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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO #1138: (DOWNLOAD) http://www.k4cc.net/wor1138.rm (STREAM) http://www.k4cc.net/wor1138.ram (SUMMARY) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1138.html (ONDEMAND) http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/worldofradio.html ON WORLD RADIO NETWORK: Sat 0800 rest of world; Sun 1400 North America WWCR BROADCASTS: Sat 0500, Sun 0230 5070, 0630 3210, Mon 0100 9475 RFPI BROADCASTS: Sat 0130, 0730, Sun 0000, 0600, on 7445-USB, 15038.6 SOLICITED TESTIMONIAL 100% de acuerdo con D. Fischer!: es una buena hora para -una vez más- decirte Gracias! Glenn. Muchas gracias... por no aflojar ni abajo del agua!, como decimos en el Río de la Plata (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay) ** AFGHANISTAN. AFGHAN RADIO STATION BEGINS TO FIND VOICE Wed Jul 3, 3:43 PM ET, By Denise Duclaux JABAL-US-SARAJ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Zakia Zaki broadcasts a message of stability and equality to Afghanistan, but, as director of a radio station that is breaking the mold, she knows she needs time and lots of it to get it across. "In my point of view, it will take a while," said Zaki, a proud woman with a bright smile who runs the "Voice of Peace" station with her husband Abdul Ahad in the bustling town of Jabal-us-Saraj, 40 miles north of Kabul.... [on FM] http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020703/lf_nm/afghan_radio_dc_2 (via Artie Bigley, and Mike Terry, DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. Recibí un hermoso (y gigante) certificado de sintonía enviado por Radio Baluarte, en unos 30 días. Además, remitió una pequeña tarjeta QSL que complementa el anterior (ambos con datos completos). El V/S es Hugo Eidinger, Director de la emisora. El slogan que tiene la emisora es: "La Voz de las Tres Fronteras de América". El certificado de sintonía tiene el sello de la emisora con la fecha en que fue verificado el reporte, es decir, el 27 de junio, habiendo sido despachada la carta el 29 de junio por correo simple desde Puerto Iguazú. La dirección a la que envié el reporte fue: Casilla de Correos 45, 3370 Puerto iguazu (Provincia de Misiones= Argentina (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, July 5, Conexión Digital via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA [non]. 17895, Radio Africa International via Moosbrunn heard 13 January 2002 at 1544-1559. SINPO=35333. Africa map QSL received in 167 days, v/s Raphael Mbodinga, Associate Producer, via New York City United Methodist Church office. My original mail DX Report to Vienna did not elicit a reply, but my reminder to Donna Niemann in NYC drew an immediate QSL (George Glotzbach, Santa Fe NM, Cumbre DX July 4 via DXLD) Oops! If Niemann and Mbodinga QSLed this, they are just as confused as you are. The 17895 broadcast from Austria at this hour was ****not**** the Methodist ``R. Africa International``, which originates in NY and is transmitted at other times and other frequencies via Germany, but instead the Vienna ethnic station which has been carried at certain times via Moosbrunn. There is **no** connexion between them, as we have pointed out several times before, except that unfortunately they use the same name! Goes to show what can be accomplished in relentless pursuit of so-called ``verifications`` by not paying attention, on the part of broadcasters as well as listeners (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOUGAINVILLE. 3850 LSB, R Free Bougainville, 1039 June 28. Fading in and out with M in Tok Pisin with discussion. Surprisingly, this was heard only Friday PNG time, with nary a het at any time on Sat-Sun. On these days, a ham net was active but there were significant openings between discussions. The R Free Bougainville reception was very low compared with the other PNGs - entirely Tok Pisin with no opening (just faded up from the het which was on after 0930). There were the usual "long" and "long long" of Tok Pisin, as well as one mention of Bougainville. Pretty poor levels made this one a tough one, but I handed the headphones to John Bryant who also confirmed it as R Free Bougainville (he'd heard this before from Grayland years ago) (Don Nelson, Grayland WA DXpedition, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 17920, CBCNS, 1545 June 30. I'm still hearing the Northern Service on this freq. as I did a week or two ago. Very fadey from poor to inaudible and // to 9625. Again off at 1559 while continuing on 9625. I believe GH picked up on this item last time I reported it and said it was a mixing product of RCI which relays the Northern Service at times. Since both times I heard it, it was on a Sunday morning, I assume he is correct (John Sgrulletta, NY, Cumbre DX via DXLD) Yes, but not exactly as you put it. RCI does not relay the Northern Service. Both RCI and the NS do relay, at certain times, CBC Radio One. RCI uses 17800 for this, but only on Saturday and Sunday, including 1300-1600 for This Morning, Sunday, which is also on 9625 CBC Northern. Another Sackville transmitter relays Austria daily at 1500-1600 on 17860, which is halfway between 17800 and 17920. Thus the mixing product on 17920, which if it were stronger, might display some traces of the Austrian audio too, but not necessarily, as such spurs work. BTW, on M-F, the RCI relay of CBC in the morning runs an hour earlier at 1200-1500 and on 17820 instead, so this particular mix could not occur weekdays, but ought to be audible on Saturdays. Now, if you actually heard a Northern Quebec service ID on 17920, which I suspect you did not, but merely assumed this by \\ 9625, there would have to be an additional mixup in feed circuits Montreal/Sackville, which certainly has been known to happen as well (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CBC Previews: Friday, July 5: ATLANTIC JAZZ FESTIVAL: ***pre-empts In Performance*** Tune in to CBC Radio Two...join host Peter Togni for Opening Night of the Atlantic Jazz Festival. In Hour One, Peter previews some of the acts in this year's festival. And in hour Two, live from the Schooner Room of the Halifax Casino, Greg Carter leads the Maritime Jazz Orchestra, featuring saxophonists PJ Perry and Mike Murley, Renee Rosnes on piano, trumpeter Paul Tynan, drummer Terry Clarke, and the great American jazz vocalist Kurt Elling. That's the Atlantic Jazz Festival special, starting at 8:00 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two. IDEAS: Tonight on Ideas...Part One of Civil Disobedience: a look at the tradition of refusing to submit to arbitrary authority - from Henry David Thoreau in 1840s America to the protests of today. That's tonight on Ideas at 9:05 (9:35 NT) on CBC Radio One. (CONTINUES NEXT FRIDAY) CBC Previews for Saturday, July 6: GO: Tune in