DX LISTENING DIGEST 10-13, April 1, 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 1506, April 1-7, 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 15825 [NEW] Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 0800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9515 [not this week, but second, fourth, fifth Saturdays, maybe] Sat 1330 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sat 1800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290 [NEW] Sat 1900 WRMI 9955 Sun 0230 WWCR3 4840 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Sun 1900 WRMI 9955 Sun 2330 WWCR 9980 [NEW] Mon 0330 WWCR 5890 [NEW] Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Tue 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB? Tue 2230 WRMI 9955 [NEW] Wed 0030 WRMI 9955 Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB? 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When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** ALBANIA. R. Tirana monitoring on new A-10 frequencies, March 29-30, home rig FRG-7 u.o.s.: 1845-1900 English: 13640 at 1850 fair on portable in a strip mall parking lot, should be good on FRG-7; not audible on 7520 intended for Europe. 2000-2030 English: 13640 at 2025-2028*, S9+18 with music and closing theme; not audible on 7465 for Europe 2030-2200 Albanian: 9490 missing at 2043, altho Sweden English via Madagascar in well on 9495. 9490 had come on by check at 2146, fair signal with distorted overmodulation in talk. Off at 2200* after part of anthem. No interference problems; WTWW 9480 not on the air, but when it is, likely to blot out 9490. // 6165 for Europe of course not audible. I assume in Europe it blox Chad until 2200, but latter stays on another semihour. 2300-0030 Albanian: at 0014, 9860 and 7425 both good, with 9860 somewhat stronger. No adjacent or co-channel interference. 0030-0045 English: 9860 fair with fading, much weaker signal on 9855 no problem. 7425 carrier was still on until 0033; on this date, English would have been better on the lower frequency, but maybe not as summer progresses. 0145-0200 English: 7425 only poor and hard to copy opening with full English schedule. This early in season would probably be better on a clear 49m channel, unlike deep summer. 0230-0300 English: 7425 even weaker than at 0145; but no QRM problems. Strangely, Cairo 9305 was inbooming on similar somewhat longer path; see EGYPT. 0330-0400 English: ditto. The 1430-1500 English on new 13755 to be checked March 30. Checking the new frequency for R. Tirana, English to North America, Mon-Sat 1430-1500, 13755: March 30 at 1427 open carrier is on at S9+15, no adjacent or co-channel interference, and equidistantly far enough from the Cubans on 13740 and 13770. Only slight normal fading. 1428:30 the IS starts, and 1430 crossfade to sign-on, the first two minutes with musical background, as always taken up by announcing the complete English schedule, which has been accurately updated for A-10: UK: 1845-1900 13640 7520, 2000-2030 on 7465. USA: 1430-1500 13755; 2000-2030 13640; 0030-0045 9860; 0145-0200, 0230-0300 and 0330-0400 on 7425. Mon-Sat, except to NAm Mon-Sun. This does not mean it`s 7 days a week to NAm, merely that the first broadcast of the week is on Monday at 1430 and the last until 0400 UT Sundays! Then program summary including news, press review, interview with experts, and into the news. Further R. Tirana A-10 monitoring: March 30 at 2000 no signal on 13640, finally came on at 2005 after one brief false start, then joined English program in progress. March 31 at 0031, 9860 opening English, good signal better than yesterday. Surprised at next check 0050 to find it still going in what is supposed to be a 15-minute broadcast. Maybe it started over at 0045 as I recall noticing on the webcast. Now there is adjacent QRM from at least as strong 9855, which is IBB SRI LANKA, 250 kW at 20 degrees, 0000-0100. Not sure when Tirana went off, but before 0100. 0230 on 7425, poor reception. The 1430 broadcast on 13755 overlaps a bit with its successor, CRI at 1500. March 31 at 1457 just as R. Tirana was saying its broadcast was ending, on came stronger carrier causing a rippling subaudible heterodyne, with Chinese lessons in English, which often occupy the final few minutes of CRI hours. Overlap was less than a minute with R. Tirana`s closing theme, so not a major loss and not worth changing frequency because of. Then CRI cut audio and stayed on open carrier until 1500 timesignal, IS and opening in Chinese. This is 308 degrees from Kashgar to Europe, but also US (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.756, Rádio Nacional, 1813, Portuguese, good signal strength but usual low modulation. Talk by a man with references to "Luanda." Into local music after 1816. Mar. 26. 7217.050, Rádio Nacional, 1936, Portuguese, fair with soccer commentary. Best in USB to escape 7215 slop. Parallel to 4949.7v. Very low modulation. Mar. 27 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF- 2010 and 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. Recibido e-mail de LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, informado que empezaron las transmisiones de este año el 15 de marzo, con nuevos horarios: de 9 a 12 hora de Argentina, o sea, 12 a 15 UTC, y sólo los lunes miércoles y viernes. Se supone que la frecuencia sigue siendo la misma de siempre, 15476 kHz. Este es el e- mail: "Querido Manuel: Comenzamos nuestra transmición [sic] del año 2010 el 15 de marzo; salimos al aire los lunes, miércoles y viernes de 9 a 12 hs (hora argentina). Cóntanos si lograste sintonizarnos, siempre estamos en la misma frecuencia. Esperamos tu pronta respuesta, un saludo cordial, conductoras de LRA36." (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, March 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mail from LRA-36 says they resumed broadcasts this year 15 March, on a new schedule 9-12 Argentine time = 12-15 UT, only on M/W/F on same frequency as always (gh`s translation) I.e. 15476. Fortunately nothing at all is currently scheduled on 15475, but there should be considerable adjacent interference on one side or the other (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. Una consulta para los amigos argentinos: Antenoche estuve escuchando algunas emisoras argentinas en Onda Media y entre las que sintonicé hay 3 que no pude identificar. A ver si me dan una manito: 1610 kHz: Mx folklórica chamamé, anuncian festival "Correntinazo 2010" celebración aniversario de la provincia de Corrientes. Revisando la página amplitudmodulada, no encontré ninguna emisora en esta QRG desde esta provincia. 1620 kHz: Solo música pop en en español, romántica, no se identificó mientras estuvo audible. 1660 kHz: prédica de pastor evangélico. A pesar de la buena señal, mi paciencia no dió para escuchar toda la prédica y esperar alguna identificación. 73 y buenos DX (Rubén González V., where?, condiglist yg via DXLD) Estimado Tocayo, Antes que nada, felicitaciones por captar estas emisoras argentinas de baja potencia en OM. Pero compruebo que no tienes demasiado gusto por el chamamé ni por la música pop en español, deberías haber escuchado la predicación completa; así fortaleces tu espíritu y recobras la paciencia. Bueno, bromas aparte, aquí van mis pálpitos: El dato de la música chamamecera en los 1610 kHz me inclina a pensar en Radio Guaviyú desde Gregorio de Laferrere, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Respecto a la noID en los 1620, arriesgaría por la emisora marplatense del grupo regenteado por Aldrey Iglesias: AM 16-20. Y en cuanto a la religiosa en los 1660 cuya prédica no has tolerado, me quedan muy pocas dudas si te digo que se trata de Radio Esperanza de Virrey del Pino ya que Hosanna Tropical de Ezeiza está inactiva (según el WRTH 2010). UN abrazo (Rubén G. Margenet, Rosario, ibid.) ** ARGENTINA [and non]. 15345.16, R. Nacional, 0040-0102, March 29. Relay of LRA14; IDs “Radio Nacional Santa Fe”; program of reading out numbers, so perhaps lottery numbers? Some LA ballads; covered at 0100 by strong het as a station signed on (15345.0 - DW signing on as it did last year?); het due to RN being slightly off frequency; before 0100 reception was mostly fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1 & E5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, DW via Singapore due northwest at 0100-0230 in Bengali, Hindi and Urdu (gh, DXLD) 15345v, RAE causing slightly wavering het with stronger Morocco, March 29 before 2200; checked again at that hour when Morocco is supposed to be going off, and finally it did at 2203 just in time to hear RAE ID with frequencies in the clear but poor with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 11660, RA in English, fair at 2126 March 29 atop some music, maybe hilife? Only else listed is CRI in French to Europe via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. HCJB coming in quite well April 1 on both 19m frequencies: 15340 at 1328 in S Asian language, atop 15341 Morocco het; 1329 announcer kept mixing in English phrases such as ``brand new program``, ``host with the most``, ``thanks for all the e-mails``, ``so without wasting any more time, let`s get on with the show``, and played hymn ``What a Friend We Have in Jesus``. Schedule at http://www.hcjb.org.au/docs/A10_Schedule_HCJB_Australia_20100328-20101030.pdf shows it`s supposed to transition at 1330 from Bhojpuri on Thursdays to Hindi daily. By 1402, the het from Morocco is much worse, with its undermodulated Arabic. 15400 Chinese service at 1328 had an English ID, back to Chinese. If these are coming long-path, the route is across the Indian Ocean, over Cape Town, up the Atlantic skirting the NE coast of Brasil, entering N America between Savannah and Jacksonville. If short-path, across Midway Island, north of Berkeley (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HCJB AUSTRALIA A10 Effective: Sunday 28 March 2010 – Saturday 30 October 2010 TO EAST ASIA 2200-2230 15525 CVC Mandarin 2230-2300 15525 Mandarin Mon-Fri 2230-2300 15525 Japanese Sat/Sun 2300-0000 15525 Mandarin Daily 0000-0030 15525 Fujian Daily 1030-1130 15400 Mandarin Daily 1130-1300 15400 English Sun/Sat 1130-1200 15400 Fujian Mon-Fri 1200-1230 15400 CVC Mandarin Mon-Fri 1230-1300 15400 FEBA English Mon-Fri 1300-1330 15400 English Daily 1330-1430 15400 Mandarin Daily SOUTH EAST ASIA 2345-0000 15400 Indonesia (Bahasa) Daily 0000-0030 15400 Indonesia(Bahasa) Mon-Sat 0000-0030 15400 Myanmar(Rawang) Sun 0030-0100 15400 Myanmar(Rawang) Daily 1145-1200 15340 Indonesia (Bahasa) Daily 1230-1330 15340 Indonesia(Bahasa) Mon-Sat 1200-1230 15340 Malay(Bahasa) Sun 1230-1300 15340 Myanmar(Rawang) Daily SOUTH ASIA 0100-0115 15400 Nepali Daily 0115-0130 15400 Malayalam Sun 0115-0130 15400 Gujarati Mon 0115-0130 15400 Urdu Tues 0115-0130 15400 Marathi Wed 0115-0130 15400 Bhojpuri Thu 0115-0130 15400 Punjabi Fri 0115-0130 15400 Tamil Sat 0130-0200 15400 Urdu Daily 0200-0230 15400 Hindi Daily 0230-0245 15400 Chhattisgarhi Sat/Sun 0230-0245 15400 Kuruk Mon/Thu 0230-0245 15400 Marwari Tues 0230-0245 15400 Telegu Wed 0230-0245 15400 Hmar Fri 0245-0300 15400 English Daily 1300-1315 15340 Nepali Daily 1315-1330 15340 Malayalam Sun 1315-1330 15340 Gujarati Mon 1315-1330 15340 Urdu Tues 1315-1330 15340 Marathi Wed 1315-1330 15340 Bhojpuri Thu 1315-1330 15340 Punjabi Fri 1315-1330 15340 Tamil Sat 1330-1400 15340 Hindi Daily 1400-1430 15340 Urdu Daily 1430-1445 15340 Chhattisgarhi Sat/Sun 1430-1445 15340 Kuruk Mon/Thu 1430-1445 15340 Marwari Tues 1430-1445 15340 Telegu Wed 1430-1445 15340 Hmar Fri 1445-1500 15340 FEBA English Mon-Fri 1445-1500 15340 English Sat/Sun 1500-1530 15340 English Daily SOUTH PACIFIC 0730-0930 11750 English Daily DX PARTYLINE 1315-1330 15400 SAT TO EAST ASIA 1515-1530 15340 SAT TO SOUTH ASIA 0800-0815 11750 SAT TO SOUTH PACIFIC [tune in for DXPL 5 minutes early to be safe --- gh] All times are in UTC, frequencies in kHz. (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, dxldyg via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. http://oe1.orf.at/service/international KURZWELLE EUROPA Montag bis Freitag: 0500 - 0615 UT 6155 kHz Samstag, Sonntag: 0500 - 0610 UT 6155 kHz Auf dieser Frequenz wird das Ö1 Programm übernommen KURZWELLE WELTWEIT Nordamerika Montag bis Samstag: Abendjournal, 0030 - 0100 UT 9820 kHz Mittelamerika Montag bis Samstag: Abendjournal, 0000 - 0030 UT 9820 kHz Südamerika Montag bis Samstag: Abendjournal, 0100 - 0130 UT 9820 kHz Asien/Australien Montag bis Samstag: Morgenjournal, 1200 - 1230 UT 17715 kHz (via JM Aubier, France, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. Radio Austria International schedule is now to Europe 0500-0615 on 6155, to Asia/Australia Monday to Saturday 1200-1230 on 17715, to Central America 0000-0030, North America 0030-0100 and South America 0100-0130 all Monday to Saturday on 9820. Short English news bulletin heard at 0609 March 30 on 6155 (Mike Barraclough, April WDXC Contact via DXLD) ** BAHRAIN. Radio Bahrain confirmed still active on 6010; however, I can only catch their weak signal from 1700 to 1755 in the China National Radio silent period. Usual Western DJ type programme heard on the channel (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, 4S7VK, DXplorer via Wolfgang Bueschel, April WDXC Contact via DXLD) ** BELGIUM [non]. 15750-15755-15760, new DRM signals noticed here March 30 [not 31 as in original report] at 2015. Figured it might be TDP ex-17755 which is now open with WYFR-AM on 17750. The DRM schedule at http://www.baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/drmdx/main&sort=kHz,UTC confirms it is TDP and now via Bonaire rather than Guiana French: 1900-2000 daily 15755 320 USA/Canada 100 TDPradio BEL English Bonaire 2000-2100 daily 15755 320 USA/Canada 100 The Disco Palace USA English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also DIGITAL BROADCASTING Schedule change for TDP effective tomorrow! Hi folks, Just picked this up from the DRM-RX forum: "TDP --- There will be a change in the TDP DRM schedule with the start of A10 season. Bonaire will replace Montsinery, frequency will be 15755 kHz, power 100 kW antenna HR 4/4/0.3 at 320 degrees." via Simone Stöppler, forum moderator (Brendan Wahl WA7HL, Bisbee AZ, March 27, drmna yg via DXLD) ** BHUTAN. New 6035, fade in 0004-0010 fade out, 27.03, Bhutan Broadcasting Service, Sangaygang, Thimpu reactivated! Dzongkha announcement, Buddhist monks intoning as usual, no instruments heard, at peak S9, 33422. I listened 0000-0015, but Bhutan did not return. QRM steady Colombia 6035 with QSA 2 and international stations on 6030 and 6040. Best 73 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, from Skovlunde done on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) What`s new about 6035 for BBS? O, if it has allegedly been off the air however briefly, it becomes `new` upon returning (gh, DXLD) 6035, BBS (presumed), 1410-1432, March 29. Improved reception; clearly made out a few words in English; man and woman alternating with assume news stories; too weak and with adjacent splatter to fully understand any of the items; 1421 series of pop songs; after 1430 seemed to be a talk, but became unusable. No ID heard, but am sure it’s them! Today had very good propagation, so we still need to monitoring this on these good days! (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3309.98, R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 0946-1000, March 28, Spanish. W announcer with talk and music bits; up-beat music at 0952; W from 0955 to 0959 between intro/outro music bits; ID at 0959; fair- poor with ute QRM by top of hour (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOUGAINVILLE [and non]. PNG Historic - Radio North Solomons 3325kHz Hi folks, A bit of radio history this time. This SW broadcast station operated by the NBC on Bougainville was commissioned around 1968. The SW transmitter site was located at a village just outside of Keita place called: Toniva (which you can find on Google Maps). The Google folks must not have been wearing their goggles during the editing of the Bougainville map, as in both Google Maps & Google Earth they have incorrectly given the location of Kieta at a place known as Loloho. You can find the correct location of Kieta in Bing Maps. The station was in operation from this transmitter site until the civil war during the 1990's. From memory Radio North Solomons resumed operation on 3325 kHz SW from the same SW transmitter site as Radio East New Britain (west of Rabaul) for a period of time before being reborn as Radio Bougainville broadcasting from Buka Island. * If anyone can source specific dates please let me know. The SW transmitter site for Radio North Solomons at Toniva was approx. 06 13 28S, 155 39 11E. The region is low resolution in GE, but surprisingly in Bing Maps it's in detailed resolution. Nothing remains of the site today, like many of the buildings from the region. Some 15,000 - 20,000 people were killed in the conflict and many residents & foreigners working on the island escaped Bougainville to either resettle on Buka Island, PNG or return home. I think the station's last days on air from Bougainville island were May 1990 (Ian Baxter, NSW, March 27, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. See also EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]; MEXICO [and non]; SPAIN [and non] ** BRAZIL. 4885, March 28 at 0537 as I tuned by, station was giving full ID with ZY callsigns, several frequencies, but hard to copy with noise level and reverb added to the announcement at this odd time. Surely it`s R. Clube do Pará, the usual all-night station unlike the other two Brasilians on frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Ontem por volta da meia noite aqui no RS sintonizei a Rádio Nacional da Amazônia em 6130 kHz; achei muito estranho, passei para os 6185 e nada! Fui para os 11780 e era exatamente a mesma programação dos 6130! (William Viu, Brasil, March 29, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Realmente uma vergonha constatar a Rádio Nacional da Amazônia se degradando e arrastando se com transmissores sucateados em situação de canibalismo. Pois esta emissora, seria o cartão de visitas do Brasil para o exterior irradiando apenas 7.5 kW quando deveria estar com 250 kW nos 25 metros, sem falar na fuga dos 6180 para 6185 kHz porque estava sendo engolida pela Nacional da Venezuela e outra nos EUA em plena Amazônia, cujo o grande objetivo da mesma seria a região norte do Brasil. Em meados de março nos 49 metros, ficaram em torno de 10 dias fora do ar. Esperamos que o próximo Ministro das Telecomunicões seja bem mais chegado nas ondas curtas e que fale menos baboseiras. (Edison Bocorny Jr., Novo Hamburgo- RS March 29, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11780, RNA, SSOB, March 28 at 0546 on the air all-night since it`s UT Sunday, and // 6185 atop Mexico producing SAH. No way 11780 is reduced to 7.5 kW; it inbooms here when on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Re: Observatório Nacional. Amigos: Na tarde de hoje na frequencia de 10000, a Rádio Observatório Nacional estava trasmitindo sòmente o tradicional barulho do relógio, mais sem ninguem falando o horário. Era somente o barulho do Tic-Tac do relógio. Isso é normal?? (Anderson José Torquato, Garopaba-SC, 27 March, 2213 (UT?), radioescutas yg via DXLD) Parece-me que esse sinal (tique-taque e um som contínuo) vem dos EEUU. As ondas curtas do Observatório estão fora do ar. Lembramos que esse Observatório está no Brasil. As coisas por aqui tendem a esquecimento. 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira sp, 2215 UT 28 March, ibid.) WWV and WWVH have voice time announcements every minute without fail, at :45-:60. Lacking those, it must have been something else. RWM in Moscow does not have voice announcements, but is offset to 9996 (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL [non]. Inconfidência 19 metros no ar! Prezados amigos e colegas da lista: Tive o privilégio de captar a Rádio Inconfidência nos 19 metros em 15190 por cerca de 30 segundos hoje à noite as 21:35 horas de Brasília [0035 UT], mas em seguida o transmissor foi desligado. Creio que devem estar erguendo a antena que foi avariada na capina por uma máquina agrícola em seu parque de transmissores. O SINPO ficaria mais ou menos assim 34443. Receptor Degen DE 1103 (Edison Bocorny Jr., Novo Hamburgo-RS Brasil, March 29 radioescutas yg via DXLD) Prezado Edison, Certo que não fosse a WYFR em 15190 agora 2200-0045 TU, em português para o Brasil?? 73, (Guilherme Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) Glenn: Pois ja acho que provavelmente não era a Inconfidência, pois nas noites posteriores a emissora dos EUA (Your Family) deduzo, também esteve presente nos 15190 e com programação religiosa em português, emitindo com 100 kW. Vou esperar mais alguns dias e continuar monitorando (Edison Bocorny Jr., Novo Hamburgo- RS, March 31, ibid.) ** BURMA [non]. UNIDENTIFIED. 9335, something is colliding with English to NAm from V. of Korear at 1333 March 28 causing fast SAH; sounds like SE Asian music. IBB`s R. Ashna via Kuwait is not scheduled to start until 1430; however, in B-09, IBB`s R. Azadi, also via Kuwait was using 9335 until 1430, maybe still is? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, RFA Burmese: 9335, March 29 at 1310 talk in tonal SE Asian language, unseems Burmese, but resembling it, so perhaps one of the minority languages there, causing rippling het with V. of Korea English to North America, tsk2. 1316 mentioned kHz several times, and RFA jingle. This is via TINIAN at 1230-1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BURMA [non]. 15480, March 29 at 1526 collision between lofi talk in S Asian language and something weaker about 4 Hz away. Scheduled at 1430-1530 is Democratic V. of Burma via ARMENIA. So is Myanmar deliberately jamming this now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Hi, Long time CBC host is calling it quits. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/787376--barbara-budd-leaving-cbc-s-as-it-happens (via Dale Rothert, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) Last day April 30. It`s clear this was not voluntary, not really her decision (gh, ibid.) ** CANADA. CANADA TO REDUCE FM PROTECTION RADII The CRTC today denied CIOC-FM's application for an on-channel relay transmitter on Salt Spring Island, near Victoria. In the process, they noted that effective next year the distance to which Canadian FM stations will be protected from interference from other Canadian stations will be changed. Apparently current practice is to protect stations assuming they're using the maximum power available for their class. This is the same practice that applies to commercial stations in the U.S. CIOC-FM is a Class C station, the maximum facilities for a Class C station are 100kw/600m. Assuming Canada uses the same propagation curves as the U.S., these facilities would deliver a 54 dBu protected-contour signal to a distance of 108 km. CIOC would be protected from interference within that 108 km radius. CIOC-FM's antenna is actually quite a bit lower, only 147 m. These facilities deliver 54 dBu to a radius of only 72 km. Under the new rules, CIOC will lose 36 km of protected radius. The change will allow the construction of more FM stations in some parts of the country (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, March 25, WTFDA via DXLD) ** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. NIGHT TIME FREQUENCY, RADIO ICDI An HCJB technical team will begin installation work on a transmitter and antenna that will add a night-time frequency for ICDI. This will allow Radio ICDI to add over 8 hours to our programming. Pictured below are the supplies for the installation, which have already arrived in country. Check out the radio link on our website (or at the top of this email) for more information on Radio ICDI. http://www.icdinternational.org/radio.html (April News from ICDI, March 28 via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) Day frequency is 6030 so the night one must be even lower. Let`s hope it is clearer than the first one, hardly ever DXed abroad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Chinese Nationalism --- Re: "If you read or understand Chinese you can find such quotes. The propaganda they [Chinese leaders] 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 PCR 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, March 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Keith, Is always interesting to see your views on these matters. The PRC surely has become more nationalist, but then it always seems to me the USA leaders also continually act nationalistically (Iraq war, etc.) and want the citizenry to get on board their nationalism. As far as the average Chinese citizen is concerned, I think they are mostly too well informed to believe everything they hear from their government, at least the people living in major cities. Similar disbelief exists also in America. I see it as a good sign that many young people are studying overseas. http://www.chinaeducationexpo.com/chinese/exhibitor/Brochure.pdf on page 3, estimated that there were about 200,000 Chinese students studying abroad in 2009 and the number is increasing each year. Certainly this will broaden their outlook and will affect their point of view once they return to China. Perhaps they will think more “globally” than just think of China. My wife’s niece graduated from high school in Shanghai (2009). She now lives with us here in California while she attends college. Many of her fellow HS graduates are now studying outside China. It is seen as a very favorable thing to do! I do not pretend to have your many years of background in China, but most of the average Chinese that I know in Shanghai look upon the west in a very favorable light, while of course also still being very proud of their own country. Keith, thank you for sharing your insights with us. Always gives us something to think about! Best regards, (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, California, USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ron, With China the mistake people make is to think it's one large country. Each region of the country has a different view depending on many factors. For example you mentioned Shanghai. Now during the cultural revolution and when China closed its doors to the outside world, Shanghai was always different. As with most of the port cities in the South. What one finds in China is the section of the population that is most nationalistic is the well educated younger generation. The reason for this is the education system. The younger population that have a chance to go to university have been taught from an early age that if it was not for the Communist Party the last 30 years of growth in China never would have happened. The way the education system is set up and it does not matter in which section you look as there is a very [con?]genital brainwashing that takes place. This is very similar to the DPRK, but to a much lesser degree since 1979. Many Chinese students go overseas. But even when they go overseas, because of the nationalism they were being fed, it's not something that will change in a generation. The average part of the population which is considered the part of society which does not have access to universities is less nationalistic. In China the middle class account for only around 15% of the population, the other 85% are farmers and peasants. They dislike the middle class and the rich. You can say almost the same feeling the Communists had during the early part of the civil war when they were fighting Chiang Kai Shek and the KMT. In many ways China is very unstable. All it would take is another Mao Zedong to come along and rally the population behind him. Don't forget this is 1.3 billion people (people suspect it's higher). If you take the Taiwan issue, for example. Now historically Taiwan or as was called Formosa was independent until it was first colonized by the Dutch in 1624 and then by the Portuguese who then lost the island to the Chinese. But even when Qing Dynasty took control it was never really controlled. At the time the Dutch and Portuguese were controlling Taiwan there were almost no Han Chinese here. The population was made of aboriginals. When the Qing took control of the island they moved thousands of Han from Fujian and other areas of China to Taiwan. The population of the aboriginal community is now less than 300 people. They were wiped out. You can see China doing the same today with the influx of Han Chinese into Tibet and the Western region where there has been some trouble recently. After the Qing were the Japanese in 1895 who really built the island. At the time the Japanese really built up Japan and even protected the remaining aboriginals, giving them back land that had been taken away by the Han. Anyway this is just a short (very very short) history. But if you ask all university students about Taiwan, the answer is always the same, Taiwan is a province of China. But when you speak to those who have not been educated by the system, the answer most times is, Taiwan is an island once controlled by China. Things will change in China; in the last few years since Hu Jintao has been president many cracks have been beginning to show. It really is just a matter of time that another peasant uprising takes place. It won't happen in 5 years, but 15 or 20 years; all the signs are there. And knowing that everything in China is so unexpected, it might even happen next year. My point is, it's unpredictable when, but it will happen. If you visit Embassies like the US, Canadian, UK, French and others in Beijing, you see hundreds of people lining up for visas. But when you take a closer look, something you see is most of them are from the countryside looking to emigrate. Then you have the students who are applying for student visas which is small next to the first group. In China if you say 300,000 people, this is a very small. That's like a needle in a hay stack. In many ways the Communist Party is just another Dynasty with a different name. Many Chinese who leave or get out of China do so to have a better life and don't return. But the ones who study overseas almost all return at some point. I remember just before the Olympics seeing some posters and billboards around Beijing which were very scary, because of the wording. Now the authorities were very smart to place them in areas where not too many foreigners go. Even when IOC officials went to visit, I remember one next to CRI that was taken down. Then when the IOC left it went right back up. It was a billboard showing a missile and some military personell with the caption "Taiwan by force". But during the games all these came down. The right after the games all these went right back up again (Keith Perron, Taiwan, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. MEDIA: CHINA PLAYING BY ITS OWN RULES Published on : 26 March 2010 - 2:07pm | By Andy Sennitt On Wednesday 24 March 2010, Indonesian authorities closed down Radio Erabaru in Batam, and confiscated its equipment. The official reason was that it did not have the correct licence, but most observers agree with the station’s claims that the real reason was increasing pressure from the Chinese government. Radio Erabaru points out that the reason it did not have a valid licence was that it had been awaiting a court ruling on a lawsuit filed over the government's refusal to renew its licence in 2007. It so happens that in 2007, stories broadcast on Radio Erabaru about human rights abuses in China prompted the Chinese Embassy to send a stern, unsigned letter to four Indonesian government ministries, including the Indonesian Broadcasting Committee. The letter warned of damaged relations between the two countries if Radio Erabaru continued to operate, and pressured the ministries to closely monitor and close it down. The other ministries targeted were the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Intelligence, and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (KPI). . . [more] http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/media-china-playing-its-own-rules (RNW via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake March 27: did not search thoroly, but at 1453 encountered on 10400, fair signal, and much better than JBA 8400; none audible in the 9300-9400 area or on the `970s. Firedrake March 28: at 1310 on 10400; at 1332 on 9365 and no longer audible on 10400; not found anywhere else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: VOA China Firedrake, 1245 UT, 8400 kHz, 3/29/2010, very good with some flutter/noise. Signal between 9 and 20 on the FRG-7. Signature local music (S McLean, Buffalo, NY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13675, huge collision of Chinese vs Chinese at 1509 March 29, and a fast SAH between them. This is CNR1 jamming Radio Free Asia via TINIAN in Mandarin. A similar collision on 12025 at 1518, i.e. R. Free Asia via SAIPAN in Mandarin. Yet more of the same on 9455, also RFA SAIPAN in Mandarin, but whichever one was on top differed between 12025 and 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140, 30/Mar 1029, Firedrake Chinese. Moderate signal (Jorge Freitas, Bahia, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake March 30: only found on 8400 and very poor at 1338. Firedrake March 31: at 1353, poor on 13500, very poor on 8400 and good on 10400, all // (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. The only transmission I heard last night was a CNR-1 back on 7185 bending the needle. It was // 7345 and 13610 but ahead of both by a second. Perhaps they think Taiwan is back there but I could not hear any SAH. Poor old Burma on 7186 won't have a chance breaking through the Chinese powerhouse (Robin Harwood VK7RH, Norwood, Tasmania 7250, Radio Monitor SWLR-KS001, March 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7185, CNR-1, 1211 + 1306, March 28. Yes, there are back again, but why? Last heard here as echo jamming in August 2009; strong signal today, which was unfortunate timing as hams were having a major contest; could not detect any station underneath. So was this a solo non-jamming CNR-1? // 6125. 7185, CNR-1, March 29. Not heard today, so yesterday’s reception that Robin Harwood and I both heard seems to have been in error. Just a one day event! (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 13710, CRI English on new frequency at 1412 March 30, about two sex behind // 13740 via Cuba, and way over AIR GOS in English already on 13710 at 1330-1500; could barely hear its music underneath // 9690. In fact, the AIR sesquihour is now totally blocked by CRI via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, to Europe at 13-14 French, 14-15 English. Bangalore aims in opposite direxion to SE Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, so theoretically no problem in targets. However, as real SW listeners know all too well, SW transmissions are NOT unidirexional but go off the back and to a large extent the sides of a beam too. CRI 13710 also blox the leapfrog from Cuba of 13770 over another CRI relay on 13740, which dumped off the air for less than a minute at 1414, uncovering something in Russian, i.e. BBC via CYPRUS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. Re: And BTW - no one so far has commented on RNW's service in Dutch to Iceland at 2059-2127 via NAU 9895 from May 31- August 29. Even CRI doesn't have an Icelandic service! (Noel R. Green, (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oh? http://is.radio86.com/ Regards, (Joe Durso in Louisville, KY, ibid.) Hi Joe, But is this only for Internet users rather than broadcasting ? Perhaps listeners in Iceland can hear Pori via 963 MW? I await to see if Ciraf zone 17 appears in the HFCC pages on any of the China registrations. 73 (Noel Green, ibid.) Noel, Having now bothered to look, I can't find any audio programming in Icelandic at all from them. Regards, (Joe Durso in Louisville, KY, ibid.) see NETHERLANDS [non] and ICELAND [non] for more about this ** COLOMBIA [and non]. / MEXICO, 0847, two stations mixing here and battling to dominate the freq. One with religious programs (and presumed to be La Voz de tu Conciencia). The second with contemporary Spanish music and ads, which conveniently ID'ed as "Radio Mil" at 0849. Possibly even a third Latin station here, far underneath these two. Mar. 27 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010 and 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6010.02, LV de tu Conciencia, 0425-0500, March 28, English religious talk with Spanish translations. Fair (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** CUBA. I was on a week long date a short while ago, and while near Ft. Desoto, St. Pete, etc., I played some of the Cuban AM's. The music helped made some of the more romantic moments nicer (Ron Gitschier, FL, March 27, ABDX via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. DentroCuban Jamming Command doing its thing, same pulsing against nothing, March 27 at 0620: on 9955 with WRMI inaudible, 9885 vs absent VOA, and 9810 vs absent Radio República. And more of it on 9565 vs absent Martí, plus spurs around 9545 and 9585. Strange things are happening with RHC scheduling, making me wonder if they are confused about the DST shift a biweek ago, or have decided to go with the flow rather than keep to UT? March 27 at 1400 I find 11760 missing, but still on 11730 and 11800. The 11760 transmitter could be the one with open carrier on 11680 about to open relay of Venezuela, q.v., an hour earlier than had been scheduled. At 1415 noticed that frequencies supposed to be on until 1500 were missing: 15360, 15120, 13780, 13680; at 1423 heard only on 13770 above 12 MHz. But at 1448, 11760 was back on while RNV was still on 11680. No RHC frequency announcement heard around 1500 as there used to be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As monitored: Received a cosmic reminder to check in every now & then to say "hey" at ya', Glenn, as I tuned into 11760 at 1900 UT March 27 on a remote rig in Colorado to hear the old familiarly-scaled ID from R Habana Cuba, though much less martial-sounding than recalled from childhood. They promptly went into double-audio, English-vs.-Spanish (great music on the SS side!), which persisted until tune out at 1904. 73z – (GREG HARDISON, El Lay, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RHC English missing again from 6010, March 28 at 0549 with DXers Unlimited only on 6060 with heavy QRM from Spain 6055, and much better // 6140 in the clear. But Arnie`s voice is raspy, another cold? Pre- recorded studio closing in good voice was a great contrast. The DentroCuban Jamming Command slow on the uptake as usual, altho Radio Martí seasonal changes are quite predictable. March 28 observations: At 1250, 5745, jamming but no Martí At 1250, 6030, Martí good with no jamming audible At 1254, 7405 mixing with jamming as RM was plugging periodismo.com with Warsaw Concerto and then playing Guantanamera At 1259, 9805, R. Martí VG signing off, mentioning 13820, no jamming, carrier with SAH clashes with KSDA [see GUAHAN] until 1302 At 1401, 11845, RM reactivated on A-season frequency, VG with no jamming At 1401, 11930, heavy jamming vs RM At 1414, 15330, heavy jamming vs nothing as RM has left for season RHC observations March 28; they typically make seasonal adjustments a week or two later. At 1320 in mailbag on 15360, 15120, 13780, 13770. Not on 13680 any more. At 1431 in news headlines, 15360 with CCI, 15120 much stronger. DentroCuban Jamming Command missed only the first day of R. Martí on A-season frequency 11845: at 1302 March 29 nothing but heavy noise jamming audible, tho RM is supposed to be on there from 13 to 17. OTOH, the RM B-frequency 15330 is now unjammed at 1429 check. RHC`s sporadic English broadcast at 2030-2130 is gone again, March 29: at 2031, 11770 in Arabic and 11760 in Spanish, already with Revista Informativa de la Tarde, which according to their own program schedule http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_programacion/programacion.htm is supposed to be at 21-23 UT Mon-Sat. So apparently it has shifted an hour earlier due to local DST? Also Spanish on all the other 11 and 13 MHz frequencies, still no English during the following hour on 11760 or anywhere else at 2055 and 2108 chex. At 2037 March 29, big grinding wall of noise from the DentroCuban Jamming Command is still running on 11600 against no victim ever heard, but allegedly a small Radio República transmitter in Central America, which if they have any smarts, since it is not licensed, anyway, would not keep on that jammed frequency. And: the jammers have spurs bothering R. Netherlands on 11610, even Spain on 11620 [qq.vv.]. After 2100, at 2104, the jamming diminished to pulsing. 7405, R. Martí with no jamming at all, March 30 at 0531, good but somewhat `hollow` signal from Greenville at this hour. DentroCuban Jamming Command must be confused. Still heavy jamming on 6030, and no RM audible there. Also residual pulse jamming against nothing on 7365, an RM channel only at 00-04. 6010, as I tuned across March 30 at 0535, weak signals clashing, assumed to be Mexico and Colombia with RHC missing again --- but no, RHC is still on there, with giveaway news sounder, in English, but remarkably weak. // 6060 much stronger but ACI from Spain 6055, // 6140 stronger and clearer still, but undermodulated. So all three RHC English frequencies are defective in one way or another. 5040, RHC in Spanish at 0539 March 30. This frequency is from the squealing transmitter, // synchronized 6150 and an echo apart from // 6120. 13680, missing at several chex lately, back on with big signal March 30 at 1410 with RHC Voces de la Revolución hoary speech. During Fidel pauses, can tell it`s a squealing transmitter. 13680 is necessary in order to produce the leapfrog over // 13780 landing on 13880, audible again. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA [and non] 5040.000, Radio Havana Cuba, 0819, Spanish, caught end of "Esta es la Revolución." Then multi-lingual ID and into more talk. Very strong. Mar. 24 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010 and 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) But, but, it`s NVIS and Arnie thinx it has limited range (gh, DXLD) Radio Havana observed on 5040 March 25 around 0728 in Spanish with fair signal, still audible at 0850 but fading out. On March 26 I tuned in at 0620 and they were in English with good reception, still in English at 0730 recheck (Edwin Southwell, April WDXC Contact via DXLD) There they go again, throwing in unscheduled English broadcasts during overnight Spanish extensions (gh, DXLD) ** CYPRUS [and non]. OTH radar pulsing, presumed from here, March 27 at 1421 on 17847-17872 atop some broadcaster on 17850, i.e. BBC Somali via CYPRUS, oops! Still going at 1503, and now the victim is on 17860, i.e. Channel Africa, SOUTH AFRICA in Swahili. Same sound of OTH radar on 17465-17490, March 27 at 1504 atop Brother Scare via GERMANY on 17485. And then mixing with the huge wideband whining sound centered on 17450 which just cut on at *1505. OTH radar, presumed from here, March 28: 14872-14800 at 1317; 13890- 13915 at 1411. OTH radar pulsing, March 29 at 1450 on 17522-17538, only broadcaster bothered being something weak on 17555, which must be WYFR not yet inbooming here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA [and non]. R. Prague A-10 Schedule Czech 0830-0857# swEU 11600 0930-0957# ME 17650 1100-1127# nEU 9880 1230-1257# cEU 6055 1530-1557# eaF/ME 11870 1930-1957 wEU 5930 2100-2127 wAF 9410 2330-2357 SAM 9440 0130-0157 NAM 7345 0230-0257 NAM 7345 English 0700-0727# nwEU 9880 0900-0929# ME 17650 1000-1030 NAM 9955 (via WRMI) 1030-1057# nwEU 9880 1300-1329# nwEU 11600 1600-1627 nwEU 9740 1700-1727 nwEU 9740 2000-2027 nwEU 5930 2130-2157 c+wAF 9410 2230-2257 NAM 9440 0000-0027 NAM 9790 0100-0127 NAM 7345 0300-0327 NAM 7345 0330-0357 ME 9445 0500-0530 LAM 9955 (via WRMI) [English: WORLD OF RADIO 1506] but see below about WRMI relays French 0600-0627# wEU 5930 0730-0757# swEU/nwAF 11600 1330-1357# n+wAF 11600 1630-1657 wEU 9740 1830-1857 wEU 5930 2200-2227 NAM 9440 German 0630-0657# wEU 5930 1000-1027# cEU 6055 1200-1227# cEU 6055 1500-1527# wEU 5930 1630-1657 EU 11700 (via Sines) Russian 0400-0427# eEU 9445 1130-1157# eEU 9880 1430-1457# eEU 11720 1730-1757 eEU 7205 Spanish 0800-0827# swEU 11600 1030-1100 CAM 9955 (via WRMI) 1400-1427# swEU 11720 1800-1827 swEU 5930 1900-1927 swEU 5930 2030-2057 swEU/SAM 5930 2300-2327 SAM 9440 0000-0027 SAM 9445 (via Ascension) 0030-0057 CAM 9790 0200-0227 SAM 7345 0530-0600 NAM 9955 (via WRMI) # = Off-air due to transmitter maintenance on: [3d Wed each month] 21 Apr; 19 May; 16 June; 21 July; 18 Aug; 15 Sept; 20 Oct 2010 (R. Prague printed sked via Arthur Ward, World DX Club, re-typed by Alan Roe; WRMI relays via http://www.wrmi.net/schedule.php 27 March via Alan Roe, Teddington UK, dxldyg via DXLD) Unfortunately the R. Prague relay info via WRMI website was out of date. If you consult the latest available schedule dated March 23, in the DXLD attachments, with times converted from EDT to UT, you will find: 1330-1400 M-F French 1400-1430 daily English 0600-0700 Sat English, Spanish 0900-1000 Sat/Sun English, Spanish 1600-1630 Sat English As always subject to change, but the daily English at 1400 UT (1500 during standard time), has been quite reliable. I should add, as R. Prague never does, that it carries the previous day`s programming. (Glenn Hauser, March 30, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, ibid.) Prague heard yesterday (Tuesday) via WRMI's livestream in English at 1400-1430 & 1830-1900 UT (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, March 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1830 = from WRN North America (gh) ** DJIBOUTI [non]. QSL: Received this email reply in 31 days from "La Voix de Djibouti" for a reception report + audio file e-mailed on 25th Feb 2010 in French/Eng to info @ lavoixdedjibouti.com (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: La Voix de Djibouti Date: Mar 27, 2010 8:09 PM Subject: Re: Reception Report for "La Voix de Djibouti" To: Alokesh Thank you very much Mr Gupta for your report. We appreciate your feedback. La Voix de Djibouti is the first independant radio in the history of Djibouti. Our goal is to support the democracy and freedom of speech in one of the most autocratic and dictatorship of Eastern Africa. Again we appreciate your feedback and thank you for your information. La Voix de Djibouti (via Gupta, ibid.) Subject: Voice of Djibouti QSL SOUTH AFRICA (presumed): VOICE OF DJIBOUTI via Sentech, 15165. 23 days after I sent French & English e-mail reports to http://www.lavoixdedjibouti.com/index.php?p=1_2_Contact#s I received the following e-mail: “Merci beaucou Wendel pour votre rapport d'information. La Voix de Djibouti est la première radio libre et indépendante dans l'histoire de la République de Djibouti (ancienne colonie française devenue indépendante en 1977). Notre objectif est de promouvoir la démocration, les droits de l'homme et la liberté d'expression en fournissant des informations veridiques et sans censure aux djiboutiens au pays comme à l'etranger. Merci encore de votre information. Sincères Salutations. La Voix de Djibouti” The web translates this as: “Wendel, thank you very much for your report information. The Voice of Djibouti is the first free and independent radio in the history of the Republic of Djibouti (former French colony became independent in 1977). Our goal is to promote the democratization, human rights and freedom of expression by providing truthful information without censorship to Djibouti in the country and abroad. Thank you again for your information. Sincerely. The Voice of Djibouti” (Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas, March 27, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) Wendel, What is your basis for assuming it is via SENTECH? If so, it is suppressed from their schedules, which has been done with some other clients (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) After I logged Voice of Djibouti, and had reported my logging, I saw at least one report that it was via Sentech and added that possibility to my notes. It wasn't from one of the groups to which I belong but on one or more websites I came across. Unfortunately I haven't yet been able to find that site again but I'll keep looking. I know VoD wasn't on Sentech's published schedule (Wendel Craighead, ibid.) We thought it was more likely from one of the west European sites, for propagational reasons (gh) 15165, checking whether clandestine La Voix de Djibouti remains on B-09 frequency in A-10, Thursdays only – yes, April 1 carrier on a few seconds before 1530 and modulation a few sex after with instrumental anthem, 1531 HOA song, 1532 into talk unseeming French. Poor signal compared to the last time I heard it a few weeks ago, and traces of long-path echo. Recheck at 1615, even weaker and more echoey, with much greater ACI from BBC Russian 15170. Could not tell if it had switched to French by now like last time. I still think a W European site is likely rather than South Africa as hypothesized by Wendel Craighead, who among others has got an e-QSL never revealing the true site. The echo would be more likely if we are getting back- and front-beams from Europe rather than South Africa which would aim in a very different direxion, roughly sideways from us, but this is all very hypothetical (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re 15165. Prop is lousy today. Comment by Ivo in Bulgaria: Excellent reception here in BUL at this moment 1543 UTCfor La Voix de Djibouti. Schedule is: 1530-1630 Thursday on 15165 (55555+), tentatively via ISS France, typical sound of Issoudun 500 kW. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, (March 25), via Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 3810-LSB, HD2IOA, at last free of QRhaM, March 31 at 0559:40 with ID in this dekasecond rather than time announcement. It`s not as loud and clearly modulated as the latter, but I could copy fragments: ``del Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada. . . para el territorio continental del país``, apparently meaning denizens of their Columbus Archipelago are not supposed to listen to it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 15065, March 29 at 1458, open carrier past 1501; 1539 recheck now with weak modulation, M talking slowly. Frequency and modulation are hallmarks of Cairo, and indeed this is now scheduled for Dari and Pashto at 13-16, ex-12170 in B-09, when Pakistan was supposedly using 15065 at this time, but I never heard that. Meanwhile, Cairo Arabic on 15080 with usual terrible crackly modulation. I wonder what the aeronauts think of all these intrusions into their band? 9305, March 29 at 2044 and 2130 with muffled and distorted audio in Arabic; at times it sounds like there are two carriers or two modulations mixing, but BFO finds only one carrier. This is R. Cairo, new frequency for General Program, 1900-0700 via Abis, 250 kW, 315 degrees, i.e. exactly same parameters, including the awful modulation in B-season, as on 6290, which this replaces. At 0230 March 30, 9305 inbooming displaying the useless audio in all its gory, and nothing on 6290, while 6270 English was much weaker but better modulated only by comparison. 0330 recheck, same for 9305 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, RNGE / "R. Bata", Bata, 1904-..., 26 Mar '10, terribly distorted, weak modulation, there were occasions when no audio was actually heard; better at 2115 airing a program in Castilian, fair audio; 45433. No sign of RNGE Malabo station on 6250. (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5005, EQUATORIAL GUINEA-RIO MUNI, Radio Nacional (Bata) at 2219 with Afropops and a man with talk in a local language – National anthem at 2301 recheck to 2304 and off - Poor to Fair Mar 26 (Mark Coady, March 26 – 28 Shadow Lake Radio Camp, Ont., Receiver: Eton E-1 Antenna: G5RV, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, looking for rumored reactivation of R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, Brasil on 15190, still nothing – but R. Africa, March 26 at 1958 with American preachess wishing ``Happy Thanksgiving`` to listeners and remarking that she is speaking on Black Friday, why call it that? She apparently has no economic background. (So I can be sure she is American, not Canadian, since there is no such thing as a Black Friday there, unless it`s Black Day-after-Columbus-Day?), and further remarx about orphans in Malawi. So sermons are delayed about four months in the surface mail to Bata. BTW, does the general African audience have any idea what the American Thanksgiving holiday is about, let alone Black Friday, which could easily be misconstrued as an insult? 15190, R. Africa still carrying disgraced, tried, convicted and imprisoned child-sex-molesting evangelist Tony Alamo around 2200 March 29, his dulcet mumbling audible way beneath WYFR Portuguese which in A-10 is also scheduled on 15190 from 2200 until 0045, 142 degrees toward Brasil but plenty signal backwards. Camping anti-church cultists vs Cupertinists! Both still going at 2242, and even more reason to doubt Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte is really coming back to 15190. If so, will have its work cut out for it. As far as HFCC and WYFR are concerned, neither other station exists (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But someone thinx he heard Inconfidencia: see BRAZIL ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. VOA says Ethiopia may be blocking its website March 30th, 2010 - 9:20 UTC by Andy Sennitt. The Voice of America (VOA) said yesterday that Ethiopia may have blocked its website in a move which may lead to further US criticism of its closest ally in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia holds national elections on 23 May, and international press freedom advocacy groups say the government is intimidating and harassing journalists ahead of the vote. The government denies that. “We have received reports that VOA’s website is unavailable inside Ethiopia, and we are investigating the causes,” VOA Director Danforth Austin said in a statement. Government spokesmen were not immediately available to comment. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi this month accused VOA’s radio service in Ethiopia’s dominant Amharic language of broadcastng “destabilising propaganda” and said his government was testing its ability to jam it. Mr Meles compared VOA to Radio Mille Collines, whose broadcasts are blamed by many for sparking the 1994 Rwanda genocide. He said he would order the service jammed if testing succeeded. Residents of the capital, Addis Ababa, told Reuters they had not been able to access the VOA website since early on Sunday. Rights groups accuse Ethiopia of routine Internet censorship. VOA says listeners in Ethiopia have been unable to hear its Amharic- language broadcasts for more than four weeks. Meles’ comments were sharply criticised by the US State Department. Ethiopia - reliant on foreign aid - is the key US ally in the Horn of Africa. VOA launched satellite broadcasts into Ethiopia a few days after Meles’ remarks and said it was exploring other methods of overcoming the jamming. (Source: Reuters) Related stories [linked]: * VOA Amharic now available via satellite * PM says Ethiopia plans to jam VOA broadcasts * VOA Amharic broadcasts jammed in Ethiopia Andy Sennitt adds: Kim Andrew Elliott points out that the number of shortwave frequencies used for the VOA Amharic broadcast at 1800-1900 UTC has been increased to nine: 9620, 11520, 11905, 11925, 11975, 12140, 13835, 13870 and 15730 kHz (Media Network blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) 3 Comments on “VOA says Ethiopia may be blocking its website” 1. #1 Tolosa on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:35 Hi VOA, Yes I can’t open the website since yesterday. I am really really disappointed on the blockage of VOA Amharic radio website in Ethiopia. I was a permanent listener of your service. Look now, how we are treated by our government. We lose one of best alternative news media and will happen for VOG. It happened in radio programme, now in website! What a mess. Do I have any other alternative to hear your Amharic programme. We are in real problem. Don’t you have any technology to re-open website? Your listener. Tolosa Bumsa 2. #2 Kebede on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:39 Hi VOA, What has happed? What we are going to do? I miss u much and alternative news source. We pray this also not to happen for “Docho Welle”. Ere and neger adergu bakachihu” Kebede Ayele Nazeret 3. #3 Andy Sennitt on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:55 Maybe this will help you to access the VOA website. It says “The toolbar has an embedded proxy that serves users in countries like Ethiopia where the government has deployed devices and employed people that try to jam radio stations, close down newspapers and censors content on the Internet.” http://www.tadias.com/03/29/2010/addis-voice-toolbar-delivers-breaking-ethiopian-news-to-your-desktop/ (via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. Good day, all - two Africans heard *tentatively* this morning on 41 meters on Allied SX-190 and the wires... (From EIBI:) 7215 kHz, 1200-1400 SaSu, ETHIOPIA - Radio Fana (AH to EAf) SINPO = 35444. Plainly heard both just before and just after 1300 March 26, virtually no QRM, did not recognize language (neither Latin nor Asian) so assumed tentatively to be this station. Based on EIBI schedules, could find no other reasonable possibility. Corrections welcomed! If I am right, these are both new stations and nations for me! :-) (Bruce Jensen, San Lorenzo, California, United States, IC- R75, SX-190, DX-160, DX-398, ptsw yg via DXLD) See also UGANDA 7195 ** ETHIOPIA [non]. A new clandestine started last week via WRN, Ogaden Media at 1800-1830 Mon & Fri on 7425, but is now shifted to 1815-1845, probably via Armenia. Not sure what the airname is, but it could be for Ethiopia or Somalia. Maybe Radio Xoriyo? That used to broadcast on Mondays and Fridays on another 7 MHz frequency, an hour earlier per WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, March 29, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE [non]. 21690, RFI via GUIANA FRENCH, OSOB, and in fact very good signal at the rather late hour of 2106 UT March 29, in French to W Africa. Scheduled 17-22 at 75 degrees. RFI GUF also VG on 17630 during this semihour in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. AUSTRIA/FRANCE/FRENCH GUIANA/GERMANY MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK) A10 period (28/03/2010 to 31/10/2010) A10 operational DTK schedule of 28th March 2010, Times are in UTC frq startstop ciraf loc pow azi ant day from to broad 3975 0400-0500 28 WER 250 ND 926 1234567 010710-311010 RBP 3975 1800-2000 28 WER 250 ND 926 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 3975 2200-2300 18,27,28WER 250 ND 926 1234567 010710-311010 RBP 5930 2359-0057 12, 14 GUF 500 215 156 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 5945 0700-0730 27,28N WER 100 300 216 1 280310-311010 BVB 5945 0700-0745 27,28N WER 100 300 216 7 280310-311010 BVB 5945 1100-1115 27,28 WER 250 ND 926 1 280310-311010 MWA 5945 1300-1400 27,28 WER 100 ND 926 1 280310-311010 RTR 5950 1659-2200 WER 500 ND 930 4 090610-090610 RNW 5950 1759-2200 WER 500 ND 930 5 240610-240610 RNW 5955 0558-0758 NAU 500 210 146 1234567 280310-311010 RNW 5955 1000-1200 NAU 500 210 146 234567 310510-290810 RNW 5955 1000-1657 NAU 500 210 146 1 280310-311010 RNW 5955 1200-1459 NAU 500 210 146 234567 030710-260710 RNW 5955 1200-1459 NAU 500 210 146 2 140610-140610 RNW 5955 1200-1459 NAU 500 210 146 7 190610-190610 RNW 5955 1459-1657 NAU 500 210 146 234567 280310-311010 RNW 6025 1000-1100 28 WER 100 ND 930 1234567 010710-311010 RBP 6035 0657-0757 NAU 500 186 216 23456 280310-311010 RNW 6035 0657-0800 NAU 500 186 216 1 7 280310-311010 RNW 6040 1630-1930 40 WER 250 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 6045 0900-1000 27E,28 WER 100 ND 926 1 280310-311010 HLR 6050 1700-1900 29 WER 250 45 208 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 6055 0900-0959 27,28 WER 100 90 201 1 280310-311010 CHW 6060 1600-1659 30S WER 250 75 208 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 6065 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 216 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 6065 0400-0430 28E WER 100 120 201 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 6100 0200-0300 12, 14 GUF 500 215 156 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 6105 0130-0230 40 WER 250 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 6105 0642-0750 27 NAU 100 285 156 1 280310-311010 TWR 6105 0657-0750 27 NAU 100 285 156 23456 280310-311010 TWR 6105 0712-0750 27 NAU 100 285 156 7 280310-311010 TWR 6105 1700-1800 29 WER 250 60 201 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 6110 1400-1559 27,28W MOS 100 300 805 1234567 280310-311010 TOM 6115 2000-2200 37,38W NAU 250 210 216 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 6120 0759-1000 WER 250 255 216 23456 280310-311010 RNW 6125 1959-2200 NAU 500 225 146 1234567 310510-290810 RNW 6130 0330-0400 29, 30 WER 250 45 147 1234567 280310-311010 NHK 6130 1800-1815 28,29 WER 100 55 141 5 280310-311010 BVB 6130 1800-1830 28,29 WER 100 55 141 3 280310-311010 BVB 6130 1800-1845 28,29 WER 100 55 141 6 280310-311010 BVB 6130 1800-1900 28,29 WER 100 55 141 1 280310-311010 BVB 6130 1830-1845 28,29 WER 100 55 141 7 280310-311010 BVB 6140 0900-1000 27,28 WER 125 ND 926 1 280310-311010 MVB 6140 1000-1059 27,28 WER 100 ND 926 1 280310-280310 MVB 6140 1700-1800 28 WER 100 ND 930 1234567 010710-311010 RBP 6150 0100-0200 3,4,6,7 WER 250 300 216 1234567 010710-311010 RBP 6175 1930-2015 37,38 WER 250 150 201 1 280310-311010 PAB 6175 1930-2030 37,38 WER 250 150 201 7 280310-311010 PAB 7215 1357-1430 28,29,30WER 100 60 208 23456 280310-311010 TWR 7215 1357-1500 28,29,30WER 100 60 208 1 7 280310-311010 TWR 7230 1900-1930 39N WER 250 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 FEB 7260 1500-1559 30S WER 250 90 208 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 7280 0030-0500 40 WER 250 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 7290 2100-2159 46E,47 WER 500 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 7295 1600-1629 30S WER 250 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 7340 1600-1630 28E WER 100 120 201 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 7360 2200-0057 12,13,15GUF 500 170 151 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 7370 1030-1100 27,28 WER 125 ND 926 1 7 280310-311010 EMG 7375 0100-0500 2,3,4,5 NAU 100 325 216 1234567 280310-090510 HRT 7375 0100-0500 2,3,4,5 NAU 100 325 216 1234567 070910-311010 HRT 7375 2200-0300 11,12,13WER 100 240 216 1234567 280310-090510 HRT 7375 2200-0300 11,12,13WER 100 240 216 1234567 070910-311010 HRT 7375 2300-0300 6,7,8,9 WER 100 300 216 1234567 280310-090510 HRT 7375 2300-0300 6,7,8,9 WER 100 300 216 1234567 070910-311010 HRT 7405 0030-0100 41 WER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 BVB 7410 0700-0800 27,28 WER 125 ND 926 2 290310-311010 BVB 7420 2200-2300 37,38W WER 250 210 215 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 7425 2100-2200 46,47,52WER 500 180 216 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 7445 1600-1700 29,30 WER 250 60 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9430 1800-1815 39,40 WER 250 120 217 1 280310-311010 BVB * 9430 1800-1859 39,40 WER 250 120 217 7 280310-311010 BVB 9430 1815-1830 39,40 WER 250 120 217 1 280310-311010 BVB 9430 1830-1859 39,40 WER 250 120 217 6 280310-311010 BVB 9435 0030-0130 40E,41NWWER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 GFA 9435 1800-1830 37NW NAU 125 230 146 1 280310-311010 BVB 9440 1526-1559 29S,39N WER 100 90 216 23456 280310-311010 TWR 9440 1526-1559 28 WER 100 105 201 7 280310-311010 TWR 9445 1700-1729 39,40W WER 250 120 216 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 9485 2000-2029 46,47 NAU 125 205 146 4 280310-311010 BVB 9490 2330-0030 41,49 WER 125 75 218 1234567 280310-311010 DVB 9505 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 216 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 9510 1400-1459 30S WER 250 75 218 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9520 2330-0030 41NE,43SWER 250 75 218 1234567 280310-311010 GFA 9565 1700-1859 29,30 NAU 250 65 216 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 9585 1800-1859 28E,29 WER 125 75 217 7 280310-311010 CHW 9590 1900-2000 37E,38 WER 250 150 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 9595 1059-1400 WER 250 300 217 7 190610-190610 RNW 9595 1059-1400 WER 250 300 217 2 140610-140610 RNW 9595 1159-1600 WER 250 300 217 1234567 030710-260710 RNW 9595 2000-2100 46E,47 WER 500 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 9610 1900-2059 46,47,52WER 500 180 216 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 9620 1059-1400 NAU 500 11 146 2 140610-140610 RNW 9620 1059-1400 NAU 500 11 146 7 190610-190610 RNW 9620 1159-1600 NAU 500 11 146 1234567 030710-260710 RNW 9620 2200-2300 38, 39 WER 500 135 217 1234567 280310-311010 NHK 9635 1800-1859 37N WER 250 225 216 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 9645 1700-1800 39,40 WER 125 120 216 7 280310-311010 BVB 9645 1730-1759 39,40 WER 125 120 216 1 280310-311010 BVB 9655 1830-1859 46S,47SEWER 500 180 218 1234567 280310-311010 LWF 9725 1500-1659 29 WER 125 60 218 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9735 0100-0500 6,7,8,10GUF 250 320 158 1234567 280310-311010 VOR 9735 0430-0500 39,40 WER 250 105 206 3 5 280310-311010 BVB 9735 0500-0515 39,40 WER 250 105 206 6 280310-311010 BVB 9740 0659-0757 WER 100 300 216 23456 310510-290810 RNW 9740 0659-0800 WER 100 300 216 1 7 310510-290810 RNW 9745 1900-1930 47 WER 250 150 218 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9760 1600-1759 40 WER 250 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9765 1900-2030 37,38W WER 100 210 216 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 9780 1700-1800 40E,41NWWER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9790 0900-1000 28W NAU 100 180 216 1 280310-311010 AWR 9790 1200-1230 27,28 WER 250 300 216 1234567 280310-311010 NHK 9805 1900-2000 29,30 WER 250 60 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9810 0000-0200 12,14,16GUF 250 195 153 1234567 280310-311010 VOR 9815 0300-0330 47 NAU 250 160 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9815 0330-0400 48 WER 250 135 218 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 9815 1800-1830 NAU 250 155 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9815 2030-2100 46,47,48NAU 250 190 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9845 0400-0430 39,40W WER 250 120 216 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 9850 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 195 217 1234567 280310-311010 NHK 9885 0100-0300 42,43 WER 250 75 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 9895 0459-0557 28S WER 500 120 201 1234567 280310-311010 RNW 9895 0559-0658 27S,28SWNAU 500 190 146 1234567 280310-311010 RNW 9895 0800-1000 NAU 500 230 146 1 7 280310-311010 RNW 9895 1000-1200 NAU 500 230 146 234567 310510-290810 RNW 9895 1000-1657 NAU 500 230 146 1 280310-311010 RNW 9895 1200-1459 NAU 500 230 146 2 140610-140610 RNW 9895 1200-1459 NAU 500 230 146 7 190610-190610 RNW 9895 1200-1459 NAU 500 230 146 234567 030710-260710 RNW 9895 1459-1657 NAU 500 230 146 234567 280310-311010 RNW 9895 1657-2200 NAU 500 230 216 4 090610-090610 RNW 9895 1759-2200 NAU 500 230 216 5 240610-240610 RNW 9895 1800-1859 28E WER 100 105 201 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 9895 2059-2127 NAU 250 320 216 1234567 310510-290810 RNW 9925 0100-0500 2,3,4,5 NAU 100 325 216 1234567 100510-060910 HRT 9925 2200-0300 11,12,13WER 100 240 217 1234567 100510-060910 HRT 9925 2300-0300 6,7,8,9 WER 100 300 217 1234567 100510-060910 HRT 9935 2200-2300 12, 14 GUF 500 215 156 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 9935 2300-2357 12, 14 GUF 500 215 151 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 11605 2300-2400 12,13,15GUF 250 180 153 1234567 280310-311010 VOR 11645 1545-1659 39,40 ISS 100 115 217 4 280310-311010 BVB 11645 1615-1630 39,40 ISS 100 115 217 6 280310-311010 BVB 11645 1615-1659 39,40 ISS 100 115 217 2 280310-311010 BVB 11670 1600-1659 40 NAU 500 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 11680 1600-1659 41 WER 500 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 11695 1500-1528 29,30 WER 250 60 217 7 280310-311010 EMG 11755 2000-2100 46E,47W WER 100 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 11760 1700-1759 30S,39N WER 500 105 206 1234567 290310-311010 YFR 11780 1500-1529 30S WER 250 75 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 11810 1500-1559 29SE WER 250 90 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 11830 1830-1915 46,47 WER 125 180 217 1 280310-311010 BVB 11830 1930-1959 46,47 WER 100 180 217 7 280310-311010 BVB 11840 1900-2000 37,46 WER 500 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 11850 1700-1759 40 WER 500 105 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 11855 1800-1815 39,40 NAU 100 105 216 7 280310-311010 BVB 11855 1800-1830 39,40 NAU 100 105 216 2 4 6 280310-311010 BVB 11855 1800-1859 39,40 NAU 100 105 216 3 5 280310-311010 BVB 11855 1830-1859 39,40 NAU 100 105 216 1 280310-311010 BVB 11885 1700-1759 39 WER 250 120 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 11905 1730-1800 48 NAU 250 145 216 23456 280310-311010 IBB 11915 1730-1759 37,38W WER 125 210 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 11925 1800-1900 48 WER 250 150 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 11925 1900-1930 48 WER 250 150 216 23456 280310-311010 IBB 11955 1530-1545 39,40 ISS 250 91 216 1 280310-311010 BVB 11955 1800-1859 37E,38 WER 250 150 201 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 11975 1600-1629 47E,48 WER 500 135 217 1 3 5 280310-311010 RMI 11980 0700-0830 37,38W WER 100 210 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 12010 0800-0859 37,38W WER 100 210 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 12045 1430-1459 38,39,40WER 500 105 206 1234567 280310-311010 NHK 12140 1530-1730 39,40 WER 125 105 217 1234567 280310-311010 BVB 13570 1500-1559 39N,40W WER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 13580 1400-1459 40 WER 250 105 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 13580 1700-1720 39,40 ISS 250 115 217 23 56 280310-311010 BVB 13580 1700-1735 39,40 ISS 250 115 217 4 280310-311010 BVB 13590 1530-1815 39,40 NAU 100 127 216 1 280310-311010 BVB 13590 1545-1600 39,40 NAU 100 127 216 2 4 280310-311010 BVB 13590 1545-1615 39,40 NAU 100 127 216 6 280310-311010 BVB 13590 1545-1620 39,40 NAU 100 127 216 3 280310-311010 BVB 13590 1545-1645 39,40 NAU 100 127 216 5 280310-311010 BVB 13590 1545-1759 39,40 NAU 100 127 216 7 280310-311010 BVB 13590 1700-1759 39,40 NAU 100 127 216 3 280310-311010 BVB 13590 1730-1759 39,40 NAU 100 127 216 6 280310-311010 BVB 13635 1400-1459 41E WER 500 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 13645 1600-1659 39 WER 250 120 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 13700 0959-1200 WER 500 240 217 1234567 310510-290810 RNW 13700 1059-1459 WER 500 120 217 2 140610-140610 RNW 13700 1059-1459 WER 500 120 217 7 190610-190610 RNW 13700 1159-1459 WER 500 120 217 1234567 030710-260710 RNW 13700 1200-1459 WER 500 240 217 2 140610-140610 RNW 13700 1200-1459 WER 500 240 217 1234567 030710-260710 RNW 13700 1200-1459 WER 500 240 217 7 190610-190610 RNW 13700 1459-1557 WER 500 120 217 1234567 280310-311010 RNW 13700 1459-1657 WER 500 240 217 1234567 280310-311010 RNW 13710 1100-1130 19,20,21NAU 250 20 218 7 280310-311010 EMG 13720 1630-1729 47,48 WER 100 150 201 12345 7 280310-311010 BVB 13720 1630-1745 47,48 WER 100 150 201 6 280310-311010 BVB 13730 1400-1459 30S,40N WER 250 75 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 13730 1529-1727 WER 500 150 218 1234567 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1400-1459 30S WER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 13830 1500-1559 41E WER 500 75 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 13830 1600-1629 39,40 WER 100 90 217 1 280310-311010 PAB 13830 1700-1759 38E,39S ISS 100 126 216 1 4 280310-311010 SBO 13830 1730-1759 47E,48 NAU 125 140 218 6 280310-311010 RMI 13840 1700-1759 37,38 WER 100 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 13870 1730-1759 48 WER 250 150 218 23456 280310-311010 IBB 13870 1800-1900 48 NAU 250 140 218 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 13870 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 218 23456 280310-311010 IBB 15130 0500-0600 39N,40 NAU 250 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 15155 1730-1759 48 WER 250 135 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 15160 1330-1345 41NE,49NNAU 250 82 218 234567 280310-311010 LWF 15160 1330-1345 41NE,49NWER 250 75 218 1 280310-311010 LWF 15160 1500-1600 41N ISS 250 80 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 15160 1600-1659 48 NAU 500 140 218 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 15205 1400-1430 41 ISS 100 83 217 1 280310-311010 PAB 15205 1415-1430 41 ISS 100 83 217 234567 280310-311010 PAB 15205 1430-1445 41 ISS 250 83 217 1 280310-311010 PAB 15205 1900-1930 46S NAU 125 215 218 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 15205 1930-1959 46SE,47WWER 250 165 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 15215 1530-1629 40E,41NWISS 250 86 217 1234567 280310-311010 GFA 15255 1500-1529 41N WER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 15255 1530-1559 41N WER 250 75 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 15260 1900-2000 37,38W NAU 125 215 156 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 15265 1400-1459 41 ISS 250 83 217 7 280310-311010 BVB 15265 1415-1459 41 ISS 250 83 217 1 280310-311010 BVB 15320 1300-1459 42,43W NAU 250 70 218 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 15350 1230-1459 41 WER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 GFA 15380 1430-1630 40 WER 250 105 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 15390 1330-1529 41NE,43SNAU 250 85 218 1234567 280310-311010 GFA 15410 1700-1800 48SW ISS 250 140 217 7 280310-311010 ABA 15435 1200-1300 41NE WER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 15445 1630-1659 WER 250 135 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 15460 1600-1630 WER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 15535 1759-1957 WER 500 150 217 1234567 280310-311010 RNW 15565 1500-1559 28SE WER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 15610 1200-1230 31S,42N NAU 250 70 218 3 5 280310-311010 BVB 15670 1400-1559 41 WER 500 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 15675 1830-1845 52,53 NAU 125 170 218 3 5 280310-311010 RRP 15680 1230-1329 40 WER 250 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 15690 1400-1459 41S WER 500 105 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 15710 1659-1727 WER 500 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 RNW 15720 1659-1727 NAU 500 155 217 1234567 280310-311010 RNW 15750 1600-1758 47,48 WER 500 150 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 17485 1500-1559 46E,47 WER 100 165 216 1234567 280310-311010 TOM 17535 0900-1000 38,39 WER 125 135 217 6 280310-311010 BVB 17575 1630-1659 48 WER 250 135 217 1234567 280310-311010 AWR 17580 1300-1459 41E WER 500 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR 17750 1400-1458 39N,40 WER 250 120 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 17750 1700-1800 39N,40 NAU 250 113 216 1234567 280310-311010 IBB 17800 1400-1559 41 WER 500 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 YFR *) 1st Sunday of the month Day 1 = Sunday ... Day 7 = Saturday frq startstop ciraf azi ant day from to loc pow broad 15410 1700-1800 48SW 140 217 7 280310-311010 ISS 250 ABA 13820 1700-1759 47E,48 140 216 7 280310-311010 NAU 500 ADM 6065 0300-0330 48 135 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 6065 0400-0430 28E 120 201 1234567 280310-311010 WER 100 AWR 7340 1600-1630 28E 120 201 1234567 280310-311010 WER 100 AWR 9445 1700-1729 39,40W 120 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 9505 0300-0330 48 135 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 9765 1900-2030 37,38W 210 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 100 AWR 9790 0900-1000 28W 180 216 1 280310-311010 NAU 100 AWR 9815 0330-0400 48 135 218 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 9845 0400-0430 39,40W 120 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 11755 2000-2100 46E,47W 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 100 AWR 11915 1730-1759 37,38W 210 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 125 AWR 11980 0700-0830 37,38W 210 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 100 AWR 12010 0800-0859 37,38W 210 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 100 AWR 15155 1730-1759 48 135 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 15160 1500-1600 41N 80 217 1234567 280310-311010 ISS 250 AWR 15205 1900-1930 46S 215 218 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 125 AWR 15205 1930-1959 46SE,47W165 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 15255 1500-1529 41N 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 15255 1530-1559 41N 75 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 15260 1900-2000 37,38W 215 156 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 125 AWR 15320 1300-1459 42,43W 70 218 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 AWR 15435 1200-1300 41NE 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 17575 1630-1659 48 135 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 AWR 5945 0700-0730 27,28N 300 216 1 280310-311010 WER 100 BVB 5945 0700-0745 27,28N 300 216 7 280310-311010 WER 100 BVB 6130 1800-1815 28,29 55 141 5 280310-311010 WER 100 BVB 6130 1830-1845 28,29 55 141 7 280310-311010 WER 100 BVB 6130 1800-1845 28,29 55 141 6 280310-311010 WER 100 BVB 6130 1800-1830 28,29 55 141 3 280310-311010 WER 100 BVB 6130 1800-1900 28,29 55 141 1 280310-311010 WER 100 BVB 7405 0030-0100 41 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 BVB 7410 0700-0800 27,28 ND 926 2 290310-311010 WER 125 BVB 9435 1800-1830 37NW 230 146 1 280310-311010 NAU 125 BVB 9485 2000-2029 46,47 205 146 4 280310-311010 NAU 125 BVB 9645 1730-1759 39,40 120 216 1 280310-311010 WER 125 BVB 9645 1700-1800 39,40 120 216 7 280310-311010 WER 125 BVB 9735 0430-0500 39,40 105 206 3 5 280310-311010 WER 250 BVB 9735 0500-0515 39,40 105 206 6 280310-311010 WER 250 BVB 11830 1830-1915 46,47 180 217 1 280310-311010 WER 125 BVB 11830 1930-1959 46,47 180 217 7 280310-311010 WER 100 BVB 11955 1530-1545 39,40 91 216 1 280310-311010 ISS 250 BVB 12140 1530-1730 39,40 105 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 125 BVB 13580 1700-1720 39,40 115 217 23 56 280310-311010 ISS 250 BVB 13580 1700-1735 39,40 115 217 4 280310-311010 ISS 250 BVB 13590 1530-1815 39,40 127 216 1 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 13590 1545-1759 39,40 127 216 7 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 13590 1545-1615 39,40 127 216 6 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 13590 1730-1759 39,40 127 216 6 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 13590 1545-1600 39,40 127 216 2 4 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 13590 1545-1645 39,40 127 216 5 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 13590 1545-1620 39,40 127 216 3 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 13590 1700-1759 39,40 127 216 3 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 13720 1630-1729 47,48 150 201 12345 7 280310-311010 WER 100 BVB 13720 1630-1745 47,48 150 201 6 280310-311010 WER 100 BVB 13740 1500-1515 41,49NW 90 217 1 280310-311010 WER 250 BVB 13740 1515-1545 40,41 82 217 7 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 13740 1530-1559 40,41 82 217 4 6 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 13740 1530-1615 40,41 82 217 5 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 15265 1415-1459 41 83 217 1 280310-311010 ISS 250 BVB 15265 1400-1459 41 83 217 7 280310-311010 ISS 250 BVB 15610 1200-1230 31S,42N 70 218 3 5 280310-311010 NAU 250 BVB 11645 1615-1659 39,40 115 217 2 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 11645 1545-1659 39,40 115 217 4 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 11645 1615-1630 39,40 115 217 6 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 11855 1830-1859 39,40 105 216 1 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 11855 1800-1830 39,40 105 216 2 4 6 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 11855 1800-1859 39,40 105 216 3 5 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 11855 1800-1815 39,40 105 216 7 280310-311010 NAU 100 BVB 13810 1600-1830 38S,39S 131 216 1 6 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 13810 1630-1830 38S,39S 131 216 7 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 13810 1630-1759 38S,39S 131 216 4 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 13810 1600-1759 38S,39S 131 216 2 5 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 13810 1630-1759 38S,39S 131 216 3 280310-311010 ISS 100 BVB 17535 0900-1000 38,39 135 217 6 280310-311010 WER 125 BVB 9430 1815-1830 39,40 120 217 1 280310-311010 WER 250 BVB 9430 1800-1815 39,40 120 217 1 280310-311010 WER 250 BVB * 9430 1800-1859 39,40 120 217 7 280310-311010 WER 250 BVB 9430 1830-1859 39,40 120 217 6 280310-311010 WER 250 BVB 6055 0900-0959 27,28 90 201 1 280310-311010 WER 100 CHW 9585 1800-1859 28E,29 75 217 7 280310-311010 WER 125 CHW 9490 2330-0030 41,49 75 218 1234567 280310-311010 WER 125 DVB 13820 1700-1759 38E,39S 145 216 1 4 280310-311010 NAU 500 EFD 13820 1700-1759 38E,39S 145 216 5 280310-311010 NAU 125 ELF 7370 1030-1100 27,28 ND 926 1 7 280310-311010 WER 125 EMG 11695 1500-1528 29,30 60 217 7 280310-311010 WER 250 EMG 13710 1100-1130 19,20,21 20 218 7 280310-311010 NAU 250 EMG 7230 1900-1930 39N 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 FEB 9435 0030-0130 40E,41NW 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 GFA 9520 2330-0030 41NE,43S 75 218 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 GFA 15350 1230-1459 41 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 GFA 15390 1330-1529 41NE,43S 85 218 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 GFA 15215 1530-1629 40E,41NW 86 217 1234567 280310-311010 ISS 250 GFA 6045 0900-1000 27E,28 ND 926 1 280310-311010 WER 100 HLR 7375 2200-0300 11,12,13240 216 1234567 280310-090510 WER 100 HRT 7375 2200-0300 11,12,13240 216 1234567 070910-311010 WER 100 HRT 7375 2300-0300 6,7,8,9 300 216 1234567 280310-090510 WER 100 HRT 7375 2300-0300 6,7,8,9 300 216 1234567 070910-311010 WER 100 HRT 7375 0100-0500 2,3,4,5 325 216 1234567 280310-090510 NAU 100 HRT 7375 0100-0500 2,3,4,5 325 216 1234567 070910-311010 NAU 100 HRT 9925 2200-0300 11,12,13240 217 1234567 100510-060910 WER 100 HRT 9925 2300-0300 6,7,8,9 300 217 1234567 100510-060910 WER 100 HRT 9925 0100-0500 2,3,4,5 325 216 1234567 100510-060910 NAU 100 HRT [so note, like last summer, Croatia plans to move from 7375 to 9925 between 10 May and 6 September; but since 9925 was not doing so well, for a while they were on both --- gh] 6040 1630-1930 40 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 6050 1700-1900 29 45 208 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 6060 1600-1659 30S 75 208 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 6105 1700-1800 29 60 201 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 6105 0130-0230 40 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 7260 1500-1559 30S 90 208 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 7280 0030-0500 40 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 7295 1600-1629 30S 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 7445 1600-1700 29,30 60 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 9510 1400-1459 30S 75 218 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 9725 1500-1659 29 60 218 1234567 280310-311010 WER 125 IBB 9745 1900-1930 47 150 218 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 9760 1600-1759 40 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 9780 1700-1800 40E,41NW 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 9805 1900-2000 29,30 60 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 9815 0300-0330 47 160 216 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 IBB 9815 1800-1830 155 216 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 IBB 9815 2030-2100 46,47,48190 216 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 IBB 9885 0100-0300 42,43 75 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 11780 1500-1529 30S 75 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 11810 1500-1559 29SE 90 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 11905 1730-1800 48 145 216 23456 280310-311010 NAU 250 IBB 11925 1800-1900 48 150 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 11925 1900-1930 48 150 216 23456 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 13570 1500-1559 39N,40W 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 13580 1400-1459 40 105 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 13830 1400-1459 30S 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 13870 1730-1759 48 150 218 23456 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 13870 1800-1900 48 140 218 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 IBB 13870 1900-1930 48 140 218 23456 280310-311010 NAU 250 IBB 15130 0500-0600 39N,40 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 IBB 15380 1430-1630 40 105 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 15445 1630-1659 135 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 15460 1600-1630 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 15565 1500-1559 28SE 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 15680 1230-1329 40 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 17750 1700-1800 39N,40 113 216 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 IBB 17750 1400-1458 39N,40 120 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 IBB 9655 1830-1859 46S,47SE180 218 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 LWF 15160 1330-1345 41NE,49N 82 218 234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 LWF 15160 1330-1345 41NE,49N 75 218 1 280310-311010 WER 250 LWF 6140 0900-1000 27,28 ND 926 1 280310-311010 WER 125 MVB 6140 1000-1059 27,28 ND 926 1 280310-280310 WER 100 MVB 5945 1100-1115 27,28 ND 926 1 280310-311010 WER 250 MWA 6130 0330-0400 29, 30 45 147 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 NHK 9620 2200-2300 38, 39 135 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 NHK 9790 1200-1230 27,28 300 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 NHK 9850 0530-0600 46,47 195 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 NHK 12045 1430-1459 38,39,40105 206 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 NHK 6175 1930-2015 37,38 150 201 1 280310-311010 WER 250 PAB 6175 1930-2030 37,38 150 201 7 280310-311010 WER 250 PAB 13830 1600-1629 39,40 90 217 1 280310-311010 WER 100 PAB 15205 1400-1430 41 83 217 1 280310-311010 ISS 100 PAB 15205 1415-1430 41 83 217 234567 280310-311010 ISS 100 PAB 15205 1430-1445 41 83 217 1 280310-311010 ISS 250 PAB 3975 0400-0500 28 ND 926 1234567 010710-311010 WER 250 RBP 3975 2200-2300 18,27,28 ND 926 1234567 010710-311010 WER 250 RBP 6025 1000-1100 28 ND 930 1234567 010710-311010 WER 100 RBP 6140 1700-1800 28 ND 930 1234567 010710-311010 WER 100 RBP 6150 0100-0200 3,4,6,7 300 216 1234567 010710-311010 WER 250 RBP [this is for HUNGARY: see note below] 11975 1600-1629 47E,48 135 217 1 3 5 280310-311010 WER 500 RMI 13830 1730-1759 47E,48 140 218 6 280310-311010 NAU 125 RMI 5950 1759-2200 ND 930 5 240610-240610 WER 500 RNW 5950 1659-2200 ND 930 4 090610-090610 WER 500 RNW 5955 0558-0758 210 146 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 500 RNW 5955 1000-1657 210 146 1 280310-311010 NAU 500 RNW 5955 1459-1657 210 146 234567 280310-311010 NAU 500 RNW 5955 1000-1200 210 146 234567 310510-290810 NAU 500 RNW 5955 1200-1459 210 146 2 140610-140610 NAU 500 RNW 5955 1200-1459 210 146 7 190610-190610 NAU 500 RNW 5955 1200-1459 210 146 234567 030710-260710 NAU 500 RNW 6035 0657-0757 186 216 23456 280310-311010 NAU 500 RNW 6035 0657-0800 186 216 1 7 280310-311010 NAU 500 RNW 6120 0759-1000 255 216 23456 280310-311010 WER 250 RNW 6125 1959-2200 225 146 1234567 310510-290810 NAU 500 RNW 9595 1059-1400 300 217 2 140610-140610 WER 250 RNW 9595 1059-1400 300 217 7 190610-190610 WER 250 RNW 9595 1159-1600 300 217 1234567 030710-260710 WER 250 RNW 9620 1059-1400 11 146 2 140610-140610 NAU 500 RNW 9620 1059-1400 11 146 7 190610-190610 NAU 500 RNW 9620 1159-1600 11 146 1234567 030710-260710 NAU 500 RNW 9740 0659-0757 300 216 23456 310510-290810 WER 100 RNW 9740 0659-0800 300 216 1 7 310510-290810 WER 100 RNW 9895 0459-0557 28S 120 201 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 RNW 9895 0559-0658 27S,28SW190 146 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 500 RNW 9895 0800-1000 230 146 1 7 280310-311010 NAU 500 RNW 9895 1000-1657 230 146 1 280310-311010 NAU 500 RNW 9895 1459-1657 230 146 234567 280310-311010 NAU 500 RNW 9895 2059-2127 320 216 1234567 310510-290810 NAU 250 RNW 9895 1000-1200 230 146 234567 310510-290810 NAU 500 RNW 9895 1657-2200 230 216 4 090610-090610 NAU 500 RNW 9895 1759-2200 230 216 5 240610-240610 NAU 500 RNW 9895 1200-1459 230 146 2 140610-140610 NAU 500 RNW 9895 1200-1459 230 146 7 190610-190610 NAU 500 RNW 9895 1200-1459 230 146 234567 030710-260710 NAU 500 RNW 13700 1459-1657 240 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 RNW 13700 1459-1557 120 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 RNW 13700 0959-1200 240 217 1234567 310510-290810 WER 500 RNW 13700 1059-1459 120 217 2 140610-140610 WER 500 RNW 13700 1059-1459 120 217 7 190610-190610 WER 500 RNW 13700 1159-1459 120 217 1234567 030710-260710 WER 500 RNW 13700 1200-1459 240 217 2 140610-140610 WER 500 RNW 13700 1200-1459 240 217 7 190610-190610 WER 500 RNW 13700 1200-1459 240 217 1234567 030710-260710 WER 500 RNW 13730 1529-1727 150 218 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 RNW 15535 1759-1957 150 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 RNW 15710 1659-1727 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 RNW 15720 1659-1727 155 217 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 500 RNW 15675 1830-1845 52,53 170 218 3 5 280310-311010 NAU 125 RRP 5945 1300-1400 27,28 ND 926 1 280310-311010 WER 100 RTR 13830 1700-1759 38E,39S 126 216 1 4 280310-311010 ISS 100 SBO 6110 1400-1559 27,28W 300 805 1234567 280310-311010 MOS 100 TOM 13810 1400-1600 28,29W 127 216 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 100 TOM 17485 1500-1559 46E,47 165 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 100 TOM 6105 0642-0750 27 285 156 1 280310-311010 NAU 100 TWR 6105 0712-0750 27 285 156 7 280310-311010 NAU 100 TWR 6105 0657-0750 27 285 156 23456 280310-311010 NAU 100 TWR 7215 1357-1430 28,29,30 60 208 23456 280310-311010 WER 100 TWR 7215 1357-1500 28,29,30 60 208 1 7 280310-311010 WER 100 TWR 9440 1526-1559 28 105 201 7 280310-311010 WER 100 TWR 9440 1526-1559 29S,39N 90 216 23456 280310-311010 WER 100 TWR 9735 0100-0500 6,7,8,10320 158 1234567 280310-311010 GUF 250 VOR 9810 0000-0200 12,14,16195 153 1234567 280310-311010 GUF 250 VOR 11605 2300-2400 12,13,15180 153 1234567 280310-311010 GUF 250 VOR 3975 1800-2000 28 ND 926 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 YFR 5930 2359-0057 12, 14 215 156 1234567 280310-311010 GUF 500 YFR 6100 0200-0300 12, 14 215 156 1234567 280310-311010 GUF 500 YFR 6115 2000-2200 37,38W 210 216 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 YFR 7290 2100-2159 46E,47 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 7360 2200-0057 12,13,15170 151 1234567 280310-311010 GUF 500 YFR 7420 2200-2300 37,38W 210 215 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 YFR 7425 2100-2200 46,47,52180 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 9565 1700-1859 29,30 65 216 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 250 YFR 9590 1900-2000 37E,38 150 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 YFR 9595 2000-2100 46E,47 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 9610 1900-2059 46,47,52180 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 9635 1800-1859 37N 225 216 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 YFR 9895 1800-1859 28E 105 201 1234567 280310-311010 WER 100 YFR 9935 2200-2300 12, 14 215 156 1234567 280310-311010 GUF 500 YFR 9935 2300-2357 12, 14 215 151 1234567 280310-311010 GUF 500 YFR 11670 1600-1659 40 105 216 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 500 YFR 11680 1600-1659 41 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 11760 1700-1759 30S,39N 105 206 1234567 290310-311010 WER 500 YFR 11840 1900-2000 37,46 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 11850 1700-1759 40 105 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 11885 1700-1759 39 120 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 YFR 11955 1800-1859 37E,38 150 201 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 YFR 13635 1400-1459 41E 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 13645 1600-1659 39 120 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 YFR 13730 1400-1459 30S,40N 75 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 250 YFR 13750 1800-1900 46SE 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 13790 1500-1557 41 95 218 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 500 YFR 13790 1800-1859 46E,47W 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 13830 1500-1559 41E 75 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 13840 1700-1759 37,38 180 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 100 YFR 15160 1600-1659 48 140 218 1234567 280310-311010 NAU 500 YFR 15670 1400-1559 41 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 15690 1400-1459 41S 105 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 15750 1600-1758 47,48 150 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 17580 1300-1459 41E 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR 17800 1400-1559 41 90 217 1234567 280310-311010 WER 500 YFR *) 1st Sunday of the month Day 1 = Sunday ... Day 7 = Saturday List of Broadcasters which are using MEDIA BROADCAST technical equipment: ABA Radiyo Y'Abaganda (Ababaka) [see UGANDA [non]!] ADM Ethiopia Adera Dimtse Radio AWR Adventist World Radio BVB High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting CHW Christliche Wissenschaft CVC Christian Vision DTK MEDIA BROADCAST (ex Deutsche Telekom), in future MBR short call DVB Democratic Voice of Burma EFD Ethiopians For Democracy ELF Eritrean Liberation Front EMG Evangelische Missionsgemeinden in Deutschland FEB Feba Radio UK GFA Gospel for Asia HCJ Voice of the Andes HLR Hamburger Lokalradio HRT Hrvratska Radio Televizija IBB International Broadcasting Bureau LWF Lutheran World Federation MVB Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio MWA Missionswerk Arche NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai PAB Pan Am Broadcasting PRW Polskie Radio Warsaw RBP [not included; presumably ``Radio Budapest``; see below] RHU Radio Huriyo (Xoriyo) RMI Radio Miami International RNW Radio Netherlands World Service RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie RTR Radio Traumland (Belgium) SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo TOM The Overcomer Ministry TWR Trans World Radio VOR Voice of Russia WRN World Radio Network YFR WYFR Family Radio Michael Puetz MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH Order Management & Backoffice Josef-Lammerting-Allee 8-10 D-50933 Cologne, Germany Please send your inquiries and reception reports to: E-Mail: Internet: (DTK/M&B via Mike Bethge-D, March 26 WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Postfach 1214 D-61282 Bad Homburg, GERMANY Fax: +49 6172 123117 E-Mail: Internet: ) Looks like Wertachtal will take over all Radio Budapest broadcasts from JBR Jaszbereny Hungary as from July 1, 2010. - wb. (via Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, March 27, DXLD) RBP = Radio Budapest ** GERMANY [non]. As I was trying to sort out the altered lineup of stations in the 15.6-15.7 MHz range March 28 at 1458 and later, I noticed DRM noise covering 15635-15645. This is now scheduled as DW via PORTUGAL, 90 kW, 40 degrees at 14-19. It could be a problem for the only remaining SW service from Israel, Persian at 1400-1630 on 15640, 300 kW, 90 degrees, inaudible here if really on under the noise 15640 is the new 19-m frequency for DW in English at 21-22, via RWANDA, and very good at 2109 March 29, better than // 11865. Both are 250 kW, 295 degrees for W Africa, and --- shhh, don`t tell anyone, but 15640 is also destined for Caribbean and eastern North America, CIRAF zones 11 and 8: DW is again overtly broadcasting in English to us! But would the Intendant deny it if asked directly? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA. 15175, INDIA (GOA), All India Radio (Panaji), 1549-1559, 3/27/2010, Gujarati. Talk by man and woman with some music, possibly a drama. Good signal strength with a few momentary cutouts. Unfortunately, abysmal audio, muffled and mushy, made the signal almost painful to hear, especially when music was played. Announcement by man at 1559, then gone (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, RX-340, IC-R75, Random Wire (90'), ALA100M Loop (20'), DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. VOG is staying on 15630 now instead of 15650, March 28 at 1358, mostly music as usual. Still only Greece at 1530-1535, despite plans by R. Mada, clandestine to Madagascar [q.v.], to use 15630 Sat & Sun at 1530-1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good evening Glenn: Here is my English version of Radio Filia's A-10 Program Schedule. Please notice that on Saturday and Sunday, the Albanian, English, French, and Spanish Programs are on for only 30 minutes, whereas on weekdays they are on for 1 hour. Regards, (John Babbis, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mostly on MW 666, English R. Filia 0430-0500 Sat & Sun, 0500-0600 M-F, so not on SW 11645 before 0500, right? (gh, DXLD) ** GREENLAND. 3815, 2125-2213* 22+24+26.03, KNR, Tasiilaq (USB), Greenlandic talk and news, 2145 KNR news jingle, talk and music, 2200 Danish news 25232. NB: When Greenland shifts to Daylight Saving Time, it will be more difficult to hear! (Anker Petersen, Denmark, from Skovlunde done on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) Expected as of 28 March to be one UT hour earlier at 2000-2113v, but in past, dates have not necessarily matched Denmark (gh, DXLD) 3815-usb, Groenlands R, Tasiilaq, 2201-2212*, 27 Mar'10, Danish, newscast, music at 2209, talks (announcements? ), accordion tune, abruptly off; 32441, utility QRM (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAHAN. 9805, March 28 at 1300, V. of Hope English ID, into Japanese, but R. Martí Greenville carrier stayed on until 1302, then uncovering KSDA. Once the DentroCubans catch on, 9805 is likely to be jammed also far beyond the Radio Martí hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ICELAND. Re 10-12, Iceland tower per Bugaj and Fybush items Glenn, I am still digging, but it's not Loran (the 189 kHz site is the former Loran site, repurposed by Harris Corp. with help from us; the 207 is a newly established site as a part of the same project, also our design), and it's not Omega, and those coordinates don't match any Decca sites. I have some reference to a "1000 footer" in Iceland in some project correspondence about impedance calculations for various low frequency and VLF sites, but my data doesn't include a location. But I think it's the Navy Keflavik LF (37.5 kHz) and it was built in 1993 or so, but is supposedly 13 km from the former Keflavik NAS, which is in southern Iceland. It doesn't look like it's toploaded, but it does have insulators in the guys, so is some sort of MF, LF or VLF installation. But I'm unable to identify it (Ben Dawson, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ICELAND [non]. Re 10-12: No one so far has commented on RNW's service in Dutch to Iceland at 2059-2127 via NAUEN, 9895 from May 31 to August 29. Even CRI doesn't have an Icelandic service! And I can't think of any other now that D. Welle no longer has to pretend that's where they were broadcasting to on the old 40 metre ham band when the service was actually for N America (Noel R. Green (NW England), March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) It was Croatia via DTK Germany which did this. See NETHERLANDS [and non] (gh, DXLD) ** INDIA. AIR Gorakhpur was noted drifting again from its 3945 kHz. Last night 28 March 2010 at 1640 they were noted on 3914.8 kHz. Later at 1647 they were on 3914.55. Off air at 1705 when checked. AIR Gorakhpur: Drift on 3945 kHz. On 29 Mar 2010 noted at 1620 UT on 3944.4 kHz. Then at 1658 they had drifted to 3943.69 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, India, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) ** INDIA. AIR Bhopal right now on 4799 kHz instead of scheduled 4810 kHz. Noted since check in at 1400 UT (Jose Jacob, Hyderabad, India, via Alokesh Gupta, 1518 UT March 29, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) AIR Bhopal: On 29 Mar 2010 noted at 1230 on 4799 kHz (instead of 4810 kHz) causing severe heterodyne to my local station AIR Hyderabad on 4800 kHz. At 1530 when I checked it was on exactly on 4800 and the heterodyne was gone. On 30 Mar 2010 morning AIR Bhopal was not heard on 4810 kHz. May be they were still on 4800 kHz but as Hyderabad is my local station with very strong signals, I could not get Bhopal's signal. 73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India, dx india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) ** INDIA. AIR Kohima 4850 - 26 March 2010 - Much better signals today, tuned in at around 1412 UT, playing pop songs, suddenly went off air at 1423 (Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, India, dx_india yg via DXLD) 4850, AIR Kohima, 1214, March 26. Naga Christian songs; 1300 program highlights (Hindi/English); sports show explaining about billiards and snooker; 1315-1340 usual Naga segment; 1340-1358 news (Hindi/English) with mostly items about Nagaland Governor Kumar (reception held at Mokokchung town hall; remarks made at Nagaland University; etc.), plus charity football exhibition match held in Kohima and item about the shortage of manpower at the AIR Kohima station; from 1358 till suddenly off at 1423: rock music show. Reception much better than yesterday, but still had a few occurrences with short breaks in their broadcast (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PB member assures help to AIR, DDK DIMAPUR, Article published on 3/27/2010 12:36:55 AM IST http://www.nagalandpost.com/ShowStory.aspx?npoststoryiden=UzEwMjM5Njg%3D-bzqEoQSSQP0%3D Prasar Bharati (PB) board member personnel Shivkumar, who was on a two-day visit to Nagaland on March 25 and 26, held a series of meetings with Kohima DDK and AIR officials. Addressing AIR Kohima the staff of at its premises March 25, Shivkumar informed that regular meetings were held at secretariat level and officials were instructed on completing the responsibility of telecasting and transmitting Commonwealth Games 2010, in a very efficient manner. He said that if necessary, assistance of Kohima staff would be sought for shouldering responsibility wherever help was needed. The officials appreciated AIR Kohima for maintaining the Station in spite of many constraints. Dwelling on the issue of shortage of manpower, he said that certain decisions were taken with regard to this at a meeting in New Delhi November 16, 2009, and expressed hope that decisions taken would be implemented. The member personnel of Prasar Bharati, who is on his maiden visit to the state, gave a patient hearing to grievances voiced by AIR staff of Kohima and its sub-Stations of Mokokchung, Mon and Tuensang and requested deputy director general of AIR and DDK, North East region V. Sekhose to provide him briefs of various issues. The member personnel assured to take up issues with officials including CEO of Prasar Bharati. He also held a meeting with the staff of DDK, Kohima and held discussions on issues pertaining to shortage of staff, transmission and welfare of the staff. He said that he would put in all his efforts to see that the hardships and problem faced by the staff of AIR and DDK in Kohima, Nagaland are mitigated to a large extent. Kumar lauded the dedication and sincerity of the staff of the Kohima Kendra and assured to look into the problems faced by them. V. Sekhose, deputy director general, north east region and other officials attended the brief meeting at Kohima Kendra. He was accompanied by chief engineer of north east zone, M. Jayaraj. Member Personnel, Prasar Bharati, New Delhi, Shivkumar officially called on state chief secretary Lalthara and apprised him of the needs and demands of DDK, Kohima on March 26. Later, the official from Delhi paid a visit to the World War Cemetery Kohima, en route to Dimapur (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_india yg via DXLD) 4850, AIR Kohima, 1350-1400, March 29. Special broadcast; news in English mostly about the issues dealt with in the final day of the Nagaland state legislative assembly (problem with railway line construction, need to find a route not thru Rangapahar Zoological Park; problem with supplying water to the people of “Kohima town” due to old pipelines; housing situation for the Commonwealth Games to be held in India this year; etc.); 1400 “Live Wire” heavy rock music show (UFO with “Doctor Doctor”, etc.); mostly fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR Shimla on March 27. Is it possible they are testing a new transmitter? Found open carrier on 4964.0 at 1258; by 1302 had some audio of sub-continent music/singing; by 1311 was on 4965.0 with just an open carrier and no audio. The signal strength was well above anything I have ever heard here. Believe the improved signal strength could not be attributed to just good propagation. Still heard with just open carrier at tune out at 1331 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1218, March 28. Strange goings on! Heard DW TV programming in English (news about Germany and Europe, weather for Germany, German travel show, etc.); at 1317 went into long period with no audio; 1347 start of the North East News in English (items about Nagaland Governor Kumar’s activities and remarks; OCTAVE 2010, upcoming 3-day festival in Kolkata; temperatures for Shillong and other NE cities); 1402 Hindi singing; poor to fair. This is the first time I have noted this non-AIR programming, so must have had technical problems. Still with the usual hum (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX WORLD OF RADIO 1506, LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. 13645, AIR IS at 1513 March 27, fair with flutter, 1515 opening in listed Gujurati via Bengaluru. Don`t you believe last week`s DX program from Bulgaria which claimed that V. of Southern Azerbaijan had returned to this frequency at 1600. That was lifted from previous DXLD discussion of an unID which turned out to be AIR, and everything about VOSA was historical! Not really heard since 1998 on this frequency nor since 2003 on 9375. March BDXC- UK Communication also misinterpreted that VOSA info was current. 13605, also with AIR IS at 1514 March 27, but not in synch with 13645, as 13605 is about to start Swahili via Bangalore, and not in // when both started talking at 1515. At 1517 found 15175 with extremely distorted South Asian music, modulation cutting on and off while S9+15 carrier stayed on with flutter, and it`s // 13645 which has identical modulation cuts, also during talk at 1519, then back to music. But 15175 is via Panaji, GOA site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Monitored Changes for All India Radio for A-2010 External Services: 6180, Bengaluru 1730-1945 Arabic (Middle East), 1945-2030 French (Africa) (ex 6280) 6280, Bengaluru 1745-1945 English, 1945-2045 Hindi, 2045-2230 English (Europe) (ex 6180) 7400, Delhi (Khampur) 1745-1945 English (E. Africa) (Add) 7410, Delhi (Khampur) 1745-1945 English, 1945-2045 Hindi, 2045-2230 English (Europe) (ex 7550) 7550, Bengaluru 1745-1945 English, 1945-2030 French (Africa) (ex 7410) 9415, Delhi (Khampur) 1745-1945 English (E. Africa) (Add) 13695, Bengaluru 1000-1100 English, 1115-1215 Tamil, 1215-1245 Telugu (SE Asia) (ex 13710) 15235, Bengaluru 1000-1100 (NE Asia) (ex 15410) 15235, Panaji 1115-1200 Thai (SE Asia) (ex 15410) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The latest A 2010 schedules of AIR is available in the following links: Complete SW in kHz order http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm External Services in Language order http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/es/language.htm External Services in Time order http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm Complete SW Stations order http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/loc.htm 73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, March 28, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Last minute change of CVC Voice Asia in Hindi to India: 1100-1400 NF 9660 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg, ex 9655 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 29 via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 7289.824, RRI-Nabire, 0719, Indonesian, good with soft vocals and very sparse comments by man (only two breaks prior to 0800). "SCI" at 0759, ID by woman at 0800 and into RRI news. Extended news block lasted 'till about 0825. Then carrier went off, only to come back on about 30-seconds later. Usually, they pull the plug around 0820 or thereabouts, but today went well-past 0830 (but was off by 0900). Perhaps they actually meant to go off at 0825 today but for some reason the transmitter was put back on. Mar. 27 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010 and 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525.907, Voice of Indonesia, 1900, English at this hour (not 2000 as indicated in WRTH) with announcements by a woman (including e-mail address), then "This is the Voice of Indonesia...the news..." which included stories about "Global Earth Hour", foreign health workers in Indonesia and mine project to create 6,000 jobs. Decent copy in USB. Mar. 27 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010 and 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9526-, VOI in English March 28 at 1333 introducing Music Corner. Good signal, sufficient modulation and no adjacent- or co-channel interference now during this hour. 9526-, Monday March 29 at 1326, VOI with flutter, hum and undermodulation, YL English segment tentatively titled ``Focus on the World of Media``, but too poor to copy. 9526-, VOI with Exotic Indonesia remote from Banjarmasin, since it`s Tuesday, March 30 at 1341 with a lexure about the place, but hard to copy, with hum, heavy flutter, and only fair modulation. 1354 song reminiscent of Bee-Gees. 1356 other announcers easier to understand discussing chocolate, but 1357 blasted by big het and shortly prélude from CRI on proper 9525.0 about to start DV Russian via SZG site also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9526-, VOI English, April 1 at 1337 with fair modulation, accented YL talking about science and technology, with music background; no adjacent-channel QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. ITU SPEAKS OUT AGAINST SATELLITE JAMMING "CLEARLY FROM IRANIAN TERRITORY," BUT CAN'T IMPOSE SANCTIONS FOR NOW "The U.N. telecommunications agency says Iranian jamming of international satellite broadcasts is 'forbidden' and has ordered the Islamic republic to clear the interference. The International Telecommunication Union stopped short Friday of blaming the government for the jamming, but said the source was clearly from Iranian territory. ITU said Friday it was acting on a complaint from France, representing satellite provider Eutelstat. ... ITU has no effective means to enforce its order." AP, 26 March 2010. [plus several more stories linked] http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=8622 (www.kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. 15650, vacated by Greece for 15630, at 1449 March 28 fluttery talk in Farsi(?), one of the IBB services via SRI LANKA. At 1458:30 another carrier came on causing SAH, then the first one went off at 1459*, a minute of dead air, then from 1500 modulation in Persian, Radio Farda as scheduled per http://www.rferl.org/howtolisten/FRD/ondemand.html i.e. 1930 local = 1500 UT, and it`s via Lampertheim, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND. 12255!!! Ref[lexion]s Europe, 1955 March 28 with OM in English, and presume religious talks. About S4, 25132 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. IRRS isn't cutting down its SW output. But note that Mon-Thu one-hour block towards Europe will be switched from morning to the evening (from 0600 to 1800 UT). With an addition of Fri-Sun programming it will be a daily broadcast (which is a good idea in my estimation). Now my only wish for IRRS is to have its Sat. and Sun. morning programming to start at the same time. IRRS's reception in SW Germany on 9510 was excellent today, as it is always. But I only caught the very end of the program at around 0955 with a "Good bye" in English and a song in Polish (!). No World of Radio today (Sergei S., March 27 [last day of B-09 schedule], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. IRRS QSL POLICY Hello Glenn, Today I received an e-mail response for my reception report to IRRS Shortwave ( reports @ nexus.org ) on 31 January 2010, from 1900 to 1945 hours UT on 6170 kHz. The following reply was sent by Ron Norton of IRRS. Since my reception report was from outside the intended target area, I received a response. However, it remains to be seen if a QSL will follow, as explained below: Thank You for your email. We do acknowledge hereby your reception report, and we may forward it to the programmers that you mention for verification. They may reply to you with a QSL or verification letter. If this is not acceptable, please let us now by return email within the next 24 hours. Due to budget constraints, we are unable to reply to all QSL requests or send information, stickers, pennants, schedules or gadgets by regular mail. However we do confirm by QSL when: 1) we run special broadcasts that are announced over our mailing list or on the air, and you request a QSL by sending us your full mailing address. 2) we receive detailed comments on the content of our programming (good or bad, not just on the technical side). This is extremely useful to our program producers and, help us all in improving the quality and content of our broadcasts. We will most likely reply only by email, when: 1) the reception report is from areas outside the intended target of the program producer; 2) the information contained in the reception report is not corresponding to the station log; 3) the reception report contains only technical data, and no comments or suggestion on the content that you have heard. 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Please notice that many stations have stopped issuing QSL cards completely, in an effort to contain costs and continue to provide current services on Shortwave. QSL management is very expensive to deal with for our limited budget as well, and we are not currently staffed to reply to any and all letters and emails that we receive every day. Please check our web site at http://www.nexus.org for more information on our broadcasts and our association. Our latest schedules are available at: http:/www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/ Our broadcasts can also be received 24/24 and 7/7 over the Internet at: http://mp3.nexus.org You may also subscribe to our low-noise mailing list to receive information on schedules or test broadcasts at: http://mailserv.nexus.org/mailman/listinfo/irrs-listeners If you wish contribute to NEXUS-IBA projects please visit us at: http://www.nexus.org/FundRaising/ I am sorry if this is causing any inconvenience, but I hope you will continue to listen to our programs on Shortwave and on the Internet. Best regards, Ron Norton NEXUS International Broadcasting Association Toll free: 1-888-612-0039 (11PM-2PM PST, 2AM-5PM EST [sic]) Outside the US : Phone: +39 02 2666971 - Fax +39 02 70638151 73’s, (via Ed Insinger, Summit, NJ, DXLD) ** JAPAN [and non]. As we have warned, NHKWNRJ has deleted its morning English relay via Sackville 11705 at 1400-1430. In A-10 that frequency remains on air but from Yamata direct, not audible March 28, nor the reduced number of other channels, 11985 direct or 21560 via France. The Sackville transmitter has been turned over to a new relay in Japanese on 11655 at 1300-1500, 250 kW at 227 degrees usward, so excellent signal. March 28 at 1350 was playing some Beethoven, 1355 talk; 1435 hard rock. So here`s your station for a wide variety of content in the universal language. Altho NHKWNRJ has abolished the Sackville relay on 11705 for English at 1400-1430, it remains on 11705 direct from Yamata back to Asia; that was audible with fair reception March 31 at 1410 check, but no longer a loud and reliable signal here, yet the best we can do at this hour with the only two remaining parallels inaudible. Now we are apprehensive about new fiscal-year programming changes imminent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Attention Sackville tx operators: It appears that Radio Japan now ends SW broadcasts on the half-hour mark, as noted when the last minute of World Interactive was cut off at 1229 on 6120 (it ended right at 1230 on 9790 to Europe via Germany when I checked on 3/28). No more "next broadcast in Englsih" frequencies, it appears; we'll see with the weekday news feature programs. So try to turn off the transmitters a minute later, please (Joe Hanlon, NJ, March 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Last minute change of Radio Japan NHK World in Russian to Russia: 0430-0500 NF 5980 WER 500 kW / 060 deg, not on 6130 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 29 via DXLD) ** JORDAN [and non]. 11960, Arabic talk and music at 0523 March 29, some co-channel QRM under. Presumed Jordan and CNR1 Beijing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. WAS LEAFLETS, IS NOW DVDS, SENT INTO NORTH KOREA VIA BALLOONS "Anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaigns have gone digital, with activists flying out balloons carrying DVDs across the inter-Korean border to show North Koreans what they may be missing. Lee Min-bok, a defector from the North who leads a group that started the leaflet campaign using balloons, said his group began sending propaganda DVDs along with paper leaflets this year. 'We have flown off about 400 DVDs from Baekryeong and Ganghwa islands in the West Sea and Cheolwon since February,' Lee said. Like the leaflets, the DVDs describe North Korean leader Kim Jong-il as a dictator indulging in western luxuries or show North Koreans that their government may not be telling them the truth. The North Korea Reform Radio, a short-wave radio broadcaster run by defectors from the North, produced a DVD featuring the inter-Korean naval clash that occurred in the West Sea last November. Lee produced a DVD on Kim Jong-il's luxurious life. Contrary to what many might think, DVD players are common household items in the impoverished North." Kim So- hyun, The Korea Herald, 27 March 2010 (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) DVD players, or VCD players? VCDs are an earlier form of video disk with lower-resolution video than a DVD. They were, perhaps still are, widely used in North Korea and elsewhere in East Asia. Most DVD players can play VCDs, but never vice versa. If it were my balloon, I would loft both formats. Regarding North Korea Reform Radio, the 2010 World Radio TV Handbook, in its convenient section on "Clandestine and Other Target Broadcasts" (easily missed in the back of the book), lists ten such stations beaming into North Korea via shortwave. In the other direction, from North to South Korea, there is only one: Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front. By the time the station finishes identifying itself, the daily broadcast would be half over. Posted: 27 Mar 2010 (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. TV DX in North Korea Hello All, Just checked an interesting book out from the library called 'Nothing to Envy- Ordinary Lives in North Korea', by Barbara Demick (published by Speigel and Grau, New York 2009). A brief part of the book touches on TV DX'ing, or what passes for it there. Here is the relevant part from pages 192 to 194: "Once he had a room of his own, Jun-sang took the last of his grandfather's money and bought a Sony television. He registered the television with the Electric Wave Inspection Bureau, as required by North Korean law. Since North Korea couldn't manufacture it's own appliances anymore, imported sets had to be fixed to the government stations and then their tuners disabled - a North Korean version of crippleware that would prevent them from receiving information from the outside world. North Koreans joked that they were like "frogs in the well". The world for them extended no further than the circle of light above their heads. Tech-savvy types had figured out how to get around the system. With radios it was easy - open up the set, cut the conveyor belt attached to the dial, and replace it with a rubber band that could turn the dial wherever you liked. Television required a little more expertise. The bureau put a paper seal over the buttons of the television set that certified it had been preset on the approved station. To get around the seal without damaging it, Jun-sang used a long, thin sewing needle to push the buttons. There was a back door to his room leading out to the yard, and there he constructed an antenna. He experimented with it at night after everyone was asleep, turning it this way and that until he had what he wanted: South Korean television. Jun-sang listened to the television only late at night when the signal coming from some ninety miles away across the DMZ was clearest. He would wait until he was sure his landlords were asleep- the walls were so thin he could hear them snoring. The television wasn't equipped with an earphone jack so he turned the volume up only until it was just audible. He would crouch with his ear pressed to the speaker until his legs and neck were so cramped he couldn't hold the position any longer. He listened to the television more than he watched it. He was always in a heightened state of alertness when his television was on. The Electric Wave Inspection Bureau was known to pay surprise visits at odd hours. A few doors down, a neighbor had dogs. If he heard them barking at night, Jun-sang would switch the television back to the central broadcasting channel and rush outside to take down the antenna. The television inspectors did come. One of them was a sharp-eyed fellow who noticed that a piece of Scotch tape covered the paper seal. Jun-sang had put the tape on to cover a spot where the pin had left a mark. "What's the tape for?" the inspector demanded. Jun-sang's heart pounded. He'd heard of an entire family that was taken away to the gulag because one member watched South Korean television. A friend of his who was merely suspected of listening to South Korean radio was held for a full year of interrogation, during which time he never saw sunlight. When he was released, he was deathly pale, his nerves shattered. "Oh, I put the tape on to keep the seal from coming off," he answered as nonchalantly as he could. The inspector frowned and went on his way. Jun-sang should have been more careful after his close call, but he could not contain his curiosity. He had an insatiable appetite for information, current information in real time. The television brought Jun-sang not only news of the outside world. but more information than he'd ever heard before about his own country. Jun-sang learned astonishing things that he had suspected but never knew. He heard President Bill Clinton saying that the United States had offered fuel oil and energy assistance but that North Korea preferred to develop nuclear weapons and missiles. He found out that the United States was supplying the country hundreds of thousands of tons of rice as humanitarian aid. Members of a U.S. congressional delegation gave a news conference and said that two million people had died of starvation in North Korea. Human rights organizations estimated that 200,000 people were confined to a gulag of prison camps and that North Korea had the world's worst human rights record. In 2000, South Korean television reported that the country's president, Kim Dae-jung, was going to Pyongyang for a historic summit with Kim Jong-il. During the summit, South Korean television broadcast Kim Jong-il's voice as he chatted with the South Korean president. Jun-sang had never heard the Dear Leader's voice before; on North Korean radio and television his words were voiced by professional announcers in the quivering, awestruck tone reserved for the leadership. It preserved the mystique. "What do you think of our historical sites" Jung-sang heard the Dear Leader saying in a voice that sounded old, tinny, and distinctly human. "He's a real person after all," Jun-sang said to himself. Listening to South Korean television was like looking into the mirror for the first time in your life and realizing you were unattractive. North Koreans were always told theirs was the proudest country in the world, but the rest of the world considered it a pathetic, bankrupt regime. Jun-sang knew people were starving. He knew that people were dragged off to labor camps; but he had never before heard these figures. Surely South Korean news reports were exaggerated, just like North Korean propaganda" Interesting stuff, isn't it? The book can be purchased at this link: http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Envy-Ordinary-Lives-North/dp/0385523904 (Curtis Sadowski, IL, WTFDA via DXLD) Thanks for sending that along, Curtis. I need to get that book. When I was in North Korea last summer I asked our guards (they were officially guides) when we were shown the TV tower in Pyongyang if North Koreans watched TV from South Korea. I was told "NO!" I suggested that it would give them more programs to watch as was told that "They wouldn't want to watch." I knew the answer before I asked but wanted to hear it from them. By the way, there is only one channel on the air on weekdays and only for about five hours. There are two more channels on the weekend. Watching North Korean TV is quite an experience (Dave Pomeroy, Topeka, Kansas, ibid.) That is VERY interesting! I knew North Korea was somewhat isolated, and that their only God was the Great Leader of North Korea. I used to always receive Radio Pyongyang up until a couple years ago in the mornings here on 9996 kHz shortwave. I haven't heard them since, I haven't tried as of late (-John L., Muskego, WI, ibid.) Hi John, Try 9335 in the morning. Japanese comes in at 7 AM Central, English is at 8, but the broadcast at 7 is stronger. There is about an hour and a half in the morning around sunrise when Asia is booming into the Midwest on shortwave (Curtis Sadowski, IL, March 26, ibid.) But from March 28 ruined by RFA also on 9335; try 11710 // VOK. See below (gh, DXLD) 9335, VOK, March 27 at 1344, distorted modulation and flutter, opening ``Songs of Korear, Land of the Morning Calm``, sounds like electric organ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) New QRM on 9335: see BURMA [non] Glenn, has the External Service gone off shortwave or is it a technical breakdown? 7140 was not here March 28th and all other external channels were silent. I forgot to check the 3560 feeder. The North Korean clandestines were still there. [later:] Just must have been propagation. Other North Korean external broadcasts were inaudible yesterday. Why should we worry as they are so boring? (Robin Harwood VK7RH, Norwood, Tasmania 7250, Radio Monitor SWLR-KS001, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. Someone was wondering if VOK was off the air. Maybe at some time, but usual sufficient signals on 15180 to North America, March 30 at 0115 check in English, 0230 in Spanish, 0330 in French. 9665.4, KCBS with mostly-music to lull the masses into compliance, March 31 at 1415 past 1437, slight het de 9665.0, presumably Mongolia or could be Iran until 1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. WRN Korean clandestine schedule A-10 Korea studios 1100-1200 12155 1200-1300 11560 * to change in May 1300-1400 12130 1300-1500 7490 * to change in May 1400-1500 11570 1500-1600 7470 1500-1600 7590 1600-1700 6240 1900-2100 7530 2000-2100 7515 2100-2200 7510 (WRN March 27, for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Would someone like to try to match these up with the actual stations/services/programs? One could start with pages 500-501 of WRTH 2010, or try to correlate them with B-09 schedules (gh, DXLD) Broadcast for North Korea 6240 Voice of Martyrs 1600-1700 Korean 100 65 Tashkent UZB VOM a10 7470 Radio Free Chosun 1500-1530 Korean 100 70 Dushanbe-Yangiyul TJK RFC a10 7490 Radio Free Chosun 2000-2100 Korean 200 65 Tashkent UZB RFC a10 7490 Radio Free North Korea 1300-1400 Korean 100 70 Dushanbe-Yangiyul TJK FNK a10 7490 Radio Free North Korea 1400-1500 Korean 100 70 Dushanbe-Yangiyul TJK FNK a10 7510 Open Radio North Korea 2100-2200 Korean 300 65 Yerevan-Gavar ARM ORNK a10 7530 Radio Free North Korea 1900-2000 Korean 300 65 Yerevan-Gavar ARM FNK a10 7530 Radio Free North Korea 2000-2100 Korean 300 65 Yerevan-Gavar ARM FNK a10 7590 North Korea Reform Radio 1500-1600 Korean 100 65 Tashkent UZB NKRR a10 9780 Furusato no Kaze 1600-1630 Japanese 250 45 Tainan TWN JCI a10 9880 Nippon no Kaze"il bon ue baram"1300-1330 Korean 100 2 Taipei TWN JCI a10 9950 Furusato no Kaze 1333-1357 Japanese 100 2 Taipei TWN JCI a10 9960 Furusato no Kaze 1430-1500 Japanese 100 345 Koror PLW JCI T8WH4 a10 9965 Nippon no Kaze"il bon ue baram"1530-1600 Korean 100 345 Koror PLW JCI T8WH4 a10 9975 Nippon no Kaze"il bon ue baram"1500-1530 Korean 100 345 Koror PLW JCI T8WH4 a10 11560 Radio Free Chosun 1200-1300 Korean 300 65 Yerevan-Gavar ARM RFC a10 11570 Open Radio North Korea 1400-1500 Korean 100 65 Tashkent UZB ORNK a10 11680 Voice of Wilderness 1300-1400 Korean 300 65 Yerevan-Gavar ARM CMI a10 12085 Radio Free Chosun 1230-1300 Korean 100 65 Tashkent UZB RFC a10 12155 Radio Free North Korea 1100-1200 Korean 100 70 Dushanbe-Yangiyul TJK FNK a10 monitored on Mar. 28 by Hiroshi (S. Hasegawa, NDXC, dxldyg via DXLD) Not all of the above fit in the WRN schedule, brokered by others (gh) ** KOREA SOUTH. 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1 (presumed) via Hwasong, 1232-1252 March 27. Surprised to find this completely free of jamming; programming in Korean; unfortunately was heard mixing with PBS Xinjiang (// 4330) at about equal strength, but still able to clearly make out some of the Korean, but no ID. Is fairly rare that the N. Korean jamming is not heard here! 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, 1305, March 28 was totally covered by strong jamming. Completely unusable today! (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN. New 3919.49, 0255-0310, CLANDESSTINE, 24.03, R Voice of Kurdistan, Sulaimaniya, Northern Iraq. Kurdish talk and song, 0300 Farsi ID: "Im Radyo Sedaye Kordestane", theme from classical music and Farsi talk, ex 0400. Seems to have changed to Daylight Saving Time like Iraq! 55545! The Iranian jammer was on regular 3929.06 not disturbing its target. AP-DNK [?? There is no DST in Iraq this year, per timeanddate.com --- gh] 4770.98, 0250-0300, CLANDESTINE, 24.03, Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, Salah Al-Din, Northern Iraq. Only the Iranian jammer heard with QSA 4 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, from Skovlunde done on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** LAOS [non]. 11785, tuned in WHRI just in time at 1329 Saturday March 27 to confirm that Hmong World Christian Radio has shifted another hour earlier to 1300; bit of Hmong talk and 1330 into Call to Worship, off after 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 3215.00, 1630-1656* 20.03, R. Feon'ny Filazantsana, via Talata-Volonondry, Malagasy religious talks, hymns by choir, closed with trumpet instrument; fading in, best 35433 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, from Skovlunde done on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) This is just a Lutheran program buying time on the RNW relay station, not a ``station`` in its own right (gh, DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 6135, another check for RTM, March 27 at 1409: something`s there with talk rather than music, but too weak vs high noise level. My logs do correlate with David Sharp`s, who was getting this a week earlier at 1350 on 7105.008 // 6134.954, from New South Wales, right along the long-path to me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR [non]. One last A-10 check for R. Mada International, clandestine via PRIDNESTROVYE, which has been running Sat & Sun 1530- 1600 on 15660: March 27 at 1555 just continuous tone-test on frequency, so lost feed? From March 28 I imagine Mada will show on a different frequency in the area if it still exist. Only Greece on 15630 March 28 at 1530-1535, despite A-10 plans by R. Mada, clandestine to Madagascar, to use 15630 Sat & Sun at 1530-1600. Hope they went somewhere else that`s clear, but have not found them anywhere in this area. The March 27 broadcast had tone fill when I tuned in ex-15660 at 1555 because R. Mada was only 19 minutes long. Now that channel has been occupied by Channel Africa, SOUTH AFRICA in Swahili at 15-16, heard with IS and ID at 1458 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA/SARAWAK. 5030, Sarawak FM via RTM, 1231-1234, March 26. The final Muslim call to prayer of the day (Isha, night prayer) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. Voice of Malaysia now being heard regularly in Lancashire each morning on 15295 in English, there is a news bulletin at 0900 (Allen Dean, April WDXC Contact via DXLD) ** MAURITANIA. 7245, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 0852-0907, March 24, Arabic. M announcer with talk thru ToH; different announcer at 0904; bit of music at 0905 then back to talk; fair-good with "hum" of sorts (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. I ran across a Mexican station last eve that is worth noting. Logged on SRF-59 w/ a Select-a-Tenna. 800, XEZR, Zaragoza, CO, 0900 UT, 3/28/10, Tuned in a few minutes before the TOH. Had a fair signal with vocal music. M then gave a full ID in ENGLISH followed by a SS ID. I was unable to copy word for word, but the call letters were quite clear. That's a first for me; never heard an XE ID in English on MW with the exception of XERF back in the 60's/early 70's (Kirk Allen, Pasadena, TX dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6010: see COLOMBIA [and non] ** MEXICO. 6104.8, bits of Spanish audible with het, March 28 at 0549, no doubt XEQM. It looks like 05-06 is now the best window for this in A-10, after IBB Lampertheim closes, and before BBC Ascension opens. Also another few minutes from 0630 before TWR Nauen opens around 0645, earlied an hour for the summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL, 6185 ** MEXICO [and non]. 6185.000, Radio Educación - XEPPM, 0756, classical music to 0757, then into talk by a man (including possible ID with reference to "Mexico"). Then into what sounded like a pre- recorded ID by a woman and into new-age music after 0800. Mar. 24 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010 and 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6185, XEPPM, at 0115 March 30 check, seems to be under open carrier from Brasil, like much bigger open carrier on its // 11780. But at 0145, XEPPM in the clear with Spanish speech (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. Voice of Mongolia English broadcast 1530-1600 on 9665 now being heard on a regular basis in Lancashire (Allen Dean, April WDXC Contact via DXLD) And in adjacent or even non-adjacent shires? (gh) ** MOROCCO. 15345, unlike 15341 the day before, RTM on the `proper` frequency, March 26 at 2001 with hum and whine and Arabic, RAE inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See AUSTRALIA too ** MYANMAR. 5770, Myanmar Defense Forces Broadcasting Station, 1511- 1528*, March 26. Regular programming (pop music and segments of talking); in vernacular till sign announcement and indigenous theme music till off. Wonder if they will do anything special for tomorrow’s Armed Forces Day? 5915, Myanma Radio - Minorities and Distance Learning Services, 1502-1511*, March 26. Non-stop lecture till sign-off announcement and indigenous theme music; slightly better than CRI, which is fairly rare. [non] 7185.75v, Myanma Radio. Disappointed to find that they seem to have permanently dropped their evening broadcast from their schedule. I had been hearing them from February to mid-March, from about 1300 to 1530* (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5915, Myanma Radio - Minorities and Distance Learning Services, checked at 1457, March 29 to find this stronger than CRI, which is very rare; in vernacular with lecture; unfortunately had QRM from the jamming on 5910 against Shiokaze; outstanding propagation. 5985.78v, Myanma Radio, 1445-1505, March 29. Non-stop unique Burmese indigenous singing/music; reception almost good! Did not hear the anomalies that Bruce Churchill reported hearing on March 27 and 28 around this time period (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985.850, Myanmar R. In checking this station (or what was presumed to be this station) on both 3/27 and 3/28 in the 1450-1500 time frame, there seemed to be an anomaly on 3/27. A carrier was noted at 1457 tune-in with periodic short test tones until 1458, then no audio until 1500.5. At 1500.5 there was a man announcer to 1501 followed by instrumental music to 1503.5, a woman to 1512.5 then man and woman alternating to past 1519 as if in a feature program of some type. Heavy splash from 5980 made the program hard to copy although signal strength was decent at S-2/3. The language was most certainly neither Burmese nor English, but could not pinpoint what it was. Today (3/28), a station was heard on the same channel from 1449 tune to 1530.5 with easy listening music and no announceents from which I could ascertain a language. There was a woman in unknown language at 1528.5-1530 and then carrier went down at 1530:15 [you mean 1530.25, decimally --- gh]. There was no station on 5980 and thus no significant QRM. Again the signal level was S2/3 in moderate noise. Ron Howard: any ideas? (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook CA, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 6080, new frequency for RN 0500 in Spanish via Bonaire, March 28 until 0530* with mailbag in last few minutes. Very big signal at 290 degrees for Mexico and Caribbean. Until uncovered at 0530, totally blocking VOA English via São Tomé from 0500 to 0700. [as originally reported; oops: it`s Radio Japan. See below] Last summer`s big 9650 collision of RNW via Tinang, PHILIPPINES and CRI via Sackville, CANADA, has resumed: March 28 at 1327 both stations in English, RN ending show about folk customs with closing credits, the other plugging China Drive whose original time is 5-7 pm [09-11 UT], 365 days per year. It`s the same old story: no one cared last year, and no one cares this year, so why should I? Axually, I don`t, beyond noting that the stations fail to coördinate to avoid this. The RN transmission is axually in Dutch from 1300, 250 kW at 200 degrees, so they imagine it would have negligible signal way off-target in CNAm. As usual, Dutch ends at 1327 and the program feed switches to English with whatever show is in progress, about to end, and IBB fails to turn off the transmitter until 1330, after which CRI is in the clear // 15260. CRI, of course, is deserving of no consideration whatsoever due to its own aggressive frequency usage and pervasive jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Don`t you believe WORLD OF RADIO 1506 at 16:50 into the show, where in too big a hurry reading the comprehensive RNW transmission schedule, I included some Spanish broadcasts via Bonaire which are not R. Netherlands, but relays of other stations: 0059-0227 9610 Vatican 0400-0430 6195 Japan 0500-0530 6080 Japan The last one was also misidentified in a recent log. The real remaining RNW Spanish broadcasts, all 1234567 are: Start End Site kHz Az From To kW Org Target 0159 0357 BON 6165 290 28-03-2010 31-10-2010 250 RNW Mex/eCar/USAs 1129 1157 BON 6165 210 28-03-2010 31-10-2010 250 RNW cAM/sAMnw 1159 1227 BON 9715 290 28-03-2010 31-10-2010 250 RNW MEX/cAM 1159 1227 BON 9895 230 28-03-2010 31-10-2010 250 RNW sAMnw 2359 0157 BON 6165 210 27-03-2010 30-10-2010 250 RNW sAMnw 2359 0157 GB 7325 160 27-03-2010 30-10-2010 250 RNW CAR (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Re 10-12: 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., March 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Our frequency manager, Jan Peter Werkman, has sent this answer: ``As Spanish from SINES is dropped we had to reconsider the 5 hour airtimeswap with DWL [Deutsche Welle]. This time we decided to use KIGALI for English to W. Africa. Prediction programmes say it should work much better on a lower frequency band. Time will tell if we use BONAIRE again for English to Africa.`` (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) Re: ``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`` (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 26, dxldyg via DXLD) The situation with Greenville has not been definitively approved. At the latest HFCC meeting, the plan to close it had only just been announced. It is likely take some time before IBB is in a position to start negotiating replacements. In the meantime, there's always a chance that the decision is reversed or delayed. BTW I am still waiting for Sergei to tell us where he got the information that IBB has "a priority over every other station - including RNW." That contradicts discussions I had with my colleagues in Programme Distribution just after we started relaying the VOA Creole service at 1200 UTC, who told me that IBB would have liked more airtime for Creole via Bonaire but the facilities were not available at the times they wanted due to other commitments. So I am wondering where Sergei got different information from. It makes my job very difficult when misleading information about RNW is circulated but I don't know where/who it came from (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) And BTW - no one so far has commented on RNW's service in Dutch to Iceland at 2059-2127 via NAU 9895 from May 31-August 29. Even CRI doesn't have an Icelandic service ! And I can't think of any other now that D.Welle no longer has to pretend that's where they were broadcasting to on the old 40 metre ham band when the service was actually for NoAM (Noel R. Green (NW England), March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Noel: The comment about the breakthrough Icelandic Service in Dutch was posted on RNW Media Network website a few days ago. And Andy did reply to it ;) (Sergei S., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I suspect you will be able to count the listeners for every individual transmission on your fingers. If there will be any listener at all. Hasn't the head of RNW recently lamented an image as "holidaymakers and truckers station"? Well, here you see the reason (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) It's an Icelandic service in Dutch. Perhaps by unleashing this powerful psychological warfare on the SW the Dutch government is intending to pressure Reykjavik into covering those Icesave accounts ;) Note that the Dutch are using a German transmitter! (Sergei S., ibid.) Sergei, I should have been more clear, I was referring there to radio86. As for Radio Free Deposits, just for fun I think I'll try to find stats on the number of Dutch speakers in Iceland. If I haven't found anything on the web by Monday I'll start calling around. Regards, (Joe Durso in Louisville, KY, ibid.) After the Icelandic Krona collapsed my German relatives went for an extended tour of Iceland. I guess many Dutch nationals are doing the same. I sure hope they all carry those Chinese SW radios with them. (Sergei S., ibid.) Precisely. This is one of a number of additional transmissions that we add every summer for the benefit of Dutch people on vacation. Believe it or not, we actually do research to find out what destinations are going to be the most popular year by year. Providing Dutch tourists and expats with a service of Dutch and international news is part of our mission statement. But I don't know how much longer we will be doing this on shortwave. A detailed survey was recently carried out of more than 1000 Dutch expats and tourists who listen to RNW. Shortwave is, unsurprisingly, declining in popularity - I don't have the report at home, but from memory I think only 55% of those questioned said that they used shortwave. We have already reduced shortwave airtime for Dutch, most of which is now for news and current affairs. [later:] I think we have probably had emails/letters from Dutch people who visited Iceland last year telling us that they could not get good reception. This transmission carries the final news roundup of the day (it's 11 pm in Western Europe) so is one of the most listened-to transmissions in our Dutch service. We also, if necessary, make adjustments a few weeks into each period if some of the transmissions are not performing according to predictions. It amuses me to see some international broadcasters plodding on with the same schedules year after year...I wonder how much they really know about who's listening and whether they are still providing an optimum service (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 11610, RN in English, 280 degrees from RWANDA, Monday March 29 at 2037, good signal but battered by pulsing spurs from DentroCuban Jamming Command on 11600 against nothing, unless Radio República is really there. At 2048 RN program IDed as Network Europe Week, a co-produxion of 13 stations. Jamming toned down after 2100 but by then it was too late. So tnx to the DCJC, would-be RN SW listeners in North America are driven away to online or nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Happy Station will remain on SW, but only to Africa VIA SENTECH which is a commercial arm of the SABC. Details on frequency and times to be announced soon (Keith Perron, March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That's a welcomed news! Keith, did you get 100 complaints from Africa or what? :) Have you considered using IRRS for Africa coverage, too? (Sergei S., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Keith, That's not good news at all. You almost had me going for a while. [South] Africa was what suspended their external service rebranding it "Channel Africa". Sad you chose them to carry THS, when you could have continued on WRMI. I think you pulled the show off WRMI because of interference to 9955, the frequency it has used for several months. Yes, they still use the old Radio Clarin transmitter, but when clear of jamming, puts in a listenable signal here, so don't give up on North America yet. [later:] Sergei: If Sentech has a powerful transmitter and antenna array, we may get the beam from the back of the antenna at my QTH, but not as easily heard as it is on WRMI, I'm afraid. Keith chose wisely the first time when he relaunched THS, now it seems after one year on WRMI he pulls the plug? Low Numbers in this area? If more than 100 from my region tell Keith they heard his show, could he change his mind? 73's, (Noble West, TN, ibid.) Having the show on Africa was on my mind for months. I know IRRS, but I don't have too much confidence in them after talking to them a few times. Why Africa? The relay I have in Kenya FM has a much bigger response than from the relay to the US on SW. Also because Africa from BBC and RFI surveys have shown this region as using SW for entertainment and news. The ROC Embassy in Banjul, Gambia is setting up a PO Box for PCJ for letters. Which then will be forward to Taipei (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.) Guess what, the Happy Station is still on WRMI, webcast checked at 1500 UT Thursday, and no doubt 9955, altho reception there is poor to nil. Sounds like a repeat from a few weeks ago (Glenn Hauser, April 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) GH: That's good news! I hope Jeff keeps it on the schedule! I bet Keith knows about this! Yes, I am tuned into The Happy Station on WRMI, 9955 at 1514 UT, fair to good signal here in Tenn., Thursday, April 1, 2010, with a song by ABBA after discussing SW Poll, where Keith mentions George Wood interview, then RS to abandon the SW band by Oct. 31st 2010. Must be on the southeast antenna as it is propagating well here, near fives across the board. 73's, (Noble West, Clinton TN, Sangean ATS818ACS and Belden 100 Feet Coax Dipole Antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Non sequitur. If it is all 5`s, it`s DESPITE being on the SSE antenna (gh, DXLD) Actually this is the first I hear about this. The show you mentioned was from last week. I suspect he is just running it to fill time until something else takes up the space (Keith Perron, ibid.) Could that be that WRMI hacked into your server after all - as you speculated recently?! :) That would explain everything! :))) As I wrote before, Jeff is a good guy who runs his WRMI as a labor of love. It's common for good SW stations in the US to provide free air time for worthy programmers as part of public service. My respect to them for doing that! (Sergei S., ibid.) ** NEW ZEALAND. 6170, RNZI, March 27 at 1411 with heavy QRM in Chinese from Voice of Russia, as has been the case all B-season since RNZI has refused to find a clearer channel. At least beginning A-10, RNZI stays on 6170 and even expands it to 0659-1058 and 1259-1550 with 9655 in between. And the 6170 QRM should be gone! Altho 6 MHz after 1300 is no longer of much use this far into the dayside. 6170, RNZI great to hear with no more co-channel QRM, which they took no steps to avoid during the entire B-season, March 30 at 1330 with Pacific news. Contrary to my previous remark, still good signal today at this hour, but no doubt will be losing out to more absorption as our sun rises earlier and earlier. [but see PHILIPPINES] Try alternate Mondays from April 5 for Mailbox at 1329. On April 4, domestic relay times shift one UT hour later with the end of DST DU (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6950.67 AM, Radio Ronin Shortwave, 2145- 2200*, March 28, Motown music. ID. Gave email address. Weak but readable (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** OKLAHOMA. OETA and WORLD FOCUS: see U S A ** PAKISTAN. Radio Pakistan noted March 29 with English news at 1100 on 15100 and new 17720. Latter very strong but extremely distorted modulation, 15100 fair with fading, modulation better than on 17720 but still poor. Brief announcement in Urdu 1105 and off 1106:30 after anthem (Mike Barraclough, April WDXC Contact via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. Pakistan had been due to advance clocks by an hour on 1 April but has now abandoned the plan: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-dst-start-2010.html (Chris Greenway, March 29, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 15106 ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3905, NEW IRELAND, R. New Ireland, Kavieng, 1033, March 22, vernacular. "Island" music & pops; announcer talk under LSB chatter; poor (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also BOUGAINVILLE [and non] ** PERU. 4746.934, Huanta Dos Mil, 1104, Spanish, nice huaynos with frequent talk and local time checks by a man. Several mentions of (Depto.) "Ayacucho." Very good. Mar. 26. 4824.368, La Voz de la Selva, 1120, Spanish, mensajes by a man with several references to "Iquitos." Signal fading fast. Mar. 26. 4955.000, Radio Cultural, 1113, Spanish, presumed the one with Andean music, Very weak. Mar. 26 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010 and 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6019.3, R. Victoria dominating at 0603 March 30, ID with Beethoven`s Fifth music bed, plugging Semana Santa events, such as siete palabras de Jesús, which I guess would have been ``Padre, perdónalos, que no saben qué hagan``, had Spanish been invented a bimillennium ago. But did this really work out to be seven words in Aramaic?? Hmmm, make that ten words in English. At first no het at all, then barely one from some station properly on 6020.0. 6019.3 must have just been cleared as in A-10, CRI via Sackville is on 6020 at 04-06 (and also via Albania at 00-04), plus REE via Costa Rica at 00-04. Third harmonic 18059.7 also JBA in Spanish at 1423 March 30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6019.271, Radio Victoria, 0745, Spanish, prayer by man, then professional-sounding pre-recorded ID by man, brief music bridge and reference to "Lima, Perú" at 0750. Mar. 24. 9720.008, Radio Victoria, 0715, Spanish, pentecostal-sounding sermon by man to 0730, into hymn, followed by another sermon at 0734. Parallel to 6019. Mar. 26 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010 and 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 6170.407, Tentative, PBS relay (DZRM), 0946, Tagalog woman would seem to indicate this, but far too weak for anything close to an ID. Only readable in LSB to escape China on 6175. Mar. 27 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010 and 7600GR etc., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. Radyo Pilipinas English transmission noted at 0200- 0330 UTC on 11880, 15285, 15510 kHz (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, March 30, dx_sasia yg WORLD OF RADIO 1506, ** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15435, March 29 at 1428 open carrier, 1430 IS and opening ``Radio Veritas Asia in Urdu``. Must be Vatican relay, ex- 9540 and/or 9585 in B-09. Could clash with Saudi Arabia which comes on 15435 before 1500: yes, at 1456 the two were colliding, first BSKSA with open carrier, rippling SAH, 1457 cut on Arabic modulation but mix only a few sex before RVA stops mod, tho its carrier a while longer. What about RVA`s Filipino service which follows at 1500, supposed to be on 15350 in A-10 via Vatican? No trace of it at 1500 or 1525 chex, and not on ex-11715 either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND [non]. 11675 via AUSTRIA, March 29 at 1258, a bit of fill music as PRES always plays, a snatch of VTC music loop and off by 1259. Seems reception remains OK for English broadcast, but inconveniently for us an hour earlier from 1200 now. Quickly tuned to 11980 but too late to confirm whether that`s the // now via Woofferton, but Mike Barraclough got it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Re: ``Wish they would upmake their minds about the WOF frequency at 12, also reported as 11980.`` Polish Radio External Service in English heard at 1204 tune in today (March 29) on 11980, poor here as skipping over, very strong on 11675 via Moosbrunn (Mike Barraclough, England, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. V. of Russia imagines it is on 9665, in English to North America at 2300-0200 per their own website A-10 schedule. NOT: nothing there at 2315 check March 30, and from 00 to 02, 9665 carries Radio PMR instead! It is the `Grigoriopol` transmitter site as usual in A-seasons, ex-6240 in B-seasons. From 0030 March 31 I checked sometime during each quarter hour to determine language rotation and got: 0030 German, 0045 English, 0100 French, 0115 German, 0130 French, 0145 German. You`d think they would have a bit more English instead of German to N America; I suppose there was before 0030. Presumably this runs UT Mon-Fri only. Signal was sufficient at first, but had faded considerably and was fluttery by 0200, when it switched to VOR in English // 15425; see RUSSIA [and non]. PMR`s language rotation is not firm: on UT March 29, Joe Hanlon in NJ monitored 9665: English at 0000, 0045 and 0130, French at 0015, 0100 and 0145, and German at 0030 and 0115 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA [and non]. RRI`s English broadcast at 2030-2100 for Europe, carrying right on to North America as if it were intended for us too, good signals March 29 at 2039 on 11880 and a reverb apart on somewhat weaker 11940, a good clue these two are from different sites, Galbeni and Tiganeshti, respectively. And 11940 suffering DentroCuban Jamming Command pulsing sideband spurs from 11930 against Martí. 7310, BBCWS with African news in English, March 30 at 0532, 328 degrees via SOUTH AFRICA, would have been good here, were it not for the bane of QRDRM from 7305 RRI, now in 0530-0600 English to Europe, 300 degrees via Galbeni, so also USward, and the noise spreading 7300- 7310. Way to go, frequency coördinators! RRI putting in several good to very good signals on 19m, none of them designated for NAm, April 1: 15195, at 1349 with pop music. This is Galbeni, 285 degrees to Europe at 12-14 in Romanian. 15140, at 1355 in Russian but giveaway Romanian folk music, mentioned Brasov. Tiganeshti at 52 degrees, 1330-1400 only, so off in time for Oman in English, inaudible as usual 15160, at 1357 with RRI IS, briefly // 15140 until latter 1358*. Then 15160 at 1400 opening in Romanian-accented Arabic, ID ``Sawt al- Romania``, mentioning all the satellites, WRN, and also heard on // 15490. 15160 is 245 degrees from Galbeni at 14-15, while 15490 is 142 degrees from Tiganeshti. What about English? There isn`t any from RRI, anywhere between 12 and 17 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. Operational summer A-10 of Radio Romania International: ARABIC 0630-0656 11730 11790 15180 15400 1400-1456 11820 11945 15160 15490 AROMANIAN 1430-1456 7320 1630-1656 5980 1830-1856 5955 CHINESE 0400-0426%11700 17780 1300-1326 15435 17600 ENGLISH 0000-0056 7335 9580 0300-0356 7335 9645 11895 15340 0530-0556 !7305 9655 17760 21500 1100-1156 15210 15430 17510 17670 1700-1726 @7350 1700-1756 *9535 11735 2030-2056 9690 9765 11880 11940 2200-2256 5960 7435 9790 11940 FRENCH 0100-0156 7335 9560 0500-0526 $7215 9450 9655 11790 1000-1056 11830 15240 15380 17785 1600-1656 9680 11950 2000-2026 6065 $7295 GERMAN 0600-0626 *7230 9740 1200-1256 9675 11875 1600-1626 #7460 1800-1856 7215 *9705(x9610) ITALIAN 1400-1426 7320 1600-1626 5980 1800-1826 ^5955 ROMANIAN 0000-0056 7535 9525 0100-0156 7535 9525 0400-0456 6140 7350 0700-0756 9700 11970 15260 17720 "Curierul romanesc" Sun 0800-0856 11870 11970 15110 15450 "Curierul romanesc" Sun 0900-0956 11830 15240 15380 17600 "Curierul romanesc" Sun 1200-1256 7300 11920 15195 1300-1356 11920 15195 1500-1556 9855 11895 1600-1656 7205 9690 1700-1756 9625 11970 1800-1856 9625 11970 1900-1956 9690 11970 RUSSIAN 0430-0456 5945 &7390 1330-1356 11835 15140 1500-1556 &7380 9690 SERBIAN 1530-1556 6025 1730-1756 6125 1930-1956 6125 SPANISH 0200-0256 7400 9520 9645 11945 1900-1956 9700 11715 2100-2156 9755 11965 2300-2356 6100 9655 9745 11955 UKRAINIAN 1500-1526 5945 1700-1726 6135 1900-1926 5910 * DRM via TIG 090 kW / 307 deg ^ DRM via TIG 090 kW / 270 deg % DRM via TIG 090 kW / 067 deg & DRM via TIG 090 kW / 027 deg ! DRM via GAL 090 kW / 300 deg $ DRM via GAL 090 kW / 285 deg @ DRM via KVI 035 kW / 220 deg # DRM via KVI 035 kW / 160 deg (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 29 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Radio Rossii broadcasting reductions on SW --- It is not Radio Sweden, but nevertheless lamentably: It seems some of Radio Rossii SW transmitters will leave the air for good starting tomorrow due to stress of money. I do not have all info yet but among these for a long time usable ones will be: 5930 Murmansk (0100-2100 UTC during the summer seasons), 6085 Krasnoyarsk (2100-1700), 6160 Arkhangelsk (0100-2100), 6195 Ulan Ude (2100-0100), etc. I am listening now Radio Rossii on 5930 kHz and cannot still believe that March 27, 2010 will be the last day of SW relays from Murmansk. [Later:] Date correction: all changes will be in use starting from April 1 (not March 28!). 73! (Mikhail Timofeyev, March 27, HCDX via DXLD) Radio Rossii broadcasting reduction on SW. Part II ---Last minute info: almost all Radio Rossi relays on SW do not stop starting from March 31st (1700 UT) as I wrote earlier. These relays include: 5930 0100-2100 50 RV-790 Murmansk 5940 1700-1300 100 RV-1001 Magadan 6075 1700-1300 100 RV-658 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 6085 2100-1700 50 RV-98 Krasnoyarsk 6100 2100-1700 5 Kyzyl 6160 0100-2100 2x20 RV-300 + RV-297 Arkhangelsk 6195 2100-1700 50 RV-44 Ulan Ude 7320 1700-1300 100 RV-647 Magadan Also Moscow's Radio Rossii relays to Europe on 12070/13665/9410/7220 kHz by sessions between 0100 and 2100 will be continued. It seems 65th anniversary celebrations of Victory in the Great Patriotic War is the main reason to keep SW relays till this date at least. 73! (Mikhail Timofeyev, March 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of 6160 0100-2100 2x20 RV-300+RV-297 Arkhangelsk at 1922 and for more than an hour. Heard from Aldea del Cano (Cáceres), Spain (Mauricio Molano, Perseus, ALA 1530S+, March 31, HCDX via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 6075, R. Rossii, Pet/Kam, still here with unstable transmitter, but not motorboating too badly, March 28 at 1251. Perhaps by next day they will get around to the usual A-10 change to 5920, closing an hour earlier at 1300, 100 kW at 15 degrees, and which is much less audible here in the summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Here is a portion of the story about Russia drops two time zones: “As Russia adjusted its clocks forward one hour on Sunday morning to shift to summer time, its easternmost Chukotka and Kamchatka peninsulas, located near the U.S. state of Alaska, went from being nine hours ahead of Moscow to eight, joining the same time zone as the neighboring Magadan region. The Samara region on the Volga river and Udmurtia in the Urals -- the European part of Russia -- lost their own time zone one hour ahead of Moscow and were brought into line with Moscow time. Kemerovo, the only Siberian region four hours ahead of Moscow, joined a group of Siberian regions three hours ahead of the Russian capital.” http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62R0DS20100328 How will this affect the GTRK Kamchatka local/regional programming of “Radio Rossii Kamchatka", which I heard last week from 0810 to 0900 UT? (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Probably not at all. It depends if GTRK Kamchatka (they're actually not a part of Radio Rossii) inserts its programmes into certain slots. If yes nothing will change, since anyway only a set of four time- shifted versions exists, run in steps of two hours against each other and, finally, the European version. In this case it's Dubl-1, eight hours ahead of the European edition. But the real question is if the Yazykovo shortwave transmitters will still air this programming after Wednesday at all. The enumeration by Mikhail Timofeyev was apparently not meant to be complete. I fear we could see a worst case scenario of just all shortwave frequencies of Radio Rossii going dark, and probably some of the MW/LW transmitters, too (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. 5920 (ex: 6075), GTRK Kamchatka, 0710-0800 (ex: 0810-0900), March 29. As happens every year when they change the time, the frequency and schedule changes. Heard their local / regional programming “Radio Rossii Kamchatka” via the Yelizovo transmitter site on the Kamchatka peninsula; same format as I reported March 24; frequent mentions of Kamchatka and “Radio Rossii Kamchatka” IDs, with BoH “This is Kamchatka”; mostly fair with moderate hum. Very nice not to contend with WBOH causing QRM here! Before 0710 and after 0800 found // 5940 and 7320, both via the transmitters at Arman, west of Magadan and // 7200 via the transmitter site outside Yakutsk. In researching past posting to dxldyg, I found that Kai had provided excellent information on the various sites. Thank you Kai! (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, Etón E5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. "Where in the World is VOR?" (just like Waldo, Matt Laurer, etc.) A question that will be discussed throughout the SWL community in NAm after I noted NOT ONE Voice of Russia English frequency turning up at the start of the A10 schedule on Sunday and UT-Monday (March 28 and 29), starting at 22 UT. Last summer VORWS used 9890 from 2200, then 9665 after 23 (it was used for PMR programs before 23). Now I hear no VOR channel anywhere, not at all on 31 or 41 meters: from 00-02 PMR is on 9665, with English at 00, 0045 and 0130, French at 0015, 01 and 0145, and German at 0030 and 0115. (German--who needs that tongue in this part of the world? Reminds me of one summer season in the mid-90's when then-BRT in Belgium tried German to NAm on Sunday evenings; that was odd.) But finally, at 0200, VORWS did show up on 9665 with newscast, then News and Views at 0210, including a weekend review of events. This is something that will be worth trying to put up with this season, unless VOR adds some channels in response to listener demand (unless we are led to believe re cutbacks in funding on SW airtime, or some other reason). Again, as I had explained in DXLD a few weeks ago, VOR is not on SW at all hours of the day -- you have to do some serious monitoring to find the channels that are on anytime of the day, wherever you are in the world. Another note on VORWS: Last summer's channel for Europe, 12040, turned up before 2000 with fair signal at best, as found on 3/28 (Joe Hanlon, NJ, March 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 15425, VOR in English to NAm back on an A-season frequency, March 30 at 0332 interviewing someone about the Moskva subway bombings; fair signal. Looking for the complete A-10 schedule, starting at http://www.ruvr.ru you have to go about five layers down to finally get to this: http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/schedule/ The frequency schedule is for the A-season but the program sked grid below it is still for the B-season! Frequencies for N & LAm: North America 9665 2300-0000 9665 0000-0100 9665 0100-0200 15425 0200-0300 15425 0300-0400 13775 0400-0500 13775 0500-0600 Latin America 9665 0200-0300 9665 0300-0400 VOR is under the mistaken impression that they are on 9665 before 0200, while Joe Hanlon et al., report that Radio PMR is being heard until 0200, and it is the Pridnestrovye relay site. Note that only ONE frequency is allegedly on the air at any hour for us now, but is it ZERO before 0200 or somewhere else than 9665?? Remember the good old days of Radio Moscow with 15 or 20 frequencies at once? After 0500 I could just hear a trace of 13775, but both that and 15425 should improve as solstice oncomes. They are both hitting us from the northwest, DVR sites, 250 kW Pet/Kam on 15425 and 100 kW Vladivostok on 13775 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Indeed; I remember the frequency / broadcast guide that came with the Lafayette Explor-Air kit my father built for me. I remember being amazed at the vast number of RM frequencies in use at any one time. The radio had 5 bands (4 SW IIRC) and a bandspread dial along with the main tuning dial, so it was always somewhat a guess as to which frequency I was actually hearing. Radio Moscow rarely announced frequencies, anyway; they'd simply state that they were "...currently on the air in the 19, 31, and 49 meter bands short wave..." Now we have radios that can resolve hundredths of kilohertz and we have only one usable frequency on the air (if that). Oh well. Now returning you to your current centur (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, Editor, Easy Listening (or should that be "Not-So-Easy Listening"?) NASWA yg via DXLD) THE VOICE OF RUSSIA WORLD SERVICE March 28 – October 30, 2010 Regions Frequencies (KHz) TIME(UTC) Africa 11985 1500-1600 11985 1600-1700 13855, 11985 1700-1800 Australia, New Zealand 15405 0600-0700 17495, 15405 0700-0800 17495, 15405 0800-0900 17495 0900-1000 Europe 1323 0500-0600 1323 0600-0700 1323 0700-0800 12060*, 1323 0800-0900 12060* 0900-1000 9750* 1400-1500 12040 1500-1600 12040 1600-1700 12040 1700-1800 12040 1800-1900 12040, 1215 1900-2000 12040, 1215 2000-2100 1215 2100-2200 1215 2200-2300 North America 9665 2300-0000 9665 0000-0100 9665 0100-0200 15425 0200-0300 15425 0300-0400 13775 0400-0500 13775 0500-0600 Middle East 4975, 1251 1400-1500 11985, 9735, 4975 1500-1600 11985, 4975, 1251 1600-1700 11985, 4975, 1251 1700-1800 4975 1800-1900 Latin America 9665 0200-0300 9665 0300-0400 Asia 15585, 15735* 0300-0400 15585, 15735* 0400-0500 17495, 1251 0700-0800 17495, 1251 0800-0900 17495, 15170 0900-1000 15170 1000-1100 12065 1100-1200 11755, 11500 1200-1300 12065 1300-1400 15000*, 9455, 6000, 4975, 1251 1400-1500 *[sic! Means 11500 as above?] 9660, 9455, 6000, 4975 1500-1600 4975, 1251 1600-1700 4975, 1269, 1251 1700-1800 4975 1800-1900 [Or, the same info consolidated in a more rational order:] Voice of Russia World Service March 28 - October 30, 2010 English 0200-0300 N+LAM 9665 15425 0300-0400 N+ LAM/AS 9665 15425 15585 15735/DRM 0400-0500 NAM/AS 13775 15585 15735/DRM 0500-0600 EU/NAM 1323 13775 0600-0700 EU /AU/NZ 1323 15405 0700-0800 EU/AS/AU/NZ 1251 1323 15405 17495, 0800-0900 EU/AS/AU/NZ 1251 1323 12060/DRM 15405 17495 0900-1000 EU/AS/AU/NZ 12060/DRM 15170 17495 1000-1100 AS 15170 1100-1200 AS 12065 1200-1300 AS 11755 11500 1300-1400 AS 12065 1400-1500 EU/ME/AS 1251 4975 6000 9455 9750/DRM 15000 [sic!] 1500-1600 EU/ME/AF/AS 4975 6000 9455 9660 9735 11985 12040 1600-1700 EU/ME/AF/AS 1251 4975 11985 12040 1700-1800 EU/ME/AF/AS 1251 1269 4975 11985 12040 13855 1800-1900 EU/ME/AS 4975 12040 1900-2100 EU 1215 12040 2100-2300 EU 1215 2300-0200 NAM 9665 (V of Russia website - thx to tip by Daniel Sampson in primetimeshortwave, Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, March 27, dxldyg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. V. of Russia English to North America schedule claims to be on 9665 at 2300-0200, but it is NOT. Off the air before 0000 and then two hours of Radio PMR; see PRIDNESTROVYE. Monitoring March 31 from before 0200, found 15425 at 0157 with tune-up tone and then open carrier, 0159 VOR IS, 0200 opening in English, and 9665 via Kishinov switched simultaneously from PMR to VOR, about one second ahead of 15425, which is 65 degrees via Petropavlovsk/Kamchatskiy. After 0200, VOR 9665 is listed for Latin America, leaving ONLY 15425 for North America, but 9665 may still hold up better in much of our continent. 15425 had declined to poor by 0230. Question is, whether VOR is axually on some other frequency in English to us before 0200? Please, just one? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Voz de Rusia, A-10 in Spanish: FRECUENCIAS DE EMISIONES PARA ESPAÑA 2000-2100 7440 5920 FRECUENCIAS DE EMISIONES PARA AMÉRICA: 0000-0100 11510 9965 9810 0100-0200 11510 9965 9945 9810 0200-0300 11510 9965 9945 0735 [sic!] 0300-0400 11510 9965 9945 9735 0400-0500 11510 9965 9945 9735 (via José Bueno, Spain, April 1, dxldyg via DXLD) 5920-`Armavir`, 7440-Tajikistan, 9735-Guiana French, 9810-Guiana French, 9945-Tajikistan, 9965-Armenia, 11510-Tajikistan (gh, DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. 13680, March 28 at 1412, VG signal in Russian, discussion amid a noisy crowd. R. Liberty via Rampisham, UK, no more RHC on this frequency, it seems (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 17615, March 28 at 1322 poor signal in Qur`an. Suspect it`s BSKSA on air past supposed 1200* instead of V. of Russia as scheduled during this hour. 17705, lo-fi talk in Arabic, March 29 at 1452, S9+15 and gone at next check 1529. It`s BSKSA on new frequency at 12-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PHILIPPINES [non] 15435 ** SERBIA [non]. IRS, new 9675, good and clear, no QRM with tired lady in English at 0033 March 30, ex-6190. This is daily except UT Sundays 0030-0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SLOVAKIA. Summer A-10 of Radio Slovakia International: ENGLISH 0100-0127 on 5930 9440 0700-0727 on 9440 11650 1630-1657 on 5920 6055 1830-1857 on 5920 6055 GERMAN 0800-0827 on 5920 6055 1330-1357 on 5920 6055 1600-1627 on 5920 6055 1800-1827 on 5920 6055 FRENCH 0200-0227 on 5930 9440 1700-1727 on 5920 6055 1930-1957 on 5920 6055 RUSSIAN 1300-1327 on 7345 9440 1500-1527 on 7345 9590 1730-1757 on 5920 7345 SLOVAK 0130-0157 on 5930 9440 0730-0757 on 9440 11650 1530-1557 on 5920 6055 1900-1927 on 5920 6055 SPANISH 0230-0257 on 5930 9440 1430-1457 on 9440 11670 2000-2027 on 9695 11650 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 29 via DXLD) QSL: RSI, 9440. f/d "Special QSL 2010" RSI & ADXB-OE collaboration commemorating ADXB's 40th anniversary, in 72 days for $1 US (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.9, SIBC Honiara, 1101, March 22. EZL music; unsure of language; audible when not blown out by 5025-Rebelde splatter; poor (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA [non]. Radio Bar-Kulan: Presumed the station heard here on 9930 at 1615 tune in March 29, weak with Horn of African music and talk in East African language, had to use LSB due to strong signal from Radio Stathmos Makedonias on 9935 (Mike Barraclough, April WDXC Contact via DXLD) via SOUTH AFRICA ** SOUTH AFRICA. Sentech A10 Effective from 28 March 2010 to 30 October 2010 Time (UTC)Freq (KHz)Tx kW Target Area Language --------------------------------------------- Adventist World Radio 1700-1730 9600 250 East Africa Swahili 1730-1800 9600 250 East Africa Masai 1800-1830 3215 100 Botswana,Namibia English 1800-1830 3345 100 Zimbabwe,Zambia English 1800-1830 9610 250 East Africa English Radio Bar Kulan 1600-1700 9930 500 Somalia Somali BBC 0300-0400 6145 500 West Africa English 0300-0330 6155 500 East & Central Africa Swahili 0300-0600 6190 100 Southern Africa English 0300-0600 3255 100 Southern Africa English 0400-0430 6155 250 East Africa Swahili 0400-0600 7310 250 West Africa English 0430-0530 3380 100 S.Mozambique Portuguese* 0430-0530 6145 250 N.Mozambique Portuguese* 0500-0600 11925 250 East & Central Africa Kirundi # 0530-0600 11925 250 East & Central Africa Kirundi ## 0600-0700 12015 250 West Africa English 0600-1600 6190 100 Southern Africa English 0600-1400 9860 100 Southern Africa English 0700-0730 17640 500 West Africa French 0700-0800 17830 500 West Africa English 1330-1530 11705 500 East & Central Africa Swahili # 1400-1600 7230 100 Southern Africa English 1500-1530 7405 500 East & Central Africa English 1530-1615 7405 500 East & Central Africa Swahili ## 1530-1630 7405 500 East & Central Africa Swahili * 1530-1700 7405 500 East & Central Africa English # 1600-2200 3255 100 Southern Africa English 1600-2200 6190 100 Southern Africa English 1615-1700 7405 500 East & Central Africa English ## 1630-1700 7405 500 East & Central Africa Kirundi * 1630-1745 11705 100 East Africa Swahili # 1700-1900 7405 250 East & Central Africa English 1745-1800 7230 500 East & Central Africa Swahili 1800-1830 5985 250 Indian Ocean Isles French 2030-2100 3380 100 S. Mozambique Portuguese* 2030-2100 6135 250 N. Mozambique Portuguese* 2030-2100 6065 500 Angola Portuguese* 2100-2200 7405 100 West Africa English 2200-2300 5935 100 West Africa English * Monday to Friday # Saturday ## Sunday Channel Africa 0300-0355 6135 250 East & Central Africa English 0300-0500 3345 100 Southern Africa English 0500-0800 7230 100 Southern Africa English 0600-0655 15255 250 Far West Africa English 0800-1200 9625 100 Southern Africa English 1200-1300 9625 100 Southern Africa Nyanja 1300-1400 9625 100 Southern Africa Lozi 1400-1600 9625 100 Southern Africa English 1500-1555 15660 250 East & Central Africa Swahili [see MADAGASCAR] 1600-1655 15235 250 West Africa French 1700-1755 9675 500 West Africa English 1900-2000 3345 100 Southern Africa Portuguese WORLD OF RADIO 1506, Deutsche Welle 0500-0530 9825 250 Central Africa English 1700-1800 9735 100 Central Africa French EDC 1600-1700 11770 100 Sudan Various * * Every day but Friday Family Radio 1600-1700 6225 250 Madagascar Malagasy 1700-1800 6225 100 Madagascar French 1800-1900 9495 250 East Africa Kinyarwanda 1800-1900 6180 100 East Africa English 1900-2000 5930 250 East Africa Swahili 1900-2000 6100 100 Angola Portuguese 1900-2000 3955 100 Mozambique Portuguese 1900-2000 3230 100 Southern Africa English FEBA Radio 1600-1700 12125 250 East Africa Amharic 1730-1800 5890 250 East Africa Silte Hirondelle Foundation [Radio Okapi] 0400-0500 11690 250 Central Africa French IBRA Radio 1730-1800 9615 100 Somalia Somali Radio Dialogue 1755-1855 4895 100 Zimbabwe English Radio France International 0500-0700 11605 100 West Africa French 0600-0700 11830 250 Angola Portuguese 0700-0800 15170 250 West Africa French 1200-1300 17660 250 Central Africa French Radio Sonder Grense 0500-0800 7285 100 Northern Cape, RSA Afrikaans 0800-1600 9650 100 Northern Cape, RSA Afrikaans 1600-0500 3320 100 Northern Cape, RSA Afrikaans RTE [Ireland] 1930-2030 6225 100 Central Africa English SA Radio League [amateur radio DX program] 0800-0900* 7205 100 Southern Africa English 0800-0900* 17570 250 East Africa English 1905-2005** 3215 100 Southern Africa English * Sunday ** Monday Trans World Radio 0330-0345 7215 250 Ethiopia 1234567 Amharic 0600-0645 11640 500 Nigeria 12345 English 0600-0615 11640 500 Nigeria 67 English 1557-1627 9675 250 Burundi 12345 Kirundi 1625-1655 9660 500 Somalia 12345 Somali 1625-1640 9660 500 Somalia 7 Somali 1718-1733 7265 250 Mozambique 1234567 Yao Day 1 = Monday, Day 2 = Tuesday… Voice Of America 0530-0600 9880 100 West Africa French 1600-1630 11695 100 East Africa Kirundi # 1700-1730 6080 100 West Africa English 1800-1830 12120 100 West Africa Portuguese* 1830-2030 6080 100 West Africa French # Saturday * Monday to Friday ---------- (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, dxldyg via DXLD) Happy Station also via SENTECH: see NETHERLANDS [non] Re: Happy Station will remain on SW, but only to Africa VIA SENTECH which is a commercial arm of the SABC (Keith Perron) Not anymore since 1996. It's a state-owned company now. Reminds me of http://home.arcor.de/rudolfsonntag/afs.htm (look at bottom) And will even be worth mentioned in Europe, unlike the WRMI transmission, unless it will become a regional service on 90 or 75 metres (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Yes but it's operated as a commercial company with the purpose of making money (Keith Perron, ibid.) ** SPAIN [and non]. REE with big S9+15 signals on 21610 // 21570, March 27 at 1507 talking about some award, and Cáceres 2016. Googling indicates that this place aspires to be European Capital of Culture in that year; yet is primarily known for basketball. Meanwhile, Saudi`s remaining 13m signal after 1500, 21460, was JBA. 15385, Monday March 29 at 1425, REE opening weekly Sephardic show, announcing same schedule as in B-09: Mon 1425 15385, Tue 0115 11795, 0415 9650, the others yet to be confirmed. This supposed A-10 schedule claims 1425 is on 15325 but glad to hear the announcer is not buying it: http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuenciasree10.pdf 11620, REE with Spanish music but French announcement Monday March 29 at 2038, bothered by splatter/spurs from DentroCuban Jamming Command on 11600. REE is in French to Equatorial Africa M-F at 20-21 on 11620 and 9690. AIR GOS is supposedly on 11620 too after 2045, aimed southeastward, so I should have checked for that clashing a few minutes later, an old problem. Or not, since AIR is no longer beaming 11620 toward Europe. Another attempt to confirm the scheduled UT Tuesday 0115-0145 Sephardic broadcast from REE, scheduled on 11795 as announced at 1425 Mondays on 15385: nothing at all audible at 0113-0116 March 30. Nor on alternate 11780, where there was a big open carrier apparently from RNA Brasília. However, Spain`s 11680 was weakish this time. Nothing on another possible alternative either, 9690. At 0143 just before the Sephardic should have ended, still unfound but Brasil now musically modulating 11780. At 0415 UT Tue March 30, REE Sephardic is loud & clear, really on 9650, the frequency they have been announcing including March 16 when we confirmed it was on 9690. The co-channel QRM to REE via COSTA RICA, 15170, is no longer Romania, but BBC Russian, scheduled 1300-1730 via Woofferton. The latter was atop REE at 1349 April 1 discussing Poland and imposing a SAH of 3 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. SLBC A10 Transmissions noted as follows: 0020-0300 UTC SLBC HINDI 7190,11905 kHz (Bengali segment at 0035-0050 UTC, Sponsored Devotional Prog) 0100-0330 UTC SLBC ENGLISH 6005, 9770, 15745 kHz (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, Mar 30, dx_sasia yg via DXLD) The All Asia English transmission from SLBC is at 0055-0330 (Sunday to 0430) on 6005 10 kW, 9770 10 kW and 15745 35 kW. Indian Service is 0030-0300 (Sunday to 0430) and 0830-1230 on 7190 10 kW and 11905 35/200 kW. Middle East Service in Sinhala for Sri Lankans in the Gulf: 1630-1900 11750 35 kW, on Tuesdays 200 kW when the programme is sponsored by the Bank of Ceylon (Union of Asian Dxers via April WDXC Contact via DXLD) So they bump up the power only on day when so sponsored (gh) ** SUDAN [non]. 15670, Miraya FM via IRRS via SLOVAKIA presumed, March 27 at 1418 M&W in Arabic dialect discussion, one of them on lower quality phone line. This broadcast has been at 14-17 on 15670, but for A-10 is supposed to resume 15-18 on 15650, or is it 15710? Listen for clashes on 15650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) via Slovakia, 15710 NF, Miraya FM, 1428-1645, March 28, tune-in to Arabic talk. ID jingles. Some local music. English news at 1631-1642, then back to Arabic talk. Fair signal (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) Contradictory schedules came from IRRS about which frequency via SLOVAKIA would be used for the Miraya FM relay back to Sudan in A-10, 15650 at 15-18 or 15710 at 14-17? It seems to be the latter: March 28 at 1456 I have something on 15710, and still at 1502; by 1507 sounds like an Arabic dialect, M&W conversing, and mentioning Sudan. Meanwhile former Miraya B-09 channel 15670 at 1402, 1430 has a S Asian language, and at 1458 YFR theme, i.e. via Wertachtal, GERMANY at 14- 16. And 15650, altho vacated by Greece for 15630, now has at 1449 fluttery talk in Farsi(?), one of the IBB services via SRI LANKA. See IRAN [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Miraya FM noted from 1420 tune in March 30 on 15710, fair on clear channel, phone interview in Arabic or Arabic based language to 1428 when jingle with several identifications. The IRRS website updated March 25 has this broadcast scheduled 1500- 1800 on 15650, an earlier tentative schedule via Glenn Hauser, DXLD and Wolfgang Bueschel had the broadcast 1400-1700 on 15710 (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth Garden City, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Checking 15710, new frequency for Miraya FM via IRRS via SLOVAKIA, at 14-17: March 31 at 1357 found lo audible het between its carrier, and Cairo`s Indonesian service. At 1359 Miraya music started, and Cairo carrier stayed on until 1401, then Miraya in clear, Arabic dialect. Bothered by some SSB on 15708 around 1432 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 17745, PORTUGAL, Sudan Radio Service (Sines), 1536- 1546, 3/27/2010, English. Man and woman talking about elections with mention of Sudan. Brief music at 1539 followed by woman talking about the National Election Commission. At 1543 two women discussed appropriate behavior if your candidate loses. Moderate signal with extremely deep fades into the noise (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, RX- 340, IC-R75, Random Wire (90'), ALA100M Loop (20'), DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still scheduled in A-10 on 17745 at 15-17 via Portugal (gh) ** SURINAME. 4990, R. Apintie, Paramaribo, 0306-0334, March 25, English/vernacular. Music program with ballads; English pops and cover tunes; no ID noted; good at tune/in; losing steam by tune/out (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. [Continued from NETHERLANDS re Dutch to Iceland]. Even Radio Sweden had some strange transmissions - I remember many years ago asking George Wood and Bill Schiller (who was Head of English at the time) why they had an English broadcast to the US at 10 am eastern time. Neither of them appeared to have noticed, and agreed it was an odd time. I presume that propagation was the reason, as the transmission came in quite well, but I wonder how many SWLs on the East Coast were around to listen at 10 am (Andy Sennitt, RNW, dxlydg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) What`s strange about that? There you go, blowing off all of us in the huge Central zone where it was only 9 am (or 8 am in standard time), but we don`t get no respect, just the dregs from east coast/west coast; I remember it well and used to listen. And you`d be surprised how many people are not tied down to 9-5 workshifts. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Sorry, Glenn, I didn’t mean to be disrespectful. But my impression from the discussion I had at the time was that the convenience of the time for you was more down to good luck than judgement :-) (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) ** SWEDEN. Please keep Radio Sweden on shortwave! --- I am a long-time listener to Radio Sweden (since the mid-1960s); I have a QSL (reception verification) card with a handwritten note of thanks for my expression of sympathy for the families of the victims of the Estonia sinking in 1994. Radio Sweden has always been a warm, friendly presence on the air; if you think that foreigners will go out of their way to obtain the same information about Sweden on your website that they now obtain from Radio Sweden, I believe you are mistaken. I listened to "Norway Now" on NRK until they discontinued their foreign service; NRK is the only Internet radio station I listen to because I am studying Norwegian, but my Norwegian is not yet good enough for me to understand what I did when NRK Utenlandssendingen broadcast in English on shortwave. I understand that maintaining a presence on shortwave is expensive, but I believe the international goodwill and understanding which shortwave broadcasting promotes so well is being forgotten. I hope that Radio Sweden will reconsider its decision to abandon shortwave broadcasting. Sincerely yours, (Anne Fanelli, Elma, New York 14059 USA, March 27, cc of e-mail to Gaby Katz at SR, and the Swedish Embassy in Washington, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. 13870, R. Sweden in Swedish, good signal at 1516 March 29; and opening English at 1530, sufficient signal here tho aimed 120 degrees from Hörby. Big story today: Volvo becomes Chinese instead of American. (Romantics might interpret the name as meaning ``I shall return``.) Also on 13870 for next English at new time 1700, 125 degrees, insufficient at 1714 check. [non]. 9495, R. Sweden 2030 in English via Madagascar to Africa carries on USward, sufficient signal March 29 at 2043; WTWW missing from 9480 but likely to be a problem for this when it is not missing. Big 9480 carrier did come on at 2100, but gone at next check 2103 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SYRIA. 9330, Radio Damascus at 2125 // 12085 with fanfare and ID then woman with a press review and into local music at 2130 - Fair Mar 27 (Mark Coady, March 26 – 28 Shadow Lake Radio Camp, Ont., Receiver: Eton E-1 Antenna: G5RV, NASWA yg via DXLD) Presumably in English but 24 hours later would have found it blocked by special WBCQ/Area 51 transmission (gh, DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 11875, March 27 at 1457 just tuned in to big signal but undermodulated with kids` choir when it went off at 1457:23*. Per Aoki this can only be RTI`s Indonesian service at 14-15, 205 degrees from Tainan, so off the back would be 25 degrees, close enough to USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 15275, R. Thailand, HSK9, 0104, March 29. With new A-10 schedule; in Thai with strong signal; noted English after 0200 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E5 with just whip antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. VOT English from 1330, March 27 tuned at 1404 on 12035, just barely audible but modulation seems OK, playing annoying multi- lingual ID filler. Much better signal on // 15300 but clashing for the last day with stronger France producing fast SAH. The DX Corner has been missing for the past two Saturdays, so surely back today, and may have just missed it. Will have to demand the audio later, but as of 1815, still availablizing only yesterday`s broadcasts. From March 28, this broadcast shifts to 1230-1322v, and back to last summer`s frequencies 15450 and 15520 at 310 and 252 degrees azimuth respectively, so the former aims USward and both should be QRM-free. Early versions of the VOT A-10 schedule showed the Sackville relay for English at 03-04 on 7325, like A-09; however, late versions do not. No sign of it at 0315 check March 28, tho it might have been another 24 hours before it would have started. The B-09 Sackville relay frequency 6040 was also missing at 0446 check, and 6020 direct was also absent, just R. Victoria, Perú, on 6020- with wacky wailer David Miranda --- so at that point TRT must have already started the A-10 schedule, which would have had English to North America on new 5975 at 03-04, not checked yet. After 5 months of nonsense on the 1330 broadcast, clashing with France on 15300, and often poor modulation/signals on 12035, the retimed 1230 English broadcast finally is back on some good frequencies, monitored March 28 at 1318 with Turkish music on strong and clear 15450, and much weaker // 15520. The latter stayed on a few seconds longer than the former with another IS iteration until 1324*. TRT`s audio files of the Saturday broadcasts were not available until Sunday; then I listened to the 20-33 minute portion of the hour for DX Corner, in which Seref Isler confirmed that the relay exchange deal with CBC had ended. He also announced the A-10 VOT English schedule: 1230 15520 Asia, 15450 Europe 1830 9785 Europe (live) 2030 7205 (repeat) 2200 9830 N America 0100 9580 Asia 0300 5975 N America, 6165 [Asia] 0100??? I think he was confused, as this was the time and frequency originally planned for the relay of RCI in English to Asia via Turkey, probably deleted altogether, but check just in case VOT have put their own English broadcast on there. Other significant items from the DX Corner: Altho the 2200, ``0100``, and 0300 broadcasts repeat the news originally aired at 1830, the following feature programs will no longer be repeats, but since they are after local midnight, will start airing the *next* day`s programs. (It`s beyond me why they want to confuse things this way.) Furthermore, due to ``too much of a burden in staffing`` requiring an extra person to be on duty, the Tuesday evening ``flagship`` program Live from Turkey will be cancelled after this week, with usual shows repeating instead. The Thursday afternoon [~1255 UT] LFT will continue. The extra ``English III`` broadcast which was never on SW, just internet and satellite, at 10 am local time is being dropped as the Albanian service wanted more time. Also, they do NOT want CDs to be sent with reception reports. Wolfgang Büschel observes that many of the transmissions via Emirler site have been moved to Çakirlar, perhaps to allow refurbishment of the former (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9460 nice with Turkish music, March 29 at 2055, but tuned in a bit too late as it cut off at 2056:45*. Scheduled as TRT in Turkish, 16-21 via Çakirlar, 500 kW, 310 degrees. 5975, V. of Turkey new frequency for English to N America at 0300- 0350v: sufficient March 30 at 0330 check during music. // 6165 for Asia is totally blocked by RNW Spanish via Bonaire, and the Canadian relay originally planned for 7325 has been deleted. Note that the DX Corner starting as early as 20 minutes into the hour, on this transmission should now be heard fortnightly on UT Saturdays instead of Sundays, per announcement on latest show, the next to be on April 10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I listened to the final Live from Turkey, Tuesday edition on 1-day-on- demand webcast. Seref Isler seemed to be saying goodbye, as apparently others will be doing the remaining Thursday edition. This is due to the current staffing situation, as Voice of Turkey needs an extra person on duty for that program, and there are higher priorities, such as doing a daily newscast in English which is loaded on Turkish airlines. He also said that because of this he did not have time to do a new Letterbox program for this Wednesday`s broadcasts, so would repeat one from 3(?) weeks ago. I then listened to the SW broadcast on 9830, Wednesday March 31 at 2227, and it indeed sounded like an old Letterbox, until music at 2338. The trouble is, on DX Corner a few days before, he also said that feature programs on the 2200 UT broadcast would now be for the next UT day, since 2200 is after local midnight (and also the 0300 broadcast, instead of being the last repeat of the previous UT day). That should have put Letterbox on the 2200 UT Tuesday transmission, instead of Wednesday. Maybe this does not kick in until next week, or are they still confused or trying to decide what to do? During this period, 9830 had some strange fading and noises, but did not sound like the usual RTTY interference. 13635, April 1 at 1248, good with Turkish music, a sad-sounding song. On his last LFT, Seref remarked that he could not think of any Turkish songs which were happy ones; sad songs, such as one he played about a jilted lover, are the norm. 13635 cut off at 1259 after a brief Turkish announcement. It`s scheduled 06-13, 500 kW, 310 degrees from Emirler to western Europe but also USward. Meanwhile, 15450 in English was somewhat weaker, during the remaining Live from Turkey show on Thursdays, not hosted by Seref. The other guy was reading poetry (Turkish translated to English, I assume) at 1320 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. Good day, all - two Africans heard *tentively* this morning on 41 meters on Allied SX-190 and the wires... (From EIBI:) 7195 kHz, 0600-1300, UGANDA - UBC Radio (EE to EAf) SINPO = 21442. Heard March 26 at 1300 and also thereafter in EE; lots of ham QRM but otherwise clearly heard discussion of African topics by YL using AM phone. No ID heard in brief time of reception, but can find no other reasonable possibility for this time and frequency. Corrections welcomed! If I am right, these are both new stations and nations for me! :-)(Bruce Jensen, San Lorenzo, California, United States, IC-R75, SX-190, DX-160, DX-398, ptsw yg via DXLD) See ETHIOPIA 7215; if 4976v is active, guess 7195 should be too (gh) 4975.956, Radio Uganda, 1924, English, very tough copy in USB against Voice of Russia Tajik relay on 4975; talk by a woman (nearly impossible to copy) but hilife music cutting through the slop. Mar. 27 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-2010 and 7600GR etc., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. This country finally gets a SW clandestine station. In case you didn`t notice, the A-10 M&B/DTK schedule has this new client: ABA Radiyo Y'Abaganda (Ababaka) kHz UTC CIRAF deg ant day from to site kW client 15410 1700-1800 48SW 140 217 7 280310-311010 ISS 250 ABA 7 meaning Saturdays only. ISS meaning via FRANCE. Googling the name finds their website: http://www.ababaka.com/cms/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=40&func=view&catid=30&id=8653&lang=lg Seems the Buganda [sic] tribe are behind it, in support of ``occupied Buganda``, where SW radios started selling like hotcakes with reports that this webcast would now be on SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks Glenn. Not completely unprecedented for Uganda: remember Radio Rhino International of a few years back (started in 2003). On a linguistic note, the people are the Baganda (not Buganda): Baganda (the people) Buganda (their land) Luganda (their language) All Bantu languages (and some others) use prefixes in a similar way, e.g. Batswana (the people - singular is Mostwana), Setswana (their language), Bostwana (their land) - Sesotho (the language), Lesotho (the land) - Banyarwanda (the people of Rwanda), Kinyarwanda (their language) - Kiswahili (the Swahili language), Waswahili (the Swahili people), etc etc etc. Also (in Swahili): wazungu (white people), mzungu (a white person), kizungu (their language). Best regards, (Chris Greenway, Kenya/UK, March 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Y'Abaganda --- Whilst looking at the new A-10 schedule for Media Broadcast (formerly T-Systems - DTK) on the website of the Worldwide DX Club at http://www.wwdxc.de/a10dtk.txt I noticed a transmission under the name "Radio Y'Abaganda (Ababaka)" is listed at 1700-1800 (Sat only) on 15410 kHz via Issoudun. A Google search found mention of the station at http://www.ababaka.com/cms/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=40&func=view&catid=30&id=8653&lang=lg# Looks like a new target broadcast on shortwave to Uganda from an existing internet-only radio station in support of a Bugandan group which was due to launch yesterday (27 March 2010) with a programme between 1700-1900. From 3 April 2010 it reverts to 1700-1800. Just had a quick listen to the online stream and found lively African music being played with announcements in English for "Buganda Internet Radio" (Tony Rogers, Birmingham, UK, March 28, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** U K. Re 10-12: THE OLD BBC WORLD SERVICE SHORTWAVE TRANSMITTERS CHANGE HANDS AGAIN "Babcock and VT group clinched a merger deal today to create a defence and support services group with sales of £3bn and more than 25,000 employees in Britain and the US. ... VT also has major interests in education and training and operates transmission sites for the BBC world service." Richard Wachmann, The Guardian, 23 March 2010. (www.kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) In 1997, BBC World Service contracted out its shortwave transmission to a group of BBC engineering employees, who formed the company Merlin Communications. Merlin owned and operated the BBCWS shortwave and medium wave transmitters based in UK territories, and operated the trannsmitters located elsewhere. In 2000, VT Communications purchased Merlin, at a pretty profit for the Merlin ex-BBC employees. This recent transaction is actually a takeover by Babcock. In addition to leasing (back) shortwave time to BBCWS, VT Communications also leases time to other international broadcasters through its own and partner sites. Religious broadcasters seem to be taking over the time formerly occupied by government-funded stations, but for how long will shortwave transmission remain a profitable concern? Posted: 26 Mar 2010 (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.) Extract from Kai Ludwig: *) 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. If I recall correctly, this firm used to be known as Babcock and Wilcox - and still is when I do a Google search. It has been in business for a very long time and is perhaps extending it's "arm" into another sector of engineering? (Noel R. Green (NW England), March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The name Babcock & Wilcox is still in use by a US-based company. But this is the UK-based one, nowadays Babcock International Group PLC. They are already in the broadcasting business, by way of installing transmission equipment, cf. http://www.babcock.co.uk/pages/markets/critical-infrastructure/communications/ Actually Babcock does pretty much the same than VT. And after a second look I rather expect them to keep the former Merlin, also because it appears to be consolidated with VT's military solutions to a considerable extent now. An obvious example are VLF submarine communications, for which transmission equipment has been set up at Skelton if I recall correct. I'm a bit concerned about this constellation. Broadcasting and military are fields that just do not belong together. OK, VT has nothing to do with program content, but still I think that civilian telcom providers are the reasonable sphere for broadcast distribution, not armaments trusts (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) ** U K. 17865, March 28 at 1447 HOA music, mentioned Somali, i.e. the BBC Somali service via Rampisham, 500 kW, 125 degrees at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. English football via WRN in English will continue until end of May. They tend to make very last minute decisions about which matches to transmit. 5800 continues to be the frequency on Saturday, Sunday afternoons, between 1500 and 1930 via Kiyiv, UKRAINE, 100 kW at 330 degrees. No more in Mandarin (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. London Pirate Radio [16+ minute video] http://www.palladiumboots.com/exploration/london-pirate-radio Via the always interesting web site Boing Boing... http://boingboing.net/ (Norman W9VQ Wald, March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. VOA English, 7575, March 28 at 1255 concluding Issues in the News panel discussion, but underneath strong open carrier. First it`s Thailand, with Tinang, PHILIPPINES about to take over, but tuning up on same frequency. 9760, CRI continues to thumb its nose at VOA, not only jamming numerous frequencies in Chinese, but deliberately colliding with this English frequency which has been in use by VOA for sesquidecades. March 28 at 1303, CRI news in English is atop VOA news in English. CRI in A-10 is scheduled 12-14 UT via Kunming, 500 kW at 135 degrees, crossing the beam of VOA via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, 250 kW, 21 degrees. Even tho VOA is aimed toward us, and CRI is not, the latter prevails. However at 1326 check, VOA jazz had surpassed. 17585, VOA in English discussing terrorist plots, excellent signal at 1418 March 28. Has to be Greenville B reactivated here; 1429 VOA promos, including voaafrica.com and dropped carrier immediately at 1430* followed by very weak unID signal, but must be VOA continuing same English hour, switching sites in the middle of it, to Botswana. Last summer they had a hard time avoiding overlap and self-QRM, but perhaps the DCI on this first day of the A-season indicate real coördination. [more below] 9830, March 29 at 2059, good signal from ``Voice of America, Washington DC, signing on`` and into French for Afrique. Good enough to be Greenville, but supposedly São Tomé. Vs. RTTY QRM which is constantly on 9830: another station which just ignores it. After all, the RTTY does not register itself at HFCC, and apparently does not complain about Turkey, VOA, Jordan and the other broadcasting on 9830. Are they all on autopilot? 15530, weak VOA English at 1417 March 30 plugging voanews.com where you may sign up for free e-mail news summaries, and then American Global College Forum at this minute every Tuesday, about an exchange student in Oklahoma. I assume it`s this Mongolian who has asterisks pasted on her face, tho A.G.C.F. is not mentioned: http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/american-life/people/OklaStateUniv30Mar10-89505792.html 15530 is via Biblis, GERMANY at 14-16. It was running a couple words behind Tinang, PHILIPPINES on better 9760. 17550, hard rock at 2016 March 30, soon identified in French as having been Radiohead, and on to Vegetable. It`s VOA`s French service via BONAIRE, now scheduled 1830-2030, 250 kW due east to Africa, but considerable leakage USward; seems VOA devotes a lot of French airtime to playing rock music, in English when there are lyrix; why? 17585, which bore a very strong VOA English via Greenville a few days before, had only a very weak unID signal at 1406 April 1. Nothing else scheduled, so presumably still VOA, maybe not Greenville if they have switched site already; or just not propagating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA broadcasts in Hindi will end 31 March with its last "America Live" television program. VOA Hindi radio was suspended in 2008. Posted: 26 Mar 2010 (Kim Andrew Elliott, kimandrewelliott.com via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) Over 180 million Indians speak Hindi as their primary language. 360 million more (almost half the population) speak it as a secondary language. ... http://advancedlanguage.com/hindi.php (from a Google search via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. Cf NETHERLANDS [non] --- IBB would have liked more airtime for Creole via Bonaire but the facilities were not available at the times they wanted due to other commitments (Andy Sennitt, RNW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Already now, with Greenville-B still being operational. I just took a quick look at the Sackville usage, as an example between 0000 and 0200: Three transmitters Radio Canada International, two transmitters China Radio International. So hardly possibilities left there. And Bonaire is fully in use at this time, too. In this slot IBB needs two transmitters for VOA Creole, three transmitters for VOA Spanish and another three transmitters for Radio Martí. Altogether eight ones, 100 percent of the Greenville-B capacity. Good luck finding these eight transmitters elsewhere! I think it's simply impossible, unless they accept using transmitters in Germany, France and/or the UK for some of these eight frequencies. Or, of course, unless they substantially cut back this affair (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non] VOA A10 [initial frequency schedule, A-Z languages] Afaan Oromoo 1730-1800 11520 11905 11925 12140 13870 Mon-Fri Albanian 0500-0530 5945 1600-1630 6040 1830-1900 3995 Amharic 1800-1900 9620 11520 11905 11925 11975 12140 13835 13870 15730 Azerbaijani 1730-1800 7220 9850 13580 Bangla 1600-1700 1575 7260 9320 Burmese 0000-0030 1575 5955 7430 9320 0130-0300 11820 15110 17775 1130-1230 11965 15620 17775 1430-1500 1575 5865 9320 11910 12120 1500-1530 5865 9320 11910 12120 1500-1530 1575 Sat/Sun 1530-1600 1575 5865 9940 1600-1630 5865 9940 2300-0000 6185 7430 9320 Cantonese 1300-1500 1170 7365 9355 Chinese (Mandarin) 0000-0200 9545 11830 11925 15170 15385 17765 0200-0300 9545 11830 11925 15385 17765 0700-0900 13610 13740 15250 17775 17855 21705 0900-1000 11825 11965 13610 13740 15250 15665 17775 1000-1100 9845 11825 11965 12040 13610 15250 15665 17855 1100-1230 6110 9845 11785 11825 11990 12040 15255 1230-1300 6110 9845 11785 11805 11825 12040 15255 1300-1400 6110 9845 9985 11785 11805 11990 12040 1400-1500 6110 9845 11615 11805 11990 12040 2200-2300 6135 7205 9510 9845 11925 13775 Creole - NEW! 0000-0100 5835 7590 0100-0200 5835 7465 1130-1230 6135 9505 Mon-Fri 1630-1830 15390 17565 1830-2000 15390 2000-2200 11905 13725 2200-2300 7590 11905 2300-0000 5835 7590 Croatian 0430-0500 5975 1830-1845 6145 7295 Dari (Radio Ashna) 0130-0230 1296 9335 12140 1530-1630 1296 9335 15090 15380 1730-1830 1296 7595 9335 11580 1930-2030 1296 7555 7595 Deewa Radio (Pashto) 0100-0400 9390 11535 12015 1300-1400 7495 9310 9380 9690 1400-1900 7495 9310 9380 9780 1400-1900 7495 9310 9380 9780 English to Europe, Middle East, and North Africa 0100-0130 1593 1400-1500 15530 17740 1500-1600 13570 15530 English to Africa 0300-0400 909 1530 4930 6080 9855 15580 0400-0430 909 1530 4930 4960 6080 9855 12080 15580 0430-0500 909 4930 4960 6080 12080 15580 0500-0600 909 4930 6080 12080 15580 0600-0700 909 1530 6080 12080 15580 1400-1500 4930 6080 12080 15580 17585 1500-1600 4930 6080 12080 15580 17895 1600-1700 909 1530 4930 6080 15580 1700-1730 6080 12015 15580 17895 1730-1800 12015 15580 17895 1800-1830 6080 9850 12015 15580 1800-1830 909 4930 Fri/Sat 1830-1900 909 4930 6080 9850 12015 15580 1900-1930 909 4930 4940 6080 9850 15580 17895 1930-2000 909 4930 4940 6080 9850 15580 2000-2030 909 1530 4930 4940 6080 15580 2030-2100 909 1530 4930 6080 15580 2030-2100 4940 Fri/Sat 2100-2200 1530 6080 15580 English to Zimbabwe 1730-1800 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri/Sat 1720-1740 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri/Sat/Sun 1800-1830 909 4930 11605 15775 (3-language talk show, Live Talk) Fri English to Afghanistan 0000-0030 1296 7555 2030-0000 1296 7555 English to Far East Asia, South Asia, and Oceania 0100-0200 7430 9780 11705 1100-1200 1575 Sat/Sun 1200-1300 1170 7575 9510 9760 12075 1300-1400 7575 9510 9760 Sat/Sun 1400-1500 7540 7575 9760 Mon-Fri 1500-1600 7540 7575 12150 2200-2300 5895 5915 7460 7575 11955 Mon-Fri 2230-0000 1575 Fri/Sat 2300-0000 5895 5915 7575 11955 English-Special 0000-0030 1593 0030-0100 1575 1593 7430 9715 9780 11725 15205 15290 15560 17820 0130-0200 1593 7465 9820 Tue-Sat 1500-1600 6140 7520 9485 9760 1600-1700 11890 12080 13570 1600-1700 1170 Mon-Fri 1900-2000 7485 9630 2230-2300 9570 11705 15145 2300-2330 1593 9570 13755 15145 2330-2400 1593 7460 9570 13755 15145 15340 French to Africa 0530-0600 1530 4960 6035 6095 9880 13710 Mon-Fri 0600-0630 4960 6035 6095 9880 13710 Mon-Fri 1830-2000 1530 6170 9815 17550 2000-2030 6170 9815 12080 15730 17550 2030-2100 9815 9830 12080 15185 15730 Sat/Sun 2100-2130 9815 9830 12035 12080 Mon-Fri Georgian 1530-1600 11945 15460 1600-1630 9850 15460 1700-1800 7435 11960 Hausa 0500-0530 1530 4960 6045 9600 0700-0730 4960 11785 17800 1500-1530 11890 11905 13820 2030-2100 4940 6170 7230 9815 15185 Mon-Fri Indonesian 0000-0030 9535 11805 13705 1130-1230 9700 9890 12010 1400-1500 7550 9945 2200-2400 7225 9535 11805 Khmer 1330-1430 1575 5955 11540 2200-2230 1575 6060 9320 15340 Kinyarwanda/Kirundi 0330-0430 7340 9540 11750 1600-1630 11750 12010 17785 Sat Korean 1200-1300 1188 5890 7225 9490 1300-1500 1188 5890 7225 11935 1900-2100 648 5870 6060 7365 Kurdish 0500-0600 11645 15130 17750 1400-1500 1593 11645 15130 17750 1700-1800 11645 15130 17750 2000-2100 1593 Laotian 1230-1300 1575 9810 11930 Mandarin (see Chinese) Ndebele 1800-1830 909 4930 11605 15775 Mon-Thu 1740-1800 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri/Sat/Sun 1800-1830 909 4930 11605 15775 (3-language talk show, Live Talk) Fri Pashto (Radio Ashna) 0030-0130 1296 7555 9335 1430-1530 1296 9335 15090 15380 1630-1730 1296 9335 11565 11580 1830-1930 1296 7555 7595 Pashto (Deewa Radio) 0100-0400 9390 11535 12015 1300-1400 7495 9310 9380 9690 Persian 0130-0230 5970 6040 6105 1530-1600 1593 7295 9390 11780 1600-1630 1593 7295 9840 11780 1630-1730 1593 6040 9840 11780 1730-1800 1593 6040 7455 9840 1800-1830 648 1593 5860 6040 7455 1830-1900 648 5860 6040 7455 1900-1930 5860 6040 7455 Portuguese to Africa 1000-1030 17740 21590 1700-1800 1530 11955 12080 15740 1800-1830 1530 12080 12120 15740 Mon-Fri Shona 1700-1730 909 4930 11605 15775 Mon-Thu ? 1700-1730 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri/Sat/Sun ? 1700-1730 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri ? Somali 0330-0400 88.0 5945 12110 15460 1300-1400 88.0 13580 15440 1600-1630 88.0 1431 12110 15445 1630-1700 88.0 12110 15445 1700-1800 88.0 12110 15545 Spanish 0000-0100 5890 9885 11625 Tues-Sat 1130-1200 9885 13715 15590 Mon-Fri 1200-1300 9885 13715 15590 2300-0000 5890 9885 11625 Swahili 0300-0330 7380 9440 Mon-Fri 1630-1730 9815 15365 15730 Tibetan 0000-0100 7250 9480 9855 0300-0600 15265 15490 17735 1400-1500 7465 11510 11975 1600-1700 7330 7565 9565 Tigrigna 1900-1930 11520 11905 11925 12140 13870 Mon-Fri Turkish 0330-0400 7265 Mon-Fri Urdu (Radio Aap ki Dunyaa) 0000-0100 972 1539 0100-0200 972 1539 7460 11975 1400-1500 972 1539 11860 15725 1500-0000 972 1539 Uzbek 1500-1530 801 9670 11780 13755 15185 Vietnamese 1300-1330 1575 5955 9720 1500-1600 1170 5955 7555 9355 2230-2330 6060 15340 (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO attempted monitoring March 26: before 2000 I noticed there was no signal at all from WWCR-1 on 15825; usually there is at least a poor backscatter one. This bodes ill; 13845 audible. 2055 routine recheck for WOR`s Friday 2030 airing, 7465 also absent, so WWCR-1 is MIA, and still off after 2100 when Frecuencia al Día would have aired. Did not check in the evening for 3215, but at 1419 March 27, 15825 was back in business with preacher. And at 1459 ending the 30-minute special expanded Ask-WWCR-like show about the A-10 season. I`ve yet to catch this from the start; it would be helpful to know when to expect it. Saturday 1330 airing of WOR on WRMI 9955: at 1353 check, WOR 1505 weak but clear, no jamming audible. Saturday 1630 on WWCR-3 12160: confirmed. But Mick Delmage reports: ``Once again this week, at 1650 UT, World of Radio on WWCR 12160 has gone into "skip mode" during the Radio Sweden report.`` Grrr. Next chances are Sat at 1900 on IRRS 6170, and WRMI 9955; Sunday 0230 on WWCR 4840, 0630 on 3215. Later: I notified them again and this time there was no skipping on the 0230-0300 airing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More WWCR below ** U S A. Last Sat., March 27 WTWW ran a special test transmission from 10am to 10pm CDT. By a sheer chance I picked up a part of it here, in SW Germany with a surprisingly strong signal (2230 to 2310 UT on 9480 kHz). WTWW's reception was considerably better than that of WHRI on 9615. For their programming they seem to run only Scriptures for America broadcasts. The test schedule was given as follows in CDT: 10am to 1pm 9480 1pm to 4pm 9475 4pm to 6pm 9480 6pm to 10pm on 5755 Email for reception reports: preacher [at] sfaw.org. WTWW has a very basic website with a Youtube video: http://wtww.us/ A SW schedule for WTWW is here [outdated]: http://www.scripturesforamerica.org/media.php (Sergei S., March 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Peters should be quite popular among the neo-Nazi-cum-cowboy fans in Germany. I think you heard an outdated announcement from the original test in January. Has not been shifting to 9475 for several weeks now WTWW continues to be missing from 24-hour operation, perhaps taking a rest before official inauguration April 1. At 1412 March 27, absent from 9480. WTWW has been off the air a lot lately, rather than 24 hours, but March 30 at 1340 it was back on 9480 with PPP. Seems to have been more active on night channel 5755 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GH: I am monitoring WTWW, Lebanon TN on 9480 crossmodding with crosstalk and SAH sounding like a tone test at the same time on this frequency as of 1848 UT on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Seems like there is a problem either WYFR relay is blending in or WTWW is putting voice with Tone here on this channel. Can you confirm this strange anomaly? Using Sangean ATS818ACS with outdoor Coax Dipole with coax leadin. 73's, (Noble West, TN, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Starting today WTWW has shifted to 9479 kHz! George McClintock tells me the FCC has OK`d it. The `tone` is a heterodyne of 1 kHz which now results from other stations still on 9480.0, no longer YFR via Germany, but CRI via Albania at 1800-2000 in French. Voice of Russia might also be using it after that time, and China at other times. It is certainly audible, not subaudible. This is not `crossmodulation` either. 9479 is the frequency where WTWW has shifted its daytime frequency 9480 as of March 31, at least temporarily. George McClintock tells me the FCC has OK`d it. The reason is an unexpected interference problem very near the transmitter site. The school system of Smith County has a remote receiver on a mountaintop which happens to use 151.680 MHz, and the sixteenth [!] harmonic of WTWW from 9.480 has been interfering with their communication to school buses, altho it is not a serious safety issue. He has been trying to deal with this for two weeks, which may account for a lot of time off the air from 9480. WTWW`s harmonic is properly more than 80 dB suppressed, but in this circumstance it is not enough. Until a new more powerful and extremely expensive harmonic filter to 90 dB can be obtained and installed, by shifting to 9.479, WTWW moves the harmonic far enough off, to 151.664 MHz. Unfortunately, altho the local problem has been solved, WTWW now faces heterodynes from stations still on 9480, such as CRI via Albania at 1800-2000 in French, which must be a co-channel QRM problem anyway in eastern North America and Europe. How did that get past HFCC? WTWW is so strong here, that CRI was no problem when we checked before 2000, tho it made a big het on George`s receiver a few miles away in the skip zone. Voice of Russia might also be using 9480 after that time, and China at other times. Of course, WTWW could seek a completely different frequency, but he hates to give up 9480 which had been inherited from KAIJ and properly coördinated. Also, Radio Netherlands via Philippines in Indonesian at 22-23 on 9475 made a noticeable 4-kHz het with WTWW, both here and in the Tennessee skip zone. George says he could also shift to 9481 if that would be more advantageous. Casual listeners tuning to 9480 may not even notice the change. WTWW was still on 9479 at 1331 check April 1, no foolin`, making R. Australia 9475 that much more difficult. Meanwhile, Pastor Pete Peters continues to be the only programming on WTWW. George says he has been inundated with hundreds of postal reception reports to an address on FCC records, even tho he has not solicited them. Many of them enclose $1 return postage. He does not have the time or staff to deal with them all. However, a new QSL card is on the way to the printer. Many of the reports come from Japan. George theorizes that Peters` message of racial purity appeals to the Asians, even tho PPP is from a white-Christian perspective. I question whether many Japanese DXers really appreciate what PPP is saying in English; rather just are after a QSL from a new station. Also the mail from Europe has been ``staggering``. Of course, PPP surely appeals to neo-Nazis and cowboy fans as well (gh`s comment). (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15550-USB, WJHR still active, March 27 at 1417 with screaming preacher; racking up fines for every day of illegal operation? 15550-USB, March 29 at 1714 check, just barely audible preacher, so WJHR is still active, pretending to be a SWBC station until the FCC has had enough of this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3252.70, WWRB, 0840-0850, Noted a female in English language comments. Signal was muffled and weak. This is a "Spur" from a place called Manchester. I don't have the State unfortunately (Chuck Bolland, March 27, 2010, WinRadio G305e/PD, Clewiston FL, 26.27N 081.05W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tennessee, of course. Was it // 3185, the likely source at that hour? How did you identify it as WWRB otherwise; an ID at odd time? (gh) ** U S A. 13845, big mushy spur from WEWN 13835, March 27 at 1423 over WWCR, the rightful occupant of 13845. At times like these I figure WEWN has not reduced its spurs at all, certainly not eliminated them as hoped. 6890, March 28 at 0533 with Bible story in English, fair with flutter and much weaker than WYFR 6875, not // more Bible stuff on WWRB 5050. This is about Palm Sunday. WEWN? Yes, has used this frequency before and now is back on their schedule for A-10, at 05-09. With the flutter, backscatter? sounded like it could be coming from afar instead of anear. 11550, large S9+25 open carrier at 1335 April 1; must be WEWN, but where`s the Spanish modulation? Other frequency 12050 is running normally. Then at 1337, 11550 with WEWN ID, and joining same programming in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9345, new frequency from WWCR at 21-24: March 29 at 2131, VG with preacher; in fact by 2159 ID it was splattering between 9325 and 9365. A new frequency means numerous new opportunities for harmonics and mixing products, so I compute them with the other four transmitters on air during these two sesquihours, 13845, 9980, 7465 and 1300, i.e. leapfrogs, sums and differences. Checked most of them which might propagate and came up clean so far: 28035, 23190, 19235, 18690, 18345, 16810, 11225, 10645, 10615, 8710, 8045, 5585, 4845, 4500, 1880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) (website) WWCR A10 Schedule March 28, 2010 to May 31, 2010 Transmitter #1 - 100 KW - 46 Degrees 12:00 AM-04:00 AM 0500-0900 3.215 MHz 04:00 AM-06:00 AM 0900-1100 9.985 MHz 06:00 AM-04:00 PM 1100-2100 15.825 MHz 04:00 PM-08:00 PM 2100-0100 7.465 MHz 08:00 PM-12:00 AM 0100-0500 3.215 MHz Transmitter #2 - 100 KW - 85 Degrees 12:00 AM-07:00 AM 0500-1200 5.935 MHz 07:00 AM-11:00 AM 1200-1600 7.490 MHz 11:00 AM-04:00 PM 1600-2100 12.160 MHz 04:00 PM-07:00 PM 2100-0000 9.345 MHz 07:00 PM-12:00 AM 0000-0500 5.935 MHz Transmitter #3 - 100 KW - 40 Degrees 12:00 AM-07:00 AM 0500-1200 4.840 MHz 07:00 AM-07:00 PM 1200-0000 13.845 MHz 07:00 PM-12:00 AM 0000-0500 4.840 MHz Transmitter #4 - 100 KW - 90 Degrees 12:00 AM-07:00 AM 0500-1200 5.890 MHz 07:00 AM-09:00 PM 1200-0200 9.980 MHz 09:00 PM-12:00 AM 0200-0500 5.890 MHz (via Jean-Michel Aubier, France, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. I have been trying to confirm whether the International Radio Report is still on Area 51 Sundays at 5:30 pm ET = 2130 UT on 5110. Last week something else was on the webcast at this time. Not today either: This Sunday March 28 I hear nothing on 5110, but there is Pirates Week with off-air SW recording examples, on 9330-CUSB! Very good signal, better than 7415 and much better in full daypath than 5110 could be now. Also on // 15420-CUSB almost as strong at 9330. 7415 has Marian`s Attic as usual, 21-22 Sundays. No IRR, but the Area 51 blog shows: ``Special Test Transmissions on 9330 and 15420 Posted: under WBCQ. Tags: 15420, 9330, devo, onair Tonight, Sunday, March 28, 2010, Area 51 will be heard on three frequencies: •5.110 MHz: 5pm to 10pm eastern time [21-02 UT] •9.330 MHz: 5pm to 10pm eastern time [21-02 UT] •15.420 MHz: 5pm to 8pm eastern time [21-24 UT] You can address reception reports and QSL requests to radio @ zappahead.net Tonight’s schedule: •5:20pm (2120 UTC): Pirates Week with Ragnar Danesjkold •6:00pm (2200 UTC): Radio Jennifer •7:00pm (2300 UTC): Radio Jamba International •8:00pm (0000 UTC): Radio Newyork International on WBCQ presents: Devo Spectacular from the National Cynical Network and the Lymph Node Institute •10:00pm (0200 UTC): Sign off`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, When I tried to fire up 5110 today at 5:40 pm Eastern, it didn't cooperate. I called Tom in Monticello, who confirmed we have an oscillator problem and put the BC-610 backup on air, 300 watts AM. This wasn't done until 5:15 so I started Pirates Week late and had to skip IRR again. We then fired up 9330 and 15420 as a test and the former is blasting in here now. No sign at all of 15420 here. 5110 is weak but audible and has gotten better over the past 45 minutes. Assuming we don't have any more transmitter issues, IRR will return next week at 2130. Regards, Lw (Larry Will, Area 51, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I heard WBCQ from about 2130 to 2210 UT on 9330 here, in SW Germany over a Syrian shallow-modulated signal. I tried 7415 just in case (no WBCQ there). I didn't think about checking 15420 or 5110. I have to say that the Pirates Week was pretty interesting. Never heard this program before (Sergei S., March 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 11715, KJES, March 27 at 1511, S9+22 perhaps with sporadic-E assist, but just barely audible modulation in Spanish. What a travesty! Don`t they realize you need both a carrier and modulation?? Barely audible something underneath, presumably usual R. Veritas relay via Vatican back to ME. From tomorrow, that clash at 15-16 will be gone, as the latter moves to 15350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Or NOT: see PHLIPPINES [non] 11715, KJES (Vado, NM), 1522-1525, 3/27/2010, Spanish. Talk by woman. Strong signal with low audio and tremendous hum. Really not worth expending the power required to broadcast the signal if this is the best audio they can produce (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, RX-340, IC- R75, Random Wire (90'), ALA100M Loop (20'), DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13570, WINB at 1502 March 29 signing on, unstable carrier, 1503 Tony Alamo opening show no. 643. The station with no shame, WINB has also welcomed back to the air, now that he`s out of prison, militia fanatic Mark Koernke, debited with inspiring Timothy McVey to bomb Oklahoma City. Poor Mark; I guess he wasn`t able to keep broadcasting while incarcerated like Bernie does. Feds have just raided some Michigan militians, not clear whether related to Koernke (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: ** U S A. Shortwave Broadcaster Mark Koernke A LOOK AT THE MICHIGAN MILITIA, THEN AND NOW Posted: 11:00 a.m. March 25, 2010 3 Comments Bridgewater Township officials turned to members of the Michigan Militia for help in search and rescue operations in January and February. After the January effort, militia member James Schiel issued an incident report to Liberty Tree Radio with details of the effort Today I've compiled a set of links to Michigan Militia activities, both during its peak period of activity in the 1990s and now. The focus is on two individuals who were key to the early era of the Michigan Militia, which had its peak of popularity in 1995: the founder of the movement, Norm Olson, now in Alaska; and the voice of the movement, radio broadcaster "Mark from Michigan," Mark Koernke of Dexter who runs Liberty Tree Radio. Norm Olson, Michigan Militia founder, now in Alaska Michigan Militia founder Norm Olson is now a resident of Nikiski, Alaska. TheAnchorage Daily News of March 19 reports on a meeting he organized calling for for armed militias to be ready to resist "tyranny" by the federal government. TheRedoubt (Alaska) Reporter gives an account of this meeting "buoyed by abundant doughnuts donated by The Moose is Loose bakery in Soldotna," and quotes Olson as saying "Are you more frightened of me, are you more frightened of the Alaska Citizens Militia, are you more frightened of the uniforms than you are of the federal government — the tyrants, the oppressors that are coming our way? That’s the question you must ask and answer." Olson first hit the national news scene in 1994, when an Associated Press story, printed in the Petoskey (Michigan) Daily News, said "We're not here playing soldier, we're not foolishly looking for trouble ... but tyrants should know that they will be met by force". An account of the decline of the militia movement in 2001 following the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City by Timothy McVeigh quoted Olsen as a former militiaman, saying "The militia grew because of fear, and without fear, the militia will recede. People have the feeling George Bush is America's savior. They have cable TV, and the beer's cold." Mark from Michigan, back on the air in Dexter Mark Koernke is shown in this 2008 video giving a lecture at Brave New Books in Austin, TX. A 1995 Washington Post story, syndicated in the Milwaukee Journal- Sentinel, tells of Mark from Michigan, a University of Michigan maintenance worker who by night ran an hour-long shortwave radio broadcast that the story described as "whose talk is so violent they're shunned by even the most far-right citizens' militias." Mark Koernke was imprisoned in 2001 after fleeing the scene of a bank robbery and leading police on a 50 mile chase. Judge Melinda Morris sentenced Koernke on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, resisting and obstructing an officer and fleeing a police officer. Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecutor Rolland Sizemore III tried the case. On March 15, 2007, Koernke completed his sentence and was released from prison. After Koernke's release from jail, he went back online and on the air under the name of Liberty Tree Radio, broadcasting from Dexter. Koernke is back broadcasting on shortwave radio with a show called The Intelligence Report, which runs from 6-7 p.m. on 9.265 kHz [sic]. Edward Vielmetti writes for AnnArbor.com http://www.annarbor.com/vielmetti/michigan-militia-then-and-now/ (via Kevin Redding, March 27, ABDX via DXLD) 9265 would be WINB, the station with no shame, also bringing us Tony Alamo. Their sked shows The Intelligence Report at 6-7 pm ET M-F = 2300-2400 UT but now that`s 2200-2300 UT. Then news broke of the raids on Michigan militians, and nine indicted. Koernke was not among those named (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. WYFR UPDATED SCHEDULES. We had WYFR A-10 in DXLD some weeks ago, usually one of the first new season schedules to arrive, but on March 26 we received the latest version, apparently with a number of changes, so replace the old with the new. These concern ONLY the WYFR Okeechobee site, as FR does not availablize equivalent info for its ever-growing network of overseas (and over the Mason-Dixon line) relays: FREQUENCY SORT FREQ TIME LANG AZ 5850 0500-0600 SPAN 181 * 5850 0600-0700 ENGL 181 * 5850 0700-0945 SPAN 181 * 5950 0900-1000 SPAN 355 5950 1000-1245 ENGL 355 5950 2200-0100 ENGL 355 5950 0100-0200 SPAN 355 5950 0700-0845 ENGL 285 5985 2000-0200 SPAN 181 * 5985 0200-0245 ENGL 181 * 5985 0400-0600 ENGL 355 5985 0600-0700 SPAN 355 5985 0700-1100 ENGL 355 5985 1100-1145 SPAN 355 5985 1200-1245 ENGL 315 6085 1000-1600 SPAN 181 6085 1600-1700 ENGL 181 6085 1700-1900 SPAN 181 6085 1900-1945 ENGL 181 6175 0900-1045 PORT 160 6875 0300-0445 SPAN 181 6875 0500-0600 MAND 315 6875 0600-0700 CANT 315 6875 0700-1145 ENGL 315 6915 2100-0045 SPAN 160 6985 0000-0445 ENGL 355 6985 2300-0000 FREN 355 7520 0000-0100 ENGL 142 7520 0100-0145 PORT 142 7520 0500-0545 SPAN 222 7520 0600-0745 ENGL 44 7520 2200-2300 SPAN 142 7520 2300-0000 PORT 142 7570 0100-0200 SPAN 160 7730 1100-1200 ENGL 222 7730 1200-1345 SPAN 222 7730 0300-0400 PORT 160 7730 0400-0445 SPAN 160 7730 0500-0600 GERM 44 7730 0600-0700 ROMA 44 7730 0700-0745 POLI 44 9340 0500-0600 ARAB 87 9340 0600-0700 FREN 87 9340 0700-0845 ENGL 87 9355 0400-0500 RUSS 44 9355 0500-0600 ARAB 44 9355 0600-0700 FREN 44 9355 0700-0745 SPAN 44 9355 1100-1145 SPAN 160 9385 0200-0300 ENGL 222 9385 0300-0345 SPAN 222 9505 0000-0445 ENGL 315 9505 0504-0700 SPAN 222 9505 0700-0800 ENGL 222 9505 0800-0945 SPAN 222 9550 0800-1100 SPAN 160 9550 1100-1145 ENGL 160 9605 0800-1045 PORT 142 9605 1100-1345 SPAN 222 9625 0800-1000 PORT 140 9625 1000-1100 FREN 140 9625 1100-1200 ENGL 140 9625 1200-1245 PORT 140 9680 0300-0400 SPAN 315 9680 0400-0700 ENGL 315 9680 0700-0745 SPAN 315 9715 0300-1145 SPAN 285 9755 0900-1145 ENGL 285 9985 0300-0445 SPAN 160 9985 0500-0600 SPAN 44 9985 0600-0700 ITAL 44 9985 0700-0745 PORT 44 11530 2300-0100 SPAN 160 11530 0100-0200 PORT 160 11530 0200-0300 SPAN 160 11530 0500-0600 FREN 87 11530 0600-0700 ENGL 87 11530 0700-0800 ARAB 87 11530 0800-0845 FREN 87 11530 0400-0445 PORT 87 11550 0100-0345 PORT 142 11580 0500-0600 FREN 44 11580 0600-0700 ENGL 44 11580 0700-0745 GERM 44 11580 2300-0000 ENGL 160 11580 0000-0100 PORT 160 11580 0100-0345 SPAN 160 11670 1400-1545 SPAN 222 11740 0200-0300 SPAN 222 11740 0300-0400 ENGL 222 11740 0400-0445 SPAN 222 11740 2200-2345 ENGL 315 11770 0800-1045 PORT 142 11830 1300-1645 ENGL 315 11835 0000-0200 SPAN 285 * 11835 0200-0245 ENGL 285 * 11855 0800-1145 SPAN 160 11855 2000-0145 SPAN 222 11865 1300-1400 ENGL 315 11865 1400-1500 SPAN 315 11865 1500-1600 MAND 315 11865 1600-1645 ENGL 315 11910 1300-1600 ENGL 355 11910 1600-1645 FREN 355 11970 0800-1000 SPAN 151 11970 1000-1100 FREN 151 11970 1100-1300 SPAN 151 11970 1300-1400 FREN 151 11970 1400-1545 SPAN 151 13615 1700-1800 SPAN 315 13615 1800-2145 ENGL 315 13690 1700-2000 ENGL 355 13690 2000-2100 SPAN 355 13690 2100-2145 ENGL 355 13695 1200-1300 FREN 355 13695 1300-1400 MAND 355 13695 1400-1500 ENGL 355 13695 1500-1600 SPAN 355 13695 1600-1700 ENGL 355 13800 1200-1545 SPAN 160 15130 1200-2345 SPAN 285 15190 2200-0045 PORT 142 15255 2200-2300 SPAN 151 15255 2300-0000 ENGL 151 15255 0000-0100 FREN 151 15255 0100-0300 SPAN 151 15255 0300-0400 ENGL 151 15255 0400-0445 SPAN 151 15440 2200-0200 ENGL 285 15600 1900-2000 RUSS 44 15600 2000-2100 ROMA 44 15600 2100-2200 SPAN 44 15600 2200-2245 FREN 44 15695 2000-2100 GERM 44 15695 2100-2145 PORT 44 15770 1200-1400 SPAN 160 15770 1400-1500 PORT 160 15770 1500-1545 ENGL 160 15770 1600-1645 ARAB 44 15770 2100-2200 PORT 87 15770 2200-2245 ENGL 87 17555 1200-1300 ENGL 160 17555 1300-1400 PORT 160 17555 1400-1545 SPAN 160 17725 1700-2000 PORT 140 17725 2000-2100 ENGL 140 17725 2100-2200 FREN 140 17725 2200-2300 PORT 140 17725 0000-0100 PORT 140 17725 0100-0145 SPAN 140 17750 1700-1800 GERM 44 17750 1800-1900 44 17750 1900-2000 ARAB 44 17750 2000-2045 ENGL 44 17795 1200-2145 ENGL 285 17845 1800-2200 ENGL 87 17845 2200-2245 ARAB 87 17885 1700-1745 FREN 87 18930 1600-1800 RUSS 44 18930 1800-1900 FREN 44 18930 1900-2000 ENGL 44 18930 2000-2100 44 18930 2100-2145 ARAB 44 18980 1400-1500 SPAN 142 18980 1500-1545 PORT 142 18980 1600-2145 ENGL 44 21455 1600-1800 ENGL 44 21455 1800-1900 GERM 44 21455 1900-1945 FREN 44 21525 1600-1700 ENGL 87 21525 1700-1800 PORT 87 21525 1800-2000 FREN 87 21525 2000-2045 ARAB 87 21670 1600-1700 SPAN 44 21670 1700-1800 ITAL 44 21670 1800-1845 SPAN 44 TIME SORT-WYFR-A10 [* indicating 50 instead of 100 kW absent from this sort, but can be found in the other two] TIME LANG FREQ AZ 0000-0100 ENGL 7520 142 0000-0100 FREN 15255 151 0000-0100 PORT 11580 160 0000-0100 PORT 17725 140 0000-0200 SPAN 11835 285 0000-0445 ENGL 6985 355 0000-0445 ENGL 9505 315 0100-0145 PORT 7520 142 0100-0145 SPAN 17725 140 0100-0200 PORT 11530 160 0100-0200 SPAN 5950 355 0100-0200 SPAN 7570 160 0100-0300 SPAN 15255 151 0100-0345 PORT 11550 142 0100-0345 SPAN 11580 160 0200-0245 ENGL 5985 181 0200-0245 ENGL 11835 285 0200-0300 ENGL 9385 222 0200-0300 SPAN 11530 160 0200-0300 SPAN 11740 222 0300-0345 SPAN 9385 222 0300-0400 ENGL 11740 222 0300-0400 ENGL 15255 151 0300-0400 PORT 7730 160 0300-0400 SPAN 9680 315 0300-0445 SPAN 6875 181 0300-0445 SPAN 9985 160 0300-1145 SPAN 9715 285 0400-0445 PORT 11530 87 0400-0445 SPAN 7730 160 0400-0445 SPAN 11740 222 0400-0445 SPAN 15255 151 0400-0500 RUSS 9355 44 0400-0600 ENGL 5985 355 0400-0700 ENGL 9680 315 0500-0545 SPAN 7520 222 0500-0600 ARAB 9340 87 0500-0600 ARAB 9355 44 0500-0600 FREN 11530 87 0500-0600 FREN 11580 44 0500-0600 GERM 7730 44 0500-0600 MAND 6875 315 0500-0600 SPAN 5850 181 0500-0600 SPAN 9985 44 0504-0700 SPAN 9505 222 0600-0700 CANT 6875 315 0600-0700 ENGL 5850 181 0600-0700 ENGL 11530 87 0600-0700 ENGL 11580 44 0600-0700 FREN 9340 87 0600-0700 FREN 9355 44 0600-0700 ITAL 9985 44 0600-0700 ROMA 7730 44 0600-0700 SPAN 5985 355 0600-0745 ENGL 7520 44 0700-0745 GERM 11580 44 0700-0745 POLI 7730 44 0700-0745 PORT 9985 44 0700-0745 SPAN 9355 44 0700-0745 SPAN 9680 315 0700-0800 ARAB 11530 87 0700-0800 ENGL 9505 222 0700-0845 ENGL 5950 285 0700-0845 ENGL 9340 87 0700-0945 SPAN 5850 181 0700-1100 ENGL 5985 355 0700-1145 ENGL 6875 315 0800-0845 FREN 11530 87 0800-0945 SPAN 9505 222 0800-1000 PORT 9625 140 0800-1000 SPAN 11970 151 0800-1045 PORT 9605 142 0800-1045 PORT 11770 142 0800-1100 SPAN 9550 160 0800-1145 SPAN 11855 160 0900-1000 SPAN 5950 355 0900-1045 PORT 6175 160 0900-1145 ENGL 9755 285 1000-1100 FREN 9625 140 1000-1100 FREN 11970 151 1000-1245 ENGL 5950 355 1000-1600 SPAN 6085 181 1100-1145 ENGL 9550 160 1100-1145 SPAN 5985 355 1100-1145 SPAN 9355 160 1100-1200 ENGL 7730 222 1100-1200 ENGL 9625 140 1100-1300 SPAN 11970 151 1100-1345 SPAN 9605 222 1200-1245 ENGL 5985 315 1200-1245 PORT 9625 140 1200-1300 ENGL 17555 160 1200-1300 FREN 13695 355 1200-1345 SPAN 7730 222 1200-1400 SPAN 15770 160 1200-1545 SPAN 13800 160 1200-2145 ENGL 17795 285 1200-2345 SPAN 15130 285 1300-1400 ENGL 11865 315 1300-1400 FREN 11970 151 1300-1400 MAND 13695 355 1300-1400 PORT 17555 160 1300-1600 ENGL 11910 355 1300-1645 ENGL 11830 315 1400-1500 ENGL 13695 355 1400-1500 PORT 15770 160 1400-1500 SPAN 11865 315 1400-1500 SPAN 18980 142 1400-1545 SPAN 11670 222 1400-1545 SPAN 11970 151 1400-1545 SPAN 17555 160 1500-1545 ENGL 15770 160 1500-1545 PORT 18980 142 1500-1600 MAND 11865 315 1500-1600 SPAN 13695 355 1600-1645 ARAB 15770 44 1600-1645 ENGL 11865 315 1600-1645 FREN 11910 355 1600-1700 ENGL 6085 181 1600-1700 ENGL 13695 355 1600-1700 ENGL 21525 87 1600-1700 SPAN 21670 44 1600-1800 ENGL 21455 44 1600-1800 RUSS 18930 44 1600-2145 ENGL 18980 44 1700-1745 FREN 17885 87 1700-1800 GERM 17750 44 1700-1800 ITAL 21670 44 1700-1800 PORT 21525 87 1700-1800 SPAN 13615 315 1700-1900 SPAN 6085 181 1700-2000 ENGL 13690 355 1700-2000 PORT 17725 140 1800-1845 SPAN 21670 44 1800-1900 FREN 18930 44 1800-1900 GERM 21455 44 1800-1900 ITAL 17750 44 1800-2000 FREN 21525 87 1800-2145 ENGL 13615 315 1800-2200 ENGL 17845 87 1900-1945 ENGL 6085 181 1900-1945 FREN 21455 44 1900-2000 ARAB 17750 44 1900-2000 ENGL 18930 44 1900-2000 RUSS 15600 44 2000-0145 SPAN 11855 222 2000-0200 SPAN 5985 181 2000-2045 ARAB 21525 87 2000-2045 ENGL 17750 44 2000-2100 ENGL 17725 140 2000-2100 GERM 15695 44 2000-2100 POLI 18930 44 2000-2100 ROMA 15600 44 2000-2100 SPAN 13690 355 2100-0045 SPAN 6915 160 2100-2145 ARAB 18930 44 2100-2145 ENGL 13690 355 2100-2145 PORT 15695 44 2100-2200 FREN 17725 140 2100-2200 PORT 15770 87 2100-2200 SPAN 15600 44 2200-0045 PORT 15190 142 2200-0100 ENGL 5950 355 2200-0200 ENGL 15440 285 2200-2245 ARAB 17845 87 2200-2245 ENGL 15770 87 2200-2245 FREN 15600 44 2200-2300 PORT 17725 140 2200-2300 SPAN 7520 142 2200-2300 SPAN 15255 151 2200-2345 ENGL 11740 315 2300-0000 ENGL 11580 160 2300-0000 ENGL 15255 151 2300-0000 FREN 6985 355 2300-0000 PORT 7520 142 2300-0100 SPAN 11530 160 LANGUAGE SORT-WYFR-A-10 LANG TIME (UTC) FREQ (KHZ) AZ ARAB 0500-0600 9340 87 ARAB 0500-0600 9355 44 ARAB 0700-0800 11530 87 ARAB 1600-1645 15770 44 ARAB 1900-2000 17750 44 ARAB 2200-2245 17845 87 ARAB 2100-2145 18930 44 ARAB 2000-2045 21525 87 CANT 0600-0700 6875 315 ENGL 0600-0700 5850 181 * ENGL 1000-1245 5950 355 ENGL 2200-0100 5950 355 ENGL 0700-0845 5950 285 ENGL 0200-0245 5985 181 * ENGL 0400-0600 5985 355 ENGL 0700-1100 5985 355 ENGL 1200-1245 5985 315 ENGL 1600-1700 6085 181 ENGL 1900-1945 6085 181 ENGL 0700-1145 6875 315 ENGL 0000-0445 6985 355 ENGL 0000-0100 7520 142 ENGL 0600-0745 7520 44 ENGL 1100-1200 7730 222 ENGL 0700-0845 9340 87 ENGL 0200-0300 9385 222 ENGL 0000-0445 9505 315 ENGL 0700-0800 9505 222 ENGL 1100-1145 9550 160 ENGL 1100-1200 9625 140 ENGL 0400-0700 9680 315 ENGL 0900-1145 9755 285 ENGL 0600-0700 11530 87 ENGL 0600-0700 11580 44 ENGL 2300-0000 11580 160 ENGL 0300-0400 11740 222 ENGL 2200-2345 11740 315 ENGL 1300-1645 11830 315 ENGL 0200-0245 11835 285 * ENGL 1300-1400 11865 315 ENGL 1600-1645 11865 315 ENGL 1300-1600 11910 355 ENGL 1800-2145 13615 315 ENGL 1700-2000 13690 355 ENGL 2100-2145 13690 355 ENGL 1400-1500 13695 355 ENGL 1600-1700 13695 355 ENGL 2300-0000 15255 151 ENGL 0300-0400 15255 151 ENGL 2200-0200 15440 285 ENGL 1500-1545 15770 160 ENGL 2200-2245 15770 87 ENGL 1200-1300 17555 160 ENGL 2000-2100 17725 140 ENGL 2000-2045 17750 44 ENGL 1200-2145 17795 285 ENGL 1800-2200 17845 87 ENGL 1900-2000 18930 44 ENGL 1600-2145 18980 44 ENGL 1600-1800 21455 44 ENGL 1600-1700 21525 87 FREN 2300-0000 6985 355 FREN 0600-0700 9340 87 FREN 0600-0700 9355 44 FREN 1000-1100 9625 140 FREN 0500-0600 11530 87 FREN 0800-0845 11530 87 FREN 0500-0600 11580 44 FREN 1600-1645 11910 355 FREN 1000-1100 11970 151 FREN 1300-1400 11970 151 FREN 1200-1300 13695 355 FREN 0000-0100 15255 151 FREN 2200-2245 15600 44 FREN 2100-2200 17725 140 FREN 1700-1745 17885 87 FREN 1800-1900 18930 44 FREN 1900-1945 21455 44 FREN 1800-2000 21525 87 GERM 0500-0600 7730 44 GERM 0700-0745 11580 44 GERM 2000-2100 15695 44 GERM 1700-1800 17750 44 GERM 1800-1900 21455 44 ITAL 0600-0700 9985 44 ITAL 1800-1900 17750 44 ITAL 1700-1800 21670 44 MAND 0500-0600 6875 315 MAND 1500-1600 11865 315 MAND 1300-1400 13695 355 POLI 0700-0745 7730 44 POLI 2000-2100 18930 44 PORT 0900-1045 6175 160 PORT 0100-0145 7520 142 PORT 2300-0000 7520 142 PORT 0300-0400 7730 160 PORT 0800-1045 9605 142 PORT 0800-1000 9625 140 PORT 1200-1245 9625 140 PORT 0700-0745 9985 44 PORT 0100-0200 11530 160 PORT 0400-0445 11530 87 PORT 0100-0345 11550 142 PORT 0000-0100 11580 160 PORT 0800-1045 11770 142 PORT 2200-0045 15190 142 PORT 2100-2145 15695 44 PORT 1400-1500 15770 160 PORT 2100-2200 15770 87 PORT 1300-1400 17555 160 PORT 1700-2000 17725 140 PORT 2200-2300 17725 140 PORT 0000-0100 17725 140 PORT 1500-1545 18980 142 PORT 1700-1800 21525 87 ROMA 0600-0700 7730 44 ROMA 2000-2100 15600 44 RUSS 0400-0500 9355 44 RUSS 1900-2000 15600 44 RUSS 1600-1800 18930 44 SPAN 0500-0600 5850 181 * SPAN 0700-0945 5850 181 * SPAN 0900-1000 5950 355 SPAN 0100-0200 5950 355 SPAN 2000-0200 5985 181 * SPAN 0600-0700 5985 355 SPAN 1100-1145 5985 355 SPAN 1000-1600 6085 181 SPAN 1700-1900 6085 181 SPAN 0300-0445 6875 181 * SPAN 2100-0045 6915 160 SPAN 0500-0545 7520 222 SPAN 2200-2300 7520 142 SPAN 0100-0200 7570 160 SPAN 1200-1345 7730 222 SPAN 0400-0445 7730 160 SPAN 0700-0745 9355 44 SPAN 1100-1145 9355 160 SPAN 0300-0345 9385 222 SPAN 0504-0700 9505 222 SPAN 0800-0945 9505 222 SPAN 0800-1100 9550 160 SPAN 1100-1345 9605 222 SPAN 0300-0400 9680 315 SPAN 0700-0745 9680 315 SPAN 0300-1145 9715 285 * SPAN 0300-0445 9985 160 SPAN 0500-0600 9985 44 SPAN 2300-0100 11530 160 SPAN 0200-0300 11530 160 SPAN 0100-0345 11580 160 SPAN 1400-1545 11670 222 SPAN 0200-0300 11740 222 SPAN 0400-0445 11740 222 SPAN 0000-0200 11835 285 * SPAN 0800-1145 11855 160 SPAN 2000-0145 11855 222 SPAN 1400-1500 11865 315 SPAN 0800-1000 11970 151 SPAN 1100-1300 11970 151 SPAN 1400-1545 11970 151 SPAN 1700-1800 13615 315 SPAN 2000-2100 13690 355 SPAN 1500-1600 13695 355 SPAN 1200-1545 13800 160 SPAN 1200-2345 15130 285 * SPAN 2200-2300 15255 151 SPAN 0100-0300 15255 151 SPAN 0400-0445 15255 151 SPAN 2100-2200 15600 44 SPAN 1200-1400 15770 160 SPAN 1400-1545 17555 160 SPAN 0100-0145 17725 140 SPAN 1400-1500 18980 142 SPAN 1600-1700 21670 44 SPAN 1800-1845 21670 44 (Evelyn Marcy, WYFR Okeechobee, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 4050, KWMO, Washington MO, 3 x 1350, with C&W music, March 28 at 0536, better signal than usual, with some SSB and other ute QRM mostly on the low side. Still no sign of R. Verdad, Guatemala on 4052.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. A reminder that WORLD FOCUS goes off the air after this Friday`s edition, April 2. Axually, the last couple of sesquiweeks have been ``best-of`` stuff from the archives on a single theme each day, so I expect most of the staff had already left. Read all about it here, including 1000+ comments from viewers: http://worldfocus.org/blog/2010/03/08/our-worldfocus-broadcast-will-go-off-the-air-after-april-2/9999/ They say the website will continue as an online news source. OKLA, the secondary OETA channel in Oklahoma where we have been seeing it, is replacing WF with more repeats of its own produxions rather than world news from another source, such as DW or Aljazeera, which were both contributors to WF. OKLA continues to carry BBC World News immediately following at 2130 UT M-F, delayed, it seems, one sesquihour as has been given away when trying to cover breaking news. They have rotating multi-ethnic anchors, so you never know who will be on next, just to make the point that the news is more important than the presenter; it`s even hard to catch their names. One thing that really annoys me is the frequent use of the condescending ``for you`` especially by the main(?) anchor, Mike Embree (sp?). Produxion is rejiggered from time to time, and there are all-too-frequent technical gaffes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BBC News and WNET Are Together Again By ELIZABETH JENSEN; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF April 2, 2010 Arts, Briefly http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/arts/television/02arts-BBCNEWSANDWN_BRF.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print Nearly two years after a nasty split, "BBC World News" and WNET.org have made up. The weeknight newscast will return on Monday to WNET, Channel 13 in New York, where it will air at 5:30 p.m., and to its sister station, WLIW, Channel 21, which will broadcast it at 11 p.m. WNET.org, the parent company of the two public stations, announced in April 2008 that it planned to drop the BBC newscast, which WLIW also distributed to public stations nationwide, in favor of an in-house- produced international news program called "Worldfocus." At the time Neal Shapiro, the president and chief executive of WNET.org, criticized the BBC program for not presenting enough context for American viewers. But "Worldfocus," which had its debut in October 2008, was unable to find enough financing to keep going, despite strong viewer support. A WNET spokeswoman, Kellie Specter, said that Mr. Shapiro, who was not available for comment, still firmly believes in the "Worldfocus" goal to make foreign news less foreign to the audience, but with that show being canceled, "we are still committed to international news and analysis and that's the reason he brought `BBC World News' back." (NY Times via Mike Cooper, DXLD) US PUBLIC TELEVISION NEWSCAST WORLDFOCUS WILL END; DW JOURNAL STEPS IN "WNET announced this month that Worldfocus will end April 2. 'We were unable to cover the costs,' says Stephen Segaller, the station’s national production chief. 'It launched one week after the collapse of Lehman Brothers into an impossible financial environment.' The station sent the newscast out 17 months ago to do battle with a U.S.-tailored product of the BBC World Service. (Germany’s equivalent of the BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, will step in April 5 with a competing nightly Journal that also succeeds Worldfocus on the PBS World channel.)" Steve Behrens, Current.org, 22 March 2010. Re Deutsche Welle Journal: "The half-hour newscast is also available without charge to public TV stations at 4 p.m., live from Berlin, and is carried in about 40 markets, says Greg Fitzgerald, DW programming coordinator for the United States. In some cities, it's carried by the largest pubTV station in the market, such as San Francisco's KQED and Philadephia's WHYY, but in many it's on a less-watched station. The German service, like other overseas broadcasters, was already contributing English-language reports to the financially squeezed Worldfocus, especially in recent months." Current.org, 24 March 2010. Thanks to Joe Durso for these news tips. Posted: 01 Apr 2010 (www.kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** U S A. WE STILL HAVE ANALOG TV IN WASHINGTON DC AREA Didn't turn on the digital converter box the other day and scanned thru the analog channels (wish the digital converter box would allow such unprogrammed scanning). Found, although fuzzy, Spanish programming on channel 6 with ID at the bottom of the screen. WDCN from Fairfax, VA. While fuzzy, program was watchable. Using regular outside TV antenna (from Radio Shack when it was actually "Radio Shack") and RG6 coax from antenna into the TV. Antenna basically points North. I'm sure if I had a roto controller the signal would improve. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'm in Frederick, MD and get this station weakly on my car stereo at FM-87.7. It's one of those channel 6 stations acting as a radio station, believe it's dubbed "Mega 87.7" with hit Spanish language music. It has actually become competitive with "real" FMer "El Zol" 99.1 WLZL since the later is a signal some 20 miles away from the metro, a "rim-shot" compared to WDCN's tower in Arlington. What exactly is on the video side of WDCN? [slightly later:] Let me correct myself, the station is called "La Nueva 87.7". I misheard last time I listened. Here's their official website, http://lanueva877.com/ Another LPTV you can probably get in the DC area is Daystar on channel 23. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDCN-LP (Travers, ibid.) ** VENEZUELA [non]. Surprised to find an RNV transmission on the air an hour earlier than previously: after I noticed Habana missing from 11760, March 27 at 1400, I tuned down to 11680, and there was big S9+25 open carrier; 1401 joined RNV in progress, program summary by the broken-English YL. Hmm, seems all the segments are about El Hugazo one way or another: the state, it`s he. First: evaluating the electrical plant; later, visiting a bolivarian school where he is greatly honored. At 1438 she was reading an attempted translation of a long polemic, MEGO. 1445 mentioning ``las niñas de Chávez``, implying I hope only that he is a father-figure, and Windows boot-up logo. Off at 1458*. So has the 15-16 UT broadcast partly in English been moved to 14-15, or was this just another SNAFU? If it has been deliberately moved earlier, how about all the other RNV transmissions? Altho the 15-16 UT RNV relay via Cuba on 11680 occurred an hour earlier at 14-15 on March 27, the next day there was nothing on 11680 before or after 15, checked at 1409 and 1509. That`s inconclusive, since it`s often missing altogether Sundays whether or not it`s an Alo, Presidente day. I did not get around to checking for that until 1904, no sign of it then on the five listed frequencies, and daily 19- 20 broadcast on 15290 was underway. BTW, El Hugazo even occupied RHC`s DX program En Contacto, 1335-1350 March 28 on 13780 et al., about inauguration of Radio del Sur (NOT a SW station), and praising RHC for the thousands of hours it has devoted to relaying his rants. Back to Saturday March 27: since the morning broadcast was unexpectedly an hour early, I checked the following ones and found them all at their normal times: 1900+ on 15290, 2000+ on 17705, 2200+ on 11670 (with QRDRM from 11675 at 2247, likely Kuwait rather than New Zealand); and the same broadcast I had heard at 1401 starting in English, repeated at 2302 as 13680 carrier joined it in progress, // 15250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Radio Nacional de Venezuela, 30 March 2010 from 2259 to 2359 UTC on 13680 kHz (via Cuba ). Program mixed in Spanish and English, rather difficult to follow due to quick changes between languages during the hour-long program. In addition, at 2340 hours UTC, a female announcer in English said: “This Sunday, March 7th,” so I must have been listening to a rebroadcast of an earlier program this evening. At 2330 hours UTC, during an English segment, a female announcer mentioned “Program Number 364” about the 8 million Internet users in Venezuela and Internet access centers in the country. SINPO = 45433, S7 to S8 level, depending on fading. 73’s, (Ed Insinger, Summit, NJ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. 15195, March 27 at 1413 M&M dialog in Vietnamese, good signal I had not noticed before: it`s RFA via TINIAN at 14-15. Goodbye: tomorrow it moves to 11680, where it will collide with Venezuela q.v. via Cuba if it stays at that hour; not to mention variable-frequency KCBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6150.03, 1526, March 30, unid carrier fading in but not gaining enough strength for me to be able to detect any definite audio. Freq is clear until co-channel DW Kigali appears at 1600. From past experience I'd say this must be R Bayrak from Northern Cyprus. Can anyone else confirm? 73, (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9775-SSB, 2-way Spanish intruders here at 1441 March 31, whistling into mike. At least they found a frequency clear of broadcasters at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11735, ZANZIBAR BACK ON AIR? Hi Glenn and Group, Following reception of presumed V of Tanzania, Zanzibar on the 26th in African language, same tonight (28th) and again abruptly off at 20,00, anyone else receiving this, perhaps back on air. I will listen again tomorrow and record. I could send this to the group. Glenn, what is the policy regarding recordings ? attach as a small mp3 or what ? or not! (Mark Davies, Isle of Anglesey, North Wales, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still have not heard anything from it here. Attaching a small mp3 will be fine. We prefer attachments instead of posting to files section since that is getting full. Russia might also be using 11735 during those hours (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Hi All, Have been trying nearly every day to see if Zanzibar has reactivated and NOTHING close to what their programming would sound like, has been heard. Want to think I heard a station in Portuguese, perhaps the Brazilian? Usually, RT-Z puts in a good signal in NSW, so I'm inclined to think someone else is being heard. 73s (David Sharp, NSW Australia, March 28, ibid.) Nothing heard on 11735 kHz channel from Tanzania on March 29th and 30th and 31st in late afternoon. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 15106, weak het against 15105, BBC Hausa via Ascension, April 1 at 1354 and still at 1359. Most likely 15105 station to be off-frequency is PBC Pakistan, scheduled from 1330 in Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, it's not Radio Pakistan, Glenn. They are not using 15105 at 1330- 1530 UT for Urdu. This service is being heard on listed 7530 and 11575. The two 250 kW transmitters are usually to be found more or less on the frequency they are supposed to be using. It's the two remaining 100 kW transmitters that vary (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Intruder on 15390, big multiplex ute signal at 1415 March 27, still there at 1501 and 1517. This is where we usually hear Greenville tuning up for 1630 Creole broadcast, but this signal is not as strong as GB; we have wondered whether IBB transmitters are ever still used for digital DOS traffic. In any event, this has no business within the SWBC band. I briefly heard a similar sound around 15750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15868 approx., March 30 at 2018, as I tuned by caught snatch of American YL in SSB with position report. Did not have time to pinpoint frequency, but kept monitoring for more than a semihour, and only heard occasional ute digital bursts likely from same transmitter, and at 2037 missed another very brief SSB voice transmission. Plus or minus 2 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Three almost-logs. Hi all, went hilltopping to escape the urban QRN. Bandscan at 1555 27/3/10 reveals: 18420, Language sounded Russian hum on audio, 3 x 6140 18450, unfamiliar IS before props crashed at 1600, 3 x 6150 19440, very distorted off freq music not 2 x 9720 Apologies for the lack of detail it was spur of the moment trip and i wasn't prepared (Tim Bucknall, Long Edge, North Staffordshire, Icom IC-7000 + Modulator CB whip on rooftop mag mount, harmonics yg via DXLD) B-09 still in effect. I reported the 18450 harmonic a few weeks ago, which appeared to be YFR in Punjabi or Urdu via Krasnodar or Armavir; see DXLD 10-09 under RUSSIA. Is the YFR IS unfamiliar to you? How do you know 19440 was not 2 x 9720? Do you mean it was not 2 x a station you could hear on 9720? It could still have been another one, e.g. R. Victoria, see PERU, reported active there and we know their other frequency is harmonical. But nothing heard yet here on 19440 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ Search of postings at the DXLD YAHOOGROUP Hi Glenn, Very good news! It looks as if we can now successfully “search” the past dxldyg postings. Incredible! Seems to actually be current! This will be a big help now in doing research! (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, March 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Was the search option restored only for those with US IP-address? Because it's not working with my QTH (Sergei S., Germany?, ibid.) This was a problem with Yahoo's software that started with some changes they made last year - the search facility was available, and then suddenly was availble only for older posts. It has now been restored to search all posts (even ones only minutes old!) As for Sergei's comment, No - I am on a few UK sites and their search facilities have been restored now. I presume the change is being rolled out to different groups over a period (Keith Bradbury, UK, ibid.) Keith, yes! It's working now! Hopefully, the search function is here to stay. I really missed it at times. I can't believe it took Yahoo such a long time to fix such an crucial feature. Isn't Yahoo still a search engine after all? :) (Sergei S., ibid.) Me, too. Over the years we have collected quite a lot of knowledge here, "concentrating on but not limited to shortwave", not even limited to broadcasting. As an example, I have just been asked about Radio Vltava. Now I can stop complicated attempts to find the details I have in mind (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) Great to see the search facility is working again on DXLD. However we are still waiting for it to be restored on the BDXC yahoo group and having just checked a number of the other UK based groups which I'm subscribed to I find its also not yet working on most of those. A while ago Yahoo advised me that a fix was being rolled out to all groups over the coming weeks, so hopefully it will happen soon (Dave Kenny, ibid.) Hi Glenn, Interesting to see that naswayg does not yet have the improved search facility! So we are lucky to have it up and running. (Ron Howard, March 28 (0025 UT), ibid.) Good Morning Glenn, Hope all is well over in Enid. Was raining hard here, so did not make it to the beach today. Too wet to string out my antenna. Want to say how great it is to now have the full capacity to search dxldyg postings! It helps make my logs more informative than before, as I can find back items that provide me with better background for my postings. Even if it was frustrating at times, was well worth the wait! Poor naswayg still doesn’t have the improved searching ability yet. Thanks again for your never ending contributions to our hobby! May you never retire! Well, at least until I quit listening to SW radio! Thanks again. Best regards, (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, March 30) TINY TRAP +++++++++ Lester Holt, NBC ``Nightly`` News anchor, March 27 referred to that volcano-erupting place as ``tiny Iceland`` (Clara Listensprechen, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ BASIC BANTU --- See UGANDA [non] LERNT SPANISCH BEI DER BRITISCHEN WELLE Now you have less excuse for not understanding Spanish well enough to DX in it: http://www.bbc.com/languages provides ``varying levels`` of instruxion for 36 languages free of charge. Lessons range from audio and video courses to ``Quick Fixes``. Beginners` courses available in French, Spanish, German and Italian last for 12 weeks and feature weekly e- mail tips. Source: The New York Times (The Week, March 19, via DXLD) Storm terminology in DXLD 10-12, AUSTRALIA (BTW tnx!) To muddy the waters--so to speak--still further, U.S. meteorologists use the word "derecho" (you probably know the definition in Spanish) to describe a non-hurricane, non-tornado with strong straight-line winds. I know from experience that a derecho can cause considerable damage, which is sometimes mistaken for that caused by a tornado. What I saw from a 1998 derecho in the Rochester NY area (we were driving our son, the future meteorologist, off to college :-))--tops of evergreens twisted off halfway up the trunk, 20-30 feet off the ground. You'd swear it was from a tornado but NOAA said nope, straight-line winds; still doesn't make sense to me but --- Tnx for insisting on linguistic precision (since we have all these words in English!) Wishing you very 73 and a tornado-free spring de (Anne Fanelli (mother of a meteorologist :-)) in Elma NY, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I noticed your comments re: confusion of weather terms in relation to what happened in Shepparton. From my ten years living here (ex-Florida), there is no question in how the weather is described. A hurricane is a "cyclone." Forecasters generally call a tornado, a tornado (even though they are somewhat rare). The bad weather which hit Shepparton also ripped through Melbourne's CBD with big wind and hail. This is the first time I have ever heard anyone describe a tornado as a "cyclone." Yes, a tornado is "cyclonic" in nature but that's not the same as a "cyclone" (which generally strike the northern latitudes of this country ). 73s (David Sharp, NSW Australia, ibid.) Just to be picky, is it not an "anticyclone" in the southern hemisphere? (Andy O`Brien, NY, ibid.) Anticyclone is another term for the counterpart of a cyclone, a high- pressure area/system, on English weather maps marked as "H". The term "cyclone" is a bit ambiguous: If I understand it right it is in Australia used alone for the kind of very strong cyclones elsewhere known as hurricane or typhoon. But elsewhere "cyclone" refers to the extratropical low-pressure systems, "L" on the weather maps. Here is another decription of the Shepparton weather event. Indeed no hurricane, to use the American term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Victorian_storms (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) This all started when Nigel Holmes of Radio Australia was quoted as saying that a `cyclone` had hit Shepparton, causing numerous transmissions to be missing for several days (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY See PAKISTAN +++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ FUTURE OF SHORTWAVE, RECEIVERS The threads in 10-12 under NETHERLANDS [non] and SWEDEN, regarding the fate of shortwave and its receivers goes on and on at the Media Network blog, starting with the March 17 story about Radio Sweden. http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/radio-sweden-to-become-an-internet-only-station Here are some of the additional comments: #56 Luke Biddle on Mar 27th, 2010 at 12:37 Although my earlier comments wrote off SW to the dustbin of history, I must admit I did that through western eyes. Certainly it is still being used in developing countries, since internet services are not of the speed or price tag we enjoy in the developed world, and I guess the internet is not accessible at all in many places. As for receivers, it would appear that all the big names are dropping out or have dropped out of the market since they can see the way things are heading. However, there are numerous startup companies producing sets. Indeed, the only set I own that works is a rebadged clone from China, bought about 2 years ago for roughly US$100 from my local electronics hobby shop. It gives outstanding performance for the price. In addition to analogue reception I use it to decode DRM, since it has an IF output on the back. Having said all this, it’s hard to see how broadcasters could ever return to SW. So many have dismantled their transmitters and masts, or drastically reduced services, all starting on that fateful day in 2001 when BBCWS cut North America and the Pacific off their map. #59 Keith Perron on Mar 27th, 2010 at 16:17 Roy I agree with you that there are many receivers on the market. The area in China where over 90% of electronics are made come from Dongguan prefecture in Guangdong and going to China often and have been to the main plant operated by Tescun the only ones there to have a SW production line I can tell you it’s silent. The stock being sold are in a warehouse in Wanjiang District. They have not just a few hundred, but millions to get rid of. Some of them which are considered as new models in Europe or North America have been on the China market for more than 8 years. The owners of the factory even told me if a receiver is picked up overseas the only thing they do is stamp a recent date on it and thats it. But as they told me not just once but many times, once this stock is all gone no more will be made. The company which is state owed has been given a new directive from the government. You know the Tecsun BCL3000 (there is also a Grundig model). The last one to role off the assembly line was in 2002 in China. But so many were made to get a new one is easy. This is how state owned enterprises in China operate. I can give you an example not related to radio. The Nancheng Aircraft Company back in the mid 1950s started making motorcycles based on the old BMW R71. After WW2 the Ural company helped the Chinese to make these. From around the mid 50s until 1999 they made millions. Production stopped. But guess what they still have millions in stock which anyone can buy new for 1000USD in China, for overseas more. As for parts, not to worry; so many millions of parts were made, you would only need to worry where to get them from in 20 years. The point I’m trying to make is because some company in the US or Europe is buying them and selling them as a let’s say new model, it’s highly unlikely it’s new. All these companies in the west do is buy stock these companies have and that’s it. Once I asked someone at Tecsun what do you do if someone from the US or Europe wants to come over and see your production line in motion. He said “oh that’s very easy, we bring some staff from another department. Have them look like there building radios. And once the foreigner has left we shut it down again”. I know it sounds silly. But in China and Chinese state companies you can not use the Western mind set to understand them. #60 Roy Sandgren on Mar 27th, 2010 at 17:11 Why are new models and design coming up to me every week??? It costs a lot to design a new model and if there are no market any more, why design new models?? I was intuch with a polish whole sale agency and he is selling a lot of multiband radios, even with crank up to resellers. A multiband radio is so cheap to buy, let’s see the future, webb radio or a broadcasting radio in all bands???? The best info and news you will always get from the broadcasting bands. #63 Keith Perron on Mar 27th, 2010 at 18:32 But export prices are higher than if you buy in China. #66 Claes Johansen on Mar 29th, 2010 at 00:51 It is an absolute fake argument to say that the production of new SW radios is directly linked to how many that are actually listing to SW radios. It’s a completely natural thing to be forced to halt production of the SW receivers when the state factories in China have performed a huge overproduction and overfilled their warehouses. “They have not just a few hundred, but millions to get rid of.” This happens with countries as China that is not using market-based economy but a “planned economy”. We do not know if the DEMAND for SW radios has gone down, you and nobody else seems to have these figures. Those figures may well have been constant over the years. So now the Chinese are dumping the radios cheaply in huge quantities. This is a good thing for SW broadcasting as many more people can afford to buy one. Mr. Perron, you must give us the world wide SALES figures year by year lets say from 20 years back to prove your claims (Media Network blog via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See REF just above; BELGIUM; GERMANY; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ROMANIA; RUSSIA; VENEZUELA [nons mostly] Additional DRM schedule changes effective 28 March Good evening everyone. The widely available Internet DRM schedule has been updated today to reflect the shift to Daylight Savings [sic] Time for most of the rest of the world, the "A10" schedule. Nice to have we folk here in NA ahead of the pack for once. Please remember to update your DRMschedule.ini files! Here are the changes for NA: TDP/Disco Palace are switching frequency and transmitter: 15755 from Bonaire, same hours (as I already mentioned earlier today). Vatican Radio from Santa Maria di Galeria is shifting to 9755 and extending their time slot by 15 minutes, from 2300 to 2345 now. Vatican Radio via Sackville is now at 1945, ending at 2030 (an hour earlier). The CBC service on 9800 is 1505 to 1905 (English/French), and the afternoon block is now 2100 to 2200, an hour earlier. The A10 schedule does not show CRI on 6080 as continuing, however they were there tonight so perhaps they are not yet making a change, if any. That pesky REE schedule from Costa Rica on 9690 is finally gone: I never did see them broadcast, and I don't know where that data ever came from. Maybe a test that wasn't ever deleted? Ministry of Information Kuwait also appears to have stopped their broadcast on 11675, at least it's not on the schedule at this time. [I still hear DRM noise --- gh] Not to forget our Kiwi friends, here is their latest winter schedule for DRM: 0459-0658 11675 DRM Pacific 0659-1058 7440 DRM Pacific 1059-1158 7440 DRM NW Pacific, PNG, Timor 1551-1850 6170 DRM Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga, Niue 1851-1950 9890 DRM Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga, Niue 1951-2150 11675 DRM Pacific 2151-0458 15720 DRM Pacific This schedule is valid from tomorrow until 30 October 2010 (from RNZI website). This is all I've got so far, but there may be more changes of course. 73, (Brendan WA7HL Wahl, March 28, drmna yg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ The geomagnetic field began the period at quiet levels. An increase to quiet to unsettled levels was observed on 24 March. Mostly quiet levels predominated for 25-26 March, although there were some isolated unsettled to active periods at a few high latitude sites. Quiet levels prevailed for 27 March, followed by quiet to unsettled levels with some isolated active periods on 28 March. Real-time solar wind observations from the ACE spacecraft showed the onset of a co-rotating interaction region at about 1000 UTC on 25 March, followed by a weak high-speed stream beginning at about 1500 UTC on 25 March. Solar wind velocity remained elevated through the remainder of the week with typical speeds between 380-460 km/s. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 31 MARCH - 26 APRIL 2010 Solar activity is expected to be very low with possible isolated periods of low levels during the forecast period. There is a slight chance for an isolated M-class event during the remainder of the disk passage of Region 1057 from 31 March-05 April. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal levels through most of the period. However, moderate to high flux levels are possible during 08-11 April and 14-16 April. The geomagnetic field is expected be predominantly quiet for 31 March - 06 April. An increase to unsettled levels with a chance for isolated active periods is possible on 07-08 April due to a recurrent high-speed stream. Quiet conditions are expected to prevail for the remainder of the interval from 09-26 April. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2010 Mar 30 2021 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 30 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2010 Mar 31 82 5 2 2010 Apr 01 82 5 2 2010 Apr 02 82 5 2 2010 Apr 03 80 5 2 2010 Apr 04 80 5 2 2010 Apr 05 75 5 2 2010 Apr 06 75 5 2 2010 Apr 07 75 8 3 2010 Apr 08 80 8 3 2010 Apr 09 80 5 2 2010 Apr 10 80 5 2 2010 Apr 11 75 5 2 2010 Apr 12 75 5 2 2010 Apr 13 75 5 2 2010 Apr 14 75 5 2 2010 Apr 15 75 5 2 2010 Apr 16 75 5 2 2010 Apr 17 75 5 2 2010 Apr 18 75 5 2 2010 Apr 19 75 5 2 2010 Apr 20 75 5 2 2010 Apr 21 80 5 2 2010 Apr 22 80 5 2 2010 Apr 23 80 5 2 2010 Apr 24 80 5 2 2010 Apr 25 80 5 2 2010 Apr 26 80 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1506, DXLD) ###