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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1255: Thu 1700 WOR WBCQ after hours Thu 2130 WOR WWCR 9985 Thu 2200 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Fri 0200 WOR ACBRadio Mainstream [repeated 2-hourly thru 2400] Fri 1100 WOR RNI [archive] Fri 1700 WOR WBCQ after hours Sat 0000 WOR Studio X, Momigno, Italy 1584 87.35 96.55 105.55 Sat 0900 WOR WRN1 to Eu, Au, NZ, WorldSpace AfriStar, AsiaStar, Telstar 12 SAm Sat 0955 WOR WNQM Nashville TN 1300 Sat 1130 WOR WWCR 5070 Sat 1928 WOR WPKN Bridgeport CT 89.5 Sat 2030 WOR R. Lavalamp Sat 2130 WOR WBCQ 17495-CUSB Sun 0330 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Sun 0430 WOR WRMI 6870 Sun 0730 WOR WWCR 3210 Sun 0930 WOR WRN1 to North America, also WLIO-TV Lima OH SAP Sun 0930 WOR KSFC Spokane WA 91.9 Sun 0930 WOR WDWN Auburn NY 89.1 [unconfirmed] Sun 0930 WOR KTRU Houston TX 91.7 [occasional] Sun 1030 WOR WRMI 9955 Sun 1100 WOR R. Lavalamp Sun 1400 WOR KRFP-LP Moscow ID 92.5 Sun 1500 WOR R. Lavalamp Sun 2000 WOR Studio X, Momigno, Italy 1584 87.35 96.55 105.55 Sun 2030 WOR WWCR 12160 Sun 2100 WOR RNI Mon 0330 WOR WRMI 6870 Mon 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Mon 0430 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910 [1254] Mon 0530 WOR WBCQ 7415 Mon 0900 WOR R. Lavalamp Mon 1700 WOR WBCQ after hours Mon 2200 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Tue 1000 WOR WRMI 9955 Tue 1700 WOR WBCQ after hours Tue 2200 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Wed 1030 WOR WWCR 9985 Wed 1700 WOR WBCQ after hours MORE info including audio links: http://worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WRN ONDEMAND [from Fri]: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also for CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL]: WORLD OF RADIO 1255 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1255h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1255.rm WORLD OF RADIO 1255 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1255.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1255.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1255.html [from Thursday] WORLD OF RADIO 1255, mp3 in the true SW sound of 7415: (stream) http://www.piratearchive.com/media/worldofradio_12-01-04.m3u (d`load) http://www.piratearchive.com/media/worldofradio_12-01-04.mp3 CONTINENT OF MEDIA 04-09 produced Nov 30: (stream) http://www.dxing.com/com/com0409.ram (download) http://www.dxing.com/com/com0409.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/com0409.html ** ALBANIA. Re the audio quality of Radio Tirana: Yes, the lines used to feed their programming to Cërrik when they still used this site were of limited quality. Here is an example; note especially the hum (clearly no heterodyne): http://www.radioeins.de/_/meta/sendungen/apparat/040306_a2.ram But some of the real telephone quality is already caused at the studio. Let me refer to this recording of 1458 http://www.radioeins.de/_/meta/sendungen/apparat/040403_a2.ram where Radio Tirana starts at 1:37. The mike audio is not bad, sufficient to reproduce the studio ambience, but the music tapes are just terrible. Hard to imagine that these are 38 or 19 cm/s studio tapes! And re the list of Albanian mediumwave transmitters: According to WRTH meanwhile 1089 is the only remaining domestic outlet. Apparently all other mediumwave transmitters were shut down and replaced by FM. 1089 is as unstable as the old shortwave transmitters at Cërrik were. Here is a recording of the resulting het (the other, louder station in this mess is Tbilisskaya): http://www.radioeins.de/_/meta/sendungen/apparat/040320_a1.ram (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA[non] ** ALBANIA [and non]. CHINESE MINISTER INAUGURATES ALBANIAN TRANSMITTER SITE Zhao Shi, first vice minister of the State Administration for Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) inaugurated new TVSH (Radio Televisioni Shqiptar, Albanian state radio and television) transmitters, provided by the Chinese government at the Cerrik site near Tirana on Sunday (28 November), Drita Cico, the head of the TVSH monitoring service told the BBC. The transmitters will be used to broadcast Radio Tirana and to relay China Radio International (CRI) to Europe, and will greatly improve the quality of reception for Radio Tirana's listeners. According to Ma Xuming, a senior SARFT official, the opening of the Cerrik site is an important step for both Radio Tirana and CRI, as this is the first time that such a partnership has been achieved in Europe. Additionally, Radio Tirana is expected to start satellite transmissions by the end of November, following an order by the TVSH Director-General Artur Zheji. According to Mrs Cico, the radio will accompany the TV Shqiptar Satelit digital signal on the Eutelsat W2 satellite. Source: BBC Monitoring research 28 Nov 04 (via DXLD) ** ANTIGUA. BBC harmonic into NE USA Monday 29 November 2004, 1359 UT - 30.38 MHz AM BBC via Antigua 2nd harmonic OM talk S4+ With QSB & deep fading. BBC harmonic into NE USA Tuesday 30 November 2004, 1641 UT - 30.38 MHz AM - BBC via Antigua 2nd harmonic FK97 S4 > 6 OM talk, YL with Brit accent, sports. Good quality audio. Harmonic into NE USA Wednesday 1 December 2004, 1351 - 30.38 MHz AM BBC World Service via Antigua FK97 2nd harmonic S4+ > 5 OM, YL talk ref Africa & AIDS QSB with deep fading (Jack Sullivan, Central New Jersey, FN20, harmonics yg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. John Parry, 5B4AFR on Cyprus has pulled in an Australian weather service station for the west coast of the continent. John says that the transmission was directed at shipping and gave wind direction and velocity. The frequency was USB 12362 at 1330, SIO 343. This report will have been for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology weather station VMW broadcasting from Wiluna, which is right in the centre of Western Australia. VMW broadcasts on 4149 and 16528 during local daytime, 2056 and 6230 kHz during local night time and 8113 and 12362 at any time. Western Australia is UT +8. VMW`s sister station is VMC in Charleville in Queensland. It covers the eastern part of the continent and waters. VMC broadcasts on 4426 and 16546 during local daytime, 2201 and 5607 nigyhttime, and 8176, 12365 at any time. Queensland is UT +10. Maps and schedules are available through http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/marine_weather_radio.shtml ROYAL FLYING DOCTORS The Royal Flying Doctor Service maintains a network of SW transmitters mainly for travellers in Australia`s outback. The stations are in Western Austrlia through five stations on the two frequencies 5300 and 5360 as well as 2792 at VJB Derby, 2280 at VKL Port Hedland, 2280 at VJT Carnarvon, 2280 at VKJ Meekatharra and 2792 at VJQ Kalgoorlie. In central and eastern areas of the continent, the RFDS operates on 2020 as well as 5410 and 6950 at VJD Alice Springs; 4010, 6890 and 8165 at VNZ Port Augusta; 4055 and 6920 at VJC Broken Hill; 4980 and 6845 at VJN Charleville; 5110 and 6965 at VJI Mt Isa; and 2260, 5145, 7465 at VJN Cairns. RFDS is at http://www.flyingdoctor.net (Greg Baker, Bandscan Australia, Dec Short Wave Magazine [UK] via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4845.05, R. Municipal, Caranavi, very nice signal at 0943 Nov 27, Andean music, ID 0948; het from Brazilian carrier on 4845.2 (Ondas Tropicais opening at 1000), but Municipal still holding its own nicely on LSB (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. /USA: VOA TO BROADCAST ON LARGEST NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK Excerpt from press release by Voice of America on 29 November Washington DC, 29 November: The Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Panamericana announced today that VOA Spanish-language programming will air on Bolivia's largest national radio network, beginning Wednesday, 1 December. Thanks to an agreement between VOA and Radio Panamericana, VOA programming in Spanish will now reach an additional 8.6 million listeners weekly through Panamericana's network of eight affiliate stations in Bolivia's major cities, including La Paz, Santa Cruz, and Cochabamba. The new partnership with Panamericana builds on VOA's current network of 15 smaller affiliate stations in Bolivia. An inaugural ceremony in La Paz will accompany the launch on 1 December 2004. Each day, Radio Panamericana will carry Reportaje Desde Wáshington (Report from Washington). The exclusive, live question-and-answer news report from VOA's Washington DC studios will be customized for the region. Monday through Friday will feature Luis Facal at 0825 local time (0125 UT), and Tuesdays and Fridays will feature Mercedes Antezana at 1645 local time (2145 UT). Finally, a two-minute segment of VOANoticias will air daily at 1130 local time (1630 UT). Other VOA Spanish programming includes Foro Interamericano, a weekly, hour-long public affairs television program that examines issues of interest to the Americas. VOA also broadcasts the daily Desde Washington (From Washington), a five-minute, Spanish-language television newscast for more than three dozen affiliates in 10 countries throughout Latin America. In addition, VOA Spanish broadcasts programs directly to listeners via short-wave and by satellite to AM and FM affiliates in the region. Programs are also available on the Internet at http://www.VOANews.com/Spanish [Passage omitted on VOA] For more information, call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 401- 7000, or E-Mail publicaffairs @ voa.gov Source: Voice of America press release, Washington, in English 29 Nov 04 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Duas emissoras brasileiras enfrentam problemas técnicos, com suas freqüências de ondas curtas, nos últimos dias: em 4825 kHz, a Rádio Canção Nova, de Cachoeira Paulista (SP), tem o sinal totalmente distorcido. O mesmo ocorre em sua freqüência de 9675 kHz. A outra emissora é a Rádio Mundial, de São Paulo (SP), em 4975 kHz, que tem um sinal péssimo (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX Nov 28 via DXLD) ** CANADA. Re GH's query in DXLD 4-178 as to whether Ukrainian on RCI would be extended past the scheduled Nov. 30 close-out date: This was mentioned in Sunday's RCI Maple Leaf Mailbag program, and I did hear that it was being extended. But I didn't realize that this was something important to be noted, so I did not write down the details. It was going to be extended at least into December, but whether or not it will definitely last into 2005 sometime I do not know. Anyone else who heard that Mailbag recall the details? (Will Martin, MO, Dec 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) They read a protest letter from Walt Salmaniw, and reply was that it has been extended until the end of January, and may not be over yet (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. I would be interested in knowing whether or not other people are having trouble hearing RCI's English evening shortwave broadcast directed to the Americas. The 0100-0300 broadcast has been very hard to hear. The 6190 frequency is the best of the three but most evenings there has been significant fade and interference. Most nights the 9755 and 9810 frequencies are completely inaudible. This is a major disappointment for me since I had previously been able to pick up RCI very well before they dropped the earlier broadcast and changed frequencies for the winter season. For those of you in the know is there a good way for my to communicate this to the people at RCI and also, is there a chance they might be able to switch frequencies so that they can actually be heard?! Cheers (Mr. Sandy Finlayson, Philadelphia, PA, Swprograms mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DXLD) Yes, me too. Unfortunately, this has been a longstanding problem with RCI later evening broadcasts at my location (upstate NY). The signal apparently just flies over me. I have the same problem with the R. Sweden relay on 6010 (which also suffers from its proximity to RHC on 6000, whose somewhat sloppy signal splatters all the way up there.) I don't have a specific name to write to at RCI. Maybe someone else here does. In the meantime, a note to their engineering dept. can't hurt, I suppose (John Figliozzi, Half Moon, ibid.) Sandy, Weren`t you previously further west, or am I thinking of someone else? I`m afraid this problem is to be expected. Philly is just too close to Sackville for 9 MHz in the winter nights, as MUFs fall. Unless RCI could manage a frequency on 90, 75, or 60 meters, 49m is the best they can do for close-in coverage. It would certainly help if they still had a broadcast earlier in the evening/afternoon, or used southerly relay sites! 73, (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1255, ibid.) Glen[n]: No, I was in Toronto previously where the CBC was readily available. Now that I am in the States I have been relying on RCI for a Canadian view of the world which makes the reception problems SO frustrating. The problem seems to have been made much worse by the shift to a later broadcast. It would be REAL nice if they would reconsider moving the broadcast back two hours. They had said when they released the new schedule that they were doing it to consolidate resources so MORE people could listen. Well the reality appears to be that less people can now listen. Hasn't RCI used frequencies in the 5900's before. Perhaps moving that bit lower would help. I just can't figure out why they would choose to use times and frequencies that can't be heard on the east coast of the USA (Sandy, ibid.) Use the form on this site: http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/contact.shtml Or try this address: westenhb @ Montreal.RADIO-CANADA.CA What prevents RCI from using anything lower than 6 MHz? Is the challenge technological (i.e. antenna)? 73, (Ricky Leong, Montreal, ibid.) Probably both technical and regulatory. Since Sackville has never gone below 5.9 MHz, it`s a good bet their antennas would need modification. That is still (more or less) the official lower limit for international broadcasting; apparently it is not so easy in Canada to bypass that regulation as in the US (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It's no better out west --- usually a toss-up between 6190 and 9755, with both being low strength and noisy and 9810 is inaudible. Thanks for the link for sending feedback to RCI. 73, (Alan Johnson, N4LUS, Reno, NV, swprograms via WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DXLD) If the reception is no better out west, is it too much to think that RCI might take some steps to fix this --- like going back to the earlier transmission when they could be heard well --- at least in the east? (Sandy, ibid.) Bill Westenhaver has been quite responsive in his role in Audience Relations. We may need to be somewhat patient as RCI sorts through all this, but it sure sounds like they're squandering 500 kW for a couple hours... has anyone tried using the DX Tuners Java radios to see if any down in the Southeastern USA (presume there are a couple there) get RCI at these time on the higher frequencies? (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, ibid.) I must confess that I am puzzled about the decision making process that made them 1] select the frequencies they did and 2] made them select the later time for their broadcast to the Americas. I would have expected that the RCI technical people would have known that these decisions would be problematic for listeners. What the discussion on this list has demonstrated is that this is not an isolated problem, so we hope that perhaps something can be done to fix it. As for RCI's logic, it does make sense from a programming point of view; it's just unfortunate that the logic falls apart if significant blocks of listeners can't hear the broadcasts now (Sandy Finlayson, Philadelphia, PA, Dec 1, ibid.) In this case OK must be favorably located, because at 0136 check Dec 2, in As It Happens, 6190 was good, 9755 and 9810 very good. No complaints here. BTW, at this time 13 MHz was almost dead with only one weak signal, and 15 MHz completely dead (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CBC Programs Relayed --- Hi! Just wanted to mention that I've really been enjoying the afternoon relays of CBC programming aired on 15180 kHz. The content tends to be most interesting. For example, yesterday there was a discussion of the article on Charles Schultz and the "Peanuts" comic strip that was written by Johnathan Franzen and which appeared in the Nov. 29th issue of The New Yorker, a magazine that I had just received the previous day and in which I had noted that article and marked it for reading; now my interest in reading it is multiplied many times over. I admit to being a little surprised that they'd include a US magazine instead of limiting the commentaries to Canadian publications, but am glad I caught this particular discussion. I've also enjoyed the readings from various books that I've heard on that program (I think this is all in "The Roundup"?); the selection of what they choose to read seems to align with my taste better than what the BBC selects for their "Off The Shelf" series. Reception of your broadcast on 15180 is also better than any BBC shortwave reception these days. I guess I'll repeat my perennial comment that I'd sure like to hear RCI transmissions in the US during late-night periods; recorded repeats of these same programs in the 0400-0600 UT timeframe, or thereabouts, aimed at the Central and Western US, would reach an appreciative audience, I'm sure. Regards, (Will Martin (Saint Louis, Missouri USA), Dec 1, to RCI, cc to DXLD) ** CANADA. More CRTC exemptions http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Notices/2004/pb2004-92.htm "In this public notice, the Commission exempts from licensing requirements and associated regulations, those low-power radio programming undertakings that provide live or pre-recorded messages about traffic, weather conditions, highway construction and closures, conditions on bridges and in mountain passes, and information, broadcast without consideration, relating to attractions of interest to tourists, and that meet certain other criteria set out in the exemption order appended to this notice." (via Ricky Leong, QC, Nov 29, DXLD) ** CHAD. 6165, Tentative N`djamena, 0507 Nov 28, very big signal with African-style music and talk in French, but equally big co-channel QRM from Croatia which was playing non-stop upbeat music with no ID until 0550. The two were about the same level for a while, but "Chad" stayed a bit on top after 0530 when there was what I think was an ID followed by drums and apparent French news with many African places mentioned. Very exotic music 0552-0555, more talk; I thought I might get a definite ID at 0600 but both stations were blown away when Bonaire signed on at 0557. Chad is listed in WRTH as *0425, and it would be worth checking this one out then (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** CHINA. ``Nice`` signals from Firedrake at midday here, 1902 UT even on 7540 // 9355 // 9455, all of which are R. Free Asia frequencies in Mandarin, via Dushanbe, Saipan and Saipan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. Nov. 29 at 0017 UT: I've just noted China Radio International via Albanian transmitters, in English with an excellent signal on 6020 and 9570; clear signal with no QRM here (Joe Hanlon in NJ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Actually started a few days earlier (gh) ** CHINA [and non]. New CRI Arabic 0500-0700 on 5985, 7120 and 9590 via Albania and 17485 via Kashi. New CRI English 0500-0700 0n 11750 via Albania and 17505 via presumed Kashi. This is a relay of the domestic service, different from the Asian service heard on various other frequencies at the same time (Olle Alm, Sweden, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Domestic service means the program that was in summer carried all day long via Kashi on 17490 and announced FM 91.5 for Beijing? Here a recording of this, complete with my beloved local noise: http://www.radioeins.de/_/meta/sendungen/apparat/040612_a1.ram (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Wolfy, Re CRI on these 2 frequencies. 1600-1757 Arabic 9555 11725 [ciraf 37-40] AFG IRN EGY LBY NoAF MRC (very wide area) --- 9555 is doing great here. A local station as a matter of fact with a spur affecting 9550 with Radio Vietnam in English, but 11725 is not audible at all. All I could hear is noise! All the best my friend, yours, (Tarek Zeidan, SU1TZ, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 30 via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) CHINA/ALBANIA: China Radio International via Cerrik, Albania effective Nov. 28: 0500-0657 Arabic 5985, 7120 1600-1757 German 5970, 7155 9590, 17485 1600-1757 Arabic 9555, 11725 0500-0557 English 17505 1800-1957 French 5970, 6055 0600-0657 English 11750, 17505 7175, 7385 0700-0757 English 17490 2000-2157 English 5960, 7285 0700-0857 Chinese 11785 2000-2157 Arabic 6185, 7215 0700-0857 English 11855 2200-2257 Portuguese 6175 1100-1257 English 13665 2200-2257 Spanish 7210 1400-1657 French 11920, 13670 2300-2357 Spanish 6175, 7215=not 1500-1557 Turkish 7120, 9565 0000-0157 English 6020, 9570 (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 30 via WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DXLD) New CRI Cerrik Albania relay, spurious 11715 / 11925 at 0700-0857 UT. [mixes of 11785 and 11855 as above] CRI Cerrik relay site operating schedule has been stabilized. CRI Cerrik-A site, regularly from November 28th, 2004: latest summary, Dec 1st: 0000-0157 English 6020 9570 [ciraf 8,9] NoAM 0200-0357 Chinese 6020 9570 [ciraf 8,9] NoAM 0500-0657 English 11750 \\ 17505KAS [ciraf 38] EGY LBY NE NoAF 0500-0657 Arabic 5985 7120 9590 [ciraf 37 38] EGY LBY NE NoAF [and 17485KAS too] 0700-0857 English 11855 \\ 15350KAS 0700-0800, 17490KAS 0800-1257 [ciraf 27] WeEUR 11715 kHz spur of new powerhouse CRI Cerrik Albania relay 11855 kHz. 0700-0857 Chinese 11785 \\ 17650KAS [ciraf 27] WeEUR 11925 kHz spur of new powerhouse CRI Cerrik Albania relay 11785 kHz. Both spurs of 11785/11855 kHz are 70 kHz apart, the normal procedure, upper spur carries lower frequency program content, and lower spur carries upper frequency program content v.v. 1100-1257 English 13665 [ciraf 27] WeEUR \\ 17490KAS 0800-1257 1200-1357 English 13790URU [ciraf 27 28] Ce&WeEUR 1300-1457 English 13610KAS [ciraf 27 28] Ce&WeEUR 1400-1557 French 11920 13670 [ciraf 46] WeAF 1500-1557 Turkish 7120 9565 [ciraf 39] TUR IRQ IRN 1600-1757 Arabic 9555 11725 [ciraf 37-40] AFG IRN EGY LBY NoAF MRC (very wide target area) 1600-1757 German 5970 7155 [ciraf 28] Ce&WeEUR 1700-1757 French 7350KAS [ciraf 28] Ce&WeEUR 1800-1857 Chauzhou 6010URU [ciraf 28] Ce&WeEUR 1800-1957 French 5970 7175 [ciraf 28] Ce&WeEUR \\ 6055 7385 [ciraf 46] WeAF 2000-2157 Arabic 6185 7215 [ciraf 38] EGY LBY NoAF MRC 2000-2157 En (EU) 5960 7285 [ciraf 27 28] Ce&WeEUR 2200-2257 Portug. 6175 [ciraf 37] POR ESP NoAF 2200-2257 Spanish 7210 [ciraf 37] POR ESP NoAF 2300-2357 Spanish (EU) 6175 7210 7120URU [ciraf 37] POR ESP NoAF (not 7215); 6175CER and 7210CER ahead; 7120URU kHz a tenth second behind. Spanish (AM) 7160XIA 7245XIA [partly different program] Cerrik transmission feeder audio is AHEAD of Kashi or Urumchi \\ outlets by a quarter of a second. CRI Cerrik schedule still puzzles. Varies from day to day. At present only four of six transmitters are on schedule (Wolfgang Büschel, and thanks updates by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, BC-DX Dec 1 via WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DXLD) ** CHINA [non]. How fortunate we are to have a choice of two different English programs from Beijing: UT Dec 2 at 0134 something about opera on 6020 via Albania, interview with Jane Goodall on 6005 via Canada. I wonder which, if not a third program was on 6080 DRM via Sackville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. Schedule for big new relay in Albania --- China Radio International introduced a new schedule on November 28, incorporating regular transmissions from the new relay centre at Cerrick [sic], Albania. The new relay is used for CRI services from 0500-0900 and 1600-0100, with intended coverage areas of Europe, Middle East, and North America. The initial schedule is reflected in the use of a maximum of four frequencies in use at any given time. There are six 150 kW refurbished transmitters available for the relay. 