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Thanks, Glenn NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1383 Sun 0730 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0900 WRMI 9955 Sun 1615 WRMI 7385 Mon 0400 WBCQ 9330-CLSB Mon 0515 WBCQ 7415 [time varies] Mon 0930 WRMI 9955 Tue 1130 WRMI 9955 Tue 1630 WRMI 7385 Wed 0830 WRMI 9955 WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL SCHEDULE: Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL] http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** ALBANIA. 7430 kHz, Radio Tirana at 2101 UT with frequency announcements, news, very listenable folk music. Off abruptly at 2127. SINPO here was 44444, very good; On // 9915 it was audible, but generally useless, SINPO 22122, apparently not much better here than in Oklahoma. November 24 (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, SONY ICF 2010 with long wire, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. We are seeking to use 60 meters for a 1 kW domestic HF service in Sydney. From what we know, many private shortwave licences have been allocated by the ACMA all on the same frequency in the 120 meter band but none are on air. Apart from HCJB and Christian Voice, only the ABC are on shortwave in Australia. I`m not keen on 120 Meters and have asked for 60 meters. Am I wrong? Here`s all I could find on 120 metres 2310.0 Northern Territory Shortwave Service, Alice Springs, Australia 2325.0 Northern Territory Shortwave Service, Tennant Creek, Australia 2340.0 Fujian People's Broadcasting Station, Fuzhou, China 2350.0 Korean Central Broadcasting Station, Sariwon, North-Korea 2360.0 Radio Maya, Guatemala 2380.0 Radio Ecuadora, Limeira, Brazil 2390.0 Radio La Voz de Atitlán, Guatemala (v) 2390.0 Radio Huayacocotla, Mexico 2390.0 WWCR, United States of America 2410.0 Radio Enga, Papua New Guinea 2415.0 Zhejiang People's Broadcasting Station, Wenzhou, China 2445.0 Jiangxi People's Broadcasting Station, China 2460.0 Radio Alvorada, Rio Branco, Brazil 2485.0 Northern Territory Shortwave Service, Katherine, Australia 2490.0 RRI Udung Padang, Indonesia (v) 2490.2 Radio Oito de Setembro, Descavalo, Brazil (v) [many of these are inactive or gone for good --- gh] We are looking for a compact 60 meter transmitting aerial for a domestic HF radio service with 1 kW in Sydney, Australia. The daytime ground signal is important; how far will it go? Anyone with any ideas on what to use. Where to get it and how much it will cost? If anyone is interested, We are putting together a SW HF Domestic service in Sydney == We are now broadcasting on the net. !!! Our Web Page is at http://www.radio2doublev.org We are looking for a suitable 1 kW transmitter and compact aerial for 60 meters to purchase. Does anyone have any ideas? We would be grateful for your input. For instance we would like to know how far will 1 kW give reliable signal during the day and night in km? We Broadcast NEWS, talkback and music and programs for our listeners In English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Samoan, Fijian, Punjabi, Arabic, Hindi, Greek, Italian, Serbian, Croation [sic], Macedonian, Urdu, Khmer, Lao, Spanish, Indonesian, Turkish, Assyrian and Vietnamese. Also Bhudist [sic], Islam and Christian programs and many other languages subject to our ESL policy. Just looking for input. I`m worried no one will hear us with 1 kW. Just bought this neat shortwave receiver with bandspread from 120 to 11 meters and want to make list of frequencies and times for the top 10 reliable broadcasts to Australia and New Zealand in English. Are there 10? I can hear a few but not many. I heard Radio Japan in the of the day [sic], Radio New Zealand, CRI, but the band seems DEAD. Maybe I need better aerial. Keith, Double V Shortwave Australia Radio 2 Double V AM & ZFM Fairfield NSW Phone 02 9726 7841 Listen to Vale Vision Community Radio and TV Association Inc on http://www.radio2doublev.org Search with http://www.aussieseek.com (Keith Ashton, 4 posts Nov 22-23 on dxing.info via DXLD) Vale Vision Radio Plans It seems that there are "plans" (let`s call them desires at this stage) to reactivate the former ABC VLI domestic SW site at Liverpool - Prestons in Sydney, NSW (Australia). Mind you, this site is still in use by ABC Radio National, 2BL & 2PB Sydney on MW. Vale Vision Radio is seeking usage of the former VLI facilities that once used 6090 kHz to broadcast the ABC local radio program to regional NSW & surrounds. This SW site hasn't broadcast on SW for over 24 years. The station is seeking a 60 mb frequency. Who said shortwave was dead? Anyway will be interesting to see if this station obtains its SW licence and gets to air, particularly from this site (Ian Baxter, Nov 24, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA [and non]. RADIO AUSTRIA 1 INTERNATIONAL B07 RADIO AUSTRIA 1 INTERNATIONAL - FROM 28TH OF OCTOBER 2007 TO 29TH OF MARCH 2008 --- LINK: http://oe1.orf.at/service/international_en All programs on short wave; All times in UTC (CET Central European Time = UT plus 1 hour) EUROPE - SATELLITE 0.00-24.00 CET Via the ASTRA 1H Satellite Polarisation: horizontal 12,66275 GHz, Transp. 115 Symbolrate 22.000 MS, FEC 5/6 EUROPE AND AFRICA - SHORT WAVE 0500-2308 UT 6155 kHz 0500-1830 UT 13730 kHz 1830-2308 UT 5945 kHz Monday-Friday: 2155 UT Noticiero de Austria/News in Spanish. Monday: 1305 UT, Tuesday - Friday: 1345 UT, Report from Austria. Saturday, Sunday 1300 and 1330 News in German; 1305 The Week in Review and 1335 Insight Central Europe (ICE) WORLDWIDE - SHORT WAVE Middle East 0600-0700 UT 17870 kHz except Sunday 0600 and 0630 UT News in German; 0605 and 0635 The Week in Review America East 0030-0100 UTC 7325 kHz Monday: 0033 UT The Week in Review Tuesday to Friday: 0030 UT News in Spanish; 0043 UT Report from Austria; Saturday: 0043 UT Insight Central Europe Sunday: 0033 UT Insight Central Europe America West 1600-1700 UT 13675 kHz [via Sackville!] Monday: 1605 and 1645 UT Report from Austria; Tuesday to Friday: 1615 and 1630 UT Report from Austria. Saturday, Sunday: 1605 The Week in Review, 1630 Insight Central Europe Central America 0000-0030 UT 7325 kHz Monday: 0005 UT The Week in Review Tuesday to Friday: 0013 UT Report from Austria Saturday: 0013 UT Insight Central Europe Sunday: 0005 UT The Week in Review South America 2330-2400 UT 9870 kHz Monday: 2335 UT The Week in Review Tuesday to Friday: 2343 UT Report from Austria; Saturday: 2343 UT Insight Central Europe Sunday: 2335 UT Insight Central Europe Asia / Australia 1300-1400 UT 17715 kHz Monday: 1305 and 1345 UT Report from Austria; Tuesday to Friday: 1315 and 1330 UT Report from Austria. Saturday, Sunday: 1305 and 1330 The Week in Review Report from Austria: a 15 minute news and current affairs program on the air Monday to Friday, keeps you up to date on what's happening in Austria with news bulletins as well as interviews and features from the world of domestic and international politics, business, culture and sports. Insight Central Europe: a cooperative feature program with various Central European radio stations (Via Barbara VOLFING, roi.service @ orf.at via Jaisakthivel, Ardic DX Club, Chennai, India, also via Rachel Baughn, DXLD) ** AVES ISLAND. YV0. If you have not heard, Aves Island was almost washed way by Hurricane Dean on August 17th. Take a look at the unbelievable before and after photos of Aves Island at: http://www.yv0.info/dean/dean1.html (KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 7250, Bangladesh Betar, 1227 big S-10 signal with OC, then IS plainly recognized at 1228 even though modulation was extremely weak. M announcer at 1230 but couldn't copy. Could hear subcontinental music at 1237 check. The high [audio] frequency of the flutes came though. (24 Nov.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) It is truly remarkable that so many SW stations will put the money into running a big carrier, but not into modulating it adequately! Why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4796.39, Radio Mallku, Uyuni, 0935-0945, Nov 24, Bolivian folk music. ID at 0940. Weak. Poor with CODAR QRM (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9514.98, Radio Novas de Paz, Curitiba, 0850-0905, Nov 24, local music. Portuguese talk. Religious talk & music at 0900. Fair. weaker on // 11725. Very poor on // 6080.14-with co-channel QRM. 9645.24, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 0915-0930, Nov 24, Portuguese talk. // 11925.20 - both frequencies weak. 9664.97, Radio Marumby, Florianopolis, 0920-0930, Nov 24, Portuguese talk. Local folk music. Fair. Much weaker on // 11749.88-with co- channel QRM (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. THIRD SEASON CONFIRMED! AGE OF PERSUASION RETURNS IN JANUARY 2008 We’re very happy to announce that another season of the Age of Persuasion will be returning to the airwaves in January. CBC has now confirmed our airtime: Once a week, Saturdays at 11:30 am. [1530/1630/1730/1830/1930 UT on zonal webcasts] Mike and I are looking forward to another season of delving into the world of advertising and marketing, and our episode list for this season is very interesting and thought provoking. Hope you’ll tune in! (Terry O`Reilly, Nov 14, http://www.oreillyradio.com/ via DXLD) And yes, last year’s series will be made available soon. Keep your eye on this blog for more information on that. Yes, Mr. Whipple is dead. All those age-old commercial icons are slowly leaving us. I remember when Gordon Jump died, he played the lonely Maytag Repairman for many years. I worked with Gordon dozens of times, and he was a wonderful actor, and a sweet guy (who also played Arthur Carlson, station manager, in the TV sitcom, “WKRP in Cincinnati”). Thanks for all your wonderful comments. We love hearing back from listeners (Terry O`Reilly, Nov 24, ibid.) ** CHINA. 4950, V. of Pujiang, 1133 OC and came on for about a minute with talk by W, then back to OC until 1157 when suddenly on with pleasant instrumental music, 5+1 time ticks at ToH, then M and W with voice-over ID announcement, followed by several canned announcements. Excellent signal on very good Chinese opening this morning. Others heard on 5050, 5040, 4940, 4920, 4905, 4900, 4820, 4800 in the 60 mb. 4900 nearly on par with 4950 which was best. (24 Nov.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) ** CHINA. 5060, XPBS, Urumqi, 0045-0105+ 24 Nov. Tnx Ron's log in DXLD 7-141, tuned into M/W DJ chat to 0058 ads with "ABC China" & "radio free China" [?? What`s that? -gh] amid the Chinese, 5+1 pips & W/M canned ID "Shin-jang renmin guangbo diantai" (or close); ads ran through the beginning of the pips (ahh, Sino-capitalism's progress creeps along), signal decent with presumed gray-line enhancement and sinking rapidly after 0120 or so. 4980 XPBS (presumed) and 4-5 AIR sites also audible in the 0030-0130 window (Dan Sheedy, CA, R75/PAR EF102040, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. CRI - Transmitter Sites on QSLs --- Received the following from CRI after asking them if they would put the transmitter site on the QSL: Dear Wayne, Thanks for your reception report. It's really a long time since we last hear from you. Hope everything on your side goes well. We've asked the related staff send QSL card to you. You asked to add the transmitter site on the QSL card, but we could only suggest you log on to http://www.hfcc.org/ Here you can check where the transmitter is. P.S. We'd like to tell you soon CRI will start its yearly contest, your participation to it will be most welcome. Best wishes, Yours sincerely, (YingLian [collective name], English Service, China Radio International http://english.cri.cn/ (via Wayne Bastow, Wyoming, NSW, Australia, Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 6035, LV del Guaviare, 0005-0015+ 24 Nov. Ad string, RCN promo with "en R-C-N, La Voz del Guaviare", jingle with possible mention of FM, and more ads (Dan Sheedy, CA, R75/PAR EF102040, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA [non]. R. Prague relay time change on WRMI: see U S A ** EL SALVADOR. Radio Venceremos --- Para los que gustan de coleccionar información y grabaciones con historia de emisoras de onda corta, aquí os paso lo que he encontrado sobre esta emisora clandestina (R. Venceremos): 1. Radio Venceremos, de WikiPedia: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Venceremos 2. Documental: "Radio Venceremos, 10 años tomando el cielo". Documental filmado durante la guerra salvadoreña. Muestra como operaba la radio clandestina del FMLN, que trasmitio desde Morazan: http://clickandvideo.com/en_youtube_video.php?Id=BYwuW1z4ZoA 3. Artículo: "¿El último capítulo en la historia de Radio Venceremos?", de ClandestineRadio.com: http://www.clandestineradio.com/crw/news.php?id=239&stn=561&news=621 4. Artículo: "La ex Radio Guerrillera Venceremos resistio la guerra, pero no el poder del dinero": http://www.ecumenico.org/leer.php/537 5. Grabación: "Radio Venceremos FMLN", con identificación y frecuencias: http://clickandvideo.com/en_youtube_video.php?Id=HnVZ_N5xbco 6. Documental: "La decisión de Vencer" (vídeos divididos en 5 capítulos): http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=salarrues&p=r Saludos y 73's (jcmenotti, Nov 22, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) Note: we do not put [non] after El Salvador about these stations since they actually operated from within the country (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. NOTICIA INTERESANTE SOBRE GUINEA ECUATORIAL Con fecha 21 de Octubre de 2007, en la web http://espanol.guinea-equatorial.com/news.asp?DocID=542 pude encontrar la siguiente información que nos aporta datos sobre las novedades en la onda corta de Guinea Ecuatorial. El Primer Ministro - Jefe del Gobierno, el Vice-Primer Ministro Primero, el Secretario General del Partido Democrático de Guinea Ecuatorial (P.D.G.E.) y el Ministro de Información, Cultura y Turismo, inspeccionaron las obras del plan del Gobierno para modernizar las instalaciones de Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial. La visita ha tenido lugar el día de hoy en el Centro Emisor de Radio Nacional del barrio Semu, donde han sido instalados el moderno transmisor de última tecnologia de Onda Corta de 20 KWAT y el sistema de Antenas del mismo, instalaciones con las que en breve el Gobierno de Guinea Ecuatorial extenderá la cobertura y alcance de la Radio Nacional a todo el país y más allá de las fronteras nacionales (via Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 20 kilowatts is nothing to brag about, but maybe it was the new transmitter being reported almost a month later on 6250, or 5005? (gh, DXLD) Basically, a new installation of a 20 kW SW transmitter and antenna for the Malabo SW transmitter site. Importantly this text reveals a more accurate transmitter site description called: Semu. According to Mauno's research this area is located roughly 1 km south of Malabo CBD. I've been looking around the area with Google earth (GE), but have not found the site. Perhaps Wolfgang or others more adept at site locating could try and 'sniff out' this site? A starting point would be around 03 44 30N, 08 47E on Google Earth. Thanks to Mauno for alerting me to this info & for initial research (Ian Baxter, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Barrio Semu is the slum of Malabo, see text: http://www.asodegue.org/abril2004.htm http://www.brandeins.de/home/inhalt_print.asp?id=1278&MagID=44&MenuID=19&SID=su66249661488595 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** ETHIOPIA. 7110 kHz, Radio Ethiopia (presumed), 2035 UT, with very strange fusion music, at 2054 with clipped African language, heard Ethiopia mentioned one time, male announcer briefly before a brassy / orchestral with choral anthem, off the air at 2100. Generally poor, fair strength at times. November 23. 7110, Radio Ethiopia at 2035 UT with music, a strange fusion of jazz, folk / regional, male announcer at 2055, alternate with female, news headlines, Iran mentioned twice, Iraq once, ID (poorly transliterated “Li sputera Ethiopia,”) into brassy fanfare, orchestral and choral anthem of 90 seconds and off at 2100. Good early, during anthem SINPO 44444. QRN from CRI (likely a Western China transmitter) with SINPO 21322 with s/off music at 2057, and CRI remained signing on (under still open carrier) at 2101 UTC. November 24 (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, SONY ICF 2010 with long wire, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** FINLAND. At my location in the southern part of Denmark, Family Radio is heard on 963 kHz with QSA 4-5. Phone-in program. Sangean ATS 909 with ferrit antenna. The PK loop not necessary (Ydun Ritz, 1925 UT (22/11-2007), mediumwave.info via DXLD) The Family Radio tests via Pori are a no-show tonight here. Around 1830 I found only an unresolvable jumble on 963 and a faint carrier (too weak for me to get audio) on 6125 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I would imagine that these tests are Mon-Fri. Since they are only tests, I guess that they haven't any automation set up, and unlike DXers professional engineers normally only work five days a week :-) (Andy Sennitt, Netherlands, ibid.) At 1910 mediumwave 963 with Family Radio via Pori a nice signal here. Parallel 6130 via Pori real weak, as usual for this skip zone. I guess 963 starts at 1900 so you were a bit early? (Jari Savolainen, Finland, Nov 24, ibid.) Nieuw, is Family Radio op de MW op 963 kHz tussen 1900 en 2000 UT in E. Normaal gesproken kan iedereen deze ontvangen. Boven vernoemde is via Finland Gr (Maurits van Driessche, Belglium, Nov 24, BDX via DXLD) ** FINLAND. Here more news from Finland's future MW in 2008: Radio Finland is planning to close the radio channels Radio Peili (talk programmes only, relayed now by few FM transmitters and via 558 kHz, they will not close 558!), Radio Extrem (Swedish rock channel) and the TV channel YLE Extra. About 50 000 household ceased to pay the TV license thanks to the digitalization; interesting to see what happens when the cable ceases to broadcast the analogic signal in February! (Simo S. Soininen, Finland, via Dario Monferini, Nov 23, playdx yg via DXLD) ** GABON. 4777, Radio Gabon, *0457-0505, Nov 24, Sign on with National Anthem. Opening French ID announcements at 0459. Local African music at 0500. French talk. Canned IDs. Good (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GABON. LIBYE / GABON --- La Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting est entrée dans le capital de la radio gabonaise à vocation panafricaine, Africa Numéro 1, à hauteur de 52%, devenant ainsi l'actionnaire majoritaire de ce média, indique-t-on de source proche du syndicat des employés de la station. Selon la source, l'Etat gabonais autrefois majoritaire dans le capital ne détient plus 35% des parts contre 13 % aux privés gabonais. L'accord portant sur la restructuration de l'entreprise a été signé en juin 2006 sans que les partenaires sociaux ne soient associés à l'opération. Depuis 1988, la radio Africa Numéro 1 connaît des difficultés de fonctionnement suite à la diminution drastique de ses recettes d'exploitation axées principalement sur la location de ses émetteurs ondes courtes basés à Moyabi, dans le Sud-est du pays. Cette situation a conduit en 2002, le holding audiovisuel français SOFIRAD, à se retirer du capital de la radio au sein de laquelle il détenait 40% des actions. Créée en 1981, Africa Numéro 1, dotée d'un capital de 100 millions de Francs CFA, a été l'un des meilleurs ambassadeurs du Gabon à l'extérieur tout comme d'ailleurs la compagnie aérienne Air Gabon qui a fermé pour cause de faillite (from http://www.camer.be/index1.php?art=613 - 08 novembre 2007 via site de Jean-Michel Aubier, via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Re 7-141: Transmission on 6005 kHz announced for today Strong signal here in France at 0959 on 6005. At 1000, "Sie hören Radio Sieben hundert". News bulletin followed (Jean-Michel Aubier, Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) This news was actually a relay from Deutschlandfunk, delayed by 13 seconds against 6190 etc., but that's no surprise since an internet feed should be the signal source of the transmitter. They faded down Deutschlandfunk way too late, only after the traffic announcement jingle. The transmitter came on into a running song between the checks I did at 0954 and 0957. At hourtop they run pips which must have been off by a good number of seconds. Strong signal here in eastern Germany as well. This must be a transmitter with considerable power, more juice than equipment on the level of hobby pirates could produce. So the whole thing is really interesting... It's not a Media&Broadcast transmission; just yesterday they sent out a new schedule update without anything on 6005, and the signal characteristics are different as well. I'm also unable to associate it with any other known transmitter plant. To be continued... (Kai Ludwig, Germany, 1039 UT Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At present the new German private radio initiative is on air {former RIAS / DLR Berlin} 6005 kHz. Latter is coming from T-systems Juelich site, 100 kW probably on vertical cache antenna of 976 antenna type. 6005 kHz Radio 700, Funkhaus Euskirchen shortwave via T-systems Juelich installations non-dir? Saturday Nov 24, 1000-1200 UT. See http://radio700.de/frame.php?seite=hoeren&kategorie=kurzwelle&language=de Another fairy tale hour, after IRRS Milan hour --- The licencee told a legend and claims the DX world, that they use an 'own SW tx' in Eifel- Germany area, some 100 kilometers south of Juelich location. Radio 700 audio is S=6-7 here and suffers deep fading, compared to Wertachtal 5955 S=8-9, Berlin 6190 S=9, at same time slot. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I observed a different behaviour of the 6005 signal after 1000: Here it was a little bit stronger than 5955 (Wertachtal) and much stronger than 6190 (Berlin modest power). The fading patterns differed noticeably from both. Meanwhile it has been hinted in the already referenced discussion that the whole thing was not properly authorized, resulting in all this secretiveness. Fairytale gone bad, to put it with the name of a song by the Finnish band Sunrise Avenue that has been played to death by German AC stations (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. SHORTWAVE PIRATE, RADIO REOTIPUR --- 17-yr-old gives UP countryside its very own Radio Reotipur (by Anuraag Singh) http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/17yrold-gives-UP-countryside-its-very-own-Radio-Reotipur/241388/ Reotipur (Ghazipur), November 20 There is no electricity during the day to watch television, and the nearest cinema is over 20 km away. But Reotipur in Ghazipur district has its very own "radio station", manned by 17-year-old Arun Kant Rai --- founder, chief, engineer, producer, programme executive and RJ of "Radio Reotipur". Broadcasting on a 12-volt battery from his room in Reotipur, this school student has been meeting the information and entertainment needs of the three villages of Tilwa, Gopalpur and Pakri here for about two years now. Each morning, he sits before his improvised short-wave transmitter and begins with the news bulletin, taking care to include the local news while compiling it. After that, it is time for some film music. On Sundays, there is a special programme --- the complete audio of a Bollywood hit. It was AIR's Vividhbharati service that gave Arun the idea of starting his own radio station. He scoured the physics books of his elder brother, Amresh, who was then in Class XII. "I may have studies physics theoretically, but Arun successfully applied the theory," says Amresh. "I borrowed used transistors, transmitter circuit, capacitors, trimmers and chokes from TV and radio mechanics," says Arun. He succeeded in putting together a radio transmitter with which he "transmitted songs and news in a radius of 200 metres on the SW band". However, his father Mahendra Rai was not convinced about Arun's talent. He dismantled the transmitter, but Arun did not give up. With some help from Amresh and his sister, Priyanka, who gave him their pocket money, he kept working on the radio station. "While everyone slept, I worked on improving and upgrading the radio station. One fine day in 2005, I started relaying songs and news within a radius of three kilometres," recalls Arun. Since then, Radio Reotipur has been broadcasting daily for about six hours. And Arun, who passed Class XII from Nehru Vidyapith Inter College (Reotipur) last year, has made it his full-time occupation. "Right from childhood, Arun has been experimenting with technology. He made a mini-helicopter, but did not try to fly it as he was afraid of his father's reaction. His father thought he was wasting his time and effort. But this did not stop Arun from fulfilling his dream of giving the people of Reotipur their own radio station," says Arun's mother, Puspha Rai. For the locals, Arun is a hero. "His radio is on air when all others are silent. And he alone gives us local news every morning," says Bhagelu, a farm worker. Arun now wants to increase the range of his radio station to 15 km, but does not have the necessary funds. Since Radio Reotipur does not generate any income, both Arun and his brother are looking for jobs. At present, the family's only source of income is their father's earnings as a private tutor. Arun also knows that he has to get a licence for running the radio station. "My father is afraid that I'm committing an illegal act," he says. But Ghazipur District Magistrate Ritu Maheshwari promises to help him. "Let him come to us. We will definitely help him in all ways, including getting free of cost community radio licence from the government," says Maheshwari (via Frederick Noronha, cr-india via Alokesh Gupta, dx_india yg via DXLD) WTFK??? See also PAKISTAN ** INTERNATIONAL. HATE RADIO DOSSIER TO BE RELAUNCHED AND EXPANDED I'm pleased to announce that the RNW dossier Counteracting Hate Radio http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/dossiers/hateintro.html is to be re-written and expanded to cover all Hate Media (Radio, TV, Internet etc.) Updating will take place in stages through the end of 2008. We've decided to do this because of an upsurge in the number of reports we're seeing about Hate Media, and also because it's apparent that this subject is now a popular one for students carrying out research and writing reports and dissertations. We get a steady stream of requests for information and assistance in locating information on Hate Media. I would be very pleased to hear from anyone with information, links etc. not in the old version that we may be able to use in the updated version. Your suggestions are also very welcome. It's my intention to keep the new version up-to-date on an ongoing basis (Andy Sennitt, Media Network newsletter Nov 22 via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. NAB SPONSORED PHONY E-MAILS OPPOSING XM / SIRIUS MERGER "A check by The Washington Post of 60 people whose names were attached to identical, anti-merger e-mails instigated by the National Association of Broadcasters, a major opponent of the merger, produced mostly unanswered phone calls and recordings saying the phones were disconnected. Of the 10 people reached, nine said they never sent anything to the FCC, and only one said she remembered filling out something about Sirius but did not recall taking a position on a merger." ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/21/AR2007112102149_pf.html (via Harry Helms W5HLH, Smithville, TX EL19, ABDX via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. (PDR) 6285a, V. of Korea (presumed) 1211-1222*(?), *1232-1249*, *1300+ 24 Nov. In Korean with huge signal and acting like a clandestine plus throwing spurs +/- about 55.5 kHz (6229.5a & 6340.5a) during first two broadcasts, but only on 6285 at *1300+..signal strength dropped quite a bit at 1300, too (Dan Sheedy, CA, R75/PAR EF102040, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Per Aoki B-07, same Kujang site but switches antenna and services between 1249 and 1300: 6285 Voice of Korea (KCBS) 1200-1250 1234567 Korean 200 28 Kujang KRE 12505E4005 VOK b07 6285 Voice of Korea (RP) 1300-1357 1234567 Korean 200 325 Kujang KRE 12505E4005 VOK b07 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN. 6335, Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan verified an electronic report sent to the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iraq's Information Office in 45 minutes from Alex Atroushi, party at kdp.se. He describes the station as "the first free radio for the Kurds" and that it was "established in Sep 28-1963 during the September revolution of the Kurdistan." Also, he refers to the station without the word "Iraqi" in the title. He goes on to note: "At the beginning, the equipment's used were a number of old military wireless sets joint together to form a short wave sender. The center of broadcasting was a cave deep in a Kurdistan mountain Salah-Addin north of Erbil. The radio station was a target of Iraqi air force for many years. A number of technician, editors and guards were killed by these air attacks. The radio was and is still running by the KDP. The Program of "VOK" consists of News, opinion of KDP, Kurdish culture and music." (Rich D'Angelo, PA, DXplorer Nov 18 via BC-DX Nov 23 via DXLD) ** LIBYA. Controlling interest in ANO: see GABON ** LIBYA. 15660 at 1615z, listed via Libya. Also // 15600 not listed in HFCC, EiBi or Aoki (Jerry Lenamon, Waco TX, Drake R8B, T2FD, Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) French? As in Aoki 16-17 (gh) ** LUXEMBOURG [non?]. Dear DXers, Yesterday (Nov. 23) evening (I tried at 2140 and at 2235 UT) on 783 kHz mediumwave I've heard a test tone. I guess this testing is from a new transmitter for China R Intl in Clervaux, Luxembourg 250 kW. SIO=343. I immediately tried 1098 kHz (Clervaux, Luxembourg 120 kW) but nothing heard there. Best regards! (Dragan Lekic from Subotica, Serbia, Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Neither frequency has been used by Lux before, so these are brand-new transmitters, as planned and registered? 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Right now (around 1730 Nov 24) I indeed have a continuous 1 k tone mixing with Wiederau on 783, loud enough that it must be considered as harmful interference. The offending signal appears to come in from an eastern/western direction, rather close to the bearing of Wiederau, but this must be taken with some reservation since DFing within the building here could be falsified. Remember that the RTL coordinations for 279, 783 and 1098 stipulate tight directional patterns which would require expensive antenna systems. So what's going on here? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Are you sure that it is a test tone and not the het from Syria now 1 kHz below? 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) No test tone noted here on 783 at 1800. As Mauno says, Syria 1 kHz lower may sound like a test tone. One can easily determine whether it's Syria or a test simply by using LSB and USB. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, ibid.) Aha? A closer look reveals that there is indeed a signal on 782.0, as close on the full kHz as it can be made out next to the carrier on 783 (without sophisticated equipment, of course). But no signal can be detected on 784, although there should be one if a carrier on 783 gets amplitude-modulated with 1 kHz. So the Tartus (Syria) transmitter is no doubt the culprit if it is already an established fact that they are 1 kHz off. But I find it hard to believe that this is a carrier of 300 kW, the het is so loud here that I would suspect this to be at least 1000 kW, considering the distance of more than 2000 km. Best regards, (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) ** MADAGASCAR. La pagina web di RADIO MADAGASCAR http://takelaka.dts.mg/radmad è 'aggiornata' (si fa per dire) a gennaio 2004 e contiene i seguenti 5 indirizzi di posta elettronica: DIRECTION: rnmdir @ dts.mg REDACTION: rnminfo @ dts.mg PROGRAMME: rnmprog @ dts.mg PUBLICITE: rnmpub @ dts.mg WEBMASTER: radmad @ dts.mg Ho provato a mandare un rapporto d'ascolto a tutti e mi è ritornata indietro una singola mail che mi comunicava che i medesimi non sono più validi. Anche dalla casella postale sono tornati indietro dei rapporti d'ascolto (fonte QIP), quindi al momento l'emittente nazionale malgascia - anche se una sede ce l'avrà di sicuro - è irraggiungibile (Luca Botto Fiora, Italy, playdx yg via DXLD) Ciao Luca, ho fatto qualche ricerca su Radio Television Malagasy http://takelaka.dts.mg/radmad/histo.htm la pagina della storia ha delle belle foto !! e se clicchi contact compare la email rnm @ dts.mg magari non funziona pure lei... Un altro sito GOVERNATIVO da l'indirizzo STRADALE della Radio Nazionale : http://www.mtpc.gov.mg/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=66&Itemid=3 Directeur de la R.N.M RAJAONA Alain ORTM - Direction de la Radio Nationale Anosy Antananarivo Madagascar 00101 Mi pare un INDIRIZZO un po vago ..... ma forse il nome del SUPREMO direttore è sufficente. Prova con questo; il link è: http://www.mtpc.gov.mg poi si arriva ai dettagli nel link: http://www.mtpc.gov.mg/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=77&Itemid=3 Viene anche fornito il nome del Chief Engineer: Chef de Service Technique (RNM) DIEUDONNE ORTM - Direction de la Radio Nationale Malagasy Anosy Antananarivo Madagascar 00101 Evidentemente non hanno più il P. O. Box riportato sul WRTH ... OK Luca ??? spero essere stato utile ! Grazie per i tips e l'elenco delle conferme ricevute. Buon fine settimana ! 73's (Dario Monferini, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. [an earlier XEXQ report:] Aproximadamente desde las 1330 UT (07:30 del centro de México) escuchada como nunca antes en los 6045 kHz alcanzando en la Cd. de México (400 km al sur de San Luis Potosí) un SINPO de 5. Se escucha música clásica con identificació n de la emisora a las 1500 UT (09:00 del centro de México). Al parecer se trata de un nuevo transmisor. Felicidades a la Universidad de San Luis Potosí, México. 73´s (Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla, DF, Nov 23, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) I sent this to the station director, but no reply yet received: Estimada Lcc. Zavala, Estoy contento encontrar a su emisora XEXQ renovada en la onda corta. La señal llega bastante bien y sin interferencia en 6045 esta mañana hasta Enid, Oklahoma. Es muy difícil navegar el sitio web de la UASLP. No encuentro nada sobre el horario de programación de XEXQ, ni como conectar a su transmisión en línea. ¿Puede proveer las páginas exactas? ¿Funcionará en OC las 24 horas? Espero que esta vez Vds. puedan mantener la onda corta sin cesar! Hace muchos años escuchaba su emisora, y me enviaron por correo su guía mensual de programación. ¿Existe ya? Una vez visité a SLP pero en esa época el transmisor de onda corta había desaparecido. También me interesa saber en qué fecha cambiaron de 1460 a 1190 onda media, y dónde se úbica el transmisor de onda corta, en la misma planta de 1190? Atentamente, (Guillermo Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO / MUNDO RADIAL, Nov 23 via DXLD) XEXQ 6045 was not audible around 0715 and 1445 checks Nov 24. Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla has been in contact with the station, and found out the following: they have a new SW transmitter made in Chile capable of 1 kW, but initial tests were only 250 watts like the old one, and with the old antenna which is an inverted V, 12 meters on a side, oriented N/S. They planned to carry out more tests this weekend and hope to be on the air regularly next week. Schedule is 1300-0500 (tho I first heard their carrier at 0630) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Re: Callarman's Mexican List (was Re: [ABDX] XEXQ is back, on 6045) I have two more recent editions of MPM [Medios Publicitarios Mexicanos] plus, of course, changes identified by Cantú that could update the list, if I didn't have so many other activities on my plate, to use the old cliché. I thought I'd have time, during retirement, to do everything I wanted to do but genealogy; writing the Krumudgeon column for the Krum Star; taking advantage of travel opportunities; keeping track of college football in general, Oregon State in particular; yielding to the sidetracking temptation of responding to various threads on numerous lists, not all involving radio; keeping in touch with siblings, nieces and nephews (including a weekend trip to Norman to watch a great-nephew perform in the leading role in U of O's production of "Blythe Spirit"); and "following a special group of high school girls on the Krum High School basketball team, 9-0 this season with a margin-of-victory average of 38 points per game; there's far on the to-do list than can be crammed into available time (John Callarman, Krum TX, Nov 23, ABDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. Re 7-141, DEUTSCHES REICH [and non]. Howdy, There is a blurb on the DX Listening Digest about the powerful station that used to be out of Mexico long ago. The listener remembered it as being something like "XERX". There was a station, XERF, broadcasting at 100,000 or 1,000,000 watts out of Ciudad Acuña around 1967 or 1968. Here is the sign-on that got etched in my memory from that period long ago. "Hello there! This is Harvey Rooster, coming at you from XERF, Ciudad Acuña, across the silvery Rio Grande! We are giving away pink competition soul slippers today!" We heard this any night we tuned in from Lubbock, Texas, probably 900 miles away [only 300 --- gh]. I have no idea what competition soul slippers are or were and I doubt the callers did either but that was the sign-on for a while. Our radio was a plain old inexpensive clock radio, with no external antenna, in our dorm room at Texas Tech University. The dorm room was in a brick-lined concrete building and the radio was not on the outside wall. The radio was used as just an alarm clock for morning classes and had no special receiving qualities but one day we decided to listen for stations outside of the Lubbock area and XERF was the loudest of the very few we did run across. It was about the same signal strength as the Lubbock stations close by. We did pick up Denver and San Antonio also but they were very faint. It's possible the announcer's name was Harley Rooster instead of Harvey Rooster. (Bill Holliday, New Braunfels, TX, Nov 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Bill, Tnx for the recollections. XERF is still around on 1570, I think with 100 kW, but now it`s a government public-service station, Radio Frontera. I imagine it would dominate the frequency at night where you are, and probably well before sunset and after sunrise, as I also hear it; but there is a lot more interference on the frequency now. Regards, (Glenn to Bill, via DXLD) ** MEXICO [and non]. EL PERIODISMO "RESPONSABLE" DE TV AZTECA... Hola Glenn, Saludos desde Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA. A continuación te envío un artículo que escribí sobre la forma de hacer periodismo en TV Azteca y su campaña en contra de Venezuela. 73s y buen DX Adán González EL PERIODISMO “RESPONSABLE” DE TV AZTECA El lunes 12 de noviembre del presente año se reseñó en el noticiero “Hechos”, transmitido a las 10:30 pm (hora del DF), a través del canal 13 de TV Azteca, el “impasse” entre el Rey de España, Rodríguez Zapatero - presidente del Gobierno español - y el mandatario venezolano Hugo Chávez. Como hemos estado acostumbrados en los últimos tiempos, una vez más, TV Azteca hizo gala de una cobertura sesgada, malintencionada y rastrera, de la diatriba entre los jefes de Estado antes mencionados y utilizó la coyuntura en cuestión para desatar su “antichavismo” visceral e histérico. El reportaje de TV Azteca acerca de la discusión entre el Rey, Zapatero y Chávez, sólo se limitó a resaltar las palabras del presidente del gobierno español, la infortunada intervención del monarca ibérico y ciertas frases – sacadas de contexto - expresadas por el máximo líder de la Revolución Bolivariana. En una aberrante acción, reñida con cualquier código de ética periodística en cualquier país del mundo, los “comunicadores” de la estación azteca omitieron las palabras del presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, y la réplica del jefe de Estado de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, a las insólitas declaraciones de Rodríguez Zapatero. Ambas intervenciones tuvieron lugar antes y después de las de Zapatero y Chávez, respectivamente; sin embargo TV Azteca las censuró descaradamente. El objetivo: hacer parecer que sólo Chávez fue el “enfant terrible” de la Cumbre, que es una persona “problemática” y que más nadie lo apoya, ni sigue su propuesta, que a final de cuentas es una propuesta latinoamericanista, de unión entre los pueblos del subcontinente. Además, TV Azteca escamotea al pueblo mexicano la desproporcionada reacción del Rey de España y sus groseros improperios para con un jefe de Estado de otra nación iberoamericana, al diluir el anterior hecho noticioso en la “defensa” de Rodríguez Zapatero al FASCISTA de José María Aznar, ex presidente del gobierno español. Claro, TV Azteca no habla de los periplos políticos del señor Aznar a diferentes naciones de Europa y América, con el sólo propósito malsano de hablar mal de Venezuela y su proceso revolucionario. Ahora bien, ¿cuál habría sido el enfoque noticioso de TV Azteca si Aznar, en vez de expresarse mal de nuestro país y de nuestro líder, Hugo Chávez, lo hiciera del mismísimo presidente mexicano? Eso sí, el insulto del Rey ibérico a los pueblos de la América mestiza, la cual ha sido pisoteada por 500 años de colonialismo y neocolonialismo, pasó por debajo de la mesa. Fue una travesura monárquica y un chiste de pasillo para los “objetivos” comunicadores de TV Azteca. Al pretender mandar a callar a Hugo Chávez en el marco de un evento público e internacional, el señor Juan Carlos sólo deja entrever las costuras de un rancio Imperio que no ha dejado de ser; la “rabieta real” ha desnudado – por enésima oportunidad - el crudo etnicismo y el olímpico desprecio de la Corona por estas tierras del “Nuevo Mundo” y sus habitantes. Nada ha cambiado desde hace 5 siglos. Esa prepotencia imperial aún persistente en los círculos de poder de una España en crisis y a punto de desmembrarse. Juan Carlos está desesperado, no sólo por los cambios estructurales experimentados en muchos países de América Latina, sino por el propio sismo político de la España post franquista, asediada por el separatismo catalán y vasco, producto de una asignatura pendiente dejada por el Caudillo. No conformes con esconder la verdad acerca de los acontecimientos de la más reciente Cumbre Iberoamericana, TV Azteca echa mano de un elemento más soez, al mandar a San Lázaro (sede del Congreso de la Unión Mexicana), a un grupo de reporteros a hacer la siguiente pregunta, palabras más palabras menos: “Si usted hubiese estado en la posición de Zapatero y hubieran agredido la majestad de un ex presidente mexicano, ¿usted habría defendido a ese ex presidente, así fuese de un partido diferente al suyo?”. Desde luego, todos los diputados cuestionados replicaron afirmativamente. Era de esperarse. ¿No es una burda manipulación y un intento de desviar la atención del núcleo de la polémica? ¿Por qué más bien no preguntaron: estaría usted de acuerdo conque al presidente mexicano lo mandara a callar el Rey de España? ¿No debió ser ésa la pregunta? Señores de TV Azteca, un mandatario de otro país agredió a un presidente de una nación soberana. ¿Por qué tanto esfuerzo inútil en ocultar lo EVIDENTE? Sin duda, si el señor Juan Carlos hubiera proferido su malcriadez discursiva a la persona de Felipe Calderón – el presidente ilegítimo - otra habría sido la lectura del equipo “periodístico” de TV Azteca, ¿verdad amigos? Otro gallo cantaría. Al final del reportaje de TV Azteca, se pretendió dejar como paradigma a la “democracia” española. Sería excelente escuchar la argumentación de los periodistas de TV Azteca para justificar la figura de un monarca en una verdadera y auténtica democracia. ¿Será que desean la restauración del Virreinato en nuestro México lindo y querido? ¡No manches! En Venezuela estamos muy atentos a los pasos de TV Azteca y de otros medios de comunicación mexicanos prestados a la deshonesta y sucia campaña en contra de nuestro país, del Estado Nacional y sus instituciones, y del gobierno revolucionario conducido por Hugo Chávez Frías. Sepan en TV Azteca que cada vez son más los hermanos mexicanos conocedores de la VERDADERA REALIDAD VENEZOLANA; una por una, sus mentiras y su tergiversación rastrera de la noticia se estrellan contra el muro implacable de la verdad objetiva y científica. Más cerca se halla el día en que el pueblo mexicano organizado y con la Ley en la mano les pase por encima; una masa contundente reclamará – pacífica y democráticamente - ese espacio radioeléctrico utilizado por TV Azteca - y otros medios aberrantes - para mentir y manipular la información. El pueblo lo hará para desarrollar su propia revolución comunicacional y cultural, porque USTEDES no los representan; por IRRESPONSABLES para con su deber periodístico, no me extrañaría que algún día TV Azteca terminara degradada y desprestigiada – como cierta planta de televisión - en el fondo de la parrilla de programación de cualquiera cableoperadora (Adán González, Certificado de Locución #26950, Catia La Mar, Estado Vargas, VENEZUELA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOLDOVA. Radio PMR/DMR: see PRIDNESTROVYE ** MOROCCO. REMARKS ON SIGNING AN AGREEMENT WITH MOROCCO TO MODERNIZE THE VOICE OF AMERICA RELAY STATION IN TANGIER, March 1, 1984: http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/30184b.htm (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** MOROCCO. Re 1637 kHz: Wolfgang, Let me comment on what you said: ``Maybe that signal is the harmonic of MW 819 Rabat, but carries the audio of the 2nd MW channel at Rabat of 1026 kHz acc. WRTH 2007 ? Program B.`` No, 819v has its own harmonic adjacent to this (stronger) signal on 1637a which I have even caught here in Lisboa. RTM 1026 "B" is either inactive or actually very weak for me to observe it even on the SW coast place, and besides that Spain has a number of stations causing a mess on this frequency. It is indeed a strange modulation. If I stay on the AM mode, I can hardly read it, but it gets fairly better via FM mode. Well, the audio clip speaks for itself. This also explains why I cannot determine the exact frequency. The actual MW scene differs from what one gets on the WRTH, but I understand that lack of info & data make things quite adverse for the respective WRTH collaborator. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Nov 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEPAL. 5005, R. Nepal, 1131-1200+ basically only a carrier noted here, but I may have had bits of audio around 1137 and 1210. If they had their audio up to 100%, I think it would've been quite readable given the strength this morning. (24 Nov.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI, 5950, Nov 23 at 1406-1414, YL reading Met Service Coastal Forecasts, lots of rough seas, I guess covering every part of NZ`s formidable coastline, identified with unfamiliar names à la Britain, concluding at 1413 with Chatham Islands, 1414 to a short story reading. Very specialised programming, hardly of any interest to the other Pacific Islands, or indeed anybody not directly involved with each coastal area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Pirates: 3276 USB, WTCR, 0149-0152*, Nov 22, oldies jazz music. ID as "WTCR-Twentieth Century Radio" at 0152 and off. Strong. Really booming in. 3420 USB, WTCR, 0403-0455, Nov 24, Rock & Roll music by Rolling Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys, Sugarloaf and others. IDs as "WTCR- Twentieth Century Radio". Strong. Very good audio. 