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** AUSTRALIA. HF radio weather services

There are adverts in the weekend press advising of changes to HF radio
weather services, "providing improved services for the high seas and
Australian coastal areas through new transmitters".

From 1 July, frequencies and voice schedules will change. Service
users are urged to test their equipment and tune to the best
frequency.

More info at: http://www.bom.gov.au/marine

Advert also says that VHF broadcasts are being introduced for
some areas by state maritime agencies and volunteer coastguard
groups (Matt Francis, Australia, June 28, ARDXC via DXLD)

Namely, change to only two HF stations:
VMC Australia Weather East/VMW Australia Weather West
http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/marine_weather_radio.shtml
(via Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

** BELARUS. Radio Stalitsa, 24 June, 0337, 11960, morning exercises in
Russian. Info broadcast in Belarussian followed then. SINPO 35443.
(Dmitry Puzanov, Kustanay, Kazakhstan) Radio Station Belarus`, in
Russian, 17 June, starting at 2000. Fair but a bit hummy on 7210 kHz,
44333. Very bad on 7105 kHz (31331), subject to severe QRM by Radio
Sawa in Arabic (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia, Signal June 29 via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. O biólogo e radioescuta Paulo Roberto e Souza, de Tefé(AM),
relata que a Rádio Educação Rural, da cidade de Coari(AM), emite na
freqüência de 5035 kHz, entre 1000 e 1300. A emissora retransmite
noticiários da Rede Católica de Rádio. Pertence à Fundação Santíssimo
Redentor, de Manaus(AM), e seu lema é "uma rádio a serviço da
evangelização". A programação local da Rádio Educação Rural é voltada
para os ouvintes da cidade e zona rural vizinha de Coari, com música,
informação e prestação de serviço (Célio Romais, @tividade DX June 29
via DXLD)

** BRAZIL [non]. By the way, I found ballgame coverage on ERT
Thessaloniki (11595), Polskie Radio (225), Radio Rossii (17660), REE
(15585), YLE (11755). The match was not covered by the BBC-
Worldservice, Hrvatska Radio (9830) as well as Cesky Rozhlas (FM or
639/270). Regards, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. New station on 1610: Looks like Canada's first full-time
x-bander has hit the airwaves tonight. They're playing continuous
Caribbean-style French music... no IDs heard yet, but judging from the
strength here, this has to be the Montreal station that was approved
last year by the CRTC. I haven't heard what the callsign is supposed
to be, but they are 1 kW, so they should be widely heard. This pretty
much puts the lid on TIS DXing for me... :-(

[Later:] For the past half hour or so, they've just been running an
open carrier. Power level appears to be fluctuating too. You may have
to wait for another night to snag them (Barry McLarnon, somewhere in
Canada, June 28, NRC-AM via DXLD)

[non]. I'm really surprised that many people haven`t jumped at putting
a station on 1610. This freq has the ability to be received by most of
the older analog AM radios, thus making it receivable by almost all
radios. I wouldn`t be concerned about any secondary users. Once I went
on, they would have to move, and I wouldn`t have to pay for them to
move. Maybe I'll apply for that position here in Florida. Then someone
can buy me out for 50 grand or so... (Paul Smith W4KNX Sarasota, FL,
ibid.)

Why would Canada do that? With all their abandoning of AM frequencies,
why interfere with hundreds of TIS stations? CIAO in Brampton is a fun
DX catch, but why [not?] 530? 73 (-Kyle, ibid.)

Good question, especially considering that there are abandoned
allotments for the Montreal area (e.g., 1410) that could have been
used. Perhaps the x-band frequency was preferred by the applicant to
avoid the expense of putting up a directional array, which would no
doubt be required for frequencies such as 1410. Why 1610 in particular
was approved is not clear. I suspect that they did not have to do the
sort of interference studies regarding their impact on TIS stations
that would apply to regular broadcast stations. Given a choice of ex-
band frequencies, it is pretty obvious why they would opt for 1610. >
CIAO in Brampton is a fun DX catch, but why 530? No clue. Anybody? The
1610 station is again playing franco-caribbean type music tonight.
(Barry McLarnon, QC, June 29, NRC-AM via DXLD)

I received a phone call from a local broadcast engineer in Montreal
who had worked with the owners of this station several months back.
He helped them out with the preparation of their application to the
CRTC and with their initial engineering specs. He is no longer working
with the operation, and was quite surprised to hear that they were on
the air.

It appears that the station may actually be illegally transmitting.
Although this station, owned by a prominent member of the Haitian
community in Montreal, has received an approval from the CRTC, it is
believed that they did not file an official request to begin testing.

Also, they are not identifying themselves. According to CRTC
regulations, they should be IDing regularly and making an announcement
to the effect, plus asking people hearing them to report the quality
of reception and to ask if there are any interference problems.

I have been told that a complaint has already been filed with the CRTC
and Industry Canada about the operation, but chances are nothing will
happen to them until Tuesday, as government offices are closed until
then for the weekend and the Canada Day holiday on July 1.

I have also been told that the location of the antenna for the station
is on the roof of a two-story building on Jarry Street East, just a
few blocks west of Pie IX Blvd., directly across the street from a
well-known electronics retailer, Addison Electronics, in the north-
east sector of the island of Montreal.

They are apparently using a one-tower vertical, presumably omni-
directional; a new style of antenna tower apparently made of a
material similar to fiberglass.

I am trying to track down the information on the official application
and approval from the CRTC which, if I remember correctly, included a
name, address and phone number of the owners of the operation. I will
post that information as soon as I have tracked it down.

Until then, I would say log this one while you can. Things might get
nasty on Tuesday!

There are also a number of rival groups within the Haitian community
in Montreal. There have already been some battles between the factions
over programming currently being aired on various campus and community
radio stations in the Montreal region. We could really see some things
heating up on this one.

I do remember in the application to the CRTC that this station was
looking to serve various French speaking ethnic communities in
Montreal, not only the Haitians, but some of the African and other
French-speaking Caribbean communities in the city.

The signal here in Montreal today has been good, but far from full-
scale, at least in my location, off the island of Montreal to the
south-east. More on this one as soon as it is available.

[Later:] Here is the official text from the CRTC decision about the
station which was approved for operation on 1610 kHz for Montreal.
(Sheldon Harvey, QC, June 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Decision CRTC 2001-678  Ottawa, 7 November 2001

CPAM Radio Union.com inc. Montréal, Quebec 2000-2071-9

Public hearing of 19 June 2001 National Capital Region

New ethnic AM radio station
1. The Commission approves the operation of a new French-language
ethnic AM radio station in Montréal. The new station will provide
programming to serve the Francophone ethnocultural communities of
Haitian, Latin-American and African descent in the greater Montréal
area. The terms and conditions of the licence as well as the
commitments made by the licensee are set out in the appendix to this
decision.

2. CPAM Radio Union.com inc. is a private commercial company owned
exclusively by Mr. Jean Ernest Pierre.

The proposed service

3. The applicant proposed to operate a French-language ethnic radio
station with programming targeting three cultural groups in the
following proportions: Haitians (50%), Latin-Americans (15%), and
Africans whose first language or whose second language is French
(35%). The Ethnic Broadcasting Policy (the Policy, Public Notice
CRTC 1999-117) provides for programs in any language, including
English and French, so long as they serve culturally or racially
distinct groups other than ones that are Aboriginal Canadian or from
France or the British Isles. While the Policy states that ethnic
stations must generally devote at least half of their schedules to
programming in third languages, it makes provision for service in
English and French, where appropriate. In this case, the station
proposes to broadcast 100% of its spoken word programming in the
French language in order to serve the Haitian, Latin-American and
African groups. The applicant therefore requested an exemption from
the requirement of section 7(2) of the Radio Regulations, 1986 to
devote 50% of its programming to third-language programming. The
Commission approves this request. A condition of licence to this
effect is included in the appendix to this decision.

4. In support of its application, the applicant pointed out that a new
French-language ethnic service would contribute to the harmonious
integration of the targeted ethnocultural communities into the larger
francophone society, which would be enriched as a result. The
applicant also underlined that the proposed service would allow young
people to become interested in their culture of origin by addressing
"issues that directly affect them".

Music programming

Category 2 music

5. Since the proposed station will primarily broadcast music aimed at
the Haitian, African and Latin-American communities that is not
broadcast on other greater Montréal area radio stations, the
Commission finds it appropriate to limit, as a condition of licence,
the percentage of the broadcast week devoted to category 2 French-
language and English-language music. At the hearing, the licensee
stated that it would accept a condition of licence specifying that it
could not devote more than 15% of a broadcast week to French-language
category 2 music and 15% to English-language category 2 music. A
condition of licence to that effect is set out in the appendix to this
decision.

Category 3 music

6. At the hearing, the applicant made a commitment to devote 70% of
its music programming to world beat and international music (sub-
category 33), aimed at the three above-mentioned ethnocultural groups.
A condition of licence related to this commitment is set out in the
appendix to this decision. In this regard, the applicant underlined
the importance of broadcasting Creole, Spanish and African music to
expose young people to their own traditional ancestral music and
culture, and to bridge the generation gap.

Canadian content

7. The licensee will ensure that a minimum of 35% of all music
selections broadcast each week from category 2 are Canadian. Also, the
applicant has committed to devote 20% of category 3 music selections
that it broadcasts each broadcast week in the first year of its
licence term to Canadian music selections, increasing to 35% effective
the second year of operation. The Commission imposes this commitment
as a condition of licence. The condition is set out in the appendix to
this decision.

Spoken word

8. The new radio service will be hosted by new Canadians and will
present news from Montréal and around the world that would be of
particular interest to the target ethnic groups. At the public
hearing, the licensee committed to devote between 35 and 40% of the
126 hours of programming per week to spoken word. Spoken word
programming will include newscasts, reports, editorials, and public
affairs programs.

Canadian talent development

9. In the first year of its licence term, the licensee will devote
$3,000 to a direct contribution for Canadian talent development. Each
subsequent year of its licence term, this amount will increase by
$1,000 to reach $8,000 in the final year. These contributions will be
given to third-party organizations involved in the production of music
for the station's target audience, in accordance with the guidelines
of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, as set out in Public
Notice CRTC 1995-196, as amended from time to time and approved by the
Commission. A condition of licence to that effect is included in the
appendix to this decision.

The creation of an advisory board

10. To best respond to the needs of the communities targeted by the
new service, the licensee has committed to set up a nine-member
advisory board, made up of three members of each target cultural
community in its service area. The Commission requires the licensee to
submit a list of board members within 90 days of this decision.

The Commission`s determination

11. The Commission approves the application since it shares the
applicant's views regarding the need to bridge the gap between the
Haitian, African and Latin-American communities, their descendants,
and the larger francophone society. The Commission also considered
that the proposed station will contribute to the diversity of musical
formats available in the market and will provide a new voice for news
and public affairs by broadcasting French-language programming aimed
primarily at the above-mentioned ethnocultural groups. Finally, the
Commission believes that, given the nature of the new station, it will
have a negligible impact on existing stations in the greater Montréal
area market.

Interventions

12. The Commission would like to thank all parties that filed
interventions with regard to this application. The Commission is
satisfied with the licensee's response to the interventions.

Related CRTC documents

• Public Notice 1999-137 - New licence form for commercial radio
stations
• Public Notice 1999-117 – The Ethnic Broadcasting Policy
Secretary General

This decision is to be appended to the licence. It is available in
alternative format upon request, and may also be examined at the
following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
  Appendix to Decision CRTC 2001-678
  Terms, conditions and commitments of the licence for the new ethnic
AM radio station in Montréal

  Terms of licence

  The licence will only be issued and effective when the licensee
confirms in writing that it is ready to begin operation. This must
take place within 12 months of today's date. Any request for an
extension to the deadline requires Commission approval and must be
made in writing within that period.

  The licence, when issued, will expire on 31 August 2008.

  The station will broadcast on the AM band, on the frequency 1610
kHz, with an effective radiated power of 1,000 watts.

  The Commission encourages the licensee to consider employment equity
issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its
management of human resources (PN 1992-59).

  Conditions of licence

  The licence will be subject to the conditions set out in Public
Notice CRTC 1999-137. The licence will also be subject to the
following conditions:

  1) The licensee is exempted from the requirement of section 7(2) of
the Radio Regulations 1986 that it devote 50% of its programming to
third-language programming.
  2) The licensee must devote all of its programming to French-
language ethnic programming, targeting the Haitian community, the
Latin-American community and the African community with French as its
first or second language.
  3) In place of subsections 2.2(3) to 2.2(10) of the Radio
Regulations, 1986, in each broadcast week
  a) the licensee may devote a maximum of 30% of the musical
selections that it broadcasts to selections from category 2;
  i) the licensee must devote at least 35% of all category 2
selections that it broadcasts to Canadian musical selections;

  ii) the licensee may devote a maximum of 15% of all category 2
musical selections that it broadcasts to French-language vocal music
selections, and a maximum of 15% to English-language vocal musical
selections.

  b) the licensee must devote at least 70% of the musical selections
that it broadcasts to musical selections from subcategory 33: World
beat and international;
  i) during the first year of the licence term, the licensee must
devote at least 20% of all musical selections from subcategory 33 that
it broadcasts to Canadian selections, and increase its percentage to
35% beginning at the second year of the licence term.

  4) In the first year of its licence term, the licensee must devote
$3,000 to a direct contribution for Canadian talent development. Each
subsequent year of its licence term, the amount must increase by
$1,000 to reach $8,000 in the final year. These contributions will be
given to third-party organizations involved in the production of music
for the station's target audience, in accordance with the guidelines
of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, as set out in Public
Notice CRTC 1995-196, as amended from time to time and approved by
the Commission.

