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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1226: Wed 0930 on WWCR 9475 Mon 0330 on WSUI 910 http://wsui.uiowa.edu WORLD OF RADIO 1226 in mp3 recorded from 5070 at 1130 UT April 3: (stream) http://www.piratearchive.com/media/worldofradio_04-03-04.m3u (d`load) http://www.piratearchive.com/media/worldofradio_04-03-04.mp3 This seems to be the currently preferred airing to record, henceforth 1030, so you may start checking for it on Saturdays (gh) WORLD OF RADIO via WRN: rtsp://66.28.252.97:554/today/glennhauser.rm (Tom Sundstrom, Net Notes, April NASWA Journal via DXLD) WRN ONDEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also for CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL]: Check http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html WORLD OF RADIO 1226 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1226h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1226h.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1226.html WORLD OF RADIO 1226 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1226.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1226.rm FIRST AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1227 [note shifted times!]: Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7415, 17495-CUSB Thu 2030 on WWCR 15825 ON DEMAND: change 1226 above to 1227 from early UT Thursday DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Here`s where to sign up. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ (Glenn Hauser, April 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AFGHANISTAN. The 400 kW BBG/IBB relay in Kabul on 1296 (for BBG's Radio Free Afghanistan) now carries a special program in English at 1930-2330 since the start of the A04 season. (Source: IBB online schedule as published 28 March on http://sds.his.com:4000/fmds_w/schedules/freqsked.txt --- currently not available) (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, MWDX via Mike Terry, dxld yahoogroup via DXLD) ``Special``, meaning not VOA or on any other transmitter? Locally produced?? (gh, DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. RAE, 11710.1, Apr 3 0220-0257; tune-in to English news, local ballads. ``DX Special`` program. 0257 end of English, then IS. Fair, but poor reception after 0230 due to adjacent channel splatter (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. No novo período de emissões A-04, a emissão em espanhol da Voz da Armênia está sendo irradiada, às 0230, em 9965 kHz, conforme José Moacir Portera de Melo, de Pontes e Lacerda (MT). (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 6 via DXLD) VOA is expected to keep to its usual summer pattern for English: 0810- 0830 Sun only on 15270; 1940-2000 Mon-Sat on 4810, 9960 (Tony Rogers, April BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Confirmation? ** AUSTRALIA. R. Australia A-04 English: 0800-0900 5995B 0000-0800 9660B 0000-1200 12080B 0000-0600 13630S 0000-0800 15240S 0000-0900 17750S 0000-0130 17775D 0000-0300 21725S 0030-0400 15415S 0200-0700 15515S 0300-0600 21725S 0430-0500 15415S 0530-0800 15415S 0600-0800 11880S 0600-0700 13605S 0700-1400 9580S 0700-0900 15515S 0800-1600 9590S 0800-0900 9710S 0830-0900 15415S 0900-1300 11880S 0930-1100 15415S 1100-1400 5995B 1100-1400 6020S 1100-1300 6035S 1100-1900 9475S 1100-1400 9560S 1300-1700 11660S 1400-1800 5995S 1400-1800 6080S 1400-1600 7260S 1400-1600 9805D 1400-1600 11750D 1600-2130 7220S 1600-1900 7260S 1700-2130 11880S 1800-2100 6080S 1800-2000 7240S 1900-2130 9500S 1900-2200 11650S 2000-2200 12080B 2100-2200 9660B 2100-0000 17715S 2100-0000 21740S 2130-2300 11880S 2130-0000 17585S 2200-2300 9660B (BBC WS) 2200-2300 12080B (BBC WS) 2200-0000 13620D 2200-0000 15320S 2300-0000 9660B 2300-0000 12080B 2300-0200 17795S 2330-0000 17750S B=Brandon D=Darwin S=Shepparton (from http://www.bclnews.it/a04schedules/abc.htm which has the other languages too, via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Chris Hambly keeps asking me if I`ve heard HCJB from there. Yes, but so what? However, I inadvertently heard it April 6 at 1456, good on 15405 when high-latitude signals were poor, but trans- equatorial were good, ending a gospel program in English from Florida, praise music fill, and 1500 clear ID for HCJB Australia, Voice of the Great Southland; YLE Radio Finland came on 15400 at 1459, but was hardly a problem under the circumstances (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHRAIN. 9745, 2111, Bahrein still transmitting, April 3, (typically AM+USB) 43343, QRM by unID Asian language (Günter Lorenz, Freising, Germany, Drake R8B, Grahn GS3-SE+ML-1-S, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) QRM = V. of Han, Taiwan? ** BELARUS. R. Minsk is expected to keep to its usual summer pattern for English: 0200-0230 M/W/F/S/S on 1170 5970 7210 1930-2000 Tue/Thu on 1170 7105 7210 2030-2100 Tue/Thu on 1170 7105 7210 (Tony Rogers, April BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) {confirmed?} ** BELGIUM [non]. RADIO WORLD - Sunday 4 April 2004 Cristopher Lewis [illustration] We are now well into the new summer time schedule. No changes to report. We seem to be heard fairly well in the target areas. There is something to report, though, on the reception conditions in North America. We received this email from Michael Semon of Lakeland, Florida, dated April 1. Michael says he was listening to our 0400 UTC transmission, when it was still March 31 in the United States, so, his mail is not an April Fool joke. He writes: "On the pure technical merits of the signal, I'd give it a SINFO of 55555, but the signal sounds lousy, like you're sending the program to the transmitter via telephone and playing it a little too loud, and it's been going on for the past 19 minutes regardless of what feature is being aired. It sounds brittle and at least mildly distorted on both my Grundig Satellit 700 and Palstar R30CC." And then, only half an hour later, Mr. Semon sent another mail, and I quote: "As I was tuning away from 11635 kHz at around 0430 UTC, I noticed that I could hear RVi where I wasn't supposed to be hearing it. So, having one radio tuned to 11635 kHz, I went to see where the transmitter splatter started and ended. It went like this, and maybe it was farther, but a buzzing local transformer was really raising the noise level of my receivers, and so I had to switch to a lower-noise, lower-gain antenna. 11607 kHz: beginning of splatter 11617 kHz: peak of splatter 11635 kHz: RVi (the target frequency) 11643 kHz: peak of splatter 11663 kHz: end of splatter. Again, this is for April 1 UTC, but this time it's for 0430 UTC. The setup for the test was a Palstar R30CC, using a 40-foot attic-mounted quad antenna, tuned with a B&W antenna tuner." Thank you very much Michael. I wonder if the sound is so lousy that also other listeners in North America have noticed it. If so I invite them cordially to send us their comments. Thank you much in advance. And now for something quite different. An exciting new development in the history of Radio World. Older listeners will remember the days when the grand old master of DX, the late Eugene Gebruers, was sending me his weekly reports via the telephone. Well, I have now a new contributor to the programme. His name is Christopher Lewis and he lives in Shropshire, England. Christopher already was in Radio World before, as I aired an interview I had with him in July of last year at the EDXC in Koenigstein, Germany. And now we are going to listen to Christopher's first report: SOUND Christopher Lewis (listen to the programme via audio link: Radio World (broadband) http://www.vrt.be/wm/rvi/rw_HI.asx Radio World (narrowband) http://www.vrt.be/wm/rvi/rw-LO.asx Thank you Christopher. I'm sure we all enjoyed your first report and we look forward to hear more. FRANS VOSSEN (RVi Radio World via John Norfolk, DXLD) Unfortunately, at 1612 UT Monday, the audio links still led to the previous week`s show. As I recall, Christopher Lewis used to be on DX Partyline (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Todas as sextas-feiras, entre 0000 e 0030, a Rádio Educação Rural, de Tefé (AM), leva ao ar o espaço Zo'pidé, que na língua indígena Madija (lê-se madirrá), quer dizer mostrar o caminho e ir junto. O programa está a cargo do CIMI - Conselho Indigenista Missionário e quer ser o espaço para a questão indígena, abordando temas ligados à cultura, saúde, direito à terra, meio ambiente e educação. Freqüências: 1270 e 4925 kHz. É mais uma informação auspiciada pelo trabalho de Paulo Roberto e Souza, daquela cidade, em prol da divulgação do rádio! BRASIL – A Rádio IPM, de Campo Grande (MS), agora se chama Rádio IPM Novo Tempo. Com tal identificação, foi sintonizada, em Buenos Aires, Argentina, por Arnaldo Slaen, em 3 de abril, às 0850, pela freqüência de 4895 kHz. A Rede Novo Tempo pertence à Igreja Adventista do Brasil. Detalhes podem ser conferidos no sítio da Rede na Internet: http://www.novotempo.org.br BRASIL – Reproduzo, na íntegra, comentário de Paulo Roberto e Souza, desde Tefé (AM): ``com certeza, um dos programas que atestam de forma mais concreta o importante papel do rádio e das ondas curtas na Amazônia são os que veiculam avisos para o interior, transmitidos por várias emissoras da região. Comunica-se de tudo: a alegria de um nascimento, a tristeza da perda de um parente querido e, às vezes, até uma dívida é cobrada, tamanho é o alcance que o aviso tem. Às vezes, pede-se para aquele que ouviu retransmitir ao destinatário. O tema dos avisos é tão importante que já rendeu até dissertação de mestrado que virou livro: Favor Retransmitir ao Destinatário, infelizmente esgotado, da professora Ierecê Barbosa, da Universidade do Estado do Amazonas e editado pela Editora da Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Algumas opções para os interessados em acompanhar esta peculiar forma de comunicação: Rádio Educação Rural, de Tefé (AM), em 4925 kHz, de segunda à sexta, às 2000; na Rádio Educação Rural, de Coari (AM), em 5035 kHz, de segunda à sábado, às 2300; na Rádio Cultura do Amazonas, em 4845 kHz, de segunda à sábado, a partir das 2300``. (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 6 via DXLD) ** BURMA [non]. Democratic Voice of Burma (opposition), effective 30 March: 1430-1530 on 5905 17495 2330-0030 on 9435 12055 (from http://www.dvb.no/about/airtime/html 28 March via Tony Rogers, April BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** CANADA. New FM stations granted: AB Red Deer, *99.9, 100000 h,v, CBC Radio II, to relay CBR-FM 102.1 Calgary. Also granted was an application by Jim Pattison Industries for a station in Red Deer, but it wanted 99.9, and must find a new frequency (April FMedia! via DXLD) CBC Radio Two coverage thus improved, but still grossly deficient nationwide (gh, DXLD) ** CANADA. Three CFRX's heard --- Glenn, Heard on Apr 6, 2004 between 1825 and 1932 UT, CFRX S7 signal with call-in show on 6070 with S-3 to 4 modulation spurs at about 6056.7 and 6083.3; I also checked and found no CFRX signal on +or- 26 kHz from 6070, also NIX on 12140 (Wells Perkins in New Jersey, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CHILE ** CHILE. 5995, Voz Cristiana, 0800-1100 April 6. Noted music and promos, ID's during period. Signal in early hours was good. This is new frequency for summer at this period (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Was hoping it replaces 6070, clearing CFRX, but full schedule still shows 6070 at 2200 straight thru 1200, with 5995 added at 0800-1100 (gh, DXLD) ** CHINA. Here we are more than a week into A-04, and CRI`s website still shows out-of-date B-03 frequencies. With some difficulty, hindered by demands to install Macromedia Flash Player, Chinese Text Support, and even Windows Media Player (which I certainly have already) I got to http://www.crienglish.com/about/frequencies.htm but if you believe that, you`ll be looking for CRI on mostly wrong frequencies. Jleq`s unofficial site is no better as of April 5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CROATIA [non]. Radio Croata desde el 28.3.04 --- Glenn, El acceso al c-e de Radio Croata en el sitio http://www.hrt.hr no está disponible según pude comprobar. La Voz de Croacia desde el 28 de marzo 2004 emite como sigue: (según la identificación grabada emiten "en satélite..., en onda mediana(sic) para Europa..., y en onda corta para Sudamérica de 1900 a 2400 hora local (2200-0300 TU) por 9925 kcs, para la Costa Este de América del Norte de 1900 a 2300 hora local [2300-0300 UT] por 9925 kcs, para la costa oeste de América del Norte de 1800 a 2200 hora local [0100-0500 UT] por 9925 kcs, para Nueva Zelandia de 1600 a 1900 hora local [0400-0700 UT] por 9480 kcs, para Australia de 1600 a 2000 hora local [0600-1000 UT] por 13820 kcs. [ver abajo] El programa para Sudamérica se desglosa como sigue: (todo en TU) en croata 2200-2215 y 2300v-0215, en inglés 2215-2230v y 0215-0230v, en castellano 2230v a 2253v hasta las 2300, y 0230v a 0253v hasta 0300. Mejor recepción los programas en croata e inglés por ejemplo a 2200- 2230v con QRK 4/5, en castellano a 2230v QRK 3/4. Como novedad, agregaron un segmento denominado Informe Financiero con las cotizaciones de las acciones en la Bolsa de Zagreb y el valor de la moneda (kuna) con respecto al dólar EUA y el euro. Chau y hasta la próxima (Emilio Pedro Povrzenic (Povéryenich), Villa Diego, Provincia de Santa Fe, República Argentina, April 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Previously published A-04 scheduled showed 9925 for all the Americas broadcasts, but 12105 for both the Pacific broadcasts, all via Germany; which is correct? Also, are the smaller transmitters in Croatia itself still active, and upon what schedule? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CROÁCIA – É certo que o idioma italiano recebeu diversos golpes, nas ondas curtas, no últimos tempos, assim como o português e o espanhol. O mais duro deles, sem dúvida, foi o término das emissões da Voz do Mediterrâneo, que emitia um programa de Malta, via Rússia e Itália, que contava com a ativa participação dos dexistas e escutas italianos. Alfredo Gallerati, que participava daquela programação extinta, tem boas novas: a Rádio Voz da Croácia emitirá um noticiário, em italiano, assim como os principais eventos daquele país dos Bálcãs no mundo. O anúncio foi feito pelo diretor da emissora, Domgaj Versic. Segundo Gallerati, as novidades, por enquanto, seriam estas. Ele pede a todos que elogiam a iniciativa da Voz da Croácia, escrevendo para: Hrvatski Radio, Prisavlje 3, 10000, Zagreb, Croácia (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 6 via DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. ESTADOS UNIDOS – Aos adeptos da religião católica, José Moacir Portera de Melo, de Pontes e Lacerda (MT), indica interessante emissão, ao vivo, da missa dominical, pela Rádio Marti, às 1100, em 9805 kHz (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 6 via DXLD) So that`s when they are currently violating separation of church and state, and opening themselves to demands by the Jehovah`s Witnesses and countless other sects for equal time, if only they knew (gh, DXLD) ** CZECH REPUBLIC. RADIO PRAGUE COMPETITION Every year R. Prague has a competition. This year they want to know what the listeners think about Czech music and why. First prize for the best answer is a week`s holiday in Prague. There will also be nice prizes for the runners up. This competition is for the English and German services. More info by listening to R. Prague from the end of March and also via http://www.radio.cz Thanks to Paul Gager for sending this in (Ether to Speaker, April BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) REPÚBLICA CHECA – A Rádio Praga acaba de anunciar um novo concurso para seus ouvintes. Para participar, basta responder a seguinte pergunta: o que gosta da música checa e o porquê? As respostas devem ser enviadas até o dia 15 de junho. O grande vencedor terá direito a uma estada de uma semana, para duas pessoas, naquele país. No entanto, todos os que participarem, receberão um brinde. Mais detalhes no sítio da emissora na Internet: http://www.radio.cz A dica é do Lenildo C. Silva, de Niterói (RJ). (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 6 via DXLD) ** DEUTSCHES REICH [non]. Hal Turner Implodes Well, I suppose we should have seen it coming. I always suspected that Hal Turner was disturbed, but I had no idea how unbalanced he truly is. Now after a prime time kook out [mp3 link], he is gone from the airwaves. Listening to tonight's rant, I assumed Hal was simply pulling another stunt in order to get some sustaining funds for his efforts from his green-toothed redneck racist followers. But the longer I listened, the more it became clear - he doesn't care about his listening audience. He doesn't care about the station he's broadcasting on. He is probably mentally disturbed, and would be pitiable if not for his all-consuming hate towards anybody not subscribing to his extreme viewpoints. I thought he wouldn't be so stupid as to burn bridges with WBCQ, which has admirably stood up to all kinds of criticism over it's free speech stance over the time Turner's program has been carried over it's international shortwave broadcast facilities. Then I noticed this excrement on his web site around 830 PM ET on Monday, March 22, 2004: I WENT TO SEE "THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST" ON SATURDAY NIGHT THE MOVIE WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING I EVER WITNESSED BEFORE. GO SEE THIS MOVIE! The evil of the jew was so clear as to remove any question about them as a people worthy of death! . . . http://www.rfma.net/archives/000304.html (RFMA March 22+ from cosmik plus discussion thread, tnx tip from International Radio Report, via gh, DXLD) see also GREENLAND ** FRANCE. As usual, RFI`s website presents unclear and contradictory info on its frequencies in English. Checked April 5, this is my best guess about what they are trying to convey, omitting certain frequencies which appear to have expired in March: M-F Af 0400-0430 9805 11995 M-F Af 0500-0530 11850 M-F Af 0600-0630 11725 17800 M-F Af 0700-0800 15605 Dly Af 1200-1230 25820 17815 Dly As 1400-1500 17620 17515 11610 Dly Af 1600-1700 15605 11615 Dly Af 1700-1730 17605 15605 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONAL A-04 SCHEDULES FROM WEBSITE APRIL 4, 2004 (1) tranche horaire supprimée du 02.05.04 au 05.09.04 (2) tranche horaire assurée du 02.05.04 au 05.09.04 (3) tranche horaire assurée du 28.03.04 au 05.09.04 (4) tranche horaire assurée du 05.09.04 au 31.10.04 North Africa (zones 1, 2, and 3) 0400 – 0500 3965 (1) 5925 (2) Français 0500 – 0600 5925 7135 Arabe / Fr 0600 – 0700 9790 Français 0600 – 0800 11700 Français 0700 – 0900 15315 Français 0700 – 1130 15300 Français 0800 – 1600 11845 Français 1130 – 1200 15300 Météo marine 1200 – 1900 15300 Français 1600 – 1800 9790 12025 Arabe 1600 – 1900 11615 Français 1700 – 1800 11700 Français 1800 – 2000 11705 Français 1900 – 2200 9790 Français 2000 – 2200 7315 Français 2100 – 2200 6175 Français West Africa (zones 4 and 5) 0600 – 0630 11665 Asc Anglais 0600 – 0700 15315 (2) 11700 9790 (1) Français 0630 – 0700 11665 Asc Français 0700 – 0800 15605 Moy Anglais 0700 – 0800 11700 Français 0700 – 0900 15315 Français 0700 – 1130 15300 Français 0700 – 1800 17620 Français 1130 – 1200 15300 Météo marine 1200 – 1230 17815 Asc Anglais 1200 – 1500 21685 Français 1200 – 1900 15300 Français 1230 – 1300 21755 Mey 21760 Mey Français 1600 – 1700 15160 Mey Anglais 1700 – 1800 15530 Portugais 1800 – 1900 9790 Moy Français 1800 – 2000 15605 Français 1900 - 2000 11615 Français 1900 – 2200 11955 Moy Français 2000 – 2200 9790 Français 2100 - 2200 7315 Français Central Africa (zone 6 ) 0300 – 0400 5925 Mey Français 0300 – 0500 7135 Français 0300 – 0600 9790 Français 0400 – 0500 4890 Moy 7150 Asc Français 0500 – 0600 6175 Moy 11700 Français 0500 – 0700 15300 Français 0600 – 0700 17770 Kig Français 0600 – 0800 17850 Français 0700 - 0800 15170 Mey Français 0700 – 1700 21580 Français 1000 – 1100 17850 Français 1100 – 1400 17850 Mey Français 1500 – 1600 17850 Français 1600 – 1700 9730 Mey 17850 Anglais 1700 – 2100 15300 Français 1800 – 2200 11705 Français 1900 – 2200 7160 Mey Français 2000 – 2100 15530 Portugais 2100 – 2200 9790 Français East Africa and Indian Ocean (zone 7) 0300 – 0400 5925 Mey 9790 (1) 11700 (2) Français 0400 – 0430 9805 Moy 13610 (3) 11700 (4) Anglais 0430 – 0500 13610 (3) 11700 (4) Français 0500 – 0530 11685 Moy (3) 15155 15605 Moy (4) Anglais 0530 – 0600 15155 Français 0600 – 0630 17800 21620 Anglais 0630 – 0700 21620 Français 1200 – 1230 25820 (1) 21620 (2) Anglais 1230 – 1300 25820 (1) 21620 (2) Français 1600 - 1700 9730 Mey Anglais 1600 – 1730 17605 Anglais 1700 – 1800 12015 Moy Portugais 1730 – 1800 17605 Français 1900 – 2100 11995 Français East Africa (zone 8) 0400 - 0500 13780 Dha Français 0500 - 0600 13640 Dha Français 1600 – 1730 15605 Anglais Near and Middle East (zone 9) 0300 – 0400 7315 (4) 9425 (3) Français 0400 – 0500 9425 (4) 11685 (3) 13780 Dha Français 0500 - 0600 13640 Dha 15605 (3) 11685 (4) Français 1400 – 1500 17515 (1) 15615 (2) Anglais 1600 – 1630 6020 Tjk 6035 Dha Pashtu 1600 – 1730 15605 Anglais 1700 – 1800 6010 Dha 9530 Uzb Pashtu Central and Eastern Europe (zone 10) 0300 – 0330 6045 7280 (1) 9745 (2) Russe 0330 – 0400 7280 (1) 9745 (2) Français 0330 – 0445 6045 Français 0445 - 0500 6045 Polonais 0500 – 0530 6045 (1) 7280 9805 (2) Serbo-Croate 0600 – 0630 9805 11670 Albanais 1300 – 1330 15155 15195 17805 Russe 1400 – 1500 9805 11670 Serbo-Croate 1500 – 1600 11670 15605 Roumain 1600 – 1700 9805 Polonais 1800 – 1900 9805 11670 Russe 1900 - 2000 6175 (1) 7135 9805 (2) Serbo-Croate 2000 – 2100 7135 9805 Roumain 2100 – 2200 5915 3965 (1) 7135 (2) Polonais North Atlantic (zone 11) 1100 – 1130 6175 Français 1130 – 1200 6175 Météo Marine India (zone 12) 0100 – 0200 17710 Ch Français 1400 – 1500 9580 (4) Ch 11610 (3) Ch 17515 (1) 15615 (2) Anglais China and Korean Peninsula (zone 13) 0930 – 1030 11875 Tai 12025 Rus 11890 (3) Jap 9655 (4) Jap Mandarin 1030 – 1200 9830 Jap Français 1200 – 1300 1503 Tai 9805 Jap 12075 Rus Mandarin 2200 - 2300 747 Tai 1098 Tai 12005 Rus 12045 Rus Mandarin 2300 - 0100 15535 Rus Français South East Asia (zone 14) 1030 – 1200 11890 (4) Jap 15215 (3) Jap Français 1100 – 1200 12025 Rus Lao 1100 – 1200 11600 Ch Français 1200 – 1300 11600 Ch 12025 Rus Khmer 1300 - 1400 684 Ch Français 1400 – 1500 9795 Jap Vietnamien 1500 - 1600 1296 Ch Vietnamien 1600 - 1700 1296 Ch 6090 Ch Français 2300 – 2400 15595 Rus Français 2300 – 0030 17710 Jap Français 2300 – 0100 15415 Tai 15535 Rus Français North America (zone 15) 1100 – 1130 17570 Français 1130 – 1200 17570 Météo Marine Central America and Caribbean (zone 16) 1000 – 1030 9830 Guy Espagnol 1100 – 1200 13640 Guy 15515 Guy Fr / Météo marine 1130 – 1200 21645 Météo Marine 1200 – 1230 15515 Guy 17860 Guy Espagnol 1230 – 1300 15515 Guy Français 1230 – 1330 17860 Guy Français 1300 – 1330 15515 (2) Guy 21645 (1) Guy Français 1330 – 1400 15515 (2) Guy 17860 Guy 21645 (1) Guy Fr/Créole le dim 1800 – 1830 17630 Guy 21645 Guy Espagnol 2100 – 2130 17630 Guy 21645 Guy Espagnol 0100 – 0130 9800 Guy 11665 Guy Espagnol 0130 – 0200 9800 Guy 11665 Guy Français Moy : diffusé à partir de Moyabi (Gabon) Asc : diffusé à partir d' Ascension Island Mey : diffusé à partir de Meyerton ( Afrique du Sud) Kig : diffusé à partir de Kigali ( Rwanda) Dha : diffusé à partir de Dhabayya (UAE) Tjk : diffusé à partir du Tadjikistan Uzb : diffusé à partir du Ouzbekistan Ch : diffusé à partir de Chine [où? un pays assez gros] Tai : diffusé à partir de Taiwan Rus : diffusé à partir de Russie Jap : diffusé à partir du Japon Guy : diffusé à partir de Montsinéry (Guyane) (via Bernie O`Shea, Ottawa, April 6, DXLD) ** FRANCE. Received a very nice confirmation letter from RNT, Radio Nouveaux Talents, 1575 kHz, saying that it is a surprise to receive my reception report. In the near future they will have their website http://www.radiont.com Due to the 10 other reception reports they received, they have had the idea to open a special DX page on their website and they asked me for authorization to quote my name. However, they also write that they will change to DRM within about 24 months !!! Not such a nice idea for DXers (Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands, MWC via BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** GABON. Africa Number 1, all via Moyabi in French to Africa: 0500-0700 9580 0700-1600 9580 17630 1600-2100 9580 15475 2100-2300 9580 (from http://www.africa1.com via Tony Rogers, 5 March, BDXC-UK Communication, April via DXLD) RFI was reported at 1400 on 9580, mistaken for this? ** GERMANY. DEUTSCHE WELLE ACT MODERNISED BY FEDERAL CABINET On 24 March 2004 the German Federal Cabinet resolved to amend the Deutsche Welle Act. The objective is to modernise Germany's international public broadcaster and make it more open to the world. The new act reinforces the independence and journalistic freedom of Deutsche Welle. "Without interferring with the freedom of radio broadcasting, we want an independent and modern broadcasting station whose main task should be to portray Germany as a European cultural nation that is relaxed and open to the world, and as a democratic constitutional state," said Minister of State for Culture Christina Weiss. Tasks and positioning Deutsche Welle has the task of portraying Germany as a European cultural nation that is open to the world, and as a democratic constitutional state. Furthermore, the German foreign broadcasting station should promote the German language. The new act also lays the foundations for the Deutsche Welle online service and obliges the broadcasting station to work more closely with other public sector broadcasting stations in Germany and abroad. Independence and self-regulation The act does not include content-related guidelines on how Deutsche Welle should perform its tasks. The act does, however, introduce a process of self-regulation - the first ever for a radio station in Germany. This means that in future the broadcasting station will define its target groups, target regions, transmission channels and services and after four years it will review whether its objectives were met. The new act obliges Deutsche Welle to present its activities and programmes in a plan covering a period of several years and make them transparent at a national and international level. The Federal Government, the German Bundestag and interested members of the public will participate in this: they will have the opportunity to make suggestions on task planning. Financing Deutsche Welle will have a secure financial base for its four-year plan. The German foreign broadcasting station will be the only radio station to be financed using funds from the Federal Budget. (Source: German government Website) # posted by Andy @ 13:49 UT April 5 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Deutsche Welle strike on April 2: Between 0300 and 0700 only music was broadcast in the German program; the services in English, French and for the Balkans were not back on air before the strike ended at 0800. With this strike the Verdi, DJV and VRFF trade unions tried to breach a deadlock of salary negotiations after Deutsche Welle management demanded a considerable decrease of the royalties for freelancers and a cut-back in the (future) pensions for employees. Verdi announces ``more severe measures`` if the management keeps its current position. Verdi note: http://www.verdi.de/0x0ac80f2b_0x00bf062b;internal&action=verdi_show_listenkopf_seite.action (Kai Ludwig, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Many demonstrations on German metropolis cities last Saturday. At least 150.000 demonstrators on the streets here in Stuttgart southern Germany. Against salary and social life cuts in Germany's economy on the public service staff, like in hospitals, schools, universities, theatres, operas, broadcasting houses, mail service, railway, garbagemen, public administration etc. The biggest demonstrations held here in Germany now, since the Vietnam-US war clashes in the 70ties (Wolfgang Büschel, Apr 5, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GREECE. La Voz de Grecia --- Emite La Voz de Grecia en español a las 1430-1500 UT por 12105. Señal avasalladora y programación extremadamente aburrida, al menos de hoy, 6 de abril. No estoy muy al tanto de las emisiones internacionales europeas, pero este servicio no figura en el WRTH así que a lo mejor es algo nuevo (Henrik Klemetz, Suecia, Abril 6, Conexión Digital via DXLD) Desafortunadamente no es una nueva emisión, es la emisión que antes era a las 1530-1600 que ha cambiado de horario y de frecuencia. No obstante, bueno es saber el horario y frecuencias de este periodo. Un saludo (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, ibid.) ** GREECE [and non]. The Voice of Greece, A-04 in English: 0930-1000 daily 9420 Eu, 15630 Eu News in English (except Tue) 1240-1255 Fri 9420 Eu, 9690 NAm, 15630 Eu, 15650 Au/ME/PA Learn Greek (responses in English) 1600-1700 Sat 7475 Eu, 9420 Eu, 15630 Eu, 17705 NAm Hellenes Around the World 1800-1900 Sun 7475 Eu, 9420 Eu, 15630 Eu, 17705 NAm It`s All Greek to Me (musical) 1830-1855 Daily 12105 Eu Orientation Program in English Other foreign languages, Orientations Interprogram, daily u.o.s.: 1300 Arabic, 1330 German, 1400 Russian, 1430 Spanish, 1500 Romanian, 1530 Turkish, 1600 Serbian, 1630 Bulgarian, 1700 Albanian, 1730 French, 1800 Polish M-F. On 12105 after 1400; not clear on which frequencies at 1300-1400, among: 9420 11645 15630 15650 21480 Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias: 1100-1650 9375, 1700-2350 7450 (From a schedule compiled by John Babbis, Silver Spring, MD, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7450, RS Makedonias, 2215-2221, March 6, Greek, Very nice classical Greek vocal music with orchestra accompaniments, YL between selections. Good signal (Scott Barbour, NH, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREENLAND [non?]. IBC Radio now has this brief note on their Shortwave page: ``IBC Radio Network is back on shortwave 24/7 at frequency 7.330 MHz. For more information, please contact: lougentile@lougentile.com `` You may recall that a couple weeks ago they claimed this frequency was 15 kW somewhere in Greenland; then that was removed saying they were off SW. No one has heard anything from them on 7330 yet. Then as requested, I contacted Lou Gentile (Glenn Hauser, OK, April 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Lou, Am unable to hear IBC Radio on 7330 as mentioned on the website. Where is this transmitter located? Greenland, as reported before? Can you give any details of the power and antenna direction? Regards, Glenn Hauser (to Lou Gentile, via DXLD) Hello Glenn, Unfortunately, due to the comments made by you on your show while you were still on our network (IBCRN), I will have to decline giving you any information about our shortwave broadcast, transmitter location, wattage or any other information other than frequency. We are a publicly traded company and your comments/words had an effect on our stock price for which we can still legally pursue damages incurred. Yourself & Jeff White had no right to disclose ANY information about what we were doing because we were paying for air-time. Mr. White emailed you, our hosts and other individuals about IBC dropping shortwave with WRMI no more than 24 hours after doing so. Furthermore, your comments about our R&D with Low Power AM transmitters for communities across the USA have been childish and not up to par with a professional broadcaster reporting news but with someone with a vendetta because we dropped there show. I feel sorry for you if all you have to report is a company dropping shortwave. The shortwave community is dead in the USA and the sooner you realize that, the better. We did and we are recovering from a major loss of funds since being lead into believing there was a shortwave audience. I would highly suggest you carefully choosing your words on the air next time about IBC. PS: I pay for the air-time for IBC as part of my strategic partnership, so I am executing my right as a shareholder of IBC Radio Network to tell you this about our shortwave transmission: 7.330 Mhz That's it, nothing more, now or in the future... ------------- Best regards, Lou lougentile @ lougentile.com (sic April 6 via DXLD) Lou, I have no idea what comments you are referring to my having made when I was still on your network. As far as I know, the relationship was cordial with Daryn and I gave IBC the benefit of the doubt. I did not ask to be on IBC; he asked to carry my program. When he no longer wanted to carry it, that was fine with me, and I assure you I have no `vendetta` as a result!!! He did not give me any such reason for dropping WOR. Jeff White had every right to inform his listeners about programming changes, including the cancellation of IBC on WRMI. I am merely trying to get to the bottom of the story, to ascertain basic facts about your broadcasts, which would be routine public information at any other station, and all I get is ``can`t tell you that``, with the excuse that it`s because you are a publicly traded company. I have no interest in harming or aiding your stock prices. It is YOUR credibility which is in serious danger, if you do not provide a few facts, which can be verified. No doubt many listeners will be looking for your alleged signals on 7330 and 1610, and if anyone hears them I will be eager to report that. If no one can hear them, while you continue to claim to be broadcasting on those frequencies, that will also be reported. It would be in your interest to ASSIST listeners in hearing the transmissions, if they exist, by giving the basic data I asked for. It is amazing that you don`t seem to comprehend this. Regards, (Glenn Hauser, to Lou Gentile, via DXLD) Hello Glenn, Shortwave has no credibility as far as I am concerned. I provide IBC on shortwave as a bone to the few who listen. Don't try to justify the fact you kiss Jeww White's ass because he owns WRMI, you could have asked us for a comment BUT YOU DID NOT. The 2rd coming of Christ will happen before I give you ANY information and legally I do not have to tell you squat, I pay for the airtime, not IBC! Don't bother me again with this trivial garbage please because I'll just block you next time... ------------- Best regards, (Lou, ibid.) Geez, what I go thru just trying to get the facts for you, dear listeners. One cannot help but suspect they have something to hide. But please keep an ear on 7330, and if in Philadelphia or New Jersey, 1610 (gh, DXLD) ** HUNGARY. Old schedules on the Web --- Can anyone beat this? The Usenet group soc.culture.magyar automatially posts a FAQ every 20 days which includes frequencies of Radio Budapest broadcasts to North America (as of 28 May 1996). The FAQ was last modified on 1996/06/29!! http://groups.google.com/groups?q=broadcast&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=hun\garian/broadcast_1080208962%40rtfm.mit.edu&rnum=4 (Andy Sennitt, April 6, 2004, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. DX-INDIA by VU2JOS welcomes you ! All India Radio : External Services (Languages) VU2JOS 04-Apr-04 No. Language UTC kHz Target Area 1 Arabic 0430-0530 11730(Kh) 13620(B) 15770(A) 17845(Kh) Middle East ,, 1730-1945 9905(A) 11585(Kh) 13620(B) ,, 2 Baluchi 1500-1600 1071(R) 6165(Kh) 9620(A) 11585(Kh) Pakistan 3 Bengali 0300-0430 594(C) Bangladesh ,, 0800-1100 594(C) ,, ,, 1445-1515 1134( C) ,, ,, 1600-1730 1134( C) ,, 4 Burmese 1215-1315 11620(A) 11710(Ki) Myanmar 5 Chinese 1145-1315 11840(Kh) 15795(B) 17705(B) NE Asia 6 Dari 0300-0345 9835(Kh) 9910(Kh) 11735(A) Afghanistan ,, 1315-1415 7255(A) 7410(Kh) 9910(A) ,, 7 English 1000-1100 13695(B) 17510(Kh) 17895(A) Australia, NZ ,, 1000-1100 15020(A) 15410(B) 17800(B) NE Asia ,, 1000-1100 1053(T) 15260(Ki) Sri Lanka ,, 1330-1500 9690(B) 11620(Kh) 13710(B) E SE Asia ,, 1530-1545 7255(A) 9820(P) 9910(Kh) 11740(P) SAARC Countries ,, 1745-1945 11935(M) 15075(Kh) 17670(Kh) E. Africa ,, 1745-1945 7410(Kh) 9950(Kh) 11620(A) UK & W.Europe ,, 1745-1945 9445(B) 13605(B) 15155(A) W. NW Africa ,, 2045-2230 9910(A) 11620(B) 11715(P) Australia, NZ ,, 2045-2230 7410(Kh) 9445(B) 9950(Kh) UK & W.Europe ,, 2245-0045 9705(P) 11620(Kh) 13605(B) E & SE Asia ,, 2245-0045 9950(A) 11645(Kh) 13605(B) NE Asia 8 French 1945-2030 9905(A) 13605(B) 13620(B) W. NW Africa 9 Gujarati 0415-0430 15075(B) 15185(A) 17715(Kh) E. Af., Mauritius ,, 1515-1600 11620(B) 15175(B) ,, 10 Hindi 0315-0415 15075(B) 15185(A) 17715(Kh) ,, ,, 0315-0415 11840(P) 13695(B) 15075(B) Middle East ,, 0430-0530 15075(B) 15185(A) 17715(Kh) E. Af., Mauritius ,, 1615-1730 9950(Kh) 15075(Kh) 17670(Kh) ,, ,, 1615-1730 7410(A) 12025(P) 13770(B) Middle East ,, 1945-2045 7410(Kh) 9950(Kh) UK & W.Europe ,, 2300-0000 9910(A) 11740(P) 13795(A) E SE Asia 11 Indonesian 0845-0945 15770(A) 17510(Kh) 17875(A) SE Asia 12 Kannada 0215-0300 11985(B) 15075(B) Middle East 13 Malayalam 1730-1830 7115(P) 12025(P) ,, 14 Nepali 0130-0230 594(C) 3945(G) 7250(P) 9810(P) 11715(Kh) Nepal ,, 0700-0800 7250(G) 9595(Ki) 11850(Ki) ,, ,, 1330-1430 1134(C) 3945(G) 4860(Ki) 11775(P) ,, 15 Persian 0400-0430 11730(Kh) 15770(A) 17845(Kh) Iran ,, 1615-1730 7115(P) 9905(A) 11585(Kh) ,, 16 Punjabi 0800-0830 702(J) Pakistan ,, 1230-1430 702(J) ,, 17 Pushtu 0215-0300 9835(Kh) 9910(A) 11735(A) Pakistan, Afghanistan ,, 1415-1530 7255(A) 7410(Kh) 9910(Kh) ,, 18 Russian 1615-1715 11620(B) 15140(Kh) E. Europe 19 Saraiki 1130-1200 702(J) Pakistan 20 Sindhi 0100-0200 1071(R) 5990(A) 7125(Ki) 9635(A) ,, ,, 1230-1500 1071(R) 6165(Kh) 9620(A) 11585(Kh) ,, 21 Sinhala 0045-0115 1053(T) 11740(P) 11985(Kh) Sri Lanka ,, 1300-1500 1053(T) 9820(P) 15050(Kh) ,, 22 Swahili 1515-1615 9950(Kh) 13605(A) 17670(Kh) E. Africa 23 Tamil 0000-0045 1053(T) 9835(Ki) 11740(P) 11985(Kh) Sri Lanka ,, 0000-0045 9910(A) 11740(P) 13795(A) SE Asia ,, 0115-0330 1053(T) Sri Lanka ,, 1100-1300 1053(T) ,, ,, 1115-1215 13695(B) 15770(A) 17810(P) SE Asia ,, 1115-1215 15050(Kh) 17860(Ki) Sri Lanka ,, 1500-1530 1053(T) ,, 24 Telugu 1215-1245 13695(B) 15770(A) 17810(P) SE Asia 25 Thai 1115-1200 13645(A) 15410(P) 17740(Kh) SE Asia 26 Tibetan 1215-1330 1134(C) 9575(Ki) 11775(P) Tibet 27 Urdu 0015-0100 1071 (R) Pakistan ,, 0015-0430 702(J) 6155(Kh) 9595(A) ,, ,, 0100-0430 11620(Kh) ,, ,, 0200-0430 1071( R) ,, ,, 0530-0600 11730(Kh) 17845(Kh)Haj Season ) Saudi Arabia ,, 0830-1130 702(J) 1071(R) 7250(G) 9595(Ki) 11620(Kh) Pakistan ,, 1430-1735 3945(G) ,, ,, 1430-1930 702(J) 4860(Ki) 6045(Kh) ,, ,, 1600-1930 1071( R) ,, A-2004 changes are marked in Red [in the original] Transmitter Sites used for External Services No. Code Location kW kHz 1 A Aligarh 4x250 SW 2 B Bangalore 6x500 SW 3 C Chinsurah (Kolkata / Calcutta) 1x1000 594, 1134 4 G Gorakhpur 1x50 3945, 7250 5 J Jalandhar 1x300 702 6 Kh Khampur (Delhi) 7x250 SW 7 Ki Kingsway (Delhi) 3x50, 2x100 SW 8 M Mumbai (Bombay) 1x100 11935 9 P Panaji 2x250 SW 10 R Rajkot 1x1000 1071 11 T Tuticorin 1x200 1053 (from http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/ via DXLD) The ditto marks on the left refer to the last mentioned language above; on the right to the last mentioned target area above, tho they do not now line up as in the original grid (gh, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL. Re: Radio Free Kashmir A04 = official AIR program. We know that this comes from AIR transmitters, but that is through the detective work of Jose Jacob. Using AIR transmitters doesn't yet make it an "official AIR program". If it were, AIR would surely mention it openly on http://allindiaradio.org/schedule/necoun1.html Let's at least wait until the first QSL for this program from AIR! If we need to categorize, in my mind this clearly falls into "unofficial" than "official" category. DXers of India, how do you see the situation? Re: *Radio Pridnestrovye B03 -mtwtf- 1700-1730 5960 MDA Grigoriopol E = Official FS of Tiraspol government, aimed at listeners in Europe. Correct name is Radio DMR. Broadcasts in German, English, French, Russian. Is this still on SW? I don't think categorizing correctly has been the main starting point for Silvain's list, I find it useful as it is in keeping track of these rarely aired broadcasts. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, April 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5960 R DMR --- Hi Glenn, answering my own question: yes, it is on SW, still on 5960 kHz, now between 1600-1640, but so badly interfered by China and Turkey that it is hard to be noticed. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, April 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. VOIRI, English, A-04 From website April 6, 2004 1030-1130 15600 17660 Indian Subcontinent 1530-1630 9635 11650 Indian Subcontinent 1930-2030 9800 11750 South Africa 2130-2230 Via Internet 0030-0130 Via Internet 0130-0230 Via Internet (via Bernie O'Shea, Ottawa, Ontario, DXLD) ** IRELAND. A group of former employees of LW commercial broadcaster Atlantic 252 are setting up a tribute website to the station, which clsoed down in December 2001. The roup say that they ``aim to provide a platform for you to remember the best bits of Atlantic 252.`` The temp home page promises ``photos, audio and downloads`` http://www.atlantic 252.com (Chris Brand, Communication Webwatch, April BDXC-UK Communication vai DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. Radio Japón ha cambiado su habitual frecuencia de 11915 kHz, por la de 11970, para el servicio en español que va de 0500-0530 UT, a través de Gabón (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR [non]. See INTERNATIONAL ** KURDISTAN [non]. BELGIUM. Dengê Mezopotamya on 11530 (Grigoriopol- MDA, 500 kW) has extended the schedule to 0400-1600. Dengê Mezopotamya broadcasts from studios in Belgium for listeners in the Kurdish territories in Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Source: TDP website http://www.airtime.be/schedule.html (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, April 5, dxld yahoogroup via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LATVIA. EUROPEAN MUSIC RADIO 9290 KHZ NEXT SUNDAY THE 11th OF APRIL AT 1400 TO 1700 UT 1400 TO 1500 UTC - MUSIC PROGRAMME 1500 TO 1700 UTC - REPEAT OF THE EMR 28th BIRTHDAY PROGRAMME 1700 UTC CLOSEDOWN GOOD LISTENING 73s (TOM TAYLOR & STAFF, EMR, dx listening digest) April 11th special schedule for Latvia transmitter on 9290 As previously advised, there will be special programming on the Ulbroka shortwave transmitter in Latvia on Sunday 11th April to mark the 40th birthday of Radio Caroline. We now have the full schedule for that day on 9290 kHz: 09:00 - 11:00 UT Radio Caroline with Rob Leighton 11:00 - 14:00 UT Radio Caroline Station Manager Peter Moore and Eric Wiltsher delve into the Caroline archives 14:00 - 17:00 UT European Music Radio with Tom Taylor 17:00 - 19:00 UT Mi Amigo Radio (via Roy Sandgren; and Andy Sennitt, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 4895, RTM Kuching-Stapok, 1345-1557* April 5. I followed this one for over two hours, just to see how long the signal would linger in the 60 mb from my location. RTM was at a steady, good level past 1515 when it degraded to fair all the way to an abrupt sign-off at 1557*, which is 2 hours 20 min. past my local sunrise. Programming was mostly a variety-type show hosted by a female announcer (presumed Iban lang.) who took phone calls and played Asian pop tunes; there were occasional mentions of Malaysia. The plug was pulled at 1557* at the end of a song, without announcements. The open carrier disappeared a minute later. Thanks to Wilkins & Schulze for tips on this reactivated frequency (Guy Atkins, Puyallup, WA USA, modded RA6790GM and R-75 receivers Kiwa MAP / ERGO software / Timewave DSP-59+, 700 ft. Western Beverage ant., Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 4810 RADIO TRANSCONTINENTAL --- He seguido muy de cerca el funcionamiento y la programación de XERTA, Radio Transcontinental de América que transmite en 4810 kHz, banda tropical de 60 metros. El esquema comienza los viernes a las 17:00 tiempo de México y difunde hasta el lunes a las 7:00 [ahora TU -5 = 2200/1200]. Continúa teniendo grandes problemas técnicos: el enlace entre los estudios y la planta es muy defectuoso, tal parece usan un modem telefónico para enlazar el transmisor con un receptor en el que captan la señal proveniente de los estudios. Entre los programas que se pueden escuchar están: Viernes de 17 a 18:00 hora de México "Charlas de café" programa Cristiano. De 19 a 20:00 "Música que llega a tus sentidos" música religiosa, conducido por Tania y Diane que están a cargo de la estación la mayor parte del tiempo. Domingos de 12 a 14:00 tiempo de México "Mexicanísimo" con sección infantil, otra dedicada a los estados de la República y música en vivo Mexicana y religiosa. De 14 a 15:00 "Cantos y cantares de México" música mexicana con nuevos valores de la canción, comerciales de muy variados productos y servicios, buen humor, etc. Además a diferentes horas transmiten cápsulas de historia de grupos mexicanos de música religiosa, otras en las que el Dr. Luis Palao responde preguntas del auditorio, otras de como algunos deportistas han encontrado a Cristo así como música religiosa en inglés y español. Para enviar informes de recepción, que son respondidos con una curiosa QSL por internet, se les puede escribir a charlaxerta@y... [truncated] (Hector Garcia Bojorge, Mexico, Conexión Digital April 3 via DXLD) ** MEXICO. FINALIZAN LAS PRUEBAS DE RADIO DIGITAL EN MÉXICO (CIRT) Las pruebas de campo y laboratorio que se realizaron simultáneamente a los sistemas Eureka 147 e IBOC FM han llegado a su fin. Éstas comenzaron con una demostración a los asistentes de la XLV Semana Nacional de Radio y Televisión celebrada en el mes de octubre de 2003 y concluyeron con los recorridos y mediciones realizadas durante los meses de febrero y marzo de 2004 en diversos puntos del área metropolitana de la Ciudad de México, e incluyeron los puntos conflictivos para la FM analógica. Para esto, se habilitó un vehículo con equipo de medición y los receptores de ambas tecnologías. Se realizaron las predicciones de las áreas de servicios correspondientes mismas que serán comparadas con los cientos de mediciones efectuadas. Las mediciones se realizaron en forma conjunta entre Ingenieros de la CIRT y de Grupo Radio Centro, concesionaria de la estación XEFAJ-FM que fue quien obtuvo el permiso experimental. La información obtenida de las pruebas de Laboratorio y de Campo serán analizadas por el grupo de trabajo del Comité de Nuevas Tecnologías de la CIRT y se presentarán al Comité Consultivo de Tecnologías Digitales para la Radiodifusión, organismo integrado por miembros de la Industria y el gobierno Mexicano. Se estima que el análisis estará concluido a mediados del mes de mayo. De igual forma que con el IBOC-FM, la CIRT planea realizar pruebas al sistema IBOC-AM de Ibiquity, durante el segundo semestre de este año. Las pruebas comparativas Eureka 147 – IBOC FM, realizadas por primera vez en el mundo se llevaron a cabo gracias al apoyo y colaboración de: Grupo Radio Centro, Broadcast Electronics, Harris-Itis, Shively Labs, Rymsa y la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. -------- __@ ----- _`\<,_ ---- (*)/ (*) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (via M.I. Héctor García Bojorge, Conexión Digital via DXLD) ** MOLDOVA. See INTERNATIONAL ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Beam change for Radio Netherlands at 0200 UTC For technical reasons, we have had to change the beam of our 0200 English broadcast to North America on 9845 kHz. This is now broadcast from Bonaire on a beam of 320 degrees instead of 335 degrees. # posted by Andy @ 09:38 UT April 5 (Media Network blog via DXLD) So what are the technical reasons, exactly? See also BELGIUM. O, Andy Sennitt anticipated my question (gh, DXLD) There is a problem with slewing the antenna to 335 degrees, so that transmission is now on a bearing of 320 degrees instead. This should make little difference in central parts of North America, but I guess it will be a little stronger in the west and a little weaker in the east (Andy Sennitt, RN, dxld yahoogroup via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. Here is a neat (somewhat dated) Nigerian news article about FRCN Kaduna, a station that I am usually able to hear most evenings: http://www.mtrustonline.com/dailytrust/kaduna28112003.htm Best regards, (John Friberg, NH, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 29-02-2004 1135 UT, KFNY, Enid OK alone on frequency with ID as "All Comedy Radio" and some comedy routines. Poor (Sergei Alekseichik, Belarus, Signal, via Ydun`s MW News Logs via DXLD) I find this slightly hard to believe; before sunrise here, but 1:35 pm in Belarus. Some more specific program details would have been nice (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. LPFM stations granted: OK Enid, *100.9, Central Assembly of God Church OK Enid, KZIX-LP *101.5, Enid Educational Radio Association OK Tulsa, *107.9, Tulsa Community Radio Call Letters Assigned or changed: TX Wichita Falls, *88.7, KMCU, in stereo with cn format, ``The Classic FM,`` originating at KCCU *89.3 Lawton OK, and connected by a Ku-band satellite downlink Stereo --- Or to be $tereo OK Altus, KOCU, *90.1, cn format, as KMCU above Facilities Changes Granted: OK Tahlequah, KEOK, 101.7, 25000 h,v; 87m, d-a, with 50% power 40-50 degrees [the possibly Cherokee station] (Bruce Elving, Ph.D., April FMedia! via DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. PBC A-04 English: News 1600-1615 11570 11850 15100 15725; Assamese service in English 0045-0115 9340 11565; Urdu to WEu 0800- 1104 on 17835 21465 presumably still opens and closes with a few minutes of news in English (PBC website via Glenn Hauser, April 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PARAGUAY. Hola Glenn, Saludos desde Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA. Radio Nacional del Paraguay, captada el 05/04, a las 0044 UT, en los 9736.90 kHz. Transmitía un partido de fútbol. Frecuencia no muy estable. 73's y buen DX... (Adán González, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Re: ``7125 kHz, Radio Krishnaloka, from 0035 UT`` Yes, 7125 is an established Grigoriopol outlet, reserved for VOR Russian Worldservice to North America 2300-0500 --- see http://www.vor.ru/R2.html --- and if I do not miss something the only frequency for it between 0000 and 0100 at all. I assume VOR leases airtime to Radio Krishnaloka, just as they do with religious programmes from abroad already for a decade now? Regards, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I think this is a phonetic misunderstanding: "Krishnaloka" for "Mezhdunarodnoye". VOR's "Russian International Radio" - RIR (Russian: "Russkoye Mezhdunarodnoye Radio") was earlier reported on 7125 at nighttime (via Moldova towards North America). This frequency is also in the RIR online schedule http://www.vor.ru/RMR/waves.html which is still B03 and actually lacks "*" to mark this program block on 7125. Radio Krishnaloka was a low power pirate operation on around 7436; the location was never confirmed but originally claimed by the operators as Eastern Ukraine. It is unlikely that a Krishnait station would play any other music than spiritual tracks, not Russian pop and news as mentioned in the log, while this is the standard RIR format. Btw, there is a Russian Krishnait Internet radio station now: http://krishnaloka.ru, also this one called "Krishnaloka". (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, April 5, dxld yahoogroup via DXLD) Re: ``This must have been via one of the major VOR transmitters (gh) VOR does not have any transmitters of its own. In Russia, VOR is renting air time on transmitters owned by the national transmitter operator RTRS, in other countries it is leasing air time at facilities provided by the local transmitter owners. In principle, this was the procedure already during Soviet times; Radio Moscow never maintained its own transmitter park, all transmitters in the USSR were property of the Ministry of Communications. VOR is also not involved in providing air time for foreign relays via SW transmitters in Russia (DW, RNW, CRI etc) or domestic customers (like Radio Studio). There is only one exception: the German-based Radio Santec (Universelles Leben church) which since many years sub- leases air time from VOR for its programs in German, French, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish (see http://www.radio-santec.com/deutsch/radiofrequenzen_int.html and http://www.radio-santec.com/deutsch/radiofrequenzen_de.html for A04 frequencies). (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, April 5, dxld yahoogroup via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SERBIA Y MONTENEGRO [non]. Esquema de Radio Internacional de Serbia y Montenegro en idioma español, válido desde el 04/04 al 31/10/2004: HORA UTC KHZ DESTINO 1900-1930 7200 España 2300-2330 9680 Sudamérica [O] QTH: Radio Srbija i Crna Gora (RSCG), Radio Internacional de Serbia y Montenegro, Hilandarska 2, 11000 Belgrado, Serbia y Montenegro. E-mail: radioyu@b... [truncated] Web: http://www.radioyu.org (via Marcelo A. Cornachioni, Argentina, Conexión Digital via DXLD) The 9680 broadcast is a curiosity, because it switches from 2400 to 2300 on the date North America goes on DST, which ought to be irrelevant in South America! It`s a cascading effect, since the English broadcast has to jump from 0100 to 0000 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SEYCHELLES [non]. After more than a decade doing so, this will be the last time I spend an hour of my time formatting and reproducing the hopelessly convoluted FEBA schedule. It`s hard to believe that a 15-minute program in Banji-Banji broadcast every other Thursday on one SW frequency has any other purpose than fundraising fodder (``we need your money to continue our vital worldwide broadcasts in 147 languages!``). Although it`s probably as legitimate a use of the shortwaves as, say, spewing paranoia and hatred, I will no longer aid and abet this silly, transparent practice (Al Quaglieri, Ed., Listeners Notebook, April NASWA Journal via DXLD) ** SLOVAKIA. TSF NUMERIQUE N 2183 Alerte Union des Ecouteurs Français uef @ nerim.fr 04/02/04 11:50PM * Alerte : L'existance de Radio Slovaquie International dans son ensemble est gravement menacée. La suppression des ondes courtes sera effective à compter du 1er mai 2004. Si vous souhaitez continuer à entendre les informations en provenance de ce pays par ce vecteur vous devez le faire energiquement savoir par courrier à l'adresse suivante: Monsieur le Directeur Général Jaroslav Reznik, Slovenskÿ Rozhlas, Mitna 1, P.O. Box 55, 81755 Bratislava, Slovaquie Bonnes écoutes, Union des Ecouteurs Français, Radiodiffusions, utilitaires, radio-écouteurs, radioamateurs, techniques... Courriel: tsfinfo @ magic.fr Web: http://www.u-e-f.net U.E.F.: B.P.31, 92242 MALAKOFF Cedex, FRANCE (via Bill Westenhaver, DXLD) ** SLOVAKIA. Malas noticias: según las locutoras de Radio Eslovaquia, el servicio en español de la emisora corre peligro de desaparecer a partir del primero de mayo. Desde ya se agradece todo el apoyo por parte de la audiencia para evitar tan garrafal error (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AMERICA. Radio Cochiguaz: maravillosa QSL y carta de confirmación recibida en 83 días, en respuesta a mi informe de recepción del 06/10/2003. 73's y buen DX (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN [+non]. Esquema en idioma español de REE, Radio Exterior de España, válido desde el 28/03/2004 al 30/10/2004: Transmisiones para América del Norte: HORA UTC KHZ 0100-0600 6055 0200-0600 C-6025 1000-1300 21700 (LaV) 1100-1400 C-15170 (LaV) 1200-1500 C-15170 (Dom) 1300-1500 17595 (LaV) 1500-2300 C-17850 (Dom) 1600-2300 C-17850 (Sab) 1800-2000 C-17850 (LaV) 1900-2300 15110 2300-0500 9535 Transmisiones para América Central: HORA UTC KHZ 0200-0600 C-3350 1000-1300 21700 (LaV) 1100-1400 C-9765 (LaV) 1200-1500 C-15170 (Dom) 1200-2000 21700 (Dom) 1200-2100 21700 (Sab) 1200-2300 C-9765 (Dom) 1500-1800 21700 (Lun) 1500-1900 21700 (Mar a Vie) 1600-2300 C-9765 (Sab) 1800-2000 C-9765 (LaV) 2300-0500 9535, 15160 Transmisiones para América del Sur: HORA UTC KHZ 0000-0400 C-6020 0800-1700 21570 (LaV) 0900-1700 C-21570 (LaV) 1000-1300 C-11815 (LaV) 1000-1700 C-21570 (SyD) 1200-2000 21700 (Dom) 1200-2100 21700 (Sab) 1200-2300 C-11815 (Dom) 1500-1800 21700 (Lun) 1500-2100 21700 (Mar a Vie) 1600-2300 C-11815 (Sab) 1700-1900 17715 1800-2000 C-11815 (LaV) 2300-0300 11680 2300-0500 9620, 15160 Transmisiones para Africa: HORA UTC KHZ 0900-1400 21540 1400-1700 15385 (Sab) 1400-1900 17760 (LaS) 1400-2000 17760 (Dom) 1500-1700 15385 (LaV) 2100-2200 11625 (LaV) 2200-2300 11625 (Sab) Transmisiones para Europa: HORA UTC KHZ 0500-0700 5985, 9710 (SyD) 0500-0900 12035 0700-1300 13720 (LaV) 0700-1400 13720 (SyD) 0900-1700 15585 1700-2000 9665 (Dom) 1700-2100 9665 (Sab) 1700-2300 7275 Transmisiones para Australia: HORA UTC KHZ 0700-0900 17770 0700-0900 21610 (SyD) Transmisiones para Japón: HORA UTC KHZ 1000-1200 B-9660x Transmisiones para Filipinas: HORA UTC KHZ 1200-1400 X-11910 Transmisiones para Oriente Medio: HORA UTC KHZ 0500-0700 15485 0900-1700 21610 Centros Retransmisores: (C) via Cariari, Costa Rica (B) via Beijing, China (X) via Xiang, China QTH: Apartado de Correos, 156.202, 28080 Madrid, España. E-mail: ree.rne@r... [truncated] Web: http://www.rne.es/ree (via Ruben G. Margenet, Rosario, Argentina, Conexión Digital April 3 via DXLD; also via Bernie O`Shea, Ont., DXLD) ESPANHA – A Rádio Exterior de Espanha abriu espaço, entre 1800 e 1900, em 21700 kHz, de terças a sextas, para uma programação especialmente produzida para o público brasileiro. Não é um programa tradicional, em português, como os demais. É parecido com uma revista ou magazine, pois mistura algo em português e em espanhol mesmo, conforme constatou Sarmento Fernandes da Rocha Campos, do Rio de Janeiro (RJ). E para completar, irradiam o curso de espanhol do Instituto Cervantes, produzido na Cidade Maravilhosa (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 6 via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. R. Voice of Hope, Malagasy Republic, 12060 and 15320 via Talata: partial data letter in 3 months. V/s Elizabeth Limagur. Strangely, the envelope had no Uganda stamps on it but bore one 37 c US stamp and the cover of a US 37 cent stamp booklet --- each cancelled ``Kampala, Uganda``! (Wendel Craighead, KS, QSL Report, April NASWA Journal via DXLD) ** SWEDEN. Radio Sweden, 13590, Neat QSL via TERACOM for report of special transmission of the "Bandy Championship". Enormous DTV-T coverage map of Sweden with a full data, personal note on back explaining what "Bandy' is, (Think of a cross between hurling and ice hockey played on a soccer field) and a promise of a QSL card when they find them, having misplaced them while moving to a new office months ago. V/S, Magnus Urberg (sp?). This in 14 days for $1 (Scott Barbour, NH, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWITZERLAND. SWISSINFO/SRI TO END ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON 12 APRIL Confirming a report from Chris Brand on the mailing list of the British DX Club, Swissinfo/Swiss Radio International is announcing that its final English programme will be broadcast on Monday 12 April, somewhat earlier than had been expected. SRI is phasing out all its radio programmes, and the remaining shortwave transmissions will cease at the end of October as previously announced. The English slots will be replaced by music from 13 April. Some listeners appear to be surprised that the English shortwave service is ending, but in fact the policy of phasing out of radio broadcasting in favour of Intenet was announced three years ago. In a statement sent out to listeners in March 2001, the station said "A further cut down of short wave transmissions - down to a complete cessation at the end of October 2004 - will follow gradually." In this week's feature article to be published on Thursday, we'll take a look back at shortwave broadcasting from Switzerland over the past 70 years. # posted by Andy @ 12:31 UT April 5 (Media Network blog via DXLD) With the recent layoff of some 25 staff, I guess they no longer have enough people to continue producing English programs or programmes (gh, DXLD) SRI special programmes --- In each transmission until close down of the English language service on Monday 12th April there will be some historic recordings of the station. On 5th April they had a recording of Louis Armstrong from a show in 1955 (Nick Sharpe, UK, World DX Club email list via Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SYRIA [non]. EXILED DISSIDENT GROUP LAUNCHES RADIO FREE SYRIA ON INTERNET | Text of press release from dissident Reform Party of Syria dated 6 April Washington, 6 April 2004: The Reform Party of Syria announced today the start of its Radio Free Syria cybercast in Arabic on a test basis. Real broadcast will air shortly after the test period ends. One can listen to the programming on http://www.reformsyria.net/radio/index.htm and soon on http://www.radiofreesyria.org. [When the above web sites were checked by BBC Monitoring at 1115 gmt on 6 April, only the former link was active.] The intent of Radio Free Syria is to educate the Syrian public on issues of democracy, freedom and cessation of violence. RFS will be entertaining and educational to appeal to a large cross-section of Syrians. According to the CIA fact book, Syria boasts about 4.15m radios by 1997, giving RFS the largest medium to communicate. In the programming line-up, RFS will broadcast news on Syria and Lebanon on a daily basis. RFS will also air special cynical and humorous shows and a new play, written by one of the foremost Syrian play writers, to start in the real live broadcast. The "yet-to-be- named" play will address the misery of the Syrian people in contrast with the corruption of the Asad regime. RFS is managed by a team of 32 people, some of whom are inside Syria providing Cyprus operations with the latest news. One of the missions of Radio Free Syria is to consolidate the reformists inside Syria with the reformists pressuring the regime from outside and to build on the concept of the Syrian Democratic Coalition that met in Washington DC in September 2003. The Syrian Democratic Coalition goals are to build a "New Syria" with all Syrian parties and ideologies represented in a decorum of non-violence under a real democracy. Reform Party of Syria, PO Box 59730, Potomac, MD 20859 Source: Reform Party of Syria press release, Potomac (Maryland, USA), in English 6 Apr 04 (via BBCM via DXLD) Silly us, expecting a ``radio`` station to use a transmitter! Or is that what they mean by ``real broadcast`` later? (gh, DXLD) ** TURKEY. Según el programa DX de Radio Bulgaria, el servicio en español de La Voz de Turquía ahora se emite por los 13640 kHz, en su habitual horario de las 1630 UT (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. GERMANY, Radio Rhino International --- Their website says that their shortwave broadcasts have been suspended until May 3rd (Hans Johnson, Apr 6, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** U A E. R. Dubai, 21605. Apr 2 1555-1645* Tune-in to Mid-east music. 1607 Kor`an, Arabic talk. 1628 into English with ID, address and program ``Images of Arabia`` about history of the railroad in Arabia. 1645 abruptly off. Very good-strong; no \\ heard; English listed for 1600. Also on 12005, Apr 3 0329-0345*, English program ``Images of Arabia`` about coffee houses; fair, weaker on \\ 13675 (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. AGENCY HIT WITH ANOTHER FLRA COMPLAINT Dateline: Washington, 04/02/04. AFGE Local 1812 has been informed that the Agency will be slapped with another complaint from the Federal Labor Relations Authority. It is another repeat performance from an Agency that is clearly out of control. AFGE Local 1812 wonders why someone at the top has not removed those management officials who are constantly running afoul of the law (AFGE Local 1812 website via DXLD) ``Agency`` = USIA? Means VOA ** U S A. VOA MUSEUM RECEIVES GIFT OF 180-FOOT RADIO TOWER The Voice of America Museum, located on the site of the former VOA shortwave station at Bethany, Ohio, has been given a 180-foot tower as a gift from a local company, Mobilcomm. The West Chester Amateur Radio Club operates a radio station on the site, and the tower will greatly improve transmission and reception. In the event of a local disaster, the amateur radio station can serve as a backup to emergency communications. The tower could also be developed for commercial use in the future to help pay for the VOA museum. # posted by Andy @ 11:35 UT April 4 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. According to a Radio Sawa source, the MW relay station in Djibouti on 1431 is now operating 24h and with a directional beam towards the northwest (325 degrees). The current MW schedules for Radio Sawa are as follows: 990 600 kW Cape Greco-CYP (beam: SE) 0000-2400 Radio Sawa Egypt-Levant stream 1260 500 kW Rhodos-GRC (beam: SE) 0000-0800 Radio Sawa Egypt-Levant stream 1500-2400 Radio Sawa Egypt-Levant stream 1431 600 kW Arta-DJI (beam: NW) 0000-2400 Radio Sawa Sudan stream 1548 600 kW Kuwait-KWT (beam: NW) 0000-2400 Radio Sawa Iraq stream (Source: Radio Sawa info) (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, April 5, dxld yahoogroup via DXLD) ** U S A. From WBCQ CENTRAL --- Dear Glenn, New programs: Music Download Scene, WED. 6:30-7 PM EDT on 7415 [2230 right after WORLD OF RADIO]. Program is about downloading music on the net and the revolution in new music distribution. From 4 to 6 pm on Sundays [2000-2200 UT], 9330, a medley of programs such as Northern Lights, Science Rocks, and Radio Weather. All about Science, and communications with a bit of a religious tint --- good stuff though. Our greatest expense and largest drain on funds is our ever escalating HUGE electric bill. In fact it is now so large it may mean a large increase in rates. This I would like to avoid as many of our programmers can barely afford our current low fees. What we plan to do is have a fund drive to "Make WBCQ Green". Meaning we need to raise around $100,000 to purchase and install a large wind turbine to provide most of the power we need. This would greatly reduce our dependency on the local grid and enable us to keep program rates low. WBCQ would be the only station of its power level in the world to be powered by a windmill. We must do this soon as local electric rates are only going up. There will be more on the website http://wbcq.us (Allan Weiner, WBCQ, April 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWCR SPECIALTY PROGRAMS, AS OF 01 APRIL 2004 extracted by gh from printed schedule just received, the same April schedule not yet on the WWCR website, with (lengths rounded off) OLD RECORD SHOP (30) Mon 0300 3210, Mon 0930 9475, Tue 1730 15825 KEN`S COUNTRY CLASSICS (30) Sun 0500 5070, Mon 0330 3210 COUNTRY CROSSROADS (30) Sun 0530 5070 WORLD WIDE COUNTRY RADIO (60) M-F 1300 15825, M-F 1600 15825, Sun 0600 5070, Sun 2000 12160 INTO THE BLUE (55) Sun 0705 5070 ROCK THE UNIVERSE (55) Sat 1105 5070, Sun 0805 3210, Mon 0405 3210 RAGAM (120) Sun 1300 9985 LATIN CATHOLIC MASS (30) Sun 1600 15825 DX PARTYLINE (30) Tue 0930 9475, Thu 2000 15825, Sun 0200 5070 WORLD OF RADIO (30) Wed 0930 9475, Thu 2030 15825, Sat 1030 5070, Sat 2030 12160, Sun 0230 5070, Sun 0630 3210 MUNDO RADIAL (15) Tue 2130 15825, Wed 2100 15825, Fri 2115 15825 ASK WWCR (15) Fri 2030 15825, Sat 0845 5070, Sat 2345 9475, Sun 0145 5070, Sun 1015 15825, Sun 1745 12160, Wed 1-4-5 1715 15825, Fri 0945 9475 RADIO WEATHER (30) Sun 0300 5070 DX RADIO [SCHOOL] (30) Sun 0330 5070 CYBERLINE (55) Sun 0405 5070 NORTHERN LIGHTS (30) Thu 0100 3210 GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO (55) M-F 0805 3210, Sat 1505 12160 A VIEW FROM EUROPE (5) Sat 1110 15825, Sun 1005 5070 PRESIDENTIAL RADIO ADDRESS/DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE (15) Sat 1900 15825 *Then* I see that WWCR has just updated its own Specialty Programs page as of 05 April! A rather different selexion; cf http://www.wwcr.com/wwcr_program/wwcr_specialty_pgm_text.html (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WHYP: esta pirata estadounidense ha confirmado un informe de recepción enviado el pasado 25 de junio, con una QSLetter. La respuesta llegó el 30 de marzo de 2004. 9 meses y 5 días se tomó WHYP para responderme. Más vale tarde que nunca (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. At least for now, WLIB is Air America's only affiliate in the east (though there are strong rumors that Inner City Broadcasting sister station WHAT 1340 in Philadelphia will soon join it.) (Scott Fybush, NE Radio Watch April 5 via DXLD) ** U S A. LIBERAL RADIO TALKS, NOBODY LISTENS The real story about liberal radio is the size of its audience. As the new liberal talk-radio network finishes its first week in operation, industry insiders say the most impressive thing about the effort is not its performance — that has gotten mixed-to-negative reviews — but the fact that the network, Air America, has received such extensive press coverage relative to the tiny size of its audience. . . http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200404060841.asp (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. AIR AMERICA RADIO IS A JOKE --- By Justin Felux A while back I listened to a recording of a teach-in at Columbia University in which Cornel West was giving a speech. At the beginning he said, "I'd like to thank that group that made September 13th an upbeat day for me, even given the death of brother Tupac Shakur." He was referring to the group of prisoners who took part in the Attica prison uprising on September 13, 1971, the same day that Tupac died in 1996. Some of the white liberals in the audience responded by laughing, thinking that West was making a joke. They were so clueless that they didn't realize West was expressing genuine remorse over Tupac's death. I was reminded of that incident when I started learning about this new "liberal radio network." I thought that a lot of black folks must be laughing right now, because although white liberals don't seem to realize it yet, Air America Radio is a joke. . . http://www.pressaction.com/pablog/archives/001572.html (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. WHEELING WOULD GET SHORT END OF SIGNAL IN RADIO-STATION SHELL GAME 04/06/04 http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living/108124393767970.xml In West Virginia, a lot of people think of radio station WWVA as one of their state's best-known exports, right behind coal. It has a 50,000-watt signal that can be heard at night from Florida to Canada, giving a huge potential audience to "Jamboree USA," the Saturday night live music show it has carried for 71 years second only to Nashville's "Grand Ole Opry" in age and fame. Tourism officials say the show's wide reach helps draw visitors to the state. The station switched from country music to a news-talk format in the mid-1990s except for "Jamboree," but WWVA's size and prominence make it a point of pride in the Wheeling metropolitan area of 160,000 people. But the station's status as an export could be taking on an unusual and unexpected meaning. Its owner, Clear Channel, has applied to move its license from Wheeling to Northeast Ohio. Factories, offices and stores can move if the grass looks greener somewhere else. Only a few types of enterprises have to live or die in one place, and radio stations licensed to serve specific areas by the Federal Communications Commission always seemed to be among them. A sta tion might move from Cleveland to Akron or vice versa, or from a city to the suburbs, but changing states is something else. That could be yesterday's reality. WWVA's potential move looks like the latest unforeseen consequence of the ownership consolidation made possible by deregulation and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. And it would cause wider ripples in a market that appeared to have settled into some sort of stability after the ownership and format changes over the past five years. People in Wheeling still aren't certain exactly what's going on, but they suspect a shell game that will work to the advantage of Cleveland and Clear Channel. They've heard little locally beyond the assurance there always will be a WWVA in Wheeling. It just might not be the same one. Clear Channel, with more than 1,200 stations nationwide and more than a dozen in Northeast Ohio, has applied to move WWVA's AM/1170 license to Stow. Its three-tower transmitter, running at 50,000 watts daytime and 27,000 watts at night, would be about 30 miles away in Lorain County, just west of Strongsville. No exact plans have been announced for the move, but there is speculation the station would focus on sports and talk, complementing Clear Channel's WTAM AM/1100 and giving it considerably more heft here. Its closeness on the dial to Akron's WCUE AM/1150 means that WCUE would have to move possibly to one of Clear Channel's weaker signals in Akron or go silent in the sort of cash deal that's been seen elsewhere. If approved, in a process that could take years, the move would put a new and strong signal in the Cleveland market at a time when the FCC is granting no new AM licenses. WWVA's name and programming would move to one of Clear Channel's weaker stations around Wheeling, which is what gravels people in the Mountain State. "It's a pride issue," said Gabe Wells, a reporter for the Intelligencer newspaper in Wheeling. "There have been a lot of changes, but it's still here." The city manager and an Ohio congressman already have voiced opposition to the move, but because "people are not sure what's going down," Wells said, the uproar was worse when several local news jobs were cut in December. One of the people cut was David Demarest, who had been a reporter, anchor and news director. "That signal is a treasure we cannot afford to lose," he told me Monday. "This area has been a place with wonderful resources, and people have come in from outside, taken the resources and the money the resources have generated, and left us with acid rainage, abandoned mines, collapsed homes because of abandoned mines, and they haven't left us much of lasting value. Mining is hurting, steel is hanging on by its fingertips, the glass industry is gone, and now they want to take our radio station. "We're not going to let it go without a fight." © 2004 The Plain Dealer. Used with permission (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. WLRN 91.3 [Miami FL] sent full-data QSL letter in 82 days for $1, along with a keyring in a very nice box, one giant sticker, bottle holder with carabiner hook, info. All these in a presentation box. It had been opened by customs (Paul Gager, Vienna, Austria, April BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Presumably heard while travelling ** U S A. New translators granted: CO Grand Junction, K224CS *92.7, 140 h,v; K229AH *93.7 h,v; K284AP *104.7 h,v, all relaying KTMH. ``Regarding the number of translators [in the same city] with the same primary: it may appear excessive but it does not violate any FCC rule. If the translator application meets the FCC`s requirements, we grant it,`` Dale Bickel, dale.bickel @ fcc.gov More redundant translators: IN Rushville, W254AP, *98.7 h,v; W279AM *103.7 h,v; W285DN *104.9 h,v, all relaying WJCF. New LPFM stations granted [see also OKLAHOMA] IA Des Moines, *99.1, Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation, LPFM. To ``involve and empower the community on a daily basis about the incredible historical and cultural opportunities`` at the Hoyt Sherman Place Facilities changes granted KVOD *90.1 Denver has acquired a number of translators from commercial stations, converting them into non-commercial: CO Cortez, K237AE, *102.5, ex-KKOB-FM 93.3 Albuquerque CO Leadville, K280DZ, *103.9, ex-KRDO-FM 95.1 Colorado Springs WY Laramie, K296BO *107.1 ex-KQMT 99.5 Denver CO Glenwood Springs, K205AZ *88.9 with KAJX 91.5 Aspen, ex-KUWR 91.9 Laramie WY [I assume it was a fluke of terrain and elevation which allowed KUWR to get deep into the Colorado Rockies, but Aspen is much closer --- gh] (April FMedia! via DXLD) ** U S A. WOUB RADIO: FORMAT SWITCH NECESSITATED BY $$ PRESSURES 2004-04-05 By Nick Claussen Athens NEWS Associate Editor http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=16335 The switch from classical to talk radio on WOUB-FM was not just made to attract more listeners, but also to secure funding for the radio station, according to officials at Ohio University. The OU-run radio station on Friday sent a letter to local newspapers, written by Carolyn Bailey Lewis, director and general manager of WOUB Radio and Television. Later Friday, Tim Myers, director of radio and on-line services at OU, explained the issue further. Lewis' letter is printed in full on page 6 of today's Athens NEWS. In March, WOUB Radio announced that it was changing the format of its FM station from classical music, which had been on the air weekdays from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., to five daily news, culture and talk programs. The change in format prompted an outcry from classical music listeners, unhappy that their programs are being taken off the air. Similar protests erupted in the fall of 2002 when WOUB-FM replaced its evening jazz format with "Crossing Boundaries," a mix of AAA, Americana and blues. Lewis said in her letter that she has been reading letters to local newspapers and also has spoken with many listeners. She explained in the letter that WOUB has been studying its programming for the last two years and decided the change in format was the best move for the station. "It is clear, based on the research that we have seen, that the classical music audience in southeastern Ohio is small and continuing to decline," Lewis wrote. The research showed listeners want talk radio, and that the move would benefit the station financially, Lewis added. "The landscape of public radio has changed," Lewis wrote. Public radio stations are no longer assured automatic funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, she added. Federal funding is now based in part on a criteria that measures a station's audience and private financial support, Lewis said. "For the past two years, WOUB has not met those measurements and is in danger of losing all federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting," Lewis wrote. In addition to losing the federal funding, WOUB could lose the rights to broadcast programs from National Public Radio (NPR) and forfeit grant funding if it does not meet the measurements for listeners and private donations, according to Lewis. In past years, Myers said, the station has been on the edge of meeting criteria for listeners, but it has not met the criteria for private financial support. The last two years, though, the station fell below the criteria for its number of listeners as well, he said. Because the station is not meeting these measurements, it already has lost some of its federal funding, Myers said. "They've already cut a quarter of the money," he said. The station had been receiving just under $200,000 per year from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and it has lost $50,000 of that, Myers said. The station will continue to lose 25 percent of its funding every year that it doesn't meet the set measurements until the federal funding is eliminated, Myers explained. Lewis' letter stated that the station has 1.4 million potential listeners and only 1,808 of those people are members who donate to WOUB. Asked if that means that the classical music listeners aren't donating and that hopefully talk radio listeners will donate more, Myers said that WOUB hopes to receive more donations simply by having more listeners. More listeners and more donations would mean that the station could keep its federal funding and all of its NPR programming, he said. Now that the station has made the format changes, WOUB-FM officials will watch donations and numbers of listeners closely to determine the impacts of the changes, Myers said. The station will conduct another survey next spring, similar to this year's survey, and it will evaluate audience data throughout the year, he said. IN HER LETTER, LEWIS wrote that while WOUB-FM has dropped classical music, the station is willing to encourage efforts to bring a radio signal to Athens that features classical and jazz music. Last week, Athens resident Tom Taggart announced that Fine Arts Radio, in which he's a partner, has permission from the Federal Communications Commission to set up a translator in Athens to broadcast the signal from the Marietta College radio station, which plays jazz and classical music. Taggart said that Fine Arts Radio plans to start in September with a signal that only can be heard in the city, but he's looking for a place to erect a translator so that the signal in the Athens area can be stronger (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** VATICAN [non]. Vatican Radio A-04 English daily at 1530-1545 to Af/As/Au on 13765, 15235, is also via Tashkent on 12065, subject to confirmation (VR website via Tony Rogers, April BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** VIETNAM. É boa a sintonia, da programação em espanhol, da Voz do Vietnã, às 2130, em 9550 kHz. A dica é do José Moacir Portera de Melo, de Pontes e Lacerda (MT). (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 6 via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 7460, ALGERIA/WESTERN SAHARA, RASD, 2122- 2212, March 6, Arabic, YL and OM with long interview, music at 2141 followed by ID announcement at 2145, another interview, music at 2155, YL over music until splatter via 7465 WWCR sign-on. Clear signal at 2201 OM with news through tune-out. Fair (Scott Barbour, NH, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unfortunately, WWCR plans to maintain the *2200 opening of 7465 thruout the summer (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 7370, 2224-2238, March 6, Spanish? presumed IS loop with OM and fanfare until 2229. Brief music and talk, YL with and without sweeping orchestra music, OM with long talks, brief music at tune-out. Poor under static, unusable by tune-out. Not positive as to the language. R. América, Paraguay perhaps? (Scott Barbour, NH, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5 watts would be a terrific catch, or rather the student station they have turned it over to UNIDENTIFIED. A nearby spy -- Thursday, April 1, 2004, 0425, 9323. A spy, or some kind of intelligence service, is spewing over-modulated five digit number groups on this frequency and completely overwhelming everything nearby. This broadcast is equally strong and nasty on both sidebands. In fact we are getting spew from this broadcaster from 9310 up to 9335. Typical five digit number groups, e.g. "alpha lima bravo papa tango," but so badly over-modulated as to render the number groups nearly unintelligible. Very strong signal, s20+, must be nearby. Creepy. By the way, it's wiping out any trace of WBCQ on 9330. Which is no big deal because "Christian Media Network" on at this time almost always has nothing of interest to listen to. They ended the audio at 0441, but they still ran an nasty, hummy open carrier until 0443. Only then was I able to grab a signal on WBCQ on 9329.90 LSB. Posted by cosmik at 11:20 PM (RFMA.net via DXLD) So where is cosmik? UNIDENTIFIED. 9735, 1342-1343*, March 6, open carrier at tune-in, Glenn Miller`s "In the Mood" until carrier cut off at 1343. Fair (Scott Barbour, NH, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [non]. Re: ``9975 kHz, (Norway transmitter presumed) just after 0200 in unidentified Asian language, perhaps Dari or Pashto, news and talk to past 0220`` TWR in Farsi is listed here 0200-0230 via Cerrik, Albania (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, April 5, dxld yahoogroup via DX LISTENING DIGEST) smtw-fs 0200-0230 9975 Trans World Radio ALB Cerrik Farsi (Silvain Domen, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15629: A nearby spy: During a propagation disturbance when high-latitude and multi-hop signals were severely attenuated, came across a very strong 5-digit numbers station here on CW, April 6 at 1501. Strange thing was that while it was on-off keying (A1) there was also a pitch to the dits and dahs so no BFO was necessary (A2). At first I thought it was simply heterodyning the broadcast station on 15630, but it was very weak by comparison, and barely audible in the pauses, while the strength of the tones was high and constant. I tend to zone out when listening to CW, but left it on to see what happen; brief pause at 1514, perhaps starting over the same message for redundancy. Stopped promptly at 1530, I think without any letters to ID, but transmitter came back on for about half a minute of continuous noise at 1531:30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. USA? 17715, La Voz de la Restauración, 0048 on Apr 3, religious program in Spanish, giving address in Los Angeles, CA, USA and website at http://www.restauracion.com QRK ¾. Transmitter site for this? 73 (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, dxldyg April 6 via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing in HFCC A-04 at this hour on 17715; possibly a spur from KVOH? Check // 17775 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MUSEA +++++ AMERICAN MUSEUM OF RADIO & ELECTRICITY, Bellingham, Washington http://www.americanradiomuseum.org/home.htm (NBC via KFOR-TV via DXLD) UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL +++++++++++++++++++++++ Glenn, Life would be a lot easier if the international broadcasters just put up simple schedules on their website for us to copy. It would save all the searching and "copy and paste" that is often required. This should be the last long schedule. [FRANCE above] I see how it can be such a busy time for you at this time of year with all the schedule changes. Hang on there. Your work for us radio enthusiasts is most appreciated. I put together these schedules for my own records but feel that I should pass them on to others who may be interested (Bernie O'Shea, Ottawa) POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ INTELLON CORPORATION RAISES $23.5 MILLION IN FINANCING Press Release Source: Intellon Corporation Monday April 5, 8:31 am ET Comcast, EnerTech, Liberty Associated, Fidelity and Philips Invest in Home Powerline Networking Technology Leader http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040405/nym007a_1.html (via Rob de Santos, swprograms via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ NOW THERE'S AN AUTOMATED "PROFANITY ELIMINATION" DEVICE April 6, 2004 --- Looking to head off costly indecency fines without having to hire an in-studio censor to man the dump button? A digital equipment manufacturer has a new gizmo that'll do it for you -- automatically. ENCO Systems will market its new Guardien automated profanity elimination and spoken word logging system on April 19 at the NAB convention in Las Vegas. Here's how it works: Broadcasters keep two lists of words or phrases within the system -- one list for words to eliminate, and one for words to log. Guardien continually monitors the air feed using variable length delay settings. When a word or phrase from either list is detected, Guardien can bleep/mute and/or log the event. It even stores a small piece of the actual audio for future reference. ENCO President Gene Novacek says Guardien adds "high-end speaker independent, speech recognition software to the traditional profanity delay." The technology the company used to develop its "enCaption" automated closed captioning system for television turned out to be "perfect for use in an intelligent, automated broadcast delay." Adds ENCO VP/Sales & Marketing Don Backus: "Today's broadcast delay units all share one common thing - they require a person to press the dump button. With Guardien, you're not at the mercy of the judgment of a single individual." (from http://www.fmqb.com via Brock Whaley, DXLD) JAVORADIO RENAMED The website formerly known as Javoradio has a beverage antenna web receiver site in southern Sweden. The receiver is an ICOM 735 with an antenna 430m long. Sun Microsystems recently objected to the name `Javo` being used (stating it was too similar to Sun`s `Java`), so Javoradio is now know as DX Tuners: http://www.javoradio.net and http://www.dxtuners.com (Chris Brand, Communication Webwatch, April BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) MORE E-MAIL BY SHORTWAVE In October 2001 we published an article about an African initiative to combine old and new technologies to make it possible for people in rural areas to send and receive E-mail. It seems the system has also been used in the Solomon Islands for the past four years. The project is featured in this week's edition of the BBC World Service programme Go Digital http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3600657.stm (Thanks to Eric Beauchemin and Dan Atkinson) # posted by Andy @ 12:54 UT April 6 (Media Network blog via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++ ANALOGUE TV SWITCH-OFF: FIND THE ANSWERS AT THE AIB GLOBAL MEDIA BUSINESS CONFERENCE Dear Colleagues, The debate on the analogue TV switch off is becoming more intense. Regulators, broadcasters and consumers want answers to what it means for them. The AIB conference in Prague will provide the background and a wealth of practical experience from the analogue TV switch-off in Berlin Brandenburg nine months ago. Sascha Bakarinow of the media regulator in the German capital will present a case-study on the Berlin switch-over to digital TV and consider the consequences for the rest of broadcasting around the world. What lessons have been learned, what went wrong, what are the positive results - answers to all these questions and more at the AIB Global Media Business Conference in Prague, 12 and 13 May 2004. Nik Gowing, main presenter on BBC World, will chair a major debate on the resilience of broadcasters' businesses at a time of Terror and Conflict. Can our industry survive the pressures being exerted by the state, or those seeking to control the state? Detailed registration details are available at http://www.aib.org.uk Taking place on 12th and 13th May at the headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in central Prague, the AIB Global Media Business Conference has been designed by the industry. We've involved AIB members in planning the agenda, and we've talked to people throughout the industry to make sure that we're covering the subjects you want to discuss - and, importantly, learn from. Join us in Prague for this important industry event and join in the discussions that will affect the way the industry moves forward in 2004 and beyond. Yours sincerely, Kerry Stevenson, Communications Director The Association for International Broadcasting PO Box 990, London SE3 9XL, United Kingdom T +44 (0) 20 8297 3993 F +44 (0) 20 8297 0343 http://www.aib.org.uk (via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / PROPAGATION +++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++ SPACE WEATHER WEEK 2004 Space Weather Week is almost here. It begins on Tuesday, April 13 and ends at noon on Friday April 16. It will have an outstanding gathering of people and excellent, relevant talks and posters. The Hallowe`en Storms of 2003 are forming the background of the effects and scientific research that will be discussed at length at the conference. Space Weather Week 2004 is co-sponsored by the NOAA Space Environment Center, the Air Force Research laboratory, the NSF Division of Atmospheric Science, and the NASA Sun-Earth Connection Program. Details regarding the meeting agenda are posted at http://www.sec.noaa/gov/sww The deadline for registration has passed, but you may call to see if there is still space for additional attendance. Results of the conference will be summarized in the next few months, and if possible, presentations will be posted on our sww page at the SEC Website. So, if you miss the conference, you may be able to glean something of what was presented (SEC User Notes, April 2004 via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ The geomagnetic field ranged from quiet to major storm levels. Active to minor storm levels were observed midday on 03 April through early on 04 April as a result of the full-halo CME from 31 March. Isolated major conditions were observed early on 04 April. Otherwise, the field was at quiet to unsettled levels. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 07 APRIL - 03 MAY 2004 Solar activity levels are expected to range from low to moderate throughout the forecast period. Isolated moderate activity is possible from new Region 588 until its departure on 13 April. Activity should be at mostly very low to low levels from 13 to 25 April. Solar activity is expected to increase to low to moderate levels after Region 588 returns on 26 April. No greater than 10 MeV proton events are expected during the period. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels from 07 - 11, 18 – 20, 24 – 26 April, and 03 May due to recurrent coronal hole high-speed streams. The geomagnetic field is expected to range from quiet to minor storm levels. From 07 - 09 April, active to minor storm conditions are possible due to the influence of a recurrent coronal hole that will be in a geoeffective position. Unsettled to active conditions are expected on 17 - 18 April, and again from 23 – 25 April, due to a weak coronal hole high-speed stream. Active to minor storm levels are possible from 02 May through to the end of the forecast period due to a large, recurrent coronal hole. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2004 Apr 06 2211 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # Product description and SEC contact on the Web # http://www.sec.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2004 Apr 06 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2004 Apr 07 110 15 3 2004 Apr 08 110 20 4 2004 Apr 09 110 10 3 2004 Apr 10 105 10 3 2004 Apr 11 110 10 3 2004 Apr 12 115 10 3 2004 Apr 13 110 10 3 2004 Apr 14 105 10 3 2004 Apr 15 100 8 3 2004 Apr 16 100 8 3 2004 Apr 17 100 10 3 2004 Apr 18 100 12 3 2004 Apr 19 100 10 3 2004 Apr 20 105 8 3 2004 Apr 21 110 10 3 2004 Apr 22 110 10 3 2004 Apr 23 110 12 3 2004 Apr 24 115 15 3 2004 Apr 25 110 15 3 2004 Apr 26 115 15 3 2004 Apr 27 120 10 3 2004 Apr 28 120 8 3 2004 Apr 29 120 8 3 2004 Apr 30 120 8 3 2004 May 01 120 8 3 2004 May 02 120 12 3 2004 May 03 115 15 3 (http://www.sec.noaa.gov/radio via WORLD OF RADIO 1227, DXLD) ###