6700.07, The Crystal Ship, 0110-0140, Nov 22, IDs. anti-war music by Earth, Wind & Fire, Willie Nelson and others. Poor to fair. 6850.9, MAC Radio, 1840-1850, Nov 24, "Ultraman Show" with rock music by Twisted Sister. Yahoo e-mail address. ID. Very young sounding DJ. Very good signal. 6899.1, The Crystal Ship, 1725-1735, Nov 24, ID. Pop music. Poor to fair (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman, 1400-1500, Nov 24, Pop music. English news at 1430-1438. Sports news at 1439. "November Achievements" program at 1445. Pop music at 1456 Chimes/gongs at 1500. Very weak. Threshold signal at times, but in quiet conditions for a change (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN [and non]. PAKISTAN RADIO COMMENTS ON SIKH LEADERSHIP FAILS TO CONVINCE INDIAN SIKHS November 24th - 3:55 pm ICT by admin http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/pakistan-radio-comments-on-sikh-leadership-fails-to-convince-indian-sikhs_1006436.html Chandigarh, Nov 24 (ANI): Persistent efforts to disturb communal harmony in India has led the Sikh community to question the credentials of Pakistan Radio. It is a known fact that its propagandist programmes do not enjoy much popularity among Sikhs living along the Indo-Pakistan border in Punjab. Take for example one of its recent broadcasts, Pakistan Radio claimed that the Sikh leadership in India is not able to give the right direction to Sikhs, and instead, was joining hands with Hindus to promote their own personal interests after Operation Blue Star and the anti Sikh riots in 1984. Pakistan Radios Punjabi Darbar exhortations, however, have had little or no impact on Sikhs. Ignoring the fact that Punjab is known as the Granary of India, India has a Sikh Prime Minister in Dr. Manmohan Singh, and that many states have Sikh Governors, Pakistan Radios Punjabi Durbar continues to broadcast the view that Sikhs here receive a bad treatment from their leadership. The broadcast that is aired from Lahore is primarily aimed at misleading people. Coming down heavily on this hidden agenda, D S Cheema, Media Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, said, India is a sovereign and democratic country where politics is a part of a democratic system. So such propaganda by Pakistan Radio makes no impact on the people of India as we have a Sikh as our Prime Minister. We all know our responsibilities. So, as the Sikh leadership and the people of Punjab, and it's our internal matter, he added. This sort of propaganda has been criticised by everyone. Senior Congress leader of Punjab, Harchand Barsat, says: Pakistan never had sympathy with the Sikhs, and still they don't have any consideration with Punjab and India. He even challenged Pakistani Radio to disclose the name of those Sikh leaders who were not working for the welfare of their people. Without identifying any issue, how they can blame anybody. What's their purpose of blaming the Sikh leadership, Barsat questioned. It seems that Pakistan keeps on propagating such malicious facts just to hide the turmoil in its own country. This is not the first time that this programme has received such a harsh response from the Indian Sikh Community. In the past too it had tried to infuse hatred, but received hard-hitting replies. Since Independence, Punjab has earned the epithet: "of Granary India" for its enterprising spirit, and the untiring toil of its people. Its average growth rate of 10 per cent is amongst the highest in the country, clearly reflecting the progressive economy of the state. Punjab also boasts of a 58 per cent literacy rate and one of the highest per capita incomes in India. Today, Punjab has become a land of boundless opportunities, offering distinct advantages for investment and industry. Privileged by nature and having a dynamic people, Punjab is a land of rivers, fertile soils and steady achievement. With its inimitable style of transforming every potential opportunity into a success story, the state was the first to translate agricultural technology into the "Green Revolution", recording the highest growth rate in food production. From a minor producer, the state has emerged as a major rice surplus entity. Providing the impetus for the "White Revolution", during Operation Flood, Punjab recorded the highest per capita availability of milk. Keeping this in mind, we can very well conclude that since the State is enjoying robust development and inclusive growth it is hard to believe or imagine that Sikh community here faces grim menace. In India, where modernity co-exists with ancient traditions and faiths, people are now aware of the propaganda that seeks to divide a people in the name of caste and religion (ANI via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, Nov 24, DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3905, R. New Ireland, Best PNG at 1245 with reggae, 1248 W TC and song announcement, then island song briefly and into couple top 40 pop songs. Was just lucky enough to catch short sign-off ID then instrumental NA at 1301-1302* amid hams which came on at 1259. Carrier stayed on to at least 1307 when I left the frequency (24 Nov.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) ** POLAND [non]. 9450, Radio Polonia, remains fairly reliable at 1300- 1400 UT, SINPO 33333, noisy and fading at times, on Nov 24 (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, SONY ICF 2010 with long wire, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. Radio PMR's English broadcasts were monitored on Wednesday 21st November at 1900-1915 on 7370, on Thursday 22nd November I heard English at 1500-1515, 1600-1615, 1700-1715, 1800-1815 and 1900-1915 on 7370. After English they have 15 minutes in French followed by 15 minutes in German, 1900 appears to be the last transmission of the day (Edwin Southwell, UK, World DX Club via Mike Barraclough, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** REVILLAGIGEDO. XF4 - Pepe, XE1J reports that the XF4 operators landed on Clarion Island (NA-115) around 5 UT on 21 November. The trip between the Navy ship and the beach was very difficult, and the team lost several runs of coax. They had to fight against the wind and the darkness, but eventually, around 1 a.m. local time (6 UT [sic]), they were able to install one antenna. However, after several CQs and no QSOs, the Mexican Navy ordered the operators back to the ship. The team now expects to reach Socorro Island (NA-030) around 15 UT on 24 November. Another attempt at operating from Clarion might be possible when the next ship makes the same trip to supply food and fuel to the islands. Bookmark http://www.6e4lm.xedx.org/ for updates. [TNX XE2K] (425 DX News Nov 24 via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. After a break of about 20 years, Radio Mayak has resumed broadcasts and was heard in Sofia from 05 to 06 hours on 7350 kHz (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, R. Bulgaria DX Nov 23 via DXLD) We had another report of it here recently. By ``break of 20 years`` do you mean, not heard at all on SW during that period, or what? Has not the station continued to exist as a domestic service? (gh, DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Re 11855v: Hi Wolfgang, I've also been hearing a station slightly off-channel 11855 mixing with WYFR. My bet is that it's Saudi Arabia - Jeddah - the second programme. It's too weak at 1300 for me to measure the frequency - and is QRMed later - but this transmitter always operated off frequency when on 25m. I doubt that Iranawila will be operating off frequency enough to cause a heterodyne on a regular basis. (...) Best 73 from (Noel Green, England, via Büschel, DXLD) Hi dear Noel, SAUDI ARABIA -- Yes, checked the Jeddah 11855 channel at present at 1100 UT. Tiny signal and audio under threshold as always, could only detect spoken conversation -- reception of Jeddah was much better southerly when touring in Spain! Measured again 11854.90 kHz at 1100 UT. I guess also, that's Riyadh's 2nd programm on registered channel. That seems to be the daytime frequency in B-07. Jeddah on A-07 in October was always on 9675 kHz also on late mornings and noon. But heard nothing on 9580 and 9675 kHz today, the usual Jeddah channels. Nearby heard the BUZZY Riyadh 500 kW beast on 11935 this morning 1050 UT, scheduled 0900-1200 UT. Noted FOUR carriers, when switched the E1 to SYNC SSB mode, at x.20, x.10, x.00, and -x.90 kHz. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. Re 7-141: Finally a report saying they were heard signing on at 1500 as originally scheduled. But has anybody yet heard them past 1600 until 1800*? (Glenn hauser, DXLD) Hi Glenn! Radio Miraya 9825 kHz: The station is audible now at 1613 UT on Nov. 24th with Jingle "Miraya" and Talk in Arabic with O=2-3. Radio Miraya was audible until 1800 UT. 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) via SLOVAKIA ** SUDAN [non]. RUSSIA. 15390, Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction, via Armavir, *1400-1428*, Nov 24, ID. English language lesson about the meaning of words. Doorbell sound between lessons. Local African music. Poor to fair. Tues, Thur, Sat only. NOT // 15675. Different English language lesson on 15675. SOUTH AFRICA. 15675, Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction, via Meyerton, *1400-1429*, Nov 24, ID. English language lesson about how to ask about members of the family. Doorbell sound between lessons. Good signal. Tues, Thur, Sat only. NOT // 15390. Different English language lesson on 15390 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** SUDAN [non]. Received from Mr. Michael Tamburo, Marketing Coordinator mtamburo @ sudanradio.org of Sudan Radio Service, the "Sudan Radio Service Program Schedule and Frequency Guide" of 10/29 (below); Their English service (Monday-Friday 0300-0330 UT, 5975) been heard at 11/14, 11/15, 11/20, 11/21, 11/22 in Brazilian southeastern region. [as annotated and corrected by gh --- another sterling example of a station itself not being the ultimate source for correct info on its own broadcasts. Their website continues to lack any SW frequency schedule info, but it does have program/language schedules; correct?] Monday-Friday 0300-0330 5975 KHz [Rwanda] 0330-1100 7280 KHz [note LONG transmission, correct? HFCC shows 0330-0500 only, via UAE --- gh] 1100-1200 9560 KHz, 13720 KHz [HFCC: no listing for 9560 and 13720 UAE should be 0500-0600!] 0900-1200 9840 KHz [not in HFCC] 1500-1800 9840 KHz [Moscow switching to UAE at 1700] Saturday 1500-1600 9840 KHz [Moscow] Sunday 1500-1645 9840 KHz [Moscow] English Service: Monday-Friday 0300-0330 0530-0600 1730-1800 Saturday-Sunday 1500-1530 Arabic Service: Monday-Friday 0330-0400 0400-0500 1500-1530 1600-1700 Saturday-Sunday 1530-1600 Toposa Service Sunday 1600-1645 Dinka Service Monday 1700-1730 Zande Service Tuesday 1700-1730 Muro Service Wednesday 1700-1730 Bari Service Thursday 1700-1730 Shiluk Service Friday 1700-1730 73's (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Probably mixed some local? time by +6 hrs: [Sudan is +3, so how did 6 get into this? -- gh] Monday-Friday 0300-0330 5975 kHz [Rwanda] 0330-0500 7280 kHz Al Dhabbaya UAE 0500-0600 9525 kHz, 13720 kHz Al Dhabbaya UAE [so not 9560 -- gh] 1500-1800 9840 kHz [Moscow switching to UAE at 1700] Similar M-F services to same target: [not necessarily SRS too -- gh] 0600-0630 15525 Krasnodar 0600-0700 15445 Al Dhabbaya UAE 0615-0645 15400 Al Dhabbaya UAE 0630-0700 13770 Rwanda 0730-0830 15530 Al Dhabbaya UAE 1130-1200 15340 Al Dhabbaya UAE (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** SYRIA. See LUXEMBOURG [non] ** UGANDA [and non]. 4976 kHz, Radio Uganda, 2105 UT, Kampala clearly heard, but sounded like French. Man talking. Generally worthless with severe Codar QRN, SINPO 31122 and heard ever so briefly between “sweeps.” November 24. At the same time, November 24, roughly 2102-2107 UT, 4770 with Nigeria, weakly; 4775-4840, 4850-4920, 4960-5000 all generally worthless with Codar. Open carriers very weakly heard on 4845 (Mauritania?), 4915 (Ghana vs. Brazil), and 4940 kHz (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, SONY ICF 2010 with long wire, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. First is an unpleasant news: from the 11-th of October transmissions of RUI to North America have been stopped. The 600- kilowatt transmitter in Lviv was switched off for a shortage of financing. Very likely the transmissions can be renewed with the start of 2008 fiscal year [when is that?]. So until that time our listeners in North America can listen to RUI’s programs over the Internet. Carl Wolfe from Barker, New York, is one of our most active listeners who usually made numerous reports on RU’s transmissions to North America, and he is very regrettable with their interruption. He asked: “Is Radio Ukraine temporarily off or are you using a new frequency? Your Website reports 7440 as the current frequency, at least until 28 October. I hope your broadcast will still be audible on the new frequency with lower power.” Yes, Carl, as I mentioned, Radio Ukraine in direction to North America is temporarily off the air. The new frequency in the winter B07 season must be 7530 kHz. The transmissions via Kharkiv 100 kW transmitter in direction to Russia and Europe will be continued. You can try receiving them as a compromise. We have no possibility to use now any other transmitters to broadcast to North America. In conclusion I will inform you that from the 28-th of October, a small change has been made in the schedule of English transmissions of RUI. The schedule is as follows: The first program of the day with an original news block is on the air at 20 hours, then it is repeated 7 times a day: at 22, 1, 4, 6, 10, 12 and 15 hours. The first 7 transmissions can be heard on short waves, the Internet and satellite “Sirius 2”, but the last transmission – only via satellite (napisal: Alexander Yegorov, Whole World on the Radio Dial, WWORD-144, 03.11.2007 via DXLD) ** U K. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO EVALUATE 75 YEARS OF THE BBC WORLD SERVICE --- see CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES ** U S A [non]. AN OLD FRIEND RETURNS FOR A WEEK OF SHOWS, ONLINE From BBC Radio 7: Letter From America --- One of the most enduring series on Radio 4 was Alistair Cooke's weekly Letter From America. I am delighted that we have been able to clear a selection of his legendary letters to include in our "Stars and Stripes" season. Although born in Salford, Alistair became an American citizen in 1941 and 1946 saw the first broadcast of American Letter, which in 1949 became Letter from America. Apparently Alistair Cooke rarely decided which topic he would talk about until he began to write his script, made no notes during the preceding week and preferred to rely on his memory. In next week's selection of letters you can hear him recounting his first meeting with a native American, an entertaining lunch with Groucho Marx, musings on how a Polish immigrant became an ice cream millionaire and reflections on the burgeoning American TV industry. These are fascinating programmes from a consummate broadcaster, who continued working into his 90s. Alistair Cooke died in March 2004 aged 95. Monday to Friday 7th December at 1:15pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/newsletter/newsletter_thisweek.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/ (via Fred Waterer, Ont., Nov 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So starting Mon Dec 3, 1315 UT. What else is in the ``S&S season`` and from when to when, exactly, and why on these particular dates? (gh, DXLD) This was long one of my favorite programs. Alistair Cooke may is perhaps considered a bit "high brow," known as host of PBS Masterpiece Theater for a number of years, and of the series on "Civilization" and companion book. However, it was on Letter from America that he took the nation's pulse, both inside and outside the "beltway." His contacts were remarkable, though often unnamed friends, associates, and people from all walks of life. His seemingly unscripted talk often rambled on in surprising directions, yet while largely an academic, presented in a home spun manner. His historical analysis permeated nearly every piece, bringing often obscure or forgotten stories from our history and how they forged our present into perspective. There is one particular piece, perhaps in the mid 1990s, where he condensed the essence of various American presidential "styles" into focus with perhaps one or two sentences. I believe he explained the essence of Presidents from Franklin Roosevelt through to George Bush I or Clinton. He compared President Carter's style as multi legged centipede-like, trying to micro manage the details. While he certainly had intellect, this style of leadership crippled him into inaction, often moving in all directions at once, going nowhere. (He said that in far fewer words and more eloquently). However, as I recall, his "essence" of the other Presidents was equally insightful, though now forgotten. Alistair Cooke certainly has a very fine legacy, and deserves to be well remembered. Letter From America is one of the best weekly commentaries regularly heard on short wave for many years (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** U S A. AFGE LOCAL 1812 ATTACKS ABUSE OF POVS Dateline: Washington, 11/19/07. AFGE Local 1812 has approached a Congressional office to request a GAO investigation into the Broadcasting Board of Governor's (BBG) use of Purchase Order Vendors (POVs) at the Voice of America (VOA). The BBG claims that these individuals are ``independent contractors`` thus denying them many rights they would be entitled to as employees. The Union claims that the vast majority of these workers are being "misclassified". This "independent contractor" dodge is well known in the private sector particularly in the construction industry. It is a way to cheat workers out of basic legal rights, in this case, such as civil service protections and union representation. AFGE Local 1812 has also filed a petition with the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) seeking union rights for a certain group of people working as POV television editors at the VOA (AFGE Local 1812 via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. VOA / PRW collision on 5850 kHz fixed! Dear all, I've listened to VOA Croatian on Nov. 22 at 1930-1945 UTC on a NEW frequency of 5860 kHz with excellent reception. Finally they moved from 5850 kHz, where VOA [via Morocco] had a collision with Polish R Warsaw [via Juelich, Germany]. Best regards! (Dragan Lekic from Serbia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also MOROCCO ** U S A [non]. YFR relays: more at FINLAND ** U S A. Re WRMI DX program times --- Jeff, I had these two in the summer-time schedule at 2315 and 2330, so are they really one UT hour later now, UT Fri 0015 & 0030? 2315 Thursday Mundo Radial 9955 2330 Thursday Frecuencia al Dia 9955 (Glenn Hauser, to Jeff White, WRMI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn: I checked this, and we did a little rearranging of things, so that in B07 these two DX programs remain at the same UT (i.e. Thurs 2315 and 2330). Radio Prague runs at 0000-0100 (Jeff White, WRMI, Nov 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jeff, OK, tnx. And now that raises another question since your R. Prague pages on the website do not show this. At 0000-0100 is that 7 days? Both English and Spanish, or Spanish and English? On which frequency or shifting between them? Does this replace some of the other previously scheduled RP broadcasts, and if so, which? I plead again for an up-to-date complete program schedule in some format we can read. 73, (Glenn to Jeff, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WCXH 780 Monticello, Maine DX test: Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 November follow. Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 13. The mid-latitude K-index at 0900 UTC on 24 November was 3 (30 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SWPC via DXLD) Definite Morse code at 0411 [EST = 0911 UT]. I wasn't sure at first, but after 0500, I ran the tape back and the cw IDs are there. Threshold other times of what seemed like cw, but hard to tell, but at least I nabbed it once. The morse code at 0411 was buried under a phased KKOH and WBBM. Some SS station in is there too. I am very pleased with this, considering how the A&K are. My second Maine station logged from Oregon. The other back in the 90s was WEGP 1390 (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, KAVT Reception Manager, NRC-AM via DXLD) [Later:] I just finished dubbing tape with the code at 0411 to a CD and the report is going out today. The code was better than I expected, even though much buried behind KKOH, with a bit of WBBM in at that time. Later on there was more WBBM and some unid SSer. But I am very pleased indeed! Especially considering how poor cx were last night with the elevated A&K. My 2nd Maine station from Oregon. This made my day! I really want to thank everyone involved. Fantastic!!! (Patrick Martin, IRCA via DXLD) Here in Huntington Sta, LI, NY at 0410 EST heard CW ID, sweep tones at 0413. Battling with WBBM, C&W (probably NS), stronger SS station. Heard several CW WCXH IDs and sweep tones, but as of 0445 haven't heard any audio (Michael Diers, WJ-HF1000, Kiwa Loop, NRC-AM via DXLD) I am still going through my recording, but I definitely heard a string of Morse IDs at 0419 11/24. WBBM was mostly subdued and Radio Coro was mostly topping the channel. CFDR was barely in there. There seemed to be a fourth station in there with UI music at times. R8B, 2 EWEs and 1 K9AY, Quantum Phaser (Bill Harms, Elkridge, Maryland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) It was great to log it. The quality of the signal seemed to improve as time went on. I didn't hear anything at all in the first ten minutes (did it start late?) and when I returned from the computer and refrigerator by 20 past I was hearing weak sweeps. Towards the end I was able to ID the morse code calls letters (maybe more code than that, not sure), and I even heard suspect music. I didn't tape it, because I don't collect QSLs, and I couldn't name the tunes if my receiver's continued performance depended on it. But one piece sounded like the kind of marching music I'd hear in a very bad movie about a highschool football team. Another sounded like something I used to hear on Channel 7 from Buffalo growing up (rapid fire, excited kind of music). But I heard no discernible voice whatsoever. Nor did I hear the UI music that Bill Harms heard as a fourth station. But that might be because I haven't a clue what UI music is. What I can say, overall, is that what made my morning is reading that Pat Martin in Oregon managed to hear code (and maybe more?). This was never a killer signal here, and that it skipped out to the west coast is simply awesome, and an inspiration to me as I work here to organize some tests (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, NRC-AM via DXLD) Hi Saul - I first heard morse code at 30 or so seconds past 4 AM EST so it started on time. Hard to tell exact beginning due to top of the hour fanfare of WBBM. Haven't listened to the entire hour tape I ran yet, but sweep tones were heard at about 4:05 then morse code (which lasted for about a minute) prior to 4:09. Sweep tones better at 4:12. WBBM usually on top with CFDR's country music a close second and on top at times. Radio Coro did not seem to be audible. Only listened on the cassette recorder without headphones so some other details such may be in there once I listen closer. 