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Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO [updated; currently 1370]: Wed 2200 WBCQ 7415 [first airing of each edition] Wed 2300 WBCQ 18910-CLSB or 17495-CLSB Thu 0600 WRMI 9955 Thu 1430 WRMI 7385 Thu 1500 KAIJ 9480 Fri 0630 WRMI 9955 Fri 1030 KAIJ 5755 Fri 1100 WRMI 9955 Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 [irregular; confirmed Aug 4] Sat 2130 WRMI 9955 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1500 WRMI 7385 Mon 0830 WRMI 9955 Tue 1030 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 7385 Wed 0730 WRMI 9955 WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL SCHEDULE: 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 For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL] http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** BAHRAIN. 6010 R. Bahrain. Pops 2050 tune-in, English DJ 2059, but messed up by China signing on at 2100. News in English to approx. 2105, when announcer Said ”this is the end of the live broadcast for today”, 16/7 (Craig Seager, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) 6010, R. Bahrain, Aug 07 1602-1614, 34333-33332, English, Talk and dance music, SJ [singing jingle] at 1604, ID at 1605 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD) ** BHUTAN. 6035, Bhutan BS, Thimpu. Audible in English under the strong Chinese signal, ID 1418, 17/7 (Craig Seager, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4732, Radio Universitaria, Cobija, Pando seems off the last few days; RTTY at 0100 on 6 Aug and 0045 7 August but no sign of Radio Universitaria and the same 1000 to 1100 on 6 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6105, R. Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista. Preacher 0537, fair & // 4824.95 & 9675. Uncommon here, particularly at such an early time, 19/7 (Craig Seager, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) ** BRAZIL [non]. Radioescutas e Dexistas, Anotem para sintonizar estes programas; neles será apresentada uma entrevista com o técnico em eletrônica Lenonas Keiteres o Leo, tendo como tema "como eliminar interferências e ruídos na recepção, utilizando o Cancelador de Ruídos de Luxo MFJ 1026. Contem esclarecimentos de grande proveito para os radioescutas e dexistas. Radio "CVC - A SUA VOZ" no programa "Radio DX" em 4 apresentações de 30 minutos: UT Sexta dia 10/08: 15410 kHz, as 12:30 Horário do Brasil [1530 Fri] Sábado dia 11/08: 15410 kHz, as 08:00 Horário do Brasil [1100 Sat] Sábado dia 12/08: 11745 kHz, as 23:00 Horário do Brasil [0200 Sun] Domingo dia 13/08: 11745 kHz, as 21:00 Horário do Brasil [0000 Mon] Radio HCJB de Quito Equador no programa "DX-HCJB" em 3 apresentações: Sábado próximo ou seguinte: 9745 kHz as 05:00 do Brasil [0800 Sat] 12020 kHz as 22:00 do Brasil [0100 Sun] Domingo próximo ou seguinte: 15295 kHz as 14:30 do Brasil [1730 Sun] Quarta próxima ou seguinte: 12020 kHz as 23:00 do Brasil [0200 Thu] QRV (Ulysses Galletti, Brasil, Aug 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. CHU, 7335, in the clear with no WHRI, Aug 10 at 0600 nor at 0853 recheck. 7335 remains on the WHRI website schedule as 0600-1100. Earlier dates, however, they were still on before 1100. Would those awake please check when WHRI is now opening on 7335 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CJLO Montreal will be launching to the AM airwaves toward the end of September as per their web site http://www.cjlo.com (Andy Reid, Ont., Aug 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WTFK? 1690, Viz.: (gh) CJLO Station Information Formed in 1998 as a merger between CRSG and CFLI, two former stations, CJLO is Concordia University's one and only radio station. CJLO is 100% non-profit, and is run entirely by volunteers. CJLO is located in the heart of the Loyola campus in NDG. From early 2003, CJLO has been streaming 7 days a week, and offering a wide variety of programming that truly encompasses the styles appreciated by all of Concordia's 30 000 students. CJLO also hosts events throughout the city to help promote and support the community and musicians. Our on-air personalities are the backbone of the station and there are over eighty DJ's spinning and partying for your listening pleasure. Whether you are interested in Hip-Hop, RPM, Rock, Alt, Punk, Metal, Jazz, Blues, World, or Country, CJLO has something for you, and is always looking for more on air talent. As it stands now, CJLO is broadcasting on the Internet. Our application for a licence from the CRTC to broadcast on the AM band has been approved. As such, we have started the process of building out tower and transmitter in order to start broadcasting in 2007. You'll be able to find us at 1690AM. So listen from home, http://www.cjlo.com or come on down to Loyola campus at CC-430 (right across from the G-Lounge) and hang out or get involved (CJLO via DXLD) ** CHAD. 7259, RNT, N'Djamena. Latest spot for them, very distorted but strong with hi-life music & French DJ 2140. No sign of Vanuatu. Had NA 2227-2229*, 16/7. Massive signal 0613 in vernaculars, possible after R. Algiers goes off at 0600. Distorted, 19/7 (Craig Seager, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) ** FRANCE [non]. RFI, 15160 G in French about Sénégal; just squeezed out an ID in passing Aug 10 at 1359 before cut off abruptly at 1359:30. Don`t recall noticing this transmission before, but it`s on the schedule as via RSA, as well as the English hour at 1600 on exactly the same beam favorable for us, spelt U-S: 15160 1200 1400 46SE,47SW,52 MEY 250 328 D French AFS RFI TDF 15160 1600 1700 37S,46,47W,52N MEY 250 328 D English AFS RFI TDF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GABON. Afropop music distraxion again heard on 17660, Aug 9 at 1440 check; but not detected 23 hours later with poorer propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GEORGIA. New classical music webcaster is Radio Muza, recently added to publicradiofan.com: http://www.radiomuza.ge/about.php Got a quick connexion to hi-quality 160 kbps stream, hmmm, axually from Netherlands, whence setup assistance came to Georgia`s First Lady, behind the project. The program info is not very detailed, but well worth a listen. Local time is UT +4. http://shoutcast.omroep.nl:8166/listen.pls (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. DW on shortwave Received a very nice reply from Ms. Adelheid Lucas of DW Customer Service to an inquiry I sent about the possibility of DW English being restored to WRN (World Radio Network)North America in order that DW be heard once again across NA via Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140. She said it was not possible at this time due to budgetary constraints, but she sent along this suggestion list of shortwave frequencies that have the best chance, in the opinion of DW engineers, of being heard in at least parts of NA (CIRAF zones 4, 7, 8): English: 0400-0457 UT on 7245 (Kigali relay); 0500-0530 on 9700 (Kigali); 0600-0630 on 15275 (Kigali); 0900-1000 on 17770 (Trincomalee); 2100-2200 on 11865 and 15205 (both Kigali, close down on 15205 at 2157). German: 0000-0200 on 9640 (Kigali); 0600-0800 on 17860 (Kigali); 1000-1155 on 17635 (Trincomalee); 1800-1955 on 15275 (Kigali); 2200- 2359 on 9545 (via UK) and 11865 (Kigali). And then, of course, there is the internet streaming option via http://dw-world.de (John Figliozzi, NY, Aug 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) Rwanda is certainly the best choice in many cases, especially when aimed at WAf, beyond which we reside in the same direxion; however 17 MHz in the middle of our night is very unlikely. Even more so Sri Lanka. How in the world did they get the idea transmissions such as these would be a viable option in any part of NAm? 17770 0900 1000 43,44,45S TRM 250 45 1234567 250307 190707 D ENGLISH 17635 1000 1155 44,45,49,50 TRM 250 60 1234567 250307 281007 D GERMAN Trincomalee is transpolar from NAm, so best altho unreliable results should be from transmissions aimed close to due north, and close to sunrise/sunset, but 17770 was 45 degrees and 17635 is 60 degrees. I say ``was`` because the 17770 transmission was canceled July 19, anyway! Why in the world would they pick 17635 Trinco at 1000 for German, when there is 5905 via Bonaire to CAm at the same time? It looks like they have at best a fuzzy understanding of basic SW propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GRENADA. Hi all, Am a DXer in South East Florida interested in long wave, medium wave and the 120 and 90 meter bands. 535 Grenada has not been heard here in many a moon; believe it is off the air, Can any one confirm? Best of 73s to all, (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Aug 9, ABDX via DXLD) Grenada is indeed on the air at 540 AM. Might be hard to get them over WFLF though. You can hear them at any time though at this URL http://www.klassicgrenada.com/ They play some excellent elevator music and I am not kidding you when I say it`s my favorite music. The only problem is that their feed has some nasty static on it as it`s probably not taken off the board but off an AM radio in the studio with its myriad of electronic components (Kevin Redding, Gilbert AZ, ibid.) Hi Kevin, Have them on now, many thanks. They were on 535 a year ago as had a few logs from here. A 540 move will place Orlando Florida in the way. Have them verified on old 980 frequency from the 1980's :-) 73s (Bob Wilkner, ibid.) Grenada should be 535. Is there a new station on 540? (Chris Black, ibid.) Grenada is on 540 and announces 540 on their webstream as well. They left 535 some years ago. They moved because all cars seem to have radios set for every 10 kHz and the people in cars could no longer tune 535. http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/institutional/frequencies.shtml Grenada Broadcasting Corp - 105.5 FM / 540 AM (Kevin Redding, ibid.) ** HAITI. Haïti – New stations: 930 Echo 2000, new ? 15, rue Alcius Charmant, Jacmel 1170 Radio Tropicale Internationale, Jérémie, new station 1200 La Voix de la Paix, ? Evêché de Port-de-Paix, Rue L'Hôpital, Port-de-Paix, new station 1280 Radio Transcaribbean International, ? 28, Cité James, Coicou, Jean Rabel, new station 1460 Voix du Nord, new ? Rue 20-A-B, Cap-Haïtien AM stations, not listed by CONATEL: 570 Vision 2000 590 R. Ti Moun 610 R. L'Eternel est Grand 630 R. de ODDS 690 V des Travailleurs 820 R. Tropicale 850 R. Pétionville 910 R. Kiskeya 960 R. Carillon 980 R. Tet Ansanm 990 R. Cacique 1120 R. Magic 1150 R. Caraïbes 1170 R. Soleil 1210 R. Plus 1240 R. Antilles Int. 1280 R. Métropole 1300 R. Vision Nouvelle 1360 R. Liberté 1380 R. Port-au-Prince 1430 R. MBC 1470 R. Lakenyel 1500 Haïti Flambeau Caraïbes 1560 La Voix de L'Espérance Most of these stations are now broadcasting on FM only (Christer Brunström, Arctic Radio Club Central American News Desk, Aug 2007, edited by Tore Larsson, via DXLD) ** HAWAII. Not much outside NAm was making it on 31m with summer daytime noise level, but Aug 10 at 1655 on 9930 heard spirited dialog in Chinese, SINPO 35333. Must be KWHR with Sound of Hope, which on M-F is scheduled until 1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HUNGARY. Un cordial saludo. En mensaje personal, Sergio Pérez, ex- conductor del Servicio en Español de Radio Budapest, me confirmó que efectivamente la emisora continúa sus transmisiones al exterior en idioma húngaro en 3975, tal como lo habían señalado los colegas brasileros Rudolf Grimm y Celio Romais. Asimismo me dijo que no pudo ser reubicado laboralmente dentro de la radio por lo que terminará sus funciones allí el próximo 30 de Setiembre (Hugo Longhi, Rosario, Argentina, via Arnaldo Slaen, Aug 9, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDIA. GOVT. MULLING ACTION AGAINST FMS RUNNING MINI NEWSCASTS Indiantelevision.com Team (8 August 2007 3:00 pm) http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/aug/aug101.php NEW DELHI: Though the government is so far ignoring some bits of public interest information being broadcast over FM radio stations, it might soon act against some channels that are giving mini newscasts. These channels could jeopardise further liberalisation of content, officials today told Indiantelevision.com. Clarifying also that Community FM Radio offers some complex political pitfalls, the officials said that it would overlook trivial information, whichever is relevant for the particular community, and the enablement clauses would hopefully act as deterrent. Officials talking informally admitted that CRSs (community radio stations) do stand a clear chance of being misused, especially in an Indian condition, where responsible use of a facility is less prominent unlike in some western cultures. One question posed to the officials is, what happens in a situation where a farming community take a radio station and where it goes by the government's very own goal of discussing developmental projects, but gives it a slant against this or that party, or uses it as a slur campaign, especially in politicised states like West Bengal and Kerala. Officials said that first of all, the enablement clauses say that a CRS must keep 90 days of recording available for checking any time, so once the community knows there is a checker round the corner, hopefully they would avoid stepping outside what is allowed. Officials admitted that there is no institutionalised monitoring mechanism in place for FM or CRSs, but if there are complaints, the department would send investigators and take surveys and interviews of local people on whether the misuse allegations were true. If found guilty, the licenses would be withdrawn, officials said. They admitted also that there are grey areas, but the official position is clear: there cannot be news broadcast on FM channels or CRS, and there is no proposal so far for news to be allowed in any form over private or community radio. "Some FM channels are giving information about rainfall or temperature or traffic jams, trivial issues, which strictly speaking violates the norms, because those are purely entertainment channels," an official said, asking to remain unnamed. That the government has not initiated action does not imply this is an official position, the officials clarified. These are merely tolerated as letting channels raise their revenue. However, it has come to the notice of the government that some radio stations are giving what they (channels) call one-minute news, which shall not be tolerated, officials affirmed (via Mukesh Kumar, DXLD) ** INDIA. All India Radio is looking for reception reports for 10330 kHz carrying Vividh Bharati Service (VBS) Programmes Schedule for 10330 kHz carrying Vividh Bharati Service : 0555-1005 IST 1430-1730 IST 1815-2310 IST AIR Vividh Bharati Service (VBS) programmes were recently shifted from 500 kW transmitter at Bangalore to 250 kW transmitter at HPT, AIR Khampur (Delhi). Reports are specially needed from upper northern & western parts of India from the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Maharashtra & Gujarat. Summary of reception/ monitoring report in SINPO or SIO code may please be forwarded to All India Radio, Spectrum Management & Synergy Division at the following email id: spectrum-manager @ air.org.in Regards, (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, dx_india via DXLD) I know they aren`t interested in reception in OK, but I have checked 10330 several times and heard nothing. Perhaps it was during the present breaks. UT sked would be: 0025-0435, 0900-1200, 1245-1740. Propagationally, this should be picking up as equinox approaches, but I expect the new site, power and antenna are much less favorable for us. I would still like to know exactly what azimuths they are using (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. ALL INDIA RADIO - INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL BROADCASTS All India Radio will broadcast a running commentary on the Flag Hoisting Ceremony to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0705-0810 hrs. IST (0135-0240 UT) on 15th August 2007 as per the details given below: 0705-0810 IST (0135-0240 UT) Hindi: 6030(Kingsway), 6155(Kingsway), 9595(Khampur), 11620(Khampur), 15135(Kingsway) 0705-0810 IST (0135-0240 UT) English: 4860(Kingsway), 9950 (Aligarh), 11830Kingsway), 13630(B'lore), 15050(Khampur) Note : a) Urdu service on 9595 & 11620 kHz will carry commentary in Hindi between 0135-0240 UT. b) Sindhi service on 5990 kHz between 0100-0200 UT would stand cancelled. c) Pushtu service on 9910 kHz between 0215-0300 UT would stand cancelled. d) Delhi regional program on 4860 kHz would carry English commentary at 0205-0240 UT e) Uttaranchal program on 6030 kHz between 0200-0230 UT would stand cancelled. f) Urdu service on 6155 kHz will carry commentary in Hindi between 0135-0240 UT. During the relay of commentary and News bulletins, the regional shortwave transmitters will operate on frequencies as per the time blocks given below. BHOPAL 0555-0645 IST (0025-0115 UT) 4810 0700-1018 IST (0130-0448 UT) 7180 CHENNAI 0545-0645 IST (0015-0115 UT) 4920 0700-0945 IST (0130-0415 UT) 7160 HYDERABAD 0550-0645 IST (0020-0115 UT) 4800 0700-1000 IST (0130-0430 UT) 7140 IMPHAL 0600-0645 IST (0030-0115 UT) 4775 0700-0930 IST (0130-0400 UT) 7150 KOLKATA 0555-0645 IST (0025-0115 UT) 4820 0700-0930 IST (0130-0400 UT) 7210 PORT BLAIR 0530-0645 IST (0000-0115 UT) 4760 0700-0930 IST (0130-0400 UT) 7115 SHIMLA 0555-0930 IST (0025-0400 UT) 6020 SRINAGAR 0555-1030 IST (0025-0500 UT) 6110 THIRUVANTHAPURAM 0550-0645 IST (0020-0115 UT) 5010 0700-0930 IST (0130-0400 UT) 7290 In case the commentary goes beyond 0240 UT, the News bulletins in Hindi/ English and all subsequent Regional News bulletins would be broadcast after the commentary is over. The sequence of News bulletins will, however, remain unchanged. The Hindi/English News bulletins between 0330-0340 UT and other centrally originated programmes normally available between 0340-0355 UT would stand cancelled. Reception reports on the above broadcast should be sent to : Spectrum Management & Synergy Division, DG, AIR, New Delhi by email at: spectrum-manager @ air.org.in Regards, (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, Aug 9, dx_india via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. New survey of Indo SW activity as of Julyend: http://wave.ap.teacup.com/n1hp/html/sw_070731.pdf (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Shuttle launch: here`s what was heard in Southern UK by PJM around midnight 8th/9th Aug shortly after launch. http://www.uhf-satcom.com/sounds/259700_080807pjm.wav (Phil Williams, G3YPQ, monitoringmonthly yg via DXLD) Chat room for shuttle launch --- For those of you with access to IRC (Internet Relay Chat), a number of us meet on channel #HEARSAT, and you're welcome to join us. This is usually from about 1 hour before the planned launch time, until about 30 minutes afterwards. With people all over Europe receiving signals from different stations, most frequencies are quickly reported when anything happens (Graham Tanner via Simon Kennedy, monitoringmonthly yg via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [non]. At the end of this year, Goonhilly`s use as a satellite Earth station will come to an end, although it will continue to serve as an undersea cable termination point. All of the dishes will be dismantled except for Arthur, which is Grade II listed. Now is almost certainly the best time to go and visit Goonhilly and take advantage of the tours before the dishes disappear. Official website: http://www.goonhilly.bt.com (Howard Long, from a 2-page article, Goonhilly Downs, Over and Out, info in orbit, Aug radiouser [UK] via DXLD) Grade II = national historic site? ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non]. Smashing. And nice. Four decades on, pirate radio returns to the North Sea BBC sets sail with former rivals Radio Caroline and Radio London Lee Glendinning, Friday August 10, 2007, The Guardian The teenagers trapping crabs on the Harwich shoreline were blissfully unaware of the rebellion breaking out in a rusty red lightship lolling on the horizon. Hearts filled with nostalgia, vinyl was reverently held aloft at 6 am yesterday as pirate radio began all over again. . . http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2145866,00.html (via Dale Rothert, DXLD) On BBC Pirate Essex ** IRELAND. RTE adds 1930 ET daily on WRN RTE Ireland now has an additional half-hour on the World Radio Network's (WRN) North American service, carried by Sirius Satellite Radio on channel 140. Already on the schedule daily at 0900-1000, 1400-1430 and 1700-1730 ET (1300, 1800 and 2100 UT), RTE can now also be heard for an additional half hour daily at 1930 ET (2330 UT). One of the finest English language public service radio networks in the world, RTE's new half hour will bring seven new domestic feature programs to a North American audience. Sundays will offer GAA sports results and Sunday Best; Mondays will offer various rotating series; Tuesday - This Week with Gerald Bailey; Wednesday - Outside the Box; Thursday - The Quantum Leap science series; Friday - Seascapes; Saturday - Off the Shelf with Andy Mahony. Full details about these and all RTE programs: http://www.rte.ie/radio Details about the full RTE schedule on WRN from http://www.wrn.org (John Figliozzi, NY, Aug 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND. RTÉ STARTS DRM TESTS ON LONGWAVE 252 KHZ Irish public broadcaster RTÉ has started testing DRM. Enda O’Kane writes: “DRM will be carried on RTÉ’s longwave 252 kHz transmitter. Nightly commencing 08/08/07 until 15/08/07 from 0100 to 0700 UT. In addition to above : Mon August 13th commencing 2100 ending 0800 on Tue Aug 14th Tue August 14th commencing 1400 ending 1400 on Wed Aug 15th These tests are to gauge public reaction to this technology and RTÉ regrets any inconvenience to listeners. After these tests RTÉ will review the results. It is important to stress that RTÉ has, as yet, no plans for a DRM launch (Source: Enda O’Kane via Brian Greene) Responses to “RTÉ starts DRM tests on longwave 252 kHz” Anthony Says: August 9th, 2007 at 10:53 e That will be interesting as it will give those who are so equipped to receive DRM a chance to hear it and experience it. John Adams Says: August 9th, 2007 at 13:00 e It will be tricky to hear the Monday broadcast in southern England due to high levels of interference from Radio Algeria on 252 at night time (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** ITALY. Glenn, according to my contact about broadcasts from Rai: ``No good news. 6110 kHz [Ascension relay] is switched off, and all our SW transmission will definitively be switched off probably in September`` (Roberto Landolpho, São Paulo - Brasil, Aug 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JORDAN. 11690, Radio Jordan, Al karanah. 