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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1203: RFPI: Sat 0130, 0800, 1400, 2330, Sun 0530, 1130, Mon 0030, 0630, 1230, Wed 0100, 0730, 1330 on 7445 [nominal times, often late] WWCR: Sat 1030, Sun 0230 on 5070, 0630 on 3210, Wed 0930 on 9475 WRMI: Sat & Sun 1800+ via IBC Radio on 15725 WBCQ: Mon 0415 on 5105, 7415 WRN: Rest of world Sat 0800, Europe Sun 0430, North America Sun 1400 WRN ONDEMAND [from Fri]: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also for CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL]: Check http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html WORLD OF RADIO 1203 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1203h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1203h.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1203.html WORLD OF RADIO 1203 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1203.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1203.rm ANDY RUGG It is with deep sadness that I must pass along the news of the untimely death of longtime CIDX member and friend Andy Rugg, at the young age of 58. Those of you in the Montreal area, in particular, will remember Andy from many past CIDX events, including the annual barbecues. The following is the obituary notice from today's Montreal Gazette. On behalf of CIDX and its members, I extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Andy (Sheldon Harvey, QC, Oct 15, WORLD OF RADIO 1203, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RUGG, Andrew. At his residence on Thursday October 9, 2003. Andrew F. Rugg, B.Com., C.A. McGill University, (Amateur radio license, call sign VA3TEE, became a Silent Key in St. Catharines, a member of the Seaway Valley Amateur Radio Club of Cornwall, long standing member of the Hawkesbury Golf and Country Club and die hard New York Ranger Fan) of Cornwall; age fifty-eight years. Dear son of the former Margaret Schrie and the late Henry Rugg. Dear brother and best friend of John Rugg of Mississauga. He will be sadly missed by his immediate and extended family. Resting at the Lahaie & Sullivan Cornwall Funeral Homes, West Branch, 20 Seventh Street West, Cornwall (1-613-932-8482) from 2 p.m. Thursday. Funeral Friday, October 17, 2003 for Service in the Memorial Chapel of the Funeral Home at 2 p.m. followed by cremation. Pastor Beth Conroy of St. Catharines officiating. The family will be in attendance from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 12 noon until time of Funeral on Friday. As expressions of sympathy, Memorial Donations to the Salvation Army or to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated by the family (via Sheldon Harvey, DXLD) Sad news. DXer and ham radio operator Andy Rugg of Cornwall ON has passed away. This must have been sudden, because he had a contribution -- in the Musings correspondence section -- in the current issue of the National Radio Club's DX News, which arrived here this morning, in which he stated that he was looking forward to the coming winter DX season. I've met Andy -- he was a very nice individual and an enthusiastic hobbyist. Andy was a regular contributor to the NRC, and also to ODXA's Listening In. He will be missed not only by his family but by the many DXers and hams who knew him (Saul Chernos, ODXA via DXLD) ** ALASKA. THREE IN A ROW: NAB GIVES DIOCESE OF FAIRBANKS KNOM THE MARCONI STATION OF THE YEAR AWARD Nome, Oct 10 (KNOM) -- The Diocese of Fairbanks` full-service radio station in Nome, clear channel KNOM 780 AM and 100.3 FM, have been awarded the coveted Marconi Radio Station of the Year Award from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). ``We were among the five finalists,`` says Tom Busch, general manager, `` but we did not expect to win the Marconi Radio Station of the Year Award. We were up against some powerhouse stations.`` ``I was there, as well as PD Ric Schmidt and news director Paul Korchin. I had not planned to attend the NAB radio show, but was in the Lower 48 anyway for the National Catholic Development Conference, so I bopped over to Philadelphia for the event. Among the other nominees was WNNL, Raleigh, a gospel station. At the ceremony Thursday night, October 2nd, the presenter muffed the call letters, slowly and ceremoniously announcing ``And the winner is ------ W -- N --`` and all three of us visibly deflated. And he continued `` -- O -- M -- Nome, Alaska!`` and we went from abject dejection into elation within a half-second.`` That`s not the only distinction for the 33-year-old station. Mr. Busch says ``There will be an article on us in St. Anthony`s Messenger in the spring, and the Liguorian is interviewing me next week for a module on us in connection with a piece on the Diocese of Fairbanks.`` (Catholic Radio Update Oct 13 via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 3040 harmonic, AM 1520, Monte Grande (2 x 1520), con músuica contemporánea y algunos anuncios, finalmente logré una ID despues de varios dias: "101.7 y AM 1520" por locutor. Más tarde una locutora con una laaarga disertación sobre el amor. Anunció un par de telefonos de estudio, uno de ellos "4-29-6-...". Una ID sonó como "Radio Modeit", pero no me puedo dar cuenta de la palabra correcta. Finalmente a las 0458 se escuchó un anuncio de cierre "Hasta aquí trasmitió AM 1520, la radio de Monte Grande". Pensé que la portadora iba a desaparecer, pero muy a mi sorpresa el canal no fue evacuado y pasé a escuchar musica tipica argentina, con un audio bastante distorsionado, como si fuera en efecto FM. Escuché un par de ID's "FM Soldados 89.5". El audio mejoró un poco despues. Estoy intrigado acerca de esta operación con dos emisoras compartiendo la frecuencia una tras otra (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, oct 15)condig 6192.74 khz RADIO BOSQUES (ARG) pirata en el aire desde las *0115- 0138+, 16/10, con temas de Victor Heredia. De acuerdo a un llamado de Jorge García, su operador, la emisora estará activa esporádicamente por las mañanas entre 1000-1100 aproximadamente, y por las noches a partir de las 0100+; estará siempre ahora fija en esta frecuencia. Su lugar de emisión es la zona de Avellaneda, en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, República Argentina. SINPO: 43443. Su operador solicita le envien reportes a: radio_bosques@y... [truncated] que es la única vía de comunicación y el responderá por cartas con QSL. Se conecta a internet solamente los fines de semana; por esta razón, escriban a la emisora por e-mail. Recién a 0144 ID by Alejandro García "Estás sintonizando RAL, Radiodifusión Argentina Libre, desde 1999 haciendo radio por radio en onda corta y en castellano porque nosotros no queremos aprender inglés", then music at 0147 "Hasta Siempre" by Carlos Puebla song. 73's GIB (Gabriel Iván Barrera, Buenos Aires, Conexión Digital via DXLD) Hola Gabi! Gracias por el tip; por aquí en Ciudadela también se escucha muy bien! Misma frecuencia, UTC 0157 con ID "Estás sintonizando RAL, Radiodifusión Argentina Libre" y con alegorias "piqueteras" "piqueteros carajo" 73 (Enrique A. Wembagher, ibid.) Thanks to the info of my friend Gabriel Iván Barrerra (called me by phone) I can listen a this moment 0213 on 6192.74 a Radio Bosques with the slogan of RAL with very strong signal and several IDs of Radio Bosques and the slogan RAL. Signal S9 + 20 (Nicolas Eramo, Villa Lynch, UT Oct 16, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. Estimado Glenn: Confirmo lo informado por mi via Cumbre DX y otros medios, Radio Baluarte estuvo fuera del aire durante varias semanas y estoy de acuerdo con lo informado por el OM Björn Malm, yo también escuché nuevamente una señal en los 6215.08 en portugués y un estilo muy brasileño de radio, la sintonicé desde las 0226 hasta 0300* con el programa de la Igreja Pentecostal Encontro com Jesus dando una dirección en Foz do Iguaçu (Brasil) y propaganda de Ingenheria Miller en Foz de Iguaçu a las 0300. El locutor del programa seguía hablando y la transmisión fue cortada abruptamente a las 0300 de Oct 16, sin ningún tipo de anuncio o ID. Hoy por la mañana chequeé la frecuencia a las 1000 UT (probable apertura) y no había nada en la frecuencia. Es muy prematuro hablar de Radio Baluarte; lo que creo y debo confirmarlo que solamente están vendiendo tiempo de aire a programas evangélicos brasileños y via algún link y la señal se irradia desde Puerto Iguazú (Argentina). (Nicolás Eramo, Argentina, para DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. V. of Armenia, 4810, Oct 6 0310-0340+ weak with local music, talk in language, choral music. Better on \\ 9965. Latter went off abruptly at 0330, but 4810 continued with NA at 0331 and talk in language (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. R. Minsk, 7210, Oct 5 0200-0230 English news, commentary, IDs, local music. Sign-off with sked, address. Poor-fair, \\ 5970 was very weak with co-channel QRM (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. In its Oct. 16 edition, La Patria newspaper, Oruro, reports that Ch. 13 and Radio Pio XII (FM) transmitters in Oruro were destroyed, apparently by "repressive agencies of the government" (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Dos encapuchados destruyeron los equipos de Canal 13 y Radio Pío XII, que estaban instalados en la punta del Cerro San Felipe, a las 18:10 horas de ayer, haciendo detonar dos explosivos, después de maniatar al sereno Efraín Mamani. El sereno explicó que uno de los desconocidos estaba con botas y se presume que era un militar o un policía, pero ``era gente que sabía manipular explosivos a la perfección, porque los equipos de otros medios de comunicación, que se encuentran a lado, no tienen ni un vidrio roto``. El director de Canal 13, Marcelo Elío Chávez, denunció el hecho al prefecto del departamento, Ivo Arias Bustios, y demandó una inmediata investigación de esta acción que parece ser preparada y premeditada por parte de los organismos de represión del gobierno, para silenciar el trabajo de los medios de comunicación. El sereno se sorprendió por la presencia de los desconocidos, porque estaban con armas de fuego. ``Me apuntaron con pistolas. No sabía qué hacer. Después, me amarraron las manos y me llevaron a otro lugar, para no ver lo que hacían. Después, he sentido las explosiones``, dijo. Los daños ocasionados a los dos medios de comunicación fueron estimados en más de cien mil dólares. Solamente el equipo transmisor del Canal 13 tiene un costo de sesenta mil dólares. El equipo fue comprado hace más de un año, con los aportes de docentes, estudiantes de la Universidad Técnica de Oruro y trabajadores, para mejorar las imágenes. ``Los equipos están totalmente inutilizados. Todo está destruido``, afirmó el director de ese medio de comunicación. El prefecto Arias se comprometió iniciar la investigación del hecho, para establecer quién o quiénes habrían cometido ese atentado contra los medios de comunicación. ``Lo más extraño es que solamente se destruyeron los dos equipos de Canal 13 y Radio Pío XII, que estaban cubriendo los sucesos de Oruro, la huelga, la marcha y transmitiendo información de las movilizaciones``, afirmó Elío. La Universidad Técnica de Oruro atribuyó la acción al ``terrorismo de Estado``, que emprendió el gobierno y repudió los daños ocasionados de un Canal que brindaba sus servicios a la población orureña. ``Ratificamos nuestro compromiso con todas las aspiraciones del pueblo oprimido de nuestro país y nuestra resistencia a las acciones de entrega de nuestro patrimonio nacional``, explicó la UTO, en un comunicado. La Asociación Boliviana de Radiodifusoras (Asbora), repudió y rechazó esa ``cobarde actitud que va en contra de los derechos de nuestros afiliados`` y demandó al prefecto ``amplias garantías para todos los medios de comunicación y el personal`` y dispuso para hoy, solamente la transmisión de música nacional en toda su programación. El Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Prensa atribuyó la responsabilidad del hecho al gobierno y convocó a una marcha de protesta de los periodistas, a partir de las 10:00 horas, en la Plaza 10 de Febrero, porque desde los niveles del oficialismo se preparó una campaña de amedrentamiento a los trabajadores. La Confederación de Trabajadores de la Prensa de Bolivia (CSTPB) responsabiliza de todos estos atentados contra el derecho de información y expresión al gobierno del Presidente Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. Estos métodos criminales son característicos de los servicios de inteligencia que sirvieron a regímenes dictatoriales y que ahora sirven al gobierno de Sánchez de Lozada. http://www.lapatriaenlinea.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1782 (via Klemetz, DXLD) In another report from the Jatha news agency, reprinted by La Patria, mention is made of reprisals taken against other communications media in La Paz for showing or reporting on the antigoverment rallies that are taking place in various parts of the country. One of the stations mentioned is RTP, known on shortwave as Radio Metropolitana. See ``Censuran a medios de informacion que muestran muertes y protestas`` http://www.lapatriaenlinea.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1827 (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CBC Radio replaying in each time zone used to be done by tape delay but now is done by hard drives. Everything on Radio One is aired live to the Atlantic time zone (most evening and weekend programs are taped prior to airing), which means the folks there hear all the mistakes. Really serious gaffs are either fixed by editing the Atlantic version before it plays in the Eastern time zone or by re- doing the hour live again for Eastern. In Peter Gzowski's book about This Country in the Morning, there is the story about an interview guest, in the heat of passion during a live interview, using the "F" work, strickly verboten in 1970's CBC Radio. Something had been, in his view, an "f-ing shame" or words to that effect. As CBC switchboards were lighting up in Atlantic Canada, a producer went to edit the backup tape that was always recorded in the control room so that there would be a copy to edit in case of mistakes, but was shocked to find the tape was blank due to a technical error. A producer was then dispatched to the master control room in the basement of the old radio building where the master tape recorded there of the first hour of the show had been automatically rewound during the newscast and was now playing back to the Eastern time zone. A tone generator was patched into the circuit and a technician stood by, waiting to insert a "bleeb" over the offending word. The producer knew almost to the second when the word would occur. Unfortunately, almost to the second proved accurate, for his call to bleeb came an instant too late and it was the word after "f-ing" which was bleebed. As Gzowski noted, many listeners in Ontario and Quebec wondered what the word was that had been bleebed out. They knew it had to be pretty awful because the CBC had seen fit to bleeb it out but leave f- ing in. (By the way, the "error" was correct for the Manitoba and westward editions.) (Hal Doran, alt.radio.networks.cbc Oct 9 via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** CHINA. FALUN GONG BLOCK TV SATELLITE DURING SPACE FLIGHT - CHINESE MINISTRY | Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 16 October: Falun Gong cult followers stopped Chinese viewers from watching broadcasts of China's first manned space mission when they blocked Sino Satellite, a Chinese TV satellite. The cult members illegally transmitted signals from 6 p.m. [local times] to 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, while many people were trying to watch the space flight programmes, the Ministry of Information Industry said Thursday [16 October]. The blocking signals sent by cult activists interfered with the broadcasting of the Shenzhou V flight and other routine programmes of China Central Television (CCTV) and some local TV stations, the state monitoring centre of wireless communications under the ministry said. The authorities took decisive measures to foil the cult's plot to prevent the Chinese people from watching the spaceflight programme, said the Ministry of Information Industry. The illegal signals originated in the Taiwan region, said the ministry. The banned cult also attacked the satellite in June, September and November 2002, as well as 7 October 2003. The illegal signals were all from the Taiwan region. Source: Xinhua news agency, Beijing, in English 1155 gmt 16 Oct 03 (via BBCM via DXLD) But the Chicoms themselves were afraid to broadcast live coverage of the launch, making a preposterous cart-before-the-horse claim that lack of live coverage would somehow contribute to the success of the mission! If it had blown up on the launching pad or shortly thereafter, did they really think they could suppress the news? Would we never have known the name of the doomed spaceman? (gh, DXLD) CHINESE SPACE OFFICIAL SAYS "FULLY CONFIDENT" OVER MISSION ALBEIT NO LIVE MEDIA | Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 16 October: Xie Mingbao, director of the manned space programme office, told a press conference organized by the State Council Information Office that live show or not is not directly associated with the success or not of the space launch and what we concerned about most is how to organize well the launch and ensure its success, adding that: "We were fully confident of the success of the mission before the launch and facts have testified to it." [passage omitted] Source: Xinhua news agency, Beijing, in English 0719 gmt 16 Oct 03 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** CZECH REPUBLIC [non]. Well, if you listened to 11665 for the test broadcast from VT-Merlin's Ascension relay (0000-0030 UT), looking for Radio Prague to appear in Spanish, you might have heard a new musical loop for VT-Merlin transmissions. Had some classical guitar and stringed instruments in it. This same musical loop was noted at 1055 on 21630 before the RVi-Belgium IS, and RVi in Dutch at 1100, so Merlin has dumped the IS loop that was made famous in the Radio Afghanistan broadcasts via Norway (during breakdowns in transmission) in early 2002 (Joe Hanlon in Vincentown, NJ, Oct 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1203, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DENMARK. It`s more than a week since the date you mentioned for the future of R. Denmark on SW to be decided. Any news yet? (Glenn to Erik Køie, Oct 15) Dear Glenn, Yes, I know, but I was told on Oct. 7 that the decision had been further postponed --- so no final decision yet. 73, (Erik Køie, DR Radio, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. R. Cristal, 5009.79, Oct 11 0000-0101*, tune-in to Spanish religious programming with talk and religious music. Phone talk, IDs. Abruptly off at 0101. Strong; really booming in but with slight distortion (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. Winter B-03 schedule of Radio Cairo from October 26, 2003 to March 28, 2004, with sites, kW power, azimuth 1600-1800 6230 ABS 250 005 Turkish TUR 0030-0430 7200 ABZ 500 330 Arabic NoAm ||| ex 9900 for B-02 1800-1900 7315 ABS 250 005 Russian WeRUS 0045-0200 9415 ABS 250 241 Spanish SoAm ||| ex 9475 for B-02 1800-2100 9675 ABZ 500 270 Hausa WeAf 2100-2200 9675 ABZ 500 270 Yoruba WeAf 1630-1830 9855 ABS 250 196 English SoAf ||| ex 15255 for B-02 1830-1915 9855 ABS 250 196 Lingala SoAf ||| ex 15255 for B-02 1600-1800 9950 ABS 250 325 Albanian ALB 1900-2000 9985 ABS 250 325 German WeEu ||| ex 9990 for B-02 2000-2115 9985 ABS 250 325 French WeEu ||| ex 9990 for B-02 2115-2245 9985 ABS 250 325 English WeEu ||| ex 9990 for B-02 1800-1900 9988 ABS 250 325 Italian WeEu 1530-1630 11635 ABZ 100 070 Uzbek UZB 1400-1530 11655 ABS 250 061 Azeri AZE ||| ex 9780 for B-02 1900-0030 11665 ABZ 100 160 V of Arabs EaAf 2300-0030 11725 ABZ 500 330 English NoAm ||| ex 9900 for B-02 2000-2200 11750 ABZ 500 090 Arabic AUS ||| ex 11990 for B-02 2330-0045 11755 ABZ 500 270 Arabic SoAm ||| ex 11680 for B-02 0045-0200 11755 ABZ 500 270 Spanish SoAm ||| ex 11680 for B-02 0045-0200 11780 ABZ 500 330 Spanish NoAm ||| ex 11790 for B-02 0200-0330 11780 ABZ 500 330 English NoAm ||| ex 11790 for B-02 0700-1500 11785 ABZ 100 280 GeneralSce NoAf 2215-2330 11790 ABZ 500 241 Portuguese SoAm 1100-2300 12050 ABZ 500 315 GeneralSce WeEu 2300-0300 12050 ABS 250 325 GeneralSce NoAm 0700-1100 15115 ABZ 100 250 GeneralSce WeAf 1600-1800 15115 ABZ 500 090 Urdu SoAs ||| ex 15170 for B-02 1500-1600 15135 ABZ 500 090 Hindi SoAs ||| ex 15170 for B-02 1530-1630 15115 ABZ 100 160 Afar EaAf 1630-1730 15155 ABZ 100 160 Somali EaAf 1730-1900 15155 ABZ 100 160 Amharic EaAf 1300-1600 15220 ABS 250 250 Arabic WeAf 1115-1215 15305 ABS 250 106 Thai SoEaAs ||| ex 17665 for B-02 1215-1315 15305 ABS 250 106 Malayalam SoEaAs ||| ex 17665 for B-02 1320-1450 15305 ABS 250 106 Indonesian SoEaAs ||| ex 17665 for B-02 2030-2230 15335 ABS 250 241 French WeAf 1830-1930 15375 ABZ 100 250 Wolof WeAf 1930-2030 15375 ABZ 100 250 Bambara WeAf 2030-2200 15375 ABZ 100 250 English WeAf 1900-2030 15425 ABZ 250 240 Fulani WeAf 1230-1330 15480 ABZ 100 070 Persian TJK ||| ex 15160 for B-02 1330-1530 15480 ABZ 100 070 Persian TJK ||| ex 11560 for B-02 2330-0045 15590 ABS 250 241 Arabic SoAm 1600-1645 15620 ABS 250 196 Zulu SoAf 1645-1730 15620 ABS 250 196 Shona SoAf 1730-1815 15620 ABS 250 196 Ndebele SoAf 1430-1600 15670 ABZ 100 070 Pash AFG ||| ex 17710 for B-02 1215-1330 17670*ABZ 500 090 English SoEaAs ||| ex 17775 for B-02 1330-1430 17670*ABZ 500 090 Bengali SoEaAs ||| ex 17775 for B-02 1015-1215 17775 ABZ 500 090 Arabic ME/AFG 1530-1730 17810 ABZ 100 170 Swahili CeAf ||| ex 11975 for B-02 *alternate 15445 ABZ 500 090 (Observer, Bulgaria, Oct 16 via DXLD) ** EL SALVADOR. 