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Thanks, Glenn NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1357: ** tentative Fri 0630 WOR WRMI 9955** Fri 1030 WOR KAIJ 5755 Fri 1100 WOR WRMI 9955** Fri 2030 WOR WWCR1 15825 Sat 1630 WOR WWCR3 12160 [irregular] Sat 2130 WOR WRMI 9955 Sun 0230 WOR WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WOR WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WOR WRMI 9955 Sun 1500 WOR WRMI 7385 Mon 0300 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Mon 0415 WOR WBCQ 7415 [time varies] Mon 0530 WOR WRMI 9955** Mon 0930 WOR WRMI 9955** Tue 1030 WOR WRMI 9955** Wed 0730 WOR WRMI 9955** 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 ** ALBANIA. 13750 R. Tirana, Shijak. New English transmission 1306 27/4, news, fair level, beamed to NAm (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW (Icom R75, Dansk RX4000, Horizontal Loop, Dipole, May Australian DX News via DXLD) ** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 13750, May 2 at 1300 was too weak to overcome the local TVI, but when rechecked at 1319 it had improved to a fair signal, during mailbag (?) segment which was about the theatre in Albania. Now I could hear the hum on the audio which others with stronger signals have reported (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Friends, Radio Tirana is received here in England, today at 1300 UT on 13750 with SINPO of 55555. The audio is also excellent. Tuned last night to Tirana on 13720 at 2000 UT, also with excellent signal (Christopher Lewis, UK, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. Additional transmissions and frequency changes of R. Tirana from April 25 ALBANIAN Daily 2300-0030 NF 9410 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm, ex 9460* \\ 7425 to NoAm * to avoid Radio Cairo in English, also to NoAm ENGLISH Mon-Sat [NO! these are Tue-Sun --- gh] 1300-1330 13750 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg NoAm, new addit. 2000-2030 13720 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg NoAm, new addit. \\ 7465 to U.K. ENGLISH Tue-Sun 0145-0200 NF 6120 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg to NoAm, ex 6115# \\ 7425 to NoAm # to avoid DW in Russian on same and RAI International in Italian on 6110 FRENCH Mon-Sat 1730-1800 on 7430 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to France, new addit. ITALIAN Mon-Sat 1730-1800 on 6125 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to Italy, new addit. (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, May 3, via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. La religiosa argentina, Radio Baluarte desde Puerto Iguazú, en su frecuencia de 6215 kHz, desde hace varios días que no se la escucha; ¿estará fuera del aire? Radio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina, escuchada fuera de banda, en la extraña frecuencia de 6280 khz en diferentes horarios, solo durante la transmisión de futbol, en paralelo con 6060 kHz; terminado el relato deportivo también finaliza la operación en esta frecuencia (Saludos desde Durazno, Uruguay, Alfredo Locatelli, http://elescucha.webcindario.com http://www.qsl.net/cx1no May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Radio Australia has commenced tests from the Brandon (QLD) site in the DRM mode. According to Nigel Holmes at RA, 5995 kHz uses DRM 1200-1400 UT on 010 deg (to PNG) and 12080 is DRM 1100-1200 UT on 080 deg (into SW Pacific). Both from RIZ transmitters at Brandon. Nominal power is 8 kW; could be running at as little as 2-3 kW in DRM. The bitrate is 23.54kbps, and signal strength isn’t all that great, making decoding difficult (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW (Icom R75, Dansk RX4000, Horizontal Loop, Dipole, May Australian DX News via DXLD) See also his DRM logs abottom ** AUSTRALIA. The broadcast from CBN will be conducted from a location, Central Australia on Saturday 19th May on 7355 kHz. The 30 minute broadcast will be anywhere from 0300 to around 1200 UT. A QSL will be available from “The Manager”, 1/25 Ossary Street, Mascot NSW 2020, Australia. The note I received did not say how much power or aerial used however I am sure the QSL will have some details. The QSL is the one used from over 25 years ago. (I guess we will see what happens) (John Wright, May Australian DX News via DXLD) A pirate Maybe not a great frequency choice: 7355 0400 0600 LeSea Broadcasting Corporation [WHRI] 7355 0600 1100 LeSea Broadcasting Corporation [WHRI] 7355 0700 0930 For new organization 7355 0800 0900 World Christian Broadcasting Corporation [KNLS Alaska] 7355 0900 1000 World Christian Broadcasting Corporation [KNLS Alaska] 7355 1000 1200 Voice of Russia [And repro of old cartoon QSL = Clandestine Broadcasting Network] (Craig Seager, May Australian DX News via DXLD) Well, if they keep it in full daytime, soon after 0300, WHRI should be no problem DU (gh, DXLD) ** BELARUS. BELARUSIAN ACTIVIST ARRESTED FOR ADVERTISING RFE/RL FREQUENCIES [illustrated] April 26, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Police officers in the northern Belarusian city of Smarhon detained on April 24 an 18-year-old activist, Uladzimir Shulzhytski, who was advertising the frequencies of RFE/RL radio broadcasts. Shulzhytski faces trial on charges of using obscene language in public -- a common tactic of Belarusian authorities looking to prosecute political opponents of the ruling regime or people who are simply deemed officially objectionable. Shulzhytski produced, and inserted into mailboxes, homemade advertisements featuring the radio frequencies and times of RFE/RL's Belarusian-language broadcasts. Simple Trap Shulzhytski also included his phone number on his ads, asking potential listeners to get in touch with him if they have problems tuning in to the broadcasts. The telephone number, he told RFE/RL's Belarus Service, enabled police to lure him into a simple trap by pretending to need help with the broadcasts. "They phoned me as I was going out for work, and I made an appointment with a man for 6 p.m. He gave me an address," Shulzhytski said. "I went to that address, and there at the very door, my district police officer and some other policemen were waiting for me." At the police station the policemen drafted a protocol of detention, in which they charged Shulzhytski with swearing in public. He spent the night in custody and was asked to appear in court today. RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin condemned Shulzhytski's detention and the charges leveled against him "This kind of development is deeply disturbing," Gedmin said. "I want to make very clear that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty supports the free citizens of Belarus and, in particular, the listeners of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, who simply want to exercise the most basic of political rights and civil liberties. These people, these listeners, have our deepest respect, admiration and solidarity." Shulzhytski's leaflet with information about RFE/RL's broadcasts in Belarus (RFE/RL) [caption] Shulzhytski told RFE/RL's Belarus Service that he was distributing the homemade RFE/RL ads because he wanted to inform people in his city about an alternative source of independent information. "I simply don't see any other way in which people could obtain free information," he said. "I think [RFE/RL] is a fairly democratic media outlet, and it can successfully compete with the state propaganda." During today's trial, Shulzhytski objected to the choice of presiding judge, Mikalay Shelyah. Shulzhytski accused Shelyah of issuing a number of politically motivated verdicts last year. The trial was then adjourned for an indefinite period until another judge can be appointed. Shulzhytski was told to expect a new summons when that judge is named. (RFE/RL's Belarus Service contributed to this report.) (from RFE RL Media Matters May 3, where there is more about eroding press freedom in the FSU, http://www.rferl.org/reports/FullReport.aspx?report=573 via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. 9695.5, R. Bulgaria. In English, folk tale punctuated with Bulgarian folk music. ID at 0630 on 13/4 // 11600 much better (Alex Wellner, Bondi NSW (JRC NRD-535), May Australian DX News via DXLD) Not intended, surely. Listed for 9600, and heard there in recent days -cs (Craig Seager, ed., ibid.) ** CANADA. CKUT International Radio Report on SW: see U S A: WBCQ ** CANADA. CFRA 580 Ottawa turns 60 / Celebrates 60 Years of Radio In the old Auditorium, at the corner of Catherine and O’Connor Streets amid ten thousand spectators, at precisely 8:05 PM, Saturday, May 3, 1947, Ottawa mayor Stanley Lewis stepped to the microphone and said, “it is with pleasure and pride that I officially announce, Radio Station CFRA in the City of Ottawa officially ‘On The Air’! This Thursday night beginning at 5:50pm, 60 years later, 580 CFRA will be recreating that broadcast live from the Fairmont Chateau Laurier. Some of the evening’s highlights will include live vintage commercial reads with music accompaniment from the CFRA band, news and sports reports, classic jingles and more. Steve Madely and Lowell Green will anchor CFRA’s milestone show and welcome back to the microphone such legendary Ottawa radio names as Terry Kielty, Ken “The General” Grant, Don Leger, and Bill Drake. BOB FM’s Steve Gregory will serve as the evening’s host. For those not able to attend, the historic broadcast will be carried live via webcast on http://www.cfra.com in living “black and white” (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) Missed it ** CANADA [non]. 7335 WHRI, Furman SC. English Bible program 0730, blocking any chance of CHU, 27/4 (Seager) 7370, RCI via Sta. Maria di Galeria. New relay, good level in French 2111 28/4, but really choppy audio. Speech processing going haywire! (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW (Icom R75, Dansk RX4000, Horizontal Loop, Dipole, May Australian DX News via DXLD) NASB DRM: see below ** CANADA. CJRS Radio Shalom update --- CJRS launch on-air SAT., MAY 5, 9 PM, ON 1650 A.M. More details when I return from Kosovo, where I am until May 13 (Stan Asher, CJRS, via Sheldon Harvey, May 3, radioinmontreal yg via DXLD) ** CANADA. 04/30/07 - Several Vancouver and Victoria AM stations have pulled the plug on stereo broadcasting. In Vancouver, CISL 650, CKST 1040 and CFUN 1410 dropped stereo some time ago, while CHMJ 730 and CKWX 1130 removed it when new transmitters were installed. CKBD 600 and the new CJRJ 1200 transmit in stereo, while CJVB 1470 is "synthesized". CKNW 980 and CHMB 1320 light the stereo pilot, but are monaural. In Victoria, CKMO 900 dropped stereo several years ago and CFAX 1070 stopped when a new transmitter was installed last fall. Meanwhile, all Vancouver DAB stations have unofficially called it quits, except for the CBC: http://members.shaw.ca/nwbroadcasters/digitalradio.htm (from http://members.shaw.ca/nwbroadcasters/recentnews.htm via DXLD) ** CHILE. Radio Cooperativa --- ESTA INFORMACION NOS HACE LLEGAR EDUARDO PEÑAILILLO, PARA EL BOLETIN "ESCUCHAS DEL MUNDO", MAYO Estimados: Si bien la información también la enviaré para que la publiquemos en el boletín de junio, quisiera informarles que en el día de hoy se presentó el libro "La Verdad está en los hechos", de los periodistas Carolina Espinoza y Carlos Alzamora, donde se hace un recuento de 70 (de los 72) años de emisión de Radio Cooperativa; desde Cooperativa Vitalicia de Valparaíso, pasando por "La Voz de Chile en América", luego por la radio de los tiempos de dictadura, hasta la actualidad; en fin, un sinnúmero de anécdotas, relatos, e historias. El libro es realmente muy interesante y también toca nuestro rubro de radioescuchas de la onda corta, pues no está de más señalar que Cooperativa Vitalicia de Valparaíso comenzó transmitiendo tanto en AM como en la banda de 25 metros, y por muchos años se escuchó en la onda corta. Supongo que desde ahora el libro estará a la venta; por si tienen noticia de él o lo puedo conseguir. Prepararé una información algo mejor para el boletín. Saludos, (Eduardo Peñailillo, Chile, via Héctor Frías, Radioescuchas FEDERACHI, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. 