DX LISTENING DIGEST 8-011, January 26, 2008
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** ALBANIA. 7430 kHz, Radio Tirana, 2122 UT, SINPO 44444 with English
talk. Heard in parallel on 9915 kHz (rarely heard here), SINPO 34233.
Off at 2133 January 24 (Roger Chambers, Utica, New York, Grundig YB
400PE with external long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Tirana, 6110, 0328 Jan 26, English, frequency sked; opening
introduction by female, into news. Sinpo: 33223 on Grundig YB500 and
Whip (Noble West, TN, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGOLA. 4950, RN Angola, 2305 with news in Portuguese, mentions of
African countries and Kofi Annan. Heard ID 'R Nacional' at 2316.
Surprisingly good signal at S9, 42232 on AM wide, CW QRM, QRN
broadband buzzer (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, 24th Jan,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
(PRESUMED) 4950, Rádio Nacional, at 0137 UT with pop music, female
vocal, then brief announcements, unidentifiable language, more pop
music; Brief 10 second bubble jammer interference at 0149; rhythmic,
bass, Afropop style music; at 0200, 4 short and 1 long time pips, into
news headlines with fanfare between items, almost certainly
Portuguese, very poor by 0203. Generally 22211, slightly better peaks.
January 25 (Roger Chambers, Utica, New York, Grundig YB 400PE with
external long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4950, Radio Nacional, Luanda, 0113-0144, Jan 25, pop songs, this is
the best I have heard them here, as usually they are below threshold
level. Thanks again to Chuck for the tip. Also heard again at 0248
with program of African high-life music and songs.
4950, RNA, Luanda, 0508-0531, Jan 26, clear ID "Rádio Nacional de
Angola", several promos for music event on "Sábado", pop songs in
English and Portuguese, African high-life music, mostly fair but
bothered by slight het. Live "Canal A" audio streaming not working at
http://www.rna.ao/ (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, Etón E5, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) see also ZIMBABWE
** ARGENTINA. Glenn, including nice recording from R.A.E., 15344.50
kHz, 1911 UT with tango music. Strong signal, S point 9 and good
audio, date recording recent today 25/1. Gr. your radiofriend (Maurits
van Driessche from Belgium 73, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ASIA. Happy Holidays from RFA --- A. J. Janitschek of Radio Free
Asia sends the following message: Best wishes from all at Radio Free
Asia for a happy holiday season. Please enjoy our 2007 year-end
slideshow available from the following link:
http://www.rfa.org/english/about/2007/12/26/RFA-YearEnd2007.html
At the end of the slideshow [with optional music] is a quote that is
quite apropos: "The world is cast of iron, without feelings or
consciousness. If you want to influence it, to push it, to mould it,
the least you must do is shout--never mind that it is a muffled shout
from under a blanket of repression." (Zhang Xianling, 'Half of Man Is
Woman'). Warmest wishes for all the best in 2008 (Jan NASB Newsletter
via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. Fair signal from Darwin for CVC 13635 presenting Chat
Back for the final hour of their transmission between 1725 and 1800.
What a lack of elegance of today's broadcasters, they simply cut
transmission abruptly (Raul Saavedra, Costa Rica, Jan 26, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 7250, Bangladesh Betar (presumed) 1229 Jan 26 with loud
buzz and weak signal. I thought I heard their interval signal played
just once. There was then a man talking in English at 1230, it sounded
like he mentioned 41 meters. Then a woman mentioned Bangladesh and
talked, but she was just too weak to follow. I will have to try again.
There was at least one other station on the channel, but it was as
weak as presumed Bangladesh. (DX Tuner Sweden via Hans Johnson, FL,
Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 4409, R. Eco, Reyes, SS, 23/01 2357. Canção (bolero) por
OM. Outra canção por grupo masculino. Time checking, menção a ‘Reyes’,
25432.
4545, R. Virgen de los Remedios, Tupiza, SS, 24/01 0004. Aviso para um
ouvinte de nome Salvador. Tx de um local público, aparentemente um
serviço religioso católico, 45433 (Rudolf Grimm (São Bernardo-SP),
Bruno Grimm (Florianópolis-SC), Martim Jenny (Santo André-SP), escutas
realizadas em DX-Camp Jarinu-SP (Brasil), Rx: Sony ICF2001D, ant.:
horizontal 30 m, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. R. Universitaria, Cobija was off at 01/24, 2310. 73's
(Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP, Brasil (23 33 S, 46 51 W), Sony ICF
SW40, dipole 18m, 32m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4732.02, R. Universitaria, *1014-1032, Jan 25, Spanish. Musical bit
and brief OM at s/on. Ballad followed by ID at 1019; various
ads/promos thru 1024 then music thru tuneout. Poor/fair.
4781.4v, R. Tacana, 1014-1030, Jan 24, Spanish. OM talk between
musical bits; lite Spanish music. ID at 1025. Poor with CODAR; QRMed
at 1030 via 4780 R. Coatán-Guatemala [q.v.] sign-on (Scott R. Barbour,
Jr., Intervale, NH-USA, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m
Dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 2380, BRASIL: R. Educadora, Limeira-SP, 24/01 0450. Mx c/
dupla sertaneja, OM: ‘Educadora’, 45544
3235, BRASIL: R. Guarujá FM, via R. Guarujá Paulista (AM), PP, 23/01
2108. ‘Guarujá FM, carnaval 2008, muito mais alegria, ZYD815, Guarujá
FM, 104.5 MHz, a primeira em sucesso’. Informação da hora certa, 45544
4805, BRASIL: R. Difusora Amazonas, Manaus-AM, PP, 24/01 0042. Px de
esportes, resultados de jogos de futebol, YL: repórter (pesquisando em
// algum sinal de ondas médias que origina o sinal, foi encontrada a
Tupi RJ 1280, e verificou-se um delay do sinal de 2 segundos da Tupi
RJ1280 em relação à Radio Difusora Amazonas 4805), 25442 (Rudolf Grimm
(São Bernardo-SP), Bruno Grimm (Florianópolis-SC), Martim Jenny (Santo
André-SP), escutas realizadas em DX-Camp Jarinu-SP (Brasil), Rx: Sony
ICF2001D, ant.: horizontal 30 m, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BURKINA FASO. 7230, Radio Burkina, *0823-0835, Jan 25, abrupt sign
on with vernacular talk. Local tribal music at 0825. French talk noted
at 0900. Fair (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. DRM at Sackville: see NETHERLANDS [non]
** CANADA. CBA 1070: This one closes April 5 2008. Barry
Moncton Info Morning Infomorning @ moncton.cbc.ca wrote:
Hi Barry. Thanks for inquiring about our program. Our AM signal will
be turned off April 5th. After that, we'll be on FM only. However, you
can listen on the internet with live streaming. You can find our
website at http://www.cbc.ca/informationmorningmoncton
Cheers, Karin Reid-LeBlanc, Producer, Information Morning, CBC Radio,
106.1 FM Moncton [sic, no mention already of 1070 in signature] (506)
853-6633 (via Barry Davies, UK, MWC via DXLD)
** CANADA. A SANDWICH, OR A RADIO STATION? --- UW RADIO STATION WILL
GO SILENT IF STUDENTS CHOOSE TO PULL $5.50 FEE
January 25, 2008, BARBARA AGGERHOLM, RECORD STAFF, WATERLOO [Ont.]
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/300144
A popular campus-community radio station could die if students stop
paying a fee equal to the cost of a sandwich, supporters say.
CKMS-FM is fighting for its life after the student federation at
University of Waterloo agreed to hold a referendum on its funding.
The 30-year-old radio station is one of the "grandfathers" of campus
radio, said station manager Heather Majaury.
Full-time undergraduate students are being asked if they "support the
removal of $5.50 per term for CKMS," effective this fall. The fee,
which is refundable if a student requests it, makes up about 90 per
cent of the station's $245,000 operating budget, said Majaury, a paid
employee. "Would you like a sandwich or a radio station?" she asked.
"For $5.50, it's a great deal."
Students on both sides are preparing for a battle when campaigning
begins Tuesday. They vote next month. If funding is axed, the entire
community -- not just students – will lose a vibrant, experimental,
multi-voiced station, said Steve Krysak, a student who heads the
committee supporting the station.
Students, multicultural groups and independent musicians, including
local hip-hop artists, are among the volunteer hosts. "Students who
just want to save their money don't know what they're missing," said
Krysak, host of a weekly show featuring alternative rock. "We have to
get across to them how valuable the station is."
But critics say the radio station, located in the Bauer Warehouse on
UW's north campus, is too far away from the main campus, isn't well-
known among students and needs to represent students better.
"The amount of air time given to students versus community members
isn't proportionate to the funding level," said student Sam Andrey, a
science councillor on the federation who proposed the referendum.
CKMS is licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission. The campus-community station is heard
in Kitchener and Waterloo on the FM dial at 100.3.
About half the on-air hours on CKMS-FM are hosted by UW students and
alumni, the station says. Nonstudents pay $15 annual to participate in
the running of the station and to host shows. Students hold four seats
on the station's seven-member board.
"We offer an incredible amount of freedom not found at regular
commercial stations," Majaury said. "Voices that currently have access
to the airwaves would be silenced -- students, student groups,
individual community members and community groups . . . not to mention
the tremendous amount of independent music and genres heard nowhere
else on the local dial."
Besides on-air and radio production studios, CKMS has a digital multi-
track recording studio which it rents and uses for live-to-air
broadcasts. Well-known and up-and-coming musicians have recorded in
the studio.
Third-year student Jeffrey Aho, a federation councillor who leads the
"yes" committee favouring the funding cut, said he wants students to
have a choice about where they spend their money. The radio station
was created with a student council vote 30 years ago and has never
been the subject of a referendum, he said.
CKMS listeners and hosts are lobbying hard to keep the station on the
air. The East Indian community depends on the station, said Indira
Singh, a UW graduate who has hosted a weekly Sunday show for 12 years.
Singh pays the $15 fee and spends thousands of dollars of her own
money on music for the show. "A lot of ethnic groups have no other
place to go," she said. "It provides a connection." (via Kevin
Redding, ABDX via DXLD)
Station website: http://watserv1.uwaterloo.ca/~ckmsinfo/
I have added a number of CKMS programs, while they last, to MONITORING
REMINDERS CALENDAR (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 6115, Voice of Strait (presumed), 0946-1002, Jan 25, program
of indigenous chanting/singing, // with 7280 till about 0958, when
7280 changed to a different program, ToH 5+1 pips, both about equal
level, fair-poor (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, Etón E5, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. CRI gone from WRN: see INTERNATIONAL VACUUM
** COSTA RICA. 5954 is testing with a 40 kW ELCOR transmitter from
Guápiles, Cantón de Pococí, as I got word from Jorge Cuadra, a former
Elcor engineer, who helped install it as a free lancer. Still unknown
organization I hope to discover soon.
[Later:] 5954 is on the air at this very moment, 2303 Jan 25, playing
like every day lots of Mexican group Maná and Shakira songs. Still a
mystery if they are religious, which I doubt; otherwise they wouldn't
play such music, or could be from a political organization, but I have
no clues by now. BTW, Guápiles, Cantón de Pococí is in the Eastern
Province of Limón (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, Jan 25, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Following advice in WORLD OF RADIO 1392, checked RHC 49 mb
frequencies at 0700 UT Jan 25: 6060 switched from RHC closing music at
0700 sharp to ``Compositores Cubanos`` program from R. Musical
Nacional, but transmitter cut off after a few seconds. At 0701, found
6000 running with undermodulated talk program about Condoleeza Rice,
Neocons, US immigration policy, past 0704; think I heard Mesa Redonda
mentioned, so may have been replay of that discussion program on some
other network feed. And there was a weaker mix of Spanish talk and
music underneath, but this was revealed as WYFR when Cuba finally went
off at 0705. 6180 was already off at 0701 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Review of RHC: see U S A [and non]
** CUBA. Estimado Glenn: te informo que desde el pasado 20 del
presente mes se ha activado la frecuencia de los ll750 kHz con antena
dirigída hacia Europa en forma experimental de 2l a 23 UT. También
puede ser escuchada esta programación, o sea, la Revista
Iberoamericana por los oyentes en las Amèricas y el Caribe. P.D. ¡Qué
lástima lo de Radio Enlace! ¡Cómo se extraña! vale! Saludos: (Manolo
de la Rosa, RHC, Jan 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, as already reported
here, and 11750 also on at 2000 in Portuguese, 2030 in Arabic (gh)
** CUBA. Other issues relating to the broadcasting service:
Document 30 from Cuba concerned Radio Regulation 23.3:
23.3 2) In principle, except in the frequency band 3 900-4 000 kHz,
broadcasting stations using frequencies below 5 060 kHz or above 41
MHz shall not employ power exceeding that necessary to maintain
economically an effective national service of good quality within the
frontiers of the country concerned.
The proposal was to create a new Resolution which provided an
interpretation of 23.3 such that any broadcasting station that
provided coverage outside the country in which the station is located
would not be in conformity with the Radio Regulations. After much
discussion, no changes were made to No. 23.3 and no Resolution was
adopted. However, a note of the conclusions of the discussions was
agreed to be part of the minutes of the Conference (from HFCC REPORT
ON WRC-07, by Geoff Spells, HFCC Rapporteur, Jan NASB Newsletter via
DXLD)
Heh, heh, we know Cuba`s real motivation for this. I daresay R.
Rebelde on 5025 would then be in violation, as it covers large parts
of the USA, even well past sunrise here in OK. And do we feel
threatened by it? Of course not! In fact, it plays lots of good music
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** CUBA. Arnie Coro --- Arnie's full name is Arnaldo de Jesús Coro
Antich. I wonder if the phone number still works?
http://funredes.org/mistica/castellano/emec/participantes/paginas/coroantich.html
Photo:
http://www.transmediale.de/05/page/detail/detail.0.projects.216.2.html
Wikipedia entry [few details]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnie_Coro
Others (and there are many more): [with younger photo]
http://www.cubarte.cu/global/loader.php?&cat=actualidad&cont=autor.php&autor=935
http://www.cubaperiodistas.cu/columnistas/arnaldo_coro/sumario.html
(Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Nothing but the carrier on 1181 (which may or may not produce
a het depending on how you tune), around 0115 UT check January 26, and
on the usual bearing of yore (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, ABDX via DXLD)
All I am hearing on 1181 is a very loud whistling noise, even outside.
switching the radio to SSB does not help. I hear the whistling from
1179 to 1188 kHz and only in that range of the SW [sic] band. Denver
does not have BPL. Maybe I am not hearing what everyone else is
hearing, Please give me some more information on the 1181 Pip, or Het.
[Later:] Hey Guys, UPDATE, At promptly 1:00 AM MST [0800 UT] the
whistling noise stopped and "The Swisher" noise started. On 1181 it is
covering the Shortwave Band [sic] from 1181 to 1188 kHz. It is very
strong on frequencies 1181 & 1188. At 1:12 AM The swishing noise
stopped on frequencies between 1185-1188, 1181-1184 still have it
going but not as noticeable. Also at 1:12, 1179 started having the
swishing noise on it, but 1180 remains clear (Paul Armani, CO, Jan 26,
ABDX via DXLD)
** CUBA [non]. BARACK OBAMA TWICE VOTED TO CUT OFF FUNDING TO RADIO/TV
MARTÍ
The Sarasota Herald Tribune notes that Barack Obama, who is competing
with Hillary Clinton for the nomination as Democratic candidate for
the US Presidential Election, has twice voted to cut off funding to
the controversial Radio and TV Martí broadcasts. As the paper points
out, these stations receive $35 million a year from the US government
to beam anti-Castro programming to the island. The TV station, which
receives most of the money, is jammed by the Cubans. Hillary Clinton
does not propose any immediate changes in US policy towards Cuba.
(Source: Sarasota Herald Tribune, January 26th, 2008 - 11:08 UTC by
Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD)
"As president, John McCain will work to ensure that money spent by
Congress, and contributed by hardworking American taxpayers, is used
wisely and prudently on legitimate national priorities, not squandered
on wasteful pet projects and special interest earmarks." (McCain for
President website via kimandrewelliott.com Jan 25 via DXLD)
TV Martí's signal, whether terrestrial or via satellite, is relatively
easy to block. Much more difficult to block is Radio Martí via
shortwave, but this works best by transmitting on as many frequencies
as possible from as many disparate sites as possible. So the fiscally
conservative solution would be to 1) shut down TV Martí, 2) restore
Radio Martí shortwave transmissions from Delano and Greenville Site A,
and 3) maybe hire shortwave time from other sites. Posted: 25 Jan 2008
(Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
A CUBAN-IRANIAN JAMMING AXIS? "One of the most troubling threats in
America's backyard is the emerging axis of Cuba's Communist regime and
the Iranian government, assisted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Cuban President Fidel Castro has been cultivating the Islamist regime
in Tehran since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Currently, the
relationship focuses on jamming radio and television broadcasts. ...
In July 2003, the Cuban dictator began jamming Voice of America
transmission as well as radio stations operated by Iranian democracy
advocates." Editorial, (Washington Times, 23 January 2008 via
kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=3203
So the Cubans and Iranians, both of whom jam foreign broadcasts, are
now helping each other in this endeavor? News to me. The 2003 jamming
of satellite transmissions to Iran from Cuban soil was short-lived.
Reports were that it came from an Iranian embassy compound and was
shut down by Cuban authorities. See Asia Times, 22 August 2003.
Posted: 25 Jan 2008 (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
** CYPRUS. 9760, Cyprus BC Corp, Limassol, *2215-2245*, Jan 26, Sign
on with Greek music. Greek folk music. Greek talk. Good signal at sign
on but deteriorated to a very weak signal strength by sign off. //
7210-mixing with China Radio International [via ALBANIA]. Both in at
equal levels. // 6180-weak under Brazil. Fri-Sun only (Brian
Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Radio Senda (¿?) HIFB (¿?), capturada en los
1680 kHz, desde República Dominicana. Con programación cristiana; tema
marcial a las 0300 UT (posible himno nacional) y silencio a las 0302.
SINPO 34433. (25/01). 73s y buen DX (Adán González, Catia La Mar,
Estado Vargas, VENEZUELA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Probably, but keep in mind there are US stations on 1680 in Spanish,
in Florida, New Jersey and Washington --- (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) E.g.:
WLAA, 1680, in Winter Park FL is pretty much the band bully on X-band
on my xtl set this past week. It is a Mexican format music station and
every other word by the DJ's concerns Mexico. The local commercials
give it away, however. With a tendency not to give TOH IDs, it is hard
to tell these days country of origin with the proliferation of Spanish
on US based stations (Gil Stacy, IRCA via DXLD) See also UNIDENTIFIED
3360
** ECUADOR. One Response to “Decision extends HCJB’s shortwave
broadcasts; new DRM service starts today”
Jonathan Marks Says: January 26th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Having been out to the site personally at PIFO I share the romance of
the place. But I can’t help wondering what’s the point of broadcasting
for an hour in German at lunchtime from the other side of the world if
the aim is to provide a reliable service. DRM is fine when it works -
but it is only there if propagation holds up. The West-East path is
notoriously difficult, so whereas it may work at lunchtime, it is not
there for most of the day. Compare this programme with the range of
evangelical TV programmes on the German cable system and Astra and I
have to pose the question - isn’t there a better use of the energy?
Can’t see this ever moving out of the test phase (Media Network blog
via DXLD) see also GUATEMALA
** EGYPT. 7270, Radio Cairo, 0127 UT in Spanish, SINPO 34323, with
regional music, then ID, and into talk program. Quite clear
modulation. January 25.
6290, Radio Cairo, in presumed Arabic at 0130, with music and talk,
very strong, but worthless due to poor and muddy modulation, SINPO
44442 (Roger Chambers, Utica, New York, Grundig YB 400PE with external
long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6290, R. Cairo (presumed), 0257, Jan 25, heard just before sign-off
with reciting from the Qu'ran, very strong signal. Must be due to the
unusual propagation conditions (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, Etón E5,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9250, R. Wadi el Nil, Jan 17 2221-2234, 23432-34433, Arabic,
Arabic music, ID at 2230. Also: Jan 18 2226-2236, 24432-23432, Arabic,
Arabic music and talk, ID at 2230. Also: Jan 19 2222-2244, 23432-
25432, Arabic, Arabic music, ID at 2228 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, Japan
Premium Jan 26 via DXLD)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250.0, Radio Nacional, Malabo, 0615-0700, Jan
25, Spanish talk. Many mentions of Malabo. Short music breaks. Some
Afro-pop music at 0649. Local drums. Fair signal but occasional rtty
QRM (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, R. Africa (Cumbre DX follow up) Still
missing at 1203 check Jan 26 (DX Tuner Sweden via Hans Johnson, FL,
Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD)
** FRANCE. DRM FRANCE, 1593 kHz, 50/10 kW, Littoral AM, RadioActu -
Newsletter http://www.radioactu.com/ 25 January 2008
Radio Littoral after 2 years of no broadcasts on MW, is announced to
be back on 1593 kHz (????) with transmissions in DRM mode with 50 kW
daylighttime and 10 kW nighttime.
In their web page http://www.littoralam.fr/rubrique.php?type=num
they give space to this information but NO MENTION of the frequency.
The audio link only offer OLD broadcasts. No ideas if they really do
something on MW really !!!! [Viz.:]
La radio de l’ère numérique
A l’aube de la révolution numérique, Littoral AM franchit le pas de
l’innovation technologique. Ultime et indispensable maillon de la
chaîne, le nouvel émetteur de la radio régionale est prévu pour
fonctionner en DRM. Ainsi, LITTORAL AM s’inscrit dans la perspective
du développement de la diffusion numérique en AM. Les premières
émissions en DRM seront diffusées sur l’ensemble de la Bretagne avec
une qualité de réception considérablement améliorée.
The new address and eMail : Littoral AM :
EMAIL: mediateur @ littoralam.fr par courrier: LITTORAL MÉDIA - La
Chaumière - F-22120 POMMERET - FRANCE. WEB: http://www.littoral-am.fr
Anyone may confirm please the station is over the air with DRM noise
on 1593 kHz ?? 1593 kHz is a real YET destroyed channel in Europe
"thanks" the DRM noise from Germany: - WDR 2, Langenberg (10) (TEN kW
???????????????????) Guess if people of Littoral AM is understanding
they are wasting their money and guess who is listening to their
totally unuseful DRM service to their local area community???? How
many DRM receivers exist in Bretagne ???? (Dario Monferini, Italy, Jan
25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. 5960, RFI (French Guiana?) at 1005 UT in Spanish,
news and commentary. SINPO 33333. S/off at 1030 January 25 (Roger
Chambers, Utica, New York, Grundig YB 400PE with external long wire,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, GUF per HFCC (gh)
** GABON. 7270, Radio Gabon, *0800-0830, Jan 25, Presumed with
local African music at sign on. French talk. Strong carrier but very
weak modulation. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GABON. Africa # 1 from Libreville was stronger than ever on 15475,
covering the football match between Cameroon and Zambia, for the Cup
of Africa Nations. A local power outage here helped a lot, with only
little atmospheric noise detected. 73 and good listening (if possible)
(Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, Jan 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. Radio Gloria International this Sunday
Date 27th of January 2008,
Time 1300 to 1400 UT
Channel 6140 kHz
The transmissions of Radio Gloria will be broadcast over the station
Wertachtal in Germany. The transmitter power will be 100,000 Watts,
and we will be using a non-directional antenna system (Quadrant
antenna). Good listening 73s (Tom Taylor, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. The following were received in 22 days, after sending a
follow-up to Walter.Brodowsky @ t-systems.com E-mail verification
statements for each of these stations.
9520 IBRA Radio via Juelich Swahili to East Africa
9845 IBRA Radio via Nauen Hausa to east Africa
9470 IBRA Radio via Wertachtal Arabic to ME
9520 IBB/VOA via Julich Persian to Asia
13810 OverComer Ministry via Nauen English to Europe
9850 Bible Study via Pam American via Juelich
9485 Voice of Oromo Liberation via Nauen, Amharic to East Africa
5950 Trans World Radio via Juelich Romanian to Europe
7170 Trans World Radio via Wertachtal Russian
6155 Voice of Russia via Wertachtal English to NAm (Edward Kusalik,
VE6EFK, Coaldale, Alberta, CANADA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Edward, re DTK follow-up. Walter Brodowsky was very busy in past 3
weeks, to prepare all operating requirements for looming HFCC A-08
registration file at HFCC meeting in K-L Kuala-Lumpur next week. 73 wb
(Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, ibid.)
** GRENADA. [Windward Islands] 15105 kHz war die Frequenz fuer Europa.
15045/15370 fuer Nordamerika.
<http://www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com/radio.html>
Und die QSL war auf einem dicken ROTEN Karton im unmoeglichen
Papierformat
gedruckt, mit der roten Farbe hatten die Kopierer immer so ihre
Schwierigkeiten.
<http://www181.pair.com/otsw/images/WIBS_QSL.jpg>
<http://www.kurzwelle-historisch.de/qsl/qsl_wibs.html>
<http://home.arcor.de/rudolfsonntag/gre.htm>
Dann wurde R Free Granada daraus. Auf die "Revolution" folgte dann die
Invasion der USA ... der Flughafen war nach der Zerstoerung wieder
hergerichtet worden, die zerstoerten englischen 5 kW KW-Sender und die
Rhombics in Morne Rouge aber nicht mehr.
"... many of the old music which were only recorded on tapes were lost
when the Radio Station WIBS-RFG-RG was bombed on October 25-26, 1983.
We lost years and years of great calypso music then."
<http://www181.pair.com/otsw/WIBS.html>
<http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Audio/WI-1979.ram>
<http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Audio/WI-1971.ram>
<http://www.kurzwelle-historisch.de/radios/wibs.ra>
<http://www.kurzwelle-historisch.de/radios/grenada.ra>
<http://members.aon.at/wabweb/frames/hoerf.htm>
<http://www.wabweb.net/radio/sounds/rfg.mp3>
Google Earth imagery.
zerstoert - SW und 1 kW 535 kHz irgendwo bei Morne Rouge an der Bucht:
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=12.019826&lon=-61.772493&z=17.3&r=0&src=yh>
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=12.019826&lon=-61.772493&z=17.3&r=0&src=msl>
[wasn`t the following on 990, not 950 ??? -- gh]
zerstoert - MW 950 kHz (der russische Sender, mit kubanischer Hilfe
errichtet) 75 kW, 130m tall mast.
5 Meilen noerdlich Saint George's in Beausejour irgendwo bei
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=12.095092&lon=-61.750645&z=17.7&r=0&src=yh>
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=12.095092&lon=-61.750645&z=17.7&r=0&src=msl>
neu - 535 kHz 2x10 kW, nahe dem Airport. Moeglicherweise bei
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=12.008022&lon=-61.780039&z=17.7&r=0&src=yh>
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=12.008022&lon=-61.780039&z=17.7&r=0&src=msl>
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Jan 21)
WIBS von 1970 auf 21690 kHz: dunkelrote QSL card.
R Grenada von 1976 auf 15105 kHz: ockergelbe QSL card.
(Hans-Friedrich Dumrese-D, A-DX Jan 22 all via BC-DX Jan 26 via DXLD)
** GUAM. 11640, AWR Wavescan Special Program (Interview with Graham
Lucas, Head of DW South Asia) on Rose DW Listeners Club, Rajshahi,
Bangladesh. Nice Glossy QSL Card, showing Nurun Nahar Sattar, Ashik
Eqbal Tokon and Grahame Lucas on the front, with details on the
reverse. This for a initial Postal Report to: GPO Box 56, Rajshahi
6000, Bangladesh, followed with a e-mail follow-up. E-mail reports can
be sent to: rosedwlc @ gmail.com Web site is http://www.rosedwlc.tk
Also sent (the enclosed envelope with nice ICC World Cup 2007 stamps)
2 Taka Bill. Total time of 8 months, 3 months after e-mail follow-up.
v/s: Ashik Eqhal Tokon (Edward Kusalik, VE6EFK, Coaldale, Alberta,
CANADA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also JORDAN [non]
** GUATEMALA [and non]. 4780, R. Cultural Coatán, San Sebastian
(melhor sinal em 4779.6 LSB; em 4780.8 USB uma outra emissora em SS),
24/01 0015. Canções religiosas por OM/YL, mx instrumental ‘How great
Thou art’ (canção cristã mundialmente conhecida), leitura da Biblia
por YL (Efésios 6), info ‘Coatan’, alguns minutos apenas de pregação
religiosa de ambiente público, 25332 (Rudolf Grimm (São Bernardo-SP),
Bruno Grimm (Florianópolis-SC), Martim Jenny (Santo André-SP), escutas
realizadas em DX-Camp Jarinu-SP (Brasil), Rx: Sony ICF2001D, ant.:
horizontal 30 m, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Of more DX interest from this hemisphere is the other Spanish-speaking
station, WRTH lists R. Oriental, Tena, Ecuador on 4781; R. Tacana,
Tumupasa, Bolivia on 4782.
In http://home.tele2.it/MCDXT/LASWLOGS.htm LA SW Logs does not list
Tena as active, but:
4781.39v BOL # R Tacana, Tumupasa [*0959/2108-0302*](0.8-1.5) (0.96-
1.53) Jan08 C 0302->0331* (skdSep03 1000-1700/2100-2200)
While Tena is in the archive as last reported in Dec 2004:
4781.26v EQA * R Oriental, Tena [0808-1210/2218-0302*](79.5-87.8)
Dec04 C (r)HCJB 0210* (n)4780 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And:
** GUATEMALA. 4780, R. Coatán, *1030-1040, Jan 24, Spanish. Sign-on
with choral music, ID "...Guatemala... Radio Coatan... 4780 kHz onda
corta..." brief announcer at 1035 followed by music thru tune-out.
Fair with mild het via 4781v-Bolivia [q.v.] (Scott R. Barbour, Jr.,
Intervale, NH-USA, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m Dipole,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 4850 New, 0144-0225 26-01, AIR Kohima, Vernacular/English
local song, ad, talk, 0157 and 0215 clear ID's in English: "This is
All India Radio Kohima" followed by two messages on the occasion of
the Republic Day, English songs. Reactivated after 3 months absence.
33443 deteriorating to 23332 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, via Dario
Monferini, DX LISENING DIGEST)
But will they stay reactivated after Republic Day? Not among the logs
below (gh, DXLD)
** INDIA. LOGS FOR AIR - REPUBLIC DAY SPECIAL BROADCAST, all times UT,
all dates 1/26/2008
819 New Delhi Indraprastha Channel Hindi Commentary of Republic Day
Parade OM 0614
954 Najibabad Hindi Commentary of Republic Day Parade by OM 0619
1017 New Delhi English Commentary of Republic Day Parade by OM 0621
1143 Rohtak Hindi Commentary of Republic Day Parade by OM 0623
4760 Leh Hindi Commentary of Republic Day parade by OM 0413
5040 Jeypore Hindi commentary of Republic Day parade by OM 0418
6000 Leh Hindi Commentary by OM 0445
6000 Leh Hindi commentary of Republic Day Parade by YL 0542
6020 Shimla Hindi commentary of Republic Day Parade by YL 0529
6085 Delhi (Kingsway) English commentary of Republic Day parade by
Gauran Lal 0350
6085 Delhi (Kingsway) English Commentary by OM - Manoj 0450
6110 Srinagar Hindi commentary of Republic Day parade by OM Co-ch CRI
Tibetan 0422
6155 Delhi (Kingsway) Hindi commentary of Republic Day parade by OM
0423
6155 Delhi (Kingsway) Hindi commentary of Republic Day Parade by
OM/YL 0544
7105 Lucknow Hindi Commentary of Republic Day Parade by OM 0548
7105 Lucknow Hindi Commentary by YL 0456
7130 Shillong English Commentary by YL 0458
7140 Hyderabad Co-ch qrm by CNR 2 English comm. of Republic Day
parade by OM 0426
7160 Chennai English commentary of Republic Day Parade by Gaura lal &
Ranjit Ray 0537
7160 Chennai English commentary of Republic Day parade by YL 0428
7180 Bhopal Hindi commentary of Republic Day parade by OM 0430
7180 Bhopal Hindi commentary of Republic Day Parade by OM 0539
7195 Mumbai Hindi commentary of Republic Day Parade by OM/YL 0510
7230 Kurseong Hindi commentary of Republic Day Parade by YL Chinese
Co-ch qrm 0551
7240 Mumbai Hindi Commentary by OM 0501
7240 Mumbai Hindi commentary of Republic Day Parade by YL 0555
7280 Guwahati English Commentary by YL 0502
7290 Thiruvanathapuram English commentary of Republic Day Parade by
OM 0541
7295 Aizwal English commentary of Republic Day Parade by OM 0508
9595 Delhi (Kingsway) Hindi comm. of Republic Day parade by OM,
Splatter from China Radio Intl - 9600 Mandarin 0402
9595 Delhi (Kingsway) Hindi Commentary of Republic Day Parade - OM
0436
9950 Aligarh English commentary of Republic Day parade by Ranjit Ray
0356
11585 Delhi (Khampur) English commentary of Republic Day parade by Om
Weak 0442
11620 Delhi (Khampur) Hindi commentary of Republic Day parade by OM
0406
15020 Only carrier
15050 B'lore English commentary of Republic Day parade by OM 0400
Following channels were noted carrying cricket commentary :
666 New Delhi Rajdhani Channel Vs Australia OM 0618
4860 Delhi (Kingsway) English Vs Australia OM 0416
7120 Jaipur English Vs Australia Test Match OM 0550
Following channels were noted carrying regular programming :
9870 VBS Bangalore Hindi Patriotic Song OM Ye Bharat Desh Hai Mera
0431
15075 Bangalore Hindi Patriotic Song "Kadam Kadam Badaye Ja" 0432
15185 Aligarh Hindi Patriotic Song "Kadam Kadam Badaye Ja" 0434
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, Jan 26, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** INDONESIA. RRI Makassar, 4750, fairly good and better than it has
been recently, as late as 1423 Jan 25, M&W in Indonesian talking over
music. And a quick check for VOI found it still on 9526 around the
same time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4604.94, RRI Serui, 1200-1210 Jan 25. Tuned in a few seconds past the
top of the hour and noted a male and female presenting the news in
Indonesian Language. Checked 4750 RRI Makassar and heard same news
there and believe also on 4790 RRI Fak Fak. The news continued during
the entire period. Serui was fair to poor (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston
FL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 11784.87v, Voice of Indonesia, 0839-0847, Jan 25, EZL
ballads, weak, clearly // 9526.0v (good). Do not recall them being
regularly heard in parallel, isn't it normally one or the other? (Ron
Howard, Monterey, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Saludos hermano: Esta madrugada levanté antes de las 0800, bueno aquí
eran las 2, y una vez más recepcioné esta buena señal de CTN 9525.
Pero igual como me sucedió hace algunos días, ni rastro de la Voz de
Indonesia a las 08, aunque algunos colegas mencionaron que regresó al
aire. Esta emisora es de lo más irregular que hay, o vos conocés otra
más irregular?. 73 y buena escucha (si se puede). (Raúl Saavedra, to
José Miguel Romero, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. China Radio International no longer works
with WRN since New Year's Day; the "Radio 86" matter re Marnach 1440
and CRI's demise from FM in Berlin are a result of this. Enclosed a
message from CRI German service editors, sent out to their list of
listeners addresses, as received via Patrick Robic. Gist: Many
listeners told us that they still heard CRI programming on WRN
Deutsch, but without news and current affairs, so we asked our
technical department, and they told us clearly that any CRI
programming still heard on WRN this year, either on-air or online, had
not been broadcast by WRN. Further enquiries about this should be
addressed to WRN.
Follow-ups in the A-DX mailing list indicated that CRI is gone from
WRN English as well, so it's obvious that this concerns not just
German but CRI in general.
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
Betreff: Hinweis zum Programm auf WRN
Datum: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:38:52 +0800
Liebe Hörer, zum Jahresende 2007 haben wir Ihnen in einem
Rundschreiben mitgeteilt, dass ab dem 1. Januar 2008 unsere Sendung
für Berlin von 6 bis 7 Uhr MEZ auf UKW 97,2 MHz eingestellt wird. Die
Sendung, die bisher auf WRN, dem World Radio Network, zu hören war,
entsprach dabei der Sendung für Berlin. Aus diesem Grund bieten wir
auch kein Programm mehr auf WRN an.
Seit Wochen haben uns nun viele Stammhörer geschrieben, dass sie
manchmal zwischen 9 Uhr und 10 Uhr auf WRN Astra noch das Programm von
CRI verfolgen konnten. Allerdings lief das Programm ohne Nachrichten
und ``Aktuelles Zeitgeschehen``, nur mit einigen Sendereihen wie dem
Reise-oder Kulturmagazin sowie mit der Rubrik ``Wissenschaft und
Technik``. Wir haben uns bei dem technischen Verantwortlichen von CRI
über diesen Sachverhalt erkundigt. Seine Antwort war eindeutig: alle
auf WRN in diesem Jahr gebrachten Sendungen von CRI, egal ob im
Rundfunk oder im Internet, wurden nicht von uns gesendet.
Wenn Sie weiterhin Fragen zu diesem Thema haben, können Sie gerne die
Webseite von WRN unter http://www.wrn.org/ besuchen und sich bei den
dortigen Mitarbeitern erkundigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Die
deutsche Redaktion von CRI (via Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DXLD)
I wonder what went wrong? Surely some contract ran out at yearend,
which should be no surprise to CRI. IIRC, CRI was one of WRN`s
earliest clients, and WRN did a lot to diffuse CRI into Europe and
elsewhere. Perhaps, like several other IBCers, CRI thinks it has
``outgrown`` its need for WRN services (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. 4365.75, V. of Iranian Revolution, Jan 18 *1426-1435,
34433-32432, Kurdish, 1426 sign on with IS, IS and ID repetition, 1431
ID, Opening music, Opening announce, Talk, Jamming from 1433 (Kouji
Hashimoto, Japan, Japan Premium Jan 26 via DXLD)
** JORDAN [and non]. Re 8-010, R. Jordan off SW? [non] GUAM. 11690,
KSDA, AWR-Voice of Hope, Agat, 1600-1615+, Jan 25, tune-in to English
"Adventist World Radio-Voice of Hope" IDs at 1600 and into Christian
music. English religious talk. Weak but readable. Looking for Jordan
but hear this instead (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) sked
1530-1630
11690, KSDA, AWR-Voice of Hope, Agat, 1610-1629*, Jan 26, English
religious programming with Christian music. Religious talk. Jordon is
still off the air leaving this station audible. //9585-both
frequencies weak but readable. 11690 running several seconds behind
9585 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Noted Jordan Radio 'min Amman' ID at 1930 UT on 9830, deep fadings,
signal not strong, fair up to S=8 strength (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany,
Jan 25, BC-DX via DXLD)
9830, Radio Jordan (Al Karanah), 2045-2055, 1/25/2008, Arabic. Talk by
woman and what appeared to be a male field reporter interviewing other
men. Moderate signal with teletype interference. SINPO 32333 (Jim
Evans, Germantown, TN, TenTec RX-340, Drake R8B, RF Space SDR-14
Random Wire (90' in Attic), PAR EF-SWL (200' Along Top of Fence),
Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. Checking out a report of the jammer and Echo
of Hope missing from 6348, I found they were both there as usual Jan
25 at 1416, the jammer pulsing at a steady rate of between 4 and 5
times per second (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6348 at 1619 Jan 26, (Echo of Hope per DSWCI 2007) with continuous
talks in Korean. S5-7 but with very strong QRM from both sidebands by
utes (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. NY PHILHARMONIC IN NK WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE
The New York Philharmonic’s concert in Pyongyang on 26 February will
be broadcast live on satellite television, a statement from the
orchestra said yesterday. The concert, which was announced on 11
December, is to open with the US and North Korean national anthems,
the orchestra has said.
The program will be standard fare: George Gershwin’s “An American in
Paris,” and Antonin Dvorak’s ninth symphony, “From the New World.”
What is unusual is the venue: the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in
North Korea.
The concert is already being compared to US orchestral visits to the
Soviet Union in the 1950s and ping pong diplomacy with China in the
1970s, and comes amid international efforts to ensure North Korea ends
its nuclear programs.
The global television transmission will be be produced jointly by the
New York Philharmonic, EuroArts Music International, ARTE France,
South Korea’s Munhwa Broadcasting Company and the European
Broadcasting Union.
Details of which station(s) will carry the broadcast have not yet been
announced, but there should be information nearer the date on the NY
Philharmonic website. (Source: AFP/AP) (January 26th, 2008 - 11:23 UTC
by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD)
** KURDISTAN. TURKEY [sic]. What happened? 6335, V of Turkey!! 1607
Jan 26 with pop songs, 1615 with political talks and ca. 1620 with ID
this is VOT(!!). Strongly interferenced by two FDM carriers below and
above the frequency. Better reception either with USB and low filter
or AM-N with shift to +.5 kHz. Max signal S9, 42442 (Zacharias
Liangas, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
As noted in recent DXLDs, this is the time when V. of Kurdistan has
previously been reported in English on 6335. Now we have two reporters
sure that they hear V. of Turkey IDs. I would really like to hear a
recording of this --- o, there is one, below. VOT jamming or a pirate
playing around? But no one mentions Kurdistan being on 6335 at the
same time (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Another contradictor:
6335, 1635-1859*, IRQ, 25-01, Voice of Kurdistan, Salah al-Din English
/ Kurdish dialects. English announcement and songs, ID "Voice of
Kurdistan" at 1658, then Kurdish talk probably in various dialects
with several mentions of Kurdistan, 1759 ID: "Dengi Kurdistana",
political talk and conversation about Kurdistan, 1858 another ID:
"Dengi Kurdistana", several mentions of Kurdistan (in various
dialects?) and 1859 sign off with no less than six times "Dengi
Kurdistan"! Severe QRM from digital utility station especially during
the first hour, best heard in USB, 32442 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, via
Dario Monferini, DXLD)
Re 6335: The English announcer of Voice of Kurdistan at times eats the
last letters of the word "Kurdistan". So one hears only "Kurdi..." and
that surely makes someone think he heard an ID like "Voice of Turkey"
:-] (Jari Savolainen, Finland, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Audio file of V. of Kurdistan, 6335, English received in Oman at 1659
UT on 25 Jan. with AR7030+ and Eavesdropper Sloper (67 ft.) by Mr T.
Kurata staying in Oman. ID as "Voice of Kurdistan".
http://www.ndxc.org/imgbbs/ No. 505 (S. Hasegawa, NDXC-HQ, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST) You must mean No. 507:
http://www.ndxc.org/imgbbs/img-box/img20080126191542.mp3
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KYRGYZSTAN. 4050, KIRGUISTÃO (tentative): R. Rossii (R. XXI
Century), via Bishkek, RR, 23/01 2351. OM: talk, mx instrumental,
25222 (Rudolf Grimm (São Bernardo-SP), Bruno Grimm (Florianópolis-SC),
Martim Jenny (Santo André-SP), escutas realizadas em DX-Camp Jarinu-SP
(Brasil), Rx: Sony ICF2001D, ant.: horizontal 30 m, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** LAOS [non]. CLANDESTINE from TAIWAN? To LAOS. 15260, Hmong Lao
Radio's schedule for their Asian transmissions is now 0100-0200 on
Thursdays and Sundays according to their website. They had been on a
different time and frequency schedule via KWHR in Hawaii.
The WRTH lists the Moj Them broadcast on this same frequency and time
at different days of the week and list the site as Taiwan. Jan 25
TAIWAN? 15260, Hmong World Christian Radio --- These transmissions had
also been via KWHR, but are now scheduled at 0100-0200 Saturdays
according to their website (Hans Johnson, FL, Jan 25, Cumbre DX via
DXLD)
I don`t think KWHR has ever used 15260. Here`s what Aoki now shows for
15260 Hmongs: 1=Sunday... 7=Saturday
15260 MOI THEM RADIO 0100-0130 .2.4.6. Hmong 100 250
Taipei TWN 12124E2509 HMT b07
15260 HMONG LAO RADIO 0100-0200 1...5.. Hmong/Laotian 100
250 Taipei TWN 12124E2509 HLR b07 Jan. 6
15260 Hmong World Christian Radio 0100-0200 ......7 Hmong 100 250
Taipei TWN 12124E2509 HWCR b07 Jan. 12
73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Agreed, that is why I said they were on a different time and frequency
schedule when they were on KWHR. I think that schedule was 12130 at
1200, I'm not sure of the days. 73s (Hans Johnson, ibid.)
15260, Moj Them R. via Taiwan, Jan 18 *0100-0110, 35433-33433, Hmong,
0100 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Talk, Mon and Wed
and Fri only.
15260, Hmong World Christian R. via Taiwan, Jan 19 *0100-0112, 35433-
35322-45444, Hmong, 0100 sign on with opening music, Opening announce,
Talk, Sat only.
15260, Hmong Lao R. via Taiwan, Jan 20 *0100-0111, 35433, Laotian,
0100 sign on with IS, Opening announce, Talk, Thu and Sun only (Kouji
Hashimoto, Japan, Japan Premium Jan 26 via DXLD)
** LATVIA. Rob Leighton tribute programme relay schedule via 9290 kHz,
100 kW from Latvia and Baltics via 945 kHz Riga, internet
http://www.radionord.lv
Sat January 26th
9290 1400-1500 UT parallel on 945 Riga and http://www.radionord.lv
Repeat 2100-2200 UT only 945 Riga and internet http://www.radionord.lv
1 hour Rob made a programme for Radio Caroline test in 2003 via 9290.
Sun January 27th
Latvia Today 1400-1500 UT
Good listening (Tom Taylor, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LITHUANIA. LITUANIA, 6265, KBC Radio, 2130-2145, escuchada el 26 de
enero en inglés con sintonía, cuñas de identificación, presentación y
emisión de música pop, anuncian “KBC and Radio Mi Amigo”, “KBC and
Radio Mi Amigo broadcasting from Lithuania”, SINPO 45544 (José Miguel
Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), Spain, Sangean ATS 909, Antena Radio
Master A-108, YAESU FRG-7700, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 5010.0, 1915-2125* 23-01, R. Nasionaly Malagasy,
Ambohidrano. Malagasy announcement, Afropop, ads, 1930 excited talk
like a report from a football match, prolonged schedule 25333 (Anker
Petersen, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
MALAGASY, 5010, RTM, 1650 Jan 26 with samba/hilife songs and phone-
ins, wiping out India. Mentions of Malagasy. Tune in 1811 with OM in
intense talking, possibly sports program. Very clear audio with signal
S7-9 max . C+USB, 44444 (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) see also TIBET [non]
** MALAYSIA. 6049.68, Radio & Television Malaysia, 1013-1029 Jan 26,
with a weak signal during the period, noted a male in comments,
couldn't identify the language however; and noted music typical of the
area. I thought I heard some kind of chanting around 1026, but could
not be certain. At 1029, HCJB comes on the air blocking an already
weak signal, which resulted in Malaysia's "wipeout" (Chuck Bolland,
Clewiston Florida, NRD545, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALI. 9635, RTM, Bamako, *0800-0830, Jan 25, opening French
announcements with ID & talk in vernacular. Local string music at
0813. Good. Strong (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9635, R. Mali, Bamako I, 01/26, French/Dialect, 0845-0900, male talks,
African selections, the first was a beautiful child voice singer
followed by choir and percussion, tribal, 0859 male short
announcements, 0900 news. 33233 (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Embu SP
Brasil (23 33 S, 46 51 W), Sony ICF SW40, dipole 18m, 32m, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 4800, XERTA (presumed), 0317-0323, Jan 25, assume preaching
in Spanish, not the usual non-stop religious music, weak. Also
0539-0551, again with non-stop preaching, CODAR QRM (Ron Howard,
Monterey, CA, Etón E5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4800, XERTA/Radio Transcontinental de America, 0939-1015, Jan 26,
distinctive program of non-stop songs by children, in Spanish,
clearly parallel to their live audio streaming
http://www.xertaradio.com/transmision.htm (thanks to Mark Schiefelbein
for noting this way for positively ID'ing them), still no ID heard,
fair, decent strength, but some splatter from an unusually strong
Brazil on 4805, CODAR QRM (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, Etón E5, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Re 8-010: ``XEVOZ; were there pileups all over the DF? Wait
a minute; religious formats aren`t allowed in Mexico, are they? Glenn
Hauser``
Recent rule changes in Mexico now allow religious programming. Not
sure exactly when it came about. But perhaps the last two years. af
(Allan Furst, TX, ABDX via DXLD)
Actually, it's been at least six years ... XEHES-1040 was Radio Luz,
all religion, when I first started logging Mexican stations from Krum,
Texas. XEM-850 became Renacimiento when Radiorama took over XEHES and
turned it into "Extasis Digital;" Fred Cantú's website has still
another slogan for XEHES, with the "Extasis Digital" format moving to
another frequency. Cd. Juárez's XEJPV-1560 also has extensive
religious programming, and the Cd. Acuña station on 650, XERCG, is all
religion. This apparently used to be XEAE-1600, which is still listed
as "Texana Hits" in MPM but has never been heard when I've been down
in the Del Rio area.
It's been a while since I've worked on the running México list, but
with the new SCT list out, a December MPM, Cantú's updates and the new
WRTH, it's time to check all the information and update it. (Since
each of the available lists still has OLD listings.) Qal R. Mann,
Krumudgeon (John Callarman, Krum TX, ibid.)
Hello Glenn, It looks like changes are afoot?
http://www.grupoacir.com.mx/luz/ (Barry Davies, UK, ibid.)
That's all I could get when I tried to link to the Luz URL a couple of
days ago provided by Fred Cantú. Just the Luz logo and a picture of
the radio when I hit "Escúchanos en Vivo." I could not get the sound
to start. Wait, wait, wait. I'm now getting audio. Light contemporary
Christian music, simple announcement "Quince Noventa, Luz." I've taped
slogans "Bonita," "Radio Reloj" and "Radio Tráfico Total" up and down
air checks, but have only once got partial call-letters, back in the
"Bonita" days ... XEV(fade under). Perhaps they'll be consistent as
"Luz" with TOH ID for the collection. I could tape it easily off
streaming audio, but that, of course, doesn't count!!) Wish it were
still "Bonita" ... the old-style mariachi music is as fine on my ears
as the big band-ballad-Broadway sound we can't find anymore, except on
XM or Sirius (John Callarman, Krum TX, ibid.)
Full ID via streamed audio at 4 past noon CST Jan 25 from XEVOZ ...
says "Luz 15-90" more often than "15-90 Luz" and has subslogan "La
música que hace la diferencia." Now to get taped ID off air ... it's a
regular here in Krum. Q.R.M., Krumudgeon (Callarman, ibid.)
Fred Cantú, who is continually adding valuable information to his
website, now has prepared a list of links to live streams from Mexican
stations: http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/live.htm
(John Callarman, Krum TX, IRCA via DXLD)
** MICRONESIA. V6AH in Pohnpei, V6AJ Kosrae, V6AK Chuuk and V6AI Yap
all supposedly stream online; follow the links at http://www.fm
However, V6AH is the only one I've seen to stream on a reliable,
consistent basis. V6AH (1449 kHz?) signs on at 6 am [1900 UT]. If you
tune into their webstream before that, it will connect but all you'll
hear is static as it's an off air pick up for the stream. Listen
closely, you'll hear them cut the carrier on. They usually begin
programming 10 to 15 minutes after the carrier goes on. They play rock
and roll music, country music and hit/top 40 music, all American in
blocks throughout the day. After their morning devotions and their
morning show, it`s automated the rest of the day. no liners, IDs or
anything (Paul B Walker, Jr., SC, Jan 25, IRCA via DXLD)
At 11:25 PM Eastern Saturday [sic; Friday] night [0425 UT Sat Jan 26],
I'm Listening to V6AH 1449 kHz, Kolonia, Pohnpei via their webstream
http://www.fm/pohnpei/radio.htm It is 3:25 pm Sunday afternoon there.
So far I've heard an American "Hot" (New) Country tune, a Top 40 (Hit
music) tune and now it's a song that`s of a local flavor. Sincerely,
(Paul B. Walker, Jr., SC, ibid.)
I spent several hours listening to V6AI Radio in Colonia, Yap,
Federated States of Micronesia via their webstream in the late evening
and early morning hours here in South Carolina. They only stream at
8K/8hz, but it doesn't sound all that bad considering. The play mainly
American music but there are some native/local tunes thrown in. You
could hear a country song one minute followed by an oldies tune and
into a native tune the next. Their announcers are speaking the local
language, but some of their announcements are in English.
I have uploaded a 25 minute aircheck of the station, which you can
hear by going to: http://www.walkerbroadcasting.com/v6ai.mp3
It's encoded at 8K/8hz and is only 1.43 MB so it's an easy downbload
for everyone even on bad dialup. I haven`t edited the file at all, so
any dead air you hear is what I recorded, as is... Listen at about 10
seconds in as the music fades out and they do an automated time check
Also, at 5 mins 12 secs in after 9 seconds of dead air, they mention a
brief sign off for their AM signal for maintence later in the day. --
Sincerely, (Paul B. Walker, Jr., SC, Jan 26, ibid.)
** MICRONESIA. 4755, PMA, The Cross-Radio. Date/Time "The Cross" logo
QSL Card, with Bible verse, photo of a small island, on side. Reverse
address, stamp, and mention of two frequencies, 4755 SW (V6MP). and
88.5 FM (V6MA). Reply in 78 days for a MP3 CD report with return
postage. V/S somewhat illegible, but looks much like Roland Weibel
The next day got a letter (with nice Island stamps) enclosed were my
three (3) PPC’s, all signed and stamped by Roland (Edward Kusalik,
VE6EFK, Coaldale, Alberta, CANADA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOLDOVA. Faulty transmitter: Edinet Yedintsy 1476.5 kHz. Radio
Moldova wandering around, now down to approx. 1476.5 ... .9 on Jan
20-24 (Stefan Dombrowski, Germany, A-DX Jan 20)
1494 kHz unit from Edinet Yedintsy in NortWest MDA, unfortunately in
low resolution:
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=48.179549&lon=27.304008&z=13.7&r=0&src=msl>
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=48.179549&lon=27.304008&z=13.8&r=0&src=yh>
48 10 12.05 N 27 17 55.17 E (wb, Jan 21)
That's true, just checked, MDA is on 1476.5v (it looks like a spur but
I can see no sources for that in vicinity); 1449 [sic] is silent. So
may be they really didn't move, but transmitter is "faulty". I'll try
to keep watching ... DF by loop points toward MDA, yes (Vlad Titarev,
Ukraine, Jan 21)
I think it is 1494 kHz Edinet transmitter, which has been drifting all
winter around here. I don't think there has been any move, just
drifting, I can hear R. Moldova also on 1494 kHz (Mauno Ritola,
Finland, Jan 22)
Radio Moldova has moved from 1494 to 1485 kHz. Heard November 23 from
2120 UT and again November 25 from 1720 with "Radio Moldova
Actualitatsi" - news, weather and sports. Probably this is to avoid
QRM from the Russian High Power Station at Krasnyy Bor near Petersburg
carrying VOR programs on 1494 kHz (Ullmar Qvick, Sweden (25/11-2007),
unid in A-DX Jan 21 --- all via BC-DX Jan 26 via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. Re 8-010, CANADA, Sackville audio, DRM silent:
Our Programme Distribution Department points out that the RNW DRM
relay via Sackville was discontinued from the start of the winter
season (28 October 2007). So it's hardly surprising that you didn't
hear any RNW audio :-) Whatever is supposed to be on the frequency now
(if anything) it certainly isn't us! (Andy Sennitt, Radio Netherlands
Worldwide, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ha, the DRM DX schedule, which he might have consulted first, does
show a 30-minute break between Vatican and RCI at 2130-2200 --- but
they leave the DRM transmitter on? What a waste (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Vatican R ends at 2130 UT. Gap till 2200 UT. What's the problem? 73 wb
(Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
And still with the label of the now gone RNW transmission, as
documented at
http://www.g7ltt.com/drm/RNW-9800KHz-20080123-2140UTC.jpg
Perhaps RNW should ask for this label being taken off air, since it is
really misleading, creating the impression of a continuing failure
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Those who expect perfexion in DRM transmissions, to go with the
perfexion of DRM audio itself, are sadly disappointed (gh)
** NEW ZEALAND. 3935, Radio Reading Service, Levin, 01/25, English,
0810-0822, female talks alternating short piano music. Noisy, 24322
(Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP, Brasil (23 33 S, 46 51 W), Sony ICF
SW40, dipole 18m, 32m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7255, Voice of Nigeria, 2145 UT in French with Afropop
music, ID “La voix du Nigérie”, into different announcer with low
audio that gradually came back up; Overall very good, SINPO 44334;
drum interval, and into presumed Hausa at 2200. January 24 (Roger
Chambers, Utica, New York, Grundig YB 400PE with external long wire,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [non]. "In Vietnam in 1969. On a slow day ... a fellow
soldier offered to turn on his shortwave radio, strictly prohibited in
war zones, and wanted to know which station to play. 'I spoke right up
and said, "930 WKY". ... After fine-tuning to the station, the
soldiers were greeted to the sounds of the Four Seasons singing 'Walk
Like a Man' and 'Sherry,' along with [WKY DJ Ronnie] Kaye's voice."
(The Oklahoman, 25 January 2008 via kimandrewelliott.com Jan 26 via
DXLD)
Reception of this five kilowatt Oklahoma City station in Vietnam would
be theoretically possible, but unlikely. Shortwave is not a means to
hear medium wave (AM) stations beyond their normal range. Posted: 26
Jan 2008 (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
AFRTS, then on SW, had some programs featuring hometown radio
stations, altho even then was mostly talk. More likely something like
that would have been on AFVN, not SW (Glenn Hauser, ex-Thailand, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAKISTAN. INCOHERENT POLICIES OF R PAKISTAN REGARDING MW, FM AND SW
Hi Glenn, Radio Pakistan's policies regarding proper apportionment of
its broadcasts on FM, MW and SW have largely remained incoherent in
the last two decades. Decisions taken in this context have been taken
in isolation and undue haste, without any back-up of audience
research. The organization is still in a quandary whether to
altogether drop medium wave transmission and to switch over to FM. It
is also finding itself unable to chart future policies regarding
short-wave transmissions. The details of disjointed policies adopted
by them in the respective sector are as follows:
FM
In 1994, a music-based private FM channel commenced operation in
Pakistan. In view of success of the station, Radio Pakistan also
decided to initiate FM transmission in 1998, without deciding the fate
of MW transmissions. In its enthusiasm, Radio Pakistan decided that
from then onwards, only FM transmitters will be installed for new
stations thus jeopardizing the future of the MW stations. Six new FM
stations have been set up in the country so far, while eight FM
transmitters have been installed at existing sites of MW stations.
Later on, realizing the limited broadcast range of FM transmitters,
Radio Pakistan seems to have now reverted to installation of MW
transmitters.
Medium wave:
Radio Pakistan suffered FM mania for about 8 years. Now we are being
informed of installation of new 1000 kW MW transmitters at Lahore and
Umerkot (Sindh). Furthermore, there are plans for setting up 100 kW
transmitters at Parachinar (NWFP) and Chaman (Baluchistan) along
border with Afghanistan and at Gawadar near Iranian border. These
transmitters are meant for sending signals to the neighbouring
countries.
SW & External Services:
After a long wait, Radio Pakistan planned in 2006 the installation of
two 100 kW SW transmitters at Karachi for its external services. In
the meantime, in 2008 the external services have been slashed and have
been restricted to neighbouring countries. In addition to shortwave,
the planned 1000 kW MW transmitters at Lahore and Umerkot and 100 kW
MW at Chaman, Parachinar and Gawadar will be used for External Service
relay on MW.
In the last week of December 2007 the rioting after assassination of
Benazir Bhutto caused massive damage to the government properties.
Subsequently government departments have been asked to slash their
planned development outlays as well as to freeze some projects for the
time being to overcome the financial crisis.
The recent curtailment of External Services is also a result of that
directive; now we will have to wait and see about final decision
regarding delay or cancellation of plans to install 100 kW SW
transmitters as well as 1000 kw MW transmitters.
News and Current Affairs Channel:
This channel was launched in 2001 with much fanfare with the objective
to increase the listenership in relation to the foreign news channels
being heard in Pakistan. This channel is relayed by 13 medium wave
transmitters around the country. In line with the stated objectives,
it was expected that some visible change would take place in the
content and presentation of news but since the government cannot
afford independent coverage of news, this channel has just proved to
be another burden on existing MW Transmitters network. This channel
has failed to develop any credibility and people hardly listen to it
in view of the non-stop one-sided government propaganda being
broadcast on it.
Recently, new medium wave transmitters of 100 kW have been provided
for Peshawar, Lahore and Quetta. There are also unconfirmed reports of
a new MW transmitter of 100 kW for Rawalpindi. These all are obviously
a waste of resources, given the content of news.
On the whole, Radio Pakistan lacks a clear vision and policy planning
regarding its operations. The decisions taken in the recent past were
whimsical in nature. It seem that the management is oblivious of the
ground realities and emerging trends in broadcasting (Aslam Javaid,
Lahore, Pakistan, Jan 26, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3290 R. Central (tentative), 1007-1033, Jan 25,
indigenous music and singing, followed by series of conversations in
vernacular, weak. Also heard 1059-1131 & 1155-1200*, news (seemed to
be segment in vernacular and in English), 1105 DJ playing C&W songs
("Islands In The Stream" sung by Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton, etc.),
Anthem before sign-off. Rare for me to hear them above threshold
level.
3290, R. Central (tentative), 1149-1159*, Jan 26, pop songs in
English, Anthem at sign-off, CW QRM.
3335, R. East Sepik (tentative), 1201-1210, Jan 26, news in English
(police report, etc.), weather (list of cities and they were all
having "showers"), DJ playing pop songs, weak (Ron Howard, Monterey,
CA, Etón E5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
3345, R. Northern, 1205-1228, Jan 26, English/Tok Pisin. YL in
[unknown] language between Disco-era selections by Lipps Inc.; Donna
Summer. Also pop music in lang. Poor/fair (Scott Barbour, NH, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325, Wantok Radio Light (tentative), 1030-1143,
Jan 26, after the 1030* of RFI via Taiwan (their signal was much
stronger than usual), heard signal at threshold level, could not make
out the language of OM and YL's conversation, very slowly improving,
by 1058 could tell was religious programming in English (he seemed to
have an accent) and segment of religious songs in English.
RE: DXLD 8-007: Where are the North American reports of this?? (gh,
DXLD): I have occasionally monitored for this one since their move to
this frequency in May 2007, but had never before heard anything after
the RFI sign-off. Must take outstanding propagation conditions, such
as we are currently experiencing, for this to be heard in NAm (Ron
Howard, Monterey, CA, Etón E5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. Re DXLD 8-010: ``4790.20, Radio Visión, Chiclayo not heard
0750-1100 23 Jan.`` --- I heard it Jan 24 0740-0805, so no doubt on
the air. Usual "Hallellulah" programming. 73 from (Björn Fransson,
Sweden DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4790.2, R. Visión, 0958-1008, Jan 25, Spanish. Back on after several
days absence with familiar format of OM and "live" religious service.
Poor under static; also sounds like possible modulation problems
(Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH-USA, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200'
Beverages, 60m Dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non] 4790 kHz Observation. Noted three different signals on this
frequency at 1105 UT.
1. Peru, Radio Visión
2. Indonesia, RRI Fak Fak
3. CODAR
Still, each is readable to a certain extent, indicating that
conditions are good today January 26.
4774.97, Radio Tarma, 1100-1115 Jan 26. Just tuning by and caught a
live ID during comments as "Radio Tarma...". Then into Huayños music.
Usual CODAR interference on this frequency, but signal was still fair
(Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, NRD545, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. ¡Hola Amigos! ¿Qué tal las primeras semanas de 2008?
Aprovecho para enviarte las siguientes noticias: La nueva serie de
tarjetas QSL de RRI de este año está dedicada a las plantas y flores
de nuestro país. Nos ha proporcionado las fotos el Jardín Botánico de
Bucarest. Más detalles sobre cada una de ellas en las próximas
ediciones del programa "Rincón Diexista". Para obtener las 12 tarjetas
de confirmación los interesados deben enviarnos un informe de
recepción mensual, que indique la fecha y hora de la escucha,
frecuencias o campos de onda, características técnicas de la emisión -
según el código internacional-, y sus comentarios personales. Si nos
mandan durante 12 meses consecutivos un informe de sintonía recibirán
un Primer Diploma de nuestro Club de Oyentes. Contamos con un total de
cinco diplomas - que corresponden al primero, tercero, quinto y décimo
año de fidelidad y uno, final, de excelencia y dos Sellos de
Antigüedad para el segundo y cuarto año de actividad.
Queridos oyentes, os quiero informar que de ahora en adelante pueden
escuchar nuestras emisiones en Internet en formato WMA (Windows Media
Audio), 64 de kbps, con una mejor calidad del sonido. Radio Rumanía
Internacional cambió su proveedor de acceso a Internet. Tras una buena
y larga colaboración con la compañía Ituner, recurrimos, al igual que
los demás canales de radio de la Sociedad Rumana de Radiodifusión, a
los servicios de Radiocom, la sociedad que asegura también la difusión
de nuestras emisiones en onda corta. Esperamos vuestras reacciones. Un
abrazo, Victoria Sepciu, Radio Rumanía.
http://www.rri.ro/index.shtml?lang=11
(via Dino Bloise, FL, Jan 25, dxldyg via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. 5960, Radiostantsiya Tikhiy Okean, 0935-1000 Jan 25.
Nothing heard today on this frequency from RTO. Stayed on top of the
frequency for the entire period (Chuck Bolland, FL, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) But did you hear anything from R. Rossii or any
other network? IOW, was the transmitter on the air or off? (gh)
** RUSSIA. Re: "Yakutsk 6060, 7140 - nothing, carrier neither. 7200
and 7345 weak carrier under threshold..."
Wolfgang, please note in WRTH 2008 that 6060 kHz is summer frequency
for Yakutsk. I could confirm winter frequency 6150 kHz on the air on
Tuesday at 0830 before KNLS came to the frequency. Also 7140 kHz was
heard. 7200 kHz is good again now that the transmitter has been fixed
(Mauno Ritola, Finland, Jan 18, wwdxc BC-DX Jan 26 via DXLD)
I was wondering what became of the constant warble on 7200, audible
long hours here in winter. How I miss it; but is it really permanently
fixed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 15250, Radio Jeddah (Cumbre DX follow up) It was a
switching error I heard yesterday. They still had English after 1200
today. 1144 with program in called Network Journal produced and
presented by Rabia Hersey (as heard). Rabia and a male announcer (I
have heard him on other programs, they both have American accents)
were talking about which Bluetooth device is best. At 1148 there was a
new program, but I could not understand the title. It consisted of an
interview with a man living in Saudi Arabia who had converted to
Islam. This program ended at 1159. 5+1 time pips and then there was an
ID for Radio Jeddah and news in English read by a woman (DX Tuner
Sweden via Hans Johnson, FL, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD)
** SERBIA [non]. Site? “International Radio Serbia,” 7115 kHz, with
ID in midst of English newscast at 0205 UT, SINPO 34333. January 25
(Roger Chambers, Utica, New York, Grundig YB 400PE with external long
wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Bijeljina, Bosnia-Hercegovina, viz.:
Dear Wolfy, Sorry for delay, but I was "offline" for several days ...
Pictures of BIJ I published on my website I received directly from a
technical director of Intl R Serbia. I received them on a CD which was
created a month ago as a IRS presentation for Belgrade diaspora
convention in December 2007. The photos are from 2006.
Originally site had 4 transmitters, but 2 were moved to BEO (and then
destroyed in NATO bombing, 1999), so BIJ now has only 2 transmitters.
One transmitter is now fully operational, the second is partly
dismantled, because they "borrowed" spare parts from it. There are no
other reserve units. Best regards! (Dragan Lekic, Serbia, Jan 23,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 26 via DXLD)
Many thanks, Dragan, the BBC-Asea-Thomcast station installations of
1987 year look in good shape though, to consider the domestic war in
YUG in past decade. In which year was the photo set taken? There are
only two 500/250 kW transmitters connected to the antenna matrix? Is
there a 3rd reserve unit available? (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 19, ibid.)
** SUDAN [non]. 9825, Sudan via Slovakia* R. Miraya FM (tentative)
Rimavská Sobota, 01/22 Arabic/English, 1725-1756 male and female
talks, 1746 mentioned "Sudan", 1748 sounded like ads, 1753 music maybe
local (flute, percussion and male tribal choir). *Africa on Shortwave
mentions the transmitter "believed to be located in Slovakia" 23222
(Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP, Brasil (23 33 S, 46 51 W), Sony ICF
SW40, dipole 18m, 32m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SYRIA. 9330, R. Damascus, Jan 17 2234-2255, 34433 Spanish, News and
Arabic music, ID at 2244. Also: Jan 17 2311-2321, 34433 Spanish, Talk,
ID at 2317; Jan 18 2237-2250, 34433, Spanish, Talk and Arabic music,
ID at 2245 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, Japan Premium Jan 26 via DXLD) How
was the modulation? (gh)
** TAJIKISTAN. 4635, TAJIQUISTÃO: Tajik Radio, Dushanbe, Tajik, 24/01
0009. Sequencia de mx regionais, canções monótonas por OM, acompanhada
de instrumentos típicos, 35543 (Rudolf Grimm (São Bernardo-SP), Bruno
Grimm (Florianópolis-SC), Martim Jenny (Santo André-SP), escutas
realizadas em DX-Camp Jarinu-SP (Brasil), Rx: Sony ICF2001D, ant.:
horizontal 30 m, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. Radio Thailand, 9535, noted here at 2030 sign on in
English. 25 January (Steve Lare, Holland, MI USA, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Hello: Yes also listened at 2010 in German and 2030
in English today (ends at 2045), continues in Thai (from own home in
Barcelona, Spain, 73,s, Tomás Méndez, ibid.)
** TIBET [non]. 17550, V. of Tibet, Jan 18 *1400-1412, 35433, Tibetan,
1400 sign on with opening music, opening announce, Talk. Also: Jan 18
*1528-1538, 45444, Tibetan, 1528 sign on with opening music, opening
announce, talk. Also: Jan 19 *1400-1410, 25432-35433, Tibetan, 1400
sign on with opening music, opening announce, talk (Kouji Hashimoto,
Japan, Japan Premium Jan 26 via DXLD) via Madagascar
** TIBET. China, 4905, People's Broadcasting Station, Lhasa, Tibet,
1118-1130 Jan 26. I have a reference in my database that between 1100-
1120, this station broadcasts in English. Although I tuned in when
there was just a couple of minutes left for English, I couldn't tell
if they were actually broadcasting in English due to the poor quality
of the signal. Comments continued during the period in Tibetan
probably? Music presented at 1125. Signal was poor. Checked a few
parallels, (4920 and 5240) and found same program (Chuck Bolland,
Clewiston Florida, NRD545, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Source for
English being at 1100? WRTH shows 0700 UT; maybe entered that as if
EDT? (gh, DXLD)
** TURKEY. ??? 10560, TRT Çakirlar in Romanian at 1000-1030 UT on this
OOB, instead of nominal 9560 today Jan 23. Maybe a punching error of
the station engineer. Checked some other Çakirlar outlets today: Greek
1130-1157 7295.00 9845.06. Bulgarian 1200-1227 7105.00. Romanian 1230-
1257 11910.00. Bosnian 1430-1457 9525.00. Kyrgyz 1430-1457 9655.00
(Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, BC-DX Jan 26 via DXLD) see also
KURDISTAN
** UKRAINE. 7440 kHz, Radio Ukraine International, 0055 UT in
Ukrainian, into English at 0100 with IS, ID, with news, and a fine
(Friday) program covering Ukrainian culture, "The Root." This focused
largely today on 18th century music of a (name unintelligible)
philosopher and musician; then fine ethno- world music, by the 3 year
old Ukrainian group Atmosphera, with a sound admittedly like Jethro
Tull and Pink Floyd. Very nice Celtic-sounding music. At first SINPO
33333, improving to 44444 by 0130 and solid on to 0100 UT January 26.
Heard on Grundig Yachtboy 400PE with long wire (Roger Chambers. Utica,
New York, ODXA yg via DXLD)
** U K. Additional BBCWS Bengali coverage Fri, 25 Jan 2008 ---
Additional transmission with a change noted from BBC Bengali Service:
0330-0430 13770 15225 17485 every Mo, Tu
1330-1500 9435 7580 (ex-11655) every Su
(1330-1400 regular channels are 7225 7430 11835 kHz). (Alok Dasgupta,
West Bengal, via http://www.dxasia.info via Alokesh Gupta, DXLD)
** U S A. ``VOICE OF AMERICA`` isn`t what you think it means:
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=3204
(kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. 7205, VOA at 0107 UT (site unclear, but likely
Germany [no, Morocco for a while longer --- gh]) in English with
”World News Now”, SINPO 33333. Good coverage of Gaza-Egypt border
opening; also on Comments made at Davos Conference in Switzerland on
terrorism by various leaders. Views presented that terrorism and
suicide bombers are more related to poverty vs. the fanatic religious
influence. January 25 (Roger Chambers, Utica, New York, Grundig YB
400PE with external long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Listening to what I found to be quite interesting and credible news
reporting on VOA “World News Now” (0110 on January 25th) I was
reminded on how much missed is the VOA in English. Almost (but not
quite) as much as the BBC and DW.
Very good news reporting on the Gaza - Egyptian border, and then a
very good feature on views of the mentality of suicide bombers. As
part of the Davos Conference in Switzerland (though it was unclear if
all of these people were actually there or making statements from
elsewhere that were publicized at Davos) was a remarkable diversity of
views on the social causes and mentality of the suicide bomber. This
included comments of President Musharif of Pakistan and President
Karzai of Afghanistan. The debate centers of the role of militant
religious fanatics vs. poverty being a major influence on the bombers.
In some cases, terminally ill “volunteers” are used, with payment to
the families made.
The point is: This factual, impartial (by presenting divergent views)
coverage is exactly the sort of diverse views, discussion, and
information one would expect from a good (governmental or
semiautonomous) public broadcaster. This is true whether it is
domestic (such as NPR, CBC, PRI, BBC, Australian ABC, etc.) or
international in scope (Radio Netherlands, Radio Australia, Deutsche
Welle, etc).
The BBC and the VOA are both sorely missed in this market place of
ideas and information on the short wave bands. Centralizing every
facet into satellite and internet and what seems to be imminent
abandonment of short wave bands is a big mistake in the long run.
As for the VOA in particular and America’s voice in international
radio in general, the situation for virtually all concerned (US State
Department, the American Taxpayer, and the radio listener) would all
be better served by a reinvigorated VOA world service in English heard
virtually any where for at least a few hours a day. There should also
be external services in languages deemed appropriate. However, let’s
scrap the largely blatantly propaganda oriented Radio Martí, Radio
Free Asia, Radio Farda, and Radio Sawa. A reinvigorated, well funded,
well thought out programming, including clearly announced “official
comment” would be far more effective and beneficial for all concerned
than what we have now (Roger Chambers, Utica, New York, ODXA yg via
REVIEWE OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, DXLD)
I agree with you, Roger, on the wish that these three broadcasters
would restore SW broadcasting but I also recognize the unfortunate
reality that in the USA and Canada, and (to a lesser extent) the UK, a
very small proportion of the population in these areas has a shortwave
radio and would thus benefit from this restoration. Alas, that has to
be added into the fact that these broadcasters have to get by on equal
or fewer resources each year.
Take a look at the demographic of the ODXA, NASWA, or the SWL Fest ---
from the broadcaster' s perspective it ain't pretty. Male, old, and
getting older.
More than 44% of US households have broadband Internet access, and
more than 73% of active Internet users in the USA use broadband access
for this. See http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0607/
That places the USA 20th (!) in terms of broadband usage.
The onus on international broadcasters wishing to reach as many
listeners as possible in the broadband-connected world now requires
them to make their content available to search engines so people will
stumble upon the website either while reading a news aggregator (like
Google news) or researching a particular topic.
Here's an example: A colleague at work is interested in greenhouse
gases and carbon footprint / carbon trading. A Google search for that
topic turned up the current episode of DW's "Living Planet", which has
that topic as one of its stories.
Thus my work colleague found out about DW and is now interested in
what they have to say. If broadcasters are going to be relevant to
those geographies I mentioned above, they'll have to account for that.
When it comes to your points regarding impartiality, I'm 150% with
you. That's why RFE/RL was so important -- those stations weren't
founded on advocacy, they were founded on the principle of
enlightenment.
Let's turn it around for a minute to a broadcaster like Radio Habana
Cuba (RHC). An RHC news story correctly mentioned last week that
Israel had launched rockets towards Gaza and had inflicted damage.
That same news story, however, failed to mention that said rockets
were launched in response to rockets that had been launched from Gaza
onto Israel. If RHC is to be seen as credible in its reporting of
"news", then omissions like that need to be corrected.
I have said before that the U. S. international broadcasters ought to
somehow find a way to leverage NPR / PRI content more often (Richard
Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.)
** U S A [non]. GERMANY, 9800, Family Radio, Gujarati to Bangladesh
via Nauen. Full data (with site) 'Three decades of Faithful Service'
(top half of series) with religious material, decals and schedule in
54 days, for a e-mail report to: intel@familyradio.com
RUSSIA, 12060, Family Radio via Armavir-Russian Broadcasting Company
‘Radio Agency-M’ via FTVP. Full data (with site) ‘three decades of
Faithful Service QSL Card’ (bottom of series) with religious material
in 4 months, 40 days after sending a follow-up to intl @
familyradio.com (Edward Kusalik, VE6EFK, Coaldale, Alberta, CANADA,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. NEW ONLINE STATION RESURRECTS SEATTLE'S RICH RADIO TRADITION
By Jack Broom Seattle Times staff reporter
Friday, January 25, 2008 - Page updated at 02:33 a.m.
Listen to the urgency in newscaster Jim Harrison's voice and you might
think a war had begun:
"Scores of persons living in the North End were late to work today,"
he reported, announcing that a car had hit part of the Aurora Bridge.
No one was hurt, but get this: "Cars piled up behind the damaged
machine for blocks!"
If that riveting traffic report from the 1950s doesn't get your blood
pumping, maybe you'd prefer another clip from the same era: Seattle
radio legend Pat O'Day announcing a KAYO cash giveaway of -- fasten
your seat belts -- a whopping $9!
Or maybe you'd like to eavesdrop on a backstage session with The
Beatles during their 1964 Seattle visit, in which George Harrison
predicted the group would stay together "till death do us part."
All those bits of Seattle's radio past -- and many more -- are now
just a few mouse clicks away on a new online radio station called
Rainier Radio, introduced Thursday by the Seattle Community Colleges.
The nonprofit Web site, http://www.rainierradio.com has posted a vast
archive of shows, jingles, news, interviews -- more than 362 hours so
far -- and is collecting and cataloging more, dating back to the
1930s. . .
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2004144366&zsection_id=&slug=radio25m&date=20080125
(via Dan Say, BC, DXLD)
** UZBEKISTAN. 8 January 2008, 4663, 1440, SSB, Volmet, Tashkent,
English (Nikolay Ozerov, Shchebekino, Belgorodskaya oblast, Russia,
Rx: Degen 1103, Rus-DX via DXLD)
** VATICAN [non]. Vatican Radio, 0337 Jan 26, Spanish, 6040, 32234,
discussing world events in the church and various other items by male
and female (Noble West, TN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) via Sackville, so
still there and not back to 6100 tho República moved to 6185 (gh,
DXLD)
** VENEZUELA. RNV Canal Informativo, sigue moviéndose en la onda
media. Escuchada este 25/01, a las 2350 UT, en los 631.28 kHz, con
SINPO 4/4. Transmitía el programa humorístico ``Como ustedes pueden
ver``.
RNV no es la única fuera de frecuencia en la región capital. Radio
Popular hace lo propio en los 950.02 kHz. Escuchada este 25/01, a las
2345 UT, con SINPO 5/5. Emitía música de La Lupe (Adán González, Catia
La Mar, Estado Vargas, VENEZUELA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Well, why quibble over 20 Hz? 1280 Hz is a different matter. I was
hearing the 631+ het easily on my caradio the other night. I`m sure
that was it, tho measuring it or pulling audio was out of the question
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Monitored RNV CI once again Sat Jan 26 on 11680
via Cuba from opening in Spanish at *1500. Gives e-mail address now as
canalinternacionalrnv@gmail.com
Shortly into English with names of people on staff, and program
summary, seemingly for the whole hour, tho not all of it really in
English, starting with ``Informative Micro``, then about a writer,
traditional song, Bolívar Around the World, short bio, ``In Contact
with the Diexistas``, etc., ``with a special compromise`` not having a
clue that compromiso does not mean the same as compromise in English.
1504, ``Informative Short News``, not the name given a few minutes
earlier: Venezuelan ambassador to USA denounces USA to the OAS over
false accusations about the Bolivarian revolution.
1511-1520 abruptly back into Spanish with speech of said ambassador,
with hum, about the war on drugs, accusing the US` DEA of operating
inside Venezuela, and even arresting people without authority,
violating V sovereignty.
1522, Spanish, STILL giving old long-outdated transmission schedule
starting with 11 am in San Francisco on 13740. And not including the
broadcast we are listening to.
1523, ``Gavilán``(?), traditional song, introduced in English
1527, contact info with Apartado 3979, Caracas 10-10, RBV. Then,
Efemérides for 25 de enero, so this was really yesterday`s program.
Seems they are really going the bilingual route, which is fine for
those of us who speak both languages, mixing them up, but surely a
put-off for those understanding only one of them. But is there any
excuse today for being monolingual?
1531, time for me to tune in CBC Halifax for O`Reilly and the Art of
Persuasion, a Saturday-morning must (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6300, Algeria, Nat. R. of Saharan Arab D.
Rep., Rabouni, Arabic, 01/24 2238-2305, short male announcements
alternating interesting Arabic music type (some with long instrumental
pieces alternating singer), 2301 male talks with music. 23433 (Lúcio
Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP, Brasil (23 33 S, 46 51 W), Sony ICF SW40,
dipole 18m, 32m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
So no Spanish after 2300? Sat Jan 26 at 2324 with music in uncertain
language, but talk after 2332 definitely in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE [and non]. 4828, 1/27 on a good night for early African
propagation, Gweru noted at 0101 tune with all local music format –
Zimbabwean music is some of the best from Africa! I have a great
recording from DX Tuner Johannesburg of about 1.5 hrs of non-stop
Zimbabwean music at armchair level if anyone likes the music. SINPO
34533 with very light CODAR QRM and fairly heavy QSB. Angola also
noted at equal level on 4950 at this hour (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook
CA, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. Jan 26, 4880, SW R Africa was with talks and ID the
'independent station of Zimbabwe' or something similar. Political
talks, etc., but from about 1715 the bagpipe QRMr has been heard and a
jammer. At 1800 bagpipe jammer is stronger. At 1754 and 1724? QRMed by
ULX Mossad (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [non]. Unknown Spanish entertainment Station on 3360 kHz
heard at 0015 UT 26 Jan 2008. Not in Passport. Discovered while
testing new NVIS (cloud warmer) doublet antenna cut for nearby MARS
frequency, half 18 ft above ground, remaining half 40 feet above
ground in a canyon, an arroyo grande (from WPE6FCL, Jim Wylder, E.
Bremerton WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I was tuning around 90m around this time and noticed nothing at all on
3360. Aoki has these listed, but they have been inactive for some
time:
3360 Voz de Nahuala 1900-0430 1234567 Quiche/Spanish 1 ND Nahuala
GTM 09020W1450 VNahu
3360 Voz del Upano 2300-0300 1234567 Spanish 10 ND Macas
EQA 07812W0220 VUpan
Domestic, 3 x 1120, maybe? Not likely, with KPNW OR in your area, not
Spanish. 6 x 560? Not likely, with KPQ WA in your area, not Spanish.
Please keep listening for ID (Glenn to Jim, via dxldyg via DXLD)
Cf: INFORME DX DESDE NORTEAMERICA POR GLENN HAUSER ENERO 2000, grabado
el 13 de enero: GUATEMALA Es muy raro captar a la guatemalteca en
5040, nos dice Don Moore, y porqué? En realidad, se trata de un
sesquiarmónico. La Voz de Nahualá produce su señal principal en 3360
por doblar un cristal de 1680; a veces se irradia también en el triple
del mismo (via Roberto Scaglione, ibid.)
Therefore, 2 x 1680 could be it, and voilà, there is Spanish on 1680
in Seattle, KDOW, La Jefa, per 2007-2008 NRC AM Log. I am still not
used to thinking of the entire 90 mb up to 3400 being subject to
second harmonics from MW (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn, I think you may have it. I do get a local 2 x 1400 = 2800 all
the time; regardless of antenna. The Seattle 1680 station in Spanish
is confirmed. I should have known better. But I never heard the
harmonic before. Sig went down to about nothing at sunset. But during
the MARS net after 0200 UT, I did hear some very weak splatter. After
the MARS net which ended at 0237 UT, I retuned up a bit to the 3360
and detected a carrier, audio unheard. I will monitor next few days
and report if anything different. Roger, I will try to get an ID
before local sunset. 73 (Jim, WPE6FCL, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4450, 01/24-25 Spanish, 2310-0005, heard an L.A. station
maybe from Perú because was mentioned the Peruvian location "Santa
Rosa" and their local time "siete horas y treinta minutos"; at 2328
finally an ID but I don't hear very well if it was "R. Centauro, R.
Centenario, R. Centinela", or "R. Centro" or something like these.
2326 ads, 2330-0005 local pop selections and short announcements. Weak
and noisy signal, almost unreadable. Short audio of this unID station,
83kbt-21 seconds downloadable here;
http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/eefibra/unid.4450khz2328utc240108.mp3
73 (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Embu SP, Brasil (23 33 S, 46 51 W), Sony
ICF SW40, dipole 18m, 32m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I agree, it`s almost unreadable. Perú is on UT -5, not UT -4, per
timeandate.com --- so more likely Bolivia. Could be 5 x 890, but more
likely some new or variant Bolivian out-of-bander. 73, Glenn
Hi Glenn and Lucio, FYI - something to consider if Bolivia:
INFORME DX DESDE NORTEAMÉRICA POR GLENN HAUSER, JULIO 2006:
BOLIVIA Entre las captaciones en una DX-pedición en Nueva Gales del
Sur, Australia, nos informa Johno Wright, la reactivación después de
muchos años de Bolivia en 4450 kilohercios, Radio Estación Frontera,
Cobija, en idiomas indígena y español, identificándose a las 1010
Tiempo Universal del 17 de junio (via Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Glad to see my Mundo Radial archives are useful; then why wasn`t this
entered in the LA-DX archive which shows nothing on 4450. Confirms my
suspicions that LA-DX has not adequately referenced news from DXLD
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
And a WOR 1319 item from June 2006:
*Australian DX-peditioners discover 250-watt Bolivian reactivated
after many years, Radio Estación Cobija [sic], 4450, ID at 1010 (via
José Miguel Romero, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. Advice/explanation needed please --- Hi Guys, I`ve been
monitoring 4925 to try and get RRI Jambi as reported in the last
"Communication". I`ve got an "EWE" pointing in roughly the right
direction. I have been listening the last few nights from about 5
onwards. A carrier has been there from time to time, but the other
night I was switching between USB and LSB to detect a carrier but
happened to put the radio into FM. Lo and behold there was a full
signal! it sounded Indonesian to me. It`s been there every night
since. I have not had the time to sit down and listen for too long for
an ID, etc. It`s there till late 11 pm ish [1700-2300 UT]. Tonight
there are other stations there as well; is this my radio playing up?
It`s only on FM, nothing AM, very faint SSB. I`m confused. Any
comments much appreciated. Have a listen please and see if it`s the
same with you (Mark Thomas Davies, Anglesey, MW3UPX, Jan 25, BDXC-UK
yg via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 5900 kHz, 0955 UT with light pop music, into YL
with Chinese talk, then OM talk. Quite weak but fairly clear until
English religious station came on just before 1000 on 5890 kHz, and DW
(Bonaire) on 5905 kHz in German (Roger Chambers, Utica, New York,
Grundig YB 400PE with external long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Not what you might expect, but R. France Internationale, 0930-1030
Chinese via Irkutsk, Russia, 500 kW, 152 degrees (gh, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5954: see COSTA RICA!
UNIDENTIFIED. 6700, Solh? At 1453 heard with Afghan folk songs with
relatively fast beat. Checked 15265 at 1102 Jan 26 but seem not
parallel. A marginal signal <S1 with operator in USB (Zacharias
Liangas, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re 6700. Yes, the 6700 has been off or rather irregular for some
weeks, but also noted here around 1300 today (Jari Savolainen, Jan 26,
ibid.) However, in NAm, don`t forget this co-channel:
The Crystal Ship, 6700.0v AM, 1541-1617+ 1/20/08, SIO=242. The Poet
with a program of rock music by The Who, Van Halen, and other groups.
OM with clip about how we should help veterans of Iraq who return to
this country and then have a hard time. One Elmer Fudd clip.
Transmitter drifted up about 200 Hz during transmission. Still going
but fading out by 1617. Heard no address announced, but they use
Belfast (George Zeller, OH, Free Radio Weekly Jan 26 via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. Has anyone else noted the slow speed CW that is being
sent on/or about 15400? Currently being heard here at 2045. I've heard
this occasionally over the past few days. 26 January (Steve Lare,
Holland, MI, USA, Jan 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
That reminds me, there have also been reports lately in ENAm of
``code`` interference to WCBS 880 --- no, not RR from Cuba (gh, DXLD)
Steve, what really impressed me in my local noon, 1800 Sat. 26 Jan. ,
was the good propagation from East to West. The Beeb was strong and
clear during a program of interviews about the world situation. Those
African transmitters, whether from Ascension or Seychelles are most of
the time regulars here (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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SHORTWAVE MUSIC
+++++++++++++++
AND WHO SAID SHORTWAVE WAS DEAD? (updated)
"30,000 Kilohertz of Sound is a theater group which creates improvised
shows inspired by shortwave radio. Its website,
http://www.30000khz.com says shows '...[take] place in the dark,
utilizing shortwave radio transmissions as inspiration.'" Corey's
Radio Blog, About.com, 2 January 2008.
Update: Review: "Strange radio crackling and beeping filled our ears.
Wickens was in the back in a sound booth fiddling with a short wave
radio the size of toolbox. Some voices came on. They were talking
about insurance, or doctors, I think. It didn’t matter. What did
matter was what the comedians back stage would do with the sound clip
of material they were just given." Kimberly Thorpe, New York Press, 24
January 2008.
"Arriving in May is the Shortwave Set's tentatively titled 'Replica
Sun Machine,' which features production by Danger Mouse and a 24-piece
orchestra conducted by Beach Boys collaborator Van Dyke Parks."
Billboard, 25 January 2008.
"Shortwave Fade are the winners of the indie/rock showcase at
http://www.slicethepie.com and we will now receive £15,000 to produce
our first album!" Shortwave Fade website. Posted: 26 Jan 2008 (see
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=3039 for linx, via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: see ECUADOR; FRANCE; NETHERLANDS; below
++++++++++++++++++++
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
STANAG, NOT DRM
Re: KURDISTAN. 6335, 1600-1720, IRAQ, 16 & 19-01, Voice of Kurdistan,
Salah al Din, Kurdish (and other languages ?) Arab music, Kurdish
songs, severe DRM Noise at 1600, much better at 1700: 33443 Best 73,
(Anker Petersen, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
But not English in particular, as recently reported at 16-17? DRM on
6335? Certainly nothing at all scheduled above 6.2 MHz. Leapfrog
mixing product from two 49 mb DRM transmitters? This happens with
analog, so why not DRM? Please figure it out (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, it`s not DRM interference on 6335 but one of the many
military digital data transmissions that can be found in between the
HF broadcast bands. To the ear these transmissions do sound a bit like
DRM, or old-fashioned jamming, and they cause considerable
interference, at least here in Europe, particularly to out-of-band
broadcast stations and on the lower tropical bands.
There was a discussion about the source of this jamming-type noise
recently on the BDXC-UK e-mail list, some of which you carried in
DXLD. They are sometimes referred to as STANAG - see Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STANAG
A quick bandscan will reveal dozens, if not hundreds of these data
transmissions and their existence is perhaps one reason why the US
recently blocked any expansion of the HF broadcast bands. 73s (Dave
Kenny, England, Jan 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
"NEW CARS WITHOUT AM RADIOS? IS THIS TRUE?"
From DXLD 8-010 --- Here in Europe it is true, although by far not for
all car radios. But I indeed have already seen FM-only sets. Rant on:
And new car radios are a real plague if you want to listen to
something else than the usual local stuff, since one has to literally
turn off anything related to RDS in order to force the radio in a mode
where the up/down buttons really tune up and down instead of just
switching to the next local signal with a readable RDS code or even a
traffic announcement flag. At least that's the case with the standard
fare I saw in company cars (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Jan 26, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++
BUSINESSMAN po-russki
"I thought I heard the English word ``businessman`` mentioned. Could
that be? How do you spell that in Cyrillic?"
It absolutely could be; this word has been adopted into Russian at
least a decade ago. In a hurry I could not find real Russian texts
with it, so I don't know how it's usually spelt (Kai Ludwig, Germany,
Jan 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maxe sense; Commies had no
need for such a term (gh)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
KN4LF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Note! For those interested, the KN4LF Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency
Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2008-04 has been published at 1900 UT
on Friday January 25, 2008 at http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6h.htm
73, (Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF Lakeland, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###