1547-1558 14/7, rock music program, English ID: “Don’t touch that dial. 96.3 FM, Radio Jordan.” Fair signal in USB with RTTY on low side (Richard A. D’Angelo, Wyomissing, PA U.S.A., Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Lowe HF- 150, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) Unheard here for ages (gh, OK) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Open Radio for North Korea in Korean, additional transmission: 1530-1630 on 12135 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to KRE Furusato no Kaze / Wind of Hometown in Korean/Japanese, new 1600-1630 on 9780 TAI 250 kW / 045 deg to KRE 1700-1735 on 9820 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to KRE, ex 1700-1730 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Aug 9, via DXLD) ** LAOS [non]. Re 7-094: Dear Hmong Lao Radio, Altho I do not understand Hmong I have enjoyed listening to the music on your Saturday and Sunday morning broadcasts on WHRI 11785. Am I correct that these and the broadcasts via Taiwan on 15260 have now been canceled? Have they been replaced by shortwave broadcasts on other transmitters, and if so at what times on what frequencies? Thanks, (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO to HMR, Aug 8, via DXLD) This program has been canceled for good. Thank you for your interest. Radio Staff (Hmong Lao Radio office in Minnesota, Aug 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This stinks. It was a top notch program. 73/Liz (Cameron, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hmong World Christian Radio Hi Glenn! I heard Hmong World Christian Radio via WHRI on Friday Aug. 10th 0330-0359 UT on 5835 kHz with ID, announce of shortwave schedule with times in CST and frequencies in Megahertz and religious programme. That time slot correspond with their web page which lists Thur 1030-1100 p.m. for this broadcast, but it does not correspond with schedule on the WHRI web page which lists Thur 0300 UT. Before the Hmong World Christian Radio broadcast at Friday Aug. 10th 0301-0330 UT there was an other broadcast which I presume was in Hmong language too. They also announced a schedule with times in CST, but with frequencies in kilohertz. And this seemed to me a more political programme, as Human Rights and Secretary Robert Gates (?) were mentioned, and there was also a report about Iraq. 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, Aug 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) They do, however, have a website, if it`s the same service at http://www.h-lr.com/ (James Bernhardt, ibid.) Well, that is the old HLR website, but with new info now seemingly concentrating on the Christian issue. And they have two new ``broadcasts`` or audio files at least, dated Aug 7 and 9 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LATVIA. Relay this weekend via 9290 Sat August 11th Radio Six International 0700-0800 UT and parallel on 945 AM in Baltic. Sun August 12th Latvia Today 1900-2000 UT Good listening (Tom Taylor, Aug 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LESOTHO. Uma emissora que ouvi um bocado nos anos 1990 que é a Radio Lesotho em 4800 kHz, que saiu do ar em 2002; o transmissor espera até hoje peças de reposição. Escuta desta emissora em 12/08/95, as 0500 UT pode ser ouvida aqui: http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/eefibra/r.lesotho.0500utv.0895.mp3 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu-SP Brasil (23 33’ S, 46 51’ W), commenting on Anker Petersen`s tropbands article, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** LIBERIA [non]. Star Radio: see SIERRA LEONE [non] ** MALDIVE ISLANDS. GERMANY, 11965, Minivan R. via DTK, Aug 06, *1600- 1605, 25432, vernacular, 1600 sign on with R. Miami International's ID, 1600 IS, ID, talk. There was not CRI. 11965, Minivan R. via DTK, Aug 07, 1614-1632, 33433, vernacular, talk and music, ID at 1630, QRM from CRI on s/c [same channel?] (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 9599.26 XEYU, R. UNAM. Good & in the clear 0721 with orchestral music. Irregular of late, 16/7. Surprised to hear this as early as 0425, when discovered as a het on Bulgaria, but able to separate easily & yielding good strength with Spanish talks, 18/7 (Craig Seager, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) Desde las 1500 UT he venido captando a XEYU Radio UNAM en los 9600 kHz con baja señal y ruido de fondo (Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla, DF, Aug 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9599.23, Radio UNAM, Mexico City, 0550-0635+, August 10, Classical music. ID at 0605. Also heard at 0135-0205+ with Spanish talk and heard on 9599.28 at 2100-2140+ with classical music & talk. Fair level but audio slightly distorted. Must use ECSS-LSB to avoid various stations on 9600 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. El Sr. David R. Carrillo Blanco, de Radio Transcontinental de América XERTA nos dio una interesante conferencia sobre el trabajo de su emisora. Nos informó que subsisten gracias a aportaciones de fieles, que la emisora no pertenece en concreto a ninguna iglesia y que planean tener pronto un canal de TV en Internet. El transmisor, de acuerdo a lo que escuché, es un Crown-HCJB (?) adaptado para el trabajo misionero. Está en un pequeño terreno en el que no cabe adecuadamente la antena transmisora, en Cerro de La Montada, Coatepec, cerca del Cerro del Chiquihuite, que es el principal centro de antenas de transmisión de emisoras del DF. Nos habló de la sus proyectos como el aumento de potencia a 30 kw y el empleo del DRM para facilitar su retransmisión por emisoras de OM y FM ubicadas en todo el país, ya que nos manifestó que es muy costoso el uso del satélite para enviar el programa en vivo a las radios locales del interior del país. Por mi parte, le sugerí que empleara menos potencia en DRM y que aumentara su potencia actual trabajando con la actual modalidad de AM – solo lo hace con 415 vatios - y empleando una frecuencia más efectiva en el día, como por ejemplo en la banda de 25 metros, y otra distinta para la noche. También recibió sugerencias de otros diexistas: que solicitara a estudiantes prestantes de servicio social para laborar en la emisora, la presentación de un programa dx, revisión de la política QSL, etc. Sus respuestas fueron positivas. Nos pidió nuestra colaboración con participaciones al programa DX con mensajes de voz que podemos enviar vía telefónica o Internet, en mp3 por ejemplo. También informó que enviarán sus tarjetas QSL, pero lo harán de acuerdo a los recursos que dispongan. Aunque no lo establecen categóricamente, se entiende que necesitarán ayuda para pagar los costos de envío de la QSL. Inclusive nos dijo que harán lo siguiente: por cada 2 informes, una QSL; por cada 5 informes, una calcomanía; y por cada 10, un diploma. Tarjeta QSL de Radio XERTA [caption] La dirección de la emisora es: Radio Transcontinental de América S.A. de C.V. López 157-4 Col. Centro. México DF. Correo electrónico David Carrillo davidcar230 @ yahoo.com.mx Correo electrónico XERTA info @ xertaradio.com Tel. 55128853 11635979 27897629 Los programas interactivos son lunes a viernes a las 1000, sábado a las 1800, domingo a las 1700 horas, siempre UT. En el verano salen al aire una hora más temprano. Para charlar con ellos indican usar Yahoo! Messsenger añadiendo al usuario "estudioenlinea" para recibir la invitación correspondiente. En Internet, XERTA está en: Sitio con capacidad para mil usuarios http://www.xertaradio.com/ VIDEOAX. http://www.xertaradio.com/videoax Nos fuimos en el “metro”, y a las 17:10 horas [CDT?] llegamos a XERTA. Un pequeño local en un modesto edificio en una calle con basura, vendedores ambulantes y sin nada de particular, es la sede de esta emisora. La bienvenida fue cordial por quienes nos esperaban, vestidos modestamente pero con presencia agradable, en un saloncito acogedor. El grupo entrando a la emisora; con Raquel y Gabriela. [caption] La sala de recepción, administración, etc., es más pequeña que mi recámara. El estudio, más pequeño aún. Junto al estudio, al otro lado del vidrio, se acumulan trabajando una mezcladora, varias computadoras y otros instrumentos. En pequeños grupos vamos pasando. David Carrillo, el pastor Rubén Castañeda, Miguel Angel, Florentino, y enfrente Martín y Alejandro. El pastor Rubén firmando QSL [captions] Vista al estudio. Saliendo de la emisora: en primer plano Rafael Grajeda [captions] No hay presupuesto regular. Para la operación de la emisora por computadoras, no pueden comprar el software apropiado, es muy costoso, usan programas libres. Si usted no cree en los milagros, visite esta emisora, que está trabajando. A pesar de todo. Nos entregan, personalmente y de uno en uno, una tarjeta QSL. Nos permiten tomar video y fotografías (Miguel Ángel Rocha Gámez, from his report on the XIII Mexican DX Meeting, see CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES, via DXLD) Also have received an equally lengthy and illustrated diary of the meeting from another point of view, Iván López Alegría. Here`s the Aug 3 portion on visiting XERTA, also posted without pix at http://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/logsderadio/message/107 There are some minor differences, notably the axual power being 400 or 415 watts, and in the QSL policy (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) En la participación del pastor David Carrillo, nos dio un bosquejo de lo que actualmente es la XERTA y de los cambios que han venido haciendo en la misma. Entre los que podemos destacar el cambio de servidor en sus emisiones vía internet, la digitalización de los programas, la retransmisión del boletín los martes y jueves del radio club satélite del D.F. Nos comentó que su potencia nominal sigue en 1 kw (sólo 400 W máximo), según me confirmó después; que no pertenecen a una iglesia en concreto y que su subsistencia es gracias a las donaciones y de la aportación en concreto del pastor Rubén Castañeda que a su vez cumple las funciones de director general. Entre los planes futuros están el de abrir un canal de TV vía internet, mejorar la antena, aumento de potencia a 30 kw y la utilización del DRM para futuras trasmisiones y el inicio de un programa diexista para lo cual solicita la ayuda de todos para enviarles todo tipo de colaboración de preferencia en CD ó MP3. Incluso hizo mención de que ha recibido algunos comentarios negativos por parte de algunos diexistas como Pedro Sedano, Tomás Méndez, etc., a lo cual tuve al atrevimiento de decir que a pesar de no ser miembro de la AER (Asociación Española de Radioescuchas), sí conocía al buen amigo Pedro y que no era con mala intención, simplemente para corroborar su situación de confirmación. Y a pregunta expresa de su política de verificación, comentó que ya iniciarían con la verificación de informes con su “nueva” tarjeta QSL. Nos comentó que se propone el siguiente esquema: Por cada dos informes: tarjeta QSL; 5 informes: calcomanía; 10 informes: diploma y después de 6 meses un certificado de monitor. Así que valdría la pena empezar a sintonizar y enviar los informes de recepción. En fin, ponen a disposición varias vías de comunicación: http://www.xertaradio.com con capacidad para 1000 usuarios http://www.xertaradio.com/videoax Yahoo Messenger en programas interactivos a las 10 UTC de lunes a viernes, sábados a las 18 y domingos a las 17. Para Yahoo Messenger, añadir al usuario estudioenlinea para recibir la invitación correspondiente. Dirección postal: Calle López 157, Desp.