  Commitments

  The licensee has committed to devote 35 to 40% of programming per
broadcast week to spoken word that is of particular interest to the
ethnocultural groups targeted.

  The licensee has committed to set up a nine-member advisory board
composed of three members from each target group in its service area.
The Commission requires the licensee to submit a list of board members
within 90 days of this decision.

Date Modified: 2001-11-07 ===== (via Sheldon Harvey, DXLD)

This is the listing of the company which applied and received approval
from the CRTC for the station on 1610 kHz: CPAM Radio Union.com inc.
10 St- Jacques Street Suite 807 Montréal QC H2Y 1L3 TELEPHONE: 514-
287-1288 also (presumed to be a fax number) 514-287-3299

I just called the telephone number listed and got an answering service
at the office of Maitre Jean Ernest Pierre. It appears that he is a
lawyer here in the city of Montreal. The number on the file seems to
be his business office. I left a message just now (7 PM Eastern
Saturday evening) (Sheldon Harvey, QC, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. CANADIAN DTV POLICY
Doug Smith W9WI - 16 June 2002

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
has announced its regulatory framework for transition to over-the-air
DTV. Some main points:

_ There are no fixed deadlines. No station will be required to start
DTV operation at any given date, nor will they be required to shut
down their analog transmissions any sooner than they voluntarily
choose to do so.

_ Stations are encouraged (but not required) to build DTV facilities
that match their analog coverage. Stations are required to maintain
their analog coverage throughout the transition period.

_ Existing stations will have first opportunity to apply for DTV
licenses. However, if they fail to do so in a ``reasonable`` amount of
time, the CRTC will consider other applicants for their assigned DTV
channels.

_ DTV stations will be allowed to offer as much as 14 hours a week of
programming not carried on the associated analog stations, provided
that programming is high-definition, and at least half of it is of
Canadian origin.

_ Where a high-definition version of a program aired between 6pm and
midnight exists, it must be aired. Stations ``...should also ensure
that, by the end of December 2007, 2/3 of their schedules are
available in the high definition format.``

_ It appears that the CBC will not be attempting to duplicate its
analog coverage. They indicated they plan to operate digital
transmitters only in the ten largest Canadian cities, covering 70% of
the nation`s population. The remainder would receive CBC DTV signals
via satellite. (It causes one to wonder whether private broadcasters
will follow suit, whether there will ever be over-the-air DTV in
smaller cities?)

Canada has already adopted the U.S. ATSC format and 8VSB modulation
scheme, and Industry Canada has already created a table of DTV
allocations. To my knowledge the only DTV stations currently
authorized in Canada are experimental demonstration stations on
channel 66 in Ottawa and Toronto. One might now expect to see some
applications for DTV operation in Canada. I do not expect them to
appear rapidly. (July WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) See also USA

** CANADA. My suspicions expressed in my weekend schedule message for
CBC were confirmed. CBC North Quebec carried the CBC Radio 1 broadcast
of the Gold [sic] Cup final match. The audio was obtained from BBC- 5
Live. I was watching the match on ABC-TV (USA) and noted the narration
on CBC was about 15 seconds ahead of what was happening on the screen.
I found that amount of lead time to be annoying so I switched the TV
over to the Spanish language Univision network. Univision was only a
few seconds behind the radio play by play. That was interesting
because now I could look away from the screen without fear of missing
anything important.

I presume the reason CBC did not have legal rights issues carrying
this match on shortwave is because CBC North Quebec is a domestic
service with a target area in the northern latitudes. Apparently the
sidelobes reached the USA without the approval or knowledge of the
legal folks. Did anyone else note any domestic shortwave services
carrying the match?

NOTE: MONDAY IS CANADA DAY. IN THE PAST CBC NORTH QUEBEC HAS CARRIED
THE ENTIRE CBC NORTH QUEBEC SCHEDULE ON HOLIDAYS. CHECK 9625 (Joe
Buch, swprograms via DXLD) You mean, the entire CBC Radio One
schedule? (gh, DXLD)

** CHINA. An inside look at DXing and Broadcasting in China. In Danny
Wu's article you can read about how the Internet has united Chinese
DXers, and what the economic realities for DXers and radio stations
are in today's China. Check it out at
http://www.dxing.info/articles/chinese_dxing.dx 73 (Mika Mäkeläinen
Visit http://www.dxing.info/ Join http://www.dxing.info/community/
June 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. There is a picture of Varela on the Meridiano 70 website,
but the legend does not carry any explanation.
http://www.meridiano70.com
``LA FAMILIA MERIDIANO Y EL PERIODISMO DE ARAUCA ESTA DE LUTO, HOY SE
FUE UN COMPAÑERO Y AMIGO...``

Same picture here; Varela founded Radio Capibaribe, 1240, was the co-
founder of La Voz del Cinaruco 1050, ex-4865, and presently manager of
Meridiano 70, 1170, ex-4865. This story will make big headlines on
sites such as the one run by CPJ, RSF and similar sites.
http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/coar/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-69983.html
(Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Junio 28 de 2002 EL TIEMPO

ASESINAN EN ARAUCA AL PERIODISTA EFRAÍN ALBERTO VARELA NORIEGA

A un frente de las Autodefensas fue atribuido el crimen del abogado y
comunicador, de 52 años, director de la emisora Meridiano 70.
Su cuerpo abaleado fue abandonado en el kilómetro cinco de la vía que
de Arauca conduce a Caño Limón.

A las cinco de la tarde, cuando regresaba de una ceremonia de grado en
la Universidad de Arauca, a donde había sido invitado en calidad de
reportero, Varela Noriega habría sido interceptado por un grupo de al
menos 10 paramilitares.

El abogado viajaba con su cuñado Nicolás Valbuena, fiscal de la Cámara
de Comercio de Arauca.

Los 'paras' tras reconocer a Varela lo obligaron a bajar de la
camioneta que conducía y, tras conducirlo a pie a un sitio ubicado a
dos kilómetros, le dispararon en repetidas oportunidades.

El periodista era reconocido en Arauca por el contenido polémico del
programa que conducía en la emisora local, en donde fustigaba con sus
comentarios a diferentes sectores de la vida política de la región,
así como a los grupos armados.

A lo largo de su carrera, enfrentó varias veces las amenazas de los
armados.

Varela Noriega había sido concejal de Arauca y consejero intendencial
del Vichada.

También se desempeñó como presidente del Consejo Departamental de Paz
y catedrático de la Escuela Superior de Administración Pública y de la
Universidad Cooperativa.

El periodista acababa de regresar de España, en donde asistió a un
posgrado en Derechos Humanos

VIOLENTOS ASESINAN OTRO PERIODISTA EN COLOMBIA

Arauca.---- El periodista y abogado Efraín Alberto Varela Noriega fue
asesinado en Arauca por sicarios que previamente lo raptaron, informó
la Policía.

Varela Noriega, director y gerente de la emisora Meridiano 70 en
Arauca, al parecer fue interceptado por supuestos paramilitares cuando
regresaba a la capital departamental, tras participar en unos grados.
Los asesinos lo bajaron de su auto en el sitio conocido como Mata
Palito, a cinco kilómetros de Arauca, en la vía que comunica con los
campos petroleros de Caño Limón y lo obligaron a abordar un vehículo
todo terreno.

Posteriormente apareció el cadáver en el kilómetro 8 de la misma
carretera, frente al Colegio Municipal Agropecuario.

Trascendió que el comunicador, oriundo de la costa atlántica y uno de
los más veteranos en el periodismo araucano, figuraba en una lista de
más de cien políticos, comerciantes y periodistas de Arauca,
amenazados por los paramilitares.

A esta hora las autoridades realizan el levantamiento del cadáver e
inician las investigaciones, pero no se tienen datos concretos sobre
el origen del asesinato.

Varela Noriega hizo parte de un grupo de personalidades que fundaron
la emisora La Voz del Sinaruco, filial de Caracol en Arauca y en el
pasado ejerció la política en los departamentos de Arauca y Vichada

Conéctese a la actualidad Colombiana en http://www.caracol.com.co
Caracol ... Más Compañía. Station in last para is La Voz del Cinaruco,
ex 4865 (via Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, DXLD)

** COLOMBIA [and non]. Embarrassing reports: Several years ago, when
editing the South and Central American sections of the WRTH, I noticed
that in some countries the L.P. (Leading Personalities) info had to be
changed from one year to another.

In countries with a reasonable amount of 'official' broadcasting,
Argentina for instance, there was a new 'interventor' every now and
then for the different local Radio Nacional outlets.

In other Latin American countries, even in private enterprises,
changes are rather frequent. Venezuela is one such case.

Changes may also occur as the result of internal political strife.
This is the case of Colombia, where I have recently read or heard of
managers of at least three stations being assassinated. This is the
case of Radio Sincelejo, Radio Galeón and Meridiano 70.

I do not have any recent copy of the WRTH, but in the 1997 edition the
Meridiano 70 manager was listed as the manager of La Voz del Cinaruco,
which was probably true at the time.

I would therefore ask reporters to update their info as best they can
(DXLD is a recommended source), or else refrain from including non-
related personal stuff to your reports unless you are perfectly sure
that the report will reach the intended party.

(Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, June 30, DXing.info via DXLD)

** COLOMBIA. COLOMBIAN ON 6064.5 SOON ON A NEW FREQUENCY AND IN
ENGLISH. Here is the email letter I received from Russ Stendal
rms05001@neutel.com.co

Dear Henrik, We appreciate your interest and prayers. Our short wave
transmissions will be shifting over to 6060 instead of 6065 to avoid
conflict with Family Radio out of Oakland California (on the same
frequency). The 5 kW transmitter (which used to belong to Colmundo) is
now located at Lomalinda (where we have restored several houses). We
are also planning English language broadcasts as soon as we finish our
test phase and can establish what would be the best times for this.
Our signal also goes out on 88.8 FM and on 1530 AM.

A year ago Radio Nuevo Continente here in Bogotá gave us a 30 year old
AM transmitter which we set up on 1530. Later we traded this for the
short wave transmitter from Colmundo and have been on the air off and
on over the past couple weeks in a test phase. We are planning to
install the new 10 kW AM transmitter next week.

My book is still available and may be ordered via internet
(gstendal@aol.com). May the Lord continue to bless you richly,
Russ Stendal (via Klemetz, dxing.info via DXLD)

When saying that the 5 kW transmitter is now located at Lomalinda,
Russ implies that this is a new location. The previous one was a ranch
named Bonaire. More about these facilities can be read in the Stendal
Newsletter Archives on the Colombia para Cristo web site at
http://gloriastendal.tripod.com/colombiaparacristo/id3.html

To the Farc guerillas, Christianity is seen as a dangerous enemy, and
so many churches have been closed and many more people forced to leave
their homes. More on the the dangers American missionaries are facing
in Colombia can be found for instance at
http://www.worthynews.com/news-features/compass-columbia-2.html
(Henrik Klemetz, Sweden,June 25, dxing.info via DXLD) {columbia sic}

** COLOMBIA. 2399.85 harmonic, Radio Súper, Cali. June 2002 - 1010 UT.
Harmonic from 1200 kHz (2x 1199.93).

3599.77, harmonic, Radio Súper, Cali. June 2002 - 1025 UT. Seems to be
more common on its 4th harmonic 4799.70 kHz. Harmonic from 1200 kHz
(3x 1199.92). (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin June 30,
translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR. BM Bandscan SW 51. Björn Malm.

From July 15 I and my wife "Susanita" will be on Swedish territory for
a few months. It shall be nice to change temporarily from the messy
Quito to well-organized Sweden. For me it is a dream to have a little
``cabin`` here in Ecuador to rest, for example on the peninsula Santa
Elena not far from Guayaquil. My mother-in-law has some land there
close to the holiday cottage of the president. [also, incidentally,
near HCJB`s new transmitter site! --gh]

Just imagine how nice it will be to leave this crazy capital for a DX-
pedition to the Pacific Ocean for a week or so. There it is possible
to erect a long beverage as it is an uninhabited area.

After a night with tough DXing I will take a 15-minutes walk on the
several mile long beach falling to sleep to the roaring waves ...

You can`t understand how tough life is nowadays here in Quito --- when
I was here for the first time 5-6 years ago it was a pure idyllic
spot. Now it has dramatically changed for the worse due to poverty
spreading down even to the middle class. Although I have lots of
examples, I will not bore you with this sad facts. It is better to go
for the positive instead. It is nice to walk around in central Quito
with all the old houses and churches - one more beautiful than the
other.

Central Quito suffers from heavy traffic but is built like a small
town with narrow streets and even more. Otherwise you get narrow
pavements and I can`t figure out how people reach their work --- you
have to have ice in your stomach and walk ultra rapid. Otherwise you
get pushed away out below one of the big and quiet, electrically
driven Trolley-busses coming like an express train.

From the beginning I learned from different Quito-people "not to push
anybody..." otherwise you usually can be beaten up. It is also quite
depressing to walk around when poor people are sitting very quietly
every 10 meters, begging for some coins to survive another day. I
think of among others an old Indian woman sitting very still and quiet
every day looking down and with her right hand stretched out as a cup.
I have seen lots of tourists from Europe standing with big eyes and
open mouth looking at this enormous crowd of people with Indians,
Mestizos, beautiful "morenas" from the coast, the huge amount of
salespeople on the streets walking around trying to sell everything
you can think of, all those small boys cleaning shoes who never are
satisfied with a "no, thank you" but continue and continue saying that
"your shoes are dirty and need cleaning" --- once I gave without
thinking some centavos to a shoe-cleaner without needing to clean my
shoes --- I just wanted him to stop harassing me. I shouldn`t have
done that! 5 minutes later all of the shoe-cleaners from Plaza Grande
market standing in a ring around me --- a crazy "gringo" giving money
without the need to do a thing.

4899.80, La Voz de Saquisilí y Libertador, Saquisilí. June 2002 - 1445
UT. I have had no contact with Saquisilí y Libertador diuring the last
years. If that depends on the fact that the station has been off air
or that I seldom listen after 1200, I don´t know.

5900 /5905 USB, Radio Cosmopolita, Quito can still be heard but at the
moment more sporadic. Mails are beginning to drop in, among others
from our members Tore B. Vik/TBV and Johan Berglund/JB, mentioning
that their reports are returned. I called up the station and heard
that they have a new address: "Radio Cosmopolita, Morales 1224 y
Garcia Moreno, Quito". Telephone: (+593 2) 228 30 96. Address your
report to Sr. Alejandro Yautibug, who is in charge for the technical
transmissions for the Indian programs. Otherwise the letters will be
lying without being taken care of in the Spanish department. The
Indians only hire program time. I asked if there is an email address
but the answer was negative (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin
June 30, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also COLOMBIA; PERU in this issue

** EGYPT. Egypt definitely has more than its share of marginal
transmitters but fortunately the 2300 UT English to N. America service
on 9900.0 comes in very well here and usually with decent modulation.
Their female announcer does tend to sound a bit mushy, but the music
sounds much better. 73, (Brandon Jordan - Memphis TN - Icom R75 -
Palstar R30C - Quantum QX Pro - Wellbrook ALA 330, hard-core-dx via
DXLD) See also SYRIA

** EGYPT. 24 June, tuned in to Russian Service of Radio Cairo at 1800.
The frequency was 7315 kHz. Carrier has been there already, then at
1802 music began, changed to an Arabic song. Audio stopped at 1806.
Carrier cut at 1808. Then, in a couple of minutes, carrier has been
re-established, but they probably forgot about its modulation at
all... (Dmitry Puzanov, Kustanay, Kazakhstan, Signal June 29 via DXLD)

** GERMANY. (Bavaria): On 29 June 2002 several hundred citizens living
in the neighbourhood of the IBB Holzkirchen short wave station staged
another day of protest. The Holzkirchen station has been on the air
for some 50 years and currently broadcasts mainly in Russian to the
CIS via four 250 kW short wave transmitters. The protest movement
caught momentum in the 90s already, leading to the close down of the
medium wave transmitter (originally 719/720 kHz, later 1593 kHz). When
the consolidation of VoA and RFE/RL facilities took place, it was
announced that IBB would close the station, but this never took place.
In mid-morning prominent electro-smog scientists told the public about
their findings at the Holzkirchen, Moosbrunn and Schwarzenburg
stations, while public comments of local citizens and politicians
throughout the day were less "scientific" in tone. Summaries of the
scientifists' contributions are available on the German website
http://www.sender-freies-oberland.de/, while the English site
http://www.sender-freies-oberland.de/e_index.htm is still very much
under construction. [Caption:] "Sleepless thanks to US-station. Wake
up now" The protest post card shows a huge sculpture which is at a
road passing by the station (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Nürnberg, Germany,
30 June 2002 via DXLD)

** GERMANY. From Monday (July 1) Südwestrundfunk will carry on all its
mediumwave outlets a new program called SWR Cont.Ra. This network will
primarily offer spoken word content (hence the name which is just a
paraphrase of Contentradio) primarily produced for other programs,
i.e. this will be a mere recycling network to say it in plain
language. SWR Cont.Ra was originally created as an attempt to push the
Eureka-147 system but later it was decided to put it also on
mediumwave for a real-life audience. Between 10 PM and 6 AM (2000-0400
UT in summer, 2100-0500 in winter) SWR Cont.Ra will relay infoRADIO,
the all-news program of Sender Freies Berlin. Strangely the
Südwestrundfunk website so far contains not any word about SWR Cont.Ra
but Sender Freies Berlin expresses delightment about the infoRADIO
relays in this press release:
http://www.sfb.de/unternehmen/sfb_presse_akt.php3
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. Another story on the topic of broadcast delays: Deutsche
Welle just carried the same report on a certain event than two
networks of Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg simultaneously (Antenne
Brandenburg and Radio Eins), but with a delay of full two seconds. I
already asked somebody with some knowledge in signal distribution if
he knows an explanation for this heavy delay (when switching between
ORB and Deutsche Welle the first impression was that both carry
different reports); as far as I know Wertachtal is now fed by an
Eurobird SCPC link but certainly this caused only a small part of the
two seconds delay.

Also Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk had a small delay of about one third of
a second against ORB and Bayerischer Rundfunk (I found 6085 more or
less in sync with 95.1 and 98.6), referring to mediumwave where the
STL is a linear 2 Mbit/s link without a noticeable delay (Kai Ludwig,
Germany, June 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [and non]. Some schedule updates for Deutsche Telekom
transmissions, as usual from Jülich unless otherwise stated:

DRM: On July 16 and 17 only 0900-1200 on 5975 (290 deg.; trade fair or
something else in the UK?)

Deutsche Welle: Since June 24 6140 now throughout 0600-1900 from
Jülich (130 deg.), no longer Wertachtal

Additional transmissions of Adventist World Radio: Since June 1 0600-
0730 on 11610 (Wertachtal 200 deg.), since June 24 1600-1659 on 15360
and 1700-1759 on 15235 (both 115 deg.), all daily.

Additional transmissions of Universelles Leben:
From June 30 Sundays only 1600-1629 on 15670 (175 deg.);
from July 7 on Sundays only 1900-1930 on 15565 (115 deg.).

WYFR / Family Radio: All transmissions cancelled from June 23.
[no doubt due to new Merlin deal  --- gh]

A few pictures of the Jülich facilities as well as the
Braunschweig/Königslutter (mediumwave) and Torfhaus (FM) sites are
available at http://www.do1oli.de
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. A Shortwave Success Story. While there has been a
gradual migration towards FM in Guatemala, just as in other developing
countries, there is still a place for shortwave. Radio K'ekchi is a
case in point....
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/guatemala020628.html
(Media Network 28-06-02 via DXLD)

** IRAN. Allowing the DX-392 on the kitchen table to scan as I munched
on a salad, June 29 at 2337 UT it landed on 15085, which I quickly
adjusted to 15084, as a muezzin (or whatever the Iranians call him)
was doing his thing, with long pauses between verses of 6 or 7
seconds. But the pauses were neatly filled by pre-echoes of the audio
to follow a good 5 seconds ahead. They were softer, but clearly
audible, despite a less than solid signal. There have been reports
before about extraneous audio on this transmitter. Scenario: the VOIRI
censor has his finger on the button in case the muezzin says something
blasphemous, with a tape loop, or digital, delay, but the original
audio is bleeding through... (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISENING DIGEST)

** ITALY [non??]. After 1240 I listened to the Radio Rasant programme
via IRRS. The last quarter of this broadcast consisted on mainstream
pop with just three ID announcements in between, one of them in
English. After this programme IRRS ID and theme music until abrupt
cut-off at 1302. The signal was rather weak here and spot on 13840, it
appeared to be full-carrier AM rather than USB with reduced carrier.
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LATIN AMERICA. Commentary

THE TRANSFORMATION OF LATIN AMERICAN NATIONAL RADIOS INTO BONA FIDE
PUBLIC RADIO NETWORKS

IMER, the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio, which operates public radio
stations and a public television station in México, in mid-June hosted
an international conference of Latin American national radios. The
theme was ``The Role of Public Radio in a Globalized Society.``
Attending were representatives of the national radio networks of
Bolivia (Radio Illimani), Costa Rica (Radio Nacional), Cuba (Radio
Rebelde), Guatemala (La Voz de Guatemala), Honduras (Radio Honduras),
Paraguay (Radio Nacional del Paraguay), Argentina (Radio Nacional de
Argentina), Chile (Radio Nacional), Colombia (Radiodifusora Nacional
de Colombia), El Salvador (Radio El Salvador), Peru (Radio Nacional
del Perú), Venezuela (Radio Nacional de Venezuela), and Mexico (IMER,
Radio México).

The purpose of the conference was to advance the transformation of the
national radios of Latin America into true public radio networks and
stations, to move them out of the role of voice pieces of the
administrations in power into true services for the public. The
directors recognize that, at the moment, these national networks play
an inferior role in civic life. Señor Julio Cabello of Radio Nacional
de Venezuela pointed out that there are 225 privately owned radio
stations for every 1 public radio station in Latin America. In his
country, there are 500 privately owned stations but only 1 public
radio.

Radio Nacional de Argentina has played an important role in the crisis
in which his country is living, says Señor Mario Giorgi, its director.
His network, he said ``will help and accompany the planning of the
future of Argentina, adopting the role of an integrator between the
community and its political directors.``

IMER director Señor Carlos Zarur said that ``the role of public radio
in a globalized society reemphasizes the importance in having the
public receiving educational information but, above all, news about
the government, done with modern sophistication and utterly
trustworthy.`` He said the public radio ought to prepare itself for
these new times, by looking towards technical perfection and
credibility of its information. But he warned that governments must
not look towards employing the national public radio networks as
propaganda machines, ``but that they fulfill one of the most important
precepts of democracy, rooted in adequately informing the population
of governmental acts.``

Señor Moíses Jérez Morales, director of La Voz de Guatemala, said that
the national radios need to integrate the process of change, even if
they have to do it in forced marches. He says that public radios must
strengthen fundamental concepts such as nationality, the geographic-
historical factors, culture and human destiny, traditions and customs,
the popular arts, literature, and folklore. ``It must capture the
values, the riches of the matrices of the national soul.``

There were some differences among the conference attendees, of course,
but generally speaking there was great harmony and agreement about
what is to be done and what the objectives should be. One notable
outcome was a consensus on the necessity of promoting the Asociación
de Radios Nacionales de Servicio Públicos de América Latina
(ARNASAPAL), which IMER created two summers ago with the help of
UNESCO and Radio France International.

A similar movement is underway in Mexico, where the two dozen
university radio stations are working towards establishing a network
and association to promote the public radio service these offer in a
modern Latin American democracy, with programming directed to all
strata of Mexican society. Meanwhile, IMER denies that the government
is about to sell its radio stations and Channel 22 in Mexico City.

Clearly, while a few countries (Guatemala and Portugal) are thinking
of selling their public radio networks, these are aberrations. In an
age when more countries are permitting foreigners to own radio and
television stations, the public stations and networks become even more
valuable, for they retain a local and national control and moral
ownership. The national interests are the primary public radio
interests, and a well run, independent public radio network is the
primary voice of the people.

The big challenge is to keep the politicians out of public radio
management and administration, particularly the news. A viable public
radio system must be a priori an independent one. Easier said than
done, because in many countries, not just Latin American, the
politicians in power see the national radio systems as a major tool in
advancing their own interests.  In France, for years the public radio
and television networks gave most of their political and news airtime
during political campaigns to the candidates of the party in power.
Latin America, with its notoriously corrupt governments, has a real
challenge here on its hands:  Can these governments set up really
independent public radio systems and leave them independent?    I hope
to God they can and will (Michael Dorner, editor, Catholic Radio
Update July 1 via DXLD)

** MONGOLIA. According to the Voice of Mongolia, a frequency change is
planned for the Japanese service from July 1, 0830-0900. The new
frequency is 12085, ex 12015. Currently, 12015 is used: 0830 Japanese,
0900 Mongolian, 0930 Chinese, 1000 English, sign off at 1030. The
Mongolian, Chinese and English services may also move to 12085 from
July 1 (Koji Yamada, Tokyo, EDXP June 30 via DXLD)

** PERU. 2413.39v, Radio Paraíso, unknown QTH (Peru). Clear "Radio
Paraíso" IDs and lovely Peruvian folk music with super audio quality
in the program "Amanecer campesino". "Comunicados" can be a good way
to find out the "departamento" of the station location. In this case a
"comunicado" to a person living in "Santa Rosa". "Cajamarca" has also
been mentioned. Varies some kHz up/down.

5499.25, Radio San Miguel, la provincia de San Miguel, el departamento
de Cajamarca. June 15 2002 - 2330 UT. On April 26 all of you in SWB in
a special preview got an alarm about an unID LA on this frequency ---
obviously a test transmission with nonstop, mostly Ecuadorian, music
without talk. Came back on May 4 again with nonstop music without
talk, but this time with Peruvian music. On May 15 came the solution
for this "problem" when "Radio San Miguel" was reactivated on this new
frequency. Seems to broadcast regularly --- yesterday evening, Monday,
they were a little higher up in frequency: 5500.58 --- announcing 5500
kHz, 1450 and 101.1. This date a lot of talk about election of a new
mayor/"alcalde" --- mentioning several "distritos" among others
"Llapa" and "Calquis". I logged "Radio San Miguel" the last time in
May last year on 6339.67 kHz (see SWB 1458). At that time they gave ID
as "San Miguel Arcángel Radio". Now I only hear "Radio San Miguel" IDs
and sometimes "San Miguel súper radio". When you get this little
`preview` San Miguel has been on air for a few days so maybe someone
has got an ID. The above log was sent out as a "preview" to all in SWB
June 18. Can still be heard and seems to have two frequencies: 5499.25
and 5500.58 kHz.

Info from "Ventanaperú": Provincia de San Miguel, cuya capital es San
Miguel de Pallaques. Sus distritos son: Calquis, El Prado, La Florida,
Llapa, Nanchoc, Niepos, San Gregorio, San Miguel, San Silvestre de
Cochán, Unión Agua Blanca; con una población total de 59,641 hab.

5879.19, harmonic, Radio Imperio, Chiclayo, la provincia de Chiclayo,
el departamento de Lambayeque. Has been a big mystery for a long time
--- until now when I checked the MW frequency of the station and
started to count - Radio Imperio on SW 4388.96 kHz plus Radio Imperio
on MW 1490.23 kHz = 5879.19 kHz! A mixing product between SW/MW is
probably a rare form of harmonic. They are not announcing co-
transmission with Radio Uno, Chiclayo but instead with the FM-
transmitter Radio Tropicana (Chiclayo?).

Info from "Ventanaperú": Provincia de Chiclayo, cuya capital es
Chiclayo. Sus distritos son: Chiclayo, Chongoyape, Eten, Puerto de
Eten, José Leonardo Ortíz, Lagunas, La Victoria, Monsefú, Nueva Arica,
Oyotún, Picsi, Pimentel, Reque, Santa Rosa, Saña; con una población
total de 625,183 hab. (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin June
30, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. RUSSIA TV STARTS BROADCASTING TO EUROPE 1 JULY | Text of
report in English by Russian news agency Interfax

Moscow, 30 June: The VGTRK [All-Russia State Television and Radio
Broadcasting company] government-owned television and radio
broadcasting company will begin broadcasts to Western Europe on 1
July. The new project is entitled "RTR-Planet".

The broadcasts will be transmitted via the Express-3A satellite that
became available after a new satellite was put into orbit, VGTRK and
RTR [Russia TV] executives told journalists on Sunday [30 June]. The
broadcasts will include programmes from the RTR and Kultura channels
and Euronews in Russian.

"This is a non-profit project aimed at our compatriots living abroad,"
VGTRK chairman Oleg Dobrodeyev said. All news programmes will be
broadcast live, he said. Only part of Western Europe will be covered
initially, but after the signal is joined to the global cable network
all European countries will be included. In September or October, RTR-
Planet will begin broadcasting in the United States. Source: Interfax
news agency, Moscow, in English 1105 gmt 30 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

** SYRIA [and non]. Re Poorest audio on SW [EGYPT, DXLD 2-104] R San
Miguel 4926 is a bit distorted too, but one can actually understand
what they are saying. The gold medal will be awarded to R Damascus on
12085. I needed four earpieces in order to really just *hear* what
they are saying. The most undermodulated signal you have never heard.
The signal itself is strong as you could suppose from "international
broadcaster". (Jari Lehtinen, Lahti, Finland, hard-core-dx via DXLD)

** U K [and non]. NEW TV DOCUMENTARY TO FEATURE AMATEUR RADIO

Now news of a unique new television documentary series which will
feature amateur radio in a big way. `The Human Race` is a project
which pits two radio amateurs against one another in a race around
the planet. One heads east and the other west. The racers are tracked
on a website by fellow radio amateurs who participate in the race by
transporting the racers from place to place. Both teams are followed
by television production crews documenting the race. Throughout the
production phase, amateurs will be interviewed on camera to tell the
story of amateur radio to television viewers. The race will begin in
the American midwest in June 2003 and will conclude when the two
teams meet one another at a point half way around the world in
December next year. The producer of the programme is William
Desjardins, W1ZY (Radio Society of Great Britain GB2RS News 30 June
2002 via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DXLD)

QNEWS brought you the first word on this PROPOSED new TV program some
months back, Now read further then visit their own site in
cyberspace. http://home.earthlink.net/~bdesj/

`The Human Race` is a project which pits two  radio amateurs against
one another in a race around the planet. One heads east and the other
west.

The racers are tracked on a website by fellow radio amateurs who
participate in the race by transporting the racers from place to
place. Both teams are followed by television production crews
documenting the race.

Throughout the production phase, amateurs will be interviewed on
camera to tell the story of amateur radio to television viewers. The
first ham host encountered by viewers is the oldest and attributes
the origins of Amateur Radio to early wireless experimenters. The
next ham host continues by relating to viewers the impact of the
vacuum tube on amateur communications. The subsequent host explains
to viewers how the transistor made possible Amateur Radio`s first
forays into space. The final ham host describes how Amateur Radio has
been at the forefront of the Telecommunications Revolution. This is
but one example of how the documentary proposes ordinary hams explain
Amateur Radio within the context of a race around the planet.

The race begins in the American midwest in June next year and will
conclude when the teams meet one another at a point half way around
the world in December 2003.

Every international society has been offered to endorse the project,
societies from Bangladesh to Australia.

The Bangladesh Amateur Radio League considers that ``The Human Race``
project, a television documentary series, would result in a wonderful
exposure of Amateur Radio to the world community. Amateur Radio, the
unique scientific hobby has the ability to enhance the international
fraternity and bridges any gap among people across boundaries.

The Executive Committee of Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL)
endorses the project and hopes that all concerned would extend their
hands of cooperation at the time of implementation of the same.
Nizam Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, S21B VP & IARU Liaison Officer, BARL

Here in VK, our President, Ernest Hocking V1LK has said ``I have now
had the OK from the majority of the WIA council for the endorsement.
I just need to put some words together. Personally, I think it is a
terrific idea.``

The producer of the program is William Desjardins, W1ZY. Keep up
todate on proceedings, to visit their website go to
http://home.earthlink.net/~bdesj/

(qnews/rsgb/earthlink, Wireless Institute of Australia Q-News June 30
via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DXLD) Stunt?

** U S A [and non]. In many ways, religious and political broadcasting
is like telemarketing and unsolicited commercial e-mail. On average,
most people probably don't want to listen to you. On the other hand,
the potential benefits to be reaped by landing one new convert or
buyer justify the expenditure, in the mind of the person placing the
call or funding the broadcast. In all these instances, the "cost to
communicate" has fallen in recent years, so the originators can live
with reduced response rates.

We rail against UCE and telemarketing because all recipients "pay" for
the message in bandwidth, diskspace, and the intrusion of an unwanted
telephone call (Richard Cuff, swprograms via DXLD)

** U S A. SW UTAH (AND SURROUNDING AREA) TIS UPDATE

Many DXers from all over the west have logged TIS stations from SW
Utah and the surrounding areas over the past 10 years.  This month,
Karen and I took a few days before and after a business trip to drive
through some of the areas where these TIS stations are located, to
check on their current status. Here is what we found:

530
===
Hoover Dam, NV (KOJ876) -- Signal is improved, but still not great.
Seems stronger in Boulder City than at the actual dam site, possibly
due to all of the electrical noise around the dam.  Male announcer.
Tape loop mostly talks about the new security checkpoint and
regulations.  Gets out fairly well to the west but not very well in
the other directions.

Las Vegas, NV (WNRM758) -- Silent, not noted on my last 2 trips here.
ex-1610 and has not resurfaced there either.  HAR station once listed
on this frequency has moved to 1610.

St. George, UT (WPBF898) -- Washington County "Color Country" TIS at
the Utah Welcome Center south of St. George is currently silent.
Signs are still up on I-15 North.  This one used to make it to
southern California.

1490/1520/1540
==============
Capitol Reef NP, UT (KOJ738) -- These 0.1-watt stations are gone for
good. See main listing on 1610.

1590
====
Bryce Canyon NP, UT (KOP798?) -- New station here with general park
information.  The 1610 station now carries information about the
park's new shuttle service (signs around the park, and the messages
themselves, make this distinction). Both the 1590 and 1610 stations
appear to be fairly near the park entrance. The 1590 station is either
slightly farther north, or slightly stronger than the 1610 station.
Both are barely audible middays in Panguitch.

1610
====
Glen Canyon NRA, AZ (KOJ778) -- Frequently mis-reported as Utah, this
station is actually just north of Page, AZ at the Carl Hayden visitor
center. This has got to be the single biggest TIS pest in the west
these days, as it is routinely heard all over the Southwest. Tape loop
with female announcer emphasizes the Wahweap Marina and the visitor
center, and includes call letters.

Blue Diamond, NV (HAR) -- No sign of the NV DoT station that was
supposed to be here.

Jean, NV (HAR) -- No sign of the NV DoT station that was supposed to
be here.

Lake Mead NRA, NV (KOJ751) -- This one seems strongest at the
Administration offices in Boulder City, not at the Lake Mead NRA area.
Gets out fairly well to the west but poorly in other directions.
Female announcer.

Las Vegas, NV (Airport) -- Carrier-current station with control tower
audio has reportedly moved to 1200, but I haven't been close enough to
the airport to confirm this.

Las Vegas, NV (KOJ446) -- Delete this listing.  Have never noted this
station on numerous trips.

North Las Vegas, NV (HAR) -- NV DoT covers road construction and
Hoover Dam security information. Gets out pretty well.

Mesquite, NV (TIS or Pirate?) -- There is a new station located in the
Riverside Commercial Center, broadcasting oldies and calling itself
"Mesquite's new solid gold oldies, the greatest hits of all time, AM
16-10, the Boss." It sounds like it's running 5 to 10 watts.

Bryce Canyon NP, UT (KOP798) -- This station's message is now limited
to information about the park's shuttle system.  General park
information is now found on the new station on 1590 kHz (see listing
above). This station currently gets out pretty well at night, as it
was recently logged in Alberta, but not particularly well during the
day. A few years ago however, many DXers mistakenly assumed they had
this station when it was actually the Panguitch station (WPBE828) that
was getting out well at that time with its "Welcome to Bryce Canyon
Country" message.

Capitol Reef National Park, UT (KOJ738) -- This station is gone for
good, due to apathy of the current ranger staff. A previous ranger had
maintained this station and set up 0.1-watt stations on 1490, 1520,
and 1540. Once he left, they took everything down. If you hear a tape
loop about Capitol Reef, you are hearing KCP260, Salina Canyon.

Cedar Breaks NM, UT (KOE719) -- This station does not appear to exist.
There are no signs for it, and I did not log it while passing through
this area in 1986 or 2002.

Fish Lake NF - Ivie Creek/Salina Canyon, UT (KCP260) -- This is a very
interesting station, located at a rest area near the junction of I-70
and Utah highway 72. It runs a very long tape loop (3 male voices, 2
female, each representing a different county or agency in central
Utah). One of the taped messages is all about Capitol Reef National
Park, which could cause a DXer to mistake this station for the defunct
KOJ738. Other messages mention Fremont Indian State Park and Sevier
County, which may explain the listings for stations at these locations
that don't seem to exist. (Note that Salina Canyon is pronounced with
a short "I" like Salinas, CA, not a long "I" like Salina, KS).
[?? Short I is as in ``it``. You mean like a long E --- gh]

Fish Lake NF - Mackinaw/Fish Lake Scenic Drive, UT (KOQ516) -- This
station, which uses the slogan "Mackinaw Radio", provides visitor
information for people driving along the west shore of Fish Lake.  It
is probably located around Fish Lake Lodge halfway down the lake.
Female announcer, mentions the Fish Lake Discovery Association.

Fremont Indian State Park, UT -- Delete this listing.  Either this
station is gone, or someone heard the Fish Lake NF station (KCP260)
whose message includes a section on Fremont Indian SP.

Panguitch-Red Canyon, UT (WPBE828) -- This station got out like
gangbusters in the late 1990s with its "Welcome to Bryce Canyon
Country" message; for a while, it was a nightly catch on car radios in
San Diego. The Garfield County tourism office runs this station, which
is actually located in the Red Canyon area just east of the junction
of US 89 and Utah highway 12. The station is nowhere near as strong as
it used to be. It is barely audible in Panguitch middays, and its tape
loop currently consists of the sentence "This is the Garfield County
radio station at Red Canyon, Utah" read by a male announcer, followed
by a long pause.

Sevier, UT -- Delete this listing. There does not appear to be a
station in Sevier.  The Fish Lake NF station (KCP260) includes a
section about Sevier in their message.

Zion National Park, UT (KOJ761) -- There are currently 4 stations
active in the park along Utah highway 9. There is/was a fifth station
at the Northwest end of the park near Kanarraville (I-15 exit 40);
although the signs are still up for this station on I-15 north at exit
36, I did not log this station while passing through in 1986, 1987, or
2002. The 4 active stations in Zion NP are as follows, moving from
east to west on highway 9 (all use a female announcer):

1. Mt. Carmel Junction:  Short tape loop for drivers heading west on
Utah highway 9: mentions the $20 entrance fee, tunnel, scenic drive
shuttle, and tells listeners to tune in again about 13 miles to the
west (station #2). No call sign mentioned in tape loop.  Gets out
relatively poorly. Not audible in Kanab 17 miles to the south.

2. East Entrance:  This tape loop has more detailed information about
the shuttle schedule, wildlife, camping, and fire danger. It ends with
a MALE phone operator saying "If you want to make a call, please hang
up" followed by telephone error signals. It gets out relatively
poorly, and the KOJ786 call sign is not currently mentioned in the
tape loop.

3. Springdale/Watchman Visitor Center (KOJ761):  This one begins with
"Welcome to the gateway town of Springdale", and emphasizes the
shuttle, visitor center, backcountry hiking permits, Watchman
campsite, the Zion Lodge, and a bit about the tunnel farther east.
This is the only Zion station that mentions call letters in its tape
loop ("KOJ.......761" mumbled at the end of the loop). It gets out
fairly well, but nowhere near as well as station #4.  This one ends
with a FEMALE phone operator giving the same error as station #2.