5960 2000-2200 English Eu 5970 1600-1700 German Eu 5970 1800-2000 German Eu 5985 0500-0700 English Eu 6020 0000-0100 English NAm 6020 1600-1800 English Eu 6055 1800-2000 French Af 6185 2100-2200 Arabic ME Eu 7120 0500-0700 English Eu 7155 1600-1700 German Eu 7175 1800-2000 French Af 7200 2200-0000 French Eu 7215 2000-2200 Arabic ME Eu NAf 7285 2000-2200 English Eu 9555 1600-1800 Arabic ME Eu NAf 9570 0000-0100 English Nam 9590 0500-0700 English Eu 11785 0700-0900 Mandarin Eu Frequency coordination with other administrations is appalling, with extreme co-channel interference to many broadcasters whose B04 assignments had been correctly authorized by the HFCC planning process. Some channels had been submitted by the RTC (Radio and Telecommunications of PRC) HFCC/ITU specifying transmitter locations in "China", making a total farce of agreed frequency planning and coordination processes for international broadcasting. In fact, the usage of 7215 2000-2200 with Arabic for NAf/ME/Eu is absurd, as this channel is ALSO used by CRI for another service (French) at 2030-2230 from the Samara (Moscow) relay site, for the same target zone! 6185 2100-2200 (Arabic) is disturbing the TDF Issoudun (France) service, co-channel, carrying RFI programming in Romanian to Eu, also 2100-2200! The above data is based on information made available to me from private professional sources, incorporating my own observations. I would expect that official complaints will be submitted to RTC and ITU by the various administrations whose services are now adversely affected by this Albanian facility, and this may result in some frequency adjustments by those broadcasters, and RTC itself. Regards from Melbourne! (Bob Padula, Nov 29, http://rvjp.blogspot.com/ via DXLD) ** CONGO DR. START-UP RADIO STATION REACHES OUT OF THE BUSH --- With no electricity, a Congolese town finds its voice on a volunteer-run broadcaster, STEPHANIE NOLEN finds, From Tuesday's Globe and Mail POSTED AT 6:00 AM EST Tuesday, Nov 30, 2004 Kasongo, Democratic Republic of Congo — They began with a transmitter salvaged from a junk heap. On June 26, 2001, a Kasongo repairman rigged it together with some batteries, and the next day, Sauti Ya Mkaaji, the Voice of the People, was on the air. . . http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041130.wxradio1130/BNPrint/International/ (via Gerald T. Pollard, NC, DXLD) WTFK? ** CROATIA [and non]. Voice of Croatia English schedule is 0300-0330 1134 7285, 0700-0705 9470, 1700-1730 1134, 1905-1915 6165 13830, 2315- 2330 1134 7285 (Mike Barraclough, England, Dec World DX Club Contact via WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DXLD) ** CZECH REPUBLIC [and non]. CRI completely blocking Prague on 7345 kHz (from Urumqi). (On from 0000-2000 per their schedule) SINPO 33333, Prague buried in the mud (November 29 and 30 UT) But Prague was audible with SINPO 44444 on 6200 (Roger Chambers, NY, ODXA via WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DXLD) ** ECUADOR [and non]. Thanks for the useful file! I appreciate your work in maintaining it [to John Norfolk, re DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS]. I wonder why Allan Weiner doesn't keep a copy handy; during last Friday's program, some guy called in to ask that he consider carrying DX Partyline on WBCQ. Neither of them knew details of when it was being aired currently, and the caller didn't seem to even know that it originated in Quito (he referred to the Australian HCJB outlet as its source) and no one knew of the WRMI airings. Incredibly, Allan didn't even recognize the name of the program! How can someone have been involved with radio for 50 years and NOT know HCJB and DXPL?!?!?!? Dazed and confused, 73, (Will Martin, MO, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. O Departamento Brasileiro da Rádio Cairo está solicitando a sua ajuda! O colunista recebeu mensagem, daquele setor da emissora egípcia, pedindo que todos os radioescutas e dexistas monitorem a programação em português. Depois, devem enviar dados de como está a sintonia ou simplesmente escrever que tais emissões são importantes para a comunidade de fala portuguesa. Todas as mensagens servirão de subsídio para que o Departamento Brasileiro mostre para a direção da estação que a Rádio Cairo deve prosseguir transmitindo em português. A princípio, a emissora deixaria de emitir, em português, a partir de 31 de dezembro. Relembramos que a emissão, em português, vai ao ar, entre 2215 e 2330, em 11790 kHz. Todas as correspondências devem ser endereçadas para: Departamento Brasileiro, Rádio Cairo, Caixa Postal 566, Cairo, República Árabe do Egito. E-mail: brazilian_prog@egyptradio.tv (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX Nov 28 via DXLD) ** EGYPT. Re 4-178: Shortly after posting last issue, I realized that Cairo on 6970 in English until 0330 must be a mixing product between 7260 and 7115, at 145 kHz separation. The matching mix on 7405 would be buried by Cuban jamming and Radio Martí. Checked again UT Dec 2, a bit later, at 0148: 7260 has Russian tones over a very weak station in Spanish; 0200 Golos Rossii opening and could not hear Cairo under it, if it were even there. Meanwhile at 0150, 7115 had a subaudible heterodyne between Bosnia and something in Arabic, no doubt Qahira; could not hear any mix on 6970 just below Galei Zahal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7115, R. Cairo. 0140 11/28/04. P-F with absolutely horrific audio/ modulation which rendered the signal all but unusable!!! Scheduled for Arabic at this time and on this frequency but this may well have been in English. Seemed to be a talk or political commentary re Israel & Palestine but who could tell!!! I would love to be able to actually hear what these guys are saying for once (Jim Clar, NY, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** EGYPT. Re: R Cairo Hindi --- Hi Swopan, Good day, The email for Radio Cairo, Hindi is hindip @ egyptradio.tv Have you heard them in the 22 MB? If so then please let me know the exact frequency. 73s, (Harjot Singh Brar, India, GRDXC via DXLD) ** FINLAND. Dec. 3rd SWR Virrat on Short and Medium Waves! During next transmission of Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat in Finland we shall have also our MW-transmitter 1602 kHz on (It's still part of our MW- tests). As normally we are on 48 and 25 mb's. All transmitters have power of 100 watts. Reception reports are most welcome specially comparing signals on SW's and MW's. So transmission will start Friday December 3rd 22 hours UT and will last 24 hours. Note, we have quite interesting guests making programme also this time: Rick Random with his rock and radiostuff and once again Janne& Sound.... Happy listening hours! UTC-TIME MW 48MB 25 MB 22-07 UTC 1602 5980 11720 07-12 UTC 1602 6170 11690 12-18 UTC 1602 5980 11720 18-19 UTC 1602 5990 11720 19-22 UTC 1602 5980 11690 Programmeschedule (time UTC) http://www.swradio.net 22-23 Tricky Trev Show "Hits 2000" a look at some of the hits that made it in 2000. 23-24 Tricky Trev Show "Eurodance" a great selection of eruodance music form the year 2000 00-01 Continéntal Night Shift by RadioJack. 01-02 SWR crew 02-03 SWR crew 03-06 Yökyöpeli -NightOwl- by dj Häkä 06-07 Science corner by Esa. Latest news from NASA. 07-08 HÄKÄShowMatkalla -OnTheRoad- Matkailuohjelma osa 2: Madeira 08-09 RarioJaskalla on asiaa. 09-10 Rick Random, rokkia ja radiojuttuja. 10-11 70's hard rock by Peeveli & Sidekick 11-12 Rick Random, rokkia ja radiojuttuja. 12-13 Janne & Sound. (Haastettelussa Mortyfear) 13-14 70's hard rock by Peeveli & Sidekick 14-15 Janne & Sound. 15-16 Progressive rock and other strange things by Esa 16-17 SWR crew 17-18 SWR crew 18-19 SWR crew 19-20 Saunaa lämmittäessä by dj Häkä 20-21 SWR crew 21-22 Closing ceremony by dj Häkä Address of SWR is: Scandinavian Weekend Radio, P. O. Box 99, FI-34801 VIRRAT, FINLAND Best Regards, (Alpo Heinonen, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Dec 1, WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. Since November 26th, in Paris, Radio de la Mer is on the air, on 1080 kHz. you can listen to it on the web, and have some more informations on the web site: http://www.radiodelamer.com You can read that the station will be on the air from Brest and Montpéllier in 2005, before June. Ciel AM, also in Paris, 981 kHz is off the air. Best regards from Nice, (Christian Ghibaudo, France, Nov 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Received this from Ralf Weyl today. Regds/Alokesh. -------------------------- Dear All, we would like to inform you about a new program from SW Juelich in Germany: Broadcaster: Radio Traumland On Dec 05 only: 1400 to 1559 UT, 5925 kHz, target Europe From Dec 12 on always Sundays, except Dec 26: 1400 to 1515 UT, 5925 kHz, target Europe and only on Dec 24 1400 to 1515 UT, 5925 kHz, target Europe. Any reception report would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Very best, Ralf Weyl (via Alokesh Gupta, Dec 2, WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Good reception here of Hamburger Lokalradio 1000-1100 Saturdays on 6045. Address is announced as Michael Kittner, Hamburger Lokalradio, Max-Eichholz-Ring 18, 21031 Hamburg. Their website is http://www.hhlr.de They have been on the air since January 4th 1998 transmitting on 96.0 FM and several local cable channels Sundays 6 am to Monday 6 am and Tuesday midnight to 6 am. They broadcast live from the `Lola`, a centre of culture at Bergedorf in South East Hamburg. Their broadcasts are cultural and feature not chart music but urban jazz and international music from the whole world; more than 30 people are involved in producing the programmes (Nick Sharpe, England, Dec World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. DW B04 schedule change. The change involved is English 2300-0000 UT. 6070 kHz via Trincomalee replaces 7250 kHz. Delete: ENGLISH 2300-0000 TRINCOMALEE 250 075 07250 SEAS Add: ENGLISH 2300-0000 TRINCOMALEE 250 075 06070 SEAS (Anett Mateka, DW, Nov 29 via Barry Hartley, NZ, via Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. New SW program "Family Radio" on 3985 kHz 1800 to 1900 UT: Dear All, we kindly would like to inform you about the new SW program of Family Radio on 3985 kHz, 1800 to 1900 UTC, daily, target Europe from SW Transmitter Juelich Germany. Any reception report will be highly appreciated and will be forwarded to the broadcaster. Thanks in advance! Very best, Best regards from Juelich, Ralf Weyl, T-Systems (via Kai Ludwig, DXLD) 5 kHz above VOA Russian via Biblis, and usually the 75 metre outlets from there are powerhouses here in eastern Germany. However, as long as 3950 and 4000 are insurmountable bricks this is in fact the only possible 75 metre frequency without 5 kHz adjacents on both sides (Kai Ludwig, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Frequency changes and additional transmissions via DTK T- systems with kW / degrees: 0600-0700 Daily NF 5945 JUL 100 / 115 EaEu AWR Bulgarian, ex 6095 1700-1715 Tue-Fri 11645 WER 250 / 120 ME BVBN Arabic, ex 7155 SKN 1700-1730 Mon 11645 WER 250 / 120 ME BVBN Arabic, ex 7155 SKN 1800-1830 Tue 7220 JUL 100 / 200 WeAf WSHB French 1800-1830 Thu 7220 JUL 100 / 155 EaAf WSHB French 1800-1900 Daily 3985 JUL 100 / non-dir WeEu WYFR German 2330-0030 Daily NF 5955 JUL 100 / 070 SoAs DVOB Burmese, ex 5945 (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 30 via DXLD) To avoid misunderstandings: On 7220 are programs from Christian Science, not from World Harvest Radio (the new owner of WSHB). (Kai Ludwig, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GRENADA. Just tuned into 535 and presumed Grenada was putting in a very good signal --- best for me in years. No ID heard but language was English and they went into the BBC WS News at 0445. Quickly back under Radiovisión Cristiana splash by 0450. Radio ZIZ on 555 excellent and R. Reloj from Cuba on top of channel on 790 on different checks hours apart including right now. As I send this, 2 Spanish-language stations fighting it out and both signals are OVER CHWO in Canada (John Sgrulletta, Mahopac, NY, UT Dec 1, JRC NRD-515 and K9AY, Latin MWDX yg via DXLD) ** GRENADA. BBC WORLD SERVICE OFFERS HELP TO HURRICANE-HIT BROADCASTER The quick response of the international distribution and technology team at London's Bush House, the home of BBC World Service, enabled a replacement FM transmitter to be sent to the Grenada Broadcasting Corporation after its original unit was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan. Three months after Ivan ravaged the Caribbean island of Grenada, the restoration of small scale infrastructure has now begun. Within a couple of days of contacting BBC World Service, the new transmitter was shipped to Radio Grenada. Simon Gosby, Manager of FM Developments at the BBC World Service, took the call and says: "We were able to get a 1,000 watt transmitter together very quickly from one of our key suppliers, SBS/Eddystone, and have it sent out to Grenada. Transmission of the channel has now been restored on Radio Grenada on FM 105.5 MHz." The General Manager of Radio Grenada, Richard Purcell, says: "It is with profound appreciation and gratitude we accept the support of BBC World Service radio and its generous gift of a new transmitter, which will help on this very long and demanding journey towards restoration and redevelopment on Grenada." In addition, Debbie Ransome, Head of the World Service's Caribbean service, is visiting Grenada this week (arriving 28 November) to present replacement portable equipment to local veteran broadcaster and BBC stringer Lew Smith who lost all his possessions and home during the hurricane. He will also be presented with a donation from BBC World Service staff, which was collected following the publication of his story in the weekly BBC publication Ariel. # posted by Andy @ 13:28 UT Nov 29 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** HONDURAS. 3340, HRMI-Honduras reactivated? 3340, (presumed), 0315- 0342, Nov. 30, Spanish, OM with talks at tune-in, various musical bits and talks until presumed, "Radio..?..Nacionales" ID, in passing, at 0327, ballad then talks between two OM, with another (presumed) ID at 0337, continuing thru tune-out. Poor under static with a few peaks (Scott R Barbour Jr, Intervale, NH, R75, 200ft. NE and NW Beverages, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HUNGARY. Frequency change for Radio Budapest in French: 2100-2127 NF 3975, ex 9710 \\ 6025 (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 30 via DXLD) ** ICELAND. Hi fellas, heard some amazing signals around 0815 today Nov 25 from Iceland. Plenty local IDs and weather forecast, etc. Have also put 2 clips up on line, one with the local IDs and one with an amazing black/ white change of aerials. I have both bevs plugged into my ATU, and the flick of a switch --- well try the url to see the difference. http://www.ayrshirehistory.org/audio_clips.htm (Ken Baird, UK, MWC via DXLD) Hey fellas, I though I had missed a good morning or something. Out last night and crawled back at around 1040. It is now 1109, and THUNDER 1530 amazingly still coming in. Can you hear it mid morning too, Martin??? Paul, it would be a good day to walk to the beverage. By noon Thunder was all but gone, but a brief peak around 1205 was the last I heard of it. Amazing. Was looking for a web site from them, but never turned up anything (Kenny Baird, Nov 28, ibid.) Kenny, I have to say I don't check 1530 kHz all that often, and I don't recall hearing them yesterday morning. Thunder 15-30 is quite common here in the winter months, often for a large part of the day, and sometimes the signals are local quality. 73s, (Martin A. Hall, Clashmore, Scotland. NRD-545, beverages: 513m at 240 degrees, unterminated; 506m at 290 degrees, terminated; 588m at 315 degrees, terminated; 362 m at 360 degrees, unterminated. http://www.gorrell.supanet.com/index.html ibid.) Ken, Here's the AFN Keflavik website complete with schedule, history, contact information and all sorts of other stuff --- http://www.nctskef.navy.mil/media/ (Bruce Portzer, WA, Nov 28, ibid.) ** INDIA. All India Radio high power Bangalore station English schedule is now 1000-1100 13710 15235 17800, 1330-1500 9690 13710, 1745-1945 9445 13605, 2045-2230 9445 11620, 2245-0045 13605. Reports will be verified with an email or paper confirmation statement from Bangalore and a QSL card from Delhi. Address: Mr. R. Narasimhaswamy, Superintendent Engineer, Super Power Transmitting Complex, All India Radio, Yelehenka New Town, Bangalore 560064. Email reports to Narasimhaswamy @ yahoo.com (T. R. Rajeesh, India, Dec World DX Club Contact via DXLD) AIR far-OOB 10330 was a nice provider of Indian music, with moderate flutter, at 0142 check Dec 3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Michael Schnitzer has quite an rm audio archive of DX clips by country dating back to 1969y at http://home.arcor.de/mschnitzer/audio%20clips.htm (via gh, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. NRI stations on air via live365.com G'day, I have some exciting news about the two NRI stations at live365.com --- 'The Breeze' - http://www.live365.com/stations/154745 Now open for general listening to all listeners. Brings you the best of Jazz (all sorts), middle of the road and classic 'easy' oldies and some independent thrown in for good measure! Enjoy! -------------- The other NRI station is 'The Peacock project', featuring a lot of past broadcasts heard on WBCQ 7415 shortwave. The peacock project group of independent netcasters and broadcasters! The aim is to continue the tradition of live broadcasts later on this one and rerun shows for people who missed 'em! The Peacock project - http://www.live365.com/stations/who16 ----------------------- Comments welcome. All stations can be found by putting 'shortwave' into the search at live365.com With thanks, Aussie Tim (Tim Gaynor, NetworkRadioInternational yg via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. I have a friend who purchased a 2004 GM car that came with a three-month XM subscription as part of the audio package; she dropped XM after the three free months were up. XM contacted her a couple weeks back and offered to reinstate the subscription for 12 months for $60, and she took 'em up on the offer. So, if you can stand the withdrawal systems from cancelling an initial subscription, you can save a few $$ (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, swprograms, via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. North Korean TV online --- I'm watching the news, updated daily, with excellent quality via the following link: http://www.pyonkoma.com/houdou8.asf --- As boring as hell, but makes a change from shortwave :-) (Andy Sennitt, dxldyg via DXLD) In English, or Korean? And which would be less boring? (gh, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. KOREA D.P.R., Voice of Korea announced an operating schedule change from Dec 1st. In 0800-0900 UT time span logged this morning Dec 1st, but only Japanese service replaced 11865 by 7580 kHz. 15244.97 0700-1000 Ru, Ru, Ko 13760.02 0700-1000 Ru, Ru, Ko 11735.12 0700-1000 Ru, Ru, Ko 9975.06 0700-1000 Ru, Ru, Ko 9650.00 0700-1300 Jp 9345.17 0700-1300 Ko, Ch, Ko, Ko, Ch, Ko 7580.00 0700-1300 Jp (x11865) 7140.00 0700-1300 Ko, Ch, Ko, Ko, Ch, Ko 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Dec 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [and non]. IRAQ, 1206 kHz, Voice of the People of Kurdistan, November 25th, 1856, Kurdish music until 1906, then ID: "Aira dangi gelli Kurdistana", political talk, // 4025.84; France was not on frequency at that time; O=3. Next day also heard at 1430 under France. ISRAEL, 1206 kHz, Reshed Dalet, Haifa, November 25th, 2105, Arabic, phone-in program, // 5905; O=3 (Michael Schnitzer, Bavaria DX Camp, HCDX via DXLD) ** LAOS. FOREIGN PRESS URGED TO EXPOSE LACK OF FREE EXPRESSION AT ASEAN SUMMIT | Text of press release by Paris-based organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) on 26 November Reporters Without Borders urged the international press heading to Laos for the 10-country Association of East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit to seize the opportunity to investigate lack of political rights there, particularly free _expression. Nearly 800 journalists are expected for the summit in Vientiane on 29- 30 November, but the local press will be strictly limited in what it can cover, since journalists on the written press and online media are employees of the information and culture ministry. The party newspaper Paxaxon (People) bills itself as a "revolutionary publication written by the people and for the people which serves the revolution's political action." The foreign ministry also has a say in media content. Criticism of the "friendly countries", especially the Vietnamese big brother and Burma is banned. And anyone caught "disseminating information that weakens the state" can be given a long prison sentence under the criminal code. In the two months leading up to the summit, interior ministry agents have swooped on thousands of homes to check if the occupants owned shortwave radios that would allow them to listen to Laos-language programmes on foreign radio stations. Thousands of police and soldiers have been deployed in the streets of the capital to provide security and Reuters reported that foreign press photographers have been prevented from taking photos in public places. Reporters Without Borders also recalled that two Laotians from the Hmong minority are currently imprisoned in Vientiane, who served as guides to European reporters Thierry Falise and Vincent Reynaud in 2003. Thao Moua and Pa Phue Khang were sentenced on 30 June 2003 to prison terms of 12-20 years. Thierry Falise and Vincent Reynaud continue to lobby for the release of their guides who only tried "to make the humanitarian disaster experienced by some of the Hmong people better known". Reporters Without Borders urges Vientiane to free the guides who have not taken part in any violence. For years the foreign press has been prevented from covering this minority, particularly those living in isolated groups in the jungle who continue to battle the government. Amnesty International has reported that many civilians, particularly children, have died since 2003 "from lack of food or from wounds suffered during the conflict". "The press was prevented from investigating claims in 2004, shown on an amateur video, that Laotian soldiers raped and murdered four young Hmong in the Xaisomboune military zone." Reporters Without Borders also called for the release of Thongpaseuth Keuakoun, author of numerous articles and pamphlets about the situation in Laos and the need for democratic reforms, who was sentenced in 2002 to 20 years in prison for "anti-government activities". He was held secretly after his arrest, in 1999. Source: Reporters Sans Frontières press release, Paris, in English 26 Nov 04 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** LATVIA. 9290, EMR (European Music Radio) via Riga, Latvia, 1500- 1530, November 28, 2004, English, man announcer, special rock music program, several IDs and jingles of EMR, SINPO 45555, 73's (Nino Marabello, Treviso, Italy, RX: SONY SW7600G, Antenna: VHF outdoor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LATVIA. Hi y'all, We're back . . . . . . On Sunday December 5th, 2004 between mid-day and 2 pm (UK) [1200-1400 UT], [ERI, a huge filesize animated logo in the original] will be broadcasting from Latvia on 9290 kHz with a power of 100 kilowatts. We will be playing some great rock tracks and have put some of your suggestions into practice by including a few more well-known rock songs in this month`s programme. Check out the Playlist page on our website which will be updated next Friday. Once again the whole thing will be put together by John Knock and Red Sands who will be taking a look back at their own long broadcasting careers, will be discussing the state of radio today, looking at the many letters and reports received after our last broadcast and will be talking about the Wally titanium boat (!?). If you sent us a reception report for our last broadcast on Sunday, October 31st and requested a QSL card, you should receive it within the next 7 days; the final ones will be posted out on Monday. Finally, we look forward to you joining us on Sunday 5th December from noon on 9290 and just a reminder that if you want to send us a report then why not use our new On-Line Reporter at our website: http://www.europaradiointernational.co.uk Best Wishes, (Alan Day, Operations, Europa Radio International - ERI, Nov 29 via WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DXLD) ** MALDIVE ISLANDS [non]. CLANDESTINE (Maldives). 