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Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1356: Wed 2200 WBCQ 7415 [first airing of each edition] Wed 2300 WBCQ 17495-CLSB from May Thu 1430 WRMI 7385 Thu 1500 KAIJ 9480 Fri 0630 WRMI 9955 [tentative] Fri 1100 WRMI 9955 [tentative] Fri 1030 KAIJ 5755 Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 [irregular] Sat 2130 WRMI 9955 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1500 WRMI 7385 Mon 0300 WBCQ 9330-CLSB Mon 0415 WBCQ 7415 [time varies] Mon 0530 WRMI 9955 [tentative] Mon 0930 WRMI 9955 [tentative] Tue 1030 WRMI 9955 [tentative] Wed 0730 WRMI 9955 [tentative] WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL SCHEDULE: Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For 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 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL] http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** AFGHANISTAN. USA/AFGHANISTAN. This pdf-document is from May 2006, but may be of interest: "AMENDMENT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND AFGHANISTAN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF UNITED STATES RADIO TRANSMITTING FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN" http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/70283.pdf (Bernd Trutenau, dxldyg) Takes seven pages, basically concerning a new 200 kW MW transmitter on 621 kHz exclusively for BBG use, in the vicinity of Tani/Khost, plus several FM relays, in addition to the 1296 kHz transmitter, e.g.: "Afghanistan also grants the United States the right to construct, install and operate a 200 kW medium wave (MW) radio transmitting facility and a 10 kW FM station at mutually agreed upon sites to facilitate broadcasting into the vicinity of Tani/Khost, Afghanistan." (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AFGHANISTAN. The media reports as usual are all murder and mayhem. We have our share of that here in Kabul, just like any other city. I was in Dubai during the big excitement described below: Recently the police chief made an inopportune comment on the air to Tolo, the local independent TV station. He didn't like his comment being aired, so he sent the cops to Tolo here in Kabul and beat up a bunch of folks, and took some to the police station. Next day the TV folks and their supporters demonstrated 'downtown', and the police obligingly beat them up again. The following day there was a minor riot in support of Tolo. The attorney general is somehow involved in the brouhaha. Now Tolo is suing the government including requesting the qualifications of the the Chief (the local story is he has none -- - just an 'appointee'). Tolo is livid, demanding the AG's resignation, among others, and loudly reminding the government that this is now a 'democracy'. They have been asking lots of questions about the government, and the old warlords now sitting in cushy jobs don't like it. Now the Chief has admitted to some kind of 'error'. The government asked the owner of Tolo to come in for a meeting with the police, which he vigorously declined to do. We shall see how Mr Karzai comes through this one. The birth and growth of democracy is always messy. I have been watching BBC for coverage of this... so far have seen nothing - disgusting. Keep up with the birth of democracy at http://www.tolo.tv/ (David Norcross, Afghanistan, April 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AFGHANISTAN. AFTERMATH OF POLICE RAID ON PRIVATE TOLO TV Afghanistan saw a week of confrontation between the private TV channel, Tolo, and the state-run electronic media, after Attorney- General Sabet ordered a police raid on the leading channel for "distorting" his remarks in a 17 April news bulletin. A few hours after its main evening bulletin, Tolo broke the news of a police raid on its headquarters, describing the "violent" arrest of a number of its staff as illegal; denied any wrong-doing. The next day, Tolo dedicated its news bulletins exclusively to the news of demonstrations by journalists, civil society activists and MPs in support of freedom of expression in front of parliament; calling for attorney's "dismissal". State-run National TV aired some 20 minutes of attorney's news conference on 18 April putting him in a favourable light. Pakistani Pashto-language TV, Khyber, also reported the raid, saying police had harassed Tolo journalists and workers. Aina TV, journalist's unions and media activists were observed to side with Tolo TV. State-run media and the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), continued reporting "anti-Tolo" protests in Kabul and a number of provinces during the week; protesters "denouncing" Tolo for programmes against Islam and Afghan culture; calling for the broadcaster's "closure." Tolo aired comments by National Front spokesman, Lower House Speaker, a number of MPs, Senators and journalists criticizing the raid as "unlawful", expressing concerns. Aina TV broadcast a roundtable discussion on the raid. Both participants, a journalist union official and an MP, criticized the attorney for "emotional, unlawful" move against Tolo. The moderately pro-government Ariana TV also gave some prominence to the incident, broadcasting remarks, demonstrations for or against the parties, but generally stayed out of the controversy. Tolo carried a UNAMA statement expressing "great concern" over the police raid, warning against "unlawful actions" in the future. Tolo also carried the International Crisis Group's "concern" on the raid. State-run media made no mention of the statements. National TV on 19 April aired a statement by the Information and Culture Ministry calling on Tolo to present evidence to Media Complaint Commission that 200 policemen had raided its office and beat up staff. It also called on Tolo to avoid one-sided reports. The same day, Tolo TV toned down the row by giving relatively low prominence to the news of filing a complaint to the Supreme Court against the attorney-general. On 22 April, National TV and Ariana aired a statement by the Information and Culture Ministry saying Media Commission had decided that Tolo should apologize to the attorney-general for "the way" it had aired the attorney's remarks that was prone to various interpretations; saying "ill-intention" could have been behind the reporting. Tolo on its 23 April bulletin brushed off the apology demand arguing that the decision of the Information and Culture Ministry's commission was "not based on facts", saying it would comment once the Supreme Court decides on Tolo's complaint against the attorney-general. All sources, except state-run radio, showed Senate Speaker and a number senators on 23 April criticizing the attorney for not appearing before senate, accusing him of "violating" the constitution on "several" occasions. The attorney rejected the accusations, saying Senate had no right to summon him. Print media extensively covered the incident and generally expressed concerns about the future of freedom of expression. Pro-mojahedin weekly Payam Mojahed said government aimed to restrict freedom of expression, not cultural freedom. Pro-government daily Weesa blasted Tolo programmes as "biased... unrestrained and anti-national" calling on govt and parliament to take serious actions against such outlets. Independent daily Afghanistan said police raid on Tolo was "example" of government efforts to restrict media and turn them into a tool. Another independent daily Cheragh also slammed government efforts to bring media under control. State-run daily Anis called for protection of journalists and freedom of expression. Another state-run paper, the Kabul Times, described the attorney's action against Tolo as "rash". Source: BBC Monitoring research 23 Apr 07 (via DXLD) ** ALBANIA [and non]. R. Tirana has resolved the collision with Cairo 9460, which has English to North America at 2300-2430, following recommendations by Noel Green and myself, by switching to 9410, first noted UT April 24 at 0025 check, just before the end of the sesquihour broadcast in Albanian starting at 2300. Now both stations are in the clear. Tirana quite a bit weaker than Greece on 9420, and than its own // 7425, but this situation may reverse as summer progresses (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. Radio Tirana Notification: 1. Additional A07 Radio Tirana broadcasts on HF via Shijak r/station starting from 25 April 2007 as follows: English NAm 1300-1330 UT 13750 KHz 100 kW Re-transmission Tue-Sun English NAm 2000-2030 UT 13720 KHz 100 kW Re-transmission Tue-Sun French France 1730-1800 UT 7430 KHz 100 kW Monday-Saturday Italian Italy 1730-1800 UT 6125 KHz 100 kW Monday-Saturday 2. A07ALR frequency changes starting from 23 April 2007 as follows: a) Due to co-channel interference with Radio Cairo, the frequency 9460 KHz, Albanian to North America 2300-0030 UT is deleted and replaced by 9410 KHz. b) Due to adjacent interference from Italy/via Ascension on 6110 KHz, the frequency 6115 KHz English to North America 0145-0200 UT is deleted and replaced by 6120 KHz. Prepared by: Eng. Drita Cico - Radio Tirana - Head of Monitoring Center in cooperation with Mr. Noel R. Green-UK, Mr. Wolfgang Bueschel-Ger and Mr. Glenn Hauser-USA Test transmissions in Shijak R/station: Eng. Lulzim Berhami - Director of Fllaka & Shijak r/stations Director of Radio Tirana Foreign Service (New): Ms. Mira Bregu Technical Director: Eng. Arben Mehilli Director of Radio Tirana (New): Ms. Zamira Koleci A07 ALR 24-apr-2007 ALR upload time: 24-apr-2007 12:37:02 FREQ STRT STOP CIRAF LOC POWR AZI DAYS FDATE TDATE MOD LANGUAGE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 6035 1845 1900 27,28 SHI 100 0 234567 250307 281007 D ENGLISH 6035 1901 1930 28 SHI 100 0 234567 250307 281007 D ITALIAN 6115 0230 0300 8 SHI 100 300 1 34567 250307 281007 D ENGLISH 6120 0145 0200 8 SHI 100 300 1 34567 230407 281007 D ENGLISH 6125 1730 1800 28 SHI 100 0 123456 250407 281007 D ITALIAN 6145 1800 1815 28 SHI 100 0 234567 250307 281007 D SER/CRO 7105 0630 0900 28 SHI 100 0 1234567 250307 281007 D ALBANIAN 7425 0145 0200 8 SHI 100 310 1 34567 250307 281007 D ENGLISH 7425 0230 0300 8 SHI 100 310 1 34567 250307 281007 D ENGLISH 7425 2300 0030 8 SHI 100 300 1234567 250307 281007 D ALBANIAN 7430 1730 1800 27 SHI 100 310 123456 250407 281007 D FRENCH 7465 1845 1900 27 SHI 100 310 234567 250307 281007 D ENGLISH 7465 1901 1930 27 SHI 100 310 234567 250307 281007 D FRENCH 7465 1931 2000 28 SHI 100 0 234567 250307 281007 D GERMAN 7465 2000 2030 27 SHI 100 0 234567 250307 281007 D ENGLISH 7465 2030 2200 27,28 SHI 100 0 1234567 250307 281007 D ALBANIAN 9390 2030 2200 27 SHI 100 310 1234567 250307 281007 D ALBANIAN 9410 2300 0030 8 SHI 100 310 1234567 230407 281007 D ALBANIAN 13720 2000 2030 8 SHI 100 310 234567 250407 281007 D ENGLISH 13750 1300 1330 8 SHI 100 310 234567 250407 281007 D ENGLISH (Drita Çiço, R. Tirana, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Additional transmissions and frequency changes of R. Tirana from April 25 ALBANIAN Daily 2300-0030 NF 9410 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg NoAm, ex 9460 \\ 7425 to NoAm ENGLISH Mon-Sat 1300-1330 on 13750 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg NoAm 2000-2030 on 13720 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg NoAm \\ 7465 to U.K. ENGLISH Tue-Sun 0145-0200 NF 6120 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg NoAm, ex 6115 \\ 7425 to NoAm FRENCH Mon-Sat 1730-1800 on 7430 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to France ITALIAN Mon-Sat 1730-1800 on 6125 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to Italy (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13750, R. Tirana, 1300-1330 English, wonderful signal S=9+20 dB in Germany at present. Starts today new morning service to North America. At 1300 UT R Tirana started the new morning program to NoAM/[Great Britain + IRL too] at 1300[Tue-Sun], and now at 1730-1800 UT also new additional Italian and French services heard to Europe: 6125 Ital. S=9+10 dB non-dir 7430 French S=9+40 dB 310 degr 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Tirana with really good signal here too at 1315 UT on 13750 kHz, SIO 444, on April 25th, 2007. Nice to have a morning service here from Tirana. 73's (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, ibid.) Programme started exactly on the hour at 1300 and has finished at 1328:30 UT, except for a few notes of the Interval Signal. I note Wolfy's excellent signal - here the strength was averaging 10 dB over 9 with peaks to 20 over 9 and fading down to about S8 or 9 occasionally. I noticed a slight deterioration in reception after about 1315 when there was more fading, and to a deeper level occasionally. But then, for the last five minutes or so of programme, the signal "picked up" again. I was able to utilise maximum bandwidth on my radio as there was no interference whatsoever from any other station - both sidebands were clear, and the nearest signals audible were on 13730 and 13775. Given such clarity of transmission I found the audio quality very interesting to listen to. It varied from awful - particularly at the beginning of the programme - to very good when the Albanian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest was played. I liked that song by the way! The speech quality varied from telephone type to something much better than that. I'm sorry if you think me over-critical, but it really does matter on long distance shortwave transmissions that the audio is as good as it possibly can be. So I would estimate the average signal as very good and about SINPO 55544 with some deterioration after 1415 to about 45534. I hope the signal made it across the Atlantic and to Enid in Oklahoma! I've listened to Wolfy's recording of the signal now - yes, very good indeed, and like that here around the same time (Noel Green, to Drita Çiço, via DXLD) Our song has too much pain in marrow. Its fable is for the stone you throw back of you when you leave to immigrate away from your country and how you pray to take this stone back with much contriteness and nostalgia. Sometimes ago, I learnt about this fable from an interview of Ms Koleci, Director of Radio Tirana on our Albanian Television in Morning program. She said that this fable is clear in Albanian song version, but it is not in its English version (Drita Çiço, R. Tirana, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also DENMARK R. Tirana began a new broadcast in English April 25, at 2000-2030 on 13720 for North America, but also aimed across Western Europe and UK. Tuning in early, I feared it would not be making it as there was no signal and nothing else audible on 13 MHz band from European sites. But it popped on at 2000 with a good S9+20 signal, which I would rate at SINPO 44444; everything on this band has a problem with my neighbor`s TV set swish, but that is only my local obstacle. The TVI only bothered during slight fades of R. Tirana. Began by announcing English schedule as usual in local time of UT+2; sounded like the first frequency mentioned for the ``2045`` broadcast was 7665 instead of 7465, but I wasn`t taping and can`t be sure. After the usual broadcasts, added brand-new schedule for ``Northern America, Tue-Sun 1500-1530 on 13750 and 2200-2230 on 13720``. Unfortunately, these times were specified as UTC, which they are not. Programming would consist of news, Albanian press review, Albania and New European Integration Process (or something like that), lite entertainment. Top news item was that Pres. Bush would be visiting Albania on June 10 as part of a European trip. It would be the first visit ever by a US president to Albania. (Well, acting president, anyway.) Daily Press Review at 2010 was about the resignation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, causing a government crisis. 