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Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1476, September 2-8, 2009 Wed 0700 WRMI 9955 [new] Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415 Thu 0530 WRMI 9955 Thu 1900 WBCQ 7415 Fri 0000 WBCQ 5110-CUSB Area 51 Fri 0100 WRMI 9955 Fri 1130 WRMI 9955 Fri 1430 WRMI 9955 Fri 1900 WBCQ 7415 Fri 2028 WWCR1 15820 [experimental instead of 15825] Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 0800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9510 [except first Sat] Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Mon 0500 WRMI 9955 Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Tue 1900 WBCQ 7415 Wed 0700 WRMI 9955 [or new 1477 starting here?] Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415 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 or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org 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://podcast.worldofradio.org or http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** ALBANIA. 13640, R. Tirana, Sept 2 at 2022, good signal and modulation with music, outro announcement, theme music and off at 2027:30*. Wish I had intuned at hourtop to hear the whole transmission starting with spoken material. This is the ONLY SW broadcast in English from Europe intentionally for North America at this hour, and R. Tirana deserves our support for it. In fact, the only other English broadcast to NAm from anywhere outside NAm at this hour is the seldom-audible Kuwait on 11990; axually both Tirana and Kuwait simultaneously serve Europe as they can do from their angles, but NAm is officially targeted too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. Concerning the TVSH on satellite Eutelsat W2. Can you try to contact the department responsible for the satellite broadcast. The TVSH programmes were missing for a few days. And the past two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) the picture is being transmitted but there is no sound. (All other programmes on this satellite are OK - so it is not a problem with my receiver). Radio Tirana broadcasts in English are heard well. At 1845 UT on 7430 there is strong interference from 7435, but the alternative 13640 is clear and strong. Modulation has improved, but the tape player with the "tinny" audio is still used for the opening music and between the programmes, which sounds dreadful. Music programmes are heard with good quality. Also the morning broadcast (Home Service 1) on 7390 kHz has poorer sound quality with very little "bass" which needs to be improved. I hope you are enjoying a fine summer in Tirana. Here we have lost the warm sunshine and it is wind and rain for days now. Best wishes, (Alan Holder, Isle of Wight UK, to and via Drita Çiço, R. Tirana monitoring, DXLD) Dear Alan in England, From the morning of 22 Aug 2009, for technical reasons at our transmitter site, Radio Tirana on Satellite is interrupted. TVSH on Satellite also was interrupted at the same time, but it is again on the air from the afternoon of 25 August. But, you need time to time to research the channel by manual or automatic scanning, due to parameter changes at our transmitter site. So we do at our Monitoring Center to catch our TVSH on Satellite. As far as I am informed, the damage at our Satellite transmitter site is big. Part of it is sent to England for repair and a part to France. We kindly apologize for the inconvenience and hope to be soon back on the air. Thank you very much indeed for your reception reports on Radio Tirana. All the best from lovely sunny Tirana, (Drita Çiço, ARTV-Head of Radio Tirana Monitoring since 1981, & HF Manager from 2005, RADIO TIRANA, via DXLD) ** ANGOLA. Re DXLD 9-063, Angola on 11955: Frankly, my regular observations of 11955v so as to check whether AGL is by any chance back here on this channel were dropped many months ago, but I do "visit" this frequency once in a while just in case, and can recall I did so a few weeks ago when nothing "unusual" was heard. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Sept 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 11865, Radio Australia heard 1606 UT (433) ABC news read and into feature program about product Service, consumers. August 29 (Richard Lemke, AB, Sept CIDX Messenger via DXLD) Don`t find this in all schedules; it`s via Darwin during this hour only, 250 kW, 317 degrees. The I=3 in SIO 433 must be WYFR, which is aiming due NW until 1700, so we can forget hearing RA; surprised it makes it that well to AB, as it is also aimed NW, from Darwin (gh) ** BIAFRA [non]. Some problems with Radio Biafra transmitter [Skelton UK] on 12050 kHz just now. They started to broadcast with sign-on at 1858 (September 2) but after a minute they were off air. A new tentative at 1902 but just for few seconds. Then no signal. 73 (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia, playdx yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4716.7, R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, 2219-2229, 30 Aug, Castilian, Indian songs, advertisements; 15331. 4796.4, R. Lípez, Uyuni, 2220-2228, 30 Aug, Castilian (presumed), talks, advertisements (presumed too); 25331. 4864.92, R. Logos, Stª Cruz de la Sierra, 2209-2217, 30 Aug, Castilian, religious propaganda program, related songs, announcements, newscast at 2215; 33331, CODAR QRM (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5580.2, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos noted first time at 1030, usually only 2330 to 0100, with om español, fair signal 3 September. 4781.82, Radio Tacana, Tumupasa with fair signal 2348 noted, seems on more often this week but not noted 0900 to 1100. 2 September. 73s de (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Flórida, U S, Drake R8 & Icom 746ProDL, Noise Reducing Antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Re DXLD 9-064: ``11915, R. Gaúcha, Ptº Alegre RS, 2130- 2213, 24 Aug, football program, newscast at 2200, not a Voz do Brasil; 33442, QRM de ARS [Saudi Arabia] as usual, but if one selects usb/lsb, then the broadcast is perfectly readable; \\ 6020 poor but QRM free (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ?? you mean either LSB or USB is better than AM mode? Or are the carriers on slightly different frequencies? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)`` >> Glenn, if I leave the rx on the AM mode, readability of B is almost useless due to the murderous QRM de Saudi Arabia (very powerful signal on 11925 & // 11820), but if one switches to either L or USB, then it is usually possible to "read" what's being aired despite the QRM de ARS, propagation permitting, but needless to say this applies to some sort of programs heard from ARS, e.g. prayer, as music for instance would obviously block any attempts to listen to R. Bandeirantes. 25 m band Braz. stns. The ones I have been able to log as of late are: RTM 11735 vy. srg., best sig. * RN Amazónia 11780 (250 kW? It surely doesn't seem as powerful) * R. Brasil Central 11815 (2nd best) * R. Aparecida 11855 * R. Boa Vontade 11895 (always vy. weak, and rare) R. Gaúcha 11915 (usually under QRM, viz. de ARS 11920) * R. Bandeirantes 11925.2 (fair-good when not co-ch. w/ ARS) * *) audible even at mid day. Other cases after a rough check on my logsheets: 11830, Ex-R.CBN Anhangüera, now R. Daqui, was not heard since the new name is being used; 11805, R. Globo not heard since Feb '09 11765, SRDA not heard since May '09 11785, R. Guaíba not heard since Oct '08 11724.9v, R. Novas de Paz not heard since Apr '09 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Sept 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. THE NEW AM740 ZOOMER RADIO LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE --- Stereo Sound, Large Easy-To-Read Type, Lifestyle Features, Contests, Entertainment News, Announcer Blogs, News, Weather, Traffic Today The New AM 740 Zoomer Radio, Canada`s number one “45plus” radio station, unveiled the new http://www.ZoomerRadio.ca revitalized and interactive website offering crystal clear stereo sound for the first time. ABOUT THE NEW AM 740 ZOOMER RADIO --- The Toronto-based New AM 740 is a rare 50,000-watt, clear frequency that reaches a huge area, extending throughout Southern Ontario from Windsor to Kingston, north to Parry Sound, and south into 28 US States. The New AM 740 is the only AM station still playing music in Canada’s largest market. Nowhere else on the dial offers listeners such a wide musical range of vintage hits and classic pop, plus hourly ‘features’ on travel, gardening, finances and car-care, and of course, weather, traffic and newscasts every half-hour weekday mornings, and hourly through the day. Listen Live: http://www.ZoomerRadio.ca Moses Znaimer is the proprietor of MZ Media Inc. that owns and operates The New AM 740 Zoomer Radio and The New Classical 96.3 FM & 103.1 FM, English Canada`s only commercial all-classical music radio stations. He is also the CEO of ZoomerMedia Limited (TSXV: ZUM) and President of CARP, Canada`s largest advocacy association serving the needs of Canada`s 14.5 million Zoomers 45plus (via Sept CIDX Messenger via DXLD) CFZM ** CANADA. CFRX 6070 noted here at 2040 check 2 Sept. Seemingly at full power. Unheard yesterday, (and for quite a while for that matter) (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CFRX is back on 6070. Very Poor here at 2120 // much better 1010 CFRB (Harold Frodge, MI, Sept 2, ibid.) RX back on --- I was listening on my new Grundig G4000 portable (formerly the Yachtboy 400) this afternoon and heard CFRX back on the air! I didn't get a call from Ian prior to this so it took me by surprise. I'll send him an e-mail now and get the scoop on what has transpired since the transmitter needed repairs. I was listening at the new QTH my family is moving to, which is still in Burlington but on the western outskirts and in the country. Lots of space for future antennas; however, the Grundig is my only receiver right now. I could never hear CFRX from this QTH (the townhouse we are presently in but slowly moving out of over the month of September) due to lots of noise so it'll be nice to be able to keep tabs on CFRX and listen to shortwave again. Just thought I'd give you an update. 73 (Steve Canney, VA3SC, 0001 UT Sept 3, CFRX yg via DXLD) Thanks for the info, Steve. I am listening to CFRX right now with an S-9 signal. I'm using a G5RV antenna and a Kenwood TS-480HX (Mark S. Crabtree, N8PEP, 0030 UT Sept 3, ibid.) CFRX Toronto, back on the 6070 air as of Sept 3 around 0550, again with full modulation and good strength for only 1 kW. Had been off a few weeks for transmitter repairs, first reported by Steve Lare, MI, as reactivated the previous afternoon. No longer Peter Anthony Holder hosting talkshow at this hour, who in the meantime was fired by originating sibling station CJAD, along with a dozen other hosts, but his website is still up: http://www.peteranthonyholder.com/sked.htm More recently, CFRB also fired several longtime talkhosts. However, at 1310, Bill Carroll was still there, today`s subject ``family stuff``; that was after news on the hour, including gas price currently 97.1 Canadian cents per litre, and Andromeda to collide with Milky Way --- this is news?! Still good at 1355 check; those a bit closer to Toronto can enjoy CFRX all day long. Here`s the CFRB/X program schedule now: http://www.cfrb.com/shows/schedule?tab=week Weeknights at 2-3:30 am = 0600-0730 UT is now The Jim Richards Showgram, obviously playback of part of the weekday 1-3 pm block; several topical hours such as Adventure, Comedy fill the 05-06 UT hour. Retuning the MHz dial of the FRG-7 to KFTI 1070 Wichita with BFO on, I could tell the two were not precisely on the same kHz, but very close (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. This month we take a look back at the summer of ’09. Besides some violent lightning and wind storms that occurred in this area, summer was pretty good. Not overly hot but we did have several days over the 30C mark. Every year I attempt to go camping in the Rocky Mountains to enjoy one of my favorite spots. Yellowhead Lake, situated just west of Jasper Alberta in the British Colombia provincial park of Mount Robson. There is where we find Lucerne campground. Lucerne was once a railway station of the Canadian National Railway. The townsite has long since disappeared but there still remains a cemetery along side the hiway. I enjoy canoeing and hiking around the area as well as the awesome scenery. The photo below shows me standing on a small beach, radio in hand, with Yellowhead Mountain in the background. Until Jasper put up some FM stations, radio reception during the daytime was confined to shortwave. That has come in handy in recent years as we could be kept informed about forest fires and highway closures, which are yearly events in the BC interior. Tuning into the CBC relay on 6160 kHz during the local daylight hours works really well. It is always fun when I talk with fellow campers from around the world and tune into their country’s shortwave station to give them a taste of news from home. I have met tourists from Germany, Holland, South Africa and others there, and they are always amused that their country’s broadcasters can be heard abroad via shortwave (Mickey Delmage, Sherwood Park AB, Sept CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** CANADA. Instead of Saturday mornings on webcasts, still seems strange to hear Stuart McLean storytelling on Vinyl Café in the middle of the night on SW, UT Wed Sept 2 at 0624 on CKZU 6160, fair signal, into a song. This is the repeat on the CBC Radio One schedule at 11:05 pm local Tuesdays; in fact, V.C. worx in so many repeats without flagging them as such that we kept saying ``heard that before`` and quit listening every Saturday morning. A new CBC season should now be getting underway, but that`s still no guarantee of new stuff on this series. Even on a `new` show, he re-tells old favorite stories. Weak het at this time from CKZN 6160.9 rather than equal signals fighting it out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 2: at 1300 on 8400 good signal going to top- of-hour open carrier monitoring pause; 1310 just barely audible on 9000. 1329 fair on 13970, better at 1407. 1334 audible but very poor on new 15200 // 13970; tnx to Ron Howard for spotting 15200 at a totally different time, 0213. At 1406, 15200 a bit better here. No others heard up to 19 MHz. BTW, Hiroshi and S. Hasegawa explain to DXLD that if you hear non // Firedrake frequencies, it`s really the same music, but started 6 minutes apart (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It is reported that two kinds of Firedrake are transmitted; actually to a monitor of NDXC it is the same music. The same music establishes an interval for about approx. 6 minutes. Received on Aug [sic; Sept?] 2, started drums of "Harvest Gongs and Dramus-Feng Shou Luo Gu" at 0711 UT on 14420 and 18320 kHz, and started at 0717 on 13970, 15150, 15200 and 17470 kHz. I think that the time for start is different by transmitter site. http://ndxc.org/aoki/binews/au/fan-20090902-0817_15150.mp3 de Hiroshi (S. Hasegawa, Japan, NDXC, Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Think both of us have reported on this before, just not with the exact off set time. (Ron Howard, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: - - - - - - per DXLD 9-038: ``CHINA. Firedrake: possibly two different sites or sets of transmitters? May 2, 2009: 15150 & 15600, 0231-0300*, both parallel and in sync; 15600 had *0304 while 15150 was *0305. These two clearly not parallel with, nor in sync with 13970 & 18320, both of which were parallel to each other. Must have some significance. (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` (via Ron, Sept 2, ibid.) ** CHINA. CNR-1 echo jamming --- NDXC thinks that the echo jamming has slight difference in time and gap of slight frequency on the transmission from the plural transmitting stations. The same phenomenon is always caused in Shandon PBS News ch-1548kHz at night time in Japan. Probably I think that technology to synchronized frequency and time of plural stations in China is not established. cf. http://www.mediacat-blog.jp/usr/hiroshi/7330_090_1626.gif (7330kHz at 1626UT on Sep. 2) de Hiroshi (S. Hasegawa, Japan, NDXC, Sept 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, but being unsynchronized makes these so much more effective as jammers, so why fix them? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Jamming 6075 24 hours: see GERMANY [non] ** CHINA [and non]. Surprised to hear Chinese lessons presented in English, Sept 2 at 1403, subject being money, on 15220, CRI via Sackville. No news on the hour? Wait a minute, this hour is not in English at all, but Chinese, which resumed 1405 at full speed, tho pronouncing an URL in English, hyfci.cn ? That appears to be valid but I don`t have Chinese characters installed. Anyhow, why are they teaching Chinese in English on a Chinese broadcast, where the only people listening would already speak Chinese? Duh. Another anomaly: no signal on 13740, the usual CRI English relay via CUBA, Sept 2 at 1408. 11615, Sept 2 at 1420 soft Asian songs, G signal with flutter, not listed in PWBR `2009`; 1427 into commercials in Chinese. Scheduled here is VOA Chinese via Saipan at 310 degrees, but I must have been hearing the ChiCom CNR1 jamming instead, as a*terisked by Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also EAST TURKISTAN ** CHINA [non]. ALBANIA/CHINA, 9480, CRI Beijing in French at 1800- 1957 UT replaced former 9455 kHz outlet from Cerrik-ALB relay. TRT Ankara on adjacent 9460 kHz complaint from August 1st onwards, (TRT formerly on 9840 kHz). To F/SUI/LUX/BEL/AND/MCO 5970cer, 9480cer(x9455) To NoWeAF 6065cer, 11695cer. Sept 3rd. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 570, CMDC Santa Clara, 0215 11-Aug-09. Local news with its characteristic Radio Reloj “tic-tacs” (Julio Pineda, Mixco, Guatemala, Sony ICF-SW7600GR & AMDX1000, Sept CIDX Messenger via DXLD) You mean local as from Santa Clara? I thought this was strictly a national network originating in Habana, so frequencies always //; tho opt-outs for local news segments would certainly be helpful (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. All my logs the last several days have been despite a high local noise level, which was especially a problem on 49m, Sept 2 at 2016, when the only signals I could detect were from the secret daytime transmission of RHC on 5965 and 6000, an echo apart from // 11760. Did not hear CFRX 6070 that I soon learned from Steve Lare had resumed. As I tuned by RHC 13680, Sept 3 at 1455, YL was plugging today`s Mesa Redonda transmission at 2230(?) on ``9820 y 6000 kilohertz``. Except the 31m frequency was changed months ago to 9640! In la cabina they haven`t the faintest idea of what frequencies RHC is really using, just read what they were originally told to, and no one takes responsibility for keeping the scripts up-to-date. What a Ratón Miguel operation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Posting of Arnie Coro`s DXers Unlimited scripts continues to be unreliable and sporadic, just like everything else at RHC. His blog site http://dxersunlimited.blogspot.com/ stopped dead after the 11 August show, but three scripts for Aug 22, 25 and 29 were posted within a few minutes of each other on Aug 29. Is that because the State only allows even Arnie sporadic internet access? But the Sept 1 script, as pointed out in the BDXC-UK yg appears instead at the real RHC website, http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/c_unlimited/unlimited.htm and not (yet?) on the blog. Strangely, skimming thru them, we see some items repeated in more than one show, perhaps an editing problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA. RADIO PRAGUE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EXPLAINS CHANGES TO NEW-LOOK WEBSITE It’s the first day of school, autumn is nearly upon us, and as you might have noticed there are changes too on the Radio Prague website. Radio Prague’s Editor-in-Chief Gerald Schubert came into the studio to explain what’s new and why. “We launched it today, and it’s quite a new, modern design. We actually chose to do it because as our listeners maybe know, we are part of public Czech Radio. Czech Radio has a certain corporate identity, and has a certain corporate identity on its websites as well, so we should adapt elements of the common design of Czech Radio in our website, and that’s what we did.” OK, so what are some of the new things that our readers can expect from the site? “Well, it’s nice that you say readers because actually what I want to refer to…” I’m sorry, listeners! “No, they are readers as well, but the thing I wanted to refer to was the audio performance of our website. Of course we have a lot of readers on our website, we will still present everything in text as well, but we have a new feature for listeners on the website, and that’s our own embedded player which means that listeners don’t need to have software on their computer. They don’t have to wait until a new window opens; they can just click on the player on our website and directly listen to the stories.” And just give us a reminder of how many people use the Radio Prague website, because it’s one of the most popular news sources about the Czech Republic on the internet. “Definitely. We have to separate so-called ‘unique visits’ and articles read or listened to by people. We have about 800,000 unique visits a month in all our six language versions, and when it comes to opened articles it’s almost 1,500,000, which is really quite a lot. We’re one of the most important Czech news sources in the Czech Republic and I think the most important in the world.” Source: http://www.radio.cz/en/article/119815 (via Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India, dxldyg via DXLD) Whew, the SW frequency schedule survived the transition, tho it never shows all the extra bonus times via WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 13610, CRI in English, very poor signal, Sept 2 at 1330, about two seconds behind CRI via Sackville, so is the site even further from Beijing? No, 13610 is Kashgar during this hour, 308 degrees toward Europe. How does the signal get to Sackville and Enid so much more quickly? The route to Kashgar must be more complex than a one-hop satellite feed, with the usual proviso that anything digital in the chain may introduce additional delays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. ALLEN GRAHAM EN ROSARIO --- Estimados amigos: Procedente de HCJB Voz Global en Quito-Ecuador (más conocida como La Voz de Los Andes) Allen C. Graham - Director de Entrenamiento en Radio para América Latina - estuvo en Argentina, más precisamente en Mar del Plata, ofreciendo talleres de capacitación en radio. Muchos conocen a Allen por la producción de su programa "Aventura Diexista" junto a Juan Carlos Chimarro y también en la redacción del programa de lengua inglesa "DX Party Line". Dentro de su plan de viaje, Allen tenía un último destino: ROSARIO. Es así que tuve el honor de recibirlo en casa donde pudimos compartir 24 horas de charla, entrevistas, paseo turístico y -sobretodo- amistad. Como ya se ha publicado, el 30 de septiembre de 2009 HCJB cierra sus transmisiones por onda corta, al respecto Allen me comentó que no existen por el momento planes de reactivarla. La Jefatura debe decidir si el programa DX continuará, si vale la pena invertir tiempo en esta temática. Por otra parte, tanto Allen como Juan Carlos ya tienen reasignadas sus tareas en HCJB. El cierre de la OC de La Voz de Los Andes no será reemplazado por la WEB. En HCJB consideran que el INTERNET no es un medio utilizado mayoritariamente por la audiencia potencial de la emisora. Según Allen, no resulta el medio propicio para las áreas necesitadas de una voz radiofónica como son las zonas rurales, las selváticas, las de pueblos aislados... La causa del cierre ya es por todos conocida. El parque de antenas (que ya se están desmontando) se encuentra en línea recta NORTE-SUR a 13 kilómetros de distancia del nuevo aeropuerto de Pifo que comenzará a funcionar en 2010. Ese corredor aéreo obliga a HCJB levantar la planta que funciona desde el 25 de diciembre de 1931. Parte de los transmisores ya está en viaje a Australia donde HCJB tiene otra base regional por lo que pensar en un futuro de