- 4 col. Centro, Deleg. Cuahutémoc, México, D. F. c.p. 06070 Tel: 5512-8853, 1163-5979 y 2789-7629 Email: info @ xertaradio.com Muy completa la información del pastor David, la cual agradecimos y comprometimos a visitarlo por la tarde en la emisora. Por último se llevó una lista con los nombres de los asistentes para obsequiarnos su flamante nueva tarjeta QSL. Tampoco se comentó por parte del Pastor, si era necesario enviar algún donativo para recibir la tarjeta pero los asistentes comentamos que sería muy bueno que quien solicite dichas tarjetas incluya al menos los costos de correo: cupón de respuesta, dólares, estampillas sin usar, etc., con la finalidad de aliviar en algo la carga que este gasto representa para la emisora (Iván López Alegría, Nayarit, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. Good news about the nagging problem of illegal transmitter interference coming from radio station XLNC in Mexico, compromising KPFK's signal. Georgia announced that XLNC will be moving to a new frequency in the fall. (From a long story about rancor at KPFK, http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-kpfk7aug07,0,563632.story Los Angeles Times via DXLD) 90.7 --- that`s really XHLNC, Tijuana, supposedly only 1000 watts, per The Mexico FM Directory 2005, slogan XLNC-1, classical in English/Spanish, i.e. `excellency` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MICRONESIA. 4755, PMA, Micronesia. No sign at all of this, morning or evenings. Would suggest that we would have heard it during our stay at Tuckers Rocks if active, 19/7 (Craig Seager, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) PMA MICRONESIA SOON BACK ON 4755? From the Pacific Missionary Aviation (Micronesia) homepage http://www.pmapacific.org/ministries/radio/index.php ------- Our station has its official permit from the Department of Communications & Transportation, FSM National Government. Both FM and short-wave transmissions have been on the air for testing purposes during the months of February and March 2007. Since July 2007, the FM station is on the air permanently. The short- wave station will be broadcasting the same program. ------- So possibly also SW 4755 will soon be back. The logo on that page shows "The Cross" - maybe that name is used as an ID. Their current FM schedule seems to be 6 am - 12 pm local (1900-1300 UT). (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, Aug 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Web site is definitely different than when I checked a week ago or so. I can just imagine working thru the bureaucracy in Palikir to get such permission. They don't seem to be answering emails. I sent one a week or so ago, asking about their plans. With this new wrinkle, maybe I'll call them and start checking a bit more at 4755. I doubt if they know what is going to hit them once they get on the air regularly. They really should work with someone to set up a QSL bureau or something. The plane from Hawaii arrives three times a week --- they'll probably be getting their own mail sack! I see from their location in Kolonia that they are the north side of the island, good for lots of would be listeners. To the south is Mt. Nahna Laud, the highest point on Pohnpei, at 798 meters. Incidentally, Pohnpei is the home of the municipality having the shortest name of anywhere on earth: U (David Norcross, HI, August 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Ground conductivity is not directly determined by wetness but rather by the materials in the soil. Water helps dissolve conductive minerals and improve ground conductivity, but if there are no minerals to produce ions to provide conductivity then all the water in the world won't help. That's why the best ground conductivity in the US is in Midwest areas like Oklahoma (30 mhos per meter) which are not wet areas at all, while wet areas like Washington's Olympic peninsula have very poor ground conductivity (2 mhos per meter). (Chuck Hutton, IRCA via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. KGOU NOW BROADCASTING AROUND THE CLOCK KGOU will soon be broadcasting 24 hours a day, realizing another dream that we've held for some time. During the longer broadcast day, we'll be offering more news and information, some new music-related programs on the weekends, and 24-hour access to emergency information. KGOU Available 24/7 --- We're taking this step without any additional staff, and without spending any more in programming costs. Although we realize that most of our listeners won't even be awake during the overnight hours, much less listening to the radio, there is one very compelling reason to broadcast around the clock. KGOU has recently become Oklahoma's designated station to begin the process of alerting the public in the event of a national emergency. And in order to provide that level of public service, our signal needs to be available at any time. We'll extend the broadcast day with an extra hour of music programming from 12 to 1 a.m., and then from 1 to 5 a.m., KGOU will air programs from the BBC World Service. You can see our updated program schedule here. Now, no matter when you tune in, even in the middle of the night, KGOU will be there to keep you entertained and informed. . . http://www.kgou.org/newsletter_aug07.php (KGOU August newsletter, via DXLD) 106.3 & KROU 105.7, both of which are low-power with coverage issues even in The Metro (gh, DXLD) ** OMAN. 15140, R. Sultanate of Oman, Aug 07, 1411-1437, 35433-25422, English, Non stop music, gong and ID at 1430, 1430 News (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD) Seldom reported lately. I think this transmission is quite irregular (gh, DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. Regarding the proposed new megawatt transmitters in Pakistan: Since both locations are not far from the eastern border it is possible that these two transmitters are primarily intended for transmissions to India. At least the Umerkot (also known as Umarkot, in Sindh province) project seems to be entirely new. An upgrade at Lahore to 500 kW has been on the wish list before. Instead of Umarkot the old wish list contained a 1000 kW transmitter at Gwadar (Balochistan) for transmissions to the Gulf area (Olle Alm, Sweden, Aug 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Vanimo is on the air again, 3205 heard well at 1130. Also a good signal from Radio Central, 3290 (Chris Hambly, Victoria, August 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3205, R. Sundaun, Vanimo. Very good in English 1140 on 7/7 (Gavin Hellyer, Ararat Vic, Yaesu FRG-8800, 30 & 80m longwires, FRT-7700 ATU, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) Reactivated for elections, Pidgin 1130 on 27/7 (Chris Hambly, Box Hill Vic, Icom R75, Dipole, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) Update of election results in English 0959, 19/7 (Phil Ireland, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) Running late with election coverage, 1425, as was 3260, 3290, 3325, 3335, 3365, 17/7 (Craig Seager, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) 3290, R. Central, Boroko. Reactivated, 2000 on 28/7 (Chris Hambly, Box Hill Vic, Icom R75, Dipole, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) News in English, ID 1006, 19/7 (Phil Ireland, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) 3335, R. East Sepik, Wewak. Election results roundup 1015, 19/7 (Phil Ireland, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) Listed as inactive in WRTH, but is in fact back on, Pidgin news 0824. Other PNG stations active this night: 3220, 3260, 3275, 3290, 3305, 3355, 3365, 3385, 3905. Inactive: 2410, 3235, 3245, 3315, 3325, 3345, 3375, 3395, 4890, 9675, 19/7 (Craig Seager, Tuckers Rocks, near Urunga NSW DXpedition, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) 9675, NBC, Port Moresby (tentative). Heard 27/7 at 1125-1130 Pidgin announcements and English pop songs, good level. Maybe PNG testing or on again, gave this no thought when Chris Hambly from Melbourne heard this at 2030 (next morning in Eastern Australia), at again good level. Must now keep a listening watch this frequency! (John Wright, Peakhurst NSW, EWE antennae, Icom R75, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) In Pidgin at sign-on 1930, reactivated, deteriorated after 2000, 28/7 (Chris Hambly, Box Hill Vic, Icom R75, Dipole, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) ** PORTUGAL. Have others had trouble sending e-mail reception reports to this address (for Radio Portugal International)? rdpinternacional@rdp.pt All I get is "no such user" or "user unknown". My browsers (Netscape, MS Internet Explorer) "time out" waiting for a web connection, at http://www.rdp.pt These addresses were found on page 464 of my 2007 WRTH. Maybe they are incorrect? I have six loggings that I would like to report to them! Thanks! -- (Dave Askine, Aug 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) They changed their URL within the last year so also their addresses. This was covered in DXLD at the time. http://tv.rtp.pt/EPG/radio/epg-dia.php?canal=5&ac=d&sem=e They have a contacto link (Glenn to Dave, via DXLD) Ah! Many thanks! I have updated my links in their loggings. Now I can send them reports! (Dave Askine, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. Monitoring report about the Far East Russian Radio stations http://russiandx.blogspot.com (via Mauno Ritola, Finland, Aug 10, opendx yg via DXLD) Very little SW there, lots of VHF, LW, MW, satellite; by Hidetoshi Takashima, Sapporo. Another one framed in Portuguese (gh, DXLD) ** SHETLAND ISLANDS. Whilst there, you will be able to tune into BBC Radio Shetland but if you can`t make the trip, you can always listen online instead at http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/programmes/shetlands& You have to be on the ball to listen live though, because there is just one 30-minute show each Friday at 1730 BST [1630 UT in summer]. Good Evening Shetland contains local news and weather, diary, jobspot, the fish report and `Clear da Air` (Chris Brand, radio websites, Aug radiouser via DXLD) Don`t see anything about Shetlands there (gh) ** SIERRA LEONE [non]. Hi Glenn, CTN was heard with very good strength and audibility at 0745 on the new frequency [13760], so I am pretty sure that you are quite correct. The transmitter site is probably not Africa, but Europe, I believe. I didn't read your DXLD before this time, so I didn't check Star Radio or the program start of CTN at 0730. 73 from (Björn Fransson, the island of Gotland, Sweden, Aug 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Some VT Communications changes: Star Radio to Liberia / Cotton Tree News to Sierra Leone in English 0700-0800 NF 13760*RMP 500 kW / 189 deg to CeAf, ex 9525 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg * co-ch Voice of Korea in Russian (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Aug 9, via DXLD) Hi Glenn, Anne Bennett seems to have been misinformed about the transmitter site. So Glenn, you are proved to be correct. Rampisham it is, not Meyerton. Thank you for your observations (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I haven't heard either of these so it seems unlikely that they are from Sentech, Meyerton, South Africa as this site is booked up, with few spare transmitters available (David Pringle-Wood, Zimbabwe, ibid.) E-mail from CTN: ----- Original Message ----- From: abennett @ hirondelle.org To: Ron Howard Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 8:54 AM Subject: Re: Greetings from California, USA Dear Mr. Howard, Thank you for this valuable information. I sent a mail to VT communications. Indeed the broadcast is coming out from the UK. The samples I have for the sub region are quite good, and that is really the extent of their concern. I do hope that you will be able to pick the signal up again on the West Coast. Do keep us posted. Best wishes, Anne Bennett - Coordinateur de Projet Sierra Leone, Fondation Hirondelle, Mount Aureol, Freetown, Sierra Leone (via Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. One of the strangest voices on the bands – and one easily heard --- is that of Brother Stair on his Overcomer Ministry station. The frequency of 6110 via Juelich in Germany is still pumping out his eccentric messages. He recently proclaimed that the Lord spoke to him whilst he was in Boston [MA, presumably] and told him that the city will be the first `to go up`. By this he meant blown up rather than the first city on the stairway to heaven. He stated that there are six other American cities that are likely targets: Houston [TX, presumably], Las Vegas [NV, presumably], Los Ángeles, Miami [FL, presumably], New York and Washington DC. Born in Pennsylvania in 1933, he has broadcast out of Walterboro in SC for many years. Listen out for his on-air rallying call of ``This is the Voice of the Last Day Prophet of God. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Jesus Christ is coming in your lifetime! This is the last generation! Prepare to meet your God! Maranatha.`` (which means `Our Lord is come` in Aramaic) (Chris Brand, LM&S Broadcast matters, Aug radiouser via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. HISTORIAS DE RADIO PARA EL SABADO Bienvenidos a "Historias de Radio", un programa donde el pasado y el presente de la radio se dan la mano. Una idea y producción de Daniel Camporini. Realizado, íntegramente, en el estudio de diexismo y comunicación, Munro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. En "Historias de Radio" del sábado 11 de agosto 2007, vamos a tener la oportunidad de conocer la historia de la radiodifusión en Ceilán, actual Sri Lanka. La República Democrática Socialista de Sri Lanka, es un país insular ubicado al sureste de India en Asia. Hasta 1972 era llamado Ceilán, originalmente conocido como Heladiva está habitada con más de veinte millones de personas. La primera transmisión experimental se realizó el 22 de febrero de 1924, desde los equipos de la planta radiotelegráfica de Colombo, y de acuerdo a algunas fuentes, el 27 de junio de ese mismo año se inaugura oficialmente las transmisiones de la primera emisora de radio en el sudeste de Asia. Otros apuntan, que en realidad, la inauguración oficial se realizó el 16 de diciembre de 1925. A las 15:30 horas del 27 de Junio se irradió un programa de música grabada, colocando el micrófono delante de la bocina de un gramófono... Esta y otras historias sobre la radio puede conocer en este estupendo programa que se irradia todos los sábados, no se lo pierda, excelentes e históricas grabaciones de emisoras ya desaparecidas le esperan, una joya para el coleccionismo diexista. Si quiere estar informado sobre la historia de la radiodifusión mundial, este es su programa, no se pierdan cada sábado este fenomenal espacio. Para cualquier comentario sobre el programa se pueden dirigir a: diexismoarg @ yahoo.com.ar Pueden escucharlo, a partir del sábado, en su página: http://es.geocities.com/programas_dx/historiasderadio.htm También en Programas DX: http://es.geocities.com/programasdx/ Cordiales 73 (José Bueno, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKISTAN. 7245, Voice of Tajik, Dushanbe. This is the ID 1700- 1758 in English, at 1758 ID "Avozi i Tachik" (approx). Not 1730-1800 as was announced, but 0900-1000 is true on same 7245 and // MW 1143, 17/7 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001, Longwire, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) ** TURKEY. Re 7-093, VOT`s new program schedule. I made a point of monitoring the Thursday Aug 9 1830 broadcast via webcast, to see if as implied in the folder, Live from Turkey is now repeated from the 1230 transmission, since no other programs are shown for either version of the Thursday schedules. No: at 1847, Eurasia, a 7-minute talk about Dagestan this fortnight, to return in two weeks. Eurasia is not mentioned at all on the current schedule. After a Turkish music break, Letterbox appeared at 1859-1914. That`s supposed to be on the Wednesday broadcasts only. It was mentioned that there were no winning essay contest entries submitted to the English desk this year, but the announcer read a losing entry that she liked. A listener in Australia suggested that the 1230/1330 English broadcast be moved earlier than local midnight, but she doubted this was possible since English has to be integrated with all the other languages. Well, as we pointed out before, there is an English program at 0800 which is on internet and satellite only, so they could put that one on SW if they have transmitter availability. Then more Turkish music for the rest of the transmission. BTW, the music was MUCH louder than the spoken parts of the webcast. Presumably the same things are played back on the 2030, 2200 and 0300 broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U A E. Re: [dxld] Asianet Radio, UAE moves to 1539 kHz I had Arab music on 1539 at my sunset (21 UT) here in Rio de Janeiro. I thought about a late Djibouti transmission, as Aap ki Duniya does not carry that kind of music. Apart from strong local QRM, signal was fair. Is Asianet supposed to transmit in Arabic? (Rocco Cotroneo, Brasil, Aug 9, MWC via DXLD) Iran is also rather strong on this frequency. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Aug 10, ibid.) Dear Friends, Here is info on latest changes of MW stations in UAE. Radio Asia, Ras Al Khaima, UAE noted on 1269 kHz (ex 1557 kHz) early this morning at 2344 UT (5.14 am local time) with Malayalam Film songs. 1539 kHz is shared by Asianet Radio and VOA Urdu. Asianet Radio is on at 6.00 am to 7.00 pm as per scrolling message on Asianet TV; earlier they were 24 hrs on 648 kHz. This is followed by VOA Urdu. The Asianet Radio web page is not updated and still shows as 648 kHz. I personally have not heard them on new frequency due to AIR Panaji also on same frequency but another friend has heard it. By the way, Malayalam which is the language used on Asianet Radio and Radio Asia is my mother tongue. It is spoken in the Kerala state, South India. There are lot of expatriates from Kerala in the Middle East (Jose Jacob, Hyderabad, India, Aug 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Most common search & rescue frequencies on HF USB: 5680 and 3023 for RCC to ships and/or aircraft at scene of search; 8364 for intercommunication between survival craft, aircraft and ships. 5680 was especially active during the recent floods (Bill Robertson, Scanning Scene, August Radiouser via DXLD) What`s RCC? ** U K. Informacion acerca de la BBC para Centroamérica --- Hola Glen[n], Te escribo este correo para agradecerte la información que me adjuntaste acerca de las transmisiones de la BBC para Centroam’erica. Es una lástima no poder escuchar la BBC por las noches; tendre que hacerlo por las mañanas. No parece lógico ese esquema de transmisiones ya que a esa hora en la zona de Centroamérica nos encontramos aún durmiendo. Pero vale el sacrificio escuchar de vez en cuando la BBC por las madrugadas. Pienso escribir una nota al embajador de Ingleterra en Costa Rica para manifestarle mi inquietud (Jesús Chinchilla, July 19, via DXLD) ** U K. Re 7-094: I have to admit my listening to WS is at an all time low for the last 30 years, but I don't think Big Ben has been used for a long time on WS (Mr. Sandy Finlayson, Director of Library Services & Professor of Theological Bibliography, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA, 'Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library' Sir Winston Churchill, swprograms via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. CZECH REP. (non) Updated summer A-07 of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: ARABIC 0100-0600 1593 R Free IRQ 1400-1530 1593 2000-2200 1593 AVARI 0300-0320 7105 17510 1500-1520 11810 15565 BELORUSSIAN 0300-0500 612 7155 9635 1500-1700 612 9725 15215 1700-1900 612 7115 15215 1900-2100 612 7115 9750 CHECHEN 0320-0340 7105 17510 1520-1540 11810 15565 CHERKASSI 0340-0400 7105 17510 1540-1600 11810 15565 DARI 0330-0430 1296 15615 15690 17670 R Free AFG 0530-0630 1296 15615 17670 17815 0730-0830 1296 15615 17685 17815 0930-1030 1296 15090 17685 17815 1130-1230 1296 15090 15690 17685 1330-1430 1296 11550 15090 KAZAKH 0000-0100 5945 7200 0200-0400 9615 15250 1200-1300 11520 15120 1400-1600 7170 9815 PASHTO 0230-0330 1296 12140 15690 17670 R Free AFG 0430-0530 1296 15615 17670 17815 0630-0730 1296 15615 17685 17815 0830-0930 1296 15615 17685 17815 1030-1130 1296 15090 15690 17685 1230-1330 1296 11550 15090 15690 PERSIAN 0030-0200 1575 7295 9805 9865 Radio Farda 0200-0330 1575 9510 9805 9865 0330-0400 1575 5860 9805 9865 0400-0530 1575 5860 9865 15255 0530-0600 1575 9865 15255 15690 0600-0800 1575 15290 15690 17845 0800-1000 1575 15690 17845 21715 1000-1200 1575 7125 15690 21715 1200-1400 1575 7125 15690 17755 1400-1500 1575 15170 17510 17755 1500-1600 1575 15410 17510 17755 1600-1700 1575 15165 15410 17510 1700-1900 1575 7105 7580 9770 1900-1930 1575 7105 7580 9505 1930-2130 1575 5830 7580 9505 2130-0030 1575 ROMANIAN 0400-0430 7235 Mon-Fri 1500-1530 15380 1600-1630 11975 Mon-Fri 1800-1900 11985 Mon-Fri RUSSIAN 0300-0400 6105 7175 7220 15470 0400-0500 6105 7220 9520 9760 0500-0600 9520 9760 11865 17560 0600-0700 9520 9760 11815 17560 0700-0800 11700 11815 15535 17730 0800-1000 11700 15535 17730 1000-1100 11700 15130 17730 21530 1100-1200 11700 15130 17730 21530 1200-1300 11700 15130 15565 17730 1400-1500 11725 11875 12080 15130 15565 1500-1600 11625 11725 11865 15130 15170 1600-1700 7215 9445 9520 9565 1900-2000 7220 9465 9585 2000-2100 7285 9465 TAJIK 0100-0200 9760 13760 0200-0400 9760 15525 1400-1500 9790 11895 1500-1600 9790 11975 1600-1700 7190 9790 TATAR 0300-0400 7115 7185 0500-0600 11990 1500-1600 11875 11985 1900-2000 9805 TURKMEN 0200-0300 864 9555 15460 0300-0400 9555 15460 1400-1530 15255 15460 1530-1600 864 15255 15460 1600-1700 11895 13815 1700-1800 9700 11895 UZBEK 0200-0300 12110 15120 15145 0300-0400 12110 15145 17770 1300-1400 1143 1400-1500 11715 13755 15145 1600-1700 7555 9595 12150 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Aug 9, via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Frequency changes for Voice of America: 1045-1100 NF 17565 IRA 250 kW / 316 deg, ex 21590 in Turkish Mon-Fri 1200-1300 NF 12075 TIN 250 kW / 272 deg, ex 11860 in English 1500-1530 NF 9695 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg, ex 9700 in Uzbek 1500-1530 NF 11595 IRA 250 kW / 348 deg, ex 11590 in Uzbek 1530-1630 on 6040 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg, addit. txion Persian 1530-1630 on 11780 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg, addit. txion Persian 1530-1600 on 11520 IRA 250 kW / 299 deg, addit. txion Persian 1600-1630 on 11520 LAM 100 kW / 104 deg, addit. txion Persian 1600-1630 NF 11530 IRA 250 kW / 271 deg, ex 11675 in Somali Mon-Fri 1630-1700 on 11530 MOR 250 kW / 108 deg, addit. txion Somali Mon-Fri 1700-1730 NF 11530 IRA 250 kW / 275 deg, ex 11675 in Somali Mon-Fri 1730-1800 on 11530 IRA 250 kW / 271 deg, addit. txion Somali Mon-Fri 1600-1700 NF 7215 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg, ex 7340 Russian (R Liberty) 1700-1800 NF 7215 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg, ex 7340 in Russian 1700-1900 NF 6110 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg, ex 6105 in Russian 2030-2100 on 4940 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg, ex Sat/Sun English [now D.?] (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Aug 9, via DXLD) ** U S A. In case you haven`t noticed, the August MONITORING TIMES cover story plus 4.5 pages inside with several more color photos, is about WRNO Worldwide, and its possible return to SW by yearend? Author Dan Brown originally offered it to PopComm, but for some reason they weren`t very interested, so we steered him to MT. Quite a tale of how Joe Costello ran the station into the ground because he wouldn`t spend what was necessary to keep it in good operating condition. WRNO was the first SW outlet for our WORLD OF RADIO 25+ years ago; hmm, that anniversary went by unnoticed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Tuning around 20 m, Fri Aug 10 at 1657 I came upon a ham on 14270-USB speaking German. His call, heard only once, was apparently W9HOG, and this was part of a net, altho I do not find any listed on this frequency at this time, nor anything nearby which would likely be conducted in German, in the final edition of Nets to You. ARRL lookup shows: Kogerup, Alan G, W9HOG (General), Antioch, IL 60002-0129 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WINS Silent periods --- From NY Daily News 8/9/07: If you tune to WINS (1010 AM) for a middle-of-the-night news fix, there will be a few days this month when you will get the sounds of silence. And for about 10 more days through the end of August, WINS will be off the air from 12:30 to 4:30 a.m. [EDT = 0430-0830 UT], so engineers and technicians can do the work needed for the station to start broadcasting in high definition (HD). "We hate to go off the air any time, because even though late nights in August are one of our lowest listening times, there are still plenty of people out there," said executive editor/program director Mark Mason. "But this needs to be done for us to switch to HD, and it's not the kind of work that can be done while 50,000 watts are jumping around." The tentative dates for work are subject to adjustment, said Mason, but the plan now calls for a shutdown early tomorrow and Friday mornings, then next Tuesday and Wednesday and Aug. 17-22. When the work is done, WINS will be ready to switch to HD, though Mason said it will be September or October before HD is fully activated. While the 1010 AM signal is off, WINS will continue streaming its regular news coverage online and on the HD2 channel of sister station WWFS (102.7 FM). Should a major news event happen, said Mason, WINS will interrupt the work and turn its signal back on to resume broadcasting (via Dave Alpert, CA, DXLD) ** U S A. STAYTON MUSIC SHOP OWNER PLANS TO OPEN RADIO STATION http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070809/BUSINESS/708090311/1040 August 9, 2007 STAYTON -- Ken Cartwright, owner of Cartwright's Music and Repair Shop, plans to open a new low-power radio station next month. KENC 1620 AM is planned as a local-format station, broadcasting from next to the shop at 429 N Third Ave. Cartwright plans to handle the morning show from 6:30 to 9:30. Other programming could include segments devoted to Stayton and Regis high schools; a marketplace time devoted to buying, selling and trading; and large blocks of music. Cartwright's station will be among stations that are limited to a half-watt of power, meaning it will barely reach into Sublimity. – (Sheldon Traver, Statesman-Journal, Salem OR, via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) Both of which are slightly SE of Salem. What is the deal with callsigns for part 15(?) stations? Do they make up their own? But surprisingly, I don`t find KENC in FCC AM, FM, or TV queries for real stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Um, the station is a PIRATE. There is *NNNNO* half watt allocation and it is certainly not Part 15 (Powell E. Way III, SC, ABDX via DXLD) O, KENC as in KENCartwright. Will this publicity get him busted forthwith? How brazen can one be? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) That's assuming the newspaper reporter got the power right. And that takes a lot of assuming (Harry Helms, W5HLH, Smithville, TX EL19, ibid.) Oh that IS for sure with a lot of newspaper stories (Powell, ibid.) Glenn, the FCC regulations that Part 15 stations are not SUPPOSED to have callsigns, but many of them make up their own anyway. Of course Part 15 stations don't get licenses, or even register with the FCC so it really doesn't matter that much. I suppose it could get confusing if a Part 15 station uses a callsign of a licensed station (Bill Harms, ibid.) ** U S A. Digital VHF in US? Maybe I have not been following DTV matters as closely as I should. I had thought that 2-6 in U.S. would be completely empty come 2009. But I read in the VUD a list of stations, much much more limited than what is currently there. So is it only analog that is shutting down there? I thought all DTVs were moving off 2-6. I also don't see the Florida DTV 2 listed... (Saul Chernos, Ont., Aug 8, WTFDA via DXLD) Man, that's the rumor that never ends! No, channels 2-6 are NOT going away. - There have been a number of core spectrum proposals: - 14-59 - 7-59 - 7-51 - 2-51 The latter is the one that was adopted. Channels 2-6 *will* continue to be TV spectrum for the foreseeable future. - The FCC *has* gone out of their way to accommodate DTV stations that wish to leave channels 2-6. They were given special priority in the channel election process. Quite a few have indeed left channels 2-6, there really aren't many left, but there are *some*. (in fact, the new and hopefully final table released this week includes one *new* one, WUOA-6 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) - There is some speculation (ISTR Scott Fybush has expressed this, for one) that some stations currently listed as low-band will seek to move out of 2-6 after transition. They're going to have to at least temporarily operate in low-band though - and I suspect it will take the FCC quite awhile to process these requests & let them move to higher channels. The Florida DTV 2 station is returning to channel 40 (their current analog channel) after transition. – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, Aug 9, ibid.) I thought part of the reason this was happening was for the government to be able to auction off these frequencies for other uses. And Google and Microsoft already are trying to find ways to use parts of this spectrum. What channels or frequencies are the government going to auction and these other companies use for other purposes? (Craig, ibid.) Precisely. See: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-275669A1.doc http://www.fcc.gov/073107/700mhz_band_plan_chart_073107.pdf As the charts show, channels 52-69 are being reused. Most of this spectrum is being auctioned for commercial use; however, four channels worth of spectrum are being used for public safety (police, fire, etc.) communications. The public safety spectrum is essentially channels 63, 64, 68, and 69, but shifted down 1 MHz to allow a guard band at the top of "channel 69". I can really only speculate, but what I suspect happened is: - TV broadcasters whose existing analog assignments are in channels 2- 6 REALLY didn't want to give up their channels. They knew it would be very expensive to build and operate a UHF DTV facility powerful enough to replicate their existing VHF-low coverage. And, they didn't yet know how poorly ATSC would work on low-band. - The mobile users (wireless Internet, cell phones, etc.) planning on bidding on the TV spectrum being released REALLY didn't want low-band VHF spectrum. A 5-foot antenna on a cell phone would never fly; the range of a wireless Internet modem with a 2-inch antenna operating at 70 MHz would be measured in yards rather than miles; and both systems would mysteriously stop working in an orgy of interference at random times in late morning and early afternoon every summer. It was best for both sides to shift "core spectrum" down. To let TV keep channels 2-6, and in return to hand over 52-59 for auction. -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) ** U S A. The FCC is inviting comments on a proposal to cap the number of applications that a single party can file for noncommercial educational radio outlets during its Oct. 12-19 filing window for new FM stations. Limiting any single party to 10 applications "would deter speculation and permit the expeditious processing of the window-filed applications," the commission said in a public notice issued yesterday. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-145A1.pdf Another public notice clarifies its NCE filing procedures and the point system the commission will use to award licenses. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-3521A1.pdf posted at 3:06 PM EST [sic] Aug 10 (Current via DXLD) ** U S A. Who`s Using Whom? Interesting long thread on politicians appearing on The Daily [sic] Show: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/whos-using-whom_b_59396.html (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Critics of Colorado Public Radio recently launched the Colorado Public Radio blog, which aims to cover all public and community stations in the state but applies special scrutiny to the Denver-based network of NPR news and classical music stations. Frances Koncilja, a former CPR board member who resigned this spring and publicly complained about a lack of transparency and inclusion at CPR, contributes to the blog. http://coloradopublicradio.blogspot.com/ posted at 10:50 AM EST (Current via DXLD) What is it about blogspot that makes its template always in Portuguese? Or do I have some forgotten preference set somewhere deep in my `puter? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. KOTO transmitter troubl—*Zz&!!SPOSH?! Published: Monday, August 6, 2007 7:40 PM CDT Prepare to adjust your dials, community radio lovers By Pat Healy Chances are, you already know this news because you turned on your radio once this weekend, tuned into KOTO on 91.7 and heard little more than static, hiss and the hum of cosmic background radiation echoing through your speakers. But yes, Telluride’s community radio station is experiencing some technical difficulties right now with its new Coonskin Ridge transmitter and its older broadcast setup on Last Dollar Ridge. And listeners may soon need to switch to 89.3 to pick up KOTO’s signal. http://www.telluridegateway.com/articles/2007/08/07/news/news02.txt (Telluride Daily Planet via CPR blog as above via DXLD) ** U S A. I see that ``live streaming is coming soon`` at KRZA, Alamosa-Taos: http://www.krza.org/listenlive.htm It`s about time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. A writer at San Diego's alt-weekly CityBeat rails on KPBS for canceling two locally-produced programs--the public affairs television program Full Focus and the radio program A Way With Words. KPBS announced the cancellations August 1, citing budget concerns. Writes CityBeat's Kelly Davis, "While quite a few people were put off by the two shows' cancellation, there apparently would be hell to pay should KPBS do something like replace two hours of nighttime classical music with something like Sounds Eclectic (the syndicated version of KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, widely regarded as one of the most innovative music shows in the country). For many younger listeners, the first notes of classical music are signals that KPBS' broadcast day has come to an end. ... KPBS is selling the community short if it thinks listeners must either grow into public radio or acquire a taste for it." http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=6057 posted at 11:33 AM EST Aug 9 (Current via DXLD) ** URUGUAY. Horacio Nigro writes: Most important changes are the new names added to SODRE stations, the inactivity of CW23 Radio Cultural, Salto, the closing of CX50 R. Independencia leaving vacant the 1530 MW channel in our capital city and its FM's among them the one in Montevideo, "Concierto FM". (Arctic Radio Club South American News Desk, Aug, edited by Tore B. Vik, via Torre Larsson, DXLD) ** VANUATU. 3945, R. Vanuatu, Vila. Strong reception of Pidgin talk at 1037, followed by a Pacific version of “Save the last dance for me” sung in French. Heard on 13/7 (Dennis Allen, Milperra NSW, Icom R75, Dipole, Aug Australian DX News via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. Unión Radio Noticias stations: 640 Puerto La Cruz 870 Barquisimeto 980 El Tigre 1060 San Cristóbal 1090 Caracas. Local night time, relay of R. Exterior de España 1370 Valle de la Pascua 1470 Carúpano (Christer Brunström, ARC, South American News Desk, Aug, via Torre Larsson, DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. EL CAMBIO DE FRECUENCIAS ENTRE RNV ACTIVA Y RADIO EDUCATIVA... Hola Glenn, Saludos desde Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA. Investigando sobre los cambios de frecuencia en RNV, he encontrado lo siguiente: El antiguo Canal Ligero (ahora Canal Informativo), continúa en los 630 kHz. El Canal Clásico, en los 91.1 MHz, en el Valle de Caracas; el Canal Popular de 1050kHz OM (antigua frecuencia del Canal Clásico en AM), fue mudado hace un año a los 880 kHz. La frecuencia juvenil de RNV opera en los 103.9 MHz, con el nombre de Activa FM, desde el mismo período (12 meses) y la Radio Educativa (la del Ministerio de Educación), está en los 1050 kHz OM. Estas dos últimas estaciones (Activa y Radio Educativa) fueron las que intercambiaron frecuencias. Con esto aclaro la imprecisión de mi anterior informe con respecto al destino final del Canal Popular de RNV. La señal de los 880 kHz es mucho más débil que la de 630 ó 1050 kHz. Le doy un SINPO 3/3 para las 2114UTC, del 08/09. 73s y buen DX (Adán González, Catia La Mar, Estado Vargas, VENEZUELA, Aug 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 7-094: Unidentified Digital Hash Station --- Hi Glenn: I’m also hearing the digital hash station reported by Terry Krueger on 1610 kHz. Received only at night and frequently peaking to a good signal level. Receiving equip: Drake R8B and Terminated Delta Loop at 110 Deg. 73, (Mike Beu KD5DSQ, Austin, Texas, Aug 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And so have I as mentioned some months ago. Can anyone get a bearing on it? Do we know for sure whether this is something on 1610 itself, or splash from something on 1600 or 1620? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Something now interfering with Alice Springs on 4835 at 2130. Maybe Zimbabwe or jammer moved from 4828? (Chris Hambly, Vic., UT Aug 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4845.11, 1035-1050 Aug 10. Noted a steady stream of EZL type music here. There's a utility on the frequency that blasts out periodically, but the signal is fair in between these blasts (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston, Florida WINRADIO G305e/pd, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. The `bonker` --- about 5 pulses, the last one longer, mixed with other ute noises, covering 11735-11745 and centred on 11740, Aug 10 at 1652. Not the first time I have noted this in the middle of the exclusive 11 MHz SWBC band. No broadcasters audible at the time to QRM, but Romania and Zanzibar would be impacted during the following hours. What is this? Where is this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Searching the UDXF yg with over 9000 posts now, I got one hit on 11740: 1714Z 11740.0 Link-11 data transmission. (Heard this freq passed by Shaw aircraft on UHF) ALE addresses monitored on Cothen: 706, D45, F31, I01, I3L, J18, J41, LNT, M46, M69, OPB, WST, X60, X93 Mark ==================================== Monitoring Milcom from Charleston, SC (M J Cleary, May 14, 2006, UDXF yg via DXLD) The second part about ALE may not pertain just to 11740 but other logs above it. Now we know? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good Morning Glenn, Thank you very much for your observations [re Star Radio & CTN not via Meyerton]. Your comments are always appreciated. Also thank you for all your hard work with DXLD and your other radio activities (Ron Howard, CA, Aug 9) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ XIII ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DIEXISTA EN MÉXICO El XIII Encuentro Nacional Diexista se llevó a cabo en la preciosa Ciudad de México los días 2, 3 y 4 de agosto, y no los días 26, 27 y 28 de julio, tal como se tenía planeado hasta por lo menos una semana antes del evento, lo que ocasionó que un buen número de diexistas mexicanos y otros menos, del extranjero, que ya tenían reservaciones de vuelo y hotel no pudieran asistir al evento, según me lo comunicaron ellos mismos, aunque ya había cierta indisposición de algunos de ellos por el cambio de sede: se tenía como determinada Puebla, que en lo personal considero es de las ciudades grandes del país, la más bella, aunque para fines de un Encuentro Diexista pues naturalmente la Ciudad de México es mejor. . . . [this long, complete report with photos, is at the final link below; explains why the sudden change of venue. The person in charge of the venue in Puebla insisted on charging a fee for the representative of the FMRE [Mexican ARRL] to attend and sell some amateur material; this was unacceptable to that non-profit organization. As a result, the relocated meeting in the DF on short notice was disorganized, there was a small turnout and several who showed up did not stay long. I had also noticed that the originally publicized webpage by Cristina for the Puebla meeting vanished. It was also a long and arduous bus trip for the author from and back to Chihuahua --- gh] . . .Una reflexión, personal por supuesto, es que en este XII Encuentro se ha perdido una histórica oportunidad de difundir esta afición diexista y desarrollarnos más como diexistas, claro, considerando los recursos que existen en la Ciudad de México. Bueno, seguramente este no será nuestro último Encuentro. Para contactarme: Miguel Angel Rocha Gámez, Apartado Postal 31, 31820 Ascensión, Chih, MÉXICO. xe2itx @ yahoo.com.mx profesormiguel @ msn.com "Cualquier reclamación que sea sin membretes. Buenas noches, diexistas y no diexistas" Para ir a la página con informaciones del XIV Encuentro [2008, proposed to be in Gómez Palacio, Dgo., next to Torreón, Coah.]: http://mx.geocities.com/dxmiguel/xiv.html Para ir a mi sitio web diexista: http://mx.geocities.com/diexismo73/dx.html Para ir a la página de mi pueblo: http://mx.geocities.com/profesor_miguel/ascension.html Para encontrar este documento sobre el XIII Encuentro Nacional Diexista, en su contexto original y actualizado, con las fotografías: http://mx.geocities.com/dxmiguel/xiiidx.html Cordiales 73 y muy buenos DX (Miguel Ángel Rocha Gámez, playdx yg via DXLD) See also MEXICO for info and visit to XERTA 4810 Also have received an equally lengthy and illustrated diary of the event from another point of view, Iván López Alegría, which I hope will be availablized on a website. Well here is an open posting of it without the photos: http://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/logsderadio/message/107 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) REMINDER: MADISON-MILWAUKEE DX GET-TOGETHER ONLY [<]10 DAYS AWAY! It's almost here, but there is still time to make plans! The 14th annual Madison-Milwaukee Get-together for DXers and Radio Enthusiasts is only 10 days away! Here are the whens/wheres/whats of this year's event: Date: Saturday, August 18 Time: 1 to 11 PM Central [Sat 1800-0500 UT Sun] Location: 3358 Ridgeway Avenue, Madison WI 53704-4327 Hosts: Bill and Nina Dvorak This year's Get-together features demonstrations, presentations, a side-trip to a radio museum, the annual dinner, door prizes and surprises. More than anything, the Madison-Milwaukee brings together DXers for great conversation and DX camaraderie -- renewing old friendships and making new ones. We hope that you can join us and become a part of this growing DX tradition. For further information, directions, a list of accommodations, or the answer to any event-related question, please e-mail Bill off-list at dxerak @ aol.com (please include "Madison DX GTG" in the subject line). Every year interest in and attendance for the GTG has grown, and this year we expect 40 or more DXers to attend. We hope that you can be one of them. Hope to see you in Madison on August 18! 73 (Bill Dvorak, Aug 8, swl at qth.net via DXLD) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ ITU FREQUENCY LISTS International Telecommunications Union has surprisingly published a series of documents giving details of radio users, their frequencies and geo coordinates, for a very large number of users in the UK and some other European countries. These total 15.5 Mb worth of PDF files, several hundred if not thousand pages with the latest update as I write this on June 25. I exported these into my database with very interesting results! You can find them, sectioned into several parts in ftp format for downloading using a suitable ftp program, at http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/publications/brific-ter/files/ific/2007/ (Bill Robertson, Scanning Scene, August Radiouser via DXLD) Or the pdf files just open directly from this page (gh, DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ INTERNET `RADIOS` Someone other than me is excited about standalone internet radio appliances... (John Figliozzi, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: BUSINESS | August 9, 2007 State of the Art: Internet Radio Made Easier By DAVID POGUE Several new breakthrough portable consoles can tune in to thousands of Internet radio stations. . . http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/business/09pogue.html?ex=1187236800&en=8870084ee2745056&ei=5070&emc=eta1 (via John Figliozzi, ibid.) Mr. Pogue has long been regarded as one of the best technology writers from a consumer's perspective. He's written about Apple computers for many years. His comment about "...US distribution acts not being together" (paraphrase) is spot on. I was exchanging e-mail with a manufacturer of one of the Reciva database-powered radios (not Acoustic Energy) the other day and they have no US distribution yet. I asked why; have yet to hear back (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, swprograms via DXLD) Internet radio - Logik IR100 - quick review I've not seen mention yet of the Logik IR100 internet "radio" which is being sold off in PC World and Currys for £50. £10 more in Dixons Online. Not really a radio, but it plays radio streams from the internet. This is a power supply, audio amplifier, user interface and chipset which can decode internet audio streams, hooked up to wireless computer link. It uses the Reciva chips to access a radio database of around 6500 on- line stations (some terrestrial/ satellite and some net-only). The database can be updated from submissions sent by registered users. A feature I like is that it can play the on-demand programmes in the BBC player (at a constant 44k) without having to go near a computer. It can also play shared mp3 files on computers in the same network. That does work - I have had it working. It attaches to a wireless broadband connection and selection is by continent, country or music genre. The software is upgradeable over the internet, from the set at the push of a button, which adds these facilities: - Ability to add your own stations and streams for your own set via a website - Downloading podcasts. You add the RSS feed on the Reciva.com wesbite. The radio lists the episodes available. I do not know the size limit of individual podcast downloads but they do play - I have had it working. Formats played: MP3; WMA 2, 7, 8; RealAudio 4, 5, 8; AAC; AIFF; WAV Note there is no AAC+ Downsides: - the "wireless" range is not great; <10 metres from the wireless router - there is a hum on the speaker from coupling with the internal mains transformer - more noticeable at night - mains only - the playing of shared mp3 files is clunky - No AAC+ - the clock does not seem to be reliable - the radio is only as reliable as your broadband connection - this Logik version is made for the DSG Currys, Dixons PC World group, so informed customer support and software support may be an issue Ups: - it works - it sounds good, hum apart - no need to run a PC for internet streams Links: - http://logikir100.tripod.com/Logik.htm - user tips - http://www.wifiradioreview.com/product/24/Logik_IR100_internet_radio - review - http://www.pcworld. co.uk/martprd/ product/Logik/ IR100/901880 - vendor - http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/Audio/Internet+Radio/Logik/IR100/901880 - vendor (Chris McWhinnie, England, BDXC-UK via DXLD) THE NEW INTERNET RADIOS, LISTENING TO THE WORLD A review of five models. Most "come from obscure European companies that don't seem to have their distribution act together in the United States just yet. Still, the category is worth watching - and worth encouraging." International Herald Tribune, 8 August 2007. "If you fancy waking up to some Venezuelan jazz or Czech hardcore electronica, rather than the usual talk radio morning show, then internet radio is the way forward." Independent (Dublin), 9 August 2007. C. Crane in California sells three wi-fi internet radio models. As a new owner of the Tangent Quattro, I'll have a review soon. For a list of the stations available, see Reciva Internet Radio It's a nice successor to shortwave, unless a station is blocked, or the internet is swamped by overuse, as during crises. Posted: 10 Aug 2007 (see http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/index.php?id=2099 for linx, via DXLD) HOW TO STOP MORE TOWERS FROM COLLAPSING Originally published in Current, July 23, 2007 By Anne Rawland Gabriel At Mountain Lake Public Broadcasting in upstate New York, Alice Recore put $1.2 million into reinforcing and preparing WCFE’s 30-year-old tower for the DTV age. Across the continent at KSPS in Spokane, Wash., Bob Wyatt assiduously maintained and upgraded the station’s 40-year-old tower. But that wasn’t enough in either case. Both towers suffered catastrophic collapses within the past year, at costs that are still mounting. Theoretically, towers don’t have to fail. “If a tower is properly maintained, correctly loaded and meets today’s engineering standards, its life cycle should be unlimited,” says Jean-Alain Lecordier, P.E., co-founder of Tower Consultants Inc. (TCI). . . http://www.current.org/tech/tech0713towers.shtml (Current via DXLD) Plus several sidebars and linx. Who needs towers?: STRATOVISION Hi All, I found this being discussed on another forum, so I thought I'd look the article up so I could send it on. This idea didn't entirely go out of use after 1950, the State of Indiana used this for educational broadcasting for a number of years. In fact, as far as I know, aircraft are still used as a broadcast transmission platform by the American military in psy-op campaigns. Anyway, here's a link to the article: http://www.airspacemag.com/issues/2007/august/oldies_and_oddities.php (Curtis Sadowski, Paxton, Illinois, WTFDA via DXLD) I remember watching educational TV in Kokomo, IN, on a system that was broadcast from a plane flying in circles over Montpelier, IN, in the 60's. They broadcast on channels 72 and 76. I could pick up a fair signal on a UHF loop in Indianapolis, about 70 miles. A school in Columbus, IN installed CM dishes on the roof to watch the broadcasts, about 100 miles. I think it ended around 1968 (Mike Glass, Indy, ibid.) The 1966 Broadcasting Yearbook lists an eight-channel experimental system licensed to Purdue University. Channels 72 and 76 are included among that list. From what I've read elsewhere I think they planned to use all eight channels to provide continuous service from multiple aircraft. It looks like they never got the funding and only ever ran the two channels. -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) Yes, I remember watching on an old black & white set, while in Junior High. I lived in Muncie (Lee Freshwater, Ocala, FL, ibid.) I found a web site with an article on the Indiana program. It was sponsored by MPATI (Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction). I watched it in elementary school from Kokomo, IN, in 1965 and 1966. Here is a link: http://www.ait.net/technos/tq_10/3gibson.php (Mike Glass, Indy, ibid.) There was a show on many years ago voiced by Candice Bergen on how television works but I do not remember what network carried it. One of the topics was a "Flying Television station to deliver Educational programming to rural areas of the Midwest where Public Broadcasting service was not yet available. This sounds like the same program as the content was directed for educational use at schools (Jeff Rostron, Springfield MA, ibid.) RUSSIAN WOODPECKER ANTENNA This is the website for the photo. I don't know Russian so I can't verify. But it's a heck of an antenna. http://foto.cqham.ru/showphoto.php?photo=3571 Hope this works (Gordon Levine, Aug 8, swl at qth.net via DXLD) Gordon, Great web site, click on the "British" flag on the home page and it translates the site into English for us! Pretty neat, (Dave, K2DP, ibid.) I don`t see any UK flag; really about OTH radar? In case you`re wondering, per Google Russian-Beta translation, woodpecker is ``dyatel``, tho I doubt the Soviets ever called it that themselves (gh, DXLD) Go to: http://pripyat.com/ru/internet_photo/chernobyl_2/ for more photos (Osamu Hazawa, Japan, ibid.) FIELD MODIFICATION TO SPACE MAGNETS 1 AND 2 Anyone who owns one of Joseph Worcester's SM-1 and SM-2 Space Magnets (which I gleefully call Space Maggots) should read this. After working on three of the SM-2s, I had this problem common to all three: At times, especially with a new 9-V battery installed, the Space Magnet will break into uncontrollable oscillation. The problem is that Joseph used germanium transistors in the first stage of the loop amplifier, and earlier germanium transistors "age" in such a manner that their gain rises. After a while, it rises so high that the circuit oscillates intermittently. A good permanent "fix" is to change the collector resistor of the first stage (which has the germanium transistor) from 2,700 ohms to 4,700 ohms. If anyone has this problem with their "Space Maggot" and wishes me to fix it, please contact me directly at MWDXer@isp.com or WD4INP@isp.com (Charles A. Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina, IRCA mailing list via DXLD) Hmmm, I think that is exactly what happened to mine which has been out of service for many years. These are amplified and tunable ferrite rods for MW on an altazimuth mount allowing good nulling (gh, DXLD) POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ The ARRL has gone back to court over BPL. This as the League files its reply brief at the U-S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The July 31st action follows the FCC's brief that attempted to rebut the ARRL's challenge to the FCC's Broadband over Power Line rules enacted in late 2004 and affirmed by the agency in 2006. According to ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, the FCC's brief does not accurately describe ARRL's arguments concerning harmful interference. The ARRL, in its reply brief, accuses the FCC of, engaging in misdirection and rebutting hyperbolic arguments ARRL never made. It also charges the FCC with refusing to address the precedents ARRL cited and attempting to rewrite the Orders as if they made factual rather than legal determinations. The ARRL's brief also states that this is a case about an unlicensed operator's legal duty to cease harmful interference once it arises and not about the standard for authorizing unlicensed transmissions (ARRL via Amateur Radio Newsline - Report 1565 - August 10, 2007 via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: see IRELAND; MEXICO ++++++++++++++++++++ Re: "SO WHERE ARE THE INEXPENSIVE DTV CONVERTER BOXES?" Just a couple of weeks ago, an article I read mentioned a demonstration of two "prototypes" of inexpensive DTV converters. So if they are still being called "prototypes," obviously they have not hit the stores yet. And they probably won't until right around the time the coupons start to get distributed (I believe that is supposed to happen January of next year). I'm sure for the suggested/alleged price, they will not be nearly as fancy-schmancy as units like the Motorola DCH200 (mentioned by the poster of the original message). They will probably be just basic ATSC tuners like those in the cheapo 13" sets now starting to show up on store shelves. Everything downconverted to SDTV (480i) and basic analog RCA A/V ouputs to the set. (And hopefully an RF output as well for those who have older sets without direct A/V inputs.) I wonder if these cheap converters (and those bargain sets) remap the channel numbers to retain what stations want to use as their "branding" (I hate that whole concept), or if they just display the actual channel number? Folks who have used OTA exclusively all their lives have never even dealt with cable and satellite channel renumbering -- it'll be fun watching them figure out "9-1," "9-2," etc. when the big on-screen channel says "39" or something. And BTW, I'm still not clear -- are these $40 off dealies "coupons" that will be deducted at the register or "rebates" that will require the requisite UPCs, receipts, etc. to be mailed in to some P.O. Box in Young America MN? If the latter, they are probably counting on a good proportion of folks not dotting every "i" and crossing every "t" and not qualifying for the rebate (Stan Jones, Orlando FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DTV: channel juggling: see also U S A Surely not; as a government-mandated program, they should not be playing such games. Yeah, right (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Check this out Glenn. Mexico objects to IBOC. http://www.rwonline.com/leslie_report/ -- (Bill Harms, Elkridge, Maryland, Check out the Spokane Radio History Pages http://spokane.philcobill.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ Solar-activity forecast for the period Aug 10 - 16, 2007 Activity level: very low to low Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 66-80 f.u. Flares: weak (0-10) Relative sunspot number: in the range 0-40 Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech Republic e-mail: sunwatch(at)asu.cas.cz (RWC Prague) GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD AUG 10 TO AUG 16, 2007 quiet: Aug 12, 13 and 14 quiet to unsettled: Aug 11 and 15 unsettled: Aug 16 unsettled to active: Aug 10 active: 0 minor storm: 0 major storm: 0 severe storm: 0 Geomagnetic activity summary: geomagnetic field was quiet from Aug 2 to 5 and Aug 8, unsettled on Aug 6, unsettled to active on Aug 7. RWC Prague, Geophysical Institute Prague, Geomagnetic Dept, Czech Republic e-mail: geom(at)ig.cas.cz GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD OF ONE SOLAR ROTATION unsettled to active: Aug 21, 27, 29, Sep 4 active to disturbed: Aug 10, 16-17, 22-23, 25-26, 28, Sep 2-3 quiet: Aug 12-15, 18-20, (24), 30-31, Sep 1, 5 Survey: mostly quiet on: Aug 4-5 quiet to unsettled on: Aug 2-3 quiet to disturbed on: Aug 6 active on: Aug 7 unsettled to active on: Aug 8 Notice: Days in brackets refer to a lower probability of possible solar activity enhancements depending on previous developments on the sun. Petr Kolman, OK1MGW, Czech Propagation Interested Group e-mail: kolmanp(at)razdva.cz (via DXLD) ###