DX LISTENING DIGEST 11-31, August 4, 2011
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WORLD OF RADIO 1576 HEADLINES:
*DX and station news from: Afghanistan, Albania, Anguilla, Argentina,
Azerbaijan non?, Bahrain non, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Easter Island,
Finland, Germany, Guam, Indonesia, Jordan, Kashmir, Koreas,
Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands non, Papua New Guinea, Sarawak,
Slovakia, Sudan non, Taiwan, Tibet, UK non, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam non,
Zanzibar
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1576, August 4-10, 2011
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast]
Thu 1500 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast]
Thu 2100 WRMI 9955 [not jammed but JBA; confirmed on webcast]
Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [confirmed and also webcast now working]
Thu 2130 WBCQ 7415 [inaudible but confirmed on webcast]
Fri 0330 WWRB 5051
Fri 0500 WRMI 9955 [audible mixed with pulse jamming]
Fri 1430 WRMI 9955
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 1500 WRMI 9955
Sat 1730 WRMI 9955
Sun 0400 WTWW 5755
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1530 WRMI 9955
Sun 1730 WRMI 9955
Mon 0300 WBCQ 5110v-CUSB [time varies later]
Mon 1130 WRMI 9955
Mon 1530 WRMI 9955
Mon 2130 WRMI 9955
Tue 1530 WRMI 9955
Wed 1530 WRMI 9955
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** AFGHANISTAN. VoA Kabul 1296 QSL --- E' sempre più difficile
ricevere delle conferme, anche dalle grandi stazioni internazionali,
ma quando arrivano spesso sono di grande soddisfazione, soprattutto da
un Paese come l'Afghanistan. Il mio personale conteggio ora è a 181.
Il rapporto era stato inviato prima per posta tradizionale, senza
risposta, poi per e-mail. La risposta è arrivata in un voluminoso
plico contenente diverso materiale e che riportava il seguente
indirizzo: 3166 Cohen Building, Washington, D.C. 20237 (Alessandro
Groppazzi, http://gropdx.blogspot.com/ via Dario Monferini, 28 July,
playdx yg via DXLD)
** AFGHANISTAN. FOREIGN PUBLICATION SECTION OF RADIO AFGHANISTAN
INAUGURATED
Sunday, July 31, 2011 Kabul (BIA) --- Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen
Minister of Information and Culture inaugurated the foreign section of
Radio Afghanistan yesterday. This section in the first place will air
program in English and Urdu languages each night from 8:00 to 9:00 pm.
Opening the section Dr. Raheen said that this section has been revived
with the efforts of the director general and employees of the radio
and in the first place it will air English and Urdu programs and
followed by Arabic and Russian programs and subsequently French and
German programs. According to Dr. Raheen revival of this program shall
assist in recognition of Afghanistan to its outside friends and will
inform them about our country’s events.
Abdul Ghani Mudaqaq head of the publications department of Radio
Afghanistan said that this program shall cover Asia, Africa and Europe
regions. According to officials of the radio ten years delay in the
radio programs was inactivity of the short wave in Yakatout. Ghulam
Nabi Farahi, Deen Mohammad Mobarez Rashidi deputy ministers of
information and culture, Zareen Anzur general director of National
Radio-TV and some other officials participated. Radio Afghanistan
started its publications in 1304 and after a short lapse restarted its
publications in 1320 [Islamic years] and now it is 20 hours on the
air. An employees of the radio said that Afghanistan was the first
country in the region which had radio publication on that time.
SOURCE:
Bakhtar News Agency - Foreign Publication Section Of Radio Afghanistan
Inaugurated http://bit.ly/qlHgdx
(Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, July 31, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
Andy Sennitt comments: It’s almost five years since Radio Afghanistan
was supposed to restart its foreign service, but I guess it’s better
late than never. As is usually the case with news agencies, no
frequency is mentioned (Media Network blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1576,
DXLD)
WTFK??? Is there really a SW transmitter available? Or maybe on an
existing MW, at least at the outset. 8-9 pm local = 1530-1630 UT. But
will certainly need SW (or webcast?) to ``cover Asia, Africa, and
Europe regions`` (gh, DXLD)
6100, 1527-1607, R. Afghanistan, Kabul, 31/07, local OM singing, then
English with news at 1530, Afghan traditional song, OM talk about
Ramadan, and one western pop song (tentative ID at 1555'58 as "The
International service of National Radio of Afghanistan"), 1600'24
music and Urdu service - poor at the beginning, then fair and almost
good after 1600 with local noise, KRE in the background and CRI on
6095 till 1557. 73! (Mikhail Timofeyev, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Drake R8A and 30 m long wire, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
IIRC, 6100 used long ago (gh)
Andy Sennitt on Jul 31st, 2011 at 17:44 --- Thanks Mikhail - good
work! I was not able to check it here as my shortwave radio has
‘conked out’. But I wonder if that frequency propagates to western
Europe in the summer months? (Andy Sennitt, MN blog comment via DXLD)
R. Afghanistan Kabul on 6100 kHz {on shortwave again}.
Also logged here in Europe by Christoph in Salzburg and Douglas in
Kiel. Good signal here in Salzburg till s/off at 1628 UT (Christoph
Ratzer-AUT, Douglas Kaehler-D, A-DX July 31 via BC-DX via DXLD)
Following up the tip from Mikhail Timofeyev of Saint-Petersburg,
Russia, it was great to log Radio Afghanistan in Urdu at 1600-1630 UT
on 6100 kHz today 1st August 2011. The interval signal was from
plucked Afghan string instrument and the Station ID said "Yeh Radio
Afghanisthan ke Urdu Service hai". Programming consisted of
traditional Afghan songs (called "Quwali"), modern songs, news and
talk. Signals for this broadcast varied from moderate to strong which
was significantly better than the English broadcast 1530-1600. In
English the station called itself " This is the National Radio of
Afghanisthan" (Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata India, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Poor reception here in Bulgaria of Radio Afghanistan on August 1:
1530-1600 on 6100 (32342) in English, strong QRM CRI English on 6095
till 1600; 1600-1630 on 6100 (34333) in Urdu. No QRM co-channel from
KCBS Pyongyang on same frequency. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, WORLD OF RADIO
1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6100, Radio Afghanistan, 1525-1628, Aug 1, 2011, Abruptly on air at
1525 UT, Talk/Telephonic Interviews by OM/YL in unID language
(probably Dari or Pashto), at 1530 ST [? Timesignal?], ID in English
by OM/YL, frequencies announced as FM 93.0 & SW 6100, followed by
English news, song & a talk on Ramadan by OM at 1548, closing
announcements at 1556 followed by another vernacular song. Urdu
service noted at 1602, ID, frequencies announced as FM 93.0, MW 1600
(?) & SW 49 mb, news by OM up to 1611 followed by songs and commentary
on current events. Urdu song at 1621, closing announcements at 1627,
abruptly off air at 1628. Good, clean signal on my portable Redsun
RP2100 (aka Kaito KA2100) + Telescopic Antenna.
English ID at 1530: http://tinyurl.com/3z7jsbf
Urdu ID at 1602 UT: http://tinyurl.com/3cfk6zr
RTA website (in Pashto; English link not working) has a picture of
towers, anyone fluent with Pashto can throw some light on it?
http://rta.org.af/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1139:day-picture-&catid=14:readable-article
---
(Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, India,
http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
31.07.2011, at 1652 UT: Thanks Mikhail, tuned in at 1625 UT and hard
typical Afghan string instrument music and seems to s-off at 1629 UT
and then Family Radio dominated the frequency is some vernacular. Will
try tomorrow (Victor A. Goonetilleke-CLN, 4S7VK, DXplorer July 31 via
BC-DX via DXLD)
Hi Mikhail, thank you for the nice tip. It has been difficult to get
reliable information about this project. At first it was supposed to
start many years ago {started 2003, announced in 2005 again, TDP
mentions Thomson SW unit erected in 2006, wb.}, then the Ministry of
Information & Culture told, that the whole SW project has been
cancelled. But that was soon denied by RTA.
Then BECIL {which co-contracted 100 kW Thalès-Thomson-Thomscast SW
unit from Switzerland, wb.} told a couple of years ago that tests have
been conducted. That sounded hard to believe, but probably was true
after all (Mauno Ritola, Finland, DXplorer Aug 1, ibid.)
Re: Radio Afghanistan Kabul on 6100 kHz
Despite of Indian BECIL announcement in 2003 and premature
inauguration notice by RTA in September 2005, there is also
<http://www.tdp.info/afg.html>
100 kW TSW2100 transmitter of Thomson - Thalès mentioned (Wolfgang
Büschel, BC-DX via DXLD)
6102.00, R Afghanistan, 1623, Aug 3, Urdu talk & songs at threshold
level to 1631:21 carrier off. Surprised to find they had moved up
exactly 2 kHz from nominal. Seems a punching error? 73, (Martien
Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
I guess 6102v was well-considered selected tonight. Due of Kashi China
powerhouse "Beijing Hour" on adjacent 6095 kHz. Maybe a DXer advised
RTA engineers? Best reception here in Europe upper side 6098 to
6110 kHz. vy73 (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, ibid.)
National Radio of Afghanistan. Heute auf 6102 kHz, wenn sich mein
alter Sony nicht irrt ...? Seltsam (Simon-Peter Liehr-D, A-DX ng Aug 3
via BC-DX via DXLD)
Yes, exact on 6101.999 :-) - Mauno said 2 Hertz down - yesterday. :-)
S=8-9 signal in Finland. Grey zone at Batumi in Georgia, dark zone in
Ashgabat Turkmenistan. At 1631 UT cut off transmitter powerline, a
little late tonight (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 3, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via
DXLD)
Radio Afghanistan in English/Urdu noted on Aug. 4:
1530-1630 on new 6102.0 (44444), instead of nominal 6100.0
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
#3 Kai Ludwig on Jul 31st, 2011 at 20:43
The first reports about this delivery of shortwave equipment from
India even appeared already in October 2003, with the inauguration at
this time being promised for March 2004. So we have here the little
delay of seven years, if the current inauguration has still anything
to do with the project from 2003…2005 at all.
And the hinted extension plans would pretty much reinstate the foreign
service of Radio Afghanistan as it existed in the past. It seems that
as such it went away at some point in the mid-nineties, not at the
same time but not too long after the use of transmitters in the former
Soviet Union ceased (in 1992 I assume).
Well, my shortwave radio still works, a broken whip antenna is not
really an issue since a piece of wire does the job as well… but if
anything is audible here on 6100 kHz it will hardly be more than a
mere DX catch, and I fear without a high gain curtain antenna (I would
not count on one having been built) it would not be much different on
any other frequency.
At the same time all one gets when clicking the “English” link on
their homepage is a “down for maintenance” message, and I have a
feeling that “please check back again soon” is not more than just the
standard text from the CMS…
#4 Mervyn Hagger on Aug 1st, 2011 at 06:50
I see. So while USA and UK taxpayers are being squeezed at home to
keep their own countries running, money still flows into silly
projects such as this. I had to comment that in light of where the
money is ultimately coming from, these projects are obscene and should
end immediately - simply by turning off the money chain. Besides which
the idea that “….revival of this service will assist in recognition of
Afghanistan to its outside friends and will inform them about the
country’s events” is absurd. This is a war zone in which terrorists
roam and its drug suppliers cost money to the social services of the
USA and UK who have to deal with the result of their undertaking.
Finally, the idea that anyone who matters will be listening on short
wave proves the point that this is another example of USA and UK taxes
being squandered away.
#5 Andy Sennitt on Aug 1st, 2011 at 11:45
I think you will find that the broadcasting infrastructure in
Afghanistan is being supported mainly by India. See press release at
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=73608
#6 Mervyn Hagger on Aug 1st, 2011 at 12:51
Ah, yes, Andy, I just accessed that site after you brought it to my
attention. But here is the stupidity in all of this. India is
launching a space program and assisting with Afghanistan’s
broadcasting while getting financial aid from the USA and probably the
UK as well. So that is just a money-chain that appears to be merely a
part of a big worldwide financial mess. More money down the drain in a
war zone broadcasting good will programming on a medium that is
obsolete. Lots of smart thinking there by some financial wiz-kids with
access to more money than common sense (MN blog comments via DXLD)
Probably from Oct 30 in B-11 season, like in B-10 season
6095 1500-1600 Kashi China 500kW
6100 1600-1700 Kashi China 100kW
6100 1600-1630 M&B Wertachtal AWR in Bulgarian
6100 1530-1600 Novosibirsk RUS
6100 KCBS Pyongyang Kanggye
6105 1500-1600 Shijiazhuang China 500kW (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 3,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Related story from 2005y:
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/Radio%20Afghanistan%20to%20return%20to%20shortwave%20soon
Radio Afghanistan to return to shortwave soon
September 13th, 2005 - 12:50 UTC by Andy Sennitt.
The Indo-Asian News service quotes Abdul Rehman Panjshiri, director of
international relations at the Afghan Radio and TV, as saying that
“The 100 kW shortwave transmitter with seven antennas being installed
by India at Yakatoot in Kabul is being completed this month. It will
enable Kabul Radio programmes to be heard in South East Asia, South
Asia, Africa and Europe. The people in remote areas in Afghanistan who
remain cut off during the harsh winter months will now be able to
follow the happenings in Kabul and other areas of the country through
the programmes beamed on this shortwave transmitter.” (via WORLD OF
RADIO 1576, DXLD)
Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd (Govt. of India
enterprise) --- Terrestrial Broadcasting - Consultancy & Turnkey Jobs
Projects Completed [including]:
* Supply & Installation of Transmitter, Antenna, Tower and cables for
Shaq Network, Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
* Revamping and restoration of information setup including Radio and
TV facilities in Afghanistan.
* Restoration/Augmentation of Television Hardware in Jalalabad and
Nangarhar provinces of Afghanistan.
Projects In Progress [including]
* Establishment of Television studio for M/s Constellation Business
Group, USA in Kabul, Afghanistan.
http://www.becil.com/story/2008/6/6/057/20907
Regards, (via Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi
http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/ dx_sasia yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576,
DXLD)
Also... RTA TV (& Radio?) is also carried on Hotbird 9 which covers
Northern Africa & Europe. RTA TV & Radio Afghanistan domestic radio
outlet is on Insat 3A (Asia). Cheers, (Mark Fahey, NSW, August 1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
<http://bakhtarnews.com.af/en/index.php?news=6070>
Afghanistan time is UT +4hrs30m. In 1970 R Afghanistan started at 0200
UT, WRTH 2011 shows start at 0100 UT.
Den ollen 20 kW Telefunkensender habe ich etwa 1969 bis 1978 noch
gehoert. 73 wb
Hello All, es wird also nicht nur abgeschaltet und ausgesourced.
Congrats. Ohne diese info
<http://bakhtarnews.com.af/en/index.php?news=6070>
waere ich etwas skeptisch gewesen, weil 6100 kHz zu anderer Sendezeit
ein Heimatkanal vom AIR Kashmiri Service in Urdu ist.
Die ollen Telefunkensender wurden waehrend der sowjetischen
Besatzungszeit bestimmt durch Leningrader Hardware ersetzt? Und eine
der Antennen die bei den Bombardements zerstoert wurden, koennten
wieder zusammen geflickt worden sein.
Sendezentren in Kabul siehe
alt - AFG Kabul Yakatut
34 32 23.59 N 69 12 41.82 E
<http://maps.google.de/maps?q=34%C2%B032%2723.59%22N++69%C2%B012%2741.82%22E&hl=de&ie=UTF8&ll=34.539397,69.211835&spn=0.003341,0.006968&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.897603,57.084961&t=f&z=18&ecpose=34.53793738,69.21177247,2201.4,2.01,21.627,0>
rechts hinten die beiden MW masten
<http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/26298203.jpg>
sowie
neu - AFG Kabul Udkhel SW masts in 125 / 305 degr
34 32 20.78 N 69 20 48.42 E
<http://maps.google.de/maps?q=34%C2%B032%2720.78%22N++69%C2%B020%2748.42%22E&hl=de&ie=UTF8&ll=34.538436,69.344034&spn=0.006681,0.013937&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.897603,57.084961&t=f&z=17&ecpose=34.53290335,69.344528,3186.39,-4.204,23.748,0>
Links die zwei hohen Masten ist die MW Anlage. Das ist die Pul-i-
Charki / Udkhel station aus dem Januar 2002, nach den Bombardements
wieder in Betrieb genommen und eingeweiht fuer 1107 kHz domestic AFG,
und 1296 kHz fuer IBB Service. Die zwei MW Antennen sind schoen zu
sehen.
AFG Kabul Pol-e Charki/Udkhel AFG 1107 / IBB 1296 kHz
34 32 16.34 N 69 20 19.28 E
Das gleich-namige Gefaengnisgebaeude sieht man 1.7 km suedlicher.
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1 Aug via DXLD)
Various USSR shortwave frequency relays used by R Afghanistan in 1980
till 1991 years.
Source also:
<http://dokufunk.org/broadcast/international/index.php?CID=5080&ID=6403&PHPSESSID=49b540aa0adde3a978d73310a885282c>
Afghanistan 1941.
<http://www.radiomuseum.org/forumdata/users/5100/Funkschau_14jg_0441_1v1_v30.pdf>
(via wwdxc BC-DX May 24, 2006)
"....However, in the ensuing fighting after the Russian invasion in
1979, most of the radio facilities at all of the various locations
were damaged and destroyed. Meanwhile, in an unexpected move around
mid year 1979, the radio world suddenly discovered that Radio
Afghanistan was on the air via relay stations in Russia."
Einige R AFG Relays fuer Europa waren wohl in der UKR SSR beheimatet.
Am 17. Juli ist der "Mr. Radio Moskau Frequency", Anatoly Titov mit
71 Jahren gestorben, siehe unter Russia. Der haette uns bestimmt die
genauen Senderstandorte der AFG und LAO relays zwischen 1980 und 1991
mitteilen koennen. Oder BF in Mittelhessen auch? (wb, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews July 31, 2011)
I checked the 1980 Handbook and the external service was on 11805
1630-1700 in Russian and 1730-1930 on 15075 in Arabic, Pushto, Dari,
German and English using 100 kW transmitters in Afghanistan.
Schedule expanded to 6 hours daily in the 1981 Handbook with the
additional use of a 50 kW transmitter on 6230 1330-1600 in Urdu and
English. 15075 now listed as 15077 kHz.
The 1982 Handbook shows the addition of a Russian transmitter on 9665
at 1730-1930. The 1983 Handbook shows the 6230 transmitter being used
1000-1030 in English and 1230-1430 in Urdu now with two Russian
transmitters also being used on 15255 and 21460. The 1700 UT Arabic
broadcast also on 15470 via Russia, 9655 and 11960 via Russia being
used for the 1730-1930 UT transmissions.
I don't have the 1976 through 1979 Handbooks. The 1975 one has the
same schedule as shown in the article with the addition of Arabic
1000-1030 on 15195, listed as 100 kW from Kabul (Mike Barraclough-UK,
dxld Jan 5, 2009)
From Kabul site, see AFG Kabul Udkhel, four SW masts in 125 / 305
degree azimuth. 305 degrees towards Europe. More four masts towards
Middle East at 230 to 270 degrees are like scrap, visible on the
south-western corner of the site.
34 32 20.78 N 69 20 48.42 E on Google Earth.
The shortwave mast ruins are visible at
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16292525>
see both, SW mast ruins and two tall MW masts of 1107 and 1296 kHz MW
site:
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10811002>
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15095671>
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6676765>
Various USSR shortwave frequency relays used by R Afghanistan in 1980
till 1991 years.
After that - in Taliban era - only single 9635 and 4775 were in use
from old Kabul Yakatut site, see 34 32 24.35 N 69 12 40.35 E
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=34.540097&lon=69.211208&z=17.9&r=0&src=yh>
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4/5, 2009 via BC-DX Aug 1,
2011 via DXLD) This issue of BC-DX includes a lot MORE historical info
about Afghanistan broadcasting, much of it from DXLD back a decade
R. Afghanistan new transmitters of 2003/2005 erected now on old 1939
Telefunken site Yakatoot/Yakatut instead of Udkhel 13 kms east, where
the old {destroyed} 305 degree Russia/Europe antenna masts are still
visible in Google Maps/Earth. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, August 1, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
So, the Indian BECIL built up new antennas at very old Yakatoot /
Yakatut downtown site of Telefunken era in 1939/1940? On latter site
antenna mast space is limited to erect huge SW antennas...
13 kilometers eastwards close to the IBB/AFG MW site, old destroyed
Siemens(?) curtain antenna masts from the 60ties still visible at
Udkhel, at 305 degr direction of Moscow, and Western Europe,
accurately fitting for Ru, Fr, Ge, and English services to EUR.
(Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 1, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 5 via DXLD)
Re Thomson SW unit. I recall it was sometime around 2004 when BECIL
asked for bids about this AFG SW project. And I think Thomson was
chosen to supply the transmitter. As we see, things have gone slow. If
memory serves, the project was funded by Indian Government, Becil was
acting as a "midman" and hired contractors to deliver equipment and
install them (Jari Savolainen, Finland, DXplorer Aug 1 via BCDX via
DXLD)
Radio Afghanistan. Hier kann man Sendungen von RTA 1 hoeren:
<http://rta.org.af/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96%3Aradio1&catid=16%3Aradio&Itemid=3>
(Paul Reinersch, Germany, A-DX Aug 1 via BC-DX via DXLD)
** ALBANIA [and non]. I agree with writing to stations and we should
write more often to let them know we are tuning in and comment on
programme content and reception conditions. Sadly, nowadays mailbag
programmes are not on a regular basis as few listeners correspond,
mainly due to the declining number of listeners. Some mailbag
programmes are repeated each week for a month and others every couple
of weeks. I remember hearing familiar names of listeners on many
mailbag programmes over the years but now no longer hear. Anyway, we
should contact stations often with our comments and listening
conditions, as well as asking questions about the country, like they
do on Radio Tirana`s Mailbag programme. Get writing! (Edwin Southwell,
England, Open to Discussion, August BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
It is indeed worth writing to all the radio stations you hear --- if
you send off a reception report and comments to just one station a
week, that`s 52 a year you will have contacted. You can easily send an
e-mail or a traditional letter. Radio Tirana is just one of many who
appreciate hearing that they still have an active audience. Below is a
QSL card and CD received by Prithwiraj Purkayastha in Assam, India in
May, from his blog at http://prithwisworld.blogspot.com (David Morris,
ed., ibid.)
7425, R. Tirana with music that sounded like a cross between a polka &
Euro-techno-dance beat music. Wonky! OM English DJ talking about
Albanian history. No ID but "and that is the end of our program" and
carrier suddenly off at :56. Kinda noisy. 44343 0240-0256* 27/Jul
(Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD)
13625, August 1 at 1431, R. Tirana inaudible, not even a carrier
traced. Could be off air or late signing-on Monday, first day of
Ramadan, but we are really in the doldrums, with nothing else from
Europe making it on band, just North American signals and weakies from
China. On 19m, nearby Greece very poor on 15630. Yet solar flux 119
for July 31, and K-index 2 at 1500 August 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD
OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Nothing heard from RT Shijak on 13625 kHz today Aug 3rd. Service is on
summer holiday. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, 1501 UT Aug 3, dxldyg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
On Aug 3rd, nothing heard on air !!! All were off
13625 1430-1456 UT En
7465 1931-1956 UT Ge
13735 2000- UT En
only 7464.984 kHz noted came on air late, not on air at 1930-1955 UT.
At 1955:23 UT came on air, single Albanian pop song played for few
seconds. Then only carrier on air, German program came back at 1958:30
UT with German closing announcement. Started further at 2000 UT with
English ID and frequencies. But still missed 13735 tonight Aug 3rd.
Also our Austrian DXer mentioned RT Albanian signals missing on Aug
1st til 3rd !!!!!!! What happened on the feeder line between BChouse
or/and Shijak transmitter site in past days? Is there a "substitute"
engineering staff on duty during holiday season? Or is one of the two
Shijak TXs out of order ? 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO
1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA [non]
Der neue Mitgliederrundbrief Nr. 45 (August 2011) des Radio Tirana
Hoerer Klubs ist erschienen, er ist auch ueber die Web Site des RTHK
zu holen:
<http://www.agdx.de/rthk/>
<http://www.agdx.de/rthk/RTHK-Rundbrief-45_Aug2011.pdf>
Beachtenswert sind auch die Eintraege dort unter "Neuigkeiten"!
<http://www.agdx.de/rthk/html/neuigkeiten.html>
Viel Spass - Anton (Dr. Anton Kuchelmeister, Germany, DK5TL, Aug 2,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 5 via DXLD)
** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760, AIR, Port Blair. Having
transmitter problems in the last month and most often off air. On the
20/7 they were on till 1200 tune in to 1702 s/off, but again off the
air. Last check 1600 28/7. With Port Blair off, was hoping to catch
AIR Leh without luck. Around 1445 TWR Swaziland fades in cochannel
(Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka (Perseus, Icom R71A, R8A, Low band
loop, 10:1 balun, 80/40 dipoles and Cushcraft LP for higher bands),
Aug Australian DX News via DXLD)
** ANGOLA [non]. HIT VOA PROGRAM "ANGOLA, FALA SÓ" EXPANDS TO FULL
HOUR
Washington, D.C. — July 29, 2011 — Voice of America’s new Portuguese
language call-in show to Angola has become such a hit with audiences,
the program is growing from 30-minutes to a full-hour format starting
this week.
Angola, Fala Só, which roughly translates to “Just Say It” in English,
went on the air in March, tackling a range of issues, from politics
and health to rules on social behavior.
Washington-based host Luis Costa Ribas says the show is being expanded
because producers have been getting hundreds of calls by listeners who
want to be on the weekly program, which is broadcast on medium wave,
shortwave, mobile and streamed on the Internet.
Luis Costa Ribas Ribas says, “The extra thirty minutes will allow time
for more listeners to have a voice and express an opinion that can be
heard all over Angola. It can also give us more room for follow-up on
some hot topics, without taking time away from our audiences.”
Callers from anywhere in Angola are welcome to phone in or text-
message their questions or comments to the show, which is partly
funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department.
The title for the Portuguese language show was inspired by a popular
expression, which is often used in the Angolan capital, Luanda.
Visit the Angola, Fala Só webpage (click here) for more details about
toll free numbers to call with your questions or to listen on-line.
For more about VOA’s Portuguese Service, visit
http://www.voanews.com/portuguese/news
For more about VOA in English visit http://www.voanews.com
For Media inquiries contact Kyle King in Washington at kking @
voanews.com (VOA press release July 29 via DXLD; also via Yimber
Gaviria, DXLD)
WTFK? WTTK? ``ANGOLA, FALA SÓ !!! À 6ª feira, agora das 17h30 às 18h30
17h30 às 18h00: frequências de 9805 - 13635 - 17820 e das
18h00 às 18h30: frequências de 1530 - 9800 - 15740``
Way to go! All the frequencies change in the middle of it. Are those
times Angolan = UT +1, or UT? 17820 Greenville is 1700-1830, so must
be UT, so everyone in Angola will tune in one hour too late. But what
else is on 17820 at 1800-1830?? 9805 and 13635 are not in Aoki or
HFCC. 15740 is Swahili via Sao Tomé at 1630-1700. 9800 is 1700-1830 in
Portuguese, switching from ST to Botswana at 1800 as the final
semihour is only M-F. None of this makes much sense (Glenn Hauser,
DXLD)
** ANGUILLA. 11775, July 29 at 1219, Caribbean Beacon still absent.
Apparently has been off both 11775 and 6090 for a few days (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I've been checking this one all week at around 0600 / 0700 UT but
heard no trace of it. 11775 is blocked at that time by CRI in Arabic,
but nothing traced "underneath". I recognise the voice on WWCR 5935 as
being that of the late Dr. G. Scott so that transmission is still on
air. Maybe some bills are outstanding in Anguilla? (Noel R. Green (NW
England), July 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6090 and 11775 continue to be absent for about a week, whenever
checked on August 3-4. On August 4, George McClintock, consulting
engineer and frequency manager for Caribbean Beacon explains, ``A new
antenna curtain (wire portion of the antenna) is being installed. Salt
air causes problems for the antenna over a long period of time. No
transmitter problem`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, another week past, and Friday July 29 at 1304
check, still no LRA36 carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Nor August 4
** ARGENTINA. New x-bander on 1630, not a pirate --- *1630 Radio
América, San José, Entre Ríos, Argentina, new station, 1 kW
Esta emisora que retransmitía Radio Melody FM, de la misma localidad,
ya tiene instalada la antena, una torre monopolar, en un humedal cerca
de San José, ER [Entre Ríos province]. La gerencia tiene mucho interés
en recibir informes ahora que se sabe que puede captarse la señal a
mucha distancia y que en Europa se sobrepone a las dos emisoras
argentinas que venían ocupando la frecuencia, AM Restauración y Super
Sport AM. Los dos primeros oyentes en reportarla desde el exterior
fueron Hasse Mattisson, de Suecia, y Andrew Brade, de Inglaterra.
Informes, por favor dirigirlos a danycanal arroba hotmail punto com.
Radio América 1630 no es una trucha; su licencia para operar en 1630
kHz fue otorgada por la AFSCA (Henrik Klemetz, Suecia, 2 agosto, HCDX
via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD) So what is its callsign? (gh)
Muy interesante información. Vamos a tratar de captarla desde Bs.As.
aunque las dos emisoras que operan en la QRG desde el propio GBA
pueden tornar dificil la tarea (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, condiglist
yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
** ARGENTINA. 15345-, August 2 at 2132, only a het vs MOROCCO [q.v.]
on the hi side, and never overcame with any audio. Finally uncovered
at 2202:39 when IMM turns off its carrier, RAE announcing 6060 and
15345 in Spanish, also http://www.radioexterior.com.ar I thought he
said, but that goes nowhere, nor the link at Media Network`s Hitlist,
http://www.radionacional.com.ar/programacion/rae.html
O, I see in the WRTH it should be http://www.radionacional.gov.ar ---
That does get to the domestic service homepage, but just *try* to find
any link to the external service, even by internal search!
Anyhow, with the end of DST for this year, prompted by the beginning
of Ramadan, Morocco now runs one real hour later on 15345, which means
the northern-summer respite for RAE 21-22 UT German service listeners
in Europe is over. That was only a fluke, as the two stations stupidly
stick to the same frequency, both refuse to participate in HFCC or
heed advice by would-be listeners that one or both should move a bit
away to plenty of clear frequencies in the vicinity.
A few years ago, Argentina decided to go on DST in its summer, Nov-
Feb, and RAE, so remote from the real world of international
broadcasting, shifted all its languages one UT hour earlier just so
they would stay at the same local time, oblivious of its intended
audience. This put German up to 20-21, still colliding with Morocco
even when that country was not on DST. English, Italian and French
hours from RAE, earlier in the day, remain always blocked by Morocco
Later, from biweekly publicity by José Bueno about DX programs, found
this link for live audio from RAE:
http://www.radionacional.com.ar/vivo/rae.html
which does exist with embedded flash player, but nothing heard at 1700
UT August 3. He also has the 404 programacion URL. Maybe at 1800 when
SW programming starts in English? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Glenn, This link will now get you to what's left (that I can find,
anyway) of the External Services pages:
http://www.radionacional.com.ar/grilla/4-rae.html
and the live stream is at
http://www.radionacional.com.ar/vivo/4-rae.html
I've updated the links to International Radio Stations on our World DX
Club web pages at
http://www.worlddxclub.org.uk/WDXC_links_stations.html
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The vivo/rae page still is dead at 1756, but Alan`s vivo/4-rae page
indeed runs with the RAE IS and multilingual IDs. Why in the world
don`t they take down the old one? On the lofi stream, timesignal came
almost a sesquiminute after 1800, and a bit of IS played afterward
before official opening in Spanish, French, English, German,
Portuguese=Brazilian, Italian, Arabic, Japanese; 1804 starting English
hour with a couple headlines, but then lengthy informal opening
ceremonies for August 3, program summary including DX Special. Says
they are on Facebook, raeinenglish (sic?). More W&M chat, until 1810
``too much talking``, and time for news? No, music! 1815 finally news
but with frequent musical breaks faded up and down. 1818 enough talk,
back to a full tango. Kept alternating various feature items with
music.
1847 finally `DX Special` prepared by Arnaldo Slaen, read by same M&W
anchors as rest of hour. About DW setting up an office for LAm in
Panamá. RFI international short stories contest. BBCWS audience
allegedly increased by 10 percent. And that`s it, only 4 minutes,
wrapping up at 1851, no real SW or DX news at all! More tango (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ITALY [non]
** ASIA [non]. Radio Free Asia frequency changes:
Chinese
0300-0400 NF 17520 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to EaAs, ex 17495, re-ex 17615
0300-0400 NF 21675 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs, ex 21580
Tibetan
0100-0200 NF 9680 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to CeAs, ex 7530, re-ex 9365
0200-0300 NF 11745 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to CeAs, ex 7530, re-ex 9365
0100-0200 NF 17505 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs, ex 15225
0200-0300 NF 17610 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs, ex 15225
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, August 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 2368.5, Radio Symban. Looks to me that they have
recently started signing off very early. Had been hearing them from
about 1230 to 1330 with decent reception recently, but for about three
days now have noted them gone by 1220 or so. A new winter time
schedule? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, August 2, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, R. Symban does have a new reduced schedule. August 4 at
1202:54*. Confirmed per the following email from Tom Tsamouras:
“Yes there has been a slight change and we are on air between 9.00
and 22.00 Eastern Standard Time [2300-1200 UT]. We also have a minor
technical issue which we have to address which will improve the signal
but we are currently working on another project and once that work is
finished, we can go back to the shortwave. Regards, Tom”
Thanks to Ian Baxter (Australia) for helping to explain why they have
reduced their broadcasting hours. “On July 1st there was a 10-12%
increase in our electricity prices here in NSW, with much bigger
increases expected with the introduction of the federal carbon tax.”
So this is indeed unfortunate for my reception, as their signal
recently had been improving up to almost a fair level after 1230 or
so. Probably will have to wait till later in the year for better
reception here (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, Aug 4, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 4860 harmonic, 2KM, Sydney. Arabic at 2250, 3 x 1620,
commercial format. Before it started talking, thought it might be
India out of hours. There are always traps for the unwary! 18/7
(Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near Moruya NSW,
August Australian DX News via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. 15240, RA Shepparton accompanied by - probably - spurs
at 0050 UT Aug 1. S=9+20dB signal on Brisbane remote sdr unit. Not too
strong, so I've my doubts whether the spurs originate of incorrect
function of the Perseus? Strong signals noted on 15221 to 15226, 15233
to 15248, as well as 15254 to 15258 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Aug 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15415, Radio Australia. Often 0100-0200 English with echo, both long
and short path // 17750. Brings back so many pleasant memories of the
great days of Radio Australia before it was killed off!! 20/7 (Victor
Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka (Perseus, Icom R71A, R8A, Low band loop, 10:1
balun, 80/40 dipoles and Cushcraft LP for higher bands), Aug
Australian DX News via DXLD) ??? Not exactly dead yet (gh, DXLD)
And as I recall 15415 was an old Carnarvon frequency, Victor. From
Shepparton of course, these days -cs. (Craig Seager, ed., ibid.)
** AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIAN STATES ON SHORTWAVE: 4 - QUEENSLAND
A total of six different locations in the Australian state of
Queensland have been on the air during the past half century or more
with the broadcast of shortwave programming. The first of these
stations was located at Pinkenba, an outer suburb on the western edge
of Brisbane. The Coastal Station VIB was located here, and they were
on the air shortwave with weather forecasts and storm warnings. In
1943, this station took a short relay from the ABC each day with the
midday time signals.
The first actual shortwave broadcasting station in the state of
Queensland was located at Bald Hills, a little north of the state
capital, Brisbane, and it was opened in 1943 for service to the widely
unpopulated outback areas of the inland for which no programming was
available on mediumwave.
Back in the year 1941, international tensions were mounting in the
Pacific and it was considered advisable to remove the tall radio
towers of the three city mediumwave stations that were located on the
top of downtown buildings. The towers of these three stations, 4QG,
4QR & 4BK, were all visible from the edge of the nearby Pacific Ocean.
In 1941, work commenced at a large new ABC transmitter facility on a
property at Bald Hills that was previously in use as a jam factory
some 12 miles north of Brisbane. During the following year, the
programming of the two ABC mediumwave stations, 4QG & 4QR, was
transferred from the city transmitter facilities to the new out of
town station.
At the same time, a 10 kW STC shortwave transmitter was installed at
Bald Hills and this was officially taken into service for outback
areas on February 17, 1943 under the callsign VLQ. A subsidiary
shortwave service was inaugurated six years later under the callsign
VLM with the usage of a temporary 200 watt transmitter, and later
another 10 kW unit.
The ABC shortwave service at Bald Hills in Queensland was in use:-
* For direct listener reception in the outback areas of Queensland and
the Northern Territory
* As a relay service to other ABC mediumwave stations in Queensland
when landline connections failed
* Emergency relay service to 5DR in Darwin
* For an ABC Regional Home Service into Papua New Guinea
* For the relay of Radio Australia programming to Papua New Guinea
The Bald Hills shortwave service was on the air for a period of a
little over 50 years running from 1943 to 1993. During that time, a
total of four different transmitters were in use for the VLQ-VLM
programming, three at 10 kW & one at 200 watts.
Nearly 1,000 miles further north is another shortwave station, and
this is the Radio Australia facility located near Brandon on the
Queensland coast. Back in the year 1958, the 50 kW ABC mediumwave
station 4QN was transferred from Clevedon and rebuilt near Brandon.
Then 30 years later, three shortwave transmitters at 10 kW were
removed from the shortwave station at Lyndhurst in Victoria after it
was closed and they were re-installed at the transmitter site near
Brandon. Test broadcasts from the new location began on April 3, 1989,
but next day, the station was damaged by the invasion of Cyclone Alva.
However, the damaged antenna system was repaired quite quickly and ten
days later, test broadcasts were re-commenced.
The three transmitters were used alternately to provide two shortwave
program channels under the line callsign VLG & VLJ. A third channel
was planned under the callsign VLS, but it was never implemented due
to the fact that an additional antenna system was never installed.
Originally, it was intended that the low powered 10 kW shortwave
facility at Brandon would be a temporary fill in until two additional
100 kW transmitters were installed. However instead, two DRM capable
20 kW RIZ transmitters from Europe were installed (in 2006) and these
now provide a dedicated relay service to various islands in the South
Pacific where the programming is received on digital shortwave and
rebroadcast live on local FM stations.
And while we are talking about cyclones, we should mention that on at
least three occasions, the ABC mediumwave programming from North
Queensland has been noted on shortwave from Shepparton in Victoria.
These three cyclones, named Larry & Monica in 2006, and Yasi in 2011,
pounded the north eastern coast of Australia and penetrated well
inland causing horrendous damage.
In order to keep local residents informed, and to serve as a fill-in
relay service where damaged local stations were off the air, the
cyclone emergency programming from Queensland was beamed to the
stricken areas on shortwave over the temporarily diverted 100 kW
transmitters located at Radio Australia, Shepparton.
Next, in Queensland on shortwave, we take a look at an American army
station. This station was established at Hemmant on the edge of
Brisbane in 1943 with two transmitters, a Federal at 10 kW and a Press
Wireless at 40 kW. It was on the air under an American callsign WTO
with army communications and the transfer of news for the American
media for a couple of years, after which it was taken over by the
Australian government in 1946 as a communication station.
On previous occasions here in Wavescan, we have presented the story of
the Coastal Radio Stations throughout Australia, and also the weather
broadcasts from the navy stations AXM in Canberra & AXI in Darwin. It
was on June 30, 2002, that all of the Coastal Radio Stations were
closed, and also the weather broadcasts from the two navy station AXM
& AXI.
On the very next day, July 1, 2002, two new shortwave stations took
over these services. The two new stations are VMC at Charleville in
Queensland and VMW at Wiluna in Western Australia, both established
well inland at electronically quiet locations.
Station VMC “Weather East” is located near Charleville, apparently a
little south of the town. The current scheduling shows that it
operates at least 5 transmitters at 1 kW, with fax weather charts, and
at set times during the day, with weather bulletins in voice mode.
The scheduling for these two stations VMC & VMW can be obtained from
the internet, together with the address for QSL response, at
http://bom.gov.au (Adrian Peterson, IN, AWR Wavescan script for July
31 via DXLD) As in Bureau of Meteorology (gh)
** AZERBAIJAN [non?]. 9677.4, Voice of Justice, Nagorno-Karabakh.
Heard on band 9677.2-9677.8 but best on 9677.4 at 1301 s/on till 1320
close/down in Caucasus in Azeri on 26/7. Schedule: 1300-1325 Tue &
Fri, repeated 0500-0525 on Wed & Sat on same variable 9677-9678 kHz
(Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF-2001, 16m Marconi antenna),
Aug Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD).
** BAHRAIN. 9745, Radio Bahrain, 0200-0220, July 30, carrier + USB.
Local chants. Poor to fair. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** BAHRAIN [non]. 15540, August 2 until 2006, R. Kuwait very good with
talk outroed as ``Song of the Sea``, another ``Radio Bahrein
produxion, presented by R. Kuwait``. Maybe they stick these in at
different times from day to day; August 1 was at 2019-2025 as in
previous report under KUWAIT. There used to be a programme exchange
called Voice of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Maybe this is
that. Back to western pop music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BELGIUM [non]. 17750-17755-17760, Aug 3 at 2014, NO DRM noise; TDP
Disco Palace is scheduled and usually blasting away from 20 to 22 via
Guiana French; presumably an anomaly, but needs rechecking.
17750-17755-17760, August 4 at 2026, DRM noise is rampant, TDP Radio
via GUIANA FRENCH, while it was missing earlier in the same hour on
August 3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. SINDICATOS DE EL CHAPARE MEJORARÁN EQUIPAMIENTO DE RADIO
KAUSACHUM COCA. 04/08/2011
Con un aporte individual de 10 bolivianos, los productores de la zona
de El Chapare mejorarán el equipamiento de la Radio Kawsachun Coca que
funciona en la población de Lauca Ñ, confirmó el domingo el presidente
Evo Morales. Más informaciones y fotografias en
http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/
(Arnaldo Slaen, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Con un aporte individual de 10 bolivianos, los productores de la zona
de El Chapare mejorarán el equipamiento de la Radio Kawsachun Coca que
funciona en la población de Lauca Ñ, confirmó el domingo el presidente
Evo Morales.
En una concentración con los pobladores de la zona, donde entregó
varias obras de desarrollo, el Mandatario manifestó las seis
Federaciones del Trópico de Cochabamba decidieron apoyar el
fortalecimiento de la radioemisora.
Dijo que “esta radioemisora es la voz de los productores de hojas de
coca como un instrumento de orientación y de lucha por la liberación
nacional”.
Anotó que en el pasado funcionaba en la región la radioemisora
denominada La Voz del Trópico que era financiada por el gobierno de
Estados Unidos con un desembolso de 70.000 a 80.000 dólares. “Ese
medio de comunicación era enemigo de los productores de hojas de coca
y transmitía con mensajes negativos al desarrollo de la región”,
anotó.
Destacó que por ello se decidió dar origen a la radio Kawsachun Coca,
que es la voz de los trabajadores. “Sin embargo ahora requiere de su
fortalecimiento para que sus ondas no solamente lleguen a El Chapare y
regiones cercanas, sino a todo el país e inclusive al exterior”,
puntualizó el Jefe de Estado.
Recordó igualmente que durante el Gobierno del entonces presidente
Jorge Quiroga Ramírez entre 2001 y 2002 se allanó la emisora para
inutilizar sus equipos. “Ahora la radio Kawsachun Coca debe
fortalecerse y ser un instrumento de la educación para la liberación
del pueblo”, afirmó. (ABI) (GRA blog via DXLD)
HOW exactly are they going to improve it? Put it back on SW?? The name
is spelt various ways, but WRTH 2011 reminds us it used to be on 6075.
We haven`t seen it reported in a long time. LA-DX has it on the
inactive list, last reported in Dec 09 at 0850-1105. This station is
in-your-face, pro-cocaine and those who produce it as a nationalistic
enterprise vs the dirty yankees.
As for La Voz del Trópico, which this article claims was supported by
$70-80K from the US government, could that be another inactive one at
LA-DX, ``6037.5, RDif Trópico, Trinidad [2240-0005*](36.7-.37.6) Apr07
A SS ex 4552 see 4958.1``? WRTH 2011 has R. Trópico on 4958v, not
flagged as inactive but another one not reported since July 07 per LA-
DX (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. EL CHASQUI DX - JULIO 2011 --- CQ, CQ, CQ, Aquí Pedro F.
Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX
latinoamericano, todas las horas son UT, desde la tierra de los incas,
les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente:
6155, BOLIVIA, R. Fides, La Paz, 12/07 2315/0040, 33333, ads cajero
automático del banco Idisa, Café Copacabana, Cerveza Paceña,
trasmitiendo la Copa América, partido Perú – Chile. ID mv "Por el
Grupo Fides"
La recepción lo he efectuado del 1/07 al 29/07 con mi Sony ICF-SW7600G
en compañía del Mizuho KX-3. Muchos 128´s PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui,
Lima, Peru, UT Aug 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. Eis aqui amigos, algumas boas escutas em OT e OC. 2380,
30/07 0227, R. Educadora, Limeira -- SP, música variada 45434 73!