reactivación de las emisiones por OC para Latinoamerica no resulta razonable. HCJB Voz Global se queda sirviendo el área de Ecuador a través de AM 690 y FM 89.3 con repetidoras en Esmeralda (98.3), Manabí (92.5), Tungurahua (96.1) y Napo (102.5) y en Guayaquil HCJB-2 - que cumple 38 años el próximo 1 de noviembre - con programación diferenciada en 102.5 Mhz y El Oro en 94.7 MHz dirigidas a los oyentes de la costa. Se cierra la historia de casi 80 años de servicio por onda corta en un país sudamericano, Ecuador ha tenido el enorme privilegio de contar con una de las emisoras internacionales más grandes del mundo operando en altas frecuencias. Se pierde una voz más en nuestro idioma y la posibilidad de seguir difundiendo nuestra actividad diexista, lo que no se pierde es el recuerdo imborrable de La Voz de Los Andes transmitiendo desde Quito ni tampoco la amistad y el contacto con Allen Graham. El próximo sábado 12 de septiembre a través de "Antena de la Amistad" de KBS World Radio se emitirá la entrevista que le pude realizar con motivo de su inolvidable visita a Rosario. ¡Gracias Allen por toda la pasión puesta en la difusión del diexismo!. (Rubén Guillermo Margenet, Argentina, Sept 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ANNOUNCING THE NEW HCJB GLOBAL WEBSITE We are excited to let you know that we have just launched our new website at http://www.hcjb.org We hope that as you explore the site, you will be encouraged as you discover what God is doing around the world through HCJB Global and our partner ministries. Thank you for your interest in HCJB Global and may God strengthen and encourage you today. The HCJB Global Web Team Send comments to: dbirkey @ hcjb.org (via Mike Terry, Sept 3, dxldyg via DXLD) If you think HCJB is a SW station, or even a radio station, think again. You will be hard-pressed to find anything about radio on the homepage! Let`s try the drop down under Global, or the occasionally appearing world map, to the Latin American Region. Where`s the SW transmission schedule, which is going to last almost another month, longer for Brasil??? Now radio is mentioned here and there, but no obvious link to a schedule. ``Turn the Radios On`` looks promising? Nope! I waste no further time with this nonsense (gh, DXLD) ** ECUADOR [non]. A HCJB Global fará testes, em português e alemão, entre os dias 7 e 11 de setembro, usando os transmissores da Christian Vision de Santiago, no Chile. As transmissões em alemão, destinadas originalmente ao Paraguai, irão ao ar, entre 2300 e 2400, no Tempo Universal, em 11755 kHz. Já as emissões em português com destino ao Brasil, com antenas direcionadas à região amazônica, ocorrerão entre 0000 e 0100, no Tempo Universal, também em 11755 kHz. Os relatórios de sintonia deverão ser enviados ao seguinte e-mail: hcjb@.... [truncated by yg] (from http://blog.romais.jor.br/ via Sarmento Campos, Sept 2, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Ahá, I expected something like this, but they are waiting until Pifo is almost over. No doubt Low German is higher priority than High to the Mennonites in Paraguay (gh, DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 3220, HCJB Pifo, 0955 flauta andina, time pips on hour, OM, YL in language. Good signal with "noise reducing antenna; 3279.6, La Voz del Napo Tena off the air at the same time 3 September. 73 de (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Flórida, U S, Drake R8 & Icom 746ProDL, Noise Reducing Antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, RNGE/ "R. Bata", Bata, 2206-2219, 31 Aug, Castilian news bulletin; 55333 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sporadically active, I believe (gh) ** ERITREA. 7175, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Asmara, 1506- 1601, 31 Aug, Amharic (listed), talks, local songs, news (presumed) at 1600, then suddenly a jamming signal at 1601; 25332. Both signals, i.e. VoBME and the jammer (presumed) were gone at 1613 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 7165, Voice of Peace and Democracy of Eritrea (and R. Ethiopia later), Geja Jawe, 1504-1619, 31 Aug, Arabic, several IDs, talks, Vernacular at 1530, then R. Ethiopia ID at 1600, news, western pops; 25342, but improving a lot. A noise jammer (?) was heard on occasions, e.g. at 1710 during the program in French when another transmission was also heard, from either ERI or another (mis)feed from R. Ethiopia (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. RFI AGAIN AFFECTED BY STRIKE ACTION OVER JOB CUTS RNW’s Rob Kievit writes: Employees at Radio France International have resumed their long-term strike action over a labour dispute. The strike began on 12 May 2009 and affected RFI’s broadcasts, but the action was suspended in July, in order not to affect summertime listening. A majority of union members voted for a resumption of the strike on 1 September. On its website, RFI says that “because of a strike call, the RFI broadcasts and website updates are in disarray” and is offering its apologies. The strikers are protesting at planned cuts announced in January which will involve 206 jobs to be lost, which is about 20 percent of the workforce. Six foreign language desks would be closed: German, Albanian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish and Laotian. Unions want the job cuts to be replaced by voluntary redundancies. An RFI workers committee has taken the case to court. On 14 September, an appeals court in Paris is to consider whether the restructuring plan should be declared null and void. (Sources: Le Monde, RFI) September 2nd, 2009 - 13:30 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD) For those wondering why only music during the Late Night show --- SRC has Radio Internationale from midnight to 5 am. But last night Much was music as the International service of France was on strike. Radio Inter and Suisse Romande played normally (Dan Say, BC, Sept 3, alt.radio.networks.cbc via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** FRANCE [and non]. Invalid QSL address? Dear Gentlemen, Received following response on reporting Gospel for Asia program via ISS / Media Broadcast GmbH Hi. This is the qmail-send program at yahoo.com. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. : : Connected to 217.150.154.51 but connection died. (#4.4.2) I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long. Regards, (Tony Ashar, West Java , Indonesia, Sept 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) IMHO, qmail programs are not entitled to call themselves ``I`` (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY. NEW PROGRAMS FROM DEUTSCHE WELLE European Business Week European Business Week looks at the major happenings in the world of money and provides insights into the business climate in Europe. We explore the major issues in the economic world, with a personal touch. Curious about the financial crisis? What does it mean to each individual sector? Who are some of the winners in the time of turmoil? European Business Week taps the knowledge of experts, officials and reporters to answer these questions and many more. The show also takes a look into the corners of markets that may be less explored, yet impact the way people live and conduct trade. 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Each episode looks at a particular date -- a world premiere, the birthday or death date of a musician, or an important historical event -- and explores the music that went along with it. Did you know, for example, that Smetana's "The Moldau" eventually led to the birth of a nation? Or that Frederick the Great, the "soldier king," played the flute and invited Johann Sebastian Bach to improvise on one of Frederick's melodies? That the Beatles owed some of their early success to their gigs in Hamburg's red light district, or that Elvis, already hugely popular, came to Germany as a GI in the 1950's? How did Martin Luther come to discover that he could deliver as many sermons as he wanted, but it was the church hymns set to popular tunes of the day that really got the message across? What about the great men and women who set the style and defined the musical idiom for generations to come: George Frideric Handel, Bob Marley, Billie Holiday? In a fast-paced dialogue of spoken word and music excerpts, we cover it all in Music This Week. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4146345,00.html European Business Week can be heard on UT Fridays. Living in Germany and Music This Week can be heard on UT Tuesdays (via Fred Waterer, Programming Matters, Sept ODXA Listening In via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. 6075 DWL 24 hrs around channel suffers CNR1 jamming from China GERMANY/UK/UNID/CHINA: Deutsche Welle, Deutsches Programm on 6075 khz was totally blocked 1500-1800 (first time observed on August 15th, Saturday) by CNR1 used as a jammer against maybe RTI or RFA or ? 1500- 1600 from Rampisham and from 1600 from Woofferton for the DW (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria in WWDXC - BCDX, Sept 1 via Büschel, DXLD) DWL channel 6075 kHz suffers jamming from CHN mainland against RTI Radio Taiwan Int. of CBS. From Aoki list, all Aug. 15-: 6075* R.TAIWAN INT. 1400-1500 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSM a09//6145 6075* R.TAIWAN INT. 1500-1600 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSM a09//6145 6075* R.TAIWAN INT. 1600-1700 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSM a09//6145 6075* R.TAIWAN INT. 1700-1800 Chinese 100 310 Kouhu TWN CBSM a09//6145 Many thanks dear Rumen, yes I traced these jamming transmissions - UNDERNEATH - on 6075 kHz also here in Germany in past weeks. BUT, I was not aware of the anonymous suspected jamming station [origin country]. gruss (Wolfgang, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Re: Radio Filia off air on shortwave, internet Re: ``There is main holiday month in Greece at present. Maybe ERT5 is short of technical personnel. As always happened during Orthodox Christmas and Easter holidays, no FILIA programmes appeared on shortwave ERT5 service during holy holidays. Wait till September (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) And I did :) 11645 was in Greek parallel to 9420 August 31 and off air September 1. Today (September 2) Radio Filia noted back with Spanish 0815, German programmes started 0900, very good reception here (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth Garden City, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HONDURAS. HONDURAN RADIO CONDEMNS INTENTIONAL FIRE IN ITS STATION Honduran radio network Radio América has condemned an intentional fire in one of its stations in Olanchito city, north of the country. A group of masked people entered the station Monday night and brought under the guard without harming him, said news coordinator Luis Vallejo. Mr Vallejo said this was the third attack against Radio América since the coup against ousted president Manuel Zelaya on June 28. Radio América is the second most important news chain in Honduras. A bomb was set in the parking lot of its main office in Tegucigalpa in mid August. In early July, its station in the northwest department of Olancho was damaged by unknown people (Source: Xinhua [ChiCom] September 2nd, 2009 - 14:02 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD) ** INDIA. 