9735, Radio República, Mayo 1, 0255-0258, señal regular, finalizando con pgma "Hablando en Serio" (con burbujas de fondo). También entre las 0348-0400* con último programa en esta frecuencia [vía Canadá]; tengo grabado los últimos minutos, también monitoreada día local 1 mayo 2007 a las 8 pm en Colombia (2 Mayo 2007, 0100 UT) pero sin señal (Yimber Gaviria, Colombia) 5910, 6100, Radio República, 2 mayo 2007, en los 5910 con señal pobre, y en los 6100 con señal regular, escuchada a las 0202 UT hasta las 0215, ambas con diferentes programas (Yimber Gaviria, Colombia http://www.geocities.com/dxreport/ http://yimber.blogspot.com http://yimbergaviria.podomatic.com Cali 3 33'N, 76 37'O, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. CBC renames “Castro” hat after complaint --- The CBC Shop has “renamed” one of its products, after a Montreal man complained that its name was offensive. Montreal resident Bryan Clark wrote the CBC to ask why it was advertising a CBC Radio 3-branded ballcap as a “Castro hat”. “How can the CBC in good conscience, as our taxpayer-funded “neutral” broadcaster, offer up such a symbol of communist oppression?” he wrote. “[The Cap] is a “loaded” symbol of a ruthless, murdering dictator.” . . . http://www.insidethecbc.com/fun/cbc-merchandise/castrohat/ (Inside the CBC blog via DXLD) ** CYRPUS TURKISH NORTHERN. 6150.0, 0100-0340 02 and 03-05, R Bayrak International, Yeni Iskele (tentative), English, non-stop English pop songs, best heard after R República 6155 signs off 0200* and before R Romania Int. signs on on 6150 *0300. 24332, QRM R Record, Brazil with football. University Network was not heard AP-DNK (Anker Petersen, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, Italy, playdx yg via DXLD) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Radio Senda (1680 kHz) website === HISV, San Pedro de Macorís, has brand new website at: http://www.radiosenda.net/ (Arnstein Bue / DX Paradise, via DXing the Finnish Way blog May 2 via DXLD) Beware: ID audio launches automatically interrupting whatever you may be listening to or recording; most rude! Hitting the stop button doesn`t help. Just another gospel huxter, of which there will NEVER be enough to satisfy --- the gospel huxter community (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 6050, radio-english.net via HCJB, mayo 1 y 3, 0330-0345, 444, en speed slow English --- http://www.spotlightradio.net/tuningin.php What is Spotlight? Spotlight radio programs use a special English method of broadcasting that many people can understand. each 15-minute program uses: a vocabulary of about 1500 words (our word list) a speaking speed of about 90 words each minute (about half of the normal speaking speed). short, simple sentences 73 de (Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also on 9745 at 0315, weeknights? (gh, DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. V. of Meselna Delina (M-F 1700-1730) is now on 11765 (ex 11830), according to the TDP schedule website (Bernd Trutenau, May 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. SWR 4-5th May transmission --- Dear listeners, Time again action of The One and Only Finnish SW-broadcaster Scandinavian Weekend Radio in Virrat. We start our 24 hours transmission 4th of May 2007 at 21 hours UT. Here are our program and frequency schedules: e-mails to: info(@)swradio.net and letters (with 2 IRC/2 Euro/2 US$) to: SWR/reports P. O. Box 99 FI-34801 VIRRAT FINLAND Program Schedule: (times local UT + 3 hours) 00-02 02-05 Open Studio - SWR Crew 05-08 Good Morning World! Hot moments in studio with Madman and his grazy music. Also some dx-items and SWR letterbox included 08-09 Huomenta - Good Morning Virrat, Dj H?k? 09-10 Proge-aamu by Esa 10-11 11-12 Radio news by Rick Random 12-13 12.00 Hukala.net News 12.05 World Radio Roulette by Madman. Latest news of DX-world and Mad Contest May 2007! 13-14 Virrat Tänään - Virrat Today Dj Häkä 14-15 14.00 Hukala.net News 14.05 15-17 17-18 Matkalla, matkaluohjelma V osa 18-19 19-20 Kantoaaltoa Suomirokilla höystettynä by Esa 20-21 21-22 Saunan lämmitys dj Häkä ystävineen 22-23 23-24 Closing seremony by Häkä ***SCANDINAVIAN****WEEKEND******RADIO********************************* Time- and frequency schedule A-07 MW 1602 kHz: Fri 21 - Sat 21 UTC 48 mb: Fri-Sat. 21-16 UTC 6170 kHz Sat. 16-18 UTC 5980 kHz Sat. 18-21 UTC 6170 kHz 25 mb: Fri. 21-22 UTC 11720 kHz Fri-Sat. 22-07 UTC 11690 kHz Sat. 07-13 UTC 11720 kHz Sat. 13-16 UTC 11690 kHz Sat 16-18 UTC 11720 kHz Sat 18-21 UTC 11690 kHz ********************************************************************** Best greetings, (Alpo Heinonen, SWR, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE [and non]. May 2 at 1338 I was surprised to come across a strong signal in French, from RFI on 15795; must be via Guiana French. Surely I would have noticed it before as I tune around during this time period. News about electoral crisis in Turkey, RFI ID in passing, but a full minute of open carrier at 1340:30 to 1341:30 when resumed with music, promos; 1344 time check for Kinshasa and other cities in Africa; 1357 rappish music, 1400 UT timecheck and news; by 1410 was playing FX, somewhat distorted techno-reggae music, some lyrix in English, and at 1419 mentioning Jamaica. 1430 another news break, 1450 still on at recheck, but gone at 1500. What is going on here? In HFCC we see that RFI planned to use this frequency via GUF only on certain Thursdays (Day 5), at 1200-1300 but this was Day 4 and up to two hours later! Specific dates listed are 19 April, 3 May, 7 June and 14 June. The first two show both 195 and 330 degrees at 500 kW each, while the June dates are 330 degrees only. What is this about? Some kind of testing, or some special occasions? In any event, axually heard not on the days or times specified (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re last report of RFI on 15795: Glenn, the A07 Aoki list shows RFI listed for 15795, 11-12 with 500 kW at 330 degrees, only on April 9- May 4 and June 4-15. Of what importance are these broadcasts for, in relation to these dates? I also see other frequencies listed for one or both of the above transmission dates: 13640, 13675, 15365, and 17800; mostly from Issoudun but one of them from GUF (Joe Hanlon, NJ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) O yes, that`s also in HFCC on 15795, which specifies no such dates but the entire A-07 season and at 0800-1800, as N = digital, which I overlooked because it conflicts with the shorter broadcasts in D = non-digital I mentioned above. Also in EiBi: 15795 0800-1800 F Radio France DIGITAL F SAm /GUF 15795 What I heard May 2 was definitely analog. Nothing heard around 1315 UT May 3 on 15795 nor DRM on 17870-17875-17880 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GABON. Afropop music jammer, May 3 at 1314 was on 17637.0, perhaps against something like Sawt al-Amal much weaker on 17635 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. Updated DW English frequency skeds http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_pdf/0,,2150485,00.pdf (Joe Hanlon, NJ, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This removed the frequencies which expired 30 April. One more change is coming 1 July (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. Frequency change of Deutsche Welle in French from May 1: 1600-1700 NF 11625 KIG 250 kW / 310 deg, ex 11795 to avoid RFA Chinese + Chinese jammer Updated schedule of Deutsche Welle in DRM mode via Wooferton 0600-0800 on 6130 WOF 100 kW / 114 deg 0800-1000 on 7275 WOF 100 kW / 114 deg 1000-1300 NF 9460 WOF 100 kW / 114 deg, ex 9780 1300-1600 on 9780 WOF 100 kW / 114 deg, cancelled Updated schedule of Deutsche Welle in DRM mode via Moosbrunn 0700-0900 on 9620 MOS 040 kW / 275 deg 0900-1000 NF 7275 MOS 040 kW / 275 deg, ex 9620 1000-1300 on 9620 MOS 040 kW / 275 deg, cancelled 1300-1500 NF 9495 MOS 040 kW / 275 deg, ex 9620 1500-1600 NF 9700 MOS 040 kW / 275 deg, ex 9620 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, May 3, via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Current Nauen schedule; Family Radio considerably expands Wertachtal usage This is the current and complete Nauen schedule as of May 1: 0100-0500 9925 100/325 daily Hrvatski Radio 1030-1100 7285 100/100 daily Polskie Radio 1200-1300 11850 100/360 daily Polskie Radio [English] 1401-1416 15205 250/104 Tue, Thu Pan American Bc. 1401-1416 15205 250/090 Sat Pan American Bc. 1401-1416 15205 100/090 Sun Pan American Bc. 1416-1431 15205 100/090 daily Pan American Bc. 1431-1446 15205 250/090 Sun Pan American Bc. 1600-1759 13810 100/145 Mon, Wed Bible Voice Bc. 1600-1830 13810 100/145 Sat Bible Voice Bc. 1600-1900 13810 100/145 Sun Bible Voice Bc. 1630-1759 13810 100/145 Tue, Thu Bible Voice Bc. 1630-1900 13810 100/145 Fri Bible Voice Bc. 1730-1759 15600 125/145 daily IBRA Radio 1900-2100 6175 100/280 daily The Overcomer 2100-2200 7140 250/220 daily Polskie Radio Note: 9925 until 0300 together with Wertachtal, 0300-0500 Nauen only. 100 kW transmissions via a rotatable and tilting antenna from 1964, widely pictured in connection with RBI. The original transmitter had been shut down in 2000, transmissions via this antenna revived in early 2006 with a transferred transmitter from Jülich. 125/250 kW are the ALLISS units from 1997, abandoned by Deutsche Welle on April 30, leaving only the above shown transmissions at Nauen for the time being. Family Radio considerably expanded its transmissions via Wertachtal as of May 1. The following frequencies have been added, all using 500 kW (at times four transmitters simultaneously!): 1600-1659 on 13620 (120 deg.), to be expanded to 1600-1900 from May 15; 1800-1859 on 11600 (150 deg.), 11855 (120 deg.) and 13820 (135 deg.); 1900-1959 on 9495 (120 deg.); 1900-2000 on 7180 (150 deg.) and 13780 (210 deg.); 1900-2200 on 9610 (180 deg.); 2000-2059 on 9735 (150 deg.); 2000-2100 on 5975 (180 deg.); 2000-2200 on 11610 (210 deg.); 2100-2159 on 9720 (180 deg.); 2100-2200 on 5915 (150 deg.); 2200-2300 on 7115 (210 deg.), 9620 (180 deg.) and 9720 (195 deg.) Three more transmissions will start on May 15: 1600-1659 on 15705 (165 deg.), 1700-1759 on 11875 (120 deg.) and 1800-1859 on 13730 (165 deg.) Other changes: ELF (no explanation for this abbr. at hand right now) [Eritrean/Ethiopian Liberation Front??? -- gh] via Jülich Thu only 1700-1759 has been moved from 13630 to new 15315, AWR via Jülich 2030- 2100 has been moved from 9610 to 9565. Bible Voice Broadcasting 1700- 1800 on 11945 and AWR 1730-1800 on 17575 no longer via Flevo, now Wertachtal with 100 kW and 250 kW, respectively, instead. TWR will add from May 28 to July 29 only a transmission 1807-1840 on 5910, Jülich towards 130 deg. The complete schedule is again in the file section of the DXLD Yahoo group (Kai Ludwig, Germany, May 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH. Re DRM missing May 1 from 17870-17875-17880: According to Jacques Gruson of TDF in the DRM Software Radio Forum: "1st of May is a day-off in France so nobody on site to activate DRM transmitter. Sorry for that!" (via Andy Sennitt, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I wonder if TDF also skip other transmissions because of that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also FRANCE [and non] ** ICELAND. The Icelandic public broadcaster RUV has still not made a final decision about the date for the closure of the news relays on SW. The Gufunes Telecommunications Centre in Reykjavík which transmits the RUV news said today that it is still waiting for a note from RUV. Until then, the transmissions will continue; schedule and frequencies are unchanged from earlier seasons: To Europe: 1215-1300 on 13865, 1755-1825 on 12115; to North America: 1410-1440 & 1835-1905 on 13865, 2300-2335 on 12115 (Bernd Trutenau, May 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. The last few months have seen plenty of interesting new stations finding their way to backyard satellite dishes in Australia. Here in ADXN we present the highlights. Just a reminder, all television and radio mentioned on these pages is received free-to-air in the DVB digital format unless otherwise noted. And don’t forget the online expanded version of the ADXN satellite news can be found under the “news tab” at http://www.satdirectory.com (Satellite Radio & Television, May 2007 With Mark Fahey, Australian DX News via DXLD) Illustrated! ** IRAN. Additional frequency for VOIROI/IRIB in Armenian: 0300-0327 on 7255 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg \\ 12025 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, May 3, via DXLD) See also LITHUANIA ** IRAN. Hi all, Interesting, listening to IRIB in French at 1845 UT on 15085 KHz on May 3rd with excellent signal. Noticed this varying tone in the transmission that is exactly the same as the one I always hear on Rai Italy broadcast. For a moment almost thought it was RAI. I even checked with EiBi to make sure it's not transmitted from Italy :- ) must be some transmitter problem (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, dxldyg via DXLD) The squealing transmitter syndrome, also often heard from Cuba, especially their relays of China, and also just noticed today May 3 at 2008 on 15745, WEWN in Spanish. Someone once tried to explain it to me. Certain transmitter types have cards in the modulator and as they start to fail the squeal builds up. The reclusive Steve Waldee published quite a study of this re Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. May 2 at 2035 I found Kol Israel in Hebrew inbooming on 15615, S9+20, so looked for Galei Zahal around 15785. Nothing there, but something on 15780.0, apparently in Hebrew, M&W conversation, one on phone, brief music bits, including Edith Piaf. This was only S9+10, and I think it must be Galei Zahal. Since the frequency is exact, not likely to be a further drift down from 15785, but deliberate change. Nothing else listed on 15780. Online and paper skeds have not caught up with this, and can never agree on the hours for GZ, mainly because GZ hours are so flexible: EiBi A-07: 15785 0400-1600 ISR Galei Zahal HB Eu Aoki A-07: 15785 GALEI ZAHAL 0405-1755 1234567 Hebrew 5 ND Tel Aviv-Yavne ISR 03445E3152 GZ=6973 HFCC A-07: missing from both channels PWBR `2007`: 15785v, 24 hours, alt to 6973 WRTH 2007: 15785 0400-1530 (winter sked) WRTH 2007 Feb update: nothing from Israel (May update should be out soon) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Galei Zahal at present May 3rd at 1805 UT on 15789.06 kHz, S=7-8. In past weeks always near 15782.44 ... 15783.24 kHz, once also on 15785.57 kHz. Suffers by VoRussia in DRM mode, Moscow 15780 250 kW 240 degrees at 06-12 UT. Also QRM by CRI Xian 15785 03-07 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saludos Glenn, desde Valencia, Galei Zahal en 15790 a las 1855 UT en hebreo, con ID, cuñas publicitarias, SINPO 45433. 73 (José Miguel Romero, Spain, May 3, ibid.) At 1927 May 3, I put it at about 15789.8; at 2007 recheck, it was gone, so I suppose on this occasion back to 6973v, but Kol Israel was now strong on 15615, unlike earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ... and // 6975.45 kHz, so maybe both are now 24h? 73, MR (Mauno Ritola, Finland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saludos Glenn, a las 2125 se observa que Galei Zahal está emitiendo en 6975, buena señal pero ligeramente interferida y acompañada de bastante ruido. JM (Romero, ibid.) 15790.19v, Galei Zahal, Tel Aviv, 2135-2355+, May 3, Hebrew talk. Local pop music. Drifting up to 15790.42 by 2225 and 15790.85 by 2355. // 6975.59v-drifting up to 6975.7 by 2225 and 6975.91 by 2355 (Brian Alexander, PA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) GZ is wandering around like crazy right now, every few minutes. Here is what I heard during a 23m session on UT date 4 May: 0137 6976.12 0144 6976.15 0148 6976.13 0156 6976.06 0200 6976.14 The change between 0148-0200 is quite big. The changes occurred quickly, sometimes with a rumble. 73/Liz (Liz Cameron, Metro Detroit, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KALININGRAD. 7270, V. of Russia. Noted a spurious mixture of both Kaliningrad originating 7330 German and 7300 Serbian around 1600-1630 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, May 3, harmonics yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. COREA DEL NORTE. En la nueva actualización del WRTH anuncian para Corea del Norte a las 1900-2000 en español las frecuencias de 13760 y 15245; hoy 3 de mayo la estoy escuchando por 7570 ¿Para cuándo serán efectivas esas frecuencias? 73 (José Miguel Romero, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) : ** KOREA NORTH. A07 Summer Schedule of VOICE OF KOREA, Pyongyang, from Monday, 07 May 2007, 07:00 UTC Hello! Following the new Summer Schedule of VOICE OF KOREA, Pyongyang, Dem. People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), valid from 07 May 2007, 07:00 UT sorted either by language or time. It appears that last year's schedule comes into effect again unaltered. Have not yet been able to confirm Japanese broadcasts but I assume these will also be the same as last year's. Any further information or amendments will be forwarded to you all as and when available. I hope for a wide publicity and PLEASE state my name as follows: Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany I may also send out upon request lists in Word-format sorted by either language or time. The latter are available plain or with beam information or with feeder frequencies. Please send your enquiries to: dx (at) surfnett . de VOICE OF KOREA are always anxious to receive letters and reception reports as well as comments on their programmes. Please address all mail to: VOICE OF KOREA PYONGYANG DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (North Korea) Happy listening and all best wishes! '73s, OM Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Transmission Schedule of the VOICE OF KOREA, Pyongyang, DPR Korea valid from Monday, 07 May Juche 96 (2007) 07:00 UTC last modified: 02 May Juche 96 (2007), Version: 1 0000 Chinese 13650 15100 SEAs 0000 Korean (PBS) 7140 9345 9730 NECHN 0000 Spanish 11735 13760 15180 CAm, SAm 0100 English 7140 9345 9730 NEAs 0100 English 11735 13760 15180 CAm, SAm 0100 French 13650 15100 SEAs 0200 Chinese 7140 9345 9730 NECHN 0200 English 13650 15100 SEAs 0200 Spanish 11735 13760 15180 CAm, SAm 0300 Chinese 13650 15100 SEAs 0300 English 7140 9345 9730 NEAs 0300 French 11735 13760 15180 CAm, SAm 0700 Japanese 621 3250 9650 11865 J 0700 Korean (PBS) 7140 9345 NECHN 0700 Russian 9975 11735 FE 0700 Russian 13760 15245 Eu 0800 Chinese 7140 9345 NECHN 0800 Japanese 621 3250 9650 11865 J 0800 Russian 9975 11735 FE 0800 Russian 13760 15245 Eu 0900 Japanese 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 J 0900 Korean (KCBS) 7140 9345 NECHN 0900 Korean (PBS) 9975 11735 FE 0900 Korean (PBS) 13760 15245 Eu 1000 English 11710 15180 CAm, SAm 1000 English 11735 13650 SEAs 1000 Japanese 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 J 1000 Korean (PBS) 7140 9345 NECHN 1100 Chinese 7140 9345 CHN 1100 French 11710 15180 CAm, SAm 1100 French 11735 13650 SEAs 1100 Japanese 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 J 1200 Japanese 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 J 1200 Korean (KCBS) 11710 15180 CAm, SAm 1200 Korean (KCBS) 11735 13650 SEAs 1200 Korean (PBS) 7140 9345 NECHN 1300 Chinese 11735 13650 SEAs 1300 English 9335 11710 NAm 1300 English 13760 15245 WEu 1300 Korean (PBS) 9325 12015 Eu 1400 French 9335 11710 NAm 1400 French 13760 15245 WEu 1400 Korean (KCBS) 11735 13650 SEAs 1400 Russian 9325 12015 Eu 1500 Arabic 9990 11545 ME, NAf 1500 English 9335 11710 NAm 1500 English 13760 15245 WEu 1500 Russian 9325 12015 Eu 1600 English 9990 11545 ME, NAf 1600 French 9335 11710 NAm 1600 French 13760 15245 WEu 1600 German 9325 12015 Eu 1700 Arabic 9990 11545 ME, NAf 1700 Korean (KCBS) 9335 11710 NAm 1700 Korean (KCBS) 13760 15245 WEu 1700 Russian 9325 12015 Eu 1800 English 13760 15245 WEu 1800 French 7100 11910 SAf 1800 French 9975 11535 ME, NAf 1800 German 9325 12015 Eu 1900 English 7100 11910 SAf 1900 English 9975 11535 ME, NAf 1900 German 9325 12015 Eu 1900 Spanish 13760 15245 WEu 2000 French 13760 15245 WEu 2000 Korean (KCBS) 7100 11910 SAf 2000 Korean (KCBS) 9325 12015 Eu 2000 Korean (KCBS) 9975 11535 ME, NAf 2100 Chinese 7180 9345 NECHN 2100 Chinese 9975 11535 CHN 2100 English 13760 15245 WEu 2100 Japanese 621 3250 9650 11865 J 2200 Chinese 7180 9345 NECHN 2200 Chinese 9975 11535 CHN 2200 Japanese 621 3250 9650 11865 J 2200 Spanish 13760 15245 WEu 2300 Japanese 621 3250 9650 11865 J 2300 Korean (KCBS) 7180 9345 NECHN 2300 Korean (KCBS) 9975 11535 CHN 2300 Korean (KCBS) 13760 15245 WEu ______________________________________________________________________ Transmission Schedule of the VOICE OF KOREA, Pyongyang, DPR Korea valid from Monday, 07 May Juche 96 (2007) 07:00 UTC last modified: 02 May Juche 96 (2007), Version: 1 Arabic 1500 9990 11545 Near & Middle East; North Africa 1700 9990 11545 Near & Middle East; North Africa Chinese 0000 13650 15100 Southeast Asia 0200 7140 9345 9730 Northeast China 0300 13650 15100 Southeast Asia 0800 7140 9345 Northeast China 1100 7140 9345 Northeast China 1300 11735 13650 Southeast Asia 2100 7180 9345 Northeast China 2100 9975 11535 China 2200 7180 9345 Northeast China 2200 9975 11535 China English 0100 7140 9345 9730 Northeast Asia 0100 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America 0200 13650 15100 Southeast Asia 0300 7140 9345 9730 Northeast Asia 1000 11710 15180 Central & South America 1000 11735 13650 Southeast Asia 1300 13760 15245 Western Europe 1300 9335 11710 North America 1500 13760 15245 Western Europe 1500 9335 11710 North America 1600 9990 11545 Near & Middle East; North Africa 1800 13760 15245 Western Europe 1900 7100 11910 South Africa 1900 9975 11535 Near & Middle East; North Africa 2100 13760 15245 Western Europe French 0100 13650 15100 Southeast Asia 0300 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America 1100 11710 15180 Central & South America 1100 11735 13650 Southeast Asia 1400 13760 15245 Western Europe 1400 9335 11710 North America 1600 13760 15245 Western Europe 1600 9335 11710 North America 1800 7100 11910 South Africa 1800 9975 11535 Near & Middle East; North Africa 2000 13760 15245 Western Europe German 1600 9325 12015 Europe 1800 9325 12015 Europe 1900 9325 12015 Europe Japanese 0700 621 3250 9650 11865 Japan 0800 621 3250 9650 11865 Japan 0900 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 Japan 1000 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 Japan 1100 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 Japan 1200 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 Japan 2100 621 3250 9650 11865 Japan 2200 621 3250 9650 11865 Japan 2300 621 3250 9650 11865 Japan Korean 0000 (PBS) 7140 9345 9730 Northeast China 0700 (PBS) 7140 9345 Northeast China 0900 (KCBS) 7140 9345 Northeast China 0900 (PBS) 13760 15245 Europe 0900 (PBS) 9975 11735 Far Eastern Russia 1000 (PBS) 7140 9345 Northeast China 1200 (KCBS) 11710 15180 Central & South America 1200 (KCBS) 11735 13650 Southeast Asia 1200 (PBS) 7140 9345 Northeast China 1300 (PBS) 9325 12015 Europe 1400 (KCBS) 11735 13650 Southeast Asia 1700 (KCBS) 13760 15245 Western Europe 1700 (KCBS) 9335 11710 North America 2000 (KCBS) 7100 11910 South Africa 2000 (KCBS) 9325 12015 Europe 2000 (KCBS) 9975 11535 Near & Middle East; North Africa 2300 (KCBS) 7180 9345 Northeast China 2300 (KCBS) 13760 15245 Western Europe 2300 (KCBS) 9975 11535 China Russian 0700 13760 15245 Europe 0700 9975 11735 Far Eastern Russia 0800 13760 15245 Europe 0800 9975 11735 Far Eastern Russia 1400 9325 12015 Europe 1500 9325 12015 Europe 1700 9325 12015 Europe Spanish 0000 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America 0200 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America 1900 13760 15245 Western Europe 2200 13760 15245 Western Europe ______________________________________________________________________ All times in UTC, all frequencies in kHz, subject to change at short notice. Programmes last 47 to 57 minutes. Data based on announcements and schedules of the Voice of Korea and own monitoring. KCBS = Korean Central Broadcasting Station (Choson Jungang Pangsong) PBS = Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (Pyongyang Pangsong) Compiled by Arnulf Piontek, 12359 Berlin, Germany; eMail: dx @ surfnett.de Please feel free to publish this schedule by mentioning the source: (Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. CLANDESTINE: 4450, Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front, P`yongyang, *0758-0815, Apr 22, IS, opening ann in Korean, ID: "Yoginen banje-meinzok-minju-jeonsen pyongyang jibuimnida". Schedule announced in Korean: "Broadcast morning 0700 to 1000, afternoon 0500 to 1100 (= 2200-0100 and 0800-1200 UT. New times! Ed) on MW 1053kHz, shortwave 3480, 4557 and 4450 kHz." (Takao Miyajima, Yokohama-city, Japan, DSWCI DX Window May 2 via DXLD) More about this on page 509 of WRTH 2007; used to be known by a quite different name, I think, but what was it? (gh, DXLD) ** LITHUANIA [and non]. According to the operator, the IRIB relay in Russian (1430-1530) via Sitkunai 100 kW changed frequency from 9280 to 9300 (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, May 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Apparently, they did it to avoid QRM from Family Radio via Taiwan. And now they are colliding with Radio Pakistan which is on 9300 1415-1445 also in Russian. Two Islamic Republics on the same frequency ;) (Serghey Nikishin, Moscow, ibid.) ** LITHUANIA. Summer A-07 relay via Sitkunai: 0630-0727 on 11515 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu VOIROI/IRIB Italian 1430-1527 NF 9300*SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to EaEu VOIROI/IRIB Russian, ex 9280 1730-1827 on 6255 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu VOIROI/IRIB German 1830-1927 on 6255 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu VOIROI/IRIB French 1930-2027 on 6255 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu VOIROI/IRIB English 2030-2127 on 6255 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu VOIROI/IRIB Spanish 2200-2300 on 6255 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu KBC Radio Mx on Sat 2300-2400 on 9875#SIT 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm R. Vilnius Lith/Eng 0000-0100 on 11690 SIT 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm R. Vilnius Lith/Eng 0800-0900 on 9710 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu R. Vilnius Lith/Eng * co-ch Radio Pakistan also in Russian on 9300.4 # co-ch Radio Free Asia in Tibetan + Chinese Music jammer (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, May 3, via DXLD) ** LUXEMBOURG [and non]. Re DXLD 7-051, ``Actually "Coord_A" means "coordination effected". So I understand that a country designator should move from "Coord_B" to "Coord_A" rather than just vanishing to indicate that the coordination has been approved, and they would appear in the AMS column as PLN rather than ADD. Or do I misunderstand something here? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.)`` Kai is right to point at this; I see that I misinterpreted the sections in the BRIFIC files and have to correct myself. By a person with experience in ITU coordination I was informed that, first of all, Part A of the BRIFIC GE75-file shows applications for which the coordination procedure has not yet been completed, while applications (that earlier were published in Part A) for which the coordination procedure has been completed are shown in Part B. As for the two columns, column "Coord_A" shows countries with which the coordination has been completed, "Coord_B" shows countries with which the coordination is to be done (Bernd Trutenau, dxldyg) ** NIGERIA [non]. One non heard: Checked 13770 today, Wednesday, at 1600. No sign of Radio Saa. After 1615 All India Radio boomed in, seemingly in Bangla language or similar. Where is Radio Saa now? 73 from (Björn Fransson, DX-ing on the island of Gotland, Sweden, May 2, HCDX via DXLD) ** NORWAY. BBC DRM: see U K ** OMAN. Re A-07 schedule: However, the transmitter at Thumrait at present is off the air for repairs of a mast - caused by sandstorms and high winds (Mauno Ritola via Noel Green, Apr 28, DSWCI DX Window May 2 via DXLD) ** PERU. Una peruana (probablemente Radio Tawantinsuyo) escuchada con transmisión de futbol en 6175 kHz; desaparece a las 0100 cuando La Voz de Vietnam [vía Canadá] abre su operación en la misma frecuencia con programa en inglés (Saludos desde Durazno, Uruguay, Alfredo Locatelli, http://elescucha.webcindario.com http://www.qsl.net/cx1no May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6520.6, RADIO PAUCARTAMBO. Paucartambo. Perú. 0010-0035 Mayo 1, Música y programación en vernacualar, algunos anuncios de Tienda de abarrotes Flor de Oriente. ID a las 0030 en español: "...Desde la provincia de Paucartambo, junto a su cerro 3 cruces, y el imponente Apo---, y la inmensa reserva biosfera del Manu, patrimonio natural de la humanidad, transmite Radio Paucartambo en los 101.3 FM estéreo, Radio Paucartambo a la vanguardia de la cultura..." (Rafael Rodriguez R., WinRadio G303i, 30 Metros Hilo Largo, Bogotá DC- COLOMBIA, condig list via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 15325, FEBC, Bocaue. Continues here for A07, IS with ID 0954 tune-in, "Sounds of Deliverance" from 1000, 6/4 (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW (Icom R75, Dansk RX4000, Horizontal Loop, Dipole, May Australian DX News via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. Frequency changes of Radio Veritas Asia effective from Apr. 29 0000–0027 NF 12005 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg, ex 11710*in Sinhala 0030–0057 NF 12005 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg, ex 11710 in Hindi 0030–0057 NF 9895 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg, ex 11965 in Bengali * to avoid CNR till 0030 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, May 3, via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Summer A-07 schedule of Radio Romania International: ARABIC 0630-0656 9685 9700 11730 11790 1400-1456 11775 15160 AROMANIAN 1430-1456 7170* 1630-1656 7135* 1830-1856 7130* CHINESE 0400-0426 15215 17770 1300-1326 15435 17740 ENGLISH 0000-0056 9775 11790 0300-0356 6150 9645 11895 15220 0530-0556 9655 11830 15435 17770 1200-1256 11875 15220 1700-1756 9535 11735 2030-2056 9515 11810 11940 15465 2200-2256 7185 9675 9790 11940 FRENCH 0100-0156 6130 9515 0500-0526 7180 9655 1000-1056 11830 15250 15380 17785 1600-1656 9680 11950 2000-2026 7215 9655 GERMAN 0600-0626 7125 9740 1100-1156 9515 11775 1800-1856 7160 9775 ITALIAN 1400-1426 7170* 1600-1626 9620* 1800-1826 7130* ROMANIAN 0000-0056 9525 11960 0100-0156 9525 11960 Sun 0700-0756 9700 11970 15260 17775 "Curierul romanesc" Sun 0800-0856 11875 15450 15510 17795 "Curierul romanesc" Sun 0900-0956 11830 11925 15250 15380 "Curierul romanesc" 1200-1256 7165* 11920 15195 1400-1456 9760 11965 1600-1656 7210 9690 1700-1756 9625 11865 1800-1856 9625 11765 RUSSIAN 0430-0456 7190 9555 1330-1356 9790 11855 1500-1556 7235 9760 SERBIAN 1530-1556 6175* 1730-1756 6130* 1930-1956 6110* 7215 SPANISH 0200-0256 5975 9520 9645 11945 1900-1956 11715 15435 2100-2156 9755 11965 2300-2356 9655 9745 11880 11935 UKRAINIAN 1500-1526 7210* 1700-1726 7165* 1900-1926 5975 7210* * Saftitza 50 kW (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, May 3, via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. One question: Address to "Voice of Orthodoxy" via Kazakhstan??? 73 from (Björn Fransson, DX-ing on the island of Gotland, Sweden, May 2, HCDX via DXLD) WRTH 2007, page 440 under France (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) i.e.: B. P. 416-08, 75366 Paris Cedex 08, France [per:] http://www.schoechi.de/ex-kaz.html 73 (from Salzburg, Christoph Ratzer, http://www.a-dx.at ibid.) ** SAINT HELENA. A nice QSL card and informational leaflet arrived from Radio St Helena in Jamestown, a nice addition to any DXer's collection. Let's wait till next year to enjoy the programs again on 11092.5 (Christopher Lewis, UK, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. St. Helena 11902.5 USB, full data, signed card received in 175 days for postal report plus 3 IRCs. Links to QSL card http://www.kg4lac.com/RSTHelena_11-4-2006_Front.jpg http://www.kg4lac.com/RSTHelena_11-4-2006_Back.jpg Also received R. St. Helena info sheet. Link to info sheet. http://www.kg4lac.com/RSTHelena_2006_Revival_BC_Info_Sheet.jpg 73, (Kraig Krist, KG4LAC, Manassas, VA, May 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15250, Riyadh. Despite of published schedules, the official ID is "Radio Riyadh" in English and not BSKSA. Heard with programs at 1212 UT called "Political Week', followed by "The Kingdom In Focus" from 1222, etc. Close/down at 1258 was on 21/4 (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, May Australian DX News via DXLD) Presumed only, very weak signal here 1115 with Elton John’s “Sacrifice”, talks in what appeared to be English, 28/4 (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW (Icom R75, Dansk RX4000, Horizontal Loop, Dipole, May Australian DX News via DXLD) ** SPAIN. May 3 at 0539 heard some Greek-sounding music on 12035? NF for VOG? No, it was one of my favorite shows, La Bañera de Ulises via REE on its UT Thursday repeat hour; unusually good reception on 25m in the nightmiddle, and even better on // 11890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 May follow. Solar flux 87 and mid- latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 03 May was 0 (4 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) On the A-07 program schedules of REE is another repeat of La Bañera de Ulises, Thursdays at 21-22 on 15110. Could it also be on the 15345 transmission to Lebanon which does not specify program content? May 3 it was on neither, but instead some talk program in //. Maybe it was something sportive taking priority. 