4. Virgin: This is the one that really gets out. It appears to be
located just west of Virgin, UT, atop a high bluff. It covers a long
stretch of I-15 middays and has often been heard in California and
Nevada at night. The tape loop is oriented to visitors traveling
eastbound on Utah highway 9. The tape loop begins with "This station
provides important information about the Zion National Park Tunnel and
Zion Canyon Scenic Drive shuttle. It refers to the town of Springdale
as being "17 miles north on Highway 9", and says to tune in again
about 13 miles north on Highway 9 for more information (station #3).
There is no gap at the end of the tape loop on this one.

There you have it!  I hope this helps DXers in the west figure out
what stations you are hearing.  73, Tim (Tim & Karen Hall
http://www.inetworld.net/halls June 28, AMFMTVDX mailing list via
DXLD)

AM DX from NV/UT trip TIS AND OTHER: [is this in UT, or???]
=============
1610 KNEC996 CA Yosemite NP (area) - 6/16 0737 - CalTrans HAR for
Yosemite (SW entrance?) noted still running winter message about
drivers having to carry chains. Tape loop includes call letters.  Had
been listening to this station from Lone Pine, CA a few nights
earlier.  (TRH-UT1)

1610 TIS/Pirate? NV Mesquite - 6/21 2205 - Noted a station here
running oldies and pre-recorded IDs.  "Mesquite's new solid gold
oldies, AM 16-10, the Boss."  6/25 1500 noted again on return trip,
said they were broadcasting from the Riverside Commercial Center in
Mesquite.  (TRH-NV)

1610 WQO681 WY Bosler - 6/22 2155 - CO DoT / WY DoT station noted on E
wire with usual tape loop, mixing with semi-local KOQ516.  (TRH-UT3)

1700 WNCM749 CA Burbank - 6/22 0310 - Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena
airport TIS station is really getting out these days!  Noted on top of
channel at Lone Pine, CA, and putting a good signal into Cedar City
tonight.  (TRH-UT2)

TRH-NV/TRH-UT Tim Hall, on the road.  Toyota car radio.
TRH-UT1 NV/UT border along US 6/50.  ICF-2010, Kiwa Loop, 1250-ft
unterminated beverage aimed E
TRH-UT2 Cedar City, UT.  ICF-2010, Kiwa Loop
TRH-UT3 Teasdale, UT.  ICF-2010, Kiwa Loop, 400 ft. longwire aimed W,
200 ft. S, 575 ft. SSE, 575 ft. E.

I recently bought a new Toyota Prius (gas-electric hybrid), which we
took on this trip. I love the gas mileage (48 MPG) but unfortunately
Toyota still makes the weakest car radios around! 73, (Tim & Karen
Hall, June 29, amfmtvdx via DXLD) http://www.inetworld.net/halls

** U S A. 1620, FLORIDA UNID Haitian pirate, Orlando, 2130+ [EDT?] on
this evening 24 June w/kompa and zouk mx, M FR/Kr annr w/ occ
unreadable cart IDs w/ "vous écoutez Radio ..." with a last word
sounding something like "Cigar." Poor/fair sigs through heavy QRN here
(40 mi distant or so) via groundwave; music audio pretty good, voice
audio less so. Suspect this will make it into Tampa Bay area around
sunset greyline with few problems. Some French chatter buried on the
freq around 0130Z through TX and VI outlets, maybe them still (David
Crawford, FL, Corazón DX via DXLD)

** U S A. 1700 WSJZ IA, Des Moines, rec. QSL letter (handwritten) in
11 days for taped report. Address: 4143 109th Street, Urbandale IA
50322. V/S: Jack O' S.., (?) Not sure of signers name and the
handwriting is hard to read. Mentioned that they only had the calls
for a week before switching back to KBGG. Was surprised of my report,
as they barely get out of town! I don't know if they mean night, day
or both. I am pleased with this, as I did not really expect a reply as
they only had the calls a week. A nice letter on letterhead. MW QSL
#2805. [Later:] WSJZ/KBGG has new address: 4143 109TH, Urbandale IA
50322. Phone (515) 331-9200. I checked and the Verie signer for WSJZ
was Jack O'Brian, Operations manager (Patrick Martin, OR, IRCA et al.
via DXLD)

** U S A. DTV EXTENSIONS DENIED
Doug Smith W9WI - 16 June 2002

Maybe one of the bigger news items this month is the denial by the FCC
of several applications for DTV permit extensions. Fifty stations are
involved, apparently including all of TBN`s full-power stations.
Stations requesting an extension had to provide the Commission with
justification for their failure to meet the May 1st deadline. Quoting
from the request TBN submitted for KAAH-26 Honolulu:

``Coordination of the transition to digital has been extremely
difficult and final equipment orders are just now being evaluated for
placement with delivery to follow. Moreover, in an effort to initiate
DTV service as soon as possible, focus has been on completing STA
facilities based on the Commission`s determination that full
allocation protection for UHF facilities would be maintained beyond
May 1, 2002.``

The Commission didn`t buy it. Identical statements were filed for the
other TBN stations. The FCC offered the opportunity to file an amended
Form 337 providing a specific plan for how the extra 90 days would be
used to ``further the construction of KAAH-DT``, and a specific date
upon which TBN would expect construction to be complete. Just as TBN`s
applications for their other stations were identical to KAAH`s, the
FCC`s responses for the other stations werealso identical.

TBN`s second response didn`t fare any better. The Commission wrote
``...you have failed to explain why you need an additional six-month
extension merely to order such equipment.`` They also felt TBN`s
statement that initial construction could be completed ``within the
next twelve months or so`` to be too vague, not providing a reasonable
plan or expected date of completion.

So, TBN`s extensions were denied, and they were ``...admonished for
its failure to comply with its DTV construction obligations.`` Does
that mean TBN`s DTV permits will be cancelled? That after the
transition, there will be no full-power TBNs?

No.. TBN is getting an extension anyway. The timetable:

_ By July 3rd : a report must be submitted outlining planned
construction steps and an approximate date for completion.
_ By September 3rd : another report is required detailing progress and
justifying any delays.
_ By December 1st : if construction is not complete, another six-month
extension may be granted - but monetary fines will also be levied.
_ On May 1st , 2003: unless good reason can be shown, the DTV permits
will be rescinded.

At any point, additional sanctions (presumably fines) can be levied if
the reports fail to justify delays or show bad faith. It sounds like
I`m beating up on TBN here. That`s only because they`re the group
owner TV DXers seem to love to hate (grin). Seriously, they are not by
any means the only offenders. LibCo, Inc., a group owner of secular
commercial stations, also had several extensions denied. Several other
regular commercial owners had one or two permits denied. (It looked
like one owner was playing ``shell games``, bouncing antennas around
their various stations!) The same extension process being applied to
TBN will also apply to the secular stations.

There remain two wildcards in this first phase of the DTV transition.
First, what happens in November as those stations whose extensions
were granted reach the end of their six months of extra time? Many
stations with extensions are already completing construction, in the
early part of the extensions. I think it`s reasonable to assume a fair
number of stations will not finish by November. How hard will the FCC
be on those who ask for another extension?

Second, how are non-commercial stations going to fare when their
permits begin to expire in May of 2003? I would presume a similar 6-
month extension process will be provided - how many will need it?
We`re in the middle of a wild ride. Hold on tight... And on a related
subject... (July WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) See also CANADA ###

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** ARGENTINA. No hay novedades con respecto a R. Rivadavia. A mí
también me interesa lo que pase con ella, ya que es la primer emisora
"grande" que se cae. Conociendo un poco desde adentro como se manejan
los procesos de concurso preventivo y quiebras en la Argentina, te
diré que va a demorar unos cuantos meses hasta que el particular o la
empresa u organización que se haga cargo de la emisora pueda
considerarse legalmente nueva titular de la misma. De todas formas,
seguramente conoceremos a través de los medios quién será el
beneficiado en poco tiempo. Saludos (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, June
27, Conexión Digital via DXLD)

** ARMENIA. Glenn, A summary of my monitoring of Armenia 11685. The
sign on is somewhat variable around 1555. They switch into an ongoing
program before 1600. At 1600 there is a home service ID, followed by
what appears to be news. At 1610 there is a foreign service ID,
followed by what appears to be a cultural service. Sign off has been
noted at 1642 in mid programme. The frequency is exactly on nominal,
but the odd s/off-s/on times seem to indicate that a transmitter at
the Arinj ("old" Yerevan) site is used rather than a Gavar
transmitter. Arinj has a 300 deg antenna, which is likely to the one
used now, as NRG in England reports very good reception, while the
signal here in northern Scandinavia is only in level with co-channel
CRI Turkish. 73 (Olle Alm, Sweden, June 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. Special to the SWPROGRAMS e-mail group:

Just went to the ABC Radio National web site http://www.abc.net.au/rn
and found a little surprise. It seems that Radio National is now
available live in realaudio from that site. There are schedules there
as well. Many of the programs are also available on-demand.

Radio Australia carries many, but not all, programs from Radio
National --- a few live, most delayed. This opens up further
opportunities to hear some favorites you already hear on Radio
Australia; and to hear other excellent programs produced by and for
Radio National and not broadcast on Radio Australia's schedule.

SPECIAL NOTE: At 8pm [Australian?] EST on 1st July, 1932 PM Joseph
Lyons announced on-air the inauguration of the ABC. This weekend and
on Monday, 1st July itself, Radio National celebrates 70 years of the
ABC. As well as mining the archives, we look for the spirit of the ABC
and debate the future of broadcasting. And you can hear it all ---
LIVE --- via a special link to all of Radio National's program
schedule. Click on http://www.abc.net.au/rn and follow the
instructions there. As well, many of the programs from Radio National
that are re-broadcast on Radio Australia also will carry this
anniversary theme.

BTW, if you want to know what time various programs are on "live" go
to the Radio National site http://www.abc.net.au/rn and click on
"schedule". AEST (Australian eastern standard time) is 14 hours ahead
of EDT, 17 ahead of PDT. [and 10 ahead of UT! --gh]

FEEDBACK - 2105 Fri.; 0005/0605 Sat.; 0305 Sun. on Radio Australia

Join Roger Broadbent as he celebrates the ABC's 70th birthday.
Although the old dear is know affectionately as Aunty she's determined
to stay ahead of the pack and on Monday, her birthday, she'll be
unveiling DIG, a birthday present to the nation. All will be revealed
on the programme. And the conspiracy theory about the digitalisation
of radio, raised by a listener last week, has elicited some
interesting comments. Tune in and hear them (John Figliozzi, June 27,
swprograms via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. 5025, VL8K, Katherine, 1950, noted still here the last
couple of mornings. Alice Springs and Tennant Creek had both QSY'd to
120 mb (Paul Ormandy, June 27, New Zealand, ARDXC via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. Received from Peter Hewitson

On 30th June 2002 at 2359 UT C Australian Coast Stations
Brisbaneradio/VIB, Darwinradio/VID, Melbourneradio/VIM,
Perthradio/VIP, Sydneyradio/VIS and Townsvilleradio/VIT will
officially close down. Our final broadcast will be made on frequencies
2182, 4125, 6215, 8291, 12290 and 16420 khz at approx 2350 UT.

Australia's coast radio service started in February 1912 - two months
before the Titanic disaster and has continued uninterrupted through
two world wars but has not survived technology, business or government
legislation.

The guarding of the airwaves in the Australian Search and Rescue
Region will now be handed over to a New Zealand company, TVNZ, who
have constructed two new radio stations at Charleville in Queensland
(Callsign VIC) and Wiluna in Western Australia (Callsign VIW) and will
provide Digital Selective Calling (DSC) facilities with follow-on
communications via R/T or FEC modes.

At this time we remember and salute all the radio officers past and
present who without their dedication and skill, many lives on the high
seas would have been lost.

Robert G4PYR http://www.coastal-radio.org.uk
--
Robert Maskill G4PYR
Peterborough Cambridgeshire
Personal web site www.coastal-radio.org.uk
Business web site www.clayton-internet.co.uk
_______________________________________________
WUN mailing list
WU-@mailman.qth.net
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wun
(via Robert Maskill, June 26, via Pim Ripken, BDXC via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. VNG CLOSEDOWN POSTPONED

A letter dated 24 June from Dr Richard Brittain, Secretary of the
National Time Committee of Australia's National Standards Commission
(NSC) advises that the closure of Radio VNG will be postponed till 31
December 2002.

This step recognises that some users have had insufficient notice of
the closure and time to make the necessary alternative arrangements.
A voice announcement regarding the end-of-year closure will be aired
from mid-July.  Further notification of the closure will be given in
writing to VNG Consortium Users in July and September.

In the event of any major equipment breakdown, the NSC will not be
able to guarantee continuation of the VNG service for the full 6
months.

So, for DXers wanting to get a QSL for VNG, there's now another 6
months left to log them on 2500, 5000, 8638, 12984 or 16000 kiloHertz.
All frequencies are on 24 hours, except 16 MHz which operates from
2200 to 1000 UT. Voice announcements are carried on 2.5, 5 and 16 MHz
only - the other frequencies carry Morse identifications.  Reports
with return postage (e.g. 1 IRC coupon) should be addressed to Radio
VNG, National Standards Commission, P.O. Box 282, North Ryde, NSW
1670, Australia (Bryan Clark, New Zealand, June 29, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** BHUTAN. Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corp, 6035, full data QSL
card via snail mail. with a personal letter for the delay in
reply. V/S: Dorji Wangchuk, station engineer. The QSL describes "This
card is printed on traditional Bhutanese handmade paper. The paper is
made from daphne plant which is widely found in Bhutan". The QSL card,
covering letter and envelope are made by the same paper (Swopan
Chakroborty, India, Cumbre DX via DXLD)

** BOUGAINVILLE. Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of
Hawai`i

        FRANCIS ONA'S REBEL RADIO BACK ON AIRWAVES IN BOUGAINVILLE

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (June 27, 2002 - Post-Courier/PINA Nius
Online) -- Bougainville rebel leader Francis Ona's clandestine radio
station -- Radio Free Bougainville -- has resumed broadcasting during
the Papua New Guinea's elections and amid renewed tensions between ex-
combatants.

The rebel station had not transmitted in four years following the
ending of a decade-long secessionist war against Papua New Guinea. But
Mr. Ona has largely stayed out of the peace process that is bringing
Bougainville greater autonomy.

His supporters control what they call their Me`ekamui nation area.
The secessionist war had begun with the Ona-led rebellion against a
huge Australian copper mine at Panguna, Bougainville.

From its hidden jungle outpost, Radio Free Bougainville's pro-
independence broadcasts became a powerful weapon against the Papua New
Guinea government and its security forces.

According to sources in Bougainville and the nearby Solomon Islands,
Radio Free Bougainville returned to air June 17, just two days after
the start of national voting.

That same day Mr. Ona`s militants extended their "no-go zone" in
central Bougainville by five kilometers (three miles).

The aggressive move prompted ex-combatants from neighboring areas to
re-arm some of their men.

On June 19 they broke open containers of firearms surrendered under
the weapons disposal program supervised by the United Nations and the
regional Peace Monitoring Group.

For additional reports from The Post-Courier, go to PACIFIC ISLANDS
REPORT News/Information Links: Newspapers/The Post-Courier (Papua New
Guinea). Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) Website:
http://www.pinanius.org (via E.Baxendale, UK, DXLD) WTFK??!!

** BOUGAINVILLE. Read this folks and I got a QSL about 4 years ago ---
but gee the situation is pretty grim. From the Sydney morning Herald,
Sydney Australia. 27 June, 2002.

Radio Free Bougainville has reappeared after 4 years. (note in the
same newspaper it is reported law and order on the mainland has again
been forgotten). 10 women were raped in Chimbu province, 4 men beaten
in the same area, also Pacific Helicopters who flew the recent ballot
papers for the country's general elections are owed 1 megakina. They
will not fly unless paid, according to Ken Blane. (So it appears that
anything may happen with PNG and Bougainville solution.)....

Try listening to 3850 or around this frequency till 1030 UT. I think
Sam Voron of Roseville Sydney helped this group. And I think they run
the station on coconut oil (Johno Wright, Australia, June 27, ARDXC
via DXLD)

Thanks for this info Johno; I'll have a look out for Radio
Bougainville. You`re right about the coconut oil. I saw an ABC-TV or
SBS "doco" on Radio Bougainville some 12 months back where they
actually showed the generator used by Radio Bougainville and how
they built it and fueled it. It was "inspiring stuff". Innovation at
its best with the least amount of resource material.

Disappointing hearing that the Bougainville situation might be flaring
up again Political corruption in PNG is just mind boggling.

BTW anyone know what ever happened to Gordon Darling a SWL from Port
Moresby? I used to be in contact with him years ago regarding SW mods
for the SONY 2001D. Anyone know? I think he came from the UK if my
memory serves me correctly. Regards (Ian ---, ARDXC via DXLD)

** BOUGAINVILLE. Cumbre DX Special 404.1   June 27, 2002
   CLANDESTINE from ? to PAPUA NEW GUINEA
   Source: Post Courier newspaper, Port Moresby, 27 June 2002

REBEL RADIO BACK ON AIRWAVES

PORT MORESBY: Bougainville rebel leader Francis Ona's clandestine
radio station Radio Free Bougainville has resumed broadcasting during
the PNG election amid renewed tensions between ex-combatants.

The rebel station had not transmitted in four years following a
decade-long secessionist war with mainland Papua New Guinea.

The war, which led to as many as 20,000 deaths, was sparked by the
Ona-led rebellion against a huge Australian copper mine on the island
of Bougainville. From its hidden jungle outpost, Radio Free
Bougainville's pro-independence broadcasts became a powerful
psychological weapon against the PNG government. When it ceased
broadcasting in 1998, many assumed the rebel station was too run-down
to transmit.

But according to sources in Bougainville and the nearby Solomon
Islands, Radio Free Bougainville returned to air on June 17, just two
days after the start of national polling.

That same day Ona's troops extended their "no-go zone" in central
Bougainville by five kilometres.

The aggressive move prompted neighbouring ex-combatants to re-arm
themselves, and on June 19 they broke open containers of firearms
destined for United Nations weapons inspectors. That night the usually
reclusive Ona took to the airwaves to talk about independence, sources
told AAP. [End of Press Item]

The station was last heard on 3850 lower side band with a 1000 sign on
time. Seemed to be heard pretty well in Australia, but also logged in
the USA, particularly on the West Coast. I just checked today at 1050,
nothing there but a het (Hans Johnson, WY, Cumbre DX via DXLD)

** BULGARIA. Re DXLD 2-103: 9400 listed as due to resume on 1st July
2002. At least at 2100-2200 UT this has already resumed. I suspect the
2nd high power (500 kW) transmitter is already back in FULL service
(Ken Fletcher, 2135 UT June 26, BDXC-UK via DXLD)

** BURMA [non]. See MADAGASCAR; So the Democratic Voice of Burma
broadcast at 2330 moves to Tashkent on the same frequency previously
from Madagascar, but the 1429 broadcast on 17495 remains from Mad.,
viz.:
2330-0030 Tashkent   11715 131 200 DVB SE Asia
1429-1527 Madagascar 17495 055  50 Dem. V. of Burma SE Asia
(RNMN website via DXLD)

** CANADA. HOT SHEET FOR WEEKEND OF JUNE 29 & 30, 2002
                  -- SATURDAY JUNE 29, 2001 --

BASIC BLACK:

This is a bittersweet occasion for CBC Radio One: Arthur Black, one of
the funniest people in radio - and possibly the universe - is winding
up Basic Black for good. But he's definitely going with a bang, in a
special program recorded in Thunder Bay, where Arthur's career began.
Don't miss the very last edition of Basic Black, Saturday morning at
10:05 (10:35 NT) on CBC Radio One.

THE BEST OF QUIRKS & QUARKS:

This week on The Best of Quirks and Quarks...an encore presentation of
the Great Question Show. Bob and the gang track down the experts who
can answer your questions. Find out why we don't feel queasy As the
World Turns, how chameleons change colour, why men have nipples, and
more. That's Quirks and Quarks, with host Bob McDonald, Saturday
afternoon at 12:06 (12:36 NT) on CBC Radio One.

SUMMER COMEDY SUMMARY:

On the Summer Comedy Summary, Wes Borg of "Three Dead Trolls in a
Baggie" explains why every computer invented is garbage, and describes
his hobby of listening to movies on scratchy L.P records.  Also, Harry
Shearer...the talented mimic and "Simpsons" voiceover star does a one-
man parody of showbiz during the Gulf War. That's the Summer Comedy
Summary, with Al Rae, Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. (7:30 AT; 8:00 NT)
on CBC Radio Two, Sunday afternoon at 1:00 (1:30 NT, 4:00 PT) on CBC
Radio One.

RADIOSONIC:

This week on Radiosonic...host Grant Lawrence has The Canada Day
Weekend Special: all Canadian music, all night long, including a
special session with wayward Canadian Lisa Marr and her band The
Experiment. That's Radiosonic, Saturday at 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. AT;
8:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.

        --- WEEKEND HOT SHEET, SUNDAY JUNE 30, 2001 ---

WORLD CUP SOCCER FINAL:

Tune in to CBC Radio One this Sunday morning for the thrilling
conclusion to this year's World Cup competition. Join Canadian hosts
Kevin Sylvester and Bob Iarusci (former player with the New York
Cosmos, and captain of the Canadian National Team from 1978 to 1984)
will host a pre-game/half-time and post-game analysis, as Brazil and
Germany square off for all the glory, starting at 6:30 a.m. (with an
8 a.m. kickoff in Newfoundland) on CBC Radio One.

THE SUNDAY EDITION:

This week on The Sunday Edition, the G-8: what do summits like the one
in Kananaskis accomplish? Guest host Elizabeth Gray poses the question
to a panel of distinguished guests, including Stephen Lewis and Lloyd
Axworthy. Also, teaching history. The Spicer Report famously stated
"Canada is dying of ignorance". In one recent poll, young Canadians
answered 30 questions on a basic Canadian history quiz. Their average
score was 34 percent. A panel discusses what we can do about it. And,
New York writer Andrew Solomon on his award-winning book, "The Noonday
Demon: An Atlas of Depression". That's The Sunday Edition, right after
the 9 a.m. news (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.

CROSS-COUNTRY CHECKUP:

Sunday on Cross Country Checkup ...the G-8. This week's summit
generated a lot of expectation. World leaders offered the possibility
of progress on African development, and Middle East peace. In the
streets, thousands of protesters demanded much more. What do you
think? Can the G8 live up to such expectations? Join host Rex Murphy
for Cross Country Checkup:  Sunday afternoon from 4 until 6 (EASTERN)
on CBC Radio One.

ON STAGE:

This week, On Stage presents a concert from Glenn Gould Studio. The
Jacques Loussier Trio gives an unusual twist to works by Bach,
Vivaldi, Debussy and Ravel. That's On Stage, with host Eric Friesen,
Sunday night at 8:05 (9:05 AT, 9:35 NT) on CBC Radio One, Sunday
afternoon at 2:05 (2:35 NT) on CBC Radio Two.

MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL:

Sunday night on CBC Radio One...a very special night: highlights from
the 2002 Montreal International Jazz Festival! Join Katie Malloch and
co-host Peter Downie for performances by John Scofield, Gonzalo
Rubalcaba, Richard Galliano, the Jefferson-Grant Quintet and Susie
Arioli's Swing Band. That's the Montreal International Jazz Festival,
Sunday night at 11:05 (12:05 AT, 12:35 NT) on CBC Radio One.

--- RADIO TWO ---

CHORAL CONCERT:

This week on Choral Concert...just in time for Canada Day, a special
concert performance by the National Youth Choir of Canada, under the
direction of Lydia Adams. From the Podium 2002, the biennial
conference of the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors. That's
Choral Concert, with host Howard Dyck, Sunday morning at 8:11 (8:41
NT) on CBC Radio Two.

TIME TRAVELLER:

Go ahead. Lose your head Sunday afternoon on The Time Traveller. This
week on the show they're going to start the French Revolution. Join
host Michael Bean and the rest of the mob heading for the Bastille,
where the forecast is for a continued Reign of Terror with flashes of
the most brilliant music of the time. That's a look at the 1790s on
the Time Traveller, Sunday after the 1:00 o'clock news (1:30 NT) on
CBC Radio Two. Come along. It'll be a slice.

SAY IT WITH MUSIC:

This week on Say It With Music...Richard Rodgers: The Final Years. A
centenary tribute to Richard Rodgers concludes with the shows that
filled the final 15 years of his life: No Strings, Do I Hear A Waltz?,
Two By Two, Rex, and I Remember Mama, as well as a final look at some
favorites from his incredible catalogue of songs. Say it With Music,
Sunday at 4:00 p.m. (4:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.

PEARLS OF WISDOM:

This week on Pearls of Wisdom, in keeping with Canada Day, David
Wisdom presents words and music written and performed by Canadians -
everyone from The Travellers to Tommy Hunter, Oscar Peterson to Guy
Lombardo. That's Pearls of Wisdom, Sunday at 6:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. AT,
8:00 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio Two.

MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL:

Tune into CBC Radio Two Sunday for a very special night: a five-hour
live broadcast from the 2002 Montreal International Jazz Festival!
Join Katie Malloch and co-host Peter Downie for performances by John
Scofield, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Richard Galliano, the Jefferson-Grant
Quintet and Susie Arioli's Swing Band. That's the Montreal
International Jazz Festival, Sunday at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 AT, 9:30 NT) on
CBC Radio Two.

TWO NEW HOURS: ***pre-empted for extended live broadcast of Montreal
International Jazz Festival***

CANADA DAY, MONDAY, JULY 1:

EH CANADA 3 - THE PRIME MINISTERS: ***may not be heard in all
locations*** Tune in to CBC Radio One on Canada Day for Eh Canada Part
Three - the Prime Ministers - a comic look at our fearless leaders
featuring Sean Cullen as Mackenzie King's dead mother! Also on the
show: Greg Foster, Ron James, Brent Butt, Theresa Pavlinek, Derek
Edwards and Three Dead Trolls give you their take on our floundering
fathers. In the last half-hour, a celebrity panel debates "What makes
Canadians so Funny?." Hear from Michael J. Fox, Eugene Levy, Martin
Short and Lorne Michaels. That's Eh Canada Part Three, with host Al
Rae, Canada Day at after the news at noon (12:36 NT) on CBC Radio One.
(CBC Hotsheets excerpted by gh for DXLD)

** CANADA. June 27, 2002

CBC/RADIO-CANADA LAUNCHES ITS DIGITAL ARCHIVES WEB SITES

We are pleased to announce the launch today of CBC/Radio-Canada's
bilingual Archives Web sites http://cbc.ca/archives and
http://radio-canada.ca/archives. Drawing upon 70 years of radio and
television coverage from the archives of the CBC, the Web sites focus
on significant moments in Canadian history. This bilingual project is
funded by Canadian Heritage. There is no fee to access the Web sites.