9425, AIR Bengaluru - National Channel, 1435, Sept. 2. “Condom” ad; Wed. reception of “Vividha” in English; music; comments on monsoon and the Carnival of Onam in Kerala (Vallamkali, Snake Boat Races, etc.); lecture on the “Vedas”, heard with hum; 1501 into Hindi. Last Fridays reception of “Vividha” in Hindi may just have been an anomaly. Need to check what is on this Friday. Thanks to Terry Wilson for his insights about MediaFire. Audio files: “Condom” ad and monsoon comments: < http://www.mediafire.com/?zivci3ewimc > About Carnival of Onam in Kerala: < http://www.mediafire.com/?agmiuymc2hc > Lecture on “Vedas” philosophy: < http://www.mediafire.com/?qwbzldqqrkg > (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9870, AIR Bengaluru: 0135 Sept 3, "Vividh Bharati" program with traditional subcontinental music, announcements by M and W in [unknown] language (Steven C. Wiseblood, Brownsville TX, (2 miles from Boca Chica Beach, GULF of MEXICO), Radio Shack DX-399, 150' center fed LW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. A few years ago I recall there being a list of active Indonesian that was online, but I have unable to locate it. Does anyone know if it is still being maintained? (Brandon Jordan, Memphis, TN USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Brandon, A. Ishida (member of NDXC) monitors it every day. N-1 tuushinn Blog/2nd edition: Japanese and English partly http://n-1.at.webry.info/ Monitoring list: http://pub.idisk-just.com/fview/Z8ZFp7GBlyrFPGo1iSffHOleegoX3pJisxtOjNKQy30Z-YBwMJJLfbhKyN50gYDKK_-2i6nmmAJ8qFjGIAP9d_jPZzlqLESY.PDF Recently most station are Inactive (S. Hasegawa, Japan, ibid.) We assume he will soon add one covering August; check link on homepage http://n-1.at.webry.info/ where he adds that 3325 is now closing down around 1500, and there are several audio clips, also non-Indonesian logs (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** IRELAND. I visited Ireland a couple of years ago touring up and down the western Irish coast from Malin Head all the way down to Doolin and beyond. What a wonderful time we had! RTE 1 on 567 and its twin on 729 from Cork both went off on 24 March 2008 or so. There has been talk about renting out the 567 facility and its had a couple of lookers but no takers yet. I wrote an essay regarding my trip that can be found at: http://karlzuk.blogspot.com/2007/08/seeing-green.html I think you would enjoy reading it. Ireland really is heaven (Karl Zuk N2KZ, WTFDA via DXLD) Lots about radio and TV there (gh) ** JAPAN. RADIO NIKKEI SIGN-ONS OBSERVED, RECORDINGS Radio Nikkei 1st Programme was observed signing-on at 2225 UT 1 Sep 09 on 6055 kHz (good), 3925 kHz (fair), 9595 kHz (poor). Five minutes of their interval signal - chimes repeated on a 40-second cycle - topped and tailed with frequency announcements. At 2230 programming became parallel with their web stream, albeit with a time delay of course. Radio Nikkei 2nd Programme sign-on procedure observed at 2300 UT was a much briefer affair, crash-starting on 6115 kHz (good), 3945 kHz (fair), 9760 kHz (poor) with a frequency announcement followed by a station jingle. All the foregoing was observed via a Global Tuners remote receiver in Osaka, Japan, and all programming was in Japanese. Note that the 1st Programme sign-on time differs to that given in WRTH, and it may vary from day to day; however, there's a programme guide on their website at http://radionikkei.jp The live audio stream on the website appears to be an amalgam of Radio Nikkei 1st and 2nd Programmes, with its own programming when they're both off-air. Recordings of both the above sign-ons can be heard on the Interval Signals Online website at http://intervalsignals.net (David Kernick, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 17670, dramatic talk in Vietnamese, Sept 3 at 1326, poor signal, but any at all is something, since this hour is AWR 250 kW at 60 degrees from Talata toward Vietnam (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA/SARAWAK. Re: It's been over a week now since I last heard Sarawak FM (Malaysia) on 7130, as of Sept. 1. Have they actually changed frequency or are they just off the air? (Ron Howard, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ron, I have a weak carrier now at 1310 on 7130.55 kHz, but not enough for audio. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Sept 3, ibid.) ** MEXICO. We can depend on XEPPM, R. Educación for a great variety of music on 6185. Sept 2 at 0622 it was Ray Charles, ``Unchain My Heart``, fair signal in the clear now with no co- or adjacent-channel QRM, unlike before 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. THE MIGHTY KBC --- with Max van Arnhem The Mighty KBC Radio is a well known station, not only for the shortwave listener but also for the mediumwave Dxer. The station is located on an industry area of the town of Ede in the central part of The Netherlands. As this is not far from my home, I decided to visit KBC and talked to Eric van Willegen, owner of KBC Productions/ KBC Import-Export and The Mighty KBC Radio. The company has registered internationally the name “K-PO” and sells its radio-communications products all over the world, http://www.k-po.com Eric told enthusiastically about his radio work during the last 35 years. He started several pirate stations on FM, medium wave and shortwave. During the legendary days of the offshore stations like Radio Veronica and Radio Northsea, the Dutch PTT was very active in raiding illegal stations. His stations were raided about ten times, which resulted nearly in imprisonment. In those days several names were used like Radio Salerno, K-PO and later on KBC Radio. The letters K-PO and KBC are just random names and have no meaning. The KBC people have been involved in many radio projects in and outside The Netherlands. KBC was founded in 1989 and started with audio productions. During that time, KBC received the American Top 40 each week, first hosted by DJ Casey Casem, followed by Shadow Stevens. After some editing, this four hours lasting American Radio Show was broadcast on a legal Belgium Radio Station called ‘FM 107`. Amazingly the same program could be heard every Saturday afternoon during the Dutch broadcasts coming from the offshore station Radio Caroline, broadcasting from the MV ‘Ross Revenge’ and at several other land based stations in the Benelux. Since the founding of KBC Productions, no radio transmissions were aired. However on 23rd of December 2006, the station The Mighty KBC started transmissions legally via transmitters in Lithuania on 1386 kHz medium wave with 500 kW and 100 kW on shortwave. Later on, the station continued on shortwave via hired airtime in Lithuania. Medium wave was left because the use of 1386 kHz was expensive and only possible with an airtime of one hour at a time. Reception reports on 1386 kHz were received as far as Spain and Portugal (Medium Wave News 55/04 15 September 2009 via DXLD) Announcement on their http://www.kbcradio.eu/ website: KBC will stop broadcasting on shortwave on Wednesday the 30th of September 2009 (Mike Barraclough, England, Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And the website is inaccessible when I look for it Sept 3 (gh, DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Happy Station Shows for September 3, 2009 now UPLOADED --- Both the 0100 and 1500 UT transmissions can be found at http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/The+Happy+Station+Show Both shows are stereo and can be downloaded directly to Itunes (Keith Perron, Taiwan, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. Via Walter S[almaniw] CKZN, St John's is presently off frequency. I'm measuring them on 6160.866 duking out with CKZU Vancouver - big het (about 16 hours ago from web, http://twitter.com/dxerca Sept 3 via DXLD) ** NIGER. 9705, La Voix du Sahel (Niamey), 2152-2300*, 8/31/2009, French/vernacular. Woman talking. Flutes at 2153 followed by chanting in local language. Four pips at 2200, then more chanting with male leader and group of men. Announcements by woman at 2254 and apparent Koran recitation by man. Announcements and choral anthem at 2258. Surprisingly good signal at 2153, deteriorating after 2220, at noise level after 2245. Rapid fading throughout the broadcast. Checked on 9/1 and 9/2 around 2200, and found only a very weak signal, just above the noise (Jim Evans, Germantown TN, E1, Attic Mounted Eavesdropper Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 4770, R. Nigeria, Kaduna, 2204-..., 31 Aug, empty carrier; 55333 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. From the Ham Radio weekly DX Bulletin - QRZ DX: The following is quoted from the latest DX-NL newsletter: 5N - NIGERIA --- Bodo, 5N0OCH, writes: "I uploaded a short video clip with impressions of my 5N activities to YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sztmmg7FJLs We will have finished the works at the new antenna for Voice of Nigeria in about three weeks. This antenna of the type HP-RCA 4/4/h is the biggest HF antenna in the world and is already in operation at several radio stations. It has 32 stacked dipoles, 16 each for 6-15 MHz and for 15-26 MHz. The antenna has a gain of about 18-24 dBi and I will be able to use it for amateur radio for a few days. Many are interested in working 5N on 160m but unfortunately this antenna does not cover this band. However I plan to put up a 40m long vertical connected to the complete ground network of the radio station by the end of September. More plans include a beverage to Europe. Unfortunately I cannot promise to realize all my plans because priority lies on my work. Be sure that I will do my best to activate the lowbands. You Top Band folks will be interested in the above comments. And, it should be interesting to hear the signal on the higher frequencies when Bodo is able to use that HP-RCA array. 73 (via Brian Miller, New Buffalo, Michigan, Marco Island, Florida, ~K9RA~, Sept 2, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. More local Enid images of VHF 2-way services noted on FRG-7, frequencies approx., filed here for my own future reference: Sept 2 at 1953 on 9783, brief transmission and could not determine source. Sept 2 at 2010, some more around 15590. Sept 2 at 2031 on 15272, this one sounding like a police call, and came back on at 2032 for a Morse code automatic ID starting with KK---- but took me by surprise and did not get full copy as sent only once. Is it every semihour at 02 and 32? Also around 17740 at 1324 Sept 3, mentioning jail and doctor`s office (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PARAGUAY. Re 9-063: After reading Brandon's comments about and correspondence with RN del Paraguay, I looked back at my logs to see that my most recent listing for them was July 07, 2005 at 1055z. A search of DXLD showed a log by Ron Howard on Sep 26, 2005; by Dino Bloise on Aug 22, 2005 and by Glenn Hauser (in Spanish) on May 20, 2005. So, is the station director's recollection correct or did we hear something else? (Jerry Lenamon, Waco, Texas, Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Jerry, My last log of RN de Paraguay is 16 Oct 2005, see here: http://dxsignal.ru/read/kad_2005e.htm 73, (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia, ibid.) Thanks Dmitry, your log must be one of the last for them (assuming the DXLD search function is correct). (Jerry Lenamon, ibid.) Hi Jerry, From what I can gather online, it appears that the Directora General was appointed in early September, 2008. It is possible that she was relying on faulty third hand information rather than her personal recollection. I never received a response to my reply, but perhaps she has sent out a snail mail reply (Brandon Jordan, ibid.) ** PERU. Hola Colegas, Hace unos días encontré la dirección electrónica de una persona que mencionaba trabajar en "La Nueva Atlántida" Iquitos; le escribí solicitándole alguna información sobre la actualidad de esta emblemática emisora que operara en la onda corta (4790 KHz). Hoy recibí repuesta de este señor; resumo en pocas líneas lo que comenta: La emisora fue concesionada y ahora opera con el Nombre de la "Ribereña". Solo está operando por la FM 106.5 MHz. Promete enviar algunas fotos, que espero compartir con ustedes cuando me las haga llegar. Buen DX (Rafael Rodríguez R., Colombia, Sept 2, condiglist yg via DXLD) Viz., unedited: El mié 2-sep-09, mike fritz canayo villacrez escribió: De: mike fritz canayo villacrez Asunto: RE: La Nueva Atlantida A: rafaelcoldx@... Fecha: miércoles, 2 septiembre, 2009, 10:39 am Hola amigo Rafael, que gusrto de poder conocer personas como tu, que gustan de la Radio como a mi, Le seré sincero en decirte que yo hace mucho tiempo ya no trabajo en Radio ya será como una año mas o menos, es una pena porque siempre me guto la forma de trabajo que tien la Radio,ojala se de prnto estar nuevamente trabajando,pero no seré mezquino en darte información sobre Radio LA NUEVA ATLANTIDA, hace pco tiempo mas o menos un mes que concecionaron esa Emisora y sale al aire con otro nombre me contaron que es temporal pero no se cuanto tiempo,la verdad a mi me da mucha pena por que es una radio con historia tiene muchos años en el mundo de la radio,pero resulta que a si se han dado las cosas desde que sali de esa empresa, sigue saliendo al aire pero no esta utilizando su onda corta, la frwcuencia en la FM es 106.50 MHz, si amigo Rafael me da tristeza ademas que trabajemucho tiempo ahi y me encariñe con esa radio, y ahora la escucho salir con otro nombre su programación sigue siendo la misma con los programas que siempre hantenido en las noches o en las tardes el único detalle es que esta con otro nombre ahora sale con el nombre de Ribereña, yo tengo algunas fotos videos que grabe cuando estuve trabajndo con ellos no las tengo por ahora a la mano pero te las enviaré cuando este listo ok, pa´que lo tengas de recuerdo...No se si te preguntaras quehago yo ahora que no trabajo en Radio..jeje.. bueno yo ahora estudio soy joven bueno me considero joven..jeje... aunque creo pa´el estudio no hay edad,,,en fin estoy estudiando nolo estaba haciendo por dedicarme ala Rsdio, y decide salir y estudiuar una carrera profesional,por ahora me esta yendo bien ojala pueda terminar bien..Bueno Amigo Rafael ya te enviare la fotos ok..Cualquier cosa que quieras saber solamente me escribes, y te diré en la forma de como este enterando de las cosas que pueda interesarte bye cuidate aTTe: mIke (via Rodríguez, ibid.) ** PERU. 5459.78, Radio Bolívar, Cd. Bolívar noted 1030 to 1045, irregular schedule last fortnight. 