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** AGALEGA ISLAND. 3B6. As this was being written, OPDX received the
following press release from Ron, K5XK (edited - dated April 13th,
1600z): "Rachid, 3B8FQ, is expected to land overnight on Agalega 
Island, AF-001. He will operate as 3B6FQ for five days, April 14-18th 
(2008). When not tending to radio officer duties, Rachid will operate 
all bands 80-10m, on SSB and CW only. Following are the preferred 
operating frequencies:
 Freq    CW   SSB
  ---- ----- -----
28 MHz 28008 28491
24 MHz 24898 24941
21 MHz 21008 21241
18 MHz 18078 18131
14 MHz 14008 14191
10 MHz 10108   -
 7 MHz  7008  7048
3.5 MHz 3508  3791

Operations should begin around 1830z on April 14th, on 14 MHz, and
later on 3.5 MHz from 0130 to 0230z on April 15th. Equipment will be
battery powered at 70 watts, with simple antennas. Rachid expects to
concentrate on SSB, but he is also a skilled CW operator and will also
operate on the CW frequencies indicated. QSL via K5XK." (The Ohio/Penn 
DX PacketCluster, DX Bulletin No. 854, April 14, 2008, Editor Tedd 
Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio), via Dave 
Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD)

** ARGENTINA [and non]. Arabic from Morocco on 15345.0, April 12 at 
2117, accompanied by a lite het on the hi side for a change, about 
15345.2, surely RAE as always (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** BELARUS. 6070, 31.3 1500, Radio Brest med lokal sändning. 2 
(Christer Brunström, Sweden, SW Bulletin April 13 via DXLD)

** BOLIVIA. 4716.68, R. Yura, 0103-0120, Apr 11, Spanish. Announcer 
with Spanish music & talk; weak; just about even with noise floor
(Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH-USA, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' 
Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

If you want a surprisingly good signal from a Bolivian with S U P E R 
altiplano music, try 4716.6 R. Yura right now!!! (Don Jensen, Kenosha 
WI, 0116 UT April 13, NASWA yg via DXLD)

4716.70, 0040-0110 13.04, R. Yura, Yura, Spanish talk, Andean songs 
25333 (Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark, on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 
28 metres longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdxyg via DXLD) more below

** BOLIVIA. 6134.8, 0050-0107* 11.04, R. Santa Cruz, Spanish 
announcement, ads, surprisingly strong with nice South American music, 
0103 ID: "Transmite Radio Santa Cruz desde Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 
Bolivia", frequency announcement, Andean flute and Off. 33443 (Anker 
Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark, on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres 
longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

** BOLIVIA. 4781.48, Radio Tacana, Tumupasa, 1008-1015, April 09, 
Spanish, local music and announcement and ID by male as: "Muy buenos 
días, señores oyentes de Radio Tacana....", 23332 (Arnaldo Slaen, 
Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

4781.52, Radio Tacana, La Paz, kom igennem kl. 1033 (10.4) med ID og 
frek. ann. 2 [= O of SIO].

6155.26, Radio Fides sendte musik og ID 0200 (12.4). Musikken tydelig 
men tale var lidt "mudret". 3 (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, visiting 
Guatemala, SW Bulletin April 13 via DXLD) See also UNIDENTIFIED 5970

** BOLIVIA. 4409.79, R. Eco, Reyes, 13/4 0055 local music and talks + 
ID, strong but poor audio 
4699.31, R. San Miguel, Riberalta, 13/4 0114, full ID, ad San Miguel, 
fair 
4716.71, R. Yura, Yura, 13/4 0131, ID as Yura and nice music. 
4865.20, R. Logos, Santa Cruz, 13/4 0158, Children pray, religious 
program. Perseus receiver and different antennas. Gr. (Maurits Van 
Driessche, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Logos: see UNIDENTIFIED 4865

4716.63, Radio Yura, 1005-1020 April 14, At tune in, noted local type 
music with a female and a male between in Spanish Language comments.  
The signal continues to disappear below the noise to nil; but it fades 
back again. After 1010 mostly comments heard. Signal is poor.

4796.40, Radio Mallku, 1012-1030 April 14, Noted a male in brief 
Spanish comments, then music heard. Signal is very threshold and 
barely audible having a CODAR directly on frequency with Mallku. 

3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 1025-1035 April 14. Another very weak 
station, with a male in Spanish comments. Besides being very weak, 
there's an automatic signal that pops up every few seconds covering 
Mosoj Chaski. The comments continue during the entire period. 

4699.35, Radio San Miguel, 1030-1040 April 14. Heard a male and female 
in Spanish comments which were probably news items. This was followed 
by promos or ads at 1032. A period on music presented at 1034. 
Although 4699.35 is clear of QRM, there's a RTTY on 4700 causing some 
interference (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston, Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. Re 8-045, has 11915 been reactivated recently? CG did also 
report it a few weeks ago: 11915, R. Gaúcha, Porto Alegre RS, 2139-
2152, 21 Mar, business news, advertisements; 22431, DRM like QRM 
(Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, WWDXC via DXLD)

** CANADA. CBC RADIO'S CLASSIC MISTAKE --- April 12, 2008 BRENT LEDGER

You've got to hand it to the folks at CBC Radio 2. Not content with 
running a historic, irreplaceable service unlike any other in Canada, 
they decided to give us something really useful. Like another easy 
listening station.

Early last month, CBC Radio 2 announced it was going to ditch much of 
the stuff that made it distinctive (classical music) and play a lot 
more pop, including such underplayed artists as Diana Krall and Joni 
Mitchell.

Then it immediately went on the defensive (in a full-page newspaper 
ad) and said it would still be playing a lot of classical music, 
really it would, it's just that it would be playing it when no one was 
listening, on Sunday and weekday afternoons.

A few days later, CBC bigwig Richard Stursberg went even farther and 
said none of the new music would be "pap . . . schlock . . . (or) 
dumbed down." Problem is, the rot has already set in.

One day, I tuned in and got some ancient Abbott and Costello routine; 
another, it was an opera pastiche overlaid with the voice of Bugs 
Bunny.

Tonic, the former jazz program, has slumped into a soothing sleepy-
time mediocrity and the midday program seems determined to prove it's 
hip by interrupting the symphonies with a little suave supper-club 
jazz.

I don't know exactly who wants this kind of grating mix, but it 
certainly is unimpeachably dull. And remember, this is just the 
beginning.

The new changes don't come into effect until September, by which time, 
I'm sure, they'll have acknowledged the obvious and renamed the whole 
network "Candlelight and Wine."

It's not like I find my identity, gay or otherwise, on CBC Radio. 
Certain composers are obviously gay – Barber, Copland, Tchaikovsky; 
possibly Ravel, Handel and Schubert – and some folks will tell you 
that gays gravitate to certain kinds of music. Opera, maybe, or the 
high-romantic schmaltz of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. Personally, I 
veer in the opposite direction, toward something a little leaner, 
sharper and more modernist, and CBC Radio has never been very good at 
satisfying that yen.

Rare is the time you get to hear any adventuresome 20th or 21st 
century music on CBC Radio 2. In all my years of listening, I don't 
think I've ever heard a piece by the great gay German composer Hans 
Werner Henze or the 99-year-old American wonder Elliott Carter, to 
name but two underplayed masters of the modern repertoire.

As for Canadian classical – it's all but inaudible. With the possible 
exception of the silky smooth Marjan Mozetich, it's largely confined 
to late-night ghettos.

And, still, I listened. Because, once upon a time, CBC Radio played 
mostly classical music and that was generally agreed to be an 
important – nay, absolutely necessary – contribution to the national 
cultural life.

Unlike pop music which tends to telegraph a limited range of widely 
recognized emotions – I'm hurtin', I'm horny, I will survive – 
classical music goes places where language and words don't.

Along with the standard stories of triumph, despair and even fate 
knocking on the door, the great pieces generate a thousand tiny 
insights and intuitions, audible to you alone.

You can read Stalinist politics into Shostakovich's mocking, 
melancholy symphonies or Benjamin Britten's fondness for young men 
into his voluptuous last opera, the spectacular Death in Venice, but 
you can also just sit back, review your thoughts and see your soul.

And that's what we're going to lose this fall, in favour, I guess, of 
some ditzy pop singer yammering on about his broken heart and surgin' 
urges. Like there's not enough of that as it is.

Brent Ledger appears every second Saturday (Source? via Kevin Redding, 
ABDX via DXLD)

USED TO BE ENTERTAINMENT --- CBC RADIO 2 ABANDONS LOYAL LISTENERS
PROGRAMMING CHANGES WON'T DRAW NEW AUDIENCE
Updated: April 10, 2008 at 02:00 AM CDT

As a longtime CBC Radio 2 listener, I am dreading the end of an era. 
Having grown up listening to Max Ferguson, Bob Kerr and Saturday 
Afternoon at the Opera, the impending changes at CBC sadden me. 

It's almost like losing a family member. Despite knowing better, part 
of you believes they will always be there. You rely on them for years 
to support you when times are tough -- to lift your spirits and remind 
you about what's good in life. You sometimes take them for granted and 
neglect them for a little while, safe in the knowledge that their 
allegiance to you is strong and steadfast -- but you always come back 
to them in the end. They are part of home.

CBC was a welcoming constant in life, first when I was growing up in 
Montreal, then in Calgary and Winnipeg. No matter where I lived in 
Canada, there was always an old friend nearby -- at the turn of a 
dial.

I listen to Tom Allen (Music Company) every morning. He's also from 
Montreal. While I could survive without his accounts of the Vultures, 
his old-timers hockey team, I do enjoy the "Cage Match," his 
fascinating information on composers and his off-the-wall sense of 
humour. He's also got just the right kind of voice for bleary-eyed 
nine-to-fivers.

Come Labour Day, not only will he be off the air, but the program will 
feature less classical music and be replaced with "light 
contemporary," like Diana Krall, who makes my skin do just that, and 
anyway, isn't that what Groove FM is for?

On early mornings, I often caught Winnipeg's own Andrea Ratuski on 
Northern Lights -- an early-morning show that featured "a tranquil and 
comforting companion for listeners." It's gone.

Jurgen Gothe (Disc Drive), as smug as he may be, accompanies me on my 
way home from work every day. From the subterranean Studio 20, Jurgen 
introduced us to the Soweto String Quartet, Penguin Café, Connie 
Kaldor, and La Bottine Souriante, and for that I will be forever 
grateful. 

He's a goner as of September, and with him goes the eclectic mix of 
music, heavy on classical, that he offered. 

Gone, but not forgotten

It's bad enough that Danielle Charbonneau (Music for Awhile) and the 
charming Andrew Craig (In Performance) went the way of the dodo last 
year. Their informative commentary provided a treasure trove of 
background to the music they played for us, enriching our listening 
experience. They both spoke so well, too, using a polished English 
language that, alas, is also dying out.

And what about Rick Phillips (Sound Advice), who signed off for the 
last time two weekends ago? His discerning critiques on new classical 
recordings and imaginative quizzes always educated and challenged 
listeners.

Another unique weekend show that CBC saw fit to abandon is Symphony 
Hall, with the very pleasant Katherine Duncan. A showcase for Canadian 
orchestras, it regularly featured the Manitoba Chamber and Winnipeg 
Symphony Orchestras. What replaces that? I seriously doubt we'll be 
hearing that on any other existing radio stations.

Crumbs don't cut it

So what is the CBC leaving for loyal listeners who have tuned in 
faithfully all these years because they liked and appreciated the 
music they heard?

The midday time slot from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. will be entirely 
classical, or so CBC has posted on its website. Forty per cent will be 
Canadian content -- a mix of live and recorded music. 

I hate to tell you, CBC, but some of us work during those hours, and 
while I can have the radio on in my private office at my workplace, 
not everyone can or does. The mornings, drives to/from work, evenings 
and weekends are peak listening hours for many of us. What you've 
offered us are merely crumbs -- and they ring of insincerity to boot.

It's the proverbial "too bad, so sad." Our decades of listening, 
writing and e-mailing are of no value or consequence and carry no 
weight. 

Will throngs of new listeners suddenly flock to listen to CBC Radio 2? 
This seems doubtful. They have whole bands of stations from which to 
choose. Why would they suddenly switch to a station that's carried the 
classical brand for decades? Will they know that CBC has changed? Will 
CBC offer them something they haven't been getting anywhere else?

It's easy to imagine the halls of CBC strewn with headstones. The 
epitaph on all of them could be: "Here lies CBC Radio 2 -- there was 
nothing else like it and it will never be heard from again."

Where do we send the sympathy cards?  gwenda.nemerofsky@shaw.ca 
(Winnipeg Free Press via Doug Copeland, DXLD)

WINNIPEGGERS MAKE NOISE TO PROTEST CBC CHANGES
By: Morley Walker Updated: April 12 at 12:30 AM CDT 
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/columnists/m_walker/story/4159528p-4746422c.html
(via Doug Copeland, ibid.)

LONG-TIME CBC LISTENERS REACH FOR 'OFF' BUTTON
William Neville, Updated: April 11, 2008 at 02:00 AM CDT

On April 3, Jennifer McGuire, executive director of radio for CBC 
English Services, posted a notice on the Internet which read, in part: 
"You may have heard about the exciting changes coming to Radio 2 next 
September... We'll still be high quality... pushing boundaries with 
shows unlike any others... but we'll be drawing from a broader, richer 
and diverse spectrum of music: classical, jazz, folk, world, R & B, 
singer-songwriter and roots... Current listeners can take comfort in 
the fact that classical will remain the most represented music genre 
on Radio 2. New listeners will be blown away by the shows we're adding 
to the schedule..." 

New listeners may or may not be blown away, but long-standing CBC 
listeners and advocates are feeling increasingly blown off. And many 
are now reaching for the "off" button. . .
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/columnists/top3/story/4158746p-4745971c.html
(via Doug Copeland, DXLD)

For those of you on Facebook, I would like to urge you to join the
group "Save Classical music on CBC radio 2: the URL is here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9009203294

here's a synopsis on the group:

Group Info Name: Save Classical Music at the CBC
Type: Music - Classical

Description: **YOU DID IT, CANADA! OVER 10,000 MEMBERS AND STILL
GROWING** Who would have thought that in barely over 3 weeks we'd
find over 10,000 people on Facebook willing to stand up and be
counted against the evisceration of our favourite Radio Network and
for an unapologetically intelligent Radio Two? Let's keep the
momentum going!! (Neal Ford, March 31, radioinmontreal yg via DXLD)

** CANADA. Morris Sorensen CME [April] [a coördinated monitoring event 
in honour of the late Canadian DXer] [times probably CDT = UT -5]

 540 CBK  SK Regina. 0228 4-1-08. CBC Overnight.
 570 CKGL ON Kitchener. 0237. 4-1-08. Ad for Super Cities Walk. "570
          News: slogans.
 580 CFRA ON Ottawa. 0628. 4-3-08. Sports scores. "You're up to date
          on 580 CFRA."
 590 CJCL ON Toronto. 0446. 4-4-08. Hockey scores. "Toronto sports 
          radio The Fan 590."
 600 CKAT ON North Bay. 1940. 4-1-08. Maple Leafs hockey.
 610 CKTB ON St. Catharines. 2040. 4-4-08. Talk about Raptors 
          basketball. I.D.
 630 CFCO ON Chatham. 0245. 4-1-08. "The home of your favorite hits--
          Country 93.9 CFCO."
 640 CFMJ ON  Richmond Hill. 0458. 4-4-08. Talk. Many "AM 640" slogans 
 650 CKOM SK Saskatoon. 0247. 4-1-08. Ads for auto parts store &  
          Burger place in Saskatoon.
 680 CFTR ON Toronto. 2056. 4-4-08. Toronto ads. "680 News" slogans.
 690 CINF QC Montreal. 0300. 4-1-08. FF. Bunch of ads & I.D.
 710 CJRN ON Niagara Falls. 2035. 4-4-08. "Tourist Radio CJRN-710.
 730 CKAC QC Montreal. 0312. 4-10-08. FF Two guys talking about area 
          51.
 740 CHWO ON Toronto. 0306. 4-1-08. Standards. "AM 740" slogans.
 790 CIGM ON Sudbury. 1953. 4-1-08. Leafs hockey.
 800 CKLW ON Windsor. 0310. 4-1-08. Ad for Kidney Foundation. "AM
          800" slogan.
 800 CJAD QC Montreal. EE 0515. 4-4-08. "Montreal's most trusted 
          traffic report."
 820 CHAM ON Hamilton. 0312. 4-1-08. Country music. "820 Cham" 
          slogans.
 860 CJBC ON Toronto 1905. 4-1-08. FF  CBC News.
 900 CHML ON Hamilton. 1844. 4-1-08. Maple Leafs hockey vs Buffalo.
 920 CFRY MB Portage la Prairie. 0655. 4-10-08. Local ads. I.D. 
          Weather.
 940 CINW QC Montreal. 1853. 4-1-08. I.D. "CINW--A Corus Station."
 940 CJGX SK Yorkton. 0546. 4-4-08. Local ads. Country music.
 950 CFAM MB Altona. 0708. 4-10-08. Sports scores. I.D. "CFAM-Radio
          950." EZL.
 980 CKRU ON Peterborough. 0335 4-1-08. Oldies & "980 Cruise" slogans.
 980 CFPL ON London. 0515 4-9-08 "AM 980 Non-stop news. Ad for
          London firm.
 990 CKGM QC Montreal. 0340. 4-1-08. Over CBW with local ads & sports.
 990 CBW  MB Winnipeg. 0520. 4-9-08. CBC--Czech news.
1010 CFRB ON Toronto. 0420. 4-2-08. Ads. "Newstalk 1010 CFRB" slogans.
1050 CHUM ON Toronto. 1941. 4-4-08. "1050 Chum" slogans. Music by  
          "Three Dog Night."
1050 CKSB MB Winnipeg. 0554. 4-9-08. FF talk.
1090 CKKW ON Kitchener. 2150. 4-7-08. Local ads. "Oldies 1090" slogans
1150 CKOC ON Hamilton. 1936. 4-4-08. "Good time oldies on Oldies 1150  
          CKOC."
1190 CFSL SK Weyburn. 0435 4-2-08. "Country hits & all your favorites-
          -AM 1190."
1200 CFGO ON Ottawa. 1920. 4-1-08. Senators hockey. Down by 1 end of 
          1st.
1220 CHSC ON St. Catharines. 1939. 4-1-08. Ethnic music. Italian??
1290 CFRW MB Winnipeg. 0707. 4-3-08. Local ads. Jingle I.D. Oldies.
1430 CHKT ON Toronto. 0725. 4-3-08. Chinese programming.
1540 CHIN ON Toronto. 0617. 4-9-08. Ethnic. Italian??
1550 CBE  ON Windsor. 0422. 4-11-08. CBC--Czech news.
1580 CKDO ON Oshawa. 0416. 4-11-08. Oldies. "The home of Oshawa
          Generals hockey."
(Paul LaFreniere, Grand Marais, MN, April 13, ABDX via DXLD)

** CHINA. 5075, Voice of Pujiang, 04/08/08, 1207, Mandarin. The last 
few minutes of a possible news break, ads, and then into a talk 
program. Weak and mostly faded by 1230. Poor in noise (Mark 
Schiefelbein, MO, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 6060, 12.4 2228, Sichuan PBS med programmet "Jin Qiao zhi 
Sheng" (Voice of the Golden Bridge). Stark signal med tydliga IDs. 3  
(Christer Brunström, Sweden, SW Bulletin April 13 via DXLD)

** CHINA [and non]. Hi Glenn, Here's some information for you leading 
on from Kim Elliott's comments about the Thalès sold SW Equipment to 
China as transcribed in DXLD 8-041. ----

It was revealed to me in Asia late last year that one SW transmitter 
manufacturer in recent times (perhaps early this decade) had sold to 
China "two" high powered SW transmitters. Since that time China has 
"copied" those transmitters to the point where China has produced and 
put into service MORE of those SW transmitters than the original SW 
transmitter manufacturer has ever sold/manufactured worldwide (to 
date) of those SW transmitters. 

To grasp the enormity of the situation I will disclose that the number 
of such Chinese copied SW transmitters numbers somewhere in the range 
of 200 to 500 SW transmitters. Yes, I know the number roughly, and 
it's much more than 200!!

Didn't Chinese Engineers assist Radio Habana Cuba with installation of 
new transmitters this decade? One might ponder exactly where those 
transmitters were manufactured and by whom? Or was it just the 
manpower and knowhow that came from China? Hi Arnie.

Patents mean nothing to China. So how many SW jamming transmitters and 
actual SW broadcast transmitters are used in China? A scan of the SW 
bands and reading the above will reveal the answer: i.e. - A lot!! 
(name withheld, April 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See LANGUAGE LESSONS

The following 27 frequencies have been noted with Firedrake jamming at 
1230: 7280, 7470, 9575, 9680, 9780, 9845, 11590, 11605, 11665, 11710, 
11775, 11785, 11805, 11825, 11840 12040, 13830, 13970, 14410, 15255, 
15280, 15375, 15465, 15795, 17565 (alt. 17560), 17705. How's that for 
an olympic record? (Olle Alm, Sweden, 13/14 Mar, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** COLOMBIA. 6035, La Voz del Guaviare, San José del Guaviare, 0940-
1005, April 09, Spanish, TC & ID as: "4 horas con 50 minutos, estamos 
en La Voz del Guaviare... "; very nice local songs, announcement and 
greetings as: "saludos para nuestros oyentes que nos sintonizan en el 
sector de... y a todos, gracias por estar en nuestra sintonía"; TC: "7 
minutos faltan para las 5 de la mañana en La Voz del Guaviare"; 
Complete ID at 10 UT: "La Voz del Guaviare, en frecuencia 
modulada...", local ads at 1002, very nice announcement and ID as: 
"...un nuevo amanecer en nuestro Departamento... un momento de paz... 
La Voz del Guaviare...", 33322/23322 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** CONGO DR [non]. While searching Aoki for Moyabi listings to put 
together the Africa Number One schedule [see GABON], I came upon these 
from the site at 01331E 0140 N or S?! ---

9770 R. TV NAT. CONGOLAISE 0400-0600 1234567 French 250 ND Moyabi GAB 
9770 R. TV NAT. CONGOLAISE 1600-1900 1234567 French 250 ND Moyabi GAB 

No such transmissions in WRTH 2008, nor in HFCC where you would really 
find several other stations during those hours on 9770. I vaguely 
recall some relay like this in past, but are these transmissions still 
in effect? RTNC name refers to the DR Congo, not the other plain old 
Congo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. It`s bad enough, if understandable, that R. Martí 
is jammed, but The Dentro Cuban Jamming Command also attacks Voice of 
America, which would be directly equivalent to the USA jamming its 
external service, Radio Habana Cuba --- a good idea, just as payback, 
with whatever spare transmitters be available. 

April 13 at 0120 during harmless instrumental music show, all three 
VOA Spanish frequencies from Greenville were jammed, 5890, 6110 and 
9885, with 6110 the worst hit. Of course, Greenville happening to 
collide with RHC on 6180 at 0500-0700 is almost as good, but not nice 
for VOA listeners (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hola: Sobre el Jamming, actualmente hay un país que está realmente 
"machacando a todos" como es China, ya sea con el Firedrake, con CNR o 
CRI evitan a todas las emisiones que no les interesan. Este sí que es 
un pez grande y no RHC. Lo que ocurre es que no creo que nadie se 
atreva a pagarles con la misma moneda; demasiados intereses creados y 
mucha hipocresía. Pero realmente la idea es buena. Cordialmente, 
(Tomás Méndez, El Prat de Llobregat-Barcelona, España. Visite mi sitio 
Web: http://www.amarantadx.net Apr 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** DIEGO GARCIA. 4319-USB, presumed AFN, 2306-2320, Apr 10, English. 
Two M talking about politics & the Olympics; several mentions of '68 
Mexico City Olympics; poor, overtaken by rapidly pulsating QRN at 2320
(Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH-USA, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' 
Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIOGO (Carlos)

** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti, *0300-0350, April 14, sign on with 
National Anthem followed by opening announcements. Kor`an at 0303 
followed by Arabic talk. Horn of Africa music at 0346. Good. Weak co-
channel QRM from Guatemala`s Radio Coatán heard under Djibouti until 
Coatán 0303 sign off (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, TenTec RX-
340, 100 foot longwires, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 
 
** ECUADOR. 4815.0, Radio Buen Pastor (tent) sendte programmet En 
Contacto fra Guatemala. 0245 (12.4) (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, visiting 
Guatemala, SW Bulletin April 13 via DXLD)

** EGYPT. English from Cairo coming through strong tonight at 02 on 
7270. Audio excellent. Could follow every word during news. Is this a 
relay or solar phenomena? (Tom Sliva, NYC, April 13, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) Tom, No relay. Yes, has been good lately. Hope the audio stays 
excellent (Glenn to Tom, via DXLD)

** EL SALVADOR [and non]. This weekend I was in El Salvador and I have 
just visited Radio Imperial in Sonsonate. Imperial is a small 
Christian station, used to transit on 17835 kHz one or two years ago. 
Now they are using only 810 kHz with 500 W. There are no actual plans 
to return to shortwave. The shortwave transmitter was sent for repair 
and the antenna was taken down. 

Now I am in Guatemala where I attend a language school for 4 coming 
weeks to improve my Spanish. I live in a small village close to the 
Pacific Ocean where it is very hot. April is the warmest month. Of 
course I have my AOR7030. Unfortunately there is a lot of noise on AM 
in all three places I have been listening (in Antigua and two places 
in Monterrico, where I live now). In Antigua it was almost impossible 
to listen to mediumwave due to heavy electrical noise from cheap low 
energy bulbs. 

Also the tropic bands are quite silent and deserted. It is quite 
decent conditions towards Peru and Bolivia in the evenings and also 
early mornings - but I think it varies a lot from day to day. I can 
also hear lots of stations from USA in the X-band. Also early in the 
mornings Japan is loud on 3925, and also the three Australian stations 
in the 120 mb can be heard well. I have had no success with the 
Indonesian and Papuan stations, yet (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Guatemala, 
SW Bulletin April 13, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) 

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. Re 8-046: R. Africa, 15190 at 1715z 
April 12. ID at 1840z. Religious programming in English (Jerry 
Lenamon, KBCT, Waco TX, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

Se ha informado en la lista de Glenn Hauser (DXLD) de la reactivación 
de R Africa-Bata en 15190 kHz, habiendo sido escuchada ayer a las 2059 
en adelante y hoy desde las 1715; en estos momentos 1948 UT sigue 
estando en el aire captada desde mi QTH en BCN [Barcelona] (Tomás 
Méndez, El Prat de Llobregat-Barcelona España, Coordenadas 41º 19' 26" 
N- 02º05'25" E, RX: GRUNDIG Satellit 700, SONY ICF-SW7600GR, DEGEN 
DE1103, ICOM IC-R2 ANT:Hilo largo exterior 7 mts. y telescópicas. 
Visite mi sitio Web en : http://www.amarantadx.net April 12, 
logsderadio yg via DXLD)

15190, R Africa, 1948, 04/12/08, English. Wrapup of a religious 
program with telephone-quality audio and odd distortion at regular 
intervals, silence, then long slow Special English-style ID and 
contact info, and into a Salvation Army-produced program. Audible in 
rechecks past 2245, equal/better to co-channel WYFR Portuguese after 
2200. Thanks to Glenn Hauser tip. Fair to good (Mark Schiefelbein, MO, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15190, Radio Africa, 1950-2010+, April 12, Tnx to Glenn Hauser tip in 
DXLD. Tune-in just in time to hear ID announcements at 1950 with 
mention of RadioAfrica @ myway.com and address in Ghana. "Wonderful 
Word of Life" religious program at 1952 with music & talk. Good signal 
(Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

R. Africa has now racked up two consecutive days on the air via 
reactivated 15190! April 12 at 2112 check, preacher in English. I am 
quickly losing interest due to program content which tells us nothing 
about the people, culture, arts and history of Equatorial Guinea. 
However, I checked again just before 2200 and unlike yesterday, no 
sign of WYFR signing on 15190 and covering up Bata, which was still on 
and in the clear at 2222 recheck, making some anti-Catholic assertion. 
Could it be that in a manifestation of ecumenism, WYFR heard about R. 
Africa being reactivated and immediately cancelled that hour of 
conflict? It was back on as scheduled sometime after 0000 in 
Portuguese.

BTW, YFR via Ascension on adjacent 15195 closed at 2159:30. Audio 
quality of programs on R. Africa varies widely, partly due to their 
own studio equipment, but even more so, I think, due to the crummy 
quality of some of the programs they are obliged to broadcast (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15190, Radio Africa (Bata) (presumed), 1910-2058, 4/13/2008, English. 
Recorded fundamentalist religious talk and music programs, generally 
30 minutes in length. No identification heard between programs. Good 
signal with audio ranging from extremely poor (at 1910) to very good 
(Apostolic Witness Radio Broadcast at 2030), apparently a function of 
the quality of the recorded program and/or its delivery. Best SINPO 
34333 (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, TenTec RX-340, RF Space SDR-14 90' 
Random Wire, 60' PAR EF-SWL, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) 

15190, Radio Africa, 1900-2230+, April 13, threshold signal at 1900 
tune-in but slowly improved to a good signal strength by 2000. US 
produced English religious programming including "Your Radio Pastor" 
and ``Christian Compassion". Some programs quite distorted. A possible 
very weak, barely audible, WYFR heard under Radio Africa after 2200. 

Bata-5005 heard on this same day at 2200-2230+. Radio Africa not heard 
at 2300 check (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 
 
10 April 2008, 5005 kHz, Guinea Ecuatorial heard at 2200 signing off 
with national anthem. Receiver SONY ICF-5900W and whip antenna 
(indoor) Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtspKdVWueM
demonstrates the tricky tuning of this RX (Giovanni Carboni, Pisa, 
Italy, Cumbre DX via DXLD)

** ERITREA. 7175.14v, VOBME?, program 2, *0400-0425, Apr 14, abruptly 
on at 0400 with talk in unidentified language. Horn of Africa music at 
0404. Tentative. Usually on with IS but none tonight and not usually 
off frequency. Maybe this is a jammer. Drifted down to 7175.10 by 
0425. Program 1 not heard (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 
 
** ETHIOPIA. 6110, R. Fana (presumed), 0345, 4/13/08. HOA vocals were 
fair but studio audio was muffled. Frequency was clear but signal 
suffered from fading (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8, JRC 
NRD-545, Perseus SDR, 70'Inverted L, Wellbrook 330S Loop, Cumbre DX 
via DXLD)

** ETHIOPIA. 6170, Voice of Tigray Revolution, *0256-0355, April 14,
noted signing on 1 hour earlier than usual with IS. Opening Amharic
announcements at 0259 followed by Horn of Africa music. Fair. // 5950-
good level but mixing with a strong Radio Taiwan International via 
Okeechobee, Florida. Just heard on April 7 signing on at their usual 
0355 time on 5980, 6170 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 
 
** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15485, R. Mustaqbal via UAE, 0730 22 March, intro 
music, OM ID, comment in vernaqcular, 35433.

15485, R. Mustaqbal relay [via RSA], 1205 22 March, OM ID, comment in 
vernacular, 25433 (Michael L. Ford, Staffordshire, April World DX Club 
Contact via DXLD)

In A-08 these are on 15440 (Mon/Tue/Wed/Sat), and 15140 (Mon/Tue/Sat) 
respectively, same sites as searched out on `Mustaqbal` in Aoki, along 
with several other transmissions (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15650, 1705-1720*, CLANDESTINE, Sat 12.04, Voice of 
Oromo Independence, via Jülich, Germany, Oromo announcement, Horn of 
Africa music, own slogan with echo, 1717 transmitter fall out, but 
back for a few seconds at 1720, then off! Schedule Sat 1700-1730. 
45444. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark, on the AOR AR7030 
PLUS with 28 metres longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

** FALKLAND ISLANDS [and non]. FALKLAND ISLANDERS ANGRY ABOUT PROPOSED 
   TELEVISION LEVY --- April 11, 2008 by J. Brock (FINN)

Falkland Islanders have expressed their anger about a new TV levy that 
would force all householders to pay a fee for BFBS Television whether 
or not they watched it and even if or not they have a television in 
their homes. The proposed £300.00 per annum fee would be added to the 
same invoice Islanders receive when they pay for water and trash 
removal. The service is not going to begin until September but 
according to phone calls coming in to FINN, the additional charge will 
be placed on this year’s invoice in July. At £300.00 a year, these 
charges far exceed what is paid in the UK for TV licences . . .
http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=4915&source=3
(via Kim Elliott, DXLD)

** FRANCE. Littoral back in AM on 1593 kHz --- David Duckworth reports 
that Littoral R from Brittany on 1593 kHz is back in AM today (rather 
than usual DRM). He first heard it just after midnight. Also confirmed 
here with French music, weak signal around 1330 UT tune-in.

David heard an announcement giving their transmission hours - 
tentatively 9 am to 5 pm weekdays and overnight at weekends. [UT +1]

It was last heard in AM exactly two weeks ago on Sunday 29th March. 
Not sure if this is a planned AM test or if there is a fault with the 
DRM equipment (Dave Kenny, Caversham Berks, AOR7030+ 30m long wire, 
April 13 BDXC-UK via DXLD)

** GABON. ANO putting good signal on 17630, April 14 at 1410 with 
programme promos for Kilimandjaro, and Flash Black, partly in English. 
ANO apparently thinx it`s cool to throw in bits of English, but they 
won`t broadcast any program entirely in English. Per grille at 
http://www.africa1.com/grille.php

17h00 - 18h00 TU : KILIMANDJARO
Pheel nous entraîne sur les sommets de la musique afro caraïbéenne
19h00 - 21h00 TU : AFRICASONG
L’actualité de la musique africaine avec Robert BRAZZA, en direct de 
Paris.
21h00 - 22h00 TU : FLASH BLACK
Avec Brother B. Le meilleur des Gold de la musique « Black ».

Will ``Chanson``, ``Frère``, ``Or`` and ``Noir/e`` not do? Watch out 
for the Académie! And if not told, we might not associate the African 
peak with the Caribbean, but hey, why should anything make sense? 

Per Aoki, ANO schedule is:
0500-2300  9580 [and 19160 harmonic, or suppressed now?]
0700-1600 17630
1600-1900 15475
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CONGO DR [non]

** GERMANY EAST. Re 8-046, Radio Berlin International tribute blog:
http://www.radioberlininternational.blog.co.uk/ 

Glenn wrote "Site inaccessible whenever I checked so far", but it came 
straight up when I checked this evening at 2030 UT (Andy Sennitt, 
Netherlands, April 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Still inaccessible here at 2051 check! Do others in NAm have problem? 
(Glenn, ibid.)

I have tried twice, half an hour apart, no luck accessing ef (Eric 
Flodén, Vancouver BC, ibid.) 

Starts within 3 seconds with DSL 6000 access, Firefox browser. 2101 
UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, ibid.)

Still inaccessible here at 2124 check in Barcelona, Spain (ADSL & 
I.E.7) (Tomás Méndez, ibid.)

Fine here at 2135. I have cable and am using the Firefox browser (Fred 
Waterer, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, ibid.) 

It works fine here in the UK via both IE and Firefox (Alan Roe, 
Teddington, UK, ibid.)

It works in North America if you try 
http://radioberlininternational.blog.co.uk/ 

In other words, don't put "www"! Great idea for a site. I used to 
listen RBI. The station was a bit boring but still very good. Soon 
after RBI was shut down as part of die Wende, DW in Russian stopped 
providing ongoing coverage of events in the Eastern territories. DW 
Russian is still treating those lands as some kind of terra incognita 
even though they are of special interest to Russian listeners of 
middle and older age (Sergei Sosedkin, IL, ibid.)

Hi Glenn, Both worked well (very quick) for me with Microsoft Internet 
Explorer browser: http://www.radioberlininternational.blog.co.uk  
http://radioberlininternational.blog.co.uk 
(Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, USA, ibid.)

Finally got to it around 2245 UT. Not surprisingly, John Peet is ex-
RBI himself. Wait a minute, a post in the blog dated 2008-02-14 says 
``The great John Peet, editor of Democratic German Report, died in 
1988.`` From what I had already read about him, seemed he would be 
quite old by now to be setting up a blog. So do we have doppelgänger 
like at RHC? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

John, From what I have read about John Peet, on your blog, it seems 
you must not be the original RBI John Peet, who died 20 years ago, so 
who are you, I wonder? (Glenn to ``John Peet``, via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Dear Glenn, My real name is Richard Bos. I just use John's name as a 
tribute, as he was an occasional contributor to RBI as well as editor 
of Democratic German Report, and I met him as a teenager. I don`t mind 
if you use my real name if you choose to report my RBI blog.

BTW - How long have you been doing DXing. I remember your name going 
back for at least the last 30 years or more - since I started DXing in 
the early 70s.

Incidentally I have just discovered some more RBI tapes of an 
interview with one of the leaders of the American Indian Movement on 
http://www.coyotespeaks.info/Born%20To%20Be%20Indian.html 
All the best, (Richard Bos a.k.a. John Peet, April 14, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Failure, Server not found at 2345 UT, on both Firefox as well as on 
IE. My Firewall stand OPEN ! 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Good here -- amazingly -- with cable and Firefox. 73 and GL, Glenn 
(it's a nice site) de (Anne Fanelli, NY, WI2G, April 13, ibid.)

** GOA. 9705, AIR Panaji, 2248-2302, Apr 10, English. Hindi music and 
Kor`an-like chanting; announcer at ToH but too weak and just enough 
9710 R. Algiers via Skelton "Holy Qur`an" slop to mar reception (Scott 
R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH-USA, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' 
Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREENLAND. 3815, KNR R. Greenland: In the brand new Radio TV 
Handbook (in Danish) dated April 2 which Stig Hartvig Nielsen, as a 
local expert, publishes annually, the utility relay of Kalaallit 
Nunaata Radioa (KNR, Radio Greenland), no longer exists on 3815 USB 
from Tasiilaq (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DXplorer via DXLD) So that 
raises questions about recent logs of it in UK or by web receivers 
(gh, DXLD)

** GUAM. April 14 at 1327 came across some S Asian music on 11570, G 
signal; then mentioned address in Bangladesh and somewhere else, also 
mentioned Agaña, and off by 1330. Has to be either KSDA or KTWR. 
Looked up later in Aoki, this is in Manipuri, of course:
11570 KTWR GUAM 1315-1330 .234... Manipuri 100 285 14440E1317N a08
So it is only on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; and preceded by 
Bengali at 1300-1315 Mondays and Tuesdays, Boro on other days (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4779.98, R. Cultural Coatán, San S., 13/4 0144 local 
music and info. Gr. (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** INDIA. 7270, AIR Chennai, 1120-1132, Apr 9, vernacular. Announcer 
with brief talk between exotic wind, percussion and vox music thru 
BoH; weak-poor (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH-USA, R8, R75, 
NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) See also GOA

** INDONESIA. 3987.05, RRI Manokwari 1259-1316 Apr 13. YL with local 
ID, then SCI and Jak news; back to local programming at 1311 with 
another ID by the same YL and then vocal music. Fair signal.

M.I.A. - The following stations have not been heard for a while:
4750v - RRI Makassar - missing about a month in 12-14 UT time frame.
3976v - RRI Pontianak - missing for a week or two in the 12-14 UT time 
frame (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, 
April 13, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD)

** ITALY. Vi segnalo che ho aggiornato il mio sito HF Archive con le 
foto storiche del centro radio HF Italcable di Roma e della stazione 
costiera IQX Trieste Radio. L'indirizzo e':
http://www.mediasuk.org/archive/index.html
(Andrea Borgnino IW0HK, April 14, shortwave yg via DXLD)

** JORDAN. JORDAN these days? Nothing noted from Jordan R Amman 
yesterday Apr 12, and today 13. 11810, 15290, 11690, and 9830 -- all 
negative. 11690 suffers a lot by nearby ute teletype multi channel 
signal, like around 11685.48 ... peak at 11689.00 -- to 11689.75 kHz. 
73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[later:] 9830, R. Amman in Arabic noted now again. Missed on previous 
days on 11690, 11810, and 15290 kHz, but logged now in 1745-2000 UT 
segment today in 31 mb. Big signal of S=9+25 dB in southern Germany, 
due of 500 kW beast in use at Al Karanah. 1820 UT "Messa el Cher" 
program, ID at 1825 UT "...mamlakka de Hashemia ...". 73 (Büschel, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also UNIDENTIFIED 10000

** KUWAIT. 11990, Radio Kuwait (Kabd). 1911-1930. 11 Apr 08. English. 
ID as "Radio Kuwait." YL/OM with programming typical of this station 
dealing with the history and culture of Kuwait from ancient times 
until the current era. Some soft pop music mixed in. S7/poor. Heavy 
static (Joe Wood, TN, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)

** LITHUANIA. 6055, 12.4 2225, KBC Radio med Wolfman Jack. Tiden tyder 
på att schemat nu är 2130-2230. Mottagningen är aldrig bra i Halmstad 
- för nära sändaren i Litauen? 3 (Christer Brunström, Sweden, SW 
Bulletin April 13 via DXLD)

** MALAYSIA. SARAWAK - 7130 Sarawak FM via Kuching 1300-1324 Apr 9. 
Usual two pips (1+1) to ToH, then time check and news relay from Kuala 
Lumpur; back to local programming at 1310 - chat to 1315, then music 
segment, with an occasional jingle. The KL news relay was // 7270 
(fair with QRM) and 5030 (way under the CH station); (John Wilkins, 
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, April 13, Cumbredx 
mailing list via DXLD)

** MALI. 9635, R. Mali, Bamako; 13 April. French. 0914 OM talks, 
presumed news, "l`économie nationale", 0917 outside audio, 0918 sports 
news, copied between other news about football soccer in Spain, 0923-
0932 presumed returned to general news. 33233 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, 
Embu, SP, Brasil, Sony ICF SW40, dipole 18m, 32m, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. M.I.A. - 9600v - R. UNAM not heard in at least 3 weeks in 
local mornings (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-
foot RW, April 13, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD)

** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE. 6925 AM, United Patriot Militia Bingo, 2355-
0049*, 04/07/08. Bingo games being called amid parody sketches and 
clips from what I assume was the real (and defunct) United Patriot 
Radio, off at 0049. Solid signal. Good (Mark Schiefelbein, MO, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. Pirate, 6700.14, The Crystal Ship, 0110-0120, April 
14, novelty music. ID. // 5385.39 - both frequencies fair (Brian 
Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 
 
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. I had an opportunity to do some decent shortwave 
radio listening last week away from usual QTH. Whilst tuning the dials 
I noted the presence of a PNG signal on 3290 kHz; Radio Central PNG's 
usual channel.

Now I have seen this recently reported several times in DXers` logs as
Radio Central, but upon listening to the signal, programming was
definitely that of Karai National Radio which is exactly what I would
have expected given that all SW outlets of Karai National Radio are
currently off air.

Radio Central's transmitter is co-located with that of NBC'S SW & MW 
transmitters. Precedence at times of failure of any SW transmitter at 
Waigani (Port Moresby) has usually been for the Karai National Radio 
Service to take priority over Radio Central where a Karai SW 
transmitter goes faulty. At least in my years of listening to PNG SW 
radio.

Radio Central has had very much of an on/off affair with the SW bands
for a long while. No doubt due to funds availability and transmitter 
failures, etc.

Can anyone say for sure that they have heard Radio Central programming
on 3290 kHz since 4890 kHz has been off air from last year? I'm 
assuming in this instance that due to technical reasons, it's been 
easier for technicians to put the Karai Service out on the Radio 
Central transmitter and antenna (frequency). Or maybe --- just no 
Radio Central programming available at the time/day heard? (last 
Wednesday evening) Mmm ???? (Ian Baxter, Australia, April 13, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3345, R Northern, 1153, 04/09/08, Tok Pisin / 
English. Pop/island music to presumed signoff announcement in Tok 
Pisin, anthem, and then switched to the national feed with IS and then 
a male presenter with presumed news in English. No sign of RRI 
Ternate. Mostly poor.

3365, R Milne Bay (tentative), 1205-1220, 04/09/08. A carrier with 
some weak audio poking that emerged out of the noise for about 15 
minutes before fading down, presumably Milne Bay. If so, they may be 
recently back on the air, as there's been no trace at all of them here 
in the past several months, even on days of above-average NG 
reception. 

3905, R New Ireland, 04/08/08, Tok Pisin. An all-reggae/island music 
show presented by a male DJ, break near the top of the hour for the
news in Tok Pisin - almost intelligible to an English-speaking ear but 
not quite, then back to the music. Fair to good signal, but 
unfortunately lots of storm QRN (Mark Schiefelbein, MO, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** PERU. 4834.92, Radio Marañón er en af de mest stabile fra Peru. Kl. 
1146 (7.4) med ID og livlig musik. 4 (SHN-GTM)

5460.42, Radio Bolívar, Perú, sendte nonstop musik og s/off 0204 uden 
ID. 2-4 (SHN-GTM)

5470.72, Radio San Nicolás med livligt program 0100 (12.4). ID kl. 
0142. S/off foer kl. 0200. 2-3 (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, visiting 
Guatemala, SW Bulletin April 13 via DXLD)

** ROMANIA. R. Romania International on 15220 at 1240 with letterbox; 
Light signal into Cincinnati, but readable. FT 2000 2 ele quad at 50ft 
(Tim (N8YI), Cincinnati, OH, April 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** RUSSIA. VOR, 13855, April 14 at 1359 with IS, then ID as `Burasi` 
without the dot, so has to be Turkish (or do any other Turkic 
languages use that word for This is?). Yes, per Aoki this is the 
entire VOR sked on 13855 from 03718E, 5545N VOR a08:

13855 VOICE OF RUSSIA 1400-1500 1234567 Turkish 200 190 Moskva RUS 
13855 VOICE OF RUSSIA 1500-1600 1234567 Arabic  250 190 Moskva RUS 
13855 VOICE OF RUSSIA 1600-1700 1234567 English 250 190 Moskva RUS 
13855 VOICE OF RUSSIA 1700-1800 1234567 English 250 190 Moskva RUS 

Strange that Turkish gets 50 kW less than the other languages, if this 
be correct. Because Turkey is a little closer? As previously noted, 
English is sometimes audible here after 1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES. NBC Radio St Vincent & The 
Grenadines has been logged on new AM frequency of 700 kHz (ex-710 
kHz). It has been frequently catched in Scandinavia with own programs 
and relays of BBC World Service). The station has website at: 
http://www.nbcsvg.com/ (various sources) March 31, 2008 (DXing the 
Finnish Way blog via DXLD) 

Such as? WRTH 2008 says it was due to recommence ops on 700 with 10 kW 
in first quarter of this year, ergo, by April must have really moved? 
It was originally on 705, and a very widely-heard split (Glenn Hauser, 
DXLD)

** SERBIA [non]. 6185, "SERBIA", International Radio of Serbia, 
Bijeljina, 0122-0132, Apr 11, English/presumed Serbian. EZL music,
sign-off announcement and ID at 0127; IS until fanfare at 0130 into 
presumed Serbian; weak but clear. Is Serbia broadcasting beyond listed 
0130*? (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH-USA, R8, R75, NIR10, 
MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALIA [non]. Hi Glenn! After a couple months long QRT period I 
turned on my computer and radio, and browsed through the tips - and 
almost instantly got this: 

SOUTH AFRICA (to Somalia): IRIN Radio, via Meyerton on 9665 at 1730-
1745 (April 13th 2008). Quite a readable signal here in South West of 
Finland, though REE is the dominant on the frequency. The earlier tip 
about the ending signal "tee-too-tee" was a kind of confirmation, as I 
could not pick the spoken identification out of this more or less 
strange language (Somali?). Thanks for the tip, José, Scott, Björn and 
others! 73 de (Matti Ponkamo, Naantali, Finland, (KP10AK18), Icom IC-
718, dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. via Sines, Portugal, 17690, Sudan Radio Service, 1505-
1600*, April 12, Some English but mostly Arabic talk. Radio-drama. 
Short breaks of African music. English ID at 1559. Poor in noisy 
conditions (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SURINAME. 4990.00, 0055-0105 13.04, R. Apintie, Paramaribo, back? 
Talk in UNID language, western songs 15331 (Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, 
Denmark, on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres longwire, via Dario 
Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

** SYRIA. We all know what a poor signal R. Damascus puts out on 9330. 
Does anyone ever hear them on 12085 or 13610 at same time? TDP has 
this info http://www.tdp.info/syr.html on SW transmitters at the Adra 
site:

Adra 36.30E 33.27N  4 500 THO TRE2352  1982 

Which means four 500 kW Thomsons installed 26 years ago, and 
supposedly still in use. There is another site:

RD Sabboura 36.07E 33.30N 
 1 7,5  ?  † 
 2 20   ?  † 
 1 50   TEL SST392  1960 † 

The dagger = last symbol in each line, in case it garbles - means year 
scrapped or dismantled, so apparently these no longer exist, but we 
know the year only for the 50 kW unit. Or are they axually using one 
of the old Sabboura units now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Single unit in use? Not really, noted always two outlets in \\ in past 
years, mostly 9330 and 12085 in our late afternoon and early night 
time. Both SYRIAN transmissions poor here in Europe, like a 20 to 50 
kW unit range only, compared to KWT 500, ISR 300 kW or Cairo's 100/250 
kW beasts. 

Old Thomcast gear of 1982. Looks like a 20 kW station these days, 
needs an overhaul URGENT today (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. See LANGUAGE LESSONS

** TURKEY [and non]. Listening for the program summary at the 
beginning of the 0300 UT Sunday (originally Saturday) broadcast on 
7325 via Canada, and webcast, coming after news would be: Outlook, 
Hues & Colours of Anatolia, As Foreigners Have Put It, What Tunes Say. 
This means that DX Corner remains fortnightly, alternating with Hues & 
Colours, contrary to the printed schedule; Foreigners alternates with 
Turkish Scientific Bulletin (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. Have I been sleeping or did the Beeb suddenly start having 
advertising on their web site? I saw a banner advertising Lonely 
Planet books on their sports page this morning. Sad (Andy O`Brien, NY, 
April 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This started in November 2007. See: 
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/bbc-launches-ads-on-its-website-for-non-uk-users 
(Andy Sennitt, Netherlands, ibid.)

BBC Worldwide bought a 75% stake in Lonely Planet last October (Mike 
Barraclough, England, ibid.)

An interesting partnership. When I was back-packing around the world 
for a year in 1987-88, I had two things always with me, my Sony 
portable shortwave radio and my Lonely Planet guide (Andy O`Brien, NY, 
ibid.) 

** U S A. THE LATEST BBG MEETING WE COULD NOT ATTEND. Re the meeting 
of the Broadcasting Board of Governors on 9 April 2008: 

"The members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will meet in 
closed session to review and discuss a number of issues relating to 
U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary international broadcasting. They 
will address internal procedural, budgetary, and personnel issues, as 
well as sensitive foreign policy issues relating to potential options 
in the U.S. international broadcasting field. This meeting is closed 
because if open it likely would either disclose matters that would be 
properly classified to be kept secret in the interest of foreign 
policy under the appropriate executive order (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)) or 
would disclose information the premature disclosure of which would be 
likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency 
action." Federal Register via Justia.com, 9 April 2008. 
(via kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)

So, not much advance notice. Such notifications are routine, as the 
BBG has never had a public meeting. Posted: 14 Apr 2008 (Kim Andrew 
Elliott, ibid.)

STILL TRYING TO SAVE VOA GREEK. "The American Hellenic Educational 
Progressive Association ... submitted written testimony to the House 
Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, State, and Related 
Programs, requesting the federal government to restore $480,000 in 
funding for the Voice of America Greek Service for FY 2009." Hellenic 
News of America, 10 April 2008 (via kimandfrewelliott.com via DXLD) 

Greek is among VOA languages slated by the BBG for elimination in FY 
2009. See previous post about same subject. Posted: 14 Apr 2008 (Kim 
Andrew Elliott, ibid.)

VOA Greek was already eliminated from SW many years ago (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. Checking WBCQ 7415 some time after WORLD OF RADIO was over, 
April 14 at 0558, surprised to hear a talk show other than Brother 
Stair; 0559 survivalist ad, 0600 no ID, and into Power Hour from GCN! 
So I asked Allan Weiner about it (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Allan, Notice that GCN / Power Hour replaced BS last night. Is this 
true across the board? What is the schedule for GCN on WBCQ, and BS if 
any? (Glenn to Allan, via DXLD)

No, it was a switching mistake in the satellite receiver, power 
failure reset the receiver to another channel (Allan Weiner, WBCQ, 
April 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WWCR, 7465, accompanied by much weaker but definite matching 
spurs on approximately 7450.5 and 7479.5, at 0110 UT April 13 with 
unjustifiably assertive preacher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

4910, WWCR mixing product, 0154­0206, 4/13/08, in English. Noted as 
early as 0035. Two streams ­ one // 5070, one // 9980 simultaneously 
with Bible teaching on one and Pastor Pete Peters on the other. Both 
streams IDed at 0200. 9980 minus 5070 = 4910. Poor. Also heard by Don 
Jensen in South East WI (Mark Taylor, Madison, WI, NASWA yg via DXLD) 

4910 spur, WWCR, 0157, Apr 9, English. Spur from WWCR with Scriptures 
for America; muddy but readable. Tnx Brian Alexander tip (Scott R. 
Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH-USA, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 
60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

4910, WWCR Spur, 0010-0020, April 14, surprisingly strong spur. Two 
different WWCR programs from 5070 and 9980 mixing together on 4910. 
[9980 minus 5070 = 4910] (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Had gotten a bit behind in listening to Ask WWCR, and now I 
see that the unique Doc Jerry Plummer is no longer hosting it, but 
instead, Brady and Jason; nor is Doc in the photo gallery of staff. At 
his own website is available one of his Ask programs from last 
October: http://docplummer.com/audio/262all.mp3
At WWCR site, only the latest show is now available (Glenn Hauser, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. DRM is within the gun sights of WMLK (my local [sic] SW 
Broadcaster). I've been down to their site and been inside their new 
transmitter which is still not on the air. They have established a set 
of fairly easy mods to make it DRM compatible. Indeed, when last I 
spoke with them they were contemplating selling access to their 
airtime to help offset the electrical costs (Mark Phillips, NI2O, ex-
KC2ENI, Randolph NJ, April 5, drmna yg via DXLD)

** U S A [non]. SE PEGÓ LA CANCIÓN Y NO SE DIERON CUENTA
  
Saludos cordiales mis queridos colegas diexistas. Hoy en la mañana 
como a las 1400 UT estaba escuchando a CVC La Voz [17680] cuando noto 
que una canción que estaba sonando, comienza a repetir varias veces 
una estrofa de la misma. Esta situación estuvo así como por más o 
menos 15 minutos y nadie se dio cuenta.

Yo sé que los adelantos en la radio son excelentes y necesarios, pero 
creo que también es necesario que los que están al frente de los 
controles estén pendientes de su trabajo; estas máquinas pueden fallar 
en un determinado momento y si el operador está pendiente de lo que 
está sucediendo, arreglaría la situacion al momento. Como muestra de 
esta falla me quedó una grabación de este error de al menos 3 minutos.
Un abrazo para todos (José Elías Díaz Gómez, Apartado Postal 488,
Código Postal 6001-A, Barcelona, Venezuela.
http://sintoniadx.spaces.live.com/ April 12, radioescutas yg via DXLD)

** U S A. QSL Report --- USA Oxnard California WPXU557 Summer Passage 
Radio, 6516 kHz f/d prepared card in 6 days for a report with a SASE, 
prepared card and CD. v/s Don Anderson. 300 watts.
     Don Anderson, 2711 Uranium Dr., Oxnard, CA 93030
Maritime station #50 verified (Martin Foltz, So Cal, USA, April 7, 
UDXF yg via DXLD)

That`s the guy who gives those wonderful meteorological and 
geographical lessons/reports for the Sea of Cortez in regular morning 
nets (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. Looking for new WZFN, 1100, near Morehead MN, 
still no luck; April 13 at 0100 UT, just WTAM judging from nulling 
direxion, but with that nulled, IBOC was dominating frequency 1100 
from KFAB-1110, still on past 0115, nominal sunset for WZFN. This 
reminds me that a couple nights ago around same time, there was no 
IBOC QRM, so KFAB usage is irregular. KFAB and WZFN are too close to 
the same direxion; with the IBOC nulled on 1100, was treated to The 
Wobbler. BTW, WTAM Cleveland OH, a sesquimegameter away, is just about 
the most distant eastern `clear` audible here any night with no 
problem. KDKA would beat it, but not with the OK station on 1020. I 
haven`t yet tried for WZFN in the morning after sunrise (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re 8-046: WQEW problems again --- I notice that on listening 
to Perseus playbacks, 1560 WQEW was experiencing the same problems 
that were reported a few weeks ago - an awful buzz with no programme 
audio. This was the case throughout the night from 0100 to 0600 UT 
(Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Scotland, April 12, IRCA via DXLD)

** U S A. WAS THREE CLASSICAL NETS TOO MANY?
Partners to close classical net for radio but see chance for growth 
online Originally published in Current, March 24, 2008 By Mike Janssen

Classical Public Radio Network will shut down its broadcast operations 
June 30 and explore a move into online services, eliminating one of 
the several around-the-clock music feeds available to classical 
stations. The service, produced by a partnership of Colorado Public 
Radio in Denver and KUSC in Los Angeles, airs on about 60 stations and 
six HD Radio multicast channels.

Stations still have other options if they need a classical music feed. 
Classical 24, produced by American Public Media and distributed by 
Public Radio International, airs on 229 stations. Chicago’s WFMT Radio 
Network, which produces the Beethoven Satellite Network, declined to 
disclose its carriage. . .
http://www.current.org/music/music0805cprn.shtml
(Current via DXLD)

** U S A. Friday, April 11, 2008 --- HEALTHY PUBLIC RADIO, COLORADO 
STYLE  http://www.kdnk.org    KDNK, CARBONDALE, CO IS CELEBRATING A 
MILESTONE THIS WEEK. LET'S JOIN  IN SALUTING THEM. THEIR SUCCESS 
ILLUSTRATES THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO OPERATE A SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC 
RADIO STATION IN COLORADO, OR JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. 

KDNK STARTED DURING THE DAYS WHEN A LONG SHADOW WAS CAST UPON PUBLIC 
BROADCASTING BY THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION; NOT EXACTLY THE BEST TIME 
TO START A GRASS ROOTS RADIO STATION FROM SCRATCH. IT WAS A TIME WHEN 
MANY A PUBLIC RADIO STATION MANAGER AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR HIT THE PANIC 
BUTTON WITH DISTURBING TALK FROM WASHINGTON; THAT FUNDING FOR THE 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB) WOULD CEASE. TOO MANY IN THE 
PUBLIC RADIO COMMUNITY BLINKED, AND WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS AUDIENCE 
BUILDING EXTREMISTS INTO THEIR INNER CIRCLE. ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN 
AROUND COLORADO FROM THE 1970'S TO THE PRESENT AND REMEMBERS HOW KCFR 
SOUNDED IN THE 70'S UNDERSTANDS THIS POINT ALL TOO WELL TODAY. 
FORTUNATELY, OTHER PUBLIC STATIONS IN COLORADO AND ACROSS THE NATION 
HAVEN'T BLINKED. THEY CONTINUE WITH THEIR (SOMETIMES) QUIRKY 
PROGRAMMING; PROGRAMMING THAT COMMERCIAL RADIO WILL NOT APPROACH. THEY 
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A VOICE FOR THE DISENFRANCHISED; ESSENTIAL PEOPLE 
WHO DON'T CARRY ENOUGH ECONOMIC CLOUT IN ANY GIVEN COMMUNITY. THESE 
TYPE OF STATIONS IN ESSSENCE HAVE CARRIED THE SPIRIT (OF THE PUBLIC 
BROADCASTING ACT OF 1967) AND HAVEN'T LET UP IN THEIR EFFORTS TO 
FULFILL THE MISSION PRESCRIBED IN ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL PIECES OF 
LEGISLATION TO EMERGE FROM THE 1960'S.

The following appears on the Grass Roots Radio site http://grc.org a 
national organization interested in maintaining grass roots/community 
radio.

RECOLLECTIONS OF A KDNK FLOUNDERING FATHER
GUEST COMMENTARY BY JIM GROH

I'm proud to be one of the four or five crazy guys who started KDNK.
After 25 years, I still consider it one of the niftiest things Ive 
done with my life. And I'm delighted to hear that, despite the digital 
age, its still hippie radio. . . 
http://coloradopublicradio.blogspot.com/2008/04/healthy-public-radio-colorado-style.html
(via DXLD)

** VENEZUELA. ¿ "LA VOZ DE VENEZUELA, NO TIENE DOLIENTES"...? 
sábado 12 de abril de 2008
http://diexismovenezolano.blogspot.com/

La Voz de Venezuela, fue un proyecto faraónico de la primera 
administración del entonces Presidente de la República Carlos Andrés 
Pérez. El Director General de Radio Nacional de Venezuela (RNV) en ese 
entonces era Jaime Alcina quien fungía además como Director Encargo 
del nuevo proyecto radiofónico. Ambas estaciones estaban adscritas a 
la desaparecida Oficina Central de Información (OCI), hoy Ministerio 
del Poder Popular para la información.

En ese entonces se adquirió a una organización religiosa dos 
transmisores marca Continental de 500 kilovatios cada uno, fabricados 
en Estados Unidos, quienes pretendían instalarlos en Costa Rica; pero 
el incremento de los costos de la electricidad, debido al aumento de 
los precios del petróleo, los haría desistir. Fue así como el gobierno 
venezolano compró esos transmisores para instalarlos en Punta Tumatey, 
Península de Paraguaná en el Estado Falcón (ubicado al noroeste del 
país) y operar en la onda media (MW), en la frecuencia de 1240 kHz, 
con el prefijo de llamada YVPW.

En una entrevista concedida a Jeff White. corresponsal del programa 
“Radio Enlace” de Radio Nederland en Holanda y transmitida el 16 de 
Agosto de 1.991 cuando visitó el complejo , el coordinador del equipo 
de instalación del proyecto Jesús Tarazona, bajo el cargo de la 
compañía telefónica venezolana CANTV, justificó el porqué de escoger 
la onda media y no la onda corta. Textualmente dijo lo siguiente: 
“Básicamente la idea de seleccionar la onda media en lugar de la onda 
corta, se debió al deseo de llegar directamente al ciudadano común. Y 
en ese sentido, de que los radioescuchas pudieran sintonizar la 
estación en radiorreceptores comunes y corrientes y en las horas 
normales de trabajo; sin tener que hacer una selección especial, en 
una hora especial para escuchar la estación, Se quería que inclusive 
la estación tuviese una señal de sintonía de carácter local, para que 
en los países donde su cobertura era mas importante para el gobierno 
venezolano, pudiera inclusive sintonizarse como cualquier estación 
local de esos países”.

Jeff White en su reportaje nos describía que en este centro hay un 
edificio muy grande y en un terreno aledaño 2 torres de 100 metros de 
altura Allí trabajaban 7 personas a tiempo completo entre ellos el 
ing. Héctor González quien le mostró los transmisores y además le 
explicó el ángulo de radiación de la antena en sentido noroeste que 
cubría el caribe y centroamérica y en sentido sureste Brasil y Guyana.

Mas adelante Jeff White nos dice en su reportaje lo siguiente: Aparte 
de una transmisión de prueba de vez en cuando, la cual consistió en 
música folclórica venezolana, como este joropo (se escucha al fondo 
como cortina), nada realmente salió al aire desde La Voz de Venezuela 
y debido a los problemas de interferencia de otras emisoras en 1240 
kHz por la región, como por ejemplo Radio Barahona en la República 
Dominicana. Parece que los 2 transmisores de 500 Kw. quizás nunca van 
a ser usados. Las pruebas que se efectuaron hace algunos meses solo 
usaron uno de los dos transmisores y una potencia máxima de 350 kw. El 
segundo transmisor supuestamente necesitó algunos repuestos para 
funcionar y usando las 2 unidades juntas, por cierto, hubiera causado 
mucha interferencia en la cuenca del caribe”. En efecto para esa fecha 
las transmisiones fueron esporádicas y con horarios irregulares, sin 
identificaciones en muchos casos y con música folclórica. Quizás estos 
fueron los motivos que generaron protestas de gobiernos amigos y no 
fue inaugurada formalmente.

Cuatro años mas tarde, según los registros sonoros de la Fonoteca DX 
del Club Diexistas de la Amistad, en la ciudad de Barinas, el 27 de 
Julio de 1.995 se escuchó una transmisión que se identificaba: “En 
período de prueba, la nueva estación retransmisora en Paraguaná de 
Radio Nacional La Voz de Venezuela 1240 kHz AM”; seguidos de música 
folclórica y micros históricos, como : “La Ciudad de Coro, Patrimonio 
Cultural de la Humanidad”.

También escuchamos en esa grabación, un comunicado suscrito por Pablo 
Carreño Idrogo Director General de la emisora para la época que 
textualmente decía : “Hace 2 años (1.993) nos hicimos el firme 
propósito de rescatar los equipos de radiodifusión y las instalaciones 
de un viejo proyecto denominado La Voz de Venezuela. Cuando asumimos 
la dirección de Radio Nacional ya había sido decretada “la extinción” 
del proyecto, pero comenzamos a reunir de nuevo cada uno de los 
elementos necesarios para reactivarlo hasta lograr ese objetivo con 
grandes esfuerzos y pocos recursos. En efecto, con el apoyo del 
Presidente Rafael Caldera, del Ministro Guillermo Álvarez Bajares y de 
un equipo técnico integrado por los ingenieros Dionisio Atencio, 
Ismael Arráez y el técnico Víctor Castro, hoy podemos decir presente 
en el espectro radioeléctrico del continente, hoy podemos decir y con 
orgullo venezolanista que nuestra voz en las costas del atlántico, 
tanto en el pais como mas allá de nuestras fronteras patrias, es y 
seguirá siendo desde este momento un centro de libertad, un mensaje de 
amor y de esperanza, un vocero del optimismo y un faro que ilumine el 
sendero de la democracia en América . En falcón, Península de 
Paraguaná ha nacido para usted una nueva amiga, por favor abra su 
corazón y su hogar a Radio Nacional La Voz de Venezuela!!! ”

Como podemos notar, para poner en al aire a esta emisora se escogió 
esa zona frente a las costas del mar caribe estratégicamente ubicada 
pero por razones geopolíticas y por intereses de los gobiernos de 
turno en el poder. Pero por otro lado, fue un error operar en esa 
frecuencia de onda media con tanta potencia. Evidentemente generaría 
serias interferencias a emisoras de centroamérica y el área del 
caribe, así como rechazo internacional para nuestro país. Ese interés 
deliberado de que se escuche como emisora local en países vecinos sin 
importar que interfiera a otras estaciones que tienen la misma 
frecuencia, fue quizás la tumba de La Voz de Venezuela al nacer. En 
otras palabras sus transmisiones eran consideradas una invasión al 
espectro radioeléctrico de otras naciones amigas. Si la emisora 
hubiese optado por transmisiones en ondas cortas no tendría ningún 
impedimento técnico de posibles interferencias, pues allí se escucha 
el que mas potencia tiene; ni mucho menos, tendríamos problemas de 
invasión del espectro al ocupar las frecuencias en estas bandas 
internacionales de uso ilimitado.

Actualmente La Voz de Venezuela esta fuera del aire y quien sabe por 
cuanto tiempo más. Dejaremos perder sus edificaciones, instalaciones, 
antenas y equipos?

El plan de expansión en la cobertura de Radio Nacional de Venezuela a 
nivel nacional, que se esta ejecutando actualmente en una primera 
etapa; debería incluir la reactivación de la frecuencia 1240 con un 
transmisor de por lo menos 50 Kw, que cubra esa parte del país pero 
que no genere interferencias. En el portal de RNV en Internet, aparece 
un listado de frecuencias de AM y FM a nivel nacional pero no esta ni 
siguiera inactiva la frecuencia 1240 kHz. Eso para mi como para muchos 
radioescuchas del país es un hecho muy lamentable. Tanto dinero 
invertido allí y no se toma en cuenta en este plan ?. Será que la 
decidía es tan grande y este medio ni tuvo ni tiene dolientes, tanto 
en los gobiernos de la IV como de la V República? .

Por otro lado, creo conveniente que el nombre de La Voz de Venezuela, 
debería ser utilizado como el "canal internacional" de nuestro país y 
los 2 transmisores de 500 Kw., si se pueden transformar para ser 
utilizados en la onda corta internacional, serían el mejor aliado para 
garantizar que se escuche en todo el mundo. Muchas emisoras 
internacionales envidiarían tener tan solo un equipo de alta potencia; 
en cambio en nuestro país tiene 2 transmisores y no saben que hacer 
con ellos. Falta de gerencia, incapacidad técnica, indolencia o 
desinterés político pudieran ser la causa, por lo cual este faraónico 
proyecto desde hace 17 años sigue sin capitán como un barco a la 
deriva!

Ing. Santiago San Gil González
Teléfono Celular: 0424-5098620

CLUB DIEXISTAS DE LA AMISTAD
Apartado Postal 202, Barinas 5201-A
Estado Barinas, Venezuela

Publicado por C.DX.A - INTERNACIONAL 

AUDIO DEL PROGRAMA HISTORIAS DE RADIO SOBRE "LA VOZ DE VENEZUELA" 

Historias de Radio, un programa producido por Daniel Camporini desde 
la República Argentina, con la presentación de José Elías Díaz Gómez 
en Venezuela. Hoy dedica su espacio a una emisora fantasta "La Voz de 
Venezuela". Entérese de todos los pormenores de esta historia que por 
lo visto tiene un final incierto (Editores del Blog). 

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 el programa de esta semana vamos a charlar sobre una emisora en 
particular y de una región más que atractiva turística y 
culturalmente. Existía en mi un total desconocimiento sobre el lugar, 
sobre sus pobladores, su cultura y sus costumbres, tan solo tenía en 
mi mente el nombre de una emisora de radio. Pero a través de la 
búsqueda del material para poder narrar su historia descubrí este 
maravilloso lugar, siempre he afirmado que el escuchar radio es una 
forma de comprender todo aquello que lo rodea, eso es lo fascinante 
del diexismo y de la forma en que nosotros sepamos aprovecharlo, 
gracias a la colaboración de los colegas venezolanos, Santiago San 
Gil, Jorge García Rangel y José Elías Díaz Gómez, que aportaron audios 
y hurgaron en sus archivos, hemos podido reconstruir la historia de un 
proyecto que intentó ser uno de los más importantes de la 
radiodifusión latinoamericana y que terminó en un fracaso por varias y 
diferentes razones que trataremos de descubrir aquí. 

Para poder conocer esta historia van a tener que acompañarnos 
imaginariamente a la península de Paraguaná, estado Falcón, Venezuela. 
Mi nombre es Daniel Camporini y le doy la bienvenida a Historias de 
Radio, en donde hoy vamos en la búsqueda de una emisora fantasma. . .

HAGA CLIP EN EL SIGUIENTE ENLACE http://snipurl.com/24c9i  
[historiasderadio_podomatic_com]
Publicado por C.DX.A - INTERNACIONAL en 21:43 0 (via DXLD)

** VENEZUELA [non]. Sunday April 14 briefly looked for ``Aló 
Presidente`` via Cuba. At 1436 there was only a huge hum on 13680. 
Meanwhile, RHC programming at 1435 on 15370, 13760, 12000, 11805, 
11760 was La Cultura en Cuba about habañeras (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6300, ALGERIA. R. Nacional de la RASD, 2346-
0002*, 4/7 in Spanish. Political commentaries and music. Closed with a 
band performance of Algeria's National Anthem. Good (David Turnick, 
Reading PA, NRD-545, Icom R71A, Sony 2010 & Alpha Delta DX Sloper 
antenna, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)

Really? Did you compare with online Algerian anthem? Seriously doubt. 
More likely the Polisario/RASD anthem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Heard on 4865 some days when 4865 R. Alvorada is off, 
many mentions about HCJB in Spanish; at April-4, around 2314 OM : 
"somos HCJB", at April-08, 2247 mentioned HCJB mail address and at 
2259 OM: "Radio Internacional HCJB", at April-10, 2249 mentioned HCJB 
email or web page address. Always in this listenings around 2310, 
heard program "Viva la Plenitud" wich seems to be about healthy life. 
Heard many religious contents by OM with a soft tone voice and speech, 
religious music too; they usually s/off at 2315. Checked HCJB on 12000 
same time wasn't in parallel. I tried record but don't succeed catch 
this HCJB ID. Short audio file about this here:
http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/eefibra/r.logos.tent.4865khz2245utc040408.mp3
73's (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Embu SP, Brasil, Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 
18m, 32m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

BOLIVIA. Radio Logos` transmitter is an HCJB unit, so there are strong 
connexions to HCJB. See DXLD 7-011, i.a. Probably relay off satellite. 
I think ALAS carries HCJB-produced programming. I see your tentative 
ID of this as R. Logos appears only in the clip URL (Glenn Hauser, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4905, 0153-0203. 12 Apr 08. Interesting log. Radio Chad 
has been coming in on this frequency lately, but the programming I 
heard this time does not match previous logs. This time is was 
contemporary Christian music including "Via De La Rosa" [Dolorosa??] 
and others in English, and maybe some preaching on top of that. I 
couldn`t make out the language, but it could have been French or 
Spanish. Has anyone heard Radio Chad with Christian programming? S5/P-
F (Joe Wood, TN, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)

Can`t imagine Chad coming back on in the middle of the night to 
broadcast Christians. Assume frequency is accurate, as WWCR spur is on 
4910; receiver image? But that would be from 5805 or 5815, no fit. 
Most of the Brazilian SW stations are now religious, so could be 
Anhanguera or even Relógio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5970a Uid. spansktalende station - maaske fra Bolivia. 
Hoert 1050-1100 (10.4) med meget distorted signal - kun mulig paa AM. 
Ikke hoerbar paa USB eller LSB. Helt blokeret af REE Costa Rica [5965]
fra kl. 11. Kun hoert denne morgen. Heller ikke hoert aften. 2 (Stig 
Hartvig Nielsen, visiting Guatemala, AOR7030, SW Bulletin April 13 via 
DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 6026.5, 12.4 2118, OID med religiöst px på 
arabiska. 4 CB (Christer Brunström, Sweden, SW Bulletin via DXLD) 
Surely IRAN as reported several times here on variant frequency; e.g. 
8-043 (gh)

UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 6067, 2200 15 March, OM long tirade, singing, 
Arabic, 32232 (Michael L. Ford, Staffordshire, April World DX Club 
Contact via DXLD)

As in DXLD 8-021, 8-023, 8-030, it`s VOIRI, Sirjan, Iran, one of many 
off-frequencies. Remember, if it`s in Persian, it can`t be IRIB (Glenn 
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10000 NO ID, 1908-1915, escuchada el 13 de abril en 
idioma sin identificar, probablemente en árabe a locutor con 
comentarios, locutora comentarios y risas, descarto Radio Cairo, la 
emisión no corresponde, segmento musical, SINPO 33342 (José Miguel 
Romero, Burjasot, (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena Radio 
Master, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Arabic has been reported on 10000 before; seems to me it was Jordan, 
spur or mixing product. I guess it`s too late today, but see JORDAN 
and if it matches 9830 (gh, ibid.)

10000 kHz often reported as spur from Jordan [9830]. 73 (Wolfgang 
Büschel, ibid.) 

Or maybe it is not too late, propagation permitting; Aoki says: 9830 
R. JORDAN 1845-2300 1234567 Arabic 500 300 Al Karanah JOR 3627E 3144N 
JORDAN b07 (Glenn, 2150 UT, ibid.)

Most probably Radio Jordan, just like in July 2002, but also All India 
Radio had spurs on 10000 kHz in the past (Roberto Scaglione, Sicily, 
shortwave yg via DXLD) Viz.:

JORDAN. R. Jordan spurs. R Jordan in Arabisch am 1.7. von mir gehoert 
zwischen 1850 und 1915 UT auf 10000 kHz \\ 9830 mit "Zuhoerer am 
Telefon"-px und guter Qualitaet (0=3/4). (Herbert Meixner, Austria, 
July 2 [2002], BC-DX via DXLD)

Jordan R heard again on 10 MHz even !! Should also be on air on 9660 
too ?? I have noted the 10 MHz freq being reported lately - and have 
heard it myself in the past. I guess it's symmetrical spurs which this 
station often radiates. I also noted that 11960 and 11810 were not on 
air during their morning transmission until c0715 s-off recently, but 
both have now returned. I haven`t checked to see if 11690 is back on 
(Noel R. Green-UK, July 3 [2002], BC-DX via DXLD) [both via Scaglione, 
shortwave yg, via DXLD 8047]

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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
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Keep up the good work --- you do a wonderful job for the DXers who are 
watching their hobby slowly die. v/r (Dan Henderson, Laurel, Maryland 
20723-1136, USA)

CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
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DX AND SHORTWAVE MEETINGS OF 2008 
    
Dear friends, I have received some updates and correction (thanks to 
all contributors) and here follows the list as of today:

Dates: May 16-18
Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Organization: Dayton Hamfest
Expected Attendance: 20,000
More Info: http://www.hamvention.org

Dates: May 30-June 1
Location: Karlstad, Sweden 
Description: The annual DX-Parliament of Swedish DXers
Organization: Swedish DX Federation
Expected Attendance: 30
More Info: http://www.sdxf.org

Dates: June 13-15
Location: Vejers Beach, Jutland, Denmark
Description: The annual general meeting of DSWCI and listening camp
Organization: Danish Short Wave Club International
Expected Attendance: 30
More Info: http://www.dswci.org

Dates: June 27-29
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany
Description: biggest annual hamfest in Europe

Dates: July 12-27
Location: Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany
Description: summer DX Camp of AGDX
Organization: AGDX, Germany and Austria
More info: http://www.dxcamp.org

Dates: 1-3 August?
Location: Gómez Palacio, Mexico
Description: The Annual Mexican DX Meeting
Comment: my long-time contact in México, Iván López Alegría, reports 
that this has not yet been fixed, but presumably it is to be this 
weekend.

Date: August 16th
Location: Huntington Beach, California, USA
Description: Annual Picnic
Organization: Southern California Area DXerS-SCADS
Expected attendence: 50+
More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS/

Dates: August 22-24
Location: Tokyo, Japan 
Organization: Tokyo Hamfest
Expected Attendance: 30000
More info: ?

Dates: August 29-September 3
Location: Berlin, Germany
Name: Internationale Funkausstellung
Description: big annual radio fair in Berlin

Dates: September 5-7
Location: Vaasa, Finland
Description: European DX Conference and 50th annual meeting of FDXA
Organization: Finnish DX Association
Expected Attendance: 150
Comment: a tour to the Baltic states will follow 7-10 September
More info: http://www.netikka.net/edxc2008

Dates: September 12-16
Location: Amsterdam, Holland
Name: IBC

Dates: September 29-October 5
Location: Langenselbold, Germany
Description: DX-Camp
Organisation: Rhein Main Radio Clubs
More info: mail @ rmrc.de

73's (Risto Vahakainu, FDXA, April 11, HCDX via DXLD)

LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++

MEZZOFANTI http://www.mezzofanti.org/ 

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Internet. Whether you are tying to learn a language, brush-up on your 
linguistic skills, or would simply like to discover another culture, 
Mezzofanti.org provides you with some of the best content in 
linguistics, language education, and translation on the Internet. 
Learn about world languages and how to learn them with our unique, 
original articles and special features. Or, find the perfect online 
translator or language learning series with our categorized links to 
great language websites worldwide (via Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield 
Park, Quebec, April Radio HF Internet Newsletter via DXLD)

DXER LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND MORE 
    
Hi folks, From the 'Radio Taiwan International' (RTI) Internet Audio 
Files I noted this morning that RTI's 'The Hakka Files' program 
carried a segment of Hakka language words that might be useful for 
some DXers. It included words for 'frequency' 'radio station' etc. The 
Hakka language segment is carried at the end of the Hakka cultural 
program; The Hakka Files.

The Hakka language is one of 3 significant languages of Taiwan and a
language with its origins in southern China. Regular listeners will
note however that there are also different dialects to the Hakka
language. Being a Chinese language its written form is the same as all
Chinese: either traditional or simplified. Traditional being the
written form used in Taiwan.

According to the Aoki list the language is still being broadcast by SW
broadcasters: RTI, CRI, CNR & KTWR.

The Hakka Files program in question can be streamed from the Sunday
Audio program menu on http://www.rti.org.tw

Also on the language topic, discerning CRI Mandarin from RTI Mandarin
is not too difficult. Just listen for the 'R' sounding words. The
Chinese pinyin word 'Shi' (Sher) is much more softly spoken in Taiwan
compared to Beijing speakers (as is the case on CRI). A bit like the
'R' sounding words of Australian English speakers. Take the English
word 'car' Australians have the the softest 'R' in the English
speaking world and maybe North America the most emphasised. 

For several weeks now, RTI has been carrying a 2nd program segment
from Radio Australia in its Thursday program titled 'People' hosted
by RTI's Natalie Tso and the RA Breakfast Club hosts. For sometime now
RTI has carried the `Radio Australia' program 'Asia Review'

I enjoy listening to the Thursday 'People' program and hearing about 
the Taiwan/Australia news exchanges. Particularly in respect to the
freedoms issues & the well publicised link between China and Australia 
with our Mandarin (Chinese) speaking Australian Prime Minister and the 
Tibet/Olympics issue. Makes for interesting listening as the world 
turns its attention to China and the Beijing Olympics.

Also on broadcaster exchanges; RTI & DW are partaking in a three month
program host exchange between RTI's Andrew Ryan & DW's Kirsten Winter
(spelling?). Regards (Ian Baxter, Australia, April 13, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Ian, Beijing speakers of Mandarin have a very pronounced R as you 
say, and also their speech is very nasal - Have a listen to the canned 
ID's on CNR1. 73 (Tony Magon VK2IC, ibid.)

PUBLICATIONS
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AMATEUR AM RADIO MAGAZINES

Glenn, it would be nice if there were available an entire archive of 
the AM Amateur Radio magazines. The first one devoted to this area of 
the hobby was published by a Husband and Wife in the middle 1960`s 
from "six- land" (California). Not much seems to remain known about 
its history except that its publishing pair were, no surprise, 
popular. 

Next came 2 years, about 24 issues of "The AM Press Exchange by, 
Howard Jack, W2NRM". 1980- 1982. His magazine seems to have been 
similar to the later magazine by the same name. 

Howard Jack himself is remembered by Donald Chester, K4KYV and me for 
the fact that he offered to sell us his 200 subscribers list for $200 
and we each turned him down. Still, others have come to offer a 
shinier glimpse at his reputation. My friend, Ed O`Brien said that 
Howard was a nice Ham who was retiring from his own TV repair 
business. 

The next magazine was mine. "Perfect Fidelity AM". Bill, W8VYZ and 
friends wanted a next AM magazine. When I said that I might be able to 
publish a magazine of it, boy, did I get nicely begged at. The result 
was a 1983- 1984 first issue and a rarer 1984 issue before I put down 
my burden and handed the torch to Donald Chester, K4KYV. 

Seymour Krevsky and others made others some needed extra copies where 
they were very popular in Southern New Jersey and in Pennsylvania. The 
160 metres AM rôle call on Friday nights mostly resembled the list of 
people Seymour Krevsky and friends sent copies to. I would appreciate 
it if someone would send me photocopies of my own 2 issues. One 
shouldn`t send the originals in case they get stolen in the mail and I 
mention, I wouldn`t have a problem making a fresh reproduction of each 
off of the copies because the originals came off of my own hands. 

Pete, W1VZR at Deerfield, New Hampshire Hamfest in 1984 was the 
inspiration for the start of the second issue. "There are no circuit 
diagrams!". Needed. 2 supplied. 

Donald Chester`s magazine originally called, "Alternative Modulation" 
underwent a name change to "AM Press Exchange" around issues 5 and 6 
because Edwin Bolton, WA3PUN wrote in a complaint that became the 
cover page of the issue and others said sensible things like, "We`re 
not the alternative, we`re the real thing". Donald Chester wrote, "So 
what`s in a name?" for the next issue. 

Donald, a schoolteacher, had a theory that the AM`ers on the average 
had the best formal educations amongst the Hams. Many others and I 
said that the opposite was true. Donald didn`t believe it right away 
until he was in a QSO with another Southerner who cheerfully said, "I 
like your new magazine, 'Alternating Modulation' ". 

Roger Frith, N4IBF soon became Donald`s co-publisher. The magazine 
soon climbed to 1400 subscribers and was around 1000 subscribers for 
most issues. Floyd Dunlap, WA5TWF, president of Society for the 
Promotion of AM (SPAM) had a topic that included writing with, "First 
annual AM Jamboree. Swimsuit optional but your transmitter must be on 
AM.". He continued that Ragchew QSOs not contesting were its friendly 
weekend`s goal; however the more friends you make the better. 

Today, there are no published AM magazines. AMFONE.NET, online, for 
example, although nicely put together by Gary, W2INR, is a poor 
substitute for a magazine because erasures and alterations of people`s 
entries by bad Hams (Old country, old Hams, sour.) like Peter, WA2CWA, 
mar anything of the continuity of free speech, and of course, these 
should be QSOs on-air for the benefit of all, not, static broken by 
endless spur signals running, "Buy meals ready to eat and gold bars, 
from Jesus". Amen. 

AMFONE.NET`s topics like those of so many other onlines, have holes 
left behind. I urge people to listen and to transmit much more on Ham 
Radio and to handwrite their favorite or most important topics into 
their own scrapbooks. Some of the scrapbooks I collect, like some of 
the ones I make, follow the pattern of starting and ending from 
peacetime to peacetime instead of war to war. We need some fresh blood 
(meaning new people not, what`s extracted) into Amateur Radio and, 
let`s see people gather their successes into collecting and remaking 
the history of the amplitude modulation Amateur Radio magazines
(Frederic Jodry, KA2PYQ, April 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: BRAZIL; FRANCE; USA WMLK
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RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
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DA-1 or DA-2 

[Re 8-046, USA: WOR] Glenn, From watching the FCC databases for 50 
years, here is what I think is the situation:

There is nothing "official" (that is, codified in the rules or the 
CFR) about the way the FCC databases (paper in the old days, digital 
now) are organized. And in fact, the databases aren't even "official" 
- only license and CP and application documents themselves are the 
official record.  

In fact, when you print a "license" from the CDBS, it's not unusual 
for it to contain differences from the "official" paper license. Not 
that the paper license is always correct either. There was a period of 
time when our office reviewed newly issued CP's and licenses for AM 
stations owned by our clients over a period of about a year and found 
that most of them were incorrect. The Commission even admonishes 
licensees to check the data when they issue a license or CP!

But the DA-1 vs. DA-2 situation is lost in the fog of history. The ITU 
and the Region II Agreement (and the old NARBA's if they even 
considered it, I'd have to look) consider a station which operates 
with the same antenna parameters day and night but different powers to 
be DA-1. I think this has always been the Industry Canada/DOC/DOT 
policy too, and even that of Mexico.  

But the FCC has, in my memory, always assumed a power difference to be 
a pattern difference, and so called this DA-2. And, a station which 
has identical theoretical parameters for day and night but power 
levels that are 1 kW or above for one mode and below 1 kW for the 
other will actually have a slightly different "standard" or "expanded" 
(ITU language) pattern, due to the 1 kW floor on the "Q" parameter in 
the standard pattern equation.

And, when Gary Kalagian set up the FCC digitized AM database, he 
created a separate record for each mode of operation for most stations 
(including DA-3 critical hours and share time and other anomalies) so 
the DA-2 designator seemed sensible to him, and he's a very sensible 
and thoughtful engineer (now long retired from the Commission).

It is amusing now that when you apply for a CP for day or night 
changes only, the database will show that the CP applies to the 
opposite operation, even if it is not proposed to be changed. 

So it all can be blamed on the world being taken over by the IT 
minions. Better them than the beancounters, I suppose (Ben Dawson, WA, 
April 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###