15345 was deeply mixed with Morocco in Arabic, and perhaps RAE Argentina in there too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. Instrumentals by the dozen, including Blueberry Hill and Down By The Riverside, led to the encounter with an old friend, this time on 15745, Wed. May 3, 0120, SLBC with time pips for local 7 a.m. and onto Back To The Bible. SINPO 35443. No chance for // 9770 which anyway is now occupied by powerhouse Voice of Turkey in Spanish. 73s. (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Simply incredible how deep propagation can fall from one day to another --- Just 24 hours ago I was getting VG signal from SLBC on (seems new) 15745, and tonight I can't hear a thing, despite we were in the midst of a power outage, so man made noise reduces. My guess is they must be out for this May 4 as I checked around 0130. 73 (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, UT May 4, ibid.) ** SYRIA. Radio Damasco | 14:49 UTC | Emisiones de Verano: A partir de las 22:15 UTC en las frecuencias 12 085 kHz (banda de 24,8 metros) y en 13 610 kHz (banda de 21 metros) | radiodamasco @ yahoo.com 73 de (Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is that from their own new website? So off 9330 for the season, no more WBCQ het? (gh, DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. VOICE OF TIBET PROTESTS CHINESE JAMMING Glenn, I am a subscriber to MT Express, as well as being an EMC engineer involved with communication and avionics systems. I subscribe to a number of on-line rags, one of which posted this link today: http://www.interferencetechnology.com/emcnews/id1254 An active link near the end of the article will take you to an English version of VOT's official filing. If you already knew of this, please pardon the duplication. While I am not a very active SWL, I do consider it to be a real intrusion when any sort of intentional interference is heaped upon radio transmissions intended for the public. I might add that lumped into this same category (by me) are BPL systems that, if not controlled, will manage to wipe out virtually all SWL receive capability within several hundred meters of any power lines carrying the BPL signals. (I performed a study on that topic in 2004 when a trial BPL system was deployed in parts of Cedar Rapids, IA.) The hams managed to get notching into the FCC directives for BPL, but except in cases where SW broadcasting still exists within the HF amateur radio bands, the future does not bode well for those SWLers in or near BPL areas. Regards, (Dale Svetanoff, WA9ENA, to gh at Monitoring Times, via DXLD) Viz.: http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=The+Foundation+Voice+of+Tibet+launches+campaign+to+protest+Chinese+radio+%22jamming%22&id=16308 MONKS PLEAD WITH HILL FOR TIBETAN RADIO AIRTIME The Politico [Thursday, May 03, 2007 09:40] By Jean Chemnick http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=16428&article=Monks+plead+with+Hill+for+Tibetan+radio+airtime&t=1&c=1 Their flowing red robes stood out in the sea of gray, navy and brown suits assembled for a recent hearing before the House Appropriations subcommittee on foreign operations. The seven Tibetan Buddhist monks went to Capitol Hill to give Congress a simple message: Restore all funding for Radio Free Asia's Tibetan broadcasts. Zurkhang Karma, the union representative for Radio Free Asia, said the subcommittee's leaders expressed support for putting $1.5 million back into the spending bill for Tibetan broadcasts but made no promises. The monks' plight reflects an ideological shift within the federal government's international broadcasting services. In recent years the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a bipartisan entity that oversees Radio Free Asia, the Voice of America and other foreign news outlets, has moved funds away from some of the older programs toward newer ones aimed at the Middle East, Korea, Somalia and Cuba. It has also invested more money in television programming, a move that BBG spokesman Larry Hart said reflected changes in the way people get news today. For example, radio broadcasts in Cantonese are going to be discontinued, Hart said, because more people own televisions in that part of China. The cut would save $680,000 out of a budget of $668 million. Reductions in some places are necessary to expand programs in regions targeted in the war on terror, Hart said. "These are information- deprived people, and they need accurate and objective news about what is happening in their country." The same, however, could be said of Tibet. The windswept region of Central Asia has been governed by China since 1950. The Dalai Lama, whom many consider to be Tibet's lawful ruler, lives in exile in India. The only way he can communicate with his people, Karma said, is through U.S. radio programs because the media within Tibet is censored. The Dalai Lama has enormous clout on Capitol Hill, signified by his receiving the Congressional Gold Medal in 2006 for contributions to peace and nonviolence. Karma said he was hopeful that bipartisan regard for the spiritual leader would make lawmakers restore the money necessary to keep the broadcast alive. And to make sure the plea has some secular star power, actor Richard Gere made a pitch in March to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Eleven former Voice of America directors -- five Democrats, five Republicans, and one appointed by a Republican and then a Democratic president -- have been lobbying to add $26 million to the budget to cover the costs of the Tibetan and Cantonese programming, as well as those in Greek, Russian, Hindi, Serbian and other languages. Alan L. Heil Jr. spearheads the effort. He said the group plans to meet with members of both chambers privately in advance of this spring's appropriations negotiations. "I've given my life to this organization, and to see it being nibbled away at and destroyed is very disillusioning," said the former deputy director of the VOA. The consortium of ex-directors is particularly concerned about sharp reductions to English-language broadcasts, which were proposed last year. The English-language service, which now broadcasts world news around the world, would be reduced to an African regional service. "If they broadcast in only one language, it should be English," said Sanford Ungar, VOA director from 1999 to 2000 who is now president of Goucher College in Towson, Md. By cutting the premier news service and investing in programs such as the pop music-heavy Arabic Radio Sawa, the board was eroding VOA's journalistic reputation. Ungar said it would lose listenership in foreign think tanks and universities, where policy is crafted and English is preferred. Hart disagreed. He said that elites in other countries increasingly get their English-language news from sources such as the BBC and CNN, while average citizens have little access to outside broadcasts because they do not speak English (via Zacharias Liangas, DXLD) ** UGANDA. 4750, Dunamis Shortwave, Kampala, Tentatively heard 1820- 1900*, Apr 25 with very weak signal, heard best in USB. Mostly orchestral music, but 1857 talk in unID language sounding like preaching. Deep fades, slight utility QRM, carrier off at 1900*, 14111 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window May 2 via DXLD) ** U K [non]. Re: disappearance without notice of the 03-04 broadcast in Spanish: ``BBC Spanish 11:00-12:00 CAm Diario 6095, 11825.`` Saludos Raúl, parece que tus sospechas se han hecho realidad, según se publica en la actualización del WRTH A-07. 73 (José Miguel Romero, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Bien, José Miguel y colegas, de quien menos esperábamos aflora esa falta de delicadeza de terminar sin decir agua va, de un servicio radiofónico de los más representativos y confiables en nuestro idioma. Como que la cortesía es cosa de una feliz época de mejoraes modales. 73. (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, ibid.) ** U K [non]. BBCWS in English at 11-13 via Guiana French from May 2 on 9465 ex-9480; more under USA: KAIJ. 9465 BBCWS confirmed here May 3 around 1255; mediocre signal (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. NORWAY Updated schedule for BBC in DRM mode: 0600-0700 on 7475 KVI 050 kW / 190 deg, addit. txion 0700-0900 on 9470 KVI 050 kW / 190 deg, ex 0700-1330 1600-1800 on 7465 KVI 050 kW / 190 deg, ex 1330-1800 1800-2000 on 7420 KVI 050 kW / 190 deg, addit. txion (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, May 3, via DXLD) ** U S A. NEW VOA PROGRAM GUIDE AVAILABLE ONLINE The latest edition of the VOA Program Guide is now available online, and hard copies are being mailed out. Follow this link, also located on VOANews.com, to read Guide articles and find program schedules and descriptions by world region. Learn about programs in our newest broadcast language, Somali; our new radio and television shows in Indonesian; how interactive TV programs bring Washington closer to the Balkans; and our new online features for finding out more about VOA. The VOA Program Guide is published twice a year, in December and May, when our broadcast schedules change. . . http://www.voanews.com/english/about/ProgramGuide.cfm Linx to seven sexions by region, in pdf except for English: http://www.voanews.com/english/About/upload/EnglishWorldwide_Spr07ProgGuide.pdf (via Glenn Hauser, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Latest Talk to America with Kim Elliott, should be available OD shortly for May 3 via http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/TTA-New-Past-Shows.cfm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. COMMUNITY: AHEPA' TESTIMONY TO HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE TO RESTORE VOA GREEK SERVICE FUNDING Posted on Monday, April 30 @ 14:16:35 EDT by greek_news Washington, DC.- The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), submitted written testimony to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, State, and Related Programs, requesting the federal government to restore $480,000 in funding for the Voice of America Greek Service for Fiscal Year 2008. The testimony has been entered into the Public Record. "The Greek Service is extremely crucial to the Greek-American community and to the United States' interests in the Eastern Mediterranean," said National President Gus. J. James, II. "It plays a significant role in communicating an accurate message abroad to a part of the globe that is situated on the doorsteps of the Middle East and the Balkans." Separately, AHEPA sent letters presenting its position to Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), who chairs the Appropriations Subcommittee with jurisdiction over VOA, and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), who is the ranking member on the Subcommittee. "The elimination of the Greek Service just doesn't make sense," added James, who said the TV broadcast portion receives a 4.5% viewer rating in Greece, and that combined with radio and the Internet, the Service is viewed or heard by one million persons. Ratings for Cyprus are unable to be surveyed due to improper funding. Moreover, AHEPA commends the effort by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD), who circulated a letter about the VOA funding issue to colleagues in the House of Representatives. "We are thankful to Congressman Sarbanes for initiating the effort, and we applaud those members of Congress who co-signed the letter," said James. "They are to be commended by our community." In addition to Sarbanes, Hellenic Caucus Chairpersons Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), along with Reps. Zack Space (D-OH), James P. McGovern (D-MA), and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) co-signed the letter (via John Babbis, MD, May 3, DXLD) The VOA Greek service on SW went away many years ago (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Frequency changes for IBB from April 25: Radio Liberty 0300-0400 NF 7185 LAM 100 kW / 085 deg, ex 9855 in Tatar-Bashkir 0500-0600 NF 11865 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg, ex 11815 in Russian 0500-0700 NF 17560 UDO 250 kW / 355 deg, ex 17730 in Russian 0700-1100 NF 11700#PHL 250 kW / 021 deg, ex 11665 in Russian 1400-1500 NF 12080 BIB 100 kW / 065 deg, ex 11625 in Russian 1500-1600 NF 11865 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg, ex 9520 in Russian 2000-2100 NF 7285*PHL 250 kW / 021 deg, ex 7220 in Russian # strong co-ch RFI French 0700-0800 and TOM English 0800-0900 Sat/Sun * strong co-ch CRI in English via CER Voice of America 1030-1045 NF 21590 IRA 250 kW / 316 deg, ex 17740 Turkish Mon-Fri 1500-1530 NF 9705 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg, ex 11780 Uzbek >>> from May 7 1500-1530 NF 9885 TIN 250 kW / 305 deg, ex 6115 Uzbek >>> from May 7 1800-1900 NF 11755 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg, ex 7340 Russian (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, May 3, via DXLD) ** U S A. A new month, and apparently Brother Scare is gone again from WBCQ 7415, where he had been heard overnight until 1100 UT for a few weeks. Instead, UT May 2 at 0526, I was surprised to hear Keith Perron interviewing Tom Meijer, ex-Happy Station. These were the same old recordings KP recently posted to the happystation yg. It turned out that this was included in the International Radio Report from CKUT, a Sunday morning show which normally has no SW outlet, with the unmistakable voices of Janice and Steve Karlock. After 0532 they went on to other matters, including Montreal weather at the time, which is slightly irrelevant now; over by 0545 so must have started around 0515. At 0546 WBCQ promo and sign-off, no Brother Scare. So was IRR on WBCQ just a fluke, put on by the operator on duty, or a new regular thing? Nothing about this on the show website http://mediajct.homeip.net/radioreport/ which however has not been updated in over a year (and tnx for the WOR link!) The 29 April revision at http://www.overcomerministry.org/SW-UTC.htm does not show WBCQ, but I never got around to looking at it earlier in April to see if they ever got around to including WBCQ overnight while it lasted. I wonder what was on WBCQ at 0430-0515, after Herald of Truth. None of this appears on the online sked at http://www.zappahead.net/wbcq/main.php?fn=sked&freq=7415 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ Late Night Interesting Content Hi, all! Was tuning around post-midnite here and happened to tune 7415 kHz at 0540 UT (5/2/07). It was NOT Bro Stair, as I had expected and the on-line WBCQ sked shows, but instead a mix of WBCQ parody jingles (sounded professionally made, but the contents were humorous twists on regular radio jingles) and a Canadian-produced radio program (that credited a local (Toronto?) FM station) discussing amateur radio and other radio-related topics. Unfortunately, that ended at 0545 UT, and was followed by a WBCQ ID and sign-off announcement (but the silent carrier stayed on). I didn't make any notes while my memory was fresh about the name of that relayed program and the local station they ID'd as their home, due to the late hour, so if anyone else can identify this, please post! I have no idea if this means that Bro Stair is back OFF late-night WBCQ again -- I had just seen a reference to his being fined a large amount due to his legal troubles and wondered if he had cancelled his radio programming, so I tuned over to 3185 kHz and there he was (WWRB), so maybe it was just a WBCQ exception. I wish that I had known that this different programming was on late- night WBCQ; I would have liked to hear that program in its entirety. 73, (Will Martin, MO, May 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) As above I too was listening; the WBCQ carrier only stayed on a few seconds. Reference please on Bro. Stair fine? (gh, DXLD) The Overcomer Ministry has dropped overnights on 7415 effective April 30, making this time available again. There may be some of the "best of WBCQ" programming happening at 12:30am eastern time (0430 UTC), e.g. Bill Cooper, appearing on occasion. As Will Martin recently noted on the dxldyg, there has been some interesting material aired in this time slot lately, including "The International Radio Report" with Janice and Steve Karlock from CKUT 90.3 FM Radio McGill, Montreal; as well as Ragnar Daneskjöld's "Pirates Week." "The Word of the Cross" returns, now Sundays at 0300 UTC on 9330 (Larry Will, Annotated WBCQ Program Guide, anomalies, May 3 via DXLD) ** U S A. FCC A-07 shows WBCQ back on 17495 instead of 18910. Last week Scott Becker told me they would move to 17495 at the beginning of May. I haven`t heard WBCQ on either for many weeks. On May 2, Allan Weiner tells me they still plan to move from 18 to 17 sometime this spring but are still on 18910. Wednesday May 2 at 2317 during WORLD OF RADIO, absolutely nothing audible here on either. This transmitter would be put to far better use by going down to 11 or 13 MHz band, 15 at most in daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. KAIJ has wanted to shift from its night frequency 5755 to day frequency 9480 at 1200 UT because it has a 3-hour program in progress [The Power Hour at 12-15], but could not do so because BBCWS via Guiana French has been on 9480 at 1100-1300. Now, George McClintock tells me, as of May 2, BBC has kindly shifted to 9465 (for both hours, I assume), and KAIJ can bring up 9480 at 1200 instead of 1300, keeping TPH on the same frequency thruout. He also reminds us of the live show weekdays at noon (1700 UT) on 9480, News & Views; and another client, Southwest Radio Church is pleased that it is getting more listener response via KAIJ than from other SW stations (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WMLK with Jacob O. Meyer on 9264.99 at 1900+ May 3 with his usual speech. This is a rare catch at my QTH. Deep fades from inaudible to S3 which is really good. 73/Liz (Liz Cameron, MI, May 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And 5 percent modulation? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. WNNZ 640 Westfield MA --- I haven't seen this reported anywhere as of yet, but if it's old news I apologize. WFCR Public Radio based in Amherst MA has taken over WNNZ in Westfield MA (both near Springfield in central Massachusetts), a formerly commercial AM (MW) outlet which broadcasts on 640 kHz with 50 kW daytime and 15 kW nighttime, directional antenna. WFCR has decided -- at least for now -- to program WNNZ separately. WNNZ has been adding NPR and PRI content, plus it relays the BBC World Service from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., Monday through Friday; and 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. on weekends. The full schedule may be downloaded from http://www.wfcr.org/about/WNNZ_program_schedule.pdf For ECNA listeners this will be a DX catch of sorts, the further out you are from central New England. Here in Halfmoon, NY (just north of Albany and about 100 miles from the transmitter), I get perfectly listenable daytime and nighttime reception (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, May 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WHRB`s detailed schedule of May Orgies, notably Brahms now underway, at a slightly corrected URL from the one anticipated: http://www.whrb.org/pg/MayJun2007.pdf Seems they have given up duplicating them in html (Glenn Hauser, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** URUGUAY [non]. Looking to log SODRE again, 05/01 during the 2200- 2300 window, a day after having done so on 04/30 for the first time. Heard WYFR pounding in instead. The updated T-Systems A-07 schedule in my In-box shows why: 9620 2200 2300 46S,47W 311 180 218 1234567 010507 281007 WER 500 YFR It was nice while it lasted (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Part of greatly expanded WYFR via GERMANY, q.v. (gh) ** VENEZUELA [non!]. Dear Friends, QSL Card and Letter from Radio Nacional de Venezuela Two months ago I sent two printed reception reports to Radio Nacional de Venezuela for their frequencies 11670 kHz and 6060 kHz addressing to Mr. César Méndez M. whose address mentioned in WRTH. Today I received a very nice envelope from RNV plastered with 7 colourful Venezuelan stamps. Inside the envelope I find a QSL Card and Verification letter along with many used stamps of various countries. The QSL Card verifies my report on 6060 kHz and is very exotic and colourful with 12 sceneries from Venezuela printed on the front. On the reverse side a full data entry was made along with the official stamp of the station and signature of the official. Interestingly a full data Verification letter was also included confirming my reception of the frequency 11670 kHz (typed erroneously as 11679). The signer of the letter was Mr. C-Ali Méndez Martínez who says he was retired from RNV recently but engaged with checking of listener mails. He also gives his residential address as: Urb. Santa Paula, Calle Sagitario, entre Leo y Neptuno, Conjunto La Morita, Qta "la 8", El Cafetal, Caracas, Venezuela. The station address mentioned over the envelope which can be used for sending reports is: Radio Nacional de Venezuela, Final Calle Las Marías, Entre Chapellín y Country Club La Florida, Caracas, Zona Postal 1050, República Bolivariana de Venezuela (T. R. Rajeesh, Kerala, INDIA, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) T.R., The address for Méndez in WRTH is in Miami. Seemingly an apartment, but that could really be just a mail-drop forwarding address. But why bother with that? Where is he, really? I wonder if any mail really gets thru to the announced Apartado 3979, Caracas, address, which others have reported bounces mail. Was it really full- data? Apparently they never acknowledged the transmissions are via CUBA; at least you do not mention this. Did you ask them about the site? 73, (Glenn Hauser to T. R., via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. ARGELIA, 6300, Radio Nacional Saharaui, 1955- 2005, escuchada el 2 de mayo en árabe, comentarios, música y cuña de identificación, ayer 1 de Mayo no se la escuchó desde valencia por ninguna frecuencia, SINPO 44333 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot, (Valencia), España, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, on April 30 it was on 6378+, as in 7-051, so be on the lookout for further aroundjumping (gh, DXLD) CLAND. Polisario Front is off on 1550 kHz, is active on 6300 --- and is back on 700 kHz despite adjacent QRM which is mainly de Laghouat 702 kHz, Algeria! Let's see how's reception tomorrow morning, i.e. if they're keeping this frequency busy for some time to come. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. Re 7-051: What is described as "Hindi-style music" was probably Taarab music, a very distinctive musical genre played in Zanzibar and the coastal areas of Tanzania and Kenya. It is a blend of Arabic and Indian influences. You will hear a lot of it on 11735. Taarab songs are always sung in Swahili and generally feature a female singer accompanied by male musicians. A google or yahoo search for taarab will bring you plenty of results. On the absence of English news at 1800, I think this might only be broadcast Monday-Friday (Chris Greenway, UK, May 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE. This article gives a somewhat different view on the scheduling for the station (and the location of the studios) than earlier published; perhaps this explains the delay (provided the details are correct): RADIO ROBERT, AN IRANIAN CO-PRODUCTION --- MUGABE'S POLICY OF BEFRIENDING IRAN PAYS OFF AS IT FINANCES A NEW PROPAGANDA STATION Robert Mugabe has been actively pursuing a policy of friendship and co-operation with Iran, claiming that the two countries share a common ideology of standing up to Western hegemony. Now it looks like it's paid off, with the news that Iran has agreed to finance the establishment of a new radio station in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo. Iran, which has previously donated funds to refurbish the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation's television and radio stations, will provide a total of US$39.6m for the new station. The money will be spent on re-equipping an old Bulawayo studio providing new digital technology, and sending instructors to train local technicians. The deal was signed in Harare last Friday, by Iran's ambassador to Zimbabwe, Rasoul Momeni, and Harare's Minister of Information and Publicity, Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu. The new station will be called News 24/7 - a misnomer, in that it is expected to carry very little news, and a great deal of government propaganda. This will include repeats of old Mugabe speeches extolling the virtues of the liberation struggle and land reform. It will also carry government info-mercials, for which, of course, it will not charge a fee. The News 24/7 programmes, headed up by veteran broadcaster Happison Muchechetere, will be designed to offset the critical broadcasts beamed into the country from anti-Mugabe stations abroad, such as SWW from Britain and Studio 7, which is part of Voice of America. The station is unlikely to carry commercial advertisements. In the current economic crisis, with inflation running at 1,700 per cent and unemployment at 80 per cent, no-one can afford to advertise. FIRST POSTED APRIL 11, 2007 http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1640 (via Bernd Trutenau, dxldyg via DXLD) Probably still a "phantom service" of ZBH. News 24/7 Unheard here in Zimbabwe since its inception on either FM or Shortwave (David Pringle- Wood, Zimbabwe, May 3, ibid.) ** ZIMBABWE. 7120, Weird sounding jammer here 1751 24/4, intended for V. of People, I presume. Have previously heard this type of jammer, which sounds like a bar or two of Mid-East music repeated over and over, used against Radio SWA (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW (Icom R75, Dansk RX4000, Horizontal Loop, Dipole, May Australian DX News via DXLD) That`s SW Radio Africa; SWA might be taken as `Southwest Africa` ** ZIMBABWE [non]. As expected, SW Radio Africa made some changes today (1 May). The website now just lists 4880, 11775 and 11810 at 1700-1900. In other words 12035 (Rampisham) has been dropped. Here in southern England 11775 is completely blocked by co-channel CRI but reception is fair on 11810 (Chris Greenway, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Excellent reception of 12035 can also be heard here in Zimbabwe (its target area) from sign on 1700 // 11775 & 11810 (David Pringle-Wood, Zimbabwe, ibid.) Excellent reception here in France on 12035 kHz (// 11775 and 11810) So 12035 still in use ! (Jean-Michel AUBIER, 1729 UT May 2, ibid.) Something barely audible here on 12035 around 1802 May 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD) Yes, it's back on 12035 today (2 May). But it wasn't heard there yesterday. Also, I note that their website has been amended today to add 12035. Yesterday it was only listing 4880, 11775 and 11810, so this was a deliberate move, not a scheduling error (Chris Greenway, ibid.) SW R Africa only heard on 12035 via Rampisham from 1847-1859 s/off. Very weak w/some deep fades. Other frequencies inaudible due to either propagation or Dr. Gene. Not beamed toward the States anyway (Liz Cameron, MI, May 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) May not be Rampisham any more. 12035 audible here, fair peaking at S9+10 in discussion of regime, May 3 at 1816. Something else on 11810, seemed Arabish, mixing with second signal, maybe SWRA. Don`t find anything else listed on 11810 at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Extremely distorted spur on 7312v: On UT May 2 I was finally waiting for it early enough to hear it pop on at 0429 with music; 0433 some talk, 0437 back to music. Just too distorted and too much ChAf from 7310 to make any more of it. But that scheduling does point to Chad. Of course, 6165 is blocked here at that hour by Bonaire. If it were a mixing product with MW there would have to be something on 1148, unlisted and unlikely. Could be 6165 transmitter is very badly mistuned. Is anyone currently hearing it at any other time? Or maybe they have tried to retune it to a 41mb frequency. Or maybe none of the above. Note: I can`t get a precise measurement on the frequency since there does not seem to be a detectable carrier in all the garbage; but on different dates it has seemed to vary slightly from 7311 to 7314 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Sorry I am not able to help you much with your UNID on 7311v, but did want to pass this information on to you, just in case it helped you in some way. Heard on 7310, from 0424-0455, on May 2, with assume Channel Africa in French with decent signal and clear audio, no distortion heard. At 0455 there seemed a short silence and then suddenly there was an audio that was extremely distorted and could not tell what was happening here. Good luck with this one (Ron Monterey, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 7-051 and several prior issues, extremely distorted spur(?) on 7312v: So how far east in N Africa do 7+ MHz signals hold up as late at 0636 in Germany? I suppose this means it is likely to be further west than Chad, or does it? 73, (Glenn to Wolfgang Büschel, via DXLD) Re: UNID 7311.68 kHz 0430-0636 UT fade out Noted the UNID a little later around 0650 UT fade-out in Germany. May 2nd. Yes, to take into consideration, Chad should be too far east, but start around 0430/0445 UT is too early for the West African countries! Chad starts at 0425. Abeche and Moundou had also shortwave gear a decade ago. ! Benin 7210 starts around 0500 UT. Bangui starts at 0600 UT. Niger starts at 0500 UT, but is always on 9704. Togo is inactive, was always 5047, 0500 UT. Burkina Faso starts 0530 UT. Guinea Conakry starts late at 0655, Mauritania has mostly Arabic, and only French fragments, starts 0630 Mali starts 0555 (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello, I've got the answer from Deutsche Welle, measurement and control center. ``Wir beobachten die Interferenz auch schon seit einigen Tagen und gehen zurzeit von einem defekten Sender in Afrika aus, denn es wurden von uns auch afrikanische Musikanteile in der Modulation gehört. Die Peilung von unserer Empfangsstation in Bockhacken ergibt einen Azimuth von 165 . Die Ausstrahlung dauert laut unseren Beobachtungen auch nach 0630 UTC an. Mit freundlichem Gruss Ausstrahlungskoordination - transmission coordination Mess- und Kontrollzentrale - measurement and control center`` Path in 165 degrees - see also GeoClock snap as attached, from Wuppertal Karlsruhe Germany --- Zurich Switzerland Milan Elba Isl Italy Pantelleria isl (Italy/Tunisia channel) Tripoli Sabhah Libya east of Ndjamena Moundou Chad Bangui CAFR Kananga Katanga Zaire Congo Livingstone Zambia Gaborone Botswana Lesotho East London AFS to Indian Ocean Their observation in past days; duration last still after 0630 UT. They discovered also music from Africa and accept the transmission would be originated from a defunct shortwave transmitter in Africa. - - - and I found now also Radio Centroafricaine, 1440 / 7220 kHz, 50 kW site, tentatively at CAF_Bangui_1440_7220_50kW 04 19 34.06 N 18 31 26.69 E but not at Bimbo, as given in WRTH page 153. Bimbo is 3.6 kilometers away of the mast location, southeastwards, across the river UBANGI on the southwestern banks. Regards de Wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, I did at one point hear Bangui and Afrique Central mentioned, tho that was hardly a definite ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD) I checked 7311 this morning from 0455. No news, no TS at 0500, only music, so is it a test. Both African and pop & rock music. Not // ANU 9580 kHz. Talk at 0520, sounded French, faded away soon after 0530. Now at 2145 it is very strong. It sounds almost too strong to be African ... 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, It seems that despite the adverse time of the day, propagation still allows some signal to be detected here, viz. on 7312.6, as observed today, 2 May 1251 UT, so the question is now to get it strong & clear enough for ID. Having said that, I'm convinced an observation at the SW coast well past the strong QRM may bring something. Here's my today's observations, 1300 UT 02 May: 7284.5 MLI very faint, // 11960 at 55444 but with clipped audio 7275 NIG nil 7270 GAB nil 7245 MTN weak but readable, adjacent DRM QRM 7240 7230 BFA just whisper, though stronger carrier than UNID 7312.6 7221 BEN? very weak carrier 7125 GUI nil 9704 NGR 35332 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Lisboa, Portugal, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) On 2 May 2007 I made some random checks 1500 onwards to see at what time this distorted audio starts to fade in. Nothing there until 1653 check. Booming signal overriding VOR on 7310. I'd guess this UNID had come to frequency a bit before 1653. I got the "best" audio on about 7308. There is a carrier, but it's oscillating very rapidly and wide. This time the audio package was rather narrow, later it spread some 5 kHz both sides. At 1704 I believe the language was Arabic. At 1727 they played afro-pops for about 10 minutes. Later I guess the language was changed to French. Around 2020 I checked 6165, under Croatia there was a weak station with nonstop afro-pops not // 7308v. Possibilities on 6165 are Zambia or Chad. 5915 Zambia was also audible with different program. Considering the signal strength on 7308v I'd guess it's 50-100kW transmitter at least. As you guys say, Chad is a good guess (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, May 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi, I suppose I've caught the sign-off yesterday at 2228. Glenn caught sign-on at 0429, so it would perfectly fit to Chad. Best chance to catch an ID here in Europe, I suppose, is between 2100 and 2200 as 7310 is relatively clear then. but also noted at 1800. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Noted again in quick check around 0505 UT May 3 QRMing Flevo 7310 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sudden inspiration, In his reply, Vashek in South Africa hears nothing on 7311 kHz. Look at my GoogleEarth snap, the measured 165 degree path by the DWL direction finding goes through Tripoli Sabhah Libya... Could it be one of the two new Libyan SW transmitters, fed by some distorted satellite Gabon company program in French ??? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That's a possibility. Heard again today after 2100. 73, MR (Mauno Ritola, Finland, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Time now is nearly 2130 and 7311v is a mess with adjacent QRM de 7315 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ WRTH SUMMER SCHEDULES FILE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD WRTH is pleased to announce that a file containing the summer schedules of all international broadcasters is now available for free download from http://www.wrth.com In addition, this file contains frequency listings and broadcasts in English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. The file runs to 110 pages and is just under 400 kb in size. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat reader (v5 or higher) in order to view this file. We hope that you find this file a useful accompaniment to the printed WRTH. Regards (WRTH Editorial Team, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BDXC-UK AFRICA LIST Re 7-051: Yep, very nice listings. I think both Ghana and Kenya on 4915 have been inactive for some months now (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Re 7-051, FCC IN TAMPA: Incidentally, for anyone interested, following is a link to today's Tampa Tribune article covering the FCC meeting. http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBE5YDS51F.html (Dick W., May 1, ABDX via DXLD) DX AND SHORTWAVE MEETINGS OF 2007 Dear friends, here follows a list of dx and shortwave meetings of this year. This bases a lot on the information received from Adrian Peterson, long-time DXer and broadcaster. Big thanks to you, Adrian. The list includes some HFCC and NASB official business meetings. Some of them can also be attended by hobbyists. Updates, amendments and corrections are most welcome. Please send them to my e-mail, risto.vahakainu at helsinki.fi Shortwave Radio Meetings - 2007 Dates: May 9-10 Location: Elkhart, Indiana Organization: NASB and USA DRM Annual Meetings Expected Attendance: 50 More Info: http://www.shortwave.org/meeting.htm Dates: May 18-20 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Organization: Dayton Hamfest Expected Attendance: 20,000 More Info: http://www.hamvention.org Dates: May 26-28 Location: Vejers Beach, Jutland, Denmark Organization: Danish Short Wave Club International Expected Attendance: 30 More Info: http://www.dswci.org Dates: June 15-17 Location: Laholm (near Halmstad), Sweden Organization: Swedish DX Federation Expected Attendance: 30 More Info: http://www.sdxf.org Dates: July 5 Location: Jakobstad (Pietarsaari), Finland Organisation: Finlands Svenska DX Förbund Expected Attendance: 30 Comment: The club is celebrating its 50th anniversary More Info: http://www.fsdxf.org Dates: July 27-29 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Organization: Mexican National DX Meeting Expected Attendance: 50-100 More info: http://www.aer-dx.org/encuentro/default.htm Dates: August 3-5 Location: Ylojarvi (near Tampere), Finland Organization: Finnish DX Association Expected Attendance: 100 More info: http://www.sdxl.org Dates: August 25-26 Location: Tokyo, Japan Organization: Tokyo Hamfest Expected Attendance: 30000 More info: ? Dates: Late August Location: Possibly Birmingham, UK (tentative) Organization: HFCC Expected Attendance: 150 More Info: http://www.hfcc.org Dates: 31 Aug-2 September Location: Boise, Idaho, USA Organisation: National Radio Clun and Wordlwide TV-FM DX Association Expected Attendance: ?? More info: http://www.geocities.com/dxreport/ Dates: August Location: Ohio Organization: Numero Uno (DX group) Expected Attendance: ?? More Info: by invitation only Dates: November 1-4 Location: Lugano, Switzerland Organization: European DX Council (EDXC) Expected Attendance: 50 More info: http://www.edxc.org (Risto Vähäkainu, tietotekniikka-asiantuntija, Helsingin yliopisto Tietotekniikkaosasto/sovelluspalvelut, p. 09-191 23133, mp. 050-529 2909 May 3, HCDX via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING ++++++++++++++++++++ DRM Logs from Craig Seager, NSW: 3995. Deutsche Welle, Sines. Really nice classical music 2055, stereo signal, 16.0 dB SNR, 28/4 (Seager) 5995. R. Australia, Brandon. Brief snatches of audio only, 1245, SNR to 12 dB, bitrate 23.54 kpbs. Weak & some QRM on the channel, so a tough one! 17/4 (Seager) See also AUSTRALIA 9780. DW via Taldom [RUSSIA]. Very steady signal, German program 0515, SNR to 19.7 dB, 17.1 kpbs stream, news, 7/4 (Seager) 9880. R. Kuwait, Sulabiyah. Arabic talks 1637, SNR 14.9 dB, 11.64 kbps stream, mono, 24/4 (Seager) 13730. RNZI, Rangitaiki. Media commentary 2115, SNR to 16.4 dB, fairly listenable, 28/4 (Seager) 13790. DW, Sines. English program 1633, SNR to 14.8 dB, 17.1 kbps, 24/4 (Seager) 13820. DW, Sines. German programming 1713 with news, SNR to 16.2 dB, 17.1 kbps stereo stream, 24/4 (Seager) 15720. RNZI, Rangitaiki. Drama production 0347, SNR ranging between 9- 17.5 dB on the fade cycle, such a large range typical of daytime signals, 29/4 (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW (Icom R75, Dansk RX4000, Horizontal Loop, Dipole, Dream DRM Software, May Australian DX News via DXLD) More DRM: AUSTRALIA; FRANCE; GERMANY; GUIANA FRENCH; ISRAEL; NORWAY; UK; UNIDENTIFIED SPECIAL DRM TEST BROADCASTS FROM CANADA Dear Radio Colleague, During the first two weeks of May, Radio Canada International is on the air shortwave from Sackville New Brunswick with a special series of test transmissions in the digital mode. These daily half hour broadcasts are presented under the auspices of NASB, the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters in the United States, and they are produced by several of the American shortwave stations. On Friday May 4, the program is "Wavescan", the DX program that is produced by Adventist World Radio in the studios located on the island of Singapore and broadcast into Asia on shortwave from several relay sites, and also from shortwave station KSDA on the island of Guam. The annual gathering for the American Shortwave Meetings, DRM-NASB, Digital Radio Mondiale & National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters, is scheduled to take place in Elkhart, Indiana in association with the HCJB technical facility on May 10 & 11. Several other international shortwave stations are also planning to broadcast special programs in the DRM mode for the Elkhart event. Reception reports covering the reception of the AWR program from Canada in both the digital mode as well as analog are invited, and will be honored with a specially endorsed QSL card. We are very interested to know the effective coverage area of the transmission, as well as the width of the digital signal as noted on analog receivers, and the effect of analog interference on the digital signal. Reception reports by postal mail are preferred, but emailed reports will also be welcomed. You may send your reports for these test broadcasts to:- Adventist World Radio Box 29235, Indianapolis IN 46229 USA Email - adrian @ AWR.org Reception reports on any of the test series from RCI Sackville may also be sent to:- NASB Test Broadcasts 175 Fontainebleau Blvd IN4 Miami Florida 33172 USA Details of NASB test broadcasts from Radio Canada International Radio Canada International Daily for first two weeks in May 2200 - 2230 UTC 9800 kHz DRM AWR broadcast on Friday May 4 (Dr. Adrian M. Peterson, NASB Board Member, AWR DX Editor, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO will occupy this semihour on Thursday May 10 (gh, DXLD) FEBC during NASB special DRM broadcast via Sackville May 3, 2007 *2200-2230* 9800 kHz. Religious drama and music until end of broadcast. Overall, very good audio quality with slight decoding dropouts. Link to recording http://www.kg4lac.com/FEBC.mp3 73, (Kraig Krist, KG4LAC, VA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Listened to a bit of it. Dropouts every few seconds I would not rate as ``very good`` (gh, DXLD) IBOC DEBATE Somewhere in the limited, timid, sales effort of Highpriced Dung Radio, I hear the distant ringing of a wake-up call. Go all digital? Sure, please do. And when the coverage of the all-digital signal doesn't make it from the tower back to your studio reliably, stay all digital anyway. Call me when your station's for sale after posting a 0.2 for the second straight book, and the nice people from Ibiquity won't answer your calls. I'm not buying, but I will enjoy hearing of Darwinism in action from one of those who will not survive. Digital talk is still blah-blah, ain't it? After we hang up, call that engineer you fired for telling you it wouldn't work out, and apologize (Gerry Bishop, Niceville, FL, May 2, IRCA via DXLD) POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS see TIBET [non] ++++++++++++++++++++++++ TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ "HISTORY OF DISBELIEF" THIS FRIDAY ON BILL MOYERS JOURNAL PBS 9 PM [ET] WITH JONATHAN MILLER, AUTHOR I have just discovered this week's topic on Moyers new program which should more than a little interest humanists, rationalists, and anyone in the Sci-rel debate! It is possible that a three part series will be on. Reviewing Miller's "A Brief History of Disbelief'. I suggest formal inquiry to our (and any) local ETV requesting the fuller coverage as a proper educational contribution to the civil (?) debates of our time! PAX - Box (Howard Box, Oak Ridge TN, May 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) . . .In a large sample of moral dilemmas that involve questions concerning the permissibility of harming other individuals, we have found no significant differences in the pattern of moral judgments between people who are religious and people who are atheists. Similarly, for a certain class of dilemmas we have found little effect of education. This is not to say that education and religion have no impact on our moral psychology. Rather, it is to say that certain aspects of our moral intuitions seem to be immune to such experience. . . http://www.americanscientist.org/template/InterviewTypeDetail/assetid/52880;jsessionid=aaadnvD28x-1_P (From Author Interview, The Bookshelf talks with Marc Hauser, author of Moral Minds, prompted by a segment on ABC News Nightline UT May 3 via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ###