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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1571 headlines: *New shortwave times for WOR *DX and station news about: Alaska, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Diego Garcia, Egypt, Eritrea, Germany, Guam, Italy, Kiribati, Libya non, Malaysia, Mauritania, Micronesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Saipan, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, [Uganda non], UK, USA, Venezuela non, unidentified SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1571, June 30-July 6, 2011 Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast] Thu 1500 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast] Thu 2100 WRMI 9955 [confirmed with lite jamming] Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [NEW, confirmed, not on webcast] Thu 2130 WBCQ 7415 [NEW, confirmed on webcast] Fri 0330 WWRB 5051 [ex-5050] Fri 1430 WRMI 9955 Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 1500 WRMI 9955 Sat 1730 WRMI 9955 Sun 0400 WTWW 5755 [NEW] Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1530 WRMI 9955 Sun 1730 WRMI 9955 Mon 0300 WBCQ 5110v-CUSB [NEW] Mon 1130 WRMI 9955 Mon 1530 WRMI 9955 Mon 2130 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 2130 WBCQ 7415 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://193.42.152.193/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN: http://www.wrn.org/wrn-listeners/world-of-radio/ http://www.wrn.org/listeners/world-of-radio/rss/09:00:00UTC/English/541 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. 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/ ** ALASKA. 11870, KNLS, 1202-1226 and 1237-1259, 6/21. English language program, with talk and music. Many ID’s. Good except between 1226 and 1237 when signal lost due to interference and then resumed. First time I have heard them in a while (S. Handler, Illinois, Icom IC-7200 and Sony ICF-7600GR with wire dipole antennas, NASWA Flashsheet via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) 11870, June 29 at 1236, American accent talking about the Gospels, VG signal made me fear WYFR was back. 1257 gospel rock in English, no announcements, 1259 to open carrier, 1259:35* off. It must have been KNLS, which never occurred to me until I looked it up as they never have such a good signal here! KTWR is also scheduled in non-English continuing past 1300 on 11870, unheard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11870, after yesterday`s good reception, trying KNLS again June 30 at 1230: gospel rock at S9+20 but quite undermodulated, and suffering from 2ACI de 11880 REE/Costa Rica, especially during its music. 1235 YL ID only as ``New Life Station``, introducing Andy Baker`s weekly prayer segment on Thursdays, starts talking about leprosy, a turn-off. By 1255 signal has really weakened, about gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.74, Rádio Nacional, 1951, fair with decent audio today; two men with running commentary (possibly soccer match). 17 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, RN Arcángel, San Gabriel. June, 21 at 1402 no signal; June, 22 at 1339 no signal (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil, SW40 - Dipoles and Longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15476.0, LRA36, off the air; checks made at 1327, 1347, 1403, 1421 and 1447 on June 23 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15476, still no LRA36, June 24 at 1236, 1335 chex. I wonder if they even try to fire up any more irregularly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15476, RN Arcángel, San Gabriel. June 24 at 1437 no signal (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil, SW40 - Dipoles and Longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15476, more LRA36 no-shows: Monday June 27 at 1240, 1331. 15476, no LRA36, June 28 at 1328. Yes, this is getting rather pointless; perhaps I should shift emphasis to non-logging countless other stations which are not being heard either, not even on the air, hi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) La Rosa de Tokio próximamente en la Antártida Estimados: Gracias a la gestión del amigazo Omar Somma, estamos en condiciones de decirles que en breve La Rosa de Tokio saldra por la emisora más austral del mundo, es decir a través de nuestra LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel. Les brindaremos más informaciones a medida que podamos contar con las mismas (Arnaldo Slaen, June 29, condiglist yg via DXLD) Great, but now to get the SW back on? (gh) ** ANTARCTICA [non]. Re 11-25: 5950 *2130-2200* 21.06, BBC WS, via Skelton UK. English. Annual Midwinter Special to Antarctica. Greetings from family members and BBC Director, 54554 (Anker Petersen, around summer solstice done on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. Lunedì 27 giugno 2011 - 2121 - 15344.2 kHz, RAE - General Pacheco, Tedesco, vecchi tanghi (molto belli!) e IDs OM. Segnale buono (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 15344.25, RAE, 2315-2330, June 27, local Argentine music. Spanish announcements. Weak but readable. Fair on peaks. // 6060 - poor with weak QRM from Brazil’s Súper Rádio Deus é Amor on 6059.92 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** AUSTRALIA. Nuevamente escuché las emisoras en onda corta del Northern Territory Shortwave Service, operando en // a través de los 4835 (VL8A) y 4910 (VL8T). Fuera del aire sin cierre a las 0830* (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, Escuchas realizadas en Fomeque, Cundinamarca a través del Sony ICF 2010 y Antena Dipolo de 8 metros; Audios, imágenes y más en: http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/ via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) Fecha? Circa June 26-27 per neighboring logs (gh, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 2325, VL8T Tennant Creek NT continues off the air through June 27; with 2485, VL8K ABC Katherine NT and 2310, VL8A Alice Springs NT continuing to broadcast (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At what UT Time did you hear the Aussie regionals? Let me know. 73's, (Noble West, BMSS, TN, ibid.) Hi Noble, Recently have been monitoring these three frequencies randomly from about 1100 to 1400. Did note a few specific times: June 25 at 1325 heard 2485 and 2310 in // with pop music; both poor- fair; 2325 still off the air. June 27 in passing noted 2485 and 2310 in // at 1123, with 2325 still off the air (Ron Howard, San Francisco, ibid.) 2325 VL8T Tennant Creek NT continues off the air as of June 29. 2485 VL8K ABC Katherine NT, 1217-1230, June 29. Music show; 1230-1240 ABC News mostly with local Darwin and “NT” stories; 1240 start of “Tony Delroy’s Nightlife” with author of a new book about step- families; // 2310 VL8A Alice Springs NT; both mostly poor (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 5050, Ozy Radio, 1314, June 25. Outstanding propagation today! Able to confirm // 3210; pop and C&W songs; also heard both on June 27, so they have not closed down yet for the reported move (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 6115, Noted Radio Australia mixing with the ABC domestic service, Radio National. First heard on 10 June, with programs at equal level. 11 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF- SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Time is missing. How could this be explained, as mixing product? There is no MW transmitter at Shepparton, is there? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Also RA does not operate on 6115. I am with Glenn, an obvious mixing problem probably close to your location (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Norwood, Tasmania 7250, Australia, ibid.) Hi, Sorry for omitting the time. Log was at 0916 on 11 June. When I said "mixing", I didn't mean to presume "mixing product." I meant that the program feeds were "mixing." Something happened, whereby Radio Australia and Radio National programs were at equal level, similar to what happens when we hear two simultaneous programs on some of the PDR Korea frequencies. The only Radio National station close to me is only on FM. The other ABC outlet is on 657 (about 50 k's from me) and only offers regional/state programs. FWIW, I haven't heard this again (though haven't been checking for it every day). Appreciate everyone's input (David Sharp, NSW Australia, ibid.) So apparently we had on at least two occasions, not only R. Australia on an unknown frequency, but with a double-audio feed mix from that transmitter (gh, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA [non]. Giovedì 23 giugno 2011, 2153 - 11550 kHz, R. AUSTRALIA - Tainan (Taiwan), Inglese, parlato OMs. Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente. Probabilmente accendendo prima è andato in onda il servizio in inglese, ma qui dovrebbe esserci solo quello in indonesiano dalle 2200 (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** BAHRAIN. 9745-USB, Radio Bahrain, 0100, presumed the one with Arabic news by a man, mostly threshold. 13 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT- 950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.4, RADIO PIO XII. Siglo XX. 0053-0101* junio 27. Mensajes y comunicados en el programa: Tome Nota. A las 0057 con completo cierre: “…Fueron intensas horas de compartir programas y mensajes de inspiración cristiana, valores humanos y promoción al desarrollo. Radio Pio XII de Siglo XX, emisora de los misioneros oblatos de María Inmaculada…” Mencionan frecuencias de emisión, números telefónicos y correo-e (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, Escuchas realizadas en Fomeque, Cundinamarca a través del Sony ICF 2010 y Antena Dipolo de 8 metros; Audios, imágenes y más en: http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/ via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6025, R. Patria Nueva, La Paz. June 25 0954-1009 Romantic Andean music, time pips on top of the hour, female on music “primera feria nacional agrícola”, ads, Andean music, male “Patria Nueva y radios comunitarias, la voz del pueblo”. Progressive enhance of QRM, at peak 33433 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil, SW40 - Dipoles and Longwire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6055.08, Radio Juan XXIII, San Ignacio de Velazco, 1106- 1115, June 26, Spanish. Messages for all departments. "Aviso para San Francisco, aviso para San Francisco... anuncio para el Barrio Santa Rosa... aviso para... mensaje para...". QRM from Radio Tanpa, Tokyo, Japan on 6055. 43433 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, condiglist yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.81, Radio Santa Cruz, Sta. Cruz de la Sierra, terrific signal last few days. Perhaps transmitter tuned up? Noted bombing in 0931 on 6/22 with nice CP criolla music, OM vocalist with accordion and guitars. Also heard well at 0055 the next day with LA pops, including a song the announcer IDed as "....Uds. escuchando [sic] la canción, 'Me Gusta La Palabra Libertad', presentado por José Luís Perales...". 0100 clean ID for "Radio Santa Cruz", ads and then another ID and frequencies with a music box theme. Other nites since, have noted them leaving the air or already gone) soon after this time (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Knightkit Star Roamer; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408; Longwires (150' + 100'); Tuned Multi-Turn 20" Small Loop; Single-Turn Coax Loop, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6134.8, Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 2255-2330, 23-06, male and female with comments in Spanish: "Muchísimas gracias, oyentes", identification: "Transmite Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia". At 2301 nice program of romantic Latinamerican songs, male announcing the program: "Radio Santa Cruz, canciones para el recuerdo", "La música nacional está aquí, en Radio Santa Cruz". 13221 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast, Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) To 0106*, absolutely smashing signal (equal to R. Rebelde 5025 in signal) from Radio Santa Cruz, 6134 [sic]. Off after s/off announcements and an up tempo vocal all about wonderful Santa Cruz. Best ever signal from this one (Don Jensen, Kenosha WI, UT June 25, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) See BRAZIL 6135, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, SS, 25/06 2316. Excelente sinal da RSC sendo recebido aqui em São Bernardo SP. OM: locução, referencias a Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Radio Santa Cruz. Entrevista por telefone com um integrante de um grupo musical boliviano, que envia saudações aos ouvintes da Radio Santa Cruz. 45544. Rx: Icom IC-R75. Ant.: Telescópica 6 m (vertical instalada sobre o telhado da casa). 73 (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, BRASIL, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com DX Clube do Brasil http://www.ondascurtas.com radioescutas yg WORLD OF RADIO 1571, via DXLD) 6134.823, Radio Santa Cruz, 0030-0045 June 27, With a nice presentation, but with hardly any audio noted. As the conditions improved slightly, noted a weak signal with music only (Chuck Bolland, WR-G31DDC, 26N 081W, Clewiston, Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6134.822, Radio Santa Cruz, 0010-0030 June 29, Noted a very strong and clear signal here with steady music. Hopefully this will remain for an hour or so before the band goes out? Signal was good (Chuck Bolland, 26n 081W, Clewiston FL, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BONAIRE. 6250, June 28 at 0516, Spanish from NHK World Radio Japón is readable with fair signal S9+18, ute QRM, maybe a bit of RNW Dutch underneath, as this is the leapfrog mixing product of 6080 over 6165, another 85 kHz higher. Again not to be mistaken for Equatorial Guinea which is fundamentally on 6250 sometimes later in the hour but not heard here for some weeks in deep summer. The Bonaire spur stops at 0527* sharp when the 6080 transmitter goes off, while the fulcrum 6165 continues another 2 or 3 minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4775, RADIO CONGONHAS. Congonhas. 0923-0930 junio 27. Transmisión de la misa. “…Você escuta a Rádio Congonhas, 1020 ondas médias…” escuchada gracias a Tarma fuera del aire (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, Escuchas realizadas en Fomeque, Cundinamarca a través del Sony ICF 2010 y Antena Dipolo de 8 metros; Audios, imágenes y más en: http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/ via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4845.25V, R. Cultura, 1036, strongest of all ZY's with nice local music and male announcer. Warbly audio if tuning in sideband with noticeable transmitter drift. 22 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise- reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [and non]. More difficult [than IDing PERU 3360] is 4865 with two Brazilians almost never giving any ID’s. Both are religious and have a lot of preaching. We need some help from Brazil to solve this 4865 issue. 73 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: 4864.958v, 23.6 0150-, UnID Brazilian with sign on 0150 drifting upwards and getting stronger and stronger. The transmitter behaves in a very peculiar way. It seems to get hiccup and jump to 4865.007! I didn’t record enough and missed the c/d (Anders Hultqvist, Dalarö, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 26, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST; and below; the others were originally in English) 4864.982, 25.6 2258, R. Logos [BOLIVIA] with a clear ID but somewhat disturbed by the two Brazilians a little bit higher up. The station had already signed off at next check 2356 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, ibid.) 4865, R. Verdes Florestas (most probably *), Cruz.º do Sul AC, 2208- ..., 16/6, A Voz do Brasil; 23341, CODAR QRM. *) Best received via the 270º Bev., so probably not the country's other station which is located eastwards (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, ibid.) 4865.009, 25.6 2245, tentative R Verdes Florestas. I checked with R Alvorada’s webstream at 2245 but it didn’t match. This station was still there on the frequency but all alone at 0105 (Nilsson, ibid.) 4865.013, 23.6 0108*, unID Brazilian, good signal at 0032, 0036. Close down without any c/d [announcement]. At the end a man talking about São Paulo a couple of times. C/d 0108. AHK (Hultqvist, ibid.) 4865.024, 25.6 2306, unID Brazilian, might be R Alvorada de Londrina noted at 2240 on 4865.018 and then slowly gliding up to 4865.024. Close down sometime between 0005 and 0055. Didn’t check all the time (Nilsson, ibid.) 4865.034v, 23.6 0208*, R Verdes Florestas??? c/d. lots of talk, 0131 music, drifting up towards 4865.039. No ID at 0208 c/d AHK (Hultqvist, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. 4878.39, R. Dif. Roraima, 1023, very good with chatty male announcer, local ads, uptempo music. 22 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT- 950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Re 11-25: R. Roraima: Retro / Metro? Carlos, Trata-se do programa "Rádio Retrô", dedicado a músicas antigas. 73 (Ivan Dias Jr., - Sorocaba/SP http://ivandias.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/ivandiasjr radioescutas yg via DXLD) Amigo Carlos, Tenho quase 100% de certeza de que se trata de Rádio Retrô, pois o restante do slogan é "os sucessos do passado de presente para você". "Retrô", nesse caso, seria uma corruptela de "retrospectiva", o que tem tudo a ver com o caráter do programa, que apresenta "sucessos do passado." Um forte 73 (Fabricio A Silva, Tubarão, SC - Brasil, 22 June, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) Colegas DXistas, Quando ouvi um bom sinal aqui e fora de frequência (4878. 6) com uma indentificação de "Radio Retrô" com músicas do passado, pensei ser uma nova radio, mas na hora ouvi a ID de Rádio Roraima. A duvida, se era um programa da rádio ou uma retransmissao de uma FM? Na duvida podem checar nesta página abaixo como apóio para ID. http://www.radios.com.br/play/1_roraiamot-br.htm 73s e QRV (Rogildo Fontenelle Aragão, Quillacollo, Bolivia, 17º 23' 00. 65" S, 66º 15' 49. 60" W, raragaodx @ yahoo.com.br Sony ICF-2001D / Lowe HF-225E, LW 26m - RGP1, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) Caros Fabrício Silva e Ivan Dias: Muito obrigado pelo esclarecimento. Afinal, sempre é o que não supus, a corruptela de "retrospectiva"! Bons DX ambos, e 73. (Carlos Gonçalves, ibid.) Unid LA on 4880 --- Since 0120 and still going 0206, unID LA on 4880. Mostly music, ad string at 0132. I don`t have a listing for anything likely here. Earlier some had Andean sound to the music, quenas etc., but not now. Who? Anyone with an idea? Earlier, to 0106*, absolutely smashing signal (equal to R. Rebelde 5025 in signal) from Radio Santa Cruz, 6134 [sic]. [see BOLIVIA] (Don Jensen, Kenosha WI, UT June 25, NASWA yg via DXLD) Just returned from my nightly effort at keeping the local shag dance joints in business. Hearing something on 4878.5 at 0312; bits of music and talk, but that's about it. Nothing here any closer to 4880. df (Dan Ferguson, SC, ibid.) Radio Roraima in Boa Vista, Brazil (Rich D`Angelo, PA, ibid.) 4878.41, 2255-2305 20.06, R Difusora Roraima, Boa Vista, RR Portuguese ann, Brazilian songs, slight CODAR QRM 34333 (Anker Petersen, around summer solstice done on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) 4878.50, Radio Roraima, 0345-0403*, June 25, Portuguese pop music. Portuguese announcements. Sign off with National Anthem at 0400. Weak. Poor (Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX Listening Digest) BRASIL, 4878.7, RADIO RORAIMA. Boa Vista. 0020-0040 junio 27. Promo programa: Guia da Saúde. Música sertaneja en el programa: Sertanejao Bom Demais [sic]. “…para tudo Brasil a Rádio Difusora Roraima…” (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, Escuchas realizadas en Fomeque, Cundinamarca a través del Sony ICF 2010 y Antena Dipolo de 8 metros; Audios, imágenes y más en: http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/ via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4915.03, R. Dif. Macapá, 1014, presumed with nice acoustic music, comments by a man, into guitar solo. If indeed this, it's the first time I've heard it since December. 22 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4965.08, R. Alvorada, 1002, presumed with Portuguese news by a man, didn't stay with it. 22 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD- 535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 5990, Radio Senado, Brasília, 2117-2205, 22-06, Portuguese, comments, identification: "Radio Senado, http://www.senado.gov.br/noticias/Radio ", "Radio Senado, Brasília..., ondas curtas, 5990 kHz, faixa de 49 metros, sete da noite em Brasília", program "A Voz do Brasil", "Está no ar a sua voz, A Voz do Brasil". 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast. Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6059.92, Súper Rádio Deus é Amor, Curitiba, nice on 6/22 0902-0931 tune/out. OM ID em eco at 0902 and mentioning "banda de onda curta", into taped futebol highlight show. Sig progressively fading in stronger. 0920 another ID and a recorded ad string. Noted // 9565.26 at 0930 (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD- 545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Knightkit Star Roamer; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408; Longwires (150' + 100'); Tuned Multi-Turn 20" Small Loop; Single-Turn Coax Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6080.02, Radio Daqui, 0915-0930, June 23, Portuguese religious talk. Fair. // 4915.03 - Poor to fair with CODAR QRM (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** BRAZIL. 10000, Time Signal Station Observatório Nacional, 2147- 2155, 20-06, time signals, male announcement each ten seconds: "Observatório Nacional, 18 horas, 48 minutos, 30 segundos". 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast. Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11815, Rádio Brasil Central, Goiânia, 0551-0612, 22-06, Brazilian songs, male: "2 y 44, Brasil Central". In parallel with 4985. 34433. (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast. Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [non]. 11780, June 26 at 0511, not even a carrier on 11780 from RNA, normally on the air all-night UT Sundays; CRI/Albania was barely audible on 11775 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 15190, Inconfidência, 2210 19.6 with religious talks and many mentions of Jesus, in language that reminds Portuguese. S5 max 35333 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Surely that was really WYFR as usual, after 2200 (gh, DXLD) Ieri sera ottima propagazione sui 15 MHz. Il log dice: 15190, *Radio Inconfidência*, Belo Horizonte, MG, 1955-2105, Jun 22, music, ID, 43333. L'audio è disponibile sul mio blog: http://t.co/MAvhfXn (Leonardo Peppe, Italy, http://taccuinodx.blogspot.com twitter: taccuinodx June 23, playdx yg via DXLD) 15190, Radio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, 2033-2156, 22-06, comments, female, "Minas Gerais" Brazilian songs, identification: "Inconfidência". At 2154: "Informe Económico". 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast. Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Giovedì 23 giugno 2011, 2126 - 15190v kHz, RADIO INCONFIDENCIA, Belo Horizonte (Brasile), Portoghese, musica locale e annunci OM. Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente. Anche con il G3 Etón, più bassa ma chiara. (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 15190, Radio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, 1958-2012, 24-06, Portuguese, comments, female, identification at 2000: "... ondas curtas de 49 metros, 6010 kHz, ondas curtas de 19 metros, 15190 kHz, emisora da Rede Inconfidência de Rádio, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil", program "Noticias do Campo", "Cristiano Batista", "Agora 5 horas 2 minutos". 33433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast, Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G, Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15189.99, Radio Inconfidência, 0145-0155, June 25, romantic Brazilian ballads. Portuguese announcements. Very weak. // 6010.02 - weak, poor with adjacent channel splatter (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) Lunedì 27 giugno 2011, 2113 - 15190v kHz, R. INCONFIDENCIA - Belo Horizonte (Brasile), Portighese, IDs e annunci di eventi locali. Segnale sufficiente-buono (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) A Inconfidência está chegando muito bem a a partir das 14:00 horas Brasília [1700 UT] no Nordeste com SINPO 45444; está com picos de 59 como se fosse local, bem melhor que os 6010 que há muito QRM e interferência de outras internacionais. Parabéns mineirada ensinando o Brasil a prestigiar as Ondas\Curtas com qualidade. Depois que o transmissor da Voz do São Francisco silenciou em Petrolina nos 4995 kHz, o Sertão Brasileiro estava órfão de notícias pelas OC (Cezar Pelzer - Recife-PE, June 29, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. 11600, June 28 at 0505, S9+12 open carrier, some fades. Presumably R. Bulgaria, Plovdiv, not scheduled until 0530-0700 in German, French, English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CFVP 6030 kHz Calgary has been off the air --- The following was received on June 22nd from the engineer for CFVP, 6030 kHz, Calgary. "CFVP s transmitter has been turned off for the past month because of a flooding issue at our antenna, but as soon as the water level drops (hopefully soon) we will turn it back on." (Harold Sellers, Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca June 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6159.99, CKZU, 0857, instrumental music, talk by a man, ID as "CBC Radio One." 21 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. RCI - Redução das Emissões --- No programa "Canadá Direto" deste fim de semana, foi veiculada uma triste notícia: a RCI vai reduzir a duração do seu programa em português de 60 para 30 minutos. Esta redução significa, inclusive, que o programa não empregará mais dois radialistas. Permanecerá Hector Villar, mas Gilda Salomone deixa a emissora. Vamos mandar nossas mensagens de protesto (e apoio à Gilda) para o e-mail: brasil @ rcinet.ca 73´s (Erick Tamberg Carvalho, Brasil, 27 June, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) Radioescutas. O Programa semanal "EL CASTOR MENSAJERO" que tinha a duração de 1 hora, apartir desta semana passará para somente 30 minutos - Domingo 18hs UT. 73" (Marcos - SWARL - PY5016SWL, http://www.qrz.com/db/py5016swl Curitiba/PR/ Brasil, South America, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) = Spanish mailbag, `The messenger beaver` ** CANADA. 1550 CBE to stay on until 30/09/11 --- This from the NERW:- In Windsor, Ontario, the CBC's CBE (1550) is getting at least a temporary reprieve. The CBC tells the CRTC that it's having trouble with CBE's replacement signal, CBEW (97.5), due to adjacent-channel HD Radio interference from the nearby Detroit signals on 97.1 (WXYT-FM) and 97.9 (WJLB), and so it's keeping the AM on the air until at least September 30 while it tries to find a way to minimize the interference and provide a clean FM signal to the entire CBE listening area. Best wishes (Barry :-) Davies, UK, May [correct] 24, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Another transition to FM by my local CBC station Dear Glenn, You probably already know this but 1550 AM, CBE, in Windsor is currently broadcasting at 97.5 FM. Today on the local afternoon program it was announced that the official switch (i.e., end of testing) will be on 1 July, and Wikipedia says that it still won't officially go dark on AM until September. Another clear-channel stations going away, even though where I live, about 1 or 2 miles from the transmitter, the AM regularly gets stomped on by religious-talker WLQV :\ Thank you for reading this, and please have a good weekend (April Yamane, June 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The US is breaking international agreements by broadcasting a 400 kHz wide signal when the agreement states 180 kHz F3EHF. Same thing on AM, using 40 kHz when only authorized 20 kHz A3EGN. wrh (Bill Hepburn, Ont., 20 May, WTFDA via DXLD) That's what many of us DX'ers have been saying since the beginning of IBOC, but I think this is the first notice of a cross-border complaint that I've seen. This probably won't be as interesting as we might wish, but it'll bear watching nonetheless (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, 15 mi NW of Philadelphia, ibid.) ** CANADA. Fitful sporadic E brings in some analog channel 2 peaking from the NNE, fading in UT June 26 at 0025, CCI among several stations. At 0205 now dominating poorly is stand-up comedy, which matches the CTV schedule for this hour, `Comedy Now!`. 1415 UT June 26, again weak Es on ch 2 with antenna still pointed NNE, and at 1425 a bit of audio confirms it is in English, still at 1550 with Canadian political forum. Meanwhile, 21 and 28 MHz hambands were jumping with lots of Field Day contacts on short-skip. TV antenna still north from last night, and shortly after turning on June 30, at 1451 UT analog signals are showing on channel 2. 1517 it`s clearly `The View` with CTV bug LR. Weak signal in and out and MUF rarely reaching audio 4.5 MHz higher; jockeying rotor, this peaks from NNE, not NNW, so not CKCK but CHBX and/or CKCO2 in Ontario, where `The View` is indeed on CTV at 11 am EDT; 1559 try to catch a local ID but no luck, 1600 into CTV noon news. Continues in and out following hour, mostly too weak. Channel 4 briefly showed a picture, could have been MS rather than Es MUF spike. During this entire period and beyond, the 50 MHz map at http://www.vhfdx.info/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=50&Map=NA show absolutely no activity, nor for Europe nor for 28 MHz, so the whole thing must be down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. POSSIBLE NEW DTV Es TARGET THIS YEAR I'm working on an update on the Canadian DTV transition -- ran into a bit of news that may come in handy later this skip season. As you saw in the VUD, the channel 2/4 twinstick operation in Thunder Bay is flash-cutting to digital on channels 2 and 4. Their website no longer mentions anything about changes to channel 4 (which leads me to wonder if channel 4 will go away completely on September 1st) But it does say channel 2 will be flipping to digital on August 1st, about a month before the mandatory switchover. It also says that if circumstances permit, it could flip sometime in July. CKPR-TV has shown up in quite a few analog skip logs over the years. In 8-10 weeks it could start showing up in some DTV logs (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, May 15, WTFDA via DXLD) ** CANADA. On the Global website: Global is in the process of converting all 86 of its over-the-air broadcast facility locations to digital and will be adding new markets/locations on an ongoing basis until all markets have been completed by no later than August 2016. Looks like at least one Canadian network plans on keeping OTA (William R Hepburn (VEM3ONT22), Grimsby ON CAN 43 10 59.4 -79 33 34.5, http://dxinfocentre.com/hepburn/ 02 May, WTFDA via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) ** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. 3389.99, Radio ICDI, tentative. Noted threshold carrier at 1850, but unfortunately, no audio. Had ICDI on this frequency 20 May, still active? 17 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT- 950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Lunedì 27 giugno 2011 - 2156 - 6060 kHz. SICHUAN PBS - Chengdu (Cina). Musica melodica locale (sempre gradevole!). Segnale sufficiente. Co-ch s/on VOA e forse int/sig RAE (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 13920, 16100, 16500, Chinese Firedrake music jammer at 0724 UT June 17. 11500, 13920, Firedrake music on June 22 at 0453 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, June 17/22, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 24 via DXLD) 9355, Firedrake. Location?? 2011/06/20 mon 1810-1817 Endless Chinese brass band, presumably jamming inaudible Radio Free Asia from N. Marianas. Fair. Jo'burg sunset 1525 (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake June 24: a geomag storm had been predicted for this date, and hi-latitude paths were certainly degraded to missing; yet WWV reported: ``Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 June follow. Solar flux 96 and mid-latitude A-index 17. The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 24 June was 3 (24 nT). The mid-latitude K-index at 1500 UTC on 24 June was 2 (15 nT No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.`` 15670, FD poor and mixing with CNR1 jamming, at 1248 and during the following hour. No other FD audible 10-18 MHz around 1322. Some regular CNR1 jammers were still audible on 12040, 11990, 11665, 11600, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15670, Firedrake & CNR 1 Jammers, 1242, 6/24 & 1248, 6/25. China ’s State Administration of Radio Film & TV (SARFT) may be the source of the dramatically increased jamming of Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan language broadcast. On June 24th at 1242 GMT one transmitter broadcasting China National Radio’s (CNR-1) Mandarin program and a second transmitter broadcasting Firedrake’s musical jamming was heard on RFA’s 15670 KHz frequency. Firedrake was the louder signal (Good) with CNR-1 underneath (Fair). The Firedrake transmitter normally goes silent at the top of each hour, did not do so today. Rather, at 1259.55 GMT I heard the Firedrake music end and the Firedrake transmitter then broadcast several time pips followed at 1300 GMT by CNR-1’s Mandarin broadcast. The CNR-1’s Mandarin broadcast from the Firedrake transmitter continued until at least until 1303 GMT when I stopped listening to 15670. The apparent use of the same transmitter to broadcast both the Firedrake musical jamming and then CNR-1’s Mandarin program adds strong evidence that the probable source of the Firedrake musical jammer is China. At 1316 GMT I again tuned in 15670 and the Firedrake musical jammer was heard with its musical jamming broadcast along with a second transmitter broadcasting CNR-1’s Mandarin program which could be heard underneath. Both the Firedrake and CNR1 broadcasts were heard until 1342 at which time I again stopped listening. On June 25th from 1248 to 1259.55 GMT on 15670 I again heard the Firedrake musical jammer along with CNR-1 using a separate transmitter apparently targeting RFA’s Tibetan language broadcast. In addition at 1256 I also heard both CNR-1 and Firedrake on separate transmitters broadcasting on 13830, another of RFA’s Tibetan language frequencies. Also RFA’s 11605 KHz frequency was being jammed but the audio was not good enough for a positive ID of the jammer. Similar to yesterday, at 1259.55 on 15670 the Firedrake music ended and I heard Firedrake’s transmitter broadcast several time pips and then CNR-1’s Mandarin program. Prior to June 24th, China National Radio’s CNR-1 Mandarin program has been broadcast daily between 1200 and 1400 GMT on RFA’s Tibetan language frequencies in an apparent effort to jam RFA’s broadcasts. This week’s increase of using of two transmitters one broadcasting Firedrake jamming music and the other broadcasting CNR-1’s Mandarin program on each of RFA’s Tibetan language frequencies is a major increase in the efforts to jam RFA’s Tibetan broadcasts (S. Handler, Illinois, Icom IC-7200 and Sony ICF-7600GR with wire dipole antennas, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Sorry, S., but I have heard both Firedrake and CNR1 jamming on the same frequency several times before this, notably 15670. Of course Firedrake is coming from China. No further proof is needed. Could be, but how can you be sure Firedrake and CNR1 were from a single transmitter? Two transmitters were probably on the frequency, overlapping (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake June 25: 12270, good at 1334 12600, fair-good at 1256; none lower before 1300 13830, fair at 1306 under CNR1 jamming // 11990; no FD on 15670 now; 13830 also at 1335 with same mix 14400, good at 1335 14700, good at 1258, 1335 15430, very poor at 1343 15515, fair at 1342; could not make out a <5 kHz het on either side 15670, fair at 1258 mixing as usual with CNR1 jamming 15970, good at 1258, 1336 16100, fair at 1259, fair-good at 1337 17170, fair at 1337, fair-good at 1250 Firedrake June 26: 12500, good at 1221, none lower; unusual frequency 12980, very good at 1221 13850, fair at 1222, under ACI from Es-enhanced 13845 WWCR 14400, good at 1223, 1256 14700, good at 1223, 1256 14950, very good at 1224, 1257 15670, poor at 1226 FD // 12980 in mix with CNR1 jamming 15795, tentative FD at 1225 in mix with CNR1 jamming 15970, good at 1223, 1257 16100, very poor at 1228 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1638 - 15970 kHz, FIREDRAKE vs. SO HOPE TAIWAN (not heard), Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1653 - 12105 kHz, FIREDRAKE vs. ??? Segnale buono-sufficiente Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1747 - 7970 kHz, FIREDRAKE+SOUND OF HOPE TAIWAN Segnali sufficienti- buoni Martedì 28 giugno 2011 - 0428 - 17735 kHz, FIREDRAKE + VOA Tibetan, Segnali sufficienti-buoni. Not CNR 1 Jammer! Mistake? Martedì 28 giugno 2011 - 0433 - 15120 kHz, CRI EE to Siberia + CNR 1 Jammer vs. VOA Mandarin to Far East. They interfere with themselves as for 15665 between CRI Russian and again CNR 1 Jammer. Martedì 28 giugno 2011 - 0439 - 15290 kHz, CNR 1 JAMMER vs. ??? Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente Martedì 28 giugno 2011 - 0448 - 14720 kHz, FIREDRAKE not in // to 17735 etc. Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente Martedì 28 giugno 2011 - 0450 - 14400+16100+ 13920 kHz, FIREDRAKE in // to 17735 kHz. Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente Martedì 28 giugno 2011 - 1340 - 16100 kHz, FIREDRAKE vs. SO HOPE TAIWAN (not heard), Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente Martedì 28 giugno 2011 - 1413 - 15260 kHz, FIREDRAKE vs. VO TIBET, Segnale sufficiente-buono. Battimento con una portante su 15272 kHz, probabile di VO Tibet. Martedì 28 giugno 2011 - 1419 - 14700 kHz, FIREDRAKE vs. SO HOPE TAIWAN (not heard), Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) See also TAIWAN: 7990 SOH without Firedrake 13920, 27/6 0135, Firedrake, China, Chinese music jamming Voice [sic] of Hope channel, strong signal (Giampiero Bernardini, summer tips in hot Milano city, Italia, SDR-14 with SDR-Radio software (version 1.4 684), ANT: T2FD 15 meters long, Blog SW: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ Blog Info: http://radiodxinfo.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake June 27: 11500, good at 1252; none in the 10`s; also at 1323; very poor at 1439 12980, good at 1254, 1323 13830, CNR1 jamming at 1256 but FD also audible underneath // 12980; 13830 is vs R. Free Asia, Tibetan via Tajikistan 13920, good at 1256, 1323 13970, poor at 1438 14400, poor at 1256, 1323, 1438 14700, poor at 1256, not later 14950, fair at 1256 15540, poor at 1257 15550, poor at 1325, ex-15540 15760, fair at 1437; unusual frequency. Aoki has SOH here only at 1330-1400 via Tajikistan, but both times and frequencies jump around 15970, good at 1258, 1323, 1437 16980, good at 1258, 1326 Firedrake June 28: 0455-0500, none found 12-18 MHz for the local noon hour, altho some CNR1/CRI frequencies were making it, such as 15670, 17540 (Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN) 11500, fair at 1321, none lower; also at 1345 12270, good at 1325 12980, good at 1329, 1345 13850, good at 1326, 1345; ACI de WWCR 13920, fair at 1326, 1345 14700, fair at 1327, 1345, 1420 15430, poor at 1348, not in previous semi-hour 15515, fair at 1348, ex-15550 15550, fair at 1328 15970, fair at 1420, not earlier 16100, good at 1330, very good at 1349; not after 1400 Firedrake June 29, by time segments: Unusual to hear any in the 05-06 hour: 15970, very poor at 0525 16980, poor at 0527 1230-1300: 11500, good at 1238 12980, very good at 1239 13800, good at 1248 // 12980 13850, poor at 1248 13920, very good at 1248 13970, very good at 1248, with some distortion, unusual; and five at once within 1 MHz span 14700, fair at 1249 15540, fair at 1252 15670, good at 1253, CNR1 echo jammer only, no FD now 15970, fair at 1254 16980, very good at 1254 1300-1330: 15540, fair at 1311: may have stayed on across hourtop 14970, good at 1328 14700, fair at 1328; none in the 12`s 13970, very good at 1328 (logged as 13980, probably my mistake) 13920, very good at 1328 11500, fair at 1329; none in the 10`s 1330-1400: 11500, very poor at 1347 11590, poor at 1353 // 15525. 11590 unusual: Aoki today has nothing to account for it, just RFA in Tibetan via Kuwait after 1500 13920, very good at 1348 13970, very good at 1348 14700, poor at 1349 14970, very good at 1348 15275, good at 1352; Aoki has V. of Tibet/Tajikistan on 15273 during this semihour only 15430, very poor at 1351 15525, good at 1351: jumpy V. of Tibet must have landed around here, ex-15540. The June 29 at 1400 Aoki shows: ``15524 1340-1400 TJK * VOICE OF TIBET Chi Dushanbe-Ya 1-7`` 15970, fair at 1349, poor at 1357 16980, very good at 1353 Firedrake June 30: 11500, good at 1232, none lower. Used to hear this mixing with something, but not any more 12980, good at 1236 13920, very good at 1236 13970, very good at 1236 14970, good at 1237 15540, poor at 1309 16980, fair at 1245 18180, poor at 1247 June 30. It`s been ages since I have heard FD on this frequency, tho often checked. Normally I don`t try to catch cut- ons after hourtops but I made an exception with this. Stayed on 18180 until resumed at *1320. Meanwhile, no Sound of Hope or anything was audible on 18180, tho the reason for all these FDs is to block SOH, mostly nuisance 100-watt transmitters upon Taiwan. But why did the ChiCom extend the `monitoring breaks` from 5 to 20 minutes? If SOH is really on continuously, why let them thru for 20 minutes unimpeded? Searching my own logs, the last one of 18180 was March 14, 2010 at 0041, when it was JBA. Nor do I find logs by anyone else since then in the DXLD archive. 18180 was still in at 1356 June 30, peaking at S9+10. Just in case, scanned up to 20 MHz for more, but none (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. China Radio International in Portland, OR Dear Mr. Hauser, My name is Brendan Monaghan and I live in Lake Oswego, a suburb of Portland, OR. Via the Portland Radio Forum - and my own monitoring - I found that long-dark station KXPD 1040 AM has begun relaying Beyond Beijing programming from CRI (China Now, Music Safari, etc.). The station had broadcast in Spanish until going dark in December 2009. The day before they were to have involuntarily forfeited their license, KXPD returned to the air with public domain old-time radio programs and low-quality, pre-recorded ID's - before going dark again a week later. KXPD returned in early June with a similar old-time format from the 9- 12 of June, before going dark again. I'm aware of CRI's apparent new business model of buying up/brokering time on other AM stations across the country, so now Portland appears to have joined the list. Interestingly, the station identifies as coming from "Tiggerd/Portland" not "Ty-gerd" as it is actually pronounced. Wonder what the FCC thinks of that. Here is the link to the Portland Radio Forum, which is so far the only information available. http://feedback.pdxradio.com/topic/kxpd-in-tiggerd Thanks! (Brendan Monaghan, June 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 5910, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras, 0552-0640, 21-06, Latinamerican songs, male, "Esta es la hora, las 12 de la noche y 58 minutos en Alcaraván Radio", "Alcaraván Radio en 1530 AM y en onda corta, 5910 kHz, banda internacional de 49 metros, Alcaraván Radio". Religious comments in Spanish. 23322. 5910, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras, 0533-0555, 25-06, Colombian songs "Llaneras", identification: "1590 Amplitud Modulada, Alcaraván Radio", "Desde Colombia, Alcaraván Radio", "Alcaraván Radio, 1590 AM y en onda corta, 5910 kHz banda intenenacional de 49 metros", "Música 100% colombiana". 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast, Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G, Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. CLANDESTINA, Voz de la Resistencia CRB operando los días domingos entre las 1200-1300 UT por los 6070 kHz y durante las tardes del mismo día 2100-2200 UT a través de los 6080 KHz. Por indicaciones, operada por el Comando Conjunto de Occidente. No escuchada en otros horarios o días (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, June 26, Escuchas realizadas en Fomeque, Cundinamarca a través del Sony ICF 2010 y Antena Dipolo de 8 metros; Audios, imágenes y más en: http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/ via Yimber Gaviría, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) Muy buenas escuchas, Rafael! Te agradezco el sked tentativo de La Voz de la Resistencia ya que si no intentamos a cualquier horario infructuosamente. Je; ahora vamos a intentar infructuosamente pero en horarios determinados, je je. Desde acá, desde Buenos Aires, es realmente muy difícil que pueda escucharse. Veremos en las vacaciones de invierno, en un DX Camp (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, condiglist yg via DXLD) ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, 1815-1855, still here, with very low modulation. French talk, mostly by a woman but occasionally by a man, thru until 1848. Then into hilife (which would hint this is the Congo), but no ID heard. Was hoping for an ID at 1900 but hopes were dashed with the s/on of CRI in Russian. 11 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT- 950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR. 5066.37, Radio Tele-CANDIP, 1834, French, talk by a man, into hilife at 1837, then into more talk by a man. Weak but readable; the ute, which normally blocks reception, was off the air today. 17 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. 5954.27, ELCOR R. República Relay, 0910, fair and on top of jamming, with talk by a woman, many mentions of Cuba, periodic comments by a man. 21 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA [non] ** CUBA. 1000, Radio Mayabeque, Mayabeque. 0036 June 23, 2011. Cuban pop vocals, seriously reverbed young female between tracks, really sounding too scripted to not be canned. "...en Mayabeque..." after one song. Fair. 1180, Radio Rebelde (multiple sites, feeds). 1700-1745 June 26, 2011. Most-interesting. Rebelde just joined Noticiero Nacional de Radio (normal, the NNdR feed is always 1300-1330 local daily, well, extremely on rare occasions as in a copule of time a year, may extend to 1400). But, while non-parallel audio under. Only my list archives a Progreso and Reloj, but it's neither. May be wrong, but sounds like baseball coverage live, though getting orchestral filler music, and back to same male with fast, seemingly play-by-play. And not parallel Radio Martí shortwave (as in the 1180 Marathon, Florida site). NNdR ended a tad late, into the usual canned "Rebelde la Habana, emisora de la revolución" (over music bed) at 1732:16, with all echoes continuing the seemingly sportscast underneath. So, I conclude the "minors" (as I henceforth dub all the lower power Rebelde transmitters on 1180) are probably piping Rebelde FM today. An anomaly, as sports audio on multiples continues non-parallel The Big One on 1180, and 550, 5025, etc. Now the question is, how do they manage to coordinate Rebelde FM audio to all those other 1180 transmitters, but not all the primary 1180. Maybe I’ll ask Arnie (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, Abridged list of junk: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Aqua Guide 705 Radio Direction Finder; Sangean PR-D5; Sony ICF-7600GR; GE SuperRadio III; RadioShack DX-399; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X in-room random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. A few nights ago I heard some imaginary frequencies mentioned on RHC`s sign-off just before 0500, so June 24 I tune in early enough at 0457 to copy the entire announcement, best on 5040, also 6060, 6120, 11760: frequencies to be used next in the morning from 1100: 15120, 15360, 13760; from 1300, 13680 and 13780; 11760, 12000; 9600 until 1300; 6000; 6180 until 1300. Of these, the following have not been used for months/years nor are they on the current published schedules: 13760, 12000 [except as a spur], 9600, 6180. I will not bother to figure out their replacements; why should I, if RHC won`t even make correct announcements? 11760, strongest RHC missing June 24 at 1343, but still going on the overkill 25m //s, 11690, 11730, 11830 (second best, no WYFR any more), 12040 mixed with ChiCom. At *1345:38, 11760 cut back on amid 50th anniversary interview with one of RHC`s many ``founders``, Ing. Luis Mendoza, now in his nineties. His mother was from PR, he was born in DR, but his father was Cuban, making him a true Antillian. 13670, June 25 at 0227, RHC has good signal but just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 9620, RHC at 0100 in Spanish with time pips, ID, and news in Spanish at 0100 (Very Good over REE in Spanish Jun 23 (Joe Robinson Scarborough, ON, Sony ICF-2010 and slinky inverted vee, Your Reports, July ODXA Listening In via DXLD) Never heard pips on RHC; must have come from REE (gh) Todavía puedo escuchar a REE en las noches en 9620, al irme a descansar. Desde hace algunas semanas había otra emisora en la fq por debajo. Ayer me di cuenta que es RHC (cerca de las 0200). (Horacio A. Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 24, condiglist yg via DXLD) Started in April, I think, when we pointed out it would collide with Spain, another great pick by frequency manager Arnie Coro. Aoki shows 9620 at 23-04 from RHC. Even worse, both are to South America (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5040, Radio Habana Cuba. *2049-2110 June 25, 2011. Set the NRD-525 to 5039 in USB for a 1000 cycle tone (not) at 2030. At 2049, RHC came up with carrier, producing the tones At 2058, audio up with Spanish vocal mid-song, RHC theme at 2100, Spanish lady ID, news. Clear and fair. 5955, CUBA jammer. 2101 June 25, 2011. A silent channel at 2058 check. Re-check at 2101, at least one big jammer. If Radio República was up at 2100, it was impossible to tell. Good job, Arnie! (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, Abridged list of junk: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Aqua Guide 705 Radio Direction Finder; Sangean PR-D5; Sony ICF-7600GR; GE SuperRadio III; RadioShack DX-399; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X in-room random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RadioCuba operators asleep at the switches again, allowing RHC to continue past nominal 0500* June 28: 11760 in English still going at 0503 with `This Day in History`, good but not solid signal while 6010 still hasn`t come up, unlike the overkill three other 49mb English channels, 6050, 6060, 6150. 11760 still on at last check 0518. 5040, RHC Spanish also on late June 28 at 0518 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 12300, ** CUBA [non]. 11775, June 25 at 0224, gospel music made me think it was DGS/Anguilla again running day frequency at night as happens periodically, but no --- soon into Spanish `Sólo para Mujeres` and now DentroCuban jamming is audible under, so it`s the correct R. Martí via Sackville, CANADA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. 15890-15915, June 28 at 0456, OTH radar pulses presumed from here, poor signals. OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, June 29: 17175-17200, poor at 0526 15815-15845, fair at 0528 13465-13490, poor at 0535 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA. Re 11-25: Radio Prague celebrates its 75th anniversary Andy Sennitt adds: Radio Prague was the first international broadcaster I ever heard, on mediumwave 1295 kHz. I listened to them during the Prague Spring, and remember Oldrich Cip (known on air as Peter Skala) getting excited at being able to hear Radio Caroline at night in Prague. I vividly remember the shock and sadness I felt when Warsaw Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, and my respect and admiration for the broadcasters who managed to stay on the air from a secret location for several days after the invasion. For a very brief time there were two Radio Pragues on the air. I think I heard the final broadcast of the clandestine one. The English announcer signed off and told listeners that his German colleague would take over. He didn’t, and shortly afterwards the transmitter went off the air. When I went to university I was fortunate enough to be able to take Czechoslovak studies as one of my courses. Radio Prague had sparked a deep interest in the country. My tutor was Sir Cecil Parrott, who had been the British ambassador in Prague from 1960-66. Pravda later named him as “one of the brains behind the Prague Spring.” I was thrilled to finally meet Oldrich Cip at a DXers conference, and later at a meeting of HFCC - he was the driving force behind the setting up of these twice-yearly frequency coordination meetings. Sadly Radio Prague is no longer on shortwave, but HFCC is going strong. My colleagues at Radio Prague helped shaped my life and career in international broadcasting, so it is with a specially warm feeling that I wish them a happy 75th birthday. The question is - will Radio Netherlands Worldwide manage to reach that milestone? (Andy Sennitt, June 28, Media Network blog via DXLD) ** DIEGO GARCIA [and non]. 4319-USB, AFN, 1316, June 23. Again not // AFN Guam (5765-USB). Guam had many short segments, while DG was a longer talk show; occasionally have noted DG recently being off the air. Certainly not their normal operation! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4319-USB, AFN, 1303, June 24. Finally able to tell what programming they are now running. ABC news; into the Dr. Joy Browne call-in show; NOT // 5765-USB, AFN Guam [q.v.], which had different news and then into live courtroom coverage of the Casey Anthony trail. For years these two were // until just recently (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 6025.02, Radio Amanecer, 1038, fair and readable, actually holding up well against R. Australia (6020) splatter; religious choral music, brief comments, hymn, then into talk by a Spanish woman. 14 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Es 5/31 Results FL ---> DR [axually it was DR - à FL --- gh] Had my first experience with a prolific opening to the Dominican Republic. MUF was beyond 108 and about literally every open frequency here was booming at times with Spanish. I was able to positively ID about 6 of the at least 15-20+ I heard. DR was all I could presumably muster. It was in from at least 5:45-6 through 8:30-8:45 [apparently pm, EDT = UT -4 into UT June 1; but no times in logs below! -- gh]. I also posted an UNID from earlier today (also DR presumed) and an UNID from 5/22 on the forum: http://www.wtfda.info/showthread.php?5984-5-31-and-5-22-UNIDs Any help appreciated. 5/31 Logs, all new for me (3rd month living here). Station info from Jim Thomas' Emisoras 2009 ed (though Líder on 92.7 must be a change). Frequency, City, Call, Power, Details, Distance [miles], Format, Notes 93.9, Bonao, HIRN, 1,000, Radio Novel, 1137 Variety, Es, 5/31/11, several ads with mentions of Bonao. In for roughly 2 hours, booming at times 94.3, San Francisco de Macorís, HIEA, 1,000, Digital FM, 1037, Tropical Talk, Es, 5/31/11 // webstream 96.3, Santo Domingo, HIK43, 5,000, La Kalle 96.3, 1095, Tropical Hits, Es 5/31/11 // webstream 105.5, Santiago, HIBR, 5,000, Ke Buena, 1010, Merengue, Es, 5/31/11 // webstream 94.3, HIGÜEY, HIMB, 1,000, Mambo FM, 1081, Tropical, Es, 5/31/11, ID, mention of Mambo 92.7, Santo Domingo, HIDL, 10,000, Líder FM, 1095, Tropical Music, Es 5/31/11, mention of Líder (Matt Lanza, Jacksonville, FL, May 31, WTFDA via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. China, 9770, China Radio International. Urumqi (Turkestan). 2011/06/18 sat 1633-1648, Hakka Chinese, music and songs. Poor, almost unreadable, and not received at all on subsequent days. EiBi says the target is southern Africa; if so they will have to find a much better frequency than this. Extremely poor quality means very nice music has zero entertainment value. Jo'burg sunset 1525 (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1658 - 11885 kHz. XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina), Uighur, tk OM e mx R. Clayderman. Segnale buono-sufficiente 1703 - 11770 kHz, XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina). Mandarino, tk OM/YL e mx jazz. Segnale sufficiente- insufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB La Voz de los Andes, Pichincha. 2358-0040 June 21/22, 2011. Fair with time sounders, ID, in local language. Recheck, grew to excellent level with nice Andean folk vocals, still in an indigenous language, time sounders 0030, ID, then remote telco accented Spanish man discussing some festival event (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, Abridged list of junk: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Aqua Guide 705 Radio Direction Finder; Sangean PR-D5; Sony ICF-7600GR; GE SuperRadio III; RadioShack DX-399; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X in-room random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. At 2040 17.6 on 9305 found to have a very broad range of spurs across the 9 MHz band: here are the carriers found in below and above the main frequencies: 9258/S7 9235/S9 9210/S3 9165/S5 9140/S3 9070/S4 & 9327/S8 9350/S10 9395/S10 9420/S10 9510/S5 9537/S4 9585 [no S] (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA. 9715.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea - program 2, *0255-0310, June 23, sign on with IS, alternating with opening ID announcements. Vernacular talk at 0300. Some Horn of Africa music. Fair to good. // 7175 - very good. // 9820.03 - fair. They don’t usually have two 9 MHz frequencies on the air at the same time (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) 9730.03 NF, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 0320-0345, June 25, another new frequency for these guys. Vernacular talk. Some Horn of Africa style music. 9730.03 off the air between approximately 0327- 0332. Weak. Poor with adjacent channel splatter. // 7175. No other //s found (Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX Listening Digest) 9710.03 NF, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 0315-0330, June 29, another new frequency for these guys. Some Horn of Africa music. Vernacular talk. // 7175. Both frequencies poor with thunderstorm static (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, Midsummer Special Program. 11690, 0504-0605, 24-06, nonstop pop music, identification by male at 0514 "Scandinavian Weekend Radio", more music, at 0600 identification: "This is Scandinavian Weekend Radio, write to our mail address, P. O. Box 99,... Virrat, Finland", at 0601 FSN World News, news in English. Signal week to fair, varying between 34333 to 14321. Also 5980, 0550-0558, 24-06, pop music. In parallel with 11690. Very weak. 14321. Also 6170, 0817-0825, 24-06, pop music. weak. 14321 to 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast, Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: SWR Midsummer broadcast 23-25 June --- 6170 is audible in London. Not a bad signal but audio could do with much more "punch" - need to turn up the mod. Regards (Stuart Satnipper, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Fairly good signal at 2017 UT on 11690 kHz this evening (24 June) from SWR. Actually is a bit off-channel on 11689.90 kHz. SINPO 25433. Instrumental music, EE IDs/address and DJ in Finnish (Alan Pennington, AOR 7030+ / K9AY, Caversham UK, ibid.) SWR switched over to 11720 kHz at 2100 UT. Its still audible here and relateively good reception for SWR, but with a little sideband interference and slightly weaker than it was earlier. Still instrumental music program. 73s (Dave Kenny, June 24, ibid.) Both 11720 and 6170 audible here in London. 6170 in particular is very strong at 2120 UT, Regards (Stuart Satnipper, AOR7030+/3x10m Flag, ibid.) Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, Special midsummer program. 11690, 2050-2100, 24-06, English and Finish comments by male: "Happy new summer to all". 24322. (Méndez) Also 11720, 2101-2130, 24-06, comments, Finish and English, music, identification: "Scandinavian Weekend Radio". Parallel with 6170. 24222 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast, Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G, Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE [and non]. RFI workers must be on strike yet again: 17690 via GUIANA FRENCH, June 30 at 1400 usual VG signal, instead of Spanish service, only eclectic music fill, starting with a Brasilian song, and // much weaker 17620 direct, not in synch; latter normally in French instead and not // (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Re 11-25, closure of Wachenbrunn 882 kHz: Still no further explanations of the reasons for the closure are available, just another confirmation that it was Media Broadcast who terminated the transmission contract, stating that they are no longer able to provide the service after June. It was not the other way round, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk as one would be inclined to assume (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: Whatever the problem with the 882 kHz site is, it presumably does not concern 1323 kHz which comes from another facility 800 metres away from the old transmitter buildings. Report in Media Network from RS/Radio.NL that 1323 will close July 1: http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/german-mediumwave-site-in-wachenbrunn-to-close (Mike Barraclough, England, June 28, dxldyg via DXLD) Germany 1323 to close!! The Radio Netherlands Media Network blog today reports the shock news that the superpower German transmitter on 1323 is closing "as of 1 July". So, three months after 648 Orfordness closed, another landmark MW signal will be gone. 1323 and 1386 (from Bolshakovo, Kaliningrad, which closed a few years ago) used to be the easiest ways to hear Radio Moscow World Service in the UK. The WRTH summer schedule gives the current timetable for Voice of Russia on 1323 as: 0500-0900 in English 0900-1200 in German 1200-1500 in Russian 1500-1900 in German 1900-2100 in French 2100-2200 in Russian (Chris Greenway, England, June 28, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) Report in Media Network from RS/Radio.NL that 1323 will close July 1: http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/german-mediumwave-site-in-wachenbrunn-to-close Which refers to http://radio.nl/portal/home/medianieuws/010.archief/2011/06/166012.html which just claims that "Ook de Russische Wereldomroep stopt met uitzenden op AM 1323. Luisteraars hiervan worden geadviseerd om te schakelen naar satelliet of internet." But I'm not aware of any such communication from Voice of Russia. No announcement of a closure has been posted and 1323 kHz is still shown in the frequency table. The radio.nl article apparently bases mostly on the third item at http://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/medienmagazin/radio_news/radionews_2011_06_26.html where 1323 kHz is mentioned as explanatory background, not with any kind of claim that it would go dark as well. The photo has been taken from near the 1323 kHz antenna and shows the old transmitter site with the 882 kHz antenna. In the foreground still visible are the traces of the dismantled feedline to the 1323 kHz Kvadrat antenna, crossing a valley with a street off frame at the bottom. This gives another impression of how much separated 1323 kHz from 882 kHz is. An enquiry on this matter just went out to the press office of Media Broadcast. After all the attention even abroad it appears that they should be bothered with it. As a matter of fact I have been told that it is planned to switch 882 kHz from the MDR Info feed to a looped announcement on Friday at 9 AM (i.e. 0700 UT). It will run over the weekend and the transmitter be finally turned off on Monday (time not specified so far). I also used the occasion to make sure if indeed parliament sessions from Erfurt had still been transmit on 882: Yes. Until right now a small outside broadcasting van from MDR picked them up and forwarded the audio to the Erfurt broadcasting house from which it has, perhaps with some added in-studio commentary, being fed to Wachenbrunn, perhaps (but I don't know for sure) by way of ISDN dial-up. In the same way parliament sessions from Dresden are also still carried via the Wilsdruff transmitter on 1044 kHz. In this case the routing runs always through the Dresden broadcasting house where the usual FM feed of MDR Info is taken, which has a added delay to match it with low power FM transmitters which are satellite-fed. The FM Optimod in the chain also results in the different sounding modulation, if this can be noted (Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 29, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Slight change of plans: Tomorrow a new, separate audio circuit from the Halle/Saale radiohouse to Wachenbrunn will be set up and the announcement loop that has been produced today will be played out from Halle as of midnight on July 1 (June 30, 2200 UT). On July 4 the transmitter will be switched off and immediately dismantled. The press office of Media Broadcast tells that they "confirm that the Wachenbrunn site will no longer be available as of July". Not much to add in this moment, after all the previous writing about the Wachenbrunn twin sites. Btw, here is a photo of the described feed line with the road it crossed, as it was in use until 2003: http://www.dxradio-ffm.de/Wachenbrunn3.JPG More, also newer photos at http://www.dxradio-ffm.de/THU.htm (Kai Ludwig, June 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fw: [dxld] Re: Closures: Wachenbrunn 882 kHz, also 1323? Andy, which Media&broadcast unit informed YOU about Wachenbrunn Voice of Moscow 1323 closure? This site built up in 1985 til August 1989 by former GDR, some 900 meters south of the village, and some 3.5 to 4 kilometers from the westerly situated villages. V of Russia new transmitter and 4-mast antenna installation is self-sustainable! 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, to Andy Sennitt, June 29, via DXLD) Von: Wolfgang Bueschel Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Juni 2011 An: FMB Presse Betreff: Fw: Re: Closures: Wachenbrunn 882 kHz, also 1323? Diese Nachricht wurde automatisch von einer Regel weitergeleitet. An Media & Broadcast Pressekontakte Hr. Holger Crump Sehr geehrter Herr Crump, es gab kürzlich die Meldung vom MDR Leipzig auf deren Webseite, dass der Mittelwellensender Wachenbrunn 882 kHz (M&B Installation und Service mit 20 Kilowatt) zum 30. Juni 2011 seine Sendungen für immer einstellt und durch das neue DAB+ Netz- Übertragungen ersetzt wird. Daraus hub eine eine heftige Diskussion auch im Ausland an, in Großbritannien, Frankreich und in Holland, sowie auf den Webseiten im Internet, weil über die 900 Meter südwestlich vom Dorf Wachenbrunn installierte M&B Anlage das internationale Programm der Stimme Rußlands, in Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch und Russisch übertragen wird. Diese Anlage liegt 3.5 bis 4 Kilometer von den westwärts gelegenen Dörfern entfernt, ist autark in ihrem technischen Aufbau und dürfte eigentlich keine Probleme mit der Elektromagnetischen Verträglichkeit haben; d.h. die Störfreiheit elektrischer oder elektronischer Geräte mit ihrer Umgebung, nicht Elektronikschrott, müßte gefestigt sein. Wird da differenziert zwischen der alten DDR Anlage für den MDR Leipzig direkt westlich im Wachenbrunn und der selbsständigen Einheit für die Stimme Rußlands aus Moskau? Wie steht es mit der Betroffenheit auch der Voice of Russia / Stimme Rußlands Moskau Installation. Werden die Aussendungen aus Moskau über Wachenbrunn am 1. Juli 2011 weitergeführt? Mit freundlichen Grüßen, und Dank im Voraus Wolfgang Büschel DF5SX Stuttgart WWDXC BC-DX TopNews website Homepage: (to M&B via DXLD) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holger Crump" Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 Subject: AW: Closures: Wachenbrunn 882 kHz, also 1323? Sehr geehrter Herr Bueschel, besten Dank für Ihre Anfrage. Die Aussendung von Voice of Russia wird weiter fortgeführt und ist von der Abschaltung nicht betroffen. Freundliche Grüße, Holger Crump (via Büschel, ibid.) Translation: Answer from Media Broadcast GmbH - Press Contact The transmission of Voice of Russia will c o n t i n u e and is n o t affected by the shutdown. {1323 Voice of Russia TX site, location 900 meters southwards of the former GDR 693 kHz site, now 882 kHz MDR program from Halle}. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wachenbrunn 882 kHz now with announcement loop --- MDR switched at 2205 UT (00:05 local time) its 882 kHz feed from MDR Info to a loop that advises of the closure. As already posted, the transmitter will be finally turned off during Monday, and it is understood that it will be immediately removed from the site. The confusion in regard to 1323 kHz presumably resulted from the circumstance that both facilities are now considered as different sites with different designators; I think the defunct 882 kHz site was called "Themar 4" (the small village of Wachenbrunn now belongs to this near-by town). It was just considered a matter of course that the whole affair has nothing to do with 1323 kHz. Since I have already been asked: Still no further information about the reasons for the premature death of 882 kHz emerged. This also means that it is hard to assess if the Wachenbrunn case is unique or could mark a precedent, with other transmitter sites being in danger of such a fate, too. (The audio file that goes to the YG attachment folder is a quick and dirty copy of a recording from the end of real programming on 882 kHz. I hope it suffices this way.) (Kai Ludwig, Germany, UT July 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 6005, Radio 700, Kall-Krekel, 0654-0815, 24-06, German comments, male, female. At 0700: "Informationen" male, news, pop music. 34333 to 24322. (Méndez) 6005, Radio Gloria International via Radio 700, Kall-Krekel, *0900- 0910, 26-06, opening program: "Free Radio", "Free Radio", male, English and German, identification: "Radio Gloria International", pop music, "This is Radio Gloria International", announcing frequencies and time transmission. 24322. (Méndez) 6140, Radio Gloria International via MV Baltic Radio, Wertachtal, 1328-1354, 26-06, pop music, male, English, German, identification: "Radio Gloria International.. or address...". 25322 to 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast, Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G, Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 6190, Deutschlandfunk, Berlin Britz, 0616-0633, 24-06, German, comments by male and female. 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast, Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G, Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6190, Deutschlandfunk Radio (presumed), 0036-0100 Jun 26. Classical music program with German language talk by a man announcer at 0044. More classical music until brief talk by the man announcer at 0059 prior to 3+1 time pips at 0100. Fair prior to being blown away by Radio Netherlands-Bonaire opening in Dutch at 0100 (Rich D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing PA 19610, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** GERMANY [and non]. AUSTRIA/FRENCH GUIANA/FRANCE/GERMANY MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK) A-11 period (27/03/2011 - 30/10/2011) A-11 operational DTK schedule of June 16th 2011. Times are in UT frq star-stop ciraf loc pow azi type day from-to broadc 3975 1800-1900 28 WER 250 ND 926 1234567 1306-291011 YFR 5930 0000-0057 12, 14 GUF 500 215 146 1234567 1306-291011 YFR 5930 1700-1900 28E,29 W WER 250 45 205 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 5940 0030-0230 40 WER 250 105 215 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 5945 0700-0730 27,28N WER 100 300 215 1 2703-291011 BVB 5945 0700-0745 27,28N WER 100 300 215 7 2703-291011 BVB 5945 1100-1115 27,28 WER 250 ND 926 1 2703-291011 MWA 5945 1300-1400 27,28 WER 100 ND 926 1 2405-291011 RTR 5955 0558-0800 27,28 NAU 500 210 146 1234567 2703-301011 RNW 5955 0800-1000 27,28 NAU 500 210 146 17 2703-301011 RNW 5955 0800-1000 27,28 WER 500 210 930 23456 2703-301011 RNW 5955 1000-1459 18S,27,28 NAU 500 210 146 1 2703-250711 RNW 5955 1000-1459 18S,27,28 NAU 500 210 146 234567 0207-250711 RNW 5955 1459-1657 27,28 NAU 500 210 146 1234567 2703-301011 RNW 5955 1657-1800 27,28 WER 500 ND 926 5 0906-090611 RNW 6040 1600-1630 28E WER 250 135 215 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 6040 1630-1930 40 WER 250 105 215 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 6045 0900-1000 27E,28 WER 100 ND 926 1 2703-291011 HLR 6055 1030-1100 27,28 WER 125 ND 926 17 2703-291011 EMG 6060 1500-1700 28E,29W WER 125 60 215 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 6065 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 215 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 6065 0400-0430 28E WER 100 120 201 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 6095 0230-0330 40 WER 250 105 215 1234567 2903-291011 IBB 6105 0645-0750 27 NAU 100 285 156 1 2703-301011 TWR 6105 0700-0750 27 NAU 100 285 156 23456 2703-301011 TWR 6105 0715-0750 27 NAU 100 285 156 7 2703-301011 TWR 6105 1700-1800 28E,29W WER 250 60 207 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 6115 2000-2200 37,38W WER 250 210 215 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 6120 0759-1000 27S,37N WER 500 255 215 23456 2703-301011 RNW 6125 1959-2200 27S,28SW NAU 500 225 146 1234567 3005-050911 RNW 6130 1800-1815 28,29 NAU 100 69 216 56 2703-291011 BVB 6130 1800-1830 28,29 NAU 100 69 216 3 2703-291011 BVB 6130 1800-1900 28,29 NAU 100 69 216 1 2703-291011 BVB 6130 1815-1845 28,29 NAU 100 69 216 7 2703-291011 BVB 6140 0900-1000 27,28 WER 100 ND 926 1 2703-291011 MVB 6140 1300-1400 28 NAU 100 126 156 1 2703-291011 MVB 7215 1400-1430 28-30 WER 100 60 207 2 2703-301011 TWR 7215 1400-1430 28-30 WER 100 60 207 3456 2703-301011 TWR 7215 1400-1500 28-30 WER 100 60 207 17 2703-301011 TWR 7230 1900-1930 39N WER 250 105 215 1234567 2703-291011 FEB 7280 0230-0400 40 WER 250 105 215 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 7310 0300-0330 39S WER 125 120 201 1234567 2703-291011 BVB 7360 2200-0057 12,13,15 GUF 500 170 151 1234567 1306-291011 YFR 7375 0100-0300 2,3,4,6,7 WER 100 315 215 1234567 0709-291011 HRT 7375 0300-0500 2,3,6,7W WER 100 325 215 1234567 0709-291011 HRT 7375 2200-0300 11,12,13 WER 100 240 215 1234567 0709-291011 HRT 7375 2300-0100 6,7,8,9,10WER 100 300 215 1234567 0709-291011 HRT 7405 0030-0100 41 WER 250 90 217 1234567 2703-291011 BVB 7420 2200-2300 37,38W WER 250 210 215 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 9430 1800-1900 39,40 NAU 250 125 216 7 2703-291011 BVB 9430 1815-1845 39,40 NAU 250 125 216 1 2703-291011 BVB 9440 1529-1600 28 WER 100 105 201 7 2703-301011 TWR 9440 1529-1600 29S,39N WER 100 90 217 23456 2703-301011 TWR 9445 0030-0130 40E,41NW WER 250 90 217 1234567 2703-291011 GFA 9505 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 9515 1930-2015 37,38 NAU 250 150 216 1 2703-291011 PAB 9515 1930-2030 37,38 NAU 250 150 216 7 2703-291011 PAB 9520 2330-0030 41NE,43S WER 250 75 217 1234567 2703-291011 GFA 9585 1800-1900 28E,29 NAU 100 90 156 7 2703-291011 CHW 9590 1900-2000 37E,38 WER 250 150 201 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 9595 1159-1600 27 WER 250 300 217 1234567 0207-250711 RNW 9595 2000-2100 46E,47,52NNAU 500 180 216 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 9600 1900-1930 47,48 WER 250 150 217 1234567 0906-291011 IBB 9610 0530-0600 46SE WER 100 180 217 23456 1106-291011 RMI 9610 1900-2200 46,47,52 WER 500 180 217 1234567 0906-291011 YFR 9620 1159-1600 18 NAU 500 11 146 1234567 0207-250711 RNW 9620 2200-2300 38,39,40 WER 500 135 217 1234567 0604-291011 NHK 9655 1400-1600 18,27,28 MOS 100 275 805 1234567 2903-291011 TOM 9675 1630-1700 47,48 WER 250 150 217 23456 2703-291011 IBB 9715 2100-2200 46E,47,52NNAU 500 180 216 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 9735 0200-0500 6-8,10,11 GUF 250 320 158 1234567 2703-301011 VOR 9735 0430-0500 39,40 WER 250 105 205 345 2703-291011 BVB 9735 0500-0515 39,40 WER 250 105 205 6 2703-291011 BVB 9740 0659-0800 27 WER 250 300 216 1234567 3005-050911 RNW 9740 1600-1700 19, 29,30 WER 250 60 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 9760 1630-1800 40 WER 250 105 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 9765 1900-1930 37,38W WER 100 210 216 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 9765 1930-2000 37,38W WER 100 210 216 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 9765 2000-2030 37,38W WER 100 210 216 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 9780 1700-1800 40E,41NW WER 250 90 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 9790 0900-1000 28W NAU 100 180 216 1 2703-301011 AWR 9805 1900-2000 29,30 WER 250 60 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 9810 0000-0200 12,14,16 GUF 250 195 153 1234567 2703-301011 VOR 9810 2030-2100 46,47 NAU 250 190 216 23456 2604-291011 IBB 9815 0300-0330 47,48 NAU 250 160 216 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 9815 0330-0400 48 WER 250 135 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 9815 1800-1830 47,48 WER 250 150 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 9830 1600-1630 28E WER 100 120 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 9830 2000-2030 46E,47W WER 100 180 217 1234567 0906-301011 AWR 9895 0459-0557 28S WER 500 120 201 1234567 2703-301011 RNW 9895 0559-0659 27S,28SW NAU 500 220 146 1234567 2703-301011 RNW 9895 0800-1000 27S,28SW NAU 500 220 146 17 2703-301011 RNW 9895 1000-1459 27S,28SW NAU 500 220 146 1 2703-250711 RNW 9895 1000-1459 27S,28SW NAU 500 220 146 234567 0207-250711 RNW 9895 1459-1559 27S,28SW NAU 500 220 146 1234567 2703-301011 RNW 9895 2059-2127 17 NAU 250 320 216 1234567 3005-050911 RNW 9925 0100-0300 2,3,4,6,7 WER 100 315 217 1234567 1005-060911 HRT 9925 0300-0500 2,3,6,7W NAU 100 325 216 1234567 1005-060911 HRT 9925 1800-1900 57 WER 500 165 217 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 9925 2200-0300 11,12,13 WER 100 240 217 1234567 1005-060911 HRT 9925 2300-0100 6,7,8,9,10NAU 100 300 216 1234567 1005-060911 HRT 9935 2200-2300 12, 14 GUF 500 215 146 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 9935 2300-2357 12, 14 GUF 500 215 146 1234567 1306-291011 YFR 11605 2200-2400 12,13,15 GUF 250 180 153 1234567 2703-301011 VOR 11645 1400-1500 39N,40 WER 250 105 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 11670 1730-1800 37,38W WER 100 210 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 11695 1500-1530 29,30 WER 250 60 216 7 2703-291011 EMG 11755 2030-2100 46SE,47W WER 100 180 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 11810 0500-0530 46SE NAU 125 185 216 1234567 2703-080611 BVB 11810 0500-0530 37,38,46N,NAU 125 185 146 1234567 0906-291011 BVB 11810 1500-1600 29SE WER 250 90 216 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 11830 1930-2000 46,47 NAU 100 187 216 7 1704-291011 BVB 11840 1900-2000 37,46 NAU 500 205 216 1234567 0806-291011 YFR 11855 1800-1815 39,40 NAU 100 105 216 7 2703-291011 BVB 11855 1800-1830 39,40 NAU 100 105 216 246 2703-291011 BVB 11855 1800-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 216 35 2703-291011 BVB 11855 1830-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 216 1 2703-291011 BVB 11885 1700-1759 39 ISS 250 110 216 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 11905 1730-1800 48 NAU 250 140 217 23456 0906-291011 IBB 11905 1800-1900 48 NAU 250 140 217 1234567 0906-291011 IBB 11925 1800-1900 48 WER 250 150 217 1234567 0906-291011 IBB 11925 1900-1930 48 WER 250 150 217 23456 0906-291011 IBB 11940 1500-1530 30S WER 250 75 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 11945 1930-2000 46SE WER 100 180 217 1234567 0806-291011 RMI 11955 1800-1900 37E,38 WER 250 150 201 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 11960 1700-1800 39,40 WER 100 120 201 17 2405-291011 BVB 11975 1830-1900 46S,47SE ISS 500 167 217 1234567 2703-291011 LWF 11980 0700-0800 37,38W WER 100 210 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 11980 0800-0830 37,38W WER 100 210 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 11995 1600-1630 47E,48 WER 500 135 217 1 1506-291011 RMI# 12010 0800-0830 37,38W WER 100 210 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 12010 0830-0900 37,38W WER 100 210 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 12015 1630-1700 47,48 NAU 250 155 216 23456 2405-291011 IBB 12080 1500-1600 46,47,52,5WER 250 180 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 12140 1530-1730 39,40 WER 100 105 217 1234567 2703-291011 BVB 13570 1500-1600 39N,40W WER 250 90 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 13580 1700-1720 39,40 ISS 250 115 217 2356 2703-291011 BVB 13580 1700-1735 39,40 ISS 250 115 217 4 2703-291011 BVB 13590 1530-1815 39,40 NAU 100 130 216 1 2703-291011 BVB 13590 1545-1600 39,40 NAU 100 130 216 24 2703-291011 BVB 13590 1545-1615 39,40 NAU 100 130 216 6 2703-291011 BVB 13590 1545-1620 39,40 NAU 100 130 216 3 2703-291011 BVB 13590 1545-1645 39,40 NAU 100 130 216 5 2703-291011 BVB 13590 1545-1700 39,40 NAU 100 130 216 7 0904-291011 BVB 13590 1700-1800 39,40 NAU 100 130 216 3 2703-291011 BVB 13600 1615-1630 39,40 NAU 100 130 216 246 2703-291011 BVB 13600 1700-1730 39S NAU 125 130 218 1234567 2703-291011 BVB 13615 1400-1500 30S WER 250 75 216 1234567 0206-291011 IBB 13615 1600-1700 40 NAU 500 95 218 1234567 2804-291011 YFR 13630 1532-1547 39,40 ISS 250 91 211 1 3005-291011 BVB 13645 1600-1700 39 WER 250 120 217 1234567 2405-291011 YFR 13700 0959-1459 27S,28SW,3WER 500 240 217 1234567 0207-250711 RNW 13700 1159-1459 28S,37W WER 500 120 217 1234567 0207-250711 RNW 13700 1459-1557 28S,39W WER 500 120 217 1234567 2703-301011 RNW 13700 1459-1657 27S,28SW,3WER 500 240 217 1234567 3005-050911 RNW 13710 1100-1130 19,20,21,2NAU 250 30 218 7 2703-291011 EMG 13720 1630-1730 47,48 WER 100 150 217 1234567 2405-291011 BVB 13730 1400-1500 30S,40N WER 250 75 217 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 13730 1529-1727 47,48W WER 500 150 217 1234567 2703-301011 PNW% 13740 1500-1515 41,49NW WER 250 90 217 1 2703-291011 BVB 13740 1700-1800 40 NAU 500 95 218 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 13740 1900-1930 46SE WER 125 180 217 1234567 1204-070611 BVB 13740 1900-1930 37,38,46N,WER 125 180 217 1234567 0806-291011 BVB 13745 1600-1700 29SE WER 250 90 217 1234567 2804-291011 IBB 13750 1800-1900 46SE WER 500 180 217 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 13790 1500-1558 41SE ISS 500 85 217 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 13790 1800-1900 46E,47W ISS 500 170 217 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 13810 1400-1600 28,29W,38ENAU 100 130 216 1234567 2703-291011 TOM 13810 1600-1800 38S,39S,47ISS 100 131 206 25 2703-291011 BVB 13810 1600-1830 38S,39S,47ISS 100 131 206 16 2703-291011 BVB 13810 1630-1800 38S,39S,47ISS 100 131 206 34 2703-291011 BVB 13810 1630-1830 38S,39S,47ISS 100 131 206 7 2703-291011 BVB 13830 1630-1700 47,48 WER 250 135 217 23456 0306-291011 IBB 13830 1700-1758 38E,39S,48ISS 100 126 216 14 2703-291011 SBO 13840 1700-1800 37,38 WER 100 180 217 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 13870 1730-1800 48 NAU 250 140 218 23456 2703-291011 IBB 13870 1800-1900 48 NAU 250 140 218 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 13870 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 218 23456 2703-291011 IBB 15110 1530-1600 40 WER 250 105 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 15155 1730-1800 48 WER 250 135 217 1234567 0906-291011 AWR 15160 1600-1700 48 NAU 500 140 218 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 15205 1400-1430 41 WER 100 90 217 1 2605-291011 PAB 15205 1415-1430 41 WER 100 90 217 234567 2605-291011 PAB 15205 1430-1445 41 ISS 250 83 217 1 2703-291011 PAB 15205 1900-1930 46S NAU 100 200 218 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 15205 1930-2000 46SE,47W WER 250 180 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 15215 1530-1629 40E,41NW ISS 250 86 217 1234567 2703-291011 GFA 15255 1500-1529 41N ISS 250 90 217 1234567 3005-301011 AWR 15255 1530-1600 41N ISS 250 75 217 1234567 3005-301011 AWR 15260 1900-2000 37,38W NAU 100 215 218 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 15275 1515-1530 40,41 ISS 100 90 217 7 0904-291011 BVB 15275 1530-1559 40,41 ISS 100 90 217 456 2703-291011 BVB 15320 1300-1330 42,43W WER 250 75 217 23456 2703-291011 AWR 15320 1300-1330 42,43W WER 250 75 217 17 2703-291011 AWR 15320 1330-1500 42,43W WER 250 75 217 1234567 2703-291011 AWR 15350 1230-1500 41 WER 250 90 217 1234567 2405-291011 GFA 15360 1500-1530 41N NAU 250 85 218 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 15360 1530-1559 41N ISS 250 80 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 15380 1430-1630 40 WER 250 105 217 1234567 2405-291011 IBB 15380 1700-1800 39N,40 NAU 250 113 218 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 15390 1330-1530 41NE,43S,4WER 250 90 217 1234567 2703-291011 GFA 15410 1700-1715 48SW ISS 250 140 217 7 2703-291011 ABA 15445 1700-1900 38,39,40 WER 250 135 217 1234567 2405-291011 NHK 15495 1500-1559 41E ISS 500 85 217 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 15495 1759-1957 48SW,52E,5WER 500 150 217 1234567 2703-301011 RNW 15565 1400-1500 41E NAU 500 85 218 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 15565 1500-1600 29SE WER 250 90 217 1234567 2605-291011 IBB 15650 1400-1700 30S WER 250 75 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 15670 1400-1559 41 ISS 500 85 218 1234567 0207-250711 YFR 15670 1400-1600 41 NAU 500 95 218 1234567 2703-010711 YFR 15670 1400-1600 41 NAU 500 95 218 1234567 2607-291011 YFR 15680 1230-1330 40 WER 250 90 217 1234567 2405-291011 IBB 15690 1400-1459 41S ISS 500 90 217 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 15710 1659-1727 47,52N WER 500 180 217 1234567 2703-301011 RNW 15715 0400-0900 40E,41NW WER 250 90 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 15720 1659-1727 47E,48,52ENAU 500 155 218 1234567 2703-301011 RNW 15750 1600-1700 47,48 WER 500 150 217 1234567 1306-291011 YFR 17485 1400-1600 38 WER 100 165 217 1234567 1404-291011 TOM 17495 1345-1415 41 ISS 250 83 217 1 2703-291011 BVB* 17495 1415-1500 41 ISS 250 83 217 1 2703-291011 BVB 17495 1430-1500 41 NAU 250 95 218 7 2404-291011 BVB 17535 0900-1000 38,39 WER 100 135 217 6 2703-291011 BVB 17535 1200-1230 41NE WER 250 90 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 17535 1230-1300 41NE WER 250 90 217 1234567 2703-301011 AWR 17575 1630-1700 48 ISS 250 130 217 1234567 3005-301011 AWR 17580 1300-1500 41E WER 500 90 216 1234567 2703-291011 YFR 17750 1400-1500 39N,40 WER 250 120 217 1234567 2703-291011 IBB 17800 1400-1559 41S ISS 500 90 217 1234567 0207-250711 YFR 17800 1400-1600 41S WER 500 90 217 1234567 2703-010711 YFR 17800 1400-1600 41S WER 500 90 217 1234567 2607-291011 YFR *) 1st Sunday of the month Day 1 = Sunday ... Day 7 = Saturday List of Broadcasters using MEDIA BROADCAST technical equipment: ABA Radiyo Y'Abaganda (Ababaka) AWR Adventist World Radio BVB High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting CHW Christliche Wissenschaft CVC Christian Vision - deleted 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 - deleted HLR Hamburger Lokalradio HRT Hrvratska Radio Televizija IBB International Broadcasting Bureau LWF Lutheran World Federation MBR MEDIA BROADCAST (ex Deutsche Telekom, DTK) MVB Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio MWA Missionswerk Arche NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai PAB Pan Am Broadcasting PNW% {"Press Now" but changed to "Free Press Unlimited", wb.} RHU Radio Huriyo (Xoriyo) - deleted RMI Radio Miami International RMI* [Hamada Radio International] RMI# [Voice of Oromo Liberation Front] RNW Radio Netherlands World Service RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie - deleted RTR Radio Traumland (Belgium) SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo, Voice of Oromo Liberation TOM The Overcomer Ministry TWR Trans World Radio VOR Voice of Russia WRN World Radio Network - deleted 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: % Free Press Unlimited Witte Kruislaan 55 1217 AM Hilversum The Netherlands T +31 35 62 54 300 E-mail Free Voice and Press Now merged to "Free Press Unlimited" (MBR, June 16, transformed by Michael Bethge-D, June 21 via wwdxc BC- DX TopNews June 24 via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. 17800, June 25 at 1345, DW VG at S9+20 with jazzy music, 1347 Hausa ID, more music. As if this 250 kW, 310 degree signal from RWANDA, also USward, weren`t enough, same programming a slight reverb apart is on much weaker 17820, which is 250 kW, 145 degrees from PORTUGAL. And // 15410 synchro with 17800 since that is also RWANDA but 295 degrees. Fourth channel for this is 21780 Rwanda, often audible when nothing else is on 13m, but not today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Deutsche Welle Hindi service will stop broadcasting its online radio programs from 1st July 2011. DW some times ago ceased its SW transmission in Hindi and now it is available only online via their website. But from 1st July only written reports and few video reports will be available in its website in Hindi. From a very popular radio service in Hindi DW Hindi now will become a mare web portal only! Thanks & Regards, (Prithwiraj Purkayastha, Jorhat, Assam, June 28, dx_sasia g via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM [and non]. 13362-USB, AFN, quick check at 0738, June 27 heard fair to good signal; by check at 0829 had switched to 5765-USB; by 1253 heard Diego Garcia [q.v.] on 4319-USB, again not // Guam. DG off the air June 26 and has become somewhat erratic. 13362-USB, AFN, fair to good on June 29; they never switched over to 5765-USB during checks at 1139, 1210, 1248, 1307 and 1334; intensely covering the Casey Anthony trial with commentary and live proceedings; military type PSAs; by 1248 heard Diego Garcia on 4319-USB; again not // Guam. Must be Guam that is running the non-standard programming, due to their daily extensive courtroom reporting! (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, R. Verdad continues to be heard, tho have not logged it lately. This time of year, always with storm noise impeding listening, but still a respectable S9+10 for 700 watts. June 24 at 0515, small group singing hymn in Spanish with guitar, then Spanish announcement. There is often some English during this final hour, and Wolfgang Büschel even heard some German, besides the multi-lingual sign-off just before 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4055, Radio Verdad, 0515-0607*, June 25, English “Through the Bible” religious program with talk and music. Multi-lingual ID announcements at 0556. Sign off with National Anthem at 0603. Poor to fair in thunderstorm static (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** GUINEA. 7125, RTVG, 1910, news or similar by a woman, then into hilife at 1912. Mostly fair, but peaking at good levels. 11 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF- 2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP- 2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7125, R. Conakry. June 21, 2059-2106 Afropop music, two male in French talks, abrupt sign off at 2106; check at 2126-2130 female in French talks, male in Vernacular talks. 35333 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil, SW40 - Dipoles and Longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7125, Radio Guinea, Conakry, 0551-0620, 22-06, African songs. At 0600 Coran songs in Arabic, translated intro French by a man. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast. Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7125, RTG Radio – Conakry, 0649, 6/22. Fair with talk in French by man and woman; ID at 0656; sudden off at 0701; back on at 0730 recheck (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545; R-75 + PAR-SWL and FlexMLB, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 7125, Radio Conakry, *0626-0650, June 25, abrupt sign on with local Afro-pop music. French/vernacular talk. Local cora music. “Radio Conakry” ID. Fair to good (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) 7125, RTG, 0728 to tune out at 0758, June 27. Local marimba music and African pop; sounded like French; poor (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HONG KONG [and non]. UTILITARIA: 8828, Hong Kong Volmet captada a las 1140 con completo reporte meteorológico, señal en // con los 6679 kHz. Voz femenina robotizada al iniciar “…This is Hong Kong Volmet…” al finalizar “… Hong Kong Volmet, out…” En las mismas frecuencias pero en otros horarios dentro de la misma hora escuchadas también las estaciones volmet Tokyo (JIA), Auckland (ZKAK) (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, Escuchas realizadas en Fomeque, Cundinamarca a través del Sony ICF 2010 y Antena Dipolo de 8 metros; Audios, imágenes y más en: http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/ via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) ** INDIA. AIR Chennai 4920 khz --- Hi Everyone, 4920 kHz, AIR Chennai, Tamil Nadu 0018 UT 27/6/11 music then ID http://www.box.net/shared/kcxh288v7c0l7hjxr17y This is the intro music for AIR I’ve heard on Shillong and Chennai probably other AIR stations, does anyone know what it is? (My friend Ron probably does!) http://www.box.net/shared/pvnzzoux16vtm2omtr82 (Mark Davies, Ynys Mon (Anglesey), Wales, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Mark, Nice clear recordings! After the AIR Interval Signal they play “Vande Mataram”. It’s a national song, but not their National Anthem. The NA is normally only played when their president is making a nationwide speech via AIR (eve of Independence Day, etc.). Vande Mataram (just as you recorded it): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g8nQuX8dUg&feature=related National Anthem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQfQq_Qxyk&feature=related (Ron Howard, San Francisco, CA, USA, ibid.) Re AIR's tuning (interval signal) used on most (if not all outlets). If anyone is interested I have a studio quality MP3 of the tune that I collected on a visit a few years ago to AIR Chennai, and I have also recorded it many times off the satellite AIR feeds I receive here in Sydney. Here is some info about the tune itself --- From Wikipedia: It is widely believed that the Signature Tune of All India Radio was composed by eminent Violin Artist V. G. Jog. However, it is also known that a Czechoslovakian born composer, Walter Kaufmann, was working in All India Radio during the 1930s supervising the Western Music Department. It is believed that although he did not compose the signature tune as such, his composition was the original and from that an improvised version later became the signature tune for All India Radio. The signature tune is actually a snipet from a Sonata composed by Walter Kaufman. The violin was played by Mehli Mehta, the father of world famous orchestra conductor, Zubin Mehta. According to other sources the tune using violin, viola and tanpura was composed by John Foulds (Mark Fahey, Sydney, Australia, ibid.) Dear Mark Davies, As you uploaded the file on 4920 is not AIR Chennai, it's the spurious of AIR Jaipur. Because the announcement is in Hindi, not in Tamil. 73's (Jaisakthivel, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Communication, MS University, Tirunelveli - 627012, India, June 28, ibid.) Jaipur being 4910. You mean 4920 Chennai *never* broadcasts in Hindi? (Glenn, ibid.) No, I am not saying on that sense. Actually that is the opening announcement of the station. AIR Chennai opening announcement must be in Tamil, not in Hindi. You are right 4910 make the spurious (Jaisakthivel, ibid.) I’ve listened to Mark’s recording and the ID sounds like “All India Radio, Chennai” at 00.34 seconds. It doesn’t sound like a spurious signal to me. 73s (Dave Kenny, England, ibid.) 100% AIR Chennai, no doubt about that. At 00.31 YL in Tamil .... vanakkam (greetings) followed by ID ...All India Radio Chennai Vanoli Uxxx.... Regards, (Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, ibid.) I thought there was an "All India Radio Chennai" ID; thanks for all comments (Mark, Anglesey, ibid.) ** INDIA. 15075, All India Radio (Bangaluru), 0400-0411, 6/20/2011, Hindi. Man talking. Sounded like a public speaker rather than a studio announcer. Good signal strength, declining slowly (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, IC-R75, RX-340, 90' Wire, Wellbrook ALA100M Loop, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) 15075, June 25 at 0229, poor signal in unID language talk, then S Asian music. It`s the AIR Kannada hour via Bengaluru, 500 kW, 300 degrees to CIRAF 39 (everything from Turkey to Yemen and Oman) at 02- 03, followed by Hindi and Gujarati until 0530 per HFCC. WRTH A-11 Update2 shows Kannada is really only half a sesquihour at 0215-0300. BTW, the latest Adobe pdf reader makes one use the internal binocular- find funxion only, inconvenient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. I didn't listen too intensely here because of time zones, I was on holiday after all! But here's a brief sketch of what I heard. 3345, RRI Ternate, heard around 2020 UT with Koran readings. 4750, RRI Makassar heard around 1100 UT, with some co-channel interference from China. On Sunday morning an open carrier until 2110 UT. Heard one day opening at 2000 UT. 4870, RRI Wamena. Most days on with programme around 2015 UT after the carrier was on for some time; Sunday morning programme began between 2135-2155 UT; on Tuesday RRI News was heard at 2100 UT. Some ute QRM. 9680, RRI Jakarta daily opens at 2158 UT. Heard well all day except, around 0700 UT when a co-channel Gospel station in Spanish, that I think is YFR, causes a lot of strife. I thought YFR would have gone silent on 21 May? (Barry Hartley, on travel in Northern QLD-AUS, May 25, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 24 via DXLD) 9680 WYFR did go silent on 17 June (gh) ** INDONESIA. RRI Makassar, 4749.95, 22 June 1157, fair with announcements in Indonesian, jazz instrumental across ToH, then SCI (a version I hadn't heard before) and news, started getting QRMed by another station on 4750 at about 1215, but not sure who it was (Bruce Portzer, Seattle, WA, Winradio Excalibur, K9AY antenna June 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4749.95, RRI Makassar, 1104-1140 Jun 23. News/talk to 1121, then regional vocals with occasional "RRI" and "RRI Makassar" ID's; a mix of talk and music after 1230. Fair (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 4790, RRI Fak Fak, 0800, noted in passing with RRI news, then local comments and into music. Didn't bother "chasing" the exact frequency, but I doubt it's "spot on" nominal. Actually, the broadcast was horribly modulated, nearly to the point of FM'ing, but signal strength was impressive. Last time I heard this, a few weeks ago, the signal also had horrible modulation and after a few days, was off the air. 30 June (David Sharp, NSW Australia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Back on air: I can receive RRI-Fak Fak on 4789.97 kHz at 1130 UT on June 30. Fair signal in Japan. Local ID at 1159 by female, News at 1200 (Sei-ichi Hasegawa, Japan, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 7289.95, RRI Nabire, 0800-0820:00*, June 27. Nice to see Atsunori Ishida, et al. reporting on the newer version of Rayuan Pulau Kelapa (a.k.a. song of Coconut Island - SCI) being played before the relay of the Jakarta news, as I reported in DXLD 11-25. There are two formats used for the Jakarta news; one with just straight reporting and the other with frequent musical bridges; today had many musical bridges till suddenly off, by which time reception was almost fair. Now on a slightly higher frequency than heard back in May (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525.05, 13.6 1900, Voice of Indonesia started in English, ID. O=2 (Stig Hartvig Nilsson, Denmark, SW Bulletin June 26 via DXLD) ! Would be first time in many moons near nominal 9525 instead of 9526- (gh, DXLD) 9525 [sic, not 9526?], V of Indonesia, 1835 18.6 with pop songs and a signal of S10 I can call it as armchair reception. Their audio as always has gaps or 'chuffs' as it was an MP3 streaming, 45534 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) i.e. IADs (gh) Domenica 26 giugno 2011 -- 1736 - 9526 kHz. VOZ DE INDONESIA - Cimanggis, Spagnolo, px di musica locale. Segnale buono-molto buono (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 9526-, June 28 at 1338, JBA carrier, only enough to confirm VOI is still off-frequency. There have been a couple reports this month of it back on 9525 at later dayparts, but not sure if it was really measured there or assumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9680, RRI Jakarta. June 23, 1020-1030 male hosting listeners by phone in Indonesian talks, local music (with slight Arabic style), back announcer in talks with listener “Indonesia”, (talks with wide predominance of announcer). 33433 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil, SW40 - Dipoles and Longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. Iran on E2 here in Scotland, first 2 hops of the new season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P32I05SDyU0 (David Hamilton, May 21, WTFDA via DXLD) ** IRELAND. 6295, Reflections Europe, 1818, best in LSB to escape ute, readable with sermon by a man in English. 12 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND. Atlantic Radio Ireland making it here in Mass at 0200 with Tony Orlando & Dawn's "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" on 6960 AM mode. Was able to confirm with their streaming audio at http://www.atlanticradio.ie (Chris Lobdell, MA, UT June 30, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** IRELAND. Kerkstations uit IRL --- De kerkstations uit Ierland komen er momenteel (0910 UT) goed door (= 27700 kHz FM) 73 (Hugo Matten, Belgium, June 25, bdx mailing list via DXLD) Nogmaals zeer bedankt hugo, het was een korte opening, en leverde toch een paar mooie opnamen op, waaronder een predikante aan het woord met luidende klokken op de achtergrond! (shack, Netherlands, ibid.) Af en toe fiets ik eens op die hogere frequenties, en dan vooral eens rond de 27700 khz usb om te zien of er geen SSTV stations in actie zijn! Good DX (Hugo Matten, Belgium, June 25, BDX via DXLD) ** IRELAND [non?]. Ireland to Wisconsin FM Es? Got your attention, didn't I? I don't think it really happened, but that's what someone over at Radio-Info is claiming he heard today: http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=190345.0 s (Scott Fybush, May 5, WTFDA via DXLD) First few entries: Claire FM « on: May 05, 2011, 05:19:54 PM » Here in Lake Geneva, WI, I was dialing around the FM band just past 4 pm CDT and came upon a station on 95.9, fading in & out like an E-skip catch, so I listened. I was using a Tecsun PL-390 on a C. Crane FM Reflect antenna aimed east/west, with a 20 dB Archer inline signal amplifier. I made a short video of the radio display with audio, of course. I'll post to youtube when I get the chance. What I could understand was very spotty, (due to signal) but I caught bits of news, (a bomber arrest for Marrakesh bombing, a house fire in Shannon and investigating a French plane crash last year) sports (racing & golf) and weather, (didn't catch many locations) plus death notices. All had some sort of English-type of accent. Then they went into a music program. Later, they gave a web address for more info on the obituaries, (claire.fm) but it goes nowhere. I can also find no station calling itself Claire FM in the Radio Locator listings. I know these are not perfect, but I thought I'd try. The signal only lasted a few minutes of the in/out then it was gone forever. I've stayed on the frequency for about an hour & it hasn't returned. The band didn't act like an E-skip opening. There were no other stations on that frequency, except Joliet, IL's WERV. I have no idea what this station is. Any help would be appreciated (dxer720, May 5, radio-info.com via DXLD) If this is what you heard, that is one amazing catch!!! http://lro7.com/radio/Clare_FM2_959 (gaf fla, ibid.) I spent some time last month vacationing in the west of Ireland, and listened to Clare FM while I was there. The programming matches what you heard, and Clare FM does have a transmitter at Woodcock Hill on 95.9. But having said that: the likelihood that you had transatlantic E-skip from that transmitter is somewhere between nil and absolute zero, especially on an indoor antenna with a noisy amplifier attached. There are no confirmed reports of Ireland-to-US FM reception, and only a tiny handful in the opposite direction...and those involved 100 kW transmitters on the US end (Clare FM at Woodcock Hill uses only a few hundred watts) and very large outdoor antennas at the receive site in Scotland. The distances involved were shorter, too, by nearly a thousand miles. It's rather more likely that you happened across someone relaying the Clare FM stream on a low-power transmitter. . . (Scott Fybush, ibid.) + long thread of 5 pages, much of it by Scott Fybush on why this is extremely unlikely to be direct from Ireland, even tho Claire QSLed the content (gh, DXLD) ** ISRAEL. 6977, Galei Zahal. 0049 June 23, 2011. Putting out a decent signal once again (they have mostly been a whisper here often, suspect running very low power mostly) with JewPop vocals (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, Abridged list of junk: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Aqua Guide 705 Radio Direction Finder; Sangean PR-D5; Sony ICF-7600GR; GE SuperRadio III; RadioShack DX-399; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X in-room random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15850, June 24 at 1333, poor signal in Hebrew from Galei Tsahal, a surprise considering degraded conditions today and not often heard on good days; not much else from the area except Bulgaria 15700; Turkey 15450 was inaudible during previous hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. R. Maria, Andrate, 26 MHz. It's been ages since I last caught R. Maria (12 JUN '10), but they were audible for at least a [very short] period this afternoon: 1514-1525, 23 Jun, rosary; 15441, best via my elevated K9AY (!). The question is: aren't they supposed to use DRM only? Any help from our Italian colleagues? 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Carlos, 26000 kHz is scheduled for AM transmissions while they use 26010 kHz for DRM. I caught them both in 2010 and 2009 but only 26000 carried audio, the DRM broadcast was silent (even though audio- decoding was possible). By the way, the label of the DRM transmission varies, I think it was "Radio 1" or something like that. More information: http://www.mediasuk.org/ARCHIVE/radio_maria.html Regards, (Douglas Kähler, Germany, ibid.) Dear Douglas, Thanks for information which means there will be more opportunities this Summer to observe their signal which is often fairly strong. At my station, I have no DRM reception... except for the noise audible in AM reception. By the way, they're audible again (there's an interview going on), but not readable, and this time it's the 20 m T2FD antenna that provides the best signal. For some reason, my 10 m Vertical isn't getting them. Since Aug'09, my best catch of them was not during daytime, but rather in the evening: 2151-2226, 02 Aug, 35444. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, ibid.) This is all via sporadic E (gh, DXLD) As I`m sending this mail, R Maria 26000 kHz Italy via SpE is coming in weak, YL in Italian in what sound like religious programme (thanks to Carlos in Portugal for tip) (Mark Davies, Anglesey, Wales, 1801 UT June 24, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. Radio NIKKEI Nagara transmitting station. part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soj3KjrxggQ And here's part 2, sorry wasn't in my first email, didn't appear for some reason in my shortwave YouTube search by date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-wk4dJTXRk (Mike Barraclough, UK, June 23 shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Excellent contribution Mike. Thanks very much :-) I also see some brief videos from the same user of the NHK Yamata site, including other Japanese MW sites (Ian Baxter, NSW, ibid.) Checking his uploads there's five of Radio Nikkei: http://www.youtube.com/user/kumanishiwest#g/u (Mike Barraclough, ibid.) ** KAZAKHSTAN. 15559.900, YFR in English with bible reading program on chapter 2, via Almaty Nikolayevka relay site at 11-12 UT June 20. 1107 UT at weak level S=4-5. 9364.900, YFR noted here Bible Reading in English at 1306 UT June 21, - not in scheduled Burmese. Almaty Nikolayevka relay site at 12-14 UT. Tiny S=4 signal (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 24 via DXLD) ** KIRIBATI. Detailed frequency of R. Kiribati and KKMP [SAIPAN, q.v.] Hello all, I took part in Picnic with DX-pedition in Jougashima- Island, Kanagawa prefecture for a day trip with my family on June 4 and I heard KKMP at the frequency above 0.035 kHz from STV Radio 1440 kHz. The announcer mentioned station ID at "You're listening to KKMP, Garapan ... 14-40 AM and 92.1 MHz FM. KKMP ... K221EF, Garapan". Earlier, on May 21, My DX friends, Hiroo Nakagawa and Hiroyuki Okamura got the signal of presume R. Kiribati on 1440 kHz, DX-pedition in Chigasaki, Kanagawa prefecture. They didn't get the station ID, but the receiving sounds confirmed R. Kiribati by Manager, Broadcast and Program Services R. Kiribati of ABU (Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union). I took over the record sound files of PERSEUS at May 21 from Okamura- san, and I analyzed it. And I confirmed detailed frequency of R. Kiribati and KKMP. R. Kiribati heard on 1440.000 kHz, co-channel STV Radio. KKMP heard on the same frequency 0.035 kHz above STV Radio 1440 kHz. I tried to remove by PERSEUS's Notch for KKMP, Kiribati was heard. In addition, I removed by notch for Kiribati and STV, KKMP was heard. More information is on my blog http://bclguide.exblog.jp/ Thank you for your attention (Shinya Hasegawa, Yokohama, Japan, June 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. North Korean sites --- Greetings all, I've spent the last few months pulling together as many North Korean transmitter sites as I can into one KML file. I'm intending on publishing it on my site, North Korea Tech, but I thought I would give folks in this group a little preview. http://www.northkoreatech.org/nkradio.kml That should work in Google Earth or you can paste the full URL into Google Maps to load it up. The labels and names of the sites are not official and mostly guesswork, except for Kujang, which is pretty easy to determine. I'm still searching for Kanggye and there are several high power mediumwave transmitters that have eluded me. If anyone has any comments, suggestions or additions for the file they are welcome (Martyn ``Tokyoscoop``, June 27, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Hi Martyn, Nice to have your contribution and a lot of work too. Thanks very much :-) It will take me some time to look through all the sites. The Pyongyang 8 site is interesting. It appears to be mostly HF. Probably a Military HF communications base being located adjacent to the Missile Silos, of which there are too many from my memory of the North Korea Uncovered GE plots - poor starving North Koreans :-( There are two obvious Yagi style LP antennas & numerous antennas & feeders around the site particularly to the north. Cheers (Ian Baxter, NSW, ibid.) Ian, Yes, by jumping between the different years on GE it's easier to make out certain antennas to the north of the Pyongyang 8 mark. There are also a couple a little to the south in the same field. If you jump back to 2004 you'll see a couple of lattice towers too. When I posted yesterday there was one thing I forgot to mention, and that's the similarity between these sites: Check out the one marked Taetan and a couple marked "unknown." They are very similar masts and site construction. Lastly, an idea on some of the single masts dotted in the middle of nowhere south of Pyongyang. I suspect some are jammers, installed to disrupt shortwave, mediumwave, FM or TV from the south (Martyn, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata, 1333, June 23. In Japanese; fair with a slight het from Myanmar on 5985.83v, which Shiokaze now totally blocks for one hour (1330-1430); no jamming yet. 5985, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata, 1339, June 24. Friday the only day in English; reading news items about N. Korea from BBC, NY Times, etc.; no jamming here or on former 6135 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) What Shiokaze ought to do vs NK jamming, instead of swapping frequencies every few weeks and gaining a day or two before the NK jammers catch on is: Alternate between two (or more) frequencies at random from day to day. Or even better, monitor whether the jamming starts up at 1327 on one frequency and then use another one. The ChiCom monitors would be right after them immediately, but the Juches = Ennkays are not so adroit (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Uzbekistan ?? 7590, North Korea Reform Radio (Clandestine) ?? Tashkent ?? 2011/06/18 sat 1550-1600* Talk and eastern-style music, but no ID heard. Only station listed on this frequency by Aoki and EiBi, and went of-air at 1600* as they both predict. Not listed in HFCC, which also suggests a clandestine station. Very poor, almost unreadable. Jo'burg sunset 1525 (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 15720, R Free Chosun, 1219 19.6, OM with talks in Korean. 1220 a pop song then a mix of talks over music, 1235 some OB recording, S3 at 16 H, some QRM from 1510 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So second part of log is 3-4 hours later or did you slip into local time? (gh, DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9650 via CANADA, KBS World Radio feed not lost today, so we could hear `Worldwide Friendship`, Saturday June 25 at 1245 replying to request from Kevin O`Donovan, NM, that they availablize entire broadcasts daily by podcast. No can do, since have no rights for music on web unlike broadcast, and would have to remove it all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, with WYFR out of the way, one might expect to hear more of V. of Mesopotamia via UKRAINE, HFCC scheduled until September all the way from 04 to 20 UT --- but no sign of even a carrier in several chex around 0530, 1330. Can it be gone, or just not propagating to here? (Glenn Hauser, OK, June 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UKRAINE {to Kurdistan} TDP brokered V. of Mesopotamia S=8 signal noted here in CeEUR at 1815 UT in like Arabic{?} language, - though out of main lobe from Ukraine tx site -, June 30. Program to 25 million Kurds in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. Samstag 1300-ca. 1503 UT, 13650 kHz Radio Kuwait mit ID und viel arabischer musik. 73, (Paul Gager, Austria, June 25, via Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) [registered] 13650 1800-2100 6,7 KBD 500 350 Arabic KWT RKW MOI 5862 usual 9750, 11630 and 11840 kHz. 73 (Wolfgang to Paul, ibid.) 9750 / 11630 / 21540 - Nothing noted June 26 at 1235 UT on 13650 kHz. Paul in Austria told me yesterday, that he heard R Kuwait on 13650 kHz around 13-15 UT, despite scheduled later in time span only 18-21 UT on that channel. Today June 26 at 1239 UT heard Arabic program of R Kuwait on 9750 fluttery S=8 to peak at S=9+10dB, and same program // 21540 noted up to S=9+25dB, but also hit by co-channel REE Noblejas in Spanish {Amigos de la O.C. DX program in Spanish was in progress with RNW financial problems item}, here in central Europe at S=8 level. Another different R Kuwait "HOLY QUR`AN" program in Arabic heard at same time 12-13 UT on 11630 kHz. Latter well ahead of CNR1 Lingshi in Chinese on same channel. 13650 - today at 1315 UT heard only CRI Urumchi with powerhouse S=9+20dB. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** LAOS. 6130, Lao National Radio, 1314, woman announcer, with local vocals. Suffering badly from adjacent splatter, even with tight filters. Currently seems to be the only active HF transmitter from Laos, with the external service and Sam Neua still untraced. 19 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF- 2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP- 2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6130, LNR, 1149, June 29. Indigenous pop songs; assume in Laotian; 1159 routine indigenous theme music followed by the ringing of the distinctive gong/bell (assume rung 7 times as they normally do); anthem; news; only heard bits and pieces due to varying amounts of adjacent QRM/splatter. Has been a while since I last had a positive reception (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1619 - 17725 kHz, LJB VOICE OF AFRICA - Sabrata (Libia), Francese, commenti OM. Segnale buono-molto buono (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** LIBYA [non]. 10125-USB, NATO forces for Libya, 1215 19.6 with their usual message (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Martedì 28 giugno 2011. 1433 - 10404 USB kHz, COMMANDO SOLO (Lybia), Inglese-Arabo, annunci e notizie OMs. Segnale buono (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) ** LIBYA FREE. libyan-rebels-broadcast-free-radio-to-the-cities-of- misurata-and-benghazi/ http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/06/23/libyan-rebels-broadcast-free-radio-to-the-cities-of-misurata-and-benghazi/ (via Artie Bigley, OH, June 23, DXLD) ** LUXEMBOURG. Re 11-25, Closure of Marnach 1440 kHz: REPORTS OF RTL CLOSING MARNACH TRANSMITTER ARE PREMATURE Reports are circulating in Germany that RTL will close down its high power mediumwave transmitter (1440 kHz) in Marnach, Luxembourg, when its current licence expires in October. This follows a story in the newspaper Luxemburger Wort. However, something seems to have been lost in translation. I checked with Media Network contributor Benny Brown, who works at RTL. He tells me that “This is a citizens’ initiative, and no definite answers have been given for anything.” The story apparently arose after some cows escaped through a metal fence that had been weakened by a combination of fog, moisture and RF from the mediumwave transmitter. Benny adds that “Marnach itself is a sleepy village in the far north of the country, where escaped cows form the bulk of the news.” (June 24th, 2011 - 12:18 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD) 4 Comments on “Reports of RTL closing Marnach transmitter are premature” #1 Roy Sandgren on Jun 24th, 2011 at 12:27 The transmitter has been there for decades in high powers of 600/1200 kW. What is the problem?? If you buy a property nearby a high power radiostation, you have accepted it. #2 Kai Ludwig on Jun 24th, 2011 at 19:39 If you trust me and my translation: Luxemburger Wort writes that they asked Alain Flammang, chief executive officer of Broadcasting Center Europe, for a comment on the presentations of the action group and that in his reply he refused to specify a closure date but stated that BCE will cease the operation of the transmitter “in the foreseeable future” (which, for the best of my knowledge of English, is a perfect translation for “auf absehbare Zeit”) and also no longer seeks for a replacement site, instead wants to invest in new activities. Luxemburger Wort appears to be a serious newspaper, thus I’m reluctant to accuse them of falsifying quotations. #3 Jens F. Hofstadt on Jun 25th, 2011 at 08:59 I FULLY agree with Kai Ludwig, as I know that Mr Flammang and “Luxemburger Wort” are reliable! But I disagree with the initiatve. For decades the transmitter site was working as it works nowadays - and nobody argued about this fact. RTL became world famous - and the little town named Marnach, too. Suddenky - after the founding of “Broadcasting Center Europe”(!!!) - people seem to get ill? (Media Network blog via DXLD) Jonathan Marks on Jun 26th, 2011 at 08:25 Went to a presentation by RTL and Sanoma Media this week in Hilversum. They both have simply decided the audience is the product. They will use any relevant medium to deliver an audience to their shareholders and advertisers. If mediumwave was cost effective, they would use it. But their target audience isn’t listening to mediumwave any more, so they will phase it out. They can’t build a business on the past. (MN blog comments via DXLD) I have an impression that this posting caused a stir behind the scenes, so here's a complete translation of the linked article by the Luxemburger Wort newspaper which must be referenced (i.e. not Ludwig): ---------- The citizen action group "Fir méi Liäwensqualitéit" fights already for nine years against disturbances from the RTL transmitter operation at Marnach, so far without noteworthy success. But now it could be shortly before the breakthrough. Meanwhile three judges from the administrative court and a formal admonition from the ministry of works commit the operators from Broadcasting Center Europe to observe the imposed emission limits. Now on Monday both works minister Nicolas Schmit and Alain Flammang, chief executive officer of BCE, confirmed to Luxemburger Wort that they plan to close the Marnach transmission facility in the foreseeable future. In a press conference, Romy Karier, the head of the action group, had reported about a meeting with Nicolas Schmit on June 16 on which Schmit said that BCE had stated that they intend to cease the transmitter operations at Marnach. On enquiry by Luxemburger Wort, the minister and also the BCE chief executive officer confirmed that they want to close the transmission facility. BCE did not want to say at which point this will be the case, but talks about a closure "in the foreseeable future". Minister Nicolas Schmit said that the site should be closed "as soon as possible". Presumably it will still be necessary to issue another prolongation of the operation permit which expires on October 3, but it must already include a fixed closure date. Furthermore Alain Flammang also said that the search for alternative locations (in June 2007 Helzingen was in the talks for a short time) is no longer on the table. Instead time and costs for such an option will rather be invested in new activities. For the citizen action group, October 3, the date when the current operation permit expires, is still the decisive date as their head Romy Karier said yesterday: "In our opinion, all available results of control measurements, three judges from the administrative court and the formal admonition by works minister Nicolas Schmit provide sufficient evidence for issuing a new operation permit only under the condition of strictly observing the emission limits and 'sous peine de fermeture de l'établissement' [otherwise it will be closed]". "The measurement reports from 2003 to 2006 and from 2009 clearly show that in some cases the emission limits within our homes have been exceeded by a factor of nine, without doubts caused by the transmission facility. The third judge by the administrative court from May 12 clearly acknowledges this. On October 3 this must be considered", Karier said yesterday. She was happy that works minister Nicolas Schmit takes the matter seriously, since they are also worried about their health. She said that they ask for their rights on a healthy environment, without disturbances and health risks. But Alain Flammang disputes "with the most determination" that such risks could originate from the Marnach transmitter (via Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Although the English service from 1440 kHz ended 20 years ago (and had existed for 59 years then!!), it`s with great sadness to see this facility being closed by bureaucratic "Health and Safety". The output of Long live the memory of Luxy 208!! (Note 1200 kW for a fair number of years, and now even half of that is "too much"!!!) (Keith C. Bradbury, Droylsden, Manchester, U.K., ibid.) Luxembourger Wort: Marnach to close by 2014 [better translation below] Since 1957, RTL Marnach radiates from its medium-wave program. Due to violations of the maximum permissible exposure values??, the transmission system was been criticized for years. On one end of the activities of the "Broadcasting Center Europe" in Marnach been speculated for some time. Now obviously one is certain closing date. At the upcoming third October is running out to the type of medium wave transmitter. "If such permission should be extended, then only on condition that it contains a clear target date of when the operations are finally closed," departmental minister Nicolas Schmit underlined on Tuesday afternoon in Parliament. "No later than 2014 will definitely end with the ghost in Marnach be," said Schmit. Google translation of this article posted this evening spotted by Real Rock on the Garry Stevens Pirate Free Radio Board: http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2011/06/154212/schmit-spaetestens-2014-schluss-mit-dem-spuk.php (Mike Barraclough, June 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) >>> Since 1957 RTL transmits its mediumwave program from Marnach. The transmission facility has been criticized over years for exceeding the emmission limits. For some time it had already been speculated that the "Broadcasting Center Europe" could end its activities at Marnach. Now it appears that a closure date is fixed. The operation permit of the mediumwave transmitter expires on upcoming October 3rd. "In case the permit will be prolonged this will be done only with clearly specifying a date on which the operations will definitely cease", responsible minister Nicolas Schmit emphasized on Tuesday afternoon in the parliament. "In 2014 at the latest the fuss at Marnach will be over", Schmit said. <<< (The original uses for emmission the term "Immission", which in German denotes any kind of environment-related emissions that are no matter, like sound, light etc.) (Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RTL Radio In Luxembourg, a looming end to the AM broadcast. Since the '70s successor and sends Radio Luxembourg RTL Radio on 1440 kHz from Marnach. But here are complaints from residents within about interference by radiation, causing the transmitter site is likely to be closed. Chances are that this whole RTL radio stops broadcasting on AM. The license for the use of channel runs in October, and the question is whether it is extended. RTL fact itself has been shown actually to want the station. In recent years, the ability of the transmitter Marnach been drastically reduced. Thus, eight years ago during the morning even with 1200 kW broadcast has already been reduced to 300 KW. Also the channel during the day mostly off. RTL Radio is all still between 4 and 7 hours and between 16 and 19 hours using the transmitter, while China Radio International fills the evening. http://www.radio.nl 73,s (Henk Stelte, June 28, MWC yg via DXLD) Hi, Are you sure that they want an end to AM broadcasting per se as they have just commissioned a new TX DRAM [AM and DRM] set at the LF site of Beidweiler? Of course AM in this context could mean MF rather than the Americanised use of AM meaning MF? Regs (Dave G4OYX, ibid.) ** MADAGASCAR. 5010.01, Radio Madagasikara, 0219-0300, June 25, reduced carrier USB. Local choral music. Short IS and choral National Anthem at 0225. Opening ID announcements at 0227 in listed Malagasy. Lively local music at 0228. Poor in noisy conditions (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) 6135.28, RTVM, very brief opening just after my local sunrise; via long path; 1338, June 24. African Hi-Life music and EZL songs; // 5010 (USB + carrier mode); both poor, but the good news is that 6135.28 no longer has N. Korea jamming intended for Shiokaze (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 17750, VOA Kurdish relay aimed due north at 0500-0600, is a regular here in the nightmiddle, usually atop R. Australia in needless collision, but good June 24 at 0529 nice music into talk without RA QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR [and non]. Strangeness in switching errors here, or maybe at program feed central, Hilversum? 13620, June 25 at 0527 R. Dabanga ends as usual, but then for a semiminute some YL in English is heard until carrier off at 0527:30; meanwhile the tone-jammer continues until 0530 with its weaker carrier. 13840, then I tune here at 0528 and hear YL in English for another minute, sounds like same one as on 13620. 0529-0530 dead air, 0530 starting R. Japon in French, ``un service de NHK-World``. Maybe the English was R. Netherlands programming if default on 24-hour satellite channel, never intentionally on SW at this hour? And seems all R. Japan languages are forced to use the English-language name. // 11730 via Issoudun, France, running about one second ahead of 13840. Also in French, NHK announces the relay sites, as every station should, but few do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA [including SARAWAK, also q.v.]. June 23 scan at 1221: 5030, Sarawak FM via RTM, in vernacular; fair signal as usual; was not // 9835 as it usually would be, due to that frequency being silent. 5964.65v, Klasik Nasional via RTM, in vernacular, fair signal as usual; IDed at 1159. 6049.6v, Asyik FM via RTM, pop song, fair. At 1400 noted the switch over to Radio Suara Islam programming. 7270.0, Wai FM via RTM, pop song; unusually light China QRM; recently has been normal for Wai FM to be on 7270.49v; // 11665. 7295, Traxx FM via RTM, pop song. 9835, Sarawak FM off the air; also noted off on June 22. Malaysia on 6100 and 7235 continues to be absent after testing these frequencies briefly (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RTM Kuala Lumpur, Kajang 5964.7, 22 June 1200 & 1300, same thing both times at ToH, M&W exchanging comments, long jingle with "Kuala Lumpur" mentioned several times, time signal & news in Malay, fair (Bruce Portzer, Seattle, WA, Winradio Excalibur, K9AY antenna June 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6049.62, Asyik FM, 1200-1240+ Jun 28. Played Tom Jones' "Green Green Grass of Home," followed by an "Asyik FM" jungle and several minutes of chat by man and woman in local language; local vocals and chat followed past BoH; noted Qur`an at 1240. Good signal, holding up past 1230; still there at 1300 although weak (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) [and non]. 9835, RTM Kajang airing Sarawak, 1558 18.6 with a melayu asli song followed by talks by man in Malay and signal S3. At 1600 AWR starts on 9830 with strong signal and program in Bulgarian. At 1700 RM has signal S7 and at 1757 has slight QRM from NHK (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9835, Sarawak FM, back on the air again after being off for several days; 1148, June 24, noted // 5030. By 1349 was fair to good; in vernacular; ID “Radio Malaysia Sarawak FM”; pop songs; still // 5030 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9835, Sarawak FM via RTM, via Kajang (near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 0924-1000, June 29. YL DJ with pop songs and on air phone calls; a lot of commentary about today’s Malaysia vs Taiwan football (a.k.a. soccer) 2014 Asia Zone World Cup qualifier; fair to good; later noted // 5030, via Kuching-Stapok (Sarawak). 11665, Wai FM, via Kajang (near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), 0924-1000, June 29. Two YL DJs playing pop songs and indigenous chanting; 0940 and 0950 clear Wai FM IDs; fair till the start of CNR1 jamming at 1000; after ToH and subsequent checks till 1244 found clearly // 7270.3v. Glenn has asked about hearing the delay between the Kuching and Kajang reception due to the satellite feed. Probably there is one, but it seems so slight I have not really noticed it. Is this perhaps because the distance between them is only about 610 miles? Certainly not like the one second delay I clearly use to hear in the past between AFN- Guam (5765-USB) and AFN-Diego Garcia (4319-USB), back when they were // (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Any delay would be obvious if you were using two receivers at once; do you ever do that? Terrestrial separation is insignificant; it all depends on the approx. 300 milliseconds it takes for a single-hop signal to go up to a geosynchronous satellite and down between any two points on earth. Of course there could be other factors such as digital delays or it might not be a satellite connexion at all, but cable with no perceptible delay (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) The two frequencies are in memory in my E1 and I just manually quickly scan back and forth between the two to try to tell if I notice any offset. The most prominent one I have noticed in the past was Guam and Diego Garcia; with DG being about one second slower than Guam reception. Have never attempted this in the past with two receivers as I only had the E1, but now that I also have the 909X, will give it a try. Thanks for your guidance (Ron Howard, San Francisco, ibid.) ** MALAYSIA. The Voice of Malaysia on 15295 kHz strong in English around 0730 UT with a sports report. Also heard on 9750 kHz but with co-channel interference from Radio Japan. This situation has lasted for years, why hasn't this been sorted out at HFCC conferences? RTM Kuching 9835 and Wai FM 11665 kHz relayed via Kajang both heard well all day (Barry Hartley, on travel in Northern QLD-AUS, May 25, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 24 via DXLD) 15295, VoM, 0410 17.6 song "cinta melankolika" in the Malaysian program. Signal S3 max. A carrier on 15293.5 and unknown if it comes locally. Also 0410 22.6 with a pop song and a signal of S4 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15295, Voice of Islam via VOM, 0834-0900, June 27. In English; Islamic songs and information; many IDs; ToH 1+1 pips; poor, as this was too early for them to have fair reception yet (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. 7245, 0540-0555, 21-06, Coran songs. Arabic. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast. Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7245, ORTM, *0553-0620, June 23, abrupt sign on with local chants. Good. 7245, ORTM, *0635-0650, June 25, abrupt sign on with Arabic talk. Local chants. Good signal (Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX Listening Digest) Radio Mauritania online --- I've always enjoyed the music on R. Mauritania, but since they left 4845 kHz, I don't receive them well anymore. 7245 kHz doesn't do well here in New York, USA. So I finally found them online, and compared the signal on 7245 kHz at around 2300 UTC, just to make sure that the online webcast is the same as the radio transmission. They are the same. So if you want to listen, and possibly for more hours than they broadcast on the air (I'm listening now at 0210 UTC, and I don't think they're on the radio at this time), here is the link. Website is in Arabic, but the live listening icon is pretty obvious. http://www.radiomauritanie.mr/ (Bruce Fisher, June 28, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185, Radio Educación, 0927, very good but fluttery, classical music, then full ID by a man at 0940. Then into traditional Mexican music. 11 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF- SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. E-Skip from Mexico --- Hi Glenn, A lot of E-Skip from Mexico and Texas this (6/22) late afternoon, even caught Spanish on 87.7. IDs from Monterrey, Saltillo, Ciudad Acuña, Reynosa, Monclova and Nuevo Laredo stations, quite a few with RDS. One stood out, however. Spanish on 90.5 was very strong here, with the RDS readout of "83366162". I was spinning around the dial and didn't catch any identifier from this one other than that funny RDS. Turns out that is the PHONE NUMBER of Radio UDEM in Monterrey! Only call I've seen is XHUDEM. Ended up with 8 new XH stations logged, and missed at least 6 other Spanish stations. Take care! (Eric Loy, Catlin, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Not much Es lately into low-VHF band, but June 28 at 0226 UT something analog fades in on channel 2, peaking from southwest: it`s XEPM Ciudad Juárez again, with tucanal bug in UR, 8:40 pm, 39 degrees. Lower right has large bug of program name/segment ACCESO on one line, TOTAL below it. 0253 I notice that people`s faces are squeezed making them abnormally long; apparently station converting HD aspect ratio rather than cropping. Finally, running the TVDX receiver on channel 2 getting nothing but snow hour after hour pays off: June 28 at 1750 UT, fade-in with XRIO promo ID, and then full-screen ID of: FOX over XRIO with a larger 2 to their right. Soon fades out again. This Matamoros station in English, really XHRIO, is more commonly seen further away than I am. Unfortunately I didn`t have the camera handy or the VCR hooked up. This ID appears on Danny Oglethorpe`s website. BTW, its sound is louder than US stations, probably running greater power fraxion vs video. It turned out to be a precursor of much more Mexican TVDX later in the day. By 2200 UT I am getting a mix of analog DX on ch 2. 2252 on 2, a Televisa promo 2252 on 4, algo; 2258, novela; but in upper left, partially cut off by overscan in corner, ---- de aquí, above clock 17:58 and 36 degrees. Snowfree for a while past hourtop with no supered ID seen. Anyone recognize the source of ``de aquí``? 2301 on 6, different novela; bug in UR can`t make out 2302 on 2, net-2 star bug UR, promo for Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Estado de México captioned in lower right (population is over a million, making it one of the largest cities in the world no one has heard of, being merely a suburb of megopolis Ciudad de México; not helped by its unpronounceable Aztec name, unless shortened to Neza) 2303 on 4, novela, Galavisión bug in UR; it`s low-contrast, at least in B&W. Oglethrope says this net DXed on 4 is most often XELN Torreón; altho W9WI shows that with net-5 and the two full-power net-9 XEQ relayers on 4 are in Tapachula and Oaxaca 2349 on 5, ad for Nido 2349 on 3, canal 3 with local program; http://www.campafamily.com --- They are musical clowns, and instrumental `funny` music autolaunches. Linx to further sites, one of which mentions they appeared in January in Culiacán but that`s not enough to pin this on XHQ for sure. 2350 on 5, promo with swish logo of TV Azteca, as in http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogos.html 2351 on 3, promo for Talpa de Allende, Jalisco from Televisa --- one of many geographic bits broadcast nationally 2355 on 5, novela, bug in UR for Azteca-13, but it is *no longer* the two vertical bars and three vertical dots, meaning 13 in Aztec numeration! Instead it is the generic `swoosh`, three diagonal lines of the entire Azteca networks, and below it AZTECA TRECE. As of next day, Danny has now deleted the old Aztec-numeral logo and replaced it with this. Into UT June 29: 0000 on 3, Bienvenidos a Mexicali promo by Televisa `en provincia`. Antenna was still southward as had not realized dominant skip was now from WSW. Much better when repointed there. Took several still photos, including at 0003 animated ID for 3/5 Contigo, i.e. sister stations. Then opening old movie with scripty credits, and constant bug LR for large italic 3 and under it XHBC calls. Guy in funny hat, not a cowboy sombrero, begins singing immediately, so a musical. Often snow-free. 0111 on 3, cheesecake still photos of Yolanda Ivonne Montez Farrington, her name constant at bottom, with the Yo- and -ton cut off my screen. Google her, a.k.a. Tongolele, dancer born 1932 in Spokane, including http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpMrjmJQwvA 0117 on 3, it`s still XHBC with same movie, the constant bug in LR 0133 on 3, ditto, heavy ghosting now 0136 on 5, XHAQ is back in weaker as MUF ascends 0139 on 5, ad for PULL-UPS 0141 on 5, novela credits, opening at odd hour, or closing? Title is EMPERATRIZ; new AZTECA TRECE bug in UR again with swooshes 0143 on 3, XHBC playing the `Bienvenidos a Mexicali` film again, with Televisa logo in LL, SKY in LR, concluding with ID including SKY 628 for this station via satellite 0208 on 6, MUF weakly up to here, still peaking WSW but 3 and 5 have faded out. Letterboxed movie with open captioning in bottom black bar. I have found XETV Tijuana doing letterboxing before, FWIW. More Mexican TV DX the next morning, same UT day June 29: 1426 on 2, something fades in with antenna SSE, then moved to SSW 1438 on 2, fade-in net-5 with toons in Spanish 1450 on 3, now much stronger than signals on 2, toons from net-5, in fact at least two transmitters with same programming, different offsets 1502 on 2, PSA for becalos.mx educational aid 1516 on 3, show seems to be Noticias Express, and bug in UR has 3 in oval slanted to the right. Oglethorpe shows this as XHQ Culiacán, and indeed signal improves when pointed SW. There is also something in the lower right corner overlapping the circle, and http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogosch3.html shows it is the characteristic bird-in-flight, presumably seagull, of Grupo Pacífico stations 1547 on 4, jewelry infomercial with live models, UR bug shows 10:47 23 degrees, but no ID 1547 on 6, animated Aguascalientes TV promo, video only 1601 on 5, large letters say AHI ESTA DETALLE, while Televisa copyright notice crawls across top of screen 1603 on 5, net 5 bug UR 1603 on 6, old musical movie with sombreros; has that B&W `look` altho everything on my monitor is B&W; Bug UR has something in a square block, maybe an N. UL has constant 6 logo, and unreadable text comes and goes across top left part of screen. Steady but too snowy to make out details. 1610 break IDs this as `Cine para Todos`, from Aguascalientes TV 6, animated IDs and promos, one for `El Club de Rony` Sat & Sun at 9:00. ch 2-6 full of CCI when I close this report around 1630, and probably FM is open if I can find time to check it. Also check ch 8 and 9 occasionally for signs of hiband Es; 7 is blocked by KOCO-DT OKC. Danny Oglethorpe commented on my log yesterday, that ``de aquí`` on 4 pertains to XELN Torreón, ``la tele de aquí`` in upper-left red bar, and it is definitely the Galavisión affiliate on 4, no longer the other two. He has a handy listing of network changes: http://tvdxtips.com/mexnetchanges.html [I added a new tip to my site today. In case you haven't seen it, Televisa independents and Galavisión/Local stations are running some programs from the various Televisa networks. As for XELN-4, I've seen XEW and XHGC programs there lately (with network logos upper right), in addition to Galavisión and local programs. Danny, Shreveport, LA Mexico TV DX Tips http://www.tvdxtips.com June 30] Picking up where yesterday`s sporadic-E report left off, I did switch to FM, but it was rather frustrating; portable DX-398 as usual, UT: 1659 on 87.75, briefly Spanish from ch 6 audio. 1700 on 88.1, Spanish religion strangely mixed with ads: for air- conditioning, phone numbers, ``cantar a la vida`` alabar promo with classical music; ad mentioning El Duelo several times: may refer to a sports match rather than a business. A lot of fading up and down, vs OK stations. RDS displays only LOS 40, but audible slogan as ``Los Cuarenta Principales``, i.e. the Top-40 group, then proper ID for XHZN, 10 mil watts, street address in Zamora, Michoacán. Promo ``La Hora de Angelus`` with Ave Maria music, ad for Agencia Ford de Zamora. Also heard this one a few weeks ago. BTW, FM Atlas XXI from last year has XHZN on 92.1, but Cantú correctly on 88.1. BTW2, Cantú shows a single FM frequency with zero Mexicans on it: 88.3; wonder why? A place to DX non-Mexican Spanish, but blocked in Enid by Family Radio. 1706 on 92.7, Spanish mentions ``presidente de la república Felipe Calderón``, ``auténticamente mexicana``, ad for a mariscos restaurán. Poor signal and I suspect I have been faked out again by KANR Wichita KS [COL even less Hispanic, Belle Plaine], which is anything but authentically Mexican, and the president of *this* republic is not Calderón! Nor from dentro-México, would they need to proclaim that they are allegedly `authentic`. 1708 on 90.5, Spanish DJ mixing with OK stations; intros a 1988 song from Enya, `Sail Away`. Periodically heard more bits on 90.5 but nothing identifiable. XEDA DF? But there are a dozen to pick from. 1719 on 93.9, Spanish, farmacia ad, ACI from KSPI 93.7 Stillwater (Aguaquieto), CCI from KIMY Watonga; 1733 an ad in pesos as I gave up on FM for now. 1722 on 96.5, Spanish briefly over two OK stations. 1724 on 95.3, Spanish ad in pesos, ACI from 95.1 KS/OK, Mexican PSA, ad in Spanish seems to mention ``The Edge``, Universidad ---algo--- de las Américas; more adstring, IFE PSA, in and out, too weak. 1742 on 6, novela; little bug in UR swirls animatedly, Azteca 13? 1751 on 5, net-5 toon, video only. 1851 on 3, novela, with 3 XHBC bug in LR, net 2 Star-60 bug in UR, also with heavy zero CCI from presumed XHQ, which happens far too often despite the distance and azimuth disparity between Mexicali and Culiacán. 1851 on 5, novela with new Azteca Trece swoosh bug UR, so XHAQ Mexicali; snow-free with ghosting. I never thought I would see CCI on KOCO-5 again, zero-beat bars, since it`s really KOCO-DT-7, but I keep one TV on analog cable feed, which still exists tho you wouldn`t know it from Suddenlink promotion, and on that set, XHAQ signal was so strong it bled thru on the cable vs KOCO-Cable 5! Likewise from XHBC-3 upon KTBO-15 ``14`` = Cable 3. 1854 on analog 6, ad for something Size 16, i.e. English, then Subway, i.e. XETV Tijuana; Freeway Auto Insurance for $15, displayed as an I- 15 hiway shield; Appliance Alley with 619-AC; 1856 back to show with 2 YLs, Garage Sale, from Better Homes & Gardens, becomes snow-free. 1901 6-News San Diego promo, Toyota El Cajón, and 1901 starting `Family Feud` late. 1902 ran tiny-letter ID upper left mentioning XETV and San Diego. 1902 on 3, XHBC is now in local Notivisa news, still heavy zero-CCI, but it`s only a break as at 1905 back to novela from Net-2 bug UR. 1906 on 5, XHAQ now has national newscast from Azteca Trece net. Occasional bug in LR is a new one on me; inside a circle, two vertical bars with one dot centered between them: looks like another Aztec numerical notation, but meaning what? Eleven? Digital clock below this. New Azteca-13 bug continues in UR. [Glenn, I'm enjoying your DX reports on tvfmdx. That is an "H" on the Azteca newscast. I've attached a photo from XHHSS-4 last week with "Hechos." Danny, Shreveport, LA, Mexico TV DX Tips http://www.tvdxtips.com June 30] 1933, all gone from the WSW, still traces of signals on 2 and 4 from S UT June 30: 0045 something fades in on 2, novela mixed with game show? Looks unLatin, so maybe Canada, but when I rotate toward north, gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See CANADA for next day ** MICRONESIA. 4755.44, PMA-The Cross Radio, 1212 till tune out at 1251, June 27. Forgot to turn off transmitter again? Sermon in English and Christian songs; James Dobson/Focus On The Family spot; ID “The Cross Radio is a Ministry of Pacific Mission Fellowship”; normally off by this time (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONACO. WEDDING IN MONACO --- Hello Glenn, Next week, in Monaco will be held “le Mariage Princier, S.A.S. Albert II and Mlle Charlène Wittstock”. Radio Monaco 95.4 and 98.2 MHz in Monaco will have special broadcasts. On Friday July 1st. Civil Wedding 1500-1730 UT. Also a Live concert with Jean Michel Jarre from 2000. On Saturday 2nd. Special wedding 0500-1000 UT and Wedding Ceremony Live from Place du Palais from 1330. All these also on the web http://www.radio-monaco.com The Wedding Ceremony on Saturday will also broadcast over TMC (Télé Monte Carlo) on DTV in France & Monaco and over Monaco local tv “Monaco Info” on Monaco Cable TV and on the web: http://www.gouv.mc/304/wwwnew.nsf/1909!/x3Fr?OpenDocument&3Fr Regards from France & Monaco (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, June 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOZAMBIQUE. 1260, Radio Mozambique EP Niassa. Lichinga. 2011/06/18 sat 1747-1750 Portuguese, OM talking. Poor. Jo'burg sunset 1525. 873, Radio Mozambique, Delagação de Beira. Sofala (Beira). 2011/06/23 thu 1636-1638 Afro music. Good. 1008, Radio Mozambique, EI Maputo & Gaza. Maputo. 2011/06/23 thu 1653- 1655 Afro music. Poor. 810, Radio Mozambique EP Gaza. Xai-Xai. 2011/06/23 thu 1633-1636 Portuguese with Afro music. Fair - poor.. 1026, Radio Mozambique, EP Manica. Chimoio. 2011/06/23 thu 1655-1700 Portuguese talk with Afro music. ID at 1656 "Studios Chimoio". Good. 963, Radio Mozambique EP Tete. Tete. 2011/06/23 thu 1642-1643 Portuguese, with Afro music. Good. 1179, Radio Mozambique EP Zambezia. Quelimane. 2011/06/23 thu 1704- 1705, News ? OM in Portuguese. Good. Jo'burg sunset 1526. 1206, Radio Mozambique national service. Inhambane. 2011/06/18 sat 1744-1747 Portuguese, OM's talk and music. Poor. Jo'burg sunset 1525 (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 7200.05v, Myanma Radio, 1329-1330*, June 23. Sign off announcement in vernacular (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7200.05v, Myanma Radio, 1216, June 26. Almost fair with dramatization in vernacular; light ham QRM; while 5985.83 (not //) was poor at 1229 with their usual BoH indigenous theme music, but without the normally heard chimes. How did the two frequencies compare? MP3 audios posted at http://www.box.net/shared/fjck6yqnfosdbbp5np06 http://www.box.net/shared/4v9jflqlk4mpqmfb563q June 27 heard them lower than normal on 7199.96v at 1131 in vernacular and music, but by 1207 either off the air or just a faint open carrier. Something happened to their transmitter! 7200.05v, Myanma Radio, 1109, June 28. Back on their normal frequency again and transmitter working fine after yesterdays problems. Poor reception. Most of the stations that I heard so well yesterday were mostly poor today; a change in propagation (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [and non]. 9715 via BONAIRE, June 26 at 1211, `Cartas @ RN` in progress about threat to own station by Dutch government funding cuts. Big parliamentary axion is scheduled for June 27, with appearances by RN staffers/victims, and on Tuesday June 28 there will be an unusual new edition of Cartas @ RN reporting on the outcome. It seems that RN`s remaining SWLs in Spanish are mounting a big support campaign, more so than in English. Still, several good programmes are available online via http://www.rnw.nl/english About the budget crisis: http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/global-call-%E2%80%93-save-radio-netherlands-worldwide And one may still want to support RN, at least for old times` sake. Petitions and comments, several from familiar names: http://radionetherlands4u.nl/en (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO NETHERLANDS ONLINE PETITION - PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING If you've paid attention to recent developments at Radio Netherlands Worldwide ("RNW"), you know that a fundamental reorganization of Dutch public broadcasting is being recommended as a route to gain efficiency and save money. Radio Netherlands is being caught up in the mess, and its funding is slated to come from the Dutch Foreign Affairs ministry, not a separate financial allotment as has historically been the case. If implemented this could result in the loss of all Dutch language programming and a sharp reduction in the scope of RNW - it would focus just on countries with press restrictions where news and information is in short supply. RNW's historical role as an ambassador of Dutch culture and world views would be lost. The Dutch parliament is set to debate this on June 27th; a website has been created where you can petition the Dutch parliament to reconsider this action. Check out http://www.radionetherlands4u.nl/en (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, June 23, NASWA yg via DXLD) Re 11-25: > [...] a German-language (perhaps machine translation is sufficient) comment that puts the affair into a broader context: http://blogs.nmz.de/badblog/2010/10/07/land-unter-in-holland/ Here is a manual translation of these general remarks in the article, in which the author also mentions what he has been told about a subtle change of paradigms, caused by "society notably moving to the right, also providing a growing base for inflammatory populists like Geert Wilders". "Why I talk about this: Tendencies for the whole of Europe can often in small countries like Holland be observed earlier than in the bigger ones that naturally react slower. In general three strong trends are at present to be observed in our Europe: 1/ an increase of a populism that is hostile to foreigners, in particular in countries that earlier looked like being a model for integration, 2/ increasing loss of freedom of opinion and privacy, 3/ increasing dismantling of cultural values and of social facilities that previously appeared to be untouchable. The last one (dismantling of culture) often appears to enter a disastrous alliance with the first one (move to the right). Thus we could very soon face what currently happens in Holland at a much larger scale than we so far dared to foresee. Fight the beginnings!" (Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The comments above try to cast the RNW budget cuts as an issue about left vs. right politics, instead of a result of budget problems, changing technology, and a huge shift in listener expectations. It doesn't matter what the governing politics are: Any political party or parties, regardless of philosophy, would be facing huge debt problems and would need to make cuts in order to keep the country from becoming insolvent. RNW, like any other taxpayer funded entity, is finding that it is not above being the target of such cuts. I am quite sure The Netherlands does not want to find itself in the same mess that Greece, Portugal, and Ireland are currently in, needing staggering amounts of bailout money to stay afloat. It is very easy to demand "culture" when "somebody else" is paying for it. The "somebody elses" are out of money. What I'm seeing is shortwave listeners acting like trust fund kids whose parents have shut off the money spigot. SWL's too often seem to think they are "entitled" to shortwave broadcasting. They are not. And national governments, and the taxpayers that fund them, are in no way "obligated" to keep such broadcasts going. The news of the possible complete closure of RNW was surprising. I expected the dropping of Dutch, and a reduction of SW to a few select broadcasts to Africa, much like the planned Deutsche Welle cuts. I doubt that the petitions will have much effect on the Dutch government decision. Every other country that has axed shortwave heard the same arguments. And the petitioners aren't the ones paying for RNW (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) 12085, June 27 at 1305, fair signal from RN in Dutch talking about Topic A, after the midday parliamentary session to protest impending drastic funding cuts. A bit of English went by at 1312 before I could comprehend it. This is 250 kW, 283 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES at 1300-1327 only. Not much detail yet on the outcome (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: From http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/rnw-petitions-handed-parliament Prior to Monday's parliamentary debate on public broadcasting, the RNW Action Committee handed in several petitions to the House. More than 11,000 people have signed a petition to preserve the Dutch service. Among the international petitions are 7,000 signatures from listeners who depend on programmes in one of the other nine languages in which RNW broadcasts. There are also petitions from former ambassadors, as well as business and journalism organizations. The video below gives a flavour of the activities in The Hague on Monday morning. Unfortunately it doesn't (yet) have any English subtitles. RNW has been hit hard by the government's plans and its budget has been reduced by more than two-thirds. "We understand that there need to be cuts, but 70 percent of the budget means demolition," said Action Committee Chairman Iede de Vries. He urged the postponement of a decision on RNW's budget. Mr De Vries pointed out that 70 percent of the world's population have no access to the Internet, and many depend on radio for their information. He admitted that "New times and new technologies require a new, different RNW. We understand that there need to be cuts. RNW is prepared to make proportional contribution to this. Twenty percent off? We can achieve that with some pain and effort. Eighty percent off? That's demolition and dismantling." (RNW via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) Mais cortes? Radio Netherlands --- Bom dia amigos, Há cerca de 15 minutos, a Radio Netherlands postou via Facebook: "Ok, the latest is this: The debate is over. There have been three motions - one to extend the process, one to reduce the cuts, and one to make no irreversible changes to RNW. The culture minister "advised against" all three. And all three will be voted on tomorrow. So another "exciting" day for us here..." (trad. livre) "Ok, a notícia mais recente é esta: O debate acabou. Houveram três propostas - uma para estender o processo, uma para reduzir os cortes, e uma para não fazer alterações irreversíveis na RNW. O ministro da Cultura" mostrou-se contra "todos as três". E todas as três serão votadas amanhã. Então, será outro dia "excitante" para nós aqui... " Que coisa. Seria mais um duro golpe nas Ondas Curtas? 73s, (Rodrigo de Araujo, SWARL PY4004SWL, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, June 27, radioescutas yg via DXLD) From: Marcos PU5RPI Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 9:00:34 p.m. To: J. Cohen (Public) Subject: NO cuts in Worldwide!! Sir, Job Cohen As a loyal listener to RADIO NETHERLANDS Worldwide (RNW), I express my concern about the cuts that have a direct impact on the activities on short wave, satellite, internet, affiliate stations on medium wave and FM broadcast, and also on the training centers in Latin America. Except to keep you informed of my concerns is intended to also write my full support to speak before the board, the editors, presenters, translators and technicians from all branches of RNW over the world, thanks to them we elke day well informed. From Netherlands Worldwide gives me and many other independent and diverse information about what is happening in our country and in the Netherlands. I hope that the authorities still can come back to their wrong decision. Radio Netherlands as freedom and human rights in its paramount importance, why you deny that right to us, your listeners? The Netherlands is one example in tolerance, human rights, international law and freedom of expression, and it is a bastion of important areas in a globalized world and in the light of climate change: water management, food safety and research. RNW's programs in Spanish are a window on the world, which we in my country and throughout Latin America the opportunity to form our own opinion and to stay informed. In Latin America, in terms of democratic values that still largely a desert, the programs of RNW an oasis. As a fervent admirer of the work of Radio, "La Radio que nos acerca" "The station gives us a band, I salute you. NO cuts in Worldwide!! Sincerely, Marcos Rogerio Nicoforenko, PU5RPI Rua Adílio Ramos, 1869 Zip Code: 82820-100 Curitiba, Paraná - Brazil Phone: 55 041 3076-2752 E-mail: pu5rpi @ yahoo. com.br SWARL - PY5016SWL South America Lat 25 24'46 .9 S â - W 49 12'16 .6 log "o (via radioescutas yg June 15 via Google from Dutch to English, via DXLD) Dear Mr. Marcos Nicoforenko, Thank you for writing to Cohen. Given the large amount of e-mails that Cohen receives each day succeed him to personally respond. He has therefore asked me to answer your email. Thanks for your mail that you supported the World Service. We are your dismay and anger about the government's decision imagine The Labour Party believes that the way the government now puts the knife in the World Service is indecent and irresponsible. The broadcaster will barely have time to prepare for these cuts and for the most part, even on relatively short notice by the funding reduces significantly dismantled. This makes the government without proper discussion with the Chamber or by a budget that provides at least one broadcaster who still can offer sufficient quality. We will also be very critical in the upcoming discussions with the minister about the plans for public broadcasting and Worldwide. We hope to have this information on the position of the PvdA. Sincerely, Labour Department Information 2 Square | PO Box 20018 | 2500 EA The Hague Labor Party | http://www.pvda.com Information from the House combined with background files and the latest political news. Information for orientation on a visit, explaining how laws are made and a tour through the history of the States General. Look at http://www.tweedekamer.com (Google translation from Dutch, ibid., via DXLD) THE MEDIA DEBATE AND RADIO NETHERLANDS WORLDWIDE Comment by Jonathan Marks on today`s debate: http://criticaldistance.blogspot.com/2011/06/media-debate-and-radio-netherlands.html?spref=fb (Mike Barraclough, June 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Just watched the media debate on the future of public broadcasting. I am pretty sure the regional broadcasters must be pleased with the outcome. The external broadcasting service, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, must be disappointed. The Netherlands Minister for Culture, Marja van Bijsterveldt- Vliegenthart, stuck to the line in her media letter to the Dutch parliament of 10 days ago. In it she proposes that BVN (the Duitch language satellite TV service) and the broadcast services to Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba, Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten will be retained. But they will be taken out of the Radio Netherlands portfolio and put somewhere in the Netherlands Public broadcasting system. Their funding is not in question. Radio Netherlands as an independent foundation will be taken out of Dutch media law, and its budget at the Ministry of Culture effectively moved from 46 million to zero as from 1st Jan 2013. The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs said last Friday that it will continue one task of the Wereldomroep (stimulating free speech in countries without free media) for which it has found 8 million Euro from foreign affairs and 6 million from the overseas development aid budget. I'm guessing they will turn what's left into an NGO, since I didn't hear anyone say the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to run a broadcasting outfit. Exactly what they will pick from the existing Wereldomroep is not clear since there are already NGO organisations, such as Free Press Unlimited, Oxfam-Novib and Hivos who are doing projects of a similar nature. There are also a handful of NGO's doing work in the field of digital freedom, i.e. working on technologies to work around firewalls. The Minister of Culture, in principle, rejected calls from opposition parties to extend the hand-over period or to reconsider the budget reduction for Radio Netherlands Worldwide. The station has three months to come up with a redundancy plan for the employees. The chamber will vote tomorrow (Jonathan Marks blog as above via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) I see it as a tragic and ignominious end for an organization that has done so much to constructively engage in "the global conversation", expand its benefits to areas previously mis- and under-served, improve and maintain the craft of radio as well as bring those skills unselfishly to many "third world" nations and communities in Africa and Asia. When I say that I am not referring to the diminution and now cessation of shortwave radio broadcasts, for that is merely one platform among the several equally and sometimes more useful and efficient ones that have emerged. I am referring to the mission of RNW which was always and remains relevant -- except to the itinerant bean counters who have taken over our world, who tell us our pleasures and our needs can no longer be afforded even as they reward themselves with ever greater benefits at our expense, wholly undeserved as they are, under the guise of "private vs. public". As to the latter: Has there ever been a greater illusion foisted upon the masses than this canard? (John Figliozzi, NY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Interesting that Jonathan's blog has up to the minute information about the debate, but nothing of substance has appeared on RNW's website as of a 1840 UT check on Monday. Perhaps the staff is in shock? Appears RNW will be wrapping up its operations over the next 18 months. The blog notes that a radio service for the Dutch associated islands in the Caribbean will continue; wonder what form that will take and if shortwave would be involved (most certainly from Montsinery if such is the case.) Sad to see RNW go, but economic, technological, and programming changes in worldwide media have caught up to the broadcaster in Hilversum. Jonathan noted that the political opposition in the debate was pretty feeble, so it would seem the inevitable won't be postponed. RNW has simply become a luxury the Dutch can no longer afford (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) "Seventy percent of the world's population lacks access to free internet. Not in Francophone Africa, Asia or the Spanish-speaking Anglophone Central America. Not in China or the Arab world. ¿Wifi? ¿Broadband? Almost do not know. For three quarters of the world, internet is not an option. Can you remove the short-wave in phases in the course of a few years? Yes, it is possible. Can you remove in a year and a half? That equates to kill Radio Nederland. We ask you: Do not get carried away by talk, but to study and investigate the matter first." Fragment of publication in the RNW's Spanish webpage. http://www.rnw.nl/espanol/article/rnw-presenta-petici%C3%B3n-ante-el-parlamento-holand%C3%A9s translated via Google's tool (via Horacio A. Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, ibid.) RADIO NEDERLAND EN LA HAYA El lunes 27, la Comisión de Enseñanza, Cultura y Ciencia, encargada además de los medios, debatió con la ministra, Marja van Bijsterveld, sobre los recortes para los medios de comunicación públicos, incluida Radio Nederland Wereldomroep. Producción de Sergio Acosta Cartas @ RN realizó una cobertura especial desde La Haya, desde la plaza al lado del parlamento, en la que los colegas holandeses hicieron una emisión en vivo de varias horas, para destacar el valor de RNW en holandés y otras lenguas. Cerca de allí, trabajadores de la emisora llevaron a cabo una protesta pacífica para protetar por los recortes. En la sesión del lunes, tras la réplica de la ministra, fueron presentadas tres mociones sobre Radio Nederland, pero la ministra desaconsejó explícitamente a la Cámara Baja del parlamento que aprobaran las mociones. En una de estas mociones, el socialista Martijn van Dam, pide al parlamento que no se debían tomar decisiones irreversibles hasta que no se haya debatido profundamente sobre el futuro de Radio Nederland. Al mismo tiempo, abogó en favor de un periodo de transición adicional de un año. La Cámara Baja se pronuncia previsiblemente éste miércoles sobre las tres mociones y según fuentes pueden suponer un giro en los planes del Gobierno. En un principio estaba previsto para hoy martes, pero en el último momento fue aplazada. Recientemente el Gobierno, a través de los ministerios de cultura y de relaciones exteriores dieron a conocer que el presupuesto de Radio Nederland se verá reducido en más del 70 por ciento. ESCUCHAR http://download.radionetherlands.nl/rnw/smac/cms/cartas_especial_desde_la_haya_20110628_44_1kHz.mp3 http://www.rnw.nl/espanol/radioshow/radio-nederland-en-la-haya Visitar Cartas@RN en: http://cartas.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, June 28, DXLD) 11835, June 28 at 1400 our first chance to hear RNW in English with today`s news about station fate, but no news of course, right into feature program `The State We`re In`, i.e. bigger world issues than only RNW; poor signal today via MADAGASCAR, aside RHC 11830 ACI. O, there is nothing new per Media Network: (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: PARLIAMENTARY VOTE ON RNW MOTIONS DELAYED TWO DAYS The Dutch parliament was due to vote today on three motions affecting RNW that were submitted during yesterday’s debate on public broadcasting. The government opposes all three motions, the most significant one being from Martijn van Dam of the PvdA (the Dutch Labour Party). In the motion he denounces the abrupt manner of the proposed cuts to RNW’s budget and suggests that "no irreversible decisions" be taken until there has been a further debate on the future of RNW after the summer recess. This morning, the parliamentary clerk informed RNW that the vote will now take place on Thursday, rather than today. The reason(s) for the delay are not clear (June 28th, 2011 - 10:58 UT by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) RNW BUDGETS CUTS TO GO AHEAD The Dutch parliament has voted against two motions which might have blunted the effect of the budget cuts facing Radio Netherlands Worldwide. One motion called for a separate debate devoted to the future of RNW. Previous debates tackled the cutbacks facing all public broadcasting. The other criticised the decision-making as hasty and called for a postponement. Effectively, this vote means that the cabinet’s plans to move RNW from the education, media and culture ministry to the foreign ministry and cut the budget from 46.3 million euros to 14 million will definitely go ahead. RNW’s management will now draw up a redundancy plan, which is expected to be completed in October. (Source: RNW News)(June 30th, 2011 - 13:09 UT by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD) Hello from Hilversum, It has been a day of widely varying emotions for me. In the morning we had a small celebration to mark 12.5 years full- time with Radio Netherlands Worldwide. I actually started appearing on the Media Network Radio show on 1981, but I didn't become a full-time staff member until 1 January 2009. If you're wondering why we celebrate 12.5 years in the Netherlands, it's half of 25, and the Dutch like any excuse to have a party :-) There may be a more logical reason, but so far I haven't met anybody who can give me one! However, the celebratory feeling soon vanished as we learned in the early afternoon that the Dutch parliament has passed the public broadcasting bill that sees RNW lose 70 percent of its budget, and probably two thirds of its staff. In my own case, at 61 years old I am coming to the end of my career anyway, but for many of my younger colleagues it means an imminent career change. As things stand now, we expect to continue our current level of operations through the rest of 2011, which includes the Media Network Weblog and this Newsletter. The timetable and scale of the downsizing in 2012 have to be worked out now we know for sure the financial position from 1 January 2013. We hope to have more clarity on this by October. Please do not email us with questions about what's going to happen - we will share what we know as soon as we know it. For the record, this is how our website is reporting today's news: The Dutch parliament has voted against two motions which might have blunted the effect of the budget cuts facing Radio Netherlands Worldwide. One motion called for a separate debate devoted to the future of RNW. Previous debates tackled the cutbacks facing all public broadcasting. The other criticised the decision-making as hasty and called for a postponement. Effectively, this vote means that the cabinet's plans to move RNW from the education, media and culture ministry to the foreign ministry and cut the budget from 46.3 million euros to 14 million will definitely go ahead. RNW's management will now draw up a redundancy plan, which is expected to be completed in October. Other stories about the budget cuts [linked]: 70 percent off RNW budget World citizens: save RNW Sweeping changes, services axed Petitions handed to parliament RNW's Free Speech, Dutch Values plan (Andy Sennitt, Media Network newsletter June 30 via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. Here is the current RNZI schedule along with transmitter powers. The schedule in Bulletin bc-dx TopNews #1017 was only half right with the transmitter powers given. The AM transmitter ALWAYS operates at 100 kW and the DRM transmitter ALWAYS at 50 kW. Most of the day the two transmitters feed two antennas each, with the transmitter powers being divided between the antennas. That means that 50 kW AM is beamed at 35 and 325 degrees, giving a total of 100 kW. The DRM transmitter does the same thing with 25 kW being beamed at 35 and 325 degrees, giving a total of 50 kW. The combination of those two antennas gives a notional beam of 000 degrees due north. However one AM transmission and one DRM transmission a day are beamed at 35 degrees with 100 kW and 50 kW respectively (1551-1835 UT) and one other AM transmission is beamed at 325 degrees with 100 kW (1059- 1258 UT). These transmissions are clearly shown in the ITU/HFCC schedules. I suspect that the reason RNZI is shown in some bulletins as running 50 kW AM and 25 kW DRM is because people are not reading those listings properly. Anther mis-conception is that RNZI reduces power to save on electricity bills. Large users like transmitting stations in New Zealand are billed according to the peak load required to be supplied to them. Switching to half power at times therefore would save nothing, so it doesn't happen. Here is the current updated A-11 schedule of Radio New Zealand International 0459-0658 11725 50 kW 35 deg & 50 kW 325 deg AM to All Pacific 0659-1058 6170 50 kW 35 deg & 50 kW 325 deg AM to All Pacific 1059-1258 9655 100 kW 325 deg AM to NoWePac, Timor 1259-1550 6170 50 kW 35 deg & 50 kW 325 deg AM to All Pacific 1551-1835 7440 100 kW 35 deg AM to Eastern Pacific 1836-1950 9615 50 kW 35 deg & 50 kW 325 deg AM to All Pacific 1951-2150 11725 50 kW 35 deg & 50 kW 325 deg AM to All Pacific 2151-0458 15720 50 kW 35 deg & 50 kW 325 deg AM to All Pacific 0459-0658 11675 25 kW 35 deg & 25 kW 325 deg DRM to All Pacific 0659-1158 7440 25 kW 35 deg & 25 kW 325 deg DRM to All Pacific 1551-1835 6170 50 kW 35 deg DRM to Eastern Pacific 1836-1950 9890 25 kW 35 deg & 25 kW 325 deg DRM to All Pacific 1951-2050 15720 25 kW 35 deg & 25 kW 325 deg DRM to All Pacific 2051-2150 11675 25 kW 35 deg & 25 kW 325 deg DRM to All Pacific 2151-0458 17675 25 kW 35 deg & 25 kW 325 deg DRM to All Pacific (Barry Hartley, NZ, June 23, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) So why doesn`t RNZI show it thus on their website skeds? (gh, DXLD) ** NIGER. 9704.99, ORTN/LV du Sahel, 0535, French talk by a man, then local music, into comments by a woman. Heavy flutter but readable. 18 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9705, Telesahel, 2108 20.6, with phone in discussions 2114, a persons delayed in its phone in then a little crazy talking! Language presumed Hausa, S9 45534 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9705, La Voix du Sahel, Niamey, 0537-0608, 21-06, African songs, comments by male, French. At 0545 Niger news: "L'information, La Voix du Sahel", "Le Président de la République". 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, Cantabrian Sea coast. Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, KARR, 0430-0510, June 25, rock & roll music by George Thorogood. Computer generated IDs which were difficult to understand. Good (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925.07, Metro Radio International, 2330- 2350, June 27, IDs. Talk by man and woman. Music by Devo and Iggy Pop (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 17855, June 29 at 0522, RFA in Chinese, sufficient signal as is common now. Sounds OK on AM, but with BFO I find that the carrier is wobbling considerably. Another problem at the IBB SAIPAN site. Then checked 21580 TINIAN at 0525, and RFA has fair signal // 17855. Always fun to hear anything on 13m in the nightmiddle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SAIPAN ** NORWAY. Vigra 630 kHz has been switched off Forwarded from Skywavesmw: The 630 kHz AM transmitter at Vigra near Aalesund, Norway was switched off at 0645 UTC Thursday June 30th. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/more_og_romsdal/1.7695440 The official "job" was performed during the regional service of NRK and carried live from the transmitter building. The tower will be taken down on Thursday September 08 this year, a task contracted to Army specialists. http://www.radioassistant.com/RA/2011/06/enda-en-am-sender-forsvinnerhttp://norkring.no/templates/page.aspx?id=505 TNX Svenn for supplying links and following the story today! Geir Stokkeland, Vestnes, Norway (via Mike Bugaj, CT, June 30, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) Was 100 kW. Per WRTH that leaves ONE NRK on MW elsewhere, 20 kW on 675 plus 100 kW on LW 153 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Stations heard end of May 3205, Radio West Sepik. Local evenings, very poor. 3260, Radio Madang: Very poor in local evening. 3275, Radio West New Britain, Morning and evenings, strong. 3290, Radio Central. Strong when on air. Seems to follow an erratic schedule. Heard for 3 days, then a carrier without modulation was heard for two days, then no carrier at all. Now it is back again. It is hard to follow the schedule of this station. 3325, Radio Buka. Heard local evenings and mornings after 1900 UT, but very weak. 3365, "The Voice of Kula". Heard local evenings and mornings from 1900 UT. Good signal and modulation. 3385, Radio East New Britain. Local evenings and again in their local morning. Good signals. 5960, Radio Fly, good morning and evenings. No sign of 3915 kHz in parallel. 7325, Wantok Radio Light heard morning, late afternoons and into the night with Gospel programming. Usually local "raving loony" preachers or similar from America - does PNG need this??? (Barry Hartley, on travel in Northern QLD-AUS, May 25, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 24 via DXLD) Ron Howard comments on several of the above items: 3205: Have not heard a “Radio West Sepik” ID yet. It’s a very clear “N-B-C Sandaun” and now with distinctive station song containing several references to “N-B-C Sandaun” http://www.box.net/shared/e3dgxcdopph651nrux80 3275 is actually NBC Southern Highlands. In the past year I have spent a lot of time monitoring PNG. They rarely use the word “radio” in their IDs, but instead predominantly it’s “N-B-C ”. NBC Southern Highlands goes in for a lot of local programming and it’s not difficult for me to hear a reference or two to “Southern Highlands”. 3385: Even today (June 27) was still hearing the often given clear NBC IDs; http://www.box.net/shared/utfy6rpnb3ymqix4mr52 7325: Not sure just which program(s) Barry is referring to for Wantok Radio Light without a specific time, but I know the first time I heard the programming of the New Wine Church (London, England), with senior minister Dr. Tayo Adeyemi, I almost jumped to the wrong conclusion that he was a African-American preacher, but not so. He was born in England and educated in Nigeria, hence his accent; similar, but not the same (Ron Howard, San Francisco, CA, USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3205, NBC Sandaun, 1210-1242, June 24. In Tok Pisin; DJ playing island music and pop songs (“We Are The World”, etc.); IDs and local TCs; on air phone calls, almost fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3204.96, R. Sandaun (presumed), 1150-1215+ Jun 25. Phone chat, sounded like Tok Pisin; continued past 1200 with a mix of music and talk. Fair at best at tune-in and poor after 1200 (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) Radio Sandaun, 3205, 25 June 1304 pop music fair (Bruce Portzer, Seattle, WA, Winradio Excalibur, K9AY antenna June 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3205, NBC Sandaun (West Sepik), by 1238, June 27 starting to fade down; many IDs; their singing station song is very nice and frequently played; island pop songs. 3205, NBC Sandaun (West Sepik), by 1251, June 29 signal fluttery / fading, but still almost fair; this was my local sunrise time; 1258 usual full “N-B-C Sandaun” ID; filler island music till 1302 PNG birdcall and start of the National News in English; news // 3365-NBC Milne Bay; not // 3275-NBC Southern Highlands or 3290-NBC Central. Of course 3385-NBC East New Britain had already signed off by this time.(Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3365, Radio Milne Bay (Alotau) (presumed), 0850- 0854, 6/23/2011, Tok Pisin. PNG ballads occasionally peaking above the noise. Very marginal, threshold level signal. 3385, Radio East New Britain (Rabaul), 0840-0851, 6/23/2011, Tok Pisin. Talk by man. PNG ballads behind announcer at 0850. Good signal, the only PNG with understandable audio this morning (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, IC-R75, RX-340, 90' Wire, Wellbrook ALA100M Loop, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) 3385, NBC East New Britain, June 24 off the air (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3385, NBC East New Britain, 1055-1101, June 27. In English with Monday program of government "Talkback” with guest Secretary of Health talking about health issues in PNG (AIDS, herbal remedies, central administration, corruption, etc.); taking callers questions; 1101 break for NBC National News in Tok Pisin; nice ID “N-B-C East New Britain, bringing you local and international news, and current events happening around you”; “N-B-C East New Britain Provincial News” in Tok Pisin; 1114 back to Talkback till end of show at 1202 with National Anthem. Talkback // 3205-NBC Sandaun (poor), 3290-NBC Central (fair) and 3365-NBC Milne Bay (poor). Not // 3275-NBC Southern Highlands. PNG had outstanding reception today! 3385, NBC East New Britain, 1105, June 29. Rather late in starting the Port Moresby Nation News relay which started with PNG birdcall. Random listening from 1037 to 1148; at times fair; segments in English and Tok Pisin (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 5960, R. Fly (presumed), 1407-1417, June 23. Pop songs (B. J. Thomas “Hooked On A Feeling”, Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”, Frankie Valli “Grease”, etc.); poor; unable to confirm 3915 today. 3915 // 5960, R. Fly, 1254, June 24. Today able to confirm //; 3915 slightly better than 5960; pop songs; QRM from 3912 (Korea) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Fly, 3915, 25 June 1310, very weak with pop music // 5960, which had better than average signal (Bruce Portzer, Seattle, WA, Winradio Excalibur, K9AY antenna June 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5960 // 3915, R. Fly, 1000-1025, June 27. “Radio Fly Special program” in English; YL interviewing YL about refugees and asylum seekers; the government needs to provide more housing, education, etc. so they can assimilate into the country; many IDs (“5-4-3-2-1 Radio Fly”, etc.); 1025 into pop/rock/island dedications music show in Tok Pisin; item about “Radio Fly Community Development Foundation”; 3915 the best heard since reactivation; tuned out 1050; very respectable signal for 1 KW; helped by another day of outstanding propagation (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Sorry to report that Roseanne (“Rosie”) Kulupi, the Radio Fly radio technician and announcer, is no longer with the station. Her last email to me is as follows. She certainly had been very helpful in providing some interesting insights into Radio Fly. I will miss her entertaining correspondence! The photo of her is posted at http://www.box.net/shared/uhm382tbyzy84fhvss7q - - - - email from Roseanne (“Rosie”) Kulupi: It's good to know 3915 is above par on audio quality. Yes we have Radio Fly Special on Monday nights - a program which is more or less like Australia's Current Affair. It covers current issues within Western Province, especially the North Fly District where Radio Fly is situated. It's been great receiving feed back from you comparing both frequencies and I greatly appreciate your time and effort. I have resigned from this company so officially as of yesterday, I no longer work for Ok Tedi Mining Ltd. I will be flying out on Thursday (hopefully). Thank you once again for your time and effort. Find attached pic of me and Communications Techs up on Mt Robinson where our FM transmitter 95.3 and also where the short wave and FM links are located. In the back ground is the mine's mill were copper and gold are processed. Have a great week. Kind regards, Roseanne - - - - (Ron Howard, San Francisco, CA, June 28, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5960 // 3915, R. Fly, 1008-1027, June 29. Discussion in Tok Pisin; island music; IDs; poor, with 5960 slightly better. BTW – Have posted the picture of Roseanne (“Rosie”) Kulupi to dxldyg “Photos” (PNG album), as the quality is so much better there; click on “original” to see a much sharper photo. While in the album also take a look at the picture of the Radio Fly Kiunga shortwave site when it was under construction (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ? I see no ``original`` click (gh) Hi Glenn, Click on the PNG album in “Photos”. There are two pictures there. Click on the photo on the right side. Then towards the top of the page, just below “Photo Albums”, it will (should) show “View: Medium I Large I Original”. Click on “Original”. Takes a few seconds to load the picture and then scroll down the page to see a very clear photo (Ron Howard, ibid.) PNG - Radio Fly - the long awaited QSL card ---- Hi Glenn, Have been corresponding with Radio Fly regarding their long awaited QSL cards. The cards in fact have been designed, printed and all have been signed by the GM of the company, so perhaps they will go out next week, as they would like to send them out all at once and have not sent one yet to anybody. To date they have received more than 40 reception reports; some have sent more than one report. Those who have already sent in reception reports do not need to do anything else but keep checking your mailbox. Looks as if we should certainly have them in July. Very good news! For those wishing to send in new reception reports, please send them to a very nice fellow at Ok Tedi Mining Limited: James Kaltobie < James.Kaltobie @ oktedi.com >. He sincerely apologizes for the delay in getting these QSL cards out to listeners, but this is all rather new to him (Ron Howard, San Francisco, June 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 3915! ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. NEW ON RNZI - PAPUA NEW GUINEA RADIO NOW Media Release Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.com June 25 2011 RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary Join us from Monday, June 27 2011 as we bring you an exclusive review of radio broadcasting in today's Papua New Guinea - so much more than 20 tropical band shortwave radio stations - on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International. The program includes reviews of major Papua New Guinea radio websites, updates on the new radio licensing laws, how increased cell-phone coverage is opening up a rapidly growing youth market and some little known facts about contemporary broadcasting in this South West Pacific nation. You can listen directly via shortwave radio from RNZI in New Zealand, or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of current broadcast frequencies [both DRM and analog] and times possible for your area as well as audio downloads at http://www.rnzi.com Few listeners comprehend that Port Moresby, the national capital, now has a population approaching 350,000 people, a freeway system, a booming construction of high rise office and residential buildings, and that local radio listeners have some 15 separate radio brands to choose from along the FM dial --- and even sponsored drivetime radio shows with local radio personalities. Commercial radio brands such as FM100, Nau FM, Yumi FM and new arrivals, are expanding rapidly across the mountainous country, using the cell-phone infrastructure networks that are exploding on the back of a major natural gas, oil and mineral resources boom. Radio station profits grew by 30% in 2010 and a new national media framework is bringing modern communications and FM radio to the most remote villages. The Kundu network with its dated shortwave radio stations, competing religious radio stations tangling the airwaves, new commercial stations, and a large base of local record studios churning out local popular music that feeds the playlists of Radio Morobe, Wantok Radio, Tribe FM and a growing number of other stations; this is just part of today`s radio story. So join us from Monday, June 27 2011 as we explore the contemporary radio scene in Papua New Guinea on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International http://www.rnzi.com You can also use our fully up to date guides to contemporary AM and shortwave radio stations in Papua New Guinea with free access to our PAL Radio Guides at our global website www.radioheritage.com. Use our Google Search to find more features about broadcasting in Papua New Guinea, including the AFRS Jungle Network, the Australian AAAS stations and much more. ____________________________________________________ Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage across the Asia and Pacific region. Our website is www.radioheritage.com. To be removed from this mailing list send a return email with 'au revoir' in the subject line. You can support our non-profit features and services with an annual donation using VISA/Mastercard at http://www.radioheritage.com We will acknowledge you on-line and thank you for helping keep the site free for the community (David Ricquish, RHF PR June 24 via DXLD) ** PARAGUAY. Paraguay em Ondas curtas Pessoal da lista, Para mim foi novidade, para outros talvez não; mas consegui achar neste momento no méio do QRM uma radio fraca porém audível fazendo comentários esportivos em espanhol --- Estranhei !!! Fiqui escutando por um tempo e completei a escuta... para minha surpresa trata-se de uma emissora paraguáia em O.C.! Segue detalhes: 7370 kHz - Radio Dif. América - Asunción-Nemby/ Paraguay - 25.06.2011 - 0039 GMT - 33333 - EE [not English!] - Locução de uma partida esportiva entre a equipe de Yanques x ? ¨El jugador se va a ganar 32 millones de dólares por año¨ Abr[aços] (Marcelo Pera - PY2AE, Valinhos SP Brazil, IC 756PRO III, Antena 40 metros PP5UA rotativa 15 metros de altura, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) Olá Marcelo, Creio que seja harmônico, pois não existem relatos desta emissora em OC. Veja que: 7370 kHz / 5 = 1474 kHz A Dif. América transmite oficialmente em 1480 kHz. 73´s (PY2028SWL Renato Uliana, Guarulhos - SP - GG66rn, http://www.amantesdoradio.com.br ibid.) Oi Renato, Também pensei que fosse um harmônico de OM, mas o site Short-Wave confirma essa frequência. Achei estranho pois nunca tinha escutado uma radio do Paraguay em O.C. Veja abaixo http://www.short-wave.info/index.php?freq=7370&timbus=NOW Ontem ela também chegava, porém mais fraco que o dia anterior. Vamos ver hoje mais tarde. Abraços (Marcelo Pera, Valinhos, ibid.) Viz.: ``7370 R. Dif. America 00:00 00:00 1234567 Spanish/Guarani 0.2 ND Asuncion-Nemby 25S15 057W37 Ameri`` That listing matches exactly an old Aoki list, A-09, for example, but not the current one. Same station that Aoki A-11 now has only on 9905: ``9905 0000-2400 PRG R. Dif. América Spa Asunción-Vi 1-7`` Renato suggested 7370 could be a fifth harmonic of their MW 1480 if it is off-frequency on 1474. But no such thing in WRTH 2011, which however does list three other strange Paraguay frequencies plus inactive R. Nacional 9735v, on page 300. Nothing else is in HFCC, Aoki or EiBi on 7370 around that time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. Nieuw Peru station op 1640.020 kHz, 0311 UT. Volgende slogans zijn gehoord van dit station (zie onder) http://www.box.net/shared/643lci2iiur0o6jhbski Bedankt voor Thomas N. die mij deze info bezorgde via Realgroup Ook Max. V.A. voor de tip via MWCircle. Het is een personal first voor mij, en ik denk ook dat dit de eerste keer gehoord is in de benelux. The latest news from the station (via Fredrik Dourén, TNX) - the new name of the station is RADIO KALIKANTO, with slogans: "desde chamaca- chumbivilcas para el mundo" "una radio para confiar". from http://kingsvillagedx.blogspot.com/ and from http://dxpointzero.blogspot.com/ you can read: Radio Onda Cero, Chamaca - Cusco Dept. A station that has been more or less common during the last weeks` excellent conditions towards Peru. Torolf Johnsson was the first to find the station and there has been a long period of researching to reveal the location of the station, mostly done by Henrik Klemetz as usual! David Torres Boza who answered my reception report (thanks Fredrik Dourén for contact info) writes that Chamaca is a small village with about 500 habitants at the altitude of 3800 meters above sea level. 73 (Maurits van Driessche, Belgium, June 27, BDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) Dit station heb ik op 4, 12, 13, 17 , 18 en 25 mei gehoord. Het werd toen in grote delen van Europa gerapporteerd. De naam van het station was toen Onda Cero. Lokatie: Distrito Chamaca, Prov. de Chumbivilcas, Peru. Directeur David Torres Boza liet op 2 juni per e-mail weten dat het station van naam ging veranderen. De nieuwe naam is Kalikanto Radio. Het vermogen van de zender is 1 kW (Max Van Arnhem, June 27, BDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) ``Amigos, gracias por escucharnos en todo el mundo a este humilde emisora con proyecto educativo, mis saludos a todos ustedes, y les cuento que por fin la radio tiene un nuevo nombre. De hoy para adelante se llama KALIKANTO RADIO, su slogan es "desde chamaca- chumbivilcas para el mundo" "una radio para confiar". También amigos con bastante humildad, les suplico pueden enviarme el sello de la radio por internet a mi correo con vuestras voces em formato mp3 por ejemplo: - RADIO KALIKANTO....... DESDE CHAMACA PARA EL MUNDO - RADIO KALIKANTO....... UNA RADIO PARA CONFIAR gracias amigos por todo ello que nos anima seguir adelante a pesar de las dificultades.`` I heard a new Peru station on 1640.020 kHz at 0311 UT 27-6, RADIO KALIKANTO, with slogans: "desde chamaca-chumbivilcas para el mundo" "una radio para confiar". With good peaks in audio http://www.box.net/shared/643lci2iiur0o6jhbski (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, June 27, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) ** PERU. The new 3360 station is heard quite often lately but is a little irregular. 3360.006, 26.6 0126, Radio JPJ, OAW-4Y, Lima, music at this time. The station was silent June 15-17 but was back again June 18 & 19 at 02z, weaker than before. Seems to be a little irregular, silent for instance on June 24. At 0226 this night just the carrier – no audio. TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 26 via DXLD) Juha Vehmas + two other Finnish DX-ers heard this one on an expedition to Åland (!) about a week ago (10/6). Juha also had parts of the call and slogan very clear when he wrote to me. One of the recordings was close to Hasse Mattisson’s recording in sound quality, but still well below. You can listen to HM’s recording here: http://homepage.sverige.net/~a-0901/3360,6-110612-0250-Radio_JPJ_PERU.mp3 3360, Radio JPJ. Henrik Klemetz sends the following information about this new station: The solution came from Alfredo Cañote and the attached PDF file (an excerpt from El Peruano). Pages 22-23 are those that apply. Actually you're right, he writes, the initials correspond with the owner, and the station must be located near Lima, he says. And according to the pdf-file it is not a pirate. It has a callsign and the power is 1 kW. The next week, he will find the owner and hand over Hasse's recording. The callsign is OAW-4Y and the power is 1 kW. The address of the station is Manzana D, Lote 9, Asoc. Vivienda Monte Los Olivos, Distrito de San Martín de Porres, Provincia y depto. de Lima, Perú. The transmitter is located in Cerro Tinaja, Distrito de Puente Piedra, Provincia y Departamento de Lima. The owner of the station is Jesus Parraga Jiminez [sic] (JPJ). Their website is: http://www.radiojpj.com [orange; webstream autolaunches, and that`s all there is --- gh] Although Cañote and Arrunátegui and I listened a lot, we have not heard any mentioning whatsoever of phone, mail or other address (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, ibid.) Pedro F. Arrunátegui? Haven`t heard from that DXer in many years (gh, DXLD) (When you know the reference number relating to the information found in the pdf-file it can also be found here: http://issuu.com/mabelcalle/docs/normas_17_ene on page 11. Many thanks to Henrik who put in a lot of time to obtain information about this station. Let's hope both Hasse Mattisson and Karel Honzik get a QSL eventually! / (Thomas Nilsson, ibid.) ** PERU. PERÚ, 4790, RADIO VISION. Chiclayo. 0910-0920 junio 27. Programa: Voces y canciones del Ecuador. Con música y melodías del folclor ecuatoriano. Cada tanto dando la hora y promos. “…usted escucha Radio Visión en los 770 y Radio Victoria 780 amplitud modulada en transmisión simultánea para el Perú y el mundo…” Radio Visión 770 KHz?? Ex-1350 (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, Escuchas realizadas en Fomeque, Cundinamarca a través del Sony ICF 2010 y Antena Dipolo de 8 metros; Audios, imágenes y más en: http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/ via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) ** PERU. 4850.7, RADIO GÉNESIS. Huanta. 2340-0010 junio 26, Locutora en vernácular, presentado música de alabanza al dar la hora “…son las seis de la tarde con 44 minutos, Génesis Radio…” también se identifica cada tanto entre alabanza “…Génesis Radio…” (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, Escuchas realizadas en Fomeque, Cundinamarca a través del Sony ICF 2010 y Antena Dipolo de 8 metros; Audios, imágenes y más en: http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/ via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) ** PERU. 5024.8, RADIO QUILLABAMBA. Quillabamba. 2230-2310 junio 26, Transmisión deportiva 1ra fecha de la 2da fase Copa Perú, Deportivo Santa Rosa vs Alianza Huayapata. A las 2302 “…por las gentiles ondas de Radio Quillabamba, hemos presentado Altavoz Deportivo…” Anuncios: Yo quiero ser Dominico, recuperación tren Cuzco-Quillabamba. “… a través de los 91.1 MHz, transmite Radio Quillabamba…” Con excelente señal, Rebelde fuera del aire (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, Escuchas realizadas en Fomeque, Cundinamarca a través del Sony ICF 2010 y Antena Dipolo de 8 metros; Audios, imágenes y más en: http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/ via Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) ** PERU. Glenn, I have checked every morning this week for Radio Victoria on 6019.23 kHz and she has been nil heard each time. I am wondering if they either are coming on later or decided it wasn't worth it anymore? Checked during evening hours also with the same results (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, June 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also notable here the absence of its het evenings upon 6020 stations. But that means also no harmonic on 18057v, sob! (Glenn Hauser, June 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, I will give you a quick yell if Victoria comes on the air again. Don't cry (Chuck Bolland, FL, ibid.) ** PERU. 6047.11, R. Santa Rosa, 1115, thanks Wilkner and Howard tips, poor-fair with religious music and ID, best in LSB to escape 6050 mess. 21 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1740 - 9395 kHz, RADYO PILIPINAS - Tinang, Canzone melodica locale OM. Segnale buono- sufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** PORTUGAL. PORTUGUESE AUSTERITY PLAN INCLUDES RTP PRIVATIZATION Privatization of parts of the public broadcaster RTP is in the program of the new Portuguese Government, delivered on Tuesday in Parliament. The privatization of RTP was a campaign promise of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho. Portugal is to receive a €78bn bailout package from the European Union. The program says that the RTP group “should be restructured in order to obtain a strong containment of operating costs in 2012, thus creating conditions for both a significant reduction of the financial burden on taxpayers and for the privatization process.” “This will include the privatization of one public channel to be implemented at a time and in a model that will depend on market conditions. The other channel, as well as being a repository of archives, plus RTP Internacional and RTP Africa, will be programmed to ensure the public service,” the document says. “Antena 1, 2 and 3 [the public radio networks] will follow the same general principles that apply to RTP. The state will divest its stake in RDP Lusa, the mixed economy company, to private operators in due course,” it also explains. (Source: publico.pt via Google Translate)(June 29th, 2011 - 16:47 UT by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 17770, June 29 at 0525, fair signal from RRI in French, but there`s a squeal on the transmitter, 185 degrees from Tiganeshti (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 7320.162, seldom odd frequency R Rossi Magadan site at Arman Raduzhnyy, 0850 UT June 21 {switched OFF at 1301 UT}, male announcer talk about airplane pilots and corruption. S=8 fluttery signal. // 5940 Magadan site at Arman Raduzhnyy, and 5930 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Wolfgang Büschel, June 21, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 24 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. VOR relay via 1323 not to close: see GERMANY ** RUSSIA [non]. Voice of Russia via WZHF 1390 kHz --- Added Voice of Russia via WZHF 1390 kHz Arlington, VA May 6, 2011 QSL to my site. Please visit www.kg4lac.com to see. Click on the United States of America link. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, June 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. PRAVDA WILL SET YOU FREE Russia's answer to Fox News and MSNBC. By David WeigelPosted Monday, June 27, 2011, at 3:26 PM ET Illustration by Mark Alan Stamaty. Click image to expand. Alyona Minkovski is on a rant. The rants are essential parts of The Alyona Show," the series she's hosted on Russia Today — RT, if you please — since 2009. They can be about anything, but they are usually about the rest of the media. . . http://www.slate.com/id/2297783/?from=rss (via Clara Listensprechen, DXLD) ** SAIPAN. 1440, KKMP is new 1.1 kW station; details: http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=161101 Listed here only as a construxion permit. See KIRIBATI where it was logged mixed with that on slightly different frequencies (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) ** SAIPAN. Re 11-25, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, IBB "Very Much Interested In Negotiating A New Lease" for Northern Mariana Shortwave Site(s). Hello, Why IBB do not rent former KFBS Marpi (FEBC) site? wolfy EMR - short ElectroMagnetic Radiation distance. and Agingan Point Hotel only 77 meters distance away of the curtain tower...! Why IBB do not rent former KFBS Marpi (FEBC) site ? 15 16 11.50 N 145 47 54.89 E locations MRA - IBB Saipan Agignan Point, three curtain arrays visible on 2009 image in G.E. 15 07 16.65 N 145 41 34.07 E MRA - IBB Tinian 11 + 2 curtains, visible in 2005. 15 02 53.41 N 145 36 25.37 E (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK. 7270.24v, has been drifting around for the last two days; off from their recently fairly steady 7270.49v. Unidentified RTM relay, June 28, from 0953 to 1000; clearly RTM, but who? Was not // to the usual Wai FM on 11665 which was in the clear and IDing as Wai FM (heavy CNR1 jamming of 11665 starts at 1000). Was not // Sarawak FM on 9835. This is a little bit early for me to pull in fair reception, so was unable to ID; in vernacular; 0955 indigenous chanting/singing till ToH. Positive after 1000 became // with Wai FM. Needs more monitoring (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, John Wilkins and I often independently monitor Malaysia at about the same time; frequently hearing the same thing. The following are his comments today and his log. Ron, San Francisco - - - - email from John Wilkins on June 28: Got your message about 7270v. I just posted some logs this morning to Cumbre (see below). I've been hearing what sounds like "Limbang" in their jingles but don't hear the "FM". And have not heard "Wai" lately. So, Malaysia continues to provide some interesting listening. J.W. (via Ron Howard, DXLD) Viz.: 7270v, Wai FM? 1130-1215 Jun 23. Noted on June 23 on 7269.96, below nominal for a change, with man in talk; did not sound like Bahasa Malaysia; heard one or two jingles with the word "Limbang"; no Wai FM ID's heard; two pips at 1200, then possible news. Noted next 5 days on 7270.24. plus or minus a couple hertz. Fair/good signal each day around this time. Still not sure if this is Wai or Limbang relay (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) [and MALAYSIA, q.v.]. 7270.3v, via Kuching-Stapok (Sarawak), from fading in about 0925 to 1000, June 29; still hearing an unid RTM relay in vernacular; pop songs; indigenous chanting; can definitely confirm was not Wai FM (not // 11665) or Sarawak FM (not // 9835); still a mystery; noticeably drifting in frequency, as also noted by John Wilkins. At 1000 a positive Wai FM ID and start of // 11665 and still // at last check at 1244. Difficult to tune; in LSB heard a het from 7270.0; in USB adjacent QRM/splatter from 7275 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Odd 15169.971, BSKSA Riyadh in Arabic at 0430 UT June 20. S=9+5dB signal strength. Two men talk. 15285.040, BSKSA Riyadh in Swahili morning program, distorted audio like faulty microphone. But no buzz today. S=8 at 0432 UT, June 20. 21505.732, Very odd signal from BSKSA Riyadh Arabic General 1st program, 1337 UT June 21. S=9+10dB, female singer (Wolfgang Büschel, June 19/20/21, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 24 via DXLD) [and non]. 11935, June 26 at 1218, Russian with Chinese accent and voice-over fits for CRI Russian service, 500 kW, 37 degrees from SZG site and consequently USward; but it`s atop weaker Qur`an. The only explanation I can find for that is: Riyadh HQS running overtime, scheduled 09-12, 500 kW, 310 degrees, also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17895, June 29 at 0522, poor signal with Qur`an. It`s the HQS from BSKSA Riyadh, 500 kW, 40 degrees, a midsummer visitor. When heard here at 12-15 it`s a more propitious 295 degree beam. 21505+, June 30 at 1358, BSKSA very poor as 13m struggles to open a bit; also signs of Kuwait/Spain on 21540. Wolfgang Büschel measured this way off-frequency, June 21 at 1337 on 21505.732, but now it is only a few Hz above 21505 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. SIBC, Honiara, 5019.9, 22 June 1140, best reception in ages, pop tunes, DJ taking calls from listeners. 1157 switched to religious talk that seemed to go back and forth between English and vernacular, sign-off by woman 1202, then NA (Bruce Portzer, Seattle, WA, Winradio Excalibur, K9AY antenna June 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA [non]. 9930, Bar Kulan, 1614 18.6 with hilife song. 1615 OM with talks in Arabic with mentions of Somalia, S4-6 324x2 with most QRM from 9935 R S Thesaloniki (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA [non]. Martedì 28 giugno 2011 - 0444 - 15700 kHz, R. DAMAL - VO SOMALI PEOPLE - Dhabbaya (UAE), Canzone tradizionale YL. Segnale sufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Via Wooferton, England, 11740, Radio Damal, 1850-1929*, June 29, talk in listed Somali with many mentions of Somalia. Some local Horn of Africa style music. Good (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 7285, R. Sonder Grense, 0512, just above threshold, Afrikaans, mostly talk (news or similar), but again -- very weak -- only partial copy but slightly better by 0530. 20 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quite a long-path catch, apparently, or could it be short-path across the Antarctic? (gh) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9385, June 27 at 1329 as I tuned across Brother Scare via WWRB, he was mentioning a ham station on 14315, KC8EXP, then ``Maranatha``. Wonder what that was about. I guess the ham is a Brother: Yes, he`s in Walterboro, on the compound? Despite the 8-area call, ARRL lookup shows: Patterson, Richard K, KC8EXP, 12680 Augusta Hwy, Walterboro, SC 29488 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN [and non]. 11880, REE via COSTA RICA, Sunday June 26 from 1231 after RNE headlines, `Amigos de la Onda Corta`. First half of DX news, really media news dominated by threat to Radio Nederland, and not a single SW frequency, log or schedule given. Second half from 1246 interviewing Alonso Mostazo about expected SW propagation conditions in July. Went down by meter bands from 11 and 13, general info for N and S hemisphere, best times of day, typical skip distances. Strangely, skipped 22m, 60m, and concluded with 80 and 160. Been a few weeks since I checked on REE`s weekly Emisión Sefarad, scheduled UT Tuesdays 0115-0145 on 11795 to S America. June 28 I tune in at 0120 --- oh, oh, REE IS is playing, so they`ve messed it up again. 0122 open carrier, 0123 modulation starts. Instead of ending at 0145, program still going with music, 0149 standard sign-off giving three transmission times, including 0115. After two digits of the postal code in the contact address, cut modulation and then carrier before she could finish. Signal was VG, anyway, and as long as it stay on 11795, free of collision with Brasil 11780, also with good signal. Apparently playback did not begin at proper time of 0115, and started a little too late past 0120 to finish before transmitter op cut them off after an extra 5 minutes, all he was willing to provide, tho there should have been more leeway than that. 11910, June 29 at 1356, poor signal with REE IS. Unusual to hear this, relay via Beijing; HFCC says 12-14 in Spanish, 500 kW, 142 degrees, so apparently about to close down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, SLBC, *0020-0040, June 24, sign on with local drums. National Anthem at 0020:37, followed by drums and local music. Opening ID announcements in Hindi at 0025. Religious recitations and Hindi chants at 0025:30. Local instrumental music at 0030. Hindi vocals. Fair (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15745, SLBC, 0124, test tone, drum IS, then national anthem (or similar). English ID by a woman at 0130. Very strong today with dual path reception! 13 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF- SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1705 - 11750. SRI LANKA BC - Trincomalee, Sinhala, tk OM e mx pop locale. Segnale sufficiente-buono (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. 15640, DRM is not quite dead with good reception from DW site at Trincomalee with BBC Hindi programming yesterday at 1430 with no dropouts at all. Today listened after 1500 and only heard a DW multilingual loop apologizing for not having their regular programming. At 1600 went into DW English news at about 90% copy. Not bad for multihop DRM reception (Volodya Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, 28 June, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 17670, Radio Azadi (Iranawila), 0430-0436, 6/20/2011, Dari. Talk by man, apparently news, with short fanfare between items. Moderate signal strength. Heavy interference from possible jammer on USB side. Had to tune LSB to hear reliably (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, IC-R75, RX-340, 90' Wire, Wellbrook ALA100M Loop, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1648 - 13730 kHz. RADIO DABANGA - Wertachtal (Germania), Arabo, telefonata OM. Segnale buono- sufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1710 - 11500 kHz, R. DABANGA - Talata V. (Madagascar), Arabo, perlato maschile in // a 13730. Segnale sufficiente-buono. Martedì 28 giugno 2011 - 0455 - 13730 kHz, R. DABANGA, Jingles e nxs telefoniche OM. Segnale buono-sufficiente. Ex 15550? Passando mi è sembrata libera (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Originally on 13730, they supposedly moved for a while to 15550, but I never heard them there (gh, DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. 15500, EDC Sudan, 1602 18.6 a Horn of Africa beat song that IDed the station in Arabic or local language, then ID as Sudan Radio Service and also EDC, then program analysis then news (akhbar), S20 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Domenica 26 giugno 2011, 1621 - 17745 kHz, SUDAN RADIO SERVICE - Sines (Portogallo), Musica afropop. Segnale buono-sufficiente Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1632 - 15500 kHz, SUDAN RADIO SERVICE - Rampisham (UK), Arabo, parlato maschile. Segnale sufficiente- insufficiente, Non in // a 17745 kHz (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. 15710, Miraya FM, 1504 18.6 with a marginal signal, S1 and talks by OM 1505 with a western pop song (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) via TDP, UKRAINE ** SUDAN SOUTH [and non]. BBG AND SOUTH SUDAN REACH HISTORIC AGREEMENT Juba, South Sudan, June 24, 2011 – Today in Juba, South Sudan, the Broadcasting Board of Governors reached an historic agreement with the new nation on a wide range of activities to advance media development. Three Board members, Michael Meehan, Dana Perino, and Susan McCue, established a broad agreement on new FM licenses, affiliate access, journalism training and technical support. “The US and the South Sudanese will forever celebrate our nations’ independence in early July,” said BBG Governor Michael Meehan. “The BBG is committed to helping the world’s newest democracy stand up on its feet and make sure that through a free media all its citizens’ voices are heard.” “Free media is the cornerstone of any democracy and as South Sudan emerges as the world’s newest nation, the BBG stands with the Sudanese to propel the free flow of news and information. In particular, we look forward to dialogues on critical issues like maternal, newborn and child health, education for women and girls and economic growth,” said BBG Governor Susan McCue. “The trip to South Sudan allowed us to see first-hand all of the challenges, as well as the hope, and has encouraged us to do more to expand our coverage area and continue to improve our content. One way we can help is to work on closing the gap in education by adding more instructional programs in English. We also made significant headway for additional cooperation with the government of South Sudan and will be following through on our commitments,” said BBG Governor Dana Perino. The Ministry of Information pledged to grant licenses for FM broadcasting for Voice of America (VOA) and other BBG broadcasting including Arabic-language programs from the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN). In addition, the BBG will have access to government- run FM stations as radio affiliates. The BBG agreed to provide technical assistance and journalism training as well as evaluate the avenues for broadcasting in additional languages. The three members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors also participated in a VOA-organized town hall meeting at which citizens and government officials discussed important challenges facing the new country. The Board members are visiting Ethiopia, South Sudan and Nigeria to broaden the VOA’s reach and impact in Africa. Updates, observations, and photos about the trip will be posted via Twitter (hashtag #usib) and in a weblog http://voaontheroadafrica.tumblr.com/ VOA's audience in Africa is nearly 45 million adults across multiple media platforms, including more than 20 million in Nigeria and 3 million in Ethiopia. Audiences in Sudan’s Darfur region are also served by Afia Darfur of the MBN, which is broadcast in Arabic and has an estimated weekly audience of 30% there. Audience reach for VOA's newly launched English program Sudan in Focus is not yet available. (BBG PR June 24 via Clara Listensprechen, Yimber Gaviría, DXLD) ** SURINAME. 4990, Radio Apintie, 0930, fair with uptempo man over disco music bed, brief comments by a woman, then into talk by two Dutch men at 0935. 22 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWITZERLAND. SBC ANNOUNCES COST-CUTTING AT http://swissinfo.ch The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), swissinfo.ch’s parent company, has announced plans to reduce the budget and staff at the online platform by one third. Swissinfo.ch, formerly Swiss Radio International, will continue to provide in-depth information about Swiss politics, economy, culture and society in nine languages. A tenth language, Russian, will be introduced in 2013. One of the SBC’s five units, swissinfo.ch has fulfilled a federal government mandate to provide information in nine languages outside Switzerland through the internet for the past ten years. As part of the cost-cutting programme swissinfo.ch’s annual budget will be reduced from SFr26 million ($31.3 million) to SFr17 million and the number of full time equivalent positions will be reduced from 126 to 86 by the end of 2012. Swissinfo.ch receives 50 per cent of its funding directly from the federal government and 50 per cent from the SBC. The multi-media information platform will primarily target an international audience with an interest in Switzerland as well as continuing to cater for Swiss nationals living abroad. According to a statement issued by the SBC, swissinfo.ch’s three national editorial departments for the Swiss official languages – German, French and Italian – will be combined into one new national editorial department and downsized. When the next federal mandate comes through at the beginning of 2013, swissinfo.ch will be reporting in English, German, French, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish Portuguese and Russian. Two thirds of the job cuts are due to be achieved through natural staff reductions, early retirement and transfers to other business units. A severance scheme will be in place for the remainder. (via Bob Zanotti of the competing http://www.switzerlandinsound.com June 29, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) (also via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SYRIA. 9330, R Damascus, 1917 17.6 with program in French, then a song. Program 'La fine quotidienne'. Listening to SSB yields a very strong buzzer that really kills the very unmodded audio Signal S40 54542 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1745 - 9330 kHz, R. DAMASCUS - Adra (Siria), Russo, parlato YL. Segnale buono-molto buono (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) And how about the modulation? (gh, DXLD) ** SYRIA. Ch E2 --- Syria were on their split colour bar/greyscale testpattern from 1038 UT (when I first saw video) till 1118 when they went off air. Youtube video here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MrryYuDB_g Unusual for them to be on the colour bars for so long and then go off air but there are a few "local difficulties" in the place. It's a double hop Es signal for me, around 2,500 miles (Hugh Hoover, Portugal, June 22, WTFDA via DXLD) ** TAIWAN/CHINA. 16100, Sound of Hope, 0000+, presumed the one, very poor with Chinese talk by a man, after plug was pulled on Firedrake jammer for about ten minutes. Then, just prior to 0100, plug was again pulled, this time leaving the frequency clear for nearly 15-minutes, at which time I could again hear talk by a Chinese man. Same scenario at 0200, except this time the frequency was clear, while Firedrake was off. 18 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Lunedì 27 giugno 2011 - 2138 - 7990 kHz, SOUND OF HOPE (Taiwan) Mandarino, tk OM/YL. Segnale sufficiente-buono. Firedrake assente (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Not usual 7970? See CHINA for lots of Firedrake jamming against SOH (gh, DXLD) ** TAIWAN [and non]. TAIWAN: Radio Taiwan International was heard with two programs with different content in English from 1600 to 1700 on 9435 from Taiwan site and on 15485 from a transmitter located in France (Rumen Pankov, R. Bulgaria DX June 24 via Yimber Gaviría, Colombia, DXLD) ** TAIWAN [non]. PCJ has set up an answer line. If you wish to call in and leave a message or comment that will be used in our programs, the number is +44 (0) 20 3286 1399. Best Regards, (PCJ Radio, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TUNISIA. In deep summer, RTT reception on 7275 and 7335 is not so good with storm noise levels, degraded propagation, so June 28 at 0509 I am enjoying their ME music on 9725 // weaker 12005, but by 0512 both of them are gone. Then I check 7275 at 0513 and it`s on with Arabic talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. 7194.94, Radio Uganda? Very weak carrier *0557, then some audio after 0600, sounded like accented-English man, but little more than threshold. Stayed with it for a few minutes, hoping for more audio, but no luck. Unstable xmtr, drifting down to about .87-ish. Have not noticed any recent logs of this. 19 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7194.98, UBC Radio, Kampala, 1904-1941, June 29, English 15-minute news bulletin closing with main points 1919, then continued with local pop songs with lots of "This is UBC Radio" IDs superimposed. Completely in the clear throughout, one of their erratic appearances here, always a pleasant surprise! 73, (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Martien, Probably I think that UBC back on air from June 28. Some Japanese DXers received it on June 29 at local morning. http://www.youtube.com/user/2010DFS#p/u/2/j3zBYPTapTc http://www.youtube.com/user/2010DFS#p/u/1/tVqbkMKFgTU (S. Hasegawa, ibid.) ** UGANDA [non]. 15410, Abaganda, 1701 18.6 with a speakers only hymn mentioning also Uganda (possibly national hymn ??), 1704 music stopped, some audio gap then OM 'listen to radio Uganda .... Internet ... abaganda'. Then OM with talks in vernacular, possibly a speech. Sudden s/off 1715 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. 17770, R Ndiwulira, 1700+1716/18.6 was very weak - just a marginal carrier (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17770, via Russia, R. Ndiwulira, Luganda. June 21, 1706-1716 late and sudden sign on with male in English paused speech. Abrupt sign off at 1716, checked until 1720 no return, 25432. ** UGANDA [non]. 17770, Uganda via Russia, R. Ndiwulira, Luganda. June, 25 at 1400 carrier on but no modulation during this check until 1411. 73’s (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil, SW40 - Dipoles and Longwire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oops, those must be local times in Brazil. Still not in HFCC. Aoki says via Samara, RUSSIA, Tue & Sat only at 1700-1730 (gh, ibid.) ** UKRAINE. On the Internet resumed broadcasts in Ukrainian, but partially. It seems to 0800 UT RUI heard the news from, and then repeat the program from UR1. A novelty is the transfer of the Internet edition of the Romanian program RUI. Now they hear in 1000 UT. The comment "Telekritika" Mr. Abraham said that now at NRCU satellite broadcasts 11 hours a day in the Ukrainian language, 8 hours English, 3 hours German and 2 hours in Romanian (Alexander Yegorov, Kiev, Ukraine / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX June 25 via DXLD)) ** U K. Just noted a recent post about the audibility of the BBCWS on 12095. Just so happens that I spent three weeks in Ukraine from late May and listened almost daily to the BBCWS to hear some news in English from the outside world. Using a Tecsun PL380 with just the small whip, reception was always very good. A valuable service for sure, at least for travelers! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, June 29, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Re 11-25: BBC WORLD SERVICE HINDI SW TRANSMISSIONS SAVED FROM CLOSURE --- First reported on my google newsfeed by the Telegraph: Foreign Office gaffe as 'massive u-turn' on BBC funding is announced The Foreign Office's own website initially headlined the announcement: "Massive U-turn on BBC World Service funding." The headline was later changed to: "BBC World Service Funding Review." The gaffe was immediately mocked by Whitehall watchers, with the phrase "BBC World Service" trending on Twitter shortly afterwards. A spokeswoman for the department said the headline did not reflect the views of the Government, and disciplinary action was being taken against the staff member involved. Here's their report with a screenshot: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8591524/Foreign-Office-gaffe-as-massive-u-turn-on-BBC-funding-is-announced.html (via Mike Barraclough, June 22, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** U K. BBC COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM RE-LAUNCHES LANGUAGE WEBSITES The BBC Academy's College of Journalism is re-launching its Arabic, Persian and Russian language sites with a wide range of new material. This is the first phase of a programme that will eventually see the overhaul of all the College's 30 language microsites. The sites provide an invaluable guide to the BBC's editorial standards and core values. They are also a vitally important language tool, ensuring that those standards, particularly those of impartiality, are maintained through the translation process. The updated material also focuses on working with social media, for example on how to verify stories and sources, and also the responsibilities that presenters and reporters themselves face when using social media. The sites are available for free via the College of Journalism website, http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism and can be accessed via the home pages of the BBC's Arabic, Persian and Russian services http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism/intl/arabic http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism/intl/persian and http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism/intl/russian Together, the language microsites achieve more than 80,000 page impressions a month. Arabic The College's Arabic website is publishing new films and guides to journalistic skills and the particular requirements of the Arabic language. Against the background of challenging and fast-moving events in the Middle East and North Africa, the site aims to help BBC reporting maintain its traditional high standards of impartiality and accuracy. BBC Arabic Service experts discuss how to identify and investigate a story, and talk about avoiding legal difficulties and the need to authenticate material before using it, in order to avoid hoaxers. Naglaa El-Emary, Editor, BBC Arabic, says "the wave of revolutions spreading across the region means there is an unparalleled opportunity for sources and stories that have never been heard before. BBC Arabic makes its values and its expertise in the genre available to journalists." This style guide is published for the first time on the College Arabic site. Persian The College's Persian website is publishing new content and guidelines for BBC journalists on how to use social media. Social media now plays a huge role in all BBC journalistic activity the world. It is of particular importance in Iran, where there are many restrictions on traditional sources of information and means of reporting the news. The Persian College of Journalism website is publishing key learning points to develop television, radio and online skills. The language category of this site also has a rich linguistic guide to the Persian language. This includes Persian grammar, the creation of new words and the art of translation. Also on the site, Liliane Landor, Controller Languages at BBC Global News, explains the rules governing BBC journalists' behaviour when using sites like Facebook and Twitter. Sina Motalebi, Head of Persian TV Output, says: "Social media and citizen journalism provide our main access to audiences in Iran. This means that our journalists need to exercise an even higher level of care in their interaction with social media to preserve BBC reputation, values and standards and exercise fairness towards our contributors and duty of care for their safety." Russian The BBC Russian website was first published in 2008 alongside the Arabic and Persian sites. New features of the site are items on journalistic ethics as well as key advice on the impartial use of the Russian language. Sarah Gibson, Editor of BBC Russian, says: "The College material really enhances the Russian service's offer to its audience. It is available through bbcrussian.com and its social networks, and through the service's work directly with journalism students. "There is a great deal of interest in Russia in how the BBC works, its editorial guidelines and standards, and its approach to the multimedia world. Attitudes in Russia to the BBC can vary, but its journalism is highly regarded by many. Being able to make this material accessible to the journalists of today and tomorrow is therefore a great asset to the site and a great demonstration of the BBC's commitment to journalistic standards." Links to the new College of Journalism language sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism/intl/arabic/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism/intl/persian/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism/intl/russian/ Further details from: Najiba Kasraee Project Editor, BBC College of Journalism International Website. Janie Ironside Wood Head of Communications, BBC Academy Tel: 0208 752 6896/07730 047 511 janie.ironsidewood @ bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy Roxanna Shapour Marketing, Communications & Audiences BBC Arabic, BBC Persian Tel: + 44 207 765 1494 ¦ Mobile: + 44 7912 583 892 Lala Najafova International Publicist +44(0)207 557 2944; wspublicity @ bbc.co.uk Notes to editors: The BBC Academy, launched in December 2009, is the BBC's centre for training. It houses the Colleges of Journalism, Production, Leadership and the Centre of Technology. The BBC Academy puts training and development at the heart of the BBC and also works with the wider broadcast industry, equipping people with skills they need for a lifetime of employability in the ever-changing media landscape. As well as training our own staff, we also have a remit under the terms of the BBC's Charter Agreement to train the wider industry. We aim to share as much of our training as possible with the wider UK broadcasting industry for free. We also offer some of our courses on a commercial basis, both within the UK and abroad. The College of Journalism provides a single, integrated home for all journalism training and development. It delivers editorial standards and legal training and core journalist craft skills as well as leading on international training. The College of Journalism's website www.bbc.co.uk/journalism is a unique resource which has over 2,000 pages of text and around 1,500 films, audio and interactive exercises, making it one of the largest online resources of its type in the world. It's free throughout the UK, or available by subscription outside the UK. BBC Arabic, BBC Persian and BBC Russian are part of BBC World Service, an international multimedia broadcaster delivering a wide range of language and regional services on radio, TV, online and via wireless handheld devices. It uses multiple platforms to reach its weekly audience of 180 million globally (2010), including shortwave, AM, FM, digital satellite and cable channels. Its news sites include audio and video content and offer opportunities to join the global debate. BBC World Service offers its multilingual radio content to partner FM stations around the world and has numerous partnerships supplying content to news websites, mobile phones and other wireless handheld devices as well as TV channels. The BBC attracts a global audience of 241 million people (2010) to its international news services including BBC World Service, BBC World News television channel and bbc.com/news (BBC PR June 23 via DXLD) ** U S A. EE.UU: 'SHADOW', 'LA VOZ DE AMÉRICA' DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN OBAMA Hace un par de semanas, el rotativo norteamericano 'The New York Times', daba a conocer un nuevo proyecto de la administración Obama llamado 'Shadow' que se creará con la finalidad de llegar a los líderes de las revoluciones en países con regímenes autoritarios. Basado en un maletín generador de una red propia, sirviría para dar a difundir las ideas insurgentes, comparable a 'La Voz de América', emisora nacida durante el transcurso II Guerra Mundial. Shadow será la sombra de internet para Estados Unidos (Agencia: Reuters) Shadow será la sombra de internet para Estados Unidos (Agencia: Reuters) [caption] El jugoso caramelo que están suponiendo las redes sociales para países con intereses en derrocar los regímenes autoritarios ha llevado al presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, apoyado por su lugarteniente Hillary Clinton, a lanzarse de lleno en crear un sistema de conexión con los disidentes en todos esos países; el último, lo dio a conocer hace un par de semanas The New York Times, una maleta con internet preparada para evitar las frecuencias de los enemigos pero que conecta de una forma sencilla a los detractores de los gobierno autoritarios a través de una red propia, ‘Shadow’, internet en la sombra. El método es novedoso pero el fin no. No hay que olvidar que, desde Estados Unidos, se han intentado controlar a lo largo de la historia los movimientos, las guerras y revoluciones mundiales a través de diversos sistemas; claro ejemplo de ello es la emisora ‘La Voz de América’. Este sistema se comenzó a usar el 24 de febrero de 1942,momento en el que el locutor William Harlan Hale afirmó en alemán : “Aquí habla una voz desde América. Todos los días, a esta hora, le traeremos noticias de la guerra. Las noticias pueden ser buenas. Las noticias pueden ser malas. Nosotros le diremos la verdad”. Su difusión ha logrado una gran relevancia en países con regímenes dictatoriales dentro en Latinoamérica, emitiendo desde Miami, Cuba es un gran ejemplo de su aplicación. Con anterioridad, otro sistema de onda corta era usado con las mismas finalidades. Se creó en 1941 y se trata del 'Foreign Information Service', que producía programas enfocados a las poblaciones de Europa y Asia. En Afganistán, en los últimos años, EE.UU ha desarrollado, con gran coste, unos 50 millones de euros, el sistema de comunicación a través de torres para evitar irrupciones en su difusión de información. Ahora, la administración Obama intentará implantar el sistema de ‘Internet in a suitcase’, la maleta que gracias a su fisionomía pasaría inadvertida entre los ejércitos y autoridades de los países autoritarios y permitiría difundir los mensajes a través de un softwate que conectaría con todo tipo de dispositivos: ordenadores, portátiles, Smartphone… El rotativo norteamericano que dio a conocer el proyecto norteamericano señalaba que dicho maletín se convertirá, en cuestión de segundos, en una antena de transmisión portátil de comunicaciones, acompañado de una unidad de CV/DVD ydispositivo de almacenamiento masivo USB. Este proyecto, está destinado a desarrollarse dentro del departamento de Estado, que dirige la propia Hillary Clinton, y que subvenciona con alrededor de dos millones de dólares. La propia secretaria de Estado, tiene mucha fe en el recién pensado programa de difusión de ideas norteamericanas: “Estamos viendo más y más que la gente alrededor del mundo está utilizando internet, servicios móviles y otras tecnologías para hacerse escuchar contra la injusticia y para realizar sus sueños. Hay una oportunidad histórica para crear un cambio positivo, cambiar lo que Estados Unidos apoya”, declaraba hace días. Pero no todo es de color de rosa declaran desde el país norteamericano. Una vez creado dicho sistema y sus intenciones de difundir determinados mensajes a través de él, surge el problema, ¿Cómo se llega a los opositores, líderes revolucionarios y disidentes para facilitarles dicha logística? Como afirman en algunos sites ‘la tecnología es sólo una parte de la ecuación’ [sic] pero sólo Obama y los servicios de inteligente [sic] norteamericanos, tienen la respuesta. FUENTE: http://bit.ly/m7VGef http://noticias.terra.es/2011/mundo/0622/actualidad/shadow-internet-maleta-voz-de-america-administracion-obama.aspx (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) "Shadow" internet and mobile phone systems may overcome censorship by repressive governments (updated). Posted: 19 Jun 2011 http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=11436 (via DXLD) Despite the scratchy spikes from WWCR 15825, June 30 at 1240, I am quite sure that VOA is absent from 15590, where Spanish is supposed to run until 1300. One of the Greenville transmitters held together by chewing gum and baling wire must be out of service. Audible tho not solid on // 13750, and better 9885 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 17530, June 28 at 1423, R. Sawa is talking longer than usual in 1415 newsbreak, translating English interview on Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, 1425 back to music. This is 13-15, 250 kW, 285 degrees from Kuwait for CIRAF 39 = Egypt, LIBYA, SE corner of Tunisia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. NEWS FROM RAGNAR --- DRY DOCK Posted: 23 Jun 2011 03:38 PM PDT I am sorry to say that the Piratesweek may have finally run aground. Not sure what I’m going to do with the show. Due to a bad case off tendonitis I’m going to have to be offline for at least a month or more. I’m not in pain, just very sore. No surgery but I can`t risk further injury for a ‘hobby’. The show takes 4 or 5 hours of computer time a week in research and editing and I have to save what keyboarding I can do for the day job. Thanks to you who have emailed, I read them all but my replies lately are brief if at all, hope you understand. We set sail on this tour of pillaging in March of 2005. Had a lot of fun, and the reach of the show far exceeded my imagination. But for now I’ll just be listening and logging infrequently. Keep subscribed to the feed, I’m not ruling out bringing it back later this year maybe with a new format. But for now I’m putting her in dry dock. Thanks for listening. Ragnar. (editor's note: thanks Ragnar, for all the shows. It did a hell of a lot to let people know what they've been missing from the audio sense. Sometimes paper and e-letters are good, but nothing like clips of shows you've missed to make you want to listen through hours of static to hear something cool. The summer should be slow so maybe you'll be all rested, recovered and ready if and when things pick up again --- Bill Finn.) (Free Radio Weekly June 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) Also posted by Ragnar Daneskjold, The Gulch, Piratesweek podcast (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) Thanks for the show and all the work you put into it, Ragnar (Erik, ibid.) Hi Ragnar, thanks so much for the website and podcasts. They were always well done with lots of nice audio clips, loggings and pirate info. It will be missed. Take care of yourself. Your health should always come first! (Chris Lobdell, ibid.) Thanks for all your hard work for the Pirate hobby. We'll miss you (H Smith, ibid.) Will miss the show, but take care of yourself Ragnar (SeaLord, ibid.) Thanks for the shows, comments and logs, Ragnar. It was through the reporting of you, FRN, NASWA and Yoder that peeked my interest in the Pirate Radio Hobby. Through the efforts of all those mentioned above. Thank you for hours of great information and entertainment. Thanks again, hope your health permits a quick return. Best of luck! (Rob Kivell, Gulf Breeze, FL, WDX5FAA, ibid.) The passing of Pirates Week leaves an unfillable hole in the Pirate Radio Hobby. Thanks Ragnar. It was in a class by itself. Take care (L Cee, ibid.) Thanks for the many hours of engaging entertainment. Your show will be missed by me and my friends. I hope that you feel better soon. Don't let the sands of time get in your lunch (dogma142, ibid.) Ragnar, you are amazing my friend! You took this simple idea and ran it from 2005 to 2011. WOW just WOW! Sir, you take care of yourself and get better because you have earned this rest. Like you, I have given to this hobby until there is nothing left. However I know you have more to give! You get better, Ragnar! 73 (Alex Draper; all: Sunspot Watcher forum, via Artie Bigley, DXLD) A reminder to look for WORLD OF RADIO UT Monday at 0300 on Area 51, 5110v-CUSB, instead of Piratesweek, Ragnar says his show is in hiatus because of tendonitis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9330.140, WBCQ Monticello program at 1019 UT June 20, USB mode at S=5 level. "We pray of the city of Beijing.... we bless the church in China...". The BCQ transmitter was wandering heavily, about 15 Hertz up within 10 minutes (Wolfgang Büschel, June 17-20, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 24 via DXLD) 7415, UT Saturday June 25 at 0522, open carrier. Must be WBCQ, past nominal 0400*. On UT Sundays only, they stay on way later than that, modulating Ted Randall`s QSO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15825, June 25 at 1338, WWCR is S9+20 with sporadic-E boost (not reaching VHF), preacher over-modulated and distorted, but still no scratchy spur field circa 15670. However, closer in, there is splatter at least to 15810 and 15840, and with BFO can still detect the standard spur carriers from WWCR-1, near 15809.4 and 15840.6. 12160, `Ask WWCR` now occupying part of ex-WORLD OF RADIO time per updated schedule backdated June 9, posted contrary to asserted policy of only updating once a month, 1615 Saturdays, not monitored June 25, but I heard it earlier on demand: starts with ``elephant in the room``, cancellation of WORLD OF RADIO. Said they had been talking about that for a week before doing so June 10. It`s a for-profit operation, and the time is for sale. Brady and Jerry agreed ``that`s all there is to it``. Axually, there is a bit more to it; see their correspondence and my reply in DX Listening Digest 11-25, http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1125.txt Another item quoted `Lou in Atlanta` that RN previously ran a full megawatt on 9590 from Bonaire: not true. 3215, June 28 at 0521 check, WWCR with gospel music, still no Rollye James. In the June schedule they`ve replaced her M-F with 05-06 `Inspirations Across America` (= 13-14 UT on 15825), and 06-07 `Worldwide Country Radio`. On her website http://www.rollye.net it`s unclear whether she is currently on WPHT 1210 Philadelphia, weeknights 9-12 CT or that`s oudated info. Apparently she is not, per http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/the-big-talker-1210-program-schedule/ WWCR-1 was in whack for a while, not putting out scratchy modulation spike spurs below 15825, but it`s out of whack again June 30 at 1240, with not one, but two separate fields: tuning up 15 MHz band, found spikes 15430-15485 matching 15825 modulation peaks, especially bad on 15450 vs Turkey and a problem for 15476 Antarctica if it ever resume. And the stronger field 15590-15660 peaking around 15630 ruining Greece! Closer in, splatter 15800-15850, while 15825 itself with preachess was distorted and squealing, at least S9+25 on the frugal FRG7 metre. At 1403, 15825 continues to crackle, and the spur fields roughly reach 15440-15470, 15610-15660. As before, no such spurs on the hi side of 15825; could they flip them so would not bother any broadcasters, except Firedrake, above 16 MHz? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Glenn, Here in the South Pacific I have been hearing WWRB on the measured frequency of 5051 kHz since 8 June. Signoff is at 0400 UT when they announce a move to 3185. Usually (including today 26 June) I need to listen in USB mode to avoid heterodyne QRM from Ozy Radio on 5050.07 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, New Zealand, AOR7030+ and EWEs to NE, E & SE, Google Earth: 36.11.70 S, 174.56.70 E, June 25, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5051, June 27 around 0200 check, WWRB has shifted up 1 kHz. Bryan Clark in NZ tipped me that he`s been hearing it there since 8 June until 0400*. That of course affects WORLD OF RADIO, UT Fridays 0330v. I suppose they are avoiding some QRM like WTWW does by shifting to 9479, but for Bryan there`s OzyRadio on 5050.07 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1570 monitoring: 5110v-CUSB, UT Monday June 27 starting at almost 0303 via WBCQ Area 51, confirmed, replacing Piratesweek, as Ragnar has had to put his show ``into dry dock``. UT Monday 1530 airing on WRMI 9955 confirmed on webcast around 1550. Further WOR repeats on WRMI: Mon 2130, Tue 1530, Wed 1530, Thu 0330 – tho new 1571 might be starting by Wed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12100, June 29 at 1246, WTWW absent when normally with Bible readings in Arabic. George McClintock told me a few hours earlier, ``Glenn, I had a transmitter air flow switch go out that ate up my entire day and was not able to get to [scheduling] your program, sorry. George Mc``. The other transmitter was on as usual after 1300 on 9479. 12100 still off at 1625. 12100, WTWW missing most of the day June 29, back on early June 30, and at 1249 in Arabic. WTWW has now set the times for its newest program, WORLD OF RADIO, expected to start today June 30 with new edition #1571: Thursdays 2100 on 9479 (4 pm CDT) UT Sundays 0400 on 5755 (Saturday night in North America, 11 pm CDT) Many thanks to George McClintock for scheduling us, a great replacement for WWCR. BTW, WWCR still hasn`t replied to my well- reasoned(?) response about why they made a mistake. We wonder how well these WTWW channels will be getting into Europe; Russia is supposedly on 9480 at 2100, but 5755 might propagate around sunrise. WORLD OF RADIO monitoring: first airing of 1571 confirmed on webcast of WRMI 9955, UT Thursday 0330, also 1500. WRMI repeats are Thu 2100, Fri 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730; on WWRB, UT Friday 0330 on 5051 (ex-5050); on WBCQ, Thursday 2130 on 7415, UT Monday 0300 on 5110 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 2113 Thursday 30 June World of Radio was not heard on either of the WTWW live streams. Transmitter 1 was "icy401 service unavailable" and transmitter 3 had a Spanish programme. Fortunately the WRMI live stream is fine. Regards (Harry Brooks, North East England, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, I also found the WTWW-1 webcast unworking, but what counts is the SW; how was 9479 in Europe? It`s inbooming here (gh, Enid, ibid.) Glenn, At 2136-2143, nothing on 9479, which is what I expected. WOR OK on the WBCQ live stream of 7415 at 2149 (Harry Brooks, ibid.) Hello, Glenn: I just tuned into WTWW on 9479 (weak at 2114 and to WRMI at 2117 with pulse jamming atop (turn the jammer off, Arnie!) WOR 1571 almost got inboomed on 9479 but the signal dropped below much listenability. I assume there is a sked conflict between Lebanon and Miami airing you at the exact time period. 73's, (Noble West at BrainmanMedia Services Studios, Clinton TN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI was more or less atop lite pulse jamming here. Not a conflict, but coincidentally three SW stations now have WOR on during this one hour on Thursdays, times they chose, not me. WOR 1571 also confirmed on first ACB Radio Mainstream webcast after 0100 UT Friday (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9370, WTJC, June 26 at 0512 with spurs around 9345, 9395. Also at 1215 next check, with 9370 itself distorted, and bothering VOK in Korean on 9345 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 11715, June 28 at 1344, KJES steady S9+22, but just barely modulated with kidgroup, then single robokid speaking. 11715, June 30 at 1410, KJES is not only inbooming at S9+20 but also with incredibly good modulation level! Shows they can do it, so why is it JBM so much of the time? Choir with guitar singing ``Alabad al Señor`` (that does not mean the Lord is all-bad) in their monomaniacal devotion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 13570, AWR, 2030 17.6, YL with ID "you are listening to AWR" At 2050 with rhymed talks. Signal S3 only (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) What about WINB on 13570? AWR is not scheduled here (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. 11520, June 25 at 1311-1316+ very poor signal, but unmistakable drone of Harold Camping; has anyone measured his predominant pitch? Soon to be a past-thing, as Family Radio has announced that he will no longer be heard at all after June 30, allegedly because of his stroke causing speech problems; until then they are rerunning a few more Open Fora, post-Rapture[non]. Aoki shows 11520 is via Paochung, TAIWAN, English at 13-14 flanked by Indonesian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. DOOMSDAY HERALD HAROLD CAMPING'S SHOW GOES OFF THE AIR AT THE END OF THE MONTH http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_18331982?nclick_check=1&utm_source=Subscribers&utm_campaign=f04aeb4c00-TRI_06-23-2011&utm_medium=email Oakland Tribune: The Christian radio station belonging to Harold Camping, who twice incorrectly predicted the world would end, plans to replace his weekday segment Open Forum with new programming after rebroadcasting the last show he recorded before suffering a stroke on June 9. Family Radio on Hegenberger Road began playing repeats of Open Forum after a stroke hospitalized the 89-year-old Camping. On Monday, staff again started airing 20 segments recorded by Camping from May 23 -- two days after he most recently predicted Judgment Day would arrive -- through June 9. "When those are completed, we will have other programming that is scheduled to run in that time slot," Program Department Secretary Judi Rathbone wrote in an email. "Mr. Camping," Rathbone also wrote, "is still in the hospital and continues to recover." Camping, an Alameda resident, first predicted Judgment Day would descend in September 1994. For his 2011 prediction, he invested in a billboard campaign declaring the second coming of Jesus Christ on May 21 and the end of the world on Oct. 21. He used Open Forum and Family Radio to broadcast his prediction. Broadcasts are available nationwide and reach followers as far as sub- Saharan Africa. The nationwide network, registered as a nonprofit organization with Camping as president, is worth an estimated $72 million, Fortune Magazine reported in May. Nearly all of the money comes from donations, including more than $18 million in 2009 -- up from $15 million the year before, IRS tax documents show. The nonprofit organization received $81 million in donations since 2005, records show. More recent statements have not been filed. Camping took no salary in 2009 but loaned himself $175,516. Family Radio's board of directors approved the loan, whose purpose was not stated in the tax documents. Board members include Family Radio Secretary-Treasurer William Thornton and Camping's daughter, Susan Espinoza (via David R. Alpert, CA, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) DOOMSDAY PREDICTOR HAROLD CAMPING’S WEEKDAY RADIO SHOW BEING REPLACED AFTER HE HAS STROKE http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/doomsday-predictor-harold-campings-weekday-radio-show-being-replaced-after-he-has-stroke/2011/06/23/AGvFEfhH_story.html OAKLAND, Calif. — The weekday Christian radio show hosted by failed apocalypse predictor Harold Camping, who suffered a stroke earlier this month, is being taken off the air. The Oakland Tribune reported Thursday that Camping’s Family Radio station would be replacing the 89-year-old’s show, Open Forum, with new programming soon. The station has been playing repeats since his stroke. Camping predicted Judgment Day would occur, first in 1994 and again last May 21. Camping’s media empire spent millions of dollars, some culled from his followers’ donations, over seven years on billboards and other publicity for his 2011 predictions about the spiritual Rapture in May and the end of the world in October. Judi Rathbone of Family Radio says Camping is still in the hospital continuing to recover from the effects of his stroke. Information from: The Oakland Tribune, http://www.oaklandtribune.com (via Kevin Redding, June 23, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Family Radio broadcasts monitored during this week by Jose Jacob, India 25-Jun-11 UTC Language kHz kHz kHz kHz 1200-1300 Chinese 6240 9280 11560 1200-1300 English 11535 1200-1300 Burmese 11570 1200-1300 Indonesian 11520 1300-1400 English 11520 11560 1300-1400 Bengali 17580 1300-1400 Telugu 17715 1300-1400 Kannada 17735 1300-1400 Chinese 9280 1400-1500 English 11560 1400-1500 Hindi 15520 15670 1400-1500 Malayalam 15690 1400-1500 Bengali 17580 1400-1500 Tamil 17715 1400-1500 Oriya/English 15565 1400-1500 Assamese 15450 1400-1500 Sindhi 17800 1400-1500 Marathi 9595 1400-1500 Chinese 9280 1500-1600 English 6280 11605 15520 17580 1500-1600 Chinese 9280 1500-1600 Russian 9955 1500-1600 Punjabi 11505 1500-1600 Tamil 13790 1500-1600 Gujarathi 15495 1500-1600 Hindi 15670 1500-1600 Kannada 17800 1600-1700 English 6280 1600-1700 Urdu 11505 1600-1700 English 11850 15750 17545 1600-1700 Russian 9955 1700-1800 English 17545 1503 1557 1700-1800 Somali 15255 1700-1800 Arabic 13700 1800-1900 English 9770 9925 13750 1900-2000 Arabic 9590 1900-2000 English 9575 9610 11855 2000-2100 English 9610 12060v (tidied up by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unfortunately, no transmitter sites specified. Much Taiwan, probably to Asia. Certainly incomplete, not including Okeechobee, Ascension, South Africa, UAE, various Europe, etc. Cf. DXLD 11-24, 11-25 (gh, DXLD) See also KAZAKHSTAN Here in Eastern Canada, in the evening, WYFR is usually pounding in on both 6985 and 9505 kHz. For the past couple of weeks I've noticed that both frequencies are silent. My e mail inquiry to WYFR received the following response. On 6/28/11, International Dept. wrote: Hello, As of now WYFR is not broadcasting to Canada. In His service, WYFR Staff -- (Doug Brown, London ON, Canada, June 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sabato 25 giugno 2011: Intorno alle 1600, su 9955 kHz, mentre riprovavo una loop ho sentito parlare in russo e qui, di solito, a tale orario c'è WYFR proprio in russo via Taiwan. Non so se ha ripreso o non ha mai smesso, comunque non poteva che essere l'emittente di Oakland [or rather, Okeechobee]. Domenica 26 giugno 2011: Il Portogallo, dopo la segnalazione del mattino su 11835 non l'ho più notato, invece WYFR è attiva, più che altro nel pomeriggio in lingue afroasiatiche. 1615 - 17545 kHz, WYFR - Isola Ascensione, Inglese, riflessioni bibliche OM. Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1627 - 15160 kHz, WYFR - Nauen (Germania), Oromo, parlato OM. Segnale sufficiente Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1635 - 15750 kHz, WYFR - Wertachtal (Germania), Amarico, parlato maschile. Segnale sufficiente- insufficiente Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1644 - 13615 kHz, WYFR - Nauen (Germania) Farsi, parlato maschile. Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente 1645 - 13645 kHz. WYFR - Wertachtal (Germania), Arabo, canto biblico. Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1727 - 9790 kHz, WYFR - Dhabbaya (UAE) Amarico, letture bibliche OM. Segnale suffciiente-buono Domenica 26 giugno 2011 - 1755 - 7395 kHz, prob. WYFR - Talata V. (Madagascar), Coro religioso classico YLs. Segnale sufficiente- insufficiente. Nei programmi in inglese non si sente più Harold Camping e lo stile in generale dell'emittente sembra essere un po' cambiato. Lunedì 27 giugno 2011 - Tra le 0500 e le 0600, di WYFR in inglese, spagnolo, portoghese ecc., credo per America ed Europa, nessuna traccia. Niente anche tra le 2100 e le 2200. Martedì 28 giugno 2011: Mi sembra che di Family Radio non c'è niente nemmeno questa mattina. - Oggi pomeriggio, finalmente, penso di avere risolto un problema di collegamento del G3 alle antenne esterne, per avere dei segnali dignitosi. Maggiori dettagli appena possibile. Martedì 28 giugno 2011: Continua la presenza pomeridiana di WYFR in lingue africane e asiatiche via relays sulle bande alte. - 1400 - 15690 kHz. WYFR - Issoudun (Francia), Malay, IDs OM e int/sig. Segnale buono-molto buono 1400 - 15670 kHz. WYFR - Nauen (Germania), Hindi, annunci OM/YL. Segnale molto buono-buono. In // a 15520 Dhabbaya (UAE). 1404 - 15565 kHz. WYFR - Nauen (Germania), Oromo, annunci OMs. Segnale molto buono-buono 1407 - 15450 kHz. WYFR - Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Assyrian, parlato OM. Segnale buono-sufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** U S A. KWMT [Fort Dodge, Iowa, 540] gets out amazingly well to the south -- Glenn Hauser sez he hears them daytimes 365 days a year in northern Oklahoma. But, to the north, it's a totally different story. When I drove to Winnipeg in August 2008, KWMT was still there, albeit not real strong, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. By the time I got to Fargo, however, it was all CBK. Once upon a time (say, early 1960s and before), KWMT held the honor of having the largest daytime coverage of any AM station in the U.S. Nowadays, I'd put them 3rd behind both KFYR-550 (whose terrestrial signal I was listening to through most of this morning for their coverage on the flooding in Minot) and WNAX-570. And CBK easily gets the honor of largest daytime coverage of any AM station in North America. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, ABDX via DXLD) Axually, I don`t hear KWMT any day any more, with 540 dominated by KDFT in The Metroplex, but it may be under KDFT. Did KWMT ever fully recover from their tower collapse, or whatever happened? [Later:] As a result of this, I made a point of monitoring 540 as I was driving around Enid this afternoon from local mean noon, 1830+ UT: Definitely two stations there, Spanish religion from KDFT atop, and making a SAH of about 0.5 Hz, country music, no doubt KWMT, which is about twice as far away, close to the opposite direxion. I have always wanted to pull KNMX NM from the west by daytime groundwave, but not so far to here. 73, (Glenn Hauser, Enid, ibid.) Glenn, Can you also get WNAX daytimes? I presume from all your SW work, that you have some outside wire antennas? If so, and you phased two of them to null KDFT you'd probably have reasonably clear copy of KWMT. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL, ibid.) Yes, WNAX 570 Yankton SD is more obvious always under KLIF (gh, ibid.) Due to excellent ground conductivity, KWMT is usually audible at by QTH during daylight hours at my QTH in northwest of Perry OK (Richard Allen, NRC-AM via DXLD) So KWMT can reach into northern Oklahoma during the daytime, but probably not much further beyond that, even if KDFT wasn't on the air. Interestingly enough, when I was in Branson back in November, I tried on a car radio to get KWMT in a daytime bandscan, and all that 540 was turned out to be a very faint (so much so that I couldn't get any clear audio) battle between two stations, one of which was undoubtedly KWMT, and the other, going by where I was at the time, was probably WDXN in Clarksville, TN. In 1961, '62, and '63, the NRC had its conventions in Amarillo, Indianapolis, and Denver, respectively. I've heard it told that daytime bandscans were done in those locations, and that KWMT was the dominant station on 540 at all three. Nowadays, I know that wouldn't be the case. In Indy, it would be under WAUK; in Amarillo, probably inaudible even if KDFT wasn't a factor; and in Denver, definitely inaudible -- when travelling eastbound in the daytime through the Nebraska panhandle in Oct. 2002, KWMT didn't start showing up until somewhere around the small town of Hyannis. In short, it doesn't cover quite as much as it did back in the day, and both KFYR and WNAX surpass it now. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, ibid.) ** U S A. Due to high electric radiation and OSHA and Forest Service compliance requirements, KRZA must raise the tower on San Anton[io] Mountain. [New Mexico, for 88.7 in Alamosa CO/Taos NM] KRZA was awarded a grant from a PTFP grant to solve this problem, However, it must be done by october 1, 2011! the Forest Service will determine whether we extend the current guyed tower or build a new free-standing tower. Solution: Plan a: Guyed Tower, will include: *raise the current tower from 76' to 151' *Replace the antenna to reduce electric radiation * Replace transmitter shelter to better protect broadcasat equipment *Install camera on tower *Bring internet access to tower Plan B: Free-Standing, will include: *replace current guyed tower of 76' with free-standing tower of 151' *replace the antennna to reduce electric radiation Cost: Plan A: $ 81,000 from the grant $ 27,000 from match donations $108,000 TOTAL We plan on raising this through the selling of train tickets and a summer fund drive! Plan B: $ 290,000 from grant $ 72,500 from match donations $ 362,500 TOTAL How You Can Help: Buy an inch of the new tower for $27.41 Special Deal: 4 inches for $100 You can make any kind of donation by calling the station at 719-589- 8844 or 1-800-290-0887. Or by using Paypal (via http://www.krza.org -- - individual page linx are hidden, via DXLD) ** U S A. Something strange seemed to be going on at NPR regarding WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY. It is one of my great regrets that I no longer find two hours a week to listen to this excellent show without fail, but I did notice sometime in May that NPR announced a new host would be taking over after Liane Hansen retires. I meant to hear her final show at Mayend, and may still fit it in. Now, on June 26, it was not the new one but instead stalwart subhost Susan Stamberg, and the week before it was somebody else. Show site still shows Liane http://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/ altho one item there refers to her retirement. The online public radio news source Current.org has nothing on this either that I can find. O, here it is, Audie Cornish: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thisisnpr/2011/05/12/136251260/npr-news-names-audie-cornish-host-of-weekend-edition-sunday She is not officially starting until the fall, so apparently there will be all kinds of rotating hosts until then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. RADIO PIONEER KEN BERRYHILL MOURNS PASSING OF VU STATION http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110622/DAVIDSON01/306220002/Ken-Berryhill-helped-get-WRVU-started-now-regarded-living-legend-radio A gutsy 22-year-old from Jackson, Tenn., once relayed an ambitious idea in a one-page letter to Vanderbilt University’s top officials. “I had a lot of nerve,” said Ken Berryhill, 81. “I went to the chancellor’s office with my letter saying that we needed a radio station.” WRVU 91.1, which he helped start in 1952, has forever changed despite its ambitious start and droves of fans. Berryhill, who now lives in Bellevue, said he is saddened by the news. The Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame-nominated disc jockey is one of many WRVU fans who were outraged by the news that WPLN, Nashville Public Radio, purchased the versatile campus radio station from Vanderbilt Student Communications Inc. with plans to transform it into an all-classical music format. WRVU volunteer DJs, usually Vanderbilt alumni and students, will no longer be heard on the radio airwaves. However, WRVU’s music format, which ranged from classic country to 1980s rock, will now air on auto-rotation at http://www.wrvu.org “Three point three five million dollars to take over an established radio station to satisfy a special group of listeners — snobbery at its best,” Berryhill said outside of the WRVU studio this month. “Like everything else, this isn’t about broadcasting; it’s about money, money, money.” Though WRVU 91.1 will reach its listeners in a new way, Berryhill said he holds on to hope that the industry he loves is not dead. He also remains proud of the fans and DJs who cemented the station’s legacy. “It was great to see what the station became,” he said. “It was far more professional than I ever thought it would be, because there were all these students on the air who weren’t radio professionals. That impressed me.” A love for radio Berryhill had a love for radio before he arrived on Vanderbilt’s campus in 1950. At 16, he was interviewed for a Memphis teenage radio program. Though he suffered from mic fright then, within a year he was broadcasting on his own phono oscillator, a short-range AM transmitter. Within a couple of miles of his home, Berryhill could be heard telling jokes and making sound effects. His knack for radio broadcast landed him a job at Memphis’ WDIA playing hillbilly records. For a short time, the 18-year-old worked alongside blues legend B.B. King. “My parents let me work part time on Friday and Saturday nights,” Berryhill said. “I met so many people, and at the time, I had people like Bob Hope to look up to.” Once Berryhill started his freshman year at Lambuth University, he also used his talents at Jackson’s WTJS. At Lambuth, Berryhill would meet his college sweetheart and now wife, Mary Lea. After two years, he set his sights on a prelaw degree at Vanderbilt. His parents refused to allow his part-time job to interfere with the difficult academics he would face at Vanderbilt. “They said they didn’t want me fooling around with radio, because Vanderbilt was not Lambuth,” he said. “I made good grades my first year at Vanderbilt, so they let me get back into it.” WRVU is born Berryhill nabbed another radio gig at WMAK in Nashville before turning 21. He soon realized Vanderbilt was behind the times during an era when radio was king. In the spring of 1952, Berryhill’s mother sent him a letter informing him that Southwestern Presbyterian University, now Rhodes College, had a radio station. The revelation led him to write a letter to Vanderbilt’s chancellor. “I just thought that Vanderbilt, with all its money, should have a radio station if a little church school had one,” Berryhill said. The Vanderbilt senior consulted with the professors who started WRVU, which then had the call letters WVU, but he would not be around for the first broadcast. In the winter of 1952, he was drafted into the Army to serve in the Korean War. He returned from his two years of service and finished at Vanderbilt with a degree in English. His interests moved from radio to television after graduation. For about 10 years, he worked for WSM-TV, now known as WSMV Channel 4, and other radio and television stations in Memphis and Mississippi. Berryhill began an extended hiatus from radio by his late 30s after becoming “fed up” with the entertainment business, he said. He took a job as public relations director at Rhodes College and earned his master’s degree at Memphis State University, now University of Memphis. By the time he retired in the 1980s, he had been a college professor and an insurance salesman but had not touched DJ headphones in more than 10 years. When he and his wife returned to Nashville in 1994, she pushed him to go back to his radio roots. “Mary liked Nashville, and she told me, ‘Maybe you’ll go back to radio now,’ when we moved back here,” Berryhill said. “I didn’t think about it, but before you knew it, I was doing shortwave radio again.” Country show airs In 1997, Jim Buchman, then WRVU’s student station manager, asked the radio veteran to start a show on the station he helped found. He agreed despite some initial hesitation. His popular show, Ken’s Country Classics, aired for the first time in the summer of 1997. Since his first WRVU broadcast, Berryhill has been nominated for the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame and Vanderbilt honored him by naming a room, the Berryhill Listening Room, at the campus station after him. “I was just sure I wouldn’t fit — being that I was far from a student — but they really accepted me,” Berryhill said. “It was great to interview Ralph Emery and play old Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe records.” The WRVU listeners probably could hear over the airwaves what Vivian Butturini said she witnesses every time she speaks with Berryhill. She has known Berryhill and his wife, Mary Lea, for about nine years. The lanky, gregarious father of two is considered a living legend in Bellevue. “He’s just everybody’s favorite,” Butturini said. “He tells the most wonderful stories about his radio days during the times of Elvis. He’s walking history, and he loves reliving every moment of it.” In May, Berryhill played country music hits on WRVU for the last time. After a 65-year career, he said he doubts his last time on Vanderbilt’s airwaves will be his last time on the radio. “I can’t say I won’t do it again,” he said. “I just like being a DJ. You can be anyone you want to be. You can be a tough guy or whomever. You can’t do that on TV or anywhere else.” (via Kevin Redding ABDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) Berryhill is also an `alumnus` of WWCR, which this long story never got round to mentioning (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) ** U S A. THE CANNIBALIZATION OF COLLEGE RADIO -- Posted Jun 24, 2011 http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/the_cannibalization_of_college_radio_20110624/ American university students are quickly losing an important means of sharing their passions and ideas with the public: college radio. Noncommercial student-run stations are being forced to the Web or elsewhere as college administrators sell their broadcast licenses to make some quick, much-needed cash. In Nashville, Tenn., Mark A. Wollaeger, chairman of the board of Vanderbilt Student Communications Inc., recently approved the sale of his university’s FM license to an NPR affiliate for $3.35 million. He’s confident that listeners will follow student DJs onto the Internet or tune in through other formats, such as HD radio. But students who cite the simple, universal accessibility of traditional radio technology as a primary reason for the station’s large audience aren’t so sure. —ARK (via Kevin Redding, TN, June 24, ABDX via DXLD) WHAT'S EATING COLLEGE RADIO? By Don Troop Passin' through and it's late, the station started to fade Picked another one up in the very next state. "Left of the Dial" —The Replacements Much about the airwaves has changed in the quarter-century since Paul Westerberg moaned his love letter to that feral half-inch of the FM dial where college radio DJ's share — or inflict — their musical passions on listeners. Were Mr. Westerberg still touring today, chances are strong that his fading signal would be replaced not by cutting-edge college rock but by a National Public Radio talk show, some classical music, or perhaps a sermon from American Family Radio. To be sure, hundreds of student-run stations of varying levels of quality and professionalism continue to broadcast within the Federal Communications Commission's historically designated noncommercial portion of the spectrum, 88.1 to 91.9 MHz. But in a trend that industry observers say began in the 1990s, many others have been driven onto the Web or into oblivion when college administrators have decided to sell their licenses for much-needed cash. Three multimillion-dollar sales this year have drawn particular notice: the University of San Francisco's KUSF-FM 90.3, Rice University's KTRU-FM 91.7, and Vanderbilt University's WRVU-FM 91.1— the last one announced just two weeks ago. In all three cases, the universities sold the broadcast licenses of their traditional free- form, student-programmed college stations to buyers who switched them to classical-music formats. And in all three cases, the DJ's and supporters of the stations—which continue to stream their old formats on the Web—have complained loudly about the silencing of their terrestrial signals. . . [much more] http://chronicle.com/article/Whats-Eating-College-Radio-/127945/ (via Kevin Redding, June 24, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. THE END OF WDUQ [Pittsburgh PA] http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11177/1156024-149-0.stm WDUQ-FM has done a pretty good job of marketing itself over the years as "your" public radio station. It raised considerable money by urging listeners to "take ownership" and support the programs they enjoy. With contributions from an approving fan base, DUQ was able to present the news, jazz and National Public Radio programs that listeners came to value. Of course, the ownership angle was always a fundraising tactic. The public did not own the station; Duquesne University did. Never was that more clear than in 2007, when Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania tried to buy an innocuous on-air sponsorship announcement, only to be rebuffed based on Catholic doctrine. So much for "community radio," critics fumed at the time. They wrote angry letters to the editor and some cut off their contributions. Now they're fuming again, in a different context. Duquesne is selling the station for $6 million to Essential Public Media, a joint venture of the city's other, smaller public radio station, WYEP-FM, and Public Media Co. The latter is a nonprofit launched by Public Radio Capital, which helps arrange financing for groups that want to buy public stations and operate them as community broadcasters. At a time when religious groups with deep pockets are snapping up noncommercial licenses as they become available, PRC provides a valuable alternative. Still, the sale has generated a lot of ill will. I'm not among the critics. In fact, I'm looking forward to what the new station has to offer. For one thing, there's a lot of good public radio programming out there that is not currently airing in Pittsburgh. But more important, the station will form a news partnership with PublicSource, a new Web- based investigative journalism initiative that is being launched by The Pittsburgh Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. PublicSource will be based at Pittsburgh Filmmakers but will partner with the Post-Gazette and other sources, with the goal of expanding coverage in an age of shrinking newspaper staffing and revenue. As Pittsburgh Foundation President Grant Oliphant put it, "This is not to say that newspapers aren't doing a good job. They're doing a very good job, but there's only so much they can do with the shrinking space." PublicSource will be following the lead of ProPublica, another online investigative journalism project that has worked with various publications on stories about banking and mortgage fraud, natural gas drilling practices and other subjects of vital public concern. How the role of PublicSource will play out remains to be seen, but as someone who values the function of a free press in a democracy, I'm hoping it will be a worthy effort. Having said that, the controversy over DUQ's new direction shows that the marketing of privately held assets as public ones is a double- edged sword. People who've been urged to "take ownership" through their contributions will want an owner's say in the big decisions. If they don't like how things are going, they are going to make known their displeasure. The anger stems primarily from two sources. One is the decision to sell the station to the new entity rather than to a group formed by DUQ employees, who made a higher bid and who would have continued things much as they were. The other is the planned reduction of jazz content to a fraction of the current programming. Jazz fans are understandably upset, and the promise of offering full- time jazz on an HD channel is not placating them. In fact, a group called Jazz Lives in Pittsburgh went so far as to file a complaint about the format change with the Federal Communications Commission. This has virtually no chance of success -- the FCC decides if an operator merits a noncommercial license, but it does not weigh in on programming decisions. Still, the group has made its point. It is kind of sad that a city like Pittsburgh, birthplace of so many great jazz artists, will have no dedicated jazz station on the airwaves unless another broadcaster wants to pick up the banner. And it will be especially hard on the local music scene, which enjoyed so much support from DUQ's playlist and publicizing of local events. But research shows that listenership drops precipitously when jazz comes on the air, not just in Pittsburgh but elsewhere. Jazz has a passionate audience, but a small one. Without the sponsorship of a large organization like Duquesne University, a new DUQ would have problems bringing in new members to sustain itself. This isn't the first time local audiences have felt deserted by broadcasters -- remember WAMO, WQEX, talk radio with Lynn Cullen and Doug Hoerth? -- and it won't be the last. The electronic media in particular can be a fickle and volatile business, promoting its personalities as hometown treasures one day and firing them the next. Seven DUQ staffers have accepted new jobs with Essential Public Media, and four on-air volunteers will remain as well. That means there will be some continuity after the new station launches on July 1 and moves its operations to WYEP's Community Broadcast Center on the South Side later this summer. New call letters have yet to be assigned. It may take awhile to grow comfortable with a new handle, but if we can get used to Kaufmann's clock on the Macy's building, we can get used anything. First published on June 26, 2011 at 12:00 am (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. Re 11-25: NY STATE LEGISLATURE PASSES AN ANTI-PIRATE RADIO BILL, WITH POTENTIAL JAIL TIME Radio-Info.com June 21, 2011 http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00326&term=&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Votes=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y I have a problem with this! Where do the states get their authority to make radio communications law at the state level? The statement "give local authorities some jurisdiction over what had been an exclusively federal area." is quite mind boggling and troublesome for obvious reasons. All they did was mimic federal law already in place and double the effort which makes absolutely no sense. This could prove troublesome in these respective states mentioned for licensed radio amateurs because these broadly worded laws can easily be manipulated to give states jurisdiction over federally licensed radio amateurs operating legally. Quote a conundrum! Any legal beagles on this list at all who can explain this? (Dan Hensley, IL, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And why only 88 MHz and above for "FM"? Does that mean someone IS allowed on 87.7? (Andy O`Brien, NY, ibid.) Economic times are tough, and attorneys need "make-work" projects too! Lawyers (read: Legislators) helping Lawyers. (Greg Hardison, CA, ibid.) Greg: At one time, channel 6 audio was heard there but since the analog conversion to digital in 2009, no stations in the US operate there. Hope this clears this up for you. 73's to all (Noble West, BMSS, TN, dxldyg via DXLD) Huh?? No full-power stations, you mean? Read this: http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/71552 (Greg Hardison, ibid.) ** U S A. NEW TV STATIONS IN NJ/DE --- FWIW the permits have been issued for the new full-power DTV stations in Atlantic City, New Jersey (channel 4) and Seaford, Delaware (channel 5). Since I believe both towers already exist, it is conceivable these stations could be on the air before the skip season ends (or maybe not). The ATSC standard calls for these stations to use virtual channels 4 and 5 respectively. However, the FCC attached a special condition to the Delaware channel requiring they use virtual channel 36. This will prevent any conflict with WTTG Washington, which is required to use virtual channel 5, and whose coverage will overlap that of the new station (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, May 10, WTFDA via DXLD) ** U S A. FCC REVISITS INDECENCY RULING http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-broadcast-indecency-case-20110627 (via Clara Listensprechen, June 27, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. A new blog to me - American Forces Radio and TV I would like to share this blog with you. Plenty of history of AFN there as well as other radio and tv stations. There are even some Wolfman Jack Programmes to listen to there! http://afrtsarchive.blogspot.com (Keith Knight, UK, June 23, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** URUGUAY. Radio Sarandí del Yí --- Buscando imágenes que me refresquen la memoria de aquel inolvidable viaje que hicimos con Arnaldo Slaen por el interior del Uruguay, encontré este lindo video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfwihdyetLQ&feature=related donde aparece frutivamente el edificio de CW155 Radio Sarandí del Yí, precisamente en la calle Sarandí N 428 a metros de la Parroquia que fuera donada por la fundadora de la localidad, Doña Dolores Vidal de Pereyra.Vean en el minuto 0:55, desde la plaza, a la izquierda de la secuencia la puerta abierta de la emisora, a 1:35 se observa la parroquia y a su izquierda el edificio de CW155 y la antena de Scala FM. Desde allí transmitía CW155A Banda Oriental en 6.155 Khz.A partir de 3:30 vean el Monumento al Mate que ilustraba una de las tarjetas QSL que enviaba Nora San Martín de Porro a los diexistas que reportaban sus emisiones.Recuerdos , siempre recuerdos! (Rubén G. Margenet, June 24, condiglist yg via DXLD) ** VANUATU. 3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. June 21, 1001-1021 Island music, female in English announcements “R. Vanuatu”, female on music sounding like an ads, “flute signature” music, seems news program, outside talks by male; 35333. June, 23 1006-1016 male and female in English talks “security process”, outside male. 35433 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil, SW40 - Dipoles and Longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. Two nearby VR frequencies at once with greatly divergent signals: 15570, June 29 at 0529, VR IS, 0530 opening Portuguese to Africa, fair 15595, June 29 at 0529, VR bells, very good and much stronger than 15570, 0530 introducing Latin mass, in German, Spanish, English ``from the Vatican Radio chapel``, Polish; 0532 Latin. Both are 500 kW from SMG, on 175 and 121 azimuths respectively. What a difference 54 degrees make, tho neither USward at all. Usually all we hear at this hour is 15595 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. From a reliable source in Venezuela, I have been informed that the following stations in Carabobo state are not active, by decision of CONATEL: 810 kHz YLPV Súper Radio 810 (Valencia) 850 kHz YVRV Radio Valencia 850 (Valencia) 1430 kHz YVNB Radio Satélite 14-30 (Guacará) --> see below 1470 kHz YVJW CNB 14-70 La Valenciana (Valencia) --> see below 1510 kHz Informativa LV del Centro On the other hand, my source confirms the following stations to be operational in Carabobo state: 770 kHz YVKK RNV Canal informativo (Valencia) http://www.rnv.gov.ve/ 890 kHz YVLW Radio América (Valencia) http://www.america890.net/ 1040 kHz YVLB La Voz de Carabobo (Valencia) http://es.justin.tv/lavoz1040 1110 kHz YVRX Deportes Unión Radio (Valencia) http://www.deportesunionradio.com/ 1220 kHz YVVM Radio Venezuela (Valencia) http://www.radiovenezuela.com.ve/ 1290 kHz YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello (Puerto Cabello) http://www.radiopuertocabello.com/ 1430 kHz Llanerísima (Guacará) 1470 kHz Unión Radio Cultural (Valencia) 73, (Günter Lorenz, Germany, June 9, MWCircle yg via DXLD) From a reliable source in Venezuela, I have been informed that the following stations in Aragua state are not active, by decision of CONATEL: 650 kHz YVLH Araguena 650 (Maracay) 1100 kHz YVOP Radio Occidente (Tovar) 1500 kHz Radio Galaxia (San Mateo) Further, 570 kHz YVLX Radio Rumbos (Villa de Cura) is now called "Radio La Villa". 73, (Günter Lorenz, Germany, June 19, ibid.) ** VENEZUELA [non]. El Hugazo was reported to be in ``critical but stable condition`` after surgery in Cuba. Last week we saw no current notice about the absence of `Alo, Presidente` on the program website http://www.alopresidente.gob.ve/ but this week the streamer does say there will be none on June 26, and no explanation. Apparently the seriousness of his condition is being suppressed in Venezuela. El Nuevo Herald was quoting US intelligence sources about his condition in Cuba. Prolonged absence from Venezuela has the opposition calling for the VP to take command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VENEZUELA'S CHAVEZ IN 'CRITICAL' CONDITION: REPORT AFP – 2 hrs 40 mins ago [so much for another Alo`, Presidente] MIAMI (AFP) – Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, who is in Cuba following emergency surgery, is in "critical" but stable condition, Miami's El Nuevo Herald reported Saturday, citing US intelligence sources. Chávez's government has said he was operated on for a pelvic abscess June 10 and is recovering well; the president's brother has told Venezuelan state media that Chávez could return to Caracas in about two weeks. But the Venezuelan government has not addressed details of Chávez's condition. And opposition lawmakers are up in arms in Caracas as many think it is unconstitutional for the president to be governing from abroad. The Spanish-language El Nuevo Herald cited unnamed US intelligence sources as refusing to comment on rumors in Venezuela that Chávez could be receiving treatment for prostate cancer. Yet one source was quoted as saying that Chávez "is in critical condition; not on the brink of death, but critical indeed, and complicated." The same sources said Chávez's daughter, Rosines, and his mother, Marisabel Rodríguez, were recently whisked off to Cuba in an air force plane, the report said. "They took Marisabel and her daughter out urgently," another source told the paper. "That was 72 hours ago." After almost two weeks of uncharacteristic quiet, Chávez took to Twitter again on Friday, without addressing the controversy over his time spent abroad recovering from surgery in Cuba. "Good morning to my (Twitter followers). It is my Army's Day, and the sun is shining brightly. I am sending a big hug to my troops and my beloved people," Chávez (@chavezcandanga) tweeted on the microblogging service. The firebrand leftist leader was hospitalized June 10 in Havana, his top regional ally, for what officials said was an operation for a pelvic abscess, but turned into an uncharacteristically quiet and prolonged absence. Officials in Caracas have insisted that Chávez, 56, is recovering well and continuing to give orders from Cuba, and keeping abreast of developments in Venezuela. And relatively few words from someone known for his verbal omnipresence left some foes speculating he might have had plastic surgery or might want to drum up sympathy for his illness ahead of a 2012 election in which he will seek a third term. Chávez arrived in Cuba on June 8 on the final leg of a trip authorized by the National Assembly that also included Brazil and Ecuador. He was rushed into emergency surgery after suffering sharp pain diagnosed as a pelvic abscess that required immediate surgery. Opposition legislators, who control 40 percent of Venezuela's single- chamber legislature, argue that his prolonged absence means that Vice President Elías Jaua should replace him. Chávez is Communist Cuba's main economic and political ally. His cut- rate oil keeps the cash-strapped and isolated Raul Castro regime afloat (via yahoo news June 25 via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) ** YEMEN. Re 11-25, time missing: Glenn, 9780 Sana'a radio is very tiny these days. Normally covered by REE DRM noise 5-9 UT on co- channel. But on that particular day, REE switched on their noise machine late after 0600 UT. So, Sana' signal heard sometime between 5 and 6 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, June 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9780.14, Radio Sana'a, 0400, presumed with news by a man, then quickly into music. Just above threshold. 12 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise- reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9780.14, Republic of Yemen Radio, 0405-0458, June 23, traditional Arabic music. Arabic talk. Fair to good but completely covered by Spain’s DRM signal at their 0458 sign on (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE. 4828, Voice of Zimbabwe, 1813, English, news by a woman, talk about Chinese investment, ID at 1816 and into talk by a man. Fair. 13 June (David Sharp, NSW: FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, ICF-SW7600GR, PR-D5, ICF-2010, Timewave 599zx, MFJ 1026, MFJ 959C, R30A, Palstar MW550P, SP-2000 speaker. Also 100m noise-reducing aerial and 50m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4828, VoZ, 2208 21.6 with a S7 signal and relatively clear talks to be understood by YL with several mentions of ZWE, then national hymn. Carrier was stable for at least 15 minutes after end of the program (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1710a, weak but all alone heard 3/30 from 1157 to 1202 [UT], definitely Spanish, male & female ancrs had polished voices. Loop bearing N/S. Is anyone else hearing this? (LG-MT) +Also heard 4/7 1200 with ID "Escuchas aquí WWW-30", so a pirate (Larry Godwin, Missoula, MT 59804, Hammarlund HQ-180, Sanserino air- core box loop, Panamerican DX Report, IRCA DX Monitor May 21 via DXLD) 1710, (frequency approximate), Spanish-speaker frequently still heard here. On 4/13 and 4/25 at 0757 [EDT = 1157 UT], program seemed religious, judging from the announcer’s tone of voice, and on 5/8 the music at 0800 across ToH may have been a hymn. The ID I reported 4/7 at 0800, "Escuchas aqui WWW-30" was probably not a call sign. I Googled it and WWW-30 is the abbreviation for the 30-Days Prayer Network, a Christian radio outreach project, which may be affiliated with the American Radio Network. This station could be broadcasting from the U.S. or Mexico. Is anyone else hearing it? (Larry Godwin, Missoula, MT 59804, Hammarlund HQ-180, Sanserino air-core box loop, Western DX Report, IRCA DX Monitor May 21 via DXLD) Also noted at 0630 UT 5/8 with Spanish music off the Eastern beverage. Not noted off any other antenna. The Puget Sound Russian still on the NE EWE though. So two pirates now on 1710. The Russian one relays some Russian radio service off satellite. I have not caught any local IDs (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, PanAm DX Report, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 3915, 13.6 2000, At first I was quite sure this was R Fly due to antenna direction and slowly fading away towards 2030. The other Aussies were also very strong. Again noted on June 16 and June 17 at 1930 with a peak in reception at 1945. According to Ron Howard in Monterey he heard them on this frequency on June 15 the same day the transmitter was re-installed, see his comments below. Based on this info I sent a mail to Roseanne Kulapi at R Fly to check if the transmitter was on air already June 13 and received her reply: ``Hi Mr Nilsson, Sorry for taking forever to respond to your email. The 3915 transmitter was re-installed on Wednesday June 15th. So the audio you heard may have been from a Chinese Radio Station that has a frequency close to ours…not too sure. Both our frequencies are currently on air – 5960 & 3915 kHz. Thank you for tuning in and I hope you have a safe week. Kind regards, Roseanne`` I raised a question what this could be in DXLD, DXPlorer and NORDX and a short piece of a recording from June 17 was sent to Tarmo Kontro and Jari Savolainen. TKF suggested 5th overtone [harmonic] of 783, Ukraine and Jari said it was Ukrainian language on the recording. He also asked me to send a copy to Mauno Ritola who speaks Ukrainian. Mauno was also certain it was the station from Ukraine. I also got a mail from a Ukrainian DX-er, Vitaliy Lisovskiy, asking me to send the recording also to him. Here is his reply: ``Hello again Thomas, If I understood correctly there are two stations on the channel. The station which you can hear on the beginning of record - it's NOT Ukrainian. But that one which appears later seems to be on Ukrainian (signal is really weak but I am sure that it's Ukrainian or Russian - it's hard to identify with so weak signal). So I am almost sure that second one is 5th overtone of UR-2 from 783 kHz, also because I heard music there - and at that time their schedule shows program "Ukrainian retro". 73s, Vitaliy Lisovskiy`` So there might be a chance that both R Fly and Ukraina were on the frequency that night, June 17. Tarmo, Jari, Mauno and Vitaliy, thanks a lot for your efforts and also for the comments received from John Herkimer and Ron Howard (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 26 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5799.75, 13.6 0410, English station with a rather ‘sour’ program, s/off 0435. 3 SHN (Stig Hartvig Nilsson, Denmark, SW Bulletin June 26 via DXLD) Europirate? UNIDENTIFIED. 6010.04 to 6010.06, something has changed: no longer the heterodyne QRM mess here early mornings, presumably because the stronger XE station is missing. 0850 on 6/22 unID station with romantic musical selections by OM vocal group. Best hrd in ECSS LSB. Could be an LA but so very weak and lotsa static, so far. 0858 YL announcer. Can't nail language yet -- could be Spanish but unsure. Also noted at 0900 on 6/26, similar programming. Would caution against jumping to a premature list-logger conclusion about the HJ station reported here (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Knightkit Star Roamer; Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408; Longwires (150' + 100'); Tuned Multi-Turn 20" Small Loop; Single-Turn Coax Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. June 23 heard a station drifting up in frequency from 6136.41 to 6137.44 during checks from 1214 to 1337; poor, but sounded to be in Chinese; too weak to ID or be positive of the language (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11770: Registrati alcuni minuti alle 2202 UT di una trasmissione con musica classica, le parole "Laudato Jesus Cristo" e brusca interruzione. Segnale molto forte. Di chi si tratta? (Max Scordamaglia, June 28, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) E' una frequenza che in passato la Radio Vaticana ha usato, probabilmente un cambio di cui non abbiamo ancora notizia. R. (Roberto Scaglione, Sicily, ibid.) Or for a special broadcast, maybe? What language is that? Latin is ``Laudate Jesus Christus``. Nothing in latest HFCC, tho YEMEN is still registered at 11-22 on 11770, unused for sesquidecades (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11985, June 28 at 0502, weak 1000 Hz tone test, very poor aside TRT 11980. Haven`t heard any of these lately in the 13-15 UT period, but a couple times then the TT had been on 11980. Speculation is that they come from new transmitters being installed in Saudi Arabia, or maybe even Libya (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 12300, June 29 at 0538, S9+5 open carrier, maybe a trace of modulation. Could be RHC 2 x 6150 which is always extremely undermodulated, heard at 0545 with squeal and DXers Unlimited (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINGN DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 13380, June 29 at 0534, S9+20 open carrier. These things I associate with Cuban spy numbers, and maybe would have heard some of that or data bursts if I kept listening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 13650, June 30 at 1406-1407.5* open carrier at S9+17, atop something in emphatic Korean, then much weaker but clear, KCBS per Aoki, not HFCC, where as an outlaw nation, DPRK refuses to participate. Nothing else on 13650 during this hour per HFCC, but possibilities: CRI English via Albania supposed to end at 1300; CRI Chinese via Urumqi until 1400, VOR St Pete from 1500; or Kuwait to NAm supposedly not starting until 1800, but whose operation is extremely flexible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See KUWAIT! UNIDENTIFIED. 13610, June 29 at 1247 mystery 1000 Hz tone test, mixed with talk in Chinese, i.e. CRI via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN. No tone at 1310 recheck. Then I look for more TT: 15500, June 29 at 1252, fair signal with mystery 1000 Hz tone test. At 1310 only open carrier, 1316 mixing with something singing. Aoki says the latter is V. of Wilderness, via UZBEKISTAN to Korea North. HFCC says it`s brokered by WRN. 15550, June 29 at 1351, now the 1000 Hz tone is here; 1358 mixing with hymn, 1359 WJHR SSB talk is starting; the tone carrier is not enough to demodulate WJHR, but continues past 1400, and then 1401 WJHR in the clear. Then looked for more tones on 17 and 18 MHz bands, none found (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. Not related to the mystery tones everyone except me has been able to hear, but I found a fairly weak open carrier on 17810 and a stronger one on 17820 both at 1646+ yesterday, June 23. 17820 finally came up with audio at 1659 -- Yankee Doodle -- then abruptly into a 1000 cycle tone seconds before 1700, then just after 1700 abruptly into audio mid-sentence. Listed as VOA Portuguese via Greenville. Such a sloppy start, and a waste of power pre-1700. Meanwhile, 17810 continued with carrier-only through 1710 tune-out. People should be more courteous with power waste; after all, there are starving transmitters in Bangladesh that are going without electricity (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 17820, June 24 at 1339, steady S9+15 open carrier, or is it just barely modulated? Some very weak talk audible, no SAH. That must be CCI from DW as scheduled, in Hausa via Portugal: yes, DW jingle barely audible at 1356. The OC continued past 1400, 1418. Maybe Greenville, which is on 17820 from 1700 in Portuguese; Terry Krueger in FL was hearing that on air as early as 1646 June 23. I thought this 17820 might be the same transmitter with all those tone-tests heard yesterday and many other days previously, but no TTs found today 11-19 MHz. Hi-latitude paths were degraded to absent, but DW RWANDA was good on 17800, 21780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks to Gerald T Pollard, NC for his solstitial check in the mail to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Glenn, I heard WOR on XM Radio and WRN for the first time yesterday. I hope to get you on SW like I used to on WWCR, but in the meantime I'll use XM as long as our subscription lasts. I retired May 31 and so can devote more time to SWL'ing. Best wishes, (Martin Gallas Jacksonville IL, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com to be acknowledged on WOR 1572) My letter to WWCR: I am writing to express my very extreme disappointment that World of Radio has been taken off of WWCR. I have been listening to World of Radio over WWCR ever since WWCR came on, and started carrying it. I think this is not a good decision. I have been told that the reason Glenn Hauser has been dropped is because he may have made some negative comments about Dr. Gene Scott, a program which WWCR carries. Is this true? Does WWCR not believe in free speech? It seems to me that many, many of the people you carry express what might be considered unpopular views, and they want and demand free speech. Should Mr. Hauser get any less! I am not a Christian, and I would not ordinarily listen to most of the programs of WWCR. however, as I tune in to wait for World of Radio, I often discover other shows on WWCR that I would not even know about. Sometimes I find something that I want to hear. If I had not been looking for World of Radio, I might not have even discovered those other programs. I suspect there are other listeners in the same category. So, I think WWCR has a real, vested interest in keeping World of Radio on the air, and keeping listeners like me around. (Tim Hendel, Huntsville, Alabama) PS Glenn, You are free to re-print this, if you wish. PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ AXIS SALLY, THE VOICE OF NAZI GERMANY FEATURED ON C-SPAN Dear Mr. Hauser: My book “Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany” was featured this weekend on C-SPAN. It is a broadcast of an appearance at the USS Intrepid Air and Space Museum. Here is the link to the broadcast: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/AxisS (Richard Lucas, June 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) One sesquihour, with transcript, axually dated May 20 (gh, DXLD) NEW NASB FACEBOOK PAGE Hello Friends. This is just to let you know that the NASB has a new Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Association-of-Shortwave-Broadcasters/236983979664722 As soon as 25 people "Like" it, we'll have an easier-to-remember URL. (Jeff White, WRMI Radio Miami International 175 Fontainebleau Blvd., Suite 1N4, Miami, Florida 33172 USA Tel +1-305-559-9764 Fax +1-305-559-8186 E-mail: radiomiami9 @ cs.com http://www.wrmi.net June 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TINY TRAP +++++++++ Two minutes into CNN`s otherwise excellent documentary on child prostitution in NEPAL, UT June 27 at 0002, narrator actress Demi Moore calls Nepal a `tiny nation`! And she`s been there! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ I've only ever used Google's translation service for English-Spanish and vice-versa. My Spanish is very good and I also have an M.A. in Linguistics and ten years experience teaching English to non-native speakers. Believe me, I know what can go wrong in translating between two languages. That said, I have always been very impressed with how well Google does between English/Spanish. A lot of the stuff I'm working with is rather high-level in terms of language complexity and I often break down Google's result and consult other sources to try to understand the rules and semantics behind what it did. Yes, there are some clear errors at times. But I am amazed at how well it does. (And, I am totally convinced that in another two decades or so there will be no need for teaching English to Spanish speakers or vice- versa. Some little pocket gadget will take care of translation with perfect fluency.) (Don Moore via DXPlorer via SW Bulletin June 26 via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pictures: Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen Hello Glenn, My little tour in 91 pictures of this weekend's Ham Radio 2011 is now attached to my website: http://www.ratzer.at/ Enjoy! 73 (Christoph Ratzer, Austria, June 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tnx. Could you identify people in some of the shots? (Glenn, ibid.) #6 Willi Passmann, SSB electronics (Perseus, WinRadio, LAN-SDR) and Uwe Bräutigam, ADDX [with Christoph, I assume --- gh] #38 again Willi Passmann #54 Ralf Rudersdorfer, His interests are in the fields of fundamental RF-, microwave- and electronic-measurement technologies, RF-hardware, high-power RF-generation, antenna techniques, and radio monitoring systems. #83 Mr. Perseus, Nico Palermo 73 (Christoph Ratzer, ibid.) WORLD OF TELEPHONY ++++++++++++++++++ TELEPHONE AUDIO OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS While UpSnap (upsnap.com) hasn't fixed their WRN feeds since WRN changed their website over a year ago (I have contacted them a number of times already), AudioNow seems to have some international broadcasters on their service. MHZ Networks Worldview has broadcasts from Al Jazeera, France 24, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Israel Broadcasting Authority, NHK and other broadcasters on their TV network. They now have their live audio available via Audio Now at: +1-712-432-3270 http://www.mhznetworks.org/news/294/ http://www.audionow.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=100:mhz-tv-networks-launch-live-audio-channel-on-audionow&lang=en MHZ Worldview schedule: http://www.mhznetworks.org/mhzworldview/programming/ AudioNow is now also distributing VOA Spanish broadcasts to the Americas via their phone service as well: http://www.audionow.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=106:voice-of-america-expands-mobile-distribution-to-the-americas-via-audionow%E2%80%99s-mobile-platform&lang=en I don't have a list of clients or phone numbers, but the audionow.com homepage also mentions the BBC, RFI, ESPN980, C-SPAN Radio amongst other clients. BBC, English, Arabic, Persian, Somali, Urdu and Hindi are all available via AudioNow. This has been going on since Sept 2010. Mike Terry posted this back then: http://www.audionow.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=61:bbc-announces-major-expansion-of-radio-content-to-mobile-listeners-with-audionow&lang=es http://www.audionow.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=103:bbc-hindi-radio-now-available-on-mobile-phones-across-the-us&lang=en While listening to radio via telephone may not be the best - considering most cellphone companies no longer have unlimited data, this may be a viable way of listening. It seems that when audionow.com was in beta, a user could add whatever radio station stream they liked - but not now. I am not associated with Audio Now, MHZ Networks or any of the broadcasters - this is just something I came across (Doni Rosenzweig, June 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See CANADA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ITALY; LUXEMBOURG; NEW ZEALAND; SRI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LANKA; YEMEN RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ FREE ANTENNA BOOK The 1952 book RADIO ANTENNA ENGINEERING by Edmund LaPorte is currently available on http://lulu.com at no charge for the download. A classic 1952 text on the design and construction of large antenna systems for low-, medium-, and high-frequency radio transmission and reception. (David R. Alpert, dra @ pipeline.com (818) 588-NEWS Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveAlpert Web sites: http://www.davidralpert.com http://www.newsjunkiepro.com http://www.SoCalNewscenter.com dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) HOW IS THAT NEW ALINCO DX-R8 SW RECEIVER DOING? I found a link to a few initial reviews, but has anyone used one of these for a few hundred hours yet? Alinco DX-R8 (Farmerik, USA, June 23, ODXA yg via DXLD) I've had mine for quite a while and love it. Check out my review on the ODXA website http://www.odxa.on.ca/testbench.html (Mark the Dark Coady, ibid.) AUCTION OF RADIO SPECTRUM FOR BROADBAND WIRELESS COULD AFFECT AMATEUR RADIO, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VOLUNTEERS Published: Monday, June 13, 2011, 10:19 AM Updated: Monday, June 13, 2011, 10:31 AM Matt Vande Bunte | The Grand Rapids Press Ron Fredricks with his ham radio equipment inside his Jenison home. A federal bill aimed at improving public-safety communication 10 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks instead could hamper emergency-management response, local officials said. A proposed auction of radio spectrum to fund a broadband wireless network for public-safety agencies would reduce the available frequencies for amateur radio users and emergency-management volunteers, said Dave Dahl, emergency management director for the city of Hudsonville. . . http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/06/auction_of_radio_spectrum_for.html (via Clara Listensprechen, DXLD) ATOP TV SETS, A POWER DRAIN THAT RUNS NONSTOP By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL June 25, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/us/26cable.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print Those little boxes that usher cable signals and digital recording capacity into televisions have become the single largest electricity drain in many American homes, with some typical home entertainment configurations eating more power than a new refrigerator and even some central air-conditioning systems. There are 160 million so-called set-top boxes in the United States, one for every two people, and that number is rising. Many homes now have one or more basic cable boxes as well as add-on DVRs, or digital video recorders, which use 40 percent more power than the set-top box. One high-definition DVR and one high-definition cable box use an average of 446 kilowatt hours a year, about 10 percent more than a 21-cubic-foot energy-efficient refrigerator, a recent study found. These set-top boxes are energy hogs mostly because their drives, tuners and other components are generally running full tilt, or nearly so, 24 hours a day, even when not in active use. The recent study, by the Natural Resources Defense Council, concluded that the boxes consumed $3 billion in electricity per year in the United States -- and that 66 percent of that power is wasted when no one is watching and shows are not being recorded. That is more power than the state of Maryland uses over 12 months. "People in the energy efficiency community worry a lot about these boxes, since they will make it more difficult to lower home energy use," said John Wilson, a former member of the California Energy Commission who is now with the San Francisco-based Energy Foundation. "Companies say it can't be done or it's too expensive. But in my experience, neither one is true. It can be done, and it often doesn't cost much, if anything." The perpetually "powered on" state is largely a function of design and programming choices made by electronics companies and cable and Internet providers, which are related to the way cable networks function in the United States. Fixes exist, but they are not currently being mandated or deployed in the United States, critics say. Similar devices in some European countries, for example, can automatically go into standby mode when not in use, cutting power drawn by half. They can also go into an optional "deep sleep," which can reduce energy consumption by about 95 percent compared with when the machine is active. One British company, Pace, sells such boxes to American providers, who do not take advantage of the reduced energy options because of worries that the lowest energy states could disrupt service. Cable companies say customers will not tolerate the time it takes to reboot the system once the system has been shut down or put to sleep. "The issue of having more efficient equipment is of interest to us," said Justin Venech, a spokesman for Time Warner Cable. But, he added, "when we purchase the equipment, functionality and cost are the primary considerations." But energy efficiency experts say that technical fixes could eliminate or minimize the waiting time and inconvenience, some at little expense. Low-energy European systems reboot from deep sleep in one to two minutes. Alan Meier, a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, said of the industry in the United States, "I don't want to use the word `lazy,' but they have had different priorities, and saving energy is not one of them." The Environmental Protection Agency has established Energy Star standards for set-top boxes and has plans to tighten them significantly by 2013, said Ann Bailey, director of Energy Star product labeling, in an e-mail. The voluntary seal indicates products that use energy efficiently. But today, there are many boxes on the list of products that meet the Energy Star standard that do not offer an automatic standby or sleep mode. "If you hit the on/off button it only dims the clock, it doesn't significantly reduce power use," said Noah Horowitz, senior scientist at the natural resources council. Energy efficiency is a function of hardware, software, the cable network and how a customer uses the service, said Robert Turner, an engineer at Pace, which makes set-top boxes that can operate using less power while not in active use. Sometimes energy efficiency can be vastly improved by remotely adjusting software over a cable, Mr. Turner said. In this way, Pace reduced the energy consumption of some of its older boxes by half. Cable boxes are not designed to be turned completely off, and even when in deep sleep mode, it takes time to reconnect and "talk" with their cable or satellite network, though that time is highly variable depending on the technology. Mr. Wilson said he routinely unplugged his set-top boxes at night and waited only 45 seconds for television in the morning. But Dr. Meier said that when he tried to power down his home system at night, it took "hours" to reboot because the provider "downloaded the programming guide in a very inefficient way." Cable providers and box manufacturers like Cisco Systems, Samsung and Motorola currently do not feel consumer pressure to improve box efficiency. Customers are generally unaware of the problem -- they do not know to blame the unobtrusive little device for the rise in their electricity bills, and do not choose their boxes anyway. Those devices may cause an increase of as little as a few dollars a month or well over $10 for a home with many devices. In Europe, electricity rates are often double those in the United States, providing greater financial motivation to conserve. Cisco Systems, one of the largest makers of set-top boxes, said in an e-mail that they would offer some new models this year that would cut consumption by 25 percent "through reduced power used in `on' and standby states." There will be no deep sleep or fully "off" setting. But Cisco said that taking advantage of the potential energy savings for a box would also depend on "how it is operated by the service provider." Cable and satellite providers will have to decide whether the boxes can automatically go to standby, for example, and whether customers will be able to adjust their own settings. Currently, providers often do system maintenance and download information at night over the cable, so an ever-at-the ready cable box is more convenient for them. Cable companies can become Energy Star "partners" if they agree to install or upgrade boxes so that 25 percent to 50 percent of the homes they serve have "energy star qualified" equipment. The E.P.A. merely encourages providers to use units that can automatically power down at least partly when not in use. But as of Sept. 1, typical electricity consumption of Energy Star qualified products would drop to 97 kilowatt hours a year from an average of 138; and then by the middle of 2013, they must drop again to 29 kilowatt hours a year. Companies have fought the placement of the "Energy Star" seal on products and the new ambitious requirements, which may still be modified before enacted. Mr. Wilson recalled that when he was on the California Energy Commission, he asked box makers why the hard drives were on all the time, using so much power. The answer: "Nobody asked us to use less." The biggest challenge in reducing energy use is maintaining the rapid response time now expected of home entertainment systems, Mr. Turner said. "People are used to the idea that computers take some time to boot up," he said, "but they expect the TV to turn on instantly." (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) DEEP SOUTH AMERICA TV DX ON DIFFERENT NTSC VIDEO STANDARDS If you receive Argentina/Uruguay/Paraguay via F2/TEP/Es linkup it will "stand out" like a flag as they use 625/50 video and not 525/60 but with 4.5 MHz audio, known as system N. I had this last week in Portugal, see here http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/14294457 A weak 625 signal "under" a locked 525 one will have weak diagonal sync lines from top left to bottom right. You can see/hear a 525 one under the 625 one around 2:30 in the recording and 525 under a locked 625 signal has sync lines from top right to bottom left. 625 vision "Buzz" sounds much lower/different to what you are used to with 60 Hz video. Brazil is due to close analogue in 2015 and no doubt the others are similar so all S American analogues are basically still running. Hugh (Mr Hoover, Portugal, May 6, WTFDA via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ TOPBAND: ITS NOT OVER UNTIL ITS OVER For those interested in propagation, the following may be of interest, from the Topband mailing list. The 2008-2009 top band peaks may be explained here http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_Insights_on_How_Solar_Minimums_Affect_Earth_999.html But there may be a repeat performance in the offing http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Scientists_predict_rare_hibernation_of_sunspots_999.html More detail may be found at: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/06/14/all-three-of-these-lines-of-research-to-point-to-the-familiar-sunspot-cycle-shutting-down-for-a-while/ (and I suspect elsewhere, without the "we told you so" comments, hi) This could have effects far beyond MW propagation, and I suspect that it is the first time that mainstream solar scientists have addressed this possibility, after failing rather spectacularly to predict how this present solar cycle would progress. Could be interesting times. More detail on the information in the last post, with references to the generally declining Ap index. Some is more from the fringes of solar science, but an interesting read. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/06/14/the-major-aas-solar-announcement-suns-fading-spots-signal-big-drop-in-solar-activity/ Best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, BC, June 15, IRCA via DXLD) GEOMAGNETIC SUMMARY MAY 1 2011 THROUGH MAY 31 2011 Tabulated from email status daily. Date Flux A K Space Wx 1 106 19 2 no storms 2 110 17 3 no storms 3 107 13 2 no storms 4 107 5 1 no storms 5 105 7 1 no storms 6 102 4 1 no storms 7 102 5 1 no storms 8 102 1 1 no storms 9 104 4 1 no storms 10 98 9 2 no storms 11 94 5 1 no storms 12 93 3 1 no storms 13 92 4 1 no storms 14 91 3 2 no storms 15 95 12 3 no storms 16 92 10 2 no storms 17 92 8 3 no storms 18 91 6 2 no storms 19 84 3 1 no storms 20 84 3 1 no storms 21 84 5 2 no storms 22 85 4 1 no storms 23 84 4 3 no storms 24 82 7 2 no storms 25 80 3 1 no storms 26 83 9 2 no storms 27 90 9 3 no storms 28 101 36 4 moderate 29 111 30 3 minor 30 112 9 2 no storms 31 112 17 3 no storms (via Phil Bytheway, IRCA DX Monitor June 18 via DXLD) BDXC PROPAGATION REPORT JULY 2011 Here is the BDXC Propagation report for July See also: http://bdxcpropagation.blogspot.com Regards, James Welsh Propagation Summary Sunspot numbers are continuing on a downward trend. June started with a Solar Flux of 115 and is forecast to peak roughly every 21 days. There was a peak forecast for June 26 at 105, and in July, there is a peak of just 100 forecast around the 14th. The dips in between could be as low as 85 on 7-10 July. The average daily Solar Flux reading for April was 112, dropping to 98.1 in May and averaging 98.5 in June (based on information available). There has only been 1 spotless day in 2011 so far, compared with 51 spotless days in 2010 and 260 in 2009. The total number of spotless days since 2007 is 850. Reception conditions are likely to remain the same during July with the Boulder A index averaging at 8.4 and the K index at 2.7. You can receive the latest accurate updates via email by subscribing to: http://www.spaceweather.com Europe to get space radiation-storm warning service "International experts met in London in March, with the aim of setting up a European solar radiation-storm warning service. With the Sun expected to belch forth increasing amounts of bad "space weather" in coming years, the scientists warn that billions of pounds' worth of damage could be done to satellites in orbit." --- Lewis Page, The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/28/space_met_office/ See also: http://www.bu.edu/cism/ Is a Dalton/Maunder Minimum possible? Thomas F. Giella, writing in his blog recently has the following theory about the current solar conditions: "I personally believe we are headed for a "Dalton" type solar minimum but a "Maunder" type solar minimum is possible. http://www.wcflunatall.com/Dalton%20Minimum.jpg (Thomas F Giella 15 June 2011 http://www.solarcycle24data.org/ ) As far as radio wave propagation is concerned, the higher HF bands would really be poor for decades, as the global climate is actually cooling not warming [sic]. Either a Dalton or Maunder solar minimum would be a global catastrophe where millions would starve and/or freeze to death and it would not be limited to the second or third world nations. About Sunspots Sunspots are dark spots on the Sun caused by its magnetic field. The spots are dark because they are cooler than the area of the Sun that surrounds them and are often as big as the Earth. The number of sunspots is controlled by the amount of distortion of the Sun's magnetic field. The magnetic field becomes distorted because the Sun's equator and core rotate more quickly than its other parts. As a result, sunspot activity varies over an average 11-year cycle. Over approximately 11 years, the Sun goes from a solar minimum (fewer spots) to a solar maximum (more spots) and back to a minimum again. http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/solar_system_highlights/solar_cycle Thanks to Ken Fletcher and Mike Terry for regular contributions (via James Welsh, June 29 for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Geomagnetic activity was at quiet to unsettled levels during 20 - 21 June. Activity increased to quiet to active levels during 22 - 23 June, with minor to major storm periods at high latitudes, due to a coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS). A CME passage (from the halo- CME observed on 21 June) also occurred early on 23 June with a sudden geomagnetic impulse observed at Boulder at 23/0258 UTC (22 nT). Activity decreased to quiet to unsettled levels during 24 - 26 June as CH HSS effects subsided. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 29 JUNE - 25 JULY 2011 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels until 03 July with the return of old Region 1234 (S16, L=246). Activity is then expected to be low followed by a further increase to low with a chance for isolated M-class activity as old Region 1236 rotates back on the visible disk. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at moderate to high levels during 29 June - 01 July. A decrease to normal to moderate levels is expected during 02 - 05 July followed by an increase to moderate to high levels during 06 - 07 July due to a CH HSS. Fluxes are expected to decrease to normal to moderate levels during 08 - 19 July. Fluxes are expected to increase to moderate to high levels during 20 - 23 July following the CH HSS. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels during 29 - 30 June. A CH HSS is expected to boost activity to quiet to active levels during 01 - 03 July. Mostly quiet levels are forecast for 03 - 07 July as the CH HSS subsides. An increase to quiet to unsettled levels is expected during 08 - 09 July as another CH HSS disturbs the field. Quiet levels are expected from 10 - 16 July. Another recurrent CH HSS is expected to become geoeffective on 17 July bringing quiet to unsettled conditions. A further increase to active levels with a chance for isolated minor storm periods at high latitudes is expected during 19 - 21 July followed by quiet to unsettled levels on 22 July as the effects from the CH HSS subside. Quiet levels are expected from 23 - 25 July. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2011 Jun 28 1707 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 2011-06-28 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2011 Jun 29 90 5 2 2011 Jun 30 92 5 2 2011 Jul 01 92 8 3 2011 Jul 02 94 10 3 2011 Jul 03 96 12 3 2011 Jul 04 98 8 3 2011 Jul 05 98 5 2 2011 Jul 06 95 5 2 2011 Jul 07 90 5 2 2011 Jul 08 88 7 2 2011 Jul 09 88 7 2 2011 Jul 10 92 5 2 2011 Jul 11 95 5 2 2011 Jul 12 100 5 2 2011 Jul 13 100 5 2 2011 Jul 14 100 5 2 2011 Jul 15 100 5 2 2011 Jul 16 98 5 2 2011 Jul 17 95 7 2 2011 Jul 18 95 8 3 2011 Jul 19 95 12 3 2011 Jul 20 95 15 3 2011 Jul 21 95 10 3 2011 Jul 22 92 7 2 2011 Jul 23 90 5 2 2011 Jul 24 90 5 2 2011 Jul 25 90 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1571, DXLD) ###