(Rubens Ferraz Pedroso. Bandeirantes - PR. Receptor: Tecsun PL310.
Antena: RC3-FM, radioescutas yg via DXLD) So it is active (gh)
** BRAZIL. 4865, R. Verdes Florestas, Cruzeiro do Sul. News 1010-
1025+, program “Jornal Difusora” with correspondents’ reports, etc.,
good on 20/7. Full ID and frequency announcement at 1008 on 22/7;
can be a tricky one to extract an ID out of once they start their
religious content. Appears to be operated by the Catholic Diocese of
Cruzeiro do Sul (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near
Moruya NSW, August Australian DX News via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 4876.77v, Rdif Roraima, 0237-0404*, July 31, Brazilian
ballads. Portuguese announcements. Sign off with National Anthem.
Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. Frequency constantly drifting between
4876.74 - 4876.85 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** BRAZIL. Re 11-30: Guarujá começa a transmitir em 5045 kHz no
domingo, 7 --- http://romais.jor.br/blog/?p=32
Estúdio da Guarujá Paulista foi remodelado recentemente [caption]
Em um grupo de debates no Facebook, o diretor da Rádio Guarujá
Paulista, de Guarujá (SP), jornalista Orivaldo Rampazo, avisa que até
no máximo no domingo, 7, a emissora começa a testar a sua frequência
de 5045 kHz. O objetivo da Guarujá é voltar a transmitir em ondas
curtas de forma regular (Célio Romais, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Plans to start testing 5045 again on August 7 (gh)
** BRAZIL. 6089.96, 0005-0150 29+30.07, R Bandeirantes, São Paulo,
SP, Portuguese talk, audible while Caribbean Beacon was off the air
25232 (Anker Petersen on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire
in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
6089.95, Radio Bandeirantes, 0040-0110, July 31, Anguilla 6090 still
off the air allowing Brazil to be heard with futebol play-by-play. //
9645.38 - weak. // 11925.22 - threshold copy (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
Listening Digest)
** BRAZIL. 15190, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0900-1000,
28.07, program "Trem Caipira", with Brazilian music and comments:
"Inconfidência, Trem Caipira, o som da terra, o som da nossa gente",
"Inconfidência, Trem Caipira, agora 6 horas 36 minutos", "Onda média,
880 kHz, ondas curtas de 49 metros 6010 kHz, ondas curtas de 19
metros, 15190 kHz, Rede Inconfidência de Rádio, Belo Horizonte, Minas
Gerais, Brasil". At 1000 "Jornal Integração". "Jornal Integração, as
sete da manhã". At 1000 interference from China Radio International on
the same frequency. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Logs in Friol, 27 Km. W of
Lugo, Spain, Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G, Cable
antenna, 10 meters, faced WSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
AUDIOCLIP: RADIO INCONFIDENCIA
Ascoltata il 25 luglio alle 20.30 utc sui 15190
La clip audio è disponibile qui:
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/10466809.html
73's (Francesco Cecconi, Italy, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
Grande ascolto, Francesco, congratulazioni! Inconfidência è conosciuta
in Brasile come "La radio gigante". Indirizzo web è:
http://www.inconfidencia.com.br/
73, (Rodrigo de Araujo, SWARL PY4004SWL,
http://www.ondasderadio.wordpress.com
Belo Horizonte --- Minas Gerais --- Brasil, ibid.) V EQUATORIAL GUINEA
** BURMA [non]. 11595, Democratic Voice of Burma via Yerevan. Pilot
tone 2325, on with fanfare and announcements. 2330. Very strong
indeed, 18/7 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near
Moruya NSW, August Australian DX News via DXLD)
** BURMA [non]. This year's annual BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures will be
delivered by two speakers – Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu
Kyi and former Director-General of MI5, Baroness Manningham-Buller.
They will be broadcast on Radio 4 in June and September, respectively.
The 2011 Reith Lectures, entitled Securing Freedom, arise out of an
extraordinary period of global convulsion. Aung San Suu Kyi's lectures
from Burma will focus on the struggle for democracy inside an
authoritarian regime. Back in the UK, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11,
Eliza Manningham-Buller discusses how, once secured, a country
maintains its freedom.
Gwyneth Williams, Controller, BBC Radio 4 says: "This Reith Lecture
series engages with some of the currents arising from a period of
exceptional international political and economic turmoil. I am
thrilled to have as our 2011 Reith lecturers Aung San Suu Kyi
addressing the themes of dissent and liberty and Eliza Manningham-
Buller who, on the 10th anniversary, will reflect on 9/11 and
intelligence and foreign policy since. These are two very different
sides of a familiar story – the struggle for liberty and its defence."
Aung San Suu Kyi's two lectures have been recorded in Burma and will
be played to public audiences later this month. Eliza Manningham-
Buller will give three lectures – two from London and one from Leeds.
In her first lecture, Aung San Suu Kyi examines the idea of dissent,
in the context of Burma. In the second, she explores how freedom can
be won and what it really means, with reference to events in the
Middle East. Of the Reith Lectures she said: "To be speaking to you
through the BBC has a very special meaning for me. It means that once
again I am officially a free person.
"When I was officially 'unfree', that is to say when I was under house
arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me – I listened. But that
listening also gave me a kind of freedom, the freedom of reaching out
to other human minds, of course it was not the same as a personal
exchange but it was a form of human contact.
"The freedom to make contact with other human beings with whom you may
wish to share your thoughts and your hopes, your laughter and at times
even your anger and indignation, is a right that should never be
violated.
"Even though I cannot be with you in person, I am so grateful for this
opportunity to exercise my right to human contact by sharing with you
my thoughts on what freedom means to me and others across the world
who are still in the sad state of what I would call ‘unfreedom'."
In the 1990 Burmese election, Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for
Democracy won a landslide victory, but she then spent nearly 15 of the
next 20 years under house arrest. On 13 November 2010, she was
released. Aung San Suu Kyi received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of
Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
To mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Eliza Manningham-Buller offers a
unique perspective on the event, its impact on the world and the
repercussions from it. She considers the role of security intelligence
and reflects more broadly on the threats to freedom and the means of
countering them.
Eliza Manningham-Buller was Director General of MI5, the British
Security Service, from October 2002 until her retirement in April
2007. She led the organisation through substantial change in the wake
of 9/11 and the growing threat from Al-Qaeda. Under her leadership MI5
doubled in size and altered its approach to the professional
development of staff with the establishment of a training academy.
Baroness Manningham-Buller said: "I am honoured to share this year's
Reith Lecture series with Aung San Suu Kyi whose selfless courage on
behalf of Burma's freedom should remind us not to take our own
freedoms for granted."
Earlier in her career, Eliza Manningham-Buller headed up the service's
investigation into the Lockerbie bombing. She served in Washington
during the first Gulf war before returning to MI5 to establish its
intelligence effort against the Provisional IRA in mainland Britain.
She joined the board and assumed lead responsibility for work on Irish
terrorism, surveillance, technical collection, finance and IT before
becoming Deputy Director General in charge of intelligence operations.
To sign up for the podcast go to: bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/reith
Follow @BBC_Reith on Twitter to find out more about this year's
lectures and share thoughts by using "#Reith".
Aung San Suu Kyi's lectures were recorded in Burma this week and will
be broadcast on Radio 4 at 9am on 28 June and 5 July, chaired by Sue
Lawley. They will be played to audiences at two events and the public
can apply for tickets on the website
http://bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tickets/
Eliza Manningham-Buller's Reith Lectures will be broadcast at 9am on
6, 13 and 20 September, chaired by Sue Lawley.
The Reith Lectures will broadcast on BBC World Service on Tuesday 28
June at 1100-1200 GMT and 5 July 11-12.00 GMT.
John Reith, the BBC's first Director-General, maintained that
broadcasting should be a public service which enriches the
intellectual and cultural life of the nation. It is in this spirit
that the BBC each year invites a leading figure to deliver a series of
lectures on radio. The aim is to advance public understanding and
debate about significant issues of contemporary interest.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/06_june/10/reith.shtml
(via Fred Waterer, Programming Matters, July ODXA Listening In via
DXLD) I suppose still retrievable? (gh)
** CANADA. Calgary, CFVP-CKMX, 6030 kHz, 0.1 kW, Alberta, Canada.
I took these photos during my last trip to Calgary, Alberta, Western
Canada, in the spring of 2010. The CFVP- SW station runs automatically
on 6030 kHz with power just 0,1 kW, but it could be clearly heard 400
km away and even farther than that. It relays the CKMX MW station
(1060 kHz, 50 kW ). The tall antennas in the pictures are theirs, a
small one is for the CFVP. No one was around to ask for permission to
come closer to them. And there were just lots - but no, swarms of
mosquitoes around.
[Calgary, CFVP-CKMX, AB, Canada. 4]
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/55577274@N05/5995692775/>
[Calgary, CFVP-CKMX, AB, Canada. 5]
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/55577274@N05/5996252810/>
[Calgary, CFVP-CKMX, AB, Canada. 8]
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/55577274@N05/5996256282/>
(Lev Lytovchenko, Canada, July 31, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** CANADA [and non]. 17735, August 2 at 2030, RCI`s prime English hour
left on Sackville, discussion of Pakistan, Kashmir, with a Waterloo
professor, hit by OTH radar pulses, then detected 17715-17740,
presumed from CYPRUS. Not enough to overcome RCI, which is also far
enough from TDP QRDRM on 17750-17760. RCI is // 15330 and 15235.
August 3 at 1335 it was interesting to check Sackville frequencies
during SW fadeout: inaudible was 9650 CRI relay, and JBA carrier on
11655 from normally strong NHK relay. Also knocked out 9330 WBCQ, 9370
WTJC (or maybe really off?) while other US signals remained: weakened
9385 WWRB, still strong 9479 WTWW. 7490 WWCR-2, normally a powerhouse,
was also incredibly JBA.
We had been warned that a coronal mass ejexion was on the way to hit
Earth early August 3. At 1200, WWV e-mailed: ``Space weather for the
next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Radio blackouts reaching the
R1 level are likely.`` Its 1500 notice had not shown up an hour later
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Radio-Canada on ch 3 --- Radio-Canada relayer on ch 3 with
French-language ads, promos at 2028-30 CDT, now something in English
with full screen 4x3 (instead of Radio-Canada's letterboxing) at 2032
CDT August 2.
Glad to see E's open up after the end of July, but this is the tail
end of the season and many of these stations won't be seen again by
DX'ers.
Manitoba pest CKNDTV-2 Minnedosa booming in during Global programming
and ads at 2033-2038 CDT. Strong peaks at times almost "local" quality
(if only for a few seconds). VCR's RDS like feature flashes up "CKND"
which is a dead giveaway for the CKND/Global Winnipeg relay station on
ch 2.
And so is CTV (unid) on ch 4 --- Strong reception of CTV on unid 4
with CTV Promo "CTV Two", and a couple of ads including for Dairy
Queen but fading fast before 2043, then rebounding -- -- (Fritze H
Prentice Jr, KC5KBV, Star City, AR, WTFDA via DXLD)
** CANADA [and non]. 2, August 3 at 0126 UT, brief fade-in of a drama
in English from the NNE, likely an Ontarian analog TVDX; no other
significant Es lately.
Following sporadic E opening from Denver to the NW on 11m, see USA, I
turn on TV and see the MUF is up to channel 4 from further in the same
direxion, August 4, UT:
2031 [not 2037 typo in original report] on 3, `Doctor Phil` --- signal
is so steady and weak that at first I fear it`s cable or VCR
radiation. It`s // KOCO-7 OKC, but not synchro and without the big
KOCO-5 bug in the LR. Fades are gradually down and up, unlike the
rapid fading and heavy CCI earlier in the summer season. Mostly no
audio with inadequate MUF above video carrier, but surges at 2035
during local break to hear a promo for a ceremony to honor ``fallen
heroes in Saskatoon``. At 2038 back to Dr Phil, but KOCO has cut away
for ``Sky 5 Live`` above a wildfire near OKC.
Anyhow this 3 is surely CFQC-TV-1 in Stranraer, full-power relay of
CFQC channel 8 in Saskatoon, as received a number of times in past
years. At 2108 it`s Oprah on 3, and still // but not synchro with
KOCO-7, interviewing supermodels. (If I were one, I would be
embarrassed to be called that; no chance, tho; and by ``embarrassed``
I do not mean pregnant.)
Plugging in a Saskatoon postal code to zap2it, S7M 5V7 found for a
radio station in the WRTH, another of its multitude of uses, gets the
schedules for CFQC et al., confirming Phil and Oprah at 2 and 3 pm
CST.
2039 on 2, cooking show. Maybe segment in same show as next on 4?
2045 on 4, talk show about sex when audio briefly infades, think I see
a CBC pizza on the set wall. Sex one of the topics listed for today`s
`Steven and Chris` show on CBC at 2-3 pm CST. However, ``about`` was
pronounced à l`américaine, not canadienne, so is this an import? Never
heard of it in the US.
Probably CBKT-1, 100 kW in Moose Jaw (né CHAB-TV), but there is also a
17 kW CBC relay in Greenwater Lake, CBKST-11. At 2100 now a cooking
show and I can see a CBC bug in LR. Steady signal, but mostly not
reaching audio. Fits nicely with scheduled `Best Recipes Ever` on CBK
stations; too bad this was gone by 2138 when ``22 minutes`` airs, the
news parody show. 2107 saw some rabbit ears, probably a DTV-conversion
warning PSA.
2209 on 2, Rogers Cup promo from CBC. If we are still in Saskatchewan,
there are two medium-power CBC relays; perhaps more likely CKSA-TV on
the border with Alberta at Lloydminster, which despite being private
is a CBC affiliate, and overpowered at 116 kW. No, CKSA is offset zero
while I was seeing offset plus or minus, and both the SK stations are
+. So per W9WI.com it is either:
Cypress Hills SK CBCP-TV-2 6.750 274.60 +dH 49-39-25.00N 109-30-48.00W
R-OP CBKT (9 CBC) via CBCP-1 (7)
or
Spiritwood SK CBKST-13 21.100 163.60 +dH 53-12- 5.00N 107-30-53.00W
R-OP CBKST (11 CBC) via CBKST-9 (5)
2227 on 5, MUF briefly shoots up to video here sufficient to spot CBC
bug in LR. As usual, too many options, four in SK and two in AB.
2257 on 2, mostly gone with occasional signs of signals. During most
of this period same antenna was also feeding DTV converter on channel
2, but as usual, no sign of anything from the USA (Glenn Hauser, Enid
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Re 11-30: I e-mailed this report to MBC, heard July 27 on
CJLR3, 88.1 Prince Albert:
MBC heard directly in Oklahoma
``Harry and Abel, On July 27 at 1:12-1:25 pm CST I heard your show on
Prince Albert 88.1, 1220 miles away in Enid, Oklahoma, via sporadic-E
ionospheric propagation.
I thought you might like to know you were getting out this far without
benefit of the internet, altho I brought up your stream later to match
to the content. Of course I don`t speak Cree, but I found what you
were talking about interesting, with English words here and there.
Recording of parts of my reception for 7 minutes is at:
http://www.w4uvh.net/CJLR3.rm
You can tell by the fading and imperfect reception that it came off
the radio, not the internet.
This was on a portable DX-398 AM/FM/SW receiver, using only the built-
in whip antenna. Not bad for 250 watts, right?
I also pick up lots of Canadian TV stations. Channels 2-6 from Sask,
Alta and Manitoba were coming in before this, leading me to check the
low end of the FM band.
I have also posted a full report of this event in my DX Listening
Digest, under CANADA at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1130.txt
If you are familiar with QSLing, verification, I would appreciate a
reply confirming that I heard MBC via CJLR-FM-3, either by e-mail or
postal, to P O Box 1684, Enid OK, 73702 USA.
Thanks, Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO``
And got these replies from the two Cree hosts:
Wow, this is harry of mbc, that is cool. Not familiar QSLing, but I
will notify. Thank u Glen[n]. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless
handheld (Harry Opikokew, July 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Thanks Glen[n], we get a few people that come from Oklahoma to fish in
northern Saskatchewan, I have had the chance to guide some of them.
It's my understanding that we are currently doing some testing with
our Prince Albert transmitter. I believe the watts have been increased
so our signal can go out further. (The technical is not my area of
expertise). In my younger days when I used to live out on the trapline
around the 70's, we would put up an Ariel for our transistor radio,
and we could reach stations from the states on the AM band, including
Baton Rouge Louisiana, good country stations some of them (Abel
Charles, July 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Nice to get a third reply from MBC Radio = CJLR-FM-3 in Prince Albert,
Sask., altho my miles-per-watt calculation is now very incorrect:
(Glenn Hauser, August 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Your reception of MBC Radio 88.1FM in Oklahoma --- Hi Glenn: Very cool
that you picked up our rebroadcast of MBC in Oklahoma. We actually
just increased the power of that site to 49000 watts on a new tower.
Still – very impressive that you picked us up 1220 miles away. I know
in the past we’ve gotten letters from folks in Norway and Sweden that
also take part in DXing.
I am a sales guy at the radio station, and have been involved in radio
most of my life. I’ve always been intrigued at how FM signals can skip
like that. On a couple of occasions driving from Prince Albert to
Regina (4 hours south of here) I have picked up stations from the US
on my cars’ FM receiver. Once I picked up 4 or 5 stations from the
Upper Peninsula in Michigan. Another time I picked up 3 stations from
the Tulsa area. I found it interesting that it was several different
stations from the same geographic area that would skip, so obviously
something atmospheric was allowing that to happen.
Nice touch on being able to post what you heard / recorded online.
Much easier to do that than to start mailing cassettes around. Have a
great day!! (James Young, MBC Sales and Marketing, August 3, via DXLD)
Hi James, Many thanks for a third reply from MBC. Glad to have the
updated info on power. I wonder if any other low-power relays of MBC
around the province are being upgraded like that? How about CJLR
itself in La Ronge? (Glenn to James, via DXLD)
Hi Glenn: Regina 90.3FM, North Battleford 95.5FM and now Prince Albert
88.1FM are the three full power re-broadcasts that we have.
La Ronge (like a lot of our northern retransmitters) are low power
because of their remoteness. By that I mean, once you get more than 10
miles out of the community there is little or no possible audience. No
agricultural farms / small surrounding communities and the like. Just
trees, fresh water and wildlife. Not that I’m in management to make
that kind of decision, but there would be little benefit as far as
increased ears that could tune in, so likely no increase in power I
would say.
Whereas Regina, North Battleford and Prince Albert had the investment
made as there were many First Nations People (Aboriginal / Indians)
that lived near those cities but could not pick us up because we are a
LPFM. Hence the investment was made and the approval sought from the
CRTC to go full power.
And as I type this – we had another email received from London Ontario
Canada that picked up MBC Radio at 11:57am EDT this morning. Same
88.1FM frequency. The power increase just happened about a month ago,
so maybe we’re exceeding our contours. Anyways, Glennm have a great
Wednesday. Take care (James Young, ibid.)
James, Yes, Bob Ross in Ontario is well-known here as another FM `DX`
enthusiast. Don`t worry about `exceeding your contours` with the power
increase. Tho it certainly helps when such openings occur, they are
just a normal thing in the summers, sporadic E skip. It happens from
the lower frequencies first, so 88.1 is ideal to skip out more than
transmitters on higher frequencies. It would have been possible to get
even with 250 watts under excellent very temporary conditions.
Sporadic E will be dying out as August goes on, and probably not much
after that until next May. Tnx for the info on other power increases.
(Glenn to James, ibid.)
Glenn: Didn’t realize that lower FM frequencies are more likely to
skip than higher ones. (That’s the one new thing I learned today).
Every once in a while we will get complaints that our signal at 88.1FM
will bleed over to the audio on CKBI (CBC) TV in Prince Albert’s off
air signal on Channel 5. Which makes sense when you mentioned that
those two bands are closer together.
About a year ago we did get a report from someone in Michigan picking
up MBC Radio’s Creighton/Denare Beach re-transmitter at 91.9FM and
that one is 250 watts so for sure it is possible. All the best to you…
(James Young, MBC Sales and Marketing, August 3, WORLD OF RADIO 1576,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE [and non]. 16750, August 2 at 1409, strong FM-distorted spur
in Spanish spreading 20 kHz; certainly was not there previous hour as
I scanned several times for Firedrakes. Now soon found // 17680 CVC La
Voz at 1410, and matching but weaker spur circa 18600. Recheck lower
one at 1415, worst around 16760, so the offset is plus and minus
approx. 920 kHz. Fundamental 17680 was also audibly splattering
between 17630 and 17710 but 16750-16760 much worse. I also looked for
other appearances between the major spurs but did not find any for
sure.
16755, August 2 at 1957, dirty spur from CVC La Voz 17680, still
audible, roughly covering 16730-16760. Also at 2040, the weaker
distorted blob on the other side around 18600 // 17680. See previous
report earlier August 2.
Aug 3 I was waiting for 17680 to sign on at 1200, and so it did
without fanfare, but initially quite weak, so no spurs to be heard. By
1306 signals had built up greatly, audiblizing awful dirty distorted
music spur circa 16755, and today at 1309 the match around 18605 was
stronger.
However, a SW fadeout hit a few minutes later, and by 1330, only
traces of the spurs remained on 16755 and slightly more on 18605. Now
most of the 16m signals had faded down or out, with CVC 17680
noticeably weaker but holding up best along with Rwanda 17800. By
1340, 17680 had become JBA! While 17800 remained good (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Spurs not heard Aug 4
** CHINA. 5770-5840, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, August 4 at
1131, fortunately missing GUAM, q.v., but not MYANMAR.
6780 and 6870, peaks of rather wideband OTH radar pulses, Aug 4 at
1142 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 21580, July 29 at 0545, pays to check 13m even in
the nightmiddle: Chinese here peaking at S9+8 along with SAH from a
second signal. Altho R. Free Asia from Pacific islands sometimes makes
it, this time the CNR1 jamming is dominant. Victim is via TINIAN at
03-06. Same thing // on 17855 where RFA via SAIPAN at 03-07 normally
is atop, and here RFA has more of a signal under CNR1. The CNR1 hype-
style is pretty easy to recognize now.
21580, August 4 at 0536 CCI between two stations in Chinese, producing
SAH, poor signals but at least propagating into the nightmiddle, i.e.
R. Free Asia via TINIAN, and CNR1 jamming from who knows where dentro-
China (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. 15070, Sound of Hope. Seems to be escaping jamming,
Chinese talks 2354, 18/7 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra
Point, Near Moruya NSW, August Australian DX News via DXLD)
Wonder what site is for this one? Aoki says Taiwan at 20-17, no
powers, but hi or lo? Never hear it in our mornings (gh, DXLD)
** CHINA. Today July 25 heard Firedrake jamming again on RFA Mandarin
channels, for example 7355 RFA Tainan-TWN 18-22 UT at 1850 UT,
S=9+30dB. And also against RFA from Saipan-MRA 9455 kHz 15-22 UT also
S=9+20dB, 1904 UT July 25 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1
August via DXLD)
July 29 Firedrake broadcasts 1150-1300
10300, JBA 1155, 1223, 1241
11500, Weak 1158, Fair 1224, 1242
12900, Fair 1159, Good 1228, 1242
13920, Strong 1228, 1243
14950, Good 1229, 1243
15545, Weak-JBA 1244
15670, Weak 1159
16100, Fair 1159. S/on heard 1213 Fair. 1245 Fair.
16980, JBA 1246
Good DX, (Steve Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake July 29, after 1200:
10300, good at 1217
11500, not on at 1219, but fair at 1249
12900, good at 1221
13920, good at 1221
14950, good at 1221
15670 and 15795, at 1225 CNR1 jamming, but can`t make out any FD mix
16100, poor at 1229
16980, poor at 1229
After 1300:
11500, good at 1333, none in the 10`s
12025, very poor at 1332 mixing with CNR1(?)
12900, good at 1333
14700, good at 1330 with flutter, slightly better than 14950
14950, good at 1330
15445, no show today 1304-1325 vs Turkey 15450; good!
16100, fair at 1330
16980, fair at 1330, slightly better than 16100
Firedrake July 30; poor propagation at first, but came up with some
`new` frequencies, prompted by choices of jamming victims, as SARFT is
totally reaxionary:
Before 1200:
16100, JBA at 1150. NO others found 10-19 MHz, altho CNR1 and CRI had
some signals on 13590, 13720, 15250, 15480, 15670. Only poor signals
from anywhere at this hour above 15 MHz
Before 1230:
11500, fluttery carrier at 1221, but no music. NO others found up to
18 MHz by 1225
Before 1330:
15280, fair with flutter at 1327 [see 15290 below]
15425, poor at 1327. Yes, not 15430 as previously; had to make sure on
YB-400 rather than parallax on the FRG-7; no others below 16 MHz. July
30 Aoki has V. of Tibet on 15427 at 1300-1306 via Tajikistan; 15430 at
1330-1400 via UAE. Close enough. Probably was same target when on
15445
Before 1400:
16100, very good with flutter at 1335
15525, very poor at 1345
15290, poor at 1347; was 15280 20 minutes earlier, above. July 30 Aoki
almost accounts for these in reverse with V. of Tibet via Tajikistan
at 1330-1401 on 15292, 1401-1430 on 15283; no such hets audible here
12900, very good with flutter at 1337; same site as 16100?
12025, poor at 1337 mixing with Chinese, CNR1 jammer
11500, good at 1338; no others 10-19 MHz
Before 1430:
17560, poor at 1421. Unusual spot: Nothing in July 30 Aoki to account
for this but HFCC has: V. of Tibet, 250 kW, 45 degrees via Madagascar
at 1400-1430
15790, poor at 1421 // 17560. Nothing in HFCC to explain it but Aoki
July 30 has Sound of Hope via Tajikistan on 15795 at 1400-1430
14950, good at 1427; no others 10-19 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Got a late start looking for Firedrake this morning [July
30]. At 1358-1400 too little time to check all frequencies. I heard
11500 fair at 1358, 15285 weak and also 16100 strong at 1358.
At 1406 while tuning around I found 15285 in use. Kind of early to be
back if they did their normal shutdown. So I am not sure if it signed
off at 1400 or was operating without a break at the top of the hour.
Found 17560 at 1411 good. Also 15970 fair at. 1415, but no other
frequencies found in two full checks of about 200 known frequencies.
At 1456 only found 14700 weak and 14950 strong.
I have been trying to figure out how many different transmitter sites
are being used for Firedrake. I have looked at differences of signal
strength for Firedrake broadcasts heard on close frequencies.
Disallowing for different antenna beams when the apparent jamming
target is the same, I believe at least two sites if not more are being
used. That might also account for why some frequencies have been out
of sync with the main group.
An interesting development is that since the publication on my first
article mentioning the out of sync broadcasts, their occurrence has
significantly declined. Perhaps coincidence, perhaps Firedrake`s staff
read the article and were not aware of the situation. Who knows.
Trends - Beside Sound of Hope, Radio Free Asia, Voice of Tibet and
VOA, BBC's Mandarin service is also being targeted by Firedrake. On a
slightly different note (no pun intended), All India Radio's Mandarin
program has joined the list of those stations apparently are being
targeted for jamming by the use of CNR-1's Mandarin broadcast. Good
DX, (Steve Handler, IL, July 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
AIR Chinese service has been jammed for a long time. See my previous
reports (gh, DXLD)
Firedrake July 31; poor propagation and not as many audible as usual;
before 1230:
11500, fair at 1221
12900, fair at 1223; none in the 13s
14700, fair at 1225, none higher
Before 1330:
10300, very good at 1317
11500, missing at 1317
12900, good at 1318
13850, very poor at 1321 // 12900; WWCR not making it on 13845; none
higher.
Firedrake August 1, before 1300:
8400, JBA at 1252. Had not been able to detect this at all for weeks
10300, very good at 1254
12900, good at 1256
14700, very good at 1257; no others up to 19 MHz before 1300
After 1300:
14700, poor at 1314
15425, fair at 1315
After 1330:
13920, fair at 1339
12900, very good at 1339
12025, JBA at 1339;
11500 and 10300 absent at 1341
After 1400, some signals back earlier than usual:
15900, tune in 1409 to very good open carrier, one note of music, OC
again, and restart to stay at 1410
14700, fair at 1412
10300, fair at 1410; still no 11500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Here are my Firedrake loggings from July 30-August 1st
10300, Firedrake musical jammer 1151, 1224 and 1235. Fair. 8/1/11
11500, Firedrake musical jammer 1136 presumed target Sound of Hope.
Good. Tried early at 1130 but only carrier heard. 7/31/11. Carrier
sign on at 1211 followed by audio s/on about thirty seconds later at
1212. Strong. Also heard 1233 Strong. 7/31/11. Heard also 1358 on
7/30/11
12500, Firedrake musical jammer 1154 Good. Slight one second audio gap
during jamming with carrier but no audio. 8/1/11
12900, Firedrake musical jammer 1139 presumed target Sound of Hope.
Good. Also heard carrier at 1214 followed by Firedrake audio s/on
shortly thereafter. Strong. This frequency signed on about four
minutes after 11500 had signed on. Also heard 1239 and 1354-1400 audio
s/off carrier sign off at 1401. Good. At 1354 it was the only
Firedrake frequency heard in use. 7/31/11. Heard also 1227 Strong and
1253, 1318 and 1336 Good. 8/1/11
13130, Firedrake musical jammer 1140 presumed target Sound of Hope.
Good. 7/31/11
13920, Firedrake musical jammer 1141 presumed target Sound of Hope.
Weak. 7/31/1. Also heard 1150 and 1228 Strong, 1257 Good, 1322 Fair,
and 1337 Weak. 8/1/11
14700, Firedrake musical jammer 1456 presumed target Sound of Hope.
Weak. 7/30/11 Also heard 1142 Weak, 1216 Fair, 1240 Strong. 7/31/11.
Heard also at 1156 and 1229 Strong, 1258 Good, 1323 and 1338 Fair.
8/1/11
14950, Firedrake musical jammer 1456 presumed target Sound of Hope.
Strong. 7/30/11
15285, Firedrake musical jammer 1358. Weak. When I checked back at
1406 still heard but stronger (Fair). Very unusual for Firedrake to be
heard this early after top of the hour. No other Firedrake frequencies
found in use at this time. Usual shutdown from top of the hour until
after +12 after the hour. Not sure if this was an earlier sign on than
normal or whether they never signed off at the top of the hour.
7/31/11
15425, Firedrake musical jammer 1316-1320. Presumed target is Voice of
Tibet. This may be the first time I have heard this frequency. Gone at
1330 when I re-checked. Fair-Good.
15525, Firedrake musical jammer 1339. Presumed target is Voice of
Tibet. Good signal. 8/1/11
15545, Firedrake musical jammer 1229 Weak. When re-checked at 1230
gone. Back 1259 JBA. 8/1/11
15670, Firedrake musical jammer 1158-1204 presumed target RFA’s
Tibetan frequency. Fair. At 1200 the transmitter broadcasting the
Firedrake musical jammer switched audio to broadcasting CNR-1’s
Mandarin program. When re-checked at 1231 CNR-1’s echo jamming was in
use against RFA. CNR-1 // to CNR-1 on 11990 used to jam the VOA.
8/1/11
15800, Firedrake musical jammer 1158 presumed target Sound of Hope.
Fair. At 1200 s/off. At 1202 carrier back on with no audio. At 1203
carrier ceased. 8/1.11
15900, Firedrake musical jammer 1159 presumed target Sound of Hope.
Strong. 8/1/11
15970, Firedrake musical jammer 1415 presumed target Sound of Hope.
Fair. 7/31/11
16100, Firedrake 1358 with musical jamming presumably targeting Sound
of Hope. Strong 7/31/11. 1159 Weak 8/1/11
16980, Firedrake musical jammer 1328 presumed target Sound of Hope.
Weak. 1341 JBA. 8/1/11
17560, Firedrake musical jammer 1411 presumably targeting Sound of
Hope. Good. 7/31/11 (S. Handler-IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, this last
one is vs V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR (gh)
Firedrake, August 2; before 1300:
8400, JBA at 1240
10300, good at 1255
12270, good at 1257
14700, fair at 1257
15545, poor at 1258
16480, very good at 1259-1300*, Unusual new frequency; kept a receiver
on it past 1318 but did not resume. Not in today`s Aoki. 16480 was
last reported in July 2007 when Aoki was listing it as low-power SOH
Taiwan and S. Hasegawa was hearing it: see DXLD 7-093, 7-088, 7-086
Before 1330:
15425, good at 1320; off at 1358 check, probably by 1330
15280, fair at 1320
Before 1400:
15515, good at 1351, 1358 with het from 15517 or 15518
15295, fair at 1352; was 15280 during previous and following semihour
12025, poor at 1353 mixing with CNR1 Chinese; none lower to 10 MHz
Before 1430:
17560, fair at 1422, atop but mixing with V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR
15790, good at 1423-1430+
15280, poor at 1425; was 15295 during previous semihour
12900, fair at 1427; not there in earlier semihours
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, August 3, 2011 Firedrake Loggings
10300, 1026 Weak, 1127 JBA, 1155 Weak
12900, 1028 Weak, 1128 and 1154 Good
13130, 1128 and 1154 Good
13920, 1028 Fair, 1129 and 1153 Good
15670, 1130 and 1153 Fair
15900, 1130 Fair-Good and 1152 Good -strong
16100, 1130 and 1152 Fair
16980, 1131 Weak 1152 JBA
Good DX (Steve Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake, August 3; before 0500 in local noon hour:
none found 0445-0453 from 19 to 12 MHz
Before 1200:
10300, very good at 1148
12900, very good at 1152
13130, good at 1152
13920, fair at 1153
15900, good at 1158
16100, poor at 1158
Before & after 1230:
10300, very good at 1229
12900, very good at 1232
13920, very good at 1232, no 13130 now, nor any 14`s
15545, fair at 1238
15900, very good at 1234
Before & after 1330:
15900, very good at 1320; only fair at 1340 after SW fadeout
15425, poor-fair at 1317, het on 15427
15285, fair at 1329
14950, good at 1332
13130, fair at 1332
12025, very poor at 1332; could not detect CNR1 too or anything else
10300, very poor at 1336; none in the 11`s
Firedrake August 4, before 1200:
13920, poor at 1150; none higher
13130, poor at 1150
12600, fair at 1151
12270, fair at 1151
10300, good at 1153
Before 1230:
14720, very good at 1230, not 14700; none up to 18 MHz
12900, very good at 1224; none in the 13`s
12500, very good at 1224
12270, very good at 1224
Before 1300:
15545, fair at 1252 // 14720 good
16160, poor at 1254, rather than usual 16100 (note: I make complete
bandscans, so I will not miss any new frequencies like this, rather
than just check previously logged channels)
18180, very poor at 1256; none in the 17`s
After 1330:
10300, poor at 1345
14720, good at 1341
14950, good at 1341
15970, fair with flutter at 1335; 15670 no FD but CNR1 jam flutter
16100, good with flutter at 1337, ex-16160 above before 1300
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Very poor band conditions this morning [Aug 4]. Not sure if this is a
local issue or not. Checked at 1015 and no Firedrake broadcasts on any
frequencies. Only four frequencies could be heard later when I checked
at 1250-1300 and 1325-1330.
12270 1253 Weak, nothing lower'
12900 1254 Weak
14720 1255 and 1325 Fair. Nothing higher at 1255
14950 1326 Weak-Fair, nothing higher
(S. Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11900, August 2 at 1428, song in Chinese, but not // CNR1
jammers on 11990, 12040; then announcements in non-Chinese. I thought
I heard `warta berita` mentioned, so tentatively Indonesian but HFCC
and Aoki agree it`s CRI in Sinhala at 14-15, 500 kW, 258 degrees from
Jinhua-Youb site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. FROM BEIJING TO VILLUPURAM, A RADIO STATION SPREADS ITS
REACH --- CRI's Tamil programmes, which enjoy a cult following, are
set to grow bigger
S. Pandiyarajan was fiddling around with his shortwave radio set one
hot summer evening at Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, when he stumbled upon a
strange station. At first listen, it was a language he couldn't
identify. It sounded like Tamil, but spoken in an accent he could not
recognise. He listened on, straining his ears. To his surprise, he
discovered that the voices were coming from faraway China.
“I could hear two Chinese people speaking in perfect Tamil!” he said.
“And this was Sentamizh [classical Tamil], which you never hear
anywhere, anymore, even in Tamil Nadu.” That evening, Mr. Pandiyarajan
became the latest member of China Radio International's fast-growing
overseas fan base. . .
SOURCE http://bit.ly/pZZ3J7
(via Yimber Gaviría, Colombia, DXLD)
** CHINA. IN BARING TRAIN CRASH FACTS, BLOGS ERODE CHINA CENSORSHIP -
Hi folks - I know there has been much discussion over the years
regarding censorship in China. Here's an interesting article about how
some new technologies have been able to bypass government restrictions
on information availability following the train crash in China.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/world/asia/29china.html?_r=1&hp
(Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD)
** CHINA [non]. CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL IN BOSTON: "HINT OF
TRIUMPHALISM," BUT ALSO "RIDICULING GOVERNMENT SPOKESMEN" ABOUT THE
RAIL DISASTER. Posted: 03 Aug 2011
Boston Globe, 2 Aug 2011, Alex Beam: "Not enough people know that
WILD-AM (1090) [Boston] has stopped broadcasting the loony rants of
the Rev. Al Sharpton and is now airing a variety of loony, semi-
normal, and just plain odd shows emanating from China Radio
International in Beijing. The locution is dodgy - John Boehner is
often 'Boner' or 'Bonner' - and the politics are occasionally suspect.
Yes, I was listening when the State Council Information Office
released its Assessment Report on the National Human Rights Action
Plan of China. 'Thirty-five percent of the binding targets and over 50
percent of the targets concerning the people’s livelihood had been met
ahead of time or exceeded,' I learned. Pip, pip!
Yes, they have been savoring America’s embarrassing flirtation with
default, but let’s be truthful - who hasn’t? And yes, the world’s next
superpower can’t be blamed if a hint of triumphalism permeates its
broadcasts. China refits an aircraft carrier, China launches its own
network of GPS satellites, China’s growth rate 'slows' to 9.5 percent.
It ain’t bragging if they done it. Did I detect some schadenfreude in
CRI’s announcement that disgraced US Representative-sexual miscreant
David Wu - the first Chinese-American to serve in the House - was born
in the renegade republic of Taiwan? Chinese agitprop, you say? Sure.
But what is propaganda, really? The United States spends $200 million
a year blasting the Voice of America all over the world. So is the VOA
desperately needed enlightenment for a world floundering for truth, or
US propaganda? Have you ever read a corporate annual report, where the
white guys in suits explain that their bonuses were necessary for the
betterment of mankind? The State Council Information Office has
nothing on them. CRI, intended for foreign audiences, plays it, well,
almost straight in reporting on events in China.
For a while, they were my only source of information about the July 23
bullet train crash that killed at least 39 people. CRI has returned to
the story again and again, ridiculing government spokesmen and
questioning the ultramodern technology of the country’s high-speed
rail system. 'You don’t hear about bullet trains in Europe getting
stopped by lightning and thunder,' announcer Brandon Blackburn-Dwyer
said on 'Beijing Today,' alluding to the reported cause of the deadly
crash (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
-- OK, I "excerpted" more of this than I should have, but it was all
astute commentary. See previous post about same subject (Kim Andrew
Elliott, ibid.)
** CHINA [non]. A-11 of China Radio International from Cërrik, ALBANIA
0000-0157 6020 CER 300 kW / 305 deg NoAm English >>2x150 kW in //
0000-0157 9570 CER 300 kW / 305 deg NoAm English >>2x150 kW in //
0200-0257 6020 CER 300 kW / 305 deg NoAm Chinese >>2x150 kW in //
0200-0257 9570 CER 300 kW / 305 deg NoAm Chinese >>2x150 kW in //
0500-0657 9515 CER 150 kW / 240 deg NWAf Arabic
0500-0657 9590 CER 150 kW / 140 deg N/ME Arabic
0500-0657 11710 CER 150 kW / 140 deg N/ME English
0500-0657 11775 CER 150 kW / 240 deg NWAf Arabic
0700-0857 11785 CER 150 kW / 310 deg WeEu Chinese
0700-0857 13710 CER 150 kW / 310 deg WeEu English
0900-0957 7285 CER 150 kW / non-dir SEEu Romanian
0900-0957 9440 CER 150 kW / non-dir SEEu Romanian
1100-1157 7220 CER 150 kW / non-dir SEEu Bulgarian
1100-1257 13650 CER 150 kW / 310 deg WeEu English
1200-1257 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir SEEu Serbian
1400-1557 11920 CER 150 kW / 240 deg NWAf French
1400-1557 13670 CER 150 kW / 240 deg NWAf French
1500-1557 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir N/ME Turkish
1500-1557 9565 CER 150 kW / non-dir N/ME Turkish
1600-1757 5970 CER 150 kW / 330 deg WeEu German
1600-1757 7380 CER 150 kW / 330 deg WeEu German
1600-1757 9555 CER 150 kW / 140 deg N/ME Arabic
1600-1757 11725 CER 150 kW / 240 deg NWAf Arabic
1800-1957 5970 CER 150 kW / 310 deg WeEu French
1800-1957 6055 CER 150 kW / 240 deg NWAf French
1800-1957 9480 CER 150 kW / 310 deg WeEu French
1800-1957 11695 CER 150 kW / 240 deg NWAf French
2000-2157 5960 CER 150 kW / 310 deg WeEu English
2000-2157 7285 CER 150 kW / 310 deg WeEu English
2000-2157 6185 CER 150 kW / 193 deg EaAf Arabic
2000-2157 7235 CER 150 kW / 140 deg N/ME Arabic
2200-2357 6175 CER 150 kW / 280 deg SoEu Portuguese/Spanish
2200-2357 7210 CER 150 kW / 280 deg SoEu Spanish
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, August 1 via DXLD)
** COLOMBIA. 970, COLOMBIA, SUPER, 3/07 1005/1030, 22222, px Súper
ballenato noticia… en todos los hogares colombianos, ads, el tónico se
vende en Bogotá. telf. 3344170 perfume libre ole?, carretera A oficina
43 Bogotá…. Nota: la señal se perdió, prevaleciendo R. Líder
1340, COLOMBIA, R. Fiesta, la alegría de Bogotá, Bogotá, 0540/0600,
22222, música tropical, ID "Con Alegría, buena compañía…", mx, aviso
``En Centro deportivo lo tenemos claro.. Seguro Bolívar.``
5910, COLOMBIA, Alcaraván Radio, Loma linda, 1/07 2320/0012 UT, 44444,
programa religioso, música cumbia, ID "1530 AM y 5910 kHz en onda
corta, Alcaraván radio"; música bolero (Yo Soy el Rey), ID
"Continuemos con nuestra música folklórica por Alcaraván``. La
recepción lo he efectuado del 1/07 al 29/07 con mi Sony ICF-SW7600G en
compañía del Mizuho KX-3. Muchos 128´s PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui,
Lima, Perú, UT Aug 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5910, July 29 at 0530, typical HJDH music with poor signal. I don`t
always hear this and wonder if it`s irregular or just depends on
favorable propagation. The other HJDH on 6010 was presumably part of
the weak mix with XEOI in the absence of CUBA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CONGO. 6115, R. Congo, Brazzaville. Assumed to be the one, very
weak here 1735 with talks, but modulation not great. Stronger at re-
check 1805, clearly French, 21/7 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at
Mullimburra Point, Near Moruya NSW, August Australian DX News via
DXLD)
** CONGO DR. 5066.3, R Télé Candip, Bunia, 0325, Jul 13, male singer
up-tempo Afropop then into rural marimba music, fair. Also heard at
1620, Jul 11, male speaker in vernacular in interview, fair (Graham
Bell, Cape Town, South Africa, DSWCI DX Window July 27 via DXLD)
Heard again at 1844-1907*, Jul 17 and 20, song, jolly chatting between
speakers in vernacular, callers, music clip then abrupt s/off, 15331
(Bell, and Bernard Mille, Bailleul, France, ibid.)
** COSTA RICA. 11880, Aug 3 at 1209, REE relay missing tho audible
mixing equally with NHK on 11815. 11880 on at next check 1229 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 5954, R. República via Costa Rica. Very good in
Spanish, no jammer tonight at 0719 on 6/7 (John Adams, Beech Forest
Vic, (JRC NRD-535 Ewe and Folded Dipole), Aug Australian DX News via
DXLD)
** CUBA [and non]. 5055.14, 0030-0040 30.07, R Habana Cuba, Bauta,
Spanish ID: R Habana Cuba", talk and music - mixing product: 5040 -
5025 = 15. 5040 + 15 = 5055; 25232 (Anker Petersen on my AOR
AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario
Monferini, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
I notice this when both are strong; nice to see the leapfrog reaches
Europe as I don`t find it reported from elsewhere in NAm (Glenn
Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
6010, July 29 at 0532, no RHC English; at 0534 found on 11760 instead,
failed to make change at 0500. Only fair signal there squeezed between
BBC 11755 and wacky wailing gospel huxter from Brasil on 11765 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
More missing transmissions:
17560, July 29 at 2003, 2019, RHC to Europe absent (allowing unimpeded
splash-free reception of ME music on R. Kuwait 17550 Arabic to C&W
NAm). 17560 back on next day July 30 at 1936 in French.
13740, July 30 at 1428, CRI relay in English is missing. It had been
on 9570 in the 12-13 hour. Now RHC itself on 13680, 13780 as usual
{and of course, all the relays of VENEZUELA checked are still missing;
if anyone hear them again, do report}
13740, July 31 at 1435, CRI relay mixing Chinese and English is back;
was missing 24 hours earlier.
11760, RHC Esperanto reconfirmed Sunday July 31 at 1521 in YL
announcement after music: only the first word did it, ``Saluton``.
See also VENEZUELA [non]
RHC SNAFU log: 17560, July 31 at 1938 in English instead of French!
And much stronger here than on // 11760 despite 17560 for Europe,
11760 for America. Next check at 1952 had corrected to French.
Meanwhile 15290 Venezuela relay during this hour still missing.
For the record, at least three RHC transmitters suffer from squealing:
13680, 13780, and CRI relay on 13740 all doing it at 1402 August 2;
13740 worst since it`s also undermodulated. Copied RHC frequency
announcement for the record:
19m: from 1100, 15120, 15360, 15230 [always failing to specify that
15120 goes off already circa 1400]
22m: from 1300, 13680, 13780
25m: from 1100, 11690, 1760, 11830, 12040; from 1300, 11730
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6050, RHC, 0448, “DXers Unlimited” with Arnie Coro. Serious
transmitter problems, low audio, hum. // 6000 also low audio but no
hum. 6050, RHC, 0547 Aug 3. “DXers Unlimited” with Arnie Coro [UT
Wed]. Transmitter problems as noted an hour earlier. Weak audio, hum,
here. 6010 good audio; 6060 low audio but no hum; 6150 the worst,
weak, buzz (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening from
my car, parked by the lake, using Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Anomaly, SNAFU roundup August 3:
11760, just as I tune in at 0456, sign-off in Spanish is cut off, as
after 50 years, RHC has never learned to coordinate transmissions with
programming. I immediately retune to 5040, and succeed in hearing once
again long-outdated morning frequencies announced to frustrate
listeners awakening already at 1100 UT, i.e. including 12000, 9600,
6180.
12020 at 0458 is also still on past 0500, now plugging internet
listening overnight; off at next check 0509.
9570, at 1224, CRI relay absent; hope Andy O`Brien in Ontario was
rejoicing over temporary lack of QRM to Australia 9580. Some weak
Asian signal became audible on 9570: Aoki says KBS in Indonesian.
15230, missing at 1315, no Chinese audible either, while 15120 and
15360 were nominal; RHC back on 15230 at 1330 check.
15330, Aug 3 at 1236 lite pulse jamming against nothing, as R. Martí
is not using 15330 at all in the A-seasons! Then it stops; did they
read my mind that I was about to deride the DentroCuban Jamming
Command yet again for its incompetence? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. ?? Radio Habana?? 6195, Habana?? 2011/08/03 Wednesday 0405-
0429* Spanish. Aoki, EiBi and HFCC tell me it`s NHK Radio Japan in
Spanish, but programming suggests otherwise. YL talking, sounds like
news; mentions of America, BBC, and (twice) "Radio Trinidad". Several
other mentions of "Trinidad", then "Syria" and "Damascus". At 0414
mention of "La Revolucion". Change of tempo at 0415 and an ID at 0429*
that sounded like "Radio Habana". Not mentioned in any of the A11
DXLD's. Am I imagining it? Fair at first. After 0420 gradually
increasing QRM from BBC WS on 6190 via Meyerton. Jo'burg sunrise 0447
(Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Don`t see how 6195 could be anything but NHK via Bonaire. RHC would
not be closing down any frequency at 0429 sharp, unless by
coincidental failure. Also the `change of tempo` at 0415 smax of NHK
style. Would not be a mixing product on 49m since all RHC frequencies
end in -0. There are no // from NHK at 0400, but see if you hear the
same content on the repeat after 0500 on 6080, also Bonaire. ``Radio
Japón`` could sound rather like Radio Habana, and RHC itself says
``Radio Habana Cuba``, not just Radio Habana (Glenn to Bill, via
DXLD)
Mornin' Glenn. 0515 UT here right now, and from about 0250 to 0400
I've been trying to get the mystery stations again. Nothing at all on
6195 (my questionable Cuba). (Bill Bingham, Aug 4, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 7210-LSB, Aug 4 at 1215, Nelson, N1NR in Pennsylvania
discussing Columbus` voyages and hurricanes, with another SS in
Georgia who must not be a totally native speaker from the way he
pronounces Bermuda. For once, not anti-Castro rants! Tho still related
to Cuba. Weak broadcast carrier was not enough; had to engage own BFO
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 14880-14915, August 3 at 0449, OTH radar pulses, presumed
from here altho spreading 35 rather than usual 25 kHz.
13945-13970, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, August 4 at 0532;
17640-17660 at 1310, bothering mainly 17650, which I should have paid
more attention to, as nothing is scheduled there during this semihour
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CANADA
** CZECHIA [non]. R. Prague relay in Russian: see SPAIN
** DENMARK. Re 11-30: Yes, a lot of WMR QSL cards arrived here in
central Europe recently, and reported by DXer hobbyists in Austrian A-
DX ng too. Former TX location on the farm house at Ilskov was
DEN WMR Karup Ilskov in 2003-2004, 5815 15810 kHz:
56 15 26.78 N 09 04 12.44 E
(Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX 1 August via DXLD)
** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti, *0313-0340, July 31, open carrier
at 0300 but no programming until 0313. Sign on at 0313 with National
Anthem. Rustic local flute music at 0314. Qur`an at 0314:20. Arabic
talk at 0317. Local rustic music after 0335. Fair to good at sign on,
but started to deteriorate to a weak level after 0330. (Brian
Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) See also RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM:
stations gone?
** EAST TURKISTAN. 11885, People's Broadcasting Service Xinjiang,
Urumqi. 2011/07/24 Sunday 1439-1445. Uighur. Lots of talk, sounded
like some of it was recorded inside a prop-driven aeroplane? Fair -
poor. Jo'burg sunset 1538 (Bill Bingham, South Africa, July 30, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EASTER ISLAND. QSL: Confirmação recebida. Caros amigos, Seguem os
dados da última confirmação recebida:
6787 - Oficina Nacional de Emergencia del Ministerio del Interior -
Ilha de Páscoa - PAQ - Recebido carta QSL com dados técnicos da
referida estação bem como a de Valparaíso. 10 dias. V/S: Vladimir
Maturana. Informe enviado para vmaturana @ onemi.gov.cl QTH: Beauchef
1637/1671, Santiago, Chile.
Este é meu 104º país confirmado. Considero a referida estação mais um
trunfo para a confirmação de países que para nós são raros de se
obter. A imagem da confirmação estará disponível em breve em meu blog:
http://ivandias.wordpress.com
73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP, http://twitter.com/ivandiasjr 30
July, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB, Quito, 23/07 1240/1310, 44444, música
religiosa en español, ID, mv "Desde Quito, HCJB, la Voz de los Andes;
son las 8:00 en el territorio continental ecuatoriano". La recepción
lo he efectuado del 1/07 al 29/07 con mi Sony ICF-SW7600G en compañía
del Mizuho KX-3. Muchos 128´s PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Peru,
UT Aug 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also MALAYSIA
** EGYPT. V of Arabs on FM band in Cairo --- Hello DXer, As the
beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, ERTU decided to start
broadcasting on the FM band in Cairo. The frequency used is 106.3 MHz.
I noticed also two frequencies are testing at the moment, 90.9 and
95.0 MHz. All the best (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Aug 1, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, July 3 at 1011, R. Africa,
``Hope to rediscover`` in English, SIO 232 (Richard Thurlow, Suffolk,
HF Logbook, August BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
?? Only report I have seen of this since May, not even at formerly
regular hours of 20-23v UT. Must be extremely irregular, OR:
10-11 happens to be the one hour that CRI is using 15190, and in
English. Could one mistake CRI for American gospel huxters?? R. Africa
never in HFCC, but does show this otherwise current usage of 15190:
1000-1100, 100 kW, 173 degrees, CRI English via Kashgar, E TURKISTAN
1200-1300, 500 kW, 64 degrees, VIRI Chinese via Kamalabad, IRAN
1730-1930, 250 kW, 283 degrees, PBS English [mostly Tagalog], Tinang
2200-0100, 100 kW, 142 degrees, WYFR Portuguese [really -0045]
Except HFCC does not cover Brazilians either: R. Inconfidência, maybe
24 h or at least long hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
BRASIL, 15190, Radio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, MG, 1600-1610!!!
Jul 29, talk in Portuguese, very fair (Leonardo Bolli - Italy, playdx
yg via DXLD)
** ERITREA. 7130, One of the frequencies used to avoid the Ethiopian
DRM Jammers. Noted at 1628 on 25/7 on 7130 // 7185 and ETHIOPIAN
jammer on 7140 which shifted at 1630 on 7140 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia,
Bulgaria (Sony ICF-2001, 16m Marconi antenna), Aug Australian DX News
via DXLD) See also SOMALILAND 7145
** ERITREA. 7184.988, Ginbot Dimts Radio in tentative Amharic noted at
1720 UT July 28, S=9+15dB. Was the only ERI program heard in 7.1 to
7.2 MHz range. A different program from Asmara heard probably on 7205
kHz, but covered by some co-channel broadcast mess (Wolfgang Büschel,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1 August via DXLD)
** ERITREA. 9830.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 0319-0335,
July 30, vernacular talk. Horn of Africa music. Weak but readable.
// 7174.99 - poor to fair with occasional HAM QRM (Brian Alexander,
PA, DX Listening Digest)
7110.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, *0256-0315, July 31,
sign on with IS. Horn of Africa music and vernacular talk at 0259.
Strong carrier but very weak modulation. // 7174.99 - fair to good. //
9830.03 - poor to fair (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** ETHIOPIA. 6030, Radio Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. 2011/07/24 Sunday
1806-1825. Oromo? with distinctive northeast African music. EiBi says
it`s Radio Oromiya, Aoki says its Radio Ethiopia / Radio Amhra. HFCC
is mute, so presumably it’s a clandestine? No ID heard. Poor, by 1825
had faded out completely. Jo'burg sunset 1538 (Bill Bingham, South
Africa, July 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
HFCC is mute about everything from Ethiopia, one of several countries
which simply do not participate, like Cuba. Should be R. Oromiya, not
clandestine, in terms of sponsored by central government for domestic
consumption (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
6030, R Oromiya, Adama, via Geja Jewe, Addis Ababa, heard at 1825, Jul
17, extraordinary horn music mixed with whistling and song, ID at 1830
and into news programme in vernacular, good (Graham Bell, Cape Town,
South Africa, DSWCI DX Window July 27 via DXLD)
6110, R Fana, Addia Ababa, heard at 1838, Jul 17, Horn of Africa style
song, male speaker in vernacular, callers, ID, good (Graham Bell, Cape
Town, South Africa, DSWCI DX Window July 27 via DXLD)
And at 2046-2051, Jul 15, vernacular talk, folk song, 34333. Xizang
PBS started from *2050 (Tomoaki Wagai, Wakayama, Japan, ibid.)
** EUROPE. Laser Hot Hits have adjusted their 43 metre band frequency
down to 6940 (ex 6945). Reception in Kiev on 6940 is better as 6945
suffered interference from CIS RDARA aviation network according to
Alexandr on the LHH guestbook 2 July, http://www.laserhothits.co.uk --
- the station had also adjusted its 75 mb channel down to 4015 (ex-
4026) in mid-June. Website also mentions FM 95.0 (or 95.1?) in NE
Somerset? Any members heard LHH on FM in the West Country? (Alan
Pennington, Alternative Airwaves, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio, 11720 – received QSL card for
special 2010 SDXL Summer Meeting 6-Aug-10, in 330 days. Sent US$2
return postage. I was also awarded the prize for the most distant
report --- 1900 km from the transmitter site at Virrat (Alan
Pennington, Caversham, Berkshire, England, UK, QSL Report, August
BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
And a reminder that another monthly SWR broadcast is nigh, on the
first UT Saturday of August for 24 hours, starting at 2100 UT Friday
August 5 into 6: http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FINLAND. 25000, 1316 8 July, Centre for Meteorological
Accreditation, time signals, SIO 222 (Martin Cowin, Cumbria, August
BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** FRANCE [and non]. 17610, July 30 at 1152, blues song in English,
poor with fades, then reggae until abrupt 1200* without any
announcement; how rude! Scheduled here is RFI, 500 kW due west from
Issoudun in French at 11-12 to CIRAF 7S, 8S, 10E, 11 and 12N, i.e.
Enid and vicinity southward! The 270 degree bearing heads more toward
Mexico/Central America. This may be another frequency for the Météo
Marine weather broadcasts at 1133, more easily heard via GUF on 13640,
and always filled out with RFI musique.
15515, July 30 at 1202, RFI via GUIANA FRENCH, good with clip of Pres.
Obama, voice-over translation to Spanish with heavy gringo accent.
Wonder who did that, the White House? Surely RFI could do better, as
then followed by more news announced in proper Spanish: YL refers to
US debt as ``14 billones de dólares`` --- oh oh, are they using the
confusing alternate million/billion notation instead of trillion?
Everybody, abandon that for unequivocal metric ``terabux``.
15300, July 30 at 1650, RFI weak in French. Mike Cooper and I are
wondering what the current hours on this frequency are: is it really
all the way from 04 to 20 TU as HFCC-registered, and also in Aoki,
EiBi? Plus with overlapping transmissions, apparently more than one
transmitter/antenna at times.
17850, July 30 at 1701, about equal collision between RFI in French
direct and REE in Spanish via COSTA RICA; meanwhile, 17855, 17860,
17865, 17870, 17875, 17880, 17885, 17890 are all vacant plus many more
on the lower side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11995, Radio France Int’l, 0444 Aug 3. English, man with news from
France. Good, //9805 fair. (Sellers-BC)
11615, RFI, 0610 Aug 3. English, woman with news. Fair, // 17800 poor
(Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening from my car,
parked by the lake, using Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. bit eXpress - 15896 kHz DRM - Tennenlohe (D) - QSL
Recibida QSL de esta pequeña emisora experimental del modo DRM. En
algo más de dos horas de escucha, sólo pude recibír unos 20 segundos
de audio repartidos a lo largo de todo el tiempo. El fragmento más
largo duró seis o siete segundos... eso sí ¡en estéreo! ¡Todo un
avance para la comunicación mundial! "DRM: Desastre de Radio Mundial"
o "DRM: La Radio Intermitente" podrían ser dos eslóganes para la
promoción de este engendro que nos quieren meter como sea y por donde
sea.
Envié mi informe de recepción correo de contacto info @bitexpress.de
En un día me contestó Thomas Bauernschmitt anunciándome que la tarjeta
QSL venía de camino, llegó en 6 días (Publicado por M. Molano, Spain,
lunes 18 de julio de 2011, http://moladx.blogspot.com/ via Dario
Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY [and non]. Re 11-30: "There was an unID on 3990 in DRM,
heard by the same guys, in DXLD 11-29; unrelated? (gh, DXLD)"
--- If I recall correctly, the Krasnodar branch of RTRS (the
organization operating the broadcasting transmitters in Russia) used
to do some tests from its Tbilisskaya site in this frequency range,
keeping a low profile to such an extent that circles around the DRM
consortium declared the origin of these DRM signals confidential.
So far I have not seen any relations between DRM and the German
movement of Bundesnetzagentur and enthusiasts to keep shortwave
broadcasting in a symbolical way alive (and the question appears to be
not *if* but only *by whom* the next low power transmitter will be
fired up on 6075 after DW will be gone in three months).
By the way, Wolfy recently found an interesting fact in Deutscher
Bundestag material: It mentioned as "special problem" for Deutsche
Welle how they have kept the former GDR site Nauen and made a
transmission contract until 2016 under which the four new transmission
units have been installed.
Cancelling already in 2007 had to be negotiated with Media Broadcast,
which allowed DW to leave for a compensation payment of 14.5 million
Euros. So the situation was a bit different than reported by a UK
newspaper at the time (that the contract simply expired), and I have
my doubts that the whole move out of Nauen was economical.
Of course it can also be asked if it was reasonable at all to build
the new Nauen facilities. This was to a considerable degree a
political symbol, just to keep one of the East German shortwave sites.
On the other hand I do not even want to have a closer look at all the
other investments into shortwave transmission facilities during the
last 15 years.
Re: "17755, July 25 at 1328, rock music on defective transmitter,
pumping as carrier level also seems to shift, in very deep fades not
correlating with modulation peaks. [...] Lampertheim" (gh)
--- Probably caused by a newly installed system for dynamic carrier
control a.k.a. DAM? The latest BBG budget request mentioned such a
project (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 15410, UNITED KINGDOM, Deutsche Welle at 1600 with
Wilhelmina Lafitte reading the news, then “Soundscape 100” from 1605,
Good Jul 16 – while the pdf of Deutsche Welle's program schedule shows
no change, Soundscape 100 has replaced Inbox as Margot Forbes has
retired. Inbox will be missed! Happy Retirement, Margot! (Mark Coady,
Chemung Lake, ON, Alinco DX-R8T Eton E-1 and loaded inverted vee
dipole, Your Report, August ODXA Listening In via WORLD OF RADIO 1576,
DXLD)
** GERMANY [and non]. Summer A-11 of Media Broadcast. [234 entries!]
Radio Netherlands World Service
0500-0600 9895 WER 500 kW / 120 deg Daily SEEu Dutch
0600-0700 9895 NAU 500 kW / 220 deg Daily SWEu Dutch
0600-0800 5955 NAU 500 kW / 210 deg Daily WCEu Dutch
0700-0800 9740 WER 250 kW / 300 deg Daily U.K. Dutch till Sep 4
0800-1000 5955 WER 500 kW / 210 deg Mon-Fri WCEu Dutch
0800-1000 5955 NAU 500 kW / 210 deg Sat/Sun WCEu Dutch
0800-1000 6120 WER 500 kW / 255 deg Mon-Fri SoEu Dutch
0800-1000 9895 NAU 500 kW / 220 deg Sat/Sun SWEu Dutch
1000-1500 5955 NAU 500 kW / 210 deg Mon-Sat WCEu Dutch
1500-1600 9895 NAU 500 kW / 220 deg Daily SWEu Dutch
1500-1600 13700 WER 500 kW / 120 deg Daily SEEu Dutch
1500-1700 5955 NAU 500 kW / 210 deg Daily WCEu Dutch
1500-1700 13700 WER 500 kW / 240 deg Daily SWEu Dutch till Sep 4
1700-1730 15710 WER 500 kW / 180 deg Daily CeAf Dutch
1700-1730 15720 NAU 500 kW / 155 deg Daily EaAf Dutch
1800-2000 15495 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Daily EaAf English
2000-2200 6125 NAU 500 kW / 225 deg Daily SWEu Dutch till Sep 4
2100-2130 9895 NAU 250 kW / 320 deg Daily NoEu Dutch
Trans World Radio (TWR):
0645-0820 6105 NAU 100 kW / 285 deg Sun NoEu English
0715-0750 6105 NAU 100 kW / 285 deg Sat NoEu English
0700-0750 6105 NAU 100 kW / 285 deg Mon-Fri NoEu English
1400-1430 7215 WER 100 kW / 060 deg Mon EaEu Belarussian
1400-1430 7215 WER 100 kW / 060 deg Tue-Fri EaEu Russian
1400-1500 7215 WER 100 kW / 060 deg Sat/Sun EaEu Russian
1530-1600 9440 WER 100 kW / 105 deg Sat EaEu Romanian
1530-1600 9440 WER 100 kW / 090 deg Mon-Fri CeAs Armenian
Hamburger Lokalradio
0900-1000 6045 WER 100 kW / non-dir 1st Sun CeEu German
MV Baltic Radio:
0900-1000 6140 WER 100 kW / non-dir 1st Sun CeEu Music
European Music Radio:
0900-1000 6140 WER 100 kW / non-dir 3rd Sun CeEu Music
Evangelische Missions Gemeiden:
1030-1100 6055 WER 125 kW / non-dir Sat/Sun CeEu German
1100-1130 13710 NAU 250 kW / 030 deg Sat FE Russian
1500-1530 11695 WER 250 kW / 060 deg Sat EaEu Russian
Missionswerke Arche Stimme des Trostes
1100-1115 5945 WER 250 kW / non-dir Sun CeEu German
RTR Radio Europe, cancelled from June 26
1300-1400 5945 WER 100 kW / non-dir Sun CeEu German
Radio Gloria International:
1300-1400 6140 NAU 100 kW / 126 deg 4th Sun CeEu Music
Voice of Oromiyan Liberation Front:
1600-1630 11995 WER 500 kW / 135 deg Sun EaAf Oromo ex Sun/Thu
Radiyo Y'Abadanga Ababaka
1700-1715 15410 ISS 250 kW / 140 deg Sat EaAf Swahili
Ethiopian Liberation Front-Voice of Democratic Eritrea
1700-1730 13820 NAU 100 kW / 145 deg Thu EaAf Tigrinya
1730-1800 13820 NAU 100 kW / 145 deg Thu EaAf Arabic
Voice of Oromo Liberation (Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo):
1700-1800 13830 ISS 100 kW / 126 deg Wed EaAf Oromo/Amharic
1730-1800 13830 ISS 100 kW / 126 deg Sun EaAf Oromo
Christliche Wissenschaft/Christian Science
1800-1900 9585 NAU 100 kW / 090 deg Sat EaEu Russian
Pan American Broadcasting (PAB)
1930-2015 9515 NAU 250 kW / 150 deg Sun NoAf English
1930-2030 9515 NAU 250 kW / 150 deg Sat NoAf English
1400-1415 15205 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg Sun SoAs English, ex WER
1415-1430 15205 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg Daily SoAs English, ex WER
1430-1445 15205 ISS 250 kW / 083 deg Sun SoAs English
Voice of Russia
0000-0200 9810 GUF 250 kW / 195 deg SoAm Spanish
0200-0500 9735 GUF 250 kW / 320 deg NoAm Spanish
2200-2400 11605 GUF 250 kW / 180 deg BRA Portuguese
Radio Free Asia (RFA):
0100-0300 9885 WER 250 kW / 075 deg SoAs Tibetan
Radio Farda
0030-0230 5940 WER 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian
0230-0400 7280 WER 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian
1530-1600 15110 WER 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian
1630-1800 9760 WER 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian
Radio Dardasha 7
0300-0330 7310 WER 125 kW / 120 deg N/ME Arabic
0500-0530 11810 NAU 125 kW / 185 deg WeAf Arabic
1700-1730 13600 NAU 125 kW / 130 deg N/ME Arabic
1900-1930 13740 WER 125 kW / 180 deg WeAf Arabic
Hamada Radio International:
0530-0600 9610 WER 100 kW / 180 deg WeAf Hausa
1930-2000 11945 WER 100 kW / 180 deg WeAf Hausa
Adventist World Radio (AWR):
0400-0430 6065 WER 100 kW / 120 deg EaEu Bulgarian
1600-1630 9830 WER 100 kW / 120 deg EaEu Bulgarian
0900-1000 9790 NAU 100 kW / 180 deg SoEu Italian Sun
0700-0800 11980 WER 100 kW / 210 deg NoAf Arabic
0800-0830 11980 WER 100 kW / 210 deg NoAf Kabyle
0800-0900 12010 WER 100 kW / 210 deg NoAf French/Tachelhit
1900-2000 9765 WER 100 kW / 210 deg NoAf Arabic/Tachelhit
2000-2030 9765 WER 100 kW / 210 deg NoAf French
1730-1800 11670 WER 100 kW / 210 deg NoAf Kabyle
1900-2000 15260 NAU 100 kW / 215 deg NoAf Arabic
1900-1930 15205 NAU 100 kW / 200 deg CeAf Fulfulde
1930-2000 15205 WER 250 kW / 180 deg CeAf Ibo
2000-2030 9830 WER 100 kW / 180 deg CeAf French
2030-2100 11755 WER 250 kW / 180 deg CeAf Youruba
0300-0330 6065 WER 250 kW / 135 deg EaAf Tigrigna
0330-0400 9815 WER 250 kW / 135 deg EaAf Amharic
0300-0330 9505 WER 250 kW / 135 deg EaAf Oromo
1730-1800 15155 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg EaAf Oromo
1630-1700 17575 WER 250 kW / 135 deg EaAf Somali
0400-0600 12050 WER 250 kW / 120 deg N/ME Arabic, new additional
1900-2100 9470 WER 250 kW / 120 deg N/ME Arabic, new additional
1200-1300 17535 WER 250 kW / 090 deg SoAs English/Bangla
1500-1530 15360 NAU 250 kW / 085 deg SoAs Nepali
1530-1600 15360 ISS 250 kW / 080 deg SoAs Hindi
1500-1530 15255 WER 250 kW / 090 deg SoAs Punjabi
1530-1600 15255 WER 250 kW / 075 deg SoAs English
1300-1330 15320 WER 250 kW / 075 deg EaAs Chinese Mon-Fri
1300-1330 15320 WER 250 kW / 075 deg EaAs Uighur Sat/Sun
1330-1500 15320 WER 250 kW / 075 deg EaAs Chinese
Radio Dabanga
0500-0600 13730 WER 250 kW / 150 deg EaAf Arabic
0530-0600 13620 NAU 500 kW / 155 deg EaAf Arabic
1530-1630 15720 WER 500 kW / 150 deg EaAf Arabic
Radio Mashaal
0400-0900 15715 WER 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Pashto
Radio Free Afghanistan
1230-1330 15680 WER 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Dari
Radio Ashna
1430-1530 15380 WER 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Pashto
1530-1630 15380 WER 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Dari
Radio Liberty
1500-1700 6060 WER 250 kW / 060 deg EaEu Belorussian
1700-1800 6105 WER 250 kW / 060 deg EaEu Belorussian
1700-1900 5930 WER 250 kW / 045 deg EaEu Belorussian
1600-1700 9740 WER 250 kW / 060 deg EaEu Russian
1400-1700 15650 WER 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Turkmen
1400-1500 13615 WER 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Uzbek
1500-1600 11810 WER 250 kW / 090 deg CeAs Avari/Chechen/Cherkassi
1500-1600 15565 WER 250 kW / 090 deg CeAs Azeri
1900-2000 9805 WER 250 kW / 060 deg CeAs Tatar
Voice of America
1600-1630 6040 WER 250 kW / 135 deg SEEu Albanian
1730-1800 11905 WER 250 kW / 135 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 13870 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1800-1900 11925 WER 250 kW / 150 deg EaAf Amharic
1900-1930 11925 WER 250 kW / 150 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri
1800-1900 13870 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg EaAf Amharic
1900-1930 13870 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri
1630-1700 9675 WER 250 kW / 150 deg EaAf Sudanese English "Focus" M-F
1630-1700 12015 WER 250 kW / 150 deg EaAf Sudanese English "Focus" M-F
1630-1700 13830 WER 250 kW / 150 deg EaAf Sudanese English "Focus" M-F
0300-0330 9815 NAU 250 kW / 160 deg EaAf Arabic "Hello Darfur"
1800-1830 9815 WER 250 kW / 150 deg EaAf Arabic "Hello Darfur"
1900-1930 9600 WER 250 kW / 150 deg EaAf Arabic "Hello Darfur"
2030-2100 9810 NAU 250 kW / 190 deg CeAf Hausa Mon-Fri
1400-1500 11640 WER 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Kurdish, ex 11645, NEW
1400-1500 17750 WER 250 kW / 120 deg WeAs Kurdish
1700-1800 15380 NAU 250 kW / 113 deg WeAs Kurdish
0230-0330 6095 WER 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian
1630-1930 6040 WER 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian
1400-1500 13570 WER 250 kW / 095 deg WeAs English
1500-1530 11940 WER 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Uzbek
1600-1700 13745 NAU 250 kW / 095 deg CeAs Georgian
Deewa Radio
1700-1800 9780 WER 250 kW / 090 deg SoAs Pashto
Radio Japan NHK World
1700-1900 15445 WER 250 kW / 135 deg N/ME Japanese
2200-2300 9620 WER 500 kW / 135 deg N/ME Japanese
Voice of Croatia:
2200-0300 9925 WER 100 kW / 240 deg SoAm Croatian/En/Sp till Sep. 6
2300-0100 9925 NAU 100 kW / 300 deg NEAm Croatian/En/Sp till Sep. 6
0100-0300 9925 WER 100 kW / 315 deg NEAm Croatian/En/Sp till Sep. 6
0300-0500 9925 NAU 100 kW / 325 deg NWAm Croatian/En/Sp till Sep. 6
2200-0300 7375 WER 100 kW / 240 deg SoAm Croatian/En/Sp from Sep. 7
2300-0100 7375 NAU 100 kW / 300 deg NEAm Croatian/En/Sp from Sep. 7
0100-0300 7375 WER 100 kW / 315 deg NEAm Croatian/En/Sp from Sep. 7
0300-0500 7375 NAU 100 kW / 325 deg NWAm Croatian/En/Sp from Sep. 7
Bible Voice Broadcasting Network (BVBN):
0700-0745 5945 WER 100 kW / 300 deg Sat WeEu English
0700-0730 5945 WER 100 kW / 300 deg Sun WeEu English
1800-1830 6130 NAU 100 kW / 069 deg Tue EaEu Russian
1800-1815 6130 NAU 100 kW / 069 deg Fri EaEu Russian
1800-1815 6130 NAU 100 kW / 069 deg Thu EaEu Ukrainian
1815-1845 6130 NAU 100 kW / 069 deg Sat EaEu English
1800-1900 6130 NAU 100 kW / 069 deg Sun EaEu English
0900-1000 17535 WER 100 kW / 135 deg Fri NoAf Arabic
1930-1945 11830 NAU 100 kW / 187 deg Sat WeAf French cancelled
1945-2000 11830 NAU 100 kW / 187 deg Sat WeAf Adja, cancelled
1830-1845 11830 WER 100 kW / 150 deg Sun CeAf Swahili
1630-1730 13720 WER 100 kW / 150 deg Daily CEAf Nuer/Dinka
1600-1630 13810 ISS 100 kW / 131 deg Mon/Thu EaAf Oromo
1630-1700 13810 ISS 100 kW / 131 deg Mon/Fri EaAf Amharic
1700-1730 13810 ISS 100 kW / 131 deg Mon/Tue/Fri EaAf Tigrinya
1730-1830 13810 ISS 100 kW / 131 deg Mon/Tue/Fri EaAf Amharic
1630-1700 13810 ISS 100 kW / 131 deg Tue EaAf Amharic
1630-1800 13810 ISS 100 kW / 131 deg Wed EaAf Amharic
1630-1830 13810 ISS 100 kW / 131 deg Thu/Sat/Sun EaAf Amharic
1600-1630 13810 ISS 100 kW / 131 deg Fri/Sun EaAf Oromo
1800-1830 13810 ISS 100 kW / 131 deg Fri-Sun EaAf Somali
1700-1800 15235 ISS 500 kW / 141 deg Sat(Ngoma R)to EaAf Luganda
1900-2000 11750 ISS 500 kW / 141 deg Sat(Ngoma R)to EaAf Luganda
1800-1900 9430 WER 250 kW / 120 deg Sat N/ME English
1815-1845 9430 WER 250 kW / 120 deg Sun N/ME English
1730-1800 11960 WER 100 kW / 120 deg Sat/Sun N/ME English ex 17-18
1700-1720 13580 ISS 250 kW / 115 deg Mo/Tu/Th/Fr N/ME Arabic
1700-1735 13580 ISS 250 kW / 115 deg Wed N/ME Arabic
1545-1600 13590 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg Mon/Wed N/ME English
1545-1620 13590 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg Tue N/ME English
1700-1715 13590 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg Tue N/ME English
1715-1800 13590 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg Tue N/ME Hebrew
1545-1645 13590 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg Thu N/ME English
1545-1615 13590 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg Fri N/ME English
1545-1700 13590 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg Sat N/ME English
1530-1815 13590 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg Sun N/ME English
1615-1630 13600 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg Mon/Wed/Fri N/ME Arabic
1530-1545 13630 ISS 250 kW / 091 deg Sun WeAs Persian
0430-0500 9735 WER 250 kW / 105 deg Tue-Thu WeAs Arabic cancelled
0500-0515 9735 WER 250 kW / 105 deg Fri WeAs Arabic
1800-1830 11855 NAU 100 kW / 105 deg Mon/Wed/Fri WeAs Persian
1800-1900 11855 NAU 100 kW / 105 deg Tue/Thu WeAs Persian
1830-1900 11855 NAU 100 kW / 105 deg Sun WeAs Persian
1800-1815 11855 NAU 100 kW / 105 deg Sat WeAs Persian
1530-1730 12140 WER 100 kW / 105 deg Daily WeAs Persian
0030-0100 7405 WER 250 kW / 090 deg Mon-Thu SoAs Hindi
0030-0100 7405 WER 250 kW / 090 deg Fri-Sun SoAs English
1530-1600 15275 ISS 100 kW / 090 deg Wed/Fri SoAs Urdu
1530-1600 15275 ISS 100 kW / 090 deg Thu SoAs English
1515-1530 15275 ISS 100 kW / 090 deg Sat SoAs English
1430-1500 17495 NAU 250 kW / 095 deg Sat SoAs English
1345-1415 17495 NAU 250 kW / 095 deg 1st Sun SoAs English, ex ISS
1415-1500 17495 NAU 250 kW / 095 deg Sun SoAs English, ex ISS
1500-1515 13740 WER 250 kW / 090 deg Sun SEAs English
Gospel For Asia (GFA):
0030-0130 9445 WER 250 kW / 090 deg SEAs South East Asian langs
1230-1500 15350 WER 250 kW / 090 deg SEAs South East Asian langs
1330-1530 15390 WER 250 kW / 090 deg SEAs South East Asian langs
1530-1630 15215 ISS 250 kW / 086 deg SEAs South East Asian langs
2330-0030 9520 WER 250 kW / 075 deg SEAs South East Asian langs
Brother Stair/The Overcomer Ministries
1400-1500 9655 MOS 100 kW / 275 deg WeEu English, ex 1400-1600
1500-1600 13810 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg N/ME English, ex 1400-1600
1500-1600 17485 WER 100 kW / 165 deg NoAf English, ex 1400-1600
Lutheran World Federation Voice of Gospel
1830-1900 11975 ISS 500 kW / 167 deg WCAf Fulani
FEBA Radio
1900-1930 7230 WER 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Arabic
WYFR (Family Radio):
1900-2000 11840 NAU 500 kW / 205 deg WeAf French
2000-2200 6115 WER 250 kW / 210 deg WeAf Arabic
2200-2300 7420 WER 250 kW / 210 deg WeAf Arabic
1800-1900 13750 WER 500 kW / 180 deg WCAf English
1800-1900 13790 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg WCAf Hausa
1900-2200 9610 WER 500 kW / 180 deg WCAf English
2100-2200 7425 WER 500 kW / 180 deg WCAf English
2000-2100 9595 NAU 500 kW / 180 deg WCAf French
2100-2200 9715 NAU 500 kW / 180 deg WCAf French
1700-1800 13840 WER 100 kW / 180 deg NEAf Arabic
1800-1900 11955 WER 250 kW / 150 deg NEAf Arabic
1900-2000 9590 WER 250 kW / 150 deg NEAf Arabic
1600-1700 15160 NAU 500 kW / 140 deg EaAf Oromo
1600-1700 15750 WER 500 kW / 150 deg EaAf Amharic, del. Swahili 17-18
1800-1900 9925 WER 500 kW / 165 deg SoAf English
1600-1700 13645 NAU 250 kW / 130 deg N/ME Arabic
1700-1800 11885 ISS 250 kW / 110 deg N/ME Arabic
1600-1700 13615 NAU 500 kW / 095 deg WeAs Persian
1700-1800 13740 NAU 500 kW / 090 deg WeAs Persian
1400-1500 13730 WER 250 kW / 075 deg CeAs Uzbek
1300-1500 17580 WER 500 kW / 090 deg SoAs Bengali
1400-1500 15565 NAU 500 kW / 090 deg SoAs Oriya Mon-Fri
1400-1500 15565 ISS 500 kW / 083 deg SoAs Oriya Sat/Sun
1400-1600 17800 WER 500 kW / 090 deg SoAs Sindhi/Kannada
1400-1600 15670 NAU 500 kW / 095 deg SoAs Hindi
1500-1600 15495 ISS 500 kW / 085 deg SoAs Gujarati
1500-1600 13790 ISS 500 kW / 085 deg SoAs Tamil
1400-1500 15690 ISS 500 kW / 090 deg SoAs Malayalam
2200-2400 9935 GUF 500 kW / 215 deg SoAm Spanish
2200-2400 7360 GUF 500 kW / 170 deg SoAm Portuguese
0000-0100 7360 GUF 500 kW / 170 deg SoAm English
0000-0100 5930 GUF 500 kW / 215 deg SoAm English, not Spanish
(DX Mix News August 1-3, Bulgaria, August 2 via DXLD)
** GERMANY [non]. And on 30 October another one will bite the dust ---
(for many in Europe it had already done so some years ago when it
closed its fine English service on 6140 kHz); with the beginning of
the B11 season, Deutsche Welle will close every SW operation to
Europe. Who said DRM? Of course no one is going to speak of it any
longer: as a top BBC man said some years ago, DRM simply came too
late. It looks as if today few are interested in international news
and music, unless coming out of a (touch)screen. And so it seems
highly unlikely that DW tho one of the leading forces behind DRM, will
one day resume SW --- even digital --- broadcasts (Stefano Valianti,
Southern European Report, August BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** GREECE. 11645, R Filia new schedule since Jul 15 seems to be: *0500
Bulgarian, 0530 Albanian, 0600 Spanish, 0630 German, 0700 Russian,
0730 French, 0800 Turkish, 0830 Polish, 0900 Serbian, 0930 Arabic,
1000-1030* Romanian, but no English! Schedule varies from day to day
(Erik Køie, København, Danmark, DSWCI DX Window July 27 via DXLD)
And their schedule should be changed on Aug 31 for "technical reasons"
according to the directeur of the transmissions in foreign languages
(Jean-Michel Aubier, France, July 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11645, Radio Filia, Avlis. New order in its programmes valid till Aug
28th. On 22/7 [Fri] in Albanian at 0545 and on 23/7 [Sat] in German at
0545 for example. Nor any program in English was mentioned (maybe only
on Saturdays for 15 minutes there is?) (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria
(Sony ICF-2001, 16m Marconi antenna), Aug Australian DX News via
DXLD).
VOG AVLIS 1 WENT FROM 7450 TO 15630 BY MISTAKE AGAIN
Kalimera Demetri: Voice of Greece was supposed to switch from 7450 to
15650 kHz. at 2300 UT August 2. The engineer missed it for the third
time in a month and put it mistakenly on 15630. At the same time,
15630 went to 7475 which is where it is supposed to be. 9420 has
nowhere to go but on the same frequency with the usual Iran Radio
interference. Regards, (John Babbis, Maryland, to Demetri Vafeas, ERT,
cc to DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. NOE PARLAVANTZAS, JOURNALIST ON THE VOICE OF GREECE, PASSED
AWAY, on 22 July 2011
Noe Parlavantzas, journalist on ERT Voice of Greece group passed away
on Friday, July, 22 after a long battle with cancer. Noe Parlavantzas
was born in Athens, in December, 1957. He had a bachelor in political
science and became known from his daily program "Network Without
Borders," an information program concerning Greeks abroad (omogeneia).
Noe Parlavantzas, the unselfish, tireless journalist, our friend and
colleague, the teacher will always live in our memory and our heart.
(via John Babbis, MD, DXLD) obit
** GRENADA. Harbour Light 1400 QSL --- Passato un po' di tempo,
qualche mese, dall'invio del rapporti d'ascolto successivo al DX-
pedition in Svezia, è ora di cominciare ad inviare i cosiddetti
"follow-up" (solleciti), alle emittenti che non hanno risposto. Il
primo, via mail all'inidirizzo nel loro sito, l'ho spedito
all'emittente religiosa Harbour Light of the Windwards che opera da
Carriacou, Grenada sui 1400.
http://www.harbourlightradio.org/ harbourlight @ spiceisle.com
Questa la rapidissima risposta di Randy Cornelius, Manager:
``Good evening, Alessandro. Greetings from Carriacou! Thanks for your
email. Yes, I did receive your letter and it has gotten buried on my
desk, sorry! Our engineer has resigned and I have taken over his
responsibilities in addition to managing the station. (I was engineer
before taking over as manager). I will do my utmost to get a response
out to you this week. You did indeed hear the Harbour Light!
Have a good week, Randy Cornelius, Harbour Light``
Non resta che attendere la QSL, ma intanto posso annotare il 180
Paese EDXC verificato! (Alessandro Groppazzi,
http://gropdx.blogspot.com/ via Dario Monferini, 28 July, playdx yg
via DXLD)
** GUAM. 5765 USB at 1045z, Wed Aug 3, AFN Guam, MSNBC political
program, "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell (J Lenamon, Waco
Texas, Drake R8B, sloper, cumbredx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
Hmm, I wonder if they carry the full hour, delayed 10 hours, at 1000?
(gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
5765-USB, Aug 4 at 1131, AFN with several minutes on Casey Anthony
attributed to NBC; not // MSNBC, and can`t check NBC as local KFOR-27
is in own news until 1200. However, at 1137, handover to Al Roker
working the crowd prior to too-brief national weather summary, so it
must be soundtrack of the `Today` show, new for AFN at this time? What
about NPR `Morning Edition` which I think used to be aired at 10-12?
(At 1045 Aug 3, Jerry Lenamon in TX was hearing MSNBC`s `The Last
Word` on 5765-USB, apparently on 10-hour delay.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA for more AFN
Hi Glenn, AFN Guam routinely now has TV audio feeds (delayed or
live?): NBC TV show “Today” up till 1300, then they change over to CNN
TV Robin Meade’s morning show. Last checked on July 27 from 1351 to
1356 with Robin chatting away and segment with Clark Howard. Instead
of CNN’s ads, they insert AFN segments (military PSAs, items about
military history, IDs, etc.).
So compared to AFN Diego Garcia (4319-USB), it is Guam that is
carrying this newer format and is no longer // (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. TESTIMONIO --- La siguiente es una copia fiel del correo
remitido hoy por Édgar Amílcar Madrid, que dirige Radio Verdad (4055
kHz) desde Chiquimula, Guatemala y con quien mantengo un ameno
intercambio de informaciones y opiniones. El amigo Édgar me había
comunicado con alegría el informe de recepción recibido de un diexista
japonés que captó a Radio Verdad, hecho que mereció una emotiva
respuesta de mi parte reivindicando la importancia de la onda corta
aún en estos tiempos de ultra-tecnología. Con la autorización de
Édgar, comparto con ustedes su interesante respuesta.
Gracias, amigo y hermano Rubén Guillermo Marganet, de Argentina, por
su correo. Ciertamente, lamento mucho el abandono de la onda corta por
parte de Europa. La radio por Internet y Satélite, no le llegan ni a
los dedos de los pies de la onda corta. Nosotros transmitimos también
por Internet, pero, eso es un juguetío.
Nuestra grandísima cantidad de oyentes, nos llega de la onda corta.
Con Internet, nos escuchan en muchos países y en forma muy clara,
pero, es una cantidad pequeña de oyentes, si la comparamos con la onda
corta. Yo, desde niño, soy creyente de la onda corta y, mientras pueda
conseguir los transmisores, continuaré en el aire de la onda corta. Le
autorizo para que publique estas mis palabras.
Que Dios le bendiga y guarde. Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad,
Chiquimula, Guatemala (via Margenet, July 28, condiglist yg via DXLD)
4055, Radio Verdad, 0455 Aug 3. Spanish, hymns through 0500,
occasional announcements. 0513 re-check and American preacher in
English. And at 0553 ending American gospel program in English, then
many repetitions of announcements, IDs, address in Spanish mostly, but
also heard English and Japanese, 0559 national anthem to 0604 close-
down. Poor (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening from
my car, parked by the lake, using Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
No signal around 1130 UT Aug 3; another late sign-on? 4055, Aug 4 at
1123, not even a carrier yet from R. Verdad, but one detectable in
high noise level at 1138. For better DX results in maximum darkness,
RV really ought to sign on at the scheduled time of 1100. We are now
in a perfect grayline situation, Enid sunrise at 1141, Chiquimula at
1142 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA. 7125, Rdif Nationale, 2235-2353*, July 28, local Afro-pop
music. French and vernacular talk. Abrupt sign off. Fair to good. On
the air about 1 hour later than usual (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
Listening Digest) I never hear this any more in morning, not on before
I retire by 0530 or 0600 (gh)
** INDIA. 4965, *0023-0035 fade out, 26+28.07, AIR Shimla, AIR IS,
Hindi ann, "Vande Mataram" hymn, local song with sitar music, 0030
Hindi news, 34333, QRM Lusaka (Anker Petersen on my AOR AR7030PLUS
with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini,
playdx yg via DXLD)
** INDIA. 5050, AIR Aizawl. From Mizoram, another which appears to be
off, hope not for good. One of the nicest stations with soft music. It
appears that the 60mb, SW transmitters of AIR are nearing their life
span! 28/7 (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka (Perseus, Icom R71A, R8A,
Low band loop, 10:1 balun, 80/40 dipoles and Cushcraft LP for higher
bands), Aug Australian DX News via DXLD)
** INDIA. AIR VBS simulcast now on 6100 + 6110 --- Per C. K. Raman,
VU3DJQ, AIR VBS simulcast noted on 6100 DRM + 6110 Analog during a
check on 29th July 2010. They were earlier on 6090 Analog + 6100 DRM.