13855, Minivan Radio (via DTK-Julich), full-data QSL letter with verie acknowledgment letter from their UK address in response to my postal report. In 48 days, V/S Monica Michie (Ed Kusalik, Alberta, DXplorer) Full-data verification sheet and personal letter two months after I mailed a report to Friends of Maldives, 64 Milford Street, Salisbury SP1 2BP, UK. The letter and verie are both on Minivan Radio/Friends of Maldives letterheads with multi-color logos for both entities, and the QSL includes everything but the transmitter site [Jülich]. V/S Monica Michie (Wendel Craighead, KS, DX-plorer via DXLD) ** MALI. 4786.88, R. Mali, a little high in frequency at 0715 Nov 28, weak with French talk and N. African music; stronger but way under VOA on // 5995, not heard on 4835 (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** MEXICO. After WBCQ 7415 has signed off around 0602 UT Nov 29, I stepped to another YB 400 memory on 6185 to check out the R. Educación marathon --- after the midnight non-sign-off Mexican NA, live announcer spoke for several minutes. Apparently the occasion is the station`s anniversary, tho I did not catch which one --- in LAm, they don`t have to be multiples of 5 or 10 to be celebrated. She invited phone calls to 1500-1060, which seems a strange number, but the 1060 part refers to their MW frequency. (The last time I phoned a Mexico City station on request, XERTA, they didn`t believe I was hearing them and hung up on me.) Finally at 0611 played an apparently vintage program called ``Buenos Aires --- Hora de Tango`` which was very enjoyable, past 0630. XEPPM was well over a co-channel station, Brasil? Rechecked at 1450, could not detect any XEPPM signal; if really on 24 hours for three+ days, I was hoping, especially at this time of year, some signal would remain that late after sunrise here less than two megameters from the DF. Perhaps the ``80-hour marathon`` really refers to continuous anniversary programming on MW, rather than continuous transmission on SW, tho no doubt that could reach a considerable radius in Mexico thruout the day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO EDUCACIÓN, PROGRAMACIÓN ESPECIAL CONMEMORANDO 80 AÑOS. Saludos a todos: En este momento se lleva a cabo el maratón radiofónico para conmemorar los 80 años de la primera señal educativa y cultural de nuestro país "Radio Educación". Mañana 30 de Noviembre de 2004, es el día es el aniversario por lo cual a las 19:00 horas tiempo local, (0100 horas U.T.C. ) van a tener una transmisión a control remoto desde el Palacio de Bellas Artes para la presentación del libro Una historia hecha de sonidos. Radio Educación: la innovación en el cuadrante, y cancelación de un timbre postal conmemorativo. Se puede escuchar la emisora a través de: XEPPM onda corta 6185 kHz, XEEP onda media 1060 kHz, internet http://www.radioeducacion.edu.mx/ Y continúen escuchando la programación especial que finaliza a las 00:00 horas locales. Atentamente, (Roberto E. Gómez Morales, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Nov 29, condiglist via DXLD) Hola Roberto: en este momento 0105 TU estoy escuchando via Internet la transmisión directa desde el Palacio De Bellas Artes por Radio Educación gracias a sus datos acerca de la presentacion del libro "Una historia hecha de sonidos". Reciba un cordial saludo (Dino Bloise, Hollywood, Florida, USA, Nov 30, ibid.) A continuación doy mi reseña de lo ocurrido anoche en la trasmisión hecha en vivo por Radio Educación, desde el Palacio de las Bellas Artes en el centro de la capital Mexicana. Eran las 19:23 (hora de el centro de México), unas doscientas personas aguardaban en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce dentro de el recinto de el Palacio de las Bellas Artes, el presidium formado por Javier Corral (senador por Chihuahua), Lidia Camacho (directora actual de R. Educación), Sari Bermúdez (Presidenta de el Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes), Miguel Granados Chapa (renombrado Comunicador, así como Investigador), Un representante de el Servicio Postal Mexicano. En primer orden toma la palabra Miguel Granados Chapa; habló de su colaboración en le libro que se presenta: ``Una historia hecha de sonidos, Radio Educación: La innovación en el cuadrante``, así como pasajes históricos, rememoro a Enrique Aatonal, ex colaborador de R. Educación y actualmente colaborador de R. Francia Internacional, con esto recalcando que R. Educación es promotor mundial de la cultura. Inmediatamente después tomo la palabra el senador por el edo. de Chihuahua el cual hizo un justo reclamo de la situación de el radio y las leyes que lo rigen, así como felicitaciones a la doctora Lidia Camacho por el importante trabajo realizado en la emisora ahora homenajeada. Después tomo la palabra Lidia Camacho; ella centró su discurso en puntualizar la lucha día a día contra en estatismo de las autoridades, así como el llevar la educación a consta de lo que fuere al pueblo; dijo que la estación se renovó no solo arquitectónicamente sino tecnológicamente, pues la estación se escucha en Internet, y puntualizó las relaciones técnico-culturales con estaciones como Radio Nederland, R. Francia Internacional, Estaciones españolas, alemanas, escocesas, y austríacas. Por último tomó la palabra Sari Bermúdez, la cual leyó recuerdos históricos así como felicitaciones a la directora de la estación. El cierre del acto fue con la cancelación de la estampilla en honor de los 80 años; después de esto se hizo pasar a la terraza de el palacio a un brindis de honor con vino tinto y canapés. Quiero comentar que hablé con Lidia Camacho; les hice saber las felicitaciones en nombre de los miles de escuchas de la onda corta. Le dije que para la gran mayoría de nosotros a R. Educación la conocíamos únicamente en el 6185 kHz, y que sin duda eso lo sabrían un día después por medio de los vínculos electrónicos que tenemos. No debo de dejar de reportarles el incidente que se dio con un miembro de la televisión que cubría el evento y la Dra. Lidia Camacho que en su turno de tomar la palabra en el presidium, una persona le alejó el micrófono porque no se veía su cara en la televisió; ella literalmente dijo, acercándose de propia mano el micrófono a 10 centimetros de ella, ``Primero nuestro oyentes de la radio, después la tele``. Reciban un saludo desde el recinto cultural mas grande de el país (Jesús Manuel Lira Felipe, condiglist via DXLD) ** MEXICO. MEXICAN CLANDESTINE RADIO INSURGENTE NOW ON THE WEB Mexican clandestine Radio Insurgente has opened a Web site with detailed information about the station and audio files of recent transmissions. Radio Insurgente says it is the official voice of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). It broadcasts on FM and shortwave, via the Web and also by means of CD productions. The FM transmitters in the mountainous region of Southeast Mexico carry programmes in Spanish and ethnic languages. Radio Insurgente says it is the only independent radio station that transmits in indigenous languages in the State of Chiapas, where it says approximately a third of the men and half of the women cannot read or write. The FM frequencies are given as follows: High Zone of Chiapas 97.9 MHz, Border Forest 97.9 MHz, Tzeltal Forest 100.1 and 89.3 MHz, North Zone 102.1 MHz, and Zotz Zone 92.9 MHz. The weekly shortwave programme is intended specially for Mexico and the Americas, but also for Europe, Africa, Asia and the Australian Continent. It's on the air every Friday at 2100-2200 UTC on 6.0 MHz. The programmes are now also available to download from the Web site, and the EZLN says that all free and community radio stations are welcome to rebroadcast the programmes of Radio Insurgente without charge provided they are not altered in any way. Radio Insurgente http://www.radioinsurgente.org # posted by Andy @ 15:59 UT Nov 30 (Media Network blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DXLD) Comment: There`s no evidence that the claimed SW broadcast really exists. As reported in DX Listening Digest, I searched thoroughly for it during the hour in question on Friday, Nov. 26, between 5800 and 6050, and found no trace of it. It could be very low power, contrary to grandiose claims of reaching other continents. I`d love to be proved wrong, but can`t let its claims go unchallenged (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1255, ibid.) ** MONGOLIA. 12085, Voice of Mongolia, 0947 long talking by woman with songs in between. Noted mentioning 'meng-gu' means 'Mongolia. 1000- 1014 time signal with ID, continued with English program and short comments by woman. Noted 3 songs. Rather noisy, can't hear clearly. SINPO 33242 (Lim Kwet Hian, Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov 29, HCDX via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. RADIO NETHERLANDS VOTED BEST INTERNATIONAL RADIO STATION The Mexican Journalist’s Association has awarded the prize for Best International Radio Station to the Latin American department of Radio Netherlands. The jury decided to award the prize to Radio Netherlands for its impartial reporting, in which freedom of speech is fully respected. The Latin American department reports on events in Latin America and the rest of the world, not only through news bulletins but also through in-depth analysis. In the judgement of the jury, the coverage of controversial events, such as the strike in Venezuela or the referendum on President Chávez, was very impartial. The Spanish Web site of Radio Netherlands was also taken into account: in the sections Current Affairs and Themes, the site gives an enormous archive of audio, written contributions and background studies. In its thematic programmes, and ‘La Matinal’, Radio Netherlands interviews experts, who explain developments to the public. The jury regards this as enriching the information. The Mexican Journalist’s Association was set up 52 years ago, and annually awards journalistic prizes in various categories with the aim of stimulating objective journalism. The Association is independent, and receives no subsidy from the state or political parties. This is the first time that the Association has awarded a prize for the best international radio station. # posted by Andy @ 13:56 UT Nov 30 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** NIGER. 7155, LV du Sahel in French. 2059 11/25/04. Good. (M) with talk, TC, ME/N. African theme music followed by ID and commentary (?) re La grande Revolution (Jim Clar, NY, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA [non]. From a long list of pirates logged by Axel Rose (in Germany?): 26/11, 1635 kHz, R. Oklahoma, 1940, 34433 D, NL-Schlager, Jingles, Piratenlieder, Hotl (via Dario Monferini, Play DX via DXLD) ** PERU. Quito 1/12 2004, Wednesday edition: Recording of 5547.2, R. La V. de Andamachay (Henrik Klemetz). Is there a connection between the new Radio San Andrés 5544.65 and R. La V. de Andamachay, 5547.2 kHz on Klemetz` recording from 1993? Comments and Recordings at: http://www.malm-ecuador.com 73s (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6329.11 unID: I heard this Peruvian testing last night Monday. I asked if this is a new Peruvian but it has to be the same station I reported in March this year: LV de Faique, Faique, Cajamarca on 6329.10 kHz. You can listen to my earlier recording of LV de Faique and also his new recording of unID Peruvian on 6329.11 kHz. It´s difficult to hear if the name begins with "F...." or "S....". What is your opinión? Thanks to Glenn Hauser and Henrik Klemetz for feedback. Comments and Recordings at: http://www.malm-ecuador.com 73s (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, Nov 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 9504.8, Radio Tacna, 1010, 23 Nov, rustic Peruvian flutes, 1030 OM with "...Radio Tacna la ... superior ... de Perú" 5039.26, R Libertad, Junín presumed 1100 to 1120 with OM in Spanish, very weak signal, noted after 1100 for last three days (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. [logs in time order:] 5678, Radio Ilucán, 0007-0015 Dec 1, canned ID followed by live comments and TC from a man. "...atención, atención.. Perú... etc." Signal was good. 5939.30, Radio Melodía, 0015-0022 Dec 1, A couple of men and a woman in Spanish comments. Poor signal with het. 5384.13, Radio Huarmaca, 0022-0033 Dec 1, huaynos music - a familiar tune - and comments. Heard this only on the NRD545, while it was not heard on my R390A with the same antenna. A first for this QTH. Music continues. 5460.29, Radio Bolívar, 0035-0044 Dec 1, Noted music and Spanish comments, but muffled. Signal was very, very threshold. 5544.65, Radio San Andrés, (presumed), 0046-0141 Dec 1, Noted some comments, but mainly music during the period (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston, Florida, NRD545 & R390A, Inverted Vee & Flat Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. The 1730-1930 PBS broadcast is now registered on 11730 11890 and 15190, given as English in some reference books but when I have checked recently has been in Tagalog (Mike Barraclough, England, Dec World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 6160, VOA-Tinang, letter from Station Manager Dennis G. Brewer with full-data VOA "IBB-Thailand antennas" QSL-card, plus some blank QSLs in the "IBB station antennas" series; he notes that they do not have a card showing their own station. On U.S. Embassy- Manila letterhead with "International Broadcasting Bureau, Philippines Transmitting Station" subprint. In 3 weeks for first follow up with CD, 30+ months total from original postal report with CD; enclosed ppc, Philippine mint stamps and SAE both times, none used. Both reports sent to IBB, c/o US Embassy, 1201 Roxas Boulevard, Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines. Address on their envelope: IBB/PTS, PSC 500 Box 28, FPO AP 96515-1000 (Jerry Berg, MA, DX-plorer via DXLD) ** PORTUGAL. 11960, 20.11 1612, RdP Internacional with the excellent Saturday program "A Guitarra Portuguesa e o Fado" presented by Luis Sarmiento. Also heard on 11635 but weaker. 4-5 [overall merit] CB (Christer Brunström, Sweden, SW Bulletin, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 9480, Primorskoye Radio, Vladivostok, sent their QSL-card for my Oct 5 reception of one of the two days of testing of R. Tikhy Okean on this channel. Nice white card, coat-of-arms in upper left, logo upper right, full-data and "Best regards, Pacific State TV and Broadcasting Co., Vladivostok, http://www.ptr-vlad.ru - ptr @ ptr- vlad.ru " In 6 weeks for postal report with CD recording, ppc (not used), SAE (used) and mint stamps (I think they used them); I also sent them a copy of my postal report by E-mail. Envelope shows address as TGTRK "Vladivostok," Uborevicha st. 20-A, 690950 Vladivostok, Russia (which is the address I used, except I used postal code 690091). What is the relationship between TGTRK, Primorskoye Radio and R. Tikhy Okean? (Jerry Berg, MA, DX-plorer via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 0321 Nov 28, 13665, 45434, Voice of Russia, male singing ``Those were the days`` in operatic style in Russian (Alvin Mirabal, San Juan, PR, Onda Corta PR, Grundig YB 400PE + antenna wire coupled to chain link fence, Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also EGYPT ** RUSSIA. Frequency changes for TWR Europe via Yekaterinburg 2 x 100 kW / 263 degrees: 1545-1630 Sun & 1600-1630 Mon-Sat Polish; 1630-1700 Daily Hungarian; 1700-1715 Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri Czech; 1700-1730 Sat Romanian 6245, ex 6240 1700-1715 Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri Czech; 1700-1730 Sat Romanian 7175, ex 7180 (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 30 via DXLD) ** SLOVAKIA. Radio Slovakia International Time And Frequency Schedule Slovakia Today - Winter 2004/2005 (October 31, 2004 - March 27, 2005) [English] UTC Region Freq.(kHz) Band(m) 0100-0130 North America 7230 41 South America 9440 31 0700-0730 Australia 13715 22 Australia 15460 19 1730-1800 Western Europe 5915 49 Western Europe 6055 49 1930-2000 Western Europe 5915 49 Western Europe 7345 41 (via William O. Beeman, Bellbrook, OH, DXLD) ** SPAIN. 1606 Nov 28, 21610, 55555, REE, Spain, ``Mundo de las comunicaciones`` (Communications World) in Spanish (Alvin Mirabal, San Juan, PR, Onda Corta PR, Grundig YB 400PE + antenna wire coupled to chain link fence, Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. 4750, R. Peace, November 24th, 1615, local language, talk, clear ID in E, e-mail-address; O=3 (Michael Schnitzer, Bavaria DX Camp, HCDX via DXLD) ** SURINAME. 4990, 20.11 0745, Radio Apintie with the "usual" musicmix (where the format is definitely not based on any age group). QSA 2 JE/RFK (Jan Edh/Ronny Forslund, Sweden SW Bulletin, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DXLD) ** SYRIA [non]. Hello DXers, I got a QSL card to from WRMI; I sent them a detailed report of Voice of Free Syria transmission on 19/11/04, from 1900 UT on 9495 kHz with a note (Via Jülich, Germany, Program Voice of Free Syria) signed Mr. Jeff White. The front of the card has "Greetings from Florida" in the shape of USA stamp. About 9 days. No IRC or $ needed. All the best Guys, yours (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [and non]. CBS RADIO TAIWAN INT'L current schedule follows: Revised : NOV 30, 2004 NOTICE: To Avoid China Heavy Jammer With CNR programs, Chinese traditional music, all frequencies vary. It applies to Variety, News, Mainland Networks. 1. VARIETY NETWORK ONE (in CH) 2200-0200, 0400-1700 (Mo-Fr 0800-1000 sign off) 603 0400-1600(0400-1000 Sa Su)C CHN C TWN 927 1000-1200 1300-1500 C CHN S TWN 1098 1300-1700 C CHN S TWN 1206 2230-2300 S CHN 1503 1000-1200 1300-1330 1600-1700 S TWN 1557 0500-0800(Mo-Fr) C CHN S TWN 6085 0800-1500(0800-0900 Sa Su)C&S CHN 6150 2300-0000 C CHN 7185 0900-1400(0900-1000 Sa Su)N CHN 9680 1400-1700 N CHN 11640 0000-0200 0400-1400(0600-1000 Sa Su) C CHN 11665 0900-1700(0900-1000 Sa Su)N CHN 11875 1100-1400 N CHN 11885 2300-0200 N CHN 11985 0400-0900(Sa Su) N CHN 15245 2300-0200 N CHN 15430 0400-0900(0600-0900 Sa Su)C CHN Note: 927 kHz is for baseball live broadcast from 0900 every Sa Su till NOV 14. Next session to be announced. 2. VARIETY NETWORK TWO: PROGRAM: repeat some of VARIETY NETWORK ONE 0500-0600 15270 CHN 0900-1100 9415 CHN 1300-1500 7105 SoEaAs PROGRAM: repeat 0400-0500 of VARIETY NETWORK ONE 0400-0500 5950U 9680U 15320 15270 SoEaAS Am 0900-1000 11715 11605 11635 11940 15525 SoEaAS AUS NZL 1200-1300 15465 11605 SoEaAS NoEaAS 1300-1400 15265 SoEaAs 1900-2000 15600U 9565U EUR RUS 2200-2300 11760F WEu 3. NEWS NETWORK (in CH) 2200-1700 (Mo-Fr 0500-0900 sign off) 603 2200-0000 N&C CHN C TWN 747 2300-0000 1000-1200 CHN C TWN 1008 2200-0000 0300-0500 0900-1700(07-09 SaSu) CHN C TWN 1206 2300-0000 S CHN 1422 2300-0500 0900-1500 S CHN S TWN 1521 1200-1700 N CHN S TWN 1557 0300-0500 0500-0800(SaSu) C&N CHN 6150 2300-0000 C CHN 7270 0900-1400 C&N CHN 9790 2300-0000 SoEaAs 9735 0900-1700 S CHN [sic, out of order or typo?] 11635 2200-0000 SoEaAs 11710 2200-0300 N CHN 11715 1100-1200 AUS NZL 11780 1100-1700 N CHN 11885 2300-0000 N CHN 11940 0100-0500 N CHN 15215 0300-0500 0500-0800(SaSu) N CHN 15245 2300-0000 N CHN 15290 0200-0500 SoEaAs 15395 0900-1300 N CHN 5950U 2200-0000 eNAm 9495U 0500-0600 CAm 11825U 0100-0200 SAm 15215U 0100-0200 SAm 15440U 2200-0000 wNAm Note: 1422 kHz is for baseball live broadcast from 0900 every Sa Su till NOV 14. Next session to be announced. 4. Mainland NETWORK ("Date with Taipei" features program ) 0600-1000 11795/11775 1400-1800 6145/6060 2300-0300 9660/9680 5. DIALECT NETWORK (in Amoy Hakka Cantonese Mongolian Tibetan) 1) Amoy (mainly spoken in Taiwan, Fujian) 0000-0100a 15440U 11875 WeNAM SoEaAs 0100-0200b 11875 SoEaAS 0500-0600b 15580 1422 1008 SoEaAs CHN 0600-0700a 15580 1422 1008 S CHN TWN SoEaAs 0700-0900cd 1206 1422 TWN S CHN 0900-1000b 1206 CHN TWN 1000-1100a 1206 11605 15465 AS CHN 1200-1300a 11715 TWN SoEaAs 1300-1400b 11635 15465 SEAs 2100-2200b 5950U EaNAM 2) Cantonese (spoken in Hong Kong Guangdong) 0100-0200a 5950U 15440U 15290 NAm SoEaAs 0200-0300b 15610 SoEaAs 0500-0600b 5950U 9680U NAm 15320 SoEaAS 0700-0800b 1210 CA,USA 1000-1100a 11715 15270 11635 15525 SoEaAS AUS NZL 1100-1200b 15270 1206 SoEaAS CHN TWN 1200-1300a 11915 6105 1206 SoEaAS CHN 1300-1400b 11915 6105 SoEaAS CHN 2200-2300a 5820 Eu 3) Hakka (mainly spoken in Taiwan E.Guangdong S.Fujian) 0000-0100a 5950U EaNAM 0200-0300a 15440U WeNAM 0300-0400b 15610 SoEaAS 0900-1000b 15465 SoEaAS 1000-1100b 6105 CHN TWN 1100-1200a 11635 15465 6105 SoEaAS 1300-1400b 15175 SoEaAs 1400-1500a 11915 SoEaAs 1700-1800a 11875 EaAF SoEaAs 4) Mongolian 1000-1100 11985 Mongolia Tibetan 1300-1400 9415 Tibet Nepal Note: a-PROGRAM A b-PROGRAM B 6. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK: English 0200-0300 9680U 5950U NoAm CeAm; 11875 15465 SoEaAS NoEaAs 0300-0400 5950U 15320 NAm SoEaAS; 15215U SoAm 0700-0800 5950U WeNAm 0800-0900 9610 SoEaAS AUS NZL 1100-1200 7445 SoEaAs (1100-1200Th 747 927 Program for Foreign Workers) 1200-1300 7130 NoEaAS 1400-1500 15265 SoEaAS 1600-1700 11815 INDIA S CHN 1800-1900 3965F EUR 2200-2300 15600U EUR Spanish 0200-0300 15215U 11825U wSAm 0400-0500 11740U CeAM 0600-0700 5950U wNAm 2100-2200 6120D EUR 2300-0000 9690U 11720U eSAm German 0600-0700 5810U EUR 1800-1900 9565 EUR 1900-2000 6170G EUR 2100-2200 11665U EUR French 0700-0800 5810U EUR 1900-2000 3955G EUR 2000-2100 9635 11665U 15440U EUR NAm 2100-2200 9365F WAf Russian 1100-1200 11985 EaCIS 1300-1400 11935 WeCIS 1700-1800 7135F WeCIS Japanese 0800-0900 11605 JPN 1100-1200 7130 11605 JPN 1300-1400 7130 11605 JPN Korean 0300-0330 15465 Korea 1200-1230 9415 Korea 1400-1430 9415 Korea Thai 0600-0700a 15270 THA 1400-1500a 15465 11635 THA 1400-1500b 747 TWN 1500-1600b 7445 1503 927 THA 2200-2300a 7445 1503 THA 2300-2400b 7445 927 THA Arabic 1600-1700 11890 NAf ME 1800-1900 11890 NAf ME Burmese 1130-1230 11680 MMR 1500-1600 9465 MMR Indonesian 1000-1100a 11550 11520 INS 1100-1200b 11550 11520 INS 1200-1300b 7445 927 SoEaAS 1400-1500a 11875 SoEaAS 1500-1600b 1422 SoTWN 0400-0600ba 927 SoTWN Vietnamese 0900-1000 15270 VNM 1100-1200 1521 SoTWN 1300-1400 1206 SoTWN 1500-1600 11915 VNM 2200-2300 9790 VNM Note: a-PROGRAM A b-PROGRAM B c-PROGRAM C d-PROGRAM D Relay via: U-Okeechobee, USA D-Juelich, Germany G-Skelton, UK F-Issoudon, France Relay stn via CBS : WYFR (World Family Radio): A04 CHINESE 0100-0300 0500-0600 0700-1000 2100-2200 1503 2200-0300 0900-1400 1700-1900 1557 0900-1000 1359 1000-1300 1098 1200-1500 747 2100-0000 1102-1602 7250 9280 CANTONESE 0800-0900 1557 2300-0100 0600-0700 1503 ENGLISH 1400-1700 1900-2200 1557 1800-2100 1503 1359 0900-1100 1521 0100-0200 15195 1300-1500 11560 1500-1700 15520 KOREAN 1000-1100 7130 HINDI 0000-0100 15195 1600-1700 11560 RUSSIAN 1500-1700 9955 TAGALOG 1000-1100 1300-1400 2100-2200 1359 INDONESIAN 1100-1200 1400-1500 2200-2300 1359 VIETNAMESE 1200-1300 1500-1600 2300-2400 1359 AWR-KSDA: B04 Vietnamese 0100-0200 15445(Sa) 1400-1500 11720 BBC: B04 Vietnamese 1430-1500 1503 R. AUSTRALIA: A04 ENGLISH 2200-2330 15240 0800-1130 15240 INDONESIAN 0900-0930 11550 2130-2330 11550 VIETNAMESE 2330-0000 15110 R.FRANCE INT'L B04 CHINESE 2200-2300 1098 747 1200-1300 1503 RADIO FREE ASIA B04 VIETNAMESE 1400-1500 11605 2330-0030 11605 TRUTH FOR THE WORLD B04 CHINESE 1400-1430 7220(Sa) Clandestine station in Taiwan : STAR STAR BROADCASTING STATION: 11430 Star Star Channel 1 15388 Star Star Channel 2 9725 Star Star Channel 3 8300 Star Star Channel 4 13750 Star Star Channel 5 NB: seems inactive due to cases of Mainland spy VOICE OF CHINA: CHINESE 2230-2330 7270 0800-0900 11940 HMONG LAO RADIO: LAOTIAN 0100-0200 15260 (3.5) Radio Chan Troi Moi(New Horizon Radio): VIETNAMESE 1330-1430 1503 //17595v _________________ Receiver: AOR AR7030plus, ICOM IC-R8500. Antenna: RF SYSTEM 40ft longwire, 100m random loop. Skype ID: millerliu0414, welcome you on the phone! (via Liller Liu, Taiwan, Nov 30, dxing.info via DXLD) ** THAILAND. 6765.1U, Bangkok Meteorological Radio, 1218-1256 Nov 25 with weather reports in Thai and English and musical tones with time pips mixed IS. Pattern seemed to be 6 minutes weather forecast by man in Thai, IS for 1.5 minutes, another 6 minute weather report by a different man in Thai, another 1.5 min. IS, two min weather report by man in English, then another 1.5 min. IS. English ID was "This is Bangkok Meteorological Radio broadcasting daily on frequencies of 6765.1 kHz and 8743.0 kHz from 0 to 2, 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to 11, 12 to 14, 15 to 17, 18 to 20 and 21 to 23 hours GMT." At the end of the English forecast announcement was "End of forecast. This is Bangkok Meteorological Radio broadcasting daily on frequencies of 6765.1 kHz and 8743.0 kHz." On this day the forecast was for a tropical storm warning (Bruce Churchill, CA, DX-plorer via DXLD) ** TURKEY. Dear George, Thank you very much for the monitoring reports. I want to inform you that from 1 Dec. 2004 we are changing the azimuth of the 7300 kHz transmissions as follows to improve the coverage area of Europe in the morning hours. 7300 kHz 2200-0500 UT 325 degrees Ant. HRS 4/4/1.5 7300 kHz 0500-0800 UT 310 degrees Ant. HR 4/2/0.3 We hope that this will improve the reception in Europe between 0500- 0800 without losing the coverage in North America between 2200-0500. Best Wishes (Sedef Somaltin, TRT, Nov 29 via George Poppin, DXLD) ** UKRAINE. Radio Ukraine International put in a pretty good signal on 7440 at 0100 UT November 29. Their newscast dealt exclusively with the current political crisis in Ukraine. No interviews, just a woman reporter. Two days of blockades of governmental buildings continue. A rumor that 300 military cadets were expelled for attending a demonstration was untrue. After the news, ``Ukrainian Diary`` focused on the past week in the Ukraine. There had been thousands on the streets (especially in Kiev) starting on Sunday. The Supreme Court revealed on Thursday it had received a petition about the election. There were 600 international observers that had determined that the elections did not meet international and European norms. Three of these representatives were quoted at length. Free and fair elections are still lacking in Ukraine. The presentation seemed to be low key in its presentation, just factual information (though nothing really new) with no commentary attached (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, ODXA via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. SIGNING FOR THE DEAF SPARKED KIEV NEWSROOM REVOLT Natalya Dymytruk, a 47-year-old mother of two who works as a translator for the deaf on the Ukraine's state-run TV channel, assumed she was making her final broadcast last Thursday when she decided to deviate from the official script. As a colleague read the heavily censored official version of events, Mrs Dymytruk did what her conscience told her, and signed to deaf viewers that they were being told a pack of lies and should not believe the government's claim that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich had won the presidential election. She added "I am very ashamed to translate these lies. And this is probably my last day in this job, so goodbye." But when she told colleagues what she had done, they held a meeting in the newsroom and decided she was right. The management, aware of western calls for free speech in the Ukraine, decided not to fire her. Instead, on Friday's evening bulletin a journalist announced that the news team would be joining the protest in Kiev, and said: "We are not lying any more." Since then, the content of the broadcasts has become a lot more balanced. And all because of the boldness of one woman. # posted by Andy @ 13:28 UT Nov 29 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** U A E. 0318 Nov 28, 13675, 44333, Emirates Radio (UAE) Arabic music + male singer in Arabic. 0339 Nov 28, 12005, 54424, Emirates Radio (UAE), exquisite and lively Arabic music, reference to web pages, lively western style Arabic programming with repetitive references to Dubai, weak signal in background in Spanish language (Alvin Mirabal, San Juan, PR, Onda Corta PR, Grundig YB 400PE + antenna wire coupled to chain link fence, Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. MSF to close? Hello Wolfgang, There has been a rumour circulating that the MSF Rugby 60 kHz time signal service will cease in 2007. This has worried a lot of us who use radio controlled clocks of course! I e-mailed the National Physical Laboratory who provide the time information, and got the following reply..... 73, Richard G3VGW ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Dear Richard, The MSF Service is subject to a long-term contract between BT (which operates the Rugby Radio Station) and NPL (which maintains the UK's national time standards) for the broadcast of the 60 kHz standard-frequency and time signal. Recent discussions between BT and NPL confirm that the MSF service will continue to operate from the Rugby Radio Station at least until the end of the current contract on 31 March 2007. Studies have been carried out for the Department of Trade and Industry to inform the decision on the future of the MSF service after March 2007. The initial conclusion following an NPL survey of MSF suppliers in March 2003 was that the service should continue beyond March 2007, and a final decision is expected shortly from the DTI. Please e-mail time @ npl.co.uk if you wish to be placed on the MSF annual mailing list in order to be kept informed of further developments. Kind Regards, Julia Symm, NPL Helpline NPL Management Limited, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW +44 (0)20 8943 6880 enquiry @ npl.co.uk *************************************** (via Richard Buckby-UK, via BC-DX Nov 29 via DXLD) ** U K. BBCWS on satellite: see INTERNATIONAL VACUUM ** U K [non]. Sun rises on BBC Japan Justin McCurry Wednesday December 1, 2004 Absolutely Fabulous: offering a different impression of the British people --- Step aside Miss Marple - the new face of British television in the Far East is Anne Robinson. The formidable quiz master will be the first TV personality viewers will see this afternoon when the BBC launches a new entertainment channel in Japan with an episode of The Weakest Link. . . http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,1363150,00.html (via Dan Say, DXLD) ** U K. 'PIRATES WAIVE THE RULES' DVD NOW AVAILABLE! Thursday, November 26th, saw two major events in Harwich - a visit by HM the Queen with the Duke of Edinburgh, and the launch of the DVD 'When Pirates Waive the Rules'! During the morning, the historic Electric Palace cinema was visited by HM and in the afternoon, it was the venue for the press launch of the new DVD. 'When Pirates Waive the Rules' is footage taken during the award- winning Pirate BBC Essex broadcast, much of it shot for BBC TV. The Beeb permitted the material to be released on DVD in aid of the Pharos Trust charity, headed by local man Tony O'Neil, which is restoring the vessel used for the Easter broadcast. As one of the last manned Trinity House lightships, the LV18 is destined to become a floating museum. Highlights of 'Pirates Waive the Rules' include the live broadcast by BBC Look East, a tour of the mess, galley and cabins, listeners communicating with the ship by flashing car headlights (it's great to witness what this looked like from the ship!) and hilarious pranks played on Keith Skues. Events culminate in the overwhelming welcome from crowds lining the Ha'penny Pier for the DJs, when they came ashore for the final time. The launch of the DVD was covered by BBC Essex and supported by two of the celebrity participants in the Easter broadcast - original Big L jocks, Dave Cash and Duncan Johnson. Dave, who narrated 'Pirates Waive the Rules', introduced it to the Electric Palace audience. Keith Skues was unable to attend due to illness. The DVD is available from the LV18 website http://www.lv18.co.uk/ Our Pirate BBC Essex coverage and photos at http://radiolondon.co.uk/otherwaves/piratebbc/index.html Pirate BBC Essex website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/pirate/ http://radiolondon.co.uk/kneesflashes/happenings/current/hapcurr.html (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** U S A. Re recent report of ``evacuation`` at VOA studios, 1900 UT Nov 25, I asked Kim Elliott for more info (gh) Hi Glenn, I wasn't at VOA Thanksgiving day, but I'm told that some employees were told to evacuate. The fire alarm bell later was sounded, at which point everyone else in the building should have gone outside. I don't know the reason. 73 (Kim Elliott, DC, Nov 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. One positive aspect of the recent VOA changes would seem to be that the African programs are now streamed (though I haven't been able to confirm this yet). These will be nice things to have on the webcast, in some ways more interesting than the old rolling-news format. Note also that selected hours get streamed in higher fidelity via http://kcrwworldnews.com though unfortunately not the weekend hours that include Music Time in Africa (Kevin Kelly, Arlington, Massachusetts, USA, PublicRadioFan.com, Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. The VOA Program Guide for the B04 season has been put up on the VOA News web site in pdf form. Go to http://www.voanews.com/english/About/ProgramGuide.cfm Haven't studied it intently yet, but it is clear that VOA Worldwide is now a bit of a misnomer. VOA News Now has separate services somewhat tailored to East Asia, South Asia and Africa. There are some new programs; some programs have been dropped; others have been moved. There is the appearance of a 24 hour VOA English schedule, but this is made possible only with significant additions of VOA Music Mix programming. There is also at least a presence of VOA English on shortwave 24 hours a day. To me, the service as a whole appears noticeably thinner and, listening to it as I have for the past few weeks, sadly it sounds much thinner as well. Less variety, more repeating, less substantive and authoritative. I'm sure they're doing the best they can, but it's apparent that they're not getting much help (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Dec 1, ODXA via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Some changes for Voice of America: 0600-0900 English 5995 MOR, 6080 SAO, 11655 BOT to Af addit txion 0900-1200 English 13865*IRA, 15615 KAV, 17555 KAV to ME addit txion * different program in English, 1130-1200 Sat only in Persian!!! 1500-1600 English NF 11835 LAM, ex 9855 \\ 6110 7175 9760 9795 15460 1500-1600 English# 7125 9645 9685 11780 13735 13865 15255 17715 17895 # Border Crossings Mon-Fri from November 1 1615-1630 Ukrainian 5970 KAV, 7190 BIB, 9735 BIB to Eu addit txion 1630-1700 Georgian 11925, 12140, 13645, ex 1530-1600 9615 11965 13645 1645-1700 Ukrainian 5970 KAV, 7190 BIB, 9735 BIB to Eu addit txion 1800-1815 Ukrainian 6020 BIB, 7260 LAM,11720 MOR to Eu addit txion 1830-2030 French NF 11985 SAO ex 11725 \\ 9815 12080 13735 15220 21485 (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 30 via DXLD) See also BOLIVIA ** U S A [non]. Some IBB changes with kW / degrees: 1500-1600 RL Russian 11885 LAM 100 / 075 ex JUL 100 kW / 075 deg 1600-1700 RL Tatar 9505 LAM 100 / 055 ex JUL 100 kW / 070 deg 1700-1800 RL Russian 9520 JBR 250 / 055 ex LAM 100 kW / 055 deg 1700-1900 VOA Persian 9680 LAM 100 / 108 ex JBR 250 kW / 108 deg 1800-1900 VOA Russian 9520 JBR 250 / 055 ex LAM 100 kW / 055 deg 1800-1900 RL CeAslangs 9840 LAM 100 / 075 ex JUL 100 kW / 080 deg Radio Liberty/Radio Farda/Radio Free Europe changes: 0400-0600 Russian NF 7175, ex 9715 0830-1400 Persian NF 15690 unregistered freq 1230-1400 Persian NF 9555, ex 9435 1700-1900 Persian NF 7580 unregistered freq 2000-2030 Albanian NF 7175, ex 7180 (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 30 via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. B-04 schedule for AWR Wavescan on Sundays: 0200-0230 6175 MOS to PAK 1730-1800 11560 SDA to ME 1000-1030 11870 SDA to PHL 1800-1830 3215 MEY to SoWeAf 11900 SDA to NoCHN 3245 MEY to SoAf 1130-1200 15260 SDA to WeINS 1830-1900 11925 MEY to EaAf 1200-1230 15135 DHA to NoEaIND 2030-2100 15295 MEY to WeCeAf 1330-1400 11980 SDA to JPN 2100-2130 9830 MOS to WeAf 1530-1600 15225 DHA to NPL 2130-2200 11980 SDA to JPN 1600-1630 15480 SDA to NoIND 12010 SDA to SoJPN 15495 SDA to CeIND 2230-2300 11850 SDA to WeINS 1630-1700 11980 SDA to NoIND 15320 SDA to WeINS (Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 30 via DXLD) DHA = UAE, MEY = RSA, MOS = Austria, SDA = Guam (gh) ** U S A. KOA Denver NBFM until on 25950 has been heard every day since Nov 19, except 25th, usually fading in around 1500 UT and out around 2100 (Alan Roberts, St.-Lambert, QC, Nov 30, WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DX LISTENING DIGEST) & someone else heard on 25th Hi Mr. Hauser. Since few days I can hear a station at 25.950 MHz NFM. The callsign is KOA 850 (Denver area?) Some hams have heard it. Today the signal was audible 59 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm local time EAST, RÉCEPTION 11 at 5:00 pm [1600-2200 UT] Caribbean repeater 27600 (input 27800) visit http://eaulive.free.fr/ (François Arpin, QC, ve2pll, Nov 29, WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. The Federal Highway Adminstration (FHWA) have many communication modes available to them but, like many other American agencies, they keep an HF system ready for use should the need arise. One of their areas tests the HF system every Wednesday at 1400. It`s worth trying to monitor the traffic. On the hour they transmit on 4821 and thereafter at 10 minute intervals when they change to the following frequencies in this order: 5255, 7419.5, 9197, 10891 and at 1450 they finish up on 13434 with the test being terminated ten minutes later at 1500. All communications are USB and on occasions they may use some data traffic, so I`m told (Ben Hogan, SSB Utilities, December Short Wave Magazine (UK), via DXLD) This is the mystery net I tracked several months ago, finding most of the frequencies by searching the bands, once I was tipped they they moved to a higher band every ten minutes. A variety of call-sign prefixes and thus agencies involved. Or would the winter time be 1500- 1600 UT? Unfortunately, I could not check on Dec 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. As noted in DXLD 4-178, I have heard the new AFN frequency presumably from Florida on 7811 USB //5446.5 USB with pop music, PSA's US Air Force news. at 0223 on Nov 29. Not //10320 USB which was carrying Monday Night Football game. Poor but clear (John Fisher, Kingston, Ontario, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I was hunting for 7812.5 AFRTS per your recent World of Radio and found them Monday night on 7811.00 USB with Ricky Nelson's "Garden Party" and ID and Christmas greetings from clebs including that little yellow Bart Simpson // 5746.5 and 12133.5 from 0028z on Nov/30/04. Rock solid, clear S3 (Wells Perkins, N.J., Nov 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7811 USB finally heard here, Dec 2 at 0140 when the AFRTS website was being given; but it was quite weak, audible only on longest antenna with some local noise sources turned off; seems 7507 was stronger (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Besides http://www.sciencefriday.com which has an abridged audio archive of the Nov 26 IgNobel Awards, this site has a video of same, which is probably unabridged, including the little girl who frequently interrupts speeches with ``Please stop; I`m bored!``: http://www.improbable.com/ig/ig-top.html (Glenn Hauser, CONTINENT OF MEDIA 04-09 via DXLD) ** U S A. Holiday Specials from WUOT Knoxville: http://wuot.org/h/programming/airnotes1204.html (via gh, DXLD) This and a few others have been entered under advance info links at http://www.calendar.html with many more to follow (gh) ** U S A. ANALYSIS: AMERICAN MUSLIMS GET OWN TV NETWORK IN ENGLISH | Text of editorial analysis by Peter Feuilherade of BBC Monitoring Media Services on 29 November A new English-language TV channel that describes itself as the first US Muslim news and lifestyle network goes on the air on 30 November. Bridges TV, based in Buffalo in New York state, will focus on lifestyle and entertainment, but also carry daily news and current affairs programmes. Its output will include Muslim cartoons, educational shows and animated Koran stories. One of its soap operas features a Muslim daughter who upsets her parents by deciding to marry outside the faith. The channel will be available to subscribers via satellite broadcaster GlobeCast, broadband and on the internet at www.bridgestv.com. Viewers in Ohio and Michigan, with large communities of Arab origin, will be able to see the station on cable from January, and reaching the California market is a high priority. "Bridge-building" Bridges TV founder and chief executive Muzzammil Hassan, a former banker, said the network's name was chosen to emphasize its purpose of building bridges of understanding between American Muslims and other Americans. He is projecting an initial 50,000 subscribers on cable and satellite TV. The new network will differ from popular Arabic satellite channels like Al-Jazeera by broadcasting in English, being backed by US investors and focusing on life in America, Hassan explained. The primary purpose of Bridges TV, he said in remarks quoted by the New York Times, "is to provide unique programming needs that American Muslims have." Hassan hopes non-Muslims will watch Bridges TV as well. But he believes the channel's target audience of an estimated 8 million Americans of Muslim heritage is a well-educated group with above- average annual household incomes that should attract advertisers. Hassan, who came to the United States from Pakistan in 1979, said he and his wife developed the idea after hearing what they considered anti-Muslim comments on a radio talk show. "Some derogatory comments were being made about Muslims that offended her... She was seven months pregnant, and she thought she didn't want her kids growing up in this environment," he told Reuters news agency. One of the channel's main objectives will be to counter what its founders say are biased images of Muslims in America's mainstream media. Source: BBC Monitoring research 29 Nov 04 (via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. On the first evening of the Bavarian DX Camp [Nov 24] we tried to identify an unknown Latino station. Starting from 2210 UT we could listen to typical huayno music from Peru on 5050.7, however without any announcement. Unfortunately WWCR blocked at 2300 any try of identification. Who does know more? (Michael Schnitzer, Germany, HCDX via DXLD) 5050 is WWRB, not WWCR UNIDENTIFIED. 7530, re 4-178 to 1903*: Could possibly be Pakistan? EiBi currently shows Pakistan on 7530 // 9400 from 1700-1900 in Urdu to Western Europe (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. On 12220, 0330 Nov 28, 12220, 24423, unID in Spanish language, Latin jazz music. Interview with Mongo Santamaria, strong fading (check the frequency.. weird..) (Alvin Mirabal, San Juan, PR, Onda Corta PR, Grundig YB 400PE + antenna wire coupled to chain link fence, --- I am getting a kick out of my present arrangement, imagine: a YB400PE using a chain link fence as an antenna. And how well it works! Hilarious! Nov 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very likely BBC Antigua, 2 x 6110; I wonder if something has happened to lessen their harmonic suppression lately; cf all the reports of 30380 = 2 x 15190 (gh, DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi Glenn, I have listened to you for many years on my old Drake SW4A; I just bought a used JRC NRD 525 with the goal of being able to receive Ireland from where I live in Minneapolis Minnesota. Is Ireland still on shortwave?? And should I be able to receive them?? Any help you can give would be great. Thank you for W O R and time (Wm. Kennealy) Of course, I had to disappoint him about Ireland, but hoped he would find plenty of other good listening on SW. Suggested he complain to RTE, the embassy, etc. (gh) Glenn, Thank you for your reply. May God bless you and all your work (Wm.) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ NEW IRCA TIS/HAR List!!! Mike Hardester has completed the most up to date list yet. 56 pages of top-notch information on current TIS/HAR stations in the AM Band. Get your copy now from the IRCA Bookstore for $8.50 (IRCA members). Overseas, add $3.00. Non-IRCA members, add $1.00. IRCA Bookstore, 9705 Mary Ave NW, Seattle WA 98117-2334 (checks payable to Phil Bytheway.) (IRCA Soft DX Monitor Dec 4 via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ The geomagnetic field ranged from quiet to active levels this period with occasional minor to major storm periods. The high speed stream on 22 November produced unsettled to active periods at all latitudes. Predominantly quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 23 and 24 November. Active periods were observed at all latitudes on 25 and 26 November in response to elevated solar wind speed and southward Bz. High latitude minor storm periods were observed on 27 November due to persistent southward Bz. A short-lived minor to major storm period was observed at all latitudes early on 28 November. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 01 - 27 DECEMBER 2004 Solar activity is expected to be predominantly very low to low; however, isolated moderate levels are possible. The four active regions currently on the visible disk do not appear to have potential for M-class activity. One or more regions expected to rotate around the east limb on 04 December may increase activity levels. A greater than 10 MeV proton event is not expected. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels on 01-03 December, 07 – 11 December, and on 18-19 December. The geomagnetic field is expected to range from mostly quiet to active levels with isolated minor storm periods. High speed coronal hole streams are expected to produce occasional storm periods on 01-02, 06- 08, and 22-23 December. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2004 Nov 30 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 Nov 30 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2004 Dec 01 115 20 4 2004 Dec 02 115 15 3 2004 Dec 03 120 10 3 2004 Dec 04 130 8 3 2004 Dec 05 130 8 3 2004 Dec 06 125 15 3 2004 Dec 07 120 20 4 2004 Dec 08 120 15 3 2004 Dec 09 115 10 3 2004 Dec 10 110 15 3 2004 Dec 11 110 10 3 2004 Dec 12 105 10 3 2004 Dec 13 105 10 3 2004 Dec 14 105 8 3 2004 Dec 15 105 8 3 2004 Dec 16 100 8 3 2004 Dec 17 100 12 3 2004 Dec 18 100 12 3 2004 Dec 19 100 10 3 2004 Dec 20 100 8 3 2004 Dec 21 105 8 3 2004 Dec 22 110 12 3 2004 Dec 23 110 15 3 2004 Dec 24 110 10 3 2004 Dec 25 110 8 3 2004 Dec 26 110 12 3 2004 Dec 27 115 5 2 (http://www.sec.noaa.gov/radio via WORLD OF RADIO 1255, DXLD) ### TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ``THE 23rd SIGH`` Bush is my shepherd; I dwell in want. He maketh logs to be cut down in national forests. He leadeth trucks into the still wilderness. He restoreth my fears. He leadeth me in the paths of international disgrace for his ego`s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of pollution and war, I will find no exit, for thou art in office. Thy tax cuts for the rich and thy media control, they discomfort me. Thou preparest an agenda of deception in the presence of thy religion. Thou anointest my head with foreign oil. My health insurance runneth out. Surely megalomania and false patriotism shall follow me all the days of thy term, and my jobless child shall dwell in my basement forever (Oklahoma Observer Nov 25 via DXLD) ###