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Fri 2000 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru 1600] [RESUMED] Sat 0800 WOR WRN to Eu, Au, NZ, WorldSpace AfriStar, AsiaStar Sat 0855 WOR WNQM Nashville TN 1300 Sat 1000 WOR WPKN Bridgeport CT 89.5 and WPKM Montauk LINY 88.7 Sat 1030 WOR WWCR 5070 Sat 1730 WOR WRN to North America (including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 115) Sat 1730 WOR WRMI 7385 [from WRN] Sun 0230 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0300 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Sun 0330 WOR WRMI 7385 Sun 0630 WOR WWCR 3210 Sun 0730 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2 Sun 0830 WOR WRN to North America, also WLIO-TV Lima OH SAP (including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 115) Sun 0830 WOR KSFC Spokane WA 91.9 Sun 0830 WOR WXPR Rhinelander WI 91.7 91.9 100.9 Sun 0830 WOR WDWN Auburn NY 89.1 [unconfirmed] Sun 0830 WOR KTRU Houston TX 91.7 [occasional] Sun 1200 WOR WRMI 7385 Sun 1300 WOR KRFP-LP Moscow ID 92.5 Sun 1730 WOR WRMI 7385 [from WRN] Sun 1730 WOR WRN1 to North America (including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 115) Sun 1900 WOR Studio X, Momigno, Italy 1584 87.35 96.55 105.55 Sun 1900 WOR RNI Mon 0230 WOR WRMI 7385 Mon 0300 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Mon 0330 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910 [1278] Mon 0415 WOR WBCQ 7415 [usually closer to 0420-] Mon 1600 WOR WBCQ after hours Mon 1800 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru 1400] [RESUMED] Wed 0930 WOR WWCR 9985 Wed 1600 WOR WBCQ after hours MORE info including audio links: http://worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also for CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL]: WORLD OF RADIO 1279 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1279h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1279h.rm WORLD OF RADIO 1279 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1279.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1279.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1279.html WORLD OF RADIO 1279 in true shortwave sound of Alex`s mp3 (stream) http://www.dxprograms.net/worldofradio_06-29-05.m3u (download) http://www.dxprograms.net/worldofradio_06-29-05.mp3 NEW! WORLD OF RADIO 1279 downloads in studio-quality mp3: (high) http://www.obriensweb.com/wor1279.mp3 (low) http://www.obriensweb.com/wor1279l.mp3 WORLD OF RADIO PODCAST: www.obriensweb.com/wor.xml (currently available: 1277, Extra 57, 1278, 1279) ** AFRICA. African QSL's. Ed was the first to E mail regarding the reports that I took with me to Africa. Saving time I have E mailed you all. If the report was sent to me, your report would have been delivered to the station. Allow me to explain, it was not possible for me to back track to countries I had already been to. That said any reports I had with me were delivered the following way: A Somali Canadian guy I know went from Galkayo to Kampala via Nairobi to visit his sister. He took those reports with him and had them hand delivered (Kenya and Uganda) the others were posted from Kampala (Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda) to said station. Also, a UN security officer I spent time with in Garad, Somalia also took reports with him to Kinshasa, his home base and delivered them (Dem. Rep. Congo) and promised to mail the others (West Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe). I entered Africa via Niamey, then Djibouti City, to Galkayo. I took three reports to La Voix Du Sahel. I only had a 1 day lay-over in Niger and did not have time to wait for replies. The guard at the gate assured me he would give the reports to Chief Engineer. I gave him $20 US and promised him another $20 if QSLs were received. I know I had hoped to visit more stations/countries, however that did not happen. I have QSLs from Radio U.N.A.M.S.I.L for those that sent reports. I stayed a few doors down from the station`s offices, the Mammy Yoko Hotel, these from my first visit. West Africa is a real mess; I had many problems with getting around. The uprisings in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Eq. Guinea, etc., have the whole region on its lid, a unbelievable mess --- everyone in those countries was having the same hassles as me, even the UN guys I came across. Most foreigners were staying very close to their compounds. Some far worse, staff with MSF (Drs. Without Borders) had members killed; this started a mass pull out of many NGO groups in the region, a BBC staff was shot and killed her first day in Mogadishu, a female journalist. It is a sad mess. I had promised to do my best in getting QSLs; I could not have imagined Africa had become such a up-rooted mess! I was still in Galkayo when my friend, Said returned from Kampala. He assured me that the reports I had sent with him were hand delivered and/or mailed from Kampala. He had a postal mail receipt for the reports he mailed, so I paid him from the co-operation fund you guys contributed to; I think he spent $20 or $25 US. The UN guy I will never hear from; the UN practices a very strict security plan, only first names were used, no E Mail addresses were exchanged. Not even photos of them at the Tsunami effort from Garad Somalia. Despite helping them find Garad and the tsunami-hit coast, they were not allowed to give any info that might reveal their identity. I am sure he would eventually get those reports delivered. I did not keep a list of who sent what reports, so can you please let me know if you have received any QSL's/replies. Things do move slow in Africa at best so let`s give the reports some time before giving up or trying again. I think there was $70-$90 US in the co-operation fund, so there is still a few bucks remaining. We can deal with that at some point! At the moment my situation is very hectic. I just moved into a country house, working part time, trying to get a shack and antennas together; most important, unpacked from Africa. So once the dust settles over these QSL's, we can see what is still not QSLed and go from there. Again, no promises, I met many people in Africa and perhaps they can be called on the deliver reports of follow up on those delivered. I recall reports from Radio Congo-Brazzaville and Radio Mauritania, just saying, I received QSLs from these stations in 2004 for reports mailed from Canada. As far as DX stations go, one never knows if or when a QSL will show up. I just have to tell you guys this, I know they effort that goes into a "DXers" report verses the lack of effort into the others reports. During my short volunteer repairman position at Radio Galkayo, I had access to the file cabinets at the station. I have to tell you there is some real slop being sent as reception reports, absolute trash, nothing in these reports to spark any interest in replying. That said, keep writing those good reports, and eventually, who knows. Despite my falling out with the management at Radio Galkayo, it is possible that I can help with getting reports from Radio Galkayo verified. Their organisation is not solely governed; there are several people in their volunteer staff that are not afraid to speak up and of course gladly QSL reports for me. The other 2 Somali SW stations can also be QSLed, Mogadiishu being the tough one. This due to the civil unrest in Juba Land, Mogadishu. The first thing is to hear one of the Somali stations; somewhere in the mess I have the skeds, roughly 8 AM-10 PM their local time. They may or may not take a break during the hours of rest and pray, 12-4 PM. Once the bugs were worked out at Radio Galkayo, the coverage was better. The Acting Director changed the save-the-transmitter sked to 8 AM to 10 PM [i.e. when it is OFF the air --- gh]. When I left Somalia mid April, Radio Galkayo SW was off, FM still on. Radio Mogadishu and Radio Hargesia were both still on SW daily. Radio in Somalia, man what a mess!!! Okay guys let me know if anything has shown up in the mail box. Remember, Somalia has no in/outgoing mail service. In time we can give these African stations some more work; at the moment I am burning the candle from both ends. Before I go, before I left, there was talk between DXers of a remote variable termination resistance box. Has anything come of this? Now that I have some room I can put up some half decent antennas. 73 (Joe Talbot VA6JWT, Canada, June 24, wwdxc BC-DX June 30 via DXLD) ** ALBANIA [and non]. Dear Mrs. Cico, I found this email address in the World DX Club magazine "Contact", in a letter from Sue Hickey, your Canadian listener, so thought I should try it. I'm not sure whether you were getting my emails to the address given in the WRTH, which may be out-of-date. I am pleased to tell you that I have enjoyed some excellent reception of your English "Second Edition" to the UK at 2130 UT during this last week. For some time there had been heavy interference from a Chinese station on 7120 kHz at that time, but there was no sign of that on the past few evenings. I don't know whether they have left the frequency or it's due to short wave conditions. Still enjoying Radio Tirana, having been a listener since "Communist" days. Albania is now changing much for the better. Best wishes to you and all at Radio Tirana. Yours, Ian Wadman, (from R Tirana, June 20) Dear Mr Wadman, Thank you for your good news on 7120 kHz. I always forward reception reports also to the Chinese colleagues, and sometimes to their Embassy in Tirana, e.g. like for the case of their interference on 7120 kHz. The Chinese never reply via email! Did they move from 7120 kHz? This email is also sent to our closest listeners in Europe and earlier to the BBC Monitoring to receive any possible confirmation from them. Thanks again and all the best from a sunny hot Tirana, Mrs. Drita Cico, ARTV-Head of Monitoring Center, RADIO TIRANA. (June 20) (via BCDX June 20 via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 8098-LSB, R. Continental, Jun 21 0758-0833, 23432-34443 Spanish, News and music, ID at 0809. Also Jun 27, 0755-0804, 23442, Spanish, Music, ID at 0800, News (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 3390.25, Emisoras Camargo, 0030-0040, Jun 08, 10 and 15, 0020 weak audio with flutes. Under TTY station from Gibraltar, often voice utility on top as well. This makes things much more interesting (Robert Wilkner, FL DSWCI DX Window via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. R. Pío Doce, 5952.48, 0015-0232* June 26, Spanish talk, local CP music. 