2014-2018 played Albania`s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest [more about that elsewhere in DXLD], ``Hear My Plea``. At 2018 urged listeners to vote by SMS, if they are in eligible countries outside Albania; then a comment about NATO membership. Suddenly at 2019 some adjacent QRM cropped up from a strong carrier on 13725 with a tone test. The carrier remained on until 2029:30, but unmodulated after the brief tone. The QRM could be avoided by slight side-tuning. This was no doubt VOA Greenville tuning up/warming up for the Creole broadcast on 13725 which does not start until 2100. Is this really necessary? Why not do it starting at 2049? At 2022 and 2025 R. Tirana played a couple more songs. 2028, Goodbye, and anthem, but transmitter cut off before it finished, at 2028:30 or so. Audio quality was as usual rather lo-fi, as if thru an old phone line, more of a drawback during the music, but modulation levels were good. If you can also hear 7465 (inaudible here, hence the suggestion to add a much higher frequency), you may find that the programs are not the same, with 13720 carrying the previous day`s show, for logistical reasons. All in all, this and the new morning broadcast should be good alternatives to the evening broadcasts for North Americans to hear R. Tirana. Another change we suggested should now be in effect, English at 0145-0200 on 6120 ex-6115, to avoid Italy via Ascension on 6110; but at 0230-0300 still on 6115, both // 7425. On this occasion, with the MUF cooperating, reception here at 2000 would probably have been even better on the 15 MHz band, judging from a number of European and Mideast signals coming thru there; but not sure if R. Tirana can get a transmitter and antenna to go up to 15.7 MHz. Recently they have not had any broadcasts above the 9 MHz band. R. Tirana also started on April 25 a new morning broadcast to North America we suggested at 1300-1330 on 13750, which got some good reports from ENAm and Europe, and which I shall start monitoring on April 26. Of course, both 13 MHz frequencies should be much more reliable in Europe beyond the skip zone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 April follow. Solar flux 77 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 5. The mid-latitude K-index at 2100 UTC on 25 April was 1 (9 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SEC via DXLD) Note the jump in SF to 77; had been mostly around 69 (gh, DXLD) The 22 mb is wide open tonight, - I hear Firedrake jamming against US- Tinian on 13625 with S=9 from Beijing, some 8000 km away. But my location is too close to Albania on 13 MHz. The signal on 13720 is only S=4-5 strong, and skips over my head. I can understand the RT announcer well, but compared to the noon broadcast at 1300 UT the latter is the much, much better one at my place in Germany... 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, at least here in upstate NY, Radio Tirana is putting in a powerhouse signal (sounding like the old days) at 2010 UT on 13720. It must be a powerhouse signal because I'm hearing it loud and clear on my old Grundig Satellit 210/TR 6001 using only the whip in a steel- framed office building (but admittedly with the radio near a window). So, I would say at least for today, the experiment is an unqualified success. I haven't heard Tirana this clearly in years (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, ibid.) ** ANTARCTICA. LRA36, good reception on 15476, starting program with nice Spanish music. Time 1910. Best with the longwire 25 meter, with the super KAZ antenna poor signal, but good audio. RX NRD545. Gr[eetings] (Maurits van Driessche, Belgium, April 23, BDX via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA [and non]. RAE still the victim of 3-way collision with Spain and Morocco. Monitored 15345 April 25 from 1939, just as RAE`s DX program in Italian was starting with ``DX`` in Morse a few times, really cutting thru the QRM. Then several DX news items, including Omdurman, Latvia, Kurdistan mentioned. This time, RAE was close to 15345, producing a rumble (low het) rather than an audible het in the 100-200 Hz range. This was combined with audio from the two other stations, Morocco in Arabic and Spain in Spanish, the two of which seemed to be very close but not quite zero-beat. Should have looked interesting on a scope. At first, RAE was actually on top, but still too much QRM to get much out of the DX news. Most of the audible QRM was in Arabic. At 1947 ``DX`` in Morse again as DX program concluded; tangos, including one that sounded like Gardel, 1955 RAE IS. Propagation now seemed to be favoring South America over Europe. So meanwhile I checked 15820 for LTA in SSB, and indeed it was audible aside weak WWCR, at 1952 and later. Not even a carrier, however, from LRA36 on 15476. After monitoring R. Tirana`s new 2000 UT broadcast, back to 15345 at 2032: RAE now in French mixing with ``Allah Akbar`` at roughly equal level. 2054, RAE IS mixing mainly with Arabic; 2103, Arabic was on top. And so it goes, as these three insist on using the same frequency at the same time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA [and non]. Ciao! R. Baluarte 6214.2 kHz. Casilla 45 - Puerto Iguazù - Argentina con e-mail da contatoarmoniafm @ hotmail.com in 29 giorni. Inviato Rpt cartaceo. Si 1 IRC. V/s: Pastor Paulo Lima (Roberto Pavanello, Italy, playdx yg via DXLD) TESTO DELLA EMAIL RICEVUTA : SCRITTA IN LINGUA PORTUNOL (Glenn Hauser will be glad) [sic:] "Ola es um gusto saber que estas escutiando la radio para mim es um gusto poder se cumunicar com ustd.me alegro pos se comunicar. ja recibi mutias carta de italia estoi feles por saber que estamos llegamdo taa lecho de aca lle felisito por todo estamos pedindo a dios que lles bendigas mutio, grasias" SOI PASTOR.PAULO LIMA DE FOZ DO IGUAZU BRAZIL (via Dario Monferini, ibid.) Algo más que Portunhol: agregue faltas de ortografía + typos! HAN (Horazio Nigro, Uruguai, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. 2134 GMT April 23: 11650, UNID - OM and YL reading weather forecast in English. Rock song at 2137. Heavily splashed by french CRI broadcast on 11660. I checked back at 2159, but it wasn't anymore on this frequency [should be RA Shepparton too; not // 11695? --- gh. See Below] 2147 GMT April 23, 11695, Radio Australia. OM starting announcement in English, after some commercials [?], by giving time in various areas. Frequencies for Cook Islands, new broadcasting target for RA, will be announced soon. YL then joins the programme "Breakfast club", with the exam of some Australian newspaper headlines. Song by a female voice at 2153. Very-good signal. Ciao, (Chris Diemoz, Italy, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11650 also could be R. Australia, as listed by EiBi & Aoki. By 2159 it might have faded out. Or the program was definitely not parallel to 11695? 73! Ciao! (Serghey Nikishin, (Moscow, Russia), ibid.) It`s the same conclusion I came this morning cross-checking Eibi, Aoki and DX Handbook. 11650 is aimed to Pacific, whilst 11695 to Asia, and this explains the difference of signal too. Also switching 11650 off at 22 matches with what's reported on listings. As for the broadcast, I checked their web programme guide and - at that time - both frequencies should carry the "Breakfast Club" (that I well recognized on 11695). I can't say they were exactly //, as 11650 was definitely weak for me, but the format (voices in the studio, informal talking) sounded close enough. You know how hard is to check these parallel broadcasts (a delay of a few seconds is enough to mislead you). Thanks for stopping by and helping. Ciao, (Chris Diemoz, ibid.) ** BANGLADESH. Dear Friends, Bangladesh Betar finally offered a QSL for my reception report on their 4750 kHz. They seems to verify this frequency. It is advised that the below given e-mail ID may be used for sending reports (T. R. Rajeesh, Kerala, India, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: --- Original Message ----- From: rrc @ dhaka.net Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:49 PM Subject: Response from Bangladesh Betar Dear T. R. Rajeesh, Thank you for your letter and sending us of our SW transmitter reception report. For your kind information, I would like to inform you that in addition to the frequency 4750 KHz, we also have another SW transmission of frequency 7185 KHz. May I ask you to receive those and send report to us. I will send you a QSL card within short time. With regards, Mahesh Ch. Roy, Senior Engineer (via T. R. Rajeesh, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 2350-2357, 20 Apr, Quechua, talks; 54343, adjacent utility QRM. 4650.2, R.Stª Ana, Stª Ana de Yacuma, 2206-2223, 21 Apr, Spanish, talks, ballads; 35332. 4865, R. Logos, Stª Cruz de la Sierra, 2217-2231, 21 Apr, Low German, c&w type of songs, preaching; 45333. 4958.1, R. Difª Trópico (tentative), Trinidad, 2236-2246, 21 Apr, Spanish, talks; 23331 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL – A Rádio Clube do Pará, de Belém (PA), que transmite em 4885 kHz, enviou o cartão QSL e folheto com a história da emissora, em 45 dias, ao Francesco Cecconi, de Anagni, na Itália. A emissora possui o seguinte endereço postal: Avenida Almirante Barroso, 2190, 3º andar, Marco, CEP: 66095-000, Belém (PA). A direção da emissora está a cargo de Marcos Centeno (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 22 via DXLD) ** BURMA [non]. RUSSIA Summer A-07 for Democratic Voice of Burma in Burmese via TRW: 1430-1527 on 15480 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoEaAs \\ 17625 MDC via RNW (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) ** CANADA. RCI IS and ID loop was running April 24 at 0533 on 6175, which is after the end of the V. of Vietnam relay; why? Well, it`s the middle of the night in Sackville so maybe no one turned off the transmitter, allowing the program feed with that to continue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. Re: 7335 usurped by US station Hello Mr. Hauser, Our broadcast service has been registered with the ITU, HFCC and other broadcasting authorities. This was done for us by CBC/Radio-Canada-Transmission's bureau, on our behalf, since they have the experience in doing this for all the RCI and CBC transmitters. The registrations were made recently, so you may not see it unless you have the latest listings. However being registered is no guarantee that we have exclusive rights to this frequency. Shortwave broadcasting is done on a cooperative and consensus basis. It is very difficult to have governments around the world to agree to one set of rules and share the crowded radio bands. If there is any interference, it will be a matter of negotiation to try to resolve the dispute. Since we have occupied this frequency since 1938, we should have a stronger case. In Europe, Radio Vatican transmits on 7.335 MHz. In Eastern Asia, Radio China also transmits on 7.335 MHz. There are also pirate stations in Cuba that sometimes transmits on this frequency. I have sent a letter to World Harvest Radio, noting the interference they cause with our signal. We will see how they respond. If we need any further action, we can present our case to the FCC in the United States. I have not heard this interfering station at my location in Canada. However if you and other shortwave listeners find the CHU time service important and the interference from WHRI too severe, send a letter of complaint to WHRI. This may be more effective than any politically correct negotiations we need to go through. Your position with WORLD OF RADIO should make this very effective. Thank you for your concern. Raymond Pelletier ============================================ Frequency and Time Institute for National Measurement Standards National Research Council Canada M-36, room 1026 1200 Montreal Road Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6 Tel: (613) 993-3430 Fax: (613) 952-1394 raymond.pelletier @ nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Government of Canada ======================================== Fréquence et temps Institut des étalons nationaux de mesure Conseil national de recherches Canada M-36, salle 1026 1200 chemin Montréal Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6 Tél: (613) 993-3430 Télécopieur: (613) 952-1394 raymond.pelletier @ nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Gouvernment du Canada ======================================== (Raymond Pelletier, April 16, WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I think you are too kind to WHRI. There is no reason they have to use CHU`s frequency; plenty of others available, especially in the middle of the night. Longtime Vatican collision also ought to be resolved, but it is nothing compared to 250 kW from South Carolina. Not aware of any Cuban pirates on 7335. O, that was R. República, which WRMI planned to put on 7335 via a relay in B-06, but we intervened and it did not happen (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WHRI ** CANADA. A new AM X-band station on 1650, 1 kW day, 680 watts night, for Mississauga ON has been approved by the CRTC. The competing application for a station on the same frequency for Brampton ON was denied (both cities are suburbs of Toronto). The night power of the new station is limited to 680 watts instead of the 1 kW requested http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-117.htm Ethnic radio programming undertakings in Mississauga and Brampton In this decision, the Commission approves the application by Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for a broadcasting licence to operate a commercial AM ethnic radio programming undertaking in Mississauga. The Commission denies the application by S. S. TV Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate a commercial AM ethnic radio programming undertaking in Brampton. Background 1. On 29 December 2005, the Commission received an application by S. S. TV Inc. (S. S. TV) for a broadcasting licence to operate a commercial AM ethnic radio programming undertaking in Brampton. The applicant proposed to operate the station at 1,650 kHz (Class C) with a transmitter power of 1,000 watts, day and night. The application was announced in Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-7, 13 July 2006, as part of the 11 September 2006 public hearing process. 2. On 4 August 2006, the Commission received an application by Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated (Ray), for a broadcasting licence to operate a commercial AM ethnic radio programming undertaking in Mississauga. The applicant also proposed to operate the new station at 1,650 kHz (Class C) with a transmitter power of 1,000 watts, day and night. The application was announced in Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-11, 19 October 2006, as part of the 18 December 2006 public hearing process. 28. The Commission is satisfied that Ray will be able to provide high- quality programming and that its application is consistent with the objectives of the Ethnic Policy. As such, approval of Ray’s proposal would ensure the availability of more over-the-air radio programming in the proposed languages in the Mississauga area, as well as programming to cultural groups that receive minimal radio service or, in the case of the Armenian community, no radio service. Furthermore, it is the Commission’s view that the contributions proposed by Ray to the development of Canadian talent are concrete. Accordingly, the Commission considers that the application by Ray would make effective use of the proposed frequency. 29. In light of the above, the Commission approves the application by Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for a broadcasting licence to operate a commercial AM ethnic radio programming undertaking in Mississauga at 1,650 kHz (Class C) with a transmitter power of 1,000 watts for daytime and 680 watts for night- time operations. The move of CKOV-630 Kelowna BC to FM (103.1 MHz, 11 kW) has been approved by the CRTC: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-116.htm CKOV Kelowna – Conversion to FM band 1. The Commission approves the application by Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Ltd. (the general partner) and Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited Partnership (Pattison), for a broadcasting licence to operate a new English-language FM radio programming undertaking at Kelowna to replace its AM station CKOV. The terms and conditions for the new service are set out in the appendix to this decision. 2. The Commission received one intervention in support of this application and one comment. 3. The new station will offer a Soft Vocals music format. It will continue to offer CKOV’s traditional style of news and information programming, including Open Line with John Michaels, a daily current affairs show. The new FM station’s music format and spoken word programming will target Kelowna listeners in the 35-to-64-year-old age group. 8. As set out in the appendix to this decision, the licensee is authorized to simulcast the programming of the new FM station on CKOV for a transition period of three months following the commencement of operations of the FM station. Pursuant to sections 9(1)(e) and 24(1) of the Broadcasting Act, and consistent with the licensee’s request, the Commission revokes the licence for CKOV effective at the end of the simulcast period. Issuance of the broadcasting licence to operate an English-language FM radio programming undertaking in Kelowna The licence will expire 31 August 2013. The station will operate at 103.1 MHz (channel 276B) with an average effective radiated power of 11,000 watts. 73, (via Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, April 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 6115, Voice of the Strait, 0955-1005 April 23. Noted females in Chinese Vernacular language comments. The PassPort says this is an Amoy language broadcast. On the hour, time ticks. This is the last clear detail because "everyone and his brother" start broadcasting at 1000 causing splatter and QRM. Until then, the signal was good (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston, Florida, NRD545, WR-G305/PD, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. Hello Dragan and all! The list of stations jammed by China is not so long as it may seem. It includes VOA, RFA, as well as all broadcasts from Taiwan in Chinese, its dialects and some minority languages. I'm not sure about BBC. All the rest appears to be free from jamming. 73! (Sergej Nikishin, (Moscow, Russia), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Jammed by CHN mainland. Also -- BBC Mandarin and Nepali [to audience in Tibet] - maybe Uzbek too [to audience in Xinjiang], and -- AIR Delhi in Mandarin, Tibetan and Nepali. -- Voice of Tibet program. Chinese Jamming also at Mugabe land Zimbabwe. Firedrake in this season heard here in Europe like More Firedrake channels noted in A07 season here in Europe: 6105 at 2200. 7105 at 2200. 7130 at 16-17. 7160 at 2200. 7190 at 2200. 7260 at 1700. 7280 at 1700. 7355 at 2100. 7445 22-24. 7470 at 2300. 7500 at 2300. 7540 at 2300. 9200 10300 at 1254 & 1413 & 1443. 9355 at 17-21. 9370 at 16-17 9455 at 20-21 9555 at 1600. 9605 11-1530. 9660 at 0-1 9765 at 04-05[Zimbabwe jamming] 9780 at 1500. 9850 at 19-22. 9905 against KHBN Palau relay 15-18, 19-22 9930 KWHR at 14-18. 11665 at 07-16. 11785 at 11-15. 11805 at 12-15. 11825 at 09-13 11935 at 2100. 11945 at 15-16. 11965 at 13-15. 11990 at 11-1230. 12005 at 1500. 12040 at 11-15. 12120 at 1430-1530. 13610 at 07-11. 13625 at 12-17. 13670 at 03-07. 13740 at 07-10. 15130 at 03-06. 15165 at 06-07. 15205 11-13. 15250 07-11. 15265 at 04-06. 15270 at 01-09. 15465 at 12-14. 15510 11-14, 18-20. 15530 at 16-17. 15795 at 11-13. 15635 at 03-07. 15680 at 03-07. 15795 at 1130-1315 against AIR. 17565 13-14 17780 at 06-10. 17855 at 07-11. 17880 at 03-07. (wb) Firedrake jamming in previous 2006 season: 6030 6085 6090 6105 6110 6145 6150 7105 7130 7150 7160 7185 7190 7200 7255 7260 7270 7280 7310 7330 7355 7365 7445 7470 7500 7540 9350 9355 9365 9370 9410 9415 9450 9455 9510 9530 9540 9545 9555 9575 9580 9605 9610 9615 9635 9660 9670 9680 9745 9780 9805 9845 9850 9855 9865 9875 9905 9910 9955 11520 11550 11590 11605 11635 11640 11665 11690 11695 11700 11705 11710 11715 11740 11750 11760 11765 11775 11780 11785 11795 11805 11825 11830 11840 11885 11895 11915 11925 11935 11945 11965 11975 11980 11990 12015 12025 12040 12085 13610 13625 13670 13675 13715 13725 13740 13760 13765 13775 13790 13825 13830 15130 15135 15150 15165 15225 15245 15250 15265 15270 15285 15290 15320 15330 15385 15390 15430 15465 15510 15525 15530 15585 15665 15685 17310 17330 17350 17510 17545 17550 17560 17565 17615 17630 17640 17685 17695 17705 17730 17765 17780 17855 17880 21500 21660 21690 21705 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, April 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Danke schön für die Korrektur, Wolfgang. I don't remember if you ever mentioned 6280 2200-2400: "Firedrake" against Sound of Hope in Chinese from Taiwan. Just a little addition... -- 73! (Sergej Nikishin, (Moscow, Russia), ibid.) Hi Glenn, Sounds like our old friend, the Chinese Firedrake Jammer is on 18160 today (Brian Crow, Pittsburgh, 1607 UT April 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 6035.042v, LV de[l] Guaviare, S.J. Guaviare, 18 April. Transmitter on at *1029 with sign-on announcements by man, then woman with ID, promos, “Música, noticias, deportes... La Voz del Guaviare”. Many vocals. Possible Caracol promo. Steadily drifting downward with deteriorating signal, finally stabilizing around 6034.997 at 1200 UT (Brandon Jordan, Memphis, TN, Receiver: RFSpace SDR-14*, Antenna: Wellbrook K9AY; *I am using the 190 kHz bandwidth recording capability of the SDR-14 overnight and then demodulating the recordings the next day, thus multiple loggings may occur during the same time period, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. It seems all the DGS transmitter sites suffer from ``crackling`` to varying degrees, which I assume has something to do with the satellite receivers being mistuned or off-target. A perennial problem which has been going on for a long time; why don`t they fix it? The crackling on 9725, April 24 at 1345, extended to plus/minus 15 kHz, bothering neighboring stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. DXers Unlimited’s mid week edition coming to you from Havana, via short wave on 9550 kilohertz from 23 to 00 hours UTC. Yes, you can also listen to this program on the 31 meters band when Radio Havana Cuba’s English language program to the Caribbean and Southern United States of America is on the air on 9550 kilohertz with 100 kilowatts and our 6 dB gain omni directional antenna (Arnie Coro, CO2KK, RHC DXers Unlimited April 24, via HCDX via DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. ESTADOS UNIDOS – De forma surpreendente, a Rádio Marti foi captada, em Porto Alegre (RS), em 25 de abril, às 1655, pela freqüência de 11845 kHz. Neste horário, as antenas da emissora estão voltadas para a América Central (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 22 via DXLD) ?? Hardly; per HFCC, 184 degrees from Greenville, right at Cuba (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. Hola Glenn, observando los esquemas que aparecieron en DXLD 7-045, 15 Abril 2007, la única diferencia es en: 6030 22-12...yo la he notado a las 2300 UT y sería 23-12 UT. (Yimber Gaviria, Colombia 20 abril 2007). 1180. Radio Martí, abril 21, 0420- UT, 222, (con oleaje de Radio Super, Cali-1200). En paralelo a 6030 y 7405 kHz. Recuerdo que en Santa Marta esta frecuencia se escuchaba bien, también Radio Mambi en 710 kHz. El 23 abril 2007 la onda media, después de las 0450 UT sin señal. 24 abril sigue llegando la señal de la onda media también en Cali, 0355-0405 UT esperado algún mensaje diferente a los que se transmiten en la onda corta pero en realidad es lo mismo en paralelo a 6030, 7365 y 7405 kHz. pero a las 0400 UT quedo 6030 y 7405 (7365 cerro a las -0400* UT) con Noticiero Radio Martí hablando sobre la muerte de Boris Yeltsin (Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. Radio República is dropping its programming via Canada at 0100-0400 UT Tues-Sat on 9735 due to funding problems. The last day will be April 30 (May 1 UT). (Jeff White, RMI, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS TURKISH NORTHERN. 6150.04, Radio Bayrak, 0328, April 24, E female ID after NA, in the clear this morning as co-channel Gene Scott [TIRWR Costa Rica] was missing and RRI English stupidly stayed on 5975 which is scheduled for Spanish 0200-0300 thus badly clashing with VOT also in English. Usual atrocious modulation (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Modulation comment refers to Bayrak? (gh, ibid.) ** CZECHIA [non]. RUSSIA Summer A-07 for Radio Prague via TRW: 1630-1657 on 11825 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu German [Armavir] 1800-1827 on 5840 DB 200 kW / 317 deg to EaEu Russian [Dushanbe] U.K.(non) Additional transmissions via VT Communications: Radio Prague in English from April 11: 0330-0357 on 6080 SAC 250 kW / 268 deg to NoAm, co-channel R. Minsk HS + VOA English (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) ** DENMARK. Re discussion of Albania`s Eurovision entry: am just listening to your Song Contest entry on 13750. This reminded me about our entry. Did you ever hear it? It is by Drama Queen, or D.Q., who actually is a man: http://www.dr.dk/Melodigrandprix/Solister/2007/dq.htm - a little down in the middle click under 'Hør sangen' (Hear the song) on Drama Queen. All the best, (Erik Køie, Denmark, to Drita Çiço, via DXLD) ** DJIBOUTI. Animated RTD Logo image: http://www.rtd.dj/Logo-RTD.gif (from a blog in Dutch dealing somewhat with DX, http://sereniteit.wordpress.com/2007/04/25/dx-tropenband-djibouti/ via Herman Boel, BDX via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 15680, DRM ECUADOR(?). HCJB Global Voice, 1615, 4/21/07. Just happened on this. The data line says Pifo, Ecuador; however the signal is a surprising 22 db which makes me wonder if it isn't more local. "World Music-Mosaic" Full copy without dropouts. Like local FM, very interesting program with great music. excellent (George Herr, CA, WinRadio g303e, R8B and NRD535, 50' wire and AmRad Antennas, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Special DRM tests of HCJB Global: 1600-0200 15680 QUI 004 kW / 320 deg to NoAm from April 17 till 29 0400-0630 9870 QUI 004 kW / 037 deg to WeEu from April 30 till May 26 1500-0100 15680 QUI 004 kW / 355 deg to CeAm from April 30 till May 26 0100-0400 9915 QUI 004 kW / 355 deg to CeAm from April 30 till May 26 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DXLD) ** ERITREA/ETHIOPIA. 7165/9560 --- Ref DXLD 7-045: A friend in East Africa who speaks Tigrinya and Amharic listened at 0400 today (25 April) to 7165/9560 (Radio Ethiopia's external service transmitters). He says the programme carried at this new time is an Eritrean opposition one called "Voice of Peace and Democracy of Eritrea". Connoisseurs of the Horn of Africa's radio wars over the years will recall that "Voice of Peace and Democracy of Eritrea" used to be relayed via Voice of the Tigray Revolution. It appears to be a separate operation to "Voice of the Democratic Alliance" relayed on 7165/9560 at 1500. Tension remains high in the Horn over Ethiopia's military involvement in Somalia. Eritrea, Ethiopia and factions in Somalia all support rebel groups in the other countries or back those who are fighting against such groups. Yesterday, nine Chinese workers at an oilfield in eastern Ethiopia were among over 70 people killed by ethnic Somali rebels of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF, the operators of Radio Xoriyo). Ethiopia says the ONLF attackers were dressed in Eritrean military uniforms. Thus, expect clandestine radio activity in this part of the world to remain high, or even increase (Chris Greenway, UK, April 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So see next item ** ETHIOPIA [non]. RUSIA, 15260, Radio Xoriyo, 1629-1641, escuchada el 24 de abril en Somalí con cánticos populares, locutor con ID ```...Somalia.. Ogaden’`, SINPO 34343. ALEMANIA, 11640, Radio Xoriyo, 1642-1700, escuchada el 24 de abril en somalí a locutor con comentarios, referencias a Ogadenia, locutora con ID, segmento musical, SINPO 44444. [so were these in // ? -- gh] 13830, V. of Oromia Independence, 1709-1715, escuchada el 24 de abril en oromo a locutor con comentarios, referencias a Oromo, SINPO 34333 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena Radio Master A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. RFI has now posted its A-07 schedules in pdf, including Africa at http://www.rfi.fr/radiofr/statiques/afrique_ete2007.pdf English, as colour-coded en gris: 0400-0430 9805 11995 0500-0530 13680 15160-1 11995-2 0600-0630 15160 17800 9765-2 11725-1 0700-0730 13675 [separate entries to different parts of Africa] 0730-0800 13675 [separate entries to different parts of Africa; or is 0730-0800 a mistake for 0700-0730 too?] 1200-1230 17800-4 21620-3 1600-1700 15605 17605 15160 1 - 25 March to 1 Sept 2 - 2 Sept to 28 Oct 3 - except 6 May to 2 Sept 4 - 6 May to 2 Sept No English broadcasts are found on the Amériques or Asie pdf schedules. No transmitter sites are specified. We know that 15160 at 1600 is RSA, 17800 has been Ascension. Some of the morning broadcasts have been M-F only, and this still may be the case, but hard to tell from the pdf schedules. Don`t you believe the English frequencies on the more easily accessible http://www.rfi.fr/langues/statiques/rfi_anglais.asp which are years out of date! (Glenn Hauser, April 23, WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. FRANÇA – Os fantasmas do Departamento Brasileiro da Rádio França ainda assombram nas ondas curtas! Em 12 de abril, o Antonio Argolo, de Jequié (BA), ligou o seu receptor, às 2057, em 17630 kHz, para ouvir outra emissão que começaria em poucos minutos. O que ele encontrou? O término de um programa em português para o Brasil onde o apresentador, inclusive, mencionava o e-mail brasil @ rfi.fr “Isso prova que a continuidade dos programas para o Brasil é viável e só foi interrompida por questões políticas”, ressalta Argolo (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 22 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. See POLAND [non] ** GUATEMALA. 4779.97, R. Coatán, San Sebastián, 17 April. Transmitter on at *1028 with choral Guatemalan NA then sign-on announcements by male in Spanish at 1033, ID’ing as “Radio Coatán” into lively vocals with ID’s and TC’s by man until 1045 tune-out (Brandon Jordan, Memphis, TN, Receiver: RFSpace SDR-14*, Antenna: Wellbrook K9AY; *I am using the 190 kHz bandwidth recording capability of the SDR-14 overnight and then demodulating the recordings the next day, thus multiple loggings may occur during the same time period, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH [and non]. DRM from TDF Montsinéry was missing again inexplicably, April 25 at 1935 check, no sign of it on 17870-17875- 17880, tho CVC Chile 17635-17640-17645 and HCJB 15675-15680-15685 DRM buzzes were audible. TDF nominal schedule is 1300-2000. I often find them missing before 1400, and apparently they also close earlier than 2000 when they feel like it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HONDURAS. 3250.07, R Luz y Vida, San Luís, 16 April. Transmitter on at *1100 with sign-on announcements by man then into NA and directly into a religious program at 1104, woman speaking religious phrases in Spanish and male repeating them in English (Brandon Jordan, Memphis, TN, Receiver: RFSpace SDR-14*, Antenna: Wellbrook K9AY; *I am using the 190 kHz bandwidth recording capability of the SDR-14 overnight and then demodulating the recordings the next day, thus multiple loggings may occur during the same time period, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Hi folks, Logs for Monday 23rd April 2007; Degen DE1103 + Degen Internal loop. 2125 GMT April 23, 11620, All India Radio. "Faithfully yours" program in English with OM and YL reading listeners e-mails and letters. Franz is assured there are no plans, against what he suspected, to close down English shortwave service. Then, a picture postcard from Paolo Mantoani in Italy, who'll get a QSL for a 2nd April listening. Blasting signal! 2154 GMT April 23, 11715, All India Radio Delhi - OM in English about exports in India, and related IPCG obligations. 2200, OM IDing the station, then "please, stand by for the news". These are read by an YL. Some fading, but overall readable and strong. Ciao, (Chris Diemoz, Italy, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. VOI has been active on 9525 lately until 1400, including a nice eclectic music mix. April 23 at 1350-1354+ they were again using the march ``Under the Double Eagle`` by Wagner as background to some report in Indonesian. This was noted repeatedly several months ago around this time, but 24 hours later, instead we heard a ballad by itself. Maybe UTDE is a Monday thing? After 1357 as usual mixes with CRI Russian Chinese music prélude to 1400 broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 4749.96, RRI Makassar, Sulawesi, 17 April 0835 - Carrier first noticed rising above noise floor at 0835 on 4749.96 kHz amidst weak CODAR QRN. Signal slowly increasing until first signs of audio beginning at 0925 UT at which time CODAR was no longer audible. Kor`anic recitations audible at 0950 and continuing over the ToH. Talk by woman after 1030. Possible news at 1100 then into talks by various announcers. Signal peaking around 1130 with female speaker giving RRI web site address. Man at 1145 with possible sports coverage until 1200 as signal was slowly weakening (Brandon Jordan, Memphis, TN, Receiver: RFSpace SDR-14*, Antenna: Wellbrook K9AY; *I am using the 190 kHz bandwidth recording capability of the SDR-14 overnight and then demodulating the recordings the next day, thus multiple loggings may occur during the same time period, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. NOTES FROM THE MEDIA MIND Neither of the Public Radio stations in this area –-- WEKU & WUKY --- carry any talk programming from NPR other than ME & ATC & the hourly newscasts. WEKU has a classical music format and WUKY, `Where Public Radio Rocks`, (ugh!) --- has a kind of pop music format. But I`ve found a source for programming like the Diane Rehm Show, etc., viz. WVGN-FM 107.3, St Thomas USVI. How is this accomplished? By changing the audio PID on the satellite feed of NBC affiliate WVGN-TV, located there. Of course that eliminates the TV audio, which I don`t need. A `bouquet` of channels on the Galaxy 16 satellite --- some from the VI, some from PR --- gives viewers in the Carib/ area access to all of the US TV networks. Have noted the ABC affiliate, WPRU-TV, PR, carrying New York news from Ch. 7 (WABC) in NY. All programming on these stations appears to be English except for some ads in Spanish. Having lost VOA TV & Radio via sat/, I thought I had a shot at the latter form Hispasat, there being a listing for it on a TV Martí channel, with Radio Martí being available on another TV Martí channel --- again requiring a change of audio PIDs to receive the radio audio. But doing so revealed no VOA, both channels being RM. There`s a world of stuff, including VOA TV & Radio on the NSS-806 sat/, but receiving it w`d require my having a dish (C-band) at 40.5 degrees W with a feed for circ/ pol. The Hisp/ stuff is Ku, for which, obviously, I have a dish. Hisp/ provides Cubavisión and Cubavisión Internacional plus several Cuban radio stations (Rebelde, Reloj, etc.). RNE [SPAIN] is there with that great Radio Clásica, and also RFI [FRANCE] and a number of TV and radio channels out of the ME (duplicating those on IA-5) (Loren Cox, Jr., Lexington KY, 17 April, by P-mail, retyped by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) How odd, that WVGN has non-commercial FM, and commercial TV. Could this ever happen on the Mainland? WOI (gh, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Tamil Tigers and Intelsat: see SRI LANKA ** IRAN [non]. RUSSIA Summer A-07 for Radio Anternational/International in Farsi via TRW 1630-1730 on 6225 SMF 500 kW / 129 deg to WeAs (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Don`t you believe the log on page 35, May Monitoring Times, of Open Radio for North Korea on 4749.96! Since when have they ever been on that frequency? The identically worded log showing the correct frequency, 7390 was in DXLD 7-028. 4749.96 should have gone with an unrelated log of RRI Makassar; AAMOF one in this issue on exactly that frequency; see INDONESIA just above (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, CLANDESTINE. Denge Mezopotamya, 1335, 4/22/07. Kurdish program via Kichinev, Moldova. Exotic local music reaching S2 on peaks. Time pips at TOH were 18 seconds late at 1400. Announcements at 1400 into news format which lasted to 1420. Back to music. Signal dipped to near inaudibility around 1405 but recovered to S2 by 1420 (Jerry Strawman, IA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** LIBYA [non]. Clandestina para Libia. MOLDAVIA, 17642, Sawt al-Amal, 1222-1227, escuchada el 24 de abril en árabe a locutor con comentarios. Se aprecia fuerte pitido y de vez en cuando la emisora afro-pop; no se puede determinar la frecuencia de esta segunda emisora, SINPO 43342 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena Radio Master A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRANCIA?? 17625, Voice of Africa, 1224-1226, escuchada el 25 de abril en árabe con ID “Idahat al Jamaeriya al Ouzma”, locutor con comentarios, Sawt al-Amal emitiendo en 17622.5, fuerte colisión con CRI en Mandarín vía Chile, la emisora afro-pop en 17660, SINPO 33443. 25 abril: Hoy a las 1224 se aprecia a la emisora Afro-pop en 17660, a sawt al-Amal en 17622.5 y una transmisión de La Voz de África en 17625 en colisión con CRI en Mandarín; se ha identificado cómo “Idahat al Jamaeriya al Ouzma”. Se la ha podido escuchar durante dos minutos y después el servicio de CRI prevaleció en la frecuencia, a las 1258 Sawt al-Amal en 17630 y la emisora afro-pop sigue en 17660. A las 1318 en 17627.5 Sawt al-Amal (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 6049.64, RTM Sarawak (presumed), 18 April. Carrier first visible at 0847 occasionally peaking above the noise floor, and strengthening until consistently above the noise floor by 0920. Threshold audio beginning by 1028 but HCJB-6050 *1030 made matters difficult. By 1200 UT consistent audio noted in LSB, with talk by man and woman in presumed Malaysian, then pop style vocal music beginning at 1215 with female announcer between songs until 1235 end of recording (Brandon Jordan, Memphis, TN, Receiver: RFSpace SDR-14*, Antenna: Wellbrook K9AY; *I am using the 190 kHz bandwidth recording capability of the SDR-14 overnight and then demodulating the recordings the next day, thus multiple loggings may occur during the same time period, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I thought this RTM off-frequency transmitter was pinned on Kajang in peninsular Malaysia rather than Sarawak (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 6049.600, RTM. Malaysia, 1020-1030 April 23. Noted a man in comments followed with music. Between 1026 and 1030, a telephone caller is interviewed. At 1030 HCJB pops up on 6050 and blocks all. Until then, RTM was fair (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston, Florida, NRD545, WR-G305/PD, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6049.65, RT Malaysia, 1000-1030 April 24. Until ten past the hour, heard news presented by a man. This followed with a program of music and comments from a female between each musical selection. Signal went from threshold to poor. At 1030, right on schedule, HCJB comes up and blocks everything on this frequency (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston, Florida, WR-G305E/PD, ibid.) ** MAURITANIA. 4845, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 0706-0812*, 19 Apr, Arabic, talks, chantings, abrupt s/off for QSY 7245 (very strong); 55434. 7245, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 1407-1516, 22 Apr, French, news, traditional tunes & songs, Vernacular, talks; 54343, adjacent DRM QRM. (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) i.e. RN Flevo 7235- 7240-7245 ** MEXICO. Still no sign of XEYU 9599v at various chex, especially during the 0500 and 1300 UT hours on April 23, 24. Nor XEXQ 6045. Wonder if that is still on the air at all. Julián Santiago reported that XEYU was about to reactivate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOLDOVA. RUSSIA Summer A-07 for DMR Radio Pridnestrovye via TRW: 1600-1620 on 5965 KCH 300 kW / 265 deg to WeEu English Mon-Thu 1600-1640 on 5965 KCH 300 kW / 265 deg to WeEu English Fri 1620-1640 on 5965 KCH 300 kW / 265 deg to WeEu French Tue/Thu 1620-1640 on 5965 KCH 300 kW / 265 deg to WeEu German Mon/Wed (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. 4830, Mongoliin R, Altay, 2235-2244, 21 Apr, Mongolian, classical music; 35332; \\ 4895 Murun was better but with QRM de Brasil. 12085, V. of Mongolia, Khonkhor, 1008-1033, 15 Apr, English to Asia, Mongolian songs, address, IS, Mongolian program 1030; 35433, but very bad by 1030 (don't they also change the beam at this time?). (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. 711 kHz, RTM, Laâyoune, 1254-..., 21 Apr, regional program in Arabic, Arabic songs; 45454, but a weak audio, so the "O" on the rating would be lower should we use the SINPFEMO code. I fail to understand why on earth the station doesn't care about the signal quality. Days earlier, i.e. 15 Apr, I observed this one 2141-..., also with regional program in Arabic; 54444 but with a humming & noisy carrier, QRM de E+F (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ARGENTINA +non ** NETHERLANDS. Video R Nederland 60 jaar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_vTivwP8TM&mode=related&search= Bovenstaande link is een video van de wereldomroep 60 jaar. Niet bijster, maar voor iedereen die iets van vorige week wil zien (Max van Arnhem, BDX via DXLD) basically just walking thru the hallways (gh) ** NIGERIA. 7275, R. Nigeria, Abuja, 1040-1307, 21 Apr, English, interview, reports on the elections,..., news 1300, local ID; 25432, and the audio was rather normal this time. 9690, V. of Nigeria, Ikorodu, 1032-..., 21 Apr, English, talks about the elections; 55544, bad audio; off on 7255 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. BELGIUM(non) Frequency change of Radio Saa in Hausa Wed/Sat from Apr. 18: 1600-1700 NF 13770 UNID RUS/CISorTDF transmitter to WeAf, ex 15180 to avoid BBC Arabic (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DXLD) ** NORTHERN MARIANAS. Time changes for KFBS in Russian on 11650: On the 341 deg beam, 0730-0930 is replaced with 09-11. On the 323 deg beam: 0930-10 and 1030-12 is replaced with 11-1330, and the 1230-1330 release is reduced to 1230-13. 1130-12 (exc. Thursday in Mongolian and Halh) is unchanged (Aoki A07 list via Joe Hanlon, NJ) PS -- It's good to check the Aoki listings often, since at the right end of the list there's a date indicating when a new frequency goes into effect or is discontinued. (Joe Hanlon, NJ, April 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Hi All, Just a note for DX'ers... In the Oklahoma City AM scene, WKY 930 which is owned by Clear Channel is on the block (again.) It is the oldest station in the state and west of the Mississippi with a W call. Several years ago when CC acquired it, it went from English news-talker into a Spanish language music format (which has basement numbers.) Anyway, it is being sold so if you want to QSL it as a Spanish station, better get it fast. Rumor here has it that it will go back to English with an as yet [un]known format. Of course, the actual buyer is still up in the air as well. By the way, I work for KOKC 1520AM (formerly KOMA) 50k in OKC. Tune us in and report on our signal --- we appreciate DX reports and we gladly QSL (our studios by the way, are actually located right next to the old WKY transmitter building and towers.) Good DX (John Carson, OK, kd5srw, April 24, O[ntario]DXA yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 4716.65, R Yura (presumed), Yura, 17 April. Transmitter on at *0918 with open carrier until NA at 0926 then announcements by male at 0930. Poor with unusable audio but improving towards 1000 with vocals and occasional good peaks. Female announcer discernible at 1003 with Spanish talk between vocals during the 1000 hour but no ID heard. Drifted up and stabilized around 4716.66 kHz by 1045 UT when the signal began fading rapidly. Carrier below the noise floor by 1115 [Brandon Jordan-TN] 4746.87, R. Huanta 2000 (presumed), Huanta, 17 April. Transmitter on at *0944 amidst weak to moderate CODAR QRN. Very weak audio at sign-on but improving, peaking at fair to good levels with man and woman announcers giving greetings over music at 1044, by which time CODAR was not audible. Monologue by the man announcer from 1053 and across the ToH as signal intelligibility faded to unusable levels by 1110. No ID heard [Brandon Jordan-TN] 4774.96, R Tarma, Tarma, 17 April. Transmitter on at *0957 on 4774.98 kHz but only snippets of audio. Drifting slightly downward and stabilizing at 4774.96 kHz by 1030. Signal improving rapidly by 1045 with Spanish echo-effect talk by man until 1055, with mentions of Peru. Info music bridge with brief announcement by man and woman, possible R. Tarma ID at ToH. Signal deteriorating rapidly by 1100. [Brandon Jordan-TN] 4790.11, R. Visión, Chiclayo, 17 April, 0658 - Religious monologue by male continuing past the ToH, into another religious program at 0737 recorded in echoey hall. Canned “Radio Vision” ID and frequency announcements at 0800, mentioning slogan “La Voz de Salvación” and then into a variety of vocal selections until 0900. Fair with persistent but low level CODAR QRM (Brandon Jordan, Memphis, TN, Receiver: RFSpace SDR-14*, Antenna: Wellbrook K9AY; *I am using the 190 kHz bandwidth recording capability of the SDR-14 overnight and then demodulating the recordings the next day, thus multiple loggings may occur during the same time period, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5939.32, Radio Melodía, 0935-0945 April 23. Noted steady Spanish comments by male. Canned TC by a woman at 0945. Plenty of splatter and general noise here. Needed to notch out carrier from 5940 station to hear Melodía. Basically, Melodía was poor. 4857.47, Radio La Hora, (presumed), 1004-1015 April 23. Have one of those faint signals that are difficult to hear and can result in being ones imagination. But think I hear a male in Spanish comments here. There's definitely a carrier centered on 4857.47 kHz however. This is a kiloHertz up from my last logging of Radio La Hora on February 19, 2007. Opened the WR-G305/PD and found it had more audio gain than the NRD545 with this signal. So the final estimate was a poor signal quality today for Radio La Hora (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston, Florida, NRD545, WR-G305/PD, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 3375, R. San Antonio, Padua de Cállalli, 2352-2359, 20 Apr, Spanish, Indian tunes & songs; 43342, adjacent utility QRM. 4940. R. San Antonio, Villa Atalaya, 2221-2233, 21 Apr, Spanish, religious program on Sunday's Gospel readings; 35333. 4950, R. Madre de Dios, Ptº Maldonado, 2227-2234, 21 Apr, Spanish, pops, then Indian songs; 45322. 4955, R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 2238-2251, 21 Apr, Indian songs; 55333 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND [non]. Polish Radio Warsaw --- I understand that some transmissions, presently relayed by DTK Germany are being moved to (VT Communications ?) UK on May 1st. Does anybody know if this will affect relays of Polish Radio Warsaw in English. If it does I would anticipate considerable 'skip' problems for most of UK, though these could be ameliorated by using lower frequencies I suppose? (Ken Fletcher, 0630UTC=0730UTC+ 1///24th April 2007>>>Wirral (CH43), BDXC- UK via DXLD) Hi Ken, obviously you mixed two different issues together. 1 - Deutsche Welle Bonn broadcaster ceased lease contract with DTL T- Systems (German Telekom) to use 4 x 500 kW units at Nauen, after 10 years as of Apr 30, 2007. 56 changes will take place on April 30 / May 1st, 2007, when all T-systems NAUEN Germany outlets will be ceased by Deutsche Welle. Changes to Trincomalee- CLN, Kigali-RRW, Ascension Isl, Kranji-SNG, Al Dhabbaya-UAE as well. 73 wb wwdxc BC-DX Mar 2 2 - DTK T-systems operations via Juelich, Nauen, and Wertachtal will remain on all leftover customer contracts. Polish Radio Warsaw contract with DTK T-systems has nothing to do with Deutsche Welle matter. DTK customers: AWR Adventist World Radio BVB Bible Voice Broadcasting BCA Bible Christian Association BCE Broadcasting Center Europe S.A. CHW Christliche Wissenschaft DTK Deutsche Telekom DVB Democratic Voice of Burma EMG Evangelische Missions Gemeinden in Deutschland FHG Frauenhofer Gesellschaft FVM Freie Volksmission Krefeld GFA Gospel For Asia HCJ Voice of the Andes HLR Hamburger Lokalradio HRT Hrvratska Radio Televizija IBB International Broadcast Bureau - USA IBR IBRA Radio Sweden MWA Missionswerk Arche MVB Mecklenburg Vorpommern Baltic Radio PAB Pan Am Broadcasting PRW Polish Radio Warsaw RMI Radio Miami International RRO Radio Romania International RNW Radio Netherlands World Service RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie RTR Radio Traumland (Belgien) RTI Radio Taiwan international RWB Radio Waaberi (Somalia) SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo TOM The Overcomer Broadcast TWR Trans World Radio UNL Universelles Leben VOR Voice of Russia WRN World Radio Network YFR WYFR Family Radio 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** PORTUGAL. Finally caught an entire edition of Caixa Postal & Dexismo on RDP International, as scheduled precisely at 1748 UT Monday April 23, via webcast. Indeed it was hardly worth all the trouble to make a point of listening to it. Acknowledged a few letters, one apparently from Christer Brunström in Sweden, something about practicing his Portuguese, and then, and then --- music fill until the show officially ended after only 8 minutes, at least half of which must have been music. Nothing about DX, at least not this week. I did see on the date`s RDPI online program schedule that it has returned to the evening repeat to the Americas, UT Mon 2330-2350 on 9715 and 13700, which gives them even more time to fill with music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Summer A-07 for Tatarstan Wave via TRW (TRW=TV Radio Wave): 0410-0500 on 15110 SAM 250 kW / 060 deg to EaAs in Russian/Tatar 0610-0700 on 9690 SAM 250 kW / 060 deg to CeAs in Russian/Tatar 0810-0900 on 11925 SAM 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in Russian/Tatar (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Summer A-07 for Trans World Radio Europe via TRW: 1445-1530 on 5910 ARM 100 kW / 284 deg to CeEu Polish Sun 1500-1530 on 5910 ARM 100 kW / 284 deg to CeEu Polish Mon-Sat 1530-1600 on 5910 ARM 100 kW / 284 deg to CeEu Hungarian Daily 1600-1615 on 5910 ARM 100 kW / 284 deg to CeEu Czech Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 1600-1615 on 7345 S.P 200 kW / 222 deg to CeEu Czech Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 1600-1630 on 5910 ARM 100 kW / 284 deg to CeEu Romanian Sat 1600-1630 on 7345 S.P 200 kW / 222 deg to CeEu Romanian Sat ** RUSSIA [non]. Summer A-07 for Voice of Orthodox in Russian via TRW: 1530-1600 on 9355 A-A 200 kW / 310 deg to Russia Tue/Fri (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) A-A = KAZAKHSTAN ** RUSSIA [and non]. SPAIN: VOICE OF RUSSIA HONORS SPANISH EXILE BROADCASTERS DURING MADRID CEREMONY Hi Glenn, The Voice of Russia came to town (Madrid) last Monday and held a moving ceremony in which about a half dozen Spaniards, who worked for Radio Moscow throughout the years, were honored by the Russian government. Most of these broadcasters went to Moscow as exiles after the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and were the founders of the present day Spanish service. Eusebio Cimorro, who died last January at the age 98 and had worked at Radio Moscow for more than 30 years since 1940, was one of those honored. His family, many members crying in the audience, was given a medal bestowed by the Russian government. Some of Radio Moscow's most dedicated listeners in Spain were also awarded diplomas. VOR reps also showed a television documentary on the history of Radio Moscow produced for its 75th anniversary. About 60 people showed up. It was a fabulous ceremony filled with fascinating personal histories of these announcers; I wish you could have been there. But you can read a full story and view some of the pics from the ceremony at my shortwave blog: http://www.shortwavescatter.blogspot.com Thanks (Marty Delfin, Madrid, Spain, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAIPAN. See NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ** SAUDI ARABIA. Re 7-048 that BSKSA English was no longer heard: Heard English today Apr 23, 09-12 UT on 15250 kHz. Target is West Africa (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SCARBOROURGH REEF. BS7. As of press time, there is still no news on this upcoming operation that is expected to take place "ten days in late April." DXers should be alert and expect anything at anytime to happen. This means they may just show up on the air. All we can provide at this time are the following suggested frequencies: CW - 1826.5, 3504, 7004, 10124, 10104, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894 and 28024 SSB - 3799, 7057, 14185, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28475 RTTY- 14080, 21080 and 28080 kHz Remember, QSL via KU9C and the BS7H DXpedition Web site, will post updated information at: http://www.bs7h.com Logs will be available ONLY after the end of the DXpedition. (KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 April 23 via Dave Raycroft, ODXA via DXLD) ** SERBIA. 7240v, Radio Serbia International via Stubline Obreanovec observed today with a fair signal. Noted German news between 1600 and 1612 UT and politic & sports features till 1628 UT. Language schedule given on website http://www.radioyu.org is wrong in UT [subtract 1 hr more], but okay in CEST - Central European Summer Time in 2nd column. Transmitter is not stable and is wandering like a S - curve on SpecLaboratory display. Moves from 7239.938 to 7239.943 - and back - within a single minute. Had suffered co-channel interference by Lhasa- Tibet till 1730 UT; and YFR Samara relay in English language at 1800- 2000 UT. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. USA(non) Extended evening transmission of Brother Stair TOM English from Apr. 24: 1900-2100 on 6175 NAU 100 kW / 280 deg to WeEu, ex 1900-2000 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) ** SPAIN. 2350 kHz, REE, Noblejas, 1918-..., 21 Apr, Castilian, football match report; checked against 9665; 25242. Surely an external mixing spur. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12015 minus 9665 = 2350; however, 12015 is scheduled in French, 9665 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, to Carlos via DXLD) Glenn, So it is an external mixing spur, even if the only detectable audio was from the Castilian program on 9665. I recall having detected a similar situation within the 60 m band where just one of the REE programs was audible, or then one was pretty much stronger than the other. I suppose the fact that just one of the two signals is heard is related to the transmitter. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, ibid.) See also RUSSIA [and non] ** SRI LANKA [and non]. SRI LANKA/USA: INTELSAT HALTS "UNAUTHORIZED" TAMIL TIGER SATELLITE BROADCASTS Intelsat, the world's biggest provider of fixed satellite services, has shut down a transponder relaying broadcasts by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Sri Lankan separatist group designated as a terrorist organization by the USA, the EU, Canada and India. Washington-based Intelsat switched off the clandestine transmissions of National Television of Tamil Eelam on the weekend of 21-22 April. The issue emerged in early March when Tamil Tiger websites announced that the LTTE radio Voice of the Tigers had launched broadcasts to South Asia from rebel-held territory in the North and East of Sri Lanka. "Signal piracy" On 10 April, Intelsat officials met the Sri Lankan envoy to the USA Bernard Goonetileke in Washington and the company later issued a statement. Phillip Spector, vice-president and general counsel for Intelsat said: "Intelsat does not tolerate terrorists or others operating illegally on its satellites. Since we first learned of LTTE's signal piracy we have been actively pursuing a number of technical alternatives to halt the transmissions. We are clear in our resolve to end this terrorist organization's unauthorized use of our satellite". But an LTTE spokesman, speaking from Sri Lanka's north to wire services in Colombo, denied the group had been using the satellite services illegally. "We are accessing it legally and there is no signal piracy," the spokesman said. The Sri Lanka embassy in Washington had informed the US State Department and the Department of Justice that "a terrorist group designated by the US as a foreign terrorist organization," was using a satellite owned by a US-based satellite company to transmit their TV and radio programmes. Sri Lankan embassy statement The embassy in a statement gave a history of the LTTE-Intelsat connection. It said: "Since March 2005, the LTTE had been transmitting TV and radio programs through Europe Star 1 satellite owned by French satellite provider Alcatel. PanAmSat, a satellite operator headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut in the US, acquired Europe Star 1 satellite in July 2005. In July 2006, Intelsat Ltd acquired PanAmSat, following which, Europe Star 1 satellite was renamed Intelsat 12. The programmes that the LTTE had been transmitting through Europe Star 1 thus continued uninterrupted even after Intelsat Ltd acquired the satellite". But Ambassador Goonetileke said that he was still not sure that the LTTE was not continuing with its broadcasts. It was possible that a European satellite company had been engaged to carry on the work, he said. Source: BBC Monitoring research in English 25 Apr 07 (via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. Sudan Radio Service: It's SSIR --- You mentioned the station on 15470 in this week's World of Radio show; in the Aoki list, next to Sudan Radio Service there's the letters "SSIR" and it's Southern Sudan Interactive Radio using the time and frequency you mentioned, 14-1430 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. This service used to be heard in the local mornings, i.e. 0630-07, via VT facilities in the UK in past years. If you've never heard what SSIR sounds like go to http://www.newswire.ndxc.org and go to the audio files page, then click "Others" and there's a clip of a transmission recorded in Japan last year (Joe Hanlon, NJ, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UGANDA ** TIBET [non]. CLANDESTINA/MADAGASCAR 17550 kHz, Voice of Tibet, 22- 04-07, 1412-1417 UTC. Música sin identificaciones, en tibetano. SINPO 43333 (Javier Robledillo Jaén Elche (Alicante) España, EA5-1028 Rx: Sangean ATS909; Ant: Telescópica, Noticias DX via DXLD) Clandestina para China: TAJIKISTAN, 17563, Voice of Tibet, 1215-1220, escuchada el 24 de abril en idioma asiático, locutor y locutora con comentarios, cuña publicitaria y segmento de música asiática; se aprecia jammer china en 17555, sin embargo a las 1218 deja la frecuencia de 17555 y se aprecia en 17565, SINPO 23332 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena Radio Master A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [and non]. VOICE OF TIBET FOUNDATION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO PROTEST CHINESE JAMMING The Voice of Tibet Foundation has launched a campaign to protest Chinese radio “jamming” of its broadcasts. It says The Peoples Republic of China has systematically “jammed” Voice of Tibet’s and other “foreign” shortwave radio services for more than 10 years now, and is calling for action and support internationally to protest and demand an immediate stop to the jamming. VOT started broadcasting on shortwave towards India, Nepal, Tibet and China on 14 May 1996, renting airtime from FEBA Radio’s transmitter site at the Seychelles. After a few weeks VOT’s transmissions became the target of hostile jamming from Chinese stations transmitting distorted noise and music on VOT’s internationally registered frequencies. In the autumn of 1996 the PRC authorities forced FEBA Radio to cancel the contract with VOT, by threatening to “jam” all FEBA Radio’s other transmissions as well. Due to this threat FEBA stopped transmitting VOT’s programs in 1996. From 2000 onwards the Chinese jamming towards VOT’s transmissions was further intensified, as has been the case for most other stations providing programming towards China in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Tibetan, Uyghur and other minority language services. These days each and every VOT transmission is targeted by at least two simultaneous jamming transmissions from the PRC authorities, using “state-of-the-art” facilities outside cities like Beijing, Xian, Nanjing and Linhe. But the illegal Chinese censorship does not stop there. In more than 40 Tibetan cities and townships “groundwave” jamming transmissions are targeting VOT’s internationally registered frequencies. The reach of these local jamming transmissions varies from 10 to 30 km in radius (from the antenna, which is often located at a high point overseeing the valley or city) and is very effective within this limited reach. In Tibet the authorities define listening to “foreign” broadcasts such as VOT’s as “splittist” acts. Those caught listening or showing others how to tune to them are prosecuted or sent to “reform-through-labour” camps. The Chinese jamming transmissions not only affects and denies citizens within the borders of China access to VOT’s transmissions, it also affects and denies access for listeners in countries like Nepal, India, Taiwan and most parts of Europe as well. The Voice of Tibet Foundation is calling for action and support from Governments, politicians and NGO’s worldwide in addressing the issue of jamming towards representatives of the Peoples Republic of China, demanding an immediate stop to their hostile “jamming” transmissions. It is requesting that these violations of basic rights of millions of people in Tibet and China should be part of any dialogue with PRC representatives. The Voice of Tibet Foundation says it will be happy to provide further information and documentation on the above mentioned issues. A brief video presentation of VOT can be seen on YouTube or at http://www.vot.org (Source: Voice of Tibet Foundation) (April 25th, 2007 - 11:33 UTC by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD) Was the original connexion with FEBA ever made public before? (gh) ** TURKEY. NUOVE MINACCE IN TURCHIA CONTRO RADIO E EDITRICI CRISTIANE La polizia turca sta indagando su una serie di minacce giunte ad una radio e a editrici cristiane, dopo che mercoledì scorso tre protestanti sono stati assassinati da estremisti a Malatya. A quanto riferisce la Ntv, le minacce sono giunte ad una radio, tre stamperie e una casa editrice. A tutti e cinque le sedi è stata assegnata una protezione della polizia. Continuano intanto le indagini sull'omicidio dei tre protestanti - due turchi e un tedesco - all'interno della sede di una casa editrice cristiana. Secondo fonti di polizia, citate ieri dai quotidiani, l'attacco era stato preparato da tre mesi. La polizia non ha potuto ancora interrogare Emre Gunaydin, nativo della stessa Malatya e presunto capo del gruppo di estremisti, ancora in condizioni critiche in ospedale dopo che si è buttato dalla finestra della casa editrice per sfuggire all'arresto. Le tre vittime sono state legate e sgozzate. Il quotidiano Hurryet, citava ieri un portavoce del Centro medico Turgut Ozal, secondo il quale sul corpo di uno degli uccisi, Ugur Yuksel, si trovano talmente tante ferite da taglio da ritenere che sia stato torturato a lungo prima di essere ucciso (La Padania via Roberto Scaglione, Sicily, April 23, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** UGANDA. NEW!!! Dunamis Shortwave 4.750 MHz – 60 meter band 6 – 10 p.m. local Uganda time! Broadcasting from Mukono, Uganda (Bible Voice Broadcasting, note on A-07 schedule, Toronto, Ont., April 20, via Drita Çiço, Albania, April 23, WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The Christian station Dunamis Shortwave in Uganda has finally started on 4750. Noted here 23 Apr 2007 at 1733 after CNR station had closed down. Dunamis Shortwave signed off at 1902. Their schedule at the moment is 1500-1900 UT (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) OK, but what about radio peace in sudan? haven't seen any recent logs, but should be also there at that time... (Thorsten Hallmann, dxing.info via DXLD) Similar question was raised on another list, so I quote what I replied there --- "I've done routine checks on 4750 almost daily the last few months 1733 onwards. In fact, I have heard only couple of times a weak station (tent. R Peace) closing down around 1815/1820. Dunamis signal was good for a 1 kW'er and I heard also ID's. Bangladesh Betar signs off around 1710 but some days ago they did run Foreign Service well past 1930. Hopefully it was only temporary. As I mentioned, the Chinese on 4750 ( // 4800) signs off around 1733 (it has a buzzy audio/carrier). 73, Jari" PS. Dunamis was audible also 24 Apr when checking 1800-1900 sign-off. Not as good as a day before (Jari Savolainen, ibid.) Thanks to your tip Jari I heard them yesterday from 1735 to 1901 c/d. Also got a positive reply from the station after a question via email. (Gert Nilsson, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, R71+R75 + beverages, ibid.) ** UKRAINE. New extended schedule of Radio Ukraine International in English from Apr. 18 0000-0100 on 7440 LV 500 kW / 307 deg to NoAm 0300-0400 on 7440 LV 500 kW / 307 deg to NoAm 0500-0600 on 9945 KHR 100 kW / 277 deg to WeEu, new transmission 0700-0800 on 9945 KHR 100 kW / 277 deg to WeEu, new transmission 1100-1200 on 15675 KHR 100 kW / 277 deg to WeEu 1900-2000 on 7490 KHR 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, new transmission 2100-2200 on 7510 KHR 100 kW / 290 deg to WeEu (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) ** U K. The 2007 BBC Proms season is announced online this evening, giving you full season listings and booking information on all 72 Proms, five Proms in the Park, eight Proms Chamber Music concerts, four Proms Saturday Matinees and much, much more. 13 July - 8 September 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/ (BBC Proms mailing list, April 25, via DXLD) ** U S A. CUDJOE KEY FL BLIMP TETHER HIT BY SMALL PLANE Several news wires carried a story this weekend about a single engine Cessna that violated the restricted air space over Cudjoe Key around 11:15 PM ET Friday night. The plane struck the tether for one of the two blimps based there at the 4,000 foot level. The blimp itself was reportedly at or above 8,000 feet at the time. The plane went down in shallow water killing the 3 occupants. The tether remained intact and the blimp was apparently undamaged. There were conflicting reports in the various media as to whether this blimp carried drug intervention aircraft surveillance radar, the TV Martí transmitter, or both. One source described the blimp as being twice the size of the Goodyear blimp. Reportedly there was a ground based camera monitoring the blimp and the collision was recorded (Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO, Broadcast Technician, NRC Broadcasting - Denver http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ April 23, IRCA via WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DXLD) Not the TV Martí blimp. Three die when small plane hits cable tethering blimp at Cudjoe Key, Florida. "There are two blimps at Cudjoe Key, one operated by the State Department and the other by the Air Force, according to the Air Force Web site. The State Department blimp transmits the U.S. government-run station TV Martí into Cuba. One of the uses of the Air Force blimp is to help monitor dug trafficking. It was unclear which blimp was involved in the crash, officials said." AP, 21 April 2007. "The blimp belongs to the U.S. Air Force and is officially called an aerostat. It's used as a radar surveillance platform to monitor illegal drug activity in the Florida Straits. At one time the site also featured another blimp, used by the State Department to transmit TV Martí, which sends American television signals into Cuba for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. But it was destroyed by Hurricane Dennis." Miami Herald, 21 April 2007. TV Martí has more recently been transmitting from its Gulfstream I turboprop. Posted: 24 Apr 2007 [linx to three stories at] http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/index.php?id=1395 (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** U S A. More progress on development of Voice of America Park near Cincinnati. "The agreement, which must be approved by the National Park Service, would allow [Butler County] MetroParks to develop a portion of the park. West Chester Twp. would retain control of the future museum and approximately 50 acres that surround the historic building where VOA radio programming was transmitted for more than 50 years. This year, the parks commission will design its plan for the VOA park that will be combined with the adjacent Ronald Reagan Voice of Freedom Park under the VOA name. The boathouse and lodge there will retain the former U.S. president's name." Middletown Journal, 23 April 2007. Posted: 24 Apr 2007 (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Some frequency changes of IBB effective April 17: Voice of America [TINian, SAIpan] 1200-1300 NF 11860 TIN 250 kW / 272 deg, ex 11680 English to FE/SoAs/Oceania 2200-2230 NF 15340 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, ex 13725 Khmer to SoEaAs 2230-2300 NF 11705 TIN 250 kW / 317 deg, ex 13755 English Special to FE/EaAs 2230-2330 NF 15340 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, ex 13725 Vietnamese to SoEaAs 2330-2400 NF 15340 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg, ex 13725 English Special to SoEaAs Radio Free Asia 0300-0700 NF 21550 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg, ex 13670 Mandarin Chinese 1200-1400 NF 11605 TIN 250 kW / 309 deg, ex 13625 Tibetan 1500-1600 NF 11540 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg, ex 13725 Mandarin Chinese 1600-1800 NF 11540 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg, ex 13715 Mandarin Chinese 2200-2300 NF 11715 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg, ex 13865 Cantonese 2300-2400 NF 11785 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg, ex 13670 Mandarin Chinese 2300-2400 NF 15485 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg, ex 13775 Mandarin Chinese (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) ** U S A. Tornado came thru the area and tore up the power grid, so KAIJ is without power; don`t know for how long (George McClintock, KAIJ, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing audible on 9480 around 1930 April 25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KJES, 11715, April 23 at 1403 in English with catechism, responses; only fair signal. One suspects they are on the air only irregularly; however, at about one megameter from here they are subject to skipping over me, even more so on 15385 in the afternoons; anyone hear them there? Also checked April 24 at 1347, and could make out some typical kid singing, poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WHRI is still on 7335, this time with nothing audible from CHU, April 24 at 0603 check talking about ``Living Waters`` --- full of amoebae? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CANADA ** U S A. Another unexpected program on WRMI: ``Como han pasado los años``, apparently a local produxion, instead of Viva Miami, and running late until 1506 UT Monday April 23 on webcast, 7385 being inaudible, with DX Partyline finally starting at 1507 after ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn: Here are current weekday times for WOR and Mundo Radial on 9955 kHz, again highly subject to change. Monday 0530 WOR Monday 0930 WOR Tuesday 0800 MR Tuesday 1030 WOR Wednesday 0730 WOR Wednesday 1100 MR Thursday 1030 MR Friday 0630 WOR Friday 1100 WOR (Jeff White, WRMI, April 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. ESTADOS UNIDOS VIA CHILE – Aqui vai a dica do Antonio Argollo, de Jequié (BA), para quem pretende aprofundar os conhecimentos do idioma inglês usando o velho rádio de ondas curtas: de segundas a sextas-feiras, às 2200, a CVC – A Sua Voz leva ao ar o segmento chamado English on Air. Apresentado pela carioca do Recreio dos Bandeirantes Letícia Machado, o programa conta com dicas gramaticais, o espaço gringolândia e as tradicionais aulas. Para quem deseja acompanhar o programa, a CVC envia gratuitamente uma apostila contendo todas as lições. Contatos com a Letícia pelo e-mail: LeticiaMachado @ CVC.TV (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 22 via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. RUSSIA Summer A-07 of WYFR Family Radio via TRW: 1400-1700 on 5845 DB 100 kW / 137 deg in Hindi 1200-1300 on 6005 K/A 250 kW / 313 deg in Korean 1000-1100 on 7150 K/A 100 kW / 178 deg in Japanese 1400-1500 on 7215 IRK 250 kW / 224 deg in Nepali 1800-1900 on 7240 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg in Arabic 1900-2000 on 7240 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg in English 1400-1600 on 7320 TCH 250 kW / 240 deg in English 1900-2000 on 7320 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg in German 1900-2000 on 7340 MSK 250 kW / 264 deg in Spanish 2000-2200 on 7360 KCH 500 kW / 309 deg in English 1400-1600 on 7510 TAC 200 kW / 131 deg in Urdu 1600-1700 on 7520 SMF 250 kW / 131 deg in Persian 0900-1100 on 9450 IRK 250 kW / 110 deg in English 1100-1200 on 9450 IRK 250 kW / 110 deg in Korean 1900-2000 on 9490 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg in Italian 1700-1900 on 9495 TAC 200 kW / 311 deg in Russian 1800-1900 on 9615 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg in Polish 1400-1500 on 9625 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg in Tamil 1400-1600 NF 9735 SAM 250 kW / 117 deg in Punjabi, ex 9405 1100-1400 on 9865 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg in Chinese 1400-1500 on 9865 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg in English 1300-1400 on 11520 A-A 200 kW / 132 deg in Burmese 1400-1600 on 11850 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg in Bengali 1200-1300 on 11895 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg in Vietnamese 1300-1400 on 11895 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg in English 1400-1500 on 12055 SAM 250 kW / 110 deg in Telugu 1900-2000 on 12060 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg in French 1500-1600 on 12075 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg in Marathi 1100-1400 on 12150 A-A 500 kW / 094 deg in Chinese 1400-1500 on 12150 A-A 500 kW / 094 deg in English 1400-1500 on 13590 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg in Gujarati 1200-1300 on 15490 NVS 250 kW / 155 deg in Indonesian WYFR Family Radio in English from April 11: 1800-1900 on 9845 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to SoAf, co-ch RAI German 1805-1825 New additional transmission of WYFR Family R. via DTK T-Systems from Apr. 19: 1800-1900 on 7220 JUL 100 kW / 100 deg to EaEu in Romanian >>>>> new language (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. USA/RUSSIA: In DXLD 7-040 I reported hearing the Family Radio relay in English on 11895 at 13-14 via Taiwan; now the Aoki list shows this frequency has changed sites and is now relayed from Irkutsk, 250 kW/180 degrees (Joe Hanlon, NJ, April 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Am hearing 5 to 12 pirates daily --- mostly Creyol, some Reggae and Hip Hop and one Pop/Rock. Weekends are busier; last pirate killed was Creyole on 96.1-- not by FCC but by Fla. Dept. of Law Enforcement. Note FCC has monitoring station on SR84 west of Ft. Lauderdale at about 30 miles southwest of me (Ken Simon/Lake Worthless FL, April 23, WTFDA via DXLD) Probably refers to FM only (gh) Yep: FDLE has much more in the way of enforcement resources than the FCC does, plus a unique state law that gives them the authority to bust pirates. s (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) ** U S A. Were you aware that the WoR transmission Sunday night on WBCQ (0415 UT Mon) was terminated early around 0438 and a WBCQ ID played and then Bro Stair was joined in-progress? I didn't see any mention of it in the "anomaly" file so thought I'd ask... (Will Martin, MO, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, I wasn`t, but something goes wrong with this broadcast almost every week, so getting it aired properly would be the anomaly (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. News from Dr Scott Becker at WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO was airing again UT Sundays at 0300 on 9330-CLSB for the past four weeks while the time was available, but now that has ended. (Nobody told gh about it. In addition to UT Mondays at same time.) 18910 is to move back to 17495-CLSB at the beginning of May, including WOR Wednesdays at 2300. Also next week, the change by their MW station WREM from 710 to 780 is to take place, allowing it to operate not only daytime but at night with low power. And the company won the FCC auction last week for a new FM station on 94.7 (Glenn Hauser, April 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Speaking of dead carriers... WEGP up in the northernmost reaches of Maine is going to/may well be at their new power of 25 kW. One of their slogans is "The Talk of the County" (being Aroostook county.) [which is a very large county --- gh] And --- you guessed it, the automation doesn't always work - last time I was up that way there were lots of nice, strong, silent periods to be heard in between slogans. Keep an ear open for it (Lee Reynolds, KD1SQ, NRC-AM via DXLD) Lee, WEGP is my only ME QSL from Oregon. I remember a few years back WEGP running a DX Test. Great conditions that night off the Eastern beverage with WEGP mixing with Charleston SC on 1390. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) I checked FCC and WEGP will remain ND Days! This 25 KW signal should make Maine and easier state for those of us far to its west. The night 10 KW will send much signal to towards Europe. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL/WI, ibid.) It`s already one of the most commonly reported US MW stations in Europe; helps to be on a split frequency (gh, DXLD) DXers should be aware that two completely new 50 kW stations have been authorized in Maine in the last few months. One, on 750 in Hampden, will be non-directional during the day. The other, on 1530 in Orono, will be directional daytime but the western null is not complete, there should still be a decent shot at this station. Unfortunately it goes to a tighter pattern (and reduces power to 9 kw) during critical hours which won't help. Both communities are near Bangor. Both stations' nighttime patterns will probably make them good & loud in Bermuda . Whether they'll actually get built - and built as currently authorized - and how long it will take - is of course anyone's guess. – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) ** U S A. Dear Friend of WUOT, Last Saturday, we were unable to complete our broadcast of "The Essential Journalist... Daniel Schorr" which was scheduled for 1:00 PM. I was disappointed, both because of the technical limitations which caused the failure, and because it is an excellent and informative program. I also received a number of calls and e-mails from concerned listeners wondering if it would be repeated. The answer is "yes". We will play it this coming Saturday, April 28, again at 1:00 PM, just before the Toll Brothers/Metropolitan Opera broadcast (Daniel T. Berry, Program Director, WUOT, April 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1700-1730 UT ** U S A. An expression often used on the Imus program is to speak of an attractive woman as being `hosable` / the etymology of that? Is it from `hose` (i.e., a reference to the penis), or `ho`, meaning the woman is at least potentially a whore? Vide: ```Ugly? A bore, Pretty, a whore!`` brother Anslem is pessimistic. . .` (Pound`s CANTO CV) The big media news or rather noose is the one that has been placed about the neck of John Donald Imus the rope having been those 2 little words `nappy-headed hos` Imus: a humanitarian, but apparently incapable of much in the way of graciousness because he feels that w`d be `inauthentic`? his reputation was one of not being very `pleasant` to people esp `underlings` I`d heard of Imus for a nr of years --- how influential he was reputed to be --- also negative things regarding his alleged `racism` & `homophobia` -- but I`d never heard his program until it became available on local radio a while back; & generally I found it enjoyable tho Imus c`d be quite irritating with his constant complaining, egomania & ill tempered way was a self-admitted `prick` but had his `soft-side`, as evinced by his `ranch for kids with cancer` & his devotion to other humanitarian causes so he was a complex character who c`d engage in the `humor` of gratuitous insult & also have intelligent & probing conversations with some of the most interesting & informed people around: journalists, historians, authors (he was an excellent book promoter) and, yes, politicians Now in listening to the program I`m convinced that Imus is not homophobic, despite some humor that may seem to the contrary, & as far as `racism` is concerned, the show`s producer Bernard McGurk, is very good at mimicking certain forms of black speech (`know what I mean?:`), but the intention is humor. For Imus no ethnic group is immune to being used for purposes of humor. (Take it or leave it.) The author of the show`s satirical bits has been Imus` long time associate Charles McCord: a really talented writer, some of whose pieces are classics, some merely gross / he also does the show`s newscasts. Another member of the Imus crew has been the fine actor & impersonator, Rob Bartlett; can `do`, it seems, almost anyone, one of his best being Jerry Falwell. But the words responsible for Imus` apparent downfall (he`s come back from adversity before) come from his fascination with the rap/hip-hop culture & its practitioners finding in it all a source of humor, using a word like `ho`, tho not intending it in a vicious or hateful way / Words with usage, repetition, become meaning-variable, so that `ho` -- an insult – can even become a term of endearment? Imus calls his wife, whom he loves dearly, `the green ho`, because of her championing of no-toxic cleaning agents / so in the Imus vocabulary `ho` doesn`t literally mean `whore` / but `nappy-headed` c`d be more difficult to explain away. It all came about when Imus, McGurk & sportscaster Sid Rosenberg were discussing the Women`s NCAA Championship game, the boys getting carried away with themselves in a `locker room talk` kind of way, Imus trying to make the point of the toughness of the Rutgers team, which resulted in the `n-h h` utterance. I thought nothing of it: that`s just Imus, who simply didn`t realize how the words w`d resonate in ears of color (gross insensitivity?). When it became apparent to him what he had done, he apologized, but before he c`d meet with the team to do so, he was canned --- uncalled for in my view. There are radio talkers still going who spew real hate into their microphones. And the Imus incident has been exploited by less that reputable sorts like Sharpton (tho I like him when he is berating Republicans). Hypocrisy has been rampant. But whatever the moral outrage coming from the networks, I`s dismissal was purely a business decision, based on a fear of loss of revenue: they`ll put on anything so long as it produces the advertising dollars, & I/ has produced a lot for them over the years (he hasn`t been paid millions for nothing). But `society has changed`? - What he has done all these years won`t `go` any more? I was curious as to what WFAN w`d put up to replace Imus, so I tuned in yesterday at 6:00 am (there being some skywave on 660), & there was McCord doing the usual 6:00 am newscast. The Imus replacement was the WFAN sportstalking duo Mike & the Maddog, who indicated that, after a period of cooling off, I/, who had `made the station`, c`d be back (on WFAN only? No syndication?). A thought: Imus had become a sharp critic of the Administration & was opposed to the Iraq misadventure from the outset, as was arch conservative McGurk / so, so far as the Administration is concerned, a dissident voice is gone. As infuriating as I found Imus at times, his constant making fun of people (not my idea of humor), his shooting off his mouth in not always informed ways, his endless grousing, etc., he was still the genuine article whom you c`d like or dislike --- he didn`t care. With some exceptions I found the program amusing; and it was interesting & informative. I`ll miss the old fart. GH / this little essay probably of no interest/use for you / 73 / LC (Loren Cox, Jr., Lexington KY, 17 April, by P-mail, retyped by gh maintaining lc style as much as possible, for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** URUGUAY. URUGUAI – A Rádio SODRE, de Montevidéu, permanece ativa em 6125 kHz, em 49 metros. Recentemente foi captada, na Espanha, pelo Juán António Morales (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX April 22 via DXLD) Radio SODRE, 9620. Música de tangos, ide Radio Sodre Emisoras del Sur 1290 Khz., 1120 UT Abril 20 (CESAR PEREZ DIOSES, CHIMBOTE, PERU, T2FD, EWE ESTE - OESTE, SONY YCF 6700, GRUNDIG YB 400, playdx yg via DXLD) ** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. See INTERNATIONAL VACUUM ** ZIMBABWE [non]. SW Radio Africa from April 18: 1700-1900 4880 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg SoAf English 1700-1900 11775 MSK 250 kW / 190 deg EaAf English, co-ch CRI Ge 1800- 1700-1900 11810 ARM 300 kW / 188 deg EaAf English 1700-1900 11975 tests on April 19/20 EaAf English 1700-1900 12035 MSK 200 kW / 190 deg EaAf English, co-ch CRI Ar 1830- (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, April 24 via DXLD) Updated schedule for SW Radio Africa in English to SoAf: 1700-1900 on 4880 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg 1700-1900 on 11775 MSK 250 kW / 190 deg 1700-1900 on 11810 ARM 300 kW / 188 deg 1700-1900 on 11975 KVI 500 kW / 155 deg Wed/Thu/Fri only 1700-1900 on 12035 RMP 500 kW / 140 deg (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) These tests are quite remarkable anyway, since it were the first AM transmissions on shortwave from Kvitsøy since New Years Day 2004, unless something we do not know about took place in the meantime. I understand that Telenor/Norkring introduced with the end of the NRK and DR transmissions a policy to run no more AM and accept only DRM bookings from now on. Now they deviated from this policy, and I can't help but wonder if they did so by preferring this over just starving, since nobody besides the BBC wants to run DRM from Kvitsøy for well- known reasons. I'm really curious if these 11975 tests will remain a one-off or we will see (hear) again regular AM transmissions via this site (Kai Ludwig, April 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) DX Mix News says SW Radio Africa should be back on 11975 today Wednesday April 25, as it is scheduled Wed-Thu-Fri only, so I checked that plus 12035, 11810, 11775, all around 1805 --- none audible here, tho others in Europe were hearing all but 11975. It may not be until next week that 11975 comes back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RUSIA, 11810, SW Radio Africa, 1740-1750, escuchada el 24 de Abril en inglés a locutor con comentarios e identificación, locutor con invitado en entrevista en idioma vernácula, en paralelo por 12035, sin emisión en 11775 y 11975, locutora con referencias a la celebración del día de la independencia y Zimbabwe, SINPO 44554 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SW RADIO AFRICA, CLANDESTINE. DATE: 25-04-2007. TIME: 1800-1815 UT. FREQUENCY: 12035 KHz. SIGNAL: VERY GOOD. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH PROGRAM: MUSIC, COMMENTARY Audiocip available: http://swli05639fr.blogspot.com/ 73's (Francesco Cecconi, Italy, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE [and non]. SABC NOT CLEAR ON WHY ACCESS TO SW RADIO AFRICA WEBSITE IS RESTRICTED Following up on the discovery that its website is blocked to journalists at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), SW Radio Africa reports that it has talked to Fakir Hassen who works in the IT division of the SABC. He confirmed that SABC has what he called “control measures” in place that restrict access to pornography, downloading large files and audio streaming. He stressed that it had nothing to do with censuring any radio station. Regarding written stories Hassen said: “There is no problem in accessing a website that is purely word in content, if you will. When it comes to audio downloads etcetera, there are restrictions there.” But SW Radio Africa asked several employees at SABC, in different departments, to try and access some websites that have audio streaming, and they reported that the sites opened without a problem and allowed them to read the text. It is when they wanted to open the streaming that they were blocked. Among the sites tested were South Africa’s Radio 702, Radio Veritas, Afrosounds FM and several websites that cover Zimbabwe. SW Radio Africa says this indicates that there is a different reason for the blocking of its website. It is not just the audio streaming that is blocked but the entire site, so not even the text can be read. Asked to comment on this Hassen said: “We are not sure exactly what is going on. The guys in that department are not available. Let’s wait for the experts to let us know.” SW Radio Africa says it will continue to investigate this issue to determine exactly what is going on (Source: SW Radio Africa, April 24th, 2007 - 9:23 UTC by Andy, Media Network blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. The terribly distorted spur, or mistuned transmitter, as previously reported on April 20, centred about 7313, was again heard April 24, this time centred about 7311, from tune-in 0524. Talking but could not be sure of language. 0527 rapid-fire talk and machine-gun FX; seemed Portuguese, maybe. 0530 into French talk, or so it seemed again at least from intonation. Looked around 6, 7 and 9 MHz for possible parallels, but none found. It was definitely not // ANU 9580 or RDPI 7240. 0544 broke for a bit of singing by a woman, 0545 back to male voice speaking. Was getting more and more distorted and weakening somewhat. After some shouts, stopped at 0555, but ``carrier`` remained on making its own noises including squeals, QRMing DW from its *0557 on 7310.0, which is via Sines, 0600 that into English news. At 0558 the spur seemed to resume talking. Soon I gave up for the night. This remains a total mystery. Can`t find any clues in HFCC, EiBi, Aoki, or ADDX schedule of French broadcasts. There are of course, quite a few at this hour on various frequencies, but none which seem to have any relation with 7312v. Perhaps someone can fiddle with audio processing, or with FM detection to make this more readable, or at least identifiable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 April follow. Solar flux 69 and mid- latitude A-index 15. The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 24 April was 1 (5 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SEC via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. For the third time, I heard that extremely distorted squealing spur during the 0500 UT hour. Unlike the previous occasions, RN Flevo in Dutch was propagating, and thus was getting the brunt of the interference around 7310 at 0539 April 25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 April follow. Solar flux 73 and mid- latitude A-index 5. The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 25 April was 1 (8 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SEC via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ EiBi SKEDS AVAILABLE Hi, on http://www.eibi.de.vu/ you may now download the current (A07) season shortwave schedule. You may choose the time-sorted and the frequency-sorted version. Additions and corrections please always directly to me! Have fun, (Eike Bierwirth, Svalbard, April 23, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DX LISTENING DIGEST) STUFF I WROTE THAT GLENN HAUSER COULDN'T USE --- by Steve Waldee http://home.earthlink.net/~haggisizing/srw-swl/glenn.htm Remember Steve? Once prolific contributor to DXLD and to his own website/blog; then he quit and took it all down some 3.5 years ago. Now he`s back, but didn`t tell gh. Just happened to find this. Page down to the bottom for his latest entry dated 12 March 2007. And links to his home page explaining some of his comeback at http://home.earthlink.net/~haggisizing/srw-swl/index.html (Glenn Hauser, April 22, 2007, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ DX TUNERS For what it's worth, I too will sorely miss the DX Tuners site, although I was only in the fold for four months. And for the record, Brett Saylor's node in Pennsylvania was one of the best performing on the entire site, certainly when it came to MW DX. Brett and all these guys put tons of hard work into the effort, and it's nothing short of a damn shame to see it all go away. Just another sign of the Apocalypse. 73z - (GREG HARDISON, CA, April 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DXtuners are unfortunately calling it a day after some 10 years of operation. DXtuners owner and mastermind Kelly Lindman is pulling the plug because of other business and personal commitments. For the most part, I doubt that DXtuners was a profitable business. I always thought that DXtuners had great potential, but was never really suited to weak signal VHF/UHF DXers. Many of the receiver sites had great potential for exotic DX; however the receiving system sensitivity was only adequate for local reception. Broome, Western Australia and Dubai, UAE were two examples. Other exotic sites such as Phuket, Thailand and San Antonio, Venezuela only covered up to 30 MHz. The San Antonio, Venezuela and Rommele, Sweden tuners offered excellent MW/HF DX performance. I regret I never had a chance to fully explore the potential of Kelly's Fanfare FT1A & 4 x 17 element Yagi 88-108 MHz array operating from Southern Sweden. I recall that certain high powered BBC FM transmitters were available on this tuner via daily troposcatter at some 400 miles. As for 30-60 MHz low band VHF DX, the short-lived Hong Kong tuner was the best available. Regards, (Todd Emslie, Australia, ICDX, via Curtis Sadowski, WTFDA via DXLD) I used this site a few time a couple years ago. It was interesting to catch E skip openings from the remote receivers. One such was on one of the England receivers. although it only had a discone antenna and wasn't very sensitive, loaded with birdies and electrical noise. I did hear DX including 70 MHz SSB ham from as far as Cyprus, a 2 meter SSB opening to Malta and Italy and FM DX on both the 65-74MHz band and the 88-108MHz bands. Although sad to see such an interesting system go, it was only a passing curiosity and required a subscription (Randolph Zerr, KW4RZ, grid EM60qk, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, ibid.) The problem is Kelly's software would have to be re-constructed. The real beauty, as I'm sure you know, is Kelly's server side software. It's where all the magic happened. I'm sure something could be done with regard to reverse engineering his programs, but he has specifically requested that people don't. The main problem about something like DXtuners is getting around the law - the way DXTuners.com did it was by putting the onus on the person who was in control of the receiver, i.e.: the user who was remotely tuning. The owner of the node (remote receiver) was "in the clear" if someone happened to tune to something they shouldn't have. If you just have an audio feed, then it's different (David Pickard, UK, monitoringmonthly yg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING ++++++++++++++++++++ DRM RECEIVER NOW ONLINE Hanssolo on the Digital Spy forum noted that Peter Senger has now connected a Himalaya DRM2009 south of Cologne, Germany to the web using Quicktime at the link below. To get it to work, assuming you have Quicktime on your browser(s), press the play button and the sets screen appears, with Internet Explorer I also got an alert and had to click to unblock something before it loaded. Have seen the radio searching at times, most of the time the display is showing Deutsche Welle, sometimes scrolling text and only occasional bursts of audio. Mr Senger does say "No audio means signal to noise ratio too low. Receiver still ok!" Link: http://web.mac.com/petersenger/iWeb/pfs_dr/DRMlive.html (Mike Barraclough, UK, April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) DRM: see also: ECUADOR; GUIANA FRENCH; MAURITANIA; ZIMBABWE PROPAGATION +++++++++++ The spring – summer Sporadic E season has already started, and I am receiving reports from Mexico, Central America, the South of the USA and the Caribbean that VHF openings reaching well into the FM broadcast band are now happening on an everyday basis, having started to occur, according to the reports received since last Friday. Scientists don’t know yet what causes Sporadic E layer high free electron concentrations that lead to quite spectacular DX on frequencies from 25 up to 250 megaHertz. But on a day to day basis during the spring-summer Sporadic E DX season; band openings between 25 and 100 megaHertz are much more common. As a matter of fact, the frequency range between 25 and about 75 megaHertz shows much more frequent openings. So, here is your amigo Arnie Coro’s advice, monitor the low band TV channels, especially TV stations operating on channels 2 and 3 for signs of Sporadic E openings. And if you are a radio amateur, and have a rig that is capable of operating on 10 meters or on 6 meters, then keep it on scanning the 10 and 6 meter bands for signs of skip signals. As solar cycle 23 is now passing through its minimum, propagation gurus believe that this actually helps Sporadic E openings to occur, as there seems to be a link between minimum solar activity and the frequency and duration of the Sporadic E events. More about HF propagation conditions at the end of the program. Now here is item two: Very low solar activity is also good for AM broadcast band Ding, something that I enjoyed Monday evening after the national baseball championship game was over. Using my ultra small portable receiver, stations from the USA, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Venezuela were heard here between midnight and about 1 AM local time… Amazing as this may sound, the ultra small portable using just a pair of triple A size batteries brings in a lot of DX because of the fact that it uses a relatively large ferrite rod antenna. Before going to bed, I ran another AM broadcast band scan from about 1 AM to 1.30 AM using my homebrew super high gain double conversion receiver, and could pick up several heterodynes at the high end of the band, indicating the presence of transatlantic signals from Europe. Sí amigos, yes my friends, oui mes amis --- AM broadcast band Dxing is still peaking, despite the fact that the spring equinox happened a month ago. As a good friend of mine that loves Dxing on the AM band likes to say, there is nothing better for that band than very low solar activity that comes together with very quiet geomagnetic conditions. Unfortunately, at this solar minimum, short wave propagation conditions are very poor, especially for low power amateur radio stations. But the good news is that scientists are expecting solar activity to start moving up fast by the end of the year, and that will mean that next spring HF propagation conditions are going to be much better. By the way, you have just heard the answer to a question sent by listener Carlos from Mexico City, who asked in his e-mail to arnie @ rhc.cu when solar activity of the new cycle will begin to move up, and how fast this is going to happen. Again, expect the solar “numbers” to start climbing by the end of 2007 and be well on their way to much better figures about a year from now. In the meantime, do as I do, and keep those radios on especially around your local sunset, when propagation conditions are better than at any other time of the day. And now as always at the end of the program, here is Arnie Coro’s Dxers Unlimited’s HF plus low band propagation update and forecast. Here are the predictions for 25 Apr 2007: 10CM FLUX: 070 /, geomagnetic disturbance indicator nice and low AP: 007. Now the predictions for 26 Apr 2007: 10CM FLUX: 070 / with slightly higher Planetary an index expected to reach: 010. Solar activity is expected to be low during the next 48 hours. Geomagnetic activity is expected to be mostly quiet with a risk of Isolated unsettled conditions as the Earth is within a high-speed solar Wind stream from a coronal hole. The solar wind speed as measured by the ACE spacecraft is however moderately high with values around 400 km/s. Now, something that is becoming quite common during this solar minimum: ZERO SUNSPOTS, a BLANK SUN, and the WOLF NUMBER CATANIA : 000. Expect some nice Sporadic E openings to happen between 7 AM and 11 AM local time, with a second round from about 3 PM to 8 PM local time (Arnie Coro, CO2KK, RHC DXers Unlimited April 24, via HCDX via DXLD) SUMMER'S COMING: AUSTRALIA, NZ SHOWING UP ON HIGHER BANDS It's that time of year again: summer's around the corner, the days are getting longer, and of course there's that time of year when Australia and New Zealand begin to appear on higher SW frequencies in the evening on the US east coast. So was the case on UT-April 25 at 0230 when R. Australia came in with very good signals on 15515; R. New Zealand Int'l also showed up at 0240 check on 13730 and the signal was good but not quite as audible as RA's was. So enjoy some long-distance summer listening, and try for some other stations that should start coming in on 19, 22 and 25 meters (maybe 16 meters, too) in the weeks leading up to mid-June (Joe Hanlon, NJ, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) One does not have to wait till summer for this to happen in CNAm; must be a major difference in propagation only 2 Mm apart (gh, DXLD) The geomagnetic field was quiet at all latitudes on 16 April. Field activity increased to quiet to active levels during 17 - 19 April. ACE near-real-time solar wind data indicated the 17 - 19 activity was the result of an increase in velocities associated with a coronal hole high-speed stream (peak 426 km/sec at 19/1043 UTC) coupled with increased total IMF intensity (peak 11 nT at 17/1026 UTC) and intermittent periods of southward Bz (minimum -10 nT at 17/1026 UTC). Field activity decreased to quiet levels at all latitudes during 20 - 21 April. Activity increased to quiet to active levels on 22 April due to increased solar wind velocities associated with a coronal hole high-speed stream (peak 469 km/sec at 22/1644 UTC) and increased IMF Bt (peak 13 nT at 22/1036 UTC) as well as periods of southward IMF Bz (minimum -08 nT at 22/2320 UTC). FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 25 APRIL - 21 MAY 2007 Solar activity is expected to continue at very low levels. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 29 April - 07 May. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels through 27 April. A recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream is expected to disturb the field during 28 - 29 April. Unsettled to minor storm levels are expected during the disturbance with isolated major storm periods possible. Mostly quiet conditions are expected during 30 April - 18 May. Another round of coronal hole effects is expected during 19 - 20 May with unsettled to minor storm conditions expected. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected on 21 May. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2007 Apr 24 1853 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # Product description and SEC contact on the Web # http://www.sec.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2007 Apr 24 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2007 Apr 25 70 5 2 2007 Apr 26 70 5 2 2007 Apr 27 70 5 2 2007 Apr 28 70 25 5 2007 Apr 29 70 15 4 2007 Apr 30 70 10 3 2007 May 01 70 5 2 2007 May 02 70 5 2 2007 May 03 70 5 2 2007 May 04 70 5 2 2007 May 05 70 5 2 2007 May 06 70 8 3 2007 May 07 70 8 3 2007 May 08 70 5 2 2007 May 09 70 5 2 2007 May 10 70 5 2 2007 May 11 70 5 2 2007 May 12 70 5 2 2007 May 13 70 5 2 2007 May 14 70 5 2 2007 May 15 70 5 2 2007 May 16 70 5 2 2007 May 17 70 5 2 2007 May 18 70 5 2 2007 May 19 70 10 3 2007 May 20 70 15 4 2007 May 21 70 8 3 (http://www.sec.noaa.gov/radio via WORLD OF RADIO 1356, DXLD) ###