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Thanks, Glenn NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1384 Sat 0900 WRMI 9955 Sat 1730 WWCR3 12160 [revived last week] Sat 2230 WRMI 9955 Sun 0330 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0730 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0900 WRMI 9955 Sun 1615 WRMI 7385 Mon 0400 WBCQ 9330-CLSB Mon 0515 WBCQ 7415 [time varies] Mon 0930 WRMI 9955 Tue 1130 WRMI 9955 Tue 1630 WRMI 7385 Wed 0830 WRMI 9955 WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL SCHEDULE: Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL] http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** ALASKA. KNLS in Chinese, 0800-1200 & 1300-1600 on 7355, has moved to 6915, 100 kW at 300 degrees; but WYFR has also moved to 6915, from a short stay on 6875, at 0300-1300, 355 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. Hello to everybody, Just heard: 1457.68, ALBANIA, China Radio International, via Fllake R. Tirana relay. Program in Czech with opera music and Chinese lessons. Signed off at 2330 UT with typical Chinese flute music. Heard with poor to fair signal. I also heard earlier Albania on 1394.825 (those Albanian frequencies really drifted off) TWR in Hungarian with good signal and interval signal between the two programs (2015 UT). (Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, Qc. CANADA, Nov 27, mwdx yg via DXLD) ** ALBANIA. 7425, Radio Tirana. 0439. 17 Nov 07. English. Extensive discussion of the Ministry of Justice in Albania. VG (Joe Wood, Greenback TN, MARE Tipsheet Nov 29 via DXLD) ** BAHREIN. Aktuell um 1237 UT kann Radio Bahrein ganz gut auf 9744.57 +- einige Hertz im unteren Seitenband gehoert werden. Es ertoente soeben eine ID (Thomas Lindenthal, Germany, A-DX Nov 26 via BC-DX Nov 30 via DXLD) a.k.a. BAHRAIN ** BRAZIL. The 4th edition of the Brazilian Medium Wave list is out. You may download it freely from the Dx Clube do Brasil website. Hundreds of updated information and new features. http://www.ondascurtas.com/servicos/LISTA_OM_Brasil_2007.pdf (Rocco Cotroneo, Brasil, NRC-AM via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 5990 kHz, Radio Senado, Brasília, a new one for me, at 0935 UT in Portuguese, with accordion floik music, ID with male announcer at 0955. SINPO 23222. November 28th (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, Grundig YB 400PE with long wire, ODXA yg via DXLD) Did you mean folk music, or is there some music called floik? Senado is supposedly primarily to cover the Brazilian senate (gh, DXLD) ** BULGARIA. 6000. On Wed Nov 21, at 0910-0915 UT s/off Radio Varna Bulgaria noted with music + ID on 6000 kHz mit O=2 [near Vienna Austria]. (Herbert Meixner, A-DX Nov 22 via BC-DX via DXLD) Maybe Varna transmitter maintenance day? (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) I.e. supposed to be on air only for 6 hours starting at 2200 UT Sundays (gh, DXLD) ** CANADA. The move of CJCH-920 Halifax NS to FM 101.3 MHz, 100 kW has been approved by the CRTC: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-410.htm CJCH Halifax - Conversion to FM band The Commission approves an application by CTV Limited (CTV) for a broadcasting licence to operate a new English-language FM radio programming undertaking in Halifax to replace its AM station CJCH, subject to CTV’s sale of its voting interest in Metro Radio Group Inc., the licensee of CKUL-FM Halifax. Introduction 1. CTV Limited (CTV) filed an application for a broadcasting licence to operate a new English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking in Halifax, Nova Scotia to replace its AM station CJCH. The proposed FM station would operate at 101.3 MHz (channel 267C1) with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts. 2. CTV indicated that the new FM station would continue to operate within an oldies musical format targeted to adults between the ages of 35 and 64. Approximately 8 hours of the broadcast week would be devoted to local spoken word programming including news, sports, traffic and weather as well as entertainment information and event reports. In each broadcast week, the station would air just over one hour of news, of which a minimum of 50% would be local. 12. As set out in the appendix to this decision, the licensee is authorized to simulcast the programming of the new FM station on CJCH for a transition period of three months following the commencement of operations of the FM station, or for any other period granted by the Commission subsequent to the submission of an application. Pursuant to sections 9(1)(e) and 24 (1) of the Broadcasting Act, and consistent with the licensee’s request, the Commission revokes the licence for CJCH effective at the end of the simulcast period. 73, (via Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, Nov 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Re 21900 Firedrake being harmonic of 7300 against Sound of Hope --- So that`s where 21900, comes from. Ran into it after the new season started, and it`s quite good at times, very regular in Adelaide South Australia, thought it was a fundamental. Will have a look at it; 21 MHz broadcast band has been quite poor lately, many days when not even carriers are noted on the band, bounced back today November 29, strong signals, around 0700z or so. 18180 was off for awhile, but has made a comeback lately (Dave Vitek, harmonics yg via DXLD) Noted also on 16750 kHz, Firedrake music, Nov 29 at 0915 UT, S=5 to 8, jumps deep fading (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, BC-DX Nov 30 via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 5910 kHz, the Voice of Conciencia (presumed) at 0101 UT, with lively Latin music, occasional Spanish talk, UT -5 time checks, “Marfil Estéreo” ID at 0137, “Nueve y cinco” at 0205, and abruptly off the air at 0206 in middle of musical number. SINPO generally 32222, a bit better just before off the air. I am really confused about the actual name of the station. November 29th (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, Grundig YB 400PE with long wire, ODXA yg via DXLD) See also USA: WBOH The Colombia para Cristo organization runs both 6010 and 5910 stations from the same location at Lomalinda. The SW station originally on 6010 is La Voz de la Conciencia, but on their second frequency 5910 they have been running the programming of their FM station Marfil (meaning Ivory) Estéreo. They could, and perhaps occasionally do, put the LVC programming on 5910, but as a rule it is Marfil Estéreo, whatever the listings may say (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 6035, HJOY, La Voz de Guaviare; 2355-2407+, 20/21-Nov; M in Spanish taking phone calls; calls continued thru ToH; caught ID at tune-in; station promo at 2401 -- música, fútbol. Bogotá, Colombia, etc. SIO= 322+, USB helps due to QRM de R. Martí/jammer on 6030. Noticeably better after 2400, despite Martí still being there (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, MARE Tipsheet Nov 29 via DXLD) 6035 kHz, La Voz del Guaviare, San José del Guaviare, 0202 UT in Spanish, lively Latin music and ID. Also several, “RCN” network announcements. Fairly listenable. Severe QRN from Vatican Radio sign- on in French on 6040 making it useless. November 28th (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, Grundig YB 400PE with long wire, ODXA yg via DXLD) The latter being via Sackville (gh) ** CUBA. Si amigos, we are working hard here to improve the quality and reliability of Cuba's broadcasting service on short wave, AM, FM and Television. RadioCuba, the totally state owned company that is in charge of the transmitters is now well advanced into the installation of new AM, FM and TV transmitters all along the Cuban archipelago. At the Isle of Youth, Radio Caribe is now with a new 5 kiloWatt AM transmitter operating on 1220 kiloHertz and RadioCuba engineers also installed an FM transmitter there operating on 101.7 megHertz with 3 kiloWatts effective radiated power, more than enough to cover the Isle of Youth and the adjacent Cayo Largo tourist resort. At the same time, the Cuban Broadcast Institute implemented a modernization plan at the Radio Caribe studios using digital technology. The Radio Caribe studios are linked to the FM transmitter using a digital UHF link, and soon the analog UHF link to the AM site will be replaced by a new digital one too. Similar projects are in progress all along the Cuban archipelago, like for example in Matanzas province, east of Havana, where the old Radio Rebelde 30 kiloWatt Tesla transmitter that I helped to install in 1963 was replaced by a new solid state 25 kiloWatt transmitter capable of up to 125 percent positive peak modulation. Radio Rebelde's Matanzas relay is operating on 620 kiloHertz, while at the same site, a new Radio Reloj network also solid state transmitter is running 5 kiloWatts on 860 kiloHertz, improving the coverage of that news and information broadcast service. Cuba's fourth national TV network transmitters are now on the air too (Arnie Coro, CO2KK, RHC DXers Unlimited Nov 27, ODXA via DXLD) ** CUBA. It`s incredible; when going to the RHC website, http://www.radiohc.cu one is hit by popup ads for Celldoradio.com, obviously a totally unrelated capitalist enterprise selling ringtones; or is it phishing --- ``enter your PIN code``?? Anyhow, I was having another look at the unreliable transmission schedule, http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/frecuencia/frecuencias-espanol.htm to see if 15230 was still on it: no, and I think they really don`t use this frequency any more; at least not in the 1300 UT hour when CRI in English via Sackville is on it, tho for years previous they collided, commies vs commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I tried entering "www.celldoradio.com" in my web browser and got a "page not found" message. I then tried finding that domain on the InterNIC WhoIS database, and it hasn't been registered. Sounds like a phishing expedition to me. Paging Prof. Coro for an explanation!! (Harry Helms W5HLH Smithville, TX EL19 ABDX via DXLD) Hi Glenn, This pop-up is launched by Motigo, http://webstats.motigo.com/stats?AECS2gD3npC4sRuubzZCCaHG/2Qw a free tool to measure web hits, that is referenced in RHC´s home page (try click on it, bottom). Regards ! (Sarmento F Campos, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil, http://radioescuta.aminharadio.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: RHC. Noted RHC Spanish service as usual on 15370 kHz at 1300-1500 UT, fair level S=7-8, clear audio. No RHC on 15230 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I've been monitoring this band at this same time during the last couple of weeks, and although propagation is not reliable, I've only heard CRI via SAC using 15230. I think the weak signal heard on 15370 is RHC Cuba - something similar on 15230 may or may not be audible "under" SAC (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15370 RHC is a huge signal here (gh, OK, DXLD) ** CUBA. Radio Habana Cuba Nov. 2007 --- From confusing website and monitoring. * not monitored as of Nov. 27 1. By Language Arabic 2030-2100 11800 Creole 2130-2200 9505 5965 2230-2300 9505 5965 2330-2400 5965 0100-0130 9550 English 2030-2130 11760 9505 2300-2400 9550 0100-0700 6180 6000 0500-0700 11760 9550 6060 Esperanto 1500-1530 (Sun) 11760 1930-2000 (Sun) 11760 2330-2400 (Sun) 9600 6140 0700-0730 (Mon) 6000* [I think this is UT Sun, as in EiBi --- gh] French 2000-2030 11760 2130-2200 11760 2200-2230 9505 5965 2300-2330 9505 5965 0000-0030 9550 0030-0100 9550 0130-0200 9550 Guarani 2230-2300 17705 2330-2400 17705* Portuguese 2000-2030 11800 2200-2230 17705* 2300-2330 17705* 2330-2400 13760* Quechua 0000-0030 17705* Spanish 1100-1300 6180* 9600* 1100-1400 6000 1100-1500 13760 12000 11805 11760 9550 1300-1500 15370 13680 2100-2300 13760 11800 9550 2330-0100 9820 6000 (Mesa Redonda)(M-F) 0000-0500 13760 11875 11760 9600 6140 6060 5965 0200-0500 9550 Aló Presidente 1400-1800? 17750 13750 13680 11875 11670 [end time varies widely] 2. By Time [not including Aló, Presidente] 1100-1300 Spanish 9600* 6180* 1100-1400 Spanish 6000 1100-1500 Spanish 13760 12000 11805 11760 9550 1300-1500 Spanish 15370 13680 1500-1530 Esperanto (Sun.) 11760 1930-2000 Esperanto (Sun.) 11760 2000-2030 French 11760 Portuguese 11800 2030-2100 Arabic 11800 2030-2130 English 11760 9505 2100-2200 Spanish 13760 11800 9550 2130-2200 Creole 9505 5965 French 11760 2200-2230 French 9505 5965 Portuguese 17705* 2200-2300 Spanish 13760 11800 9550 2230-2300 Creole 9505 5965 Guarani 17705 2300-2330 French 9505 5965 Portuguese 17705* 2300-2400 English 9550 2330-2400 Creole 5965 Esperanto (Sun.) 9600 6140 Guarani 17705* Portuguese 13760* 2330-0100 Spanish (Mesa Redonda)(M-F) 9820 6000 0000-0030 French 9550 Quechua 17705* 0000-0500 Spanish 13760 11875 11760 9600 6140 6060 5965 0030-0100 French 9550 0100-0130 Creole 9550 0100-0700 English 6180 6000 0130-0200 French 9550 0200-0500 Spanish 9550 0500-0700 English 11760 9550 6060 0700-0730 Esperanto (Mon.) 6000* [should be Sunday] 3. By Frequency [not including Aló, Presidente] 5965 2130-2200 Creole 2200-2230 French 2230-2300 Creole 2300-2330 French 2330-2400 Creole 0000-0500 Spanish 6000 1100-1400 Spanish 2330-0100 Spanish (Mesa Redonda)(M-F) 0100-0700 English 0700-0730 (Mon.) Esperanto* [should be Sunday] 6060 0000-0500 Spanish 0500-0700 English 6140 2330-2400 (Sun.) Esperanto 0000-0500 Spanish 6180 1100-1300 Spanish* 0100-0700 English [6300 0100-0700 Spanish/English, leapfrog mix 6060 over 6180 --- gh added] 9505 2030-2130 English 2130-2200 Creole 2200-2230 French 2230-2300 Creole 2300-2330 French 9550 1100-1500 Spanish 2100-2300 Spanish 2300-2400 English 0000-0030 French 0030-0100 French 0100-0130 Creole 0130-0200 French 0200-0500 Spanish 0500-0700 English 9600 1100-1300 Spanish* 2330-2400 (Sun.) Esperanto 0000-0500 Spanish 9820 2330-0100 Spanish (Mesa Redonda)(M-F) 11760 1100-1500 Spanish 1500-1530 (Sun.) Esperanto 1930-2000 (Sun.) Esperanto 2000-2030 French 2030-2130 English 2130-2200 French 0000-0500 Spanish 0500-0700 English 11800 2000-2030 Portuguese 2030-2100 Arabic 2100-2300 Spanish 11805 1100-1500 Spanish 11875 0000-0500 Spanish 12000 1100-1500 Spanish 13680 1300-1500 Spanish [13720 1345-1500 Spanish, leapfrog mix of 13760 over 13740 – gh] 13760 1100-1500 Spanish 2100-2300 Spanish 2330-2400 Portuguese* 0000-0500 Spanish 15370 1300-1500 Spanish 17705 2200-2230 Portuguese* 2230-2300 Guarani 2300-2330 Portuguese* 2330-2400 Guarani* 0000-0030 Quechua* Notice too that Mesa Redonda starts at 2330 instead of 2300 as listed on their schedule. I have checked it three or four times. By the way what does Mesa Redonda mean? It is a different program to the regular Spanish transmission. 73 (Bernie O`Shea, Ont., Nov 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Roundtable, as in a discussion. Many tnx for your research on this (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. As if to thwart my suggestion yesterday that we should monitor 5954.1 in the unjammed hour previous to 2300, when it was carrying music instead of R. República, on Nov 28 the DCJC had already attacked the frequency with some pulse jamming when tuned in at 2228. Altho jamming not at full force, could not detect musical prélude or even a carrier on 5954.1, but the weak station on 5955 was collaterally damaged; listed as BBC Singapore or Oman. I also noticed some lite jamming on 6155 already at 2317, in anticipation of RR switch there from 6135 at 0000, nothing like the heavy jamming on 6135, but completely unnecessary this early on 6155. Not much there to be hurt, however, once Austria closes at 2308, per sked in DXLD 7-142. R. Rebelde, 5025, Nov 28 at 2323 with report on Moslem treatment of women. There was so much background noise and music that I was almost convinced there was co-channel QRM from Africa, until it abruptly stopped at the end of the item (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. Hola Glenn, buscando en Google pude encontrar la programación de HCJB, que no está en http://www.vozandes.org sino en http://www.radiohcjb.org --- concretamente en http://www.radiohcjb.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=214 Ahí aparece "horarios de transmisión" y se puede bajar un archivo, en formato excel con los horarios, programas y frecuencias. El problema es que aún no está actualizado a la programación de invierno, pero, efectivamente, coincide la hora del programa "Galápagos", entre las 1145 y las 1200 UT [sábado], como tu bién apuntas. Un cordial saludo, (Manuel Méndez, Spain, Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The xls program grid, needing great reduxion, is at: http://www.radiohcjb.org/images/anexos/programacionondacorta.xls So from that A-07 schedule we pick out some worthwhile programs, probably not changed much if any for B-07: GALÁPAGOS: Sat 1145-1200 11690 11960 [but MM heard on 21455] Sat 2100-2115 12000 21455-USB Mon 0130-0145 9745 21455-USB SPOTLIGHT: Tu-Sa 0315-0330 9745 21455-USB Sat 2345-2400 11720 21455-USB CONOZCA EL ECUADOR: M-F 2230-2300 12000 21455-USB Sun & Mon 0430-0500 9745 21455-USB CLUB DE AMIGOS: Sat 1400-1500 11690 11960 21455-USB Sat 2200-2300 12000 21455-USB Mon 0200-0300 9745 21455-USB Spotlight is the English lesson show, of course with a religious angle but not hard-sell. Club de Amigos includes Aventura Diexista segment, also on WRMI, in the second half. Música del Ecuador is no longer on the schedule (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 6290, Radio Cairo (presumed); 2335-2350+, 20-Nov; Commentary by M to fanfare at 2344, then commentary by W. All in Arabic. SIO=3+43-. Brief ute trills; at 2339 started echo feedback making copy near impossible (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, MARE Tipsheet Nov 29 via DXLD) That may be when the other transmitter site turned on, as we have heard mixing with OC, SAH, well before 0000. But apparently in this case with same unsynchronized modulation, which they normally do not turn on until 0000 or so (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Interesting to see that 6290 is Cairo; I totally goofed, and thought this was Libya due to the similar interval signal (bells). I can hear 6290 24 hours a day at this location, but in the daytime it`s weak enough to allow pirates to use the channel (Tim Bucknall, England, Nov 28, harmonics yg via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6249v, Radio Nacional. (Malabo). 0519-0530. 17 Nov 07. Spanish. Extremely rare log of this station at my QTH. ID as "Radio Nacional" by OM. Non-stop Afropop with announcer talking over the music. Into news at BOH. Fair (Joe Wood, Greenback TN, MARE Tipsheet Nov 29 via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, R. Africa in English, discussion on AIDS figures noted around 0920-0930 UT Nov 29 with S=5, scheduled 0700-1200 UT. Noted again after a break in past weeks (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, BC-DX via DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. WHRA`s clandestine broadcast Voice of Meselná Delina, M-F 1800-1830 on 17650 has been replaced by 12015, still 250 kW, 90 degrees to E Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA/ETHIOPIA [nons]. UAE, UNMEE broadcasts in B-07: 15440 0900-1000 48 DHA 250 225 1=Sun USA MNO MER 15440 1030-1130 48 DHA 250 225 3=Tue USA MNO MER (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 24, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 30 via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Nov 28 check of DW Amharic & jamming: at *1359:20, 15620 carrier came on, DW ID and opening. Could not hear any jamming on fairly good signal. Then checked 15660 and DW was audible this time, tho much weaker, and as far as I could tell was perfectly synchronized with 15620. This may or may not be significant in hypothesizing transmitter sites. At 1415, 15660 had a variable het interfering. 1455 recheck, 15620 still much stronger than 15660. Never audible on 15640 or 11645 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ISRAEL DWL Amharic at 14-15 UT. Best reception on 15620 kHz, not jammed. Other three channels jammed heavily, like 11939-11649.5 kHz, 15637- 15651, 15657.8-15667 kHz. Strongest QRM on 15660 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Did not check Nov 29, but Nov 30, DW Amharic at 1439 was good on 15620, JBA on // 15660. No jamming sounds as such on 15620, but it seemed like there was another broadcast station underneath. [Later:] 15620 is now confirmed as Kigali since Nov 22, 250 kW at 30 degrees; and on Nov 15, 11645 from Kigali changed from 30 degrees to non-directional (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. Dear listeners, It is time of Scandinavian Weekend Radio's monthly transmission again on Saturday 1st of December 2007 (starting on Friday evening at 22 hours UT). Here is our frequency and time schedule: PLEASE note that we might use time to time other frequencies than scheduled due interfering stations! We hope to have a new winter schedule ready for our Christmas day transmission. MW: 1602 kHz, 24 hours 49 mb: 5980 kHz, sa 17-19 UT 6170 kHz, fr-sa 22-17 UT, sa 19-22 UT 25 mb: 11690 kHz, fr-sa 23-08 UT, 14-17 UT, 19-22 UT 11720 kHz, fr 22-23 UT, 08-14 UT, 17-19 UT RECEPTION REPORTS AND MESSAGES MOST WELCOME: GSM: +358 400 995559 e-mails to: info(@)swradio.net and letters (with 2 IRC/2 Euro/2 US$) to: SWR/reports P. O. Box 99 FI-34801 VIRRAT FINLAND You can find our Program Schedule on our web-pages: http://www.swradio.net Best greetings, (Alpo Heinonen, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Nov 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. 15790-15795-15800, strong DRM signals, Nov 30 at 1439. We know these frequencies have been used sporadically by TDF Issoudun, but not in the current DRM schedules at http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/dossiers/drm_schedule.html nor http://www.baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/drmdx/main&sort=kHz,UTC both of which have not been updated since Nov 26. However, HFCC has this: 15795 0800 1800 28S,29S,39N ISS 150 88 1234567 281007 300308 N Various F NEW TDF 10022 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE [and non]. 11675, Nov 30 at 1434 found strong S9+20 program mentioning Afghanistan, Kabul, bin Laden, habari, apparently Pashto. Somewhat distorted from someone on phone, but good studio audio. 1458 concluding with some kHz, MHz mentions, 1459 adjacent QRM from Venezuela IS 11680 via Cuba. 11675 also mentioned ``RFE`` so thought that was it, but it was really RFI, since shortly later ID in apparent English as ``Radio France International``, and off at 1500* leaving a much weaker signal from something else on 11675. Seems new, not noticed before, but in B-07 sked as RFI in Pashtu, Issoudun 500 kW, 80 degrees at 1430-1500. This transmission is squeezed between two Wertachtal outsendings, Polish Radio before it, and AWR Nepali after it. Now why was Issoudun so much stronger than Wertachtal, not that far apart and neither one targeting NAm? Could it be that ISS had their ALLISS rotated in the wrong direxion? Or in any event much less efficient in aiming its radiation properly. Or just by a fluke a propagational hotspot/pipeline to here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. Remise vendredi du rapport préconisant une holding regroupant TV5 Monde, France 24 et RFI [29/11 - 19h58] Nicolas Sarkozy aura vendredi sur son bureau un volumineux rapport sur la réforme de l'audiovisuel extérieur français, préconisant la création d'une holding qui pourrait s'appeler "FranceMonde" et coifferait TV5 Monde, France 24 et RFI. Le rapport sur la réforme de l'audiovisuel extérieur français sera "déposé sur le bureau de Nicolas Sarkozy vendredi", a déclaré jeudi à l'AFP Georges-Marc Benamou, conseiller du président pour l'audiovisuel et la culture. . . http://actu.dna.fr/071129175845.xusb2efz.html (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** GERMANY. Re Glenn`s log: ``Russian on 13755, Nov 27 at 1503 with heavy echo. HFCC says this is VOR via Wertachtal, 125 kW at 120 degrees. Suspect both long and short paths being heard`` Very interesting, and the same effect has not been noticed here. Maybe the long path signal doesn't propagate all the way back to Europe? (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ETHIOPIA [and non] ** GREECE. R 7-143: Avlis-3 9420 has been off air at least the last couple of days --- AVLIS 3, 9420 TRANSMITTER --- Dear John, Avlis 3 has problem in the power amplifier. We make efforts to repair it. Best regards (Babis Charalampopoulos, ERT, via John Babbis, MD, Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. Dear Glenn Hauser, I read your collection of comments about Richard Wood, and wanted to mention I met him in Hilo Hawaii just 1-2 weeks before his death at the Hilo Farmers Market, where I purchased a pound of coffee from him! We talked for perhaps 30 minutes as he gave an incredible tutorial on coffee. I knew he must have some background beyond the average coffee farmer, but had no idea he was a scholar and radio operator. I'm also a licensed ham, KB1HVJ, and wish I had know this about him when we met. It's sad that he appears to have had no service or relatives. Seemed like such a remarkable man. Best, (Glenn Nofsinger, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) obit ** INDONESIA. 4604.931, RRI Serui. Derzeit kann um 1413 UT RRI Serui mit schoenem Signal und geringem Grundrauschen auf 4604.94 kHz gehoert werden. Es wird gerade ein bunter Strauss immergruener Melodien zu Gehoer bebracht. Wer die Zeit hat oder sich nimmt mal reinzuhoeren, wird sicher belohnt (Thomas Lindenthal, Germany, A-DX Nov 29, via BC- DX via DXLD) Danke, Thomas, fuer den schoenen Tip! Und gute Gelegenheit, doch mal die 170 m Deltaloop gegen meine 42 m lange Windom zu testen. Wenngleich bei mir der Traeger (nach Eichung!) auf 4604.931 kHz liegt, so gehe ich doch einmal von der selben Station aus, die ich gut sehen kann und auf die Perseus auch fein einlockt. Aber fuer das Hoeren immergruener Melodien muss das Signal noch rund 6 dB weiter austreiben. Vielleicht wird das ja noch was bis zum Sendeschluss um 1500 UT. Das mit dem niedrigen Grundrauschen kann ich bestaetigen. Wenigstens etwas. Wer aber ist das auf 3921.244 kHz, bei mir derzeit frei, aber sehr schwach, so dass ich meine, der Muezzin riefe? (Nils Schiffhauer, Germany, DK8OK, A-DX Nov 29, ibid.) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. WORLDSPACE AFRISTAR 1 TO CONTINUE SOME SERVICES (unencrypted?) A member of the worldspace-radio Yahoo group has been in contact with Worldspace's Toulouse office, due to delays in launching their Italian service they are going to continue to offer a 19 channel service on the Afristar 1 beam after November 30. There's an announcement on the Worldspace France site, as I have a Hitachi Worldspace Radio, but no current subscription, I was surprised, and pleased, when my O Level French made me believe that they are going unencrypted which seems to be confirmed by Babelfish: There will be no more encrypted radios. You will reach the radios free: Upop, Top40on40, BBC WorldServices, Total BBC News, BFM, Bloomberg, Radio Caroline, CNN International, Europe1, Fox Sports, NPR, RMC Information, TalkSport, Virgin the Radio operator U.K., WRN-1, WRN-2, Channel Marine, Radio Hope and RFI. A different announcement at the top of the page says that this will be from 3rd December. They have altered the beam and channel frequencies somewhat recently, I had to do a beam seek to receive the satellite (details as to how to do this for each receiver at the site), currently they are still encrypted and the satellite seems to be off the air at times. Website: http://worldspace-europe.eu/ws_fr/worldspace_fr.htm? (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth Garden City, Nov 28, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** IRAN. Hello Group, I picked up a station in Arabic on 711 kHz around 1730 UT, neck to neck with the local station of youth and sports. A show called Good Evening was hosted by OM/YL; the style was close to the Arabic section of VOIRI --- no songs or loud music, with listeners call-in, followed by an interview with a sheikh taking about Haj, then a program called that day in history, followed by an ID around 1840 with a radio drama. They are still on; it's 1910 UT and they are still sometimes beating the local network here in Cairo. Any idea about their schedule? I tried http://www.irib.ir/radio but couldn't get to Radio Ahwaz. Looking for a QSL here. All the best guys (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. PUBLIC RADIO TO BOOST AMHARIC BROADCASTS | Text of report by Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post website on 28 November Welfare and Social Services Minister Isaac Herzog announced on Wednesday that plans were already under way to expand broadcasting hours for the Israel Broadcasting Authority's [IBA] Amharic-language radio show, despite recent cutbacks to the national broadcasting body. Speaking at the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women, which was discussing domestic violence in the Ethiopian community, Herzog said that as minister responsible for the financially-strapped IBA he had already met with Israel Radio chief Yoni Ben-Menachem to discuss a joint venture that would expand the hours of the Amharic-language broadcast. Funding for such a project would most likely come from the Ministry of Welfare and Social Services, said a spokeswoman for Herzog. Herzog said he believed that the radio station was an essential tool to help ease some of the Ethiopian community's social problems and assist them in the absorption process. According to Tsega Melaku, director of the Amharic and Tigrigna service, 90 per cent of the Ethiopian immigrant community listens to the two hours of radio that are broadcast daily at lunchtime and in the evenings. "Most of the community does not have access to newspapers or television," she said, highlighting the large number of immigrants that are illiterate and rely on her service for vital information. "We do not only broadcast news but also act as a guide for new immigrants regarding all areas of their new life," said Melaku. Source: The Jerusalem Post website, Jerusalem, in English 28 Nov 07 (Via BBCM via DXLD) Above is about domestic radio, but one Amharic broadcast is already relayed on SW; more jamming fodder (gh, DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. NHK Warido, R. Japan, news in English, Nov 28 at 1404 on 17580, weak and running a good two seconds behind Sackville on 11705. HFCC shows 17580 is Meyerton at 355 degrees, while RJ`s pdf transmission schedule shows Ascension to Central Africa. Which is it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17580, NHK via Meyerton-AFS. From 1355 UT onwards opening procedure, two different tones occurred, lower and higher tones heard, each 6 seconds apart. In peaks S=7 signal in Germany. At 1359:33 UT NHK music box carillon started. Time pip at 1400:06 UT, was 6 seconds delay. English ID, news (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The SENTECH schedule issued by Kathy Otto on Oct. 15 and sent out by Alokesh Gupta lists this transmission (the only one for NHK)as via Meyerton. But of course it could have been changed before being implemented (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JORDAN. AMMAN FM on MW 1035 --- Around 1700 UT I picked up a station in Arabic broadcasting Arabic songs for King Abdullah of Jordan, followed by another hot about Jordan as well. It was my first time to hear Jordan so clear on that frequency; around 1715 there was a jingle AMMAN FM, followed by other Arabic songs. I wonder why an FM station - as the name stated - goes on the MW frequency?? First time to hear that station as well. All the best guys (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. Missed that program of "Dogfights". As to P`yongyang Sally, a google search turned up several results including one from Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_Sally -- Cheers! Kevin Cozens, Canada, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985.0, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata, Japan, 1409-1430*, Nov 30 (Fri.), in English, clearly a repeat of last Fridays program (see DXLD 7-141 for details), at 1429:20 YL with their "JSR" callsign, which is given only once. Reception was fair-poor, with no het today from Myanmar. Also heard English on Nov 28 (Wed.) with specific details of the abductees (Ron Howard, CA, Etón E5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Echo of Hope, 6003, is usually nothing but a het against Cuba 6000, but Nov 30 at 1410, no Cuba, and EOH audio in Korean talk, 1413 disco-beat music, 1414 jingle and talk, // 6348 which had pulse jamming 5 per second unlike 6003. No sign of XEOI 6010 either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. RUSSIA/KOREA/UKRAINE, 9950, Radio Free Chosun - Jayu Joseon Bangsong. Mixture of the Korean clandestine program [via unID Russian transmission center] and RUI Kharkov in English heard today from 1200 UT. Clandestine station towards North Korea on equal signal level to RUI. S=7 signal level on Eton E1 set. Note some very short pips of approx. 800 Hertz at 5 seconds apart each between 1159:22 and 1159:42 UT. Opening procedure seems much different compared to usual Russian transmitter openings in European area. Clandestine, 9950, Yeollin Bukhan Bangsong. Nothing heard in 1300-1330 UT and 14-15 UT time span. But from around 1331 UT noted an UNID Korean - like Radio Free Chosun - Jayu Joseon Bangsong, equal signal level co-ch RUI Kharkov (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [and non]. Denge Mezopotamiya, 11530 via Pridnestrovye, coming in well Nov 28 at 1458, but as closing announcements were running, huge WEWN carrier kicked on and off twice just before 1459, and then stayed on, soon modulated with eerie choral IS; during pause I could barely hear V. of Mesopotamia underneath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LATVIA. Relays this weekend via 9290 kHz Sat December 1st Radio Joystick 0900-1000 UT Sun December 2nd Latvia Today 1500-1600 UT Good listening (Tom Taylor, Nov 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBERIA. We were on 4760 AM and PM through Tuesday AM. Now on 6070 and probably will be for a week. Then, based on listener comments will decide on when to use which frequency. Many receivers here do not cover 60 meters, but 49 has much more QRM. Still on 2 kW, but gradually going up to 5 kW in the next few days if nothing blows up. Times are 0500 to 0900 and 1600 to 2300 UT. 73 and God Bless (John Stanley, ELWA, Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA. To be honest, I hardly receive any signal from Europe in the upper skirts of the 49mb before 2300. Well, it happened before on 6255, and it's going again even better, with same Mighty KBC now on 6235 and The Wolfman Jack Show on this last day of November. 73 (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, 2259 UT Friday Nov 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Seems XEXQ leaves its carrier on 6045 late, maybe all night; too bad they don`t modulate it too. Nov 28 at 0644 found open carrier as before; next check at 1320, was in talk rather than music programming with some ``Cápsulas de Ciencia y Tecnología`` from a Mexican government agency, apparently aimed at young people, inspired by Bill el Científico but not quite as frantic and wacky. Topic: fossils and Darwin. VG modulation now, and almost 44444. Also received a reply today from station director LCC. Ma. Leticia Zavala Pérez saying they are still running only the authorized 250 watts from their new 1 kW transmitter, and the antenna is a 9-meter dipole oriented N-S; contradicting the previous info that it is an inverted V of 12 meters. Schedule 1300-0500, hopefully expanding to 24 hours next year; not yet webcasting, also expected to start by mid- 2008. She also says the switch from MW 1460 to 1190 was almost four years ago; how out of date some references may be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: ** MEXICO. A reply has now arrived to my mail to XEXQ: Re: Oyente OC en Oklahoma Estimado Guillermo Glenn Hauser, le agradezco el nos sintonice a través de la onda corta; en cuanto a sus preguntas, por el momento, no estamos transmitiendo por internet, aunque espero si todo va bien, lo estemos haciendo a mediados del año que entra. En cuanto a las horas en que estaremos al aire, por el momento seguiremos de 7 de la mañana a 11 de la noche [1300-0500 UT], aunque con seguridad estaremos ampliendo nuestro horario las 24 horas el próximo año. La frecuencia de 1460 fue cambiada desde hace casi 4 años a partir de la autorización de transmitir con 25 mil watts. Las Características de nuevo transmisor de onda corta, son las siguientes: Marca Continental, es chileno, la antena es de 9 metros tipo dipolo, orientación norte-sur y la potencia que tenemos autorizada es de 250 W. Debo decirle que gracias al apoyo de nuestro Rector, Lic. Mario García Váldez, Radio Universidad de la UASLP, se está modernizando y ha adquirido tanto equipo de transmisión con la remodelación de sus cabinas. Espero mantener el contacto con Usted y estoy a sus Ordenes. Reciba un cordial Saludo. Atentamente: (LCC. Ma. Leticia Zavala Pérez Coordinación General de Radio Universidad XEXQ AM-OC y XHUSP FM General Mariano Arista #245, Colonia Centro Tel- 826-13-47 y 826-14-84 Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6044.96, XEXQ, 2325-2345, 0045-0135, Nov 29-30, Tentative. Classical music. Weak. Lost in noise & adjacent channel splatter around 2345. Heard again 1 hour later at 0045-0135 with classical music. Spanish announcements at 0053, but no ID heard. Weak. Poor signal with adjacent channel splatter (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Apparently these are being heard within Mexico, but not much outside of that country (Roger Chambers, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Subject: Re: [Club Diexista México ] Radio UNAM SALUDOS CORDIALES Desde Jiutepec, Morelos (Cuernavaca) Soy un diexista en reactivación, originario de San Luis Potosí, y con mucho gusto te digo que tengo el privilegio de ser de ahí, y que mi estado tenga ya su frecuencia de O.C. reactivada. HOY fue la primera vez que la escuche en mi vida!!!!! RADIO UNIVERSIDAD XEXQ 6045 KHz. Señal clara y fuerte, y aun en estos momentos está al aire!!! Como mexicanos debemos estar orgullosos por estas frecuencias, la banda de 49 metros es representativa de México ya!!! Radio Educación y Radio Mil ya estaban activas. Oye, dime a qué horas puedes captar a la Unam? LA RESPUESTA A TU PREGUNTA ESTA AQUI http://www.radiounam.unam.mx/htm/directorio.htm 55368989 con 4 Lineas 01 800 505 2688 desde el interior del país sin costo correo electrónico: contacto @ radiounam.unam.mx Correo de Voz 562 33281 Hasta pronto, Magdiel Cruz Rodríguez (via Roger Chambers, DXLD) 6010, XEOI Radio Mil (presumed); 0009-0019+, 21-Nov; M in Spanish taking phone calls -- mentioned Campeche, México. Usually a morning visitor here. SIO=2+22+, USB helps, due to Cuba hash from 6000 in Spanish (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, MARE Tipsheet Nov 29 via DXLD) No sign of XEOI, 6010, Nov 30 at 1414 as I was logging Echo of Hope on 6003, nor have I had any identifiable signal from XEOI for some weeks. Is it off the air currently? With this and XERTA 4810 often missing, that leaves Mexican SW 100% noncommercial-classical-cultural on 6045, 6185, 9599 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR/BURMA. 5985.8, R. Myanma, 1430-1501, Nov 27, after Shiokaze (5985.0) signed off at 1430, heard YL briefly in vernacular, usual R.M. theme music, into English, gives frequency, long talk with mention of "Korea", ToH into music, poor. Seems the best window of opportunity for me is post-Shiokaze sign-off and pre-splatter sign-on at 1500 from 5980 (Ron Howard, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR [and non]. Nov 28 at 2328 I noticed on 12120 there were apparently two stations, the stronger but weak one talking in an unID Asian language, and the other making a het of roughly 200 Hz. Looked up later, I find that the only thing scheduled at 23-24 on 12120 is VOA Burmese via Tinang. So is this now being jammed? Considering recent events and Myanmar`s denunciation VOA, it would not be at all surprising, but I don`t recall any reports that jamming was actually being done. Further monitoring of this and other VOA/RFA Burmese transmissions is needed. And have the extra broadcasts added after the strife almost two months ago been maintained? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOLDOVA. Separating this from PRIDNESTROVYE, or not, as a radio country: see PRIDNESTROVYE ** NIGERIA. 7274.87, Radio Nigeria, Abuja, 0630-0640, Nov 30, Audible after Tunisia 7275 signs off at 0630. Nigeria weak with English news program (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. TCS: Happy Thanksgiving! holiday freq sched Good evening, pirate radio pilgrims! Happy Thanksgiving to all. Here's hoping everyone has an enjoyable and safe holiday. The Crystal Ship is going on the air this evening (Wed), on or about 3420 kHz and 6700 kHz (new frequency). Broadcast commencing around 2300+ UT, just after 6 p.m. E.S.T. Thanksgiving Day morning: We hope to make it on the air again in the morning, sometime after 1200 or 1300 UT. Frequencies will likely be 6899 kHz and possibly 7575 kHz as a secondary frequency. FREQUENCY NOTES: I'm still not clear on the schedule for that SWBCer on 6890, if anyone knows where the schedule is for them please drop me a line. Tonight on 6700, we'll steer clear of that whole 43 meter mess. We've been pushed around a little by shortwave broadcasters changing schedules, and by M.A.R.S. nets. Hopefully, we'll be able to settle into some predictable frequencies soon. But for now, in the evenings, 6875 and 6854 are OUT, 6899 is iffy depending on the time. If reception is decent on 6700 kHz, we may just stay there. I am thankful for my many radio friends :) -John Poet -- 73s and FIGHT for FREE RADIO! (The Poet, The Crystal Ship, Nov 21, via Will Martin, Nov 28, DXLD) Hmmm, refers to Thanksgiving as in American date, so maybe this is not in Canada. 6875? WYFR moved again, to 6915, see USA. 6700?! Don`t confuse with Baghram, Afghanistan! (gh, DXLD) The Crystal Ship, 6700, 0052-0105 21 Nov 07. Mr. Poet locking through Chickamauga on yet another unusual frequency. A weak signal with fades and some dead air during the broadcast. I managed to hear "Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine," and "Journey to the Center of Your Mind" by Young Ted and the Amboy Dukes. Unfortunately, the reception was marginal (Joe Wood, Greenback TN, MARE Tipsheet Nov 29 via DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. 7530, R. Pakistan, 1820, songs and talks by OM. Bad modulation, S9, 44434 (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, 25.11.7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7530, R. Pakistan, Islamabad in Urdu nominal here at 1700-1900 UT. Today Nov 27th observed with much distorted audio. Also two spurious signals of this outlet occur 82.92 kHz apart: on 7447.08 and 7612.92, latter much stronger. 7612.62 kHz on Nov 28th, 7612.5 on Nov 29th (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 27/28/29 via DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. PAK. TROOPS CAPTURE STRATEGIC PEAK IN SWAT, SHUT ILLEGAL RADIO http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200711271551.htm Islamabad (PTI): Pakistani security forces have retaken a strategic mountain from pro-Taliban militants in the restive Swat valley in northwest Pakistan and shut down an illegal radio station used by their radical head as a propaganda machine. The radio station, a vital part of pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah's campaign advocating 'jehad' and the imposition of Shariat or Islamic law, has not been heard since Monday, local residents said on Tuesday. Recorded messages from Fazlullah, also known as "Mullah Radio," were broadcast by the station and he was not physically present there. The government of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) said troops conducting operations against Fazlullah's men had secured the area between Kanju town and Najia Top, the highest peak in Swat district. It is believed the radio station was operating in this area. Militants were fleeing from Imamdheri, Fazlullah's headquarters, as well as Kuza Banda, Bara Banda and Ningolai, all strongholds of the rebels, said state-run PTV. The militant leader functioning as "Governor" in Matta town was killed in an operation by the security forces, it said. Fazlullah's radio station had continued broadcasting even after the federal government rushed thousands of troops to Swat in late October to quell the activities of the cleric and his Shaheen Commando Force. Though several TV channels were blacked out by the government after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency earlier this month, the radio station could be heard across Swat (via Mukesh Kumar, The Cosmos Club, Muzaffarpur, INDIA, DXLD) WTFK??? ** PALAU. 9965, Voice of Hope (T8BZ) verified with a full data "Voice of Hope World Network" card in 148 days from v/s Ben Chan, T88BC, Engineering Manager. He included a High Adventure sticker and some mint Palau postage stamps (Rich D'Angelo, PA, DXplorer Nov 24 via BC- DX Nov 30 via DXLD) ** POLAND [non]. Polish Radio is on the air in English from 1130 to 12 hours on 9445 kHz; from 13 to 14 hours on 9450 kHz and from 18 to 19 hours on 6015 kHz. The QSL address is: Polskie Radio, English Service, P. O. Box 46, Warsaw 00-977, Poland. http://www.polskieradio.poland (Rumen Pankov, R. Bulgaria DX Nov 30 via DXLD) All via Germany, a minor detail not mentioned. I don`t think PRES has English at 1130-1200 on 9445 --- this is in EiBi as in Polish to EEu; HFCC shows no language, but it`s 300 degrees, so not to EEu but UK for instance. The mistake may arise from this schedule version: http://www.bclnews.it/b07schedules/polonia.htm which at 1130 says ``Engl. London`` --- trouble is, Engl. stands for England, not English! Other entries in that column are not languages, but countries, followed by cities (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PORTUGAL. MF tower. The url below contains a video of another use for a high MF tower: http://www.mariosantos.com/videos/BASE/BASE_Mario_Pardo_Antena_Muge_13Jul02.wmv As the title indicates, the performance was at the R. Renascença's Muge site; the tower is 265 m high (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 26 via DXLD) Base jumping ** PRIDNESTROVYE. MOLDOVA: RADIO PMR'S EXPANDED SW SCHEDULE --- Radio PMR from the breakaway Trans-Dniester republic in Moldova (Pridnestrovye in Russian) has expanded its external service on SW recently. Observations here confirm the new extended schedule is now as follows (Monday-Friday only): 1500-1515 English 1515-1530 French 1530-1545 German on 7370 kHz Europe 1600-1615 English 1615-1630 French 1630-1645 German on 7370 kHz Europe 1700-1715 English 1715-1730 French 1730-1745 German on 7370 kHz Europe 1800-1815 English 1815-1830 French 1830-1845 German on 7370 kHz Europe 1900-1915 English 1915-1930 French 1930-1945 German on 7370 kHz Europe 2300-2315 English 2315-2330 French 2330-2345 German on 6240 kHz Eu/NAm 0000-0015 English 0015-0030 French 0030-0045 German on 6240 kHz Eu/NAm Radio PMR uses high power transmitters at Grigoriopol/Maiac in Trans- Dniester. Excellent reception here in the UK on both frequencies. According to Wikipedia, PMR stands for "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic". (Thanks to Edwin Southwell, Mike Barraclough, Chris Lewis and Glenn Hauser DXLD for observations on the new schedule). (Dave Kenny, Caversham, England, Nov 28, BDXC-UK via DXLD) This time I was waiting for Radio PMR to begin its new North American service in English, Nov 28 at 2257, when 6240 was on with intermittent tones. No doubt Olle or Kai have measured their exact pitch from the Grigoriopol site. 2300 opening as ``Here is Tiraspol... Radio PMR, of the Pridenstrovian Moldavian Republic…`` and the program for Nov. 28. The entire cast was about PMR`s diplomatic status and relations with Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Kosovo, USA, starting with whether PMR license plates would be valid across one of the borders. I am not sure, but I think they reserve the name ``Moldova`` for the non-PMR part of the country on the wrong side of the river. Closed with postal address, and radiopmr @ pobox.ru Brief IS at 2315, as also heard at 2300, including sound of clock ticking, and directly into French. If this English broadcast was typical, it`s at the behest of the polwonx and will be exceedingly boring to the listener. Nothing about PMR arts or science, nothing remotely entertaining (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio PMR * Pridnestrovie PRIDNESTROVIE (Moldavian S.S.R.) 6240, Radio PMR, *2255-2345* Nov 28, open carrier with tones until English program commenced at 2300 UT with a man mentioning "Here is Tiraspol, the capital of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic" as reported by JB earlier this week. News items with a style reminiscent of the old Radio Moscow cold war days. Ah, the memories! Closed at 2314 with ID and postal and e- mail addresses. French program at 2315 hosted by a woman followed by German at 2330 with a man. Fair to good signal but noisy conditions marred reception considerably. Tried for the 0000 English program the previous night after JB and Herk tips but very weak. Tonight was poor top fair with band noise. Is this the correct country designation for Radio PMR? Which transmitters are in Pridnestrovie and which are in Moldova? I thought the NASWA Country List would provide some detail in the Gazetteer section but there wasn't anything there for guidance (Rich D'Angelo, PA, DXplorer Nov 28 via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ??? NASWA --- Moldova is one country; only the Russian nationals community separate the small Pridnestrovie soil strip. Grigoriopol Maiac transmitter site located just close to the Ukrainian border on the northern side of the transmitter center area, 620 meters away from the antenna mast. wb. See Google Earth and switch-on "borders and labels" antenna mast at 47 17 37.65 N 29 25 05.40 E http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=47.293792&lon=29.418167&z=16.5&r=0&src=ggl YELLOW border line Moldova - Ukraine: 47 17 37.57 N 29 25 35.08 E http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=47.293364&lon=29.426633&z=18.3&r=0&src=ggl MW directional antenna towards Balcan MDA 1548 kHz MW directional 245degr Zarya antenna 1.5 km long, 12 masts, 47 16 35.20 N 29 26 13.89 E http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=47.276444&lon=29.437192&z=16.5&r=0&src=ggl (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio PMR, November 29, 2007, *2300-2315* 6240 kHz. Program in English with anti Russia programming. Audio static. Also processed audio that eliminated the normal pauses in speech. I've heard the same type processing done in commercials so many words can fit into the commercial time. At any rate... removing the normal pauses causes listening fatigue. Sounded like one long run on sentence. Also, made understanding difficult. Overall fair. Anyone have website and email address of Radio PMR? Website in WRTH 2007 doesn't work when I checked morning of Friday, November 30, 2007. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, VA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I realise that Pridnestrovye counts as a separate NASWA Country, however I need some clarification as to the transmitter site actually used. Aoki shows 'Grigoriopo', which I'd assume is actually Grigoriopol. Isn't this the same site which counts as the NASWA Country of Moldova? (Steve Lare, Holland, MI USA, ibid.) Wolfie, Thanks for the reply and interesting map link locations. This is very interesting stuff! I guess sometimes we North American DX'ers probably drive European DX'ers crazy, hi! We divided the old Soviet Union into multiple radio countries way before the EDXC (I believe the EDXC waited until after the break up of the USSR). The "republics" were always radio countries in North America (I think Australia and New Zealand too [what do you mean by that? A & NZ were never the same country; do you mean each Australian state a separate country, or N & S Islands?? --- gh]). Even "Berlin" is a separate radio country on the NASWA list (as is east and west Germany today!). (Rich D`Angelo, PA, via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Yes crazy, we Europeans are always smiling to see this NASWA list with the specialities. Even on Berlin sectors, they should NOT ONLY count the British and US American sector in that era, but even the Russian sector should be counted under BERLIN, which includes the RBI - ex GDR Radio Berlin International external service at Koepenick 250 kW site. Google Earth: 52 28'30.72"N 13 35'28.12"E GDR_Uhlenhorst_two_240meters_masts 52 28'36.74"N 13 35'21.05"E GDR_Koepenick_Uhlenhorst_611_1358_1431_1575_txhall 52 28'28.27"N 13 35'34.03"E (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also, in the early 1990's there was a Radio Moldova International from Chisinau, the other side of the river. I suppose - based on the strained relations between the two Moldovas, that they must have had their own transmitters. Possibly the "Kishinev" transmitters used by Radio Moscow? Jerry Berg thought he recall that they operated from Romanian transmitters which I kind of vaguely recall. Anyway, I sent them a report 15 years ago without a reply from the station. I checked and they still exist although shortwave no longer exists but they do use the Internet. Maybe time for a follow up report if I can find a copy (Rich D`Angelo, ibid.) Grigoriopol Maiac --- As always in communist Soviet era they tried to HIDE the exact site name and G.C. in ITU and FCC tables. Grigoriopol Maiac site was always called KCH Kishinev. And see for example the 248 degrees huge MW directional antenna for MW 1548 towards Balkans, Albania southern Italy, was - and is still in use today - for R Moscow and VoRussia outlets. And used for separted Radio PRM Tiraspol on 7370 and 6240 kHz today. ``Also, in the early 1990's there was a Radio Moldova International from Chisinau [studio] ...`` Jerry Berg is correct: This "original" R Moldova International had no access to Maiac site in Pridnestrovie anymore, and in early nineties !!! RMI used RRI facilities in Bacau Galbeni - Romania, just across the Moldovian-Romanian border at Goggle Earth: ROU Galbeni Bacau SW 250 kW MW 1179 kHz 200 kW 46 45'04.89"N 26 51'23.22"E Yahoo Maps http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=46.751358&lon=26.85645&z=13.6&r=0&src=yh After few years this service ceased due lack of budget funds. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Let me add my two cents worth. Traditionally, Radio Moscow indicated on QSLs that it did transmit from Kishinev. After the break up of the USSR, some VoR QSLs indicated Chisinau, which is the same as Kishinev. There may or may not have been, at some point, transmissions from at or near Kishinev/Chisinau. I suspect there once was. Traditionally, DXers, those using the NASWA list, have counted these as Moldavia. At some point, DXers became aware that VoR xmsns really were being aired from Grigoriopol, which since Sept. 2, 1990, is within what the NASWA list calls PRIDNESTROVIE (Moldavian SSR), a radio country separate from MOLDOVA (Moldavian SSR). Additionally, there are reports that after Moldova became independent, Aug. 21, 1991, Radio Moldova International programs have, at some point, been aired by Rumanian transmitters. Admittedly this is all very confusing. Now a quick look at the NASWA Country List Committee (which I have chaired for many, many years). It long has had the mandate from NASWA club leadership, to create and maintain a standard country list for use by club members and others who choose to use it. A key element, based on fairness to longtime DXers and newer listeners, has always been that Once a country, always a country; once a logging, always a logging." Geopolitical changes come and go. In the world, countries come and go. But as far as the NASWA list is concerned, if you hear and count a country, you should be able to continue to count it regardless of changes in the real world. There are historical reasons for this policy which have been discussed in various venues in past years, including in the well known PROCEEDINGS publications. Anyone interested in the history and theory behind the NASWA County List is advised to read those explanatory articles. The whole business of creating a fair and reasonable standard is complex, with sometimes conflicting elements that must be resolved arbitrarily. Back to the current issue, someone who logged R Moscow via Kishinev/Chisinau years ago, should not lose that from his loggings list in some future year. After long discussion, the NASWA Country List Committee (CLC) chose to divide the one-time Moldavian SSR of the USSR into two separate countries, Moldova (Moldavian SSR) and Pridnestrovie (Moldavian SSR). Most US and Canadians, and many others elsewhere in the world, voluntarily accept the NASWA list as their personal standard. Some within DXPLORER opt for using another list, which is their right. But since there are numerous users of the NASWA list in DXPLORER, it is appropriate to raise the issue of its usage in this forum. One further, but important note. While the CLC has been mandated by NASWA to create and maintain a standard list, it has no authority to enforce its use. The CLC is not a DXer "court" handing down mandatory decrees. It can only make usage recommendations and try to note what is commonly accepted and acceptable to users of the list. With that caveat in mind, and as chairman of the CLC, let me suggest the following. Based on your knowledge of when and what you heard, what your QSL says and what you understand to have been the transmitter site of the programming you heard, count or don't count your logging as MOLDOVIA (Moldavian SSR), as you feel is appropriate. You are the best and only judge of this. The CLC has neither the authority nor desire to tell individual DXers what they heard and verified. If you again hear a transmission that you believe and know to have originated from a transmitter at Grigoriopol, within the territory known as PRIDNESTROVIE (Moldavian SSR) in the NASWA list, obviously you should county that country. Is it at least possible that you may have counted the same transmitter twice, as two different countries. Only you can make that determination, based on what you know about your two receptions. If in doubt, as many of us may be, my suggestions it to give yourself the benefit of the doubt and count both. This is not a hugely important problem and it is probably better to do what best encourages a hobby already facing limited targets to tune. Some may feel otherwise, even strongly otherwise, and those of you that do should be free to follow those thoughts. What I have suggested here is only one person's, albeit the chairman of the CLC, analysis which I hope will be consistent with the thinking of the majority of list users. I do not anticipate the the NASWA CLC will issue a dictum on the matter, since it lacks any authority to do so. I hope this helps. Don (DON JENSEN, Chairman, NASWA CLC, DXplorer via Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I have a QSL here for reception of Radio Moscow on June 14, 1992 which indicates 15500 kHz-via Kishinev at 1925 UT. So, if that's good enough for Don Jensen, then I'll continue to count that as Moldavia. That means, at least to me, that this transmitter at Grigoriopol, within the territory known as PRIDNESTROVIE (Moldavian SSR), would be a new one for me (Steve Lare, Holland, MI USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Steve, I thought transmitter is in Moldova. Is this the same transmitter used by VOR at 0200 UT on 6240 kHz? 73, (Kraig KG4LAC Krist, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, it is the same according to registrations. We are splitting hairs here and getting more and more confused. If you don`t count countries, it makes no difference (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6240, Radio PMR, *2300-2330, Nov 29-30, opening English ID announcements. ID as "Radio PMR". English news about Moldova-Russia politics. Gave address & e-mail address at 2314. French at 2315. German at 2330. English again at 0000. Strong. Very good signal. 7370, Radio PMR, 1811-1815, Nov 30, tune-in to English news about Moldova-Russia relations. ID. French at 1815. Very good signal (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. No improvement of the SW upgrading action of installing new 5 x 300 and 1 x 100 kW transmitters and refurbishing feeder and antennas noted YET, when monitored the various RRI outlets today Nov 27th. Refurbishing work scheduled to finish in May 2008y. For example: 7125 kHz, Tiganesti in German language 1900-1956 UT Nov 27, strong carrier S=9+30 dB, but tiny audio modulation of 10% only. Similar bad shape on RRI Galbeni site in French at same time. Disturbed audio noted too. Website of Telecommunication Romania, but very old transmitter data of early nineties after Communist administration collapse http://www.telerom.ro/ro/radio_ref.php Some mast photo pictures too (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX Nov 30 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. ¿6245 nuevo servicio? Re 7-143, reports of spurs from 6130 including 6245+v: RUSIA. Hoy 27 de noviembre observo en 6245 una serie de servicios de La Voz de Rusia, de 1700 a 1800 un servicio en francés, en paralelo con 6130, 7195 y 7330, de 1800-1900 un servicio en ruso; a las 1920 también se aprecia otro servicio, idioma sin identificar, la señal es pobre y con muchas interferencias. En un principio pensé que se trataba de una emisión fantasma, pero lo descarto ya que no encuentro relación con las frecuencias originales, probablemente se trata de algún nuevo servicio, en el HFCC se designa esta frecuencia vía Ucrania para una nueva organización; anteriormente emitía Radio Zamaneh. Sin embargo hoy 28 de octubre a las 1725 se vuelve a captar, la señal es fuerte, de hecho la señal en 6245 es de un SINPO 44544 y la señal en 6130 es SINPO 44454. Muy fuerte para ser una señal espúrea (José Miguel Romero, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is yours on 6245.0 rather than almost 1 kHz higher like the spur reported? If so it would be more likely not to be a spur (gh, DXLD) VOR French service close to Nov 25 1915 UT 6130 / 6014.04 / 6245.93 but not on 5998.08 ! but not on 6245.00 yet. French 1700-1800 11510 11510 Yerevan 1000 Africa French 1700-1800 7295 7295 Chita 500 Africa French 1700-1800 7195 7195 Moscow 250 Africa French 1700-1800 6130 6130 Moscow 200 Africa French 1800-1900 7295 7295 Chita 500 Africa French 1800-1900 6130 6130 Moscow 200 Africa French 1900-2000 7195 7195 Moscow 250 Africa French 1900-2000 7115 7115 Moscow 250 Africa French 1900-2000 6130 6130 Moscow 200 Africa French 1900-2000 5920 5920 S-Petersburg 400 Africa French 2000-2100 7340 7340 Novosibirsk 400 Africa French 2000-2100 7195 7195 Moscow 250 Africa French 2000-2100 7115 7115 Moscow 250 Africa French 2000-2100 6130 6130 Moscow 200 Africa French 2000-2100 5920 5920 S-Petersburg 400 Africa Noted additional TINY VoR English on 7535 kHz: 7535 UNID VoRussia En bc at 1800-1900 UT. ID at 1856 UT. Maybe Chita 7335 1800-2000 41,53 TCH 500kW 230degr moved to 7535 kHz? Or 1800-1900 7235 Irkutsk towards FE 110degr moved to 7535? (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 27/28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [non]. 6155, Voice of Russia [via GERMANY]. 0348-0400. 23 Nov 07. English. "Jazz Show" program. Extremely well done program featuring the music of the YL vocal group "A Capella Express." The group presented several English numbers in tight harmony. VG. RUSSIA: 6240, Voice of Russia [via PRIDNESTROVYE]. 0329-0421. 17 Nov 07. English. Extremely nice program about the patronage system of music composers during the reigns of Catherine the Great and Nicholas I. The music presented was wonderful and the comments enlightening. VG (Joe Wood, Greenback TN, MARE Tipsheet Nov 29 via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11855v Strong signal, sure not Arabic; commentary, then news at 1430 mentioned: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, US President George W Bush, Annapolis conference, Kabul. 1430+ interfered by Vatican/Hindi 11850 kHz (Tony Ashar, Indonesia, Nov 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Wolfy, sorry for the late reply. But I had to be 100% about the ID: it's the second Program from Saudi Arabia. I picked a clear ID today Nov 29 around 1400 UT "Idhaat al mamlaka al arabiya al saudiya, idhaat albarnamaj althaany min Jeddah", The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia radio, the second program from Jeddah. All the best guys (Tarek Zeidan, Egypt, SU1TZ, ibid.) A common Muslim sermon pray in Arabic at 1215 was heard on 15380, 17895, 21505, 21560(mix), 21600, 21640, 21680(mix). In previous hours the mix frequencies were on +35 kHz but this time +40 kHz. Different programs were on 11855 in Arabic, 17820 in Bangla? 15250 in English here with close/down at 1228 UT. They have one transmitter with strong buzz sound and irregularly may be listened to, 0300-0854 on 9715, 0856-1152 on 11935, both with Holy Qur`an program, 1156-1455 17820 in Bangla?, 1500- ? not found, Nov 17 (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Nov 28, wwdxc BC-DX via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Radio Riyadh or B.S.K.S.A. is reported with programs in English from 1055 to 1255 hours on 17785 kHz and from 14 hours on 17660 kHz in French (Rumen Pankov, R. Bulgaria DX Nov 30 via DXLD) What became of 15250 at 11-12+? (gh, DXLD) ** SOMALIA. Re 7-143: R. Baay, Baidoa, was most recently heard on 6950 kHz, 3 April 2007 via DX Tuner UK from 1833 to 1900* (Bruce W. Churchill, CA, DXplorer Nov 27 via BC-DX via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. Re 7-143: AIR FORCE BOMBS REBEL RADIO STATION AHEAD OF TOP LEADER'S SPEECH Colombo (AP): Air force jets bombed and destroyed the Tamil Tiger rebels' radio station on Tuesday just an hour before the group's top leader was to make his annual Hero's Day speech, the rebels said. Two Kfir jets dropped 12 bombs on the radio station, killing civilian employees who were preparing to air rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's speech, a rebel statement said. Details on casualties were still being gathered, the statement said. Via http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200711271865.htm Regards & 73's (Mukesh Kumar, The Cosmos Club, Muzaffarpur, INDIA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS SAYS AIR STRIKE ON REBEL RADIO STATION IS "WAR CRIME" http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=24535 A Sri Lanka military air strike yesterday on the Voice of Tigers, the radio station of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the country, was a "war crime," Reporters Without Borders said. Three of the station’s staff, who had not been given any warning, and six other civilians were killed in the bombardment by air force jets. "Voice of Tigers is a propaganda radio operated by the LTTE rebels, but the rules of war are clear - military bombardment and bombing must be limited to strictly military targets," the press freedom organisation said. "The government in Colombo uses the Geneva Conventions to condemn LTTE crimes but forgets the conventions when it bombs what is a civilian installation and therefore protected by the conventions." The air strike on Voice of Tigers, located near Kilinochchi, took place in the afternoon and left a total of nine civilians dead (including three of the station’s employees) and around 10 civilians wounded. The Tamilnet website identified the dead employees as Isaivizhi Chempiyan (a former presenter), Suresh Linbiyo (a technician) and T. Tharmalingam. The bombing was carried out as the station was providing coverage of the annual War Heroes’ Day ceremonies, which the LTTE observes in the regions it controls. According to Tamilnet, broadcasts were able to continue with the help of another clandestine transmitter. The Sri Lankan military confirmed that the air force had destroyed the "clandestine Tiger terrorists radio station" in Kilinochchi. Previous air strikes in October 2006 caused serious damage to the station and wounded two employees. The Berne-based International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (created under Protocol 1 of the Geneva Conventions), told Reporters Without Borders last year: "Deliberate attacks against journalists and infrastructure belonging to or used by the press constitute a serious violation of international law. Journalists have the right to perform their role in territories where fighting is taking place." News media in other countries have been targeted as "propaganda media," setting very dangerous precedents for the press. NATO bombed Serbian radio and TV headquarters in Belgrade in April 1999, killing 16 employees. The Israeli military blew up the Voice of Palestine radio and TV building in Ramallah, on the West Bank, in January 2001. And the Kabul bureau of the pan-Arab TV station Al-Jazeera was the target of a US air strike on 12 November 2001 (RSF Nov 28 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [and non]. RTI`s ``Jade Bells & Bamboo Pipes`` show of traditional music continues to be a winner. We had to pause our bandscanning when we came across it Wed Nov 28 at 2235 in the broadcast to Europe on 9355 via WYFR. However, there were no jade bells nor bamboo pipes to be heard --- just an exotic plucked instrument. The name of it was mentioned once in the middle but not at the end at 2255 when Carlson Wong was upwrapping it. I assume this is also on the other RTI Wednesday broadcasts, and into UT Thursdays? No, there was a talk feature on 5950 at 0343 check Nov 29. Does this mean that the final broadcast of each day`s program cycle is the 2200? And the new day starts on the 0100, if not 0200 or 0300? That throws the scheduling off in North American target by local days. Strangely enough, the current pdf schedule grid http://english.rti.org.tw/english/others/PDF/ProgramSchedule.pdf shows JB&BP starting at :30 past the hour on Weds, while the http://english.rti.org.tw/Others/ProgramSchedule.aspx shows it at :35 past. This page about listening on internet, http://english.rti.org.tw/Others/listen_internet.aspx refers to hour 1 and hour 2, but apparently this is no longer the case, as there is only a single hour shown in the program grids. It also says: ``Please note that the programs may be posted on the Internet on the day BEFORE they are broadcast. For example, the Thursday programs are posted at 12:00 am on Thursday Taiwan Time (the very first minute of Thursday in Taiwan), but in most parts of the world, it is still Wednesday!`` On the same page, plus the homepage, there are .wma and .rm linx to the past week`s programs, so JB&BP should be found halfway thru the Wednesday files. [Later:] When I had a chance I brought up the audio of this Wednesday`s RTI broadcast including Jade Bells & Bamboo Pipes [non]. Audio file is only 40 minutes long, omitting the opening news, etc. First program on it is Women Making Waves, taking 13 minutes, so JB&BP starts at :13 minutes into the file. I guess this means it started at approx. :33 into the original one-hour broadcast. The plucked string instrument in question is the gujung (spelling?). Lasted until 37:30 in, when English SW transmission schedule was announced, not in time order but by target area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 5960 kHz, Voice of Turkey, 2301 UT signing on with frequency announcements, into English news. Fairly strong signal, but severe QRM from Radio Havana in French on 5965 and Radio Taipei (via Florida) in Chinese on 5950 kHz. Actually, best heard off frequency on 5959 kHz, limiting Havana's interference. SINPO 32343; while somewhat readable, tuned out after a few minutes as not worth the trouble for listening for content. November 27th. Heard on Grundig YB 400PE with long wire (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, Nov 27, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960 kHz, at 2216, where Voice of Turkey was heard on November 27, a strong station, Arabic (or similar language) with religious talk. SINPO 32333, the same QRM as the day before from Cuba in French on 5965 and RTI (Florida) in Chinese on 5950. At 2225, into religious music, and the Family Radio IS and internet address given. What happened to Turkey? November 28th (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, Grundig YB 400PE with long wire, ODXA yg via DXLD) Turkey is not supposed to be on 5960 during the 2200 UT hour, but at 2300-2400 in English to NAm. At 2200-2300 there is now YFR in Arabic via Germany. This is clear if you consult, e.g. EiBi (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Live from Turkey, Thu Nov 29 at 1355 mentioned they would be welcoming a new announcer, Leila (sp?) Watkins. The two male announcers did introduce themselves at the outset, but I would have to be rolling tape and carefully analyze it to try to figure out what they say their names are. But we never heard Leyla; instead an actual call came in from an actual listener, her first time: Clara Listensprechen. Maybe she can rejuvenate the show if she calls in some more. This is on 12035 and 11735 tho I was listening to webcast with rather better reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [and non]. The BBC in partnership with WNYC Radio to host “Free to Speak” - a debate on the First Amendment Monday, 3 December at 7pm at Columbia University – Graduate School of Journalism The BBC has teamed up with WNYC radio, its largest broadcast partner in New York, for a critical debate on freedom of speech as part of Free to Speak - BBC World Service’s season of programs marking its 75th anniversary. The debate is being held at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where the President of Columbia University Lee Bollinger, Professor Catharine MacKinnon, journalist Judith Miller and libel lawyer John Walsh will be discussing “Is it ever right to limit free speech?” in front of an invited audience of academics, lawyers, journalists and human rights activists. The Free to Speak season of programs looks at the challenges facing BBC World Service and other media organizations around the world. It hears from the professionals and legislators, from audiences across the globe and from the leaders and decision-makers – current and future – who are shaping access to information. Nigel Chapman, Director of BBC World Service, said: “In 75 years we have seen a massive change in the way media operates and in the way people want to access news and information. We will ask whether freedom of the media is a reality or an unachievable aspiration and how far it benefits societies. And as we mark our 75th birthday and invite the world to celebrate with us, we look forward to meeting the new challenges for the benefit of all our global audiences.” In New York, the BBC will debate the challenges to free speech in a post-9/11 world and ask how issues of national security, libel, hate speech, press freedom, religious intolerance and anti-pornography campaigning all confront the ideals of the First Amendment of the American Constitution. Chris Bannon, Program Director for WNYC Radio, said: “We look forward to celebrating the BBC’s 75th Anniversary with a debate on what is at the very core of journalism – the role of freedom of speech in reporting news.” “Is it ever right to limit free speech?” debate will be recorded by WNYC. Ends For more information please contact: Lala Najafova, International Publicist, BBC World Service +44 207 557 2944; lala.najafova @ bbc.co.uk Jennifer Houlihan, Associate Director, Publicity, WNYC +1 212 669 7748; jhoulihan @ wnyc.org (via Mukesh Kumar, dxldyg via dXLD) ** U S A. Hi Glenn, The writer of this piece obviously read your DXLD on 23 November.... COMMENTARY --- English-Only Showdown, By JOHN FUND November 28, 2007; Page A23 ``. . .The alternative to Americanization is polarization. Already a tenth of the population speaks English poorly or not at all. Almost a quarter of all K-12 students nationwide are children of immigrants living between two worlds. It's time for people of good will to reject both the nativist and anti-assimilation extremists and act. If the federal government spends billions [sic] on the Voice of America for overseas audiences and on National Public Radio for upscale U.S. listeners, why not fund a "Radio New America" whose primary focus is to teach English and U.S. customs to new arrivals?`` [subscription required] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119621139528705983.html?mod=googlenews_wsj&apl=y&r=723202 (via Kim Elliott, DXLD) ** U S A. VOA Spanish at 0030-0130 on Greenville 5890, 5940, 9885 is now scheduled for expanded broadcasts on UT Wednesdays, 0000-0130; and UT Sun & Mon extended to 0130-0200. 11840 operates 0030-0200 daily; perhaps the first hour in Spanish, then Special English except on weekends, or something completely different? And there is an additional broadcast scheduled on 5890 daily at 0230- 0330 to CIRAF 2, 6, 7, 10 allegedly starting Nov 30, at 190 degrees to CIRAF 2, 6, 7 and 10, which is strange considering that means USA W of 90, Canada west of Saskatchewan, and all of Mexico. However, nothing audible yet UT Dec 1 at 0233 check. Could it be a revival of R. Thailand relay? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ZIMBABWE [non] ** U S A. Hi, Glenn! Managed to check out a few more DXing w/Cumbre times & freqs over this past weekend: Saturday UT 1930 on 17640 -- it's definitely there, but pretty poor reception here -- couldn't copy the show # or as-of date on 11/24/07. Sunday UT 0230 on 5850 -- Also definitely there, also poor in the noise here 11/25/07. Sunday UT 1500 on 9930 -- Nothing heard here on 11/25/07. Sunday UT 1530 on 11785 -- This one infuriated me! Finally, just about *perfect* reception of WHR, wonderfully strong local-quality signal. So what do the idiots at WHR *do*? Instead of the scheduled DXing w/C they fill the entire half-hour with WHR self-promos, music bits, and other worthless crud!!! It kept sounding like they'd go into the start of the real program, but instead they'd play another filler item. At the end of the half-hour, they announced a frequency change and went off-air. (11/25/07) Monday UT 0330 on 7315 -- I had already verified this airing in my earlier message, but just wanted to mention that it actually had decent reception here on 11/26/07 as opposed to the poor reception the previous week. On to something else: There seems to be a new Ham-radio-oriented program on SW. You might want to add it to the DX programs file. I just happened to be awake at 1000 UT Friday 11/23/07 so tuned the radio to KAIJ on 5755 kHz so as to catch WoR at 1200 UT if I happened to be awake then, and lo & behold, there was some guy discussing ham radio. He mentioned "KAIJ" within his talking, so it had to be their own program, not something produced elsewhere. Of course, I did not remain awake and so I don't know the duration, so am guessing it to be 1000-1030 UT Fridays. (Of course, it may have been a one-time shot.) And, currently in the DX Programs file, I see that you have "Into Tomorrow" on WWCR 5070 at 0605 UT Saturday. But I hear this program (when awake) at 0605 UT SUNDAY. Is that just a mis-position, or is it actually supposed to be on both days? 73, (Will Martin, MO, Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Will, per http://24.151.207.180/k/kaij/pages/programs.php the Friday 4-5 am (1000 UT) program is Ted Randall Interviews. It`s not always about ham radio, also airing Fridays at 1600 UT on 9480. Altho they still haven`t corrected WOR to 6 am instead of 5:30 Fri, some other changes have been made, including: M-F 3:00 am to 5:00 am Scripture to China Ministry (except Thur & Friday) Mandarin Language I.e., 0900-1100 UT Mon, Tue, Wed on 5755. Of all the conterminous US SW Stations, KAIJ may have the best chance of actually reaching China direct, with its 315 degree antenna from mid-continent. WWCR: the Nov 4 schedule shows Into Tomorrow both Sat & Sun at 0605- 0800 on 5070 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) + PROPAGATION ** U S A. 6915 WYFR [ex 6855] 6915 kHz !!!! Ich habe starkes Signal im Moment 2145 UT auf 6915 kHz religious Musik und Lied (Marcel-FRANCE, A-DX Nov 29 via BC-DX via DXLD) Originally registered 6855, then changed to 6875, to end up on 6915 kHz now, English 2000-2200 UT, Portuguese to Europe 2200-2300 UT, scheduled 1945- 2245 UT 100 kW 44 degrees (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC- DX Nov 29 via DXLD) WYFR also moved to 6915 at 0300-1300, colliding with KNLS which also moved there; see ALASKA (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. Marfil Estéreo is lucky enough that at certain hours there is no co-channel QRM on 5910, and the DCJC has finally abandoned it long after R. República left. But now they get splatter from distorted WBOH 5920, as noted Nov 30 at 0645, Christians vs Christians! WBOH was playing Xmas music, but I can`t imagine anyone voluntarily listening to the distortion on this station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. DAN RATHER’S LAST BIG STORY IS HIMSELF By Joe Hagan Published Nov 25, 2007, New York Magazine Three years later, Rather cannot forget. He’s suing CBS and its former parent company Viacom --- along with Viacom’s chairman, Sumner Redstone; CBS chief Leslie Moonves; and former CBS News president Andrew Heyward—for $70 million. The core of Rather’s lawsuit is a mundane contract dispute over whether he received the airtime he was promised in his final year on CBS. But like Rather himself, it’s charged with hurricane-force drama, draped in a larger tale of conspiracy and corruption. He hopes that depositions and subpoenas can complete the unfinished business of “Rathergate,” proving not only that he was right all along, that his National Guard story was accurate, but also that CBS buried him so Sumner Redstone could shield Viacom’s corporate interests in Washington from White House blowback. “My opinion,” says Rather, “is that Redstone is the heavy in this.”... http://nymag.com/news/features/41283/ (via Tom Roche, DXLD) Long article; also read attached comments (gh) ** U S A. At 2244 EST, KWKH is "BLASTING" in here at Old Fort, TN. They are still on their day pattern and have been for the past 3 days or more. At least it is better listening than WBBR business news from London. The fact they are 60 db over S9, with NO fluctuation in the signal, is a good indication that they are still on day pattern. They are pegging out my S meter (Willis, Old Fort, TN, Monk, Nov 28, IRCA via DXLD) One of numerous reports about this the last few days, along with the usual discussion of whether DXers should publicize stations not operating properly. KWKH 1130 Shreveport LA is normally very direxional at night, so this gives many outside its normal pattern a chance to hear it (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. 1710 kHz, Radio Moshiach & Redemption, Brooklyn NY; 2301- 2312+, 19-Nov; M preaching in Hebrew; cantor at 2308. Announcer in Hebrew at 2310 and mentioned Mosiach. Mainly poor with decent peak now and then. Haven't heard audio from this in quite a while (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, MARE Tipsheet Nov 29 via DXLD) ** U S A. LYQ code beacon on 529 kHz noted back on the air on Wednesday, Nov 28th. Have to tune in LSB with 500 Hz wide filter to pull them in (Tom Jasinski, Shorewood, IL, IRCA via DXLD) At WWRB site in Manchester/Morrison TN (gh) The CE here who also runs the tech side of their SWBC station promised a QSL card for LYQ. I wonder if anyone has seen one yet? I sent in my reception report about 6 weeks ago. Not complaining - just curious, since I waited 19 years to get my QSL card from the STFS RWM in Russia! 8-) (Jim Pogue, Memphis, TN, IRCA via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, Radio One/R. Zambia, 0352-0433, Nov 29, vernacular, mostly high-life music, 0425 into on-air phone conversations, fair (Ron Howard, CA, Etón E5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE. Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru, Zimbabwe, 4828 kHz heard with national anthem, interval music and station announcement in English by male announcer at 1556 UT on 29 Nov. Live news at 1600 UT with a time check that was incorrect by 3 minutes stating that the time was "3 minutes after six". Station contact details mentioned as: "If you have any views and comments, write us on the following address: the Voice of Zimbabwe, 24 Seven Street, Gweru, Zimbabwe. You can also call us on these landline phone numbers: 054 230640, 054 230109, 054 230108. If you're outside Zimbabwe, 263 is our national phone grid number". News ends at 1615 UT then into recorded programme in English at 1630 with awful audio quality, difficult to understand but could be a recording of a speech made by the finance minister in parliament today. Back into non-stop local music at 1700 UT, with better audio (David Pringle-Wood, Harare, Zimbabwe, Nov 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. VOA Studio 7 for Zimbabwe has been added to Greenville, on 21495, 94 degrees at 1700-1800, extended M-F to 1830, i.e. the three languages get 20 minute each on weekends, 30 minutes each on weekdays, with English in the middle. This is in addition to other frequencies from African relays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5900, spy numbers, *0800-0823, Nov 29, YL in Spanish, 5-digits in groups of three, with "atención" between the groups, later dropped the atención, to just give groups of 5-digits, strong open carrier noted at 0758 (Ron Howard, CA, Etón E5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Regularly heard here, on schedule, likely Cuba (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 6225, 26/11/07, 1733, terrible audio but reasonably clear "Kazakh radiosay" ID. Presume this is the Almaty transmitter used to relay DW. The audio was horrid; I only really recognised the ID because I'd had Kazakh FM reception on 69.76 MHz in 2004. Same ID was used back then too (Tim Bucknall, England, Nov 28, harmonics yg via DXLD) Eibi has this: 6225 1600-1800 EGY ERTU Radio Cairo TU TUR a Aoki has this: 6225 R.INTERNATIONAL (RAN) 1730-1930 1234567 Persian 500 129 Simferopol UKR 3307E4515 RIN b07 HFCC has this: 6225 1600 1800 29,39N ABS 250 5 1234567 281007 300308 D Tur EGY ERU ERU 8145 6225 1730 1930 40 SMF 200 129 1234567 281007 300308 D UKR NEW TRW 1251 The Egyptian transmission is in the latest R. Cairo sked in 7-143: 1600-1800 on 6225 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg Turkish TUR So it looks like it was Egypt in Turkish or Ukraine in Persian; Kazakh being of course a Turkic language. Horrid audio also points to Cairo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks Glenn, shame about 6225 Cairo, the "radiosay" part of the ID got me excited; naturally I blame the putrid audio for my error, and listening to CNR 8 in Kazakh all day, hihi (Tim Bucknall, harmonics yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. On [Tuesday] Nov 20 at 1535-1555 UT on 9840 a program in (Amharic?) with jammer type "chicken sounds" and QRM from Vietnam and one more station (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Nov 28, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 30 via DXLD) Sudan Radio Service is scheduled then, via Moscow 200 kW, 190 degrees (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 11785, Nov 30 at 1437 with big buzz sound, like we hear from Saudi Arabia or maybe Romania, but neither of these now listed; instead VOA Chinese via Thailand, certainly jammed, but this is not the jamming sound we normally get from China; or possibly another malxfunxioning transmitter, Indonesia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 29260: Will have a look at this; 10 metres has been open to Japan lately, but usually in the mornings around 0220z or so, the usual window is around 0400z to the North, 0830z is late. Only been hearing the 28268 VK8VF/b Darwin beacon around 0700z and it then dies away, and no link up with F2 further North. Been keeping the odd eye on 30.300Mhz-31Mhz for harmonics but it`s pretty quiet. A little surprised anything has been heard on 29260, but the North Island of New Zealand (far North of the Island) does seem to have elevated F2 compared with my latitude 35 Degrees South. They seem to receive more Es and F2, at the corresponding latitude in New Zealand, presume related to the Geomagnetic Equator dipping below the Geographic Equator there. Also the Geomagnetic Pole is due South from my location. Maybe 29260 at 0830z is just an Asian pirate that, are all over the 10 metre band; don't think 7315 ties in with anything (David Vitek, Adelaide, South Australia, grid pf95ga, harmonics yg via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: only mention under FRANCE ++++++++++++++++++++ PROPAGATION +++++++++++ PROPAGATION & WORLD OF RADIO Another example of SW driving me bonkers: I managed to actually remember to tune KAIJ on 9480 Thursday morning (local) in order to hear WoR at its UT 1600 airing 11/29/07. Tuned in around 1520 UT and heard the "Power Hour" people prattling away with their usual nonsense. Weak but understandable signal, yet by 1540 UT it had all faded away into noise and never came back, so nothing but noise when it was time for WoR by 1600 UT. Left it on in the background but signal never returned. I can understand signals dropping away at sunrise and sunset timeframes (see below) and will not take it so personally then, but what the devil happens at mid-morning, between 9 & 10 AM locally, to cause this sort of nonsense? Was there a SID or other ionospheric disturbance at this specific time and date? (If so, I get a little tired of there being a conspiracy between the sun and the planet's atmosphere aimed precisely at me... I didn't think I was *that* important... :-) And trying to hear WoR on WBCQ that same evening (next day UT) was an exercise in futility again. Oddly, though, WBCQ on 7415 faded away an hour earlier that day than it did the day before. When trying to hear "Off The Hook" (UT Thursday at 0000) that previous evening, it was there and clear for the first portion, but rapidly faded away around 0020 UT. But then trying for WoR the next evening (UT Friday at 0030), I tuned in early at 2305 or so UT Thursday and heard their signal fade away into the noise at 2315! Of course, I still would have missed WoR even if the WBCQ signal had stayed up as late as the day before, but changing a whole hour after only one day? It should change by only a few minutes each day if it was following the regular pattern, shouldn't it? All of these experiences were in St. Louis, Missouri, by the way. How is reception of these two WoR airings in other parts of the US (or overseas) these days? 73, (Will Martin, MO, Nov 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) All I can say is that there are too many variables to have dependable day-to-day reception, especially at solar min. From next week, maybe you will have more reliable results for WOR Fridays at 2130 on 7465 instead of 15825 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) THE LUXEMBOURG EFFECT Hi Glenn, don't know if this is newsworthy, but tuning into Radio Monte Carlo on 216 kHz this morning at 0635, I'm hearing the strongest example of the Luxembourg effect (ionospheric crossmodulation) I've ever experienced. The interfering audio (RTL 234 LUX) is as strong if not stronger than RMC's audio. There may be another component in the mess too; the whole thing sounds like an all-French Tower of Babel! I've come across the Luxembourg effect many times before but never anything even close to this; it sounds like severe overload (Tim Bucknall, England, Nov 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TRIPLE ECHOES At same time span around 1330-1345 UT noted 3 x ECHOS today, ROI Moosbrunn 17855, and DWL via Moosbrunn in Pa/Da to AFG on 13855 kHz. Also RFI Russian on 15605 kHz noted with 3 echo's at 1400 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The geomagnetic field was at quiet to major storm levels on 19 - 20 November. Activity decreased to quiet to active levels through the remainder of the period. ACE solar wind measurements indicated a recurrent co-rotating interaction region (CIR) late on 19 November in advance of a coronal hole high speed stream which arrived late on 20 November. During the CIR, the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) Bt peaked at 20 nT (20/1122 UTC), with a variable Bz of +10 nT to -17 nT. Wind velocities increased to a maximum of 702 km/sec (21/0920 UTC) during the coronal hole high speed stream. Wind speed gradually declined until mid day on 22 November when another coronal hole high speed stream was detected at ACE. Maximum wind speed values are uncertain due to a gap in data acquisition (22/2138 - 23/0654 UTC). Wind speed before and after the gap was in the 620 - 630 km/s range. Bt reached at peak of 11 nT (22/1657 UTC), and Bz ranged from +9 nT to -8 nT. Wind speed again declined until mid day on 24 November, when yet another coronal hole high speed stream became geoeffective. The maximum speed for this stream was uncertain due to another data acquisition gap (24/2137 - 25/0031 UTC), however, the wind speed after the gap was at approximately 640 km/s. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 28 NOV - 24 DEC 2007 Solar activity is expected to be very low. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 01, 16, and 18 - 24 December. Activity is expected to be at predominantly quiet levels 28 November - 16 December. Geomagnetic activity may increase to quiet to unsettled conditions on 11 - 13 December. Activity is expected to increase to active to minor storm levels on 17 - 18 December as a coronal hole high speed stream becomes geoeffective. From 19 - 23 December, activity should be unsettled to active due to a series of coronal hole high speed streams. Activity should decline to mostly quiet levels on 24 December. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2007 Nov 27 1854 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 2007 Nov 27 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2007 Nov 28 70 5 2 2007 Nov 29 70 5 2 2007 Nov 30 70 5 2 2007 Dec 01 68 5 2 2007 Dec 02 68 5 2 2007 Dec 03 68 5 2 2007 Dec 04 68 5 2 2007 Dec 05 70 5 2 2007 Dec 06 70 5 2 2007 Dec 07 70 5 2 2007 Dec 08 70 5 2 2007 Dec 09 70 5 2 2007 Dec 10 70 5 2 2007 Dec 11 70 10 3 2007 Dec 12 70 10 3 2007 Dec 13 70 10 3 2007 Dec 14 70 5 2 2007 Dec 15 68 5 2 2007 Dec 16 68 5 2 2007 Dec 17 68 20 5 2007 Dec 18 68 15 4 2007 Dec 19 68 15 4 2007 Dec 20 68 10 3 2007 Dec 21 68 15 4 2007 Dec 22 68 10 3 2007 Dec 23 68 8 3 2007 Dec 24 68 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1384, DXLD) Si amigos, this is a most enjoyable hobby and now that the winter DX season is in full swing here in our northern hemisphere [where] we are seeing some very interesting propagation conditions that provide lots of DX even for radio amateurs running low power and simple antennas. And this is happening despite the very low solar activity that has prevailed from many weeks now. Here is item one. Solar flux at rock bottom levels while the A index, the planetary geomagnetic disturbance indicator is at a rather nice and low level. And now amigos, as always at the end of the program, here is ARNIE CORO'S DXERS UNLIMITED'S HF PROPAGATION UPDATE AND FORECAST Solar flux is now hövering around 72 units, and it is expected to continue at very low levels, optical sunspot count near ZERO and now the effects from a coronal hole that was located at a geoeffective position have ended, and this in other words means that propagation conditions will be a little better for the next two to three days, especially at latitudes above 40 degrees North. Very slight chances of sporadic E openings at this moment, while chances for tropospheric ducting are increasing especially all along the Gulf of Mexico region (Arnie Coro, CO2KK, RHC DXers Unlimited Nov 27, ODXA via DXLD) ###