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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1569 headlines: *Special announcement about WOR, WWCR and IPAR *DX and station news about Antarctica and non, Colombia, Papua New Guinea, Sarawak non; [repeated from last week:] Australia, Brazil, China non, Ecuador, Europe, Georgia, Koreas, Libya non, Netherlands, Pakistan, Portugal, Sudan non, unidentified SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1569, June 16-22, 2011 Thu 2100 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 2130 WBCQ 7415 [NEW; confirmed on webcast] Fri 0330 WWRB 5050 [confirmed] Fri 1430 WRMI 9955 Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 1500 WRMI 9955 [NEW; confirmed on webcast] Sat 1730 WRMI 9955 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1530 WRMI 9955 Sun 1730 WRMI 9955 Mon 1130 WRMI 9955 Mon 1530 WRMI 9955 [NEW] Mon 2130 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 2130 WBCQ 7415 [or 2115, or 2100] Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 Thu 1500 WRMI 9955 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://193.42.152.193/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN: http://www.wrn.org/wrn-listeners/world-of-radio/ http://www.wrn.org/listeners/world-of-radio/rss/09:00:00UTC/English/541 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ EDITOR`S NOTE: This was a much-needed week-off, more or less, meaning that we have inevitably fallen way behind in plowing thru all our usual sources. But we don`t want to delay this week`s DXLD any longer, so here`s what has been compiled so far, without the usual depth and synergy. We shall try as best we can to catch up in following week(s). gh ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, completing another week of LRA36 absence, June 10 at 1302 no signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15476.0, LRA36 (presumed). Yes, they are back again! Heard open carrier (below threshold level) on June 14 at 1337; by 1403 could hear a YL in Spanish playing some music; 1415 slightly better with YL chatting with young girl and playing a ballad in Spanish. Nice to have them back again after a short absence (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Only 800-1000 watt on air (Roberto Scaglione, Sicily, http://www.bclnews.it ibid.) 15476, LRA36 is back. June 16 I started monitoring at 1232 with my usual BFO technique tuned to 15475, and on came a very weak carrier at *1235:50, S2 on the meter; 1242 imagination-level trace of music maybe, now S3 peaking to S7. 1259 still JBA carrier, but now the FRG-7 meter is `resting` at S6 on open channels with no perceptible increased background noise level; maybe thrown off by a stronger signal up the band desensitizing it? Attenuation makes no difference in that reading. 15476 about the same JBA at 1342, 1350 at S2 again. Ron Howard in California first heard LRA36 back on June 14, but I was not rechecking for it until now. Roberto Scaglione says they are running only 800 to 1000 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15476, since LRA36 was detectable again on June 16, I expect to hear it on June 17, trying from 1230, but nothing; 1232 I think I may hear a carrier beat, but cannot be sure, and no further signs of it at 1242, 1254. Is this another holiday back in the homeland? No, but per list in DXLD 11-21, June 15 was, a day I did not check and Ron Howard did not report it either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA [non]. BAS MIDWINTER BROADCAST --- Hello Glenn, I just received today this mail from BBC World Service regarding the next BBC Midwinter Broadcast. Regards from France, Christian Ghibaudo, Nice Dear Christian, Here are the frequencies for the British Antarctic Survey Antarctic Midwinter broadcast, which have now been confirmed: 21 June 2011 21:30-22:00 GMT 7295 kHz (from UK) 5950 kHz (from UK) 7360 kHz (from Ascension Island) 9850 kHz (from UK) Best regards, Audience Information, BBC World Service (Letters Worldservice, June 16, via Ghibaudo, WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tuesday only transmission registered by BBC London. Is that a midsummer night solstice event for British Antarctica audience people on June 21 - once again? Only SINGLE DAY June 21 operation ? to CIRAF zones 69,70,71,72,73,74. 2130-2145 UT Tues June 21 only. 5950 SKN 300 180 0 205 3=Tue English G BBC BAB 7295 RMP 500 180 -10 205 3=Tue English G BBC BAB 7360 ASC 250 207 0 547 3=Tue English G BBC BAB 9850 SKN 300 180 0 216 3=Tue English G BBC BAB Did they cut the cost from previous 2130-2200 UT - 30 mins to 15 minutes duration this A-11 season? (Wolfgang Büschel, June 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing noted on estimated link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2011/06/110621_antarctic_midwinter_special_2011.shtml but really found somewhere on bbc worldservice radio program website ? 2010 HISTORY: ASCENSION ISL/U.K. Last year BBWS had a special midwinter shortwave broadcast to Antarctica on Sunday 21 June 2009 at 2130 UT. It's apparently on every year. I've googled around, but can find no reference to this year's broadcast. So, one to search for. Last year it was on 5950 and 7295 via Rampisham and 7360 via Ascension (Alan Roe-UK, BrDXC-UK June 21, 2010) Look out for BBCWS special broadcast to Antarctica on June 21. BBC World Service at last has some details on the special half hour Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast tonight: The broadcast can be heard in the South Atlantic on Monday 21 June at 2130-2200 UT on the following short-wave frequencies: RMP 5950 kHz (49 metre band) RMP 7295 kHz (41 metre band) ASC 7360 kHz (41 metre band) First broadcast 21st June 2010. (can also listen to the programme via this link) BBCWS special broadcast to Antarctica from Media Network blog BBCWS to conduct special midwinter broadcast to Antarctica June 19th, 2009 - 11:56 UTC by Andy Sennitt The BBC World Service will be making a special midwinter shortwave broadcast to Antarctica on Sunday 21 June at 2130 UTC. The broadcast is directed to members of the British Antarctic Survey, and will be on the following frequencies: a.. 5950 kHz (from Rampisham, UK) b.. 7295 kHz (from Rampisham, UK) c.. 7360 kHz (from Ascension Island) (Source: Travellin' South blog: (Alan Pennington-UK, BrDXC-UK June 21, 2010) Didn't even try the other two (7295 and 5950), since 7360 was fine (Rampisham or Ascension?). Brought back happy memories of BBC Calling the Falklands. Tnx Alan Pennington for alert and very 73 de (Anne Fanelli-Elma NY-USA, dxld June 21, 2010) more http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2010/06/100621_antarctic_midwinter_special_2010.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/090619_antarctic_midwinter.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/080617_antarctica_midwinter.shtml (all via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. BRAINY BUNCH SUFFERS IN A DUMBED-DOWN WORLD Tim Dick June 18, 2011 'Radio National is the place for thoughtful serenity, a refuge from Alan Jones or Kyle Sandilands.' Photo: Andrew Quilty [caption] If Radio National is for brainy people, then Australia doesn't have many: about 2.5 per cent of those in the big five cities listen in. But they are a fervent lot. When the ABC tinkered with the schedule in 2008 by cutting the religion, media and other shows, it received thousands of complaints and faced an eloquent but ultimately ineffective mini-revolt by staff, the highlight of which was when the host of the doomed Religion Report, Stephen Crittenden, was suspended for an on-air rant about the cuts. He told listeners it would ''condemn Radio National to even greater irrelevance" and "that such a decision has been taken in an era when religion vies with economics as a determinant of everything that's going on in the world almost beggars belief". A few years on, the hyperbole has died down, leaving the gist of his outburst proven largely right, with obvious gaps in its coverage. The station is intended to be the home of complex ideas on a medium more famous for over-simplification. It is the place for thoughtful serenity, a refuge from Alan Jones on 2GB or Kyle Sandilands on 2DayFM pontificating about whomever might have had the temerity to displease their sensitivities on any given morning. Radio National may not be the most popular station on the dial, but its importance to the nation in nurturing ideas, creativity and thought is far more valuable than winning big ratings, which are the existential targets of commercial stations. Without dedicated programs to the media or religion, Radio National's schedule is incomplete, something we must hope ABC executives will rectify in their current review of the station. It is anxious that an already old audience is ageing further, and wants to encourage younger people to start listening without losing its appeal as a smart station. It is talking to staff about what to include and what to cut, with on- air changes not expected until next year. While the public broadcaster is tinkering with one station's schedule, the private ones are in a lather over who will buy a suite of stations from Fairfax Media, publisher of the Herald, including 2UE in Sydney and the dominant talk station in Melbourne, 3AW. . . Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/brainy-bunch-suffers-in-a-dumbeddown-world-20110617-1g7x6.html#ixzz1Pat0V9Mp (via Kim Andrew Elliott, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar verified with a full data “Children Are Crossing Bamboo Bridge, Bangladesh” card in 46 days with short personal letter from v/s Abu Tabib Md. Zia Hasan, Senior Engineer, Research and Receiving center. A nice “wall of stamps” covered the back of the envelope (Richard D’Angelo/NASWA, Wyomissing, U.S.A., DSWCI DX Window June 15 via DXLD) ** BOTSWANA. Re 11-23: Hi Glenn, Just FYI, most of the ARDXC uncredited MW logs, including Botswana, were mine. Must have been an oversight when Johno Wright put his column together. Hope you are well. TV here has had extensive coverage of all the tornadoes, flooding, etc., back in the States. Take care (David Sharp, NSW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4865,027 - 4865,034 28.5 2300 R Verdes Florestas. Så här kommenterar Henrik Klemetz min inspelning från denna dag: Mycket svårläst men det verkar vara ett prefix-baserat anrop ZYF204 och ZYF203 med resp. frekvenser. "Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brasil" säger mannen i slutet av anropet tror jag. Vad damen pratar om vågar jag inte ha någon åsikt om. Men jag tror säkert att du kan fixa den här på nytt. Den bör köra Ave Maria efter A Voz do Brasil för det är en katolsk station. /HK 4865.027 - 4865.034, 28.5 2300, R Verdes Florestas. Henrik Klemetz comments on my recording from that day: Very hard to read but it seems to be a prefix-based call, ZYF204 and ZYF203 with their associated frequencies. "Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brasil" says the man at the end of the call I think. I would not dare to have an opinion about what the lady is talking about. But I'm sure you can fix a better recording again. They ought to run Ave Maria after A Voz do Brasil because it is a Catholic station. / HK (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden) Hörde stationen igen den 10.6 kl 2357 på 4865,034 och då fanns det ett tydligt ID. I heard the station again on June 10 at 2357on 4865.034 and now there was a clear ID. HK igen: Anropet går i den här stilen, R Verdes Florestas, onda média ZYF204 940 kHz, onda tropical ZYF203 4865 kHz, Fundacão Verdes Florestas, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brasil. Kan inte säga om det är onda média eller ondas médias, onda tropical eller ondas tropicais men id är klart, damen pratar också om Cruzeiro do Sul /HK HK again: The call goes like this, R Verdes Florestas, onda média ZYF204 940 kHz, onda tropical ZYF203 4865 kHz, Fundação Verdes Florestas, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brasil. Can’t tell if it is onda média or ondas médias, onda tropical or ondas tropicais but the ID is clear; the lady also talked about Cruzeiro do Sul / HK (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, ibid.) Stationen har oftast haft cd strax efter 0010z. Ett stort tack till HK som var rätt klar över att det var denna station redan från första stund. (Enligt WRTH är prefixet ZYH204 för 940? Såg också på deras hemsida att de skriver Rádio "Verdes Florestas" Emissora em onda tropical 4.865 kHz e onda média em 940 kHz, så du hörde säkert rätt, Henrik.) The station usually has closedown just after 0010z. Many thanks to HK, who was quite clear that it was this station from the first moment. (According to WRTH the prefix is ZYH204 for 940.) Also saw on their website that they write Rádio "Verdes Florestas" Emissora em onda tropical 4865 kHz e onda média em 940 kHz, so you heard right, Henrik. Always weak audio and heavily disturbed by Codar. There also is an unID carrier on 4864.405 causing an unpleasant het. TN (Thomas Nilsson, ibid.) Für alle Besucher der deutschen Sprache --- Seien Sie alle herzlich begrüßt auf dieser Homepage der Diözese Cruzeiro do Sul – AC/AM, d.h. in den brasilianischen Bundesländern Acre und Amazonas. Auch wenn Sie nicht oder wenig Portugiesisch verstehen, können Sie über die verschiedenen Links und über die Fotos ein "Bild" der Diözese und unserer Region am Oberlauf des Juruá im Zuzugsgebiet des Amazonas bekommen und die Anschriften der "Paróquias" (= Pfarreien) und "Comunidades" (= geistlichen Gemeinschaften) erfahren. Wir wünschen Ihnen einen reichhaltigen Eindruck und nicht zuletzt Kontakte zu hier tätigen deutschen Welt- und Ordenspriestern und Ordensleuten und ihren Werken! http://www.diocesecruzeirodosul.org/index.php?s=diocese (all: SW Bulletin June 12, Swedish portions translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4878.613, 2.6 0005, R. Roraima, Boa Vista is the one reported here. Their live stream was down so no chance to check this day. Identified June 5 at 0105 with a plain ID as Radio Roraima (= no difusora). TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 12 via DXLD) Nosso maior objetivo é levar até você ouvinte de nossa emissora, uma programação ágil e moderna porém, sempre com qualidade e feita por profissionais que além de lhe respeitarem, amam o exercício de fazer rádio. Nesta nova etapa da Rádio Roraima, vamos priorizar a produção jornalistica e a qualificação de nossa programação, visando sempre levar até você amigo ouvinte o melhor. Venha fazer parte desta família, seja também nosso parceiro. Sua opinião, suas idéias, em fim, sua participação é fundamental para que juntos possamos transformar a Rádio Roraima em nossa companheira de todos os momentos. Rádio Roraima, Sempre com Você! Barbosa Júnior Diretor Geral [evidently from website, via ibid.) 4878,614v 2.6 0402 Rdif Roraima, c/d med anrop och nationalsång. Vibrerande sändare +-2Hz. Sändaren av 04.06. Dagen efter låg stationen på 4878,606. AHK 4878.614v, 2.6 0402, Rdif Roraima, close/down with ID and National Anthem. Unstable transmitter +-2 Hz. Transmitter off at 0406. The next day the station was on 4878.606. AHK (Anders Hultqvist, Sweden, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. 4914.994, 5.6 2359, Radio Daqui with sign off in the middle of a tune but I managed to get a few nice IDs before the transmitter was switched off. Strong signal. Earlier this evening with an extensive transmission from some sort of religious mass or similar without giving any IDs at all. Seems to be the strongest Brazilian recently in the 60 mb. TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 12 via DXLD) 4915 2.6 2250 R Daqui, Goiânia, med fint ID på heltimmen, då jag trodde det var Difusora do Manaus jag lyssnade på. Q3. HR 4915, 2.6 2250, R Daqui, Goiânia, with a nice ID at TOTH, first I thought it was Difusora do Manaus I was listening to. Q3. HR (Hans Östnell, Norway, ibid., translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Another on 60m (thanks to Mark again) was R. Daqui on 4915 at fair strength - ID heard. There were traceable signals too on 4985 and 5035 which might have been Brazil, and also something on 4975 - all too weak to ID. But R. Senado had a very strong 20 dB over 9 signal at times on 5990 with typical trans-Equatorial rapid fading (Noel R. Green (NW England), June 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) c 2200 UT ** CANADA. MENOS ESPAÑOL EN RADIO CANADÁ INTERNACIONAL Más recortes en la onda corta... Julio Pineda de Guatemala informó a través de “Frecuencia al Día! - producido por Dino Bloise http://programasdx.com/frecuenciaaldia.htm - que en 11990 kHz a las 0032 UT escuchó el pasado viernes 10 de junio a través de “Canadá en las Américas”, el programa cotidiano de Radio Canadá Internacional, con el siguiente anuncio en la voz de Paloma Martínez, locutora del Servicio Latinoamericano de RCI: «Aquí brevemente les quiero contar que a partir del 27 de junio próximo Canadá en las Américas pasará de una hora a media hora y será transmitida en el mismo horario que siempre, a esta hora, entonces para que lo sepan lo estaremos mencionando un poco más adelante también con más detalles estaremos entrevistando a la realizadora del programa que nos explicará por qué se realiza esto y como va a cambiar el programa pero no cambiará mucho, seguiremos siendo Canadá en las Américas a partir del 27 de junio durará media hora nada más…» (via Rubén G. Margenet, Argentina, June 17, condiglist yg via DXLD) Una pregunta con o sin respuestas. Como quieran entenderla. Alguien se imagina cómo va a ser el panorama de las emisoras internacionales en onda corta dentro de cinco años? (Arnaldo Slaen, ibid.) Yo tengo una corazonada. Con la eliminación de las emisiones internacionales por onda corta se terminan 80 años de comunicación mundial. El silencio que ya está significando el no uso del INTERNET para reemplazar semejante etapa de la vida de relación humana será causa suficiente para que futuras decisiones (más inteligentes) revean la necesidad de aprovechar el atributo natural de transmitir por aire, quizás podamos experimentarlo antes de nuestra terrenal despedida. RGM (Margenet, ibid.) ** CANADA. Sporadic-E analog TV DX without specific IDs: June 12 at 2256 UT on channel 2, ads in English from the northeast; 2259 credit roll including Canada logo, 2300 into another show with PG rating in upper left. UT June 13, 0100 CBC on ch 4 from the NE; 0105, CBC exploding-pizza bug in lower-right on ch 5 from the NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake June 10: quick check just before 1300 may not have caught them all: 13500, poor at 1258 13920, very poor at 1259 14700, very poor at 1259 Firedrake June 12: 13130, fair at 1322; none lower; fair at 1352 13500, good at 1321; fair at 1352 15970, fair at 1322 16100, good at 1324; none higher Firedrake June 13: 13920, very poor at 1147 14700, JBA at 1149 Firedrake June 16: 10300, fair at 1212; no lower frequencies audible 11500, fair at 1211; nothing else audible underneath 12270, good at 1215 12980, good at 1215 13130, good at 1215 13500, good at 1216 15540, poor at 1219; fair at 1306, and no others at this time 16100, poor at 1221 16980, good at 1220 17170, JBA at 1222 Next group before 1400 June 16: 16100, poor at 1353 15900, fair at 1353 13920, good at 1353 13500, good at 1354 12980, fair at 1354 11500, good at 1355 10300, poor at 1354 On rare occasions when I am ready to monitor before 0500 UT, I now look for Firedrake, as recently logged some frequencies trying to block the Chicom noontime hour of Sound of Hope. June 17 at 0456, FD is JBA on 17170, with heavy flutter, and frequency instability caused by Doppler, until cut off at 0500:05*. None had been found on lower frequencies in previous few minutes, but there were lots of CNR1 and CRI frequencies incoming well enough on 15 and 17 MHz bands. Firedrake later June 17: 10300, fair at 1153 11500, fair at 1153 12980, fair at 1229 13500, poor at 1155 Firedrake June 18: 10300, good at 1243; fair at 1335 11500, fair at 1251, // 10300; fair at 1333 12270, good at 1252; good at 1333 12980, poor at 1252; poor at 1331 13130, very poor at 1253; fair at 1331 13920, good at 1252 14720, fair at 1257, instead of usual 14700. SOH tried to pull a fast one and jump to this frequency, but the ChiCom monitors caught them; 14720 still JBA at 1331 15430, good at 1341 vs something audible, i.e. V. of Tibet via UAE 15900, fair at 1257 15970, good at 1329, but not before 1300 16100, good at 1330 16980, very poor at 1257; fair at 1329 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. RADIO AND INTERNET IN CHINA The first presentation on the agenda was about radio in China. Cui Litang, a longtime Chinese shortwave listener and language teacher who had hoped to join us on the cruise, but couldn't in the end, sent us a PowerPoint presentation about Chinese jamming of shortwave broadcasts and blockage of Internet access. It was extremely interesting to hear about these subjects from someone who lives in China. He explained that Facebook is often blocked and “request timed out” errors are commonplace for certain web pages. Cui Litang noted that shortwave stations have often been subject to several types of jamming in China. Nevertheless, he has been an avid listener, and he showed part of his large QSL card collection, which includes cards from stations such as Radio Japan, Deutsche Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Yugoslavia, Radio Romania International, Radio Slovakia International, Radio Prague, Syrian Radio, Radio Pakistan, Swiss Radio International, VOA, WEWN, KWHR, ABC Australia and Radio Netherlands. He recalled hearing the American Forces Network from Guam with reports on Hurricane Katrina. Cui Litang also sent a report, summarized by Dr. Jerry Plummer of WWCR, about his use of shortwave broadcasts to teach English in China. From a historical standpoint, he explained that prior to the Internet era, the role that radio played in China was crucial in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). “International broadcasting on shortwave came in as a choice,” wrote Cui Litang, “among other media, for many to navigate across the bitter seas, over the troubled water to China. At least owning a radio or a wireless was no longer a crime as it possibly was in the 1950's...and ownership, subject to registry, as well as to suspicions of espionage conspiracy, punishable by execution.” Ironically, the need for domestic radio propaganda led to the opportunity to listen to overseas shortwave stations, explained Cui Litang. “ China was in dire need to develop electronics and make more radios as a means to feed the mouths, to reach the world’s largest population across a vast land that was separated not only by geography, but also by ethnics, culture and language, pumping a universal message of Marxism, Leninism and Mao Zedong thought. So people did reach out beyond the domestic media, in the boundless airwaves, turning their ears to the different voices.” Cui Litang said that one major impact of shortwave radio in China was as a learning source for the English language. He cited broadcasts from VOA, BBC, Radio Australia and others. “Authentic textbooks, without chanting or shouting political slogans, were almost none, as all publications, including textbooks, were censored to toe the party line, rhetorically pitch-perfect. And as a result, authentic English teachers were not many.... English teaching programs on the international broadcasters came in at this time with a provision to fill the need of learning and teaching the language. Over the years since late 1970, international radio on shortwave has helped to teach and create a new generation of tour guides, interpreters and teachers, and other professionals who worked with English. The daughter of our English teacher himself became an international tour guide after having learned the essential conversational English with VOA English 900.” Cui Litang explains how after graduating from college he was designated – against his personal desire – as a political adviser. Eventually he was able to get a teaching job. “Teaching provides a better opportunity to be creative, and this is where I started to explore and implement media, the shortwave radio in this case, as an alternative means of learning the English language, even just in a limited dimension. I started to introduce in the early 1990s, VOA English, VOA Special English, and BBC English into the classroom, in an attempt to connect international radio on the airwaves to the classroom, providing an opportunity to diversify and synergize learning and teaching.” He taped shortwave programs for presentation in his classroom, and gave students additional information and tips for radio listening, such as programs, time and frequencies. “Over half of the students owned a shortwave radio as an essential piece of study gear, along with a Walkman, for learning a foreign language,” said Cui Litang. About a decade later, the Internet began to become a major player in Chinese education. “The concept of the conventional classroom in brick and mortar has changed, and replaced by a virtual community on top of the computer network where the online teachers do all the model reading and instructions, albeit with drastically reduced interactions, as well as human contact. This provides an enormous opportunity to learn for nearly 480 million netizens in China (approximately one-third of 1.4 billion people).” However, explains Cui Litang, many are still struggling to navigate and negotiate the new Internet media. “First of all, absolute average illiteracy in China is at nearly 10%, and illiteracy in 10 provinces and regions (one-third of all provinces and regions in China) alone is as high as 50%. Relative illiteracy, in terms of science and culture, is expected to be even higher, which translates into tremendous difficulty with access to new technology.” He also cites a large “digital divide between the haves and have-nots.” For these reasons, “radio continues to play a prominent role in reaching over one-sixth of the world’s population, set apart by geography, language and ethnicity.” (Jeff White, NASB Takes to the Sea, report on the May 2011 meeting aboard a cruise ship, June NASB Newsletter via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 6069.932 -unid- Per Colombian FARC log- 1200-1211 seeming om and yl en espanol, weak here, some distortion [June 13] (Robert Wilkner, NRD 535D and Icom 746Pro, Pompano Beach, South Florida, WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA [and non]. 9630, June 13 at 0507, open carrier instead of REE relay, occasional pops; up against weaker 9625 with CBC NQ leftover tone test just after its sign-off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also SPAIN [non] ** CUBA. 6010, June 12 at 0711, Esperanto from RHC in progress, VG signal, and no others on the air in any language this late on 49m. As scheduled, but I had not reconfirmed lately, 0700-0730 Sundays. 5040, as I tune across RHC, June 17 at 0455, sign-off message is running, mentioning strange frequencies including 9600, 12000, presumably for the upcoming morning transmissions, but neither has been in (intentional) use by RHC for a long time. Presumably another outdated script/canned announcement I must try another time to copy completely for great amusement. Or have they suddenly made schedule changes? No, still neither mentioned here: http://www.radiohc.cu/index.php/de-interes/frecuencias.html Then played national anthem. 5040 normally closes down circa 0500 and I did not check it further, but Wolfgang Büschel was still hearing it at 0530 the same date, off by 0532 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Cuba FM in Central Illinois --- Hi Glenn, Had some spotty E- Skip here Saturday afternoon (6-11) with a lot of Florida stations making it in. Caught Radio Taíno on 93.3 at about 4:45 pm Central time [2045 UT] with music, Spanish announcer, and "TAINO" on the RDS. What a help that RDS is! Take care! (Eric Loy, Catlin, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 4918.98, 5.6 0200, R Quito "La Voz en vivo de la Capital". Very strong, noted this day for the first time after a long period. Perhaps this frequency is only used at special sport- or other major events. Gone the next night. TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 12 via DXLD) 4918,980v 5.6 0222 Radio Quito med skaplig styrka och många anrop. AHK 4918.980v, 5.6 0222, Radio Quito with decent strength and several ID’s. AHK (Anders Hultqvist, Sweden, SW Bulletin, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Only on 1 or 2 nites (gh) ** GERMANY [and non]. GERMANY/PORTUGAL/SRI LANKA, Interview mit DW- Intendant Erik Bettermann. Interview von Hajo Schuhmacher mit DW- Intendant Erik Bettermann, 19:15 min. Gestern {June 5} gab es im DW-TV in der Sendereihe "typisch deutsch" ein aktuelles Interview mit Erik Bettermann. Beginnt mit vielen bunten Bildern, wie im KIKA. Es konnten die Zuhoerer/Zuschauer bis zum 25.5. Fragen einreichen, die im Rahmen der Sendung beantwortet wurden. Es wurde auch die Einstellung der KW-Verbreitung behandelt. Podcast ist das Thema, aber nicht in Afrika. Hoert's Euch an. Hier der Link zum Video der Sendung: mit Quick Time plugin (Wolfgang Büschel, June 6, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 10 via DXLD) Die Entscheidungen von Sonnyboy Erik Bettermann und seiner Bonner Mannschaft, dem Bundestag, vom bundesdeutschen Aussenamt und unserem Aussenminister Westerwelle oder von Kulturstaatsminister Bernd Neumann sind ja laengst getroffen. Am 1. November 2011 fallen zwei bestens gewartete State-of-the-art Radiostation an die Staaten Portugal und Sri Lanka zurueck. Am Beispiel des Pleitesenders SLBC Colombo kann die dortige Gesellschaft eine Fortfuehrung der Sender-Taetigkeit gar nicht leisten. Also werden bei den guten Beziehungen zwischen Sri Lanka und PR China die Chinesen dort bald das Sagen haben (Wolfgang Büschel, June 7, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 10 via DXLD) ** GUINEA. 7125, June 10 at 0622, RTG, poor but detectable in AM, during local lightning storm producing power outage 0555-0945 UT, using DX-398 on battery, indoor random wire only. Had not heard it before 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [and non]. Alfredo Cotroneo of IRRS has notified us that WORLD OF RADIO has been canceled `for financial reasons`, but they will still have our program files available for random play on their webcast. The real reason is that Brother Scare is paying European Gospel Radio $10,000 a month, (all of this based on what BS has announced on broadcasts via WWRB/WWCR). IRRS has told us nothing about what their new programming will be. Once again on June 10 at 1250 on 9385, I happened to catch BS talking about this. Mentioned June 12 Pentecost, but unclear if this is supposed to be the start date. Said he would be on 7 days via 1368 in Milan and 1566 in Rome, from 9 pm to 2 am Central European Time (once said ending at 12 am instead, mistake?), and also 18-20 UT daily on new SW 7290 for Europe, Africa, Middle East. The IRRS online schedule has been updated to show European Gospel Radio with The Overcomer Ministry daily at 18-24 UT on the two MW, plus 7290 for the first two hours. That means that IRRS has blown away not only WORLD OF RADIO but all other programming on their two-hour 7290 broadcast. 9510 is now shown only on Saturdays at 08-09, and Sundays 0930-1200, not including any DX programs. As always, IRRS will not reveal the true transmitter sites, even to paying customers, but Ivo Ivanov in Bulgaria has deduced that 9510 has been moved from Rimavská Sobota, SLOVAKIA, to Tiganeshti, ROMANIA. Likely the same for 7290, but not yet for sure. That should make for different reception quality, if anyone cared to listen to The Last Day Prophet of God (Glenn Hauser, OK, June 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MOLDOVA?/ARMENIA? 7290, June 10 from 1758 UT opening with "Aïda Marcha Triunfal" and at 1759 UT ID "IRRS shortwave in Milano - signing on", then 19 seconds pure silence, into English religious program from 1801:05 UT. Men`s chorus started, S=9+45 to +50dB - VERY STRONG SIGNAL. Comparison in 41 mband shows only similar bcasting station services like RRI Tiganesti 7240 kHz in German, and WER + KAS at same power league. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, 1833 UT June 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: [A-DX] IRRS Ankuendigung 7290 --- Ja, ab 17.58 UT in der Luft, mit einer Triumphmarsch Eröffnung, und ID IRRS Milano. Ab 1801:05 UT dann englischsprachiges religiöses Programm. Glenn sagte etwas von Brother Stair Programm? S=9+45dB Signal. Nur Tiganesti 7240 in Deutsch, sowie Kashi und Wertachtal haben gleich/ähnlich starke Signale. Kandidaten sind Grigoriopol oder Gavar Armenien mit 300 kW, wenn denn nicht die Rumänen noch einen Ersatzsender aufgetan haben. 73 wb (Büschel, post to A-DX at 1818 UT June 10, fwd to us, DXLD) Aber ab 18.00 UC gleich mit S= 9+40, O=4, Fading. Brother Stair der Verblichene? Naja, zumindest klingt es so ;-) ---- IRRS: 7290 IRRS Milano 1800-1900 1....67 English 150 60 Rimavska Sobota SVK ---- Mit Gruss, (Herbert Meixner, 1805 UT, ibid.) Listening to wb`s clip: And then into Bible reading, Alex Scourby? Which TOM sometimes fills time with (gh, DXLD) MOLDOVA?/ARMENIA?/UKRAINE? 7290, IRRS Milan, program from UNID hidden tx site. Later at 1900 UT, on remote Perseus and sdr-IQs, best signals in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, all S=9+45dB, also at S=9+28dB in Germany. France S=9+25dB. At outer locations like Krasnodar-Crimea-Russia and Iceland S=9+5dB. Scheduled 1800-2000 UT Fri/Sat/Sun. TX transmission break down at 1957-1958 UT. Came back on air with program ID and address www.overcomerministry.org at 1958:50 UT. P O Box 691, Walterboro SC 29488, USA. IRRS asked for RRs at 1959:31 UT to P. O. Box 10980, at 20110 Milan, Italy. At 2000:13 UT TX switched off. (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 10, dxldyg via DXLD) 7290, IRRS, 1730-2000* UT, Tue Jun 14, at 1730-1735*, Jun 14, only the Voice of China, Beijing, was heard. Then nothing until *1758 when a strong station with a talk in American English about coal mining started. At 1800 ID: ”This is IRRS in Milano signing on”, followed by three minutes of dead air, then back with piano music, orchestra music and a hymn (back-up pause music?). Suddenly at 1809-2000*, Brother Stair was talking about ”Jesus is coming back, as I told you many times”, 1959 IRRS ID and address for reception reports, 55544 (Anker Petersen, Skovlunde/Vejers Strand, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window June 15 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. The N. Korean jamming on 6230 kHz is to cover Clandestine station for N. Korea which does not announce a station name. In this Clandestine station, only as for several times a every month, it on air of irregular service. Time at 0700-0740 and/or 1200-1240 UT on 6230 kHz. It is thought that it is transmitted from S. Korea because 0700 UT can receive it in Japan. Starts always begin in "Olle-Come" of Korean-pops. Apr. 7 at 1200-1241 UT on 6230 kHz by Show in Nagoya. Part 1 1200-1221 http://bcl2isid2over60.sakura.ne.jp/dl/sound/110407_2100t2121_6230E1A6d.mp3 Part 2 1219-1241 UT http://bcl2isid2over60.sakura.ne.jp/dl/sound/110407_2119t2141_6230E1A6d.mp3 (S. Hasegawa, Japan, June 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15540, R. Kuwait, June 17 at 1945 as I tune in, the get- out-by-June-30-or-be-deported PSA for illegal immigrants is playing yet again. Various articles of the decree are read, separated by bits of ``Tubular Bells``, theme from ``The Exorcist``, hee hee, RK with a sense of humor about Kuwait exorcising IIs. Very good summer reception on this English frequency unknown in the studio, and unpropagating in the winter. After news headlines at 2050, recheck at 2053 found that announcement playing yet2 again. 17550, R. Kuwait in Arabic, June 17 at 2003, even better than 15540; napdozed during most of this semihour as great Arabic music was playing mixed with YL narration, about what? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. 17725, June 12 at 1356 noticed V of Africa already in English a few minutes early, usual announcer mentioning hypothetical ``United States of Africa`` and ever more so now; poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. 7245, June 10 at 0622, IGIM with usual Arabic chanting, poor signal in local lightning storm during power outage, but better than Guinea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 2, June 12 at 1438 UT with antenna south, net-5 fades in with toons, then in and out for next bihour, mixing with other signals, some up to ch 4. Meanwhile I see the 6m Es maps show the entire US crisscrossed with sporadic-E contacts but hardly anything from Mexico. Analog Es TV DX in Spanish from the south, June 16 at 1418 UT tune-in on channels 2, 3, 4 and 5, mostly mixing, but did make out a net-5 bug UR on 5 during toons; and at 1420 MUF reached ch 6 video (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non non]. HAPPY STATION FILM FROM 1978 On November 19th 1978 Radio Netherlands broadcast 9 continuous hours of live programming to mark the 50th anniversary of the worlds oldest shortwave: Happy Station/Estacion. This film was made by the RN TV department, offers an impression of that festive day. It was narrated by Ton van der Horst. Happy Station host of that era, Tom Meijer, later that year took it to Australia and New Zealand, offering fans there the opportunity to witness that special event. This film comes to us from Tom Meijer`s own archive. Just go to http://www.pcjmedia.com Best Regards, (Keith Perron, PCJ, June 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS. Media Network Newsletter By Andy Sennitt 9 June 2011 Hello from Hilversum. It has been a very stressful week for everyone at RNW, and tomorrow (10 June) could be a crucial day. We're expecting to hear from the Cabinet in The Hague what they have decided about the future of RNW. If there is an announcement it will of course be reported on our website and in the Media Network Weblog. A parliamentary debate on the decision is due to be held on 27 June. An action committee has been set up to inform our worldwide audience what's going on, and asking for expressions of support, and a special action website http://www.radionetherlands4u.nl/ is being launched tomorrow. This site will be updated and expanded as soon as the announcement by the Cabinet has been made... (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) PETITION TO MEMBERS OF THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT We, the signatories to this petition, would like you to consider the following when deciding the future of Radio Netherlands Worldwide. The Netherlands is one of the world's most important exporting countries and trading nations with a good international reputation in many fields of expertise. This 'image of the Netherlands' is partly the result of many years of external profiling, in which Radio Netherlands Worldwide has played a key role. Many businesses focus their activities on markets outside the Netherlands. Dutch companies have local production units all over the world. Its strategic location makes the Netherlands a good base for foreign enterprise. These are foreign companies which invest in the Netherlands and which have built up relations with local businesses - especially in the small and medium-sized sector. The image of the Netherlands abroad is vital for its competitive position. This image is partly determined by the government's official foreign policy. However, Dutch companies, universities, the creative sector, NGOs, football clubs all contribute to the reputation of the Netherlands. Part of the brief of Radio Netherlands Worldwide is to propagate a balanced and well-informed image of all such activities. In addition, the Netherlands is committed to reinforcing democratic values throughout the world and providing global solutions. This is in the country's own interests. As a strong, internationally oriented trading nation, the Netherlands benefits from economic and social stability in other countries. Social responsibility in business is not just an advertising slogan, but a basic condition for perpetuating the Netherlands' strong position in the global market. Radio Netherlands Worldwide helps do this. Radio Netherlands Worldwide informs people throughout the world on issues which matter and which are well-known Dutch themes (such as human rights and international justice and euthanasia), about sectors in which the Dutch command expertise and about Dutch innovations which contribute to resolving global problems. This is done on a wide range of platforms (internet, radio, television, satellite, mobile platforms) and in local languages. Radio Netherlands spreads Dutch values: freedom of speech and press freedom, as well as freedom of religion, freedom of sexual orientation and equal rights for women. Radio Netherlands Worldwide has the knowledge and know-how to provide the Dutch civil and business sector with information about other countries and from other countries, through its wide range of international networks and sources. Soon you will be deciding on the (future) funding of Radio Netherlands Worldwide. We believe that this decision could affect the international profile of the Netherlands. You will be asked to approve cuts to the tune of millions of euros, but we fear the bill could ultimately be footed by 'the Netherlands plc'. We are urging you to bear in mind the important role Radio Netherlands Worldwide plays in influencing opinion and in propagating a strong and well-balanced image of the Netherlands abroad. Sign the petition at http://www.radionetherlands4u.nl/en (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) RN abandoned its listeners in North America (and in English many other parts of the world), so why should we support them now? (gh, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, June 16 at 0523, dead air, must be RNZI as usual, while 11675 DRM was blasting noise away as always: if DRM is not modulating, it makes no difference. 11725 carrier broke off the air for a minute at 0525.5, off again at 0527.8; 0529 back on and finally joining modulation in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140 5.6 1420 R Sultanate of Oman, nu med EE och massor av anglosaxisk populärmusik. Nyheter 1430, där man bl a vidareförmedlade en hälsning från Omans monark till Kung Carl XVI Gustaf med anledning av Sveriges Nationaldag (som inföll dagen efter, men det visste man nog inte i Oman). 4. HR 15140, 5.6 1420, R Sultanate of Oman, now in English and lots of Anglosaxon pop music. News at 1430, where they among other things, passed on greetings from the Omani monarch to the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf on the occasion of Sweden's National Day (which in fact was first the next day, but it was probably not known in Oman). 4. HR (Hans Östnell, Norway, SW Bulletin, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. Re 10-23: Refurbishing program at Karachi Landhi site last now from 2006 til 2011. 5 antennas with 6 masts were visible til 2005, 3 x 275, 2 x 300 degrees azimuth. SW antennas dismantled after December 2005, according to image in G.E. of 4-Dec-2005. Replacement of 2 x 50 kW Short Wave Transmitters will total allocated cost of US $7.2 Million. MW TX houses 24 51 12.22 N 67 13 2.70 E SW TX and antenna switching house at probably 24 51 05.44 N 67 13 11.94 E (Wolfgang Büschel, June 7, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 10 via DXLD) History: At present an old building exist at the site, it was constructed in 1949. The two transmitters would be installed in the existing transmitter hall. Obsolete transmitters and related equipment are to be dismantled. IMPORT: 2 x 100 kW Short wave transmitters, based on modern technology along with dummy load, Balun transformer and a set of spares. Speech Input, Test & Measuring equipment, emergency studio and STLs/Satellite Link too. Indoor Antenna Selector switch matrix with control and interlock system. RF Feeder line 900 meter long. High Frequency Antenna System, 2 rotatable curtain systems. One functioning on the frequency range 6- 11 MHz and the other functioning on 13-26 MHz complete with drive system, remote control, matching unit, supports, insulator, end terminal & grounding. Diesel Electric Generator of 750 KVA has been made with 400 volts three phase output as standby power source for the transmitters (Alan Davies, Indonesia, SWsites May 23; wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 26, 2008, ibid.) ** PALAU. T8WH Angel 4, I cannot receive Radio Free Sarawak on 15420 kHz at 1000 UT after June. Relay from T8WH canceled? (S. Hasegawa, Japan, June 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 5960, R. Fly, randomly from 1005 to 1401, June 14. In Tok Pisin; safety talk about “faulty brakes .. accidents .. playgrounds .. slow down”; pop songs (ABBA “Dancing Queen”), island songs, etc. This Thursday onward I will especially be checking for reception of the soon to be reinstalled repaired 3915 transmitter. “Rosie” (Roseanne Kulupi, who is not just the R. Fly radio technician, but also has air time in pidgin, “because majority of our listeners are pidgin speakers”) has indicated she hopes to drive down to Kiunga, the transmitter site, from Tabubil, site of the Ok Tedi Mining headquarters, on either Wednesday or Thursday of this week to reinstall the transmitter. So we should be able to compare the 5960 and 3915 signals this weekend, if not shortly before then. 3915, R. Fly, randomly from 0857 to 1228, June 15. Rosie indeed must have driven down to Kiunga today and reinstalled the 1 KW repaired transmitter. Ham QRM and adjacent QRM from a strong 3912 (Korea). At tune in was below threshold level (only carrier heard) but was slowly fading up; by 0911 heard pop music that was clearly // to somewhat stronger 5960. Unfortunately today had subnormal reception for R. Fly compared to their decent reception during the past week on 5960. Heard from 1014 to 1156 live rugby coverage (sounded like the Queensland vs NSW match); then into pop songs (Dobie Gray with "Drift Away", etc.); mostly unusable on 3915 and only slightly better on 5960. Nice to have another frequency to check them out on! (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I confirmed on 3915 kHz of R. Fly became active at 0950 UT on June 15. // 5960 kHz (S. Hasegawa, Japan, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 3360.006, 12.6 0100, unID Peruvian station, quite weak. No ID during a 5-minute-long recording at toth [top of the hour] TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 12 via DXLD) Precis när bullen började bli klar, kom ett mail från Henrik Klemetz som säger: Får just nu en inspelning av Hasse Mattisson och hör där ett tentativt anrop kl 0250z. "Radio JPJ, fuerza musical del Perú" är vad jag hör. Det är ju ingen "banbrytande" upptäckt men den skulle väl kunna rapporteras? Ljudet låter misstänkt likt en överton; hördes inte på SSB, sa Hasse. Således en "kvalificerad gissning", 1680,3 x 2. Någon som inspirerats av Chamaca-stationen på 1640 kanske? /HK Just when the bulletin was almost compiled, I got an email from Henrik Klemetz who says: Right now I got a recording from Hasse Mattisson and in which there is a tentative call at 0250z. "Radio JPJ, fuerza musical del Perú "is what I hear. It's not "a groundbreaking" discovery but it ought at least to be reported? The audio sounds suspiciously like an overtone, were not heard in SSB, Hasse Mattisson says. Thus, an "educated guess" is, it might be 1680.3 x 2. Someone inspired by the Chamaca Station on 1640 kHz maybe? / HK (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, SW Bulletin, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) either 1680.003 or 3360.6 to make them match (gh) I mail lite senare från Hasse Mattisson: JÄTTEROLIGT att bli uppringd!! Och HK ringde precis innan, som jag sa. Man blir ju nästan lite "mallig" ------ nåja ner på jorden. Här mitt clip som är den del som hördes bäst av ca 4 min upprepad id slinga - o obs! Detta var på AM mode - i USB eller LSB inget ..... så fq är väl därefter med AM. Några andinska takter precis mot slutet. Och en del pingst-sprak ingår naturligtvis. (i rättvisans namn det var Karel Honzik log på RealDX som inspirerade mig! HM) In the mail from Hasse Mattisson a few minutes later: Great to be called up by telephone! Also HK rang me just before. One becomes almost a bit "stuck up" --- oh well, back to earth. Here is my clip with the part containing about a 4 minute repeated ID loop. A note - this was heard only in AM mode – nothing in USB or LSB; so AM only on the frequency. Some Andean rhythms just at the end and with some Pentecostal thunderstorm noise of course. (In the name of justice it was the Karel Honzik logging on REALDX that inspired me! HM) (HM = Hasse Mattisson, Sweden (ARC member, almost never on SW), SW Bulletin, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) På min inspelning går den faktiskt lika bra i USB/LSB som i AM! /TN On my recording from one hour earlier the same night, the audio is actually as good in USB/LSB as in AM! (Thomas Nilsson, ibid.) 3360.01, 9.6 - 0409 UNID. June 10: This week I could hear almost daily an UNID LA station on 3360.01 kHz between 03-04 UT. Probably from Peru, it plays Andean and LA music with slogans between songs (male voice). The signal is very weak (here in the middle of Europe). In slogans there appears something like "Q" (Onda Q ?) very often. On June 9 the station closed down at 0409 UT, on June 10 it got extremely weak after 0335 but I still had a feeling that it was there at 0410 UT. June 11: I confirm Hasse Mattisson's observation of this morning (Saturday): no signal today. I was there between 0300-0400 UT. I was studying my recording again: it really is a Peruvian station, most probably from the eastern part of the country. I do not want to give up and ask a Spanish native DXer for a help :-) so I will listen to the recording again and perhaps will see (= hear). I was thinking about possible harmonics but have found no station that would fit to the ID that I can perhaps hear on the recording (if it is an ID). So no Peru on 3360 kHz but there was Radio Lípez (BOLIVIA) on 4796 kHz this morning with its regular Friday evening extended show. I can hear it every Saturday morning here in the middle of Europe (Karel Honzík, CZECHIA, via SW Bulletin; also HCDX via DXLD) ** PORTUGAL. 11995 DRM, RdP Internacional, via Sines, 0852-0915, Jun 05, Portuguese news and report about the elections and the football Euro 2012 qualifier Norway vs. Portugal, no dropouts, O=5. So the transmissions via Sines are still on after Jun 01 (Patrick Robic, Leibnitz, Austria, DSWCI DX Window June 15 via DXLD) As already reported here (gh) ** ROMANIA. 17510, June 17 just as I tune in at 1157, I hear one note of music and carrier cut. Yes, it`s the final note of the RRI IS, ending the English hour at 1100, registered in HFCC to last until 1200, but they always end 3 minutes earlier. This is 300 kW, 307 degrees from Tiganeshti to W Europe, and consequently onward to NAm, propagation permitting, which it does these summer days. 15195, June 18 at 1302, RRI Romanian service is playing some novelty/comedy songs, sounds like fun. This is 12-14 UT, 300 kW, 285 degrees from Galbeni to France, fair and somewhat offbeam for US (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Today June 9 noted two 250 kW transmitters from Moscow site (according to HFCC list) in bad audio shape. 11794.917, in Arabic, S=7-8 at 1619 UT and another distorted audio signal, but in English language from V of Russia on 12040 kHz at 1623 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Re 11-23: >>"RADIO ROSSII SELECTED MUSIC PROGRAMMES Going Beyond Three Seas, Tursday [sic, Tue or Thu?] 2010, Friday 0010, 20 minutes of folk music - traditional and modern"<< Hah. - That's one typo that cannot be guessed at. "Going Beyond Three Seas" airs on Thursday at 2010. Apologies (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [non]. VOICE OF RUSSIA LAUNCHES ITS WASHINGTON DC STUDIO Voice of Russia Radio Launches New U.S. Stations, Delivering Russian News & Perspective to Americans --- Washington, D.C. Station Announces Launch with Panel Discussion Focusing on the Changing Face of Public Diplomacy in Russia–U.S. Relations WASHINGTON, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Voice of Russia (VOR) Radio announces the launch of two U.S. stations in New York and Washington, D.C. The new stations will air live programming with the Russian perspective on international news, culture, arts and events over 1430 AM and 1390 AM frequency, respectively. The stations mark the first time VOR will produce programming directly from the United States rather than broadcasting news from the Moscow-based radio program. "This is a very significant move for Voice of Russia because it is the first time in the history of the station that material being broadcast to the North American market will actually originate and be produced locally," said Andrei Bystritsky, Chairman of VOR. VOR has been broadcasting since October 29, 1929, and was the first radio station to broadcast internationally to provide a Russian perspective on news and culture. VOR currently broadcasts to 160 countries in 38 languages for a total of 151 hours per day, on short and medium waves, in the FM band, via satellite and through a global mobile communications network. The Washington, D.C. station will employ over 15 correspondents throughout the U.S. who will cover stories on culture, sports, science and politics. To kick-off the Washington, D.C. station, Mr. Bystritsky is hosting a panel discussion on Thursday, June 9 that will focus on the changes of Russian and U.S. approaches to public diplomacy since the end of the Cold War more than two decades ago; the impact of an American broadcast on attitudes and perceptions toward U.S.-Russian relations; and, the value of international broadcast programs. The panel will be moderated by Angela Stent, the Director for the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University and feature as panelists Andrei Bystritsky, VOR Chairman; Joseph Duffey, former Director of the United States Information Agency; Thomas Graham, former senior director at the National Security Council for Russia; Rudiger Lentz, former Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for Deutsche Welle; and, Dr. Elez Biberaj, Director of the Eurasia Division for Voice of America. The event also pays tribute to Russia Day, a day of national celebrating commemorating the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russia Federation on June 12, 1990. The holiday was established in 1992, and is considered Russia's Independence Day. The panel discussion will be held this morning, Thursday, June 9, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the National Press Club in the Lisagor Room. For further information, visit http://english.ruvr.ru/ SOURCE Voice of Russia Radio http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/voice-of-russia-radio-launches-new-us-stations-delivering-russian-news--perspective-to-americans-123539349.html (via Sergei S., dxldyg via DXLD) VOICE OF RUSSIA RADIO LAUNCHES IN NYC, DC --- RBR.com 9 June, 2011 Well, in DC we have 50-kW China Radio International on 1190 kHz and now Voice of Russia (VOR) Radio on 5-kW Way Broadcasting’s WZHF-AM 1390. While VOR announced 6/9 the launch the stations in New York (Multicultural Radio Broadcasting’s WNSW) and DC, the DC station has actually been on air since March and WNSW since January. The new stations air live programming with the Russian perspective (in English) on international news, culture, arts and events. The stations mark the first time VOR will produce programming directly from the United States rather than broadcasting news from the Moscow- based radio program. VOR has always reached the US via shortwave and for a time in the late 70s on 600 kHz from Cuba. "This is a very significant move for Voice of Russia because it is the first time in the history of the station that material being broadcast to the North American market will actually originate and be produced locally," said Andrei Bystritsky, Chairman of VOR. VOR has been broadcasting since October 29, 1929, and was the first radio station to broadcast internationally to provide a Russian perspective on news and culture. VOR currently broadcasts to 160 countries in 38 languages for a total of 151 hours per day, on short and medium waves, in the FM band, via satellite and through a global mobile communications network. The Washington, D.C. station will employ over 15 correspondents throughout the U.S. who will cover stories on culture, sports, science and politics. To officially kick-off the DC station, Bystritsky hosted a panel discussion on 6/9 that focused on the changes of Russian and U.S. approaches to public diplomacy since the end of the Cold War more than two decades ago; the impact of an American broadcast on attitudes and perceptions toward U.S.-Russian relations; and, the value of international broadcast programs. The panel was moderated by Angela Stent, the Director for the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University and feature as panelists Andrei Bystritsky, VOR Chairman; Joseph Duffey, former Director of the United States Information Agency; Thomas Graham, former senior director at the National Security Council for Russia; Rudiger Lentz, former Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for Deutsche Welle; and, Dr. Elez Biberaj, Director of the Eurasia Division for Voice of America. The discussion was held from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the National Press Club. http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio-programming/voice-of-russia-radio-launches-in-nyc-dc.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) THE VOICE OF RUSSIA PRESENTS ITS NEW PROJECT IN WASHINGTON http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/06/10/51560430.html The Voice of Russia’s brand new US project was unveiled in Washington: there will now be live broadcasts from the US capital. For the first time, the Russian radio station’s shows broadcast in the US will be created on American soil, whereas before, they all came from Moscow. The Voice of Russia can be heard on AM 1430 in New York and AM 1390 in Washington. This is a very important step for the company, because for the first time in the station’s history, shows delivered to US audiences will be made on location, said the chairman of the Voice of Russia, Andrei Bystritsky. Shows will be broadcast from Washington six hours a day, seven days a week, during morning and evening primetime. Just a stone’s throw away from the White House, a team of American and Russian journalist will bring timely live reports on global events to American listeners from a cutting edge Washington studio. Morning shows will comprise news blocks, commentary and interviews with Russian experts. The evening programs are generally dedicated to recapping the day’s major events, with American newsmakers and commentators coming into the Voice of Russia studio. Programs from Moscow will fill the airtime between the US-made shows on the same frequencies. Over time, the station plans to expand its program lineup, increase the number of hours on air and establish a country-wide network of correspondents. Experts are sure that the Voice of Russia’s new project will help foster deeper mutual understanding between the two countries. This was one of the issues addressed at the National Press Club roundtable in Washington. A discussion titled From the Cold War to a ‘reset’: the changing image of public diplomacy in Russo-American relations” was held as part of the presentation of the new Voice of Russia project. The world has changed a great deal with the appearance of a multitude of media outlets, noted the chair of the Voice of Russia, Andrei Bystritsky. "Today’s abundance of media, the millions of informational websites and tens of thousands of online channels in English alone have created an audience that hardly understands what’s going on. Making sense of anything at all becomes practically impossible and it is exceptionally hard to tell the truth from lies. The problem of the new communications world is that reliability has become the central issue. Certainly, there is no talk of restricting the freedom of the dissemination of information – and anyway, this would not be possible. In my opinion, the most important thing is the self-organization of those who undertake to treat information responsibly. In essence, our US project is precisely a step towards all of us having more shared knowledge and better mutual understanding." Parties to the discussion exchanged views on the development of Russia-US ties in general and the presence of Russian media in the American media space in particular. It is very important to highlight different points of view to the American audience, says the director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Angela Stent. "There is lack of knowledge in the United States about Russia, and they need to understand more about Russia, I think what real lack is sort of objective reporting, independent reporting, where you have different viewpoints. I think the same would go clearly if you were going to be reporting on international events and things in the United States as well. But you have somewhere people feel that they are not being fed by propaganda lie." Without a doubt, a mere Voice of Russia presence on US radio waves does not guarantee immediate interest and trust from American listeners – this needs to be earned. The former head of Deutsche Welle radio in North America Rudiger Lenz gave his advice. "Do not fall into a trap, which means that if you are not gaining credibility at the very first beginning of your station, then you have an image problem, from the very first beginning, and that can be crucial for the further progress of the station, and so far you have to be absolutely truthful and try to be critical as well, that is what western people, that is what American people want to be addressed, that is what they wait for." (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** SAIPAN. 9720, June 13 at 1137 Indonesian talk breaking up; 1140 bit of Dutch voiced-over into Indonesian. Must be that defective IBB Saipan transmitter again: yes, chex out in HFCC at 1100-1157, 100 kW, 225 degrees, RNW Indonesian via Saipan. Do they know about this recurring problem back in Hilversum? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 9675, BSKSA Riyadh, in Turkish, totally distorted audio from defect feed, only small 2 kHz bandwidth, hard to understand content. 1922 UT June 4. S=8-9 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 10 via DXLD) DRM: New Al Khumra site - more details. Not so long ago we [sic] announced via the Continental Electronics website: June-28-2010. Continental to Deliver four 250 kW DRM HF transmitters to Saudi Arabia at the Al Khumra site. And that it would be ready by Mid 2011. Then: The DRM website announced in April: DRM station ready in Saudi Arabia. DRM member Continental Electronics has announced that a new shortwave DRM capable station is now ready in Saudi Arabia. Three 300 kW SW transmitters, fully DRM ready, and a number of curtain antennas complete this station, and are part of a comprehensive digitisation plan in the country. It would be nice if confirmed facts were known?? Probably 300 kW SW 419G transmitters fitted with Continental DRM Exciters? (Ian Baxter, Australia, May 28, shortwavesites yg via BC-DX June 10 via DXLD) ** SERBIA [non non]. 9635, 2.6 1300, R Serbia Int. med utlandsprogrammet på engelska där de talade om en musikfestival i Belgrad. DO 9635, 2.6 1300, R Serbia International with foreign service in English speaking about a music festival in Belgrade. DO (Dan Olsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 12 via DXLD) That is the latest frequency for the 10 kW Stubline unit (gh, DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 7230, June 10 at 0529 English news past 0530 about Africa including Libya, ``rise and shine in East Africa``, 0532 report from Luanda. Poor signal also with local T-storm noise, but I don`t usually hear anything here. It`s Channel Africa, now scheduled M-F only at 05-08. Then checked 7285 for Sonder Grense and it was stronger in Afrikaans. This correlates with both 100 kW from Meyerton, but azimuths 5 and 275 degrees respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN [non]. 17850, Friday June 17 at 2000 REE via Costa Rica with timesignal, UT+2 timecheck, and then open carrier until 2001:32*. No longer troubled by WYFR on the 17845 side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 15745, SLBC, English Bible thumping from Ed Bousman in Ohio, with ’good ole fashioned’ choir singing, and MANY MANY MANY repeats of the address in Lafayette Ohio to send for the ‘free offer’ Bible study. ID at 0330 and then into Pop music with OM DJ who had a THICK sub-continental accent, and including tunes like “Wake Up Little Susie” by the Everly Brothers, and “Save All your Kisses for Me (Brotherhood of Man) as well as several that were sort of familiar but not really. Pips and ID again at ToH and into OM talk (news?) but by this point too weak to really make out anything. Flirting with threshold noise the whole time really, 254+42 at best, but getting worse during the time I heard. 0326-0405 12/June --Zichi MI2 (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet June 17 via DXLD) ** SUDAN [and non]. 13620, June 10 at 0518, R. Dabanga singing ID with usual good signal via MADAGASCAR, but also with continuous tone jamming. Due to independent fading, and a subaudible heterodyne, it`s clear that the tone is coming from another transmitter, not the same one as someone suspected in the case of 11500 in the evening, where it went off at the same time as RD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SYRIA. 9330 4.6 2102 R Damascus (tent.) drog igång på EE två minuter efter schemat. Stark bärvåg, men undermodulerat till tusen och mer eller mindre oläsbart. 2. HR 9330, 4.6 2102, R Damascus (tentative) started up in English two minutes behind the schedule. Strong carrier but extremely under modulated and more ore less unreadable. 2. HR (Hans Östnell, Norway, SW Bulletin June 12, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [and non]. And re other things, I heard - thanks to a tip from Mark Davies - what might have been VL8T on 4910 around 2130 UT on the 8th, and went looking for it again same time on the 9th but heard nothing (nor on 4835 or 5025). But instead there was splash this time from XZDT Lhasa on 4905 at fair to good strength // strong 4920 in Tibetan. I thought 6025 also carried this service but will need to check this unlisted frequency again. 5240 if on air was blocked by ute. Their Chinese language service was also good on 4820 and better on 6050 (Noel R. Green (NW England), June 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. Re DXLD 11-23: Glenn, there is no excuse for the Voice of Turkey continuing to broadcast the wrong frequency details. I told them about this more than a month ago, and they replied with a QSL card (which I didn't request) and a printed schedule with the CORRECT details on it (Roger Tidy, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15450, VOT listened to between chex for LRA36, June 16, Thursday: 1251-1257, `The Middle East Through Turkey`s Window` about strained relations with Syria. Then podcast promo via http://www.trtenglish.com and Question of the Month I was finally able to copy, but quoting it here would only enable those who never listen to answer it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [and non]. 17780, June 12 at 1358, poor signal with B-B-C- chimes, prior to 1400-1430 BBCWS Hausa via ASCENSION. 17795, June 17 at 1950-1959:30* BBCWS with `From Our Own Correspondent`, report from Tunisia; poor but generally readable. This is one of countless broadcasts benefiting from WYFR`s drastic cutback [see USA!]; until today had been blocked by Okeechobee on 17795 from 1200 to 2145. BBC is on 17795 at 16-18, 55 degrees from Ascension, and 18-20, 180 degrees from Skelton (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Remember the announcement on WWV that they were planning on ending Solar Terrestrial Indices broadcasts? Apparently enough of us spoke and they have relented. They plan now to continue to broadcast the information indefinitely. See for details, or better yet, listen to WWV at :18 minutes past the hour for the announcement and REPORT it here in the TipSheet!) and don't forget to write them to say thank you -- especially if you commented to them before! (Ken Zichi, MARE Tipsheet June 17 via DXLD) Viz.: NOAA / Space Weather Prediction Center SWPC is no longer planning to discontinue the broadcast of its synoptic Geo-Alert products on the WWV and WWVH radio stations. SWPC plans to continue this service for the foreseeable future. Additionally, updates to the content of this product are underway as a result of the feedback process. For example, in addition to providing the current, daily solar flux at 2800 MHz, we are evaluating adding more frequent observations at 2695MHz. Other improvements to the message content will also be evaluated. Stay tuned to this site for the latest status on these updates. For additional comments or questions, please email us at swpc.wwv @ noaa.gov (via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/KUWAIT, 17530, R Sawa, via Kuwait (250 kW, 285 degrees), *1300-1458*, now also on SW daily in Arabic, heard since May 15. The programme consists typically of Arabic commentaries by a male announcer and lots of Arabic and English pop music mixed with occasional traditional Arabic songs. Clear IDs are regularly heard throughout the broadcast. At 1458 they close usually at the end of a song without any further comment or ID, 35444 (Michael Ford, Newcastle, United Kingdom, June 8, DSWCI DX Window June 15 via DXLD) Commentaries? The main, only? talk segments are newscasts lasting 4-5 minutes at :15 and :45 past the hours, rest music (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1568 monitoring: confirmed on 5050 WWRB, UT Friday June 10, but did not start until 0338 as the preceding preacher ran way over. Good modulation level and stayed on past 0405 for the conclusion. This has now become the most reliable SW signal for WOR. Brady Murray of WWCR has notified us that they are CANCELLING WORLD OF RADIO, after many years, as a result of my comments about Dr Gene Scott! WORLD OF RADIO has also been canceled on IRRS/NEXUS-IBA/IPAR, 7290 Saturdays at 1800, replaced by Brother Scare: see ITALY [and non]. WRMI 9955 and webcast airings: Friday 1430, Saturday 0800, 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730 and more into Wednesday. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Subject: video reception report Dear Glenn Hauser, thank you very much for your interesting DX show. I`m a DXer since 1984. I was 14 years old. Now I`m an old man with a little daughter and have small time to DXing. This morning (10th of June 2011) I received World of Radio relayed by WWRB on 5050 khz at 0358 UT with small signal. Sign off was 0410. You can watch a small clip of my reception on YouTube. Your information was about Radio Nederland, Radio Pakistan, Deutsche Welle, Wavescan and other more. http://youtu.be/ePzanm7z664 I`m very happy when I receive stations from all over the world. You can watch my collection of QSLs on my Facebook account "Ralf Cbdxer". I wish you all the best and all time good DX!!! kind regards, (Ralf Ladusch, Amalienstr. 7, 03044 Cottbus, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Ralf, Thanks for the clip. Very interesting to hear how I sound over there, but it seems it must have been difficult to understand, or did it really sound better than the clip would indicate? There seemed to be a fast flutter, like a subaudible heterodyne. I wonder if some other station was underneath on the frequency. Both China and India should have faded out by then, if they had been on the air at all. I can see you had it set on the AM mode. I have the same receiver. Best wishes, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Ralf replied that it did sound better than on the recording, as he was just putting mike to speaker (gh, DXLD) WOR Cancellations --- Hi Everyone, Now that IRRS has dropped WOR in favor of religious programming, I will no longer listen. And WWCR's excuse for cancellation, due to comments about (Dr) Gene Scott, is crazy! (We no longer have freedom of speech?) There's a reason why religious radio is called by some "Dollar a holler" radio. These stations operate under the guise of "spreading the Almighty's" gospel, when in reality, they only care about the "almighty dollar." They are the worst offenders, of the very message they are trying to spread! (David Sharp, NSW Australia, June 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Any chance George at WTWW would put WOR on Transmitter #2 when it goes on the air? (Tom Nyberg, IA, ibid.) We hope (gh) WRMI, 9955 and webcasts, has posted a new program schedule as of June 10, replacing the multiple airings of defunct `DX Partyline`, several with `Viva Miami`, also a quarter-hour, some rearranged for `Wavescan`; and WORLD OF RADIO winds up with two new airings, Saturdays at 1500, and Mondays at 1530. Harry Brooks in NE England has confirmed the new Saturday time. Note there are two more times on WRMI than the grid shows, as they are within WRN relay blox: Sat & Sun 1730 WORLD OF RADIO 1569 monitoring: first airing confirmed on WRMI webcast, Thursday June 16 at 2101. Then checked 9955 at 2118, and to my surprise also audible there poorly without jamming; or maybe masked by band noise. Other times on WRMI: Fri 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 1130, 1530, 2130, Tue 1530, Wed 1530, Thu 0330, 1500 for a total of fifteen chances. Thanks, Jeff! The most reliable time in most of North America will probably now be on WWRB, UT Friday 0330v on 5050. Thanks, Dave! WBCQ 7415 airing not until next Wednesday at 2130 (or 2115 or 2100). WWCR and IPAR have both canceled WORLD OF RADIO, which we explain at the beginning of 1569, plus some new DX info before repeating most of the content of 1568 which many listeners missed because of the abrupt removals from WWCR and IPAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1569 monitoring: June 17 at 2145 I get an e-mail from Allan Weiner of WBCQ: ``Hi Glenn, Sorry to hear what WWCR did. Not cool. Anyway, We have you scheduled Wednesdays 5:30-6 pm Eastern and Thursdays 5:30-6 pm Eastern on 7415. Hope that helps a bit. Allan``. And quickly confirmed on webcast, Thursday 2130 UT as well as Wednesday 2130. The Thursday broadcast should allow us to get the new edition on the air quickly. Thanks, Allan! WOR also confirmed on WWRB, 5050, UT Friday 0331. Thanks, Dave! All the times on WRMI: Fri 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 1130, 1530, 2130, Tue 1530, Wed 1530, Thu 0330, 1500, 2100 for a total of fifteen chances. Thanks, Jeff! Last weekend we were away and did not even attempt to monitor WWCR at the times formerly broadcasting WORLD OF RADIO; however, Friday June 17 at 2030 on 15825 we have been ``Unshackled``! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15825, June 10 at 1300 inbooming to S9+25 with sporadic-E help, again producing the dirty scratchy spur field extending from 15635 to 15725, peaking around 15665. 15635-15690, approx. extent of WWCR distorted spur field from // 15825, very strong with Es, June 16 at 1351 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12100, June 10 at 0520, WTWW, VG with Portuguese Bible reading starting a capítulo 22. At 0614 retune, heard English words with music ``512``, perhaps the tail of an ID which seem to run at odd times like this rather than hourtops, and onward with Bible in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 9330-CUSB, WBCQ continues missing for a few days, no signal June 10 at 0528 or 1255. I have not checked further in the daytime; could have been recurtailed to a few hours rather than 24/7, but if it is completely off, now`s our chance to hear SYRIA including English at 21-22. 9330-CUSB, WBCQ back on air after missing several days, at least at the times I had checked: June 12 at 0711, 1315, both with praise music, presumably still GFRN. Last week we found 9330 WBCQ missing for several days. John H Carver explains in the dxldyg: ``Friday night on Allan Weiner Worldwide he mentioned that he had left the station for a couple of days on an errand and while gone three transmitters had gone down and he had worked mostly nonstop till the day of his show repairing everything that had broken.`` However, 9330 missing again at 1336 check June 18. [however2, back on at 1545 check, also 15420-CUSB] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9369.902, FBN, WTJC, Morehead City, evangelical sermon heard at 1115 UT June 12. S=9+10dBm signal into Florida. And heavy same signal distribution in 31 mb range. Heavy spurious splatter signals noted also on 9321 to 9327, 9341 to 9357, as well as 9380 to 9399 kHz range (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. Cancelled transmissions of Your Family Radio: 1800-1900 7560 ERV 300 kW / 280 deg to WeEu Bulgarian, from June 1 1800-1900 7330 WER 100 kW / 105 deg to SEEu Romanian, from June 7 1800-1900 9600#ISS 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAf English#, from June 7 1800-1900 9925 WER 500 kW / 165 deg to SoAf English*, from June 7 1800-1900 11785 WER 500 kW / 168 deg to SoAf English+ from June 7 1900-2000 9505 NAU 500 kW / 170 deg to SoAf Kikongo, from June 7 1900-2000 9925 WER 500 kW / 150 deg to SoAf Kirundi, from June 7 1800-1900 9830 RMP 500 kW / 105 deg to SEEu English, from June 7 2000-2100 11690 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf English, from June 7 2100-2200 15285 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf Bambara, from June 7 1800-1900 5840 MEY 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAf Kituba, from June 7 1900-2000 9490 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Lingala, from June 7 1800-1900 9490 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf Kinyarwanda, from June 7 1700-1800 17785 ASC 250 kW / 102 deg to SoAf Shona, from June 7 1500-1600 12035 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Sinhala, from June 7 1200-1300 17515 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SEAs Khmer, from June 7 1200-1300 17545 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SEAs Lao, from June 7 # not Sesotho * not Xhosa-Zulu + not Setswana 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, June 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ? From June 7? I assume as usual this is ``official`` info rather than reality as surely most of these languages have been suspended since May 21 (gh, DXLD) > Cancelled txions of YFR Family Radio: > 1800-1900 9925 WER 500 kW 165 deg to SoAF English*, from June 7 Heard today, 10 June 2011, at 1851 UTC with the usual song loop they have been playing on all relay frequencies ever since the world ended, SINPO 55433, so not quite cancelled! However, 9925 was empty after 1900 UTC, so that hour has indeed been cancelled. Russian on 15600 (19-20 UTC), German on 15695 (20-21), and Polish on 18930 (20-21) are back with the regular programming, although I couldn't tell from the content whether it was produced pre- or post- rapture. But on FR's German website you can download all the June broadcasts as mp3, up to the one from tomorrow, while the message that the World will end on 21 May is still on there. 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, JRC NRD-525 + DX-10 PRO dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Today - the 10th - I found that language services had returned to frequencies that had been carrying only music and English. As heard from about 0635 UT --- 5985 was in Spanish // 9505 and 9715 7520 was playing mostly music with some English Bible readings // 11580 & 11530 7730 was playing music when tuned - but not // 7520 - and after music theme at 0645 had Italian // 9985. At 0700 Polish. 9355 and 9385 had French until 0700 when Italian was heard and now // 11580 (not sure about 11530 due QRM). 9985 after Italian this one had Portuguese at 0700. Frequencies 6875 and 9680 were traceable but not readable. (Noel R. Green (NW England), June 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) HAROLD CAMPING SUFFERS STROKE; SPEECH AFFECTED Christian Post, By Audrey Barrick, June 12, 2011 According to the Oakland Tribune, the Family Radio president was taken to the hospital Thursday night. As of Friday, Camping's neighbor told the Tribune that the 89-year-old preacher was doing OK. His speech, however, appears to be slurred... More here: http://www.christianpost.com/news/harold-camping-suffers-stroke-speech-affected-51102/ (via Mike Terry, June 12, dxldyg via DXLD) My own personal feeling about this is that I am really happy this happened to him. Really, it's too bad he didn't die. Maybe next time we'll be lucky enough to hear that he's dead from whatever health ailment happens next. Just my two cents (Dan Hensley, KC9NCF, `Shortwaveamerica`, Chicago IL, June 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Now now, I would not wish a stroke upon anyone. On the contrary, I wish him to live at least until October 21 in order to realize that he was wrong again. It also might give him time to beg forgiveness from all the people he misled, to put it mildly. (And pay them back monetarily? Ha.) (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Almost three weeks after the non-Rapture threw WYFR programming into chaos, mostly reverting to English instead of many other scheduled languages, June 10 some other tongues have begun to reappear, more or less where they were before: 0523, 9715 // 9505 in Spanish instead of // 9680 English. 0524, 9355 and 9385 Arabic, 9985 Spanish but not // 9715. 