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SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1401
Thu 0530 WRMI 9955
Thu 1430 WRMI 7385 [9955 from April]
Thu 2200 WRMI 9955
Thu 2330 WBCQ 7415
Fri 0800 WRMI 9955
Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825
Fri 2230 WBCQ 5110-CUSB
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160
Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070
Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1515 WRMI 9955
Mon 0300 WBCQ 9330-CLSB [irregular]
Mon 0415 WBCQ 7415 [time varies]
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955
Tue 1530 WRMI 9955
Wed 1130 WRMI 9955
Wed 2300 WBCQ 15420-CUSB [NEW]
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** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Radio Sohl vs "Firedrake". "Firedrake" jamming
of Radio Taiwan International Mandarin (1300-1400 UT) (presumed) on
15265 at 1345 UT tune in on Tuesday, March 25 was interfering strongly
with Radio Sohl. Off at 1400. Radio Sohl was now in the clear with
very good signal strength and with the same catchy music as usual. It
was off at 1500. I haven't noticed this interference before on 15265
at this time. Propagation must have been just right in this direction
(Bernie O'Shea, Ottawa, Ontario, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CHINA
We are enjoying last few days of reliable R. Solh reception, as they
are expected to go back to 17700 via Rampisham 12-18 UT for A-08 as in
A-07, and the MUF will not be so cooperative for us, tho apparently it
is supposed to work better in Afghanistan. What did I say? Hardly any
reception on 15265 before 1500 March 26 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA. 1 kHz het on WLS 890, March 25 at 0530, surely Algeria as
often heard before, but this time on my new Sony SRF-59 ultralight
barefoot, given by Kraig Krist. However, people may relax. No doubt I
will make good use of this radio, but as soon as a fad develops, I run
in the other direxion, and am not about to join the ultralight craze,
dropping everything else, giving up my bigger radios, which has
overtaken once serious DX groups. BTW, axually pulling identifiable
audio from Algeria 891 is quite another matter on any radio this far
inland (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. Olá amigos. Fiz algumas boas escutas em OT e OC. Uma
escuta interessante foi a da Rádio Nacional da Argentina, na
freqüência de 5835 kHz. Na ocasião ela levava ao ar o sorteio da
loteria e transmissão de jogo. Creio que ela usa essa freqüência para
levar ao ar principalmente jogos de futebol para os argentinos que
trabalham na Base Esperanza (na Antártida).
ARGENTINA, 5835, 0056 22/03, R. Nacional da Argentina, General
Pacheco? OM com sortéio da loto, depois tx de jogo Rafting X
Estudiantes, SS 45333 (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso; Bandeirantes - Paraná -
Brasil, Receptor: Degen DE1103, Antena: Sony AN71, dxclubepr yg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DXLD)
** BELGIUM [non]. TDP A08 PROGRAM AND FREQUENCY SCHEDULE A08
[with transmitter sites, power and azimuth added by Wolfgang Bueschel]
PROGRAM TIME (UTC)FREQ DAYS LANG Tgt TX kW deg
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TDPradio 0000-0100 9790d mtwtfss English Am SAC 70 227
Moj Them Radio 0100-0130 15260 m.w.f.. Hmong As TWN 100 250
Haiv Hmoob Radio 0100-0130 15260 .t..... Hmong As
Hmong Lao Radio 0100-0200 15260 ...t..s Hmong As
Hmong W.Christian R. 0100-0130 15260 .....s. Hmong As
Denge Mezopotamya 0400-1800 11530 mtwtfss Kurdish ME UKR 500 129
Denge Mezopotamya 1800-2000 7540 mtwtfss Kurdish ME UKR 300 129
TDPradio 0800-0900 6015d m...... English Eu ISS 35 60
TDPradio 0900-1000 6015d .t..... English Eu
TDPradio 1000-1100 6015d ..w.... English Eu
TDPradio 1100-1200 6015d ...t... English Eu
TDPradio 1200-1300 6015d ....f.. English Eu
TDPradio 1300-1400 6015d .....s. English Eu
TDPradio 1400-1500 6015d ......s English Eu
TDPradio 1500-1600 6015d mtwtfss English Eu
Que Huong R. 1200-1300 15680 mtwtfs. Vietnam As TJK 100 117
R. Xoriyo Ogadenia 1400-1430 17875 .t...s. Somali Af JUL 100 140
EOTC Holy Synod R. 1600-1700 17875 m...... Amharic Af JUL 100 140
R. Democracy Shorayee1700-1800 12120 .t.tf.s Farsi ME SAM 250 188
Suab Xaa Moo Zoo 2330-2400 11655 mtwtfss Hmong As TWN 100 205
Reports to: TDP, c/o Ludo Maes
P.O.Box 1, 2310 Rijkevorsel, BELGIUM
Fax : +32 33 14 12 12
E-mail : info @ transmitter.org Web: http://www.broadcast.be
(via Alokesh Gupta, India, dxld Mar 23 via BC-DX March 27 via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 4699.36, R. San Miguel, Riberalta, 26/3 0200 Full ID "San
Miguel" la capital de Bolivia, 33333. All the best and 73, (Maurits
Van Driessche, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. IBOC no DOU --- Amigos, Diário Oficial da União de hoje
publica o seguinte. Refere-se às emissoras Bandeirantes (840) e Globo
(1100), ambas de São Paulo. [sic, all in caps]
O SUPERINTENDENTE DE SERVIÇOS DE COMUNICAÇÃO DE MASSA DA AGÊNCIA
NACIONAL DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES - ANATEL RESOLVE ART. 1 - AUTORIZAR A
EMISSORA A EXECUTAR O SERVIÇO ESPECIAL PARA FINS CIENTÍFICOS OU
EXPERIMENTAIS, NA REFERIDA LOCALIDADE, COM O OBJETIVO DE REALIZAR, SEM
FINS LUCRATIVOS, TESTES DO SISTEMA DE RADIODIFUSÃO SONORA DIGITAL
IBOC, COM O SINAL DIGITAL TRANSMITIDO SIMULTANEAMENTE COM O SINAL
ANALÓGICO NA MESMA FREQÜÊNCIA EM OPERAÇÃO PELA EMISSORA, NOS PERÍODOS
DIURNO E NOTURNO, OBSERVADAS AS ORIENTAÇÕES DISPOSTAS NO GUIA PARA
AVALIAÇÃO DO SISTEMA DE RÁDIO DIGITAL AM IBOC, DISPONÍVEL NA PÁGINA DA
AGÊNCIA, DE FORMA A CONTEMPLAR AS SEGUINTES AVALIAÇÕES:
A) DESEMPENHO DO SISTEMA DE RÁDIO DIGITAL, CONSIDERANDO OS SEGUINTES
QUESITOS: A1) QUALIDADE DO ÁUDIO. A2) ÁREA DE COBERTURA. A3) ROBUSTEZ
COM RELAÇÃO A RUÍDOS, INTERFERÊNCIAS E EFEITOS DOS MÚLTIPLOS
PERCURSOS.
B) COMPATIBILIDADE DO SINAL DIGITAL COM OS SINAIS ANALÓGICOS
EXISTENTES, ESPECIFICANDO: B1) IMPACTO DO SINAL DIGITAL NA RECEPÇÃO DO
SINAL ANALÓGICO TRANSMITIDO SIMULTANEAMENTE. B2) IMPACTO DO SINAL
DIGITAL NA RECEPÇÃO DE SINAIS ANALÓGICOS NO MESMO CANAL E EM CANAIS
ADJACENTES. B3) COMPATIBILIDADE DA ÁREA DE COBERTURA.
ART. 2 ESTABELECER QUE OS TESTES OBJETO DA PRESENTE AUTORIZAÇÃO PARA
EXECUÇÃO DO SERVIÇO ESPECIAL PARA FINS CIENTÍFICOS OU EXPERIMENTAIS SE
REALIZEM SEM EXCEDER OS LIMITES PARA ESPÚRIOS DA PORTADORA E DE ALTA
FREQÜÊNCIA ESTABELECIDOS NO REGULAMENTO TÉCNICO PARA A PRESTAÇÃO DO
SERVIÇO DE RADIODIFUSÃO SONORA EM ONDA MÉDIA E EM ONDA TROPICAL,
APROVADO PELA RESOLUÇÃO 116/1999
Era isso (via Lúcio Haeser, Brasília, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** CANADA. Re 8-037, Re: Another 50 kW CBC AM station to bite the dust
At present there is no plans to shut down any 50 kW CBC stations on
the prairies, where these stations can cover vast areas. FM relays of
CBC Radio One have been put into place already in larger urban
settings such as Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg.
Vancouver, on the other hand, might see their AM station on 690 close
as its coverage can be hampered by mountainous terrain. There is
a vast FM Network throughout BC to serve smaller communities. As for
eastern Canada, I'm sure the same FM relays exist is many smaller
communities.
BTW, CBA was a semi-regular catch here and as a DXer they will be
missed. No other NB stations have been heard by our DX group in
Edmonton. 73 (Mick Delmage, AB, ODXA yg via DXLD)
CBA was also regarded as the easiest North American station to receive
in Europe, and a good indicator of whether it was worth staying up
into the small hours. It was usually the first North American to fade
in - I seem to recall that in good years for MWDX, it could be heard
as early as 2130 UT. Conversely, if the signal was very weak or even
nonexistent, it was a sign that an early night might be more
beneficial :-) (Andy Sennitt, Netherlands, ibid.)
Perhaps I am the exception, rather than the rule, but most of my non-
local listening these days is via internet streaming. And the CBC,
like most other broadcasters, sounds far better streaming than they
ever did via AM or SW. Perhaps DXers will miss the AM, but hardly
anyone else will (Mike Pietruk, ibid.)
The CBC English AM outlet in Windsor (CBE 1550, 10 kW) is soon to be
joined by a low power FM relay from a 250' tower immediately behind
their studios in downtown Windsor. As there are no full power FM
channels left, I'd suggest that the CBC AM transmitter will be on the
air for the long haul here in south western Ontario. The same site is
adding a similarly low powered FM signal for the CBC French station
(CBEF 540) in Windsor and already has the French language music
channel at the same site on 103.9 MHz. The tower (or what is left of
it after the CBC cut it down from 650' to 250') had nothing on it for
a few years other than a STL to the new site in McGregor to the SE of
Windsor. A small rebuild of the tower resulted in it being now used
for one and possibly three FM signals depending on the CRTC who has
the CBC applications for these transmitters on their desk, so to speak
(Bill Leal, Windsor, Ontario, ibid.)
CBA used to be handy on election nights here in Canada. Results from
Newfoundland and the Maritime Provinces were embargoed in the Eastern
Time Zone until the polls closed here. It used to be fun to get around
this by tuning CBA after the polls closed in New Brunswick.
I would imagine a network of low power FMs will be introduced; even
when CBL (Toronto) was on 740 AM, there was an extensive network of
these in "cottage country". I recall experiencing a sense of
schadenfreude while on vacation up in Tobermory at the tip of the
Bruce Peninsula in 1986. I was surrounded by trees, birds, sky and
nature, yet was listening to a relay of CBL, with traffic reports
about the typical rush hour road snarls.
Then again, New Brunswick isn't all that big. Perhaps, CBC stations in
Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John would be sufficient to cover the
province. There probably would also be spill over from CBC stations in
Nova Scotia and the Eastern Townships of Quebec (Fred Waterer, St
Catharines Ont., ibid.)
Ah, what a wonderful term to describe listening to traffic reports
from other congested places when one is either DXing or listening to
streaming audio from elsewhere.
I used to enjoy CFRX's (CFRB's) traffic reports lamenting the 401
because I could visualize exactly where there were highlighting, given
my visits to the area (thankfully not frequently at rush hour).
Speaking of CFRX...someone at the Fest mentioned that the station had
purchased the necessary parts (or perhaps an entire transmitter. ..I
forget...) to get back on SW.
Is there a timetable for getting CFRX back on the air? Or is this
just a hopeful rumo(u)r? (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.)
I probably missed it, but I have read on a couple of places that CFRB
is buying a new transmitter for CFRX. Anybody have the details? Make?
Power? Wonder what the maximum power allowed for this allocation is? 1
kW is probably nice enough but any chance for a higher power
transmitter? 5 or 10 kW would make for better listening down here in
the sunny south (Bill Leal, Windsor, ibid.)
Bill, From a message Dec 31, from Steve Canney, in the CFRX yahoo
group:
Hi folks. In a recent phone chat with the engineer, a new solid state
transmitter is on order for CFRX. Its made by a U.S. company. Go to
http://www.armstrongtx.com to see details. It`s a rebuild of their
medium-wave transmitter, model X1000B. I assume after the work is done
it would be called the X1000B/SW. This thing should be light years
ahead of the old Elcom Bauer transmitter. I'll also pop into the
transmitter site and take a few photos of the new installation when
things are completed.