The CBC/Radio-Canada Archives Web sites are a chance to meet the
newsmakers and experience the events of our history.  Watch Terry Fox
as he runs across Canada in his Marathon of Hope. Listen to a young
Leonard Cohen talk of poetry. Relive the frenzy around Trudeaumania.
The sites look at dozens of other topics, including The Gouzenko
Affair, Africville, Hurricane Hazel, Thalidomide, Punk Rock, Maurice
"Rocket" Richard and the Creation of Nunavut. New topics are being
added on a regular basis.

Topics found on the sites are organized by theme: Significant
Historical Figures, War and Conflict, Arts and Entertainment, Politics
and Economy, and Science and Technology, to name just a few.  The
Archives sites contain more than 1,000 original pages of documents
with comments and analyses accompanied by hundreds of radio and TV
clips.

Teachers and students can now experience these events first-hand,
through audio and video clips, in-depth background information and
suggested educational activities. A comprehensive educational package
has been designed by a team of educators to reflect the needs of
secondary schools complete with suggested activities and exercises,
curriculum correlations and enhanced teachers' materials.

Travel through time and relive unforgettable moments from Canada's
history.

We're proud to launch the Archives Web sites and to be able to give
the extensive CBC/Radio-Canada archives a new lease on a digital life!

Francois Boulet                         Mark Mietkiewicz
Project Director                        English Project Manager
Digital Archives Web site               Digital Archives Web site
National New Media (via Daniel Say, DXLD)

** CHINA. This week`s edition of WAVELENGTH looks at a new ethnic TV
station in Vancouver ===== Wave-Length China Radio International
Beijing, China Attention: Lu Feng & Keith Perron e-mail:
wavelengthcri@yahoo.com website: http://www.cri.com.cn/english
Tel: 86-13661322248 (Keith Perron via DXLD) Ondemand till UT Mon?

** CHINA: INTERNET HAS "ENSNARED" MANY YOUTHS, NEWS AGENCY WARNS |
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New
China News Agency)

Nanning, 28 June: A recent fire in Beijing's Lanjisu cyber cafe that
claimed 24 lives has focused attention nationwide on the country's
burgeoning cyber cafes. China plugged itself into the Internet in
1994. With the number of users mushrooming from 8.9 million two years
ago to 35 million now, the country's slightly sluggish pace of life is
speeding up.

Young people are getting used to receiving education online, dates
online, shopping online and playing games online. The Internet makes
it possible for ordinary people to take part in government decisions
and law making. For example, when the tenth five-year plan for
national economic and social development was being drafted, over
10,000 suggestions from ordinary people were sent to web sites opened
by the central government, of which 300 were taken up by China's State
Planning Commission.

Both consumers and dealers have been trying E-commerce, trading items
like computers, household commodities, books, videos and audio
products. According to a latest survey, E-commerce volume will jump to
3.2bn US dollars by 2004. The Internet is also helping people find
jobs in China. About 35 per cent of job seekers found employment
online. Some Chinese farmers sell their products and learn about the
world through the Internet, which helps them overcome such
disadvantages as geographic isolation.

In the country once famous for its special greeting "Have you had your
meal?", nowadays more people may address each other with "Have you
surfed on the net?"

However, the net has ensnared many young people, especially students
who are apt to get lost in the virtual community. Mishaps reported at
cyber cafes include fires, the sudden death of middle-school students
from fatigue and students addicted to the Internet getting poor marks
or even dropping out of school.

According to statistics from colleges in east China's Jiangsu
Province, about 80 per cent of dropouts are Internet addicts.
Some students just chat or play games online without using the net's
other functions. The Internet is a kind of electronic encyclopedia,
but only those with enough experience and ability can handle it,
according to Xu Wenbo, head of the national internet popularization
project.

The Internet, with its combination of good and bad, may harm young
people. Liu Xiaolin, a psychiatrist said, cyberspace could be a "trap"
in children's development but most problems were attributed to poor
management.

Wang Yuesheng, manager of the biggest chain of cyber cafes in Beijing,
says the side effects of cyber cafes are obvious. "However, we
shouldn't ban them, just like people shouldn't stop eating because
food can choke them."

Since 16 June when the fire broke out in the Lanjisu cyber cafe, all
cyber cafes have been suspended in Beijing and cafes nationwide are
facing tough restrictions. Computer use has risen sharply in Chinese
families in recent years. In Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region, 40 per cent of families own computers.

However, some computer owners still prefer cyber cafes. A regular
cyber cafe customer said it was cheaper to surf in cafes than at home.
It also felt good surfing in a cyber cafe, just like in a cinema,
bringing a feeling of merging into a crowd. Source: Xinhua news
agency, Beijing, in English 0230 gmt 28 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

** COSTA RICA. RFPI noted June 27th 2325 on 7445, good reception on
clear channel (Mike Barraclough, UK, World DX Club Contact via DXLD) A
few days earlier I was surprised to find 7445-USB not only on the air
as early as 2230, but audible. Does this mean 21815-USB is closing
earlier? For a while they were avoiding having both USB transmitters
on at the same time in order to avoid spur on 15m hamband (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. CASTRO FEARS SHORTWAVE RADIO
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/06/26/castro.cuba/index.html
(via Harry Helms, DXLD)

** CUBA. CASTRO WARNS HE MIGHT SEVER U.S. TIES
June 26, 2002 Posted: 8:12 PM EDT (0012 GMT)

From Lucia Newman, CNN Havana Bureau

HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro warned he might
sever his country's limited diplomatic relations with the United
States in a speech Wednesday before the national assembly.

He accused U.S. diplomats in Havana of violating Cuba's sovereignty
and the norms governing diplomatic conduct. Specifically, he chided
the United States for distributing hundreds of shortwave radios so
Cubans can tune into the Florida-based anti-Castro radio station Radio
Marti.

"It is also inadmissible that contraband material can be brought into
our country through the diplomatic pouch," Castro said, apparently
referring to the radios.

"It will be the responsibility of the government of the United States
if it insists on continuing these practices, if this leads to the
cancellation of our migration accords, and even the closure of the
U.S. interests section in Havana."

It was one of Castro's strongest statements to date regarding the
American diplomatic mission in Cuba, which was established during the
Carter administration along with a Cuban interests section in
Washington.

"This is not something that we wish, since it would signify a
lamentable step backwards in the few advances we have managed to
achieve in the relations between both countries," Castro added.
Castro made the speech at a special session of the national assembly,
which has been meeting this week to vote on a constitutional amendment
declaring Cuba's socialist system "untouchable."

Castro insists the assembly vote is a response to what he calls
heightened aggression and threats from the Bush administration, which
has vowed to tighten U.S. economic sanctions and travel restrictions
on the island until Cuba implements democratic reforms, such as multi-
party elections.

The warning to close down the American interests section and sever the
1994-95 bilateral immigration accords are an effort to combat what
Cuba sees as pro-opposition activism by U.S. diplomats here, U.S.
Ambassador Vicky Huddleston in particular.

Cuban officials have repeatedly criticized her for handing out the
shortwave radios.

In his speech, Castro also accused U.S. diplomats of trying "to
organize networks and conspiracies" by traveling throughout the island
and talking with Cubans who have made unsuccessful attempts to reach
U.S. soil.

The diplomats are granted rights to check on the welfare of these
Cuban citizens, who in many cases were picked up by the U.S. Coast
Guard and returned to Cuba.

In an interview last month with CNN, Huddleston defended her practice
of handing out the radios, saying the technology is openly for sale in
Cuba anyway.

The Cuban government, she said, "says that they're just tuned to Radio
Marti. This is not true. You can move the dial around and listen to
Radio Havana Libre or you can listen to Radio Netherlands or you can
listen to Radio Marti.

"What the Cuban government doesn't like [is] the choice the people
have to listen to anything this little radio can pick up. This is
something we do all over the world. We distribute information to try
to empower people. We would like to see the Cuban people empowered,"
Huddleston said. © 2002 Cable News Network LP, LLLP
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/06/26/castro.cuba/index.html
(via Dave White, DXLD)

** CUBA. China may take over the former Russian spy base near Lourdes,
in Cuba, according to the Moscow newspaper Izvestia. In a report
quoted in the latest issue of Eye Spy magazine, Izvestia says: "Last
autumn, a Chinese military delegation visited Cuba. The possibility of
operating an electronic espionage centre was discussed with Castro
during the visit.

"According to sources, China responded positively in principle to the
offer and, in fact, the Chinese have been offered a set of buildings
in the Lourdes complex upon the final departure of the Russians".
Eye Spy reports that around two dozen Russians remain at the Lourdes
base as caretakers. It adds that, because of unpaid debts, the Cubans
seized part of the base's eavesdropping equipment as the Russians were
preparing to ship it home. Around a thousand Russians were employed at
the base when it was operational (Roger Tidy, UK, June 28, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. The latest issue of Eye Spy magazine carries a long
article on Cuban intelligence. Excerpts dealing with number stations
follow:

"A radio station situated in Cuba, probably using the Radio Habana
transmitter at Bauta, sends a series of five character number groups
via the shortwave. The clandestine agent copies down the numbers and
decodes them to extract the message. ...

"Miss Montes (the recently arrested Cuban spy in the US) received her
messages from the number station (designated VO2 by the ENIGMA 2000
Group) on her Sony shortwave receiver. The particular message offered
as evidence was received by Miss Montes at around 0200z on Saturday 6
February 1999. The frequency was 7887 kHz and that received was a
usual VO2 message of 150 five figure groups; the total transmission
lasting around 45 minutes.

"The actual transmission commenced, "Atención!, Atención! tres cero
uno cero siete, dos cuatro seis dos cuatro..." (30107 24624...).
Continuing with other five figure groups until a total of 150 groups
were delivered. No need for a one-time pad for Miss Montes. A second
hand Toshiba laptop computer, model 405CS was used to do the decoding.
"A programme received from Cuba decrypted the messages received via
VO2 over the years. 160 floppy disks had been purchased by Montes from
her local Radio Shack outlet between 1 May 1993 and 2 November 1997.
"In days gone by, the return message would have been sent via a short
wave transmission in a variety of ways, simple Morse or rapid
transmission. The rapid transmission is referred to as a 'burst'
transmission, the entire message being sent in a few seconds at high
speed, either by a mechanical or electronic device.

"The method used by Montes was nothing short of ingenious in its
simplicity. She simply returned her message via the US pager network.
She called a pager number from a public telephone booth and using the
phone keypad (dialler) entered a pre-arranged number to convey a
particular message, her last sending was on 16 September 2001 ..."
"VO2, the number station used by Montes...can just as easily be
intercepted and is easily heard with little problem in the USA. A
particular trait of the signals of this station is that the audio
quality is often particularly poor, sometimes with an annoying hum on
the carrier. The 7887 kHz transmission was lately reported by an
American monitor on 12 April 2002; however another monitor in London
reported the sister station VO2a on 5417 kHz at 0200z 23 March 2002 as
a very poor signal.

"For those with an interest in hearing this station it can be heard in
Great Britain, at the date of writing, on Wednesdays 0700z on 9063 kHz
and Sundays at 0700z on 6837 kHz. The mode used is generally AM but
USB is sometimes used.." (via Roger Tidy, UK, DXLD)

** EGYPT. What do you think about this poll about poorest reception
quality of any radio station on SW. My choice will be R. CAIRO on
17675.07 kHz in Arabic. Very distorted audio! Could hardly detect them
1305 UT. They were broadcasting in Arabic. ILG verified that`s the
case. R Cairo in Arabic on this frequency 1145-1700 UT. Any other
suggestions?! (Jouko Huuskonen, Turku FINLAND, hard-core-dx via DXLD)

A bit later in the afternoon they broadcast on 15375, allegedly in
Bambara and Arabic, but I have only heard audio fragments twice in a
period of several weeks. Most of the power seems to go into a
(slightly distorted) 50 Hz hummmm...... I wonder if Radio Cairo has
any listeners outside of the studio (Rik van Riel, Curitiba, Brasil,
ibid.)

** ETHIOPIA. 6939.98, R. Fana, 0329 June 23, IS at 0326 with variable
carrier, to 6938 at times. S7  level but weak audio. Male announcer
with ID at 0330. Once again about 16 seconds later. One more ID
at 51 seconds past 0330 (Bob Montgomery, PA, Cumbre DX via DXLD)

** GERMANY. Thanks, Glenn, I indeed found it, as well as a very
informative site of theirs: http://www.kielradio.de Best, Robertas

RE: A question on 8638

Hello Robertas, Glenn Hauser forwarded your email to me to answer
since the HF utility bands are my regular beat here at Monitoring
Times magazine. As Glenn noted below, you have probably monitored DAO
Kiel Radio, Germany and their Pactor-II mode service on this
frequency. The absolute best website on the internet to acquaint
yourself with the various digital sounds heard in the HF spectrum
belongs to veteran monitor Leif Dehio in Germany. While I can't be
100% certain what you heard based on the description below, you can go
online to Leif Dehio's website at:
http://rover.wiesbaden.netsurf.de/~signals/DIG_intro.htm
to see if any of the digital sounds their match what you heard. I
suggest clicking on the PSK link from the page above then once that
page is loaded, scroll down page to the section labeled "Burst" and
click on the PACTOR-II ARQ (PARALLEL) sound link. That probably is
what you heard.

As far as getting a verification is concerned, I have not seen anyone
report getting one and I do not collect Ute QSLs, but you should be
able to find out more on their website at http://www.kielradio.de/
73 and good hunting,

(Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
Grove Enterprises Technical Support Department
Monitoring Times Assist Editor, Fed File/Milcom Columnist
Telephone: V-828-837-9200/F-828-837-2216/800-438-8155 via DXLD)

** GUAM [non]. Glenn, Stumbled onto a live feed of Jimbo last night
from KFRU Columbia, MO. KFRU is a Surfer Network station requiring the
installation of a 800k plugin called Surfer Player. You can reach the
website at http://www.surfernetwork.com with KFRU available in the
News/ talk /sports category (Mike Pietruk, June 27, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

Bohannon often mentions in passing some of the stations he`s on, so
must keep checking them out for webcasts. Recently: KNRC `Denver` but
after midnight; and KWTO Springfield MO. No, nothing from the latter
and the former`s website not found (gh, DXLD)

** INDIA. AIR has started a SW transmission for their NATIONAL program
in parallel to the MW 1566, 1134 kHz. This service can be heard at
1325-0040 hours on 9425 kHz. 73s/alok (via BC-DX, June 27 via DXLD)

** IRAN: RADICAL DAILY RIDICULES RADIO FREE EUROPE'S SUPPORT FOR
JOURNALIST | Text of report with no title from "For Your Information"
column, published by Iranian newspaper Jomhuri-ye Eslami web site on
27 June

The Radio Free Europe, which is directly controlled by the American
espionage organization (CIA), has expressed support for the
sensational remarks of a member of the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin
Organization [and pro-reform journalist], Hashem Aghajari. This radio
station, while welcoming and endorsing Aghajari's remarks, said: His
speech was a repeat of the points raised by Dr Ali Shari'ati during
the 1350s [1970s] decade.

Speaking at a ceremony in Hamedan last week to mark the anniversary of
Dr Ali Shari'ati's demise, Hashem Aghajari said that in Islam there
were no such words as "spiritual clergy" or "source of emulation" and
that deforms should start by reforming the religion first. Source:
Jomhuri-ye Eslami web site, Tehran, in Persian 27 Jun 02 (via BBCM via
DXLD)

Controlled by the CIA? Where did they get that absurd idea? (gh, DXLD)

** ISRAEL. A recent letter from Sylvia Rapport, English news section
of Kol Israel states that [reception?] reports are no longer required
because the station engineers have stopped using them (Allen Dean, UK,
July World DX Club Contact via Mike Barraclough, DXLD)

** ISRAEL. Here's the link to a new Jerusalem Post article (from
today, the 27th) about the CNN controversy in Israel:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/Full&cid=1023716560769
73- (Bill Westenhaver, DXLD) See also USA for a Turner interview

** MADAGASCAR. Radio Netherlands Madagascar update

The situation in Madagascar means that power restrictions continue to
be in force. A number of Radio Netherlands transmissions have been
temporarily transferred to other transmitter sites. These arrangements
will remain in force until further notice. Details of the changes are
on our schedule page at http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/schedule.html

While most of these may be of little interest to members of Hard Core
DX, a couple of things jumped out at me when I was typing them:

We're using Dhabiyya, UAE, in English at 1730-2025 on 7120 kHz beamed
to South and East Africa. On 27 and 28 June only, the transmission
opens one hour later, at 1830 UT. We've only used Dhabiyya once
before, for a few hours in Dutch last month on election night.

The changes also affect the Democratic Voice of Burma. The
transmission at 2330-0030 UT on 11715 kHz has been switched to
Tashkent (Andy Sennitt, Radio Netherlands, June 27, hard-core-dx via
DXLD) See BURMA [non]

** NETHERLANDS [non]. See MADAGASCAR above

** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI has got rid of its extraneous North American
audience by moving to 9515 after 1100 – that, of course, is occupied
by Sackville, at 1256 check June 27, but something under it was
presumably RNZI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI Previews for Sunday June 30 on 9885 include:

0806 - SOUNDS HISTORICAL with Jim Sullivan. This week: New Zealand's
second TV channel went on air 27 years ago today.
1012 - MEDIAWATCH (via John Figliozzi, swprograms, via DXLD)

** PAKISTAN. RADIO TO INSTALL THREE NEW MW TRANSMITTERS | Excerpt from
report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency

Islamabad, 28 June: Secretary Information and Media Development Syed
Anwar Mahmood Friday said three new transmitters on different
locations would soon be installed to enhance coverage of Radio
Pakistan.

Addressing the passing-out ceremony of sub-editors of Pakistan
Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) at PBC Academy, he said the step would
enhance the radio's coverage of news and current affairs channel in
the wider parts of the country and abroad.

The transmitters having capacity of 100 kW mediumwave would be
installed out of special grant of 150m rupees, earlier approved by
President General Pervez Musharraf to enhance the scope and coverage
of Radio Pakistan.

Syed Anwar Mahmood said new professional blood is being inducted in
PBC after a period of 12 years through a transparent recruitment
procedure. He said the government has also approved the hiring of 30
producers on contract basis and after judging their performance, they
will be offered regular induction in PBC.

He said the government has launched a new scheme of internship for
young talent in various government organizations. Under this programme
PBC and PTV would soon be offering internship to them. He regretted
that 450 unnecessary staff was appointed in PBC in 1994 while it had
been direly in need of news related workforce... Source: Associated
Press of Pakistan news agency, Islamabad, in English 0944 gmt 28 Jun
02 (via BBCM via DXLD) WTFK??!!

** PERU. Además de las dos emisoras arequipeñas están llegando casi a
diario en la banda de 49 metros, Radio Santa Rosa, de Lima, por los
6045,4 kHz y Radio Unión, también de Lima, entre los 6108 y los 6119
(sí, leyeron bien) variable, con audio distorsionado, aunque
fuerte (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, June 27, Conexión Digital via DXLD)

** PERU. Radio Tacna informa que el transmisor que utiliza para
sus emisiones en 31 metros [9504.8] tiene tan solo 0.2 kW
(200 vatios de potencia) (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, June 28, Conexión
Digital via DXLD)

** RUSSIA. ORT TO START BROADCASTING TO USA, EUROPE | Text of report
in English by Russian news agency Interfax

Moscow, 28 June: The Russian Public Television (ORT) can repay debt on
a 100m-dollar loan from Vnesheconombank within the next five years
without harming the TV channel's development.

ORT General Director Konstantin Ernst made this announcement in an
interview with Interfax after speaking at a session of the Federation
Council information policy committee on Friday [28 June].

The TV channel is solvent now, and it has paid 45m dollars on other
debts over the past six months, Ernst said. "We have completely repaid
almost all of the rest of our debts to the television's technical
centre, the VGTRK company and TV programme producers," he said.

Commenting on ORT's plans, Ernst noted that "as early as at the
beginning of next month, ORT will start broadcasting to the US".
"We also broadcast in Europe, but we will start really covering Europe
in autumn this year," he said.

Ernst spoke in favour of improving Russia's media laws so that they
would present tougher regulations for the domestic market and thus
protect Russian producers. "Our legislation in media is among the most
liberal for foreign partners and investors. Compared to the US, what
we have here can be called not only a bulwark of freedom, but in fact
a bit anarchistic," Ernst said. Source: Interfax news agency, Moscow,
in English 0921 gmt 28 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

``Broadcasting to the US?`` Just how? (gh, DXLD)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. I have received a QSL from SIBC together with a
programme schedule. In the programme schedule they say that the
frequency of 9545 is to be operational by April 2002. Unfortunately no
times are given but I would presume that it will operate while 5020 is
off the air (Colin Richardson, Huntingdon, UK, July World DX Club
Contact via Mike Barraclough, DXLD)

Listed as irregular by WRTH 2002 and not listed in the last two DSWCI
Domestic Broadcasters Surveys though I know they have used this
channel in the past (Mike Barraclough, ibid.)

** U S A. Got my item about Angel 1 being down just in time, as on
June 27 check at 1255, it was back on 9495, at least; and June 29 at
0315 check on 7315 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1249.5 | USA | WKBR, Manchester, NH, Jun 20, 0036 UT - still
on split freq., should be widely heard (Mark Connelly, Rowley MA,
hard-core-dx via DXLD)

** U S A. Re: Emergency operations for Arizona Wildfires

I heard them all plus KZUA 92.1 and KRFM 96.5. Yes, there were times
that the stations disappeared. I don't know if there were problems
with electrical power or if the fire got so close to the transmitters
that they had to leave for a while. I do remember them saying they
would be on the air as long as the fire didn't cut off the power and
the station didn't burn down. There was a major, major powerline going
in the fire area over AZ 260 that was unpowered while firefighting was
going on in the area. Perhaps this why the stations went off at times.

The fire is now at 375,000 acres and 5% contained.

The Mogollón Rim is the exact place where most of the trees are in the
state and the prime fire area. The fire moved from the Rim to the
White Mountains. It`s believed that the fire was started by some
Apaches on the res but that awaits to be proven since there haven't
been any arrests (Kevin Redding, Mesa, Arizona, AMFMTVDX mailing list,
June 26 via DXLD)

** U S A. RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIO AIDS AT ARIZONA WILDFIRE

It`s hams to the rescue, again! This time it is the RODEO/CHEDESKI
fire in Eastern Arizona. Over 350-thousand-acres -- more than half the
size of Rhode Island and far from containment!

The FCC reserved emergency frequencies for fire related
communications only: during daylight hours, 7.265 MHz on 40 Meters
and after dark, 3.990 MHz in the 75 Meter band.

W7TSA, a club station operated by the Salvation Army set up at one of
the evacuation centers. It operated as primary net control, with
other Arizona stations picking up the duty in shifts, making sure the
frequencies were monitored 24-hours a day.  OFF AIR AUDIO HERE

One of the priorities, was setting up a VHF repeater, to enable
reliable, short-distance communications for mobiles and portables:
OFF AIR AUDIO HERE

The Forest Service has set up fire fighting headquarters in the town
of Show Low, and one of the operators at W7TSA, located in the town`s
high school, gave other monitoring stations a rundown of activity,
Tuesday night, June 25th. OFF AIR AUDIO HERE

Those two frequencies, 7.265 and 3.990, plus or minus 3 kHz, are
reserved for fire only duties for up to 14-days. Watch for the FCC
announcement when things return to normal.

For some interesting short-wave listening, tune in -- but please
don`t transmit on those frequencies unless you`re actively involved
in the emergency response (Story written by Alan Kaul, W6RCL, Amateur
Radio Newsline June 28 via John Norfolk, DXLD)

** U S A. Another example of ads on a public station

WNYE (FM and TV), Brooklyn, are owned by the now soon-to-be defunct
Board of Education of the City of New York.

(The State just passed a bill giving the mayor his desire to take over
control of the public schools. On the other hand, the mayor is trying
to give the local bus lines in this section of Queens, now on strike,
to the state agency which runs the subway and most of the bus lines in
New York City. They are currently franchised to private companies but
heavily subsidized by the City.)

Anyway, WNYE and WNYE-TV broker much of their time to ethnic
broadcasters. And at least on TV (it's harder to tell on radio) at
least some of these ethnic broadcasters run commercials for local
ethnic businesses. (Joel Rubin, Queens, June 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. TOWER PITS THE GARDEN CROWD AGAINST JONI MITCHELL FANS

June 28, 2002 By ALAN FEUER

Could there be a more profound existential crisis for New Yorkers of a
certain breed - financially well off, intellectually curious and, for
the most part, liberal-leaning - than having to pick sides between a
world-class public garden and a commercial-free public radio station?

Essentially, that was the choice hundreds struggled with yesterday at
a public hearing in the Bronx to decide whether WFUV-FM, a station run
by Fordham University, has the right to build a soaring broadcast
tower above the conifers and glass conservatories of the New York
Botanical Garden.

This dispute has raged for eight years, but that did not stop the
hearing, which was overseen by the Federal Communications Commission,
from being a civilized affair. Caterers in bow ties welcomed the
partisans to sample from a wide selection of Danishes served with
coffee on a flagstone patio in the pleasant morning air.

During the speeches, there were references to Robert Frost, John
Dryden and aesthetic theory - with a few Latin phrases thrown in.

Speaking of the issues, the crowd broke down between those who fear
that without the tower, WFUV's irreplaceable, offbeat programs will go
off the air and those who view the unfinished, 260-foot-tall structure
as a hideous intrusion on the irreplaceable beauty of the garden. But
speaking of the sociology beneath the issues, one could say the battle
pitted the white-shoed against the tennis-shoed. Or even, Philippe de
Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who spoke on
the garden's behalf, against college students with names like Phil.

A brief history of the squabble may be useful.

The tower was erected in 1994 on the northern edge of Fordham's Rose
Hill campus, directly across Dr. Theodore Kazimiroff Boulevard from
the garden's main entrance. Starting in 1947, WFUV had broadcast by
way of an antenna atop Keating Hall at Fordham, but the station felt
the antenna was old and weak. It considered more than 20 sites but
dismissed them all before settling on the tower in its current spot.

In 1996, the State Supreme Court affirmed the university's right to
build, although the next year, the F.C.C. ruled that the tower had an
adverse effect on the garden by "introducing an obtrusive visual
element" to its landscape.

Negotiations started. They lasted about three years. They failed so
badly that when the notion of the hearing arose, the university and
the garden could not agree on where to hold it. The morning session
was at the garden, the afternoon session on Fordham's campus.

The F.C.C. is considering whether