0605, 9985 Italian; 9355 and 9385 French 1307, 11970 French A number of minor languages on relays have been canceled, according to research by Ivo Ivanov. WYFR missing from all checked frequencies, June 13 at 0508: 9985, 9715, 9680, 9505, 9385, 9355; and at 0510 also gone from 7730, 7520, 6875, 5985, 5950, 5850. Power failure, major maintenance or the end of an era? That`s a total of 12 frequencies, but I read somewhere they have 14 transmitters now. Certainly not due to propagation as neighbor 9955 WRMI was audible under jamming with Jeff in Spanish. And no, the era resumes, as had WYFR at next check 1130 with 5985 in hymn; 1135 with 9755 in Matthew 28; 1141 with 9625 in English over CBC, etc., etc. BTW, Harold Camping had a stroke on June 9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A portent of things to go Please note the following changes effective at 1600 UT 17 June 2011 to the 27 March to 30 October 2011 High Frequency Schedule for Family Stations, Inc., WYFR. Freq (kHz) Time (UTC) Az(Degrees) Zone(s) Power Del 5850 0500-1000 181 11 50 Del 5950 0300-0900 285 10 100 Add 5950 0300-0700 285 10 100 Del 5950 0900-1300 55 4,5,9 100 Del 5950 2200-0300 355 4,5,9 100 Add 5950 0145-0300 355 4,5,9 100 Del 5985 0300-1200 355 4,5,9 100 Add 5985 0300-0400 355 4,5,9 100 Del 5985 1200-1300 315 2 100 Del 5985 2000-0300 181 11 50 Add 5985 2145-0300 181 11 100 Del 6085 1000-1945 181 11 100 Del 6175 0900-1100 160 15 100 Del 6875 0300-0500 181 11 50 Add 6875 0300-0345 181 11 100 Del 6875 0500-1200 315 2 100 Del 6915 2100-0100 160 16 100 Add 6915 2245-0100 160 16 100 Del 6985 2245-0445 355 4,5,9 100 Del 7520 0500-0600 222 11 100 Del 7520 0600-0800 44 27 100 Del 7730 0300-0500 160 16 100 Del 7730 0500-0800 44 27 100 Del 7730 1100-1400 222 12 100 Del 9355 0400-0800 44 27 100 Del 9355 1100-1200 160 15 100 Del 9385 0445-0900 87 46 100 Del 9505 0000-0445 315 2 100 Del 9505 0445-1000 222 11 100 Del 9550 0800-1200 160 14 100 Del 9605 0800-1100 142 13 100 Del 9605 1100-1400 222 12 100 Del 9625 0800-1300 140 13 100 Del 9680 0145-0800 315 2 100 Add 9680 0145-0300 315 2 100 Del 9715 0300-1200 285 10 50 Del 9755 0900-1145 285 10 100 Del 9985 0300-0500 160 16 100 Del 11530 2300-0300 160 14 100 Add 11530 2300-0200 160 14 100 Del 9985 0500-0800 44 27 100 Del 11530 0345-0900 87 46 100 Del 11580 0500-0800 44 28 100 Del 11670 1400-1600 222 11 100 Del 11740 2145-2400 315 2 100 Del 11770 0800-1100 142 13 100 Del 11830 1300-1700 315 2 100 Del 11835 0000-0300 285 10 50 Del 11855 2000-0200 222 11 100 Add 11855 0045-0145 222 11 100 Del 11855 0800-1200 160 16 100 Del 11865 1300-1700 315 2 100 Del 11910 1300-1700 355 4,5,9 100 Del 11970 0800-1600 151 15 100 Del 13615 1700-2200 315 2 100 Del 13690 1700-2200 355 4,5,9 100 Del 13695 1200-1700 355 4,5,9 100 Del 13800 1200-1600 160 14 100 Del 15130 1200-2400 285 10 50 Del 15255 2200-0500 151 15 100 Add 15255 2200-0300 151 15 100 Del 15600 1845-2300 44 27 100 Del 15695 2000-2200 44 27 100 Del 15770 1200-1600 160 16 100 Del 15770 1600-1700 44 27 100 Del 15770 2100-2245 87 46 100 Del 17555 1200-1600 160 14 100 Del 17555 1600-2000 44 28 100 Del 17725 1700-0200 140 13 100 Add 17725 2145-0200 140 13 100 Del 17750 1700-2045 44 27 100 Del 17795 1200-2145 285 10 100 Del 17845 1800-2245 87 46 100 Del 17885 1700-1800 87 46 100 Del 18930 1600-2200 44 27 100 Del 18980 1400-1600 142 15 100 Del 18980 1600-2145 44 28 100 Del 21525 1600-2100 87 46 100 Del 21670 1600-1845 44 27 100 (Evelyn Marcy, Okeechobee, June 17, tidied up by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Revised WYFR A-2011 schedule --- FREQUENCY SORT FREQ (KHZ) TIME (UTC) LANG AZ 5985 2200-0200 SPAN 181 5985 0200-0245 ENGL 181 6875 0300-0345 SPAN 181 6915 2300-0045 SPAN 160 7520 2200-2300 SPAN 142 7520 2300-0000 PORT 142 7520 0000-0045 ENGL 142 7570 0100-0200 SPAN 160 9385 0200-0400 SPAN 222 11530 2300-0100 SPAN 160 11530 0100-0200 PORT 160 11550 0100-0145 PORT 142 11580 2300-0000 ENGL 160 11580 0000-0100 PORT 160 11580 0100-0300 SPAN 160 11740 0200-0300 SPAN 222 11740 0300-0400 ENGL 222 11740 0400-0500 SPAN 222 11855 0100-0145 SPAN 222 15190 2200-0045 PORT 142 15255 2200-2300 SPAN 151 15255 2300-0000 ENGL 151 15255 0000-0100 FREN 151 15255 0100-0300 SPAN 151 15440 2200-0200 SPAN 285 17725 2200-2300 PORT 140 17725 0000-0100 PORT 140 17725 0100-0145 SPAN 140 Revised WYFR A-2011 Schedule TIME SORT [WYFR is now OFF THE AIR COMPLETELY between 0500 and 2200 UT! -- gh] TIME (UTC) LANG FREQ (KHZ) AZ 2200-2300 PORT 17725 140 2200-2300 SPAN 7520 142 2200-2300 SPAN 15255 151 2200-0045 PORT 15190 142 2200-0200 SPAN 5985 181 2200-0200 SPAN 15440 285 2300-0000 ENGL 11580 160 2300-0000 ENGL 15255 151 2300-0000 PORT 7520 142 2300-0045 SPAN 6915 160 2300-0100 SPAN 11530 160 0000-0045 ENGL 7520 142 0000-0100 FREN 15255 151 0000-0100 PORT 11580 160 0000-0100 PORT 17725 140 0100-0145 PORT 11550 142 0100-0145 SPAN 11855 222 0100-0145 SPAN 17725 140 0100-0200 PORT 11530 160 0100-0200 SPAN 7570 160 0100-0300 SPAN 11580 160 0100-0300 SPAN 15255 151 0200-0245 ENGL 5985 181 0200-0300 SPAN 11740 222 0200-0400 SPAN 9385 222 0300-0345 SPAN 6875 181 0300-0400 ENGL 11740 222 0400-0500 SPAN 11740 222 Revised WYFR A-2011 Schedule LANGUAGE SORT [but then, frequency order] LANG TIME (UTC) FREQ (KHZ) AZ ENGL 0200-0245 5985 181 ENGL 0000-0045 7520 142 ENGL 2300-0000 11580 160 ENGL 0300-0400 11740 222 ENGL 2300-0000 15255 151 FREN 0000-0100 15255 151 PORT 2300-0000 7520 142 PORT 0100-0200 11530 160 PORT 0100-0145 11550 142 PORT 0000-0100 11580 160 PORT 2200-0045 15190 142 PORT 2200-2300 17725 140 PORT 0000-0100 17725 140 SPAN 2200-0200 5985 181 SPAN 0300-0345 6875 181 SPAN 2300-0045 6915 160 SPAN 2200-2300 7520 142 SPAN 0100-0200 7570 160 SPAN 0200-0400 9385 222 SPAN 2300-0100 11530 160 SPAN 0100-0300 11580 160 SPAN 0200-0300 11740 222 SPAN 0400-0500 11740 222 SPAN 0100-0145 11855 222 SPAN 2200-2300 15255 151 SPAN 0100-0300 15255 151 SPAN 2200-0200 15440 285 SPAN 0100-0145 17725 140 (Evelyn Marcy, WYFR Okeechobee, June 17, tidied up by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Revised A-2011 Frequency Schedule for WYFR effective 1600 UT ON JUNE 17, 2011. [see analysis below] FREQ STRT STOP CIRAF ZONES POWR AZIMUTH ANT LANG 5950 0300 0700 10 YFR 100 285 804 EN,MNA,EN,SP 5950 0145 0300 4,5,9 YFR 100 355 804 EN 5985 0300 0400 4,5,9 YFR 100 355 805 MNA 5985 2145 0300 11 YFR 100 181 805 SPB,SPA,SPB,SPA,ENA 6875 0300-0345 11 YFR 100 181 804 SPB 6915 2245 0100 16 YFR 100 160 902 SPB,SPA 7520 2200 0100 15 YFR 100 142 902 SPA,POA,ENB 7570 0100 0300 16 YFR 100 160 902 SPB,SP 7570 0400 0500 11 YFR 100 222 805 SP 9385 0200 0400 11 YFR 100 222 804 SPA,SPB 9680 0145 0300 2 YFR 100 315 804 EN 11530 2300 0200 14 YFR 100 160 902 SPB,SPA,POA 11550 0100 0145 13 YFR 100 142 902 POA 11580 2245 0300 15 YFR 100 160 902 ENB,POB,SPB,SPA 11740 0200 0500 11 YFR 100 222 804 SPA,ENA,SPB 11855 0045 0145 11 YFR 100 222 804 SPB 15190 2200-0100 13 YFR 100 142 902 POB,POA,POB 15255 2200 0300 15 YFR 100 151 804 SPA,ENB,FRB,SPB,SPA 15440 2145-0300 10 YFR 100 285 804 SPA,SPB,SPA,SPB,Ct/Hk 17725 2145 0200 13 YFR 100 140 902 POB,SP,POA,SPA (Evelyn Marcy, WYFR Okeechobee, June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Analysis of above: Taiwan relays are included, but not in the first three WYFR-only sorts before this. The 05-07 period is for RTI only. Note that the two 50 kW units are no longer listed, all 100 kW. Hour- by-hour total transmitter usage: 2145-2200 3 = warmup only? 2200-2245 6 2245-2300 8 2300-2400 9 0000-0045 9 0045-0100 10 0100-0145 9 0145-0300 9 0300-0400 5 0400-0500 4 0500-0700 1 The A and B after EN, SP and PO must mean two different program streams per language. Ct/Hk = Cantonese/Hakka from RTI (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The SW bands are drastically different now, lacking WYFR on up to 5 or 6 frequencies each! Effective June 17, WYFR has cut back to 22-05 UT only on up to 9 frequencies at once (plus one until 0700 with RTI relay, 5950). Now all night, in the morning and most of the day, WYFR is nowhere to be heard. That opens many opportunities for other stations to glom onto needed frequencies, especially US outlets as the abandoned ones have already been `cleared` by FCC and HFCC. It also resolves many clashes about which nothing was ever done before; e.g., see UK 17795. 9625 no longer blocking CBCNQ. 11830 no longer colliding with Cuba after 1300, etc., etc., etc. We could still hear YFR via TAIWAN 11535 before 1300 June 18. The full new schedule has already been published and analyzed in the DXLD yahoogroup. Here`s the condensed version: [as just above] YFR has also made drastic reduxions in overseas relays, but quite a few remain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. Additional eliminated transmissions of Family Radio YFR Family Radio via MBR: 1800-1900 9635 WER 250 kW / 225 deg SoEu Spanish, cancelled June 14 1800-1900 7330 WER 100 kW / 105 deg SEEu Romanian, cancelled June 14 1800-1900 3975 WER 250 kW / non-dir SEEu English on air not Hungarian 1900-2000 3975 WER 250 kW / non-dir SEEu Serbian, cancelled June 14 YFR Family Radio via CIS txs: 1900-2000 9850 ARM 100 kW / 325 deg NWEu Swedish, cancelled June 14 2000-2100 9850 ARM 100 kW / 325 deg NWEu English, cancelled June 14 1800-1900 9615 ERV 300 kW / 305 deg WeEu Polish, cancelled June 14 1800-2000 9390 A-A 300 kW / 301 deg WeEu German, cancelled June 14 2000-2100 9390 A-A 300 kW / 301 deg WeEu French, cancelled June 14 1900-2000 6065 KCH 500 kW / 270 deg WeEu Italian, cancelled June 14 2000-2200 7540 A-A 300 kW / 301 deg WeEu English, cancelled June 14 1400-1500 9900 A-A 100 kW / 132 deg SoAs Nepali, cancelled June 13 1400-1500 12065 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg SoAs Urdu, on air 1500-1600 12065 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg SoAs Urdu, cancelled June 14 1500-1600 11655 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg SoAs English on air, not Marathi 1600-1700 9735 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg SoAs Punjabi, cancelled June 13 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, June 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WYFR Family Radio via MBR: 1700-1900 11600 WER 250 kW / 060 deg EaEu Russian, deleted 1900-2000 11840 NAU 500 kW / 205 deg WeAf French, deleted 1800-1900 9600 ISS 500 kW / 155 deg SoAf English, not Sesotho, deleted 1800-1900 11785 WER 500 kW / 168 deg SoAf English, not Setswana, deleted 1900-2000 9505 NAU 500 kW / 170 deg SoAf Kikongo, deleted 1900-2000 9925 WER 500 kW / 150 deg SoAf Kirundi, deleted 1700-1800 11760 WER 500 kW / 105 deg WeAs Kurdish, deleted 0100-0200 9830 GUF 250 kW / 306 deg CeAm Creole, deleted 0200-0300 6100 GUF 500 kW / 215 deg SoAm English, deleted 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, June 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WYFR Family Radio via CIS txs: 1000-1100 7245 K/A 100 kW / 178 deg EaAs Japanese, deleted 1000-1200 9450 IRK 250 kW / 110 deg EaAs English/Korean, deleted 1200-1300 5970 K/A 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Korean, deleted 1100-1200 9900 VLD 250 kW / 220 deg SEAs Illocano, deleted 1200-1300 9465 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg SEAs Cebuano, deleted 1200-1300 15490 NVS 250 kW / 155 deg SEAs Thai, deleted 1200-1400 9615 IRK 500 kW / 180 deg SEAs Indonesian, deleted 1200-1400 11895 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg SEAs Vietnamese, deleted 1400-1500 9615 IRK 500 kW / 180 deg SEAs in English, deleted 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 17535, June 16 at 1223 poor signal with fadeouts, OM English with accent I can`t place about Ephesians; 1227 YL joins in alternating, 1228 ending program as Adventist World Radio, addresses in India, ``we wish you good health and a happy home``; music fill until 1230, AWR, Voice of Hope IDs and IS, in English, French, another fading language, Italian? But 1231 in English introduces program in another language, listed Bengali; all due east from Wertachtal, GERMANY with 250 kW, per HFCC which also shows this colliding with Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at 1200-1400, 500 kW at 100 degrees, but no sign of that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. RADIO STATION SPLIT CREATES HOUSTON RECEPTION WOES http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7601591.html Houston Public Radio is getting static from listeners who can't pick up its new classical music station. Until last month, KUHF-FM broadcast a mix of news and classical music. That changed May 16 when it split into two stations, offering 24-hour news and information at the original 88.7-FM and 24/7 classical music at 91.7 (KUHA-FM.) The problem for some listeners is that the new station, which the University of Houston purchased from Rice University, operates at only 50,000 watts. The original 88.7 broadcasts at 100,000 watts. "The frequencies are set by the FCC and can't be changed," said Emily Binetti, the station's spokeswoman. "Technical factors, such as the strength of the signal and height and location of the antenna are all pre-set when you buy a station. We've been getting 15 to 20 calls a day since May 16, and we try to work with listeners, troubleshooting ways to improve their reception. There's no one solution because it's different in every case, depending on location and what kind of radio they're using." Binetti said the station is exploring ways to improve the 91.7 signal. One would involve installing a piece of equipment called a translator near the Texas Medical Center, which would boost the signal's power in the Bellaire, Meyerland and West University areas. For those who can't get the new station and choose not to listen through the Internet, where both stations are available at http://www.kuhf.org the simplest solution is to purchase an HD radio. In the digital format, the stations are available as 88.7 HD-1 (news) and 88.7 HD-2 (classical), with a third option, KUHF Global, at 88.7 HD-3. Portable HD radios cost between $50-$70, and HD car radios are about $90, a Best Buy saleswoman said. For assistance with reception problems, call KUHA at 713-743-0887. (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) One possible solution would be to flip the station formats so that the music, which needs to have a better s/n ratio, is on 88.7 (100kw at 1719' HAAT). The news/talk format on 91.7 (50kw at 492' HAAT) could then be operated in mono which would improve the s/n ratio in the receiver. Supposedly mono improves the s/n ratio by 6 dB. JL (Jerry Lenamon, Waco, ibid.) Jerry, I am not a radio engineer. I am a test engineer. I have heard this and believe it to be true but I defer to you radio engineers on this. Is it true that going from stereo to mono will just about double the range of your signal? (Kevin Redding, ibid.) Not really. Operating in stereo definitely adds a noise penalty, especially in areas with lots of multipath, and back in the days of home component tuners, some FM stations ran mono to better reach fringe listeners. But: you can overcome that noise penalty simply by switching off stereo at the receive end, too. Back in the day, that required listeners to manually flip the mono-stereo switch, if their receiver even had one. Today, though, most car radios nowadays auto-blend weak signals to mono anyway, so the end result for fringe-signal listeners is a mono signal even if the station is transmitting in stereo. In the case of the Houston stations, the 91.7 signal just isn't a full-market facility. It started out as a fairly low-power operation on the Rice U. campus, but was moved way north of town as part of an arrangement that moved in a new rimshot signal on 92.1 south of Houston. Even with 50,000 watts from the new facility, KTRU still couldn't cover the whole sprawling market, which is why they needed a translator on the Rice campus. 88.7 is the only full-market signal KUHF has, and they'd be crazy to flip it away from their primary format, which is news-talk. The classical is also on 88.7-HD2, and I'm pretty sure the KUHF folks are working hard to get radios into the hands of listeners who need them on the south side of the market. s (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) ** VATICAN. June 9 at 1555 noted Vatican R in Arabic on 14775. Faded out around 1558. Tuning up the band noted Vatican R in Swahili (presumably) on 14800 at 1600. Someone with latest scheds and calculator could tell us what are the basic frequencies for mix? 73, (Jari in Finland Savolainen, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Usual intermodulation formula mixture on two different service on same meterband from SMG Santa Maria de Galeria site, CVA VAT. VATICAN RADIO til Sept 4 15185 1550-1610 Armenian 250 89 a11-Sep.4 15185 1610-1638 Russian 250 67 a11-Sep.4 15570 1600-1615 ......7 Swahili 500 135 a11 15570 1600-1630 123456. Swahili 500 135 a11 15570 1615-1630 ......7 Somali 500 135 a11 15595 1600-1615 French 250 107 a11 15595 1615-1630 English 250 107 a11 15185 x 2 = 30370 minus 15595 ----- Arabic 14775 15595 x 2 = 31190 minus 15185 ----- Armenian 16005 15185 x 2 = 30370 minus 15570 ----- Swahili 14800 15570 x 2 = 31140 minus 15185 ----- Armenian 15955 vy73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Thank you Wolfie, Professor of Mixing Product Formulas. Respect (Jari Savolainen, ibid.) ** VENEZUELA [non]. Excuses, excuses, for no ``Aló, Presidente``. This week June 12 El Hugazo is recovering from surgery in Cuba; but when he did do a show last week on TV, RHC failed to SW relay it. Did not even bother to check frequencies this week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9805, June 10 at 0633, big open carrier with some hum. Probably Greenville-B tuning up for much later R. Martí broadcast from 0900; France in Hausa was scheduled here until 0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 15795, 1920 Brother Stair, 5/23 (Larry Russell, MI, MARE Tipsheet June 17 via DXLD) Is this WWCR or from AIA? EiBi lists this as WYFR but that can't be right -- can it? Bro Scare on Bro Camping's mouthpiece? It is POLITICS that makes strange bedfellows, not religion. Er... maybe I shouldn't go there! :) -kvz (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet June 17 via DXLD) Tsk2, people who don`t read DXLD or my almost-daily log reports: was WWRB on new frequency, but vanished after a few days and Dave still hasn`t told us what happened to it (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15930, 1920-1930, Jun 09, talk in Chinese, not // with CNR1 jammer, 44444 (Leonardo Bolli, Matelica, MC, Italy, DSWCI DX Window June 15 via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS See ITALY non; USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++ CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ DXING MAKES IT TO THE PCA Steven Greenyer’s eulogy to Tiwai (May DXT) reminds me of an opportunity I recently had to bring the demise of the fabled listening site to the attention of a conference audience in the USA. I was attending the (April, 2011) Popular Culture Association (PCA) convention in San Antonio, Texas and was both surprised and delighted to hear a young US academic [who???] speaking on the subject Disembodied Voices and Dislocated Signals: The World of Modern-Day DXing. The presenter was not a DXer himself, but was involved in Greek language ethnic radio in the USA and had received listening reports from DXers. This led him to an interest in the field and to undertake an academic overview of the hobby. His discourse was fascinating and I found myself nodding in agreement with most of his research findings. In terms of ‘what was DXing’, he indicated that both the amateur radio aspect of the hobby and shortwave/broadcast band listening could be included in the definition. On the subject of gender, he told us what we already know, namely that DXing is largely a male-oriented hobby, that 85% of ham radio operators are male and that an interest in the hobby is often passed down from father to son. He felt that we have a strong sense of community with a ‘rich set of traditions and social conventions’ and he rhetorically asked whether this was ‘a reflection of yearning to contact diverse groups of people outside our immediate environment’. We have ‘high levels of technical ingenuity’, but I wonder how many of us fit the ‘negative stereotype’ he gave of the hobby. Apparently, this paints us as being ‘anti-social, nerdy, dorky, geeky, largely white and middle-aged, overweight, etc.’ During the Q&A session after the presentation, I took to the floor and outed myself as a DXer, much to the delight of my academic friends and colleagues. I indicated that I fitted some of the ‘stereotypes’, but that he would have to ask my wife about the ‘anti-social’ aspect. I then told the conference of the demise of the famous Tiwai listening site. I recounted my own experience in having visited Tiwai (sadly, on only one occasion) and I also paid homage to the many top-class NZ DXers who had made so many loggings from the site. I mentioned the NZRDXL as being one of the few remaining DXing organizations still publishing regular magazines and I gave a brief overview of the proud history of our League (Martin Hadlow, Brisbane, Australia, June NZ DX Times via DXLD) Tiwai was a DX-pedition location which is no longer available (gh) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ RESTRUCTURING: RADAR COULD COME TO 60 [sic] METERS Amateur Radio Newsline™ Report 1765 – June 10 2011 The 60 meter ham radio allocation could come under threat from low frequency RADAR. The ARRL and Southgate news both report that the United States has submitted a National Telecommunications and Informational Agency developed plan that could see 5.250 to 5.450 MHz being co-allocated to High Frequency Radar systems. The NTIA proposals would see Radiolocation getting primary allocations that would include at 5.250 to 5.450 MHz as well as 14.350 to 14.990 MHz along with a number of others across the entire High Frequency spectrum. This would not only mean sharing or giving up 5 MHz, but it would also place wideband noise generating signals directly adjacent to the 20 meter band as well. While there is no international allocation to the Amateur Service in the 5.250 to 5.450 MHz band, the United States and a growing number of other nations world-wide have authorized at least limited amateur operations on a non-interference basis to this spectrum The full story is on-line at the ARRL website. You can get directly to it by using the shortcut of http://tinyurl.com/LFRADAR (Southgate, ARRL, others via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also NEW ZEALAND; PORTUGAL; SAUDI A ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SO WHERE ARE THE RADIOS? One of the most-asked questions about DRM is, “Where are the radios?” Michel Penneroux had the onerous task of explaining to NASB annual meeting participants why it has been so difficult to convince manufacturers to mass produce these receivers at a reasonable price. Michel was wearing three hats at this meeting: Chairman of the DRM's Commercial Committee, adviser to TDF (where he was formerly in charge of shortwave broadcasting) and head of his own company – Linamics Ltd. -- which is attempting to stimulate mass production of a low-cost DRM receiver. Michel explained that some of the reasons why it has taken so long to get low-cost mass-produced DRM receivers in the marketplace are the high performance needed to fully benefit from the DRM standard, the lack of necessary components until recently, and the absence of investment to speed the DRM receiver production process. But he said that “now the conditions are there, and on top of them the requests from important customers are rising. It has become urgent to answer these requests and to place the first order.” Michel said that the various players in the receiver industry need facts, such as the markets where investments are being made in DRM networks, official announcements of permanent DRM transmissions, decisions about the types of receivers to be produced (audio only, multimedia and/or car receivers), the price range, volumes, time schedule and firm commitments from purchasers. The most important markets for DRM's immediate future, in Michel's estimation, are Russia (needing a few hundred thousand receivers), India (probably big but no firm figures yet), South Africa and Iran (also a few hundred thousand receivers for each country). The next most important markets in the short term are Europe ( France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the U.K. and Belgium ), Canada and Brazil. In countries like Russia, Iran and South Africa, Michel revealed that retailers are ready to commit to purchase about 500,000 receivers over the next 12 months. The Linamics company, based in Hong Kong, hopes to place the first major order for the industry. Its objective is to centralize all orders in one place in order to produce a large enough order to get a manufacturer to produce the product, and to supervise the process as it moves along. The value of the first order would be 3.4 million U.S. dollars – enough to produce 170,000 receivers at a cost of US$20 each, with an estimated sale price of US$50 per radio. This would be an audio-only receiver, and the chip (IC) would have a cost of US$7 each. A second option would be for a receiver with multimedia capabilities. Option 1 would be a pocket-size receiver which would save energy by using headphones, like an iPod, with an anticipated delivery time of 15-18 months. If an initial order could be made by June 2011, for example, delivery could be made in time for Christmas sales in 2012. Michel outlined in detail the whole design, testing and production process. He said that the actual manufacturing of the 170,000 receivers would only take about one month. Option 2 would require several extra steps to produce a receiver with multimedia functionality. The chip for this one would cost about US$10 each, and the cost of the investment would be at least another US$500,000. Companies, radio stations or organizations which might be interested in investing in this project should contact Michel Penneroux at globalradios @ hotmail.com or by telephone at +336-8541- 1096 (Jeff White, June NASB Newsletter via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ WWV PROPAGATION INFO RESCUED: See U S A The geomagnetic field ranged from quiet to minor storm levels during the period. Activity on 06 June began at unsettled to active levels, with an isolated minor storm at high latitudes, due to the continued effects of a coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) and the arrival the 02 June CME. On 07 June, solar wind speeds, as measured by the ACE spacecraft, increased from 380 km/s to around 480 km/s, following a density spike. These characteristic appear to be the arrival of another CH HSS. From 07- 09 June, activity stayed at quiet to active levels with an isolated minor storm period from 08/0000-0300Z as effects of the CH HSS continued. On 10 June, quiet to unsettled levels were observed with an isolated minor storm period at high latitudes as measurements by the ACE spacecraft indicate the likely arrival of the CME from 07 June. Quiet to active levels were observed from 11-12 June, as a solar sector boundary crossing was observed, preceding another CH HSS. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 15 JUNE - 11 JULY 2011 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels with a slight chance for C-class flares during 15-20 June. Activity is expected to increase to low to moderate levels, with a slight chance for M-class flares during 22 June - 04 July, as old Region 1226 returns. Very low to low levels are expected for the remainder of the period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels from 15-18 June. Normal to moderate levels are expected from 19 - 22 June. An increase to high levels from 23 - 27 June is forecast. Normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder of the period. The geomagnetic field is expected to decrease to mostly quiet levels during 15-21 June. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels, with isolated active levels on 22 - 25 June, due to a CH HSS. Activity is expected to decrease to predominantly quiet levels from 26 June - 01 July. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels, with isolated active levels from 02 - 03 July, as another CH HSS becomes geoeffective. Activity is expected to decrease to predominantly quiet levels from 04 - 07 July. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels on 08-09 July as a CH HSS moves into a geoeffective position. Predominantly quiet levels are expected for the remainder of the period :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2011 Jun 14 1847 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2011-06-14 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2011 Jun 15 91 8 3 2011 Jun 16 93 5 2 2011 Jun 17 95 5 2 2011 Jun 18 95 5 2 2011 Jun 19 95 5 2 2011 Jun 20 95 5 2 2011 Jun 21 97 8 3 2011 Jun 22 97 8 3 2011 Jun 23 100 12 3 2011 Jun 24 105 15 3 2011 Jun 25 105 10 3 2011 Jun 26 105 5 2 2011 Jun 27 100 5 2 2011 Jun 28 100 5 2 2011 Jun 29 95 5 2 2011 Jun 30 95 5 2 2011 Jul 01 95 5 2 2011 Jul 02 95 8 3 2011 Jul 03 93 8 3 2011 Jul 04 90 5 2 2011 Jul 05 90 5 2 2011 Jul 06 88 5 2 2011 Jul 07 85 5 2 2011 Jul 08 85 7 2 2011 Jul 09 85 7 2 2011 Jul 10 88 5 2 2011 Jul 11 90 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DXLD) ###