WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA 2002 SUMMARY ARCHIVE
WORLD OF RADIO #1163, produced Dec. 30, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Solomon Islands Broadcasting refuses to issue cyclone warnings without payment from government disaster office, despite Zoe hit *R. Vanuatu heard as late as noon in Europe on 7260 *Sunday January 5 firm date for inauguration of HCJB`s new transmitter in Western Australia, starting at 0700 on 11755, but may test during previous days *V. of Indonesia active two days in a row on 11784.86, 11784.83 for English at 2000; mailbag Sunday at 2030 *Bangladesh heard in Pennsylvania on 4880, 7184.98, but not 9550 *Lhasa, Tibet daytime frequencies and others audible in Sweden *Tajikistan puts out 3rd and 4th harmonics of 7245: 21735, 28980 *Pakistan on new 5080, ex-7106v, loud hum obscuring audio; subcarriers interfere with each other. API-4 with 100 kW *Tempest in Sri Lanka over importation of broadcasing equipment for Tamil Tigers; government authorized, but Norway criticised for expediting. See last few 2002 issues of DXLD for several stories *Maldives going into internet broadcasting: http://www.vom.gov.mv -- in fact nothing there but player; any English? *Windstorm blew down some of Israel Radio`s curtain antennas; some frequencies curtailed or changed as a result *Raid on Israeli right-wing pirate/private station, Arutz-7, in international waters or not; see recent DXLDs *Nothing heard yet from Djibouti where US is installing high power relay transmitters; R. Djibouti being renovated as part of the deal including 50 kW SW for it, which used to be on 4780. BBG relay includes 600 kW MW, 1431 kHz, probably Radio Sawa *Zanzibar being heard widely until 2100 on 11734.13, in the clear *R. Uganda signing on at 0300 on 4975.97, but cutting off and on *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, World of Radio 1163, recorded a couple days earlier than usual because of the holidays; P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; woradio at yahoo.com http://www.worldofradio.com for DXLD and much more info *Since first SW broadcast of this program is Jan 1 at 2300, not including NY Eve and holiday listening tips, when it would be too late, if hearing earlier via web, check Monitoring Reminders and DXLD *Bob Zanotti reveals he has been silent partner of Alfredo Cotroneo since the outset in 1988 of IRRS, Italy; story in Jan & Feb Monitoring Times *Later item is that IRRS is selling its two SW transmitters due to unexplained `upgrade` -- like depending on sites abroad? see http://www.nexus.org/IPAR/txsale.htm or from sales@nexus.org *FWIW, unconfirmed report that Deutsche Welle will abandon all English to Australia, from March 31 *Croatia moved off 9925 into the 40m hamband, 7285, for North America at 0200-0600; still 9925 to S America at 0000; the rest: 06 9470 to NZ; 08-10 on 13820 to Australia; all relays via Germany. Europeans just won`t stop invading the NAm hamband; intruder watch alert! *Ukraine staying above 7.3 MHz to North America on new 7375 with a megawatt; one other 100 kW transmitter changes frequencies thruout the day: 9610, 7420, 17760, 7240, 5905; English hours at 2200, 0100, 0400, 1200 *TV company in Vladivostok seized at gunpoint by police, Novaya Volna, in ownership dispute *Scandinavian Weekend Radio`s monthly 24-hour broadcast from 2200 UT Fri Jan 3; details at http://www.swradio.net *BBC World Service in English heard relayed on several Norway frequencies; tests, mistake or permanent change? *CBC communique indicates transmitter operation such as Sackville will be outsourced; to Merlin? Union members may wind up working for someone else *CHWO AM 740 in Toronto issuing 2nd anniversary QSLs for reports of reception January 8; at least 10 minutes of program details; to am740@rogers.com *More than 19 percent of Canada`s AM stations have moved to FM; nearly 25 percent have gone silent on AM for one reason or another; and more to come, including CBZ 970 Fredericton NB *WBZ 1030 Boston, Jan 6 at 12-5 am EST will be about oldtime radio, including Lone Ranger announcer; no webcast *VOA seeks lower profie; memo orders VOA sign-on NOT to be played before R. Sawa and R. Farda *WRMI Miami posted new program schedule including addition of Solid Rock Radio, Sun 0500-1000 on 7385, Sun 1500-2100 on 15725 *Cuban MW stations were booming in at sunrise in Holland *One Guatemalan SW station has reacivated, R. Cultural Coatan, 4800 *R. Peru is a station that activates once a year, heard before Xmas on 5637.24 *Sorry, out of time before we got to Frequency Management; see DXLD 2-197 Australia, and bottom of 199 and 201 *Welcome back to Ed Mayberry, revived IL website after a sesquiyear, http://www.internationallistener.com *Wishing you great propagation in 2003, Glenn Hauser, here, concluding World of Radio 1163 ### WORLD OF RADIO #1162, produced December 24, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Kim Elliott guest-hosting VOA Talk to America Jan 1 at 1700-1800, including extra frequencies from USA, 9775 and 17635; and another hour by him at 1400-1500 [not -1700 as I said!], repeated at 2200 *Kim talked me into doing yet another SW Year in Review for these shows January 1 *WJIE 7490, our affiliate in KY, has begun webcast streaming, click on link at http://www.wjiesw.com -- WOR not appearing so much at 0400 *WWRB testing 4th transmitter, 150 kW capable, but low power only so far. FCC and FAA licensed WWRB as aero enroute communications facility: transmitter site Manchester TN, receiver site McCaysville GA; callsign `Nashville Radio` *WWCR`s new station in Memphis, WMQM 1600, 50 kW day, 35 watts night, began broadcasting Saturday Dec 21; unheard here so far, QRM. Best chance just before official sunset, or after official sunrise *Lots of special programming compiled at our Monitoring Reminders, from before Xmas to after New Years, http://worldofradio.com/calendar.html *One such is Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland, new KCRW produxion, narrated by Harry Shearer, repeated Dec 31 at 2200-2400 UT *CFVP, 6030, Calgary, Alberta, usually covered by R. Marti and Cuban jammers, but in the clear early Monday mornings, heard at 0930; in western North America may also be heard in the daytime *R. Imperial, 17835.3, El Salvador, made it to South Africa *Still waiting for R. Habana Cuba to issue updated schedule of its own broadcasts, after frequency changes. 6195 heard with R. Reloj relay after 0800 when BBC closed *R. Nacional Amazonia to carry Lula inauguration starting early Jan. 1 from 0800 on 6180, 11780; probably on many other Brazilians too *Zimbabwe reactivated on SW, 5975, 24 hours? Unsure which service *Jakada Radio Internationl commenced regular service in Hausa M-F 1900-1930 on 12125 and via http://www.jakadaradio.com Site registered as Armavir, may be misleading; mission statement; E-mail jakint2002@yahoo.com *Half-hour of English from Libya heard at 2100 on 11635 *Iceland`s noon news starts at 1220 so people would have time to get home and sit down to lunch *Owner of pirate R. Dublin, Ireland, Eamonn Cooke, once on 6900, convicted of sexually assaulting girls in his home; rather graphic story at http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=57402036&p=574xz74z&n=57402796 reminds us of KTBN, where transmitter site also served as sexual rendezvous point *World Music Day Jan 1 on BBC Radio 3, different artist every 25 minutes *Chinese heard on 1557 in Europe: turns out to be test from Lithuania *R. Ukraine International changing Jan 1: 9810 to 7375; 6020 to 7420 *Alex, only private commercial SW station in Ukraine, tested 11980 *4625 kHz buzzer station revealed as UVB-76, west of Moscow; see http://www.geocities.com/uvb76 *V. of Tatarstan says its name changess Jan. 1 to ``New Century``, new IDs in Russian `Noviy Vek`, Tatar `Yanay Gasyr` *R. Bayrak International, Turkish Cyprus, logs on 6150 include English *V. of Liberty, new clandestine for Lebanon on 11515, breaking after tests Dec 22, to resume Jan 6; Chinese music heard instead at 1600- 1700 *V. of Reform, new clandestine for Saudi Arabia, added 9930 to 7590 due to jamming, which followed it *Information Radio, US PsyOps for Iraq, heard on 9715 and 11292, but with difficulty; recording at Media Network website: http://www.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/rnw/medianetwork/iraq021218.rm *V. of Struggle of Iranian Kordestan reactivated on 4 MHz band, 4260- 4290 varying *R. Farda, new US service to Iran, brings criticism from Iranian foreign ministry after acting Pres. Bush spoke on it; interference in internal affairs *Bank accounts of IRNA in Washington closed by US due to court order *R. Farda schedule includes two MW frequencies 24 hours, 1539 from UAE, 1593 from Kuwait, but could not penetrate very far into Iran in daytime. 1539 listed previously as Sharjah, rather than registered Al Dhabbaya. 1593 transmitter may be moved in from Holzkirchen, Germany, coincidentally on same frequency *R. Farda heard relayed in Auckland, New Zealand on 107.1, despite few Iranians there *Afghan publication criticises transmitters of foreign stations there, including planned VOA MW relay at Pol-e Charkhi *India plans to phase out SW for FM; see DXLD 2-199 *Myanmar changing SW operations with three frequencies at once, 4725, 5040.6, 5985.0; and later 6570 Defence Forces Station *KSDA Guam still off the air thanks to hurricane and power outages; but some AWR broadcasts resumed via Taiwan, UAE, per website http://www.awr.org *Conflicting info about start of HCJB Australia: Jan 5 or 7 *Standard disclaimer *Thanks this week for financial support go to Chuck Ermatinger; how does he really pronounce his name? *Seasonal greetings and thanks to World of Radio listeners and contributors; without you, no program, no DX Listening Digest. By working together, we get the news out ASAP *Read DXLD at your leisure via http://www.worldofradio.com where there is also lots of other useful info *P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702, USA: or woradio at yahoo.com *Our alternate original website: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Dec. 24: flux range 140-185 *World of Radio 1162 concludes; I`m Glenn Hauser ### WORLD OF RADIO #1161, produced December 18, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *As expected, Commando Solo is back, this time for Iraq, since Dec 12, from Kuwaiti airspace; see DXLD 2-198, 2-199... EC-130J aircraft from Pennsylvania ANG; 1500-2000 UT depending on weather, openly referred to as propaganda; frequencies 693, 756, 100.4, 9715, 11292 http://www.centcom.mil has transcripts, illustrations of leaflets: http://www.centcom.mil/News/Misc/radioscripts.htm http://www.centcom.mil/Galleries/Photos/leaflets/Iraq_Leaflets/20021216.htm Not much heard here, but in NZ and Europe; 11292 clear, but 9715 also has DW, Russia; see Clandestine Radio Watch for complete transcripts http://www.schoechi.de/crw/crw122e2.html ID translates as ``Your source of information, Information Radio`` Is this really necessary, since numerous US-controlled transmitters are nearby on the ground, notably Kuwait? but military, not civilian *Funding withdrawn for a R. Hurriyah pro-democratic station to be set up for Iraqi National Congress *V. of Reform, new clandestine for Sa`udi Arabia, more background in past week of DXLDs; transmitter site determined to be Norway; soon bubble-jammed *V. of Free Lebanon`s objective is to oppose Syrian control of Lebanon Same time and frequency on Dec. 8 had RFI in Persian, so site there? *V. of Turkey`s weekly live call-in continues Tuesday evenings to Europe, including Xmas eve, 1930-2020 on 9890, plus webcast *R. Bayrak, Turkish Northern Cyprus, confirmed on 6150, in 2200-0400, partly in Arabic *R. Gardarika, St. Petersburg, returns to SW Dec 20-31, 20-23 5920 *Pirate scene in Russia: mostly in these frequency ranges: 1610-1800, 2850-3150, 3900-3930, 6600-6660, 10450-10470 *R. Ukraine`s megawatt on 9810 much better in New York than here; but plans to move it to 7375, despite interference, from January *R. Sweden`s special programs for the holidays *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, WOR 1161, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702, USA: woradio at yahoo.com Check our website http://worldofradio.com including Monitoring Calendar, replete with holiday specials mainly from webcasting US public radio stations *Thanks this week for financial support go to Gerald T. Pollard *Radio Enlace, on RN, plans special from Patagonia, Dec. 24 and 27 *Laser Radio resumes weekly SW broadcasts from Dec. 22, Sundays 1800- 2300 on 100 kW 5935 via Latvia, of interest to SWLs http://www.laserradio.net [watch out: swoosh audio launches automatically overriding whatever else you may be realplaying] *Obligatory annual mention: Festival of 9 Lessons & Carols, BBCWS, Dec. 24 at 1502 and 2230; Queen`s Message to the Commonwealth, this year on Americas stream, Dec 25 at 1506, Thu 0106; Europe 1906, 0106 *Canary Islands Full Gospel Church on 6715-USB likely pirate; clashes with Halifax Military *Previous report that Malawi was back on SW 3385 was mistake; really a spur from BBC 3255 via South Africa *HCJB won`t make Dec. 22 target date for Australian transmitter; delay due to technical difficulties such as US dock strike; now set for January 5; planned initial test schedule *December 8 super-typhoon on Guam knocked KSDA as well as KTWR off the air, power out and KSDA generator broke down *Interesting to listen to Guam`s K57 webcast for local news; was not 24 hours for a while due to power shortages: http://www.k57.com/index1.htm *JSWC 50th annversary schedule on KSDA Dec 15 (not Jan as I said!) could not go on; another scheduled for KTWR, Dec 28 at 21 on 11690, 29 at 12 on 9465 *FEBC`s Hmong broadcaster John Lee died Dec. 7; instrumental in propagating Christianity vs. animism in Vietnam, Laos *V. of Cambodia active again on 11940.3 at 1200, but modluation is bad *BBG criticizes China for jamming, see DXLD 2-195; US does not reciprocate, in keeping with freedom of information *New All India Radio on 4830, turned out to be Jammu, Kashmir with new 50 kW transmitter; 0025-0445, 1030-2310 [should be -1740?]; 0630- 0930 on 5965 *Sen. Helms criticizes R. Farda replacing R. Azadi, and another op-ed piece in DXLD 2-198 *VOA launching new program, not yet service, VOA DC (Direct Connexion) for Indonesian youth, at 1430 *Kim Elliott will host VOA`s Talk to America, New Year`s Day at 1705; also may do earlier hour Jan. 1, at 1400 *Bjoern Malm reactivated listening post in Quito; harmonics (or non) from Ecuador: R. Positiva, La Voz de Santo Domingo, R. Centro *And from Colombia, Ondas del Orteguaza on harmonics 3480-, 2319.72 *Manolo de la Rosa, Cuba still doing DX segment on Ventana Rebelde, UT Sundays around 0430 on 6120 *Habana in Spanish at 0400 on 6275, distorted in AM, clean in FM *University for Peace trying to evict RFPI from its grounds; RFPI expects to prevail in court; new address P O Box 75, 6100 Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica *VO1MRC, Marconi Radio Club in Newfoundland makes more 5 MHz band tests Dec. 20-23: 5260 5269 5280 5290 5319 5329 5400 5405 *Propagation outlook from Boulder, December 27; flux range 200-150-185 *That concludes another World of Radio; Glenn Hauser inviting you back next week. This has been number 11-61 ### WORLD OF RADIO #1160, produced December 11, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Longtime DXer Bill Flynn, Cave Junction, OR, died November 22; was a faithful contributor to WOR; lately he enjoyed exploring new challenge of QSLing Internet `receptions` *RFPI expanded hours on both frequencies: 15040 24 hours, tho not always heard late at night; 7445 2100-1200 or 1300; but Taiwan clashes after 1100 and 2200-2400; so a number of daytime broadcasts of WOR on RFPI have been reinstated, in all versions of our schedules at http://worldofradio.com & http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio RFPI`s new US address: Box 3165, Newburg OR 97132 *New Mundo Radial, including text, on website, and from Dec 13 on WWCR 9475, Fri 2215v, Wed 2200 *Anonymous VOA correspondent decries dilution of VOA brand, with more and more new radios keeping their distance from it; carving up VOA into pieces *In 2-week transition period between R. Azadi and R. Farda, for Iran: half an hour of news, 2.5 hours of music for the time being; VOA Persian service not being abolished, unlike Arabic for Sawa *R. Sawa booming in via Morocco, 0400-0600 on 9665, heavily produced [but DW via 9670 bothers before 0545]. Only use of Greenville for R. Sawa, 1900-2100 on 17740, well audible in C and W North America *Secular Bible Study, imagine that, new on WBCQ, UT Tue 0200-0300 on 7415 *WWRB on 60 meters: 4 frequencies for the price of two, 5015 and 5120 spurs from mixture of 5050, 5085 *WRNO making another appearance, 7355, UT Mon until 0249 [also heard UT Thu] *IBOC on MW led to extensive thread on NRC-AM list and others; a lot in DXLD 2-192, 193, 194; insight from DXer point of view; including what ``IBOC`` could really stand for *RCI second harmonic on 43130 at 1705 *V. of Vietnam at 0100 on 5905: Sackville mixture of 6175, 6040 *Greenland`s reported SW broadcasts on 3815-USB not confirmable from Sheigra, Scotland DX-pedition *Quiet geomag conditions, A index at 7, allowed reception of European LW in Tennessee, including Iceland, 189 kHz *BBCWS 70th anniversary celebration details in DXLD 2-193; Global Party, Sun Dec 15 at 1700-2000 has special frequency for `Caribbean`, and probably audible here, 15190; Play of the Week drama showcase; Dec. 16-20, special 2-hour Newshour at 1200 with interviews of key figures *Another domestic network, BBC Radio 7, launching Dec. 15, 2000-2200 with old comedy shows, at least on internet *Frans Vossen back doing Radio World from RVi Belgium; website redesigned, show ondemand in Windows media instead of Real *Russian regional frequency changes, away from 5290 et al. *Kamtchatka Rybatskaya, for fishermen, Sun 0000-0100 on 5910, 7360, 11975 *Fate of R. Austria International now to be decided in March; in meantime looking for ways to preserve it on SW, such as separate funding or increase in license fees *R. Budapest, Hungary has new schedule from Dec. 16, including new broadcasts in English, Sun 1630, and to S. Africa at 2200; full sked in DXLD 2-194 *In the midst of WOR 1160, our preferred address woradio at yahoo.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 *Thanks this week for financial support go to George T. Vadino *Standard disclaimer *Radio Studio X advisory about fake QSL replies; the only address to use, with $1 return postage: Radio Studio X, Via Mammianese 687, 51030 Momigno (Pistoia), Italy *R. Okapi, Congo DR, heard just before Methodists at 0600 on 11690; singing Okapi ID at 0553 *R. Togo`s reactivated 5047 steadily improving modulation, -0004* and 0510- *Sawt al-Qarn, clandestine for Sudan, has disappeared from 21550, 1330-1430 M & F only *R. Bayrak, Turkish Northern Cyprus on 6150, logged after 2156, and 0215; in NAm watch out for Dr. Gene Scott`s music from Costa Rica *V. of Free Lebanon, new clandestine, background: originates in Paris; to oppose Syrian domination *New clandestine for Saudi Arabia, V. of Al-Islah, 7590 at 1900-2100; see http://www.islah.org where Bin-Laden referred to as a `good warrior`; name means V. of Reform, also 24h on satellite, from London-based Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia, http://www.miraserve.com ``Sawt al-Islah`` promotes democratic reforms and freedom of speech in SA, headed by Sa`ad al Fagih *R. Pakistan in English at 1600 heard on 4790, 11570, 15070 *In settlement of civil war in Sri Lanka, LTTE allowed to import radio equipment from Norway, FM and/or SW? see DXLD 2-193 *KTWR Guam`s antennas wrecked by typhoon Dec 8, all transmitters off the air; winds reached 184 mph; KSDA still on *RHC forces us to search for new frequencies; English to Europe at 2030-2130 found on 11670; Caribbean 2230-2330 on 6195 *FARC clandestine heard in Venezuela, on 10000 USB until 2108, 1545- *Ondas del Orteguaza, Colombia on 6960 = 6 x 1160 *R. Ideal, Umbita, Colombia on 1613.1 kHz, varying from 1600 *R. San Miguel, Bolivia shifted from 4924v to 4930 clearing 4925 for Brasil`s Radiodifusora Taubate *R. Nacional, Paraguay, turns SW on only for special occasions, 9737.85v until 0257* Was on Dec. 7-8 for important Catholic fiesta, direct from Caacupe for pilgrims, from *0900 *Honduras also reactivated on 4930.6, R. Internacional from *1250 *Plans for format changes at Mexico`s public radio network IMER: raise XERF-1570 power to 100 kW; 710 from ranchera to R. Infantil next August; timesignal La Hora Exacta, XEQK, 1350 to a more ambitious format, R. Ciudadana *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Dec. 10; flux range 170-140 *You`ve been listening to the 1,160th edition of World of Radio. I`m Glenn Hauser and I do hope you`ll join me again next week ### WORLD OF RADIO #1159, produced Dec. 4, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *One new SW frequency being processed in Brazil, not 9820 as chosen by R. Nove de Julho; Tropical is separate band, where two new stations planned, in Amazonas and Rondonia. Ten channels available on SW, with allocations for each state *Brasilia transmitter still used to relay China in Spanish, 0300 on 9665; HFCC shows another hour at 0100 on same *Voz de la Resistencia, FARC clandestine in Colombia, heard again on SW, new 6175.07, Sunday at 1032 immediately following France in Spanish, maybe no accident. Rafael Rodriguez unable to confirm so far *Alo Presidente, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela via Cuba, Sundays from 1400 or 1500 on 15230, new 15570, 17750 *RHC B-02 schedule still missing, but has been changed; no English on 13 MHz at 2030 [but new 11670], Spanish instead at 2100 on 13750; nor English at 2230 heard on 9550 *HCJB moved Arabic service to Africa at 2100-2230 from Merlin UK, to Merlin Canada, still on 12025; little to identify it with HCJB, and closed Arabic with address in Spain expressed in French *El Salvador`s only SW station, R. Imperial, getting out better now, on 17835.3v; our recording around 2230: ``R. Imperial, 810 AM, 17835 onda corta.`` And musica de alabanza *SW on the way out in Guatemala. R. Cultural closed 3300 for lack of a single reception report in a year; trend is toward FM at the expense of AM, SW; FM already widespread *R. Educacion, Mexico, 6185 has media show ``Sintonia Libre`` at 0430, heard at least on UT Mon, Thu; 0530 ID in English *On 3749.75, HIBC, La Voz del Progreso, San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic, harmonic 3 x 1250 around 0100 *A rarity for North American FM DXers to hear a new country; ZBM 94.9 `Power 95` Bermuda heard in Kentucky *Aboriginal Voices Radio, new lowpower in Toronto on 106.5; http://www.buffalotracks.com shows big plans for national network *WWCR`s new 50 kW AM in Memphis TN, WMQM, had target date of Dec 2; not yet heard here on 1600; night power only 35 watts; official sunset, sunrise times in Memphis in December are 2245, 1300 UT, best times to catch it *Militians have `Radio Free Texas` net on 6990-LSB, 13950-USB; lower one heard here around 0100 *Steve Anderson, ex-fugitive, of United Patriot Radio, indicted on 18 weapons charges (but not attempted murder?) *I monitored all five hours of the final broadcast [Nov 27] of KKSU 580; available ondemand at http://www.kksu.org Our recording of the final minute with parting shot by Richard Baker: ``ignorance is curable, but you`re stuck with stupidity``. WIBW then celebrated by moving into a new building *Empire of the Air, Ken Burns film about early radio, back on PBS Monday Dec 9 at 9 pm EST, time varies *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, WOR 1159; P O Box 1684, Enid OK, 73702 USA; or woradio at yahoo.com Check our website http://worldofradio.com *MARS gearing up for greetings to servicepersons, veterans, Operation Holidays: free MARSgrams and phone patches available; see DXLD 2-175 under USA [and non], or http://www.netcom.army.mil/mars *Brother Stair back on WBCQ following us Monday mornings, elsewhen *VOA French from Greenville at 0610 heard on 5260, mix between 9480 and 7370; M-F only *R. Farda, new US jazzed-up service to Iranian youth already heard testing on R. Azadi frequencies; recording by Kai Ludwig, closing at 2259 on 7165 *WRN has new M-F program from UN Radio NY, at 2030; North America 0100 *WRMI also relaying R. Prague in English at 1400 on 15725, a few seconds behind Prague direct on 21745 *BBC World Service celebrating 70th anniversary this month, including: Global Party, Sun Dec 15 at 1700-2000 on all streams, but no SW to Americas; actual date Thu Dec 19, Live from Table Mountain, Capetown, South Africa, 0400-1800 GMT *Laser Radio starting regular weekly broadcasts via Latvia 5935, Sun 1700-2300 UT from Dec 22 with shows for hobbyists; also via Live365 *Time for another monthly broadcast from low power Finnish station Scandinavian Weekend Radio, 24 hours from Fri Dec 6 at 2200 on one frequency in each band: 5980, 5990, 6170, 11690, 11720; detailed schedule at http://www.swradio.net *Deutsche Welle announces it will begin regular DRM digital SW transmissions next June, starting with some languages to Europe, Middle East, Asia; Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, transmitter to be converted; maybe to America by 2005; a `global radio renaissance` *V. of Free Lebanon, clandestine at 1600-1700 on 11515, recording by Kai Ludwig *Frequencies to monitor Kabul air traffic control: 5658, maybe also 3467, 10018, 13288; US military uses 17389 day, 4150.5 night with callsign `Luxor` *R. Georgia in English heard well in England, 0630 on 11805, 0830 and 0930 on 11910 with improved modulation and strength *R. Pakistan has tentative requirements for 18920 and 18970 at 0500- 0700, 0800-1104; would have to take regular frequencies off to try *VNG, Australia`s timesignal plans to close down Dec. 31; long article by Rich D`Angelo on it in DXLD 2-189 *New website, Interactive Russian-English Glossary of Radio and DX terms: http://it.domaindlx.com/awh/slovnik/scripts *Plasma TV: mother of all RFI producers, especially on hambands; see http://www.eham.net/articles/4285 *New Sony car SW radio, XRCA440X; see http://www.jackys.com in UAE, http://www.jackys.com/product/default_DET.asp?cat_id=35&cat_name=Car%20Audio for $110 plus $50 airfreight; has radically redesigned futuristic faceplate: http://www.caraudiodiscount.com/acatalog/large/sony2002/xrc-ca430x_l.jpg *Big Lots selling 12 band radio with SW for $8, not high quality, but a way to introduce relatives and friends to SW at minimal cost *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Dec 3: flux range 180-140 *RFPI seems to have expanded use of 15040; look for us also in daytime *That concludes World of Radio 1159; I`m Glenn Hauser ### WORLD OF RADIO #1158, produced Nov. 26, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *Our WWCR frequency Thursdays at 2130 changes next week from 15825 to 9475, thru Feb *WOR repeat on WBCQ moved half an hour later to 0545 UT Monday on 7415 *V. of Free Lebanon as monitored on 11515 at 1600-1700 since Nov 22; TDP client; station believes disinformation that it is 250 kW transmitter in Belgium; see http://www.rpliban.org/rpl/index.htm [not as given, nor as in DXLD 2-184: our source omitted the .org] Replies from radio@tayyar.org Frequency was 11515.4, then 11515.0, so two different sites tested? *Lebanon`s own new 837 MW transmitter heard in Finland; megawatt? *Israel announce shift to 6280 already for English at 2000 (and 0500?) instead of December 15 [unconfirmed] *V. of Iran, clandestine, on 11575, ex-17510; seems still via France *US about to start new service in Persian for Iran, Radio Farda, in mid-December, replacing RFE/RL`s Radio Azadi, which ends Dec. 2; name means Tomorrow; to add MW transmitters in nearby countries *Steve Anderson of United Patriot Radio apprehended in Cherokee county, Nov. 22 after 13 months as fugitive; those he threatened, including newspaper editor and her daughter, relieved; see DXLDs 2-183, 2-184 *WMLK 250 kW transmitter delays due to need to make or order parts *Wales Radio International, [Friday] 2130 on 7325, winter timing but summer frequency; and UT Sat 0300 on 9735, clear in absence of Paraguay *Another strike Nov. 26 at R. France Internationale *Nuestro Sello, serious music from the RTVE label in Spain, is M-F at 1010 on 11815, 21570; 1605 on 15125, 21570, 21700; 0105 on 9620, 11815, 11945, 15160 *R. Austria International`s English times include: 1630 on 17865 via Sackville; direct to NAm at 0230 on 7325; also weekends only at 0000 on 9870, 13730; weekly English, My Music, Sun 0905 on 6155, 13730; 2305 on 5945, 6155; Sun 1705 on 1476 *R. Afrika International, Wien, contradictory schedule via Austria *R. Bulgaria`s DX program in English, nominal times: Fri 2235, Sat 0035, 0335, Sun 0748, 1248 *Bulgaria starts internet TV Nov. 27: http://www.bgweb.tv [QuickTime] *via kHz, MHz, GHz and n/a, World of Radio 1158, woradio at yahoo.com --please use that instead of our other yahoo, hotmail addresses. Or P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; http://worldofradio.com *Thanks this week for financial support go to Bill Flynn in Oregon, and we hope his recovery is going well *Let us be thankful for human ingenuity and endeavour which have led to so much progress *Weekly English from Pridnestrovye/Moldova is an hour earlier than thought last week, Wed 1700 on 5960 *Novosibirsk and other Russian transmitters subject to harmonics *Tashkent`s new 7185 in English to Europe at 2030 and 2130 is relay via Moscow *World Falun Dafa Radio clandestine to Europe, China, sends multi- colored QSL card, from P O Box 93436, City of Industry, CA 91715. 