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Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1366: ** tentative Wed 2200 WBCQ 7415 Wed 2300 WBCQ 18910-CLSB or 17495-CLSB Thu 0600 WRMI 9955** Thu 1430 WRMI 7385 Thu 1500 KAIJ 9480 Fri 0630 WRMI 9955** Fri 1030 KAIJ 5755 Fri 1100 WRMI 9955** 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 [reconfirmed June 25] Mon 0415 WBCQ 7415 [time varies] Mon 0530 WRMI 9955** Mon 0930 WRMI 9955** Tue 1030 WRMI 9955** Wed 0730 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 ** ABKHAZIA. 0603 UT July 7, 9494.6v kHz. Anche R. ABKHAZIA/R. ROSSII da un po' di settimane è spenta (Luca Botto Fiora, Rapallo (Genova), Italy, playdx yg via DXLD) = Not heard for a few weeks ** AFGHANISTAN [and non]. Re 7-078: I think the right person to help us find that Radio Solh music would be DR. KIM ANDREW ELLIOTT from the Voice of America. He could pay a visit to the VOA DEEWA RADIO and ask them about that song... (Dragan Lekic, Serbia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That`s just what we did; we are waiting to hear from him about this (gh, DXLD) Radio Solh is no product of the Broadcasting Board of Governors like VOA's Radio Deewa but instead originates from the unit of the US Army responsible for "psychological operations". I would be really interested in some transcripts of Radio Solh programs. Surely hardcore propaganda, but is it straight to the faces of the listeners or done in a subtle way? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Kai, Actually, what I meant was (and of course we all know R. Solh is not a part of BBG): It would be nice if Glenn send an e-mail to Kim with attachment of mp3 audio of that R Solh theme music, and then Kim to go to a visit of Afghan Service of VOA and to ask anybody (any Afghan anchor) to recognize the song, and to translate some words. Especially the people in VOA Deewa Radio would know this one for shure, because they already have many thousands of Afghan songs. Mit freundlichen Gruessen, (Dragan Lekic aus Subotica, Serbien, ibid.) There is quite a lot of background information (and photos) on Psychological Operations in Afghanistan. Including Radio Solh, here: http://www.psywarrior.com/Herbafghan.html (Andy Sennitt, Netherlands, ibid.) We referenced this previously quite some time ago. Excellent article in two very long pages, with lots of illustrations of leaflets, etc. Even mentions some Solh SW frequencies, but not the current 17700. However, originally it covered the first six months in 2001-2002 only, then added some more info, but now dated May 2005. There is even some material from 2006. The emphasis is on collecting and evaluating Psyops air-dropped leaflets, some of which refer to Radio Solh. Well worth reading straight through (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I thought these two Radio Solh's are two different operations. The one (or two) operating on 6700 seem to be based in Afghanistan, the other Solh on higher frequencies uses relays with different programming. The Psywarrior.com has been an interesting website for some years, but I'm not sure if the info about broadcasts originating from Afghanistan is really up-to-date. Maybe even mirroring some loggings from DX- bulletins (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. Re 7-079, HAARP: Yeah sure!!! It's just a bureaucratic way of saying that they are still trying to figure out how to use the ionosphere as a military weapon. Beware of the military- industrial complex. KN4LF Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf5.htm KN4LF 160 Meter Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm 73 (Best Wishes), (Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF, Lakeland, FL, USA, July 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA [and non]. Tried to listen to R. Tirana, July 10 at 0147 on 7425 and 6115, but both were too undermodulated. Nearby Ukraine 7440 and WBCQ 7415 were much louder, so I wound up listening to Secular Bible Study show (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. DXER TUNES IN TO ABC BRISBANE FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE We came across this on the website of ABC Brisbane: “Very soon, 612 ABC Brisbane will be streaming, and fans will be able to listen live online, all over the world - but for the moment, international radio aficionados like Jussi Suokas will just have to rely on huge antennas, and a clear night in the arctic circle. Last week, radio hobbiest Jussi managed to pick up ABC Local Radio Queensland 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle northern Finland. It seems he’d managed to tune into the Emerald transmitter [4QD 1548 kHz]. Jussi sent us the audio he heard, and told us about how he managed to tune in.” Read the story (includes photos and audio file) http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1972830.htm?brisbane (July 8th, 2007 - 12:22 UTC by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD) ``Hobbiest``--- Yes, radio is the hobby with the mostest! (gh, DXLD) ** BELARUS [non]. Poland, Belarus & Germany. Radio Racja was heard from 1530 to 1730 hours on 6225 kHz. The studio is in Poland, the broadcast is for Belarus and the transmitter belongs to “T-Systems” in Germany (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, R. Bulgaria DX program July 6 via DXLD) Wrong. Not in this case. As already in DXLD 7-071 and 7-073 June 20 and 26, 6225 is via LITHUANIA (gh, DXLD) ** BELGIUM. 9970, BELGIUM, RTBF International, *0300, 7/7/07. Fair in French at sign-on and then into pop vocals in French; also heard in this time period on 7/3 and 7/4. This fits RTBF website information. Signal strength usually improving to good by 0330 (Jim Ronda, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9970 is one of those rare frequencies registered for only one station in the world at whatever time. I have not looked at RTBF site, but HFCC A-07 shows 9970 at 0300-2200 at 176 degrees. WRTH A-07 shows it at 0300-2115. But EiBi A-07 has it at 0400-2300, and Aoki at 0600- 2300. 9970 is also the only active SW frequency from Belgium itself, with anything else heard being a relay from another country. HFCC also shows from Wavre 9925 at 0500-1600, but this is presumably wooden backup alternative (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BHUTAN. The new 100 kW transmitter of BBS Radio Bhutan is running test transmissions from 00 to 0530 hours and from 0730 to 1500 hours on 6035 kHz (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, R. Bulgaria DX program July 6 via DXLD) How do you know they are tests and when do they cease to be tests? (gh, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4731.97, Radio Universitaria, Cobija, Pando sign on 1015 with music, later OM en español but under local t-storm, followed to 1045 25 June. 4732.02, Radio Universitaria, Cobija, Pando sign on *0958 with rock music cover in Spanish, reminiscent of the 1980's. No ID at beginning of the broadcast which began fading quickly. Signal strength is same as Radio Yura. No RTTY in the local morning 1000 GMT. 2 July (Robert Wilkner, FL, SW Bulletin July 8 via DXLD) [and non]. Latin America --- Don Moore's decade old observations on the future of Latin American tropical band broadcasting have been sadly proved valid. Living in Broward County, the county north of Miami-Dade, one works with many people from Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Perú. The 18 to 35 year olds I have interviewed have seldom heard of radio onda corta, onda tropical, or banda corta. FM stereo transmitters have captured the audience. Cuban recent arrivals interviewed have mixed views on Radio Martí; many have never heard of it. The Bolivian on 4732 broadcasting 1970s style rock music seems unique as many of the Latins still on the 90 and 60 meter bands are religious (Bob Wilkner, Florida, SW Bulletin July 8 via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. Good conditions on 49 MB !! 6105.50, R. Panamericana, La Paz, 7/7 2238 UT, Continuous talks about sports live in Bolivia in Spanish; fair 23332 5952.50, Em. Pio XII, Siglo Veinte, 7/7 2342, Male and Female talks about Bolivia, Spanish, 33332 6134.85, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 8/7 0001, Male talks about the music in Bolivia + ID, good, 33332 I am receiving the station on 4732, R. Universitaria, Cobija, 0058 UT. But much QRM from RTTY station; the frequency is free from QRM for 10 to 15 seconds [at a time]. RX NRD545; Different antennas. Gr (Maurits van Driessche, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 9624.83, Radio Fides, La Paz, 2140-2150, June 30, Spanish, transmisión Uruguay 1 vs Bolivia 0 from San Cristóbal city (Venezuela) for the “Copa America”, ID as: “…...Radio Fides, La Paz”, local ads, 33433 // 6155.03 with 13341 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is certainly a rare one in NAm, more often reported on 49 than 31 m, methinx (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL – A Rádio Educadora, de Limeira (SP), é a única emissora brasileira que ainda transmite na faixa de 120 metros. Foi sintonizada, em Registro (SP), pelo Márcio Pontes, em quatro de julho, às 0917, quando levava ao ar um programa com músicas sertanejas. A freqüência da Educadora é 2380 kHz. BRASIL – A Rádio Guarujá Paulista, de Guarujá (SP), não é mais ouvida pela freqüência de 5940 kHz. O canal era utilizado, em testes, há algum tempo, mas com as mudanças na emissora e a filiação ao Sistema Globo de Rádio, sua implantação não seguiu adiante. BRASIL – A Rádio Brasil Central, de Goiânia (GO), é sem sombra de dúvidas, atualmente, a emissora brasileira com melhor sintonia, no Sul do Brasil, na faixa de 25 metros, conforme constatação do colunista. A sua freqüência de 11815 kHz, em seis de julho, às 1700, possuía excelente sinal, em Porto Alegre (RS). Na Brasil Central, um dos destaques é a programação esportiva, comandada por Donizetti Alves, cujo slogan é: “A verdadeira sensação da locução esportiva!” Já a equipe esportiva da emissora se apresenta como “Escreve de Ouro do Rádio”. BRASIL – Apesar de espalhar espúrios entre os canais 11765 e 11770 kHz, a Rádio CBN Anhangüera, de Goiânia (GO), voltou a ser ouvida em 11830 kHz, que é a sua freqüência atual. Em Porto Alegre (RS), o colunista ouviu a emissora, em cinco de julho, às 1841. Ironicamente, o tema abordado durante a escuta era justamente a qualidade dos equipamentos das Organizações Jaime Câmara, entidade dona da emissora. Um técnico das Organizações dizia que tanto a TV quanto a Rádio Anhangüera “estão preparadas para a era da digitalização de seus sinais”. É ver para crer. BRASIL – São poucos os momentos em que a Rádio Filadélfia, de Foz do Iguaçu (PR), se sobressai na sintonia, na freqüência de 6105 kHz, no Sul do Brasil, pelo menos em Porto Alegre (RS). Ocorre que, na mesma freqüência, emite a Rádio Canção Nova, de Cachoeira Paulista (SP). Em cinco de julho, o colunista conseguiu ouvir a Filadélfia, mas com interferência da CN, às 1701. A estação, ao que tudo indica, emite programação em conjunto com a Manancial FM. Porque as duas estações religiosas, uma pentecostal e outra católica, emitem em mesma freqüência se a faixa de 49 metros possui outros canais que foram abandonados por terceiras? BRASIL – A Rádio Globo, do Rio de Janeiro (RJ), tem tido boa sintonia, em 11805 kHz, nos últimos tempos. Em Porto Alegre (RS), o colunista acompanhou a emissora, em três de julho, às 1706, quando Roberto Canázzio apresentava o programa Se Liga Brasil. Um destaque positivo é a plástica da emissora, com anúncios e vinhetas muito bem produzidas, usando sempre uma mesma voz (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX July 8 via DXLD) ** CANADA. R. Sweden relay on 15240, July 9 at 1353 kept cutting off the air several times. Rechecked at 1401, I found R. Sweden in Swedish, presumably back to Hörby site now, but heavy co-channel with an audible het from CRI in Chinese! This was // 15220 Sackville relay but about one second ahead of it. CRI 15240 abruptly off at 1405. Despite the non-synchronization, and the lack of any other scheduled CRI relay frequency at 1400, I suspect Sackville was the cause of this. Signal quality was equivalent to R. Sweden relay alone before 1400. BTW, EiBi and WRTH A07 show 15220 at 1400-1500 with CRI via Sackville in English, but it has always been in Mandarin. Aoki has it right, with Mandarin following at 1500-1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Re-Rewind: despite all the other good stuff I could be listening to in the 04-05 UT Monday hour, July 9 I brought up CBC Radio 1 ET/AT/NT feed for Rewind, that `best of` show, and found them playing exactly the same lecture by Norbert Frye as the week before! That is overdoing it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CBC Sydney: FM licence granted The Commission approves an application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for a broadcasting licence to operate a new English- language FM radio station in Sydney [NS] to replace its AM station CBI. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-222.htm (via Rickey Leong, DXLD) Viz.: Simulcast period and revocation of AM licence 8. As set out in the appendix to this decision, the licensee is authorized to simulcast the programming of the new FM station on CBI for a transition period of six 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 CBI effective at the end of the simulcast period. The station will operate at 97.1 MHz (channel 246C) with an average effective radiated power of 61,400 watts. 73, (via Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, DXLD) ** CANADA. CRTC has finished sorting through the eight applications for new Montreal-area signals that it considered at a public hearing in April, and the result is two grants for new FM stations and none for the various applicants who asked for new AM signals. Most of the applicants proposed new ethnic stations, and of those applicants, the CRTC chose Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio, Inc. to get what it says is the last remaining open FM frequency in Montreal. That would be 106.3, second-adjacent to Aboriginal Voices Radio's new 106.7 facility, and CHCR will have to satisfy AVR that its 190-watt signal won't interfere with AVR, which means in practice that both stations will have to share a transmitter site. The CRTC also approved Yves Sauve's application for a French-language oldies station in suburban Vaudreuil-Dorion, but denied him the use of 106.3. He now has 90 days to come up with an alternate frequency that would work for his new signal (Scott Fybush, NY, NE Radio Watch July 9 via DXLD) ** CHAD. 0555 UT July 7, 7286.6 kHz, RN TCHADIENNE - N'Djamena, French, talk OM/YL e musica locale. Segnale distorto ma buono. Secondo me hanno semplicemente il tx dei 49 metri che va alla deriva, magari per via delle temperature estive e perché non hanno i pezzi e/o i soldi per rimetterlo a posto. Infatti mi pare che su 6165 kHz non viene ricevuta (Luca Botto Fiora, Rapallo (Genova), Italy, playdx yg via DXLD) He thinks it has strayed from 6165, where it is not heard, due to summer heat and because they do not have the equipment or parts to get it back on frequency (gh, DXLD) ** CHINA. Hi All, Further to previous post, 15055, 0137z, CNR1 China PRC, 4x4 and // 15150 which was 5x7, other spur 15245 4x6 with pulsing QRM , mixing with an Indonesian program, so 15150 + - 95 kHz spurs. 73 (Dave, Adelaide, South Australia, Vitek, Icom R75, G5RV nth/sth, swl call vk5001swl, July 8, harmonics yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. CNR1 well heard at 1320 UT July 8 on 13855, where I had not noticed it before. I`ll bet it`s jamming something. Yes: during this semihour only, BBCWS is scheduled in Uzbek, which the ChiCom jam on behalf of their good neighbor, or is it because Uzbek-like languages are understood in parts of western China. HFCC says Moscow site for BBC; EiBi says Cyprus. Aoki agrees on Cyprus and confirms it is jammed by China. Also Firedrake on 10300, July 8 at 1325, off for monitoring at 1400 recheck; against Sound of Hope. July 10 I tuned in 13855 just in time to hear CNR1 jammer go off in mid-word right at 1330; how rude to people actually listening to its content --- and to the poor announcer who probably has no idea how his work is being evilly misused! And this time I also noticed Firedrake vs Sound of Hope coming in well on 13970 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. No sign of 9570 CRI relay via Cuba, July 8 at 1310 and 1324 chex; probably just broke down, but let`s hope for Andy Reid`s sake that it be gone for good. Later: did not check on July 9, but July 10 at 1338 it was back and I was about to congratulate them on improving the modulation, and I hope minimizing the spurs, but it cut off at 1339, never to return (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CRI missing this morn on 9570 via Cuba at this writing. How nice it is to listen to R. Australia in the clear on 9560, 9580 & 9590. I suspect that CRI's absence is more problem related than a change in frequency as I can not find them on another freq. I check all 31 & 25 metres (Andy Reid, Ont., 1225 UT July 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. EiBi and WRTH A07 show 15220 at 1400-1500 with CRI via Sackville in English, but it has always been in Mandarin. Aoki has it right, with Mandarin following at 1500-1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CANADA ** CHINA. Voice of Jinling, 5860, verified my English report with a very nice colourful verification card in 38 days. The QSL text is printed in Chinese but English stamp was also included on the card. They were kind enough to send 4 different Beijing Olympics logo. The contact person of the station is Ms. Ruoyi Liu and she can be contacted via e-mail to: liuruoy @ hotmail.com Their website is http://www.vojradio.com (T. R. Rajeesh, Kerala, India, July 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Live Earth: see INTERNATIONAL ** COLOMBIA. 0543 UT July 7, 6140v kHz. Mi sembra che R. LIDER dalla Colombia a tale orario sia di nuovo spenta (Luca Botto Fiora, Rapallo (Genova), Italy, playdx yg via DXLD) ``Extinguished again`` --- I was not aware it had been heard at all lately (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. LA TV CUBANA TRASNOCHARÁ POR PRIMERA VEZ - 07/09/2007 - El Nuevo Herald Publicado el lunes 09 de julio del 2007 Agence France Presse LA HABANA Cubavisión, el canal de televisión más visto en la isla, transmitirá a partir de este sábado una programación de verano de 24 horas, un práctica inédita desde la fundación de ese medio de comunicación hace medio siglo, anunció su dirección. El vicepresidente del Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión (ICRT), Waldo Ramírez, subrayó que con el comienzo este sábado de la programación de verano, Cubavisión ``se iniciarán las transmisiones las 24 horas del día por primera vez en la historia desde que este medio fue fundado el 24 de octubre de 1950''. En ese entonces el canal Cubavisión era la CMQ. Ramírez, citado por el diario oficial Granma, precisó que durante el verano, las cuatro cadenas nacionales --todas bajo control estatal-- ofrecerán una ''programación atractiva'' que en el caso de Cubavisión se complementarán en el horario de la madrugada con series, programas humorísticos y películas. ''Se trata de otro momento del día en que asumiremos la retransmisión como filosofía'', aunque ''pueden aparecer algunas sorpresas'', apuntó el directivo. La televisión cubana sólo ha realizado transmisiones de madrugada en situaciones especiales, como el paso de ciclones por la isla. Cordiales 73!(via Óscar de Céspedes (Miami, FL), condig list via DXLD) Cubavisión going 24 hours for the first time other than special events such as hurricanes. That should be of some interest to TV DXers, and to TV Martí, which used to restrict its emissions to madrugadas when Cuban TV was not on air anyway (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS TURKISH [and non]. Romania, Costa Rica & Cyprus. Three radio stations with programs in English were heard in Sofia between 03 and 0356 hours on 6150 kHz – Radio Romania International, University Network from Costa Rica and Radio Bayrak from Northern Turkish Cyprus (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, R. Bulgaria DX program July 6 via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15260 kHz Exiled Ethiopian Orthodox Church Hi Glenn ! Re: Anyone confirm whether it was on? (gh, DXLD) On July 9th, 2007 I heard this programme with sign on at 1559 UT and off at 1700. The first half of the programme sounded like a sermon; the second half was a report by a male voice with background music. Several frequency announcements were made during the broadcast, and at 1655 a postal address in California was announced. 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mondays only. Other clandestines to the region air some other days of week at same time on same frequency (gh) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. CLANDESTINA - Andenet Ledemocracy é uma emissora clandestina que usa retransmissor localizado em Samara, na Rússia. Foi captada, na Argentina, por Arnaldo Slaen, em 24 de junho, entre 1600 e 1607, pela freqüência de 15260 kHz, em idioma desconhecido. As emissões são destinadas aos ouvintes da Etiópia e vão ao ar nas sextas, sábados e domingos, entre 1600 e 1700. Mais informações podem ser conferidas em http://www.andenet.com (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX July 8 via DXLD) Fri/Sat/Sun ** FINLAND. 6170, Jul 6 2140-2150, SWR, Virrat. ID // 11720 SIO: 222. 11720, Jul 6 2120-2130, SWR, Virrat. ID "SWR" Many ID and information to send report. Clear frequency SIO: 344 (Vincent L[ecler?], Poitiers - France, HCDX Logs via DXLD) Monthly on first Saturday from 2100 UT Friday (gh, DXLD) 5980, 1745, FIN, Sat 07-07, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat, Finnish, heard very, very weak with 14111. QRM CRI in German on 5970 AP-DNK 6170, 0930 (fade in) - 1600*, FIN, Sat 07-07, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat Finnish/English ann, talks, pop music // 11690 or 11720, best signal 1300-1600 with up to 24333 AP-DNK 11690, *1400-1600*, FIN, Sat 07-07, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat Finnish/English programme as on 11720, good reception 35444. Later change time from 11720 than announced AP-DNK 11720, 0930-1400*, FIN, Sat 07-07, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat Finnish/English ann, e.g. by DJs Madman and Tricky Trev, talks, conversation, adv, addresses, Finnish and English pop music, Contest about Lahti frequencies, greeting to Anker nine minutes after I sent them an e-mail report! Up to 44434 at 1140. AP-DNK (Anker Petersen, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 11720.00, 6 July 2150 SWR, English, Finnish, blues, rock, ID, hotline, announcing the 7th. Anniversary on air!! 24332 (Silveri Gómez, Fraga Catalunya Norte, playdx yg via DXLD) ** FRANCE [non]. Re 7-079, WRN now carrying RFI at 1400 July 7 instead of Prague: checking the WRN NAm schedule at 1730 UT July 10, it STILL shows Prague, etc., nothing about RFI. Elswhere on the site, RFI appears but with no details; and R. Budapest is still on the roster with podcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. I noticed the DRM noise on 999 kHz last night. 73 (Steve Whitt, near York, England, July 8, MWC via DXLD) It's the dominant signal here on 999 after dark, wipes out BBC Solent (Mark Hattam, ibid.) see also MALTA [non] ** GERMANY. Re IBB Ismaning closure: Hi Wolfgang, I wonder if 6085 kHz (DRM) frequency is still on air & if so what of the future of this service/site once IBB Ismaning closes shortly. Do you have any information. It is supposedly the only SW service still operating from the site isn't it? Regards (Ian Baxter, Australia, via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Hi Ian, for sure, the German tx installation on the left side of the small brook will remain in future. Only IBB site will be dismantled. Google Earth 48 15'01.59"N 11 45'13.97"E Bayerischer Rundfunk: MW Munich Ismaning 801 kHz 100 kW SW 6085 DRM test and 4-5 local FM/DAB services, as well as service point for all BR transmitter technicians (SW, MW, FM, DAB, TV, satellite) in southern Bavaria. See also many pictures at http://www.senderfotos.de/bayern.htm under Ismaning http://www.br-online.de/br-intern/thema/rundfunktechnik/2-2-radio-mittelwelle.xml http://www.br-online.de/br-intern/thema/rundfunktechnik/2-3-radio-kurzwelle.xml http://www.br-online.de/br-intern/thema/rundfunktechnik/2-4-radio-dab.xml http://www.br-online.de/br-intern/thema/rundfunktechnik/1-0-verbreitungswege.xml BR Munich TX table magazine and leaflets via http://www.br-online.de/br-intern/thema/rundfunktechnik/5-0-broschueren-und-service.xml http://www.br-online.de/br-intern/thema/rundfunktechnik/5-1-service-senderverzeichnis.xml;jsessionid=XM0LN51GHIFVECSBUKRCFEQKIGRKKIV0 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. DW English Service Starts Text SMS Service On 1 July 2007 DW English Service started Text SMS service for their listeners to send comments on DW programmes. The SMS number is +491601481000. Listeners can send not only their comments on DW programmes but also the answer of DW's different quiz contest through the number. Yours Sincerely (Md. Salah Uddin Dolar, Vill. + P.O. Chaumahani, P.S. Motihar, Rajshahi-6000, Bangladesh, July 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. DW: DRM to India; domestic audience addressed Deutsche Welle moved three hours of DRM airtime from Europe to India after noting that the Indian authorities intend to convert all MW and SW transmitters in India to DRM mode. Programming is DW Radio in English. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2676747,00.html No schedule details given; http://www.drm-dx.de suggests Trincomalee 0200-0259 on 1548, 0500-0600 on 12005 and 0800-0858 on 12070. (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) DEUTSCHE WELLE NOW BROADCASTING REGULAR DRM SERVICE TO SOUTH ASIA Since 2 July, Deutsche Welle has been broadcasting regular DRM transmissions in English beamed to South Asia from its relay station at Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Shortwave transmissions are at 0500-0600 UTC on 12005 kHz and 0800-0858 UTC on 12070 kHz (both 90 kW, beam 345 degrees). There’s also a DRM transmission on mediumwave 1548 kHz at 0100-0200 UTC (100 kW, beam 035 degrees). (Source: Deutsche Welle)( July 10th, 2007 - 12:53 UTC by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD) Now how many listeners can they possibly reach? (gh, DXLD) Trinco DRM relay. Obviously DRM will use 1-skip distance from Indian subcontinent via their Trincomalee site. I have my doubts about the objective target. DRM is 10 years on the market now, and all technical questions of broadcasting on 1 skip has [not?] been solved yet, during tests on European target, broadcasts from Sines, U.K., Kvitsoe and Moscow relays. Tx business companies like Thales-Thomcast, Telefunken-Transradio, Harris RIZ Zagreb had their success in transmitter sales yet. But big device firms like Panasonic, Sony, Philips, Sangean missed on the DRM front in past decade. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX via DXLD) DRM - In year 1999 was aired a programme intended on beginning of DRM in 1997 - DX program by Radio Bulgaria. Almost 10 years already are going on the tests, infos as "very soon will be receiver" etc. The results are: some broadcasts on 12-16 khz band[width] to jamming other stations. The story of DRM is known: it is the same story as SSB in the 70s (Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX July 5 via DXLD) More interesting for German voters: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2676031,00.html (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. DW PRAISES ITSELF AS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS IN GERMANY: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2676608,00.html Reminds me on RCI's new strategy, and it is the first time I note DW explicitly promoting itself to domestic audiences. (No English versions of both press releases appeared on DW's website so far.) (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH [non]. There was a report recently that DRM had shifted 5 kHz down to be centred at 17870; but July 9 at 1407 check it was back to 17875, covering 17870 to 17880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HUNGARY. Message from President of the Hungarian Radio. Following email received on July 6, 2007. Delayed posting due to vacation. "Dear Kraig, Our Radio Listener Friend, In order to manage its work more cost-effectively, the Hungarian Radio has changed its programme structure during the last months. Most of the programmes of the public-service radio have been changed. To our deepest sorrow, we had to realize that we can no longer finance foreign language broadcasting, despite of the loyalty and interest of our audience towards the foreign language programmes of the Hungarian Radio. We are aware of the fact that our decision is painful to many people. It was not easy to come to this conclusion, as RADIO BUDAPEST broadcast news about Hungary and served many of you through many years. Thank you for your continuous and honourable attention. We hope that our programmes were worth of your interest. In hoping for your kind understanding! Yours sincerely, György Such, President of the Hungarian Radio" (via Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, VA, July 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. Checking the China channel of LiveEarth, UT Saturday July 7 at 2205, I found Sarah Brightman performing Nessun Dorma, and at 2210 another aria, so there`s your classical token. Presumably a playback loop since at 6:05 am in July it should not be dark in Shanghai. Applause was tepid, however, befitting a pop-orientated crowd even in the PRC. Whew, she must have qualified for this because she also does pop. See http://liveearth.msn.com/artists/sarahbrightman Then it started raining on the crowd (not the stage) and she was drowned out not only by the raindrops but the crowd shouting at each other as they scurried for cover. How rude. Blame Mother Earth? After a pause, she was back in the clear with that perennial favourite, ``Time to Say Goodbye`` starting off in Italian, of course. I think by then her voice was ailing a bit. But some of the Chinese artists who followed could hardly carry a tune. Of the other unfamiliar performers on the China schedule who have bios linked, none are classical, but these should be worth seeing, Twelve Girls Band, http://liveearth.msn.com/artists/12girlsband who play traditional instruments. It seems you have to watch each loop wherever it is in progress, rather than being able to skip to a certain segment such as 12GB. At least for most of the venues the performer lists are in running order. Then I see a crawler saying come back on July 8 for video on demand. I did just that and enjoyed the three performances by Twelve Girls Band, tho the ``classical`` one kept buffering. This event has ``Corporate`` stamped all over it, starting with MSN, Philips (buy new lamps!) and Chevy. ``SOS`` is one of the themes of the promotion, and I hear the code being sent, except the pauses are not correct, so it comes over like ``STTB`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. STREAMING WITHOUT A PADDLE --- MANY INTERNET RADIO STATIONS TO SIGN OFF AS ROYALTY LEGISLATION LOOMS Tuesday, July 10, 2007 3:27 AM By Tim Feran and Carin Yavorcik, The Columbus Dispatch JAMES D. DeCAMP | DISPATCH Matt Getridge at the controls of the Internet radio station he operates out of his Westerville home [caption] Reactions Internet radio stations are taking different approaches to the much- higher royalty fees to start Sunday. A sampling of responses from Ohio stations: • Hussieskunk.com: The site plans to continue cranking up punk-rock songs from compact discs received directly from artists and labels. • Jazzplayerradio.com: The station, devoted to jazz trumpet music, shut down in April, in anticipation of the fee increase. • Patradio.org: The indie-rock station intends to stop the music temporarily and get permission from the artists it plays. • Secondshifters.com: The site seeks to keep its gothic-rock tunes by paying a higher fee to its host, SWCast.net. • Star1079.com: The " '80s oldies" station expects to be silenced because of the loss of its Internet home, Live365.com. Come Sunday, thousands of Internet radio stations are expected to fall silent. Federal regulations to take effect that day will dramatically boost their royalty fees, which many won't be able to pay. Station managers -- often simply passionate fans working from their homes -- are struggling to get around the increase and keep going. Most, however, acknowledge this week as probably their last. "I'm stressing out," said Vince Riley, whose Star1079.com celebrates " '80s oldies" music. "It would cost me a minimum of $500 a year plus additional royalties plus streaming fees." . . . http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/life/stories/2007/07/10/1_WEB_TUNES.ART_ART_07-10-07_D1_0F779HH.html (Columbus Dispatch via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. RCTV on DirecTV 103: see VENEZUELA - Excuse my ignorance, not using satTV, but is that the same in USA, or a totally different transponder and lineup? Mentions deal made in California. So far only logo; programming to start by monthend. Looking around the DirecTV website, 103 is currently reserved for gospel hux--- or rather `faith-based`` programming in English. RCTV is/was part of a package on other channels with LAm TV stations, but RCTV does not show up by itself on any single channel in any of the five Spanish packages, none of which fall in the one-hundreds (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DXLD) ** IRAN. PRESS TV: I monitored Iran`s new external TV service via webcast for a few hours early UT July 6. I`m all for more points of view to be represented, so I welcome it. First impression is that it is not as slanted as one might expect. The news headline crawlers are too repetitive. Promos too repetitive, but the upcoming documentaries look interesting if only we knew when to expect them, such as America Countdown. There doesn`t seem to be a program schedule on the website, and the Programs button goes nowhere. The clock is 4-5 minutes slow on the site (but not on the air), and the time for Iran is wrong, shown as 2.5 hours ahead of GMT instead of 3.5 hours! In the case of one anchor, a blue-eyed western woman wearing a scarf makes one wonder why she is ashamed of herself, but no doubt she doesn`t look at it that way. Even the correspondents abroad in London or Washington wear scarves, where they don`t have to! The graphics are well done. I haven`t noticed any major gaffes. Best parts are the art animations from the XVI century. The news studio lacks all the fancy sets and FX that US networks think we demand --- no cameras on trax zooming around to give motion to an essentially motionless place (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. 11585, 0145 26 June, Hebrew-Jewish folk music, and ``When the Saints Come Marching in Jerusalem``, SIO 444 (Norman W. Hill, Arlington VA, Icom R5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. JAPAN STARTS RADIO BROADCASTS TO NORTH KOREA ON ABDUCTIONS TOKYO (AP) -- Japan began making propaganda radio broadcasts in North Korea bout international affairs Monday intended to reach out to Japanese abductees living in the communist country. The hour-long programs on short-wave radio -- 30 minutes each in Korean and Japanese -- will be repeated daily for a week before being updated, the Cabinet Office said in a statement. The government broadcasts come as Tokyo steps up pressure on Pyongyang over its former abduction of Japanese citizens to train communist spies in Japanese language and customs. North Korea has admitted taking 13 Japanese, and in 2002 it released five to return home, saying the remaining eight had died. But the issue remains a sore spot because the Japanese government believes those eight may still be alive, and suspects more of its citizens may have been abducted. The dispute has stymied attempts to establish diplomatic relations between the neighboring nations. The new broadcasts are meant to cheer up any surviving abductees in North Korea with music, voices of relatives back home and reports on international affairs and relations between Japan and North Korea. The Cabinet Office said it was not releasing the time of the broadcasts or their radio frequency in order to avoid having the signal jammed by North Korean authorities (AP July 9 via Mike Cooper, DXLD) About the same: Japan starts radio broadcasts to North Korea on abduction issue http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/09/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-NKorea-Radio.php (via Zacharias Liangas, DXLD) Japan`s new service to Korea N imminent This program from the Japanese government via NHK facilities about abductions, not to be confused with the privately-operated Shiokaze, is supposed to start today. The schedule is: 1600-1630 Japanese 9780 1700-1730 Korean 9820 Monitoring observations will be of great interest, especially whether there is interference of jamming. More about this in DXLD 7-068; and 7-070 where it is named: Radio Furusato no Kaze == Wind of Hometown [Later:] I could check 9780 around 1620, and only barely detect something altho it was far enough from Sackville 9795-9800-9805 DRM (Glenn Hauser, July 9, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Checking 9780 on 9 July at 1620. Arabic station with mentions of Yemen hetting with a weak station (female announcer in Japanese). Around 1628 Iran signed on overriding these two stations. And checking 9820 at 1700 shows Voice of Russia starting their Finnish program and a bit later another station with female announcer in Korean (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Furusato no Kaze - The Wind of the Hometown in Japanese was started on July 9 at 1600-1630 UT on 9780 kHz. And Nihon no Kaze -The Wind of Japan in Korean at 1700-1730 UT on 9820. Unknown transmitter site (Probably Far East Russia?). The Japanese Government does not announce a schedule to avoid Jamming from North Korea. Headquarters for the Abduction Issue, Government of Japan: info @ rachi.go.jp http://nettv.gov-online.go.jp/common/mwide.php?t=4&p=1052&d=0&m=1&r=1 (Sei-ichi Hasegawa, Japan, 1754 UT July 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) There was a big controversy in Japan over whether KDDI facilities at Yamata should be made available for this instead of just NHK (and its relay partners), and I thought this was finally approved. Other reports suggest no Kaze is coming via Taiwan, as it seems to mesh with other Korean clandestine broadcasts from there. If so that means VTC (Merlin) is brokering, like RFNK and RFC. Story below specifies that site is outside Japan. The NETTV link above launches a well-produced 8-minute video in English about this. Japanese government is mainly concerned about 17 cases, tho it seems to me that Shiokaze habitually enumerates many, many more (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Furusato no Kaze and Nihon no Kaze Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet HP http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html Shortwave Radio Program by the Government http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/rati/radio/radio_k.html Korean http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/rati/radio/radio.html Japanese (S. Hasegawa, NDXC, July 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The linx lead to asx audio files of the programs; remember there is only one per week, repeated, so July 9 is only one yet (gh DXLD) Viz.: Audio File: Japanese: http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/rati/radio/meta/dai1/20070709_j.asx Korean: http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/rati/radio/meta/dai1/20070709_k.asx de Cabinet Public Relations Office. The same program is broadcasted for one week (S. Hasegawa, NDXC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Australia programe was mistransmitted end of Furusato no Kazea on July 11 for a short time; the transmitting station may be Tainan, Taiwan (S. Hasegawa, NDXC, 1751 UT July 10, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Whence RA is also relayed. If you`re operating in deep secrecy, you`d better not make mistakes like that (Glenn Hauser, WOR 1366, DXLD) JAPAN TO RADIO BROADCAST TO ABDUCTEES From correspondents in Tokyo July 09, 2007 09:33pm http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22046466-5005961,00.html JAPAN was set to begin a daily radio program late today targeting kidnapped Japanese who are possibly still alive in North Korea by broadcasting their families voices into the communist state. The 30-minute shortwave program, to be aired both in Japanese and Korean, will also provide information on events surrounding Japan and North Korea for ordinary North Koreans, the Japanese Government said in a statement. "The Government will send messages from their families and (information on) its efforts to repatriate the abductees," the statement said. The broadcast will also explain Japan's position on the kidnapping issue while calling on ordinary North Koreans to provide information on the alleged abductees and to help to ensure their safety, it added. The radio program, to be updated every week, will also air songs that were popular in the 1970s and would probably be familiar to any surviving kidnap victims. The Government did not reveal any further details, including the time and frequency, for fear that North Korea may try to interfere in the broadcast, which will be made from an undisclosed location outside of Japan. North Korean defectors as well as a non-governmental organisation helping families of alleged abductees also have radio broadcasts to the communist state, but this is the first service directly involving Japan's Government. North Korea admitted in 2002 it kidnapped Japanese civilians in the 1970s and 1980s to train the regime's spies. It returned five abductees and their families and says the issue is resolved, but Japan says more victims are alive (via David Onley, 2284AN Rijswijk ZH, The Netherlands, BDX via DXLD) ANOTHER STATION IS AIMED AT NORTH KOREA The latest radio station to start broadcasting to North Korea was launched by the Japanese government on 10 July, and has a very specific target audience; Japanese citizens who were abducted by the North Koreans. The Japanese government says that 17 of its people were abducted in the 1970s and 1980s, apparently to train North Korean spies in Japanese customs and language. North Korea admits to taking 13, and in 2002 released five to return home, saying the remaining eight had died. Japan disputes this and suspects that other Japanese citizens may also be being held against their will. The station is seen as part of a concerted effort by the Japanese to resolve the matter. Japan is worried that the issue will be sidelined as the world concentrates on trying to end North Korea's nuclear programme. Japan's broadcaster NHK World website said the new station will to be transmitted by "a private broadcaster". Japanese officials have not released transmission details of the station in order to reduce the chances of it being jammed. The programmes are likely to anger the North Korean authorities who deny that any foreign nationals that were seized are still in their country. This concealment of transmission details may foil the jamming for a while, but could also reduce the station's effectiveness as listeners will have difficulty tuning in to it. The NHK website says the nightly broadcasts will consist of Japanese and Korean programmes, each 30 minutes long with the content updated weekly. Content will consist of messages from abductees' relatives, music and reports on the international situation concerning North Korea. The Korean programming is aimed at Koreans in the North to raise their awareness and perhaps find a way of passing to the Japanese authorities any details they have of abductees. Source: BBC Monitoring research 10 Jul 07 (via DXLD) Japan begins broadcasts for abductees, if they can discover the time and frequency. That will also avoid having the broadcasts intercepted by the intended listeners. Posted: 09 Jul 2007 (Kim Andrew Elliott, kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. TAIWAN, 9785, Radio Free North Korea in Korean, 2030-2130 UT. Heavy BUZZ signal on centered 9783.85 kHz here in Stuttgart, at 1945 UT. And VoA Serbian from Biblis underneath, co- channel at 1930-2000 UT. 9785 kHz Korean programme Radio Free Chosun readable S=1-2 in Europe from 2000 UT. Heavy sideband QRM, LSB/PBT helps a little. 1000-1100 9490 Taiwan Korean Radio Free North Korea 1330-1400 9485 Taiwan Korean Radio Free Chosun 1900-2000 9780 Taiwan Korean Radio Free North Korea 2000-2030 9785 Taiwan Korean Radio Free Chosun 2030-2130 9785 Taiwan Korean Radio Free North Korea 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. IBB PLANS TO INSTALL NEW THREE-TOWER MEDIUMWAVE ANTENNA IN KUWAIT The US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), intends to install antenna towers for a new mediumwave three-tower antenna array at the IBB transmitting station in Kuwait, and is now soliciting bids. More details http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2007/07-July/04-Jul-2007/FBO-01332596.htm (July 9th, 2007 - 14:38 UTC by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD) ** LIBERIA. Given that VOA has not broadcast from there in 17 years, it will no longer be called "VOA." VOA relay site in Liberia, destroyed in 1990 during the civil war, and now Armed Forces of Liberia training center, will be named for "an old Liberian soldier," as yet unnamed: http://allafrica.com/stories/200707090044.html The Analyst (Monrovia), 9 July 2007. Posted: 09 Jul 2007 (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** LIBYA [non]. Has somebody heard Sawt al Amal recently? This station used to be received with good signal in this city. However I have not heard them for weeks. Poor propagation? Did they leave the 16-metre band? Did they go out of short wave? 73 (Moisés Knochen, Montevideo, Uruguay, July 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Usually all I hear is the Afropop music jammer, 17660v, but not heard it either lately, presumed due to poor propagation (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) José Miguel o alguien ha escuchado Sawt al Amal recientemente? Por aquí solía llegar "como cañonazo" pero últimamente ni rastros. ¿Seguirá emitiendo en onda corta? 73 (Moisés Knochen, Montevideo, Uruguay, condig list via DXLD) Yo he intentado hasta hace unos diez dias y nada. 73 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, July 10, condig list via DXLD) Saludos Moisés y Arnaldo, yo llevo varios días también sin captarla; este fin de semana lo intenté otra vez y realicé un chequeo por la banda de 16 m sin éxito. La emisora afro-pop sigue emitiendo en 17660 y no se aprecia cambio de frecuencia en ningún momento. Por otra parte Sawt al-Amal sigue emitiendo en Internet: http://www.libya-almostakbal.net/LibyaAudioArchive/Sawt%20Alamal/radio_sawt_alamal.htm No sé si ha dejado de emitir en onda corta, pero al menos se aprecia inactiva en los últimos diez o quince días (José Miguel Romero, Spain, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, ibid.) ** LITHUANIA. 6255.00, 6 July, 2200 KBC, English, ID, rock, first Friday show towards N. America, 45544 6255.00, 7 July 2200, KBC, English, ID, rock, promos, email, 45544 (Silveri Gómez, Fraga Catalunya Norte, playdx yg via DXLD) It`s the 0100 broadcast that is aimed to NAm. All his logs, including several real pirates, are shown as .00, so I suspect this is an artifact of his logging program, rather than frequencies axually measured to such accuracy. One needs to study the concept of significant digits (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** MALI. The July 8 edition of Oklahoma Horizon, of all things, had a report on Mali; video segments available, with captioning; http://www.okhorizon.com/2007_07_july.htm#topic_08 the third is about radio: http://www.okhorizon.com/2007/Show0727/videos/0727_03_vid_lg.mov (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALTA [non]. Re 7-079, it appears the DRM reported was from FRANCE instead, unless both countries are doing it on 999: This came in from DRM.org --- FRANCE LAUNCHES EXPERIMENTS ON DIGITAL RADIO At the end of May 2007, the CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l´Audiovisuel) authorised TDF to lead experiments on digital radio such as DMB and DRM. Thus, since one month already, long term DRM member TDF has started transmitting two DRM mono programs in the 26 MHz band in Rennes. The DRM transmissions are sent from Cesson Sévigné and offer both a music and a talk program on the frequency 25775 KHz. Furthermore a DRM program in parametric stereo is on-air on medium wave 999 kHz since June. This program is being broadcast from the TDF site Villebon in the Paris area. Feedbacks from listeners indicate clear reception quality in Paris, Colombes and Orléans. News from http://www.drm.org (via Harald Kuhl, MWC via DXLD) I wonder if the 999 kHz outlet will spoil 1000 kHz KOMO [Seattle] signal? (Barry Davies, UK, ibid.) I don`t think he is kidding (gh, DXLD) Hi Patrick, You seemed to be sure 999 kHz DRM was Malta, but what about this?? 73, (Glenn to Patrick Robic, re 7-079, via DXLD) No, the DRM-signal was not from Malta. I´ve just seen the headline in BC-DX, and there was some misunderstanding, as I probably didn´t explain it correctly in my posting in the A-DX mailing list. I was trying to get an audio signal from DRM-Test in France (I only got the label, no audio so far), and there I discovered an analog signal besides COPE from Spain, playing non-stop music during the night - and that was Radio Malta. 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, July 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Re: [mwc] Anyone ever DX XEUACH 1610? Hi Glenn: I logged this station way back in early 2001 at 1609.4 kHz. The format was similar to USA college stations with esoteric rock programming in the evenings. Sign off was typically around 0200 GMT with a rocking version of the NA. Actually, the last time I logged this station was in early 2002 (Feb). I will give this one a try again this week (as soon as the thunderstorm activity dies down). 73, (Mike Beu, KD5DSQ, Austin, Texas, July 5, MWC via WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DXLD) ** MEXICO. XEXX-1420 is running a mix of Radio Fórmula talk and brokered time (mostly Spanish religion). Their newest offering is a show called "Time For Seniors" which runs from 2-3 pm on Saturdays [2100-2200 UT]. The host, who speaks in English, sounds very old. He has various guests in the studio and stops (when he remembers!) to allow someone to translate what was said into Spanish. It's a bit awkward, but in a market completely crushed by corporate radio, even amateurish local programming is better than none. 73, (Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA, July 7, IRCA via DXLD) Tijuana, 2 kW per WRTH (gh) ** MEXICO. July 8 at 1310 check, I could detect a very weak signal with classical music on telltale 9599.2 rather than 9600; XEYU must be back, as Julian Santiago soon confirmed. XEYU seemed back to its fair strength on 9599.2v, July 10 at 0135 check with classical, stronger than the het from 9600.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Desde ayer por la tarde nuevamente al aire Radio UNAM en los 9600 kHz, prácticamente no ha dejado de emitir durante la noche y la mañana de hoy domingo.(tiempo del centro de México) Su señal sigue siendo baja aún aquí en la Ciudad de México, pero me da la impresión de estar un poco mejor que hace unos quince días en que dejo de emitir. Su programación es en paralelo de su señal de onda media (860 kHz) básicamente música clásica y programas de difusión cultural. Un buen domingo, 73´s (Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla, DF, July 8, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. July 10 at 0141 noticed considerable CCI to HCJB 11920 in Portuguese; finally decided language was Arabic. No clues in HFCC or Eibi, but Aoki has RTVM Morocco A07 on 11920 at 00-05. WRTH May update adds that this transmission only is ``Radio Tanger`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGER. Re 7-079, SOLOMON ISLANDS: Hi Mikhail, haven't seen any loggings of NGR on 5018v lately, neither heard it myself. Was there a positive ID? I'll monitor the frequency (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, HCDX via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. New KGOU Translator Station in Seminole at 103.1 FM KGOU has great news for listeners in and around Seminole – you can now hear KGOU at 103.1 FM in Seminole, Bowlegs, Lima, New Lima, and Dixon. And under the right atmospheric conditions and/or with a good outside antenna, listeners in Earlsboro, Tecumseh, St. Louis, Maud and Wewoka might be able to pick up 103.1 as well. The opportunity came along recently to add this translator station, and we received the green light from the FCC at the end of June to start simulcasting on the new frequency. This little 250-watt station takes our Norman signal and "translates" it to 103.1 FM. Its official name is K276ET, which you will hear in some of our station ID's. Installing the antenna for KGOU's Seminole translator. We've been dreaming about expanding our service into southeastern Oklahoma, which has limited options for public radio listening. This is a relatively affordable way to do that, costing about $15,000 to put the translator on the air, with an estimated annual operating cost of $5,000. Other dreams are coming true for KGOU in the near future as well. Stay tuned! (KGOU Newsletter for July 2007 via DXLD) ** PORTUGAL. A RDP Internacional suspendeu a veiculação do programa Caixa Postal/Dexismo pelos próximos meses. Motivo: a apresentadora Isabel Flora entrou em licença em período de gravidez. As respostas às cartas e informes dos ouvintes da RDP retornarão no final do ano. As informações são de Isabel Saraiva, do Departamento de Intercâmbio da RDP (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX July 8 via DXLD) `DX/mailbag` program is off until yearend due to maternity leave. She has already missed a number of weeks/months (gh, DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Radio BSKSA from Riyadh broadcasts in English from 1055 to 1225 hours on 15250 kHz (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, R. Bulgaria DX program July 6 via DXLD) Have they settled down? Start and end times were highly variable (gh, DXLD) ** SIERRA LEONE [non]. 9525, Cotton Tree News (CTN) via Ascension, nice E-QSL in 12 hours from v/s: George Bennett - CTN Editor in Chief ("Best wishes from rainy Freetown"), after an e-mailed follow-up report. Identical QSL's in English & French, contained all data except the site, but he had confirmed Ascension Island as the transmitter site in a separate e-mail to me. Address on QSL: Fondation Hirondelle, Avenue du Temple 19C, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SLOVAKIA. SLOVENSKY ROZHLAS TO ABANDON MEDIUMWAVE Slovensky Rozhlas plans to stop its mediumwave transmissions because they are considered as too expensive. Going ahead with this plan still requires a decision what will happen to Radio Patria, the minority language service distributed on the remaining mediumwave outlets. Probably Radio Patria will be wind up and programmes for ethnic minorities broadcast on the remaining SRo networks instead: http://www.radiowoche.de/index.php?area=1&p=news&newsid=3733 Also remarkable: Prior to abandoning FM in Slovakia the BBC WS was on air without a valid licence. The media authority RVR failed to notice that the licence had run out until the BBC requested a change of the licence conditions. They did not punish the BBC because they concluded that it was not the BBC's intention to broadcast without a licence. http://www.radiowoche.de/index.php?area=1&p=news&newsid=3156 Former BBC frequencies already reallocated to Funradio, Radio Expres, Radio Lumen, Slovensky Rozhlas and three new stations, news item from Dec 4 2006: http://www.radiowoche.de/index.php?area=1&p=news&newsid=2665 So when was the game over for BBC WS on FM in Slovakia, widely unnoticed abroad it seems? Must have been some time during 2006 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SLOVENIA. Where is Slovenia? Does anybody know something what has happened to R Slovenia on 918 kHz? Every time I am passing this frequency the last few days, I am hearing Radio Intercontinental, Madrid. Don't know if this also the case earlier in the evening. 73, (Guido Schotmans, Belgium, July 8, MWC via WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DXLD) Also here: No trace of Slovenia. Instead also R Intercontinental and on my 160 degrees KAZ: Arabic (Max van Arnhem, Netherlands, ibid.) Slovenia 918 is still on, but with low power. Here in Bologna daytime reception is fair but the signal level on the ATS 909 is 0/10 - compared with 4/10 of Radio Capodistria 1170. 73, (Stefano Valianti, Italy, ibid.) ** SPAIN. REE`s Sefarad show coming in well in that strange dialect of Spanish with Portuguese elements, UT Tue July 10 at 0137 on 11795; just a little ACI from Rai 11800, avoidable. This weekly transmission is to SAm, while Tue 0415 on 9650 is to NAm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TANZANIA. 11749.98, 1809 30/06/2007, 2, TZA, Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam-news in E 23232 GR (Graziano Rigo, Mosquito Coast DX Team, Piancada, Laguna Friulana (Udine), N-E Italy [45.47N 13.04E], via Francesco Clemente, Conexión Digital July 8 via DXLD) ?? No such frequency known, but there is Zanzibar on 11735. Measured to that precision, it`s hard to fathom how it could be 15 kHz off, and I still suspect a mistake. Try 11750 if you don`t hear it on 11735. Or: per HFCC, et al., the only station on 11750 at 1800 would be SLBC Ekala in Sinhala, and I suppose there could be some English (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** TIBET. 7385, 24.6 1700, China-Tibet Broadcasting Station with "Holy Tibet" and mailbox program and Tibetan music. The English program ended at 1705 and then change to Tibetan and non-stop international light music. 3 CB 7385, 3.7 1635, Holy Tibet seems to have 1635 as a new start time. The program ended at 1705. 2 CB (Christer Brunström, Sweden, SW Bulletin, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. In updating DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS, http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html I listened to the webcast of VOT`s final repeat of Saturday programming, UT Sunday July 8 from 0315, when DX Corner was expected to appear according to the alternate-weekly scheduling we had been keeping track of. But no --- no sign of it. Instead we heard: 0315 Outlook; 0319 New Dimensions of the Armenian Issue, music break; 0329 Thru History, music break; 0335 Turkish Music. Possibly they, or we, lost track of which week was which for DX Corner; but the program schedule we went to so much trouble to figure out in DXLD 6-036 is now expired since June 30, and we can expect to wait several weeks before the second semester 2007 folder comes in the P-mail. As usual, there is nothing at all about programming to be found on the website! How hard could it be for them to at least put up a pdf of the twice-yearly program folder? The show which supposedly alternated with DX Corner was From Our Correspondents, which is perhaps the Armenian segment above, but not identified as FOC. We shall tentatively assume that DX Corner appears in the :19-:25 slot on July 14/15 and thence fortnightly? BTW, they announced that due to an anticipated electricity outage in the part of Ankara including the TRT studios on July 8, the 1230 UT English broadcast would be heard on internet and satellite only. How they could still accomplish that is not clear, especially since the SW transmitters are somewhere else, anyway. A few weeks ago I concluded they were never going to notice they kept announcing the wrong time for the 2030 UT broadcast as 2330, which is local time, so e-mailed them about it. This is at close of transmission, and is certainly read each time from copy, not a recording. Never got a reply, but noticed tonite that they had indeed changed that to 2030 on 7170 --- but it was still out of order between the 2200 and 0300 UT frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. TURQUIA - Quer ganhar uma viagem de sete dias totalmente grátis para a Turquia? Então participe do concurso que comemora os 70 anos da emissora! Os ouvintes interessados devem enviar uma redação, de até três páginas, abordando o seguinte tema: “Mi emisora cumple 70 años”. O prazo para o envio das participações é o dia 25 de julho. Endereço: Rádio La Voz de Turquia, Español, PK. 333, Yenisehir, 06443, Ankara, Turquia. E-mail: espanol @ trt.net.tr (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX July 8 via DXLD) & in other languages too (gh, DXLD) ** U K. Interesting discussion on whether the BBCWS is a government propaganda arm, reaching into the US; page up for story prompting it: http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/?p=8382#comments (via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U K. 15170, BBC Turkish service via Rampisham, 500 kW 105 degrees, only Sundays 0800-0900 UT produces a fence of un-symmetric spurs today July 8th: 15005 15060 15116 15120 15198.2 15202 15204 15225 15335 15390 15445 15500 15555 15610 - mostly on the upper side. Original 15170 has a tremendous S=9+50 dB signal today. Noted on three receivers. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, harmonics yg via DXLD) ** U K. LOCATIONS OF UK MW TRANSMITTERS I've been having a little play with Google maps using it to plot the locations of BBC, Commercial and LPAM stations on a map of the UK. In most cases I've managed to put the marker right at the base of the transmitter mast, or in the middle of them if there are two or more. http://www.mediumwaveradio.com Using the frequency selector on the left, you can then see the distribution on stations on one or more channels, and work out some "targets" based on your location. It certainly works well for me chasing LPAMs (Mark Hattam, July 7, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** U K. 40 YEARS OF PIRATE RADIO - Sun 8th July - BBC R Oxford Thanks to tip off from Ray Lambourne via Paul Ewers that BBC Radio Oxford are plugging a programme "40 Years of Pirate Radio" on Sunday evening at 6 pm with Johnnie Walker and Dave Cash. Radio Times has programme scheduled 6pm to 9pm (BST) (1700-2000 UT) 8th July but gives no detail of programme. And no more details on Radio Oxford website either. As Dave Cash is also on BBC Radio Kent at same time and on Sunday has special guest Johnnie Walker (from 7.30 pm) so I guess the same programme is on R Kent as well?? Radio Oxford is only on 95.2 MHz but can listen live via website http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/local_radio/ If you missed it, this three hour programme is now available (for one week?) on Listen Again via BBC Radio Kent website http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/local_radio/ - select "Listen Again" then Dave Cash - SUN. Especially recommended second half when Dave Cash reminisces with Johnnie Walker. (as well as R Oxford & Kent, was also carried on BBCs R Berkshire, Solent & Southern Counties, but sadly with no advance publicity in Radio Times or on their websites which list different programmes) Information may only be reproduced if full credit is given to the original source, contributor AND to the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). (Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** U S A. EE.UU. transmite; Chávez se burla -- July 4 http://www.eter.com.ar/contenidos/noticias24.html El parlamento estadounidense aprobó el 21 de junio un aumento de presupuesto para las transmisiones de radio que el gobierno de ese país realiza sobre el territorio [sic] de varios países latinoamericanos, entre ellos Venezuela. La enmienda, presentada por el congresista republicano Conni [sic] Mack y aprobada por la Cámara de Representantes, solicita al Estado entregar "todas las herramientas" a la Junta de Gobernadores de Radiodifusión (BBG, por sus siglas en inglés) para fortalecer las emisiones. La BBG es una agencia federal que administra señales en 57 idiomas, entre ellas, La Voz de las [sic] Américas, que transmite en 20 [sic] lenguas a través de cientos de estaciones de todo el mundo. Esa estación deberá, en palabras de Mack, contrarrestar la "intensa propaganda" que Chávez estaría desplegando en Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador y Cuba. Por su parte, el presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, aseguró que tanto él como Fidel Castro (La Voz de América transmite también sobre el espacio radioeléctrico cubano) estaban "temblando, pero de risa" por la decisión de los representantes estadounidense. "Es ridículo el imperio. Son el hazmerreír del mundo", dijo Chávez el 23 de junio, y añadió: "Ellos van a lanzar más mensajes de radio hacia Venezuela para liberar al pueblo venezolano. Superman, Superman, aquí te tenemos la criptonita roja". Como prueba de que en su país no se coarta* la libertad de expresión, el mandatario destacó que más del 90 por ciento de las estaciones de radio están en manos privadas y que los venezolanos reciben además señales de cable de todo el mundo. El ministro de Comunicación de Venezuela, William Lara, calificó la medida estadounidense de "agresión imperialista contra la soberanía nacional". (via Nicolás Eramo, Argentina, July 9, condig list via DXLD) * coartar = limit, restrict; isn`t it Willian Lara? But SS normally pronounce a final -m as -n, however it be spelt (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Glenn: Sorry for the lack of advance notice, but we got a new group yesterday which wanted to begin airing their program today, and they have taken the half-hour at 2230-2300 UT Sunday on 9955, displacing Mundo Radial and the repeat of World Cricket Today. I have until further notice moved MR and WCT to the next available half-hour, which is 0500-0530 UT Monday [also 9955]. The new program is called La Voz de la Demajagua (don't ask me what that means; I haven't had a chance to ask them yet) and it's produced by the Association of Cuban Cattlemen (Ganaderos) in Exile. Take care (Jeff White, WRMI, July 8, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://www.vacacionartravel.com/ReportInfo.aspx?rc=17 Demajagua is an historic old sugar mill in Granma, and also now the name of the Commie newspaper there http://www.lademajagua.co.cu/ I assume the former is the more likely inspiration for the exile show. Was not aware that WCT was airing at 2245 Sunday, instead of defunct Monitor DX; grid still outdated, but WCT page on the WRMI sked says it first airs Sundays at 1430 on 7385. Last I heard, cricket show was in 1-minute capsules (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I get a Server Admin type error page when I attempt to go to either http://www.wbcq.com or http://www.wbcq.us as if the site simply didn't exist. The server is clearly working, as the server is what generates the error page. Anybody know the story behind this? (Clara Listensprechen, July 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Same happens with or without the www. At least the 7415 live streaming from another server still worx: http://johnlightning.com:8020/ [Later:] Site was back by 0439 UT July 10 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Yes, I had noticed that, too, after rechecking myself. I'd still like to hear the story behind what happened, tho. Any ideas, anybody? (Clara Listensprechen, ibid.) Why not raise the Q on their forum? (gh) ** U S A [non]. A-07 of WYFR via TV Radio Waves, VT Comm, DTK T- Systems, Taiwan: [this is very useful and much needed, as it seems that WYFR itself does not provide a comprehensive up-to-date sked for all its relays; is this complete, except for WINB? --- gh] West Europe 0400-0500 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg German 1700-1800 on 3955 WER 100 kW / non-dir German 1800-1900 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg English 1800-1900 on 9615 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg Polish 1900-2000 on 7320 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg German 1900-2000 on 7340 MSK 250 kW / 264 deg Spanish 1900-2000 on 9490 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg Italian 1900-2000 NF 11875 DHA 250 kW / 315 deg English, ex 9840 1900-2100 on 12060 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg French 2000-2200 on 7430 KCH 500 kW / 309 deg English East Europe 1500-1700 on 9955 TNN 250 kW in Taiwan Russian 1700-1900 on 9495 TAC 200 kW / 311 deg Russian 1700-1900 on 9505 WER 500 kW / 060 deg Russian 1800-1900 on 11730 JUL 100 kW / 100 deg Romanian Middle East 1600-1700 on 7520 SMF 250 kW / 131 deg Persian 1600-1700 on 11870 WER 500 kW / 105 deg Persian 1600-1700 on 12100 ARM 250 kW / 110 deg Pashto/Dari 1600-1700 on 13620 WER 500 kW / 120 deg Arabic 1600-1800 on 9925 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Turkish 1700-1800 on 11875 WER 500 kW / 120 deg Arabic 1700-1800 on 13700 RMP 500 kW / 105 deg Arabic 1800-1900 on 11855 WER 500 kW / 120 deg Arabic 1800-1900 on 13720 SKN 300 kW / 140 deg Arabic 1800-1900 on 13780 RMP 500 kW / 105 deg English 1800-2000 on 7240 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg Arabic/English 1900-2000 on 9495 WER 500 kW / 120 deg Arabic 1900-2000 on 15165 RMP 300 kW / 105 deg Arabic 2000-2100 on 9705 WER 125 kW / 120 deg Arabic South Asia 0000-0200 on 15195 TSH 300 kW in Taiwan Hindi/English 1230-1330 on 15340 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg Bengali 1300-1400 on 15640 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Marathi 1300-1400 on 15670 WER 500 kW / 090 deg English 1300-1500 on 15350 WER 500 kW / 075 deg Bengali 1300-1600 on 11560 HUW 300 kW in Taiwan English/English/Hindi 1400-1500 on 7215 IRK 250 kW / 224 deg Nepali 1400-1500 on 9625 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg Tamil 1400-1500 on 9705 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg Marathi 1400-1500 on 12055 SAM 250 kW / 117 deg Gujarati 1400-1500 on 12075 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg Marathi 1400-1500 on 13590 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg Telugu 1400-1500 on 15715 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Marathi 1400-1600 on 7320 TCH 250 kW / 240 deg English 1400-1600 on 7510 TAC 200 kW / 131 deg Bengali 1400-1600 on 9735 SAM 250 kW / 117 deg Punjabi 1400-1600 on 11850 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg Urdu 1400-1600 on 15370 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Telugu/Tamil 1400-1600 on 15520 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg Hindi/English 1400-1600 on 15670 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Hindi 1400-1700 on 5845 DB 100 kW / 137 deg Hindi 1500-1600 on 12075 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg Marathi 1500-1600 on 13830 WER 500 kW / 075 deg Gujarati 1500-1600 on 13840 WER 500 kW / 075 deg Punjabi 1500-1700 on 6280 TSH 300 kW in Taiwan English/Hindi 1500-1800 on 12020 WER 500 kW / 075 deg Urdu/Gujarati/Nepali 1600-1700 on 11850 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg English 1600-1800 on 11680 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Hindi 1600-1800 on 11730 WER 500 kW / 075 deg Punjabi South East Asia 1100-1200 on 11550 TNN 250 kW in Taiwan Indonesian 1100-1300 on 11520 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Tagalog/Indonesian 1100-1600 on 7250 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Chinese 1100-1600 on 9280 HUW 300 kW in Taiwan Chinese 1200-1300 on 7445 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Vietnamese 1200-1300 on 11560 HUW 300 kW in Taiwan Burmese 1200-1300 on 11895 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg Vietnamese 1200-1300 on 15490 NVS 250 kW / 155 deg Indonesian 1300-1400 on 11520 A-A 200 kW / 132 deg Burmese 1300-1400 on 11895 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg English 1300-1500 on 11520 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan English/Indonesian 1400-1500 on 15465 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Vietnamese 2100-2200 on 7435 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Chinese 2100-2400 on 9280 HUW 300 kW in Taiwan Chinese 2200-2400 on 7235 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Chinese East Asia 0800-0900 on 11895 TAI 100 kW in Taiwan Korean 0900-1200 on 9450 IRK 250 kW / 110 deg English/English/Korean 1000-1100 on 7150 K/A 100 kW / 178 deg Japanese 1100-1200 on 9450 IRK 250 kW / 110 deg Korean 1100-1400 on 9865 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg Chinese 1100-1400 on 12150 A-A 500 kW / 094 deg Chinese 1400-1500 on 9865 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg English 1400-1500 on 12150 A-A 500 kW / 094 deg English North Africa 1700-1800 on 13840 JUL 100 kW / 175 deg Arabic 1800-1900 on 11600 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Arabic 1900-2000 on 7180 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Arabic 1900-2000 on 11970 DHA 250 kW / 285 deg French 2000-2100 on 9735 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Arabic 2100-2200 on 5915 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Arabic West Africa 1900-2000 on 13780 WER 500 kW / 210 deg French 2000-2100 on 11895 WER 100 kW / 195 deg French 2000-2200 on 11610 WER 500 kW / 210 deg Arabic 2000-2200 on 15195 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg English 2030-2130 on 11985 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg French 2200-2300 on 7115 WER 500 kW / 210 deg Arabic 2200-2300 on 9720 WER 500 kW / 195 deg French Central Africa 1600-1700 on 15705 WER 500 kW / 165 deg English 1800-1900 on 13730 WER 500 kW / 165 deg English 1830-1930 on 17585 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg French 2115-2315 on 11875 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg English East Africa 1500-1700 on 15750 WER 500 kW / 150 deg English/Amharic 1600-1700 on 15650 WER 500 kW / 135 deg English 1600-1900 on 13630 WER 500 kW / 135 deg English 1700-1800 on 9790 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg English 1700-1900 on 15750 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Swahili/English 1800-1900 on 13830 WER 500 kW / 135 deg Amharic 1900-2000 on 5930 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg Swahili South Africa 1600-1700 on 15445 ASC 250 kW / 100 deg Portuguese 1700-1800 on 21680 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg English 1800-1900 on 9845 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg English 1900-2000 on 11610 WER 500 kW / 180 deg French 1900-2100 on 3230 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg English 1900-2200 NF 9610 WER 500 kW / 180 deg English, ex 9860, re-ex 9610!! 2000-2100 on 9595 WER 500 kW / 180 deg French 2100-2200 on 9720 WER 500 kW / 180 deg French 2200-2300 on 9620 WER 500 kW / 180 deg English (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, July 10 via DXLD) ** U S A. KSFR IS MOVING UP THE DIAL! LISTEN NOW ON 101.1 FM... You can hear a better sound and bigger coverage -- from Taos to Albuquerque. That means more choice for all of Northern New Mexico. A BIGGER VOICE, AS WE MOVE TO 101.1 FM! - KSFR can now be heard over- the-air from Taos to Albuquerque, with a stronger signal throughout all of Santa Fe, Los Álamos, White Rock, Española, Placitas, Corrales, Rio Rancho, Bernalillo and more. We're moving permanently this summer up the dial to 101.1 FM, replacing a smooth jazz format there. We will simulcast on both frequencies, though, for the first few months 'til our listeners get used to our clearer, stronger dial position (KSFR website http://www.ksfr.org July 8 via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) That explains the mysterious predixion quoted in 7-061 about increased coverage, but nothing was found to indicate 90.7 would improve. 101.1 is in FCC records as KSFQ (hmm, one letter apart), but licensed to Clear Channel, and I don`t see any application to change that! So is KSFR just renting time on the 101.1 transmitter, or really going to own it? It ought to have considerable value as a commercial license. 101.1 details at http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=67340 COL is White Rock, near Los Álamos, but the Tiger Map shows site is axually in LÁ, on the south side. Power is only 2.5 kW, which would not seem to be much of an improvement over 90.7 with 3 kW but its HAAT was only 36 meters and 101.1 is 568 meters! Strangely enough, no one has commented this on the NM boards of radio-insight or radio-info so I wonder if KSFR is axually heard on 101.1 yet? [Yes, heard on webcast announcing both frequencies, 0300 UT July 10.] Details from press: PUBLIC RADIO FOR A WIDER AUDIENCE By JOHN SENA | The New Mexican June 29, 2007 Board approves deal to move KSFR from 90.7 FM to 101.1 http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/64028.html Atma Devi, left, and Merrylin Leblanc, right, pre-record the KSFR show Moonwise to be aired on Saturday, June 30, at 1 p.m. at the KSFR radio studio on June 29, 2007, at the Santa Fe Community College. KSFR 90.7, Santa Fe Public Radio, is hoping to move to a new frequency, 101.1, within the next three months. The move is waiting for FCC approval. Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno/ The New Mexican [caption] Thanks to a lucky break and approval from the Santa Fe Community College board, a lot more people might get a chance to listen to Santa Fe’s only public radio station. The board voted Thursday night to approve a deal that will move KSFR from 90.7 FM to 101.1 FM and will expand its broadcast area to Albuquerque and as far north as Taos. “I’m very excited about it,” said Dal Dearmin, the station’s general manager. “It’s been a long time coming.” The move will have to be approved by the Federal Communication Commission, which Dearmin said usually takes about three months. He said he has been trying unsuccessfully to figure out ways to expand for a few years. But when the Educational Media Foundation, whose station broadcasts on 90.7 in Belén, decided it wanted to expand northward and bought Santa Fe-based KSFQ, which broadcasts on 101.1, it asked KSFR if it wanted the spot on 101.1 in exchange for KSFR’s place at 90.7, Dearmin said. The Northern New Mexico Radio Foundation, the nonprofit group that runs KSFR under a management contract with SFCC, approved the exchange. As part of the deal, EMF will pay KSFR for any plant improvements needed for the KSFQ tower site and also will pay for promotional expenses, legal fees and engineering fees for KSFR, which broadcasts smooth jazz [sic]. Dearmin said KSFR plans to simulcast on both 90.7 and 101.1 until the deal is approved by the FCC. More listeners might ultimately result in more donors to the publicly funded station, Dearmin said. And more money means more resources that might let the station establish more news bureaus, for example. About half of KSFR’s nearly $600,000 budget is funded by private donations, Dearmin said, with the rest covered by local underwriting and grants (The New Mexican via DXLD) Educational Media Foundation is, of course, a large gospel-huxtering group, as if that were ``educational``. Evidently the 90.7 transmitter in SF will go dark to allow 90.7 Belén to increase power. That is KQRI, 1.6 kW at 198 meters, per FCC. It`s too bad that KSFR will find itself outside the educational band as a result, which will be further polluted by an enlarged KQRI. This is all rather convoluted, having to do with KBAC 98.1, another ex-Clear Channel station which has its own story to tell: http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/61841.html http://sfreporter.com/articles/publish/first-person-032807-free-at-last.php (via Glenn Hauser, OK, July 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I found the newspaper stories about this so that answers some of my questions. Am I correct that the 90.7 transmitter will ultimately be turned off in Santa Fe, and that EMF`s Belén station KQRI will increase power, still from Belén? Regards, (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO, to Dal Dearmin, KSFR GM, via DXLD) Glenn - Though I can't speak for EMF, I believe that's their ultimate intention. Actually, though, the 90.7 Santa Fe transmitter/antenna -- ours presently -- will be retained by KSFR 101.1 as a back-up, retuned to the new frequency. KSFR is only trading the dial position, no hardware or facilities. Best, (Dal Dearmin, ibid.) ** U S A. KGOU presented an `early` Radio Lab show from WNYC, July 8 at 17-18 UT, titled `Weird America` -- trouble is I could not find it in the WNYC archive under that name but instead: Adventures in the Other America: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2002/07/07 Including audio link still. I wanted to outpoint this since it starts with some SW clips from Moscow, Ft Collins; what could be weirder? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. "The Humble Farmer" isn't coming back to Maine Public Broadcasting, but Robert Skoglund has found a new radio home elsewhere. After losing his longtime spot on MPBN Radio over accusations that he made political comments on what was supposed to be a humor show, Skoglund is joining low-power WJZP-LP (97.1 Standish), which will air "Humble Farmer" segments five times a week over the air and on its webcast (Scott Fybush, NY, NE Radio Watch July 9 via DXLD) ** U S A. QSL received: WQCR563, 1700 kHz, Arlington VA --- Office of Emergency Management, Arlington County VA. 8.5 x 11 inch full-color QSL card from the station in 3 months for a self-addressed label and $2. V/S David Jordan WA3GIN. Features a photo of firefighters placing the station's helical antenna on a mast. 1700 kHz AM, Arlington, Virginia, 10 watts (Brett Saylor, Central PA, July 8, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. MYSTERY NATURE SOUNDS STATION STILL GOING ON 100.1 - LOCATION FOUND? For any one that was curious (like me) I searched the east side of Indianapolis to find this mystery broadcaster. I have tracked it down to the Wellington Green Apts. clubhouse, 1841 N. Wellington. For those of you who know Indy, it is inside a rectangle bordered by 16th and 21st streets, Franklin Road, and I-465. The building was locked, so I could not go in to find out what was going on. More investigation to follow. This could be the ultimate FM DX for anyone outside the area. It has only a 2 mile radius with a car radio. It was something to do on Sunday afternoon before the Es came in. Maybe I have too much time on my hands! (Mike Glass, Indy IN, July 9, WTFDA via DXLD) ** U S A. WCMA-AM NOW 50 KW NON-DIRECTIONAL Perihelion Global today announced that the company has been granted a formal “License to Cover” from the United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) for its WCMA-AM radio station [1560 kHz] to broadcast a non-directional signal at 50,000 watts (50 kW), which is the maximum broadcast power allowed AM stations in North America. Perihelion Global acquired the station earlier in the year from Beebe Communications, who had been granted FCC approval to re-engineer the station to increase its broadcast power from 5,000 watts to the FCC maximum of 50,000 watts non-directional. The formal FCC “License to Cover” consent will allow the station to cover Northern Florida, Southern Alabama and Southwestern Georgia. The station is now fully operational, licensed and broadcasting at 50,000 watts. John H Beebe, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Perihelion Global, stated, “We are pleased to announce we have been granted formal FCC consent to broadcast at the maximum power allowed for AM stations in North America. This represents a substantial revenue potential for our company.” Adds Beebe, “Our expanded broadcast coverage area, and new technology in the broadcast industry will enable us to provide traditional radio broadcast combined with customized, on demand data and information services from one facility over sections of Florida, Alabama and Georgia.” (Source: Perihelion Global)(July 10th, 2007 - 14:09 UTC by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD) Perhaps it would be of interest where this station axually is?? 2006- 2007 NRC AM Log shows WCMA in Daleville AL, which is in the SE corner near Dothan. It had been silent since October 2004. Yes, it had a CP for 50000 D1, and 2500 watts during critical hours, but still not at night. BTW, there is no such thing as an ``-AM`` suffix to US call letters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. 3945 kHz, 0859 06/07, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila, fv talk (provavelmente nx), 22222. Trecho desta escuta 113kb, 30s, em: http://www.freewebs.com/audiodx/r.vanuatu3945khz0607070900utc.mp3 73 a todos (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu-SP Brasil (23 33’ S, 46 51’ W), July 7, Sony ICF SW40 (revisado) dipolo 18m e 32m em OC e OT; loop em OM, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DXLD) Was recently reported reactivated, but doubt anyone can make anything definite out of clip. Beware: WRTH 2007 says R. Nikkei, Japan, 2nd program is on 3945 until 0730 M-F, 0930 Sat, and 0900 Sun. But above report was on a Friday (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. Reportes desde Venezuela (Falta el tuyo José Elías) confirmaron esto: RCTV ya está en Ch 103 (Direct TV) y acá la noticia: http://www.el-nacional.com/Articulos/DetalleArticulo.asp?Id=107537&IdSeccion=63 73 (Alfredo Cañote, Perú, July 7, condig list via WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DXLD) Saludos cordiales, querido amigo Alfredo. Espero te encuentres muy bien. Querido amigo, muchas gracias por el dato; ya he puesto el canal 103 de Directv y efectivamente ha sido asignado al canal RCTV. Ahora volveremos a ver nuevamente a este canal, el único que informaba lo que sucedía en Venezuela en todos los aspectos de la noticia. Gracias por pasar el dato y recibe un abrazo (José Elías Díaz Gómez, Venezuela, ibid.) See INTERNATIONAL VACUUM ** ZANZIBAR [non?]. See TANZANIA ** ZIMBABWE [non]. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE OPENS NEW WEBSITE Voice of the People Communications, the Zimbabwean-based private radio operator whose Radio VOP was the 2006 winner of the One World Media awards for community media, has launched a brand 24-hour news site, http://www.radiovop.com The website is based in Southern Africa and mirrored in the United States. Radio VOP currently broadcasts to Southern Africa at 0400-0500 UT on 9765 kHz and 1700-1800 UT on 7120 kHz via the Radio Netherlands Madagascar relay station. (Source: Voice of the People) (July 10th, 2007 - 11:36 UTC by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Saludos cordiales. 9885 NO ID, 2240-2303, escuchada el 9 de julio en árabe con emisión de una especie de radionovela, locutor y locutora con interpretación y segmentos musicales de fondo, locutor y locutora con comentarios, segmento musical, locutora recitando un poema con música clásica de fondo, pieza musical interpretada por piano y violonchelo, a las 2300 locutor con titulares y noticias, noticias con referencia George Bush e “Israelia”, probable cuña de ID, cortan emisión bruscamente, SINPO 45554. 73 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Radio Master A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9885 NO ID, 2120-2135, escuchada el 10 de julio en idioma árabe, cuñas, locutor con entrevista a invitado, posible ID, referencias a Romano Prodi, SINPO 44544 73 (José Miguel Romero, ibid.) No clews in the usual references on 9885. Maybe it is Kuwait, error, supposed to be on 9855. Anything there? Aoki: 9855 R. KUWAIT 1810-2400 1234567 Arabic 500 310 Sulaibiyah KWT 4745E2910 KUWA a07 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ OLD RADIO’S CALL LETTER ORIGINS Ever wonder about the call letters of your favourite radio or TV station? Do they actually mean anything? Well, this page will offer up most of the hard to find answers. http://nelson.oldradio.com/ (via Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec, July Radio HF Internet Newsletter via DXLD) Also leads to a site specializing in public radio call letters: http://www.lib.umd.edu/NPBA/stations/call.html (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ PRESS 1 FOR AMERICAN http://www.mssu.edu/kxms/blog11.htm (Jeff Skibbe blog, KXMS via DXLD) I was hunting thru the index of KXMS` website, and also discovered that due to CRB threat they again suspended streaming, apparently in May; and no new playlists have been posted either since Mayend (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: see also FRANCE; GERMANY; GUIANA FRENCH; ++++++++++++++++++++ KOREA NORTH; MALTA DRM / English loggings monitored in LW/MW in Europe Dear Friends, I am just back from a trip to Austria, Germany and Luxembourg. Here are details of DRM and English broadcasts that I monitored on LW and MW during my trip there using Amateur Radio communication transceivers and antennas of my friends. (I must have surely missed many more similar broadcasts). Special thanks to Noel R. Green in UK for identifying many of these stations. Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, Hyderabad, India DRM broadcasts: 183 kHz Europe #1, Felsberg, Saarland, Germany 693 Voice of Russia via Zehlendorf, Germany 855 Deutschlandfunk, Berlin-Britz, Germany 999 UnID [see FRANCE] 1296 BBC via Orfordness, UK 1440 Radio Luxembourg 1485 Low power stations, Germany 1575 Voice of Russia uses Magdeburg, Germany 1584 Low power stations 1593 West Deutscher Rundfunk, Langenberg, Germany 1611 Vatican Radio (Jose Jacob, India, July 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I assume these loggings merely refer to hearing the typical hiss, not actually decoding the digital signals? DRM on 183 would be really news. During 2004 some vague reports about a possible DRM test of this transmitter were floating around here in Germany, but they remained so vague that I strongly suspect whatever kind of mistake. DRM hiss in this frequency range at night, specifically between 0000 and 0300 UT (0100-0400 during winter), would be the Zehlendorf transmitter on 177, at this time in the clear because Felsberg is off overnight. Actually Deutschlandradio had started to use it in digital mode only in late summer 2005 but soon reverted to analogue, keeping only nightly tests between 2 and 5 AM as a token. 999 is a transmitter at Villebon-sur-Yvette near Paris, co-located with the 300 kW on 864 which in fact is running C-QUAM stereo, unless they have recently switched off the stereo. Digital transmissions on 1575 carry programming by a commercial broadcaster from Germany (Oldiestar). Voice of Russia uses this transmitter in AM only because their goal is to provide a service to real, existing audiences. These Voice of Russia relays on 1575 were never intended, it should be save to assume that they started because they were the only way to create an economical foundation for reactivating this transmitter (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ AMPHICAM AQUA FM RADIO SNORKEL --- RADIO THRU YOUR TEETH Snorkeling is oh-so boring without a soundtrack. This snorkel`s built- in radio enables you to ``catch every word of the presidential debates while communing with dolphins.`` Price: $99 http://aquasphereswim.com (The Week, July 13, via gh, DXLD) Ah, glug, here are the details, illustrated --- it is very blue, perhaps to blend into the water: http://www.aquasphereswim.com/products/aqua_fm.html AQUA FM --- Ground breaking and innovative, the Aqua FM uses unique bone conduction technology that allows the user to listen to their favorite radio station while swimming or snorkeling. No more boring, monotonous swim workouts. Now you can listen to the radio as you do laps. Completely safe, simply put the mouth piece in and bite down. The sound is conducted through the teeth and into the inner ear, providing clear, amazing sound. No wires. No headphones. Get full sound clarity while listening to FM radio in the water. No wires. No headphones. Waterproof to 10 meters (33 feet) Weight: approximately 9.3 oz (not including batteries) Requires two AAA batteries (included) FM radio receiver frequency range: 87.5 - 108 mHz [sic] But how is its sensitivity, audio frequency response? Antenna? How is FM reception a dekameter deep? Might one also want to use it above water? How do you tune it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SCULPTURES INSIDE VACUUM TUBES amazing - see link http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/09/sculptures_inside_va.html ef (Eric Flodén, BC, IRCA via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ MAGIC BAND OPENS WIDE TO ALLOW CROSS-BAND TRANSATLANTIC CONTACT On Monday, June 25, there was a big opening between North America and Europe on 6 meters (50 MHz), also known as the “magic band.” In most areas of the US, the opening started in the local US mid-morning, lasting until dark. According to QST column author of “The World Above 50 MHz” Gene Zimmerman, W3ZZ, “Many areas of the country that do not normally work Europe, including the Midwestern states, West Texas and Colorado, worked stations in Europe. At one point near the end of the opening, stations on the East Coast of the US were working stations in Hawaii on the Big Island.” In this opening, Mike Smith, VE9AA, in New Brunswick was on 50 MHz when he worked Nigel Coleman, G7CNF, on CW cross-band; Coleman was on the 70 MHz band (4 meters) in England. Zimmerman said, “Though a few cross-band contacts were made via F2 propagation during the sunspot maximum period in the 1970s, this is believed to be the first 50/70 MHz transatlantic cross-band contact ever made on multi-hop sporadic-E. In North America, 70 MHz is channel 4 on television sets (Radio Bulgaria DX July 6 via DXLD) NASA: New solar cycle to begin March, 2008 ... [Bad band conditions for another couple of years?] CONSENSUS STATEMENT OF THE SOLAR CYCLE 24 PREDICTION PANEL http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/SC24/Statement_01.html March 20, 2007 The Solar Cycle 24 Prediction Panel anticipates the solar minimum marking the onset of Cycle 24 will occur in March, 2008 (±6 months). The panel reached this conclusion due to the absence of expected signatures of minimum-like conditions on the Sun at the time of the panel meeting in March, 2007: there have been no high-latitude sunspots observed with the expected Cycle 24 polarity; the configuration of the large scale white-light corona has not yet relaxed to a simple dipole; the heliospheric current sheet has not yet flattened; and activity measures, such as cosmic ray flux, radio flux, and sunspot number, have not yet reached typical solar minimum values. In light of the expected long interval until the onset of Cycle 24, the Prediction Panel has been unable to resolve a sufficient number of questions to reach a single, consensus prediction for the amplitude of the cycle. The deliberations of the panel supported two possible peak amplitudes for the smoothed International Sunspot Number (Ri): Ri = 140 ±20 and Ri = 90 ±10. Important questions to be resolved in the year following solar minimum will lead to a consensus decision by the panel. The panel agrees solar maximum will occur near October, 2011 for the large cycle (Ri=140) case and August, 2012 for the small cycle (Ri=90) prediction (via Franklin Seiberling, IA, DXLD) END OF SOLAR CYCLE 23? NOAA/SEC predicted that solar cycle 24 would begin in January 2007, which did not occur. Their next prediction was for March 2007, which did not occur. Their latest prediction is now for March 2008 +/- 6 months. My year old prediction is that solar cycle 24 will begin in June 2007, with a peak at a SSN of 105 in 2012. Anecdotal evidence points to solar cycle 23 minimum in April 2007 with a monthly international sunspot number of 3.7 or in May 2007 with a smoothed sunspot number of 10.6. The lowest daily solar flux reading since July 1996 of 65.3 occurred on June 22, 2007. Recently there have been a number of predictions calling for solar cycle 24 to be very large if not the largest since solar cycle 19. Not only do I think that those hyped forecasts are incorrect and have stated so on a number of propagation email reflectors, my forecast for cycle 24 is for it to be weaker than solar cycle 23. As a ham radio operator and SWL I hope I'm wrong but we won't know either way for a number of years. KN4LF Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf5.htm KN4LF 160 Meter Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm 73 (Best Wishes), (Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF Lakeland, FL, USA, July 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The geomagnetic field was mostly quiet at all latitudes during the period. Field activity increased to unsettled to active levels beginning late on 03 July through late on 04 July. During this same time interval, high latitudes observed an isolated major storm period midday on 04 July. This activity was due to a solar sector boundary (SSB) crossing (away {+} to toward {-}). The boundary change occurred in a fairly rapid fashion on 03 July beginning at about 1000 UTC. A increase in solar wind density was associated with the boundary crossing with a peak of 12 p/cc detected at 03/2006 UTC. A period of increased interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) variability was also associated with the boundary crossing with total IMF intensity peak of 9 nT at 03/1132 UTC and a minimum southward Bz reading of -10 nT at 03/2103 UTC. Wind velocities increased after the SSB, and peaked at 652 km/s at 04/0931 UTC. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 11 JULY - 06 AUGUST 2007 Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels with isolated moderate activity possible through 20 July (the date when Region 963 will rotate around the solar west limb). Thereafter, through 03 August, activity is expected to be at mostly very low levels. Old Region 963 (S07, L=058) is due to return after 03 August, so levels are expected to increase to low, with isolated moderate activity possible. 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 16 - 17 July, 22 – 23 July, and on 03 August. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on 11 July due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected during 12 - 17 July. An increase to quiet to active conditions is expected during 18 - 20 July with minor storm periods possible on 19 July due to another recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Mostly quiet conditions are expected during 21 - 30 July. Another recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream is expected to rotate into a geoeffective position on 31 July, with unsettled to active levels expected. Field activity is expected to be mostly quiet to unsettled from 01 - 06 August. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2007 Jul 10 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 Jul 10 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2007 Jul 11 80 15 4 2007 Jul 12 80 8 3 2007 Jul 13 85 5 2 2007 Jul 14 85 5 2 2007 Jul 15 85 8 3 2007 Jul 16 80 8 3 2007 Jul 17 80 8 3 2007 Jul 18 80 10 3 2007 Jul 19 80 15 4 2007 Jul 20 80 10 3 2007 Jul 21 75 5 2 2007 Jul 22 75 5 2 2007 Jul 23 70 5 2 2007 Jul 24 70 5 2 2007 Jul 25 70 5 2 2007 Jul 26 70 10 3 2007 Jul 27 70 5 2 2007 Jul 28 70 5 2 2007 Jul 29 70 5 2 2007 Jul 30 70 5 2 2007 Jul 31 70 15 4 2007 Aug 01 70 5 2 2007 Aug 02 70 5 2 2007 Aug 03 75 5 2 2007 Aug 04 80 5 2 2007 Aug 05 80 5 2 2007 Aug 06 80 10 3 (http://www.sec.noaa.gov/radio via WORLD OF RADIO 1366, DXLD) ###