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Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1430 Wed 0530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1130 WRMI 9955 Wed 2100 WBCQ 15420-CUSB Thu 0530 WRMI 9955 Thu 1430 WRMI 9955 Thu 2330 WBCQ 7415 Fri 0100 WRMI 9955 Fri 0800 WRMI 9955 Fri 1930 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290 Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 Fri 2300 WBCQ 5110-CUSB Area 51 Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415 [temporary, reconfirmed Oct 13] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 0530 WRMI 9955 [or new 1431] Wed 1130 WRMI 9955 [or new 1431] 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. Recent military action in Georgia prompted me to check SW from the area. Heard Abkhazia low powered transmitter on 9494.76; in absence of 9495 stations can hear it in Russian-type language, lots of Russian-type folk music from 0400 past 0530. Not an easy catch, but you can try for it (Bryan Clark, NZ, RNZI Mailbag Oct 13, notes by gh for DXLD) ** ALBANIA. Correxion in B-08 of Radio Tirana in Italian Mon-Sat: 2001-2030 NF 6155 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg to Italy, ex reg. 6120 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 14 via DXLD) ** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. Concurrent ham DX-peditions are about to take place, along with LAKSHADWEEP, q.v. ** ANTARCTICA. CONOZCA LA RADIO MÁS AUSTRAL DEL MUNDO, QUE ES ARGENTINA : RADIO NACIONAL ARCÁNGEL SAN GABRIEL, DESDE LA ANTÁRTIDA ARGENTINA http://www.elojodigital.com/sociedad/2008/10/12/1511.html Un rápido vistazo a los patriotas argentinos que dan todo lo que tienen para poner bien de relieve la presencia nacional en nuestro sector antártico, desde la Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel. El 20 de octubre de 1979 se inaugura en la Base Antártica Esperanza la emisora LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel SAN GABRIEL, primera radioemisora del Continente Antártico, que, dicho sea de paso, es la estación más austral del mundo (en la frecuencia: 15.476MHZ). Haga click aquí para ver las fotos del equipo. Sus emisiones suelen ser escuchadas en Europa, Asia y toda Norteamérica. Desde su puesta al aire, la emisora quedó incorporada al servicio oficial de radiodifusión. El propósito de la radio es tender lazos dentro de la Antártida y difundir la cultura argentina en todo el globo. Durante 28 años y en funcionamiento ininterrumpido, la radio fue cobrando un interés importante dentro de la Base Esperanza, y también a lo largo de los países donde se recibe su emisión. En la base, siempre es importante su compañía por el solo hecho de acompañar las actividades de trabajos que se desarrollan y recordar la música nacional. Hacernos conocer por este medio a los países extranjeros y difundir costumbres y noticias argentinas es labor de los cuatro miembros de esta dotación antártica que, año a año, se encargan de su todos los aspectos de su funcionamiento. La emisora cuenta con tres mujeres que, a lo largo del año, cumplen la función de conductoras, y también forma parte del equipo un operador, que asesora en todos los aspectos de la programación. A continuación, repasamos sus nombres y sus actividades. Martha Claleo de Aguilera Meneses. Conductora de los micros "Argentinos en la Antártida". En este micro se desarrollan temas de aquellos connacionales que marcaron un hecho trascendental para la historia argentina en la Antártida. Por ejemplo, el General Hernán Pujato. En el programa "Reflexiones" se hacen lecturas de algunos fragmentos de libros de autores conocidos o anónimos donde se dejan entrever enseñanzas de la vida. El ciclo "Noticias y deportes" enumera hechos nacionales y del quehacer deportivo. La sección "Datos Meteorológicos" refiere a la actualización de los datos climáticos de la región antártica y sobre algunas provincias argentinas. La información es suministrada por el Servicio meteorológico de las bases Esperanza y Base Marambio. Por su parte, Noemí Pastrana de Villanueva es conductora de los siguientes enfoques de noticias : "Ciencia y técnica" (micro en el que se hace referencia a las actualizaciones de las tecnologías modernas y ciertos descubrimientos actuales de interés para la sociedad). "Efeméride y Santoral" - donde se pasa lectura de los acontecimientos históricos y relatos de los Santos del día. También participa Mitra León ti de Silva, conductora de los micros "Turismo" - referenciando a los lugares más hermoso de nuestra querida Argentina- ; "Costumbres y leyendas argentinas? -dando cita a las costumbres y las culturas de las distintas provincias argentinas-. Gastón Vera, finalmente, se desempeña como Operador de los equipos de grabación y cortinas musicales. Los locutores y los operadores se forman anualmente en el estatal Instituto Superior de Enseñanza Radiofónica (ISER) a lo largo de dos meses de curso intensivo. LRA 36 sale al aire con una potencia de 1 KW, en la frecuencia de 6.030 KHZ Onda Corta y en la Banda de 49M, con transmisiones diarias iniciales. En el presente, tiene una potencia de 10 KW, irradiando en la frecuencia de 15.476 KHZ en la Banda de 19M en Amplitud Modulada (AM) y 97,6 en Frecuencia Modulada (FM), de lunes a viernes de 15 a 18 horas. Un saludo para todos los lectores de El Ojo Digital y de Internet, El equipo de LRA36, ARCANGEL SAN GABRIEL. El próximo 20 de octubre cumpliremos 29 años de servicio ininterrumpido, revelando al planeta el saber de nuestra tierra, junto con nuestras costumbres, músicas, nuestro quehacer cotidiano y, desde luego, el detalle de nuestra presencia en estas latutides. Desde aquí, en el Sector Antártico Argentino, nuestra enseña nacional flamea sin cesar, presentando un firme testimonio sobre nuestra soberanía. BASE ANTARTICA ESPERANZA. LRA 36 SAN RADIO NACIONAL ARCANGEL SAN GABRIEL (via José Miguel Romero, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD) So have they really switched from USB (or CUSB) to full AM on 15476 as Pankov also reported? Altho in present tense, mention of 6030 must surely be only historical. Uninterrupted for 29 years?? SW certainly has been interrupted several times, for months (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Glenn, nice recording from LRA36, Arcángel, 15476, 1900 UT 14/10. With the new Marconi vertical antenna, not bad, hé? Gr (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1915 ID by female. Fair reception, little noisy (Maurits, BDX via DXLD) ANTARTIDA, 15476, LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1901-1922, 14-10, locutor y locutora, identificación en varios idiomas: "Desde Base Esperanza, sector antártico argentino, transmite LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, de lunes a viernes desde las 15 a las 18 horas, 18 a 21 horas UTC", canciones, canción "Si se calla el cantor" de Horacio Guaraní, comentario, por locutora, a las 1918 el tiempo, "temperatura 12 grados cinco décimas bajo cero", "pronóstico". 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600G, Antena de cable, 8 metros, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTIGUA. TE FM DX: see PROPAGATION ** ARGENTINA. 15344.77, Radio Nacional; 2215-2225 October 12, 2008. Spanish male announcer, tango fill 2217. Clear and good (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) R.A.E., 15344.80 kHz, 1900 UT Oct 13, ID in verschillende talen (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, bdx mailing list via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 6230, VNW [sic: it`s VMW], 1035-1045 Oct 13, Noted a male in English language weather reports for Australia's surrounding ocean area. One in particular was "Queensland" which was mentioned. Signal was good this morning and caught the ID as, "End of transmission from VNW". This station seems to come on the air on the hour and on the half hour all in USB Mode. At about 1055 a transmission commences where the parallel frequencies are listed as 2056, 4149, 6230, 8113, 12362, 16528. Didn't get a chance go check them out yet. Signal was better this morning compared to yesterday (Oct 12, 2008). Waited around for the hourly transmission and as predicted, this station came on the air at 1100 with weather, but no ID at that time. It'll probably be mentioned at the end of the weather. The transmission sounds like it's computer generated (Chuck Bolland, WinRadio, Clewiston, Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHAMAS. And FINALLY! 2015 ET [Oct 13 = 0015 UT Oct 14]. ZNS 1540 Bahamas with two IDs and 70s soul with an Al Green song. Slogan sounded like "Digital Voice of the Bahamas" [no: see below]. Zed NS. WDCD phased but ZNS came up right on top of the channel. Took long enough to get these guys. WDCD there will a possible KXEL in the mix. R75, Two longwires and Quantum phaser (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT USA, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) KXEL 1540 is in good here w/ Bruce Willliams along with WDCD in the mix. At 9:14 [0114 UT] have moved my longwire to optimize ZNS if they are there. At 9:30 70s soul music now in good no ID given at this time (Jeff Rostron, Springfield MA, Sangean HDT-1, 75 ft longwire, ibid.) Congrats on that catch, Mike, but if you really wanted them all you needed to do is come up here to Albany - where WDCD's groundwave sig is so terrible both ZNS and KXEL (along with pest CHIN) are regular catches here within their primary contour! ;-) (Andrew MacKenzie, Ballston Lake NY, ibid.) Tried for ZNS last night here in Hingham. A jumble of about four stations with WDCD on top most of the time. There was another station in there that may have been ZNS with some interesting music (some reggae, some soul, some top 40 and even what sounded like some new age stuff). CHIN was also in (some of the music could have been them) and also an oldies station in there at times too (Keith McGinnis, Hingham MA, Oct 14, ibid.) Bert New wrote me that is wasn't the Digital Voice of the Bahamas but the National Voice of the Bahamas. I was close (Mike B., Enfield, CT, ibid.) ** BANGLADESH. 4750.00, 1645-1711* 11.10, Bangladesh Betar, Khabirpur, Dhaka. Bengali talk, folksongs, 1700 TS, news, ID 1706 45333 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** BARBADOS. TE FM DX: see PROPAGATION ** BELARUS. 6080, Belaruskaje Radio heard at 1800 on 13 October with great signals, some co-channel QRM and a minimal fade. Sounded like they were playing old Russian showtunes with a soft-spoken announcer in BY in between (Al Muick, Kabul, Afghanistan, WinRadio G303e, 100m longwire, HCDX via DXLD) ** BENIN. 1566, TWR, Parakou, 1713-1813, 11 Oct, Vernacular, talks, English at 1800 when the signal rated 55343; 35342. This is often much better than VoA via STP [1530] with, what, 600 kW? (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. Re 8-112, ``These are the folx who give away fix-tuned radios that will only pick up their own station, to keep any other ideas out (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)" Wouldn't it be smart for the clandestine operating in Bolivia to broadcast on this frequency to a captive audience? Take care! (Eric Loy, DWS Sportsnight, WDWS Radio, Champaign IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Theoretically, if they could override the intended signal; not sure what clandestine you refer to. R. Kausachun Coca appears not to be (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Cultura Araraquara em 90m --- Ola' amigos da lista! Neste final de semana monitorei durante um tempo a então desaparecida Rádio Cultura de Araraquara em 3365 kHz, transmitindo uma partida de futebol. A qualidade de transmissão era quase que absolutamente local e o áudio estava bom como nos velhos tempos. Infelizmente, nao creio que a mesma tenha retomado em definitivo as transmissões em OT, ja' que, no momento em que escrevo esta mensagem a emissora esta' novamente fora do ar nos 90 metros... 3365 11/10 0030 R. Cultura, Araraquara, SP, futebol: Ferroviaria x 15 de Piracicaba 55544 MV RX: Yaesu-Sommerkamp FRG-7; Antena: Loop de Quadro OT + RGP3 OT/OC + RGP pre-amp operando em conjunto. Um abraço e boas escutas! (Michel Viani - Osasco SP - Brasil, Oct 13, radioescutas yg via DXLD) What`s `cultural` about a stupid ballgame, anyway? (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Several new Brazilians being heard. Not heard before: R. Filadélfia, slogan Voz Evangélica do Brasil, slightly off frequency on 6104.7, at 1030, from exotic location Foz do Iguaçu. On 9820, R. Nove de Julho in São Paulo, lively good-morning program at 0915 past 1030, with regular IDs and station jingles, religious programming; also heard around 0300 [recording]. (Bryan Clark, NZ, RNZI Mailbag Oct 13, notes by gh for DXLD) Since vanished: (gh) Saudação aos amigos da lista. Não sei se a informação já foi colocada na lista, mas acabei de falar com o Sr. Marcos (Coordenador) da Rádio 9 de Julho, e o mesmo confirmou que os transmissores da freq. 9820 estão desligados. Foram feitos alguns teste de transmissão, mas ainda estão precisando de alguns ajustes, por isso vão ficar desligado, também falta resolver alguns detalhes junto a Anatel, logo que estiver tudo resolvido seram ligados novamente. A principio pode voltar no começo de Novembro. 73 (Carlos André, São Paulo, Oct 13, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Quem está transmitindo em 9585 kHz?? Caros amigos, O Jornalista dexista Celio Romais me cantou a pedra e eu fui verificar - -- Ele me informou que em 9585 kHz estava um verdadeiro balaio de gatos com uma mistura de programação da Globo, com programação da Igreja Deus é amor. Verifiquem prá decifrar o que será que está contecendo nesta frequência. Está difícil saber quem é o real usuário da canaleta; eles estão misturando tudo por lá. Sintonizem prá confirmar o que estou falando. Agora, no horário da tarde, estou captando as duas programações. Acredito que no período noturno isso será bem pior pois as condições de propagação estarão melhores e a mistura entre Globo e IPDA será muito maior. Um abraço a todos, (Adalberto Marques de Azevedo, Barbacena - MG - Brasil, Oct 13, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9695, R. Rio Mar, Manaus AM, 2040-2105, 10 Oct, int'l music, news at 2100, s/off shortly afterwards as usual; 55444, adj. QRM at 2100. Also 1005-f/out 1150, 11 Oct, songs, chatter, infos; 34433 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Many more Brazilian and other logs from Carlos appear in the yg (gh) ** BRAZIL. Re 8-111, DST in Brasil: Starts Oct 19, UT -3 to UT -2, but indeed a number of states are not observing it per timeanddate.com: ``Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima: No DST in 2008`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. Winter B-08 of RADIO BULGARIA from 26/10/2008 to 28/03/2009: MW: Petritch (G.C: 41N28/023E19): 747 kHz, 300 kW / non-dir Vidin (G.C: 43N50/022E43): 1224 kHz, 300 kW / 205 deg SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N23/024E52): 2 x 300 kW, 3 x 170 kW S=Sofia (G.C: 42N49/023E11): 2 x 100 kW, 2 x 020 kW V=Varna (G.C: 43N09/027E52): 2 x 100 kW ALBANIAN / e-mail: albanian @ bnr.bg 0630-0700 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0700-0800 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 1200-1230 -daily- Balkans 6000 P170/248 1700-1730 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 2000-2100 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 BULGARIAN / e-mail: bulgarian @ bnr.bg 0100-0200 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0100-0200 -daily- South America 7200 P170/245, 7300 P170/258 0530-0600 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0530-0600 Mon-Fri East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 0530-0600 Mon-Fri West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0500-0600 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0500-0600 Sat/Sun East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 0500-0600 Sat/Sun West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1100-1130 -daily- Balkans 6000 P170/248 1100-1130 -daily- East Europe 11600 S100/030, 13600 S100/030 1100-1130 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306 1300-1500 -daily- Balkans 1224 1300-1500 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306 1600-1700 -daily- Balkans 1224 1600-1700 -daily- Middle East 7200 P300/115 1600-1700 -daily- East Europe 7200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 1600-1700 -daily- West Europe 7400 P300/295 1600-1700 -daily- South Africa 15700 P300/185 1900-2000 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 1900-2100 -daily- West Europe 5900 P170/330 1900-2100 -daily- Middle East 6000 P170/115 ENGLISH / e-mail: english @ bnr.bg 0000-0100 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0300-0400 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0730-0800 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1230-1300 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306 1830-1900 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 2200-2300 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 FRENCH / e-mail: french @ bnr.bg 0200-0300 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0700-0730 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1200-1230 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306 1800-1830 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 2100-2200 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 GERMAN / e-mail: german @ bnr.bg 0630-0700 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1130-1200 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306 1730-1800 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 2000-2100 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 GREEK / e-mail: greek @ bnr.bg 0600-0630 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0600-0700 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 1130-1200 -daily- Balkans 6000 P170/248 1730-1800 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 2100-2200 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 RUSSIAN / e-mail: russian @ bnr.bg 0000-0100 -daily- Central Asia 6200 P170/045 0400-0500 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030, 1224 0600-0630 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 1130-1200 -daily- East Europe 11600 S100/030, 13600 S100/030 1500-1600 -daily- East Europe 7200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030, 1224 1500-1600 -daily- Central Asia 7200 P170/045 1700-1730 -daily- East Europe 7200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 1900-2000 -daily- East Europe 6200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 SERBIAN / e-mail: serbian @ nbnr.bg 0700-0730 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0800-0900 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 1230-1300 -daily- Balkans 6000 P170/248 1800-1830 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 2200-2300 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 SPANISH / e-mail: spanish @ bnr.bg 0000-0100 -daily- South America 7200 P170/245, 7300 P170/258 0200-0300 -daily- South America 7200 P170/245, 7300 P170/258 0200-0300 -daily- Central America 7300 P170/295 0700-0730 -daily- South Europe 7200 P170/258, 7300 P170/260 1200-1230 -daily- South Europe 13600 P170/260, 15600 P170/260 1730-1800 -daily- South Europe 5900 P170/260, 7200 P170/258 2230-2330 -daily- South Europe 5900 P170/260, 7200 P170/258 TURKISH / e-mail: turkish @ bnr.bg 0600-0630 -daily- Middle East 6100 P170/115, 7300 P170/140 1100-1130 -daily- Middle East 6100 P170/115, 7300 P170/140 1830-1900 -daily- Middle East 6000 P170/115, 1224, 747 RADIO VARNA 2200-0400 Sun-Mon Black Sea 6000 V100/ND DX MIX in Bulgarian: 1445-1500 Sun on 1224 11700 15700 2045-2100 Sun on 5900 6000 DX MIX in Russian: 1545-1600 Sat on 1224 7200 7400 1715-1730 Sat on 7200 7400 1945-2000 Sat on 6200 7400 0045-0100 Sun on 6200 0445-0500 Sun on 1224 5900 7400 0615-0630 Sun on 5900 7400 1145-1200 Sun on 11600 13600 0615-0630 Mon on 5900 7400 1145-1200 Wed on 11600 13600 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 14 via DXLD) ** BURKINA FASO. 7230 R. Burkina, Ouagadougou, 1201-1355, 11 Oct, French, newscast, Vernacular at 1230, French again at 1300; 25342; deteriorating under growing QRN (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Trenton Military Aviation Information Scanning the 19 meter band today October 12th 2008 local and found a station on 15035 SSB at 1921 UT (although the announcer used Zulu time). The station identified itself as Trenton Military Aviation Weather. General aviation information for several locations and conditions was given. Included for all stations but not limited to just this information was wind speed and direction, dewpoint and humidity, ceiling, visibility, temperature and precipitation. Stations identified included Calgary, Cold Lake, Winnipeg, Victoria, Vancouver and Abisford. I'm assuming this was a Canadian Military broadcast but since it identified itself as Trenton Military Aviation at 1925 UT, it could have been a US station supporting the Canadian military. Not able to determine where the broadcast originated. Station faded out at 1931. Interesting while it lasted. The weather for the given stations was already turning cold and wintry (Steve Cross, Del City, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It`s at Trenton, Ontario, big Canadian Forces station up the lake coast from Toronto. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Originally IDed as ``Trenton Air Force``, before consolidation, and of course Americans tend to think it is New Jersey (gh) The last entry is Abbotsford in British Columbia. Trenton Military is a regular station from my home in Michigan, but it's always interesting to hear reports from other parts of the country. Nice catch! -- 73 de (Joe Miller, KJ8O, Troy, MI, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** CHAD. 4905, RD. Nationale Tchadienne, Gredia, 1621-1635, 11 Oct, Arabic, African pops, children's songs; 45332. Noted worse (!) at 1715 but then good as usual later. 6165, RNT, Gredia, 1130-1235, 12 Oct, French, music dedications, talks at 1200, more music; 15342 but deteriorating (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 9845 in Mandarin, but mentioned ``VOA Chinese`` a couple times Oct 13 at 1323 and also at 1358. This frequency is normally dominated by Firedrake jamming, but not audible today, just VOA via Tinang! FD was appearing tho not as strong as usual at 1426 on 7445 vs R Taiwan International in Chinese, but for a change the victim also audible with a SAH between them (BTW, Deewa Radio in Pashto via Sri Lanka is also scheduled on 7445, surely bothered by the Chinese conflict). At 1428, Firedrake against Sound of Hope 9450, and also becoming weakly audible under VOA on 9845 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. PLAN TECNICO NACIONAL DE RADIODIFUSION SONORA EN AMPLITUD MODULADA (Actualizado 19 DE JUNIO DE 2008) Estaciones de Onda Media y Onda Corta de Colombia. http://www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co/mincom/src/user_docs/espectro/PlanTecnicoAM.pdf (via José Miguel Romero, Burjassot (Valencia), España, Oct 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Lists AM stations both in frequency and geographical order. An awful lot of them are projected, vs assigned, but being asignado does not necessarily mean a station is really on the air, as we find out in the SW section which starts with tropical bands on page 88. Burocrats with too much time on their hands --- assign a channel number to each 5-kHz SW frequency in the bands thru 11 meters, tho only a few are occupied, most of which we know are not really on the air. Will they ever be? Here`s the full list, including whether they are assigned or merely projected, and the MHz STL frequency: 5.18.3.1 PLAN POR DEPARTAMENTOS. ONDAS DECAMETRICAS-INTERNACIONAL CLASE ESTACION MUNICIPIO FRECUENCIA POTENCIA ESTADO ENLACE DISTINTIVO ANTIOQUIA INTERNACIONAL TURBO 6085 5 ASIGNADO 313.9 HJTF CUNDINAMARCA INTERNACIONAL BOGOTA D. C. 9635 20 ASIGNADO L. F. HJGG INTERNACIONAL BOGOTA D. C. 9700 20 ASIGNADO L. F. HJGR INTERNACIONAL BOGOTA D. C. 11795 20 ASIGNADO L. F. HJGT INTERNACIONAL BOGOTA D. C. 15335 20 ASIGNADO L. F. HJGV INTERNACIONAL BOGOTA D. C. 17865 20 ASIGNADO 314.9 HJGY CHOCO INTERNACIONAL BAHIA SOLANO 6105 5 PROYECTADO 318.9 HJAO GUAVIARE INTERNACIONAL SAN J. GUAVIARE 6035 5 ASIGNADO 307.3 HJOY META INTERNACIONAL VILLAVICENCIO 5975 5 ASIGNADO 301.3 HJHZ INTERNACIONAL VILLAVICENCIO 5955 5 ASIGNADO 302.9 HJKW INTERNACIONAL PUERTO LLERAS 6010 5 ASIGNADO 310.5 HJDH INTERNACIONAL PUERTO LLERAS 5910 5 ASIGNADO 310.5 HJDH NARIÑO INTERNACIONAL TUMACO 6015 5 ASIGNADO 306.5 HJOW Compare this list to page 158 of the WRTH 2008, which has some of them, and some that are not on this list. We know the only ones really active are 5910, 6010 and 6035. 5955v and 5975 used to be active but not heard for a long time. 6015 and 6085 seem somewhat familiar, maybe long gone. The projected station on 6105 should be interesting, but clashing with a number of other Latin Americans on that frequency. The frequencies in Bogotá, except 9700 remind us of the long-gone Radiodifusora Nacional, which used to be a very good station with classical music. To find out who axually owns these stations now or their slogans/names one would need a cross reference by callsign. Another oddity: on page 109, it says that broadcast stations in the following bands must use SSB only: ``La utilización de las bandas 5.900 - 5.950 kHz, 7.300 - 7.350 kHz, 9.400 - 9.500 kHz, 11.600 - 11.650 kHz, 12.050 - 12.100 kHz, 13.570 - 13.600 kHz, 13.800 - 13.870 kHz, 15.600 - 15.800 kHz, 17.480 - 17.550 kHz y 18.900 - 19.020 kHz por el servicio de radiodifusión sonora está limitada a las emisiones en banda lateral única con las características especificadas en el apéndice 45 del Reglamento de Radiocomunicaciones.`` Note that there are really no Colombian SWBC stations in any of those frequencies except for 5910, Marfil Estéreo, which is certainly AM, not SSB, as anyone can hear. Also has allocation plan for STLs between 300.0 and 328.5 MHz, every 0.2 MHz; basically some departments get odd-numbered channels, others even-numbered. There is also lots of text giving the requirements for transmitters, antennas, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR. Kahuzi 6210 could really be GREECE? q.v. ** CROATIA. 3985, 2205-2245, 12.10, Hrvatski R, Deanovec, Croatian conversation, songs. The transmitter was weak and had big modulation problems at 2205 (35342), but at 2245 the modulation was OK and strength much better - maybe then using transmitter from 6165 ? 55555. 6165, 2110-2210 12.10, Hrvatski R, Deanovec. Croatian ann, folksongs and reading poetry, 2157 National Anthem, 2200 news in Croatian 55555 not // 3985. Had closed when checked at 2245 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) QSL " Voice of Croatia " Received 12/Oct/2008 Email-QSL " Voice of Croatia " report sent 7/Oct/2008 by Email, 6165 kHz, e-mail: hrt @ hrt.hr WEB of the QSL : http://img352.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vocroatiazv0.jpg 73! (Ivan Zelenyi / UA9JBO (Nizhnevartovsk, Russia) http://ivanzelenyj.by.ru http://groups.yahoo.com/group/open_dx/ via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** CUBA. 5025, R. Rebelde, Bauta, 0941-f/out 1105, 12 Oct, Castilian, songs, talks; 35333 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. I used to hear a good bunch of stations from this lovely country. Now, I hear none. Anybody that could tell me on good active ones on SW that can me heard? Maybe SW friends living in the Florida area for their proximity? (Luigi, San Juan de Puerto Rico, Oct 13, HCDX via DXLD) 6025, R. Amanecer seems to have gone inactive. Have not seen any reports of it lately. 5010, R. Pueblo = R. Cristal occasionally shows up, not after 0000 UT. You must be able to get lots of DR stations on MW. Which are the most reliable? 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) Hi Glenn... No don't be so sure of that. Can not get too many MW stations on DR even with the proximity. I have Radio Cristal confirmed already and although is always nice to have some sort of confirmation once in a while, I am of the type that likes to hear programs from stations. Cuba, on the other side, is just "Crystal" here in my shack (Hector (Luigi) Perez, San Juan, ibid.) ** EGYPT. 15080, weak with Arabic music, Oct 13 at 1415, no doubt the scheduled R. Cairo. No buzz as previously heard around here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005.00, 2250-2258* 12.10, R Nacional, Bata. Spanish ann, Afropop, 2255 usual long National Anthem 34343 CWQRM (Anker Petersen, Denmark, AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Presumed, 15190 on 13 October at 1823-1905+. Solid S6. Gospel huxter. No ID. They might have IDed when I stepped out of the room for a moment but I doubt it, as I had the radio on fairly loud. I haven't heard these folks for years but I remember them as hard to ID (Liz Cameron, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, R. Africa do not bother to ID between every program or on hourtops, leave long dead air between programs, and breaks occur at odd times (gh, DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. 5990, R. Ethiopia, Geja Dera, 2052-2100*, 10 Oct, vernacular, music, newscast at 2056, jingle, ID, announcements and natl. anthem; 45333; \\ 7110 & 9704.2. 7110, R. Ethiopia, Geja Dera, 2044-, 11 Oct, vernacular, songs; 42441, QRM de CRI in Hungarian; \\ 5990 fair, 9704.2 good. 9704.2, R. Ethiopia, Geja Dera, 2047-2100*, 10 Oct, vernacular, music, news at 2056, jingle, ID, announcements and national anthem; 34433, adjacent QRM. \\ 5990 & 7110 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. R. Fana, VG at present on 7210, 0330-0500, regular IDs and lively music from Horn of Africa [recording, ID at 0500] (Bryan Clark, NZ, RNZI Mailbag Oct 13, notes by gh for DXLD) ** EUROPE. 6220, EUROPIRATE, Mystery Radio; 0550-0602 12 October, 2008. Nonstop dance and disco, save for female canned "Mystery Radio" at 0601. Clear and good (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12/10 0623 - 6220 kHz, MYSTERY RADIO, Musica dance 90s e id YL. Segnale insufficiente-buono, QRM portante quasi co-ch (SWL I1-0799GE, Luca Botto Fiora, Rapallo (Genova), Italia, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, playdx yg via DXLD) 6220, Mystery R, site?, 1227-1415, 12 Oct, IDs in English as usual, non-stop pops; 25332 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GABON. 9580, 15475, 17630, ANO: You expect them to ID fully in French, but I think what they are really saying, as in print, starts with the English word ``Africa Numéro Un``, not the French word ``Afrique`` which sounds quite similar (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 6140, *1159-1259* Sunday 12.10, Bluestar R, Holland, via Wertachtal. English/German/ Dutch ann, many ID's, English/German/ Dutch pop songs, Letterbox with QSL's sent e.g. to DSWCI-members Theo Ransmann and Bjorn Fransson, next broadcast second week in December, 55555 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** GREECE. 11 Oct, 1600 - 6210 kHz, VOICE OF GREECE, 15630 minus 9420 kHz. Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente 9420: 0000-1000 / 1100-2400 15630: 0600-1000 / 1600-1950 Il problema su 6210 dunque ci può essere solo negli orari di attività della frequenza sui 19 metri, più o meno coincidenti con quelli di R. Kahuzi. Con questo, ovviamente, non sto dicendo che il Congo non sia stato ascoltato, però esiste il problema e le due frequenze greche vengono utilizzate anche da ottobre ad aprile (SWL I1-0799GE, Luca Botto Fiora, Rapallo (Genova), Italia, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, playdx yg via DXLD) Beware: Greek mixing product might be mistaken for R. Kahuzi; can happen after 0600 and 1600 when 15630 comes on, so check for // with that and/or 9420. This was discussed here previously many months ago (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** GUADELOUPE. TE FM DX: see PROPAGATION ** INDIA. 4920, AIR Chennai, 1520-1534, Oct 13, in vernacular and English, heard mixing with PBS Xizang (Tibet - // 4905 and 6200), news in vernacular till BoH, into "News at nine" in English. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1433-1441, Oct 14, in English, DJ with on-air calls for music dedications, played John Denver song, almost fair. 4990, AIR Itanagar, 1441-1501, Oct 13 & 14, in vernacular, subcontinent music and songs, before ToH 10 minutes of news in English, back to vernacular, poor with light Hunan PBS QRM (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. For first time in weeks, VOI actually listenable on 11786 during English broadcast, only lite het from 11785, Oct 13 tune- in at 1332, with Indonesian lessons, not much use without an accompanying text or perfect reception, which this was not. Woman was reading Indo words and phrases with English equivalents; 1336 outro of ``Let`s Speak Bahasa Indonesia``, to return next Monday, into songs. 1358 recheck, improved quality during IS, 1401 ending English, 1402 starting Malay and now in the clear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I was wondering how our receptions today of VOI compared? Assume mine was somewhat better (please listen to the attached audio clip), but was it that much better? I found the constant background music to be counterproductive for a language lesson, as it only served to obscure the exact pronunciations. Still the reception was decent. Wish you good listening! (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, ibid.) Yes, much stronger for you, altho really skewed toward the treble side, hard on the ears. Did it come over that way, or is that your audio processing? Yes, they should lose the background music, and also build in some pauses and cue the listeners to repeat the words, preferably more than once if learning is to be promoted. Of course, too much dead air might set off silence-sensors somewhere (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** INDONESIA. 11785.98, Voice of Indonesia, Oct 13 heard the same language lesson that Glenn reported. I found the constant background music to be counterproductive for a language lesson, as it only served to obscure the exact pronunciations (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 5980, VOIRI *2330-0030* Daily since Sept. 10, coming on at 2327 with VOIRI instrumental theme and into program of choral singing, bits of Qur`an, some kind of sermon or possibly political oratory, occasional brief announcements in language that sounds to me like Farsi, Kurdish, Dari, or Pashto. Weak to fair at best. I’ve checked many sources but can find neither the frequency nor the transmission listed anywhere. Perhaps a Ramadan special? (Bob Hill, MA, date? DXPlorer via Oct ODXA Listening In via DXLD) ** IRAN. Amigos, recebi no dia 11 passado, mais uma confirmação QSL. Recebi do departamento de espanhol da Voz da República Islámica do Irán. A ouvi nos 3.985 kHz, uma nova freqüência usada pela emissora e que não consta no seu esquema de emissões em espanhol. Como não é muito fácil obter uma confirmação QSL dessa emissora iraniana, pedi um e-mail confirmando a escuta. 73! 3985, Voz da República Islâmica do Irã - ?? - IRN - Recebido e-QSL partial data. 22 dias. V/S: La Redacción Española de la Voz Exterior de la R.I.I. Informe enviado por e-mail: spanishradio@... [truncated by yg] QTH: P. O. Box 19395 - 6767 - Tehran - Iran (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso; Bandeirantes - Paraná - Brasil, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** IRELAND. 6295, EUROPIRATE (IRELAND), Reflections Europe; 2059-2210 October 12, 2008. Tune-in to clear but weak signal with UK-accented female briefly, maybe announcement between canned programs, into gospel program. Signal surprisingly never made any great improvement through tune-out. Presumed the one, reportedly Sundays only. Nothing heard on 12255 reported parallel (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [and non]. Re 8-112, NHK B-08: Direct link to the chart: http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/shortwave/all.pdf No changes in the four Sackville relays in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I guess the winter schedule of NHK reads as follows: NHK World Radio Japan B08 October 26, 2008 - March 29, 2009 Southeast Asia Japanese 0000-0100 11665 0100-0500 17810 0200-0300 11860 SNG 0530-0900 17585 0800-1000 11740 SNG 0930-1700 11815 1700-2100 7225 2100-2200 7225 2200-2400 11665 2240-0000 13650 English 0500-0530 17810 0900-0930 11815 1200-1230 9695 1400-1430 11705 0000-0020 17810 13650 Chinese 0600-0630 17860 1300-1330 11740 SNG 2240-2300 13650 2340-0000 15195 17810 Indonesian 0945-1030 9690 1315-1400 11705 2310-2340 17810 Thai 1130-1200 11740 SNG 1230-1300 9695 2300-2320 13650 Vietnamese 1100-1130 9695 1230-1300 11740 SNG 2320-2340 13650 Burmese 1030-1100 11740 SNG 1130-1200 9695 2340-0000 13650 Asian Continent Japanese 0000-0100 11910 0100-0700 15195 0700-0800 9750 6145 6165 0800-1700 9750 1700-1900 6035 1900-2400 11910 2000-2200 6085 Russian 0330-0400 15300 0530-0600 11715 11760 0800-0830 6145 6165 1330-1400 6190 1900-1920 5955 Far East Russia Korean 0430-0500 15300 1100-1130 6090 1230-1300 6190 1400-1430 6190 1630-1700 6035 2210-2230 9560 Chinese 0400-0430 15300 0500-0530 15300 1130-1200 6090 1300-1330 6190 1430-1500 6190 2230-2250 9560 Southwest Asia Japanese 0000-0100 9700 0000-0200 11725 0200-0500 15325 0500-0900 9700 0530-1000 15325 0900-1500 9740 1000-1200 15590 1200-1600 9680 1500-1700 12045 SNG 1500-1900 9700 1600-2400 11725 2200-2400 9700 a lot of Japanese language program extensions to AFG, IRN, ME, NE - wb English 0500-0530 15325 0900-0930 15590 1310-1340 9875 1400-1430 9875 Bengali 1300-1345 15215 GER Hindi 1345-1430 15215 GER Urdu 1430-1515 15215 GER Oceania Japanese 2000-2100 9625 2100-2200 13640 English 0900-0930 9625 1200-1230 9625 2200-2220 13640 North America English 0000-0020 6145 CAN(East) 0500-0530 6110 CAN(West) 1200-1230 6120 CAN(East) 1400-1430 11705 CAN(East) Hawaii English 0900-0930 9825 Central America Japanese 0200-0500 5960 CAN 1500-1700 9535 Spanish 0500-0530 6195 BON 1000-1030 6120 CAN South America Japanese 0200-0400 11935 BON 0800-0900 9825 0900-1000 9795 CAN(East) 1700-1900 9835 2200-0000 17605 BON Portuguese 0230-0300 9660 BON 1030-1100 13630 CAN(East) Spanish 0400-0430 6195 BON(West) 1000-1030 9710 Europe English 0000-0020 5920 UK-SKN 0500-0530 5975 UK-RMP 1200-1230 17585 UAE 1400-1430 11780 UK-RMP Russian 0430-0500 5980 GER 1130-1200 11710 UK-RMP 1800-1820 9750 Middle East & North Africa Japanese 0200-0500 17560 1700-1900 9575 UAE 1900-2200 9670 2200-2300 7225 UAE Persian 0230-0300 7295 FRA 0830-0900 15190 GER 250kW Arabic 0400-0430 9830 FRA 0700-0730 13760 FRA Africa Japanese 0800-1000 17875 FRA(West) 1500-1700 17735 FRA(Central) 1700-1900 11945 FRA(South) English 0500-0530 9770 FRA(South) 1400-1430 21560 FRA(Central) Swahili 0330-0400 9825 FRA(Central) 1300-1330 21560 FRA(Central) French 0630-0700 9800 FRA(West) 1230-1300 17870 FRA(Central) 15395 FRA(West) Relay transmissions of NHK R Japan NHK World BON = Bonaire-ATN 250 kW CAN = Sackville 250 kW FRA = Issoudun 500 kW GER = Wertachtal 500/250 kW SNG = Singapore 250 kW UAE = Al Dhabbaya 500 kW UK r/s = United Kingdom, RMP 500 kW, SKN 300 kW. Remaining direct via Yamata-JPN. Please be advised that the schedule is subject to change. Radio Japan (NHK B-08; wwdxc BC-DX Oct 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 3912, CLANDESTINE. Voice of the People (Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) (presumed), 1118-1135, 10/13/2008, Korean. Korean music followed at 1125 by talk by man. Poor signal with little ARO interference (SINPO 23222). Signal degraded over time and was gone by 1135. Parallel noted on 6518 occasionally peaking above noise level. Nothing heard on other llisted parallel (6600). (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, TenTec RX-340, Drake R8B, RF Space SDR-14, 90' Random Wire, 200' PAR EF-SWL, Eavesdropper Dipole, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 3912.00, 1625-1635, CLANDESTINE, 11.10, Voice of the People, via Goyang, South Korea. Korean ann, folksongs 25131 heard // 6518 (25333) and 6600 (25232) 3985.00, 1630-1640, CLANDESTINE, 11.10, R Echo of Hope, via Gimpo, South Korea. Korean talk, songs by choir and opera 25232 - not heard on // 6003 or 6348 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9950, CLANDESTINE, Open Radio for North Korea via Gavar, Armenia, 2147-2200* Oct 7, Korean pop music followed by short segments of talk in Korean by a man and a woman with short musical interludes. Apparent close down announcements at 2158 followed by Pomp and Circumstance at 2159. Carrier cut at 2200. Poor to fair (Rich D'Angelo, PA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 1566 kHz, FEBC via station HLAZ, Jeju, 2033-2105, 09 Oct, Korean, talks; 33432, QRM de BENIN+GREAT BRITAIN. I've been checking this almost on a daily basis, and this was the first time this season (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4795.00, 2300-2315 11.10, Kyrgyz R 1, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek. Kyrgyz news, weather, 2307 musical interlude and talk 34333 heard // 4010 (45333) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS. Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, informs us he will be participating in a DX-pedition starting Oct 18. Details: http://www.qrz.com/vu7sj http://www.qrz.com/vu7nro http://www.qrz.com/vu4my http://www.qrz.com/vu4rg Also there is info on http://www.niar.org (via Jose Jacob, DXLD) ** LATVIA. 9290, 1040-1100* Sat 11.10, Latvia Today, via Ulbroka English talk about a book fair, Latvian pop song, ID 55545. 9290, *1100-1200* Sat 11.10, R Casablanca, via Ulbroka. German ann, German oldies, talk about the good, old days, ID's, address in Germany 55555. 9290, *1300-1315 Sun 12.10, Latvia Today, via Ulbroka. English ann, ID's, Latvian pop songs, talk about Museum of Foreign Art in Riga 55555. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** LATVIA [and non]. 19th of October 2008 [Sunday] with Radio Jackie Time Programme Channel 1229 to 1259 utc - Paul Graham - 6140 khz [Germany] 1300 to 1400 utc - The Radio Jackie History - 9290 khz [Latvia] Part 2 with Colin King The Radio Jackie book can be bought from http://www.jackiebooks.com The price in the UK is £10 + postage & packing. Good Listening 73s (Tom Taylor, via Roberto Scaglione, shortwave yg via DXLD) ** LIBYA. 17725, Voice of Africa; 1310-1503 October 4, 2008. Tune-in to Swahili man and woman, ID, percussion. Recheck at 1415, in English with female talk about African unity, west African juju-like highlife vocals. Also on October 5, 1445-1610 (sign-off must vary greatly here), English woman with ID's, feature on Mauritius, news after 1500 by English man. Clear and fair-good. Didn't check 21695 at least occasional parallel (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) V. of Africa, 21695, trying to poke thru, Oct 13 at 1423, with bits of woman in English audible at peaks. Not as good as Spain on 21610, 21570 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 7295, Traxx FM via RTM, Kajang, 1550-1614, English, pops, midnight (local) TS prior to RTM newscast, more music; 34332, adjacent QRM (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 7284.6, R. Mali, Kati, 1219-1409, 12 Oct, vernacular, talks, tribal songs; 45444; \\ 9635 also good (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. 7245, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 1127-, 12 Oct, vernacular, chanting, talks, newscast at 1200; 55444. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. 15345.0, adequate signal S9+10 at 1412 Oct 12, but JBA modulation, seems Arabic music. Yet another station which puts far too little power into the sidebands and far too much into the carrier by comparison (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. 1640, RTM-"A", site?, 1403-..., 11 Oct, Arabic, talks Arabic music & songs, etc.; 454544 [sic] but, again, this is the carrier evaluation as a whole, not precisely readability, for they're still airing an FM like signal which seems to have become somewhat stronger during the last several weeks (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5770, Myanmar Defense Forces BS via Taunggyi, 1418-1431*, Oct 14, new sign-off time (earlier this month had observed their usual 1530 sign-off, within a minute or two), in vernacular, pop songs, brief selection of indigenous instrumental music at sign-off, weak bur clear. 9730.77, Myanma R., 1503-1510*, Oct 14, in vernacular and English, non-stop equations, QRM/adjacent splatter (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND [and non]. In case you've never heard CKZN, try their 6160 channel just before 1000 UT; this coincides with their local sunrise. Lately, their signal has been the best in the 40 years since I first heard them! (Hank Michalenka, Oct 13, NASWA yg via DXLD) Is he still in Rhode Island? I would totally agree with Hank. CKZN in recent weeks is being received in the midwest (Wisconsin) with a much better signal than I have heard in MANY years. Example, circa 2300 - 2330 yesterday the signal was totally readable and on peaks well over S9. Now even by recent standards, that S9 + 15 was unusual, but frequently, these days, S6-7 strength is common (Don Jensen, WI, ibid.) Here in northeastern ECNA, CKZN is well received most mornings, after HCJB s/off [1030 – gh]. I would donate a kidney for a solid log of CFVP 6030-Calgary & CKZU 6160 Vancouver. Had a few tentative CFVP logs during the Monday UT, R. Martí/Cuban jammer "window". Nothing via CKZU, ever (Scott Barbour, Intervale, N.H., NASWA yg via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI missing from 6170, Oct 13 at 1427. Nothing either on some other frequencies it might be on instead, 7145, 9615, 9655. I should have checked at 1330 when Mailbox should have aired (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6170 was back on, Oct 14 (gh) Hi Glenn, Mailbox is on now, very weak at 1635 tune in Oct 13. 7145, ham QRM. I did notice last night early morning at time RNZI went off for a few minutes. Possible lightning in the area? 73 (Mick Delmage, AB, Collins HF-2050 with KLM 7-30 MHz Log, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. Radio New Zealand International from Oct. 19 to 25: 0259-0458 on 15720 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM Samoa 0259-0458 on 11675 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg DRM Samoa 0459-0658 on 9615 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM All Pacific 0459-0658 on 9890 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific 0659-1058 on 7145 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM All Pacific 0659-1058 on 6170 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific 1059-1258 on 9655 RAN 050 kW / 325 deg AM NWPac, Bougainville, PNG, Timor, As 1059-1158 on 6170 RAN 050 kW / 325 deg DRM NWPac, Bougainville, PNG, Timor, As 1259-1550 on 6170 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM All Pacific 1551-1850 on 7145 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM NEPac, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Isl 1551-1850 on 6170 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg DRM NEPac, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Isl 1851-1950 on 9615 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg AM NEPac, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Isl 1851-1950 on 9890 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg DRM NEPac, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Isl 1951-2050 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM All Pacific 1951-2050 on 11675 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific 2051-2235 on 17675 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM All Pacific 2051-2235 on 15720 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific 2236-0258 on 15720 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM All Pacific 2236-0258 on 17675 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 14 via DXLD) One might ask, why would they have a new schedule lasting only one week? It has been posted on their website for some time already. Is it because of local DST change? No, that already happened Sept 27! Or will the B-08 from Oct 26 axually be an extension of the above, just getting a head start? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio New Zealand International to be off-air on Sunday 19 October Radio New Zealand International website 12 October, 2008: On Sunday 19 October we will be off-air between 1000-1600 NZDT {2100- 0300 UTC Sat) This is to allow engineers to make adjustments to the antenna system. Please note there are changes to our frequency schedule from today. Frequency information can be found at: http://www.rnzi.com/pages/listen.php http://www.rnzi.com/pages/whatsnew.php#245 (via Mike Terry, Oct 14, dxldyg via DXLD) Please note RNZI will be off-air 18 Oct from 2100 UT to 0300 approx on 19 Oct 2008 (1000-1600 NZDT 19 Oct). This maintenance break is required to retune the antenna combiner to allow for dual operation on 17675 and 15720. Please find attached the RNZI Schedule effective from about 0300 UT 19 October 2008. The Summer B08 schedule effective from 26 October will be sent out later this week. Regards (Adrian Sainsbury, Technical Manager, Radio New Zealand International, P O Box 123, Wellington, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ``Today`` meaning what, 19 Oct in anticipation? The 19-25 Oct version includes on website: 2051-2235 17675 AM & 15720 DRM Pacific **Change** Daily 2236-0458 15720 AM & 17675 DRM Pacific **Change** Daily So do they mean change from the previously planned Oct 19 schedule, never in effect yet? The version sent by Adrian does not match insofar as which entries are marked Change: AM: 2051-2235 17675 Pacific **Change** DRM: 2051-2235 15720 Solomon Islands, Vanuatu **Change** 2236-0458 17675 Pacific **Change** (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. (?) 1133.4, Cross River State Broadcasting (presumed), Ugaga, 2052-2110, 08 Oct, Vernacular, talks & chanting; 22441. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 9690, Voice of Nigeria, at 1619 on 10/8. M/W in listed Igbo and local vocals. 15120 not due on until 1630 (Gerry Dexter, WI, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. Pirate log: Radio Paisano, 6925 AM, 1950-2025*, 13 October 08, Campy Italian songs, some in Italian others in English, some bi-lingual. Frequent IDs by OM in fake Italian accent. Sign off at 2025 after playing patriotic song, possibly the Italian NA. Last words were "Mamma mia, that's a spicy meatball" SIO: 444 (Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury, MA, Eton E1, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. Re 89.7 Norman --- Click here, scroll down to group 202: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=9517 Yes, I agree, it doesn't look very good for her (Artie Bigley, OH, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: In the Matter of Threshold Fair Distribution Analysis of 32 Groups of Mutually Exclusive Applications for Permits to Construct New or Modified Noncommercial Educational FM Stations )))))) NCE October 2007 Window, MX Group Numbers 4, 5, 7, 17, 20, 21, 23, 41, 48, 64, 112, 121, 137, 198, 199, 201, 202, 204, 205, 208, 212, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 231, 244, 248, 250, 251, and 259 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Adopted: June 27, 2008 Released: June 30, 2008 23. Group 202. The three applicants in this group would serve different communities in Oklahoma. Edwards Broadcasting (“Edwards”) proposes to serve Alex. South Central Oklahoma Christian Broadcasting (“SCOC”) proposes to serve Chickasha. Norman Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (“Norman”) proposes to serve Dibbie [sic]. Only SCOC asserts that it is eligible for a fair distribution preference.31 Accordingly, Edwards and Norman are eliminated and SCOC is the tentative selectee in Group 202. [Footnote 31:] 31 SCOC’s 60 dBu contour encompasses 17,957 people. SCOC’s claimed aggregated first and second NCE service is 17,214 people. See SCOC’s Application, Questions III(1), III(2), and associated exhibits. Thus, it would provide combined first and second NCE service to ten percent of the population within its 60 dBu contour and to more than 2,000 people. [and further down the long document:] 60. Group 202. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the Application filed by South Central Oklahoma Christian Broadcasting (File No. BNPED- 20071019AIW) is ACCEPTED FOR FILING and TENTATIVELY SELECTED to be awarded a construction permit for a new NCE FM station in Chickasha, Oklahoma. If, after a 30-day petition to deny period has run, there is no substantial and material question concerning the grantability of the tentative selectee’s application, we intend, by public notice, TO DISMISS the mutually exclusive applications of Edward Broadcasting (File No. BNPED-20071019ANP), and Norman Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (File No. BNPED-20071019ASV) and TO GRANT the application of South Central Oklahoma Christian Broadcasting (File No. BNPED- 20071019AIW) CONDITIONED UPON that selectee’s compliance with Section 73.7002(c) of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 73.7002(c), which sets forth a four-year period of on-air operations substantially as proposed (FCC via Bigley, DXLD) This could be what `Norman` has already appealed, but it`s not clear when the 30-day period axually expires (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** PERU. Two Peru Stations noted, UT 14 October 2008: 3173.32, Radio Municipal, Panao presumed the OA at 0015 4990.83, Radio Manantial, Huancayo on tonight from 0000 to 0015 73s, (Bob Wilkner, South Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. R. del Pacífico, improved signals on 4974.8 in our local evenings, IDs for Pacífico Radio, and la Voz de Amistad. Religious programming in Spanish, heard between 0400 and 0900 (Bryan Clark, NZ, RNZI Mailbag Oct 13, notes by gh for DXLD) ** PERU. Saludos cordiales. Interesante listado con todas las emisoras de FM, MW y Onda Corta con frecuencias, potencia, nombre de la concesionaria, dirección de la planta y los estudios, de las Estaciones de Radiodifusión Sonora a Nivel Nacional del Perú: http://www.mtc.gob.pe/portal/comunicacion/concesion/radiodifusion/sonora.pdf (via José Miguel Romero, Burjassot (Valencia), España, Oct 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unlike the Colombian listings, q.v., this is just a master list of all stations in order by Department and Province, FM, AM and SW mixed in together, so I have not yet gone thru all the SW listings. However, a quick scan indicates a lot of them are unknown, so perhaps planned or not on the air. Of course, the numerous unlicensed Peruvian SW stations would not appear here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 6150, Radio Romania International (Galbeni). 0303-0355*. 10 Oct 08. English. This was a very nice broadcast with a brief news portion and featuring the following segments: “Travelers’ Guide,” “Football Facts,” “Sky Lark,” and “Letter Box.” IDs were given after, and during each segment, along with a call for letters. S7/Fair (Joe Wood, TN, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. RRI with improved signals via new Galbeni transmitters since early August, best at 0300 to WNAm on 6150 [recording]. Also can hear on 11895; at 0530 on 9655; 2030 on 9515 and 11940 (Bryan Clark, NZ, RNZI Mailbag Oct 13, notes by gh for DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 9790: After month and more with sound only one "bou-u-u-u" [???], finally is rising good signal of RRI in Russian, noted on Oct 8 at 1350 UT on 9790 kHz and on Oct 10th at 0450 on 9555 kHz giving the details of contest with (!) final date for taking part Sept 30th, 2008 under the title "Danube" / Donau. BTW on Sundays in last 10 minutes of their programs there is a DX program in Russian (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Oct 12, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Checked the schedule of the new 100 kW Continental trajnsmitter unit at very old Romanian SW site at Saftica [former Radio España Independiente site during Franco dictatorship] too, tonight Oct 14th: 7210 kHz: noted RRI in Ukrainian at 1500-1527 UT, powerful here in Germany 54444, and superb audio quality, never heard on this former limited 20/50 kW units in the past. Break between 15.27:10 and 15.28:25 UT. 6135 kHz noted RRI in Serbian at 1530-1557 UT, powerhouse S=9+10 dB. 9620 kHz transmitter is on the air at 1600 UT, powerful S=9+20 dB signal, BUT NO audio feed of the Italian service. So I guess second step of shortwave modernization at Romanian sites Galbeni, Saftica has been completed. And Tiganesti 300 kW Continental site will follow soon, and will be ready on Oct 26th, when B-08 winter schedule starts. Google Earth imagery: Saftica site ROU Saftica site, old Espana Independiente 20/50 kW 44 38'16.00"N 26 04'27.85"E 4 curtains in G.E. visible, and also additional revolving antenna like Swedish Algon. on Yahoo Maps on Microsoft Virtual Earth [repeating old info here?:] ITALIAN 1400-1426 7170* AROMANIAN 1430-1456 7170* UKRAINIAN 1500-1526 7210* SERBIAN 1530-1556 6135* ITALIAN 1600-1626 9620* AROMANIAN 1630-1656 7135* UKRAINIAN 1700-1726 6135* SERBIAN 1730-1756 6105* ITALIAN 1800-1826 7130* till Sep. 6. 1800-1826 5955* from Sep. 7 AROMANIAN 1830-1856 7130* till Sep. 6. 1830-1856 5955* from Sep. 7 UKRAINIAN 1900-1926 7205* SERBIAN 1930-1956 6130* At present Tiganesti transmitter site is on refurbishing procedure. RRI broadcasts still now on limited basis, mostly two 300 kW units on air in \\, instead of four (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 14, dxldyg via DXLD) [later:] All outlets are of S=9+20 dB level in EUR, except Ukrainian eastwards, which is less than S=9 level. At 1800 UT RRI in Italian still uses 7130 kHz tonight; not registered 5955 which is FREE channel. 7130 and tiny co-channel St. P. Russia with CRI Farsi program underneath. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) I have listened to R Romania Intl on 6130 kHz 1930-1956z on OCTOBER 12, 2008 and the reception was very good. First I thought it was a really good propagation, but when I read your message, dear Wolfy, I immediately checked average s-meter on IBB monitoring posts in Belgrade, and since OCTOBER 12, 2008 the signal was very very strong. I've checked for Ukrainian transmission at 1900-1926z on 7205 kHz and also from October 12, 2008 the signal was more powerful: OCTOBER 11, 2008: 19:06:17, 37.00, 7205.00 OCTOBER 12, 2008: 19:06:17, 114.00, 7205.00 Ref: http://amp.ibbmonitor.com/RMS_Data/Scans/2008_10_11/BELG/7/0810111906_BELG__7100__7600.TXT http://amp.ibbmonitor.com/RMS_Data/Scans/2008_10_12/BELG/7/0810121906_BELG__7100__7600.TXT So, finally, we are sure Saftica started with new Continental units (my favorites) as of October 12, 2008! Best regards & many 73s! (Dragan Lekic from Subotica, Serbia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks Dragan for spreading out the monitoring figures. Rumen in Sofia mentioned the 8th of Oct, when he discovered the audio was clean for the first time after dreadful signals he heard in past months. I looked into the RMS figures at Belgrade and Antwerp and compared it to my observations, and even noted today that Saftica had breaks of some minutes totally SILENCE - TX DOWN. So, be careful with WEIGHTING the figures of a single minute only. On 6135 I see high figures on Oct 13 and 14, On 7130 I see high figures from Oct 10th onwards. On 9620 I see high figure 193 only at Belgrade on Oct 14th [close-by zone], but figure 112 on Oct 8th for the first time at Antwerp Belgium, which location is midst on first hop. So, finally, we are sure Saftica started with new Continental unit (my favorites) as - BETWEEN Oct 8th and of October 13, 2008, depending of the meter band ?! 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** SAINT HELENA. Chris Lobdell (from the USA) made this observation: One wonders if Radio St. Helena would accept email reports; the $5.00 could then be sent electronically via paypal. This might be too cumbersome but it would solve the mail theft issue, at least the incoming one. My own suspicion is that my report may have gone astray as well, as there is nothing yet here. In previous years, all my own reports where successfully reported and verified (via Edward Kusalik, QSL Report, Oct ODXA Listening In via DXLD) ** SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES. TE FM DX: see PROPAGATION ** SAUDI ARABIA. 21640, Oct 13 at 1425, poor with drumming. Only possibility listed is BSKSA in Arabic until 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9430, 11/10 1652 USA, WWRB The Overcomer Ministry, EE, desde McCaysville, com 100 kW, YL Talk, QRM da CHINA RADIO INTER em 9435, 32433 (Jorge Freitas, SWL1023B, Feira de Santana Bahia, 12º 15' 1.57" S 38º 58' 40.30" W, Brasil, Degen 1103, Antena Long Wire 20 m direcionada NE/SO, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ?? WWRB is not in McCaysville [Georgia]. Drive a stake thru it! That was its predecessor WGTG. Furthermore, Brother Scare is on WWRB, 9385, not 9430, as just reconfirmed at 1730 UT Oct 13. Nothing audible here on 9430, which however, has been registered with FCC for WWRB use between 16 and 23. EiBi shows it too, but I don`t think it has ever really been reported there. 9430 is also on the skeds for extensive use by Bible Voice via Wertachtal/Jülich; however, on Saturdays such as Oct 11 not before 1700. So was it really the unmistakable voice of Brother Scare he heard, or some other gospel huxter? A new BS relay via DTK on Sabbath only? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN [and non]. Re 8-112: A Menace to Free Speech? ``These are the folx who give away fix-tuned radios that will only pick up their own station, to keep any other ideas out (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) With the ads that come with our morning newspapers or via our electronic media it´s take it or leave it. With a Galcom fixed-tuned set it´s the same. But you can also sell it. It is not that rival messages are missing in Bolivia or in Colombia, as was the case in my home country where we had to pay a "radio license" (Orwellian newspeak) for owning a radio receiver by means of which we were exposing ourselves to politically slanted messages on frequencies operated by the sole Swedish broadcaster of the day, AB Radiotjänst, "Radio Service, Inc." (Curiously, another possible translation is "Radio Ministry, Inc.") The news service was another one-sided thing, operated by the TT news agency. Of course, during the breaks in transmission, three times a day, many of us discovered that there were other stations out there, and so Swedes became devoted to this hobby called DXing. I was one of them. This was 50 years ago. Trying to get their message out to all listeners, Radiotjänst for a short period tested "trådradio", rediffusion via the telephone circuits, by which noise-free reception was possible at any time of the day even in remote areas of the country. This test failed. Then came the commercial offshore pirates. The advent of FM broadcasting helped recover listenership and the number of shortwave listeners dwindled. Even today we have to pay a stiff yearly fee to the state, no longer for owning a radio receiver, but for owning a TV set. Sellers have to inform the authorities about who is buying a TV set. This practice is clearly obsolete, but no one really cares. Glenn, don´t let your atheistic beliefs blind you. Galcom fixed receivers, whether one or 10,000, are no menace to free speech as long as people have the right to choose what they want to listen to (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I have already compared Galcom to North Korea in trying to control what people can hear, and clearly a comparison to the former Sweden (and Europe generally) is just as apt. Of course there are ways around it as you suggest, but the intention of Galcom is clear. Otherwise they would simply hand out normal radios which tune instead of ones specially manufaxured to get only one or two allowed frequencies (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. Radio Sweden International: http://www.radiosweden.org/ The layout of the Radio Sweden International website is not a big surprise – major links to Times and Frequencies and Programs on the left side, news headlines (and a few other items) in the middle, and numerous other links in Swedish on the right. Below the major links on the left, there are currently graphic links to the BBC World Service (broadcast on FM in Stockholm), Paralympics 2008, and The Ambassadors, which provides an introduction to the international envoys stationed in Stockholm. Further down you’ll find the SR Atlas (in Swedish), English-language Voices on the Air, and contact information. Beside the news items in the middle of the page is another column, topped by links to online audio – in addition to podcasts and streaming audio, Radio Sweden makes available an impressive 30 day archive of audio material. That said, clicking many of the links leads to a player page that is entirely in Swedish… Further down is a note regarding the “Transmitter Trouble” which has disabled SR’s North American relay at 14h30 UTC. Keep scrolling down to find simple text links to a variety of news categories (e.g. National, Business, Environment, Culture), which lead to in-depth news stories. Follow any of the links above and you’ll encounter a website that is well thought out. One caveat – many links will take you to content in Swedish. Either click Back or break out your English-Swedish dictionary (Paul E. Guise, Winnipeg, MB R3M 3J3, Click! Oct ODXA Listening In via DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND. SWISS MEDIUM WAVE SITE OF WWII FAME WILL SIGN OFF By Kim Andrew Elliott 13 October 2008 The transmitter on 531 kHz in Beromünster, Switzerland, will close down on 28 December, leaving only one medium wave transmitter in the country, at Sottens. The Beromünster transmitter was important for informing Europe during World War II. swissinfo.ch, 11 October 2008 website http://www.swissinfo.org/fre/infos/nouvelles_agence/L_emetteur_radio_de_Beromuenster_sera_mis_hors_service.html?siteSect=146&sid=9834664&cKey=1223724073000&ty=ti&positionT=2 See also the Beromünster web page at the DRS Musikwelle (last service to use 531 kHz) website http://www.drsmusikwelle.ch/www/de/drsmusikwelle/themen/wissen/medien-internet/79508.beromuenster.html Posted: 13 Oct 2008 Permalink http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=5008 (via Mike Terry, UK, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SYRIA. Radio Damascus: http://www.rtv.gov.sy Content in the English section is listed as “ready soon” – so far there’s nothing available (Paul E. Guise, Winnipeg, MB R3M 3J3, Click! Oct ODXA Listening In via DXLD) Re 8-112: Radio Damascus Update --- Hi Glenn, Indeed, on the website of RTV Syria ( http://www.rtv.gov.sy ) (Arabic) you can see on the left side nowadays a link to "Deutsches Programm" (German program). If you click on this link you get a page with links to downloads of several programs ( http://www.rtv.gov.sy/index.php?m=31 ) On the end of the page are the daily German language transmissions of Radio Damascus - for each day of the week a link. These links are still dead but at least it gives hopes that something is brewing in the planning room of Radio Damascus. And this is consistent with what my contact and good friend, the head of the English department of Radio Damascus, wrote me by email last week. Radio Damascus online will come soon now (I know "soon" is relative). But they are busy with it and you can believe me that the staff at Radio Damascus is eager to get the program online as they are aware of the weak shortwave reception. A little spark of hope is that I noticed in the last two weeks a remarkable improvement of Radio Damascus reception conditions on the shortwave bands. Especially the early evening broadcasts of the German (1800 hours UT) and also sometimes the French language (1900) program on 9330 to Europe is coming in quite strong (sometimes with reasonable modulation). I think it must have something to do with particular propagation conditions at this time of the year here in Europe (Belgium). Unfortunately, the English transmission later on in the evening at 2100 UT on the same frequency is not coming in as it should be. Maybe because of the later time frame (and less favourable propagation conditions at that time) or because another antenna is used to beam the program as the German and French program is targeted to Europe while the English program at 2100 is targeted on shortwave to the United States. I am not sure about this antenna hypothesis but if another antenna is indeed used, this can be the explanation. I wonder how you receive the English 2100 UT transmission in the U.S.? Do you notice an improvement in reception conditions? And what about the Spanish section, following the English program at 2200? Some reports about that transmission from the U.S. and Latin America? Please, write your letters and reception reports to Radio Damascus. They love to receive them. : Radio Damascus P. O. Box 4702 Damascus Syrian Arab Republic All the best from Belgium (Kris Janssen, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Even in the absence of WBCQ after 1900, the best I have been able to get is a very weak carrier from presumed Damascus. From their angle it would make no sense to use a different azimuth for NAm than for WEu. Registrations show they have 340 for NAm and Eu, 250 for SAm after 2200, but also a 98 degree beam targeted for Australia at 21-22, alternative to 340 which could also be used until 22, but perhaps is not, judging from your report. I wonder how reception is at 5 am in WA, or 7 am (soon 8 am local) in eastern Australia. You previously reported that the 2000 English hour was not on SW. Is this still correct? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Thanks for your valuable information concerning Radio Damascus reception conditions in North America. I will forward this information to my friends in Damascus. Concerning your technical questions about the used azimuth of the antennas, I will also forward this question to my Syrian friends so they can ask the technicians about it. When I receive an answer I will let you know right away. The English program is on shortwave at 2100 UT and I am 99% sure that the 2000 transmission is on satellite only for the time being. I will double check with my Radio Damascus friends to be 100% sure but until further notice you can take it for granted that only the 2100 transmission is on shortwave. I am curious how the B08 broadcasting season starting on the 26th of October will influence reception conditions of Radio Damascus. Greetings (Kris Janssen, Belgium, ibid.) 9330, Radio Damascus, 2102-2125 Oct 7, woman announcer with ID and sign on announcements opening the English program. "This is Damascus calling. Here now is the news." A man and the woman read the news. Fair to good signal but deep fades and the modulation wasn't the best (Rich D'Angelo, PA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. Radio Taiwan International (RTI): http://www.rti.org.tw/ or http://english.rti.org.tw/ RTI’s start/splash page is a fancy affair, with beautiful photos (featuring local birds this year), a happy (and endlessly-looped) RTI jingle, and links to the RTI web pages in eleven different languages. Clicking on English brings us to a comprehensive main page, with numerous links down the left side, news headlines at the top, and program and feature links below. At the top of the page you’ll find a News Search box and a Listen Now! Link, providing streaming audio in Windows Media and Real Media formats. A few highlights from the rest of the site, which is well worth a look. A link at the top-left of the page provides access to programs from the past week, in the above formats, so if you missed the latest Jade Bells & Bamboo Pipes, don’t worry, it’s still available. The More about RTI section (left side, middle) has numerous useful links, including schedules and frequencies, online reception report forms, FAQs, and job postings – time for a career change? Finally, there are several small graphics/links at the bottom of the page; check out the link to the RTI Cyber Museum, which gives an in-depth look at the history and technology of broadcasting at RTI. Note that you’ll need Flash 8.0 or beyond to view the content (Paul E. Guise, Winnipeg, MB R3M 3J3, Click! Oct ODXA Listening In via DXLD) ** THAILAND. Radio Thailand: http://www.hsk9.com/ Radio Thailand’s website has slimmed considerably since last year. Enter the URL above and you’ll see a photo of the Thai Queen (celebrating her 80th birthday, apparently), an icon to see the current time in Bangkok (which never got past “Loading…” for me), and three links. The first of these, http://www.hsk9.com opens a new page stating, “NEW HSK9 COOMING SOON” (dated 2007). Below this is a link to Radio Thailand (Thai-language only), and an On Air Schedule, effective March 30, 2008 and likely to be replaced in the near future. The schedule provides a list of times, broadcast language, target, and frequency (Paul E. Guise, Winnipeg, MB R3M 3J3, Click! Oct ODXA Listening In via DXLD) ** TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. TE FM DX: see PROPAGATION ** TURKEY. Voice of Turkey (VOT): http://www.trt.net.tr/ or http://www.trt.net.tr/voiceofturkey/vot.htm No changes since last year. While the Voice of Turkey website appears to have a great deal of interesting content, the first (and primary) URL given above leads to Turkish-language content (and clicking Voice of Turkey, on the left, leads to another Turkish-language page). Entering the …/voiceofturkey/vot.htm URL leads to a single page in English, outlining the history of VOT (one paragraph), the fact that it broadcasts in Turkish around the clock (one paragraph), and that it also broadcasts in 26 other languages on a daily basis. Below this is a button marked Listen Live – VOT, which leads to another page. This new page appears to have options for listening to nine different radio streams (and watching four television streams), but did not work for me in any of my web browsers on either Mac or Linux machines (Paul E. Guise, Winnipeg, MB R3M 3J3, Click! Oct ODXA Listening In via DXLD) VOT is still about to launch a new website in English, apparently with heavy news emphasis, as mentioned by the webmaster on Live From Turkey, Oct 14. Working a few technical bugs out. Meanwhile I could not get their webcast to play from my bookmark, so had to go directly to their audio page http://www.trt.net.tr/wwwtrt/canli.aspx and click on VOT WORLD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. Correxion in B-08 of Radio Ukraine International in Ge/Ukr/En: 1800-2100 NF 7510 KHR 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, ex reg. 5840 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 14 via DXLD) English will be at 2000 (gh) ** U S A [non]. Re 8-112: Glenn: -- "...Once I heard VOA English on 1539 kHz although Urdu is scheduled (Jose Jacob, India, ibid.)..." – I was halfway listening to the mess on 1539 via Sweden remote receiver, with said mess led by VOA/UAE in Urdu, around 2315 UT or so Sunday (10/12), when I suddenly realized the schpiel had morphed into English, mid-segment, with no apparent program transition. Perhaps the VOA is relishing us with mixed-language presentations, especially in world-areas where business-related use of English is high, such as the parts of the Mideast (GREG HARDISON, still L.A., DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re 8-112: Your female circumcision-promoter on WHRA may merely have been referring to coital pleasures personally discovered at the actuary behest of one of many circumcised males wandering through the Western world. A shuddery thought occurs: are we not sure whether she was referring to circumcisions of adult males, for whom the fate has been spared up until now?? (GREG HARDISON, still L.A., DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I am somehow "hooked" to Weiner's WBCQ Station. I even got his book and is very interesting on how this gentleman has come up with "radio" since he was a kid. Thanks for the reply and keep your always good work (Hector (Luigi) Perez, San Juan PR, ibid.) ** U S A. WINB already on 13570v at 1404 check Oct 13. Maybe just switched from 9265v at 1400, tho supposed to do so at 1200. Preacher, neither Stair nor Camping, QRMing multiple CODARs which extended from 13380 to 13605. I sure hope no hostile submarines went undetected as a result. Tuned in 9265v Oct 14 at 1400 to hear lasts few bars of Star Spangled Banner, so WINB was just signing off, to 1400:25; then parked on 13570v and it came on at 1402:25, first with buzz, hum, then cleared at 1403:30 for sign-on announcement. But another day they were still on 9265 well past 1400, and are scheduled to switch at 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWRB: see SOUTH CAROLINA [non] ** U S A. I was about to say: ``It occurs to me that I have not heard KVOH 17775 in some weeks, in random tuning around during the daytime. Has anyone?`` Then I checked once more at 1613 Oct 13 and there it was, inbooming with usual lo-fi gospel huxter screaming in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. In last few months signals heard from WRNO New Orleans, fading in around 0130 until sign-off at 0400, on 7505. Reception was initially fair, but since it went off during hurricane weather in September, signal has not been so reliable (Bryan Clark, NZ, RNZI Mailbag Oct 13, notes by gh for DXLD) ** U S A. Re 8-112: We’ll lead off this month with some recent changes on the radio dial that you might find interesting. 670, KMZQ Las Vegas NV, Vegas gets a new station with a classic hits format simulcasting its FM. Has 30,000 watts daytime, so you never know what might pop up underneath WSCR at sunset (Niel Wolfish, MW Notebook, Oct ODXA Listening In via DXLD) Hi, with only 600 watts at night how would KMZQ's signal be in Las Vegas with KBOI Boise running 50 kW not all that far away? -- Bill in BC (J W Kral, IRCA via DXLD) Not to mention KMZQ is in KBOI's pattern which would effectively give KBOI a stronger signal. It seems like there would be problems... 73, (Chris Knight, Fort Lupton, Colorado http://sites.google.com/site/2008amloggings/ ibid.) After seeing Bill's post this morning I e-mailed their engineer and got a reply. He told me a couple of interesting things about their antenna array but I'm not sure if he'd want them passed on so I'll just leave it at that for now. I asked a few more questions; if he replies I'll see if it's OK to pass them along. 73 (Dennis Gibson, CA, ibid.) Not sure why there is any confusion on this. Everyone should take a look at http://www.radio-locator.com --- punch up KMZQ and KBOI and then compare their night patterns. They will not be in each other's face at night. It is my understanding that sometime during the past three years, KBOI reached an agreement with KIRN, the Farsi language station near LA, whereby they (KBOI) would suck in some of their southward-bound signal. I have logged KIRN here at night and would anticipate that with their northbound day pattern, I will be able to log KMZQ through KBOI some around LSS when reception to the south is favorable (Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, 12225w 4719n, HQ180 + Kiwa air core loop, ICF2010 + " " " " DX398; Palomar loop, SRF-59 & SRF M37V, ibid.) What radio-locator.com shows are coverage maps, not patterns. If you look they call them coverage maps. Sometimes they're very similar to each other, sometimes they're somewhat similar and every once in a while they're not. The place to go for patterns is the FCC web site. Here are KMZQ and KBOI's night patterns. KMZQ's is from their CP, but recently they have applied for some changes. KMZQ: http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1225072-101620.pdf KBOI: http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/504682-70019.pdf It looks to me like they shouldn't bother each other, especially because KMZQ is only running 600 watts at night. As Pete noted in the late 1990's KIRN paid KBOI to change from ND to directional at night (six towers; that can't have been cheap). They did that to clear the way to move to a new transmitter site and run considerably more power than they were. They got the CP they wanted but later decided against it. I wonder how much they paid KBOI. Whatever it was they totally wasted it. KBOI's night pattern works very well. I almost never hear them; I'm about 50 miles from KIRN. When they were ND they had a very good signal in Southern California every night. Earlier this year KIRN applied to move their daytime transmitter site only (they would have diplexed off an existing station) and increase to 20 kW (from 5 kW). Apparently they thought better of it because in early September they told the FCC to cancel the application. Navigating the FCC web site takes some getting used to but once you get the hang of it all of the engineering studies for CP's and applications and a whole lot more are there for anyone to read. I find some of them absolutely fascinating. http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amq.html If anyone would like some help in learning how to find the really good stuff on the FCC web site write me directly and I'll be happy to help. It's not hard. 73 (Dennis Gibson, CA, IRCA via DXLD) KBOI was always directional at night on 670, but the original 1968 DA was a four-tower that put a fairly broad lobe over the west while nulling the signal toward WMAQ in Chicago. At the time, those were the only two stations on 670 in North America. The modification to KBOI (which was completed in 2000) kept one of the four original towers, took down three others, then put up five more for a total of six. No, it can't have been cheap! s (Scott Fybush, NY, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. Like Temecula, the City of Santa Paula [California] now operates a Travelers Information Station (TIS), WQFE310, on 1610 kHz, and in private discussions I learned that they are even considering airing local high school football games [in clear violation of the TIS rules]: http://tinyurl.com/SantaPaula1610 (CGC Communicator Oct 13 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. Here's what that "CBS Radio Networks, Channel 44" is all about - it's usually stuck automation. In this case, it was probably from the Monday Night Football game, which was indeed carried on Westwood One, which is distributed by CBS Radio Networks from their master control in NYC. If the station doesn't go back to its regular programming after the game, and gets stuck on the channel that was feeding the football game, it ends up broadcasting...yup, the "CBS Radio Networks, Channel 44" sounder over and over again. s (Scott Fybush, NY, NRC AM mailing list digest via DXLD) ** VANUATU. R. Vanuatu, 7260, low power transmitter being heard, possible between 0300 and 0400, and best after 0600 when Algeria closes. Programing mainly in Bislama, or Pidgin English (Bryan Clark, NZ, RNZI Mailbag Oct 13, notes by gh for DXLD) ** VATICAN. VR, 4005 in English at 0500, poor to fair, but much better on // 5965 and 7250 (Bryan Clark, NZ, RNZI Mailbag Oct 13, notes by gh for DXLD) No CR 5964 QRM? (gh, DXLD) ** VENEZUELA [non non]. A Radio Nacional da Venezuela esta com site de transmissão pronto para entrar no ar, sendo uma estação de 50 kW em 60 metros e 5 estações de onda curta com 100 kW cada uma. abcs (Ariovaldo Lobrito, Oct 13, radioescuttas yg via DXLD) SOURCE? I did not think it that imminent (gh) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. Radio Nacional Saharaui 6300 kHz, en español El día de ayer, 11 de Octubre 2008, 2315 UT, 6300, "...Buenos días, estimados oyentes, y al saludarlos dando inicio al resumen de noticias más destacadas de la semana, y éstos son nuestros titulares: El delegado del frente polisario en España instó al gobierno de España a cumplir la legalidad internacional, El encuentro de solidaridad..." SINPO 34333, Muy buena señal proveniente de esa parte del mundo. Incluso es más fácil captarla que a Radio Damasco [9330] por éstas latitudes. Radio Nacional Saharaui en el internet: http://web.jet.es/rasd/radionacional.htm# ``La voz del Sahara libre se esfuerza cada día para llevar a los saharauis de los territorios ocupados el mensaje de libertad para su pueblo. Y ahora te ofrecemos la oportunidad de escuchar la RADIO NACIONAL DE LA RASD por Internet. Sin interferencias, sin problemas. Haz "click" en sobre el link "live-vivo-direct" y escucha la voz libre de la RADIO NACIONAL DE R.A.S.D.`` Muy buenos DX's (Magdiel Cruz Rodríguez, Jiutepec, Morelos, México, SONY ICF-SW-7600, ANTENA TIPO "V" INVERTIDA, playdx yg via DXLD) ** YEMEN. 6005, Yemen Radio, San'a; 2153-2200* October 9, 2008. Tune- in to rather hip R&B/funk vocal, possibly in Arabic, into short orchestral anthem at 2159, off. BBCWS weak underneath (Seychelles?) in English, and continued alone on the channel after 2200. Also the next day, October 10, 2150-2200* with Arabic man, into pop-ish Arabic vocal 2155, orchestral anthem from 2159 and off. Good, but no trace of nominal 9780 either day (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 8-112, 1512 kHz: Glenn, I was very tired when posting. I apologise unreservedly for my sloppiness. The idiotic part of my post was to use NW rather than NE. As for Wolvertem. I am so close to the transmitter that I can only guess that it would need a strong and effective screen in a direction well away from my QTH to give such a weak signal. I can definitely state that this seemed much weaker than Wolvertem used to be at that time of day. By all means include these comments as a follow-on. 73's (Dan Goldfarb, England, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I don`t know about screening (what we call nulls in a directional pattern), but I see in WRTH 2008 domestic sexion that the 1512 power for RVI is given as 300/25 kW, so maybe if it was only running 25 kW would that fit? Of course, everyone who heard it could have got a bearing on it to rule Wolvertem in or out (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11560 with strong and steady open carrier, Oct 13 at 1403-1431* Left a receiver on and never any modulation or other clues. Next to WEWN 11550. Certainly not YFR Taiwan scheduled here; WEWN also has 11560 on schedule until 1400. Could be an IBB Greenville test on an unlisted frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15000+, 2-way SSB in Spanish, slightly off WWV/H but QRMing them heavily, presumably narco-traffickers or poachers, Oct 14 at 1356 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Time for my yearly report of the huge ear-splitting whine centered on 17450, often heard here in the daytime, and especially strong Oct 13 at 1417. It spreads from 17420 to 17480. Listening on AM, you hear a constant pitch; with BFO on, you detect multiple carriers within every kHz. WHAT IS THIS AND FROM WHERE? 16m was pretty open, with Greenville good on 17530, not always the case, plus other signals from Americas, Africa, Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ As always, thanks for your time and effort in keeping this valuable SWL resource alive and vibrant (Steven Zimmerman, Ulsan, South Korea, Oct 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) My name is Gert Nilsson, I am almost 63 years old and used to listen to World of Radio but nowadays I read it via HCDX. It always keep me informed. Thank you for your good work! (Gert Nilsson, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, Oct 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Gert got KFXY 1640 Enid, see 8- 112, as I was glad to hear from his clip (gh) Thanks to Thomas McLaughlin, Lubbock TX, for an annual check in the mail to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``in memory of GIGI LYTLE`` (gh) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ JERSEY FROM UK TO FRANCE TIME? Voters in the British Crown Dependency of Jersey go the polls on Wednesday for a referendum on whether to switch time zones, opting out of the UK zone and adopting the same local time as France (GMT+1 in winter and GMT+2 in summer). (Chris Greenway, England, Oct 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) What about the other Channel Islands?? (gh) The broadcasting angle to the story is that Jersey viewers and listeners would get their programmes from UK stations an hour later according to their local clocks (Chris Greenway, BDXC-UK via DXLD) And yet Portugal opted a few years ago to revert to GMT/GMT+1, making them one hour behind the rest of Europe! (Mark Savage, moderator, ibid.) CHECK DTV TIME CODES The California Broadcasters Association (CBA) has been advised by the FCC that they have received complaints that the digital TV signals of many California stations have incorrect time codes (PSIP). This is a FCC violation and they have asked our assistance in correcting this problem immediately. Please check your signal as soon as possible. Mark Powers, CBA, cbapowers (at) aol.com MORE ON THE PSIP TIME CODE ERROR/S [CGC asked Mark Powers to clarify what the FCC is concerned about and received the following reply] The issue at hand has more to do with daylight savings [sic] time than time of day. A viewer in the Bay Area sent an e-mail to the FCC complaining that many of the DTV stations there switched back to standard time on Oct. 2 - one month early. Apparently, the FCC is receiving complaints from various parts of the country. With regard to an FCC rule cite, the applicable Rule is 73.682(d) where the FCC incorporated by reference A52, A53 and A65. This means that these ATSC standards are now part of the Rules and, by strict interpretation, a station must be in complete compliance with these standards. In December of 2007, in the Report and Order (R&O) in the Third Periodic DTV Review, the Commission amended this Rule adopting the most recent versions of these ATSC standards. What is significant about this is that, in the text of the R&O, the FCC essentially stated that they expect DTV stations' PSIP to be correct. Does this mean that the FCC is sitting around with a stream analyzer looking to see if every station's PSIP is spot-on? I doubt it. But it does mean that given the right set of circumstances, they could cite a station for having PSIP errors. A link to the R&O is below. See paragraphs 185 - 189. Also see Appendix B for the modified Rule (starts on page 120 of the pdf). http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-228A1.pdf This was brought to our attention by a staff member at the FCC as a "heads up." Mark Powers, California Broadcasters Association, cbapowers (at) aol.com (both: CGC Communicator Oct 13 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ FCC OPEN MEETING ON DIGITAL LPTV, ETC., OCTOBER 15 FCC NEWS BRIEFS o Here is the agenda for the FCC's Open Meeting of October 15. Of particular interest is the first item. The Commission will consider establishing rules for Digital LPTV, Television Translator, and Television Booster Stations and amending the rules for Digital Class A Television Stations: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-285962A1.doc o According to John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable magazine, the aforementioned meeting includes a vote on giving some low-power TV stations full-power status, including must-carry rights: http://tinyurl.com/LPTVMust-Carry (CGC Communicator Oct 13 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ FAST WAY TO VERIFY FM STATION INFO -- ARBITRON I don't know if this has ever been posted here, but there is a fast way to verify basic information about am/fm radio stations. This simple search will yield Calls, Frequency, Station Name (slogan), Format, Network, City of License, County of License, Mailing address, Indications if the station offers HD and an Internet stream, as well as if they are a 24 hour station or have a S/OFF time. Follow this link, which takes you to Arbitron's website: http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=FA08&band=fm&callLetter=KYGO In the above link, I have the call letters at the end of the link to direct to KYGO 98.5 Denver. All you have to do is change the call letters in the URL and hit the ENTER key. It works for ALL markets, as far as I can tell. IF you want to bookmark it, set it to go to a radio station in your market. Then, you can go from there in searching Arbitron listings. If you can't afford a pay service for searching radio station information, this is a pretty decent alternative (Jim Thomas, wdx0fbu, Milliken, Colorado, (40 miles north of Denver) 40 18.642'N 104 52.566'W, WTFDA via DXLD) To do AM stations you have to change "...band=fm..." to "...band=am..." Regards, (Fred Laun, Temple Hills, MD, ibid.) GOOGLE EARTH MARKUP FILE FOR AM BCB I been working recently on trying to put FCC AM broadcast station information onto Google Earth. I think I finally did it. Hopefully there are no more bugs. If you find any please tell me or any other suggestions, for example I recently fixed an error causing the call signs displayed to not be current. It took a while to get everything right since the FCC CDBS database is a bit of a pain to understand and the FCC regulations are a tough read - i.e. what is the difference between theoretical, standard, augmented? Why RMS? Or is 300 mV/m/km really the field strength for a quarter wave monopole? I'm still not sure about the last one. That said, I believe you will like what I put together. I tried to make it's list view in Google Earth useful for dxers by putting each broadcast station on the same frequency into the same folder. The result is a huge file however: 76 MB. The KMZ file includes a place mark and description in Google Earth for every AM station from the FCC's CDBS database, and whether it is in daytime or nighttime or critical hour operation, for every hour of the day of each month: 24 * 12 folders. Note, checking an entire folder for say 00 UTC on January will cause Google Earth to display about 5000 place marks, causing it to freeze for about a minute. Download from here: http://rapidshare.com/files/153634806/ambcb.kmz.html (George Magiros, KC2SCI, 646-245-5704, Oct 13, IRCA via DXLD) Radio Espionage, James Bamford --- Interesting set of books written on codes, H F radio espionage... Controversial author 73s Bob DECADES ON THE TRAIL OF A SHADOWY AGENCY By SCOTT SHANE October 11, 2008 WASHINGTON — For 30 years, on a sometimes lonely hunt, James Bamford has pursued that great white whale of American intelligence, the National Security Agency. It has been a jarring ride at times. He was threatened with prosecution in 1982 for revealing the secrets of that mammoth eavesdropping agency in his pathbreaking first book, “The Puzzle Palace.” By 2001, when he published a fat second volume on the subject, “Body of Secrets,” attitudes had changed and officials actually hosted a book party on the agency’s sprawling campus at Fort Meade, Md. Code breakers and linguists stood in line for four hours to have him sign the book — though many declined to give him their names for the inscription. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/books/11bamford.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin (via Bob Wilkner, FL, DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ WHO CARES ABOUT RADIO ON THE TITANIC? A couple of deleted scenes from the 1997 film Titanic, with radio related themes... Titanic Deleted Scene: The Wireless Room/The Californian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn3VWaV58-8 Titanic deleted scene - the first S.O.S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB_3BXHHi1M (Fred Waterer, Ont., ODXA yg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: NEW ZEALAND ++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL TV CONVERSION PSA -- for the non internet conversant – funny Pretty clever... http://www.flixxy.com/digital-tv-conversion.htm (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, swprograms via DXLD) DTV power increases might be allowed on a case-by-case basis to reach rural TV viewers left behind in the digital transition: http://tinyurl.com/DTVPowerUp (CGC Communicator Oct 13 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) see also CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES PROPAGATION +++++++++++ SOLAR WEEK: OCT. 20-24, 2008! Although this I think is for Schools and Colleges in USA it might just be of interest to our 'propagation Gurus', or otherwise!!!! (Ken Fletcher, BDXC-UK via DXLD) Interact live with the scientists during Oct. 20-24, 2008! Get answers to your questions about the Sun. Click on "Ask a Question" on the right. http://www.solarweek.org/ (via DXLD) LONG-HAUL TRANS-EQUATORIAL FM DX, CARIBBEAN TO SOUTHERN BRASIL 88.9, 05/10 0129 TRD UNID, ann da hora, OM falando sobre política e tocando reggae (Bob Marley) 35333 (Não deve ser de Port of Spain) 91.1, 05/10 0126 TRD 91.1 Talk City, Tobago, mx em SS, chamadas de px de esporte e culinária (?), YL/OM entrevista ao telefone (melhor sinal até hoje, sem fading rápido e boa estabilidade) 45343 105.1, 05/10 0157 TRD Vibe CT, Port of Spain, advs de show ment Vibe CT, OM, mx Machel Montano, px só de soca 43322 (MARCELO XAVIER VIEIRA CAMBÉ-PR, BRASIL, @tividade DX Oct 12 via DXLD) [in chronological order even tho frequency shown first:] 97.1, ANTÍGUA ZDK – Liberty Radio International, Saint John’s, EE, 0134, 04/10, mx caribenha, OM 45333. 97.0, GUADALOUPE RFO Basse-Terre, FF, 0136, 04/10, YL, mx caribenha 35333. 91.9, ANTÍGUA Hitz FM, Saint John’s, EE, 0138, 04/10, mx caribenha, OM 45233. 96.7, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES Nice FM, Kingstown, EE, 0141, 04/10, mx caribenha 45333. 97.3, SAINT LUCIA Radio Saint Lucia, Castries, EE, 0143, 04/10, OM falando de Soca (ritmo musical caribenho), depois retx de noticiário da BBC 45333. 99.9, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES WE FM, Kingstown, EE, 0213, 04/10, OM, id 45333. 97.0, GUADALOUPE RFO, Basse-Terre, FF, 0141, 06/10, OM/OM, talks 33343. 97.1, ANTÍGUA ZDK – Liberty Radio International, Saint John’s, EE 0143, 06/10, mx caribenha 43343. 107.5, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES NBC, Kingstown, EE, 0144, 06/10, mx caribenha, OM 35333. 96.7, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES Nice FM, Kingstown, EE, 0048, 07/10, OM em conversa telefônica c/ ouvinte, risos 45344. 91.9, ANTÍGUA Hitz FM, Saint John’s, EE, 0051, 07/10, mx caribenha 33333. 97.1, ANTÍGUA ZDK – Liberty Radio International, Saint John’s, EE, mx caribenha, id OM: “----- the next level” 34343 . 107.5, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES NBC, Kingstown, EE, 0021, 08/10, OM/YL, anúncios 35333. 96.7, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES Nice FM, Kingstown, EE, 0022, 08/10, OM em conversa telefônica c/ ouvinte 45333. 92.9, BARBADOS Voice of Barbados, Bridgetown, EE, 0025, 08/10, EE, YL/OM, talks 34333. 103.7, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES Hitz FM, Kingstown, EE, 0028, 08/10, mx caribenha, OM 35333. 99.9, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES WE FM, Kingstown, EE, 0030, 08/10, OM, nxs 44333. 91.9, ANTÍGUA Hitz FM, Saint John’s, EE, 0117, 08/10, mx caribenha 45233. 96.7, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES Nice FM, Kingstown, EE, 0026, 09/10, OM/OM, talks 45233. 97.1, ANTÍGUA ZDK – Liberty Radio International, Saint John’s, EE, 0028, 09/10, mx caribenha 44333. 97.3, SAINT LUCIA radio Saint Lucia, Castries, EE, 0031, 09/10, OM, nxs 33333. 91.9, ANTÍGUA Hitz FM, Saint John’s, EE, 0033, 09/10, mx caribenha 45243. 107.5, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES NBC, Kingstown, EE, 0052, 09/10, YL, nxs 45333. 99.9, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES WE FM, Kingstown, EE, 0054, 09/10, OM, nxs 43343. 96.7, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES Nice FM, Kingstown, EE, 0107, 10/10, OM, nxs 33333. 107.5, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES NBC, Kingstown, EE, 0109, 10/10, mx caribenha 35233. 99.9, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES WE FM, Kingstown, 0124, 10/10, EE, mx caribenha ????? (RUBENS FERRAZ PEDROSO, BANDEIRANTES-PR, BRASIL, @tividade DX Oct 12 via DXLD) Receptores: Degen DE1103 e Sony ICF SW 7600GR. Antena: LW do Degen DE1103 com aproximadamente 10,62 metros (RFP, appended to same report in dxclubepr yg via DXLD) 94.7, 13/10 0010-0025, Barbados, CBC, religioso com varios hinos ao orgão. Primeira recepção TEP desta temporada. Então, este é o quarto ano consecutivo que observo emissoras caribenh as em São Carlos-SP, sempre a partir de meados de Outubro. Curioso que desta vez não chegou tambem a VOB em 92.9, em todas as outras oportunidades as duas chegavam juntas (SAMUEL CÁSSIO MARTINS, SÃO CARLOS-SP, BRASIL, DEGEN 1103, ANTENA TELESCÓPICA, ibid.) Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels during 06 - 10 October. Activity increased to as high as severe storm levels on 11 October. Activity decreased to active levels on 12 October with minor storm levels observed at high latitudes. ACE solar wind observations indicated a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS) disturbed the field during 11 - 12 October. A co-rotating interaction region (CIR) was observed on 11 October in advance of the CH HSS. Solar wind changes associated with the CIR included a plasma density increase (peak 40 p/cc at 11/0648 UTC), increased IMF Bt (peak 16 nT at 11/0729 UTC), and periods of sustained southward IMF Bz (minimum - 14 nT at 11/0729 UTC). The velocity increase associated with CH HSS began early on 11 October and continued into 12 October with a peak velocity of 598 km/sec observed at 12/0432 UTC. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 15 OCT - 10 NOV 2008 Solar activity is expected to be very low. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 15 October, 30 October - 06 November, and 08 - 10 November. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during 15 - 27 October. Activity is expected to increase to active levels during 28 - 29 October due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels during 30 - 31 October as the high-speed stream subsides. Quiet conditions are expected during 01 - 06 November. Activity is expected to increase to minor to major storm levels on 07 November due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to active levels on 08 November and then decrease to unsettled levels during 09 - 10 November as the high-speed stream subsides. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2008 Oct 14 2022 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2008 Oct 14 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2008 Oct 15 73 5 2 2008 Oct 16 75 5 2 2008 Oct 17 75 5 2 2008 Oct 18 75 5 2 2008 Oct 19 75 5 2 2008 Oct 20 75 5 2 2008 Oct 21 73 5 2 2008 Oct 22 73 5 2 2008 Oct 23 73 5 2 2008 Oct 24 73 5 2 2008 Oct 25 73 5 2 2008 Oct 26 73 5 2 2008 Oct 27 71 5 2 2008 Oct 28 69 10 3 2008 Oct 29 67 12 4 2008 Oct 30 67 15 4 2008 Oct 31 67 10 3 2008 Nov 01 67 5 2 2008 Nov 02 67 5 2 2008 Nov 03 67 5 2 2008 Nov 04 67 5 2 2008 Nov 05 69 5 2 2008 Nov 06 69 5 2 2008 Nov 07 71 35 6 2008 Nov 08 71 15 4 2008 Nov 09 71 10 3 2008 Nov 10 72 5 2 (SWPC Oct 14 via WORLD OF RADIO 1430, DXLD) ###