Its my understanding that delivery of the tx will be in early January,
I'll keep you posted. There's some final work to be done on the
antenna (antenna tuning unit needs tuning and the antenna guy wires
need some final adjustments) . Its all slow but sure. The important
thing is CFRX will be back on the air soon.
From the e-mail and web buzz, a lot of people are anxiously waiting
for its return. 73 Steve Canney (via Dan Ferguson, ODXA yg via DXLD)
** CANADA. Re 8-037, CJEU 1670: No sign of them here, and I've been
checking periodically. If they were on, I'd be hearing them, big time
(less than 15 km away). (Barry McLarnon, VE3JF, Ottawa, ON, March 26,
IRCA via DXLD)
** CANADA. SOUND ADVICE TO SIGN OFF AT END OF MARCH
The changes to CBC Radio continue. CBC will remove Sound Advice from
the schedule and replace it with a second hour of Inside the Music,
starting April 5.
As part of that change, Sound Advice host Rick Phillips will be
leaving the CBC, after 30 years with us. His last day will be March
29.
Rick Phillips began his career as a freelance music program producer
at CBC Montreal in the late 1970s. That first gig led to subsequent
assignments in Edmonton, Calgary and finally Toronto with such
programs as RSVP, A Little Night Music, Stereo Morning and Arts
National. As the area executive producer in Toronto, Phillips was
intimately involved in the planning and design of the Canadian
Broadcasting Centre, including Glenn Gould Studio. Since 1994, he has
been the host and producer of the popular Sound Advice.
Phillips plans to become more involved in teaching, writing, webcasts
and hosting tours in the growing field of adult and continuing
education. . . [+96+ comments, mostly negative; further reduxion in
classical music on CBC Radio 2]
http://www.insidethecbc.com/soundadvice#comments
(Inside the CBC blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DXLD)
** CANADA. CBDS-690 Pukatawagan MB has applied to the CRTC to move to
FM (102.5 MHz, 0.2 kW, 24.6 metres).
Get this 40 watt relay of CBWK-FM (carries CBC Radio 1 network) before
it is too late :)
Manitoba is on Central time so CBC network programming on CBDS-690
will be generally two hours ahead of CBU-690. I wonder what the CBDS
transmitter site is contaminated with? PCBs from an ancient leaking
oil capacitor in the transmitter?
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Notices/2008/pb2008-25.htm#4
4. Pukatawagan, Manitoba Application No. 2008-0320-7
Application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to amend
the licence of the English-language radio programming undertaking
CBWK-FM Thompson, Manitoba.
The CBC proposes to convert its AM transmitter CBDS Pukatawagan,
Manitoba to the FM band to broadcast the programming of its Radio One
service originating from CBWK-FM Thompson, in order to serve the
population of Pukatawagan.
The transmitter would operate on frequency 102.5 MHz (channel 273A1)
with an effective radiated power of 200 watts (non-directional antenna
/effective antenna height of 24.6 metres).
The CBC advises that the FM transmitter is intended to replace its
existing AM transmitter CBDS and that recently the Mathias Colomb Cree
National Chief and Council advised the CBC that the CBDS site is
contaminated and they will proceed to decontaminate it by June 2008.
The CBC indicates that the FM transmitter needs to be operational by
this date.
The CBC is also requesting to amend the licence of CBWK-FM Thompson
by deleting the AM transmitter CBDS Pukatawagan. 73, (via Deane
McIntyre VE6BPO, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Probably diesel fuel or heating oil from the tank farm or the under
ground oil distribution system in the late 70s. Limited electrical
power was provided by diesel generators until the community was
connected to the Manitoba Hydro grid about 25 years ago. Apparently
one major leak was discovered when a visitor walking from the school
to a nearby teacher`s residence and found himself walking through
puddles of fuel. It ran overland to one or more sewer inlets resulting
in inches of fuel on the sewage lagoon some of which was pumped off
and filtered for reuse. Some of the contaminated fuel collected was
also spread on the roads to help control dust (George McLachlan,
Winnipeg, IRCA via DXLD)
** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. 6030, 0458 3 Feb, R. ICDI, OM comment mx
nx, vernacular, 25432 (Michael L. Ford, Staffordshire, UK, NRD515,
NCM525, 20m wire running E/W, March World DX Club Contact via DXLD)
This could be the first non-African log of ICDI; but was he aware of
R. Oromiya, Ethiopia, which had appeared on the same frequency at the
same time? Feb 3 was a Sunday, not a UT Monday when Cuban jamming and
Martí would have been silent. Unfortunately, UK members of WDXC logs
are limited to one line and a few abbr`d words of program info as
above. With rare logs, as much info about them as possible should be
given! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. CVC A-08: see U S A [non]
** CHINA. 4830, "China Huayi Broadcast Co.", blue E-QSL, full data, in
one day, v/s Qiao Xiaoli (2883752 [at] 163.com), who is the CHBC QSL
Manager. Happy with this, as the station had not responded to my 2005
reception report (Ron Howard, CA, March 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9810, CNR-2/China Business Radio, 1100-1135, March 26,
Chinese talk. English ID at 1125. Fair to good signal. // 7375-mixing
with Costa Rica`s University Network. // 7335-mixing with a weak CHU.
Also heard on // 7130, 7245, 9820, 6090 - all weak (Brian Alexander,
PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. BBC website 'unblocked in China'
People in China are able to access English language stories on the BBC
News website in full, after years of strict control by Beijing.
The Communist authorities often block news sites such as the BBC in a
policy dubbed the "great firewall of China". But BBC staff working in
China now say they are able to access news stories that would have
been blocked before.
However, the firewall remains in place for Chinese language services
on the website and for any links in Chinese.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7312240.stm
(via Sergei Sosedkin, IL, dxldyg via DXLD)
** CHINA. Today the Firedrake loop has been used as the only jamming
signal on all audible frequencies. For a couple of weeks some
provincial channels (Neimenggu Mongolian, Xinjiang Uighur and
Mongolian and Xizang Tibetan) were heard in addition to the usual
CNR-1 and Firedrake audio (Olle Alm, Sweden, 25 March, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) see also AFGHANISTAN
JAMMERS:
7105 Crash & Bang CC Music Jammer; 2242, 24-Mar; No audio
7160 Crash & Bang CC Music Jammer; 2241, 24-Mar; under/Chinese audio
7180 Crash & Bang CC Music Jammer; 2240, 24-Mar; No audio.
11900 Crash & Bang CC Music Jammer; 2051, 26-Mar; + audio
11950 Crash & Bang CC Music Jammer; 2050, 26-Mar; + audio
(Harold Frodge, MI, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** CUBA. Re 8-036: Just viewed the Youtube video on Radio Habana Cuba.
Re: >> There were two concrete studios (again -- royal blue paint-top
bottom and sides) each containing an old wooden table with two old
wooden chairs and an old microphone. The control room for each
identical studio contained some very old reel-to-reel tape recording
equipment, probably made in the USSR. <<
Mics are Shure SM58, actually designed as stage vocal mics and
ubiquitous on rock concerts. Another Shure model can be seen in the
snippets of Radio Martí, SM7, this one indeed meant for broadcast
purposes.
The tape recorders are Mechlabor STM-210. I added a photo of one to
the Miscellaneous photo album of the Yahoo group, or see
http://www.audiostereo.pl/forum_wpisy.html?temat=25751&p=49
Mechlabor is a Hungarian company (nowadays Videoton-Mechlabor), also
known for defence equipment. Their tape recorders were in widespread
use in Comecon countries (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 25, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** DENMARK. DRM tests on Kalundborg 243 kHz --- See forwarded message
below. Right now I can't spot any signal on 243. 13 kbps? Wow, then
why not just sticking with AM for the same audio quality, with the
slight difference that it can be pulled in with any ordinary radio
that includes longwave (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 25, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
-----Original Message-----
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:49:45 +0100
Subject: [A-DX] DRM aus Kalundborg ?
From: Michael Wlochinski
To: AD-X-Liste
Hallo Leute, ich kann zwar kein DRM hören, aber folgende Mail aus der
Mailingliste des Medium Wave Circles könnte Euch vielleicht
interessieren:
A surprise move the long wave transmitter in Kalundborg on 243 kHz -
which ceased operation more than a year ago on Feb 15 2007 - is now on
the air again. I first noted it back yesterday afternoon.
It is broadcasting a 1 kHz tone in DRM (with 13 kbps compression) and
ID'ing as 'DR DENMARK'. Signal strength here (in Jutland) is lower
than when they used AM. Best 73s Stig Hartvig Nielsen"
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Kann das hier jemand nachvollziehen ? -- Vy 73+55, Michael Wlochinski
QTH: Mönchengladbach, Deutschland
RX: Thieking DE1103 modifiziert
Ant: Active Loop D01HWG
http://radio.wlochinski.net (via Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
The power of the DRM test is currently only 35 watts, but it may be
increased to 100 watts. The antenna will soon be shortened, and the
test is to compare the signal strength before and after. I have not
been able to decode the signal here in Copenhagen. As said, the
"program" is a 1 kHz tone and the ID 'DR Radio Denmark'. 73, (Erik
Køie, Denmark, March 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Hey Glenn, conditions are good this night:
5009.76, R. Cristal, Santo Domingo, 25/3 2330 UT. Nice music. Stronger
than 24/3 but poor audio 32222. All the best and 73, (Maurits Van
Driessche, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5009.78, Radio Cristal Internacional, 2300-0003*, March 25-26, heard
here again but with a weaker signal and more noisy conditions. Spanish
talk. Spanish romantic ballads. ID at 0001. Weak/poor at tune-in.
Signal improved in strength by sign off but an overall poor signal due
to noisy conditions. Still with low modulation
(Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. For the English broadcast at 1900-2030 to W&CAf, in A-08, R.
Cairo now plans to use 9300 instead of 9380, 100 kW, 250 degrees from
ABZ site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA. 7100, Voice of the Broad Masses 1 (Asmara), 0413-0425,
3/26/2008, Tigrinya. Talk by man. A few bars of Horn of Africa style
music at 0422 followed by talk by different man. Good signal (SINPO
33333).
VOBM 2 was noted at the same time on 7175 with slightly weaker signal
and the same program format, but not in parallel (Jim Evans,
Germantown, TN, TenTec RX-340, RF Space SDR-14 90' Random Wire, 60'
PAR EF-SWL, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA. 7110, Radio Ethiopia (Gedja), 0356-0410, 3/26/2008,
Amharic. Man and woman talking. IS / theme at 0400 followed by
apparent news. Talk by man at 0403 with an occasional few bars of Horn
of Africa style music. Good signal (SINPO 33333). (Jim Evans,
Germantown, TN, TenTec RX-340, RF Space SDR-14 90' Random Wire, 60'
PAR EF-SWL, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD)
** GERMANY. ALEMANHA - Com o início do novo período de transmissões,
no próximo dia 30, a DW irá adotar um novo design. Todas as vinhetas
da programação em português serão mudadas, conforme informações de
Leônidas dos Santos Nascimento, de São João Evangelista (MG).
(Célio Romais website, March 26 via DXLD)
** GREECE. ERT S.A.: THE VOICE OF GREECE
A08 SHORT WAVE TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE
Effective from 30/03/08 to 26/10/08
Time(UTC) mb Freq mb Frq mb Freq Lang
-----------------------------------------
EUROPE
0000 0300 31 9420 41 7475 Gr
0300 0400 31 9420 41 7475 Gr
0400 0500 31 9420 41 *7475 19 15630 Gr
0500 0800 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
0800 1000 31 9420 19 15630 Gr, Eng [on Sunday??]
1100 1200 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
1200 1300 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
1300 1400 31 9420 19 15630 Gr, Eng [on Saturday?? Not B-07]
1400 1500 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
1500 1600 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
1600 1800 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
1800 1900 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
1900 2000 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
2000 2100 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
2100 2200 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
2200 2300 31 9420 19 *15630 Gr
2300 2400 31 9420 41 7475 Gr
Foreign Language Transmissions [Radio Filia]
0500 0600 25 11645 Al
0600 0700 25 11645 Eng [BBCWS relay?]
0700 0800 25 11645 F
0800 0900 25 11645 E
0900 0930 25 11645 D
0930 1000 25 11645 Rus
TASKEND [sic]
1200 1300 31 9420 Gr
M. EAST, INDIAN OCEAN, AUSTRALIA
2300 2400 19 15650 Gr
0000 0100 19 15650 Gr
0100 0200 19 15650 Gr
0200 0300 19 15650 Gr
0300 0400 19 *15650 Gr
AMERICA & ATLANTIC OCEAN
0000 0100 31 9420 41 7475 Gr
0100 0300 31 9420 41 7475 Gr
0300 0500 31 9420 Gr
1900 2000 31 9420 19 15630 Gr
2000 2300 31 9420 19 *15630 Gr
2300 2400 31 9420 41 7475 Gr
SOUTH AMERICA, PANAMA ZONE & SW AFRICA [NW Africa?]
