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Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1478, September 16-22, 2009 Wed 0700 WRMI 9955 [new] Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415 Thu 0530 WRMI 9955 Thu 1900 WBCQ 7415 Fri 0000 WBCQ 5110-CUSB Area 51 Fri 0100 WRMI 9955 Fri 1130 WRMI 9955 Fri 1430 WRMI 9955 Fri 1900 WBCQ 7415 Fri 2028 WWCR1 15825 Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 0800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9510 [except first Sat] Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Mon 0500 WRMI 9955 Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Tue 1900 WBCQ 7415 Wed 0700 WRMI 9955 [or new 1479 starting here?] Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://podcast.worldofradio.org or http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Station Notes: Radio Solh, VOA service to Afghanistan, 15265 via a UK site; address: VOA, Washington DC 20237; web http://www.voanews.com (PlayDX via Sam Barto, QSL Report, Sept NASWA Journal via DXLD) !!! Radio Solh was NOT a VOA Service to Afghanistan, but some covert USG operation. If VOA axually QSLed it, must have been out of ignorance. Or maybe this was just speculation on a possible QSL route (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGUILLA. Caribbean Beacon finally back on the air after missing since Sept 5, heard Sept 13 at 0455 on 6090 with PMS; also on 11775 at 1308 with DGS. Some reported 11775 back on as of Sept 12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Glenn: During a bandscan, I noticed RHC on 11770 splattering PMS/DGS Anguilla around 1900 UT on Saturday 12, 2009 (Noble West, Clinton TN, Sangean ATS818ACS, Radioshack Pocket SWL Antenna, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Hearing what must certainly be the Caribbean Beacon on 6090 at 0850 with DGS? Big signal S9+. No ID at TOH, just continued preaching. Yes, gave address for Pastor Scott at 0903. 13 Sept (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BIAFRA [non]. To BIAFRA. 17520, Voice of Biafra International (via WHRI), 1900-1959, Friday Sep 11, usual format with signal strength on this new frequency improving as the hour went on. Alternative listening at the same for Biafrians from Radio Biafra London, 12050, 1859-1959, Sep 11. Broadcast began by requesting more financial support from listeners as 3 million Naira is needed monthly for broadcasting (around US$ 18,000). Upcoming topics announced as election in Anambra State next year, "poisonous" rice that has been imported from India and the increasing "islamization" of Biafraland. 1907 a second speaker took over using mostly Igbo language. (With best wishes from: James MacDonell, Niger State, Nigeria, Sept 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6075, Radio Causachun Coca, 1020-1030 Sept 15, With a very weak signal, noted a male and female exchanging Spanish language comments. Signal improved as the time passed from threshold to poor. There was some fading too. 6134.68, Radio Santa Cruz, 1028-1035 Sept 15, Another very weak signal, noted also a male and female in conversation. It seems strange that almost every station has a male and female couple doing the radio chores, but "it is what it is". Signal was threshold. 6155.21, Radio Fides, 1031-1040 Sept 15, Here's a change. Noted a solo female in Spanish language comments which seemed to be the news. At 1034 canned promos. Signal was actually very good after tuning out the interference. Pretty productive morning here. To achieve this list of loggings, I turned off all electrical appliances including my computer and WiFi connection. It's amazing how much RFI is produced by these things. Everything is enclosed in plastic these days which doesn't stop any RFI. On the other hand, my receivers are enclosed in a metal case, but their sensitivity is so strong, they pickup all of the RFI produce from the gadgets I have. There's no answer. I need them all. http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML (Chuck Bolland, Watkins Johnson HF1000 & NRD545, 26.37N 081.05W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL: Nueva emisora de onda corta? New shortwave station? El día 13 de septiembre de 2009 fue reportada una nueva señal en portugués, seguramente brasileña, en la frecuencia de 4860 Khz, en la banda tropical de 60 metros, sobre las 1040 UTC, con anuncios de la Rede Boa Vontade. Avances de programas, anuncios religiosos y varias identificaciones como "Rede Boa Vontade". Fue escuchada con señal aceptable, sin ningún tipo de interferencias y algo de desvanecimiento dado lo avanzado de la hora. SINPO: 25332 (Miguel Castellino, Hector Goyena y Arnaldo Slaen, DX Camp Villa Loguercio) 4860, Rede Boa Vontade, ????, 1040 UT, September 13, Portuguese, many announcements as "Rede Boa Vontade", religious announcement and program announcements. SINPO: 25332 (Miguel Castellino, Hector Goyena y Arnaldo Slaen, DX Camp Villa Loguercio, Argentina, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just a wild guess - if their 1300 and 6160 Porto Alegre transmitters are both active and co-located, this could make a mixing product on 4860 (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Desde que a frequência de 6160 Khz foi reativada, também estou captando em 4860 Khz em OT. Não seria espúrio ou harmônico dos outros QRG´s da Super Boa Vontade? Pois canaleta com final zero aqui no Brasil não existe nesta banda, ainda mais com diferença de apenas 5 kilohertz para a rádo Alvorada de Londrina em distância inferior a 900 km (Édinho, Novo Hamburgo, Sept 14, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Super Rádio Deus é Amor em 6070 kHz --- Desde ontem aqui em Capão da Canoa no litoral norte gaúcho, tenho acompanhado esta emissora emitindo em 6070 Khz. O sinal é regular, porém, a frequência desta deveria ser e 6060 Khz com TX em Curitiba. Esta canaleta não seria de São Paulo (SP)? (Édinho, Novo Hamburgo, 1459 UT Sept 15, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DXLD) Após alguns meses, a rádio Canção Nova de Cachoeira Paulista (SP), reativou a frequência de 9675 Khz. Aqui em Novo Hamburgo (RS), foi captada às 14:00 hrs "soltando" seus prefixos de identificação de Ondas Médias, Curtas e Tropicais (Édinho, Novo Hamburgo, Sept 13, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DXLD) 1400 UT or BST? (gh) ** BRAZIL. For the third time, I hear extremely distorted FMy spur in Brazilian Portuguese, extending from 5773 to 5785 and peaking around 5777, Sept 14 at 0521, presumably from or instead of 6060, Rádio Tupi, Curitiba, as reported previously from Brasil and Uruguay. Each time I have heard it around this hour, it`s all-talk, no music. Those with true NBFM mode reception capability should try whether it is any clearer than by my slope-detexion for a definite ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. It`s rare for both WWV and WWVH to be inaudible on 10000 kHz, without a total blackout; but Sept 12 at 2245 that was the case allowing some much weaker tix and pips to be audiblized with BFO helping. One station was making a beep every ten seconds correctly, and altho I could hear a murmur of audio, could not make any voice out. The 10-second pattern fits for PPE, Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, the new timesignal station which came on a few months ago with less than 1 kW. Also at the top of each minute there were three heavy beeps at seconds 58, 59 and 60. Is that PPE too? Some weaker tix from I know not where, and some station added binary code at 2249-2251. By 2252 I could hear a trace of the same pitch tone as on WWV 5000. Listened carefully at 2259-2301 but did not hear any announcements when at least WWV and WWVH would have given full IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: 2500 ** CANADA. 6030 this Monday with no Cuban jamming audible, unlike last week, Sept 14 at 0517 caught a bit of Johnny Cash at fadeup, no doubt CFVP Calgary with its country format (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6030, Calgary - CFVP relaying CKMX (AM 1060), 0307-0404, Sept. 14 (Mon.). Playing C&W songs (Lorne Green with “Ringo”, etc.); local ads (Apex Hearing Systems, Jack Carter Chevrolet Cadillac, etc.); IDs “Southern Alberta’s own hometown station, Classic Country AM 1060”; Monday continues to be a clear for them (absence of R. Martí and jamming); poor to fair reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6070, CFRX with VG signal at 0523 Sept 15 discussing duct/duck tape (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. Replying to comments below under CHINA: NPR in Canada and press freedom in Russia Sergei S. writes: ``It's funny but in the past NPR complained about lack of access to Canadian airwaves. Some NPR affiliates carry CBC but NPR programming isn't allowed on local Canadian station.`` Somehow this statement as well as Sergei's assertion that the media is somehow free(er) in Russia didn't sit well with me. The statement about Canada isn't terribly relevant since the vast majority of Canadians live close to the US border with easy access to US radio and TV stations. Here in Victoria, for example, on my FM dial I can hear 5 or 6 NPR stations with ease. Nothing would be gained by having NPR programming carried on Canadian stations for the majority of the Canadian population (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Sept 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Continued at RUSSIA ** CHAD. 7120, ONRT, 1927, Sep 11. Still on at 2000 but gone when checked again at 2011. Sep 12, not heard until 1006 with Islamic singing and then local language (may have been Fulfude). Good signal all day in French and other languages. 1714 dead air and at 1802 another station heard underneath (Arabic?). 1804 brief snatch of audio from Chad but otherwise silence. Didn't check again until 2058 when the transmitter off so sign-off is probably around 2000. (With best wishes from: James MacDonell, Niger State, Nigeria, Sept 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7120, RNTchadienne, n'Djamena, Sep. 14th, first time heard, here, since past days logs, with strong signal. Religious chant, at tune-in around 1645 UT. YL with ID at 1653, returning chant, over ToH. At 1702 ID as Radio Chad. Still there at 1825z. 44343. Greetings (from Portugal, Pedro Turner, Gondomar, CT2KET, Sept 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 7365 with mixture of two Chinese stations, Sept 12 at 1317. Per Aoki it`s VOA Cantonese via Tinang and CNR1, which now becomes a jammer unlike before 1300. 7305 with single Chinese audio was not // the main signal on 7365, so the latter must have been VOA. Firedrake, Sept 12 at 1314: fair on 9000, none on 8400; at 1320 fair on 10210; none heard higher. 15220, CRI in Mandarin via Sackville, VG signal as always, Sat Sept 12 at 1428 gave me pause as ``O Sole Mio`` was being performed in Italian. After interruption for jingle and ID, from 1434 onwards all the announcements were in English, apparently by the conductor from the podium of a concert recorded in China, including: Star Trek medley of TV and movie themes; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon themes featuring Yo Yo Ma; La Donna è Mobile, by quite a tenor as earlier but not one of the Big 3; Magnificent Seven theme; Bridge Over Troubled Waters by children`s and women`s chorus of the China National Symphony Orchestra; 1454 cut back to Chinese for outro talking over music with e-mail pronounced in English sounding like kzxt@cri.com.cn and 1456 dramatic promo, ID with china@cri.com.cn 1500 IS and ID for another hour. I was almost convinced some of the announcements were in Cantonese, but skeds show all in Mandarin. Not to mention English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 13: at 1255 nothing on 8400, poor on 9000. 9985 at 1306 Sept 13, CNR1 jamming mix with VOA Chinese, via Saipan, same as on 9845, where VOA is via Tinang; 9985 is used by VOA only for this single hour, and consequently the jamming; WWCR 9980 had not built up to super-strength yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. Long Time Mystery Solved --- Over the years, I've heard a jamming transmitter every once in a while on 1170 kHz. in the early morning hours shortly before sun rise. I long suspected it was Asian, from the time received. Over on the IRCA list I came upon a mention of South Korea's KBS running a Chinese language broadcast on 1170 that is jammed by the Chinese. I'm certain that this jamming is what I've been getting through the years, and it makes for the first Asian station I've had on MW here in Illinois. The strength I was getting it at, I think anyone with a good receiver in the Midwest or Eastern U.S. should be able to hear it.? Only heard when band conditions are quiet and crisp (Curtis Sadowski, Paxton, Illinois, Sept 13, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) Curtis, Could you be more specific as to time? KBS does have Chinese on 1170, 500 kW at 1300-1400 UT only, which seems a bit late from what you say. 1170 also carries VOA Chinese via Poro Point, Philippines, 1000 kW, 332 degrees, and that is at 1100-1200 UT only. The ChiCom certainly jam that, but not so sure about the KBS service. See http://www.geocities.jp/binewsjp/bia09.txt What kind of jamming? Wall of noise or some programmatic modulation? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Old Message about the 1170 Jammer --- I found this squirreled away, and decided to bring it out again, as it is on topic. Four A.M. CDT or so would be a good time to listen (Curtis Sadowski, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 04:30:09 -0500 Subject: [Amdx] Odd Noise on 1170 kHz. Hello All, I'm getting something odd on 1170 kHz. This morning (0425 CDT [0925 UT]), someone is broadcasting what very nearly sounds like an old airplane engine. I understand that there is a type of jammer that sounds like that. The signal displays fading, and the direction is the same from here and down the block, so it isn't likely to be anything close by (Curtis Sadowski, Paxton, Illinois, Sept 2, *2008*, via Sadowski, 2009, ibid.) Current A-09 Aoki and WRTH 2009 do not show Korea or Philippines on 1170 before 1000, tho could have been a year ago. What time are you hearing this now? (gh, DXLD) I haven't heard it recently, and I'm now trying to repeat the reception from before. Last night, conditions favored WHAM's IBOC too much, so there wasn't much able to get by that. I'm working nights these days, when I get the chance to duck out to try to hear it, I will. Where I work has much too much interference to get around indoors Also, I will be trying on my nights off. I think 1170 is slightly clearer in Paxton than Champaign, perhaps I'm deeper in the null between stations there. Once it comes in again at Paxton (assuming it does) I can easily make a recording (Curtis Sadowski, IL, Sept 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. Re 9-069: CRI in Hawaii --- Keith: I hear you, man. For a bit of comic relief I suggest you watch this brief video report: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/police_still_searching_for That's how TV news in the US might look after the much needed PRC investment into the US economy ;) Of course, that's how the local TV news reporting is today: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/fat_kid_successfully_avoids :) > Or could you name a frequency in Beijing or Shanghai where the VOA/BBC is on 24 hours a day? Well, R. Liberty and VoA have dedicated AM frequencies in Moscow. BBC WS and Russian are relayed 24x7 on AM in Moscow, St. Pete and Yekaterinburg. Can you name an AM frequency in NYC, DC or London where VoR is on 24x7? VoR has two hours (one English, one Russian) on weekdays on R. Spectrum in London. Russia's information exchange is more fair in case of Germany. Well, perhaps it's not so fair for Germany as this country seems to provide better AM relays for VoR than Russia does for DW. It's funny but in the past NPR complained about lack of access to Canadian airwaves. Some NPR affiliates carry CBC but NPR programming isn't allowed on local Canadian station. > Personally I don't think anyone will do anything, but the US has allowed China to buy it's foreign debt. Keith, perhaps you should change the word "allowed" for "begged". Sadly, the US lost its financial independence some time ago. Now the the US gov's major economic moves require a go-ahead from Beijing. With unpredictable bond rates, CPC can easily foreclose on the US sometime in not so distant future. > Why not have RHC on local US radio? Cuba is also a communist country. Why not have VOK on local US radio? First, they don't have money. And second, they won't be allowed to do that due to legal restrictions. Cheers! (Sergei S., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CROATIA [non]. Re 9-069, CR on 7375 ex-9925: Only May 10 til Sept 5 on 9925 Croatian Radio never played a role on the publicity campaign. Three txs in \\ at 0100-0300 UT. This taken from Media & Broadcast DTK Germany schedule: 7375 0100-0500 2,3,4,5 WER 100 330 1234567 0609-241009 HRT 7375 2200-0300 11,12,13 WER 100 240 1234567 0609-241009 HRT 7375 2300-0300 6,7,8,9 WER 100 300 1234567 0609-241009 HRT (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Sept 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. RHC re-jumbles which frequencies are in English and which in unscheduled Spanish after 0500: Sept 12 at 0513, 6140 and 6060 were in English, while 6120, 6010 and JBA 6000 were in Spanish. 6010 had been the most reliable channel for English tho sometimes missing completely. RHC, Sunday Sept 13 at 1453, slow marches by military band, on 15360, 13780, 13760, 11760; is that the end of the scheduled La Cultura en Cuba show? Was looking for Aló, Presidente channels, but none on the air this week: 13750, 13680, 12010, 11690 [O yeah? see VENEZUELA]. Back on 13780, at 1457:30, end music without any back-announcement, RHC ID as for ``Norte, Centro y Sudamérica, y el área del Mediterráneo``. The latter is iffy, and certainly not at this hour; included clip from Fidel announcing years ago that Cuba now had an international radio voice; and multilingual ID I had not heard before: Spanish, English, Portuguese, Esperanto, Arabic, Quechua/Guarani (or vice versa?), French, Creole. At 1500, 13780 cuts modulation to open carrier, vs Austria-via-Canada starting 13775, but 13780 still on at 1505. Spanish continued past 1500 on 13760, 11760; I gather some revolutionary hero had died, so that might explain the martial music earlier. 11760 is supposed to be in Esperanto at 1500-1530 Sundays, but that language must be the lowest priority, getting no respect, and easily bumped off. Aside from its novelty, doesn`t matter, as its content is the same old crap as in the other languages, five-heroes obsession, etc. Anomaly report Sept 15: 13780 missing at 1351, RHC still there as usual on 13760 and 13680, but the leapfrog on 13880 also absent, of course. 13740 open carrier from CRI relay not yet on either, but was by 1357 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Glenn, I Goggled Dentro Cuba Jamming Command or in Spanish "Comandancía Dentro Cuba de Radio Pertubacíon". Got back nothing in return. Glenn, what's your source? (Charles Taylor, NC, Sept 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Chollie, I made up the name, lacking what the Cubans would really call the agency. Of course they would not name it anything like that. My little joke. But thanks for the almost-Spanish version. Surely you would have got some hits to my writing if you had googled --- DentroCuban--- with an n. 73, (Glenn to CAT, ibid.) ** CUBA. DISCLAIMER FOR ALL LW/MW ITEMS, INCLUDING ALL TIS; MIS; PIRATE; AND LPAM ENTRIES, OR ANYTHING THAT CAN BE LINKED BACK TO A LW/MW REFERENCE: No portion of the below may be reproduced in any format and/or redistributed by the National Radio Club and/or their editors without my expressed written permission, which will then be swiftly -- and we do mean swiftly -- denied. Editors receiving this directly from me are excluded, provided this entire disclaimer is included once where any of the aforementioned items are first reproduced. All times/dates are in GMT unless otherwise indicated. Frequencies are in kHz unless otherwise specified. All mobile logs were made on the stock 2004 Chevrolet Impala autoradio. 930, unidentified wobbler. 0606-0610 September 13, 2009. Big wobbling mess. Possibly one of the Reloj outlets. Reloj, by the way, remains about 13 seconds slow. Unbelievable. 1000, Radio Cadena Habana, unknown site. 1430+ September 9, 2009. Local level at the Mote Marine Aquarium parking lot, Lido Key. The Guamá station was very weak underneath. 1020, Radio Guamá, Bahía Honda, Pinar del Río. 1435+ September 9, 2009. Also local level at the Mote Marine Aquarium parking lot, Lido Key, parallel very good 990. 1060, Radio Veintiséis, unknown, Matanzas. 1450-1502 September 9, 2009. Radionovela until 1500, then male canned “Esta es Radio 26. Desde Matanzas, Cuba” followed by tones and chimes, into something “… en programa de la familia.” Very good level at the Mote Marine Aquarium parking lot, Lido Key, but also co-channel weaker WLNO, New Orleans English gospel programming. 1080, Radio Cadena Habana, Güines, La Habana. 1840-1850 September 9, 2009. Excellent with Wham! “Careless Whispers” segued into Ray Charles “Georgia On My Mind.” Logged at Nokomis Beach, Casey Key. 1140, Radio Cadena Habana, Pastora, Ciudad de la Habana. 1559-1632 September 9, 2009. ID, into Noticiero Nacional de Radio feed 1700- 1730, ID and into music from 1730. Another unidentified, extremely weak Cuban underneath noted while NNdR was underway, very slightly out-of-synch (behind). NNdR was all intensive on long-defunct Hurricane Ike, all about the great advances in infrastructure repairs that have been completed since Ike. Logged on Casey Key. 1180, Radio Rebelde and Rebelde FM, unknown sites. 1855+ Sepbember 9, 2009. Strong and both about equal level. Rebelde FM with news and field reporters, Rebelde IDs and Rebelde sounders, into Spanish pop vocals. Standard (AM) Rebelde with live sports coverage, parallel 670. No trace of Radio Martí, Marathon, Florida (checked 11930 audio on the ICF-7600GR inside the car prior to getting and ID on one of the two Rebelde audios) or any other Rebelde outlets for that matter. Logged on Casey Key (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida. USA. 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W. Sept 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. Sobre Radio Martí en los 1620 kHz --- Saludos amigos listeros, Hace un par de días, haciendo dx, he escuchado que Radio Martí ha comenzado a emitir en Onda Media para la región central y oriental de Cuba en los 1620 kHz. Mi pregunta es la siguiente. ¿es eso legal?, ¿No pudiéramos catalogarla como una emisión clandestina? Saludos, (Yandys Cervantes Rodríguez, Ing. en Telecomunicaciones y Electrónica, Cuba, Sept 14, noticias dx yg via DXLD) Sure, why not? But also, it`s WDHP in the USVI, of course, and they are entitled to broadcast whatever they like from a real territorio libre (gh, DXLD) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 5010, R. Cristal Internacional, Santa [sic] Domingo, presumed, 0358-0428 Aug 4 in Spanish with hilife music, long talk between OM & YL. In the clear but quite weak, just above the noise level and poor. Fadeout by 0420, carrier still audible in SSB at 0428 (Richard W Parker, Pennsburg PA, Sept World DX Club Contact via DXLD) Must have been a very rare temporary reactivation as no other reports of it lately. If it were not for the Spanish, my first guess would have been Madagascar, usually reported here, and sunrise fadeout fits. Are you sure it was in Spanish? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR [non]. HCJB test via CVC Chile, 11745 ex-11755, Sept 12 at 0035 check, Brazilian service, VG signal unlike 11755 previously which they left to avoid RHC 11760, and still not // Pifo direct on 11920. Competing against itself? 24 hours later, not heard on 11745, brief test period presumably over (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. Tony Alamo Christian Ministries --- Hi Glenn, Just received the following email. Interesting to find that Tony is still keeping busy on the Web (Ron Howard, CA, Sept 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Tony Alamo has a New MySpace and Facebook!! Come Join and see his videos, photos and much more! http://signups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=signup&iId=44cae681-971e-48a6-ad61-6c7314ca47e3&rID=498719403 (via Howard, ibid.) ?? Do they really allow convicted sex offender evangelists? Another reason not to join (gh, DXLD) ** ERITREA. hizbawii @ googlemail.com replied with a non-data e-mail: "Dear Sear Björn Fransson, thank you for your email, we appreciate for taking your time to write us with all the information. I am not expert in the techniques of FM Radio Transmission, but personally i was not aware that Voice of Eritrea (VoE), can be somehow heard as far as in Sweden. As you pointed out, VoE is transmitted or broadcasted from the heart of Ethiopia. although VoE primary listeners are in Eritrea, we don't mind having few more listeners worldwide. We also have radio VoE online, on our website Maihabar.org, for people that cannot access our program by normal radio. VoE is broadcasted three times a week in two languages, Tigrinya and Arabic. both are Eritrea's official languages." 73 from (Björn Fransson, DX-ing on the island of Gotland, Sweden, Sept 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 7110, R. Ethiopia, Geja Jawe; 9/13 1518 East African type vocal/instrumental type music (very tonal, almost s.e. ASIAN sounding music), talk by M in Amharic/East African dialect at 1523. Poor-Fair signal, slow fades but above the noise level, considering 3 hours after local SUNRISE in VERY QUIET conditions! 7165, "Voice of Peace and Democracy of Eritrea" via Radio Ethiopia, Geja Jawe; presumed to be the one here 9/13 at 1510 with news by M in East African dialect, guitar strumming East African vocals at 1516 and then lite pop type vocal music. Fair signal at times with deep fades during VERY QUIET conditions. 73's de (Steve/AB5GP Wiseblood, Brownsville TX (2 miles from Boca Chica Beach,GULF of MEXICO), Radio Shack DX-399, 150' center fed LW, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Looks like long-path; very nice (gh, DXLD) ** EURO-PIRATE. 6870, Radio Playback International, 0100-0120+, Sept 12, oldies pop music. ID at 0101. Poor. Weak in noisy conditions (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** GERMANY [and non]. A09 DTK (Media Broadcast) Schedule has been updated on September 9: http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/A09_operational_090909.pdf (Dragan Lekic, Serbia, Sept 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz: MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK) A09 (29/03-24/10/2009), operational DTK schedule of 9th Sept 2009 frq startstop ciraf loc pow azi day from to broadc 3975 1800-2000 28 WER 250 ND 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 5905 0200-0300 12,14 GUF 250 215 1234567 2807-241009 YFR 5930 0000-0100 12,14 GUF 250 215 1234567 2807-241009 YFR 5930 2300-2357 12,14 GUF 250 215 1234567 3108-241009 YFR 5935 0000-0100 41 NAU 100 103 1234567 1604-241009 WRN 5945 0700-0730 27,28N WER 100 300 1 2903-241009 BVB 5945 0700-0815 27,28N WER 100 300 7 2903-241009 BVB 5945 1100-1115 27,28 WER 250 ND 1 2903-241009 MWA 5945 1300-1400 27,28 WER 125 ND 1 0706-241009 RTR 5945 1530-1559 28NW ISS 100 55 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 5955 1000-1657 18,27,28 WER 250 ND 1 0109-241009 RNW 5955 1459-1657 18,27,28 WER 250 ND 234567 3108-241009 RNW 5965 1130-1159 28NW WER 100 ND 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 5975 1130-1159 28NW WER 100 40 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 5995 0300-0330 47 NAU 250 155 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 6015 1700-1759 27W,28 WER 100 ND 1234567 0604-241009 HCJ 6030 1930-2000 28NW WER 40 ND 1234567 2903-241009 PRW DRM 6035 0559-0657 18,27,28 NAU 250 215 1234567 2903-241009 RNW 6035 0659-0757 27S,28S37NAU 250 186 234567 2903-241009 RNW 6035 0659-0800 27S,28S37NAU 250 186 1 2903-241009 RNW 6040 1600-1930 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 6045 0900-1000 27E,28 WER 100 ND 1 2903-241009 HLR 6050 1700-1859 29 WER 250 45 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 6050 1900-1930 29N WER 100 45 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 6055 0900-0959 27,28 WER 100 90 1 2903-241009 CHW 6055 1030-1100 27,28 WER 125 ND 17 2903-241009 EMG 6060 1600-1659 19;29 WER 250 60 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 6065 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 6105 0642-0750 27 NAU 100 