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Thanks, Glenn NEXT SW AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1308: Mon 0500 WRMI 9955 Wed 1030 WWCR 9985 Full schedule, including AM, FM, satellite and internet, with hotlinks to station sites and audio: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For latest updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL] http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS: www.obriensweb.com/wor.xml ** ALBANIA. Radio Tirana, on 7455 at 0330, March 16, GMT; woman with news in English, after which she hosted a pop music program. Reception to poor to get details of the news, but the music was listenable. Better luck next time (Eric Bryan, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST). ** ARGENTINA. QSL --- R. Apocalipsis II, 1690.0 kHz: The station I reported as unID in RNM No. 332 is R. Apocalipsis II, San Justo, Argentina. I received QSL e-mail as follows: ``Qué alegrìa recibir su reporte de recepciòn!!! ES NUESTRA EMISORA la que ha sintonizado en 1690 kHz. Transmitimos desde la ciudad de San Justo, partido de La Matanza, provincia de Bs. As. Rep. Argentina. Emitimos en simultàneo por Frecuencia Modulada de 90.7 MHz (1.5 kW de potencia) y Amplitud modulada de 1690 kHz (1 kW de potencia). En AM tenemos un equipo marca ADEMA en estado sòlido, con una antena de 4 elementos cortada a un cuarto de onda y en posiciòn oblicua orientada hacia Europa. Algùn dato màs que requiera, por favor escrìbame aquí y le responderé a la brevedad. Enrique Fraquelli, Director de programaciòn, RADIO APOCALIPSIS II`` (Hideki WATANABE, Japan, Radio Nuevo Mundo March 6 via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. RAE, on 11710 at 0158, March 15, GMT; multi-lingual ID/interval signal running up to 0200, then man: "This is RAE, the international service of Argentine Radio." . . . "from our . . . studios in Buenos Aires, in the Argentine Republic" [I think]. This followed by news in English interspersed with tango and slow accordion-based music. New read by man-woman team, with coverage of Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Italy, and UK. Have only just been able to start hearing RAE here -- inaudible for a couple of years for me (Eric Bryan, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. Radio Austria International, on 7325 at 0048, March 14, GMT; talk in English on European gas flap with Russia; Vienna's public transport system and the unpleasant odours thereon created by nearby passengers devouring Big Macs, kabobs, and the like (Eric Bryan, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. I finally picked up Radio Belarus in English last evening at 0300 GMT on 7210 kHz. Signal trying to compete with ARO's! Best 73's, (Ed Insinger, NJ? March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. On 17 March I got a very beautiful QSL from Radio Illimani after 631 days. I heard the station during a trip to Denmark. We visited the annual meeting of DSWCI. I think I have to thank the Brazilian DX-er Rogildo F. Aragão, who sent me the QSL. Maybe he has visited the station? I heard he is living in Bolivia now (Eckhard Roescher, Dessau, Germany, Signal via DXLD) He has lived in Bolivia for many years. And recently reported in DXLD on his visit to R. Illimani, La Paz, to help with QSLs (gh, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5000v until 4996.42, Radio Virgen del Remedio (presumed), Tupiza, 0121-0141, Mar 13, Spanish, Religious program, relaying Radio Católica Mundial, 23232. 5680.7, Radio La Voz del Campesino, Sipe Sipe, 2215-2230*, Mar 14, Aymara, Musical Program, man announcer, s/off, 23222, I listened to this station all days of this week and didn`t hear a clear ID, only the mention of Sipe Sipe several times and in the morning the sign-on is around 0945-0950 and the s/off without announcement between 2200 and 2240 (Nicolás Eramo, Villa Lynch, Argentina, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The latter first reported as R. San Rafael, which apparently was being relayed (gh, DXLD) 5680.678, Radio San Rafael, San Rafael, Cochabamba, presumed, 1000 tune in, OM en español, several brief music bridges, frequency slowly drifting to 1045 fade out. Fair to good on poor morning. Thanks Eramo log. 14 March (Bob Wilkner, FL, Conexión Digital via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6106.83, Radio Panamericana, La Paz, 1035-1045, March 18, Spanish, s/on: "Radio Panamericana... con estudios en... Panamericana tiene su planta transmisora en..." - Short religious programme, other ID as: "Desde La Paz, Bolivia... Panamericana... para la integración nacional", local Andean song: "Luna de Cristal", 33422 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. Summer A-06 schedule of RADIO BULGARIA March 26-October 29, 2006. ADDR: 4, Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1040 Sofia and P. O. Box 900, 1000 Sofia. Tel.:+359 2 933 66 33; fax.:+359 2 865 05 60; Website: http://www.bnr.bg MW: Petritch (G.C: 41N42/023E18): 747 kHz, 500 kW / non-dir Vidin (G.C: 43N49/022E40): 1224 kHz, 500 kW / 205 deg SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N10/024E42): 2 x 500 kW, 3 x 250 kW S=Sofia (G.C: 42N49/023E13): 2 x 100 kW, 2 x 050 kW V=Varna (G.C: 43N03/027E40): 2 x 100 kW ALBANIAN / e-mail: albanian @ bnr.bg 0530-0600 Mon-Fri Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 0600-0700 Sat/Sun Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 1100-1130 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248 1600-1630 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 1900-2000 -daily- Balkans 5900 P250/248, 1224, 747 BULGARIAN / e-mail: bulgarian @ bnr.bg 0000-0100 -daily- South America 9500 P250/245, 11500 P250/258 0000-0100 -daily- North America 9700 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 0430-0500 Mon-Fri Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 0430-0500 Mon-Fri East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 0430-0500 Mon-Fri West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 0400-0500 Sat/Sun Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 0400-0500 Sat/Sun East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 0400-0500 Sat/Sun West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 1000-1030 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248 1000-1030 -daily- East Europe 11600 S100/030, 13600 S100/030 1000-1030 -daily- West Europe 11700 P500/306, 15700 P500/306 1200-1400 -daily- Balkans 1224 1200-1400 -daily- West Europe 11700 P500/306, 15700 P500/306 1500-1600 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 1500-1600 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 1500-1600 -daily- Middle East 11500 P500/126 1500-1600 -daily- South Africa 15700 P500/185 1800-1900 -daily- Balkans 5900 P250/248, 1224, 747 1800-2000 -daily- Middle East 7400 P250/140 1800-2000 -daily- West Europe 9700 P250/306 ENGLISH / e-mail: english @ bnr.bg 0200-0300 -daily- North America 9700 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 0630-0700 -daily- West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 1130-1200 -daily- West Europe 11700 P500/306, 15700 P500/306 1730-1800 -daily- West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 2100-2200 -daily- West Europe 5800 P500/295, 7500 P500/306 2300-2400 -daily- North America 9700 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 FRENCH / e-mail: french @ bnr.bg 0100-0200 -daily- North America 9700 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 0600-0630 -daily- West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 1100-1130 -daily- West Europe 11700 P500/306, 15700 P500/306 1700-1730 -daily- West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 2000-2100 -daily- West Europe 5800 P500/295, 7500 P500/306 GERMAN / e-mail: german @ bnr.bg 0500-0530 -daily- West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 1030-1100 -daily- West Europe 11700 P500/306, 15700 P500/306 1630-1700 -daily- West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 1900-2000 -daily- West Europe 5800 P500/295, 7500 P500/306 GREEK / e-mail: greek @ bnr.bg 0500-0530 Mon-Fri Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 0500-0600 Sat/Sin Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 1030-1100 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248 1630-1700 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224, 747 2000-2100 -daily- Balkans 5900 P250/248, 1224, 747 RUSSIAN / e-mail: russian @ bnr.bg 0300-0400 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 1224 0500-0530 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 1030-1100 -daily- East Europe 11600 S100/030, 13600 S100/030 1400-1500 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 1224 1400-1500 -daily- Central Asia 11700 P250/045 1600-1630 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 1800-1900 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 2300-2400 -daily- Central Asia 11600 P250/045 SERBIAN / e-mail: serbian @ bnr.bg 0600-0630 Mon-Fri Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 0700-0800 Sat/Sun Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 1130-1200 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248 1700-1730 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224, 747 2100-2200 -daily- Balkans 5900 P250/248, 1224, 747 SPANISH / e-mail: spanish @ bnr.bg 0100-0200 -daily- South America 9500 P250/245, 11500 P250/258 0100-0200 -daily- Central America 9400 P250/295 0600-0630 -daily- South Europe 11600 P250/260, 13600 P250/260 1100-1130 -daily- South Europe 11600 P250/260, 13600 P250/260 1630-1700 -daily- South Europe 11700 P250/260, 15700 P250/260 2100-2200 -daily- South Europe 11800 P250/260, 13800 P250/260 2300-2400 -daily- South America 9500 P250/245, 11500 P250/258 TURKISH / e-mail: turkish @ bnr.bg 0500-0530 -daily- Middle East 6000 P250/115, 7400 P250/140 1000-1030 -daily- Middle East 6000 P250/115, 7400 P250/140 1730-1800 -daily- Middle East 7400 P250/140, 1224, 747 RADIO VARNA 2100-2400 Sunday Black Sea 9300 V100/ND 0000-0300 Monday Black Sea 9300 V100/ND DX MIX program in Bulgarian will be on air: 1345-1400 Sun 1224 11700 15700 1945-2000 Sun 7400 9700 DX MIX program in Russian will be on air: 1445-1500 Sat 1224 7500 9400 11700 1615-1630 Sat 7500 9400 1845-1900 Sat 7500 9400 2345-2400 Sat 11600 0345-0400 Sun 1224 7500 9400 0515-0530 Sun 7500 9400 1045-1100 Sun 11600 13600 0515-0530 Mon 7500 9400 1045-1100 Wed 11600 13600 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, March 17 via DXLD) ** CANADA. I invite you to visit our special 60th anniversary section which was produced by the CBC Archives Website team in collaboration with RCI staff. It contains a wealth of radio and TV clips-with different selections in English and French-that look back at the landmark events of the past 60 years on RCI. Journalists like René Lévesque and Peter Gzowski as well as personalities Andy Warhol and Wayne Gretzky are just a few of the stars of yesteryear you'll be able to see and hear again. Be sure not to miss this fascinating walk down memory lane! At http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-69-1598/life_society/rci/ there are various archive news features [10 audio and video files as of 2005y] (Jean Larin, Executive Director, Radio Canada International, via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CANADA [and non]. Checking out as usual the three frequencies of RCI, Sat March 18 at 1505 for Vinyl Café, 9515 // 13655, but something totally different on 17820, weak signal. M&W conversing in accented English. Not sure whether this was Sackville with yet another feed mixup, or off the air and some other station heard instead. DW has used this previously in the A season, but supposedly not currently. Note that for A-06, the morning transmission of RCI moves back to 17800, which means the DRM currently there must go somewhere else too, and 13655 shifts for some reason to 13665. BTW, we must be listening to Stuart McLean too much --- we keep hearing stories that sound too familiar, even tho the entire hour may not be a repeat. We suspect him of retelling old stories; this may be OK on a road show to different towns, but not on a radio show heard worldwide (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. CBC`s Diefenbunker: see SWAN ISLAND [and non] ** CHILE. RVC La voz --- Estimados amigos: Reciban mi más cordial saludo, les cuento que instalé un dipolo de 20 m de lado en mi oficina, la cual felizmente se encuentra en un cuarto piso, y lo inauguré. Me llevé una sorpresa y aquí necesito su ayuda: 4000 RVC La Voz. 1450 hrs. Programa con música en castellano tipo cristiana. SINPO: 44444. Receptor: SONY ICF-7601. ¿Es Radio Voz Cristiana desde Miami? Al parecer no encontré datos de esta frecuencia en su sitio en internet. Necesito información al respecto. Agradeciendo su atención y consideración, les saluda con un gran abrazo desde Temuco (Patricio De los Rios, Doctor en Ciencias (UACH), Universidad Catolica de Temuco, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Escuela de Ciencias Biologicas y Quimicas, Casilla 15-D Temuco, CHILE, Fono: 56-45-205694//56-45-205432, e-mail (1): prios @ uct.cl e-mail (2): patatorios @ terra.cl Noticias DX via DXLD) Apparently means 4000 kHz was where this was tuned. This led me to look up this receiver. It`s analog, no digital readout, so I wonder how sure he can be of the exact frequency. CVC La Voz (not RVC), of course, transmits from Calera de Tango, Chile. Not sure how far this is from Temuco, but maybe he gets ground wave. The only frequency for Spanish at 1450, whether he means UT or local time, is 17680, which always has an excellent signal way up here. The ICF-7601 is dual conversion, with 10.7 MHz and 455 kHz IFs. Maybe someone else can figure out how that could produce an image from 17680 on 4000 kHz. Here`s one page I found with a lot of info on the rx specs, evaluation, etc. http://stephan.win31.de/sony76-3.htm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. China Huayi Broadcasting Company open online broadcasting, from the webbroadcasting mms://chbcnews.com:1250/ Also your can hear this 24h broadcasting radio at FM: 107.1 MHz, MW: 873 KHz, SW: 4830 KHz, 6185 KHz We provide QSL service if you send us a reception report of our broadcasting, include FM, MW, SW or webroadcasting. For a blue QSL card, please send us an IRC or 1 US$ or 1 Euro, for a blue-jade-QSL folder, please send us 2 IRC or 2 US$ or 2 Euro to cover the postage. QTH: QSL manager, China Huayi Broadcasting Company, Qiao Xiaoli Fen Jin Xing Cun 3-4-304 Changshu, Jiangsu, 215500 P. R. China Envelope with low cost stamps would be most appreciated. My email address is: 2883752 @ 163.com Please visit the Chinese largest SWL forum http://dxman.126.com (Qiao Xiaoli, China, March 19, dxing.info via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. Finally we learn what the Chicoms have been jamming on 18160! (gh, DXLD) Viz.: B05 Shortwave Frequency list March 13, 2006 S. Aoki 18160 Sound of Hope International 2300-1300 Chinese 100 325 Tanshui TWN 12129E2513 Xi Wang Zhi Sheng [and all these entries give coordinates as 10811E2247[N]]: 18160 CNR 1 2305-2400 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming Feb. 28- 18160 CNR 1 0005-0100 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 0105-0200 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 0205-0300 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 0305-0400 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 0405-0500 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 0505-0600 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 0605-0700 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 0705-0800 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 0805-0900 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 0905-1000 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 1005-1100 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 1105-1200 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 18160 CNR 1 1205-1300 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming It is not audible on Tuesday, March 14 (Shigenori Aoki, Nagoya DXers Circle, March 18, via Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc, dxldyg via DXLD) The Sound of Hope International and CNR-1 QSYed to 17350 kHz. B05 Shortwave Frequency list March 18, 2006 S. Aoki [all 1234567 and same coordinates as above; but moved to 17350!:] 17350 Sound of Hope Int. 2300-1300 1234567 Chinese 10 325 Tanshui TWN 12129E2513 Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 17350 CNR 1 2305-2400 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming Feb.28- 17350 CNR 1 0005-0100 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 0105-0200 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 0205-0300 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 0305-0400 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 0405-0500 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 0505-0600 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 0605-0700 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 0705-0800 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 0805-0900 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 0905-1000 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 1005-1100 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 1105-1200 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming 17350 CNR 1 1205-1300 Chinese 100 110 Nanning 954 CNR1jamming (de NDXC March 19, also via Wolfgang Bueschel, DXLD) ** CROATIA [non]. Croatian Radio, via Germany, on 7285 at 0300, March 14, GMT; woman-man team with news in English on Serbia (extensive coverage of Milosevic's death), the EU, and Germany. IDs as "The Voice of Croatia". SINPO of 45444+ (Eric Bryan, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. ¡Muy buenos días, queridos compañeros DXistas! Ayer, durante el comienzo de la noche, antes de la 0100 UT, tenía la programación de 96.7 Habana en 5025 kHz con identificaciones como "Noventa y Seis Punto Siete Rebelde Estéreo" y una mezcla de música pop y música tropical mas una canción tecno extranjera. No sé cuando se terminó, porque cerró mi radio (Sangean CST-818), pero hasta las 8 ó 8 y media (EST, PM - entre 0100 y 0130 UT), podía escuchar locución y deportes en 5025. En la primera parte de la noche pasada, la banda AM fue vacía de emisoras caribeñas, pero a las 10 de la noche, podía escuchar música con un SINPO 32423 en los 600 kHz y 670 también (O = 2 sobre 5) y no fueron en // con 5025. ¡Fue la primera vez que sintonizo la programación de los 96.7 sobre 670 AM (Bogdan Chiochiu, QC, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. R. República via Germany, WRMI A-06: see U S A - WRMI ** ECUADOR. HCJB WORLD RADIO CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2006 Ralph Kurtenbach of NASB Associate Member HCJB sent us the following information about HCJB`s 75th anniversary celebrations. Pioneer missionary radio broadcaster HCJB World Radio is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2006, holding a variety of activities throughout the year to commemorate its initial broadcast from Quito, Ecuador, on Christmas Day, 1931. HCJB World Radio President Dave Johnson launched the year of special events with a program in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Jan. 11, in combination with the mission`s monthly day of prayer. ``To me this anniversary is a wonderful milestone of reflecting on God`s faithfulness and a legacy of a number of generations that have been faithful in impacting the world through radio in so many languages,`` he said. ``We can be absolutely confident that God wants to continue using us in the future. The key is realizing that all that has been accomplished has been done in the power of Christ—working through people. ``When you look at the history of HCJB World Radio, people have always been willing to take a risk to do what God is calling them to do,`` Johnson explained. ``We`ve never been in `maintenance mode,` whether it`s establishing a hydroelectric plant in Ecuador, putting up huge transmitters and antennas, building clinics and hospitals, or setting the `World by 2000` challenge, working with other broadcasters to make Christian radio programs available in all of the world`s major languages. All of these things caused people to start asking questions, pushing us beyond our resources. But when we look back, these are the stories we like to tell because God worked in incredible ways!`` The theme for the anniversary year is, ``Great Is Thy Faithfulness,`` and the key verse is Isaiah 26:12, ``Lord . . . all that we have accomplished you have done for us.`` On Sunday, Jan. 1, HCJB World Radio launched its 75th anniversary website in English http://www.hcjb.org/75 while a Spanish site http://www.vozandes.org/75 will begin at a later date. Public events planned for Ecuador include the Quito Day concerts Dec. 1-3, 2006; an open house and sharathon Dec. 7-9, 2006; and a special Spanish service at 4 p.m. EST Dec. 25, 2006, the time of the first actual broadcast on Radio Station HCJB. A series of events for donors will also be held across the U.S. at cities and dates to be announced. Events for the staff include the annual HCJB World Radio Prayer Retreat on May 3 and ``Forever Family`` reunions for all former HCJB World Radio staff members in Colorado Springs May 9-13 and Quito Sept. 8-18. Special receptions are also planned for staff members and government dignitaries in Quito in December. A 75th anniversary book will be released in September, highlighting not only the history of HCJB World Radio, but today`s ministries and the future vision. It will be a hard-cover, 9-by-12-inch, 96-page full-color book with many high-quality photos. A Vision Video in both Spanish and English will also be available to celebrate the vision through the mission`s various presidents, past and present. How will the next 75 years look different than the past 75 years at HCJB World Radio? ``What began with co-founder Clarence Jones playing `Great Is Thy Faithfulness` on his trombone to a handful of radio receivers in Quito on Dec. 25, 1931, has led to focusing on discipling local believers and training them in mass media and healthcare around the world,`` explained 75th Anniversary Coordinator Cheri Birkey. ``In the last 75 years the mission has developed a unique mix of radio and healthcare ministries, working together to reach all nations for Christ. In order to enhance these ministries, we want to integrate passionate discipleship and practical tools so that national believers are trained and equipped to complete the Great Commission. What began in Latin America has expanded to other parts of the world. Lord willing, we will continue partnering with local believers and equipping them to do what we`ve been doing for 75 years—reaching people for Christ through mass media and healthcare.`` Together with local partners, HCJB World Radio now has ministries in more than 200 cities in more than 100 countries with Christian broadcasts in more than 120 languages and dialects. Thousands of healthcare patients are also meeting Jesus. Believers are being trained as missionaries, pastors, broadcasters and healthcare providers. HCJB World Radio`s desire is to integrate discipleship with practical tools to equip the growing church around the world and see lives transformed. ``What we are as a mission today is directly related to our past,`` Birkey adds. ``The 75th anniversary is the perfect opportunity to celebrate God`s faithfulness. Throughout the Old Testament the Israelites were encouraged to remember God`s goodness. We hope not only to remember what God has done in the past through HCJB World Radio, but to celebrate what He is doing today and the mission`s vision for the future.`` (March NASB NEWSLETTER http://www.shortwave.org via DXLD) ** FINLAND. Threat to streaming audio: see U K ** GHANA [non]. FIRST LOCAL ENGLISH-SPEAKING ADVENTIST SHORTWAVE STUDIO SET TO GO --- March 17, 2006 Oyibi, Ghana [Taashi Rowe/ANN] Almost six months ago these rooms were silent, but now they will speak to thousands and, in time, perhaps to millions. Three months of work, dedication and generous donations have turned it into a space that will give voice, comfort, and introduce many in West Africa to Jesus. This shortwave recording studio has just been added to a network of shortwave radio stations with a mission of bringing the gospel to some of the most difficult and remote locations in the world. . . http://news.adventist.org/data/2006/02/1142603475/index.html.en (via Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DXLD) ** GREECE [and non]. Katerina: Welcome back to your Greeks Everywhere program this Saturday, heard here on 9775 at 1500-1600 UT, 55555. Regards, (John Babbis, Silver Spring, MD, USA, March 18, to VOG, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, two guests, about Greek education in NAm, one from CW Post on LI, the other from Concordia, Montreal (gh, DXLD) ** GREECE. VOA-DONATED 250-KW. TRANSMITTERS AT AVLIS Glenn: these are the specs for the five Continental 419F-2 transmitters at Avlis. http://www.transmitter.be/con-419f2.html (John Babbis, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non] Here is an explanation of RMS: http://www.aqdi.com/rms.htm For AM transmissions http://www.qsl.net/wa5bxo/amplitude-modulation-and%20pep.htm specifies RMS power as 1.5 times carrier power, so a regular figure for the ex-Glória transmitter at Avlis would be 110 kW. The big secret about the modulation apparently refers to an Optimod (or competing product) in the audio chain for this transmitter. The modulation on the two Marconi transmitters sounds different, and Radiofonikos Stathmos Makedonias programming is transmitted without AM-specific audio processing at all, something rarely heard on shortwave anymore (only other cases I'am aware of are the Leszczynka transmitters used by Radio Polonia and the 6190 transmitter at Berlin). I wonder if ERA got the big, secret Optimod together with the transmitter, because the processing is rather "IBB-like", although not identical to Kavála (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HUNGARY. Radio Budapest, on 9515 at 0200, March 17, GMT; news in English with mentions of Slovakia and Turkey, reception too poor to make out more; will try again (Eric Bryan, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST). ** INDIA. Dear Glen[n], Please add our DX program in your ``DX PROGRAM`` list. The details of the program. Name of the program: Vaanoli Ulagam [Radio World] Language: Tamil Station: AIR, Chennai The schedule of the DX Program is as follows: Sundays between 1130-1145 UT (for about 10 minutes) To Sri Lanka: 1053 kHz Tuticorin 15260 & 17860 Delhi (Kingsway) 15050 Delhi (Khampur) To SE Asia: 13710 Bangalore 15770 Aligarh 17810 Panaji The address for reports [with 2 IRC] is: Vanoli Ulagam Thiraikadal Adaivaram Thamiizh Naatham All India Radio Kamarajar Salai Chennai 600004 Tamilnadu, India Letter from Jose Jacob: "World's Smallest QSL Card" from "Radio World" the new DX program of All India Radio,Chennai. It shows as QSL-1. It was accompanied by a sticker and personal letter from Mr. N. C. Gnanaprakasam, Program Executive, S.E.Asia Service. It claims to be the first DX program in Tamil and is presented by the active DXer Mr. T. Jaisakthivel. The colorful double side QSL card shows the photo of AIR Chennai Studio & office in the year 1938 on one side and the verification details on the other side. Its actual size is 3.5 x 6 cm (Sakthi Vel, India, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I explained that the DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS listing is English-only (well, except for Mundo Radial) and we really can`t expand it to include all languages; would be great if AIR would also provide an English version of the program. Sakhti said he could do that but only Tamil is allowed (Glenn Hauser) ** INDIA. Dear Friends, Today, Sunday 19 Mar 2006, AIR Thiruvan[a]thapuram was noted on 7280, sign on at 0230 UT instead of the usual 7290. Being Sunday, it is scheduled to be on till 1030 UT (or till some one there notices it or some of us telephones them). Any reception reports may be sent to: thiruvananthapuram @ air.org.in 73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, dx_india via DXLD) ** INDIA. 9690, All India Radio, Bangalore, 1328-1334, Fair. Scheduled to sign on 1330 but was there earlier with slow-paced orchestral Asiatic music. Short announcement at 1330, then soft-voiced man with news in English. Several incidents of violence in Sub-Asian region; India-Bangladesh talks begin tomorrow. Listed // 11620 and 13710, found, weaker, on latter frequency. (3/19/06), I'd heard this one a couple of days earlier, so tuned to frequency for presumed sign-on 1330 (John Callarman, Krum TX, ABDX via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Kang Guru Radio English. Received 5 different KGRE magazines, including March 2006 issue, in 9 days via registered mail, after an e-mailed request to: Tjok Ningrat Admin Officer Kang Guru Radio English (KGRE) PO Box 3095 Denpasar 80030 Bali Indonesia (0361) 225243 Office (0361) 263509 Fax E-mail tningrat @ ialf.edu Website http://www.kangguru.org Still waiting for the QSL card that is shown on their website, but am pleased to have these interesting magazines. Envelope had beautiful stamps (total of Rp 132500 in stamps!). (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340, with T2FD antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. RRI to broadcast news in 13 languages INDONESIAN STATE RADIO TO BROADCAST NEWS IN 13 LANGUAGES http://www.chinaview.cn 2006-03-19 23:21:38 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/19/content_4320157.htm JAKARTA, March 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Indonesian State radio station (RRI) has been trying to send its broadcast in 11 languages in an effort to facilitate foreigners in the country to obtain factual and accurate information, and is planning to send broadcast in twomore languages in the future, Antara news agency reported Sunday. "We have been making a try-out to broadcast our news in 11 international languages, such as Arabian, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Mandarin (Chinese), Spainand Thai, the news agency quoted RRI Director Parni Hadi as sayingin Bali Saturday night. Two more foreign languages the RRI will use in the future are Russian and Italian, he said, adding that the foreign listeners will hopefully receive correct information on Indonesian affairs from the RRI news broadcast (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) So will the new languages be on SW? What`s that? (gh, DXLD) Media Network comments: It's not clear what this report refers to. We were unable to find any relevant information on RRI's website http://www.rri-online.com which appears to have been recently upgraded and now has a full news service in nine foreign languages. RRI's International service, which has had programmes in the languages mentioned for many years, broadcasts in Jakarta on FM 89.1 MHz with a power of 1 kW. Mention of Russian and Italian suggests it's planned to add these languages to the foreign service. # posted by Andy @ 11:55 March 19 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL. Given the large number of Christian shortwave stations, why do you think there are no counterparts for Islam? I would think that Africa and Indonesia/Micronesia would be tremendous targets for a multi-lingual "Voice of Islam" station (Eric Loy, Champaign IL, March 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Seems to me Islam is less interested in persuasion as an evangelistic tactic than ultimata (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. BOB EDWARDS' SLY RETURN TO PUBLIC RADIO Web Exclusive By Brian Braiker, Newsweek Updated: 8:38 a.m. ET March 17, 2006 - In 2004, Bob Edwards, the anchor of National Public Radio's "Morning Edition," was unexpectedly shown the door. After the acrimonious ouster, he took his signature voice—all molasses and mint julep—to fledgling XM Satellite Radio. Now, 17 months later, excerpts of his hourlong weekday interview show have begun airing on (drumroll, please) public radio. Launched with Public Radio International, "Bob Edwards Weekend" can be heard on nearly 30 stations nationwide, the first time satellite-radio programming has appeared on broadcast channels. Longtime public-radio listeners may not recognize their host at first: his interviews are longer and looser; he gets out from behind the desk to do multipart documentaries. Edwards recently spoke with NEWSWEEK's Brian Braiker about his medium's new frontier and why he's still a public-radio booster despite lingering bitterness towards NPR. Excerpts: Continues at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11865457/site/newsweek/from/RSS/#storyContinued -- (via Andy K3UK O`Brien, Fredonia, New York, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. A brief item in New Scientist magazine says: "Ground-based astronomy may be almost impossible by 2050 as global warming causes a dramatic increase in cloud cover." University of Cambridge astronomer Gerry Gilmore chaired a study of how global warming and rising air traffic will affect the coming 100- meter-wide Overwhelmingly Large Telescope in Chile. "Contrails increase global warming, and global warming helps larger contrails form," he is quoted as saying. "The study shows that ground-based telescopes will be worthless by 2050." (Mike Cooper, Mar 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. Kol Israel, on 11590 at 1830, March 14, GMT; extensive talk in English about strike on Jericho prison; mention of Jack Straw; fair to good reception, nothing like the near-local sound they used to have for me on 15640 (Eric Bryan, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. ABIE NATHAN HOSPITALIZED --- 16 March 2006 According to Israel's YNET news site, peace campaigner and owner of the Voice of Peace radio station was hospitalized this morning. Abie, aged 79, is suffering from a high fever and a general deterioration in his condition - which was already poor as a result of a stroke. --- Tim Shepherd - Anorak Nation http://www.anoraknation.com/threads/5580.html In 1969 the MV Peace sailed from Amsterdam. The radio ship went right to New York where it had to stay for three years through lack of funds. Then at last, after a long and eventful journey, the ship anchored off Tel Aviv in January 1977 where it was sunk in 1993. Over all those years many things happened to the radio station that was meant by its owner Abe Nathan to voice a message of peace where this was needed. More: http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/VOP/vop_all.html PEACE ACTIVIST ABIE NATHAN HOSPITALIZED By Ruth Eglash Mar. 16, 2006 Peace activist Abie Nathan, who created the Voice of Peace radio station which broadcast for years from a ship off the Israeli coast, was hospitalized in moderate condition Thursday. The 79-year-old human rights activist, who personally broadcast messages of peace from the vessel, until he sank it in protest in 1993, arrived at Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) early Thursday morning suffering from a high temperature, pneumonia and recurring problems caused by a debilitating stroke he suffered several years ago, said a hospital spokeswoman. Born in 1927 in the Persian city of Abadan, Nathan made world headlines in 1966 when he flew a one-man plane over Israel's border with Egypt to send a message of peace to the enemy. He was subsequently arrested and returned to Israel, marking the first of Nathan's many arrests in efforts to make peace in the Middle East. Nathan went on to lobby world leaders, politicians and intellectuals to help bring about an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict. In the 1980s, Nathan arranged illegal meetings with Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat on several occasions and was imprisoned for clandestine acts at a time when unauthorized contact with the enemy was a crime. Nathan also organized peace rallies, mounted hunger strikes against Jewish settlement activity and was active on other political fronts. Even as recently as 2004, Nathan told The Jerusalem Post that he still wanted to meet with Arafat to discuss peace. The Voice of Peace transmitted programs in English, Arabic, Hebrew, French and Russian about what a better world it could be if there were peace. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1139395620897&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. Re: Voice of Korea question --- Martin Schoech's QSL Information Page (QIP) lists numerous regularly reported QSLs received from Voice of Korea, Pyongyang. Some as recently as just a few months ago. You might check his website for tips on getting your report through to North Korea: http://www.schoechi.de/qip.html#az 73 (J. D. Stephens, Hampton Cove, Alabama, U.S.A. March 17, HCDX via DXLD) Yesterday I received a letter from VoK in about 90 days (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, ibid.) ** KUWAIT. I got a package envelope this port of call from Radio Kuwait. It was in response to my QSL request back in January of 17885 kHz. It was Tagalog service. The package contents were a desk top calendar (complete with satellite time and frequencies), a wall calendar the size of a QSL and a shortwave listing of their broadcasts. No letter of QSL letter or card. It took about 60 days for this to catch up. Was mailed there February 22 and received here on March 17th. My thanks to Glenn Hauser and friends who sent the address of this station (Larry Fields, n6hpx/mm back in Indian Ocean, March 17, swl at qth.net via DXLD) A shame they took the English service off SW; per WRTH 2006 they still have English on the domestic service ``multilingual network`` at 05-08 and 18-21 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA -- Radio Vilnius blasts in here in Madrid every day at 0930 UT on 9710 kHz. It is one of the clearest signals in English -- sans the BBC on 15485 -- here at this time (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, Feb 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. Wai FM, 7270, has been heard today 17 March at 1358-1425 with newsat 1400 till 1410, then musical program and short talks by YL in Malay with ID by jingle at 1419:51. QRM from 1425 with Chinese speaking station, then 1430 with CNR. Signal 2x221, S7 Unknown if there was another carrier on the top of them or just low modulation (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS. Radio Netherlands English Programs A06, from March 26 From their web site, shortwave transmissions only: To North America: at 1100 on 11675 (east) and the following UT day at 0000, 0100 and 0400 on 9845 (east at 00, central at 01, and west at 04): Monday: :00 Newsline, 1127\0027\0129\0427 Research File Tuesday: :00 Newsline, 1127\0027\0129\0427 EuroQuest Wednesday: :00 Newsline, :27 Documentary. Thursday: :00 Newsline, :27 Dutch Horizons Friday: :00 Newsline, :27 A Good Life Saturday: :00 Weekend Connection, :27 Vox Humana. Sunday: 1100 News, 1105\0000\0100\0400 Amsterdam Forum, 1145\0040\0140\0440 Dutch Extra To North America at 1900 and 2000 on 15315, 17735, 17660: Saturday: 1900 Dutch Horizons; 1930 Weekend Connection 2000 Vox Humana, 2030 Weekend Connection Sunday: 1900 Vox Humana, 1930 Documentary 2000 News, 2005 Amsterdam Forum, 2045 Dutch Extra To Asia, Far East and Pacific: at 1000 on 12065, 13710, 13820 (Far East\E & SE Asia); 1400 and 1500 on 9345, 9890, 11835 (South Asia); and the following UT day {?-not really sure about that) at 0600 (to New Zealand) and 0700 (to Australia) on 9700: Monday: :00 Newsline, 1027\1430\0627\0727 Research File 1500 only: EuroQuest, 1530 Newsline Tuesday: :00 Newsline, 1027/1430\0627\0727 EuroQuest 1500 only: A Good Life, 1530 Newsline Wednesday: :00 Newsline, 1027\1430\0627\0727 Documentary 1500 only: Dutch Horizons, 1530 Newsline Thursday: :00 Newsline, 1027/1430/0627/0727 Dutch Horizons 1500 only: Research File, 1530 Newsline Friday: :00 Newsline, 1027\1430\0267\0727 A Good Life 1500 only: Documentary, 1530 Newsline Saturday: :00 Weekend Connection, 1027\1430\1530\0627\0727 Vox Humana Sunday: 1000\1500 News, 1005\1505 Amsterdam Forum, 1045\1545 Dutch Extra 1400 Vox Humana, 1430 Documentary 0600\0700 Amsterdam Forum, 0640\0740 Dutch Extra To Africa at 1800 on 6020, 7120, 11655; 1900 and 2000 on 5905, 7120, 11655, 17810: Monday: 1800 Newsline, 1827 Research File 1900 EuroQuest, 1930 Newsline 2000 Research File, 2030 Newsline Tuesday: 1800 Newsline, 1827 EuroQuest 1900 A Good Life, 1930 Newsline 2000 EuroQuest, 2030 Newsline Wednesday: 1800 Newsline, 1827 Documentary 1900 Dutch Horizons, 1930 Newsline 2000 Documentary, Newsline Thursday: 1800 Newsline, 1827 Dutch Horizons 1900 Research File, 1930 Newsline 2000 Dutch Horizons, 2030 Newsline Friday: 1800 Newsline, 1827 A Good Life 1900 Documentary, 1930 Newsline 2000 A Good Life, 2030 Newsline Saturday: 1800 Weekend Connection, 1827 Vox Humana 1900 Dutch Horizons, 1930 Weekend Connection 2000 Vox Humana, 2030 Weekend Connection Sunday: 1800\2000 News, 1805\2005 Amsterdam Forum, 1845\2045 Dutch Extra 1900 Vox Humana, 1930 Weekend Connection To Europe at 1000, 1200 and 1300-1330 on 7240 DRM Monday: :00 Newsline, 1027\1229 Research File Tuesday: :00 Newsline, 1027\1229 Research File Wednesday: :00 Newsline, 1027\1229 Documentary Thursday: :00 Newsline, 1027\1229 Documentary Friday: :00 Newsline, 1027\1229 A Good Life Saturday: :00 Newsline, 1027\1229 Vox Humana Sunday: :00 News, :05 Amsterdam Forum, :45 Dutch Extra (radionetherlands.nl via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. Voice of Nigeria at 1815 UT on 15120 kHz in English Feb. 16 with overmodulated but useable frequency. WRTH 2006 shows them on 7255 at this time but checked and only powerful unknown station in Russian there (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, Radio Oman, 1435-1500, escuchada el 16 de marzo en inglés con programa musical de éxitos, canción de los Beatles, locutor presentando temas por orden ascendente, SINPO 45544 (José Miguel Romero, EA5-1022, Burjasot (Valencia), España, YAESU FRG-7700, SANGEAN ATS 909, Antena RADIO MASTER A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) i.e. countdown ** PAKISTAN. PAKISTAN'S STATE BROADCASTER TO BEGIN ENGLISH SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN LISTENERS --- Text of report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency Islamabad, 18 March: Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) External Services is starting from 20 March English Service to keep Pakistanis residing in Western Europe apprised about government policies and promote the soft image among the comity of nations. The time of broadcast is 1230 - 1330 hours (PST) [Pakistan Standard Time], 0730 - 0830 gmt and will be beamed on 15100, 17835 kHz/19, 16 MB, a release said Saturday [18 March]. With induction of the service, the number of external Services will increase to 17 languages which already is broadcasting programmes in Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, Dari, English (Targeting Eastern India), Gujarati, Hindi, Hazargi, Pushto, Persian, Turkish, Russian, Nepali and Sinhalese. (Source: Associated Press of Pakistan news agency, Islamabad, in English 1456 gmt 18 Mar 06 via BBC Monitoring) (Media Network blog via DXLD) There are only 14 in the list above, and how does adding this English constitute an increase?? There has long already been an Urdu broadcast starting at 0800 on the same frequencies with a few minutes of English news, not to mention the 1600-1615 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RAOUL ISLAND. DX Opportunity? Recently, there was a discussion in WUN about Raoul Island, in the Kermadec group, near New Zealand. There may be an opportunity to hear Raoul Island. There was a volcanic eruption on the island on Friday morning. The "RV Braveheart" is sailing to Raoul Island to search for a missing geologist. In the news story (below) there is mention of keeping in contact via satellite phone (6342.4 MHz, Intelsat 701, 180 degrees, transponder 94). But nonetheless, thought I'd mention it as this story at least says there is definitely a boat on the way there currently! Whether Raoul Island will be active on HF, who knows? Possible frequencies: 9275.0 kHz and 13450.0 kHz, USB, Callsign ZKC200 - Department of Conservation http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10373361 (Mark, Auckland, New Zealand, March 18, via Andy K3UK O`Brien, Fredonia, New York, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Radio Romania International, on 6115 at 0400, March 14, GMT; woman with news in English; poor reception -- could only make out "democratic leaders" and "European parliament" -- will try, try again (Eric Bryan, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST). ** RUSSIA. RADIO ''THE VOICE OF RUSSIA'' — RUSSIAN WORLD SERVICE (OVERSEAS BROADCASTING) [`Russian` meaning Russian language only??] TIME/FREQUENCY SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER PERIOD '2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (TIMES — UTC/GMT; [Moscow Summer Time = UTC + 4 hrs]; FREQUENCIES kHz) ==================================== To EUROPE: - 01.00-02.00 = 999, 1215; - 02.00-03.00 = 936; - 12.00-13.00 = 936, 999, 1431, 1548; - 13.00-14.00 = 558, 9450; - 17.00-19.00 = 603, 630, 693, 9480**, 11630*; - 19.00-20.00 = 1215, 9480**, 11630*; - 20.00-21.00 = 999, 1215 kHz. To MOSCOW Region: - 19.00-20.00 = 612 kHz. To NEAR and MIDDLE EAST: - 01.00-02.00 = 648, 972, 1314, 1503, 5945; - 12.00-13.00 = 1143; - 13.00-14.00 = 15540; - 15.00-16.00 = 1251, 1314, 7130**, 12055, 13685*; - 17.00-18.00 = 13855, 15540; - 19.00-20.00 = 7425**, 12055; - 20.00-21.00 = 7425**, 12055* kHz. To AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC: - 12.00-14.00 = 11670 kHz. To NORTH AMERICA: - 01.00-02.00 = 5900**, 9725, 9860, 9880*, 15425, 15445; - 02.00-03.00 = 5900**, 9725, 9880*, 15425, 15445 kHz. To LATIN AMERICA: - 01.00-02.00 = 5900*, 6180**, 7260**, 12070*; - 02.00-03.00 = 5900*, 6180**, 7260**, 7330, 9445, 12070* kHz. To CENTRAL ASIA: - 01.00-02.00 = 648, 972, 1503; - 12.00-13.00 = 1143; - 13.00-14.00 = 1251, 17645; - 15.00-16.00 = 1251; - 20.00-21.00 = 648 kHz. To SOUTH-EAST ASIA: - 12.00-13.00 = 7390, 11670; - 13.00-14.00 = 7390, 11670, 17645 kHz. To ASIA (including FAR EAST): - 12.00-13.00 = 1143, 9745, 11670; - 13.00-14.00 = 9745, 11670; - 15.00-16.00 = 1251, 12055 kHz. To CAUCASIAN Region: - 01.00-02.00 = 1314; - 15.00-16.00 = 1314; - 19.00-21.00 = 7425**, 12055* kHz. To UKRAINE and MOLDAVIA: - 01.00-03.00 = 936; - 12.00-13.00 = 936, 999, 1431, 1548; - 20.00-21.00 = 999 kHz. To BALTIC COUNTRIES: - 17.00-18.00 = 9480**, 11630*; - 19.00-20.00 = 9480**, 11630* kHz. NOTES: *) Till September, 2nd; **) Since [meaning From] September, 3rd. /Frequencies are subject to change/. 73! Pavel Mikhaylov, Moscow- Russia (via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, March 18, 2006 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. 5850, Special Radio, 1900-1915, escuchada el 16 de marzo en ruso a locutor con cuña de identificación, sintonía y programa musical, SINPO 44333 (José Miguel Romero, EA5-1022, Burjasot (Valencia), España, YAESU FRG-7700, SANGEAN ATS 909, Antena RADIO MASTER A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sólo jueves (gh) ** SCOTLAND [non]. LITUANIA, 9290, Radio Six International, 0700-0730, escuchada el 18 de marzo en inglés a locutor con presentación y canciones de los años 60 y 70 con el tema "The boxer" de Simon and Garfunkel, ID "Radio Six International", sintonía repaso de reportes recibidos desde Canadá, Japón y España, SINPO 45544 (José Miguel Romero, EA5-1022, Burjasot (Valencia), España, YAESU FRG-7700, SANGEAN ATS 909, Antena RADIO MASTER A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SLOVAKIA. Radio Slovakia Int'l, on 7230 at 0100, March 14, GMT; news and Insight Central Europe in English covering Belarus, Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic; also Tony Blair visit. Very good overall except when clobbered by hams hailing in SSB (Eric Bryan, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA [non]. ALEMANIA, 17660, Radio Waaberi, 1336-1341, escuchada el 10 de Marzo en somalí a locutor con entrevista a invitado, SINPO 35433 (José Miguel Romero, EA5-1022, Burjasot (Valencia), España, YAESU FRG-7700, SANGEAN ATS 909, Antena RADIO MASTER A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fridays only, shifting to 17550 from April (gh) ** SUDAN [non]. REINO UNIDO, 12000, West África Democracy Radio, 0831- 0846, escuchada el 18 de Marzo en francés a locutor con ID, comentarios sobre la guerra y los campos de refugiados en Sierra Leona, Liberya y Guinea, entrevista sobre proyecto radiofónico en los campos de refugiados para intentar reunificar a las familias, SINPO 55454 (José Miguel Romero, EA5-1022, Burjasot (Valencia), España, YAESU FRG-7700, SANGEAN ATS 909, Antena RADIO MASTER A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWAN ISLAND [and non]. Radio Swan and other ghastly memories IRCA Crew, Naturally, I heard R. Swan and the later Radio Américas. I got a verie from the latter and from its jammer, CMBQ-1162 Radio Enciclopedia Popular, La Havana. Nice memories, up to a point. I was a teenager going to Scecina Memorial HS in Indianapolis. I remember Pres. John F. Kennedy delivering the orders to embargo Cuba and the ensuing "Cuban Missile Crisis." What wasn't pleasant was knowing: 1. Indiana National Guard elements had been placed on full alert, 2. Naval Avionics Facility, Indianapolis [I later was employed there], was a probable nuclear target of the USSR, 3. The world was on the brink of a nuclear war. I lived in constant fear that week. I was one scared kid. The psychological scars remain to this day. And I remain a low-level mental rebel to this day. I was angry that the rest of my fellow students at Scecina seemed not to have a clue that anything unusual was occurring. All other HS student associates from other schools had the same cluelessness, except for a few fellow DXers. Another unpleasant thought is that history eventually proved me right. All I did was use my SW receiver and hear the heavy military voice traffic on various frequencies. And a certain sixth sense. For you younger MWDXers: 1. The military set up a 1040-kHz, 50-kW transmitter that carried VOA's running Spanish translation of Kennedy's speech. Saddle Bunch or Sugar Loaf Key, I think the location was. 2. Other stations carrying VOA's running Spanish translation of Kennedy's speech, were: a. WWL-870 b. WSB-750 c. KGBT-1530 Harlingen (Texas) on probable day facilities. KGBT absolutely ripped the then WCKY-1530 Cincinnati to shreds. At the conclusions of VOA's running Spanish translation of Kennedy's speech, KGBT went to its night-time facilities and TOTALLY disappeared. I have a verie letter/QSL from KGBT for this SSA! 73 de Charlie WD9INP/4 (Charles A & Leonor L Taylor, Greenville, NC, IRCA via DXLD) Not that I can remember it, but during the Cuban missile crisis the CBC radio network stayed on air 24 hours, rather than signing off at 0105 local time. If you're in the Ottawa area, you can visit the "Diefenbunker", named for John Diefenbaker, a former Prime Minister who went to his grave trying to preserve the Red Ensign (Canada's former flag). http://www.diefenbunker.ca/ This National Historic Site of Canada, located outside the capital city of Ottawa, is an underground nuclear bunker built in secrecy during the height of the Cold War between 1959 and 1961, and was meant to house the top officials of the government and military during the risk of nuclear attack. It even has a CBC radio studio, and a ham radio station VE3CWM (Cold War Museum). I miss the Cold War! Canada v. Russia hockey games and the Olympics just aren't the same without the Free World v. Not-so-free world competition! 73 (Mike Brooker, Toronto, ON, ibid.) VOA tested two 50 KW transmitters -- at Fort Lewis, WA -- prior to shipping them to Florida. Sent about a dozen QSL's. Very rare (Mike McKenna, ibid.) I believe that IBB/Radio Martí Marathon-1180 is effectively the fruition of Sugarloaf-1040. The Army had the directive to put it on the air, and they did a good job. When it went on the air, I think it was non-directional off a single tower (Sorry, WHO-1040) and that the US Army quickly got three other towers up to give it the directivity it needed and so it wouldn't kick WHO-1040 in the derrière (Charles A & Leonor L Taylor Greenville, North Carolina, ibid.) ** TURKMENISTAN. AFP reported on Mar. 16 that two journalists from the Turkmenistan service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty were arrested March 7 in Turkmenistan and have been sentenced to 15 days in jail for "hooliganism." Citing info from the RFE Web site, AFP said Meret Khommadov and Joumadourdy Ovezov were sentenced for having "disturbed" an official meeting of elderly people in the Vekilbazar region. Their trial was not open to the public or family members, according to Miklos Haraszti of the OSCE (Mike Cooper, Mar 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. BBCWS new podcasts to begin Monday 3/20? I was reading a "letter from the editors" from the BBC "World Today" program on the website -- they mention that their "World Today Select" 15-minute daily podcast will begin Monday, March 20th. It's possible that's the launch date for the expanded podcast offerings that were announced by the BBC back in early February (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, March 18, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) ** U K. Threat to streaming audio --- The Phonographic industry, the group representing record companies in the UK, are to make it impossible for radio stations to stream audio outside the UK. A clause in the PPL's new license for commercial UK broadcasters may result in the shutdown of those stations' Internet streams to listeners everywhere else in the world beginning April 1. Sounds like there needs to be a lobby group set up quickly!! Any volunteers? (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fishy? The only one that might interest me is Classic FM, but I have found it lacking; just keep the BBC networks flowing! (gh, DXLD) This is not an April 1 joke. In Finland most radio stations cannot offer streaming audio because of one certain copyright organisation (performers & Gramex): http://www.gramex.fi/ This legal copyright group is charging such huge amounts of money from Finnish broadcasters that even our public (state owned) broadcaster Yle is not able to offer live streaming audio, see: http://www.yle.fi/rfinland/index.shtml You can hear only talk shows but no music. Yes, there are few Finnish radio stations offering streaming audio: http://www.radiohelsinki.fi/ But they are playing a risky game with the possibility of losing much money in the future depending on the decisions of our courts (Jorma Mantyla, Kangasala, Finland http://www.kaapeli.fi/~jmantyla/index2.htm HCDX via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. Surprised to hear WOR 1308 closing and DX Partyline starting at 0629 UT Sat March 18 on WRMI 9955; fair but fading out during DXPL. Tho a bit late, this fills a Friday nite gap in WOR SW airings, but can we depend on it? How is reception in the MST and PST zones where it is still before local midnight? Had been running Radio República during this period. No jamming heard. 24 hours later, with K=4, 9955 inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn: Yes, until further notice I will keep airing WOR and DXPL in those time slots. There are a couple of organizations that have indicated interest in buying some of those overnight hours, but nothing definite yet. I really don't have a good handle on reception of 9955 at night in the Mountain and Pacific time zones. It would be good to get some reports if anyone can hear it. I'm also trying to get some reports from different parts of Latin America. The new schedule for Radio República via WRMI as of April 2 (all on 9955 kHz): 0800-1000 UT Saturday & Sunday 0900-1400 UT Monday-Friday 1600-2100 UT Monday-Sunday 0200-0500 UT Sunday & Monday Which means that the DX programs after 0500 on weekends will stay at the same UT as they are right now. The new frequency for Radio República from T-Systems as of March 27 will be 5910 kHz. It will remain 2300-0400 UT Monday-Friday evenings even after the time change in North America on April 2. By the way, we just fixed an audio distortion problem that we've had for the past couple of weeks, so modulation should sound a little better now. The Internet audio problems have also been corrected, except for a slight hum that we still haven't been able to get rid of -- but not nearly as bad as before. I would like to include WOR in the two days of special DRM broadcasts from RCI for the NASB/USDRM annual meetings on May 11 and 12, if you have no objections (Jeff White, WRMI, March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sure, go ahead. See CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES. BTW, Marfil Estéreo, Colombia, if and when it gets back on the air, with thousands of fix- tuned receivers, may not be too happy about RR on 5910. I checked again last night UT March 19 around 0600 and the frequency was still open (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WBCQ Surprising Schedule Change? Hi, all! Was really surprised by what I heard on WBCQ late Friday night (UT Saturday 3/18/06). I had been tuning in WBCQ on 7415 kHz just about every night around 11 PM local (0500 UT) to see how the reception for "Amos & Andy" & "Herald of Truth" was, and just about every evening lately the signal here in St. Louis had pretty abruptly faded out into the noise sometime just before 0500 UT. But this day it was suddenly perfectly fine and clear, all thru A&A and into the HoT timeslot. But there was no HoT program audio at first! Then, several minutes into the time, the audio suddenly came on for a short period, and then cut out again. It finally came on again (always in the middle of words) near the end of the slot, and then was faded out by the board operator (that is, obviously turned down by a pot) at 0531 UT. This surprised me, because I figured that WBCQ owed the HoT people a full program airing after the trouble, so I thought they'd re-start it from the beginning now that things were working again. But what I heard next astounded me. Brother Stair came on!!!! Bro Stair on WBCQ?!?!?!?!?!? What the devil was going on? Anyway, a regular Bro Stair broadcast began and was still on when I next checked at 0605 UT, but by then it had a terrible hum accompanying the program audio. I do not know how long 7415 kHz stayed on the air with B.S., as I then went to sleep. Then the next night, when there was something worth actually listening to on WBCQ on 7415 kHz at 0500 UT (3/19/06) -- the Tom & Darryl Show - - the WBCQ 7415 kHz signal was lost in the noise again here in St. Louis. So here's another example of propagation becoming good just at the wrong day/time! It let us hear an operations mixup and not the better stuff on the next day. So, is Bro Stair now a regular "feature" on WBCQ at 0530 UT, at least weeknights? I guess Allan can use the money, but it's a sad comedown from his plans to have alternative late-night programming on 7415. Of course, with propagation as it is, I would like to know just *who* can hear it at that time on any regular basis. His comments on earlier AWWW programs have indicated that Western US areas get a good signal after it fades out here in the Central US. Anybody out there with any comments on that? 73, (Will Martin, MO, March 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, BS has been on WBCQ periodically before. No sign of 7415 at http://www.overcomerministry.org/content/blogcategory/22/42/ which apparently has not been updated since Jan 23 at the latest (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Noticed WHRA 15665, March 18 at 1548 with a 140/minute SAH. Must have been WYFR warming up for 1600 start; they may turn on transmitters as much as 15 minutes early, but even an open carrier can interfere with the previous station, especially if it`s not zero-beat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 92.7 pirate in TN --- Noted, on a recent vacation trip to the west (last week), a station on 92.7 with right-wing talk programs. ("what the doctors won't tell you" type of stuff). Heard well east of Jackson, Tenn., near Lexington. Closest legal 92.7 is WKRA in northern Mississippi, but the station in question faded out as I moved west, towards WKRA. I note the site http://www.americaslastdays.com/liveradio.htm lists a station "92.7 Tennessee" without specifying where in Tennessee. The only two legal 92.7 stations in the state are both over 150 miles from Lexington. One is an 80s station near Crossville and the other a translator not believed to be on the air yet. I guess what I'm getting at is that this station is almost certainly a pirate. -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com WTFDA via DXLD) More than likely. There is a pirate in North Branch, MN on 89.7 spewing just about the same stuff in mono. Signal can be heard around 7 miles either side of town (John Ebeling, Bloomington, MN, ibid.) There was (and may still well be) an outfit called Genesis Communications Network that had many unlicensed affiliates. I remember hearing one in Binghamton NY some years back. I'm blanking now on what frequency it was on. Very black-helicopters, tinfoil-hat type programming. (Buy gold and MREs - the world is about to end!) s (Scott Fybush, ibid.) Genesis Communications Network still exists and currently have a website. Their programs are heard over stations like WWCR and WHRI shortwave. Live program accessible over the website as well. As for the pirate stations, they won't last long unless they have a LPFM license. I'm surprised the FM that John is talking about is still there. Seems to me John reported them a year or so ago. However the FCC usually don't take action unless a license FM station complains about it. You would think they would also take advice from a citizen complaint (John L., ibid.) ** U S A. WBAL RADIO CANCELS RUSH LIMBAUGH By Rob Hiaasen, Baltimore Sun reporter, March 14, 2006 Rush Limbaugh, one of the most popular and polarizing radio personalities of recent years, has been sacked in Baltimore. WBAL-AM Radio has canceled Limbaugh's syndicated call-in talk show, saying it wants to focus on local news and hosts. It is the first station to cancel the show, which is heard in nearly 600 markets, according to Limbaugh's syndicate, Premiere Radio Networks. . . "There's no doubt Rush is an American icon," he said. "It's not a personal thing, it's not a political thing. It's about being successful and giving listeners want they want." . . . http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-to.rush14mar14,0,6211188.story?coll=bal-artslife-tv (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Well, it`s about time some stations did cancel the lying SOB for political reasons; but would they admit it? Would WBAL? (gh, DXLD) Let's hope this is the start of a trend. There's far too much syndicated programming, far too much of the same old, same old on AM radio especially in the US. Take a trip through the AM band at night and you'll experience first hand what I'm talking about. Sam thing if you're traveling long distances during the day. Any trend toward more local programming in terrestrial broadcasting would be most welcome, IMHO (John Figliozzi, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. FCC HITS CBS HARD: Resolving (as far as the FCC's concerned) the famed Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" episode in 2004, the Feds have nailed CBS by upholding their $550,000 fine, stating that CBS could have prevented the whole spectacle from occurring. In a potentially even-larger development, CBS has thirty days to appeal a record $3.5-million fine levied, resulting from a "teenage orgy" featured on an installment of "Without A Trace", in December '04. "The New York Post" advises to expect CBS to go through with that appeal -- - a spokeswag says the episode was part of a strategy, to warn "parents to exercise greater supervision of their teenage children". The "Post" also reveals a fine booked against fellow-Corporate-mates Fox TV, for allowing Nicole Richie to drop the "F"-bomb on a broadcast or two. Fox also is fighting the decision. Here in SoCal, NBC-owned KWHY-TV/22 is liable for $32,500; the FCC says the Spanish-lingo'ed independent aired a rape scene depicted in a movie. In this case a Court challenge is being planned by NBC barristers. So far, no late word on any new Radio fines for "indecency", but the day is yet young. As if to muddy the waters (especially in light of the planned NBC- Court battle mentioned above), the FCC exonerated the Oprah Winfrey Show for a graphic discussion about teen sex which aired two years ago. "Chicago Sun-Times" Media-maven Robert Feder shared some of the FCC thought-process on this one: "The material is not presented in a vulgar manner and is not used to pander to or titillate the audience," the FCC found. "Rather, it is designed to inform viewers about an important topic. To the extent that the material is shocking, it is due to the existence of such practices among teenagers rather than the vulgarity or explicitness of the sexual depictions or descriptions. "It would have been difficult to educate parents regarding teenagers' sexual activities without at least briefly describing those activities and alerting parents to the little-known terms (i.e., 'salad tossing,' 'rainbow party') that many teenagers use to refer to them." Now this is almost exactly the same defense CBS used (see above) regarding "Without A Trace" --- what is it that makes CBS' stated intentions less noble than those claimed by Oprah? Perhaps the fact that Howard Stern sparked many of the Oprah complaints, by crowing about the whole thing on his show, took some of the ill-wind out the FCC sails? Can you say, "equal justice for all"?? If so, you may find yourself in a diminishing minority. Further, it all lends credence to Howard's charges that the FCC runs according to a multiple set of standards surrounding "indecency". We look forward to the planned NBC Court challenge, and again advise parents to monitor what the kiddies are watching! FRESH AIR: AirAmerica, that is, in its home market, New York. Apparently that's been assured for one more year, as AA reaches agreement to continue its lease on Inner City Broadcasting's WLIB 1190. AllAccess tells us there were reports of "problems" surrounding the last quarterly payment by AA; these apparently have been resolved. In Phoenix, KXXT/1010 has for the first time in its history established itself with a fairly firm percentage showing, thanks to its airing of AirAmerica. The station has been sold to Christian broadcasters, as reported here last month, and is now planning a return to obscurity by dumping AA, to pick up brokered screaming- preacher pass-the-plate programming 'round the clock. Former KXXT General Manager Bob Christy is continuing his attempts to place AA on another local outlet; so far his efforts have proven for naught. Nearby, Clear Channel's KFYI/550 is still whooping butt upon Bonneville's KTAR/620, taking lead in the Phoenix News-talk universe by one-and-a-half full percentage points. YEAH, RIGHT: The Official Update Reaction to one of the latest turds to surface in the U.S. Senate punchbowl. AllAccess reports the triple- threat team of Trent Lott (R/Mississippi), Olympia Snowe (R/Maine) and Max Baucus (D/Montana) has intro'ed a measure requiring the FCC to open a rulemaking procedure to "preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services". The focus of the bill is to disallow "local content" on Satellite Radio services, i.e. XM and Sirius --- i.e. local Traffic and Weather reports, or anything similar. David Rehr, honcho of the National Association of Broadcasters, heaps praise on the bill, saying "It is crystal clear that both XM and Sirius– with nearly $1 billion in combined losses last year and having failed as a national programming service– are skirting the intent of their original FCC licenses. This bill holds satellite radio accountable to those licenses. With introduction of today’s legislation – coupled with a companion bill in the House - NAB looks forward to educating lawmakers on the invaluable role played by free, local radio every day in communities all across America." Thanks to AllAccess for providing this invaluable quote, steeped in dribbling Irony. Recall that the NAB is fighting, tooth and nail, any expansion of "free, local" Low-Power FM Radio, despite its wholly Non- Commercial status. The NAB came out initially against anything resembling LPFM, when the idea was successfully implemented several years ago. The NAB immediately went on the attack against a proposed Low Power AM service, upon idea presentation late last year. The NAB has failed to adequately respond to growing complaints about (guess what?) disappearing "free, local" programming oriented toward community service, and dissemination of sometimes vital info, such as severe Weather conditions. Arguably worst of all, the NAB has failed to respond in any way to the sickening attrition of jobs and training opportunities for young up-&- coming Broadcasters, that we've seen as a natural by-product of Deregulation. It'd be nice to see some genuine, ingenuous focus among the string-pullers in this venerable group --- seems Profits are the only concern, and when those start dwindling significantly, just watch for the industry hand-wringers sitting under a sea of cartoon question marks, wondering just how it all occurred. You will already know the answer to that general question, being an Update reader and all (Greg Hardison, Broadcast Band Update March 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Full UD appears in the yg ** U S A. KU TO DISMANTLE ORIGINAL 1924 RADIO TOWER DUE TO DAMAGE FROM SUNDAY'S WIND STORM Because of damage caused by Sunday's wind storm, the University of Kansas next week will dismantle an 82-year-old radio tower that broadcast the university's first radio station (KFKU AM) and presently serves the student radio station KJHK. . . http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/13624/ (Ken Kopp - Topeka, Kansas, Amateur Radio: KKØHF, More than just a hobby! http://www.qsl.net/kk0hf, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Audio of Springfield, Illinois tornado warning. As broadcast on WTAX AM 1240, WQQL FM 101.9 and WABZ FM 93.9 last Sunday evening. Scroll down the page to the area under the tower collapse picture, there are three files of tornado broadcast coverage: http://www.wtax.com (Curtis Sadowski, IL, WTFDA via DXLD) Springfield, IL tornado coverage --- Hello Glenn, WICS-Channel 20 out of Springfield did a great job covering the storms as they rolled across the state; they stayed live in the studio until at least 2:30 AM. They couldn't use their station van because of storm damage, so they were airing cell phone reports from their people. It was very well done. WAND-Channel 17 out of Decatur was on top of things too, with very detailed Doppler radar coverage. WCIA-Channel 3 in Champaign was dropping in with frequent lengthy live reports too (Eric Loy, Champaign IL, March 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Please note, the equipment test scheduled for WKHB 620 Irwin PA on Sunday, April 2 into Monday, April 3 has been postponed until further notice at the request of our CE. At this time, I cannot give an alternate date for the test. My sincerest apologies for the sudden change in plans (Clarke Ingram, Program Director, WKHB/WKFB, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) We had not yet published the details (gh) ** U S A. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962+ : see SWAN ISLAND [and non] ** U S A. NEW 11 METER BROADCAST SERVICE BAND PROPOSAL In the interest of opening up the 11 Meter Broadcast Band (25 watt 11 Meter Broadcast Service) for 25 watt local station use at $125 licensing per year this "is a very fine idea." Many will want to take advantage of this. The ideas put forth are interesting and yet we need more input on this before we jump right into this. No single set of ideas will be perfect yet we ought to at least try to get a base or platform for the proposal so that all views are heard by the FCC before going into this. I have some concerns and proposals to make in this regard and I hope you like my proposals. Here is the proposal so far, as set forth by others: 1, 25 watts input to a vertical ground plain antenna, 2, $125 a year fee, 3, allowed to do commercial advertising 4, something like your name and zip code are your station call letters. The proposed license fee is to cover $25 for a frequency co-ordinator to assign a frequency in your region based upon all available frequencies and to reduce adjacent channel interference. This is fine. {So long as these fellows are not representing a manufacturer of radio equipment or mandatory DRM or other types of software and are not involved in the sale of any of these items. Keep this thought in mind.} The remaining $100 goes to the FCC for the station license. The following are proposal ideas I would like for you to consider and if you think any of them have merit then put them forth to the public and the FCC. If you want more options then consider the following as alternative proposals or additions to the current proposal being talked about. If you agree in full with all of this then either email it to the FCC or make a printed version and mail it to the FCC and add you own words as to why you agree and perhaps any other comments you feel the FCC should know about. And give them your name and address and that makes it an official vote on your part as a matter of statistical record. 1. (a,) I propose that if a frequency cannot be found locally that you get all of your money back. (b,) You must be a natural born Citizen of the USA or a lawfully naturalized Citizen of the USA and use only broadcast in English. (c,) The 25 Watt, 11 Meter Broadcast Service must be willing to share the band with regular broadcast service stations of the higher powered commercial types and with other radio services. (d,) To better co-ordinate stations the call sign is more manageable if it uses the W or K prefix for east and west coast and then the call area numerical designator according to zones such as is used in amateur radio followed by four phonetic suffixes distinguishing it from an amateur call. {Rather than by the zip code method.} (e,) All applicants must be private citizens who are not part of corporate network media and not an affiliate thereof. 2. (a,) Except in the case of nearby obstructions, a vertical ground plane antenna over flat open ground can be no higher than 1 wavelength at the ground plane radials or feed point if no ground plane radials are employed. It may be 20 feet over nearby obstructions such as buildings or trees. Only if those objects are less than two wavelengths away from the antenna. (b,) The idea of strictly using a vertical ground plane antenna is not all together practical in some areas, particularly rural areas where you may want to target where people live. The use of directional antennas in rural areas can help better co-ordinate the band and make possible more stations without adjacent channel interference by local area stations beamed away from each other. {You do not want to broadcast to farm cattle. And there is a solution to this.} If a directional antenna is used then it must vertically polarized and be no higher than 1/2 wavelength if located on flat open ground and no higher than 20 feet over the nearest obstruction if buildings and other obstructions are involved around the antennas radiation field, and the objects are closer than four wavelengths: only in this case can any of these antennas be located higher than 1/2 to 1 wavelength depending on antenna type and terrain. Directional antennas can not be used in a city setting unless they are located at the edge of the city and preferably target outer rural areas. (c,) If a station is located outside a city on the fringe and wants to target the city it may use a two element beam antenna only and if it is located 4 or more miles away from the city limits. If the station is way out from the city (10 or more miles) the station may use may use a three element beam. (d,) High gain directional antennas are advisable in areas separated by cities 25 miles apart. Directional antenna elements are limited to no more than a three element yagui or quad beam antenna. And strictly enforced. Violation of this rule regarding elements and height means you do not ever get to broadcast on 11 meters again. 1/2 wavelength height for a beam means to the feed point only. (e,) If a station on the fringe area of a city wants to beam to a rural area that is between it and a city more than 25 miles away a three element beam may be used. (f,) City based stations must accept interference from stations targeting rural areas at its fringe areas of coverage. This most likely means out at the outer edge of its coverage at one or two places along its parameter and hence will not suffer on all areas of its fringe regions. Most of the fringe region will be clear. Any listeners who really wants to hear them will use a dipole or CB radio beam antenna aimed at them if the listener can afford. A dipole is most affordable. 3. (a,) Use of any antenna type by stations acting as Civil Defense stations in the public interest in any emergency and that station owner must be a member of a local or national Civil Defense Corps. (b,) A Civil Defense station set up may operate under this license proposal as a regular 11 Meter commercial broadcast station in the 25 watt 11 Meter Broadcast Service using the license of the $125 fee but: (c,)the station does not have to have a license to officiate it being a Civil Defense station since Civil Defense can operate in times of national emergency on other bands without a license. Example: on the 11 meter Citizens Radio Service Band. (d,) If you are or have been a licensed station in Civil Defense from the past as a licensed amateur who joined the Civil Defense Radio Corps then you already have some documentation somewheres to that effect. {I have such documented records to that effect in Indiana.} Any past Civil Defense Corps members automatically qualify for this. Once you join you are technically a member for life as long as you are in good standing in your nation. (e,) A Civil Defense station may elect to use a low angle horizontal antenna at any time and direct its broadcast across the USA. (f,) The jurisdiction of a Civil Defense station is always civil jurisdiction. The Civil Defense station is not a member of any federal agency using the Civil Defense name or logo, nor is a member of the military in any way. Civil Defense is not an agency of FEMA and does not have to co-ordinate with FEMA, nor assist FEMA. Civil Defense is to remain independent of political agendas and officiating agencies. It has no official central office or headquarters. "Defense means defense and not emergency management." (g,) The station capable of operating as a Civil Defense station in an emergency must upon occasion identify itself as such to its community but does not have to do so more than once a month and when in operation in an emergency as such, it only need to identify as "This is Civil Defense Radio" and no further identifier is required, and it must identify as such often when operating in that format. {Acceptance of this provision (3. a,- g,) is in all of these words only and by no other proposal.} 4. Further antenna alternatives can be available to any station owner who has both a amateur radio license and a restricted radio telephone license at the same time or has had a amateur radio license but is expired and currently holds a restricted radio telephone license and hence may use horizontal polarized antennas with as many elements as they choose: width wise or stacked and co phased. If they have had an amateur license and currently do not then it must be expired and not have been revoked to qualify. The feed point of the antenna in this case can be no higher than 1/2 wavelength above ground. This will be best in the long run: believe me. Antenna stacks are limited to two stacks according to antenna type: dipole, zep, curtain etc. 5. All stations and listeners must accept interference from stations across country and from other nations due to skip phenomena which is beyond human control. {After all this is the 11 Meter shortwave band.} 6. All stations must use an inline low pass filter with a minimum of 5 elements and 7 is preferred. Any station who does not can be penalized. 7. (a,) Recommendation: Stations using Controlled Carrier Modulated (CCM) AM should use an oscilloscope to monitor the modulation peaks and have automatic level control in the transmitter. (b,) Suitable ham radio equipment well built and any equipment built by a ham radio operator may be used by stations who hold also any class of amateur license. Other wise if they are not licensed amateurs (or past licensed amateurs with expired licenses) they must use type accepted equipment for CB or for 11 Meter broadcast. Amateurs with past expired licenses may use well built ham radio equipment. 8. (a,) No conglomerated corporation can obtain any of the licenses nor start a network on this band. No corporate networks allowed. All stations licensed in the 11 meter broadcast band in the 25 watt 11 Meter Broadcast Service must be privately owned and free from network or corporation affiliation. They can however carry any programming from any source they want even network if they so choose. They can not go full time network except in the case of alternative networks who are not part of the known main stream media. To clarify what main stream here means: if it is not heard on television or on medium wave then it is not main stream. (b,) No station can be influenced to promote content or file a log or report or file of content or format. Programing is subject to changes depending upon programing sources. (c,) AM, FM and SSB as well as narrow BPSK and DRM modes are allowed. (d,) A station is allowed a channel width of 10 kHz and if using single side band the station may use a narrow BPSK carrier in the unused side band portion of their channel and the station may change modes as often as they like. The station may also use DRM mode (Digital Radio Mondiale) but no one shall make any one mode a law or requirement. AM will always be utilized no matter what and will be the most common mode. Wideband digital modes will not be allowed. (d,) All stations in this service are guaranteed their freedom of speech be it political or religious. Exceptions: Pornographic, lued expressions and or profanity excluded; since these are not in good taste and are not suited in any free speech expression for any reason. Profane words and expressions do not have to be used to fully express ideas. Violation of this is a just cause for suspension of license. (e,) A station may be held accountable for comments made by the station owner or members on the air which are clearly understood to be a terroristic threat against a citizen of the USA only. Neither the station nor its members can be held accountable for comments made while rebroadcasting live content from another source whose broadcaster utters comments unexpected. If it is a taped broadcast where the tape of CD copy is at the station then the station should be aware of the content and not use it if it is questionable since that station is aware of the content of the tape recording or CD. A station can be held accountable if it continues to broadcast the broadcaster known to use bad language or to make terroristic threats. The station is not accountable for threats made by broadcasters. The station is required to leave off with that broadcast and apologize to the audience. Any broadcaster who advocates harm to other peoples because of race is accountable and should not be aired by a licensed station. Any broadcaster can freely express opposition to a people because of their ideologies only; and must not advocate harm, only awareness of what the broadcaster perceives is wrong in their politics or religion: keeping with the spirit of Freedom of Speech as set forth in the Supreme Document of the Law of the United States of America. 9. (a,) No 25 watt 11 Meter Broadcast Service Station can have a 501 (c) 3 tax exemption status. You must pay taxes out of what you make from commercial activities over a certain amount of income set forth by the laws of the United States. (b,) No station licensed in the USA in the 25 watt 11 Meter Broadcast Service can represent the interest of other nations nor broadcast in any other languages but English. (c,) No frequency co-ordinator can be affiliated with any electronics or software industry or manufacturer or hold stock in such and can not be a representative of such. Neither may they be a member of any network or commercial special interest groups whatsoever to prevent conflicts of interest and just service. Nor can they ever allow themselves to be influenced to set policy or advocate policy nor take bribes or gifts for influence nor be prejudice or allow themselves to be made prejudice or influenced by others towards any applicant in any way at any time. The co-ordinator who violates this rule can and will be held liable and not the FCC and must leave their office of service as frequency co-ordinator. 10. A frequency co-ordinator cannot decide to give a frequency away used by a station that has been operating on that frequency when time comes to renew the license and that frequency must be held open for six months if the station for some reason has not re-applied for the yearly license. If an applicant is currently licensed then all they have to do is apply directly to the FCC since they already have a frequency assignment and only if they do not already have a frequency assignment do they need to apply to the frequency co-ordinator. Only in the case where stations have let their license lapse past six months do they have to re-apply for a frequency and the station has to take that channel which is available however; if their old frequency is still available at that time it has to be given back to them unless they request a different frequency: and the co-ordinator may then elect to give them back their old frequency if he or she deems is best. You cannot buy a frequency. Rolling Eyes Please discuss this here since it is a very important trend and it may be your ticket to the airwaves and lets get it set up right from the start and not have troubles later on (Daniel, March 16, WBCQ Forum at http://www.wbcq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=228 via DXLD) Replies: Interesting, but the current (local) broadcasting alternative has been Part 15 broadcasting, most of which is on AM because regs don't allow as much coverage/output with FM. If I'm not mistaken, that's how one Katrina refugee shelter broadcaster got around a challenge to its applied-for LPFM regular license until that dispute was resolved. In a natural disaster scenario that hit my area a couple/3 years ago or so, even the designated emergency commercial station was unable to get back on the air for 3 days--which caused me to contemplate neighborhood emergency service radio using Part 15 AM, but on the mediumwave spectrum. _________________ I shall continue to be an impossible person as long as those who are now possible remain possible. (Clara Listensprechen, ibid.) This is an interesting concept, I first heard about it listening to the fest feed that 11l-rni was kind enough to host, then again on This Week in Amateur Radio. If one could take, for instance, an rci 2950 and mod it, to hit this given freq range, to key say 1 watt on am carrier, when driven with voice the PEP of this rig is 30 watts. This is a fact!! Then back it up with well let`s say 5 6lq6 sweep tubes. Gee acording to my calculations, you would be on the air with approx 500w. That will travel. Imagine that. Of course this is highly illegal and I would never do anything illegal, nor, encourage any one else to, but it is an interesting concept that has proven to work in the past. They will make the licence impossible to acquire, mark my words. And Clara, you are correct but you missed that "FEMA" complained about them directing ppl in the right direction as opposed to getting the run around from them, the "FCC" shut them down, it was a small college station, I forget the name of the collage but I posted the story in my web journal on my site. NOW, that should be against the law in times of emergency, especially since "FEMA" was doing such a bang up job handling the situation. However, WBCQ did try to help, by moving frequencies to allow "FEMA" bandwidth; now this was pure crap. WBCQ should have never been strong-armed into moving, I say "strong armed", well, if the FCC asked me to move and I were Allan. Well, you do the math; now this pertains to WBCQ. Why didn't "FEMA" use those freqs for 2 way com's? They damn sure were not broadcasting assistance information. link good for 5 days from now: http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=28EISHMQKI1TE34SX0QG2TFBY2 enjoy the st. paddys day show http://krackerradio.bravehost.com (kracker Twisted Evil, ibid.) From the story I heard, I didn't omit anything; I'd heard that the FCC approved of the LPFM license and it was the shelter owners who complained that operating that station in the shelter would be disruptive etc. They ran Part 15 until they could get approval for setting up in a trailer in the parking lot and then got their LPFM license for that operation. Ya, that rot between the FCC/FEMA and WBCQ stinks to high heaven, as does the lobby to subsidize commercial communication gear for the purpose of bypassing existing ham volunteer services, talking as if hams don't exist at all (Listensprechen, ibid.) I can`t imagine the FCC buying in to the 11 meter proposal above, requiring all that detailed management and enforcement (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. FCC warns California College of the Arts, Oakland, about unlicensed 87.9 MHz station: http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-264279A1.html (via CGC Communicator March 19 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA [non]. Ran across a schedule announcement in progress from RNV AI via Cuba, 11760, March 18 at 2330; missed the first part, but it appears to be the same old outdated sked as on their jpg map website, giving times in local without making that clear, and not necessarily correctly, concluding with: 15-16 Carib 9550, 16-17 Washington 6000, 17-18 Chile 11875, 17-18 Buenos Aires 15230, 17-18 Rio de Janeiro 17705 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Unusual numbers station on 6959 kHz USB at 2008 UT Feb. 16 [correct; delayed report via hotmail] with an interval signal sounding much like "Pop Goes the Weasel" played on a recorder. Then at 2010 a British woman came on saying "Good Day Ladies and Gentlemen. Thanks for joining us. Here are today´s lessons..." Then she began reading out five-digit numbers, repeating them once in sequence. This endured until 2025 when she said dryly "We will be back tomorrow to play for you some of your favorite standards. Won`t you join us?" Transmission was cut abruptly. I got the feeling this was a joke broadcast (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks for ``vernal equinox `06`` financial support go to Gerald T. Pollard, NC (gh) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ CUCA y CACA Latin American stations, especially in the Caribbean loved to run their call signs. YVKE Mundial in Caracas is well known for its fast paced announcer who pronounces it something like "Yeh-VEK-A-AY- Mundial." As for "CUCA," in Venezuela it`s derogatory for vagina. But in the DR and Puerto Rico it´s a nickname for Carmen. It is also a type of brain [bran? Maybe not] cookie sold throughout the Caribbean. One of the pioneering Spanish language radio stations in San Antonio, Texas was KUKA-AM, which billed themselves as Radio CUCA. CACA is universal meaning for dung in all Spanish countries. In Spain, they use it constantly when referring to taking their dogs out for a walk. In Venezuela, it´s pooh-pooh. Go figure! (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, March 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING ++++++++++++++++++++ DRM: see CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES; CANADA; NETHERLANDS; USA (2) DOES HD RADIO WORK WELL ENOUGH TO SELL? The URL below links to an astute user report that is worthy of careful study by everyone involved in HD Radio deployment. In essence, before making any projections on the success or failure of a new brand of coffee, it helps to drink a cup of that coffee. Check out this for some eye opening information. http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=184531 (CGC Communicator March 19 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ NASB & USA DRM GROUP, MAY 11-12, SILVER SPRING Friends and Colleagues: We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to the 2006 annual meetings of the USA DRM Group and the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters (NASB). The meetings will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 11 and 12, in Silver Spring, Maryland -- just outside of Washington DC. Adventist World Radio has graciously invited us to hold the annual meetings at its world headquarters building at 12501 Old Columbia Pike in Silver Spring. We will have one or more of the new DRM prototype receivers that are due to be on the consumer market later this year to demonstrate at the US DRM meeting on May 11. Also, Don Messer, Chairman of the DRM Consortium's Technical Committee, will have the latest DRM information on several fronts to report, including information about recent DRM tests in Mexico and Brazil, and plans for possible DRM implementation in the U.S. Radio Canada International has kindly offered to provide 14 hours of special DRM transmissions during the two days of meetings, and this will consist of programming from NASB member and associate member stations... (Jeff White, USA DRM, Mar 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is mainly for professionals, but last year a few DXers were welcomed to attend. If interested, contact Jeff White for more info, radiomiami9 @ cs.com (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRC 2007 Geoff Spells of VT-Merlin reported on the status for the WRC 07 meetings. Some important notes he mentioned: This month (March) is the last opportunity to make any substantial changes to the documents (i.e. Revised HF broadcasting statistics.) The process will be completed in September. Many people think that shortwave radio is dead. This is not the case. Transmitter hours had fallen since A03, that is until A05 and it continued to go up again. In the 4 -10 MHz, the B season is quite a bit more congested. There is no detection of a major downward trend. Less than 50% of the 7 MHz band is without collision. The amount of spectrum required is the addition of 250 – 800 kHz in total to HF broadcasting service from 4-10 MHz. Oldrich Cip mentioned that we need to discuss how we can get this information to our organizations and start lobbying our administrations as soon as possible, (Many administrations aren`t aware of any or how many broadcasters are operating from their territory.) Sharad Sadhu mentioned that the ABU has also prepared these documents from cooperating broadcasters in the Asia region. The resolution recommended is to use 7350-7650 kHz. European BC corporations are working to allocate additional spectrum to broadcasters. They are looking at the potential of using non-used maritime mobile spectrum allocation (8 MHz range.) Jan Willem Drexhage put some monitoring spectograms on the screen that clearly showed the congestion in the broadcast bands as measured in Europe. This document has been sent as an input to the ITU Working Party meetings WP6E, WP8A, 8B and 9C for the discussion on agenda item 1.13. The documents for WRC07 meetings and the ITU Monitoring spectograms are available to HFCC members (March NASB NEWSLETTER http://www.shortwave.org via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ CYCLE 24 – TO BE HUGE OR VERY SMALL? The recent big news regarding projections for a huge solar cycle number 24 brings in more mail daily. All of us want to see lots of exciting space weather over the next decade, but not everyone is convinced. While I wouldn't count him among dissenters, Jon Jones, N0JK sent in this article from a year ago (several readers mentioned this) which predicts a very small cycle 24, and also claims to use a successful prediction method. Read it and weep (or not) at http://www.spacew.com/news/05Mar2005/index.php (Tad Cook, K7RA, ARRL Propaagation March 17 via Dave Raycroft, ODXA via DXLD) ###