1900 2000 19 15630 Gr
2000 2100 19 15630 Gr
2100 2200 19 15630 Gr
2200 2300 19 *15630 Gr
ERT S.A. MACEDONIA STATION
EUROPE 1100 1650 31 9935 Gr
EUROPE 1700 2250 41 7450 Gr
(*) Transmission ends 10 min earlier
Gr = Greek
Eng = English
Al = Albanian
Ar = Arabian
Bg = Bulgarian
F = French
E = Spanish
I = Italian
Pl = Polish
P = Portuguese
R = Romanian
Rus = Russian
S = Swedish
Sc = Serbo-Croatian
Tr = Turkish
D = German
LIVE AUDIO URL: http://www.ert.gr Reports via e-mail: era5 @ ert.gr
ERA 5 'THE VOICE OF GREECE'
Messogion [sic] 432, 15342,
Ag. Paraskevi Attikis,
Tel +301 6066308, 6066297,
Fax +301 6066309
Macedonia Radio Station:
Angelaki Str 2, 54621
Tel: +303 1 244979,
Fax: +303 1 236370
General Direction of E.RA (Engineering Div.)
Messogeion [sic] 432, 15342, Ag. Paraskevi Attikis
Tel 301 606 6257 Fax +301 606 6243
(via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, via Rachel Baughn, MT, tidied up by
Glenn Hauser for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREENLAND. 3815-USB, 2105 22 February, KNR, tk mx link tk [sic],
Danish, 22322 (Arthur Miller, Llandrindod Wells, UK, NRD-525, 40m
longwire G5RV, March World DX Club Contact via DXLD)
This is very seldom reported, and was believed to have closed down
last year. However, it still appears in WRTH 2008 as active, 200
watts. Unfortunately, UK members of WDXC logs are limited to one line
and a few abbr`d words of program info as above. With rare logs, as
much info about them as possible should be given! (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HONDURAS. 3340.03, HRMI R. MI, Comayagüela, 26/3 0215 UT. Nice
music and female talks; after this ID as radio MI, weak but fair
22222. All the best and 73, (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR Itanagar is absent again --- Today i.e. on March 25,
2008 I didn't find signal of AIR Itanagar on 4990 kHz in the morning
during my monitoring period from 0100 UT onwards. And also AIR-
Shillong on 4970 is absent. 73 & 55 (Gautam Kr Sharma, Assam, via
Alokesh Gupta, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** INDONESIA. 11784.87, Voice of Indonesia, 1650-1802+, March 26,
tune-in to Arabic programming with talk and local music. English ID at
1700 and Spanish programming at 1701 with news, talk & local music.
English ID at 1800 and into German programming. In the clear with a
fair to good signal. Was on 9525.98 at 1130 (Brian Alexander, PA,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. PLANETARY SOCIETY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO SIR
ARTHUR C. CLARKE
The Planetary Society will pay tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke, its
long time friend, Advisor and supporter, in a special Planetary Radio
show airing Monday, March 24, 2008, and throughout the following week.
Planetary Radio is carried on more than 120 independent stations, XM
Public Radio, and on the Society’s website.
A supporter of The Planetary Society since its inception, Clarke has
been involved in many of its projects, including the Visions of Mars
DVD currently en route to Mars aboard the Phoenix spacecraft.
Attached to the deck of the Phoenix lander, this first library on Mars
includes a collection of 19th and 20th century stories, essays and art
inspired by the Red Planet - including Clarke’s novel The Sands of
Mars - as well as the names of more than a quarter million inhabitants
of Earth. . .
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/planetary-society-to-pay-tribute-to-sir-arthur-c-clarke
(March 23rd, 2008 - 10:50 UTC by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD)
We should have noted the passing of Arthur C. Clarke, but the news was
all over the Internet. One of the greatest. Here`s more:
http://criticaldistance.blogspot.com/2008/03/memories-of-arthur-c-clarke.html
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD) OBIT
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. WORLDSPACE CONSIDERING SALE & LEASEBACK
Chris Forrester, RapidTVNews, 24 March 2008
WorldSpace is still scratching around for cash to stay afloat, and one
option now under consideration is the sale and leaseback of its pair
of satellites. It has also abandoned plans for the time being to
launch its back-up satellite for Europe.
WorldSpace is out of money. Its Q4/2007 revenue numbers are pitiful,
earning just $3.8m in subscriber and miscellaneous income. The end
result was that it had cash (and cash equivalents) in its bank of just
$3.59m, plus another $6.3m in securities ($27m and $143.7m same period
2006) as at Dec 31, and yet it is spending cash at a rate of almost
$40m per quarter. Q4 saw an overall loss of $46m. In January this year
it negotiated an emergency “bridging loan” of $40m from Yenura Pte, a
company controlled by WorldSpace’s CEO (and Chairman and President)
Noah Samara. However, $10m of whatever cash Samara actually doled out
to WorldSpace had to be paid to preferential debt-holders, who are
expecting another $17.5m to be paid this coming May (and another
$17.5m in 2010).
The balance of this fresh $40m amount has not been fully “paid” over
to the broadcaster. Samara, in a conference call on March 20 said
“about half” had been paid across to WorldSpace, and the balance would
be made available “in the next few weeks”. WorldSpace’s cash position
and lack of progress in securing fresh funding means that the
company’s accountants (Grant Thornton) will this week be qualifying
their overall end-of-year accounts for WorldSpace and “expressing
doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern based
on its current financial resources”. Full article:
http://rapidtvnews.com/index.php/worldspace-considering-sale-&-leaseback.html
(via Mike Barraclough, UK, DXLD)
** IRAN. IRIB Tehran in Arabic at 0830-1027 UT varies on two
frequencies today March 22nd: 9885.26 from Sirjan 500 kW 198 degr;
13801.58 from Zahedan 500 kW 289 degr. \\ 15545.00 even. 13790
(previously 13789.89 KAM) missed totally today (Wolfgang Büschel,
March 22, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 27 via DXLD)
** IRELAND. Glenn, RTÉ Radio 1's special programme on medium wave
"Medium Wave Goodbye" aired 24/3/08 on all wavelengths (1330-1500
European UTI [sic]) was an excellent programme which made the events
even more distressing. Included was an archived piece of an
introduction to a shortwave broadcast in the 1940s and Prime Minister
Eamonn deValera's famous 1945 radio response to Winston Churchill's
criticism of Ireland's neutrality during WWII (Churchill later
conceded that this broadcast was deValera's "finest hour"). A real
social history of Ireland since independence to the present day.
The playing of RTÉ's call sign, "O'Donnell Abú" brought back great
memories. Currently only a short one bar modern version is played each
morning at 0630 UTI. I listened on 567 kHz and found the silence after
the 1500 time check deeply upsetting. The presenter of the programme
was one of RTÉ's famous DJs, Brendan Baalfe.
RTÉ 1TV's main news (2100 UTI) featured the closing with interviews,
pictures of the Tullamore mast and both the Tullamore and old Athlone
transmitters.
RTÉ Radio 1 Tullamore 567 KHz and RTÉ Radio 1 Cork 729 KHz RIP! (Paul
Guckian, Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland, March 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The 90-minute special broadcast yesterday to mark the end of
broadcasting on 567 kHz is now archived on the RTE-Ireland site.
Interesting program; the page also has some photographs.
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/specials/1193939.html
(Fred Waterer, Ont., March 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
I just uploaded a recording of the "retune" loop that right now airs
on 567 (and makes me wonder whom they had grabbed to read out this
message?) to the Station Sounds folder of the Yahoo group (Kai Ludwig,
Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re this from Kai Ludwig: Can anybody tell what's up with the Cork
transmitter on 729? Already off or carrying the same loop, perhaps
shifted against 567
Cork 729 was still on air today (March 26), and heard around 0730 UT
with exactly the same re-tune announcement as is still being heard
same time on 567 (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
There was a 2 minute 15' report on the closedown on RTE Nine News last
night including the reporter visiting Tullamore; it can be viewed
online at: http://www.rte.ie/news/9news/ It will be available for 7
days (Mike Barraclough, England, ibid.)
Final moments and loop message. Hi all, for those who missed it I've
put the final moments of RTE on Medium Wave on youtube. Sign off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGfYH8cWxBA
Later service announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mljF0OShYEw
(Paul Logan, Lisnaskea, N. Ireland, MWC, via Barry Davies, UK, ABDX
via DXLD)
567 | RTE 1, Tullamore, MAR 26 0047 - repeating announcement by man
about RTE Radio 1 going to FM only (Mark Connelly, Billerica, MA, USA
(GC= 42.5332 N / 71.2205 W) (home) 24 km (15 miles) northwest of
Boston, Drake R8A, Quantum Phaser, SuperLoop, peak northeast / null
southwest, 10 m vertical by 16 m horizontal, base height 1.5 m,
southwest termination 1000 ohms + Delta, peak southeast / null
northwest, 10 m base center to apex vertical distance by 20 m
horizontal, base height 1.5 m, northwest termination 1000 ohms, NRC-AM
via WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DXLD)
** IRELAND [non!]. Re closure of RTE Radio 1 on 567 kHz, Tullamore.
During World War II (when the Republic of Ireland remained neutral)
there was a problem with the Radio Eireann transmission from Athlone
on 530m. This 100 kW signal was providing an excellent directional
beacon to German bombers. The BBC had overcome this problem by
transmitting a synchronised network using many transmitters on just
two (or later three) frequencies, closing down transmitters as
required when enemy planes were nearby. But Athlone stood out like a
sore thumb. The solution was ingenious: the BBC picked up Radio
Eireann on a dedicated receiver on the western coast of Wales, then
fed the signal over landlines to Aberdeen in north-eastern Scotland,
where it was rebroadcast at high power. The result – confusion for
aircraft. (And puzzled Irish listeners in Aberdeen who couldn’t
understand how reception of their Irish station had improved so
dramatically! (TONY CURRIE, Radio Six International, Glasgow,
Scotland, March 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL. FOREIGN BROADCASTING SHOULD BE INCREASED, NOT CUT
The Jerusalem Post has published an editorial in which it argues that
Israeli foreign broadcasting should be increased, not cut. As the IBA
prepares to drop all shortwave services except Farsi, the newspaper
says that “The systemic lack of a foreign media strategy is a form of
gross negligence with profound implications for our national security
and interests.” Read the editorial ---
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1205420767422&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(March 25th, 2008 - 14:30 UTC by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD)
** ISRAEL. Israel's B-net: final goodbye? It will be interesting to
listen on March 31 when Israel finally turns off their shortwave
transmitters for all broadcasts (with the exception of the broadcasts
to Iran). This may be the case if the Hebrew home service (known as
Reshet Bet/Network B) ends their round-the-clock service at around
2100; before the service went to a 24/7 schedule some years ago it was
heard from 04-2215 summer/05-2215 winter on several channels. So when
2100 (or later) arrives, will the B-net sign off SW for good? If so
that's another casualty of the end of shortwave from Israel--it's
reaching its own citizens in Europe and North America, no matter how
many of them still depend on this medium (Joe Hanlon, NJ, March 26, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL. A-08 Israel Radio on shortwave. --- [...] It says that they
are seeking funding for Farsi language broadcasts to remain on
shortwave. Probably like this:
9985 1500-1630 ISR 300 90 PERS
11605 1400-1630 ISR 300 90 PERS
13850 1400-1630 ISR 300 90 PERS
15640 1400-1630 ISR 300 90 PERS
17535 1500-1630 ISR 300 90 PERS
(Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX March 27 via DXLD)
Also has re-registered much of the old schedule for A-08 just in case,
e.g. English 0330-0345 on 7530; Hebrew 1900-2300 9400 17585 (gh, DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. 9665 surprisingly noted today with very good audio
after months of heavy buzz. Still off channel to the higher side (Olle
Alm, Sweden, 25 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Time? Runs very long hours
** KOSOVO [and non]. CQ NEWS. Richard Moseson, W2VU, Editor for CQ
Amateur Radio, sent out the following press release on March 21st
(2008): "Kosovo Added to CQ DX Awards Country List Effective 2/17/08 -
- Kosovo is being added to the list of countries and territories
recognized for CQ DX awards, effective immediately, CQ DX Awards
Manager Billy Williams, N4UF, announced today. Verifications for
contacts made on or after February 17, 2008 are acceptable for CQ DX
Award credit. CQ DX Honor Roll members with 335 or more credits should
update by May 31st for highest placement in Honor Roll listings.
The new 339 entity maximum will appear on CQ DX Honor Rolls to be
prepared in early June. CQ DX Honor Roll listings prepared in early
April will be based on a 338 maximum count. All Kosovo contacts will
count for field KN on applications for the CQ DX Field Award.
Kosovo's status has been the subject of some controversy in the
amateur radio community as well as the world community, as the ARRL
declared that special operations from there on February 17 will count
as Serbia, not Kosovo, in terms of DXCC credit. The United States and
many European countries immediately recognized Kosovo's independence.
However, Russia and China are opposed to it and Russia has threatened
to veto any U.N. action to recognize Kosovo as an independent nation.
'We are aware that the ARRL has not yet added Kosovo to the DXCC
list,' explained CQ magazine Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU. 'The League
says it is waiting for Kosovo to become a member state of the United
Nations or be issued a callsign block by the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU), a U.N. agency. However, because of
geopolitical issues far beyond the realm of amateur radio, it is
unlikely that the United Nations or the ITU will act on Kosovo in the
near future, even though the United States and many other countries
have granted it recognition.'
'Because it is CQ's policy to grant credit for contacts with 'new'
entities as of the date that their status changes,' Moseson continued,
'we have decided not to wait for U.N. action, but to follow the lead
of the United States and other countries that have recognized Kosovo's
independence, and to grant credit for contacts made with stations in
Kosovo as of its independence day, February 17, 2008.'
(NOTE: This action does not affect the country list for the CQ WW DX
Contest. CQWW rules state that its country list is composed of those
entities on the DXCC list and the WAE (Worked All Europe) award list.
If the WAE Committee decides to add Kosovo to its list, it will
automatically be added to the CQWW list.)" (The Ohio/Penn DX
PacketCluster, DX Bulletin No. 851, March 24, 2008, Editor Tedd
Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio), via Dave
Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD)
** LITHUANIA. The Mighty KBC Summertime schedule from March 30:
Europe: 2130-2229 UT on 6055 kHz
America: 0200-0259 UT on 6110 kHz (via Ydun Ritz, March 26, dxldyg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The America broadcast has been and presumably will continue to be UT
Sundays only! That frequency-hour, however, is available 7 days. Note
that it is one UT hour later rather than earlier (Glenn Hauser, WORLD
OF RADIO 1401, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 5964.97, Klasik Nasional FM via RTM, 1633-1709, March 26,
in vernacular, ballads, commentary (mentions of "RTM" and "Malaysia"),
several distinctive "Klasik Nasional FM" singing jingles, ToH 5
minutes of news (Iraq, Basra, Sadr City, etc.), back to pop songs,
weak, clearly parallel with audio streaming
http://www.rtm.net.my/radio/html_bi/index.html
Only able to hear this after China signs off at 1557, on 5965.0 (Ron
Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MARION ISLAND. Rhynhardt, ZS6DXB, reports: "Following the fairy
tale of 3Y0E Bouvet Island, Petrus Kritzinger, ZS6GCM, sets out to yet
another unique amateur radio venture that many DX'ers around the world
can only dream about.
Petrus will be QRV from Marion Island - #6 on the 'DX Magazine 2007
Most Wanted List' as ZS8T. He is expected to be QRV by May 2008
depending on his work load. . .
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2008/marion_islands.htm
[sic --- if you axually read about it, there is only ONE island named
Marion, part of the Prince Edward group, not to be confused with
Canada --- gh] (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** MAURITANIA. 783 | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, MAR 26 0037 - // 4845
with talk by man, short a cappella chant, then shrieky tribal female
vocal with "pots and pans" type percussion; fair. Actually better on
southeast-beamed delta instead of northeast-aimed SuperLoop because of
less CFDR slop and not as much Syria-782 het (Mark Connelly,
Billerica, MA, USA (GC= 42.5332 N / 71.2205 W) (home) 24 km (15 miles)
northwest of Boston, Drake R8A, Quantum Phaser, SuperLoop, peak
northeast / null southwest, 10 m vertical by 16 m horizontal, base
height 1.5 m, southwest termination 1000 ohms + Delta, peak southeast
/ null northwest, 10 m base center to apex vertical distance by 20 m
horizontal, base height 1.5 m, northwest termination 1000 ohms, NRC-AM
via DXLD)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Radio Mauritania, *0840-0850, March 26, abruptly
on after signing off on 4845 at 0830. Arabic talk. Noted Middle-East
type music at 0904 check. Good (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. Just a quick heads up on a programme of interest:
"Border Blasters: In Search of the Wolf". BBC Radio 4, last Saturday,
22nd March: Nick Barraclough tells the story of the first pirate radio
stations that sprung up across the Río Grande in Mexico in the 1950s
and pave the way that the extraordinary career of maverick DJ and wild
man, Wolfman Jack.
Here's a link to the page on the BBC News website, which itself
contains some of the links for audio and other material connected to
this two-part programme, which is some thing of a follow-up to the one
done on the good doctor Brinkley in 2006.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7307738.stm
And here's a link to the Listen Again -- the programme will be
available until this Friday night (March 28) with the second part of
the ex-on Saturday, March 29, 1030-1100 GMT, and then of course as a
Listen Again for the next six days.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/borderblaster/pip/61vfg/
Enjoy -- I know I did! (Richard Rudin, Radio Studies via David Goren,
swprograms via DXLD) Is this a rerun? Sounds familiar (gh, DXLD)
** MONGOLIA. Voice of Mongolia heard with poor strength in English on
12085 at 1532 March 25, lady with news followed by some local music,
clear channel. Also fair via Chris Mackerell's online receiver in New
Zealand. This broadcast was listed in a WRTH update file February 4
and announced at the end of the 0930 broadcast but not heard here
February 24 and 26; on the 26 I also checked the New Zealand receiver
and heard nothing (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth Garden City, UK,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
12085, Mar 25, 1515-1540, Voice of Mongolia. At 1515 UT VOM in
Japanese; 1529 ID and IS; 1530 English (ehard, the netherlands, HCDX
online logs via DXLD) Goddijn? I will be warned not to make wild
guesses about people who refuse to sign their full name (gh, DXLD)
** MYANMAR. JUNTA APPROVES FM STATION FOR MANDALAY
Solomon & Than Htike Oo, Mizzima News, March 20, 2008
Burma's ruling junta has granted a rare permission to operate a
Mandalay-based radio program to Forever Group, a business consortium
thought to be closely aligned with Burma's generals.
Forever Group, one of Burma's few multi-media companies and widely
believed to have close connections with the junta's Information
Minister Brigadier General Kyaw Hsan, will commence production on
April 3, a staff from the company said. . .
http://www.mizzima.com/MizzimaNews/News/2008/Mar/68-Mar-2008.html
(via Jaisakthivel, Chennai-600106, India, DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. RE: RNW A08 --- I exchanged e-mails with Jan
Peter today, and he confirmed that there are still several things to
be sorted out with IBB before the weekend. Don't ask me what thay are,
because I don't know. Jan Peter will not be back in the office till
Thursday, and I anticipate it will be late Friday before I can get the
complete final schedule online on our main website (Andy Sennitt, RNW,
March 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also LITHUANIA
** OKLAHOMA. Thread on the Tulsa radio market, and how great it is for
its size: http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,94899.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** POLAND [non]. An A08 schedule was published but still showed
Esperanto, etc., so we questioned it (gh, DXLD)
[derived from] http://www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/
(wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 24 via Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD)
I don`t find the A-08 schedule at above website; none of course, from
Poland, but mostly via GERMANY; no more via Guiana French? And didn`t
PR abolish Esperanto, replaced with Ukrainian? It`s not listed here:
http://www.addx.de/cgi-bin/hfp.cgi (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Yes, Glenn. I can confirm - there is not Esperanto service in Polish
Radio External Service. They provide services in Polish, English,
German, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Hebrew. I can also confirm
the schedule for service in Polish. I have no info about other
services (so far). (Michal, PL, ibid.)
Ohh yes, very seldom Polskie Radio external service total schedules
appeared in DX press in past years. Even Polish DXers don't contribute
real material to the international DX scene. Yesterday I did update an
older Radio Poland schedule of 2006 like a puzzle, and was not aware
that Esperanto never appeared on Radio Poland's service then. 1500 UT
outlet carries now Ukrainian, and 1800 UT frequency is used for
Russian service.
Hebrew service moves from 9760 to 9695 kHz.
DTK TX sites in use will be once more Juelich, Nauen, and Wertachtal
all in Germany, as well as 9670 kHz via Monaco-Fontbonne in France.
Fr-Guiana relay may appear once again in next northern winter season
B-08.
Hopefully these frequencies will appear on the various complicated
websites of Polskie Radio, i.e. click on the second item on the left
side [Hebrew on right side] to see frequency and time schedule.
http://www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/
click to language like
English Section
Belaryskaja
Deutsche Redaktion
Redakcja Polska
Rysskaya
Ukrainskaya
Hebrew
click to the 2nd red-wine coloured navigation bar from above.
so A08 schedule should read tentatively like this:
GERMANY/FRANCE[MONACO] {POLAND non}
Polskie Radio A08 BC schedule - 30 Mar to 26 Oct 2008 [corrected]
ENGLISH
1200-1259 9525 11850
1700-1759 7140 7265
POLISH
1030-1059 11915 11995
1530-1630 9670
2100-2200 5975 7135
GERMAN
1130-1159 5965 5975
1530-1555 5975
1930-1955 6110 6135
RUSSIAN
1100-1125 13745 13840
1300-1329 11835 13800
1430-1455 11955
1800-1829 6140
1900-1955 6050
BELARUSSIAN
1330-1430 7180 9440
1630-1659 9670
UKRAINIAN
1430-1459 11755
1500-1525 9440 11800
1830-1859 6145 6175
HEBREW
1800-1830 9695
(wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 24) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
The first version has been picked up on other lists, where I have yet
to see corrected version. Forwarders have an obligation to do that
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** PORTUGAL. A partir do dia 30, as emissões da RDP - Rádio Portugal
irão ao ar, de segundas a sextas-feiras, das 0500 às 0800, em 7240
kHz; das 0645 às 0800, em 11850 kHz; das 0800 às 1200, em 12020 kHz;
das 1600 às 1900, em 11905 kHz; das 1900 às 2300, poderão ocorrer
emissões extraordinárias, em 9820 kHz; todos horários para a Europa;
Para o Médio Oriente e Índia: das 1300 às 1500, em 15770 kHz;
Para a África: das 1000 às 1200, em 15180 kHz; das 1600 às 1900, em
15195 kHz; das 1900 às 2300, poderão ocorrer emissões extraordinárias,
em 11945 kHz;
Para os Estados Unidos e Canadá: das 1200 às 2000, poderão ocorrer
emissões extraordinárias, em 15560 kHz; das 2000 às 2300, poderão
ocorrer emissões extraordinárias, em 13755 kHz;
Para o Brasil: das 1000 às 1200, em 15575 kHz; das 1600 às 1900, em
21655 kHz; das 1900 às 2000, poderão ocorrer emissões extraordinárias,
em 21655 kHz; das 2000 às 2300, poderão ocorrer emissões
extraordinárias, em 15295 kHz.
Já as emissões de terças a sábados ocorrem como segue:
para os Estados Unidos e Canadá; das 2300 às 0200, em 9715 kHz; para a
Venezuela, das 2300 às 0200, em 11630 kHz; para o Brasil, das 2300 às
0200, em 15295 kHz.
Nos sábados e domingos, as emissões ocorrem como segue:
para o Brasil, entre 0700 e 1355, em 12020 kHz; das 0830 às 1000, em
11995 kHz; das 1400 às 2000, em 11905 kHz; das 1900 às 2300, poderão
ocorrer emissões extraordinárias, em 11945 kHz;
para a África, das 0700 às 1000, em 15160 kHz; das 1000 às 1400, em
15180 kHz; das 1400 às 1600, em 15680 kHz; das 1600 às 2000, em 15195
kHz; das 1900 às 2300, poderão ocorrer emissões extraordinárias, em
11945 kHz;
para os os Estados Unidos e Canadá, das 1200 às 2000, em 15560 kHz;
das 2000 às 2300, poderão ocorrer emissões extraordinárias, em 13755
kHz;
para Brasil, Cabo Verde e Guiné Bissau, das 0700 às 1000, em 12000
kHz; das 1000 às 2000, em 21655 kHz, das 2000 às 2300, poderão ocorrer
emissões extraordinárias, em 15295 kHz. Como emissões extraordinárias,
leia-se transmissões de partidas de futebol que a RDP geralmente
acompanha (Célio Romais website, March 26 via DXLD) This would be a
lot easier to refer to if it were in tabular form (gh, DXLD)
** QATAR [and non]. "HIGH PROFILE DEFECTIONS" AT ALJAZEERA ENGLISH
"Al-Jazeera English, the global news channel launched as a sibling to
the Arab-language service, has suffered its most high profile
defections yet amid growing unease among staff about its future. Steve
Clark, a former senior executive at ITN and Sky News and a driving
force behind the launch of al-Jazeera English, resigned at the end of
last week while David Marash, a former CBS Nightline presenter who was
the senior anchor in Washington, has also quit. ... Facing competition
from the new BBC World Service Arab language channel and other rivals,
[Aljazeera management is] believed to want to see resources
concentrated on consolidating popularity among its heartland
audience." The Guardian, 26 March 2008. Posted: 25 Mar 2008
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=3648
(kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
Perhaps by the time you read this the link to the Guardian will have
been fixed. Geez, Marash was such a cheerleader, enthusiastic about
AlJ; tsk2 (gh)
** ROMANIA. R ROMANIA INTL A08 FREQUENCY SCHEDULE
ARABIC 0630-0700 9685 9700 11730 11790
1400-1500 11945 15160
AROMANIAN 1430-1500 7170
1630-1700 7135
1830-1900 7130 -Sept 6, 5955 fr Sept 7
CHINESE 0400-0430 11790 15215
1300-1330 11795 15435
ENGLISH 0000-0100 N.Am. 9775 11790
0300-0400 N.Am. 6150 9645
SEAs. 9735 11895
0530-0600 W.Eu. 9655 11830
Pac. 15435 17770
1200-1300 W.Eu. 11875 15220
1700-1800 W.Eu. 9535 11735
2030-2100 W.Eu. 9515 11810
N.Am. 11940 15465
2200-2300 W.Eu. 7185 9675
N.Am. 9790 11940
FRENCH 0100-0200 Canada 6130 9515
0500-0530 Eu. 7180 9655
Sun.1000-1100 Eu. 11830
1000-1100 Eu. 15250
Maghreb 15380 17785
1600-1700 Eu. 9680 11950
2000-2030 Eu. 7215 9655
GERMAN 0600-0630 7125 9740
1100-1200 9525 11775
1800-1900 7160 9775
ITALIAN 1400-1430 7170
1600-1630 9620
1800-1830 7130 -Sept 6, 5955 fr Sept 7
ROMANIAN 0000-0100 N.Am. 9525 11960
0100-0200 N.Am. 9525 11960
Sun.0700-0800 9700 11970 15260 17720
Sun.0800-0900 9700 11875 11970 15450
Sun.0900-1000 11830 11925 15250 15380
1200-1300 Eu. 7165 11920 15195
1400-1500 Eu. 9760 11965
1600-1700 Israel 7205 9690
1700-1800 Eu. 9625 11865
1800-1900 Eu. 9625 11945
RUSSIAN 0430-0500 7190 9555
1330-1400 9790 11855
1500-1600 7325 9760
SERBIAN 1530-1600 6135
1730-1800 6105
1930-2000 6065 7140
SPANISH 0200-0300 Argentina 9520 11945
Mexico 5975 9645
1900-2000 Spain 9775 11715
2100-2200 Argentina 9755 11965
2300-2400 Argentina 9745 11935
Mexico 9655 11880
UKRAINIAN 1500-1530 7210
1700-1730 6135
1900-1930 5910 7210
(Dragan Lekic-Subotica-SER in A-07, updated by wb in A-08, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Mar 24 via Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DXLD)
RRI Radio Romania International SW schedule in A-08
5910 1900-1930 29SW TIG 250 22 UKRAINEAN
5955 1800-1830 28SW TIG 50 260 ITALIAN fr Sept 7
5955 1830-1900 28SW TIG 50 235 AROMANIAN fr Sept 7
5975 0200-0300 10 TIG 250 307 SPANISH
6065 1930-2000 28S TIG 50 282 SERBIAN
6105 1730-1800 28S TIG 50 282 SERBIAN
6130 0100-0200 4,8 TIG 250 307 FRENCH
6135 1530-1600 28S TIG 50 282 SERBIAN
6135 1700-1730 29SW TIG 50 25 UKRAINEAN
6150 0300-0400 6 TIG 250 337 ENGLISH
7125 0600-0630 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
7130 1800-1830 28SW TIG 50 260 ITALIAN -Sept 6
7130 1830-1900 28SW TIG 50 235 AROMANIAN -Sept 6
7135 1630-1700 28SW TIG 50 235 AROMANIAN
7140 1930-2000 28S TIG 250 277 SERBIAN
7160 1800-1900 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
7165 1200-1300 28NW TIG 50 300 ROMANIAN
7170 1400-1430 28SW TIG 50 260 ITALIAN
7170 1430-1500 28SW TIG 50 235 AROMANIAN
7180 0500-0530 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH
7185 2200-2300 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
7190 0430-0500 29 TIG 250 37 RUSSIAN
7205 1600-1700 39NW GAL 250 135 ROMANIAN
7205 1900-1930 29SW TIG 50 25 UKRAINEAN
7210 1500-1530 29SW TIG 50 25 UKRAINEAN
7215 2000-2030 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH
7325 1500-1600 29 TIG 250 37 RUSSIAN
9515 0100-0200 4,8 TIG 250 307 FRENCH
9515 2030-2100 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
9520 0200-0300 14 GAL 250 245 SPANISH
9525 0000-0100 8 GAL 250 310 ROMANIAN
9525 0100-0200 8 GAL 250 310 ROMANIAN
9525 1100-1200 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
9535 1700-1800 27N TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
9555 0430-0500 29 TIG 250 37 RUSSIAN
9620 1600-1630 28SW TIG 50 260 ITALIAN
9625 1700-1800 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
9625 1800-1900 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
9645 0200-0300 10 TIG 250 307 SPANISH
9645 0300-0400 6 TIG 250 337 ENGLISH
9655 0500-0530 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH
9655 0530-0600 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
9655 2000-2030 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH
9655 2300-2400 12N GAL 250 280 SPANISH
9675 2200-2300 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
9680 1600-1700 27SE TIG 250 292 FRENCH
9685 0630-0700 37 TIG 250 247 ARABIAN
9690 1600-1700 39NW GAL 250 135 ROMANIAN
9700 0630-0700 39NW TIG 250 142 ARABIAN
9700 0700-0800 39NW TIG 250 142 VARIOUS Sun
9700 0800-0900 39NW TIG 250 142 VARIOUS Sun
9735 0300-0400 41 GAL 250 100 ENGLISH
9740 0600-0630 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
9745 2300-2400 14 TIG 250 247 SPANISH
9755 2100-2200 14 GAL 250 245 SPANISH
9760 1400-1500 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
9760 1500-1600 29 TIG 250 37 RUSSIAN
9775 0000-0100 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
9775 1800-1900 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
9775 1900-2000 37N GAL 250 270 SPANISH
9790 1330-1400 31S TIG 250 52 RUSSIAN
9790 2200-2300 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11715 1900-2000 37N GAL 250 270 SPANISH
11730 0630-0700 37 GAL 250 245 ARABIAN
11735 1700-1800 27N TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11775 1100-1200 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
11790 0000-0100 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11790 0400-0430 43,44 TIG 250 67 CHINESE
11790 0630-0700 39NW GAL 250 140 ARABIAN
11795 1300-1330 43,44 TIG 250 67 CHINESE
11810 2030-2100 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
11830 0530-0600 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
11830 0900-1000 27SE GAL 250 285 VARIOUS Sun
11830 1000-1100 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH Sun
11855 1330-1400 31S TIG 250 52 RUSSIAN
11865 1700-1800 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
11875 0800-0900 38E GAL 250 175 VARIOUS Sun
11875 1200-1300 27N TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11880 2300-2400 12N GAL 250 280 SPANISH
11895 0300-0400 41 GAL 250 100 ENGLISH
11920 1200-1300 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
11925 0900-1000 37 TIG 250 247 VARIOUS Sun
11935 2300-2400 14 TIG 250 247 SPANISH
11940 2030-2100 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11940 2200-2300 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11945 0200-0300 14 GAL 250 245 SPANISH
11945 1400-1500 39NW TIG 250 142 ARABIAN
11945 1800-1900 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
11950 1600-1700 27SE TIG 250 292 FRENCH
11960 0000-0100 8 GAL 250 310 ROMANIAN
11960 0100-0200 8 GAL 250 310 ROMANIAN
11965 1400-1500 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
11965 2100-2200 14 GAL 250 245 SPANISH
11970 0700-0800 39NW TIG 250 142 VARIOUS Sun
11970 0800-0900 39NW TIG 250 142 VARIOUS Sun
15160 1400-1500 37 TIG 250 247 ARABIAN
15195 1200-1300 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
15215 0400-0430 43,44 TIG 250 67 CHINESE
15220 1200-1300 27N TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
15250 0900-1000 27SE GAL 250 285 VARIOUS Sun
15250 1000-1100 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH
15260 0700-0800 39NW GAL 250 110 VARIOUS Sun
15380 0900-1000 37 TIG 250 247 VARIOUS Sun
15380 1000-1100 37 TIG 250 247 FRENCH
15435 0530-0600 55,58,59TIG 250 97 ENGLISH
15435 1300-1330 43,44 TIG 250 67 CHINESE
15450 0800-0900 38E GAL 250 175 VARIOUS Sun
15465 2030-2100 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
17720 0700-0800 39NW GAL 250 110 VARIOUS Sun
17770 0530-0600 55,58,59TIG 250 97 ENGLISH
17785 1000-1100 37 TIG 250 247 FRENCH
(RRI, Mar 24)
9685 0630-0700 37 TIG 250 247 ARABIAN
9700 0630-0700 39NW TIG 250 142 ARABIAN
11730 0630-0700 37 GAL 250 245 ARABIAN
11790 0630-0700 39NW GAL 250 140 ARABIAN
11945 1400-1500 39NW TIG 250 142 ARABIAN
15160 1400-1500 37 TIG 250 247 ARABIAN
7135 1630-1700 28SW TIG 50 235 AROMANIAN
7170 1430-1500 28SW TIG 50 235 AROMANIAN
5955 1830-1900 28SW TIG 50 235 AROMANIAN fr Sept 7
7130 1830-1900 28SW TIG 50 235 AROMANIAN -Sept 6
11790 0400-0430 43,44 TIG 250 67 CHINESE
11795 1300-1330 43,44 TIG 250 67 CHINESE
15215 0400-0430 43,44 TIG 250 67 CHINESE
15435 1300-1330 43,44 TIG 250 67 CHINESE
6150 0300-0400 6 TIG 250 337 ENGLISH
7185 2200-2300 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
9515 2030-2100 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
9535 1700-1800 27N TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
9645 0300-0400 6 TIG 250 337 ENGLISH
9655 0530-0600 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
9675 2200-2300 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
9735 0300-0400 41 GAL 250 100 ENGLISH
9775 0000-0100 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
9790 2200-2300 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11735 1700-1800 27N TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11790 0000-0100 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11810 2030-2100 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
11830 0530-0600 27N GAL 250 300 ENGLISH
11875 1200-1300 27N TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11895 0300-0400 41 GAL 250 100 ENGLISH
11940 2030-2100 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
11940 2200-2300 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
15220 1200-1300 27N TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
15435 0530-0600 55,58,59TIG 250 97 ENGLISH
15465 2030-2100 8 TIG 250 307 ENGLISH
17770 0530-0600 55,58,59TIG 250 97 ENGLISH
6130 0100-0200 4,8 TIG 250 307 FRENCH
7180 0500-0530 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH
7215 2000-2030 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH
9515 0100-0200 4,8 TIG 250 307 FRENCH
9655 0500-0530 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH
9655 2000-2030 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH
9680 1600-1700 27SE TIG 250 292 FRENCH
11950 1600-1700 27SE TIG 250 292 FRENCH
15250 1000-1100 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH
15380 1000-1100 37 TIG 250 247 FRENCH
17785 1000-1100 37 TIG 250 247 FRENCH
11830 1000-1100 27SE GAL 250 285 FRENCH Sun
7125 0600-0630 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
7160 1800-1900 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
9525 1100-1200 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
9740 0600-0630 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
9775 1800-1900 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
11775 1100-1200 28NW TIG 250 307 GERMAN
7170 1400-1430 28SW TIG 50 260 ITALIAN
9620 1600-1630 28SW TIG 50 260 ITALIAN
5955 1800-1830 28SW TIG 50 260 ITALIAN fr Sept 7
7130 1800-1830 28SW TIG 50 260 ITALIAN -Sept 6
7165 1200-1300 28NW TIG 50 300 ROMANIAN
7205 1600-1700 39NW GAL 250 135 ROMANIAN
9525 0000-0100 8 GAL 250 310 ROMANIAN
9525 0100-0200 8 GAL 250 310 ROMANIAN
9625 1700-1800 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
9625 1800-1900 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
9690 1600-1700 39NW GAL 250 135 ROMANIAN
9760 1400-1500 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
11865 1700-1800 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
11920 1200-1300 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
11945 1800-1900 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
11960 0000-0100 8 GAL 250 310 ROMANIAN
11960 0100-0200 8 GAL 250 310 ROMANIAN
11965 1400-1500 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
15195 1200-1300 27SE GAL 250 285 ROMANIAN
7190 0430-0500 29 TIG 250 37 RUSSIAN
7325 1500-1600 29 TIG 250 37 RUSSIAN
9555 0430-0500 29 TIG 250 37 RUSSIAN
9760 1500-1600 29 TIG 250 37 RUSSIAN
9790 1330-1400 31S TIG 250 52 RUSSIAN
11855 1330-1400 31S TIG 250 52 RUSSIAN
6065 1930-2000 28S TIG 50 282 SERBIAN
6105 1730-1800 28S TIG 50 282 SERBIAN
6135 1530-1600 28S TIG 50 282 SERBIAN
7140 1930-2000 28S TIG 250 277 SERBIAN
5975 0200-0300 10 TIG 250 307 SPANISH
9520 0200-0300 14 GAL 250 245 SPANISH
9645 0200-0300 10 TIG 250 307 SPANISH
9655 2300-2400 12N GAL 250 280 SPANISH
9745 2300-2400 14 TIG 250 247 SPANISH
9755 2100-2200 14 GAL 250 245 SPANISH
9775 1900-2000 37N GAL 250 270 SPANISH
11715 1900-2000 37N GAL 250 270 SPANISH
11880 2300-2400 12N GAL 250 280 SPANISH
11935 2300-2400 14 TIG 250 247 SPANISH
11945 0200-0300 14 GAL 250 245 SPANISH
11965 2100-2200 14 GAL 250 245 SPANISH
5910 1900-1930 29SW TIG 250 22 UKRAINEAN
6135 1700-1730 29SW TIG 50 25 UKRAINEAN
7205 1900-1930 29SW TIG 50 25 UKRAINEAN
7210 1500-1530 29SW TIG 50 25 UKRAINEAN
9700 0700-0800 39NW TIG 250 142 VARIOUS Sun
9700 0800-0900 39NW TIG 250 142 VARIOUS Sun
11830 0900-1000 27SE GAL 250 285 VARIOUS Sun
11875 0800-0900 38E GAL 250 175 VARIOUS Sun
11925 0900-1000 37 TIG 250 247 VARIOUS Sun
11970 0700-0800 39NW TIG 250 142 VARIOUS Sun
11970 0800-0900 39NW TIG 250 142 VARIOUS Sun
15250 0900-1000 27SE GAL 250 285 VARIOUS Sun
15260 0700-0800 39NW GAL 250 110 VARIOUS Sun
15380 0900-1000 37 TIG 250 247 VARIOUS Sun
15450 0800-0900 38E GAL 250 175 VARIOUS Sun
17720 0700-0800 39NW GAL 250 110 VARIOUS Sun
(RRI, Mar 24) (all from Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7200, R. Rossii via Yakutsk, 0755-0812, March 25, they are
back on the air again after seemingly being off for about 3-4 weeks;
in Russian, interview, 5+1 pips, news, numerous R. Rossii IDs, mostly
fair. Parallel with 5935 via Magadan (usual QRM), 7320 also via
Magadan (fair) and 6075 via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka (fair – which at
0810 cut away for their local "programa Kamchatka Radio") (Ron Howard,
CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SCOTLAND [non]. Radio Six International will be ending its
shortwave transmissions on 7415 kHz (from WBCQ) on Sunday, March 30th.
The last broadcast will run from 2200 to 2300 UT. We are not
abandoning shortwave altogether, but the response has been poor via
this transmitter and we are reconsidering our relay options. Any
resumption is likely to be in September (TONY CURRIE, Radio Six
International, March 25, WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SIERRA LEONE [non]. ASCENSION ISLAND --- Cotton Tree News, Sierra
Leone, 9525, f/d cd, 10 weeks. Addr.: Fourah Bay College, Mont Aureol,
P.O. Box 766, Freetown, Sierra Leone; card was sent by registered mail
directly from Freetown (Norbert Reiner, Karlsruhe, Germany, via Dario
Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. A08 Transmissions from Meyerton
UT kHz kW Days Target Language
----------------------------------------------------
AWR
1700 1800 9600 250 1234567 East Africa Swahili/Masai
1800 1830 3215 100 1234567 Namibia English
1800 1830 3345 100 1234567 Zimbabwe English
1800 1830 9610 250 1234567 East Africa English
2000 2030 9655 250 1234567 Central Africa English
BBC
0300 0400 6005 500 1234567 West Africa English
0300 0330 6050 500 1234567 East Africa Swahili
0300 0600 3255 100 1234567 Southern Africa English
0300 0600 6190 100 1234567 Southern Africa English
0400 0600 7120 250 1234567 West Africa English
0400 0430 9835 250 1234567 East Africa Swahili
0430 0530 3380 100 12345 Mozambique Portuguese
0430 0530 6145 250 12345 N.Mozambique Portuguese
0430 0530 7290 500 12345 Angola Portuguese
0500 0600 15400 250 6 East Africa Kirundi
0530 0600 15400 250 7 East Africa Kirundi
0600 0700 11765 250 1234567 West Africa English
0600 1600 6190 100 1234567 Southern Africa English
0600 1600 9860 100 1234567 Southern Africa English
0700 0730 17695 500 1234567 West Africa French
0700 0800 17830 500 1234567 West Africa English
1330 1530 11705 500 6 East Africa Swahili
1500 1700 7380 500 1234567 East Africa English/Swahili/Kirundi
1600 2200 3255 100 1234567 Southern Africa English
1600 2200 6190 100 1234567 Southern Africa English
1700 1900 7380 250 1234567 East Africa English
1745 1800 7230 500 1234567 East Africa Swahili
1800 1830 5985 250 1234567 Indian Oc Isles French
1800 1830 7345 100 1234567 Central Africa French
2030 2100 3380 100 12345 Mozambique Portuguese
2030 2100 6135 250 12345 N.Mozambique Portuguese
2030 2100 7380 500 12345 Angola Portuguese
2100 2200 7120 100 1234567 West Africa English
2200 2300 6005 100 1234567 West Africa English
CHANNEL AFRICA
0300 0500 3345 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
0300 0400 6105 500 1234567 East Africa English
0300 0400 6120 250 1234567 East Africa Swahili
0400 0500 7390 500 1234567 Central Africa French
0500 0800 7230 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
0500 0600 9735 500 1234567 West Afica English
0600 0700 15255 250 1234567 West Afica English
0800 1600 9625 100 1234567 Southern Afr English/Nyanja/Lozi
1500 1600 15215 500 1234567 East Africa English
1500 1600 15360 250 1234567 East Africa Swahili
1600 1700 15235 500 1234567 West Afica French
1700 1800 15235 500 1234567 West Afica English
1900 2200 3345 100 1234567 Southern Afr Portuguese/English
CRI
1500 1900 6100 100 1234567 Southern Afr English/Chinese
DW
0500 0530 9825 500 1234567 East Africa English
1400 1500 15410 250 1234567 East Africa Amharic
EDC
0630 0700 15660 250 1 3 5 East Africa Various
1205 1235 15140 250 12 6 East Africa Various
1300 1330 15325 250 1 3 5 East Africa Various
WYFR
1900 2100 3230 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
1900 2000 5930 250 1234567 East Africa Swahili
FEBA RADIO
1530 1700 12125 250 1234567 East Africa Amharic
1830 1900 7255 100 1234567 Central Africa French
HIRONDELLE FOUNDATION
0400 0600 11690 100 1234567 Central Africa Various [R. Okapi]
1600 1700 11890 100 1234567 West Africa French [R. Okapi]
IRIN RADIO [see comments below]
1730 1745 9665 100 1234567 Somalia Unknown
0600 0700 11830 250 1234567 West Africa Portuguese
0700 0800 15170 250 1234567 West Africa French
1100 1200 17525 250 1234567 Central Africa French
2000 2200 7160 250 1234567 Central Africa French
RADIO SONDER GRENSE
0000 0530 3320 100 1234567 N.Cape Afrikaans
0530 0800 7185 100 1234567 N.Cape Afrikaans
0800 1600 9650 100 1234567 N.Cape Afrikaans
1600 2400 3320 100 1234567 N.Cape Afrikaans
SA RADIO LEAGUE
0800 0900 7205 100 7 Southern Afr English
0800 0900 17570 250 7 East Africa English
1900 2000 3215 100 1 Southern Afr English
TWR
0330 0345 7215 250 1234567 Ethiopia Amharic
0600 0645 11640 500 12345 Nigeria English
0600 0615 11640 500 67 Nigeria English
1557 1627 9675 250 12345 Burundi Kirundi
1625 1655 9660 500 123457 Somalia Somali
1630 1800 9920 250 1234 Ethiopia Various
1645 1800 9920 250 5 Ethiopia Various
1645 1730 9920 250 6 Ethiopia Various
1645 1745 9920 250 7 Ethiopia Various
1657 1712 9660 500 12345 Sudan Juba
1718 1733 7265 250 1 34 6 Mozambique Yao
1718 1748 7265 250 2 5 7 Mozambique Yao
1830 1900 9510 500 12 4567 West Africa Fulfulde
1840 1925 9720 250 7 West Africa French
1840 1940 9720 250 12 4 West Africa French/Moore
1910 1940 9720 250 3 West Africa French/Moore
1925 1940 9720 250 5 West Africa Moore
VOA [new site for IBB, ex-Morocco, etc. --- WORLD OF RADIO 1401, gh]
1600 1630 11905 100 1234567 East Africa Kirundi
1700 1800 11760 100 1234567 Middle East Kurdish
1700 1730 11835 100 1234567 West Africa English
1800 2000 7150 100 1234567 West Africa Portuguese/French
1830 2000 9885 500 1234567 West Africa English
1900 2000 9695 250 1234567 Middle East Kurdish
2000 2030 7150 500 1234567 West Africa French
2030 2100 7150 250 1234567 West Africa Hausa
Day 1 = Monday, Day 2 = Tuesday etc.
(Via Kathy Otto, SENTECH via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, March 20,
dxldyg via Glenn Hauser, tidied up for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Interesting to see IRIN Radio in this list. This is the UN's
Integrated Regional Information Network, based in Nairobi. They have
had a radio production service for quite a while, but as far as I
know this just produced programmes and relied on other stations to
broadcast them. I think that this may be the first time they have
hired SW transmiter airtime themselves. See
http://www.irinnews.org/radio.aspx
(Chris Greenway, March 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7160, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, IRIN
Radio tentatively the one here via SENTECH on with good signal here in
French at 2145 with program change in French at 2145 (a very casual
chatty program all in French), change at 2200 with RFI ID from Paris,
then transmitter off or antenna redirected, with CRI from Urumqi heard
weakly on the frequency. Good readable signal on the AOR7030 until
transmitter off the air or realigning the antenna. JB mentioned not
having seen this one before; I was in the same boat. Very readable
signal here on Mar 23. SINPO 34334. Thanks JB for this tip. Appears to
be listed under a Radio France International entry in the Aoki data
base, broadcasting from Meyerton (Dan Henderson, MD, DXplorer Mar 23
via BC-DX via DXLD)
TDF-RFI Paris registered. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) For B-07 maybe
but see above via SENTECH still on 7160 for A-08 (gh, DXLD)
** SPAIN. ESPANHA - No novo período de emissões em ondas curtas, o
programa O Espanhol no Brasil, da Rádio Exterior da Espanha, será
levado ao ar em dois horários, ou seja, haverá a abertura de um novo
horário. Ele será transmitido entre 1800 e 1900, em 17595 kHz. Depois,
será reprisado, entre 2100 e 2200, pela mesma freqüência, sempre de
segundas a sextas-feiras. O Espanhol no Brasil é um programa bilíngüe
da REE. A jornalista brasileira Cyntia Floriani não é mais a
apresentadora do programa. Em seu lugar, fazem o segmento Víctor
Guerrero e Estela Viana (Célio Romais website, March 26 via DXLD)
** SUDAN [non]. New QSL received here: Miraya FM, 9825, received full
detailed e-mail confirmation from Katalin Mester in two weeks after a
couple of f/ups. E-mail: mesterk @ un.org Report was sent to
mirayasudan @ mirayafm.org Greetings! (Artur Fernández Llorella,
Catalonia, Spain, March 25, HCDX via DXLD)
Did they specify transmitter site, Slovakia? If not, it`s hardly
``full-detailed``! AFAIK, that`s top-secret (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** SYRIA. 782 | R. Syria 1, Tartus, MAR 26 0040 - bits of audio and
fat het against 783 Mauritania [q.v.]. Stronger on northeast-aimed
SuperLoop (despite more CFDR slop); Mauritania more in the clear on
southeast-aimed delta (Mark Connelly, Billerica, MA, USA (GC= 42.5332
N / 71.2205 W) (home) 24 km (15 miles) northwest of Boston, Drake R8A,
Quantum Phaser, SuperLoop, peak northeast / null southwest, 10 m
vertical by 16 m horizontal, base height 1.5 m, southwest termination
1000 ohms + Delta, peak southeast / null northwest, 10 m base center
to apex vertical distance by 20 m horizontal, base height 1.5 m,
northwest termination 1000 ohms, NRC-AM via DXLD)
** TURKEY. V. of Turkey announced their 2008y contest during Live from
Turkey on March 25, as heard on webcast [6050 broadcast at 1950]: this
essay writing contest is titled ``Why the Voice of Turkey?`` Tell us
about ourselves ---- are you pleased with our programming? Suggestions
to make it better? Satisfied? Maximum two pages [undefined]. Deadline
7/31/08 [postmark or receipt?]. There will be 8 winners of a 12-day
holiday in Turkey beginning this October. Send to VOT, P O Box 333,
06443 Yeneshehir, Ankara, Turkey, or englishdesk at trt.net.tr That`s
a paraphrase of the announcement which no doubt will be heard many
more times. IIRC, no one writing in English won last year (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. Re:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/news/newsid_7304000/7304552.stm
(via kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
¿Nueva frecuencia o últimos pataleos? La cosa es que BBC Mundo ha
estado durante una hora, entre 1200 y 1300 UT con tremenda señal por
9410, lo que hace suponer desde Guyana Francesa o Cypress Creek.
Después de la media hora estaban tocando "Baby Love" de The Supremes y
de inmediato, sin mantenimiento de por medio se remitieron el resto de
la hora a tocar música clásica sin presentación, como cosa de relleno
hasta cortar abruptamente a las 1300.
De inmediato, a las 1300 paso a la banda de 25m y encuentro BBC Mundo
en 11860 con señal algo disminuida pero sólo con tres minutos de
noticias. Entre 1303 y 1310 una constante advertencia en inglés de
"Esta es la BBC. No hay actualmente un servicio regular en este canal,
pero usted puede escuchar la BBC en inlgés y árabe durante 24 horas
vía satélite...etc.
Ni me asomé al web site de la BBC porque siempre esta desactualizado
como para verificar estos servicios. 73 (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica,
March 26, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I already pointed out that BBC would be on 9410; it`s WHRI, 182
degrees. Also listed for 12-13 only on 11860 via GUF, 305 degrees,
both M-F. As we know, no news happens on weekends. We need to discover
the SW frequencies BBC Mundo may be using for the other 3-minute
Spanish transmissions. Not exactly the most efficient use of
resources, to have to fill out the hour with music and loop
announcements that they have nothing to offer.
9410 does not appear yet on the online WHR frequency schedule. A
search on ``BBC`` of the WHR program schedule now gets
1200 - 1300 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Su,Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr,Sa BBC World Service
BBC World Service 9.660 Mhz
For Angel 2, language not specified, but that is old info presumably
substituting for what is really on 9410 now (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF
RADIO 1401, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. ACCUSATIONS AGAINST U.S. BROADCASTS TO IRAN HOLD UP GLASSMAN
CONFIRMATION?
"Radio Farda and its official U.S. counterpart, the Voice of America’s
Persian Service, have reportedly engaged in recent years in practices
that have raised questions about whose side they were on. Whistle-
blowers and independent monitors have repeatedly warned that these
agencies broadcast into Iran programming that actually advances not
the cause of freedom, but the agenda of the Iranian regime that
President Bush has correctly decried. Improvements have been made at
Radio Farda by Jeff Gedmin, the new and highly regarded head of
RFE/RL, but concerns about program content persist. Such concerns have
outraged Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, the ranking Republican on the
Homeland Security subcommittee charged with overseeing U.S.
international broadcasts. ... Sen. Coburn has put a hold on the
nomination of James Glassman, the current BBG chairman, to become what
amounts to America’s combatant commander in the War of Ideas." Frank
J. Gaffney Jr., Townhall.com, 24 March 2008 (kimandrewelliott.com via
DXLD)
Mr. Glassman was nominated to succeed Karen Hughes as under secretary
of State for public diplomacy. Posted: 26 Mar 2008 (Kim Andrew
Elliott, ibid.)
** U S A. U.S. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING NEEDS THE "CORRECT MEDIA
MIX"
Vince Nowicki, director of engineering at the International
Broadcasting Bureau, responds to the 21 February Radio World article
by Jack Quinn and Nick Olguin decrying the closing of IBB shortwave
sites at Kavala, Playa de Pals, etc.
http://oregonguythinks.blogspot.com/2008/02/save-kavala.html
[It`s not clear when this was originally written, titled ``Save
Kavala``, rather than ``Save Briech`` --- gh]
He writes that their commentary "is out of step with the realities of
today’s sophisticated audience and the strategic media markets for
U.S. international broadcasting. ... Nostalgia for Cold War methods
does not get the job done in the new millennium. ... Using the correct
media mix — be it Internet, TV, AM, FM or shortwave radio — preferred
by the audience, and not simply grasping on to old approaches, is the
only way we can reach today’s worldwide audience." Radio World, 26
March 2008. http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0044/t.12101.html
Also in the same issue of Radio World, but not available online, is a
letter from VOA union president Tim Shamble disagreeing with Quinn and
Olguin's suggestion that IBB shortwave sites be privatized. Also, a
feature about Jeff White, co-founder and general manager of WRMI,
Radio Miami International, a private shortwave station. Posted: 26 Mar
2008 (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
** U S A. KTBN closedown plans --- Dear Mr Miller, I understand that
your shortwave station KTBN will be closing down permanently
Saturday night at 7 pm (MDT). Can you confirm?
We wonder if there will be any special announcements or programming
mentioning the closure, and if so, when?
You will probably be getting more QSL requests than usual as people
realize that time is running out. Hope you will still fulfill those
which arrive afterwards.
Also wonder what will become of the Salt Lake facility. Do you plan to
keep it in working order for sale to some other broadcaster? Thanks,
(Glenn Hauser, World of Radio to Ben Miller, TBN, March 25, via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn, The final day of transmission will be March 31 and we will sign
off at midnight [PDT? MDT? March 31 = Monday, so at the end of local
Monday? ---gh]. No special announcements will be made. The equipment
will be given to an undesignated party and the property where the
station is located is currently on the market. Sincerely,
(Ben Miller, Vice President, Engineering
Trinity Broadcasting Network, Inc.
2442 Michelle Dr.
Tustin, CA 92780
Tel (714) 665-2145 Fax (714) 730-0661
E-mail: bmiller @ tbn.org Website: http://www.tbn.org March 25,
WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Hi Tom, I wonder if you can update us on the status of the
KTMI shortwave CP in Oregon. They have been registering schedules for
several years now without any sign of activity, and I wonder if they
are really making any progress in building the facility? Thanks,
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO, to Tom Lucey, FCC, via DXLD)
Hi Glen[n], KTMI's Construction Permit expires October 3, 2008. It is
our understanding that they have been examining the upcoming seasonal
schedule for additional suitable frequencies. We are waiting to hear
from them by October 3 concerning the completion of the construction.
Best regards, (Tom Lucey, FCC, March 25, WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re: Allan says Brother Scare will be at those hours [0430-
0730 UT] EXCEPT for Tom & Darryl and World of Radio. The switch from
17495 to 15420 is still scheduled for April 1. Glenn
Well, as of last Saturday night (UT Sunday AM) B.S. was on *instead*
of Tom & Darryl when I tuned in.
Not much of a loss, tho -- T&D have been so completely uninteresting
and poorly done in recent months that they weren't worth listening to.
When they had someone reading news items that might have been
worthwhile, the reader mis-pronounced so many words and had such poor
delivery that it was more irritating than informative.
What always infuriated me about that program was that, as it just
started being aired on WBCQ, you could hear the tail end of a much-
better-produced and much-more-interesting program that preceded it.
Why on Earth didn't these people air THAT program over WBCQ, instead
of the rambling babble of T&D? What was the purpose of the T&D program
in the first place, and why was it thought to be worthy of a SW relay?
I gathered that this was part of some sort of satellite-relay talk
network, aimed at people who had the big old-style satellite dishes.
That's a pretty limited audience, and I'd think it would be constantly
dwindling. Maybe it would be far more worthwhile if some of the SW
pirates would use that as their audio source, instead of the junk
music and babble they seem to waste their signals on. 73, (Will
Martin, MO, March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
SCOTLAND
** U S A. Dear Glenn, Just a note: on April 1st we are switching to
15420 and dropping 17495. May take a few days to tune up the array. We
have 6 feet of snow up here, the most I've seen in 37 years of living
in northern Maine. Very hard winter. Global warming-bah! (Allan
Weiner, WBCQ, March 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Allan, And will World of Radio then be aired on 15420, Wednesdays at 7
pm? 17495 has not been holding up long enough for me to hear it there.
Will 15420 also be C/USB or C/LSB? I certainly don`t envy your snow.
In fact any snow here is too much (Glenn to Allan, via DXLD)
Yes, schedule is the same. CUSB is the same also. Cheers, (Allan
Weiner, WBCQ, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) You mean CLSB? (gh)
5110, WBCQ Monticello ME (presumed); 2231-2239+, 24-Mar; 70s rock
tunes. SIO= 4+54+ Actually on 5110.0! Per a posting on the Free Radio
Net, the station recently replaced a "bad xtal" (Harold Frodge, MI,
Cumbre DX via DXLD) had varied up to 5111, even 5112 (gh, DXLD)
** U S A [non]. CVC New frequencies A-08 from Calera de Tango, Chile:
México 0100-0400 11970
N/SAm 0100-0800 11665, 0800-1200 5960, 1200-0100 17680
Brazil 0000-0400 11745, 0400-1100 6110, 1100-2400 15410
S Cone 2300-1300 6070, 1300-2300 9635
Bz DRM 1800-2000 17635-17640-17645
(via Célio Romais, RS, March 26, rearranged from a spreadsheet by
Glenn Hauser for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Not new enough --- all night on 6070 to mess up CFRX when it returns.
At least they are off 6185, XEPPM`s frequency (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. FCC RULES "DEAD AIR" DOESN'T REQUIRE STATION ID
The FCC today ruled that stations broadcasting "dead air" - with the
transmitter on but "nobody talking" - are not required to run station
identification announcements.
The decision involves WMCU-89.7 (now WKCP) in Miami. For many years
WMCU was a religious station. Last fall, WMCU's owners decided to sell
the station to American Public Media; the latter group flipped WMCU to
a classical-music outlet. (replacing commercial station WTMI-93.1
which had switched to dance music, then rock, a few years back) Fans
of the Christian music on WMCU filed objections to the sale of the
station.
The relevant objection involved FCC regulation 73.1201, which requires
stations to identify themselves with call letters and city-of-license
once an hour. The complaints stated that for three weeks last October,
(before Public Media acquired it) WMCU broadcast "dead air" - silence
- with no identification announcements - in violation of 73.1201.
The station admitted to the broadcasts. However, they argued that the
station was silent - was not on the air - and that nothing in the
regulations required a silent station to identify itself.
Usually, the term "silent" has meant the station is off the air
entirely - the transmitter is turned off, no signal at all is being
broadcast. WMCU argues otherwise - that if no program is being
broadcast, the station is silent.
The FCC bought it. They agreed that WMCU was officially off the air
(even though the carrier was still being transmitted at 100,000 watts
- for the purpose of carrying a subcarrier signal) and thus didn't
need to ID.
Strange. Original FCC document:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-556A1.pdf
(Doug Smith, American Bandscan blog March 12 via DXLD)
** U S A. THE POINT OF FAILURE CAUSING THE KFI TOWER TO COLLAPSE
According to preliminary information, one need look no further than
the slant bar with the turnbuckle that ran between ground level and
the one-and-only elevated guy wire anchor station at KFI's transmitter
site to find the point of failure that caused the latest KFI tower to
topple. The slant bar is designed to take virtually all the tension of
the guy wires at that location, and if the slant bar fails, the tower
topples. Simple as that.
To see the slant bar before it failed, click on http://www.k6rix.com/
then click on the second photo. Wait while a giant set of "before the
failure" photos is downloaded. Once downloaded, watch the center
column of pictures and scroll down half way through the thumbnails
until you spot the elevated guy station: a pole perhaps 20 feet tall
with an extension ladder leaning up against it. Note the slant bar
running down and to the right. The three photos in the next row show
the slant bar detail and the turnbuckle installed in the middle of the
bar. The failure occurred at the low end of the turnbuckle, but the
turnbuckle itself wasn't necessarily at fault.
Now return to http://www.k6rix.com/ and click on the first picture.
Wait while a giant set of "after the failure" pictures is downloaded.
The first picture shows the KFI tower in the act of falling over,
while the next two photos show the top portion of the slant bar and
the turnbuckle where -- hey -- the bottom slant bar is missing. (Click
on any of the thumbnails for an enlargement.)
It appears that the threads in the turnbuckle and the threads on the
lower slant bar stripped when the third level of guy wires were being
tensioned. So, the upper slant bar assembly (with the turnbuckle in
tow) was yanked toward the tower by the guy wire tension, ripping the
elevated guy station pole off its foundation. Then all of those
components were drug [sic] across the parking lot by the guy wires
connected to the falling tower. Anything that got in the way got swept
up or knocked over. Note the bunched-up chain link fence in the photo.
That was probably the fence that had surrounded the elevated guy
station.
We don't yet know what caused the lower slant bar and turnbuckle to
separate. Was the steel too soft in one or both components? Were the
thread sizes off, like fitting an 8-32 machine screw in a 10-32 nut?
Many thanks to Dino, K6RIX, for posting these fascinating photos and
helping us understand the mechanisms in this disaster (THE CGC
COMMUNICATOR #833, March 26, 2008, Robert F. Gonsett, W6VR, Editor,
via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DXLD)
** VENEZUELA. Finally managed to hear the YVTO spur on 5100, March 26
at 0617-0620, definite time pips; Spanish announcements hard to make
out but just before 0620, heard check ending in ``50 minutos`` so has
to be Venezuela. There was also intermittent RTTY interfering. Not
heard on 5000 or 4900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. Änderung der Frequenz von VOV
From: phong tieng duc ban doi ngoai
Liebe Hörerinnen und Hörer, Wir, die deutsche Redaktion von VOV,
hätten gern Ihnen mitteilen. Unser deutsch-sprachiges Programm wird ab
30. März von 19 Uhr 30 bis 20 Uhr 30 UTC auf der Frequenz 9430 kHz
gesendet wird.
Wir bedanken uns für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit und hoffen auf Ihre neue
Empfangsberichte. Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Hanoi, Deutsche
Redaktion (via Helmut Joeres, WWDXC Mar 26, via Michael Bethge via
Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Viz.:
VOV relays --- Sackville, Skelton, Moosbrunn
6175 0100 0430 6,10N SAC 250 212 G VOV MER EnVnSpEnSp
6175 0430 0530 2,6 SAC 250 240 G VOV MER Vn
9430 1930 2030 27,28 SKN 300 90 G VOV MER German
9725 1700 1900 27,28W MOS 100 300 AUT VOV MER EnVnFr
9725 1900 1930 29 SKN 300 70 G VOV MER Ru
11840 2030 2130 28S SKN 300 110 G VOV MER Vn
(Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA [and non]. The Voice Africa, which never did anything with
its original website, http://www.voiceafrica.org/ based in RSA, has
decided it needs a new one: http://www.1africa.tv/ and it seems is
renamed 1-Africa. But still no program schedule, no live streaming;
everything is ``coming soon``. Would someone please explain also, why
a radio station, CVC, would go out of its way to have a domain in .tv?
(Glenn Hauser, March 26, WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. New QSL received here: Voice of the People, 11610,
received non detailed e-mail confirmation from John Masuku in 3 days.
E-mail: voxpopzim @ yahoo.co.uk Website: http://www.radiovop.com
Greetings! (Artur Fernández Llorella, Catalonia, Spain, March 25, HCDX
via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. Checked 2980 as reported by the Albertans, March 25
around 0550, and occasionally traces of music surfaced above the high
local noise level; that`s all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COMMENTARY
++++++++++
THOUGHTS ABOUT SHORTWAVE RADIO
I have trouble sleeping through the night these days (it’s normal for
late Stage IV cancer patients). I often find myself awake two or three
times during the night, sometimes for more than an hour. Until I get
sleepy again, I grab the Eton E5 portable shortwave radio I keep on my
nightstand, put on headphones so I won’t disturb Di, and tune around
to see what I can hear.
Why do I do that instead of, for example, listening to my iPod?
Since 1963, I’ve been obsessed with snagging all manner of “non-
standard” radio signals. Those include AM and FM broadcast stations
from hundreds and thousands of miles away, shortwave broadcasts from
foreign countries, communications from ships and airplanes traveling
around the globe, military transmissions, ham radio operators --- if
it can be tuned on a shortwave radio receiver, I want to hear it. . .
http://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/thoughts-about-shortwave-radio.html
(Harry Helms blog via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: see BELGIUM [non]; DENMARK LW; USA [non] CVC
++++++++++++++++++++ IBOC: see BRAZIL
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
ARNIE CORO´S EXCLUSIVE AND NOT COPYRIGHTED HF PLUS LOW BAND VHF
PROPAGATION UPDATE AND FORECAST
Two new sunspot groups formed on the east limb of the Sun. The solar
flux has moved up to near 80 and will go past the 80 magic solar flux
number very soon. Therefore we could see a moderate boost in the MUF
of the F2 layer and some short term improvement of propagation
conditions on ham radio bands 20, 17, 15 and 12 meters and shortwave
broadcast bands 22, 17, 13 and 11 meters. DX openings on the 17, 15,
12 and 10 meters amateur bands (Arnie Coro, CO2KK, RHC DXers Unlimited
March 25, DXLD)
The geomagnetic field was at quiet levels on 17 March as a coronal
hole high speed stream rotated out of geoeffective position.
Throughout the remainder of the summary period activity levels were
at mostly quiet levels, although there were several intervals of
unsettled to active conditions due to sustained southward IMF Bz over
several hours. ACE solar wind speeds reached a maximum of 576 km/s on
20 March at 1447 UTC, and a minimum of 405 km/s on 22 March at 0759
UTC. The IMF Bz varied between + 6 nT during the period.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 26 MARCH - 21 APRIL 2008
Solar activity is expected to be low to moderate. At the time of
writing there was a low-level M-class flare in progress from Region
989. This region remains capable of producing M-class activity.
Regions 987 and 988 are also capable of producing C-class flares, and
perhaps an isolated M-class flare. On 08 April when Region 989 departs
the visible solar disk activity levels should decline to very low
levels. Activity levels are expected to increase again to very low to
low levels when Region 987 rotates back onto the visible solar disk on
19 April.
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 most of the period. However, the
flux may drop to normal levels on 26 March, 02, 05, and 17 - 20 April.
The geomagnetic field is expected to be at unsettled to minor storm
levels on 26 - 28 March due to a favorably positioned coronal hole
high speed stream. Activity levels should decline to quiet to
unsettled levels on 29 - 31 March as the high speed stream rotates
out of a geoeffective position. 01 - 03 April a mostly quiet
geomagnetic field is expected. On 04 - 11 April a coronal hole high
speed stream is expected to influence the geomagnetic field bringing
mostly unsettled to active conditions. For the remainder of the
period predominately quiet conditions are expected.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Mar 25 2354 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 2008 Mar 25
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Mar 26 85 20 4
2008 Mar 27 90 25 5
2008 Mar 28 90 15 3
2008 Mar 29 90 10 3
2008 Mar 30 90 10 3
2008 Mar 31 90 10 3
2008 Apr 01 90 8 3
2008 Apr 02 90 5 2
2008 Apr 03 90 5 2
2008 Apr 04 85 15 3
2008 Apr 05 85 25 5
2008 Apr 06 80 15 3
2008 Apr 07 80 10 3
2008 Apr 08 75 15 3
2008 Apr 09 70 15 3
2008 Apr 10 70 12 3
2008 Apr 11 70 10 3
2008 Apr 12 70 5 2
2008 Apr 13 70 5 2
2008 Apr 14 70 8 3
2008 Apr 15 70 5 2
2008 Apr 16 70 5 2
2008 Apr 17 70 5 2
2008 Apr 18 70 5 2
2008 Apr 19 75 5 2
2008 Apr 20 80 5 2
2008 Apr 21 85 5 2
(SWPC March 25 via WORLD OF RADIO 1401, DXLD)
Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 March
follow. Solar flux 89 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitude K-
index at 1200 UTC on 26 March was 4 (59 nT). Space weather for the
past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level
occurred. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred. Space
weather for the next 24 hours is expected to be minor. Geomagnetic
storms reaching the G1 level are expected. Radio blackouts reaching
the R1 level are expected
Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 March follow. Solar flux 89 and mid-
latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitude K-index at 1500 UTC on 26 March
was 5 (100 nT). Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred. Space weather for the
next 24 hours is expected to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the
G1 level are expected. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are
expected.
Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 March follow. Solar flux 89 and mid-
latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 26 March
was 4 (57 nT). Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. Radio blackouts
reaching the R1 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is
expected to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are
expected. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are expected.
Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 March follow. Solar flux 82 and
estimated mid-latitude A-Index 24. The mid-latitude K-index at 2100
UTC on 26 March was 4 (51 nT). Space weather for the past 24 hours has
been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. Space
weather for the next 24 hours is expected to be minor. Geomagnetic
storms reaching the G1 level are expected. Radio blackouts reaching
the R1 level are expected.
Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 March follow. Solar flux 82 and mid-
latitude A-index 26. The mid-latitude K-index at 0000 UTC on 27 March
was 4 (41 nT). Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. Space weather for
the next 24 hours is expected to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching
the G1 level are expected. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are
expected (SWPC via DXLD)
"THE SUN AWAKENS IN THE EARLY DAWN OF SUNSPOT CYCLE 24"
Bulletin from Tomas Hood, NW7US:
During the week of March 24, the Sun became quite active. This, after
many months of long stretches of quiet, sunspot-less days. March 25
images of the sun revealed a train of sunspots, NOAA AR 0987 (a beta
configuration), 0988 (a beta configuration), and 0989 (an alpha
configuration). For many months prior, there would be an occasional
sunspot, if any at all. These three sunspots indicate a sun that is
waking up; there was even a strong M1-class solar flare on March 25,
the first such strong flare in a long period of quiet (the last such
flare was mid-2007).
The M1.7 magnitude flare originated in sunspot 0989, which was on the
very edge of the sun, not facing us. As this sunspot group rotates
into what is known as "geo-effective" position, it may well cause
intense radio blackouts and storms, while also strengthening the
ionosphere, in turn creating great DX opportunities on higher HF
frequencies during non-radio blackout periods. Radio blackouts occur
during solar flares.
On the same day, March 25, the solar flux (10.7-cm flux index) rose
from the low 70's to the high of 89 (as of the time this is being
written), and the flare caused minor storming and a radio blackout on
HF. This is a great trend for those interested in using the high
frequencies for radio communications. As we now move away from
sunspot cycle minimum to the peak of cycle 24, sometime in the next
three to five years, activity will increase. With this increase in
activity will come better HF propagation on the higher portions of HF,
while also bringing an increase in radio blackouts and geomagnetic
storminess that is part of an active cycle.
We're in for the exciting start of a new solar cycle! Some forecasters
speculate that this solar cycle will not be too active. I still hold
to one early forecast that speculates that the cycle may be a very
active and exciting one. Time will tell!
(c) Tomas Hood, NW7US. Contributing editor: CQ Magazine, CQ VHF,
Popular Communications (Hood, swl at qth.net via DXLD)
Re New Sunspot Cycle 24: The Sun Awakens
[later:] A point of clarification:
While these three sunspots "are cycle 23 spots based on their
polarities", never-the-less, my bulletin does not state that these
sunspots are actually cycle 24 spots. Rather, I am pointing to the new
level of activity as a possible "waking up" of the sun after a long
period of quiet. And, that this could signal the gradual increase of
solar activity expected of a newly starting cycle.
Experts are not yet totally agreeing on the statistical end of cycle
23 - but are speculating that February 2008 was the statistical end.
Whether or not these sunspots are oriented correctly to belong to a
new cycle is not, in my opinion, as "important" to a radio operator as
is the actual 10.7-cm flux levels, and the occurrence of space weather
(flares, sunspots, and so forth). No one knows, yet, the certain end
and start points. We'll know when we can look back at the data.
Anyhow - some people are purists. I'm being nudged in my discussions
about the orientation of these spots. They are not reversed. So, they
must not be cycle 24's. However, that was not my point, and I still
hold that, in terms of the statistical end point (probably in Feb
2008), this new level is part of the sun's waking moments. Take a look
at the forecasted Flux levels for the next few days. 95!!!
That's great for a radio operator on HF. Regardless of the orientation
of the sunspots. And yes, we probably will see some very quiet points
again. I'll venture, though, that they will be shorter and shorter as
we move farther into 2008 (NW7US, Tomas Hood, March 26, HCDX via DXLD)
About the New Sunspots: My point of view. Sure, they are most
welcome!!! And YES, they are too close to the solar equator to
¨belong¨ to cycle 24, and I think that one must remember that NOT ALL
sunspots of a cycle have the same magnetic polarity, and also that new
cycle spots typically appear at higher solar latitudes.
But let´s leave those subtle details to the helioscientists, as the
gurus that study our nearest star like to be called, and proceed like
good radio enthusiasts to start tuning all of our HF equipment, remove
the poor contacts from the higher frequency antennas and start talking
on at least 17 and 15 meters more often, although the nice combination
of spring equinox and solar flux of more than 90 units may certainly
bring up nice openings on the little used 12 meters band and the much
more popular 10 meters, 1.7 megaHertz wide ITU assignment to the
amateur radio service and the satellite amateur radio service.
Just forget about the polarity of the three sunspot active regions and
move away from the debate regarding if they belong to one cycle or the
other, and look for CO2KK on 10 meters, amigos !!! (Arnie Coro, March
26, ODXA yg via DXLD) ###