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Thanks, Glenn NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1425 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415 [temporary, heard Sept 1, but Sept 8, 15?] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html 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: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** ABKHAZIA. Abkhazian Radio (9494.75v) *may* ID as "Apsua Radio" - I first thought that the word "apsua" means something in Russian or local language. 73 de (Matti Ponkamo, Naantali Finland, Sept 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Abkhazia? 9494.75, 0340 Music and talk. Just audible and gone by 0415. Unable to identify. [13 Sept 08]. Receiver JRC535Db with Eavesdropper trap dipole antenna (John Durham, Tauranga, New Zealand, ripple via DXLD) ** ALASKA. 7355, Sept 13 at 1510 in Russian talk, fair. Per Aoki can only be KNLS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 9345, 2320 Sept 13, G signal with Albanian music, lacking in higher audio frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. RA, 11660, 2129 Sept 12 going from ``Saturday AM`` show to ``Saturday Extra``, with quick long-path echo. This is Shepparton at 70 degrees, same as on 9580 at 0800-1400 which inbooms here without an echo. The LP is about 6.8 kilomiles longer than the SP, which makes a delay of .0366 second. In DXLD 8-098 there was a report that 11660 is Brandon along with 9660 and 12080, but I don`t think so. EiBi and Aoki do show Brandon on 11660 at this hour, but WRTH 2008 plus A-08 update and PWBR `2008` do not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1406-1425, Sept 12, news in English, usual ID "You are listening to the news from the Bhutan Broadcasting Service", announcements, into long talk, Fri. scheduled for talk on Buddhism, poor (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3309.94, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 0930 very weak but much stronger by 1030, traditional music, a regular every day. 4409.7, Radio, Eco, Reyes noted 2340; 2350 to 0000 11 September with weak signal. [above two also heard by KM - Cedar Key, says Bob; who is that, anyway?] 5580.23, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos, 10 September covered by RTTY ute 0000-0010, with music 2350 to 0000 11 September (Bob Wilkner, Pompano Beach, Southeast Florida, Sept 13, NRD 535D, 746 Pro, various antennas, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6075, UNID, 1050-1105, September 13, Aymara, ¿It's a new station from Bolivia? Help! Reports from Oruro by female, short Andean songs and more reports from Oruro, Ann. "....pueblos indígenas del mundo ....campesinos de Bolivia....", 24422. Tonight I listened Radio San Gabriel on 6080 (at 2330 UT) with good signal (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That was posted at 1115 UT Sept 13, so not sure what he means by ``tonight``, = anoche, last night? (gh, DXLD) Might be Radio Patria Nueva, which has been reported on that frequency. Live stream: http://www.patrianueva.bo/ (Moises Knochen, Montevideo, Uruguay, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Are you sure? I thought that was 6025, i.e. = Radio Illimani. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Glenn, Not sure at all. However on condig list Rafael Rodríguez reported R. Patria Nueva (tentative) on 6075. So far I could not hear it. 73, (Moises Knochen, Montevideo, Uruguay, ibid.) Viz.: 6075, Red Patria Nueva. ???, Bolivia. 1030-1200 sep. 13. Llevando información sobre la situación social que se presenta en algunas regiones luego del Estado de sitio declarado en la región de Pando. Entrevistas telefónicas con líderes en diferentes regiones de Bolivia. Mencionan. "Red Patria Nueva y la Red de radios de los pueblos originarios..." La programación es bilingüe en quechua y español. Con anuncios de la registraduría civil, y otros entidades gubernamentales. Mencionan también "Radioemisoras Bolivia" Por momentos parece ser una estación retransmitiendo la señal del estado boliviano; no se escucha en 6025 kHz. Encuentro una referencia en la misma página web de la red http://www.patrianueva.bo/seccion.php?n=historia donde mencionan que alguna vez transmitieron en 6080 kHz y también señalan dentro de las emisoras que hacen parte de la red a Radio Illimani con transmisión en 6040 kHz. Nueva frecuencia?? ex- 6025?? (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C - COLOMBIA, condiglist yg via DXLD) Hi Glenn, FYI - Their website still shows 6025 and also has audio streaming. http://abi.bo/index.php?i=patria-nueva&j=patria-nueva/indice.html (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. RADIO 9 DE JULHO NAS ONDAS CURTAS --- Nesta semana, a Rádio 9 de Julho AM (1600 kHz - São Paulo/SP), passou a transmitir seu sinal também em Ondas Curtas (OC). Agora, a emissora também pode ser ouvida em 9720 kHz, em 31 metros através das Ondas Curtas (OC). O sinal em Ondas Curtas (OC) da Rádio 9 de Julho, nada mais é do que uma devolução do governo, que na época do Regime Militar cassou a emissora. Espero que estejem usando uma potência adequada nos transmissores para ondas curtas, pois em AM a emissora, no último ano, reduziu muito a sua potêcia durante a noite e eu que moro na capital percebi a qualidade do sinal cair (Mauricio, São Paulo-SP, Sept 12, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Essa é uma excelente notícia. Ultimamente temos visto o desaparecimento de inúmeras emissoras brasileiras em ondas curtas, infelizmente. O surgimento, ou resurgimento de alguma delas, é um avanço em pleno século XXI. Embora o segmento dessa emissora seja muito religioso, ficamos feliz! Quanto ao sinal noturno, também reparei por aqui. 73 (João Ricardo Bergamini, PY4TW, Barbacena-MG, ibid.) Vocês ouvem a emissora? Ainda não escutada en Montevideo, Uruguay. Esta informação da reativação que origem tem? Escuta direta o info via fonte oficial? Obrigado. DXistas do exterior ficamos muito interesados en esta reactivação (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, ibid.) Was supposed to be coming back on 9820, not 9720; see 8-092. But watch out for RHC Mesa Redonda from 2200 on 9820, open-ended? See CUBA (gh) Radio 9 de Julho nas Ondas Curtas --- A 9 de Julho foi sintonizada aqui em Novo Hamburgo- RS durante a tarde de ontem pela primeira vez das 13:00 às 17:00 horas em 9820 KHZ. 73´s. (Edison Bocorny, Jr., Sept 13, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Since 13-17h is called ``tarde`` I assume that is in Brasília time = 16-20 UT. It`s maddening the way some Brazilian SW DXers use UT but many use local time without specifying which (gh, DXLD) 9820, possible R. 9 de Julho. 0000-0130, 13 Sept. When Cuba left the channel at 0000, weak signal beneath became audible. Slowly strengthened, but still weak when VOA came on at 0130. Latin music, some vocals. Man announcer between music, unable to be sure of language. Woman speaking at 0106, possibly recorded. Peaked around 0100 (Don Jensen, Kenosha WI, NASWA yg via DXLD) 9820, 13/09 0324, RADIO 9 DE JULHO, São Paulo-SP, programa de cunho religioso católico, locutora conversa com ouvinte por telefone // 1600 kHz, 44433 (MARCELO VILELA BEDENE, CURITIBA-PARANÁ-BRASIL, SONY ICF- 2001D, DX CLUBE DO PARANÁ, http://www.dxclube.com.br dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) New Brazilian station on short wave --- 9820 kHz, Rádio 9 de Julio, São Paulo, SP, 1345-1405, September 13, Portuguese, religious program conduced by male, religious song by male, TC, talks about different activities in São Paulo, program: "A Caminho do Reino", 44333 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) What happened on 9 July, anyway, and in what year? (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11780, Radio Nacional da Amazônia, 0100-0115, Sept 12, Portuguese IDs at 0100 followed by possible news. Ads, jingles. Local music. Portuguese talk. Fair to good. No //s heard (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also MEXICO [non] ** BULGARIA. Spanish on 11800, Sept 12 at 2148, I figured was Habana as usual, but wait --- not // 11750, and doesn`t really sound like RHC programming as playing Auld Lange Syne! Turns out to be choral music program from R. Bulgaria, Spanish ID in passing, and // 9400 at 2154. Looking at Aoki, both stations are shown on 11800 in Spanish at 2100- 2200, Habana aiming 53 degrees toward Spain, and Bulgaria aiming 260 degrees toward Spain. I had really not noticed Bulgaria here before, and Habana`s signal was not especially strong, but now apparently gone, resolving a collision, which must have been bad in Spain. So what is RHC`s new frequency for this transmitter? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. Re 8-101: I think it would be a shame if CFRX had to move to a new frequency. The book "Radio Wizard" about the life of Canadian radio inventor and businessman Ted Rogers, Sr., mentions CFRX going on the air in the 1930s on 6070 kHz. I don't know if the station has always been on that frequency, but if it has, that must be some sort of record for a shortwave broadcaster (Greg Shoom, ODXA yg via DXLD) Good point. I never heard of it being anywhere else. So the alternative is to persuade as many other 6070 stations as possible to move, at the very least CVC Chile. But a certain defeatist attitude prevails, forcing would-be listeners to live with the interference, or rather, give up trying to listen to CFRX at night. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 6069.98, CFRX, 1433-1440, Sept 12, still slightly off frequency. “NewsTalk 1010 CFRB” IDs. Ads. Fair (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sept 12 at 2213, found open carrier on 6070 and lite hum; 2228 maybe a trace of modulation and no SAH. I can only assume it was CFRX. Others have reported ELWA until 2300 on 6070 with no QRM from Toronto, so do they deliberately pause? At 2302 the usual fast SAH was evident, i.e. CFRX vs CVC La Voz, Chile. Brian Alexander has measured CFRX on 6069.98, so it`s 20 Hz off, altho the SAH I hear isn`t that fast, so CVC must also be slightly low (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Something different about CFRX --- There is something different about this incarnation of CFRX. Throughout all the postings of people hearing it, I have yet to hear a trace. In the past, I could always hear CFRX during the day weakly and in the mix during dark hours. Is there a new antenna sending the signal differently? Either that, or I have been very unlucky! (Andy Reid, Peterborough Ont, Sept 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, you may recall that the original antenna was knocked down by the landscaping company while mowing the grass. CFRB installed a new vertical months before this new transmitter was installed and on the air. So it appears there is a different radiation pattern and a larger skip zone. I can¹t hear them in the Newmarket area during the day (Harold Sellers, Ont., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'm barely reading it right now 300 miles away from the transmitter. Even though it's showing S8 on my meter it's still very very faint (Terry Wilson, Sept 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I noticed the other day that they seemed to be having some modulation problems and now much worse (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, IBID.) Yes, something is very wrong with CFRX, barely a week after its reactivation from a biyear snooze. Sept 13 at 2253, fair carrier on 6070, but almost `open` --- occasionally I could make out a bit of modulation in the CFRB you-must-hear-this style (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. I was surprised to learn of the call sign change as CHWO- 740 since I am so often tuned in, but then it doesn’t help when they, AM740, virtually never use the new CFZM call sign. I am yet to hear them actually use it. I don’t plan to commit to another signature campaign, but I am concerned about the chink in the armor of the Toronto 740. Mid-day talk is still talk and breaks up the format and could open the door to other changes along a similar line. It’s happened before. How safe are the standards on AM740 since they’ve been sold and given what has happened nearly everywhere else on the dial? Speaking of the AM dial, is anyone hearing anything of any real worth these days?? Trying to get around the HD digital hash is like having a TV set on and holding the radio next to it and still hoping to hear DX. The dial sounds more like fluorescent light dimmer interference all over it. What a sad commentary (Gary Siegel, Toledo OH, IRCA DX Monitor Sept 13 via DXLD) At the moment, I am not too worried about CFZM-740 drifting too far away from its traditional format of oldies music, though it might not be so much big band as before. It’s owned by MZ Media (thus the ZM in the callsR), which is owned by Moses Znaimer, who is also the executive director of CARP, the Canadian counterpart to the US AARP. He also coined the term Zoomers and Zoomer Radio to refer to Baby Boomers with a Zip. I’m not sure yet if I like the term but, since I’m not a Boomer, I probably shouldn’t have any say in what the group refers to itself as, anyway (Richard Evans, Indianapolis, Indiana 46237-4694, ibid.) ** CANADA. CBC NQ, 9625 reception is improving, such as Sat Sept 13 at 2338 with favourites such as ``Michelle, Ma Belle``, suitably bilingual, and until 2344, monolingual ``Mona Lisa``, by N. K. Cole, on Randy Bachman`s Vinyl Tap show from CBC Radio One. Before 2300 I heard laughter, presumably CBC`s new comedy show, Laugh Out Loud at 2230: http://www.cbc.ca/laughoutloud/ And on weekdays before 2200 there is Nunavut news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CJLO 1690 Montreal QC test heard --- They were blasting into my area last night around 2AM with a rock solid signal in the car. I heard the announcement then into Big Band, and what sounded like French AC music (Michael Temme-Soifer, Egg Harbor City, NJ, Sept 13, Yamaha T-80, BA Recepter HD, Sony XDR-S3HD, APS-13 @ ~35', APS-9B @ ~25' indoors/mobile, FM29QM, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) Is CJLO testing all day and night now? So far only Toronto's Greek pest here from that direction. 73 KAZ Barrington IL (Neil Kazaross, 1423 UT Sept 13, ibid.) ** CANADA. At 0550 UT Sept 13 in the null of WSM, I heard ``News-talk 650`` non-ID, also tnx to no IBOC audible at the moment from WWLS-640 in the same direxion. I suspected this was KIKK Pasadena TX, normally daytimer only, but also doing its part for the Hurricane Ike emergency, which isn`t much with only a 250 watt transmitter, and probably getting creamed in Houston by WSM et al. That is, until I found a perfect match on the slogan in the 2007 NRC AM Log for CKOM Saskatoon. Other 650 news/talk format stations listed are in AK, CA, MN, and plain old talk in VA and WY. So can`t be sure (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And yes, the 650 you heard was probably KIKK Pasadena, TX (Paul Walker, NE, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I strongly think you had CKOM SK rather than KIKK whose slogan (if they were on) is CNN 650 Radio News. CKOM is heard here sometimes with News Talk 650 slogan. 73 KAZ Barrington IL (Neil Kazaross, IL, NRC-AM via DXLD) And note that CBK was doing well around the same time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: ** CANADA. As I was searching the MW band for Ike-related anomalies, I was sidetracked by good signal on 540 at 0554 UT Sept 13 playing ``O, Carol``, and back-announcement soon recognized as Randy Bachman`s Vinyl Tap on CBC Radio 1, i.e. CBK Saskatchewan; this was way over XEWA, as sometimes happens when northern conditions are good. Then at 0605 on 990 it was Radio Netherlands` ``Bridges With Africa`` program, i.e. via WRN via CBC Overnight via CBW Manitoba. No IBOC audible from KTOK 1000 at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO. 9610, Radio Congo, 18-08-08, 1537-1543. Comentarios sobre los JJ.OO. Pekín 08 con referencias a Jamaica y Phelps, en lingala. SINPO 55555 (Sangean ATS909, Ant. Hilo 7m) (Javier Robledillo Jaén Elche (Alicante) - España, EA5-1028, Sept 13, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) This station has been inactive on SW for many years, cf. WRTH 2008. But who else would be in Lingala on 9610?? When list-logging from EiBi, one should go beyond the first entry: 9610 0700-1700 CGO Radio Congo F CAf [. . .] 9610 1500-1600 CHN China Radio Int. BE SAs x So it was probably CRI via Xian in Bengali; is that anything like Lingala?? Or was referring to Aoki, which also shows both, and in this case mentioning Lingala, but neither of them realizes that R. Congo is inactive --- unless someone can definitely confirm it is back: 9610 CRI 1500-1557 Bengali 150 255 Xian 10854E 3412N a08 9610 R. Congo 0700-1700 French/Lingala 100 ND Brazzaville 01518E0415 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CROATIA [non] via Germany. 9925, Croatian Radio-Voice of Croatia, 2215-2233, Sept 12, tune-in to local pop music. Two minutes of English at 2228 with IDs & news. Spanish at 2230. Good. English scheduled for 2215-2230 but only heard at 2228-2230 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 864, UnID, SEP 10, 0008 [UT] - weak pop music, probably France Bleu and distinctive "RR" CW Reloj ID but no SS audio - No Reloj station listed on this frequency. 870, CUBA, CMDT, R Reloj, Sancti Spíritus, SEP 10, 0013 - Two men in discussion, RR CW ID - Fair (Chris Black, MA, ABDX via DXLD) I suggest that what you heard on 864, the ``RR`` code ID, was simply originating on 870 carrier, but the constant hi pitch of the tones beat against or amounted to 6 kHz of audio on 864 (Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) Glenn, Very good point and thanks so much for the insight (Chris Black, ibid.) ** CUBA. Have an intermittent wobbler at 01:50 AM CDT [0650 UT Sept 13] on 930 kHz dominating my semilocal WAUR only 13 miles away. This has the same sheetmetal flex sound that has been heard on several other frequencies over the past few years. Suspect a Cuban origin (Tom Jasinski, Shorewood, IL, R8A & Quantum loop, IRCA via DXLD) Tom, Right you are, 930 has an Extreme Wobbler tonight. It is in fact almost always wobbling, but rarely in such grand voice as tonight. The 930 audio signal into here is quite strong even disregarding the Wobbler, that presumed from R. Surco, Ciego de Ávila. In addition I have a Radio Reloj signal beneath the audio of R. Surco, time checks at 1 kHz, top of the minute, and RR Morse code at 1.8 kHz that follows, late by 13 seconds since hurricane Ike wiped across the island. A very busy channel tonight. Thanks for the heads-up (W. Curt Deegan, Boca Ratón, (southeast) Florida, USA, [Ten-Tec RX-320D; LFE H- 800 Vertical] http://ScooterHound.com/WWWR/wobbler http://ScooterHound.com/WWWR/radio/BandScan2.html IRCA via DXLD) Tom, Here's a picture of your Wobbler as seen from here, snapped a few minutes ago: http://scooterhound.com/WWWR/radio/930Wobbler.JPG (W. Curt Deegan, Boca Raton, (southeast) Florida, USA, 0735 UT Sept 13, ibid.) It's audible here in Scotland at 0500 UT (Paul Crankshaw, Troon, ibid.) Paul, Excellent! The Wobbler has now been heard from Hawaii to Scotland. The 1100 Wobbler -- presumed R. Cadena Habana, Havana -- was heard in Hawaii several months ago during an especially extreme outburst. Now you've logged the 930 R. Surco, Ciego de Avila Wobbler in Scotland. The 930 Wobbler tonight, is far stronger than the frequent ones heard day and night from my nearby vantage point. If the Cubans knew of their success, and had actually planned it, I'm sure they would be quite proud (W. Curt Deegan, Boca Ratón, (southeast) Florida, USA, ibid.) ** CUBA [and non]. Hurricane Ike-influenced AM DX --- 560, Radio Rebelde usually atop channel in absence of KLVI Beaumont during 9:35- 9:50 pm Central listening, mixing with a XE-sounding station I'll try to ID after sensing this e-mail. Rebelde was parallel to 5025 SW. 950, Radio Reloj dominating seriously weakened KPRC-950 in Houston with usual time ticks and "RR" Morse IDs also during 9:35-9:50 pm period. KPRC was carrying Texas Tech football post-game show, so I first thought I had KJTV in Lubbock, but 'twas KPRC per quick ID break on post-game show and KPRC web site confirms. Much weaker than normal here, so I assume they must have sustained some antenna damage during Ike (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, 0301 UT Sept 14, ABDX via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. After the big fuss in early August about RHC swapping English and Spanish on 6180 and 6140, so that English to NAm ran 0100-0700 on 6140, I find Spanish back on that frequency at 0609 Sept 12. This is quite strange, since RHC normally does not do any Spanish at all after 0500. This was not a domestic service relay as sometimes heard on the 49m frequencies after 0700, but with an RHC ID, news headlines and 0611 into full newscast. Meanwhile, nothing on 6180 but VOA, and RHC English on two very inferior transmitters, 6000 and worse 6060. A test, mistake, new scheduling, special, or what? RHC seems to be in another schedule-changing mood; see also BULGARIA. Sept 12 at 2157 found big open carrier on 9820, warming up for the Mesa Redonda show. 2200 began playing electronic instrument excerpt from ``Siboney``, a famous piece of Cuban music. Must be a special interval signal for the M.R. show, rather than theme music, as it was in a loop three or four times before announcement opening the program at 2204. The host somehow managed to interweave two seemingly totally unrelated topix: Los Cinco Héroes, and coping with hurricane damage. Really, that`s easy, in a country where all media are ordered to be obsessed with The Five. Also on weaker // 6000. RHC was back in English on 6140, UT Sept 14 at 0212 and 0520 chex, and after 0600, having been in Spanish 24 hours earlier. So now my theory is that it was a mistake, probably caused by the studio operator putting up the wrong tape for the 6140 transmitter. Except for certain obviously live shows like Mesa Redonda, and maybe Aló Presidente, everything in RHC`s regular schedule is likely to be recorded earlier in the day to give the censors time to vet it, and to make sure some announcer doesn`t lose his cool and go on the air denouncing the Revolution, or indeed say anything the least bit negative about the government. Wrong tape theory is abetted by the late start for the news well after 0600. The only problem is that 6140, 6060 and 6000 when in English have been synchronized so there would presumably be only one playback going to all three. O well. Maybe 6140 is at a different site than the other two and that one only lost its STL so they put up whatever they could get their hands on, like an earlier Spanish broadcast. RHC continues to have trouble with the 6000 transmitter and/or antenna. Normally on until 1400, it was missing again at 1315 Sept 13, good news for the Korean clandestine on 6003 and the Australian DRM on 5990-5995-6000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing buy heavy jamming audible on 9955, Sat Sept 13 at 2009 when WORLD OF RADIO is still running on WRMI. Also same at 2236 recheck. Mesa Redonda taking a break on Saturday Sept 13; it is after all, irregular, or usually M-F only: nothing on 9820 at 2322, raising hopes for new R. Nove de Julho, Brasil which just opened on that frequency, but nothing more than a very weak carrier detectable, which could be Xian or Guanxi, China. Several more chex up to 0003 Sept 14, and 9820 still Cubaless and Brasiless. The Cuban transmitter for 9820 could have been on 9600 instead, since that frequency was already running at 2323 in big collision with Vatican in Vietnamese. Quickly confirmed it was RHC, as music // 11680 but a reverb apart. RHC normally does not start 9600 until 0000 except maybe Sundays 2330 for Esperanto. At 2358 RHC modulation was pausing, allowing the VR IS to be heard in the clear and then off at 0000 as RHC resumed. Last spring when XEYU was sporadic on 9599.3, all it had to contend with during the 2300 hour was Vatican, not Cuba. BTW, the Aoki listing of R. México Internacional on 9600 is incorrect, as that station deceased years ago and did not use this frequency anyway. Meanwhile was checking RHC English on 9550 during the 2300 hour, but never heard DXers Unlimited, Saturday Sept 13. Thought they might squeeze it in, but still missing by 2345, and instead usual politically-charged stuff. Maybe Arnie is busy getting all the jammers back to full capacity. And I must say that with the exception of ``Ed Newman``, and Arnie Coro, RHC is suffering from M&W announcers with poor dixion and heavy accents. Can`t they find any more native speakers of English willing to spout the party line? No more hijackers, soldiers of fortune, traitors or extradition-avoiders to be made into international radio stars? Someone questioned whether the DentroCuban Jamming Command, and R. República were really on 9640; yes, reconfirmed Sept 14 at 0002 with RR on top in talk about the space program, having just switched from 9515 until 2400. Yes, Cubans must be protected from hearing about space! RHC, 13760, Sept 14 at 0004, fair carrier but very undermodulated, and modulation punched up a bit only on spikes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS SOUTHERN GREEKISH. Tuned in 9760 just in time Sat Sept 13 to hear a bit of Greek music at 2244 from CyBC, ID mentioning Kypros, good signal // much weaker 5930, but cut off at 2244:35 while music still playing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 3220, HCJB, Pifo continues to produce strong signal all week of 6 to 13 September. 0930 clear ID in language, HCJB OM over flute music, easy AM synch on Drake R8, 10 September. 3279.89, La Voz del Napo, Tena, 0948 to 1020 time check for 54 minutos seem correct, 10 September, not as strong as HCJB but producing a good signal. 4814.9, Radio El Buen Pastor presumed, weaker signal this week 0950 to 1030 11, 12 and 13 September (Bob Wilkner, Pompano Beach, Southeast Florida, NRD 535D, 746 Pro, various antennas, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** EGYPT. R. Cairo, 11550, Sept 12 at 2130 with timesignal 33 seconds later than WWV, ID, opening news in English by YL, and with good modulation for once! I was expecting it to drop out after the music ceased. Unfortunately, signal was at about equal level to co-channel WEWN in Spanish, so only marginally intelligible, and losing out as minutes ticked by. There are plenty of open frequencies around this area. Why do these two insist on colliding?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7270, R. Cairo, English, 09/13 0250. YL was trying -- and failing -- to read English script about children's books then adult books, including 'Root of All Evil'. No ID at 0300 but directly into English news. Tuned out at 0305 (Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA, Equipment NRD- 535D and short longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Cairo, English to NAm, 9280, Sept 13 at 2310 Arabic music at fair level, but half-second-late timesignal after 2315 led to drop in modulation with news theme, and YL beginning newscast. Couldn`t make it out; gave up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 2200-2251*, Sept 12, the usual US produced English religious programming. ID announcements at 2249 with contact information to sign off. Fair level but mediocre audio quality. A very weak WYFR heard underneath (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. LA ROSA DE TOKIO PARA ESTE SABADO GUINEA ECUATORIAL, su historia, la llegada de los españoles, los recuerdos de los españoles que vivieron allí, la independencia, sus únicos 2 presidentes, las radios durante la colonia: RADIO SANTA ISABEL, las radios durante la dictadura de Macias, la radio en la actualidad. SABADO 23:00 HORA ARGENTINA (0200 UTC [¡domingo!]) POR 1270 KHZ Y POR http://www.amprovincia.com.ar LA ROSA DE TOKIO, UNA MIRADA DIFERENTE DE LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION. mail: dxradio @ argentina.com Conduccion y Produccion: Omar José Somma y Juan Manuel Natale. Columnistas permanentes: Arnaldo Slaen, Marcelo Arias, Viviana Toledo Oubiña, Dino Bloise, Ruben Guillermo Margenet, Jose Bueno, Jose Miguel Romero Romero, Gabriel Saravi. Y el aporte de radiodifusores, conductores, expertos en medios, dxer´s y fanaticos del mundo de la radiodifusion. EMISORAS QUE EMITEN EL PROGRAMA: Miami - EEUU - WRMI Radio Miami Internacional (onda corta) Moscú - Rusia - La Voz de Rusia (onda corta) San Antonio -Chile - Radio Oxigeno- 88.5 MHz Programas DX (audio a demanda) http://es.geocities.com/programasdx/larosa.htm Garre - BsAs - Frecuencia9- 91.1 MHz dom 9hs Henderson - BsAs - FM Amanecer- 92.5 MHz sab 11hs Campo Grande - Misiones - Radio Mas- 93.3 MHz sab 11hs La Toma - San Luis - Ondas FM- 100.5 MHz Sierra de Los Padres -BsAs - Radio Nativa- 102.5 MHz dom 15hs 25 de Mayo - BsAs - Radio FM PZ- 101.5 MHz dom 8hs Lezama - BsAs - FM La Nube- 104.1 MHz Santa Rosa – La Pampa - FM Tiempo- 107.9 MHz Pedro Luro - BsAs - FM10- 91.9 MHz Saldungaray - BsAs - FM Saldungaray- 100.5 MHz sab 12hs Colon - BsAs - Emisora Colon- 90.1 MHz dom 13hs Lobos - BsAs - FM Reencuentros-102.7 MHz Justo Darack - San Luis - FM Mix- 99.9 MHz sab 13hs Necochea - BsAs - FM Top- 99.5 MHz sab,dom 7hs , dom 21hs Perez Millan - BsAs - Radio Perez Millan- 98.1 MHz Coronel Suarez - BsAs - FM Santa Maria- 106.1 MHz sab 22hs Bolivar - BsAs - Radioactiva- 93.9 MHz sab 11hs Salazar - BsAs - FM Salazar- 103.7 MHz dom 10hs Martinez – BsAs Emisora Educativa El Hornero- 107.5 MHz sab 15,30hs Capital Federal – Ciudad de Bs.As. AM1710- 1710Khz dom 14hs Carlos Tejedor- BsAs- FM Lasser- 91.3 MHz General Lamadrid- BsAs - FM Estilo- 92.7 MHz Pila – BsAs - FM Municipal- 97.9 MHz San Juan - San Juan - Dynamis FM- 94.5 MHz Rodeo - San Juan - Dynamis FM- 95.3 MHz Jachal - San Juan - Dynamis FM- 94.9 MHz Calingasta - San Juan - Dynamis FM- 97.3 MHz Valle Fértil - San Juan - Dynamis FM- 95.7 MHz Las Flores – BsAs - Shalom FM- 107.1 MHz Alta Gracia – Córdoba - Sierras FM- 95.1 MHz Cordiales 73 OMAR SOMMA- JUAN NATALE (via José Bueno, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA. 7100, 7175, 7220, VOBME, *0355-0410, Sept 12, IS. Talk at 0400. None in //. All with the VOBME Interval Signal but running separate programming. 7220 & 7175 poor with unidentified co-channel QRM. 7100 & 7175 covered with noise jammer at 0400 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The state station “Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea” has changed its name to “Radio and Television Ertran” (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, R. Bulgaria DX Sept 12 via DXLD) Is that positive? (gh) ** ETHIOPIA. 7210, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, *0255-0310, Sept 12, IS. Horn of Africa music at 0301. Weak. Covered by BBC at 0300 sign on. // 6110-fair level but co-channel QRM from WHRI at their 0259 sign on (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. ETHIOPIAN JAMMING SPECIALIST AMONG "MOST INFLUENTIAL." Among "25 most influential" Ethiopians: "Bereket Simon, propagandist. He is chief of propaganda for the Woyanne tribal junta. ... Bereket is responsible for controlling the flow of information in Ethiopia. He is behind the blockade of Ethiopian news web sites such as http://EthiopianReview.com the jamming of Voice of America, DW and other radio broadcasts to Ethiopia, the shutting down of most of the private newspapers in the country, and the jailing of journalists and editors. Bereket has paid a huge amount of money to the Chinese government to jam the VOA daily broadcasts to Ethiopia. VOA countered by launching more powerful frequencies. VOA continues to be heard through out Ethiopia clearly, despite desperate efforts by Chinese engineers to jam it. VOA also exposes the paradox of U.S foreign policy toward Ethiopia. On the one hand, the U.S. Government allows the VOA, which is under the supervision of the State Department [sic], to expose Woyanne's injustices. On the other hand, it continues to give political, diplomatic and financial support to the Woyanne regime." Ethiopian Review, 12 September 2008. Posted: 13 Sep 2008 (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) Jamming coming directly from China?? ** GABON. 17630, Afrique Numero Un, 09/13. At 1430 heard beat the band signal! Banter by two DJs and lots of French music until 1500 ID by YL. News and commentary until 1510, into ads or promos and more music. Signal was gulped up by band noise at 1515 (Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA, Equipment NRD-535D and short longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. DW Russian, 15420 via UK, Sat Sept 13 at 1434- 1459:30* abrupt had show with fascinating music on unconventional instruments, reminding me of Harry Partch. Per website the Sat 1430 show is called Muzprosvet, worth catching futurely. Unlike Don Jensen, I am not impressed with Google translation, since all it can manage is transliterating the word as above, not translating or defining it! But the blurb about the program at http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,268970,00.html comes out as: ``Business Card transfer Muzprosvet - a weekly half (as easy to guess the music) Analytical radio. Is it Andrew Gorokhov. Leading not nourishes tender addiction to any specific musical direction, having scepticism about any pop culture phenomenon. His genuine enthusiasm (and envy) causes only traditional music of Africa and Asia. Typically, in Muzprosvete sounds more or less electrified Western European music, claim to an independent view on things. In any case, fans expect from Muzprosveta techno and breykbita, noise and minimalism. Muzprosvet has its own propaganda (it is - light knowledge) from Bonn, the main actors of many programs - German musicians. But every attempt to avoid provincialism and imperialism, Muzprosvet forces to the best paying attention to a variety of musical events.`` And DW has a link to a site in Latvia and Russia about this, http://www.muzprosvet.ru/ and it has some audio linx but only for a couple dates in July. Is there an audio archive of latest shows?? Live stream is at: http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_livestream/0,,95262_type_liveaudio_struct_298,00.html After the semiminute break, Russian resumed at 1500 on same 15420 but much weaker. As to be expected, since this is when sites switch from Rampisham to UAE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Although I didn't graduate, my major in university was Russian. Its been a while since I worked at a translation, but my best guess would be, for the title anyway --- Muz (from muzika) and procvet means literally shaft of light, ray of hope. procvetit' is the verb to educate or enlighten. [see below] My guess would be the show name refers to Musical education or enlightenment. visitnaya kartochka peredachi --- I would translate as Calling Card Program or broadcast, or even Radio Calling Card, in the sense that in past times visitors would leave a calling card. Its been 24 years since I darkened a lecture hall (actually a small classroom, as the Russian department at Brock University was the smallest dept in the second smallest university in Ontario at the time). But its still fun to try my hand at translation. Computers are terrible at translation, but getting better. I'm reminded of the (probably apocryphal) story of the attempt to use a bank of computers in the 1960s to translate English to Russian. They entered "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak", which the computer translated as "The vodka is good but the meat is rotten." (Fred Waterer, occasional slavophile, ODXA yg via DXLD) Upon further review: I just loaded the muzprosvet program at the DW Audio page. http://www.dw3d.de/dw/0,2142,4356,00.html The Windows Mediocre Player says the program is called "Starparade". Well that clears things up --- not. And as Professora Frankel told me so many years ago, my transliteration wasn't the best. I typed procvet and procvetit' in my earlier post. I should have changed the "C" to an "S". No wonder I didn't graduate.... :-) (Fred Waterer, ibid.) ** GREECE [and non]. 7450 with Greek music from Macedonian service, Sept 12 at 2211, marred by constant het on low side of less than 1 kHz. Avlis is the only broadcaster in current schedules on 7450 at any time, so presumably a utility transmitter is getting blasted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. 620, KIPA, HI, Hilo. Added Kim Komando per show 6/28, though hard to confirm since the station had been off the air since April! However, station was noted while in the car in East Honolulu back on after three months at 7/11 2024 ELT [0024 UT July 12] with Big Island ads, “Lava 1-Oh-5-Point-3 weather” (volcano eruption haze as usual), outro “Let’s get back to the greatest hits of all time on Lava 1-Oh-5-Point-3,” BTO’s “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” and other hits from the mid-60s to early-80s.” Later heard 7/18 1559 with ad for document shredding service, liner “The All New 62...’ The Sean Hannity Show’ next on the All New 62...,” delayed ABC news. Per phone call to GM 7/23, station has been testing with 250 watts power (electricity is very expensive on the Big Island) with talk format weekdays and relays of KBGX-FM “Lava 105.3” oldies weekends but will officially launch with talk “sometime next week.” He says all three towers (the main one in Hilo and the two synchronous ones on the West Side) are being used and will broadcast with 10 kW. He was surprised the station was being heard in the daytime in East Honolulu (albeit only when I’m on the road in certain locations where it’s not battered by images, and not at the home QTH) but said the night skywave propagation prevents it from being heard here at night. I mentioned hearing only XESS Tijuana at night (Dale Park, HI, NRC DX News Aug 18 via DXLD) 1570, KUAU, HI, Ha’iku 8/29 I finally got around to visiting the local branch of King’s Cathedral, which owns KUAU; the branch is a mile down the street. According to Pastor Ron, who used to work at the main church in Kahului, Maui, the station has relocated to a new tower (sharing with KNUI-900) and will return to the air when there’s money for a new diplexer, probably later this year. (5P-HI) 1180, KORL, HI, Honolulu 8/23 noted for first time being relayed by an FM translator, K268BE, on 101.5 MHz, with usual ethnic fare. FM callsign was mentioned during legal ID (though usually after the top of the hour). Strong in most of Honolulu but mixing in East Honolulu and Waimanalo with KAOY-FM Kealakekua, Big Island. Station website also mentions the translator. (5P-HI) (Dale Park, IRCA DX Monitor Sept 13 via DXLD) ** HONDURAS. 3250.04, Radio Luz y Vida, 0110-0130, Sept 12, Spanish talk. Local religious music. Poor to fair. 3339.98, HRMI-Radio MI, 0115-0130, Sept 12, English religious talk with Spanish translations. Fair (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR Guwahati 4940 & 7280 off air? Jose Jacob informs that SW frequencies of AIR-Guwahati were noted off air. Checked during local evening & early morning & 4940 was noted off air. Gautam Sharma from Assam checked around 0236 UT on 12th Sept and found AIR Guwahati was absent on 4940 kHz. However AIR-Guwahati was on the air around that time on 729 kHz MW. On several occasions, he noticed that AIR-Guwahati remains absent via its both shortwave frequencies from time to time. This is happening regularly now-a-days specially on 7280 kHz. [later:] 4940 noted back on air when I checked at 1500 UT. Spoke to the Asst. Station Engineer at transmitter site at around 1550; he confirmed 7280 is still off air due to transmitter problem. Regards (Alokesh Gupta, Sept 12, dx_india yg via DXLD) 13th Sept'08 (Sat) - 1330 UT - 4940 is off air. Regards (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, ibid.) ** INDIA. 15050, distorted talk in S Asian language, Sept 13 at 1444, strong but with flutter. This is AIR Sinhala service scheduled 1300- 1500, 100 kW from Delhi-Kingsway site, per Aoki; also on 15050 at 1115-1215 is the Tamil service, but different site and power, 250 kW from Delhi-Khampur, both at 174 degrees. What does this tell us about AIR`s priorities? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9680, RRI Jakarta, 1427-1451, Sept 11, good signal, in BI, Ramadan programming, mentions "RRI Jakarta, the Voice of Islam". Assume reference to VOI program that is carried on many Indonesian stations (< http://voi.gaulislam.com/voice-of-islam/ >). Unusual reception, in that Firedrake normally dominated over RRI at this time period (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 4749.94, RRI Makassar, 1456-1459*, Sept 12, in BI, pop song, fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4750, RRI Makassar ID by YL heard immediately at tune-in 1328 Sept 13, then lite romantic music; poor, but better than the only other Indo audible, 4790. Might have been a good Indo morning if I had started listening a sesquihour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non]. Hurricane Ike-related logs: U S A ** ISRAEL. 6973.33, Galei Zahal (Israeli defense forces radio) 9/13 Hebrew. At 0140 YL playing pop music including 'Both Sides Now' by Judy Collins and later 'Blue Moon'. Music interrupted at 0200 by time pips, news sounder and OM with news until 0203. Then music. Had to chase from 6973.33 down to 6972.86. Tuned out at 0205 (Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA, Equipment NRD-535D and short longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 11990, R. Kuwait, 09/13, English. At 1830 heard time pips, ID and then "It is 9:30 p-m in Kuwait", followed by OM with news and then music until 1900. YL with ID then discussion of a Kuwaiti woman belonging to royal family who works for improved economic conditions and rights for women. Stopped listening at 1905 (Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA, Equipment NRD-535D and short longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LATVIA. Relays this weekend via 9290 kHz Sat September 13 Latvia Today 1000-1100 UT Radio Casablanca 1100-1200 UT Sun September 14th Radio Victoria 1100-1500 UT Latvia Today 1500-1600 UT Good listening 73s (Tom Taylor, shortwave yg via DXLD, in advance on the dxldyg) ** LIBERIA. 6070, ELWA, Monrovia, 2250-2302*, Sept 11, gospel music. Closing announcements & National Anthem at 2301. Fair level but poor with some adjacent channel splatter. No sign of Canada CFRX 6070. Co- channel QRM at 2300 from CVC-Chile (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CANADA ** LIBYA. 21695, Voice of Africa, 1550-1600, Sept 12, threshold signal. Stronger on // 17725 with IDs. Local music. English news at 1551 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 7295, Traxx FM via RTM, 1503-1516, Sept 12, "The News Roundup at 11 PM from the RTM News Center at Kuala Lumpur", singing Traxx FM jingle, pop songs, almost fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. Altho a few days ago XEPPM was dominating 6185 after *2300, on Sept 12 at 2303 I found R. Nacional Amazônia instead, big signal in Portuguese, totally blocking R. Educación if it was even on the air. While the day before, RNA was all over XEPPM on 6185, on Sept 13 at 2300, Radio Educación was atop with national anthem and sign-on, making a low het as usual. Would RNA Brasília please go back to 6180 in the evenings and after 0700? Much obliged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. 9575, R. Medi Un Nador, 2035-2100, Sept 9, English/ French/ Arabic. English pop music by Aerosmith, U2, Beatles and others; announcer in French between selections; ID at ToH followed by news in Arabic; poor-fair with 9580-Gabon splatter (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, CLR/DSP, MLB1, 200' Bevs, 60m Dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Médi 1, Nador, deserves its reputation for wonderful music on 9575; Sept 13 at 2328-2326 in Arabic, man singing what seemed like a round, backed by choral group chanting at a faster rate. 2347 soprano with string instrument accompaniment, alternating with tenor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7395, Sept 13 at 2238 with announcements in Indonesian, soft music, Suara --- something. Is a handy PWBR ``2008`` any help? Of course not. But at 2250 R. Nederland singing ID. Figured it might be Madagascar but B-08 schedules show it as via Tinang, Philippines, 250 kW at 200 degrees. Unusual time of day to be hearing that on 40m; maybe longpath, or equinoxial conditions kicking in (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1530, KXTD, Wagoner OK; Mexican music, English/Spanish ID “This is KXTD 15-30 AM transmitting from Wagoner … KXTD 15-30 AM La Qué Buena … Wagoner …”; under preacher from WCKY, which was peaking good and well over the Euros; both the FCC database and the NRC AM Radio Log list this as a daytimer, so what was it doing on at this time? UK FIRST? Fpk 0501 2/9 73s (Martin A. Hall, Clashmore, Scotland. Perseus SDR, NRD-545, RPA-1 preamp, MFJ-1026 phaser (modified), beverages: 490m at 233 degrees, terminated; 500m at 279 degrees, terminated; 545m at 338 degrees, terminated; 50m at 321 degrees, unterminated. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/clashmoreradio/ MWC via DXLD) It`s a notorious cheater, often heard here too with open carrier only, far after sunset (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4826.47, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, 1020 to 1035 "... radio emisoras ...." OM, YL with música, ments de Perú 13 September. 4835.6, Radio Marañón, Jaén, 1030 to 1040, flute solo into ".en producto de banco ...." 13 September. 5039.21, Radio Libertad, Junín, 1055 good signal, flauta andina and talk, always present in the local Perú morning 0950 to 1100v, but never heard here in the 2330 to 0100 period. 12 September (Bob Wilkner, Pompano Beach, Southeast Florida, NRD 535D, 746 Pro, various antennas, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 9615, Radio Veritas Asia, 1145-1156*, Sept 12, Mandarin talk. Religious music. Closing English ID announcements at 1155 & off. Good. Strong (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15435, huge S9+20 signal from BSKSA like a pipeline from Riyadh, Sept 12 at 1709, Arabic talk and string music, 1712 ID, 1720 into reverent speech; some generator whine, but no buzz. 500 kW at 320 degrees toward us altho the nominal target is only Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.9, SIBC, Honiara improved audio, 1010 to 1020, OM and YL with Havana notched, 12 September (Bob Wilkner, Pompano Beach, Southeast Florida, NRD 535D, 746 Pro, various antennas, NASWA yg via DXLD) 5019.86, SIBC, 1327-1350, Sept 12, poor reception, CW/Morse Code QRM, slightly above threshold level, with BBC relay in English, two men in conversation, 1329 BBC theme music, clear BBC ID, news headlines (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. Tidbits from Amigos de la Onda Corta on REE, which I webtuned in toward the end, 0322 UT Sunday Sept 14 --- current plans are for REE to continue on SW, while adding new platforms. A name change for the program is coming in October and listener suggestions are being received (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. via South Africa. 15390, Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction, via Meyerton, *1300-1330*, Sept 12, sign on with music & into English language lesson with frequent doorbell cues & drums. Short breaks of instrumental music. ID at closing. Similar programming, but not parallel, on 15760 at *1302-1325*. Both weak but 15760 slightly stronger. Mon, Wed, Fri only. Thanks to Glenn Hauser for tip (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 15285, VOT IS, 1359 Sept 13 and opening Arabic at 1400; fair from Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Re 8-101, BBCWS live debate imminent ``Or is it 1406 UT? The BBCWS sked via whatson intended for domestic consumption, shows 1506 BST, and the original broadcast at 0306 BST, which means it was REALLY live at 0206? Tnx, BBC, for all your confusing scheduling. Glenn`` I received a separate communication from the Press Office that showed the time as 1500 GMT. There are two additional debates that have been scheduled in this series: October 5, 2008 at 1700 GMT (from Nashville, TN) November 1, 2008 at 1700 GMT (from Minneapolis, MN) According to the overall schedule shown on the WS website, when debates like these are aired live, they go out to all regions at the same time. The BBC will be focusing on the election during many of its regular programs as November approaches, with Analysis and Outlook having specially-themed programming from mid-October onwards. More details in the weeks to come (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, swprograms via DXLD) ** U K. BBCWS Wednesday documentary - "My Senator, My Vote" on Sept. 17 and Sept. 24 Robin Lustig (perhaps the best-known news presenter on both Radio 4 and the World Service) presents "My Senator, My Vote" -- in which he visits the home states of John McCain and Barack Obama to get an insight into some of the issues that will decide the vote. This is a two-part series airing on September 17th and 24th. Check http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/programme_times/w_z.shtml specifically "Wednesday Documentary", for times and days for the various target areas. The Americas timing applies to XM listeners; Sirius listeners are out of luck (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, Sept 12, swprograms via DXLD) ** U S A. INDIA SET TO LOSE VOICE OF AMERICA --- AFTER 53 YEARS, RADIO SERVICE WILL END --- By Rama Lakshmi, Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, September 12, 2008; Page A10 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091103305.html (via Alokesh Gupta, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: NEW DELHI -- At the height of the Cold War, as India leaned resolutely toward the Soviet Union, one direct line of communication remained open from Washington to India's teeming millions: Voice of America, the U.S. government's radio network. Rangisah Prasad, 70, recalls the days when there was just one radio set in his village, and Voice of America's Hindi-language broadcasts provided an escape from the dull drone of India's state-controlled radio news. The Cold War is over, but Prasad's devotion to VOA lives on. "I have been hearing this station for 40 years now. Their tone was always friendly and informal. People gathered around the radio in the village square and listened to Voice of America," Prasad said in a telephone interview from Dumarsan village in the Indian state of Bihar. "We understood the world through their programs." But in a move that reflects shifts in U.S. foreign policy after the Cold War and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors has decided that VOA's seven-hour Hindi-language radio service will end this month, after 53 years. VOA will also eliminate radio broadcasts in three Eastern European languages. Radio broadcasts in Russian went off the air in July. The news is unwelcome indeed for several dozen "VOA listeners clubs" in small towns and villages across India, where radio is still a part of daily life. People there have no Internet, cable television or even reliable electricity. But they have radio. Prasad's son, Hira Lal, is a goldsmith and heads the village radio club. There is no power in his village, so small groups crowd around battery-powered radios. Sitting by a kerosene lamp, they have listened to and taken part in the popular call-in shows "Hello America" and "Hello India." VOA goes to considerable trouble to get listeners on the air. First, people send Hindi-language postcards to Washington, announcing their desire to participate and giving a cellphone number. When the show begins, the U.S. studio calls them and for a brief time, they are on the air. "I am very sad because radio is our life here," said Lal, 30. "VOA is the only station that gives the price of gold and silver around the world. This is very useful for my business. I also like programs about successful Indians in America. They are our estranged brothers, and I ask them questions sitting in my village." VOA is the largest American broadcaster, reaching a global audience of 134 million by radio, TV and Internet in 45 languages. In India, the VOA Hindi service attracts a weekly audience of more than 8 million people. Radio news in India is a government monopoly. What gets on the air is strictly controlled and censored by bureaucrats. For decades, Indians have often first learned of big news in their country -- for example, communal riots -- through VOA or BBC radio, because government radio considered the news incendiary or was slow in airing it. Several reporters who work for the Hindi radio service said the move to kill it is shortsighted. They argued that the United States needs to remain engaged with India because of broadening economic ties, a new deal for nuclear cooperation and the powerful Indian American community. One VOA editor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the news media, said resources will now be deployed to the government's Middle East broadcast operations. But an official at the broadcasting board said there was no "one-to-one correlation" between the two. The official said that in the past seven years, VOA has sharpened its focus in the non-Arabic Muslim world, including Iran, Indonesia, Nigeria and Afghanistan. "It's a mystery why they want to shut Hindi radio. India is the largest democracy and has the second-largest Muslim population in the world," said Tim Shamble, president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812, the union that represents broadcasters and journalists at VOA. "The region has two nuclear powers and several hot spots." Shamble said shortwave radio should continue because it is an effective way of reaching conflict spots where the Internet and satellite TV can be blocked by hostile governments. He said his opposition is not about job loss but the erosion of a powerful tool of public diplomacy. The board, however, maintains that radio is no longer the most effective medium for India, which has had an explosion of private TV news channels in the past eight years. "In response to the growing and diverse media market in India, we have decided to end VOA's Hindi radio. But Hindi service will continue to go to television and the Web," said Letitia King, acting director of public affairs at the Broadcast Board of Governors in Washington. "It is a difficult decision, but we had to see how our resources could be used in the most effective manner. Radio is not fruitful in getting us the market share." The annual budget for VOA's Hindi service in radio, TV and Internet is $2 million. Although BBC radio has been a bigger name in India, listeners said VOA's signal is easier to catch and voice clarity is better. In addition to those call-in shows, Lal said, VOA pampers its listeners with pens, caps, diaries, T-shirts and key chains. Probably the most popular freebie is the colorful VOA calendar that adorns the mud walls of many rural homes. It shows images of the Grand Canyon, Capitol Hill and other classic American scenes. "Radio listening in these villages is a time to sit together and share experiences," said Janki Kathayat, who coordinates listeners club activities for VOA in India. "We also enlist the clubs for public health campaigns like anti-polio in the village. It will be a shame to let go of this audience nurtured over generations." "VOA was America's invisible weapon of the Cold War. But that war is over now, and VOA won in India. I am not surprised they now want to focus on the Muslim world, where the new war for people's hearts and minds is being fought," said N. Bhaskara Rao, chairman of the Center for Media Studies in New Delhi. Rao conducted a study for the American government in 1974 to assess the impact of VOA among Indian youth. "Just look at the number of Indians who went to America during the Cold War versus those who went and settled in Russia. That is how effective their propaganda was," he said (Washington Post via Mike Cooper, Gerald T. Pollard, Dale Rothert, Dale Park, Rachel Baughn, DXLD) Related reports : PENDING VOA HINDI CLOSURE UPSETS FANS http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/pending-voa-hindi-closure-upsets-fans BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS REFUSES TO VOTE ON RESTORING VOICE OF AMERICA RADIO TO RUSSIA http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2008/09/11/broadcasting-board-of-governors-refuses-to-vote-on-restoring-voice-of-america-radio-to-russia/ SILENCING THE VOICE OF AMERICA http://www.realclearworld.com/blog/2008/09/silencing_the_voice_of_america.html (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. The very last VOA Russian radio program is still available for download: ftp://8475.ftp.storage.akadns.net/mp3/voa/eurasia/russ/2008/russ1900a0726.mp3 [MP3 / 24 kbps / 22 kHz / mono] ftp://8475.ftp.storage.akadns.net/real/voa/eurasia/russ/russ1900aSAT.rm [RM / 20 kbps / 44 kHz / mono] ftp://8475.ftp.storage.akadns.net/wm/voa/eurasia/russ/audio/russ1900aSAT.wma [WMA / 20 kbps / 22 kHz / mono] I recommend RM fajl, because the sampling frequency of it is 44 kHz, so it's the most clear sound (Dragan Lekic, Serbia, Sept 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. "Instead of continually trying to destroy VOA, the BBG should be reconstituted as the pillar of American public diplomacy, with a new U.S. Information Agency-style umbrella." Vello Ederma, letter to the "Washington Times [Moony], 8 September 2008 http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/08/international-broadcasting/%3Cbr%20/%3E (via kimandrrewelliott.com via DXLD) The Broadcasting Board of Governors is, lately, even more unpopular than usual. But it is the BBG's job to make unpopular decisions about the reduction or elimination of old, revered international broadcasting services and media technologies. Furthermore, U.S. international broadcasting cannot succeed without credibility. It cannot achieve credibility without autonomy. It cannot be autonomous unless it is under a bipartisan board, whose members have fixed and staggered terms. The board, rather than the government, hires and fires top executives and makes other key decisions. Dissolving the BBG might provide job security for some in the short term, but it will lead to failure in the long term. As for Tibetan, I think the BBG has been trying to bring the number of hours back down to the capabilities of the VOA and RFA Tibetan services. Adding hours to a language service has diminishing returns when those hours are during mid-day or overnight hours, when few people listen to foreign broadcasts. Having two U.S. Tibetan services with overlapping content, competing with each other for scarce resources, goes beyond diminishing returns: it's downright counterproductive. Having to find money for the flavor-of-the-month languages of the Muslim countries, BBG is eliminating costly duplication of VOA and RFE/RL to the Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union by reducing VOA to internet-only rump services in the affected languages (or in the case of Georgian, eliminating the VOA service altogether). This leaves RFE/RL, which is very good at covering target country news, but not as good as VOA in covering world news and Washington reaction. VOA could provide these services to RFE/RL (precedent: VOA's old German Service was essentially the Washington bureau of RIAS, the U.S. broadcasting service in West Berlin directed to East Germany). But this probably won't happen because VOA and RFE/RL, though funded by the same government, are archrivals. They would never admit it, but each is wholeheartedly and enthusiastically devoted to the compete and utter elimination of the other. The rationalization of U.S. international broadcasting cannot be brought through the back door by reducing VOA services to websites. The BBG must stand up and speak out for a real consolidation into a single organization, capable of producing the correct mix of content and media to suit each target country, and of adjusting that mix as conditions in the target country change. The BBG should promote this to the next administration, to Congress, and to all interested publics. This might be difficult for the BBG, as one of its first acts was to support, though the creation of Radio Free Asia, the de-consolidation of U.S. international broadcasting. To be sure, RFA is a very good international broadcasting service. But it duplicates the very good East Asian services of VOA. East Asia is a vast, mostly closed region. It is very difficult to get news out of, and to get broadcast signals into, East Asia. The division of scarce international broadcasting resources between two competing stations has had a devastating impact on U.S. international broadcasting. For international broadcasting Russia, Georgia, and the rest of the former Soviet Union, audiences there are no longer huddled around their shortwave radios. They are watching television. Television, as in many times more expensive and complicated than radio. With resources divided between VOA and RFE/RL, success for U.S. international radio broadcasting has been problematic. Without organizational reform, success in international television broadcasting is out of the question. As for the resumption of a U.S. Information Agency-style "umbrella," this is an idea heard often these days. Back during the decades that VOA was under USIA, USIA pulled VOA in the direction of policy advocacy, while VOA's audience and its own newsroom wanted an objective, balanced news service. This left VOA as the platypus duckbill of international broadcasting, its mammal part doing the news, its bird part doing propaganda. A VOA subservient to a reconstituted USIA would really lay an egg. Posted: 12 Sep 2008 (Kim Andrew Elliot, ibid.) Jamming: see ETHIOPIA ** U S A. WBCQ Area 51 service, 5110, confirmed with WORLD OF RADIO 1425, Friday Sept 12 at 2301. More modulation on USB, but some also audible on LSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWCR has been reliable in getting the new edition of WORLD OF RADIO on the air each week, so I had not been checking every airing, but UT Sunday September 14 at 0255 on 5070, I found it was last week`s 1424 instead of the latest, 1425. So the same may have happened on Friday and Saturday. I asked them to try to get 1425 on for the final play at 0630 UT Sunday on 3215, and they agreed. But those depending on the other WWCR broadcasts of WOR may have missed a week unless they retrieve it elsewhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWRB programming improves greatly when gospel-huxter customers are lacking and Dave Frantz puts on his favorite fill music instead, big band. This ran during the entire hour Sunday Sept 14, or at least from 0007 past 0055, on 3185. Tho I wonder how few records he has, as the old favorites keep reappearing, e.g. starting tonight with In the Mood and Delightful, Delovely. Perhaps these oldies are more suitable anyway for lack of fidelity thru his SW modulators. Meanwhile at 0007 found 5050 in open carrier with hum; 5745 Brother Scare with hum; nothing on 6890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7505, WRNO Worldwide, New Orleans, 09/13 0340-0403* Heard C&W religious music. DJ Kevin Duncan advised that WRNO may be off the air the next few days because Hurricane Ike could strike Ft. Worth studios. News at 0350. ID at 0400 and then they should have pulled the plug. But DJ played part of 'Walkin' to New Orleans' by Fats Domino, gave lengthy ID and then hit the switch at 0403 (Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA, NRD-535D and short longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still on UT Sept 14; Ike not that bad in Fort Worth (gh, DXLD) Noted WRNO on 7505, 0340-0401, when signal disappeared or station signed off. ID as "WRNO Worldwide" several times also a few bars of Fats Domino "Walking to New Orleans" at 0400. Rather poor signal with occasional shallow fading. [14 Sept.08]. Receiver JRC535Db with an Eavesdropper trap dipole antenna (John Durham, Tauranga, New Zealand, ripple via DXLD) ** U S A. Totally OT, but these should provide some interesting viewing when Ike comes ashore tomorrow. IMO, the people at The Spot restaurant and bar are being way too casual about things: http://www.galveston.com/webcams/ (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, Sept 11, ABDX via DXLD) + Several other Galveston webcams: see how long they survive. Later: I could never get any of them to load; too much publicity tnx to us? (gh) Provided you get through, the server seems to almost break down under a heavy load. But anything else would have been a real surprise. At present http://webcams.galveston.com/docs/strand2006/strandmp.jpg loads a fragmentary image from three hours ago (15:10 local time), enough to reveal an already flooded lane and heavy rain. Last night (early afternoon local time) it was an empty street, everything quiet and calm, streetlights just had come on. Quite scary stuff. All other loading images are about eight hours old now, as if the connections to these cameras failed as soon as the weather started to become severe. Good luck to Harry and other readers in the affected area! (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) KTRH Hurricane Coverage http://www.ktrh.com/cc-common/ondemand/player.html?world=st (Kevin Redding, TN, ABDX via DXLD) A visit to the Radio Locator website suggests KTRH would be your best bet -- it's a Houston "news radio" station and is a 50 kW station like WWL. It appears to be streaming live via its website. An evacuation order for coastal locations will be effective as of 12 noon. The other large Texas coastal city that might be near the landfall site is Corpus Christi, but neither of its news/talk stations stream live. See http://www.radio-locator.com (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, ODXA yg via DXLD) Just FYI for anyone trying to tune in to the KTRH online stream from Canada --- you won't be able to. KTRH is owned by Clear Channel, thus any ip address that is not US-based will be blocked from listening. Really a damned shame (John Hyde, ODXA yg via DXLD) I was not aware that Clear Channel doesn't allow non-USA listeners to stream. Thanks for that info, and agreed, a shame that they won't let you tune in. Being cynical for a minute --- it' s only when there's special programming (weather events, significant local news, or local traffic reports) that I would bother listening to a Clear Channel station for any reason (Richard Cuff, PA, ibid.) And I can't hear it using my Com One Phoenix wifi radio in the U.S. either. It appears to recognize the lengthy url to get to the stream, but there's obviously some kind of gatekeeper that's designed to make you use their web site and web player. I can get it using the computer, but not the wifi player. Instead I am listening on the Phoenix wifi to KILT 610 Houston which is simulcasting its four CBS-afiliated stations in the Houston- Galveston area and is in emergency broadcast mode, (but with commercials!) (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Sept 12, ibid.) Unlike WWL, however, KTRH has a really restrictive pattern to protect co-channel KRMG in Tulsa. I have no idea what the FCC was thinking when they allotted two 50 kW blowtorches less than 600 miles apart on a low part of the AM band. But they did, both are grandfathered in, and as a result neither station has much daytime or nighttime potential, except due South of Houston - KTRH has been heard in central and south America. KRMG gets the worst of the deal - although I can get both in Plano, TX, KTRH definitely dominates. It is a tough DX, though, requiring a lot of selectivity to get rid of adjacent KKDA 730. And I can also get KRMG by turning the radio. Interesting frequency ---- Similar situations with KILT 610, KPRC 950, KNTH 1070, KMIC 1590. KGOL 1180 or KGOW 1560 at sunset are possibilities. But a lot of those are not news talk. Houston is a difficult DX target. Except for KTRH, I get better reception from Houston FM (at 280 miles) than I do AM (Bruce Carter, ABDX via DXLD) KUHF, public radio in Houston, does news, and stream separate from their classical music service should be available everywhere. Ed Mayberry, whose home was flooded in a previous hurricane, remember him from International Listener? is still there. See: http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-hpr_newsdesk.php (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I just heard (2006 UT) SWLer Ed Mayberry reporting live from the EOC in Dickinson Texas for KUHF, Houston. A few years ago I remember Ed was at the Winter SWL fest with his sad story of being flooded out of his house. Better luck this time Ed. I found the KUHF Real Audio feed at 128 kbps by clicking on the 7/24 Classical link at: http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-listen_online.php (Joe Buch, West Palm Beach, FL, swprograms via DXLD) What he says is true. The Galveston EOC is in an old hotel, built like a battleship, atop a WWII fort. I literally can't get into it (Scott Royall, FL?, ibid.) I actually sent Ed a note a few minutes ago at his KUHF address wishing him well in advance of the storm. If I recall, I think he had to cancel his participation at the Fest because of the prior hurricane damage. Following up from my response to Joe Buch's note, Ed got back to me. See below (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.) Thanks, Rich. I'm in a very safe place. The Office of Emergency Management for Galveston County, in Dickinson, Texas, doing live shots for the station and NPR. We're bunked here for the duration of the storm, which really begins in earnest in a few hours. This building supposedly will withstand a Category 5 hit. Now, my apartment in Clear Lake City is another matter. It's in a flood zone, and storm surge will be likely there (Ed Mayberry, TX, via Cuff, ibid.) Heard on an Eton E-1 and RS loop: 740, KTRH Houston, TX 9/11 2246 [CDT? = 0346 UT Sept 12] very unusual to hear here under C&W station presumed to be here in Tennessee and fighting also with CHWO. KTRH was talking about flooding up to 20 feet and waves possibly reaching 50 feet (Kevin Redding, Adamsville, TN, ABDX via DXLD) KTRH may be operating non-direxionally in emergency situation, as would many other MW stations in the area, availablizing them in areas normally unserved (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The audio portion of KHOU-TV (Houston) emergency programming for Hurricane Ike is being carried on XM channel 247 (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) For those interested, DirecTV is now carrying KHOU-11 Houston on channel 361. Coverage is excellent. On the last hurricane, DirecTV carried WDSU-6 for about 5 days (Joe Fela, NJ, 2119 UT Sept 12, WTFDA via DXLD) Also, there's this website with KPRC, KHOU-HD, KTRK, and KRIV: http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html (Dave Williams, Bend OR, ibid.) Houston TV streams for Ike http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html (via Artie Bigley, OH, DXLD) The audio portion of KHOU-TV (Houston) emergency programming for Ike is being carried on XM channel 247 (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17 http://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/ ABDX via DXLD) I was listening on the way back from Jackson, TN and when I got home you can watch KHOU online at this URL: http://www.khou.com/video/?nvid=178826&live=yes&noad=yes There is a LOT of flooding already (Kevin Redding, TN, ibid.) Also, KHOU is on DirecTV channel 361. 73, de (Nate Bargmann, KS, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) For those with FTA systems, KHOU-11 is also available on AMC 5: TP: 11827 V SR: 3979 VPID: 33 APID: 34 (Jeff Kitsko, Latrobe, PA, WTFDA via DXLD) Ike Situation Page(tm) UPDATED now with Live Video from the area http://www.vuetoo.com/vue1/SituationPageNews.asp?sit=2190 Share this link with those you think may benefit. Embed the Ike Situation Page VueTOO Widget into your BLOG or web site... Embed info... http://www.vuetoo.com/vue1/vuetooembed.asp?s=2190&desc=Ike%20Situation%20Page THE EMERGENCY EMAIL & WIRELESS NETWORK http://www.EmergencyEmail.org "You're on the Situation Page(tm)" powered by VueTOO http://www.VueTOO.com (Live Video requires Microsoft or other Media Player) FYI (former Houston resident) (Curt Phillips W4CP, Raleigh, NC, NASWA yg via DXLD) And a few more links: Live storm chasers: http://severestudios.com/livechase Additional live feeds (very video intensive): http://www.livenewscameras.com/map.html (Michael Temme-Soifer, Egg Harbor City, NJ, WTFDA via DXLD) FWIW, I'll be posting to my blog tonight as long as my electricity, DSL connection, and physical endurance hold out: http://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/hell-no-we-aint-gonna-go.html I'll also be monitoring as much radio traffic as I can on all frequencies and posting to this list and others (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 206 kHz, GLS, Galveston, TX, checked this beacon at 0205 UT/9:05 pm Central and found only a single repeating "beep" tone at a good level. At 0206/9:06 pm, it suddenly vanished and is still off the air as I write this (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, 0212 UT Sept 13, ibid.) VOIPWX NET Hurricane Ike listen nodes A busy hurricane season, and the beat goes on --- Hurricane Ike is about to bear down on Texas and the Gulf Coast Friday into Saturday. The *KC4QLP-C* Echolink conference server is still being used for those outside of the storms effected area for those that wish to monitor net activities which will begin at 10 am Eastern, 1500 UTC Friday [sic: = 1400 UT]. The net can also be monitored via eQSO in the KC4QLP-R "room" and via the web at http://kc4qlp.dyndns.org:8082 and at the following websites: http://www.scanamerica.us and http://www.w2lie.net For those listening with portable devices such as cell phones and the like, the link for the audio stream is http://kc4qlp.dyndns.org:8082 That link entered into your media player will get you the content that you are looking for. (Bob Carter - KC4QLP ---------------------------------------------------------- Mid-Atlantic- Engineering- Service of Utica NY http://midatlanticengineeringservice.cjb.net/ WKVU-FM 100.7 Utica/Rome NY, WKVJ-FM 89.7 Dannemora/Plattsburgh NY, WKYJ-FM 88.7 Rouses Point NY,WRCK 107.3 Utica NY, WVVC-LPTV-40 Utica NY, WKTV-DT 2 Utica NY ---------------------------------------------------------- KC4QLP-R, KC4QLP-L, KC4QLP, eQSO KC4QLP-R, *KC4QLP-C*, KC4QLP*, KC4QLP webstream http://midatlanticengineeringservice.cjb.net/kc4qlp.html Sept 11, ABDX via DXLD) 920, WBOX, LA, BOGALUSA, 0100 [EDT? = 0500 UT] 12/09/08 --- Many country tunes played without a brake and at 0100 a short ID. "WBOX 9- 20, Bogalusa and WBOX FM" then into News. A daytimer on the air, I am sure, because of hurricane Ike. Nice signal in spite of rapid QSB and QRM from WGKA in Atlanta. DXer: (Willis Monk, QTH: Old Fort, TN ANTENNA: 149' long wire at 20' high, RCVR: Drake R-4C, AMFMTVDX mailing list via DXLD) New log, KIVY 1290 Crockett TX at 11:20 pm (CST [sic, must mean CDT = 0420 UT Sept 12]) strong at times with High School scoreboard show but *mostly* with Hurricane Ike local info and announcements about business closings, etc. One local bank was announced it was closing at noon tomorrow. Logged with Yaseu FT897D and 75m inverted vee. Addendum This Morning (9/12) (Note: here is their website and a link to streaming audio) http://www.kivy.com/kivyhome.htm Glenn, after I made the original post there was additional information given by the announcers last night. They were not playing around and being very serious (Fritze, KC5KBV Prentice, Jr., Star City, AR, grid: EM43aw http://tvdxseark.blogspot.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3455 kHz USB 0434z: New York Radio wkg "Teal 71" (WC-130J Hurricane Hunter, Keesler AFB 403W 53WRS) on Hurricane Ike mission in Gulf. (12Sep2008) (ALS). 3455 kHz USB 0447z: New York Radio wkg "Teal 71" (WC-130J Hurricane Hunter, Keesler AFB 403W 53WRS) on Hurricane Ike mission in Gulf; now in contact with Houston Ctr via Satcom, so leaves NY Radio freq. (12Sep2008) (AL STERN, Satellite Beach FL, Cumbre DX et al., via DXLD) 1560, Bellaire TX is fairly loud, carrying TV audio. I didn't catch the call letters, as the legal ID at around 8:05 [pm CDT = 0105 UT Sept 13] was spoken right over the TV feed. WOAI-1200 San Antonio is taking callers from the affected areas. Nothing on 550 or 560, nor on 1540, where in 1962 I was able to monitor KGBC covering Hurricane Carla! The rest of the AM band is largely high school football, some obviously on their special Friday night day power authorization. All heard on my SONY T-615 ULR (Paul Swearingen, Topeka KS, NRC-AM via DXLD) Paul, 1560 is KGOW, they have a six tower array and are throwing close to 300 kW in your direction. They are located in a low area south of Houston, they may shut down when the storm moves on shore, whether they want to or not (Jerry Kiefer, NM, ibid.) 1560, KGOW superstrong on day rig with Ike info. Close to owning 1560 here. 73 KAZ Barrington IL (Neil Kazaross, 0241 UT Sept 13, ABDX via DXLD) Thanks to Neil Kazaross. Heard on a Eton E-1XM and whip and RS loop both at one time or another. 1560, KGOW Houston, TX, 9/12 2145 [CDT = 0245 UT 9/13] with hurricane emergency data. Huge signal (Kevin Redding, TN, ibid.) They are strong under WQEW Disney here in central PA // their web stream with emergency reports from the storm (Brett Saylor, 0248 UT Sept 13, ibid.) Hearing it in Carleton, MI, mixing with Disney pest from NYC. // KPRC- TV 2 Houston (Eric Berger, 0249 UT, ibid.) Quite readable here too. Nearly 100% copy once I got WQEW knocked back a bit. I regret the circumstances, and hope everyone comes through safely, but it's nice to get a new one - thanks for the tip! (Barry McLarnon, VE3JF Ottawa, ON, 0255 UT, ibid.) Thx to all the DX Tipsters, this one was very easily heard from my home in Troy (Southeastern Michigan) using a barefoot Sony ICF-2010, with a signal strength running about even with WQEW. Program content exactly as described by others hurricane and weather updates, appears to be live announcements with occasional NWS updates mixed in (at least the voice sounded similar). Heard at 0350 on 13 Sept 2008 (UTC). Been a long day, good night and 73 (de Joe Miller, KJ8O, Troy, MI -- Grid EN82 --, IRCA via DXLD) Who would be relaying KPRC [TV] Houston on 1560 at 0500 UT? Recording: http://paulc.mediumwaveradio.org/audio/unid1560.wav [later:] Answering my own question - I should have read the other messages. KGOW on daytime power! (Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Scotland, IRCA via DXLD) John, KGOW was heard and identified by Torolf Johnsson, north of Stockholm, this morning. Emergency coverage due to hurricane Ike, he says (Henrik Klemetz, MWC via DXLD) Hi Folks; Yes, this was heard in Finland as well. Ike made it possible; 73 (Tarmo Kontro, Finland, ibid.) Hej! Hördes även här i Vällingby, id efter 12 sek på inspelningen! Otroligt med tanke på antennen på denna sida , en Wellbrook ALA 1530. Tycker konditionerna verkar väldigt bra i år, verkar lovande inför Parka! Höres (Mats Andersson, ibid.) In VERY strong here at Paxton, Illinois. Ike coverage is dramatic, one of the reporters is audibly frightened- at their location the storm is busting up the roadway. Large chunks of concrete and asphalt are being tossed about in the waves (Curtis Sadowski, 0741 UT Sept 13, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) I left the recorder running on 1560 all night and got a few good clips of their audio. If anyone is interested in comparing receptions, here is a sample: http://www.radiodxing.com/audio/dxclips/1560_KGOW_Houston_TX_0500_UTC_9-13-08.mp3 (~2:30 length) (Brett Saylor, Central PA, Drake R8 w/ MFJ-1025 phaser & 2 sloper antennas, 1347 UT Sept 13, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) Tnx to numerous tips on numerous lists, KGOW 1560 Bellaire TX, strong here at 0512 UT Sept 13, H. Ike coverage reported as simulcasting audio of KPRC-TV 2. Obviously running day power of 50 kW for the emergency, and Jerry Kiefer says more like 300 kW ERP usward! There must have been a lot of changes since the year+old NRC AM Log 2007 which showed: KILE Bellaire TX C D3 50000 -psra 154 - CP U5 50000/1000 AP U4. 10614 Rockley Road, Houston 77099-3514 - 281-564-7064. ETHNIC - 0700-LSS What is KGOW normal format now, and what does the 2008 NRC Log say? Radio-locator.com has different address in Rogers TX and says night power is normally 100 watts; linx to coverage maps too, standard disclaimer: http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=KGOW&sr=Y&s=C&x=14&y=6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, The format is sports. The 100 watts is non-d, from a different site near Houston. Up until recently, KGOW was buying time on the 1480 in Pasadena, south of Houston to carry the sports programming at night after 1560 shut down the day facility (Jerry Kiefer, NM, DX LISTENING DIGEST) KGOW is sports now and has been for some time. The KILE calls and ethnic format were under a previous owner I think. And if you looked on google, you'd find this for their contact information: http://www.1560thegame.com/contactus/contactinformation.php (Paul Walker, NE, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ah, KGOW owner`s name is Gow, what luck! I see that radio-locator.com [don`t forget the hyphen!] shows format in upper right corner. KIKK 650 on too? See CANADA (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) It's now sports talk, "15-60, The Game." I must've been the only person in North America who didn't log KGOW last night, although I can hear them in daytime here! (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, Sept 13, ABDX via DXLD) Heard on Eton E-10 barefoot 9/13/08 from Warwick R.I. QTH: 1560, KGOW Bellaire TX, 5:00 AM EDT [0900 UT] based on DX tip from other list hit 1560. Bits and pieces of hurricane info heard during brief fadeups / battles with WQEW which is strong here. Something heard about situation now is ... fade down fade up something about a fire and in between bits and pieces of hurricane related stuff. At about 5:10, 1560 [WQEW] became too solid and 1570 started pounding splatter over. 9/13/08 (Norbert, Warwick RI, ABDX via DXLD) KGOW 1560 had a good signal with Hurricane Ike coverage until around 04:00 CDT [0900 UT] when signal disappeared (Tom Jasinski, Shorewood, IL, Sept 13, IRCA via DXLD) Their pattern puts most of the signal into a narrow band N to NE so they don't put much towards So Cal. http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1091641-91887.pdf They were heard in the Denver area but that's lots closer than San Diego and I don't think there's anything as strong as KNZR is in SD on 1560 at night in Denver and there's also a small side lobe that way. I suspect they'll be on again tonite, assuming no damage to them and that they have power. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, ABDX via DXLD) KTRH is in storm coverage. KILT and the CBS stations are also doing coverage. You can hear them on line on the KILT stream. Also try KLVI Beaumont. They are not having a good night in SE Texas (Alan Furst, Round Rock, TX, 0202 UT Sept 13, ABDX via DXLD) Very strange FM dial tonight. I am getting OCs on the frequencies normally occupied by Houston stations KILT-100.3, KPTY-104.9, KMKS- 102.5, and KBXX-97.9. I guess this means their studio to transmitter links must be down. KLOL-101.1 is missing, but so is KONO-101.1 in San Antonio, so perhaps there is some disrupted path due to Ike's impact on the troposphere. (Harry Helms W5HLH 0405 UT Sept 13, ABDX via DXLD) Apparently many of the FMs on the Senior Road tower were knocked off. KILT AM was the one CBS station that weathered the storm without interruption (Alan Furst, Austin, ibid.) KTRH 740 appears to be off as well - I am getting KRMG, but nothing from KTRH (Bruce Carter, TX, 0439 UT Sept 13, ibid.) Back on as of 11:42 am Central (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, ibid.) [earlier:] KSEV-700 and KTRH-740 are both loud here with hurricane programming, apparently on day power/patterns. KILT-610 seems to be on night facilities, judging by strength, but they have broken with their sports talk format to carry hurricane coverage. The big surprise is KPRC-950, which was carrying Bill O'Reilly on night power. On the hour, they did have a local report on Hurricane Ike but back to regular programming. I tried to see if any of Houston's Spanish and Vietnamese/Asian stations were carrying hurricane programming for their audiences, but found no trace of them (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, 0535 UT Sept 13, ABDX via DXLD) KLVI On? Can anyone hear KLVI 560 Beaumont? They appear to be off. Normally would hear the signal here (Alan Furst, Round Rock TX, 1941 UT Sept 13, ABDX via DXLD) Just checked at 3:50 pm Central and no trace of them here, Alan. They are also a daytimer regular for me (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, ibid.) The KLVI website http://KLVI.com has a number of photos and videos from around Beaumont in the aftermath of Ike (A G Furst, TX, UT Sept 14, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. Hearing actual emergency MARS traffic on 4008 and 4021 USB; frequencies are approximate since I'm using a Sony ICF-7600GR. I've been checking 5211 kHz USB, the main FEMA night channel, but nothing so far (Harry Helms W5HLH, Corpus Christi, TX EL17, 0243 UT Sept 13, ABDX via DXLD) Navy MARS net, 5153.5 SSB, Sat Sept 13 at 2255, QSO between NNN0YQB and NNN0ADF, discussing lack of stations in East Texas, and how checking into the SHARES (sp?) net is unproductive with the army MARS guys courteous but not really interested in what the sailors have to say. Per Google search to http://www.navymars.org/national/cmi/CMI14-08.TXT YQB is Kenneth in East Texas. Searching each callsign in the 16,508 posts to the UDXF yg, each got exactly one hit, and neither was helpful in locating them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re 8-101: 710, KIRO, WA, Seattle. Per Seattle Post- Intelligencer, station will be relayed on KBSG-FM 97.3 beginning 8/12, displacing the FM station’s classic hits format. Both stations are airing Seahawks football this season. KIRO AM recently got back the rights to Mariners baseball (Dale Park, HI, NRC DX News Aug 18 via DXLD) According to the FCC database, KBSG changed calls to KIRO-FM on 8/1, a move that makes sense given the above (Bill Dvorak, Ed., ibid.) ** U S A. Miami 103.9 pirate busted --- PIRATE RADIO STATION WASN'T EXACTLY LOW KEY Wed Sep 10, 2008 at 10:44:10 AM Pirate Radio is the aural equivalent of graffiti. Once in a while, it qualifies as something like art, but more often it's just blight. Riptide can't help but emphasize with someone who's willing to break the law just to bring the world some insightful taste of music,. So after hearing that police busted a pirate station in Wilton Manors we wanted to find out what exactly the station was playing. We were kind of disappointed and then surprised; disappointed because the station, known as 103.9 Da Grind, was playing mainly mediocre hip-hop, and not exactly of the underexposed variety. Yawn. We were surprised because Da Grind seemed like it had evolved into a pretty big operation. Trick Daddy, Jackie-O and others had done drops. They were even selling advertising, and overall, they weren't exactly keeping a low profile with a MySpace and website. The station has been broadcasting since 2007, and police didn't intervene until a legit station tipped them off. They arrested Constantinos Rigalos, aka DJ Kosta, a graduate of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting (gotta earn your street cred somewhere). Seems like he was using the station as more of a promotional tool for himself, his club appearances, and his graphics/ promotion company. Its surprising he didn't get busted earlier. This is something you're supposed to do on the down low. Lots of people pull it off with out getting busted, but this station was just asking for it. --Kyle Munzenrieder http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2008/09/police_bust_stupid_pirate_stat.php (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** VATICAN [non]. Quite a culture clash on 6020, Sept 13 at 1313, Bells of St. Peter mixing with R. Australia Saturday night country music show, the former relayed by RVA Philippines, but transmitter off shortly. RA doesn`t think this is a problem in their target area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. CW oddity --- For those with Perseus: 1324.745 kHz (CW mode) at 0459:40 today a single "CHRISTUS" in CW. I'm sure I've heard this once before but can't find a record of it. Does anyone know the source of this? (Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Scotland, 12 September, MWC via DXLD) I've heard CHRISTUS once before, but not on this frequency and without Perseus. I can't recall where I did hear it though. It will have been on a 10 kHz spacing channel (Andrew Brade, UK, ibid.) I was listening to 1320 at the time and the CW was audible - but 1324.745 was where it was coming from! (Paul, ibid.) How strange. Audible here too (John Faulkner, UK, 0913 Sept 12, ibid.) Ditto (Barry Davies, UK, 0958 UT, ibid.) Also heard in the Netherlands (Rein Faber, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 7270, Sept 13 at 1509, strong carrier on and off, presumably a frustrated ham objecting to the broadcast station uncovered intermittently, in Chinese talk and music. Per Aoki this could be: 7270*VOICE OF CHINA 1435-1535 1234567 Chinese 100 325 Hu Wei TWN 12024E 2343N VOC a08 But since there is an asterisk, it is more likely Chicom jamming of the non-Firedrake variety against VOC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9415, Sept 13 at 2318 with constant heavy noise, sounded rather like DRM, but not wide enough and with BFO I could detect a carrier underneath. Still the same just before and after 2400 into UT Sept 14. Online schedules show VOA via Philippines at 2200-2400 on 9415 but in English, so not to be jammed; also Prague is on 9415 until 2330. The only likely jamming target on 9415 is Taiwan but at 0900- 1100 only. Maybe the IBB transmitter was very out of order, or something totally extraneous (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ INTERVAL SIGNALS ONLINE http://www.interval signals.net GONE! Hopefully not forever. It's been replaced with a domain registration page. I visited on Sunday and it was fine. Regards (Harry Brooks, NE England, UK, Sept 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Later:] It's back (Sergei S., Sept 9, ibid.) But empty page at 2214 UT (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, ibid.) Hi Glenn, The erratic behaviour of Interval Signals Online since last Tuesday is due to hosting problems, which I hope to resolve when I have more time to devote to it next week! Regards, (Dave Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Sept 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Let's cross fingers this site will last for eternity!!! :) I assume it's the most comprehensive site we have with those highly prized sounds that are always the most priced moments for a DXer: the ID. Dave, be sure to hav a a very well done back-up of the material you have there. And please consider to be not centralised only on you. (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) KOJE: HAWAIIANS, YANKEES, MEXICANS, WHICH CAN BE HEARD ON MW Useful DXers resource has new home http://www.tapiokalmi.net/dx/koje/koje1.html On these pages you will find three summaries of the mediumwave (AM) radiostations which can be heard in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway and Finland). The names of these summaries are abbreviations from the finnish words which are translated to english as follows: Hawaiians which can be heard (KOH - kuultavissa olevat hawaijilaiset), Yankees which can be heard (KOJE - kuultavissa olevat jenkit) and Mexicans which can be heard (KOMEX - kuultavissa olevat meksikolaiset) The translation here is as liberal as the originally chosen words which come from the Finnish DX-slang. Word Yankee means here the whole North America from California to Greenland and from Alaska to Florida, including also Bermuda. The first of these lists was KOJE, so the pages are named after that list. The latest list (02SEP2008 1.06Mb) KOJE-KOH-KOMEX.xls (Steve Whitt, MWC via DXLD) SHORTWAVE MUSIC +++++++++++++++ THE GUIDE TO SHORTWAVE RADIO Hi Glenn, The new album "I Worked On The Ship" by the Scottish group Ballboy (of which I am not familiar) "opens with birdsong and the beautiful 'The Guide to Shortwave Radio'." http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/09/02/194220.php Ballboy website: http://www.ballboymusic.com/news/ Lyrics of the tune: http://www.ballboymusic.com/lyrics/ships/#1 Someone better versed in pop criticism might be able to explain the connection to shortwave. Listen to a snippet here: http://www.amazon.com/I-Worked-On-The-Ships/dp/B001DBPMH6/ref=dmusic_cd_album?ie=UTF8&qid=1220737919&sr=8-2 73 (Kim Elliott, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: see CUBA [really Australia]; UNID 9415 [non] ++++++++++++++++++++ IBOC: CANADA: CHWO; USA: 650, 990 STUDY: BOOSTING HD RADIO POWER WILL LEAD TO FM INTERFERENCE September 10, 2008 http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=881253 A new study from NPR Labs finds that increasing the current reach of HD Radio would cause interference to regular FM radio signals. Orbitcast reports that the study shows that interference could be doubled if HD Radio's power was boosted. NPR Labs estimates that 41 percent of public radio stations would lose at least a third of the car radios they currently reach. The power boost could also affect 26 percent of in-car radio listeners. While NPR Labs supports HD Radio technology, Chief Technology Officer Mike Starling writes that "we cannot responsibly support boosting HD Radio power [to] 10 percent en masse to the detriment of existing FM analog signals." The complete report will be presented at a seminar in Austin, TX on September 16, preceding the NAB Radio Show (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) Recently, I've seen a couple of reports that support this sort of claim. I'm not surprised that non-commercial outlets have concerns, as there are so many low power/close spacing issues with those assignments. On the other hand, while visiting California in July (7/3-19), my perception was that KROQ didn't seem to be causing any issues for either 106.3 or 107.1. Both Class A signals seemed to have normal coverage. On the other hand, I haven't been there in a long time, so I could be underestimating the issue through faulty recollections. Was KROQ, in fact, still operating their HD with 10% of analog power at that time? If so, I didn't hear a difference between their HD interference issues and those on other FM HD stations (even on 106.5 and 106.9). In any event, there's no comparison at all to the destruction to adjacent or second-adjacent channels with AM IBOC. Does anyone know whether or not KROQ was still at 10% in July? (Brian Goodrich, Greensboro, NC, ibid.) My impression is that IBOC on FM bothers adjacents, but not second- adjacents; is this correct? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Were these special tests? Remember that going to 10% power from 1% isn't for most stations, going to happen by the flip of a switch or a click of a mouse. Replacing the entire plant may be what will happen. And the deal is stations MAY be allowed to increase power UP TO 10%. Originally there was a plan to go to 2%. ONE percent is just too low to work well. In February we shall also see that powers for HDTV are too low and need to be at least doubled. For me to get good reception I have a UHF BEAM in my living room amplified by 15db to get some of what I got on analog over the air (Powell E Way, III, SC, ABDX via DXLD) Scott Fybush mentioned it on this list. I have tried them out, and KROQ does indeed get out better than the other L.A. HD stations, but even they cut out when going over the hill, despite the extra power. Should people actually buy the radios, I don't think many will be thrilled with HD, whether at 1% or 10%. The "all or nothing" nature of digital is just too annoying. It's not so bad on HD-1, where you can fall back to analog, but on HD-2, it just disappears. Not many people will put up with this (Brian Leyton, CA, ibid.) I don't remember where I saw the announcement, but I'm pretty sure KROQ was (or still is) doing a special 10% test. I remember thinking that I'd check them out in LA to see what I heard (Brian Goodrich, Greensboro, NC, ibid.) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ GREYLINE DXing [on MW, but applicable in other ways to SW] This month we will look at Sun Rise Skip (SRS) and Sun Set Skip (SSS) targeting. Both SRS and SSS are a form of Greyline DX’ing. Once again I will base my ideas and thoughts on my DX experiences here in Winnipeg MB so please adjust for your location. Greyline DX’ing is like surfing a big wave that is going around the world. At any giving time of day there are two Greylines on the face of the planet. One is a sun rise line and the other is a sun set line. As these Greylines move across the world they cause an enhancement for DX’ers. For this column we will look primarily at SRS and SSS for North America. However do not forget the Greyline enhancement can help with Trans Atlantic and Trans Pacific DX. Here are two sites you can go to in order to see the Greyline in action: http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p and http://www.daylightmap.com/index.php You can click on the map to make it zoom in on your part of the world for a better view of the Greyline. You can down load The GeoClock Greyline program for your computer at: http://geoclock.home.att.net/ The above sites will show you the Greyline as it moves around the world on 5 minute updates. Also of use is the Sunrise-Sunset Tables offered at the NRC Publications site. These will give you a month by month view of where sun rise and sun set is in North America. Based on my DX experiences here in Winnipeg MB SSS is a double edged sword. Before my sunset there is a better chance to receive targets to the East of me. As the sun moves and it is at or just before sunset causing the Greyline to be on my location there is an enhancement of signals to the East. I won’t get too technical but this has to do with how the D layer of the atmosphere works but here it is quickly. During the daylight hours, the D layer of the ionosphere is ionized by radiation from the sun, and effectively becomes an absorber of energy (radio signals). The D layer prevents the long distance signals that you may have targeted from being able to bounce off of higher layers, and travel further. When the sun sets, the D layer loses its absorbing properties. At the same time, desired radio signals can bounce longer distances. To sum up, this D layer movement causes interesting but brief DX conditions. Many stations are still on full day time power and are easier to hear before they power down for the night. They may also be on a more non- directional antenna pattern during day time hours putting more signals my way. The other edge of the sword is as they approach sunset they may change pattern more to my location to protect other stations on the frequency. This can wipe out some other stations on the frequency. The stations may also be powering down causing them to disappear once they change to a lower power. There is that in-between time right at Greyline where stations are in a state of flux both for power and for direction that can provide you a chance to grab some targets. In the morning SRS works like SSS but in the opposite direction. Here in Manitoba we get an enhancement to the West at SRS Greyline. There are many stations to the West of Winnipeg that are only heard at or just past SRS. If I want to catch a new target I often use SRS to listen for the western targets I have on my target sheet. Stations to the east are heard less often or are weaker at SRS so the stations to the West are enhanced and come in better. The stations are heard further and further West as sunrise approaches and passes over Winnipeg. In winter it is not uncommon to DX to the West for an hour or more after my local sunrise. Also SRS is the only time of the day I have gotten any Trans Pacific DX so all those targets are SRS targets only. As stated above, stations have to adjust their powers and patterns at both SSS and SRS if they are required to do so by their license. These times are basically set by the sun rise or sun set time of the middle of the month. As the month goes on the sun set and sun rise times are a bit skewed. These last few days of the month can provide further enhancement for Target chasing. This takes some getting used to and don’t expect to get a bunch of new catches on your first couple of tries. This is a game of the three “P’s”. That is to say Patience, Propagation conditions and just being in the right Place at the right time (Shawn Axelrod, MB, Target DX, NRC DX News Aug 18 via DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ RECLAIMING CIVIL DISCOURSE This week`s Bill Moyers Journal is highly recommended, about the consequences of right-wing hate talk radio. Full transcript and video/audio linx: What happens when America's airwaves fill with hate? BILL MOYERS JOURNAL takes a tough look at the hostile industry of "Shock Jock" media with a hard-hitting examination of its effects on our nation's political discourse. . . http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09122008/watch.html (via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WATCH CYNTHIA MCKINNEY ON C-SPAN Sunday, September 14 at 6:30 or 9:30 EDT [2230 or UT Monday 0130] Sunday, Sept. 14 - "Road to the White House" Greta Bruner, CSPAN interviewer, has confirmed that C-SPAN will be airing the Cynthia McKinney interview on "Road to the White House" in its usual time slot this Sunday, September 14, at both 6:30 and 9:30 pm. Included will be footage of the Ron Paul event where he supports 3rd Party candidates for President. NYC, under it's charter revision initiative law, has the jurisdiction to create a commission to investigate 9/11 events in NYC. Cynthia McKinney, as a leader in the call for the investigation, calls for support for the ballot initiative. She talks about the government lies and what we must do to investigate the truth. View the NYC Ballot Initiative Press Conference with Cynthia McKinney Green Party Presidential Candidate here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Hp02eyNnI (Green Party of the United States, via DXLD) ###