0230 sign-off announcements with ``River Kwai March``. Fair level but poor with a lot of splatter (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) from WYFR, I posit (gh, DXLD) ** BOTSWANA. IBB-Botswana sent me a ``thanks`` letter named `RE: BOTSWANA VOA RECEPTION IN YOUR AREA` for my reception report with US$1 on their new 4930 kHz transmission after 105 days via surface mail. 2005 VOA calendar and VOA Program Guide (for Dec 04- Apr 05) were enclosed. Letter signer was Thomas R. Powell, Transmitter Plant Supervisor. Address: Private Bag 0038, Selibe-Phikwe, Botswana E-mail: manager_Botswana @ bot.ibb.gov Telephone: +267 261 0932; FAX: +267 261 0185 (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, July 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Radio Bandeirantes heard around 0300 UT July 1st as never before with tremendous signal, rivaling more powerful Radio Nacional da Amazonia. It gave me the impression they were running a brand new transmitter. Heavy splatter from Teheran on 11920 but well blocked with the sync detector of the 7600GR. But Teheran also use 11925 from 0300, so they were clashing until I turned off around 0415. Now, that powerful signal from Bandeirantes was because of the semifinal game for Copa Libertadores between Atlético Paranaense and Chivas de Guadalajara? Sometimes stations come louder and clear when there are special events (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9665, R. BRAS that is, I must say I haven't observed it for some time, until yesterday 25 June at 1907, and they were just doing it extremely bad: 22431, adjacent QRM. Later at 2328 UT, 11780 was at 35422 while barely audible on \\ 6185. One mustn't forget their home beam on 6185 & 11725 is to the NW, i.e. to Amazonia, so it's Central NAm that gets the strongest signal, not here. As to the int'l service 9665, they announce coverage to Europe too, but am almost sure the main beam is to AGL - MOZ, so reception in CPV, GNB & POR must be tougher. I suspect the power is less than the listed 250 kW (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, wwdxc BC-DX June 27 via DXLD) ** BULGARIA [and non]. Re R. Bulgaria and 15700 kHz: My sympathies on your oppressive local interference. Nothing comes to mind re that specific frequency. I tuned it in this AM and it was clear here, with R. Bulgaria clearly discernible but very faint audio amidst the usual SW background noise that sounds like surf or waves. Maybe low modulation? I was trying to get back to sleep so didn't crank up the volume or fiddle with the tone controls in order to try to maximize the intelligibility, but I DID hear a clear ID after the news. As I recall I tuned in at about 1120 UT after tuning away from R. Netherlands (since I had heard the RN 1000 UT hour transmission on 9790 starting about 1020 already), and I think I had it on at least to 1230 or so. I think there was non-English talk in there somewhere along with some Bulgarian-choir music and other less-enjoyable music. 73, (Will Martin, MO, July 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Live 8 coverage on CBC censored from webstream: See UK ** CHINA. I still find it remarkable that at high noon in midsummer, signals from the FE make it here as low as 9 MHz band. Firedrake noted July 1 at 1813, seemingly // on 9355, 9540, 11700, 15510; at 1855 also on 9455. Let`s look up the victims: 9355: RFA Mandarin via Tinian 9455: RFA Mandarin via Saipan 9540: RFA Mandarin via Tinian 11700: RFA Mandarin via Tinian 15510: RFA Mandarin via Tinian Note that this is 2-3 am in China; no rest for the weary (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also INDONESIA ** CHINA. Dart: to communist China, world`s leading enemy of a free press, locking up 42 news folk in 2004, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (Frosty Troy, Observerscope, Oklahoma Observer June 25 via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. Marfil Estéreo, 5909.96, 0220-0300+ June 25, Spanish pops/ballads, campo music. Spanish announcements, IDs. Good; best in ECSS-LSB due to RTTY QRM on high side (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. Once again Friday, July 1, no RHC on 13660, checked at 1350; however, there was a weak signal seemingly in Russian audible in the sideband of RCI, but the only thing scheduled there is BBC in Arabic via Skelton. Those Cuban transmitters must need quite a warm-up: July 1 at 1943 I found open carriers already on 13680, 11760, 9550 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DJIBOUTI. RT Djibouti, 4780, *0300-0325+ June 26, sign-on with local instrumental music. 0301 vernacular talk, 0302 Kor`an, 0308 vernacular talk, 0321 Horn of Africa music. P-F with some ute QRM (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Djibouti has been reported on 4776 kHz between 1930 and 1955 UT. The QSL address is: Radio Djibouti, Moscow Street 1, Djibouti (Rumen Pankov, R. Bulgaria DX program July 1 via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) ?? I don`t recall their ever varying from 4780. Moscow street? Per WRTH 2005, 1, rue de Moscou is the address of MinCom, etc., not the radio station (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. July 1 at 1343, DRM on 15370-15380 running later than the day before, presumably HCJB. I searched the DRM forums, and there was NO mention of 15375 in the past three months. Make me wonder about the seemingly enthusiastic DRM monitors participating. No one told them about 15375, so no one tried it? I`ll bet bandscanning is not something these guys do. Get a frequency, punch it in, but no random tuning in the DRM mode. If they did, it would be rather unproductive with so few DRM signals as of yet. When you are bandscanning in analog, you sure notice a DRM signal right away, even if you can`t listen to its content (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EL SALVADOR? Me too looking for R. Imperial: July 1 at 1809, could detect a very weak carrier somewhere between 17838 and 17839. One imagines they have a very weak transmitter on this frequency, perhaps only a few watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA ECUATORIAL. 5005, Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, 2102, 30-06, Noticias de Guinea Ecuatorial "Una vez más con las noticias en Radio Bata y Radio Malabo", locutor. 34333. En cambio por las mañanas está fuera de aire, por lo menos últimamente. Antes abría a las 0600 pero lleva cierto tiempo sin escucharse (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, costa del Mar Cantábrico, 90 km N de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA. Voice of Broad Messes of Eritrea (VOBME) sent me a QSL card, letter, and view card after 25 days for my reception report with US$1. Verification signer was Berhane Gerezgiher, Technical Director. 1st channel 945, 7100 kHz Tigrina Tigre Kunama Hidarib Nara 73 hours/week 2nd channel 837, 7175 kHz Arabic Afar Bilen Saho Amharic Oromo 72 hours/week Address: Ministry of Information, Radio Department, Radio Engineering Division, P.O.Box 242, Asmara, Eritrea URL: http://www.shabait.com (E- mail can be sent from this web site) Telephone: +291 1 120478; +291 1 201820; Fax : +291 1 126747 (Takahito Aklabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. The target radio program "Tensae Ethiopia - Voice of Unity" (transmitted via a TDP-leased transmitter in Russia on 15660) has now its own website: http://www.tensae.com The site gives contact phone/fax numbers in both the USA and Germany, as well as two email addresses: tensae.ethiopia @ gmail.com ("Europe"), ethiopia44 @ yahoo.com ("USA"). Also audio files of the broadcasts are available. (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, July 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Pirate, Mystery Radio, 6220.18, 0145-0210+ June 26, still here with continuous pop music, occasional canned IDs; good (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GABON. July 1 at 1825-1840 I tried listening to Africa Number One, now clear on 15475; fair-good signal, but mostly talk in French with a variety of accents, rather than the music I yearned for (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GEORGIA. This country probably possesses two national short wave transmitters. One of them has been received in Sofia with good sound quality between 1515 and 1545 and between 16 and 1630 UT on 4540 kHz with programs in Caucasian languages. The other transmitter is apparently used for sporadic emissions in English, French, German and Russian with distorted modulation. This transmitter has been received in Sofia only Monday and Thursday from 1730 to 1730 UTC with programs of Radio ``We`` or Radio ``Hara.`` Local ``Apsua Radio`` from Sukhum was received in Sofia from 4 to 5 hours with a program in Abkhazian and Russian on 9495 kHz and the new frequency of 9535 kHz. From 0503 hours the station relays ``Radio of Russia`` on 9495 kHz (Rumen Pankov, R. Bulgaria DX program July 1 via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Dear friends, From July 6th DW will cancel its German language frequency 21840 kHz from 1000 to 1200 UT. 73, (Swopan Chakroborty, Kolkata, India, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Per EiBi A05 that is via CIS-n, but there is no CIS category in the key; I suppose it means Novosibirsk under Russia. As almost the highest HF currently in use, the declining MUF dictates it has to go; I haven`t heard much of anything on 13m for weeks, tho I still have hopes for a temporary spike (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY [and non]. This evening the DRM on 6085 has been very much stronger than before, now well in level with the noisebag on 6095. It's a continuous noise mat from 6100 to 6080 kHz. [later] BR 6085 continues to be very loud now, well in level with the rattlesnake on 6095. The transmission time seems to be 0356 to 2205 UT (Olle Alm, Sweden, wwdxc BC-DX June 26 / 28 via DXLD) And re 6085 - I missed the close down of that one. The whole block of frequencies from 6070 - 6105 is now more or less useless for listening - except to DW 6075 of course! BR 6085 sounds very different to 6095, and is as Olle described, like a carrier on top of the DRM signal which means that it is quieter. I wonder if the quality or range of the signal is being diminished by obtaining "DRM cheaply"! (Noel R. Green-UK, wwdxc BC-DX June 23 via DXLD) 6095 referring presumably to BCE Luxembourg DRM (gh) ** GUATEMALA. Radio Coatán (call TGCT, 4780 kHz) verified my reception report in Spanish with US$1 by Prepared Form QSL card and copied handwritten letter in Spanish after 37 days. Verification signer was Diego Sebastián Miguel, locutor (announcer). According to the letter: They celebrated 11 years of educational transmission this year. They are using 48m high antenna. 3 announcers are working in the station. Address: San Sebastián Coatán 13025, Huehuetenango, Guatemala C.A. Telephone: +52 11502 7758 3491; +52 11502 7758 5494. Frequencies: 4780 kHz, FM 92.5 MHz. Languages: Spanish, Chuj de Coatán (Takahito Akabayashi Tokyo, Japan, July 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA. 7125, Radio Guinea, Conakry. Esta emisora, que se escuchaba muy bién por aquí en horas del amanecer con programas en francés y vernáculo, parece que está fuera del aire últimamente. Imposible sintonizarla entre las 0540 y las 0710 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, costa del Mar Cantábrico, 90 km N de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. CENTRE TO LAUNCH TWO NEW MUSIC CHANNELS Chennai, June 29: The Centre will soon launch two new music channels, one for Hindustani Classical music and another for Carnatic Classical music, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy said today. While one of the channels would be started from Lucknow, the other would be launched from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu. Both these channels would be available on DD DTH platform, so that lovers of classical music could avail this music in digital quality for most of the time, he said. Releasing 'Akashvani Sangeet' CDs and Cassettes of doyens of carnatic music, late M S Subbulakshmi, Alathur Brothers and 'Ariyakudi' Ramanuja Iyengar, at the music academy here tonight, he said the Doordarshan DTH now had space only for 33 channels and 17 more would soon be added when these two new music channels would be 'mounted'. Stressing that All India Radio (AIR) would also focus on folk music, Reddy said 'we have decided to go in for huge expansion of FM radio in the private sector. We will set up 330 AIR stations throughout the country in as many as 80 new cities, thus laying more focus on growth rather than on earning more revenue. Reddy said the first phase of the private sector radio expansion did not succeed in full as lot of emphasis was laid on revenue earning rather than on growth. "Now, I am reversing this priority so that people will be able to enjoy more radio in general and more radio in the private sector". In an obvious reference to the All India Radio losing out to private FM channels, he said all efforts would be made "within our powers to see that radio is revived." Speaking about the proposed music channels he said: "The golden voice of M S Subbulakshmi, Alathur brothers and of others would be available now to everyone", he said adding that music and peace were intertwined. "Where there is music, there will be peace". Reddy said Doordarshan's DTH was the only 'free-to-air' DTH available in the world today. The unique feature of it DD DTH was that 'we are able to accommodate all the radio channels in it'. "We are also planning to release AIR folk music in digital quality. Our entire archives, the richest in the world today, had been digitalised by harnessing the latest technology". The Prasar Bharati now had all the speech of leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Rabindranath Tagore and all Prime Ministers and Presidents. "All these have been preserved in digital form. The problem with the Prasar Bharati is that we have lot of good things but do not know how to disseminate them". Paying encomia to the music doyens whose CDs were released today, the minister said Government cannot remain 'indifferent' to the fate of arts. Governments should be eliminated from intervening or interfering in arts. The AIR had played glorious role in promotion and preservation of classic music. Jaipal Reddy said historically the All India Radio in the country had rendered greater service, be it Hindustani music or Carnatic music. "We have record of 10,000 hours of classical music. We have rare recordings of doyens of both the music". Reddy handed over the first CD of Subbulakshmi to another maestro of Carnatic music, Balamurali Krishna, the CD of Alathur brothers to the Editor-in-Chief of 'The Hindu', N Ram and the CD of Ramanujam Iyengar to Gauri Ramnarayan, a music critic. (Agencies Via http://www.chennaionline.com via Mukesh Kumar, MUZAFFARPUR, INDIA, DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 15150, La Voz de Indonesia, 1703-1740, 30-06, programa en español, locutor, comentarios y música de Indonesia, identifcación: "Amados oyentes, transmite La Voz de Indonesia desde Yakarta, Indonesia". A las 1730 Identificación en inglés "Radio Repúblic Indonesia" y sigue programa en español. También en 9525 con peor señal (22222). 33333. Estas emisores en español de la RRI son muy irregulares, ya que a veces pasa largo tiempo sin que se escuchen, vuelven, desaparecen otra vez (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, costa del Mar Cantábrico, 90 km N de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I still find it remarkable that at high noon in mid-summer, a 9 MHz signal can make it all the way from Cimanggis to Enid. July 1 at 1815 and 1840 with music, 1850 German talk on 9525, fair signal. I think I heard a bit of French before 1900, perhaps leading up to the real French hour and causing a bit of confusion about which hour is which (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 01 July was 5 (77 nT). Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred (NOAA SEC via DXLD) 15150/9525 Stimme Indonesiens. Ich versuche seit mehreren Tagen die Stimme Indonesiens um 1800 mit ihrem dt. Programm auf 15150kHz zu empfangen. Allerdings war immer entweder Rauschen oder nur der Traeger (?) zu hoeren. Hat jemand die gleichen/aehnliche Beobachtungen gemacht und/oder hat eine Erklaerung dafuer? (Felix Lechte-D, A-DX June 29 via BC-DX via DXLD) Gestern [June 29] abend war INS auf 15150 kHz nicht zugange. Noch im Maerz bis Ende Mai wurden beide Freq, 9525 und 15150 benutzt. Gestern war 9525 kHz von 1830-2100 durch den starken Sender von China International besetzt (500 kW in Russisch), man muesste heute mal 1600-1830 UT hinein hoeren, ob dort VOI Jakarta sendet (Wolfgang Büschel, June 30, BC-DX via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. I was "surfing" around Sirius while on vacation; looks like Air America is still on Sirius, channel #144. The channel isn't specifically identified as "Air America" on the channel ID space. It's just identified as "Talk" (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, swprograms via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. UZBEKISTAN. 5810: The station you questioned might be "Radio Partow", an Iranian clandestine station, tested at the beginning of April for a short period on 5810 kHz at 1530-1600 UT over Tashkent-UZB. "Partow" means "light" in Persian. Radio Partow's website http://www.radiopartow.com provides internet on-demand broadcast, but it seems they no longer transmit on SW. I noticed that the name of their audio files includes "CFC" such as "0402satCFC.wma" "0403sunCFC.wma". So the word "CFC" has some relation to this station. (Takahito Akabayashi-JPN, wwdxc BC-DX June 21 via DXLD) Radio Partow wird in Schweden produziert und von nicht-kommerziellen Lokalstationen ausgestrahlt. Auch der Server steht in Schweden: radiopartow.com domain: radiopartow.com owner: Mostafa Assadpoor organization: Mostafa Assadpoor email: hostmaster @ radiopartow.com address: Stintavagen 1 city: SKOGAS postal-code: 14230 country: SE created: 2004-09-27 13:57:16 UTC expires: 2006-09-27 09:57:15 UTC source: joker.com live whois sce query-time: 0.079827 db-updated: 2005-06-23 03:51:21 (Wolfgang Büschel, June 24, BCDX June 30 via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. 11620, Voice of the Iranian Nation, via Bulgaria, *1429-1435, Mon Jun 27, back on its winter frequency from 11630 to avoid QRM from Xinjiang PBS broadcasting in Uighur. Opened with instrumental music and women`s choir and 1430 ID in Farsi: "Radio Seda-ye Mellat-e Irana", 25333. But then it was totally covered on 11620 by AIR, Delhi, broadcasting its Letterbox in English and promising QSL's (Anker Peterson, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window June 29 via DXLD) ** JAPAN. Hello PC Dxers: For all listeners of Radio Japan, NHK WORLD 70th wallpaper with July calendar is available for free download at the following address: http://www.nhk.or.jp/rj/wall07e-1024.html (729 Kb) July calendar theme is: "A cooling air" by Kimihito Tsubata. This scene was captured in an area near the Arakawa River in Saitama Prefecture, which neighbors Tokyo to the north. While thick green vegetation under a deep blue sky may give a sense of the heat of a midsummer's day, the drifting clouds and the swaying plants combine to suggest the refreshing relief of a cooling summer breeze as well. Enjoy whatever you are listening! 73s from (Treviso, Italy, Nino Marabello, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. Hello PC Dxers: For all listeners of KBS WORLD RADIO 2005 wallpaper with July calendar is available for free download at the following address: http://rki.kbs.co.kr/src/images/akorea_calendar/calendar_1024_0507.zip (783 kb) http://rki.kbs.co.kr/spanish/korea/korea_calendar.htm Enjoy whatever you are listening! 73s from (Italy, Nino Marabello, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) ** LUXEMBOURG. DRM: see GERMANY [and non] ** MEXICO. 6010, Radio Mil, 0605-0650, 01-07, canciones españolas y latinoamericanas, locutor presentando las canciones "seguimos con todos ustedes, queridos amigos". Ligera interferencia de Deutschlandradio Kultur en 6005. La Voz de tu Conciencia parece estar en estos momentos fuera del aire, lo mismo que Marfil Estereo en 5910 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, costa del Mar Cantábrico, 90 km N de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. KOSU can now be heard on both 91.7, and in northeastern OK on 107.5. It`s the state`s only first rate radio news operation (Frosty Troy, Observerscope, Oklahoma Observer June 25 via DXLD) ** PARAGUAY. R. Nacional del Paraguay, 9736.88, 0000-0030+ June 26, Spanish talk, 0004 & 0006 IDs; Spanish ballads. F-G, best on ECSS-USB (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. R. Cusco, 6193.45, 0235-0300+ June 26, variety of OA music, Spanish pops/ballads, Spanish announcements. Many mentions of Cusco. Weak but in the clear; wiped out at 0300 by BBC signing on 6195 (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5544.7, R San Andrés, Cutervo, 2255-2300, Jun 19, romantic music in Spanish, announced as: "estamos escuchando una hermosa pieza de la música...", TC as: "son las 5 con 57 de la tarde y seguimos con la programación...", 24422 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, DSWCI DX Window June 29 via DXLD) It responded to a postal report that included a prepared card and US$1.00 return portage with a frequency only e-mail Word five page letter attachment reply, including photographs, in 134 days from Leoncio Samane Meza leoncio_meza @ hotmail.com My verie signer is 48 years old, married with three children (Percy, Wilson and Juan). He indicates the station is transmitting on 5540 and the station is the property of the Municipality of San Andrés. His profession is an electromechanical engineer but has always had a liking for radio (Rich D'Angelo, PA, DSWCI DX Window June 29 via DXLD) ** PERU. 5939.2, Radio Melodía, Arequipa, 0512, 01-07, locutor y locutora, español, comentarios y canciones. 23222. Varía algo la frecuencia de unos días a otros, ya que el día 23 de Mayo la sintonicé en 5939.4 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Escuchas realizadas en Reinante, costa del Mar Cantábrico, 90 km N de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** QATAR. SURVEY OF AL-JAZEERA TV PROGRAMMING CHANGES At 2000 gmt on 15 June 2005, Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV began to introduce new changes in format and programming. The changes include the animation of the channel's logo, which has not changed; studio, duration and timing of major newscasts and the talk show programmes. The changes also include new programmes which are carried in the week after 16 June for the first time. No change in tone is observed, however. Changes in the logo and studio: The new logo animation adopted by Al-Jazeera is a return to the old logo with which the channel first started its transmission in November 1996. According to a report carried by Al-Jazeera at 0542 gmt on 16 June within its new news programme "Al-Jazeera This Morning", "Al-Jazeera Television last night bade farewell to the old small newsroom, which made its world reputation". The same report also says: "An electronic and artistic wave that was designed to meet renewable demands, primarily speed, diversity and closeness to the viewers. The high- class media technology that fills up the new room will reflect on the way the newscasts, whose time has increased by hours, are presented, and also on the completely new array of live and recorded programmes." Waddah Khanfar, Al-Jazeera channel director, speaking about the changes says: "There will be a new form, characterized by dynamism and effectiveness that will try to connect the viewer to the news reader, and the newsroom to the field. It will try to present a beautiful interactive and lively model. It will try to present a better substance, a distinctive substance, and high credibility in a splendid, beautiful way." Changes in programming 1. Main new programmes A. "Behind the News" live programme that deals with a topical issue and hosts officials and analysts who represent various views to discuss it. The first episode of the programme on 17 June dealt with a video tape of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second man in Al-Qa'idah, on reforms in the Arab world. This episode was presented by Faysal al- Qasim. The episode on 18 June, presented by Muhammad Kurayshan, dealt with the statement by the Moroccan information minister who said that the imprisonment sentence for journalists had been abolished even if they criticize the king. A legal expert, a former Moroccan minister and a Moroccan minister are then interviewed. The episode on 20 June dealt with the statement made by the CIA director that there was excellent information on the whereabouts of Usamah Bin-Ladin. The episode was presented by Jumanah Nammur, who interviewed Gen Talat Masood, former Pakistani chief of staff; Dr Edmund Ghareeb, professor of international relations at the University of Washington, and Yasir al-Sirri, director of the Islamic Observatory (Centre for Human Rights) in London. The programme is carried daily except Thursdays. B. "Behind the Scenes" programme presented by Fayruz Zayyani. The programme deals with Arab and international media issues and problems. The first episode on 16 June dealt with Al-Jazeera Channel, how it started, various views on Al-Jazeera, interviews with experts on the subject, and future plans. The second episode on 23 June focused on the Watergate scandal and how the journalists deal with their source of information. The programme is carried on Thursdays. C. "The Political Crime" documentary programme produced by Al-Jazeera. Each episode deals with a certain political crime. The programme is carried on Thursdays. In addition to these programmes, there are other new programmes which are carried for the first time, such as "Horizons," a programme on tourism places; "The Arabs' Friends" which speaks about foreigners living in the Arab world; "The World of Technology" which deals with technical issues; and "Paths", a cultural programme; as well as "Under the Microscope" and "The Jail Literature" programmes. In addition to these programmes, new episodes of "With Haykal", in which well-known Egyptian journalist Muhammad Hasanayn Haykal speaks about Arab affairs and his experience over the past half a century begin to be broadcast weekly as of Thursday 16 June. Some episodes of "With Haykal" were first broadcast by Al-Jazeera in 2004. 2. Changes in newscasts The one-hour newscasts broadcast in the morning and afternoon have changed into two-hour newscasts. "Al-Jazeera This Morning", broadcast between 0500 and 0655 gmt, includes news, economic and sports news. The news programme starts with a review of the issues that will be tackled in the programme followed by a news summary. The announcer then lists the news expected to take place the same day. Al-Jazeera This Morning includes live interviews with Al-Jazeera correspondents, analysts and political figures, as well as a press review. The programme also includes the headlines of aljazeera.net on the day. The programme includes a report under the title of "Today's topic". On 16 June, the issue dealt with in Today's Topic was the situation of education in the Niger, a subject that is tackled in a comprehensive way in a dispatch by a correspondent, followed by an interview with the secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. On 17 June, Today's Topic dealt with the government official's shouldering his responsibility in light of the resignation of a Jordanian and a Sudanese minister. The report was followed by an interview with an Egyptian analyst. At 0635 gmt on 16 June, the programme includes a feature entitled "The Morning Talk" by new presenter Muna Salman. The feature deals with the relationship between art and politics. It also deals with the refusal of Egyptian artists to join a movement which calls for renewing the term of President Husni Mubarak and interviews an Egyptian artist. On 17 June, the feature dealt with children's toys in the Arab world. The news programme also includes a feature entitled "This World" with light news. The news programme includes news summaries and reminder of the headlines at the end. "Al-Jazeera at Midday " news programme is broadcast daily between 1200-1355 gmt. It includes headlines, news summaries, interviews with Al-Jazeera correspondents and political officials, economic news summary, sports news summary and press review. This programme also includes "Guest of Al-Jazeera at Midday" feature, which deals with a certain topic and interviews a guest expert. It also includes "Today's Topic" feature which deals with a certain topic in a comprehensive manner. On 28 June, the feature dealt with one year since sovereignty was transferred to the Iraqis. The feature interviewed Tariq al-Hashimi, secretary-general of the Iraqi Islamic Party. "Today's Harvest" daily newscast carried at 2000 gmt continues to be the same except for additional two short news summaries and the new feature "The Harvest's Topic", which is similar to "Today's Topic" carried within "Al-Jazeera This Morning" and "Al-Jazeera At Midday". In addition to these changes to newscasts, Al-Jazeera starts to carry irregular news summaries every half-hour. 3. Changes in talk shows The duration of the major talk show programmes: the duration of the Opposite Direction, Life and Religion, More than One Opinion and Without Borders has been cut down from about 75 minutes to only 50. They are now carried at 1905 gmt on the same day they have been aired. As for the talk show "From Washington", it still lasts 50 minutes but is now carried at 1905 gmt on Monday instead of at 1805 gmt on Thursday. Each of these programmes is repeated twice in the next two days after it is first aired. Full Programme Schedule [gmt]: 0000-0005 News summary. 0005-0055 "More Than One Opinion" [Sunday; repeat] 0005-0055 "Life and Religion" [Tuesday; repeat] 0005-0055 "From Washington" [Wednesday; repeat] 0005-0055 "Without Borders" [Friday; repeat] 0100-0125 Newscast. 0130-0155 "The Arabs' Friends" [Sunday; repeat] 0130-0155 "The Iraqi Scene" [Tuesday; repeat] 0130-0155 Documentary. [Wednesday] 0130-0155 "Today's Encounter" [Friday; repeat; irregular programme] 0130-0155 "Behind the Scenes" [Saturday; repeat] 0200-0225 Newscast. 0230-0255 "This Week in History" Documentary. [Friday] 0230-0255 "Behind the News" [Saturday; repeat] 0230-0255 Documentary. [Sunday, Monday, Wednesday] 0230-0255 Documentary on travel. [Tuesday] 0300-0325 Newscast. 0330-0355 Documentary. [Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday] 0330-0355 Documentary on travel. [Wednesday] 0330-0355 "This Week in History" [Saturday] 0400-0410 News summary. 0420-0430 Documentary on health. [Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday] 0430-0455 "Horizons" [Sunday; repeat] 0430-0455 "The World of Technology" [Wednesday; repeat] 0435-0455 "Correspondents" [Friday; repeat] 0430-0455 "Zaynah" [Saturday; repeat] 0430-0455 "The Book; the Best Companion" [Monday; repeat] 0500-0655 "Al-Jaszirah [sic] This Morning" 0700-0725 Newscast 0730-0755 Documentary [Monday; Friday; Saturday] 0730-0755 "This Week in History. [Sunday; repeat] 0800-0825 Newscast, which also includes summary of economic news. 0830-0855 "The Book; the Best Companion" [Sunday; repeat] 0830-0855 "The Cinema in a Week" [Wednesday; repeat] 0830-0855 "Correspondents" [Thursday; repeat] 0830-0855 "Zaynah" programme. [Friday; repeat] 0830-0855 "Horizons" [Saturday; repeat] 0830-0855 Programme on Cars. [Monday, Tuesday; repeat] 0900-0925 Newscast, which also includes a summary of economic news. 0930-0955 "Today's Encounter" [Thursday; repeat; irregular] 0930-0955 "Behind the Scenes" programme. [Friday; repeat] 0930-0955 "Al-Jazeera Correspondents" [Sunday; repeat] 0930-0955 "The Iraqi Scene" [Monday; repeat] 0930-0955 Documentary. [Tuesday] 0930-0955 "Paths" [Thursday; repeat] 1000-1010 News summary. 1010-1055 Documentary. [Thursday] 1010-1055 "Under the Microscope" [Saturday; repeat] 1005-1055 "The Political Crime" [Sunday; repeat] 1005-1055 "A Private Visit" [Monday; repeat] 1005-1055 "Al-Jazeera Forum" [Tuesday; repeat] 1010-1055 "Under the Microscope" [Saturday; repeat] 1025-1155 "With Haykal" [Friday; repeat] 1100-1105 News summary. 1105-1155 "Open Dialogue" [Sunday; repeat] 1105-1155 "Life and Religion" [Monday; repeat] 1105-1155 "From Washington" [Tuesday; repeat] 1105-1155 "The Opposite Direction" [Wednesday, repeat] 1105-1155 "Without Borders" [Thursday; repeat] 1200-1355 "Al-Jazeera at Midday" 1400-1425 Newscast 1430-1455 "The Speed Age" Programme on cars. [Sunday] 1430-1455 "The World of Technology" [Monday] 1430-1455 "The cinema in a Week" [Tuesday] 1430-1455 "Correspondents" programme deals with dispatches by foreign correspondents on issues of human interest. [Wednesday] 1430-1455 "Zaynah" programme for women. [Thursday] 1430-1455 "Horizons" A travel documentary programme. [Friday] 1430-1455 "The Book; the Best Companion" Programme that reviews books. [Saturday] 1500-1510 News summary 1515-1530 Economic newscast. 1530-1545 Sports newscast. 1600-1625 Newscast. 1630-1655 "Al-Jazeera Correspondents" Dispatches by Al-Jazeera correspondents on topics of human interest. [Saturday] 1630-1655 "The Iraqi Scene" Live programme hosts Iraqi officials and analysts who speak about Iraqi affairs. [Sunday] 1630-1655 Scientific documentary programme. [Monday] 1630-1655 "Paths" Cultural programme produced by Al-Jazeera. [Tuesday] 1630-1655 "Today's Encounter" [Wednesday; repeat] 1630-1655 "Behind the Scenes" programme presented by Fayruz Zayyani. [Thursday] 1630-1655 "The Arabs' Friends" Documentary programme on foreigners living in the Arab world. [Friday] 1700-1705 news summary. 1710-1755 Documentary. [Wednesday; Thursday] 1705-1755 "A Private Visit" [Sunday; repeat] 1705-1755 "The Political Crime" [Saturday; repeat] 1705-1755 "Al-Jazeera Forum" [Monday; repeat] 1710-1755 "Under the Microscope" Documentary programme. [Friday; repeat] 1730-1755 "Today's Encounter" [Monday; irregular programme] 1705-1755 "The Jail Literature"[Wednesday] 1800-1825 Newscast. 1825-1955 "With Haykal" [Thursday] 1830-1855 "Behind the News" [Every day except Thursday] 1900-1905 News summary. 1905-1955 "More Than One Opinion" [Friday] 1905-1955 "Open Dialogue" [Saturday] 1905-1955 "Life and Religion" [Sunday] 1905-1955 "From Washington" [Monday] 1905-1955 "The Opposite Direction" [Tuesday] 1905-1955 "Without Borders" [Wednesday] 2000-2055 "Today's Harvest" news programme that includes news, interviews, economic and sports news. 2100-2105 News summary. 2105-2155 "Under the Microscope" A documentary programme. [Wednesday] 2105-2155 "The Political Crime" documentary produced by Al-Jazeera. Each episode deals with a certain political crime [Thursday] 2105-2155 "A Private Visit" to home of a former official who speaks about developments, problems when he was in office. [Friday] 2105-2155 "Al-Jazeera Forum" Live programme that receives telephone calls from viewers to express their views on a certain topic. [Saturday] 2105-2155 Documentary. [Sunday, Monday] 2105-2155 "The Jail Literature" Programme on cultural activities of prisoners as described by former prisoners. [Tuesday] 2200-2215 Newscast. 2215-2230 Economic newscast. 2230-2245 Sports news. 2300-2325 Newscast. 2330-2355 Documentary. [Thursday; repeat] 2325-0055 "With Haykal" [Friday; repeat] 2330-2355 "Behind the News" [Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday; repeat] The timing and duration of these programmes can be changed at any time if the station interrupts any of these programmes to carry live speeches or breaking news. Source: Al-Jazeera TV, Doha, in Arabic 30 Jun 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. NEW SW PROJECT FROM RUSSIA Special Radio, 1800-1900 UT, 6240 kHz, Thursdays only Special Radio is an international corporate Internet project of musicians and contemporary art activists. Special Radio was organized on December 1, 2001 by a group of Russian independent music publishers’ representatives. Special Radio is a unique project in the sphere of Internet radio: radio broadcast time is more than 30,000 hours. Freedom of music choice offered by Special Radio to its audience can’t be compared with any other radio station. No FM radio station can offer such variety of music material. Radio music content is formatted to different channels (buttons) and consists of stream broadcast of 32 audio and 5 video channels. Besides 2 channels content which can be presented on FM stations, there are 13 channels which have no analogs and are really impossible on FM radio stations. Special Radio is the only radio which works with Russian and foreign musicians regardless of their career success in other mass media. Special Radio program is composed by musicians who offer their tracks for rotation. Special Radio is the largest center of music of different styles in Russia. Besides Internet, Special Radio programs are relayed in 7 European countries, 10 Asian countries, Brazil, the USA and Canada. Special Radio daily audience is more than million people. Every day 10,000 people visit the site. (from http://specialradio.ru including English version) ----- First transmission was on June 30. The signal was very strong here in St. Petersburg (SIO-555/554) - but no information about the transmitter location yet (maybe via Krasnodar or Ekaterinburg). (Mikhail Timofeyev, St. Petersburg, HCDX via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Re V. of Mesopotamiya 11530 is still active and heard around 0600-0700 UT when co-channel equal level with WYFR in English (this \\ 11580). I note the following HFCC registrations... [all 7 days, for entire A05 dates] 11530 0345-0900 37,46 YFR 100 87 USA YFR FCC 11530 0400-1600 39,40 KCH 500 115 MDA TDP GFC 11530 0400-0800 39 KCH 300 116 Kur MDA MEZ TDP 11530 0800-1200 39 KCH 300 116 Kur MDA MEZ TDP 11530 1200-1600 39 KCH 500 116 Kur MDA MEZ TDP (via Noel Green, DXLD) Interesting to note the duplicated HFCC registration by both GFC and TDP and especially the power level of 300 kW put into the file for certain hours by the latter, probably reflecting the real operational practices. Did you already note the frequent mentions of 250 kW for Tbilisskaya? I assume they are in a similar manner run with one half of a 1000 kW. Speaking about Tbilisskaya: On Sunday Zwart of Wit (i.e. Vlaams Belang) was indeed on 15660, preceeded by 1050 Hz tones, so there should be no doubt about Tbilisskaya indeed being the origin of these txions (Kai Ludwig, Germany, wwdxc BC-DX June 23 via DXLD) Yes, the registrations for VOM 11530 were interesting enough to copy and paste I thought. It's most interesting that 'clients' can specify what they wish to spend and that the provider can adjust the transmitted power accordingly. I also tried 15660 for Vlaams Belang - but was too late to hear the opening tones. The signal was only fairly good here and I didn't think that the audio was very clear. Whether that was due to the provider or the programme maker I don't know but some Russian relays do appear to lack audio quality at times. For instance, DW relays are usually easy to distinguish from the direct source (Noel R. Green-UK, wwdxc BC-DX June 27 via DXLD) Despite I've to read a lot of back-log files carefully in coming days, I guess there have been put two independent registration entries into the HFCC A-05 file, one of the GFC-follower of Anatoly Titov-xUSSR man, the other by TDP-Ludo Maes organization, that makes the difference for the very same program. Similar happened often by GFC and MNO entries on RUS-CIS sites for the very same frequency/time services, also power and bearing parameter registered for very same service often differ slightly (Wolfgang Büschel, June 29, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. Voice of Russia What`s New http://www.vor.ru/English/Exclusives/what_new.html MUSIC AND MUSICIANS (on the air as of Saturday, July 2nd). The Richter International Pianist Competition has recently been held in Moscow. In the next edition of our MUSIC AND MUSICIANS weekly feature will be telling you about the laureates of this competition. Classical music admirers are invited to tune in to our broadcasts on Saturday at 17.00, Sunday 03.00, 17.00 and 20.00 and Monday 07.00 UTC. MUSICAL TALES (on the air as of Tuesday, July 5th). In the next few editions of the program we will be telling you about musical compositions based on works by Russia`s great 19th century poet Alexander Pushkin. The first program is devoted to Mikhail Glinka`s music. Please tune in to MUSICAL TALES on Tuesday at 03.00, Wednesday 02.30 and 20.30, Thursday 01.30 and 17.30, Saturday 06.00 and 16.00, Sunday 04.00 and 18.00 and Monday at 04.00 UTC. THE WHIMS OF FATE (on the air as of July 4th). Salvador Dali and Gala Diakonova --- The world-famous Spanish Surrealist painter and a woman born in the snow-covered Russia who came to become his Muse. By what Whim of Fate have their lives intersected? Interested? Then tune in to the next edition of The Whims of Fate. The program will first go on the air on Monday at 16.30 and 18.30 UTC, and then will be repeated on Tuesday at 03.30, Wednesday at 16.30 and 18.30, Thursday at 03.30, Friday at 16.30 and 18.30, and Saturday at 03.30 all times UTC. [All programs on the hour actually starts 11 minutes later; on the half hour a sesquiminute later] (via John Norfolk, dxldyg) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Qur`an coming in well at 1753 July 1 on 15205, the HQS with a bit of reverb, off at 1757; checking the frequency again during the 1800 hour and past 1900, a continuous tone test, weaker and probably from some other station, none scheduled at this time in EiBi A-05, but HFCC and NDXC have V. of Africa, Libya via France 1800-2000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA. See AFRICA ** TAIWAN. 11940, 25/06 1355-1400* Religious song, melodic music and s/off. TRT closes down at 1355 and the channel becomes free. May be Trans World Broadcasting Ministry from Taiwan? Poor/Fair-25522 (S500) (LUCA BOTTO FIORA, QTH: Rapallo (Genova) - Italy, Satellit 500 Grundig, Dipole 49m - Longwire 20m, ACCs: Noise Canceling MFJ1026 (SW), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Bau Jong, Taiwan, 1300-1400 listed, 100 kW 335 degrees, TWR Mandarin. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, ibid.) I thought TWBM was not the same as TWR (gh, DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. 17525, Voice of Tibet via Tashkent. June 28 at *1212- 1234. SINPO 35333. Started with song and ID was heard at 1215 as "...Voice of Tibet...". Talk by a man and song followed. 17525 kHz, June 29, S/on with song at 1100, but covered by Chinese music station at 1102 (Iwao Nagatani, Japan, Japan Premium via DXLD) ** U K [and non]. Live8 Concert coverage on the BBCWS Here in the Philadelphia region, well-known to SWLs courtesy of the Winter SWL Fest in nearby Kulpsville, we're bracing for the US edition of the Live8 concert tomorrow. The BBCWS will be providing Live8 coverage from 1100 to 2200, with specials interspersed among the usual Saturday programming. Here are the highlights, all times UT: 1105, Is It Up To The G8 To Fix Africa? - Zeinab Badawi presents a special programme in the lead-up to the G8 Summit in Scotland. She is joined by guests from Africa and the UK to discuss how the Summit may affect the continent. 1200, Newshour (as usual) 1300, Sportsworld/Live 8 - Coverage of the Ladies' Tennis Singles Final from Wimbledon, with visits to London's Hyde Park for music from the Live 8 concert. Presented by Russell Fuller (through 1500). 1500, Live 8 - From London's Hyde Park, BBC World Service brings you music from Live 8. (through 1700) 1700, World News / World Briefing / Sports Roundup (as usual) 1800, Live 8 - Coverage of the 'Live 8' concert, from London's Hyde Park, and from other concerts in cities around the world. (through 2000) 2000, Newshour (as usual) 2100, Live 8 - Coverage of the 'Live 8' concert, from London's Hyde Park, and from other concerts in cities around the world. (through 2200) This is for the Europe / Internet stream; looks like the all-news stream is participating only to the extent that Sportsworld is altered; the G8 special shown for 1100 on the Americas stream is shown at 1300 on the all-news stream. The Africa stream is similar except for 1700 - Focus on Africa replaces World Briefing. That date kicks off a 2-week "Africa Season" with a variety of Africa-themed features (from BBCWS website and weekly BBCWS e-mail) (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, July 1, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) Interestingly, there is a note on the CBC website that states that its Radio One *webstreams* will be shut off during Live 8 because of rights issues (Ricky Leong, AB, ibid.) You have a point...since the Internet stream carries the Europe stream, the database for the Internet stream program schedule might not have been updated. So the odds are good that the webcast might be shut down...as AOL has rights to the webcast here in the USA and in the UK. No specific mention of Canada (Richard Cuff, ibid.) Live 8 in the USA In addition to television coverage on the MTV networks and ABC, the Live 8 series of benefit concerts tomorrow will be extensively covered on broadcast radio, satellite radio, and Internet audio and video. AOL's music site will stream live video coverage of all 10 concerts plus archived on-demand feeds. Premiere Radio Networks will offer their broadcast affiliates the pop and rock concerts, plus interviews and other coverage. Finally, XM Satellite Radio will broadcast six concerts live (RAIN via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Live 8: Saturday 2nd July 2005 from 1400 CET Every single day, 30,000 children die needlessly, of extreme poverty. On July 6th, we finally have the opportunity to stop that shameful statistic. 8 world leaders, will gather in Scotland for the G8 summit, and will be presented with a workable plan to double aid, drop the debt and make the trade laws fair. If these 8 men agree, then we will become the generation that made poverty history. But they'll only do it if enough people tell them to. That's where Live 8 comes in. Ten concerts, 100 artists, a million spectators, 2 billion viewers, and 1 message... To get those 8 men, in that 1 room, to stop 30,000 children dying, every single day, of extreme poverty. On Saturday 2nd July, concerts will take place in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, USA and Canada, and the music world's biggest stars will be present to cause a stir and support the cause. On this one day we can make all our voices heard in unison. And here at MTV European we are dedicating the day to the Live 8 spectacle. Each hour from 1400 to 0100 CET, we will be going live to the Live 8 concerts across the globe, where our presenters will be hanging out backstage, speaking to the musical legends that are playing there, and getting the gossip on what is happening behind the scenes. And with talent such as Coldplay, Dido, Sir Elton John, Shakira, Joss Stone, The Killers, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Sir Paul McCartney, Audioslave, Pink Floyd, Razorlight, REM, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters, Snoop Dogg, Stereophonics, Sting, Travis, U2, and Velvet Revolver on hand, the behind the scenes coverage is set to be riveting viewing (MTV Europe via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) WHY I WON'T BE WATCHING LIVE 8 By David Stubbs, Reviews editor of The Wire music magazine On Saturday 2 and Wednesday 6 July, the multiple line-ups for Live 8 will attract a massive worldwide audience. Rarely mentioned on these occasions are the equally, if not more impressive numbers of people who will not be tuning in. I will be one of them. I watched Live Aid. I was depressed by the mullet-headed music, that puzzling logo of a fretboard protruding from the African continent, and resented being browbeaten by multi-millionaires to empty my pockets. And then there was the euphoria of the crowd, which reached a worrying zenith when they clapped along to Queen's Radio Ga-Ga. What were they feeling so victorious about? Did they actually think that Africa had been saved by David Bowie's gracious decision to appear onstage alongside Status Quo? They appeared to labour under the sort of collective, intoxicating delusion that overcomes any mass of people when they gather together and feeling triumphs over thinking. 'No sea change' Live Aid had the best motives. But to pretend this emotional, ad hoc response to the complex and chronic problem of famine in Africa made a positive difference was naive, rooted in a fictional idea that rock changes the world. It cannot and it did not in 1985. Money from Live Aid saved lives but, as aid expert David Rieff recently argued, it may also have led to the loss of just as many lives. There was no sea change in attitudes. That wave of compassion did not stop millions voting for right wingers like Thatcher, Bush and Kohl in subsequent elections. Today, Africa is, if anything, worse off. Now we are about to go through it all again. This time the emphasis is on debt cancellation rather than aid, but still I am sceptical. I simply do not think it is right that ex-pop star Bob Geldof should be the human catalyst for one of the biggest problems facing mankind - it is beyond the wisdom of Solomon, let alone Geldof. He is not up to the job. He is making the same mistake in 2005 as he did in 1985 regarding black acts, surprising for someone so passionate about feeding Africans. His argument that the dominance of white faces among the Live 8 line- up reflects the need for big names ignores the importance of symbolism in mass spectacles like this. I am very uncomfortable, for example, at the prospect of Celine Dion doling out spoonfuls of pop compassion to Africa's passive hungry. Geldof has been a spectacularly tireless fundraiser. But inevitably, given his profession, he is addicted to the spotlight and despite his reputation as a plain and profane speaker, rather too chummy towards the powerful over the years - be it Prince Charles, the Pope, Mother Teresa, Tony Blair or George Bush. But these people front the very institutions - church, empire, Western states - that can be argued have done little to alleviate African misery. They should be interrogated, not cosied up to. Geldof's un-punkishly conciliatory stance to these people creates the illusion that, as with the tsunami, "no one is to blame". Ultimately, however, I will not be watching Live 8 because the bill is pretty dire. Apart from the reams of has-beens and rock icons turned cabaret acts, there are the present-day brigade such as Coldplay and Dido, whose hugely popular yet unthreatening music signifies rock's decline into corporate functionalism. These people will not solve the problem. They are the problem. Instead of watching Live 8, I will be doing something considered morbid in these emotionalist times - I am going to go upstairs and have a good think. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/music/4637801.stm Published: 2005/07/01 04:23:27 GMT © BBC MMV (via Brock Whaley, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. July 1 at 1420, WEWN had not built up to bone- crushing strength on 11645, and I counted a SAH of about 165/minute or 2.75 Hz. Per HFCC that would be ERA Kavalla, 250 kW, 355 degrees in Greek --- no it wouldn`t; the actual VOG A-05 schedule does not show them on 11645 at that hour, so another wooden HFCC listing. Then what could it be? Strangely enough, the latest ITU Monitoring file shows they heard nothing at all on 11645. Altho exhaustive, it`s obviously hit-and-miss (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Gotta hand it to WJIE, all day on 7490; only broadcast station audible on 7 MHz band, July 1 at 1814 with crackly preacher, fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. IBOC HELL CONTINUES IN BOSTON --- WBCN and WZLX. Called them and the woman who took my call refused to put me thru to either the station manager or engineer. She said they aren't running HD. Can no longer hear WOCN from the Cape on 103.9 which would boom in here like a local. I spoke to the engineer at WOCN and he is not a happy camper; neither am I. Adjacent channels now severely affected by IBOC here are: 90.7, 91.1, 91.7, 92.1, 93.5, 93.9, 94.3, 94.7, 96.7, 97.1, 99.3, 99.7, 100.5. 100.9, 103.9, 104.3, 105.5, 105.9, 106.5, 106.9 & 107.7. Some of these are worse than others (depends on where the transmitter for the HD culprit is located). So far Trop seems to break thru better than E skip. Does this mean I'll give up FM DXing? No, but I won't have as much fun with it as I used to. I'll probably end up getting a phaser and see how that works. I don't like being told (for lack of a better word) that I can no longer listen to stations that I once heard quite clearly. As I type this I'm looking at which XM radio I'll be buying in the coming week or two (Keith McGinnis, Hingham MA, June 30, ABDX via DXLD) That's quite an eye-opener for me, Keith. I'm a BIG TIME IBOC opponent, but mostly for AM. I really didn't know it could be this bad on FM too! I should have known. It's IBOC --- it's bad all the way around! (Michael n WYO Richard, ibid.) I don't know if this will do any good but you can try emailing both these stations. Their websites are http://wbcn.com and http://wzlx.com Both have contact us links on the front pages. I am in R.I. getting clobbered with this too. For further enjoyment, WHJJ 920 turned on IBOC trashing 900 thru 940 AM. P.S.: already have the XM and Sirius the DSL has come in too for additional streaming (Norbert, ibid.) Sent an email to the PR person at WBCN and a DX friend of mine in Hanson sent one to the engineer at ZLX. The IBOC that comes out of the transmitters on top of the Prudential Bldg in downtown Boston do me the most harm while ones north of the city are easier to DX around. So far Providence IBOC has not caused me any problems (Keith McGinnis, ibid.) IBOC = It bothers other channels (Jerry Kiefer, FL, NRC-AM via DXLD) ** U S A. Hi, Glenn, Just wanted to second N8TAV's comments in USA DXLD 5-107. Although traffic-handling is "inefficient" compared with modern technology, we're there Just In Case. Andy O'Brien, K3UK, is an occasional (and welcome) checkin to the Empire Slow Speed (CW) Net, which I currently manage. Thanks for all your efforts, and belated birthday wishes! Very 73 de (Anne Fanelli, WI2G, in Elma, NY (near Buffalo, July 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Night of Nights VI - Official Announcement HISTORIC MORSE CODE RADIO STATION RETURNS TO THE AIR Former RCA Station KPH Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary COAST STATION KSM WILL MAKE ITS INAGURAL TRANSMISSION COAST STATIONS WLO, KLB, NMC AND NOJ TO BE ON THE AIR In the sixth annual event that has become known as the "Night of Nights", historic Morse code radio station KPH will return to the air in commemoration of the last commercial Morse message sent in the United States. This year's Night of Nights is special: it's the 100th anniversary of KPH, KSM will appear on the air for the first time and four other US coast stations will be on the air, several of them on MF in addition to HF. Frequencies and reception report information for all stations appear below. KPH, the ex-RCA coast station located north of San Francisco, will return to the air for commemorative broadcasts on 12 July at 1701 PDT (13 July at 0001 GMT), 6 years and one minute after the last commercial Morse transmission in the US. These on-the-air events are intended to honor the men and women who followed the radiotelegraph trade on ships and at coast stations around the world and made it one of honor and skill. Transmissions are expected to continue until at least midnight PDT (0700 GMT). Veteran Morse operators, including former KPH staff members, will be on duty at the receiving station at Point Reyes, CA listening for calls from ships and sending messages just as they did for so many years before Morse operations were shut down. The transmitters are located 18 miles south of Point Reyes in Bolinas, CA at the transmitting station established in 1913 by the American Marconi Co. The original KPH transmitters, receivers and antennas will be used to activate frequencies in all the commercial maritime HF bands and on MF as well. Many of the KPH transmitters will be 50s vintage RCA sets. KSM will use a 1940s vintage Press Wireless PW-15 transmitter on 12 Mc. Power output will be 4 to 5 kW. The transmitting antennas include a Marconi T for MF, double extended Zepps for 4, 6 and 8 Mc and H over 2s for 12, 16 and 22 Mc. [/s] KPH will send traffic lists, weather and press broadcasts as well as special commemorative messages, many of which will be sent by hand. At other times the KPH and KSM "wheel" will be sent to mark the transmitting frequencies. Members of the public are invited to visit the receiving station for this event. The station will be open to visitors beginning at 1500 PDT (3:00 pm). The station is located at 17400 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and is on the route to the Point Reyes lighthouse. Watch for a cypress lined driveway on the right about a mile past the entry to Coast Guard station NMC. KPH is operated by the Maritime Radio Historical Society in cooperation with the Point Reyes National Seashore, part of the National Park Service. Further information may be found on the Maritime Radio Historical Society Web site at http://www.radiomarine.org or by contacting Richard Dillman at +1 415-990-7090 email: rd @ radiomarine.org or Tom Horsfall at +1 510-237-9535 email: wa6ope @ hotmail.com BT Station Information follows... KPH will transmit on 4247.0, 6477.5, 8642.0, 12808.5, 17016.8 and 22477.5 kc on HF and 500 and 426 kc on MF. These frequencies have been made available through the generous cooperation of Globe Wireless, the current owner of the KPH and KFS licenses. KPH operators will listen for calls from ships on ITU Channel 3 in all bands. The Channel 3 frequencies are 4184.0, 6276.0, 8368.0, 12552.0, 16736.0 and 22280.5kc on HF and 500kc on MF. Reception reports may be sent to: Ms. DA Stoops P.O. Box 381 Bolinas CA 94924-0381 USA Denice is a former KPH operator and was the first female telegrapher hired at the station. ------------ KSM will transmit on 426, 500, 6474 and 12993 kc KSM will listen for calls from ships on 500 kc and HF Channel 3 (see KPH listing for frequencies). Reception reports may be sent to: Ms. DA Stoops P.O. Box 381 Bolinas CA 94924-0381 USA ------------ WLO will transmit on 438, 500, 8514.0 and 12660.0 kc WLO will listen for calls from ships on 500 kc and HF Channel 3 (see KPH listing for frequencies). Reception reports may be sent to: WLO/KLB 700 RINLA AVENUE MOBILE, ALABAMA 36619 USA Or via email to: wloradio @ wloradio.com ------------ KLB will transmit on 6411.0 KLB will listen for calls from ships on 6276 kc Reception reports may be sent to: WLO/KLB 700 RINLA AVENUE MOBILE, ALABAMA 36619 USA Or via email to: wloradio @ wloradio.com ------------ NMC will transmit on 448, 472, 500, 6383.0, 8574.0 and 17220.5 kc NMC will listen for calls from ships on 500kc and HF Channel 3 (see KPH listing for frequencies). Reception reports may be sent to: COMMANDING OFFICER ATTN ITC ERIC SIMMONS COMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION PACIFIC 17000 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD POINT REYES STATION, CALIFORNIA 94956-0560 USA ------------ NOJ will transmit on 8650.0, 12889.5 and 16909.7 NOJ will listen for calls from ships on Channel 3 (see KPH listing for frequencies). Reception reports may be sent to: COMMANDING OFFICER ATTN OSCM WILLIAM KECKLER US COAST GUARD COMMUNICATIONS STATION KODIAK PO BOX 190017 KODIAK, ALASKA 99619 USA BT BV ES VY 73 TO ALL, MRHS ================================= Richard Dillman, W6AWO Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org Collector of Harleys, Willys and Radios over 100lbs. ================================= (via Pim Ripken, July 1, BDXC via DXLD) I am sure they are trying to be vintage/historical by giving frequencies in ``Mc`` and ``kc``, but these terms are meaningless without a per-time unit, i.e. seconds. This can be avoided by expressing frequencies in MegaHausers instead, defined as Megacycles per hour. The conversion is simple, from Mc/s to MHs: multiply by 3600. For example 12.8895 MHz = 46402.2 MHs. I am thinking of offering a prize for the first receiver sent me calibrated in MHs (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENIG DIGEST) ** U S A. The Capitol Steps` quarterly comedy special, ``Politix Takes a Holiday`` has already started on some public radio stations; here are a few more webcasters in time order, from the CapSteps website, but many more will be carrying it over the weekend. Most of them can be reached at the obvious .org website, or go thru http://www.publicradiofan.com Times and days here are STRICTLY UT UT Sat July 2 0200 WNMU 1500 WAER 1635 WRVO 1800 WPSU UT Sun July 3 1500 WRVO [not July 4 as at CapSteps] 1930 WFDU 2100 WFDD UT Mon July 4 1300 WMUB 1330 WRVO 1830 WDUQ 1900 KPBX 2030 WUGA 2230 KUNI, WNKU 2300 KXCV, KUNM, WMUB, KLCC 2330 WSHU, KDAQ UT Tue July 5 0000 KSFC 0130 KPBS 0200 KALW, WPSU 0230 KUAC 0400 KSFC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Call 877-762-8762 and tell your members of Congress you want to save PBS. The dipstick Republicans are at it again. Dart: to NBC`s Tim Russert, one of the most biased people in legitimate broadcasting. He needs to wear a sign around his neck saying ``I love Bush.`` The flip side should say, ``I Love Rush``. Dart: to MSNBC, featuring Jay Severin as a sidekick to new talk show host Tucker Carlson. Severin, a GOP consultant, asked how to deal with American Muslims, answered: ``I think we should kill them.`` (National Journal) Dart: to the Voice of America, our radio face to the world, for outsourcing nighttime broadcasting to communist China, including the loss of eight employees to save $400,000 a year (Frosty Troy, Observerscope, Oklahoma Observer June 25 via DXLD) ** U S A. Glenn: -- On the DXLD 5-106 topic of 'dumbing down': ``Another example of this in the entertainment arena is the new ABC mini-series 'Empire'...." There's a simple explanation for this. ABC is Disney, and Disney purveys nothing but pure crap! (GREG HARDISON, L.A., DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oh ** U S A. Long, contentious WTFDA thread about translators relaying LPFM, ``commercials`` on non-commercial, stations, etc. Subject: RE: 103.1-RI and 93.9-Cape Cod 93.9-Cape Cod, rebroadcast of WMVY. NEW. Can anyone tell me if this is legal?? translator CP for Centerville, MA licenced to Non-profit on Nantucket. One of my best DX frequencies is gone. This is worse that any IBOC anyday (Steve Solomon, Cape Cod MA, June 28, WTFDA via DXLD) Why do you question the legality? Are you questioning their rebroadcast of a commercial station? Or do you suspect a pirte? I see a 38 Watt translator licensed to Centerville as you said for Nantucket Public Radio (Allan Dunn, K1UCY, ibid.) I question the legality of a "Public broadcaster" rebroadcasting a commercial station. I care for two reasons. 1. as a DXer 2. as a broadcaster of 3 legitimate stations on Cape Cod. We have licenses of 50,000 watt stations, and now have what seems like an unfair competitive tactic. If we were aware of this loophole, we could have made many attempts to get a "repeater" on Cape Cod this way a long time ago. I will do all the research I can to find out how to stop this. I know these translators are legal, so my DXing wishes are gone. But as far as MVY popping up all over the place, this seems very fishy. Any help would be appreciated. Website: http://www.stevemcvie.com/DXing.asp (Steve Solomon, June 28, WTFDA via DXLD) What`s even worse here is the practice of religious quasi-Non Commercial broadcasters like American Family Radio, K-Love, and their ilk spamming the non-com frequencies with their relayers. Yes, it`s legal by the current laws but the obvious commercials aired are borderline illegal (if not blatant violations of FCC regulations). On the area 88.1 - 91.9, I can only receive the following stations that are not religious stations/translators/relayers. 88.3 KABF (Community) Little Rock 89.1 KUAR (NPR) Little Rock 89.7 KUAP (college with Smooth Jazz format) Pine Bluff 90.5 KLRE (Classical) Little Rock 90.9 WMAO (NPR/MPB) Greenwood, MS AFR is on the following local frequencies: 88.1, 88.9, 91.1, 91.7 K-Love is on 90.1, and also on commercial 93.1 A relayer for Calvary Broadcasting in Twin Falls Idaho is on 88.7 An independent religious station is on 90.7 Tropo brings in even more (F H Prentice, Fritze, KC5KBV, Star City, AR, ibid.) Translators above 91.9 MHz may be licensed as commercial FM translators, and may rebroadcast the signals of a commercial FM station. (74.1201(b) and (c); 74.1202 (b)(1) and (2) ) Ownership by a public broadcaster is irrelevant. A single entity may own both non-commercial and commercial stations, provided each station observes the rules relevant to their type of license. Two examples: Chicago - WTTW-11 PBS, co-owned with WFMT-98.7, a commercial station Minneapolis - KNOW-FM 91.1, co-owned with KSJN 99.5. What you should look at is 74.1232(d) and (e). These rules cover translators like the ones in question --- commercial translators with coverage beyond the protected contour of the primary station. Such translators must not have any common interest in ownership with the primary station, and they may not receive any support from people/ entities with interest in ownership with the primary station. If you can find some overlap in ownership between WMVY and the translators, or some evidence of financial support from WMVY to the translators, then you may have a case. I don't see there's much you could have done to "get a repeater". Maybe run some announcements on your air and in other media encouraging people to build one --- but encouragement is about all you could offer (Doug Smith, ibid.) While we're at it, I have a client who wants to file a complaint against New Jersey Network for running ads from the NJEA Teachers Union. Anyone want to help on this project? AFR and K-Love have huge market shares in Arkansas (Rick Shaftan, NJ, ibid.) I think you can reasonably assume these operations have people carefully screening these announcements to ensure they don't qualify as commercials under the law. There's a page on http://www.fcc.gov/mb that explains how far you can go. If I recall properly, AFR has been cited for violations but not very often given their size (they run local announcements & underwriting at many of their smaller stations, leaving a lot of opportunities to get in trouble! As little as I think of the AFR programming, they do seem to do a pretty good job of keeping it legal). Only once have I heard something I knew to be illegal on a non- commercial station. WVSU 91.1 in Birmingham, if I remember properly. Cell phone ad, the same one airing on commercial stations in the market. I'd be more worried about EAS. The FCC obviously considers EAS a high priority, one of the two types of violation that's likely to get you fined. All stations, even shoestring-budget AM daytimers and LPFMs, are required to relay EAS alerts. With one exception: translators. Translators carry their primary's EAS information. Which is fine when the translator is near the primary. Not so much so when it isn't. True story: I'm pulling into Meridian, Mississippi one Sunday afternoon. Interesting program on WMAW 88.1 ends, and I start tuning looking for something else worth listening to. Crossing 90.1, I hear the EAS alert tones. Fearing there might be severe weather on the other side of the ridge south of town, I stop and listen. "The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for..... Marin and Sonoma Counties in Northern California." It's a "satellator" of KEAR, San Francisco. If there actually *was* a storm south of Meridian, would I have found out about it? Nope... (Doug Smith, TN, ibid.) As a DXer, I'm never happy with added congestion. Look at the loss of such great frequencies such as 99.7 after the 80-90 stations came on a decade or so back. I'll happily try to null a 38w station over a 6kw one, though. First of all, if Nantucket Public Radio bought a donut shop, would you expect them to sell the donuts at cost? If they own property, should they likewise rent out portions for no profit? Unless there was some covenant in their application for a translator that restricted it to non-commercial use, then there is no issue. I would think the holder of several 50,000 watt licenses would be unconcerned with a few light-bulb sized translators showing up. After all, it's repeating a 3 kw class A that can't even get the common upgrade to 6 kw that many enjoy. All the available translators on the Cape wouldn't even that playing field. Your ox is being gored by a mosquito. The translator is there. It really is irrelevant as to the content. If it had nonstop Lithuanian Funeral Marches as the programming, it would be just as annoying to a DXer. If you are angry at WMVY for trying to compete, then that's life. What would you expect them to do? ``Any help would be appreciated.`` Trying to recruit fellow hobbyists in a competitive matter is poor form. You're asking them to choose sides in something that doesn't concern them. Take the last word. I'm done (Craig Healy, Providence, RI, ibid.) Rick, AFR and K-Love fill a huge hole in that both serve a younger (boomers and younger) audence that traditionally have not been served by the Dollar-A-Holler block-religious stations (like KAAY 1090 AM Little Rock for example). There isn't endless rants by half-witted preachers talking into a cheap tape recorder, long deceased preachers, and music limited to "Southern Gospel" Although the view points on AFR are very conservative and pro "family values", *that* isn't my gripe about them: Its AFR's overt commercial sponsors (especially on the local "cut- ins"). Plain and Simple. And that goes for any non-com broadcaster *regardless* of viewpoint. I'm off my soapbox for now. That gives me an idea though. Maybe I could try to DX as many of the AFR stations as possible (Fritze, KC5KBV, Star City, AR, ibid.) Hey, I'm not trying to "recruit fellow hobbyists". The word "Help" was meant as just looking for anyone in the DX community for information they may have knowledge of, which many were happy to divulge. This certainly "concerns" anyone in the DX community who no longer could DX on frequencies once wide open. We're all on the same side. We want to DX. My working for "the competitor" opened up legitimate questions regarding the legality of the use of translators. Now I know and thank you, but the public reprimand was unnecessary (Steve Solomon, ibid.) Yet when I wanted to run Jim Holt for Senate ads on AFR and K-Love I got nowhere, even though the AFR crew was solidly behind my candidate. There were a few non-commercial stations that ran my ads but I won't say who they were -- and a few who ran them for free, which is legal as long as they provide equal access for all candidates. In all the polling I did in Arkansas last year, I didn't get one person who listened to KAAY [50 kW, 1090]. (Rich Shaftan, NJ, ibid.) Fascinating. So Senator Holt, who took an oath of office to uphold the laws of the land, doesn't believe that he's required to abide by 47USC399? The FEC and the Democrat-Gazette are gonna find this really interesting. I'm also trying to square: "Section 399 [47 U.S.C. §399] Support of political candidates prohibited. No noncommercial educational broadcasting station may support or oppose any candidate for public office." with "...the AFR crew was solidly behind my candidate." (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) Stop busting my balls. Unless this is Cuba, Canada, France or North Korea, people still have First Amendment Rights and they can support anyone they please -- even if the Dem-Gaz and other Socialists in the state don't like it. Unfortunately, those AFR guys were so by the book it was disgusting. I couldn't get them to run those ads for free, which they were permitted to do as long as they gave the opposition the same right. I couldn't even get a freakin' interview for the candidate they were so afraid of pissing off some guy like you. If you really care about FCC violations Scott, help me prepare my lawsuit against New Jersey Network for taking paid commercials from the NJEA Teachers Union rather than making empty threats that make you look petty and foolish. Don't worry about the Dem-Gaz. With the number of ridiculous left-wing editorials they write attacking Holt, he should have them on his payroll (Rich Shaftan, NJ, ibid.) O, that must be a newspaper (gh) http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/nature.html Everything you ever wanted to know about what is and isn't an "ad" on a non-commercial station. You can make something that sounds an awful lot like an ad but isn't. In a nutshell, a non-comm may run announcements that: - Contain slogans (or on TV, logos) that identify but don't promote the donor. - List the locations of the donor. (presumably this is now taken to include the donor's phone number and Web address) - Value-neutral descriptions of a product line or service. - Brand and trade names and product or service listings. So, I suppose "This hour's programming is sponsored by Joe's Coffeeshop, 1234 Main Street. Joe's offers international coffees and fresh pastries every day from 6 am to 9 pm. A menu is available online at www.joescoffeeshop.com. Call 555-4321 for more information." would be a perfectly legal announcement. Of course, that would also make a halfway-decent paid ad on a commercial station. (I'd bet Scott knows this subject far better than I do!) (Doug Smith, TN, ibid.) I'm not a lawyer and wouldn't pretend to be one, but I do read the FCC's rulings on the subject pretty closely. That said: one big exemption to the noncomm rules - and this may be how NJN and the teachers union get away with the announcements that Rick's upset about - is that NCE stations can legally run what amounts to advertising for nonprofits. I don't know whether the NJEA is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) or something similar, and it's not immediately apparent from a quick scan of their website, but if they are nonprofit, there are no limitations on the language that can be included in their "enhanced underwriting" on NJN. There is no question that the noncommercial broadcasting regulatory system that has developed in the US over the last seven decades is the most bizarre in the world... s (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) The problem with 88.1-91.9 being set aside for non-com transmissions is that the FM segment is too much space (especially in largely-rural areas) to be practical. A more appropriate system would apportion non- com assignments according to the needs of the region-at-large. Right now we have "equal distribution" of that band to naturally unequal population bases. Rural areas end up non-commercial spectrum they (in most cases) do not need or want, and cannot contract the maximum number of possible non-com assignments even if they could use more commercial outlets to serve their communities...unlike heavily-urban regions, which can simply expand their non-com base by putting a non- com station in the commercial part of the band for "minority" programming. Rural non-com stations which happen to occupy space in the commercial section of FM --- well, that doesn't seem to help the problem much either. Is there a present (or near-future) method that could be put in place allowing for "auto-switch" toggling for translators and satellators, so that they can carry EAS alerts and other severe-weather information from the nearest relay station? (Example: At 4:26PM CST, W289XX in Starion City detects the alert signal of the EAS relay in Bufport, 13 miles away, and auto-switches from its primary WXYX-100.5's (Jacksboro Junction) hyper-rock format so that listeners in Bufport County are alerted to a tornado watch in effect until 9PM CST for all communities. Once the weather alert is finished, W289XX's equipment detects the silence and auto-switches back to WXYX within 20 seconds of the conclusion of the Emergency Alert.) (Keith K. Smith, Lansing MI, ibid.) The following are the guidelines I saw posted on a LPFM's site at http://www.wgrg.org/ Sponsorship/Underwriting Guidelines for WGRG-FM 100.5 FM WGRG uses the following guidelines for underwriting. They are in strict accordance with FCC rules and regulations and are the same guidelines used by universities, colleges, religious organizations, and other non-profit organizations. Your message may include, but not necessarily limited to, the following information: 1- Your company name, address, location, and phone number 2- Value neutral descriptions of products or services 3- Official slogans that identify but do not promote 4- Brand names, trade names, and their slogans 5- Number of years in business or in the area The FCC specifically prohibits us from four types of messages: 1- Messages containing price information (all cars selling at 1% below invoice) 2- Messages containing a call to action (stop by our store today and check our low prices) 3- Messages containing an inducement to buy, sell, rent, or lease (10% off this week only) 4 - Messages containing comparative or qualitative language (the best candy store in Payson) ---- That seems to give a decent idea of what can and can't be used. (Chris Cervantez, Kewanee, IL, June 29, WTFDA via DXLD) The Teachers Union runs ads on the (heavily) taxpayer supported New Jersey Network that say things like "The NJEA -- Fighting for Better Education for all our children." This clearly falls under the definition of an advertisement in (2) below. 399b. Offering of certain services, facilities, or products by public broadcast station Release date: 2005-03-17 (a) ``Advertisement`` defined For purposes of this section, the term ``advertisement`` means any message or other programming material which is broadcast or otherwise transmitted in exchange for any remuneration, and which is intended (1) to promote any service, facility, or product offered by any person who is engaged in such offering for profit; (2) to express the views of any person with respect to any matter of public importance or interest; or (3) to support or oppose any candidate for political office. http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode47/usc_sec_47_0000039=9---b000-.html (Rick Shaftan, NJ, ibid.) that url may be corrupted ** VIETNAM [non]. Little Saigon Radio, testing at 1130-1200 via Taiwan, may actually be on 11840 instead of announced 11540 (via Anker Peterson, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window June 29 via DXLD) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. David, Do you ever listen to V. of the People and get a feel for their political position? (Glenn to David Pringle-Wood, Harare, via DXLD) 7120, VOP from RN facilities only heard in Ndebele language this evening July 1, 1700-1800. I can understand Shona dialect (Northern Zimbabwe) and some Ndebele (Southern Zimbabwe). No English broadcast heard, which is odd as it usually runs for 15 minutes 1745-1800. Can't be sure on the political theme but there are reporters from Zimbabwe making aired statements. Mostly reporting facts, so that almost puts the local regime most likely not involved with this station. SW Radio Africa, 15145, 1700-1800, 1 July,' Jammed back to Mainland China' from within Zimbabwe (David Pringle-Wood, Zimbabwe, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SW Radio Africa coming in quite well here, F-G, no sign of jamming, on 15145, July 1 at 1752 with hilife music. Believe the closing mentioned only MW. I hear that SW Radio Africa may last only one more week on SW (Glenn Hauser, July 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9295 station, USA? 1954, 333 anglais / debat à propos des Nations Unies, 30jun05 (Michel Lacroix, France, HCDX via DXLD) Nothing in any of the by-frequency references on 9295 (gh, DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ ACTIVE LATIN AMERICANS IN 2005 Below you will find a list of domestic SW stations in Latin America which all have been heard in 2005. It is derived from the latest updated Domestic Broadcasting Survey edition 7, edited by Anker Petersen and published by DSWCI. Some of the frequencies mentioned have been corrected and adjusted with decimals during listening in Denmark and Florida, U.S.A. in May-June 2005. http://www.dswci.org/specials/frequency/200506_Active_Latin_Americans.pdf (via DSWCI DX Window June 29 via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ PORTABLE SATELLITE RADIO There`s been some very helpful information on satellite choices and I greatly appreciate it cause I'm considering the jump too. I do have some questions that I'm sure the expertise in this group can answer. How much of a problem are trees and buildings? I've heard it is a problem with portables. I only want satellite if I can get one of the new portables I can put on my belt and listen to wherever I want, mostly work in a school, home, and in the car. I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan and only travel in a few hundred mile radius, and infrequently. Thanks for the help, wonderful group (Jim N8RPI, ODXA via DXLD) Trees are rarely an issue when moving, especially in northern latitudes. On my recent Florida trip I saw a few more dropouts, primarily from buildings or highway sound walls. The vast majority (99+%) of time you are in a vehicle you will have no problems. A true "walkaround" portable is designed for outdoor use as a portable, because it must still see the satellite. It won't be of much use indoors. The indoors scheme that makes sense for most is to keep the receiver stationary, with the antenna set out on a north- or northwest-facing window sill and hard wired to the receiver, which is kept stationary. Most of the portable or plug-n-play models offer hardwired patch cord connections and FM transmitters so you can then get the sound from them to another audio source. I have a brick house and have a receiving radius of roughly 20 feet, enabling me to listen on a kitchen portable or a walkman (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.) Re: WHERE SCANNERS ARE ILLEGAL, 5-107: That scanner-law link in DXLD 5-107 at the end of the discussion won't work; it gets you an error message about having to go to a main page first (Will Martin, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So go to http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/ and then find the link under section 7. Also covers state radar detector laws (gh, DXLD) MUSEA +++++ RADIO MUSEUMS IN GERMANY Can be found on http://www.museumsverzeichnis.de then choose under "Stichwort" Radio (Peter Kruse, BDXC-UK via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ UNUSUAL DAYTIME CONDITIONS This morning, June 29, between 09:00 and 10:00 [EDT = 1300-1400 UT] I noticed unusual conditions on a few frequencies. 1370 was a larger jumble of stations than normal. On 1380 there was a station with Christian programming fading up way over WMLP. On 1420 there was a jumble of a few stations under WCOJ which is mostly always in the clear. On 1430 was a station with a mention of Binghamton fading up to very strong at times. Under WNPV there were a few stations normally not there. Wonder if this is a result of the lower sun spot numbers? (Tom Dimeo, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, NRC-AM via DXLD) Binghamton would be WENE Endicott (Paul Walker, FL, ibid.) Strange --- at around 0800 CST [sic] (0900 Eastern) today, I was listening to WERC 960 kHz (a local) while dressing. I noticed that they were getting SERIOUS competition from a jumble of other stations, including Memphis but also stations further out. I was running late, or would have headed to the shack to see what else was on. To what do we attribute the enhancement? (Les Rayburn, Birmingham, AL, ibid.) Les, I have noticed a fair amount of skip the past couple of weeks in mid day here on the coast too. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, KAVT Reception Manager, ibid.) Tom, Here in the Tampa Bay area of Florida I've had WCNZ 1660 kc in Marco Island on skywave with fading for the past eight days. Here in Florida daytime skywave propagation on the MF AM broadcast band is usually limited to winter time when daytime D layer ionization is lower. The current low sunspot number would correlate with what we are seeing through a lower background x-ray flux. The x-ray flux has been in the A range for the past week and would be conducive to some regional skywave propagation due to weaker D layer ionization. The skywave refraction would be via the E layer. 73 & GUD DX, (Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF, Retired Meteorologist & Space Plasma Physicist, Plant City, FL, USA, ibid.) FM RECEPTION TIPS Originally from WFLN, quite comprehensive, with further linx: http://www.wnku.org/page_wnku.asp?p=0530000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###