Power output in DRM mode is 10 kW. ---- (Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New
Delhi, July 29, dx_india yg via DXLD)
AIR VBS back on DRM mode only (no simulcast) wef 30th July with power
output of 57 kHz [sic]. Mr C. K. Raman, VU3DJQ had a demo/presentation
on DRM today at a ham meet organised by Vigyan Prasar, Dept of Science
& Technology, Govt of India. --- (Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi,
July 31, ibid.)
** INDIA. 6155 at 0110z, Wed Aug 3, AIR via Bangalore in Urdu, 500 kW
at 325º, somewhat overshooting the target in Pakistan. Strictly
speaking, an all daylight path, about 9300 miles, 20 minutes before
sundown in Waco, about 45 minutes after sunrise in Bangalore but
apparently close enough to the gray line that it worked. Audible as
late as 0130 (J Lenamon, Waco Texas, Drake R8B, sloper, cumbredx yg
via DXLD)
** INDIA. 9425, AIR Bengaluru - National Channel, 1443-1500, August 1;
“Vividha” program in English; believe English schedule is Monday-
Wednesday-Friday (1434-1500); heard Monday with “Earth Beat”; jointly
produced by AIR and RNW; items about plastic; many AIR reports about
plastics; at 1500 into Hindi and subcontinent songs; fair. Think
“Earth Beat” is carried every "fortnight" (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. Hi Walt, Hope all is well up in B.C. Was nice to see all
your fine logs recently in DXLD. Regarding your RRI Ternate, 3344.970
at 1318, July 10 (Sunday) reception in English. This perhaps is the
former ex-Thursday English program from 1300 to 1400 that was heard in
April and May. Sounds like the same type of programming, as back then
they prominently promoted North Maluku as a tourist spot and also had
on air phone calls (although most of the calls were unsuccessfully
connected due to some technical difficulties!). Was unable to confirm
this last Sunday (July 24), as they were off the air. Needs more
monitoring. Thanks Walt for your posting!
I did write a letter to the English Department of UMMU (University of
Muhammadiyah in North Maluku, a.k.a. Universitas Muhammadiyah Maluku
Utara), thanking them for co-sponsoring the program.
My audio files of the English programs:
http://www.box.net/shared/mkuhyypd8b May 12, 2011 - Thursday
http://www.box.net/shared/43l12tum1h March 31, 2011 - Thursday
(Ron Howard, California, USA to Walt Salmaniw, via DXLD)
July 31 program preempted by Ramadan programming! We may need to wait
another month to check again? (Ron Howard, DX LISTENNG DIGEST)
3344.97, RRI Ternate, 1246, July 31 (Sunday). Checking on the DXLD 11-
29 report by Walt Salmaniw of a program in English; was preempted by
Ramadan programming of reciting from the Qur’an; assume Walt’s show
must be the ex-Thursday program that was heard back in April and May
from 1300 to 1400; as it sounds like the same type of programming, as
back then they prominently promoted North Maluku as a tourist spot and
also had on air phone calls. Was unable to confirm Sunday - July 24,
as they were off the air. Needs more monitoring. Thanks to Walt for
the pointer to this unique English program! We may need to wait till
after Ramadan to hear it again (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA,
Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Is already on Ramadan. [tentative], 4749.96 kHz unID. Am 31.07.2011,
schrieb Wolf-Dieter Behnke: 1845 UT mit phone-in, SINPO 35232. Es
bleibt zu vermuten, dass es sich um R. Dunamis aus Uganda handelt.
[later] Vermutung scheint falsch gewesen zu sein, denn um 1930 UT ist
die Station immer [noch] hoerbar. Habe momentan keine Idee bis auf:
Koennte RRI Makassar frueheren Sendebeginn haben?
[later] 3344.98 kHz, RRI Ternate at 2010 UT. SINPO 25342.
Identifiziert am Stream auf <http://www.rriternate.co.id/>
and Palangkaraya-INS noted too on 3325 kHz - probably.
(Wolf-Dieter Behnke-D, A-DX July 31 via BC-DX 1 August via DXLD)
Re 4749.96 kHz unid. Yes could be true. Ramadan starts according to
phase of the moon ? !!! (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
4749.95, RRI Makassar, 1219-1241 Jul 25. Jak program in progress,
ending at 1223; into local program then with man & woman chatting to
1230, then vocal music. Fair, competing with band noise (John Wilkins,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Aug 3, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbre DX via
DXLD)
I`m getting something on 4750 from about 2000. I wonder if Makassar
has come back on; it`s very weak. All the best (Mark Davies, Wales,
1717 UT Aug 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. Two years ago there were three RRI stations on 75m, but
now there are none. As of Aug 4, Atsunori Ishida`s excellent site
http://rri.jpn.org/
shows:
Silent stations on Short Wave
July 2011 4790 kHz RRI-Fak Fak
March 2011 3995 kHz RRI-Kendari
August 2010 4605 kHz RRI-Serui 4925 kHz RRI-Jambi
April 2010 3976 kHz RRI-Pontianak
October 2009 3987 kHz RRI-Manokwari
May 2009 2960 kHz RPDT2-Manggarai 3579 kHz RSPK-Ngada
April 2009 3960 kHz RRI-Palu
February 2009 6125 kHz RRI-Naibe
January 2009 9744 kHz RRI-Sorong
And the only current frequencies are:
3325, 3345, 4750, 4870, 7290, 9526, 9680
See site for details of exact times logged, early sign-ons for
Ramadan, etc. (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, August 2 at 1250-1255, VOI with Special Japanese
announcement, ``Cielito Lindo`` on marimba (or a very close-sounding
Indoclone). Fair signal at best. 1312 recheck during English hour, YL
in continuous talk, but unreadable. Despite S9+20 on meter, is too
weak and undermodulated vs noise level.
It`s Tuesday, so is there another hookup with RRI Banjarmasin?
Apparently so, as at 1333 I could barely make out the tones of the
Banj announcer, declined to very poor signal. As we approach a
sesquimonth past Solstice, we may hope for gradually improving
reception. Earlier today at 1110, Chuck Bolland in FL measured VOI 40
Hz below 9526 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 15530, July 29 at 0539, fair signal with YL in Spanish news
about Irán, strange accent but comprehensible. This is VIRI, 500 kW,
289 degrees from Kamalabad to Spain and N Africa at 0530-0630 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL. More photos of the Yavne-Tel Aviv transmitter site.
[Yavne-Tel Aviv, Israel. 6]
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/55577274@N05/5995737628/>
[Yavne-Tel Aviv, Israel. 7]
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/55577274@N05/5995743516/>
[Yavne-Tel Aviv, Israel. 2]
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/55577274@N05/5995193055/>
(Lev Lytovchenko, Canada, July 31, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** ISRAEL. Galei Zahal in Hebrew noted at 1745 UT with jazz music
program on July 22nd on 9235 \\ 15850 kHz and not on 6977 kHz. Heard
on the next days almost 24hrs on 9235 and 15850 kHz. For example on
July 23rd at 0030 UT on 9235 \\ 15850 kHz, also with old hits in
English at 0540 UT like 'Hold On' by Electric Light Orchestra (Rumen
Pankov, Bulgaria, July 30, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1 August via DXLD)
9235, 0030-0040 28.07, Galei Tzahal, Lod, Hebrew ann, pop songs, new
frequency replacing 6973, 45444 (Anker Petersen on my AOR AR7030PLUS
with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini,
playdx yg via DXLD)
** ITALY [non]. 9510, Special Arctic R Club programme, via IRRS, via
Tiganeshti, Romania, 1130 IRRS ID and Milano address, 1130 songs,
Ronny Forslund telling about Arctic R Club, Christer Brunström gave SW
news, 1145 IRRS ID and Milano address; 45344. I sent Christer a
reception report by e-mail and the next day I received a nice QSL via
e-mail (Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window July 27
via DXLD)
NB: The same programme will be repeated Sat Jul 30 at 0845 and Sun Jul
31 at 1130 on 9510! (Christer Brunström, Sweden, ibid.)
15610, August 2 at 1359-1400* very familiar operatic choral excerpt.
Presumably IRRS via ROMANIA, tail of Brother Scare relay, now
certainly not // WWRB 9385. IRRS plays bits of ``Aïda`` elsewhen as
filler or signature. However, I did not notice BS earlier in the hour
in tunebies.
15610, August 3 at 1319, IRRS via ROMANIA, but NOT with Brother Scare!
Instead a YL with long report on US drone attacks on Waziristan,
including interview clips; must be from a major broadcaster. Initially
poor signal losing out to noise level at 1325; 1327 possibly mentioned
UN Radio (which IRRS is known to carry) and a bit of music before
becoming JBA at 1328 as all signals were hit by SW fadeout. I see the
IRRS schedule at
http://www.nexus.org/schedules/wed.htm
has still not been updated since 10 June, so doesn`t show Brother
Scare at this time, nor any other specific programming even on stream,
altho the SW transmission schedule effective July 18 at
http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/IRRS-SW_A11.html
does show 13-14 on 15610.
So is BS supposed to be on this hour, or not? Could well be another
mistake by the downlink site tuning in the wrong satellite channel,
and who cares? The Overcomer Ministry homepage still thinks it`s on
15610 at 1800 UTC!
15610, IRRS via Tiganeshti, ROMANIA, Aug 4 at 1308 very poor but heard
a bit of music unlike anything from The Overcomer Ministry; however,
by 1322 the dulcet hoarseness of Brother Scare could be recognized,
altho not // or at least not synchro with 9385 WWRB. 24 hours earlier
on 15610, it was not BS but UN Radio or something. 1334 check, not
even a carrier audible despite scheduled 13-14 UT. Unlikely another SW
fadeout as Bulgaria was still in fairly well on 15700 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non non]. Medium Wave 1368 kHz and 1566 kHz improvements
Hello There from IRRS-Shortwave & Mediumwave in Milano, Italy, Just a
short note to inform our European listeners that our technicians just
made a couple of improvements to the stations in Padova on 1368 kHz
and in Rome on 1566 kHz. Transmitter power in Padova was slightly
raised to 10 kW while we wait for the power company to deliver a new
electricity line to be able to connect a 50 kW transmitter that is in
standby. In Rome, we installed a new antenna and transmitter yesterday
that double the signal strength as received into the city area and
immediate vicinity. After the new installation, a DX report of our
broadcasts on 1566 kHz has been received yesterday from Austria (580+
km or 360+ miles), despite of the low power (1 kW) of this station.
We welcome your reception reports on all of our frequencies. We are on
the air daily on 1368 and 1566 kHz from 20:00 to 20:30 CET in Italian
and from 20:30 to 02:00 CET in English.
I also remind you our high power broadcast daily on 15610 kHz from
1300 to 1400 UT to Middle East, Asia and Australia and Japan. Daily we
are also on the air on 7290 to Europe and Africa from 1800 to 2000 UT.
Your reception reports and comments on our programming are very much
appreciated, and also help us to stay on the air. Please email any
correspondence to: reports (at) nexus (dot) org.
Thank you & stay tuned! 73s, (Ron Norton, August 3, NEXUS-Int'l
Broadcasting Association, email: ron @ nexus.org http://www.nexus.org
ph: +39-02-266 6971 - Toll free: 1-888-612-0039 fax: +39-02-706 38151,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. Italia: QSL ESPECIAL de Play DX --- El Proximo 19 de
agosto de 2011 en ocasion de la visita a la RAE (Radiodifusión
Argentina al Exterior) en Calle Maipú, donde harán una histórica
entrevista a los colegas italianos Dario Monferini y Roberto Pavanello
difundido en directo en la onda corta, frecuencia de 15345 kHz a las
1900-1955 horario UT y también en internet, en:
http://www.mediums.es/radios/argentina/rae-radiodifusion-argentina-al-exterior.php
Recuerden que los que envíen un informe de recepción de esa emisión
recibirán una QSL ESPECIAL; pueden enviarla al correo electrónico:
info arroba playdx.com (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, Aug 2,
noticiasdx yg via DXLD) With QRMorocco as always on 15345 (gh, DXLD)
** JAPAN [non]. 6250, August 1 at 0523, R. Japón in Spanish, leapfrog
of 6080 Bonaire over 6165, with item during language lesson about
ascensor/elevator etiquette; one minute later heard same thing in
English on 6110 via Sackville! Basically, don`t block the door, lowest
ranking passenger operates the buttons, and keep silent during trip
lest reveal business secrets to unknown riders (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
France. NHK Radio Japan. 11945 Issoudun. 2011/07/30 Saturday, 1755-
1801, YL talking Japanese, lots of bird calls, sounded like long
periods of sea or wind noises but difficult to tell on shortwave; what
were the programme-makers thinking of? ID at 1759 "NHK", "Radio
Nippon". Time pips at 1800 to "NHK News". Fair. Jo'burg sunset 1541
(Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JORDAN. 11960, Aug 3 at 0455 nice ME music, 0500 ID in Arabic
mentions Amman, Urdaniya, Hashemiya, a bit more of music and good
signal cut off the air, in truncated legacy SW service, our best
chance to hear this country, for only one hour daily (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KASHMIR. RADIO KASHMIR SPECIAL RAMZAN BROADCAST
Coinciding the first day of Ramzan fasting, Radio Kashmir Srinagar was
noted with special broadcast sign on at 2145 UT on 4950 & 1116 kHz on
1 August 2011. The 1 hour program consists of prayers, songs and
advertisements. These special programs will continue for a month. In
the previous years sign on timings were keeping on changing as the
days went on. AIR Kupwara in Jammu & Kashmir on 1350 kHz was also
noted with relay of same programs in previous years. 73 (Jose Jacob,
VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj Bhavan Road,
Hyderabad 500082, India, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. KOREA D.P.R., 2850.014, KCBS Pyongyang from Sariwon,
S=8 signal on remote receiver in Tokyo, flute music at 1640 UT July
24. Korean female singer at 1644 UT. // 3959.013 weak signal at S=4
level.
3250.033, Pyongyang BS program, S=6 on Tokyo remote receiver. //
3320.603, S=4 poor modulation (Wolfgang Büschel, July 27, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews 1 August via DXLD)
6100, KCBS Pyongyang, 1527-1533, August 1. Korean song and
instrumental music; poor; // 9665.3 (fair-good). Unable to hear
anything from Radio Afghanistan; probably not strong enough to make it
through the Korean QRM (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 12015, July 31 at 1314 nothing but a het,
the stronger signal on the lo side, about 12014.8. Aoki shows both VOK
Kujang and VOR via Samara during this hour. I`ll bet I know which one
is off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
MOLDOVA/MONGOLIA/RUSSIA, Voice of Mongolia in Russian was heard from
1547 to 1558 on MW 621 kHz Grigoriopol via V of Russia in Russian on
July 27th. Also on \\ 12015 kHz where there are three stations: VOR in
Russian (at this time relayed via V of Mongolia [sic]) plus Voice of
Mongolia from Mongolia in English plus Voice of Korea in Russian
{latter few lower Hertz odd channel}. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, July
30, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1 August via DXLD)
15180, Aug 3 at 1239, VG signal from VOK, mezzo and that quasi-
electronic instrument accompaniment with beautiful harmonies, one can
enjoy as long as one cannot understand it`s 99% likely she is
extolling great/dear leaders and the paradise that is the DPRK. In
fact, I preferred this to Martha Garvin`s Musical Memories I could
have understood on WWCR 15825, equally good signal but less fading and
less harmonious (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTNEING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. UnID Korean Clandestine station QSY --- For
North Korea which does not announce a station name of Clandestine
station = QSY and adds time from July 27.
The current schedule:
0700-0740 6135 kHz (ex 6230)
1000-1040 6135 kHz addition
1200-1240 6230 kHz (Heavy jam from N Korea)
6135 kHz does not yet receive interference of the jamming from North
Korea (S. Hasegawa, Japan, July 29, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
The jamming is still present on 6230 and is identical to that on
6015/6003, 6348, 6518 and 6600 (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Tasmania, 0507 UT
July 30, ibid.)
6230, July 30 at 1134, noise jamming here, presumably against unnamed
S. Korean clandestine, which however, S. Hasegawa says is not on until
1200-1240 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. Hi Everyone, 9975, Nippon no Kaze up sign off at
1530 UT 30/7/11, Palau to N Korea in Korean. YL giving Web address
including that of the station http://www.rachi and I imagine talk
about the abduction of Japanese in North Korea. Not knowing much about
this station, is it jammed as Shiokaze is usually and is there any
relationship between the two stations? This is what I heard (3 mins)
to sign off
http://www.box.net/shared/0rdfiyonhkluuxhnspmb
(Mark Davies, Anglesey, Wales, July 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Hi Mark, Nippon no Kaze (in Korean) and Furusato no Kaze (in Japanese)
are both programs provided by the Japanese government, dealing with
abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korea. The same issues are
also dealt with via the broadcasts of Shiokaze, with one major
difference. Shiokaze is provided for by a private organization
(Investigating Committee on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North
Korea - COMJAN). This difference must explain why Shiokaze is
aggressively jammed, no matter how many times they change frequencies
attempting to avoid the North Korean jamming.
Whereas Nippon no Kaze and Furusato no Kaze are not jammed, probably
because the North Korean government does not want to incur any
repercussions from the Japanese government, but has no such concerns
with Shiokaze. Presently I am hearing Shiokaze on 5985 kHz; still
routinely being jammed. Shiokaze often has a "This is a message from
the Japanese government" segment in their Friday English programs;
mentioning a radio program "with a frequency band of 9000 kHz", a
veiled reference to Nippon no Kaze and Furusato no Kaze. Also note
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/abduction/index.html
(Ron Howard, California, USA, ibid.)
Moderator: Bit about the station in English at
http://www.rachi.go.jp/en/shisei/radio/index.html
(BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9650 via CANADA, Aug 3 at 1243, KBS World Radio
ending Let`s Learn Korean segment concluding `Seoul Calling`, so I am
finally prepared to hear their Wednesday traditional music show from
the beginning, `Sounds of Korea`: starts with flute and drum playing
peasant love song; narratress explains and names the instruments, but
I really can`t understand the details. CCI from KOREA NORTH direct not
too bad today and minimised by listening on the insensitive DX-390
breakfast table radio using whip/rod antenna only.
I feared transmission would cut off conclusion as program kept going
past 1258, but wrapped up just in time for 1259* with two notes of RCI
IS, without any time for formal KBS sign-off. During semiminute break
before Sackville back on different beam, 268 to 240 degrees, for 9650
CRI relay, the RNW IS via Tinang could be heard even on the DX-390
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. KOREA Rep of, 3480, Voice of People, Korean
noted at 1650 UT July 27, S=8 in Tokyo. 1650 Hertz tone interference
on 3481.650 kHz, endless speech by man.
4450, Voice of People Kyonggi-do observed at 1705 UT July 27, heavily
jammed by some " whistle buoy" audio tone jammer (Wolfgang Büschel,
July 27, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1 August via DXLD)
** KOREA SOUTH and NORTH. 4450, Voice of the People, 1358-1404, August
2. Fair in Korean with non-stop monologue; QRM from a weaker Korean
Nat. Dem. Front (50 vs 15 kW), which was playing music till 1400
Anthem and then 1403* (conforms to their schedule). Once they went off
the air the North Korean jamming immediately started against VOP; so
it seems the Korean Nat. Dem. Front broadcast is a form of jamming,
e.g. CNR1 echo jamming (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
It's a kind of 'chicken or egg' fq: AINDF was using it long before V
of the People started on the same fq, was it last year. 73, (Mauno
Ritola, Finland, cumbredx via DXLD)
** KURDISTAN [non]. via Ukraine, 11530, Denge Mezopotamya, *0400-
0435, July 31, sign on with National Anthem followed by local Kurdish
music. Indigenous vocals. Kurdish talk. Poor to fair but occasional
QRM from WEWN spur on 11529 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Monday August 1 at 2019 after music, ``Radio Kuwait,
in coöperation with Radio Bahrain, presents `Bahrain [something]`,
which turned out to be a talk on pearl-diving and the pearl industry
there; outro as ``A Radio Bahrain production, presented by Radio
Kuwait``, 2025 back to rock music. May we rely on this as a regular
relay every week, or day during these 6 minutes? Doubt it.
2048, RK plugs Ramadan, then romantic music, cut short at 2050 for
news headlines, this time lasting only one sesquiminute. If the world
were ending, still no more than two minutes could ever be spared for
this. Topix: congratulatory cables sent to the H. H. the Emir on the
start of the holy month of Ramadan [?? as if the emir had something to
do with that??]; new Japanese military [attaché?] to Kuwait; US
default averted. Got to get right back to more rock music before
closing at 2100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also
BAHRAIN [non]
** KYRGYZSTAN. KYRGYZ REP, 4009.974, Kyrgyz Radio 1, Bishkek, very
weak signal S=2-3 at 1700 UT July 27.
4050.091, Radio Rossii from Bishkek, S=3-4 weak at 1702 UT July 27
(Wolfgang Büschel, July 27, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1 August via DXLD)
** LIBYA [non non]. A very few of my many logs are picked up in DSWCI
SW News log list, which removes all details and explanations. It also
adds inaccurate info:
``17725,0 1356- F 12.6 Voice of Africa, Issoudun English GH-USA``
(Shortwave Tips, edited by Klaus Dieter-Scholz, DSWCI SW News July-
August 2011 via DXLD)
I did NOT report this as Issoudun or France! While there had been some
cooperation between Libya and France in the past, there is NO evidence
that current transmissions, even before 2011, were from France rather
than direct from Libya! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Government radio is still on the air, monitored on SW in July as
follows:
8500, Libyan Radio LJBC domestic service heard during daytime with
weak signal
17725, Voice of Africa, 1200-1400 Swahili, 1400-1500[sic] English,
1600-1800 French
15215, Voice of Africa, 1800-2000 Hausa (new, ex-11805)
(Dave Kenny, DX News, August BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
8500, at 1150 24 July, Libyan Radio, Arabic songs, weak, SIO 223.
Heard on global tuners in Italy; only trace of a carrier in UK at this
time (Dave Kenny, England, HF Logbook, August BDXC-UK Communication
via DXLD)
** LIBYA. A few weeks ago Dr Adrian Peterson published an interesting
report about radio in Libya. The North-African country is ravaged by a
war involving local and international forces. Radio is playing a
major role there as it did shortly after World War 2 when British
forces formed the bases of Libyan broadcasting. What Adrian didn’t
consider is that until 1942 Italian state broadcaster EIAR had a
station in Tripoli, then an Italian colony. Italy did occupy Libya, a
part of the Turkish Empire, in 1911. In the 1930’s thousand of Italian
colonists found their way to North Africa while the government tried
to attract local populations to fascism. Italians have brought
wireless to Tripoli by 1911-12 but it was only for military purposes.
Only by 1938 EIAR did build and operated a Medium Wave station
broadcasting in Italian and Arabic from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. on 1104 kHz
and was powered with 50 KW (two big tubes were operating there and
were cooled by water). The station antennas were held by two huge
masts. Travelling by train from Tripoli to the west, the station was
visible shortly after El-Ghiran in the direction of Zanzur about 12 km
from Tripoli. When the Italian colony ended by 1943 the station had
been destroyed and a new history began, also for radio, in Libya
(Luigi Cobisi, Firenze, Italia, AWR Wavescan July 31 via DXLD)
** LIBYA [non]. ¿alguna clandestina Libia? --- Estimados, ¿saben si
con todo este revuelo en Libia hay alguna clandestina en la vuelta? Yo
estoy un poco alejado de ese tema pero me pregunto si habrá aparecido
alguna (o si habrá revivido alguna, tipo Sawt-al-Amal) 73, (Moisés
Knochen, Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug 1, condiglist yg via DXLD)
En onda corta seguro que no. Sí sé que hay mucha actividad
radiofónica. Le vamos a dedicar un programa de La Rosa de Tokio.
Estamos laborando para eso (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, ibid.)
** LIBYA FREE. Radio Free Libya news in English --- Last week we,
Guido Schotmans (Belgium) and myself, have been monitoring Radio Free
Libya from Misurata on 1449 kHz. Every evening at 2030 UT or just
after 2030 they have a short newsprogramme in English. Reception
quality in Belgium and The Netherlands differs from day to day, it's
mostly moderate, sometimes quite good. All depends on the interference
from Rai Italy on the same frequency (Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands,
Aug 3, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
** LUXEMBOURG. Re 11-30: "Beidweiler [...] replacing an old tube-type
transmitter."
--- So the Thomson TRE 2175 MES was still a tube-based model?
http://www.bce.lu/BCE_LW_station_beidweiler.htm
Some other chronicle mentioned that these transmitters had been
installed in 1994. Note also the wording "Maximum transmit power: 2000
kW", it can be interpreted in such a way that no full 2000 kW have
usually been run. Maybe it was anyway not more than 1500 kW, the
capability of the new 2 x 750 kW system.
I also wonder if BCE will still keep Junglinster as complete aux site
for 234 kHz, considering the reported hints that shortwave operations
there have ceased for good.
By the way, if you look at the PDF file and note the advertisement
praising the "low footprint" of the new DHD 52/SX console: One can
just put in on the table. When someone praised this circumstance it
triggered a response if we have meanwhile reached the point where it
is too much trouble even to just saw a hole into a tabletop when
setting up a facility called a studio (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 30,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 5010, Radio Madagasikara, 0222-0240, July 31, carrier +
LSB. Yes, carrier + LSB. Tune-in to local Afro-pop music. 30 second IS
at 0228 followed by choral National Anthem. Opening announcements at
0231 in listed Malagasy. Local Afro-pop music at 0232 and talk. Lively
vocals. At 0303 check heard religious talk and local religious choral
music. Poor in noisy conditions (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening
Digest)
6135.29, RTV Malagasy, Antananarivo. Quite OK 1302 in presumed
Malagasy, news bulletin, in the clear on 18/7 (Craig Seager, DX-
Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near Moruya NSW, August Australian DX
News via DXLD)
** MALAWI. ? Malawi Broadcasting Corporation? 1404 kHz, Chitipa?
2011/07/31 Sunday 1845-1906, Afro music. Sounded like Chichewa, but
too poor to be sure. No ID heard. Very poor; but it is after all a
local medium wave station of just 10 kW in the far north of Malawi!
Jo'burg sunset 1542 (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA [and non]. 6050.0, July 30 at 1130, RTM apparently back
here from spate on 6049.6, as no audible het, just a subaudible one on
HCJB 6050.0 with automatic 3+1 timesignal and Spanish (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6049.62, Asyik FM (presumed), 1241-1313+ Aug 3. English/Malay pops to
1250, then man & woman chat to 1257; another block of songs followed
from 1257-1313, then more chat; not sure of language Fair signal. Has
been somewhat irregular in the past couple of weeks. (Wilkins-CO)
6050.03, Asyik FM(presumed), Jul 25 and other days around 1200 UT
noted fair/poor when Asyik FM 6049.63 was off with mix of music and
talk. "Sounded" Malaysian but no definite clues. Ron Howard says this
was Asyik FM using a different transmitter for a short time.
Considerably weaker than 6049.63, which now seems to be back on a
regular basis (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-
foot RW, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
Yes, on Aug 3 before 1200 I was hearing the het on HCJB, and maybe a
second one too near 6050. 6049.6, Aug 4 at 1140, music and talk
stronger than het from HCJB 6050.0, presumed Asyik FM on its off-
frequency today. Usually HCJB dominates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) see also SARAWAK
** MALI. What I assume to be Mali was audible on 9635.00 (as exact as
I could make it) on [July] the 26th at around 0630 UT+ with fair
signal playing indigenous music, and speech at low level which might
have been in accented French - difficult to tell in the local noise
level. But, it hasn't been heard at this time since then. I note that
the WRTH 2011 says it should be on air from 0555 UT (I haven't checked
to see if this time has since been changed). I don't normally hear it
until after 0800, so it might have been a tuning error. (Noel R. Green
(NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA [and non]. 7245, July 29 at 0550 I start monitoring
whether I can catch IGIM coming on the air. At 0554, carrier cuts on
and off about three times, no modulation. Back on for good and stays
on from 0556.5 in Arabic, unseems chanting yet.
7245, August 2 at 0523, IGIM is on a semi-hour earlier than usual, and
already chanting. Presumably schedule change for Ramadan; in fact R.
Mauritanie used to run all-night for Ramadan, so are they redoing that
and sticking to 7245 rather than 4845?
7245, Aug 3/Ram 3 at 0447 UT, weak carrier squeezed between 7240 DW
English via Rwanda, and 7250 Vatican French; could IGIM be on this
early? After Rwanda closed, at 0504 Mauritania definitely on 7245 with
usual chanting, early for Ramadan. Still need to look for it in the
deep-night 01-04 UT period; however Aoki shows the competition:
7245 0210-0400 RUS Novosibirsk R. Sakha Yak Yakutsk 23456 = M-F
7245 0200-0600 TJK VOICE OF TAJIK Tajik, Persian Dushanbe-Orza daily.
Powers? HFCC shows only 5 kW for Sakha, 100 for Dush, both non-
direxional (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX WORLD OF RADIO 1576, LISTENING
DIGEST)
7245, Radio Mauritanie, 0529 Aug 3. Already on because of Ramadan, man
with Islamic chant, sounded like a vernacular language. Very good
(Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening from my car,
parked by the lake, using Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7245, checking earlier in the night whether IGIM is expanded to 24h
for Ramadan: Aug 4 at 0251 there is a poor signal, man talking
continuously in Arabish, but can`t be sure it`s not Tajikistan as also
scheduled, which would be in Tajik at 02-04, then Farsi at 04-06. Next
check at 0416, sounds the same but weaker. Propagationally, Mauritania
would have the advantage if on. By 0519, Nouakchott is certainly
active with its characteristic monotonous chanting --- no, at least
bitonous if not tritonous (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Some Es analog TVDX UT July 29:
0240 on 2, with antenna south, fades in Toyota ad in English, so is it
XHRIO or Canada? Rotate to N and don`t get it but may have faded
during those few sex. Back to south and now I hear something else in
Spanish.
0359 on 2, signals come back with much more strength, CCI
0359 on 5, novela from net-5
0403 on 5, 10 kHz CCI with above; 0404 Bancómer ad; these peak SSW
0407 on 2, net-13 news mentions Juárez, but probably not XEPM
0410 on 4, different national news than on 2, CCI
0419 on 2, ``aquí en Chihuahua``, meaning state or city? XEPM or XHCH
0430 on 2, still some CCI
0432 on 2, net-13 bug; opening gone by 0445
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MICRONESIA. 4755.44, PMA-The Cross Radio, random checking from 1320
to 1413, July 31. They did not turn off the SW transmitter as they
usually do. Fair reception with Christian songs; 1330 “Hi. My name is
Norse(?). I listen to the Cross Radio”.
Email response from station manager: “Hello Ron! You are absolutely
correct! We forgot to turn the SW off on Sunday night hence your
reception of us. Thanks once again for the good report. Sylvia Kalau.”
August 1 the transmitter was turned off as usual much earlier; not on
the air at my first check at 1155 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe should not remind
** MONGOLIA. 12015, V of Mongolia. English 1530-1555 14/7 but severe
R. Rossii co-channel making reception even poor in Japan on the online
Perseus receiver. I have requested them to use 12085 instead, but yet
to hear from them. 32222 (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka (Perseus,
Icom R71A, R8A, Low band loop, 10:1 balun, 80/40 dipoles and Cushcraft
LP for higher bands), Aug Australian DX News via DXLD)
12085, V of Mongolia. 1030-1055 22/7 English fussy modulation making a
fair to good strength signal difficult to understand, 33333 (Victor
Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka (Perseus, Icom R71A, R8A, Low band loop, 10:1
balun, 80/40 dipoles and Cushcraft LP for higher bands), Aug
Australian DX News via DXLD)
QSL: Voice of Mongolia, 12085 kHz, 0930, 09/01/11, 44 dias.
Encaminhado para o email mr @ mongol.net Recebido Cartão QSL,
fotografia em P&B de corrida de cavalos típica do país, V/S Densmaa
Z., "mail Editor", bonito envelope com belos selos. 73's (Arthur
Antonio Raimundo, Goiânia GO Brasil, 16º40'50.91"S, 49º16'15.29"W,
GH53IH76, July 30, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** MOROCCO. 15345+, now that it`s Ramadan, August 1, will IMM via
Nador stay on an hour later with DST also concluded? I am listening at
2055 to undermodulated Arabic music, het on lo side from Argentina,
2059 Qur`an briefly, 2100 sounder and Arabic talk presumed news, still
on air at 2107. Unfortunately, I was out of earshot of the alarm I set
for 2157 and missed rechecking it then; but there will be another day.
If now staying on until 2200, again impedes RAE`s M-F German service
to Europe, as the two stations doggedly stick to (almost) the same
frequency to the detriment of both, and their would-be listeners,
despite plenty of alternatives nearby. This is the usual pattern,
altho some Islamic-dominated stations extend their schedules far into
the night for Ramadan, regardless of any local clock changes. BTW, is
fasting and gorging every day good for the body? Ask any physician or
nutritionist.
15345+, August 2 at 2132, IMM is still on, Arabic atop usual het from
weaker Argentina on lo side, so post-DST schedule has indeed shifted
one UT hour later as expected. 2156 Arabic music vs het; now both are
stronger. 2200 no timesignal, YL in Arabic, sounder, presumed news
starts until modulation stops after 2202 and carrier cut at 2202:39*
uncovering ARGENTINA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOZAMBIQUE. 1008, Rádio Moçambique Emissora Interprovincial Maputo
e Gaza, Maputo. 2011/07/23 Saturday 1909-1911. Afro music, almost
inaudible. Very poor.
1206, Rádio Moçambique Emissora Nacional, Inhambane. 2011/07/23
Saturday 1849-1852. Portuguese, but unreadable. Severe QRM from Radio
Botswana on 1215.
810, Rádio Moçambique Emissora Provincial Gaza, Xai-Xai. 2011/07/23
Saturday 1912-1917. Portuguese, OM's talking. Afro music at 1917.
Fair.
1026, Rádio Moçambique Emissora Provincial Manica, Chimoio. 2011/07/23
Saturday 1905-1907. Portuguese, with afro music. Very poor.
1179, Rádio Moçambique Emissora Provincial Zambézia, Quelimane.
2011/07/23 Saturday 1854-1901. Portuguese, OM's talking. No ID heard.
Poor. Faded out completely at TOH. Jo'burg sunset 1538 (Bill Bingham,
South Africa, July 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Rádio Moçambique, Delegação de Beira. 873, Sofala (Beira). 2011/08/01
Monday 1911-1923, Portuguese, YL talking. Much stronger signal than
usual, but very rapid pulse-type fading and an intermittent het from
unknown source. Eliminated the pulsing by switching AGC on Drake to
"slow", reduced the het with notch filter but its frequency was
varying so it could not be eliminated; it was switching on and off
like a piece of faulty equipment.
Rádio Moçambique, Emissora Provincial de Cabo Delgado. 1224, Pemba.
2011/08/01 Monday 1937-1942, Portuguese talk and music. Fair - poor;
great opening into Mozambique tonight. Never logged this one before!
Rádio Moçambique, Emissora Provincial Tete. 963 Tete. 2011/08/01
Monday 1925-1927, Portuguese, OM's talking. Much stronger than usual,
but bothered by the same interference as 873 KHz (Beira).
Rádio Moçambique Emissora Provincial Zambézia. 1179 Quelimane.
2011/08/01 Monday 1929-1933, Portuguese songs. Much stronger than
usual, and interference-free unlike 873 (Beira) and 963 (Tete). Quite
good. Jo'burg sunset 1542 (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. Strong signal on 5986 kHz, but no traces on 7186 or 7201
kHz were at 2320 UT on July 24 (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, July 30, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews 1 August via DXLD)
7185.75, Myanmar Radio. Minority service 0030-0330, 1130-1220 (some
days 1330). MW 729 is in //. 28/7.
9730.85, Myanmar R., 0230 s/on into English, good reception goes on
till about 1030, including English 0700 (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri
Lanka (Perseus, Icom R71A, R8A, Low band loop, 10:1 balun, 80/40
dipoles and Cushcraft LP for higher bands), Aug Australian DX News via
DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 648 from ORF[ordness] --- Hi All, UK and
continental dxers may be interested to keep an ear open on this freq
for a resumption of txms on 648 kHz / 500 kW in the next few days.
I understand a new service has been brokered. 73 (Dave G4OYX Porter,
Woofferton, Aug 1, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Dave, yes I just read about it on the Media Network blog
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/dutch-radio-1-to-move-temporarily-to-648-khz
(Chris, G3XVL, McCarthy, ibid.) Viz.:
Dutch Radio 1 to move temporarily to 648 kHz. 6 comments
All the necessary approval has now been received from the UK, and we
can officially announce that Dutch public news/information network
Radio 1 will shortly begin broadcasting on 648 kHz via the former BBC
World Service transmitter at Orfordness. This will enable Radio 5 to
return to its regular frequency of 747 kHz where it has been
supplanted by Radio 1 following the fires at two Dutch FM transmitter
sites on 15 July.
Arrangements for the temporary broadcast via the UK are being handled
by my colleagues in the RNW Programme Distribution Department. The
exact time when broadcasts will start on 648 kHz is not yet known, as
the transmitter has to be tested, but we expect it to be on the air in
the course of tomorrow (2 August).
The mediumwave transmission of Radio 1 will remain on the air 24/7
until all areas of the Netherlands can receive strong signals on FM.
There are still some areas where FM reception is poor, and this is
expected to last for a number of weeks (August 1st, 2011 - 13:17 UTC
by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
12 Comments on “Dutch Radio 1 to move temporarily to 648 kHz”
#1 ruud on Aug 1st, 2011 at 15:32
Typical Dutch question. Who is going to pay for this? The tax payer.
Novec (mast owner of Lopik) preventing Broadcast Partners to use the
facility as before, coming up with unrealistic demands for BP. Some
insurance company. 648 must cost over 100,000 Euro/month. Maybe some
TV-spots -how to move my receiver to AM- would be handsome as well.
#2 Andy Foad on Aug 1st, 2011 at 18:25
I had the same thoughts ;-)
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/political-fury-at-dutch-broadcasting-chaos#comments
#3 Theo Bakker on Aug 1st, 2011 at 19:28
What is so difficult removing your receiver to AM? A MW frequency has
a lot of advantages to FM. With one transmitter you can reach a whole
country. I love AM.
#4 Kees on Aug 1st, 2011 at 19:39
Deze informatie kan ook wel in gewoon Nederlands. De wereldomroep is
toch ook Nederlands of spelen ze graag BBC’tje.
#5 David on Aug 1st, 2011 at 19:49
Will they be using the same power that the BBC used?
#6 William on Aug 1st, 2011 at 21:04
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/dutch-radio-1-to-move-temporarily-to-648-khz#comment-2403350
Ze willen zich waarschijnlijk graag interessant over doen laten komen,
aangezien dit geen nieuws is waar je in het buitenland wat aan hebt
aangezien dit specifiek bedoeld is voor de problemen in Nederland.
#7 Nigel Holmes on Aug 2nd, 2011 at 02:41
MF is reliable for wide-area coverage. In south-east Australia during
the bushfire & flood seasons all residents in affected areas are
advised to have a battery-powered portable mf radio in their emergency
kit.
In Victoria in February 2009 when 30 fires destroyed > 350,000
hectares & 170 people perished we lost numerous vhf/uhf (read: hill-
top) broadcast sites. > 40 cell phone base-stations were lost across
one fire region alone. Two 50 kW OD stations (3WV 594 kHz & 3LO 774
kHz) covered 3/4 of the state (the size of England). With their own
emergency power plants and located away from fire-prone areas, on
cleared sites, these mf services were crucial in providing continuity
in the flow of information to hundreds of thousands of Victorians.
Cell phone & internet infrastructure failed under the demand.
A perfect example of the army priciple: KISS
#8 ruud on Aug 2nd, 2011 at 13:49
The information is also interesting for non Dutch speakers. Since 648
has a much larger coverage then Holland. Even if you cannot understand
what is being said. Information on Chinese radio in this forum is not
just in Chinese. Indeed AM is important in creating emergency
situations for its coverage. That is why I have the strongest of
feeling that AM should not be switched off, even when digital radio
become a success.
#9 Andy Sennitt on Aug 2nd, 2011 at 13:59
Thank you, Ruud. I got a lot of Dutch visitors last night because the
information about 648 was apparently still subject to an embargo,
which I was unaware of, so it was not on the other public broadcasting
sites, and Dutch-language sites linked to this one. Hence the
confusion by people who still think the Wereldomroep should only be
for Dutch people
#10 haweeha on Aug 2nd, 2011 at 16:43
I guess that will be 250 kW in the directional aerial so that would be
considerably more in effective output?
#11 Andy Sennitt on Aug 2nd, 2011 at 16:50
As far as I know, it’s the same antenna that the BBC used, but at half
the power because it doesn’t have to reach so far. But it’s still ten
times the power that Big L used on 1395, with a much better antenna.
#12 Kai Ludwig on Aug 2nd, 2011 at 23:11
If there was an embargo then NOS broke it already last Thursday:
http://nos.nl/artikel/259963-fmsignaal-in-noorden-wordt-beter.html
And 648 kHz is still not on air. I waited until 1 AM with this
comment, to see if they perhaps switch it on at midnight sharp for
costing reasons, but not so. What’s the problem? (MN blog comments via
DXLD)
648 kHz --- I'm hearing a rather weak signal on 648 with talk in
Dutch. Presume in Orfordness? This seems to be a lower power signal
than I expected. Is this really the BBC WS transmitter? 73 (Steve
Whitt, Near York, MWN editor, Aug 3, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
Steve, It is Orfordness, I took a bearing to confirm. They are
currently on a much lower power; in fact it`s 30 dB down on what they
were on 2/10/2010. Radio Albatross (with Caroline relay) have now
moved to 576 kHz (Chris McCarthy, Ipswich, Suffolk, ibid.)
Dutch Radio 1 from Orfordness now +30 dB on yesterday, and same level
as I recorded in October 2010. (-40 dBm) Chris, G3XVL, Ipswich,
Suffolk, (Perseus SDR, inverted L antenna), 1012 UT Aug 4, ibid.)
Hello from Hilversum, If you live within the coverage area of the
former BBC World Service transmitter at Orfordness on 648 kHz, you may
have noticed that it's back on the air, but in Dutch! That's because
RNW's Programme Distribution Department has helped our colleagues at
Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPO) by arranging a temporary signal
of the domestic news/information network Radio 1 that can cover the
whole country.
Terrestrial FM reception in some areas of the Netherlands is poor
following the fires at two main transmitting stations on 15 July.
Radio 1 has been using 747 kHz, but this has meant that Radio 5 has
had no terrestrial coverage. By moving Radio 1 to 648 kHz, Radio 5 has
been able to return to its normal frequency.
We don't know how long this transmitter will be needed. Restoration of
normal services from Lopik has been delayed until the cause of the
fire there has been definitively established. Transmitters are on the
air, but on very low power. In the north of the country, a temporary
site at Assen is operating, but doesn't have the wide coverage of
Hoogersmilde, whose mast collapsed. A new one will be built, but this
will take some months. We will keep updating the situation in the
Media Network Weblog (Andy Sennitt, Media Network newsletter Aug 4 via
DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9795, Aug 4 at 1156, RNW closing hour in
Indonesian with satellite info, website, good signal here despite
aiming 200 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES (opposite = 20 degrees,
close); 1157 to open carrier featuring crackles for a couple minutes,
instead of English filler (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. CKGA 650 Gander, NL e-QSL --- Grazie a Richard King,
Direttore dei programmi, posso annoverare un'altra conferma canadese,
questa volta della stazione CKGA 650, da Gander, NL, affiliata al
gruppo VOCM Steele Communications
391 Kenmount Road
P.O. Box 8-590
St. John's, NL
A1B 3P5
ed ascoltata durante la spedizione DX a Parkalompolo (S) lo scorso
gennaio, http://www.furuogrund.se/pax/PAX/pax91.rtf
(Alessandro Groppazzi, http://gropdx.blogspot.com/ via Dario
Monferini, 28 July, playdx yg via DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. Re: wrong frequency again, ``6170, July 24 at 1229,
RNZI is on in program about the première of Verdi`s Aïda in Egypt in
1871y; nothing on 9655 where RNZI is supposed to be at this hour. 1231
on to interview with a film director and more cultural items. 6170 is
supposed to resume at 1300, so I monitored closely before then: amid
old movie music, 1257:30 cut to dead air for a minute; unaware of
reality in the studio, automation at 1258:30 ran QSY announcement from
``this frequency`` to 6170! ``This is New Zealand``, bell bird IS, no
carrier breaks, and 1300 news. Must be another case of misprogrammed
automation. Some other monitors noted that 6170 did not change to 9655
at 1100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``
Hi Glen[n], Re the report of July 27 - I checked out the transmitter
schedules which run on a 7 day rotate and all OK there. We are at a
loss to explain why that on that one occasion that week the switch to
9655 kHz failed to occur. Regards (Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI, Aug 2, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NICARAGUA. 1400 kHz, **R. María. Highlight of the trip!!! Sat on
this a while and was rewarded with a nice ID at 0749 22/7. Shame I had
not set the laptop correctly and all recordings were unusable. Signal
was quite good at times and propagation was also good for Mexicans
this evening (John Schache, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near
Moruya NSW, NRD 525 Antennas: Dual Phased Flag Array, Phased active
loop and random wire, MFJ 1026 phaser, August Australian DX News via
DXLD)
** NIGERIA. 15120, Voice of Nigeria; 1803, 1-Aug; English news re
Africa plus the U.S. debt "deal". (Got debts? Borrow more money!) ID
at 1805 as VoN-Lagos, then thumb harp bumper into English feature, but
audio dropped down. SIO=323- with hum QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW,
All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING
DIGEST) QRhuM
** NORTH AMERICA. Glenn, I see I'm mentioned here:
http://whisperinyourfear.blogspot.com/2011_04_17_archive.html
Any thoughts on this? (Artie Bigley, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Discussion of pirates and researching their origins, etc. (gh)
** OKLAHOMA. 87.9, approx., July 28 at 1810, a distorted signal here
with gospel-rock music, seemingly mixed with another one, first heard
on caradio and perhaps coming from some other car`s RF feeder? Except
it`s constant as I drive away from other cars on the main drag, and
also audible on portable around home QTH. Could not make it // to any
local station. Manoeuvering whip antenna got best signal from N/S,
horizontal. Never heard this before in frequent DX searches including
87.7, 87.9.
