DX LISTENING DIGEST 9-054, July 28, 2009
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SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1471, July 29-August 4, 2009
Wed 0500 WRMI 9955
Wed 1530 WRMI 9955
Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415
Thu 0530 WRMI 9955
Thu 1900 WBCQ 7415
Fri 0000 WBCQ 5110-CUSB Area 51
Fri 0100 WRMI 9955
Fri 1130 WRMI 9955
Fri 1900 WBCQ 7415
Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 [or 2028:30]
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 0800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9510 [except first and second Sats]
Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160
Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070
Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 [suspended, until mid-August?]
Mon 0500 WRMI 9955
Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955
Tue 1530 WRMI 9955
Tue 1900 WBCQ 7415
Wed 0500 WRMI 9955 [or new 1472 starting here?]
Wed 1530 WRMI 9955
Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415
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** ALASKA. 7355, KNLS, July 24 at 1232, ``Hit Me With Your Best Shot``
by Pat Benatar, 1233 talk feature Author`s Journal, but really a
sermon about Paul, the religionist credited with pumping up the Jesus
myth, quoting from I and II Timothy. 1238 back to music ``from the
80s, 90s and today`` by Pet Shop Boys. F-G signal with deep fades. At
1246 checked // 9780 and could detect English underneath the Chinese
radio war. KNLS is certainly a curiosity as one has no interest in its
music or its preaching, but WCBC must think it`s the best way to pull
in unchurched suckers in the FE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ALASKA. KNLS IS on both 9780 and 9795, July 28 at 1301, introducing
Chinese hour, with as usual Chinese radio war QRM on the former (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALASKA [non]. LATIN AMERICA: "What's Going On?" July 2009
Rex Morgan [caption] Senior Producer for Latin America
As we begin developing programming for Latin America God opens doors
with both new and old friends that have the same interest as we do,
winning lost souls! In the months to come I will be introducing you
to the talent that is coming together as our radio production for
programming to Latin America develops.
Great music will be a major part of our programming. We pray that
listeners looking for good music with great messages will tune in to
KNLS and enjoy what they hear as they wait for spiritual messages that
will impact their lives.
To reach this goal, we have been talking to Carlos Gonzales. Carlos
is producer, composer, singer, and editor for the singing group
“Voces” a Spanish language A Capella quartet. . .
http://www.worldchristian.org/Languages/LatinAmerica/la_whatsgoingon.php
Altho this refers to KNLS, the Alaska station is hardly in any
position to serve Latin America, while the under-construxion
Madagascar station has previously been mentioned as targeting LAm as
well as Africa and Asia. We know from RNW Talata that reaching Latin
America is quite feasible from there. On the homepage there are also
linx to similar pages concerning Africa and Arabic, as well as the
existing Chinese, English and Russian: http://www.worldchristian.org/
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. ANTARTIDA, 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San
Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1822-1905, 21-07, canciones argentinas,
locutora, comentarios: "Noticia internacional, la Organización Mundial
de la Salud...", identificación: "Desde Base Esperanza, Antártida
Argentina, transmite LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, por
15476 kHz". 14322.
También *1802-1850, 23-07, canción, locutor: "Aqui, en este momento
comienza su transmisión LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel,
desde Base Esperanza, Antártida Argentina, 63º.. latitud Sur, 56º ...,
longitud Oeste, por la frecuencia de 15476 kHz", locutora: "Muy buenas
tardes, queridos oyentes, es 23 de Julio de 2009, LRA 36 comienza sus
transmisiones", "Saludos a todos nuestros oyentes, permanezcan con
nosotros las próximas tres horas".
También 1830-1901, 24-01, poemas y canciones argentinas , locutor,
identificación: Desde Base Esperanza, Antártida Argentina, transmite
LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel en la frecuencia de 15476
kHz.", locutora: "Noticia internacional", más canciones, comentario
por locutora sobre la Organización Mundial de la Salud. 25322 (Manuel
Méndez, Lugo, España, Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G, Antena
de cable, 10 metros, Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, Mar Cantabrico,
provincia de Lugo, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. Re 9-053 Australia item of coast station VMR. This item
caught my attention as a former merchant marine radio operator. A lot
have changed since my sailings :-(
But, when briefly googling this AUS issue, I think the call VMR is a
common call for Volunteer Marine Radio.
And, if I understand it correctly, in Australia they have those 27 MHz
CB radios used in boats with "maritime channels", where channel 88 is
a key channel. Someone down under will surely correct me. 73, (Jari
Savolainen, Finland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 9660, July 24 at 0519, two stations in English
mixing about equally. Normally I just hear R. Australia, which is
listed as only 10 kW via Brandon at 00-08; but Vatican is also on
there at 0300-0530, the final semihour in English, 175 degrees from
SMG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. BANGLADESH BETAR DISPOSES OLD SW & MW TRANSMITTERS
Bangladesh Betar has issued tender notice to dispose off two of its
transmitters :
100 kW MW, Make: RCA , Model: BTH-100B
100 kW SW, Make: Continental, Model: 418A-1
Both these transmitters served the Shavar transmission centre of
Bangladesh Betar. The SW transmitter was presently non-operational, as
per TDP this was installed in the year 1968 (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi,
India, Juy 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BIAFRA [non]. Did not get around to reconfirming VOBI via WHRI
Friday July 17, but I did July 24 --- yes, still on 15665 at 1900,
usual stuff, protracted musical opening ceremonies, before getting
down to anti-Nigerian business (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.5, Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX, 2217-2230, 22-07,
locutor, español, comentarios y noticias del departamento de Potosí.
Audible en LSB. 15321.
También 2208-2220, 24-07, locutor, español, transmisión en directo del
intento del Presidente de Honduras Manuel Zelaya de ingresar en su
país a través de Nicaragua: "Represión en Paraiso por parte de los
militares". Identificación: "Pio XII". 23322.
También 2210-2225, 25-07, locutor, español, comentario, canciones
bolivianas, locutora hablando con corresponsales, identificación: "Pio
XII" (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF
SW7600G, Antena de cable, 10 metros, Escuchas realizadas en Reinante,
Mar Cantabrico, provincia de Lugo, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. Na frequência de 2380, Rádio Educadora de Limeira, com
sinal 55555, limpo como FM, UT 2355 (py5aap morato, gg46qu, Cornelio
Procopio-Pr- Br, July 23, dxclube Parana yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471,
DXLD)
Amigo Morato, Maravilhosa informação, pois eu estava querendo gravar
esta emissora, pois não tinha o audio dela. E agora consegui captá-la
como nunca a captei. Estou aqui na fazenda e ela está realmente
chegando 55555. Tá quase na hora do jogo do Corinthians, mas só vou
sair desta frequência depois que gravar o identify dela. Grato pela
dica e um abraço, (Adalberto Marques de Azevedo, Barbacena - Minas
Gerais, 0018 UT July 24, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471,
DXLD)
We certainly won`t get it 55555 in NAm, but this may indicate a power
increase or some other improvement in transmission (gh, ibid.)
2379.9, tentative, Brasil, Radio Educadora de Limeira, SP, 1030 weak,
with harmonic on 2380.62 on 24 July.
2379.83, unID powerful harmonic appeared at 1100 on 23 July. 73s
(Bob Wilkner, Pompano Beach, Florida US, NRD 535D ~ Drake R8 R7 Sony
2010XA, Various Antennas, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. Não estamos consternados, mas sim muito alegres, pois
falaremos de nascimento e não de morte. E além disso não falaremos,
não apenas de um nascimento, mas sim, também de uma recuperação.
Quando falamos de recuperação, estamos falando da Rádio Brasil de
Campinas, emissora que sempre marcava sua presença nas Ondas
Tropicais, na freqüência de 4785 kHz, e devido a queima de uma válvula
de seu modulador, estava inativa.
Mas, recentemente, a emissora conseguiu importar a tal válvula, seu
corpo técnico normalizou o sistema transmissor, e ela voltou ao ar,
alegrando todo o mundo aficionado do rádio, e passando a ser captada
com excelente sinal em diversos pontos do país e até por dexistas
estrangeiros (@tividade DX July 26 via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 5990, Radio Senado, Brasilia, 2137-2200*, 21-07, canciones
brasileñas, locutor, portugués, anuncio: "Jornal do Senado, segunda a
cuarta feira, sete e media da noite na Voz do Brasil", locutora: 2158:
"Radio Senado, agora en Brasilia 6 horas 58 minutos", 2200: "A Radio
Senado finaliza agora a sua transmiçao en onda curta". 34433. También
2137-2250, 22-07, locutora: "Senado, a radio da cidadania", portugués,
comentarios. "Esta e a Radio Senado, agora en Brasilia 6 horas e 39",
canciones. (Méndez)
10000, Emisora de señales horarias Observatorio Nacional, 2132-2140,
24-07, portugués, señales horarias, identificación y anuncio de la
hora cada 10 segundos: "Observatorio Nacional, 18 horas, 32 minutos,
50 segundos", "Observatorio Nacional, 1 horas, 33 minutos, 0
segundos". 34333. (Méndez)
11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0955-1012, 23-07, locutor,
locutora: "23 de Julho de 2009, noticias de Goiania", a las 1000
identificación: "Radio Brasil Central, ondas curtas, 11815 kHz, ondas
tropicais, 4985 kHz, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, Goias, Brasil", "O
mundo em sua casa", noticias, el tiempo, "Pincipais noticias". 24322.
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G,
Antena de cable, 10 metros, Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, Mar
Cantabrico, provincia de Lugo, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. A Super Rede Boa Vontade de Rádio, de Porto Alegre (RS),
possui duas freqüências ativas em ondas curtas: 9550 e 11895 kHz. Os
dois canais foram monitorados pelo colunista, em um sítio no interior
de Pancas (ES), em 9 de julho, por volta de 1400, no Tempo Universal.
O interessante é que a emissora anunciava que estava emitindo apenas
em 6160 kHz, justamente a freqüência que está inativa há cerca de
quatro anos, conforme assevera Édison Bocorny Júnior, de Novo Hamburgo
(RS).
BRASIL – A Rádio Guaíba, de Porto Alegre (RS), continua levando ao ar,
diversas vezes por dia, identificação de que transmite em 11785 kHz,
inclusive nas jornadas esportivas. A constatação é do Édison Bocorny
Júnior, de Novo Hamburgo (RS). De acordo com ele, faz pelo menos seis
meses que o canal está inativo, esperando reposição de peças.
(Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX July 26 via DXLD)
** BULGARIA. 9600 with choral music July 27 at 0542. If it`s in –00,
chances are it`s R. Bulgaria, and quickly confirmed as such by //
11600 with about same good reception. This is the German semi-hour at
306 degrees on both, exactly the same azimuth as used for NAm (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Re 9-053: Re: Kai, I'm not quite sure what you mean about
Maple Leaf Mailbag being self-referential. Is it about the show only
focusing on itself (e.g. through cross-country road trips or attempts
at comedy) and not the listeners?
Probably a linguistic problem and "selbstreferentiell" is a term
really known in German only.
In this case it means that the show is about RCI, that they have
themselves as main topic. It is not a question of the amount or kind
of listeners participation. The key point is that they do not need the
world out there, that they broadcast in the sake of broadcasting.
Of course this phenomenon is very widespread in shortwave
broadcasting. But I feel that RCI's mailbag show is an especially bad
example (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. CFRX, Toronto, 6070, July 25-26 - CFRX noted missing at
2200 UT Saturday and still no sign of them as of 2000 Sunday (Brandon
Jordan, TN, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
CFRX, 6070, heard here this morning, 27 July, at 1230, though much,
much weaker than they normally are (S9+). Transmitter problem? Antenna
Problem? (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, USA, ibid.)
CFRX had been reported missing from 6070 lately, and July 27 at 1318
check no sign of it here, so off the air? No, Steve Lare in much
closer Michigan was hearing it at 1230, but much weaker than usual
Still no CFRX audible here on 6070, tho it may be on QRP, July 28 at
1235, just the North Korean roar (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 740, CFZM, ON, Toronto - July 8, 0530 [EDT] – in mix with
WPAQ, WNYH, WMBG and unID religious station with adult standards
songs, “Good morning, I’m Tera Smith with the five thirty news on AM
seven forty” into items of world and Canadian news, and local weather.
0539 “... right here on zuma radio AM seven forty”. (Kraig Krist, VA,
DDXD East, NRC DX News July 20 via DXLD)
Slogan is actually “Zoomer radio”; zoomer being the word coined by
CFZM’s owner Moses Znaimer for baby boomers nearing age 65 (Mike
Brooker, Ont., ed., ibid.)
** CHINA. 3280, Voice of Pujiang, 1318, July 24. Segment in English
which sounded perhaps like a White House press conference; 1321 into
Chinese; fair; // 4950 (weak) and 9705 (poor with QRM).
5860, Voice of Jinling, *1345-1346*, *1347-1404, July 24. Suddenly on
in mid-song; suddenly off; on again with two woman in conversation;
after ToH pop music; fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7245, CNR-2/China Business Radio, 1430-1448, July 23. Seems
they have indeed changed the “English Evening” schedule. Now heard
from 1430 to 1500 on weekdays (ex: 1330-1400). Presented by John and a
Chinese woman; segment “Studio Classroom Worldwide”; fair. Will need
to check weekend schedule to find if it is 1400 to 1500 (ex: 1300-
1400).
7245, CNR-2/China Business Radio, 1430-1500, July 25 (Sat.). “This is
a new Saturday edition of ‘English Evening’. From this Saturday on,
each week we will introduce you to a new movie”; new format and time
(ex: 1300-1400/Sat.); sound bites from the movie “Confessions of a
Shopaholic”, along with plot summary; followed by “Studio Classroom
Worldwide”; fair-good. What changes will Sunday bring? (Ron Howard,
Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Ron and anyone else who might be interested.
From time to time some of you may have heard a program called Studio
Classroom which is produced here in Taiwan. A large number of radio
stations in China including CRI are running this show. CRI airs the
show on the domestic channel weekday early mornings. They are one of a
small handful of stations they are getting the show legally. The vast
majority of stations in China that are broadcasting Studio Classroom
are not paying any broadcast rights. They are buying the series on the
black market (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.)
Hi Keith, Thank you for your input. Would hope that CNR-2/China
Business Radio's presentations of Studio Classroom (SC) are legal. For
the past four years I have frequently heard and reported on SC.
Occasionally I have reiterate that they are produced in Taiwan, as
well as providing their URL http://www.studioclassroom.com/
("Studio Classroom is the second most popular English-teaching
magazine in Taiwan. The magazine and accompanying radio and TV
programs have won numerous awards over the years, including Taiwan's
famous Golden Bell and Golden Tripod Awards. Studio Classroom is
distributed and broadcast in Mainland China, the U.S., Canada, Europe,
Australia and New Zealand. A station in Kazakhstan broadcasts Studio
Classroom throughout the Central Asia and the Middle East. Via the
Internet, Studio Classroom programs are available worldwide.?).
http://www.studioclassroom.com/sc/sc_radio.php has audio of
their programs. I note that there is even a SC office located in
Beijing http://www.studioclassroom.com.cn/splash/aboutus.htm
"English Evening, with their regular segments of SC, is among my
favorites for SW programming. Have always found SC to be a quality
production and usually very entertaining. Hope that more people will
tune in and enjoy this show (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, USA,
ibid.)
Both CNR and CRI get Studio Classroom legally. But that's about it.
In China, as you know pirated DVDs, CDs, are everywhere. Despite the
government saying they are cracking down, this is not as easy as it
seems.
CCTV (Central China Television) have a shop on the first floor of
their building. Guess what, they are selling pirate DVDs and CDs. The
kicker is they are duplicated using CCTV's own resources. CRI has and
still does produce pirated CDs and DVDs, which are then sent to 3rd
party retailers in Beijing.
When international broadcasters had music transcription services such
as Radio Netherlands, Radio Deutsche Welle, Radio Canada International
and others, CRI was on the mailing list to receive these programs.
Why? They would never air anything from another international
broadcaster. The answer is simple and I had the head of the CRI music
department admit to me before. What they would do is receive the
program on reel to reel tape, or cassette or in some cases 33 rpm,
just edit out the announcer voice, copy the music and then sell it.
CCTV has made copies of movies it bought for broadcast, and then maybe
one month after it airs the version that CCTV aired is available as a
pirate.
That's nothing. I use to do a weekly jazz show on CRI's domestic
channel, and then one day I found a local station in Shanghai running
a jazz show with the same music that played 2 week prior. I listened a
few more times and found out the guy was was doing that show was
recording mine, editing out the music and just added his voice. Now
how did he get a copy of my show? No he didn't record it off air.
Someone in the technical department was sending him a DAT copy. It all
stopped after one week on the show on purpose played 6 recordings
where I added a high pitch tone that was only recorded, but was not
broadcast. Also when I went to CRI management telling this if this
does not stop I will report this to the WTO office in Beijing. It
stopped (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.)
Hi Keith, Yes, I know firsthand how prevalent the problem is. In the
past when I often visited Shanghai, I noticed that as soon as it got
dark (less police around), the vendors of pirated DVDs would come out
and set up their tables on various street corners, displaying their
wares. Usually these were people from the county side who had come to
Shanghai to make money. Periodically the police would try to stop this
practice, so for maybe a few weeks the vendors would not show up, but
they always eventually did come back again.
Actually a more success example of the government really doing
something about pirated/knock-off goods, was the closing of the
notorious Xiangyang Market in Shanghai. For years there was a city
block filled with small stalls selling items like $15 “Armani”
jackets.
I can recall one time when I flow to Shanghai and some people on the
plane talked about going to the Xiangyang Market and said it was their
first trip to China and they already knew about the market. The
government finally tore down everything. Of course everyone there went
to different locations, but believe it is not as consolidated now as
it was in the past. The Chinese are very practical people when it
comes to making money and many tend to overlook some of the niceties
the we in the West think are important. Best regards, (Ron Howard,
ibid.)
7245, CNR-2/China Business Radio. Summary of new schedule for “English
Evening”: 1430 to 1500, Mon. thru Sun.; the weekday programs are
presented by John and a Chinese woman, plus an edition of Studio
Classroom (SC); Sat. show is about movies, along with an edition of
SC; Sun. repeats various segments of SC from the previous week. Seems
this will be a permanent change, but this is just the first week I
have observed these changes (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, July 26,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 15050, Sound of Hope, via Taiwan, 1210-1215, Jul
10, Chinese talk, jammed, 22332 (Bernard Mille, Bailleul, France,
DSWCI DX Window July 21 via DXLD) Not reported there since longtime
(gh)
** CHINA. Firedrake July 23: at 1309 audible on 8400, a bit better on
9000; not on 13970. 15285 CNR1 jamming was making it thru.
Firedrake July 24: at 1240, audible on 8400 and 9000; at 1345 JBA on
14430, not on 13500, 13970; at 1346 better but only poor on 15150,
none higher.
Firedrake July 25: at 1259 nothing on 8400, and poor on 9000, checked
just in time before going to open carrier at 1300. At 1326 poor on
13970 with totally-percussion passage; 1328 JBA on 14430 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
At 1516, on July 25, found most of the CNR-1 echo jamming frequencies
were also accompanied by Firedrake. 9455 (RFA), 9670 (VOA), 11585
(RFA), 11625 (RFA), and 12025 (RFA) all had both FD and echo CNR-1.
Heard solo CNR-1 echo jamming on 7130 (RTI), 7185 (RTI) and 12110
(VOA). Solo FD on the usual 8400, 9000, 13970, 14430 and 15150. (Ron
Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
ChiCom jamming check July 26: at 1235 on 15255, echoing CNR1 ID, no
sign of victim, VOA Chinese via Philippines, except SAH which could as
easily have been between two jamming transmitters; then xylophone
music.
At 1237, Firedrake alone, poor on both 8400 and 9000. At 1308 also
poor on 13970, 1310 just barely audible on 14430. 1354 good on 15150
and // the Firedrake portion of 12040.
Back at 1308, found CNR1 PLUS Firedrake on 12040, good signals also
against VOA Chinese via Tinang. Usually we don`t hear both CNR1 and
Firedrake jamming on same frequency, but Ron Howard first reported
such mixtures July 25.