285 1 2903-241009 TWR 6105 0657-0750 27 NAU 100 285 23456 2903-241009 TWR 6105 0712-0750 27 NAU 100 285 7 2903-241009 TWR 6105 1700-1759 29 WER 250 60 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 6110 1400-1559 27,28W JUL 100 290 1234567 2903-241009 TOM 6115 2000-2200 37,38W NAU 250 210 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 6120 0659-0757 27 WER 250 300 234567 2903-241009 RNW 6120 0659-0800 27 WER 250 300 1 2903-241009 RNW 6120 0759-1000 27S,28SW WER 250 255 23456 2903-241009 RNW 6120 1500-1559 30S WER 250 75 1234567 1009-241009 IBB 6125 0459-0557 18,27,28 NAU 250 243 1234567 2903-241009 RNW 6125 1959-2200 27S,37,28NAU 250 225 1234567 1508-241009 RNW 6130 0330-0400 27,28 WER 250 45 1234567 2903-241009 NHK 6130 0430-0500 27,28 WER 250 60 1234567 1704-241009 NHK 6130 1800-1815 28,29 WER 125 55 6 1007-241009 BVB 6130 1800-1815 28,29 WER 125 55 5 0406-241009 BVB 6130 1800-1830 28,29 WER 125 55 3 1007-241009 BVB 6130 1800-1845 28,29 WER 125 55 7 0406-241009 BVB 6130 1800-1859 28,29 WER 125 55 1 2903-241009 BVB 6135 1930-1959 28NW WER 100 40 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 6140 0900-1000 27,28 WER 100 ND 1 2903-241009 MVB 6140 1800-1829 29S,30 WER 100 75 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 6140 1830-1929 29S WER 100 75 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 6145 0500-0600 28E WER 100 120 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 6155 2100-2159 28NE,29W WER 100 55 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 6175 1830-1859 29S WER 100 75 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 7220 1357-1500 28,29,30 WER 100 60 1234567 2903-241009 TWR 7230 1900-1930 39N WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 FEB 7245 2100-2200 27S NAU 250 220 1234567 1508-241009 PRW 7260 1500-1559 30S WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 7265 1700-1759 27 WER 40 300 1234567 2903-241009 PRW DRM 7270 0400-0430 39,40W WER 250 120 1234567 2504-241009 AWR 7270 1600-1659 29,30 WER 250 60 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 7280 0030-0400 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 7330 1200-1300 18 NAU 100 5 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 7350 1600-1659 30S WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 7360 2200-0100 12,13,15 GUF 250 170 1234567 2707-241009 YFR 7375 0100-0500 2,3,4,5 WER 100 330 1234567 0609-241009 HRT 7375 2200-0300 11,12,13 WER 100 240 1234567 0609-241009 HRT 7375 2300-0300 6,7,8,9 WER 100 300 1234567 0609-241009 HRT 7420 2200-2300 37,38W WER 250 210 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 7425 2000-2100 44N,45E WER 250 45 1 0208-241009 BVB 9430 1545-1659 39,40 JUL 100 115 24 2903-241009 BVB 9430 1615-1630 39,40 JUL 100 115 6 2903-241009 BVB 9430 1701-1800 39,40 WER 125 120 7 2903-241009 BVB 9430 1730-1759 39,40 WER 125 120 1 2903-241009 BVB 9430 1759-1815 39,40 WER 125 120 1 0410-041009 BVB 9430 1800-1859 39,40 WER 250 120 7 0404-241009 BVB 9430 1815-1845 39,40 WER 250 120 1 2903-241009 BVB 9430 1830-1859 39,40 WER 250 120 6 2903-241009 BVB 9435 0030-0130 40E,41NW WER 250 90 1234567 2504-241009 GFA 9435 1800-1830 37NW NAU 125 230 1 1608-241009 BVB 9440 1330-1429 28NE,29W WER 100 60 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 9440 1500-1528 29S JUL 100 70 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 9440 1528-1559 28 WER 100 105 7 2903-241009 TWR 9440 1528-1559 29S,39N WER 100 90 23456 2903-241009 TWR 9445 1700-1729 39,40W WER 250 120 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 9490 0030-0100 41 WER 250 90 1234567 2504-241009 BVB 9490 2330-0030 41,49 WER 125 75 1234567 2903-241009 DVB 9505 1629-1700 30S,40 WER 100 90 1234567 2903-241009 TWR 9510 1400-1459 30S WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 9515 1930-2015 37,38 WER 250 150 1 2903-241009 PAB 9515 1930-2030 37,38 WER 250 150 7 2903-241009 PAB 9525 1200-1300 27 WER 100 300 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 9565 1700-1859 29,30 NAU 250 65 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 9585 1800-1859 28E,29 WER 125 75 7 1504-241009 CHW 9590 1900-2000 37E,38 WER 250 150 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 9595 2000-2100 46E,47,52WER 500 180 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 9610 1900-2200 46,47,52 WER 500 180 1234567 1508-241009 YFR 9635 0400-0500 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 9635 1800-1859 37N WER 250 225 1234567 2908-241009 YFR 9640 0030-0045 41 WER 100 90 1 2903-241009 PAB 9650 1900-1930 47 WER 250 150 1234567 1508-241009 IBB 9655 1830-1859 46S,47SE ISS 500 167 1234567 2804-241009 LWF 9670 1530-1659 28NE,29W WER 100 60 1234567 2707-241009 PRW 9680 2330-0030 41NE,43S WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 GFA 9695 0230-0330 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 9695 1800-1830 38E,39 WER 100 120 1234567 1505-241009 PRW 9720 2100-2159 46E,47,52WER 500 180 1234567 1508-241009 YFR 9725 1500-1659 29 WER 125 60 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 9760 1600-1659 40 WER 250 105 1234567 3006-241009 IBB 9760 1700-1759 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 9765 1900-2030 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 9770 0500-0600 39N,40 NAU 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 9780 1700-1759 40E,41NW WER 250 90 1234567 1904-241009 IBB 9790 0900-1000 28W NAU 100 180 1 2903-241009 AWR 9790 1200-1230 27,28 WER 250 300 1234567 2903-241009 NHK 9790 1700-1759 18 ISS 100 25 1234567 1504-241009 PRW 9805 1900-2000 29,30 WER 250 60 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 9815 0330-0400 48 WER 250 135 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 9815 2030-2100 46,47,48 WER 250 195 1234567 1508-241009 IBB 9845 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 9850 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 195 1234567 2903-241009 NHK 9885 0100-0300 42,43 WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 9895 0459-0557 28S NAU 250 160 1234567 2903-241009 RNW 9895 0559-0657 27S,37N28NAU 250 226 1234567 2903-241009 RNW 9895 1000-1657 27,28,37 WER 250 240 1 3108-241009 RNW 9895 1459-1657 27,28,37 WER 250 240 234567 3108-241009 RNW 9895 1800-1859 28E WER 100 105 1234567 1504-241009 YFR 11600 1800-1859 37E,38 WER 250 150 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 11635 0430-0500 48 WER 125 135 1 2903-241009 BVB 11635 0430-0530 48 WER 125 135 7 2903-241009 BVB 11640 1630-1659 38E,39,48NAU 100 145 36 2903-241009 RHU 11665 1659-1727 38E,39,48WER 500 120 1234567 2903-241009 RNW 11670 1600-1659 40 NAU 500 105 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 11680 1600-1659 41 WER 500 90 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 11730 1600-1659 41 JUL 100 90 7 2006-241009 RMI 11750 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 180 1234567 2903-241009 NHK 11750 1430-1529 29S WER 100 75 1234567 2707-241009 PRW 11755 2000-2100 46E,47W WER 100 180 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 11760 1600-1630 47E,48 WER 500 135 135 0305-241009 RMI 11810 1500-1559 29SE WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 11830 1830-1959 46,47 JUL 100 160 1 1508-241009 BVB 11830 1930-1945 37W WER 100 225 2345 0308-241009 BVB 11830 1930-1959 46,47 JUL 100 175 7 1508-241009 BVB 11830 1930-2000 37W WER 100 225 6 0409-161009 BVB 11835 1300-1329 29 WER 100 60 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 11840 1900-2000 37,46 WER 500 210 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 11850 1700-1759 40 WER 500 105 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 11865 0430-0500 39,40 WER 250 120 2345 2903-241009 BVB 11865 0430-0515 39,40 WER 250 120 6 1408-241009 BVB 11885 1700-1759 39 WER 250 120 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 11905 1730-1800 48 NAU 250 140 23456 2903-241009 IBB 11915 1030-1059 27 WER 100 300 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 11915 1730-1800 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 11935 0659-0757 27S,36,37WER 250 240 234567 2903-241009 RNW 11935 0659-0800 27S,36,37WER 250 240 1 2903-241009 RNW 11950 1700-1759 39N,40 NAU 250 113 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 11955 1430-1459 29N WER 100 45 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 11955 1500-1529 29,30 NAU 250 87 7 0504-241009 EMG 11955 1530-1545 39,40 WER 250 105 1 1204-241009 BVB 11970 1800-1815 39,40 NAU 100 105 7 2904-241009 BVB 11970 1800-1830 39,40 NAU 100 105 246 2904-241009 BVB 11970 1800-1859 39,40 NAU 100 105 35 2904-241009 BVB 11970 1830-1859 39,40 NAU 100 105 1 2904-241009 BVB 11975 1330-1429 28NE,29W WER 100 60 1234567 2707-241009 PRW 11980 0700-0830 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 11995 1030-1100 28NE,29W NAU 100 100 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 12010 0800-0900 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 12110 1500-1529 30S WER 250 75 1234567 1206-241009 IBB 12140 1530-1730 39,40 JUL 100 100 1234567 2903-241009 BVB 12140 1800-1900 48 WER 250 150 17 2903-241009 IBB 12140 1800-1930 48 WER 250 150 23456 2903-241009 IBB 13580 1625-1715 39,40 ISS 250 115 2356 1206-241009 BVB 13580 1625-1729 39,40 ISS 250 115 4 1206-241009 BVB 13590 1530-1815 39,40 NAU 100 125 1 2903-241009 BVB 13590 1545-1600 39,40 NAU 100 125 24 2903-241009 BVB 13590 1545-1615 39,40 NAU 100 125 6 2903-241009 BVB 13590 1545-1620 39,40 NAU 100 125 3 2903-241009 BVB 13590 1545-1645 39,40 NAU 100 125 5 2903-241009 BVB 13590 1545-1829 39,40 NAU 100 125 7 2903-241009 BVB 13590 1700-1800 39,40 NAU 100 125 3 2903-241009 BVB 13590 1730-1759 39,40 NAU 100 125 6 2903-241009 BVB 13605 1400-1459 30S,40N WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 13645 1600-1659 39 WER 250 120 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 13660 1400-1459 41E WER 500 90 1234567 1006-241009 YFR 13690 1300-1329 30N,31W WER 500 60 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 13700 1459-1557 27S,37,28NAU 500 230 1234567 2903-241009 RNW 13700 1459-1557 28S,39W NAU 500 140 1234567 2903-241009 RNW 13710 1100-1130 19,20-26 NAU 250 20 7 2903-241009 EMG 13730 1529-1727 47,48W WER 500 150 1234567 2903-241009 RNW 13745 1100-1129 29 WER 100 60 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 13750 1530-1628 40E,41NW WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 GFA 13790 1800-1859 46E,47W WER 500 180 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 13810 1400-1557 28,29W,38NAU 100 120 1234567 2903-241009 TOM 13810 1600-1759 38S,39,47JUL 100 130 245 2903-241009 BVB 13810 1600-1859 38S,39,47JUL 100 130 16 2903-241009 BVB 13810 1630-1759 38S,39,47JUL 100 130 3 2903-241009 BVB 13810 1630-1830 38S,39,47JUL 100 130 7 2903-241009 BVB 13820 1700-1759 38E,39,48WER 250 135 14 2903-241009 EFD 13820 1700-1759 38E,39,48NAU 125 145 5 2903-241009 ELF 13820 1700-1759 47E,48 NAU 500 140 7 2903-241009 ADM 13830 1400-1459 30S WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 13830 1500-1559 41E WER 500 75 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 13830 1600-1629 39,40 JUL 100 100 15 2903-241009 PAB 13830 1700-1759 38E,39,48JUL 125 130 14 2903-241009 SBO 13830 1730-1800 47E,48 JUL 100 130 6 2903-241009 RMI 13840 1100-1129 29S WER 100 90 1234567 2903-241009 PRW 13840 1700-1759 37,38 WER 100 180 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 13870 1730-1759 48 WER 250 150 23456 2903-241009 IBB 13870 1800-1900 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 13870 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 23456 2903-241009 IBB 15130 1400-1458 39N,40 NAU 250 113 1234567 2707-241009 IBB 15160 1500-1529 41N ISS 250 80 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 15160 1530-1559 41N ISS 250 80 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 15190 0830-0900 38,39,40 WER 500 105 1234567 2903-241009 NHK 15205 1400-1430 41 NAU 100 95 1 2707-241009 PAB 15205 1415-1430 41 NAU 100 95 234567 2607-241009 PAB 15205 1430-1445 41 NAU 250 95 1 2707-241009 PAB 15205 1900-1930 46S NAU 125 215 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 15205 1930-2000 46SE,47W WER 250 165 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 15255 1300-1459 41E NAU 500 84 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 15260 1900-2000 37,38W NAU 100 215 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 15295 1500-1530 41 ISS 250 77 1 2208-241009 BVB 15295 1500-1559 41 ISS 250 77 3 0707-241009 BVB 15295 1500-1559 41 ISS 250 77 4 2207-241009 BVB 15295 1500-1559 41 ISS 250 77 56 2903-241009 BVB 15295 1515-1530 41 ISS 250 77 7 2208-241009 BVB 15295 1515-1559 41 ISS 250 77 2 0707-241009 BVB 15320 1300-1457 42,43W NAU 250 70 7 2304-241009 AWR 15320 1300-1459 42,43W NAU 250 70 1 2304-241009 AWR 15320 1300-1500 42,43W NAU 250 70 23456 2304-241009 AWR 15335 1500-1529 41N WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 15335 1530-1559 41N WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 15335 1859-1957 46S NAU 500 183 1234567 2903-241009 RNW 15350 1230-1459 41 WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 GFA 15370 1500-1558 41 NAU 500 95 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 15380 1430-1629 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 15390 1330-1529 41N,43,49ISS 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 GFA 15430 1630-1659 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 3108-241009 IBB 15435 1200-1300 41NE WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 15495 1630-1729 47,48 WER 100 150 1234567 1504-241009 BVB 15495 1729-1745 47,48 WER 100 150 6 1504-241009 BVB 15535 1759-1957 48SW,52E WER 500 150 1234567 2903-241009 RNW 15565 1500-1559 29SE WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 15610 1200-1230 31S,42N NAU 250 70 23456 2903-241009 BVB 15670 1400-1559 41 WER 500 90 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 15675 1830-1845 52,53 NAU 100 170 35 2903-241009 RRP 15680 1230-1330 40 WER 250 90 1234567 3006-241009 IBB 15680 1500-1515 41,49NW NAU 250 83 1 0504-241009 BVB 15680 1500-1530 40,41 JUL 100 90 2 0405-241009 BVB 15680 1500-1559 40,41 JUL 100 90 3 2903-241009 BVB 15680 1500-1615 40,41 JUL 100 90 7 0407-241009 BVB 15680 1515-1559 40,41 JUL 100 90 456 2903-241009 BVB 15680 1530-1559 40,41 JUL 100 90 1 0205-241009 BVB 15690 1400-1459 41S WER 500 105 1234567 2707-241009 YFR 15715 1400-1500 41 WER 500 90 1234567 2104-241009 YFR 15715 1500-1559 41 WER 500 90 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 15750 1600-1759 47,48 NAU 500 155 1234567 2903-241009 YFR 17485 1500-1559 46E,47,48JUL 100 160 1234567 2903-241009 TOM 17535 0900-1000 38,39 WER 125 135 6 2903-241009 BVB 17575 1630-1659 48 WER 250 135 1234567 3108-241009 AWR 17575 1730-1759 48 WER 250 135 1234567 2903-241009 AWR 17670 1400-1459 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB 17805 1400-1459 41 WER 250 90 17 1804-241009 BVB List of Broadcasters using MEDIA BROADCAST technical equipment ADM internal name (not "Abu Dhabi Media Company") AWR Adventist World Radio BVB High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting CHW Christliche Wissenschaft CVC Christian Vision DVB Democratic Voice of Burma EFD Ethiopians For Democracy ELF [I guess: ELF-RC Voice of Democratic Eritrea International, http://www.nharnet.com/Radio/radiopage.htm see WRTH, p492, wb.] EMG Evangelische Missionsgemeinden in Deutschland FEB FEBA Radio UK GFA Gospel for Asia HCJ Voice of the Andes HLR Hamburger Lokalradio HRT Hrvratska Radio Televizija IBB International Broadcast Bureau [USA] IBR IBRA Radio Schweden LWF Lutheran World Federation MVB Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio MWA Missionswerk Arche NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai PAB Pan Am Broadcasting PRW Polskie Radio Warsaw RHU Radio Huriyo (Xoriyo) RMI Radio Miami International RNW Radio Netherlands World Service RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie RTR Radio Traumland (Belgium) SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo TOM The Overcomer Ministry TWR Trans World Radio VOR Voice of Russia WRN World Radio Network YFR WYFR Family Radio DTK MEDIA BROADCAST (ex Deutsche Telekom) MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH Josef-Lammerting-Allee 8-10, 50933 Cologne,Germany Internet: http://www.media-broadcast.com Send your reception reports to QSL-Shortwave @ media-broadcast.com You can find the active MEDIA BROADCAST (DTK) schedule at http://www.media-broadcast.com/en/radio/kurzwelle.html (M&B/DTK Sept 9, 2009; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via dxldyg via DXLD) ** GREECE. Radio Filia, 12/9 (Saturday) : end of the French programme at 0659 on 11645 (no longer at 0700-0800 ?), music between 0700 and 0800, and, as usual Spanish at 0800 ==> programmes retimed ? Regards (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece, 13/9 (Sunday): Greek in style at 0905 on 15630 11645 The Voice of Greece English music programme "Greek in Style" is confirmed back at 0905 UT on Sundays only (ex 1305 UT) on 9420 and 15630. Programme today is presented by Angelica Timms (?spelling?), who also presented the English hour from Filia Radio earlier today (13 September) at 0600 on 11645 (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, ibid.)) ** INDIA. The music is back (on AIR) Samar Halarnkar, Hindustan Times, September 06, 2009 'Saturdays feel like Sundays, and Sunday feels like Monday." It's a warm Delhi September day, overcast and humid. Perfect weather to hear Dean Martin warbling his way through the 1944 American pop standard 'Baby it's cold outside' on the radio. "Did you know he was born in India? I felt very happy to hear this." . . . http://www.hindustantimes.com/The-music-is-back/H1-Article1-450991.aspx (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1302, Sept. 14. Live coverage of India vs Sri Lanka tri-series final cricket match; coverage in both Hindi and English (different announcer today - Australian accent?); ads in Hindi; // 4880 AIR Lucknow; 1434 tuned out – still playing (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Running Commentary of Triangular ODI Cricket Series-2009 --- All India Radio will broadcast off-tube commentary (alternatively in Hindi and English, including special programmes) and Updates of Triangular ODI Cricket Series-2009 being played in Sri Lanka on SW, MW & FM-Gold Channels as per following schedule : Commentary of ODI Cricket Matches : DATE TIME (IST) Match ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 08 Sept 09 1400-2230* Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand 11 Sept 09 1400-2230* India Vs New Zealand 12 Sept 09 1400-2230* India Vs Sri Lanka 14 Sept 09 1400-2230* Final (* or till the end of commentary) IST = UTC + 0530 Hours There will be hourly cricket updates on FM-Rainbow Channels on above dates. At 1430 UT (2000 IST) cricket commentary noted on these SW channels : 4810 Bhopal 4880 Lucknow 4910 Jaipur 5010 T'puram Surprisingly 4860 (Kingsway), 5015 (Kingsway) & 5040 (Jeypore) all missing today at 1440 UT. ---- (Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, India http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/ Sept 11, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. AIR SPECIAL TRANSMISSION FOR "MAHALAYA" Date : 18th Sept, 2009 (Friday) Time : 2230 UTC 17th Sept (0400 IST, 18th Sept) to 0015 UTC 18th Sept (0545 IST, 18th Sept) "Mahalaya" is a special two hour transmission consisting of Sanskrit recitation & music orated by Late Shri Birendra Krishna Bhadra. All India Radio has been broadcasting this since early 1930s. Count down of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya. Last year following AIR channels were noted carrying special Mahalaya transmission: 4835 - AIR Gangtok 4940 - AIR Guwahati 4965 - AIR Shimla 666 - AIR Delhi 747 - AIR Lucknow A 774 - AIR Shimla 954 - AIR Najibabad 1008 - AIR Kolkata B Also check out : 4820 - AIR Kolkata 657 - AIR Kolkata A Related links : Mahalaya: Invoking the Mother Goddess A Once-a-Year Popular Radio Program http://hinduism.about.com/cs/audiomusic/a/aa092003a.htm Mahalaya - Birendrakrishna Bhadra http://calcuttaglobalchat.net/calcuttablog/mahalaya/ (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Sept 13, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DXLD) ** INDIA. DOORDARSHAN TURNS 50 TODAY It`s Golden Jubilee of Television Broadcasting in India today; incidentally, the transmission of TV programs started on 15 September, 1959 at a makeshift studio in the All India Radio building. Here are some press reports : Doordarshan: 50 Golden years of Television Broadcasting http://www.mynews.in/News/Doordarshan_50_Golden_years_of_Television_Broadcasting_N25868.html Doordarshan turns 50, Soni invites Shyam Benegal http://www.samaylive.com/news/doordarshan-turns-50-soni-invites-shyam-benegal/656726.html Pune’s Vasant Mulay is one of the men behind Doordarshan success story http://punekar.in/site/2009/09/15/punes-vasant-mulay-is-one-of-the-men-behind-doordarshan-success-story/ (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Sept 15, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 4750, Sept 12 at 1257, rapid Indonesian talk right thru hourtop past 1302, seemingly atop some co-channel. RRI Makassar is certainly the prime 60m signal from Indonesia of the few that remain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. Looking for VOI at 1350 Sept 14, at first seemed absent, then could barely detect a carrier around 9524.9. So add inaudible signal to inaudible modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525, V of Indonesia, Jakarta, in Indonesian, Sep. 14th, at 1640 UT, with romantic songs. 44433. Greetings (from Portugal, Pedro Turner, Gondomar, CT2KET, Sept 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOI, 9524.9, still very undermodulated, but signal a little better on Sept 15 at 1354, M&W conversing and Banjarmasin mentioned at 1356, so yet another reconfirmation of their every-Tuesday excursion. Quite a bit of flutter, 1357 music ruined by CRI`s own prélude and het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. World Radio Network again today (Monday) ran the same RTE broadcast at 1300 UT that it ran on Thursday (original air date) and again on Friday (Mike Cooper, GA, Sep 14, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. The Boat That Rocked DVD This film is now out on DVD, and can be picked up for £7 at Asda. I hadn't seen it at the cinema, since it was a certificate 15 and my youngest son Liam (12) wanted to see it. So we watched it as a family at home the other night for the first time. My verdict? Really enjoyable. Of course, there were elements and details that did not exactly match historically, perhaps the most irritating being the Marine Offences Act taking effect on New Years Eve 1966 as opposed to August 14 1967. But despite such criticisms from some quarters of offshore enthusiasts, I think there was a great deal of attention to detail generally, and I think the film was actually faithful in more ways than it applied artistic licence (as much as someone born in 1970 could tell anyway). The soundtrack was excellent with fine selections from The Who, the Stones and Hendrix et al. A highlight was "Stay With Me" sung by (I think) Bette Midler, while the one 'lowlight' of the soundtrack was the same song sung by Duffy at the end of the film! It seems this film did not go down well with newspaper film critics, who thought that the writing was "lazy", there was insufficient depth to the characters, and the film was too long. I also note disdain from Caroline boss Peter Moore who is saddened that the film might give the impression that all offshore broadcasting ceased in 1967, and that it did not give due credit for the loan of studio equipment from the Ross Revenge. But I don't go with any of that. It's a fun couple of hours that I didn't want to end, it's a heart-warming family film (family with teenagers though!), great interest to someone interested in the offshore era and offered some great comedy moments. Sit back, relax, enjoy, and don't take it too seriously - it isn't meant to be. I definitely enjoyed it. So did my son Jimmy (16) who remarked afterwards "I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I expected it to be a documentary, it was a nice surprise that it was a proper film with a story" - which indicates that the producer probably got it spot-on for a mass audience! (Now starting to read Pop Went The Pirates II, the 2nd edition by Keith Skues MBE). (Tom Read M1EYP, Macclesfield, England http://tomread.co.uk Sept 13, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. 17670 playing some really enjoyable music with 4 beats at first, presumably in Persian, since it`s Radio Farda, Sept 12 at 1413, // much weaker 17755 colliding with Spain, on the air this early only on weekends per Aoki. Farda sites are Wertachtal and Biblis, GERMANY, respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. Today lousy signals, no sunspots. Israelian Army Forces Radio Galei Zahal, only tiny S=4-5 signal on odd 15778.28 kHz at 1145 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 12 dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15778.00, Galei Zahal, 1955-2005, Sept 12, slightly off nominal 15785 with local pop music. Hebrew talk. // 6973 - both frequencies weak. Thanks to tip from Wolfgang Bueschel. And heard the next day, Sept 13, at 2025 on 15785.47v with a slightly wobbly signal (Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX Listening Digest) 12/09/2009 1431 15778.0 ISR GALEI ZAHAL-Tel Aviv-Yavne, Coment por OM + Pieza musical Heb 24322 Cordialmente, (Tomás Méndez, El Prat de Llobregat-Barcelona, España, logsderadio yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DXLD) 15785.54 at 1345 UT, Sept 14. Signal S=7-8 in southern Germany (Wolfgang Büschel, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DXLD) ** ISRAEL. 11595, Kol Yisrael, in Persian, Sep. 13th, at 1435 UT, with several mentions to Mr. Amadhinejad. Not heard on 9985. 44433. Greetings (from Portugal, Pedro Turner, Gondomar, CT2KET, Sept 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Today Sept 15th only fair signals here in W Europe. Not on 9985 kHz. odd 11595.07 at 1400 UT S=6 signal. Two carriers on 13850.00 and 13849.91 kHz, bubble jammed by Iran underneath, S=4-5 less strong. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT [and non]. RNV, 11670 via CUBA, Sept 12 at 2224 in Spanish, with continuous roar of QRDRM from the hi side, i.e. MOI Kuwait 11670- 11675-11680 as scheduled to NAm also starting at 2200. The AM QRM to the DRM must also have been significant, probably enough to ruin decoding (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MOI Kuwait with AM carrier [interference] --- Found another one. This time it`s Radio Nacional de Venezuela 5 kHz south of MOI Kuwait on 11670. Not even MOI's skinny bit rate is saving them (Mark Phillips, G7LTT/NI2O, Randolph, NJ, 2209 UT Sept 10, drmna yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DXLD) And just like that, it's gone. They read the news and then shut down. MOI seem to be having feed issues though. The usual call to prayer is dropping in and out even though the data is 100%. All right, that's enough signal surfing for a few hours. Gotta go and feed the children with infidel food (Mark Phillips, 2213 UT, ibid.) ** MALI. 5995, Radiodiffusion Television du Mali. No English heard during 1900 hour on Saturday Sep 12. Instead Islamic songs with each line repeated by children and later talk in French. Perhaps English will be back from Sep 26 as Ramadan will be over by then. (With best wishes from: James MacDonell, Niger State, Nigeria, Sept 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9635, RTVM, 0750-0830, Sept 12, tune-in to vernacular talk. Flute IS & French ID announcements at 0759. Guitar IS at 0800. Vernacular talk at 0801. Variety of Afro-pop music, local string music, and rustic vocals. “Radio Mali” ID. Good signal. This frequency does not usually sign on until 0800. Apparently they made the switch from 5995 to 9635 earlier than the usual 0800 by mistake (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** MEXICO. 6010.00, Radio Mil, Mexico City, 1005-1035, Sept 12, Spanish pop music. Spanish announcements. IDs. Ads. Promos. In the clear but poor in noisy conditions (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** MOROCCO. 15341, RTM making a big het with 15340, Sept 14 at 1355 past 1402. 15340 was almost as strong, but RTM`s Arabic modulation was atop. The victim must be HCJB Kununurra, 307 degrees, scheduled to change from Hindi to Urdu at 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES [and non]. Surprised to hear some Spanish on 6135, Sept 15 at 0529 outroducing a program; nothing scheduled here, unless it`s Bolivia, but sounds like a major international broadcaster. Weak signal and 0530 into another language mentioning Somalia. Then it dawns on me that this is the leapfrog mixing product from Bonaire matching the one on 6225, the 6195 NHK Spanish service saulting over 6165 RNW in Dutch, both of which go off at 0530. And then on 6135 is BBC Ascension in Hausa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Don`t take it for BOLIVIA, q.v. ** NIGER. 9705, Radio Niger, 2058, Sep 11, Islamic singing, 2102 ID for "Radio Niger" then talk in Hausa. 0458, Sep 12, carrier but no audio heard. Programming heard on later checks (0653 onwards) and through the day though signal often weak and suffers from usual het from Ethiopia (9704). (With best wishes from: James MacDonell, Niger State, Nigeria, Sept 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 4770 and 6090, Radio Nigeria Kaduna. Both (separate) services observed back on air at 1733, Sep 12, after an absence of over a week. (With best wishes from: James MacDonell, Niger State, Nigeria, Sept 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Re 9-069, why KWTV back on channel 39? Hi Glenn: We turned channel 39 back on in an attempt to better serve those individuals having difficulties receiving our channel 9 broadcast. We began broadcasting at 11 AM on 9/9 but didn't announce it yet due to some testing that we want to do. We haven't made any determination as to what might happen with the channels in the future - we have several months to decide. We have had several complaints from the Enid area. Regarding the subchannels: our management hasn't determined what they want to do with that just yet. There's not much additional programming available, that's why some of the other stations just have weather information on the screen. Thanks, (Julie Cameron Director of Engineering KWTV News 9 7401 N. Kelley Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73111-8420 Sept 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Julie, Thanks for the reply. I would be interested in further news about this. Of the OKC UHF DTV stations, I would say that KFOR has the best most reliable signal. This seems to be the case on more than one of my antennas, tho they no doubt have different resonance frequencies. As I mentioned, KWTV is normally reliable on RF 9, but most of the stations start dropping out when there is a storm around OKC or between here and there. This did NOT happen with analog! I think this is a propagational / lightning noise problem, tho it`s not always clear whether the stations have actually lost power and gone off the air. It seems like KWTV was gone longer than KFOR et al., in one of those late afternoon storms a few weeks ago. As I recall, KOCO never disappeared, tho maybe they just lucked out. Regards, (Glenn Hauser, Enid, to Julie, KWTV, via DXLD) Thanks Glenn, We're still working on changing things around a bit so you'll need to rescan soon to keep channel 39 because we're moving it to 9.2. I'm waiting on an encoder card to arrive, hopefully this week (Julie, KWTV, Sept 15, ibid.) ** OKLAHOMA. KTOK, 1000, a ``Clear Channel`` station in OKC, without IBOC both on Sept 13 between 18 and 19 UT when checked on caradio, and also Sept 14 at 1740. During talkshows, not sports. Hope it`s gone for good? But it has been sporadic in past. Weak TX/KS signals audiblized on 990 and 1010. Meanwhile, WWLS-640 IBOC still blasting away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. WHEN RADIO MEETS MOBILE IN PAKISTAN Bill, here's an interesting story for FRW about a reported 150 Taliban FM pirates (or perhaps more accurately, clandestines) in Pakistan, and listeners using FM receiver-equipped GSM mobile phones to hear them.No wonder the USA is losing the war for the "hearts & minds" of people in that region (besides the bombing-of-civilians thing.) -ed http://mobileactive.org/when-radio-meets-mobile-pakistan When Radio Meets Mobile in Pakistan Post Date 08.13.09, by Corinne Ramey In Pakistan even the cheapest mobile phones, those without cameras or other advanced features, come with the ability to listen to FM radio. Every day, and especially during cricket matches, people walk around the streets with their phones pressed to their ears, tuned into their local stations, says Huma Yusuf, a journalist based in Pakistan. In Pakistan and other countries in the developing world, mobile phones are ubiquitous. In June 2009, Pakistan had 94.3 million mobile subscribers, or about 58 percent of the population, according to the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, a government agency. And mobiles phones have become a popular way to tune into radio, a medium that has already been documented to be powerful in democratization and civil society. Although its not yet clear what effect the combination of mobile and radio will have, mixing increased mobile penetration with radio is a potentially powerful combination. The evolving relationship between mobiles and radios was one of the subjects of a recent report by LIRNEasia, a think tank that studies ICT policy across the Asia Pacific. The most surprising finding was that in three of the countries studied—Bangladesh, India and Pakistan --- more people own mobile phones than radios, says Ayesha Zainudeen, research manager at LIRNEasia. About 24 percent of people in Pakistan own radios, according to the study. Not only has phone ownership surpassed radio ownership in some countries, but people are tuning in to the radio on their phones. According to the study, about 7 percent of people in Pakistan listen to radio on their phones. However, Zainudeen said the numbers likely underreported the number of listeners. In 10,000 face-to-face interviews conducted by the researchers, people reported other family members listening to the radio on a phone shared within the family, which was not counted in the study. In Pakistan, where radio stations operate under state restrictions, radio operators have become creative to share useful content, says Yusuf, the journalist. For example, FM stations will invite guests who will talk about issues that are technically illegal to discuss on the air. “We have a poor government licensing department,” said Yusuf. ”There’s a lot that happens, so they forget and don’t realize they need to shut something down.” Radio stations have also used traffic reports, which are permitted by the government, as a means of reporting gang violence, looting and other unsafe conditions. In this article, Yusuf writes: The radio journalist Waqar Azmat advised drivers to avoid the area known as Gurumandir, “because the conditions there are not good, there is no traffic in the area.” A few minutes later, at 2:26 p.m., he returned to the airwaves to say, “traffic on Shaheed-e-Millat Road is very bad, as it is on Sharah-e-Faisal. There’s madness all the way until Tipu Sultan Road. Drivers should choose their routes carefully so that they don’t become victims of bad traffic.” Descriptions of traffic became code for urban warfare and violence, warning listeners where it wasn’t safe to travel or be outdoors. In the future, Yusuf thinks that the combination of radio and mobiles could become especially interesting is in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) “This is the place where radio can have most explosive impact,” she said. Currently, the Taliban has about 150 illegal FM radio stations in this area, but the Pakistani government is considering allowing other stations in order to counter the Taliban. “That legislation is expected soon,” said Yusuf. “If that passes, I think that lots of incredible things will happen.” While the government is unlikely to allow community radio stations across the country - for fear of the power of local reporting, said Yusef - they also recognize the potential impact that community radio stations could have against the Taliban. The Obama administration has also supported the use of cell phones and radio in this area. “The way Obama phrased it is that we’re losing the information war against the Taliban,” said Yusuf. As more people in Pakistan (and the rest of the developing world) listen to radio on their mobiles, the growing number of listeners could have a potentially disruptive, and democratizing, impact. And likely, these listeners won’t just be tuning in to cricket scores (via Ed Cummings in Philadelphia, PA, Sept 6, FRW via DXLD) ** PERU. 4790, 11.9 0310, Radio Visión, Peru with religious programming. No identification though, so presumed. S 3. 73 from (Björn Fransson, DX-ing on the island of Gotland, Sweden, Sept 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. R. Veritas Asia, 9615, full/data `Spratly Islands` card in 73 days from v/s Ms. Sheila L. Hermioa, Audience Relations Officer. Also received current SW transmission schedule (Rich D`Angleo, PA, QSL Report, Sept NASWA Journal via DXLD) Spratly Islands? Those are the rox claimed by China and Vietnam as well, site of ill-fated ham radio DXpeditions. What does RVA say about them? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 15285, R. Pilipinas/VOP, 0204-0233, Sept. 14. In English; program "Dateline Malacañang". Malacañang Palace is the official residence of the President of the Philippines, so naturally this program was about the activities and travel plans of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; IDs: "Radio Pilipinas Overseas Service, The Voice of the Philippines"; weak. Nice Weblog presented by Henry Umadhay at http://pilipinasdx.wordpress.com/ (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Replying to comments above under CHINA: Press freedom in Russia --- Somehow Sergei's assertion that the media is somehow free(er) in Russia didn't sit well with me. It's my understanding that virtually all of the media in Russia now follows the government's line and those very few that don't are shut down, intimidated into submission, or murdered. Listening to the incredibly one-sided VOR programming brings me back to the bad old days of the cold war with patently false reporting of developments in that part of the world, and especially relating to countries previously part of the USSR (especially the Baltic states, Georgia, and Ukraine). (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Sept 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) > Russia's information exchange is more fair in case of Germany. > Well, perhaps it's not so fair for Germany as this country seems > to provide better AM relays for VoR than Russia does for DW. It's slightly different or just mundane: Voice of Russia is the only broadcasting organization besides Deutschlandradio, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and Evangeliums-Rundfunk that still has an interest in leasing mediumwave transmitters from Media Broadcast. In particular MB managed to get Voice of Russia on three transmitters that had been installed for Megaradio, a short-lived commercial venture with dubious background. Of course a long-term contract had been made with Megaradio, but this was worth nothing when Megaradio went bankrupt. Without the Russian deals all investments into these transmission facilities would have been lost. When Voice of Russia had recently been permanently licenced for 693 kHz applications had been invited for two other frequencies as well, the 567 kHz outlet abandoned by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg at yearend 2005 and for 1359 kHz, the former Radio DDR 1 / RBI frequency that is dark for one and a half decades now. Response: Zero, nothing, none. The other way round it seems that DW is not so terribly interested in mediumwave frequencies in Russia either. They would very much like to get on FM in Moscow. So far all their attempts were futile. As kind of a substitute they now placed a radio channel (I assume the same feed than carried from Kurkino on 693 kHz) on DVB-T in Moscow instead. > It's funny but in the past NPR complained about lack of access to > Canadian airwaves. Some NPR affiliates carry CBC but NPR programming > isn't allowed on local Canadian station. A result of some "Canadian content" rules, like the ones that require a certain amount of Canadian-produced music if I recall correct? Here it would be interesting how on the other side the CBC can relay programming from abroad as overnight service. I understand that CRTC regulations apply to them just as they do to commercial stations. > Keith, perhaps you should change the word "allowed" for "begged". > Sadly, the US lost its financial independence some time ago. The current plans to introduce an entry fee brought them quite bad press here in Europe. I can't find it online, but a cartoonist depicted a typical US city skyline behind a Berlin-style wall, with guards collecting the fee, as it was the case in Berlin two decades ago (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Re 9-069: Glenn, Just for clarity's sake, the last two paragraphs in the Zayra antenna item aren't from me (Ben Dawson, Netherlands, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just saw the discussion quoted here, thus my comments at this place: As already explained are references to "sunrise" antennas just a verbatim translation of the Russian word zarya. The antennas are called such by RTRS engineers themselves, so this is not just some dubbing from abroad but indeed a valid term. See this gallery, including three photos of the Zarya system at Krasny Bor: http://spb.rtrn.ru/materials.asp?view=6113 Some other materials of interest: http://spb.rtrn.ru/info.asp Photo at bottom -- Russian PSV-10 transmitters for DW on 1188 kHz and BBC on 1260 kHz. Second from bottom -- Nautel XL-12 transmitter for Radio Mariya on 1053 kHz, for which a Tesla SRV-10 is the aux. Above - - Olgino site with FM equipment and DSV-150 transmitter for 198 kHz. http://spb.rtrn.ru/info.asp?view=1548# Sixties and seventies -- main control room of Leningrad radio house, below 2 x LW/MW transmitters (including PA tube compartment), below SW transmitter hall in the eighties. Eighties -- the two photos in a row show the LW/MW transmitter hall and one of the SV 4+4 antennas at Bolshakovo in 2007. http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11797 Antenna maintenance at Krasny Bor. http://spb.rtrn.ru/projects.asp?view=9446 http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11973 Radio Teos on 1053 kHz, transmitter in the SW txer hall, antenna mounted on a tower otherwise carrying shortwave curtains. (Jülich in Germany had such a nested mediumwave operation, too, for the now defunct Truckradio on 702 kHz.) http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11771 http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11772 Installation of transmission equipment in Vietnam, including shortwave facilities and a Kvadrat directional MW antenna. http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11985 TV equipment in 1963. http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=10320 Olgino 873 kHz had been switched back from Vesti FM to Radio Rossii on Nov 12 2008 at 17:00 local time. And a frequency change: Voice of Russian in Russian to Latin America 2300-0300 moved from 7225 to 7330, effective Sep. 6. http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11974 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 15650, Miraya 101 FM, 1501-1510, Sept 13, time pips at 1501 followed by English “Miraya 101” IDs and English news about Sudan. Gave mirayafm.org website. Into Arabic at 1510. Poor in noisy conditions (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** SYRIA. 12085, R. Damascus, 1933 25 Aug, news and music in French, readable but some hum, SINPO 44444 (MIke Barraclough, England, Sept World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** THAILAND. Sunday 06.09.09 --- 9455, RADIO THAILAND at 1300-1410 Japanese/Mandarin/Thai, OM & YL Announcers with various programming. IS heard throughout as languages were changed. IDs ("This is Radio Thailand World Service") and announcements given in English. F-G signal. Scheduled 1400-1430 English broadcast never occurred (Richard Bianchino, Las Vegas, NV USA, Kaito KA1103 (battery powered), telescopic antenna, Ripple mailing list via DXLD) English at 1400 is on an unfavorable azimuth for us, toward Australia. Signal really drops after Thai at 1330-1400 (gh, DXLD) ** TURKEY [and non]. 15285, besides the usual radio war between the ChiCom`s CNR1 jamming and BBCWS Mandarin, via Singapore, Sept 14 at 1402 was also hearing Qur`an and a fast SAH among them. The latter is scheduled as VOT in Arabic, but beamed to N/W Africa, they must have thought the share would work (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. UGANDAN RADIO STATIONS SHUT; DEBATE PROGRAMS BANNED http://cpj.org/2009/09/four-ugandan-radio-stations-shut-debate-programs-b.php New York, September 11, 2009 — The government-run Uganda Broadcasting Council effectively shut down four radio stations today and Thursday, and ordered all radio stations to halt political debate programming in the wake of violent clashes in the capital, Kampala. Violence erupted after the government attempted to block the king of the Buganda ethnic group, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, from visiting Kayunga county in northern Kampala . At least 10 people were reported killed, according to news reports. The traditional Baganda king holds largely ceremonial powers but has considerable political influence over the Baganda, the country’s largest ethnic group. The Central Broadcasting Service (CBS), which is owned by the Baganda kingdom, has been off the air since around 6 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to Editor-in-Chief Godfrey Male Busuulwa. The station later learned that Broadcasting Council technicians backed by soldiers had seized transmitting equipment, he said. Council agents backed by soldiers also raided the studios of Radio Sapientia, a Catholic Church-run station, at noon today, according to its director, Sister Denis Samanya. The station had aired a morning talk show during which callers reacted to Thursday’s deadly riots, she said. A similar raid took place at Radio Two, a community station popularly known as “Akaboozi” according to General Manager Maria Kiwanuka. Both Samanya and Kiwanuka said they had not received notice of any infraction. Ssuubi FM, a commercial, youth-oriented station, was forced off the air today after a raid by Council technicians and soldiers, according to Managing Director Ahmed Bogere Masembe. The station later received a notice from Council Chairman Mutabasis accusing the station of “inciting the public to violence,” he said. Masembe rejected the accusations, saying the ruling was probably a “mix-up.” In a statement, the chairman of the Uganda Broadcasting Council, Godfrey Mutabazi, accused the four stations of inciting violence and breaching “minimum broadcasting standards.” Live debate programs, known as “bimeeza,” were banned for what the statement vaguely called “technical” shortcomings. The statement did not make clear how long the stations would be off the air or how long the talk show ban would remain in place. “The government is employing sweeping measures and making broad assertions to crack down on critical media,” CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Tom Rhodes said. “They’re not fooling anyone.” (via Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DXLD) ** U K [non]. Re 9-069: English football in Chinese I can receive it well, on 12180 kHz at 1355 UT in Chinese. Not received on 13860. Manchester City v.s. Arsenal?? (S. Hasegawa, Japan, NDXC, Sept 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Started at 1055UT on 12180 kHz of the same frequency yesterday. Birmingham vs. Aston Villa?? I cannot receive it on 13860 kHz (S. Hasegawa, Japan, NDXC, Sept 13, ibid.) 12180 at 1210 UT S=9+10dB in Germany. 13860 different DWL Sines in French also S=9+10dB, but not Football in Mandarin. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Re: Open carrier at 1330 (tune in), unID Russian program at 1345-1355, Audio file: 1345 UT: http://ani.atz.jp/BCL/mp3/20090912_2245_12180kHz.mp3 (Sei-ichi Hasegawa, ibid.) Dear Sei-ichi, unID Russian program was, in fact, Radio Polonia [sic], Warsaw. It's on WRN Russia network at 1330-1359 UT; available in Moscow on MW 738 kHz. 73, (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia, ibid.) IMG English Football to China --- IMG is http://www.imgworld.com The world's largest sports rights and distribution company. All future matches will be on Tashkent 7485 kHz and here is the schedule in UT. Saturday September 19th Arsenal v Wigan 1355 to 1600 Sunday September 20th Manchester Utd v Manchester City 1225 to 1430 Saturday September 26th Wigan v Chelsea 1355 to 1600 Sunday September 27th Sunderland v Wolves 1455 to 1700 Saturday October 3rd Manchester Utd v Sunderland 1625 to 1830 Sunday October 4th Chelsea v Liverpool 1455 to 1700 Saturday October 17th Aston Villa v Chelsea 1140 to 1345 Sunday October 18th Wigan v Manchester City 1455 to 1700 Saturday October 24th Spurs v Stoke 1355 to 1600 Sunday October 25th Liverpool v Manchester Utd 1455 to 1700 (WRN Sept 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. 13690, at 1559 Sept 13, BBCWS with `V` interval signal, but hiccuping at the first dit, 1600 timesignal and opening Russian via Rampisham, bothered by WYFR on 13695. Which BBC services get the V and which get the B-B-C- note chimes? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) If I recall, I once heard the B-B-C- chimes before a Caribbean broadcast from Greenville (11675 kHz, 2100 UC) before that was shut down in 2008. Never heard the V before, but I do remember the Bow Bells on an Ascension broadcast (6145 kHz at 0300 or 0400 UT). (Jon Pukila, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 9885, VOA Greenville, to W&C Af, 0433-0436 July 29, with Hillary Clinton spouting her ``low carbon economy`` claptrap. 80 dB signal horrendously wide and splatted [sic] the band 20 kc [sic] in either direction (Richard W Parker, Pennsburg PA, Sept World DX Club Contact via DXLD) Horrors, a strong political opinion is expressed. So you are in favor of high carbon? (gh, DXLD) 9825, Sept 12 at 2305 onward with continuous light music, some jazzy, never any announcements. VG signal and during pauses could hear DentroCuban Jamming Command noise. Kept listening and finally at 2359 VOA YDD sign-off announcement and off by 2401. Per EiBi and Aoki this is supposed to be the Spanish hour from VOA. Did they lose the entire feed forcing fill music from Greenville? How hard is it to get a reliable signal from Washington? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More 9825: see WHRI below 17585, VOA clash around 1430 seems to have been sorted out. The second transmitter now warms up on 17575, observed from 1425, Sep 12 with no audio, then a few seconds before 1430 it jumps to 17585 and the VOA English to Africa audio cuts in. I stayed tuned to listen to the 500th edition of the science programme "Our World". (With best wishes from: James MacDonell, Niger State, Nigeria, Sept 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) gh inadvertently reversed Greenville and Botswana switch at 1430, on WOR 1478 ** U S A. USG funded international broadcasting, if its resources were combined, could be one of the top tier of international newsgathering entities. In its present structure of competing, overlapping, feudal bureaucracies, the sum of USIB is much less than its parts. The journalism of USIB would also have to remain independent, a requirement that will be undone if calls to "coordinate" its output under a new strategic communication scheme are enacted. Posted: 13 Sep 2009 (Kim Andrew Elliott, kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. FBIS Against the Axis, 1941-1945 OPEN–SOURCE INTELLIGENCE FROM THE AIRWAVES, by Stephen C. Mercado The development of radio as a means of mass communication in the early 20th century soon led to its exploitation as a vehicle for propaganda. In the period between the first and second world wars, the governments of Berlin, London, Moscow, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo all used government broadcasting organizations to disseminate official views in a multitude of languages to influence foreign opinion. Increasing global tensions in the 1930s fueled the propaganda competition among the Communist Soviet Union; Fascist Germany and Italy; and France, Great Britain, and imperialist Japan. Germany’s short-wave transmission capacity grew from four kilowatts in 1930 to 280 kilowatts in 1940. France surged from zero to 123 kilowatts and Great Britain’s capacity grew from seven to 240 kilowatts. The airwaves crackled with a variety of programs for foreign consumption. Prior to the Anschluss, Berlin put forth appeals to Austrians to cast their lot with the Reich. Tokyo’s broadcast languages included English for audiences in North America and elsewhere. The radio programs at times resulted in diplomatic repercussions. London protested the inflammatory language of Rome’s broadcasts in Arabic to British colonies in the Near East until the Anglo-Italian accord of 1938 brought a halt to such propaganda.[1] As the development of offensive weapons led to countermeasures, so the rise of radio broadcasting as a medium of propaganda and psychological warfare led to the establishment of monitoring services. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), for example, began listening to foreign broadcasts shortly after the First World War. . . [much more] https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/fall_winter_2001/article04.html (partially via Mike Barraclough, Sept World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** U S A. Unlike Friday when it signed off by talking over the National Anthem at 1259, on Saturday Sept 12, WINB was still on 9265 at 1315, with a non-Brother Stair preacher not // 9385 WWRB, but probably became // later that Sabbath with usual asynchronicity (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. The Sept 12 updated WRMI program schedule, xls file now available at the DXLD yg, shows that QSO With Ted Randall has been retimed, and again the full two hours, to UT Monday 0200-0400 on 9955, beaming toward Carib and S America, ex 0500-0600 UT Sundays (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. As suspected the day before, WBCQ did leave the second transmitter, 9330-CUSB on the air during WORLD OF RADIO 1477, Friday Sept 11 at 1900-1930, much better here than // 7415. Hope this applies Tuesday thru Friday for all the 1900 WOR repeats (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15825, 2045 24 July, WWCR, log announcement of various stations (Dzever Ishenge, Benue State, Nigeria, YB 400, Sony SW-7600G, built-in antenna + long wire, Sept World DX Club Contact via DXLD) That was a Friday --- and must have been yours truly with WORLD OF RADIO! Unfortunately, no SINPO for this log of his alone (gh) 3199.38, 3230.62, WWCR spurs, 0515-0530, Sept 12, very weak matching spurs from 3215. +/- 15.62 kHz from 3215. Program about Dr. Demento (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) It seems that Brother Scare is gone again from WWCR-2, 13845, where he had been appearing a few weeks in the local mornings instead of The so-called University Network. Sept 15 at 1243 there was PMS with VG Es-enhanced signal, MUF between that and still barely audible 15825 transmitter; by 1300, 13845 had also receded to JBA but still PMS // Anguilla 11775; and at 1607 recheck, 13845 with DGS. AFAIK, WWCR never entered The Overcomer Ministry usage of 13845 on their online schedule; maybe he was just filling time waiting for the payment from LA to clear? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7505.63v, WRNO, 0149, Sept. 14. Pop songs; 0159 “This is WRNO Worldwide, broadcasting frequency 7505 kHz.”; religious sermon by Pastor Ray Bentley; fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9825, not a familiar frequency for a gospel huxter, Sept 12 at 0448, YL preacher with very bad miking, scraping sounds, probably amateur using amateur equipment (and I don`t mean ham); could be new frequency for Radio Africa, it was so bad! 0458 cut off for outro by pro announcer with good modulation, giving her Georgia address and website, but signal faded out before could get ID if there was any, and no further reception, apparently signed off. Aoki says this is WHRI in use only on day 1=Sunday at 0400-0500, but this was day 7=UT Saturday. WHR does its best to confuse everyone about days of week on its online schedules. EiBi has it right as Saturday only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Is WWV having some transmitter problems, or is it just strange propagation? 2500 normally remains audible here considerably after sunrise (but not all day); however, Sept 12 at 1256 could not hear any trace of it on 2500, tho 5000 was fine as usual. Then at 2245-2300 I could not hear WWV, or even WWVH on 10000, normally a good daytime frequency, allowing in some weaker pips including, I think, BRAZIL, q.v. Unlike the previous morning, WWV indeed audible on 2500 as late as 1250 Sept 13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: CRI in Hawaii [continued from CHINA above] This is somewhat related to my previous post: PUBLIC TRUST IN US MEDIA ERODING: PEW STUDY WASHINGTON (AFP) – Public trust in the US media is eroding and increasing numbers of Americans believe news coverage is inaccurate and biased, according to a study released on Monday. Just 29 percent of the 1,506 adults surveyed by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press between July 22-26 said news organizations generally get the facts straight. Sixty-three percent said news stories are often inaccurate, up from 34 percent in a 1985 study, Pew said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090914/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticsmedianewspaperstelevisioninternet_20090914154704 (Sergei S., IL, Sept 14, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. DISCLAIMER FOR ALL LW/MW ITEMS, INCLUDING ALL TIS; MIS; PIRATE; AND LPAM ENTRIES, OR ANYTHING THAT CAN BE LINKED BACK TO A LW/MW REFERENCE: No portion of the below may be reproduced in any format and/or redistributed by the National Radio Club and/or their editors without my expressed written permission, which will then be swiftly -- and we do mean swiftly -- denied. Editors receiving this directly from me are excluded, provided this entire disclaimer is included once where any of the aforementioned items are first reproduced. All times/dates are in GMT unless otherwise indicated. Frequencies are in kHz unless otherwise specified. All mobile logs were made on the stock 2004 Chevrolet Impala autoradio. 940, (MIS), FLORIDA, WPTI814, Pinellas County Emergency Management, Largo. Not! I was up briefly upon hearing rain at 2 a.m. While waiting for the silly dog to return back inside the house, I popped on the NRD-535 and for once decided to actually use the 940 MIS (as a Pinellas County citizen) for what it is intended for: NOAA Weather Radio relay. Pffffffft. Off the air, and still silent on rechecks through the day. Signal was very strong on September 9, mid-morning while driving through Pinellas to points south, so it crapped out within the past three days. Maybe we should dub this “Son of 870 Key West MIS”? 1600, FLORIDA, WKWF, Key West. 2015-2035 September 9, 2009. Local level while driving on CR-789 and US-41 just south of Osprey. ESPN Radio Sports feed, local ID and morning show promo. 1610, (TIS), FLORIDA, Florida Department of Transportation, Manatee County (two transmitters). 1400+ September 9, 2009. New. We are proud to hear FDOT transmitters return in this vicinity (Manatee and/or Sarasota Counties) along I-75. Both are running the same female loop, very slightly out-of sync (a second or so) as evidenced when one begins to fade and the other appears. Both portable transmitters are in the center grassy median, one just south of the SR-70 exit, the other just north of the SR-64 exit. Both get out pretty far. The southern one was at moderate level in the parking lot of Mote Marine Aquarium’s parking lot on Lido Key (Sarasota), while the northern one was audible not far south from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge approach. One bulb sign in the center median, northbound just past the transmitter was noted, advising to tune to 1610. If there is a sign southbound, I missed it. Complete text: “The Florida Department of Transportation is currently resurfacing Interstate 75 in Manatee County from State Road 70 to Kay Road overpass. This project is expected to be completed by fall of 2009. Road closures will occur between the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, please call the Florida Department of Transportation at 941-359-7300.” (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida. USA. 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W. Sept 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Jay Leno`s new primetime show on NBC monitored for its début UT Sept 15 0200:30-0300. He`s still doing Headlines on Mondays, but now at the very end of show as lead-in the slightly less wacky stuff on the local news, starting at 0254 UT Tuesdays, which will soon go back into our Monitoring Reminders Calendar. I also assume that once reruns ensue, Headlines will shift to a new show on UT Wed if the UT Tue show is a repeat. And of course any other night could have HL if the repeat was originally a Monday show (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** URUGUAY. REGARDING RADIO SPORT 6045 SW ACTIVITY Gustavo Cirino, who worked with the plan of resuming the SW b/csts in SSB from 6045 CXA61 Radio Sport has just informed to me that he no longer belongs to the Company (Mont Soleil S.A.) which is the group that manages the Grupo Sarandí stations in which Radio Sport and his SW were part. He doesn't know what will happen to the project, which he says was in fact operative for some weeks. The text of his E-mail he directed to me is quoted below ... CX7AT ...lunes, 14 de septiembre, 2009 12:06:27 Para: Horacio Nigro Horacio. Lamento informarte que ya no pertenzco más al grupo Mont Soleil S.A. que es el que maneja todas las radios para las que yo trabajaba. Entre otras estaba Sport y su OC. El equipamiento emitió durante unas semanas. Por al momento no tengo más informacion. Espero que se reanude la misma. Si no, ?????? Lamento informarte esto. Muchas gracias por tu ayuda. Un abrazo. Gustavo Cirino My comments: 1) The website for Mont Soleil S.A. http://www.montsoleil.com.uy/ is under construction. 2) The normative status of these stations is a hot chapter in the Uruguayan broadcast regulatory scene, which involves the relationship between Grupo del Plata who sold several stations to Grupo Sarandí, which in turn had evolved into a new commercial society named Mont Soleil S.A. At http://www.forocom.org.uy/a-GMS/Gacetillas/28052009/Vista_URSEC_caso_Gonzalez_web.pdf there is more info and reading (in Spanish, sorry) “las emisoras de los ex Grupo Sarandí y ex Grupo del Plata – incluidas las que están fuera del departamento de Montevideo, como La Pedrera de Rocha, Santa Rosa de Canelones y Radio Real de San Carlos de Colonia – han conformado un nuevo grupo con una única gestión empresarial en torno a una sociedad comercial denominada Mont Soleil S.A.” 3) Despite Cirino's words, if the SW in effect was operative is something I don't know or can't confirm. I had been monitoring the frequency several weeks since Gustavo Cirino advised of the SW broadcasts, with no results. Also, No listening reports were received from other nearby countries. When I contacted him, he said the MW transmitters were under maintenance and thus the SW was not on air as it could generate RFI on the other units. 4) The decision of resuming the plans of SW broadcasts was in my opinion due to pressure from the government (say National Communications Regulatory Body called URSEC) in the middle of the tension with the regulatory board, and Cirino contacted me for advice on the possibilities of using SSB for reducing operational costs. The Radio Sport 6045 SW operation was intended to be 24H with 2.5 kW on USB. The future of this remains uncertain at the moment (Horacio A. Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. (presumed): R Vanuatu, 3945 at 1200z Sept 15 with light music (strings & keyboards at 1200z) into male speaking at 1202z. Lots of ham QRM, minimized slightly using AM synchro/usb on Eton E-1. Signal strength was fair but the hams were louder. At 1100z no audio but a bit of a het. R Nikkei (2) should be off by 0730z (Jerry Lenamon, Eton E-1, vertical, Sept 15, dxldyg via DXLD) 3945, R. Vanuatu, 1203, Sept. 15. Christian religious sermon, today in English; song (religious?); ID went something like: “Broadcast live here in Vanuatu on one of our frequencies on 1125 kHz, on medium wave . . . hope you . . . medium wave frequency of 1179 kHz.” and several more “Khz.” and “FM”; Anthem; 1219*; poor with QRN and ham QRM Audio: http://www.mediafire.com/?wqgwq7myupm poor quality, but at least their Anthem is fairly clear (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA [non]. Balcony Listening Post, Saturday 29.08.09: 11680, RADIO NACIONAL DE VENEZUELA (via Cuba) at 1527-1558 English, YL describing indigenous music & dance; report on country's electoral system; report on Venezuelan author Salvador Garmendia Graterón. G signal (Richard Bianchino, Las Vegas, NV USA, Kaito KA1103 (battery powered), telescopic antenna, Ripple mailing list via DXLD) Hugo faked me out Sunday Sept 13, as chex until 1500 UT, as in previous report, found none of the Aló, Presidente channels via CUBA [q.v.] on the air. If there is going to be any show that week, they are normally on as early as 1400 with RHC`s own prolog produxions until he`s ready. So did not recheck until 1752, and then 13750 was on with big signal matching big ego; weaker on // 12010, weaker still on 11690 and not audible on 13680 or 17750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. Hi DXers, Confirmed Email address: englishsection @ vov.org.vn Voice of Vietnam 73s, (H. S. Brar for GRDXC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globe-radio-dx/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 6065, R. Christian Voice/CVC, 1504-1538, Sept. 14. Hi-Li music; in African vernacular; many “Radio Christian Voice” IDs; poor- fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1329.9, approximately, still hearing a het on 1330 from an off-frequency station, Sept 12 at 0527; but no longer one off 1280 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3385, another broadcast frequency marred by TADIL-A beeps and data bursts, Sept 15 at 0540; sounded like two of them mixing so the beeps were irregular. Could not really pin down a single carrier frequency, but somewhere around 3385 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4865, TADIL-A beeps at 1305 Sept 12, much more noticeable with BFO on; these had 4 short beeps before the longer one with data burst. May not be an intruder since this is not only a broadcast band but a utility band, depending on location (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 9-069: 5810, MCW-5 Number Station 0617 tune-in. 5 digit station, strong carrier with some hum, using modulated tones and AM carrier. stopped numbers at 0632, intermittent sent data transmissions until carrier went off at 0655 9/13. 73 and good listening! (Rick Barton, Sun City, AZ, Drake R-8, 100' lw, ABDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 5840, CRI at 0437-0444 in English about paper cuttings, August 7. Very weak // on 5900, most likely a spur, fundamental frequency unknown. Strong 40 dB signal, excellent (Richard W Parker, Pennsburg PA, Sept World DX Club Contact via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DXLD) As I have outpointed before, during this hour there is only a single CRI English frequency scheduled on 49m, 6080 via Canada (there are three more on 13 and 15 MHz to Asia from Beijing and Xian sites, per EiBi, starting at 0300). What is halfway between 6080 and 5840? 5960 - -- which has another Sackville transmitter with R. Japan in Japanese, therefore a leapfrog. But I don`t see how 5900 fits in. Too bad he did not check whether 6080 was synchronized (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5898.0, big hum and open carrier at 0535 Sept 15. No doubt a Cuban spy numbers transmitter, instead of 5810 on this occasion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6585, 10.9 1840, Italian(s), talking rubbish. It seemed like several people talking from different places + music in the background. I think I hear Italian radio amateurs having a party on the shortwave band. 73 from (Björn Fransson, DX-ing on the island of Gotland, Sweden, Sept 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6890, 1830, Sep 12, talk in Arabic-like language. Possibly Radio Fana, Ethopia? (With best wishes from: James MacDonell, Niger State, Nigeria, Sept 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, R Fana seems to be again on 6890. Noted also here Sep 13 at 1800 UT. The usual 6110 outlet was off at that time (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9535-9540-9545, unexpected strong DRM signal when little else was propagating on 31m, Sept 14 at 0510; in fact by the meter it was stronger than the best AM signal, 9630 REE Costa Rica. I made quite sure of the center frequency 9540, and there is nothing on the DRM DX schedule http://www.drm-dx.de/ to account for this! There are some entries on 9535, 9545 at other times (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9540-9545-9550 DRM, again Sept 15 at 0517 and still at 0543, strong DRM signal when little else audible on 31m except REE Costa Rica analog 9630. This time with the DX-398 I can center the noise on 9545, rather than 9540 where I thought it was Sept 14 on the FRG-7. Still NO listing for this transmission at DRM DX, and no discussion I can find in their forums. But there is this on the DRM DX schedule: 0700-1000 daily 9545 30 Europe 90 BBC_DW G English Sines Portugal So are they turning this on two hours early? If anything from Europe could make it, Sines could, but still seems too strong compared to lack of analog signals from Europe. Maybe Bonaire, HCJB, Guiana French or Chile with secret test? Aha! Then I find these posts in the open archives of the drmna yg: ``Hi Everyone, Echo des Tages - 0510 UT Sept 14 on 9545 kHz - Echo des Tages is putting in a very strong signal here this evening with SNR hovering at 30 dB SNR. The signal is strongest when the loop is pointed toward the SE, so it seems like the transmitter might be in the Caribbean. Audio is 14.56 kbps in German. 73, Mark Bauman, KB7GF, College Place WA`` And a few nights earlier he had the same on 9530, so they have been moving around, and very well may have been centered on 9540 when I heard this previously: (gh) ``Hi Everyone, Echo des Tages is very strong 20 dB right now (0520 UT Sept 9) on 9530 KHz. The broadcast is in German at 14.56 kbps EEP AAC+ mono. 73, Mark Phillips`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9600.4, not hearing the very weak het all the time, but it was audible again Sept 12 at 1318, possibly XEYU? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++ Re: Note: I have raised a number of questions in the logs below, so it would be nice if some answers or discussion would follow. On some of the lists where I post my logs, hardly anyone ever replies, making me wonder if anyone is even reading them. 73, Glenn I READ AND APPRECIATE LOGS. THANKS, (AV RAMPERSAD, TRINIDAD, WEST INDIES, primetimeshortwave yg via DXLD) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ VINTAGE STATION OTR AIRCHECKS Hello All, I have something off topic here, but of interest to radio buffs just the same. I collect old time radio programs, and am a fan of a blogger who is in the process of preserving a number of disks that hadn't been recorded in modern form before. Recently, he acquired a set of aircheck disks made of an obscure CBS comedy show from 1938. The disks were heavily deteriorated, as they were made from shellac, and had been gradually cracking to pieces. Anyway, he managed to save most of the recorded material, and has been posting it on his blog. The interesting part comes from the fact that they were done off the air, and the recordings started before the preceding program ended, and ended after the following program started. Here is the most interesting one of the lot, preserving WABC New York from August 8, 1938 when it was the flagship station for CBS radio (before they were able to obtain the WCBS call letters): http://randsesotericotr.podbean.com/2009/09/13/pick-and-pat-august-8-1938/ Other recordings like this are on the blog, if you find hearing what went out over the air in 1938 interesting. http://randsesotericotr.podbean.com/2008/05/25/smile-a-while-aug-3-1951-wls-aircheck/? Additionally, last year Rand posted a wire recording of a 1951 WLS Chicago early morning music program: This one also has lightning static in it, which I find fascinating (Curtis Sadowski, Sept 15, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See OKLAHOMA ++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See OKLAHOMA ++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING see also GERMANY; KUWAIT; UNIDENTIFIED 9535-9550 ++++++++++++++++++++ SCHEDULE OF DRM BROADCASTS ON SHORT WAVES. Part two of two: 1000-1400 9545 MOS 040 kW / 300 deg WeEu BBC/DW English 1059-1158 7285 RAN 050 kW / 325 deg Pac RNZI English 1100-1200 9760 WOF 060 kW / 102 deg WeEu NHK English/Russian Fri 1100-1200 12080 BRN 005 kW / 080 deg Pac Radio Australia English 1100-1200 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg WeEu TDP Radio Dance Music Thu 1200-1300 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg WeEu TDP Radio Dance Music Fri 1200-1300 9445 IRK 015 kW / 234 deg IND VOR Russian 1200-1300 9730 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg WeEu VOR Russian 1200-1400 5995 BRN 005 kW / 010 deg PNG Radio Australia English 1300-1327 9850 WOF 060 kW / 102 deg WeEu Radio Prague German Fri/Sat 1300-1400 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg WeEu TDP Radio Dance Music Sat 1300-1400 9445 IRK 015 kW / 234 deg IND VOR Hindi 1300-1400 9750 MSK 035 kW / 265 deg WeEu VOR Russian 1330-1357 9850 WOF 060 kW / 102 deg WeEu Radio Prague English Fri/Sat 1400-1430 7320 SMG 125 kW / 350 deg WeEu Vatican Radio German/Polish 1400-1430 9660 WOF 060 kW / 102 deg WeEu RNZI English Sat 1400-1500 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg WeEu TDP Radio Dance Music Sun 1400-1500 9445 IRK 015 kW / 234 deg IND VOR English 1400-1500 9750 MSK 035 kW / 265 deg WeEu VOR English 1400-1600 15640 SIN 090 kW / 040 deg WeEu BBC/DW English 1400-1700 5790 WOF 100 kW / 114 deg WeEu BBC/DW English 1430-1500 9660 WOF 060 kW / 102 deg WeEu RNZI English Fri 1500-1600 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg WeEu TDP Radio Dance Music 1500-1600 9445 IRK 015 kW / 234 deg IND VOR Hindi 1500-1600 9750 MSK 035 kW / 265 deg WeEu VOR German 1500-1700 11705 QUI 005 kW / 131 deg BRA HCJB Portuguese 1505-1705 9800 SAC 070 kW / 268 deg NoAm RCI English 1530-1600 9400 SOF 020 kW / 030 deg RUS Radio Bulgaria Russian 1551-1750 6170 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Pac RNZI English 1600-1700 7460 KVI 035 kW / 160 deg CeEu RRI German 1600-1700 11810 SIN 090 kW / 035 deg WeEu BBC/DW English 1600-1700 9880 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg WeEu VOR French 1600-1800 9810 MSK 035 kW / 265 deg WeEu VOR German 1615-1630 6095 JUN 050 kW / 060 deg WeEu MW Heukelbach German 1630-1700 9400 SOF 020 kW / 306 deg WeEu Radio Bulgaria German 1630-1700 6095 JUN 050 kW / 060 deg WeEu Radio Freundesdienst German 1700-1730 9400 SOF 020 kW / 306 deg WeEu Radio Bulgaria French 1700-1730 7460 KVI 035 kW / 160 deg NoEu RRI English 1700-1800 7265 WER 040 kW / 300 deg NoEu Polish Radio English 1700-1800 9535 TIG 090 kW / 307 deg WeEu RRI English 1700-1800 9880 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg WeEu VOR Italian 1700-1900 9960 KVI 040 kW / 190 deg WeEu BBC/DW English 1700-1900 5790 SKN 100 kW / 105 deg WeEu BBC/DW English 1705-1905 9800 SAC 070 kW / 268 deg NoAm RCI French 1730-1800 9400 SOF 020 kW / 306 deg WeEu Radio Bulgaria English 1745-2230 9950 DEL 050 kW / 312 deg WeEu AIR various 1751-1850 7285 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Pac RNZI English 1800-1900 9775 TIG 090 kW / 307 deg WeEu RRI German 1800-2000 17640 SGO 015 kW / 045 deg BRA CVC Portuguese Sun-Thu 1800-2100 9880 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg WeEu VOR French 1851-1950 9890 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Pac RNZI English 1900-2100 5875 KVI 040 kW / 190 deg WeEu BBC/DW English 1900-2100 3995 SKN 100 kW / 120 deg WeEu BBC/DW English 1930-2000 6030 WER 040 kW / non-dir CeEu Polish Radio German 1945-2030 9800 SAC 070 kW / 268 deg NoAm Vatican Radio English 1951-2050 9890 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg Pac RNZI English 2000-2100 15280 QUI 005 kW / 325 deg WeEu HCJB Spanish 2051-2235 15720 RAN 050 kW / 325 deg Pac RNZI English 2100-2200 9800 SAC 070 kW / 268 deg NoAm RCI English 2100-2200 3995 SIN 090 kW / 040 deg WeEu BBC/DW various 2100-2200 5790 SKN 100 kW / 105 deg WeEu BBC/DW English 2100-2200 15280 QUI 005 kW / 325 deg WeEu HCJB German 2200-0300 11675 KBD 120 kW / 350 deg NoAm Radio Kuwait Arabic 2200-2000 3965 ISS 001 kW / 065 deg FRA RFI French 2236-0458 13730 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg Pac RNZI English 2300-2345 9755 SMG 125 kW / 300 deg NoAm Vatican Radio English 2300-2400 9790 SAC 070 kW / 227 deg NoAm TDP Radio Dance Music (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Sept 14, via DXLD) Pt 1 was in 9-069 RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ TOMORROW`S WORLD ARCHIVE: MAN SPEAKS MORSE CODE/CLOCKWORK RADIO BBC Archives has released today a collection of 23 Tomorrow's World programmes. These two may be of particular interest to radio enthusiasts: This edition is introduced in morse code. At 5 minutes 20 there is a report on controlling machines by voice commands in morse code. http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/8009.shtml?all=2&id=8009 Trevor Bayliss unveils his clockwork radio, starts at 17 minutes 10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/8026.shtml?all=2&id=8026 (Mike Barraclough, Sept 14, BDXC-UK via DXLD) THIS STORY HAS LEGS, BUT IS IT TRUE? A certain Charles David Herrold created the first music and voice broadcast station in 1912, using an arc instead of vacuum tubes? It's all here ... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/05/BAFE16RPCC.DTL This story is being reports throughout the Internet, but is highly dubious. The gentleman does not grace the pages of the Encyclopaedia Britannica as far as I am able to determine, and it wasn't until the 1916 that De Forest broadcast scheduled programming at station 2XG in New York City. You can't believe everything you see on the Internet (Franklin Seiberling, KC0ISV, Iowa City, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WSUI 90th Anniversary Hi Franklin, Thanks so much for your patience regarding your request to help celebrate this milestone for WSUI. I heard back from my development director who met with the Iowa Public Radio Leadership Team Tuesday in Des Moines and in light of an upcoming awareness campaign for IPR and IPR's strategic initiative on branding, the feeling is that a focus on local call letters in this way (underwriting specifically referencing WSUI) would be contrary to the goals of the statewide network. I hadn't been aware of this previously, but apparently, WOI was first to go on the air and then WSUI. Here’s a quick summary of the actual facts as documented in the FCC records: Ames went on the air in 1911; Iowa City in 1919. Any radio broadcasts prior to 1922 were considered “experimental” by what became the FCC. The leadership team is preparing a recommendation to be presented to ZLR (our marketing/advertising agency) to have a comprehensive celebration in 2012 to honor 90 years of public radio in Iowa. So, in a nutshell -- we'll do a network wide celebration in 2012 and not pursue anything specific to WSUI. We appreciate your thoughtfulness and support and hope you understand the complexity of our situation as we continue to grow our statewide network. If you have any questions, please let me know. Take care! (Nancy Hagen, Development, Iowa Public Radio, 710 S. Clinton St. Bld., Iowa City, IA 52242, Sept 10, to and via Franklin Seiberling, IA, DXLD) Dear Nancy, I'm disappointed with the decision. Although WSUI's original experimental call sign, 9YA, was in use for educational broadcasting prior to 1919, 1919 was the year the station "adopted a regular schedule of educational programs and lectures," according to a 1999 story in FYI written by Sara Epstein who was announcing celebration of the station's 80th year on the air. WOI's broadcast roots have nothing to do with celebrating WSUI's 90 years on the air. Thanks so much for taking the time to consider my request (Franklin Seiberling, ibid.) Hi Franklin, I can understand your disappointment. I should clarify the information regarding WOI. You had mentioned on the phone to me that WSUI was the oldest station west of the Mississippi and we wanted to be sure we had our facts straight; that's all. WOI, KUNI and WSUI are now all part of Iowa Public Radio and we look forward to celebrating the longevity of our combined service to all Iowans in 2012. Thanks again for bringing all of this to our attention. Your request is, in no doubt, responsible for the idea of a 2012 statewide celebration (Nancy, ibid.) Thank you, Nancy. I might mention that the contention that the station that is now WSUI was the first _Educational_ broadcast station west of the Mississippi is not baseless. Please review this page from _Education's Own Stations_ By S. E. Frost: http://books.google.com/books?id=9Q86nal5whUC&lpg=PA131&ots=D89D8Rk5FC&dq=%22state%20university%20of%20iowa%22%201911%209ya&pg=PA131#v=onepage&q=%22state%20university%20of%20iowa%22%201911%209ya&f=false Thank you (Franklin Seiberling, IA, ibid.) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ SCIENTISTS DISCOVER SURPRISE IN EARTH'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE By Stuart Wolpert| 9/9/2009 3:00:00 PM Heejeong Kim and Larry Lyons UCLA atmospheric scientists have discovered a previously unknown basic mode of energy transfer from the solar wind to the Earth's magnetosphere. The research, federally funded by the National Science Foundation, could improve the safety and reliability of spacecraft that operate in the upper atmosphere. "It's like something else is heating the atmosphere besides the sun. This discovery is like finding it got hotter when the sun went down," said Larry Lyons, UCLA professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences and a co-author of the research, which is in press in two companion papers in the Journal of Geophysical Research. The sun, in addition to emitting radiation, emits a stream of ionized particles called the solar wind that affects the Earth and other planets in the solar system. The solar wind, which carries the particles from the sun's magnetic field, known as the interplanetary magnetic field, takes about three or four days to reach the Earth. When the charged electrical particles approach the Earth, they carve out a highly magnetized region — the magnetosphere — which surrounds and protects the Earth. Charged particles carry currents, which cause significant modifications in the Earth's magnetosphere. This region is where communications spacecraft operate and where the energy releases in space known as substorms wreak havoc on satellites, power grids and communications systems. . . http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-discover-surprise-in-101025.aspx (via Nick Hall-Patch, BC, IRCA via DXLD) Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels during the period. Solar wind velocities at ACE ranged from 279 to 372 km/s. Interplanetary magnetic field activity showed intermittent periods of southward Bz from approximately 11/0557 UTC through the end of the period. Density reached a maximum of 10 p/cc at 13/1605 UTC. Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 16 Sept - 12 Oct 2009 Solar activity is expected to be very low. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal levels during the period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels, with isolated active periods during 16 - 17 September due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS). Predominantly quiet levels are expected during 18 - 25 September. Quiet to unsettled conditions, with isolated active levels are expected on 26 September due to a recurrent CH HSS. Activity will decrease to predominantly quiet levels during 27 September - 11 October. Quiet levels, with isolated unsettled periods, are expected on 12 October, due to a recurrent CH HSS. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2009 Sep 15 2021 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2009 Sep 15 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2009 Sep 16 69 7 3 2009 Sep 17 69 7 3 2009 Sep 18 69 5 2 2009 Sep 19 70 5 2 2009 Sep 20 70 5 2 2009 Sep 21 72 5 2 2009 Sep 22 72 5 2 2009 Sep 23 72 5 2 2009 Sep 24 72 5 2 2009 Sep 25 72 5 2 2009 Sep 26 72 12 4 2009 Sep 27 72 5 2 2009 Sep 28 72 5 2 2009 Sep 29 70 5 2 2009 Sep 30 70 5 2 2009 Oct 01 70 5 2 2009 Oct 02 69 5 2 2009 Oct 03 69 5 2 2009 Oct 04 69 5 2 2009 Oct 05 69 5 2 2009 Oct 06 69 5 2 2009 Oct 07 69 5 2 2009 Oct 08 69 5 2 2009 Oct 09 69 5 2 2009 Oct 10 69 6 2 2009 Oct 11 69 5 2 2009 Oct 12 69 7 3 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1478, DXLD) ###