to CBC this Saturday morning for the premiere of Go, a hot new summer series. Join host Brent Bambury as he heads to Newfoundland to track down Canada's elusive "Gravel Pit Campers". Also on the program, a new twist on movie reviews, Saturday morning routines, and a chat with Josey Vogels, author of "The Secret Language of Girls." That's Go, Saturday morning at 10:05 (10:35 NT) on CBC Radio One. [so this is the replacement for BASIC BLACK] OFF THE CUFF: Tune in to CBC Radio One this Saturday for the debut of Off the Cuff. What's the best book native playwright Thomson Highway ever read? What does flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook do to keep romance burning? And why does songwriter Jimmy Rankin think all men are pigs? Find out on Off the Cuff - the game show that gets Great Canadians to tell stories for meaningless points. It all gets underway at 11:28 (11:58 on the Rock) Saturday morning on CBC Radio One. QUIRKS AND QUARKS: This week on Quirks and Quarks... Getting the Dope on Dope: The Science of Medical Marijuana. Canada recently made the use of marijuana as medicine a little easier. But does the science justify that decision? Do we really understand how marijuana works, and is it proven enough to move from the recreation room to the medicine cabinet? Also, news on genetically-modified corn and the Monarch butterfly. That's Quirks and Quarks, with host Bob McDonald, Saturday afternoon at 12:06 (12:36 NT) on CBC Radio One. DEFINITELY NOT THE OPERA: This week on the summer edition of DNTO... Nora takes on technology, separating reality from hype: remember how e-books were going to spell the end for paper publishing? Also, one of Chas Lawther's funny and thought-provoking stand-up documentaries. In "You're Here, Then You're Not," Chas takes on mortality. And on Rebel Angels of Song, the career of ground-breaking folk singer Sandy Denny. That's on Definitely Not the Opera Saturday after the one p.m. news (1:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND: Saturday on the World This Weekend... Women have made enormous progress in the western world in the past few decades. But not in Chile. Chile remains a bastion of machismo, in which women in bad or even abusive marriages cannot divorce. Men have all the property rights and are not required to support their children. A bill for divorce reform is in the works, but as Reese Erlich reports, the Catholic Church in Chile actively opposes it. That report and more, Saturday on The World This Weekend at 6:00 pm (7 AT; 7:30 NT) on both CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two. SUMMER COMEDY SUMMARY: This week on the Summer Comedy Summary... host Al Rae welcomes Steve Shuster, comedian and son of Frank Shuster. Steve talks about his famous dad. Also, hear from Steve's comedy writers and from Nancy White on gender inequality and why daddy gets all the hugs. That's the Summer Comedy Summary, Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. (7:30 AT; 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio Two. WEEKEND HOT SHEET, SUNDAY JULY 7, 2001 --- THE SUNDAY EDITION: This week on The Sunday Edition, meet shark lover Peter Benchley, who's spent 30 years trying to make up for scaring us with his book "Jaws." Also, on Aging Dangerously: Louise Bennett has won many honours - in her homeland of Jamaica and her adopted home here - for her work as a writer, poet and performer. The Honourable Louise Bennett-Coverley - Miss Lou - spoke with Michael Enright in January. And more in Paul Kennedy's series "Learning from the Oceans." That's The Sunday Edition, with guest host Elisabeth Gray, right after the 9 a.m. news (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. SUMMER COMEDY SUMMARY: This week on the Summer Comedy Summary [as above] Sunday afternoon at 1:00 (1:30 NT, 4:00 PT) on CBC Radio One. TAPESTRY: This week on Tapestry...The Joy of Emptiness: a conversation with Dr. Mark Epstein, a psychiatrist from New York City who uses Buddhism to help people heal. He believes that the only way we can become whole is to become empty. Also, a visit to a sanctuary for meditation that's inside the walls of Springhill Prison in Nova Scotia. That's on Tapestry, with host Don Hill, Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. (2:30 NT; 4:00 p.m. MT; 3:00 pm. PT) on CBC Radio One. WRITERS AND COMPANY: This week on Writers and Company, more in the series Original Minds, wide-ranging conversations with luminaries in literature, science, music, economics and more. This week, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with American novelist and essayist Susan Sontag. For almost forty years, Sontag has devoted herself to an analysis and appreciation of European culture. Now she looks at America. That's Writers & Company, Sunday at 3:08 (3:38 NT, 5:08 CT/MT/PT) on CBC Radio One. CROSS-COUNTRY CHECKUP: Sunday on Cross Country Checkup ...world justice. This week the International Criminal Court came into being. It has long been sought as a permanent institution to try war criminals and heads of state previously protected by their positions. The U-S says it won't work ...it will be tainted by politics. What do you think? Does the U-S have reason to distrust the new court? Join guest host Alison Smith Sunday on Cross Country Checkup, from 4 until 6 (EASTERN) on CBC Radio One. THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND: Sunday on The World This Weekend...For almost twenty years, the southern Sudanese have been fighting for independence against the government in the north. This relentless war has deeply affected all aspects of living in southern Sudan, but the lives of children are most disturbed. For thousands of children there is no chance of an education. And, as Rupert Cook reports, they can only hope for a future without guns. Hear that report Sunday on The World This Weekend at 6 pm (7 AT; 7:30 NT) on both CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two. SAY IT WITH MUSIC: This week on Say It With Music...a tribute to the late, great American singer Rosemary Clooney, who died last Saturday. Say it With Music, Sunday at 4:00 p.m. (4:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two. KINFOLK: Throughout July in the timeslot normally occupied by Roots & Wings, join host Kinzey Posen for Kinfolk, a very personal look at folk and jazz. This week, Kinzey introduces you to Mariza from Portugal, the latest artist to continue the Fado tradition. Also, the story of two proud mothers who can't say enough about their sons, one a lawyer, the other an incredibly well-known musician. And Kinzey pays tribute to bassist Ray Brown who died last Tuesday. That's on Kinfolk, Sunday evening at 5:05 (5:35 NT) on CBC Radio Two. (CBC Hotsheets, excerpted by gh for DXLD) ** CANADA. 1610 AM BACK TESTING, NOW WITH ANNOUNCEMENT TAPE Thanks to a tip this morning from Ricky Leong of Brossard, Quebec, we now have word that the new station in Montreal on 1610 kHz is testing again. He first heard them around 11 AM Eastern this morning, July 5. I tuned them in at 2 PM Eastern. They were fairly strong, playing a mix of music, but each 30 minutes on the hour and half-hour, they were inserting a French language station ID. I will translate it for the benefit of those not understanding French: "This is CJWI 1610 AM Montreal, a station operated by CPAM Radio Union.com. We transmit with a power of one kilowatt. We are presently in a period of technical verification. If you are a victim of noise or interference due to our transmission, contact us immediately at 514- 287-1288 (number repeated), or by electronic mail, pierre@qc.aira.com (address repeated). Very soon, CPAM Radio Union.com, 24 hours a day will offer dynamic programming destined for the French language cultural community of Montreal. Thank you for listening. CPAM Radio Union.com 1610 AM" (Sheldon Harvey, Owner-Radio H.F., Canada's specialist in radio communications http://www.total.net/~radiohf President-Canadian International DX Club, Canada's national radio monitoring club since 1962 http://www.anarc.org/cidx/ (via DXLD) ** CHINA. Xinjiang People's Broadcasting Station. Received verification letter in Chinese in three months for Chinese report, used stamps, US$1 and SWL card. Station also sent used PRC stamps, taking care to leave the complete postmarks showing town names in Chinese and Uygur intact (some of these from remote locations!) and a postmark of the Id-Kah mosque in Kashgar. Regarding my feedback that there's co-channel QRM from Radio Tashkent on 5060 kHz, the letter says that they had since increase power output (!) to counter the interference. The letter is stamped with the station seal in Chinese and Uygur (Richard Lam, Singapore, Cumbre DX July 4 via DXLD) ** CHINA. OBSERVER #198 / 05-07-2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OBSERVER is an edition of RADIO BULGARIA compiled by Ivo Ivanov and Angel Datzinov. Items here may be reproduced if it is mentioned "OBSERVER-BUL". All times in UT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMER A-02 SCHEDULE OF CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL AS OF JULY 3: 0000-0027 Hakka 15400 15260 15100 11945 9550 9460 6140 Portuguese 11850 0000-0057 Russian 9870 9725 7110 1521 Spanish 17720 11880 0030-0057 Chaochou 15400 15260 15100 11945 9550 9460 6140 Portuguese 15420 11850 11650 0100-0157 English 9790 9580 Russian 1521 Spanish 17720 11880 9665 0200-0257 Chinese 15435 9690 Spanish 17720 13685 11650 0300-0357 Chinese 9720 English 9690 Spanish 11765 9560 Russian 17740 17710 15435 0400-0457 English 9730 9560 0830-0857 Hausa 7170 0830-0927 Indonesian 17735 15135 0900-0957 Chinese 17785 15440 15340 15250 15110 11905 11875 11700 9550 7360 English 15210 11730 0930-1027 Malay 17680 15135 0930-1527 Japanese 9855 7190 1044 1000-1057 Cantonese 17755 15440 11875 702 Chinese 17785 15340 7360 English 15210 11730 Russian 15110 9725 7820 7110 5145 1116 963 1030-1127 Cambodian 17680 15165 1080 Indonesian 15135 11700 1100-1127 Esperanto 9590 7170 1100-1157 Cantonese 17785 15340 11875 9590 702 Mongolian 5850 5145 Russian 9870 9725 7110 1521 1116 963 Vietnamese 9550 1296 1100-1257 Korean 5965 1017 1130-1157 Burmese 9880 9590 1269 1188 Tagalog/En 11700 1341 1130-1227 Thai 9785 7360 6010 1200-1227 Tagalog/En 12110 11700 1341 1200-1257 Cambodian 9440 1080 Cantonese 17680 English 15415 11980 11855 11760 9760 9730 1341 1188 Mongolian 9870 5850 5145 1314 Russian 1521 1323 963 Vietnamese 9550 1296 1200-1257 Chinese 17785 15260 15340 11875 1230-1327 Lao 9785 7360 6140 Malay 15135 11955 1300-1327 Burmese 11780 9880 1269 Esperanto 15210 11650 1300-1357 Chinese 17785 15260 11875 15340 9440 English 15180 11980 11900 11760 9570 7405 1341 French 13685 9890 Russian 9870 5850 5145 4883 4815 1521 1323 963 Vietnamese 9550 1296 1300-1457 Korean 5965 1017 1330-1357 Burmese 11780 9880 1269 1330-1427 Indonesian 15135 11955 Thai 9785 7360 6140 1400-1427 Sinhalese 15145 11900 1188 Turkish 15165 11750 1400-1457 Amoy 15340 11650 9715 7335 Cambodian 17710 15180 English 17720 15125 13685 15110 11675 9700 7405 Mongolian 9870 4883 4815 Russian 1521 1323 963 Tamil 15210 11575 9590 Vietnamese 9550 1296 684 1430-1457 Sinhalese 15145 11900 1188 Tagalog/En 12110 1341 1430-1527 Lao 9675 7360 6140 1080 1500-1527 Bengali 15300 11810 1188 Nepalese 9535 7215 1269 Pashto 11880 9665 Persian 11750 9570 1500-1557 Chinese 11825 11760 English 15125 13685 9785 7160 Hindi 11675 9690 Russian 11790 11650 9870 9765 4883 4815 1521 963 Vietnamese 9550 684 1530-1557 Bengali 15300 11810 1188 Nepalese 9535 7215 1269 Pashto 11880 9665 9570 1600-1627 Swahili 12000 11600 Turkish 11685 11740 Urdu 7175 1323 1600-1657 Arabic 17880 17580 15490 15125 11760 English 9870 9565 Hakka 15580 11825 Hindi 11675 9690 1269 Russian 13655 11945 11875 11780 9885 9765 1521 Vietnamese 7360 6010 684 1630-1657 Swahili 12000 11600 Urdu 7175 1323 1700-1727 Swahili 15125 12000 11640 1700-1757 Cantonese 15580 9770 English 15205 11920 9695 9670 9570 Russian 13655 11945 11875 11780 11685 11650 9885 9795 9765 1521 1730-1757 Hausa 13670 11640 1730-1827 Chinese 13610 11835 11760 11660 9745 9685 9645 1800-1827 Hausa 13670 11790 11640 Hungarian 11810 11775 9860 Persian 15595 9670 9550 1800-1857 German 15130 11650 Russian 11945 11875 11685 11630 9795 9765 9585 9535 1521 1830-1857 Bulgarian 11810 11775 9860 Italian 11850 9945 Persian 13650 11740 9670 9550 1830-1927 Arabic 11640 11835 12035 13670 French 11760 11660 9645 9620 1900-1927 Albanian 11810 9965 Czech 11775 9585 Romanian 11740 7305 Portuguese 11825 9535 Turkish 11750 9785 1900-1957 Cantonese 11895 9765 English 13790 9440 German 15130 11650 Russian 11945 11685 11630 9795 1521 1930-1957 Albanian 11730 9965 Czech 9585 7305 Romanian 11775 11740 Portugues 15125 13775 11810 11640 Turkish 1170 1930-2027 French 11835 11760 11660 9645 9620 2000-2027 Esperanto 11810 11730 9965 Polish 11775 9585 6150 Serbian 13650 11680 2000-2057 Chinese 13790 13775 11870 11610 9765 9685 7660 English 15110 13630 11790 11640 9440 Russian 11945 9795 7255 2030-2057 Bulgarian 13650 6150 Hungarian 11775 11680 Italian 11810 9965 Polish 11850 9585 2030-2127 French 13715 12010 11660 9730 9560 2100-2127 Albanian 6150 English 13630 11640 Italian 11680 9965 9610 Serbian 13650 9550 2100-2157 Arabic 11965 9765 9685 English 15110 11790 Spanish 11775 9640 2130-2157 Hungarian 9570 6150 2130-2227 French 15500 12015 11975 11660 11610 9560 2200-2227 Portuguese 15110 11650 2200-2257 English 9880 Spanish 11775 11690 9640 2230-2257 Chinese 15500 15110 11975 Esperanto 11700 9860 2230-2327 Chinese 15400 15260 15100 11945 9550 9460 6140 2300-2357 Chinese 11975 7170 English 13680 5990 Russian 17710 15110 Spanish 11880 11650 2330-2357 Cantonese 15400 15260 15100 11945 9550 9460 6140 73 from Ivo and Angel! Observer, Bulgaria, July 5 via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. In WOR 1138 you add "[note correxion]" to the address of La Voz de tu? Conciencia, but the address you mention is in point of fact the wrong one. It should be Calle 44 No. 13-69 as in DXLD 2107. By the way, Stendal has now confirmed the actual name of station. It is as given in the following note. La Voz de su Conciencia (The Voice of your Conscience), presently on 6064.5, but shortly to move to 6060, can be reached by ordinary mail in c/o Librería Colombia para Cristo, Calle 44 No. 13-69, Barrio Palermo, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. Address previously given as Carrera 44 No. 13-69 is incorrect. They are very interested in reception reports with specific information on sources of interference (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, July 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I didn`t notice the distinxion between Carrera and Calle, focusing on adding the Barrio (gh, DXLD) ** COSTA RICA. Besides SW... It is important for RFPI to have available to listeners a 24 hour per day reliable live stream on the internet. Due to our remote location, this has been a challenge. We have devised a way to do this by using a cable modem connection here in Costa Rica. We will broadcast a data signal via microwave from RFPI to a remote site that has this cable connection. This will create a faultless link to the world wide web. We need approximately $6,000 for equipment (cables, connectors, modem, cable modem, 2 microwave dishes, towers, 2-4 GHz transceivers) to make this a reality. We need your help.... (Solicitation from Gil Carmichael, Executive Director, RFPI Office of Development, P O Box 1094, Eugene, OR 97440 via DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. Contrary to DXLD 2-103, typo in URL for very informative affidavit by FCC agent in the arrest of Ana Belen Montes, is really at http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/Montes_092101.pdf or Click on AFFIDAVIT at http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2001/09/Montes_092101.html (Since I often find mistakes like this in DXLD before anyone else, it makes me wonder if anybody is really reading what I emit -gh) Here are just as few, 5 thru 7, of its many pages, relating to SW numbers: II. MONTES's Toshiba Laptop Computer and Shortwave Radio A. Communication From the Cuban Intelligence Service (CuIS) to MONTES via Shortwave Radio 11. Based on my knowledge and familiarity with the methodology of the Cuban intelligence service, I am aware that the CuIS often communicates with clandestine CuIS agents operating outside Cuba by broadcasting encrypted messages at certain high frequencies. Under this method, the CuIS broadcasts on a particular frequency a series of numbers. The clandestine agent, monitoring the message on a shortwave radio, keys in the numbers onto a computer and then uses a diskette containing a decryption program to convert the seemingly random series of numbers into Spanish-language text. This was the methodology employed by some of the defendants convicted last June in the Southern District of Florida of espionage on behalf of Cuba and acting as unregistered agents of Cuba, in the case of United States of America v. Gerardo Hernández, et al., Cr. No. 98-721-CR-Lenard(s)(s). Although it is very difficult to decrypt a message without access to the relevant decryption program, once decrypted on the agent's computer the decrypted message resides on the computer's hard drive unless the agent takes careful steps to cleanse the hard drive of the message. Simply ``deleting`` the file is not sufficient. 12. Based on the evidence described below, I have concluded that MONTES was a clandestine CuIS agent who communicated with her handling CuIS officer in the manner described above. 13. A receipt obtained from a CompUSA store located in Alexandria, Virginia indicated that on October 5, 1996, one ``Ana B. Montes`` purchased a refurbished Toshiba laptop computer, model 405CS, serial number 10568512. 14. During a court-authorized surreptitious entry into MONTES's residence, conducted by the FBI on May 25, 2001, FBI agents observed in her residence a Toshiba laptop computer with the serial number set out above. During the search, the agents electronically copied the laptop’s hard drive. During subsequent analysis of the copied hard drive, the FBI recovered substantial text that had been deleted from the laptop's hard drive. 15. The recovered text from the laptop's hard drive included significant portions of a Spanish-language message, which when printed out with standard font comes to approximately 11 pages of text. The recovered portion of the message does not expressly indicate when it was composed. However, it instructs the message recipient to travel to ``the Friendship Heights station`` on ``Saturday, November 23rd.`` My review of a calendar indicates that November 23 fell on a Saturday in 1996; the next time thereafter November 23 falls on a Saturday is in 2002. Accordingly, this message was composed sometime before November 23, 1996, and entered onto MONTES's laptop sometime after October 5, 1996, the date she purchased it. Based on its content, I have concluded that it is a message from a CuIS officer to MONTES. 16. Portions of the recovered message included the following: ``You should go to the WIPE program and destroy that file according to the steps which we discussed during the contact. This is a basic step to take every time you receive a radio message or some disk.`` 17. During this same search, the agents also observed a Sony shortwave radio stored in a previously opened box on the floor of the bedroom. The agents turned on the radio to confirm that it was operable. Also found was an earpiece that could be utilized with this shortwave radio, allowing the radio to be listened to more privately. Similar earpieces were found in the residences of the defendants in the Hernández case, as described above in paragraph 11. 18. The recovered portion of the message begins with the following passage: Nevertheless, I learned that you entered the code communicating that you were having problems with radio reception. The code alone covers a lot, meaning that we do not know specifically what types of difficulty you are having. Given that it's only been a few days since we began the use of new systems, let's not rule out that the problem might be related to them. In that case, I'm going to repeat the necessary steps to take in order to retrieve a message. The message then describes how the person reading the message should ``write the information you send to us and the numbers of the radio messages which you receive.`` The message later refers to going ``to a new line when you get to the group 10 of the numbers that you receive via radio,`` and still later gives as an ``example`` a series of groups of numbers: ``22333 44444 77645 77647 90909 13425 76490 78399 7865498534.`` After some further instruction, the message states: ``Here the program deciphers the message and it retrieves the text onto the screen, asking you if the text is okay or not.`` Near the conclusion of the message, there is the statement ``In this shipment you will receive the following disks: . . . 2) Disk ``R1`` to decipher our mailings and radio.`` 19. Further analysis of MONTES's copied Toshiba hard drive identified text consisting of a series of 150 5-number groups. The text begins, ``30107 24624,`` and continues until 150 such groups are listed. The FBI has determined that the precise same numbers, in the precise same order, were broadcast on February 6, 1999, at AM frequency 7887 kHz, by a woman speaking Spanish, who introduced the broadcast with the words ``Attencion! Attencion!`` The frequency used in that February 1999 broadcast is within the frequency range of the shortwave radio observed in MONTES's residence on May 25, 2001.... (via DXLD) ** FINLAND. 2 YEARS BIRTHDAY PARTY OF SCANDINAVIAN WEEKEND RADIO ! SWR's 2nd Birthday will be celebrated with whole day long Special Transmission. This programme starts at 21 hours UT on Friday 5th July and it ends 24 hours later on Saturday 6th July. And you can follow that Party on SW's: 48 mb: 21-22 6170, 22-05 5980, 05-15 6170 and 16-21 5990. 25 mb: 21-22 11690, 22-08 11720, 08-10 11690 and 10-21 11720. Some changes might happen. You can get more info from our web-pages: http://www.swradio.net You can get Special QSL-card from our Birthday Transmission. Send your report to: SWR, P.O.Box 35, 40321 Jyväskylä, Finland! Don't forgot return postage 2 Euros/ 2 US-dollars/ 2 IRC's. You can spend that day also with us here in Radiostation situated in village of Liedenpohja in Virrat. We have Open Doors on Saturday 6th July 09-12 UTC. There is also a Finnish Band Hughman Tutsh playing their songs with acoustic equipments. If you are coming please call to our studio-telephone +358 400 995 559 and ask driving instructions. With Best Regards, Dj. Madman (SWR July 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In North America, check especially around 0030 UT Sat on 11720, where David Hodgson heard it in June (WOR Monitoring Reminders via DXLD) ** GUATEMALA. Subject: article on CATHOLIC RADIO UPDATE Estimado Glen[n] Hauser, nos dirigimos atentamente a usted para hacer las siguientes aclaraciones, referente al artículo aparecido en CATHOLIC RADIO UPDATE, el 20 de junio del presente año: INFORMACION CORRECTA: 1.- Las siglas TGW pertenecen a la Radio Nacional, La Voz de Guatemala que tiene repetidoras en todo el país. 2.- Radio María 103.3 FM, TGAM, pertenece a Asociación Radio María Guatemala quien forma parte de la cadena Mundial de Radio María (World Family of Radio Maria) que tiene presencia activa en 30 países del mundo. 3.- World Family of Radio Maria, es la depositaria de la marca "RADIO MARIA" en muchos países del mundo, incluyendo Guatemala, en donde iniciaron su trámite de registro de marca en agosto de 1994. 4.- Radio María "La Voz de la Familia", TGML, 1600 AM. NO PERTENECE a la cadena de la Radio Nacional, tampoco a la Familia Mundial de Radio María, (WFRM) con sede en Italia. Agradeciendo tomen en cuenta lo anterior, Atentamente, (Asociación Radio María, 103.3 FM, TGAM, Guatemala, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Friends, Last night the following stations of AIR were on air till 1957 UT (instead of the usual 1740) to bring the cricket commentary in English and Hindi of the day and night match between England and India. When the play was held up due to rain, Hindi film songs were broadcast. 3223 Shimla, 3315 Bhopal, 4760 Port Blair, 4880 Lucknow, 4910 Jaipur, 4960 Ranchi. Several MW stations also relayed the commentary. The next such broadcast is scheduled for July 11, 2002. 73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS Box 1555, Somajiguda Hyderabad 500082, India, July 5, dx_india via DXLD) 4760, AIR Port Blair/Leh, 1930 July 4, on late with cricket commentary England vs India. Noted with Hindi music and talk during breaks in play. Also on was Lucknow 4880, Jaipur 4910 (Paul Ormandy, New Zealand, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Per Jose, 4760 was Port Blair not Leh ** INDONESIA. 2899, RPDT2 Ngada 1049 June 30. ID at 1050 by M. Long BI talk. 2899, RRI Ngada 1121 June 28, M in BI with news (Don Nelson, Grayland WA DXpedition, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [I guess it`s either RPDT2 or RRI, not both... --gh] ** INDONESIA. 2960.02, RPDT Mangarai 1052 June 30, M talking with M on telephone in BI. 3344.8, RRI Ternate 1138 June 30, M in BI with frequent mentions of Dari. [as I recall dari is a preposition, like meaning `from`? --gh] 4874.47, RRI Sorong 1055 June 28, Lagu2 Romantik programa (Don Nelson, Grayland WA DXpedition, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND. It has been announced on MediaUK that recently launched sports station Team Talk 252 will close down within the next 4-8 weeks. Staff we're told about the impending closure at a meeting held today. What does the future hold for 252 kHz now? (This was on Concept News today but I have not been able to confirm it with any other sources yet) (Mike Terry, July 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. KI ENGLISH CHANGES. I don't have the frequencies yet, but here are the updated Kol Israel English broadcast times from July 21. All Times UT: 0400-0415 no change 1030-1045 10 minute extension 1630-1645 50% reduction in time and move to later slot 1900-1925 no change (Doni Rosenzweig, July 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. 11585, Kol Israel, 0306 Jun 28, Relay of domestic Reshet Bet service in Hebrew with news, phone feed of woman correspondent, Israeli pop songs, ID, and ads for such things as a bank and Diet Coke. Switched frequency to 11590 at 0326; same programming continued. Still audible after 0430. Excellent signal (Marie Lamb, NY, Cumbre DX via DXLD) Decent reception from the Middle East this evening, including Kol Israel propagating well into Memphis at 2200 with their Hebrew service on 11585.03, 15759.99 and 17534.97. These guys make those of us who listen in ECSS have to work a little bit for best fidelity (Brandon Jordan - Memphis TN, July 4, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** LUXEMBOURG. Just to sort out the Luxembourg story: 6090 was shut down by the end of 1993 (neither 1992 nor 1994). The two 250 kW Telefunken transmitters are SV2550 models with class B modulation from 1973, not really state of the art. The longwave transmitter in Luxembourg is on 234, not 216 (that's the frequency the RMC transmitter at Roumoules instead), and now operated from Beidweiler, a few kilometres away from Junglinster. But the old longwave facility at Junglinster was kept stand-by like the shortwave transmitters. And some Korinthenkackerei (no, I do not translate this into English): Marnach 1440 kHz is a 1200 kW facility "only". In fact the station is equipped with three Telefunken PDM transmitters of 600 kW each but I think it is not possible to operate all three rigs at once as a single 1800 kW. The Junglinster site is featured here: http://ibelgique.ifrance.com/georges-lang/junglinster.htm http://home.swipnet.se/radiomuseum/208/scott.htm I think the rig behind the 15350 kHz transmitter featured on the latter one page is one of the 250 kW beasts. Regarding the 5 kHz het matter: I literally still hear this ever- present tone, because the old Radio Luxemburg on 6090 was quite popular in the GDR in the seventies and was still listened in the mid- eighties in the area where Poland used to meet two countries which ceased to exist since then. From our point of view in fact Bayerischer Rundfunk on 6085 was the unwanted, disturbing station. Further information on the RTL Radio (German) homepage: http://www.rtlradio.de http://www.rtlradio.de/home2/technik.html Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR: MEDIA BEHAVIOUR REPORT 0910 GMT 5 JUL 02 Further to our "Madagascar: Media behaviour report 0720 gmt 5 Jul 02": BBC Monitoring has continued to watch for transmissions from Canal 6, the TV and radio stations controlled by ousted Malagasy President Ratsiraka, who fled to the Seychelles this morning. Canal 6 was believed to have broadcast from Ratsiraka's base of Tamatave (alternative name: Toamasina) in eastern Madagascar. BBC Monitoring had been observing regular satellite transmissions from Canal 6 since early June, and up and including yesterday, 4 July. However, no transmissions from Canal 6 have been observed up to 0910 gmt on 5 July. Source: BBC Monitoring research 5 Jul 02 (via DXLD) and... ** MADAGASCAR. RATSIRAKA TV, RADIO STATIONS NO MORE OPERATING - STATE TV | Excerpt from report by Malagasy television on 5 July Reports from our colleagues in Toamasina [eastern key sea port town declared "capital" by Didier Ratsiraka's supporters, and from where Ratsiraka departed for the Seychelles today] say calm had prevailed in the town by mid-day today... [Reporter] ... [Ratsiraka] Canal 6 radio and TV stations have been closed, they have stopped operating. The local branch of the TVM [state Malagasy Television] is awaiting orders from Antananarivo to reactivate the station. [BBC Monitoring had been observing regular satellite transmissions from Canal 6 since early June, and up and including yesterday, 4 July. No transmissions from Canal 6 have been observed up to 1215 gmt on 5 July] Source: Television Malagasy, Antananarivo, in Malagasy 1000 gmt 5 Jul 02 (via BBCM via DXLD) So that`s the end of separatism? (gh) ** MALI. 25 June, 2320, ORT Maliènne here in French on 4783 kHz, which is rarely used by the station (34443), QRM: RTTY. All parallels have been also observed: 4835 (35443), 5995 (33443), 11960 (33542). The service ended at 2400 (Sergei Alekseichik, Hrodna, Belarus`, Signal via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 3935.15, R Reading Service, 0758 June 28. Weak with M and F speaking between pop music. This was not // with R New Zealand on 9885 (RRS is often relaying RNZ) (Don Nelson, Grayland WA DXpedition, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. 3204.96, R SanDaun, 0902 June 29. News read by F in EE, // 4890. But with a significant echo effect that makes it difficult to listen to. Other PNG on air at 0902 include: 3220 (//4890 news, echo effect), 3235 (News, no echo), 3245 (news no echo), 3275 M in Tok Pisin, 3290 string bands, 3305 (//4890 news), 3355 (F in Tok Pisin), 3375 (// 4890), 3385 (pop mx), 3905 (F in Tok Pisin), 4890 (News). Very little SW DXING was done, but I append my logs. Attending this warmup weekend for the Grayland Invitiation. Organizers were John Bryant, Nick Hall-Patch, Walt Salminaw, and myself. Antennas were the usual NW 900 foot, W 700 foot, and 900 foot SW Beverages, terminated with copper pipe and bentonite into the water table (surprisingly, tests on our Seattle pest AM stations show no resistors are required --- the grounding situation is that poor even with copper pipe into the water table of the dunes. Weather was the usual pounding buckets of rain, with patches of sunshine. An additional antenna this year was a homebrew Active Antenna based on the Active Antenna Plans for Low Banders (A QST issue). This antenna PERFORMED VERY WELL. Its signal strength was comparable to the beverages but the signal-noise ratio was less than beverages (as expected). THIS ANTENNA DID VERY WELL PICKING UP MW - 738 Tahiti, 1098 Majuro, and a bunch of MW AUSSIES/NZ did very well (and it did exceptionally well on SW.) Most notable was the reactivation of almost all of the PNG stations, including Radio Free Bougainville [q.v. under B]. Missing were 3260 (faint het only), 3335, 3345, 3365 (Usually Milne Bay appears early before being covered by a pest ute at 0900), and 3395. All others were up at armchair levels --- I let some of the receivers mindlessly record hours of PNG on MD for consumption later. The election results in PNG are being covered - and the count is being done election box - by-election box. Interesting openings on MW to Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea (Bryant heard this, I'd heard before so didn`t check), New Zealand (the final morning had armchair quality NZ MW spread across the dial --- all too easy), Australia, and the Pacific Islands of Kirabati, Tonga, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Fiji and interesting hets on New Caledonia/Wallis & Futuna/ and a faint possibility of Cooks on 630. Patrick Martin hears this one often out of [Seaside OR] (Don Nelson, Grayland WA DXpedition, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. Radio Bethel, Arequipa, 5940 kHz, full data Maroti prepared card and partial data personal letter in 28 days for registered report with cassette. Address label, envelope and mint stamps were enclosed but none were used. Letter and station stamp both show 5950 as freq, but body of letter has been changed to 5940. Also enclosed were 2 beautiful postcards of Arequipa. V/s is Rvdo. Josué Ascarruz Pacheco- Gerente. Power is 1000 watts. Postal address as in 2002 PWBR. E-mail address on the letter is Arequipa_Josue@hotmail.com (John Sgrulletta, NY, Cumbre DX July 4 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Greetings! Now you may listen Radio Studio from St. Petersburg in the Internet! 24 hours per day!!!!! mms://195.5.146.120/wma Yours faithfully, (Nemchenko Natalia, Radio Studio http://www.radiostudio.ru July 3 via Alokesh Gupta, GRDXC via DXLD) ** SEYCHELLES. On 28 June got a QSL letter from BBC Indian Ocean Relay Station (Seychelles), signed by Barrie Elding, Resident Engineer. Only day of reception written, no other details. I listened on 6005 kHz, a broadcast directed to East/North Africa. The letter lists other frequencies used by that relay base: 21470, 17880, 15420, 11860, 11730, 9770, 9610 kHz. Equipment: two Marconi transmitters, type B6131, 250 kW each, Pulse Width Modulation. Received the reply in 39 days (AcDX - Dmitry Puzanov, Kustanay, Kazakhstan, Signal via DXLD) ** SIERRA LEONE. 6137.8, R. UNAMSIL (presumed), 0358 July 4. First time I've tried this station in a few weeks and they are apparently still there with a fair signal featuring lite rock this time and a male announcer in English. Unable to pick out ID at 0400 due to more summer static than when previously heard (John Sgrulletta, NY, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.9, SIBS, 0709 June 28. M with public service message on development of the island. Channel new ideas through the house of chiefs before a new idea is done. Mention of Royal Police of Solomon Islands - an investigation jointly with the Royal Police of NZ into the death of a NZ person - findings reported to the NZ High Commission that it was an accident. Continues with local Solomon Islands news broadcast. [Note - an official of NZ was killed here in March by the locals hooligans] (Don Nelson, Grayland WA DXpedition, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA. 7002, Radio Banaadir noted here in April, but not May (Ted via Ron Roden, UK, IRAMUS June/July, via Cumbre DX via DXLD) Who and where is Ted, IRAMUS, and why did this take so long? (gh, DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 3320, R. Sonder Grense, 0008 July 2. Excellent copy this evening with an S-9 signal level. Male and female in Afrikaans language. Some fades but very good copy. Gent on the mIRC chat line from S. Africa that speaks the language says the show was about the hippies of the 60's and their drug use. Female announcer gave phone numbers for call in talk show in progress. Caller at 0019 talking about drinking problems. Female caller at 0021 was talking about how drinking caused many family problems. Several callers where a bit tipsy. Finally an ID heard at 0104 by male announcer who mumbled the ID. Signal had dropped to S7 by this time as the quality started to deteriorate. This was the best I have ever heard this station (Bob Montgomery, PA, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** TIBET. Tibet PBS can be heard in English Mon to Sat at 1100 UT also besides 1630. The 1100 transmission is repeated at 1630. The station still identifies itself as China Tibet Broadcast Company and the program is "Holy Tibet". Frequencies audible at my QTH are : 5240 6130 7385 9490. 9490 is the best heard here at this time whereas 5240 is barely audible. 73s, (Harjot Singh Brar, Punjab, July 5, for GRDXC via DXLD) ** U K. Re BBC Monitoring job opening, DXLD 2-107: Q. May foreigners or foreign residents apply? A. People from countries within the European Community are free to seek employment in the UK. I believe that the situation with other foreign nationals applying is that BBC Monitoring would have to demonstrate that it had been unsuccessful in recruiting within the UK and the EC (CHRIS McWHINNIE, BBCM, July 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. RUSSIA, 17775, R. Ezra, 0500 June 30. Final Show, transmitted from Samaria [sic –meant Samara? Which is wrong – gh] ....Evolution is a religion as it requires you to believe. 14 minutes after 0500 UT, and this is the last show. Please write. Don't preach in the same manner that most radio preachers do -- teach morality (Don Nelson, Grayland WA DXpedition, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. General Communications Emergency Declared (Jul 5, 2002) -- Under the authority of Section 97.401 of the Federal Communications Commission's Rules and Regulations [47 C.F.R. Part 97] a general communications emergency is declared to exist in Texas requiring the protection of amateur emergency communication frequencies. Amateurs are required to refrain from using 7285 [daytime], and 3873 [night time] plus or minus 3 kHz unless they are taking part in the handling of emergency traffic. This order is effective immediately until rescinded but may be as long as 72 hours. -- Arlan K. Van Doorn, Senior Advisor for Public Safety, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC (ARRL via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWCR broadcast something else July 4 instead of WOR at its long-scheduled time of Thursday 2030 on 15825. As usual, we had no advance notice, and must wait till later to find out if this was a temporary or permanent change. However, the printed program schedule, dated July 1 (as opposed to the website one still dated June 1) still shows WOR at this and all its other previously scheduled times; and in addition another new airing for Mundo Radial, Wednesdays at 2100 on 15825, as well as the usual Fridays 2115 on 15825 (Glenn Hauser, OK, July 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Important news regarding missionary radio 07/05/02 World Wide Christian Radio [sic, not to be confused with WWCR! --gh], Jul 5, 2002 Dear friends of shortwave radio, Starting July 8th, WJIE Shortwave is offering a new plan for ministries and churches to take advantage of shortwave radio. WJIE`s PartnerPlan! is one of the most innovative ministry developments in the shortwave industry. We desire to cooperate with a select group of organizations whose goals and ideals reflect our own. With PartnerPlan!, your church or ministry may be offered the opportunity to broadcast on international shortwave with no upfront cost. How is this possible? WJIE Shortwave is a ministry extension of Evangel World Prayer Center, a church dedicated to reaching the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We believe in the ministry of shortwave radio, and want to see other organizations catch the vision! PartnerPlan! offers select groups either a daily or weekly broadcast. These could be programs currently airing on other stations, or one specifically produced for international shortwave. In exchange, we ask that you present the needs of shortwave radio to your congregation or ministry supporters. We would encourage you to do this at least once per month. For example, a church may take a special offering on Sunday morning once per month dedicated to international broadcasting. An evangelist may offer a special appeal or use two nights of meetings per month for shortwave radio. A missionary could use it as a special project to present while on the field or itineration. Whatever you decide, we will work with you to develop a plan that is right for the size and scope of your ministry. As you step out in faith and present your needs to your supporters, we believe that they will also respond in faith. This is a step of faith for us as well, but we believe as we partner with ministries such as yours, we will see great results. Jesus commanded us to ``Go into all the world.