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Thanks, Glenn NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1425 Fri 0800 WRMI 9955 Fri 1930 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290 Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 Fri 2300 WBCQ 5110-CUSB Area 51 [NEW] Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sat 2000 WRMI 9955 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415 [temporary, heard Sept 1, but Sept 8, 15?] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** ABKHAZIA. Re 8-100: Today heard with R. Rossii programming from around 1550 until s/off at 1612 on 9494.75 kHz. R. Rossii ID's at 1559 and 1611. At 1615 the other transmitter appeared on 9495.57, slowly drifting to 9495.56 kHz. It had extra carriers on ±100 and 200 Hz causing hum, which wasn't present with the earlier transmission. The latter transmission sounded like a cultural programme, but was not // 261 kHz R. Rossii. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Sept 10, HCDX via DXLD) Sept 10th mornings 9495.55 at 0445 UT, then 9494.75 at 0711 UT check, then wandered to 9495.35 at 0735 and 9495.55 at 0750 UT. Sept 10th afternoon IS at 1359-1400 UT, female nx reader, on 9494.75. Sept 11th mornings 9495.55 at 0757 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 9/10/11 via DXLD) Abkhazia Radio on 9494.75 --- Heard the Abkhazia Radio (tent.) with a very varying signal on Sept 10, 2008, starting at 1530 UT. Russian program, no ID caught due to QSB, but most likely Abkhazia according to a tip from Jorma Mantyla. I "centered" the frequency 9494.748 by using USB and LSB and listening to the "whining" (9494.8v says PWBR). 73 de (Matti Ponkamo, Naantali, Finland (KP10AK18), OH1GPU - Icom IC- 718, Drake R4-C, Kenwood TH-F7, 20m Dipole, dxing.info via DXLD) History frequency, 9489.7 Radio Abkhazia, nice partial/data email QSL in 4 days for an e-mail follow/up of a 1998 report sent in Russian. E- mail reply was also in Russian, and came from <¥onaia Caaecaa at Radio Abkhazia> {illegible, wb.} Most prized after 10 f/ups over the past 10 years. VIC numbers now at 246! (Dan Henderson, USA, DXplorer Sept 9 via BCDX via DXLD) History of 2001: v9494.8 R. Abkhazia, with two full-data ppcs for June and Oct receptions in 1998. Tried a number of routes (registered direct, via Russian DX friend of JB's, via contact of George Maroti's, and even attached the report to a R. Georgia report to Tbilisi), so not sure what worked. No V/S on cards, but ltr in presumed Abkhazian had signature and printed name on bottom as Zurab Argun, not Yury Kutarba. I can't read what looks like a postal address in the middle of the letter (there is a Russian co-worker I will ask Monday), but the postal code for Sochi, Russia is 354 000 and these numbers, also separated, begin the address in the letter (John Sgrulletta, NY, Numero Uno Feb 25, 2001, ibid.) ** ABKHAZIA [non?]. Abkhazia 9494.75 at 1848??? Is this station the one I am hearing now by any chance? Or is it Radio Rossi? Passport shows "Georgia". It has a fair signal to Puerto Rico with strong noise. Signal is going up and down slowly. Due to language barrier I can not understand what is being said but transmission is on Russian language. It`s 18:51 UT, 2:51 local time in San Juan. I am using a Kenwood TS-570S into my Ham 3 element yagi (Hector Perez-Diaz, PR, NP4FW, Sept 10, HCDX via DXLD) Luigi (not Hector?), If it was really on 9494.75 that certainly points to Abkhazia, but WYFR in Russian via Uzbekistan is scheduled on 9495. 9495 1700-1900 USA WYFR Family Radio R EEu /UZB Suggest you refer to frequently updated online schedules such as EiBi: http://www.eibispace.de/dx/freq-a08.txt rather than Passport which is AT LEAST a year out of date. You might have heard a Family Radio ID or theme music, interval signal by 1900. 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) ** ANTARCTICA. ANTARTIDA, 15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1902-1907, 09-09, locutor, identificación en varios idiomas, "Radio Arcángel San Gabriel", locutora: "Base Esperanza", canciones. Señal débil y con fuerte desvanecimiento. 24212. 15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1902-1930, 10-09, locutor, identificación, locutora: comentarios: "A principios de la década de los 90". A las 1925 pronóstico del tiempo en Base Esperanza por locutora: "presión atmosférica ..., parcialmente nublado, máxima prevista para hoy ... grados, mínima, -5 grados" luego canciones. Señal débil y con desvanecimiento. 24222 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, QTH: Lugo (43º00.626'N-7º33.065'W), Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600G, Antena de cable, 8 metros, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LRA36, weer goed tenemen op 15476.030, 1923 UT. Met Spanish talks by female +music. Gr (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, Sept 10, bdx mailing list via DXLD) ** ASIA. Didn`t have time to log details, but tnx to lower local line noise level, and not too much T-storm activity nearby, a scan of 60m Sept 10 at 1225 found weak signals audible from the usual suspects in North Korea, China, and Indonesia: 4450, 4460, 4750, 4790, 4830, 4870, 4900, 4920, 5030, 5050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Sept 10 at 1235 I was hearing lengthy marine weather forecasts extending a few days futurely, on 6507-SSB. Hard to catch geographical details, except for St. Helen`s Point, which a Google search immediately pins on Tasmania. Had SSB 2-way QRM on the high side. Klingenfuss 2002 SW Guide shows five Strines on 6507: VID Darwin, VIM Melbourne, VIP Perth, VIS Sydney, VIT Townsville. I suppose by proximity VIM is most likely. Perhaps they are on a rotating schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) How about VMC Charleville Qld? A regular here in Finland. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Jari is certainly correct, it's VMC. You might check for // 8176 (USB). Recently both VMC and VMW have had very good reception (Ron Howard, CA, ibid.) As he previously posted: AUSTRALIA. 6230 (USB), VMW (Australia Weather West), *1400-1418*, June 20, at 1355 short announcement (full ID and frequencies for VMW: 4149, 6230, 8113, 12363 and 16528 and also for VMC: 2201, 4426, 6507, 8176, 12365 and 16546), ToH marine weather conditions and forecast, gives wind conditions (knots) and pressure (hectopascals), almost good reception, // 8113 USB (fair). Website: http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/marine_weather_radio.shtml 6507 (USB), VMC (Australia Weather East), *1400-1420*, June 20, marine weather conditions and forecast, gale warnings for Tasmania, almost good reception, // 8176 USB (fair), stayed on longer than VMW (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oh yes, those stations were apparently consolidated into VMC from Queensland and VMW from WA. Here`s a notice I found dated July 1, 2002: http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/safety/marine/marine_equipment/radio_services.asp Current schedule via Ron`s link have times in CST, which I can only assume means UT +9.5; how inconvenient. The broadcast I heard at 1230+ UT = 2200 CST, which chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re my previous report of marine weather for Tasmania on 6507-SSB at 1235: Jari Savolainen and Ron Howard point out that it`s now VMC in Queensland; see schedules at http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/marine_weather_radio.shtml I believe all the other Australian stations I mentioned from the 2002 listings were replaced by only two stations, VMC and VMW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. Another one bites the dust --- OE1, or Ö1 if you’re true to the German language, will be ending its Report From Austria English language service later this year. It isn’t clear if the service will end at the B-08 schedule change or on December 31st. It had been announced in March 2008 by BBC Monitoring that the OE1 service was slated to be restructured. This is perhaps five years after Radio Austria International was closed down (as a separate service), with the English and German international service folded into the domestic OE1 network. This is unfortunate, as Report From Austria had done a good job adapting to changing delivery platforms, making its stories available via on-demand streaming audio and podcast. The service could be considered sparse, but nonetheless provided a window to south central Europe. No word if Insight Central Europe, the multi-country weekly offering that counted OE1 among its contributing broadcasters, would be directly affected by the closure. If you want to listen to Report From Austria via shortwave before it closes down, best Tuesday-Saturday times include 0114-0129, targeting Central North America, and 0144-0159 to Eastern North America. UTC Sundays and Mondays feature a Week In Review edition, airing 0105-0128 to Central North America, and 0135-0159 to Eastern North America. 73 DE (Richard Cuff, Easy Listening, Sept NASWA Journal via DXLD) Insight Central Europe has already been canceled, as Media Network recently reported (gh, DXLD) Austria anuncia cese emisiones en inglés por SW el 1 de enero http://www.bnr.bg/RadioBulgaria/Emission_Spanish/Theme_Espacio_diexista/Material/8.9.htm Radio Austria ha anunciado que a partir del 1 de enero de 2009 suspenderá sus emisiones en idioma inglés en onda corta pero que se mantendrán las transmitidas en alemán. La emisora fue captada en Sofía a las 1600 horas con noticiero en alemán en la frecuencia de 6155 kilohercios de onda corta y la de 1476 kilohercios de onda media. (Rumen Pankov, Versión en español de Mijail Mijailov, R. Bulgaria DX via Jose Miguel Romero, dxldyg via DXLD) Veremos pues lo que ocurre con la emisión de cinco minutos en español. 73 JMR (José Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I`m not sure if this is really news, as items on the RB DX program tend to ``gain something`` in translation (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. R Virgen de Remedios back to 4111 once again! 4111, R Virgen de Remedios, Tupiza. September 10, Spanish, 2258 OM talks, instrumental music, OM mentioning "R Virgen de Remedios", "...transmitimos la misa que se transmite de la iglesia de la Candelaria...", 2300 bells ringing, OM talks till 2304. 23222 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Rádio Nacional da Amazônia fora do ar! --- Já faz 2 dias que a RNA não é captada aqui na Grande Porto Alegre em 11780 KHZ. Alguém saberia dizer o que houve? (QRA: Édison Bocorny Jr., QTH: Novo Hamburgo - RS, Sept 9, radioescutas yg via DXLD) 11780, R. Nacional da Amazónia, 2329, Sept 9, singing "Brazil" jingle, Radio Nacional IDs, fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RNA, 11780 was reported from Brasil to have been missing at least a couple days. Maybe, but regularly audible here, such as Sept 11 at 1857 in Portuguese, weaker than and badly squeezed between DGS Anguilla 11775 and WHRI 11785 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CHU plans to move from 7335 to 7850 with an upgrade ``this summer`` but only one sesquiweek is left to meet that goal. Still on 7335 as usual at 2142 check Sept 10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. On September 8, 2008 I tuned to 6070 kHz. at 1611 and heard CFRB's shortwave relay station back on the air. Equip.: a NRD-545 and my HVU-8 outside antenna. I tuned out at 1647. SINPO all 5's (John Davis, location unknown, Sept 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The het seems to be gone, or at least subsonic. The Palstar R30A has great low frequency audio response when fed into a good external speaker and I didn't hear a rumble or a flutter. Or see a woofer cone flap. Drake R8s are good for this too. But, a little too hissy when trying to hear a background signal. Chile is very dominant tonight, but I heard a CFRB type voice in the background which seemed to match the CFRB side of the CFRB/WINS battle for 1010 that I was listening to on the Icom R71A while rolling volume pots up and down for comparison purposes (Phil Rafuse, PEI, 0314 UT Sept 10, ABDX via DXLD) On the sixth day after reactivation, CFRX frequency adjusted much closer to 6070.0 after starting out around 6069.85v. Sept 10 at 1218 it had a subaudible heterodyne of approximately 6 Hz against presumed remnants of CVC Chile. CFRX continued to weaken, but carrier without the SAH still detectable at 1421, 1507 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Folks. I was at the CFRB site this morning to see Ian on his usual Tuesday maintenance visit and took a look at the new shortwave transmitter in operation. Everything seems to be humming along well. One thing I noticed, and it was mentioned in a very recent reception report, was that CFRX wasn't dead-on 6070 kHz but off by about 100 Hz or so. Ian got out his trusty frequency counter and sure enough, it was off by 120 Hz. He got into the transmitter later in the afternoon and managed to tweek it to 6070. So for the purists out there, it should be pretty much on frequency now. I only wish I could hear it better here in Burlington, Ontario, which is about 20 miles south-west from the site. Future projects included straightening the antenna a little --- it's on a slight tilt, adding an ID and waiting for Industry Canada to 'type-approve' everything. Now you can enjoy the programming again. Cheers for now (Steve Canney, VA3SC & VE3DUQ, VA3ODX UHF Repeater (442.225 MHz), CFRB/CFRX QSL Manager (17 years), Sept 10, CFRX yg via DXLD) Steve - I'm glad to hear that CFRX is now on frequency - the het caused by being a bit off frequency was really quite annoying. You mentioned about the Industry Canada type approval. Is CFRX running at the full 1 kW, or is it running at lower power while waiting for the type approval? I'm assuming that Industry Canada type approval relates to the new transmitter, as it is, as I understand it, a MW transmitter modified by the manufacturer for SW. 73 (Phil VY2PR Rafuse, PEI, ibid.) I agree about the 'het' issue and this should help. Yes, it`s sitting at 1,000 watts right now. It is indeed a modified MW transmitter and apparently it`s the first time this company has ever converted one of their MW transmitters to shortwave. I don't know a lot about 'type approval procedures' but I would assume it`s a matter of a rep coming out from Industry Canada and doing the appropriate testing to make sure the tx meets all required specs for standards set here in Canada. In the mean time, its present operation is considered being in 'test mode' until that's done. I took a few pictures today as well so I'll have to download those when I get a chance. Just a reminder, for program information, always check http://www.cfrb.com for the latest news and information (Steve Canney, ibid.) ** CANADA [and non]. CFRX check Sept 11: at 1111, CVC Chile with fast SAH, estimated 10 Hz, likely caused by CFRX. At 1218, Japanese was heard on 6070, again with a fast SAH from CFRX. That would be V. of Korea, which is in Japanese at 109 degrees from 0900 to 1250 or so, additional significant QRM to CFRX, indeed blockage, in C&W NAm during those hours. My previous chex of 6070 a few minutes before 1300 had missed it, when CVC was presumably still traceable before it closed. A closer look at all the other known inhabitants of 6070, which could bother CFRX. Of course, those in the local daytime are less likely to be a problem, but increasingly so as winter comes on, especially in northern Ontario, presumably the prime target of CFRX. This info is derived from EiBi, Aoki, PWBR, WRTH, HFCC, some of which is contradictory: 0200-0100 Belarusian R., Brest, DS, 5 kW; winter 0300-0200 [PWBR] 0300-2100 Belaruskoye Radio 1, with Brest program M-F 15-16 [EiBi] 0600-0900 ELWA Liberia, 1 kW [DSWCI says 0530-0800] 0700-1230 RRI Jayapura, 50 kW [presumably inactive; see also 2100] 0900-1250 V of Korea, Japanese, 125 kW, 109 degrees; 1050-1100 break 1100-1230 R. Thailand, 10 kW ND, SE Asian languages [unconfirmed? This used to be a domestic service relay; PWBR says winter only, 1100-1245 from Pathum Thani site] 1330-1400 R. Rossii, Samara, Russia site, 250 kW, 58 degrees, B-season 1400-1430 FEBC Philippines, 100 kW to SE Asia, Mon/Wed-Sat; winter [PWBR]. Four Vietnamese tribal languages [EiBi] 1400-1700 V. of Russia, Novosibirsk, 500 kW, 180 degrees, S Asian languages until 1600 English 1500-1700 TWR Swaziland, 100 kW to S Africa [listed in PWBR only] 1600-1700 WYFR via Armavir, Russia site, 250 kW, 110 degrees, B-season 1600-1800 Brest, Belarus, 5 kW ND [Aoki] 1600-2300 ELWA Liberia, 1 kW [DSWCI says 1730-2300] 1700-1900 CRI Xi`an, Russian, 500 kW, 292 degrees, winter only 2100-0500 RRI Jayapura 50 kW DS, temp. inactive; also 0700-1200 [PWBR] 2200-2300 RRI Tiganesti, Spanish to Europe, 247 degrees, B-season only 2300-1300 CVC La Voz, Miami via Chile 100 kW 30 degrees [B-season 0000-1200] All of this should help make the case that CFRX really needs a better, clearer frequency, perhaps in the less-crowded OOB area 5700-5800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CKZU, 6160, holding up later as we get into autumn, Sept 10 at 1413 with Vancouver traffic report; Spanish 2-way SSB QRM from 6157 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CJLO AM 1690 kHz testing --- Amazingly, Mike Mathieu knows his way inside and out of radio transmitting equipment, but he can't quite figure out how to post a message on Radio in Montreal!! So he has asked me to tell you all that he now has CJLO-AM 1690 kHz, Radio Concordia, on the air, testing with a tape loop in English and French with generic music between announcements. It is Mike himself making the on-air announcements providing his company's contact information for reports on the test transmissions. In the announcements he claims that Radio Concordia will be on the air "soon". The signal is coming in very well here on the South Shore of Montreal. The transmitter/antenna is located in the industrial park off Highway 20 in the Norman area in Lachine (Sheldon Harvey, QC, Sept 7, radioinmontreal yg via DXLD) I heard the new station in Montreal CJLO 1690 today at 0500. A pretty scratchy recording: http://paulc.mediumwaveradio.org/audio/1690cjlo.wav (Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Scotland, Sept 11, MWC via DXLD) CJLO 1690 testing heard here in Rochester, too. Easy listening music, voice IDs "soon to be on the air in Montreal" at 0006 EDT [0406 UT] 9/11/08... s (Scott Fybush, NY, IRCA via DXLD) CJLO Montreal 1690 is testing and was heard overnight at Burnt River ON last weekend. Mixing with stations in ON IL and MD. On my Sony ultralight radio, of course (Saul Chernos, Sept 10, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) Who would be airing Techno/Electronica on 1690? The language sounds French? (Jeff Rostron, Springfield MA, Sangean HDT-1, 75 Ft Longwire, 0248 UT Sept 11, ibid.) "CJLO 1690 Montreal soon to be on the air" was heard (Roston, 0307 UT, ibid.) Same here at 11:08 pm [EDT] in French, mentioning Montreal, then into big band music (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) 2320 EDT, 1690, CJLO, PQ, Montreal, big band music, English and French IDs; dominant (Jim Renfrew, Holley NY, ibid.) 1690, CJLO, Montreal, QUEBEC Sept/11/08, 0033 EDT, EE/FF, GOOD --- Instrumental big band and MOR music. Mixing at times with WPTX Maryland. Some French vocal music MOR/big band. ID given by male DJ as "If you hear any interference to our Signal. You can leave a message on our voicemail at 514-233-5053. This is CJLO 1690 in Montreal, soon to be on the air". Male DJ had a French Accent. NEW STN to Overall Log; NEW to ULR, # 461 Heard, 1 KW (Robert S. Ross VA3SW, London, Ontario, CANADA N6A5K1, IRCA via DXLD) ** CANADA. The application of CFGT-1270 Alma Quebec to move to FM was DENIED by the CRTC as it would result in the owner, Groupe Radio Antenne 6 inc, owning three FM stations in the same market which is against the CRTC regulations for commercial stations: Groupe Radio Antenne 6 inc's reasoning that CFGT should be allowed to convert to FM as they were the only AM station left in the market did not sit well with the CRTC. 73, (Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, Sept 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. New stations granted: ON, Point Pelee, CJPP, 90.7, 50 watts h,v; 29 m, mono, format believed to be t, travelers` information, 5 km. The national park`s website mentions an ``FM broadcast system`` at the visitor centre. Stereo --- or to be $tereo: BC, Campbell River, CFWB, 99.7, k, ``The Ride.`` Off the air until about September 2, 3008. ``It`s probably still operating on AM. [It] polls visitors to its website, http://www.997fm.ca to recommend a format. I doubt they`re paying any attention to the poll though!`` [unattributed quotation] (July/August/September FMedia! via DXLD) ** CHINA [non]. 6040, CRI via Sackville with China Drive DS relay, Sept 11 at 1107 with M&W hosts inviting texts to 1066 9191 985 from people who have decided not to commit suicide. Yes, that was the subject of the day, apparently spurred by Suicide Prevention Day. Certainly a change of pace from CRI`s external service. Mark spoke English while Ilan [sp?] mixed English with Chinese. Broke for weather forecast from the point of view of morning in Beijing, so I wondered if this was delayed from earlier, or maybe was referring to morning in Boston for which weather forecast was also given. Then talked about table tennis match in Paralympix, about to start in 20 minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR. 6210, 1727 UT Sept 10, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu. Program with African music and vernacular talks by male, noisy but fair. LW 100 meter and Perseus (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, bdx via DXLD) ** CROATIA [non]. 9925 via Germany, Sept 11 at 2227 in English, only fair with fading, noise, 2229 ID as ``Croatian Radio, the Voice of Croatia`` and continued in English past 2230 when it is supposed to switch to Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. As expected, the jamming break tnx to Ike did not last long, but seems not to have ramped up to full force again yet. The morning of Sept 9 as in my last report, jamming was missing on Martí and WRMI frequencies. I did not have time for a thoro check in the afternoon, but a quick check at 2206 found lite jamming back on 11930. Also, Venezuela relay missing in the morning, was back at 1955 on 15290. UT Sept 10 at 0530, RM was over jamming on 6030 and 7405. RHC was still missing from 6000, and English on 6060 had better modulation but weaker signal than // 6140. Next survey started at 1212: 6000 was finally back on, in Spanish at this hour, but with QRDRM from Australia 5990-5995-6000 and from the Asian het on 6003. Other RHC frequencies were on as usual too. At 1228, just before closing 5980, RM was VG and no jamming audible, nor any once RM was gone; at 1241, 7405 was mixed with jamming, and at 1245 RM was over the jamming. At 1255, RM 13820 VG with no jamming audible, but may have been overriding it, as RHC 13760 was quite weak. CRI relay on 9570, missing the day before, was back at 1246 check. As was RNV on 11705 at 1249, but with low modulation and hum. WRMI, 9955, was jammed again at 1247, both from pulses at the rate of about 132 per minute, and weaker continuous bubbling. However, at 1421 recheck, the jamming was gone leaving a weak signal in English, presumably the usual R. Prague program from the day before. At 1116 Sept 11, when 31m was not fully open, WWCR 9980 weak, and only Australia strong, there was a fair carrier with het on 9600 but no modulation audible. Could it be XEYU coming back? Not likely, since carrier was exactly on 9600.0 and the het was on the hi side, not the low side, where XEYU resided around 9599.3v when last heard. At 1139, 9600 was barely parallelable to 6180, so definitely RHC, and no more het. By 1200, the RHC 9600 signal was in solid, but very undermodulated. We still wonder whence the carrier around 9601? Mesa Redonda show from RHC must have started at 2200 Sept 11, as it was already underway at tune-in 2225 on 9820, but the modulation was cutting out more than it was cutting on, despite big S9+25 signal. Wiggle that patchcord! Only // is 6000, and that was OK, tho much weaker. Despite being unlistenable on 9820, I have to say it was not as bad as WWRB 9385 with BS double-breakup a few minutes earlier; see SOUTH CAROLINA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. R. Martí weatherman, --- Domínguez, who has a distinctive manner of speaking, is heard more frequently now, such as Sept 11 at 1947 on 13820 with detailed outlook for different provinces of Cuba. If you hear ``chubascos`` mentioned, you are probably hearing this meteorólogo. Then a phone-in from Matanzas about evacuations, dam overflowing, flooding river, food shortages developing, etc. At midday this is very strong and jamming often inaudible. I could hear a bit during momentary fadedowns, as Castro & Castro try to keep out The Truth. The DentroCuban Jamming Command may be getting a handle on when not to waste watts on WRMI. Sept 11 at 2228 check, heard something weak on 9955 in English, presumably WRN relay, no jamming audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Radio Reloj --- llegan frecuentemente reportes de recepción de radioaficionados a lo largo del mundo. Siendo esta una actividad que promueve la comunicación entre los hombres, nos proponemos contribuir a su difusión y, mediante este club, ayudar al conocimiento entre los diexistas de todo el orbe que quieran suscribirse, simplemente enviándonos un email a notinet @ rreloj,icrt.cu Lista de miembros del Club de Diexistas NotiNet del Cubaweb: Si quieres pertenecer al club Diexista, escribeles al correo electronico con tus datos,o dale una vista a la web, en: club Diexista http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/noticias/diexistas.htm Fuente: web de Radio Reloj (via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) I see some familiar names there, but some of them have not been active for a long time. O, the page is dated 1998! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re 8-100, ``R. Reloj never deviates from format for any reason (Bob Foxworth, Tampa FL, ibid.)`` Except on (usually but not always) Sundays local when Morse RR's become chimes (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. INAUGURADA LA EMISORA 94 DE CUBA: EN EL AIRE, RADIO SIERRA MAESTRA === Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 4:45 AM Con servicio de FM estéreo, Radio Sierra Maestra trasmite por los 104.7 megahertz con 250 watts de potencia, y es la primera radioemisora enclavada en el plan Turquino de este montañoso territorio cubano. A las 10 de la mañana de este 13 de agosto, en el cumpleaños 82 del Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro, los habitantes del municipio de Guisa, en la oriental provincia de Granma, festejaron la jornada con la inauguración de la Emisora Comunitaria Radio Sierra Maestra, la número 94 del país. El pueblo de la localidad se congregó frente a la nueva institución cultural en una ceremonia en la que estuvieron presentes Lázaro Expósito, primer Secretario del Partido en Granma, Juan González Perdomo, vicepresidente de la Asamblea provincial del Poder Popular y Guillermo Pavón, Vicepresidente del Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión, así como autoridades políticas, de gobierno y de la Radio en la provincia y el municipio. El acto inaugural quedó confirmado con la develación de una tarja que ubica la salida de esta señal radiofónica, que se conocerá en el mundo de las comunicaciones con las siglas CMNG. Radio Sierra Maestra contará con una plantilla aproximada de 25 trabajadores, entre ellos periodistas, realizadores, escritores y trasmitirá seis horas diarias desde las 6 de la mañana hasta las 12 del mediodía una programación en la que se inserta una revista Informativa, un programa de variedades y una discoteca. Inicialmente las trasmisiones tendrán tres horas de duración entre las siete y las diez de la mañana. . . http://www.cmhw.cu/noticia.asp?auid=4160 (via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) ** CYPRUS TURKISH NORTHERN. 1098 / 6150 Radyo Bayrak 1098 German service schedule. Der PPC-QSL von Radyo Bayrak 1098 kHz lag auch eine Brief von Cornelia Batural, Sprecherin beim deutschsprachigen Programm von Bayrak International bei. Darin teilt sie mir folgende Sendezeiten deutschsprachigen Sendungen mit (Lokalzeit UTC+2hrs im Winter bzw. UTC+ 3hrs im Sommer): daily - taeglich um 1410 LT deutschsprachige Nachrichten, Weds - mittwochs um 0800 LT deutsches Musikprogramm, Suns - sonntags um 1830-1900 LT "Mittelmeerperle", ein Programm ueber die Geschichte Zyperns. Gesendet wird auf Kurzwelle SW 6150 kHz und FM/UKW 87.8 & 105.0 MHz Auf http://www.brtk.cc/index.php/lang/en findet man unter "Online Broadcast" uebrigens auch einen Internet stream (Patrick Robic, Austria, A-DX Sept 9 via BC-DX Sept 11 via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, R. Nacional, Bata. September 10 2251, Spanish romantic music, 2255 National Anthem, 2256 s/off. Weak, some QRN 23222. 73 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 2220-2255*, Sept 9, pastor Tony Alamo preaching and some religious songs, gives address in *Texarkana, Texas, along with phone numbers,* mostly poor with moderate QRM (2257 ID for WYFR in Portuguese). Tony's program seems to be here daily from 2200 till sign-off (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Africa, 15190 remains active most of the time; Sept 10 at 2122, large S9+20 signal but North American preacher undermodulated. Recheck at 2245, still audible with distorted audio under stronger WYFR in Portuguese which starts at 2200. Christians vs Christians! Also heard Sept 11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA/ETHIOPIA. Re 8-100: Yesterday's (Sept. 9) logs show a different, but somehow complementary pattern as the one I reported last time: 5950/6170, VoTR as usual at 1700+, 1900* 6110, the only audible R. Fana channel at 1700 7175, empty carrier only 1650-1657 7110/9704, R. Ethiopia Homeservice, but not on 5990 7165/9559, R. Ethiopia External service as usual 7220, most certainly VoBME 2 in Arabic at 1700, QRMed before 7999.4, most certainly VoBME 1, in the clear until 1703 with Qur`an, off at 1730. 8000, usual programming 1703-1715, uncertain about ID, 1715-1730 empty carrier. --- two transmitters less than usual, technical problems or frequency changes? Today, September 10, 1640-1710 UT: 5950/6170, VoTR as normal 5990/9704, R. Ethiopia Home Service, but not heard on 7110 (External Service not checked) 6110/7210, Radio Fana? Definitely in //, but both severely QRMed. 7100, empty at 1640 7175, unID till 1700+, but not // to any of the others, likely VoBME 2 7220, empty at 1700, fits to the assumption above. 7999.4, het to 8000 (so likely VoBME 1) 8000, usual programming until 1700, then blank carrier So somewhat normal today... And now back to Münster. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, Sept 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. GERMAN SCHLAGER --- To follow up a discussion from three months ago: Something for you Schlager fans over there ... http://www.german-schlagermusic.com (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks for that. I asked the question about the schlager(s) initially. Thanks to the website link I've learnt my new favourite German word for the day. "No DJ Gelaber!", which according to an online translator means "No DJ jabbering". I'll certainly give the webstream a listen (Fred Waterer, Ont, ibid.) That's correct, although the more common word (with the same meaning) to dismiss spoken content is Gequatsche. Sky Radio in Hessen gave an "Anti-Laber-Garantie", guaranteeing that there will be no DJ's on the station, as it is the case on the Dutch mother station. But later they started to think that this concept was responsible for their miserable performance on the Hess market, thus they introduced DJ's and a new claim that should include your next German word for the day: "Superhits für Hessen". A Superhit is a dull AC song, heard thousand times before. Another alltime favourite is "Abwechslung", a direct copy of North American stations with a narrow playlist lying about their alleged "variety" (I think claims like "the best mix, the greatest variety" must be well-known?). However, in the case of Sky Radio the super hits could not save the station either, thus a few weeks ago the complete brand had been scrapped and replaced by a new, rock-orientated format, developed by the new co-owner Regiocast. Now the station is called BOB, again just a copy of a North American invention (maybe even a Canadian rather than US one). And for your daily doze of Schlager I can also recommend Radio Paloma. That's a new station on satellite (Ku-band of course) and DVB-T (rest-of-the-world system for digital terrestrial TV, good for radio as well) in Berlin, launched ten days ago, replacing an R&B-format (that's something presumably no FM station would ever do). In fact this is the operator who broadcast on 104.1 in Berlin until NPR took over the frequency. http://www.radiopaloma.de (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oh my!! Also http://www.radio700.de/index.php?page=liveprogramm#web plays a lot of 'Schlager'... 73, (Erik Køie, Denmark, ibid.) New fountain like antenna[double Delta Loop] on 6005 kHz at Krekel- Kall. Mon-Fri 0757-2030 UTC, Sat / Sun 0757-2000 UT, still 1 kW of power. At Sept 11 at 0930 UT, S=3 very tiny approx 0.80 ... 1.00 uV. Poor signal in comparison with Belarus 6070 and 6115, weaker than Kiev 5970 kHz, and also weaker than 17 kW at DLF Berlin Britz on 6190 kHz which is S=9+20dB 500 uV (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 11, BCDX via DXLD) ** GUATEMALA. R. Verdad, 4052.5, always reliable, checked Sept 10 at 0548 and startled to hear an ID with station address by YL in what sounded like Swedish! But could have been another Scandinavian language; then into hymn with local piano accompaniment. The final broadcast hour is normally in English, or make that non-Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH. Re 8-100, DRM test for Mexico City: TDF 17875 kHz 1833 UT. SNR 18.5 db. RSSI -75dbm S 8 to S9 very consistent. Constellation extremely tight with excellent correlation. Unfortunately, guys, absolutely no audio modulation. Sincere Best Regards, (Eric//KG4OZO// Atlanta, Georgia, Sept 9, drmna yg via DXLD) 17875: Running between 0 and 5.6dB SNR right now here on the west coast. I'm getting the ID of A35101 but not much else. Too weak even for a good steady SDC reading. I've been watching on 21620 all morning, no luck. Thanks for the heads up Eric! (Brendan, Bellingham, Wash., (90 miles north of Seattle, 50 miles south of Vancouver), ibid.) SNR is up to 21 db now Brendan but still no audio. Curious. Still running a solid S8 S9 here just a few miles north of downtown Atlanta. (Eric//KG4OZO, ibid.) Can't here squat up here in New Jersey :{ (Mark Phillips, ibid.) TDF/RFI currently running an SNR of 27.8 db but unfortunately still no audio (Eric//KG4OZO//, Atlanta, Georgia, 8:00 PM, ibid.) Running between 0 and 5.6dB SNR right now here on the west coast. I'm getting the ID of A35101 but not much else. Too weak even for a good steady SDC reading. I've been watching on 21620 all morning, no luck. Thanks for the heads up Eric! (Brendan, Bellingham, Wash., (90 miles north of Seattle, 50 miles south of Vancouver) 2:45 pm Sept 9, ibid.) Got it at between 13 and 16.7dB currently, full decoding, but no audio! (Brendan, 8:12 pm Sept 9, ibid.) ..maybe they have you listening for “quietness…” J Comfort tone? (Mel Whitten, ibid.) I have sent an E-mail to MSY but no answer so far. Sorry for that. 73's (Jacques Gruson, F6AJW, ibid.) weakest link rules (gh, DXLD) ** HONDURAS. Two gospel huxters were trying to outdo each other in the same way. Sept 11 at 1123, Radio Luz y Vida on 3250.0 had OM preacher in American English with consecutive translation by YL into Spanish but she had a heavy gringo accent. Alternated with very short phrases, and I assume she was actually next to him during the sermon, rather than something inserted later. Then I tuned to 3340 for Radio MI, and found another American OM preacher in English, also being consecutively translated into Spanish by a YL, but she speaks much better Spanish. Perhaps this is the way they like to get their non-Catholic religion in Honduras? Would it be conceivable for the original to be preached by a woman and the translation by a man? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA [non]. 4790, RRI Fak Fak, after seeing Dennis Allen's (Australia) log for the Kang Guru Radio English program in DXLD 8-096, I was curious if it could be heard in Calif. Checked on Mon., from 1000-1020, Sept 8, but can only report hearing Peru with religious programming and no sign of Fak Fak, so clearly was too early for them. Will check this again in Dec-Jan to see if it's possible then. Did hear 9680 (RRI Jakarta) with a good signal, but none of the lower frequency RRI stations were heard at all. Dan Sheedy in So. Calif. also had the same results as I did here in central Calif. (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3976.03, RRI-Pontianak (presumed), 1511-1517, Sept 10, EZL Indonesian ballads, fair. Fak Fak on 4790.02 had signed off by this time. 4749.95, RRI Makassar, 1444-1506, Sept 10, in BI, coverage of a soccer/football game, many mentions of player Ali Kadafi, clear announcement for Coke-Cola FIFA Liga Super Indonesia, mostly fair with occasional light Bangladesh QRM. My best reception to date (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. Since Sunday I again haven't been able to access their web site http://www.voi.co.id/ - or their audio streams. Anybody having better luck than I have? 73, (Erik Køie, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. In an earlier posting here, in response to a question about translating reports to and from English and other languages, I mentioned the very valuable Google Translate website. By cutting and pasting, one can easily translate reports from English to Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, etc., etc. But I bemoaned the fact that Google Translate does not include Indonesian among its languages. I now have located a website that will translate English to Indonesian and reverse. It is http://www.toggletext.com It works similarly to Google, except only 300 word blocks at a time. Nonetheless, this permits one, with cutting and pasting, to build a translated report one paragraph at a time. A bit slower but very useful (Don Jensen, WI, NASWA yg via DXLD) These translators without human oversight are far from perfect. By using them you risk inadvertently offending the recipient, or hopefully giving them no more than a good laugh (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. Is 0100 UT the best time to listen to shortwave in Eastern North America? As the proud owner of a new Etón E1 receiver, I gave it spin recently one evening, and I’ve reached the tentative conclusion that if you were to pick a single hour in which you have the greatest number of easy-to-hear shortwave choices, that hour would probably be 0100. Here’s what I recently found: WWCR (5070, 7485, 9980), WHRI and its affiliates (5850, 5875, 7315, 7385), WBCQ (5110, 7415), WYFR (6985, 9505), WWRB (5050, 5745, 6980), WEWN (11520), WBOH, WTJC, WRNO (see above) and WRMI (9955) all have either leased evangelical / religious broadcasts or other leased time broadcasts. Exceptions of interest WRMI 9955 at 0100 Fridays, when World Of Radio is aired; WRMI at 0130 Saturdays, with Adventist World Radio’s Wavescan; WHRI 7315 0130 Sundays, with DXing With Cumbre; WWCR 5070 0145 Sundays with Ask WWCR; WRMI 9955 0100 Thursday with DX Party Line. (media program listings courtesy DX Listening Digest website) Radio Havana Cuba is easily heard on 6000 and 6180; my own experience is that if you can tolerate the agenda-driven news and current affairs, your patience will be rewarded with interesting cultural and music programming and old-style nuts & bolts radio hobbyist information from Arnie Coro’s DXers Unlimited. Radio Netherlands puts out a great signal from Bonaire in English on 9845 with the usual mix of high-quality programming; you could easily spend the hour with Radio Netherlands and consider it time well spent. OE1’s Report From Austria sees two airings during the hour that should be readily audible in Eastern North America; see above for the details. Radio Sweden uses Radio Canada International’s nearby Sackville, New Brunswick transmitter to reach North America at 0130 on 6010 kHz; also worth a listen. Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran begins an hour-long broadcast at 0130 targeting North America that is generally not too difficult to hear on 7235 and 9495 kHz. Radio Prague, perhaps the liveliest ex-Warsaw Pact eastern European station nowadays, targets North America at 0100 for roughly half an hour on 6200 and 7345 kHz. See last month’s Journal for Rich D’Angelo’s review of Radio Prague programming. International Radio Serbia can be interesting for its views of the Balkan region, and is generally reliable on 6190 kHz. Voice of Vietnam utilizes RCI’s Sackville transmitter for a half-hour to the USA in English on 6175 kHz. With Vietnam’s economy maturing to the point where China’s economy was 15 years ago (give or take), Vietnam’s perspectives can be interesting. Radio Slovakia International, which was given up for dead a couple years back, provides a reliable signal on 5930 and 9440 kHz. In the crowded European environment, RSI is the easiest way to hear how Slovakia is working to stay relevant versus its neighbors. China Radio International probably takes the prize as the easiest-to- hear non-religious international broadcaster in North America, as it’s on the air most of the evening on a mix of frequencies; at 0100 CRI uses 9790 kHz from Sackville (better) and 9580 kHz from Cuba (normally not as good). Voice of Russia has become interesting of late due to the territorial squabble with the Republic of Georgia; 7250 and 9665 kHz both reach Eastern North America reasonably well. In some ways listening to Voice of Russia nowadays is like listening was during the Cold War, as the station seems to have less of an independent voice and serves more as a mouthpiece of the state, especially during news and current affairs programming. The long-standing News and Views editorial commentary program seems to be quite pro-state nowadays, and can be illuminating on that basis. Missing from the mix at that hour are such longtime shortwave stalwarts as Deutsche Welle, Radio Canada International (their English hour ends at 0105), and the BBC World Service. Two of those three no longer target North America, and I consider RCI’s programming less engaging (though still somewhat interesting) since in dropped relays of The World At Six and As It Happens, two domestically-oriented programs that are “meatier” than the immigrant-oriented programming that replaced these domestic relays. The hours of 0000 and 0200 also contain a decent mix of international broadcasters, but a non-scientific quick glance suggests there are slightly fewer (though different) choices at those hours. I’ll summarize those hours over the next couple of months; the 0100 hour offers you a choice of 11 easy-to-hear broadcasters, not counting the domestic religious/for-hire set. 73 DE (Richard Cuff, Easy Listening, Sept NASWA Journal via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non]. Be careful, Texans --- Anyone wanting a good place to follow Ike in Texas should visit this URL: http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/ Di and I will make our stay/go decision tomorrow. If the odds of hurricane force winds here are less than 25%, we'll stay; otherwise, we'll leave. (If I were in Galveston, I'd be leaving NOW!) (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17 Sept 10, ABDX via DXLD) Harry, Who should we listen to for streaming audio in Corpus? I am sure KTRH would be the one to listen to for Houston (Kevin Redding, TN, ibid.) KEYS-1440 is the only station in Corpus that does any local news, but I don't know if they do streaming. If we stay, I'll be "liveblogging" the storm at my web site below as long as my internet connection holds out: http://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/ (Harry Helms W5HLH, ibid.) The 7:00 am Central time projections by the National Hurricane Center show Corpus is at the very southernmost edge of the "cone" of possible landfall and we have less than a 20% of hurricane force winds here. Corpus will be on the south, or "dry," side of the storm, as well. Because of those factors, I'm going to lower our hurricane shutters and stay put. If I were in the Galveston/Houston area, I would probably be leaning toward leaving. Frankly, a lot of the reporting about Ike, like Gustav, has been alarmist. It's one thing to discuss worst-case scenarios, but that doesn't mean they are the most likely scenarios. Some people, like Dr. Jeff Masters at weatherunderground.com, have consistently been histrionic, irresponsible, and flat-out wrong about Gustav and Ike. They sound more like Brother Stair doing weather reports than sober, fact-based meteorologists. At any rate, tomorrow night should be interesting here and I'll be listening on as many frequencies as I can. Good luck to everyone in eastern Texas, including (especially?) those upstate in the eastern half. I fear we might see a major tornado outbreak as Ike moves north inland (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, Sept 11, ibid.) ** IRELAND [non]. RTE Hurling / and Football live coverage in DRM mode Reception of 9850 in Barcelona now posted to YouTube: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0r-FZn6qGEI (Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6130, Lao National Radio, 1544-1602*, Sept 10, non-stop indigenous music, Anthem and off, fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA. KBC test transmission on 9770 --- The following information has just been received concerning test broadcasts to Australia/New Zealand. Check out their website for more information http://www.kbcradio.eu (Mark Nicholls, Editor, NZ Radio DX League, Sept 10, ripple via DXLD) Viz.: The Mighty KBC will test on 9770 kHz between 1030 and 1059 hours UT on the following dates: Saturday 20-09-’08 Saturday 27-09-’08 Saturday 03-10-’08 Primary target is Australia & New Zealand, secondary target is India. The Mighty KBC address is: KBC International Argonstraat 6 6718 WT Ede The Netherlands E-mail: kbc @ planet.nl info @ k-po.com http://www.kbcradio.eu (via Nicholls, ibid.) Never stated but the site is Sitkunai, LITHUANIA, like the 6055 daily broadcasts. 9770 is available between 0600 and 1300, 100 kW at 259 degrees to Europe, but NZ is sort of in the same direxion, unlike India; or will they change antenna to short path for this? Neither should work very well at local noon (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At present 9770 [registered 0600-1300 UT] also IRIB Italian in use at 0630-0727 UT, but at 259 degrees antenna. 9770 to India and AUS/NZL should use the 79 degree antenna, mainlobe via KAZ, CHN, HongKong, PHL, Timor, to southern NZL. 259 degree antenna across Atlantic, Guyana, Ecuador, central Chile into southern Pacific instead (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 6049.61v, Suara Islam (Voice of Islam) via RTM, 1646- 1659*, Sept 10, assume in Malay, man and woman in conversation, pop songs, choral Anthem and off, fair. Klasik Nasional FM on 5964.91 also well heard with singing "Klasik Nasional" jingle, ToH 2 pip, into the news. Traxx FM also continued on after 1700. 7295, Traxx FM via RTM, 1609-1638, Sept 10, in English, DJ with pop/rap songs in English, many IDs, local time checks ("17 minutes past midnight"), heard their new station slogan ("Travel N' Music"), their website has been redesigned, fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. XEPPM, R. Educación, made another of its rare daytime appearances on 6185, Sept 10 at 1411 tune-in. I had not noticed it a couple hours earlier when I was scanning the band and Habana was still on 6180, so I think XEPPM must have deliberately turned the transmitter back on rather than forgetting to turn it off at 1100* This was apparently prompted by the `special programming` for the Bienal {sponsored by R. Educación}, as explained in DXLD 8-100, without any specific information about when it would be on the air. The Bienal was mentioned, but then the hour was mostly about a Festival Cervantino in Guanajuato, and lots more discussion of Cervantes and Don Quixote. Apparently some celebration about them is going on now, as REE has also been reading and discussing this in the 1300 hour since Sept 8; see SPAIN. XEPPM signal was quite good at the start, but faded down a bit in the following hour. At 1444 again mentioned Séptima Bienal, discussed radio via Internet. The remote special wrapped up at 1500 with a return to the cabina, ID for XEEP MW 1060 only. By then 6185 was the strongest signal on 49m, and almost the only one, besides WBOH 5920. My local line noise level has relented, probably only temporarily, so I checked for other carriers, finding 6070 CFRX; and 6045, must be XEXQ at the late hour of 1508, along with bits of audio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. DEBE MÉXICO DECIDIR ENTRE HD Y DIGITAL RADIO MONDIALE: Penneroux --- Mié, 10/09/2008 - 10:07 El jefe del Servicio de Ondas Cortas de TDF de Francia, Michel Penneroux, afirmó que ningún país es propietario de este sistema de radio digital, por lo cual dicho sistema desarrollado por el Consorcio DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) se considera mundial. Ciudad de México.- El gobierno mexicano requiere de un estudio profundo para conocer el tipo de estandarización que favorecerá más a la radio en México, aseguró el jefe del Servicio de Ondas Cortas de TDF de Francia, Michel Penneroux. De acuerdo con el especialista en radio, México deberá decidir entre el HD Radio y el Digital Radio Mondiale, afirmó Penneroux en una charla ofrecida como parte de las actividades de la séptima Bienal Internacional de Radio, que se celebra en el Centro Nacional de las Artes (Cenart). . . http://www.milenio.com/node/77337 (via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 6185, Radio Educación, was awake this morning and checked this frequency 1005-1120 UT and found no trace of this station or my unID station reported last month; just a weak "flutter" on the channel that never produced audio. To clarify, I was referring to XEPPM's SW outlet, which is normally audible here in the evenings. I was trying this morning to see if it was on around 1000. Their MW outlet normally dominates 1060 kHz here (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, Wed Sept 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I was awake early Thursday Sept 11, so checked out R. Educación, 6185, where Harry Helms heard something in -dad after 1000 on the same day of week in August, but says he was not hearing it on Wed Sept 10. XEPPM may be irregular, not on SW the day before, but it certainly was Sept 11. If Harry can`t hear it in Corpus Christi, he may be in the skip zone at that low-MUF hour, while at roughly twice the distance from DF, I am not. 1053 tune in to VG signal with music, but almost immediately into talk for the rest of the hour. Live host mentioned program name ``Del Campo y de la Ciudad``, which is on the XEEP-AM schedule Wed & Thu 1000- 1200. All in Spanish. Mentioned the 9/11 anniversary in the US, but it`s also the anniversary of the US-sponsored assassination of Pres. Salvador Allende in Chile. Enumerated chronology of Allende`s life, and introduced recording off the air of his last speech, from Radio Magallanes, and it was also on R. Corporación, but interrupted himself at 1101 to despedirse from 6185, referring listeners to MW 1060 or internet to continue listening, and 6185 turned off just before the clip was to start! Unfortunately, I was not prepared to switch to MW or Internet, so that was that. He said nothing about SW coming back on around 1400, as it did the day before. All along until 1102*, 6185 had a low het because XEPPM is off-frequency, perhaps against China Huayi. Recheck at 1434, local noise sources were on so I could not be positive, but could detect a carrier on 6185 so may have come back again in daytime Sept 11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good point; I may well be in the skip zone. There was a definite "flutter" on 6185 yesterday, but I couldn't pull audio. The next time I check 6185 in the early morning I'll try to remember to parallel 1060 kHz for clues (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, ABDX via DXLD) ** MYANMAR/BURMA. 9730.75v, Myanma R., 1518-1536*, Sept 10, in vernacular, brief indigenous music at sign-off, weak. Recently noted drifting between .75-.77 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Radio Netherlands Worldwide PROGRAMME PREVIEW I don't normally forward to the group what is generally available via an e-mail subscription, but am doing so just as a reminder of those broadcasters who do provide advance programming information via e-mail. You can subscribe to this e-mail yourself at the following URL: http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/listeningguide/weekly_newsletter You can see the web version of this here: http://www.radionetherlands.nl/listeningguide/this_week (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, swprograms via DXLD) q.v. and there is also a permanent link to this in the FOREIGN VARIETY sexion at the bottom of our MONITORING REMINDERS CALENDAR, http://www.worldofradio.com/calendar.html (gh) ** NEW ZEALAND. RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL 60TH ANNIVERSARY 1948- 2008, RNZI MAILBOX DOCUMENTARY SEP 15 _______________________________ Listen to Mailbox on RNZI on Monday September 15 as David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation continues to explore the history of shortwave radio in New Zealand. On September 27 1948, the shortwave division of the NZ Broadcasting Service began broadcasts to Australia and the South Pacific from two low powered war surplus transmitters located near Wellington. In this second special Mailbox documentary this month, the focus shifts to the voices of the people who have given the station a unique sound over the years. You'll hear Cleve Costello who began This Radio Age in 1948 and Arthur Cushen the world famous blind DXer whose program Arthur Cushen's DX World became one of the longest running programs of its kind. Special programs for Japanese listeners, band music lovers, and even an original Mailbox show with Christine Cole answering listeners letters from 1951. They're all here as we look at the story of Radio New Zealand through to the end of the last century. Throughout September, you'll hear several programs celebrating 60 years of shortwave service to the Pacific. As well as these two radio heritage documentaries on Mailbox, other programs will also feature interviews with today's RNZI people and a look into the future for shortwave radio in the Pacific and the growth of RNZI. Visit http://www.rnzi.com for shortwave frequencies and times and to download an audio on demand version of the new program available from September 15 for the remainder of the month and through until mid-October. You can also hear the first program aired on September 1 that details how shortwave radio got started in New Zealand. At http://www.radioheritage.net look for 'Radio New Zealand Signs On', an article celebrating the first broadcasts from the original shortwave service in 1948. For more information about early radio broadcasting in the Pacific including stories and images and the popular 'Art of Radio Hawaii' online art exhibition, visit www.radioheritage.net today. Full searchable lists of todays AM and shortwave stations across the Pacific are available free online in the Pacific Asian Log Radio Guides. An FM guide is currently in preparation. The Radio Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization registered with the Charities Commission in New Zealand and connects the heritage of radio broadcasting and popular culture across the Pacific. Radio New Zealand International is the award winning shortwave broadcaster serving the Pacific from Wellington, New Zealand since 1948. http://www.rnzi.com (David Ricquish, Sept 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGER. LA VOIX DU SAHEL: 9705. Partial-data green/orange/black station logo & maps card in 6 months. Address: La Voix du Sahel, O.R.T.N., BP 361, Niamey, Niger (Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA, Sept 10, cumbredx via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. Woodward, KMZE, 92.1, FM 92 Broadcasters, Inc., fined $5000 for violations of EAS rules. KWOX, 101.1, Omni Communications, fined $8000 for inoperative EASystem. Facilities changes: OK, Mustang (move from Alva), KNID 99.7, 39000 h,v; 154 m, Class C2 downgrade, 50 km coverage. Transmitter Oklahoma City. Stereo --- or to be $tereo: OK, North Enid, KZLS 107.1, k, parallel to KNID 99.7 Mustang (July/August/September FMedia! via DXLD) Moving 99.7 from Alva (defacto Enid) to Mustang has been in the worx for a long time, but it hasn`t happened yet. Rechecked Sept 11 at 2001 UT, I just missed the legal ID, but there were local Enid ads; 2007 promo to the effect that ``30 years of country in Enid and Garfield County have been KNID``, 2011 ID as ``KNID 99-7 and 107-1 FM``. When it does move to Mustang and become a much more valuable defacto OKC station, it will surely change calls and cease duplication on 107.1 North Enid; and I bet KNID winds up the call on 107.1 destined to be its replacement (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. WORLD MUSIC TAKES STAGE AT ¡GLOBALQUERQUE! --- KGOU will broadcast live concerts from Globalquerque, New Mexico's annual festival celebrating music, food, crafts, film and culture from around the world. Originating from the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, the broadcast features music from all three festival stages, along with candid interviews from artists and attendees. See the list of scheduled artists on our programming page http://www.kgou.org/programming.php and tune in at 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 20 for the live broadcast (KGOU Norman newsletter Sept 11 via DXLD) = 0100 UT Sunday Sept 21 ** PERU. 5025, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba. September 10, Quechua/ Spanish, 2236 OM talks, personal messages service, necrology note "Francisco Rojas... la misa se realizará en centro parroquial", 2239 maybe a local pop music "estoy enferma de amor...", 2243 ads "clinica en Quillabamba, dolor del hombro, o las manos, multivitamínicos" QQ talks, 2246-2249 seems a local pop "orgullo del Quillabamba". Getting better, 23333 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PORTUGAL [and non] IBERIA. Both REE in Spanish on 15110 and RDPI in Portuguese on 15295 were sending overblown coverage of some silly ballgame, Sept 10 at 2123. I wonder if it was the same game, but don`t really care (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PORTUGAL. "Rádio Sim" --- Dear Glenn, I am aware perhaps this information comes a bit late, but anyway, re DXLD 8-091, of August 11, where is mentioned "Rádio Sim", please note that this new designation (R. Sim) just means (roughly translated to English), "Radio Yes". Actually, the station is now targeted to listeners aged 55 & up, and the station wants to provide a suitable music playlist & programs to elderlies. As previously said, R. Sim uses the mediumwave frequencies assigned to R. Renascença, plus some local VHF-FM stations & former regional RR transmitters operating on FM. So, they are operating on the following frequencies: MW: 567 kHz - Braga - 10 kW 594 kHz - Muge - currently 60~80 kW 891 kHz - Vilamoura - 10kW (2x 10 kW, but nowadays just one tx used) 927 kHz - Évora - 1 kW 963 kHz - Seixal - 10 kW 981 kHz - Bragança, Coimbra, Guarda & Vila Real (1 kW, except the Coimbra one, which has 10 kW) 1251 kHz - Castelo Branco, Chaves, Porto & Viseu (last 2 ones use 10 kW; the others just 1 kW). FM: 88.6 Vila do Conde (*), 92.6 + 99.5 Rio Maior (*), 95.1 Leiria (which serves Fátima), 99.8+ 102.3 Elvas (*), 101.1 Braga and 103.6 Viseu. Frequencies marked with (*) also carry local programs. Meanwhile, the remaining RR FM transmitters carry Rádio Renascença. However, some progs. (including newscasts, religious programs, football, etc. ) are simulcasted on RR & R. Sim. Certainly not a very relevant info. for this group, but might be useful to some MW DXers. Best regards, (Luís Carvalho, Portugal, Sept 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. RRI, 9790, Sept 11 at 2223 ending talk in English about how to manage prescription medicine dosage during Ramadan. This can be a problem, since fasting and taking medicine with food at certain intervals don`t exactly mix. Did the inventors of Ramadan think of that??? Good signal but some distortion. I guess it`s one of the new Galbeni transmitters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Voice of Russia – Kaleidoscope I find I have to be somewhat choosy in listening to the Voice of Russia. Some of the feature programs sound like someone reading out of an encyclopedia; news and current affairs programming seems to be out of the late Cold War era nowadays, given an apparent increased level of state usage of the Voice of Russia as a mouthpiece. One program with a lighter touch that remains a decent oasis is Kaleidoscope, a magazine program focusing on interviews with interesting people, showing Russian life from a variety of angles. The economy, science, and culture are all fair game. A recent edition focused on a Russian public opinion poll conducted on the US presidential election, and a gentleman who is a “simultaneous translator”, and has recorded a somewhat-humorous music album – in English – that has a humorous self-deprecating touch. Kaleidoscope, along with other Voice of Russia programming, is increasingly available as an on-demand archive, but that availability varies widely by program. The most reliable shortwave airtimes for Kaleidoscope are Tuesdays 0130 and Sundays 0430. The 0430 airing is available in the live webcast; the World Radio Network archive for Voice of Russia programming features Kaleidoscope in the 0800 recording on Tuesdays. 73 DE (Richard Cuff, Easy Listening, Sept NASWA Journal via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. The bands were really jittery earlier this evening from 0000-0130 or so. TWR India, 12085 at 0120-0130 sign-off in Nepali, via Novosibirsk. First time heard. Usually this band has been dead lately but tonight there were so many Asians I couldn't log them all. 10 Sept (Liz Cameron, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Tuning across WWRB, 9385, which runs Brother Scare all day, Sept 11 at 2211-2213 we were getting a double dose offset by a second or two, and furthermore each was breaking up rapidly in picket-fence fashion, making R. G. even more unintelligible than usual. Clicked back into regular mode at 2213. One wonders exactly how this happens. Once there is anything digital in the link from studio to transmitter, the risk increases (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. REE, 17595, Sept 10 at 1306 again starting special series about Cervantes instead of Clásicos Populares. Mentioned ``caballero`` literary tradition in other European countries, then into Don Quixote. XEPPM also into Cervantism special: see MEXICO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN [and non]. IBERIA. Both REE in Spanish on 15110 and RDPI in Portuguese on 15295 were sending overblown coverage of some silly ballgame, Sept 10 at 2123. I wonder if it was the same game, but don`t really care (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. SLBC, 11905 at 0110 in Hindi. Good signal. Not a regular visitor. 10 Sept. DW relay Trincomalee, 12095 at 0055+ with excellent signal. Not a regular visitor either. 10 Sept (Liz Cameron, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction, Sept 10 at 1259 on 15390 was vamping with music, and shortly before 1300 English ID as starting part 2 of English lesson; poor with fades. Then identified as Program 98, for beginners. At 1303 found same kind of thing with frequent doorbell cues, on 15760, but NOT //. These are both M/W/F only at 1300-1330 via South Africa, 250 kW at 7 and 5 degrees respectively. That does not account for a noticeably better signal on 15760 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SYRIA. Syria. Radio Damascus can be received in English on 9330 kHz from 20 to 22 hours. The station answers listeners’ letters Monday around 2040 and 2140 hours and Tuesday around 2015 and 2115 hours (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, R. Bulgaria DX Sept 5 via DXLD) But, but we just had a report that only the second hour of English is still on SW. No luck in hearing it here beyond a trace of a carrier, on several chex despite the absence of WBCQ, q.v. The first hour supposedly started at 2005 and the second at 2110, variable? (Glenn Hauser, OK, Sept 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. LITTLE SAIGON RADIO via TAINAN: 7380. Full-data (except site) card in 3 months. The people at this station are obviously familiar with QSL cards. The front of this color card includes station logo, “QSL”, SW frequency & schedule, and MW frequencies with call letters & locations — all over a background of what appears to be old Vietnamese art. The back includes station list again (with 7380 corrected to 7390) and boxes to indicate the verified frequency. V/s Joe Dinh, Technical Dept. Address: Little Saigon Radio, 15781 Brookhurst St. - Suite 101, Westminster, CA 92683 (Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA, Sept 10, cumbredx via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. VOICE OF TIBET via DUSHANBE/YANGUIL: 17598. Full-data (except site) montage (studio, peace rally?, etc.) card in 2 months. V/s (illegible) “Editor-in-Chief”. Address: Voice of Tibet, Narthang Building, Gangchen Kyishong, Dharamsala-176 215 H.P., India (Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA, Sept 10, cumbredx via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. See TAJIKISTAN above ** TURKEY [and non]. TURKEY [c.f. BC-DX #876] 11729.98-odd Distorted audio feed again via a Çakirlar transmitter site outlet noted today Sept 6th, TRT Azerbaijan service at 0700-0757 UT. But TRT Macedonian at 0800-0827 UT was on even 11820.00 kHz via same 250 kW unit (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 6, via DXLD) Another Firedrake channel soon? TRT opens a new UYGHUR service at 0100-0200 UT on 6000 kHz in winter season. The Chinese will be happy to jam another Muslim service to East Turkestan (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 5, ibid.) ** TURKS & CAICOS. Re 8-100: Hi Glenn, First off, RVC-530 will be among the missing for the next 6 weeks to 2 months as 80% of the power poles were lost in hurricane Ike, either blown over or snapped off on South Caicos. A team of 40 linesman have been dispatched from Toronto to rebuild the grid. RVC, being six miles out of town and four miles north of the last customer, will be the last connection. Likewise, Grand Turk suffered a similar fate experiencing 135 mph winds as both islands were kissed by the northern eye wall. As for the towers Steve Price spotted near the lighthouse on Grand Turk, that's Caribbean Christian Radio/1020. It's a two tower array; the smaller western tower is series fed while the big boy is a parasitic reflector with a unipole. Since it's grounded it has a large Scala yagi on top for 94.9 FM and a cell phone array mounted at 100 feet. The transmitter building is about 100 yards east, in front of the cable TV headend. (Steve, I'd appreciate getting a copy of your pics of the site. Thanks) (Jerry Kiefer, NM, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jerry, Tnx for the info. Is 1020 still on the air without damage? I don`t recall seeing it reported DX for quite a while. You are owner of it? ``A similar fate`` I guess means 1020 is also without power, but seems it hasn`t been reported much if any since before the latest hurricane season. 73, (Glenn to Jerry, via DXLD) Glenn, 10-4 Grand Turk is in the same boat as South Caicos, predicted month or more before power is restored. 1020 is still off the air. With the electric rate 41 cents per kwh she's going to sit a while longer. The other problem is the good old GE 50 kW is just too inefficient. Years ago the rate was still high but manageable @ 32 cents; it would cost $32 an hour to run at 35 kW. I'm looking for a second hand solid state Nautel at the moment. We (West Indies Broadcasting Services) sold the station to James Crystal in 2000 but since they own KCKN, guess whose portfolio it falls under. After we put a new box in, we're going to change the directional pattern and start humming again (Jerry Kiefer, KCKN Roswell NM, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [and non]. Re 8-100: I hope BBC bus will visit other states, too. - Not just California. [map on its website shows cross-country, AZ, NM, TX [not OK!], AR, IL, etc., to NYC – gh] Last UT morning (Tue.) BBC Russian carried a live "radio bridge" between Russian-speaking students at University of California in Berkley and their counterparts majoring in communications at Moscow State University. The subject: US presidential candidates. As you can guess, there was not much of a discussion. Out of a dozen US students only "two and a half" were for McCain. All Russians were pro-Obama with one female student being formerly pro-Clinton. The student didn't really talk about "issues" besides the candidates' stand on Russia and the rest of the world. No race issue and no Sarah Palin were mentioned even though those are two main reasons why McCain is going to win (in my humble estimation). They discussed a few unexpected topics, though. Like: is Russia so strong today because of eight years of Putin's presidency or eight years of... Bush? Talking about Georgia-Russia tensions a US student said somewhat dismissively that all McCain people are pro-Georgia but "we, intelligent people are for Russia." A Russian girl replied that unlike the US Russia never had any imperial tendencies. This really ticked off a host in London who interrupted her with a question, Ok but how did small Moscow Principality became the largest country in the world, then? Despite a few technical glitches it was an entertaining discussion but I don't think listeners in Russia got very objective view of what's going on in the US. Here's an interesting news on how the world would vote in the US elections: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7606100.stm According to the Russian version of this article, the vast majority of Russians (75%) do not have a favorite candidate. 18% are for Obama and 7% - for McCain. Very different from NATO allies in "old Europe" where people display a strong preference for Obama (Sergei S., IL, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. BBC WORLD SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER Mondays, beginning September 8th: The Desert Capitalists is a two-part documentary series tracing the story of the secretive Marwari trading diaspora, from their Rajasthan homeland to their current global business empires, with influence on governments from India’s Bharatiya Janata Party to New Labour in the UK. Try Mondays 1406 and 2106 in the West Africa service via shortwave. Thursdays, beginning September 18th: One Planet, the World Service environmentally-themed series, begins a four-part series entitled Animal Migration in a Climate of Change. The program highlights animal migration and their changing world by exploring a specific issue in four different species. The first species to be reviewed is the Monarch butterfly, a regular visitor to eastern Pennsylvania. On shortwave, try the West African service Thursdays at 1332 and 2132. Sunday, September 21st: World Drama features The Good Doctor by Mike Walker, a drama documentary airing 10 years after the trial of Harold Shipman, the notorious general practitioner who murdered at least 104 of his patients. Walker’s delicate play about the conflict between good and evil is interwoven with interviews from members of the medical community, use of some of the transcripts from Shipman’s trial and evidence from one of his former patients. It seeks to shed a very different light on this horrifying story, explaining how a still raw community struggles to cope ten years on. Via shortwave, try 2201 UTC targeting West Africa. Also from the BBC, note that the domestic Radio 4 program Crossing Continents, a 30-minute weekly documentary series that airs for roughly half the year, has restored its online program archive for 2007 and 2008, which had been taken down during a website re-write; check out this well-produced documentary with stories from around the globe at http://www.bbc.co.uk/continents Recent programs have featured slums in Mumbai, drug cartels in Mexico, and the youth of Belarus. Hoping September brings you good listening! 73 DE (Richard Cuff, Easy Listening, Sept NASWA Journal via DXLD) ** U S A. THE SILENCE OF 9-11 --- In releasing the results of a 17 nation poll that found majorities in only nine countries believe al- Qaida was behind the 9-11 attacks in New York and Washington, World Public Opinion survey director Steven Kull said Wednesday (Sept. 10) "…this is a real indication that the United States is not in a strong position to tell its story. The American narrative is not as powerful in the world today." Really? Could that possibly have anything to do with the fact that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has turned off 55% of the VOA transmitters, sharply reduced broadcast hours for English and other widely-spoken languages and slated the Russian, Georgian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Hindi radio services for closure this month alone? The United States is not in a strong position to tell its story? How can that be? Congress directed the BBG not to shut down any more radio services and provided funds to keep them going. Yet, in direct disregard of explicit instructions of the Congress of the United States, the BBG has done precisely the opposite. Before America's voice is further hushed, Congress' voice needs to be heard (Neil Currie, Senior News Anchor, VOA "Worldwide" English, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. USA Last VoA Russian broadcast recording. --- Die letzte Sendung der Voice of America in Russisch vom 26.07.2008 kann man hier nochmal hoeren: http://www.freemediaonline.org/lastrussianshow.asf Die Sendung bringt eine Reihe von Originalaufnahmen aus der Geschichte des russischen Dienstes der VoA. wird von Ted Lipien, einem frueheren leitenden Mitarbeiter der VoA, betrieben. Er kritisiert die Entscheidung des BBG, die russischsprachigen Kurzwellensendungen fuer Russland alleine in die Zustaendigkeit von Radio Liberty zu legen. Offenbar hat da ein Machtkampf stattgefunden, den die VoA gegen RFE/RL verloren hat (Wolfgang Thiele, Germany, A-DX Sept 7 via BC-DX Sept 11 via DXLD) ** U S A. PENDING VOA HINDI CLOSURE UPSETS FANS IN INDIA Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:00 AM http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/pending-voa-hindi-closure-upsets-fans#story The impending closure of Voice of America's Hindi service on 30 September appears to upset loyal listeners, particularly from the country's Hindi belt, who have been tuned into the service for years now. The services's Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has announced that the VoA Hindi radio service will be terminated from the end of this month, a move that has also stunned its stringers and correspondents based in India. Rajasthan based J Singh, who contributes to the Hindi service of Voice of America says, "Ideally, VOA should have increased the hour slots as it has huge listenership for its cultural and regional news.” VoA's Arab radio service, Alhurra and Sawa that rely more on popular music and entertainment are flourishing at the cost of reduced Hindi service timings, point out sources. VoA is currently available as an one hour slot from 9.30 pm on the shortwave. Says Singh, “It was a platform for listeners all over the globe to ask questions and get replies to their queries. Apparently, the radio station has lost about 30 per cent listenership, when the morning time slot (6 to 6.30 am) was removed." VoA's listeners are mainly concentrated in the Hindi belt, in areas where the television and internet has not flourished much. Chabbra based regular VoA listener Hiralal Soni says, “It was the only way to be internationally connected for many remote areas and shutting the services would be a drawback for these listeners.” The VOA one hour slot has programmes across genres like science, youth oriented programmes, international headlines, women's show and interactive shows like Hello America and Hello India etc. Says Sevan based Dr R K Mishra, another loyal listener, “I have been listening to the one hour slot Voice of Amercia ever since I remember. I rely on the words of VOA broadcast for confirming any international story across the globe.” Although the broadcast would be terminated on air, the website and a once-a-week seven-minute segment on news television channel Aaj Tak will continue. “There is no point in continuing the online version after ceasing the broadcast as the illiterate listeners in the remote corners cannot read the news online and the educated ones can any day get international news from any other source other than radio,” points out a listener. Voice of America’s Hindi service was first launched in July 1955 and garnered listenership in the past many decades targeting mainly the remote corners. Apart from Hindi, VOA which broadcasts in 45 languages also plans to eliminate seven radio language services this year including Ukrainian, Serbian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Georgian among others. The FY 2008 funding bill for the Broadcasting Board of Governors, passed by both houses and signed by the President, has directed that this proposed cut on regional services be reversed, say sources. But the service is determined to go ahead with the abolition of the Hindi service (via Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. 15145, VOA via Philippines, 2309-2320, Sept 9, with "New Dynamic English" language lesson, followed by "Functioning In Business" language lesson, gave the DynEd International website, fair. These programs usually heard on Mon., Tue., Fri. & Sat. on Lao Nat. Radio on 6130 from 1415-1430 (Wed. & Thurs. being in French and Sun. in Laotian) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. AFN Wednesday evening Sep 10 at 2345z no signal from ``Key West`` on 5446.5, 7811 or 12133.5. But Pearl Harbor was audible on 10320, with a very weak //4319 from Diego Garcia and a slightly better //13362 from Guam. All of course on USB (Jerry Lenamon, Waco Texas, Drake R8B, T2FD, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I haven`t heard Hawaii 6350 lately around sunrise, just the 6348 Korean jamming; did Pearl Harbor finally move away? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WRNO Worldwide Returns When I first started listening to shortwave radio as an adult in the 1980s, one of the interesting Easy Listening catches out there was WRNO Worldwide out of New Orleans, LA. It was a mix of commercial programming, New Orleans sports, and occasional leased-time religious broadcasting, appealing at a time when there was no other significant commercial shortwave utilization in North America. WRNO fell into decline over the years, as it was crowded out by other religious and commercial broadcasters that have since joined the airwaves. WRNO Worldwide has been reborn – this time as a religious outreach broadcaster, purchased by an organization named Good News World Outreach and headed up by Robert E. Mawire, a combination evangelist- entrepreneur who heads up a half-dozen organizations, including the development of IT infrastructure capabilities in the city of Ariel, a Jewish settlement in the West Bank region acquired by Israel in the 1967 Six Days’ War. Good News World Outreach is based in Fort Worth, Texas. Good News World Outreach purchased WRNO in 2000, and operated the station under limited power at the time. WRNO was silenced in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina damaged the antenna, though the transmitter was not seriously harmed. WRNO has been testing recently from roughly 0100 to 0500 UTC most nights on 7505 kHz after recently completing antenna repairs necessitated by Hurricane Katrina’s 2005 visit in the region. Listeners have reported a mix of evangelical programming, popular / rock music, and classical music. While the long-term expectation would be a 100% religious format, given the stated goals of the station, WRNO might be worth checking out – not too often one hears a new, easy-to-hear broadcaster in North America! The station’s future plans are to stream their audio over the Internet while simultaneously using shortwave, though this capability is not yet offered on the website. WRNO Worldwide has a reasonably comprehensive website set up, though the website hasn’t yet been updated with shortwave schedule information. The URL is http://www.wrnoworldwide.org If you see the website has been updated with schedule information or audio streaming, please let me know so I can pass the word on in October’s column. 73 DE (Richard Cuff, Easy Listening, Sept NASWA Journal via DXLD) Just received email from WRNO Worldwide that the station returns to the air tonight (Wed. GMT). WRNO will be on from 0100 to 0400 GMT Wed. Sept. 10 (That's 8 to 11 pm Central Tuesday Sept. 9). The email did not mention a frequency so I am going to try all three licensed frequencies starting with 7505 where they were last heard testing. They can also use 7355 and 15590. Email said they were down like previously reported, for power loss, not because of any damage to antenna or tower (Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA, 2244 UT Sept 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRNO back on the air UT Sept 10, having last been heard on UT August 30, before a hurricane hit. They were supposed to resume at 0100-0400 UT the transmission on 7505, but no sign of them by 0115 UT Sept 10. They were on, however at 0205 recheck; but off early too at 0355 check. Bruce Barker got a tip from WRNO by e-mail that they were about to return, which also said they had been down for power loss, not because of any damage to antenna or tower. However, missing August 31 was well before there should have been any power loss. Next night, UT Sept 11, at 0059 carrier was on and started promptly at 0100. First news item was from Global Witness, about genocide in the DR Congo. Then items about Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Mr. Kim Jung-Il, Russia vs EU over Georgia, Lebanon --- ``brought to you by Jonathan Peter, as reported by the BBC``. Went on to say that WRNO Worldwide was not affected by Gustav, now praying against another hurricane planning to hit Houston/Galveston, they hope, instead of New Orleans. And then some music which drove me away immediately. I don`t listen much, but the live DJs seem to act as if they are in New Orleans instead of Fort Worth. Isn`t NOLA merely the transmitter site now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I can hear WRNO quite well here in Montreal, with various pop and rock music songs. They just had ID and gave details for reception reports via mail and email. They mentioned they are now back on the air. Back into music at 0154 UT on 7505 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, UT Sept 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn and Gilles, Lovely S9+10 signal here on 7505 with end of news at 0203, then Christian music. 73/Liz (Cameron, MI, ibid.) Read the notice in CumbreDX Messages this morning that WRNO was supposed to be on this Wednesday evening local. Tuned in about 0113 on 7505 and found contemporary Christian music, hosted by Caleb Duncan. At 0117 he did a spot for New Orleans style Jazz and Rock and Roll Music programs that should be on after Hurricane Ike passes. Gave contact information for WRNO at 0120. Thanks for the information about the return of WRNO and I'm glad I was able to pick it up (Steve Cross, Del City, OK, Sept 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://www.wrnoworldwide.org/ WRNO Worldwide c/o Good News World Outreach P. O. Box 895 Fort Worth, Texas 76101, USA wrnoradio @ mailup. net Rev. Robert and Janet Mawire --- OPPURE : http://www.wrno.com/main.html generalmanager @ wrno.com Business Address: 929 Howard Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70113, USA (Dario Monferini, Italy, playdx yg via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. I was getting a bit concerned Wednesday Sept 10 at 2100, when WORLD OF RADIO 1425 did not start on WBCQ 15420-CUSB, but instead the New Mexico preacher went right on babbling. Finally WOR started late at 2110 and ran until conclusion at 2138:40, during which the signal faded down somewhat. Serves as another reminder that if you don`t hear WOR at scheduled time on WBCQ, don`t give up. WBCQ is still running 9329v kHz, as heard financial discussion Sept 11 at 1853 on CSSB, but gone at 1904 recheck. Per WBCQ schedule, it`s Money Talk, another show pushing gold, M-F only at 18-19. AFAIK, 9330 is not on the air at any other time now, so we can keep hoping and trying for Syria after 1900 past 2300, but by barely modulating, they don`t cooperate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I guess this one slipped through the cracks on my end, but somehow I hadn’t noticed that The Apologetics Show with Ron [sic] Hembree had been off the air. My last logging was on May 10th, 2008 on 9330 kHz. The format was quite good and unique in its approach to speaking about matters of religion. At that time, I had received a Good Friends Radio Newsletter, with lots of interesting information on SWL’ing topics of interest. I’m not sure what happened to the program and the station, Glenn (Ed Insinger, NJ, Sept 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rod Hembree pulled all his programming off WBCQ, and that may have been one reason 9330 has been turned off completely. I think he is still on World Harvest Radio. His stuff, sacred and secular, rubs me the wrong way, to say the least (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWRB Program Anomaly --- Hello Glenn, Last evening, I noted that WWRB on 3185 kHz between 0140 and 0200, had an alternate program running. During this time slot, I totally enjoyed music from the Big Band Era. At 0200 UT, a male announcer mentioned that regular programming was not available. The audio was distorted, so I couldn’t clearly hear exactly what he said. But the music propagated much better and was a pleasant surprise. At 0200, a male announcer began reading from the Book of Job. Good signal was reduced by fading (Ed Insinger, NJ, Sept 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, BB music is Dave Frantz`s favorite default on WWRB (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Harold Camping on 12055, Sept 10 before and after 2130, but not // WYFR 13615/11565, and 12055 did not sound at all like WYFR, instead with ``generator hum``. This is registered as Ascension at 21-22, 65 degrees. Perhaps the upgrade there needs some tweaking. They certainly use generators, but normally filter out the hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ZAMBIA ** U S A. WYFR BROADCAST SCHEDULE 26 Oct 2008-29 Mar 2009, B-08 Note: Schedule information showing languages for transmissions carried by WYFR for other broadcasters will have to be obtained directly from the other broadcasters. Frequency Sort FREQ (KHZ) TIME (UTC) LANG AZ 5745 0500-0545 SPAN 44 5745 0600-0745 ENGL 44 5745 2000-2045 ENGL 44 5745 0800-0945 SPAN 160 5950 2100-0200 ENGL 355 5950 0400-0600 ENGL 285 5950 0800-1145 ENGL 285 5985 2000-0200 SPAN 181 5985 0200-0300 ENGL 181 5985 0300-0445 SPAN 181 5985 0500-0600 MAND 315 5985 0600-0645 CANT 315 6000 1000-1100 SPAN 160 6000 1100-1145 ENGL 160 6000 0500-0600 SPAN 181 6000 0600-0700 ENGL 181 6000 0700-0945 SPAN 181 6085 0000-0045 ENGL 355 6085 2300-0000 FREN 355 6085 1000-1600 SPAN 181 6085 1600-1700 ENGL 181 6085 1700-1900 SPAN 181 6085 1900-1945 ENGL 181 6105 0800-1045 PORT 142 6890 0900-1000 SPAN 355 6890 1000-1245 ENGL 355 6915 2000-2145 ENGL 44 6915 0304-0400 SPAN 355 6915 0400-0600 ENGL 355 6915 0600-0700 SPAN 355 6915 0700-1100 ENGL 355 6915 1100-1145 SPAN 355 7455 0100-0445 ENGL 355 7455 0700-1345 ENGL 315 7520 0100-0345 PORT 142 7520 0400-0500 RUSS 44 7520 0500-0600 ARAB 44 7520 0600-0700 FREN 44 7520 0700-0745 SPAN 44 7570 0100-0345 SPAN 160 7730 0304-0445 SPAN 160 7730 0500-0600 GERM 44 7730 0600-0700 ROMA 44 7730 0700-0745 POLI 44 9355 0404-0445 SPAN 160 9355 0500-0600 SPAN 44 9355 0600-0700 ITAL 44 9355 0700-0745 PORT 44 9355 2000-2100 ROMA 44 9355 2100-2200 SPAN 44 9430 2300-0000 ENGL 160 9430 0000-0045 PORT 160 9495 0504-0700 SPAN 222 9495 0700-0800 ENGL 222 9495 0800-0945 SPAN 222 9505 0000-0445 ENGL 315 9525 0100-0200 SPAN 285 9525 0200-0300 ENGL 285 9525 0300-0345 SPAN 285 9555 0800-1345 SPAN 160 9575 0900-1100 PORT 160 9575 1100-1145 SPAN 160 9605 0800-1045 PORT 142 9605 1100-1245 SPAN 222 9680 0800-1000 PORT 140 9680 1000-1045 FREN 140 9680 0300-0400 SPAN 315 9680 0400-0700 ENGL 315 9680 0700-0745 SPAN 315 9690 0000-0045 PORT 142 9690 2200-2300 PORT 142 9715 0000-0045 SPAN 285 9715 0400-0700 SPAN 285 9715 0700-0800 ENGL 285 9715 0800-1245 SPAN 285 9985 0500-0600 ARAB 87 9985 0600-0700 FREN 87 9985 0700-0845 ENGL 87 9985 0100-0300 SPAN 151 9985 0300-0400 ENGL 151 9985 0400-0445 SPAN 151 11530 1200-1300 ENGL 160 11530 1300-1345 PORT 160 11530 0500-0600 FREN 44 11530 0600-0700 ENGL 44 11530 0700-0745 ITAL 44 11565 2000-2100 GERM 44 11565 2100-2145 POLI 44 11565 1400-1645 ENGL 315 11580 2200-2245 SPAN 142 11580 0400-0500 PORT 87 11580 0500-0600 FREN 87 11580 0600-0700 ENGL 87 11580 0700-0800 ARAB 87 11580 0800-0845 FREN 87 11665 2000-2100 POLI 44 11665 2100-2145 ARAB 44 11665 2200-2245 SPAN 151 11700 2100-2245 SPAN 160 11720 0000-0100 ENGL 142 11720 0100-0145 PORT 142 11720 2300-0000 PORT 142 11725 1100-1200 ENGL 222 11725 1200-1545 SPAN 222 11740 0800-1000 SPAN 151 11740 1000-1100 FREN 151 11740 1100-1300 SPAN 151 11740 1300-1400 FREN 151 11740 1400-1545 SPAN 151 11740 2200-2345 ENGL 315 11825 0100-0200 PORT 160 11830 1100-1200 ENGL 140 11830 1200-1245 PORT 140 11830 1300-1400 ENGL 315 11830 1400-1500 SPAN 315 11830 1500-1600 MAND 315 11830 1600-1645 ENGL 315 11855 1300-1600 ENGL 355 11855 1600-1645 FREN 355 11855 2000-0200 SPAN 222 11855 0200-0300 ENGL 222 11855 0300-0400 SPAN 222 11885 0000-0100 PORT 140 11885 0100-0145 SPAN 140 11970 1200-1345 ENGL 285 13615 0200-0300 SPAN 222 13615 0300-0400 ENGL 222 13615 0400-0445 SPAN 222 13615 2304-0045 SPAN 160 13615 1200-1545 SPAN 160 13695 1200-1300 FREN 355 13695 1300-1400 MAND 355 13695 1400-1500 ENGL 355 13695 1500-1600 SPAN 355 13695 1600-2000 ENGL 355 13695 2000-2045 SPAN 355 15115 1700-1800 FREN 87 15115 1800-2200 ENGL 87 15115 2200-2245 ARAB 87 15130 1300-2345 SPAN 285 15210 1400-1500 PORT 160 15210 1500-1545 ENGL 160 15215 2300-0200 SPAN 160 15355 1300-1345 SPAN 222 15355 1400-1500 SPAN 142 15355 1500-1545 PORT 142 15400 2300-0000 ENGL 151 15400 0000-0045 FREN 151 15440 2200-0200 ENGL 285 15565 1800-1900 FREN 44 15565 1900-1945 ENGL 44 15785 1600-1645 ARAB 44 17535 1700-1800 SPAN 315 17535 1800-2145 ENGL 315 17555 1400-1545 SPAN 160 17555 1700-2145 ENGL 285 17575 1700-2000 PORT 140 17575 2000-2100 ENGL 140 17575 2100-2200 FREN 140 17575 2200-2245 PORT 140 17690 1600-1700 ENGL 87 17690 1700-1800 PORT 87 17690 1800-2000 FREN 87 17690 2000-2100 ARAB 87 17690 2100-2200 PORT 87 17690 2200-2245 ENGL 87 17760 1700-1800 GERM 44 17760 1800-1900 ITAL 44 17760 1900-1945 ARAB 44 17760 1400-1645 ENGL 285 18930 1600-1700 ITAL 44 18930 1700-1900 SPAN 44 18930 1900-1945 RUSS 44 18980 1600-1945 ENGL 44 21455 1600-1800 ENGL 44 21455 1800-1900 GERM 44 21455 1900-1945 FREN 44 21745 1600-1745 RUSS 44 LANGUAGE SORT LANG TIME (UTC) FREQ (KHZ) AZ ARAB 0500-0600 9985 87 ARAB 0700-0800 11580 87 ARAB 2100-2145 11665 44 ARAB 2200-2245 15115 87 ARAB 1600-1645 15785 44 ARAB 2000-2100 17690 87 ARAB 1900-1945 17760 44 ARAB 0500-0600 7520 44 CANT 0600-0645 5985 315 ENGL 0600-0745 5745 44 ENGL 2000-2045 5745 44 ENGL 2100-0200 5950 355 ENGL 0400-0600 5950 285 ENGL 0800-1145 5950 285 ENGL 0200-0300 5985 181 ENGL 1100-1145 6000 160 ENGL 0600-0700 6000 181 ENGL 0000-0045 6085 355 ENGL 1600-1700 6085 181 ENGL 1900-1945 6085 181 ENGL 1000-1245 6890 355 ENGL 2000-2145 6915 44 ENGL 0400-0600 6915 355 ENGL 0700-1100 6915 355 ENGL 0100-0445 7455 355 ENGL 0700-1345 7455 315 ENGL 2300-0000 9430 160 ENGL 0700-0800 9495 222 ENGL 0000-0445 9505 315 ENGL 0200-0300 9525 285 ENGL 0400-0700 9680 315 ENGL 0700-0800 9715 285 ENGL 0700-0845 9985 87 ENGL 0300-0400 9985 151 ENGL 1200-1300 11530 160 ENGL 0600-0700 11530 44 ENGL 1400-1645 11565 315 ENGL 0600-0700 11580 87 ENGL 0000-0100 11720 142 ENGL 1100-1200 11725 222 ENGL 2200-2345 11740 315 ENGL 1100-1200 11830 140 ENGL 1300-1400 11830 315 ENGL 1600-1645 11830 315 ENGL 1300-1600 11855 355 ENGL 0200-0300 11855 222 ENGL 1200-1345 11970 285 ENGL 0300-0400 13615 222 ENGL 1400-1500 13695 355 ENGL 1600-2000 13695 355 ENGL 1800-2200 15115 87 ENGL 1500-1545 15210 160 ENGL 2300-0000 15400 151 ENGL 2200-0200 15440 285 ENGL 1900-1945 15565 44 ENGL 1800-2145 17535 315 ENGL 1700-2145 17555 285 ENGL 2000-2100 17575 140 ENGL 1600-1700 17690 87 ENGL 2200-2245 17690 87 ENGL 1400-1645 17760 285 ENGL 1600-1945 18980 44 ENGL 1600-1800 21455 44 FREN 2300-0000 6085 355 FREN 0600-0700 7520 44 FREN 1000-1045 9680 140 FREN 0600-0700 9985 87 FREN 0500-0600 11530 44 FREN 0500-0600 11580 87 FREN 0800-0845 11580 87 FREN 1000-1100 11740 151 FREN 1300-1400 11740 151 FREN 1600-1645 11855 355 FREN 1200-1300 13695 355 FREN 1700-1800 15115 87 FREN 0000-0045 15400 151 FREN 1800-1900 15565 44 FREN 2100-2200 17575 140 FREN 1800-2000 17690 87 FREN 1900-1945 21455 44 GERM 0500-0600 7730 44 GERM 2000-2145 11565 44 GERM 1700-1800 17760 44 GERM 1800-1900 21455 44 ITAL 0600-0700 9355 44 ITAL 0700-0745 11530 44 ITAL 1800-1900 17760 44 ITAL 1600-1700 18930 44 MAND 0500-0600 5985 315 MAND 1500-1600 11830 315 MAND 1300-1400 13695 355 POLI 0700-0745 7730 44 POLI 2100-2145 11565 44 POLI 2000-2100 11665 44 PORT 0800-1045 6105 142 PORT 0100-0345 7520 142 PORT 0700-0745 9355 44 PORT 0000-0045 9430 160 PORT 0900-1100 9575 160 PORT 0800-1045 9605 142 PORT 0800-1000 9680 140 PORT 0000-0045 9690 142 PORT 2200-2300 9690 142 PORT 1300-1345 11530 160 PORT 0400-0500 11580 87 PORT 0100-0145 11720 142 PORT 2300-0000 11720 142 PORT 0100-0200 11825 160 PORT 1200-1245 11830 140 PORT 0000-0100 11885 140 PORT 1400-1500 15210 160 PORT 1500-1545 15355 142 PORT 1700-2000 17575 140 PORT 2200-2245 17575 140 PORT 1700-1800 17690 87 PORT 2100-2200 17690 87 ROMA 0600-0700 7730 44 ROMA 2000-2100 9355 44 RUSS 0400-0500 7520 44 RUSS 1900-1945 18930 44 RUSS 1600-1745 21745 44 SPAN 0500-0545 5745 44 SPAN 0800-0945 5745 160 SPAN 2000-0200 5985 181 SPAN 0300-0445 5985 181 SPAN 1000-1100 6000 160 SPAN 0500-0600 6000 181 SPAN 0700-0945 6000 181 SPAN 1000-1600 6085 181 SPAN 1700-1900 6085 181 SPAN 0900-1000 6890 355 SPAN 0304-0400 6915 355 SPAN 0600-0700 6915 355 SPAN 1100-1145 6915 355 SPAN 0700-0745 7520 44 SPAN 0100-0345 7570 160 SPAN 0304-0445 7730 160 SPAN 0404-0445 9355 160 SPAN 0500-0600 9355 44 SPAN 2100-2200 9355 44 SPAN 0504-0700 9495 222 SPAN 0800-0945 9495 222 SPAN 0100-0200 9525 285 SPAN 0300-0345 9525 285 SPAN 0800-1345 9555 160 SPAN 1100-1145 9575 160 SPAN 1100-1245 9605 222 SPAN 0300-0400 9680 315 SPAN 0700-0745 9680 315 SPAN 0000-0045 9715 285 SPAN 0400-0700 9715 285 SPAN 0800-1245 9715 285 SPAN 0100-0300 9985 151 SPAN 0400-0445 9985 151 SPAN 2200-2245 11580 142 SPAN 2200-2245 11665 151 SPAN 2100-2245 11700 160 SPAN 1200-1545 11725 222 SPAN 0800-1000 11740 151 SPAN 1100-1300 11740 151 SPAN 1400-1545 11740 151 SPAN 1400-1500 11830 315 SPAN 2000-0200 11855 222 SPAN 0300-0400 11855 222 SPAN 0100-0145 11885 140 SPAN 0200-0300 13615 222 SPAN 0400-0445 13615 222 SPAN 2304-0045 13615 160 SPAN 1200-1545 13615 160 SPAN 1500-1600 13695 355 SPAN 2000-2045 13695 355 SPAN 1300-2345 15130 285 SPAN 2300-0200 15215 160 SPAN 1300-1345 15355 222 SPAN 1400-1500 15355 142 SPAN 1700-1800 17535 315 SPAN 1400-1545 17555 160 SPAN 1700-1900 18930 44 TIME SORT TIME (UTC) LANG FREQ (KHZ) AZ 0000-0045 ENGL 6085 355 0000-0045 FREN 15400 151 0000-0045 PORT 9430 160 0000-0045 PORT 9690 142 0000-0045 SPAN 9715 285 0000-0100 ENGL 11720 142 0000-0100 PORT 11885 140 0000-0445 ENGL 9505 315 0100-0145 PORT 11720 142 0100-0145 SPAN 11885 140 0100-0200 PORT 11825 160 0100-0200 SPAN 9525 285 0100-0300 SPAN 9985 151 0100-0345 PORT 7520 142 0100-0345 SPAN 7570 160 0100-0445 ENGL 7455 355 0200-0300 ENGL 5985 181 0200-0300 ENGL 9525 285 0200-0300 ENGL 11855 222 0200-0300 SPAN 13615 222 0300-0345 SPAN 9525 285 0300-0400 ENGL 9985 151 0300-0400 ENGL 13615 222 0300-0400 SPAN 9680 315 0300-0400 SPAN 11855 222 0300-0445 SPAN 5985 181 0304-0400 SPAN 6915 355 0304-0445 SPAN 7730 160 0400-0445 SPAN 9985 151 0400-0445 SPAN 13615 222 0400-0500 PORT 11580 87 0400-0500 RUSS 7520 44 0400-0600 ENGL 5950 285 0400-0600 ENGL 6915 355 0400-0700 ENGL 9680 315 0400-0700 SPAN 9715 285 0404-0445 SPAN 9355 160 0500-0545 SPAN 5745 44 0500-0600 ARAB 9985 87 0500-0600 ARAB 7520 44 0500-0600 FREN 11530 44 0500-0600 FREN 11580 87 0500-0600 GERM 7730 44 0500-0600 MAND 5985 315 0500-0600 SPAN 6000 181 0500-0600 SPAN 9355 44 0504-0700 SPAN 9495 222 0600-0645 CANT 5985 315 0600-0700 ENGL 6000 181 0600-0700 ENGL 11530 44 0600-0700 ENGL 11580 87 0600-0700 FREN 7520 44 0600-0700 FREN 9985 87 0600-0700 ITAL 9355 44 0600-0700 ROMA 7730 44 0600-0700 SPAN 6915 355 0600-0745 ENGL 5745 44 0700-0745 ITAL 11530 44 0700-0745 POLI 7730 44 0700-0745 PORT 9355 44 0700-0745 SPAN 7520 44 0700-0745 SPAN 9680 315 0700-0800 ARAB 11580 87 0700-0800 ENGL 9495 222 0700-0800 ENGL 9715 285 0700-0845 ENGL 9985 87 0700-0945 SPAN 6000 181 0700-1100 ENGL 6915 355 0700-1345 ENGL 7455 315 0800-0845 FREN 11580 87 0800-0945 SPAN 5745 160 0800-0945 SPAN 9495 222 0800-1000 PORT 9680 140 0800-1000 SPAN 11740 151 0800-1045 PORT 6105 142 0800-1045 PORT 9605 142 0800-1145 ENGL 5950 285 0800-1245 SPAN 9715 285 0800-1345 SPAN 9555 160 0900-1000 SPAN 6890 355 0900-1100 PORT 9575 160 1000-1045 FREN 9680 140 1000-1100 FREN 11740 151 1000-1100 SPAN 6000 160 1000-1245 ENGL 6890 355 1000-1600 SPAN 6085 181 1100-1145 ENGL 6000 160 1100-1145 SPAN 6915 355 1100-1145 SPAN 9575 160 1100-1200 ENGL 11725 222 1100-1200 ENGL 11830 140 1100-1245 SPAN 9605 222 1100-1300 SPAN 11740 151 1200-1245 PORT 11830 140 1200-1300 ENGL 11530 160 1200-1300 FREN 13695 355 1200-1345 ENGL 11970 285 1200-1545 SPAN 11725 222 1200-1545 SPAN 13615 160 1300-1345 PORT 11530 160 1300-1345 SPAN 15355 222 1300-1400 ENGL 11830 315 1300-1400 FREN 11740 151 1300-1400 MAND 13695 355 1300-1600 ENGL 11855 355 1300-2345 SPAN 15130 285 1400-1500 ENGL 13695 355 1400-1500 PORT 15210 160 1400-1500 SPAN 11830 315 1400-1500 SPAN 15355 142 1400-1545 SPAN 11740 151 1400-1545 SPAN 17555 160 1400-1645 ENGL 11565 315 1400-1645 ENGL 17760 285 1500-1545 ENGL 15210 160 1500-1545 PORT 15355 142 1500-1600 MAND 11830 315 1500-1600 SPAN 13695 355 1600-1645 ARAB 15785 44 1600-1645 ENGL 11830 315 1600-1645 FREN 11855 355 1600-1700 ENGL 6085 181 1600-1700 ENGL 17690 87 1600-1700 ITAL 18930 44 1600-1745 RUSS 21745 44 1600-1800 ENGL 21455 44 1600-1945 ENGL 18980 44 1600-2000 ENGL 13695 355 1700-1800 FREN 15115 87 1700-1800 GERM 17760 44 1700-1800 PORT 17690 87 1700-1800 SPAN 17535 315 1700-1900 SPAN 6085 181 1700-1900 SPAN 18930 44 1700-2000 PORT 17575 140 1700-2145 ENGL 17555 285 1800-1900 FREN 15565 44 1800-1900 GERM 21455 44 1800-1900 ITAL 17760 44 1800-2000 FREN 17690 87 1800-2145 ENGL 17535 315 1800-2200 ENGL 15115 87 1900-1945 ARAB 17760 44 1900-1945 ENGL 6085 181 1900-1945 ENGL 15565 44 1900-1945 FREN 21455 44 1900-1945 RUSS 18930 44 2000-2045 ENGL 5745 44 2000-2045 SPAN 13695 355 2000-2100 ARAB 17690 87 2000-2100 ENGL 17575 140 2000-2100 POLI 11665 44 2000-2100 ROMA 9355 44 2000-2145 ENGL 6915 44 2000-2145 GERM 11565 44 2000-0200 SPAN 5985 181 2000-0200 SPAN 11855 222 2100-2145 ARAB 11665 44 2100-2145 POLI 11565 44 2100-2200 FREN 17575 140 2100-2200 PORT 17690 87 2100-2200 SPAN 9355 44 2100-2245 SPAN 11700 160 2100-0200 ENGL 5950 355 2200-2245 ARAB 15115 87 2200-2245 ENGL 17690 87 2200-2245 PORT 17575 140 2200-2245 SPAN 11580 142 2200-2245 SPAN 11665 151 2200-2300 PORT 9690 142 2200-2345 ENGL 11740 315 2200-0200 ENGL 15440 285 2300-0000 ENGL 9430 160 2300-0000 ENGL 15400 151 2300-0000 FREN 6085 355 2300-0000 PORT 11720 142 2300-0200 SPAN 15215 160 2304-0045 SPAN 13615 160 (Evelyn Marcy, WYFR Okeechobee, Sept 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The version in 8-097 by frequency without languages shows target zones and power, if you need that info. Almost all are 100 kW with a few 50 kW. These schedules concern only the Okeechobee transmitters. Over the last few years, Family Radio has built up a huge network of overseas relays in additional languages, and even a US SW relay, several hours a day via WINB (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. Radio Netherlands has launched a new weekly podcast on the Presidential election season as seen from the European perspective; the podcast is called "Europe Goes to the White House." See http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/northamerica/Europe-White-House for details. This podcast won't be included in RNW's shortwave broadcasts, it appears. These were both from the weekly Media Network newsletter and blog from RNW (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, swprograms via DXLD) ** U S A. 1680, WPRR Ada, MICH, Sept/10/08, 1853 EDT, English, VG. Continuous taped loop ID as "Welcome...this is WPRR Ada/Grand Rapids Michigan, 1680 kHz. Public Reality Radio is scheduled to debut in September. Coming Soon --- Public Reality Radio. Into continuous instrumental music until the next full ID at 1856 EST [sic]. IDing about every 3 Minutes. RELOG, CALL LETTER CHANGE, Ex-WDSS, 10 kW/680 N (Robert S. Ross VA3SW, London, Ontario, CANADA N6A5K1, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. Radio Tower Stolen --- Police in southwestern PENNSYLVANIA say they think ambitious scrap-metal thieves are behind the recent disappearance of a radio transmission tower, writes THE DAILY AMERICAN. The 120-foot tower hadn't been used in years but was a something of a landmark on the outskirts of WINDBER until it vanished this week. PAINT TOWNSHIP police told WJAC-TV, JOHNSTOWN, WEDNESDAY it appeared the thieves threw cables over the guy wires of the tower and then pulled it to the ground with a truck. Burn marks and cut bolts found at the scene indicate a cutting torch was then used to break the tower up so it could be hauled away. A transformer on the tower held as much as 300 pounds of valuable copper. The family that owns the tower told WJAC they had been in discussions with an Internet company about using it for a new wireless broadband network. The tower previously broadcast the now defunct WWBR (allaccess.com via Brock Whaley, HI, DXLD) ** U S A. I`m completely convinced that the FCC no longer has any interest in policing FM. I work in Stamford, CT. There is a 103.1 translator licensed here that used to carry classical WQXR. It was off for years and I mentioned this fact when someone asked. Since then, it came back on the air translating off-frequency noise that sometimes includes distorted audio of local 101.9 WRXP. Well, I guess they are back on the air with an audience of zero. All they have achieved is liberally jamming Long Island`s B-103 which came in pretty well before they turned on their noise (Karl Zuk, July/August/September FMedia! via DXLD) ** U S A. Selected AM Happenings: CO, Boulder, KGNU *1390 fined $3200 for ``willful and repeated`` violations of section 73.1745(a) of the FCC rules. It is licensed for 5 kW during the day, 139 watts at night, but it was observed operating with 5000 watts, 24 hours per day, on April 27, 28 and 29. The FCC refused to lower the fine because the station is operated non-commercially. PA, Philadelphia, WIP, 610, owned by CBS, fined $4000 for not announcing the terms of a competitive eating contest. [!] Format Changes: WA, Tacoma-Seattle, KBSG 97.3 nt, mono, parallel to KIRO ``News Talk 710`` Seattle. Bonneville market manager Carl Gardner says while there are a significant number of FM listeners, many only ``sporadically`` turn to AM. Drops ``Oldies 97.3`` positioner. Deletions: NM, Taos, KTOS-LP *96.9 and KART-LP *97.7. Obituaries: Al Rueter, 86, a former WCAL *89.3 Northfield MN personage --- station is now KCMP --- when owned by St. Olaf College. His Sing for Joy program was once carried by several hundred stations in several states. Rueter retired in 2002, but the show is still produced by the radio-station-less St. Olaf College (July/August/September FMedia! via DXLD) And was on WWCR for a while. Here are only 11 webcasting public radio stations now carrying it, all on Sunday morning, except, natch, Seventh Day Adventists` WSMC on Saturday afternoon: http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/program.pl?programid=271 Program`s own webpage with playlists and listen link: http://www.singforjoy.org/ Current staff: ``College Pastor Bruce Benson is writer and host. Professor of Music John Ferguson and Producer and Music Director Jeff O'Donnell oversee the selection of music.`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA [non]. Near the end of the 1900 UT broadcast from RNV, via Cuba 15290 at 1956 Sept 11, 2008, they ran their usual schedule announcement in Spanish. If it starts with ``to San Francisco at 11 am on 13740``, as it did, you know they STILL haven`t updated their transmission schedule announcement since first coming on the air in April 2004! And the 13740 transmission ended about a year later. The announced schedules not only include deleted times and frequencies, but omit ones that have been added since, such as 1000 on 6180, 1100 on 6060, both of which I heard again Sept 11, the latter in English shortly after it started. They are clueless in Caracas about when their Canal Internacional is really on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. Little Saigon Radio QSL: see TAIWAN ** ZAMBIA. Surprised that CVC Lusaka, 13590, Sept 11 at 1859-1904 was putting in such a good signal so far from its target area, CIRAF 46SE, which means Nigeria, but it is 100 kW at 315 degrees, which is also favorable for NAm, scheduled for long hours, 06-21 UT, despite several other co-channel transmissions during parts of that from Portugal, Germany, Russia and China, but at this hour it is alone. When I tuned in, announcer Brad was answering the question How big is God? By computing how long it would take to count all the stars in the galaxy at one per second (3000 years). I see. Then IDs/jingles as ``1Life, 1Way, 1Africa``. and the like. Maybe Brad has a South African accent rather than Australian? Not sure. So is he really in the new RSA studio or the Queensland one? A continuous musical bed is running, and heavily produced, à la Rod Hembree, mere a cappella talk being too dull to hold the attention of the younger African set this is aimed at, as evidenced by promo for SMS to 27 789 407 457 with the word ``friend`` in order to get a free friendship message in reply. Whoopee! Stealth evangelism in axion. This is in stark contrast to its neighbors on the dial, the plodding Harold Camping on WYFR 13615, who also sounded a bit hoarse today, and an equally soporific preacher on WINB 13570. At 1942 recheck, 1Africa was still inbooming with lively praise music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MUSEA +++++ HEMEL MUSEUM OF TECHNOLOGY OPEN THIS WEEKEND The Heritage Open Days (HODS) are on Saturday 13th, and Sunday 14th September. Once again, the wonderful little museum in Hemel Hempstead's Old Town will be opening its doors for visitors to enjoy the eclectic collection of early technology. The Museum of Technology - The Great War & WWII will be open from 10.00am to 4.00pm on both days. The Museum is at 81 High Street and is run by Trevor Cass and Rosie Hourihane. Radio enthusiasts will be interested in the exhibits of military communications, telegraphy, valves, and domestic radios. Amongst the military communications equipment is a B2 Spy Set owned by Major John Brown. Trevor and Rosie look forward to welcoming visitors to their museum - entrance is free. Other opening times are by appointment; just ring 01442 262541 and we can arrange to open the museum for your convenience. Groups welcome. 81 High Street Hemel Hempstead Herts HP1 3AH Museum of Technology website http://www.museumoftechnology.co.uk/ More details and video at http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/gazette-video/Step-back-in-time-at.3172247.jp (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ AWR EUROPE SPECIAL PROGRAMS STUDIO DX FOR THE EDXC 2008 IN VAASA Dear friends of EDXC ! Here the link of the special program broadcast the past sunday 07 September from STUDIO DX over the German transmitter operated by AWR Europe. The program is hosted by Roberto Scaglione of the BCL SICILIA Club and it is in Italian. Studio DX n 271 new! 09/07/2008 Puntata del 7 settembre 2008 http://www.studiodx.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=13&&Itemid=28 Next Studio Dx 272 will be aired the Sunday 14 September and will contain a report of the activities in the EDXC 2008 meeting in Vaasa realized by Dario Monferini. Frequency 9790 kHz at 0900-0930 UTC. Special QSL card writing to : RVS Firenze / AWR Europe Viuzzo del Pergolino 1 50139 Firenze Italia Don't forget to add 2 IRCs or 2 US $ if you want a printed QSLcard sent by letter. Dario Monferini & Roberto Scaglione. http://www.playdx.com http://www.bclnews.it (playdx yg via DXLD) NASB TO HOST B09 HFCC CONFERENCE Dear NASB Members and Associate Members: I am very happy to report that today we received the final confirmation from the HFCC Steering Board that our NASB proposal to host the B09 HFCC/ASBU Conference in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic August 24-28, 2009 has been approved. The HFCC (High Frequency Coordination Conference) is a twice-yearly meeting of shortwave broadcasters from around the world to coordinate the use of HF broadcast frequencies for the following frequency season. Approximately 80% of the world's shortwave broadcasts are coordinated at these meetings. This will be only the third time in the 19-year history of the HFCC that it has held a conference in the Western Hemisphere. The last time was in February of 2005, when the NASB hosted a very successful meeting in Mexico City. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to host an HFCC Conference in the United States yet due to the difficulties in obtaining visas for delegates from some of the 40 or so countries that regularly participate. Punta Cana is on the eastern end of the Dominican Republic, about a two-hour flight from Miami. The area has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Caribbean during the past several years. The HFCC Conference will take place at a resort hotel directly on a pristine Caribbean beach where all meals and beverages are included in the room price. A optional two-day post-conference excursion will give attendees an opportunity to visit the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo, the oldest city in the New World, with its rich colonial history. We hope that many of our NASB members and associate members will be able to attend this conference to help us welcome global shortwave broadcasters to our part of the world. Opportunities are also available to organizations that might want to sponsor a coffee break, meal or reception. I will be going to the Dominican Republic next week to make the initial plans, and we'll keep you updated over the coming months about plans for the conference. Best regards. (Jeff White, President, National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters c/o WRMI Radio Miami International 175 Fontainebleau Blvd., Suite 1N4 Miami, Florida 33172 USA Tel +1-305-559-9764 Fax +1-305-559-8186 Cell +1-786-942-4205 http://www.shortwave.org Sept 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: CUBA; GUIANA FRENCH; IRELAND; MEXICO ++++++++++++++++++++ DTV ABSTRACT ART I am in the very fortunate position of being able to view wonderful kaleidoscopic art on my TV screen, except it is not symmetrical --- KETA-DT-32, OKC, which has two channels, -2 being OETA OKLA, clashes with KXOK-TV, the Enid LPTV station still in analog on 32. If I adjust the rabbit ears just right, and with a little help from the troposphere, OETA digital channels can overcome the local QRM (and if you look at that in analog, it has DTV snow on it), but much of the time the signals are so close to equal, that KXOK causes DT from KETA to break up, constantly changing tiling or freezing momentarily. This makes for some lovely abstract art in all kinds of colors, occasionally locking into a real picture before breaking up again. That`s thru the Insignia STB converter. At least I assume that KXOK causes this to happen, rather than the KETA signal simply being not quite strong enough as received. I hope other DTV viewers can benefit from such an unexpected side-effect, but this will no longer happen after the transition is complete. The patterns never repeat exactly, and one may record them for future enjoyment. Beware, however: faces can turn very grotesque (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Will KETA-DT be moving back to an original analog channel? If so, you should see it clearly. Otherwise, it's my understanding that LPTV stations will not be transitioning in February. So, if KETA remains on 32, then your reception issues will remain (Nate Bargmann, KS, N0NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, KETA will be going back to 13 for its permanent DTV, where its analog has always been. But KXOK already has its DTV going at very low power on channel 31, so presumably will turn off 32. In the OKC market the only VHF DTV we wind up with will be KOCO (ABC) on 7, and KETA (PBS) on 13, all the others UHF, which means in the outback we shall need good hi-band VHF antennas, but not lo-band (except for DXing!) (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ The Future of Radio. . . . . . . . . is here. This is how most "radio" listeners will "tune in" a decade from now: http://www.hear2.com/2008/09/a-million-radio.html (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, 2008y, ABDX via DXLD) POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ BT VISION, NOT HOME HUB In spite of all the adverse publicity it appears that BT are still installing this horrendous device. My sister has just gone on to broadband and BT sent her one which was installed with the help of IT friend today (Gareth Foster, BDXC-UK via DXLD) I have BT Home Hub here in the shack. It works well and does not cause a problem with my amateur or SWL activities. I think the device causing concern is the BT Vision Powerline adaptor, which is a different piece of equipment (Tom Read, M1EYP, Macclesfield, ibid.) To clarify as the thread title is misleading the BT Home Hub used for broadband does not cause any interference. The interference is caused by BT Broadband customers using the BT Vision package for digital television: http://www.btvision.bt.com/vision/whatsbtv/whatis.htm Note that it's an addition to Freeview. The Comtrend powerline adaptors, which cause the interference, are used to send the TV on demand and EPG information, which is needed for the BT Vision package, from your computer to the V-box. However this can also be done by running a cable between the computer and V Box or by using another BT Home Hub next to the V Box as a wireless access point. This has happened when shortwave listeners have complained to Ofcom though it seems that BT is offering a wired solution free but if you want a wireless solution you have to pay for the additional Home Hub. The Comtrend adaptors are being supplied as standard to all BT Vision customers. Check the self install guide to see how they are used: http://www.btvision.bt.com/vision/help_support/BT_Self-installation_guide14.pdf (22 page pdf) This is not an advert for BT Vision, in fact quite the opposite! Check the updated UKQRM website: http://mikeandsniffy.co.uk/UKQRM The Save Shortwave petition now has 2275 signatures: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SaveShortwave (Mike Barraclough, Sept 9, ibid.) ###