Finally at 2201 UT made out ID as KYLV, 88.9 in Oklahoma City. That
station is not normally audible due to ACI from 88.7 and 89.1 local
translator. Apparently KYLV is putting out a spur or mixing product. I
was lucky to get a local ID as it`s on the excessive ``K-love``
network. Might also come from some translator relaying KYLV (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) {Later: oops, KYLV is more or less
audible on 88.9, at least on caradio with adequate selectivity. Of
course, due to its format, I avoid listening to it like the plague.
Spur mostly not heard since, or just traces}
** OKLAHOMA. Pirate at 102.3 (NW OKC) I think there may be a pirate on
the air at 102.3 FM. I can get it in fairly well near I-44 and NW 23rd
Street. It has been airing Alex Jones every time I've turned over to
it. I have heard it in the past at 107.1, though it has been over a
year since I've caught it on air. I can't find anything in the FCC
database that makes it appear legitimate (Scooby214, July 27, radio-
info.com Oklahoma board via DXLD)
It's on the SE side of town off of Sooner Rd. (Ryan Beam, ibid.)
That's pretty good coverage. Is it a legitimate station or translator?
(Scooby214, ibid.)
Try 6215 SE 89th. Been there, DF'ed that. Tinfoil hat not included.
LOL! (OKCRadioGuy, ibid.)
It's not a FCC licensed station, well, at least the BROADCAST
station..... (ibid.)
I'm surprised this hasn't hit the alt.conspiracy.black.helicopters
Usenet group (milton77, ibid.)
Must look for that next time in OKC. As for the similar far-right GCN
pirate we tracked down in Enid on 99.9, it has not been heard for some
months, presumably gone; or if moved to another frequency not yet run
across (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. New developments in the OKC TV chopper pilot story:
Channel 27 guy will be moving to Channel 39; and vice versa??
http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=26034&p=453055#post453055
(via Glenn Hauser, Enid, DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA [non]. METV test pattern on 67.3 replaced with actual
programming. 67.1 now has METV instead of THIS-TV. Despite WNGS-DT ID,
I see on the sidebars of 67.1 "Buffalo's Buzz www.WBBZ.TV". Looks like
a possible call change. http://wbbz.tv/
WBBZ Station ID : http://dxinfocentre.com/pix/7-1-Springville.JPG
wrh (Bill Hepburn, Grimsby Ont, Aug 1, WTFDA via DXLD)
Ahem, WBBZ call is already taken by the erstwhile 1230 AM station in
Ponca City. Yes, I know, it`s possible, if parties agree, to assign
same call to TV somewhere else, another bad idea of the FCC. Or is it
an imaginary `call`? FCC TV Query has no WBBZ-TV, but still has WBBZ
(AM 1230) in Ponca (Glenn Hauser, OK, August 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The Buffalo station is WBBZ-TV. It takes a day or two for these
changes to populate to the TV Query, but it's already listed as such
in the FCC callsign reservation system. Presumably there was an
arrangement with the Ponca City station, which remains WBBZ. s (Scott
Fybush, Rochester, ibid.)
The calls WBBZ-TV were reserved today by ITV of Buffalo (Doug Smith,
TN, Aug 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio and TV stations in different markets can have the same call - as
in WPXN-FM Paxton, Illinois and WPXN-TV NYC (Curtis Sadowski, Paxton,
ibid.)
** OMAN. 15355, R. Oman. At 0340 ID “Radio Sultanate of Oman Morning
Show” and many disco songs, jingle “Radio Oman ……FM” on 28/7 (Rumen
Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF-2001, 16m Marconi antenna), Aug
Australian DX News via DXLD).
** PAKISTAN. 3975/11590/15265, With IDs "Radio Pakistan" at 1700 and
at 1710 UT was heard the news bulletin in English from 1700 to 1710 UT
featuring headlines at 1701 and at 1709 UT on 3975 kHz on July 24th.
On July 26th also heard with news in English 1700-1710 UT but already
on 3975 and 11590 kHz. No on 9350 kHz {latter now on 15265 instead -
since June, wb} (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, July 30, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
1 August via DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3290, Radio Gadona 95.5 FM relay via NBC Central,
1240, August 1. Almost fair reception; island songs; OM DJ in Tok
Pisin; many IDs; even a “Radio Central” ID (rare – normally is “N-B-C
Central”); singing “Radio Gadona 95.5 FM”; 1302 PNG birdcall and “News
Roundup” in English; news and weather forecast // 3275 and 3365; 1311
several pop songs in English (Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time”, etc.)
and more island pop songs till 1337 tune out.
3385, NBC East New Britain, 1224*, August 1 (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3205, NBC Sandaun (West Sepik) - Certainly seems
they are really gone; continues to be off the air through August 1.
3205, NBC Sandaun (West Sepik) had been off the air for about one
month, so was very pleased on August 2 to hear them again. At 1147 OM
DJ in Tok Pisin playing pop island songs; 1202 filler music till 1204
PNG birdcall and start of the NBC National News in English (new prime
minister for PNG, etc.); news // 3385-NBC East New Britain; 1209 back
to pop island songs; missed their early sign off, but was between 1213
and 1219; poor, but fading up (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA,
Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
3204.97, R. Sandaun (presumed), 1157-1210* Aug 3. Vocal music; NBC
news relay at 1202, // 3385; into music at 1207. Tuned out at 1207;
when I checked back at 1215 they had left the air. Reactivated after
several weeks of silence in this time period - last logged here on
June 25 (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW,
Cumbre DX via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
Sampling of August 3 monitoring from 1200 to 1345. Currently all NBC
stations are having a lot of news coverage regarding the removal of
the acting prime minister and replacing him with a new one. Seems to
have contributed to some instability in the government, so look for
more extensive coverage via NBC.
3205, NBC Sandaun (West Sepik), 1200 filler music till PNG birdcall;
NBC National News in English; news // 3365-NBC Milne Bay and 3385-NBC
East New Britain; after news not // and playing pop island music till
suddenly off at 1212*. Nice to have them back again for a second
consecutive day, even if they are now going off earlier than when last
heard in late June. [WORLD OF RADIO 1576]
3275, NBC Southern Highlands (presumed), 1251-1255 with YL
interviewing OM about the new prime minister and elections; in Tok
Pisin; 1319 program of C&W songs (Johnny Lee “Looking For Love In All
The Wrong Places”, etc.); DJ probably in English; tuned out 1345 at
which time had faded down to very poor.
3290, NBC Central, 1256 pop island songs; 1301 PNG birdcall; NBC “News
Roundup” in English (rubella outbreak and gives symptoms to watch for,
etc.); news // 3275 and 3365; into commentary about the new prime
minister in Tok Pisin; 1312 “N-B-C Central” ID; 1326 montage of songs
for the “N-B-C Central” promo; today believe they did not relay Radio
Gadona 95.5 FM, as I caught none of their usually frequent IDs, but
had only NBC Central IDs.
3365, NBC Milne Bay (presumed), 1315 island pop songs; 1317 speech
given via loudspeaker (political?); 1328 OM DJ in English with
dedications for pop island songs. The audio here is never very
distinct, so have never been able to catch a definite clear ID.
3385, NBC East New Britain, 1213, "provincial" news in Tok Pisin; 1216
ID “N-B-C East New Britain”; into non-stop island songs (not pop, but
sounded religious with slow tempo); the normal sudden 1224* (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
3385, NBC East New Britain, 1150-1224* Aug 3. Talk to 1159, then a
couple of ads, one to the tune of "When the Saints Come Marching In";
filler music to 1202, then NBC news relay (English) // 3204.97; back
to local programming at 1207 (no longer // 3204.97), with "NBC East
New Britain, bringing you local and international news...;" followed
by YL with same; seemed to be a mix of English and Tok Pisin; island
choral music (anthem?) 1217-1224, then off. Fair/good, with a nice
peak around 1200; best signal on 90 m.b. (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge,
Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Re 11-31: Couple of days ago (after several
months) I exchanged again few words with James. He said R Fly has
received 44 reports. QSL's were in the envelopes and will be mailed
this week. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, August 1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PARAGUAY. RADIO NACIONAL SERA LA DE MAYOR POTENCIA EN LA REPUBLICA,
DICE LA SICOM
1 FotoAmpliar Imagen === Fachada del local de Radio Nacional del
Paraguay. Fuente: ABC Color - Jorge Rolón
Radio Nacional del Paraguay contará con un nuevo transmisor de
Amplitud Modulada y esto la convertirá en el medio con más potencia en
el país, afirma un comunicado de la Secretaría de Información y
Comunicación para el Desarrollo (Sicom).
El transmisor ya se encuentra en Paraguay y el ministro de la Sicom,
Augusto Dos Santos, anunció que la acción se ejecuta en el marco de
la política de fundación de nuevos medios públicos, mejora y
renovación de los ya existentes.
“Con el mencionado transmisor, la antigua Radio Nacional del Paraguay
pasará de emitir a menos de 20 kW, como lo hace hoy a una potencia de
100 kW, convirtiéndose en la radio con mayor fuerza de transmisión en
la República”, señala el comunicado dado a conocer este lunes.
Dos Santos señaló que estas políticas de fortalecimiento de los medios
públicos forma parte del proyecto del Gobierno de Fernando Lugo, que
plantea que los medios del Estado deben ser "emprendimientos de
construcción ciudadana".
Durante la gestión en Sicom del Augusto Dos Santos se fundó la Agencia
Informativa Nacional IP Paraguay, se renovaron los equipos
transmisores de Radio Carlos Antonio López de Pilar, y se renovaron
los transmisores de FM y ahora AM en Radio Nacional del Paraguay.
Asimismo, se funda el primer canal público en el Paraguay y surgen
otras formas de comunicación, como el Semanario Red Pública.
Dos Santos anunció que, tras la habilitación del nuevo transmisor de
Radio Nacional del Paraguay, el próximo paso será la fundación de dos
nuevas radios públicas en el norte y en el sur del Paraguay, que se
sumarán en el interior del país a la cobertura que las radios públicas
del interior están brindando, como es el caso de la Radio Carlos
Antonio López (ZP 12), que cuenta con una amplia programación en la
zona de Ñeembucú desde sus estudios en la ciudad fronteriza de Pilar,
llegando incluso a los departamentos de Misiones y Paraguarí, concluye
diciendo la nota.
FUENTE: http://bit.ly/oYzVLq
(via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD)
WTFK? ZP1 on 920 kHz. WRTH 2011 says 100/10 kW, strange hours of 08-
24, i.e. not on into the night (gh, DXLD)
Muy interesante información. Considerando que 920 kHz constituye un
Canal libre Internacional, estimo que con esa QRP [sic] la emisora
podrá recepcionarse habitualmente y con buena señal aún en Buenos
Aires (Arnaldo Slaen, condiglist yg via DXLD)
De la onda corta no habla ni jota (Rubén Guillermo Margenet,
Argentina, ibid.) was 9737v
** PERU. 970, R. Líder, Cajamarca, 3/07 1005/1100 22222, hoy se
realizarán las elecciones complementarias en los distritos de Chota,
Cutervo, Bellavista.. mxf [música folclórica] en español. ID "Radio
Líder para el campo y la ciudad", mx, ID "Radio Líder informará sobre
las elecciones complementarias." Nota: Por momentos ambas estaciones
se montaban y/o se escuchaban en forma individual; después dejé de
escuchar a la colombiana.
3330, PERU, R. Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 6/07 2255/2330, 33333,
mxf, huayno en español, ID "Radio Ondas del Huallaga", mxf, ads y
avisos, ID "Está en sintonía de Radio Ondas del Huallaga para toda la
república.." Ads, ``amigo ganadero registre el traslado de su ganado
en SENASA y evítese problema… Amigo ganadero visite a Veterinaria
Quispe en esta ciudad de Huánuco.``
4850, PERU, R. Génesis, Ayacucho, Huanta, 29/07 1155/1200, 44444, mx
religiosa, ID mv [voz masculina] "Hasta aquí Radio Génesis en su
primera parte" s/off. NOTA: no indican horario de s/on de la segunda
parte.
TAMBIEN: 29/07 2200/2345, 44444, no hay señal, recién a las 2245 sin
previa anuncio salen al aire con mx religiosa a ritmo de huayno en
español… ads en quechua, Iglesia evangélica quechua del Perú, ID fv
[voz femenina] "Radio Génesis de Huanta"; continúan con la música
religiosa y las 2345 se perdió la señal.
4955, PERU, R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, Ayacucho, 1/07 2235/2310 UT,
55555, programa religioso en quechua, ID "Radio Cultural Amauta
sirviendo a Dios y la Patria en los 99.9 desde la ciudad de Huanta,
Ayacucho.``
5039, PERU, R. Libertad, Junín, 2/07 0203/0302, 44444, programa
Noticiero Libertad… ``La liga deportiva de Junín, le invita a los
partidos a realizarse en el estadio municipal de Junín. El simulacro
de sismo realizado por INDECI realizado el día de ayer….`` ID "En su
Radio Libertad..", restaurante el Tambo. La recepción lo he efectuado
del 1/07 al 29/07 con mi Sony ICF-SW7600G en compañía del Mizuho KX-3.
Muchos 128´s PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Peru, UT Aug 1, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 3360, Radio JPJ --- This new station has been off the air for
a few weeks due to transmitter repair works. According to info in my
QSL they should be back again on July 25. But it seems the repair took
longer time than expected so nothing heard on the frequency until this
morning, July 31, when I noticed them at 0126 UT. 73 (Thomas Nilsson,
Sweden, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL. Onda curta RDP --- Media
<http://www.meiosepublicidade.pt/category/media/>
Media :: Noticias
<http://www.meiosepublicidade.pt/category/media/media_noticias/>
Rádio: Trabalhadores da RTP querem reposição imediata de emissões em
onda curta
A comissão de trabalhadores da RTP pediu à administração da empresa
para repor de imediato as emissões em onda curta, argumentando que a
decisão impede o acesso à informação e à língua portuguesa de milhares
de portugueses. O pedido foi anunciado esta quarta-feira na sequência
de uma reunião com o conselho de administração realizado na terça-
feira, na qual o presidente da estação confirmou aos trabalhadores ter
recebido autorização para suspender a onda curta pelo anterior
ministro dos Assuntos Parlamentares, Jorge Lacão.
Considerando tratar-se de uma “atitude inconstitucional, ilegítima,
extemporânea e irresponsável”, a comissão de trabalhadores defende, em
comunicado, que a onda curta é uma “opção estratégica da difusão da
língua portuguesa”. A RTP anunciou em Maio ter decidido suspender
provisoriamente, a partir de 1 de Junho, as emissões da RDP
Internacional em onda curta, alegando o reduzido do número de ouvintes
e a necessidade de diminuir custos. Justificações que não convencem a
comissão de trabalhadores que lembra que a RTP investiu “quase 6
milhões de euros na onda curta entre 2003 e 2006” e defende ser
possível reduzir a despesa “sem pôr em causa o cumprimento do serviço
público de rádio e televisão”.
“Nalguns casos, como ocorre com quem trabalha no mar, quem está em
regiões mais inacessíveis ou anda na estrada, essa decisão terá um
impacto evidente e criará maior isolamento”, alerta a comissão,
referindo que “a administração da RTP sabe que pode reduzir na despesa
sem pôr em causa o cumprimento do serviço público”. Para a entidade
representativa dos trabalhadores da estação, a redução de despesas
pode passar “por exemplo, por retirar as 66 viaturas (com combustível
e manutenção) atribuídas aos cargos superiores da empresa que custam
mais de 600 mil euros por ano” ou na “aplicação de tectos salariais
nas novas contratações” e “renegociação imediata de salários
avultados”.O pedido de reposição das emissões em onda curta foi
enviado hoje ao Governo e aos grupos parlamentares. (Lusa)
Best regards (Manuel Jesus, visite: http://www.sitesmaisuteis.pt
July 28, condiglist yg via DXLD)
RDPi pode retomar emissões em Onda Curta
As emissões da RDPi em Ondas Curtas (a partir do CEOC) foram suspensas
a 01 de Junho, cinco dias antes das eleições legislativas que ditaram
uma mudança de Governo. Segundo a agência Lusa, anteontem,
"A Comissão para a Ética, Cidadania e Comunicação aprovou (...) a
audição do ministro dos Assuntos Parlamentares, Miguel Relvas, sobre a
suspensão das emissões da RDP Internacional na onda curta, decidida
pelo Governo anterior.
O presidente da comissão, Mendes Bota (PSD), disse à Lusa que a
audição do ministro, requerida pelo PCP, foi "aprovada
condicionalmente".
Mendes Botas explicou que na reunião de hoje foi decido que a comissão
vai "tentar antecipar a audição regimental do ministro dos Assuntos
Parlamentares, que está prevista para o final de setembro, para o
final de agosto....".
Sugiro a todos os ouvintes da RDPi que escrevam cartas de protesto
para:
Administração da RTP,
Av. Marechal Gomes da Costa, nº 37 1849-030 Lisboa
Portugal
e para
Ex.mo. Sr. Presidente da comissão parlamentar de ética, cidadania e
comunicação, Dr. Mendes Bota,
Palácio de S. Bento
1249-068 LISBOA
Portugal
Ainda há uma boa possibilidade de a RDPi retomar as emissões em ondas
curtas! (Bruno Smarado, Portugal, 28 July, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** ROMANIA. 11733.26, R. Romania Int., Tiganeshti. English pop song
1747, “Listeners Letterbox”, strong & nominally 11735, 21/7.
11953.2, R. Romania International. Another off-frequency channel from
the faulty Tiganeshti transmitter, Spanish here 2320, good on 19/7.
17597.38, RRI, Tiganeshti. Chinese 1306, fair, off-frequency,
nominally 17600, 18/7 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra Point,
Near Moruya NSW, August Australian DX News via DXLD) Since fixed (gh)
7238.907, RRI Bucharest via odd outlet from Tiganeshti, German at
dream peak signal S=9+45dB, news 1800 til 1812 UT, then pop music
(Wolfgang Büschel, July 25, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1 August via DXLD)
15138v, More on their transmitter on 23 July at 1348 UT the program
called "Club DX" in Russian was on approx. 15138, instead of usual
15140 kHz (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, July 30, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1
August via DXLD) As in 11-30, off-frequencies fixed in meantime (gh)
15310, July 30 at 1706, hard rock with screaming, typically eclectic
music of RRI, as soon IDed in passing at 1708, in Romanian, 300 kW,
285 degrees via Galbeni for France at 17-20.
17510, sufficient Aug 4 at 1144, RRI with `Living Romania` program,
nevertheless starting with item about Denmark border controls, //
weaker 17670, azimuths 307 and 165 resp. I was expecting to rehear the
great folk music show `Skylark` which was on the previous Thursday at
1145-1152; shux. Not squeezed in later, as 1154 Enescu competition
promo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ITALY [non]
** RUSSIA. Voice of Russia in July moved to a new format for broadcast
- at a single frequency broadcast two audio programs and each program
has passed multimedia applications News Service Journaline - a text
version of the newscast, he is always duplicated in the text messages
of each service, the texts are translated into all languages of
broadcast that are able to adopt.
17 July 9715 kHz frequency broadcast package for Asia, the name of the
DRM RUVR 2A for the first channel and, accordingly, DRM RUVR 2B for
the second. From the Asian package was adopted exotic for our
broadcast services in Hindi and Urdu, and Hindi had to install extra
languages for the operating system. For Windows XP - in the language
settings Supplemental language support / mention Install files for
complex script and right-to-left languages.
This week, the 9715 kHz configured to send the first packet in which
the only European languages - failed to adopt a Russian, English,
German, French, Serbian. Those who listen to digital radio using the
Dream recommend upgrade to the latest version to correctly decode and
display a green SDC CRC.
In western Latvia, the best reception for the Voice of Russia is now
9715 kHz, but after 9 pm local time reception deteriorates, and at
this frequency. For I am almost Bolshakovo in the dead zone, very bad,
no audio ignala [sic] see only the frequency 6065 kHz and 6155. At
15545 kHz is Taldom worse than 9715, it is very unstable method and
the second part broadcast from 10 to 12 hours on Saturday July 23 is
not seen and not heard at all.
I did not notice that the quality of the audio signal in different
channels 1 and 2, despite the difference in bit rate - 13.12 and 12.40
kbps, respectively. In the audio frequency spectrum is not 12 kHz,
fully cut for other purposes, and the maximum rate audio signal for
both channels reaches 14.5 kHz. On hearing the worst thing in
question, sometimes bearable, sometimes really bad, do not save the
new, fancy coding techniques, with the music easier to guess what
would the quality of sound professionals, who feel the difference from
the tube transistor amplifiers.
Recently dalos listen to alternative - DAB, where classical music to
send the rich countries of Western Europe can afford to spend 192
kbps, the difference that produces Voice of Russia now, it is
impossible not to notice. Why do the Russian authorities to impose a
budget quality Russian radio? For what ever Somalia, Kenya and
Eritrea, of course, it will come bundled with portable receivers
without batteries and a handle at the side for charging the battery,
but in my opinion, for a country that still runs the spacecraft, is an
irreducible acceptability.
On the other hand, can not but rejoice that changes the radio station
did occur, by and large, such large-scale - for the first 8 years of
my observation that running multimedia applications on the text
language broadcasting, tested various options for the transfer. At a
general negative background dying shortwave radio in Europe and
digital broadcasting, in particular, these experiments of Russian
engineers on high-priced western equipment in total absence of the
target audience and normal radios on sale for large, only a handful of
enthusiasts for pitiful in Europe, look impressive (Vladimir Kazgunov,
Latvia, open_dx via RusDX 31 July via DXLD)
We lament publishing anything in such poor English, but it seems no
one has the time to do a proper human translation, so better than
nothing (gh, DXLD) DRM on 3990: see GERMANY
** RUSSIA. Re 11-30: MR. ANATOLY TITOV PASSED AWAY. He was real "Mr.
Radio Moscow Frequency Manager" even on long extended time in USSR
era, at least since the seventies (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX Aug 1 via
DXLD)
** RUSSIA [and non]. Voice of Russia - frequency changes in July and
August --- On August 1, Voice of Russia canceled following broadcasts:
Freq Tx site Language UTC Target area
1026 Novosibirsk Russian 16-19 Central Asia
1026 Novosibirsk Russian 23-02 Central Asia
1080 Irkutsk Chinese 11-12 China
1089 Krasnodar Russian 15-19 Caucasus
1143 Kaliningrad Russian 12-15 Baltic countries
1215 Kaliningrad German 16-19 Europe
1494 St. Petersburg Russian 15-19 Baltic countries
9800 Krasnodar English 22-02 North and Central America
12015 Samara Russian 13-14 Central Asia
12040 Moscow English 15-17 Europe
12050 St. Petersburg French 18-20 Europe, Africa
15465 Moscow French 17-20 Europe, Africa
On July 1, the station stopped following transmissions:
7440 Lviv (Ukraine) English 02-03 North America
11655 Lviv (Ukraine) German 09-10 Europe
Source: Vadim Alekseyev, Club DX # 1057, VOR Russian Service (via
Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, Aug 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7440 Ukraine relay gone for over a month, and nobody noticed? I myself
am seldom monitoring at that hour, but it would be nice if some others
were attentive to disappearances and sent non-logs. I guess that
correlate with closure of all Ukrainian SW services of RUI (gh, DXLD)
VoR in French still on 15465 and 12050 on Aug. 3 1945 UT (Jean-Michel
Aubier, France, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe Englishes too?
** RWANDA [and non]. 6055, CRI and Rwanda. Both in French at 1825,
Rwanda at 1831 with jingle and news in English till 1846 on 25/7
(Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF-2001, 16m Marconi antenna),
Aug Australian DX News via DXLD).
** SAIPAN. ODD VoA Saipan. Last night when I looked out for unusual
Ramadan outlets, I came across Special English via VoA Saipan, which
was a little odd frequency like 15205.031 kHz at 0046 UT Aug 1st. Much
fluttery signal on odd frequency (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Aug 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SARAWAK. 5030, RTM Kuching, Malaysia, not heard 1300, Jul 13, has
gone off the air. Very sad, hope it comes back; usually heard till
1600* (Victor Goonetilleke / UADX http://www.dxasia.info Kolamunne,
Piliyandala, Sri Lanka, DSWCI DX Window July 27 via WORLD OF RADIO
1576, DXLD)
5030, Malaysia. 13/7, Sarawak has gone off the air. Very sad, hope it
comes back; usually fair from around 1200-1600* so they go off one by
one! (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka (Perseus, Icom R71A, R8A, Low
band loop, 10:1 balun, 80/40 dipoles and Cushcraft LP for higher
bands), Aug Australian DX News via DXLD)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 17660.031, Odd frequency broadcast from BSKSA Riyadh
in French, about Grand Mosque, S=7 signal, light BUZZ tone at 1500 UT
July 25 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1 August via DXLD)
17785, June 28 at 0751, BSKSA carrier, at 0754:32 mid-programme
English, then French, SIO 544 (David Morris, Dorset, HF Logbook,
August BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
17785, 0751 3 July, review of newspaper headlines, English, SIO 433
(Alan Roe, Middx, ibid.) Accidental English before scheduled French
** SLOVAKIA. R. Slovakia is asking Spanish listeners for letters in
English to new boss, at the vincent. address urging resumption of SW:
Colaboración con Radio Eslovaquia
Estimados amigos: Radio Eslovaquia continúa necesitando de nuestra
colaboración y nos solicita que mandemos cartas escritas en inglés y
redactadas cortesmente al nuevo director Vincent Stofanik
vincent.stofanik @ rozhlas.sk solicitando que Radio Slovaquia vuelva
de nuevo a las emisiones en onda corta.
Es muy importante señalar que las cartas han de ser redactadas en
inglés, pues si no el director no lo entenderá y lo más problable es
que no le llegue el mensaje. Con cualquier traductor en línea de web
podemos facilmente hacer una traducción de las cartas que tengamos a
bien redactar para intentar conseguir que nuesta querida Radio
Slovaquia vuelva a estar presente en el dial de nuestro receptor.
Tenemos que animarnos todos y escribir cartas, aunque lo tenemos
difícil si una vez Radio Slovaquia volvió al eter, otra vez lo podemos
conseguir. Buenas escuchas y 73 (Julio Martínez, 28 July, noticiasdx
yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
Adjunto os remitimos el correo recibido de Laya:
Hola Emilio, Hoy, durante la busqueda de cartas para el próximo
domingo, encontré el nuevo boletín del Club 500... por primero me
quito el sombrero delante vuestro trabajo y delante la cantidad de
articulos interesantes!
Complimenti! Qué lastima que no se lo puedo pasar a nuestros jefes
para que lo lean y para que puedan enterarse un poco del tema de la
OC.
He pasado la carta a la Sra. Mikusova, el comentario suyo lo voy a
contar en mi programa dominical - en la lectura de las cartas. A
partir del 1.6.2011 pertenecemos bajo la unidad organizativa de Radio
Slovensko, Radio Regina y RSI, dirigida por el director Vincent
Stofanik. (Senora Mikusova sigue siendo la dramaturgo-jefe.) Como que
el otoño es el tiempo de los presupuestos, quizás sería justo
dirigirse directamente a él - posiblemente en idioma inglés.
Por el momento me despido agradeciéndote de corazón toda la atención
dedicada a RSI. Cordiales saludos
Mgr. Ladislava Hudzovic(ová
redaktor
Španielska sekcia Radio Slovakia International
Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska
RSI
Mýtna 1, P.O. Box 55
817 55 Bratislava 15
Slovenská republika
(via Martínez, ibid.)
** SOMALILAND. SOMALIA, 7145, 1835 3 July, R. Hargeisa? In vernacular,
talks for Somalia, Mogadishu, SIO 353 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria,
HF Logbook, August BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Or a hoparound
frequency from Eritrea? Wish we could nail this for sure (gh, DXLD)
** SOMALIA [non]. UK, 11740, Radio Damal (V of Somali People) 11740
kHz bestaetigte meinen e-mail Empfangsbericht innerhalb von 4 Tagen
mit einer netten undet. e-mail von Fatih Kwamboka, Station Manager.
11740 kHz 1830-1930 UT. 48,52NE,53NW Woofferton 250 kW 122 degr in
Somali. Dazu gab's noch das folgende kurze Stationsportraet:
RADIO DAMAL - OVERVIEW
As the World knows, Somalia is a country which has seen a great deal
of conflict over the last thirty plus years. Firstly, an internecine
civil was and subsequently a polarized political and religious climate
has seen one of Africa's oldest and greatest trading nations reduced
to a fragmented and poverty ridden state. Even now, leadership of the
nation remains fragmented with multiple local conflicts continuing to
repress its people's aspirations for their futures.
Radio Damal is a Somali vernacular radio station. Its core purpose is
to reflect the independent voice of the nation, promoting values
derived from the Somali people themselves. In particular, it seeks to
foster the basic human rights of freedom, security, economic, social
and community development and peace. It also promotes the concept of
tolerance, a quality for which traditionally Somalis are renowned for.
It aims to drive these values amongst Somali speaking people globally.
Radio Damal does this through a broad content map which includes;
music, arts & culture, political commentary, news and features
programming such as that targeting women, working people and the
youth.
In music, it promotes musicians who share the values of the station.
This includes the acquisition and promotion of the latest hits coupled
with content which reflects the range of depth of Somali culture such
as music classics and spoken word.
In audience specific programming, it aims to deliver edutainment
features which empowers its listeners and gives them the information
they need to better their own lives. Much of this programming is
driven by the audience themselves with regular contributions from
listeners through SMS, live call ins and interview inserts as well as
being guests on the station shows.
It currently broadcasts from Nairobi, Kenya, six hours per day - three
in the morning, three in the evening, all on short wave frequencies.
Its coverage reaches across Europe, through the Middle East and right
across Africa. The signal has, however, been picked up as far afield
as Australia. Radio Damal is the media channel which drives Somali
Peace and Unity.
<https:\\www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Radio-Damal/203042666388501>
E-mail: < Radiodamal @ gmail.com >
(via Patrick Robic, Austria, A-DX Aug 2 via BC-DX Aug 5 via DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 1485, Radio Today, Marks Park, Johannesburg.
2011/07/24 Sunday 1834-1920. Whilst tuning through found just a
carrier with only slight hum modulation. Normally a 24/7 station so
presumably a breakdown, it was far too early for a mistake in
switching over to relay the usual overnight BBC WS. Programme came
back at 1911 with no apology but "Welcome to 'Heart and Soul' " (a BBC
WS production routinely rebroadcast by 1485). This was suddenly cut
off two minutes later at 1913, and into "Keep it Country", a locally
produced country music programme. Jo'burg sunset 1538 (Bill Bingham,
South Africa, July 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Umhlobo Wenene (SABC). 846, Komga. 2011/08/01 Monday 1901-1910, Zulu.
ID in English at 1906 "SABC Education - enrich your life". Fair, much
better than usual. Can hear what they are saying for a change. Jo'burg
sunset 1542 (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. BS sporadic appearances on 15610: ITALY [non]
** SPAIN. R. Praha (via Radio Exterior de España), 15325 – QSL card
``Pernstejn-South Moravia Gothic castle from the middle of the XIII
century`` received in 18 days. Report sent to ruski @ radio.cz (Sergei
Rogov, London N4, QSL Report, August BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
?? When was R. Praha ever relayed by Spain; and in Russian? A one-off?
15325 is the current frequency for REE Russian at 1700-1730 in AM,
1730-1800 in DRM (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** SPAIN [and non]. 11880, Sunday July 31 at 1240, REE with `Amigos de
la Onda Corta` via COSTA RICA, news about R. Taiwan International. I
quickly check // 11910 via CHINA, and can barely hear it there. So the
PRC axually transmitted a non-hostile mention of the enemy. REE is in
bed with the ChiCom for relay exchanges, presumably protecting it from
jamming; is that explicitly in the contract? One might ask the same
about Canada and China.
17850, REE via COSTA RICA, Sunday July 31 at 2026 with very strong
signal, but music goes into distortion. Still very good on // 15110
direct, ``Breakfast in Belfast``, Basque music on accordion in
`Mundofonías` show.
11880, August 2 at 1430, REE quadrilingual news headlines via COSTA
RICA // much weaker 11815 also via CR, starting in French. Exact
timing of English segment: 1433:34 to 1436:53. Frank Smith the caster
today of these items: Concerns about Spain`s debt; Italy`s fiscal
crisis; US Senate about to vote on debt limit; police expel remaining
`indignant ones` of the 15 de Mayo movement from a square in Spain;
Syrian government offensive against Hama, 140 killed since Sunday; UN
Security Council to resume discussions; Norwegian killer`s lawyer says
client presents list of unrealistic demands.
We need to treasure this brief bit of M-F English, since REE deleted
two thirds of its English hours to North America a few years ago, and
retains only one other hour of English to Europe/Africa, clearly
inadequate for a major world language. However, since there are so
many other sources for world news, these precious 3+ minutes should be
devoted to news only about Spain we are not getting elsewhere! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Exterior de España --- One station that I don't listen to as
often as perhaps I should is REE, Spain. On Tuesday 6 July 2011, I
dropped in at 1935 on their English programme (aired 1900-2000 [9665,
11610 --- EiBi]) just as a feature item was starting about the
Pamplona "Running of the Bulls" festival.
It was largely a factual report of the opening ceremony by the Mayor
lighting the fuse of the rocket signalling the start of the week long
fiestas, with audio of the event and Spanish music. The actual Running
of the Bulls starts on 7 July with another rocket, and description of
how the Bulls and steers charge out of the corral where they have been
kept overnight ...
"down to the central bull-ring where they will be fought that
afternoon by three matadors. Ahead of the bulls run hundreds of people
[..] these days not just young men but also young women. [...] running
the bulls is not without its risks, apart from the bruises, scrapes,
sprains and broken bones [...] there is the risk of being gored by the
bulls [...] 15 dead in the annual festivities since 1922."
The programme then talked about Ernest Hemingway and his visit to the
town in 1923 which inspired his novel "The Sun Also Rises". Thousands
of people today still follow the Hemingway Trail of bars, cafes and
restaurants where he enjoyed the Navarra region's distinctive cuisine.
I realise that bull-fighting is a tradition in Spain, but I have to
say that it's not something that I can ever fully understand or really
accept. If people want to run with the bulls and risk injury or worse
- well then that's their choice, but there is no choice for the bulls.
The bullfights, as part of the Pamplona fiestas, was mentioned very
briefly, but I thought rather glossed over concentrating instead on
the tourism aspects of the fiestas. Anyway, an interesting item
(LISTENING POST by Alan Roe, Middlesex, August World DX Club Contact
via DXLD)
** SRI LANKA. 7189.75, SLBC, Ekala. Fair only, local music, occasional
announcements. 1213, listed as Tamil, // 11905, 20/7 (Craig Seager,
DX-Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near Moruya NSW, August Australian
DX News via DXLD)
11750, SLBC. To Middle east 1630-1830 12/7 via DW Trinco. with
Sinhala, till 1700 CRI co-channel. Then OK till 1830* but some days
1805*. In November according to the agreement with SLBC, DW will have
to hand over the station to SLBC if they close down before 2020 when
anyhow it would have gone to the Sri Lankan government.
11905, SLBC Ekala. "Namasthe India" 1530-1630 in English/Hindi, two
announcers playing music to India. SIO 444, this is again via
Trincomalee DW at 200 kW (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka (Perseus,
Icom R71A, R8A, Low band loop, 10:1 balun, 80/40 dipoles and Cushcraft
LP for higher bands), Aug Australian DX News via DXLD)
HFCC shows Ekala site instead, rather 11910 now replaced by 11905 kHz?
11750 1500-1900 zone 39, EKA 300kW 310deg
11910 1400 1630 zone 41, EKA 300 350
(Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, BC-DX Aug 5 via DXLD)
** SUDAN [non]. 11800, Sudan Radio Service via Rampisham. Very strong
0441 with ID, Arabic, over CNR 21/7 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at
Mullimburra Point, Near Moruya NSW, August Australian DX News via
WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
11800, Aug 3 at 0455, good signal with vocal music, percussion and
string instrument. HFCC coyly lists as ``non-specific`` Babcock at 04-
05, 250 kW, 125 degrees from Rampisham to CIRAF 47E and 48NW --- a
roundabout way of referring to Sudan. Aoki is more explicit as Sudan
Radio Service to Darfur in Arabic, daily except Fridays. This is a
much better option for us now than mornings on 16m, but apparently
disincludes any English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. Vatican City. Afia Darfur/Hello Darfur. 5945, Santa
Maria. 2011/08/03 Wednesday 0312-0329*, Arabic or Sudanese? mentions
of Sudan. At 0323 mentioned Mauritania, 0324 Ramadan, 0326 Israel,
0327 Somalia; sounds like news and current affairs, with OM and YL.
Brief music at 0328 then at 0329* mentioned "Khartoum". Immediately
followed by VOA jingle and YL saying "Voice of America". Fair but
fadey. Jo'burg sunrise 0447 (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9815, EAST GERMANY, Afia Darfur (via Nauen) at 0321 in Arabic with a
woman interviewing a man then an "Afia Darfur" ID at 0323 then brief
music and a man conducting a telephone interview of a man then brief
local vocals and a change to AWR programming at 0329 (Very Good Jul 28
MAC) – this is from the US-based BBG. AWR comes on so fast you can be
fooled about who it is (Mark Coady, Chemung Lake, ON, Alinco DX-R8T
Eton E-1 and loaded inverted vee dipole, Your Report, August ODXA
Listening In via DXLD)
** SUDAN [non]. 15550, R. Dabanga via Dhabayya. OK at 0449 but well
under co/channel China. // 13620, 13730 much better, 20/7 (Craig
Seager, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near Moruya NSW, August
Australian DX News via DXLD)
Radio Dabanga and RNW on 11555 --- Hi all, 1630-1725 on 11555 MDC 250
kW / 000 deg on July 25 Radio Dabanga in Arabic and July 26, 27, 28
RNW in English. No transmissions on July 29 and maybe today July 30.
73! Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
13730, July 31 at 0455, R. Dabanga best heard yet on this frequency,
synchronized // 13620 via MADAGASCAR which has the usual tone jamming,
but no jam audible on 13730. Scatterbrain Dabanga is over-produced
with echo-chamber, cutting every few sex between talk and music clips.
At 0457 the signal on 13730 abruptly drops to much weaker without any
break. This contradicts the expanded schedule as of July 18 in DXLD
11-29 which showed 13730 not starting until 0500 via Wertachtal.
However, latest HFCC info on 13730 since 18 July does show 13730 at
0430-0459 [sic] as 250 kW, 340 degrees from Madagascar, 0500[sic]-0557
as 250 kW, 150 degrees from Wertachtal; no longer UAE site on this
frequency at all. BOTH 13620 and 13730 via MDC during the first semi-
hour correlates with equal reception now and synchronization.
As for 13620, HFCC shows 0430-0527, 250 kW, 330 degrees [10 away from
13730 bearing] from Madagascar, 0530[sic]-0557, 500 kW, 156 degrees
from Nauen, GERMANY. This one also really starts 3 minutes earlier
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
13730 comes from Madagascar at 0430-0459[sic] UT, followed by
Wertachtal Germany outlet of S=9+30dB at 0500[sic]-0557 UT. Station
identification sung by man at 0511 UT. This broadcast channel suffer
by some klanking "metal drum audio" like noise, July 27 (Wolfgang
Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 1 August via DXLD)
** SUDAN SOUTH. ST0, SOUTH SUDAN (Update). The world's newest country
and DXCC entity continues to be active on the air until August 10th,
as ST0R. Updates from their Web page indicate that they now have five
stations running and the 6 meters beacon (on 50.105 MHz). As this was
being typed, activity has been on all bands (except 160m) on CW. SSB
operations have been on 40/20/17/15/ 12/10/6 meters, while RTTY
operations have been on 30/17/15 meters. Totals as of 1318z, July
29th, are 47011/QSOs with 14235/Unique callsigns. The breakdown is:
24364/CW, 16417/SSB and 6230/RTTY.
Currently, there are 10 operators there: Paul/N6PSE, Dmitri/RA9USU,
Valery/RG8K, Jun/JH4RHF, Andreas/DH8WR, Fabrizio/IN3ZNR,
Manuel/EA7AJR, Jose/EA7KW, and Antonio/EA5RM. Hrane/YT1AD return home
on June 27th, and was replaced by David/AH6HY. Other U.S. team members
will arrive there around August 2nd. They report that the pile-ups are
very heavy and they have to work by numbers to handle the pile-ups.
They state, "Main target still is to give the new country to as many
people as possible and we'll start to work others bands during
upcoming days." For more details and updates watch:
http://www.dxfriends.com/SouthernSudan2011
QSL via EA5RM direct. Their OQRS will be activated after the
DXpedition. Online log is available on the Web page at:
http://www.dxfriends.com/SouthernSudan2011/log.php
ADDED NOTE: To see which actual operator you worked, hover your cursor
over the green check mark and their picture and callsign comes up.
Cool! (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1021, August 1, 2011, Editor Tedd
Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio), via Dave
Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD)
** SURINAME. 4990, R. Apintie, Paramaribo. Contemporary music 0710
with announcements in Hindustani, 20/7 (Phil Ireland, DX-Pedition at
Mullimburra Point, Near Moruya NSW, August Australian DX News via
DXLD)
Quite good 0706 with sub-continental sounding music, occasional
announcements in apparent Hindustani, 20/7 (Craig Seager, ibid.)
** SWAZILAND [and non]. Questions on TWR Africa schedule ... some
updates by wb. Work day sort sequence of Manzini is different as
always, starts with Monday ....
RWANDA/SOUTH AFRICA/SWAZILAND/UAE
TRANS WORLD RADIO via JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA BROADCAST SCHEDULE A-
11, 28th March 2011 - 29th October 2011
TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE FREQU TX PWR AZI TARGET AREA
SMTWTFS
0330-0345 34 Sidamo 7215 2 250 5 Ethiopia
0330-0345 1 567 Amharic 7215 2 250 5 Ethiopia
0330-0345 2 Oromo 7215 2 250 5 Ethiopia
0600-0645 12345 English 11640 6 500 320 Nigeria entry is wrong?
0600-0615 67 English 11640 6 500 320 Nigeria entry is wrong?