17834.9, Radio Imperial; 1802-1830+, 1958-2003+, 16- Oct; M with religious program -- the shouting kind. SIO=1+22/USB helps. QRM worse at 2000, but caught ID "...Radio Imperial La Voz..." at 1959:30, then otro rlgs px. All in Spanish (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, Cumbre DX via DXLD) Has it been inactive for a while? (gh) ** ERITREA [non]. Voice of Democratic Eritrea, 5925 (Dimtsi Dimocrasyawit Eritrea), (Clandestine via DTK Jülich), full data A5 QSL-letter with personal remark, v/s Neguse Tseggou, In 24 days for a report with 1 EUR in stamps to: Voice of Democratic Eritrea, Postfach 1946, 65409 Rüsselsheim, Deutschland (M. Schöch, Germany, Sep 25, 2003 for CRW via DXLD) ** FINLAND. YLE INTERESTED IN REPORTS FROM FLA YLE shortwave broadcasts are being monitored by the transmission provider (Digita Ltd) in numerous locations throughout the world. Of late we have been getting very negative feedback from Florida (US) concerning YLE signal quality in that area, at 8.00 - 9.00 am Eastern Daylight Time on 15400 and 17670 kHz. The transmission provider has its closest monitoring place in Texas, a bit too far. Those reports do not indicate any fatal problem, though. Listeners complain about English and Spanish on top of YLE on 15400 and 17670 kHz. This cannot be a co-channel broadcast problem - but could be the impact of a local AM, or something else. YLE is interested in reports from the Lake Worth/West Palm Beach area in particular, but comments from further afield in FLA are welcome as well. Email rfinland@yle.fi Fax 011 359 9 1481169. From the time change the morning slot will remain as 15400 and 17660 (instead of 17670) at 0800 am Eastern Standard (an hour later in UT, that is). In light of bad predicted propagation, YLE will drop the evening transmission to North America (now at 9 pm Eastern) as of Oct 26th. A half hour lunchtime slot will continue at 11.30 am on 13665 kHz (22m). All our North Am transmissions are in Finnish and Swedish only. The famous Nuntii Latini (classical Latin) will continue airing at 11.55 am on Sundays though (EST). Based on the negative experiences from last winter, we are also closing transmission on 6120 for Europe earlier; it will be now 0500 - 2015 UT (was last year until 2300). But this not concern North America. Any comments re our morning problem on 15400 and 17670 would be appreciated. Thank you (Juhani Niinisto, YLE Radio Finland, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- YLE Radio Finland, YLE Capital FM and foreign language DAB channels. Perhaps 17670`s problem is Voz Cristiana, Chile on 17680, booming in here and I expect in Florida; I do hear some unID co-channel on 15400 (Glenn Hauser, Florida[non], Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. From DW`s complete B-03 schedule: ENGLISCHES PROGRAMM =================== SUEDASIEN ENGLISCH 0000-0100 1548 MW CLN TRINCOMALEE 7290 41 CLN TRINCOMALEE 9880 31 D WERTACHTAL BERLIN ENGLISCH 0000-0100 199360 UKW D BERLIN ZENTRAL- und ENGLISCH 0400-0500 6180 49 RRW KIGALI OSTAFRIKA 9545 31 RRW KIGALI 9710 31 D WERTACHTAL RWANDA ENGLISCH 0400-0500 96000 UKW RRW KIGALI BERLIN ENGLISCH 0400-0500 199360 UKW D BERLIN ZENTRAL- und ENGLISCH 0500-0600 9565 31 RRW KIGALI SUEDAFRIKA 11805 25 D WERTACHTAL 12045 19 RRW KIGALI 15410 19 UAE DHABAYYA RWANDA ENGLISCH 0500-0600 96000 UKW RRW KIGALI BERLIN ENGLISCH 0515-0530 199360 UKW D BERLIN WESTAFRIKA ENGLISCH 0600-0700 7225 41 POR SINES 7225 41 D WERTACHTAL 11785 25 D WERTACHTAL 15410 19 RRW KIGALI RWANDA ENGLISCH 0600-0700 96000 UKW RRW KIGALI EUROPA ENGLISCH 0600-1000 6140 49 D JUELICH NAHOST/N.AF ENGLISCH 0600-1000 21675 13 CLN TRINCOMAL./DRM EUROPA ENGLISCH 0800-1000 15440 19 POR SINES/DRM RWANDA ENGLISCH 0800-1000 96000 UKW RRW KIGALI BERLIN ENGLISCH 0745-0900 199360 UKW D BERLIN 0915-1000 199360 UKW D BERLIN OASTASIEN ENGLISCH 1000-1030 6205 49 RUS PETROPAWLOWSK 15190 19 SNG KRANJI 17820 16 CLN TRINCOMALEE EUROPA ENGLISCH 1000-1200 6140 49 D JUELICH/DRM EUROPA ENGLISCH 1000-1200 15440 19 POR SINES/DRM RWANDA ENGLISCH 1100-1200 96000 UKW RRW KIGALI SUEDAOSTASIEN ENGLISCH 1100-1200 17670 16 CLN TRINCOMALEE 21650 13 KAZ ALMA ATA EUROPA ENGLISCH 1300-1600 6140 49 D JUELICH 1200-1400 9655 31 D WERTACHTAL/DRM 15440 19 POR SINES/DRM SUEDASIEN ENGLISCH 1600-1700 1548 MW CLN TRINCOMALEE 6170 49 CLN TRINCOMALEE 7225 41 CLN TRINCOMALEE 11695 25 D WERTACHTAL EUROPA ENGLISCH 1600-1800 6140 49 D JUELICH/DRM RWANDA ENGLISCH 1600-1700 96000 UKW RRW KIGALI OSTAFRIKA ENGLISCH 1900-2000 6180 49 RRW KIGALI 11865 25 D WERTACHTAL 13590 22 D WERTACHTAL 13780 22 CLN TRINCOMALEE RWANDA ENGLISCH 1900-2000 96000 UKW RRW KIGALI BERLIN ENGLISCH 1930-2000 199360 UKW D BERLIN ZENTRAL- und ENGLISCH 2000-2100 13590 22 D WERTACHTAL SUEDAFRIKA 13780 22 CLN TRINCOMALEE 15205 19 D WERTACHTAL 15410 19 CLN TRINCOMALEE RWANDA ENGLISCH 2000-2100 96000 UKW RRW KIGALI WESTAFRIKA ENGLISCH 2100-2200 9615 31 D WERTACHTAL 13780 22 CLN TRINCOMALEE 15410 19 RRW KIGALI RWANDA ENGLISCH 2100-2200 96000 UKW RRW KIGALI OSTASIEN ENGLISCH 2200-2300 6180 49 CLN TRINCOMALEE 6225 49 KAZ ALMA ATA NORDAMERIKA ENGLISCH 2200-2230 9800 31 SAC SACKVILLE/DRM SUEDOSTASIEN ENGLISCH 2300-0000 7250 41 CLN TRINCOMALEE 9815 31 CLN TRINCOMALEE 12035 25 RRW KIGALI RWANDA ENGLISCH 2300-0000 96000 UKW RRW KIGALI Gültig: 26.10.03 - 27.03.04 Winterhalbjahr 2003/2004 Seite: 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ (DW via Alokesh Gupta, India, Oct 16, DXLD) ** GERMANY. Bible Voice Broadcasting Network/BVBN/ changes via DTK T- Systems: 0500-0530 on 13840 WER 125 kW / 120 deg Mon/Wed/Fri ME Arabic ex M-F 1615-1730 NF 15405 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Mon-Fri ME Arabic ex 15750 1700-1800 NF 15405 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Sat/Sun ME English ex 15750 (Observer, Bulgaria, Oct 15 via DXLD) ** GUAM. [SWL] Hello to the Gang --- from Guam island. The ship has a very slow server on board and the satellite connection is one of the slowest Turtle types in the world. It`s funny to say this but I left Guam back in March when I was sent to another ship out in the Persian Gulf and I just got back to the island last night and unfortunately had long duty so could not drive around. I did go by Radio Baragada and found the antenna site. The one as you recall was badly damaged. It`s gone now except for the antenna farm in the distance. I got close to it and it has a Private Property sign in front. It`s U.S. Government property and despite I have U.S. DOD ID's I had no plans to get too close. I plan to visit KTWR today and visit my old friend NH2CW who gave me the tour last time. I found out that one of the hams I worked from my home in Manila was a fellow worker and plan to chat with him as well, what a heck of a way to give a QSL card to the guy; his call is KH2UZ. Remember the sailboat called Lucky that was on the beach, from the Super Typhoon? Well, it`s still there on the beach. Looks like it will be a while for it. 73's from Guam island (Larry Fields, n6hpx/du1, Oct 14, swl at qth.net via DXLD) Hello, just got back from KTWR and met up with NH2CW (a very good friend of mine) and some of the other Engineers at the station. It was a lot of fun. Chuck was showing me a tube that was going back to the company for repairs (EIMAC) and the unit pushes 6000 watts and is valued at $20,000. It`s a little bit bigger than a football. Around 10 inches in diameter and 20 inches in length. Very nice gear but had quit working on `em. Mentioned that they`re supposed to last 20,000 hours but this one quit around 800 hours. So they got some problems on that one. One of the other members was the frequency coördinator engineer and was really curious on those who are hearing the station since it came back on the air. All the antennas are repaired. Well, just wanted to pass that along and have to get back to my projects. 73's, from (Larry Fields, n6hpx/du1, Guam island, Oct 15, ibid.) ** GUYANA. 3291.10, Voice of Guyana, 0940 Oct 15. Noted a man in English, religious comments. Broadcast seemed to be recorded. Signal was good (Bolland, Chuck, Clewiston, Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3290.5, V. of Guyana, 0048-0102, Oct.15, English, OM with obituary notices and "Messages" program with messages re deceased relatives, GBC ID between programs, V. of Guyana ID and TC at 0055, "Focus on Bible" feature, 0100, PSA, ads, ID and winning lottery numbers. Fair. I have heard both the obituary and message programs several times before and still find it to be some of the most unique and strange programming on SW. Lots of death via VOG! (Scott R Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, Icom R-75, MLB-1, RS longwire w/ RBA balun, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HONDURAS. HRMI, 3340, Spanish religious programming with contemporary Christian music, ID, poor in noise, 0440-0502* Sept 28, not heard since (Brian Alexander, PA, Oct 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. Estimados amigos: Recitifico lo apuntado en un mensaje anterior y confirmo el esquema de VOI que aparece en el DXLD 03-171: La Voz de Indonesia ha ampliado sus emisiones en español a una hora, entre 1700 y 1800 UT, por la frecuencia 15150 KHz. El programa empieza exactamente a las 1458 [quiere decir 1658 UT?], indicando el esquema de frecuencias y horarios. En este esquema, sin embargo, se indica que la emisión está saliendo al aire también por la frecuencia de 9525 KHz. Un saludo a todos Jesús María Iglesias, EA1- 0986, Oct 15, Noticias DX via DXLD) VOI, 15150.03, Oct 6 2000-2100* English news, commentary, local music. Weak, but in the clear; appears to be irregular. Some days I don`t even hear a het on the frequency. Heard Sept 27 on 15149.83 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. QSL: 9590, 11670, 11750, 11920, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting External service. In a large brown package included with the full data QSL card of the Khaju Bridge, was flag decal, packet on the Kish Island Amusement and Refreshment Center, Al-Tawhid booklet and finally a complete tourist map of Iran. Gee, with all this information sent, one would assume that travel is openly permitted now within this country (Edward Kusalik, Alberta. Canada, Oct 14, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. Dear friends, Please allow me to describe the situation as I see it, mostly through my own monitoring: R Yaran was using 7525 from Kvitsøy, brokered by Merlin, in April 2003, then moved to 15740 in May. In July-Sep it was heard on 15790 from Samara, but the last logging was on Sep 12. Early Sep. I noticed an unstable transmitter. It was off when checked on Sep 20 and has been since then, so R Yaran may have left SW. The IBB RMS loggings in Farsi, mentioned by Bernd Trutenau, are also regularly heard here with clear ID's: 7460 Daily 0230-0315 Payam-e Doost - heard Sep 23 and 29. 7480 Daily 1800-1845 Payam-e Doost - heard e.g. today Oct 12. 13800 Mo-Sa 1630-1700 (Summer), 1730-1800 (Winter) R International - last checked and heard Sep 02. All these three seem to be via Maiac, Moldova (A. Petersen, Denmark, Oct 12, 2003 in DXplorer-ML via CRW via DXLD) 13800 is a traditional Kvitsøy (Norway) frequency. This frequency would be too high for reaching Iran from Moldova, but perfect if used from Kvitsøy (B. Trutenau, Lithuania Oct 13, 2003 in DXplorer-ML via CRW via DXLD) ** IRAQ [non]. V. of the Iraqi People, clandestine, 4785, Oct 5 0305- 0311* Kor`an, Arabic sign-off announcements, subharmonic of 9570. Very weak; better on \\ 9570, 11710, 9563 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Dear EMR listener, The next transmission from EMR is on Friday night the 24th of October via the IRRS on 5775 at 2230 to 0000 UT with a much higher power of 100 kW. This will increase the signal from fair to a good Reception. There will also be a repeat broadcast within 7 days. 73s (Tom Taylor & STAFF, European Music Radio Oct 16, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** ITALY. ITALY SETS 2007 FOR DIGITAL SWITCHOVER | Text of press release by Digital TV Group on 15 October The lower house of the Italian parliament has passed the country's controversial communications bill despite it being twice delayed in two days by a series of opposition amendments. The new legislation, which many believe tightens Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's grip on the media, also sets out the guidelines for the introduction of digital television leading to analogue switch off in 2007. Critics, however, say that the 2007 deadline leaves insufficient time, and reinforces the duopoly between the public broadcaster Rai and Berlusconi's own Mediaset channels. The bill still needs to pass through the Italian Senate before becoming law. Source: Digital TV Group in English 15 Oct 03 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** LATVIA. Just to clarify the recent changes: The shortwave station is now operating as Euronet Radio: http://www.euronetradio.com Our other (non-shortwave) activities will continue to be branded Laser Radio. The website for Laser Radio: http://www.laserradio.net For the time being this website is simply a link to Euronet Radio (From laserradio@yahoogroups.com via Mike Terry, Oct 15, BDXC-UK via WORLD OF RADIO 1203, DXLD) Commencing Saturday 1st November - the relay of Radio Seagull on 9290 kHz will be from 1100 until 1600 UT. This is in order to maintain our broadcast time in Europe as Midday till 5 pm Central Europe Time. This coming Sunday 19th October, Euronet Radio will be relaying The Overcomer broadcast from Brother Stair; the broadcast will commence at 1400 and continue until 1900 UT on 9290 kHz (Euronetradio at yahoogroups.com via Mike Terry, Oct 16, BDXC-UK via DXLD) Ahá, Euronet is not serious about providing worthwhile programming Euronet Radio has intervened in Latvia and made sure that the change to winter time in Europe on 26 October will not effect the Radio Seagull relay in regard to the audience's local time. The SW transmitter in Ulbroka is owned by the Latvian State Radio and Television Centre (LVRTC). In cooperation with a Latvian broker, the British company Laser Radio Ltd is renting air time on this transmitter, and is marketing this air time under the label "Euronet Radio", offering to carry relays of programmes or radio stations (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** LEBANON [non]. Re 3-181: The URL for Eastern Radio's website is http://www.carmelnews.org --- it does indeed have live streaming audio. Regards, (Dave Kernick, Click your way to Interval Signals Online @ http://www.intervalsignalsonline.com Oct 15, WORLD OF RADIO 1203, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBERIA. BRINGING ORDER FROM CHAOS --- Churches help with refugees, hunger, and the lasting trauma brought on by war. By Richard Nyberg in Dakar, Senegal, with additional reporting by ENI | posted 10/15/2003 . . .Radio ELWA, a ministry founded by SIM in Monrovia in 1954, continues to air eight hours of Christian programming in English and 90 minutes in nine Liberian languages each day over FM and short-wave transmitters. About 2,000 displaced Liberians live on the ELWA campus, which includes a hospital. . . http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/011/17.39.html (Christianity Today, November 2003 via Jill Dybka, DXLD) ** MALAYSIA [non?]. 7270, INDIA, AIR, Chennai, 1141-1212, Oct.14, Nice signal at tune-in with OM and YL talks and music, OM with news at 1155 until 1210 with mentions of America, Indonesia, Kalimantan and numerous mentions of Malaysia which led me to believe I was hearing RTM Sarawak until I remembered hearing AIR on this frequency just days earlier, tho this time I did not hear an AIR ID at ToH. Is Sarawak still on SW? Beginning to fade by tune-out (Scott R Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, Icom R-75, MLB-1, RS longwire w/ RBA balun, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [non]. Re 3-180: ``Interestingly, the last issue of CRW did publish as `feedback` the previous discussion about this, but still not the info about RFCI itself, tho the Sept 12 Guardian story mentioning a **pirate** radio station at Cancún, with no details, did appear`` (G. Hauser-USA Oct 11, 2003 in DXLD 3-180) Thank you, Glenn. Regarding the 'question' in the last paragraph of your article above I want to answer with a line from 'Lament' of Weber`s musical 'Evita': "The choice was mine, and mine completely." (M. Schöch, Germany, Oct 14, 2003 for CRW via DXLD) ** MOLDOVA. 1612-, 5960, Radio DMR, in English (Oct 14 `03), news and comments about current events, good signal, some noise. Speaker had a 'good' accent. ID 'Radio DMR' at 1618. At 1619 announcement of snail- mail address and e-mail. Snail mail address was the same that has been announced already in the past: Radio DMR - Radio Pridnestrovia, ul. Rozy Luksemburg 10, 3300 Tiraspol, Republic of Moldavia. (They really use the name 'Rep. of Moldavia' all the time.) At 1620 beginning of a transmission in French. BC was full of news, no music. Same 'end of program' announcements at 1640 (in French). Carrier off at 1642. Thank you to Erich and Ralf in the A-DX mailing list for the tip (M. Schöch, Germany, Oct 14, 2003 for CRW via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. Euro-pirate, Alpha Lima International, 6287.24, Oct 5 0515-0525+, ID, pop music, address. Gone at 0600 recheck. Fair level put poor reception due to strong RTTY on frequency. Surprised to hear these guys; haven`t heard ALI for some time (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS. RADIO NETHERLANDS ABANDONS IT LOYAL HF LISTENERS IN EUROPE The new international broadcast schedules commence in approximately two weeks time with the change from Daylight Savings Time back to Standard Time. Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep has announced that despite having only one HF transmission to Europe each day (whereas in the golden eras of yesteryear there used to be three each day) it is completely abandoning its lunchtime European listeners on HF. Beginning on October 26th, there will be a single transmission to Europe via the Wolvertem transmitter of the VRT on 1512 kHz at 2200 UT. Futhermore, the daily transmission has been chopped in half, and instead of being the 2 hour broadcast, it will only be 60 minutes. http://www.rnw.NL/en/html/europe.html Clearly Radio Netherlands has joined the trend of other broadcasters who believe that there is no future for international broadcasting to Europe in the HF bands. http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/t/92496/ds.html (via Mike Terry, MWDX yahoogroup via DXLD) Hello from Hilversum, As we approach the end of the summer broadcasting season at Radio Netherlands, the last edition of the current series of Sincerely Yours will air on Sunday 19 October. It's also time to bid farewell to host Howie Shannon, who is starting a new career outside of Radio Netherlands. This week's edition will be a special one, and Howie has promised (or should that be threatened?) to include some previously unheard bloopers. I've a horrible feeling that I might be included. If that still hasn't put you off, tune in on Sunday (Andy Sennitt, Media Network Newsletter Oct 15 via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. [?] Tuned into a strong OC on 9885 at 0719 15/10, but it was off abruptly 0723. *Possibly* RNZI testing their rebuilt transmitter, as they usually came in well on that frequency/time before the lightning struck (Chuck Albertson, Seattle, Wash., WORLD OF RADIO 1203, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RNZI is back on the air with the National Radio relay. Weak but readable 0555 16/10 on 11820, time pips and R Nat news 0600 (Chuck Albertson, Seattle, Wash., DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, am listening to Radio New Zealand at 0437 tune in w/strong signal on 17675 on 10/16/03. Nice to have them back on again. Glad I checked. Maybe they were just testing as they went off at 0450. They came back on at 0500 with time pips and then women with news at 6 o'clock. RNZI at 1400-1402 on 6095 and then they went off the air. Never came back on, 10/16/03 (Bruce MacGibbon in Gresham, OR, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This a.m. my 1030 Oct 16, 9885 check provided results. RNZI apparently testing playing pop music. On and off the air a number of times. Carrier close to what it was before at times. Noted lots of dead air between checks. So it appears they might be back into action shortly (Bob Montgomery, PA, swprograms via DXLD) 9885, Radio New Zealand International, 1108-1115 Oct 16. Noted man in English comments. At 1108 man gives ID, "This is Radio New Zealand International broadcasting ...." This followed by Pacific news. Signal was fair but muffled slightly. Thanks to Montgomery tip (Bolland, Chuck, Clewiston, Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Haere Mai. Welcome! Update on the RNZI Transmitter - The RNZI short- wave transmitter has been off-air since Saturday 30 August. Spare parts have arrived and we are back on the air as of 0500 UTC 16 October. The transmitter is still under test but we hope our service has now returned to normal. RNZI is still leasing time on Radio Australia (http://www.rnzi.com UT Oct 16 via DXLD) RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL BACK ON AIR --- Christian Ghibaudo reports: "Radio New Zealand International is back on shortwave, since this morning 0ctober 16th. Now, at 0630 UT, on 11820 kHz, reception is nice here on the south of France." The shortwave transmitter had been off the air since Saturday 30 August (© Radio Netherlands Media Network 16 October 2003 via DXLD) The 24-hour frequency schedule, which never got to start as planned on Sept 1, and in effect until Oct 26 is: 1650- M-F 6095 [UT Sun-Thu] 1851- M-F 11725 [UT Sun-Thu] 1951- 15160 2216- 17675 0500- 11820 0706- 9885 (with a beam change at 1106) 1306- 6095 (via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio New Zealand International (October 26, 2003 - March 28, 2004) 1650-1750 Daily 6095 / 035 deg to NE Pac, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands 1751-1850 Daily 11980 / 000 deg to NE Pac, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Cook 1851-2239 Daily 15265 / 000 deg to All Pacific, also audible in Europe 2240-0359 Daily 17675 / 000 deg to All Pacific, also on W coast USA 0400-0705 Daily 15340 / 000 deg to All Pacific, also Eu, mid-west USA 0706-1105 Daily 11675 / 000 deg to All Pacific, also mid-west USA 1106-1259 Daily 15530 / 325 deg to NW Pacific, Bougainville, Timor, As 1300-1649 Daily 6095 / 000 deg to All Pacific (Observer, Bulgaria, Oct 16 via DXLD) I believe we already had the same schedule. I wonder how they pin down the non-target area as `mid-west` USA, and why they don`t ever mention Canada?? Chris Hambly, Vic., hears Oct 17 from Nigel Holmes at RA, that RNZI SW is still in a sporadic testing phase (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. KXOK-LP channel 32 in Enid has dumped 24/7 Dr Gene Scott for a couple of weeks now, back to a network it previously carried, America-One, after a fortunately brief reflirtation with MTV2. While there is a great deal more variety, I can`t find a single show on A1 schedule I want to watch, not even any Canadian comedy any more. Around Oct 13-15 we have been noticing ``no signal`` for hours at a time, and the last frame received on display! The original owner is in a court battle with Rex Faulkner, whose law firm continues to crawl across the top of the screen, since apparently the original owner was never paid in full for the station, altho under the control of Faulkner (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. 5027, R. Pakistan (Presumed). The off-frequency for this one stands out but I couldn't catch a lot of details. This is one I rarely hear though and it was noted to today Oct 15 just after 1400 with talk by man. Audio sounds crummy just like other Pakistani outlets on 5080.2 and 5102. Per Noel Green's information from the station, this is Quetta with 10 kW (Hans Johnson, WY, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3290, I am hearing two stations from PNG here. The first is carrying NBC and is // 4890 at 1140 [Wyoming receiver] and at 2000 [Javaradio Australia]. The second PNG station was noted at 1140 with pops and off with anthem at 1200 [Wyoming.] I would assume that the station signing off at 1200 and not on at 2000 is the provincial station Radio Central. The second one I'm not sure about. I accounted for most, but not all, of the provincial stations on their usual frequencies. That is a bit tricky as some are off the air right now, but that would be one possibility. Another would be that this is an additional frequency for NBC via Port Moresby (Hans Johnson, WY, Oct 15, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) G'day Hans, my '99 edition of WRTH says:- Radio Central on 3290 kHz 2000-2200 and 0700-1300. I think that it carries NBC 24 hour Karai service some of the time and its own local program at other times. Times could vary, and probably NBC relay when no local announcer is available. As far as I know it is indeed Central Radio, but I will check tonight for you, 73 (Tim Gaynor, Qsld., ibid.) This is R Central --- once the regional service signs off it often, but not always carries NBC parallel to 4890. It`s not usually on 24 hours (Don Nelson, OR, ibid.) ** PERU. Amigos DXistas! Saludos desde "la mitad del mundo" 3027v kHz unID Perú el 15 de Octubre 2003 - 1100 UT. Nuestro amigo DXista Alfredo alias "SpaceMaster" recién nos informó que Radio Imperio, Chiclayo ahora está en 3027 kHz (ex 3172.70 kHz). Parece que haya regresado a su frecuencia de 3172.70 kHz. Esta mañana tuve una estación peruana allí, pero sin ID. Interesante es que cuando Imperio, Chiclayo (tent.) estuvo en 3172.70 kHz yo al mismo tiempo estuve escuchando una estación peruana en 3027v kHz. Una señal inestable y de mala calidad. Creo que el título del programa haya sido `Saludos musicales`. Según Dxista Alfredo la estación en 3027 kHz se identifica como `Radio Imperio` y por eso estoy pensando: Al principio de este año yo informé sobre una emisora peruana nueva, no está en WRTH; Me pregunto: "Radio Imperio" en 3027v kHz tal vez sea un harmonic de Radio Imperio, La Libertad en onda media? Una estación con el mismo tipo de sonido malo y además la frecuencia estuvo variando bastante. Viz.: 1429-1432v O___, Radio Imperio, el distrito de Calamarca, la provincia de Julcán, el departamento de La Libertad (Perú). Jan 2003 - 0130 UT. This station is drifting heavily between 1429 and 1432 kHz, sometimes with good signal. Semi distorted audio and the DJ talks fast and untidy as well. The first time I listened I thought they were called "R. R. la frecuencia de amor", maybe a jingle, often repeated. Finally this ID was heard: "Nueva Radio Imperio" and also "Están escuchando Radio Imperio Laser (?)". I checked Radio Imperio, Chiclayo on 4389 kHz, also heard here in Quito on 1491.25 kHz, but you can immediately tell that it is two different stations. Most of the time typical Peruvian music and also typical Ecuadorian. In between Andean Cumbia which can be placed in both countries (Bjorn Malm, Quito, Ecuador - SWB América Latina). JAMAS mencioné Radio Imperio, de Chiclayo en el informe... la emisora que SI mencioné fue Radio Municipal... tal como se puede leer en: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Andes&page=2 Aprovecho la oportunidad para decir que NO transmite desde Panao como indiqué... ayer he verificado que transmite usando los 105.3 de FM y se llama Radio Municipal... lo UNICO que me falta VERIFICAR al 200% es el QTH para poder compartir la información. TODAS las noches escucho esa estación para obtener el número telefónico y llamar para obtener TODOS los datos posibles. 73's (Alfredo Cañote, Perú) MIL perdones Alfredo, después 50 termina la memoria funcionar bien. Conozco muy bien que en 3172.70 kHz transmite Radio Municipal y conozco también que Imperio, Chiclayo transmite en 4386 kHz. MIL perdones, Alfredo! Pero, significa que en la frecuencia de 3027 kHz (no tengo tu email, ojalá que recuerde bien la frecuencia donde escuchaste Municipal.....) hay DOS emisoras peruanas: Tú Municipal y la emisora yo escuché a noche y esta mañana (en esa ocación estuvo Municipal al mismo tiempo en 3172.70 kHz). Quito 15/Oct/2003 18:35 Corección! Perdón! Excuse me! 3172.70 kHz = R. Municipal, Panao (NOT Radio Imperio, Chiclayo) 73s de (Björn Malm, SWB América Latina, Quito, Ecuador, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No hay problema senhor! Considero que sólo es una confusión y listo. Lo que sí estoy escucha y escucha y no dicen ni teléfono ni qth. En radio municipal de 3023 variable. La "otra" Municipal (la de Panao ) sigue transmitiendo normal (Alfredo Cañote, ibid.) Quito 15/Oct/2003 22:02: 3027v kHz, Radio Municipal QTH?? "...desde el distrito de Guarancay(??) transmite Radio Municipal..." and "La radio oficial del distrito". "Ahora en AM y FM". Program: "La hora romántica". Could it be an harmonic from mediumwave with new name? (listed Inti Radio, Abancay (Perú) on 1512 kHz). Close Down 0240 UT. It is NOT Radio Municipal that has moved from 3172.70 kHz. 73s de (Björn Malm, SWB América Latina, Quito, Ecuador, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quito 16/Oct/2003 8:16, Amigos DXistas! Saludos desde la mitad del mundo! 3027v kHz Radio Municipal, Distrito de Huaranchal, Provincia de Otuzco, Departamento de La Libertad (Perú), 16th of October 2003 - 1050 UT. This station was first reported by Alfredo "SpaceMaster`` in Perú (Unidentified). "....desde el distrito de Huaranchal transmite Radio Municipal...". Comunicadoas to people living in these "distritos": La Fortuna, El Milagro, La Tuna, Tres Piedras, La Esperanza and Loma Grande. Program this morning: "Despertar Andino". I did not hear the names "Otuzco" or ``La Libertad", just Distrito de Huaranchal. Does anyone know if there are more "distritos" in Perú with the name "Huaranchal"? A new station or an harmonic from mediumwave, I don´t know. Info from "Ventanaperú": Provincia de Otuzco, cuya capital es Otuzco. Sus distritos son: Agallpampa, Charat, Huaranchal, La Cuesta, Lucma, Mache, Marmot, Otuzco, Paranday, Salpo, Sinsicap, Usquil; con una población total de 117,670 hab. 73s de (Björn Malm, SWB América Latina, Quito, Ecuador, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quito 16/Oct/2003 10:44, Amigo Alfredo! Escuché Radio Municipal, Distrito de Huaranchal (Perú) esta mañana entre 10-1100 UT, una señal bastante fuerte. A partir de a las 1100 UT más débil. Escuché el programa "Despertar Andino" conteniendo música serrana, por ejemplo el grupo "Los Nativos de Cajamarca". Alfredo, sabes si hay más distritos en Perú que se llaman ``Huaranchal"? He buscado pero solamente puedo encontrar Huarachal en Provincia de Otuzco. Entonces supongo que Huaranchal sea ubicada en esa provincia. Más tarde pueden escuchar una grabación en la página web de SWB: http://homepage.sverige.net/~a-0901/ Visite Huaranchal en esta página: http://www.spanischkurse-online.de/huaranchal/entrahuara.htm Gracias Alfredo por encontrar esta emisora! 73s de (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, via DXLD) Estimado Björn: Realmente hay un solo lugar llamado Huanranchal en mi Pais: el Perú. Verifica en: http://www.onpe.gob.pe/prensa/downloads/Distritales_provinciales.xls Y felicitaciones por ubicar el lugar de origen de la emisión. Cabe recordar que ellos anuncian emitir en 105.3 MHz. 73´s (Alfredo Cañote, Perú, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4990.90, unID probably Perú and perhaps an reactivation of Radio Ancash, Huaraz(???) Some weeks ago Robert Wilkner in Florida (USA) had an unID probably LA on 4990.9 (I´m not 100% sure of the frequency) kHz - I checked the frequency but all I could hear was an open carrier. However this morning I heard a Latin American station on 4990.90 kHz with strong but very low/bad modulated signal. I get the impression that it was a station from Perú. I think it is an reactivation of Radio Ancash, Huaraz (Perú) but I´m not sure. 73s de.... (Björn Malm, SWB América Latina, Quito Ecuador, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6114.87, Radio Unión, 0920-0933 Oct 15. Noted steady Huaynos music during the period. At 0933 canned ID over music. Signal was good (Bolland, Chuck, Clewiston, Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. Rdif. La Poderosa, Huancabamba, 6535.97, Oct 10 0025-0108*, OA folk music, TCs, Spanish announcements, talk. Abruptly off at 0108. IDs as ``Radiodifusora La Poderosa, Huancabamba`. Fair-good. Tnx WOR tip. Also heard next night, Oct 11, 0100-0204* again with abrupt sign- off (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. Winter B-03 schedule of Radio Romania International: ARABIC 0730-0756 15270 15365 17735 17790 || ex 0700-0756 1430-1456 15160 15370 17790 17805 || ex 1300-1356 AROMANIAN 1630-1656 756 5985* || ex 1800-1826 2000-2026 756 5955* || ex 2030-2056 BULGARIAN 1430-1456 756 7130* || ex 0500-0526 1800-1826 756 5960* || ex 1630-1656 CHINESE 0500-0526 15160 17720 || ex 0630-0656 1400-1426 11830 15375 || ex 1430-1456 ENGLISH 0100-0156 6040 9510 9530 11740 || ex 0200-0256 0300-0356 6040 9515 || ex 0400-0456 0700-0726 11775 15105 || ex 0637-0654 1300-1356 15170 17720 17745 || ex 1400-1456 1700-1726 9570 11940 || ex 1700-1756 2030-2056 6110 7105 || ex 2100-2156 2200-2256 5975 7250 11830 || additional 2300-2356 11840 11940 15145 15370 [English portion in WORLD OF RADIO 1203] FRENCH 0400-0456 6045 9510 || ex 0500-0556 0600-0626 9510 9560 11775 11840 || ex 0603-0620 1100-1156 15260 15380 17745 17790 1700-1726 9510 9690 11810 11820 || ex 1500-1556 2000-2026 7105 9570 || ex 2000-2056 GERMAN 0630-0656 9510 9655 11775 11940 || ex 0620-0637 1200-1256 11790 11940 15170 15245 1600-1656 5995 7225 9585 11790 1900-1956 5960 7130 GREEK 1500-1526 756 9750* || ex 1330-1356 1830-1856 756 7120* || ex 1730-1756 HUNGARIAN 1600-1626 756 7135* || ex 0600-0626 1930-1956 756 5960* || ex 2100-2126 ITALIAN 1700-1726 756 9745* || ex 1400-1426 2030-2056 756 6120* || ex 2000-2026 PORTUGUESE 0000-0056 9665 11830 11875 15250 || ex 0100-0156 1930-1956 11725 15335 || additional 2130-2156 9655 11725 11940 15285 || ex 2200-2256 ROMANIAN 0800-0856 15370 15380 17745 17805 || Sunday only 0900-0956 15380 15470 17735 17745 || Sunday only 1000-1056 15260 15380 17735 17745 || Sunday only 1300-1356 15105 1500-1556 11790 15105 1730-1756 9595 11780 1800-1856 7195 9595 1900-1956 6140 RUSSIAN 0530-0556 9740 11735 || ex 1200-1256 1500-1526 9590 11745 || ex 1500-1556 1800-1826 5965 7155 || ex 1900-1956 SERBIAN 1530-1556 756 7285* || ex 1300-1326 1900-1926 756 5955* || ex 1830-1856 SPANISH 0000-0056 9665 11830 11875 15250 0200-0256 5995 9530 9550 11940 || ex 0300-0356 1900-1926 9645 11725 || ex 1800-1856 2100-2126 9655 11725 11940 15285 || ex 2200-2256 TURKISH 1400-1426 756 7150* || ex 1130-1156 1730-1756 756 5985* || ex 1700-1726 UKRAINIAN 1530-1556 6115 7135 || ex 0530-0556 1830-1856 5965 7155 || ex 1600-1626 * via Saftitza 50 kW 73! (Observer, Bulgaria, Oct 15 via DXLD) ** SIKKIM. Dear Glenn, AIR Gangtok 3390 kHz mentioned in recent DXLD is of 10 kW only --- not 50 kW. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, ATOJ, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Box 1555, Somajiguda Hyderabad 500082, India, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Re the 21590 unID, 3-181: On Oct 15 I tuned in at 1405, just in time to hear the unmistakable huskiness of Brother R. G. Stair, mentioning being on both 21590 and 9475! But missed anything further, such as transmitter site. Then I tuned to WWCR 9475, and confirmed parallel, tho 21590 was running about 2 seconds behind (a further 2 or 3 satellite hops?) during the haunting male solo which followed, reminding me of Hatiqva, certainly with a Jewish minor tone. A few minutes later B.S. resumed his apocalyptic nonsense and self- aggrandizing catch-phrases. Only then did I condescend to check http://www.overcomerministry.com/SW.shtml updated Oct 10 where indeed Juelich is shown on 21590 at 1400-1600 daily to SAm. Besides the other usual outlets, WWCR, WINB, and other Jülich frequencies, The first entry is a strange one, ``24/7 on 7465, Radio Mission Intl. To Europe, Scandinavia through France`` -- what could that be, a pirate or secret site? Has anyone heard this in Europe? And whatever became of Stair`s day in court? It`s been more than a year since he got out of jail, with no further news reaching us (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1203, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Meanwhile, in Cody --- SITE? 7465, Radio Mission International --- heard the Overcomer Ministry here at 1455 with an ID by man in English at 1500. Overcomer website shows this as 24/7 but I have never heard of this station (negative website search). Does anyone know anything about where this is? Heard via Javaradio Europe (Hans Johnson, WY, Oct 15, Cumbredx mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1203, DXLD) It is from Ireland. The frequency used to carry Laser Hot Hits programming, has been carrying religious programmes for a couple of months now (Mike Barraclough, UK, Cumbre DX via DXLD) Is this a licensed relay frequency? 73s, (Bernd Trutenau, ibid.) No it is unlicenced. the same site continues to carry Laser Hot Hits programming on 4025 6219 and 9385 (Mike Barraclough, ibid.) See also LATVIA; USA - WWCR ** SWEDEN. RADIO SWEDEN -- Coming up on Radio Sweden: Thursday: In "HeartBeat" Nobel laureate Peter Mansfield and ecological hairdos Friday: Our weekly review Saturday: "Spectrum" Sunday: In "Sounds Nordic" Fattaru and "Intoxicating Rooms" (repeat) Sunday October 26, when Western Europe switches back to standard time, we'll be changing some of our shortwave schedule here on Radio Sweden. The biggest change is that we're dropping the broadcast at 1230 UT to Asia and North America. But there are still plenty of other broadcasts to those areas: Asia and the Pacific: 0130 on 9435 1330 on 9430 and 17505 2030 on 9400 North America: Relays from Sackville, Canada at 0230 and 0330 on 9495 Directly from Sweden at 1330 and 1430 on 18960. Europe, Africa, and the Middle East: 1430 on 17505 1830 daily except Sundays on 1179 and 6065 2030-2100 on 1179, 6065, and 9400 2230 on 1179 and 6065 Our transmissions in digital DRM continue: 1330 via Radio Netherlands on 9815 2330 via Radio Canada International on 9800 Our satellite and local relays remain the same (George Wood, SCDX/MediaScan Oct 15 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. COUNTRY TO ENTER INTO ERA OF DIGITAL TELEVISION IN 2006 | Text of report in English by Taiwanese Central News Agency web site 16 Oct Taipei, 16 Oct --- Premier Yu Shyi-kun said on Thursday that the country will enter into the era of digital television in 2006, when the proportion of digital televisions on the island reaches 85 per cent. Yu made the announcement at the opening ceremony of the five-day Taipei International Electronics Show at the Taipei World Trade Centre. Yu pointed out that the production volume of Taiwan's electrical and electronics products totalled 127.1 bn dollars last year, accounting for 50.98 per cent of the total industrial production of the island. With its exports reaching 65.2 bn dollars in 2002, accounting for 49.9 per cent of Taiwan's total exports, the electrical and electronics sector is posed as the industry with the greatest potential in Taiwan, Yu said. With regard to the main theme of the electronics show, digital technology, Yu noted that the government is actively supporting the video industry, including LCD and plasma televisions, to bring Taiwan into an era of digital television (DTV) technology, which will allow broadcasters to offer television with high-quality picture and sound, along with a great variety of other enhancements. DTV technology can also be used to transmit large amounts of data into homes, which may be accessible by computer or television sets. Noting that Taiwan's information and electronics sectors are quick to react to changes, the premier still urged domestic electronics entrepreneurs to accelerate the establishment of global logistics systems, in addition to strengthening research and development capabilities to maintain their high competitiveness. Although the scale of the exhibition is somewhat smaller than that of last year, there are 61 foreign exhibitors, a considerable rise of 65 per cent over last year. Mainland Chinese manufacturers also sent their delegations for the first time to participate in the show. Source: Central News Agency web site, Taipei, in English 1006 gmt 16 Oct 03 (via BBCM via DXLD) See also CHINA ** TAJIKISTAN. 4995, RFE/RL in Kazakh (Tentative). Very interesting conditions today Oct 15; I don't recall hearing this one before. 1405 with talk by man and woman. Weak level and it hung in there about 15 minutes. I checked the BCL website for the RFE/RL sked which lists //'s of 15355 and 15455, neither of which I could hear (Hans Johnson, WY, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** THAILAND. Broadcast Schedule - Radio Thailand, World Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For listeners in Asia and the Pacific, Africa , Europe, and America on the following frequencies (As per B-03 seasonal change) - effective October 26, 2003 GMT BKK time Language Frequency(KHz) 0000-0030 0700-0730 English 09680 0030-0100 0730-0800 English 13695 0100-0200 0800-0900 Thai 13695 0300-0330 1000-1030 English 15460 0330-0430 1030-1130 Thai 15460 0530-0600 1230-1300 English 13780 1000-1100 1700-1800 Thai 07285 1100-1115 1800-1815 Vietnamese 07305 1115-1130 1815-1830 Khmer 07305 1130-1145 1830-1845 Lao 06040 1145-1200 1845-1900 Burmese 06040 1200-1215 1900-1915 Malaysian 11805 1215-1230 1915-1930 Indonesian 11805 1230-1300 1930-2000 English 09810 1300-1315 2000-2015 Japanese 07160 1315-1330 2015-2030 Mandarin 07160 1330-1400 2030-2100 Thai 07160 1400-1430 2100-2130 English 09560 1800-1900 0100-0200 Thai 11855 1900-2000 0200-0300 English 09535 2000-2015 0300-0315 German 09535 2015-2030 0315-0330 French 09535 2030-2045 0330-0345 English 09535 2045-2115 0345-0415 Thai 09635 [sic] Radio Thailand is part of the Government Public Relations Department, Royal Thai Government, 236 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Din Daeng – Din Daeng, BKK 10400. Tel (662)277-1818, 277-1840, 277-6139(plus fax), 274-9098(recording) and 274-9099 amporns @ mzart.inet.co.th website http://www.prd.go.th Regds, (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, Oct 17, DXLD) ** TIBET. 4920, Xizang PBS, Lhasa, 1110-1130, Oct.16, English/Tibetan? V. of Holy Tibet program, YL with talks, Chinese music between items, quick ID during music at 1120, OM with Tibetan Service at 1130, good signal tho too much "sweeper" to fully understand program content, // 4905, 5240 both fair/poor (Scott R Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, Icom R- 75, MLB-1, RS longwire w/ RBA balun, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. This October 1, Rhino Radio International came booming in even when the ole antenna clip-on disengaged itself. Has been usually hard to hear even when one squints one's ears. 17555 'round about 1515, lengthy ID in English, playing songs like "One World, One Heart" (the tune one hears during a Jamaica TV ad) and similar peace-evoking music; deep-voiced OM jock, tho a female ID was also given in there somewhere. OM gave address in Germany, website particulars, and standard ID at s/off, at 1530 (C. Listensprechen, USA Oct 1, 2003 in ASWLC-ML via CRW via DXLD) ** U S A. B-03 Schedule: WWCR Transmitter #1 - 100 KW - 46 Degrees FREQ TIME (UTC) DATES 9475 1000-1100 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 15825 1100-2200 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 9475 2200-0000 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 3210 0000-1000 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 9475 1000-1100 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 15825 1100-2100 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 9475 2100-2300 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 3210 2300-1000 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 9475 1000-1100 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 15825 1100-2200 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 9475 2200-0000 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 3210 0000-1000 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 Transmitter #2 - 100 KW - 85 Degrees [University Network, DGS only] FREQ TIME (UTC) DATES 13845 1300-0100 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 5935 0100-1300 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 13845 1400-0000 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 5935 0000-1400 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 13845 1300-0100 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 5935 0100-1300 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 Transmitter #3 - 100 KW - 40 Degrees FREQ TIME (UTC) DATES 12160 1300-2300 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 5070 2300-1300 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 12160 1300-2200 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 5070 2200-1300 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 12160 1300-2300 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 5070 2300-1300 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 Transmitter #4 - 100 KW - 90 Degrees [Overcomer Ministry only, Brother Scare] FREQ TIME (UTC) DATES 9475 1400-2200 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 7465 2200-0500 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 7560 0500-1400 26 Oct 03-30 Nov 03 9475 1400-2100 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 7465 2100-0500 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 7560 0500-1400 01 Dec 03-28 Feb 04 9475 1400-2200 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 7465 2200-0500 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 7560 0500-1400 01 Mar 04-30 Mar 04 (No mention of 29 Feb 2004 ... !) [WWCR website via Alan Roe, Oct 14, DXLD] ** U S A [non]. Note the previous full AWR B-03 schedule showing a Spanish broadcast from unknown site at 2300-0100 on 6165. I finally looked at http://www.awr.org/listener-services-program-schedule%20winter%202004.html and it confirms as we suspected that AWR will then be relayed by Bonaire, making up some of the time abandoned by RN itself: ``El 26 de Octubre de 2003, AWR comenzará a transmitir programación en Español dos horas al día desde la isla de Bonaire en el Caribe, hasta las islas de Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y Cuba. Vea los detalles de programación abajo. 2300-0100 UT para Cuba, R.D., PR, 6165`` [also via Ernesto N. Hernández, México] Spanish, a major world language, has been a glaring omission from the overall AWR schedule, especially since their SW stations in Costa Rica, and Guatemala were given up. There was also an AWR in Peru, but not part of the world network, nor is R. Amanecer, 6025, DR. (However, AWR has apparently continued with a Spanish 24h satellite service based in Costa Rica.) It will be interesting to see what other new clients RN may have for Bonaire and other sites, since 40% of its own airtime has been upgiven (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1203, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. As one who has worked at Mt. Sutro, and in the transmitter buildings adjacent to KNTV's site on Loma Prieta, for quite a few years, I find it mind-boggling to think that a station that was founded in and for San José can -- in today's media environment -- even THINK about something this inexplicable, bizarre, bewildering: it's truly a strange new world! Is there any point now in having an FCC? (Steve Waldee - retired broadcast engineer, San José, CA, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: 3-181: Thanks for running the Rush satire --- Glenn: I very much appreciate your quote of the satire, after having read a couple of hundred posts in rec.radio.shortwave in which Rush fans tried to draw their weak arguments supporting him, and lambasting Clinton. One gets tired of this and Bill McClellan does such a marvelous job in duplicating Rush's bombastic style that I could hear in my mind the acidulous derision...the desk pounding...the paper rustling...the wild tonal modulations...the whole disgusting Limbaugh shtick (Steve Waldee, DX LISTENING DIGEST) IMUS LAMBASTES LIMBAUGH Rush Limbaugh received no sympathy from Infinity Radio's Don Imus, even though Imus himself was off the air several times during the 1970s and 1980s because of cocaine and alcohol addiction. As the New York Post reported, Imus said, "Rush is a fat, pill-popping loser and an undisciplined slob who was turning his maid into a drug pusher. She's the one who's gonna go to prison, and as soon as he gets caught - he starts whining. He's going to rehab because he can't get any more pills and he's gonna go to prison." Limbaugh announced last Friday that he's leaving the air for 30 days to battle an addiction to prescription pain killers, following reports that his maid had sold him massive amounts of black-market pills over a four-year period. As quoted in the Post, Imus said, "Suck it up fatso, and stop taking 100 pills a day or whatever...and employ some discipline in your life. The rehab I went to was Hazelton and there's a Hazelton in West Palm Beach, probably a couple of blocks from where Rush lives. Hazelton is hardcore. You don't want to go to one of those chi-chi deals, these country clubs, these co-ed deals - you might as well check into the Four Seasons." Meanwhile, Al Franken, who wrote "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot," told CNN he has no sympathy for the"hypocritical" conservative superstar. -Radio Ink- October 16th My wife said that she would "pay good money to watch Imus and Limbaugh mud wrestle if they both wore thongs!" A sight to behold (From Folsom, Art Blair, IRCA via DXLD) Would you believe MSNBC has only just now come to Enid on Cox` basic cable? Now I could watch Imus (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Pirate in MA on FM, Monday (10/13/03). I was driving on the Mass Pike in the Springfield/Chicopee area of Massachusetts doing my typical bandscan and came upon a "boot" on 87.9. It was an ethnic religious broadcaster running probably about 10 watts in $tereo. Not a bad choice of frequency considering the nearest station was WMNR (88.1) Monroe, CT and was not impeding the coverage of it. The audio was not half bad when they played music. But the loud preaching made the signal almost unintelligible. 99.7 used to be favorite for pirates in the Springfield area for years. Now the wasted 99.7/WSKO-FM in awful mono makes that impossible now (Peter Q. George (K1XRB), Whitman, Massachusetts, WTFDA via DXLD) From your description this might be the same guys who once used 94.3 (before WYBC got higher power and dominated 94.3). The programming is just as you described. I'll have to check 87.9 more often (Mike Bugaj, Enfield CT, ibid.) Yesterday the Senior VP of TFT (leading manufacturer of EAS for radio stations) told me why the FCC is not pursuing most pirates - a "full- blown investigation and prosecution" costs us taxpayers $300,000!! Also, I was told that about 20% of radio broadcasters are not in compliance with EAS regulations! (John Broomall, GA, Christian Community Broadcasters, WTFDA via DXLD) ** U S A. SAN FRANCISCO LIBERATION RADIO RAIDED BY FCC, FEDERAL MARSHALLS, AND LOCAL COPS posted by mediageek on Thursday October 16 2003 @ 09:03AM PDT http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/10/16/0225928 From a sketchy report posted to San Francisco IMC on Oct 15: Around 11 am, upwards of 25 FCC agents, federal marshalls and the SFPD brought a warrant to the studio of San Francisco Liberation Radio, the micropower radio station that has broadcast in SF since 1993. Reports have stated that no arrests have been made, though the station's equipment and antenna have been seized. Most of these details seem to come from a phone call received by Freak Radio Santa Cruz from someone saying she was at SFLR. The FCC last visited SFLR on July 2, when two agents approached the station, but were denied entry, since they didn't have a warrant. According to the stations's website, the two FCC agents hand-delivered a "notice of unlicensed radio operation." The warning noted, "You refused to allow an inspection of your radio equipment in violation of Sections of the Communications act of 1934. You don't have a license at the time of inspection. Operation without a license is illegal ... Radio stations must be licensed the only exceptions are stations below 1 MHz." The station was given until July 20 to present a "proof of a license or authority to operate this radio station." Then in August, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of a resolution in support of SFLR, urging the FCC to leave it alone, and further urging "state and local law enforcement officials to refrain from involvement in activities that prevent San Francisco Liberation Radio 93.7 FM and other diverse local media from providing healthy democratic local media in the San Francisco Bay Area." According to the phonecall made to Freak Radio Santa Cruz, SFLR was raided by twenty-five federal marshalls. No mention was made about local San Francisco police, although SFPD were reported to be on scene by the short notice posted to SF IMC. So we really don't yet know if they abided by the Board of Supervisor's admonishment not to assist the FCC in shutting the station down. When agents visited SFLR in July, their warning letter gave a deadline of July 20, which is almost three months ago. So, obviously, the FCC isn't adhering strictly to these deadlines, but nonetheless is following up with force. Radio Free Brattleboro in Vermont got a similar warning from the FCC in early September, with a letter threatening to come back with federal marshalls to conduct a raid in ten days from the visit. About six weeks later, the FCC hasn't been back. Given the delay with both RFB and SFLR, it makes one wonder if the FCC isn't gearing up to make a wave of busts. SFLR has been on the air in one form or another for about ten years, so this is truly sad news for the city of San Francisco, and for all of us who care about grassroots communications. It may also be another warning that the FCC is still taking its war on non-commercial community media seriously. Originally posted at mediageek.org (via Infoshop News via Artie Bigley, DXLD) FCC RAIDS PIRATE STATION IN CASTRO NEIGHBORHOOD Low-power broadcast on FM dial for years James Sullivan, Chronicle Pop Culture Critic, Thu Oct 16 Federal marshals and representatives of the Federal Communications Commission raided a residence on a quiet block in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood Wednesday, confiscating equipment used to operate an unlicensed, low-power FM radio station. Volunteers at San Francisco Liberation Radio, which has been on the air for 10 years, said the agents removed an antenna from the roof and seized computers, tape and CD players, turntables, a mixing board and other equipment. "We were a little surprised," said Charlotte Hatch, who along with her husband, Jim Hatch, has provided space in their building for the station for the past year. "We thought we might have another warning or so." In July, FCC investigators showed up at the station's doorstep, asking to inspect the equipment. When they were turned away, the agents warned of a potential $17,000 fine. This time, they brought a search warrant and more than a dozen federal marshals. No charges have been filed against anyone associated with the station. An agent with the FCC did not return a call late Wednesday seeking comment. San Francisco Liberation Radio broadcasts "radical progressive" political views and independent music programs at 93.7 FM, reaching listeners as far away as the East Bay. In August, Supervisor and mayoral candidate Matt Gonzalez drafted a resolution supporting the station for its alternative viewpoints. Liberation Radio attorney Mark Vermeulen, who arrived at the station site shortly after the agents did, explained to the marshals that the station had applied to the FCC for a license in 2000 and had never been officially told it had been denied. Vermeulen suggested that the FCC has been sending mixed messages to so- called microradio operators, allowing them to apply for a limited number of licenses to the exclusion of stations already broadcasting. Hatch, whose daughter, Karoline, is a Liberation Radio disc jockey, said she considers the station to be a community service. "The airwaves belong to the people as of the 1934 Communications Act," said Hatch, 57, who described herself and her 73-year-old husband as "countercultural." "They're like the national parks and the seashores, but they have been preempted by vast corporations. In this day and age, to get a legal station on the dial, you have to have millions of dollars to buy one." She likened the aims of low-power radio, sometimes called pirate radio, to community access stations on cable television. "But there's no space (on the FM dial) for community access radio, which is basically what we are." "People are really crushed," said Michael Rosenberg-Beausoleil, a high school social studies teacher who doubles as DJ John Hell on Liberation Radio. "It's community radio, and what this is saying is the community does not deserve to have a voice." (SFGate.com via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. The FCC doesn`t want to investigate and prosecute pirates, but they WANT to step into this mess? (Curtis Sadowski, IL, WTFDA via DXLD) Viz.: FCC TARGETS COPYING OF DIGITAL TV Thu Oct 16, 8:49 AM ET By Jonathan Krim, Washington Post Staff Writer The federal government is preparing for the first time to require that personal computers and other consumer electronics devices contain technology to help block Internet piracy of digital entertainment. A rule being considered by the Federal Communications Commission is one of a series of proposals pushed by the entertainment industry to help thwart copying and online trading of movies and television shows that increasingly are being broadcast in digital form with high- quality picture and sound. But the new rule also would force consumers to purchase new equipment if they wanted to record enhanced digital-quality television programs and replay them on other machines. Opponents of the proposed rule, including many technology companies and consumer groups, say it won't work. They are especially concerned that the plan might lead to government regulation of how personal computers and other devices are built, particularly if hackers crack the system and further changes are deemed necessary. Officials at the FCC, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they expect the agency to settle on details of the "broadcast flag" rule by the end of the month. The broadcast flag takes its name from the bit of computer code that would be embedded in digital television signals and would be read by "compliant" devices such as a television set or a digital video recorder. The rule would not affect consumers who record shows the old-fashioned way, with VCRs. Nor would it affect programming received on a cable or satellite system, in part because consumers pay for that content. But the entertainment industry does not want digitally enhanced "high- value" entertainment sent free over the air to be easily copied and distributed on the Internet.. . [more] http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20031016/tc_washpost/a32173_2003oct15 (via Sadowski, WTFDA via DXLD) They may have little choice. The content industry is REALLY worried about digital copying of TV programs getting out of hand the way the illegal transfer of music files has. If I recall properly (and I may not) the same act of Congress that requires the FCC to retrieve the second channels in 2006 also requires that some means of copy protection be established. CBS had threatened to pull all their high-definition programs (they have more than any other network) and run their whole schedule in standard definition if there wasn't a standard for copy protection. (as a good general rule.. consider that many of the other-than-routine things the FCC does are done as a result of direct orders from Congress, not of the Commission's own volition.) -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66, WTFDA via DXLD) ** U S A. Las Vegas [NV] to get 24 hour Clasical [sic] FM station As of 12:01 AM, October 31st, KNPR, Las Vegas at 89.5 FM (50% Classical, 50% NPR News-Info), will split into two stations. KNPR "News 88.9" will be 24 hour news-talk with BBC World Service overnight. KCNV "Clasical [sic] 89.7" will be 24 hour Classical. http://www.knpr.org ("unidyne," rec.music.classical newsgroup via John Norfolk, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. FCC APPROVES NEW LPFM IN LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO Washington, Oct 6 (CRU) --- The FCC announced today that it has issued a construction permit for a new Catholic LPFM station in Las Vegas, New Mexico, on 104.5 FM to the Sacred Heart Educational Association. The station will operate with 100 watts ERP from an antenna 1 meter above average terrain (HAAT). Las Vegas is found at the end of the Rocky Mountain chain in central New Mexico, hence the low apparent height of the antenna. In reality, the antenna will be mounted on a tower 80 meters above ground level (over 240 ft) and will be 2,056 meters over average terrain. Las Vegas is a small town about 70 miles east of Santa Fe and is located on the mainline transcontinental Burlington Santa Fe Railroad (the old Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway) and transcontinental Highway I-25. An historic town founded by the first Spanish settlers of Nuevo México, it was an important stop on the Santa Fe Trail, which rain from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, then part of Mexico. Las Vegas (the name means ``the meadows``) has about 16,000 people and is the home of New Mexico Highlands University, one of six state universities. There are about 3,000 students there, and a community college, Luna Community College. Las Vegas is the county seat of San Miguel County, a huge county that covers 4,709 square miles and has a population of 30,156 (2000 census). The new LPFM station, which plans to broadcast EWTN programming, is the 129th Catholic station in the United States and the 55th LPFM, of which 7 are on the air. Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan is ordinary over the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. For more information on the Archdiocese, visit the website at http://www.archdiocesesantafe.org For more information on the city, visit http://www.lasvegasnewmexico.com and on Highlands University, http://www.nmhu.edu Database Las Vegas, N.M.: new lpfm 104.5 FM (100 watts ERP, antenna 1 m HAAT, 80 m AGL). Sacred Heart Educational Association, 322 S. Pacific St., Las Vegas, NM 87701. Tel. (505) 454-6834. Daniel, Macelina, and Teresa Gallegos, directors. cp 9/30/03. (In the Archdiocese of Santa Fe). (Catholic Radio Update Oct 13 via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. R. Táchira, reactivated on 4830, Oct 6 0200-0404* Spanish IDs, announcements, talk. Romantic LA ballads, ID jingles. *English* ID and frequency announcements at 0203, 0302, 0359. Sign-off with NA. Not very strong, poor-fair reception, irregular (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That was UT Mon as Adán remarked ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ HAPPINESS IS AN FRG-7 Just a quick comment on what an impressive radio the FRG-7 really is. Those of you who already own one are probably well aware of its capabilities but anyone in the market for a reasonably priced used receiver would be smart to pick one up. I've owned mine for a little over two years but it was damaged in transit due to a poor packing job and the vfo shaft was bent, so it sat in line in the garage waiting to be repaired. I've been slowly repairing an HQ 180 and decided I needed a change of pace on the workbench so I pulled it down and dusted it off. I was able to straighten the damage and after a thorough cleaning the set came to life! The tuning dial lights are burned out but this sucker really pulls in the signals! Its a lot of fun to operate as well, lots of knobs to fiddle with, I like knobs. My only complaint is the bandwidth, and I understand there are some mods out there that address this shortcoming. 73's everyone, (Chris KC5IIE, Oct 16, swl at qth.net via DXLD) A MODERN "TUBE" TYPE RADIO A few months back while I was in Walgreen's I saw a "novelty radio" that I immediately fell in love with (no I'm not a pervert 8^). It was a "Nostalgic Vacuum Tube AM/FM radio" and it cost all of $10.00. Now, I DO NOT usually go for "novelty" radios considering them a waste of money. In fact I have never bought one before, but this one was a "must have". It looks like a metal (plastic) chassis with two knobs (off/on/volume and tuning) on the front and 3 glass "vacuum tubes", each a little smaller than a glass Octal mounted on top. Each "vacuum tube" has a metal mesh cylinder inside containing an orange LED. When you turn the radio on it is a fairly realistic representation of vacuum tubes as the orange light is visible through the mesh and reflects off the top of the "tube". Of course the set is REALLY solid state |g|. But I was curious what this set contained circuit wise. It plays fairly decently on FM and gets the stronger local stations (about 5-6) on AM. But I noticed that AM selectivity is VERY POOR, even by pocket radio standards, since you can hear a couple strong stations 100 KHz apart simultaneously, kind of like an Xtal set. So I opened it up. It has to be the simplest circuit I've ever seen for an AM/FM radio! Apparently it is a TRF (tuned RF) set on both AM and FM as the circuit consists of ONLY 2 IC's, one for RF and one for audio. ONE tuned circuit for FM and ONE tuned circuit for AM (the 1 1/2 inch ferrite bar). There are NO local oscillator coils nor are there any IF transformers, ceramic IF filters or anything. Instead of the usual 5 sections a tuning capacitor in an FM/AM radio has, this one has just two sections. One for FM and one for AM (matching up with the two tuning coils). Now, while this thing won't serve as a great DXer`s receiver it is still a "Cute" radio for the boatanchor enthusiast! If you can still find one in Walgreen's (or elsewhere?) it would make a nice stocking stuffer at Christmas for the boatanchor nut on your shopping list, especially if he/she has every imaginable boatanchor receiver. 73 from the "Beaconeers Lair". Phil, KO6BB, Atchley DX begins at the noise floor! Merced, Central California 37.18N 120.29W CM97sh (swl at qth.ne via DXLD) VIRTUAL SPECTRUM I have today submitted an article to QST magazine entitled "Virtual Spectrum: Beating BPL at its own game," detailing a concept that can greatly impact our radio hobby. I wanted to "put down a marker" to date the introduction of a new ham-radio innovation, and to officially place the idea in the public domain, so the maximum amount of "tinkering" with it can happen. This concept uses the bandwidth available on the Internet and some simple circuitry to create a replica of a segment of the radio spectrum, stream it live or prerecorded to another internet-connected computer and reconstruct that radio spectrum at your location. *Any* radio equipment you wish to use (given an Internet connection with sufficient bandwidth)- from modern PSK-31 rigs, SSB nets, WW-II modulated oscillators all the way back to ancient spark transmitters with crystal receivers; all can legally communicate just as though you were on-the-air. The system is bi-directional, allowing QSOs between stations that normally could not communicate. If you can't hear weak signals because of noise in your area, the concept allows you to build a "remote front end" and transport the radio spectrum in a quiet area right to your rig, bypassing the problems in your location. I believe this concept can be the answer to BPL, "noise holes," antenna restrictions, HF "jammers" and many other obstacles to using our radios. There is great potential for many uses, and a possible niche market for someone with the resources to develop the equipment. I have already built prototype equipment to prove the concept and it works splendidly. The article includes construction details. The circuits are simple and you can get 95% of the parts at Radio Shack. By the time QST publishes (assume they accept the work), we should have completed the first Virtual Spectrum QSO: two World War 2 BC-611 handie-talkies (output: about 60 milliwatts) will communicate over a path of about 2000 miles. If QST does not publish the concept, I will publish it myself on the web immediately after hearing from them. I am indebted to Mike Hanz, aafradio@c... [truncated] for invaluable suggestions and encouragement. TNX ES 73 DE Dave Stinson AB5S (via John Bryant via Harold Sellers, ODXA via DXLD) Sounds like a digital version of the DX Time Machine. I don't think this scheme is too realistic with current DSL bandwidths. To digitize the HF spectrum would require a sampling rate of better than 60 MSPS, and if you wanted decent dynamic range, you'd probably want 14 or 16 bits per sample. That's just way beyond the capability of commonly available broadband internet access. Of course, you wouldn't have to digitize the entire HF spectrum, only the part you were interested in, but then that requires some tuning mechanism at the remote end if you want to change to a different portion of the spectrum. Why not just place the whole radio at the remote site and remote control it, digitizing just the baseband signal for transport over the net? This is already being done (Mike Westfall, N6KUY, WDX6O, Los Alamos, New Mexico (DM65uv), Corazón DX via DXLD) My online logbooks are at http://www.gentoo.net/dxlogbook/main.mv?account=mikew PROPAGATION +++++++++++ F3 LAYER DISCOVERED Here is the web link to the .pdf article. http://www.ips.gov.au/IPSHosted/STSP/aip/arayne/f3web.pdf 73, (Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF, Cumbre DX via WORLD OF RADIO 1203, DXLD) INVITATION - PROPAGATION FORUMS, AND MORE Howdy, folks. I am trying to catch up with life, the hobby, and so forth. Things have been a whirlwind for me this Fall. I'm inviting you to come visit http://hfradio.org/forums/ - where I have created special forums about Propagation. These forums are for beginners as well as experts. Do you have quesitons about propagation? Wonder about current conditions? Want to discuss Aurora? This is an online community where you can explore these topics. Also in the forums area are sections for Shortwave Listening, including equipment topics, logging, and more. Come by and check it out. Don't be shy. Post your questions, observations, logs. Of course, it does not replace this invaluable reflector list, but it does provide an additional resource for all of us. See you there, 73 de Tomas, NW7US (AAR0JA/AAM0EWA) -- : Propagation Editor, CQ/CQ VHF/Popular Communications Magazines : : http://hfradio.org/ -- http://prop.hfradio.org/ -- Brinnon, WA : : 122.93W 47.67N - CW / SSB / DIGITAL / DX-Hunting / Propagation : : A creator of solutions -- http://accessnow.com/ -- Perl Rules! : : Washington State MARS Emergency Operations Officer - (AAM0EWA) : : WA State Army MARS Webmaster for http://wa.mars.hfradio.org/ : : 10x56526, FISTS 7055, FISTS NW 57, A.R. Lighthouse Society 144 : ###