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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1156: RFPI: Wed 0100, 0700 7445 and/or 15039 WWCR: Wed 1030 9475 WJIE: M-F 1300, daily 0400; Sun 0630, Mon 0700, Tue 0630 or 0700, 7490 ONDEMAND http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/worldofradio.html [High] (Download) http://www.k4cc.net/wor1156h.rm (Stream) http://www.k4cc.net/wor1156h.ram [Low] (Download) http://www.k4cc.net/wor1156.rm (Stream) http://www.k4cc.net/wor1156.ram (Summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1156.html WORLD OF RADIO WEBCASTING Dear Glenn, Listened to your last shows via the WOR web site and the wide band audio sounding great - and without any kind of breaks (congestions). 73, (Erik Køie, Copenhagen, Nov 18) Glenn, Paul David's comments in DXLD 2-179 inspired me to take a look at the k4cc.net server's usage logs to see if there were any clues there regarding his problems with the WOR stream. Paul doesn't mention whether he has a dialup or broadband connection, and if dialup, what speed. A low speed dialup modem would be less likely to stream smoothly than a higher speed dialup modem or a broadband connection. Since he doesn't seem to have a problem with the WRN stream, it is most likely an issue of his location rather than his connection speed. He is in the UK, which is where the WRN servers are located. The servers that host the k4cc.net site are located in California, so there are probably some satellite hops involved from Paul's location which could be affecting his download, especially if he is downloading during times of high traffic on either the satellite, the k4cc.net server, or both. Looking at the logs for the month of November, the peak time period during which users are accessing the WOR files on the k4cc.net server is 2100-0000 UTC. It would be interesting to know if other European users experience the same difficulties with the k4cc.net streams. The stats also show that, given a choice, users prefer the high speed download, followed, in order, by the high speed stream, the low speed download, and the low speed stream. Here are the stats for WOR 1155 and 1156 [so far]: File Mode Hits 1155h.rm High Speed Download 201 1155h.ram High Speed Stream 163 1155.rm Low Speed Download 101 1155.ram Low Speed Stream 60 1156h.rm High Speed Download 144 1156h.ram High Speed Stream 113 1156.rm Low Speed Download 64 1156.ram Low Speed Stream 39 Total High Speed Downloads 345 Total High Speed Streams 276 Total Low Speed Downloads 165 Total Low Speed Streams 99 The logs show hits from 15 countries, so WORLD of Radio is definitely an appropriate title! Best regards, (Dave White, W4UVH, Nov 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL Thanks for the DX Service you provide. I am new to shortwave and the new terms are confusing to me. Nevertheless, I appreciated the work that you put in to creating your broadcasts (Mike Woodard) ** AFGHANISTAN. PSYOP CAMPAIGN BROADENS WITH SECOND RADIO STATION by Takuya Hirayama, CRW Kabul and Tokyo [Nov 16] The American campaign to cement democracy in Afghanistan and flush out Taliban remnants has broadened with the launch of a second psyop radio station. The new station, a senior Afghan official has told CRW, is located at the U.S. military base at Kandahar airport and is meant to serve the Pashtun population. "I don't know much about the station," Abdullah Ali, Director of Radio & TV Afghanistan - Kandahar, said to CRW during a visit to his office. "(It) is broadcasting in Pashto, and (is) solely owned and operated by the Americans. But, of course, the station is out of our control." Its broadcasts can be heard in Kabul during the local evening mixing under Information Radio Bagram's signal on 864 kHz. Unlike Information Radio Bagram, which broadcasts a diverse selection of Pashtun and Dari music, Information Radio Kandahar has only been heard airing Pashtun music. US Information Radio Bagram, meanwhile, still broadcasts on 8700 kHz AM in parallel with 864 kHz Medium Wave. According to long-term monitoring, the station no longer broadcasts 24 hours a day. Though its schedule varies, the station usually signs on at around 0500 Kabul Time, or 0030 UT both on 864 and 8700 kHz. The broadcast continues until around 2300 Kabul Time, or 1830 UT on 864 kHz. 8700 kHz, however, usually signs off around 2000 Kabul Time, or 1530 UT. The station mixes occasional identification announcements and public service announcements on behalf of the American forces and the transitional government given in Pashto and Dari between songs. As reported in an earlier dispatch Information Radio's programming seems to have switched from "intervention-style" psyop to "nation building" psyop. Information broadcast relates mainly to the daily life of its listeners - for example, notifying parents where they should vaccinate their children, and so on. Announcements in Arabic are no longer heard. However, the "rewards" announcement begun in December 2001 to those who provide information on the whereabouts of Usama Bin Laden and other members of al-Qaeda continues to be broadcast. During the morning until around 0900 Kabul Time, statements and identification announcements are frequently given (approximately every ten minutes, or between every other song). However, during the day (between 0900 and 1800 Kabul Time), the station seldom identifies itself and rarely broadcasts public service announcements. After sunset, the station again starts to give ID's and offer information. Reception of 864 kHz in Kabul is stable during the day. The signal becomes unstable after approximately 2000 Kabul Time. As for 8700 kHz, the signal is usually quite strong. The frequency faces heavy interference from unlicensed "out of band" point-to-point communications in Dari. Clear reception of 8700 kHz, therefore, is extremely difficult in Kabul. Reception in Islamabad, Pakistan, however, is extremely loud and clear. Contrary to DX reports that Information Radio is active on 6100 kHz, nothing could be heard on that frequency from either Kabul or Islamabad. The station is quite popular during the daytime, when electricity for most of Kabul is shut off to conserve power, and there is no television. It's not the "information" broadcast that draws listeners, but the voices of popular singers like Ahmad Zahir and Farhad Darya whose music is often played. Many residents, especially young men, say that they "tune out" when announcements are made. Another factor boosting the station's popularity... Second-hand Japanese cars. Kabul nowadays is crowded with these used cars, which are equipped with radios that can tune only into the Japanese FM band, 76 to 90 MHz. Only the BBC World Service on 89.0 MHz FM can be heard within that frequency range, besides the state-run Radio Kabul on two MW frequencies. During the day, the BBC broadcasts in English, which few people can understand, and Radio Kabul's music library is actually much smaller than the U.S.-run psyop station. It is not clear how long the stations will remain on the air. Afghanistan remains a dangerous place, where the threat of a Taliban revival or dispute among rival warlords can destroy the progress begun one year ago when Kabul fell to the Northern Alliance. American officials were unavailable for comment about Information Radio (Nov 16 Clandestine Radio Watch, Nov 18 via DXLD) ** ANGOLA. Radio Nacional de Angola had a good signal two weeks ago on 4950 kHz, when received in Namibia. On Nov. 15 only the STP-Relay of the VoA was audible at 2000 UTC. One day later RN de Angola was on again, but with a slight hum. At 0500 a program in vernacular was heard on 7217. (That fits the frequency of RN Angola as reported in spring 2002 - Passmann) (Markus Weidner, currently in South Africa, as reported to the A-DX Mailing List via Willi Passmann, Nov 18, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIAN DOMESTIC SHORTWAVE RADIO STATION X GOLD COAST GRANTED 2368.5 Recent reports about a private commercial SW licence being granted in Australia are true. Yes, this does open up a whole new world of downunder SW DX targets, as the stations will generally have a power of around 1 kW. What`s happening? How come these stations are starting to be licenced? The answer lies in changes made to the Broadcasting Act as far back as December 2000. The laws had to be changed to permit Christian Voice International to begin using the Radio Australia SW transmitters in Darwin, and to allow HCJB Australia to build a new facility at Kununurra in Western Australia. These, and other major SW broadcasters need to go through a detailed process for an international broadcasting licence, as their primary target audiences are outside Australia. If a broadcaster wants to target a domestic audience within Australia, all they need do is apply to the Australian Communications Authority for a Domestic HF Licence (DHFL). It costs a few hundred dollars and the lower range frequency allocations are specifically exempt from ITU Regulations. The frequencies just have to be allocated and coordinated by the ACA. The frequencies available are anywhere in the range 2300- 26100 kHz for broadcast `within Australia and its territories` and the following frequency blocks are only available for the DHFL broadcasters: 2300-2495, 3200-3400, 3950-4000, 4750-4995 and 5005- 5060. According to the ACA, the first licence granted is to Peter Tate, Gold Coast, Queensland for 1 kW on 2368.5 kHz. Peter operates an internet only radio station called Station X which operates via servers in Sweden, USA and Australia. He also has four currently inoperative licences issued by the ACA for expanded AM band broadcasts to the Gold Coast (1665/1694), Adelaide (1694) and Melbourne (1656). Station X webcaster [caption] Gold Coast_ studio (c)DoubleXandStationX It so happens that a visit to the Station X website also links you with The Double X Network and here the plot thickens, because here you find another expanded AM band station already broadcasting in Melbourne on 1611. This uses the broadcast band callsign 3XX (even though no actual callsign has been allocated by the ACA to the Hoppers Crossing location) and reaches as far west as Geelong and covers SE Melbourne with 400 watts. The owner of `3XX` is Double X Radio (Aust) Pty Ltd, although the licence is actually held by Anton Vanderlely. Anton is the founder of HitzFM and founding director of CityFM, both of Melbourne. These operated as short-term FM community stations in the 1990s but failed to obtain fulltime community licences. The 1611 AM licence allows the station to begin commercial broadcasts immediately. Double X claims to have a `voluntary associate member` of the Double X Network with 3KGB- FM 87.6 located at Moorabin in SE Melbourne, and expects to expand the network soon. It looks like this could now be through Peter Tate`s licences on the Gold Coast, in Adelaide and in another part of Melbourne not covered by the 1611 transmitter. And, now through SW on 2368.5. So what`s all the fuss, some might ask. These are just flea power AM stations in a rarely visited part of the dial, and the Double X audience is unlikely to rush to buy a SW receiver for the 1 kW broadcasts from the Gold Coast. There`s a simple answer. It`s called digital radio. You see, if you own a broadcast licence in Australia when digital radio is introduced, you’ll automatically be granted a licence to broadcast Australia wide in digital. That`s a lot of data and new services, potentially lucrative, which will come on stream. '3XX 1611' DJ [caption] (c) Double X and Station X You`ll have much the same rights whether you`ve spent $25 million at auction for a metropolitan FM licence, $400,000 for a metropolitan Adelaide AM narrowcast licence, or next to nothing for a 400 watt expanded AM band channel on the Gold Coast. Or, a few hundred bucks for a Domestic HF Licence. Becoming clear now? Look for the Australian Expanded AM Band Guide at http://www.radiodx.com soon and find out more about the multi-million dollar investments and networks which will shortly bring the Aussie X-Band to life (Nov New Zealand DX Times [pdf illustrated] via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. IT`S ALL IN THE CALL! Callsigns for Broadcast Band 531-1602 are issued by the Australian Broadcasting Authority to community, national and commercial stations. The stations are able to nominate a preferred callsign to the ABA. These are issued as a combination of: (1) a number in the range 1-8 (2) a letter in the range A-Z and (3) another letter in the range A-Z. For example, 2CH. Callsigns for Narrowband Area Service 1611-1701 are issued by the Australian Communications Authority. Not all licences are issued with a callsign. Callsigns, when issued, use a combination of: (1) a prefix from the list VJ/VK/VL/VM/VN/VZ/AX (2) a letter in the range A-Z (3) a number in the range 1-9 (4) a number in the range 1-9 and (5) another number in the range 1-9. For example: VKA714. Some of the NAS stations, are known to publicly use BCB style callsigns. For example: 2KM 1620 or 2NTC 1611. These are unofficial callsigns used for marketing purposes only, to help listeners find familiar sounding stations in the expanded AM band. Clearly sounds better than `Hi, you`re in touch with AXZ123 for hits and memories` so we can expect more pseudo BCB callsigns to be used by the hundreds of NAS stations (David Ricquish, NEW ZEALAND DX TIMES NOVEMBER 2002 PAGE 41 via DXLD) (Footnote: It would be interesting to know if these X band stations have any audience, although the possible sale of 2KM values 1620 kHz at $40,000. I`d like to know which `everyday` radios cover to 1700! According to a radio exec I know in Sydney he doubts they have an audience because of the band on most analog receivers finishing at about 1610.) (Tony King, NEW ZEALAND DX TIMES NOVEMBER via DXLD) ** BELGIUM. B-02 schedule for RTBF in French on 9970 via WAV 100 kW / 165 degrees: 0600-2100 Mon-Fri; 0700-2200 Sat; 0530-1800 Sun (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 18 via DXLD) All of the English and most of the other broadcasts are now via relay sites, so here is a way still to hear Belgium itself (gh, DXLD) ** BOUGAINVILLE. R. Independent Mekamui on 3850 kHz: A screenshot of that [first] QSL for that station can be seen in the CRW Clandestine Radio QSL gallery at http://www.schoechi.de/pic-cla.html (M. Schöch, CRW via DXLD) ** BULGARIA: Updated schedule for Radio Bulgaria's DX programs: Bulgarian French (cont.) 1445-1500 Sun 1224 Balk 2140-2250 Sun 5800 WeEu 12000 WeEu 7500 WeEu 15700 WeEu 0240-0250 Mon 7400 NoAm 2045-2100 Sun 6000 WeEu 9400 NoAm 7400 ME Russian English 1545-1600 Sat 1224 Balk 2245-2300 Fri 5800 WeEu 7500 EaEu 7500 WeEu 9400 CeAs 0045-0100 Sat 7400 NoAm 9900 EaEu 9400 NoAm 1715-1730 Sat 7500 EaEu 0345-0400 Sat 7400 NoAm 9900 EaEu 9400 NoAm 1945-2000 Sat 7500 EaEu 0745-0800 Sun 12000 WeEu 9900 EaEu 13600 WeEu 0045-0100 Sun 7500 CeAs 1245-1300 Sun 12000 WeEu 0445-0500 Sun 1224 Balk 15700 WeEu 7500 EaEu German 9500 EaEu 2030-2040 Thu 5800 WeEu 1145-1200 Sun 11700 EaEu 7500 WeEu 15200 EaEu 0600-0610 Fri 5800 WeEu Spanish 9400 WeEu 1945-1950 Sun 9700 SoEu 2020-2030 Sat 5800 WeEu 11700 SoEu 7500 WeEu 2215-2220 Sun 6000 SoEu French 7300 SoEu 2140-2150 Tue 5800 WeEu 0015-0020 Mon 5900 SoAm 7500 WeEu 11600 SoAm 0240-0250 Wed 7400 NoAm 0215-0220 Mon 5900 SoAm 9400 NoAm 7500 CeAm (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 18 via DXLD) 11600 SoAm I expect these are approximate, as we recently had a report that the English shows started anywhere from :35 to :48 past the hour (gh, DXLD) ** CHECHNYA [non]. Radio Chechnya Svobodnaya Habe diese Woche auf Langwelle 171 kHz über den Sender Tbilisskaya (Sendeleistung?) das russische Programm von Radio Chechnya Svobodnaya, (Radio "Freies" Tschechenien) gehört. Bis 1. März 2001 wurde dieser Dienst auch über Kurzwelle ausgestrahlt. Wird dieser Programmdienst eigentlich in Moskau produziert? Von welcher Abteilung des Russischen Runfunk: Radio Rossi, Stimme Russlands, oder? Radio Chechnya Svobodnaya kommt auf 171 kHz bis 2100 Uhr, danach meldet sich Radio Rossii (E. Bergmann, Germany, Nov 1, 2002 in A-DX via CRW via DXLD) Re : Sendeleistung : 1200 kW Re : Wird dieser Programmdienst eigentlich in Moskau produziert? Ja; anscheinend in der Pjatnizkaja-Straße, jedenfalls klingt es danach Re : Von welcher Abteilung des Russischen Runfunk? M.W. ist das eine Auftragsproduktion für Der Kreml, wohl realisiert von der Stimme Rußlands in Kooperation mit Radio Rossii und Radio Majak. Re : bis 2100 Uhr, danach meldet sich Radio Rossi Das ist dann aber die vor kurzem neu aufgenommene Ausstrahlung über Bolschakowo (Gebiet Kaliningrad). (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 1, 2002 in A-DX via CRW via DXLD) ** CHINA [non]. Falun Dafa Radio. Re address: Mr. Chenxi Lou, 2626 W. Ball Rd. Apt J2, Anaheim, CA 92804-5097. I`d just received their QSL card 2 weeks ago and the above was their address on the envelope (L. K. Hian, Indonesia, Nov 4, in Jembatan DX 141 via CRW via DXLD) ** CONGO DR [non]. 11690, Radio Okapi, Rep of Congo, Nov 17, 0602-0706 French talk and various music by John Lennon, Johnny Clegg, etc. Numerous mentions of Congo, Congolaise, l'Afrique, several clear IDs including one at 0654. News mentioned Microsoft, Africa, America. Strong and steady with no sign of //9550 or 6030. Got this after constant search starting on Friday: Did also hear them as an unID at 0505-0517 with an extremely weak signal and interference. Other station went away at 0600 and Okapi's signal went up dramatically (Ross Comeau, Chamberlain ME DXpedition, Nov 18 hard-core-dx via DXLD) Are you aware, as previously discussed in DXLD, that R. Africa International, the Methodist service via DTK Germany is also scheduled on 11690: 11690 0600 0800 37,46 305 190 217 1234567 271002 300303 UMC It would also be talking about Africa! And that could explain the jump in signal strength you noticed at 0600. Furthermore, Okapi is NOT in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) but in the OTHER Congo, DR (Kinshasa). Other DXers continue to overlook this (gh to Ross, DXLD) Hey Glenn, I've been monitoring 11690 since 0535, and have a man speaking French faded up above the hash at 0604. The signal seems to be strengthening. Naturally no ID, but if you're still up and at the dials, give it a listen (Gerry Bishop, FL, Nov 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Gerry, Beware of R. Africa International, Methodist via Germany, scheduled on 11690 at 0600-0800 in French. People keep jumping to conclusion this is Okapi. 73, (Glenn to Gerry, via DXLD) Indeed, that's the thing, it faded up rather than came on abruptly, and also kept changing accents with each speaker. The tape awaits my full attention, and since I couldn't log Okapi from the eastern side of Africa earlier in the year, I'll wait until a solid logging comes along now. This, of course, could be anything until an ID comes along. [Later:] Glenn, it is, in fact, Radio Afrique International, 11690 I heard from 0604-0700 on 18 Nov. Want a copy of the ID at 0700? Clear, by YL, then into news. Will monitor earlier for Okapi. 73s (Gerry Bishop, Niceville FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR [and non]. Une radio clandestine appelée ``la Radio des Patriotes`` a été entendue dans la région de Bukavu sur FM début du mois de novembre en français et swahili. Cette station demande à la population de résister aux ``envahisseurs tutsis et à leurs laquais rwandais, burundais et ougandais``. Lors de la dernière émission a été lue un message de Padiri Bulenda David, le chef des Maï Maï [=Mau Mau?]. La radio des Patriotes avait été entendue la première fois le Ier septembre 1997, puis par intermittence en 2000, et 2001. Il semble bien qu`il s`agisse d`un émetteur mobile des forces armées des Maï Maï et non des Interrahamwe comme certains l`ont un peu prématurément signalé. La radio de Goma, ainsi que la région avaient été conquises par les Maï Maï au mois d’août puis reprises par le RCD-Goma (Rassemblement Congolais pour la démocratie) au mois d`octobre. Les Maï Maï aspirent mettre en place une radio à ondes courtes permettant de couvrir l`ensemble de la RDC. Nota: Les milices Maï Maï sont entrées en dissidence contre le nouveau régime congolais de l`AFDL (Forces Démocratiques pour la libération du Congo) dès 1997 dirigé alors par Laurent Désiré Kabila (assassiné en janvier 2001), puis au premier semestre 1998 ils soutiennent ce dernier lorsque les relations entre Kinshasa et Kigali se détériorent. Les Maï Maï intègrent alors l`armée congolaise. Déjà dès le premier trimestre de 1997 un bloc ``bantou`` comprenant les Maï Maï, le FLOT (Front de Libération contre l`Occupation Tutsie) FULB (Front Uni pour la libération du peuple Bantou), CRLK (Conseil de Résistance et de Libération du Kivu), et des mouvements burundais comme le PALIR, FDD et des ex-FAR (Forces Armées Rwandaise – pro hutu) se met en place. Ces derniers partisans ont en commun une haine farouche des batutsis. Le Kivu sert de base arrière à de multitudes de groupes armées. Le terme Maï Maï provient d`une déformation du mot swahili maji (eau). Il fait référence à une pratique rituelle commune à toute l`Afrique équatoriale (cf la rébellion des Simbas des années 64-65 ou actuellement la LRA ougandaise) consistant pour les combattants à s`asperger d`eau magique censée les protéger des balles et les rendre [in]vulnérables. Se présentant comme d’ardents nationalistes, les Maï Maï sont farouchement opposés à la présence étrangère au Kivu (contrôlé par le Rwanda, le Burundi et l`Ouganda et ses supplétifs du MLC, du RCD Goma, etc..) considérées comme des envahisseurs. La zone d`activité des Maï Maï couvre le Masisi, la région de Walikale, et le nord de Bukavu. Les groupes Maï Maï opérant plus au nord, dans la région de Beni et de Butembo, face à l`Ouganda, portent l`appellation spécifique de Ngilima, nom qui découlerait d`une coopérative agricole. Les Maï Maï disposent depuis quelques mois d`un site internet dont le principal défaut est qu`il n`est pas mis à jour régulièrement: http://www.congo-mai-mai.net E-mail: webmaster@congo-mai-mai.net (via Bernard Chenal, France, Nov 18, DXLD) QELFK? ** CUBA. Desde Dentro de Cuba. Distribuido por Cuba Free Press, Inc. - http://www.cubafreepress.org 8 de Noviembre del 2002 FELICITAN A RADIO MARTÍ VECINOS DE PINAR DEL RÍO. Edel José García Díaz, de CNP, para Cuba Free Press. La Habana: Un grupo de vecinos del municipio La Palma en la provincia de Pinar del Río, felicitan el trabajo informativo que realizó la emisora Radio Martí, durante el paso por Cuba, de los ciclones Isidore y Lily, en el mes de septiembre del 2002. Según el señor Normando Pimentel, líder del Movimiento Humanitario ``Ayúdanos Señor``, en la zona conocida por Secundaria 34, en el citado municipio, los vecinos estuvieron bien informados sobre los dos meteoros, gracias a que podían escuchar las noticias de su trayectoria por esa provincia en un radio de pilas de las que donó el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos a los cubanos. Allí los vecinos se agrupaban, sigue diciendo Pimentel, para escuchar Radio Martí y hasta algunos militantes del Partido Comunista se presentaban en la vivienda para conocer detalles de la situación atmosférica. ``Felicitamos a la emisora Radio Martí por el excelente trabajo informativo que realizó al paso de los dos últimos eventos meteorológicos sobre Cuba y por el que efectúa diariamente por tener bien informado a los cubanos en la Isla``, dice, el documento que enviaron los vecinos de la Palma. Reportó: Edel José García Díaz, para Cuba Free Press. http://www.cubafreepress.org Copyright © 2002 - Cuba Free Press, Inc. 73'S (via Oscar, Miami) ** ETHIOPIA. I wonder if Radio Fana is considered a clandestine?? [Later :] Radio Fana statement... that they're not a clandestine... http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/eng_newspaper/Htm/No310/r310law.htm (P. Ormandy, NZ, Nov 16, 2002 for CRW via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Note: schedule below is essentially same info as in a different version in 2-170; we have not cross-checked them! (gh, DXLD) OBSERVER #222 / 15-11-2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GERMANY: B-02 Winter Schedule for Deutsche Telekom (DTK) Hrvatska Radio/Voice of Croatia: [also English, Spanish segments] 0000-0200 9925 JUL 100 kW / 230 deg Daily to SoAm Croatian 0200-0400 9925 JUL 100 kW / 300 deg Daily to NoAmEa Croatian 0400-0600 9925 JUL 100 kW / 325 deg Daily to NoAmWe Croatian 0600-0800 9470 JUL 100 kW / 230 deg Daily to AUS Croatian 0800-1000 13820 JUL 100 kW / 270 deg Daily to NZ Croatian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gospel For Asia/Athmee Yatra He - new via DTK in S Asian languages 0030-0130 11680 WER 250 kW / 090 deg Daily to SoEaAs 1430-1530 15680 WER 250 kW / 075 deg Daily to SoEaAs 1530-1630 15425 WER 250 kW / 090 deg Daily to SoEaAs 2330-0030 11680 WER 250 kW / 075 deg Daily to SoEaAs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 0230-0330 6010 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Pashto 0330-0430 6010 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Dari 0630-0730 21690 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Pashto 0730-0830 21690 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Dari 0830-0930 21690 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Pashto 0930-1030 21690 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Dari 1230-1330 21690 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Pashto 1330-1430 21690 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Dari 1500-1600 6055 JUL 100 kW / 075 deg Daily to CeAs Kazakh 1600-1700 7105 JUL 100 kW / 070 deg Daily to CeAs Kazakh 1600-1700 6180 JUL 100 kW / 108 deg Daily to CeAs Tatar- Bashkir 1630-1730 12140 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Pashto 1730-1830 12140 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Dari 1800-1900 9785 JUL 100 kW / 100 deg Daily to ME Arabic 2230-2330 12140 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Pashto 2330-0030 12140 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Daily to ME Dari ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice of America: 0400-0600 11875 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Daily to ME Arabic 1230-1300 17555 JUL 100 kW / 080 deg Daily to CeAs Uzbek 1600-2030 12110 JUL 100 kW / 100 deg Daily to ME Persian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- United Methodist Church/Radio Africa International: 0400-0600 9815 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Daily to SoAf French 0600-0800 11690 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Daily to EaAf French 1700-1900 11735 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Daily to SoAf English 1700-1900 13820 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Daily to EaAf English ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IBRA Radio: 0500-0530 9710 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Daily to ME Arabic 1645-1715 5840 JUL 100 kW / 075 deg Daily to ME Pashto/Dari 1730-1745 15120 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Daily to EaAf Somali 1900-1930 13840 JUL 100 kW / 200 deg Daily to NoWeAf Hausa 2000-2100 9470 JUL 100 kW / 175 deg Daily to NoAf Arabic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Swiss Radio International, daily to NE Africa: 0600-0800 9885 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Fr/Ge/It/En 0600-0800 13790 JUL 100 kW / 200 deg En/It/Ge/Fr 1630-1815 9755 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg It/Ar/En/Fr 1630-1815 13790 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg It/Ar/En/Fr 1830-2130 13660 JUL 100 kW / 165 deg It/Ar/En/Ge/Fr 1830-2130 15485 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg It/Ar/En/Ge/Fr ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deutsche Welle: 0600-1900 6140 JUL 100 kW / 175 deg Daily to Eu English ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Netherland Wereldomroep: 1130-1325 6045 JUL 100 kW / non-dir Daily to Eu English 1130-1325 9860 WER 125 kW / 300 deg Daily to Eu English ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice of Hope/High Adventure Ministries: 1330-1430 15715 JUL 100 kW / 070 deg Daily to Vietnam Vietnamese ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bible Voice Broadcasting Network/BVBN/ - new via DTK 1630-1700 13810 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Daily to EaAf Amharic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WYFR/Family Radio: 1700-1800 13720 JUL 100 kW / 165 deg Daily to NoAf Arabic 2000-2100 9595 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Daily to ME Arabic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Salama Radio - new via DTK 1830-1915 13855 JUL 100 kW / 165 deg Daily to Ce&SoAf Hausa 1915-2000 13855 JUL 100 kW / 165 deg Daily to Ce&SoAf English ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Voice of Burma: 2330-0030 9435 JUL 100 kW / 080 deg Daily to SoEaAs Burmese ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Universelles Leben: 0100-0130 9435 JUL 100 kW / 090 deg Sun to SoAs English 1600-1630 15275 JUL 100 kW / 175 deg Sun to NoAf French 1730-1800 6015 JUL 100 kW / non-dir Tue,Wed,Thu to Eu German 1800-1830 11840 JUL 100 kW / 155 deg Sun to EaAf English 1900-1930 9470 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Sun to ME English ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RTBF: 0400-0600 9490 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Mon-Fri to Af French 0530-0600 9490 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Sun to Af French 0530-0700 9490 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Sat to Af French 0600-0810 17580 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Mon-Fri to Af French 0600-0905 17580 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Sun to Af French 0700-1100 17580 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Sat to Af French 1100-1215 21565 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Mon-Sat to Af French 1200-1315 21565 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Sun to Af French 1600-1815 17570 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Sun-Fri to Af French 1700-1815 17570 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Sat to Af French ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AWR/Adventist World Radio: 0500-0600 9885 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Daily EaEu Bulgarian 0600-0730 9840 JUL 100 kW / 200 deg Daily NoAf Arabic/French 1000-1100 15195 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Sat,Sun Eu Italian 1730-1800 5840 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Daily EaEu Romanian 1800-1900 12015 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Daily EaEu Bulgarian 1900-2030 11845 JUL 100 kW / 200 deg Daily NoAf Arabic/French ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VRT/Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal: 0600-0755 13685 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Daily to ME Dutch 0800-0825 5985 JUL 100 kW / non-dir Daily to Eu English 1830-1955 13650 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Daily to ME English/Dutch 1900-2055 5910 JUL 100 kW / non-dir Sat to Eu Dutch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice of Democratic Path of Ethiopian Unity: 0700-0800 21550 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Sun to EaAf Amharic 1830-1930 11840 JUL 100 kW / 140 deg Wed to EaAf Amharic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Rainbow: 0900-1000 6180 JUL 100 kW / non-dir Sat to Eu Amharic 1900-2000 11840 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Fri to EaAf Amharic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WSHB/Christian Science Monitor: 1000-1100 5985 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Sun to Eu German ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Evangeliumsradio Hamburg: 1000-1100 6045 JUL 100 kW / non-dir Sun to Eu German 1830-1900 6015 WER 125 kW / non-dir Wed to Eu German ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TWR/Trans World Radio: 1130-1200 7340 JUL 100 kW / 105 deg Sat to Eu Slovak 1330-1345 5945 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Daily to Eu Croatian/Slovenian 1700-1745 5850 NAU 125 kW / 125 deg Sat to EaEu Romanian 1700-1745 7180 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Sat to EaEu Romanian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brother Stair/TOM: 1200-1500 5975 JUL 100 kW / 290 deg Daily to Eu English 1300-1600 13810 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Daily to ME English 1500-1700 6110 JUL 100 kW / 290 deg Sat to Eu English 1700-1800 6110 JUL 100 kW / non-dir Sat to Eu English ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice of Democratic Eritrea: 1500-1600 5925 JUL 100 kW / non-dir Sat to Eu Tigrina 1700-1800 15670 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Mon,Thu to EaAf Tigrina ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tigrean International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy: 1600-1630 15275 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Wed,Sat to EaAf Tigrina ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bible Voice Broadcasting Network/BVBN/ - new via DTK 1630-1700 13810 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Daily to EaAf Amharic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Huriyo: 1630-1700 15670 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Tue,Fri to EaAf Somali ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice of Ethiopian Salvation: 1600-1700 15670 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Thu,Sun to EaAf Amharic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice of Oromo Liberation (Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo): 1700-1800 15670 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Wed,Fri,Sun to EaAf Oromo/Amharic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie: 1830-1900 11840 JUL 100 kW / 155 deg Thu to Af French JUL=Juelich NAU=Nauen WER=Wertachtal 73 from Ivo and angel! (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 15 via DXLD) DTK corrections (cf. OBSERVER #222): Additional transmission for Voice of Hope/High Adventure Ministries via JUL: 1330-1430 English; 1430-1530 Urdu both on 15775 090 deg SoAs 1530-1615 English; 1615-1700 Persian; 1700-1730 Arabic 9860 115 deg ME Brother Stair/The Overcomer Ministries via JUL: 1200-1300 (not 1200-1500) English on 5975 290 deg Eu (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 18 via DXLD) ** GREECE. Dear Glenn, This morning (0000-0550 UT) Greece is back on 7477 kHz in // with 5865. 73, (Erik Køie, Copenhagen, Nov 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, also here around 0500 check (gh, DXLD) ** GUATEMALA. Radio Verdad 4052 0340-0505* 16 Nov. Excellent signal, with hymns/inspirational music to 0405, when aired a program that was all about "amigos." Back to hymns at 0423, then to Christmas music to end the broadcast day, wrapping up with "White Christmas" and "Silent Night" (in English) before closing down at 0503. Not heard 18 Nov, when looking for rumored local Sunday evening English broadcast (Gerry Bishop, Niceville FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA. Radio E-Mail: Deep inside the warm green interior of Guinea, centered in the frontal lobe of West Africa, field personnel in the widely scattered village-towns of Dabola, Kissidougou and Nzerekore now enjoy access to regular internet e-mail, without phone line or satellite dish in sight. Instead emails are sent through wavelengths of high-frequency (HF) radio. Read more: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6299 (Scott Gurian, Nov 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. So what does a 10 kW AM station in Honolulu cost these days? If you had US$650,000 a month or so back, you could have bought KHCM 940. It was KJPN until then, and goes way back to KAHU, and has changed format from Japanese to Country Music. It’s the fourth Honolulu station owned by Salem Communications. If you’re confused about all the changes in Hawaiian radio lately, check out the Hawaii Radio & TV Guide which is maintained by Melvin Ah Ching. Not only will you find up to date lists of AM/FM stations, websites and links, but chat columns where current and past DJs and station personnel exchange news and views on the Hawaiian radio scene. [no link given] There are currently 27 AM stations on air in Hawaii: Honolulu 590 KSSK, 650 KHNR, 690 KORL, 760 KGU, 830 KHVH, 940 KHCM, 990 KHBZ, 1040 KLHT, 1080 KWAI, 1170 KENT, 1210 KZOO, 1270 KNDI, 1370 KMDR, 1420 KKEA, 1460 KHRA, 1500 KUMU, 1540 KREA; Big Island 620 KIPA, 670 KPUA, 790 KKON, 850 KHLO, 1060 KAHU; Maui 550 KMVI, 900 KNUI, 1110 KAOI; Kauai 570 KQNG, 720 KUAI (David Ricquish, Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** HONDURAS. Radio Litoral, 4832, 0420 Nov 18 with music in English, including "People Get Ready" before airing "Searchlight" program out of Jacksonville, Oregon at 0434. Good signal, some QSB evident. HRMI, 5010, 0300 and rechecks Nov 18, notable by absence. Are they silent Sundays? 73s (Gerry Bishop, Niceville FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. Members of this group might find Harry Helms' guest editorial in the November Monitoring Times to be of interest. See http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtclosing.html (Richard Cuff, swprograms via DXLD) I think Harry nailed the issue pretty squarely, though maybe one should substitute "international broadcaster" for the term "shortwave broadcaster" to cover both over-the-air HF and digital delivery systems. Most international broadcasters operate as if it's still 1965, and they are the only source we have about events and life in their particular country. And it's killing them. Austria, Finland, Switzerland, etc. all have declined as international broadcasters at least in part because of the perception that nobody's listening. Maybe it's because they are largely state-run behemoths, and it takes state-run behemoths a long time to change. If they change at all. Whatever the reason, the sad state of affairs is that if you want to know what's going on in a particular country or region, international radio, with a few exceptions, is not the place to go. DRM isn't going to save it, either. I liken it to the state of American AM radio in the early 1980s. Media pundits opined that listeners were turned off because of AM's poor sound quality. Various technical schemes were developed (AM stereo etc.) to save the medium. What did save it was a format innovation: talk radio. The technical improvements DRM brings aren't going to improve the quality of the programming (Jim Tedford, Bothell, Washington, swprograms via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. SATELLITE RADIO COMPANIES REPORT BIG LOSSES From http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4522823.htm Posted on Thu, Nov. 14, 2002 NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- The two pioneers of the satellite radio business, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Thursday reported large third-quarter losses and difficulties in finding financing. Both companies broadcast radio from satellites to receivers usually mounted in subscriber's cars. XM, said its third-quarter loss was $109.6 million, or $1.26 a share. Analysts expected a loss of $1.25 a share, according to Thomson First Call. Revenue was $5.5 million. XM's service launched in September last year. In that quarter, it lost of $65 million, or $1.14 a share, on revenue of $1,000. The Washington-based company said it has cut 80 jobs. It did not provide the current number of employees. At the end of last year, it had about 450 employees. XM also said is in talks with General Motors Corp. to defer up to $200 million in payments. XM said it hopes to see break-even cash flow by mid- to late 2004. It now expects to break even with much fewer subscribers than it had previously forecast. The company ended the quarter with 201,544 subscribers, up from 504 subscribers a year earlier and a 47 percent increase over the second quarter. Shares of XM closed Thursday at $2.32, down 73 cents or 24 percent, on the Nasdaq Stock Market. New York-based Sirius, which launched its service in July, lost $108 million, or $1.56 a share, on revenue of $17,000, compared with a loss of $47 million, or $1.06 a share on no revenue last year. Analysts were expecting a third-quarter loss of $1.48 a share, according to Thomson First Call. Sirius expects its operating expenses to increase as it continues to expand and build its subscriber base. It also expects to incur more expenses until it finishes restructuring its debt and equity. If Sirius doesn't complete its restructuring plan, it will need an additional $600 million of funding until its operations become self-sustaining. That requires signing up about 3 million subscribers, which the company doesn't see for at least several years. Sirius reported its results after the close of regular trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, which saw its shares at 82 cents, down 7 cents. In 6 p.m. EST after-hours trading, the shares were down a further 16 cents (via Mike Terry, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Yesterday Radio Caroline announced in a trailer that they will cease to transmit via Astra 1G on December 2 at midnight [British time? CET?]. Word is that they intend to return early in 2003 but on Astra 2 (28.2 degrees East) instead. This according a posting in a German webforum; the reporter assumes that this is the result of a closure of the currently used uplink at Maidstone. Regards, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. Radio Payam-e-Doost: I wonder if this is considered a clandestine?? They're apparently not hostile and not proclaiming the overthrow of a government by any means (including peaceful). Here's some background: http://www.bahai-library.org/newspapers/050901-1.html (P. Ormandy, NZ, Nov 16, 2002 for CRW via DXLD) ** IRAQ [non?]. Radio al-Mustaqbal heard 1410-1530* and *2100-2400* on MW 1575.3 (Nov. 1-9) (Robertas Petraitis, Lithuania, Nov 9, 2002 for CRW via DXLD) Radio Mesopotamia on AM 1566 changed format of the programs a little - -- western pop and rock music also included now (only Arabic popular music were earlier). English music has own time in a program schedule; not mixed with Arabic music as in the programs of Radio Sawa. Radio Mesopotamia had allotted for the music about 90% of time, rest of time-for information (R. Petraitis, Lithuania, Nov 12, 2002 for CRW via DXLD) aus KUWAIT ** IVORY COAST. COTE D`IVOIRE -- LES REBELLES FONT DE LA RADIO Après avoir créé une chaîne de télévision à Bouaké en détournant à leur profit les équipements de la Radiodiffusion Télévision ivoirienne (RTI, publique), les rebelles lancent une chaîne de radio. ``La Voix du mutin``, c'est son nom, émet depuis le début de novembre 2002 et couvre la région de Katiola, au centre du pays, où l'on ne capte plus Radio Côte d'Ivoire. La voix mutine émet de 6 h à 18 h et veut expliquer les tenants et aboutissants de la rébellion aux populations locales. Des séquences musicales viennent en complément de ces programmes d'édification (Source : Fraternité-Matin, 8/11/02 http://www.fratmat.co.ci/story.asp?ID=15055 via Bernard Chenal, France, Nov 18, DXLD) QELFK? ** KURDISTAN [non]. V. of Iranian Kurdistan: Received a no-data e-mail response from PDKI Canada in 2 days for an e-mail report that I originally sent snail-mail to PDKI in France for the Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, but did not receive a reply to. Thanks to Arnaldo Slaen, who I noted used this method for a reply a few days ago. In fact, he was copied on my response. Reception was in February 2001 on 3985 kHz. I also attached 2 audio files. Response is below : "Thanks for your kind reports, We are delighted by your enthusiastic reports on our Radio in Iran. Let me give you a short history of this radio station. It began broadcasting in early years of Iranian revolutions in 1979-1980. It was one of the revolutionary voices of the Kurdish people in Iran. During the first decade of struggle in Iranian Kurdistan that took the lives of more than 50000 people and more than 5000 Party fighter, this Radio became the inspirational voice of the people broadcasting in Kurdish, Persian and Turkish. Due to the aggression of the regime in Iran, it has relocated itself many times, and broadcast with limited resources in the high mountains of Kurdistan. I remember when I was a kid, people would leave their work to tune into this radio to hear the heroism of Kurdish fighters struggling for the rights and freedoms of the Kurds in Iran. After the Gulf War and the liberation of Iraqi Kurdish region, the Iranian regime forced the main Iraqi Kurdish parties to close down the radio in any way possible. In 1995, the Radio was shut down for a few weeks, but it was on air again somewhere else. The regime in Iran has always tried to set up intercepters for the radio, but it has not been successful and the radio that you are hearing in this part of the world, has millions of listeners every day in this part of our planet. It might soon be on the internet. However, I am interested in your receivers, and how it could be obtained and at what cost. Thanks for all of your efforts and enthusiasm, Hazhir, PDKI Canada" (John Sgruletta, NY, Nov 6, 2002 in DXplorer-ML via CRW via DXLD) I sent a thank you E-mail back to Hazhir and asked him if the audio files I enclosed were indeed the Voice of Iranian Kurdistan. I can now consider this a valid, no-data, QSL. His response: "Thanks for your advice too. Yes, it is the Voice of Iranian Kurdistan Radio that you had reported and the files that you had enclosed. Thanks again. Hazhir." (Sgruletta, Nov 11, 2002 in DXplorer-ML via CRW via DXLD) A briefer version of the above appeared in DXLD 2-176 (gh) ** LESOTHO. During the whole stay no shortwave transmissions could be observed from Lesotho (Markus Weidner, currently in South Africa, as reported to the A-DX Mailing List via Willi Passmann, DXLD) ** MAURITANIA [and non]. Mauritania on 4845 apparently on all day for Ramadan, and noted at *strong levels before* 1900 UT! Listlogged just after 1900 on Sat 11/16 4950 VOA, 4976 Uganda, 4820 Botswana, and 5030 Burkina Faso (Ross Comeau, Chamberlain ME DXpedition, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** MOLDOVA/PRIDNESTROVYE. Radio Pridnestrovye in English one day per week (from announcement in Russian program): Wed., 1800 UT, 5960 kHz Length not mentioned, 30 min. on my guess (1800-1830), like Russian. BTW, in Russ: Fri. only 1800-1830 on 999 kHz. Announced address (Russ): Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika, Tiraspol, ulitsa Rozy Luxemburg 10, Radio PMR, Programa "Pridnestrovye". These two are the only "External services" from Tiraspol` these days. (Vladimir Titarev, Ukraine, Nov 16, in DXplorer-ML via CRW via DXLD) ** MOROCCO. Winter B-02 Schedule for RTMorocco in Arabic: 0000-0500 NF 5980 MOR 250 kW / 083 deg, ex 7185 for B-01 0900-1500 on 15340 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg 1500-2200 on 15345 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg 1100-1500 on 15335 MOR 250 kW / 027 deg 2200-2400 NF 7135 MOR 250 kW / 027 deg, ex 7160 for B-01 (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 18 via DXLD) ** NAMIBIA. NBC Windhoek improved modulation on 3290 kHz. Only a slight hum. 3270 kHz is still inactive, while 6060 kHz is operated 24h (Markus Weidner, currently in South Africa, as reported to the A-DX Mailing List via Willi Passmann, Nov 18, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. ITU information. The stations may be anything from wishful thinking to operating. Freq AMS Site name, Sync Geocoördinates kW Antenna Height 216 ADD KRUCHINA CHIT 113E43 51N50 150 B 612 ADD VLADIVOSTOK 131E53 43N07 10 B 657 MOD GROZNYY 045E40 43N20 100 A/B 120 657 ADD KRUCHINA CHIT 113E43 51N50 150 A/B 40 666 ADD PERVOMAISKOE 124E42 55N05 150 B 684 ADD NACHODKA 132E52 42N53 5 B 756 MOD NOVOSIBIRSK 082E58 55N04 150 A/B 110 756 ADD VLADIVOSTOK 131E53 43N07 20 B 765 ADD BIKIN S 134E12 46N50 5 A 60 765 ADD EKATERINOSLAV S 135E08 47N57 5 A 60 765 MOD KHABAROVSK S 135E07 48N30 20 A 52 765 ADD VIAZEMSKII S 134E44 47N31 5 A 60 810 ADD IRKUTSK 104E16 52N15 10 A/B 30 828 ADD VLADIVOSTOK 131E53 43N07 4 B 882 ADD SHELEHOVO IRK 104E07 52N12 10 A/B 70 891 ADD VLADIVOSTOK 131E53 43N09 50 B 945 ADD KALININSKII ROST S 041E50 49N32 5 A 50 945 ADD MEGET 104E02 52N26 50/25 A/B 150 945 MOD NOVOCHERKASS S 040E02 47N25 40 B 945 ADD SALSK ROST S 041E35 46N32 5 A 50 945 ADD VOLGODONSK R S 042E09 47N30 5 A 50 990 ADD SERPUHOV 037E25 54N54 60 A/B 55 990 ADD VLADIVOSTOK 131E53 43N07 50 B 999 ADD TAVRICHANKA P 131E54 43N20 10 B 1017 ADD MOSKVA 037E08 55N54 500/125 A/B 120 1017 ADD VLADIVOSTOK 131E53 43N07 25 B 1044 ADD MOSKVA 037E08 55N54 40 A/B 60 1044 ADD VESTOCHKA SAK 142E54 46N50 10 A/B 60 1062 ADD IRKUTSK 103E55 52N32 5 A 40 1062 ADD VLADIVOSTOK 131E53 43N07 5 A/B 70 1071 ADD MOSKVA 037E38 55N45 10 A/B 120 1098 ADD IRKUTSK 104E15 52N16 5 A 30 1098 MOD MOSKVA 037E08 55N54 20/10 A/B 70 1116 MOD BOLSHAKOVO KA 021E42 54N55 75 B 1116 ADD KHABAROVSK 135E10 48N32 25 A 53 1125 ADD PODLESNYI SAM 050E28 53N28 7 A 80 1188 ADD KHABAROVSK 135E10 48N32 5/2.5 A/B 50 1197 ADD BALAKOVO SAR 047E44 52N04 5 A 100 1197 ADD BALASHOV SAR 043E01 51N35 5 A 100 1197 ADD ERSHOV SAR 048E18 51N22 5 A 100 1224 ADD ELISTA 044E13 46N19 30 A/B 100 1260 MOD NIZHNEUDINSK IR 099E03 54N54 10 A 32 1269 ADD STAVROPOL 042E01 45N06 10 A/B 60 1296 MOD IRKUTSK 104E18 52N18 10 A 30 1305 ADD MOSKVA SVETLII 038E09 55N44 300 A/B 100 1332 ADD VLADIVOSTOK 131E53 43N07 5 B 1386 ADD OBNINSK 036E35 55N09 5 A 120 1395 MOD ATAMANOVKA CH 113E39 51N55 50 A/B 50 1458 ADD IRKUTSK 104E20 52N17 10/5 A/B 80 1476 ADD KARGALI TATAR 050E54 55N13 25 A 40 1503 ADD USOLYE SIBIRSK 103E32 52N48 0.5 A 70 1503 ADD USSURIYSK 132E15 43N47 15/10 B 1539 ADD CHOIY ALT S 086E31 52N00 1 A 30 1539 ADD ONGUDAI ALT S 086E07 50N44 5 A 30 1539 ADD SHEBALINO ALT S 085E40 51N17 1 A 30 1557 MOD IRKUTSK 104E16 52N16 2 A 20 1557 ADD VLADIVOSTOK 131E53 43N07 5/2.5 B AMS = added to plan or modified from plan. Antenna = A for omnidirectional, B for directional. A/B = directional night only. Height = antenna height for omnidirectional antenna (ARC MV-Eko Information Desk, Nov via editor Olle Alm, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Some frequency changes for Voice of Russia: 0000-0100 Portuguese NF 6185, ex 7310 0100-0300 Spanish NF 6185, ex 7310 1200-1500 Urdu/Hindi/Urdu NF 9940, ex 12025 1500-1600 Hindi/Bengali NF 9940, ex 12025 1500-1600 Russian Comm ADD 12015 1500-1700 Persian NF 7510, ex 9360 1500-1700 Persian ADD 7155 1700-1900 Russian Comm ADD 7155 1800-1900 German ADD 6235 1900-2200 English WS ADD 6235 2100-2200 Russian WS ADD 5975, 6045, 7370 73 from Ivo and angel! (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 18 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. I SURE DIDN'T RECOGNISE VLADIMIR POSNER ON RUSSIAN TV Oy --- for those of you who remember the old Phil Donahue shows (or the cover of VP's book "Parting With Illusions"), be prepared for a shock. If it wasn't for the (still!) combative voice, I would have not recognised him at all. He's got the weight of an NFL linebacker, and I just sat there with my mouth open, saying to my friend Lena "Oh. My. God." VP did the show "DailyTalk" on the old Radio Moscow and the radio station has a very small mention in his "Parting With Illusions" book. Slightly OT: really strange to see how Russian TV covered the aftermath of the "Nord-Ost" siege versus, CNN Intl., BBC World, Sky News, etc. --- BUT we in Moscow saw the "blood and guts" aftermath, (which I don't think was shown over here.) ORT and RTR (Ch 1 and 2) did not skimp, and there were constant replays for days of the Alpha squad making the initial assault into the theatre for the rescue. My Aunt has asked me if I will go back to Moscow. Hell yes, because once you cave in to fear, you let the other side win, and I won't slight out my friends because of a few bunch of punks who *thought* they were going to hold ALL of Moscow in fear and contempt (Maryanne Kehoe, GA, swprograms via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA [non]. MADAGASCAR(non): IBC Tamil Oli Radio in Tamil via Madagascar 050 kW / 055 deg: 1230-1330 NF 17525 (34443), ex 17495 (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 18 via DXLD) ** TOGO. Nothing was heard on 5047 kHz, a frequency which was reported as reactivated recently (Markus Weidner, currently in South Africa, as reported to the A-DX Mailing List via Willi Passmann, Nov 18, DXLD) ** TURKEY. 6900, Turkish Meteorolgical Radio (presumed), 0447-0530, 18 Nov. This station is active during Ramadan, so I've been checking the frequency from time to time over the past few weeks. I heard only an open carrier on 17 Nov, and again today (18 Nov) from 0442-0500, then weak audio due to undermodulated carrier by recheck at 0513. Program consisted of Mideastern type music. Signal strength was fair, but began fading after 0530, presumably due to sunrise over Eastern Europe (David Hodgson, TN, DX LISTIENING DIGEST) Are you saying it is not usually active? One would think there would be weather info to report whether it be Ramadan or not (gh, DXLD) ** UKRAINE. Quite a good signal here in Newmarket from Radio Ukraine International in English at 0100-0200 on 9810 kHz (Harold Sellers, Ont., UT Nov 18, ODXA via DXLD) Better be, for a megawatt ** U S A. NYC Jewish pirate, 1710 kHz: Chabad.org-oriented religious talk in Yiddish, English lecture on problems of children in Chassidic families with Q&A from audience still going on now at 5:30 A.M. local [1030 UT] (Joel Rubin, Queens, Nov 18, swprograms via DXLD) ** U S A. Tentative Winter B02 Version 1 of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - FCC, October 27, 2002 - March 30, 2003. FCC authorized US Stations are: KAIJ Dallas, TX KFBS Northern Mariana Islands, SA KHBN Medorn, Aimeliik, Palau (freq. Advisor: US State Dep.), PL KIMF Piñón, NM [not yet on] KJES Vado, NM KNLS Anchor Point, AK KSDA Agat, GU KTBN Salt Lake City, UT KTWR Agaña, GU KVOH Rancho Simi, CA KWHR Naalehu, HI WBCQ Monticello, ME WEWN Vandiver, AL WGTG McCaysville, GA [sic] WHRA Greenbush, ME WHRI Noblesville, IN WINB Red Lion, PA WJCR Millerstown, KY [sic] WMLK Bethel, PA WRMI Miami, FL WRNO New Orleans, LA WSHB Furman, SC WTJC Newport, NC [what about WBOH?] WWBS Macon, GA WWCR Nashville, TN WWFV McCaysville, GA [sic – what about WWRB??] WYFR Okeechobee, FL Freq. 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9465 1200 1300 KTWR 100 345 9465 1400 1900 KFBS 100 323 9465 1600 2100 WMLK 125 53 9475 1000 1100 WWCR 100 85 9475 1400 2200 WWCR 100 90 9475 2100 2300 WWCR 100 85 011202-010303 9475 2200 0000 WWCR 100 85 010303-300303 9475 2200 0000 WWCR 100 85 271002-011202 9495 1000 1300 WHRI 100 157 9495 1615 1700 KFBS 100 312 9495 1800 2400 WHRI 100 157 9505 0000 0445 WYFR 100 315 9515 2000 2100 KSDA 100 330 9525 0100 0400 WYFR 100 285 9555 0800 1100 WYFR 100 160 9575 0900 1200 WYFR 100 160 9575 1200 1245 WYFR 50 285 9605 0800 1000 WYFR 100 142 9605 1100 1245 WYFR 100 222 9615 0800 0900 KNLS 100 270 271002-260103 9615 0900 1000 KNLS 100 300 260103-300303 9615 0900 1000 KNLS 100 300 271002-241102 9615 1000 1100 KNLS 100 285 271002-241102 9615 1000 1100 KNLS 100 285 260103-300303 9615 1100 1200 KNLS 100 300 260103-300303 9615 1100 1200 KNLS 100 300 271002-241102 9615 1200 1300 KNLS 100 285 260103-300303 9615 1200 1300 KNLS 100 300 271002-241102 9615 1300 1400 KNLS 100 270 241102-260103 9615 1400 1500 KNLS 100 285 271002-241102 9615 1400 1500 KNLS 100 285 260103-300303 9615 1500 1600 KNLS 100 285 260103-300303 9615 1500 1600 KNLS 100 285 271002-241102 9615 1600 1700 KNLS 100 285 271002-241102 9615 1600 1700 KNLS 100 285 260103-300303 9615 1700 1800 KNLS 100 330 230203-300303 9680 0145 0700 WYFR 100 315 9680 0845 1045 WYFR 100 140 9690 0045 0200 WYFR 100 160 9690 2245 0045 WYFR 100 142 9705 0445 0600 WYFR 50 285 9715 0400 0600 WYFR 50 285 9715 2345 0100 WYFR 50 285 9840 0400 0600 WSHB 500 72 9845 0800 0900 WSHB 500 245 9865 0930 1100 KTWR 100 315 9870 1300 1330 KTWR 100 315 9870 1330 1400 KTWR 100 285 9870 1400 1430 KTWR 100 285 6 9870 1400 1445 KTWR 100 285 12345 9870 1400 1500 KTWR 100 285 7 9910 0915 1100 KTWR 100 320 9930 0800 1230 KWHR 100 300 9930 1230 1630 KWHR 100 285 9930 1630 2200 KWHR 100 300 9955 0000 0300 WRMI 50 160 17 9955 0400 0900 WMLK 125 53 9955 0800 1700 KHBN 50 280 9955 1000 1300 WRMI 50 160 9955 1300 1600 WEWN 500 20 9955 1300 1600 WEWN 500 285 9955 2200 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222 11740 0945 1300 WYFR 100 151 11740 1300 1500 WYFR 100 355 11740 2145 2345 WYFR 100 315 11755 1300 1400 KSDA 100 345 11765 0800 0900 KNLS 100 270 260103-300303 11765 1100 1200 KTWR 100 345 11765 1300 1400 KNLS 100 270 271002-241102 11765 1300 1400 KNLS 100 270 260103-300303 11770 0000 0100 KSDA 100 285 11775 1200 1300 KSDA 100 285 11775 2200 2300 KSDA 100 255 11800 1500 1600 KSDA 100 270 11825 0045 0300 WYFR 100 160 11825 1200 1300 KSDA 100 330 11830 1045 1700 WYFR 100 315 11850 1200 1300 KTWR 100 255 11855 2145 0500 WYFR 100 222 11855 2245 0145 WYFR 100 140 11870 1000 1100 KSDA 100 315 11870 1100 1200 KSDA 100 300 11870 1400 1500 KSDA 100 300 11875 0800 1300 WEWN 500 155 11875 2200 2230 KTWR 100 293 6 11875 2200 2245 KTWR 100 293 12345 11875 2200 2300 KTWR 100 293 7 11885 1800 0000 KIMF 50 135 11900 0000 0200 WWBS 50 30 Sun,Sat 17 11900 1000 1100 KSDA 100 315 11900 1030 1100 KTWR 100 248 11900 1100 1200 KSDA 100 330 11960 2100 2200 KSDA 100 315 11970 1145 1345 WYFR 100 285 11970 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KFBS 100 260 15385 1900 2000 KJES 50 270 15385 2000 2100 KJES 50 100 15395 1330 1400 KTWR 100 293 CS DCI 15420 1600 2300 WRNO 50 20 15440 2145 0200 WYFR 100 285 15565 1800 1945 WYFR 100 44 CS 15565 2000 2245 WYFR 100 87 15590 1600 0000 KTBN 100 70 15660 1300 1400 KSDA 100 285 15660 1400 1500 KSDA 100 270 15665 1600 1700 WYFR 100 44 15665 1800 2000 WSHB 500 25 15665 2000 2200 WSHB 500 72 15685 1100 2100 WWCR 100 85 011202-010303 15685 1100 2200 WWCR 100 85 010303-300303 15685 1100 2200 WWCR 100 85 271002-011202 15725 0700 1100 KHBN 50 270 15725 1100 1500 KSDA 100 315 15725 1300 2400 WRMI 50 317 15745 1000 1700 WEWN 500 40 15745 1800 2200 WEWN 500 155 15770 1845 2000 WYFR 100 87 17495 1400 2200 WBCQ 50 245 17510 0000 0400 KWHR 100 300 17510 1300 1500 WYFR 100 160 17510 2200 2400 KWHR 100 285 17575 1245 1600 WYFR 100 140 17575 1945 2245 WYFR 100 140 17595 1700 2400 WEWN 500 85 17635 0000 0200 KSDA 100 315 17640 1500 1530 KSDA 100 300 17640 1530 1600 KSDA 100 285 17650 1600 1900 WHRA 100 45 17650 1900 2300 WHRA 250 90 17760 1345 1700 WYFR 100 285 17760 1700 2000 WYFR 100 44 17775 1500 0100 KVOH 50 100 17780 0400 0800 KWHR 100 300 17790 1545 1945 WYFR 100 87 17815 1500 1600 KSDA 100 285 17835 2200 2400 KSDA 100 270 17845 2300 0045 WYFR 100 160 17880 0000 0200 KSDA 100 300 17880 2200 2400 KSDA 100 315 18910 1600 1800 WSHB 500 72 18910 1800 2000 WSHB 500 102 18930 1600 1845 WYFR 100 44 18980 1545 1945 WYFR 100 44 21455 1545 2000 WYFR 100 44 21525 1945 2245 WYFR 100 87 21745 1545 1745 WYFR 100 44 Note Days: 1=Sunday .. 7=Saturday (FCC webpage via Dr. Juergen Kubiak, Berlin - Germany, WWDXC via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Re gh`s comments in 2-179 on Voz Cristã: Mui prezado Glenn. Cordiais saudações. Porque estes comentarios? Seus comentarios são altamente ofensivos a milhões de cristãos de todo o mundo, do Brasil, e também ofensivos a mim. Desde criança, vou todos os fins-de-semana à Igreja Evangélica, e com certeza absoluta, posso afirmar que o que a Voz Cristã transmite juntamente com outras boas emissoras evangélicas cristãs do mundo de fala portuguesa (TransWorld Radio, Family Radio, HCJB, etc...), de uma forma que refletem exatamente o estilo de comunicação que o povo brasileiro está acostumado a ouvir. Bem diferente do estilo norte-americano, ou europeu, que tem uma comunicação mais coloquial. Portanto, Glenn, sendo seu amigo, e considerando-o como um grande amigo meu, gostaria sinceramente de não mais verificar comentários anti-religiosos em sua ótima coluna diária, pois isto tem afetado diversos colegas dexistas brasileiros, que como eu, além de serem evangélicos praticantes, não tem visto este tipo de comentário com bons olhos. Um forte abraço, e espero que continuemos juntos nesta boas causa do dexismo, que tem trazido muitas alegrias a todos (Rudolf W. Grimm, São Bernardo, SP, Brasil, Nov 18, http://www.radioways.cjb.net DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rudolf, no offense was meant to you personally. But the `millions of Christians` who want to shove their totally imaginary beliefs down our throats --- are offensive to me. And once in a while I remark on this, if nothing else than to make it clear there is another point of view, which is all too seldom expressed. My occasional brief remarks are a drop in the bucket compared to the 24/7 torrents of evangelism emanating from gigawatts of transmitters and terareams of print. If Voz Cristã were to do a genuine DX program without interrupting for religious elements every few minutes, they would be in for no such criticism. But can you imagine this ever happening? Everything is viewed as a means to pulling in and converting innocent bystanders. Believe me, in order to report on SW, so much of which is religious, I put up with a lot more than you have to with my occasional remarks promoting rationality. As long as there are evangelical broadcasters, it will be impossible to divorce this subject from DXing. Program content matters. However, I deal with monotheists all the time, and as long as they don`t start preaching at me, there is no problem. Unfortunately the very raison d`être of stations such as VC is --- to preach --- constantly. I can accept and tolerate the fact that you believe in this, and still coöperate with you in matters of DXing. I hope you and others can do the same with me (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Subject : Liberal Oxide http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/radio/cl-et-carney18nov18,0,7085848.story?coll=cl%2Dradio TELEVISION & RADIO Saving voices of a generation The Pacifica radio network is in a race against time to salvage its disintegrating library of historic tapes. By Steve Carney, Special to The [L.A.] Times, November 18 2002 Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Eleanor Roosevelt, Abbie Hoffman, César Chávez -- these and other famous figures from American history may be gone, but their voices live on in a massive library of recordings at the Pacifica radio network. But those are in danger of fading away too. Housed at the network's local affiliate, KPFK-FM (90.7) in North Hollywood, most of the 47,000-tape collection resides in a packed storage room, cooled by an air conditioner meant for a space half the size. Faced with inadequate facilities and deteriorating acetate and magnetic recordings, Pacifica's five-station network, which includes stations in Berkeley, Houston, New York and Washington, D.C., is planning a daylong pledge drive Tuesday to raise $200,000 to help restore, preserve and house the tapes. "It's a recorded history of the 1st Amendment," said J. Brian DeShazor, the Pacifica archives manager. "Every American should understand it and appreciate it and help fund it. It is our collective history." Among the selections from the network's 53-year history is a recording of King's 1968 jailhouse visit with Joan Baez, imprisoned in Northern California during an antiwar protest. A Pacifica reporter was there and taped the meeting. "That tape has already deteriorated in sound quality. We could lose some of those rare, valuable recordings that represent our 1st Amendment," DeShazor said. The recordings are significant not just because of the speakers and the messages they convey, he said, but also because of the power of the voices themselves -- greater than simply words on a printed page. For example, DeShazor described a recording of civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, who was brutalized by police for leading voter registration efforts in Mississippi. "You hear in her voice how she had been beaten for so many years, but you can also hear how she had been empowered," he said. "You can hear all of her struggle. It's very powerful." Tuesday's programming will feature selections from the archives, focusing on topics including civil rights, civil liberties, women's studies, Native American rights and the peace movement, and donors can receive excerpts as premiums. "They are sitting on a treasure," said Ruth Seymour, general manager at KCRW-FM (89.9), who was arts director at KPFK in the early '60s and program director in the 1970s. "If you really wanted to go back and do a compendium on American life, they have stuff that boggles the mind. It's very valuable." But the recordings aren't all political rhetoric and firebrand speeches. The library also includes landmarks of arts and literature, with performances by jazz great Duke Ellington, folk singer Pete Seeger, blues singer Big Mama Thornton and pianist Bill Evans, among many others. Ernest Hemingway reads "In Harry's Bar in Venice," Bette Davis discusses youth and age in Hollywood, and Maya Angelou recites a poem about womanhood. And in a nod to the radio drama that had been a staple of Pacifica programming, the network commissioned a remake of the classic thriller "Sorry, Wrong Number," starring Shirley Knight and Ed Asner. That will air at 4 p.m. Tuesday [0000 UT Wed] on KPFK (via Brock Whaley, DXLD) ** U S A. KICA-980 Clovis NM and KMUL-1380 Muleshoe TX are owned by the same people. They are presently building improved facilities for both stations that have some unique features. KICA will increase to 50000/118 UT and KMUL will move to Farwell, TX and leave 1380 for 830 kHz with 50000/9 U5. The NM license will have a three-tower system in TX while the TX license will have a two-tower system in NM. The non- direxional night powers for both stations will share a common 170 foot tower at a third site in downtown Clovis. Even tho Clovis and Farwell are fairly close we wonder how well the 9 watts at KMUL will cover the city of license from a distance of 12 miles. Construxion on both will begin in 2003 (Buffalo K. Foonman and his imaginary friend Jerry Starr, AM Switch, NRC DX News Nov 18 via DXLD) ** U S A. PROJECT TO STOP RADIO 'RAIN FADE' http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/v-print/story/1904568p-1888269c.html BY GLENN MAFFEI, Special to The Packet Published Tuesday, November 12th, 2002 Loyal public radio listeners in Beaufort County notice lost signals in areas that usually get perfect reception. The intermittent dead air on Beaufort County's National Public Radio affiliate, WJWJ-FM -- most recently Monday and Friday -- lasts for minutes or extends for hours, depending on the rain. "Rain fade," as radio representatives call it, occurs when the Green Pond tower in northeastern Beaufort County is hit with at least an inch of rain an hour. All summer, the 20-year-old satellite-feeding system has left listeners at the mercy of the weather, which, when severe enough, acts as a "metal blanket across the satellite dish," said John Crockett, manager of transmitter operations at South Carolina Educational Television in Columbia, which operates the radio station. Technicians constantly monitor the state's weather radar for signs severe conditions may interfere with signals, Crockett said. But even fair warning of an approaching storm doesn't give technicians in Columbia any leeway to prevent the lost signals. "Unfortunately, we don't have any alternative to getting a signal there," Crockett said. That will be the case until April, when an $18 million state-funded project to update the antiquated system to a digital microwave system is completed, effectively stopping the dead air from occurring. The new system will have two receiver towers instead of one, and will give South Carolina Public Radio's affiliate in Bluffton the ability to broadcast Beaufort-specific information during hurricane evacuations and other emergencies, which it cannot do now. Infrastructure work at the transmitter site to prepare to install the microwave equipment shut down broadcasting for six hours on two days during off-peak hours last week, Crockett said. Copyright © 2002 The Island Packet (via Brock Whaley, DXLD) ** U S A. Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 7 From ARRL NEWINGTON, CT, Nov 16, 2002--The fourth annual SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) takes place December 7 (UTC). This is the day that Amateur Radio operators set up stations at National Weather Service (NWS) offices and contact other operators around the world. The event is sponsored by the ARRL and the National Weather Service. "The purpose of the event is to recognize the vital public service contribution that Amateur Radio operators make during National Weather Service severe weather warning operations," said David Floyd, N5DBZ, warning coordination meteorologist, at the NWS Goodland, Kansas, office. "It also strengthens the bond between Amateur Radio operators and the local National Weather Service office." For several decades now, hams have assisted the NWS by providing real- time reports of severe weather and storm evolution. Although the NWS operates a network of 120 Doppler radars to track severe storms, at greater ranges weather radar has a difficult time sampling conditions close to the ground. The information radio operators located near a storm can provide plays a key role in aiding forecasters. Just this month, SKYWARN operators in several states activated to spot and track an outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes November 10. SKYWARN Recognition Day will take place December 7 from 0000 UTC to 2400 UTC. Scott Mentzer, N0QE, who's the meteorologist-in-charge of the NWS office in Goodland, Kansas, is the creator and annual organizer of SRD. "There are currently 92 stations officially registered to participate," Mentzer said this week, adding that he expects the number to rise to at least 96. That's up from the 80 NWS sites that participated during last year's event. In previous years, participating operators have communicated with stations in Chile, South Korea, New Zealand, The Philippines, Denmark, Croatia, South Africa and Japan. Julio Ripoll, WD4JR, the assistant Amateur Radio coordinator for W4EHW at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, operates the station during the 2001 NWS-ARRL SKYWARN Recognition Day event. Most participating NWS stations will operate on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, and 2 meters using SSB and FM. Some sites will employ other modes, however, including PSK31, packet and CW. The use of repeaters is allowed. All contacts will be made utilizing the General or Novice portion of the bands. Stations will exchange signal report, location and a one-word description of the current weather at their respective locations ("sunny," "partly cloudy," "windy," etc). This is not a contest, so no scoring will be computed. Since SRD is being held on Pearl Harbor Day, each NWS office will transmit a special message from approximately 1800 to 1900 UTC-- approximately the time of the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, attack on December 7, 1941--to honor the World War II veterans. Operators working the NWS office in Honolulu during the SRD plus any NWS office between 1800 and 1900 UTC during this year's SRD will earn a special endorsement. Mentzer says the digital mode endorsement will be eliminated this year, however. "There simply haven't been too many people who have qualified for this in past SRDs," he said. The digital endorsement may be replaced by an endorsement for working stations having a WX prefix. A full endorsement list will be available on the SRD Web site. In another twist, Mentzer says, a number of NWS offices will be equipped to support Internet Radio Linking Project stations. The deadline to register an NWS site is December 1. Contact Mentzer to register. The NWS offers participation and endorsement certificates to Amateur Radio operators who request one along with their log sheet(s). To obtain your certificate, submit a list of all NWS SRD stations that you worked and indicate any endorsement applied for. Enclose a self- addressed, stamped envelope and mail it National Weather Service, 920 Armory Rd, Goodland, KS 67735. Complete information is available on the 2002 SKYWARN Recognition Day Web site. http://hamradio.noaa.gov/ (via Mike Terry, DXLD) ** U S A. US PUBLIC NOT IN TUNE WITH WEATHER RADIO USE From: The Tennessean, By ANDY HUMBLES, Staff Writer The number of transmitter towers for weather radios, intended to warn the public of deadly storms such as the ones that struck Tennessee last weekend, is increasing nationwide and in the Midstate because of homeland-security funding. Only about 10%-15% of both the national and state populations are still out of reach of weather radio transmission, said Anthony Haynes, director of the state 911 board. He and National Weather Service officials agree that some areas within range do not receive a high- quality signal. But few people own radios that would pick up the warning transmission. Seventeen people were killed in Tennessee by tornadoes and severe storms that struck last weekend. ''We want to make sure a very high percentage of the population will be within weather-radio range. It's the fastest way to get weather warnings, but weather transmitters have also been used for emergency situations,'' said Jerry Orchanian, National Weather Service warning coordinator at the Middle Tennessee office in Old Hickory. ''They can be used in emergencies such as biological or chemical attacks, which the government has stressed since 9/11. It could help with different wrecks, where you might have toxic fumes. As soon as there is an emergency, emergency management agencies call us.'' But while the number of towers is going up, officials such as Haynes and Orchanian still face the challenge of getting people to purchase weather radio equipment, which can blast an alarm signal for broadcasts of new watches and warnings. Orchanian estimated that only 10%-15% of the Nashville-area population owned weather radio equipment. And many radios that are purchased probably are not being used, said Sam Herron, a Weather Service meteorologist. ''It's $40-$60 and can save your life. . People spend more on smoke detectors,'' Haynes said. But Haynes says weather radio, run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is now ''at least on the radar screen'' in Washington. And in Middle Tennessee new weather radio transmitter towers in Centerville and Lobelville became operational in September, increasing the Midstate's number from six to eight. Orchanian says five more sites in Middle Tennessee have been approved by the National Weather Service's Southern Region Headquarters for new towers. A sixth, in Lincoln County, is being considered. Weather service officials say directors of emergency management agencies or local electric companies requested the federal grants. ''The last remaining parts to deploy a signal to are the most difficult,'' Haynes said. ''It's a classic example of how rural America gets left behind.'' Haynes served as a deputy administrator of the Rural Utilities Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1993-2001 and worked with a group that then-Vice President Al Gore organized to upgrade weather radios to receive warnings about all types of hazards including bioterrorist threats. ''The vice president said he wanted coverage completed and weather radio systems as common as smoke detectors,'' Haynes said. ''But for the last 15 years completing coverage of NOAA weather radio never really got off the ground. There has never been the needed political support behind NOAA weather radio to get the job done.'' If weather radios were as commonplace as smoke detectors, Herron said, it would be hard to determine how that would have changed the impact of last week's storms. ''I would only be speculating,'' Herron said. ''But we have found most people felt they were warned in most cases and were able to take some action and came out better because of that.'' (via Mike Terry, DXLD) ** U S A. BAD NEWS -- NATIONWIDE STUDY PANS CHANNEL 4, PRAISES 2 AND 5 [Nashville TN] By Matt Pulle If Channel 4 were a horse, it would be shot. The Project for Excellence in Journalism has released a study concluding that WSMV- Channel 4's newscast is among the worst of the 53 stations it surveyed and "by far the worst in Nashville." The study, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, slapped the station with a grade of "D," marking yet another public setback in what has been a humiliating year for the tradition-rich Channel 4. Over the last 12 months, WSMV has endured slumping ratings, high- profile staff defections and a series of devastating stories in the Nashville City Paper chronicling the station's use of a "Time Machine" device to shrink prime time broadcasts and squeeze in more advertising. Channel 4 news director Mark Shafer admits that the station has gone through a challenging period, but he insists his outfit is starting to click. "While I respect the opinion of the people at the Pew Center and think they are fine folks, I respect the people of Middle Tennessee more," he says. "I think we have a great television station here and have a really good product that people are responding to right now." Although it's early in the November sweeps, Channel 4 has a slim lead in the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts for the first time in nearly a year. Those were time slots that Channel 4 used to dominate without breaking a sweat. The station is losing, however, to its rivals for the morning, midday and 10 p.m. newscasts. During the critical May sweeps, Channel 4 lost to Channel 5 in every time slot. Critics have claimed that management's recent emphasis on short, fast-paced news is not only ratings cancer, it's bad journalism. "I assume there are going to be many changes at Channel 4," says Robert Spires, chairman of the Department of Electronic Media Communication at MTSU, who says the station's grade may be too harsh. "They are going to look at this and say, wait, we don't want to be graded with a 'D.' " Meanwhile, Channel 4's two main rivals, which once barely even registered on the station's competitive radar, garnered impressive scores from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank. In fact, top rival WTVF-Channel 5 landed an "A," finishing 11th overall. The study concluded that Channel 5 "had the most stories focusing on public malfeasance, the most mix of opinions in the market and strong enterprise reporting." "I think this clearly said to my staff that they are doing quality journalism," Channel 5 news director Mike Cutler says. In the study, researchers for the Project for Excellence in Journalism, which is loosely affiliated with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, reviewed two weeks of newscasts--March 4-8 and April 29-May 3--the latter period representing the start of May sweeps. (That's also when Channel 5's Phil Williams began airing his series on Davidson County Clerk Bill Covington and his beer- fetching employee.) Because the study only reviewed 10 p.m. newscasts, WZTV-Fox 17 wasn't included. The Project's extensive survey evaluates each station according to several journalistic standards, including the local relevance of stories, the depth of stories, original reporting and the number of sources typically interviewed per story. In addition to Channel 5, WKRN-Channel 2 scored well in the survey, receiving a "B" and surpassing several larger stations in Chicago, Houston and New York. According to the study, Channel 2's stories "had the most local relevance and the fewest national stories without an angle." WKRN, an ABC affiliate, typically finds its newscasts a distant third in the ratings behind Channels 4 and 5, dragged down in no small part by the low ratings of ABC's prime time shows. "Because we're generally third in the ratings, people may think we're the third station in the market," says Channel 2 reporter Jay Korff, "but day in and day out, we hold our own and sometimes do better than anyone." The study's critique of Channel 4 was particularly strong, detailing a laundry list of journalistic transgressions. "The station has the most stories from feeds or other wire sources and aired the most national stories with no connection to the local audience," the report reads. "It had the most stories sourced anonymously or using only passing references, the fewest stories featuring a mix of opinions, and was the least likely to air stories featuring expert sources. Many of WSMV's stories had no sources at all." Channel 4's Shafer says that the report's disdain for shorter stories is misplaced. "There's no secret that we're airing more stories, which in some cases means shorter stories. But that means that we're getting into a lot more neighborhood and more hometowns than our competitors are, and we're proud of that." Although the report gives sterling reviews to Channels 2 and 5, it doesn't give them a free pass. Channel 2 is criticized for too many crime stories and "no stories focused on public malfeasance or significant trends in the news." Still, Channel 2 is perhaps the most consistent and reliable station in the market. To use an industry phrase, it needs to air more "appointment television"--news stories that viewers arrange their schedules to catch. Meanwhile, the report makes note of Channel 5's fascination with "pop culture." The station corroborated that criticism this week airing a news series called Tennessee CSI, a blatant sweeps ploy based on the popular forensics drama that just happens to run on Channel 5. But while Channel 5 can overstep the bounds of sensible journalism, it also shows an admirable dedication to hard news. Last August, in the wake of a series of reports from Phil Williams investigating state contracts given to Gov. Don Sundquist's friends, the governor's office pulled $160,000 in highway safety ads from the station. In many mid- market stations, that might have made Williams a pariah among the money people. Not at Channel 5. "I ran into the general manager in the parking lot that day, and she told me to keep doing what I do," Williams recalls. "That was an outstanding example of the kind of support I get." All content is © 1995-2002 Nashville Scene unless otherwise noted (via Charles Gossett, TN, DXLD) ** U S A. SOUR TIMES FOR WEB RADIO From BBC News Sunday, 17 November, 2002, 09:05 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/technology/2481895.stm As the number of online radio stations grows, ClickOnline's North American Technology Correspondent Ian Hardy looks at the challenges facing webcasters. It has never been easier to own and operate a radio station. One quick click online reveals hundreds, if not thousands, of music streams that provide beats all day and all night Many music fans argue that traditional terrestrial radio in America has reached an all-time low - a small number of huge companies playing the same tiny selection of well-known hits to maximise listenership. Internet radio pioneer Air Shohat, founder of the DigitallyImported website, is fed up with the whole system. "What happens is that everything which could be considered niche programming can be cut out and you practically have the top 40 all over the place," he said. "That way they don't take the gamble that if somebody doesn't like a specific kind of jazz or electronic music they don't have to worry about this." Mr Shohat's station plays a number of streams covering trance, hard trance, hard house and Eurodance - music that is difficult if impossible to find on the FM dial in New York. There is an argument that if people hear something they're going to want to buy it, but people are not consuming music that way Thousands of people are listening at any given moment. No wonder the music industry, fronted by Soundexchange, has long wanted to collect royalties for the songs being played. "Webcasters think of themselves as being promotional, helping to sell records," said John Simson, executive director of Soundexchange. "Record companies are not so sure that it's promotional and I think the evidence is spotty at best. "There is the knee-jerk argument that if people hear something they're going to want to buy it, but more and more people are not consuming music that way. "If they have a great channel that plays great Chicago blues all day long then maybe that's all they need. They don't need a compilation record of Chicago blues anymore because anytime they want to hear it they just switch on their computer and go to that station." The Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 1998 formally made webcasting an act of publishing and hence performance fees are due retroactively. The costs involved per listener are now about a couple of cents an hour, maybe a penny each for streaming costs and licence fees The Librarian of Congress initially set the rate at 0.14 cents per song per listener then slashed it in half after an outcry from the internet radio operators. But almost no webcasters have been handing over the cash. That is because small time streamers cannot afford the fees which in some cases amount to tens of thousands of dollars. The music industry has had little sympathy claiming that everyone from students to serious music buffs are operating with non-feasible business models, something internet radio enthusiasts deny. "It's clearly a sustainable model, it's exactly the same model as broadcast radio," said Kurt Hanson, from the lobby group, SaveInternetRadio. "The costs involved per listener are now about a couple of cents an hour, maybe a penny each for streaming costs and licence fees. Radio commercials sell for a penny per commercial per listener. "So theoretically once advertisers get comfortable with the idea of digital streaming radio being just a different delivery medium then you get revenues. The idea that it's not a viable model is silly." The likes of Yahoo and AOL have no problem paying the royalties on a per song per listener basis. But for DigitallyImported it could spell the end of a highly popular, yet unprofitable enterprise because as yet revenues are tiny to non- existent. "If it's a fair share of the proceeds then fine," said Mr Shohat. "For example if I could make $10,000 a year and they want a fair share of that then by all means. "But what actually happened is that the rates that were set in the US come out to way over 200% of what we make a year." Last month there looked to be a breakthrough. Small webcasters and Soundexchange reached an agreement in which the former was to pay the latter between 8 and 12% of their revenues as royalties. But as the Bill reached the Senate for final approval one senator, Jesse Helms, placed a hold on the legislation, putting the entire future of small online stations in jeopardy. Now everyone is waiting to see if the Senate will reconsider the bill and jumpstart a technologically advanced industry that suffers from a lagging legal structure (via Ricky Leong and Mike Terry, DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. Saludos Colega Glen[n] Hauser. Espero se encuentre bien. El motivo de mi correo es para saludarlo y hacerle llegar el sonido de esta nueva radio [90.7 FM] que se encuentra transmitiendo desde La Plaza Altamira en Caracas donde se encuentran los militares disidentes. Espero que el mismo sea de su interés. Atte: (José Elías Díaz Gómez, Locutor y Productor del Programa Sintonía DX en Unión Radio Porteñas 640, Nov 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saludos colegas diexistas. Espero que todos estén bien. Hace pocos minutos fue atacado el Canal de Televisión Globovisión. Fueron lanzados artefactos incendiarios hacia el local de la televisión; esto motivó que varios automóviles pertenecientes a trabajadores de la empresa se incendiaran. La rápida intervención del cuerpo de bomberos impidió que el fuego se extendiera para los estudios de la planta televisiva. Las llamas que cubrían a los automóviles eran impactantes. La dirección de este canal en la web para más noticias es la Siguiente: http://www.globovision.com Atte: (José Elías Díaz Gómez, Venezuela, Nov 18, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** YEMEN. 9779.65, Radio San'a Yemen 1824-1900 Nov 16, English broadcast with gradually improving signal. Commentary and Western pop music. News including Iraq coverage, Radio Sana`a IDs, and (to borrow a phrase) a very "tubby little anthem," before switching to Arabic and ME music at the hour (Ross Comeau, Chamberlain ME DXpedition, hard- core-dx via DXLD) ** ZIMBABWE. During the whole stay no shortwave transmissions could be observed from Zimbabwe (Markus Weidner, currently in South Africa, as reported to A-DX Mailing List, via Willi Passmann, Nov 18, DXLD) ###