73- (John Sgrulletta, Mahopac, NY, using NRD-515 and K9AY, ibid.) WCXH-780 Test heard with numerous Morse Code IDs and sweep tones 0400- 0458 EST. No voice announcements heard through loud CFDR and loud (at times) YVMN. Best signal peaks were at 0442 and 0449 with code. Several nice IDs noted from YVMN "Radio Coro, siete ochenta AM." The Super Loop was set to null WBBM and not a peep was heard from them! No phasing was needed. Thanks to Mark Connelly for building my Super Loop! Thanks to Total Recorder for allowing me to sleep until 0630 and DX from the recording. Thanks to Allan Weiner at WCXH for running the test! -- (Marc DeLorenzo, South Dennis, MA, ibid.) The test was heard here, mostly under a dominant R. Coro, with a bit of WBBM sneaking through at times. Like Saul, I found the WCXH signal to be generally better during the latter part of the test period. In a quick review of my recording, I found CW IDs at 0400.45, 0409, 0434, 0438.30, 0442.20, 0449.20, and lastly, at 0459, competing with the Venezuelan anthem. Voice announcements were heard at 0450.25 and 0450.55, with sweeps in between... sweeps also heard at 0404.55 and 0423.05. Thanks for the test! Too bad conditions weren't the greatest (Barry McLarnon, VE3JF, Ottawa, ON, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. EVALUATING COMMUNICATIONS INSIDE AND AROUND NUCLEAR REACTORS PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 455 12TH STREET, S.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Released: November 5, 2007 Report No. 407 EXPERIMENTAL ACTIONS The Commission, by its Office of Engineering and Technology, Experimental Licensing Branch, granted the following experimental applications during the period from 9/1/07 to 10/1/07: [selected] WE2XHU ENTERGY SERVICES, INC 0412-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 150-216 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile: Entergy Palisades Nuclear Station, Covert, MI WE2XHX ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY 0355-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate using select frequencies and bands between 150.8-722 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile: Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, Tonopah (Maricopa), AZ, primarily indoor use WE2XJR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 0524-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate on 154.57 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Fixed & Mobile: San Clemente, CA WE2XIR EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC 0445-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 470-608 MHz and 614-806 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile: Dresden Nuclear Station, Morris, IL WE2XID AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC 0446-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 470-608 MHz and 614-740 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Middletown (Dauphin), PA, primarily indoor use WE2XIY OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT 0461-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 470-608 MHz and 614-806 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile: Fort Calhoun (WASHINGTON), NE, within confines of containment/auxiliary building WE2XIT PPL SUSQUEHANNA LLC 0469-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 470-722 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile: PPL SSES Nuclear Power Plant, Berwick (Luzerne), PA, primarily indoor use WE2XJA DTE ENERGY 0510-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 470-746 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile: Fermi Energy Center, Newport (Monroe), MI, primarily indoor use WE2XJL WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY 0505-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 470-760 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile: Two Creeks (Manitowoc), WI WE2XJC SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. 0465-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 518-608 MHz, 614-740 MHz and 796-806 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant WE2XIS TXU BUSINESS SERVICES CORPORATION 0473-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 518-760 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile: Glen Rose (Somervell), TX WE2XIU ENERGY NORTHWEST 0490-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 554-608 MHz and 614-722 MHz for evaluating communications inside and around a nuclear reactor. Mobile: Columbia Generating Station, Richland, WA And a few other new experimental licenses for other purposes: WE2XDX BLACKWATER AIRSHIPS LLC 0511-EX-PL-2006 New experimental to operate in 417-429 MHz and 1700-1820 MHz for flight testing unmanned blimps. Fixed: Moyock (Currituck), NC WE2XHA SUNAIR ELECTRONICS, INC. 0086-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 5888-23146.5 kHz to develop HF single- sideband equipment. Fixed: Ocala (Marion), FL WE2XFV RW SYSTEMS 0161-EX-PL-2007 New experimental to operate in 3.206-3.209 MHz and 39-39.0027 MHz for testing and demonstration of HF and VHF radios. Fixed & Mobile: Colorado Springs (El Paso county), CO (FCC OET via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. FCC Part 15: 1620, PA, Ligonier – “The Valley” a 100 milliwatt flame thrower located in Ligonier, PA, FULL SERVICE and even ads! Format is standards and oldies. Info and streaming available at http://www.ligonierradio.com Something for our Pittsburgh members to look for! (Dave Schmidt, New Freedom - Superadio II, R390A w/phased short long-wires, DDXD-East, NRC DX News Dec 3 via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. Hola Glenn, He estado leyendo los comentarios acerca del Canal Informativo de RNV y efectivamente el mismo está fuera de su frecuencia oficial de 630 kHz. Justo ahora la estoy midiendo en 631.26 kHz, a las 1708 UT, con SINPO 5/5. Estoy utilizando un Yaesu FT-890 para mayor precisión. (24/11). 73s y buen DX (Adán González, Catia La Mar, Estado Vargas, VENEZUELA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA [non]. Critique of TV Azteca coverage of Chávez: MEXICO ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. SAHARA. Se aprecia una modernización de la página web de la televisión saharaui: http://www.rasd-tv.com/ Se puede colaborar económicamente a los medios de comunicación saharauis mandando un SMS con la palabra AYUDAR al 7292, coste de la llamada 1,2 Euros mas IVA. Al enviar el mensaje se recibe uno con el siguiente texto: Gracias por ayudar a los medios de comunicación saharauis. Es necesario romper el silencio informativo impuesto en este conflicto. ***FIN*** (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, Nov 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. ARGELIA, 6300, Radio Nacional Saharaui, 2308- 2325, escuchada el 24 de noviembre en español a locutor con boletín de noticias, pequeño repaso histórico de las diferentes emisiones de la RASD desde 1975 así cómo del resto de los medios de comunicación, periódicos y televisión, segmento musical, SINPO 45343 (José Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ ARROBA, SNABELA, KRULLALFA, ETC. Hi Glenn and all, with some QRM and misunderstanding, the Aruba affair discussed lately could well have been the Spanish word for @ which is arroba, at least in Spain. It's also the weight unit arroba in Spanish-speaking countries equal to 25.36 pounds or 11.5 kg. and in Portugal and Brazil it's a liquid measure: 13 quarts for oil to 17 quarts of wine (12 to 16 litres). @ in Swedish is pronounced "sna:bel-a", an "a" with a elephant's trunk around it. In Norway they say "krull:alfa" which is just hilarious, but well understood by Swedes. Krull in Swedish has to do with curly hair. I would be surprised if Norwegians did not laugh at "snabela"! It would be nice to hear from others nationals: French, German, Italian, etc. how @ is pronounced in their mother tongues. The @ is as far as I know pronounced "at" in English, but WTF, there might be regional versions. So please tell us! [your Okie might turn `at` into two syllables, roughly ``ay-utt`` -- gh] Some DX-ers use the @ like this: "The program starts @ 1200 UTC." Of course quite understandable, but a bit snobbish to my eyes. I have taken the information about arroba as weights and liquids from Webster's New World College Dictionary Fourth Edition. See first paragraph. 73/ (Johan Berglund, Trollhättan, Sweden, Nov 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) @, however it`s pronounced, now has a certain widespread application, and I would urge people to stop using it to save one letter, but an extra keystroke to shift, when writing text about logging times, etc. I am constantly editing it into `at` and have better ways to spend my time. I don`t take it as snobbishness, but buying into `DX-speak` rather than plain English, along with numerous other unnecessary truncations (gh, DXLD) VOCABULARY LES Jim Pogue forwarded the following from the NDB-beacon list to me at HQZ. “I downloaded these and a bunch more from some long forgotten website. Perhaps they'll make "beaconering" a little more understandable to the layman. Aerialstrangulation (noun); Catching oneself on an antenna or lead-in. Capacitance (noun); The amount your bladder will hold while DXing. Dahditerference (noun); Those pesky beacons when trying to listen to LWBC stations. Disaerialation (noun); The sharp dropoff in signal strength due to your antenna becoming disconnected. DXhaling (noun); What you do after holding your breath for 3 minutes at the top of the hour hoping to ID that weak station. Fadenapper (noun); A person who nods off while DXing. Finger Mortis (noun); Digital stiffness accompanying excessive dial twisting and button pushing. Folgerized (adj.); The condition of your log book after spilling coffee on it. Frankenceiver (noun); A radio composed of parts from many different radios (related to the frankenputer). Imagineering (noun); Synonym for list logging. Knobulated (adj); Adding accessories to an expensive receiver, so that you'll have more buttons to push and dials to twist. Knobfuscation (noun); Confusion as to which dial to turn or button to push to improve reception. Schizocopiosis (noun); Confused state of mind developed while trying to copy one station under another one. 73 de (Phil, KO6BB, http://www.ko6bb.com IRCA DX Monitor via DXLD) THE TINY TRAP +++++++++++++ ``And Sometimes Y`` host Jane Farrow, Nov 24 at 1646 on CBC Radio 1 ET feed, referred to ``the tiny country of Wales`` --- the area of Wales is 10,772 times that of Monaco, which is truly a tiny country. By population, Wales has about 3 mega, hardly tiny either (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO EVALUATE 75 YEARS OF THE BBC WORLD SERVICE --- Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London W.1, 18-19 December 2007 This conference brings together academics, broadcasters, translators and policy makers to debate the past legacy and future direction of international broadcasting. Through the prism of the BBC World Service and similar international broadcasters, the conference addresses questions of objectivity/ impartiality, freedom of expression, public and cultural diplomacy, national interest and cosmopolitan identities, cultural exchange and translation, transnational and diasporic media practices, publics and politics. Contributions are invited from both historical and contemporary perspectives that address the following questions: * To what extent do international broadcasters like the BBC World Service function as agents of public diplomacy, acting in the interests of their sponsoring governments, or are they better conceived as relatively autonomous inter-cultural brokers? * How do they mediate conflicts and debates over cultural, ethnic, religious and political identities and, with what consequences? * In what ways might they connect transnational and diasporic groups, mobilise identities and mediate issues of migration, mobility and displacement? * How do choices of language and translation in broadcasts affect the meanings of texts, and how are texts translated and transformed by audiences in the process of interpretation? Confirmed contributors include: Nigel Chapman, Behrouz Afagh, Hosam el Sokkari, Gwyneth Williams, Jerry Timmins, Paddy Scannell, Jean Seaton, Philip Seib, Zinovy Zinik More details at http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/call-for-papers-international-broadcasting-public-diplomacy-and-cultural-exchange (via Mike Terry, England, dxldyg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING ++++++++++++++++++++ IS AM SKYWAVE BROADCASTING FINISHED? By James E. O'Neal, Technology Editor for TV Technology magazine and a Radio World contributor, November 21, 2007 I grew up in a small town with no regular local nighttime radio service; early on I became close friends with 50 kW clears in distant cities. So I wanted to find out if nighttime IBOC transmission would really be the death knell of long-distance AM skywave listening, as some critics believe... full article at http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0049/t.9810.html (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK via DXLD) Thanks to Mike for forwarding this. It mirrors our recent findings on the Sheigra DXpedition, where IBOC was not much of a problem; although digital IBOC noise was observed on several channels, AM signals were still getting through. On the other hand, on those channels affected by DRM, any AM signals were completely obliterated (Dave Kenny, ibid.) I was in Northern Virginia a couple of weeks ago, just at the edge of the Washington DC metropolitan area. I did tune across AM during the day and at night and the waterfall of white noise, not unlike the DRM we hear in Europe, could be heard at various points on the dial. It wasn't a big problem, and as someone who didn't know what I missing under that noise, it seemed like just a minor band intrusion - like DRM MW. Being used to DRM occupying 693, 855, 999 and 1593, as well as other European slots I was surprised by what I heard. I hadn't realised that HD Radio (IBOC) in AM/IBOC hybrid mode meant that the digital signals, though at much lower power than the AM carrier and modulation, were effectively on the next AM channel above and below the central channel. My pocket portable radio has rather sharp AM filters and I could even detect the gap between the main AM and the two digital sidebands. This website illustrates IBOC on AM very effectively: http://www.dallas.net/~jvpoll/rfi/AM620_KMKI/AM620_KMKI_01.html The interference from the IBOC stations is going to be to stations from outside the target area, since no stations within the same market are adjacent-channel, but for the DXer or fan of out-of-town radio, IBOC may be an increasing problem. Does anyone know if stations using IBOC-only have a narrower, single channel spectrum? Unlikely to happen yet, as HD-Radio is by no means a mass market product, If so, perhaps as the HD-radio roll-out progresses, there may be a tipping point when the AM spectrum in USA/Canada/Mexico improves again as more stations go digital-only (Chris McWhinnie, England, BDXC-UK via DXLD) We in North America certainly have never forgotten that IBOC really stands for in-band, OFF-channel, and there has been a great deal of concern about the interference problem to adjacent channels (and even second-adjacents, not to mention `split` DX frequencies trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific). There are no IBOC-only stations yet, and with consumer interest in ``HD`` radio undetectable, its future on MW looks bleak. We can only hope those promoting it will decide to cut their losses and give up (as several stations already have, at least at night), before they do any more damage. 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ TUNNEL RADIO I'm aware of a few tunnels with radio transmitters, but all were either standard AM or FM - nothing broadband, although that doesn't mean there aren't any (Russ Edmunds, Blue Bell, PA NRC AM via DXLD) I actually don't travel into downtown Boston that much anymore (work about 4 miles from home now). But in the old tunnel in Boston they put a system in that allowed reception of all AM stations which normally would have cut out after a 100 ft or so of entering the tunnel (Keith McGinnis, Hingham MA, ibid.) GRUNDIG'S BIG OOPS? SATELLIT 1000, NEVER MIND I just got the new PWBR and all over the book there are ads for the Satellit 1000. Its essentially the E1XM without the XM. I would be very interested in something like that as I have XM already and could use a lower cost E1. I saw this on the net regarding the Satellit 1000 --- Dear Valued Customers, Recently, some information regarding the Grundig Satellit 1000/ Grundig G1 was publicized. This information was inaccurate, as Eton Corporation's current plans do not include the introduction of this unit in the foreseeable future, most certainly through 2007 and 2008. As you may know, our E1 and E1XM units represent some of the industry's best performing portable units, and have been awarded the prestigious "Passport's Choice" award from International Broadcasting's Passport to World Band Radio the last three years since its introduction. We are dedicated to these units, and to continually supporting our customers through the unit's innovations. Thank you for your continued support and interest in Eton products. Best regards, Etón Corporation (via Kevin Redding, AZ, Nov 23, ABDX via DXLD) I've heard a lot of good things about the E1. But, for MW and LW, it needs a separate antenna as it has no built in ferrite bar. The SAT 800 had a built in ferrite bar, but it was so small, and so plagued with MW nasties, that it also has to be used with a separate antenna. For MW a C Crane twin coil does the trick. For LW you need a Quantum with LW capability. Or, for those who don't mind omni, a good wire antenna with the right rf transformer, ground etc. Or an LFE amplified whip, also omni. The E1s passband tuning only fully works on SSB - but SSB can be used for MW and LW DX as well. Prices vary widely - here in Canada there is a big difference between the Sourcer by Circus City versus Durham Radio. The latter having the better price by over $150 loonies less! (Phil Rafuse, PEI, ibid.) I have heard that because most of the XM circuitry actually lives in the antenna module, removing what's in the E1XM doesn't drop the cost all that much. The National Geographic online store has the E1XM on sale for $299 right now. http://tinyurl.com/2lcja5 (Jay Heyl, FL, ibid.) Good grief, that is a GOOD price! Bet a lot of DXers would like to find one of those under the tree - an indoor tree of course. And, with no dogs around (Phil Rafuse, ibid.) E-SKIP CHANNEL 4 ODDITY Last night I had friends over and we were reviewing Eskip video from this past summer. I had WFOR 4 Miami in great, but the audio is from an NPR station and the call sign sounds like WKCS or WKZS.I am stumped; if this were Ch 6 it would make perfect sense but Ch 4?? Any Ideas? I am going to review the audio again to decipher the call signs (Jeff Rostron, WTFDA via DXLD) Hi Jeff, It makes sense in the following circumstance - a channel six station somewhere in Florida or Georgia, (or Cuba for that matter) has a translator on channel four utilizing an over the air signal feed. Strong E-skip trashes the main station signal on six, the receiver at the translator, if it has AFT, hits upon the strongest signal present. During E-skip that may very well be an FM station at the bottom of the band, and may be 1000 or more miles away. The new strongest signal is then broadcast on channel four, and via E-skip makes its way to you. I'd look for any NPR stations not too far from you in the 88-89 MHz. range that fit the bill. Then I'd see if anyone I can find in the take off area on six has a translator on channel four (Curtis Sadowski, ibid.) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ ARNIE CORO`S Effective sunspot number continues to be zero or barely above zero form many, many days in a row, and the A index moved down now after climbing up to 17 units this week due to the effects of a high speed solar wind impacting upon the Earth's magnetosphere. According to solar researchers there are no sunspots in sight at the back side of the Sun, and that means that solar activity will stay in the low to very low range, making the winter DX season particularly poor, as HF propagation conditions in general go, with a slightly better nighttime situation for the frequency range from 2 to 10 megaHertz. Si amigos! The winter Dx season of the northern hemisphere is now in progress, bringing in some nice DX on the 75 meters or 4 megahertz and the 49 meters or 6 megaHertz, international short wave broadcast bands. Late evening catches on the 49 meters band are now plentiful, especially past midnight your local time. The SINPO reports with one of my two vacuum tubes regenerative receivers for many stations on that band are now a full set of five fives, and that with a simple 3 meters or 10 feet long wire antenna. Just to complete the report I heard several nice DX stations at 4 o'clock in the morning local time here in Havana, that is 0900 hours UT. As solar cycle continues to transit through a very extended period of minimum activity, researchers are learning more about the upcoming cycle, number 24 since mankind learned about the ciclycal nature of the Sun's sunspots. Well, so far the news coming are not very encouraging, as almost all recently published scientific papers that have approached the forecasting of cycle 24 coincide in that it is very probably going to be a less active cycle than the two previous ones. But as I quoted here recently, some other scientists still believe that cycle 24 is going to be a very active one. But, just in case, the forecasters that are saying that upcoming solar cycle 24 is going to be a very slow moving one are right, follow your friend Arnie Coro advice and start thinking about longer wire antennas, the ones that will bring in the elusive low frequency bands DX during the bottom of this solar cycle and the first one or two years of the upcoming cycle 24 expected to begin by the end of 2008. Item eight: Question, what's the best band to monitor for DX during the local daylight hours, during solar minimum. Answer, the highest frequency band that is open at the specific time you are going to listen or to call CQ DX if you are an amateur radio operator. The reason for this is very simple, the higher the frequency the less daytime ionospheric absorption, so signals on 10 meters, if that band is open, will be much stronger with the same power levels than signals on 20 meters. You may hear both 20 and 10 meters open at the same time, but I can assure you that signals on 10 meters will generally be stronger due to the much less absorption of radio waves by the D layer of the ionosphere at higher frequencies. Nowadays you will very rarely be able to pick up stations operating on the 25 megaHertz or 11 meters international short wave broadcast band, because at the bottom of the solar cycle broadcasters don't schedule transmissions on that band at all. And now just before going QRT, as always at the end of the show here is OUR EXCLUSIVE AND NOT COPYRIGHTED HF PLUS LOW BAND VHF PROPAGATION UPDATE AND FORECAST Solar activity is at a very low level indeed, solar flux at 70 units, very near the minimum baseline activity, there are absolutely no threats of solar flares, and ionospheric absorption expected to be also at very low levels. The effective sunspot number at around noon Saturday was 09 units, and the A index was at the slightly unsettled level of 13 at the time that I was finishing writing this script, at around 2 thirty pm local time, that is 18 hours thirty UTC [sic --- he is still operating on DST --- gh]. Expect nice transequatorial 6 and 10 meter band propagation during late local afternoon local time in Mexico, Central America, and the southern USA, amigos (Arnie Coro, CO2KK, RHC DXers Unlimited Nov 24, [several segments excerpted], HCDX via DXLD) ###