2100-2200 on 5925 and 2200-2300 on 9945 *Yet another JSWC 50th anniversary special on DX Partyline Nov. 30 *V. of Indonesia again heard on 15150 after two months, English 2000 *New Zealand approves unclassified USAF HF communications station, for better coverage of South Pacific and Antarctic flights, project called `Rightsizing Initiative`, within next year *R. Hargeysa, Somaliland, 7530-RCUSB, running an hour later until 1959* for Ramadan, barely heard in Maine *R. Isanganiro, Burundi, on FM only, not shortwave as speculated *R. Nacional, Equatorial Guinea, getting new FM and SW transmitters installed by Chinese techs *V. of Nigeria mailbag show Sat 0645, Sun 1145, Mon 2215, Wed ???? *Johan Berglund, Sweden, visited Canary Islands including church with 6715-USB station and antenna on roof, just an aluminum pipe *R. America, Paraguay, 7737.1, tentatively heard on Maine DXpedition around 0100 *Carrier with little audio on 15056.5, or 15058.67, believed to be 3rd harmonic of Ecos del Atrato, Colombia; try parallel on 5019v *Costa Rica`s 530 kHz station no longer R. Rumbo but R. Sinfonola, simulcasting FM 90.3 *R. Litoral, Honduras, 4832, varied down to 4830.1 around 1200, 0502* *Mexico City`s 660 station was IMER`s La Candela; now privatised as Comunicacion 660 *6078.7, 6311.2 from BBC at 1030 are symmetrical spurs from BBC Antigua 6195 *MW third harmonics from Canada, CFTR on 2040; CFAN on 2370 *KHPY, Moreno Valley, CA, is new X-bander testing on 1670 *Caribbean FM DX trans-equatorially to southern Brazil, including British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Barbados *New optimum frequency table at Tomas Hood`s propagation site: http://hfradio.org/latest_chart.html *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Nov 26; flux range 145-195-140 *Glenn Hauser, concluding World of Radio 1158 ### WORLD OF RADIO #1157, produced November 20, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *New edition of my monthly Spanish DX report, Mundo Radial, starts Nov. 22, Fri 2215v, Wed 2200v on 9475; expanded version soon via http://worldofradio.com/espanol.html plus text in Spanish *WIBW 580 Topeka goes fulltime Dec. 2, as 78-year-old sharetime arrangement with KKSU 580 Manhattan ends; due to TG holiday, KKSU`s final broadcast actually Wed. Nov. 27, until 2329:30 UT. Plans retrospective that day at 2000 or 2030; we`ll miss the only public radio station here on AM *WOR 710 NYC IBOC blocks out 690 thru 730; IBOC is a way for major stations to put an end to small stations which can`t afford it *Appeals court rules FCC did not have authority to order descriptive video service for the blind *WINB heard on frequency contrary to schedule, 9320 at 0330 *WWRB won`t QSL, but a program carried by it, issues QSLs itself: Grace in Action Ministries, P O Box 11569, Honolulu HI 96828 *WRMI provides a fine public service with classical music fill on 15725 1400-1600 weekdays, longer on weekends *5 MHz hamband experiments Nov. 22-25, Dec. 20-23, June 20-23, from VO1MRC, Newfoundland *New program schedule effective thru December from RMI, XERMX, has wrong time conversion, but corrected: when to hear Antena Radio Summary, Talking Mexico, Mailbox, DXperience -- spent 17 minutes discussing SINPO --, Radio Correo del Aire, Estacion DX *Two ad-hoc FM stations set up for anti-government demonstrations in Plaza Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela, on 90.7, R. Libertad, and R. Dignidad (recording) *Harmonics monitored in Colombia: 2200, 4800, 12022, 12070 *Asia-Pacific program on R. Australia endangered, as co-producer R. National wants to pull out 1/4 of funding *Station X, Queensland, authorization on 2368.5, is anticipating digital broadcasting, when this cheap licence may become lucrative *Mixing product from Italy appears on Solomon Islands frequency *FCC SW schedule lists KHBN, Palau, but heard with native ID T8BZ *Standard disclaimer *The midpoint of WOR 1157; woradio at yahoo.com or P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; check our website for total access to DX Listening Digest: http://worldofradio.com *Thanks this week for financial support go to Tim Hendel, Alabama *R. Nepal doesn`t open its mail, nor understand QSLing. Also desperately poor. So let a tape recording be your QSL *China`s jamming of Uzbek language broadcasts may be on behalf of Uzbekistan government, rather than to block in China itself *US PsyOps Information Radio in Afghanistan has second station on 864 from Kandahar; 864 and 8700 still from Bagram; Japanese-band car radios give advantage to stations below 90 MHz, e.g. BBC on 89.0 *R. Payam-e-Doost? Baha`i for Iran, expands to two half-sesquihour SW broadcasts daily, but new one at 0230 on 7460, not 7465. See http://www.bahairadio.org Mixed up with R. Anternational info? *Pentagon prepares PsyWar campaign for Iraq; see DXLD 2-178; radio angle planned, including airborne as in previous wars *Arabic Radio, clandestine for Syria on new 7470 at 1600 *Rally for Lebanon, Free Patriotic Movement, from exile in France, starts SW service to Lebanon, Nov 22, Fri [only?] 1600-1700 on 11515; http://www.tayyar.org asks suggestions for naming this *Turkish Meteorological Radio seems to be active at 0500 on 6900 *R. Bayrak, Turkish Northern Cyprus heard in Europe on 6150 with FM IDs, nonstop music late at night; still the old transmitter? *R. Pridnestrovye supposed to have a weekly English half hour? Wednesdays at 1800 on 5960, but could not be confirmed *Circassian service from Adygey and Kabardino-Balkariya now on 6005 from Tbilisskoye at 1800-1900; four languages, but usage not clear; background at http://hobobob%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%b6%d0%b5.chat.ru/~abazapress/cbacken.htm *V. of Russia, English to Europe at 0700-1000 on 11820, also well heard in eastern North America *R. Ukraine International fired up megawatt transmitter Nov. 15, to North America on 9810 at 0100-0500 or less [quite poor here] *Frans Vossen to resume RVI Radio World Dec. 8 after recuperation *Tunisia spur from 7225 on 7190 shown as a real outlet in PWBR *Best time for R. Okapi, Congo DR, in Sweden is 1900/1930 on 11690 *R. Isanganiro, new station started Nov. 18 in Burundi; previously was awaiting `SW frequency`. [website mentions FM only --Kenny] *CIRAF numerical designators for SW target areas can be found on maps via http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial/broadcast/hf/refdata/maps/index.html http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial/broadcast/images/broad-ciraf2.gif *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Nov. 19: flux range 165-195 *Glenn Hauser, concluding World of Radio 1157 ### WORLD OF RADIO #1156, produced November 13, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *At least for time being, two different encoding levels available for WOR audio files: 44 kbps/10 MB, 16 kpbs/3.6 MB so take your choice [this week however, lower is 20 kbps/4.6 MB] *WRN also upgrading audio on demand quality to 20 kbps, and adding Windows Media as website is relaunched: http://www.wrn.org *No more co-channel QRM from VOA Botswana when we are on WBCQ 7415, Wed 2300, Mon 0515 *Surpirsed to hear Cuban sacred music on RHC, then Top 10, UT Monday *Model identified of SW radios given away by US to Cubans: TecSun from China, R-9701; see DXLD 2-169 at http://www.worldofradio.com and illustrated at: http://www.tecsun.com.cn/english/swdual.htm *Lengthy review of new Freeplay windup radios by Jeff White in DXLD 2-170 *4VEH fighting voodoo in Haiti by giving away radios fix-tuned to their frequency [840], which is also being DXed in North America *Peru on 4627 used to be R. Cosmos, now R. San Agustin; also mentions R. San Isidro in greeting that station *R. Educacao Rural, Tefe, Amazonas, Brasil changed to 4925 Oct. 12 *RAE, Argentina, dropped 6060 in evenings; English coming in OK on 11710 at 0200-0300 UT Tue-Sat *Malawi reported on 3385 instead of 3380, but poorly heard *R. Okapi, DR Congo, reported on all three: 6030, 9550, 11690; beware of 11690 at 0600-0800 when Methodist R. Africa International is on there from Germany *Nigerian DXer Emmanuel Ezeani reports R. Nigeria, Enugu on new 4775 *La Voix du Sahel, Niger, 9705 best heard Saturday evenings on late *Former major signal from Africa, Lome, Togo on 5047, gone two years, now is back, but undermodulated, hard to ID, 1800-2400 http://thenationalanthems.net allowed matching anthem at closing *Best bet for African MW DX in North America is Mauritania on 783, especially on east coast; all night for Ramadan and as early as 2035, \\ 4845 *Medi Un, Morocco, jumps back and forth between 9575 and 9595, but station claims to be only on 9575 *Yoido Full Gospel Church broadcast from Canary Islands, 6715-USB, best chance Fridays until 2230 or 2330; recording by Guido Schotmans in Belgium *V. of Mediterranean, Malta, via Italy, Russia, in English; includes DX program on Fridays *R. Tatarstan, new schedule to rest of Russia on SW *Best chance to hear English from Ukraine is 2200 on 5905; only two transmitters operating [but 9810 1000 kW to fire up for NAm Nov 15] *R. Prague on 15725 is not direct, but unscheduled relay by WRMI at 1400, 1500 *R. Austria International to be closed by March if management has its way; but there is some parliamentary opposition, and Listener Relations Department is asking listeners who don`t normally write, to show their support: roi.service@orf.at or Radio Austria International, z.H. Hr. Michael Kerbler, Argentinierstr. 30A, A-1040 Vienna, AUSTRIA *DX programs in German from ORF best chance to hear in North America: Sunday 1730-1800 on 13730 *This is the non-commercial, non-communist, non-capitalist, non- corporate, non-club, non-Cumbre, non-clandestine, non-Cuban, and non Canadian DX program, WOR 1156, http://worldofradio.com Please use this address instead of the others: woradio at yahoo.com or P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 *Radio Marabu, German pirate, plans 24-hour broadcast this Saturday *European Music Radio plans legal broadcasts via IRRS, Italy, or somewhere, Nov. 23-24, Dec. 14-15 at 0830-0930 on 13840 *Hopes for R. Bayrak, Turkish Cyprus reactivation on 6150, but a number of other stations on frequency *R. Jordan, English now at 1400-1730 on 11690; RTTY omnipresent but can be avoided on LSB; Jordan Weekly Saturdays at 1700 *V. of Mesopotamia, Kurdish clandestine, heard in Wisconsin on 11530 around 1400; full schedule *Don`t confuse with different station, Mesopotamian Radio and TV *R. Anternational, clandestine to Iran via Norway at 1730-1815 on 7490, also has morning broadcast at 0230-0315 on 7460 via Moldova *Yemen seems to have two different transmitters and antennas, one below 9780, the other slightly above with different coverages *R. Afghanistan via Abu Dhabi, new frequencies 6000 and 9655 *English news from Kyrgyzstan came in well in Newfoundland at 0024 on 4010 *Hit Music station on 4050 from Kyrgyzstan moved to 4939.95 *English from Uzbekistan at 2030, 2130 heard on 5025, 7185, 11905 *Latest changes at R. Pakistan include new 15070, old BBC frequency; 9290 at 1700-1900 moved to 9400 due to jamming *English news from Pakistan at 0800 and 1100 on 9645 home service too *Sri Lanka moving around 7 MHz: 7190 to 7440 to 7115 to 7049 *V. of Korea, P`yongyang monitored schedule of some English hours, to Central, North America, Europe *V. of Khmer Krom, clandestine to Vietnam, from *1359 on 11560 *V. of Indonesia changes frequencies from one day to the next; for English at 2000-2100 always check 9525, 11785 and 15150 *Sam Voron QSLing for his clandestine R. Independent Mekamui, 3850, 80 watts, from Bougainville; details in DXLD 2-175 *How Sam Voron is introducing ham radio in Solomon Islands: DXLD 2- 175 *Mark Koernke may be in jail, but pirate on 90.7 from his property in Dexter MI raided by FCC, along with ATF finding weapons *MW harmonics: WSGB, WV, 2980; WHKT, VA, 4950 clashing with VOA *CJRN 710 Niagara Falls broadcasts Ramadan show just before sunset *Every serious listener should access the huge zipped HFCC frequency file, B-02, at http://www.hfcc.org public data section *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Nov. 12; flux range 175-160-185 *Let`s hear from you at our preferred new E-mail address, woradio at yahoo.com *Glenn Hauser, here with a standard disclaimer, concluding World of Radio 1156, and inviting you back next week ### WORLD OF RADIO #1155, produced November 6, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Last week WOR was missing from 15825 Thursday at 2130, but still supposed to be on at that hour *If in doubt, check http://www.worldofradio.com for our schedules in various formats *RTE Ireland`s new schedule of English broadcasts via relays *BBC presenting its original 2LO transmitter to Science Museum Nov. 7; and 80th anniversary commemoration at Museum Nov. 14 *BBC apologizes to Antigua P.M. Lester Bird for libel and pays 100 kilopounds in damages; where BBC relay station happens to be *Special cross-band ham event Nov. 8-9, German National Weather Service longwave station DDH47, 147.3 kHz, with hams calling DL0SWA/DDH47 on 3565, 7025, 14052 *R. Vilnius, Lithuania, new English schedule *R. Ukraine International cuts back to only one frequency for each English hour, none for North America; maybe maximized January 1 if funding permits; at 0400, 6020 clashes with Turkey *R. Kavkaz (Caucuses), clandestine for Russia, tentatively heard on 7182 in absence of R. Bangladesh *R. Romania International`s new English schedule *V. of Greece clash with WRMI on 15725 resolved by move to 15650 *IRRS-SW Italy testing 100 kW transmitter on 6280, site unknown but unlikely Italy; DXers challenged to figure out the site; all we need are three to triangulate with direxional antennas; further tests planned for R. GAP but soon changed to European Global Forum reports from Firenze, Nov. 7-9 *Obscure pdf file on swissinfo website gives remaining SRI SW schedule, including English to Near East/Africa, and South America *Arabic Radio, clandestine for Syria changed one 12 MHz frequency to an hour later at the beginning of October, the other at the end, implying two different sites, now back in sync at 1600 *Leaflets dropped on southern Iraq, perhaps precursor to broadcasts *Iran`s B-02 schedule for English involves time, frequency changes *VOA heard on new MW frequency 1593, from Kuwait in Farsi; the 1500s crowded in Kuwait with R. Sawa 1548; Twin Rivers on 1566 *Misspoke last week on starting date for Ramadan: really Nov. 6 or 7 *New on 4890-USB interfering with PNG seems to be new home service frequency from Armenia *V. of Armenia English schedule announced on wrong frequency *Standard disclaimer *The midpoint of WOR 1155, wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; website http://worldofradio.com *Thanks this week for financial support to John Carson whom we enjoyed seeing at the Enid hamfest *R. Pakistan and Azad Kashmir observations on 49 and 60 meters, plus V. of Jammu & Kashmir Freedom *R. Kashmir, Srinagar on winter schedule; and specials for Ramazan *Spur on exactly 10 MHz from All India Radio, 9950; also 9850, 9900, 10050 [and beyond] *SLBC Sri Lanka moves back into 7 MHz band; still on 15745 *SLBC`s weekly hour in English via UK remains Sat 1900 on 6010 *IBC Tamil, for Sri Lanka, new schedule *Bhutan heard on 6035 in Europe after Abu Dhabi closes at 0100 *R. Dat, clandestine for Kazakhstan, an hour later at 1600 on 9925 *V. of Vietnam via Austria, 5955, monitored schedule includes English at 1800 *Comprehensive new schedule of broadcasts from or through Taiwan, in DXLD 2-173 *Station X, Queensland, planning to use 2368.5 could be digital in a few years, with FM quality, reach of MF or HF. Australia endorsing DRM for all HF broadcasters, not MF; and trying Eureka 147 system DAB in L-band, Sydney *S. Pacific hunting season in Spain has begun, Vanuatu heard on 7260 *East African Report from Chris Greenway: only SW outlet from KBC, Kenya, 4915, is M-F only on extended schedule, signing on at 0300 when DX chance is best *R. Uganda has become unreliable on 60m; Red channel worse than Blue *R. Tanzania on 7 MHz only in daytime; 5050 from 0200 despite WWRB *No transmissions on SW observed from Malawi, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Lesoto, Mauritius, Mozambique, Reunion *New R. Cairo schedule includes new frequency for English at 1215- 1330 for S. Asia, 17775, same as used by Tashkent in summer *R. Horizonte, Peru heard on 10 MHz second harmonic; *10354.2v, R. Willkamayu, Cuzco, heard in Peru; could be eleventh harmonic of 940v, but station says it is testing with 20 watts from *1000 *R. Cosmos, Peru, 4627 is now R. San Isidro until 0300* *Don`t be surprised if HCJB is missing, e.g. 9745, due to power outages caused by volcanic ash *RFO, Guadeloupe seems to have inceased power to 50 kW on 640, heard in North America *WS2XTR, experimental Nov. 4-8 daytimes on 1680 from Virginia, testing antenna design; will QSL; report to ws2xtr@star-h.com *WI2XAM, 1700, Lucent Offices in NJ, testing IBOC DAB with 50 watts, interfering with adjacent channels *David Letterman TV show simulcasting on some CBS/Infinity radio stations *Ventana a Cuba, new VOA program, a no-show UT Monday Nov. 4 due to mislabeled tape box; may play back this UT Sunday along with new edition at normal time *Kim Elliott becomes a regular guest on VOA`s Main Street, talking about media, UT Suns 0233, 0433, 0633 and 1033; welcome back! *VOA starts new Housecall program for Africa call-in about health, Tuesdays at 1900 *R. Africa International, Methodist, new schedule via Germany *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Nov. 5; flux range 185-160 *That`s World of Radio 1155; I`m Glenn Hauser ### WORLD OF RADIO #1154, produced October 30, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *RFPI got last week`s WOR without delay; no direct streaming, but reactivated stream via SW feed picked up in USA; see http://www.rfpi.org *WJIE posted schedule including WOR: M-F 1300, daily 0400; but often running open carrier; plus Sun 0630, Mon 0700, Tue 0630 and/or 0700 *All versions of our schedules updated at our websites: http://worldofradio.com and http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *Printouts of our schedule available by P-mail for SASE or 1 IRC to P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 *WWRB mixing product on 5015, from 5085 and 5050 *V. of Greece on new 15725 in our mornings, clashing 20 Hz from WRMI; HFCC did not forsee this when coordinating *Cuban government intelligence operation inside Radio Marti: http://www.lanuevacuba.com/nuevacuba/notic-02-10-1811.htm [Spanish version:] http://www.lanuevacuba.com/nuevacuba/notic-02-10-1811esp.htm *Details of VOA`s new program in Spanish for Cuba, Ventana a Cuba, UT Mondays 0100-0130 9480 9590 9885 11700 11990; plus Ritmo Beat 0130 *Radio Sawa offers screensvers to E-mailers: comments@radiosawa.com *KCAF, 990 in Dallas, began new format for women, lasted only three days as financing fell through *KTRB, 860, Modesto, plans move to San Francisco; and replacing with an 840 station in Modesto *Trucker who spotted sniper`s car heard about license plate over Truckin` Bozo show on WLW; and the host is a ham; making hay See these stories via Artie Bigley: http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=985349&nav=0zHF6vxI http://www.activedayton.com/ddn/local/daily/1028dale.html *RCI testing DRM from Sackville thru Nov 15, 1600-2000 M-F on 9590 towards Montreal *Canada Post issuing two new stamps Oct 31, for Pacific Cable opening, and Marconi Follow the links off the homepage at: http://www.canadapost.ca Picture of the stamps: http://www.canadapost.ca/business/corporate/about/newsroom/pr/bin/images/marconi.jpg Pacific Submarine Cable site (including some radio links) http://www.pacific-cable.org/ *Some radio philately groups are: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radiostamps/ http://www.u-e-f.net/philaradio/ http://perso.club-internet.fr/f6fna/Doc17.html http://pierrot-fr.net/timbres01.php3 http://members.tripod.com/~hanigro/radiofil/rarmenia.html *In Austin at Texas History Museum, performance of Border Radio, Out on the Porch, Nov 2, Dec 7, Jan 4. (KXAN-TV report has expired] *Strange new topic from Habana, essays invited on: What are three sexual rights that should be respected by a society: prize; trip to Cuba for the 16th World Congress on Sexology, next March *Reporters without Borders evaluates press freedom, ranking Costa Rica above USA; see: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4116 *HCJB`s new English schedule, includes timeshifts for DX Partyline, and Ham Radio Today resumes as half hour on UT Sundays *Radiodifusion America, Paraguay, weak even in Argentina, but reported one night on 7737.2, another on 9983 *R. Mundial, Brazil, heard on 6650 = 2 x 3325 *Brazil`s shift to summertime, from November 3 affects eastern coastal states to UT minus 2; so three more zones remain to the west, UT -5, -4 and -3 *Antarctic 2-way frequencies should be warming up now in spring: 4123, 4718, 4770, 5726, 6835, 7995, 8867, 9032, 10639, 11256, 11553, 13251 *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, World of Radio 1154 *Thanks this week for financial support go to Tom McLaughlin, in memory of Gigi Lytle *Medi-Un, Morocco, moved from 9575 to 9595 briefly, back to 9575; beamed ESE *Radio UNMEE, via Abu Dhabi to Eritrea and Ethiopia, new schedule *Coup attempt in Central African Republic: radio station goes to music only; believed inactive already on SW 5035-5038 *R. Okapi, Congo DR, tentatively heard on 9550 *A number of 100 kW SW transmitters installed in South Africa, but never used; now five of them bought by AWR, most being installed in Guam at KSDA to replace older transmitters *SIBC, Solomon Islands, missing from 5020 from October 17; may have been what was heard around 5004 for a while; from October 29, back on 5019.95 *Station X in Queensland, http://www.stationx.com.au claims to have allocation for 2368.5 kHz, 1 kW; Bob Padula denies any such license and Department of Defence is nearby *BBCWS major North American relay frequencies in evenings have made winter change to 0100-0400 9525 Okeechobee, 0400-0600 6135 Delano *France DRM test on 25775 has sent QSL to Scott Barbour, Jr *Deutsche Welle still hasn`t moved out of abestos-contaminated building in Cologne to a newer building in Bonn, which has also been damaged; maybe next year? *R. Polonia new schedule shows drastic reduction on SW; only two hours in English on two frequencies, more via satellite; expires Dec 31, let`s hope then starting external relays *R. Romania International designates Nov. 3 as Day of the Listener, at least in Portuguese; listener writings on conditions of life on the planet to be broadcast *R. Bulgaria plans to convert to world news format like CNN in German; English too? Staff objects *R. Yugoslavia`s winter schedule in English *Prime Time Shortwave provided that; see website in different formats for English schedules: http://www.triwest.net/~dsampson/shortwave *It`s All Greek to Me, in English retimed to Sundays 1900 on 17705 *R. Europe, Italy, specials for Japan Nov 1-2-3-4 on 7306-USB *Dates for Ramadan this year are Nov. 7 to Dec. 5 to 7, depending on New Moon [not from November 11 as I misspoke!!] *R. Jordan back on 11690 in English; RTTY on high side can be avoided by tuning to LSB only *Rumen Pankov`s presumed locations for Kurdish clandestine SW frequencies; see DXLD 2-164; some from ex-USSR, China, Iraq, Northern Iraq *Iranian clandestine via Norway 7490 at 1730-1815 is R. International, formerly via Moldova *R. Pakistan`s new English schedule, includes some in 1700-1900 Urdu to Europe on 11895, 9290 *Vietnam`s English via Sackville, Austria relays *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Oct. 29: flux range 155-180-160 *And that concludes another edition of World of Radio, number 1154; I`m Glenn Hauser and I hope you`ll join me again next week ### WORLD OF RADIO #1153, produced October 23, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *October 27 brings frequency and/or time changes at many SW stations *World of Radio shifts one UT hour later on WWCR, WBCQ, and probably WJIE; WWCR: Thu 2130 on 15825 [not 15685 as I still said], Sat 0700, Sun 0330 on 5070; 0730 on 3210; Wed 1030 on 9475; WBCQ Wed 2300 on 7415, and I hope still 17495; Mon 0515 on 7415. *Observed times on WJIE have been weekdays 1200, 0300 on 7490... *RFPI times stay at the same UT; hope to have high-speed internet and streaming back by Nov 7 *World Radio Network: WOR Sat 0900 to rest of world, Sun 1500 to North America; and new airing to Europe, Sun 0530 *Latest DXLD quick link: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxlatest.txt *WOR times on WJIE above are pre-timeshift, so should become 1300, 0400 weekdays *WDJD, 580, American Samoa changing calls to KJAL, no doubt the J still standing for Jesus, ``King Jesus...`` *KWHR site in Hawaii subject to reactivated Mauna Loa lava flow *Lobby pushing for SW broadcasts from Fiji for expats *R. Korea International merging Sat and Sun listener shows to one longer show on Sats, Worldwide Friendship; same for Spanish *V. of Indonesia using one of three frequencies for English, never sure which from day to day: 9525, 11785, 15150 *United Lao Movement for Democracy clandestine is in Hmong language, St. Paul, MN address; Radio Hmong Hope; anticipated change to 12070 *RTV Hong Kong weather special broadcast widely heard in Europe, not North America (recording from Japan); see last few DXLDs *Interference from WEWN not a problem for Sri Lanka in South Asia; and WEWN schedule about to be reduced *Intriguing unID on 4050 from Kyrgyzstan, not state radio anymore, but in English `Hit Music on Shortwave` *New opposition website in Uzbekistan: http://www.veritas.org.ru *Uzbek State Radio website not updated since last year: http://www.teleradio.uz *Frequencies used by US to Iraq in Gulf War I: 1134 and 8962 *Iraq better prepared this time, with broadcasting equipment aboard trucks spotted in Arbil; Saddam already recorded speeches *V. of Rebellious Iraq heard in Finland on new 711 kHz *Merlin takes half a sesquihour from Denmark via Norway at 1730 for broadcast to Iran on 7490; identity to be determined *R. Denmark issued new QSL card October 21 *V. of Mojahed, clandestine to Iran, as monitored on numerous out- of-band frequencies: 5350 5650 6750 6990 7020 8250 8350 8600 8850 8950 9350 10250 10450 13450 for one program; 7072 for the other *R. Afghanistan music-loop fill again (still?) heard via Norway; also heard for morning broadcast on 15485 via Abu Dhabi; beware: can infest your brain *Clandestine to Syria identified by BBCM as The Arabic Radio, not V. of the Homeland; see http://www.arabicsyradio.org with audio; schedule on SW. Condemns Syria`s human rights record *Above site registered to Bashir Kyle, Oslo, Norway *UAE starting first English-language Islamic TV station, Glory, on satellite from beginning of Ramadan, Nov 5; already testing *Israel Radio`s new English schedule, and December 15 change *R. Bayrak, Turkish Northern Cyprus tentatively reported on 6150 *V. of Greece new schedule to and from North America *R. Bulgaria maintains strange policy of every SW frequency ending in -00. Some English to Europe reduced to half an hour; schedule *R. Prague, English one hour later to North America *R. Sweden 2nd harmonic on 37920 heard in Illinois *Sat. Oct. 26 at 1230 on 15400 and 17670 is the final R. Finland SW broadcast in English; every day this week doing retrospectives; also at 0630 to Europe, Asia, Australia on 21670, 15135 *RVI, Belgium, English via Bonaire makes usual switch to 13700 and 11985 at 2230, 0400 respectively *Frans Vossen broke foot two months ago, but Radio World still not resumed *Laser Radio has another special via Latvia, Sun. Oct. 27 0900-2100 on 5935, 576 *BBC Somerset Sound finally escapes co-channel interference from V. of Russia via Germany on 1323, by moving to 1566, thus blocking what had been a good DX channel in Europe, with India, Korea heard *KNR, Greenland, update on SW broadcasts, on 3815-USB at 1500-1600, 2100-2200, 100-200 watts; darkness paths may make DX possible, but still difficult; maybe expanded for Dec. 3 election *KNOM, 780, Alaska, special DX test Sat. Oct. 26 0800-0900 UT, but also with day power all night through 1745 of 25 kW *KXOK-LP, channel 32, Enid, now 24h with Dr. Gene Scott *``Jesse Helms killed internet radio``; new bill delayed by recess, but Senate may consider again in November *Increase in SW pirate activity around Hallowe`en: try 6925, 6950, 6955 *WD2XXM, Frederick MD, testing on 650 with WTOP digital relay daytimes *AFRTS has been carrying National Sequence on 6458.5 et al; see DXLDs *VOA plans to resurrect Cita con Cuba under new name, despite Radio Marti dedicated to Cuban service; turf war symptom *Ana Belen Montes, spy for Cuba with SW numbers, sentenced to 25 years *Bush`s new appointment to BBG is Blanquita Cullum, `BQ`, far-right talk host *Ivory Coast rebels set up website: http://www.supportmpci.org *Propagation outlook from Boulder Oct. 22: flux range 175-150-180 *And so concludes World of Radio 1153; Glenn Hauser, here, hoping you`ll join me again next week ### WORLD OF RADIO #1152, produced October 16, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *New edition of Mundo Radial now available at our website and on WWCR, Fri 2115, Wed 2100 on 15825; but from Oct 30 one hour later on 9475; WOR will also shift one hour later, on same frequencies *Mysterious Korean church service heard since last year on 6715-USB is finally located: a Yoido Full Gospel church in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, for fishermen [much more in DXLD 2-160] *Uganda says it plans to go digital on shortwave; not held together by rubber bands *Anyone still getting program schedules in English from Radio Cairo? Please forward if current *Media Network hitlist shows another, unofficial, R. Cairo, apparently no relation, http://radiocairo.cjb.net including English, webcasts *R. Sana`a, Yemen, partial monitored schedule *BBC closed Mashirah Island relay station October 7, replaced by new one on Omani mainland; B-02 schedule in DXLD 2-159 *New 1 Megawatt transmitter on 837 installed in Lebanon *Radio Ibrahim on 1170 with gospel in Arabic, via Russia; also on SW per website http://www.radioibrahim.com *Sri Lanka chooses new SW frequency, already used 24 hours by 500 kW WEWN, 15745; will it last? Also moves out of non-ham band to 7440 *R. Thailand`s B-02 English schedule from October 27 *Cambodia heard in South Australia on 3rd harmonic, 35821.2 *RTV Hong Kong special weather broadcasts confirmed on 3940, Oct 16- 23; see DXLD 2-157 [and 2-160 for many loggings] *BBC complains that China jams its Uzbek, apparently because it can be understood by Uighurs in western China; nothing new, says VOA, which is also jammed in Uzbek *V. of Mongolia winter schedule in English *R. New Zealand International schedule from October 27 *Thanks this week for financial support go to Bill Flynn, and we hope his recovery is progressing well *World of Radio 1152, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; or wghauser@hotmail.com Website: http://worldofradio.com *Chile is now on DST, UT -3 until March *R. America, Paraguay, now testing on 1480, 2300, 7737, 9983; report to ramerica@rieder.net.py *R. Educacao Rural, Tefe, Amazonas, Brasil, frequency change to 4925 delayed but imminent now *New Peruvian from Huancabamba, Piura on 6419.2, R. Tropical; history *Government closed down Nicaraguan stastion, La Poderosa on 560, run by former president; see DXLD 2-158, 2-161 *R. Habana Cuba signals have deterioriated in Latin America *Veil of secrecy lifting in Mexico, about broadcast concessions *CKLW 800 Windsor will have special on its former rock days, Saturday 19th at 7-10 pm EDT *CBC Radio 1 launches `That Saturday Show` October 26 from Vancouver *KNOM, 780, Nome, Alaska, plans special DX test Sat Oct 26 at 0800- 0900+ UT, with higher power, Morse IDs *FCC has adoped iBiquity standard for so-called in-band on-channel digital radio, subject of much concern among listeners; daytime only for now; hear a buzz aside WOR 710 New York. Fortunately, this is optional and may not catch on; see DXLDs 2-157, 158, 159 *Ray Briem, LA talkhost who did some shows on SWL, has retired from KRLA-870, but then offered a weekly show on KPLS-830 *DXLD 2-159 has copy of a letter to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison from ex-VOA staffers complaining that IBB is purchasing transmitters from Thales in France instead of America`s Continental in Dallas *However, Continental criticised for selling SW transmitters to China, facilitating jamming *Advisory commission recommends $517M for US international broadcasting, and a higher proportion for TV *VOA needs $65M to bring TV to Mideast, MTN for Mideast Television Network, promoted by Norm Pattiz of R. Sawa *US-funded station to young Iranians starts early next year, in Sawa pattern; RFE/RL Farsi service merged into it, but not VOA *VOA`s Nightline Africa assigns imaginary train seats to listeners *AFRTS SSB frequencies still active, 6458.5 and 12689.5 at least *WWRB duplicating 5050 and 5085, sandwiching WWCR *RTE turns down R. Nova proposal to reactivate Ireland`s LW 252 kHz; more at http://www.longwaveradio.com *Isle of Man International Broadcasting wants it back on, to promote LW listening *VT Merlin signs deal to run Kvitsoy, Norway SW site; would reduce Norway and Denmark home services *R. Sweden, only Nordic broadcaster left with continuing commitment to SW broadcasts in English; B-02 English to North America *Unidentified Russian on 4876 computed to be mix of 5965 minus 1089 *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Oct 15; flux range 175-140-180 *Glenn Hauser, concluding World of Radio 1152 ### WORLD OF RADIO #1151, produced October 9, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *RFPI expects to lose hi-speed internet connexion Oct 18, so can no longer stream out; nor download programs timely; hopes to still get WOR without much delay; needs $3000 for wireless bridge net *But WOR well heard in Queensland on RFPI 7445, Wed 0700 *May also hear WOR when least expected on WJIE 7490, as filler, but running 2 or 3 weeks behind; encourage them to download latest each Thursday; most reliable time is M-F 1200; also heard in Australia *New WBOH in North Carolina testing on 5920, still low powered in noise (recording) *Harold Camping of Family Radio says churches are irrelevant and apostate; God is now on the radio. Some ministries cancel over his censorship *WBCQ has new website http://www.wbcq.us replacing wbcq.net and webcast is available for 7415 even when not on air *Colloidal silver, frequently advertised on US SW stations, turns Montana Libertarian blue, argyria *House approves bill reducing small webcasters` fees for copyrighted music; Senate still must approve. 8-12% of revenue *But major webcasters see it differently: WFMT discontinues streaming Oct. 14; will remain on C-band satellite *iBiquity standard about to be adopted by FCC for digital audio broadcasting *CBC Radio`s new morning show from Oct. 14: `Sounds Like Canada`; preceded by another new one, `The Current` but not until Nov. 18; see http://cbc.ca/soundslikecanada *Jane Chalmers new VP for CBC Radio replacing Alex Frame *R. Imperial, El Salvador, 17833.2 audible as early as 1700 or even 1200, but so far no reports from Europe *Also I hear unidentified around 17837; may be Latin American 3rd harmonic of 5946 *Advance schedules for B-02 season have been running in DX Listening Digest; check recent issues as we may not mention all on WOR *HCJB B-02 to Europe and South Asia in English *Peruvian station name corrected: not La Voz del Vecino, but Destino on 6323.9, Nueva Cajamarca *R. America, Paraguay, now heard by South American DXers and prompt QSLs by E-mail; on 7737.1, 7386 to be replaced by 9980; later on 120m, 2310 *Illustrated story about R. America at http://www.dxing.info *4759.1 has a R. Nacional from Argentina; may be 4th harmonic of 1190 [Tucuman, already heard on 2nd harmonic] *Channel Africa, B-02 English schedule; South African Radio League; R. Sonder Grense *World of Radio MCLI, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; or wghauser@hotmail.com by fax if really necessary 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser. Our website http://worldofradio.com *R. Nacional Angola reactivated on 11955.7 *From WJIE This Week, which often follows World of Radio: High Adventure SW transmitter from Lebanon, stored in Nigeria, now on way to Liberia *R. Caroline heard on unexpected SW frequency 7140, seems from Ireland; management knows nothing about it, prefers no relays; cannot and will not verify [but they did, by mistake?] *Mystery tests on 25775 and other 11m frequencies are field trials for DRM consortium, 200 watts from Rennes, Brittany *Last week`s item about R. Finland cancelling English early was incorrect; off WRN, but still on SW, 1230 on 15400, 17660; quality improving as about to be canceled at end of October *Elsewhere in Finno-Ugria, new B-02 schedule for English from Budapest *Intermedia, DX program from Austria, will continue, but modestly, no longer produced by Wolf Harranth after October 25 *Austria`s Arabic and Esperanto will also terminate; message from Esperanto Department on its finale Oct. 25; plus a week on web *R. Rasant, Germany, another special in German on children and war, via IRRS, Oct 12 and 13 0730-0830 on 13840; site not known *NEXUS/IBA has cooperation agreements with unnamed external sites, tests already begun; powers will be up to 500 kW *Vatican Radio starts broadcasts in Hausa, some produced in Nigeria *Pres. Putin revokes decree of Pres. Yeltsin about R. Liberty`s status; see DXLD 2-154, 2-155 *V. of Turkey changes frequencies and times for B-02; English *Israel Radio SW broadcasts should be one hour later since October 7 *Sawt al Watan, clandestine for Syria, went on new schedule October 1, perhaps due to DST change in country of origin or Syria *US to provide two MW transmitters to Afghanistan, one for VOA/RFE/RL and the other for R. Afghanistan; but really outside Afghanistan? *Orzu transmitter in Tajikistan on 801 has started IBB programming to Afghanistan, VOA, RFE/RL, also in Hindi *Pakistan off DST as Azad Kashmir service signing on an hour later *Sort-of clandestines for Sri Lanka: TBC no longer heard, and IBC- Tamil schedule has changed *Time for another China Coast Race from Hong Kong, involving weather broadcasts on 3940; http://www.rhkyc.org.hk/chinacoastraceweek.htm Oct 12-19 and later; see DXLD 2-157 *Lhasa, Tibet being heard at sunset in Georgia, grayline *Tibetan language service closes at 1650 after English *Mongolia reactivated on 4866v, drifts, bad modulation and power seems low *WJIE has plans for a SW station in the Marshall Islands *New Zealand started summer time of UT+13 on October 5 *Hard Core DX site redesigned: http://www.hard-core-dx.com *R. Taipei International live coverage of ROC national day celebrations UT Oct 10 at 0200 via WYFR *Propagation outlook from Boulder Oct. 8; flux range 170-190-140 *And so concludes, with a Standard Disclaimer, WOR 1151, brought to you by Glenn Hauser ### WORLD OF RADIO #1150, produced October 2, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Starting early Oct, like now, WWCR moving one of our times one hour later: UT Sat 0600 ex-0500 on 5070, changing coverage *WJIE more powerful on 7490; WOR weekdays 1200, and around 0030; also heard in England with Arabic 0740-0830 *Thanks to new collaborator Bill Brady, updated DX Programs listing at http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html *WTJC Newport NC, has permit for second station, WBOH, already heard with low-power test on 5920; http://home.ec.rr.com/fbn says it means Worldwide Beacon of Hope *WWRB Tennessee testing 5050, to replace 5085 *NASA frequency 10780 becoming active before shuttle launch, not earlier than Oct 7 *E-QSL from WCNZ, 1660, Marco, FL; lightning in June knocked power down to 4 kW; now back to 10 kW (daytime) *WFMT, 98.7, Chicago, added subcarrier, gets complaint of degraded main carrier; see DXLD 2-152 *This Jukebox Will Play Aaron Copeland, Oct 1 Wall Street Journal; http://www.newmusicjukebox.org *Two kilofoot TV tower of KDUH, ch 4, Nebraska, falls, killing two *Annual item about tracking burrowing owls migration across central USA on 150 MHz band; details at http://www.homingin.com or specifically: http://members.aol.com/joemoell/owl.html *R. Southern Highlands, 3275, is latest Papua New Guinean off for not paying electrtic bill *V. of Korea heard in Western Australia on 37340, 4th harmonic *Chinese classical music jammer on several 13m channels vs VOA, RFA, BBC, V. of Tibet; techniques observed *Tibet services believed transmitted from within, but two different sites, not Xi`an, China *English from Tibet on 7385 expected to be blocked at 1630 in B-02 by VOA Sri Lanka *unID on 5040.58 sounds like Myanmar moved from 4725, vernaculars *Pakistan reports confirm new 100 kW on 936 kHz for Azad Kashmir Radio, Mirpur; more of same in Rawalpindi *Radio Dat, clandestine for Kazakhstan, from Lithuania all along *Suspect Lithuania also source of other clandestines *Standard disclaimer *WOR 1150; wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; lots more including full archive of DXLDs at our website http://www.worldofradio.com *Thanks this week for financial support go to Pete Bentley, NY *CRW correspondent in Kabul on Information Radio: still heard on 864 and 8700, not 6100 as reported elsewhere; broadcast content and impact *Iraqi jamming reported on MW against Radio Sawa; and Two Rivers? *R. Sawa via Cyprus still on 981, not 990; change now planned for October 25 *R. Tanzania reactivated on 7280, at least in daytime *R. Okapi, DR Congo, firing up 10 kW transmitters Sept. 30; one confirmed on 11690, but beware of other stations on that frequency *Strife in Ivory Coast leads to `jamming` of local FM relays of BBC, RFI, ANO; really meaning closed down, as `unheard`? -- But still available via Worldspace -- and SW *Vatican Radio, English to Asia retimed to 1530-1555 on 12065, 13765, 15235; difference between the last two is 1470, where Bulgarians heard it *R. Bulgaria heard on 30000 kHz, 4th harmonic of 7500 *B-02 registrations for 18 MHz band include Bulgaria on 18900, 19000 *R. Prague heard yet again on USCG 5696-USB, 10 seconds behind WRMI *Mystery signals on 25775, 25765 with recordings in English and French, acknowledged by TDF as from Rennes, leading up to DRM tests *R. Caroline mystery relay on 7140.0 heard in European daytime; but station knows nothing about it *Laser Hot Hits heard on 9384.96, http://www.radiolink.net/hothits *Sensation AM, Europirate, heard on 15785, same as Galei Zahal earlier *YLE R. Finland reportedly stopped English, French and German a month early [not so, despite WRN delisting YLE; still heard on SW] *European MW signals reach west coast North America, 1314 Norway and others *Nexico still on DST, despite earlier plans to end by Sept 29 *Brazil delays start of DST until Nov 3, instead of Oct, for political reasons *R. America, Paraguay, moving 7385 to 9980; also heard on 7301.1v; tests on 120m band also planned; 7300 angle changed to 40/220 degrees *La Voz de tu Conciencia, Colombia, heard on new 6010.1v; don`t confuse with others such as Korean clandestine; latest info: off again, awaiting better crystal *Propagation outlook from Boulder Oct. 1; flux range 140-190-140 *Glenn Hauser, concluding World of Radio 1150 ### WORLD OF RADIO 1149, produced September 23, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *One of our broadcasts on Studio X, Momigno, Italy, 1584 kHz moved to Sunday 1930 UT; still Friday 2230 UT *Individual back issues of DX Listening Digest before July 2002 via: http://www.dxing.com/dxrold.htm *R. Imperial, El Salvador, again being heard on 17833.16 variable; low power requiring selectivity and sensitivity *Something else is around 17837v, weak and unID for months [maybe 3 x 5946v] *Banda Oriental, Uruguay, reconfirmed active on 6155 from 0135 sign-on *BBC Monitoring publishes another exhaustive study of broadcast, print and internet media, this time about Madagascar, in DXLD 2-149 *Media Network dossier about hate radio in Africa and elsewhere updated via http://www.medianetwork.nl *Millennium Voice, clandestine from Britain to Sudan and vicinity still on air but only two days a week, half clashing with Chile *B-02 season advance schedules starting to come in; including Salama Radio, religious/clandestine for Nigeria; 15365 to be transmitted from Sackville, if not sooner; March moving to Rampisham, England *R. Afrika International has enjoyable program from Vienna Saturday 1530 on 17875; r.africa@sil.at [not .au, surely], r.afrikas@sil.at *Not to be confused with R. Africa International, the Methodist station from New York via Germany; two DXers have now managed to QSL the Vienna station by reporting to the wrong station, which also doesn`t know the difference; see DXLD 2-147, 2-149 under Austria *Methodist RAI heard on 15265 at 1700 in English *R. Yugoslavia quickly resumed SW broadcasts after last week`s announcement; not all language services ready: recording of interval signal, then turned off [at 1631]; English to North America at 0000 except Sundays when Serbian is extended, on 9580; recording of return-to-SW announcement; repeat at 0430 daily has some adjacent interference *Gain some, lose some: Bayerischer Rundfunk plans to cease SW 6085 January 1; maybe back in two or three years with DRM mode; don`t confuse with DW also on 6085 *Higher frequency propagation improving with autumn, such as travel info station in France on 25775.1 with English/French tape loop about Normandy; not TIS FM on 11m heard last year from La Rochelle; even I heard traces, so a lot more than one watt; also heard in Finland and Sicily, too close to France for 11m propagation? Gave phone number starting with 33- for France *Radio Free Europe Czech language service closing Sept. 30 after 52 years, lately domestically, not SW *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, World of Radio 1149, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702, USA or wghauser@hotmail.com Fax if really necessary 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser; check our website for info on all our broadcasts, access to DX Listening Digest: http://www.worldofradio.com *Thanks this week for financial support to Gerald T. Pollard, NC *Radio Maryja, contoversial Polish Catholic station, recording of English ID giving schedule via Russia *Radio Sawa, Cyprus, moving from 981 to 990, not heard on either by some Europeans, but yes heard by others; has a deep null at 320 degrees, near Istanbul, Bulgaria, Central Europe, Prague, Amsterdam, Glasgow, Goose Bay, Detroit, Austin *US PsyOps operation for/from Afghanistan: definite IDs are sorely lacking on 8700 and 6100; we are only making assumptions *18940 running continuous 24-second dramatic musical loop; filler for missing R. Afghanistan feed via Norway? Recording *Radio Dat, clandestine for Kazakhstan, changes to 9925 for 1500 UT broadcast; 0100 seems still on 9775 when 9925 has Croatia via Germany *Members of Falun Gong cult convicted and jailed in China for disrupting cable and satellite TV broadcasts; several stories re in DXLD 2-148 including how they accomplished this *Echo of Hope, clandestsine from South to North Korea, QSLed by KBS; automatic, or admitting they are responsible for it? *V. of Russia plans to use 2300 kHz for Southeast Asia, Australia? this winter, 250 kW from Irkutsk, 150 degrees, 0600-0900; or mistake? *V. of Vietnam, Son Tay site plagued by spurs plus/minus 15 kHz from 6 and 7 MHz nominals *Provincial governor of Gulf province, PNG, prepared to take over from NBC, R. Gulf, 3245, which has been off the air for a month; back on later this week *Report in June that SW from Greenland is active on 3812, should now be rechecked as fall has arrived and possible propagation; see reports at DXing.com in DXLD 2-093, 2-095, 2-101 *R. Marti, Delano, 15330, strong in Texas on third harmonic 45990 *KPM556, Portland OR rasta groove station on 25950, reactivated *KIMF, new SW station authorized for New Mexico, no further news on construxion, but tentative schedule registered on 11885, 5835, 50 kW southeast into Mexico and beyond *Wondering if WRNO gone for good, but heard again, 7354.9 variable, poor modulation but strong; watch out for WYFR later in eve on 7355 *PanGlobal Wireless new piratish show on WBCQ from Sept 27, Fri 2100 on 7415, Sat 1900 on 17495 *Another report of digital buzz, IBOC tests interfering with adjacent frequencies: WTOP 1500 Washington heard testing, buzz on 1490, 1495, 1510 *Ultra Wideband may change the world: using all frequencies at once; see http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020124.html *For propagation outlook, see Thomas Giella`s site emphasizing MF, Daily Solar Space Weather Geomagnetic Data, http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf5.htm *Glenn Hauser concluding World of Radio 1149 ### WORLD OF RADIO #1148, produced September 18, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *On RFPI, the WOR time Sunday 1830 now is dependable, UT Mondays 0030, 0630; frequency schedule now 21-05 15040, 00-08 7445 *After 11 years, Joe Bernard leaving RFPI in October for Oregon, but will run US office *WJIE 7490 missing again since Sept 13 *Mundo Radial, new Spanish DX report from Sept 20 on WWCR 15825, Fridays 2115, Wednesdays 2100 or earlier; also audible and viewable on website http://www.worldofradio.com/espanol.html *VOA gets tepid endorsement from Tomlinson; more joint ventures with RFE/RL, RFA, beginning with combining Farsi, like Sawa for Arabic *WCPE, North Carolina all-classical station, giving up BBC news *WCAL, Minnesota, now `Music and Ideas`, more classical than before *No funding for another Chicago Lyric Opera broadcast season on WFMT *Michael Dorner on sad state of classical radio in US: DXLD 2-144 *Spirited and informative thread on IBOC in NRC-AM, also in DXLD 2-144, 2-146 and subsequently *WHO-1040, Des Moines, using standby tower, lower power for 6-7 weeks *US MW harmonics heard: WGFY NC x 3, WGVA NY x 2 *CBC Radio One has new Saturday 11:05 am program, Stranded, another Desert Island Discs clone *XEDD, Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon changed from 1560 to 800, big signal *IBB relay near Punta Gorda, Belize, ceased September 15; 1530, 1580 *R. K`ekchi, Guatemala, back on air; R. Amistad operating 4698 only during daylight *Prime frequency for Hurricane Watch Network: 14325-USB *NBC, St. Vincent closed down split frequency 705, hopes to revive *St. Vincent website has story of the demise of Windward Islands Broadcasting Service: http://www.nbcsvg.com/wibs.htm *R. Amazonas, Venezuela, reactivated but irregular on 4939.65 *La Voz de tu Conciencia, Colombia, off the air again; MinCom SNAFU requires move off 6060, to 6010; maybe instead 5905, 5925, 6170, 6115 *unID on 4834.92 likely to be R. Maranyon, Peru, reactivated *R. America, Paraguay, exchanged antennas for two frequencies, and now 24 hours daily, 800 watts: 7300 north, 7373 south *Brazilian on 4845 changed ID from R. Ibatinga or R. Meteorologia Paulista to R. Ternura FM; don`t confuse with much higher powered Manaus station on same; Ternura unseems eveningly *R. Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, plans to add SW 9820 by next March, despite Cuba and others *MW 2nd harmonic, LRA15, R. Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina, 2379.58, heard in Vermont *LTA, army feeder on 29810-USB, heard relaying R. Continental sports *One of our most faithful contributors, Bill Flynn in Oregon, had no forest fire damage, but suffered respiratory arrest, heart attack; lengthy recovery expected, no DXing. Best wishes to him *Standard disclaimer *Middle of WOR 1148, P O Box 1684, Enid OK, 73702 USA; or wghauser@hotmail.com See our website for much more: http://worldofradio.com *Liberian Communications Network again being heard on 5100 *R. Veritas, Liberia, 5470, off the air again; schedule to be 0600- 1700 6090, 1700-2300 on 5470 *Extensive BBC Monitoring Guide to Kenyan media in DXLD 2-145 *V. of Mediterranean, Malta still plans to add French, Spanish; waiting on new, larger studios *R. Slovakia International plans to open Spanish section at Marchend *Right-wing Hungarian journalists claim they will operate V. of Freedom from symbolic asylum in Austria (or elsewhere?) *R. Yugoslavia reaches agreement with Bosnia to resume SW broadcasts on longterm permit; date not set *Cardinal Glemp not shutting down national Radio Maryua Polska, but only a local station; much more in DXLD 2-145 *R. Krishnaloka, new Hare Krishna pirate(?) for Russia, too close to WBCQ; maybe actually Ukraine, only 300 watts *R. Sawa MW relay with 600 kW in Cyprus on 981 already shifting to 990 due to interference complaints *Cyprus also location of British over-the-horizon radar, interfering with 14, 16 and 20m ham frequencies *Reshet Bet, Hebrew service from Israel, moves from 15 to 9 MHz *UAE Radio Dubai on 13610 ex-13630 in English at 1330, 1600 *Seda-ye Iran, clandestine, rescheduled to 1529 on 17510; and at 0230 bubble jammer hets KWHR *Winter time in Iran starts Sept. 21, UT +3.5 instead of 4.5 *Information Radio, Afghanistan, on 6100 unseems 24 hours; tentative loggings of it, but not heard in Kabul; still on 8700 *VOA relay for Afghanistan on 801 will really be in Tajikistan *Radio Dat, Kazakh clandestine, says it must lay low as Nazarbayev jackals hunting for it; 1000 kW transmitter cost prevents sending cards; info@datradio.com *New 100 kW 936 kHz at Mirpur, Azad Kashmir Radio from Sept. 20 *Some of Tibet`s English program frequencies seem to come from outside such as Xi`an or Baoji, China, 7385 and 9490 *V. of Vietnam may abandon all overseas relays for B-02; enjoy Canada relay on 6175 while you can *Japan has resisted DST, but pressure growing, and UT +10 may arrive *RFA and VOA parallel transmissions from Tinian site have delays intentionally inserted to avoid power surges on local grid *Propagation outlook from Boulder Sept 17: flux range 180-145-195 *Glenn Hauser, concluding World of Radio 1148 ### WORLD OF RADIO #1147, produced September 10, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Perpetual clash between WBCQ and VOA Botswana on 7415 affects both our World of Radio broadcasts, Wed 2200 and Mon 0415; worst around equinoxes *Many more opportunities to hear WOR, on WJIE 7490, especially M-F 1200; also during the 0000 and 0500 UT hour; especially Sundays around 0515 *Favorite DX programs recorded off the air, Cumbre, WOR and Cuba: http://members.rogers.com/alexsradio/ *OK for CO2KK to have a houseful of SW radios, but head of US Interest Section in Habana incurred ire of Castro government by handing out thousands of SW radios; now Vickie Huddleston has a new assignment: US Ambassador to Mali *R. Reloj, Cuba, heard on extraneous 9 MHz frequencies after RHC closes *V. of Guyana fortunately available on SW, now with better modulation *La Voz del Campesino, Sipe2, Bolivia, heard in middle of 6 MHz band, running all-night? *Another Voz del Campesino, Peru, at top of 6 MHz band, also runs late *Contrary to last week, R. Nacional, Paraguay, is active again on 9736.1, at least for ballgames *R. America, Paraguay, boosts power to 800 watts on 7370 toward north, 7300 toward south *R. Cancao Nova, Brasil, seems to reduce power during required government show Voz do Brasil *Only Brazilian currently active on 19m band is R. Gazeta, 15325 *R. Roraima has wake-up program with letters, phone calls, 4875 *R. Nacional Angola heard in middle of night with basketball game, 4950 *Media Network has new article about R. Ecclesia, Angola, via South Africa, new frequency 7205: http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/ecclesia1020906.html *Chadian Radio claims to have resumed SW broadcasts; on 4904.5?? [a clandestine for Hungary? as in billboard omitted; see DXLD 2-142] *Sawt al Watan, Syrian clandestine on 9950 et al., not operated by Syrian Human Rights Committee: they don`t know about it *Radio-TV Mezopotamia, heard testing via Russia on 12115, perfect reception in Bulgaria *VOA relay in Afghanistan plans to use 801 kHz *Peshawar newspaper says new powerful SW transmitter for R. Pakistan at Skardu; doubt it is on yet *In the midst of WOR 1147, input welcome to P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702, USA or wghauser@hotmail.com Much more at our website: http://worldofradio.com *Too many stations on 6100, newest being R. Nepal. Signs on at 2315; also audible at 1200, blocked after 1300 by Malaysia *SW situation in Sarawak: waiting for 6050 transmitter to fail *Typhoon damaged two MW stations of FEBC in Korea *Kimjae SW transmitter site of R. Korea International had 10 of 17 antennas damaged; two awaiting repair are for Europe and North America, temporarily replaced by non-directional antennas *Story about `Tokyo Rose` and injustice done to her, in DXLD 2-137 *Another 50th anniversary special for Japan SW Club, on R. Japan Hello from Tokyo Sept. 14-16; special QSL for $1 or 1 IRC to JSWC, P O Box 138, Yokohama Port 231-8691, Japan *R. Taibei International has at least 2-hour delay in satellite feeds to relays, so can`t cover breaking news; minor league *R. Free Vietnam to expand to one hour via Merlin, Tajikistan, 1400- 1500 on 15235 *Democratic V. of Burma no longer relayed via New Zealand *Indonesian broadcast bill to kill press freedom, preventing relays of foreign news from R. Australia and others *R. Pilipinas, 15270 at 0200, opening English broadcast (recorded in Thailand) *NBC Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea back on 9675 instead of 4890 *R. New Ireland, 3905, heard well in Illinois, over Indonesian on almost same frequency at 1130-1200* *WWRB refuses to verify despite promises; so try QSL via one of the ministries carried, Grace in Action, Honolulu *WWCR posted new program schedule and specialty guide: times for The Old Record Shop, Ken`s Country Classics, Rock the Universe; and Technology Hour UT Sat 0200-0300 on 3210; really secular? *Background on sudden resignation of Robert Reilly as VOA director; Clinton-appointed Broadcasting Board of Governors blamed; Republicans threaten 25% cut in VOA budget unless satisfactorily explained *VOA started Sept. 10, TV to Iranian youth, ``Next Chapter``, Tue 1800 *VAX498, Ontario [not Nova Scotia], Herb Hilgenberg broadcasts weather to Atlantic yachts, 12359- USB at 1900-2000; see http://www.hometown.aol.com/hehilgen/myhomepage/vacation.html *People in Dawson succeed in saving AM CBC relay; must be low power on 560 *Best-of-week new show on CBC Radio 1, Richler on Radio, Fridays after the 8 pm news local time *Propagation outlook from Boulder Sept 10; flux range 235-155 *Hoping you`ve enjoyed WOR 1147 and will join me again next week, Glenn Hauser concluding with a *Standard disclaimer WORLD OF RADIO #1146, produced September 4, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *RFPI, Costa Rica about to celebrate first sesquidecade on the air; hope to have exact date and time of annual Fiesta on the Air next week; new frequency schedule 2200-0600 15040, 0200-0800 7445 *WJIE running World of Radio weekdays 1200 on 7490, but missing lately [back September 5] *VOA Director Robert Reilly resigned, replaced by ex-foreign correspondent David Jackson; dispute over closing foreign bureaux may have led to change; agency was in turmoil *Grass fire in WWCR antenna field on Labor Day quickly controlled, but all four transmitters off for two hours *Lots of special programming for first anniversary of 9/11; no great detail here, but see Monitoring Reminders calendar at WOR website *Charlie Puckett of Kentucky State Militia Radio sentenced to 30 months in prison on weapons charges *William `Rabbit Ears` Flippo, Florida, received 15 month sentence, huge fine, for deliberate interference to hams; not enough? *KKSU, 580, Manhattan, KS, only noncommercial AM station around here, agrees to close down in 3-months in settlement with WIBW, with which it had been sharing time; hope KSU will put a new public radio station on FM to replace it *KXMS, Fine Arts Radio International, Joplin MO, announces it will cease streaming before end of September due to royalties issue, replacing with some ondemand material; until then try to hear i.a. PDQ Bach series, Saturdays 1600 UT; http://www.kxms.org *RTE Ireland special sports finals, Sept 8 hurling, Sept 22 football 1430-1630 from 5 sites: 13730, 15500, 17885, 21645, 15275 *Brain of Britain back for new series on BBC Radio 4, and soon also on World Service *Sunday Sept 15 is another Heritage Open Day, with tours possible of BBC Monitoring, Caversham Park, Reading; pre-book ticket by phone 0118 948 6448 or see http://www.heritageopendays.org/ed/berkshire/all_properties.shtml *Scandinavian Weekend Radio monthly broadcast Sept 6-7, 2100 UT for 24 hours; details at http://www.swradio.net *YLE Radio Finland confirmed phasing out English, French, German; weekend English hours already canceled? Off by Octoberend; until then archive highlights with familiar voices, including Eddy Hawkins? *EDXC Conference Report with illustrations, links at http://www.dxing.info/articles/edxc2002.dx *R. Sweden heard on 4 frequencies with only 3 transmitters; spur or what? Mixing with Poland; see DXLD 2-135, 2-136, 2-137, 2-138 *New leadership of R. Polonia decides to keep own SW transmitter site going thru winter, not relays abroad; and may reduce output *Russian Foreign Ministry and Interfax launching interactive website on policy from October; http://www.interfax.ru/press_mid_newv_en.html *V. of Russia SW schedule revised Sept. 1; English to North and South America, Europe *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, WOR 1146; your input always welcome to wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702; USA; fax if really necessary, 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser; http://www.worldofradio.com with lots more info *R. Prague in Spanish heard on another US Coast Guard frequency, 5696; inconceivable coincidental spurs, but instead deliberate relays *R. Yugoslavia`s future status still uncertain; might be renamed R. Serbia & Montenegro if funded, or just R. Serbia. Still on internet only, dispute with Bosnia over SW transmitters not resolved *R. Sawa now testing new 600 kW mediumwave 981 from Cyprus, null toward Europe but DXed there *Syrian clandestine Sawt al Watan, backed by Syrian Human Rights Committee, its material quoted on broadcast, http://www.shrc.org also with English translation, based in London *DXLD 2-138 has several stories on Afghanistan, including Good Morning and Good Evening, Afghanistan; struggle over whether women should be allowed to appear on radio and TV *R. Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek heard with 5-minute English newscast at 2325 *R. Dat, clandestine to Kazakhstan, reported to broadcast from Russia, not the West; Bigeldin Gabdullin, political refugee in US was anchor. Another report says Society for Democracy in Asia, Brussels, is behind it *Last week`s report of AIR Bangalore changing to 9450 lasted only one day; back to 9425 *Bhutan has excellent program on IT and internet, Sundays 1100 on 6035; http://www.bbs.com.bt *One Tibet English frequency mentioned last week, 7185, should be 7385; heard in Denmark and Thailand: Erik Koie`s recording *Clandestine from Uzbekistan to Laos heard on 17540 at 0100-0200, mentions ``United Lao Movement for Democracy of Minnesota``, also Cambodia *Han Hee Joo becoming new executive director of R. Korea International and relinquishes on-air duties *Two Indonesians from Flores Island below 3 MHz identified differently by two DXers *R. Australia specials on 9/11 and 9/12, including live 3-hour show from NYC at 1130 UT Sept 11 *R. Mozambique reports pylons stolen from transmitter site, affecting MW and SW *V. of the People`s studios and offices in Harare, Zimbabwe, destroyed by bomb August 29, but continues on air with recorded material via Madagascar; see DXLD 2-135, 2-136 *New peace station in Burundi, R. Isanganiro awaits SW frequency *R. Bunia, Congo DR, 5066, changes hands to anti-Ugandan group *King of Morocco consents to end state monopoly on broadcasting *R. America, Paraguay, DXed from Australia on 7737, but frequency now changed to 7370 northwards, still 7300 southwards, nighttime hours on weekends the best chance *R. Nacional del Paraguay inactive on 9737 *Paraguay already went to summer time UT-3 on September 1 *R. Cultural Coatan, Guatemala, 4780, reactivated after 2+ years *R. K`ekchi, Guatemala, back on 4845 after briefer absence *CFVP, Calgary, turned SW 6030 [not 630 as I said] back on after Hans Johnson notified them it was off *Propagation outlook from Boulder Sept. 3; flux range 165-220-165 *World of Radio 1146 concluding; I`m Glenn Hauser ### WORLD OF RADIO #1145, produced August 28, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *RFPI has converted 7445 from SSB to AM and raised to 30 kW; plans to split schedules so this and 15039 not on at same time; may mean additional times to hear WOR *New Continent of Media now running on RFPI, i.a. times Saturday 0100, 0700, 2330, Sunday 0530, Wednesday 0200; plus additional webcast times in 6-hour rotation; COM 02-04 also available via http://www.DXing.com *WOR repeat time on WBCQ at 0415 has moved from UT Thu to UT Monday, late Sunday night in North America *Spectrum Radio 558, London, is temporarily relaying WRN during longer hours, including World of Radio Saturdays at 9 am BST; greetings to all our new listeners *New Mundo Radial, monthly Spanish DX report, from end of August on WWCR, 15825, Fridays 2115 and Wednesdays 2100 or a bit earlier *WJIE, 7490, is back with a much stronger signal since August 26, including World of Radio weekdays at 1200; and also heard one day at 1600, and some days at 0030 *New SW station authorized for remote town of Pinyon, New Mexico, KIMF; George Glotzbach visited site and found nothing except a small building, no construction, antennas or water *VOA director plans to cut five news bureaux in order to finance Sawa-like service for Iran: Hong Kong, Mexico City, Tokyo, Brussels and Geneva, to objections of VOA employees *New story in the press every day about Radio Sawa; see DX Listening Digests for them, or links to them; gets lukewarm reviews in Mideast: young people like the music, but distrust news *Site promoting museum at VOA Bethany site: http://www.veteransvoa.com *ZDK radio, CTV in Antigua transmitters destroyed in arson attacks, politically motivated *4VEH, ex-shortwave in Haiti, one MW station there audible in Florida despite Cuban *R. Mil, Mexico City, has new SW antenna for 6010, reports wanted; seems worse here, due to directionality? *Tijuana`s 540 station has new 6-letter callsign, XESURF, ex-XEBACH; wonder if related to Los Angeles` 1260 *http://casabautista.org has news of volunteer engineers helping Central American stations; R. Amistad, Guatemala, SW frequency serves as feed to low power MW relay in Santiago Atitlan, instead of out-of-range FM *HRHZ, 1160, Honduras may put new 60mb SW station on next year *Peruvian government website reveals lots of info about Catholic stations, including some on SW; 5030 is now supposed to be Radio Virgen de la Alta Gracia, Huamachuco, OAZ2A, ex R. Los Andes *Another new listee on 4795, 1 kW, Urubamba, Cuzco, OAW7D, Teleducacional, not yet on? *R. America, Paraguay, got one definite report on 15185 with 5 watts from Michael Schnitzer in Germany; now testing on 7300 and new 7737, the latter beamed 4 degrees; nighttime only on weekends; 7 MHz DX reports from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Canada, Norway *Argentina has new law requiring stations to play national anthem at sign-on, or if 24 hours, at local midnight *New address for RAE, Argentina, rae@radionacional.gov.ar *Channel Africa with specials for World Summit on Sustainable Development, in South Africa, Aug 26-30, Sept 2-5 at 1100-1500 on 21765, 17725, 11720; not heard here, and not very good in Germany *Radio Earth Summit may be from same, half hour program hourly via http://www.radioearthsummit.org *R. UNAMSIL, Sierra Leone, still heard on 6137.83 *Used to be a Peruvian on 5470, but no longer listed; that clears frequency for R. Veritas, Liberia, again being heard, first by Rafael Rodriguez, Colombia; Catholic station began new season Aug. 22, increased to 18 hours per day; sign off 2300 or 2400; Box 3569, Monrovia, was previously known address *V. of Africa, Libya, English news times monitored on 15435 *Standard disclaimer *World of Radio 1145, wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; http://worldofradio.com for our schedule, DX Listening Digest, Monitoring Reminders calendar and much more *A few stations still make seasonal SW frequency changes the first Sunday in September, such as Voice of Russia; *And V. of Turkey`s English at 0300 to North America moves to 9650 *Saut al-Watan, V. of the Homeland, clandestine for Syria, 12115 site listed by Nagoya DX Circle as Samara, Russia, same as for Ethiopians at 1700 *0330 broadcast of same in the clear on 9950 in British Columbia; 1500 broadcast on 12115 well heard in Alberta, not sync with 12085; could it be a black clandestine, with hidden meaning? *US Psyops operation in Kandahar, Afghanistan reported to be using 6100 kHz, per Charlotte Observer; DXers hear what seems to be this *But Korea and Malaysia are also on 6100; what is then on 8700? *Radio Nepal has also moved onto 6100, from 41m band; parallel to 5005 including English news at 1415; both close at 1545; on as early as 2350 *V. of Holy Tibet, Lhasa, English at 1630 on 4905, 4920, 5240, 6130, 7185 *New 500 kW service from Bangalore, All India Radio national channel, 9450 ex-9425, 1320-0041 *Kazakhstan now has a clandestine, Radio Dat, meaning I Demand; http://datradio.com/indexeng.htm on 9775 at 0100-0200, 1500-1600; anti-Nazerbayev, info@datradio.com -- 0100 blocked here by VOA; CIS site in Europe assumed; recording of opening music, ID in Russian; one half hour program played twice in each hour *BBCWS special programming plans leading up to 9/11 start 9/7, joint productions with PRI; and 12 hours straight on 9/11 itself *CBC Cross Country Checkup on same topic, gets special RCI SW relay on 9800, 15375, Sunday Sept 8 at 2000-2200 *50th anniversary of CBC Television celebration starts Sept. 6 with The Joke`s on Us; and in coordination with VIA rail, live events starting at Vancouver train station *CBC Tower, the `Eiffel on Jarvis` in Toronto, site of first Canadian TV signals, demolished in 3.5 seconds to make way for `Radio City` *Miami about to regain classical station, but only on AM 1360 *Besides digital test on WLW, illustrated on current Continent of Media, iBiquity has experimental license in northeast on 1700 [not 1710 as I said!], and now another on 650 kHz in Frederick, Maryland, probably daytime only *Greetings to all other NRC`ers at the Labor Day [weekend] convention, Lima, Ohio; webcast of festivities planned: mms://165.17.139.3:8080 *4BC, 1116 kHz, Brisbane, Queensland, has one of strongest Australian signals in Oregon; might make it inland *Propagation outlook from Boulder, August 27; flux range 155-125-190 *And so concludes yet another World of Radio, Number 1145; Glenn Hauser, here, thanking you for listening, and hoping you`ll join me again next week ### WORLD OF RADIO #1144, produced August 14, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Unidentified Arabic on 12085, 12115 and 9950 monitored further: still unsolved, but seems to come from Russian sites, aimed at Syria despite being on two Syrian frequencies; recording of opening, always with same music: Watani Habibi, also available at: http://gamal.topcities.com/songs/watani1.html ID Sout al Watan, Voice of the Homeland, on behalf of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Movement, but BBC Monitoring never heard this or any ID given; check last few and next few issues of DXLD for all the info we have on this *Israel`s webcast news two days old *Vatican Radio relays Lebanese station Voice of Love/Charity, in Arabic, part of World Family of Radio Maria *Takahito Akabayashi gets verification for R. Afghanistan relay via Norway; still uses old P O Box 544 of ex-Taliban outlet, Kabul *Kyrgyz Radio on new frequency, 4795 *Nothing further from Laser Radio about resuming SW via Latvia; but R. Festival 2002, London, plans Latvia 5935 broadcast August 24-25; more info from Eric Wiltsher, eric@tesug.cix.co.uk *Terrible floods in Europe, so try R. Prague`s numerous English SW broadcasts, or http://www.radio.cz/en but maxed out *Another special for 50th anniversary of Japan SW Club, from R. Europe, Italy, 7306-USB Aug 16 and 17 at 2100-2200 with 500 watts, Japanese, English messages and jokes, special QSL card *BBC investigating allegations that government hacked into its news computers *QSLs emerging from AFN for brief operation from Iceland on 3903 *Special series four Fridays from Aug 16 on RTI, Tales of Dutch Formosa *Bougainville clandestine on 3850 again reported, but not IDed as R. Independent Makumui *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, World of Radio 1144, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA or wghauser@hotmail.com Fax if really necessary 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser. Check website for our latest schedules, DXLD: http://worldofradio.com *Latest on African countries` SW activity in DXLD 2-126 *R. Candip, Bunia, DR Congo, back after a week off for disturbances *Not much on SW from Cameroon, but Communications Ministry starts daily internet bulletin, http://www.mincom.gov.cm *Mali back on one of its 60m frequencies; and other bands active *Guinea difficult to verify, but Paul Ormandy got E-mail verie after mailing a CD; issaconde@yahoo.fr *WJIE`s Doc Burkhart back from Liberia after putting FM on the air; plans SW by end of October; WJIE itself on the back burner *A View From Europe, quirky commentaries by Harvey Thomas on WWCR, now at more convenient third time: Sunday 1710 on 12160 *WMLK heard with a fabulous signal on 9465, testing 125 kW? *Brother Stair back to usual routine, changes name for checks to be made out to; how many of his flock have fallen away? *WBBR-1130 New York silent period deferred, perhaps to this weekend *WLW-700 Cincinnati testing IBOC digital audio this week; check for buzz on adjacent channels; WOR-710 New York also planned to do so *Two Idaho stations exchange frequencies: classic country KFXD now on 630, newstalk KIDO to 580 *Jazz format station in Long Beach, KLON changes calls to KKJZ *FCC orders switch to digital TV, requring tuners in TVs, in steps from 2004 to 2007; see DXLD 2-127 *R. Educacion, Mexico, Sintonia Libre DX program around 0330 UT Thursdays and Mondays on 6185; resuming 6 hours of SW production separate from MW *Ana Cristina del Razo leaving directorship of R. Mexico Internacional *Owner of XERTA quite a characer, making wild promises, mostly dreams *2.5 page English report on Mexican DX convention in DXLD 2-126 *Colombian pirate still heard, Radio Nueva Juventud, Pasto; and a rosary harmonic above 6.2 MHz *La Voz de tu Conciencia, Colombia, says 6 kW on 6060, and antenna changed to favor reception toward the north; QSL cards pending *R. Union, Lima, Peru, reactivated on 6117.4v, near nominal *Congratulations to Joe Talbot in Alberta, first to DX and QSL Radio America, Paraguay, on 7300, running 25 watts, capable of 2.4 kW; is third harmonic of 1610 on 4830 getting out? 7300 also reported from Norway; Argentines and Paraguayan cannot hear it *Almost 10 percent of world population can now access internet: see DXLD 2-129 or http://www.nua.ie *Propagation outlook from Boulder, August 13; flux range 190-235-180 *Attention: our repeat on WBCQ has moved to UT Monday 0415 on 7415 *Standard disclaimer *Glenn Hauser concluding World of Radio 1144 ### WORLD OF RADIO #1143, produced August 7, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *New Mundo Radial available: http://www.worldofradio.com/espanol.html and on WWCR, Fri 2115v, Wed 2100 on 15825; *Even newer Spanish DX news on R. Nederland Radio-Enlace, Fris & Suns *Neighbors of Aurora Communications` SW site under construxion in Ninilchik, Alaska, concerned about environmental impact, try to delay; ex-KGEI transmitter. Aurora minimises impact *Aeronautical Radio, Inc., set up new HF station in Barrow, Alaska, long needed for polar route flights; frequencies *Robert Arthur updates us on Brother Stair case; says he is out of jail on bond, but charges, even more of them, still pending. Website http://www.overcomerministry.com now removed all references to his ever having been in jail *Kenneth Tomlinson, former VOA director, confirmed as new chairman of Broadcating Board of Governors, overseeing all USG-supported, non-military, international broadcasting *Radio Sawa, ex-VOA Arabic service, name is teen slang for "together" *WNNY, 1380, New York City, abandons expensive all-news format in Spanish for ranchera music, La X-1380, despite most Spanish speakers in NY being non-Mexicans *WBBR, 1130, New York expects downtime for maintenance, perhaps late Sat Aug 10 / early Sun Aug 11; check Monitoring Reminders *Stirling Heights, Michigan has 1700 kHz relay of NWS, WPTC-520 *International Radio Club of America convention Aug 16-18 at Tukwila, Washington, includes tours of KJR, KIRO, Craig Siegenthaler of Kiwa electronics; info from phil_tekno@yahoo.com *Clear Channel group makes commitment to pushing RDS technology, no doubt for ads and song titles, not just IDs and slogans *CJWI, new 1610 from Montreal, back on air August 1 *CFRX, 6070, Toronto, currently active; get it while you can before it breaks down again; perpetual co-channel Voz Cristiana, Chile since neither station cares *R. America, Paraguay, closes 15185 5-watt tests after no reports at all; may raise power and come back; tentative reports received for 1610, 7300 *R. Educacao Rural, Tefe, Amazonas, plans move from 3385 to 4925 by end of September *R. For Peace International, Costa Rica, depending on listener support, now has PayPal link at http://www.rfpi.org *R. Verdad, Guatemala, hit by lightning and operating only half its transmitter at 270 watts; reports wanted; adding English at 0415 *R. Liberty site in Pals, Spain, closed May 2001, but now talk of reviving it with increased US need for facilities to reach Islamic world; murky about how this could be done. See Catalunya in DXLD 2-122, 2-123 *Great music on R. Portugal`s North American service, not in English, 2300-0200 weekdays on 11655 *European DX Council conference in Pori, Finland, August 15-18, includes tour of YLE SW site in Pori; more info at http://www.sdxl.org/edxc/edxc2002.html *Scandinavian Weekend Radio plans 24-hour special from EDXC; details at http://www.swradio.net/edxc *You`re listening to the 1143rd WOR; http://www.worldofradio.com and address P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702; wghauser@hotmail.com *Thanks this week for financial support go to Bill Flynn, Cave Junxion, Oregon, who when last he wrote us was close, but far enough away, from those terrible fires *TWR may move all Russian broadcasts from Albania, lacking hydro power, to Austria *Turkey decides to allow Kurdish language broadcasting; see DXLD 2-124 *Security guard says he was stabbed outside US FBIS monitoring station at Nicosia, Cyprus *Mystery Arabic service heard on two Syrian and another frequency: 0330 on 9950; 1500 on 12085, 12115; clandestine? *Another time for English from Turkmenistan on 4930, 1940 UT *RFE/RL/RFA and VOA coordinate their services to Afghanistan for continuous 24-hour service on FM and shortwave *New station in Afghanistan, with German aid, is R. Voice of Freedom; ambiguous report about frequency, FM, and/or SW 9905? *Another time for English from Tibet, 0700-0715 UT on 9490 et al. *Democratic V. of Burma via Madagascar at 2330 on 9760 ex-11715 *Inside Burmese stations favorite DX targets for music, etc.: R. Myanmar on 5985v; Defence Forces Station on 6570; their gongs featured on Victor Goonetilleke`s RKI report August 4 *R. Japan special, Peace Prayer to the World, Thursday, Aug 15 on 44 Minutes show at 0615, numerous repeats *Japan SW Club 50th anniversary special, in Japanese, some English, on KSDA Aug 18 at 2100, 19 at 1300 on 11980 et al. Special QSL *Powerline communications nixed in Japan, to relief of users of shortwave spectrum *V. of Indonesia seems to have restricted foreign languages to weekdays only on 15150; weekends extremely distorted, Indonesian? *R. Pilipinas, English at 0200-0330 now on 15270, 15120, 11885, says Roland Schulze [not Rumen Pankov as I said!] *R. Independent Makumui, Bougainville on 3850 was active July 16- 22, but not since? *International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend ham special event Aug. 17-18 for 48 hours; see http://www.rsgb.org for link *Listeners to KORB fall for tattoo practical joke, lose jobs, then sue *Sunspots keep growing, up to 323, suggesting a third peak in this cycle; maybe F2 will be back on 6 meters this winter, but absorption not good for MW DX *Propagation outlook from Boulder, August 6; flux range 130-215-140 *Glenn Hauser, here, concluding yet another World of Radio, number 1143, hoping you`ll hear me again next week ### WORLD OF RADIO #1142, produced July 31, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Radio Polonia plans for foreign relays instead of domestic shortwave transmitters; head of station replaced *Kaliningrad 171 kHz resumes relay of Radio Rossii *Laser Radio tests via Latvia; plans programming for radio hobbyists and music from 60s, 70s, 80s; other options, maybe more tests *Executive salaries at BBC concealed, while lower ranking staff get bad pay deal *Five 5 MHz frequencies authorised in Britain for ham experimentation; see DXLD 2-121 at http://worldofradio.com *TeamTalk 252, Ireland, closed July 31, off the air pending new owners such as possible relaunch of Radio Nova, from Isle of Man *Radio Portugal has fado music show Saturdays 1805-2000 on 21655, 21800 *Interviews with ex-broadcasters at Angolan clandestine VORGAN, via Media Network: http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/angola020726.html *Mali again heard on 9635 in daytime *R. Liberia International heard again on 5100 after 2-month absence *Dominican Republic back on 4960v, Radio Villa, a.k.a Cima Cien; R. Global Internacional planned per http://www.cima100fm.com where streaming also available [maybe; and slow flash introduxion] *Young Cubans in Toronto to see Pope, defected; maybe that`s why Arnie Coro, with Cuban government, not allowed in *WRMI specials from Mexican DX Meeting August 3-7, schedule *La Voz de tu Conciencia, Colombia shifted to 6060.2, better modulation, less fading; antenna changes to favor North America *HCJB definitely moving transmitter site from Pifo to Santa Elena *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, World of Radio 1142; P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA or wghauser@hotmail.com *Thanks this week for financial support go to Chuck Ermatinger *Standard disclaimer *Plans for SW transmitter by the government of Goias state, Brasil *R. America, Paraguay, has received zero reports so far on 7300, 15185 tests; submarine-like power supply. Fax: 595 21 963 149 or Casilla de Correo 2220, Asuncion, Paraguay; e-mail: see last week *Story about Liberty radio, Argentine station in Malvinas war, now in English via DXLD 2-119; excerpt *New Australian maritime weather SW stations heard in Illinois morns *R. Independent Makumui, 3850, Bougainville clandestine, QSL info: cassettes OK, 4 or 5 IRcs, to Sam Voron, 2 Griffith Ave., Roseville, NSW 2069, Australia *R. Bougainville, PNG government station, back on air already, 3325 *RTM Radio 4, Malaysia heard well in Wisconsin; many Malaysian and Singapore frequencies again making it to Finland as summer ends *English from Tibet on 9490 audible in Georgia; should improve *KRSI, clandestine to Iran, 15740, 17510, on website plus instructions for anti-jamming antenna: http://www.krsi.net/us-en/antijamming.asp *Difficulties faced by Arab stations broadcasting in Hebrew to Israel in DXLD 2-121; excerpt about Iran`s Voice of David [non-Arab] *Israel Radio put Romanian on frequencies supposed to be in English; English at 1030-1045 moved to 1015-1030 *WJIE confirmed using 100-watt exciters, not two 50 kW transmitters contrary to website claim; High Adventure staff moving to Kentucky; cooperation with WJIE on African plans *In DXLD 2-118, Robert Arthur finds anti-Brother Stair broadcasts just as incoherent, schizophrenic as he is; rational arguments not allowed *New X-band station in Dallas/Fort Worth on 1630, KNAX, Spanish gospel -- maybe full day power 10 kW at night initially *Propagation outlook from Boulder July 30: flux range 230-170-230 *And so concludes nother WOR, 1142. Until next week, Glenn Hauser inviting you to keep in touch by visiting http://worldofradio.com ### WORLD OF RADIO #1141, produced July 24, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *In northern summer, let`s dream of monitoring some Argentine Antarctic bases; communication frequencies on HF *DXLD 2-117 has fascinating article on R. Liberty, Argentine station to demoralise British during Falkland Islands war; in Spanish, but I am tempted to translate it *List of Argentine X-band stations, mostly unlicensed *R. America, Paraguay, writes us with SW testing technical info on 7300 and also 15185; reports to ramerica@rieder.net.py *R. San Antonio de Padua, Callalli, Peru sent message to DXers about winter storm emergency in Arequipa, putting it off air *R. Esperanza, Chile, heard regularly in windows when Anguilla and Japan are off 6090 *New Colombian La Voz de tu Conciencia back on air, but on same frequency as before [shortly afterwards confirmed on new 6060.2] *unID on 5064.77 may be pirate in Cuba, R. Cienfuegos *La Voz de la Fundacion resumed SW to Cuba via WRMI July 24 *Radio Habana Cuba`s Arnie Coro denied visa by Canada, so his trip to Toronto and Vernon is off; blowing up to major diplomatic incident; recording of CBC news item from British Columbia on this *William Pierce, neo-Nazi broadcaster of American Dissident Voices, died of cancer; final broadcast as virulently anti-Semitic as ever *WJIE Kentucky to become WPBN, World Prayer Broadcsting Network along with KVOH, KHBN, AM and FM stations, V. of Liberty, Liberia *WJIE heard again on 7490 day and night, but still very weak *WOR 1141, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; wghauser@hotmail.com *Tip for Rational Living: Public Interest from WAMU and NPR July 22 had discussion on Atheists and Secular Humanists, archived indefinitely at: http://www.wamu.org/ram/2002/p2020722.ram *House votes $135 million to boost broadcasts to Muslim countries, in Freedom Promotion Act of 2002, passed July 22; Senate next *VOA makes vague remark about relaying R. Rwanda *Copper coils from R. Mozambique`s MW transmitter stolen, off the air *Only active Kenyan SW frequency is 4915 *No SW from Gambia, but increased audio/visual content at http://www.grts.gm *V. of Iraqi People, clandestine from Sa`udi Arabia comes back on precise rather than off-frequency; but its others are still off *R. Afghanistan, latest schedule for relays via UAE, Norway *V. of Armenia schedule last week, tho official, was wrong; 9960 heard instead of 11625 *Special broadcast from India, July 25 0350 on all AIR frequencies, swearing-in of new President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam *Democratic Voice of Burma, clandestine, celebrates 10th anniversary in Norway; would like to be independent of exile government *R. Prague heard relayed on Coast Guard frequency 8983 *3AC, Monaco coastal station seems to have log-periodic antennas inside Monaco itself; schedule for weather broadcasts *Europeans startled to hear Chinese music on 1062 kHz; from Paris *Death of offshore broadcaster Howard G. Rose July 18, a.k.a. Crispian St. John, Jay Jackson; see obit in DXLD 2-115 *BBCWS failed to secure full commentary rights for Commonwealth Games, disappointing many; as African, Asian stations got full rights *R. Australia has extensive CG coverage on special frequency 11650, starting with opening ceremony 2000 UT Thursday July 25 [not 2200!] *RNZI adds special webcast for elexion returns Sat July 27 0700-1100 as well as SW 9885. See http://www.rnzi.com *Sam Voron will confirm correct reception reports of Bougainville clandestine [R. Independent Mekamui, 3850]. See http://www.h44a.com on his current ham project in Solomons: absolutely no QSLing there *V. of the Sunrise, or Maus B`long Sankamap, the official Bougainville station off the air for nonpayment of power bills, 3325 *New American Samoa station confirmed on 580 instead of 585 [WDJD] *Randy Michaels kicked upstairs from radio division of Clear Channel; stock immediatley fell; controversial figure blamed for CC programming tactics *Original webcaster KPIG in California stopped due to royalties, ``a sad day in the cyber-sty`` *Very disturbed propagation conditions lately; outloook from Boulder July 23; flux range 195-165-190 *With a standard disclaimer, *Glenn Hauser, here, concluding another World of Radio, No. 1141 ### WORLD OF RADIO #1140, produced July 17, 2002 by Glenn Hauser *Past two weeks, our UT Mon 0000 on WWCR 9475 missing, but not sure yet if permanent *New contributor from Taiwan sends schedule from V. of Armenia: English portion *R. Voice of Afghanistan suspends broadcasts for three months due to ``painful scenes... not able to broadcast the truth``; see founder`s complete speech in DXLD 2-114 at http://worldofradio.com *Afghanistan items in almost every issue; 2-112 has roundup of Afghan broadcasting situation *Head of Afghan broadcasting dismissed for banning female singing *Three 1000 kW MW transmitters coordinated for Bahrain, with different directional lobes; to relay western services? *New BBC MW transmitters on Omani mainland: location, same frequencies that Masirah used, power and patterns *DXLD 2-112 under Middle East has BBCM analysis of 9/11 plus 10: Changing Trends in ME Media *Israel Radio`s English change from July 21; DST theoretically ends October 6, but don`t count on it *New relay of AIR FM-II service via Bangalore 9425 includes some news in English *R. Sri Lanka reported on new out of band 9970; typo? *Tibet`s 1100 UT Engl