3 September. 4857.38, Radio La Hora, Cusco 2330 with good signal, IDs good music 2 September. 73s de (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Flórida, U S, Drake R8 & Icom 746ProDL, Noise Reducing Antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 1000 YEARS OF MUSIC --- We [VOR] are launching a new ‘series within a series’ which we have entitled Silver Age - this is how a specific period in the Russian art of the early 20th century was dubbed. An incredibly talent-rich period, Silver Age simply erupted with revelations, putting the clock back on the many-centuries old current of world culture. It was a breakthrough into the future… RUSSIA – 1000 YEARS OF MUSIC weekly feature will bring you everything there is to know about that time in music. Please tune in to the program on Thursday at 1530, 1830 and 2330, and on Friday at 0030, 0330 and 0930 UT (via Fred Waterer, Programming Matters, Sept ODXA Listening In via DXLD) ** RWANDA [and non]. 16 metres was just opening up Sept 2 at 1337 with DW Hausa via Kigali 17800 inbooming tnx to 310 degree azimuth also usward, and the only other big signal 17595 from REE Noblejas, Spain. No Chile 17680. After 1400 things had normalized with 17680 and the other usual signals audiblized (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAINT VINCENT. Lost in history --- Among the interesting things stumbled across in glancing through the old R&TVNs just acquired is this bit from Boord's International Short-wave column in the Jan. 1955 issue. This is one I do not recall. Amateur Weston H. Lewis, Box 73, Kingston [sic], St. Vincent, British West Indies has informed Paul Mathiu, Mass., that each Sunday afternoon, EST, he runs an hour's long program for the government. The broadcast consists of 15 minute periods of news and sports commentary, music or variety, feature talks and a religious service which brings the program to an end. Does not verify, but if Lewis receives any reports, he says he may mention them in station announcements preceeding [sic] the news. "I am first and foremost an amateur," he wrote. "But in order to assist the government for propaganda purposes, I merely, tune to 3,336 and put on the broadcast. As a matter of fact, I use my 40 meter antenna for the broadcast and that is why I only run 400 watts as I am capable of running a full gallon. I tried recently to get material for putting up a 90 meter band antenna but none was available here and I have not bothered since. It means that I would have to import it. If anyone hears this one please advise Ken Boord. Thanks. Never heard of a [shortwave] broadcast from St. Vincent! (Don Jensen, WI, Sept 2, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. CHANNEL AFRICA – A SHORTWAVE BROADCASTER THAT BENEFITS FROM WEB DELIVERY When I first started listening to shortwave, I remember the thrill I got when listening to Radio RSA from South Africa, because the distances involved helped the broadcast feel especially exotic – from a faraway place. Much has changed in South Africa since then, including the name of the international broadcaster itself, as the service was replaced as Channel Africa in 1992. The end of apartheid brought with it a cultural diversity and a change in focus, as Channel Africa now seeks to position itself as the spokesperson for Africa originating within Africa, versus broadcasters like the VOA and the BBC, both of which have extensive Africa-focused programming but are based elsewhere. Channel Africa calls itself “The Voice of the African Renaissance.” Channel Africa has done a decent job of incorporating Internet technologies to improve the audibility and accessibility of its broadcasts; much of Channel Africa’s programming can be listened to on-demand, though some methods of ondemand listening (i.e. podcasts) are more reliable than others. Paradoxically, the section of the website labeled “Audio On Demand” doesn’t appear to work well. So what’s on that can be easily listened to on-demand? Africa Rise and Shine is a morning current affairs program that focuses on issues important to Africans in general and South Africans in particular. It’s hosted by Ms. Kgopedi Namane and ranges from politics to human interest, education, science and technology, environment, economics and sports, though much of the emphasis is politics. It appears the program is one hour in duration and is repeated for three subsequent hours. The easiest way to hear the program on-demand is to use the link to the left on the Channel Africa website and then select “Africa Rise and Shine”. You can either listen in iTunes, use the RSS feed with your favorite podcatcher software, or download the 55-minute audio file to your computer. Africa Midday is similar in focus to Africa Rise and Shine; Mr. Naye Lupondwana hosts. In this instance, it’s a one-hour program that is repeated for a second hour. For on-demand listening, follow the same approach given above for Africa Rise & Shine. The “listen” link within the program’s website description doesn’t appear to work. Our Heritage is a weekly 30-minute program about African history and culture; the most recent update available on-demand dates from earlier in August. The program introduces itself as “…a program about who we are, where we come from, and our destiny as Africans.” The program available in late August deals with issues relating to historical artifacts taken to other countries for purposes of conservation. Tam-Tam Express regards itself as a weekly infotainment program (“An African odyssey”) that blends entertainment with serious political debate on relevant economic, political and social issues. Experts, political analysts, and correspondents all participate in the program, which is hosted by Ms. Faz da Hall. Most of the programming I sampled is well-produced, with the announcers comparatively easy to understand given the accent differences one encounters, and the issues discussed thoughtfully and intelligently. The website for Channel Africa is, naturally, http://www.channelafrica.org the site is reasonably well organized even though some of the audio links are uncooperative. The “Listen Live” and the on-demand links that are organized by time of day do not work; the website coding leads to mms:// links; that’s an old URL format from Microsoft (Microsoft Media Server) has gradually stopped supporting, though Windows Media Player and other open-source audio players can still open these links. I have an e-mail into the Internet management team for Channel Africa regarding the problem; I’ll post an update in the ODXA Yahoo Group if I hear anything back from them (Rich Cuff, Click! Sept ODXA Listening In via DXLD) ** SWEDEN [non]. 11875, Sept 2 at 2001 with Horn of Africa singing, fair signal but suffering splash from much stronger DW 11865 English via Portugal. 2003 announcement in unID language and continued speaking with the self-confidence of a gospel huxter. Aoki has the answer: it`s IBRA Radio, 250 kW, 169 degrees via Rampisham UK, in the Zarma language (no wonder I didn`t recognize it), on Wed/Thu/Fri, while during the same quarter-hour on Mon/Tue it`s in Fon, Sat/Sun in Wolof. EiBi`s useful language list at http://www.susi-und-strolch.de/eibi/readme.txt says Zarma and Fon are spoken in West Africa, and Wolof in Senegal specifically, so HOA does not fit; perhaps I need to refine my recognition of that music, or has there been some change? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWITZERLAND. MESSA FUORI SERVIZIO DEL TRASMETTITORE DEL SEGNALE ORARIO HBG DI PRANGINS Dalla svizzera, ennesima utility che chiude: Messa fuori servizio del trasmettitore del segnale orario HBG di Prangins (VD) per la fine del 2011 Berna, 26.08.2009 - Oggi il Consiglio federale ha deciso di mettere fuori servizio il trasmettitore del segnale orario HBG di Prangins (VD) per la fine del 2011. Il trasmettitore è gestito dall'Ufficio federale di metrologia (METAS), l'istituto nazionale di metrologia. Dal 1966 il trasmettitore a onde lunghe di Prangins emette segnali orari ufficiali a una frequenza di 75 kHz abbinati all'ora mondiale coordinata. Le informazioni orarie, che sono sincronizzate con un orologio atomico, possono essere impiegate per il controllo di orologi radio e di apparecchiature tecniche. L'emettitore è operativo 24 ore su 24. I segnali orari rappresentano un servizio pubblico gratuito. Il trasmettitore è stato gestito da PTT e fino a maggio 2000 da Swisscom. Successivamente la gestione è passata nelle mani dell'Ufficio federale di metrologia (METAS). I lavori di manutenzione periodici all'impianto di trasmissione hanno messo in evidenza diversi punti di usura sulle antenne. Dalle perizie effettuate da specialisti indipendenti è emerso che un mancato risanamento delle strutture comprometterebbe in maniera inammissibile la sicurezza e comporterebbe l'interruzione dell'esercizio del trasmettitore. Il mantenimento in funzione del trasmettitore, attraverso un intervento di risanamento, ha costi elevati che non potrebbero essere compensati dall'attuale impiego ridotto dell'impianto, come è emerso da uno studio esterno che ha anche verificato se il trasmettitore a onde lunghe potesse essere utilizzato per altri scopi o se la sua gestione potesse essere rilevata da altri enti. L'esito negativo di tali verifiche ha portato a decidere la messa fuori servizio dell'impianto per la fine del 2011. La decisione è stata presa con anticipo per lasciare agli utenti il tempo necessario per sintonizzarsi sul segnale del trasmettitore tedesco DCF77, che ha una qualità di ricezione in Svizzera pari a quella del trasmettitore di Prangins. Oltre ai circa 3600 utenti istituzionali tra chiese e scuole, vi sono anche alcuni apparecchi riceventi come radiosveglie o ricevitori di informazioni meteo che sfruttano i segnali HBG. Molti di questi apparecchi sono dotati di ricevitori compatibili con il trasmettitore tedesco DCF77 e potranno quindi continuare a funzionare senza problemi. La maggioranza dei apparecchi sul mercato è ormai compatibile solo con il trasmettitore tedesco; ciò vale per quasi tutti gli orologi da polso radiocontrollati. L'ora ufficiale svizzera continuerà ad essere trasmessa da METAS. Sarà inoltre messo a disposizione un server per l'ora (ntp.metas.ch) grazie al quale sarà possibile sincronizzare l'ora dei computer con la scala svizzera del tempo. METAS è l'istituto a cui compete la gestione e la diffusione delle unità di misura in Svizzera, tra cui anche l'unità del tempo, il secondo. Tra i suoi compiti rientrano anche l'individuazione e la diffusione dell'ora ufficiale svizzera. Fino alla messa fuori servizio a fine 2011 sarà METAS a gestire il trasmettitore del segnale orario HBG di Prangins (VD). Indirizzo per domande: Rudolf Thalmann, METAS, Caposezione lunghezza, ottica e tempo, T +41 31 323 33 85 -- (via Andrea Borgnino IW0HK - HB9EMK http://www.mediasuk.org/iw0hk http://www.mediasuk.org/archive http://www.biciurbana.org http://iwohk.tumblr.com/ bclnews.it via DXLD) HBG timesignals on 75 kHz will close down at end of 2011y (gh, DXLD) Some photos of the site: http://www.mediasuk.org/archive/hbg_e.html (Andrea Borgnino, UDXF yg via DXLD) ** U K [non]. 