Foreign Language Transmissions [Radio Filia] 0400 0500 665 25 Albanian 0500 0600 665 25 11645 English 0600 0700 665 25 11645 French 0700 0800 665 25 11645 Spanish 0800 0830 665 25 11645-Not Tues German 0830 0900 665 25 11645-Not Tues Russian 0900 1000 665 25 11645-Not Tues Greek 1200 1230* 665 (Mon-Fri) Romanian 1230 1300* 665 (Mon-Fri) Turkish 1300 1330* 665 (Mon-Fri) Arabic 1330 1400* 665 (Mon-Fri) Serbo-Croatian 1400 1430* 665 (Mon-Fri) Bulgarian 1430 1500* 665 (Mon-Fri) Polish *2 Hours Earlier on (Sat and Sun) [``665`` is really 666 kHz, as repeatedly outpointed here; seems ERT is afraid to express such a beastly number --- gh] TASKENT 1100 1300 31 9420 Greek MIDDLE EAST, INDIAN OCEAN, AND AUSTRALIA 0000 0400 19 *15650 Greek 2300 2400 19 15650 Greek AMERICA AND ATLANTIC OCEAN 0000 0400 31 9420 41 7475 Greek 0400 0600 31 9420 41 7450 Greek 1700 2300 31 9420 19 *15630 Greek 2300 2400 31 9420 41 7475 Greek SOUTH AMERICA, PANAMA ZONE, AND NW AFRICA 0000 0200 41 7475 Greek 1700 2000 19 15630 Greek 2000 2300 19 *15630 Greek 2300 2400 41 7475 Greek ERT S.A. MACEDONIA STATION EUROPE 1100 1650 31 *9935 Greek 1700 2250 41 *7450 Greek (*)Transmission ends 10 minutes earlier LIVE RADIO URL: http://voiceofgreece.gr http://www.ert.gr Tel. Studio: 210-606-6439 Reports via Internet: era5 @ ert.gr apodimos_era5 @ ert.gr Technical Problems via e-mail: bcharalabopoulos @ ert.gr REPORTS CONCERNING THE PROGRAMS OF ERA-5 "THE VOICE OF GREECE": ERA-5 "THE VOICE OF GREECE," Messogeion 432, 15342, Aghia Paraskevi, Attikis, Tel.: (+30)-210 6895-96, (+30)-210 606-6297-98, (+30)-210 6398, Fax: (+30)-210 606 6309 (John Babbis for DX LISTENING DIGEST) THE VOICE OF GREECE (ERA-5) WITH AZIMUTHS A-10 Short-wave Transmission Schedule (Effective from March 28 to October 31, 2010) UT Avlis 1 Avlis 2 Avlis 3 0000-0100 15650/105º 7475/285º 9420/323º 0100-0200 15650/105º 7475/285º 9420/323º 0200-0300 15650/105º 7475/285º 9420/323º 0300-0400 *15650/105º 7475/285º 9420/323º 0400-0500 7450/323º *7475/285º 9420/323º 0500-0600 *7450/323º 11645/002º 9420/323º 0600-0700 15630/285º 11645/002º 9420/323º 0700-0800 15630/285º 11645/002º 9420/323º 0800-0900 15630/285º 11645/002º 9420/323º 0900-1000 15630/285º 11645/002º 9420/323º 1000-1100 SILENT SILENT SILENT 1100-1200 #9935/285º 15630/285º 9420/323º 1200-1300 #9935/285º 15630/285º 9420/323º 1300-1400 #9935/285º 15630/285º 9420/323º 1400-1500 #9935/285º 15630/285º 9420/323º 1500-1600 #9935/285º 15630/285º 9420/323º 1600-1700 *#9935/285º 15630/285º 9420/323º 1700-1800 #7450/323º 15630/285º 9420/323º 1800-1900 #7450/323º 15630/285º 9420/323º 1900-2000 #7450/323º 15630/285º 9420/323º 2000-2100 #7450/323º 15630/285º 9420/323º 2100-2200 #7450/323º 15630/285º 9420/323º 2200-2300 *#7450/323º *15630/285º 9420/323º 2300-2400 15650/105º 7475/285º 9420/323º *Transmission ends 10 minutes earlier #ERT-3 Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias (Thessaloniki) Daily maintenance at 1000-1100 UT Weekly maintenance every Tuesday at 0800-1200 UT ENGLISH: 0500-0600 Mon thru Fri 11645 BBC News In English 1305-1400 Sunday 9420 15630 Greek In Style (John Babbis, Silver Spring, MD, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAHAN. 9975, TWR IS at 1330 March 18, KTWR ID and into Chinese, tnx to WWCR 9980 not yet reaching full blasting strength. Axually Cantonese M-F per Aoki. See also SAIPAN [and non], KTWR heard on 9585. 9345, March 20 at 1346 S Asian language singing, at least a duet, accompanied by authentic instrument, good signal, then outro mentioning NELC (?) Recording Studio, and address I could not copy; 1358 a bit of Amazing Grace on piano, mentioned Agana, Guam (not Agaña, Guahan), open carrier and off. Did not hear TWR or KTWR mentioned but that`s what it was, per Aoki: 9345 KTWR GUAM 1345-1400 1234567 Santhali 100 293 Agana GUM 14440E 1317N KTWR b09 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WWCR to use 9345 elsewhen: U S A ** GUAHAN [and non]. Adventist World Radio (AWR) 11725 via Nauen [GERMANY], in Chinese, 1342 18 Mar. YL with long talk, then guitar music and YL singer (in Chinese). Some quite severe distortion on signal troughs. (s9+20) - 73, (Sean Gilbert - Buckingham, UK, Racal RA1792 and Wellbrook Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15660, March 22 at 1337 YL with S Asian accent in English telling morality story for children, mentioning baseball instead of cricket, so must have been written by a North American. Ended at 1341 with ID as Voice of Hope, from Pune, India. Good signal, and really from KSDA, which at 1330-1400 is scheduled in English daily except Sundays and Wednesdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) AWR SW Broadcast Schedule A10 (2010-03-28 to 2010-10-30) Ver. 02/2010- 03-05/pub == [ENGLISH portion] Site Stt Stop Lang Service Area kHz m kW Days -------------------------------------------------------- WER 1200 1230 English NE-India, Bangl 15435 19 250 1234567 SDA 1330 1400 English Bangladesh 11860 25 100 23 7 SDA 1500 1530 English S-India 11720 25 100 1234567 WER 1530 1600 English Nepal, Tibet 15255 19 250 1234567 SDA 1600 1630 English S-India 11720 25 100 1234567 SDA 1600 1630 English C-India 11805 25 100 1234567 SDA 1630 1700 English N-India 11740 25 100 1234567 MEY 1800 1830 English SW-Africa 3215 90 100 1234567 MEY 1800 1830 English E-Africa 9610 31 250 1234567 MOS 1800 1830 Col English S-Sudan 9755 31 300 4 MEY 1800 1830 English Bot S Afr Zimb 3345 90 100 1234567 MOS 2100 2130 English W-Africa 11955 25 300 1234567 SDA 2130 2200 English W-Jap, S-China 11850 25 100 1234567 SDA 2230 2300 English W-Indonesia 15320 19 100 1234567 Site: MEY = Meyerton, MOS = Moosbrunn, SDA = Agat, WER = Wertachtal Days: 1 = Sunday ... 7 = Saturday (MARE Tipsheet March 19 via DXLD) What the heck is "Col English" ????? (Ken Zichi, ed., ibid.) Colloquial --- a polite way of saying corrupted or pidgin. Note: these broadcasts other than to Africa and when occurring on Sunday will presumably continue to contain AWR Wavescan from Miami (gh, DXLD) ** HAITI. JACMEL’S AIRWAVES RADIATING HOPE IN HAITI --- With scavenged equipment, station hit hardest by earthquake stays on the air during town’s ‘time of great need’ --- Jessica Leeder Jacmel, Haiti — From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 8:49PM EDT Last updated on Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 5:27PM EDT Throughout the day residents of a small tent encampment on the city square are moved to spontaneous dancing. Children and adults break out of their languid step to shimmy across its shadeless expanse, bare feet racing to catch up with the beat emanating from a weathered tent on the edge of the square. In between songs, the speakers give out banal chatter – instructions on how to say “hello” in different languages, evangelical messages, information on weather warnings and hospitals. . . Jacmel radio RTDJ 101.5 --- Listen to a sound clip, Download http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/haiti/project-jacmel/jacmels-airwaves-radiating-hope-in-haiti/article1502629/ (via Doug Copeland, DXLD) ** HONDURAS. 3250, Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis 1100 good signal with music and English Spanish translations, regular every day, 2310 fade in time for South Florida 0000 of campo music. 3340, xxx, Radio Misiones Internacionales, Comayagüela, off for long time, reports of distorted signals on other frequencies do not check out here, so far (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Flórida, March 26, HCDX via DXLD) 3287/3290 distorted signals were identified by David Crawford, FL, as from the other Honduran, 3250 (gh) ** HUNGARY. Summer A-10 schedule of Hungarian Radio in Hungarian: 0100-0200 on 6150 JBR 250 kW / 306 deg to NoAm 306 degrees 0400-0500 on 3975 JBR 250 kW / non-dir to WeEu 1000-1100 on 6025 JBR 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu 1600-1700 on 6140 JBR 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu 2100-2200 on 3975 JBR 250 kW / non-dir to WeEu (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 21 via DXLD) Backup by M&B Wertachtal site with same power and azimuths from July 1st, 2010 (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX March 26 via DXLD) ** ICELAND. Found on Google Earth --- While wandering about Iceland looking for the erupting volcano, I found this. Could this be the transmitting antenna for Iceland's LW station on 189 kHz? http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4253624 (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT USA, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) If the coordinates on this picture are correct, it doesn't match either the 198 site in Gufuskalar or the 207 site on the east coast of Iceland. Maybe a LORAN mast? s (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) ** INDIA. AIR Gorakhpur 3945 drifting down --- Yesterday 20 Mar 2010 AIR Gorakhpur (50 kW) was noted drifting from its 3945 kHz frequency for the Urdu External Service broadcast as follows: 1537 UT: 3928.50 1547 UT: 3928.00 1557 UT: 3927.50 1607 UT: 3927.00 i.e. 0.5 kHz drifting down every 10 minutes. Similar drift was observed a few [?] back also for this station and frequency and time. Receiver: Icom IC 7000 73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, March 21, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) ** INDIA. March 17, AIR Kohima 4850 noted on air during check-in at 1502, signed off at 1600 UT. Disruption during 1506-1512 (Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, India, dx_india yg via DXLD) AIR strike deferred (DD News) http://www.morungexpress.com/local/45360.html "Kohima, March 17 (MExN): The Nagaland Chapter of the National Federation of Akashvani and Doordarshan Employees (NFADE) has deferred its proposed agitation today following written assurance by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Prasar Bharati. The NFADE had called an agitation in response to the nationwide call for agitation in support of the demand for repeal of the Prasar Bharati Act 1990." 4850, AIR Kohima, 1340-1357*, March 18. News/sports/weather in vernacular, repeated again in English (Nagaland Chief Minister Rio addressed the meeting of Naga People’s Front held today at the NPF central office in Kohima; “Earth Hour” will be observed in Kohima on March 27 from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM (IST); the student union of Nagaland University today sent a memorandum to Nagaland Governor Kumar with a request to open classes unconditionally; etc.); almost fair; suddenly off. 4850, AIR Kohima, 1307, March 23. Special broadcast with a review of the speech given today by the Nagaland Governor Kumar at Assembly House for the opening day of the budget session of the Nagaland state assembly; 1315-1340: in vernacular with interview of a doctor about AIDS prevention in Nagaland, followed by talk by a representative of the Nagaland State AIDS Control Society; 1340 news in vernacular and repeated again in English; suddenly off at 1352; found again at 1414 in English with the western pop music show “Calling All Nagaland” till 1439; talk about the Nagaland state government’s Domestic Violence Act, with list of women’s rights and what assistance is available; 1451 Hindi songs; mostly fair; poor by 1453 tune out. 4850, AIR Kohima, March 25. The Nagaland state assembly was in recess March 24, hence no special broadcast yesterday. Heard today with weaker than usual signal; 1210-1217: local religious singing till suddenly off; found again at 1243 with the same program; 1300 program schedule for today and tomorrow in perhaps Hindi and English; special review of Nagaland Chief Minister Rio’s remarks to the house assembly today regarding the state budget, in assume Hindi and English; 1315 into the usual Naga segment. Believe the next two sessions of the Nagaland state legislative assembly will be on March 27 and 29, so look for more special broadcasts then (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) AIR Kohima 4850 - 25 March 2010 - Tuned in at around 1410 UT, surely weaker today than usual. Still on air (1521 UT) with YL reading Hindi news, improved a bit. Off air at 1547 (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, March 25, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, not heard at all on March 18. Heard intermittently March 19 at 1424, but earlier was mostly off-the-air. Wonder if the problem is with their power supply there in NE India? AIR Kohima has recently also been heard with several breaks in their broadcasts. Power outages? 4970, AIR Shillong, 1235, March 21. In English; PSA (report suspicious activity); “Country Road” show of western country and western songs; health and nutrition program about marriage and having children; if questions about food and nutrition contact local CFNEU or visit web site http://wcd.nic.in/ 1315 into Hindi songs; usual hum (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9445, All India Radio (Bangaluru), 2109-2130, 3/17/2010, English. News by woman. Hindi orchestral music at 2111. ID by woman at 2120 followed by modern music telling story narrated by woman. Very good signal. Parallels noted on 6180 (Bangaluru, barely above noise level), 7550 (Delhi-Khampur, poor), 11715 (Panaji, very tentative, just a few excursions above the noise 2110-2113). (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, RX-340, IC-R75, Random Wire (90'), ALA100M Loop (20'), Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) I was listening last night (22 March) to All India Radio (at 2125 on 7550) to their Faithfully Yours letters programme. A correspondent mentioned that the airlive @ air.org.in (as shown in WRTH 2010) doesn't work. The host didn't know why it was not working, but recommended the following e-mail address for correspondence: gosesdair @ yahoo.co.in I do not recall seeing this address mentioned anywhere before, so may be worth a try (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [non]. CVC The Voice Asia A-10: see UZBEKISTAN ** INDONESIA. 3325, As Glenn as also noted, there was nothing heard here today (March 19). Recently reception of RRI Palangkaraya had been well above normal. 3325, RRI Palangkaraya, 1401, March 22. In BI with their local news followed by nice series of local IDs; almost fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3345, only Asian signal on 90 mb, nothing on usual 3325, March 19 at 1303 in talk, pretty sure it`s Indonesian, 1305 to music. Presumed RRI Ternate, Maluku. Are we confident that R. Northern, PNG is inactive on 3345? That`s not even listed in Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3995, RRI Kendari, 1215, 3/17/10. Weak signal. Long- winded talk by OM & YL. Musical bumpers at 1219. Still fair by 1256 with pop & jazz music. 1259 announcements ruined by ham at 1300 4750, RRI Makassar, 1235, 3/19/10. Pop mx reached S8 on peaks (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Perseus SDR, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330S Loop, PAR SWL random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 4925, RRI Jambi, 1327-1345, March 24. Heard again after being off-the-air for a while; signal seemed slightly stronger than last time I heard them; played mostly Islamic type music/singing; 1441 seemed to be live phone conversation; started out fair, but by 1446 tune-out was poor. Very nice to find them back again! (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4925 kHz RRI-Jambi is heard again now. Maybe from March 23. March 23 : -1300-1550* Poor modulation. Tentative. March 24 : *1245-1555* Fair to good. Local news at 1256. Closing down with Short Love Ambon (Indonesian Radio Stations, by Atsunori Ishida, http://www.max.hi-ho.ne.jp/a-ishida/ins/ March 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) ** INDONESIA [and non]. 9524.9, VOI, 1658, 3/17/10. Indo talk through TOH. Fair sig but rapid fading. 9525.9, VOI, 1310, 3/20/10. English news by YL. Fluttery signal with hum. Slop from 9530. S6-7. Best in LSB. ID at 1312. Into important events in Indo history on this date. 1325 ID and list of frequencies (all incorrect). Indonesian Wonder segment with marimba music. 1339 pop music (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Perseus SDR, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330S Loop, PAR SWL random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOI back on alternate frequency 9526-, March 18 at 1325, good signal and fair modulation in English, 1327 outroed as News in Brief, plug web streaming and as always announcing three inapplicable SW frequencies, 9525, 15150 and 11785. 1328 into daily feature ``Indonesian Wonders`` about a volcano, but hard to understand due to accent, hum and adjacent QRM. Also had long pauses before and after program intro. Just before I tuned in VOI, I learnt a lot more about Indonesia at 100% copy in an item on Asia-Pacific from Radio Australia, 9580: efforts to combat smoking, even including a fatwa against it, vs. this major industry. 9526-, VOI still on this frequency March 19 at 1335 going from Miscellany to Music Corner with ``Sound of Dignity`` assertion in between. Said the music show covers both traditional and modern, but mostly the latter today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.90, Voice of Indonesia, 1317-1330+, March 19, tune-in to English news. IDs. Local music. Program about local attractions and local food. Surprisingly good signal (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) 9525.88v, VOI, 1509-1520, March 19. Reciting from Qur’an; in Arabic; item about Obama; heard with the usual hum, but good audio level; best in USB (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9526-, VOI at 1458 March 20 with song, good reception; also had been on this frequency during English hour around 1330 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ganz Deutschland hoert Voice of Indonesia, und zwar auf 9525.885 kHz derzeit (1825 UT) mit SIO 333. Natuerlich in Deutsch, was man erst beim zweiten Hoeren so richtig gewahr wird (Nils Schiffhauer-D DK8OK, A-DX March 18 via BC-DX via DXLD) Hey guys, Voice of Indonesia booming in with English here at 1700 UT S/on 9525.8 kHz. Go get 'em. 73 (Mick Delmage, Kenwood R5000, KLM 7-30 MHz Log, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1700 is not a usual time for English from them; ever again? Here`s another off-time for English; they juggle tapes randomly? Note: they do often run English IDs during other-language programs (gh, DXLD) 9525.866, Voice of Indonesia, 1125-1135, March 26, Noted a program of music with a female commenting between tunes in English. Noted an ID as, "Voice of Indonesia". A second female joins in by 1128 with more comments. Signal was fair (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, WinRadio G305e/pd, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9526-, VOI, March 22 at 1312 soft-spoken OM in unID language. Supposed to be English during this hour, but could not make out a word due to his accent. Must have been English, because switch to YL at 1315 for Today in History suddenly became understandable. Modulation level sufficient tho hum on carrier, but ACI from 9530, and flutter. 9526-, VOI still on this channel, March 25 at 1308, YL in accented English, but too much splash from ChiCom echo-jammer on 9530 vs VOA in Chinese via Tinang (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.89, Voice of Indonesia, *0953-1015, March 26, sign on in unidentified language. Local pop music. English at 1000 with news. IDs. Too weak at sign on to ID the language but improved somewhat by 1000. Still too weak at 1000 to pull out many program details (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. EU PLANS TO "PUT AN END" TO IRAN’S SATELLITE JAMMING --- By Luke Baker, Reuters, March 21, 2010 BRUSSELS - The European Union will announce plans on Monday to take steps against Iran’s jamming of foreign satellite broadcasts, a move that shows a willingness to take firm unilateral measures against Tehran. The initiative is separate to U.S.-led efforts to secure another round of U.N. sanctions against Iran’s nuclear programme, but it is an indication that the EU would be prepared to act on its own against Iran if a U.N. resolution fails. . . Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/plans+Iran+satellite+jamming/2708695/story.html#ixzz0j31O6kia (via Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. 4045-USB, Lakeland Florida to sailing vessels 1100; 1230 many days. Assumed low power transmitter from vessels sailing off Isle of Pines, Dominican Republic, Panama and Honduras. See http://mwxc.com/cwc_ssb_more.htm (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Flórida, March 26, HCDX via DXLD) ** IRAN [and non]. 7250, March 19 at 0157 singing and chanting mixing with something in English at about equal level. Must be V. of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a.k.a. V. of Justice, vs V. of Russia. Too much CubaRM on 6120 to confirm // for Iran. I figured the chanting was Iran and the English was Russia, but it turned out to be the other way round as I soon found the music // 6240 VOR, soon into IS and English too. Iran was interviewing some scholar in Scotland about US foreign policy, a typical programming ploy of theirs; and I must say their audio was clearer than Moscow`s rather muddy sound, but who is going to strain to try to pick out one signal or the other? These two have been colliding the entire B-09 season; meanwhile, nothing on 7240, 7260 and several other channels in the vicinity, so this could easily have been avoided. But I am sure the American hams are pleased that both these intruders are piling up on only one frequency. In fact, Iran plans to move to 7245 in A-10! But Russia will no longer be on 7250 anyway. Iran`s other summer frequency for the 0130-0230 broadcast, 9495, Viz.: IRIB, VOIRI, tentative A-10 English: 1030-1130 As 15600, 17660 1530-1630 As 7305, 9600, 9800 1930-2030 Eu 6205, 7205, 7215 [plus a Lithuanian relay?? See below] 0130-0230 NAm 7245, 9495 [``V. of Justice``] (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tentative A-10, The Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran (VOIROI / IRIB) ALBANIAN 0630-0727 13810 15235 1830-1927 9570 9760 [9545 alt.] 2030-2127 5980 9535 [11830 alt.] ARABIC 0230-0527 7350 11660 "Al-Quds TV" 0530-1427 13790 13800 15150 0830-1027 9885 1430-1627 9920 15150 1630-0527 6025 1630-0327 3985 ARMENIAN 0300-0327 7220 11700 0930-0957 9700 15110 1630-1727 7230 9505 [9780 alt.] AZERI 0330-0527 13710 1430-1657 6000 [6035 alt.] BENGALI 0030-0127 5950 7325 0830-0927 11710 1430-1527 12085 13800 [11985 alt.] BOSNIAN 0530-0627 13750 15235 [S-Cr] 1730-1827 7295 9860 2130-2227 7305 9810 CHINESE 1200-1257 13735 15190 15530 17670 2330-0027 11645 12000 13715 DARI 0300-0627 11940 13740 0830-1157 11980 0830-1427 13720 1200-1457 9940 ENGLISH 0130-0227 7245 9495 "Voice of Justice" 1030-1127 15600 17660 1530-1627 7305 9600 1930-2027 5945SIT 6205 7205 7215 9800 FRENCH 0630-0727 13750 15430 1830-1927 5945SIT 9860 13600 15085 GERMAN 0730-0827 15085 15430 1730-1827 6180SIT 9940 15085 HAUSA 0600-0657 15220 17870 1830-1927 7370 9905 HEBREW 0430-0457 9610 11875 1200-1227 13685 15240 HINDI 0230-0257 11710 13750 1430-1527 11955 13700 ITALIAN 0630-0727 9770SIT 13620 15085 1930-1957 5910 7350 JAPANESE 1330-1427 13635 15555 2100-2157 9765 11765 [11990 alt.] KAZAKH 0130-0227 7360 9790 1530-1627 7340 9610 KURDISH 0330-0427 7375 9715 Sorrani dialect 1330-1627 5990 Kirmanji dialect MALAY 1230-1327 15200 17560 2230-2327 6000 7245 PASHTO 0230-0327 5940 7360 0730-0827 11990 15440 1230-1327 9500 11730 [6175 alt.] 1430-0427 3945-m Mashhad progr 1430-1527 5890-m Mashhad progr 1630-1727 6110 7340 RUSSIAN 0300-0327 9650 11925 0500-0527 9855 13750 15150 17655 1430-1527 6145SIT 7295 9580 9900 1700-1757 3985 7335 1800-1857 6140 7235 1930-2027 3985 7370 SPANISH 0030-0227 7200 9725 [9905 alt.] 0230-0327 7200 [9905 alt.] 0530-0627 13650 15530 2030-2127 6055SIT 7300 9780 SWAHILI 0400-0457 13750 15340 0830-0927 15240 17660 1730-1827 7360 9655 TAJIK 0100-0227 6175 7285 1600-1727 5945 6180 TURKISH 0430-0557 9560 12015 1600-1727 6125 7370 [7215 alt.] URDU 0130-0227 5930 7325 9845 [9480 alt.] 1300-1427 7265 11695 11805 [9665 alt.] 1530-1727 5890-m Mashhad program UZBEK 0230-0257 7290 11945 [6175 alt.] 1500-1557 5945 9685 Saut Falestin "Voice of Islamic Palestinian Revolution" ARABIC 0330-0427 9610 11875 Tentative SIT = Sitkunai relays in Lithuania. (IRIB Mar 13 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 19 via DXLD) ** ISRAEL. 6973.000, Galei Tzahal, 1710, Hebrew, brief discussion between two men, then into music (only song I could identify was Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"). 20 March. 15785.028, Galei Tzahal, easy-listening music, talk by a man and into more music to 1457. Then into ads or similar by a woman. Into presumed news at 1500. 19 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF-7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6973, 21/Mar 0401, Galei Zahal, in Hebrew. OM talks. At 0404 UT short pop music. At 0418 UT pop local music. Weak signal and much noise and QRM amateur radio. ID with the help of link http://www.glz.co.il/Video_galaz.asp (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ?? Ham band does not go below 7000 (gh, DXLD) ** ITALY. 21320-USB, March 22 at 1417, IZ4DLR in contact with a KG4 (or KC4?). Did not give call fonetically so not 100% sure, but QRZ.com shows: Ivan Costantini, (Longara) Calderara di Reno, BO 40012. This was the best of only three signals audible on ``15m`` at the time. On 13m, Saudi signals were much better than Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. Contrary to our assumption in DXLD 10-11 that since R. Rasant was being moved from March 20 to 27, World of Radio would be back on as usually scheduled on the third Saturday, March 20 at 0900 UT --- NOT. This is on instead. Listeners to IRRS should still get WOR Saturday at 1900 on 6170 (Glenn Hauser, March 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Listeners, This Saturday the 20th of March 2010 Radio City will return to the Airwaves via Nexus (ex. IRRS) with 150 kW on 9510 kHz. The time slot is 0900-1000 UT. Our contact address is still citymorecars @ yahoo.ca Best regards, Radio City - the Station of the Cars. Good listening 73s (via Tom Taylor, DXLD) ** ITALY [non]. IRRS tentative A-10, via SLOVAKIA [but see update - ] 0300-0430 daily 9740 [Miraya FM to Sudan] 0430-0600 daily 15710 [Miraya FM to Sudan] 0500-0600 Mon-Thu 5990 [EGR, still Tony Alamo?] 0800-0900 Sat 9515 [DX et al.; WORLD OF RADIO sometimes 0800] 0930-1200 Sun 9515 [EGR, misc. religious programs] 1400-1700 daily 15710 [Miraya FM to Sudan] 1800-2000 Fri/Sat/Sun 7290 [DX et al.; WOR should be at 1800? Sat] (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) IRRS-Shortwave & European Gospel Radio A10 schedule, effective March 28, 2010 Hello There from Milano, Italy, Please check IRRS-Shortwave and European Gospel Radio A10 schedule effective Sunday March 28, 2010 online at: http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/IRRS-SW_A10.html Here are the major changes for the A10 season: 1) we are moving the week-end morning slot each Saturday (10-11 CEST) & Sunday (1130-1400 CEST) up +5 kHz to 9515 kHz, so that listeners in the Far East & Pacific may try some DX reception of our broadcasts, away from interference caused by a station in the Far East outside our main target area for this particular broadcast (Europe & N Africa). 2) We are also shifting our early morning slot Mon-Thu on behalf of European Gospel Radio to the evening on 7290 kHz, where you can find us daily from 1800 to 1900 UT (ending at 2000 UT on Fri-Sat & Sun). Next Saturday, March. 27, 2010, still on 9510 kHz from 0900-1000 CET (0800-1000 UT) you can hear a special program from Radio Rasant, the students' radio program from Sundern (Germany). Please remember to tune each Saturday morning CEST to the IPAR http://www.nexus.org/IPAR slot, where you can hear programs from Radio Joystick, Radio City (the radio of the cars), 39 Dover Street, Radio Rasant, World of Radio and DX Partyline. Check our program schedule online for more details. While other stations leave the airwaves, you continued support is very important to keep us on the air. Coments on our programming are very much appreciated to all those who support us financially and keep our station alive. Please send you reception reports and especially your comments on our programming by email to: reports (at) nexus (dot) org or visit our web site at http://www.nexus.org You can also subscribe to our low-noise mailing list to receive updates on our schedule. Check our home page at http://www.nexus.org for details. Please keep in touch, and let our member broadcasters and all of us here in Milano know how you receive our signal in your part of the world. Thanks! Best 73s, (Ron Norton, NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association email: ron @ nexus.org http://www.nexus.org March 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz. From website above: All 150 kW, A3 mode kHz Time UTC Days ITU Zones Antenna Language 7290 1800-1900 Mon-Thu 18-19,27-30,37-39 Europe, N Africa English 7290 1800-2000 FrSaSun 18-20,27-30,37-40 Eu, MidEast, Africa English 9515 0800-0900 Sat 18-20,27-30,37-40 Eu, MidEast, N Af English 9515 0930-1200 Sun 18-20,27-30,37-40 Eu, MidEast, N Af English 9740 0300-0600 Daily 38-40,46-48,52,53,57 Africa English, Arabic 15650 1500-1800 Daily 38-40,46-48,52,53,57 Africa English, Arabic (via DXLD) Differs considerably from tentative sked we had earlier. Greece is staying on 15630 so Miraya FM relay back to Sudan at 15-18 can return to 15650 from 15670 at 14-17, and not use 15710 either? BUT: (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Really 15650 in the afternoon? Biblis and Lampertheim are on 15650 kHz. Tentatively IRRS via Rimavska Sobota in Slovak Republik is on 15710 kHz at 1400-1700 instead. see wwdxc TopNews BC-DX wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Hi Glen[n], please check our new frequency schedule online at : http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/IRRS-SW_A10.html Updated program schedule will be online around Sunday. WORLD OF RADIO will be at the same time according to CET on 9515 (Sat morning) [0800 UT] and 7290 kHz (evening) [1800 UT]. There will be no WOR next Saturday [27 March] on 9510; your slot is being pre-empted by one of our members (Radio Rasant from 1000 to 1030 CET [0900 UT]). Take care and best 73s, (Alfredo E. Cotroneo, CEO, NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association email: alfredo @ nexus.org http://www.nexus.org ph: +39-02-266 6971 - Toll free: 1-888-612-0039 fax: +39-02-706 38151, March 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. Re 10-11: A10 --- New sites for NHK World are also Sitkunai (Russian 0430-0500 on 6130) and Talata Volonondry (Swahili 0330-0400 on 7395, French 0530-0600 on 13840 and 1230-1300 on 17690). (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 50 WATT JAPANESE STATIONS --- I had been ignoring the Japanese harbor stations listed on 1670 in the Pacific-Asian Log as I thought the US interference would always be too much. I noticed a bit of interference to 1670, checked it out and discovered that these stations are not really on 1670 nor are they “1670.5 USB” as listed on their website. They have a carrier on 1669 and an upper sideband. That still means quite a bit of interference from 1670, but it also means that it is easier to tell when a signal is present. With USB reception and a notch on 1670, audio was recoverable in many of the time slots used by these stations which share the channel. Details below. 1669, JAPAN various 50 Watt marine stations heard Oct. 3 at 1357, 1428 - 1429:30, 1430:35, 1431:07 - 1432, and 1433:40 - 1434:11. Also Oct. 4 at 1420, 1421:39, 1424, 1428:40, 1433:20 and 1438:30 (and a few more not yet processed). While listed on 1670.5 USB on their website and 1670 in the PAL, they have a carrier on 1669.0 and an upper sideband. There's no lower sideband. Each of the stations transmits on a fixed schedule for a minute or two (differs per station) and then drops the carrier. After a short dead time, the next station turns on their carrier and starts talking immediately. An example of the announcement is: "Kakkyoku Kakkyoku Kakkyoku. Kochira ha Awashima Awashima Awashima. Kaijo Hoancyo ga Sawasakihana toudai oyobi Hajikisaki toudai no kisyo jokyo wo oshirase shimasu. Jikoku 22:43..." or "Dear all stations. This is Awashima. Japan Coast Guard informs you conditions of weather around Sawasakihana lighthouse and Hajikisaki lighthouse. The time is 22:43...." At approximately 5000 miles, this is 100 miles per Watt or .01 Watts per mile. Special thanks to Hiroo Nakagawa for the language assistance. GRAYLAND WA LOGGINGS OCTOBER 3 AND 4, 2009, (Chuck Hutton, 1400’ Beverage at 320 degrees, terminated (I think), Perseus receiver, DX WORLDWIDE, IRCA DX Monitor March 27 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. WHAT MAKES NORTH KOREA TICK Excellent presentation underway at 2300 UT Sunday on CSPAN-2 Book TV: http://www.booktv.org/Program/11315/The+Cleanest+Race+How+North+Koreans+See+Themselves+And+Why+It+Matters.aspx Repeats at 0800-0900+ UT Monday. Apparently not available on demand yet (Glenn Hauser, March 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Tnx for posting that link. It's available on demand now. That was very interesting, and should be a must-see for the current US foreign policy people. It is DEFINITELY worth watching (Kirk Allen, TX, March 23, dxldyg and DX LISTENING DIGEST) Or read the book ** KOREA NORTH. 15180, The Voice of Korea, 0130 March 23, Strong signal with characteristic loud buzz from one of my favorite shortwave stations. Inspirational music and a report on two jade desk lamps given to Kim Il Sung by the Pakistanis in 1983. More music, then an essay on how light industry and agriculture will improve the people's lives. It was interesting to note an admission by the government that the North Korean people have suffered instead of the usual portrayal of the people as happy workers in a communist paradise (David Hodgson, TN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata, *1400, March 17 (Wednesday). In English; “JSR. This is Shiokaze Sea Breeze, the shortwave radio program from Tokyo, Japan. This program is broadcast by the Japanese private organization COMJAN”; data on abducted Japanese believe taken to N. Korea, starting with an abduction June 4, 1964. On Friday (March 19) also in English; 1403 “Today’s News Flash”; no jamming heard (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910, Shiokaze still here via JSR Japan, March 24 at 1403 YL in English with Seabreeze ID, contact info, piano background, soon into newsy sounder. Signal is getting much weaker here further into the dayside; no jamming detectable. They stay on one 49m channel or another all summer at 1400-1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Radio Free Chosun, 11560 via Gavar [ARMENIA], in Korean, 1229 18 Mar. OM talk then instrumental music, with YL talking over and brief ID at 1235. (s5 deep QSB) - 73, (Sean Gilbert - Buckingham, UK. http://www.hfradio.org.uk Racal RA1792 and Wellbrook Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, V. of Mesopotamia, March 20 at 1433-1441 good with signature singer we have heard before; his style is somewhere between vibrato and yodeling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Via Ukraine, 7540, Denge Mezopotamya, 1940-2100*, March 20, talk in presumed Kurdish. Traditional Kurdish music. Time pips at 2058:30 followed by anthem to sign off. Fair (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** KUWAIT. After hearing [q.v.] Syrian carrier on 12085, checked 11990: R. Kuwait is not easy listening here during the 18-21 English broadcast, but got some of it March 25: at 1930 from pop song into man introducing English program ``Human Civilization`` mentioning a great Arab scholar, and an introduxion to history. Then woman speaking clearly with lots of musical produxion; SINPO rating at best 25433. At 1948 past 2000 rock and pop music, some with a gospel-ish tinge. At 2041 more pop music; 2050 final news headlines, 2053 back to more music, 2058:30 signing off until next English broadcast tomorrow morning at 8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010.000 and 4050.000, 1717, both on but with little more than just a carrier. Have noted both in past weeks with low modulation but at least readable. Now, I'm not hearing any program content. 19 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF-7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 7145, Lao National R., Vientiane, 1324-1359*, March 21. domestic news in English (two Lao students won first prize at a regional event held in Malaysia for the SEAMEO Search for Young Scientists Competition, with the theme “sustainable solutions for the local community”, etc.); 1354 into FM programming in Laotian; poor to almost fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7145.01, 1351-1359'30*, Lao National Radio, Vientiane, 21/03, English, YL talk and music at least – too weak for clear ID or more exact details under local noise and SSB QRM (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) Olá pessoal, Confirmado Rádio Nacional do Laos em 7145 kHz às 0018 Z dia 23 março 2010, 13441 com picos de 23442. Músicas, OM e QRM em SSB. Sign off justamente no QTR planejado (Flávio PY2ZX, Brasil, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** LAOS [non]. Since the demise of Hmong Lao Radio, the other Hmong Lao Christian Radio had remained on WHRI 11785, Saturdays 1500-1530, and should have timeshifted to 1400 from March 20 with DST, but off the air at 1404 check, clearing frequency for weak CRI Chinese via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN. Just in case, checked again an hour later, and still no WHRI/HLCR. Aha, searching on Hmong as ``specific program criteria`` in the WHR online skeds, it now shows another hour earlier at 1300-1330 Sat = 9- 9:30 am ET on 11785. (And also via PALAU: ``0030 - 0100 UT 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET Friday Hmong World Christian Radio Gia Tou Lee 15680`` So in WHR`s warped way of telling time, presumably means UT Saturday) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. Summer A-10 of LJBC - Voice of Africa: Swahili 1200-1357 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf 1200-1357 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf English [same as in B-09; are the others, too? -- gh] 1400-1557 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf 1400-1557 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf French 1600-1657 on 15660 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf 1600-1657 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf 1700-1757 on 11995 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf 1700-1757 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf Hausa 1800-1857 on 11995 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf 1800-1857 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf 1900-1957 on 11600 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf 1900-1957 on 11995 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 22 March via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 5010, RTV Malagasy (Ambohidrano) (presumed), 0356-0410, 3/16/2010, Malagasy. Talk by man and woman, sometimes with echo effect prior to 0400. Very poor signal with some fading and much noise. Audible only in USB mode. Heard here for last two nights (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, RX-340, IC-R75, Random Wire (90'), ALA100M Loop (20'), Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) 5010, R. Madagasikara, 0318, 3/18/10. YL talk with indigenous music. Large room audio sound. Poor to fair in local S7 band noise (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Perseus SDR, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330S Loop, PAR SWL random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 6134.954, Radio Malagasy, 1350, choral music, brief talk by lang woman, into more local music. Parallel 7105.008. 19 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF-7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And onward to OK? :: UNIDENTIFIED. 6135, surprised to hear a fairly good signal at the late hour of 1422 March 25 with hymnic harmonies, blocked from 1429:45 by ``BBC London`` in Vietnamese via Singapore, but still producing a SAH. Figured it would be easy to look up what gospel huxter preceded on 6135, but nothing listed! Except Yemen, rule that out. And except Madagascar, which others have heard by long-path but I never expected to in deep North America a bihour after sunrise. Could it be? In A-10, both Japan and Russia could be on 6135 during the 14-15 hour, so need to identify this pronto (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See March 25 UNIDENTIFIED report on 6135. Tried again March 26 and already weak signal as early as 1347 with no QRM; intonation sounds French, and shortly into a song. Kept going past 1400 until announcement at 1401, again sort of French but can`t be sure. More of same, mostly music, interrupted at 1407 by BBCWS English ID loop giving website, and putting a SAH on the frequency. It seems the Singapore/Kranji transmitter was just tuning up for the pending Vietnamese broadcast at 1430, but fortunately went back off at 1408. Meanwhile checked 7105 and 5010 but no trace of Madagascar or anything there. 1414 another announcement and back to `island` music. Reception was not improving as we are gaining light on this end altho gaining night on the originating end, assuming it is Antananarivo, and don`t see how it could be anything else, so mark this presumed. Their sunset today is 1456 UT. My local noise level seems higher than yesterday; just about gone by 1425, and BBC comes back on at 1429+. The long path from Madagascar is almost all over-water, thru southern Indian Ocean, hitting only the SE corner of Australia = Victoria, and across the Pacific transiting the Equator near Kiribati. Madagascar is also the closest country to our antipodes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7105, RTV Malagasy, 1418-1507*, March 22. In French; some pop songs; weak, but in the clear; // 5010 (USB; poor with AIR QRM) // 6134.90 (very weak; covered by strong BBC from 1430 to 1445 on 6135.0; unable to confirm sign off time); 5010 continued on past 1507 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR [non]. via Pridnestrovye, 15660, Radio Mada International, *1530-1600*, March 20, Presumed. Sign on with talk in presumed Malagasy by man and woman. Sat, Sun only. Poor to fair (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** MADERIA. Madeira archipelago: two main islands. Re 10-11: "WRTH 2010y indicated there are still three other MW outlets in Funchal, but none on Porto Santo island, which however, does not seem to be considered a separate radio country (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)" Glenn, The layout of the POR-AZR-MDR sections in the WRTH 2009 & 2010 is pretty much like what I compiled for several years until I decided to quit (new POR contributor for the 2009 & 2010 editions), and if you check the top of the right column on p. 260, you'll find a ref. to the Porto Santo Island which together with Madeira Island are the only inhabited islands of the Madeira archipelago. I feel it would be nonsense to consider Porto Santo as a different "radio country" within the said archipelago. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA/SARAWAK. 5030, RTM, 1253 March 19, fair with pop music, strong enough for Cuba 5025 not to be a problem; 1255 singing PSA or commercial mentioning Malaysia; 1300 2-pip timesignal at least 10 seconds late, then talk, news? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5030, Sarawak FM via RTM, 1340-1353 + 1600*, March 19. Pop music; singing “Sarawak FM” ID as part of montage of audio clips; mostly fair, but poor by sign off with 1+1 pips (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 6049.6v, Asyik FM via RTM, via Kajang, near Kuala Lumpur, 1224, March 25. DJ in vernacular with pop songs; nice singing “Asyik FM” jingles; 1234-1237: the final Muslim call to prayer of the day (Isha, night prayer); DJ continued with pop music; almost fair and best in LSB (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 7270, 20/Mar 0923, RTM Wai FM, in Kayan/Kenyah. OM with short speech between local pop music. At 0929 UT YL speaks and after short instrumental music. At 0930 UT ID by vignette. Signal moderate and degrading. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, Brasil, Degen 1103, Dipole antenna, 19 meters - east/west - Balun 4:1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 7295, 1515-1555, Traxx FM, Kajang, 20/03, English, OM (DJ Fad Da Dilly'O as I think) short talks with mentions of Malaysia and Traxx FM, western rock songs - fair and later almost good signal till 1550 when Novosibirsk came on the channel with carrier and tone, also at 2110 this evening with fair signal (nicely to hear good rock on still alive SW) (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) 7295, Traxx FM, 1502 20 March with news in English, 1505 jingle followed by news. S3 max with QRM from 7300, signal S20. Logs on 21-3-10: 15295, V of Malaysia with program in English and news mostly about Palestine Talibans and Pakistan. 0910 with hymn 'satu Malaysia' About S5 with very strong QRM from RFI 15300, thus better in LSB (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, XEPPM, March 18 at 1200 amateur band music, rather than 6 am national anthem; maybe they played it a few minutes earlier? And 1203 into talk segment, but heavy splash from much stronger RHC 6180 which stays on for another hour at least, and Radio Educación supposedly closes at 1200. 6185, XEPPM still Brasilless, and again on earlier than scheduled, March 18 at 2341 with chanting that seemed vaguely Catholic, then music mixed with nature sounds including chirping which might have been more appropriate for a morning prélude; 0000 UT March 19 same transmitter playing Mexican national anthem, so no doubt it`s Radio Educación. During the 01-02 hour overshadowed by Serbia [non] from 6190, but clear of that at 0202 introducing ``78 Recuerdos por Minuto`` show, now confronting but somewhat atop VOR in Spanish also 6185 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6185, XEPPM R. Educación, 1046, 3/20/10. Piano concerto. S8-9 in the clear (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Perseus SDR, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330S Loop, PAR SWL random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6185, March 21 at 0534, a fast SAH between XEPPM and reactivated RNA Brasília, the latter dominant with music // 11780, and also atop Vatican on 6185. As UT Sunday, RNA runs all-night, but other nights off the air until sometime between 0730 and 0800; March 22 at 0703, XEPPM was still in the clear with ID. It still has plenty of CCI from Vatican until 0619. In A-10 shortly, Vatican finishes with 6185 at 0500, so that will help. Unfortunately, CRI via Sackville will still be on 6190 at 05-06 but no longer at 03-05 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6185, tuned in XEPPM just in time March 25 at 1207 to hear ID for MW 1060 XEEP and carrier cut, ceding frequency to the splash from RHC 6180. From April 4 México DF nonsensically goes on DST of UT -5, so Radio Educación nominal SW schedule shifts to 23-11 UT, but expect still to hear them somewhat before and after those hours on 6185 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. 15341, RTM, March 20 at 1416 just open carrier plus some noise and ringing sounds, splash from Martí 15330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. While RTM was inaudible around 1330 March 25 on 15341 or 15345, when I checked at 1940 there was Arabic on 15341, which supposedly switches to 15345 at 1500. Probably more slopperation, not to be relied on, but gets off Argentina`s 15345.2 in use after 1800. Unfortunately, the latter was just barely detectable today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5770, Myanmar Defense Forces Br. Station, 1427-1441, March 21. Whistling; bugler; marching band; in vernacular with pop songs; fair to good reception; CW QRM. Full audio posted at http://www.mediafire.com/?jjn2zdnmtrz which was too big to post here 5985.77v, Myanma Radio still via the Yangon transmitter, but with a much better signal on March 19 at 1503, with pop music. 7185.75v, Myanma Radio, continues to be off-the-air on March 19 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985.83, 1435-1446, BURMA, Radio Myanmar, Yangoon, 20/03, Burmese- like, YL talk, pop songs - poor-weak, blocked by VOR carrier at 1445'58, also at 2350 this evening on 5985.81-82. 5915, 0002-0020, BURMA, Radio Myanmar, Nay Pyi Thaw, 21/03, local dialect, YL/OM talks, Burmese pop songs and orchestral music - fair with local noise and splashes from 5920 (NHK), not // 5985.82, also on Mar 21 at 1435 under CRI (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) 5985.78v, Myanma Radio, 1630* (normally 1600*), March 26. Tomorrow Myanmar will celebrate its annual Armed Forces Day. This important event may have been the cause for a new format/schedule today. Recently their segment in English was heard from 1530 to 1600* with news, weather, slogans, music, sign-off announcement and anthem till off. Today at 1556 heard Eddy Arnold with C&W song (“I Really Don’t Want To Know”); 1559-1604: talk in English, but unable to make out what was said due to CRI QRM on 5985.0; 1604-1630: non-stop easy- listening orchestra music; Anthem and off at 1630. What will this be like tomorrow? (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. After Syria [q.v.] finished with 12085, I noticed a much weaker signal on 12080, March 25 at 1934, very poor with music and talk, language uncertain, ``running water`` ute QRM. Must be R. Netherlands English hour via South Africa, 330 degrees which ought to do better here, but propagation is generally poor today. Around 2035 found much better reception of RNW via Bonaire on 21525, but both are disappearing after two more days, when the A-10 schedule shows these possibilities at 19-21: 11970 France, 11610 Rwanda, and 7425 Madagascar; also 18-20 via 15535 Germany (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RNW A10 (at least Dutch, English, Spanish, Indonesian services) skeds are available on their website in separate PDF-files. ------ 73! (Alexey Zinevich: a DXer from Minsk, Belarus, March 18, dxldyg via DXLD) RNW A-10 summer program guide English. http://sites.rnw.nl/pdf/eng_zomergids.pdf (BC-DX March 19 via DXLD) This is the ENTIRE SHORTWAVE schedule in English that remains. They don`t even think it significant to mention transmitters sites in this version --- yet they give meter bands (deleted here), and precise orbital positions of satellites! B/C/D/E/F/G/H refer to satellite footprints on an accompanying map. Does RN really have more satellite listeners in Africa and Asia than SW listeners anywhere else? Time Service Area kHz 1000-1100 G/H East/Southeast Asia 11895 [Tinian] 1000-1100 G China/East Asia 12065 [Philippines] 1000-1100 F/H South/Southeast Asia 15110 [Philippines] 1400-1600 F South Asia 11835 [Madagascar] 1400-1600 F South Asia 15745 [Madagascar] 1800-1900 B Southern Africa 6020 [Madagascar] 1800-2000 C,D East/Central Africa 15535 [Germany] 1900-2100 C,D East/Central Africa 11970 [France] 1900-2100 E West Africa 11610 [Rwanda] 1900-2100 B,D Southern/Central Africa 7425 [Madagascar] [not including 1 to 3 minute switching errors at IBB sites] So we must say goodbye to the very good reception we have been illicitly enjoying in NAm from Bonaire to Africa at 20-21 on 21525. We`ve added the sites. The 3-page PDF is illustrated and also gives details of the few programmes which remain, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I would venture a guess that 1900-2100 via Rwanda (Kigali) should work rather nicely at least in the eastern half of NA. DW from that direction gives good reception already (John Figliozzi, NY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The new A10 schedule of Radio Netherlands Worldwide has been published our website, including some late changes that were made yesterday. http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/rnw-frequency-schedule-summer-2010 (Andy Sennitt, RNW, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Includes all relays by and for other stations (gh, DXLD) I notice that RNW has cut an hour of Spanish from shortwave. The 2300 UT transmission is gone, unless I'm missing something. Spanish from 0000 to 0357 now. I guess they expect Greenville to be on until the end of October, despite the announced plan to shut the site down at the end of September? (Steve Luce, TX, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, see below announcement in Spanish about cutting service to S SAm at 23-24. They did this before but relented following listener protest, unlike English to North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Would be plausible. Three years ago Delano fell silent at the end of the A season as well. And as I already wrote: This time it will become really interesting. Otherwise of note is that now Hörby and Santa Maria di Galeria are involved in the Radio Dabanga distribution and that the morning transmission of Radio Dabanga will be abridged by 30 minutes as of May 2nd if I get it right at a glance (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) I for one, Andy, would like to see this restarted. Seems The station that was interested in how good they were coming in years ago now shrinks its output to the world and only targets Africa, Asia, etc. Like The Beeb did recently. It would be nice if RNW struck a deal with WRN and WRMI to transmit to the Americas In English. We can only hope. 73's, (Noble West, TN, ibid.) Sorry, we have a new mission statement now and we concentrate on countries with a poor record of press freedom. Although the US slipped down the rankings in recent years, we do not regard it as a country that needs shortwave to get information :-) The Dutch government would call us irresponsible if we said we need more money and then spent some of it on broadcasting high power shortwave signals into North America. We did that for as long as we could get away with it, broadcasting to an ever-decreasing audience. But there comes a point at which you have to take the bulll by the horns and make a decision. It's no good talking about what used to happen years ago - this is 2010 and the world has changed, even in the 13 years I have been with RNW. I respect your opinion, and I hope you will respect ours. All our programmes are available online - if you choose not to listen to them, that's your decision. Lots of people in North America do (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) At RNW, we find ourselves in the middle between the small international broadcasters who are simply acting as a voice for their country, and are therefore the most vulnerable to cuts, and the large ones like BBC and VOA which indeed are international news providers. We have moved back to a regional format, which is how it was 30 years ago, and now produce material specifically for African audiences and South Asian audiences. Recently, a Hindi version of Earthbeat has been launched on All India Radio. The content is tailored to our audience in India. There is obviously, wherever possible, a focus on what the Dutch government and NGOs are doing in the field of development. This type of programming doesn't come into the category of material that might suddenly be banned, as it's not news-based. We are constantly evolving, and that's the only way to survive in the current situation. Those international broadcasters that just transfer their existing radio output to the Web are bound to fail. I'm not claiming that everything we do is bound to be successful, but at least we're trying. Looking at the programming of some other international broadcasters; it appears that very little has changed in decades. Even the programme titles have stayed the same. Every international broadcaster is different, with its own mission statement and priorities. In our case, those change according to events. RNW has always been willing to adapt, which is one of the reasons I like working there. Part of the reason is our determination to retain our independence and not become a department of a domestic broadcaster. You have all seen what has happened to RCI (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) Noble made a valid point. In case others didn't notice: starting from March 28 RNW will really stop broadcasting into large parts of the Americas in English. This is due to the fact that English service won't be using its Bonaire relay station to target West Africa. I've been listening to RNW's W. African service since the beginning of 1990s - first in Ecuador and later in the US/Canada. Personally I always preferred it to North American broadcasts (when they still existed). Well, we still have RCI/CBC on SW, right? (Sergei S., ibid.) Is anyone reading what is written here? Two people so far, have indicated that RNW ceased English to the Americas some 18 months ago - NOT in 3 days time! (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.) Yes, but Sergei was referring to broadcasts for Africa which are still *audible* in North America for two more days off the back of the Bonaire antennas, as I have just been hearing until 2100 on 21525. Who knows, those might be back in B-10 for reasons entirely unrelated to us (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Glenn: I heard from Andy at RNW stating they have a "New" mission to only target poor nations of the world. I know RNW faced several reductions over the past two years or so, yet, seems to still be on via Madagascar and other sites. Not sure if RNW still closes with the Dutch National Anthem as the old "Happy Station" did years ago. One can hope we can still hear "Digital Bells In The Belfry" ring true for many years to come. 73's, (Noble West, TN, ibid.) That's not what I said. Please re-read my message. I said "countries with a poor record of press freedom". The economic status of the country is irrelevant. It may be the case that a substantial number of countries with a poor press freedom record are also among the poorest countries in the world, but the economic factor is not one of the criteria on which press freedom is judged. It is offensive to poor countries with a good press freedom record to suggest otherwise (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) Andy: Can you find out what is the reason for dropping RNW Bonaire relays to W. Africa in English? Is it just due to propagation conditions? Could those relays be restored in the future? (Sergei S., ibid.) No transmitter available. One will carry VOA in French 1830-2030 on 17550, the other one the DRM/TDP transmission 1900-2100 on 15725. Thus Bonaire will be replaced by Issoudun on 11970. And Kigali will be in use on 11610, instead of a second Talata Volonondry transmitter. Azimuth will be 280 degrees, more or less YOUwards I think. > Could those relays be restored in the future? You mean the upcoming bright future in which IBB can be expected to seek as much airtime at Bonaire for Radio Martí plus VOA in Spanish (and, unless they decide to take it off SW, Creyole) as possible? I guess rather even more RNW broadcasts will go away from the Bonaire transmitters (Kai Ludwig, answering instead of Andy, ibid.) Thanks Kai, that's a better answer than I could have given. Let's see if our frequency manager comes up with the same answer :-) (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) Thanks Kai! Now it makes perfect sense. Most likely IBB is paying cold cash. That's why they have a priority over every other station - including RNW. I don't think DRM/TDP will last for too long. But IBB might take over their slot, too. Bonaire - regardless of the beam used - has always provided a near perfect afternoon reception throughout much of the Americas. I don't think Kigali will do the trick. But I guess it will provide more fun for those hard-core DXers among us ;) (Sergei S., ibid.) I have passed your question on to our frequency manager. I imagine it's propagation. Over the years the frequencies, sites and beam headings change for all our target areas. I'm afraid we don't select frequencies and sites on the basis of whether the signal can be received by a DXer thousands of miles from the target area :-) (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) I agree. But Bonaire has been used for W. Africa coverage for about twenty years in a row if not longer (Sergei S., ibid.) Our arrangements with IBB are based on swapping of airtime, as is the norm within international broadcasting. Our original offer of airtime for the Creole service was to compensate for the loss of airtime at Madagascar over the Christmas period. I am not aware of any plans by the IBB to increase usage of Bonaire, and your comments about IBB having priority over RNW is news to me. You state it as a fact, so I would be interested to know who your source is (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) For now, I think? I would be quite surprised if they will have no interest in using Bonaire for their remaining services in the western hemisphere as of autumn, when Greenville-B is supposed to close down, leaving the IBB without any own shortwave facilities in the USA. Their other options: Striking an airtime exchange with the CBC. They could provide the CBC with some transmissions to Africa for which it at present still leases a little amount of airtime from Babcock*). Anything else I can think of involves leasing facilities for cash. Even RNW will have to do this, if an equal replacement for the current Greenville transmission is wanted. Unless, of course, a small airtime exchange with the CBC can be arranged. It will certainly be a caesura if Greenville-B goes really dark. *) Yupp, VT just got swallowed! http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/23/babcock-vt-merger Of course Babcock could seek to get rid of the broadcast distribution business now (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO NETHERLANDS WORLDWIDE - NEW LISTENING TREATS FOR THE SUMMER SEASON -- Published on : 23 March 2010 - 2:45pm | By Rob Kievit Two new shows - South Asia Wired and Inside Track - appear on the RNW line-up for this year’s summer season, which begins on 28 March 2010. In addition, the weekly highlight review Reloaded has been expanded to 20 minutes. South Asia Wired is the audio branch of our multimedia project of the same name, which includes a blog on the RNW website. Both the blog and the programme are hosted by Dheera Sujan. Inside Track is an occasional series where we sound out Radio Netherlands Worldwide colleagues who have been to wild and interesting places. Or who simply have a good story to tell. Some of your favourite programmes, such as The State We're In, Earth Beat or Bridges with Africa may have changed place, but you will still find them on our webstream, satellite broadcast or shortwave transmission. News and current affairs continue to be covered by Network Europe and Newsline, including news about the Netherlands. Our Dutch-themed programme Curious Orange has taken a rest. The Radio Netherlands Music Department is again supplying a wealth of programming, appearing on our schedule in the shape of Live at the Concertgebouw and European Jazz Stage. And of course, as part of our web output, we have Tim Fisher hosting the monthly Euro Hit 40 chart show. Later in the season you will be able to listen to Hear the World, with all kinds of music from all over the globe. We hope you will enjoy our programmes! As usual with every season change, our shortwave frequencies are modified to account for different reception conditions between winter and summer. From 28 March to 31 October, the global picture is as follows. More details in our Listening Guide. All times are in UTC, frequencies in kilohertz 1000 – 1100 to Asia 11895, 12065 and 15110 1400 – 1600 to Asia 11835, 15745 1800 – 1900 to Africa 6020, 15535 1900 – 2100 to Africa 7425, 11610, 11970, 15535 (until 2000) If your local cable radio carries the World Radio Network, you can hear us: 0400 – 0430 in Africa and Asia 0400 – 0500 in North America 1000 – 1100 in Africa and Asia 1200 – 1300 in North America 1300 – 1330 in Europe 1830 – 1900 in Europe 2200 – 2300 in Asia and North America 2330 – 2359 in Europe We are also on satellite – look for RNW in your electronic programme guide. And of course you can listen to our webstream 24 hours a day. Source: http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/new-listening-treats-summer-season (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) 2059-2127 UT NAUEN, 9895 kHz 250 kW, 320deg 31 May-29 Aug 2010: RNW Dutch to Iceland. Seems a lot of Dutch camping friends spend their holiday on Iceland. Never heard about that (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX via DXLD) I.e. to CIRAF zone 17 = Iceland only (gh, DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Radio Nederland, 7590 kHz, 0054 UT March 23, in Spanish, musical program with Alfonso Montealegre. I found no reference. In / / 6165 and 9865 kHz, with good signal. End of transmission and did not report the frequency of 7590 kHz (Jorge Freitas, BA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Suspect it was a mixup at Greenville, which is supposed to be carrying RN Spanish on 9895 at 00-02, while 7590 is the VOA Creole frequency at 23-01 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Exact Glenn. Soon after the close of the RNW in SS, came to VOA in Creole and the transmission ended at 0100 UT (Jorge Freitas, ibid.) El próximo domingo 28 de marzo estrenamos una nueva programación. En síntesis, tendremos cuatro nuevos programas semanales y los mismos irán haciendo su estreno durante las siguientes fechas. Lunes 29 de marzo: "Escucha el Mundo". Segunda temporada de una serie musical con ritmos de los cinco continentes. Jueves 1 de abril: "Ciencias". Programa relacionado con la salud, las tecnologías y la investigación en diferentes terrenos. Viernes 2 de abril: "Graffitis". Programa realizado por jóvenes para jóvenes y respaldado por Radio Nederland y el Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas. Este programa también será difundido por onda corta, en lugar de la serie "La vaca Risolanda". Domingo 4 de abril: Radionovela "Ángel de dos caras". Serie dramatizada en un marco social de desigualdades y violencia. Nuestras emisiones vía satélite continuarán sin alteraciones. Por onda corta vamos a sufrir un recorte de frecuencias y se suprime una emisión. Esto afectada no solo la cobertura, sino también el horario de los programas. Todas las horas son UTC (Tiempo Universal). 1100-1127 hacia el Caribe por los 6165 kHz. 1130-1157 hacia el norte de Sudamérica, también por los 6165. 1200-1227 hacia México por la nueva frecuencia de 9715 kHz. y hacia Centroamérica y el noroeste de Sudamérica por los 9895 kHz. 0000-0157 hacia el norte de Sudamérica, área del Caribe y la zona sur de Centroamérica en 6165 y 7325 kHz 0200-0357 hacia México, Centroamérica y el Caribe por los habituales 6165 kHz. Muy a nuestro pesar y luego de más de 60 años, suspendemos la emisión de las 2300 horas y la cobertura por onda corta hacia el sur de Sudamérica. Radio Nederland agradece la compañía y fidelidad de nuestros queridos oyentes en Argentina, Uruguay, Chile y Paraguay, invitándoles a seguir en nuestra sintonía si les es posible a través de la web o por satélite. No garantizamos que las frecuencias destinadas hacia las áreas primarias de cobertura puedan ser captadas en las naciones arriba mencionadas. Recuerde que a partir del domingo 28 de marzo la hora de emisión de todos nuestros programas por onda corta quedará modificada. Por ejemplo "Cartas @ RN" podrán escucharse cada domingo a las 1106, 1136, 1236 UT. Y durante la programación de la noche del domingo en América Latina (lunes UTC en Europa) 0036 y 0236 Tiempo Universal, es decir luego de la emisión de "Voces". Durante la programación de los jueves (viernes UT), en repetición a la 0136 y 0336, es decir luego del programa "Al Día". Escuche este próximo domingo 28 de marzo una entrevista con José Zepeda, director del departamento Latinoamericano, sobre los cambios que Radio Nederland está realizando. Cordiales saludos. Jaime Báguena Fuente: http://cartas.ning.co/profiles/blogs/nueva-programacion (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) Lo que no me queda claro es ¿Cuál es el parámetro utilizado para determinar la eliminación de una región como la sudamericana? En términos de audiencia ¿Qué es Centroamérica que no sea América del Sur? Mejor no me contesten; no lo voy a entender nunca! RGM (Rubén Guillermo Margenet, Rosario, Argentina, condiglist yg via DXLD) Espacio DX de Radio Nederland Wereldomroep en la web Ahora que RNW ha eliminado las emisiones en OC para el Sur de América del Sur., después de 60 años, queda Internet y el satelite. Como lo ultimo está fuera de lo práctico y económico, mi opción es la red de redes. A muchos les pasará igual, la Internet es una alternativa más cómoda para el que la tiene, pero es triste pensar que dejan una gran audiencia en las bandas de HF. A propósito, Radio Nederland y Cartas@RN dispone de un blog con chat. Especificamente el Espacio DX está en http://cartas.ning.com/group/espaciodx (Horacio A. Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 25, ibid.) Con esta incomprensible decisión de borrar al sur de Sudamérica, Radio Nederland perderá probablemente un tercio de audiencia potencial hispanohablante. Un verdadero mal negocio aún en términos de oyente por dinero ahorrado. RGM (Margenet, ibid.) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. The last edition of Happy Station on SW will be March 25, 2010. It will continue for PCJ's Partner Stations and as an internet download. Since March 12 last year Johan Bakker who helps with HS and PCJ has been keeping tabs on the audience who listen in LA and NA on SW. the response for the show via the internet and via the partner stations shadows the relay on SW. Total emails and letters who listen from the internet and AM/FM relays: 2074 (March 12, 2009 to March 12, 2010) From the SW relay: 92 (March 12, 2009 to March 12, 2010) Largest audience in order of size by country (download stats March 12, 2009 to March 12, 2010) 11,544 downloads and from live stream: UK Netherlands Germany South Africa Indonesia Japan India Russia Hong Kong (SAR) Israel France Malaysia Belgium Smallest audience in order of size by country (download stats March 12, 2009 to March 12, 2010) 1762 downloads and from live stream: US Canada Spain Denmark Australia South Korea Taiwan Singapore Columbia Jordan Italy Ireland Mexico The decision to cut SW is not a cost cutting one, as it was very inexpensive. But the money that was used for SW to LA and NA will be moved to having our own server with fiber optic lines. Regards, (Keith Perron, Taiwan, March 18, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Keith: That is rather harsh. Please at least extend the deadline by another three months. Why is this being done all of a sudden? At times I can hear HS on shortwave, other times it's DCJC or interference from buzzing or CODAR, or a ute. But please, don't cut off HS on shortwave yet. I enjoy the show and will make a point to tune in often. Thanks, Keith, 73's, (Noble West, TN, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) You must be referring to WRMI. Fact is, I usually listen to it on live stream from WRMI which is more of an internet station than a SW station until they get the NW antenna going again and can put a much stronger signal into North America. Of course there are other options, but too bad that WRMI will no longer be a `partner station`. As you get that along with the SW time. It looks like recent developments pushed you over the edge. If it`s inexpensive, I suggest you keep some SW presence if only for old time`s sake, in keeping with the original Happy Station which was all about SW. Are you still planning to go on WRN in April? Time? That just might wind up on WRMI 9955 by default. In your country list, are you saying that you had the least downloads from the US, or the most of the least? Is it a continuous list split into two parts with the US right after Belgium, i.e. going in the same order from top to bottom? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) I was very skeptical of WRMI platform for NA coverage to begin with. I believe Keith could have easily received some free airtime on SW stations in the US. But perhaps it's too much hassle for his busy schedule to develop those ties. The stats provided aren't very helpful. How many listeners are represented by one letter or email? The vast majority of radio listeners never write to the shows they listen to. I suspect that many of those who downloaded Happy Station online did so because this show was present on the SW. Anyway, where should we send our letters of complaint and protest? Or is Keith following the Anglo-Saxon model of contempt for real listeners' opinion? (Sergei S., ibid.) The downloads from the US per show on average were around 60 to 70ish and the streaming of PCJ Radio was less than 3. For the UK and the Netherlands it was around 455ish with an average of between 80 to 95 listeners a day tuning an average time of between 90 mins to 2 hours. WRMI is not expensive, only 55USD a show, but the money I was using for that I can set up my own service for streaming and then schedule the show so NA, EU, South Africa, and Asia will know when to tune in to hear the show. At the moment I can't do that with live 365. If I was able to get around 20 to 30 emails a month from the SW relay I would have kept it. The response I had for the show IN ENGLISH from Latin American listeners was greater, even in Cuba with all the jamming. Just shows the jamming is not really effective in Cuba. Every time I would get an email from the listeners in LA, I replied back asking if they would listen to the show being streamed if I was to drop SW; almost all except for a few in Cuba and Mexico said they could not because of the poor internet signal. For Cuba I found a solution with help from Manolo De La Rosa. Beginning April 17th Happy Station will air on FM in Havana on Radio Taíno. The guy at RT who is the program director use to work at RHC. Back in the 70s and 80s, Tom use to do a show from them until he left RNW, called "Musicalmente, Suyo", which was sent on 12" lps (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.) [re SWEDEN]: I have been a trop bands DX'er since the 70's and I actually listen to program content from stations like Radio Sweden. If they really feel DX'ers don't listen, they are misguided. There's no guarantee people, who listen to podcasts or internet streams, pay more attention to content than DX'ers. I think the "internet option" is just a convenient excuse to save money by discontinuing SW broadcasts. 73s (David Sharp, NSW Australia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi David, I do hear your point. But do you know how many letters and emails I received in the last 12 months that say: Man spoke 0105 UTC Music at around 0110 UTC Some talk about weather 0115 UTC Some signal fading ect ect ect This is followed by normally the silly SINPO code and them asking for t-shirts, stickers and other promotional material. I have almost 170 of these. Not one single letter or email I received from someone who listened by the internet or one of the FM/AM relays asked for anything. Most just wrote in to suggest ideas for interviews or to comment on an interview or to request a song (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.) You were offering QSL cards, weren`t you? Then you should not be put off if people try to get one. Yes, a program originally on shortwave is somehow a cut above a program which has nothing to do with shortwave, even if we find it more convenient, or even necessary sometimes, to listen to it on the web. Without the shortwave connexion, it`s just lost in the morass of podcasts (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That's true. The number of webcasters is vast and even though I have some webcasters bookmarked, it's still a sea of bookmarks. The web is the best place to appear to be identical to millions of everybody else (Clara Listensprechen, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) If I can get around 100 people that would respond to stopping SW then I would continue. Programmers need numbers. Advertising over terrestrial radio has seen declining numbers, but web advertising has been on the increase. WPP Group which own JWT, BATES and Ogilvie every year publishes a report on where advertising dollars have gone for their own clients. For both conventional radio and television there has been a drop of 7.3 to 9.1% a year since 2006. But advertising for audio and video content has increase 6.4% over the same period. One of there largest clients, Nokia, which is handled by BATES has decided to focus more of there advertising on new media. Here in this part of the world, in South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan and now China have been booming in the way of internet radio. China, as we know, loves to jam the Chinese broadcasts from VOA and BBC. But the reality is, if China was not to jam, how many people would really tune in? SW in China is mostly used to reach the countryside, but people in these areas are more interested in local news. Does broadcasting on SW really make a difference? Africa is a different case. If you look at the mail BBC, VOA get from Africa it way outnumbers the amount of mail from China. As for the small to medium broadcasters like Radio Sweden, RCI and others, who only have at the most 30 to 60 minutes a day, it just gets lost. Despite the fact the China jams and block website, they can't block everything so news still gets through. Some people have said some countries could take a lead from China on the amount of SW frequencies on air. But China does not do this to get listeners. They do this because they need to for political reasons, and that`s it. But as the government now is getting younger people in key positions, they are starting to ask questions about the expense to keep these transmitters on air. Even CRI`s days are numbered on SW; this has been an ongoing discussion since 2004 and 05. At the time I remember a government official who was suggesting that CRI cut SW as them to supply listeners letters [sic]. The good thing is he didn't speak English and just went along with it. But the guy who took over from him who speaks English and asked to have all the letters and email from one year to be sent to his department. They contracted Nielson [sic] to figure out and make sense of it from an independent [standpoint?] and the results were not good. CRI has some language services that don't even get any mail. But again keeping these languages and frequencies is political. No, I do support SW for certain regions, but for North America and Western Europe it makes no economic sense. I know there are some sections of the US where broadband is not available, so they can listen to streaming radio. But this is such a small percent and for a few thousand listeners there is no point. Even television will go in this direction. I know the arguments that people will make, but again, it's the same thing. I'm sure that in 20 years the same thing will happen when new technologies come on the market (Keith Perron, ibid.) Advertising? What`s that? For the past year there has been no advertising on the Happy Station we have been hearing on WRMI (which must be why it`s 5 minutes short), so we think of it as a non- commercial program, unfairly (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Keith, have you already started counting? Or is it just the figure of speech? Why don't you postpone your SW quitting to November 1 so that people have time to respond? And also please read the announcement that you are giving up on SW in several of your SW broadcasts. Otherwise, it's not very fair to people who listen to you exclusively on SW. They don't know that you are about to quit on them (Sergei S., ibid.) I'm serious, if I can get at least 100 people saying that want it to continue on SW than I would. What I did do twice already was to mention it in the show, I cut this part out for the upload to make sure it only went out over SW, but so far have not heard anything (Keith Perron, ibid.) Keith, Isn`t the live stream from WRMI exactly the same as what goes on 9955? How could you have two different versions that way (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Live steam for WRMI is the same, but if someone would have heard the show they would have known (Keith Perron, ibid.) That's exactly what happened at RNW. We put some announcements into the North American shortwave transmissions, but deliberately didn't mention it elsewhere, because we only wanted to reach the people who were actually listening. There was a trickle of responses, but very few compared with the responses we got when we took over the BBC's frequencies for a couple of weeks when they dropped shortwave to North America a few years earlier. We lost probably 95% of our shortwave audience in those few years. It's interesting that people who have enjoyed a free service complain that stopping this free service is 'unfair'. As long as someone else is paying the costs, that's fair apparently. If you're seriously suggesting that you need seven months to reach those people who are listening on shortwave, then they obviously aren't listening very often. Broadcasters want to reach a regular, loyal audience, something that is no longer possible on shortwave in North America. Even Larry Magne, who made a point of not telling people in Passport that there were other ways to hear international broadcasters apart from shortwave, has finally been beaten by the march of progress (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) Didn`t he have one(?) edition of a companion book Passport to Net Radio, or some such title?? (gh, DXLD) Andy: Keith never really had a SW audience in NA, as he was using a wrong station. Not that there's a huge SW audience there to begin with. Most SW listeners live in the poorer nations and often they don't have access to email. For quicker response it's advisable to give a cell phone # for text messaging (Sergei S., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Even if I had used a high-power transmitter the audience reaction, would have been the same. Don't forget look at how many broadcasters dropped NA because of audience reaction. As I said earlier, the downloads and streaming have a much larger audience and it's growing each month. Whereas for the SW there are so few, it makes no commercial sense. The version of the show I do for the inflight entertainment system for China Airlines has a one page about the show monthly in the on-flight magazine. The show is used on long haul fights to London, Amsterdam, LA, NY, Vancouver, Sydney and some others. The email for the show is there for information on when the show airs and where it can be heard or downloaded. Not once in 10 months I did not get a single question about the SW relay. Even the questionnaire had no one check off SW as a means to listen to radio. People need to realize that SW radio as a medium has become a "legacy hobby", This of course depends on the region. Africa and parts of Asia and Latin America have at best another 15 or 20 years (Keith Perron, ibid.) Keith, thanks for your explanations. Of course, no one is blaming you for deciding to discontinue paying for SW airtime. Personally, I agree that it's a sound business decision. A few months ago I wrote about your "Tribute Shows" that sounded more like a farewell to SW DXing. At that time you refuted my suspicions. But now everyone can see that I was right ;) (Sergei S., ibid.) And now I may perhaps say that this was my suspicion from the start. What else would be the point in reviving an old shortwave show, with a name that some German radio enthusiasts even use as insult, for stations that just churn out music and light chatter, shying away from any kind of content that could be considered controversial? One further note: I would indeed not disregard the problem of inadequate signals. And I would think that all US shortwave stations except IBB, WHR and EWTN are just the beloved hobby of their owners (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Put the ever-expanding CRI on that list of exceptions. Public Service is, of course the strong point of shortwave radio. Seems to me that Keith's interest in taking over Happy Station was for monetary gain and/or fame. Shortwave radio, at the get-go, is the inappropriate medium for either (Clara Listensprechen, ibid.) I'm pretty sure that WWCR and WINB are still making some money as commercial operators. They have loyal, long-term customer base. (I'm talking about programmers, not listeners.) WBCQ's owner Allan Weiner says that he his family still lives off the station. He hasn't sounded very happy with WBCQ's financial results within recent two years, though. I believe Jeff White from WRMI should be breaking even too. But he also seems to give away the largest amount of free airtime to worthy programmers. I do agree that both Allan and Jeff are still into SW broadcasting mostly due to the sense of commitment to SW (Sergei S., ibid.) Of course. My point was just: What is their rationale in choosing this business? Here I really can only imagine a dedication for shortwave. Hardly sheer program distribution. It's an own shortwave world, with little connections to the broadcasting industry. And not just in the specific case of the smaller US stations. I think his Radio Miami International activities are not limited to the WRMI transmitter (apparently a staple of the Cuban exile community, Jeff made no secret of broadcasts for listeners north of Miami being a secondary thing only) anyway? (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) It makes zero sense for programmers to just spin their wheels programming for zero listeners. That doesn't even give a programmer a good enough reason to get up in the morning. I forward a reason that makes more sense: it's to provide public service. For Weiner, it's Free Speech; for White, it's providing a vehicle for opposition radio. AGAIN: it makes zero sense to broadcast to zero listeners. They're out there (Clara Listensprechen, ibid.) I think we need more good discussions, debates like we had last week over Radio Sweden and internet radio. We may not all agree, but this is a democracy and it's good to have lively postings like we had. Hope we can have more (Keith Perron, Taiwan, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Keith, this sounds like a classic socialist democracy to me ;) Everything is already decided in advance but now "the ordinary people" are encouraged to discuss the decision. They know that their discussion is not going to change anything, though. Moreover, they are risking to be called stupid and backward if they don't arrive at the prescribed conclusion. (In our case, the prescribed conclusion is that SW has been dead for some time already.) (Sergei S., ibid.) Bingo. Regarding Happy Station, there's no turning back, really; the presenter regards his rationale as carved in stone. We're beating an already dead horse, IMHO (Clara Listensprechen, ibid.) I think everyone point is valid, but I would like to see SW has the numbers people are saying. Not for Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe. But for North America, Western Europe, and Australia. All the sales figures shown to me by folks at Sangeans head off and Tecsun have shown me a major drop since 1990. Not a little decline, but a huge decline (Keith Perron, ibid.) You can't see numbers that don't exist. Nobody can. Sangean has other issues which cause its sales to drop, and we have a global economy which precludes the sales of high-end receivers. Religious broadcasters are handing out fixed frequency receivers and I submit that they know something about who's listening that you don't. You might consider also that FREE radios would indeed undercut radio SALES. I make the same point about CRI, whose service appears to be expanding as others contract -- it's not a matter of listener decline, but who can afford to continue to broadcast on a band that's primarily public service (you can't expect to make money on it). If you have commercial interests then you should be on a commercial band. Shortwave ain't it. But that's not to say that there isn't a significant number of people world wide who don't listen to shortwave. Additionally, The Happy Station is a legacy format that has its limits in terms of you "making it your own". In departing from that legacy so far afield, seems to me it would be more appropriately called The Keith Perron Show -- not Happy Station (Clara Listensprechen, ibid.) I guessed you would come up with something like that. How original. (Keith to Clara, ibid.) Facts tend to be like that (Clara to Keith, ibid.) Glenn: We're sorry to see Happy Station go. It's unfortunate that a program which has dealt so heavily with shortwave, in terms of content, will no longer be on shortwave. But we wish Keith all the best (Jeff White, WRMI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) There is a reason why the Internet/AM-FM listeners never ask for anything. It's because they are not part of the DX hobby --- you are reaching a different group. Why is it "wrong" to ask for a QSL card? I was very keen in my early days to get QSLs or anything else from a station. And I suppose, in those days of bigger budgets, the stations were keen to send whatever to promote their country (and/or cause). QSLing is (or at least, was) an inseparable part of the DX hobby. And I contend, most DX'ers will listen closely to a program, in order to prepare a proper reception report. Yes, I agree that the "example report" you provide does happen. Of course, I can only speak for myself, but I think many others in this group would agree, they listen very close to program content, in order to provide a useful report to the broadcaster. Some broadcasters do require a detailed report of program content, in order to QSL. And I don't think this is unreasonable. Having said all of this, the only time I QSL now, is if I log a previously unheard or un-QSL'ed country. At this point, I would rather the station not QSL and save a few dollars, if it means broadcasts can be maintained. One of the problems is, very few of us probably ever bother to contact an international broadcaster. I don't know how many of us (and by "us" I mean DXers and SWLs) exist. The broadcasters probably don't, either. But one thing I was told early-on in my 30+ year broadcast career: you will only ever hear from 1-percent of your listeners. Whether that rule is applicable to HF broadcasters, I don't know. Finally: with regards to stations shutting down, or embracing DRM, or switching to FM broadcasts --- I can only speak for Australia, but there is a good reason why MANY ABC outlets are on MW, and in the Northern Territory, on SW. Even with the relatively flat terrain, there are MANY areas, with NO FM coverage. It's just impossible. Without the MW stations, many people in remote areas would have NO radio. And further inland (like NT) there would be little or no daytime radio reception without the SW outlets in Alice Springs, Katherine and Tennant Creek. Also, many areas still don't have broadband, or you can have it through an expensive satellite service. For these people, regular (old fashioned) radio is the best option. And Australia is pretty far removed from the third world (where there would likely be a bigger reliance on MW/SW broadcasts). This is proving to be a very interesting discussion. 73s to all (David Sharp, NSW Australia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. CANADA: 6160 CKZN St. Johns NL; 1032-1036+, 21-Mar; English CBC News with all NL stories; crabbers unhappy with government-set crab prices at 1.35 $/# (send me about 100 #...I'll go 1.50$!), doctors unhappy with contract (get ready for this!) and snowmobile & snow blower sales down. SIO=4+44 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI A10, 28 Mar - 30 Oct, 2010 UTC Freq Target Days ----------------------------------------- 0459-0658 11725 AM 11675 DRM Pacific Daily 0659-1058 6170 AM 7440 DRM Pacific Daily 1059-1158 9655 AM 7440 DRM NW Pacific, PNG, Timor Daily 1159-1258 9655 AM NW Pacific, PNG, Timor Daily 1259-1550 6170 AM Pacific Daily 1551-1850 7440 AM 6170 DRM Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga, Niue Daily 1851-1950 9615 AM 9890 DRM Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga, Niue Daily 1951-2050 11725 AM 9890 DRM Tonga Mon - Fri [does this really mean both AM and DRM will be off this hour Sat/Sun?] 2051-2150 11725 AM 11675 DRM Pacific Daily 2151-0458 13730 AM 15720 DRM Pacific Daily (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, March 26, dxldyg via DXLD) So AM listeners may say goodbye to 17675, 15720. Despite the 30 Oct end date, numerous changes are likely to be made before then, probably some already in May (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120.1, VON in English, March 19 at 2036. Noticed a lo het and it appears there is another carrier on 15120.0, but nothing else should be there at this hour. In any event, too tightly squeezed between WYFR 15115 and REE/Costa Rica 15125, while numerous other channels in the 15.1`s are vacant. Per WRTH 2010, in REE`s needlessly complex schedule, 15125 is in use only on weekends. Aoki and Eibi show REE 15125 18-20 daily, and 20-23 only on weekends, so obviously on later than scheduled on Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. New GE imagery - Nigeria Abuja - Lugbe Hi folks, The latest GE KML file is now available for download from the GE Blog website. There is some cause for excitement today as for the very first time we get to see the new Abuja - Lugbe 'Voice of Nigeria' SW transmission site before it's actually hit the airwaves!!! Miracles do happen :-) The coordinates are of course in the Current Excel File, but here's the correct coordinates for the TX building. We see the two curtain arrays & rotatable antenna - marvellous! 8 57'53.00"N, 7 21'46.00"E (Ian Baxter, NSW, March 25, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Antenna is 120 meters away, and transmitter house 320 meters away from the previously estimated new location coordinates ... 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** NORTH AMERICA. Pirate, 6925-SSB, March 19 at 1307, dense music, seems polka with accordion when tuned in just right; 1312 Radio Gaga ID and more; 1319 ``¡No, Jorge!`` several times, ``This has been Radio Gaga`` and off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. WHYP pirate on now (Mar 20 2000 UT) --- Excellent signal and modulation on 6925 AM with hemorrhoid-cream ad aimed at DXers, rock music. Just happened to check 6925 for activity. 73 de (Anne Fanelli, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks for the tip Anne, strong here too 2006 (Andy O`Brien, Fredonia, NY, ibid.) Modulation just a bit bassy but pleasant listening w/talk on setting up a pirate station, various pirate formats, Capt. Ganga after more rock music (Anne Fanelli, 2008 UT ibid.) ** NORTH AMERICA. Strong signal in USB playing music on 6925 signed off at 0300 UT March 21. YW gave ID as WTCR followed by address for reception reports. Googling WTCR found reception reports since 2008 and this home page: http://drmorbius1.tripod.com/ (Terry Wilson, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925.02 AM, WHYP, 2000-2015, March 20, rock music. IDs. Program about setting up a pirate radio station. Strong (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Radio Ga Ga, 0110-0115*, March 20, rock music. ID. Sign off with SSTV and ID. Fair (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6950.22 AM, Coyote Radio, 0120-0147*, March 20, oldies music from the 30s-40s. IDs. “cyotradio” email address. Sign off with morse code (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** OKLAHOMA. The Wire (University of Oklahoma) Broadcast area Norman, Oklahoma Branding the WIRE student radio Frequency 1710 KHz Format Freeform Owner University of Oklahoma (via Dean Wayman, NE? ABDX via DXLD) O yes, we had news of this some years ago. I have never heard any trace of it in Enid, nor when driving around OKC, on the north half as far as downtown (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 5004.5-USB, Navy MARS net still in standard frequency band too close to WWV, March 24 at 1420, NCS NNN0ENS taking many check-ins, all of whom had much weaker signals or inaudible here. Googling on the call, top hit was my own previous report of January 13, when the net was one UT hour later, archived here: http://bclnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/glenn-hauser-logs-january-12-13-2010.html Reminding us that NNN0ENS is Hal, somewhere in Oklahoma. I wonder if he`s down the street? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140.022, Sultanate of Oman Radio, 1434, English, news by man, stories about the Israeli settlement dispute, unrest in Thailand and Moroccan trade delegation visits Oman. "You are listening to Radio Sultanate of Oman. The next news bulletin will be at 10 o'clock." 19 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF-7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140, 1632-1650, Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, 21/03, Arabic, dialogues between two OM at the studio including one listener's phone call – almost good at the beginning, then fair with more deep fading and local noise (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. 15630, March 24 at 1323 S Asian music, while Greece was still on correct 15650. 1327 into talk, news summary? Frequently mentioning Pakistan, Washington, Robert Gates, America. Good signal but with hum and flutter. 1330:30 a tinny band plays unfamiliar anthem, 1331:30 tone for a few seconds and off. Uplooked later, this is R. Pakistan`s Tamil service, preceded by Sinhala at 1230, both 100 kW, 147 degrees from Islamabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) However: Re 10-11: PBC Radio Pakistan - HF BROADCAST SCHEDULE A-10 Effective From 28th March, to 30th October, 2010 Late change South Asia Sinhali 1230-1300 15540 [ex 15650] 41, 11880 25 Tamil 1300-1330 15540 [ex 15650] 41, 11880 25 (PBC Frequency Management, Rawalpindi, via Noel Green, UK, BC-DX March 26 via DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. THE ORIGINAL MEDIUMWAVE STATIONS IN PAKISTAN Much in the news these days is Pakistan. Located on the western edge of what used to be British India, this territory, nearly one thousand miles long and maybe five hundred miles wide, has featured prominently in ancient historic events. Its own colorful history dates back some 4,500 years to what is known as the Indus Valley Civilization. Two ancient cities, Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro, are just a pile of restored ruins these days, but they tell of a remarkable level of social development way back when civilization was young. The main river system, the Indus with its five tributaries in the north of the country, provides life-giving water to the entire nation; and we should remember that the name Indus, which simply means river in the original language, provided the original name for India itself. The five rivers, they tell us, give us the name Punjab in the original language, and that is the name of a major province in both Pakistan and India. Many moons ago, we presented the story of the early wireless stations in the territory that is now Pakistan, and they were located in the five cities; Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Rawalpindi & Peshawar. That was way back in the era of the 1920s. Here in Wavescan today, we continue in the Pakistan radio story, this time with the saga of their early mediumwave stations. It is the story of two radio stations in two cities; or, if you look more closely, it might be the story of four radio stations located in two cities. The first radio broadcasting station in the territory now known as Pakistan, was a small amateur station installed in the YMCA building in Lahore in the year 1928. This station was funded by the YMCA, the local Text Book Company, and the provincial Punjab government. This new and rather amateurish radio station was initially allocated 812 kHz as its broadcasting channel, though this was subsequently changed to 1200 kHz. The allotted callsign was VUL, indicating India Lahore. Radio station VUL Lahore was on the air spasmodically for a period of a little less than ten years, and it was finally closed on September 1, 1937, in favor of a larger new station due to open soon afterwards. This new station in Lahore was officially inaugurated three months later on December 16, 1937 with 5 kW on 1086 kHz under the same callsign as its predecessor, VUL. It was one of the new radio broadcasting stations in the expanding network of All India Radio. Thus, it is true, there were really two different radio broadcasting stations in Lahore in the era before partition; the amateur station followed by the government station, both of which were on the air, consecutively, under the same callsign, VUL. Now up to the frontier city, Peshawar. It was in the year 1934 that the Marconi radio company in England offered equipment for a new radio broadcasting station to the government of the North West Frontier Province. The agreement was that if the project was successful, the provincial government would purchase the equipment. This new radio broadcasting station was inaugurated on March 6, 1935 and soon afterwards it was allocated the callsign VUP, with these letters indicating India Peshawar. This small radio station emitted just 250 watts on 1500 kHz which gave it little more than just quite local coverage. Back at that time there was a promise that the station would be upgraded to 2 kW, though this prediction was never ever fulfilled. During the following year, the provincial government took over the control of the station, and during the next year again, the station was taken over by the Indian national government in Delhi. Then, in March 1939, station VUP Peshawar was converted into a relay station, taking its programming from the national station VUD in Delhi. However, a totally new broadcasting station, with new studios and new technical equipment, was constructed in Peshawar soon afterwards, and this was inaugurated on December 1, 1942. This new station was assigned the mediumwave channel 629 kHz with an output power of 10 kW. Thus, it is true, there were really two different radio broadcasting stations in Peshawar in the era before partition; the Marconi station followed by the government station, both of which were on the air, consecutively, under the same callsign, VUP. At the time of partition between India and Pakistan, known as Freedom at Midnight, August 14 & 15, in the year 1947, there were just these two rather small radio broadcasting stations on the air in the new Pakistan:- VUL Lahore 5 kW 1086 kHz VUP Peshawar 10 kW 629 kHz (Adrian Peterson, IN, AWR Wavescan script March 21 via DXLD) ** PALAU. A-10 for CVC International via T8WH/KHBN=Palau: Indonesian to Indonesia 0700-1000 on 15725 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg Mon-Fri (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 20, via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3290, UNID. 1232, 3/16/10. Station under usual 3289 het & SSB comms. Pop music heard. R. Central, Port Moresby? 3325, PNG, R. Buka, 1225, 3/16/10. Professional sound. Choral anthem at 1229, into announcements by YL. Pop music at 1230. S5-6. 3385, PNG. R. East New Britain, 1220, 3/16/10. S5 pop music (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Perseus SDR, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330S Loop, PAR SWL random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3905, R. New Ireland, 1221-1302, March 23. In Tok Pisin; DJ playing pop songs; clear mention of PNG; mostly poor; also noted 3315 (R. Manus) was on today, but with a weaker signal (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 3329.53, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco noted with good signal 1050 on 26 March with CHU notched, 24th March, hyper espanol om, yl Perú musica linda (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Flórida, March 26, HCDX via DXLD) See also RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM ** PERU. 4789.937, Radio Visión, 0755, Spanish, tune-in to hear lengthy ID by a man, and into huaynos. Really good signal. 17 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF- 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4835.395, Radio Marañón, Jaen after 1100 with WCKR [sic] sign off, from 1030 with narrow filter in lsb or IF notch. Peru on 4774.93 good signal since WCKR moved; March 25 & 26 (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Flórida, March 26, HCDX via DXLD) ? It`s WWCR which was on 4775, and now on 4840 (gh, DXLD) ** PERU. 4824.4, RADIO LA VOZ DE LA SELVA. 1201-1230 marzo 21. Retransmisión de la señal FM. Música romántica, baladas y pop en español. "Quédate en los 983.9 de LVS" más música "…emociónate con LVS". Al parecer operando solo en las mañanas con horario aprox. 1200- 1500 UT; la identificación no dicen La Voz de la Selva tan solo "L V S" o "L V S Digital". 4950.1, RADIO MADRE DE DIOS. Puerto Maldonado. 0034-0110 marzo 21. Anuncios de Colegio particular Madre de Dios. Claro, Feria Escolar. Al dar la hora "...7 de la noche con 44, hora exacta en el pais, mas música a través de Madre de Dios 4950 señal que integra esta region de Madre de Dios..." 5014.4, RADIO ALTURA. Cerro de Pasco. 2310-0000 marzo 21. Transmisión deportiva del campeonato de fútbol regional a tres del espacio "Altura Deportiva". Luego de las 2330 con música folclórica "..En AM y FM la radio que llega más y más que las demás, Altura Radio... triple frecuencia con una sola calidad, Radio Altura con tu música..." 5039.1, RADIO LIBERTAD DE JUNIN. Junín. 1110-1124 marzo 21. Anuncios de Semana Santa en Junín. Instituto superior tecnológico San Ignacio de Loyola. ID: "...Radio Libertad de Junín, la emisora que usted prefiere por que tiene lo que a usted le gusta..." 5120.6, ONDAS DEL SURORIENTE. Quillabamba. *1129-1150 marzo 21. Notada con apertura de emisiones: "... Muy buenos días, Ondas del Suroriente inicia su transmisión correspondiente al día de hoy en sus tres frecuencias.." 5460, RADIO BOLIVAR. Bolívar, 0028-0055 marzo 22. Comunicados y mensajes. " ...esta es la hora, son las 7 de la noche con 30 minutos la hora puntual que les recuerda Bolívar la radio..." Anuncios de telefónica delta, Cerveza Cusqueña. "...más potente, más nítida, Bolívar señal ganadora..." (Rafael Rodríguez R., Fomeque, Cundinamarca, 90 km sur oriente de Bogotá, Sony ICF 2010 Hilo de 10 metros, via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) ** PERU. 5039.21, Radio Libertad, Junín noted 1040 on 21 March with good signal. 1030 to 1110 on 24 March with excellent strong signal, impressive, rustic traditional Peruvian music, om IDs, time checks, slow a minute or two, mentions of Santa Cruz, 1045 excellent fade up of signal, yl rustic vocal, fading down by 1110. [that was two days before RHC started 5040 -- gh] On 25 March Radio Havana Cuba dominant, very narrow filter to hear Libertad, RHC off at 1058*. Libertad with good signal, On 26 March, RHC sign off at 1100 again permitting ten to twenty minute logs of Radio Libertad (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Flórida, March 26, HCDX via DXLD) ** PERU. 18057.9, JBA talk at 1345 March 18, no doubt R. Victoria 3 x 6019.3, as frequently but not always just barely audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6019.27, Radio Victoria, 0745-0800 March 19, Noted a male in religious type Spanish talk for a minute or two, then music was presented. At 0756, more religious comments heard. The freq 6020 is clear, but getting splatter from Radio Marti on 6030 unfortunately. Radio Victoria was fair (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, NRD545, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 18057.9, R. Victoria, March 22 at 1411, music and talk just barely audible on 3 x 6019.3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNID, 6019.27 signal in Spanish, S=8 at 0613 UT. R Victoria, Peru ? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschle, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Surely 18057.9, March 25 at 1409, very poor but talk in Spanish audible, not Miranda at the moment, 3 x 6019.3 R. Victoria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. Neste momento, 1757 UT, a Radio Pilipinas em filipino nas três freqüências de 11730, 11890 e 15190 kHz com bom sinal. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil, March 22, dxclubepr yg via DXLD) ** POLAND [non]. According to their website, Polish Radio External Service A10 frequencies [in English only]: 1200-1300 11675 11860 (via Moosbrun and Wooferton) time change only/same frequencies as B09 1700-1800 7265 9655 (via Woofferton and UAE) 7265 is DRM mode (Mark Coady, Editor Shortwave Loggings, Ontario DX Association, March 23, ODXA yg via DXLD) ??? per this 11860 changes to 11980, and also sites different at 1700: (gh, DXLD) Re 10-11, PRES A10: As far as I am told, here is the corrected Polish schedule: Polish Radio English Service Schedule from March 28, 2010 1200-1300 UT 11675 Moosbrunn, Austria 100 kw - to the UK 11980 Woofferton, UK 250 kw - to Scandinavia 1700-1800 UT - both to the UK 7265 Kvitsoy, Norway ?? kw - DRM 9655 Moosbrunn 300 kw 73, (Erik Koie, Denmark, March 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes Erik, a very late change on 9655, was Woofferton first, but this week changed to Moosbrunn, makes sense ... and a typo Belarus 1630 UT occurred tooo. I'm afraid to use MOS short call, due of Moscow spelling .... Two entries for 7265KVI at 220 degr. 40 kW when on DRM mode, ant type 800 - LPH18/35/30/30/3/26/89 250 kW when in AM mode. RRO Bucharest uses KVI 7350 with 65 kW at same antenna bearing, ant type 148 curtain 2x2 dipols, AHR(S)2/2/1.0 , also in DRM mode. So the NPT Kvitsoe uses TWO DRM modulator units in 17-18 UT slot ? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Polish Radio English service A10 Announced on today's Multitouch as: 1200-1300 UT 11675 Moosbrunn, Austria 11860 Woofferton, UK 1700-1800 UT 7265 Kvitsoy, Norway DRM 9655 300 kW Moosbrunn http://www.thenews.pl/radio/multimedia/artykul128149.html (Mike Barraclough, England, March 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wish they would upmake their minds about the WOF frequency at 12, also reported as 11980. Trouble with 11860 is that an hour earlier than in the B-season, it collides with BBCWS via Guiana French, in Spanish and English still at 12-13 M-F. Of course, theoreticians may find that acceptable with divergent targets. 11675, which was good also in NAm this winter, is seasonally weakening now (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) What could be history within a few months: The foreign service of Polskie Radio (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PORTUGAL. RDPi - Rádio Portugal HF/SW schedule A10 (starting on March 28th) All programmes in Portuguese. However, during very rare circumstances (in particular, within sport events), some interviews in Spanish may be not translated to Portuguese. Time (UTC) - QRG (kHz) - meter band (m) - kW - Azimuth (deg) Monday to Friday: EUROPE 0500 – 0800 - 7 240 kHz - 41m - 300 kW - 45º 0645 – 0800 - 11 850 kHz - 25m - 250 kW - 55º - via Sines 0800 – 1200 - 12 020 kHz- 25 m - 300 kW- 45º 1600 – 1900 – 11 905 kHz - 25m - 300 kW - 45º 1900 – 2300(*) - 9 820 kHz - 31m - 300 kW – 45º MIDDLE EAST / INDIA 1300 – 1500 - 21 810 kHz - 13m - 100 kW - 81,5º AFRICA (S Tomé e Príncipe/ Angola / Mozambique) 1000 – 1200 - 15 180 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 144º 1600 – 1900 - 15 170 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 144º 1900 – 2300(*) - 11 945 kHz - 25m - 300 kW - 144º NORTH AMERICA - USA & CANADA 1200 – 2000 (*) - 15 560 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 300º 2000 – 2300 (*) - 13 755 kHz - 22m - 300 kW - 300º 2300 – 0200 - 9 715 kHz - 31m - 300 kW - 300º VENEZUELA 2300 – 0200 - 11 630 kHz - 25m - 100 kW - 261,5º BRAZIL / CAPE VERDE / GUINEA BISSAU 1000 – 1200 - 15 575 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 226º 1600 – 1900 - 21 655 kHz - 13m - 300 kW - 226º 1900 – 2000 (*) - 21 655 kHz - 13m - 300 kW - 226º 2000 – 2300 (*) - 15 295 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 226º BRAZIL 2300 – 0200 - 12 020 kHz - 25m - 300 kW - 226º Saturday & Sunday: EUROPE 0700 – 1355 - 12 020 kHz - 25m - 300 kW - 45º 0830 – 1000 - 11 995 kHz (DRM) - 25m - 90 kW - 45º - via Sines 1400 – 1900 - 11 905 kHz - 25m - 300 kW - 45º 1900 – 2000 - 9 820 kHz - 31m - 300 kW - 45º 2000 – 2300 (*) - 9 820 kHz - 31m - 300 kW - 45º AFRICA (S Tomé e Príncipe/ Angola / Mozambique) 0700 – 1000 - 15 160 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 144º 1000 – 1400 - 15 180 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 144º 1400 – 1600 - 15 470 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 144º 1600 – 2000 - 15 170 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 144º 1900 – 2300 (*) - 11 945 kHz - 25m - 300 kW - 144º NORTH AMERICA - USA & CANADA 1200 – 2000 - 15 560 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 300º 2000 – 2300 (*) - 13 755 kHz - 22m - 300 kW - 300º BRAZIL / CAPE VERDE / GUINEA BISSAU 0700 – 1000 - 12 000 kHz - 25m - 300 kW - 226º 1000 – 2000 - 21 655 kHz - 13m - 300 kW - 226º 2000 – 2300 (*) - 15 295 kHz - 19m - 300 kW - 226º (*)- special transmissions (DRM)- DRM broadcast via Pro-Funk GmbH /DW, Sines, Portugal SW/HF Centers: CEOC, São Gabriel (near Lisbon): 4 x 300 kW, 4 x 100 kW (spare txs), except Pro-Funk GmbH - 250 kW analog transmissions; 90 kW digital DRM broadcast via Sines, Portugal --- Best regards & 73, (via Luís Carvalho, Portugal, March 22, dxldyg via DXLD) This detail "4x300 kW, 4x100 kW (spare txs)" fails to meet reality. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So Carlos` version is somewhat different: RDP Internacional – Rádio Portugal Período de Verão 2010 (A10) - mapa em vigor a partir de 28-03-2010 Emissões de 2-fª a 6ª-fª Mo. to Fri. ZONA DE RECEPÇÃO HORA U C K H z K W AZIMUTE (º) EUROPA 0500-0800 7240 300 45 0645-0800 11850 250 55 0800-1200 12020 300 45 1600-1900 11905 300 45 1900-2300 EE 9820 300 45 MÉDIO ORIENTE / Índia 1300-1500 21810 100 81,5 ÁFRICA São Tomé e Príncipe Angola-Moçambique-RSA Eixo [=out of order] 1000-1200 15180 300 144 1600-1900 15170 300 144 1900-2300 EE 11945 300 144 AMÉRICA DO NORTE 1200-2000 EE 15560 300 300 2000-2300 EE 13755 300 300 2300-0200 9715 300 300 Venezuela 2300-0200 11630 100 261 Brasil, Cabo Verde-Guiné 1000-1200 15575 300 226 1600-1900 21655 300 226 1900-2000 EE 21655 300 226 2000-2300 EE 15295 300 226 Brasil 2300-0200 12020 300 226 Emissões aos Sábados e Domingos: Sats & Suns EUROPA 0700-1355 12020 300 45 0830-1000 11995 90 45 DRM 1400-1900 11905 300 45 1900-2000 9820 300 45 2000-2300 EE 9820 300 45 ÁFRICA Eixo São Tomé e Príncipe - Angola-Moçambique-RSA 0700-1000 15160 300 144 1000-1400 15180 300 144 1400-1600 15470 300 144 1600-2000 15170 300 144 1900-2300 EE 11945 300 144 AMÉRICA DO NORTE 1200-2000 15560 300 300 2000-2300 EE 13755 300 300 Brasil Cabo Verde-Guiné 0700-1000 12000 300 226 1000-2000 21655 300 226 2000-2300 EE 15295 300 226 RDPi: Pro-Funk GmbH: CEOC, São Gabriel: 4 x 300 kW ; Sines: 3 x 250 kW EE = emissões extraordinárias (Versão compilada em 22MAR’10 por Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGST) ** ROMANIA. 15105, great Romanian folk music, March 18 at 1236, shortly announced in English and then more of same on this Thursday; good signal, which is 307 degrees from Tiganeshti intended for UK only but also onward to US. From A-10 in 10 days, per DXLD 10-11, this will be replaced by 1100-1156 on 15210 15430 17510 17670. See also POLAND [non] 15430, RRI English with Letterbox replying to several listeners, Friday March 26 until 1252, good signal and // slightly weaker 15105. A few minutes later signing off until next English at 1800 with all its SW frequencies and satellite parameters, and only some of the frequencies for tomorrow at 1200, which will be the last one before shifting an UT hour earlier for A-10 on different channels, and once again, following this biweek of confusion, becoming less convenient for North Americans deprived of any intentional English in our mornings from RRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. Radio Rumanía Internacional A10 --- Estimados amigos: Les mando las nuevas horas y frecuencias de nuestra emisora. Espero que sean acertadas. Un cordial saludo y gracias por vuestro apoyo. Nuevas frecuencias de Radio Rumanía Internacional -- A partir del 28 de marzo y hasta el 31 de octubre de 2009, las emisiones en español, por onda corta, de RRI se pueden sintonizar de este modo: -a las 1900 horas, UT, por 9700 y 11715 kilohercios, en España; -a las 2100 horas, UT, por 9755 y 11965 kilohercios, en Argentina; -a las 2300 horas, UT, por 9745 kilohercios y 11955 kilohercios, en Argentina y por 6100 y 9655 kilohercios, en El Caribe; -y, finalmente, -a las 0200 horas de la madrugada, UT, por 9520 y 11945 kilohercios, en Argentina y por 7400 y 9645 kilohercios, en México; También se pueden sintonizar vía satélite y en Internet, en formato WMA (Windows Media Audio), en la página http://www.rri.ro Además, en Europa, se pueden sintonizar a través del satélite HOT BIRD CINCO, en la frecuencia de 11623.28 Megahercios, polarización vertical, acimut 13 grados (Victoria Sepciu, Club de Oyentes, Rincón Diexista, via Dino Bloise, FL, March 21, dxldyg via DXLD) Interesting that RRI will be using 7400, which immediately before and after and at many other times will be neighbor Bulgaria (Glenn, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. 279.000, Radio Rossii, 1402, Russian, weak but clear with news by man. Parallel to 7140. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, or some other site? 19 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF-7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 6075, GTRK Kamchatka via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, 0810- 0900, March 24. Local/regional program; 0810-0828: "Radio Rossii Kamchatka" ID and into non-stop talk; telephone number given for R. Rossii Kamchatka; promo for a website; BoH the usual English: "This is Kamchatka"; assume news followed by interview; at 0900 ends local/regional programming and became parallel with 5940 (Magadan), 7200 (Yakutsk) and 7320 (Magadan) with 5+1 time pips; "programa Radio Rossii" and the news; fair to good with light hum (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 9900, March 22 at 1321 nice Persian-like music on piano, then at 1323 adding singer. 1325 VOR sounders and talk in Persian about Iran, 1330 no break or ID. Lite long/short path echo. Must have really been Dari, listed as VOR in Pashto/Dari, 250 kW, 140 degrees from Samara (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 14996, time pips on CW, March 20 at 1411, no doubt RWM Moscow, and stronger than WWV/H on 15000. The two matched nicely with top-of-minute prolonged tones (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. En la antigua Unión Soviética ya en 1930 fue decretado un horario especial, superior en una hora a la habitual franja horaria. En verano esta diferencia es de dos horas. En este mes de marzo el Parlamento de Rusia deberá decidirse cabe revocar el horario de verano ya que un estudio científico en es país ha puesto de manifiesto que tal horario perjudica la salud del grueso de los humanos. Se desconoce, de momento, qué pasará con el nuevo horario de verano de las emisoras de Rusia, previamente anunciado y coordinado con otras emisoras del mundo. Este año el 28 de marzo será decretado el nuevo horario estacional de las emisoras del mundo el cual, probablemente, se extenderá hasta el 30 de octubre. En las publicaciones impresas esta temporada radial es designada por el símbolo A 10, en el cual la letra “A” designa el verano en el Hemisferio Norte y el invierno en el Hemisferio Sur, y el número 10 evoca el año 2010.Los escuchas deben mantenerse muy atentos y consultar todas las fuentes que ofrezcan los nuevos horarios de las emisoras. (Espacio diexista 21.03.10 de Radio Bulgaria, via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) Russia is considering whether not to go on DST this summer, since timezones are already an hour ahead of what they ought to be (gh) ** RUSSIA. TIME ==== The government of the Russian Federation has accepted the decision " About application on Territories of the Udmurt Republic of time of the second hour Belts(zones) ". According to offer Gossovet of the Udmurt Republic and The ministries of the industry and trade the Russian Federation the government of Russia Has decided to begin application in territory of Udmurtiya of time The second time zone since March, 28, 2010 from 02 00 minutes (on time working in the Udmurt Republic). It is entrusted to government of Udmurtiya " to provide performance The necessary actions connected to application in territory The Udmurt Republic of time of the second time zone, and Is duly to inform on it the organizations and the population, in Volume number through mass media ". (Pavel Mikhaylov, Moscow, Russia, RusDX via DXLD) Any idea what this is saying in real English? Maybe implications for the entire timezone shift back to standard time in the whole country which has been discussed. Here`s he answer: (gh, DXLD) RUSSIA REDUCES NUMBER OF TIME ZONES Published 23-Mar-2010 Starting Sunday March 28, 2010, Russia will have 9 time zones instead of 11. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently signed decrees to abolish the time zones of four Russian regions. More locations will follow the time in Kremlin, Moscow, starting March 28, 2010. ©iStockphoto.com/ArandGetting Closer to Moscow Of the four affected regions, the Samara Oblast and the Udmurt Republic will now be in the same time zone as Moscow (UTC+3). These two regions are currently the only federal subjects in Russia in the Moscow+1 time zone (UTC+4). The two other regions, the Kamchatka Krai and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, which are the easternmost regions in Russia, will join the time zone of the Magadan Oblast (UTC+11). The time difference of these two regions with Moscow will now be 8 hours (Moscow+8) instead of 9 hours. The decrees will come in effect on March 28, at 2am (02:00) local time. While most Russian regions will take their clocks one hour forward for the Daylight Saving Time (DST), the four regions will not adjust for the DST. This will enable them to reduce their time difference with Moscow and change time zones. President Calls for Fewer Time Zones Russian President Dmitry Medvedev suggested reducing the number of time zones across Russia in November 2009. Speaking to the Federal Assembly last year, Medvedev said time zone differences across Russia have a negative impact on the country’s efficiency and require the use of expensive technology. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed three decrees (number 166 for the Udmurt Republic, number 170 for the Samara Oblast and number 171 for the Kamchatka and Chukotka regions) between March 20 and 22 to enact the change in the four regions. The Russian ministry of industry and trade prepared the decrees, following the application of local parliaments to change their time zones. A Mixed Reaction Explanatory notes accompanying the decrees stated that most residents of the four affected regions welcomed the change, RIA Novosti reported. However, some Samara residents announced this week they plan to protest the decision. A demonstration against the time zone change in Samara is scheduled on March 27, although the local government says the dissenting voices are a minority. Advocates of the change say the reduction of time zones will help Russia’s regions to better coordinate their business and political activities with the rest of the country. According to the governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Roman Kopin, the time zone change will enable his region to work more effectively with neighboring regions as well as Moscow. “The shift in the time zone will broaden the opportunities for the Chuktoka population to receive information from federal TV channels and will make educational TV programs more accessible to our students, which is very important given the informational isolation of our area”, Kopin said. Another Russian region, the Kemerovo Oblast, will also change its time zone on March 28. The Russian government made the decision to change the Kemerovo Oblast’s time zone in September 2009 but postponed its implementation until this year. Russia currently has 11 time zones, from the Kaliningrad Oblast, a Baltic enclave in the west, to the Kamchatka Krai in the Far East. When the easternmost regions move to the Magadan time zone, their time difference with Kaliningrad will be reduced to 9 hours. Note: All times are given according to the standard time. During the Daylight Saving Time period, Russian time zones’ difference with UTC increases by one hour. (from http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-reduces-time-zones.html via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Radio Moscow was my station as I was cutting my eye teeth on SW Radio. Joe McCarthy was raping Hollywood and Washington DC and here I was a teenage kid grooving on the idea that I could partake of the forbidden fruit for only $39 which my Hallicrafters S-38B cost me. Of course that was back in the days when $39 was real money. I remember hearing Paul Robeson do "Old Man River" for the first time on Radio Moscow. He chose to live in Russia after being excommunicated from Hollywood for his communist leanings. Radio Moscow loved to rub it in periodically that they supported this persecuted black man that the racist, capitalist dogs had kicked out. Great fun, as a teenager, getting to taste of the forbidden fruit which Joe McCarthy never found out about. Neither did J. Edgar Hoover. So SW had the added advantage of hiding the identity of those who were tasting Senator McCarthy's forbidden fruit in contrast to today where Big Brother can easily trace who is listening to what via the inernet. Now maybe you understand why the FCC tried to jam SW radio with BPL garbage. If they could force you to listen via the internet, they could find out who the bad guys are. I got my security clearance which I held for 35 years in 1960. Would not have happened if I had been listening via the internet most likely. "Beware young lovers whoever you are", in the words of an old song (Joe Buch, swprograms via DXLD) See also U S S R ** RUSSIA. 6185, IBRA Radio, Mar. 12. *1430-1502, Noted with the usual 800 hertz test tones prior to sign-on. IBRA Radio programming in Pashto to 1500, followed with Dari broadcast to Asia. Site reported to be via Krasnodar 200 kW, 104-degree beam (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. EMG A10 in Russian: (Mission Friedenstimme) 15:00 MSK (11:00 UT) on 13710 kHz (22 m) 19:00 MSK (15:00 UT) on 11695 kHz (25 m) From April 3rd. (The schedule was announced by the station on 9605 kHz several minutes ago.) ------ 73! (Alexey Zinevich: a DXer from Minsk, Belarus, March 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Only Saturdays. Nauen 13710 250kW 20degr 1100-1130 to zones 19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26 Wertachtal 11695 250kW 60degr 1500-1530 to zones 29,30 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** SAINT HELENA. JSWC in Wavescan on 04 April: delay for RSD 2010 QSL cards Hello Glenn, the respected Mr. Toshi Ohtake of the Japan Short Wave Club (JSWC) will be reporting the very latest information about the RSD 2010 QSL-cards in the monthly Wavescan program from HCJB, WRMI and IRRS, Milano on 04. April. (The text of the announcement will be approximately the following) : Welcome to the DX Report of the month from Japan Short Wave Club, edited by Toshi Ohtake, and I’m Yukiko Tsuji. The first topic is Radio St. Helena 2009 QSL card. Japan Short Wave Club has the honor of sponsoring QSL cards and envelopes of Radio St. Helena Day 2009 aired on 14th of November, 2009. The cards have been just printed and sample copies were airmailed from Mr. Kipp of Germany, who has been taking care of this revival project since 2006. The basic card design is the same as 2007 and 2008 QSL cards, showing the call sign of ZD7RSD, but pictures shown in the card are panoramic views of Prince Andrew School on the island and amateur radio club members of the school, who are enjoying contacting with people outside of St. Helena island by using the ICOM transceiver donated by Japan Short Wave Club. The call sign of the station is ZD7PAS, or ZD7 Prince Andrew School. The statistics of the number of the reception reports for Radio St. Helena Day 2009 (are about the same as in 2009), and Japan again ranked first in the number of reception reports sent, and it was the same ranking as the last year, according to Mr. Kipp, who heard from Mr. Gary Walters, the Station Manager of Radio St. Helena. The 2009 QSL cards are expected to begin to arrive in (late July) from St. Helena island. ------------------------ After hearing about this, I wrote the following further details to Ohtake-san : ------------------------------------------- please note that there will be a delay in sending the RSD 2009 QSL cards from St. Helena, due to : (a) the ship RMS St. Helena being in dry-dock for repairs for six weeks in March and April and (b) the fact that the package containing the QSL cards can not reach Cape Town in time, and (c) Gary Walters and his family going on a well-deserved and much needed holiday to Cape Town during May and June and part of July. The St. Helena government is attempting to organize a special voyage of a different cago vessel from the UK to St. Helena. If successful, the ship is expected to sail from the UK in the later part of June and to arrive St. Helena in early July. It is expected that the QSL cards will be on board. On 25. January, Gary Walters wrote that RSH had received abouat 300 reception reports and that they expected to receive about 400 reports in total -- about the same as in 2009 for RSD 2008. As in 2009, the largest number of reports came from SWLs in Japan. Radio St. Helena will , most likely, not be able to post the RSD 2009 QSL cards to DXers until late July or early August. Greetings and 73 to everyone, (Robert Kipp, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAIPAN [and non]. 11650, March 18 at 1248 preacher in English with consecutive translation into Russian. This is KFBS, Russian at 1000- 1330, followed by eight minority languages rotating 1330-1400 but on a different azimuth as heard previously. Good signal, but now there is co-channel from a weaker station talking on 11650, presumably CRI English via Urumqi. [see also EAST TURKISTAN] 9585, VG signal at 1257 March 18 with R. Australia [q.v.] absent from 9580, 9590, in Vietnamese song, 1259 announcement in Viet, closing ID in English as ``KFBS, Saipan, from the Mariana Islands in the Pacific``. During the last few sex the TWR IS could be heard underneath, and KTWR took over immediately following KFBS ID, in unknown language listed as Sgaw Karen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. 1530.000, VOA, 2000, Totally unexpected reception! Was actually listening to (semi-local) 2VM at Moree, when underneath I heard "Music Time Africa" by a man in English. Easy to parallel against 4930 and 4940 kHz. Actually very readable, despite being under 2VM. 20 March (David Sharp, NSW Australia. FT-950, NRD- 535D, R8, ICF-2010, ICF-7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 21600, BSKSA Holy Qur`an Service, March 26 at 1345, quite weak but // better 21460. The main program on 21640 had best signal, // 21505. Don`t often hear 21600 which goes off before 1400. If we had a really big opening from SA, there would be mixing products audible among all of these (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SERBIA [non]. 6190, March 19 at 0131 VG signal and no QRM, IRS in English with tired-sounding YL announcer; maybe it`s just station- stylistic, as the OM at 0148 talking about Serbian poets had a similar manner, not exactly listener-inducing. Where will this be in A-10? They aren`t telling HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SERBIA [and non]. Dear DXers, I've just finished a phone conversation with the technical director of Intl R Serbia. He says, in several months Stubline, 10 kW will be reactivated, after repairs. They need to repair a trafo [?] station. FINAL A10 INTERNATIONAL RADIO SERBIA ------------------------------ effective as of 1800 UTC March 28, 2010 0000-0030 9675 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees NCAm SERBIAN MON-SAT 0000-0100 9675 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees NCAm SERBIAN SUN 0030-0100 9675 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees NCAm ENGLISH MON-SAT 0100-0130 9675 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees NCAm SERBIAN WED 1800-1830 6100 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees WeEu RUSSIAN 1830-1900 6100 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees WeEu ENGLISH 1900-1930 6100 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees WeEu SPANISH 1930-2000 6100 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees WeEu SERBIAN SUN-FRI 1930-2030 6100 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees WeEu SERBIAN SAT 2000-2030 6100 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees WeEu GERMAN SUN-FRI 2030-2100 6100 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees WeEu FRENCH 2100-2130 6100 BIJ 250 kW/ 310 degrees WeEu ENGLISH 2130-2200 6100 BIJ 250 kW/ 100 degrees Au SERBIAN NOTE: ----- IN UPCOMING MONTHS BEO TX WILL BE REACTIVATED: 1000-2200 xxxx BEO 010 kW/ 310 degrees WeEu VARIOUS BEO = Stubline near Belgrade, Serbia [STUBLINEH] BIJ = Jabanuša near Bijeljina, Bosnia [YABANUSHA, BEE-YEL-YINA] -- (Dragan Lekic, March 23, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9675 looks good for NAm at 00-01 including the only English semihour, at 0030 only, but after 0100 collides with CRI English to Europe via Kashgar (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) ** SIKKIM. 4835, INDIA, AIR-Gangtok, 1140, 3/15/10, poor with woman speaking in Hindi. I first thought this was R. Marañón but the language was Hindi and not Spanish (Jim Ronda, Tulsa OK, NRD-545, R-75 + PAR-SWL, NASWA Flashsheet March 21 via DXLD) ** SLOVAKIA. Radio Slovakia International, A10: http://www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/rsi/core.php?lang=1&mainpage=maincontentfull&page=frequencies ------ 73! (Alexey Zinevich: a DXer from Minsk, Belarus, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz Frequency | from 28 March 2010 - New! Time UTC Area Language kHz m 0100-0130 North America English 5930 49 South and Central America 9440 31 0130-0200 North America Slovak 5930 49 South and Central America 9440 31 0200-0230 North America French 5930 49 South and Central America 9440 31 0230-0300 South America Spanish 5930 49 South America 9440 31 0700-0730 Australia and South Asia English 9440 31 Australia and Oceania 11650 25 0730-0800 Australia and South Asia Slovak 9440 31 Australia and Oceania 11650 25 0800-0830 Western Europe German 6055 49 5920 49 1300-1330 Eastern Europe and Asia Russian 7345 41 9440 31 1330-1400 Western Europe German 6055 49 5920 49 1430-1500 Western Europe Spanish 9440 31 11670 25 1500-1530 Eastern Europe and Asia Russian 7345 41 9590 31 1530-1600 Western Europe Slovak 5920 49 6055 49 1600-1630 Western Europe German 5920 49 6055 49 1630-1700 Western Europe English 5920 49 6055 49 1700-1730 Western Europe French 5920 49 6055 49 1730-1800 Eastern Europe and Asia Russian 5920 49 7345 41 1800-1830 Western Europe German 5920 49 6055 49 1830-1900 Western Europe English 5920 49 6055 49 1900-1930 Western Europe Slovak 5920 49 6055 49 1930-2000 Western Europe French 5920 49 6055 49 2000-2030 Western Europe Spanish 9695 31 South America 11650 25 (website above tidied up by gh for WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. NATIONAL BROADCASTER BACK ON AIR The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) is now back on-air after the Solomon Islands Energy Authority restored power supply following a long power blackout at the SIBC's Henderson transmitter. The SIBC General Manager, Cornelius Rathamana, said he was pleased that the people of Solomon Islands were again able to hear broadcasts from both 1035 AM and 5020 Shortwave. The National Broadcaster is the only reliable means of awareness communication during such a time to the many remote islands in the country. The General Manager said that the electricity to the area was cut early on Tuesday morning. It was thought that the strong winds from the passing Cyclone Ului had caused trees to fall on top of the power lines between the Lunga Power Station and the Henderson sub-station. SIBC began broadcasting again throughout the Solomon Islands on 1035 AM and 5020 Shortwave just after midday yesterday. The SIBC General Manager apologizes to the public on behalf of the Corporation for not being on air when it was needed the most. Source: http://www.solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=5014 (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) Hi Glenn, Trying for a few years to picked them up, fruitless here in Spain. This item is from the March 18th edition of The Solomon News. THE Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation is back on-air after the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) restored electricity following a long power blackout at its Henderson transmitter. General Manager, Cornelius Rathamana, said he was pleased that the people of Solomon Islands were again able to hear broadcasts from both 1035 AM and 5020 Shortwave. He said SIEA power to the area was cut early on Tuesday morning. It is thought a storm caused trees to fall and break the lines between the Lunga Power Station and the Henderson sub-station. SIBC began broadcasting again throughout Solomon Islands on 1035 AM and 5020 Shortwave just after midday yesterday. 73s (via Marty Delfín, Madrid, March 23, DXLD) Same: http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/4004-broadcaster-back-on-air (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) That would explain lack of a carrier on 5020 the last several mornings around sunrise here, but still not heard. Maybe they are axually turning it off after local midnight since they were not modulating it anyway (gh, DXLD) 5020, SIBC, 0848-0900 March 18. Noted a male in Pidgin language comments where he was commenting on music and other between local type tunes. Signal was fair (Chuck Bolland, Watkins Johnson HF1000, 26.27N 081.05W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I had thought SIBC 5020 was no longer leaving the carrier on all night, but March 22 at 1245 I could detect one with BFO, and don`t know what else it could be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020, SIBC 1030 to 1130 each morning with audible signal but near channel Radio Rebelde which dominates (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Flórida, March 26, HCDX via DXLD) ** SOMALIA [non]. Re 10-011: There is a new comment on the post "New radio station launches broadcasts to Somalia" [Radio Bar-Kulan] http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/new-radio-station-launches-broadcasts-to-somalia David Smith replies: Sorry for the uncertainty over frequencies - 9960 is until March 31 and 9930 is from April 1st. My mistake entirely - we have been pushing this project so quickly that at time of writing the press release, I still didn't know which frequency was which. FM (98.0 MHz) went on the air on Sunday 14 March in Mogadishu. TX is 3.5 kW and, at the moment, is operational from 05h00 to 10h00 UTC and 15h00 to 19h00 UTC. Soon we'll expand to 24hr. See all comments on this post here: http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/new-radio-station-launches-broadcasts-to-somalia#comments (Media Network blog to gh via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) ** SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. ANTARCTIC BEACON ---> The R1ANF permanent beacon has been active from Russian Antarctic station Bellinghausen on King George Island, South Shetlands since 8 March. The beacon consists of an IC-706, AT-180 antenna tuner, a switching power supply, a PROCOM HF-5000 vertical antenna and a GPS synchronized controller. The beacon is working on 14101.0 kHz and transmits the following message every full minute: "VVV R1ANF ANTBEAP (carrier signal reduced similar to the NCDXF beacons, starting with 100 watts) R1ANF AR". Another beacon is ready to be installed at Novolazarevskaya station and will be active on the same frequency using the callsign R1AND. They are part of the Antarctic Beacon Project (ANTBEAP) to explore wave propagation in the Antarctic region. Reports should be sent to Dominik,DL5EBE. [TNX DX Newsletter] (via 425 DX News via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** SPAIN. REE joins the webcast crowd --- I don't think I'd seen this elsewhere. A portion of Radio Exterior España's English language programming is now available on-demand and via podcast; check out http://www.rtve.es/podcast/radio-exterior/emision-en-ingles/ (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, March 18, swprograms via DXLD) ** SPAIN. 15385, Monday March 22 at 1425, REE opening Emisión Sefarad with schedule: Mon 1425 on 15385, Tue 0115 on 11795, Tue 0415 on 9650. We know that 15385 is correct, but 9650 is really 9690, and have been unable to confirm 11795. Wish others, especially in S America, would check for it there or on 11780 vs Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. Frecuencias y parrilla de Radio Exterior de España para el periodo de verano: Frecuencias REE A10 formato PDF: http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuenciasree10.pdf Frecuencias REE A10 formato TEXTO: http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuenciasreeb10.doc Parrilla programación REE formato PDF: http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/parrillaree10.pdf Parrilla programación REE formato TEXTO: http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/parrillareeb10.doc Saludos (José Bueno, Spain, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) English portion: Europe 19-20 M-F 9665 21-22 S/S 9650 Africa 19-20 M-F 11620 NAm 00-01 dly 6055 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 6004.76, 0102-0114, CEYLON, Sri Lanka BC, Ekala, 21/03, English, own SLBC program including OM talks with full ID, best Sunday morning wishes and old western pop songs - fair-poor with splashes from 6000 (TRT) and heterodyne (CRI), // 9770.22 (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) [and non]. SLBC on 15745 kHz booming in with their usual religious segment at 0130 UT March 18. I have the beam (Log Periodic) at 0 degrees, but when I started at 180 degrees, nothing but jamming. I still hear the jammer under when beamed 0 degrees. Not sure who is jamming this frequency? 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mick, What kind of jamming? Can you get a fix on it, like toward China? (Glenn to Mick, via DXLD) Hi Glenn, I will try again tomorrow as at 0348 UT; now, I have nothing but noise on the frequency. I'll record it tomorrow if it is like tonight and send you a short file. Propagation has been very good lately (equinox), so not much should change. SLBC has been really good when I check after 0100 this week. 73 (Mick Delmage, ibid.) Well Glenn, tonight at 0045 with the beam at 0 degrees it seems this noise could possibly be DRM as it is centered on 15750 kHz. Note on the audio file attached, the noise for the first 5 seconds. After that is how SLBC was coming in here at around 0208 UT. 73 (Mick Delmage, AB, UT March 20, ibid.) ** SUDAN. After hearing so many target broadcasts from [non], such a treat to hear Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir`s own station, on 7200, already on air before 0200, then Arabic news with too much bass, unexpected clear ID at 0204, ``Huna Omdurman`` with reverb, next reverent talk program introduced by plucked instrument. Good signal but SSB QRhaM on the lo side requiring offtuning to the hi side. Aoki shows 7200 on the air at 1500-2230 only, aimed due east while WRTH 2010 says 0230-0430v and 1500-2100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. via Vatican City, 5915, IBB - Affia Darfur, *0300- 0329*, March 20, sign on with opening ID announcements and talk in listed Farsi. Short breaks of local music. Abrupt sign off. // 7275 - via São Tomé e Príncipe. Both frequencies good. 7275 one or two seconds ahead of 5915 (Brian Alexander, PA, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 15670, Miraya FM, 1500-1645, March 19, Arabic talk. Local music. English news at 1631-1640. Back to Arabic at 1640. IDs as Radio Miraya and Miraya FM. Poor to fair in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) Miraya FM, final A-10 schedule from March 28: 9740 0300-0600 Daily 38-40,46-48,52,53,57 Africa English, Arabic 15650 1500-1800 Daily 38-40,46-48,52,53,57 Africa English, Arabic (Ron Norton, IRRS/NEXUS IBA via DXLD) Full sked at ITALY [non] ** SURINAME. 4990, R. Apintie-Paramaribo, 0306, 3/17/10, poor with peaks to fair with a wide variety of pop songs in English and Dutch; IDs in Dutch at 0342; still audible past 0400; // to 97.1 FM as heard on the internet (Jim Ronda, Tulsa OK, NRD-545, R-75 + PAR-SWL, NASWA Flashsheet March 21 via DXLD) ** SWEDEN. Programs in All Languages from Mar. 29 Program på samtliga språk fr.o.m. [sic] 29 mars http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/isidorpub/PrinterFriendlyArticle.asp?Artikel=3510260&ProgramID=166 [see original for non-Roman script languages] Program på svenska från Sveriges Radio på kort- och mellanvåg Samtliga tider: UTC (svensk sommartid = UTC/GMT + 2 timmar) Europa / Afrika / Mellanöstern Vardagar kHz Riktn. 0400-0500 9490 (125 ) 0500-0600 6065 (140 -240 ) 0600-0700 9490 (140 -240 ) 1500-1530 13590 (100 ) 13870 (120 ) 1545-1615 6065 (140 -240 ) 1700-1730 13600 (120 ) 1800-1830 6065 (140 -240 ) 13710 (235 ) 1900-1930 6065 (140 -240 ) 2000-2030 9495 (320 ) via Madagaskar 2100-2130 6065 (140 -240 ) 7460 (280 ) via Madagaskar Lördagar [Saturdays] 1500-1530 13590 (100 ) 13870 (120 ) 1545-1600 6065 (140 -240 ) 1800-1830 6065 (140 -240 ) 13710 (235 ) 1900-1930 6065 (140 -240 ) 2000-2030 9495 (320 ) via Madagaskar 2100-2130 6065 (140 -240 ) 7460 (280 ) via Madagaskar Söndagar [Sundays] 1500-1530 13590 (100 ) 13870 (120 ) 1545-1600 6065 (140 -240 ) 1800-1830 6065 (140 -240 ) 13710 (235 ) 1900-1930 6065 (140 -240 ) 2000-2030 9495 (320 ) via Madagaskar 2100-2130 6065 (140 -240 ) 7460 (280 ) via Madagaskar Lyssnare i Europa och Mellanöstern kan höra många Asiensändningar i 40 - 120 . Lyssnare på Kanarieöarna kan prova 140 -240 och Madagaskarsändningarna i 320 . Mellanvåg 1179 kHz (254m) Dagliga sändningar på svenska: 0355-0600, 1545-1630, 1700-1730 (söndagar SR P4 sport), 1800-1830, 2000-2100, 2100-2130. Bäst lyssning under mörk del av dygnet i nord- och centraleuropa samt UK och Irland. Asien 1200-1230 15735 (40 ) 1300-1330 15735 (55 ) 1400-1430 15735 (70 ) 13820 (85 ) 1500-1530 13590 (100 ) 13870 (120 ) 0200-0230 9510 (50 ) via Madagaskar för södra Asien Sändningar i 80 - 100 till Asien kan i många fall höras i Mellanöstern. Nordamerika 0100-0130 6010 (240 ) via Sackville 0200-0230 6010 (268 ) via Sackville English All times UTC (unless otherwise specified) Europe, Africa and the Middle East Shortwave and mediumwave: 1430-1500 13820 (85 ) 1530-1600 13870 (120 ) 1630-1700 MW 1179 1700-1730 13870 (125 ) 1730-1800 MW 1179 1900-1930 MW 1179 2030-2100 9495 (320 ) via Madagascar 2130-2200 7460 (280 ) via Madagascar MW 1179 Satellite: To Europe daily at 1330, 1830 and Saturdays and Sundays at 1930 hrs UTC on Eurobird 9 (9 E) 11.919 GHz/V, SR 27500 FEC 3/4. Also at 0030, 0430 (M-Sat) and 1330 (M-F) UTC via WRN on Hot Bird 6 (13 E) 12.597 GHz/V, SR 27500 FEC 3/4 and on Sky Digital channel 0122 on Eurobird 1 (28.5 E), Sundays at 0130 local time via Spectrum Radio in London on 558 AM. To Africa via WRN at 0200, 0930 (M-F) and 1900 UTC on Intelsat 10 (68.5 E), 3808 MHz/V (transponder 14), SR 10340, FEC 3/4, audio stream WRN English, on WorldSpace AfriStar channel 305. North America Shortwave: 0130-0200 6010 (240 ) via Sackville 0230-0300 6010 (268 ) via Sackville Satellite: Daily at 0230, 0630, 1500, and 2130 Eastern Time via WRN on Galaxy 19 (97 W) on 12.177 GHz/V (transponder 27), SR 23000, FEC 3/4, WRN1 (English), and Sirius Satellite Radio on channel 140 and XM Satellite Radio on channel 135. Asia and the Pacific Shortwave: 1330-1400 15735 (55 ) 1430-1500 13820 (85 ) 1700-1730 13870 (100 ) 0230-0300 9510 (50 ) via Madagascar Satellite: Also via WRN at 0300 and 1130 (M-F) UTC on AsiaSat-2 (100.5 E) 4.000 GHz/H SR 28125 FEC ¾ audio WRN English, and Worldspace AsiaStar channel 305. Russian, UT: 13.00-13.30 ?B 12075 ??? (25?) 70 + ??????? [Cyrillic garble] 14.30-15.00 ?B 11870 ??? (25?) 70 16.30-17.00 ?B 9630 ??? (31?) 85 18.30-19.00 ?B 6065 ??? (49?) 70 CB 1179 ??? (254?) 19.30-20.00 ?B 6065 ??? (49?) 85 CB 1179 ??? (254?) Arabic Monday-Friday 17:30 13600 125 Aramaic/Assyrian 16.00-16.30 13870 KURMANCÎ/SORANÎ/Kurdish Middle East All times UTC 1630-1700 13870 (125 ) Monday-Friday Persian Middle East All times UTC 1600-1630 13870 (125 ) Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Romany chib Vardagar: 17.30-18.00 (UTC) Satellit 19.00-19.30 (UTC) (21.00-21.30 svensk tid) Kortvåg 6130 kHz Mellanvåg 1179 kHz (R. Sweden website via Alexey Zinevich: a DXer from Minsk, Belarus, dxldyg via DXLD) SUMMARIZING ENGLISH: 1330 15735 1430 13820 1530 13870 1700 13870 2030 9495-Madagascar 2130 7460-Madagascar 0130 6010-Canada 0230 6010-Canada, 9510-Madgascar (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Continued from 10-11]; Re: Hi Everyone, Radio Sweden will lose me as a listener, and I have tuned in since the early 70's. To put it another way: I am in front of a blasted computer all day at work, so the LAST thing I want to do, is be in front of a computer while at home. It's so much NICER to listen to the radio. I really regret Radio Sweden making this decision. But I stand by the fact, I will NOT listen to them on the Internet. 73s (David Sharp, NSW Australia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) But the fact is it does not matter if they lose you as a listener. They want to target a new generation of listeners and that cannot be done by SW. Last night I talked to George Wood, who will be on Happy Station. He told me the only letters and emails they get for the SW signal are from DXers; in most cases people just write in to get the latest QSL card or some type of promotion material. But the "emails" from those who listen to the podcasts and the stream listen to program content (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.) I disagree with this. I have been a trop bands DX'er since the 70's and I actually listen to program content from stations like Radio Sweden. If they really feel DX'ers don't listen, they are misguided. There's no guarantee people, who listen to podcasts or internet streams, pay more attention to content than DX'ers. I think the "internet option" is just a convenient excuse to save money by discontinuing SW broadcasts. 73s (David Sharp, NSW Australia, ibid.) But even if DXers do listen, how many DXers are there in the world? I would say that these days the total must be a few thousand maximum, spread over 200 or so countries. The total number seems to be decreasing year on year. Some DX clubs have only a quarter of the membership they did 20 years ago. To reach these people costs an astronomical amount per listener. As public broadcasters, it would be highly irresponsible of us to continue broadcasting high power signals that are only going to be heard by a handful of people. Indeed there will be times when nobody at all is listening. I find it ironic that when I first became a DXer, it was commonplace to see complaints that the international broadcasters were using too many frequencies. Now the same people are complaining because they're not :-) And it should be remembered that it's not just international broadcasters that are cutting back on shortwave - look at the situation in Latin America, for example, where the number of shortwave stations has dropped enormously in the last decade. You can disagree all you want, but the evidence is overwhelming, and everyone in our business has the same experience. And if you think we're all talking bunkum, then why have you been wasting your time listening to us? :-) I don't take pleasure in saying this. I was a keen DXer and SWL - but that was over 30 years ago. DXing is now a 'legacy hobby'. Enjoy it while you still can, but don't expect to be indulged by the rest of society which has decided to move on (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) Well said, Andy, encapsulating much of what I would have said. There is also a fundamental change in the way of life in the developed countries (source of many DX'ers) that has seen other forms of communication develop, some which aid the hobby, but many of which supplant it, and these all have a call upon our time. This e-group is but one of them! (Keith manstaruk, ibid.) Well, let's face it. Only a few people these days are interested in the radio to begin with. Forget about your local relays at ungodly hours, silly podcasts and online texts in tiny print. If you want to play with big boys you've got to have a TV channel. And even then it's tricky. Who is watching fine cultural programming of DW-TV from the "heart of Europe"? Maybe some German retirees in Mallorca? Be scandalous, don't think twice about interrupting your guests and shocking your audiences. Court your viewers with controversy! Russia Today tried telling the world about Russia and failed. Now they are into real hard-core international broadcasting: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-today-courts-viewers-with-controversy/401888.html If you still believe in non-opinionated news delivered to you on any platform you are welcome to enjoy it while you still can. But don't expect to be indulged by the rest of society which has decided to move on. Cheers, (Sergei S., ibid.) Why not buy an Internet radio. They're much cheaper than a communications receiver :-) (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) I agree. I resisted giving up SW, but it got to the point here (Vancouver BC) that there were very few listenable programs for me over the air. So my little C. Crane internet radio gets more use now than any other listening device (Eric Flodén, ibid.) It`s not the same as tuning them in on a communications receiver, now is it? (Ron Trotto, IL, ibid.) In that vein, to go along with my (ridiculously high number) of shortwave radios and receivers, I now have two wifi radios and an Apple iPod Touch (similar to the iPhone, but without the cell phone part). The Tivoli Networks Global Radio and extra speaker provide a very nice stereo link to stations around the world in our livingroom. I can also stream music from my computer or just hook up a CD or MP3 player. The Pure Evoke Flow (yes, that's its name) is a nice portable with pleasant audio that I can tote around the house and garden to listen to everything I could (and sometimes couldn't) hear on my shortwave.. and then some. The iPod touch is my "walkman" and comes with me wherever I go. With it, as long as I'm in range of an open wifi signal (which is becoming more and more ubiquitous all the time), I also have access to stations too numerous to mention. Advantages? Good audio with no one complaining about static, whistles and other ear-piecing (at least to my some significant others) noises. More variety than I could get even with shortwave. The ability to time shift listening through podcast and listen again features without having to set a recorder or timer. Disadvantages? Not available everywhere (but with high and ever increasing RF QRN levels it seems that's a wash with sw too now). Subscription fees and unreasonable internet access fees in hotels and away from home. On balance, though, an improvement. Laments? I mourn the decline of shortwave, which has added and continues to add much to my life and interests but like an old friend of advancing years, is gradually losing its hold on things. Such is life. Light a candle or curse the darkness. Or do what I do- -- both! :-) (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY ibid.) Not to put too fine a point on it and not wishing to ruffle feathers, I have to say that for me, internet radio is not an option as I live in the country and only have access to dial-up. Have no TV reception anymore since the switch to digital. It's just me, a dial up connection for internet and my shortwave radios. Maybe it's not right but I find myself resenting this urgent push to remove everything to the net as all they're doing is pushing me away. If it's not on the radio, I can't listen to it. It's just like a unnamed shortwave magazine that has embraced everything digital to the point that they're shoving away us who don't have access to the technology. I've talked to the phone company and they said there are no plans to ever run DSL lines out this far. There's no cable serving the area and as I'm retired now there's no way I could afford satellite. So no matter how simple the solution seems, Andy, it's not a viable option for those such as I. High tech for me is a little Grundig portable that fits in my shirt pocket. Whip extends up past my head and earbuds allow me to listen while I garden. Downside is when it's too warm to wear a shirt I have to put it in my back pocket and as it doesn't have a tuning lock on it I lose my station as I move through the garden:) Technology! How great our lives would be without it (John H. Carver, Mid-North Indiana, ibid.) John: Can you afford a DTV converter? I get somewhat fair reception on local channels except occasional freezing and pixellations in the quality of reception using it and a Philips indoor pair of "DTV" Rabbit Ears (Noble West, ibid.) Noble, there are no local stations as such. Bulk of them are sixty miles away or more. Do have converter, have amplifier on mast with antenna. Had to have that to pick them up in the first place. Prior to changeover had access to nine stations. After changeover can get three of them and they are very unreliable. Most of the time either the audio or the picture is gone. Spend at least half the program with the little box that says no signal bouncing around on the screen or get the picture and no sound or have sound but a frozen picture. Not worth it to me to have this happen constantly and not be able to figure out what the program is about. Far easier to just pull the plug on it. Rabbit ears and such never worked here as stations were too far away. Use an antenna on a thirty foot mast with an amplifier and reception was poor prior to digital changeover but watchable. Digital isn't watchable. Radio works fine here and have always leaned toward radio as primary source of information. Just upset that the broadcasters all seem to be rushing off the cliff like lemmings in search of "The New Blue Cheer" and in the process cutting off the people who have no other way to access the information and were loyal listeners. In this day and age listeners don't have the right, if they ever did, just to be entertained and TV certainly doesn't fill that bill anyway. Radio broadcasters who did fill that niche are dropping away almost daily it seems and soon we will be a nation of people who have no idea what's going on in the world, don't understand cause and effect but who can proudly state who won American Idol or what that pesky Hilton woman is up to or what someone's batting average is. As if any of that has to do with trying to live our lives. The news departments in this country have jumped on the bandwagon of entertainment. If you want to know what's really going on, you have to listen to the radio and that is becoming increasingly difficult as stations disappear. Again, cause and effect. Sorry to go on so long but if you poke someone long enough, they're going to react (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, ibid.) I' m agreement with David in Australia. In fact the DX really for me is to listen to in SW and MW band. Is too easy listen to emissions of around the world without difficult via Web. For me is very pleasure to switch the radio and try to listen radiostations in SW trying the better manner to listen to a radio station. Otherwise, like I repeat, for me is not DX. Please excuse me for my bad English (Dario Gabrielli. ITALY, ibid.) But, therein lies the issue. QSLing was done as a courtesy and service to the listener (although some become very indignant when a station fails to QSL, almost as if it were a DXer's right or a station responsibility). The quid-pro-quo never materialized, however -- or at least in the eyes of station management doesn't exist any longer. What is the quid pro quo? "Listen -- really listen -- to our programs and give us meaningful feedback." The fact that George Wood -- who can only be seen as a friend to listeners and DXers given his history (SCDXers) and long career at RS -- is observing that they get virtually no meaningful feedback to their shortwave broadcasts, speaks volumes about the role of (or blame accruing to) the shortwave listening community for outcomes like this one. As much as twenty years or more ago some (like Ian McFarland, Andy Sennitt and Bob Zanotti) were warning listeners that they needed their constructive feedback in order to demonstrate conclusively to managements that their programs were having an impact. Sadly, it seems, listeners didn't heed these warning --- at least not in significant or sufficient enough numbers and persistence. Would it have altered these outcomes? It's hard to know for sure. But it wasn't done and we have this result again and again. It would not be incorrect to draw the conclusion that shortwave listeners themselves bear some responsibility here (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, dxldyg via DXLD) Whenever I write an international broadcaster, I always include a program comment or question. Sometimes pro, sometimes con, sometimes both. Have I ever gotten a reply or a comment to my program comments? No. Even a simple email alerting me of the answer on an upcoming "Mailbag" type program would be welcome. In the 1970's, Radio Australia would send, via postal mail, an aerogramme alerting one of an answer on an upcoming program. Now, a few seconds and click to send an email, but this doesn't happen. Broadcasters must realize this is a two-way street or dialog. Moaning "No one listens", but then appearing to ignore feedback. My reports have also included, "Please no QSL" or "QSL not necessary". However, one usually shows up in the mailbox. I don't totally believe the broadcasters excuse that only DXers listen and want QSL cards. This is too convenient for them to claim and justify ending SW. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia, BPL Free Territory of America (unfortunately closing becoming the United Socialist States of America), ibid.) I don't doubt that the numbers of people, who listen to shortwave, are dwindling. But part of the problem is, the companies which manufacture receivers (possibly) write-off Americans and Europeans as "too technically-savvy" to even consider a purchase. As such, there's not a lot of promotion for these products in the U.S. (or Australia, for that matter). Working in radio myself, I fully believe in the, "If you don't promote it, nobody will know about it." philosophy. Maybe this is a wrong assumption: BUT --- if you could go into the K- Mart and buy a decent portable that included shortwave (and I am thinking something like the Sony ICF 7600GR), maybe a few more people would embrace HF. I know in Australia, you have to look around to find a good portable and in the end, I had to go through Amazon.com. (Does Radio Shack even sell shortwave radios any more?) I do live in the real world and I do realize that broadcasters are embracing new technologies. That doesn't mean I have to be submissive and not stand up for a hobby which I have enjoyed since 1974. 73s (David Sharp, NSW Australia, ibid.) Indeed David, the problem is that broadcasters such as ourselves do not have money to spend on promoting our services. I remember in the late 1960s having a youth group meeting at my house, in which I played a selection of tape recordings of international broadcasters to 35 young people, and they found it fascinating because they had never heard about international broadcasting. The only reason I became interested was because my grandfather used to mend radios for people, and I have happy memories of hearing the strains of "O Canada" coming from his garden shed. I was then in my early teens. What irritates me is that so many DXers have become "grumpy old men" and complain bitterly every time a broadcaster announces cuts in shortwave. They accuse the broadcaster of not knowing what it's doing, and make ridiculous claims that the audience is hundreds of times larger than it actually is. A lot of audience research still goes on. In November this year, a meeting of the Conference of International Broadcasters' Audience Research services (CIBAR) is scheduled to take place in Hilversum. As I have said before, as an ex-DXer and SWL I do understand how people feel. I used to listen to shortwave every day. I remember a friend at university commenting that he always knew when I was in my room by the strange hisses and crackles coming out of it :-) But this is 2010, and we're in the digital age. The great advantage of digital technology is that it enables people to listen to a chosen programme or feature when it suits them, not when it suits the broadcaster. And it can be re-used on a variety of platforms without incurring extra production costs (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) As a 39 year old female DXer, I must agree with you Andy that the DX community is indeed full of grumpy old men. If there is any thing at all that will get me out of the hobby, it's not what Radio Sweden does but the amount of "It ain't what it used to be" type of thinking among DXers. Sending in logs of exotic languages and all but certain Asian countries doesn't seem to matter to many DXers. Instead there is much complaining about this or that issue. This thread contains many good thoughts from both sides of the issue but there was also a lot of negativity. I wonder how our beloved hobby got that way. There's a certain romanticism to DXing (and MW and FM, too), and certainly much information to be had. I listen to Australia via the computer/podcast sometimes because I am not up early to listen to Radio Australia. My hobby will become a mixture of both radio and computer. Certainly when I go up north, I have to do MW and FM DXing. But it's not to complain about the internet. It's to enjoy Erie, PA coming over Lake Erie on FM. Some people need to remember that it's only a hobby. Neither the internet not shortwave should be someone's entire identity. And with that, I think I'm going to start sending in unusual logs again, if I can deal with my noise problem. Thus ends a typical American positive thinking speech. Much respect and many 73s, (Liz Cameron, MI, ibid.) Just wanted to weigh in with another feminine perspective. I'm older than Liz -- old enough to remember when listening (really listening, not just trying to get a QSL) to Radio Tashkent was a pleasant part of the local morning. I was interested in Central Asia (still am), and found Tashkent a welcome source of information about a part of the world largely ignored by the mainstream media. Now, I know squat about Uzbekistan because squirreling around for information is just too damn difficult. As our world shrinks, our perspective narrows when it should be broadening. This concerns me. 73 de (Anne Fanelli in spring- at-last Elma NY, ibid.) Anne, You bring up a valid point. At a work event with my fiancee I struck up a conversation with the husband of one of the workers. He told me about being stationed in Moldova. I asked him about Pridnestrovya (I'm sure I mispronounced the name :)) Anyway, he looked at me and said, "How do you know about Pridnestrovya?". I replied, "Because I listen to shortwave. Voice of Russia has a relay there." If it wasn't for shortwave listening I'm sure I wouldn't know about Pridnestrovya and I probably wouldn't even know about Moldova. These are the "collateral damage" when stations leave the air. Many items of interest from the broadcasting country are lost. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, ibid.) Andy: You sound too harsh towards SW listeners. Note that broadcasters themselves are usually not very happy about completely switching to new platforms (to say the least). Why? Because they know it's a direct road to oblivion. I believe R. Tallinn was the first station to try out this process of phasing out its international broadcasting. First they switched to online-only delivery. When R. Tallinn disappeared completely, no one even noticed. Since then many stations took the same slippery slope. The Russian Service of R. Sweden carried an openly unhappy commentary. And I understand why. They are going to lose most of their audience in the Russian-speaking world. BBC is still using SW to broadcast in both Russian and English towards E. Europe. You think R. Sweden has access to a better audience research than BBC? I'd agree with R. Sweden's shutting down its SW broadcasts towards N. America and W. Europe. But giving up SW and MW completely - that's odd. It sounds as if R. Sweden won't even continue their WRN-AM relays in Moscow (unlike R. Finland). (Sergei S., ibid.) Sergei, You can compare the BBC with Radio Sweden. The BBC World Service is not the voice of the UK; it's an international news organization. The mandate of the BBC is totally different. Also I'm not saying it is, but it would not surprise me if there was a political reason for the BBC keeping the Russian service on SW; also from what I was told by some Russian friends in Moscow, the internet is still in the growing stages. But I know for a fact that BBC's Russian service on SW is going down, while the web audience is going up. Another reason you cannot compare BBC with small broadcasters, is how many hours a day does BBC have in Russian next to, let`s say, Radio Sweden or anyone else? I hear DXers complain when international broadcasters reduce or cut SW. The only thing I can say is maybe if you worked at our end you would have a better understanding of what is going on. To cut SW is not an easy decision and it is not taken lightly. But if you don't change with your audience and go after the next generation of listeners, you will be left in the cold. As for Radio Sweden, when you think how many websites are online providing information about Sweden, there is no more need for SW. OK, the developing world argument. But in the developing world, RS has a 30 minute program, compared to the hours a day the BBC and VOA have, and they both provide international news. Someone sitting in a small village in Africa is not interested in Sweden; they want news about Africa, and international (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.) That's absolutely correct. Radio Sweden took a conscious decision many years ago to back out of international current affairs coverage, and concentrate on Swedish issues. At the time, it was a sensible decision, but as you say times have changed (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) SW is not really dead; broadcasters feel they completed their mission of informing the world on this classic means and want to either save money or find a less expensive means of getting their voices heard. 73's, (Noble West, TN, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heavy debate going on Radio Sweden Stopping its SW services after October 2010, DXers despair, broadcasters take their side but I think the main reason is in the era of Internet - (1) Governments are no more interested propagating there views towards the world via costly SW, hence cutting money of public broadcasters - propaganda will still go for some more years, but major international broadcasters are coming with low cost solution on WEB. When no funding is there, what can broadcasters do? Obviously they will bargain for new mediums with old listeners. (2) Number of SW listeners declined in last decade due to easy availability of media via internet (3) SW signals are almost getting killed in cities with noisy environments, hence people who listens radio likes FM much for audio quality (4) Listeners doesn't write much like the days before they used to do I remember too, that when I started DXing I used to complain why BBC, VOA uses so many frequencies, we can listen to many broadcasts for there strong signals, now its with China here, but everything has changed a lot, now I too listen to news, features from RNW, DW online but DX on SW, and SW thrills. Again commercial FM is a curse to Radio listening habits of general people here in India, I don't like them at all, hence I listen to RNW programmes over Internet not on local FM Radio Misty 94.3 MHz. We DXers may find this too harsh but, We need to change a little bit. I don't think SW will die in next 30 years but will be in use in limited parts of the world - and the DXers who live in quiet areas with a good receiver can still have fascinating listening; only DXers must forget about promotional items and gifts, even QSL cards, but I think DXers are pretty nuts about listening to SW, hence if even more than 60% of major broadcasters stop transmitting, nobody can stop our habit of searching SW bands, and listening distant signals, because we love it and will do it, nothing can thrill us more than a SW signal coming from thousands of miles away. 73s & Good DXing, (Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, India, March 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) From NASWA member Steve Zolvinski: As of today, March 17, 2010, I have received word from Radio Sweden that it will be discontinuing shortwave services on Nov. 1, 2010. That message was relayed from Gaby Katz, Managing Editor Arabic/English/German Programming of Sveriges Radio/Radio Sweden. They have already ceased issuing QSL cards. It'll be a shame to miss an independent and reliable media source on things in Europe. We often get too Americanized in our opinions, and forget there are other voices out there. RS provided a valued perspective on international affairs from the continent. I don't know if appealing to them will do any good, but if you want to voice your concerns, you can contact Gaby at gaby.katz @ sr.se postal address: SR International, Oxenstiernsgatan 20, 105 10 Stockholm, SWEDEN, or to the Swedish Embassy at ambassaden.washington @ foreign.ministry.se Embassy of Sweden, 2900 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20007 (via Richard A. D`Angelo, NASWA yg via DXLD) I would just like to add my voice to the chorus of lamentations over the announcement of the upcoming termination of the shortwave, and mediumwave, broadcasts from Radio Sweden. Although I think all of us will admit that it does not come as a great surprise. It does come with some personal sadness and melancholy. Like many of us, I cut my DX'ing teeth with the aid of Radio Sweden's DX'ers Calling [sic; that was Radio Australia`s program --- gh]. It was this program that really ignited the DX'ing fire within me that still smolders today. The loss of this station will be a personal blow reinforcing the inevitable fact that we're all getting older and the world is changing around us. Shortwave radio, as we know it, is in an avoidable [sic] state of decline. Short of any catastrophic technological or societal meltdown I do not see any cessation of this downward movement. Who knows how this will play out. Will there still be shortwave radio? Yes, there will be something on the bands and regular broadcasting will continue for many years to come. But end, it will. What will take its place I do not know. Perhaps purely digital modes or specialized short term broadcasters. Perhaps something that doesn't even exist today. In this sense the future may actually hold an exciting future for the shortwave bands. I'd like to be an optimist about this. For now, though, resignation, nostalgia and some slight sadness are what I am feeling tonight. Our chosen hobby is in decline but I will be holding on. Seeking out those few broadcasts for leisure listening and Dx'ing that still remain. Looking toward the future with a smile for what was and hope for what might be. 73's to all (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, MA, NASWA yg via DXLD) Demise of SWL in general It is sad to watch the shortwave world go into this steady and relentless decline. For my personal interests I have no interest whatsoever in just "logging" stations broadcasting in a language I can't understand. I used to enjoy actually "listening" for the content and perspectives of other countries and cultures. These broadcasts are getting harder and harder to find and that will certainly continue. The religion nut-cases are all across the bands, spouting their particular biblical nonsense and obviously ridiculous interpretations of biblical mythology while collecting the $$$$ from their victims and polluting the airwaves. The only DX that really interests me these days is for the few serious broadcasters that still provide English language programming and of course my favorite DX challenge - Medium-Wave! I'm sure some will flame me for my agnostic/atheistic view and if it makes you happy, go ahead (Neil Bell, March 19, NASWA yg via DXLD) No Neil, no flames here! As far as shortwave radio is concerned, I concur completely will all your sentiments. However, I have embraced wifi internet radio (via standalone radios and the iPod Touch) as a nice alternative source for the content I (yes, sadly) get less and less from shortwave. But they'll have to pry my shortwave radios from my cold stiff fingers when I shed this mortal coil! (Oh.... how poetic, eh? ) (John Figliozzi, ibid.) Oh, I, like John, have found that Internet-delivered radio offers me more options and accessibility for listening, particularly since I use an MP3 player to be able to listen on a long commute, while exercising, or working in the kitchen. However, there's still a sense of the "faraway" that happens when I sit down with my radio, whether it's in my listening room at home or in a cabin at French Creek State Park. Seeing yet another broadcaster abandon shortwave altogether is disappointing -- especially when so much of the Asian and African continents aren't nearly as Internet- savvy as the developed world is. This trend has required me to expand the definition of "Easy Listening" to include these other "delivery" technologies as broadcasters abandon North America, in particular, if not the world overall, as a shortwave target. Hope you continue to enjoy listening no matter how you listen! (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, NASWA yg via DXLD) [sic: it`s been a VERY long week, and I am out of patience to fix up people`s comments which don`t recognize basic standards of style -gh] Hello all, i have been reading the posts about the demise of SWL. please allow me to think back of days gone by and spark some memories and thoughts. I must say, a lot has been said about this in many articles written over the years. i totally agree with many of the opinions i have read. i am pushing the big 4-0 for a birthday and i too, have seen many changes in SW since my very first "click" of the AM/SW switch on grandma's Detrola back in 1980, 30 years ago this spring. one only could have imagined the door to the world that was just opened to a ten-year-old boy at that moment in time when the Band Switch was moved from AM to SW. as i am now listening to Radio Madagasikara on 5010, there is something EXTREMELY romantic about seeing that meter jump and flick back and forth and just knowing that i am receiving this signal from a far away exotic place. a piece of madagascar is right here at my desk. millions of people are hearing this domestic signal in madagascar - and- so am i. for me, it is like a small portion of a country is right in my home on my radio. my time spent at the radio over the past 10 years has gone down considerably. family, career, lifestyle, and a child certainly have hindered my time spent at the radio. however, putting those factors aside when time is available, much of my interest in SW itself has peacefully declined. i have chosen not to turn on the radio for many reasons when i am able to do so. here are a few. 1. many of the stations i grew up listening to are now gone. many of those interval signals, NX, MX from the european countries heard all local afternoon and evening are sadly GONE. the cute little interval signal of moscow's north american service on 165 frequencies in the local evenings...prague...belgrade...berlin...swiss radio in the local mornings...norway...the list goes on. i loved looking for and hearing the interval signals, then news, and a special program. 2. many of the stations who played a lot of middle eastern music are now gone, such as dubai and baghdad, just to name a few. those were two easily heard great stations for middle eastern music nearly any time of the day. remember baghdad's nightingale bird interval signal ? 3. i always had a fanatic interest in the tropicals. an astronomical amount of 60 meter tropical band stations are GONE. coming home from school and hearing great music from mali, togo, senegal, cameroon, etc, etc ; then some asians as dusk approached ; then the latins in the later evening--many are gone. waking up early to hear the pacific and asians--many are gone. hearing the africans sign on at a very late evening hour--many are gone. there is a trend going on here. 4. also, propagation has not been very helpful these past few years either. 5. and lastly, RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS AND CODAR ARE DESTROYING WHAT IS LEFT OF THE TROPICAL BANDS. *Nothing against religious broadcasting.* that is not my issue. i am just fed up with their frequency allocations on 60 meters, along with the CODAR sweep noises present and accounted for also. hopefully something will be left by the time my two-year-old son grows old enough to maybe take some interest. we have set down and spun the dials of the kenwood a few times. he likes all the buttons and lights. that, perhaps, is a start for now. for me, i loved the glow of the tubes thru the back of the set and the glow of the pilot light illuminating the white and red numbers on grandma's detrola. most importantly, the excitement of hearing a foreign land was at my fingertips. the possibilities were endless. simply put, i love and cherish every memory that i have from my SW days gone by. the excitement of hearing a "new" station or country... the thrill of experiencing the cultural music and language...hearing governments fall and rise...the list goes on. it is all priceless. and finally, SW itself has provided me with a 30 year education second to none. perhaps that is why i aced world geography at the Univ. of Pittsburgh back in the day. Radio Madagascar has now faded down to absolutely nothing as their daylight has emerged and the grayline has passed. hopefully they will stay on SW and reappear again without being obliterated or splattered from "non tropical" broadcasters, CODAR, or DRM. the more things change, the more they stay the same. even grandma's Detrola. i fully restored it with new components, refinished the cabinet, and gave it a precise alignment. it is good for another 30 years of SW, perhaps? (Steve Price, Johnstown, PA, ibid.) With the crazy schedule I have kept over the past several years, up at 3 AM for the commute to Toronto from the Peterborough area - 123 km one way, my listening has consisted of the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Radio Prague, Voice of Turkey in our local mid to late afternoon and early evening. Saturday and Sunday mornings were spent listening to Radio Australia - especially the Tok Pisin service on 6020 up to 1100, Radio New Zealand and Polish Radio. Saturday afternoons I have listened to the various African services of the VOA. During my morning commute, up to recently, CBC Radio One's overnight service would have DW's "Newslink" and Poland's "News from Poland" which explains why I know the names of the various Polish Radio personalities. Over the past couple of weeks I have hit "Freedom 55" which affords me more time to be at my receiver without having to turn in so early. I am taking advantage of hearing what I can in stimulating programming but what I tend to seek out most is the best in local music whether that be Brasilian, Mexican, Cuban, whatever. I do lament what we have lost, and continue to lose, on the shortwave bands. But, as with John Figliozzi, they will have to pry my receivers away with a crowbar and lock me up in a Faraday cage to quell my love for shortwave radio (Mark Coady ibid.) Steve, I must say that was the most elegant and touching explanation I have ever read about the demise of this great hobby. I would only add that nature abhors a vacuum, and I believe (hope?) the future of HF monitoring will be just as exciting, albeit a different color, as what we have experienced in the past. Either that, or I will own approximately two-thousand dollars worth of firewood ;-) (John Schneider, March 20, ibid.) I would love to read other accounts of how/why NASWA members were introduced to the hobby. Here is my account as taken from my web site (Mr. Moderator, if you think this is out of line, please say the word.) When I was a young boy of about 13, I happened upon a Lafayette portable transistor radio that my Mom gave to my father as a Christmas gift. As my father was a "tile setter", the radio was covered in cement, glue and tile grout. The antenna was missing three or four sections and was in terrible condition, primarily because he kept it in his tool box. Bored one fall evening, I took the radio outside and, sitting on the front steps of my house, turned it on. It was tuned to a local AM station that played adult standards, music to help him through his otherwise arduous work day. As I fiddled with the controls I discovered a band selector switch. I changed bands and slowly rotated the tuning knob. There was no indication that the radio was changing stations as the internal string had broken some time earlier. As I was went through the radio's full spectrum of Am and FM, I changed the tuning selector to SW, not really knowing what to expect. Slowly turning the small thumb-wheel and listening intently, it only took a few seconds before my life would be impacted in a way I could not begin to comprehend. There, out of the static, came a voice in a language I was pretty sure to be Spanish!!!! In a radio world where Spanish broadcasts were virtually unknown in suburban Long Island, I was listening to a station from another part of the world...ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD!!! And I was listening to this revelation on a portable radio with a broken antenna, broken tuning string, more dents than our Ford Country Squire, covered in enough adhesive products to tile a hospital! I will never forget that night, but there seemed a lifetime between then and having the ability to afford anything more than that "little radio that could". I was married and still living on Long Island. My father-in-law developed an interest in electronics and radio as a hobby, and undertook a full Heathkit Electronics Course in his attempt to obtain his amateur radio license. Unfortunately he had a severe hearing disability and his frustration kept him from the ham radio ranks. Never one to give up, he became very active in 11 meters and developed life long freinds as a result. His generosity and desire to promote his new hobby prompted him to purchase a Radio Shack CB radio, modifiable, of course, to 11 meters and an antenna which he presented to me as a birthday gift. We spent many hours talking with each other and other members of the "freeband". He went on to purchase some very expensive equipment to use on 11 meters, including a modified Kenwood TS-820S. When he passed, my mother-in-law made a deal with me. "Pass the examination for your amateur radio license, and dad's radio equipment will be yours". Well...to make a long story longer, here I am. KB2COP and proud to be a licensed ham radio operator. My "Radio Links" page has links to some of my favorite radio-related sites. My "Photos" page displays pictures of some of my equipment, although I am ALWAYS selling and purchasing, so what you see today might not be mine tonight! (John Schneider, ibid.) hello john. thank you very much for the oh-so kind words about my posting/musing. i worked on that last night for about 2 hours to make sure that i got every word to correctly relive the moment and express my feelings. i have read so much in the past few years and really took interest in the latest postings. one thing i forgot to mention in my last posting is the "smell" of hot vacuum tubes and a wooden cabinet. here is a more "informal" posting about my start in SW. grandma always had the detrola sitting up on top of a waist high "tv tray" beside the corner cupboard. it fit perfectly in the indented rectangle of the tray. i always played it when i went over because it would get stations from all over western pennsylvania. one day she gave it to me since i was the only one who really played it. i can remember the night oh so clearly. it was a warm rainy evening in march of 1980. i was in the 5th grade. i loved that radio because it picked up stations all over the usa, like none that i ever had. as a 10 year old, i knew that nightime reception of AM was just great, and this radio did the trick and then some. i loved listening to AM dx at night on a few of my other tube radios that were given to me, but none, not one was as good as grandma's. the Detrola is a transformered set using the 6SA7, 6SK7, 6SQ7, 6SS7, 5Y3, and 6K6. also included is the 6" electrodynamic speaker. simplel two band dial with red numbers with white shadow underneath that glowed so romantically witht the #47 pilot lamp. the "SW" band did nothning at grandma's, i switched it there many times, heard noting, and never thought any more of it. with hindsight being 20/20, there was no wire connected to the ANT screw at grandma's house--just the internal AM loop. that evening, i connected about 20 feet of wire to the ANT screw for the sole purpose to have more AM reception. i decked it around my drapes and room. that certainly did the trick for even better AM. i was listening to WOWO, WRVA, WLS, in the clear just to name a few. that night for the heck of it, i switched the band switch to SW. and there it was. 70% of my time for the next 30 years of my life was planned. i can remember hearing all these foreign languages, music, and stopping on something playing "chinese" music, as i would have described it as being age 10. then the female announcer said in english "This is Radio Thailand, Bangkok". which comes to me now as being on 9665 perhaps ? london, madrid, lisbon, moscow was all right there too. i can remember just dashing out of my room and down the hall to the living room where my folks were. i was all worked up. i just could not for the life of me that i was hearing what i heard. it was a school night and remember that i never went to bed until about 1AM just in total amazement of what i was experiencing right in front of me on my dresser. it was like christmas, a magical euphoria. a few years later, i saved up and got a Realistic DX-66 multi band radio by having a yard sale. if i sold some of my old toys that i did not play with anymore, i could use the cash and buy the DX-66. a few weeks after the yardsale and many chores and yard work later, i had my DX-66. with that, the reception reporting, qsl'ing, and all the works really kicked in. the dx-66 lead to a Sangean ATS-803, then a Sony 2010 up to my cherished kenwood in 1990. as a young boy even in my single digits, i was always hooking raw speakers from old radios and stereos up to my little transistor radio thru the "earphone" jack. this interest developed into full blown vacuum tube radio repair, collection in my early teens. i hit yard sales with my aunt every saturday and we FILLED up the corolla with tube radios for just dollars--every weekend a back seat and trunk load came home. between yard sales, flea markets, and people giving me stuff, my shop was always full. over the years i have built a wonderful fully restored tube radio and hi-fi amplifier collection. most recently, i enjoy restoring the classic silver face stereo amplifiers and receivers of the 70's and 80's. even the vacuum tube items are getting scarse and bring a very high dollar IF you see one at an antique shop. so, that is my story. mom said i started playing with light bulbs, batteries and my little GE pocket transistor hooking speakers up to it around age 4. unfortunately in my area the availability of vintage tube stuff is drying up along with SW. the only difference between the two is that i can still get vacuum tube radios for a now hefty price, unlike 20-30 years ago when i could literally fill up a green 1979 toyota corolla for 15-20 bucks. (steve price, johnstown, PA, NASWA yg via DXLD) Sadly, Radio Sweden has announced it is to stop broadcasting to the world on shortwave and mediumwave on 31st October. There is also an item in Radio Sweden's English half-hour today (Wednesday) which I heard at 1330 UT on 7405 kHz in which Bill Schiller talks to the lady responsible for SW & MW broadcasts (I didn't copy her name as audio seemed distorted - is this a ploy by SR to lose SW listeners!). It will be repeated in their upcoming transmissions today and also available to listen to via their website from around 1530 UT. Radio Sweden was one of the first shortwave broadcasts I listened to in 1973 and English on 1179 kHz became a firm favourite of mine, especially with programmes like 'Sweden Calling DXers'. They say English will continue on national broadcasts but suspect this means FM not 1179 kHz? I will be less likely to listen on the web (Alan Pennington, UK, March 17, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) There`s a 30-day archive of English programs, via http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/sandningsarkiv.asp?programID=2054 It`s 4-9+ minutes into the March 17 `1530` broadcast. (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I knew it would eventually come to this when, many years ago, George Wood had to eliminate shortwave DX news from SCDX. I say ``had to``, since he says it was a management decision, not his own. The current interviewee justified this by pointing to other European stations cutting SW, such as neighboring Finland a few years ago. It`s catching (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) I'm always sad to lose any radio station on shortwave. This is bad news as I'm sure there are listeners who can get this show via S.W. is less developed areas who do not have computer access (Gary Drew, South Herts., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) In the 'get 'em while you can' department: per an announcement dated 16/Mar/2010 Radio Sweden has said it will terminate its medium and short wave broadcasts October 31, 2010 and replace radio with -- wait for it -- web services. Swedish Radio management stated that this is the "best use of resources" and "in line with international trends". In other words "all the other kids are doing it...." My Mother would have said "if all the OTHER kids jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?" The English-language service is to continue on the web and on national broadcasts (I assume that means things like CBC overnight.) See for the full story including a link to an audio file with Elle-Kari Höjeberg explaining why the decision was made to wind up the broadcasts. She says "the listeners are at a cross-roads" and although she expects 'old' listeners to be disappointed with this, "new listeners will be accessing us through the internet". Well Duh -- if you don't broadcast on the radio any more how else are new listeners going to hear you? Sigh -- Radio Sweden has been broadcasting since 1938 on shortwave and mediumwave, but they are sold on the idea of cost savings etc. by cutting out radio, and Gee, ORF and BBC did it so we will too. I remember the olde days with programmes like the "Saturday Show" which had some pretty entertaining radio, and announcers with a terrific wit and sense of what made good radio which showed R Sweden had a good sense of what people wanted, and the good sense to not only provide it, but do it in a way that made Sweden look good all at the same time. Ah well, as they say, another one bites the dust (Ken Zichi, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) Radio Sweden's mandate --- similar to RCi's mandate I was reading the Radio Sweden item in more detail on the Media Network blog, and what struck me is that Radio Sweden, like RCI, focuses heavily on its immigrant population with its radio services. Arabic, Somali, Romani, Farsi / Dari, and Kurdish are the Radio Sweden languages that are spoken by sizable numbers of Swedish immigrants. Further, all of Radio Sweden's services are available as part of its domestic national radio output, just like RCI Plus is part of the CBC's satellite radio output. See http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/radio-sweden-to-become-an-internet-only-station (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, swprograms via DXLD) Radio Sweden broadcasts only in English and Russian (Sergei S., ibid.) Where did you get that idea? Even in its final season, there are a number of other languages, yes, even on SW, led of course by Swedish: http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/artikel.asp?Artikel=3510260 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) I guess this mix-up has to do with a bureaucratic division of the departments at Swedish Radio. Somehow, both the English and Russian services don't consider local immigrant languages to be a part of the External Radio Service. (There's some disagreement over the status of the German Service.) The Swedish is counted out too since it's produced by the Home Service. This is from the text portion supplied to Radio Sweden's audio file: "Radio Sweden has been broadcasting since 1938 to the entire world on shortwave and to Europe on the medium wave originally in six different languages but since recently in English and Russian only and in German on the web." http://www.sr.se/webbradio/webbradio.asp?type=db&Id=2262525&BroadcastDate=&IsBlock= And the Russian announcement talks only about two languages in the External Service - Russian and English - omitting German. The former languages of the External Service are given as Belarusian, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish for the overseas Swedes. (Note that Romani isn't mentioned.) http://www.sr.se/RS/red/ind_rys.html (Sergei S., ibid.) Radio Sweden International will cease its transmissions on short- and mediumwave at 31:st October 2010. The reason is short- and mediumwave seems a bit old fashioned and the listeners prefer internet according to Radio Sweden International. Instead Radio Sweden will continue its transmissions on the internet. Several foreign language broadcasts will also cease after 31:st October 2010. Radio Sweden hoped that DRM would have had a larger break-through on the shortwave. News article in Swedish http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/artikel.asp?Artikel=3564581 73's de (Chris SM6VPU Stödberg, sm6vpu, March 19, HCDX via DXLD) Hi everyone. I have actually written and complained to RSI for their decision and asked the question why. DRM is an option but I think there is a moment [Catch] 22. The radio industry doesn't produce any combination receivers for DRM/AM/FM/DAB because there are too few stations transmitting in for example DRM. And the media networks won't transmit in DRM because there are to few receivers/listeners. DRM has the future. I wrote to the owner of the shortwave transmitters and mediumwave transmitter, Teracom, and they have no plans to close down and scrap the transmitters because of RSI leaving AM-broadcast. I think there is a reliance on Internet as media. Internet can be a complement to broadcast, never a "substitute", never replace DX- broadcast. Internet, telephone and cellphone networks aren't available everywhere and cannot be available everywhere. So I don't understand RSI's decision, 73's de (Chris SM6VPU, March 22, ibid.) On the first show of Happy Station for April, my guest will be Radio Sweden's George Wood, who has worked for them for more than 35 years. Some of you will remember him as the former host of Sweden Calling Dxers. The discussion will be about how he ended up in Sweden from California. How he joined Radio Sweden. And about the move to cut SW from RS, which has generated a lively debate here and on the Media Network blog (Keith Perron, Taiwan, March 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Sweden: Russian Service Talks Back --- Sizable segments in Russian broadcasts this weekend are devoted to reading the earlier announcement, mail from radio listeners and comments from Radio Sweden's employees posted on SR Intranet. According to the host, all comments on SR Intranet are highly critical of the decision to drop MW/SW completely. ("It's a fateful decision...", "Our managers seem to think that the rest of the world is like Sweden", etc.) The Russian service says that they will have to leave the radio waves this fall "to our huge disappointment." (Sergei S., March 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Sweden on Medium Wave - this will soon be history! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJIaGyXahg As Sveriges Radio (Swedish Radio) announced on 16 March 2010, they will stop all broadcasts on medium and short wave by 31 October 2010. Foreign language broadcasting will continue on the Internet, however. The closure of the MW and SW services from Stockholm means the end of another chapter of international broadcasting history. Radio Sweden has been broadcasting abroad since 1938. This video shows the sign on of Radio Sweden's English programme on 1179 kHz on 18 March 2010 at 1830 UT, opening with the well-known interval signal. The signal from the 600 kW transmitter at Sölvesborg in Southern Sweden was received in Germany using my Roadstar TRA-2350P portable radio with built-in ferrite antenna (Matthias in Germany via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SYRIA. 12085, March 25 at 1928, open carrier with whine, flutter, but unfortunately no modulation until off at 1929:15*. Surely Radio Damascus, which would have outdone Kuwait [q.v.] 11990 if they had tried. A few minutes earlier did not hear anything from Syria either on 9330 when looking for WBCQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non]. Summer A-10 of Radio Taiwan International via TDF: 0200-0300 on 9840 GUF 500 kW / 195 deg to SoAm in Spanish 1400-1500 on 15225 ISS 500 kW / 060 deg to RUSS in Russian 1600-1700 on 13840 ISS 500 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in English 1700-1800 on 11705 ISS 500 kW / 055 deg to RUSS in Russian 1700-1800 on 15690 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to SoAf in English 1800-1900 on 6155 ISS 250 kW / 345 deg to U.K. in English 1900-2000 on 15690 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg to NoAf in French 2000-2100 on 3965 ISS 250 kW / 215 deg to SoEu in Spanish 2100-2200 on 3965 ISS 250 kW / 050 deg to WeEu in German (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 22 March via DXLD) ** THAILAND. 8743-USB, Bangkok Meteorological Radio, 1053 W presumably giving wx info in Thai at t/in, then usual pleasant IS melody at 1055. 1056-1058 EG ID by M in mechanical voice "This is Bangkok Meteorological Radio broadcasting daily ?? 6765.1 khz.", then what sounded like sked w/ments of UTC and 2010. 1058 IS again, and W at 1100. Came back at 1159 and found on again w/IS followed by W at 1200. Best heard in 2 weeks. (19 March) (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) 8743-USB, 1810-1829, Bangkok Meteorological Service, 20/03, Thai, nice IS, 1812'10 YL weather-like report, 1818'23 IS again, 1819'58 OM talk with mentions of Thai and Thailand, 1824'12 IS again, 1825'58 English OM weather report, 1828'00 IS - fair and even better at the beginning with local noise (thanks to Dave Valko today's report via HCDX) (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) ** THAILAND [and non]. 7365, at 1330 March 19, the bells of HSK9 immediately identify it as R. Thailand, but mixing at equal level with Chinese, 1332 that IDs as CJKT; 1354 recheck seems it is echoing, a sign of jamming. However, HSK9 at 1330 is going from Chinese to Thai, and CNR1 is scheduled 1200-1735 from Shijiazhuang site per Aoki, so apparently a horrible coincidence rather than overt jamming. IBB should never have chosen 7365. In A-10 the 13-14 hour from HSK9 via Udorn in Japanese, Chinese and Thai moves to 9575. R. Thailand, HSK9, tentative A-10 English: 0000-0030 15275 ENAm 0030-0100 15275 WNAm 0200-0230 15275 ENAm 0530-0600 17655 Eu 1230-1300 9890 SEAs/Au 1400-1430 9575 SEAs/Au 1900-2000 7570 Eu 2030-2045 9680 Eu (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'm not sure how long this has been running, but I've just come across R. Thailand World Service HSK9 with a live stream of their programmes at http://www.hsk9.com/ I've added a link to this at http://www.worlddxclub.org.uk/WDXC_links_stations.html where I have created a quick to use web-links grid of many of the main international stations (with quick links to home pages, programme and frequency pages, live streams and podcast/download pages). (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET. 6200, Xizang PBS via Lhasa, 1530-1600, March 19. “This is China Tibet Broadcasting English program, Holy Tibet. Holy Tibet will take you to visit the roof of the world. Holy Tibet is the window into the life of Tibet. If you are interested in Tibet and want to learn more about the land, the people and the culture, please join us at Holy Tibet”; news of Tibet (due to a shortage, Tibet is now producing more cement, etc.); “ Tibet Stories” about repairing Buddhist relics; poor to fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. 6010, CNR-11 (Tibetan Service) via Baoji-Sifangshan (China), 1433-1500, March 19. “Holy Tibet” program; news of the economy of Tibet; information about flights to Lhasa (timetable, prices, etc.); Tibetan music; poor with QRM from jamming of 6003; // 7350 (very poor with QRM) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. EXILED RADIO PLAYS A CAT-AND MOUSE GAME By Lynette Lee Corporal – Asia Media Forum BANGKOK, Mar 19, 2010 (IPS) - For exiled journalists working on shortwave radio programming aimed at Burmese and Tibetan listeners, dodging the ‘enemy’ in the name of freer speech is often a cat-and- mouse game. Seeing their radio frequencies jammed, undertaking clandestine reporting and sourcing, dealing with poor signals and being spied upon are daily fare for the Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and India-based Voice of Tibet (VOT). More at : http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50719 (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TONGA. THE STORY OF RADIO BROADCASTING ON THE PACIFIC ISLANDS OF TONGA The many scattered islands that make up the kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific stretch across a distance of some five hundred miles, from north to south. The entire cluster of 159 islands lie north of New Zealand at about the same latitude as the state of Queensland in Australia. These islands are mostly volcanic in nature, surrounded by a coral reef, and the total land area for the whole country is only about one hundred square miles. Only thirty six of the Tongan islands are inhabited, and the total population is just one hundred thousand, most of whom live on the main island, Tongatapu. The name Tonga, in their dialect of the Polynesian language, literally means south. Historians state that the Polynesian peoples migrated from the Asian mainland some four thousand years ago and they scattered out over the many small islands in the Pacific. It is generally considered that Tonga was settled by seafarers from Samoa around 1500 BC. Europeans first reached Tonga about four hundred years ago; the Dutch were first, followed by the British and then the Spanish. Two hundred years ago, Protestant missionaries from England settled in Tonga, and it was through them that the island chief was designated as a king, and he took the throne name King George, as in England. Tonga claims to be the only remaining kingdom in the Pacific, and the only nation that was not annexed by a European power, though they were under a British protectorate through a mutual treaty signed in the year 1900. They gained their independence in 1970 and joined the British Commonwealth of Nations. The first radio communication station in Tonga was established under the callsign VSB in the national capital, Nuku’alofa in 1921. Other subsidiary communication stations were soon afterwards established in other distant islands, including Vava’u Island with the British callsign GON. The first radio broadcasts from Tonga came from the American eclipse expedition on Tin Can Island, Niuafo’ou, in 1930 with the relay of news and commentaries back to the United States on shortwave via RCA Hawaii. You will remember that this story was presented here in Wavescan a few weeks back. Another notable broadcast took place in May 1933 when Tonga produced a short segment that was transmitted on shortwave from station VSB and picked up by AWA near Sydney in Australia for inclusion in a very memorable program for that era, the “South Seas Broadcast”. The first regular radio broadcasting station in Tonga was inaugurated under the callsign ZCO on July 4, 1961 with 10 kW on 1020 kHz. This callsign was changed to A3Z exactly fourteen years later, and the mediumwave channel was changed to 1017 kHz five years later again. In actual reality, there were two mediumwave transmitters at 10 kW installed in the new radio station at Nuku’alofa, one as the active unit and the other for standby usage. Back more than twenty years ago, a new shortwave service was inaugurated in Nuku’alofa in an endeavor to bring local radio coverage to all of the islands in the Tonga group. The initial temporary shortwave unit was made locally and it was rated at just 200 watts. A more substantial transmitter was installed shortly afterwards and it operated with 1 kW on the 60 metre band channel 5030 kHz. The antenna system was a horizontally polarized dipole. However, the Tongan shortwave service, was continually plagued with problems. The transmitter was said to be faulty, and spare parts from the manufacturers in France took a long while to arrive. A storm destroyed the antenna system in 1993, after which the United Nations UNESCO provided a new 1 kW transmitter and antenna system. However, four years later again, Cyclone Hina caused further damage to the antenna systems and to the transmitter itself. The shortwave broadcasts from Nuku’alofa were always a relay from the mediumwave service, and the last known broadcasts on shortwave occurred in June 1997. By this time, a new FM service was on the air, and FM relay stations were installed on the outlying islands. At one stage, UCB, the United Christian Broadcasters in New Zealand, announced that they had received approval to install several radio stations in Tonga; mediumwave, FM and shortwave. It was their intent to operate a shortwave station that could be heard throughout the Pacific. However, though a lot of preliminary work was performed, UCB ultimately concentrated on FM coverage only. These days, the only way to hear a radio broadcasting station in Tonga is to tune in while you are visiting some nearby area in the South Pacific. However, the station has always been a good verifier with a distinctive QSL card, both under the old callsign ZCO, and under their more recent callsign A3Z. Many of the QSL cards issued by station A3Z carry unique postage stamps, such as one in the circular shape of a camera lens, and another in the shape of a banana (Adrian Peterson, IN, AWR Wavescan script March 14 via DXLD) ** TURKEY. TRT with two different transmissions of Turkish music, March 25 at 1319: 15350 in the Turkish service, and better modulated 17700 in German service. From March 28, never mind these: 15350 will be gone, and German will be an hour earlier from 1130 on 13760; Turkish before 1300 on 11955 and 13635, after 1300 on 9840 only, per the A-10 schedule Mustafa Cankurt sent us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. Tentative A-10 summer schedule for Voice of Turkey ARABIC 0900-1000 11690 11750 1400-1500 9540 17770 AZERI 0700-0800 11730 1530-1630 9530 BULGARIAN 1100-1130 7210 CHINESE 1100-1200 15240 DARI/PASHTO 1500-1630 11765 ENGLISH 0100-0159 9580 - RCI English relay towards Asia 0300-0400 5975 6165 7325# 1230-1330 15450 15520 1830-1930 9785 2030-2130 7205 2200-2300 9830 FRENCH 1930-2030 9535 9635 GERMAN 1130-1230 13760 1730-1830 11835 GEORGIAN 1000-1100 9655 ITALIAN 1630-1700 9610 KAZAKH 1330-1400 11880 PASHTO/DARI 1500-1630 11765 PERSIAN 0830-1000 11795 1500-1600 9765 RUSSIAN 1300-1400 11965 SPANISH 0100-0200 9770 9870 1630-1730 11930 TATAR 1000-1030 13770 TURKISH 0000-0200 7260 0400-0600 6040 11980 0600-0900 11750 0600-1300 11955 13635 1300-1600 9840 1600-2100 5960 9460 TURKMEN 1200-1230 11825 URDU 1200-1300 13710 UYGHUR 0200-0300 7200 1400-1500 15180 UZBEK 1030-1100 15280 # Sackville Canada relay 250 kW / 277 deg (wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 19 via DXLD) ** TURKEY. Voice of Turkey A-10 ASIA Arabic 31 9540 1400-1500 Arabic 25 11690 0900-1000 Arabic 25 11750 0900-1000 Azeri 21 9530 1530-1630 Azeri 25 11730 0700-0800 Chinese 19 15240 1100-1200 Dari-Pashto-Uzbek 25 11765 1500-1630 Georgian 31 9655 1000-1100 Persian 31 9765 1500-1600 Persian 25 11795 0830-1000 English 49 6165 0300-0400 English 41 7205 2030-2130 English 19 15520 1230-1330 Kazakh 25 11880 1330-1400 Uzbek 19 15280 1030-1100 Russian 25 11965 1300-1400 Tatar 22 13770 1000-1030 Turkish 49 5960 1600-2100 Turkish 49 6040 0400-0600 Turkish 41 7260 0000-0200 Turkish 25 11750 0600-0900 Turkish 25 11955 0600-1300 Turkish 25 11980 0400-0600 Turkmen 25 11825 1200-1230 Urdu 22 13710 1200-1300 Uighur 41 7200 0200-0300 Uighur 19 15180 1400-1500 AFRICA Arabic 49 9540 1400-1500 Arabic 25 11750 0900-1000 Arabic 16 17770 1400-1500 French 31 9535 1930-2030 English 49 6165 0300-0400 Turkish 49 5960 1600-2100 Turkish 25 11955 0600-1300 Turkish 25 11980 0400-0600 AMERICA English 49 5975 0300-0400 [& 7325 CANADA as above] English 31 9830 2200-2300 Spanish 31 9770 0100-0200 Spanish 31 9870 0100-0200 EUROPE German 25 11835 1730-1830 German 22 13760 1130-1230 Bulgarian 41 7210 1100-1130 French 31 9635 1930-2030 English 49 5975 0300-0400 English 31 9785 1830-1930 English 31 9830 2200-2300 English 19 15450 1230-1330 Spanish 31 9770 0100-0200 Spanish 31 9870 0100-0200 Spanish 25 11930 1630-1730 Italian 31 9610 1400-1430 Turkish 49 6040 0400-0600 Turkish 31 9460 1600-2100 Turkish 31 9840 1300-1600 Turkish 22 13635 0600-1300 AUSTRALIA English 41 7205 2030-2130 (TRT, translated by Mustafa Cankurt for WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) According to announcements, French to Europe should be on 5980 (not 9635). Maybe other changes? Regards (JM Aubier, France, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. Radio Ukraine International Summer A-10 tentative broadcasting schedule: Ukrainian 0000-0500 7420 KHR 100 kW 055 deg to Rus 0100-0300 7440 LV 600 kW 303 deg to NoAm 0600-0800 9840 KHR 100 kW 290 deg to WeEu 0800-0900 11620 KHR 100 kW 277 deg to WeEu 1000-1100 11620 KHR 100 kW 277 deg to WeEu 1200-1300 11620 KHR 100 kW 277 deg to WeEu 1300-1700 9420 KHR 100 kW 055 deg to Rus 1800-1900 7440 KHR 100 kW 290 deg to WeEu 2200-2300 6145 KHR 100 kW 290 deg to WeEu 2300-2400 7440 LV 600 kW 303 deg to NoAm English 0000-0100 7440 LV 600 kW 303 deg to NoAm 0300-0400 7440 LV 600 kW 303 deg to NoAm [see note below] 0500-0600 9840 KHR 100 kW 290 deg to WeEu 0900-1000 11620 KHR 100 kW 277 deg to WeEu 1100-1200 11620 KHR 100 kW 277 deg to WeEu 1900-2000 7440 KHR 100 kW 290 deg to WeEu 2100-2200 6145 KHR 100 kW 290 deg to WeEu German 1700-1800 7440 KHR 100 kW 290 deg to WeEu 2000-2100 6145 KHR 100 kW 290 deg to WeEu 2300-0000 6145 KHR 100 kW 290 deg to WeEu Romanian 1700-1730 657 CRN 25 kW to ROU 1930-2000 657 CRN 25 kW to ROU 2100-2130 657 CRN 25 kW to ROU As you can see, most of frequencies for transmissions to Russia and Europe were changed in opposite to the previous summer seasons. I have my doubts that these changes are apt because of possible considerable interferences. Real schedule can be changed taking into consideration the financial troubles. First of all it concerns the [high] power transmission to North America, which from February 22 has been shortened by one hour at 0400-0500 UTC (the second English language transmission to North America). (Alexander Yegorov, Ukraine, March 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S S R. [portion of a thread under NETHERLANDS [non] about Happy Station dropping shortwave, that diverged to this topic:] There was a Canadian by the name of Robert Dell who worked at Radio Moscow about 20 years ago. He told me one of the funniest stories every. Radio Moscow had this one African language that they use to broadcast in 5 hours a day/7 days a week using 3 frequencies. After the USSR fell apart, a group of people from RM just before the name change to Voice Of Russia went to this small village in Africa to meet their audience. What they discovered shocked them. The village had a population of less than 500 people, no one ever heard of Radio Moscow, no one had electricity, and no one had radios. For more than 20 years they were broadcasting a show that no one understood in other parts of Africa and no one heard in this village. So the question is why did they start this language service? Because the USSR wanted to get access to mining rights (Keith Perron, Taiwan, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Keith's story about the one language from Radio Moscow that didn't have any listeners has got me thinking: just how many languages did Radio Moscow broadcast in (since there are wildly fluctuating figures ranging from 70 to over 80) and what were they (since there are only partial mentions here and there on the internet)? (Jon Pukila, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, ibid.) And it would be very interesting to know exactly which language that was? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) never answered VOR as a broadcasting org is much smaller than it was during the Radio Moscow years. The figures of 70 or 80 seem to be right. Robert Dell, who was originally from New Brunswick, hosted Time Line with Estelle Winters until he left to return to Canada. He and Estelle use to date. I met them both when they visited Montreal in the early 90s. Estelle was very nice and wacky in a good sort of way. I chatter with her by email in December (Keith Perron, ibid.) Radio Moscow did indeed have a lot of languages, though I don't think it was ever as high as 70. "The Moscow changes" was a dreaded event at BBC Monitoring, four times a year in those days. Radio Moscow never announced exact frequencies either in advance or in its broadcasts. On the first Sundays of March, May, September and November they made seasonal adjustments, and we had to find all the languages that we needed for monitoring in double-quick time. Sometimes there were as many as six languages needed simultaneously, and if we couldn't find them within half a minute of the start, the monitor missed the first part of the news bulletin. With experience, we could often predict what group of languages certain frequencies would carry subsequently once we found them, so as the day progressed things became a little less frantic. But it was a very tiring exercise - and it took several days to trace all the frequencies we could hear in Caversham, which were then supplemented by observations from the American FBIS and our own East African Unit in Nairobi. Thank goodness things are not as frantic as that nowadays :-) (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) In last year Sergei quoted some figure published in the USSR during the eighties: 68. There are claims that at some point the number came close to 85, but it is doubtful if they are true. Even larger numbers are certainly exaggerations. Btw, WRTH 1994 still shows 45 languages for Radio Moscow (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) For years Radio Moscow had an advertisement in WRTH. In 1969 the ad says 64 foreign languages and 10 languages of the USSR. Later they mentioned only the 64 foreign languages. The figure 64 stayed until 1980's when they for some reason dropped advertising in the WRTH (Jari in Finland Savolainen, ibid.) The 1967 WRTH (my first one) has the advertisement and mentions 55 foreign languages and 10 languages of the USSR, so they had added quite a few by 1969 (Steve Lare, Holland, MI USA, ibid.) Figures from the 1960's (per the WRTH ads) 1960 38 + 7 1963 41 + 9 1964 43 + 10 1965 52 + 10 1966 54 + 10 (Jari Savolainen, ibid.) Here's R. Moscow's official language timeline that I just found. It goes only through 1945, though. October 29, 1929 - German November 1929 - French December 1929 - English 1930 to 1940 - ten additional languages including Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, etc. 1940 to 1945 - the External Radio Service increases its output from 13 languages to 29 (Sergei S., ibid.) I checked some World Radio TV Handbooks and found the following language counts for Radio Moscow. 1971 : 63 1974 : 62 1977 : 64 1979 : 64 1982 : 60 (Harold Sellers, BC, ibid.) Harold: Great information. Thanks for sharing with us. I too have fond memories of VOR [sic] in the seventies when they used an "Organola" IS at the top of each hour`s transmission. They were widely heard here quite well. Those were the days. 73, (Noble West, TN, ibid.) Thanks for the quick response. But you seemed to miss the second part of my question. Unless it was impossible to determine what specific languages were on air, was there ever any complete list of languages used by Radio Moscow? Internet searches only reveal what Voice of Russia is currently using today. I guess what I'm trying to say is: Were the languages aired over Radio Moscow as exotic as what religious broadcasters today currently broadcast? (Jon Pukila, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, ibid.) I was resisting the encouragement to type up the list of languages. :-) However, here it is for Radio Moscow, for 1979: Albanian Amharic Arabic Assamese Bambara Bengali Bulgarian Burmese Chinese Czech/Slovak Danish Dari Dutch English Finnish French Fulani German Greek Gujarati Hausa Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Kannada (and, no, that's not what we speak in Canada!) Khmere Korean Laotian Lingala Macedonian Malagasy Malay Marathi Mongolian Nepali Norwegian N'debele Oriya Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Pushtu Quechua Rumanian Serbo-Croat Shona Sinhalese Slovene Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Turkish Urdu Vietnamese Zulu That's 62. I guess I mis-counted before. In comparison, in 1979 Radio Peking had 11 languages and VOA 36. In 2010, CRI has 44 and VOA 45. All numbers according to WRTVH (Harold Sellers, ibid.) How many of you remember when Radio Moscow had French for Quebec? It was so odd because one of the broadcasters I believe was from the Chicoutimi regions of Quebec. What I do remember this this service didn't last long. No surprise there (Keith Perron, ex-Quebec, ibid.) A rather exotic Austrian service from Moscow - Guten Abend, Österreich! - lasted to the very end on 1980 if not to 1990-91. In the mid-1980s R. Moscow still had broadcasts in Catalan and (maybe) Basque. Some exotic language services were run under the auspices of Radio Peace and Progress, also known as the Voice of Soviet Public Opinion - for instance, Hebrew and Shanghai dialect. There were Esperanto broadcasts too. October 3, 1978 - Radio Moscow World Service is on the air April 1, 1980 - the World Service goes 24x7 (Sergei S. ibid.) > A rather exotic Austrian service from Moscow - Guten Abend, > Österreich! - lasted to the very end on 1980 if not to 1990-91. Even longer. In 1993 it definitely still existed, and I seem to recall that it disappeared from the schedule only some years later. In this period it was presented by Nikolay Yolkin, who is nowadays in Germany considered "Mr. Voice of Russia". For a reason, since he is a really outstanding radio journalist. He was also involved when Radio Moscow launched special broadcasts for the GDR in 1986, and I think he once mentioned a heavy-handed censorship regime that was still in force at Radio Moscow in the Perestroyka era. I seems that the German service is the flagship product of Voice of Russia. At least when I compare it with English, which mostly still sounds like 20 years ago. At German one thing has turned around completely: Around 1980 it had many elder announcers and young editors. Now it is the other way round, except that some young people do journalistic work there, too. I can mention when their broadcasts in Dutch ceased: September 1994. Last schedule was acc. WRTH 1800-1900 on 7205, 7290 and 9480. 7205 carried English before and after, 7290 Polish before and after while 9480 had French until 1800 and went off at 1900. (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) > Because the USSR wanted to get access to mining rights. Keith, no, this sounds more like an approach towards Africa currently exhibited by PRC. I don't think today's practical China is so similar to the dreamy and wasteful Soviet Union. After Radio Moscow dropped all its local African languages it had a huge audience loss. It was well documented by Western research in the beginning of 1990s. Of course, "new Russia" didn't see the need for an audience in Africa anyway (Sergei S., ibid.) ** U A E. 9650, Came across 'dimmed' Polish Radio Warsaw in English via VT-group Al Dhabbaya relay at 1800-1900 UT, only suffers by fair S=6-7 level. Also low modulation, like noted previously also on DWL transmissions in 49 mb last winter. This location has never been observed with reliable signals from VT-group relay arrangements towards Europe (Wolfgang Büschel, March 14, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 19 via DXLD) BBC World Service is heard right now on 9405 normally reserved for RL Russian. The World Service started unexpectedly at around 1805 UT (Sergei S., 1816 UT March 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [and non] VT just got swallowed! http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/23/babcock-vt-merger Of course Babcock could seek to get rid of the broadcast distribution business now (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [and non]. BBCWS A10 by language, time Freq Start Stop Days Site Pwr Azi Lang Target ------------------------------------------------------- 720 0300 2200 smtwtfs Cyprus 500 110 Arabic ME 5905 0300 0400 smtwtfs Skelton 300 125 Arabic ME 6040 0300 0400 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 101 Arabic ME 6040 0300 0400 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 173 Arabic ME 9465 0300 0400 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 117 Arabic ME 11820 0300 0400 smtwtfs Skelton 300 125 Arabic ME 639 0330 0330 smtwtfs Cyprus 500 180 Arabic ME 639 0330 2300 smtwtfs Cyprus 500 180 Arabic ME 5905 0400 0600 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 173 Arabic ME 6115 0400 0500 smtwtfs Skelton 300 180 Arabic N AF 7325 0400 0600 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 168 Arabic N AF 9915 0400 0500 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 140 Arabic N AF 11740 0400 0600 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 180 Arabic ME 11820 0400 0500 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 101 Arabic ME 13660 0400 0500 smtwtfs Dhabayya 250 300 Arabic ME 9915 0500 0700 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 140 Arabic N AF 9915 0500 0700 smtwtfs Skelton 300 180 Arabic N AF 11820 0500 0800 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 101 Arabic ME 13660 0500 0600 smtwtfs Dhabayya 250 300 Arabic ME 5905 0600 1400 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 173 Arabic ME 11680 0600 0700 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 281 Arabic N AF 13660 0600 0800 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 121 Arabic ME 15360 0600 0800 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 180 Arabic ME 11680 0700 0800 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 168 Arabic N AF 15180 0700 0800 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 280 Arabic N AF 15180 0800 1000 smtwtfs Woofferton 250 170 Arabic N AF 17505 0800 1000 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 280 Arabic N AF 5905 1400 1700 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 173 Arabic ME 6155 1400 1700 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 101 Arabic ME 11820 1400 1500 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 121 Arabic ME 15790 1400 1700 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 180 Arabic ME 702 1500 2100 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 315 Arabic ME 11820 1500 1700 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 121 Arabic ME 11820 1500 1700 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 168 Arabic N AF 13660 1500 1700 smtwtfs Skelton 300 180 Arabic N AF 6195 1700 1900 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 305 Arabic ME 7375 1700 2100 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 173 Arabic ME 11680 1700 1900 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 168 Arabic N AF 11820 1700 1800 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 280 Arabic N AF 11820 1700 1800 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 121 Arabic ME 13660 1700 1800 smtwtfs Moosbrunn 100 115 Arabic ME 13660 1700 1800 smtwtfs Skelton 300 180 Arabic N AF 9915 1800 2100 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 280 Arabic N AF 9915 1800 2100 smtwtfs Skelton 300 125 Arabic ME 13660 1800 1900 smtwtfs Moosbrunn 100 115 Arabic ME 13660 1800 1900 smtwtfs Skelton 300 180 Arabic N AF 6195 1900 2000 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 121 Arabic ME 11680 1900 2100 smtwtfs Moosbrunn 100 115 Arabic ME 11680 1900 2100 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 168 Arabic N AF 13660 1900 2000 smtwtfs Skelton 300 180 Arabic N AF 6195 2000 2100 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 281 Arabic N AF 6195 2000 2100 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 121 Arabic ME 6065 0200 0215 .mtwtf. Rampisham 500 85 AzeriC AS 6165 0200 0215 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 57 Azeri CAS 9435 0200 0215 .mtwtf. Dhabayya 250 345 Azeri CAU 11945 1500 1530 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 64 Azeri C AS 13720 1500 1530 smtwtfs Skelton 300 90 Azeri C AS 15360 1500 1530 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 92 Azeri C AS 9505 1600 1630 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 64 Azeri C AS 13820 1600 1630 smtwtfs Moosbrunn 100 95 Azeri C AS 15360 1600 1630 smtwtfs Woofferton 250 92 Azeri C AS 9570 0030 0100 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Bengali S AS 11750 0030 0100 smtwtfs Singapore 250 330 Bengali S AS 15310 0030 0100 smtwtfs Singapore 250 315 Bengali S AS 9835 0130 0200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Bengali S AS 11640 0130 0200 smtwtfs Singapore 250 330 Bengali S AS 7350 1230 1300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Bengali S AS 9360 1230 1300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Bengali S AS 11970 1230 1300 smtwtfs Singapore 100 330 Bengali S AS 5855 1330 1400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Bengali S AS 7225 1330 1400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Bengali S AS 11795 1330 1400 smtwtfs Singapore 250 330 Bengali S AS 5965 1530 1600 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 290 Bengali S AS 7485 1530 1600 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Bengali S AS 11955 1530 1600 smtwtfs Singapore 100 340 Bengali S AS 5995 1630 1700 smtwtfs Singapore 250 330 Bengali S AS 7410 1630 1700 smtwtfs Singapore 100 340 Bengali S AS 9410 1630 1700 smtwtfs Singapore 250 340 Bengali S AS 6065 2330 2400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Bengali S AS 7565 2330 2400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Bengali S AS 11695 2330 2400 smtwtfs Singapore 250 330 Bengali S AS 6065 0000 0030 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Burmese SE AS 9810 0000 0030 smtwtfs Singapore 100 340 Burmese SE AS 11750 0000 0030 smtwtfs Singapore 250 330 Burmese SE AS 6155 1345 1430 smtwtfs Singapore 100 340 Burmese SE AS 9585 1345 1430 smtwtfs Singapore 100 340 Burmese SE AS 11945 1345 1430 smtwtfs Singapore 250 340 Burmese SE AS 1413 0030 0100 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 35 Dari SW AS 5875 0030 0100 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 77 Dari SW AS 7445 0030 0100 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 81 Dari SW AS 5875 0130 0200 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 77 Dari SW AS 6195 0130 0200 smtwtfs Erevan 100 100 Dari SW AS 7445 0130 0200 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 81 Dari SW AS 1251 0200 0230 smtwtfs Duchanbe 100 0 Dari C AS 7445 0230 0300 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 81 Dari SW AS 9425 0230 0300 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Dari SW AS 9895 0230 0300 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 77 Dari SW AS 15425 0830 0900 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Dari SW AS 17870 0830 0900 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Dari SW AS 1251 0930 1000 smtwtfs Duchanbe 100 0 Dari C AS 15425 0930 1030 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Dari SW AS 17870 0930 1030 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Dari SW AS 1251 1400 1445 smtwtfs Duchanbe 100 0 Dari C AS 6195 1400 1500 smtwtfs Skelton 300 110 Dari W EUR 9810 1400 1500 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Dari SW AS 13610 1400 1500 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 77 Dari SW AS 1251 1445 1500 smtwtfs Duchanbe 100 0 Dari C AS 6090 1700 1730 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Dari SW AS 6155 1700 1730 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 77 Dari SW AS 13610 1700 1730 smtwtfs Skelton 300 90 Dari SW AS 1251 1800 1830 smtwtfs Duchanbe 100 0 Dari C AS 1413 1800 1830 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 Dari SW AS 6090 1800 1830 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Dari SW AS 6155 1800 1830 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 77 Dari SW AS 9795 1800 1830 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 77 Dari SW AS 1251 1830 1900 smtwt.s Duchanbe 100 0 Dari C AS 1413 1830 1900 ....t.. A'Seela 800 80 Dari SW AS 6090 1830 1900 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Dari SW AS 6155 1830 1900 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 77 Dari SW AS 9795 1830 1900 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 77 Dari SW AS 198 0000 0500 smtwtfs Droitwich 500 0 English NW EUR 648 0000 2400 smtwtfs Orfordness 500 131 English W EUR 675 0000 2400 smtwtfs Hong Kong 1 0 English S CHN 5970 0000 0100 smtwtfs Dhabayya 250 90 English S AS 5970 0000 0100 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 50 English FE 6195 0000 0100 smtwtfs Singapore 125 1 English SE AS 7395 0000 0100 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 90 English W AS 9410 0000 0100 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 290 English S AS 12095 0000 0100 smtwtfs Singapore 100 340 English S AS 12095 0000 0100 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 255 English S AS 13725 0000 0100 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 25 English FE 15335 0000 0200 smtwtfs Singapore 100 13 English SE AS 15360 0000 0200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 25 English FE 7395 0100 0200 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 64 English C AS 9410 0100 0200 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 English S AS 11750 0100 0200 smtwtfs Singapore 100 340 English S AS 11750 0100 0200 smtwtfs Singapore 100 140 English SE AS 12095 0100 0200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 275 English S AS 15310 0100 0200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 290 English S AS 17615 0100 0200 smtwtfs Singapore 250 13 English SE AS 666 0130 0600 s...... Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 666 0130 0230 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 666 0130 0400 ......s Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0130 0600 s...... St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0130 0230 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0130 0400 ......s St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0130 0600 s...... Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0130 0230 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0130 0400 ......s Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 1323 0200 0730 .mtwtf. Cyprus 200 150 English ME 1323 0200 2300 s.....s Cyprus 200 150 English ME 1413 0200 0230 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 English S AS 6005 0200 0300 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 6195 0200 0300 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 90 English W AS 9410 0200 0400 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 77 English W AS 12095 0200 0300 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 English S AS 15310 0200 0300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 290 English S AS 594 0300 0600 s.....s Kiev 50 0 English UKR 639 0300 0330 s...... Cyprus 500 180 English N AF 639 0300 0330 .mtwtfs Cyprus 500 180 English N AF 1413 0300 0400 s...... A'Seela 800 350 English ME 1413 0300 0400 .mtwtfs A'Seela 800 350 English ME 3255 0300 0600 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 0 English S AF 6005 0300 0400 smtwtfs Ascension 250 114 English S AF 6145 0300 0400 smtwtfs Meyerton 500 335 English W AF 6190 0300 0600 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 15 English S AF 6195 0300 0400 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 77 English W AS 6195 0300 0400 smtwtfs Skelton 300 110 English EUR 7255 0300 0500 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 9750 0300 0400 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 12035 0300 0500 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 173 English E AF 12095 0300 0400 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 20 English C AS 15310 0300 0600 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 English S AS 17790 0300 0600 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 290 English S AS 11945 0330 0500 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 280 English E AF 1296 0400 0600 smtwtfs Orfordness 35 96 English W EUR 6005 0400 0500 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 English W AF 7310 0400 0600 smtwtfs Meyerton 250 328 English W AF 9410 0400 0600 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 62 English RUSS 12095 0400 0500 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 77 English W AS 12095 0400 0500 smtwtfs Skelton 300 110 English EUR 13675 0400 0500 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 359 English RUSS 15360 0400 0600 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 20 English C AS 666 0406 0600 ......s Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0406 0600 ......s St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0406 0600 ......s Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 3995 0500 0700 smtwtfs Skelton 100 121 English W EUR 6005 0500 0700 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 English W AF 7255 0500 0600 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 11945 0500 0600 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 280 English E AF 12095 0500 0700 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 90 English W AS 15420 0500 0600 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 15420 0500 0530 s...... Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 15560 0500 0600 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 359 English RUSS 17640 0500 0700 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 173 English E AF 594 0600 1500 smtwtfs Kiev 50 0 English UKR 6190 0600 1400 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 0 English S AF 7310 0600 0700 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 9410 0600 0700 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 9860 0600 1400 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 15 English S AF 12015 0600 0700 smtwtfs Meyerton 250 328 English W AF 15310 0600 1200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 290 English S AS 15420 0600 0800 s.....s Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 17790 0600 0700 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 280 English S AS 666 0630 0800 smtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0630 0800 smtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0630 0800 smtwtfs Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 5790 0700 0800 smtwtfs Woofferton 250 114 English W EUR 11760 0700 1400 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 320 English ME 11765 0700 0800 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 English W AF 13830 0700 0800 smtwtfs Ascension 250 55 English W C AF 15400 0700 0800 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 15575 0700 1400 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 90 English W AS 17790 0700 1200 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 English S AS 17830 0700 0800 smtwtfs Meyerton 500 328 English W AF 15400 0800 1000 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 English W AF 17640 0800 1300 s.....s Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 17640 0800 1300 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 17830 0800 1000 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 21470 0800 1400 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 240 English S AF 666 0830 0900 s...... Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 666 0830 0900 .mtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0830 0900 s...... St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0830 0900 .mtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0830 0900 s...... Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0830 0900 .mtwtfs Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 1323 0900 2300 .mtwtf. Cyprus 200 150 English ME 6195 0900 1100 smtwtfs Singapore 125 90 English SE AS 6195 0900 1100 smtwtfs Singapore 125 1 English SE AS 6195 0900 1100 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 0 English SE AS 9740 0900 1100 smtwtfs Singapore 125 135 English SE AS 9740 0900 1100 smtwtfs Singapore 125 13 English SE AS 17760 0900 1200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 25 English FE 21660 0900 1100 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 20 English FE 666 0906 1000 s...... Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 666 0906 1000 .mtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0906 1000 s...... St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0906 1000 .mtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0906 1000 s...... Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 1260 0906 1000 .mtwtfs Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 9545 1000 1400 smtwtfs Moosbrunn 40 300 English W EUR 15400 1000 1130 s.....s Ascension 250 27 English W AF 17830 1000 1100 s.....s Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 666 1030 1100 smtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 1260 1030 1100 smtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 1030 1100 smtwtfs Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 666 1100 1200 smtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 1260 1100 1200 smtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 1100 1200 smtwtfs Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 6195 1100 1200 smtwtfs Singapore 125 1 English SE AS 6195 1100 1600 smtwtfs Singapore 125 90 English SE AS 9740 1100 1600 smtwtfs Singapore 125 135 English SE AS 9740 1100 1600 smtwtfs Singapore 125 13 English SE AS 15280 1100 1200 smtwtfs Singapore 100 13 English SE AS 15400 1100 1130 .mtwtf. Ascension 250 27 English W AF 17830 1100 1700 .mtwtf. Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 17830 1100 1700 s.....s Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 5875 1200 1600 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 25 English FE 6195 1200 1600 smtwtfs Singapore 125 1 English SE AS 11750 1200 1300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 25 English FE 15310 1200 1400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 290 English S AS 17790 1200 1300 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 English S AS 666 1206 1300 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 1260 1206 1300 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 1206 1300 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 9410 1215 1300 .mtwtf. Furman 250 167 English CARIB 11860 1215 1300 .mtwtf. Montsinery 250 305 English CARIB 666 1230 1500 s.....s Ekaterinburg 10 0 English RUSS 1260 1230 1500 s.....s St Petersbur 10 0 English RUSS 1260 1230 1500 s.....s Moscow 10 0 English RUSS 1413 1300 1400 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 English S AS 15420 1300 1400 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 17640 1300 1400 smtwtfs Ascension 250 114 English S AF 17790 1300 1400 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 English S AS 5790 1400 1600 smtwtfs Woofferton 250 114 English W EUR 6190 1400 1600 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 0 English S AF 7230 1400 1600 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 15 English S AF 11920 1400 1600 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 290 English S AS 12095 1400 1500 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 90 English W AS 15310 1400 1600 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 English S AS 17640 1400 1700 smtwtfs Ascension 250 114 English S AF 21470 1400 1700 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 175 English E AF 5975 1500 1600 smtwtfs Singapore 100 320 English S AS 7405 1500 1530 .mtwtfs Meyerton 500 5 English E AF 7405 1500 1530 s...... Meyerton 500 5 English E AF 11860 1500 1530 .mtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 11860 1500 1530 s...... Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 12095 1500 1700 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 95 English EUR 15400 1500 2000 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 English W AF 15420 1500 1530 .mtwtfs Seychelles 250 280 English E AF 15420 1500 1530 s...... Seychelles 250 280 English E AF 1413 1530 1600 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 English S AS 7405 1530 1700 ......s Meyerton 500 5 English E AF 15420 1530 1700 ......s Seychelles 250 280 English E AF 594 1600 1800 .mtwtf. Kiev 50 0 English UKR 594 1600 1900 s.....s Kiev 50 0 English UKR 3255 1600 1800 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 0 English S AF 5790 1600 1700 smtwtfs Woofferton 250 114 English W EUR 5850 1600 1800 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 290 English S AS 5975 1600 1830 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 English S AS 6190 1600 1800 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 15 English S AF 9695 1600 1700 smtwtfs Singapore 250 315 English S AS 17795 1600 1800 smtwtfs Ascension 250 55 English W C AF 7405 1615 1700 s...... Meyerton 500 5 English E AF 11860 1615 1700 s...... Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 15420 1615 1700 s...... Seychelles 250 280 English E AF 11860 1630 1700 ......s Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 15420 1630 1700 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 280 English E AF 1251 1700 1800 s.....s Duchanbe 100 0 English C AS 5790 1700 1900 smtwtfs Skelton 100 150 English W EUR 5875 1700 1900 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 7 English RUSS 6005 1700 1746 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 7405 1700 1900 smtwtfs Meyerton 250 5 English E AF 9410 1700 1746 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 9810 1700 1800 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 90 English W AS 12095 1700 1900 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 173 English E AF 13675 1700 1900 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 62 English RUSS 17830 1700 1800 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 1413 1730 1800 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 English S AS 3255 1800 2200 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 0 English S AF 5850 1800 1830 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 255 English S AS 5850 1800 1830 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 290 English S AS 5950 1800 2000 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 20 English C AS 6190 1800 2200 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 15 English S AF 9485 1800 1900 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 90 English W AS 11810 1800 2000 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 17795 1800 2000 smtwtfs Skelton 300 180 English NAF 6005 1830 2100 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 9410 1830 2100 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 English E AF 594 1900 0300 smtwtfs Kiev 50 0 English UKR 1413 1900 2100 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 350 English ME 3995 1900 2100 smtwtfs Skelton 100 121 English W EUR 5875 1900 2100 smtwtfs Moosbrunn 40 300 English W EUR 6155 1900 2000 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 90 English W AS 12095 1900 2100 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 173 English E AF 11810 2000 2100 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 13820 2000 2100 smtwtfs Skelton 300 180 English NAF 15400 2000 2100 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 English W AF 3915 2100 2200 smtwtfs Singapore 100 160 English SE AS 5790 2100 2200 smtwtfs Skelton 100 105 English W EUR 5875 2100 2200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 20 English FE 5875 2100 2200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 45 English FE 5905 2100 2200 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 60 English FE 6005 2100 2200 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 240 English S AF 6195 2100 2200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 150 English SE AS 7405 2100 2200 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 330 English W AF 9915 2100 2300 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 English W C AF 12095 2100 2300 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 English W AF 3915 2200 2300 smtwtfs Singapore 100 1 English SE AS 5905 2200 2300 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 60 English FE 5935 2200 2300 smtwtfs Meyerton 100 330 English W AF 6195 2200 2400 smtwtfs Singapore 125 1 English SE AS 6195 2200 2300 smtwtfs Singapore 125 90 English SE AS 7490 2200 2300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 45 English FE 9440 2200 2300 smtwtfs Vladivostok 250 240 English FE 9740 2200 2300 smtwtfs Singapore 250 135 English SE AS 3915 2300 2400 smtwtfs Singapore 100 160 English SE AS 6195 2300 0100 smtwtfs Singapore 125 90 English SE AS 7490 2300 2400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 45 English FE 9740 2300 0200 smtwtfs Singapore 125 135 English SE AS 9740 2300 0200 smtwtfs Singapore 125 13 English SE AS 9890 2300 2400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 25 English FE 11850 2300 2400 smtwtfs Singapore 100 90 English SE AS 12010 2300 2400 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 20 English FE 9580 2330 2400 smtwtfs Kimjae 250 285 English FE 1251 0230 0330 smtwtfs Duchanbe 100 0 Farsi C AS 1413 0230 0300 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 350 Farsi ME 7320 0230 0330 smtwtfs Skelton 250 95 Farsi ME 9500 0230 0330 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 97 Farsi ME 9565 0230 0330 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 95 Farsi ME 1251 0330 0400 s.....s Duchanbe 100 0 Farsi C AS 7320 0330 0430 smtwtfs Armavir 200 132 Farsi ME 9565 0330 0430 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 97 Farsi ME 11855 0330 0430 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 335 Farsi ME 1413 1600 1700 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 350 Farsi ME 5875 1600 1700 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Farsi ME 6090 1600 1700 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 335 Farsi ME 6195 1600 1700 smtwtfs Skelton 300 110 Farsi W EUR 13610 1600 1700 smtwtfs Skelton 300 90 Farsi ME 6035 0430 0500 smtwtfs Ascension 250 70 French C AF 7380 0430 0500 smtwtfs Ascension 250 85 French C AF 17885 0430 0500 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 240 French E AF 6105 0600 0630 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 French W AF 7375 0600 0630 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 French W C AF 13820 0600 0630 smtwtfs Skelton 300 180 French N AF 15430 0600 0630 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 280 French N AF 12095 0700 0730 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 French W AF 17640 0700 0730 smtwtfs Meyerton 500 320 French C AF 15425 1200 1230 smtwtfs Sines 250 170 French N AF 17780 1200 1230 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 French W AF 21630 1200 1230 smtwtfs Ascension 250 85 French C AF 5985 1800 1830 smtwtfs Meyerton 250 76 French S AF 15105 1800 1830 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 French W C AF 15180 1800 1830 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 168 French N AF 17660 1800 1830 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 French W C AF 17885 1800 1830 smtwtfs Ascension 250 27 French W AF 5930 2215 2245 s....fs Cyprus 250 314 Greek SE EUR 7210 2215 2245 s....fs Cyprus 300 314 Greek SE EUR 9760 2215 2245 s....fs Cyprus 250 315 Greek SE EUR 6135 0530 0600 smtwtfs Ascension 250 55 Hausa W AF 7375 0530 0600 smtwtfs Ascension 250 55 Hausa W AF 9610 0530 0600 smtwtfs Woofferton 250 160 Hausa W AF 9440 0630 0700 smtwtfs Ascension 250 55 Hausa W AF 11720 0630 0700 smtwtfs Ascension 250 55 Hausa W AF 15515 0630 0700 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 169 Hausa W AF 15105 1345 1415 smtwtfs Ascension 250 55 Hausa W AF 17780 1345 1415 smtwtfs Ascension 250 55 Hausa W AF 21630 1345 1415 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 Hausa W AF 11955 1930 2000 smtwtfs Ascension 250 55 Hausa W AF 15105 1930 2000 smtwtfs Ascension 250 65 Hausa W AF 17885 1930 2000 smtwtfs Ascension 250 55 Hausa W AF 1413 0100 0130 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 Hindi S AS 6065 0100 0130 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 60 Hindi S AS 7315 0100 0130 smtwtfs Tashkent 200 131 Hindi S AS 11995 0100 0130 smtwtfs Singapore 250 315 Hindi S AS 13745 0100 0130 smtwtfs Tashkent 200 131 Hindi S AS 15510 0100 0130 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 280 Hindi S AS 11995 0230 0300 smtwtfs Dhabayya 250 100 Hindi S AS 15660 0230 0300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Hindi S AS 17510 0230 0300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Hindi S AS 17710 0230 0300 smtwtfs Irkutsk 250 224 Hindi S AS 1413 1400 1500 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 Hindi S AS 5915 1400 1500 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 Hindi S AS 7435 1400 1500 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 280 Hindi S AS 9395 1400 1500 smtwtfs Duchanbe 200 125 Hindi S AS 11795 1400 1500 smtwtfs Singapore 250 315 Hindi S AS 15470 1400 1500 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 97 Hindi S AS 1413 1700 1730 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 Hindi S AS 6060 1700 1730 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 60 Hindi S AS 7460 1700 1730 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 280 Hindi S AS 9605 1700 1730 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 90 Hindi S AS 11865 1700 1730 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 275 Hindi S AS 7395 1100 1130 .mtwtf. Singapore 100 140 Indonesian SE AS 9510 1100 1130 .mtwtf. Nakhon Sawan 250 150 Indonesian SE AS 11920 1100 1130 .mtwtf. Singapore 250 90 Indonesian SE AS 5875 2200 2300 smtwt.. Nakhon Sawan 250 150 Indonesian SE AS 6080 2200 2300 smtwt.. Singapore 250 160 Indonesian SE AS 7275 2200 2300 smtwt.. Dhabayya 250 105 Indonesian SE AS 7370 2200 2300 smtwt.. Singapore 250 140 Indonesian SE AS 11925 0500 0600 ......s Meyerton 250 7 Krwanda/Krundi E AF 15420 0500 0600 ......s Seychelles 250 270 Krwanda/Krundi E AF 11925 0530 0600 s...... Meyerton 250 7 Krwanda/Krundi E AF 15420 0530 0600 s...... Seychelles 250 270 Krwanda/Krundi E AF 7405 1630 1700 .mtwtf. Meyerton 500 5 Krwanda/Krundi E AF 11860 1630 1700 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 270 Krwanda/Krundi E AF 5905 1830 1900 .mtwtf. Dhabayya 250 220 Krwanda/Krundi E AF 9590 1830 1900 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 185 Krwanda/Krundi E AF 11865 1830 1900 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 177 Krwanda/Krundi E AF 12095 1300 1330 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Kyrgyz C AS 13845 1300 1330 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 50 Kyrgyz C AS 15180 1300 1330 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 57 Kyrgyz C AS 6095 1300 1530 smtwtfs Kimjae 250 290 Mandarin CHN 7420 1300 1530 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 20 Mandarin CHN 9605 1300 1530 smtwtfs Singapore 250 13 Mandarin FE 15285 1300 1530 smtwtfs Singapore 100 13 Mandarin FE 7325 2200 2300 smtwtfs Dhabayya 250 60 Mandarin CHN 7405 2200 2300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 40 Mandarin CHN 9580 2200 2330 smtwtfs Kimjae 250 285 Mandarin CHN 9610 2200 2300 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 20 Mandarin CHN 9695 2200 2330 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 Mandarin CHN 11980 2200 2330 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 25 Mandarin CHN 6020 1500 1530 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Nepali S AS 9395 1500 1530 smtwtfs Duchanbe 200 125 Nepali S AS 11645 1500 1530 smtwtfs Singapore 100 320 Nepali S AS 5875 0100 0130 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 77 Pashto SW AS 6195 0100 0130 smtwtfs Erevan 100 100 Pashto SW AS 7445 0100 0130 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 81 Pashto SW AS 7445 0200 0230 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 81 Pashto SW AS 9425 0200 0230 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Pashto SW AS 9895 0200 0230 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 77 Pashto SW AS 7445 0300 0330 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 81 Pashto SW AS 9425 0300 0330 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Pashto SW AS 9895 0300 0330 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 77 Pashto SW AS 15425 0900 0930 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Pashto SW AS 17870 0900 0930 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Pashto SW AS 15425 1030 1130 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Pashto SW AS 17870 1030 1130 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 77 Pashto SW AS 6195 1500 1600 smtwtfs Skelton 300 110 Pashto W EUR 9810 1500 1600 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Pashto SW AS 13610 1500 1600 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 77 Pashto SW AS 6100 1630 1700 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 35 Pashto SW AS 7295 1630 1700 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 77 Pashto SW AS 9610 1630 1700 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 77 Pashto SW AS 6090 1730 1800 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Pashto SW AS 6155 1730 1800 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 77 Pashto SW AS 13610 1730 1800 smtwtfs Skelton 300 90 Pashto SW AS 1413 1830 1900 smtw.fs A'Seela 800 80 Pashto SW AS 3380 0430 0530 .mtwtf. Meyerton 100 76 Portuguese S AF 6100 0430 0530 .mtwtf. Ascension 250 102 Portuguese S AF 6145 0430 0530 .mtwtf. Meyerton 250 32 Portuguese S AF 3380 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Meyerton 100 76 Portuguese S AF 6065 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Meyerton 500 320 Portuguese S AF 6135 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Meyerton 250 32 Portuguese S AF 11855 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Ascension 250 115 Portuguese S AF 13745 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Rampisham 500 189 Portuguese W AF 15165 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Skelton 300 195 Portuguese W AF 666 0100 0130 s.....s Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 666 0100 0105 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0100 0130 s.....s St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0100 0105 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0100 0130 s.....s Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 1260 0100 0105 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 666 0105 0130 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0105 0130 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0105 0130 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 5875 0200 0230 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 62 Russian RUSS 9680 0200 0230 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 50 Russian RUSS 11750 0200 0230 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 10 Russian C AS 666 0230 0600 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0230 0600 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0230 0600 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 1251 0330 0400 .mtwtf. Duchanbe 100 0 Russian C AS 666 0400 0406 ......s Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0400 0406 ......s St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0400 0406 ......s Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 9680 0400 0600 .mtwtf. Rampisham 500 47 Russian RUSS 11845 0400 0600 .mtwtf. Woofferton 250 70 Russian RUSS 12025 0400 0600 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 359 Russian RUSS 13820 0400 0600 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 7 Russian RUSS 594 0500 0600 .mtwtf. Kiev 50 0 Russian UKR 666 0600 0630 smtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0600 0630 smtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0600 0630 smtwtfs Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 666 0800 0815 smtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0800 0815 smtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0800 0815 smtwtfs Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 666 0815 0830 smtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0815 0830 smtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0815 0830 smtwtfs Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 666 0900 0906 smtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0900 0906 smtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 0900 0906 smtwtfs Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 666 1000 1015 smtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1000 1015 smtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1000 1015 smtwtfs Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 666 1015 1030 smtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1015 1030 smtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1015 1030 smtwtfs Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 666 1200 1215 s.....s Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 666 1200 1206 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1200 1215 s.....s St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1200 1206 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1200 1215 s.....s Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 1260 1200 1206 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 666 1215 1230 s.....s Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1215 1230 s.....s St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1215 1230 s.....s Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 666 1300 2000 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1300 2000 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1300 2000 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 13740 1300 1400 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 359 Russian RUSS 15170 1300 1400 .mtwtf. Rampisham 500 62 Russian RUSS 11845 1400 1700 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 7 Russian RUSS 13690 1400 1700 .mtwtf. Rampisham 500 47 Russian RUSS 13740 1400 1500 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 359 Russian RUSS 15170 1400 1700 .mtwtf. Woofferton 300 70 Russian RUSS 594 1500 1600 smtwtfs Kiev 50 0 Russian UKR 666 1500 1905 s...... Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 666 1500 2000 ......s Ekaterinburg 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1500 1905 s...... St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1500 2000 ......s St Petersbur 10 0 Russian RUSS 1260 1500 1905 s...... Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 1260 1500 2000 ......s Moscow 10 0 Russian C AS 9915 1500 1700 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 359 Russian RUSS 9915 1600 1730 s.....s Cyprus 250 359 Russian RUSS 11845 1600 1730 s.....s Cyprus 250 7 Russian RUSS 13690 1600 1730 s.....s Rampisham 500 47 Russian RUSS 15170 1600 1730 s.....s Woofferton 300 70 Russian RUSS 11600 1630 1633 s...... Erevan 300 65 Russian C AS 11600 1630 1700 ......s Erevan 300 65 Russian C AS 11600 1633 1700 s...... Erevan 300 65 Russian C AS 1251 1700 1800 .mtwtf. Duchanbe 100 0 Russian C AS 7435 1630 1700 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 255 Sinhala S AS 13630 1630 1700 smtwtfs Skelton 300 95 Sinhala S AS 15690 1630 1700 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 117 Sinhala S AS 12015 0400 0430 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 160 Somali E AF 13685 0400 0430 smtwtfs Dhabayya 250 210 Somali E AF 15530 1100 1130 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 160 Somali E AF 17780 1100 1130 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 160 Somali E AF 11860 1400 1500 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 300 Somali E AF 15420 1400 1500 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 295 Somali E AF 17865 1400 1500 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 125 Somali E AF 6005 1800 1830 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 300 Somali E AF 9410 1800 1830 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 295 Somali E AF 11845 1800 1830 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 160 Somali E AF 9410 1200 1215 .mtwtf. Furman 250 167 Spanish CARIB 11860 1200 1215 .mtwtf. Montsinery 250 305 Spanish CARIB 6155 0300 0330 smtwtfs Meyerton 500 20 Swahili E AF 7210 0300 0330 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 140 Swahili E AF 9610 0300 0330 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 Swahili E AF 6155 0400 0430 smtwtfs Meyerton 250 7 Swahili E AF 7275 0400 0430 smtwtfs Ascension 250 85 Swahili E AF 11785 0400 0430 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 Swahili E AF 11705 1330 1530 ......s Meyerton 500 20 Swahili E AF 7405 1530 1630 .mtwtf. Meyerton 500 5 Swahili E AF 7405 1530 1615 s...... Meyerton 500 5 Swahili E AF 11705 1530 1630 ......s Seychelles 250 285 Swahili E AF 11860 1530 1630 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 270 Swahili E AF 11860 1530 1615 s...... Seychelles 250 270 Swahili E AF 15420 1530 1630 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 280 Swahili E AF 15420 1530 1615 s...... Seychelles 250 280 Swahili E AF 11705 1630 1746 ......s Meyerton 100 15 Swahili E AF 6005 1746 1800 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 Swahili E AF 7230 1746 1800 smtwtfs Meyerton 500 5 Swahili E AF 9410 1746 1800 smtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 Swahili E AF 1251 1000 1030 smtwtfs Duchanbe 100 0 Tajik CAS 1251 1830 1900 .....f. Duchanbe 100 0 Tajik CAS 7435 1545 1615 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 255 Tamil S AS 7435 1545 1615 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 255 Tamil S AS 9860 1545 1615 smtwtfs Singapore 250 270 Tamil S AS 15390 1545 1615 smtwtfs Skelton 300 95 Tamil S AS 15690 1545 1615 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 117 Tamil S AS 594 0300 0500 .mtwtf. Kiev 50 0 Ukrainian UKR 594 1800 1900 .mtwtf. Kiev 50 0 Ukrainian UKR 1413 0130 0200 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 Urdu S AS 6065 0130 0200 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 50 Urdu S AS 7315 0130 0200 smtwtfs Tashkent 200 131 Urdu S AS 7350 0130 0200 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 90 Urdu SW AS 15510 0130 0200 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Urdu S AS 11995 0300 0330 smtwtfs Dhabayya 500 70 Urdu S AS 15660 0300 0330 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Urdu S AS 17510 0300 0330 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Urdu S AS 17655 0300 0330 smtwtfs Novosibirsk 250 195 Urdu S AS 1413 1500 1530 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 Urdu S AS 1413 1500 1600 smtwtfs A'Seela 800 80 Urdu S AS 5965 1500 1530 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 63 Urdu S AS 7435 1500 1530 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Urdu S AS 7435 1500 1545 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Urdu S AS 9510 1500 1530 smtwtfs Singapore 100 315 Urdu S AS 9510 1500 1600 smtwtfs Singapore 100 315 Urdu S AS 11740 1500 1600 smtwtfs Singapore 250 315 Urdu S AS 15470 1500 1530 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 97 Urdu SW AS 15470 1500 1600 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 97 Urdu SW AS 6100 1600 1630 smtwtfs Singapore 250 315 Urdu S AS 9610 1600 1630 smtwtfs Cyprus 300 97 Urdu SW AS 13800 1600 1630 smtwtfs Erevan 100 100 Urdu S AS 15470 1600 1630 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 85 Urdu SW AS 1251 1300 1400 smtwtfs Duchanbe 100 0 Uzbek C AS 15330 1300 1330 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Uzbek C AS 17515 1300 1330 smtwtfs Cyprus 250 57 Uzbek C AS 17695 1300 1330 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 62 Uzbek C AS 11600 1600 1630 smtwtfs Erevan 300 65 Uzbek C AS 11995 1600 1630 smtwtfs Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Uzbek C AS 13630 1600 1630 smtwtfs A'Seela 250 10 Uzbek C AS 17630 1600 1630 smtwtfs Rampisham 500 76 Uzbek C AS 1251 1630 1700 smtwtfs Duchanbe 100 0 Uzbek C AS 1503 1430 1445 smtwtfs Taipei 600 247 Vietnamese SE AS 6155 1430 1445 smtwtfs Singapore 100 13 Vietnamese SE AS 7390 1430 1445 smtwtfs Singapore 100 13 Vietnamese SE AS 9890 1430 1445 smtwtfs Singapore 100 13 Vietnamese SE AS ---- (via Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, India http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/ March 21, dxldyg via DXLD) U.K. BBCWS A-10, sorted by Frequency/time/site Freq Start Stop Days Site Pwr Azi Lang Target --------------------------------------------------------------- 198 0000 0500 ....... Droitwich 500 0 En NW EUR 594 0300 0500 .mtwtf. Kiev 50 0 Ukr UKR 594 0300 0600 s.....s Kiev 50 0 En 594 0500 0600 .mtwtf. Kiev 50 0 Ru 594 0600 1500 ....... Kiev 50 0 En 594 1500 1600 ....... Kiev 50 0 Ru 594 1600 1800 .mtwtf. Kiev 50 0 En 594 1600 1900 s.....s Kiev 50 0 En 594 1800 1900 .mtwtf. Kiev 50 0 Ukr UKR 594 1900 0300 ....... Kiev 50 0 En 639 0300 0330 s...... Cyprus 500 180 En NAF 639 0300 0330 .mtwtfs Cyprus 500 180 En NAF 639 0330 0330 ....... Cyprus 500 180 Ar ME 639 0330 2300 ....... Cyprus 500 180 Ar ME 648 0000 2400 ....... Orfordness 500 131 En W EUR 666 0100 0105 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru RUSS 666 0100 0130 s.....s Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 0105 0130 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 0130 0230 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 0130 0400 ......s Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 0130 0600 s...... Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 0230 0600 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 0400 0406 ......s Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 0406 0600 ......s Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 0600 0630 ....... Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 0630 0800 ....... Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 0800 0830 ....... Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 0830 0900 s...... Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 0830 0900 .mtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 0900 0906 ....... Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 0906 1000 s...... Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 0906 1000 .mtwtfs Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 1000 1030 ....... Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 1030 1200 ....... Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 1200 1206 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 1200 1215 s.....s Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 1206 1300 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 1215 1230 s.....s Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 1230 1500 s.....s Ekaterinburg 10 0 En 666 1300 2000 .mtwtf. Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 1500 1905 s...... Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 666 1500 2000 ......s Ekaterinburg 10 0 Ru 675 0000 2400 ....... Hong Kong 1 0 En SCHN 702 1500 2100 ....... A'Seela 800 315 Ar ME 720 0300 2200 ....... Cyprus 500 110 Ar ME 1251 0200 0230 ....... Duchanbe 100 0 Dari CAS 1251 0230 0330 ....... Duchanbe 100 0 Farsi 1251 0330 0400 .mtwtf. Duchanbe 100 0 Ru 1251 0330 0400 s.....s Duchanbe 100 0 Farsi 1251 0930 1000 ....... Duchanbe 100 0 Dari 1251 1000 1030 ....... Duchanbe 100 0 Tajik 1251 1300 1400 ....... Duchanbe 100 0 Uzbek 1251 1400 1445 ....... Duchanbe 100 0 Dari 1251 1445 1500 ....... Duchanbe 100 0 Dari 1251 1630 1700 ....... Duchanbe 100 0 Uzbek 1251 1700 1800 s.....s Duchanbe 100 0 En 1251 1700 1800 .mtwtf. Duchanbe 100 0 Ru 1251 1800 1830 ....... Duchanbe 100 0 Dari 1251 1830 1900 .....f. Duchanbe 100 0 Tajik 1251 1830 1900 smtwt.s Duchanbe 100 0 Dari 1260 0100 0105 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 Ru RUSS 1260 0100 0105 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 Ru RUSS 1260 0100 0130 s.....s Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 0100 0130 s.....s St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 0105 0130 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 0105 0130 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 0130 0230 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 En 1260 0130 0230 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 0130 0400 ......s Moscow 10 0 En 1260 0130 0400 ......s St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 0130 0600 s...... Moscow 10 0 En 1260 0130 0600 s...... St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 0230 0600 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 0230 0600 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 0400 0406 ......s Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 0400 0406 ......s St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 0406 0600 ......s Moscow 10 0 En 1260 0406 0600 ......s St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 0600 0630 ....... Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 0600 0630 ....... St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 0630 0800 ....... Moscow 10 0 En 1260 0630 0800 ....... St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 0800 0815 ....... Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 0800 0815 ....... St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 0815 0830 ....... Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 0815 0830 ....... St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 0830 0900 s...... Moscow 10 0 En 1260 0830 0900 .mtwtfs Moscow 10 0 En 1260 0830 0900 .mtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 0830 0900 s...... St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 0900 0906 ....... Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 0900 0906 ....... St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 0906 1000 .mtwtfs Moscow 10 0 En 1260 0906 1000 s...... Moscow 10 0 En 1260 0906 1000 s...... St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 0906 1000 .mtwtfs St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 1000 1015 ....... Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 1000 1015 ....... St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 1015 1030 ....... Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 1015 1030 ....... St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 1030 1100 ....... Moscow 10 0 En 1260 1030 1100 ....... St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 1100 1200 ....... Moscow 10 0 En 1260 1100 1200 ....... St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 1200 1206 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 1200 1206 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 1200 1215 s.....s Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 1200 1215 s.....s St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 1206 1300 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 En 1260 1206 1300 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 1215 1230 s.....s Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 1215 1230 s.....s St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 1230 1500 s.....s Moscow 10 0 En 1260 1230 1500 s.....s St Petersbur 10 0 En 1260 1300 2000 .mtwtf. Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 1300 2000 .mtwtf. St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 1500 1905 s...... Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 1500 1905 s...... St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1260 1500 2000 ......s Moscow 10 0 Ru 1260 1500 2000 ......s St Petersbur 10 0 Ru 1296 0400 0600 ....... Orfordness 35 96 En WEUR 1323 0200 0730 .mtwtf. Cyprus 200 150 En ME 1323 0200 2300 s.....s Cyprus 200 150 En ME 1323 0900 2300 .mtwtf. Cyprus 200 150 En ME 1413 0030 0100 ....... A'Seela 800 35 Dari SWAS 1413 0100 0130 ....... A'Seela 800 80 Hindi SAS 1413 0130 0200 ....... A'Seela 800 80 Urdu SAS 1413 0200 0230 ....... A'Seela 800 80 En SAS 1413 0230 0300 ....... A'Seela 800 350 Farsi ME 1413 0300 0400 .mtwtfs A'Seela 800 350 En ME 1413 0300 0400 s...... A'Seela 800 350 En ME 1413 1300 1400 ....... A'Seela 800 80 En SAS 1413 1400 1500 ....... A'Seela 800 80 Hindi SAS 1413 1500 1530 ....... A'Seela 800 80 Urdu SAS 1413 1500 1600 ....... A'Seela 800 80 Urdu SAS 1413 1530 1600 ....... A'Seela 800 80 En SAS 1413 1600 1700 ....... A'Seela 800 350 Farsi ME 1413 1700 1730 ....... A'Seela 800 80 Hindi SAS 1413 1730 1800 ....... A'Seela 800 80 En SAS 1413 1800 1830 ....... A'Seela 800 80 Dari SWAS 1413 1830 1900 ....t.. A'Seela 800 80 Dari SWAS 1413 1830 1900 smtw.fs A'Seela 800 80 Pa SWAS 1413 1900 2100 ....... A'Seela 800 350 En ME 1503 1430 1445 ....... Taipei 600 247 Viet SEAS 3255 0300 0600 ....... Meyerton 100 0 En SAF 3255 1600 1800 ....... Meyerton 100 0 En SAF 3255 1800 2200 ....... Meyerton 100 0 En SAF 3380 0430 0530 .mtwtf. Meyerton 100 76 Por SAF 3380 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Meyerton 100 76 Por SAF 3915 2100 2200 ....... Singapore 100 160 En SEAS 3915 2200 2300 ....... Singapore 100 1 En SEAS 3915 2300 2400 ....... Singapore 100 160 En SEAS 3995 0500 0700 ....... Skelton 100 121 En W EUR 3995 1900 2100 ....... Skelton 100 121 En W EUR 5790 0700 0800 ....... Woofferton 250 114 En W EUR 5790 1400 1600 ....... Woofferton 250 114 En W EUR 5790 1600 1700 ....... Woofferton 250 114 En W EUR 5790 1700 1900 ....... Skelton 100 150 En W EUR 5790 2100 2200 ....... Skelton 100 105 En W EUR 5850 1600 1800 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 290 En SAS 5850 1800 1830 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 255 En SAS 5850 1800 1830 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 290 En SAS 5855 1330 1400 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Be SAS 5875 0030 0100 ....... Cyprus 300 77 Dari SWAS 5875 0100 0130 ....... Cyprus 300 77 Pa SWAS 5875 0130 0200 ....... Cyprus 300 77 Dari SWAS 5875 0200 0230 ....... Rampisham 500 62 Ru RUSS 5875 1200 1600 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 25 En FE 5875 1600 1700 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Farsi ME 5875 1700 1900 ....... Cyprus 300 7 En RUSS 5875 1900 2100 ....... Moosbrunn 40 300 En W EUR 5875 2100 2200 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 20 En FE 5875 2100 2200 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 45 En FE 5875 2200 2300 smtwt.. Nakhon Sawan 250 150 Ind SEAS 5905 0300 0400 ....... Skelton 300 125 Ar ME 5905 0400 0600 ....... Cyprus 300 173 Ar ME 5905 0600 1400 ....... Cyprus 300 173 Ar ME 5905 1400 1700 ....... Cyprus 300 173 Ar ME 5905 1830 1900 .mtwtf. Dhabayya 250 220 Krwand/Krund EAF 5905 2100 2200 ....... A'Seela 250 60 En FE 5905 2200 2300 ....... A'Seela 250 60 En FE 5915 1400 1500 ....... A'Seela 250 63 Hi SAS 5930 2215 2245 s....fs Cyprus CYBC 250 314 Gr SEEUR 5935 2200 2300 ....... Meyerton 100 330 En WAF 5950 1800 2000 ....... A'Seela 250 20 En CAS 5965 1500 1530 ....... A'Seela 250 63 Urdu SAS 5965 1530 1600 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 290 Be SAS 5970 0000 0100 ....... A'Seela 250 50 En FE 5970 0000 0100 ....... Dhabayya 250 90 En SAS 5975 1500 1600 ....... Singapore 100 320 En SAS 5975 1600 1830 ....... A'Seela 250 63 En SAS 5985 1800 1830 ....... Meyerton 250 76 Fr SAF 5995 1630 1700 ....... Singapore 250 330 Be SAS 6005 0200 0300 ....... Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 6005 0300 0400 ....... Ascension 250 114 En SAF 6005 0400 0500 ....... Ascension 250 27 En WAF 6005 0500 0700 ....... Ascension 250 27 En WAF 6005 1700 1746 ....... Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 6005 1746 1800 ....... Seychelles 250 270 Swah EAF 6005 1800 1830 ....... Seychelles 250 300 So EAF 6005 1830 2100 ....... Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 6005 2100 2200 ....... Seychelles 250 240 En SAF 6020 1500 1530 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Nep SAS 6035 0430 0500 ....... Ascension 250 70 Fr CAF 6040 0300 0400 ....... Cyprus 250 173 Ar ME 6040 0300 0400 ....... Cyprus 250 101 Ar ME 6060 1700 1730 ....... A'Seela 250 60 Hindi SAS 6065 0000 0030 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Bur SEAS 6065 0100 0130 ....... A'Seela 250 60 Hi SAS 6065 0130 0200 ....... A'Seela 250 50 Urdu SAS 6065 0200 0215 .mtwtf. Rampisham 500 85 AzeriCAS 6065 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Meyerton 500 320 Por SAF 6065 2330 2400 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Be SAS 6080 2200 2300 smtwt.. Singapore 250 160 Ind SEAS 6090 1600 1700 ....... A'Seela 250 335 Fa ME 6090 1700 1730 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Dari SWAS 6090 1730 1800 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Pa SWAS 6090 1800 1830 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Dari SWAS 6090 1830 1900 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Dari SWAS 6095 1300 1530 ....... Kimjae 250 290 Ch CHN 6100 0430 0530 .mtwtf. Ascension 250 102 Por SAF 6100 1600 1630 ....... Singapore 250 315 Urdu SAS 6100 1630 1700 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Pa SWAS 6105 0600 0630 ....... Ascension 250 27 Fr WAF 6115 0400 0500 ....... Skelton 300 180 Ar NAF 6135 0530 0600 ....... Ascension 250 55 Ha WAF 6135 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Meyerton 250 32 Por SAF 6145 0300 0400 ....... Meyerton 500 335 En WAF 6145 0430 0530 .mtwtf. Meyerton 250 32 Por SAF 6155 0300 0330 ....... Meyerton 500 20 Swah EAF 6155 0400 0430 ....... Meyerton 250 7 Swah EAF 6155 1345 1430 ....... Singapore 100 340 Bur SEAS 6155 1400 1700 ....... Cyprus 250 101 Ar ME 6155 1430 1445 ....... Singapore 100 13 Viet SEAS 6155 1700 1730 ....... Cyprus 250 77 Dari SWAS 6155 1730 1800 ....... Cyprus 250 77 Pa SWAS 6155 1800 1830 ....... Cyprus 250 77 Dari SWAS 6155 1830 1900 ....... Cyprus 250 77 Dari SWAS 6155 1900 2000 ....... Cyprus 250 90 En WAS 6165 0200 0215 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 57 Azeri CAS 6190 0300 0600 ....... Meyerton 100 15 En SAF 6190 0600 1400 ....... Meyerton 100 0 En SAF 6190 1400 1600 ....... Meyerton 100 0 En SAF 6190 1600 1800 ....... Meyerton 100 15 En SAF 6190 1800 2200 ....... Meyerton 100 15 En SAF 6195 0000 0100 ....... Singapore 125 1 En SEAS 6195 0100 0130 ....... Erevan 100 100 Pa SWAS 6195 0130 0200 ....... Erevan 100 100 Dari SWAS 6195 0200 0300 ....... Cyprus 250 90 En WAS 6195 0300 0400 ....... Cyprus 250 77 En WAS 6195 0300 0400 ....... Skelton 300 110 En EUR 6195 0900 1100 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 0 En SEAS 6195 0900 1100 ....... Singapore 125 1 En SEAS 6195 0900 1100 ....... Singapore 125 90 En SEAS 6195 1100 1200 ....... Singapore 125 1 En SEAS 6195 1100 1600 ....... Singapore 125 90 En SEAS 6195 1200 1600 ....... Singapore 125 1 En SEAS 6195 1400 1500 ....... Skelton 300 110 Dari WEUR 6195 1500 1600 ....... Skelton 300 110 Pa WEUR 6195 1600 1700 ....... Skelton 300 110 Fa WEUR 6195 1700 1900 ....... A'Seela 250 305 Ar ME 6195 1900 2000 ....... Cyprus 300 121 Ar ME 6195 2000 2100 ....... Cyprus 250 281 Ar NAF 6195 2000 2100 ....... Cyprus 300 121 Ar ME 6195 2100 2200 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 150 En SEAS 6195 2200 2300 ....... Singapore 125 90 En SEAS 6195 2200 2400 ....... Singapore 125 1 En SEAS 6195 2300 0100 ....... Singapore 125 90 En SEAS 7210 0300 0330 ....... Rampisham 500 140 Swah EAF 7210 2215 2245 s....fs Cyprus CYBC 300 314 Gr SEEUR 7225 1330 1400 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Be SAS 7230 1400 1600 ....... Meyerton 100 15 En SAF 7230 1746 1800 ....... Meyerton 500 5 Swah EAF 7255 0300 0500 ....... Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 7255 0500 0600 ....... Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 7275 0400 0430 ....... Ascension 250 85 Swah EAF 7275 2200 2300 smtwt.. Dhabayya 250 105 Ind SEAS 7295 1630 1700 ....... Cyprus 250 77 Pa SWAS 7310 0400 0600 ....... Meyerton 250 328 En WAF 7310 0600 0700 ....... Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 7315 0100 0130 ....... Tashkent 200 131 Hindi SAS 7315 0130 0200 ....... Tashkent 200 131 Urdu SAS 7320 0230 0330 ....... Skelton 250 95 Farsi ME 7320 0330 0430 ....... Armavir 200 132 Farsi ME 7325 0400 0600 ....... Rampisham 500 168 Ar NAF 7325 2200 2300 ....... Dhabayya 250 60 Ch CHN 7350 0130 0200 ....... Cyprus 250 90 Urdu SWAS 7350 1230 1300 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Be SAS 7370 2200 2300 smtwt.. Singapore 250 140 Ind SEAS 7375 0530 0600 ....... Ascension 250 55 Ha WAF 7375 0600 0630 ....... Ascension 250 65 Fr WCAF 7375 1700 2100 ....... Cyprus 300 173 Ar ME 7380 0430 0500 ....... Ascension 250 85 Fr CAF 7390 1430 1445 ....... Singapore 100 13 Viet SEAS 7395 0000 0100 ....... Cyprus 300 90 En WAS 7395 0100 0200 ....... Cyprus 300 64 En CAS 7395 1100 1130 .mtwtf. Singapore 100 140 Ind SEAS 7405 1500 1530 .mtwtfs Meyerton 500 5 En EAF 7405 1500 1530 s...... Meyerton 500 5 En EAF 7405 1530 1615 s...... Meyerton 500 5 Swah EAF 7405 1530 1630 .mtwtf. Meyerton 500 5 Swah EAF 7405 1530 1700 ......s Meyerton 500 5 En EAF 7405 1615 1700 s...... Meyerton 500 5 En EAF 7405 1630 1700 .mtwtf. Meyerton 500 5 Krwand/Krund EAF 7405 1700 1900 ....... Meyerton 250 5 En EAF 7405 2100 2200 ....... Meyerton 100 330 En WAF 7405 2200 2300 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 40 Ch CHN 7410 1630 1700 ....... Singapore 100 340 Be SAS 7420 1300 1530 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 20 Ch CHN 7435 1400 1500 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 280 Hi SAS 7435 1500 1530 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Urdu SAS 7435 1500 1545 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Urdu SAS 7435 1545 1615 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 255 Ta SAS 7435 1545 1615 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 255 Ta SAS 7435 1630 1700 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 255 Sinh SAS 7445 0030 0100 ....... Cyprus 300 81 Da SWAS 7445 0100 0130 ....... Cyprus 300 81 Pa SWAS 7445 0130 0200 ....... Cyprus 300 81 Da SWAS 7445 0200 0230 ....... Cyprus 300 81 Pa SWAS 7445 0230 0300 ....... Cyprus 300 81 Da SWAS 7445 0300 0330 ....... Cyprus 300 81 Pa SWAS 7460 1700 1730 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 280 Hi SAS 7485 1530 1600 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Be SAS 7490 2200 2300 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 45 En FE 7490 2300 2400 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 45 En FE 7565 2330 2400 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Be SAS 9360 1230 1300 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Be SAS 9395 1400 1500 ....... Duchanbe 200 125 Hi SAS 9395 1500 1530 ....... Duchanbe 200 125 Nep SAS 9410 0000 0100 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 290 En SAS 9410 0100 0200 ....... A'Seela 250 63 En SAS 9410 0200 0400 ....... Cyprus 250 77 En WAS 9410 0400 0600 ....... Rampisham 500 62 En RUSS 9410 0600 0700 ....... Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 9410 1200 1215 .mtwtf. Furman 250 167 Sp CARIB 9410 1215 1300 .mtwtf. Furman 250 167 En CARIB 9410 1630 1700 ....... Singapore 250 340 Be SAS 9410 1700 1746 ....... Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 9410 1746 1800 ....... Seychelles 250 270 Swah EAF 9410 1800 1830 ....... Seychelles 250 295 So EAF 9410 1830 2100 ....... Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 9425 0200 0230 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Pa SWAS 9425 0230 0300 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Dari SWAS 9425 0300 0330 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Pa SWAS 9435 0200 0215 .mtwtf. Dhabayya 250 345 Azeri CAU 9440 0630 0700 ....... Ascension 250 55 Ha WAF 9440 2200 2300 ....... Vladivostok 250 240 En FE 9465 0300 0400 ....... Cyprus 300 117 Ar ME 9485 1800 1900 ....... Cyprus 300 90 En WAS 9500 0230 0330 ....... Cyprus 300 97 Farsi ME 9505 1600 1630 ....... Cyprus 250 64 Azeri CAS 9510 1100 1130 .mtwtf. Nakhon Sawan 250 150 Ind SEAS 9510 1500 1530 ....... Singapore 100 315 Urdu SAS 9510 1500 1600 ....... Singapore 100 315 Urdu SAS 9545 1000 1400 ....... Moosbrunn 40 300 En WEUR 9565 0230 0330 ....... Rampisham 500 95 Farsi ME 9565 0330 0430 ....... Cyprus 300 97 Farsi ME 9570 0030 0100 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Be SAS 9580 2200 2330 ....... Kimjae 250 285 Ch CHN 9580 2330 2400 ....... Kimjae 250 285 En FE 9585 1345 1430 ....... Singapore 100 340 Burm SEAS 9590 1830 1900 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 185 Krwand/Krund EAF 9605 1300 1530 ....... Singapore 250 13 Ch FE 9605 1700 1730 ....... Cyprus 250 90 Hindi SAS 9610 0300 0330 ....... Seychelles 250 270 Swah EAF 9610 0530 0600 ....... Woofferton 250 160 Ha WAF 9610 1600 1630 ....... Cyprus 300 97 Urdu SWAS 9610 1630 1700 ....... Cyprus 300 77 Pa SWAS 9610 2200 2300 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 20 Ch CHN 9680 0200 0230 ....... Cyprus 250 50 Ru RUSS 9680 0400 0600 .mtwtf. Rampisham 500 47 Ru RUSS 9695 1600 1700 ....... Singapore 250 315 En SAS 9695 2200 2330 ....... A'Seela 250 63 Ch CHN 9740 0900 1100 ....... Singapore 125 13 En SEAS 9740 0900 1100 ....... Singapore 125 135 En SEAS 9740 1100 1600 ....... Singapore 125 135 En SEAS 9740 1100 1600 ....... Singapore 125 13 En SEAS 9740 2200 2300 ....... Singapore 250 135 En SEAS 9740 2300 0200 ....... Singapore 125 13 En SEAS 9740 2300 0200 ....... Singapore 125 135 En SEAS 9750 0300 0400 ....... Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 9760 2215 2245 s....fs Cyprus CYBC 250 315 Gr SEEUR 9795 1800 1830 ....... Cyprus 250 77 Dari SWAS 9795 1830 1900 ....... Cyprus 250 77 Dari SWAS 9810 0000 0030 ....... Singapore 100 340 Burm SEAS 9810 1400 1500 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Dari SWAS 9810 1500 1600 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Pa SWAS 9810 1700 1800 ....... Cyprus 250 90 En WAS 9835 0130 0200 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Be SAS 9860 0600 1400 ....... Meyerton 100 15 En SAF 9860 1545 1615 ....... Singapore 250 270 Tamil SAS 9890 1430 1445 ....... Singapore 100 13 Viet SEAS 9890 2300 2400 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 25 En FE 9895 0200 0230 ....... Cyprus 300 77 Pa SWAS 9895 0230 0300 ....... Cyprus 300 77 Dari SWAS 9895 0300 0330 ....... Cyprus 300 77 Pa SWAS 9915 0400 0500 ....... Rampisham 500 140 Ar NAF 9915 0500 0700 ....... Rampisham 500 140 Ar NAF 9915 0500 0700 ....... Skelton 300 180 Ar NAF 9915 1500 1700 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 359 Ru RUSS 9915 1600 1730 s.....s Cyprus 250 359 Ru RUSS 9915 1800 2100 ....... Cyprus 250 280 Ar NAF 9915 1800 2100 ....... Skelton 300 125 Ar ME 9915 2100 2300 ....... Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 11600 1600 1630 ....... Erevan 300 65 Uzbek CAS 11600 1630 1633 s...... Erevan 300 65 Ru CAS 11600 1630 1700 ......s Erevan 300 65 Ru CAS 11600 1633 1700 s...... Erevan 300 65 Ru CAS 11640 0130 0200 ....... Singapore 250 330 Be SAS 11645 1500 1530 ....... Singapore 100 320 Nep SAS 11680 0600 0700 ....... Cyprus 250 281 Ar NAF 11680 0700 0800 ....... Rampisham 500 168 Ar NAF 11680 1700 1900 ....... Rampisham 500 168 Ar NAF 11680 1900 2100 ....... Moosbrunn 100 115 Ar ME 11680 1900 2100 ....... Rampisham 500 168 Ar NAF 11695 2330 2400 ....... Singapore 250 330 Be SAS 11705 1330 1530 ......s Meyerton 500 20 Swah EAF 11705 1530 1630 ......s Seychelles 250 285 Swah EAF 11705 1630 1746 ......s Meyerton 100 15 Swah EAF 11720 0630 0700 ....... Ascension 250 55 Ha WAF 11740 0400 0600 ....... Cyprus 300 180 Ar ME 11740 1500 1600 ....... Singapore 250 315 Urdu SAS 11750 0000 0030 ....... Singapore 250 330 Burm SEAS 11750 0030 0100 ....... Singapore 250 330 Be SAS 11750 0100 0200 ....... Singapore 100 140 En SEAS 11750 0100 0200 ....... Singapore 100 340 En SAS 11750 0200 0230 ....... A'Seela 250 10 Ru CAS 11750 1200 1300 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 25 En FE 11760 0700 1400 ....... A'Seela 250 320 En ME 11765 0700 0800 ....... Ascension 250 27 En WAF 11785 0400 0430 ....... Seychelles 250 270 Swah EAF 11795 1330 1400 ....... Singapore 250 330 Be SAS 11795 1400 1500 ....... Singapore 250 315 Hi SAS 11810 1800 2000 ....... Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 11810 2000 2100 ....... Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 11820 0300 0400 ....... Skelton 300 125 Ar ME 11820 0400 0500 ....... Cyprus 300 101 Ar ME 11820 0500 0800 ....... Cyprus 300 101 Ar ME 11820 1400 1500 ....... Cyprus 300 121 Ar ME 11820 1500 1700 ....... Cyprus 300 121 Ar ME 11820 1500 1700 ....... Rampisham 500 168 Ar NAF 11820 1700 1800 ....... Cyprus 300 121 Ar ME 11820 1700 1800 ....... Cyprus 250 280 Ar NAF 11845 0400 0600 .mtwtf. Woofferton 250 70 Ru RUSS 11845 1400 1700 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 7 Ru RUSS 11845 1600 1730 s.....s Cyprus 250 7 Ru RUSS 11845 1800 1830 ....... Cyprus 250 160 So EAF 11850 2300 2400 ....... Singapore 100 90 En SEAS 11855 0330 0430 ....... A'Seela 250 335 Farsi ME 11855 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Ascension 250 115 Por SAF 11860 1200 1215 .mtwtf. Montsinery 250 305 Sp CARIB 11860 1215 1300 .mtwtf. Montsinery 250 305 En CARIB 11860 1400 1500 ....... Seychelles 250 300 So EAF 11860 1500 1530 s...... Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 11860 1500 1530 .mtwtfs Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 11860 1530 1615 s...... Seychelles 250 270 Swah EAF 11860 1530 1630 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 270 Swah EAF 11860 1615 1700 s...... Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 11860 1630 1700 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 270 Krwand/Krund EAF 11860 1630 1700 ......s Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 11865 1700 1730 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 275 Hi SAS 11865 1830 1900 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 177 Krwand/Krund EAF 11920 1100 1130 .mtwtf. Singapore 250 90 Ind SEAS 11920 1400 1600 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 290 En SAS 11925 0500 0600 ......s Meyerton 250 7 Krwand/Krund EAF 11925 0530 0600 s...... Meyerton 250 7 Krwand/Krund EAF 11945 0330 0500 ....... Seychelles 250 280 En EAF 11945 0500 0600 ....... Seychelles 250 280 En EAF 11945 1345 1430 ....... Singapore 250 340 Burm SEAS 11945 1500 1530 ....... Cyprus 300 64 Azeri CAS 11955 1530 1600 ....... Singapore 100 340 Be SAS 11955 1930 2000 ....... Ascension 250 55 Ha WAF 11970 1230 1300 ....... Singapore 100 330 Be SAS 11980 2200 2330 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 25 Ch CHN 11995 0100 0130 ....... Singapore 250 315 Hindi SAS 11995 0230 0300 ....... Dhabayya 250 100 Hindi SAS 11995 0300 0330 ....... Dhabayya 500 70 Urdu SAS 11995 1600 1630 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Uzbek CAS 12010 2300 2400 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 20 En FE 12015 0400 0430 ....... Cyprus 250 160 So EAF 12015 0600 0700 ....... Meyerton 250 328 En WAF 12025 0400 0600 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 359 Ru RUSS 12035 0300 0500 ....... Cyprus 250 173 En EAF 12095 0000 0100 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 255 En SAS 12095 0000 0100 ....... Singapore 100 340 En SAS 12095 0100 0200 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 275 En SAS 12095 0200 0300 ....... A'Seela 250 63 En SAS 12095 0300 0400 ....... A'Seela 250 20 En CAS 12095 0400 0500 ....... Cyprus 250 77 En WAS 12095 0400 0500 ....... Skelton 300 110 En EUR 12095 0500 0700 ....... Cyprus 250 90 En WAS 12095 0700 0730 ....... Ascension 250 27 Fr WAF 12095 1300 1330 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Kyrgyz CAS 12095 1400 1500 ....... Cyprus 250 90 En WAS 12095 1500 1700 ....... Rampisham 500 95 En EUR 12095 1700 1900 ....... Cyprus 250 173 En EAF 12095 1900 2100 ....... Cyprus 250 173 En EAF 12095 2100 2300 ....... Ascension 250 27 En WAF 13610 1400 1500 ....... Cyprus 300 77 Dari SWAS 13610 1500 1600 ....... Cyprus 300 77 Pa SWAS 13610 1600 1700 ....... Skelton 300 90 Farsi ME 13610 1700 1730 ....... Skelton 300 90 Dari SWAS 13610 1730 1800 ....... Skelton 300 90 Pa SWAS 13630 1600 1630 ....... A'Seela 250 10 Uzbek CAS 13630 1630 1700 ....... Skelton 300 95 Sinh SAS 13660 0400 0500 ....... Dhabayya 250 300 Ar ME 13660 0500 0600 ....... Dhabayya 250 300 Ar ME 13660 0600 0800 ....... Cyprus 300 121 Ar ME 13660 1500 1700 ....... Skelton 300 180 Ar NAF 13660 1700 1800 ....... Moosbrunn 100 115 Ar ME 13660 1700 1800 ....... Skelton 300 180 Ar NAF 13660 1800 1900 ....... Moosbrunn 100 115 Ar ME 13660 1800 1900 ....... Skelton 300 180 Ar NAF 13660 1900 2000 ....... Skelton 300 180 Ar NAF 13675 0400 0500 ....... Cyprus 250 359 En RUSS 13675 1700 1900 ....... Rampisham 500 62 En RUSS 13685 0400 0430 ....... Dhabayya 250 210 So EAF 13690 1400 1700 .mtwtf. Rampisham 500 47 Ru RUSS 13690 1600 1730 s.....s Rampisham 500 47 Ru RUSS 13720 1500 1530 ....... Skelton 300 90 Azeri CAS 13725 0000 0100 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 25 En FE 13740 1300 1400 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 359 Ru RUSS 13740 1400 1500 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 359 Ru RUSS 13745 0100 0130 ....... Tashkent 200 131 Hi SAS 13745 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Rampisham 500 189 Por WAF 13800 1600 1630 ....... Erevan 100 100 Urdu SAS 13820 0400 0600 .mtwtf. Cyprus 250 7 Ru RUSS 13820 0600 0630 ....... Skelton 300 180 Fr NAF 13820 1600 1630 ....... Moosbrunn 100 95 Azeri CAS 13820 2000 2100 ....... Skelton 300 180 En NAF 13830 0700 0800 ....... Ascension 250 55 En WCAF 13845 1300 1330 ....... Cyprus 300 50 Kyrgyz CAS 15105 1345 1415 ....... Ascension 250 55 Ha WAF 15105 1800 1830 ....... Ascension 250 65 Fr WCAF 15105 1930 2000 ....... Ascension 250 65 Ha WAF 15165 2030 2100 .mtwtf. Skelton 300 195 Por WAF 15170 1300 1400 .mtwtf. Rampisham 500 62 Ru RUSS 15170 1400 1700 .mtwtf. Woofferton 300 70 Ru RUSS 15170 1600 1730 s.....s Woofferton 300 70 Ru RUSS 15180 0700 0800 ....... Cyprus 300 280 Ar NAF 15180 0800 1000 ....... Woofferton 250 170 Ar NAF 15180 1300 1330 ....... Cyprus 300 57 Kyrgyz CAS 15180 1800 1830 ....... Rampisham 500 168 Fr NAF 15280 1100 1200 ....... Singapore 100 13 En SEAS 15285 1300 1530 ....... Singapore 100 13 Ch FE 15310 0030 0100 ....... Singapore 250 315 Be SAS 15310 0100 0200 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 290 En SAS 15310 0200 0300 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 290 En SAS 15310 0300 0600 ....... A'Seela 250 63 En SAS 15310 0600 1200 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 290 En SAS 15310 1200 1400 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 290 En SAS 15310 1400 1600 ....... A'Seela 250 63 En SAS 15330 1300 1330 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 325 Uzbek CAS 15335 0000 0200 ....... Singapore 100 13 En SEAS 15360 0000 0200 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 25 En FE 15360 0400 0600 ....... A'Seela 250 20 En CAS 15360 0600 0800 ....... Cyprus 250 180 Ar ME 15360 1500 1530 ....... Rampisham 500 92 Azeri CAS 15360 1600 1630 ....... Woofferton 250 92 Azeri CAS 15390 1545 1615 ....... Skelton 300 95 Tamil SAS 15400 0700 0800 ....... Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 15400 0800 1000 ....... Ascension 250 27 En WAF 15400 1000 1130 s.....s Ascension 250 27 En WAF 15400 1100 1130 .mtwtf. Ascension 250 27 En WAF 15400 1500 2000 ....... Ascension 250 27 En WAF 15400 2000 2100 ....... Ascension 250 27 En WAF 15420 0500 0530 s...... Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 15420 0500 0600 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 15420 0500 0600 ......s Seychelles 250 270 Krwand/Krund EAF 15420 0530 0600 s...... Seychelles 250 270 Krwand/Krund EAF 15420 0600 0800 s.....s Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 15420 1300 1400 ....... Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 15420 1400 1500 ....... Seychelles 250 295 So EAF 15420 1500 1530 s...... Seychelles 250 280 En EAF 15420 1500 1530 .mtwtfs Seychelles 250 280 En EAF 15420 1530 1615 s...... Seychelles 250 280 Swah EAF 15420 1530 1630 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 280 Swah EAF 15420 1530 1700 ......s Seychelles 250 280 En EAF 15420 1615 1700 s...... Seychelles 250 280 En EAF 15420 1630 1700 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 280 En EAF 15425 0830 0900 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Dari SWAS 15425 0900 0930 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Pa SWAS 15425 0930 1030 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Dari SWAS 15425 1030 1130 ....... A'Seela 250 35 Pa SWAS 15425 1200 1230 ....... Sines 250 170 Fr NAF 15430 0600 0630 ....... Cyprus 300 280 Fr NAF 15470 1400 1500 ....... Cyprus 300 97 Hindi SAS 15470 1500 1530 ....... Cyprus 250 97 Urdu SWAS 15470 1500 1600 ....... Cyprus 250 97 Urdu SWAS 15470 1600 1630 ....... Rampisham 500 85 Urdu SWAS 15510 0100 0130 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 280 Hindi SAS 15510 0130 0200 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Urdu SAS 15515 0630 0700 ....... Rampisham 500 169 Ha WAF 15530 1100 1130 ....... Cyprus 250 160 So EAF 15560 0500 0600 ....... Cyprus 250 359 En RUSS 15575 0700 1400 ....... Cyprus 250 90 En WAS 15660 0230 0300 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Hindi SAS 15660 0300 0330 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Urdu SAS 15690 1545 1615 ....... Cyprus 300 117 Tamil SAS 15690 1630 1700 ....... Cyprus 300 117 Sinh SAS 15790 1400 1700 ....... Cyprus 250 180 Ar ME 17505 0800 1000 ....... Cyprus 250 280 Ar NAF 17510 0230 0300 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 305 Hindi SAS 17510 0300 0330 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Urdu SAS 17515 1300 1330 ....... Cyprus 250 57 Uzbek CAS 17615 0100 0200 ....... Singapore 250 13 En SEAS 17630 1600 1630 ....... Rampisham 500 76 Uzbek CAS 17640 0500 0700 ....... Cyprus 250 173 En EAF 17640 0700 0730 ....... Meyerton 500 320 Fr CAF 17640 0800 1300 s.....s Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 17640 0800 1300 .mtwtf. Seychelles 250 270 En EAF 17640 1300 1400 ....... Ascension 250 114 En SAF 17640 1400 1700 ....... Ascension 250 114 En SAF 17655 0300 0330 ....... Novosibirsk 250 195 Urdu SAS 17660 1800 1830 ....... Ascension 250 65 Fr WCAF 17695 1300 1330 ....... Rampisham 500 62 Uzbek CAS 17710 0230 0300 ....... Irkutsk 250 224 Hindi SAS 17760 0900 1200 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 25 En FE 17780 1100 1130 ....... Cyprus 300 160 So EAF 17780 1200 1230 ....... Ascension 250 27 Fr WAF 17780 1345 1415 ....... Ascension 250 55 Ha WAF 17790 0300 0600 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 290 En SAS 17790 0600 0700 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 280 En SAS 17790 0700 1200 ....... A'Seela 250 63 En SAS 17790 1200 1300 ....... A'Seela 250 63 En SAS 17790 1300 1400 ....... A'Seela 250 63 En SAS 17795 1600 1800 ....... Ascension 250 55 En WCAF 17795 1800 2000 ....... Skelton 300 180 En NAF 17830 0700 0800 ....... Meyerton 500 328 En WAF 17830 0800 1000 ....... Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 17830 1000 1100 s.....s Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 17830 1100 1700 .mtwtf. Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 17830 1100 1700 s.....s Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 17830 1700 1800 ....... Ascension 250 65 En WCAF 17865 1400 1500 ....... Rampisham 500 125 So EAF 17870 0830 0900 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Dari SWAS 17870 0900 0930 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Pa SWAS 17870 0930 1030 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 300 Dari SWAS 17870 1030 1130 ....... Cyprus 300 77 Pa SWAS 17885 0430 0500 ....... Seychelles 250 240 Fr EAF 17885 1800 1830 ....... Ascension 250 27 Fr WAF 17885 1930 2000 ....... Ascension 250 55 Ha WAF 21470 0800 1400 ....... Seychelles 250 240 En SAF 21470 1400 1700 ....... Cyprus 250 175 En EAF 21630 1200 1230 ....... Ascension 250 85 Fr CAF 21630 1345 1415 ....... Ascension 250 65 Ha WAF 21660 0900 1100 ....... Nakhon Sawan 250 20 En FE (Alokesh Gupta- IND, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 20 via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ** U K. BBC R3 & WS DJ CHARLIE GILLETT DIES BBC News March 17 2354 BBC Radio 3 and World Service presenter Charlie Gillett has died after a long illness, aged 68. Known as a champion of world music, the Lancashire-born broadcaster passed away in a London hospital on Wednesday, his family has confirmed. He contracted an autoimmune disease, and last week suffered a heart attack. Gillett is credited with discovering Dire Straits in 1976 after playing Sultans of Swing from their demo tape on his Radio London show Honky Tonk. He also wrote an acclaimed history of rock'n'roll, The Sound of the City, in the 1970s. World Service director Peter Horrocks said he was an inspiration whose spirit of adventure and passion for the rich diversity of global music opened the ears of the world. "His broadcasts brought together music and radio fans from far flung corners of the globe," he said. "His postbag was one of the biggest, most affectionate and diverse in Bush House, which confirmed his special place in listener's lives. He was a very special broadcaster and he will be sorely missed." Gillett was part of a panel who first coined the term "world music" Gillett stood down from his regular slot on Radio 3's World on 3 for health reasons two months ago, with fellow presenters Lopa Kothari and Mary Ann Kennedy covering. The station's controller, Roger Wright, said at the time: "Radio 3 has always valued Charlie's immense knowledge and passion for world music which has been much enjoyed by listeners." Gillett, who was born in Morecambe and brought up in Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, discovered several stars of world music while on Radio London. They include Youssou N'Dour, Salif Keita, and the young singer of Portuguese fado music, Mariza. In the mid-70s he formed a partnership with his dentist and went on to manage Kilburn and the High Roads, whose lead singer was Ian Dury. Notable successes on his label and publishing company, Oval Music, were Lene Lovich's Lucky Number and Paul Hardcastle's number one hit 19. The DJ also turned down an offer to present BBC Two's live music show The Old Grey Whistle Test. In 1979 he moved to commercial station Capital Radio, where he began to feature music from around the world. More recently he appeared on BBC London. He was known to millions of listeners for his World Service programme Charlie Gillett's World of Music (via Mike Barraclough, March 17, dxldyg via DXLD) Similar: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7066538.ece (The Times March 18, 2010 via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) Similar: WORLD MUSIC CHAMPION CHARLIE GILLETT DIES AT 68 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031800674_pf.html (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) One of the reasons I grew to love shortwave radio was the diverse range of music you can hear from stations around the globe. And for me in the early eighties, shortwave was the main means of hearing this music aside from a small collection of vinyl LPs available in Virgin Records, Oxford. This music came to be known as World Music and one of its champions who encouraged my love of this music and introduced to much more was Charlie Gillett with his shows on Radio London, Capital, GLR, BBC World Service and more recently Radio 3. Sadly Charlie died yesterday aged 68 following a long illness - but his legacy lives on with World Music now reaching a much wider audience. I only saw Charlie once, introducing Portuguese fado singer Mariza at a Womad festival in Reading, but his distinctive voice enthusing about a new release over the airwaves will remain an everlasting memory. If Charlie had chosen a song or tune for his show, you could be sure it was worth a listen - Alan. Read Richard Williams' tribute to Charlie in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/17/charlie-gillett-obituary Charlie Gillett's website with archive programmes and reviews: http://www.charliegillett.com/ (Alan Pennington, March 18, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006nk32 ---------------------------------------- Charlie Gillett's World Of Music 20 March 2010 Synopsis --- Another chance to hear Charlie at his best: an eclectic selection of mountain music from last year. Plus tributes from friends and listeners to World of Music. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsns/episodes/upcoming ---------------------------------------------------------- Charlie Gillett's World Of Music Coming up: WORLD SERVICE 20 Mar 2010 23:32 Listener tributes to Charlie plus his 2009 programme on mountain music. 21 Mar 2010 14:32 Listener tributes to Charlie plus his 2009 programme on mountain music. 22 Mar 2010 03:32 Listener tributes to Charlie plus his 2009 programme on mountain music. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ''The Strand'' pays tribute to BBC World Service DJ Charlie Gillett: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006mrjz Listen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p006mrjz Regards, (Dragan Lekic, Serbia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) THE STRAND PAYS TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE GILLETT This weekend sees a special edition of The Strand, paying tribute to the late Charlie Gillett. His BBC World Service series, World of Music launched in 1999 and was known to a dedicated audience of millions across the globe. Mark Worthy presents this tribute programme, which boasts a prestigious list of world music artists including Damon Albarn, Yasmin Levy from Jerusalem, 17 Hippies from Germany, Toumani Diabate from Mali, Novalima from Peru and Fat Freddie's Drop from New Zealand. During a long and successful career, Charlie was attributed with the discovery of many artists and bands, including the UK's Dire Straits. He decided to play Sultans of Swing, a song from their demo tape, whilst presenting his BBC Radio London show Honky Tonk and just months later Dire Straits signed a major record deal and were catapulted to world fame. Charlie was hugely influential in the world music industry and championed many well-loved artists including Youssou N'Dour, Salif Keita and Mariza. He also worked as a record label owner, manager, journalist, author and publisher. In 2006 he was awarded The John Peel Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music Radio by the UK radio industry's organisation, the Radio Academy. The Strand, 29 March 2010 (BBC World Agenda mailing list via DXLD) No details of times but 29 March is MONDAY (gh, DXLD) BBCWS Saturday: Charlie Gillett tribute From BBCWS Coming Soon March 24: The BBC's Mark Coles presents a special tribute programme to the late Charlie Gillett, DJ and radio presenter. [i.e. March 27] Charlie was huge fan of and expert in World Music, and in this special programme world music stars pay their respects to Charlie and the influence he had on the world music landscape. Tribute to Charlie Gillett - On air and Online from Saturday East Africa - Saturday 06:00 GMT West Africa - Saturday 06:00 GMT America - Saturday 13:00 GMT East Asia - Saturday 13:00 GMT South Asia - Saturday 05:00 GMT Europe & Middle East - Saturday 09:00 GMT Australia - Saturday 22:00 GMT UK - Saturday 08:00 GMT (via Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ?? Even preëmpting the news, or do they really mean +:06 minutes? (gh) ** U K. BBC RADIO 4 ANTHEM SIGNOFF DRAWS COMPLAINTS, DEFENSE BBC RADIO 4 has always ended its broadcast day by playing the British national anthem, "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN," but the DAILY TELEGRAPH reports that the station's "FEEDBACK" program opened the question of whether the practice should continue and received complaints that the anthem is "too loud," "too jingoistic," and prevents listeners from drifting off to sleep. Complaints registered on the show's message board called the anthem "a lamentable musical travesty" and "dire," although some defended the practice of playing the song as a "much-loved tradition." RADIO 4's DENNIS NOLAN said that the network will continue to play the anthem, calling it an "important" part of RADIO 4's culture and said. "The national anthem is a big cultural symbol and like many of these symbols it is complicated. That is to say it has all sorts of emotional meanings and can be read in lots of different ways. While some will hear it as jingoistic others will hear it is as comforting and encouraging and redolent of tradition and community and all sorts of other things." RADIO 4 plays the anthem at 1 am nightly, after playing the tune "SAILING BY" and airing the shipping news, a practice in place since the station launched in 1967. BBC WORLD SERVICE airs on the station 1- 5:20 am (allacess.com via Brock Whaley, HI for DXLD) ** UNITED KINGDOM. QSL: 11875, IBRA Radio via Rampisham Transmitter. After sending an e-mail follow-up, got back a reply in 24-hours from the V/S: Maria Levander. She sent me two e-mail .pdf QSL letters with full data and site indicated with languages of the two broadcasts (Hausa and Fon) E-mail: info @ ibra.se (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. SHR International --- This Sunday 28th March 08.00 - 20.00 UK Time or 07.00 - 19.00 UTC. I hope we got the clock right this time :-) Note: A double bill of Brendan & Tim this week. [THEREFORE THESE TIMES ARE UT +1; SUBTRACT ONE HOUR FOR UT:] 08.00 - 12.00 Vintage SHR - Rebroadcasts from offshore and inland pirate radio plus various documentaries about all forms of radio from yesterday and today. 12.00 - 12.30 DX'ing with Cumbre - Marie Lamb brings DX News. 12.30 - 13.00 Glenn Hauser's world of radio - DX radio news for enthusiasts. 13.00 - 14.00 The Happy Station Show with Keith Perron. 14.00 - 14.15 DX Partyline - DX information with Allen Graham. 14.15 - 14.30 Australian DX Report (ADXR) with Bob Padula. 14.30 - 15.00 Frequency Cast - UK TV & Tech from Carl & Pete. 15.00 - 20.00 Our Music with Brendan & Tim - Join Brendan Bradley and Timmy Wing for their own selection of music and fun. Join us on-line at www.southhertsradio.com or live at http://209.51.162.171/south_herts_radio Major changes to the website this week and ongoing, we are having a bit of a spring clean. 73 (Gary Drew, South Hearts Radio, March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. 5450/usb, MVU, Witney UK; RAF VOLMET with conditions weather info for places like Manchester, Cardiff and Waddington in YL computer voice with British accent. ID as "RAF VOLMET" several times, including :05. SIO 333 0302-0312 21/Mar (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheeet March 26 via DXLD) ** U S A. I could write a whole, long essay about the Voice of America, and the wonderful programs they used to have in the 1970's. I refer mainly to programs in English, but, also to programs in other languages I could understand. The programs of Voice of America were wonderful! They have many kinds of programs about American literature, American culture, American music and events at American colleges, and so many other things that I can't tell you. And, today, Voice of America is not at all like that. They only broadcast the news, and some propaganda; it makes me very sad to see what has happened to the Voice of America. It used to be a wonderful vehicle for telling people in other countries what life in the United States is like. Now it does not do this (Tim Hendel, AL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tim, You are really too harsh. Altho there are not many long-form programs, you will still find many of these subjects covered in a typical VOA news hour. There is even a segment about American universities. There is a full hour of jazz on Sundays at 1300, and other musical genres on weekdays at 2100, sadly not including classical (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe more on VOA than I realize --- Glenn, perhaps I sell VOA short. Maybe because it's not so audible as it used to be. I do remember, maybe with nostalgia, how interesting I used to find their programs when I first listened, as a teenager and college student (Tim Hendel, AL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA, SEX DISCRIMINATION, AND MY CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A LUCRATIVE SETTLEMENT. "A Look Back: March 22, 2000: Some 1,100 women denied jobs with the now-defunct U.S. Information Agency and its broadcast branch, the Voice of America, won $508 million from the government in the largest- ever settlement of a federal sex discrimination case." South Bend Tribune, 22 March 2010. (www.kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) Normally, I would not post this mere kumquat of a news item. Except, in this case, I have a personal anecdote. I was, for a time, listed among the plaintiffs in this suit. That is, until, some bureaucrat with too much time on his/her hands noticed that I was among the rare group of Guys Named Kim. http://www.guysnamedkim.com/GNK/index.html Immediately, $200,000 or so was subtracted from my projected income. The requirements were that I be female and passed up for promotion. I failed the former but qualified eminently for the latter. If I had a dime for every time I've been passed up for promotion, I could own one of those nice home entertainment systems. You know, with a 63-inch plasma television and the big chairs that form an arc, each with its own cupholder. Turns out I can afford one of the cupholders. Posted: 24 Mar 2010 (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.) ** U S A. Checking frequency usage now for ``A Fondo``, the VOA/Radio Martí joint produxion, now 00-01 UT Tue-Sat: at 0007 March 19 on 5890 and 9885 over DentroCuban jamming, and on 7340 with no jamming. Also on RM frequency 6030 atop jamming, but about 2 seconds behind the other frequencies even tho they are all coming from Greenville B; perhaps the feed to 6030 had to go thru some more satellite hops to Miami and back. Meanwhile there was nothing but jamming audible on the other RM frequencies 7365 and 9825, so I suspect during this hour RM transmitters take a break from them. Next check at 0206, 7365 was back on, good with RM atop jamming. At 0025 on 7340, AF made a frequency announcement, quite out of date, not corrected since the service started: ``de lunes a viernes, 8 a 9 de la noche en 11625, 9415, 7340 y por Radio Martí en 1180, y onda corta 6030, 7365, 9825 kilociclos [sic].`` Would someone please get the AF announcers to read the VOA A-Z language schedule, any other accurate internal document, or previous DX LISTENING DIGEST to know what frequencies they are really on, as 11625 and 9415 have been dropped, and as I just monitored, 7365 and 9825 apparently silent too. 11640, very distorted spur centered here just as I tuned in at 1400, heard a snatch of the Radio Martí IS and off. Another Greenville transmitter out of order, but how did it get here, nowhere near any known RM frequency? Which ones go off the air at 1400? 5745 and 7405, so must have been from one of those, but obviously not harmonic and can`t figure how they could mix with any other GB frequency to land on 11640. 15390, open carrier with hum at 1409 March 19, no doubt Greenville tuning up for 1630 Creole transmission, instead of 15370 a few days ago, which was probably a mistake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 7390, March 25 at 1259, VOA Yankee Doodle Dandy sign- on, pause and 1300 into Cantonese. This is via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, at 13-15. News began with item about GoDaddy following example of Google vs Chinese censorship – and no jamming audible! The ChiCom normally don`t bother with jamming Cantonese broadcasts for some reason. However, there was a trace of very weak music under; nothing else scheduled at this time except Belarus, unlikely. 7385 WHRI was just signing off, but carrier stayed on a minute past 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KTMI: Glenn, I took an hour and a half from my farming chores last Monday and drove to the area NE of Lebanon, Oregon where the putative shortwave site is purported to be constructed. The license application has a set of coordinates, and when pinpointed on a topo map (or Google Earth) they are a bit SW of the road intersection described in the application for CP. There is a fairly substantial graveled road into the area where the coordinates show the site, but it has a locked gate. The vegetation is such that one can't really see if there's been any antenna construction of low-profile antennas such as rhombics, but, in my opinion tellingly, there is no indication of any three-phase power into the site. So I am still skeptical that this facility has actually been constructed as was alleged in the license application. Regards, (Benjamin Dawson, WA, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. On WORLD OF RADIO 1505 this week, I mention that WJHR has not been heard for some time. As if in reply, there it is on 15550- USB, March 25 at 1401, ``beginning our broadcast day`` with address wjhr @ usa.com. Then instrumental hymn on plucked instrument, ``Rock of Ages``; 1403 into the perpetual preacher, referencing Proverbs XIV: 34. Possibly WJHR had been active some in the afternoons, when I am not monitoring so regularly, but --- note this from DXLD 10-11: (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WJHR HAS BEEN BROADCASTING ILLEGALLY Glenn, In DXLD and elsewhere, WJHR Milton FL has been reported with what would appear to be programming. FCC rule 73.712(a) limits an international broadcast station conducting equipment tests to voice ID and tones only. http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2010/73/712/ I inquired to the FCC about the status of this station. The Commission responded that this station has a construction permit and has not filed an application for license. The station can only do equipment tests, not actual programming, until a license application is filed and program test authority (PTA) is granted. PTA and licensed operation must be at 50 kW PEP (Benn Kobb, March 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15550-USB, while I heard WJHR signing on at 1401 March 25, see earlier report, later chex around 1800, 1938 failed to find it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) However: 15550/USB, WJHR Milton FL; 2200-2203:32*, 25-Mar; ID spot then off after gospel tune. SIO=3+54- (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15550 USB, WJHR, Milton, FL, 1500-1515, March 26, English religious talk. ID at 1502. Gospel music. Fair signal but occasional deep fades. Also heard with a good signal at 1725 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) Heard WJHR with preaching again on 15550 USB today at 1715 (Sheryl Paszkiewicz, Manitowoc WI, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO monitoring chex: Thu March 18 at 2100, I could only hear jamming on 9955, so unsure if WRMI was on the air. UT Fri March 19, WRMI fair signal without jamming at 0011 with ballgame interview by YL, then CDHD Brigade 2506, fill music and WRMI QSL offer, 0030 WORLD OF RADIO 1504, reading S9+10 even with attenuation necessarily switched on vs WWCR 9980 overload. Both weakened somewhat during the semihour, but we remained 99% readable at occasional chex. Area 51 webcast of WOR scheduled for 0000 UT Fri instead had music running at 0015. I must say this time is highly irregular. ACB Radio webcast at 0100 UT Fri did have new WOR 1504 playing, contrary to last week 1502 instead of 1503. 9955, WRMI confirmed with WORLD OF RADIO 1504 underway at 1345 Saturday March 20, vs DentroCuban pulse jamming which was stronger. Thanks a lot, Arnie! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Last evening, 19 March 2010, I was tuned to WRMI from 2340 UTC on 9955 kHz. Surprisingly, the "jamming" was not present and I was able to listen to a special feature about Cuba at 0015, followed by World of Radio at 0030 [UT Friday; also Wednesdays]. Just thought you might like to know you were heard well here. 73's, (Ed Insinger, NJ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO attempted monitoring Thursday March 25: scheduled on WBCQ now only at 1900-1930 Thu/Tue/Wed on 7415; at 1920 just barely audible, 1923 faded up enough to hear a familiar voice mentioning 9960 and 9930 about Radio Bar-Kulan; 9330-CUSB, which sometimes stays on past 1900, was not to be heard. WBCQ`s other transmitter was better audible on 15420-CUSB with Global Spirit Proclamation. I hope those closer to Monticello ME (but not too close) have sufficient reception on 7415 some three hours before sunset and counting. Next scheduled airing is 2100 on WRMI, 9955: altho the frequency was vacant before then, no WRMI and no jamming either, by 2100 it was fully loaded with jamming. Tnx a lot, my friend in Habana! Better luck we hope at 0030 UT Friday; and after that at 0330 on WWRB 3185. More WORLD OF RADIO 1505 monitoring chex UT Friday March 26: 0000+ on alleged Area 51 webcast: no, just music and chat labeled Lumpy Gravy show; at 0030 on WRMI 9955, confirmed with fair signal and no jamming audible. 0100+ on ACB Radio Mainstream webcast, confirmed. 0330 on WWRB 3185: confirmed, VG signal, started at 0331. 1430 on WRMI 9955: confirmed, no jamming audible, but very weak signal between Japanese from Palau on 9950, and perpetual RTTY around 9960. Next chance is 2030 on WWCR 7465, which from next Friday will be on 15825 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, WRMI in French to Haiti, March 22 at 1322, and not jammed. Maybe the DCJC is catching on to the new schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WRMI`s recently added programming at 21-23 UT, which Jeff White confirms is not only webcast but shortwaved on 9955, tho whenever we have checked, we only hear DentroCuban jamming; as of March 23: MON 2100-2130 WAVESCAN 2200-2300 FORO REVOLUCIONARIO CUBANO TUE 2100-2130 HISTORIAS DE RADIO 2130-2200 TROVA LIBRE 2200-2215 VOZ DE LA COORDINADORA [Sat] 2215-2230 VOZ DE LA COORDINADORA [Sun] 2230-2300 WORLD OF RADIO [NEW!] WED 2100-2155 HAPPY STATION 2200-2300 LA ROSA DE TOKIO THU 2100-2130 WORLD OF RADIO 2130-2200 STUDIO DX 2200-2300 ENCONTRO DX FRI 2100-2130 AIRES ANDINOS 2130-2200 MEXICO DE LEYENDA 2200-2215 VIVA MIAMI 2215-2230 CDHD BRIGADA 2506 ENGLISH 2230-2300 FRECUENCIA AL DIA (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWRB running 5050 much longer hours, testing? Nothing but Bible readings heard, not the Alex Scourby version but someone else with stilted KJV, and occasional musical background. FCC schedule shows only: 5050 2200 0400 WWRB 100 45 4,5,9 1234567 140310 280310 But the FCC sked is still only version 2 dated 07 Jan, at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/B09FCC02.TXT never having got around to a version 3 as B09 is almost over. 5050 at 0544 March 18, Bible reading with considerable distortion, and ACI to Brasil 5045 but that was still audible unlike 24 hours earlier when WWRB was splattering down to 5035. Next check at 1200 March 18, 5050 was still (again?) on the air with more of same, blocking any chance of hearing Vanuatu on 5055. And WWRB 5050 still on at 1210, 1232, 1306, but gone by next check 1318, when, however, 3185 was still audible with Brother Scare // much stronger 9385. This time the splattering spurs were from WWRB 9385, instead of WTJC 9370, March 18 at 1334 since their frying/buzzing sounds matched, down to 9370 and up to 9400, bothering WTJC and FEBC Philippines in Chinese, respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9385, March 22 at 1428, Brother Scare on WWRB, splattering with sizzling sound as low as 9360 and as hi as 9405, especially bothering another defective signal, WTJC 9370, tsk2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3185, WWRB, Manchester TN with a clearly paranoid skitzo religious(?) type rambling in what appeared to be English (I'll explain: each word he used was recognizable as a standard English word. His sentences however, were disjointed random thoughts that bordered on incoherent, but were closer to psychotic) about the "end of the church age", politics and how Obama is planning on using 'health care' as a tool to enslave the masses and transfer wealth to his Wall Street backers who are keeping his secrets. Even a mention of the Bush/Obama conspiracy without actually saying what that is. Listening to this is like watching a train wreck: you see it coming, you know it isn't going to be pretty, but somehow you just have to look/listen. And not once did he use the word 'Asshole'. But he did say "Satan, you suck!" and told listeners to confess to God we are all sinners. Dr. Gene must be spinning in his grave! I had to listen to the BoH but all he did was ID himself as Dr. Richard Kimble "Your continuing Fugitive", no program name or other indication of what medications he is prescribed, etc. WWRB's schedule lists "The Last Voice of The Church Age" as a program title, and although he used the phrase 'church age' it was never in that context. Ah well! Fun stuff in a sick sort of way! SIO 555 0115-0131 24/Mar (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheeet March 26 via DXLD) Also today I hear WWRB with a fair signal on 5050 with religious programmes going past 0800. This one had a clear ID just before the hour. Here, there is QRM from a strong mystery carrier on about 5050.5 which has been present at 0730 past 1030 for several weeks now - no modulation has ever been heard, although I'm not tuned to it continuously! And today a Stanag type digital signal that has been using 5051+ on and off is off air, so the carrier and WWRB are audible. (Noel R. Green (NW England), March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5050, WWRB, still on extended schedule, March 25 at 1220 with Bible readings --- or not exactly, tho in stilted KJV English, adding dramatizations with angry crowd noises, different voices M & W, even music. I had a feeling something awful was about to happen to J. C. Modulation distorted as usual and splattering to the low side where there was an intermittent blob circa 5042 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWCR is still using 7490 instead of 7465 during the 00-01 UT hour, as noted 0023 March 19, even tho the reason for moving there to avoid VOA on 7465 no longer applies. Since DST began, Lavwdlamerik is on 5835 and 7590 only during that hour. But things could change further with imminent A10 season. 7465, WWCR now starting at 2000 since DST started, including WORLD OF RADIO Friday March 19 at 2030; VG reception here at 2050 check but dropped off the air for less than a minute at 2055, during which nothing else was heard, altho R. Tirana is supposed to be there in German Mon-Sat 2030 in B-09. However, at 2059 as WOR was ending, underneath heard very weak IS from one of the gospel broadcasters, TWR? That is not scheduled on 7465 at all. Anyhow, in A10, WWCR plans to move the switch from 15825 to 7465 an hour later to 2100, so that will put WOR back on 15825 for the rest of the season. Instead of Musical Memories, which was instead of Country Crossroads still showing on the schedule for Saturday 1300-1330 on 7490, when I intuned March 20 at 1323 heard Jerry and Brady with Ask WWCR!? Not exactly; apparently this is a special 30-minute program they are inserting at various unknown times until April 15, discussing the A-10 schedule, etc. Toward the end, Phil Patton explained why SW stations don`t stay on a single frequency all the time, striving for the ideal Optimum Working Frequency, just below the MUF. A new quarter-hour Ask WWCR is starting today #311, but nothing on the webpage about this other half-hour special, nor is the A-10 transmission schedule on display yet. But the sked was explained on #311 which I listened to online, summarizing here: WWCR-1: 0100-0900 3215 0900-1100 9985 1100-2100 15825 2100-0100 7465 (7490 no longer for one hour) WWCR-2: 0000-1200 5935 DGS 1200-1600 7490 1600-2100 12160 2100-2400 9345 NEW WWCR-3: 0000-1200 4840 1200-2400 13845 DGS et al. WWCR-4, PPP: 0200-1200 5890 1200-0200 9980 Thus for half the day, in the daytime, transmitters 2 and 3 are exchanging frequencies; 4840 is extended at night, 5070 no longer in use (but plans to bring it back later). 9345 had been registered for some time but not in use until A-10. I should point out that reception may be different as the nominal azimuth for #2 is 85 degrees, and #3 is 40 degrees. The programming on #2 frequencies ex-#3, 7490, 12160 will continue to be what had been on the same frequencies when they were coming from #3 transmitter, is that clear? Conversely, DGS at least in the afternoons, and Joyce Riley at 12-15 M-F will continue to be on 13845. (She`s also simulcast on 7490 which becomes #2) BTW, V. of Korea has a 200 kW non-direxional broadcast on 9345 at 21- 24, and likely to continue in A-10. Perhaps WWCR was unaware of it since North Korea does not participate in HFCC. As for WORLD OF RADIO, that should mean the Saturday 1630 broadcast (reconfirmed still there March 20) stays on 12160. As expected, the Friday 2030 moves from 7465 to 15825 starting April 2. Sunday 0230 on 4840, since altho DGS is on #2-13845 in the daytime, he`s on #3-5935 at night. And WOR still Sunday 0630 on 3215. They also confirmed that the reason for leaving 5070 was a complaint the FCC got from an ``eastern bloc`` country about interference to a fixed transmission, even tho WWCR has been using it since 1991 with no such problems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4840.00, 0915-0932, UnID, 21st March 2010 in English with religious talks, but was interestings is part of it sounded like an old type of vinyl recording that got stuck, section of the talks was repeated over and over again until I guess somebody realized what is happening, then the broadcast was cut at 0926, come back on air at 0928 with the program info and what sounded like an ID and postal address, but my reception was very poor and could not copy (John Kecskes, Australia, HCDX via DXLD) It`s WWCR; the Sunday 0900-0930 UT program is ``A Call To Worship`` with Bernie Timmerman, according to http://www.wwcr.com/program-guides/WWCR_Program_Guide.pdf 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Thank You all. I thought it was WWCR but was not sure (John Kecskes, ibid.) 7490, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 0024-0040:18*, 22-March; C&W & Bluegrass tunes. Off abruptly in mid-twang. S30 signal. // 7505.62 spur, SIO=3+32+; 7474.4 also there but distorted due to strong 7475 [GREECE] signal (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WWCR 4840 continues to be well heard at this same time [0730-1030+] but signals via 3185 and 3215 have now gone down in strength from what they were a few weeks ago. (Noel R. Green (NW England), March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. A great improvement in defective Scriptures for America feeds to WTWW and WWCR: instead of distorted overmodulation, no modulation at all! March 18 at 0545, silent carriers on 5080, 5890. Almost: 5890 had weak crosstalk from PMS on 5935, but may have been receiver-produced by very strong signals. 5890 also had 8-kHz het from Cuban spy transmitter also open carrier on 5898. Blessed relief from the ranting of Pastor Pete Peters: UT March 19 at 0121, just open carrier on WWCR 5070, 5890 and WTWW 5080! Meanwhile at 0123 there were a couple of familiar computer audio cues, briefly filling the void. And so it went until PPP finally cut on in progress at 0133 on all three frequencies. So for at least 12 minutes, 3 x 100 kW transmitters were broadcasting nothing thanks to the incompetence of Mr. Aryan Man. As I tuned by 9480 WTWW, March 20 at 1501, Scriptures for America announcer was giving outdated schedule and asking for e-mail or phoned reports. Still claimed to be on 9475 and 5755 instead of only 9480 and 5080! Wake up in Laporte (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9480, WTWW Lebanon TN (presumed); 2136...2200+, 18-Mar; Scriptures for America Worldwide with Pastor Pete Peters pontificating passages from Pastor Peter's Pulpit. (While pursuing my paltry passtime, I paused to perceive the proceedings and was positively perplexed. It perpetrated passionate palpitations in my pathetically puny palate.) PPP talking about other people's gods and to beware of men with long hair. (What about all those photographs of Jesus that look like John Derek?) 2154 racial, homophobic & sexist comments by one of PPP's toadies to D.A. [must mean dead air, a regular feature of SFAW --- gh] at 2159. S30 signal // 9980 WWCR with S25. Both had D.A. at 2159; WWCR ID'd on 9980 at 2159:45 -- did not hear one on 9480, but may have missed it. Both 9480 & 9980 continued with PPP // at 2200. Both had weak co- channel audio (couldn't tell if //), so maybe studio or feed problem. There was no time differential between 9480 & 9980 (Harold Frodge, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Please pause, Harold. The portrayal of a picture of Jesus as a photograph is preposterous. Portrait, Picture, or Painting are possible, but there were no photographs, photographers or even photographic equipment present during periods when Jesus passed amongst the peoples of Palestine. Precision of persons putting logs on paper for placement in MARE's publications is a prerequisite. Prepare profferings for publication with greater precision please! :) I couldn't resist -k (Ken Zichi, MARE Tipsheet ed., via DXLD) 5080, 0350-0420, WTWW, Lebanon, 20/03, English, OM religious talks, more short talks with mentions of their SW frequencies, Russia (as target area), local stations of Ohio and WWCR – fair and slightly better in USB (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) WTWW off 5080, March 23 at 0541, and instead found back on 5755 at 0542 with --- what else? --- Pastor Pete Peters // WWCR 5890. So it looks like somebody complained, likely the utility on 5078 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) What I assume to be WTWW is back on 5755 today (March 24) at 0802 check with a better signal than when on 5080, which is today empty at this time (not checked before 0800). (Noel R. Green (NW England), March 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WTWW continues to be heard at night on 5755 ex-5080 ex-5755, such as 0130 UT March 24. George McClintock tells me that there were no complaints about using 5080, but it was just being tested for eventual use by WTWW-2. Meanwhile, WTWW-1 is back on 5755. He is now engrossed in installing the second Continental 418 transmitter, and expects to keep broadcasting the Sciptures for America network on WTWW-1, with programming officially beginning April 1. That presumably means broadcasts will no longer be interrupted as needed for minor adjustments, as was still happening March 23. He is also deciding about purchasing a third transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WTWW absent from 9480 and 5755, March 25 at 1306 check. 9480, WTWW still/again missing around 1920 March 25, but at next tuneby 1945, PPP was back on. Later I was checking out MW reception on the original ultralight, Sony SRF-59 barefoot, and found that the dial is off allowing it to tune way below 530 kHz. Even below the ``PN`` beacon listed at 515 kHz in Ponca City OK, I was getting Scriptures for America! Guesstimate 510 kHz, but impossible to tell on tiny analog dial. Tuning for this is extremely critical versus the backlash on the thumbwheel, unlike real MW stations, and makes no difference whether I switch to DX or local attenuation. Must be a receiver-produced image from SW 9480 WTWW or 9980 WWCR which are // and with extremely strong overloading signals here. Will be hard to tell which, unless WTWW cuts off again and I can still hear it. But listened carefully at hourtop 2100 and 510 had a WTWW ID by Ted Randall, still ``performing equipment tests``, while no ID break at all from WWCR, at least not at this exact time. WTWW missing again from 9480, at 1428 check March 26 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13845, WWCR Joyce Riley obliterated by big mushy spur from 13835 WEWN, March 22 at 1334. At this time the fundamental of WEWN was much stronger than WWCR, so it all depends on their relative levels. One wonders if WWCR is really running full power, but even if it is, surely less than WEWN even at reduced power for it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15420, 1800-1808, WBCQ, Monticello, 20/03, English, OM religious talk - fair-poor signal almost with the same level as BBC WS on the same channel, best in USB. 15420.05-USB, 1914-1924, WBCQ again, 21/03, English, OM monotonous religious talk, 1919'50 YL ann with postal and e-mail addresses, 1921'26 music and YL ID as "This is the Lord of the Spirit radio broadcast", then YL monotonous talk - from almost good to fair-poor due to the unstable propagation (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) 7415, WBCQ Monticello ME; 2210-2304+, 23-March; QSO program with Ted Randall; interview with Joe Moell about DFing, mentioning http://www.homingin.com ID at 2304 after lengthy bumper tune. SIO=544 with occasional ute chirp and some splash from 7405 jammed R. Martí (presumed) in Spanish (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9265, WINB with Brother Scare already at 1254 March 18, unlike the day before when did not start until 1330. Has WINB updated its program schedule yet? Of course not! No listing of The Overcomer Ministry at all. How about TOM website itself? What a laugh! Does mention WINB but confuses it with WWRB. The times are wrong. Still has imaginary 11520 frequency for WINB, etc., etc. BTW, the TOM logo of a radio tower atop a globe looks rather like a cartoon-bomb with a fuse sparking. 18530, WINB, March 22 at 1410, Brother Scare on 2 x 9265, registering S6 vs the background noise level of S5. 18530, March 23 at 1411, Brother Scare JBA // WINB 9265 of which this is second harmonic. 18530, at 1349 March 24, Brother Scare 100% readable on weak but well- modulated signal from WINB 9265 x 2. 18530, Brother Scare on WINB second harmonic, March 25 at 1408 was just barely audible but // 9265. 13570, WINB, which has no shame, still transmitting convicted child- molesting evangelist ``Tony Alamo`` now serving a 175-year sentence at a Tucson prison, March 25 at 1935; still has worldwide outreach as he is alleging that God is unpleased with ``people walking around naked exposing their filthy flesh`` and will send them straight to hell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. We recently noted that WTJC, 9370v, had Arabic in the 00 UT semihour altho nowhere on their schedule, and now we heard Chinese at 0033 UT Friday March 19; next check 0112 back in English. They have had a link to their Chinese website for some time, http://www.reachingtheworld.net/ but I have not found any specific schedule readable there, rather a number of audio downloads. This frequency is not likely to be audible in China at 8:30 am local, especially if Firedrake against Sound of Hope is running on 9365. 9370v, WTJC, March 25 at 1418 ending choral version of ``America the Beautiful``, into a more overt Christian hymn; usual distorted lo-fi signal, tsk for a station playing so much music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I've noticed WRNO missing from usual 7505 the past 2 nights. However tonight back at 0205 UT with open carrier. Anyone know what's up? With the transmitter in New Orleans and the studio in Texas, they might be unaware of the situation (Thomas Nyberg, IA, UT March 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Music playing on 7505+ at 0130 check March 24 (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 5875, WHRI Cypress Creek SC with an olde dude riffing about how we're set for societal collapse and how the guvnmint is lying to us in an attempt to keep us all fat dumb and happy. Buy Gold and seeds in a can to keep yourself alive during the coming apocalypse! Praise Jesus and pass that ammunition already! s/off at 0359 but I bet anyone tuning in early for the BBC World Service would be rather shocked! :) SIO 444, 0345-0359* 23/Mar (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheeet March 26 via DXLD) ** U S A. QSLs --- After a really dry spell these have finally managed to make their appearance. The following were received to a postal report with CD in Mp3 format. V/S: Initials “LMV” [Larry M. Vehorn]. Total time of 6 months, 38 days after posting these reports as follow-ups to WHRI address in Indiana. 17820, Deutsche Welle, Spanish via Cypress Creek. Full data (with site indicated & name of station) ’20 years of short-wave Ministry to the World’ QSL Card. 15665, Voice of Biafra International via Cypress Creek. Full data (with site indicated & name of station) ’20 years of short-wave Ministry to the World’ QSL Card. 9410, BBC-WS Spanish via Cypress Creek. Full data (with site indicated & name of station) ’20 years of short-wave Ministry to the World’ QSL Card (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 11715-, KJES, March 22 at 1427, S9+20 signal but just barely modulated with hum, detectable singing and verse-reading. Could also tell it was on before 1400 with much weaker signal; now timeshifted to 13-16 UT, when it`s on, but pointless with such modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KVOH Rancho Simi, CA --- Here are a couple of photos of the Chatworth Peak, taken from different angles of view. On the top of the peak you can see two antenna masts of the KVOH Rancho Simi, CA, a religious station transmitting in Spanish on 17775 kHz, with a power of 50 kW. If this type of antenna is a dipole, I'm confused about its orientation towards the South. The Birds Eye Map was recently opened for this area, so now we can see in the third picture the KVOH transmitter site in all its glory (and in detail, as well) ! 73 (Lev Lytovchenko, Canada, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Nice to be able to visualize where those dirty spurs on 17920v and 17630v are coming from, azimuth 100 degrees (gh, DXLD) I live a few miles from KVOH. The antenna is supposed to be a log periodic with the narrow end on two shorter supports and angling up to the taller masts seen in the photos. The target area is Central America and the Caribbean. Hence the angle to the southeast. I hike in those hills often and will try to snap some closer pictures and more details (Jay, shortwavesites yg March 18 via BCDX via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. 17680, CVC La Voz, March 22 at 1250 big signal but modulation somewhat distorted, mentioning program is from Studio 4, and plugs for something in Miami, so doubt this originates in Santiago de CHILE. Manuel Méndez, Spain, had heard the Sunday morning program 24 hours earlier, ``Primera Luz`` with local weather info, seeming to originate from Santiago but maybe only pretending to do so. Contact info on the CVC website still leads only to Miami (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CHILE ** U S A [and non]. [INTRUDER ALERT] Family Radio --- 21446.0 kHz - A3E (AM) splatter from "Family Radio" (Florida) on 21455 kHz - at 1800 UT - religious program in German - date: 17.03.2010. 73 from Wolf DK2OM, Germany, 17 March, INTRUDERALERT mailing list via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Family Radio here now on 21445 [sic], S9 and just outside our band plan (language French) 73 (Dick van Empelen, PA0GRU 17-3-2010 1904 utc, ibid.) FYI, spurs of YFR 21455 antenna. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21455 in B-09 and A-10 is 16-20 UT, 44 degrees (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 5995, March 20 at 1334, slow Chinese talk with piano accompaniment, must be YFR via Pet/Kam, RUSSIA, good reception with no sign of the usual DRM noise from Brandon, Australia, scheduled 12-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Additional transmission of WYFR Family Radio via MB(xDTK) from March 18: 1800-1900 on 13750 WER 500 kW / 180 deg to WeAf in English (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 20, via DXLD) Additional transmission of WYFR Family Radio via VTComm. from March 22 1600-1700 on 17540 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAf in English (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 22 March via DXLD) Please note the following changes to the WYFR A-2010 Frequency Schedule: del 6875 0300-1200 UTC CIRAF 4,5,9 355 deg 100 KW del 5985 0300-0500 UTC CIRAF 11 181 deg 50 KW del 5985 0500-1200 UTC CIRAF 2 315 deg 100 KW add 5985 0300-1200 UTC CIRAF 4,5,9 355 deg 100 KW add 6875 0300-0500 UTC CIRAF 11 181 deg 50 KW add 6875 0500-1200 UTC CIRAF 2 315 deg 100 KW Sincerely, (Evelyn Marcy, WYFR, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9464.90, 0918-0925, WYFR in English with religious talk, ID at 0920 (John Kecskes, Australia, Kenwood R-5000, 16&17 March, HCDX via DXLD) This is Family Radio via Taiwan, not Florida. See Aoki list. Off- frequency is also typical of the Taiwan transmitters. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Sorry Glenn, but I am confused, what difference where it is transmitter from, they are still the same stations and the address given out was in USA (John Kecskes, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Some of us care where signals actually come from (out of SW transmitting antennas in a certain country). Really. This directly affects how well you will hear them or hear them at all. Observing how propagation works is part of the game. In this case it might also be significant that Taiwan does not keep its transmitters on-frequency. If you do not care about any of this, that`s fine and your privilege. I will try to remember to avoid clarifying your logs in this way. Personally I find YFR programming useless and of no interest whatsoever, so looking into the more technical aspects keeps hearing it from being a total waste. 73, (Glenn Hauser, HCDX via DXLD) Very true, but what confused me is that I never specify the transmitter location; when I used to keep a log book I would have put the transmitting country as Taiwan or what ever for my country count, but not now days. I on other hand enjoy what the programme content is, like to hear both sides of the argument so to speak. I have no objection to you or any one else correct my logs. Cheers, (John Kecskes, ibid.) 15440, WYFR Family Radio, Okeechobee FL; 2206-2214+, 25-March; Harold droning about how SW radio is the best way to find out about world news and the end of the world. Caller on Open Forum chastised H about his use of the word "rapture", which does not appear in the English translations of the text known as the Holy Bible. H said he used that word because all the other churches use it. (I assume these are the same churches that he's always harping about, that have gotten it all wrong.) Caller persisted and H cut him off. H is sticking to 5/21/11 as the end of it all. S20 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWV CW announcements? I'm told they did this for a short period. Are you aware of any archival audio of these CW ID's or time announcements from WWV? (Ray T. Mahorney, WA4WGA, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, but I think there is a website (or more) that have a lot of archival WWV material, if you search for it. I do recall they used to give the propagation forecasts in code, but not sure about the IDs. Maybe that was before my time (Glenn to Ray, via DXLD) I actually found a fair number of them including a recorded announcement of a barium ion rocket launch in I believe 1971 (see attached) but no recordings of time or ID announcements in CW (Ray Mahorney, ibid.) ** U S A [and non]. Reception of WWV/WWVH is not always reliable here in the southeast, from my current home in Huntsville, AL, or my former home in Miami. I think we need a third time station. CHU fills in nicely in the northeast, i.e. NY State, but, often I can't get a good time signal, especially on a small radio. I've been thinking for many years, perhaps a good location for a third station might be central Georgia. I'd recommend different frequencies, perhaps 4, 8, 12 and 16 MHz, or 4.5, 9, 13.5 and 18. I think it would be a good addition to what we now have (Tim Hendel, Huntsville, Alabama, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The reason for using three or four frequencies is to maximize coverage, and one reason for moving WWV from Lanham MD to Fort Collins CO was to *improve* reception in the east, which was under the skip zone of most of the MD frequencies. It`s rare here in OK not to be able to hear at least one of the WWV or WWVH frequencies well enough to set the clock, or for that matter at least one of the CHU. Central Georgia would be probably be iffy for you on 4 or 4.5 MHz, the higher ones more so (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Nothing much on the X-band at mid-afternoon, like there was skywave in deep winter, but March 17 for a few minutes from 2014 UT on the caradio at a relatively quiet spot in the mall parking lot, noticed some activity on the low end of the MW band --- groundwave at its limits. Referencing NRC AM Log 2009-2010. 580, dominant WIBW Topeka has JBA CCI, most likely KRFE Lubbock TX, tho KJMJ Alexandria LA might be possible. Normally there is nothing but WIBW audible here. 720, very weak signals making SAH, surely WGN Chicago and KSAH San Antonio, same as night situation QRMing each other with much bigger signals. 760, KKCV Kansas City gospel huxter on sex abuse dominant, but SAH of about .83 Hz (50 fades per minute), and talk underneath, presumably KKZN Denver (670 makes it here reliably in the daytime, and 850 used to before TX messed up the frequency.) 780, KSPI Stillwater OK still has weak spurs on 774 and 786. 830, JBA, SAH, probably WCCO, and what else? There are LA and MO stations, but more likely KMUL Farwell TX in the Panhandle. If they ever get their 50 kW CP going instead of 1.1 kW, should be a regular. Or KMUL and one of the closer stations. 910, dominant but marginal KVIS Miamuh OK, with CCI, one talk and one C&W music. KVIS and KATH Frisco TX (The Metroplex) are both religious. Other possibility is KINA Salina KS, sportstalk, which I don`t think I have ever logged tho KSAL 1150 is a regular (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. From a quiet location in the mall parking lot, west Enid, on caradio, March 23 at 1655 UT, I am delighted to find that WWLS-640 Moore OK has turned off IBOC. Happens occasionally from this CC station, but too early to hope it`s permanently off as is the case with their other outlet, KTOK-1000. There is still plenty of IBOC on 630 from KMKI-620 The Metroplex, that poor frequency previously getting a double whammy of it from both sides, impossiblizing KHOW in the daytime here, but 650 is blessedly open --- and there is something on it! Most likely it`s Wyoming, a rare state on daytime groundwave here. Soon heard an EIB sounder, but fortunately it`s break time and I don`t have to listen to rantings of that SOB. I quickly compare to local KGWA-960 on portable radio just in case, and the commercial does not match. At 1658 comes ID as KGAB, call-letters only. At 1700: ``Cheyenne`s number one news-talk radio, KGAB, Orchard Valley- Cheyenne``. How can a station carrying Rush and his ilk maintain any journalistic credibility whatsoever during ``news``? NRC AM Log shows day power is 8.5 kW, non-direxional. Regular KLTT 670 Denver 50 kW is a bit stronger than usual, so groundwave is doing well, perhaps tnx to some lingering snowcover over the plains atop the Ogallala Aquifer. Distance from KGAB is approximately 790 km = only 490 miles. Next chance to check it at 1831 UT, high noon by LMT, and signal still there but weaker vs noise level on the street where I am driving. Heard ``AM 650`` slogan only, and also earlier there seemed to be a trace of a second 650 signal, tnx to a SAH. Unless it`s some local mix, there are only three possibilities, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas. WSM Nashville, 50 kW non-direxional has been received years previously in daytime, but more likely skywave in winter, not equinox, and the groundwave conductivity thru the Ozarx is not good. KIKK Houston/Pasadena is only 250 watts, with better conductivity but still quite a stretch, almost exactly same distance as to KGAB. 22.5 hours later: WWLS IBOC is back on; goodbye, Wyoming! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. MW bandscan on the DX-398 at midafternoon March 25 found weaker signals overall than I get on the caradio, but at least this is direxional. One of interest appeared on 1010, between much stronger KTOK-1000 and KOKP-1020, at 2021 UT, slogan ``Rocket 10-10``, or so I thought, and oldies. Loops ENE/WSW. I also got out the Sony SRF-59 ultralight to see how it would measure up: 1010 station barely audible, but bothered by the adjacents unlike the DX-398. At 2030 playing Elvis` ``Now or Never``; mostly music, occasional brief announcements, no hard-sell commercials heard. Missed hourtop ID if any at 2100 but music still going rather than news. Groundwave, has to be either Independence KS or Amarillo TX, roughly collinear with Enid. Must be recent format change as NRC AM Log 2009- 2010 shows gospel for KIND, ``Grace 10-10``, and C&W for KTNZ, ``True Country``. Independence is closer but weaker, and normally it`s a stretch to pull in Amarillo even on 940. NRC pattern book shows 1010 KIND non-direxional and Amarillo with a minor lobe usward. Steve Sprague in nearby Coffeyville KS has the answer in NRC DX News Vol. 77, #22 posted Feb 27, 2010: 1010 KIND KS Independence, 2/16 Has changed formats from religion to oldies rock and roll. Will ID as “Rocking 1010.” (So not ``Rocket``, but Rockin` should be more likely than Rocking.) Bill Kurtis, TV newsman, commercial pitchman, and documentarian, originally from Independence, is an owner of KIND; glad to see he has divorced himself from dependence on gospel huxters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re 10-11: WBAP FM Switch --- I am in Dallas for the week - what a shame! KPMZ played songs you won't find anywhere else - cherry picked by the great Ron Chapman. Perhaps the time for oldies on the radio really has passed. Virtually everywhere you go in and around the metroplex, WBAP AM has a much stronger signal than 96.7 does. It suffers badly to the East and South. I can't help but think that perhaps they are parking WBAP AM for a time on the frequency while they come up with different plans (Bruce Carter, March 16, ABDX via DXLD) Maybe they're looking for steel building penetration (offices, etc.) in the city grade of the FM, for WBAP's programming? (Ron Gitschier? ibid.) The growth areas are to the north of DFW, an area covered very well by 96.7. More importantly, they'll get many new listeners simply because they're on FM, and they'll skew younger to boot (Jerry Lenamon, TX, ibid.) Denton columnist unhappy about WBAP-FM Here is a column from this morning' editorial page of the Denton Record Chronicle by local columnist Donna Fielder, headlines "Boomers need lovin' music, too." She deplores the replacement of "Platinum 96.7" by Rush Limbaugh and those of similar, ditto head ilk when the FM'er went parallel to WBAP-820. --- (John Callarman, March 21, ABDX via DXLD) They have taken my favorite oldies station off the air and replaced it with talk radio. I would be ready to invade radio land and kick some radio butt if I knew whom to blame for it. But I don't. One thing I do know: The last thing we need is more talk radio. The next to last thing we need is more talk of any kind. Whatever happened to "silence is golden?" It used to be that nature abhorred a vacuum. Now, everyone does. I think everybody needs to just take a deep breath once in a while and shut up. My cats wake me each morning yammering about breakfast. Obnoxious car dealers, electricians and furniture salesmen interrupt the news with the latest bargains at The Dump! or promising to "fix it in a flash" while I'm drinking my coffee. Every driver and most pedestrians have cellphones stuck to one ear or another on my way to work, and while I can't actually hear their conversations with my window up, I can see their lips working like hungry guppies at feeding time. What is this obsession with talking? No one I've noticed seems to be that interested in listening. Some people fear silence. One of my favorite tricks to get someone to talk during an interview is to clamp my lips closed and look steadily at him. Chances are, whatever he was thinking he must not at any cost reveal to me will jump out of his mouth when the terrible silence becomes too much to bear. Other people just plain love the sounds of their own voices. It doesn't seem to matter to them what they are saying, so long as they are filling all the air space with words. Sometimes it seems as though the words have crowded out all the oxygen and I can't breathe. The oldies took me away from all that. What did happen at Platinum 96.7? Here's what I found out: Everything was rocking along March 12, and the station was playing all those wonderful songs we baby boomers grew up with. We could understand the words. We could sing along. We didn't have to wince at the blue language. We loved it. Everyone I know listened to it. That is until about 9 a.m. last Friday when, according to a blogger's report on The Dallas Morning News, the disc jockeys suddenly disappeared. Janis Joplin, Frankie Avalon and Jefferson Airplane were running the place. Then, just before noon, Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" faded into dead silence. Dirges in the dark. We didn't know it yet, but Platinum was no more. Then confused listeners heard an hour of country music. At 1 p.m. the weirdest thing of all came about. The station became "Reagan Radio," playing old Ronald Reagan political speeches, through the weekend. No, I didn't make that up. Why would anyone rather listen to a dead president talk than "That's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it!" But early Monday morning things changed again. Now the FM station simulcasts WBAP-AM talk radio. I don't intend to cast aspersions on Rush Limbaugh, but face it, he's no Elvis. He isn't Ronald Reagan either, more's the pity. The station was making money, I understand. But not enough money. So off with Platinum's head! I blame those idiotic merchandising people who believe advertising should be aimed at people between the ages of 18 and 24. Beyond that, us oldsters, apparently, aren't worth pitching to. And since the station's audience was more in the 45 to 90 population, we weren't worth the airtime. Granted, 20-somethings aren't cruising the interstates crooning "Oh . ohhhhhhh, my darlingggg. I've hungered for yourur love." But they also are not cruising in a BMW or Lexus, wearing a Rolex. Not even in a Camaro, wearing an Elgin. The truth is, the money resides in the pockets of the baby boomers, and we should have at least one radio station that plays the songs we love. We could get our fill of the Righteous Brothers and Buddy Holly and they could advertise wrinkle creams and gray-away and, Lord knows, Viagra. It would be a win-win situation. "I met a girl who sang the blues and asked her for some happy news But she just smiled and turned away. I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before But the man there said the music wouldn't play. And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, They caught the last train for the coast The day the music died." (via John Callarman, Krum, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. New stations granted: NM, Hurley, *88.1, 600 watts v, 593 m, Radio Bilingüe, Inc., in a settlement agreement. It is to share time with KOOT 88.1 Hurley and to be on noon to midnight. ``By buying out one of the applicants, changing channel and going in cahoots with Cable Access of Silver City, we were able to extract one application, get out of the mess and get it granted,`` pointed out Gray Fierson Haerting, Portland OR, broadcast engineer. The mess included ``at least 20 other applications in the same general area.`` He stated that translators can take baby steps, as long as the primary coverage area of the new overlaps part of the coverage area of the old. Small steps like that qualify it for a `minor change`, which the FCC will routinely accept. One of his translators took four steps to move from Reedsport to Cottage Grove OR, with KWAX, and is now K270BJ *101.9. Facilities changes: PA, Palmerton, W289BP, *105.7 (from W287BS 105.3, previously W234BM 94.7 and W232BY Jim Thorpe PA), vertical. On a slow march toward Allentown for this ostensible WVIA-FM 89.9 Scranton PA translator. It is making baby steps, using an educational station license, probably to avoid having to pay FCC fees every time it changes facilities, after which it most likely will relay an Allentown AM station. UT, ``Laketown``, K285GC, *104.9 (and before that, briefly, K287BB 105.3, previously K290BQ 105.9), h,v (to less than 100 watts, from 250 watts). Moves fro he Ogden area to serve Tremonton with KKEX 96.7 Preston ID (from KUSU *91.5 Logan UT), commercial operation. This is the latest in a series of moves qualifying as ``minor changes in facilities``. K294EF *97.7 (from K246AW 97.1), 250 watts v, with KUSU *91.5 Logan (from KLZX 99.9 Weston ID). So begins a long, boring march toi the Tremonton UT area, using a noncommercial station as primary in order to avoid FCC filing fees. Bruce Elving called KUSU and warned them that they are being used by Sun Valley Radio of Ogden UT, and wondered if they have permission to use KUSU (FMedia! Final Issue 2009-2010 via DXLD) ** U S A. Format changes: AL, Birmingham, WBHM *90.3 --- Frank R. Stewart, Fayette,, wrote the ``Birmingham News`` about WBHM *90.3: ``Last year, WBHM, our schizophrenic public radio station, appalled me and many others by replacing its weekday classical music with dreary call-in talk shows. Now the station has scrapped it weekday evening and weekend music for --- rebroadcast of fatuous chatter it already aired. . . WBHM has sold its soul for ratings and money.`` NM, Santa Rosa, KKJY, 95.9, Spanish, I, ``The Line`` (back to). TX, Flower Mound, KPMZ, 96.7, nt, mono, parallel to WBAP 820 AM Dallas, leaving the ``Platinum`` era. Non-IDs and slogans: NM, Chama, KZRM, 96.1 op, returns to the air, retains ``Rocky Mountain Radio`` Off Air: NM, Des Moines, KHOD, 105.3, fined $20,000 for violating section 73.1620 of the FCC rules. During parts of 2009 it operated at variance form its authorization, which specified Class C facilities in Des Moines NM; instead, it operated with Class A facilities (grossly underpowered) at Raton NM. Raton is 34 miles NW of Des Moines, plus Hodson Broadcasting was charged with sending out spurious signals at 103.8 and 106.7. The station applied for a special temporary authority to broadcast from Raton, which the FCC denied. On two occasions the FCC visited the station and noted it operating from the unauthorized location. Hodson showed the Commission tax returns for the past three years in an effort to bring down the fine, but the FCC pointed out that the violations were both willful and repeated (FMedia! Final Issue 2009-2010 via DXLD) We have had previous items about this. Des Moines is hardly big enough to support a radio station. The transmitter site was, or was to be, atop Sierra Grande, as the name implies a really big mountain near Des Moines, whence the (ex?) 106.1 translator of KENW 89.5 Portales had excellent coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Off Air: TX, Austin, 90.1 --- Jerry and Deborah Stevens fined $10,000 for operating an unlicensed transmitter. They said that transmissions were only in the state of Texas and that the FCC lacked jurisdiction. The FCC, of course, disagreed. Raymond Frank, who had earlier been busted by the FCC for having a pirate station on 100.1, was also fined $10,000 for unlicensed operation (FMedia! Final Issue 2009-2010 via DXLD) ** U S A. AZ, Phoenix, KJZZ, *91.5, with its ``Sun Sounds`` reading to the blind on HD. It`s the first reading service on HD, having been on 67 kHz SCS for years (FMedia! Final Issue 2009-2010 via DXLD) And how is that any better? We listen to some of their open webcasts, included in MONITORING REMINDERS CALENDAR as SSOA (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. MPR SUING MET COUNCIL OVER LIGHT RAIL Minnesota Public Radio has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Council, claiming that the council is reneging on an April 2009 agreement to reduce noise and vibration from the light rail outside MPR`s studios in St Paul. MPR wants the tracks in front of the studios to be built on a slab floating on steel springs. The council wants a cheaper rubber underlay. Met Council Chairman Peter Bell said that the council is not obligated to use the more expensive design, and he said that the council will vigorously fight the lawsuit. The University of Minnesota and a community group representing a St. Paul neighborhood have also filed lawsuits over the project (FMedia! Final Issue 2009-2010 via DXLD) ** U S A. CLASSICAL MUSIC STATION TO RELY ON LISTENERS By JOSEPH PLAMBECK; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF March 24, 2010 Arts, Briefly KING-FM, a longtime classical music station in Seattle, announced on Tuesday that it would switch to a listener-supported public model in the summer of 2011. The board that oversees the station, which operates as part of a nonprofit organization, had been studying possible changes for a couple of years. The move continues a decade-long trend among classical stations. Last year, WQXR in New York and WCRB in Boston were sold to public radio operators. (WQXR was sold by The New York Times Company.) Besides KING-FM, there are only 18 commercial classical radio stations in the United States. Marc Hand, an industry consultant at Public Radio Capital, said classical stations tended to have older listeners than other formats; those listeners, he said, were less appealing to advertisers but more apt to be the kind of dedicated, passionate supporters who give money to public radio. "I think this move really makes for a station that's more economically viable," he said. (NY Times via Mike Cooper, DXLD) SEATTLE'S ONLY ALL-CLASSICAL MUSIC STATION TO BECOME LISTENER- SUPPORTED --- By Janet I. Tu, Seattle Times staff reporter Classical KING-FM (98.1) announced Tuesday that, starting next year, it will do what other major classical music stations across the country have done in recent years — switch to a listener-supported model. Leaders of Seattle's only all-classical music station said declining ad revenue, changes in the industry and the economy led to their decision to switch from the commercial-advertising model that has supported the station for decades. The changeover is slated for July 2011. . . http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2011419062&zsection_id=2003925728&slug=kingfm24m&date=20100323 (via Dan Say, BC, DXLD) ** U S A. He`s No Czar --- In response to criticism from the political right, FCC chief diversity officer Mark Lloyd said that he is not a ``czar`` appointed by President Barack Obama to revive the fairness doctrine. He said that he has received death threats and hate mail over concerns that the defunct doctrine would be resurrected (FMedia! Final Issue 2009-2010 via DXLD) ** U S A. Station picks inmate for board --- Pacifica`s WBAI *99.5 New York isn`t letting a thing like a prison term get in the way of picking an new member for its local board of directors. Disbarred civil-rights attorney Lynne Stewart received the second-highest number of votes out of a list of 44 candidates. Stewart has asked for a radio in her jail cell, so she can listen to WBAI (FMedia! Final Issue 2009- 2010 via DXLD) Pacifica has programing for prisoners, at least KPFT ** U S A. AMANPOUR WILL LEAVE CNN INTERNATIONAL TO ANCHOR ABC'S "THIS WEEK." "Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, is leaving after almost 30 years to become the new anchor at rival US TV network ABC. One of CNN's best-known correspondents over the past two decades, Amanpour is leaving Time Warner's cable news channel to host This Week, the Sunday morning news programme on ABC News. She will leave CNN next month and start work for ABC in August. Amanpour joined CNN in 1983 as a foreign desk assistant. Her decision to leave comes just six months after she stepped back from her role as a foreign correspondent to launch her own interview show, called Amanpour, on CNN International. ... 'I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here,' said Amanpour." Mark Sweney, The Guardian, 19 March 2010. "'With Christiane we have the opportunity to provide our audiences with something different on Sunday mornings,' [ABC News President David] Westin said in a memo to ABC News staffers. 'We will continue to provide the best in interviews and analysis about domestic politics and policies. But now we will add to that an international perspective. All of us know how much the international and the domestic have come to affect one another -- whether it's global conflict, terrorism, humanitarian crises, or the economy.'" Lisa de Moraes, Washington Post, 19 March 2010. "With Amanpour, who's more known for her work in the Balkans than in the Beltway, ABC has a chance to do a show that breaks from the Sunday shows' myopic obsessions, that focuses on policies and ideas over partisan handicapping (and kneecapping). It could even—crazy talk, I know—build a show that focuses on world news rather than Washington news. Or it could spend five months preparing Amanpour to be another Sunday host, a Beltway-politics interviewer with, you know, just a little bit of a difference, just a taste of international flair, a little je ne sais quois. In which case je ne sais what the point is." James Poniewozik, Time, 18 March 2010. "ABC said Ms. Amanpour would also anchor documentaries about 'international subjects.'" Brian Stelter, New York Times, 18 March 2010. Posted: 21 Mar 2010 (for linx see http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=8568 via DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. A-10 for CVC The Voice Asia via TAC=Tashkent: Hindi to India 0000-0400 on 6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg 0400-1100 on 13630 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg 1100-1400 on 9655 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg 1400-2000 on 6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg Hindi to South Asia 0100-0400 on 9975 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 20, via DXLD) ** VANUATU. 5055.00, R Vanuatu, 0930-0955 26 March 2010, in English and pidgin, could have been a news, financial report very hard to copy suffers badly from noise and difficult to make much sense, // 3945 kHz also poor (John Kecskes, Australia, Kenwood R-5000 and NRD 515, HCDX via DXLD) ** VATICAN. QSL: 11715, Radio Veritas Asia via Santa Maria di Galeria Transmitter. Full data (with site indicated as ‘Vatican Relay’), Spratly Islands QSL card with schedule and studio postcard. V/s Ms. Arlene A. Donarber, Audience relations Officer (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA [non]. Did not look for Aló, Presidente on Sunday March 14, tho Wolfgang Büschel heard something on 17750, so I made sure to check on March 21, at 1710: Yes, El Hugazo is back via CUBA, on 17750, 13750, 12010 and 11690; something too weak to ID on the listed fifth frequency, 13680, which could be RHC mainstream instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. 9839.85, VOV, 1242, 3/16/10. English ID. Good modulation. Economic news presented by OM & YL. Pop-style ballad at 1254. S6 signal. 9839.9 on 3/20 at 1238 English news by OM & YL. Mushy audio with flutter on signal. Signal improved by Perseus noise reduction. Pulled audio at 1258. Crash start by WHRI on 9840 (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Perseus SDR, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330S Loop, PAR SWL random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12019.44v, 1337-1345, Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi, 21/03, English, YL/OM talks with mention of Vietnam, Vietnamese music – poor-fair with strong splashes from 12015 (KRE) (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6297.1, March 18 at 2345 in Arabic instead of usual Spanish during the final hour of the day. Was wanting to check out Harold Frodge`s comment, ``Last time I heard an ID, it was Radio Nacional Sahuari rather than RASD.`` However at 0000 March 19 retune, just caught full ID in Spanish indeed saying ``Transmite la Radio Nacional de la República Árabe Saharaui Democrática`` plus frequencies OM 1550 y OC ``6300 kHz``. Went on for a while longer vs splatter from dirty Cairo 6290 transmitter, 0004 to open carrier. I don`t doubt that a less formal ID of R. Nacional Saharaui might also be used (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6297, 19/Mar 2358, ALGERIA, Nat. R. of Sahara Arab D Rep, em SS. Mx árabe. As 0001 UT mx continua, apesar do esquema de transmissão informar fim da tx às 0000 UT. As 0002 UT YL fala e logo após OM com ID. As 0003 UT full ID por OM com anúncio da freqüência em OM e OC. As 0004 UT OM passa apresentar nx. Sinal moderado e sem QRM (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, Brasil, Degen 1103, Dipole antenna, 19 meters - east/west - Balun 4:1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN. 9780.16, 1754-1810, R. Yemen, San'a, 21/03, Arabic, OM talk, more YL/OM talks in unidentified language and music after 1759 – fair- good till 1759'19 when RFE came on the channel, then weak in USB (Mikhail Timofeyev, North-East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. 9430, 1Africa, March 25 at 0533 was running promo that if you tried to hear them between 9 and 18 hours CAT [UT +2] on March 24 and 25, you would just hear noise [example], since they would be off the air for ``upgrade and maintenance``. How exactly are their SW transmissions being upgraded? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. A-10 of CVC International via LUS=Lusaka: English to West Africa and Nigeria 0400-0600 on 9430 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg, alt. 5925 0400-0500 0600-1900 on 13590 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg 1900-2200 on 5940 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg A-10 for Christian Voice via LUS=Lusaka: English to South and Central Africa 0600-1700 on 6065 LUS 100 kW / non-dir 1700-0600 on 4965 LUS 100 kW / non-dir (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 20, via DXLD) ** ZANZIBAR. 6015 - 0300 20/mar - Voice of Tanzania, Zanzibar - 24222 - Início de px, música estilo marcial, depois canto do alcorão. Fortes 73's (Fabricio Andrade Silva, Tubarão - SC, Brasil, Sony ICF sw 7600 GR, Antena Loop Blindada (Ondas Curtas), radioescutas yg via DXLD) Could this mean that 11735 is also back on after power shortage? No sign of even a carrier at 2041 check March 23 (gh, OK, DXLD) see UNID ** ZIMBABWE [non]. via Madagascar, 11610, Radio Voice of the People, *0400-0457*, March 26, sign on with opening English and vernacular ID announcements and into vernacular talk. Short breaks of African music. English news at 0443. Poor in noisy conditions. English difficult to understand due to thick accents (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) UNIDENTIFIED. 1710: I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but last night I turned the Kaito 2100 to shortwave 1 and then down to 1711 khz to see if there was anything there. In AM mode all I get is hash. Tonight I got a nice copy on CRI from 6:00 pm to 6:56 for the Beijing Hour, then they faded away. Also heard some Chinese underneath. They were mixing with a SS, where I heard Venezuela mentioned more than once. Could this be coming from there? And now (7:14 pm) I have SFAWBN Christian network. I have no idea if these are legit or products from some other freq. but I have not found anything on the net about them being on 1710. CRI is listed on AM but not on this frequency, and I haven`t found where the Christian station broadcasts are, address is Colo. Any help, thanks, Dean_0 (Dean Wayman, Nebraska? UT March 23, ABDX via DXLDO) Dean, At 23 UT, CRI English is relayed from Sackville NB, Canada on 6040 kHz. If the intermediate frequency of that receiver is 455 kHz, here`s how it got to 1710 kHz: 6040 minus (2 x 455) = 5130. 5130 divided by 3 = 1710. It`s a receiver image which is why you would not necessarily get it on a different receiver. You will probably find other strong signals from the 6 MHz band showing up on the X-band by the same calculation. Did you mean that Scriptures for America network was also showing up on 1710, or some other frequency? That would be from 5890 WWCR or 5755 WTWW (ex-5080), but those frequencies don`t compute. You should find the SW frequency parallel and exactly in synch with mysteries like this on the X-band. You could nail down the Spanish that way tho not likely to be on 6040 while CRI is. 73, Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) See also USA, my WTWW report of image circa 510 kHz (gh) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 5965, March 19 at 1250, noise jamming mixed with high-speed CW, and broadcast in Chinese(?) underneath. But only things listed are Malaysia`s Klasik FM, and CRI Korean service via Xi`an. Suspect it`s another out-of-order Xi`an transmitter, and/or Juche jamming? We know relations between PRC and DPRK are less than 100% friendly, but would they descend to the level of jamming? And is CRI`s Korean service aimed at the north or the south, or both? 1327 recheck, jamming and CW gone, but still Korean, over a weaker broadcast signal presumably Malaysia tho at 1300-1330 Vatican is also scheduled in Italian, not likely propagable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 7507.02, 0525-0543, Unidentified station, 20/03, Spanish, OM/YL talks, pop songs – poor-weak (Mikhail Timofeyev, North- East part of the St. Petersburg city, Russia, Icom R75, 15 meters outdoor long wire, HCDX via DXLD) Mixing product between MW and SW transmitters at same site? (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 9830, Adventist World Radio (presumed) via Moosbrunn, AUSTRIA. English OM talk re religion and religious vocal music. The announcer sounded West African, which makes sense since this is directed at W Africa. Lots of RTTY clatter underneath which appeared to be encrypted 50 baud 850 shift stuff, but the het made decoding iffy too so this could be wrong. USB made it tolerable but still only SIO 3+32+. Austria is getting harder and harder to hear on SW! No ID ever heard -- the programme ended and there was just an open carrier until after 2133 tune out. 2115-2130* 13/Mar (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet March 19 via DXLD) These broadcasters never learn to keep away from 9830 due to the RTTY. In A-10 transmitters in these countries plan to use it: Russia, China, Vietnam, Canada (for Vatican), Jordan, São Tomé (VOA), Turkey --- yes, the 22-23 English to North America just like last summer (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Hi Glenn, Can the group perhaps help with my unID on 11715 at 0814, sound J perhaps quite lively om quite like sports programme? (Mark Davies, Anglesey, UK, March 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) What does ``sound J`` mean? (gh) Re 11715. Probably intermodulation at Cerrik, Albania site, CRI relay of fundamentals 11785 0700-0900 27N CER 150kW 310degr 11855 0700-0900 27 CER 150 310 see http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1011.txt under Albania. This CRI Cerrik intermodulation lasts since November 2004, the early days of CRI relay. Sometimes weak IM signal, sometimes stronger when proper propagation, depends on increased sunspots. > HF Cerrik R/st - Albania is used by the RTV China from 28 Nov 2004, > after the signed agreement with Albanian RTV on 16 Dec 2003. 11925 kHz at 0800-0900 UT puzzled me, noted an English 'spoken' program - supposedly ahead of co-channel TRT Ankara in Turkish. Okay, that is the spurious intermodulation of Cerrik-ALB 11785 English, and 11855 in Chinese, another IM should be on 11715 kHz in Chinese, all separated by 70 kHz IM difference. see also under DXLD, 11910 harmonic RNW Nauen 2x 5955. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harmonics/message/3407 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 10, via dxldyg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Hi Glen[n] and group, 11735: I think I`m listening to V of Tanzania Zanzibar at 1956 in what I assume is Swahili; no IDs yet. I did not realize it was back on air (Mark Davies, Anglesey, UK, March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGST) I am hearing an unidentified station on 11735.92 at 2020-2045+ with Portuguese talk which I would tentatively ID as Brazil’s Radio Transmundial. Weak signal in noisy conditions. March 26 (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 15195, March 23 at 1420 whoop-whoop frequency- oscillating jammer, more obvious with BFO, center seemed to be around 15197, versus nothing. Had not noticed this before. Suspect it`s Ethiopia prompted by the 16-17 Monday-only EOTC Holy Synod Radio clandestine on 15195 via Samara, Russia. Did anyone notice same during that broadcast? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15450.0, intruders, 2-way SSB in Spanish, 1425 March 19, wished each other ``buen día`` and off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 21690, March 22 at 1422-1428* big steady open carrier overpowering Libya 21695. Presumably TDF GUIANA FRENCH tuning up for much later broadcast on 21690. 21690, big open carrier March 23 at 1411, again assumed to be TDF GUIANA FRENCH tuning up for RFI broadcast not starting until 1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Many thanks to Gerald T. Pollard, NC, for an equinoxial cheque in the mail to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (WORLD OF RADIO 1505) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ FM ATLAS AND STATION DIRECTORY, XXI EDITION The long-awaited new edition is ready for printing and will soon be available for purchase, says Kristine Stuart, in the final issue of the related publication FMedia! received in mid-March. The previous edition XX came out in October, 2005. As soon as ordering info is available for XXI, we will bring it to you here (gh, DXLD) LINKS TO SELECTED INTERNATIONAL RADIO STATION WEBPAGES http://www.worlddxclub.org.uk/WDXC_links_stations.html I have created a quick to use web-links grid of many of the main international stations (with quick links to home pages, programme and frequency pages, live streams and podcast/download pages). (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PASSPORT TO WORLD BAND RADIO CLOSES ITS WEBSITE from http://www.passband.com/moving-on/ posted 19 March 2010 Moving On It's no secret — Passport 2009 is to be the last in an annual series that began in 1984. Now, the time is nigh to further phase down that operation by shuttering this website. Timing is inexact, but the wire should be snipped late this month. Long, Strange Trip In Deadspeak, this has been one long, strange trip. It started some 40 years back, when my first and wonderful wife was having increasingly serious personal problems. These led me to quit what I had been doing so I could watch over her fulltime. Alas, this left me pretty much cooped up with little else to do. So, restless, I purchased a Drake R-4B receiver, which I still have, and became absorbed by digging through the boundless offerings of shortwave broadcasting. It was fascinating, yet frustrating because of stations' technical and content shortcomings. Never one to keep my trap shut, I let blast with critiques and suggestions, and in due course wound up consulting professionally. (Cynics might conclude, in the spirit of Lyndon Johnson's explanation of why he retained J. Edgar Hoover, that they preferred to have me on the inside pissing out rather than the outside pissing in.) It was fantastic work — especially victories against the KGB's vast jamming firewall — but the base of viable clients was thin. In 1980, after several unforgettable years, that client base all but vanished, thanks to shifting political winds. We scrambled into survival mode. Our most useful assets for public consumption turned out to be within our frequency management activities. First, our team of monitors and experts from intelligence and other backgrounds was top-drawer. Second, we had what was generally recognized as the world's premiere database of shortwave spectrum occupancy. Thus it was that the idea of publishing a world band database was born out of desperation. But it wasn't to be a slam dunk. Until then, our "database" had been a internal pencil-and-ruler exercise like what Roger Legge had been preparing at the Voice of America. Obviously, this had to be computerized if a book were to be timely and attractive enough for public sale. PCs Appear in Nick of Time Since 1961, when I had had the good fortune to land a summer job at IBM-Paris, I'd been working on and off with mainframe computers and database development. However, in the early Eighties the attractiveness of renting mainframe time began to fade as the embryonic world of PCs with hard disks — "Winchesters" — came into being. We first committed to a DEC Rainbo system with a 5 Mb disk and a hard- wired Pascal compiler, but it had development issues. So we wound up purchasing, instead, an IBM PC-XT with a then-astonishing 10 Mb "fixed disk" and RAM upgrade to the maximum-allowed 256k. This was the lone demonstration unit which had just arrived at a major Princeton outlet in advance of XTs being nationally introduced for sale. Thankfully, I was able to persuade a young lady there to part with it anyway, as we needed something fast. Still, with nearly every dime we had going to lawyers, we nearly didn't make it. First, finding affordable programming talent to properly turn my specs into a working program was a huge hurdle. U.K. professor John Campbell, like Patton at Bastogne, ultimately came to the rescue. But only dogged persistence allowed us to overcome the main hurdle: a Federal lawsuit from an existing publisher. Tarted Out for Survival A small edition, dubbed Radio Database International, was ultimately released in early 1984, with the title eventually morphing into Passport to World Band Radio. But this was preceded by several near- death experiences, among them: In late 1983 our legal counsel in New Jersey warned that we needed to produce something soon in print if we were to prevail in the lawsuit. Alas, we didn't have enough time to input the massive volumes of data into our lone PC, and there were no rentals or funds for a second machine. So, one of our female co-conspirators dressed in her best approximation of a ditsy young thing married to some rich guy. Thus tarted out, she proceeded to a Philadelphia department store. There, she cooed to an eager salesman that for Christmas she just might be amenable to getting a computer for her husband. She also pointed out that she couldn't be certain Daddy Warbucks would care for it. Not wishing to miss out on a juicy sale, the salesman suggested she could take home a fully equipped PC and peripherals. If hubby wasn't pleased by his lavish surprise, she could return it weeks hence, in January — not incidentally allowing the salesman to collect his commission. Thanks to this creative tomfoolery and the resulting round-the-clock keyboarding, we were able to successfully publish a first bare-bones edition within weeks. Rise and Fall of World Band Radio The rest, you may know. In the best of times sales were over 80,000 units a year, and for one snapped-fingers instant Passport was actually a national top-ten best seller. But that was over 15 years ago. World band radio gained vigor during the buildup to WW II, and of course during the War. After that, the Cold War with its ideological bent kept the field thriving. But once the Berlin Wall came down, questions arose as to why these government broadcasts were taking place in the absence of any major conflict. So, some reinvented themselves, while many phased down or terminated their shortwave operations. Add to that Sony's near-downfall, the growth of the Internet, and even the possible fading away of print publications — and it's sadly evident that the time has come to shutter Passport's declining operation. Great Folks, Grand Times It has been a fantastic quarter century creating and growing this book. I can but wish that everybody could experience what I have: the opportunity to do work that makes you excited about going to the office and getting cracking. And what a pleasure to have had such exceptional folks as colleagues! Heading the roster has been the amiable Tony Jones, who was central to Passport's success from 1982 to the end. Without him, the book simply wouldn't be have been what it was. One of life's eternal truths is that you don't know who your friends are until the chips are down. So it's worth recalling that early on, when we were threadbare, being sued and few gave us any chance of succeeding, we were fortunate enough to have had in our corner the likes of Don Jensen, Noel Green, David Meisel and Pennsylvania attorney Brian Price. During Passport's 25-year run there were a good hundred other angels, including Craig Tyson, Mike Wright, Jock Elliott, Rik Mayell, David Zantow and Rob Sherwood, who turned their exceptional skills into meaningful results. That's only some, and the names of certain others can never be made known. But you know who you are and how much your roles have meant. The same holds for those who have read and supported Passport over the years. Especially, thank you, thank you and thank you for your many recent kind comments. We had precious little of this warmth when we started, and the difference cannot be overstated. It has thrown sunshine on otherwise difficult moments, even as we're gently pulling down the curtain. -Lawrence Magne (PWBR website via Terry Wilson, March 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1505, DXLD) I use to read it [PWBR the book], seemingly, for hours per day, studied those charts from every nuance. I wonder, is this modern again, is there a web source that will duplicate what Passport did ? I'm not talking about a simple frequency/time database or spread sheet. I'm talking about the charts which one could comprehend much quicker than looking up something in a database (Andy k3UK O`Brien, dxldyg via DXLD) ?? Closing the website is a non-sequitur, but Larry apparently feels it`s a sequitur. Note that the website still displays forum comments mostly about receivers, but you can only go from one page to the next, on and on, while they last. Still there early UT March 22 (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I would think that forum refugees would find their presence welcome on WBCQ's forum site. http://forum.wbcq.com/ (Clara Listensprechen, ibid.) OK, but that also seems a non-sequitur. Very little activity there lately and I don`t see much receiver discussion. However, Scott Becker was reunited with his long-lost daughter: http://forum.wbcq.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=480#p2540 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) TAKE A RIDE ON THE FCC'S NEW "SPECTRUM DASHBOARD" Radio Journal March 24, 2010 One of the components of the FCC's new broadband plan is an updated interface to the Commission's licensing database. The "Spectrum Dashboard," as it's being called, made its debut in beta form last week at http://www.fcc.gov/spectrumdashboard providing what's billed as a one-stop look at (non-government) usage of the bands from 225 MHz (just above VHF television) to 3.7 GHz. See http://www.theradiojournal.com/ (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ Re spelling and pronunciation of Urumqi; see EAST TURKISTAN: Hi Glenn, Re - Saipan, Q in Mandarin Chinese is pronounced as CH Regards (Tony Magon, Sydney, NSW, ARDXC via DXLD) Yes, but the tongue is placed differently, so it`s not precisely equal to our ch. Try listening to jin, qin and xin on this table, which sound almost the same to us: http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Tables/g,k,h,j,q,x,z,c+group.htm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HAUSERISM COLLEXION Dan Ferguson seems to be collecting them, rather off-topic, at: http://www.hfskeds.com/skeds/ except he has ``corrected`` them along with some other ``errors`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF HOROLOGY See BANGLADESH; MEXICO; PAKISTAN; RUSSIA +++++++++++++++++ RADIO PHILATELY +++++++++++++++ IRC'S VIA THE USPS WEBSITE I haven't had first hand experience with this yet, but it might save the aggravation of receiving blank stares at the post office: https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?langId =- 1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10001&categoryId=10000034&parent_category_rn =10000002&top_category=10000002 (Bob Coomler, NASWA yg via DXLD) Hi Bob, A suggestion - instead of investing in IRCs why not buy mint stamps for the country you are writing to? Bill Plum can provide mint stamps (airmail) for many countries. So all the station has to do is affix their own countries airmail stamps to the correspondence back to you. Easier for you and the station! Bill’s contact information: William Plum 12 Glenn Road Flemington, NJ 08822 908-788-1020 plumdx @ msn.com Just an idea worth thinking about (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, ibid.) Hi Ron, Point well taken. In fact, if Bill Plum and Jim Mackey have older kids, I have probably paid the greater part of their college tuition with my purchases (I'm a ham too). There are some situations where IRC's are advised and/or the sender just prefers IRC's. The P.O. can be a bit of a lottery when it comes to staff familiarity with International Reply Coupons (Bob Coomler, ibid.) If you really want IRCs, don`t take no, or what`s that? for an answer at your PO. They are obligated to get them and sell them (gh, DXLD) MUSEA +++++ AUDIOCLIP: MEDIUMWAVE RADIO STATIONS HEARD IN THE PERIOD 1973-1975 Mediumwave radio stations heard in the period 1973-1975, recorded in cassette. The clip includes, in chronological order: CHILE, CB114 Radio Nacional, Santiago; COLOMBIA, R. Capital; COLOMBIA, Em. Nuevo Mundo; COLOMBIA; R. Melodía; Radio Habana Cuba broadcast from unID station; PERU, 900, R. El Sol; PERU, R. América, Lima; PERU, 1550, OBX4C R. Independencia, UNID, COLOMBIA, R. Tequendama; COLOMBIA, R. Tigre; COLOMBIA, LV de Barranquilla; CHILE, R. Cooperativa, Valparaíso (unid Colombian beneath on same fq); CHILE, R. Talcahuano, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, NBS (ID repeated several times edited by myself); COLOMBIA, RCN station, ECUADOR, R Nacional Espejo; COLOMBIA, R. Universal; COLOMBIA, Punto Cinco, Bogotá; UNID Vernacular African language?; ARGENTINA, R. Chubut; PARAGUAY R. Caaguazú; PARAGUAY, LV del Chaco Paraguayo. This was heard with second receiver, a domestic receiver "Philips" brand, 5 tubes and randomwire. This is still the analogic era of radio reception... no digital noise, when the locals switched off at midnight or as late as 2 AM, leaving the dial free for our avid ears. Never heard Colombia, Peru again as I did in this era! http://www.goear.com/listen/757fa9c/mwdx-1973-75-horacio-a.-nigro (Horacio A. Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF RADIO DOCUMENTS, AMATEUR AND BROADCAST Jonathan Marks has uploaded a twenty minute video to Vimeo: "I wanted to share part one of a short documentary I am making about the radio documentation centre in Vienna. When I was there in September last year, my colleague broadcaster and friend Wolf Harranth OE1WHC showed me around the world's largest collection of radio related documents, both from the broadcast and amateur radio world. In fact the millions of QSL cards, magazines, books and unique government records tell the story of communication across international borders. They survive on help from volunteers and I hope that this video will help to explain why they are so passionate about preserving the golden age of international radio." http://vimeo.com/10320815 A fascinating video, default is HD on; I changed to HD is off for my 2MB connection as the video was stuttering (Mike Barraclough, March 22, dxldyg via DXLD) RADIO SHACK OLD CATALOGS ONLINE A DXer on Facebook recommended a site which contains many old Radio Shack catalogs for viewing online. I've had fun making screen shot image files of some of my favorite products from the past, including four "TRF" portables that were important DX machines for me at various times, especially on Cape Cod vacations. Link is http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalog_directory.html TRF's I used over the years were catalog #'s A90L279 (1961), 12T611K (1964), 12R614K (1966), and - most famous of all - the 12-655 (1976). The last two of those listed got some "special modifications" (a.k.a. user "hacks") including adding regeneration for ultra-narrow selectivity and goosed-up gain on foreign "splits" when required. I logged a lot of countries on these puppies. Many of us will feel nostalgia ... and then some dismay in how Radio Shack went from being a great store for hams / homebrewers to the sort of mini version of Best Buy that it is today. They're even trying to take "Radio" out of their name (Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Billerica, MA + South Yarmouth, MA, NRC-AM via DXLD) AMERICAN FAX RADIO: PART 1 In our two-part story about American Fax Radio, we begin by going way back to the middle of the 1800s. It was in the year 1843 that the Scottish electrician and clockmaker Alexander Bain began experimenting with the idea of sending images over a telegraph wire from one location to another. His procedure was the earliest attempt at sending facsimile, or fax information, and it is described as an electro- chemical process. Alexander Bain’s fax machine was made up of a wooden frame into which metal blocks were placed. A battery powered pendulum, operated by the mechanism from a clock, swept over the metal parts and the electrical impulse was transmitted over the telegraph wire. At the receiving end, a pen marked the electrical pulses onto a moving ribbon of paper. Some twenty two years later, the Italian inventor, Giovanni Caselli, modified the Bain fax machine, with the usage of a metal sheet upon which the message was written with insulating varnish. In this way, the first-ever long distance fax message was sent from Lyon to Paris in France in 1860. Just after the turn of the century, (in 1902 to be exact), Dr Arthur Korn in Germany developed an improved system of fax messaging with the use of a photo-electric cell, which is still the basic procedure for fax messaging to this day. The fax message is placed on a revolving drum and it is scanned electronically. The first real test for sending a picture by radio using a fax system took place in the year 1924. With co-operation between AT&T and RCA, a photograph was transmitted from New York to London and back again. The photograph showed President Calvin Coolidge and it was sent as a photographic negative which then had to be processed chemically into a photographic positive. Soon afterwards, both AT&T & RCA began the commercial transmission of pictures, photos and text, by landline as well as by radio, and mostly for publication in newspapers and magazines. Interestingly, at this stage, mediumwave station WOR, which was located at the Bamberger Departmental Store in Newark New Jersey at the time, entered into what we might call the fax race. They began the experimental broadcasting of what they called radiopictures using the Cooley system. Under this system, it was necessary to process the received picture chemically to produce a regular photograph. Two years later, they abandoned the usage of this Cooley system, due to the fact that it was too slow and too cumbersome. However, a few years later again, and this was now in the early 1930s, newspapers and radio stations developed an interest in the transmission of newspaper by radio, or faxradio, if you please. During the first era of faxradio in the United States, which lasted around ten years, a total of some forty radio stations were on the air with the broadcast of fax newspaper information. Some of these stations broadcast the fax newspaper during the dark hours of the night after midnight when most mediumwave broadcasting stations were normally off the air, whereas others were on the air during the hours of the working day with the use of shortwave channels. The first broadcast of a fax newspaper occurred on December 19, 1933 over shortwave station W9XAF in Milwaukee Wisconsin with a specially prepared text from the Milwaukee Journal. Interest-ingly, the callsign of this experimental fax broadcasting station, W9XAF, contained the identification letters, FAX, in reverse. During this era, at least eight different companies began the manufacture of radio receivers capable of printing out a fax newspaper and most of these systems were not compatible with each other. The Finch system was the first that was available for general listener usage, and the radio receiver printed from a roll of heat-sensitive paper at the rate of five feet per hour. One of the problems with the Finch system though was the fact that a burst of static in the analog transmission could wipe out the reception and the printing of several pages of the newspaper. By the time of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, ten thousand fax receivers of all makes had been sold, but only four stations still remained on air. Soon afterwards, the FCC withdrew the licenses of all of the fax radio stations, and the system came to a standstill. In any case though, FM radio and television also, were beginning to make their inroads into the homes of families in America. Little known though, is the fact that the idea of faxing newspapers by radio was revived again in the mid 1940s. In the year 1944, five newspapers and twenty radio stations formed an alliance to revive the broadcast of newspapers by fax radio, and the first test broadcasts went on the air two years later, using what they called the electrolytic system. However, this second era of fax newspapers by radio in the United States lasted only half the duration of the first era, and it was phased out soon after it began. In total, throughout the twin eras of fax newspapers, during the 1930s and for a while during the latter part of the 1940s, there were stations on the air with fax broadcasts, on mediumwave, on shortwave, and yes, even on FM. However, the concept of the electronic transmission of newspapers into the home did not die with the cessation of the fax radio system. These days, we can consult all sorts of electronic news sources with the usage of the internet which is readily available almost worldwide. In our program next week, we plan to tell you about the radio stations that were actually on the air with the broadcast of these fax newspapers during the 1930s & 1940s (Adrian Peterson, IN, AWR Wavescan script March 14 via DXLD) American Fax Radio - Part 2: The Story of the Stations At the end of our program last week, we indicated that next time, we would present Part 2 in the story of Fax Radio Broadcasting in the United States; and true to our word, here is the information. Last week, we presented an overview of the two major eras of fax radio broadcasting, the late 1930s & the mid 1940s, and on this occasion, we present the story of many of the individual stations that were on the air with fax radio broadcasts during those two eras; AM-mediumwave, shortwave, and FM. The fax radio era began on December 19, 1933 with the experimental transmission of a specially prepared text that was broadcast by shortwave station W9XAF in Milwaukee Wisconsin. This station, with the letters FAX in reverse as part of its callsign, W9XAF, was included in the commercial conglomerate that owned the Milwaukee Journal daily newspaper, and also mediumwave station WTMJ. You will note that the mediumwave callsign also contained two significant letters; WTMJ, with the MJ standing for the name of the newspaper, Milwaukee Journal. The frequency for this trial broadcast was 4100 kHz, which was an Apex Band channel, and the power was 500 watts. Another step in the development of fax radio broadcasting took place nearly four years later, when station KSTP in St Paul Minnesota made the first fax broadcast on mediumwave. At the time, KSTP operated on 1460 kHz with 10 kW. A few weeks later, two other mediumwave stations entered the fax radio race, and these were WGH in Newport News Virginia with 100 watts on 1310 kHz and WHO in Des Moines Iowa with 50 kW on 1000 kHz. It should be noted that the mediumwave stations that carried fax broadcasts during this era did so after midnight, at the conclusion of what was considered in those days, as the end of the broadcast day. This cluster of three mediumwave stations that broadcast specially prepared editions of their local newspaper, all used the same fax system designed and manufactured by the Finch company. Some four months later, another cluster of mediumwave stations entered the fax radio race, and these were three well known giants, all at 50 kW; WOR in Newark New Jersey on 710 kHz, WGN in Chicago Illinois on 720 kHz, and the famous WLW in Cincinnati on 700 kHz. It is remembered that the very letters of the Chicago station, WGN, stood for the World’s Greatest Newspaper. Once again, these three stations were also using the afore mentioned Finch fax system. Over in California, two stations owned by McClatchy Newspapers entered the fax radio broadcasting scene and these were KFBK in Sacramento and KMJ in Fresno. One station was owned by the newspaper that was known as the Sacramento Bee, and the other station was owned by the co-owned Fresno Bee. Altogether, it is stated, a total of fifteen mediumwave stations were on the air with fax radio broadcasts after midnight in their areas. On shortwave, it is stated, another twenty two stations were licensed by the FFC for the broadcast of fax newspapers on a regular basis. A list of shortwave stations licensed by the FCC for the broadcast of fax newspapers was issued on January 1, 1938, but it was not until the end of that same year that the first station came on the air with the broadcast of a regular daily newspaper. These stations were described as shortwave stations, and the band in which they were operating was generally the American Apex shortwave band. These stations were permitted to make their newspaper broadcasts at any time that was convenient, which was of course usually during the local daytime. The first regular delivery of the newspaper by shortwave radio took place on December 7, 1938. The station was licensed as W9XZY in St Louis Missouri, and the frequency was 31600 kHz with 100 watts. The fax bulletin was assembled in the studios of the well known mediumwave station KSD. Other well known mediumwave stations that fostered the daily transmission of a newspaper on shortwave were:- WHAS Louisville KY Times W9XWT 500 watts 26250 kHz WTMJ Milwaukee WI Journal W9XAG 1000 WNAC Boston MA W1XMX 500 WLW Cincinnati OH W8XUJ FM WQXR New York NY Times W2XR 1000 By the time of Pearl Harbor, a total of ten thousand fax receivers had been sold in the United States, but only four stations were still on the air with fax radio broadcasts. It was an unprofitable and very expensive business. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, the FCC terminated all fax broadcasting licenses. During the year 1944, twenty five newspapers and radio stations formed an alliance for the re-introduction of fax radio broadcasting. The first experimental broadcast of a new system, described as an electrolytic system, took place on April 17, 1946. However, by this time the concept was to broadcast the fax newspaper during the idle time of an FM transmitter. Among the few FM radio stations that became active with the delivery of the newspaper by fax, were WGNB & WJJD in Chicago IL, WQXR in New York NY, and WFIL in Philadelphia PA. A little over half a dozen FM stations actually got into fax broadcasting. However, by this time, FM radio was developing, as also was television, and the entire fax venture collapsed again, for the second time. However, that is not the end of the story of fax newspapers by radio. In the year 1990, the New York times began the broadcast of a regular newspaper by shortwave radio to ships at sea, and also to upscale tourist holiday resorts, and this service is still on the air to this day. Known as the Times Digest, it has a circulation of 190,000 readers in more than 50 countries on all continents. You can view a sample copy on the internet by performing a Google search for Times Digest. Then too, over in Japan, the Kyodo News Agency prepares a daily newspaper in both Japanese and English that is broadcast by shortwave radio from communication station JJC in Tokyo, and this service is also relayed by another communication station, 9VF in Singapore. AMERICAN FAX RADIO SUMMARY OF ALL STATIONS Year Date Call City State kHz kW Newspaper System Station End ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Era - Mediumwave 1937 Oct KSTP St Paul MN 1460 10 Finch 1937 Nov WGH Newport News VA 1310 .1 Daily Press Finch 1937 Nov WHO Des Moines IA 1000 50 Transradio Finch 1940 1938 Feb 4 WOR Newark NJ 710 50 Finch & RCA 1938 Mar WGN Chicago IL 720 50 Transradio Finch 1938 Mar WLW Cincinnati OH 700 50 Finch-Crosley 1940 1938 KFBK Sacramento CA 1490 5 S’mento Bee Finch-RCA 1939 1938 KMJ Fresno CA 580 1 Fresno Bee Finch-RCA 1939 1938 WSM Nashville TN 650 50 Finch 1938 WHK Cleveland OH 1390 2.5 Plain Dealer Finch 1939 Early WWJ Detroit MI 920 5 Detroit News ½ year 1939 Oct Dallas TX Morning News 1939 KXOK St Louis MO 630 5 Star Times ½ year 1st Era - Shortwave 1938 Jan 1 W1XMX Boston MA 4100 .5 WNAC-WAAB 1938 Jan 1 W7XBD Portland OR 3 .1 1938 Jan 1 W2XR New York NY 6 1 Radio Pictures NY Times WQXR 1938 Jan 1 W9XAG Milwaukee WI 6 1 Milwaukee Journal WTMJ 1938 Jan 1 W9XAF Milwaukee WI 4100 .5 Milwaukee Journal WTMJ 1938 Dec 7 W9XZY St Louis MO 31600 .1 Post-Dispatch Finch-RCA KSD 1939 Jun W8XUJ Cincinnati OH Crosley WLW 1939 Late WOKO Albany NY 25050 .5 1939 Late W9XWT Louisville KY 26250 .5 Times & Journal WHAS 2nd Era - FM 1946 May WGNB Chicago IL 98.9 Chicago Tribune Finch 1946 WJJD Chicago IL FM Chicago Sun 1948 Feb WQXR New York NY 97.7 New York Times W2XR 1948 1948 WFIL Philadelphia PA 102.1 Inquirer 1948 KFRU Columbia MO FM University of Missouri KFRU 1948 Miami FL Miami Herald 1949 Current Shortwave Era 1990 New York NY SW New York Times, ships & resorts (1999) 2009 JJC Tokyo Japan SW Daily transmission newspaper JJ & EE Wik 2009 9VF Singapore SW Relay from JJC Wikipedia ====================================================================== (Adrian Peterson, IN, AWR Wavescan script March 21 via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ RUSSIAN SUNRISE ANTENNAS Has anyone ever produced a complete or even substantially complete list of all the Russian large and small "sunrise" antennas? If so I'd sure like a copy, as they are probably the most unusual and innovative medium wave antennas every built, and we will probably never see their like again because of their complexity and cost. Regards, (Benjamin Dawson, WA, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The ones I'm aware of, from west to east (roughly), with HFCC site codes where applicable: Krasne ("LV"), 936 kHz Sosnovy (Belarus), 1170 kHz Krasny Bor ("S.P"), 1494 kHz Grigoriopol ("KCH"), 1548 kHz Tbilisskaya ("ARM"), 1170 kHz Gavar ("YER"), 1314 kHz*) Orzu (Tajikistan), three ones, either of 648/801/972/1161 kHz Angarsk ("IRK"), two ones, 1080 kHz Razdolnoye ("VLD"), 648 kHz *) Note also another interesting system at this site: Six masts in a circle, with apparent ATU shacks next to each one. What's this? To my knowledge no Zarya's have been built outside the USSR, but of course other systems, like in Germany the ShARRT-257 (I think; ND mast with configurable elevation; was 783 kHz at Burg, now dismantled, mast re-used as carrier of an LW cone) and the Kvadrat with switchable patterns (in routine use on 1323 kHz. Today even single ND masts are considered too expensive. Here I think of the triangular hammock at Wiederau, as just described here. May I repeat it: Any such antennas, of this particular triangular design, outside eastern Germany and the Pleven station? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At least also: Vestochka (Yuzhno-Sakhalisk) 720 Konstantinogradovka (Blagoveshchensk) 585 (Victor Rutkovsky, Russia, ibid.) Benjamin, to prevent possible confusion it's better to talk of the Soviet or Soviet-built antennas. The term "Russian" isn't historically correct and can be misleading. Many of those antennas were constructed outside of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. So now the antennas are located not only in Russia but also in Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine and Tajikistan (Sergei S., ibid.) An example: Some of the well-known "Russian" diesel locomotives, like the famous M62 (a.k.a. Masha, Sergei [ask the Poles why], Gagarin, Taigatrommel) and the TE109 (a.k.a. Lyudmilla) have been built in Lugansk/Ukraine. Another locomotive manufacturer at Bryansk was about to purchase this company, but then Kiev ordered to terminate the deal, leaving Luganskteplovoz in the rain as far as I know. So where have these antennas been designed and assembled? I understand this was a company in Moscow, for which I just can't recall the name. If so the antennas would indeed be Russian ones. (Other of their standard AM models have been set up in a lot of countries outside the USSR, too, so this is not the point here.) And where have the transmitters been made? I heard of a company "Komintern Leningrad". All googling attempts I just made were futile, no surprise with such a name. Of course this company could also have designed the antenna systems needed to run its transmitters, since the mentioned Moscow company is (I think they're still in business) rather a planning bureau, dealing with complete broadcasting facilities (also studios), including project management etc. (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) Most all the ex-Soviet MF and LF antennas I have encountered (either in person or by the reports of colleagues who have been there) are described in the textbook "Antennas: Radio Communication, Radio Broadcasting; part 2, Medium Wave and Long Wave Antennas" Ministry of Communications, USSR, 1980, Foreign Edition. We have translated substantial portions for our reference. Having worked on several projects at ex-USSR sites (and "east block" European sites) but none of them in Russia proper, I can say that all the documentation I have seen indicates that even if hardware wasn't manufactured in Russia proper, the systems design and program management surely was! The transmitters sometimes have label or similar information (although not all that often) but antenna hardware never does. And Kai, thank you VERY much for the list. It's got the one's I've personally seen (Orzu and Gavar) and, I think, all the others I know about. I really wish I could find a good technical description, since when I've been on site with them I have been far to busy to be able to document their electrical layout in any detail. Your locomotive analogy is amusing, since I have often described even the most modern ex-USSR transmitters (the newest one I have seen is at Gavar, dating from the early '90's or maybe late '80's) which are high level plate modulated, all vacuum tube, vapor phase cooled, no PDM or other modern technique as being an analogue for a world in which we'd never developed diesel-electric locomotives, and had only very high tech steam ones. Maybe it's the vapor phase cooling which made me think of that analogy (Ben Dawson, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SHORTWAVE RECEIVERS SCARCE IN JAPAN Our rejoined member, Kiyoshi Doi, Japan, writes this funny – and interesting – letter how difficult it can be to send money to foreign countries. “I went to the Post Office to send money to the treasurer of DSWCI in January this year. The person at the counter said “Write this form, please. Do you have an ID card?” I said “Oh yes, I have a driver’s license.” He said “Show me it at once. Is Mr. Nielsen a real Dane?” I said, “I think so. I have not met him”. He said: “This is a rule to ask the purpose of remittance. Sending money to terrorists is prohibited. In Denmark, you must add 4 EURO Dollars (? –ed.) to cover the charges of the bank”.” I said: “I see”. In January I went to the JRC Corporation, Osaka Branch, which is located in the heart of Osaka. I said.” Please give me a leaflet of communication receivers for shortwave listening” The clerk at the JRC said “I am very sorry, I could not. My company has already stopped manufacturing of shortwave receivers for amateurs.” I asked:”Has NRD 535 stopped – and NRD 545G?” He said:” If you would search for stock goods, you would have a chance to get it perhaps”. I was disappointed and went back to my home. In Japan the JRC makes professional equipment for boats and ships. Next day I went to the town called Nippon-Bashi, where many electric good stores are open. I visited several Ham shops. I asked a shop assistant “How is the TRIO?” “The TRIO has changed its name to the Kenwood a long time ago. Now, the company name is JVC Kenwood Holdings Co., Ltd.” I asked “How is the Yeasu?” Yaesu is a brand name. At present the name is the Vertex Standard Co. Ltd.” It is complicated. He said “We can find shortwave receivers a little in the marketplace. Nowadays almost all HF transceivers for amateurs have a general coverage function. The license is needed to operate it” I was able to see only the Yaesu VR000 in a shop. Due to the economic recession, most of the Ham shops are selling used transceivers which were manufactured 20 or 30 years ago. I could not see any brand new receivers”. Another day I went to the ICOM Corporation by bicycle, which is located 2 km. from my house. I said: “Please give me a pamphlet of shortwave receivers”. A clerk came out and said “Oh, yes, we have some sort of it. Here you are”. From ICOM’s communication receivers catalogue June 2009: IC-R9500: 0.005-3335 MHz. Professional use. The price is not listed. Here is a warning. If you could take this receiver to foreign countries, you must get a permission of the government. Spectrum scope is booming. IC-R8500: =.1-1999 MHz. I could not find this receiver in Ham shops. I think more than ten years has passed when this rig came into market. Desk top receiver. IC-R75: 0.03-54 MHz. I tried to find this rig in shops, but I could not. Desk top. IC-R20: 0.15-3304 MHz. Handy type. For utility enthusiasts. IC-RX7: 0.15-1300 MHz. Handy receiver. For Utility IC-R3: 0.495-24500 MHz. Handy. For Utility IC-R5: =.15-1309 Mhz. Handy. Small. For Utility. IC-R2500 and IC-R1500: 0.01-3299 Mhz. Dual watch. Diversified reception. Band scope display on computer. Thank you very much for your letter and investigating in SW receivers, which apparently is not that easy! (Kaj Bredahl Jørgensen, March DSWCI SW News via DXLD) ICOM 746 PRO TRANSCEIVER AS RECEIVER Using a Icom 746Pro, my second owned. Enjoy the twin PBT and IF notch, to cancel out CHU on 3330 permitting the Peruvian. Bandwidth is flexible and has two levels of pre amp. Best receiver I have ever used. Started with the S38E when James K Polk was President. Easy radio to sell as Hams, will snap one up quickly. Sold my first, then missed the 746 and bought a second one. The 746Pro DL extensively modified by Dallas Lankford. Use many of DL mods, filters and antennas. Look on Dallas Files for Modifications for the 746Pro. http://www.kongsfjord.no/ Dallas and Russell Scotka perform magic with radios and antennas. Look at the 746 Pro for Ham use. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzNrJbAubko Ham reviews vary but find this a top for tropical band dxing http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1951 Drake R8 has slightly better audio, Drake Audio is a legend :) But R8 lacks IF notch. Best of 73s (Bob Wilkner, FL, NASWA yg via DXLD) LOOP EXPERIMENTS - ANTENNAS FOR THE MW BAND DXER Just published an article about an air core loop antenna for MW, with photos of the final product. After some research I have completed this loop antenna with good practical results. The article is written in English, not Google translation. http://www.sarmento.eng.br This is the first article of a series of different loops I have assembled in order to test different concepts of this kind of antenna; next one will be about portable ferrite loops for MW, let me say, with not so common dimensions. But it worked very fine too. :-) Comments are much appreciated. Regards, (Sarmento Campos - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil, HCDX via DXLD) PRADIP KUNDU – A DXER PUTTING TECHNOLOGY TO SHAME ! - by Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, India March 2010 I met Pradip Kundu for the first time as we were gathering at Babul Gupta's shack to see his brand new ICOM R75. The ICOM was connected to a dipole and a long wire and was placed next to the PC which is an indispensable DX tool today. That was an irony because there was Pradip Kundu, the DXer from Tripura who had logged some amazing QSLs using just a two Band Bush and later a Philips portable set. He was visiting Kolkata with his collection of QSLs. The collection was amazing by any standards, if not for the Indian DXer alone. There were a host of European mw stations such as from Tallinin and Villinus to Yugoslavia and Finland and shortwave stations ranging from Cook Islands to WWV in Colorado. There were African tropical band stations, flood of Japanese MW qsls and many exotic AIRs. The engineer of AIR Tezu was amazed that his 250 watt (yes 0.25 kW!) station which barely reached beyond Tezu could travel so far to Tripura. Most of Pradip Kundu's prize DX catches were from the days when his village did not have electricity. He had strung a modest piece of GI wire which he would shift every now and then to get different directivity. A DXer since 1978 and owner of such a glittering collection of QSL is yet to try out a digital frequency read out set today in 2010!! What is the secret of his success ? His village, Kumaria Kucha which is 35 km away from Agartala was first electrified in 1997. That allowed Pradip to DX in noise free environment. Work has brought him now to Agartala where he is not active at the moment. That explains why his QSL collections mostly date between 1980 and 1994. For a DXer of Pradip Kundu's stature, he is still not connected to the internet. And in his early days as a DXer there were no TVs . He was first introduced to DXing by the Radio Monitors International DX program in 1978. That program used to be produced in Pune by Adrian Peterson from AWR studios in Pune . It was aired once a week over a 15 minute segment from SLBC Colombo. Indian DX Club International of Kolkata had a tiny monthly segment in this program produced by Alok Dasgupta. It was this segment which brought Pradip in touch with the Kolkata DXers. Tripti Ranjan Basu who had replied to Pradip's letter still has very strong bonds with Pradip. Tripti had traveled to Pradip's village in Tripura way back in 1982. What does Tripti has to say about that trip ? "Green – it was green every where". Why does Pradip have such a large collection of Time signal stations including rare Korean stations besides WWV, WWVH and VNG ? In early eighties time signal station ATA from New Delhi sent out signals at 15 minutes interval. Since Pradip did not have accurate frequency readouts, he would keep his two band set logged to the New Delhi time signal station and listen in between their 15 minutes interval announcements! Some of Pradip's rare catches have a simple story behind it. Once he was tuning in to the early morning "Mahalaya" special broadcast from AIR Agartala which is aired a few days before Durga Puja. Bang on this frequency was Yugoslavia loud and clear before it disappeared after a 15 minutes ! His DX success story has the underlying message of diligence which for a DXer counts more than anything else. Then ,of course, come the vagaries of the ionosphere. For a DXer whose only means of communication to the outside world was by post, Pradip Kundu did edit the loggings of Asian DX Review (ADXR) for two years. He is grateful to the loggings from ADXR which inspired him into DXing. He has played his role in propagating DXing too. In 1996 the well known Tripura daily "Dainik Sambad" ran a full page feature article on DXing which was compiled by him. AIR Agartala broadcast a many part program on DXing by him . Pradip recollects the amazement of Soumen basu , the program executive at AIR when he first looked at Pradip Kundu's QSLs. Pradip's meeting with the Kolkata DXers have charged him up on DXing. He plans to get a digital radio set and be hooked to the internet (Supratik Sanatani, March 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSL CARDS OF PRADIP KUNDU, TRIPURA Amazing collection of QSL cards of Pradip Kundu, Tripura using his 2 band analog receiver. Thanks to Babul Gupta, Kolkata for scanning & uploading the images ... http://picasaweb.google.com/babulgupta/QSLFromPradipKundu?feat=email# Regards (Alokesh Gupta, dx_india yg via DXLD) Very nice, with slideshow funxion (gh, DXLD) TV IS GOING TO BE ROADKILL ON THE FCC HIGHWAY NEWS ANALYSIS Genachowski To TV: Take It Or Leave It By Harry A. Jessell and Kim McAvoy TVNewsCheck, Mar 17 2010, 9:01 AM ET http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2010/03/17/daily.2/ The FCC's National Broadband Plan comes down to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski saying this to broadcasters: We can do this the easy way or we can do it the hard way, but, make no mistake, we are going to take back 120 MHz of your spectrum and sell it to wireless providers so that more Americans can have faster mobile access to the Internet. The easy way is for broadcasters to simply go along with the NBP's principal proposals: Acquiesce to a repacking of the broadcast plan to free up at least six channels (36 MHz) "Voluntarily" enter into arrangements under which two or more stations would share a single 6 MHz broadcast channel so the FCC can recover another 14 channels (84 MHz). Stations that choose to give up all or some of their spectrum through channel sharing would be rewarded. They would be entitled to a percentage of the proceeds from the eventual auctioning of the spectrum to wireless providers. However, if broadcasters fail to go for channel sharing and auction cash in sufficient numbers or if Congress fails to allow broadcasters in on the auction take, then the NBP says the FCC should do it the hard way. That involves bulling ahead with the band repacking to recover at least six channels in the top part of the UHF band (chs. 46-51) over the broadcasters' objections and then forcing stations to double or triple up on channels by FCC fiat or by threats of hefty new spectrum fees. Faced with recalcitrant broadcasters, the NBP says the FCC could also tear up the current system of so-called big-stick broadcasting and replace it will a cellular architecture that the FCC believes is more spectrum efficient and that would yield ample spectrum for auctioning. Or, it could go forward with "overlay auctions" in which it broadcast spectrum is auctioned off to wireless providers. It would then be left to the auction winners to negotiate with broadcasters to clear the band. The broadcast spectrum grab is just one of scores of proposals in the NBP, all aimed at putting affordable broadband access in the hands of most Americans at home and when they are on the go. In fact, the 120 MHz that the NPB intends to squeeze out of broadcasting is just part of 300 MHz in new spectrum it intends to make available for wireless mobile within the next five years and 500 MHz total within the next 10. Commercial broadcasting's trade groups in Washington — the NAB and MSTV — have been measured in their official responses to the NPB over the past two days, saying they hope to work with the FCC in meeting the nation's broadband needs. But privately, broadcast lawyers and lobbyists were steamed by the NBP's call for repacking the band and they were no more interested in the cash-for-spectrum proposal than when NPB chief Blair Levin first floated the idea last fall. They were also unhappy with the NBP's implied threat of spectrum fees. "Make no mistake, the historic public interest trade for the license has now been replaced by a spectrum tax that will be systematically ratcheted up to force broadcasters off their channels," says one longtime broadcaster. "The move is as transparent as it is cynical." As things stand now, broadcasters remain determined to hang on to every last hertz of spectrum, a position that puts them on a collision course with Genachowski. The broadcasters see the six-channel repacking proposal as little more than a spectrum grab. It would cause hundreds of UHF stations now on chs. 46 through 51 to move to new channels, some in the low VHF band that have been an over-the-air nightmare for the broadcasters now stuck there. What's more, they and most other broadcasters in the UHF band would end up with reduced power, smaller service areas and more interference as the FCC packs all stations in the band closer together. "The plan is urban renewal," says one broadcast rep. "It just levels certain portions of the broadcast spectrum nationwide." Most broadcasters never liked the cash-for-spectrum idea, mostly because it takes them out of the digital game. They still believe they can capitalize on their digital spectrum through multicasting, mobile DTV and other schemes. Significantly, the NBP downplays the potential for multicasting and mobile DTV, stating that revenue generated by multicasting "has been modest thus far and is forecast to remain so in the near term." The NBP concedes that the consumers are interested in mobile video, but adds that whether they are interested in the type envisioned by broadcasters "has yet to be determined." Broadcasters are also skeptical that Congress can be persuaded to allow them to share in proceeds from the auctioning of spectrum they might throw into the broadband pool. In the 1990s, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and others opposed giving broadcasters the temporary use of second channels so that they could make a smooth transition from analog to digital. To the credit of Levin and the FCC, the formulation of the NBP has been a fairly open process. Which means that the broadcasters have been able to get a jump on their campaign to derail the plan. They already have their counter-arguments and talking points and have come up with research in support of them. The broadcasters' basic tactic has been to challenge Genachowski's, Levin's and now the NBP's assertion that the America is facing a critical shortage of spectrum for mobile broadband that the nation will be left in the technological dust by virtually every country in the world if something isn't done pronto. It's just not so, the broadcasters say with experts to back them up. The broadcasters also argue that before the FCC goes around disrupting a service that has served America well for 60 years and been the model for broadcasting around the world, it had better make sure that there isn't other spectrum laying around doing little or nothing and that the wireless providers are making use of the spectrum they now have as efficiently as possible. To that end, broadcasters are urging the government to conduct a full spectrum inventory to see precisely what we've got and how it's being used. If successful, the broadcasters will get a congressional moratorium on tampering with broadcast spectrum at least until the inventory is completed — a process they would no doubt like to see last longer than the Obama administration. The broadcasters also say they have already sacrificed at the altar of broadband, giving up 108 MHz of spectrum when they completed the transition from analog to the more spectrum-efficient digital broadcasting last year. (Ironically, the NBP uses this fact against broadcasting, pointing out how much more valuable the broadcast spectrum was when it was auctioned for broadband use.) Understanding the old Washington adage that you can't beat something with nothing and not altogether opposed to cashing in on excess spectrum if the price is right, broadcasters are offering to meet the needs of broadband providers by leasing portions of their channels to them. They say they simply need more flexibility in how they package the spectrum to make it more suitable for broadband. By law, broadcasters are permitted to lease spectrum to non-broadcast users under certain conditions. Stations must still devote some portion of their channels for basic broadcast service, and they must pay a portion of the lease revenue to the government. Right now, the fee is set at 5%, but the FCC has the power to adjust that. Evidence that the broadcasters have already been shopping around this idea is the statement that FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell issued yesterday upon release of the NBP. "Focusing on this statutorily permissible and voluntary [emphasis his] mechanism for leasing parts of the airwaves may be an easier path to accelerating deployment of advanced wireless services than more coercive means," he said. At a press briefing with reporters Tuesday, authors of the NBP pooh- poohed the broadcaster-lease option, saying that wireless providers were not interested in leasing small hunks of spectrum on a market-by- market basis. Although it would be legally tough for the FCC to flat-out take away a station's license — a point the NBP acknowledges — the FCC has all kinds of authority to chip away at those channels by changing interference protection criteria and reducing power levels and even the allocated hertz per channel. Back in the 1980s, amid a raucous battle, the FCC came close to reducing the channel spacing between AM stations and repacking the band so that it could squeeze in more stations. The NBP puts broadcast spectrum reallocation on a fast track. It calls for a vote on repacking and channel sharing in 2011, an auction of the freed-up spectrum in 2012 or 2013 and band transition and clearing in 2015. To get to that vote next year means that the FCC will have to launch the necessary rulemaking proceeding this summer or early fall at the latest. Assuming broadcasters can't get such a moratorium on spectrum tampering, they will have to come up with three votes at the FCC to block the 2011 vote. Right now, it's not clear where those three votes would come from. Even if they can get the two Republicans, Meredith Atwell Baker and Robert McDowell — a big if — they would also have to bag one of two Democrats, newcomer Mignon Clyburn or Michael Copps. (By the time the rulemaking come up for a vote next year, Copps may be gone. His term expires this June. The worst case scenario for broadcasters is Levin's succeeding him as many have speculated.) To win Clyburn's vote, the broadcasters would probably have to sign off on all sorts of new public interest obligations. Clyburn signaled as much in her statement upon the release of the NBP, pointing out that it does not contain a "rigorous analysis" of the public interest implications of broadcast spectrum reallocation. "This is a serious concern given the broadcast spectrum is the lone spectrum through which our nation's public interest goals are effectuated." The broadcasters already know that they will face determined foes in Genachowski and Levin, who believe they have economics and the best interests of the Republic on their side. They will do all they can to put the NBP into effect. They see broadcasting as an inefficient use of spectrum and they see broadband as the superior medium and key to nation's competitiveness in the world economy. They also believe they can take 120 MHz away from broadcasting without materially damaging the medium, pointing out that 90% of viewers watch broadcast signals via satellite or cable anyway and promising that channel-sharing stations will continue to enjoy must-carry rights. The NBP also suggest that some auction proceeds could be used to pay for a lifeline broadcast service or cable and satellite systems for certain consumers, presumably the poor and elderly, who lose over-the- air service because of reduced coverage areas related to repacking. As chairman of the FCC, Genachowski can bring all sorts of pressures to bear on broadcasters to get them to go along with repacking and channel sharing. With Clyburn and Copps (or his successor), he can load broadcasters up with additional public interest responsibilities, shut down the many loopholes in the duopoly rules that broadcasters have become adept at slipping through or even dilute their retransmission consent rights. Just last week at a Hill hearing, Genachowski said the retrans framework has been under "active consideration' since last December, alarming broadcasters who are now enjoying a hefty revenue stream from the framework just as it is. And you can bet that Genachowski and Levin have their Hill support lined up. No sooner had they sent up the NBP to Congress, than the Democratically controlled Senate Commerce Committee and House Subcommittee on Communications and the Internet announced hearings next week on the plan. Those hearings, incidentally, will be a major test of the effectiveness of the NAB's new president, former Oregon Republican Senator Gordon Smith. If he's got members of those committees lined up to support broadcasting in the spectrum fight, this would be the time to hear from them. So far, House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D- VA), House Commerce Committee Chairman Emeritus John Dingell (D-MI) and Senate Commerce Committee member Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have all expressed concern over forced reallocation of broadcast spectrum. Working in the broadcasters' favor is that the NBP has many moving parts and that the NBP proponents will simply not be able to fight, let alone win, every battle. The plan's call for spurring a competitive retail market for cable and satellite set-top boxes, for instance, is highly controversial. It will be opposed by cable and satellite as well as the makers of their boxes. For broadcasters to win, they have to remain united as possible in their opposition and avoid having individual stations or stations groups enticed by those auction proceeds from going to the FCC and seeking a separate peace. The NBP's cash-for-spectrum plan makes the most sense for weak stations in major markets, where broadband spectrum is tightest. So far, the industry has hung together. But there are reports, not yet confirmed here, that a couple of substantial, but financially struggling groups may break ranks. The NBP puts the NAB and the MSTV is the awkward position of opposing incentive auctions that would put money into the pockets of broadcasters who are desperately looking for a way out of the business. Just as bad as the substance of the NBP is for broadcasters is the message that it sends to the investment community, whose money bets can make or break an industry. That message is that the chairman of the FCC, and presumably the Obama administration, no longer much cares about over-the-air broadcasting or, if you believe in the significance of faint praise, the service it provides. When it formally unveiled the NBP at a commission meeting yesterday, Genachowski read a 2,300-word statement. Not once did he mention broadcasting or how the plan would affect it. At the Genachowski FCC, broadcasting is apparently not even worth lip service anymore (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV see also CANADA! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REED HUNDT TALKS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OTA TV From a Columbia University speech. Takes a while to get into the video link http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2010/03/12/daily.4/ (Frederick R. Vobbe, W8HDU, Lima OH 45805-1835 http://www.hf-antenna.com March 16, WTFDA via DXLD) More details to come. A broadband report was released this morning that proposes removing an additional 120 MHz of spectrum from TV service, in part by deleting channels 46-51 and in part by encouraging marginal stations to sell their channels to wireless providers (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) Re: [Tvfmdx] FCC proposes further compression of UHF TV band Will the incentive to sell spectrum be so great that the majority of stations will simply give up? I'm sure small stations are still hurting from DTV conversion. Additional costs to move to lower channels would kill them for sure. How many channels are really necessary for DTV to continue? Does anybody really want the 2-6 and 7- 13 VHF spectrum - or - is this now considered junk because digital modes perform so poorly on these lower wavelengths? It will all be Internet-only soon anyway, right? We live in interesting times (Karl Zuk N2KZ, ibid.) Did you see the Reed Hundt video? (((deep sigh))) You really have to wonder where people's heads are in Washington (Frederick R. Vobbe, W8HDU, ibid.) I didn't -- because I don't have broadband. Because while they keep touting all the wonderful broadband services available today, most of them are only available in densely populated cities. Out here in the sticks if you're lucky you get one expensive choice. 200 channels and 40MB/s Internet and digital telephone with unlimited long-distance at $100/month probably *is* cheaper than it was a few years ago. If you're good with six channels, 512KB/s, and your cellphone comes with free long-distance, you don't seem to count. I miss the old days, where you had regulated franchise areas. If you wanted a utility franchise to serve well-to-do Franklin, Brentwood, and Belle Meade, you also had to take Bordeaux, Joelton, and Pleasant View. =========================================== The plan first suggests any moves be voluntary if at all possible. Stations would be "incentivized" to volunteer to share channels or go off the air altogether, by being offered a cut of the revenue obtained from spectrum auctions. It also suggests any stations forced to move to new channels should be compensated for their expenses, out of auction revenues. Finally, it suggests that those viewers who find themselves losing OTA TV service should be compensated with some kind of alternative service. But it's not entirely clear that alternative would be free (they talk about "lifeline" cable service with only OTA stations but they don't make it clear that service would be free to the ex-OTA viewer). It's also not clear that such service would be available to those who can afford cable/satellite but choose not to pay for it (again, a case of having to choose between an expensive service or no service at all) =========================================== As they say, the devil's in the details. Really the only part that truly scares me is the part about redefining TV service areas and distance separations. It suggests they might reduce the interference- protected service area of a DTV station. I honestly think, for the most part the only stations that will actually pack up & go away will be the ones that run infomercials all the time. Those of you in the Northeast will probably get screwed again though, as again the densely-populated areas are where the new non-TV services will go -- and where the remaining TV stations will get packed even tighter. Also scary: the quoted statistic that suggests the auction returns per MHz per person reached for the sale of channels 52-69 two years ago was more than ten times the return per MHz per person for the last auction of TV permits (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) Re: I miss the old days --- I do too simply because once the switch is thrown (like the analog to digital transition), there is no turning back. And as we have seen with the digital transition, there have been a lot of people that have just flat out lost OTA reception. They don't understand antennas, and they don't know who to call. And the cable company in this area is flakey, and now we hear they are pulling their techs out of this region, closing customer centers, using only contractors, and petitioning the state for more time to solve complaints. Latest I saw was their 24 hour repair will become "5 business days". I'm worried about OTA television. And I'm sure Dish and DirecTV is not giving it away, so the question comes, who really pays for it. ``Also scary... the quoted statistic that suggests the auction returns per MHz per person reached for the sale of channels 52-69 two years ago was more than ten times the return per MHz per person for the last auction of TV permits.`` This was something I challenged Hundt on back in 1995. This sale of spectrum bugs me simply from the standpoint of it being like land. Five years down the road someone else will be wanting another 25 MHz, then another. Had the feds thought of it, they should have "leased" it, with the option of giving it back to broadcasters if it is not used. The thing that is the most frustrating is that you, everyone on the list, I, my neighbors have done for years is depended on local OTA for news, especially the local news, weather, and sports. At the rate this is going, only the National Weather Service will be live and local. :) -- (Frederick R. Vobbe, W8HDU, Lima OH 45805-1835, ibid.) Well, if the cable operator is indicating it's unreasonable to expect them to fix their failures within 24 hours, I'm worried about television period. I'd suggest they'll drive viewers to the Internet -- but since most people watching TV over the 'Net are getting their net connections from cable, that's going to be down too. Maybe as we see memory densities improve, we're going to simply see TV go the way of radio -- people will play downloaded recordings on portable players; only special events will be viewed live. (and cable may have to watch one leg of their "triple play" dry up -- why bother paying for live TV if it's going to go down for days at a time?) (at the same time, watching Skype and cellphones dry up another leg...) Canada recently discussed the possibility of dropping OTA altogether (the government decided not to force OTA off, but I'm not entirely convinced the stations aren't going to surrender their licences...) Apparently as part of that proceeding, the satellite operators up there did offer free local-station service, without any government subsidies involved. However, I think they expected people to pay for the hardware. I think that's a plausible scenario. There is no incremental cost to the satellite operators in providing free service to ex-OTA viewers – they don't have to "turn up the wick on the bird" if more people are watching. It gives them a marketing "in" to try to sign those viewers up for paid service with additional channels. There might be demands for government subsidy of the hardware. It is however plausible any such subsidy would be paid for by whoever might take over the OTA spectrum. -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) Just curious if the FCC has a *secret plan* to eventually get OTA DTV down to 25-30 allotted channels total that the nation (broadcasters) will have available???? By that, I mean a scenario like, every TV market would have to have their assignments between VHF 2-13, and possibly UHF 14-30. Everything else goes to the glorified wireless system that is so cherished and now valued like gold. Hmmmm (Jim Thomas, Colorado, ibid.) I think the longer term plan remains to do away with OTA as soon as reasonable. That will force everyone (i.e. the remaining 15-20% who don't already) to pay for TV via cable or satellite. And as print media continues to deteriorate, the push is already on to move to pay for internet access to news. Access to news for [free] will likely go the way of the dodo within the next 10+ years (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, Blue Bell, PA, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniWave Di-Wave 100 - N9EWO Review http://n9ewo.angelfire.com/diwave100.html (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dxldyg via DXLD) *DRM Minimum Receiver Requirements (MRR) Published* The DRM Consortium's Technical Committee has completed the technical requirements for receivers designed for the DRM system below 30 MHz. This Minimum Receiver Requirement (MRR) document describes the minimum performance required for the technical parameters that provide a fully functioning DRM receiver. A second phase of work will extend the document to detail the figures for DRM+ receivers too. "We have taken account of the real world environment in which DRM receivers will operate" says Frank Hofmann of Robert Bosch, who led the team writing the document. "That means ensuring that the receivers will not only work well if they meet all the requirements, but will also be cost effective to manufacture." The MRR document is an important basis for receiver manufacturers and will be available to everybody. The DRM Technical Committee has also completed work revising the Multiplex Distribution Interface (MDI) and Receiver Status and Control Interface (RSCI) standards to include DRM+. "We wanted to make sure we had captured everything in these revisions, so we waited a little while after publication of the extension to the DRM System Specification last summer” said Lindsay Cornell, Chairman of the Technical Committee. "We wanted to get some experience of DRM+ transmissions." The MDI and RSCI specifications have been approved for release from DRM to ETSI for consideration and publication. The finalised MRR document will be presented to the DRM General Assembly this week and then published on the DRM website for easy access. The Annual General Assembly of the DRM Consortium will be held at the headquarters of Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) on 24th and 25th of March in Hilversum, Netherlands. The DRM General Assembly is attended by DRM full and associate members and it is the largest decision making body of the Consortium. *About DRM* Digital Radio MondialeTM (DRM) is the universal, openly standardised digital broadcasting system for all broadcasting frequencies up to 174MHz, including LW, MW, SW, band I and II (FM band). DRM provides digital sound quality and the ease-of-use that comes from digital radio, combined with a wealth of enhanced features: Surround Sound, Journaline text information, Slideshow, EPG, and data services. DRM on short, medium and long wave for broadcasting bands up to 30 MHz (called 'DRM30') provides large coverage areas and low power consumption. The enhancement of the DRM standard for broadcast frequencies above 30 MHz ('DRM+') uses the same audio coding, data services, multiplexing and signaling schemes as DRM30 but introduces an additional transmission mode optimized for those bands. For more information and DRM updates please visit www.drm.org or subscribe to DRM news by writing to pressoffice@drm.org. ---------------------------------------------- DRM Consortium Postal Box 360 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva Switzerland E-Mail: projectoffice@drm.org Site for DRM: www.drm.org (DRM Press Release 22.03.2010 via Benn Kobb, DXLD) Click here to read the complete release. http://www.drm.org/fileadmin/media/downloads/DRM_MRR_releaseGA2010__2.pdf (Jaisakthivel, TVL, India, dxldyg via DXLD) Next will be the Minimum Ionospheric Requirement document (Kim Andrew Elliott, www.kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) NEW DRM STEERING BOARD LEADERSHIP ELECTED http://www.drm.org/fileadmin/media/downloads/DRM_GA2010_releasev2.pdf Hilversum, 25th March 2010: The DRM Consortium has elected its new leadership for the next two years and agreed its broad strategy based on continuity, development and growth of the DRM standard worldwide during its General Assembly held at the headquarters of Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) in Hilversum, Netherlands. The Steering Board, which runs the DRM Consortium and sets its strategy and implementation, now includes five new companies: Digidia, Rfmondial, Nautel, Christian Vision and Voice of Russia. They join fifteen other companies that have existing representatives on the Steering Board and together strengthen the Consortium. Ruxandra Obreja, Head of Digital Radio Development, BBC World Service was re-elected as the Chairperson of the DRM Consortium for the next two years. The Steering Board also elected two vice Chairs - Jochen Huber, Transradio and Ludo Maes, TDP. Lindsay Cornell, BBC and Michel Penneroux, TDF were re-elected Technical and Committee chairpersons respectively. Alexander Zink, Fraunhofer Institute, was confirmed as Treasurer of the Consortium for the next two years. The two day conference (24th-25th March 2010) was attended by many DRM members and supporters from around the world who not only took part in the elections but discussed the progress of DRM technology and the challenges faced by the introduction of digital radio in general and DRM in particular. All members unanimously agreed that DRM has made great progress in the recent years including minimum receiver requirements, the extension of the DRM standard to include DRM+ and official adoption of the standard in Russia and India. The assembly urged receiver manufacturers not to overlook the growing demand for digital receivers and to bring appropriate products to the market. The General Assembly is the largest decision-making body of the DRM Consortium which meets every two years for an extraordinary meeting to elect the governing bodies and representatives to oversee Consortium's activities in spreading the use and take-up of DRM digital radio technology (Press Release via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, and via Jaisakthivel, Tirunelveli, India, dxldyg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See USA: WWLS; KJZZ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See AUSTRALIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ On March 10, the RSGB wrote to the Ofcom Chair Colette Bowe giving a detailed response to the Ofcom September 2009 statement about PLA/PLT. Read the Radio Society of Great Britain letter at http://www.rsgb.org.uk/plt/docs/ofcom_letter.pdf Spectrum Defence Fund announced http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2009/spectrum_defence_fund.htm (Southgate http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2010/rsgb_plt_letter_to_ofcom.htm (via Mike Terry, UK, March 26, dxldyg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2010 Mar 23 2051 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2010 Mar 23 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2010 Mar 24 82 5 2 2010 Mar 25 83 5 2 2010 Mar 26 83 5 2 2010 Mar 27 84 5 2 2010 Mar 28 85 5 2 2010 Mar 29 85 5 2 2010 Mar 30 85 5 2 2010 Mar 31 85 5 2 2010 Apr 01 85 5 2 2010 Apr 02 85 5 2 2010 Apr 03 85 5 2 2010 Apr 04 88 5 2 2010 Apr 05 88 5 2 2010 Apr 06 88 5 2 2010 Apr 07 88 8 3 2010 Apr 08 88 8 3 2010 Apr 09 88 5 2 2010 Apr 10 88 5 2 2010 Apr 11 85 5 2 2010 Apr 12 85 5 2 2010 Apr 13 85 5 2 2010 Apr 14 85 5 2 2010 Apr 15 82 5 2 2010 Apr 16 82 5 2 2010 Apr 17 82 5 2 2010 Apr 18 82 5 2 2010 Apr 19 80 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1505 DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ From the Times of London here is an article on religious fraud. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7067989.ece SCEPTIC CHALLENGES GURU TO KILL HIM LIVE ON TV === March 19, 2010 When a famous tantric guru boasted on television that he could kill another man using only his mystical powers, most viewers either gasped in awe or merely nodded unquestioningly. Sanal Edamaruku’s response was different. “Go on then — kill me,” he said. Mr Edamaruku had been invited to the same talk show as head of the Indian Rationalists’ Association — the country’s self-appointed sceptic-in-chief. At first the holy man, Pandit Surender Sharma, was reluctant, but eventually he agreed to perform a series of rituals designed to kill Mr Edamaruku live on television. Millions tuned in as the channel cancelled scheduled programming to continue broadcasting the showdown, which can still be viewed on YouTube. First, the master chanted mantras, then he sprinkled water on his intended victim. He brandished a knife, ruffled the sceptic’s hair and pressed his temples. But after several hours of similar antics, Mr Edamaruku was still very much alive — smiling for the cameras and taunting the furious holy man. “He was over, finished, completely destroyed!” Mr Edamaruku chuckles triumphantly as he concludes the tale in the Rationalist Centre, his second-floor office in the town of Noida, just outside Delhi. Rationalising India has never been easy. Given the country’s vast population, its pervasive poverty and its dizzying array of ethnic groups, languages and religions, many deem it impossible. Nevertheless, Mr Edamaruku has dedicated his life to exposing the charlatans — from levitating village fakirs to televangelist yoga masters — who he says are obstructing an Indian Enlightenment. He has had a busy month, with one guru arrested over prostitution, another caught in a sex-tape scandal, a third kidnapping a female follower and a fourth allegedly causing a stampede that killed 63 people. This week India’s most popular yoga master, Baba Ramdev, announced plans to launch a political party, promising to cleanse India of corruption and introduce the death penalty for slaughtering cows. Then, on Wednesday, police arrested a couple in Maharashtra state on suspicion of killing five boys on the advice of a tantric master who said their sacrifice would help the childless couple to conceive. “The immediate goal I have is to stop these fraudulent babas and gurus,” says Mr Edamaruku, 55, a part-time journalist and publisher from the southern state of Kerala. “I want people to make their own decisions. They should not be guided by ignorance, but by knowledge. “I’d like to see a post-religious society — that would be an ideal dream, but I don’t know how long it would take.” His organisation traces its origins to the 1930s when the “Thinker’s Library” series of books, published by Britain’s Rationalist Press Association, were first imported to India. They included works by Aldous Huxley, Charles Darwin and H.G. Wells; among the early subscribers was Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister. The Indian Rationalist Association was founded officially in Madras in 1949 with the encouragement of the British philosopher Bertrand Russell, who sent a long letter of congratulations. For the next three decades it had no more than 300 members and focused on publishing pamphlets and debating within the country’s intellectual elite. But since Mr Edamaruku took over in 1985, it has grown into a grass- roots organisation of more than 100,000 members — mainly young professionals, teachers and students — covering most of India. Members now spend much of their time investigating and reverse-engineering “miracles” performed by self-styled holy men who often claim millions of followers and amass huge wealth from donations. One common trick they expose is levitation, usually done using an accomplice who lies on the ground under a blanket and then raises his upper body while holding out two hockey sticks under the blanket to make it look like his feet are also rising. “It’s quite easy really,” said Mr Edamaruku, who teaches members to perform the tricks in villages and then explains how they are done, or demonstrates them at press conferences. Other simple tricks include walking on hot coals (the skin does not burn if you walk fast enough) and lying on a bed of nails (your weight is spread evenly across the bed). The “weeping statue” trick is usually done by melting a thin layer of wax covering a small deposit of water. Some tricks require closer scrutiny. One guru in the state of Andhra Pradesh used to boil a pot of tea using a small fire on his head. The secret was to place a non-conductive pad made of compacted wheat flour between his head and the fire. “I was so excited when I exposed him. I should have been more reasonable but sometimes you get so angry,” he said. “I cried: ‘Look, even I can do this and I’m not a baba — I’m a rationalist!’.” Another swami — who conducted funeral rites for Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister who was assassinated in 1984 — used to appear to create fire by pouring ghee, clarified butter, on to ash and then staring at the mixture until it burst into flames. The “ghee” was glycerine and the “ash” was potassium permanganate, two chemicals that spontaneously combust within about two minutes of being mixed together. Exposing such tricks can be risky. A guru called Balti (Bucket) Baba once smashed a burning hot clay pot in Mr Edamaruku’s face after he revealed that the holy man was using a heat resistant pad to pick it up. The chief rationalist was almost arrested by the government of Kerala for revealing that it was behind an annual apparition of flames in the night sky — in fact, several state officials lighting bonfires on a nearby hill — which attracted millions of pilgrims. Despite his efforts, he admits that people still go to the festival and continue to revere self-styled holy men. One reason is that Indian politicians nurture and shelter gurus to give them spiritual credibility, use their followers as vote banks, or to mask sexual or criminal activity. That explains why India’s Parliament has never tightened the 1954 Drugs and Magic Remedies Act, under which the maximum punishment is two months in prison and a 2,000 rupee (£29) fine. Another reason is that educated, middle-class Indians are feeling increasingly alienated from mainstream religion but still in need of spiritual sustenance. “When traditional religion collapses people still need spirituality,” he says. “So they usually go one of two directions: towards extremism and fundamentalism or to these kinds of people.” Since richer, urban Indians have little time for long pilgrimages or pujas (prayer ceremonies), they are often attracted by holy men who offer instant gratification — for a fee. The development of the Indian media over the past decade has also allowed some holy men to reach ever larger audiences via television and the internet. “Small ones have gone out of business while the big ones have become like corporations,” says Mr Edamaruku. But the media revolution has also helped Mr Edamaruku, who made 225 appearances on television last year, and gets up to 70 inquiries about membership daily. Thanks to his confrontation in 2008 with the tantric master, the rationalist is now a national celebrity, too. When the guru’s initial efforts failed, he accused Mr Edamaruku of praying to gods to protect him. “No, I’m an atheist,” came the response. The holy man then said he needed to conduct a ritual that could only be done at night, outdoors, and after he had slept with a woman, drunk alcohol and rubbed himself in ash. The men agreed to go to an outdoor studio that night — all to no avail. At midnight, the anchor declared the contest over. Reason had prevailed (via Mike Peraaho, DXLD) + 78+ comments ###