1557-1627 12345 KiRundi 9675 2 250 19 Burundi
1625-1655 12345 Somali 9660 6 500 20 Somali
1625-1640 7 Somali 9660 6 500 20 Somali
1718-1733 1234567 Yawo 7265 4 250 19 Mozambique
TRANS WORLD RADIO TWR Africa via Rwanda / UAE SW Broadcasts A-11
28th March 2011 to 27th October 2011
TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE FREQU TX PWR AZI Reception Area
SMTWTFS
1300-1315 1 567 Afar 13660 KIG 250 30 Ethiopia
1730-1800 5 Amharic 9865 UAE 250 230 Ethiopia ex9775
1800-1830 7 Kunama 6120 UAE 250 225 Eritrea not 5965
1800-1830 6 Tigre 6120 UAE 250 225 Eritrea not 5965
1800-1815 12345 Tingrinya 6120 UAE 250 225 Eritrea not 5965
1815-1845 12345 Tingrinya 6120 UAE 250 225 Eritrea not 5965
1830-1845 7 Amharic 6120 UAE 250 225 Ethiopia not 5965
TRANS WORLD RADIO MANZINI, SWAZILAND BROADCAST SCHEDULE A-11
28th March 2011 to 29th October 2011
TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE FREQ PWR ANT AZI Target Zone
MTWTFSS
0255-0325 12345 Ndebele 3200 50 8 3 Zimbabwe
0255-0310 6 Ndebele 3200 50 8 3 Zimbabwe
0255-0325 7 English 3200 50 8 3 Zimbabwe
0255-0325 1234567 Shona 3240 50 6 3 Zimbabwe
0325-0340 1234567 Ndau 3240 50 6 3 Zimbabwe
0342-0357 1234567 Lomwe 4775 50 8 3 Mozambique
0400-0430 12345 German 3200 50 9 233 South Africa
0400-0500 67 German 3200 50 9 233 South Africa
0400-0430 12345 German 4775 50 4 233 South Africa
0400-0500 67 German 4775 50 4 233 South Africa
0400-0430 1234567 Chewa 5995 100 11 5 Malawi
0430-0500 67 Chewa 5995 100 11 5 Malawi
0430-0600 12345 English 3200 50 9 233 South Africa
0430-0800 12345 English 4775 50 4 233 Southern Africa
0500-0800 67 English 4775 50 4 233 Southern Africa
0602-0800 1234567 English 6120 50 4 233 Southern Africa
0500-0800 1234567 English 9500 100 11 5 Central Africa
1400-1415 1234567 Urdu 15360 100 103 43 Pakistan
1355-1425 6 Makhuwa 7315 50 11 5 Mozambique
1355-1425 7 Portuguese 7315 50 11 5 Mozambique
1425-1455 1234567 Portuguese 7315 50 11 5 Mozambique
1455-1510 1234567 Makua 7315 50 11 5 N Mozambique
1510-1555 1234567 Lomwe 7315 50 11 5 N Mozambique
1455-1525 12345 7 Malagasy 9635 100 3 64 Madagascar
1440-1525 6 French 9635 100 3 64 Madagascar
1425-1455 1234567 English 4760 100 6 3 Zimbabwe
1455-1525 1234567 Ndebele 4760 100 6 3 Zimbabwe
1525-1555 12345 Ndebele 4760 100 6 3 Zimbabwe
1525-1555 67 English 4760 100 6 3 Zimbabwe
1555-1625 1234567 Shona 4760 100 6 3 Zimbabwe
1630-1700 1234567 Zulu 1170 50 MW ND Swaziland
1700-2105 1234567 English 1170 50 MW ND Southern Africa
1545-1615 7 Shangaan 3200 25 8 3 S Mozambique
1600-1630 12345 Tshwa 3200 25 8 3 S Mozambique
1600-1630 6 Ndau 3200 25 8 3 S Mozambique
1615-1645 7 Ndau 3200 25 8 3 S Mozambique
1630-1645 1 4 Portuguese 3200 25 8 3 S Mozambique
1630-1645 23 56 Shangaan 3200 25 8 3 S Mozambique
1645-1700 1234567 Ndau 3200 25 8 3 S Mozambique
1600-1615 12345 ChiChewa 6130 50 11 5 Malawi/Zambia
1615-1630 1 7 ChiChewa 6130 50 11 5 Malawi/Zambia
1615-1630 2 Bemba 6130 100 11 5 Zambia
1630-1700 34 Oromo 9500 100 10.2 13 Ethiopia
1645-1700 12 7 Oromo 9500 100 10.2 13 Ethiopia
1630-1645 56 Kambaata 9500 100 10.2 13 Ethiopia
1645-1700 56 Hadiya 9500 100 10.2 13 Ethiopia
1700-1730 123456 Amharic 9500 100 10.2 13 Ethiopia
1700-1715 7 Amharic 9500 100 10.2 13 Ethiopia
1715-1745 7 Oromo 9500 100 10.2 13 Ethiopia
1730-1800 12345 Oromo 9500 100 10.2 13 Ethiopia
1730-1800 6 Amharic 9500 100 10.2 13 Ethiopia
1800-1900 1234567 English 9500 100 10.2 13 East Africa
1700-1745 1234567 Swahili 9475 100 11 5 East Africa
1745-1815 67 Swahili 9475 100 11 5 East Africa
1700-2000 1234567 English 3200 50 9 233 South Africa
1700-2030 6 English 3200 50 9 233 South Africa
1750-1820 12345 Umbunbu 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1820-1835 1234567 Chokwe 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1835-1850 1234567 Umbundu 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1850-1905 1 Luvale 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1850-1905 2345 7 KiKongo 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1850-1905 6 Portuguese 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1905-1920 12 Portuguese 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1905-1920 3 Luchazi 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1905-1920 4 Luvale 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1905-1920 5 Fiote 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1905-1920 6 Lunyaneka 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1905-1920 7 Kuanyama 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1920-1950 1234567 Portuguese 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1950-2005 1234567 Kimbundu 6130 100 1 312 Angola
2005-2020 7 Portuguese 6130 100 1 312 Angola
1905-1935 1234567 Lingala 9525 100 101 343 D R Congo
1935-1950 1234567 French 9525 100 101 343 D R Congo
1950-2020 6 French 9525 100 101 343 D R Congo
Explanation:
DAY is the day of the broadcast 1 is Monday etc., & 7 is Sunday
FREQ is the frequency in kiloHertz
PWR is the power of the transmitter in kilowatts
AZI is the direction of the antenna
Local times are:
Kenya UTC+3 Ethiopia UTC+3 Somalia UTC+3
Tanzania UTC+3 Sudan UTC+2 Mozambique UTC+2
Angola UTC+1 Zimbabwe UTC+2 DRC UTC+1
Notes: We will have the following changes on our schedule;
1. The morning English will change from 3200 to 6120 @ 05h00 instead
of 06h00 UT.
2. The Zimbabwe broadcast from 1423 till 1525 will change to 6025 kHz
from 4775 kHz.
3. The southern Mozambique broadcast from 14h55 to 15h25 will change
to 4760 kHz from 3200 kHz (via RUSmidxb, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug
3 via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
** SWEDEN. EXTRA --- GRIMETON RADIO/SAQ TRANSMISSION --- There will be
a special transmission with the Alexanderson alternator on 17.2 kHz on
Friday, August 5th, 2011 at 0900 UT. Start up and tuning from about
0830. This time we do not require any QSL-reports and will not verify.
Regards. SM6NM/Lars (via Steve Whitt, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
QSL de SAQ [illustrated] --- Good things come for those who wait. So,
no matter if it required quite five years of chasing, here I am with
my QSL from SAQ, found in the mailbox today. It's related to the
broadcast held on 3rd July 2011, twenty-six days ago (my previous blog
entry here). I'd remember everyone that, for a radio aficionado,
Grimeton Radio marks the last chance of a signal in the clear in VLF
(17.2 kHz). The station ended its commercial mission years ago, but
the Alexander Generator and the huge towers used to broadcast the
signal from Sweden are too much of radio-architectural interest to be
lost, so it's now a foundation which takes care of the station, with
some special broadcasts scheduled every year.
Receiving 17.2 kHz succesfully requires a set-up not really at entry
level, but you have a challenginng option: SAQ frequency falls in the
range of a personal computer soundcard, so plug the antenna to the
"line-in", and run a spectrum visualization software like "Argo".
Propagation should do the magic. Personally, as you know, I'm old
fashioned, so I did run with an NRD-525 coupled to the PA0RDT "Mini-
whip", and I'm proud of the confirmation. Long live to SAQ, and the
Grimeton Heritage! 73, (Chris Diemoz, Italy, July 29, From DX to
Daylight blog
http://fromdctodaylight.splinder.com/post/25285343/qsl-de-saq
via DXLD)
** SWITZERLAND. Re 11-30: demolition -- "Small tower" at Beromünster
and "WTFK?": Presumably 1566 kHz when run from here and not the Sarnen
site, in particular during the mediumwave guest performance of Radio
Evviva. And it appears that it could substitute for the "large tower"
on 531 kHz as well (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 30, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SYRIA. Radio Damasco e-QSL --- Dopo anni di "inseguimento" ,
iniziato ancora prima che Radio Damasco trasmettesse in onda corta,
finalmente è arrivata la sospirata conferma, grazie ad Amelia Puga.
Nemmeno 24 ore dopo l'invio del rapporto, la stazione è stata
ascoltata sabato 23/7 alle 2200 [9330, or 12085?], dalla Redazione
Spagnola via mail radiodamasco @ yahoo.es ricevo:
``Hola Alessandro. Como estas amigo. Te damos las gracias por este
correcto informe de recepción que si Dios quiere en la brevedad
posible te será verificado con una bonita QSl, junto con un pequeño
recuerdo de nuestra emisora. Tu castellano está muy bien. Muchas
gracias por el esfuerzo. Recibe un caluroso saludo de tus amigos de
Radio Damasco. Atte. Amelia Puga`` (Alessandro Groppazzi,
http://gropdx.blogspot.com/ via Dario Monferini, 28 July, playdx yg
via DXLD)
Syria is still very much in the news and you are not alone if you have
been tuning to state broadcaster Radio Damascus to follow
developments. Radio Damascus is keen to hear from its listeners. You
can write to them at Radio Damascus, P.O. Box 4702, Damascus, Syrian
Arab Republic or send your comments by e-mail to radiodamascusenglish
@ yahoo.com Before you can write you’ll need to be able to hear them.
Their English schedule is currently a one hour evening broadcast to
Europe on 9330 kHz and the irregularly used 12085 kHz to North
America. Programmes start with a lively Syrian song and a full
schedule check with some technical details not given by other
stations. There is a surprisingly friendly feel about the station,
with the announcers introducing themselves and the technicians on
duty, and jovial programme handovers that are more akin to the BBC
World Service hour long newscasts.
Once the music finishes the evening proper commences in the form of a
news bulletin, complete with a military signature tune. News, as you
would expect is from the regime’s point of view and includes sentences
such as “The victims and martyrs defending the homeland.”, “the
imprisonment of rioters.” and “attacks by arms smuggling groups
terrorising the locals and forcing the army to intervene.” Current day
news from Palestine as well as historical features on the neighbouring
country certainly pull no punches about the Syrian regime’s support of
Palestine in their struggle with Israel.
However, I must say I greatly enjoy the music on Radio Damascus - to
my British ears it has a very exotic sound, with Middle Eastern
instruments and vocals. Musical instruments you will hear coming
together to form hypnotic pieces include the oud, rabab, nev, violin
and the tableh, or goblet drum. The weekly “From Our Literature”
programme with its strange echoes and western classical music
background rounds off an interesting hour of programmes (Chrissy
Brand, UK, July 29, http://dxinternational.blogspot.com/ via DXLD)
** TAIWAN. 6220, July 30 at 1134, weak signal sounds like kids
singing. Per Aoki, only here at 11-12 is YFR via Hu Wei, in Burmese.
6240, July 30 at 1134, weak signal with music, maybe Korean? No, Aoki
says this one is YFR in Chinese via BauJong at 11-16 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KOREA NORTH 6230
** TAIWAN. 9725, fair Aug 4 at 1207, YL tonal 8-digit Chinese
syllables, presumed numbers, from Star-Star (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 15225, August 2 at 1300, very distorted spur peaking around
here, FMy without specific carrier, bothering RHC 15230, tsk2, Chinese
talk, but not // CNR1 on 15670 et al. jammers. Then matched it to
15265, and an equivalent but much weaker spur 40 kHz on the hi side
around 15305. 15265 also has a het jammer during this hour: victim and
spurrer is RTI, Chinese via Tanshui site, at 13-14 only per Aoki.
** TAIWAN. 15225 & 15305, looking for the RTI 15265 spurs heard 24
hours earlier, not today Aug 3 1315, tho fundamental was still audible
with het, and Firedrake from CHINA, e.g. 15900 was VG before the SW
fadeout (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RTI LAUNCHES NEW ENGLISH WEB SITE
Radio Taiwan International (RTI) launched a new English web site on
Monday, which is also the station's 83rd anniversary. At a reception
Monday, Government Information Office (GIO) Minister Philip Yang
urged the national broadcaster to continue its role of promoting
Taiwan in the international community.
"RTI has introduced Taiwan's voice and its beauty to the international
community. It has played a crucial role in seeking more international
support. In this regard, RTI is the government's main supporter and a
channel of communication," said Yang.
In a congratulatory message, President Ma Ying-jeou called on RTI to
continue to emphasize innovation. He said it should also promote
Taiwan's multiculturalism at the same time. Meanwhile, RTI Chairman
Chang Jung-kung said RTI is a window on the Republic of China on
Taiwan.
"The new English web site launched today is RTI's way of promoting the
Republic of China. The website is a bridge that connects RTI and the
Republic of China to the rest of the world," said Chang.
Check out the website at : http://english.rti.org.tw/
---
(via Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, August 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1576, DXLD)
Thanks for the reminder, Alokesh. and RTI is running a Treasure Hunt
on the new site at http://english.rti.org.tw/ with some nice prizes:
First Prize: 10 Tales of Dutch Formosa Book/CD sets
Second Prize: 20 cell phone accessories
Third Prize: 30 RTI pennants
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The new site still gives frequencies from last winter. df (Dan
Ferguson, SC, ibid.)
** TAJIKISTAN. 4765, Tajik R 1, Dushanbe, 1912-1914, Jul 20, talk,
35343 (Bernard Mille, Bailleul, France, DSWCI DX Window July 27 via
DXLD)
Also heard with morning programme at 2305-2335, Jul 24, nice local
folk music, Tajik talks and ann’s, strong signal, 45444 (Kaj Bredahl
Jorgensen, Greve, Denmark, ibid.)
** TATARSTAN [non]. 15110, Aug 3 at 0445, lo-fi talk in language,
seems some Russian influence, fading S6 to S9+5. Presumed R. Tatarstan
via Samara, RUSSIA at 0410-0500 with carrier on up to 20 minutes
earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET. 6025, July 14 at 2234, Xizang PBS, Lhasa, ``Holy Tibet``
English program ``from China Tibet Radio`` // 4905 4920 6140 6200 7255
7385; 6025 replaced 5240. SIO 343 (Alan Pennington, HF Logbook, August
BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
4905, Xizang PBS, Lhasa. Holy Tibet Radio in English, 2238, pretty
good despite some splash from ABC on 4910, 20/7.
4920, Xizang PBS, Lhasa. Holy Tibet Radio in English with news 2240,
good on 20/7 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near
Moruya NSW, August Australian DX News via DXLD)
6025, Lhasa. Tibet program “Holy Tibet” in English from 1530 under R.
Romania International in Serbian. Better on // 6130 and 7385 on 25/7
(Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF-2001, 16m Marconi antenna),
Aug Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
6025, “Holy Tibet Radio” service in English, good at 2235, documentary
type programming, 18/7.
6130, Xizang PBS, Lhasa. Holy Tibet Radio with program about the
railways, 2252, good on 20/7 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra
Point, Near Moruya NSW, August Australian DX News via DXLD)
** TURKEY. 15450, July 31 at 1227, altho most signals on 19m are very
poor or absent, even CUBA, VOT is surprisingly good with IS; 1230
sign-on by live OM, who still hasn`t engaged brain, and continues to
read outdated script claiming the time is 1330 and the frequencies are
15520 and 15450. Following news dominated by mass resignation of
Turkish military leadership. Delivery is hesitant, almost off-the-
cuff, as if he might be translating on the fly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA. 4976, UBC, Kampala. Very poor in English on 27/7 at 2047
(John Adams, Beech Forest Vic, (JRC NRD-535 Ewe and Folded Dipole),
Aug Australian DX News via DXLD)
4976, Whistling with V of Russia in English on 4975, 1830-1900. Uganda
was with DJ in English, at 1848 a song from the group Roxette, and at
1900 news in English on 27/7 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF-
2001, 16m Marconi antenna), Aug Australian DX News via DXLD)
** U K. BBC FACES NEW 24-HOUR NEWS STRIKE ON MONDAY --- Stoppage over
redundancies will be followed by 'indefinite' NUJ work to rule
John Plunkett, guardian.co.uk, Sunday 31 July 2011 16.24 BST
BBC Journalists Strike Over Pensions
The BBC is facing another day of disruption to its news programmes on
Monday with many of its journalists due to go on a 24-hour strike
before beginning an "indefinite" work to rule. . .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/31/bbc-news-strike-Monday
(via Richard Cuff, swprograms via DXLD)
Article refers to ``chapels up and down the BBC`` ???
CHAPEL --- [British English] ``a branch of a trade/labor union in a
newspaper office or printing house; the members of the branch`` (OED
advanced learners definition #5 via DXLD)
BBC JOURNALISTS STRIKE OVER JOB LOSSES
BBC journalists are conducting a second 24-hour strike today in a row
over job losses, threatening disruption to some of the BBC’s flagship
programmes. Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) are
angry at around 100 compulsory job losses at the World Service and
Monitoring division, which monitors mass media worldwide, as the
broadcaster seeks to make huge savings.
NUJ general secretary Michelle Stanistreet said she expected the
strike, which began at midnight, to be “very solidly supported” by the
organisation’s 3,000 union members. The World Service announced in
January it was cutting 650 jobs as the government withdrew funding as
part of an austerity drive, under which the BBC is seeking to cut its
budget by 16 percent in the next few years.
Talks between the two sides broke down last week and they will meet
again on August 11. “There has been absolutely no meaningful movement
from the BBC to address the cases of individual journalists losing
their jobs now,” claimed Ms Stanistreet.
A BBC spokesman responded: “We are disappointed that the NUJ is
intending to strike and apologise to our audience for any disruption
to services this may cause. We will continue with our efforts to
reduce the need for compulsory redundancies. However, the number of
posts that we are having to close means that unfortunately it is
likely to be impossible for us to avoid some compulsory redundancies.
(Source: AFP)(August 1st, 2011 - 14:13 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media
Network blog via DXLD)
Latest details of programme changes can be found on the BBC Press
Office website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/08_august/01/industrial_action.shtml
It does not mention the fact that BBC World News, on TV, was replaced
by an evergreen-filler, Our World on providing internet access to a
remote Nigerian village, whilst taking it away for a few days from a
really wired-in South Korean family. Looks familiar; think I have seen
it before. NO News of the day. This is the one anchored in Washington,
so even there the BBC journalists must be astrike. BTW, Since OETA
moved it from OKLA to main channel and from 2130 to 2200 UT M-F, some
breaking news previously has proven that it is really live rather than
on sesqui-hour delay as before.
Yes, it was back Tuesday August 2 at 2200, with an anchor I hadn`t
seen before : you never know who is going to anchor the show as BBC
downplays personalities, not necessarily a bad thing. He made no
explanation or apology about why it was missing August 1, a rather big
day in US and world news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
BBC ARABIC JOURNALISTS CONTINUE LONDON STRIKE
Journalists at the BBC’s Arabic Service are continuing strike action
against unfair working conditions. Management plans to introduce a new
rota system which would add 26 days to the working year.
The unprecedented six-day strike at the service is due to end tomorrow
night, Thursday 4 August. The impact of the strike has been clear on
the content of the BBC Arabic Service, which is dominated by
documentaries. Main presenters in television and radio were replaced
by freelances and unqualified journalists while some flagship programs
were taken off air or replaced.
A senior BBC Arabic manager has decided to leave the newsroom and join
his NUJ colleagues on the picket line in a move welcomed by the
journalists.
The journalists will decide on further action after strike ends. The
strikers have expressed their regret to the Arab audience for the
failure of the service to cover developments in the Arab world during
the stoppage, including the trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni
Mubarak.
Support for the strike and the First day of Ramadan were marked by the
journalists and their families by gathering together to have a Ramadan
Iftar [the evening meal when Muslims break their fast] in front of
Broadcasting House in London. Muslim and non-Muslim journalists
participated in this social gathering.
The strikers will end their stoppage by holding a second social
gathering and having dinner together on the picket line at 8.00 pm
tomorrow (Source: National Union of Journalists)(August 3rd, 2011 -
11:58 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)
BBCWS AFRICA EDITOR "FURIOUS TO BE ON STRIKE." BBC WS ARABIC STAFF END
SIX-DAY STRIKE TODAY. Posted: 04 Aug 2011
The Guardian, 1 Aug 2011, John Plunkett and Josh Halliday: During the
BBC journalists' strike on Monday: "Picket lines were lightly staffed,
with six people outside White City, the home of BBC Television, at
lunchtime, and three at Broadcasting House, where the radio stations
transmit from. However, the mood outside the World Service's Bush
House HQ – where the dispute is centred - was more defiant. A 20-
strong picket line held a giant sheet with the words, 'BBC kills World
Service'. Martin Plaut, Africa editor at the World Service, said: 'I'm
furious to be on strike today. I'm really not happy at all. In all my
time at the BBC – I joined in 1984 – I've never seen the BBC in this
state.'"
The Guardian, 1 Aug 2011, Josh Halliday: "Outside Bush House, the home
of the World Service, ... [t]wenty strikers held aloft a white sheet
emblazoned 'BBC kills World Service' in huge capital letters, with
'kills' written in blood red."
National Union of Journalists, 3 Aug 2011: "Journalists on strike at
the BBC’s Arabic Service have produced their own news bulletin 'Strike
This Evening' to cover their story. The strikers explain to viewers
the background to their action against unfair working conditions.
Management plans to introduce a new rota system which would add 26
days to the working year. The unprecedented six-day strike at the
service is due to end ... August 4. The impact of the strike has been
clear on the content of the BBC Arabic Service, which is dominated by
documentaries. Main presenters in television and radio were replaced
by freelances and unqualified journalists while some flagship programs
were taken off air or replaced. A senior BBC Arabic manager has
decided to leave the newsroom and join his NUJ colleagues on the
picket line in a move welcomed by the journalists." With video.
(kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
** U K. Re 11-30, From Our Own Correspondent: And for listeners in
western Europe who are now deprived of WS via 648 - they can usually
hear "From our own correspondent" every Saturday morning at 1030 UT
via Radio 4 on 198 LW - but not this week, as 198 has test match
cricket, and the programme is only on FM. But there's always the R4
internet site too I guess. Well worth a listen (Noel R. Green,
England, July 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. Ascension. BBC WS relay. 6005, English Bay. 2011/08/03
Wednesday. 0335-0344. Mentions of Kenya, Ethiopia and UNICEF. Good.
Jo'burg sunrise 0447.
Country ?? BBC WS relay. 5980, Location?? // 6005 Ascension.
2011/08/03 Wednesday 0334-0336, YL interviewing OM about Malawi,
mentions of the British government, health workers and trade unions.
BBC on this frequency is not listed by Aoki, EiBi or HFCC, they
suggest it is Channel Africa. But it SOUNDS like the BBC and the //
6005 BBC from Ascension is listed. Channel Africa is not listed for
6005. Fair. Jo'burg sunrise 0447.
Country ?? BBC WS relay. 6510, Location?? 2011/08/03 Wednesday 0432-
0437, News in english, sounds very BBC. ID at 0436 "BBC Network
Africa". Not listed on this frequency at any time in Aoki, EiBi or
HFCC, or any of the post Cyprus explosion DXLD's. Very poor and fadey.
Jo'burg sunrise 0447 (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Have not researched 5980 yet, but 6510 = 2 x 3255 SENTECH (Glenn to
Bill, via DXLD) [Later:] If BBC programming was on 5980, it looks like
SENTECH put the wrong feed on the frequency instead of ChAf at 03-04
(gh, DXLD)
Mornin' Glenn. 0515 UT here right now, and from about 0250 to 0400
I've been trying to get the mystery stations again. Nothing at all on
6510 (BBC), but also nothing at all on 3255, although 3255 is coming
in nicely now.
5980 was southern African regional news, went off with no audible ID
at 0355, so almost certainly Channel Africa as listed. Very poor and
weak signal; living in South Africa and trying to receive Channel
Africa is a bit like you guys in the USA trying to get the Voice of
America. Although unstated, it seems we are not meant to do so. 5980
this morning was definitely NOT // 6005 BBC via Ascension. Clearly I
could be mistaken but I still believe yesterday's was //. If I am not
mistaken, then it could have been finger trouble at Meyerton as noted
before (Bill Bingham, August 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Bill, I guess you meant to say some other frequency than 3255 twice
here? (Glenn to Bill, via DXLD)
Hi Glenn, No, I meant that 3255 was not there whilst I was trying to
find 6510 before 0400 (since you suggest that 6510 was probably 2 x
3255). However, by the time I was writing the email at 0515, 3255 was
coming in nicely. At 0515 there was still no sign of anything on
6510, using the same receiver as yesterday (Sony ICF2001). (Bill
Bingham, ibid.)
** U K [non]. Seychelles. 11860, BBC WS relay, Mahé. 2011/07/24 Sunday
1424-1439. In English, but listed as Somali by HFCC, EiBi and Aoki.
Possibly collateral damage, changes resulting from the Cyprus
explosion? Programme is "Hard Talk". ID at 1429 "BBC", and at 1430
"You're listening to the BBC World Service". Fair. Jo'burg sunset 1538
(Bill Bingham, South Africa, July 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15370, July 30 at 1332, 168.5 hours after last log of this weekly
Saturday BBC transmission: vocal music, uncertain language but could
be Somali. It`s mostly music, break at 1352 for brief announcement
could have been in French; 1400 accurate 5+1 timesignal, and talk,
also sounds like French intonation but can`t be sure, and signal keeps
fading until just about gone by 1420.
Last week at the outset I was hearing bits of French and English, but
this is scheduled at 13-16 via South Africa in Somali (HFCC); via
South Africa in English (Aoki); via Cyprus in Somali (EiBi and WRTH
May update). I wish those who could receive it better would resolve
the language/site question, next Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Re previous report, what is BBC doing on 15370, Saturdays only 13-16?
Hi Glenn, Regarding your query in logs July 29/30, I've looked at the
Sentech website and they show no A11 BBC WS transmissions on 15370
Saturdays; in fact they show no transmissions on 15370 for anyone at
any time.
http://www.sentech.co.za/products/signal-distribution/frequencies/radio/shortwave/bbc
Be aware that this website is not entirely reliable; for example they
still show 702 Talk Radio on mediumwave, although it moved to 92.7 FM
some 3 or 4 years ago, and is shown as such on their own Gauteng
region FM section of the webpage! So it is not conclusive that they
have nothing on 15370 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, July 30, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) In fact:
Hi all, BBC in French, not Somali
1300-1600 on 15370 MEY 250 kW / 020 deg Sat only
BBC in English, not Somali
1300-1400 17680 CYP 300 kW / 160 deg Sat only
BBC in Somali
1400-1500 17680 CYP 300 kW / 160 deg Sat only // 11860 & 15420 both
SEY
BBC in English, not Somali
1500-1600 17680 CYP 300 kW / 160 deg Sat only
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, July 30, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Ivo also attaches clips of these frequencies from remote monitoring
archives for July 30:
7-30 1305, 15370 BBC French, not Somali
7-30 1406, 15370 BBC French, not Somali
7-30 1508, 15370 BBC French, not Somali
7-30 1302, 17680 BBC English, not Somali
7-30 1407, 17680 BBC Somali
7-30 1506, 17680 BBC English, not Somali
So it appears the 3-hour Saturday Somali broadcast has been cut to one
hour in the middle, on a different frequency via a different site,
while the South Africa relay on 15370 has been changed to French; why?
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9740, August 1 at 1301 via SINGAPORE, BBCWS news continues despite 24-
hour strike by journalists: no obvious effect here, but maybe read by
a manager. Usual poor reception, but the best we can manage (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15470, August 2 at 1405, surprised to hear BBCWS in English --- or
rather, played twice, ``no program on this channel at present; details
of all our services are at bbcworldservice.com``. And 1406 into S
Asian language; 1407 cut off briefly, then continued. HFCC shows Hindi
via SINGAPORE at 14-15, 250 kW, 315 degrees. Still audible at 1424,
peaks S9+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7881.0-USB, Aug 4 at 0523, I run across a broadcast, not a
2-way, soon obviously AFN instead of on 7811! Somebody`s finger at
Saddlebunch slipped on the frequency pad, but if it`s 24/7, why would
they ever be punching in a frequency?
Series of typical short features and PSAs, including Dave Ross(?) on
CBS Radio Network; 0524 `Soundbite`, 0525 Dan --- with `Today, August
4, in Rock History`, etc. Some het from a weak carrier on 7880, which
must be wondering, what the ---?
Next check at 1226, still not corrected and on 7881, not NPR `Morning
Edition`, but // 12133.5 with more short features, 1228 PSA on UCMJ,
1229 `Air Force Report` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Back
on 7811 at 0141 Aug 5. See also GUAM
** U S A [non]. Vatican City, Voice of America relay, 12015, Santa
Maria. 2011/07/30 Saturday 1736-1745, "Encounter" talking about
radical Islam, unemployment in Europe. Poor, but better than Vatican
Radio for Africa on 13765. Jo'burg sunset 1541 (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) At 1800, 12015 continues via São Tomé site. There
are a few other IBB via CVA relays, to Sudan and Somalia, but this is
the only one in English; see also SUDAN [non] (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. SILVER TELLY AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE OLD VOA
BETHANY, OHIO, SHORTWAVE TRANSMITTING STATION. Posted: 01 Aug 2011
Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 July 2011: "The video documentary 'America’s
Voice,' produced for the National Voice of America Museum of
Broadcasting by Murray Multimedia Resources in West Chester, has won a
Silver Telly Award for 2011. The award is the highest award given by
the Telly Awards, which honors outstanding local, regional and
national commercials, programs, video and film production." See the
documentary at the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting
website. [17+ minutes] http://www.voamuseum.org/
(www.kimandrewelliott.com via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
** U S A. AMENDMENT TO CREATE VOA SINDHI SERVICE APPROVED BY HOUSE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. Posted: 30 Jul 2011
Pakistan Observer, 28 July 2011, Hashim Abro: "Sindhi writers,
intellectuals and broadcasters across Pakistan and around the globe
thank the US Congressmen for their unanimous consent to the Amendment
to Foreign Affairs bill for Sindhi language Programing. It is apt to
to mention here that the US Congress’ Foreign Affairs Committee has
approved the funds to the tune of $1.5 million (on annual basis) for
the Voice of America ( VOA) to be used only for Sindhi language
programming. The Sindhis in Sindh, Balochistan, and in other parts of
the Pakistan and the globe regard Brad Sherman and other Congressmen
not only as their well-wishers and promoters of Sindhi language but
also 'Messiah’ for their language. For this noble move, the people of
Sindh and Sindhi diaspora will always remain indebted to them
throughout the ages. However, on behalf of the Sindhi I can say only a
big 'Thank You' to US Congressman for this landmark amendment."
Associated Press of Pakistan, 27 July 2011: "Sindhi are born sufis and
moderate. These are global citizens and treat humanity as 'One Family'
and who keep the humanity above all religions because they believe
that to love an to be loved, to respect and to be respected is the key
concern of all religions. ... Around two hundred writers,
intellectuals, broadcasters, social and human rights activists,
lawyers and others attended the meeting [House Foreign Affairs
authorization markup] and all of them were all appreciative of this
noble gesture of US Congressman." (kimandrewelliott.com via WORLD OF
RADIO 1576, DXLD)
See also final language of the amendment. But did this amendment get
past the House Appropriations Committee? If it did, the Senate would
have to go along. Adding language services without increasing an
international broadcaster's overall budget reduces the resources
available for each service. See previous post about a proposed VOA
Balochi service (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
** U S A. LAWMAKERS SCRAMBLE TO KEEP VOICE OF AMERICA ON AIR IN CHINA
By Judson Berger Published August 04, 2011 | FoxNews.com
flags_china_070111.jpg Reuters
People wave flags of China's Communist Party at a celebration of the
Communist Party's 90th anniversary in Chongqing municipality July 1.
Congressional lawmakers are scrambling to prevent America's
international media arm from going off-air in China, arguing that a
plan to shift much of its reporting to the Internet won't do much good
in a country notorious for its web censors.
The group at the heart of the dispute is Voice of America -- part of
the network of U.S. government-backed broadcasters that together reach
more than 100 countries -- the American institution that has beamed
news around the world since the '40s. Reflecting a broader shift from
radio to digital media, a plan unveiled earlier this year called for
overhauling Voice of America's China services to bring most of its
media off air and online.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees Voice of America,
argues that it only makes sense to go digital in a country with the
largest Internet-using population in the world. Board officials claim
the existing shortwave radio broadcasts don't have the audience they
used to and that the Chinese government is jamming them anyway. In
changing platforms, the board projects it will save $8 million and
eliminate about 45 positions.
But critics of the move, including Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif.,
say the United States is setting itself up to cede vital territory in
the battle of information abroad.
"We've used Voice of America to pump in Democratic messages for
years," Rohrabacher spokeswoman Tara Setmayer said. "Now it's another
area where it looks like we're succumbing to the wants of the
communist Chinese."
A House panel moved last month to try and save those radio and TV
broadcasts. The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted unanimously for
a bill containing a provision that would allocate nearly $14 million
exclusively for Voice of America's Mandarin and Cantonese radio and
satellite TV stations. "Such funds may not be used for any other
purpose," the provision says.
The language, if approved, may not compel Voice of America to sustain
its China broadcasts, but the thinking is that $14 million will be
hard to turn down. Lawmakers are racing against the clock to get the
language included in the complementary appropriations bill, given that
the changes in China are scheduled to take place in October.
In a bipartisan letter to the House Appropriations Committee in May,
Rohrabacher and several House colleagues urged the panel to follow
suit as it crafts the funding bill. They argued that the radio and
satellite broadcasts remain "one of the best ways to communicate
directly" with the Chinese people.
"We believe the administration's proposal will hinder indigenous
democracy movements in China and damage the long-term security of our
own country," they wrote. "Sacrificing U.S. broadcasting abilities
while China's authoritarian regime expands its broadcasting and public
diplomacy efforts in the United States is the wrong answer."
The debate comes as the United States fights to be heard overseas.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned earlier this year in
congressional testimony: "We are in an information war and we are
losing that war." A Rohrabacher aide said the restructuring only hurts
the United States in that war. "It's very penny wise and pound
foolish," the aide said.
BBG spokeswoman Letitia King declined to comment on the implications
of the budget process, noting it is still in the works. But she
disputed critics' claims, saying the underlying goal is to reach "new
and bigger audiences in China, where government-controlled media don't
provide full and accurate information."
Under the plan, VOA Mandarin would move from radio and television to a
"web-only platform," where some audio and video programs would
continue to be posted. Funding would also increase for mobile device
content. Separately, the affiliated Radio Free Asia would continue to
broadcast in Mandarin.
In addition, the board would eliminate VOA's Cantonese Service.
According to the board's proposal, Radio Free Asia would continue to
broadcast in Cantonese.
Justifying the changes, King said shortwave radio listening has become
"almost nonexistent" in China. The BBG cited a survey showing one-
tenth of 1 percent of Chinese listen to VOA in Mandarin, with radio
ownership on the decline. Another survey showed computer and Internet
usage on a steep upswing.
Though expanding on the Internet raises concerns about censors, King
said the Chinese can use proxy servers to access their websites
already and noted that the BBG has been developing anti-censorship
technology to evade Chinese filters. "Using mobile proxies under
development now, VOA expects its reach in China to increase," King
said.
Indeed, the Broadcasting Board of Governors has been testing
technology in order to bust through Chinese web censors to deliver
news. A round of recent testing demonstrated how certain technology
can get around those filters via email, as well as transmit proxy web
addresses which users can access to browse an uncensored version of
the Internet.
But Ted Lipien, a former VOA executive who now runs Free Media Online,
complained in an op-ed earlier this year that aside from the threat of
censorship, two-thirds of China's population does not even have
Internet access. He accused the BBG of turning its back on human
rights activists who rely on radio for information.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/04/lawmakers-scramble-to-keep-voice-america-on-air-in-china/#ixzz1U7ViDgp8
(Fox News [Murdochy] via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
** U S A. BBG OFFICIAL TALKS OF “CHAOS AND CONFUSION” - REPORT
Cuts in official US radio broadcasting to Russia and the Middle East
since 2001 and plans to end Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts to China
in October have sown “chaos and confusion” in the agency, one
(unnamed) senior agency official is quoted as saying by the Washington
Times.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is shifting broadcasts from
radio to the Internet and social media. Critics say the move will make
programmes more vulnerable to disruption by governments that oppose US
efforts to promote democracy and freedom (August 1st, 2011 - 12:22 UTC
by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)
Read the story [Viz.]
VOA OVERSEER CREATES STATIC WITH SWITCH TO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA
[note to headline writers: PLEASE spare us from `static`; not clever]
11 Comments and 41 Reactions|ShareTweet|Email|Print| By Bill Gertz The
Washington Times [Moony] 7:36 p.m., Sunday, July 31, 2011
The Obama administration is sharply restructuring the Broadcasting
Board of Governors, the agency in charge of all U.S. government
broadcasting, while being urged to increase the spread of unfettered
news and information around the world.
Cuts in official U.S. radio broadcasting to Russia and the Middle East
since 2001 and plans to end Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts to China
in October have sown “chaos and confusion” in the agency, one senior
agency official said.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is shifting broadcasts from
radio to the Internet and social media. Critics say the move will make
programs more vulnerable to disruption by governments that oppose U.S.
efforts to promote democracy and freedom.
The cuts are being made after a popular democratic uprising in Iran,
the “Arab Spring” anti-government movement in the Middle East and
mounting pressure inside China for democratic change.
“I have serious reservations about the direction of U.S. international
broadcasting,” said Blanquita Cullum, a former board governor. “I
believe the intended outcome of the BBG’s strategic plan will leave
many people in nondemocratic countries without access to critical news
and information from our direct radio broadcasts.”
Current and former officials involved in U.S. government broadcasting
for several networks, including the flagship VOA, said in interviews
and emails that cutting costs and the shift to online broadcasting are
devastating the organization at a time when promotion of key U.S.
values is urgently needed in places such as China and the Middle East.
New leadership
The nine-member BBG, an independent federal agency that includes
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as a board member, directs
five major networks: VOA, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL),
Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio and TV Marti, and Middle East
Broadcasting Networks (MBN) called Radio Sawa and Alhurra Television.
Its stated mission is to “promote freedom and democracy” through
multimedia communication using “accurate, objective and balanced news,
information, and other programming” about the United States around the
world. The agency has about 760 employees, and its budget request for
fiscal 2012 is $767 million.
The changes began in April when Richard M. Lobo - head of the support
staff working under the BBG, called the International Broadcasting
Bureau (IBB) - was appointed BBG executive director. An internal BBG
document from June stated that the board had delegated broad power to
Mr. Lobo, including day-to-day management of all agencies and
authority to make decisions about “trade-offs and conflicts” for the
broadcasters.
Mr. Lobo, a former public broadcasting station president in
southwestern Florida, stated in a July 22 email to employees that
“given today’s budgetary climate, we are focused on ways to centralize
leadership direction, streamline management and support functions, and
eliminate duplication.”
‘Strategic vision’
Mr. Lobo has what he calls a “strategic vision” that is leading to
major consolidations, officials said. The vision is expected to
produce sharp cuts in funding and staff at the networks. Mr. Lobo also
is bringing in outside consultants to join what called a “daunting
effort” to draw up and implement the strategy over the coming months.
“We firmly believe that a new strategic road map and the
organizational changes we are discussing will help to sharpen our
mission and our focus, as U.S. international broadcasting takes on the
increasingly complex challenges of a global, multiplatform media
landscape in the years ahead,” he said.
A BBG official said in an email that the reorganization has created “a
lot of chaos and confusion.” New board members were appointed last
summer, Mr. Lobo joined in March, and a new VOA director will be
appointed next month.
“Big changes [are] coming, but nobody knows for sure what they’ll be,”
the official said. “The key word is ‘consolidation’ with the ‘radios’
[RFE/RL, MBN, RFA, Marti], but nobody knows for sure how that will
happen.”
A former BBG official said U.S. international broadcasting is in
serious trouble because of a lack of focus and mismanagement -
problems that have plagued the agency for several years. The shift to
Internet and social media services is rife with problems, the former
official said.
Hacking
“The whole Internet strategy is bogus,” this former official said,
noting that Iranian hackers shut down some 40 VOA Internet broadcast
sites for five hours in February. “It demonstrated the vulnerability
of relying on Internet broadcasting. One can only imagine what the
Chinese can do.”
The Iranian VOA hacking followed by two weeks the disclosure that VOA
is ending all radio broadcasts to China this year in favor of Internet
broadcasting and some radio through the heavily jammed Radio Free
Asia.
The decision was made after China refused to permit VOA to use China-
based ground stations to transmit its programs, even though the Obama
administration provided China with broad access to U.S. airwaves for
its state-run media.
BBG spokeswoman Letitia King said the strategic review has been under
way for a year and has not been completed. The plan is looking for
ways to make international broadcasting more efficient and to reduce
duplication and overlap, she said.
On the cutbacks in radio, Ms. King said: “The board has made clear
that they recognize the value of radio and television as really
important media worldwide.” New media are an extension of news and
information outlets, but are “by no means the central boulevard for
broadcasting,” she said.
‘Painful’ but ‘necessary’
A BBG report outlining the “realignment strategy” for shortwave and
medium-wave radio broadcasts stated that “the process and transition
will be as painful as they are necessary.”
According to the report, the radio outlets face tight budgets, an
“onerous” federal labor structure and aging technology. The draft
strategy calls for using more joint facilities, overturning
legislative obstacles and “de-federalizing” the workforce - shifting
from federal workers to contractors, a process likely to involve
large-scale layoffs.
Plans to cut short- and medium-wave radio broadcasts are projected to
save $75 million annually and be carried out in phases by closing VOA
stations in the Philippines, on the Pacific island of Saipan, in
Germany and in North Carolina, and scaling back Kuwait-based stations.
The goal is to cut $82 million by 2014, the report said.
Under a section on “higher-profile eliminations,” the report revealed
plans to cut broadcasts to Cuba, China, Iran and Pakistan. Yet
broadcasting uncensored news and information to those regions is more
critical than ever, current and former BBG officials said.
Some shortwave outlets to be kept under the plan include radio beamed
into North Korea, Burma, Tibet, Pakistan’s tribal areas, Afghanistan,
Africa and in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Risk of losing audience
However, the report stated that BBG’s new focus is on creating a
“global newsroom” using “inter-entity connectivity, content sharing
and virtual studies.” New media, such as Facebook and Twitter, will be
expanded through “robust Internet connectivity.”
The former official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the
board has failed to properly analyze the risks of the Internet
strategy. For example, targeting audiences in China with Internet
access fails to address the fact that China’s security services use
50,000 Internet police to monitor electronic traffic.
The Chinese are unlikely to tune in to U.S. broadcasting and risk
losing Internet access or even being arrested for listening to banned
news on the Internet, the former official said.
The lessons of Russia and the Middle East also appear to have been
ignored in the reorganization. Internal VOA surveys have shown that
the BBG’s decision in 2008 to end all direct radio broadcasts to
Russia was a disaster because most of VOA’s audience was lost after
listeners declined to listen to the radio on the Internet.
U.S. broadcasts to the Middle East also are lacking. Mrs. Clinton
recently suggested that the United States has lost the “information
war” against terrorism in that region.
Media gap
Critics traced the problems to a decision in 2002 to give up VOA
broadcasting and launch the U.S.-funded radio and television.
“We have not really kept up with the times,” Mrs. Clinton said in
March. “We are in an information war, and we cannot assume that this
youth bulge that exists not just in the Middle East, but in so many
parts of the world really knows much about us.”
The current and former officials said the Arabic-language stations
have failed to garner wide audiences in the Arab world, where Al
Jazeera, often sympathetic to Islamic terrorists, has flourished.
“We’ve had this intense media effort for the last 10 years, and we
don’t have a lot to show for it,” the former official said.
Another part of the proposed reorganization is to move BBG operations
out of the large headquarters building in Southwest Washington, the
Wilbur J. Cohen Building, and relocate employees to the Dulles Town
Center area in Northern Virginia.
To counter the cut in Chinese broadcasting, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher,
California Republican, helped pass an amendment last month to a House
bill that would add $13.7 million to VOA’s budget for Chinese
broadcasting.
Ms. Cullum said large numbers of people around the world do not have
access to the Internet. In China, she said, access is limited to large
cities and to the affluent population. “There is an audience
throughout the world who do not have access to the Internet, which is
the intended foundation under the BBG strategic plan,” she said.
“Where will they go when we are not there? We know the Internet has
vulnerabilities. If VOA relies largely on this method of distribution,
it is setting itself up for failure” (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
Although there are some inaccuracies, credit to Mr. Gertz for
providing an overview of a complicated reorganization in what is
already a complicated bureaucratic structure.
As recently as a quarter century ago, US international broadcasting
would face media environments in target countries that would consist
of a moribund state-controlled broadcasting monopoly, plus external
broadcasts from VOA and/RFE/RL, BBC, and perhaps one or more other
foreign shortwave stations. It was a time of information scarcity.
Now, even in unfree societies, the websites and social media of US
international broadcasting must compete with hundreds of domestic
websites, tens of thousands of social media participants, and dozens
of television channels. It is the present day overabundance of
information and entertainment that is causing the "chaos and
confusion" in US international broadcasting.
Competing in this environment will be difficult. The necessary first
step is to transform US international broadcasting from its present
feudal collection of entities that compete among themselves, to a
single-branded multimedia entity that can cope with the real
competition.
Mr. Gertz is incorrect in writing that "the Obama administration
provided China with broad access to U.S. airwaves for its state-run
media." China Radio International and CCTV were on US radio stations
and cable channels during the George W. Bush administration and
probably before that. It is the outcome of US press freedom, and the
desire of some private US radio stations and cable channels, that
might not otherwise have opportunities for profit, to make money by
brokering time to international media (Kim Andrew Elliott,
kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
** U S A. VOICE OF AMERICA - AFRICAN BEAT --- This is an excellent
programme to just chill-out listening to great African sounds. The
host is David Vandy. The following description on the voanews website
fully sums up the programme, so I'll just share it with you here:
"African Beat is Voice of America’s hottest African music show which
showcases the best in African music from the continent. From Benga to
Juju, Hip Life to Bongo Flava, Afro Beat to Ndombolo, Bubu to Soukous
and Makossa to Kwaito, African Beat has it all -- from across the
continent.
"Join Host David Vandy and Executive Producer Matthew LaVoie as they
crisscross the African continent bringing you the best African music
on the African Beat – the show that brings happiness into your homes
and smiles on your faces.
"David Vandy was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and has hosted and
produced news and music shows at several radio stations. David loves
dancing and wants to keep you dancing every Monday through Friday at
0900 and 2000 UTC/GMT with the best African music from our greatest
musicians from the continent."
http://www.voanews.com/english/programs/radio/65173007.html
African Beat is a great programme to have as background whilst you do
other things - whilst compiling this I have been listening to music
coming from: Mali, S Africa, Togo, Kenya, Sudan, Namibia, Sierra
Leone, Rwanda, Dem Rep of Congo, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ethiopia.
From time to time, there are also studio guests talking about their
music or African musical influences on their life. The 2000 UT
programme is currently being heard here in the UK with a very strong
signal on 4940 via São Tomé until 2030 (when the frequency changes to
VoA programming in Hausa).
The programme is also streamed via the voanews website, or you can
download the latest edition as an MP3, and listen anytime. Highly
recommended (LISTENING POST by Alan Roe, Middlesex, August World DX
Club Contact via DXLD) see also ANGOLA [non]
A SOMEWHAT CLUMSY BUT INTERESTING DISCUSSION ABOUT ALHURRA
Posted: 03 Aug 2011
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=11770
WBEZ (Chicago), "Worldview," 27 July 2011, Jerome McDonald: Since the
"U.S. government’s most expensive foreign broadcasting effort: the
Arabic-language news channel Alhurra ... was founded in 2004, the U.S.
has sunk close to a billion dollars into it. Alhurra, based in
Springfield, Virginia, has garnered sharp criticism and allegations of
mismanagement. But the station's also had some recent successes to
point to during the Arab Spring uprisings. We speak with Philip Seib,
lead researcher for a 2008 report on Alhurra and director of the
Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California,
about the news channel and public diplomacy efforts around the world."
With link to audio (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
(hint: I had to download the audio, because listening online did not
work on my browser). Recommended listening. The interviewer, however,
equates international broadcasting with public diplomacy, even to the
point that he seems to think that public diplomacy consists only of
international broadcasting. In his introduction, he said "[t]he
Broadcasting Board of Governors oversees all US public diplomacy."
Some of us prefer to categorize international broadcasting and public
diplomacy as separate, complementary, and sometimes adversarial
activities.
Professor Seib kept bringing the conversation back to the need for
reliable news. Listen to this audio excerpt (mp3 1:45), including: "If
you want an audience in the Middle East, the only way you're going to
be able to capture and maintain that audience is if you report
honestly and recognize what the audience is interested in. ... If the
United States wants to do journalism it will have to do journalism. If
it wants to do politics, it can do politics. And I think that is a
decision that the policy makers need to make."
In this second audio excerpt (mp3 2:20), Professor Seib suggested
Alhurra could complement Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, perhaps by using
more content from American domestic television. "There is tremendous
interest in the United States. That's the great asset that American
public diplomacy officials have."
By my reckoning, there are at least three possibilities for an Alhurra
format:
1) STAY AS A MOSTLY NEWS CHANNEL. Alhurra has enjoyed some success
with its present format, achieving an audience that is a respectable
fraction of that of Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, and larger than that
BBC Arabic and all the other Arabic news channels from non-Arab
countries.
2) BECOME AN "AMERICANA" CHANNEL. This is what Prof. Seib thinks
Alhurra should have been from the beginning. Indeed, an Americana
channel could use centrally produced video and be versioned by USIB
into several languages. The problem is that, from the many surveys
that I am familiar with, audiences in most countries do not "have a
tremendous interest in the United States." In fact, their interest in
the United States is much less than we American would like to think
that it is. An Americana channel would therefore have a niche
audience, but perhaps large enough to be worthwhile.
3) TIE UP WITH A US COMMERCIAL CHANNEL. Alhurra could perhaps reduce
expenses by tying in with a general-purpose US international
commercial channel, such as Hallmark or Bravo, or with a sports
network. At various times during the broadcast day would be Alhurra's
own flagship news programs.
The WBEZ interview would have benefited from more specific audience
data. In fact, Alhurra spokesperson Deirdre Kline added a comment to
the WBEZ web page linked above with some of that audience data. Unless
the BBG provides ready access to its audience research findings -- the
taxpayers who fund USIB deserve to see it -- Alhurra will continue to
suffer from, and might even be done in by, misinformation about its
ability to attract audiences (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
** U S A [and non]. There was a good signal today the 28th from WWV at
0645 UT on 10000 - a man's voice, so I think Boulder. The same voice
has been audible at this time all week, but not as strongly as today.
A check on 15000 revealed a woman`s voice, so this must have been
WWVH. This one was not as strong as 10 but the TC's were clearly
audible together with the well known tone/ticks. There was no trace of
CHU on 14670, but it was audible on 7850 at fair strength. 3330 not
yet audible at this time (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 25910/FM, WQGY434 Fort Worth TX, WBAP studio feeder; 1559-
1607+, 26-July; News-Talk AM 8-20, 96.7 FM WBAP; ToH WBAP News Time,
24-7 News Room, 103 today & 105 tomorrow; Brian Dodge program promo;
Rush Limbaugh at 1607. Fair+, scratchy. Still there at 2007 with
Hannity. Gone at 2152. Found at 1431, 27-July.
25950/FM, KOA Denver CO, studio feeder; 1430, 27-July; Colorado promo
into Fox News.
25990/FM, KSCS Arlington TX; 1426, 27-July; 96-3 Country KSCS; C&W
music. Good.
26410/FM, UNID; 1955-2013+, 27-July; Presume a studio link. Poor,
in/out, mainly out. Can't tell for sure, but might be a baseball game.
Only thing I can find on any list is WLIO-TV in Lima OH. Their web
page says the televise Little League games. Never heard before if
them. Not heard during 1430 pass (Harold Frodge, MI, MARE Tipsheet via
DXLD)
** U S A. 20000 had WWV short-skipping in by sporadic-E, so a good
time to tune up to 31 MHz. Nothing much on 15 or 12 m hambands, a bit
on 10m including on 28430-USB a W-zero working W3s, and:
On 25950 at 1923 August 4 I come to an NBFM signal copiable by slope
detexion with adstring, fading up from nothing to S9+5 peaks. I bet
it`s the KOA remote unit in Denver, commonly heard further away at
more favorable skip distances than mine, less than 500 miles. Includes
``your Bronco station, 850KOA.com``, ``Colorado, the hail capital``
from a roofer, and several others.
I bet it`s during Rush Limbaugh: yes, back he came at 1926, so I
quickly tune on to avoid puking. I should have logged all the
advertisers in order to boycott them the next time I am in CO. Quick
check again at 1941, but signal is gone by now.
I can`t find any previous log by me of this, certainly not in the last
biyear. Wasted a lot of time searching DX and official sources for the
proper callsign of this unit without any luck. Probably is three or
four letters plus three numbers. The ham at KOA who QSLed some others
did not even mention what it really is. [unlike the Ft Worth ones,
above, which are too close for me to expect any skip from, otherwise
too far for direct/groundwave]
Next check at 2127, it`s back in ad break of some other far-right show
by now. Meanwhile I was getting Saskatchewan on TV; see CANADA (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
25950/FM, KOA, Denver CO, studio link; 1717, 4-Aug; Mike Rosen Show
local call-in at 713-8585; Rush Limbaugh promo; ad for James Hardy
Siding Center. VGood. Still on at 2109 & good (Harold Frodge, MI, MARE
Tipsheet via DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1575 monitoring: Thursday July 28
at 21-22 UT: Confirmed at 2100 on WTWW 9479, and the WTWW-1 webcast is
also working now; JBA on 9955 WRMI even tho no jamming; JBA on 7415
WBCQ at 2155. [The Wed 2130 on WBCQ 7415 was replaced July 27 by an
unknown amateur hymn-singing show, apparently]. 0331 UT Friday on WWRB
5051 and webcast; 5051 is rather weak and hetted.
Next airings on WRMI 9955: Fri 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800,
1530, 1730. On WTWW 5755: UT Sun 0400. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat &
Sun 1730, Sun 0830.
9955, July 30 at 1139, WRMI preacher in English clear of jamming,
unlike wall of noise on 9965 vs República. Now if only WRMI were free
of jamming Mondays at 1130. After 1200 the jamming is back.
WORLD OF RADIO 1575 monitoring: reconfirmed on WTWW-1, 5755, good
signal UT Sunday July 31 after 0400, preceded by the usual automated
announcement from SFAW about sorcery on the streets of Washington DC.
Standard disclaimer.
Remaining SW broadcasts this week: UT Monday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ
5110v-CUSB; on WRMI 9955: Sunday 1530, 1730; Monday 1130, 1530, 2130;
Tuesday & Wednesday 1530.
WORLD OF RADIO 1576 monitoring. First airing on WRMI 9955 webcast
confirmed at 0330 UT Thursday August 4. Further WRMI times: Thu 1500,
2100, Fri 0500, 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730.
A day before the 0500 airing, Aug 4 at 0528, 9955 had Jeff & Thaïs in
Spanish, ergo `Viva Miami` with no jamming audible. More WOR times:
WTWW: Thu 2100 9479, UT Sun 0400 5755
WBCQ: Thu 2130 7415, UT Mon 0300v 5110v-CUSB
WWRB: UT Fri 0330v 5051
WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
All also with webcasts. Full schedule including many other webcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
WORLD OF RADIO 1576 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW 9479, Thursday
August 4 at 2100, VG signal. Confirmed on WRMI webcast after 1500 and
2100 Aug 4; inaudible on 9955 at 2127 check tho no jamming. WBCQ 7415
not audible either, but confirmed on webcast after 2130. Next chance:
UT Friday 0330v on WWRB 5051. Also on ACB Radio Mainstream webcasts 2-
hourly from 0100 UT Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12100, July 29 at 1252, WTWW-3 is on in Arabic, but only
fair signal with degraded propagation, not up to usual daytime level.
12100, July 30 at 1709, WTWW-3 is on and still in Arabic. Originally
was to be in 3-hour language blox, but is always in Arabic already
when cuts on circa 1300. Guess their exact schedule is still flexible.
** U S A. 9370, July 30 at 1143, no signal from WTJC, tho e.g. WBCQ
was quite strong on 9330. Last few days, WTJC has been weakish and
spurfree. Did it quit working because Jesus came to them already; a
breakdown; or deliberately off for repair? Probably the middle one
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Back subsequently, no spurs
** U S A [and non]. 4840, *0000 UT 23 July, WWCR sign on and QRMing
Mumbai who signed on 5 minutes earlier, SIO 222. AIR dominant at first
(Alan Pennington, Tropical Bands Logbook, August BDXC-UK Communication
via DXLD)
4840, 0005-0015, INDIA, 30.07, AIR Mumbai Marathi (presumed) ann,
Indian songs 45434 AP-DNK
4845.25, 0020-0140, BRAZIL, 29+30.07, R Cultura Ondas Tropicais,
Manaus, AM, Portuguese talk mentioning Manaus, 0136 ID, 44343, QRM
[de?] WWCR 4840 (Anker Petersen on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of
longwire in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via
DXLD)
Let it not be said that US ISWBC stations can invade tropical bands
without consequence. Wonder how WWCR picked this particular channel;
after trying 4775, etc. (gh, DXLD)
12160, July 30 at 1615, `Ask WWCR` new edition #344 says: major
schedule change coming August 1: Brother Scare time will be halved
instead of 24/7 on WWCR-4, retaining 05-11 on 5890, 14-20 on 9980. [It
was BS, no doubt, who decided to cut time on WWCR in half.]
Instead of filling with other programming, most of that time will be
off the air for a while, allowing for more convenient maintenance not
only of #4 transmitter, but the others by swapping them around, while
continuing to operate on scheduled frequencies. Pastor Butch somebody
will take one of the remaining hours at 0100 UT [9980 is currently
running until 0200].
Recently found a bunch of (modulator) cards in a nail (mail?) bin
needing to be rebuilt. This discovery was worth $16K, as they cost
$600 each. They have now all been checked, repaired, tested and ready
to use. [Unspoken of course, but my frequent complaints about WWCR-1
`squealing` have finally had an effect: It`s defective modulator cards
which cause this. We`ll see if that stop. And how about the spurs?]
The 11 hours per day of down-time also provide an opportunity to test
a new frequency, 17580, in the 20-22 UT period. Tests will be without
any frequency-change announcements and without advance notice. They
haven`t even tuned up the transmitter yet for that frequency. 17580, a
rare inband channel for WWCR, has been cleared by Tom Lucey at FCC,
who however thinks according to VOACAP theory, it probably won`t be
effective.
Neither host can remember WWCR ever operating on 17 MHz, but maybe
some listeners can: Yes, in the early years WWCR was somewhere in the
17.5s for a while, I recall, 17535? Then preferred 15 MHz. If they
decide to keep it, as yet unknown whether 17580 will be OK for the B-
season. [Current HFCC A-11 shows no ACI or CCI to 17580 during those
hours] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7449.43, 7480.57, WWCR Spurs, 0050-0058*, July 30, weak but readable
WWCR spurs from 7465. Spurs +/- 15.57 kHz away from 7465.
7504.44, 7535.56, WWCR Spurs, *0059-0115, July 30, weak but readable
WWCR spurs from 7520. Spurs +/- 15.56 kHz away from 7520 (Brian
Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot
longwires, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4840, August 1 at 0527, dead air from WWCR-3. Did not hang around to
find how long it would last.
9980, absent around 1300 August 1, as WWCR-4 has reduced schedule to
13 hours per day starting at 1400 with Brother Scare. Until then, WWV
listeners no longer have to cope with that overload. Neither WWCR nor
The Overcomer Ministry have yet updated their schedules to show this.
15825, August 1 at 1405, WWCR-1 with gospel huxteress has built up to
S9+15, and listening carefully, no squeal audible. Seems after years
of squealing, they have finally replaced defective modulator cards.
But the plus/minus 15+ kHz spurs are still there, so unrelated
problem, carriers barely detectable just below 15810 and above 15840.
By 1412, 15825 has attained S9+22, still asquealous.
WWCR has already contradicted what was said on `Ask WWCR`: 9980 was to
carry Brother Scare only at 14-20, then go off the air until 0100. But
Monday August 1 at 2057 it`s still on with some other program,
certainly not // WWRB 9385 --- phone-talk show concluding with
comments about zombies, ``back on Wednesday`` [how about Tuesday?],
phone 1-800-375-4188, which immediately Googles to ``Located in
Central Pennsylvania, Discount Gold and Silver Trading Co. may be
contacted by telephone at 1-800-375-4188``. Then at 2059, ``WWCR must
now leave the air --- until later today`` twice, and off.
As of Aug 2, WWCR still has not posted a new PDF program schedule,
just 1 July`s still showing Brother Scare 24/7 on WWCR-4. Nor the
transmitter schedule, still dated June 27-August 31 with WWCR-4 as 24
h on 5890, 9980, switching at 02 and 12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
13845, WWCR Nashville TN; 1943-2001+, 2-Aug; Inquisition Update
program; English huxter ragging on Masons, Jesuits, Catholics, Papal
Anti-Christ, Vatican-Jesuit New World Order, etc. (left out the Jews,
Vikings & Girl Scouts!). "We don't fear Christ, we fear running out of
money; we fear running out of beer..." (Duh!). ToH WWCR spot, into
University Network with Dead Dr. Gene (nothing on 11775 or 6090).
SIO=444- with splash from 13850. 13850 was in French -- Voice of
Russia in French from Moldova listed in 8/2 Aoki, but sure sounded
like "Voix de Chine" at ToH (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B
+ 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my
ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15825, August 4 at 1915, WWCR is extremely strong with sporadic-E
enhancement, S9+22 estimated on FRG-7 meter, which is about the most
any non-local signal can register --- and the squeal is again being
heard, not too bad but certainly audible under kid with poor dixion
singing an old song reminding us of a ``Little Orphan Annie`` poem,
``[something] will get you if you don`t watch out``, ``control that
lower lip``, evidently a morality lesson. July program schedule still
posted shows at 1915-1930 M-F, `Daily Story Time`.
Also splattering plus/minus 45 kHz, and the spurs just below 15810 and
just above 15840 are clearly audible with // modulation. Of course,
all these get worse, the stronger the fundamental signal, but previous
strong signals did not audiblize the squeal. Instead of fixing WWCR-1,
they might have swapped another transmitter, now back to the original.
The -1, -2, -3, -4 designations don`t necessarily apply to specific
transmitters, but instead program/frequency/antenna/transmission
services which really could be routed thru any of the transmitters
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11511, 11529, WEWN Spurs, 0400-0430, July 31, strong,
ugly, noisy, distorted spurs from 11520. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
Listening Digest)
12050, Aug 4 at 1945, tune across WEWN in Spanish to hear ``por su
dolorosa pasión`` repeated over and over by unxuous announcer,
alternating with caller repeating over and over ``ten misercordia de
nosotros del mundo entero``. After more than a minute announcer
finally put an end to this nonsense with ``Amen.``
Tuning across WEWN 7555/11870 in the nightmiddle, chances are at least
50-50 that you will hear the very same phrases, in the `Paz a la luz
de la luna en vivo desde Miami` program UT Tue-Sat at 04-06. There are
at least three different Spanish schedules, but this one appears only
on the SW one at
http://www.ewtn.com/radio/sp_radio_sched.asp
While another live call-in program M-F at 19-20 is ``Jesús en ti
confío EN VIVO``, apparently from the same source, same host (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Thoughts on US stations reception here --- Hi folks, some
considerations about receiving signals from the US at my QTH:
http://fromdctodaylight.splinder.com/post/25367492/crossing-the-pond
Ciao (Chris Diemoz, Italy, Aug 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz:
[. . .] There are everyday ones, like WWCR, or WYFR, followed by less
regulars WEWN, WHRI, WINB or WJTC. Others, simply, I'm yet trying to
succesfully tune them. It's the case of KJES on 7555 kHz and WJHR on
15550 kHz.
WBCQ "The Planet", from Monticello, Maine - that has to be awarded a
gold star, being the only US one not following the rigid Bible Belt
format - situates itself somewhere between the second and third
category. Not impossible, but you won't log it more than three-four
times a year. Last week, on 28th July, it was almost strong on 9330
kHz: an entry to be underlined in the log! (Diemoz blog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1576, DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. 9330-CUSB, July 29 at 1217, WBCQ is dead air, or
maybe just barely modulated? Still silent carrier at 1259, no ID
inserted either. At 1300 flanked by VOK IS on both 9325 and 9335
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15420.05, WBCQ Monticello ME (presumed); 1740-1801+, 1-Aug; English,
Bible huxteress with sing-song cadence; no ToH ID. Mixing with co-
channel BBC-Seychelles to 1800, then BBC-Great Britain. USB helped
till BBC switched to G.B. transmitter (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7415 not, but checking WBCQ stream, Wednesday August 3 at 2129 I am
hearing two audios mixing: Amos `n` Andy, `n` somethin` in Spanish for
a few sex, sounds like Dino Bloise with `Frecuencia al Día`.
Presumably the same happened on 7415. Both audios stop at the same
time, 2130 into unnamed show of amateur lo-fi singing of pop oldies.
I`ve heard it before elsewhen on WBCQ, but what show is it?
O, it must be: `Goddess Irina 1 Music Show`, which per still outdated
7415 schedule is supposed to be at 2330 on Tuesdays:
http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=show_program&id=20
Her website in Western [sic] Samoa? including her portrait and spacey
art also implies Tuesdays 2330: http://www.goddessirena1.ws/
Her ``Sunshine and Blue Skies`` CD playlist includes as second item,
``Bridge Over Troubled Water [sic]``, which I heard at 2135. WBCQ
program may very well have just been playing that CD, which would
explain lack of title, announcements.
The 7415 schedule still shows WORLD OF RADIO Wednesdays at 2130 as
well as the true time, Thursdays 2130. As for `Frecuencia al Día`, it
was regularly on WBCQ for a while, then apparently got lost in the
shuffle of schedule changes. It`s still not listed at any time (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9264.963, Loud hysterical prayer on WINB Red Lion noted at
2250 UT July 31, this program ended at 2259 UT. S=9+10dB.
I grow fearful of this very loud YELL. I think this prayer is possibly
very crazy and fit for the nuthouse. Never heard such behaviour from a
priest before.
Sundays 2230-2256 UT on 9264.963 kHz. <http://www.winb.com/>
Terry Blalock also
Sun 1630...Terry Blalock
Sun 2230...Terry Blalock
Sat 2230...Terry Blalock
Sun 0100...Terry Blalock
(Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, BC-DX via DXLD)
** U S A. 15385, August 4 at 1914, KJES NM with ``Santa María`` praise
music, by pros instead of kids, VG S9+20 with Es help. Modulation a
bit rough and then fade music to tell a Jesus story in Spanish (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9815, EAST GERMANY, AWR (via Nauen) at 0329 with “This
is Adventist World Radio. The next program is in Amharic”, Very Good
Jul 28 (Mark Coady, Chemung Lake, ON, Alinco DX-R8T Eton E-1 and
loaded inverted vee dipole, Your Report, August ODXA Listening In via
DXLD)
17575, July 30 at 1644, poor signal with singing and drumming; one
particular drum pitch came thru best every few sex. 1656 still similar
music, 1659.6 music stops, and off at 1700* without any announcements;
how rude! Uplooked later, it`s AWR in Somali via Wertachtal, GERMANY,
250 kW, 135 degrees at 1630-1700 daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non non]. SLOVAKIA. I sent a couple of reports earlier this
year to TWR Europe's Slovakia address; however QSL's have been
received from the following address: Kalman Dobos, c/o TWR, P. O. Box
8700, Cary, North Carolina 27512, USA (Allen Dean, Lancashire, DX
News, August World DX Club Contact via DXLD)
** U S A. Re 11-30: TCS IS DEAD; UNUSUAL BUST INDICATES INFORMANT;
CMDR. BUNNY PRIME SUSPECT
Dear Radio Friends,
Nearly twenty-nine years after its first transmission, The Crystal
Ship has been forced to leave the air due to an FCC "Notice of
Unlicensed Operation" which was delivered to the site of their last
transmissions at Lansing, Michigan in late May 2011.
Unusual circumstances of the bust suggest the FCC had an informant.
Because of the feuding that took place between the operator known as
"Commander Bunny" and TCS' John Poet during April-May of 2011, over
Poet's outing of the Bunny's use of "sock-puppets" to control the
'Free Radio Network' website, support his opinions and attack and
bully dissenters, we believe that "Commander Bunny" was responsible
for making a complaint against The Crystal Ship to the Federal
Communications Commission, and providing them with specific details
which made for an "easy bust".
Read about it here:
http://www.tcsshortwave.com/2011/07/shortwave-pirate-crystal-ship-is-dead.html
And more here:
http://whisperinyourfear.blogspot.com/2011/07/irony-of-anonymity.html
--
73's
John Poet
The Crystal Ship
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Send your free subscription requests to freeradioweekly @ gmail.com
and tell 'em that we sent ya! (TCS mailing list July 29 via WORLD OF
RADIO 1576, DXLD; also via Steve Lare, Artie Bigley)
The International Radio Report program, on CKUT talks about the TCS
bust, during the last ten minutes of the thirty minute show:
http://archives.ckut.ca/128/20110731.10.30-11.00.mp3
(Artie Bigley, July 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also NORTH AMERICA
** U S A. Even with all the RFI from power lines I've had recently and
25 days of 100+ degree highs in July, I still managed to log 3 new
ones in the past 10 days, thanks mostly to overnite recordings:
1370, WGIV-NC, 20JUL11 0100 CDT [UT -5], ad giving phone number and
address in Ft. Mill, SC, matches Google search results. Anything is
possible with the propagation vagaries but I suspect this one on day
power of 16 kW rather than 45 watts. NC #3 and new #804.
1290, KWFS-TX, 26JUL11 2233 CDT, ad for Nissan dealership in Wichita
Falls, "NewsTalk 12-90" slogan into talk show, mixing with KIVY. Way
too strong for 73 watts night power.
Local 1550-KYAL was having problems with its automation last nite.
First noted "putt-putt-putt..." 30JUL 2245 CDT, decided to record
overnite 1550 and found:
WPFC-LA, 31JUL11, 0105 CDT, promo for insurance program "Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 2 - 2:30 right here on WPFC 1550" into black gospel
music. Another one likely on 5kw day power, way too strong for 42
watts. Noted on all TOH recordings overnight. New #806. 73 from toasty
Tulsa (Bruce Winkelman AA5CO, Drake R8, EndFedz SWL sloper, July 31,
NRC-AM via DXLD)
** U S A. NOW on with NEWS Chicago 101.1
http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/1807-fm-news-1011-launches
FM NEWS 101.1 on the air as of 4:00 PM CST
http://www.facebook.com/FMNewsChicago
(Artie Bigley, OH, July 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Chicago now has two all-news FMs --- Chicago's FM News 101.1 (former
Q101) went on the air this weekend one day before WBBM goes on the air
on 105.9 this Monday. Sometimes the antics of the radio business are a
bit child-like --- like "Ha ha!! We got on the air before you did!!!!"
--- only to change formats a year later.
But either way, Chicago now has two FM news stations. Merlin Media's
Randy Michaels at 101.1 had this to say to the Tribune: "I can tell
you that we won't be going all news on August 1st." Clever. They did
go all-news. On July 31st. You can read the Tribune story here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-merlin-media-launches-20110731,0,341609.story
It makes me wonder --- does stunting really serve any purpose in the
world of radio? The average listener probably doesn't care the
slightest bit about it. Heck, I'm a DXer and I don't care. People tune
into their favourite stations and if one station stunts by playing
every song every made by a single artist for a full week... do people
really listen or ponder to themselves "hmm... I wonder what they're
gonna do?" In all honesty, how many non-radio-folks even know what
"stunting" is though? (-Chris Kadlec, Fremont, Mich., 1 August, WTFDA
via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
I recorded 45 minutes of it, on their first day. A private e-mail to
me will get you that MP3 file. Actually, FM News 101.1 launched on
Friday 29 July (Blaine Thompson, IN, ibid.)
Thanks for the correction, Blaine. Being over here in Asia, I can't
easily confirm these details happening back home. The article said
that 105.9 was launching on Monday, and that 101.1 launched one day
ahead of the competition on Sunday. However, of course, being unable
to listen myself, I took the article as being correct. Apparently it's
not. Even though it clearly states they "officially" began on Sunday,
maybe they were unofficially going before that. :) (Chris Kadlec,
ibid.)
I tried to listen to FM News 101.1 this morning and quickly became
bored with too many commercials, no network news on the hour, and
newscasters that don't seem as good as those on WBBM. I'll take Q101
and their rock mx back any day. As for 105.9, who needs it? WBBM is
listenable with the truck radio even during the day for at least 250
miles in all directions.
Both 101.1 and 105.9 weren't stable this morning due to heavy tropo
interference. 780 AM is all that is needed for news here near Chicago,
and would sound better (as co-owned WSCR does since dropping IBOC) if
they'd get rid of IBOC. 73 KAZ Barrington IL (Neil Kazaross, Aug 2,
ibid.)
** U S A. WUOT LOOKS FORWARD TO CALMER WEATHER
August is always an interesting month at WUOT. Staff members have
vacations behind them, the station has finished another fiscal year
"in the black" and we're carefully navigating the barricades as
workers complete maintenance projects all over campus before thousands
of students return to school.
It's truly hard to believe that summer is quickly coming to an end.
While many of us may not be ready to say goodbye to the neighborhood
pool or outings on the lake with friends and family, there is one
thing the WUOT staff IS ready to embrace: calmer weather! At least, we
hope the wind, hail, lightning and power outages are BEHIND us!
It's been a tough spring and summer for WUOT. The station has had
multiple technical difficulties resulting from bad weather. WUOT Chief
Engineer Mike Murrell and Program/Operations Director Greg Hill have
had their hands full, dealing with transmitters without power,
automation system reboots, a satellite system gone haywire and new
Emergency Assistance System equipment that doesn't work. We truly
appreciated your patience and understanding as we dealt with first
one, then myriad technical problems!
We're hopeful that the problems have now been resolved and we can all
enjoy a beautiful (and peaceful!) East Tennessee autumn (WUOT 91.9
Knoxville TN E-Notes, August via DXLD)
** VANUATU. 3945, R. Vanuatu, 1203-1218:42*, August 1. Above the norm
reception, but still with ham QRM; OM in vernacular (many words in
English) with religious sermon; 1217 YL with ID and program
information; National Anthem.
In the past they consistently turned off the transmitter at 1224;
whereas now they are leaving it on for many more hours with just the
open carrier being heard; August 1 noted past 1443. Wonder why the
sudden change? Reminds me of how the Solomon Islands used to do the
same thing several years ago (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA,
Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Ian, Hope all is well with you. For the past week or so have noted
that Radio Vanuatu on 3945 no longer turns off their transmitter at
1224 as they had been doing for some time now. It's now heard still on
with an open carrier for several hours past their usual cut off time.
Reminds me of how the Solomon Islands use to keep their transmitter on
long after they ended their audio broadcasting, something they no
longer do. Wonder why the sudden change with Radio Vanuatu? (Ron
Howard, California, CA, July 30, to Ian Baxter, NSW, via DXLD)
** VATICAN. 15570, July 30 at 1608, fair signal in Swahili, 1611
hilife music. 1656 still going, mentions Somalia. I was wondering
about this one until 1659 the VR IS played. VR A-11 schedule folder
shows Kiswahili at 1600-1615, 1615 Somali on Saturday only; 1630
Amharic, Tigrino [sic] daily. HFCC says 250 kW, 139 degrees from SMG.
[During the 16-17 UT hour I was on inside antenna due to much-needed
T-storm dropping a semiinch of rain upon us] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA. Re 11-30, Calabazo new SW site: No antennas visible yet
next to the transmitter house in Google Earth / Maps (Wolfgang
Büschel, BC-DX 1 August via DXLD)
** VENEZUELA [non]. 6060, RNV via Habana. ID 1111, Spanish news, good
level on 21/7 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near
Moruya NSW, August Australian DX News via DXLD)
One of the last logs of this before vanished? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
While I was reconfirming RHC Esperanto, July 31, also checked the
`Aló, Presidente` frequencies, at 1520, and all were silent: 11690,
13680, 13750, 15370, 17750. Altho El Hugazo has returned to Caracas
and made some public appearances, it`s unclear whether he will resume
the program, and if he does, whether RHC will resume SW broadcasting
it. Show website http://www.alopresidente.gob.ve/
still has not been updated since June 12 announcement that it would
not appear that day due to emergency surgery; and the last one
archived is #375, tho finding its original date is difficult.
So far, all the daily RNV relays via Cuba checked have continued
absent. If anyone does hear one, make sure to report it (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. Voice of Vietnam --- I received the following printed
programme schedule in July from Voice of Vietnam. (Actually, mostly
the programme themes for each day rather than programme titles).
Monday Current Affairs Land People
Tuesday Current Affairs Society Business
Wednesday Current Affairs Letter Box
Thursday Current Affairs Economy Discovery Vietnam
Friday Current Affairs Rural Vietnam Culture
Saturday Current Affairs Weekly review Weekend music
Sunday Current Affairs Sunday Show (LISTENING POST by Alan Roe,
Middlesex, August World DX Club Contact via DXLD)
** VIETNAM [non]. 9930, R. Hmong, Koro. Fair level signal with
considerable whine which could be cut out using USB. Speakers in
assumed Hmong. Off at 2300. 2240 10/7 (Charles Jones, Castle Hill NSW
(Sony 2001D with 7m. vertical antenna), Aug Australian DX News via
WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD)
WHR schedule for Angel 3, Koror, PALAU, only has this when searched on
Hmong: ``2200 - 2230 UT, 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT, Fr,Sa, Hmong World
Ministries, Gia Tou Lee, 9.930 Mhz`` and July 10 was a Sunday; but
Aoki shows:
``9930 2200-2300 PLW x Radio Hmong Hmo Koror 1`` with 1 meaning
Sunday, and what means the x? Not jammed, which is * (Glenn Hauser,
WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. Re DXLD 11-30, 28JUL'11. ``ALGERIAS [sic],
Polisario Front on 6297.15 at 1550 UTC in Arabic, heard parallel on
1550 AM kHz (Gayle Van Horn, July NZ DX Times via DXLD) ??? Neither
frequency possibly audible in North Carolina at that hour. Such a log
would most likely have originated with Carlos Gonçalves in Portugal,
DXLD (gh, DXLD)
Glenn, It was not me who reported this above where date is missing;
maybe it comes from some DXer in this region as 1550 kHz wouldn't be
audible at a bigger distance.
6300v is audible up here in Lisbon till they s/off 1300, but not the
parallel 1550 which would fade out much earlier than, say, noon.
However, both are audible throughout their first daily broadcast at my
SW coast place, except in days of bad propagation when there may
trouble receiving the MW outlet till very late in the early afternoon:
" 1550 Polisario Front, Rabouni, ALG, 0946-f/out 1130, 20/6, Arabic,
songs, talks; 25443; \\ 6297.15 off.
1550 ditto, 2301-2332*, 20/6, start of prgr in Castilian, songs,
talks, closed with their "anthem"; 55444. Announced they'd be back
the next day at "one thirty"; at 1200+ today, 21/6, they were still
airing an Arabic prgr [on 6297.15]. "
This below was my latest report on them:
" 1550 Polisario Front, Rabouni, ALG, 1252-1300*, 08/7, Arabic, songs;
25443; silent on \\ 6297.15 not only that day but also for quite a
number of days now, even for their 1st b/cast of the day. Their
evening sched. reads 1700-2300 in Arabic, 2300-2330 in Castilian.
E.g.: 2306-2330*, 10/7, 55444. "
I keep an almost daily observation on this station, and can tell 6300v
is still off; only 1550 is being used. I suspect they have a
transmitter fault or then they are simply saving on electricity.
In the course of this week, I spotted them [on 1550] with a sudden
short bulletin in Castilian, at 1805 UT; then the program continued in
Arabic. The Castilian program is aired 2300-2330*. 73, (Carlos
Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC - Radio 1, *0241-0250, July 31, sign on with
Fish Eagle IS. Choral National Anthem at 0246. Very weak. Lost in
noise by 0250. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** ZANZIBAR. Tanzania. Radio Tanzania Zanzibar. 6015 Dole. 2011/08/03
Wednesday 0255-0307, 1 kHz sinewave till 0253, then repetition of brief
tune on marimba? Followed by anthem? At 0300 ID "Radio Zanzibar". At
0302 verse from koran, then OM talking. At later re-visit, 0340, ID
"Radio Tanzania Zanzibar". Fair. Better at brief re-visit, 0338.
Jo'burg sunrise 0447 (Bill Bingham, RSA, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE. There was a small flurry of logs of the Voice of Zimbabwe
on 4828 in July. I`m not sure if they`ve increased power or just
improved modulation or maybe are just on air more regularly --- the
WRTH lists them as irregular on both 4828 and their daytime frequency
5975. When I`ve heard them occasionally since their launch in July
2010, their signal`s been very weak and/or under-modulated. But in
July their signal seemed at a more listenable level.
The VOZ Facebook page says they broadcast only ``9hrs a day`` on MW
(585 kHz) and SW (4828 and 5975) but gives no schedule, but I heard
what could have been their sign-off on 14 July at 2214 on 4828 with an
anthem followed by dead air. Checking via receiver in Johannesburg, 23
July on Global Tuners, there was a strong carrier on 4828 well before
and past 1530 UT, but no programming, so unsure of the sign-on time on
this frequency (Alan Pennington, Tropical Bands Logbook, August BDXC-
UK Communication via DXLD)
Logs of 4828, VOZ, Gweru:
1941 13 July, kora music, VOZ ID, also ID as ``Zimbabwe Broadcasting
Corporation``, speech, 2000 English news, SIO 242 (Alan Pennington)
1955 15 July, presumed, African music and OM talk in vernacular, SIO
121 (Alan Roe, ibid.)
2032 21 July, man in unID language, pop music, SIO 222 (Kevin O`Daly,
Herts., ibid.)
2101 19 July, African music, 2103 YL ID, some English talk, fair
(Giampiero Bernardini, Tuscany, ibid.)
2212 14 July, choir with anthem to 2214 then silence. Not sure if this
was sign-off as carrier still seemed present, SIO 343 (Pennington,
ibid.) Could also be winter bump in propagational headstart (gh, DXLD)
4828, V of Zimbabwe, Gweru. Weak with poor audio, English heard
through static at 2043 on 27/7 (John Adams, Beech Forest Vic, (JRC
NRD-535 Ewe and Folded Dipole), Aug Australian DX News via DXLD)
4828, Nice rhythmic music 2138, good on 18/7 (Craig Seager, DX-
Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near Moruya NSW, August Australian DX
News via DXLD)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. 7330, V. of People of Democracy [sic] via Talata.
Strong with opening announcements. In Ndebele, ID, sked. In English
1800 21/7 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition at Mullimburra Point, Near Moruya
NSW, August Australian DX News via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. Classical music on 1440 --- Tonight, I'm hearing
classical music on 1440, mixing with KODL (oldies), CKJR (oldies), and
an unID talk station (very probably KMED). It's quite good and
sometimes dominant when it peaks, but sometimes it disappears in the
jumble for a while. I didn't hear an ID at 0200 EDT [0600 UT]. I'm not
sure who it could be, except possibly KPTO Pocatello if it's actually
on the air (maybe getting in some air time to keep its license alive).
(Bruce in Seattle Portzer, UT Aug 3, IRCA via DXLD)
Bruce, I think the station is Idaho. I have heard it several times
here, without any IDs, but it is always off my Eastern Beverage. 73,
(Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.)
Bruce, Yes, as Patrick said, I'm sure this would be the Pocatello
station (KPTO if memory serves me correctly). I haven't logged it in
recent months, but have heard it quite often, with classical (or
sometimes jazz) music, with a simple ID near the hour, but no other
announcements. 73, (Nigel Pimblett, Dunmore, Alberta, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1710 in Victoria --- At about 0530 UT, I was picking up
Spanish on measured 1709.924 on the Perseus SDR. Has faded down now a
few minutes later, but was at fair level. I could also see weaker
carriers on 1709.992 and 1710.015 too. Not sure who the SS might be,
and from where (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Aug 4, IRCA via DXLD)
Walt, This is probably the same SS Pirate I heard a couple of times
and also Larry Godwin in Montana. I don't hear it often as the Russian
is too strong. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.)
Walt, I hear this station fairly often here in Livermore. I checked it
after reading your post and found them on the same 1709.924 kHz. Their
signal seems to be coming from the northeast (Albert Lehr, Livermore,
CA, ibid)
UNIDENTIFIED. VOA 4935 kHz, SINPO 34433 --- Voice of America in 60m
band 4935 kHz, English program, news. Iemand idee welke zender van VOA
dit is? Op 4930 zit / of zat VOA Botswana die hoor ik nu niet; is deze
zender 5 khz up gegaan? (Marc van Gerwen, Ede Gld., Neherlands, --
Blog: http://radiospotting.blogspot.com/ 1911 UT July 18, BDX via
DXLD) Looks that way (gh, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4940, straining for signals other than Cuba, WWCR, WWV
on 60m, August 4 at 1128 the best I can find is a weak carrier and
bits of modulation here, slightly on hi side compared to Russia 5940.
Most likely V. of Strait, CHINA, rather than AIR Guwahati, which per
Aoki does not start until 1200 and where per gaisma.com the sun does
not set until 1238 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9770, Aug 4 at 1158, 1000 Hz mystery tonetest, poor.
Recheck an hour later at 1257, still audible, very poor, but as I try
to confirm it`s DSB rather than a het, the center frequency is around
9773, off by 1300. See 17800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12100, 1630 UT 6 July, non-stop songs in Serbian heard
until 1826*, SIO 555 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, HF Logbook,
August BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Watch out, WTWW! Or Croatian?
Another of the mystery carrier/tone test frequencies (gh, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 13635, July 30 at 1631, surprised to find
S9+20 open carrier, strong and steady, must be from North America,
then tone test on and off; 1633 Elvis song, and talk about his ``black
blues``, apparently a documentary, but 1634.5 cut that off for some
other music until 1635*. Left a receiver on 13635, but never came back
by 1656. Such behavior likely from IBB Greenville as a test-only
frequency. Nothing is scheduled on 13635 now or later from anywhere.
By 1645, a similar big carrier had come up on 17820 prior to 1700 VOA
Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15790, August 2, tune-in at 1321, and heard a couple
words of Dutch before cut off the air, has to be RNW source. Back on
at 1325, very good signal with ``Merlin music`` loop to 1327.6* and
not back by 1333 or a few later chex. Some Babcock site is playing
around; HFCC lists only BBC via Woofferton on 15790 at other hours.
Also had Firedrake here later; see CHINA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17520, August 1 at 1321, open carrier until 1322*, back
on at *1323; 1324 a few sex of praise music, back to OC and off at
1324.5* not to return. Probably WHRI testing, registered 16-20 on
17520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17800, Aug 4 at 1305, mystery 1000 Hz tone, underneath
much stronger DW Hausa via RWANDA at 310 degrees USward. Still going
at 1338; at least Hausa-listeners had the alternative of 17820 via
PORTUGAL. Usually the tones find a clear frequency, but also clashed
with DW 17800 on June 23 as in DXLD 11-25; see also 9770 from which I
suspect the same transmitter had just upmoved (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17900, the unexplained 1000 Hz tone tests are still
going on after more than a month: August 1 at 1318, fading S4 to S9
peaks, stronger than Saudi on 17895. Did not notice any breaks, and
still going past 1400. Recheck at 1414, now it`s only open carrier
until off at 1418:42*. Then cuts on briefly twice, off, and back on
at *1419:28. Tone resumes at 1419:52, then open carrier again; still
S9 peaks. After 1430 open carrier, still at 1435 and at final check
1455. Meanwhile, other 16m signals were generally poor. At 1323, Saudi
audible on 17615, stronger 17705; Libya poor on 17725.
Seems they never play Croatian music any more. Benelux club members
were reporting that July 4-5 at various earlier, same and later hours,
on 18900, 19000, 19020, 18966.70. I continue to check the 18-19 MHz
band too, where HFCC currently has nothing at all scheduled.
17900, mystery 1000 Hz tone test heard yesterday is again here today
August 2 at 1304, now weaker than Saudi 17895; still on but very poor
at 1356, 1410, 1421, chex.
17900, unlike last few days, no mystery 1000 Hz tone test audible Aug
3 at 1308 or later. Nor did I find it on any other 13, 15, 17 or 18
MHz channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Heren, Op 18900 kHz zit een sterk station wat alleen
maar muziek uitzend. Lijkt Grieks o.i.d. Ik kan in geen enkele lijst
wat ontdekken. SINPO 45454. Geen aan, of afkondigingen, helemaal
niets. Wie weet raad. EOT om 1045 in 1 keer zonder afkondiging.
Groetjes (Jan, Netherlands, 1050 UT July 4, BDX via DXLD)
Guido Schotmans then refers to previous DXLD reports on 18900, 19000,
etc. (gh)
Guido en de anderen. Guido bedank voor je antwoord. Het station zat de
hele tijd op 19000 kHz, en nu (1348 UT) opeens verspringd het naar
19020 kHz. Kijk dat gaat leuk zo. Zo te horen Grieks achtig nog
steeds. Dit moet een test zijn! Jammer dat je dan niet kan reageren.
Spijtig voor mijn Ala en Pereus maar het station komt ook bikkelhard
binnen op de Tecsun PL310 van een paar euro uit Hong Kong (incl
verzend kosten!). Groetjes (Jan, 1357 UT July 4, ibid.)
Heren, Daar ben ik weer voor de verandering. Op 18966.700 is de zender
vanavond weer terug. Zelfde kenmerken geen presentator wel grieks
achtige (Balkan toch misschien?) muziek. Gewoon S9 +10db geen fading
geen noise. Het lijkt nu wel een beetje rommelen, want hij staat niet
in het 5 kHz raster. Groetjes (Jan, 1816 UT July 5, ibid.)
Geen Griekse muziek, zeer waarschijnlijk Servisch. Shazam kan in ieder
geval de liedjes niet herkennen (Alexander K., Netherlands, 1838 UT
July 5, ibid.) Probably Koutamanis, who should know Greek (gh, DXLD)
Ja nu heb ik hem ook. Het is geen Grieks, maar een Slavische taal en
in de patriottische song die ze nu spelen hoor ik namen vallen als
Yugoslavia, Hrvatski enz. 73, (Guido Schotmans, Belgium, 1847 UT July
5, ibid.)
Eerste succes met Shazam: Zlatne godine door Zrinko Tutic. Volgens
Wikipedia en IMDB heeft Tutic de soundtrack verzorgd voor de
gelijknamige film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105899/
Vermoedelijk een Kroatisch of Bosnisch station, dus. (Alexander K.,
1859 UT July 5, ibid.)
Waw ... en wat een signaal zeg...9+20 db. Egenaardig wat die frequency
betreft: 18966.70 kHz! Hoedanook t'is leuke muziek! 73 (Hugo Matten,
Belgum, 1922 UT July 5, ibid.)
Heren, Ik was even weg gelopen maar nu om ca 2012 UT is het station
net uit de lucht gegaan. Zo even de opname´s afluisteren. Morgen
verder. Bedankt voor jullie reacties. Groetjes (Jan, 2019 UT July 5,
ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 30/07/2011 1738, 27890, UNID IRL/UK? messa in inglese in
FM Buono; 30/07/2011 1730, 27930, UNID IRL/UK? Messa in Inglese in FM
Buono !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!Ciao e 73 BUONE VACANZE!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!
[sic] (Mauro - Giroletti, Italy, -Swl 1510-, -IK2GFT-, playdx yg via
DXLD) That was Saturday evening, not Sunday morning (gh)
UNIDENTIFIED. UnID "Roses @ 100.1 on your dial." Pirate? LP? Part 15?
Tropo? Last night, I was DX'ing the big red blob and ran across an
oddity. I had strong tropo up to 350 miles out (Sony XDR-F1HD + dollar
store rabbit ears) but something was on 100.1. It did fade once in a
while to make me think that it may not be a local (part 15'er, pirate
or iPod blaster) but I'm just not sure. I was hearing Western
Kentucky, Eastern Missouri and Central and Southern Illinois at that
time.
Just after 1 AM ET, I tuned to 100.1 and heard an eclectic mix of
classic country including what sounded like instrumentals (country
MUZAK?) but then they also played ABBA, Neil Diamond, Willie Nelson
and so on. No talking or ads so I thought that it must be an iPod
blaster but then at 0125 this was announced by a female: "Roses at one
hundred point one on your dial." Would an iPod blaster have their own
jingle? Stayed with it well past 0200 and no TOH ID. NOT there at
0715. Maybe a nursing home or something similar that airs something at
night?
You may recall in 2006 that I heard a "Nature Sounds" radio station
that just played "babbling brook" sounds. That was on 101.1, however.
Mike Glass hunted that one down to a retirement village on E 21st
Street, near I-465. I will try to listen again tonight for "Roses."
(Dave Hascall, Indianapolis IN, Aug 2, WTFDA via DXLD)
Dave, That sounds more appealing than the station on 89.5 from
Ellsworth, Illinois - they play storm sounds AND laughing babies on a
loop. Those laughing babies made my girlfriend snap and she turned the
set off - normally my DX noise doesn't bother her (Curtis Sadowski,
Paxton IL, ibid.)
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[Tvfmdx] [Fwd: [BC] DR. BRUCE ELVING PASSES
Just getting word of this now; deepest condolences to Carol and the
family. Bruce will be deeply, deeply missed.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [BC] Dr. Bruce Elving passes
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:49:39 -0700
From: Alan Freed
Sad news to share about FM's friend, Dr. Bruce Elving. He and wife
Carol had been in Loma Linda, California for a few weeks for treatment
of his prostate cancer. They were planning to return home to Minnesota
this month. The little information I have says he passed following a
heart attack en route to a hospital.
Bruce was probably best-known for his "FMAtlas" directories and until
recent years, his "FMedia!" newsletters, along with his service of
modifying of FM radios to receive SCA broadcasts. He was among the
founders of the University of Minnesota's KUMD 103.3 Duluth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Elving
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KUMD-FM
From Bruce's Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002321108701&sk=wall
[with photo of Bruce & Carol] posted Monday evening:
We are very sad to inform all of Bruce's friends that he passed away
in California on July 24, 2011. His memorial service will be on
Monday, August 8, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. in Duluth, Minnesota. To express
condolences or for more information about the service, you are welcome
to call Carol Elving at 218-879-7676 (Broadcast E-list via Scott
Fybush, Aug 3, WTFDA via DXLD)
Someone emailed me last week and asked if there would be an FM Atlas
#22. I said I thought not. Little did I know. Very sad news. Bruce
leaves a void that will probably not be filled. I hope God embraces
Bruce as much as Bruce embraced FM Stereo (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT,
ibid.) ``embrace`` was one of Bruce`s favorite terms (gh)
I have known Bruce Elving since my days at Syracuse University in the
mid-1960's, where he taught a couple of broadcasting classes I took.
Our DX'ing bond became quite evident even then, when FM was still
quite young. His interests at that time were FM and TV, mine mostly AM
and some FM. We've corresponded sporadically over the years but I had
not had any subsequent opportunity to see him face to face after 1968.
I have always considered him as a friend, and I am saddened to hear of
his passing. Our hobby owes him a great deal (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, 15
mi NW of Philadelphia, ibid.)
That's a Real Shame --- an FM DX Legend and true Innovator in the
Field of FM DXing!!! Exchanged many emails with Bruce over the years.
He will be deeply missed. RIP Bruce!! 73...ROB VA3SW EN92 (Robert S.
Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, ibid.)
Very sad news. I started DXing 30 years ago when I was 13, and I
always had a copy of the FM Atlas. It was an invaluable resource.
I hope someone will continue to publish the book (Robert Timmerman,
ibid.)
This is really sad news. It will be hard to pick up an FM Atlas, now,
without thinking about Bruce. We e-mailed back and forth on occasion -
he'd read a logging of mine and want to know more about the station,
or I'd have a question about formats or a listing in the Atlas. In
recent years I bought two books, as I have tended to ruin them through
overuse. Pages are already falling out of the latest one, but now I
think I'll avoid the better copy so it can remain as intact as
possible. We met a couple of times at WTFDA and ODXA conventions. At
one of them, I purchased a radio he outfitted with an SCA adapter.
Really, Bruce is among a handful of DXers whose roots truly lie deep
and who played a role in developing the hobby. He will be seriously
missed (Saul Chernos, Ont., ibid.)
Sad to hear this news about Bruce. I met him at least once that I can
recall, maybe at WTFDA in Syracuse. But his FM Atlas has been a
constant companion since I found one for sale in an electronics shop
around 1970, 2nd edition I think. The FMA was a LOT thinner then! In
fact, I just sent Bruce a typo that I spotted in the most recent
edition, so I was obviously eagerly awaiting a new edition. Thanks to
the man who put Adolph on the map! Bruce will be missed (Jim Renfrew,
NY, ibid.)
I had the pleasure of visiting his ``publishing estate`` in Minnesota
a number of years ago upon his invitation. A true gentleman and DXer.
What would be his final item in DXLD was in 11-23 as he surveyed the
broadcasting scene in southern California (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF
RADIO 1576, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Dr. Bruce Elving R.I.P. This was posted on Scott Fybush's facebook
(fb) page: Just getting word that Dr. Bruce Elving, creator of the "FM
Atlas" station directory, has died. A huge loss to the DX and
broadcast community. It's on his own FB wall, sadly, posted by his
daughter, Kristine Stuart: We are very sad to inform all of Bruce's
friends that he passed away in California on July 24, 2011. His
memorial service will be on Monday, August 8, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. in
Duluth, Minnesota.
I added: Brock Whaley. A great loss. He brought such great passion to
the hobby, and was the best promoter, next to Armstrong, that FM ever
had (Brock Whaley, HI, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
From the August 3, 2011 Duluth News Tribune newspaper.
Bruce F. Elving, Ph.d, 76, of Esko, died Sunday, July 24,2011, in Loma
Linda, California. Bruce was born in Two Harbors, April 19 1935, to
Fred and Mildred Elving. He graduated from Duluth Central High School
in 1953, earned his M.A. from Iowa State University in 1957, and
earned his Ph.D from Syracuse University in 1970. He was a college
professor, FM radio enthusiast, and publisher of FM Atlas since
1971.... (via Mike Peraaho, DXLD)
I am stunned by this news.
I was very privileged to know Bruce.
I admired him for his knowledge and passion for FM DXing and SCA.
He was talented in so many ways.
A true gentleman, he was always willing to help with questions.
We had some great conversations.
I had a long interview with him during my tenure as editor of
Monitoring Times' American Bandscan.
I will miss him greatly.
He was old-school and a fine, fine friend.
My saddest condolences to Carol and Kristine.
I will always remember his kindness and warmth.
God bless Bruce.
(Karl Zuk, N2KZ, WTFDA via DXLD)
http://mediaconfidential.blogspot.com/2011/08/rip-dr-bruce-elving-fmatlas-publisher.html
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
1 comments: [to the above] TedFleischaker said...
Bruce was a longtime friend and back in my radio DJ days we'd talk
several times a month. He also spent a couple days at my and my
parents home in Louisville whenever his travels took him south from
his long-time home in Minnesota. He was truly a kind, gentle soul and
aside from his love of and my hate of metrics we agreed on most
everything; he will surely be missed at our house where we had a
standing order for two FM Atlases (one for the stereo cabinet and one
for the car glove box) for as long as I can remember. August 4, 2011
5:06 PM (Media Confidential blog comment via DXLD)
If you were into FM DX, he was the man, I used the FM Atlas for years.
DXing has lost a father of the hobby. He was a great man (Kevin
Redding, ABDX, via DXLD)
Shocked to see Bruce Elving untimely passing. He came by my home to
talk DX upon moving to Syracuse back in 1969, and we have corresponded
many times on FM DX matters, & bought most of his FM Atlas books over
the years. Yes he will be sorely missed! (Fred Nordquist, Moncks
Corner, SC, WTFDA via DXLD)
So sorry to hear we have lost one of DXing's pioneers. I heard of
Bruce's FM exploits around 1956 when I started TV DXing. I got a
chance to meet him for the first time at the University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee in the late 60s. Bruce had worked there and I worked there
for a while after he left and he returned to meet with a group of us
who were trying to expand WTFDA into a better club. Dave Janowiak,
Morrie Goldman and a few others were involved. I communicated with
Bruce from time to time over the intervening decades, always marveling
what he had done with an idea he had for what became the FM Guide he
produced for so many years. Yes, another one of us "old guys" is gone
but fortunately the hobby lives on! (Gary Olson, ibid.)
While I never met him personally, I had the pleasure to talk to him
many times on the phone. A true DX pioneer. May he rest in peace (Ken
Simon/Lake Worth FL, ibid.)
Sad news indeed. I started DX'ing as a high schooler in the 70's. We
exchanged tips and such via the mail. IIRC he was famous for cramming
lots of info on postcards. I just updated my FM logbook through use if
one of his FM Atlas (orange cover) editions from the late 70's. The
day that he passed, the binding finally gave up and pages are ready to
fall out. A coincidence? I think not. Russ Edmunds gave me his
pristine copy of the 19th edition of it. Thanks Russ. Not only was he
FM's friend, he was the DX'ers friend and in turn our friend. RIP and
73, (Dave in Indy Hascall, WTFDA via DXLD)
I think I met Bruce back in the 70s at an AIPA meeting in Buffalo. I
have had correspondence with him off and on over the years and always
enjoyed hearing from him. I am saddened by his passing, but glad that
I met him and that he was a part of my DXing (Dave Pomeroy, Topeka,
Kansas, ibid.)
Brucey (as he liked to be called) was kind enough to let me visit him
and Carol for 3 days a few years ago. I enjoyed looking at all his old
FM veries plus the "famous" typewriter. He will be sorely missed (Jeff
Kadet, Macomb, IL, ibid.)
I was deeply saddened to hear of Bruce's untimely passing. I met him
several years ago when he and his wife were here in Winnipeg. His work
producing the FM Atlas was legendary and I have over the years bought
several editions to help with my FM DX'ing. He will be deeply missed
by the DX community. 73 Best of DX (Shawn Axelrod, VE4DX1SMA, Winnipeg
MB, REMEMBER ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN HEAR FOREVER, NRC-AM via DXLD)
Oh no, how sad. A great DXer and his FM Atlas was top-notch. He will
be greatly missed. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.)
I am deeply saddened to hear of Bruce's passing. George Sherman and I
visited Bruce's home back in the early 90's to get and FM Atlas. I
found Bruce to be humble, intelligent and personable. His love of the
FM showed to all that he was creative, knowledgeable and a visionary.
(FTS, IRCA via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Via LA Daily News: RADIO SHACK DROPS IBOC RADIOS
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18568112?source=rss
(my commentary)
A radio column linked from a Yahoo Group via the "LA Daily News". Two
thirds of the way down the article is a mention of Radio Shack
discontinuing the sale of so-called "HD Radios" (IBOC). The column
makes a couple of comments about the state of IBOC pertaining to
programming and marketing.
If nothing else, the IBOC fiasco at least allowed a few good modern
receivers to be put on the market, at least for FM (Fritze H Prentice
Jr, KC5KBV, Star City, AR, Aug 1, WTFDA via DXLD)
HD radio gone from Rad Shack >From daily radio E-mail blast "RAMP":
Radio Shack Tuning Away From HD?
Is one of HD Radio's longtime supporters and allies bailing out of
this remarkable, world-changing technology? Quite possibly, which
would come as a huge surprise, since we're frequently being sold on HD
Radio's wonders and health-enhancing benefits. However, it appears
that Radio Shack is getting out of the HD Radio business, as The Los
Angeles Daily News claims that all of the company's HD Radio receivers
are on clearance or completely out of stock.
A quick search of the Shack's online inventory doesn't even bring up
any results of HD Radios under its in-house Accurian or Auvio brands,
and the only HD Radios we can find on Radio Shack's website are the
dongles made for iPods and some in-dash car stereos with built-in HD.
"It doesn't mean that the technology is dead, but it certainly isn't
flourishing," says The Daily News. "What went wrong? Two things:
content and marketing. HD Radio -- a system of sending digital audio
via traditional airwaves that promises improved fidelity and more
listening choices -- still rarely offers much in the way of content,"
the article complains. "And the marketing was even worse than the
content. Can you remember even one commercial? They have been running
for more than five years." Sadly, we can remember the various
marketing campaigns, and that moronic "hidden stations between the
stations" slogan will be stuck in our heads all day... and now, yours
too. [Insert evil laughter here.] Check out the whole article:
https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1401332.7153061952/rid:330bc20d823ecbd04edeb97495948a01
(Steve Solomon, Cape Cod, Aug 3, WTFDA via DXLD)
No more HD Radios at Radio Shack --- Digital update
Radio Shack has every one of its house-brand HD Radio units on
clearance, if they are still in stock. This includes iPod Touch/iPhone
dongles and the Auvio tuner (which, if you can still find one at the
clearance price of $30, is a steal).
This means Radio Shack is essentially out of the HD Radio business. A
shame, since the Shack was one of the early supporters.
It doesn't mean that the technology is dead, but it certainly isn't
flourishing. You can still buy car stereos with HD Radio at various
retail stores and at online stores as www.crutchfield.com. Best Buy
still carries a few portable products in its stores and online as
well.
What went wrong? Two things: content and marketing.
HD Radio -- a system of sending digital audio via traditional airwaves
that promises improved fidelity and more listening choices -- still
rarely offers much in the way of content.
Locally, Saul Levine provides music you can't hear elsewhere --
classical and adult standards -- via HD Radio secondary channels tied
to Go Country 105. But he is the exception. All too often the
secondary channels are essentially the same as the main channel.
And the marketing was even worse than the content. Can you remember
even one commercial? They have been running for more than five years.
Richard Wagoner is a freelance writer based in San Pedro. Send
questions to him via email at rwagoner@cox.net.
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18568112?source=rss
(via Kevin Redding, Aug 2, ABDX via DXLD)
I guess Radio Shack is trying to dis-encourage the upgrade to a
proprietary technology called HD radio. I still think that Radio Shack
wants everyone to hear analog FM and AM radio. That would be a wrong
move if a station decides to go all digital. I have not been shopping
at their store for month due to the high inflated prices at Radio
Shack (Adam Ebel, Virginia Beach, VA, ABDX via DXLD)
Does that Radio Shack AM/FM tuner need an audio amp ?? A local store
is sitting on 4 of them. I'd guess a bargain at $29.99. (Yep; I need
radios?) How is the performance? I think it has a jack for external FM
antenna and AM?
As to HD I'd guess it is not flying. Even prior to Radio Shack, who
carries HD Radios but an Internet order? I'd think the FM'ers would
like the HD but ?????????? Does it cause co-channel problems? (FM)
(terribly wet, ibid.)
Yes, the tuners need an amp or computer speakers with a amplifier but
you will need patch cords and adapters. All tuners have got is a line
level output that is all and some have digital output which is for
Digital to Analog converters. Digital output is nothing but a PCM
signal like your CD player or minidisc. You can use computer speakers
if you want with the tuner but you will need a amplifier. You will
need a good antenna with a preamp for HD radio since the signals are
10 dB (Adam Ebel, Virginia Beach, VA, ibid.)
HD Radios for sale?
I didn't want to hijack the thread on Radio Shack's decision to not
sell HD radios any more. I still have my original Accurian that
decodes HD AND C-Quam AM Stereo. Bought it when they first came out.
Last I was at Wal-Mart I was able to find in their car stereo section,
a Pioneer (I believe) that receives HD. Still thinking about buying it
for the wife since the stock GM radio in her 07 Grand Prix is a piece
of crap. As long as I am replacing, may as well go HD, right? Not that
we have any HD here in Evanston; we don't.
We may soon, however. The University of Wyoming is pretty gung-ho on
HD and were the first ones to put HD anywhere in Wyoming. They just
put a new station on the air here in Evanston, KUWE at 89.7. Since
it's a full station and not a translator, I expect they'll add HD
before too long. My guess would be the translator picked up KUWZ's
signal from Rock Springs and rebroadcasted it. Not sure what they are
using to feed the transmitter now but it may be the same receiver,
which is probably only analog. In any case, I may email them and see
if they plan to add HD to the new KUWE signal here.
Anyways; I know I am digressing as usual. My point is that even here
in a small town I can actually go out and buy an HD radio. It's a car
radio, but it's an HD radio. Might have had 2 places to buy one if
our Radio Shack hadn't closed a couple years ago. I am a little iffy
about buying the one at Wal-Mart. Don't recall the exact model number
so I don't know how well it performs and if the HD is able to be
disabled if need be.
Here in the mountain west it can get VERY annoying with the HD kicking
in and out. I experienced this one time when I brought my Accurian
along for the ride in the car; plugged it into an inverter and used a
cassette adaptor to feed it into the radio. When I was in the Salt
Lake City metro it was okay but even being right there in the metro
there were areas where the HD would drop. Some of them aren't synced
as well as others and some have quite a difference in the sound in HD
and in analog. I sure don't want to give her something she is going to
be annoyed with. This may be a little different now that HD power is
higher than what it was back then (3 years ago?). Anyways; just some
random thoughts (Michael n Wyo Richard, ABDX via DXLD)
I just made my statement due to going around to local retail stores
some months ago.
Best Buy. No HD radios in the store. (HD Ready but---)
Nothing in Wal-Mart. Target.
Pep Boys/AutoZone and ?? no HD car radios.
There is a NorthEast electronics store (PC Richards) like BestBuy. No
HD.
The Sony web site no longer sold their HD radio.
Yes. Sometimes maybe an internet order would find one. It would seem
that on FM it would be desired. AM, all I know is the problems people
complain about.
Semi Locally, WELI 960 AM BCB listen in New Haven?? They must wipe out
the band several channels up and down. Get closer to New York City.
What mayhem (terribly wet, ibid.)
Personally I think it's a waste of money if you can get a better radio
without HD. We switched cars around a few months ago, and I am now
driving the Windstar that has the JVC radio with HD. On AM it's just
annoying - the HD constantly switches in and out, and while the HD
signal does not get the static that analog does, most of the stations
here have their HD audio set up to sound very harsh and raspy.
FM HD is OK, but there is little worth listening to, and only a couple
of stations are strong enough that they don't cut out constantly.
This situation is probably worse for me than the average LA listener,
because I work near Burbank, which is close to the mountains, which
block signals from Mt. Wilson (and probably contribute to multipath
from other transmitter locations as well). (Brian Leyton, Valley
Village, CA, ibid.)
I actually found (last week) HD radios at BOTH Walmart and Best Buy --
- but the funny thing is that you had to look at the FACEPLATE of the
car radio to see the HD symbol to know if it had HD - the price tags
said NOTHING ABOUT HD in the feature bulletpoints. It's there, but not
mentioned.
Best Buy also has a portable HD Radio that I tested out in-store; but
it's only FM (no AM - very useless to have only HALF a radio!). The
reception on that tuner was so bad on FM that I got NO HD from a 70 kW
HD station that I could stand and look UP at the elements on the tower
at the store (in Gretna, LA). If manufacturers won't make a radio that
is AM *AND* FM HD, and further, one that is DEAF on the only band it
can receive in HD, no one is going to want to buy one if they can't
hear all HD stations available on the air even locally, and is partly
why HD is dying - it is being presented to consumers in a half-
hearted, and incomplete manner, coupled with a bad (month-to-month
license fee) business model for broadcasters. No wonder few
broadcasters want to adopt it anymore, and others are pulling out
(again, leaving the CONSUMER / LISTENER out in the cold holding the
bag of worthless goods). (Darwin Long, -Empire, LA, ibid.)
Radio Shack wants to make money. If a product sells, Radio Shack will
continue to stock that SKU. If a product doesn't sell, Radio Shack
will discontinue that SKU. The HD Radio products that are on clearance
are among thousands of SKUs being discontinued because they weren't
selling well enough. There's really nothing much else to read in
there. s (Scott Fybush, ibid.)
> And the marketing was even worse than the content.
> Can you remember even one commercial? They have
> been running for more than five years.
Yes, I certainly can; I even have a few choice off-air HD commercials
as MP3's from WBBM and KNX that are just priceless, like the analog
radio leaving a message on an owner's answering machine.
"<beep>... Hey, it's your radio, how's it goin. Hey, have you heard of
all these HD Radio stations people have been discovering with their HD
Radio receivers - Sounds like just another fad to me like the Internet
or... Pockets - We know those aren't going to last... Yeah, I'm more
of a same'ole-same'ole guy myself... you are too, right?... phfff...
pockets!"
"100% Free HD Radio... Discover It" (Darwin Long, Empire, LA, ibid.)
One thing you'll find about RadioShack is that they're one of the
first to ADOPT a new technology, and then are the first to DUMP it.
I worked as a sales manager at RadioShack for a number of years
through the 1990s. When I went to Fort Worth for a face-to-face
managers` meeting with the buyers and R&D directors of radio receiver
and home/automotive entertainment gear, I openly critiqued and
questioned them during my time at the podium as to why they no longer
include C-QuAM AM stereo decoding in any of their RadioShack branded
receivers, while I was able to sell out all SRF-42 Sony AM Stereo
radios throughout our entire southwest REGION (not just our District)
because people wanted to hear the large number of AM stereo stations
that were on-air in southern California at that time.
The directors of the purchasing and R&D said that they would "if
people showed interest". However, they had NO REPLY when I asked how
selling out and backordering a huge volume of the SRF-42 that
RadioShack did carry at the time did not constitute "consumer
interest". My last line was "Money Talks - Selling out all Sony SRF-42
AM Stereo Radio inventory from all stores in the southwest USA, and
having to await another shipment of them from Asia while people paid
on backorder for them certainly proves clear and blatant consumer
interest to me. I don't understand what you don't 'get' about that".
Marketplace decisions to adopt technological standards will NEVER lead
to successful availability, penetration, or advancement of them. A
consumer will always be faced with pros and cons of a zillion
technologies that will frequently go obsolete after they pay their
hard-earned money to build the rest of their home/car/portable
entertainment systems (or computer, mobile devices, etc) around it.
The consumer (and broadcast listener / viewer) is the ultimate loser
ALL the time (-Darwin Long, Empire, LA, ibid.)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
OTA TV editorial --- OVER THE AIR TV BROADCASTING UNDER THREAT
Over the air broadcast of television signals is a great free service
that Americans have enjoyed for over 60 years. A huge improvement was
made recently with the roll out of digital television (DTV) which
offers the best quality HD picture available. Broadcasting a DTV
signal also allows a television station to broadcast more than one
program service on the same signal which means there are more
programming choices available over the air than ever before. All this
is free and requires no recurring monthly bill or having to deal with
unfortunate companies like Time Warner. In our current horrible
economy free over the air television service is available to those who
can no longer afford cable or satellite TV services. This great free
television service is currently under threat!!
When our over the air TV service was analog we had channels 2-83 at
one time. Channels 70-83 were taken away for other services. That was
fine because there was still more than plenty of spectrum available
for television broadcasts. When the transition to digital television
occurred on June 12, 2009, more channels were taken away leaving 2-51.
Currently there is just barely enough spectrum for digital television
broadcast.
Everything barely fits on channels 2-51 without there being too much
interference between stations on the same channels. Parts of the
existing spectrum channels 2-6 (54-88 MHz) and 7-13 (174-216 MHz) are
VHF channels that suffer from interference from electronic devices and
lightning strikes.
Something simple like flicking a light switch can cause pixelation and
drop outs in audio. When a storm is close enough every lightning
strike causes interruption. Channels 14-51 (470-698 MHz) are UHF and
are ideal for DTV broadcast. Unfortunately these frequencies are also
highly desired for other wireless and broadband service. Wireless and
broadband companies have been sold one part of the TV broadcast
spectrum and are now hungry for more even if it means killing over the
air TV broadcasting completely.
Now they want channels 32-51 (578-698 MHz). Many TV stations would be
once again forced to change channels due to the ever changing whims of
the FCC. Changing channels may require new expensive transmitters and
antennas. FCC approval will also be needed to ensure that the moving
TV signals do not interfere with others currently existing on the same
channels. In some instances the only channels available may be on VHF
which is not ideal for DTV broadcast. Some stations may stop
broadcasting completely because they will not be able to find any open
channels to move to or they will not be able to afford the cost of
moving to another channel.
In the large TV market of Detroit, Michigan, there are DTV signals on
channels 39, 41 (ABC), 43 (PBS), 44 (CBS), and 45 (NBC). Three major
networks and PBS!! All these may be in jeopardy if channels 32-51 are
reallocated to non DTV broadcast services.
The current available TV broadcast spectrum (channels 2-51) must be
protected and be for TV broadcast only. Changing the TV broadcast
spectrum to channels 2-31 will be a travesty. Only 14-31 will be truly
good for DTV service.
If this theft of public airwaves is allowed to occur then it will only
confirm what I have thought for years. The FCC and the US Congress do
not give a damn about the citizens they serve and only listen to the
demands of greedy corporations (Michael Procop, OH, July 29, amfmtvdx
at qth.het via DXLD)
Not taking a side on the debt ceiling fiasco but! "...(one part of
the) debt ceiling bill could damage TV" "It gives the FCC authority to
repack the television band at its discretion in the public interest"
http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/harry-reid-debt-ceiling-bill-could-damage-tv.htm
(Bill Frahm, ibid.)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ALL DIGITAL RADIO LOOKING VERY DOUBTFUL FOR UK
The digital rebellion: Radio revolution threatened as analogue sets
outsell DABs three to one === By Paul Revoir 29th July 2011
Digital radio switchover plans are facing a new crisis after it was
revealed that three analogue sets are still being sold for every one
which has the new technology.
With millions continuing to buy traditional sets the 'aspirational'
target of 2015 to move all major stations off FM and AM and on to
digital looks even more unlikely.
The true scale of public apathy emerged in a report from
communications regulator Ofcom which revealed that only 1.9million
digital radios were sold in the year to the end of March 2011. This
compares with 6.6million analogue sets. --- Daily Mail
(via Steve Whitt, MWCircle yg via Barry Davies, UK, ABDX via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM non; CANADA;
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ERITREA; GERMANY; INDIA; RUSSIA; SPAIN
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS
I know that they can make an AM signal directional by using a
multiple-tower array, but how do they make an FM signal directional?
I`ve noticed that some FM signals seem to have nulls in them - (Dick
W., WTFDA via DXLD)
The most common directional FM antennas use "parasitic elements" -
small pieces of metal that work much like the elements in our rooftop
Yagi antennas to concentrate the signal in the desired direction and
null it in other directions.
The dirty little secret of FM engineering is that *all* FM antennas
are at least somewhat directional, especially when mounted on the side
of a tower. A good engineer can make a "non-directional" facility
perform significantly better in a desired direction, all while
appearing perfectly non-directional on paper; and it's completely
legal. s (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.)
They can also introduce directionality in FM signals by utilizing beam
tilt. The best example I know of is WPOZ Orlando, whose weak signal
would fly right over Orlando if the signal was not tilted downward
from the tower. This considerably weakens the back side of the signal,
as it effectively goes up into the air. Not an issue for WPOZ, because
that is over the water.
As a side benefit - the relatively weak signal gives Lakeland a
stronger signal on WPOZ than Orlando had on the old WCIE, even though
WCIE used considerably more power, but off of a shorter tower (Bruce
Carter, ibid.)
FM stations usually have multiple elements, but they are vertically
placed. The more elements, the flatter the donut shaped signal is. By
slightly delaying the signal sent to the upper elements, it points the
donut downward a bit all the way around. Doesn't matter what direction
it is. If the antennas were not mounted vertically on the tower, that
could point the signal upward off the back side. Can't say as I've
ever seen something like that, at least intentionally.
The downward aim of the FM signal is fairly common. A 12 element
antenna system has a very flat donut shape, so it could be aimed down
maybe 5 degrees (Craig Healy, Providence, RI, ibid.)
There is a major difference between AM directional and FM directional
that is worth noting. Unlike many AM stations that have a strong lobe
in their pattern that can greatly enhance their signal in one
direction, FM directional systems cannot have lobes, only nulls.
Think of it this way. If the coverage area of an AM non-directional is
considered, the lobe(s) created by a directional antenna system may
far exceed that coverage area, which would result in the signal
reaching farther in that direction than it would if the station was
non-directional.
FM stations cannot produce such lobes with a directional antenna. They
are only permitted to have nulls to protect other stations. Therefore,
the pattern of a directional FM station cannot exceed the coverage
area it would have if it was non-directional. The pattern for a
directional FM would be pretty much a perfect circle, the same as it
would be if it was non-directional, except that nulls will be present.
73, (Kit Sage, W5KAT, ibid.)
Re: Directional Signals
http://www.arrl.org/vhf-and-uhf
(terribly wet, Aug 2, ibid.)
MORE ON NOISE SUPPRESSION
Here's a paper that Fair-Rite publishes on core materials. It's
pretty much agreed that their Material # 31 is overall best for MW/SW
noise suppression. The recommended toroid rings are Fair-Rite #
2631803802. An effective noise choke can be realized with 9 to 14
turns of the lead-in (coax or Cat 5) wound around 5 of these toroid
rings.
http://www.fair-rite.com/newfair/pdf/CUP%20Paper.pdf
Regards, (Mark Durenberger, July 30, IRCA via DXLD)
FREQUENCY INVERTER CAUSES LW/MW NOISE
Onderwerp: [mwcircle] QRM-Interference --- This evening I discovered
an awful noise from longwave into mediumwave and decreasing up to 3
MHz. As far as I can hear SW is not affected. Enclosed is a mp3
recording (dialing LW up to 1000 kHz). Can anybody recognize this?
PLC? (Max Van Arnhem, Netherlands, July 30, MWC yg via DXLD)
I was busy today with the search of the source of the interference.
I found the source, being a frequency inverter. Frequency Inverters
support energy-saving operation of facilities and machines with fine
speed control. This frequency inverter is used in connection with a
water pump by somebody about 200/250 meters from my house. The owner
of this device told me that it was installed yesterday and he was also
complaining about a strange noise he hears, and which originates from
the frequency inverter. Anybody knows more about these devices in
connection with strong interference? Many thanks in advance, (Max Van
Arnhem, July 31, ibid.)
TALL TOWERS AND TELEVISION'S EARLY DAYS IN DIXON
TV SPELLED THE DEMISE OF DIXON'S MOVIE THEATER
Dixon Then & Now, By Bil Paul, July 27, 2011, Arts
http://dixon.patch.com/articles/dixon-then-and-now-tall-towers-and-televisions-early-days-in-dixon
Story about early TV viewing in Dixon, CA, mentions VOA site
(via Kim Andrew Elliott, DC, dxldyg via DXLD)
TRENDS IN TROPICAL BANDS BROADCASTING 2011
As editor of the Domestic Broadcasting Survey (DBS) my task is,
throughout the year until the next publication, to check the bands
myself and follow the loggings from our members and other DX-ers
around the world. For each frequency on the list, a note is taken of
the months when it has been heard. If a station has not been heard by
any DX-er during the past 12 months, it is deleted. By this measure,
the DBS contains only the active domestic broadcasting stations. With
this systematic registration of broadcasting stations on the Tropical
Bands each year, it is possible to make some statistics, on how many
frequencies were active in each tropical region of the world and
compare these numbers. Clandestine and Pirate stations are not
included in these statistics.
Active broadcasting transmitters on 2200 – 5800 kHz
Region 1973 1985 1997 2009 2011
Central Africa 102 76 40 18 15
Southern Africa 57 39 33 20 20
Middle East 9 4 1 0 0
{What about Djibouti on 4780, really no longer on air? --- Kai Ludwig,
Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST}{I was going to say, it would
be in Africa, but as above not central or southern, default ME --- gh}
{Maybe listed under Central Africa, as not in Middle East? --- Mauno
Ritola, Finland}
Indian Subcontinent 62 45 45 29 29
South East Asia 40 29 21 4 2
Indonesia 171 105 65 13 10
China, Taiwan, Mongolia 119 110 75 32 28
CIS (former USSR) 61 59 47 7 8
Far East 38 28 28 9 15
Papua New Guinea 17 20 20 15 14
Australia and other Pacific 10 4 13 8 13
Central America, Mexico 21 23 24 5 5
Caribbean 29 3 3 2 2
Northwestern South America 98 41 19 3 2
Ecuador 47 33 22 5 3
Peru 78 69 78 28 22
Bolivia 35 42 25 14 10
Brazil 107 87 67 35 35
Southern South America 5 2 1 0 0
Total 1106 819 627 247 233
During the past year the previous trend, that Tropical stations slowly
disappear, continued throughout the world. The reason is, that other
media get higher priority, than keeping elderly Shortwave transmitters
alive. The only exception is the Pacific where a few private, low-
powered stations have been added.
These stations on the Tropical Bands have closed down during year 2010
(plus stations on 3815, 4739,6 and 4740), including International
stations:
kHz kW Station Country Last log
3220 10 R Morobe, Lae Papua New Guinea MAR10
3815 0.2 KNR, Tasiilaq (USB) Greenland FEB11
3950 - Voice of China, CNR-1 China FEB10
3975 250 Magyar R, via Wertachtal Germany JUN10
[75m band in Eurasia is not really a `tropical` band --- gh]
{And Magyar Rádió never used Wertachtal. Such registrations appeared,
and I assume the situation was such that Antenna Hungária, like Media
Broadcast owned by TDF now, wanted to close the Jászberény
transmitters and redirect MR to its sister company in Germany. Instead
MR simply pulled the plug on shortwave altogether (calling it a
"suspension", but it should be save to assume that it's "suspended"
for good). – Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 30, dxldyg via DXLD}
4450 100 KCBS, Pyongyang Korea, North MAR10
{What about these "Pyongyang branch of the anti-imperialist national
democratic front" transmissions at all? They replaced offensive
clannie programming and had first been reported to be merely one of
the existing Pyongyang programs (other sources mention Pyongyang
Pangsong instead), put on these frequencies? So 4450 is no longer on
air? What about 3480 and 4557 and, not to forget, 1080 from the four-
tower directional antenna at Haeju, with a listed power of 1500 kW? --
- Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST}
{ So 4450 is no longer on air?
It is, with Voice of the People on the same frequency.
> What about 3480 and 4557
Also on.
> and, not to forget, 1080 from the four-tower directional antenna at
Haeju, with a listed power of 1500 kW?
On, but that's KCBS. PB of AINDF is on 1053 kHz and also on, at least
when I checked a couple of months ago. 73, Mauno Ritola, ibid.}
4460 100 Voice of China, CNR-1, Beijing, China NOV10
4739.6 - Son La R & TV, Son La Vietnam SEP09
4740 1 R Peace, Nuba Mountains Sudan SEP09
4775 100 WWCR, Nashville, TN USA FEB10
[It`s not really ``closed down``, WWCR just moved to 4840 --- gh]
4781.5 - R Tacana, Tumupasa, La Paz Bolivia MAR10
4781.6 3 R Oriental, Tena, Napo Ecuador MAR10
4850 50 AIR Kohima, Nagaland India MAR10
4865 5 R Missões da Amazônia Obidos, Brazil FEB10
4930 50 Türkmen R, Asgabat Turkmenistan FEB10
5005 5 R Nepal, Khumaltar Nepal APR10
5009.8 1 R Cristal Int, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic FEB10
5030 100 Rdiff. du Burkina, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso JAN10
5030 100 Voice of China, CNR-1, Beijing, China JAN10
5050 50 Voice of Taiwan Strait, Fuzhou, China NOV10
5080 100 WTWW, Lebanon, Tennessee USA MAR10
[not really ``closed down``, tested and then moved to 5755 --- gh]
5586.8 0.3 R Juventud, Pasto, Nariño Dept. Colombia MAR10
(Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window July 27, tidied up by gh for
DXLD)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
GEOMAGNETIC SUMMARY JUNE 1 2011 THROUGH JUNE 30 2011
Tabulated from email status daily.
Date Flux A K Space Wx
1 114 10 2 no storms
2 112 9 1 no storms
3 107 3 1 no storms
4 103 11 5 minor
5 103 26 2 moderate
6 100 6 1 no storms
7 96 8 4 minor
8 90 11 2 minor
9 88 12 4 no storms
10 87 9 3 no storms
11 85 12 2 no storms
12 85 10 1 no storms
13 87 8 2 no storms
14 99 8 2 minor
15 102 7 2 no storms
16 103 5 1 no storms
17 104 11 2 no storms
18 99 6 1 no storms
19 99 5 2 no storms
20 96 7 2 no storms
21 95 8 2 no storms
22 93 10 3 no storms
23 96 17 3 no storms
24 96 13 3 no storms
25 94 6 2 no storms
26 90 7 1 no storms
27 89 6 2 no storms
28 87 5 1 no storms
29 87 3 1 no storms
30 89 3 1 no storms
(via Phil Bytheway, IRCA DX Monitor July 30 via DXLD)
Three Sunspots (End of July 2011)
I've been learning how to compose video content using data from the
Solar Dynamics Observatory (AIA, HMI), and other resources, and am
finally starting to get the hang of things. I just compiled a video
featuring the three rather large sunspots that have been dominating
the solar disc since the last week in July. This movie covers July 25
through July 31, 2011. It is a movie from SDO HMI Intensitygram (IGR)
and SDO AIA 171-Angstrom filtering.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzBt5mVsbc>
I'm posting movies on an on-going basis on my YouTube channel...
<http://www.youtube.com/user/NW7US>
--
73 de NW7US (Tomas David Hood, Hamilton, Montana
<http://nw7us.us/>
Contributing editor, Propagation Columns:
CQ Magazine, CQ VHF, Popular Communications
<http://sunspotwatch.com/>
Facebook:
<http://www.facebook.com/spacewx.hfradio>
<http://www.facebook.com/NW7US>
Twitter Space WX : @hfradiospacewx
Twitter NW7US : @NW7US
Linux User #32405 - Since 1996
August 3, SWL mailing list via DXLD) Spectacular, second half (gh)
PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FROM PRAGUE
ONDREJOV : Weekly Forecasts Bulletin
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _
Solar-activity forecast for the period Jul 29 - Aug 4, 2011
Activity level: low to moderate
Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 95-120 f.u.
Flares: weak (numerous), middle (1-5/period)
Relative sunspot number: in the range 80-120
Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech Republic
e-mail: sunwatch(at) asu.cas.cz (RWC Prague)
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period Jul 29 to Aug 4, 2011
quiet: Jul 29, Aug 3 and 4
quiet to unsettled: Jul 30 and Aug 2
unsettled: Jul 31 and Aug 1
active: 0
minor storm: 0
major storm: 0
severe storm: 0
Geomagnetic activity summary:
geomagnetic field was quiet on Jul 24, 26 and 27,
quiet to unsettled on Jul 23, unsettled on
Jul 21, 22 and 25.
RWC Prague, Geophysical Institute Prague, Geomagnetic Dept,
Czech Republic e-mail: geom(at)ig.cas. cz
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period of one solar rotation
Geomagnetic field during the following solar rotation should be:
mostly quiet: Aug 11 - 13, 22 - 23
quiet to unsettled: Aug 14 - 15, 19 - 21, 24
mostly unsettled: Aug 2 - 4, 8 - 10
unsettled to active: July 29 - 31, Aug 1, 5 - 7, 16 - 18
Survey:
mostly quiet: July 24, 26 - 27
mostly unsettled: July 21 - 23, 25
Notices:
High probability of changes in solar wind which may caused
changes in magnetosphere and ionosphere is expected about
July 29 - 31, Aug 1, 10 - 12, 16 - 18
Petr Kolman OK1MGW, Czech Propagation Interested Group [sic]
e-mail: kolmanp(at)razdva.cz (via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
INCOMING CME COULD SPARK POLAR GEOMAGNETIC STORMS
Space Weather News for August 3, 2011 http://spaceweather.com
MINOR STORM WARNING: On August 2nd, the sun hurled a cloud of plasma
(CME) toward Earth when magnetic fields above sunspot 1261 erupted.
Analysts expect the CME to arrive during the early hours of August
5th, possibly sparking geomagnetic storms around the poles. This is
not a big event; the eruption that propelled the cloud in our
direction registered only "M1" (for medium) on the Richter Scale of
Flares. Nevertheless, sky watchers at high latitudes should be alert
for auroras. Movies of the eruption and 3D models of the incoming
cloud are featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com
(Mark Coady , Peterborough, ON K9J 6X3, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to minor storm levels
during the period. Activity began the period at quiet to unsettled
levels, with isolated active to minor storm levels at high latitudes
on 25 July, due to a coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS).
Activity decreased to mostly quiet to unsettled levels on 26 July.
Activity decreased to mostly quiet levels during 27 - 29 July.
Activity increased to quiet to active levels with an isolated minor
storm period at high latitudes during 30 July. Mostly unsettled
conditions were observed on 31 July.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 03 AUGUST - 29 AUGUST 2011
Solar activity is expected to be at low to moderate levels during 03
- 08 August, with a chance for M-class flares greater than M5 from
Region 1261. Activity is expected to decrease to very low to low
levels during the rest of the period as Region 1261 departs. A
chance for M-class activity increases on 20 August when Region 1261
rotates back around the east limb.
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 on 03 - 04 August. Normal
to moderate levels are expected during 05 - 07 August. Moderate to
high levels are expected during 08 - 13 August due to effects from a
recurrent CH HSS. Normal to moderate levels are expected on 14 - 15
August followed by moderate to high levels from 16 - 25 August due
to a second CH HSS. Normal to moderate levels are expected for the
remainder of the period.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be predominantly quiet
during 03 - 04 August. A CME observed at approximately 02/0706 UTC
on LASCO C3 imagery is expected to arrive late on 04 August and
increase activity to unsettled to active levels with a chance for
minor storm conditions through the first few periods of 06 August.
Major storm periods are possible at high latitudes during this time.
Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected for the rest of 06 August
through 11 August due to effects from a recurrent CH HSS. Activity
is expected to decrease to mostly quiet levels from 12 - 13 August
as the CH HSS effects subside. Activity is expected to increase to
quiet to unsettled levels from 14 - 22 August, with a chance for
active levels on 15 - 17 August due to another recurrent CH HSS.
Conditions are expected to decrease to quiet levels until the
arrival of a third CH HSS anticipated to become geoeffective on 26
August. Quiet to unsettled conditions with a chance for isolated
active periods are expected to prevail for the remainder of the
forecast period.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2011 Aug 02 2058 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 2011-08-02
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2011 Aug 03 130 5 2
2011 Aug 04 125 15 3
2011 Aug 05 125 20 5
2011 Aug 06 120 18 4
2011 Aug 07 120 12 3
2011 Aug 08 110 8 3
2011 Aug 09 110 8 3
2011 Aug 10 100 8 3
2011 Aug 11 100 8 3
2011 Aug 12 95 5 2
2011 Aug 13 95 5 2
2011 Aug 14 95 8 3
2011 Aug 15 95 12 3
2011 Aug 16 95 15 3
2011 Aug 17 95 12 3
2011 Aug 18 98 10 3
2011 Aug 19 98 8 3
2011 Aug 20 98 5 2
2011 Aug 21 100 12 3
2011 Aug 22 105 8 3
2011 Aug 23 105 5 2
2011 Aug 24 105 5 2
2011 Aug 25 105 5 2
2011 Aug 26 105 15 3
2011 Aug 27 105 10 3
2011 Aug 28 105 8 3
2011 Aug 29 105 8 3
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1576, DXLD) ###