11810, BBCWS at 2006 Sept 2 ending news and into Newshour, fair signal and another option for deprived North Americans, tho it`s 65 degrees from Ascension for Africa. But at next check, 2050, about equal mix with another station in English! Soon clearly RRI as talking about Romania in mailbag, 2052 RRI ID and Sports Club. The two are making a very slow SAH of less than 1 Hz, or could just be propagational fading. RRI off at 2057:25* after IS a few times; BBC off at 2059:35*. Even a year ago, PWBR knew that RRI was using 11810 during this semi- hour in the A (``S``) season, so why didn`t BBC know? They probably did, but figured a half-hour collision in this two-sesquihour transmission does not matter as the target areas are widely divergent, RRI at 300 degrees for Europe, and who cares about overhearers beyond? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 15730, Sept 2 at 2011 with C&W song in English, so likely VOA: yes, but it`s the French to Africa service, as following announcement was in French; 100 kW, 76 degrees via São Tomé. While 2000-2030 is daily, on Sat & Sun 15730 is extended until 2100 but switching to Greenville at 2030. Meanwhile, Greenville 17895 with VOA in English to Africa, better signal at 2013 with The African Beat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 11855, Sept 2 at 1949 with very undermodulated music, soon recognized as VTC`s music loop fill of guitar with accompaniment. 1952, no it`s not undermodulated, it was just buried under a strong open carrier, which just went off! The carrier came back on at 1959, revealing itself as WYFR signing on in Spanish. Then the VTC music disappeared and WYFR was alone. But checked later in the hour a Portuguese broadcast was atop WYFR. Here`s what must have been happening: YFR has 11855 tied up, at 18-19 in Arabic via Wertachtal, scheduled at 19-20 in Yoruba via Ascension but that feed was missing so VTC put in the music fill, in effect YFR interfering with itself. At 20-02 WYFR Okeechobee itself in Spanish. The Portuguese around 2045 was BBC via Ascension again, 2030-2100 M-F only, to southern Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WEWN`s perpetual problem of noisy spurs and mixing products must not be ignored, so I report them periodically: Sept 2 at 1321 the two fundamentals are 11530 in English and 11550 in Spanish. Leapfrog mixing product on 11510 from 11550 over 11530, but did not hear a match on 11570. 11530 has the dirty squealy extremely distorted parasites plus and minus 10 kHz, which may or may not beat with legitimate occupants of neighboring frequencies. 11520 was obvious without BFO, while 11540 required BFO. Presumably the same spurry transmitter does this too elsewhen from 15610 to 15600 and 15620. Among the victims is WYFR on 11520 and 15600, Marian cultists vs Camping cultists (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 8992-SSB, YL reading numbers mixed with fonetik letters, clear and steady pace, Sept 2 at 1313. There is a certain depth to her voice, a slight reverb, which I suspect is transmitted that way, rather than resulting from backscatter or some other multi-path, as it is usually the case, also on other frequencies. Went on and on and on, until finally at 1318, ``this concludes message of 291 characters; Andrews, out``. That is, Andrews AFB near Washington DC. Now all the other AFBs are decoding no doubt top-secret national security info (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This might be one of those big EAM days. 11175 kHz USB 1316z: HF-GCS Station "Andrews" recites 291-character EAM, containing several groups of four contiguous characters (e.g., "WWWW" and "EEEE"). (02/Sep/2009) (AL STERN Satellite Beach FL, ODXA yg via DXLD) The significance of which is what, exactly? She kept mentioning places like India, Lima and especially Quebec ;-/ (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Re 9-066: 2 Sep 09, WGVU - 1480 kHz - Grand Rapids, MI Yes, WGVU 1480 has certainly switched formats. I believe it used to be // to the NPR/BBC programming available on FM via Michigan Radio. Despite being local MW, I struggled to hear 1480, but that didn't matter since NPR/BBC were so strong on local WVGR 104.1 FM. Now that WGVU has switched formats, the signal is suddenly very strong, which is good, but it's also overmodulated, though not yet in league with ERTU. So, I'm getting distorted oldies with rattling bass. And the programming is no less than schizophrenic. Two R&B songs segue into a country song, from there we get a cover of a Beatles song, followed by some kind of hybrid country/boogie woogie affair, and finally The Monkees. Later, two more Beatles covers. Can't they afford the real thing? We already had one eclectic local station, WYCE 88.1 FM, which is too erratic in its sequencing of musical genres for me to listen to. Did we need another? I'm not sure what demographic they're aiming at, but aiming too broadly will be sure to satisfy no one. No commercials, other than briefs for NPR programs and admonitions to support "your oldies station, where all the good songs have gone." They're gone, all right. They sure aren't here. I'd much rather support Toronto's AM740 (Terry Wilson, MI, Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KFUO: From MoSyn to MoTabs? By Sarah Bryan Miller Post-Dispatch Classical Music http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/culture-club/culture-club/2009/09/kfuo-from-mosyn-to-motabs The latest scuttlebutt on the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s plans to sell KFUO-FM, aka “Classic 99,” features a new set of possible buyers along with the original, Gateway Creative Broadcasting, parent of Joy FM. The “Christian contemporary” station, based in Des Peres but broadcasting from outstate Bowling Green and Potosi, had worked out a highly leveraged $18 million deal with the LCMS, which would make the MoSyn into de facto financiers. Reports now say that several “major local chains” are expressing serious interest in the station, including Clear Channel, Radio One, and Bonneville International - a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mormons, officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. And they all have cash. Bonneville already owns several stations in the region, including 106.5 “The Arch,” WIL and ESPN 101.1. It’s not impossible that they’d decide to keep KFUO classical. If that sale, or any to one of the major chains, goes through, it would represent a reversal of the LCMS board of directors’ original plan to sell to a Christian organization. Omaha lawyer/politician/LCMS board member Kermit Brashear, who has been given authority to sell the station without any further consultation with the full board, says that his committee has not made a deal with, and is not even negotiating with, Bonneville. If such a sale went through, though, it would probably mean a switch from MoSyn to MoTabs, from services broadcast live on Sunday mornings from North County’s LCMS Chapel of the Holy Cross to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. "WBUL" is on 1620, carrier current, audible on campus and briefly along the Interstate and short distances off campus. http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/02/wmnf-teams-bull-radio-extend-usfs-reach/news-breaking/ (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W Visit my "Florida Low Power Radio Stations" at: http://home.earthlink.net/~tocobagadx/flortis.html DX LISTENING DIGEST) i.e. WBUL stupid ballgames to be carried on the HD2 of WMNF 88.5 (gh) ** U S A. Happy Birthday, Hiram! ARRL Sep 2, 2009 http://www.arrl.org/ This week, the League celebrates the 140th anniversary of the birth of ARRL's co-founder and first President, Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW! Maxim -- born September 2, 1869 -- decided a national organization for Amateur Radio was in order after he needed a "relay" station in Agawam, Massachusetts to pass a message he was sending from Hartford to Springfield, Massachusetts. In honor of The Old Man's (TOM) birthday, the ARRL is holding a week- long Special Event, where eligible amateurs may add /140 to their call signs. A complete list of who may add /140 can be found on page 20 of the September 2009 issue of QST. Hams who work at least 25 /140 stations can earn an attractive certificate; this certificate can be endorsed in increments of 25 QSOs, up to 100. Maxim was no stranger to technology. He entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Class of 1886) and graduated at the tender age of 16. Through the activities of his son Hiram Hamilton Maxim, TOM became interested in Amateur Radio. In 1908, he filed for a patent for a firearms silencer; the patent was granted the following year. Maxim used this technology to make silencers for guns, motor exhausts, safety valves and air releases. In all, Maxim received 59 patents, most of them dealing in the field of mechanical engineering. In 1928, Maxim, along with other dignitaries of the day -- including Thomas Edison -- attended a party at the home of George Eastman, the founder of Kodak. TOM was an avid film buff and was even involved in the early days of motion pictures. Check out this video (available on YouTube "Kodacolor Garden Party" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osqjdVZDxCg ) of a dapper Maxim at Eastman's party. "I hope everyone enjoys our Special Event honoring Hiram Percy Maxim," said ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ. "I know if TOM was alive today, he would be on the air, having a ball!" Maxim, together with Clarence Tuska, founded the ARRL in 1914. Maxim served as President of the ARRL since its inception, until his death from complications stemming from a throat infection in 1936. -- Thanks to Howie Lash, AE0KU, for bringing the YouTube clip to our attention (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) So how is eligibility to add /140 determined? Only alpha members of ARRL? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. La Voz de la República Árabe Saharaui Democrática, Polisario clandestine via ALGERIA, Sept 2 at 0621 with strumming on 6297.1, good signal. Had been on 6300 for ages and in analog tuning I had not noticed the variation until reported by Brian Alexander on 6297.12 at 2120-2200 Aug 30. I feared ute QRM would be worse for the morning broadcast, but no problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) For couple of evenings UT I've been noting an Arabic speaking station around 6297. Aug 2 paid some attention to this and at 1900 on approximately 6297.1 there was a positive ID for RASD in Arabic (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, Sept 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also audible here, Jari, the last couple of mornings around 0645 UT - today (3rd) I made the frequency close to 6297.15. And also audible today was Radio Cairo in Arabic (home service) on 6290 at the same time. I thought at first RASD had moved even further down until I heard the ID, and then found 6297. The signal only occasionally moved the S meter, but it was very clear (Noel R. Green (NW England, ibid.) Hello, Noel! Yes, they're (very strong) on both 1550 & 6297 (ex-6300). As you may imagine, 1550 is the outlet I choose whenever I tune to their station for it's typically better than HF, at least more stable most of the time. I suppose the move has nothing to do with improving reception for the source of adjacent QRM is towards 6200, not upwards, so I'd say they're soon to move back to 6300 when less expected. Best rgds, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, ibid.) 6297.10 kHz at 1945 UT Sept 2nd. S=7-8 in southern Germany. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 1550, 2/9 2015, R. Nacional Saharui, RASD, // 6297.1 poor, strong QRM 6297.1v, 2/9 2011, Radio Nacional Saharui, RASD, music, fair to good, some QRM from 6290 ERTU [EGYPT] extra strong & distorted signal (Thanks to Leonardo Bolli) RX: Perseus, ANT: Wellbrook LFL 1010 (Giampiero Bernardini, Italy, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. The intruding TADIL-A `bonker` on 6130 has a problem at 06-07 UT only, when DRM runs on 6125-6135 from the DW/BBC coop via PORTUGAL, 90 kW at 30 degrees, but big signal here at 0629 Sept 2. In fact, only with BFO on could I barely hear the TADIL-A beeps, and too much DRM noise to count them. The DRM noise is rather like the data bursts which follow the beeps. So, does DRM ruin TADIL-A reception for its intended recipient, and does TADIL-A disrupt DRM reception anywhere? Both of these have no business intruding in the 49m analog SWBC band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Intruder in the middle of the 25m exclusive SWBC band: a tad below 11790, like 11789.9, 2-way SSB conversation in a non-Spanish language. Seems to be tonal Asian, Sept 2 at 1324; less adjacent broadcast QRM to it at 1411. This has been heard previously on same frequency, so unlike some of the Spanish ones which jump around, there is a better chance of DFing and tracing this, if anyone cared. 11789.9, the intruders with SSB 2-way conversation in tonal Asian language was here again Sept 3 at 1337, one of them quite a bit stronger than the other, with annoying vocalized pauses. Apparently a regular schedule, begging for DF detexion and crackdown. Could be offshore (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ SOURCES FOR SCHEDULE DATA Some may not be aware of the several sources on the web for SWBC schedule data. The "Aoki" list compiled by the Nagoya DX Club is at http://www.geocities.jp/binewsjp/bia09.txt It is updated almost daily. The "EiBi" list, compiled by Eike Bierwirth is at http://eibispace.de/ It is updated periodically, the last update being Aug. 30. The Primetime Shortwave ("PTSW") list of English language broadcasts moved a while back. It is currently at http://home.centurytel.net/danielsampson/ The HFCC public list, omitting a number of Asian broadcasters, is at http://www.hfcc.org/data/index.html It used to be updated occasionally through each broadcast season, but more recently is posted only once, shortly after the start of the season. For my own use I combine the above and some other lists from individual broadcasters into a single Excel spreadsheet with midnight crossover records split ('cause I like it that way) and sorted by frequency and time. It allows me to look at all the lists at the same time. The latest version for the current A09 broadcast schedule runs around 29000 rows. I've zipped it and posted it at http://www.hfskeds.com/skeds/ (Dan Ferguson, Member: North American Shortwave Association Web: http://www.naswa.net SWL at QTH.net via DXLD) THE MAGNA IS UPDATED with the latest EIBI and AOKI files. To download go to: http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML (Chuck Bolland, FL, Sept 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DXer.ca adds twitter feed despite gut feelings... Live comments and observations about radio conditions, current radio reviews, IRCA popping stories --- what have you. Going to give it a whirl and see what happens. http://twitter.com/dxerca (Colin ``Robert`` Newell, Victoria, British Columbia, IRCA via DXLD) *THIS FREQUENCY IS NOW CLOSING DOWN* If you are reading this, chances are I have used your DX information for this column at some point in time. Because this will be my final column (my reasons are in a personal note at the end of this column), I would like to thank you for your help. I couldn’t have done this for 13 years without you. I’m not sure who will be assuming my duties, but rest assured I will forward all my mailing list and contact to them; you should be hearing from them in due time; please afford them the same generosity and courtesy you’ve shown me. 73 & SK, Al Quaglieri [. . .] With this, I come not just to the end of another month’s items, but also the end of my stewardship of this column. This was entirely my decision, there is no personal drama or club intrigue behind it. A lot has changed since I began DXing in 1962: equipment, locations, me, the world, broadcasting itself. Some of these changes were for the better (most change is, whether we like it or not); others, however, have worked against me. Noise, for instance. I’ve been battling local RFI for decades. Now, noise is simply everywhere, all the time, and it has won; I can’t very well go to all my neighbors and ask them to unplug their plasma TV’s, their home security systems, their in-home powerline networking. Over time my RF noise floor has gradually risen to a level that has made real DXing impossible. Without DX, and with additional gremlins (CODAR, or DRM, anyone?), I haven’t been listening much lately. Not much at all. I believe that Listener’s Notebook really needs an editor who still has a hand in the game, and, regrettably, that is no longer me. Before turning over the reins to my successor, I must acknowledge the contributors who’ve helped make this column possible month after month, the supportive and interesting radio friends I’ve made in the process. You have all been wonderful, and I cannot thank you enough. To the publishing and executive staff of NASWA, your patience with thirteen years of my chronic tardiness certainly qualifies you for sainthood. Thank you for entrusting me with the keys to what was a distinguished DX institution long before I arrived. I hope I’ve left the place in decent condition. Can I have my deposit back now, please? And to everyone in the SWL community, I can only hope that in some small way I’ve helped better your enjoyment of this amazing hobby. We share something very special, you and I. As long as ghostly electronic whispers from afar continue to bounce about us, we will continue to be thrilled by the sheer joy of pulling them out of thin air. 73 and best of DX, (Al Quaglieri, NY, NASWA LN via DXLD) Tnx, Al for your tenure at LN; I was one of his predecessors long ago for a number of years, and DXLD can be considered a successor to the style of DX news coverage originally in LN (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS +++++++++++++++++++++++++ OFCOM POWER LINE TELECOMMUNICATIONS STATEMENT On Wednesday September 2 the UK regulator Ofcom published a statement on their website regarding Power Line Telecommunications (PLT). The statement says: "On the evidence, Ofcom has not so far found that there is a breach of the EMC essential requirements." This will surely seem unbelievable to those many radio listeners who have their enjoyment of radio shows ruined by the interference from PLT/PLA Data-Over-Mains devices. These units have been found to spoil radio reception up to 250 metres away from the house they were installed in. The Ofcom statement also says: "There are many other users of the HF Band including long range aeronautical and oceanic communications, the Ministry of Defence and international broadcasters. Ofcom has not received complaints of interference to these services." While it is probably true that ocean going vessels far from land, aircraft at 30,000 feet or our troops in Afghanistan may not have detected the high level of interference from PLT devices installed in some UK homes, the assertion that no complaints were received regarding interference to International Broadcasters is completely untenable. Data-Over-Mains/PLT devices such as those supplied as part of the BT Vision package have been shown to cause severe interference to the International Broadcast bands. To quote from Personal Computer World magazine December 2007: "Mains wiring acts as an aerial when passing radio-frequency data signals and, as we have reported before there are fears about the cumulative effect in cities if the technology gets taken up on the same scale as WiFi." Ofcom PLT Statement http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/enforcement/plt/ UKQRM is a group fighting this radio interference http://www.ukqrm.org/ Homeplug user - 'should I feel guilty about ham radio?' http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2009/should_i_feel_guilty_about_ham_radio.htm (Southgate http://www.southgatearc.org/news/september2009/ofcom_plt_statement.htm via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also UNIDENTIFIED 6130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DRM SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT APPROVED BY ETSI The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) system enhancement has been approved by the European Standards Organisation – ETSI. The DRM system revision v3.1.1 offers two major improvements like the extension to all broadcast bands up to 174 MHz and the introduction of MPEG surround support. The DRM system specification was revised to incorporate an additional mode designed for the lower VHF band (i.e. broadcast frequencies between 30 MHz and 174 MHz) allowing operation in bands I and II (the FM band). This standard enhancement is called DRM+. The membership vote for the new DRM System Specification (ETSI ES 201 980 V3.1.1) was closed and approved last week by a majority of members, including Russia and the US. A download version of the DRM system specification is now available on the ETSI website, http://www.etsi.org The DRM+ initiative began with a vote at the 2005 General Assembly of the DRM Consortium deciding to extend the standard to higher frequencies. The additional mode for DRM+ was agreed and finalised after testing and verifying the design with both laboratory and field based tests. Then the ETSI standardised DRM system specification was updated. This extension completely shares the successful design philosophy of the DRM standard. Therefore, DRM+ has the same multiplex and signaling scheme, the same OFDM design and the same audio codecs as DRM30 (i.e. DRM on broadcast frequencies up to 30MHz). DRM+ is implemented in the standard as robustness mode E. Its spectrum usage parameters are determined from the internationally agreed norms in the FM band (88 to 174 MHz). Therefore it has an occupied bandwidth of 95 kHz and a frequency grid of 100 kHz. ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) is recognised as an official European Standards Organisation by the European Union. ETSI standards are available as free-of-charge downloads worldwide. Hailing this development as a landmark in the history of DRM Digital Radio, Ruxandra Obreja, Chairperson DRM and Controller Business Development BBC World Service, said: “This makes the DRM system complete and it offers broadcasters a total digital solution in all bands – LW, SW, MW, band I and band II (the FM band). DRM+ will make radio sound its best ever with features such as CD-quality audio and surround sound effects. DRM is already the best digital solution for long-distance broadcasting on broadcast frequencies below 30 MHz. And now local and regional broadcasting will get the same digital radio benefits with adoption of the extended DRM standard for broadcast frequencies above 30 MHz.” All features of the updated DRM system specification will be on display at IBC2009 in Amsterdam from 11th-14th September. About DRM Digital Radio MondialeTM (DRM) is the universal, openly standardised digital broadcasting system for all broadcasting frequencies up to 174MHz, including LW, MW, SW, band I and II (FM band). DRM provides digital sound quality and the ease-of-use that comes from digital radio, combined with a wealth of enhanced features: Surround Sound, Journaline text information, Slideshow, EPG, and data services. DRM on short, medium and long wave for broadcasting bands up to 30 MHz (called 'DRM30') provides large coverage areas and low power consumption. The enhancement of the DRM standard for broadcast frequencies above 30 MHz ('DRM+') uses the same audio coding, data services, multiplexing and signaling schemes as DRM30 but introduces an additional transmission mode optimized for those bands. For more information and DRM updates please visit www.drm.org or subscribe to DRM news by writing to pressoffice@drm.org ------------------ (DRM Consortium, Postal Box 360, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland, E-Mail: projectoffice @ drm.org Site: http://www.drm.org DRM Press Release 