At 1350 on 11805 also CNR1 plus Firedrake. No echo from CNR1, however,
so perhaps the echoer was switched to Firedrake audio feed. 11805 is
yet another VOA Chinese outlet, this time via Thailand, as like a
spoiled child, the ChiCom yell as loud as they can to keep from
hearing what they desperately need to hear; meanwhile their own
slanted side is pervasive and unimpeded on SW into the USA tnx to
their Canadian comrades.
Firedrake July 27: at 1313 fair on 8400, and also at 1319 on 9000. At
1329 nothing audible on 13970; at 1334 very poor with flutter on 14430
and 15150, no other solo Firedrake heard. But Firedrake mixed with
CNR1 jamming was again the case at 1324 on 12040 and at 1326 on 11805.
CNR1-only jamming at 1327 on 11785 mixing with target also in Chinese.
Firedrake check July 28: at 1247 on 8400 and better on // 9000. At
1308 poor on 14430, better on 13970, best on 15150. At 1311 on 17470
about equal to 15150. At 1315 also good on 11300 // 15150 and still at
1354. 11300 is more erratic, but when it`s on must wreak havoc on East
African aero communications, including probably Chinese planes trying
to contact ATC, but it`s far more important to the ChiCom that Sound
of Hope be jammed, than aeronautical safety be enhanced. At 1358
Firedrake fair on 13500, another non-daily one; and believe I heard a
brief snatch of FD around 15412 but went off at 1359 before I could
downpin it; there was a het, and previously has blocked V. of Tibet
varying around here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
At 1414, on July 28, noted strong Firedrake combined with CNR-1
jamming on 11990 and 12040, both against VOA (Ron Howard, Asilomar
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
If anyone would like to send a reception report to China about
FIREDRAKE, the address and contact is:
State Administration Of Radio, Film & Television
Attn: Ministry Of Communications
For Xu Guangchun
No.2 Fuxingmenwai Street,
Xincheng, District
Beijing, China
100866
Or
China Radio Internatonal
Master Control Room
Attn: Li Pei Chun
3rd Floor,
16 A Shijingshan Road
Beijing, China
100040
(Keith Perron, Taiwan, July 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA, 5910, Marfil Estereo, Puerto Lleras, 0603-0635, 22-07,
canciones latinoamericanas, identificación: "HKI79, Marfil Estereo",
"Desde Puerto Lleras transmite HKI79 Marfil Estereo". 35433 (Manuel
Méndez, Lugo, España, Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G, Antena
de cable, 10 metros, Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, Mar Cantabrico,
provincia de Lugo, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Marfil Estereo, Lomalinda, 5910, July 25-26 - missing during the 2200-
1200 UTC period (Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, http://www.bcdx.org
Perseus SDR - Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CONGO [non]. Rep., Re 6115, R Congo, Brazzaville, reported around
1800: Only Belaruskaje Radyjo 1, Minsk, audible here Jul 17 at 1800
(Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window July 21 via DXLD)
** COSTA RICA. I've been hearing an unID station on 2859.8 kHz. I
presume it's a harmonic of 1430. I've not heard anything like it on
the fundamental. Also, I've heard it both in the evening after sunset
and in the morning before sunrise. More than once I've heard them sign
off around 0200z. I've posted a short audio clip with what sounds like
a jingle or station ID. The clip is labelled 2859.mp3 and is in the
DXLD files section. Suggestions would be appreciated (Jerry Lenamon,
Waco, Texas, WORLD OF RADIO 1471,
Hope you can get more clips with identifiable info. First says ``mundo
de diferencia`` which could be an informal slogan. I searched on it
along with 1430 and did not get anywhere. Can`t figure out what the
word is before ``radio`` (twice). That might be the key.
Looked at the 1430 listings here, and you might too in case anything
is clueful:
http://www.nrcdxas.org/articles/2008_MEXICO_LIST_by_frequency.pdf
The 0200 sign-off is typical for a Mexican ``daytimer``. Also looked
thru Central America 1430 listings in WRTH with no leads.
There are only two 1430 Texans besides Houston, and neither those nor
any 1430s in neighboring states fit, per NRC AM Log 2008-2009, unless
there has been a format change. Doubtful it could be any further away.
How about Roswell, Jerry Kiefer? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The Mundo bit might tie in with this network which has a 1430 station
on the Colombian coast at Barranquilla, tho I don`t find the exact
slogan, and it appears to be evangelical, at least stealthily:
http://colmundoradio.com.co/index.php
It gets out quite well on the fundamental, but has not been reported
off-frequency.
Here is one which has been measured around 1429.9:
1430 1429.9067 VEN Guacara (YVNB Radio Satelite 14-30) 0930-0400 [-
1429.97] 20061226
per: http://www.myradiobase.de/mediumwave/mwoffset.txt
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Jerry`s previous reports: via DXLD 9-047: UNIDENTIFIED. I've been
hearing a Spanish speaking station for the past couple of weeks on
2859.8, both in the evening after dusk at about 0130z (20:30 CDT) and
in the morning before dawn at about 1100z (06:00 CDT). The format is a
mix of music and conversation. The music doesn't sound typically
Mexican and the jingles have been very reserved. It doesn't sound like
a commercial station, at least a Mexican commercial station.
I haven't heard any hets on 1430 but the harmonic might propagate much
better. I suspect a harmonic, I can't think of a way to come up with
an image or mixing product for this frequency. I'm using a sloper
antenna for this, my loop won't resonate at this frequency so I have
no idea of a bearing (Jerry Lenamon, Waco Texas, Drake R8B & Eton E-1,
June 5, ABDX via DXLD)
And 9-041: UNIDENTIFIED. I caught a station, in Spanish, on 2859.6
this morning, May 18 at 1100z. Male and female announcers, with
perhaps a mention of Colombia. Try again tomorrow with the recorder on
(Jerry Lenamon, Waco, Texas, Drake R-8B, T2FD, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Radio San Carlos, Costa Rica? (Explanatory details posted 30 minutes
ago have not made it to my screen yet).
A male voice says "Haciendo la diferencia" prior to the jingle. This
slogan is part of the station logo, at http://radiosancarlos.co.cr/
There is a streaming audio facility on their webpage, but right now
(at 0820) there is no transmission.
Jerry and Glenn, My previous message made it to the list at once, so I
assume my 0730 posting has been lost in cyberspace or that it perhaps
will bounce from there to the list at some later date. That´s why I am
repeating part of the message.
The Colombian would not sign off at 0200. The jingle does not sound
Colombian. Also, I am hearing "Radio San Carlos" at the end of the
jingle. The Costarican is listed on 1440 in the WRTH, and so says the
logo on their webpage. However, if you open the "Nosotros" file on
their menu, you´ll find that the their actual frequency is 1430, and
their power 3 kW, both findings differing from the WRTH 2009 info
(Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, ibid.)
Henrik, Thank you for the research; it sounds like you're right. I
just listened to the TOH station identification, it was a different
jingle but the "Haciendo la diferencia" sounded the same. I'll listen
to the stream some more to see if anything else seems similar.
This was not a one time reception. I've heard them many times, as
recently as yesterday. But the signal strength is never good and the
noise level is usually quite high. The distance is only 1674 miles but
considering that the harmonic is probably suppressed considerably it
isn't surprising that the reception is poor. Thanks too to Glenn for
the forum (Jerry Lenamon, Waco, ibid.)
** CUBA, 11760, Radio Habana Cuba, 2140-2200*, 24-07, transmisión en
directo, del intento de entrada en Honduras, desde Nicaragua, del
presidente Manuel Zelaya. Conexión con locutora transmitiendo desde la
frontera de Honduras y Nicaragua. "En Paraiso el ejército está
reprimiendo a los manifestantes". Entrevista con Manuel Zelaya. En
paralelo con 11770 y cierre a las 2200 y a partir de esa hora siguen
por 11770. 45444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Grundig Satellit 500 y
Sony ICF SW7600G, Antena de cable, 10 metros, Escuchas realizadas en
Reinante, Mar Cantabrico, provincia de Lugo, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC check July 23 at 0630 news by `Ed Newman`:
English this time on 6010, 6060 and 6140, while Spanish was on 6000,
6120 and 11760. Other nights 6140 has been in Spanish, and sometimes
11760 is in English.
Quick check at 1629 found 11760 and 13760 still on the air in extended
Spanish midday service.
RHC July 25 at 0635: Spanish on 11760, 6140, 6120, 6000; English on
6060, 6010. This is the usual pattern lately, but not always. Have any
of these changes been made on its own schedule,
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm ---? Of
course not! Still shows all except 6120 in English until 0700, and no
Spanish on any frequency in the 05-11 quarterday; 6120 listed only for
Esperanto Sundays at 2330-2400, tho it`s been running long Spanish
hours at night for weeks.
BTW, take a look at the flag icons for linx to language pages atop the
imaginary frequency schedule: English = UK, Spanish = Spain, French =
France, Portuguese = Portugal, and Esperanto = green with a star in
the corner on a white field, as: http://flagspot.net/flags/qy-eo.html
Thus are ignored the much larger areas speaking respective languages
which are surely primary targets of RHC: USA, Latin America, Brasil.
And Portuguese is still `EM CONSTRUÇÃO`. I say USA rather than NAm,
since RHC aims its beams at various US cities, Canada never mentioned,
maybe gets overlap, who cares? But displaying Old Glory on the RHC
website is no doubt forbidden by the PTB as it might imply some
recognition or respect for Enemy #1. So why don`t they speak English
with a British accent? It`s hard enough for some of their announcers
to speak understandable English at all.
11880 with lite clicking, July 25 at 1323, but unlike yesterday, this
was before the DentroCuban jamming on 11930, and no match on 11980. So
my theory that these were matching spurs from a jammer on 11930 is not
borne out. However, it could still be a Cuban jamspur. 11845 was
grinding away; 11880 clix still audible at 1359, BFO helps, as 11930
Greenville in open carrier atop jamming building up.
At 1400 modulation cut on in musical theme rather than fading it up
(no finesse at IBB), and R. Martí`s lead story, week in review was a
political prisoner in Holguín on a hunger strike since July 14. Funny,
never heard about that on RHC. Cuba has plenty of political prisoners
of its own yet only talks incessantly about those in the USA, implying
that we have a monopoly on injustice. Big Lie; propaganda by omission.
RHC, 15120 and 15360 at 1236 July 26 with raucous crowd noise, vivas,
probably warming up for mandatory celebrations in the Plaza; but at
1238 back to `normal` programming from studio, i.e. obsession with the
``cinco anti-terroristas``, while Rebelde, still audible on 5025, was
in music.
Would there be any ``Aló, Presidente`` this week? It`s been missing
since sometime in June before the Honduran (non)coup. Apparently not.
At 1450, RHC still going on 11760, 13760 and 13780, altho missing from
13680 which normally runs to 1500; but nothing found on the listed A,P
frequencies 11690, 12010, 13750, 17750.
1520 nothing found on those four either, but: RHC`s weekly Sunday
Esperanto broadcast was back not only on 11760, but also on
unscheduled 5965 and 11800! Does that make up for pre-empting it
several weeks from one frequency? 6000 and 13760 also on the air but
only open carrier.
Possibly the extended and never listed midday Spanish broadcasts past
1500 have now ended? But Mel Zelaya is still in exile! No, at 1547,
RHC Spanish programming had resumed on 5965, 11690, 11760, 11800,
13760; so they just paused to squeeze in Esperanto.
UT July 27 at 0534 on 11760, RHC in Spanish with 26 de Julio speech
including PA reverb on the Plaza, applause, at the moment recounting
Cuba`s first revolution against Spanish colonialism. Concluded with
``¡Viva Fidel!`` --- ``¡Viva!,`` spurts the crowd; ``¡Viva Cuba
Libre!`` --- ``¡Viva!``, spurts the crowd again.
Suspect it was Hermano Raúl, who seems to be sounding more vigorous as
he gets to orate more. Why he would be calling for rum drinx or a
clandestine radio station to live long, I don`t know. Yes, outro at
0535 said it was Raúl, on the 56th anniversary of Moncada. 0551 checked
the 49m outlets and found Spanish also on 6120, 6000, English on 6140,
6060, 6010. 11760 was atop NHK in Russian // 11715 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5965 Radio Habana Cuba, La Habana, Cuba, +2240-2300+, con buena señal,
a las 2240 escuchando a "El Mundo de la Filatelia" (repeticion)
filatelia@rhc.cu --- a las 2243 inicio con el programa "En Contacto",
en esta ocasión pasaron una grabación de la entrevista que el amigo
Antonio Buitrago del Programa "Amigos de la Onda Corta" le hace a
Manolo de la Rosa.
Por otro lado, en mi anterior reporte sobre los 5965 KHz (y a la
observación por Glenn Hauser, en los Estados Unidos) no hay más
emision en Creole, (al menos de 2230 a 2300 hs UT, los Domingos); no
encontré nada en las otras frecuencias, excepto estas frecuencias
en paralelo en español. Escuchada tambien en 13790 y en los 13750 kHz,
ambas llegando también con buena senal (26 julio 2009) (Yimber
Gaviría, Colombia, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. But what is/was her real air name? I found this
quite by accident after reading...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8165704.stm
about couples with the same name. Scrolling down to the comments
posts, I read hers:
``Absolutely no-one else with my name appears either on Facebook or on
even on Google searches. When I was growing up I hated my name and I
was so jealous of all the Sarahs and Smiths in my class but these days
I quite like being unique. On Facebook there are only about 25 people
with the same surname as me, and most of us are somehow related. This
April I actually met up with cousins in Buenos Aires whose existence I
would never even have known about were it not for Facebook and
Skype... amazing. Love the internet and love having a unique name.
Marinella Abbondati, London``
and I did a Google search to see if that was true. There, I found a
LinkedIn page which states:
Current Journalist at Radio Habana Cuba
Past Writer Editor at The Guanacaste Journal
Education Goldsmiths College, U. of London
University College London, U. of London
Connections 14 connections Industry Broadcast Media
Marinella Abbondati’s Experience
Journalist
Radio Habana Cuba
(Broadcast Media industry)
Currently holds this position
Writer Editor
The Guanacaste Journal
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)
March 2006 — September 2006 (7 months)
Note that the BBC News posting states she resides in London (now)
however. More cyber stalking Marinella Abbondati
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:p-ZlyhIVGeoJ:www.callboxdiary.co.uk/crew/images/comprofiler/plug_profilegallery/629/pg_2024414278.doc+Marinella+Abbondati&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
http://www.travellersconnected.com/member/sirenita
There are a few other weaker links (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater,
Florida, July 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CZECHIA [non]. Most nights after 0500, WRMI is inaudible on 9955
and we wonder if it`s really on the air, but July 25 it was in well at
0630 with expanded R. Prague relays going from English to Spanish.
Also VG after 1400 with more Prague in English, mini-features
including one lamenting that smoking is being banned by neighboring
countries even in bars and restaurants; and that Czechia is losing
movie-produxion business from abroad due to lack of state-of-the-art
technical facilities (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DENMARK. DIGITAL TV IN DENMARK CREATES HEADACHES FOR LOCAL STATIONS
As Denmark continues on its path to convert the nation’s television
stations to a digital broadcasting system, many small stations are
finding it difficult to meet the strict guidelines required by the
government. The local broadcasters have until 1 November to make the
changes or they will be left out in the cold.
On 1 November, terrestrial TV viewers across Denmark will be forced to
switch to digital if they want to watch any programmes. City TV
station Kanal København is one station that needs to make significant
changes if it wants to keep its broadcasting licence.
Among the most affected are public stations like TV2 and DR, as well
as countless small local stations. Kanal København’s trouble is with
its non-commercial broadcasts such as the pornography it shows late at
night. The station has been showing these movies for 25 years, but the
new regulations forbid any content that contains pornography or
gratuitous violence.
In a touch of state control over freedom of expression, the government
has decided to ban any station broadcasting material deemed to “cause
serious harm to minors’ physical, mental or moral development.”
The Copenhagen Post reports there are presently 286 local television
stations around Denmark. Only nine of these are labeled non-commercial
by the Culture Ministry’s Agency for Libraries and Media. This means
nearly all Danish television will be much tamer and more morally rigid
as of 1 November. (Source: Ice News)
Andy Sennitt comments: The situation will still be a lot better than
it was when I first moved to Denmark in 1978. Then, there was just a
single national channel produced by DR, and I remember one evening
when they showed an opera that lasted about three hours in primetime.
It was that or nothing. In Copenhagen we could also watch the two
Swedish channels, as Malmö is only a matter of kilometres away, but
viewers farther West had no alternative. (July 26th, 2009 - 12:44 UTC
by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)
1 comment so far 1 Kai Ludwig July 26th, 2009 - 21:48 UTC
DR transmitters, in particular Bornholm channel 5 and Naestved channel
6, could be also regularly watched on the East German coastline. Guess
how much interest DR found there: Zero. Nobody bothered to point an
antenna northwards. This also applies to the eastern region where DR
would have been the only available TV station from the other side of
the Iron Curtain.
Btw, banning “gratuitous violence” could make it impossible to
broadcast a considerable amount of Hollywood and other movies. Of
course it depends on the definition, as it is the case with
“pornography`` (ibid.)
** ECUADOR. Photos and videos of the doomed Pifo site:
http://www.hcjb.de/index.php?id=139
Remaining antenna for NAm/SAm and transmitter building with dish for
microwave link from Pifo.
http://www.hcjb.de/index.php?id=141
Map of antenna farm (most of it already gone), screwdriver that had
contact with 500 kW, transmitter control panel.
http://www.hcjb.de/index.php?id=142
500 kW transmitter and one of the 100 kW transmitters.
http://www.hcjb.de/index.php?id=143
Antenna matrix switch on the attic; Siemens utility transmitters (ex.
SSB, now DRM).
http://www.hcjb.de/index.php?id=144
Steerable antenna (gone now); curtain antenna for transmissions to
Brazil.
http://www.hcjb.de/index.php?id=140
Videos: 500 kW transmitter; 100 kW transmitters and control room;
steerable antenna (Kai Ludwig, July 18, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA ECUATORIAL. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 2133-
2255, 21-07, canciones africanas. 25322. También 2210-2240, 22-07,
canciones africanas. Excelente señal hoy. 45444. (Méndez)
Radio Nacional, Malabo, 6250, *0537-0550, 18-07, inicio de la
transmisión, locutor, español, comentarios, canciones. 24322.
También, 0523-0543, 21-07, locutor, español, información sobre fiestas
en pueblos y ciudades de Guinea Ecuatorial, 0528: canciones africanas,
identificación: "Radio Malabo". 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España,
Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G, Antena de cable, 10 metros,
Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, Mar Cantabrico, provincia de Lugo,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
R. Malabo, Malabo, 6250, July 24, *0502 - OC noted beginning 0456
until brief sign-on announcement by female speaker in Spanish at 0502
then directly into orchestral National Anthem. Signal initially poor,
but much improved by 0530 with vocals with guitar accompaniment. Long
monologue by male lasting to just past the top of the hour, brief
music into news bulletin at 0606 UT (Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN,
USA, http://www.bcdx.org Perseus SDR - Wellbrook ALA100, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, R. Africa, 2200-2220, July 27. Mixing
with sign-on of WYFR (Portuguese); in English; clearly still with the
Tony Alamo program (born: Bernie LaZar Hoffman), along with his wife,
Susan (what number wife is she? [I believe she is the long-dead one
whose corpse he preserved on display for months --- gh]). Most of
these programs are a year or two old. His web site has a semi-amusing
press release “Regarding Government-Vatican Persecution vs. Tony
Alamo” http://www.alamoministries.com/content/english/index.html
(Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. JURORS CONVICT EVANGELIST ON 10 SEX-ABUSE
COUNTS
AP – Evangelist Tony Alamo, left, is escorted from the Federal Court
House in Texarkana, Ark., after a day [captions] Slideshow: Evangelist
on trial for sex crimes
By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press Writer – 58 mins ago
TEXARKANA, Ark. – Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a
multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was
convicted Friday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for
sex.
Alamo stood silently as the verdict was read, a contrast to his
occasional mutterings during testimony. His five victims sat looking
forward in the gallery. One, a woman he "married" at age 8, wiped away
a tear.
"I'm just another one of the prophets that went to jail for the
Gospel," Alamo called to reporters afterward as he was escorted to a
waiting U.S. marshal's vehicle.
Shouts of "Bye, bye, Bernie" — Alamo was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman —
came from a crowd gathered on the Arkansas side of the courthouse,
which straddles the Texas-Arkansas border. . .
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090724/ap_on_re_us/us_evangelist_child_abuse
(via Fred Waterer, dxldyg via DXLD)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. Now that `Tony Alámo` has been
convicted July 24, how long will it take for SW outlets to cancel his
shows? Still awaiting sentencing and appeal, however.
The WINB schedule http://www.winb.com/bypgmsch.htm still lists,
probably one hour each, in EDT = UT -4:
Tony Alamo
Mon-11:00A, Mon-03:00P, Mon-06:00P, Tue-11:00A, Tue-03:00P, Tue-
06:00P, Wed-11:00A, Wed-03:00P, Wed-06:00P, Thu-11:00A, Thu-03:00P,
Thu-06:00P, Fri-11:00A, Fri-03:00P, Fri-06:00P
Or put slightly more concisely: M-F 1500, 1900 and 2200 UT! The first
two should be on 13570, the last on 9265. We have certainly heard him
on WINB lately when tuning around.
What about WWCR? Aha, the program schedules tho still dated July 1,
both in pdf and text, have removed him as of July 25, showing M-F at
8-9 am CT = 13-14 UT on 15825, as TBA! We have surely still been
hearing him during that hour since July 1, I think even this past
biweek during the Texarkana trial, but now he must really be gone.
As for Radio Africa, who knows the schedule, but he has often been
heard around 2200 on 15190. Since programming runs months behind,
cancellation there may also be delayed. Panamerican Broadcasting does
have a webpage for this: http://www.radioafricanetwork.com/ but no
schedule.
Watch out for the sound effects. If you click on a sample program, the
only way to get rid of audio is to navigate away from the page;
presumably hidden flash player. Also under construxion in the lower
right corner are three levels of streaming. Getting that to work
directly out of Equatorial Guinea is apparently still a challenge.
Alamo has his say, boy does he, on this site:
http://www.alamoministries.com/content/english/index.html
and also his radio schedule page shows several times on Equatorial
Guinea, none of them matching the above, including imaginary 7190:
http://www.alamoministries.com/content/english/radiobroadcasts/radio.html
This info has long been outdated, but still shows WWCR, WINB, and also
European Gospel Radio (IRRS/Slovakia) Monday at 0430 on 5990. That
airing also appears on its own current schedule, 0630-0730 MESZ:
http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/mon.htm
It should also be interesting to check out if and when the domestic
USA stations are canceling him. It could well be that even with life
in prison his broadcasts will go on; after all, you don`t even have to
be alive to enjoy a profitable and thriving radio ministry business.
I might add that if you read some of the press about Alamo, this brush
with the law is only the latest in a long string going back many
years. Why was he able to funxion so long as a legitimate(?)
evangelical broadcaster, buying airtime with impunity? (Glenn Hauser,
WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also U S A: WWCR
** ERITREA. Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Asmara, 7175, July
26, *0352 - transmitter turned on at 0344 and running an OC until the
start of their lovely stringed instrumental IS at 0352 UTC. Excellent
signal, but destroyed by white noise jamming at 0358 UT (Brandon
Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA, http://www.bcdx.org Perseus SDR - Wellbrook
ALA-100 Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA. R. Ethiopia, Geja Jawe, 7110, July 26, 0258 - excellent
good signal from 0330 UT. Also noted much weaker but // 5989.5v
transmitter turned on 20 minutes earlier than 7110, at 0238. Perhaps
to allow this drifty transmitter time to warm up? Drifting from
5989.38 kHz up to 5989.67 by 0500 when carrier was just above the
noise floor. (Jordan-TN)
R. Fana, Addis Ababa, 6110, July 26, 0257 - interval signal in
progress as KBC left the air. ID by man just before 0301 and possible
news bulletin until 0305. Nice Ethiopian music until 0315, after which
was a in studio conversation between various speakers. Good signal.
Voice of Tigray Revolution (tentative), 5850 [sic; must mean 5950 ---
gh], July 26, 0349 - likely Ethiopia heard under TWI via Okeechobee,
orchestral national anthem, 'HoA' vocal. (Jordan-TN)
R. Amhara (tentative), Amhara, 6090, July 26, 0345 - surely Amhara
weakly under PMS/DGS, Ethiopian vocals and instrumentals. I have
noticed this often in the past few weeks, worth monitoring for the
occasional Anguilla absence (Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA,
http://www.bcdx.org Perseus SDR - Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. 13640, RFI 1200 Spanish via GUIANA FRENCH, July 26 at
1227 interviewing singer, ID in passing as ``RFI en castellano`` tho I
notithed no lithping, a bit of music and off without any despedida at
1230. VG signal as always (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. VoG's English programme "Greek in Style" is now on Sundays
at 1305-1400 on 15630 and 9420. Confirmed today, 26 July. Thanks to a
tip from EDWIN SOUTHWELL who came upon the programme last Sunday at
this time (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA. (tentative) R. Conakry, Conakry, 7125, July 24, *0624-0704*
- noted again, this time at sign-on with fair carrier signal. Very
weak modulation, but above threshold audio was noted more reliably,
especially after 0645 which corresponds with sunrise at the
transmitter enhancement. Lively male speaker in French, brief music
selections. Station off at 0704 UT, not sure if this was intentional
sign-off or not.
R. Conakry, Conakry, 7125, July 25-26 - Noted the following schedule:
*2150-0000* and *0601-0706*. Good carrier strength but usual slight
modulation (Brandon Jordan, Memphis, TN, http://www.bcdx.org Perseus
SDR - Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HONDURAS [and non]. 7210-LSB, Radioaficionados Hondureños, 1135-
1200+, senal pobre a regular, en modo LSB, con mensajes contra Zelaya,
llamandolo cobarde. Se unieron otros radioaficionados con la misma
ideologia, diciendo que el comunismo no puede entrar a Honduras. Que
en Cuba ya se van a morir los viejitos (refiriendose a Fidel), y otro
poco de cosas mas. 25 julio 2009. (Yimber Gaviría, Cali, Colombia,
Receptor Sony 7600G, Antena: KA33, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Vease mi informe reciente [U S A abajo], con N1NR en la misma
frecuencia a la misma hora. En esta red se incluyen aun aficionados
tan lejos como Pensilvania (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
** ICELAND. LW programming in Iceland. This is unverified by me, but
it seems that Eiðar (207 kHz) broadcasts mostly P1 nowadays while
Gufuskálar (189 kHz) is fed P2. Before, both were fed a mix of P1 and
P2. (21/7-2009)
The URL below points at a side with field strength maps for the two LW
transmitters. The text is in Icelandic, though.
http://www.fjarskiptahandbokin.is/index.php?Itemid=125&id=461&option=com_content&task=view
(Reynir Stefansson, Iceland (23/7-2009), both via mediumwave.info via
DXLD)
** INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1230-1249, July 26. News bulletin and
sports news in English (// 5040 and 5050); 1235 no longer //, into pop
songs in English with DJ in English; poor-fair.
5040, AIR Jeypore, 1230-1249, July 26. News bulletin and sports news
in English (// 4970 and 5050); 1235 no longer //; into long talk in
Hindi; radio drama; almost fair.
5050, AIR Aizawl, 1230-1249, July 26. News bulletin and sports news
in English (// 4970 and 5040); 1235 no longer //; into the usual
program that almost sounds like religious songs; poor under Guangxi
FBS.
4920, AIR Chennai, 1230-1235, July 27. News in English; // 4970, 5040
and 5050. Not // to 4940.
9425, AIR Bengaluru - National Channel, 1435, July 27 (Mon.). Full
National Channel ID; “Vividha” program in English; scheduled for Mon.,
Wed. and Fri.; // 9470 (AIR Aligarh).
4775, AIR Imphal , 1235-1245, July 28. Speech in Hindi; // 4760 and
4880; 1240 into EZL music and not //. Fair to poor with CODAR QRM.
Seeing as this was doing so well, I finally remembered to check for
Sikkim. Yes, it was there! [q.v.]
4940, AIR Guwahati, 1332-1334*, July 28. Briefly heard in Hindi before
suddenly going off. Something must have happened in NE India, as AIR
Shillong (4970) also suddenly went off-the-air at 1330. Both were
later heard again at 1409 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST) also see SIKKIM
** INDONESIA. Re 9-053: Hi Glenn, Regarding the dates at the VOI
“Exotic Indonesia” website: Have we been misreading the dates? Looking
around the web
http://www.rentcentric.com/pdf/Rent_Centric_Supported_DateTime_Format.pdf
it seems Indonesia has a day-month-year format. Therefore would be 4
Nov. 2008 – 31 Dec. 2008, the significance of which is lost on me.
Best regards, (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Ron, I would not regard the rentcentric list as being totally
invariable or authoritative. After all, in this country we can do it
either way tho there is a preference.
But in focusing on the year showing 2008 instead of 2009 I overlooked
the m/d d/m format. Sure, 31/12 has to mean 31 December, so 4/11 must
mean 4 November instead of April 11.
BTW, I don`t see anything now on the linked page about Exotic
Indonesia. But it`s awfully slow loading and slow to navigate with the
linx not very explicit. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Hi Glenn, Per Muhammad Nordin Salam,
“Exotic Indonesia is the radio program in RRI PRO 2 Yogyakarta. This
is the co-operation of RRI PRO 2 Yogyakarta with VOI. This weekly show
was broadcasted live on every Thursday at 17.00 WIB (GMT+7). This
radio show contains various information sorts that were packed in the
form of the co-operation broadcast.
The production component of this voice consisted of popular musics
that were combined with traditional musics and were increased by the
voice from announcer. Each audio production contains similar content,
but emphasized on different parts.", this per
http://nordin.web.id/portofolio/exotic-indonesia.html
Note the 4 short audio clips there.
Also RRI items and audio at:
http://nordin.web.id/portofolio/voice-of-indonesia-jingle-package.html
http://nordin.web.id/portofolio/indiepro-network.html
http://nordin.web.id/portofolio/sekolah-baru-pro-2.html
(Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, July 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
That must be a different `Exotic Indonesia` than the one we have been
hearing lately on VOI Tuesdays (gh, DXLD)
** INDONESIA. 9524.8, La Voz de Indonesia, Yakarta, 1805-1815, 22-07,
locutor, español, identificación: "La Voz de Indonesia", locutora,
comentarios. 23222.
También, 9524.8, *1800-1807, 23-07, Inicio programa en español,
locutor: "La Voz de Indonesia, el programa internacional de la Radio
República Indonesia", "La Voz de Indonesia, desde Yakarta". 32322
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G,
Antena de cable, 10 metros, Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, Mar
Cantabrico, provincia de Lugo, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9524.9, Voice of Indonesia-Jakarta; 1305 23 July, Woman in English
with ID "Voice of Indonesia, in Jakarta", national and world news.
1307 Man in English with national news. 1310 "We now end the news"
with mention of HILLARY CLINTON signing of an ACCORD. Frequency is in
the CLEAR with Fair-Good LISTENING LEVELS! (Steven Wiseblood-Boca
Chica Beach, TX July 23, 2009, Radio Shack DX-399, 150' center fed LW,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
VOI check July 23 at 1314: still on 9524.9 with ID, URL, into Today In
History.
VOI, 9524.9, July 26 at 1305 check in English with elexion news
reconfirming Megawati lost; good but with hum.
9525-, chalk up another Tuesday for VOI`s long-running Exotic
Indonesia series with RRI Banjarmasin, July 28 at 1319 ending news,
march music bit, VOI ID with usual three frequencies, 67 percent of
which are always incorrect, URL, banter with Banjarmasin guy giving
his FM frequency, back to Jak for Today in History feature, starting
with July 28, 1794, something about the French Revolution, and later
Jackie Kennedy`s birthday. 1326 Focus on the rice forecast for 2010y
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL. CRACKLES OF HATRED --- Jul 23rd 2009
Silencing murderous messages is not as easy as it sounds
LAST year, as Kenya slid into mayhem, the words that sputtered forth
from crude transmitters were cryptic but, to those in the know,
horrifying. "People of the milk", a reference to the cattle-owning
Kalenjin people, were urged to "take out the weeds in our midst"-- in
other words, the Kikuyus. Meanwhile Kikuyu broadcasters inveighed
against the peril posed by "animals from the west": this meant the
rival Luo (from which Barack Obama originates) and Kalenjins.
In East Africa this use of radio to incite ethnic slaughter recalled
an even darker episode: the Rwandan genocide of 1994, in which a
station called Radio Mille Collines (Thousand Hills Radio) seemed to
be directing the massacres. It not only poisoned the general
atmosphere but urged on the killers, with phrases like "cutting the
tall trees" and "killing the cockroaches". . .
See this article with graphics and related items at
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14098593
(via David Cole, Bastrop TX, DXLD) Not just about Rwanda, Kenya (gh)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. THE PIRATE PREACHER AND AMEN
CHARLIE --- By Don Wilkey, Mon Jun 15, 2009 at 04:19:47 PM EST
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2009/6/15/161948/656
An older man got up to preach in Pennsylvania in 2002. He was in his
nineties and was a shadow of his younger shelf. A small crowd gathers
in his home to hear his sermon. He has trouble, stumbling over words,
his memory is not nearly as sharp as it once was. The few who have
gathered to hear him have just come from a church split over this
pastor. In stained glass language, the former assembly had declared
the pulpit vacant. Which is a euphemistic way of saying they fired the
preacher. His age had taken away his energy and sometimes he got
confused in his preaching. Before the split, the church had become a
mere fraction of what it was under the leadership of this man. The
youth director was almost eighty years old.
The small loyal group of followers along with the pastor can still
recall the days of huge throngs and a radio ministry that reached
millions of listeners. Their pastor had a daily radio broadcast that
was carried through the airways to listeners around the nation. Now he
faced the embarrassing legacy of being forced out of a small group
barely able to keep the doors open of a church that had once
flourished. The preacher was making plans to sue the group for his
termination. He had faced many days like this filled with
controversy.1 This is the year the preacher, Carl McIntire, would die
leaving behind a legacy that few American pulpits would ever
experience.
Carl McIntire grew up in Durant, Oklahoma. He was born the year before
Oklahoma was even a state. His mother had separated from his
Presbyterian preacher father and raised him in this remote town in the
new state. Carl grew up meager, and went to school at Southeastern
Oklahoma State College.
He then attended the Ivy League seminary his father had attended at
Princeton University. While in school at Princeton the student became
acquainted with Dr. J. Gersham Machen. Machen was an old south
segregationist who would be credited with starting the modern
fundamentalist movement in Protestant churches. Machen gave Ivy League
scholarly credentials to a movement that is still strong in the
nation.
With the influence and help of Machen, McIntire worked as pastor of a
Presbyterian congregation and led them to split from the national
organization of Presbyterians. The splinter group started the Orthodox
Presbyterian Church denomination. Later on Carl left this splinter
group to start the Bible Presbyterian Church organization. 2
Along the way Carl stumbled upon a new medium. He found radio, or it
found him. One of the most successful moves he made was to mortgage a
seminary he started to buy radio time. The station he purchased was
WXUR. This radio ministry launched him into national prominence. 3
While on the airwaves, McIntire received a national following. He
received over 4,000 letters a day from listeners. He was so popular
that national politicians shared platforms with him. He was a close
acquaintance with Senator Strom Thurmond, an old Dixicrat, who was a
leader in the anti-integration movement. 4
While speaking on radio, from the pulpit, or publishing his newspaper,
Carl focused on several right wing viewpoints. He fought against the
United Nations, Civil Rights, and the Revised Standard Version of the
Bible. He denounced labor unions, dancing and fluoride in the water.
Carl struggled against the World Council of Churches and founded
another version of the organization. He kept files on preachers. He
considered Billy Graham's teaching, "a ministry of disobedience." 5
Area and regional churches had had enough of the preacher and his
antics. He was ousted from the Presbyterian denomination for being
divisive. He later bragged about this badge of honor. Churches got
organized to drive him off the radio stating he was anti-Semitic,
racist and an anti-Catholic bigot. 6
Later on Bob Jones University gave him an honorary doctorate and he
started two colleges that lost accreditation. 7
Carl helped jump start Billy [James] Hargis. The two teamed up to
travel the south telling the audiences that integration was a
Communist plot. Some suggest it was Carl's launching of Hargis that
made him a national figure. McIntire endorsed the John Birch Society
like Hargis. He used his influence and apparatus to fight the
nomination of John Kennedy for President. Carl, who was no fan of
Catholics, was afraid the Vatican would run the U. S. through Kennedy.
8
In the seventies, Carl enjoyed having his picture taken with race-
baiter, Lester Maddox of Georgia. He also worked with Southern Baptist
minister, Edgar Bundy, in the network to spy on people they suspected
of being Communists. 9
Current biography claims Carl often held pep rallies for the Viet Nam
war. The Philadelphia Council of Churches accused him of being anti-
negro. 10
What propelled the Calvinist into the national spotlight was an
episode that began with a battle with the FCC. The federal agency was
alerted to the fact that the right wing program was entirely slanted.
No opposing view was expressed on the programming. Churches, ministers
and journalists began to complain. Carl's friend, Hargis, would face
similar charges from the agency. To deal with the conflict Carl
purchased an older ship and set it up to broadcast his radio programs.
The publicity from such an effort made headlines in several major
newspapers. McIntire claimed he was broadcasting to America much like
Radio Free Europe programs went behind the Iron Curtain. The
accusation was that the federal government would not allow freedom of
speech and Carl had to become a type-of-captain of a pirate ship off
the shoreline. The ship almost caught fire on the maiden voyage and
transmitted for only sixteen hours. Some suggested the ship ought to
carry the skull and crossbones flag. The national attention helped
Carl. 11
If one counted the number of schisms and conflicts that sprang from
the churches and denominations McIntire founded, you can see the kind
of conflict and division that followed his ministry. This type of
fundamentalism appears to flourish on conflict and when it has no one
close to fight with it turns on itself. Carl's story is a parallel
many have sought to warn Southern Baptists about. Carl once assured
his friend, Billy Hargis, that Southern Baptists were responsible for
the recent control of congress by the Republican Party. Carl also
stated in the same speech that Hargis was the original founder of the
new religious right.
In Billy Graham's biography he recalls reading a critical article
McIntire wrote about him. Graham took the crticism seriously and was
deeply hurt by the comments. He then decided to move on in his
ministry and distance himself from this critic much like he did with
Bob Jones. 12
Though Graham moved on, others haven taken Carl much more seriously. I
recently read one of Carl's latest articles he wrote before his death.
It was a document in which Carl believed that the U. N. was setting up
the world to have a one world religion in which Christianity would be
abolished. 13 -- A topic that is often voiced through other end of
times would-be prophets like John Hagee, Pat Robertson, Jack Van Impe
and Hal Lindsey.
One of McIntire's former church members said of the pastor, "You
either agree with the devil or McIntire." There was no room aboard the
ship for the slightest difference on viewpoints by most accounts. This
was one of the fruits of the movement that led to so many divisions.
One popular figure in the story is the famed radio companion of Carl
known as "Amen Charlie". Sitting next to McIntire on his radio
broadcasts was this man who claimed to have an earned doctorate. At
given moments and at strategic times after a comment by Carl, the co-
host would echo a resounding "amen" or awe at such a profound
statement. Carl's critics found great humor in such a character.
Everyone needs a few "Amen Charlies." However, to set up a system with
no dissent and total control does not model the idea of New Testament
freedom. Some of modern religious systems in the name of the Christian
faith operate like this one. Men surround themselves with a few "Amen
Charlies" and take control of churches and denominations. Eventually
these models end up in a sad way much like Carl McIntire's version.
Endnotes:
1. Princeton Theological Seminary website. June 2009.
2. Wikipedia, Carl McIntire.
3. http://www.carlmcintire.org
4. Arnold Foster & Benjamin Epstein, DANGER ON THE RIGHT, Chapter 6.
5. Ibid, Princeton Theological Seminary website.
6. Ibid, www.carlmcintire.org.
7. Ibid, Princeton Theological Seminary website.
8. Ibid, Foster.
9. Gary Clabaugh, THUNDER ON THE RIGHT, Nelson Hall, Chicago, Ill.
1907, pg. 87.
10. CURRENT BIOGRAPHY, 1971. pgs. 248-251
11. Ibid. wikipedia.
12. Ibid. wikipedia.
13. http://www.carlmcintire.org/booklets
The author is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Onalaska, TX
(Talk to Action; also without the footnotes in Oklahoma Observer July
10/25, via DXLD)
** IRAN. TEHRAN FRIDAY PRAYERS BROADCASTING ARRANGEMENTS
Glenn, Ref. the discussion in DXLD 9-053: this is a slightly
complicated situation, but here are some facts:
1. The Tehran Friday prayers are not normally broadcast live on either
national TV or radio. The RFE/RL report found by John Figliozzi is
wrong on that count. The blanket live coverage by various national
(and international) IRIB channels of the prayers sermon delivered by
Supreme Leader Khamene'i on 19 June was unusual and seen as reflecting
the exceptional circumstances of the time (exactly a week after
polling day).
2. Instead, the prayers are usually broadcast live only by Tehran
provincial radio on 1332 MW and FM. There is supposed to be an
internet stream from IRIB of this, but it never seems to work.
3. A full recording of the prayers is always broadcast the same
evening on national domestic TV. (The prayers start shortly after noon
local time.)
Regards, (Chris Greenway, England, July 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Chris, OK, but it was Rafsanjani`s anti-government speech after that
which was in question. Am I correct that there is only one big Friday
Prayer ceremony from Tehran and a different person delivers it from
week to week? (Glenn to Chris via DXLD)
Re: Tehran Friday prayers broadcasting arrangements
Glenn, Sorry, I had slipped into the terminology we use at BBCM. We
refer to the whole show as "Tehran Friday prayers". It takes place at
Tehran University. After a warm-up act by a more minor cleric, the
speaker of the week (you are right, they generally do it in rotation)
delivers two sermons. The first is purely religious; the second is
devoted to topical political issues.
As they have done every Friday for the past 1,553 weeks, my colleagues
in our Iran team today listened to the prayers and translated verbatim
the whole of the second sermon. (By chance, one of them told me that
today happens to be the 30th anniversary of the ceremony!)
Normally something of a chore for them, but of late it has become more
interesting (Chris Greenway, July 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. VIRI/IRIB's external service in Persian is of course called
Seda-ye Ashena (Friendly/Familiar Voice), which has a website at
http://www.sedayeashna.ir/
The site is in Persian, but if you put it through Google's Arabic-
English translation engine it will translate a few words (presumably
borrowings from Arabic) into English, including a link in the bottom
right labelled "waves network". This links to a page showing only
three sets of satellite parameters, no mention of any terrestrial
frequencies at all (which is perhaps why this service is not mentioned
at all in WRTH!).
The three lilac, blue and green buttons near the top right of the page
are links to Seda-ye Ashena's three different live audio streams,
apparently each intended for specific target zones.
Incidentally, IRIB's live feed page http://live.irib.ir/ has recently
been updated, and has links to live feeds of no fewer than 16 of their
TV channels and 24 radio services/streams. The latter includes the
local service for Tehran and two new services called Radio Ava (obs
closing at 1930 UTC, midnight Tehran time) and Radio Nava (obs opening
at 1930 UTC).
CAUTION: My security software flags up an attack threat on some of the
station websites/webpages linked to from this live feed page, so of
course I went no further. However, I've been listening to some of the
live streams for the past three days without any problems.
The Interval Signals Online website http://www.intervalsignals.net has
identification announcements for the two new radios mentioned above,
and another one of newly-streamed service Radio Salamat. Regards (Dave
Kernick, Interval Signals Online, July 23, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL. Galei Tsahal is changing its 19 m-frequency almost daily.
While they were on 15781.2 kHz on 20 July, heard with usual Hebrew
program and pop music at 1721, they went to 15790.5 the following day,
heard with better signals at 1750. The next day, they were on 15791.7
interfering until 1730 with BBC Darfur Salaam on 15790. 23 July at
0800, they were on 15791.2, this time interfering with Radio Cairo in
Arabic on 15790. Today, 24 July, they are on 15786.5 kHz, heard at
1745, signals relatively low. 73s & good DX (Robert Foerster, Germany,
July 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15787.91, Galei Zahal, Army Forces Radio very odd freq channel at 1050
UT, July 24. S=6-7 in Europe (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 24 via
WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DXLD)
Galei Zahel, Lod, 6973, July 28, 0040 - appears to be stable again. 5
Hz above 6973.0 kHz and no drifting in the 10 minutes that I
monitored. Hebrew pop vocals (Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA
http://www.bcdx.org Perseus SDR - Wellbrook ALA-100, dxldyg via WORLD
OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. N. KOREA'S HARD-LABOR CAMPS: ON THE DIPLOMATIC BACK
BURNER --- By Blaine Harden, Washington Post Foreign Service, Monday,
July 20, 2009
SEOUL -- Images and accounts of the North Korean gulag become sharper,
more harrowing and more accessible with each passing year.
A distillation of testimony from survivors and former guards, newly
published by the Korean Bar Association, details the daily lives of
200,000 political prisoners estimated to be in the camps: Eating a
diet of mostly corn and salt, they lose their teeth, their gums turn
black, their bones weaken and, as they age, they hunch over at the
waist. Most work 12- to 15-hour days until they die of malnutrition-
related illnesses, usually around the age of 50. Allowed just one set
of clothes, they live and die in rags, without soap, socks,
underclothes or sanitary napkins.
The camps have never been visited by outsiders, so these accounts
cannot be independently verified. But high-resolution satellite
photographs, now accessible to anyone with an Internet connection,
reveal vast labor camps in the mountains of North Korea. The
photographs corroborate survivors' stories, showing entrances to mines
where former prisoners said they worked as slaves, in-camp detention
centers where former guards said uncooperative prisoners were tortured
to death and parade grounds where former prisoners said they were
forced to watch executions. Guard towers and electrified fences
surround the camps, photographs show.
"We have this system of slavery right under our nose," said An Myeong
Chul, a camp guard who defected to South Korea. "Human rights groups
can't stop it. South Korea can't stop it. The United States will have
to take up this issue at the negotiating table."
But the camps have not been discussed in meetings between U.S.
diplomats and North Korean officials. By exploding nuclear bombs,
launching missiles and cultivating a reputation for hair-trigger
belligerence, the government of Kim Jong Il has created a permanent
security flash point on the Korean Peninsula -- and effectively shoved
the issue of human rights off the negotiating table.
"Talking to them about the camps is something that has not been
possible," said David Straub, a senior official in the State
Department's office of Korean affairs during the Bush and Clinton
years. There have been no such meetings since President Obama took
office.
"They go nuts when you talk about it," said Straub, who is now
associate director of Korean studies at Stanford University.
Nor have the camps become much of an issue for the American public,
even though annotated images of them can be quickly called up on
Google Earth and even though they have existed for half a century, 12
times as long as the Nazi concentration camps and twice as long as the
Soviet Gulag. Although precise numbers are impossible to obtain,
Western governments and human groups estimate that hundreds of
thousands of people have died in the North Korean camps. . . [much
more]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071902178.html
(via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DXLD)
Radio not mentioned in this story, but must-reading for anyone who has
anything whatsoever to do with NK, including listening to VOK, let
alone trying to QSL them or serving as their PR agent (Glenn Hauser,
WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. D.P.R., 9665.578, KCBS Pyongyang at 2119 UT July 18,
SIO 343, in Korean (Nils Schiffhauer-D DK8OK, A-DX July 18, BC-DX via
DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Shiokaze Sea Breeze via Yamata, 1407-1414,
July 27. In Japanese; different format today; older Japanese woman
telling a tearful story (must have been a tale of abduction by N.
Korea); fair with no jamming (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LAOS. 4412.64v, Lao National Radio via Sam Neua, 1204-1207, July
28. Running four minutes late with the gong/bell rung slowly seven
times; anthem; news in Laotian; // 6130 (fair) (Ron Howard, Asilomar
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 5964.90v, Klasik Nasional FM via RTM, 1312-1359, July 23.
In vernacular; IDs “Radio Malaysia Klasik Nasional”; DJ playing pop
songs. Audio clip posted to dxldyg “File > Station Sounds” (Ron
Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1).
6049.60v, Asyik FM via RTM, 1245-1304, July 23. In vernacular; DJ with
fun program of pop songs; DJ taking over pop music and crazy whistles
blowing in the background; IDs. Audio clip posted to dxldyg “File >
Station Sounds”.
MALAYSIA/SARAWAK. 7130.50, Sarawak FM via RTM, 1312-1355, July 23. IDs
“Klasik Nasional Sarawak FM”. This ID seems to be used only on certain
days. Normally just “Sarawak FM”. Okay, this is my last posting of
this for a while. Probably have already overposted it.
7295, Traxx FM, 1502-1520, July 26. In English; “11 PM News Roundup”
and sports news; “Radio Malaysia Traxx FM” ID, along with singing
“Traxx FM” jingle; DJ with promo for “Traxx FM On The Road Tour” of
the “TraxxMobile” to Sarawak and Sabah; blog
http://traxxblog.wordpress.com/ announced “Sabah 90.7 FM”; almost fair
(Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MALI. R Bamako, Bamako, 5995, July 24, *0554-0758* - on with 1 kHz
tone, guitar interval signal beginning at 0555 and orchestral National
Anthem at 0558 UTC. Female speaker French at 0559 with greetings and
chatter. Male speaker in Arabic at 0614 continuing past 0630 as signal
improved. Koranic recitations from 0634 to 0645 followed by
traditional tribal vocals. News bulletin in French read by man at 0700
as signal slowly faded. Left the air less than a minute after RA
Brandon came on the air 0758 with Waltzing Matilda IS (Brandon Jordan
- Memphis, TN, USA, http://www.bcdx.org Perseus SDR - Wellbrook
ALA100, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6104.74, XEQM, RASA, Mérida, 0230-0257, Jul 14, music,
Spanish shouting announcement, weak-moderate signal but hard to
understand. Next days I went on monitoring this frequency around the
same time, but only on Jul 15 I heard a weak signal with ID “Candela”.
Other days the station was not audible. By the way, in 1977 I visited
the station which still is located at the same address in Mérida. Now
after 32 years, I was able to hear the station in the Netherlands!
(Max van Arnhem, Hoenderloo, The Netherlands, DSWCI DX Window July 21
via DXLD)
Just a weak carrier noted on 6104.75 at 0215-0245, Jul 21, with no
audio (Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window July 21 via
DXLD)
6104.77, Mérida, [owerhouse signal in Florida 1000 to 1230 most days -
Wilkner - Bolland et al]
++ [Danger of this not making it through the hurricane season? In 2005
Huricane Wilma At its peak, the storm reached Category 5 strength and
"was the most powerful Atlantic Hurricane ever recorded". On Friday,
October 21st, the storm struck the Mexican states of Yucatan and
Quintana Roo with Category 4 force. The island of Cozumel, one of the
busiest cruise ports in the Caribbean, was battered for more than 36
hours, suffering massive damage.]++ 73s (Bob Wilkner, Pompano Beach,
Florida US, NRD 535D ~ Drake R8 R7 Sony 2010XA, Various Antennas, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 4800, XERTA, Radio Transcontinental de América, 0550-0610,
25-07, canciones religiosas, a las 0605 identificación: locutor:
"Radio Transcontinental de América", comentario religioso. 25322.
6010, Radio Mil, México D. F., 0600-0610, 26-07, se escucha muy débil
identificación: "Vive México en Radio Mil", fuerte interferencia de
Radio Habana Cuba con su programa en inglés en la misma frecuencia.
12321. (Méndez)
6104.7, XEQM, RASA, Mérida, 0539-0559, 22-07, locutor, identificación:
"Candela", "Candela 95.3", "La Radio de Yucatán", "Candela, en
Frecuencia Modulada", canciones en español, llamadas de oyentes. 15321
variando a 25322.
También 0532-0559, 23-07, locutor atendiendo oyentes por teléfono y
leyendo mensajes de oyentes, identificación: "La más grande", "O.K.,
por favor, escuchen la 95.3", canciones mexicanas, locutora: "Candela
95.3 Frecuencia Modulada". A las 0550: "Doce con cincuenta minutos".
También 0530-0559, 24-07, canciones latinoamericanas, locutor,
llamadas de oyentes. 15221.
También 0538-0559, 25-07, canciones latinoamericanas, locutor: "Aquí
estamos con todos ustedes. 15321 variando a 25322. (Méndez)
6185, Radio Educación, México D. F., 0603-0635, 21-07, identificación,
locutor: "Radio Educación, 1060 AM, transmitimos con 100.000 watts de
potencia desde Colonia del Valle, México D. F". Anuncios de programas
de la emisora: "Este martes 21, a las 1630 horas Interfax, programa de
avances tecnológicos". Música. 25433. También 0600-0640, 24-07,
locutor, identificación: "Radio Educación, 1060 AM", "Radio Educación,
donde se piensa la radio", anuncio de programas: "Aprendiendo en
familia, nuevo horario, lunes de 12 a 1 de la tarde, 1060 de amplitud
modulada", música. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Grundig
Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G, Antena de cable, 10 metros, Escuchas
realizadas en Reinante, Mar Cantabrico, provincia de Lugo, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. A lot of Es openings lately have been too far north or too
far east to affect OK much, or the patch is overhead, i.e. too close,
but finally July 25 around 2200 UT I am getting Mexicans, especially
on 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (what`s that in Spanish?! just
``Las Tortugas Ninya`` per narrator) with breaks 2209-2212 for
Televisa promos, Puebla PSAs, audio ID as tres-TV. Constant bug upper
right with a 3 in the left side of a square, not sure what`s in the
rest of it. Answer from Oglethorpe
http://www.tvdxtips.com/mexlogos.html --- tv, that makes sense; but
off the screen by my overscanned TV set. Have seen XHP a number of
times before.
Also in brief fadeup earlier at 2152 on channel 3 was an Azteca-13
promo. Per W9WI.com, the only fullpower fit, 20 kW, is XHCVT-TV in,
where else, Ciudad Victoria, capital of Tamaulipas; but there are two
low-power ones elsewhere. And well after the definite XHP log above,
at 2253, some channel 3 appeared briefly with a ``wrestling`` match,
or rather lucha libre, labeled TOLTECA.
Some more sporadic E TVDX on July 28: 1812 UT on channel 3, Canal 5
promo with 5 logo in upper right, and animation set in Northern
Australia, could not detect any Oz accent in the dubbed Spanish. At
1821 also was getting Canal 5 promo on channel 5, first audio, then
video too. And unIDs on 2 and 4.
BTW, with US analog TV stations gone, and no lowband DTV anywhere
around here, the band is wide open for DX, but now I have to watch out
for cable radiation, and furthermore one of my VCRs puts out enough
signal on channel 3 to make wavy line QRM, any time it`s on, whether
or not its RF modulator is in the `transmit` mode! And any time it`s
`off`, same VCR puts noise peaks on SW. Cannot win --- except by
unplugging it and losing all programming every time (Glenn Hauser,
Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MONGOLIA. 4895, Mongolian Radio, Murun, *2200-2223, 23-07, inicio
de la transmisión, música de sintonía, locutor, mongol, himno,
comentarios. 25322. (Méndez)
4830, Mongolian Radio, Altay, 2213-2223, 23-07, locutor, mongol. En
paralelo con 4895. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Grundig
Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G, Antena de cable, 10 metros, Escuchas
realizadas en Reinante, Mar Cantabrico, provincia de Lugo, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. 5915, Myanma Radio, 1254-1306, July 26. In vernacular;
Educational Service – Distance Learning programming ended at 1300;
into pop music program; poor under CRI (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach,
CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9715 via Bonaire, Sunday July 26 at 1224, Jaime
Báguena and guest wrapping up 20-minute Cartas @ RN show, i.e.
starting at 1205 among other times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. ZLM, Taupo Maritime Radio verified my S-mail report
with 1 IRC after 277 days via E-mail by word format QSL. The verifier
was Mr.Peter Baird, radio operator.
Address: Maritime Operations Centre, Kordia Ltd., Avalon Office, 6th
Floor, Avalon Business Centre, Percy Cameron Street, Lower Hutt 5011,
New Zealand --- E-mail: maritime @ kordia.co.nz, FAX: +64 4 914 8334
URL:
http://www.kordiamaritime.com/services_maritime_operations_centre_moc_42.aspx
They are using Redifon-SPT HF 1000 transmitter with 1kW, and Spiracone
Antenna, located 38 52S 176 26E.
The schedules are as follows; all on LSB/USB
1333 Coastal Navigational Warnings, Synopsis, Forecasts and Warnings
for the New Zealand Coast and 1200 Coastal Reports 2207, 4146, 6224
1503* Oceanic, Navigational and Meteorological Warnings in force for
Navarea XIV; Synopsis and Forecast for high seas area Southern 6224,
12356
1533* Repeat of 1503 broadcast 8297, 16531
1733 Coastal Navigational Warnings, Synopsis, Forecasts and Warnings
for the New Zealand Coast and 1500 Coastal Reports 2207, 4146, 6224
2003 1800 Coastal reports for Shipping 2207, 4146, 6224
2103* Oceanic, Navigational and Meteorological Warnings in force for
Navarea XIV, Synopses and Forecasts for high seas areas Subtropic,
Forties and Pacific 6224,12356
2133* Repeat of 2103 broadcast 8297, 16531
0003 2100 Coastal reports for Shipping 2207, 4146, 6224
0133 Coastal Navigational Warnings, Synopsis, Forecasts and Warnings
for the New Zealand Coast and 0000 Coastal Reports 2207, 4146, 6224
0303* Oceanic, Navigational and Meteorological Warnings in force for
Navarea XIV; Synopsis and Forecast for high seas area Southern 6224,
12356
0333* Repeat of 0303 broadcast 8297, 16531
0433 Coastal Navigational Warnings, Synopsis, Forecasts and Warnings
for the New Zealand Coast and 0300 Coastal Reports 2207, 4146, 6224
0803 0600 Coastal reports for Shipping 2207, 4146, 6224
0903* Oceanic, Navigational and Meteorological Warnings in force for
Navarea XIV, Synopses and Forecasts for high seas areas Subtropic,
Forties and Pacific 6224, 12356
0933* Repeat of 0903 broadcast 8297, 16531
* Oceanic Warnings and Forecasts broadcast one hour later when
daylight saving [sic] time is in force (last Sunday in September to
first Sunday in April). (Takahito Akabayashi, Japan, July 23, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Times UT or local?
** NIGERIA. Voice of Nigeria, Abuja installations. Bodo the technician
onsite at Abuja, Nigera has provided the exact site coordinates of the
TX building for the new SW TX site of the External service of the
Voice of Nigeria. G.C. 08 57 57.32 N 07 21 35.86 E
In the transmitter building, there are currently three TSW2300 from
Thomson (250 kW, 5.9-26 MHz). They are full DRM ready.
Currently they have "only" the curtain antenna. Its a 16-dipole array
with azimuth of 0 degrees and the other 16-dipole array with azimuth
of 285 degrees. The beam can be switched to +15, +30 and -15, -30
degrees.
There is another antenna in work. It will be a rotatable antenna ...
it`s a huge antenna with 32 dipoles, 16 for high and 16 for lowbands
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite July 20 via BC-DX via WORLD OF RADIO 1471,
DXLD)
But what's on this site, 9 kilometers away?
09 01 07.51 N 07 25 56.31 E (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
** OKLAHOMA. We haven`t heard any more tests from Chilocco OK on 530,
830 or 1680 kHz, like a year ago, but the OSU Multispectral
Laboratories in Ponca City, has applied June 24, 2009 to have the
license renewed to do them as WE2XFZ, with this notation:
Changes Made --- Note any changes such as discontinuance of use of a
frequency, or of a type of emission or of a transmitter which have been made
since the last application covering this station was filed:
Delete Flying H (Otero, N.M.) Location
Retain Chilocco (Kay County, OK) Location
(from
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/405_Print.cfm?mode=current
&application_seq=42067 via DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. As I was looking for Mexican FM DX to go with
TVDX, July 25 at 2234-2237 UT, had to settle for a couple of RDS
readings from nearby stations:
92.3, CLASSIC COUNTRY 92.3, also spoken thus, i.e. KFTI Newton-
Wichita, KS.
99.5, KXBL, static RDS, while audible ID was ``Big Country 99.5``,
Muskogee ads. Must have been some tropo enhancement as had big signal
despite late afternoon doldrums (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. KOMA radio --- I was driving in Moore yesterday and I was
flipping channels and I notice that 92.5 KOMA was broadcasting also on
104.5; do they have a translator station in Moore? (theparkman81, July
18, OKCTalk via DXLD)
What time of day was it? If it was in the evening. You may have picked
up Winchester Drive-in's Audio Feed they broadcast it on 104.5. They
play 101.9 and 92.5 between movies.
I went there to see Transformers 2 the other night. We did not stay
for the second movie, we were able to pick up the audio all the way to
240 and Sooner before it faded (oneforone, July 18, ibid.)
Yeah it was about after 7, when I drove through there, thanks for the
info (theparkman81, ibid.)
Maybe the FCC will get complaints from people at radio stations that
the signal from Winchester is too strong for regulations (Bunty,
ibid.)
** OKLAHOMA. Re 9-052, my hearing a station with Christian music July
8 on 99.7, presumably KZLS Mustang ex-KNID Alva/Enid, on the air ---
Apparently I was not imagining things. But still not hearing it on
July 25 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
I was driving around the other day and I noticed that the 99.7
frequency is now on the air playing Christian music, but it was
skipping through songs, and during one of the songs, they did their
station ID sayings KZLS Mustang Oklahoma City. I guess they finally
got it going, of course testing it; any suggestions from anybody, what
format should they put on this station? I have some suggestions for
the station: A all local talk station, Christian Music, A all news
format station or a Smooth Jazz and Blues station (theparkman81, June
27, okctalk via DXLD)
I wish Tyler media would've bought that frequency and put Jack on
there. That would`ve increased their signal through the metro area. It
would've been better than 1,000 watts they have now (Soonerman, July
6, ibid.)
In 2003, Ralph Tyler himself tried to relocate a Tishomingo station on
99.7 to Tuttle; the application was subsequently ruled fraudulent
(windowphobe, July 7, ibid.)
Licensed transmitter site of KZLS is really closer to Tuttle than to
Mustang, both SW of OKC, per Tigermap. FCC FM Query shows power as 25
kW ERP, with application for 35 kW but that will be from a different
site axually closer to Mustang, and combined with the power increase,
covering more of OKC, which is all that really matters. This extra
move could account for the long delay in getting on the air (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
And there is a much longer thread at radio-info.com:
When will 99.7 KZLS sign on? Anyone know anything? (Watercooler, May
12, radio-info.com Oklahoma board via DXLD)
With What? The Doctor Evil show 24/7? What's the automated format of
the week for 'ol Doctor Evil's new toy? (OKCRadioGuy, May 15, ibid.)
Here's their abandoned MySpace site: http://www.myspace.com/kzls
I guess this station was expected to launch in February?
http://www.dustbury.com/archives/7146
(NightAire, May 15, ibid.)
Well, will the new KZLS fire up this weekend? What sat format will it
be in your opinions? (OKCRadioGuy, May 23, ibid.)
It will probably become another crappy format (j1203, May 26, ibid.)
That's almost assured unless Dr. Evil has already found a sucker to
LMA it to. All bets are off if that happens (OKCRadioGuy May 27,
I heard them testing their new transmitter this afternoon between 4:00
and 5:00. It had a good clear signal in my area (near the
fairgrounds). While I was in my car, I heard them play a country song,
followed by an Arron Neville song that I didn't recognize, and then a
black praise and worship song. When I got back in my car at about 5:00
the transmitter was off (Scooby214, June 12, ibid.)
WNYX, may I take your order? 99.7 The Spy. Hey, one can dream
(JimmyJames, June 15, ibid.)
ALL POLKA ... ALL THE TIME! (lurker34, June 15, ibid.)
Ahhh look! It's Jeeezzzzus rap on 99.7. Oh wait. That's just a
Godchannel CD skipping. LOL! Who would have thought Dr. Evil and his
goons would use a Christian CD to test their junk with. The irony is
almost too much to take (OKCRadioGuy 1:58:13 pm June 19, ibid.)
Actually heard a legal ID at 2:00 PM. Cut in during the middle of a
song, saying "KZLS FM, Mustang Oklahoma City." You could still hear
the song playing in the background while the ID played. It seemed
about every 4th song had the major skipping trouble. I bet the end
format won't resemble the Christian music being played during testing
(Scooby214, 6:13:52 pm June 20, ibid.)
Though a Christian CHR/Urban/Rock to replace what's become of KOKF
isn't the worst idea for a format (JimmyJames, June 20, ibid.)
Their CP expires on 6/23. How much do they have to be on the air by
then to be in compliance? They stayed off for the weekend, and are off
this morning (Monday, 6/22). Do they have to be fully on air by the
23rd? (Scooby214, June 22, ibid.)
Yes, they would have to be on the air by the 23rd; however he could
file for his license to cover since it was on the air long enough to
ID the station. Once he got the license he could file for an STA to be
silent (Watercooler, June 22, ibid.)
The way it's been explained to me in the past is that they don't have
to be on-air by that point to be in compliance. They simply have to
have completed enough testing to apply for their license-to-cover by
that date (Kent, June 22, ibid.)
Anybody rolling tape on this station?? RadioU out of Ohio said they
were adding a signal in OKC. Maybe this is it? (Joel Roberts, Imaging
Director | Wilks Broadcasting,
Denver/Kansas City/Columbus/Fresno/Reno/Lubbock, June 23, ibid.)
Why in the world would they bother with OKC? That's just odd
(OKCRadioGuy June 23, ibid.)
Yeah, I thought it was unusual with the K-Love, Air1 and House FM
presence in OKC (Joelr, ibid.)
Some of us thought the EMF presence in OKC was unusual considering the
presence of 91 FM and House FM (JimmyJames, ibid.)
The FCC website shows they have now applied for their license to
cover. It was accepted for filing today (Scooby214, June 24, ibid.)
When EMF just had K-Love, it made sense because K-Love and 91FM/The
House are very different. EMF bought 91 FM in '06 and brought Air1 to
replace it. The House has been trying to get a full signal in the
market for years. If RadioU joins, it will make that Christian music
field pretty crowded. I won't complain because that's what I like, but
it will be pretty crowded there (Joel Roberts, ibid.)
The House has applied to the FCC to increase the power of their 88.5
KZTH from 35 to 50 kW. If granted, they will come a little closer to
having a full market signal in the Okla. City area. They still won't
cover the metro as well as Oasis Network on 88.1 or K-Love on 88.9,
but it should help slightly. Having those three frequencies so close
together makes it difficult to tune any one of them in on a cheap
portable (Scooby214, ibid.)
They are back on again this morning, as of 10:30 AM. Same stuff as
last week, with the same skipping tracks from time to time. They have
been granted their license to cover. I can't imagine that they moved
99.7 to be a rimshot of OKC with this in mind (Scooby214, June 26,
ibid.)
The same tracks that skipped last week seem to be skipping this week.
"It Is Well" skipped badly and was mixed with another song last week,
and it sounds exactly the same this week (Scooby214, 11:05:10 am June
26, ibid.)
Ugh, you'd think if you spend that kind of money putting a station on
the air, you would be more concerned about the product. I say format
switch within the year (Lurker34, June 26, ibid.)
OK, I have listened for a while now and I think by listening I might
have a ticket to heaven now. I did notice they missed an ID in the 4pm
hour. I hope this is not a format of choice. And now they are dead air
at 5:42 (Watercooler, 05:43:01 pm June 26, ibid.)
One word: Placeholder. It could be all Polka music at this point. It
doesn't matter. It`s just to satisfy the licence requirement at this
point (OKCRadioGuy, June 26, ibid.)
They're just trying to do enough testing to get the license to cover.
They likely don't care about the programming at all. I suspect they'll
turn around and sell it for more than what they paid for it as an Enid
station (Kent, June 26, ibid.)
Do you think they may try set up an LMA for the station? Can any of
the big guys really afford it right now? It would never happen, but
KTOK FM simulcast? (I'd rather see them do that with 94.7.)
(Scooby214, ibid.)
Skipping like crazy on a Amy Grant track tonight. Signal was strong
downtown (duckoutofwater, 09:08:24 pm June 26, ibid.)
I was leaving town last week when I heard their first stint of
skipping God music, and the signal stayed relatively strong until I
was east of Shawnee on I-40 (Scooby214, ibid.)
** OMAN. SULTANATO DE OMÃ – A Radio Sultanate Oman transmite em inglês
para a Europa, entre 1400 e 1500, no Tempo Universal, em 15140 kHz. A
transmissão possui regular sintonia aqui no Brasil, conformou
constatou o colunista, em um sítio no interior de Pancas (ES), em 7 de
julho (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX July 26 via DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3205, R. Sandaun (presumed), 1310-1313*, July 27.
In Tok Pisin; pop songs; TC “13 past 11”; off in mid-song; no ID
noted.
3325, R. Bougainville/R. Buka, 1319-1404*, July 27. RRI was off-the-
air today, so was in the clear for a change; in Tok Pisin; DJ with
dedications of pop songs; before ToH choral National Anthem; ID
“National Broadcasting Corporation, the Voice of Papua New Guinea”;
long list of frequencies (MW, FM and SW); “N.B.C. wishing you good
evening”; instrumental National Anthem. Above average PNG reception.
3335 has been off-the-air for several days now (Ron Howard, Asilomar
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. Re 9-053, 4888.2, new station, R Félicy or Felici?, or R.
Macedonia?
Maybe, but see WRTH 2009: there are FOUR stations listed in this area
in this order, with the second one apparently inserted by its n.f.,
not its o.f.:
HV02) OAX5X, 4887, 1 kW, R. Virgen del Carmen, Huancavelica, 1000-
0200(irr) (nf: 4885)
AY12) OAZ5C, 4899, 1 kW, R. Huanta, Huanta (n.f.: 4890)
AQ48) [no call], 4890, [no power], R. Macedonia, Arequipa (irr.)
CJ30) OAZ2B, v4890, 1 kW, R. Chota, Chota: 1100-0300v
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 6019.4, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0700-0720, 20-07, portugués,
predicaciones, a las 0702: "Sintonizam Rádio Delta, 1300 kHz, falando
do amor de Deus", "O nosso querido programa A Voz da Libertação, David
Miranda". 24322.
También 0604-0640, 22-07, español, locutor: "Campaña de la
prosperidad", "Amigos oyentes de La Voz de la Liberación", "Una de la
mañana con ocho minutos", "Oyentes que se curaron milagrosamente con
la campaña de la prosperidad". 25432 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España,
Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G, Antena de cable, 10 metros,
Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, Mar Cantabrico, provincia de Lugo,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
R Victoria, Lima, 6019.32, July 25, 2330 - religious vocals, male with
calm religious monologue, mentioning Santa María a few times. Do
Pentecostals venerate Mary, or perhaps non LV de la Liberación
programming? Signal rapidly improving toward the top of the hour until
massive CRI via Albania OC at 2357 (Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA,
http://www.bcdx.org Perseus SDR - Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL. 15560, RDPI with Abraço da Madeira program on Sunday,
July 26 at 1233 giving several phone numbers, including an 800, back
to music. VG signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. RRI, 15435, July 28 at 1314, fair with Romanian folk
music, Chinese announcements mentioning Romania more than once (or
however you spell that in Chinese, let alone English). This is 67
degrees from Tiganeshti at 1300-1330. No jamming audible: how about
that! One country with the blessing of SAFRT. Does that mean Bucharest
never reports any news offensive to the ChiCom? RRI on 25m has not
been making it much lately, tho there was some sign of Romanian on
11920 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. The uncertain future of International Radio Serbia on
SW led us to recheck their English to NAm; it was still there on 9675,
July 28 at 0037 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok (presumed), 1246-1321, July 28. Rare that
this gets above threshold level! Subcontinent music and singing; ads;
portions clearly in Hindi, but too weak to be sure if entirely in that
language. Exceptionally good propagation on July 28 (Ron Howard,
Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALIA [non]. 950, KTNF, MN, St. Louis Park. Per monitoring of its
webstream, station replaced “Best of Stephanie Miller” 6/20 with
“Sounds of Somalia” show. The Somali program (listen for the common
word “waha”) airs Saturdays 2000-2400 [EDT = 0000-0400 UT Sundays]
(though I heard it was replaced by Bill Press for 7/04). KTNF also has
a Russian/English prorgram Suns 2000-2100 [EDT = 0000-0100 UT Mondays]
Station slogan is “The Voice of Minnesota.” (Dale Park, HI, NRC DX
News July 20 via DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 11690, poor with VTC fill music loop, July 27 at
0533, when SENTECH is supposed to be carrying R. Okapi to the Congo
DR. This happens far too frequently. No RTTY QRM at this hour (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENERS)
** SUDAN. 7200, R Omdurman, Al-Aitahab, 0406-0431*, Jul 16, news in
Arabic followed by discussion program at 0410, ID at 0430 followed by
beginning of another feature before plug pulled in mid-sentence. For
some reason, Sudan's SW transmissions only last about two hours
(roughly 0230+/- to 0430+/-) although the program obviously continues
on MW and/or FM since the SW service is always terminated while
someone is still talking. Fair to good signal (Richard D’Angelo/NASWA,
Wyomissing, PA, U.S.A., DSWCI DX Window July 21 via DXLD)
Also heard at 1840-1845, Jul 8, Arabic talks, 55544 (Bernard Mille,
Bailleul, France, DSWCI DX Window July 21 via DXLD)
** SUDAN [non]. 13840 good in unknown language, July 24 at 0513.
That`s R. Dabanga via Madagascar at 0430-0527, 330 degrees. Should
have heard jingle IDs as before if I had listened a little longer. Was
also getting VOA Kurdish via same on 15380; see U S A [non] (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. Affia Darfur via Nauen, 5995, July 24, *0259-0330* -
poor signal in RHC splatter, best in LSB. North African vocals,
similar to music heard on Radio Cairo, interspaced [sic] with Arabic
announcements. Monologue by man from 0315 UTC, likely news. Clear
mention of Darfur (Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, http://www.bcdx.org
Perseus SDR - Wellbrook ALA100, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9735, July 26 at 1225 open carrier, no spurs. I conclude
that RTI`s Japanese service, which modulates at 11-12 and 13-14, just
leaves the carrier on during the intervening hour. Bright idea: why
not add modulation then too and get more mileage out of it? Could be
done for negligible cost (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET. 7350, CNR-11 (Tibetan Service), 1430-1500, July 28. “Holy
Tibet” program; distinctive canned ad that I have not heard for many
months, for the medical massage clinics in Lhasa, gives phone numbers,
says Lhasa clinic located in white building, door number 33, licensed
students trained by doctors from Beijing medical massage clinic,
foreign experts visit Lhasa to also train the students, giving cost
for one massage for foreigners “and for local people about 55 Renminbi
and it takes one hour", they speak English, Tibetan and Chinese at the
clinics; “Tourism of Tibet” (American tourist talking about the “great
weather in Lhasa”); segment “Eyes on Tibet”; played a lot of Tibetan
music; // 6010. Enjoyable program! (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA,
Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. Re 9-053: Voice of Turkey has left 10530 kHz, not heard for
several days. I always check out-of-band frequencies on different
receivers, but the Collins, normally, doesn't produce any "ghost"
frequencies as does the R-600 on a relatively long aerial. 73s & good
DX (Robert Foerster, Germany, July 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 9410, BBC Mundo via WHRI, Friday July 24 listened to
last few minutes 1253-1300* when playing music fill not classical, but
jazzed up Gershwin, etc., medley on flute, clarinet with orchestra. At
least it`s not the top-20 as on Tue and Thu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [and non]. 17530, July 25 at 1330 with news in Persian. I could
swear I heard ``Farda`` mentioned, but jingle soon matched that used
incessantly on television`s BBC World News (in English which we get
via OKLA 13.2 M-F delayed at 2130). Yes, 17530 is BBCWS Farsi at 1230-
1500, 500 kW, 95 degrees via Rampisham. Only fair signal and fading
down by 1339. Unlisted in PWBR `2009`.
17640, July 25 at 1332 with B-B-C- chimes IS over and over at odd time
of hour, still at 1337. Next check at 1349 was in talk and music,
fading out before I could decide on language. Must have missed opening
at 1345? After a quarter-hour of IS wasting watts? Both Hausa and
Burmese start on BBCWS at 1345, but neither scheduled on 17640.
However, Aoki shows English via Ascension at 13-17 on 17640, so maybe
that was just a feed loss filler.
9915 at 0540 July 27 in Arabic, along with some noise and hum on
frequency, unsure of source. Listed as BBCWS both via Skelton 300 kW,
180 degrees and Rampisham 250 kW, 140 degrees between 0500 and 0700,
tho Skelton starts by itself at 0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. THE COMPLEMENTARY DEFICIENCIES OF VOA AND RFE/RL
On 23 July, the House of Representatives Europe subcommittee held the
hearing, “Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America: Soft
Power and the Free Flow of Information." (See previous post.) The
witnesses were Voice of America director Dan Austin and Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty director Jeffrey Gedmin. The subcommittee
chairman Robert Wexler asked why both stations exist...
Wexler: "Yesterday, Mr. Austin, I was somewhat fascinated when we had
an opportunity to speak, and you, just in an organization sense,
shared with me why it is we have a Radio Free Europe and a Voice of
America. Could you just share with the committee and with the audience
why we have both, and the two roles that you play in a complementary
fashion?
Austin: I’d be happy to Mr. Chairman, and Jeff please weigh in as
well. We very much see our roles as complementary to each other. As
you mentioned earlier, sir, the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
functions very much as a surrogate media. And that is to say they
function as media would function if media were allowed to be free in
the countries where they operate.
The Voice of America functions more as an international newsgathering
organization. We report on local events, but we put them in context of
the region and the world and we also explain to that world about our
country, our policies, our people, and our culture. So we have
different but very complementary roles. If you line up our content on
any given day, you will see that. And we both support and reinforce, I
think, each other's mission."
Wexler: Dr. Gedmin?
Gedmin: It’s hard to be more succinct or eloquent than that, but I’ll
just reinforce it. We listen to our audiences very carefully. And we,
Dan and I, and our colleagues here, regularly … they need surrogate
broadcasting, they need information that is about them. That is,
reliable and accurate and fair-minded, and that is principally what we
do as a so-called surrogate broadcaster. I mentioned in Ukraine,
quality maternal care, or how do you cope with problems of pollution,
it may be a corruption issue, it may be social affairs, domestic
development. A wide variety of things that they would have if they had
their own free independent media. And we like to say that we are the
oxygen of civil society. We support and we promote all those good
democratic values that hopefully will mature into institutions and the
real habits and values and behaviors of democracies.
But we too, Mr. Chairman, hear constantly about Dan’s work and Voice
of America. CNN is not enough. They want quality, rich, broad
programming that offers a US perspective, and illuminates … gives a
window on American society, American thinking, American culture,
American politics, is a serious, credible, truthful way. I do believe
that they are distinct, but I’m a strong believer that they are
complementary, mutually reinforcing, and both very much needed." [End
of excerpt.] (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
Is Mr. Austin implying that RFE/RL does not put its news "in context
of the region and the world"? And is Dr. Gedmin is implying that VOA
does not do news about "them," i.e., the audience's own country?
Audience research (and I have seen a lot of it) indicates that where
audiences for international broadcasting are large, the audience is
interested primarily in news about their own country, but also to a
large extent in news about the rest of the world, and to a more
limited extent in news about the broadcaster's country. The station
that provides news in the desired ratio, with the most resources and
most credibility, wins.
BBC World Service is famous for the news that it provides about its
target countries, but also for its global news coverage. Somehow they
manage to pack both into the convenience of one station.
US international broadcasting, for its budget of 668 million dollars,
has an all-media weekly audience of 175 million. The BBC world
services, for their budget of 416 million dollars, have an all-media
weekly audience of 233 million. Posted: 28 Jul 2009 (Kim Andrew
Elliott, ibid.)
** U S A. LAWMAKERS: US GOVERNMENT BROADCASTERS CRUCIAL TO SOFT POWER
OUTREACH --- By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 July 2009
U.S. lawmakers have told the directors of two U.S. - government funded
international broadcasting stations, that they have an important role
in projecting "soft power" to foreign audiences. We report on
testimony by the directors of Voice of America and Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty about measures taken to maintain the free flow of
information via radio, television and the Internet in the face of
restrictions imposed by foreign governments:
Lawmakers are concerned about obstacles in places like China, Iran and
Russia to the free flow of information and independent reporting. The
role U.S. government-funded broadcasters play in overcoming these
barriers was the main focus of a Europe subcommittee hearing.
Members of Congress have condemned Iranian government restrictions on
the Internet, and criticized steps by the Chinese government to
tighten surveillance of Internet traffic, and government pressure on
radio, television and print outlets in Russia.
Congressman Robert Wexler, 23 Jul 2009 [caption]
Referring to the impact of technology amid post-election turmoil in
Iran, the panel chairman Democrat Robert Wexler said VOA and RFE/RL
play a crucial role as "smart power tools" as the U.S. faces foreign
policy challenges, anti-Americanism, and efforts by governments to
suppress media.
"This hearing comes at a critical time as the world's most repressive
regimes in places such as Iran, crack down, suppress and stifle
freedom of the media and expression," said Robert Wexler. "RFE/RL and
VOA are critical smart power tools that are on the front line of
international broadcasting, providing unfettered information globally
in multiple languages and formats and acting as media surrogates where
freedom of the press does not exist."
VOA Director Danforth Austin testifying on Capitol Hill, 23 Jul 2009
[caption]
VOA Director Danforth Austin said the station's television broadcasts
have a substantial audience in Iran, and it is careful to scrutinize
information coming out of the country.
To illustrate dangers VOA journalists face, he pointed to a Taliban
attack on the home of a VOA stringer in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier
Province, and constant threats against VOA news stringers by Islamist
militants in Somalia.
In Russia, Austin says tightening government controls have cost VOA
its radio and television affiliates, forcing the station to re-define
its delivery strategies.
"In Russia, we are now a multi-media web-based service produced for a
country where Internet usage is growing rapidly," said Danforth
Austin. "At a very critical juncture in U.S.-Russia relations, this
strategy allows audiences to increase their understanding of American
policies, politics and culture and American views of Russia. It also
frankly galvanizes conversation among its audience through utilization
of these so-called Web 2.0 tools."
Critics say the decision by the non-partisan Broadcasting Board of
Governors (BBG) which oversees U.S. international broadcasting to end
Russian-language radio and television broadcasts in favor of an
Internet-focused approach damaged efforts to maintain the flow of news
to people in the country.
RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin testifying on Capitol Hill, 23 Jul
2009 [caption]
Both the VOA director and RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin stressed
that neither station is in the business of broadcasting propaganda,
but do help project fundamental American ideals:
"What we do supports American interests, it supports enlightened
American interests, and I believe if you believe in development and
democracy, or let me put it another way, if you believe in combating
and fighting things like nationalism and extremism, if you believe in
fighting and combating things like anti-semitism and anti-Americanism,
if you are an American policymaker you have to avail yourself of the
full spectrum of policy opportunities and instruments, but I don't
think you get any traction if you don't believe, support and pursue
the free flow of information and ideas, discussion, debate, dissent no
matter what country, what time what place," said Jeffrey Gedmin.
VOA Director Austin underscored that organization's commitment to
programming that is consistently reliable, authoritative, accurate,
objective and comprehensive, which he said allows audiences to "cut
through the din of shrill propaganda and the fog of misinformation and
disinformation."
Referring to both VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as
"communication marketing tools", Georgia Democrat Representative David
Scott said both stations must play a role in repairing a damaged
American image abroad.
"We have and we must live up to our ideals, and also understand that
we have got to repair the damage to our reputation around the world,"
said David Scott. "Critical to this is VOA, Radio Free Europe and
Radio Liberty."
Republican Representative Ed Royce said U.S. government-funded
broadcasters, which include Deewa Radio under the VOA, must play a
greater role in responding to an information challenge posed by
militant radio broadcasters in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"They say to control information is to control the battlefield," said
Ed Royce. "In Afghanistan that is going to be increasingly true
because of the amount of influence that the Gulf states are putting in
terms of resources into the hands of radical Islam in that area.
Fortunately, 70 percent of the Afghans now listen to [U.S-funded]
Radio Free Afghanistan, but all through the region people are [still]
listening to sharia radio, it is a war of ideas and you gentlemen are
going to have to be part of the solution to this."
During the hearing, Representative Wexler said President Barack Obama
has made international broadcasting a top priority for American
foreign policy, saying it is imperative that Congress gives U.S.-
government funded broadcasters the tools they need to maintain free
flow of information.
Congress has proposed a $746 million budget for U.S. international
broadcasting activities for the 2010 fiscal year, including VOA, Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other operations under the Broadcasting
Board of Governors (VOA News July 23 via DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. VOA, 9760 via PHILIPPINES, July 24 at 1320 found
Dan Robinson with report on a hearing about USG external broadcasting,
including whether replacing SW with internet in Russian was a good
idea. Here`s the full story:
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-23-voa63.cfm
`Lawmakers: US Government Broadcasters Crucial to Soft Power Outreach`
with audio linx running 5:35:
http://www.voanews.com/mediaassets/english/2009_07/Audio/mp3/robinson_broadcasting_23Jul09.mp3
Surprised to find a new signal on 11725, July 24 at 1338 with pop
music, VOA Music Mix promoting new time for country show Fridays at
1400. At 1343 identified this hour as ``World`s Best Variety on the
[singing ID:] VOA Music Mix Network``, now featuring Brian Wilson.
1400 abruptly shifted to news on hour, now // 17585 Greenville and
only a slight reverb apart from it. Loud and steady signal on 11725
probably Greenville too, tho 11740 VOA Korean via Tinang was also in
well. At 1405, 17585 stayed with news hour, while 11725 split back to
VOA Music Mix, ``Mary Morningstar with Country Hits, USA``. Is that
her real name? She`s among the presenters on this page:
http://www.voanews.com/english/Entertainment/MusicMix-presenters.cfm
{In Googling, it seems there are several individuals with this
alliterative name, including a ``psychic`` and a lawyer.}
On 11725 at this time we usually hear, if anything, Harold Droning,
from the YFR relay via Pet/Kam, RUSSIA at 11-15, but no trace of him
now. RFE/RL Russian had also been scheduled on 11725, 13-15, switching
from Lampertheim to Biblis, GERMANY at 1400, but no trace of that
either. Meanwhile, 11725 VOA does not show yet on online schedules,
let alone http://www.voanews.com/english/about/frequenciesAtoZ_e.cfm
11725 was still going at 1430 so unseems a transmitter test, but who
knows whether it will be there tomorrow?
15380 fair with uncertain language I first guessed was Persian, July
24 at 0509; sounds like VOA. Instead it`s Kurdish via Madagascar, 05-
06, 359 degrees.
Altho VOA was loud and clear on unscheduled 11725 Friday July 24
before and after 1400 with Music Mix, just as I suspected, it was
nowhere to be heard the next day, July 25 at 1305 and several more
chex during the hour. Some VOA programming is on a M-F basis, so
possibly it will be back on Monday, if not another of those
unexplained one-off anomalies, tests or mistakes.
At 1318 I tuned up to 11740 for VOA Korean via Tinang, which was in an
English lesson, Sinatra`s ``Fly Me to the Moon`` word by word, phrase
by phrase, re-spoken, spelled out and idiomatic meanings explained in
Korean. I can`t help but wonder at the VOA studios in Washington how
much they think they are talking to North Korea and how much to the
South. VOK announcers could use a few pointers about how to speak non-
stilted English.
Still no more VOA 11725 on July 26, or July 27 around 1328 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Sunday July 26 at 1225 found Chris, Lobdell Pirating with
Cumbre on 9410, i.e. the end of DXing with Cumbre which must have
started at 1200 on the WHRI frequency which weekdays relays BBC Mundo
at 12-13. 1236 recheck: a wacky preacher urging us to get ready for
the rapture.
Time to search the WHR online program schedule again for DXing with
Cumbre times. If you put ``Lamb`` into search by program host, you get
nothing, but the finicky engine finds a number of DWC times if you
enter ``Marie Lamb``, including this one on Angel 2, and also Saturday
at same time 1200. Many of the others we know are imaginary, such as
the next broadcast on Sunday, 1430 on Angel 6, 11785, for it was off
the air when I checked at 1449, tho it had been on earlier at 13-14
for Hmong Lao Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN still missing from all frequencies for the second day
in a row, July 23; at 0635 nothing on 7555, 11520 or 11870; at 1316,
nothing on 11530, 11550 or 12050; at 1630 nothing on 11520, 11550 or
15610 as on the schedule http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
Last year they were off for two weeks of maintenance, as of July 28;
see DXLD 8-086, altho I believe it turned out to be not quite that
long. I asked Glen Tapley and he replies July 23, 2009:
``Glenn, We are having downtime until Friday afternoon. We are
repairing some slew boxes and transmitters along with our regular
maintenance. We project to be back on air this weekend if all goes
well. Glen``
So now`s the time to try to DX something else on or near WEWN
frequencies, especially the ones flanked by those noisy plus/minus 10
kHz spurs, unless the maintenance takes care of them. For example, V.
of Mesopotamia at 12-15 on 11530 (which also collides with WYFR at 04-
09).
As expected after a few days` maintenance, WEWN back on the air for
the weekend, UT Saturday July 25 at 0544 on 11520, interesting
discussion of Gregorian chant, and also the spur on 11530 bothering
WYFR.
And at 1315, with WEWN on 11530, now the spur is on 11520, again
bothering WYFR. Gets `em one way or `tother. Catholix vs Camping
cultists! With BFO on one can also hear matching spurs on the opposite
sides of WEWN fundamentals.
WEWN missing again from all three transmitters, July 28 at 0519,
nothing on 7555, 11520 or 11870. Even the higher ones are normally
audible here in the nightmiddle.
But it was temporary, as a few hours later, 1246, back on 7555 with
mass; at 1305 on 11530, 11550 and 12050 as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Altho on the air when I first tuned around before 1300, WINB
missing from 9265, July 25 at 1404, which is normally prolonged on
Saturdays with Brother Scare and the Sabbath instead of switching to
13570 as on other days. There was a JBA signal on 13570, but could be
VOA São Tomé, which collides with WINB from this and later two other
African sites until 1700. Did not sound like Scare, nor at 1605
recheck, and not // 9385 WWRB or 15420 WBCQ --- but these three are
never in synch, anyway.
He`s still on the WINB schedule http://www.winb.com/schedule.htm
Saturdays all the way from 1200 until 2100, but strangely broken up
into 5 segments: 12-13, 13-14, 14-17, 17-2030, 2030-21. Maybe these
blox were sold separately as he kept adding time? Altho we had heard
it many times, the WINB schedule does not admit to keeping 9265 on
late Saturdays only for Stair.
WINB still carrying `Tony Alamo`, easily recognizable conversing with
a female, his very late wife Susan? July 28 at 1248, mentioning that
Catholix ``don`t know The Lord``. Trouble is, The Overcomer is still
scheduled during this hour, not Alámo. In Alámo`s former WWCR slot,
again July 28 at 1307 black gospel music instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) see also EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]
Hi Glenn, Thanks for bringing up the fact that Susan died many years
ago (April 1982), so she would not be, as I thought, the woman on his
programs that reads the letters from listeners. There is a schedule of
sorts at his website
http://www.alamoministries.com/content/english/radiobroadcasts/radio.html
but how up-to-date is it? Thanks for your input! (Ron Howard, Asilomar
Beach, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WWCR, 5980, July 26, 0400 - mixing product, weak
signal with a mix of 5935 PMS and 5890 Scriptures For America,
blocking any chance for Voice of Tigray Revolution, if even still
active here (Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA, http://www.bcdx.org
Perseus SDR - Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WWCR 15825 at 1600z July 26 with spurs plus & minus 15.6 kHz (Jerry
Lenamon, Waco Texas, Eton E-1, sloper, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
July 27 at 1330, no signal on 13845, so figured there was zero
sporadic E this morning --- but when I came to 15825, WWCR was
inbooming, so 13845 was off the air and Es was in play; still could
hear PMS on Anguilla 11775, whew, so all is not lost. BTW, her Costa
Rica outlets kept being registered as if they were on the air, but not
any more.
Since ``Tony Alámo`` was convicted Friday and removed from the WWCR
schedule on Saturday, today`s the day, Monday July 27, to find what
replaced him at 13-14 UT on 15825. At 1330, black gospel music; 1335
ad for American Family Insurance, more mx; 1351, ad for Shower to
Shower body powder (did Tony ever use that to make himself more
attractive to the girls he ``married``?), American Family Insurance
again, which it seems is the sponsor of the show ``Inspirations Across
America``.
1358 cut to a Creation Moment, in the relentless drive by the forces
of ignorance to bury the scientific method. 1400 WWCR ID, serving the
Statue of Liberty --- has anyone ever really heard WWCR inside the
SOL? All that metal should be quite a barrier to SW signals, tho maybe
audible with a clear shot from the crown outlook. Then another show
``The Liberating Secret, with Sylvia Pierce``. Make that Pearce, per
the WWCR online sked, which does show that, but still just TBA for the
previous hour.
The huge signal on 15825, if not 13845, called for another routine
check of 18770 for the WWRB harmonic --- yes, at 1337 peaking S9+10
with Hallelujah Chorus // 9385, 1339 segué to a bit of another hymn,
overcome by BS. After 1430 there was Es reaching channel 2 TV, such as
bits of the Hoy morning show from Mexico`s Televisa around 1530 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Where are DGS / PMS? At this posting I have not been hearing
University Network (or even a carrier) here in AZ on 11775 or 13845,
at 1630, 1645, 1700 rechecks.
[Later:] I am hearing Melissa Scott now on 11775 (fair) via Caribbean
relay ; 13845 still silent at this location. 73 (Rick Barton, Cave
Creek , AZ, 1828 UT July 27, mobile - Sangean ATS-803A, base loaded
roof-mounted whip, ABDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DXLD)
WWCR again missing from 13845, July 28 at 1307, tho very good on
15825, superstrong as usual on 9980, and audible on 7490. So the
DGS/PMS University Network is outletless in the USA, but still
available from Anguilla on 11775. I suppose same WWCR transmitter is
missing from 5935 at night, tho unchecked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
WWCR mixing product, 4910, July 28, 0050 - very strong signal, an
annoying mixture of 9979.993 kHz - 5070.002 kHz = 4909.991 kHz. After
0100 UTC both frequencies now carrying Pastor Peter J. Peters off-key
singing, leaving 4910 kHz a de facto third Scriptures For America
frequency (Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA - http://www.bcdx.org
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST
** U S A [non]. These YFR tests (?) to SAm in English via Ascension
have been canceled: 22-01 on 9835, 00-03 on 7335, 9420, the latter two
clashing with Vatican and Greece respectively, and replaced with:
22-23 on 6035, 23-01 on 7235. None of this confirmed yet by monitoring
(Glenn Hauser, July 27, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
As expected, the YFR tests via Ascension are no longer heard on 9835,
but instead on 7235 July 28 at 0037, Harold Droning. Also no longer
heard on 9935 which was via Guiana French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Freqüência de 6035, 27/7 2251 (1951 [local]) uma radio ouvida com
sinal de 44444, não constant na lista (py5aap morato, gg46qu,
Cornelio Procopio-Pr- Br, dxclubepr yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DXLD)
** U S A [non]. NPR via AFRTS Guam, 5765-USB, quite listenable Sunday
July 26 at 1240-1248 with Will Shortz` puzzle segment on Weekend
Edition Sunday; static crashes still seem odd on a show normally heard
on pristine FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re 9-052: Follow-ups to the departure of RNI from WBCQ:
http://www.johnlightning.com/?p=151 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** U S A. News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-
2830 Released: July 15, 2009 Report No. 422 EXPERIMENTAL ACTIONS The
Commission, by its Office of Engineering and Technology, Experimental
Licensing Branch, granted the following experimental applications
during the period from 5/1/09 to 6/1/09:
WE2XZV DATRON WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0094-EX-PL-2009 New
experimental to operate on 2.1116 MHz, 4.8516 MHz, 5.1276 MHz, 6.9916
MHz, 10.3976 MHz, 11.0776 MHz, 12.9506 MHz, 14.5166 MHz, 16.4036 MHz,
18.6036 MHz, 20.9716 MHz, 26.2926 MHz, 27.3776 MHz and 27.4036 MHz to
test and develop standards for adaptive HF, VHF, and UHF radio
equipment. Fixed & Mobile Vista (San Diego), CA
WE2XXE GENERAL DYNAMICS AIS 0435-EX-PL-2008 New experimental to
operate in 3-7 MHz and 15-21 MHz for propagation studies for
development of potential enhancements to customer radio equipment and
procedures for operation in the high frequency (HF) band. Mobile:
Nellis Test and Training Range, Nellis AFB, NV (FCC via DXLD) More FCC
experimental actions: see OKLAHOMA
** U S A. As I tuned across 7 MHz in AM, July 24 at 1220, encountered
on 7210.0-LSB, speech in Spanish which even before switching to SSB
could tell was not in conversational tones required by ham radio. It
could have been a one-way clandestine broadcaster, but really just an
exile ham obviously reading a political polemic, anti-Chávez, Zelaya,
accusing Chávez of being a narcotraficante. Pause for ID as N1NR, in
contact with weaker signals, WT4WT, and W4N--. Then said he had been
reading from un periódico de Londres. 1227 moved on to recipes.
I previously logged him in January on same frequency, as in DXLD 9-002
under CUBA [non] and ARRL callsign lookup IDed N1NR as Roig, Nelson,
in Bushkill, PA. Now I also look up his contact, WT4WT, and he`s
Barreto, Sergio R, in Trenton, FL. The third one was probably W4NNN as
before, Carter, Robert V, in Conyers GA. BTW, Roig, of Catalan
provenance, I think is pronounced like `Roach`; but hams have a
pervasive aversion to pronouncing surnames at all (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also HONDURAS
** U S A. I was tuning around looking for amateur radio special events
to log as an SWLer. 6:15 pm [EDT = 2215 UT] Sunday 7/19 I caught Glen
Baxter K1MAN on 14222.0. He had an IARN show on. He told story of
Cronkite agreeing to do a K1MAN ID years ago. He aired the ID. This
eve Baxter also aired piece by Bill Pasternak (licensed ham) and a
writer for ARRL`s QST. Pasternak did an obit of Cronkite. I`m sure you
can find it on web.
Baxter told story of how Cronkite demanded he not run him voicing the
K1MAN ID. Baxter agreed only if Cronkite came on his show to explain
why. Cronkite refused.
The story went on to how Cronkite ageeed to do video and voiceovers,
two films for ARRL on ham radio, promoting the hobby.
So apparently Baxter is back on HF, 14222.0 USB. I don`t know for how
long. If his K1MAN has not been FCC renewed, how can he transmit/
broadcast?
P.S. Walter Cronkite, novice call KB2GSD. Walter Cronkite did pass a
code test given by two licensed hams who worked at CBS in NYC. But
Cronkite said he`d be too nervous to do copy at a license test. he
studied the technical part for his novice. Ham radio just part of more
comms aboard his magnificent sailboat (Robert E Thomas, Bridgeport CT,
July 19, by P-mail, not received until July 26 with wrong P O Box, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) In fact, the following on a card arrived first:
Quick note: I heard repeat of Glen Baxter K1MAN ``show`` which I first
heard Sunday with the tribute to late KB2GSD Walter Cronkite, his
career, the K1MAN/Cronkite/FCC/ARRL controversy and other items
including Sam [Voron] VK2BVS on IARN work recently in Somalia. So I
guess K1MAN will repeat Sunday first airing Mon-Sat, new show Sunday.
Today July 21 I heard it at 2200 UT on 14275. So check 272-275
depending on propagation/QRM/QRN (Bob Thomas, CT, July 21, by p-mail,
received July 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This is public license data from the FCC database.
BAXTER, GLENN A, K1MAN (Extra)
RR 1 BOX 776
BELGRADE LAKES, ME 04918
Licensee ID: L01043890
FRN: 0013793849
Issue Date: Oct 17, 1995
Expire Date: Oct 17, 2005
Date of last Change: Jul 22, 2009
Includes FCC actions through Jul 27, 2009
(ARRL callsign lookup July 28 via DXLD)
So his license expired almost 4 years ago, but he`s still on the
roster and made a ``change`` a few days ago?? (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. NPR COMPILES CRONKITE'S RADIO ESSAYS ONLINE
From 2001 to 2005, newsman Walter Cronkite, who died last week,
contributed occasional essays to NPR. Now listeners can hear those
once again on an NPR tribute page featuring the pieces.
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/cronkite/
(posted at 12:08 PM EST July 20, Current via DXLD)
Mike Todd`s food fight runs 12+ minutes. IIRC, Cronkite also did
regular, weekdaily? radio commentaries while he was with CBS (gh,
DXLD)
** U S A. Finally this week, we remember one of the legends of TV
news. Here's what we posted on a NERW Update just after the news broke
at week's end:
With the death of Walter Cronkite at 92 Friday evening, you'll be
reading plenty of tributes in the hours and days to come. They'll
recognize, properly, the instrumental role Cronkite played in
establishing TV news as a legitimate medium of record. They'll note
his passing just days before the 40th anniversary of one of his
seminal on-air moments, as he became the face and voice of man's
landing on the moon. They'll assess the many ways in which Cronkite's
successors, at CBS and elsewhere, have and have not lived up to the
legacy he left.
But what you probably won't hear is the story of how Walter Cronkite,
at a time when he was at the height of his influence, did something to
help inspire a six-year-old boy with big media dreams.
The year was 1978, the boy was your editor, and as kindergarten drew
to a close that spring, I was informing (or at least entertaining) my
classmates by doing "newscasts" in front of the blackboard in the
classroom. With six-year-old innocence, and at least a passing
familiarity with the media thanks to an aunt who worked at the local
CBS affiliate, it seemed entirely appropriate to send one of the
scripts from our little kindergarten newscast to the man whose
newscasts we watched over the dinner table every night.
So off went the letter, explaining - in kindergarten printing, I'm
sure - how much I admired Mr. Cronkite and how I hoped someday perhaps
to take his place behind the anchor desk at CBS.
A week or two went by, and right around the last day of school I came
home to find a fat gray envelope waiting for me, with the CBS logo in
big black print on the left side.
It would have been easy, and entirely reasonable, for the most famous
TV anchorman in the world to have a staffer send off a form letter, or
perhaps even an autographed photo. But that's not what Walter Cronkite
did.
Instead, the fat gray envelope contained this letter, on CBS
stationery, evidently typed by the man himself:
Dear Scott:
That was a fascinating newscast you and Jess and Jeffrey did on June
10th, and I'm very pleased that you sent me a copy of your script.
I have a feeling that if you keep up at this pace and get a good
education in school, then one day all three of you will be at the CBS
network.
Sincerely yours,
Walter Cronkite
June 26, 1978
But that wasn't all. In his own handwriting below the typed letter was
this: "P.S. I thought you might like to see one of our scripts. W.C."
And stuffed into that fat gray envelope was a complete teleprompter
roll from those days before electronic prompters, dozens of pages
long, right up to "And that's the way it is" - the very script that
had rolled in front of Uncle Walter on the night of Tuesday, June 27,
1978.
So know this about Walter Cronkite: the man who told the nation about
JFK and Vietnam and the moon landings and Watergate was not too big or
too self-impressed to take a few minutes to write back to a starry-
eyed kindergartner. [see original for illustrations:]
http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090720/nerw.html
It took nearly twenty years for that six-year-old would-be newscaster
to finally thank Walter Cronkite in person, and by then there was an
interesting irony: having continued on a path into the news business,
inspired in no small part by that letter back in 1978, your editor
ended up at WBZ in Boston.
By the time Cronkite showed up one night in the fall of 1996 to
promote his new book, WBZ's owner, Westinghouse, had acquired CBS -
and so that letter, long ago, that predicted that those kindergarten
newscasters might someday "be at CBS" had come true, in a way.
Know this, too, about Walter Cronkite: even at the age of 80, he had
already lost most of his hearing. So I'm not entirely sure that he
understood - even as I showed him that letter he'd written me long ago
- how much his small gesture back in 1978 meant to me.
So long, Uncle Walter --- and thank you (Scott Fybush, NE Radio Watch
July 20 via DXLD)
** U S A. MEMORIES OF MY ATOMIC YOUTH --- Some of my most vivid
memories from the late 1950s and early 1960s involve the old Civil
Defense (CD) program. White it seems like utter lunacy in retrospect,
quite a few Americans and government officials devoted a lot of time,
energy, and money back then to planning how to survive a nuclear war
with the Soviet Union. Seriously. . . [with great illustrations]
http://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/memories-of-my-atomic-youth.html
(Harry Helms blog July 25, via DXLD)
** U S A. First, the news from the New York Times, where the company's
lone radio property, WQXR (96.3 New York) was but a blip on the bottom
line compared to the company's mounting debt issues stemming from its
acquisition of the Boston Globe and its decision to build a new
headquarters tower at the height of the real estate market a few years
back.
Even as a relatively minor piece of the Times Company empire, though,
the signs were growing that WQXR had become expendable - first a rumor
earlier this year that the signal was being sold to become an FM
sports outlet, and then last Tuesday afternoon, the big news that WQXR
was indeed being sold after 65 years under Times ownership.
Here's how it will play out: the Times will sell WQXR's 96.3 signal, a
full class B from the Empire State Building, to Univision Radio for
$33.5 million and the license of Univision's WCAA (105.9 Newark NJ).
While Univision moves WCAA's "La Kalle" Spanish urban format down the
dial to the bigger 96.3 signal, the Times will sell the 105.9 signal -
along with WQXR's intellectual property - to public broadcaster WNYC,
which will pay $11.5 million to operate 105.9 as a noncommercial
classical station with the WQXR calls.
Note that price: for a full New York City class B FM, this deal puts
the price tag at $45 million. Even allowing for some unusual
circumstances here - the desire to protect the classical legacy of
WQXR, in particular - this represents a huge drop-off in station
values over just the last few years, as Univision ought to know, since
its predecessor Heftel bought the 105.9 signal (then WNWK) for roughly
ten times the $11.5 million that WNYC is paying for it. Even more
dramatically, Univision gets that big 96.3 signal for less than the
$60 million it paid a few years back for what's now WQBU (92.7 Garden
City), a class A signal on the Long Island/Queens line.
As for the future of WQXR, reactions were mixed last week. To some,
the sale by the Times will mark the end of WQXR as they've long known
it - the station's familiar air personalities will lose their jobs
with the sale, and while they'll have the chance to apply for work at
the new WNYC-owned WQXR on 105.9, it seems likely that only a few will
be hired. There's concern in the city's charitable circles that WNYC,
with its own fundraising obligations to meet (it's launching a $15
million campaign to cover the purchase of WQXR and initial operating
costs), won't be as supportive of New York's other arts organizations
as the Times-owned WQXR was. (And of course as a commercial station,
WQXR provided a venue to promote Broadway shows and other cultural
events that won't be able to advertise as openly on the new 105.9.)
Then there's the signal issue: while 105.9 broadcasts from the same
master antenna on the Empire State Building as 96.3, it runs just 610
watts ERP, compared to 6000 watts for the full class B signals. That's
still a formidable signal - it reaches about 13 million listeners,
compared to just over 16 million for the class B stations - but for
listeners in much of Long Island and parts of Westchester and southern
Connecticut, WQXR will still effectively vanish when it makes the
move.
But for WQXR listeners elsewhere in the metropolitan area, the deal
might be the best chance they'll have to retain a full-time classical
voice on the FM dial. For WNYC, the move presents an opportunity - at
a relative bargain price - to relieve the pressure on its main signal,
WNYC-FM (93.9), to serve both the classical audience and the growing
demand for more news and talk programming. With this deal, WNYC-FM
will become a full-time news/talk voice, shifting its remaining
classical programming up the dial to 105.9. And without the market
pressures that have threatened even the few remaining classical
signals that have moved to lesser commercial signals around the
country (think of the slow demise of stations like WGMS in Washington,
KXTR in Kansas City and perhaps even WCRB in Boston), there's little
doubt that WNYC will continue to run the new WQXR 105.9 as a classical
signal for many years to come (Scott Fybush, NE Radio Watch July 20
via DXLD)
** U S A. SPORTS ADDED TO OMAHA'S CLASSICAL KVNO
News that Omaha's KVNO, a full-time classical music station, will
begin airing live sports coverage in August has prompted a backlash
among listeners of the public radio station licensed to the University
of Nebraska at Omaha. "There were audible gasps in the hall" during a
recent chamber music concert when Oboist Darci Griffith announced that
sports broadcasts were coming to KVNO, the Omaha World-Herald reports.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20090721/NEWS01/707219942/0/FRONTPAGE
“Those people were KVNO fans, and no one had bothered to tell them,”
Griffith said. The schedule change will provide a new source of income
for the station because UNO's athletic department will pay the station
to carry its football, hockey and basketball games. Michael Hilt,
assistant dean of UNO's communications school, says the change
benefits students and preserves the majority of KVNO's schedule for
classical music (posted at 10:47 AM EST July 21, Current via DXLD)
** U S A. "Seattle news/talk station KUOW is reëvaluating its plans
for an FM signal it’s been leasing in Tacoma, Wash., after a
feasibility study revealed that prospective donors weren’t inclined to
back a capital campaign to buy the station. KUOW began broadcasting
its alternative news stream three years ago on KXOT, the 91.7 FM
frequency held by Boulder-based Public Radio Capital. Under its five-
year operating agreement, the Seattle outlet has until next July to
exercise its option to buy the channel. ...
With KUOW and KXOT to choose from, Tacoma listeners can hear 'any good
program' that’s produced for public radio, Roth said, including
programs from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Deutsche Welle, and
a mix of Public Radio Exchange’s independently produced fare. But KUOW
hasn’t had enough money to promote the service, and has been
disappointed by the audience response to it." Current, 6 July 2009.
Posted: 23 Jul 2009 (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
Much of KXOT`s foreign content comes from overnight relays of WRN.
This should include WORLD OF RADIO Sundays at 1:30 am PT, as on the
WRN schedule:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/schedules/schedule.php?ScheduleID=2&CurrentTZID=2&Show=weekend
But the KXOT grid just gives an incomplete generalized list of
services within that WRN block from 2300 local until 0500 weekdays,
0700 weekends, the latter being ``(Voice of Russia, Radio Prague,
Radio Korea, Radio Romania, Channel Africa, Radio New Zealand, Radio
Netherlands)`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, KPHX, AZ, Phoenix: Per Phoenix New Times, station will
drop its “Lounge Sound” contemporary standards July 6 and return to
liberal talk, featuring Dial Global hosts Bill Press, Stephanie
Miller, Thom Hartmann and Ed Schultz; Premiere’s Randi Rhodes and
self-syndicated Mike Malloy. Liberal talk left KPHX for the now-
defunct KNUV-1190 on New Year’s Day (Dale Park, HI, NRC DX News July
20 via DXLD)
** U S A. Re: "CDC Radio" on 87.9 MHz in Atlanta --- I was able to
make a recording of the 4 min. 20 sec. loop being broadcast from "CDC
Radio" at 87.9 MHz (presumably) from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention campus off of Clifton Road in Atlanta. The recording is
available through the following link... http://bit.ly/c2Lys
The program loop includes information about the H1N1 flu (Swine flu)
in English and Spanish with a station ID as "CDC Radio". No FCC ID is
announced. The signal is low power and only can be heard in the
immediate surrounding communities (- Harry Smith, July 23, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. INTERESTING LOW POWER STATION IN DALLAS
http://tinyurl.com/ksufnh
This is an interesting listing in the FCC data base. It is described
as a LP Broadcast Auxiliary Low Power which is not a TIS. I heard it
in May 2004 on 1680 and it was functioning as a TIS, and I am not sure
if it is still on the air. It was sponsored by the Dallas Downtown
Improvement District and broadcast a 1:40 long loop tape with
announcements for current events in Downtown Dallas.
I could not find any call letters for this station. Does anyone know
if calls for this station exist? Note this is not the same license as
the DFW TIS, which happens to be licensed to the same frequency 1680
(Bill Harms, MD, July 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Did you hear it from Maryland? FCC page says it is `dismissed` (gh)
No, I heard in Downtown Dallas. You can hear my recording at
http://dxclipjoint.com/bill/001680-downtown-dallas-tis-20040530-1330.mp3
There are references to the station with little detail at the
following URLs:
http://www.downtowndallas.org/OurPrograms/Safety.aspx
http://tinyurl.com/ndwuy2
(Bill Harms, ibid.)
I don't see any call letters listed for the station and it looks like
the station license may have expired (Paul B. Walker, IRCA via DXLD)
That is pretty much what I found on the internet. I was wondering if I
had missed something. Did this station ever have call letters?
Although it was broadcasting as a TIS, the license was not for a
normal TIS. I wonder why (Bill Harms, ibid.)
** U S A. KTVT-11 desperate to get back on UHF
WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH? CBS11 WANTS A NEW ONE
07/21/09 10:41 AM By ED BARK
Citing a "massive decline" in ratings and "thousands of complaints"
from viewers after the June 12th transition from analog to digital, D-
FW's CBS11 (KTVT) has an "urgent" request before the Federal
Communications Commission. Namely, the station wants a new frequency
in hopes of stopping the bleeding.
This is where it gets a bit complicated unless you're an engineer or
otherwise well-schooled in "post-transition digital allotments." But
CBS11's petition to the FCC, a copy of which has been obtained by
unclebarky.com, is crystal-clear in charting the audience losses the
station has suffered at the dawning of the digital age.
Since the transition, KTVT "has received several thousand telephone
calls and email messages from viewers complaining about the
difficulties receiving its signal," the station says. "The majority of
these complaints are from viewers who utilize 'rabbit ears' and other
indoor antenna systems, and who live more than 15 miles from the KTVT
transmitter site . . . While KTVT has attempted to help these viewers
receive its signal, it has become apparent that their reception
problems are not susceptible of a ready cure."
Using Nielsen Media Research figures, CBS11's petition says the
station's over-the-air prime-time (7 to 10 p.m.) ratings dropped 57
percent from the pre-digital week of June 1st to the post-digital week
of June 22nd. But among viewers with digital-friendly cable, the
dropoff was just 1.9 percent, CBS11 says.
"There is only one possible explanation for an over-the-air ratings
decline of this magnitude over a few short weeks and without any
significant change in programming," the station says. "Quite simply,
large numbers of over-the-air viewers are no longer able to receive
KTVT's signal."
Hoping to change this picture before the start of the fall season,
CBS11 is asking the FCC to grant use of Channel 19 as its post-
transition frequency for non-cable or satellite subscribers using
converter boxes to get the station's signal.
KTVT was allotted Channel 11 as its post-digital frequency, but that's
been a disaster, the station says. Its sister station, TXA21, allotted
Channel 19 by the FCC, instead would use Channel 18 if KTVT's petition
is granted. The petition was filed on July 16th.
Maybe this is enough to make many a reader's head spin. But the stakes
are high, particularly in a fall season in which CBS will combat NBC's
Monday-to-Friday, 9 p.m. Jay Leno show with four proven crime series -
- CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, The Mentalist, Numb3rs -- and the promising new
legal drama The Good Wife, starring Julianna Margulies. Every fraction
of a rating point counts under such circumstances.
Monday's prime-time ratings weren't that bad for CBS11, though. The
station easily won the 9 p.m. hour in total viewers with a CSI: Miami
repeat. It also topped the 8 to 9 p.m. slot with reruns of Two and a
Half Men and The Big Bang Theory. And its 7 to 8 p.m. reprises of How
I Met Your Mother and Rules of Engagement were a close second to ABC's
"Men Tell All" recap of The Bachelorette.
Would those numbers be better if CBS11 is granted a new post-analog
frequency to serve viewers relying on converter boxes?
The station clearly would love to find out.
http://unclebarky.com/dfw_files/999de3eaef9544e2295512332485f992-1176.html
(July 22 via Brock Whaley, Oahu, DX Listening Digest)
Glen[n]- How would changing channels 19 to channel 18 help in
reception at home? Why don't they just go to full power? (Willis Monk,
TN, ibid.)
Read the article again: they are currently on 11, while their sub-
station is on 19; KTVT wants to go back to 19 and shift other to 18
(gh)
Willis, I can't answer for Glenn; but this move will put KTVT-DT and
KTXA-DT back where they were before June 12. KTXA was on 18, while
KTVT was on 19. I wonder if WFAA-DT8 and KFWB-DT9 are claiming to have
audience loss due to their VHF channels. As you know, WFAA-DT was on
channel 9 for about ten years (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport, LA, WTFDA
via DXLD)
Glenn, It would be interesting to see if the same has happened in
other markets.
Here in Taiwan when stations started to switch to digital, the
government body that regulates TV and radio said that all stations
MUST also stay on analogue. Originally there was a plan to switch off
and go 100% digital, but enough people protested so that was reversed.
It was the same case with digital radio. In fact digital radio in
Taiwan is almost dead. Sangean, who has a range of DAB radios, told me
the sales of the receivers in Taiwan dropped to less than 2% last
year. Their largest market is the UK. They have since stopped selling
DAB radios in Taiwan as there is no market. In 2004 Taipei had 11
stations using DAB; since then 10 have gone back to regular FM.
China now has a plan in place to switch. The different is, they will
switch, no ands, ifs, or buts about it. Since everything is government
controlled, people won't have any say or choice (Keith Perron, Taiwan,
ibid.)
It is happening in several other markets --- either that or power
increases on the VHF channel. DTV is a done deal in the USA; unlike
radio, there is no going back to analog and we have already had many
years of transition with both (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
** U S A. Those "vacated" channels at the bottom of the TV dial may
fill up faster than expected in some big markets. We've already
reported on the surge in demand from low-power TV stations for new
berths on channel 6, where continued analog LPTV operation makes it
possible to function as pseudo-FM stations on 87.7. In some cities,
other newly-vacated low-VHF channels are being filled by LPTVs as
well; for instance, WNYW's now-former channel 5 slot in New York
already has a digital LP construction permit for a new occupant.
Full-power use of those vacated channels, though, was supposed to be
far in the future, if it happened at all, since the FCC is apparently
in no hurry at all to thaw the long-frozen allocations table to allow
for new digital-only allotments. But when there's a huge prize to be
had - signals over two of the nation's largest TV markets - there's no
underestimating how far the creativity of a good communications lawyer
can go toward finding an unusual way to shoehorn new stations onto the
dial.
That's the long way around to explaining why NEW JERSEY's Press
Communications quietly bought two tiny TV stations out west - NBC
affiliate KJWY (Channel 2) in Jackson, Wyoming and independent KVNV
(Channel 3) in Ely, Nevada - and why it's apparently poised to move
those stations right into the heart of the Philadelphia and New York
TV markets, respectively.
The loophole that makes those moves possible dates back a quarter of a
century, to the mid-80s controversy over the lack of local TV presence
in both New Jersey and Delaware. An amendment to the Communications
Act of 1933 established a way for states with no commercial VHF
stations - a list that included only New Jersey and Delaware - to gain
such operations: it provided that any licensee that notified the FCC
that it was willing to accept reallocation to a VHF-less state would
immediately be granted a license for the moved operation, bypassing
just about every other provision of the Act except for spacing
requirements.
The provision was very narrowly targeted, aimed entirely at moving New
York's WOR-TV (Channel 9) to Secaucus, N.J., a move owner RKO accepted
in order to be allowed to sell the station instead of losing the
license as part of the investigation into RKO's billing practices. But
long after channel 9 made the move - and long after it was clear that
the "move" didn't prevent channel 9, now WWOR, from continuing to be a
"New York" station, transmitting from Manhattan and serving the entire
metro area - the rule stayed on the books, apparently never to be used
again.
With the DTV transition looming, though, the lawyers at Fletcher,
Heald and Hildreth spotted an opportunity: since WWOR's digital signal
is on channel 38, New Jersey would end up once again bereft of VHF
stations. With the channel 2 stations in New York City and Baltimore
vacating that spot, and channel 3 in Philadelphia and Hartford going
empty as well, there was suddenly spectrum available for VHF
allotments in both New Jersey and Delaware...and a law on the books
that appeared to give that spectrum to any station willing to make the
move, just for the asking.
And so Press notified the FCC last Monday that it was "willing to
accept" reallocations that would move KJWY's channel 2 from Jackson to
Wilmington, Delaware, and KVNV's channel 3 from Ely to Middletown
Township, New Jersey - with strongly-worded language making it clear
that it believes the Commission is compelled by the language of
Section 331(a) of the Communications Act to immediately grant those
moves.
It should come as no surprise, of course, that the new "Delaware" and
"New Jersey" stations would have their sights set on the bigger
markets next door: Channel 2 would transmit with 10 kW/845' from the
Roxborough tower farm in Philadelphia, while Channel 3 would have 10
kW/860' from the Four Times Square tower in Manhattan, making both
signals full-market (within the limitations of low-band VHF) in their
respective markets.
What's in it for the people of Delaware and New Jersey? Probably not
all that much: in a Delaware newspaper interview, Press CEO Bob
McAllan (the managing member of "PMCM, LLC," the licensee of KJWY and
KVNV) wouldn't even go so far as to commit to local studios in either
state, promising only that the stations' programming, once moved,
"might be something you haven't seen before."
Given the FCC's current lax requirements for local news - and the lack
of a requirement for a main studio in the city of license, a rule that
at least obliged WWOR to move its studio from Times Square to Secaucus
back in the day - it appears, to us at least, that there's little to
stop the new channel 3 and channel 2 from setting up shop right in
Manhattan and Philadelphia, respectively, yielding new stations in
those cities at an amazing bargain price: PMCM paid just $1.2 million
for those two licenses in Nevada and Wyoming, and surely far less than
that for the legal work to get the stations moved.
The big question, then, is whether the FCC will indeed grant the
moves. We're not lawyers here - but our reading of Section 331(a)
suggests that the Commission would have a hard time saying no. Unless
Delaware and New Jersey get VHF allocations some other way - say, by
WPVI or WABC or WPIX trading their VHF allotments to commercial
broadcasters on UHF in Delaware or New Jersey, a prospect that seems
unlikely - the FCC appears to be required to do just what PMCM says it
must, though of course there's nothing saying they have to hurry up
about it.
And while the FCC is loath to set precedents like this, it appears to
us that there's no precedent to be set: once the KJWY and KVNV moves
are granted, there would be no states without VHF commercial stations
(meaningless though that distinction is in the channel-mapped DTV
world), and thus no further application of Section 331(a) - so perhaps
the FCC will be inclined to simply get these two moves over with
(Scott Fybush, NE Radio Watch June 22 via DXLD)
** VANUATU. Schedule of R. Vanuatu on 3945 with the new 10 kW
transmitter has been changed from 07-20 UT to: 19-11 UT, as of July 20
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST) However:
3945, R. Vanuatu (presumed), 1120-1138 Jul 18. Sounded like island-
flavored pop tunes hosted by M in English. Fair strength but hard to
make out words (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100-
foot RW, July 26, Cumbre DX via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DXLD)
Vanuatu (presumed): R Vanuatu, 3945 at 1105z, only music heard just
above the noise level. No hams on channel this morning. I'll keep
checking this every weekday morning for a better signal (Jerry
Lenamon, Waco Texas, Eton E-1 with sloper, July 23, dxldyg via WORLD
OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA. (tentative) Voice of Tanzania, Zanzibar, 6015,
July 24, *0257 - generally poor signal, chatter in presumed Swahili,
Hi-Life music. Slowly fading, no sunrise at transmitter enhancement
noted at 0330 UT (Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, http://www.bcdx.org
Perseus SDR - Wellbrook ALA100, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Harmonic on 2859.8: see COSTA RICA
UNIDENTIFIED. CLANDESTINES: 4799.97, UNID Near East Clandestine with
jamming, 0230-0250, Jul 21, Vernacular talk and native singing, maybe
the Voice of Iranian Kurdistan with new time and frequency, as nothing
was heard on usual 4835-4886, 22222 (Anker Petersen, Skovlunde,
Denmark, DSWCI DX Window July 21 via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6701 kHz USB Broadcast --- Hi, since some weeks I could
get (nearly?) daily around 0300 UT on 6701 kHz USB an Arab language
spoken station. It started with a Muezzin "call for prayer" into
religious talks / speeches and chats.
One of my first ideas was that it might be a kind of Mosque or BC
feeder / relay. If in English I would also express the idea of an
announcement or "Wake-up" broadcast for a "Scout camp"...hi
Maybe a similar "motivation" service for remote camps of any Northern
African/Arab military or any "inofficial" militia? 73, (Tom DL8AAM,
July 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Tom, Could it be related to:
6701 SAUDI ARABIA ATC [air traffic control] USB, per
http://www.textfiles.com/hamradio/FREQUENCIES/mideast.ham
(Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, USA, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, ibid.)
Hi Ron, thanks you for your feedback, but I don't think that this
broadcast is ATC related. On another list a member wrote that Radio
Solh of AFG is listed for 6700 kHz.
``I have for 6700 khz Radio Solh listed, a US army managed propaganda
radio station located at Kandahar airfield Afghanistan.``
but I don't think that it's Radio Solh as the program style do not
match.
E.g. http://www.evrel.ewf.uni-erlangen.de/pesc/peaceradio-AFG.html
says
``Radio Solh broadcasts a programme of music popular in the region as
well as announcements in Dari, Pashtu and other regional languages
offering rewards for information about the whereabouts of Usamah >Bin-
Ladin and its network.``
But I never heard any music, only pure fundamental-sounding religious
items, each "second word" is Quaran, "... Rassul Allah" etc. which
would more match with a strictly fundamentalist program format.
Maybe an Anti-Solh station of the Taliban, but in this case "why in
SSB/USB"?
I think not many receivers in the "open public" of that region have a
SSB button; most would be of the cheap "5 $"-category of Chinese built
origin (I have one of them in my collection...hi, but brought it on a
remote rural market - I think it was - in Malawi).
SSB would speak for a "utility" feeder or it is directed for military/
militia radio operators, who might relay it into any "camp loudspeaker
radio" or "elevator radio" in the breakfast room...hi. Or it's just a
"channel-marker" for any possible 2-way communications later?
I remember that the Belarussian Military did (does?) so. They relay a
local FM broadcaster on HF/SSB between their military comms to hold
the channel and/or the entertain the radio OPs ;-) Therefore they
would have a good reason to listen to the local FM pop radio while on
duty ;-)
BTW, last night it started at around 0307 or 0308 UT, not on the hour.
73, (Tom, WORLD OF RADIO 1471, ibid.)
And R. Solh no longer exists, anyway (gh, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. As I started to downscan the 16m SWBC band, July 24 at
1350, first came upon some weak intermittent 2-way SSB intruder, which
I think was centered on 17896.5, and sounded like Chinese rather than
Spanish. Needs much further checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
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PUBLICATIONS
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by Ian McFarland and DXer.ca, a panel of experts explains how we got
here from there. The panel includes Ian McFarland, John Figliozzi, Kim
Elliott, Jeff White and Bob Zanotti - men with strong opinions and
lots of experience. Their lively panel discussion captures the spirit
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CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
DX-MEETING AT INTERNATIONALE FUNK AUFSTELLUNG IN BERLIN
For many years it has been a good old tradition that radio hobbyists
travel to Berlin for the international radio and television exhibition
"Funkausstellung" (IFA) and there has also been existing a meeting for
all friends of shortwave. So we invite all DX-ers to a meeting in
Berlin on Sep 05, 2009 to indulge in their common hobby. The opening
will be at 5 o'clock pm
(CEST) and the meeting will presumably be finished by 11 o'clock pm
(CEST). This time we will meet at the restaurant "en passant",
Schönhauser Allee 58, 10437 Berlin. It is very easy to find. Go by
underground (U-Bahn) or city train (S-Bahn) and leave the train at
"Schönhauser Allee". After a few footsteps you will see the
restaurant. If you need help, check: http://maps.google.de The search
words are: en passant, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.
This time we will have a special guest, Mr. Thomas Schubaur. He is the
leader of the adxb-DL. The adxb-DL is a club for "young" DX-ers and
members of the AGDX, the patron of all German speaking DX clubs. You
will be able to learn more about that club at our meeting. The adxb-DL
will organize and sponsor some games where you will be able to win
some prizes.
Some radio stations like Vatican R, Voice of Vietnam, R Canada
International and R Romania International have donated some station
souvenirs for our listeners’ meeting, too. And perhaps there will be
some other surprise guests. We are looking forward to everybody who
wants to attend our DX meeting! A warm welcome and best regards from
Berlin (Andreas Muecklich, Berlin, Germany, DSWCI DX Window July 21
via DXLD)
More details in German about the exhibition:
http://www1.messe-berlin.de/vip8_1/website/Internet/Internet/www.ifa-berlin/deutsch/index.html
(Erik Koie, Holte, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window July 21 via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV see U S A: KTVT
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM see also ECUADOR; NIGERIA
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Belgium-based TDPradio has expanded the reach of its dance music
programming across Asia. The station, which aims to be a global
broadcaster, has been broadcasting across Europe and the northeastern
United States on shortwave since 2003. In July, TDPradio added
transmissions to Asia from the CVC Network Ltd. shortwave site on the
Cox Peninsula in Australia's Northern Territory. To help ensure high-
quality audio via shortwave, TDPradio is using Digital Radio Mondiale
(DRM) technology for its broadcasts. 'This station has something for
all dance music lovers and it showcases how great music sounds when
broadcasting using DRM,' stated TDPradio Program Manager Daniël
Versmissen. The Asia broadcasts air 07:00–08:00 UTC on 17755 kHz
across Asia." Radio World, 6 July 2009 (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
TDPradio has no DJs or announcements. Just dance music, all at the
same determined tempo, with rare lyrics. In stereo, it does give DRM
shortwave a workout. I listen occasionally at 2300-2400 UT via the
Radio Canada International transmitter in Sackville, New Brunswick.
Most evenings, the audio pops in and (to the dismay of all the
dancers) out.
I recently tried out the Uniwave Di-Wave DRM receiver for two
evenings. Each evening it used up a set of four C-cell batteries, but
it did receive DRM as well as my RFSpace SDR-IQ software defined
receiver, which must be used with a PC and, for DRM reception, a
second sound card. On the third evening, with its third set of
batteries, the Uniwave refused to turn on. And so ended my trial of
the Uniwave Di-Wave DRM receiver. It was a prototype, and sometimes
the bugs are not yet worked out. Posted: 21 Jul 2009 (Kim Andrew
Elliott, ibid.)
COMMENTARY
++++++++++
10 YEARS LEFT FOR DOMESTIC BROADCASTING ON THE TROPICAL BANDS !
The number of Domestic broadcasting stations on the Tropical Bands
(120, 90 and 60 mb) continues to go steady downwards. According to the
Domestic Broadcasting Survey-11 (DBS-11), published in May 2009 by the
DSWCI, 235 frequencies were heard in the frequency range of 2200 to
5800 kHz by DX-ers around the world during the past year. Countries
like Brazil, Peru, China, India, Papua New Guinea and Bolivia are
still dominating the Tropical Bands.
That are 23 frequencies less than the year before. Most of these
stations have disappeared in South America and the Pacific. Simple
calculations indicate that there will not be many left in year 2020.
In March this year, I travelled through western Senegal. This flat
African country dropped shortwave 15 years ago and is nowadays
exclusively using FM. I heard 186 FM-transmitters in use! In addition
Senegal has at least 32 stations broadcasting live audio on the
internet. In this decade I have seen the same trend in Thailand, Peru
and Bolivia. But because of the terrain, Peru and Bolivia still needs
to use shortwave to reach some of its remote valleys and jungle areas.
The more poor countries, like the much smaller The Gambia in West
Africa, can only afford a few FM-stations. I heard 12 FM-stations in
addition to mediumwave. They are not yet broadcasting on the internet.
Other poor countries still broadcast on shortwave, but most
transmitters are in a bad maintenance state.
As editor of the DBS my task is, throughout the year until the next
publication, to check the bands myself and follow the loggings from
our members and other DX-ers around the world. For each frequency on
the list, a note is taken of the months when it has been heard. If a
station has not been heard by any DX-er during the past 12 months, it
is deleted. By this measure, the DBS contains only the active domestic
broadcasting stations.
With this systematic registration of broadcasting stations on the
Tropical Bands each year, it is possible to make some statistics on
how many frequencies were active in each region of the world and
compare these numbers.
I have selected our annual Tropical Band Surveys published with 12
years intervals in 1973, 1985, 1997 and 2009, the latter is now called
a part of the DBS. I have then counted the number of active Domestic
Broadcasting stations between 2.200 and 5.800 kHz. International
broadcasters, Clandestine and Pirate stations are not included in
these statistics. I must stress that particularly International
broadcasting on the Tropical Bands does not seem threatened by the
trend mentioned above. But the future for International broadcasting
on 75 and 49-11 mb is outside the scope of this analysis.
Active domestic transmitters on 2200 - 5800 kHz
Region 1973 1985 1997 2009
Central Africa 102 76 40 18
Southern Africa 57 39 33 8
Middle East 9 4 1 0
Indian Subcontinent 62 45 45 29
South East Asia 40 29 21 4
Indonesia 171 105 65 13
China, Taiwan, Mongolia 119 110 75 32
CIS (former USSR) 61 59 47 7
Far East 38 28 28 9
Papua New Guinea 17 20 20 15
Australia and other Pacific 10 4 13 8
Central America, Mexico 21 23 24 5
Caribbean 29 3 3 2
Northwestern South America 98 41 19 3
Ecuador 47 33 22 5
Peru 78 69 78 28
Bolivia 35 42 25 14
Brazil 107 87 67 35
Southern South America 5 2 1 0
Total 1106 819 627 235
Stations on the Tropical Bands which have closed down in 2007-2008,
including International stations and Clandestines:
kHz kW Station Country Last log
2368,5 1 R Symban, Peats Ridge, Gosford Australia JUN08
2460 - Super R Alvorada, R. Branco, AC Brazil SEP07
3235 0,5 R Guaruja Paulista, Marilia, SP Brazil JUN08
3266,4 10 RRI Gorontalo, CG Indonesia DEC07
3270 100 WWRB, Manchester, Tennessee USA [just QSY --- gh] OCT08
3291,1 10 Voice of Guyana, Sparendaam Guyana JUL07
3355 10 R Simbu, Kundiawa Papua N. Guinea OCT07
3375 5 R Educadora, Guajara Mirim, RO Brazil NOV08
3375 5 R Clube, Dourados, MS Brazil MAY07
3375,1 1 R San Antonio, Padua de Callalli Peru FEB08
3380 - Centro Radiofonico de Imbabura Ecuador NOV07
3880 - Voice of Iranian Revolution, No. Iraq Clandestine OCT08
3880 - Voice of the Communist Party of Iran Clandestine OCT08
3935 1 ZLXA, R Reading Sce., Levin New Zealand NOV08
3960 100 R Racja, via Sitkunai, Lithuania Clandestine DEC08
3965 100 R Free Europe, via Biblis Germany FEB08
3975 250 Magyar R, Jaszbereny Hungary OCT08
4366 - Voice of Iranian Revolution, No. Iraq Clandestine OCT08
4366 - Voice of the Communist Party of Iran Clandestine OCT08
4523 - R Superior, Bambamarca, Cajamarca Peru JAN08
4556,9 0,2 R Paititi, Guayaramerin, Beni Bolivia JUL07
4600,8 0,2 Perla del Acre, Cobija, Pando Bolivia NOV07
4655,2 - R Centinela del Norte, Cortegana Peru OCT07
4675 - Voice of Free Kurdistan Clandestine DEC07
4755,2 1 Pacific Missionary Aviation, Pohnpei Micronesia NOV07
4762,8 - R Chicha, Tocla, Nor-Chichas, Potosi Bolivia OCT07
4781,6 3 R Oriental, Tena, Napo Ecuador DEC07
4785,1 10 R Caiari, Porto Velho, RO Brazil OCT07
4805 - R San Juan, Huamanga, Ayacucho Peru MAY08
4830 50 R Kashmir, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir India SEP07
4835,6 100 R Mali, Kati, Bamako Mali OCT07
4874,6 10 RRI Sorong, PP Indonesia MAR07
4886,6 1 R Virgen del Carmen, Yananaco Peru JAN08
4890 40 NBC, Port Moresby Papua N. Guinea JUL07
4895 5 R Globo, Manaus, AM Brazil DEC07
4955 2,5 R Clube, Rondonopolis, MT Brazil AUG07
4958,1 3 R Difusora Tropico, Trinidad, Beni Bolivia SEP07
4960 50 AIR Ranchi, Jharkhand India MAR07
4960 1 Catholic R Network/R Maria, Vanimo Papua N.Guinea JAN08
4990,9 5 R Ancash, Huaraz, Ancash Peru NOV07
5005,8 1 Radio LTC, Juliaca, San Roman, Puno Peru DEC07
5010 1 HRMI, La Voz de Misiones Int. Honduras APR07
5019,8 5 R Horizonte, Chachapoyas, AM PRU JAN08
5026 10 R Uganda, Kampala Uganda MAR07
5030 20 University Network, Cahuita Costa Rica OCT07
5040 10 R Difusora Catolica Cultural, Macas Ecuador AUG07
5040 - Hrvatski R, Deanovec, Spurious Croatia JUL07
5040,6 50 Myanma R, Yangon, Yegu Myanmar APR08
5050 0,4 Yolnu R/ARDS, Humpty Doo Australia DEC07
5470 10 R Veritas, Monrovia Liberia OCT07
5544,6 - R San Andres, Cutervo, Cajamarca Peru JUL07
5602,6 - R La Voz de los Andes, El Higueron Peru OCT07
(Anker Petersen-DEN, dswci DXW July 21 via BC-DX via DXLD) sic without
accents, with commas instead of decimals (gh)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels during 20 - 21
July. Activity increased to major storm levels from 0300 - 1200 UTC on
22 July. Activity decreased to quiet to unsettled levels for the
remainder of the day and continuing through 25 July. Activity
decreased to quiet levels at all latitudes on 26 July. ACE solar wind
measurements indicated the storm conditions on 22 July were associated
with the onset of a coronal hole high-speed wind stream. Solar wind
velocities began to gradually increase early on 22 July and eventually
reached a maximum of 601 km/sec at 24/0158 UTC. Velocities gradually
decreased during the rest of the period. Interplanetary magnetic field
(IMF) changes associated with the onset of the high-speed stream
included an increase in IMF Bt (peak 18 nT at 22/0533 UTC) and a
sustained period of southward IMF Bz (minimum -18 nT at 22/0703 UTC).
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 29 JULY - 24 AUGUST 2009
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 be at high levels during 21 -
22 August. Normal to moderate flux levels are expected during the rest
of the period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet
levels during 29 July - 04 August. Quiet levels, with isolated
unsettled periods, are expected during 05-06 August due to a recurrent
coronal hole. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during
07 - 08 August. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels
during 09 - 10 August, again due to recurrence. A decrease to quiet
levels is expected during 11 - 17 August. A subsequent increase to
active to minor storm levels is expected on 18 August due to another
recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to
decrease to unsettled levels on 19 August followed by a further
decrease to quiet levels during the rest of the period.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2009 Jul 28 2021 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 2009 Jul 28
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2009 Jul 29 69 5 2
2009 Jul 30 70 5 2
2009 Jul 31 70 5 2
2009 Aug 01 70 5 2
2009 Aug 02 70 5 2
2009 Aug 03 70 5 2
2009 Aug 04 70 5 2
2009 Aug 05 70 8 3
2009 Aug 06 70 7 3
2009 Aug 07 69 5 2
2009 Aug 08 68 5 2
2009 Aug 09 68 8 3
2009 Aug 10 68 8 3
2009 Aug 11 68 5 2
2009 Aug 12 68 5 2
2009 Aug 13 68 5 2
2009 Aug 14 68 5 2
2009 Aug 15 68 5 2
2009 Aug 16 68 5 2
2009 Aug 17 68 5 2
2009 Aug 18 68 18 5
2009 Aug 19 68 8 3
2009 Aug 20 68 5 2
2009 Aug 21 69 7 3
2009 Aug 22 70 5 2
2009 Aug 23 70 5 2
2009 Aug 24 70 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1471, DXLD) ###