`` Through the ministry of shortwave radio, we are doing exactly that. Now you can be a part of this growing, dynamic ministry outreach. How do you get started? It’s really very easy. Just contact WJIE Shortwave by any of the following Email: wjiesw@hotmail.com Web: http://www.wjiesw.com Phone: 502-968-1220 Fax: 502-964-4228 Mail: WJIE Shortwave, PO Box 197309, Louisville, KY 40259 The allotted broadcast time for this special project is limited, so we must offer it on a 'first-come, first-serve' basis only. So, no matter how big or small your ministry is, you can participate in this global outreach, but you must act quickly! We will need the following information: contact info, type of broadcast, preferred times (daily or weekly), and your plan for faith support of the broadcast (special offerings, special mailings, etc). We look forward to hearing from you soon! In His Service, (Doc Burkhart, General Manager, WJIE International Shortwave, WJIE mailing list July 5 via DXLD) Yes, but how about getting a transmitter on the air...? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. WUOT IS BACK IN BUSINESS AS OF FRIDAY, JULY 5th. The Tennessee General Assembly has now adopted a state budget for FY '03 which basically holds state appropriations at last year's levels. It will take some time to sort out all the details, but it appears WUOT will continue broadcasting through FY '03. We want to thank all of our listeners who supported WUOT in so many ways. Many of you wrote your legislators and UT administrators voicing your support for public radio, others participated in a "rally" to show your enthusiasm for WUOT and still others offered words of encouragement to staff throughout the ordeal! Thanks to you all! WUOT listeners are indeed THE BEST! (WUOT website July 4 via DXLD) ** URUGUAY. 9620.8, SODRE relaying CX6 MW 650. They are still operative! Jun 30 (Horacio A. Nigro, Montevideo - Uruguay, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UZBEKISTAN. 17775, R Tashkent, 1321 June 29. Short music then announcement by M in English. Into talk by F on holding companies. mentions Natural Gas service, hotels, etc. M with mention of how to get additional information. F gives an address for R Tashkent. Then website address www.taskent..??... then telephone numbers given (Don Nelson, Grayland WA DXpedition, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. 7260.08, R Vanuatu, 0658 June 28. M in local dialect (Pidgin version). Vanuatu was up all 3 nights of Grayland '6'02 [so also June 29, 30] (Don Nelson, Grayland WA DXpedition, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. Madagascar, 7310, V of the People, from 0332 June 30. Clear tonight - into program of music recorded by a guest. Roar of the Tiger was first song. Asked the recorder which instruments we were hearing -- percusion instruments and drums. Talked about growing up in Europe (Don Nelson, Grayland WA DXpedition, DX LISTENING DIGEST) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PROPAGATION REPORT ++++++++++++++++++ The sun has woken up this week after a bit of a rest and a few big flares causing fadeouts have occurred. The largest so far being an X1.3 effort peaking at 0214 UT Jul 3. These flares could continue the next couple of days with more fadeouts possible. Geomagnetic activity should remain fairly quiet as the flares so far have not been aimed our way or been associated with CMEs. There is a chance of increased activity Jul 6 however. After July 8 geomagnetic and propagation conditions should return to normal (Prepared for Cumbre DX by Richard Jary using data from http://www.ips.gov.au July 4 via DXLD) PROPAGATION NOTES 4TH JULY 2002 The Sun is pretty active, however it seems that little of the recent activity is 'coming our way' except that there probably will be a rise in disturbance levels (gradual) caused by a Coronal Hole, starting 5th July 2002 for about three days. Watch the SOLAR WIND SPEED Figures, on http://www.spaceweather.com The 10.7cm Solar Flux, has really been dropping very fast in recent weeks. The Maximum for Cycle 23 was 235; don`t ask me why, but the minimum at the bottom of the Solar Cycle 23, (which is not expected until about 2006) will be no less than about 66. (This is 'normal') You will thus 'see' that we are just about half way there within about 9 Months (Flux now 'standing' at about 140-150). It almost certainly will 'wobble' up and down a bit and as it gets nearer to its minimum figure, I would expect the Rate of Decrease to 'slow' considerably. As I said, recently, I think we will notice quite a change in overall conditions, relatively rapidly, probably starting in early August, this year, this is because in early August last year, the Solar Flux Figure was MUCH higher, thus 'supporting' more Ionisation of the Ionosphere, even during days with less light. When you think about it, The Sun is responsible for both the Solar Cycle Activity and also as the earth starts to seasonally tilt away (if you looked at the items I suggested last week, you will have seen this) the Earth`s Ionosphere receives less 'charging' from the Sun. The effect of less charging is poorer conditions on higher frequencies and better conditions on lower frequencies. This being with reference mainly to HF between 3 and 30 MHz, but also affecting MF (300-3000 kHz) in terms of Dxing distant stations (IMPROVING in this case, as Solar Flux drops). Has anybody anything interesting to add to or even 'contest' this? I would be extremely interested to hear other 'points of view' and there are many!!!!! Many thanks to NOAA for their figures, which help me a lot with this. May I also recommend Mike BIRD's Bulletins, on http://www.rnw.nl --- click media and then look for 'Solar Conditions' on the Menu and click this (Ken Fletcher, UK, 2240UTC=2340UTC+1 4th July 2002, BDXC-UK via DXLD) The `tilt away` is an entirely hemispheric viewpoint (gh, DXLD) VHF HARMONICS +++++++++++++ Highlights of David Vitek's DX log for Feb - May, 2002. 44.103 (6 x 7.350) Harbin, China. 35.14 (2 x 17.57) R Nederland via Khabarovsk. 31.06 (2 x 15.53) Radio Veritas, Philippines. 35.475 (3 x 11.825) China CPBS, 35.525 (5 x 7.105) BBCWS Singapore. 35.95 (5 x 7.190) Radio Tashkent. 35.42 (2 x 17.71) China (R France via Xian). 35.61 (2 x 17.805) Phil VOA. 35.655 (3 x 11.885) R Philipinas via VOA Tinang. 35.95 (5 x 7.19) Uzbekistan, R. Tashkent David Vitek, Adelaide, South Australia. Icom R7000, NRD 525, G5RV 5 el 50 MHz yagi, 45-220 MHz Crossfire log-periodic. (from ICDX via Tim Bucknall, harmonics yahoogroup via DXLD) ###