02.09.2009 via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES FCC TO HELP CALIFORNIA STATIONS --- TV STATIONS AUTHORIZED TO ERECT EMERGENCY ANTENNAS WITHOUT COMMISSION CLEARANCE By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, September 1, 2009 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/print/339108-FCC_To_Help_California_Stations.php The FCC's Media Bureau has outlined procedures it has put in place to help TV and radio stations continue to reach over-the-air viewers if their towers are "compromised" by the California wildfires. In a public notice issued late Monday, the bureau provided staff contacts for affected broadcasters and explained what avenues were available for expedited applications, waivers of standard commission policy and other help. Those include cutting red tape for applications for special temporary authority to operate the station at variance with its FCC-authorized operation, allowing radio and TV stations to erect emergency antennas without first clearing it with the commission, allowing AM radio stations to remain at full power throughout the night based on the "good faith" assurance that it is necessary to protect life and property, and, if necessary, waivers of the usual notification timelines for stations that have to discontinue operations. The waiver to allow emergency antennas for any station knocked off the air by fires is good through Oct. 31. The waiver for AM nighttime operation is good through Sept. 11. California stations needing individual contacts for any of the above can find them on the public notice at this link. At press time the fires still threatened almost two dozen TV and radio towers atop Mt. Wilson outside Los Angeles. "Any time you are looking at something large-scale like this and its effect on communications, the number one priority is to make sure that broadcasters can get emergency information out to the public, including direction and guidance on actions they should be taking to protect themselves," said Rob Kenny, spokesman for the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (via Brock Whaley, Sept 2, DXLD) STATIONS SAY THEY'RE READY IF FIRE DAMAGES TOWERS == Transmitters on Mt. Wilson provide TV and FM radio signals. By GARY LYCAN Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Orange Co. Register Firefighters kept watch on Mt. Wilson Monday and today as the wildfire came within a half-mile of an observatory and the towers that provide FM radio, TV and cellular communications to the region. Radio stations broadcast advisories that if they had to switch to a transmitting site with lower power, on-air listening would be impacted. Web site streaming would not be affected. Clear Channel's KYSR/98.7 FM said it would Tweet listeners if there are changes. Public radio station KPCC/89.3 FM said it had made plans to switch to a transmitter on Lookout Mountain if it became necessary. It "will operate at relatively low power and height, but is expected to cover a significant portion of the normal broadcast areas in Los Angeles and Orange County," a station press release announced. TV stations announced on local newscasts the following: a) viewers with cable or satellite will not see any changes b) viewers with TV set antennas will lose the TV signal, but can watch station's programming streamed on its website. CBS executive Scott Mason said "plans are in place" to use backup sites for JACK/93.1 FM, KTWV/94.7 FM and AMP/97.1 FM, and KRTH/101.1 FM. "KROQ/106.7 FM is on another mountain," he e-mailed. "We have contingencies for all situations," he added. Clear Channel said it had backup plans for KIIS/102.7 FM, KBIG/104.3 FM, KOST/ 103.5 FM, KHHT/92.3 FM. KKGO/105.1 FM (Go Country) would temporarily move to 1260 and 540 AM "should the fires affect our tower," said P.J. Ochlan, spokesman for Mount Wilson Inc., which also operates non-commercial KKJZ/88.1 FM in Long Beach. The KKJZ tower is in Signal Hill. There are no AM station towers on Mt. Wilson, said Scott Fybush, tower site expert with his own website (fybush.com). He travels across the U.S. to take photos of transmitter sites, including Mt. Wilson. The KNX/1070 AM tower is in Torrance, the KFWB/980 tower is in East Los Angeles, and the KFI/640 AM tower is in La Mirada. According to Fybush, FMs without backup facilities at other sites include KPFK/90.7 FM, KSCA/101.9, KKGO/105.1, and KLVE/107.5. In addition to the CBS and Clear Channel FMs, KPWR/105.9 and KXOS/93.9 have backup facilities at other sites. Firefighters retreated from the area Sunday, but flame retardant airdrops continued as needed on the 5,700-foot peak. "Whether it runs up to Mt. Wilson and does intensive burning or just burns slowly around Mount Wilson, that's up to the fire. We have no control over that," said Los Angeles County fire Capt. Mark Whaling. The Associated Press contributed to this report (via Brock Whaley, DXLD) Mount Wilson DXing Opportunity The good news is that word tonight is very positive that the mountain and all of its contents should be saved. Something like 150 firefighters now atop the mountain working their magic --- and they have done an absolutely phenomenal job out here since this thing began. A handful of stations have reduced power and/or shut down IBOC that are based atop the mountain though. That yielded 4 new catches for me this evening. 101.3, KATY Idyllwild, CA, 85 mi, 1.5 kW 100.9, KAEH Beaumont, CA, 68 mi, 1.5 kW 94.5, XHA Tijuana 20 kW 92.9, XHFZO Ensenada, Baja, 185 mi, 15 Kw, by far my longest trop catch here so far, by 50-60 mi.; pretty sad, actually. But certainly a unique DXing opportunity given the current landscape of SoCal radio (Matt Lanza, Pasadena, CA, 0416 UT Sept 2, WTFDA via DXLD) Mt. Wilson EMS comm nightmare There is a blog about the Station Fire and the (seemingly lessening) crisis on Mount Wilson. We talked about all of the RF up there with all of the towers. Never thought that communication with first responders would be effected by the monster RF up there but makes sense that it would be. -- Wednesday, 2 Sep 09, 5:56 am PDT - A briefing by Incident Commander Dietrich is underway as I write this. He reported that Mount Wilson "is still in good shape" and described their difficulties in communication on the site due to the intense radio frequency interference emanating from the broadcast facilities on the mountain. -- http://joy.chara.gsu.edu/CHARA/fire.php 73, (Dave Hascall, IN, ibid.) CGC COMMUNICATOR The CGC Communicator, a southern California professional broadcasters` newsletter, has been an excellent source of info about the Mt Wilson and other fires. Normally published weekly, it`s been coming out daily or even more often with new info. It seems their own archive has not been able to keep up: http://www.bext.com/_CGC/ But new issues are posted on the ABDX list, where the latest one is available here and you may look for others: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABDX/message/39923 You may also take out your own e-mail sub to CGC Communicator (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ANTIQUE RADIO CAUSES A FREAK ACCIDENT Cate Blanchett was hurt last night when a fight scene in a performance of A Streetcar Named Desire went badly wrong at a Sydney theatre. The award-winning actress was struck by a radio that had been hurled towards her as part of the performance. She was left with blood pouring from her head. The show had to be cancelled when it was decided she was hurt too much to continue. The Oscar-winning actress, who plays Blanche DuBois, was injured when taking part in a scene with Joel Edgerton, who plays Stanley Kowalski - the role that was immortalised by Marlon Brando in the black and white film. When the 60's-style radio struck her in the side of the head, she dropped to her hands and knees and the shocked audience saw blood begun to run down her face. But she courageously got to her feet and tried to continue. Then, when she was required to climb some stairs, she realised she could not go on and left the stage. Mr Edgerton continued performing for a few minutes and was lying in a bath when a backstage official asked him to leave the stage. At that point the show was cancelled. More at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1210728/Cate-Blanchett-injured-stage-fight-scene-goes-badly-wrong.html#ixzz0Pz99XjPC (via Sergei S., IL, Sept 2, dxldyg via DXLD) Which Sydney; is there one in the UK? I read the whole story and nowhere does it say or imply which Sydney this took place in: just Sydney, Earth, apparently. See http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081112182019AA7eTEh Fortunately my trouble was not wasted as I was also led to this by the Daily Mail: Look at me! Kim Kardashian strips down to her underwear on Twitter (gh, DXLD) When they were talking about it on ABC News Radio this morning they said it wasn't a real radio - but a light prop. And, yes, it was Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Wayne Bastow, Wyoming, NSW, Australia, 33 23' 44.29" South, 151 21' 11.99" East, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) GRUNDIG G3 I remember the days before Passport equipment reviews were printed in the short wave club bulletins. I remember considering joining a big and expensive American short wave club in order to read their equipment reviews. The Grundig G3 is now on the market, and we need a good review of it in CONTACT Magazine. In July, Universal Radio printed a flyer on it. Popular Communications magazine will definitely not review any Grundig product, because Grundig buys two pages of ads in every issue, and the former editor was fired for reviewing Grundig. A reliable source has informed me about the Grundig G3, "synchronous detector not as good as I would have hoped." I do not want to buy and review this receiver. I am prejudiced against it. I do not want to use it for my regular monitoring - and that is what is necessary for a review - because I have better receivers. It will cost me double the USA price because of the Israeli taxes. After the review, I won't need it - I have enough workhorse receivers. Furthermore, I type on paper. This will be a long review. Arthur Ward would have to copy it - type it over - to get it into a computer. We need a member who really wants a Grundig G5 and is willing to waste another thirty dollars in order to get a G3 and review it. Anyone who buys a G3, please inform CONTACT Magazine. I would like to read owner comment on the Grundig Satellit 750 (David Crystal, Israel, Sept World DX Club Contact via DXLD) WATKINS JOHNSON HF1000 HELP NEEDED Re 9-066: Glenn, Yes the numbers are worn off. Yes, there's nothing wrong with the HF1000 except the numbers on the keypad have "worn" off. Thanks for putting my plea in DXLD. No one's come forth with an idea yet (Chuck Bolland, FL, Sept 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ SEVERE SPACE WEATHER January 21, 2009: Did you know a solar flare can make your toilet stop working? That's the surprising conclusion of a NASA-funded study by the National Academy of Sciences entitled Severe Space Weather Events— Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts. In the 132-page report, experts detailed what might happen to our modern, high-tech society in the event of a "super solar flare" followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm. They found that almost nothing is immune from space weather—not even the water in your bathroom . . . http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/21jan_severespaceweather.htm (via Ted Randall, DXLD) depends on electricity for pumping, etc., etc. ARE SUNSPOTS DISAPPEARING? NASA Science News for September 3, 2009 The sun is in the pits of the deepest solar minimum in nearly a century. Weeks and sometimes whole months go by without even a single tiny sunspot. Are sunspots disappearing? Experts discuss the question in today's story from Science@NASA. "Personally, I'm betting that sunspots are coming back," says researcher Matt Penn of the National Solar Observatory (NSO) in Tucson, Arizona. But, he allows, "there is some evidence that they won't." FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/03sep_sunspots.htm?list1066436 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ###