DX LISTENING DIGEST 4-155, October 10, 2004 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2004 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1248: Sun 2000 on RFPI http://www.rfpi.org repeated 8-hourly [maybe] Mon 0900 on R. Lavalamp http://www.radiolavalamp.org Mon 1600 on WBCQ after-hours http://wbcq.com repeated weekdaily Mon 2100 on WBCQ 9330-CLSB repeated thru Wed Wed 0930 on WWCR 9475 WRN ONDEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also for CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL]: WORLD OF RADIO 1248 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1248h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1248.rm WORLD OF RADIO 1248 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1248.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1248.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1248.html WORLD OF RADIO 1248 in the true SW sound of 7415: (stream) http://www.piratearchive.com/media/worldofradio_10-06-04.m3u (d`load) http://www.piratearchive.com/media/worldofradio_10-06-04.mp3 Our deepest condolences to NASWA Flashsheet editor Sheryl Paszkiewicz, on the death of her father Francis Paszkiewicz, 1931-2004 (Glenn) ** AUSTRALIA. Never mind the dreaming about Labor revitalising Radio Australia and wresting Cox Peninsula back from the gospel huxters. Tuned into RA 9580 around 1250 Oct 9 and caught last few minutes of elexion coverage, that Howard gets yet another term. The news at 1300 (from ABC RN?) concluded at 1304 or so, saying they were resuming elexion coverage – but not on RA. As previously scheduled, RA dumped back into a musical show (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 6225, 0930 28/9, Chapman Radio, QTH desconocido presumible Australia, USB, inglés, estación meteorológica, reporte de zona pacífico, costa australiana e islas, anuncia frecuencias: 2881, 4135, 6225, 8291, 12290, 16420 (Alfredo Locatelli, Uruguay, El EsKuch@ Newsletter Oct 9 via Play-DX via DXLD) ** BELARUS. 6115 et al. R. Belarus, fairly steady at 0415 Oct 8, talk, Slavic-sounding language; and // 7110 (Grodno listed), weak and fady, mixing with another signal, but definitely // 6115. 6115 was QRMed by 6110-Italy from 0430. Once or twice I thought I had them // on 6040 as well (Grodno also listed there), but that was a messy frequency and it was probably more imagination than real. -- I tried again on Oct 9 and the signals were better at 0300. 6115 was best, but was QRMed on both sides; 7110 was respectable, though not as strong as 6115; 7145 was about the same as 7110, maybe a little weaker; and 6080 was heard as well, slightly weaker than 7145. Opened at 0300 with long anthem, into talk. -- Maybe they were the muffled audio on 7110 at 0300 check on Oct 10 (Sun), but no sign of them on the other frequencies that day (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** BELGIUM [and non]. RVi English B-04: 0800-0830 EU 1512 5965ju 1130-1200 AS/AU 9945ir 1830-1900 EU 1512 5910ju 7490kr 2030-2100 EU 1512 7490kr 2200-2230 N+SAM 11730bo 0500-0530 N+SAM 9590bo (from 4-154, excerpted by Alan Roe, WDXC via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. R. Nacional da Amazônia, 6185, Oct 9, 0800 ID & Portuguese songs, good, // 11780, also good. This is not very good for R. Educación (Mexico). (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, NRD545, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ex-6180, ex-6190, ex-6170. We only hope 6185 be temporary too (gh) 6185, R. Nacional da Amazônia. As if there wasn't enough on this frequency already in the morning (Mexico, Singapore, Huayi), I thought this was the Brazilian heard at 0950 Oct 9 on the upper fringe of dominant R. Educación. No ID, but a "Bom dia Amazônia," and no sign of RNA on either 6190 or 6180. It was not as strong as I would have expected from Amazônia, however, although this is a little late for Brazil; and 11780 not heard. Mexico closed at 1103*, with Singapore and Huayi mixing, and no sign of Brazil by then. -- Later: Brazil good on 6185 at 2215 Oct 9, // 11780; R. Nacional news at 2300, mention of the various R. Nacional outlets at 2305. -- Still later: Mexico alone at 0900 Oct 10 (Sun), no sign of Brazil (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** CANADA. Shadow Walker Woman? Have you heard or worked Shadow Walker Woman? Florentine Wallace, VE1SWW, of Nova Scotia is the first Native Canadian to gain an amateur radio licence. Her Native Metis name is Shadow Walker Woman, which is reflected in her call sign VE1SWW. Florentine is legally blind and confined to a wheelchair following a car accident 16 years ago. She is active on both HF and VHF using voice activated radios. Florentine says that when she discovered she was the first Native in Canada to become an amateur radio operator, it made her feel very proud. She is now encouraging other Native people to take their amateur radio course and get on the air (Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF, R. Bulgaria DX Program Oct 8 via John Norfolk, DXLD) This is rather amazing; you`d think by sheer chance a Native Canadian (should we say First-Nationer?) would have become a ham long ago. Or do you qualify as a N.C./F.N. if you are only 1/128 like you might in Oklahoma? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. First time for China on MW in Brazil. The 1377 kHz Henan province CNR station was heard yesterday Oct 9, at 2100-2135 UT during a DX-pedition in Ilha Comprida, South Brazil, 300 km SW of São Paulo. Probably we enjoyed a rare long path via South Pole (China is some 18,000 km away) due to very low magnetic activity these days. The location was a car on the beach, with a AOR 7030 + 150 long wire on ground pointed to E-SE, phased with a 30 m wire via the Quantum Phaser (Wilson Rodriguez, Marcelo Bedene, Rocco Cotroneo, NRC-AM via DXLD) ** CHINA. Re 4-154, FRANCE [non]: Thalès jammers --- "There are understood to be around a dozen further sites of the same type, including on Hainan Island in the south, north of Nanjing in the east, at Urumqi, north-west, and in Kunming in the south." But also DRM tests via DOF-Hainan Isl. and QIQ has been done. These two 500 kW transmitters ordered in Dec 2001, followed by another order of 13 x 500 kW for Kashi-Kashgar site near Kirghyz border. QIQ Qiqihar CHN 47N02 124E03 --- site in far north east China, north of Vladivostok, Russia. Just a single 500 kW Thales tx and ALLISS antenna has been erected there. On the other hand I did assume, that this site should carry the CRI North American service too, like VOR via the P.K-Russian site at target zones 1,2,6,25,26, at 60 degrees. Has been revealed now that QIQ uses a single frequency for CRI service only: 6100 1700-2100 28,29 QIQ 500 kW 304 degrees. [some of China`s SWBC sites:] DOF Dongfang D / Df CHN 18N54 108E39 KAS Kashi Kas CHN 39N30 076E00 KUN Kunming K CHN 25N10 102E50 NJG Nanjing CHN 32N02 118E44 NNN Nanning CHN 22N47 108E11 QIQ Qiqihar CHN 47N02 124E03 URU Urumqi U CHN 43N35 087E30 73 de wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I notice that the piece in French from RSF put a grave on the e of Thalès, a rather unusual accentuation. Could some native speaker confirm this and explain how it is really pronounced? (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. The latest fun and games at RHC: Oct 10 at 2147 ran across 11760 playing tape at several times normal speed, far more than double, not just speech but musical breaks and actualities, judging from the differing background sounds. Speed kept increasing, and it was hard not to find this hilarious. About 2152 suddenly slowed down to normal just long enough to identify the language as French; then sped up again with various pauses for dead air. Must have run out of program by 2154, nothing but dead air, and finally started up the IS (at normal speed) around 2156. No one minding the store, or if they were, no idea of what to do about the problem. I can envision loads of tangled reel tape on the floor or wound around the capstan. Earlier that same Sunday, I checked for Aló Presidente relay from Venezuela. At 1410 there were open carriers on 11875, 13680 and 13750, then one of them went off, 13680 I think; I was in another room when at about 1419 I heard some audio starting up, and shortly the Cuban national anthem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 15010, 0010 27/9, R Habana Cuba, español, boletín de noticias, rara frecuencia no escuchada más (Alfredo Locatelli, Uruguay, El EsKuch@ Newsletter Oct 9 via Play-DX via DXLD) That would be a mixing product between 15230 and 15120 minus 110 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. Falleció el pasado Miércoles en Miami Andrés Nazario Sargén, fundador de La Voz de Alpha 66, después de padecer complicaciones de salud. Andrés fue muy querido en su comunidad Cubana. http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/news/photos/2509429.htm (Dino Bloise, Hollywood, FL, USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That`s just the front page; here`s an obit, perhaps temp linked: http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/9862957.htm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECH REPUBLIC [and non]. R Prague B04 sked. RADIO PRAGUE - WINTER PERIOD 2004/2005 Program UTC kHz m kW Area CZECH 0930 - 0957 11600 25 100 S.W. Europe 21745 13 100 E.Africa/ Mi. East 1030 - 1057 21745 13 100/100 S. Asia/ W. Africa 1200 - 1227 11640 25 100 N. Europe 21745 13 100 S. Asia/ Australia 1330 - 1357 6055 49 100 C. Europe 7345 41 100 W. Europe 1430 - 1457 21745 13 100/100 E. Africa/ N. America 1630 - 1657 5930 49 100 W. Europe 15710 19 100 C.& W. Africa 1830 - 1857 5930 49 100 W. Europe 9415 31 100 Asia/ Australia 2030 - 2057 5930 49 100 W. Europe 9430 31 100 S.& E. Asia/ Australia 2200 - 2227 5930 49 100 S.W. Europe (S.America) 9435 31 100 S. America/S.W.Europe 0030 - 0057 5930 49 100 S. America 7345 41 100 N. America 0230 - 0257 6200 49 100 N. America 7345 41 200 S. America 0330 - 0357 6200 49 100 N. America 7345 41 100 ENGLISH 0800 - 0827 7345 41 100 N.W. Europe 9880 31 100 1000 - 1029 21745 13 100/100 S. Asia/ W. Africa 1130 - 1157 11640 25 100 N. Europe 21745 13 100 E. Africa/ Mi. East 1400 - 1429 21745 13 100/100 E. Africa/ N. America 1700 - 1727 5930 49 100 N.W. Europe 15710 19 100 C.& W. Africa 1800 - 1827 5930 49 100 N.W. Europe 9415 31 100 Asia/ Australia 2100 - 2127 5930 49 100 N.W. Europe (N.America) 9430 31 100 S.& E. Asia/ Australia 2230 - 2257 5930 41 100 N. America 7345 49 100 W. Africa 2330 - 2357 5930 49 100 N. America 7345 41 100 0100 - 0127 6200 49 100 N. America 7345 41 100 0200 - 0227 6200 49 100 N. America 7345 41 200 0400 - 0427 6200 49 100 N. America 7345 41 100 0430 - 0457 9865 31 100 Mi. East/ S.W. Asia 11600 25 100 FRENCH 0700 - 0727 5930 49 100 W. Europe 7345 41 100 S.W. Europe 0830 - 0857 9880 31 100 W. Europe 11600 25 100 S.W. Europe 1730 - 1757 5930 49 100 W. Europe 15710 19 100 C. Africa 1930 - 1957 5930 49 100 W. Europe 9430 31 100 S.W. Europe/N.W. Africa 2300 - 2327 5930 49 100 N. America 7345 41 100 GERMAN 0730 - 0757 5930 49 100 W. Europe 7345 41 100 Europe 1100 - 1127 7345 41 100 C. Europe 9880 31 100 W. Europe 1300 - 1329 6055 49 100 C. Europe 7345 41 100 W. Europe 1600 - 1627 5930 49 100 W. Europe 1730 - 1757 5840 49 250 W. Europe ** RUSSIAN 0500 - 0527 6055 49 100 E. Europe 11600 25 100 E. Europe / S.W. Asia 1230 - 1257 6055 49 100 E. Europe 21745 13 100 E. Europe / S.W. Asia 1530 - 1557 5930 49 100 E. Europe 9450 31 100 E. Europe / S.W. Asia 1900 - 1927 5830 49 250 E. Europe *** SPANISH 0900 - 0927 11600 25 100 S.W. Europe 15255 19 100 1500 - 1527 11600 25 100 S.W. Europe 13580 22 100 1900 - 1927 5930 49 100 S.W. Europe 9430 31 100 2000 - 2027 5930 49 100 S.W. Europe 9430 31 100 2130 - 2157 5930 49 100 S.W. Europe (S.America) 9435 31 100 0000 - 0027 5930 49 100 S. America 7345 41 100 * 11665 25 250 0130 - 0157 6200 49 100 C. America 7345 41 100 0300 - 0327 6200 49 100 C. America 7345 41 200 S. America Transmitters at Litomysl 16E10 49N48 * Relayed via Ascension, 14W23 07S54 ** Relayed via Krasnodar, 39E00 45N02 *** Relayed via Novosibirsk, 82E58 55N04 SATELLITE TRANSMISSIONS for Europe via Czechlink All programmes listed in the shortwave schedule with the exception of French at 1730 and Spanish at 1900 UT can be heard in Europe from the Eurobird 1 satellite: Program UTC Satellite CZECH Eurobird 1, 28.5 deg. East, Transponder F3 GERMAN 12.607 GHz, Polarisation: horizontal ENGLISH 0000 - 0530 Symbol rate: 27.5 Msym/s, FEC 3/4 SPANISH 0700 - 2400 Select CRo6/CRo7 FRENCH Radio Prague programmes RUSSIAN are in the right channel. LOCAL AM TRANSMISSIONS via World Radio Network Program UT kHz Area RUSSIAN 0700 - 0730 738 Moscow 1930 - 2000 0500 - 0530 684 St. Petersburg For transmission times and details of other Radio Prague programmes on WRN see: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/schedules/ LOCAL FM TRANSMISSIONS Program UT Frequency Area ENGLISH 1807 - 1822 92.6 MHz Prague & Centr. Bohemia Mon-Thu Valid: 31 October 2004 - 26 March 2005 73s, (via Swopan Chakroborty, Kolkata, India, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. Behaviour of Eritrean opposition radio on 10 October --- Please note that tonight's news bulletin of the opposition clandestine radio, Voice of the Eritrean People, was a repeat of a bulletin broadcast on 26 September. Source: BBC Monitoring research in English 10 Oct 04 (via DXLD) ** FINLAND. Nuntii Latini- Radiophonia Finnica Generalis 31. 10. 04- 27. 3. 05. Bulletins in classical Latin air domestically on YLE Radio 1 and worldwide on YLE Radio Finland. Nuntii Latini is also available on the internet at http://www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii Sundays at 1655 UT: North America 13665, South America 17730 Sundays at 1355 UT: Eastern Europe 9595 Sundays at 1955 UT: Europe 6120, 9630, 963 / Satellit network YLESAT1 Sundays at 2045 UT: Northern Europe 558 Mondays at 0345 UT: Northern Europe 558 / Satellit network YLESAT2 Mondays at 0955 UT: Asia and Australia 17810, Northern Europe 558 Inquiries about Nuntii Latini should be sent to: Nuntii Latini YLE Radio 1, BOX 60, 00024 Yleisradio, Finland// Email: nuntii.latini @ yle.fi 73 (via Paul Gager/ Austria, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 6005, Deutschland Radio in // with DeutschlandFunk on 6190 at 2325 10/9/04. Fair with QRM. W with long list or series of numbers, place names, times and compass directions (??) pronounced slowly and carefully. Phone numbers seemed also to be given. Second time I have logged this and, even with a bit of German, I have no idea what it is - maybe tide tables, train or air scheds, weather report???? ID given for both stations at 2330 then into separate programming (Jim Clar, NY, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** GERMANY. There are further cuts at Deutsche Welle as of Oct 31. Portuguese to Africa 2000-2050 will be canceled and only a morning transmission 0500-0545 remain (Wertachtal-9545 and Kigali-9755). For French to Africa the morning program 0500-0515 will be canceled, the other one will be curtailed from three to two hours; new 1500-1700 with a change of most frequencies at 1600 and only a single Wertachtal or so running until 1600/1700 while all other frequencies are scheduled to close prematurely at 1557/1657. I wouldn't be surprised if there are even more cuts, not communicated by DW so far. I found these ones after checking because DW director Erik Bettermann announced such cuts in the already quoted interview. All the best, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Deutsche Welle B04 vs. B03 --- Probably my earlier message about further Deutsche Welle cuts got messed up. Instead of a simple amendment here a more in-depth comparison of changes between the B04 and B03 schedules: CROATIAN 0900-0915 WERTACHTAL 500 120 09770 EUR ||| ex 0900-0930 DARI 0830-0850 DHABAYYA 250 045 11895 ME DARI 0830-0850 KRASNODAR 500 110 15145 ME DARI 1330-1400 WERTACHTAL 500 090 17545 ME DARI 1330-1400 WERTACHTAL 500 090 21820 ME ||| ex 0900-0915, 1330-1400, 1730-1745, 1900-1915 ENGLISH [cancelled] ||| ex 1000-1030 to EAs ENGLISH [cancelled] ||| ex 1100-1200 to SEAs FRENCH [cancelled] ||| ex 0500-0515 to Af FRENCH 1600-1657 KIGALI 250 0ND 15145 C/EAF FRENCH 1600-1657 SINES 250 155 21560 WAF FRENCH 1600-1659 SINES 250 105 12035 WAF FRENCH 1600-1659 WERTACHTAL 500 195 15680 WAF FRENCH 1600-1700 WERTACHTAL 500 210 17630 WAF FRENCH 1700-1757 KIGALI 250 0ND 09535 C/EAF FRENCH 1700-1757 SINES 250 105 09735 WAF FRENCH 1700-1757 KIGALI 250 295 15410 WAF FRENCH 1700-1759 WERTACHTAL 500 195 12035 WAF FRENCH 1700-1800 WERTACHTAL 500 165 13645 AF ||| ex 1500-1800. And actually they can only throw in music 1657-1700 and 1757-1800. But hey, 6075 also used to have a switching break inmidst a weather report, so what? MACEDONIAN 0730-0800 OVCE POLE 100 0ND 00810 EUR MACEDONIAN 0730-0800 WERTACHTAL 500 120 09775 EUR ||| ex 0730-0745 MACEDONIAN [cancelled] ||| ex 1630-1645 PASHTO 0800-0830 DHABAYYA 250 045 11895 ME PASHTO 0800-0830 KRASNODAR 500 110 15145 ME ||| ex 0915-0930 PASHTO 1400-1430 WERTACHTAL 500 090 17545 ME PASHTO 1400-1430 WERTACHTAL 500 090 21820 ME ||| ex 1400-1420 PASHTO [cancelled] ||| ex 1745-1800 and 1915-1930 PERSIAN [cancelled] ||| ex 1000-1030 and 1330-1400 PERSIAN 1730-1930 NOVOSIBIRSK 250 240 06245 ME PERSIAN 1730-1930 TRINCOMALE 250 335 11695 ME PERSIAN 1800-1900 NAUEN 500 105 07175 ME PERSIAN 1800-1900 KIGALI 250 030 12045 ME ||| ex 1800-1900 PORTUGUESE 0500-0545 WERTACHTAL 500 165 09545 AF PORTUGUESE 0500-0545 KIGALI 250 180 09755 AF ||| ex 0515-0545 PORTUGUESE [cancelled] ||| ex 2000-2050 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, later Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. T-SYSTEMS B'04 ---- all 311004 - 270305 u.o.s. frq start stop ciraf azi type day loc pow broad [as of: 05/10/2004] 6015 1300 1600 27,28 ND 926 123456 JUL 100 DTK 6015 1200 1459 27W,28S,36 ND 926 7 JUL 100 TDP DRM 6015 1500 1559 27W,28S,36 ND 926 7 JUL 40 TDP 5945 0030 0045 41 85 216 1 JUL 100 PAB 13820 1400 1430 39,40 100 216 7 JUL 100 PAB 13820 1445 1500 39,40 100 216 17 JUL 100 PAB 13820 1500 1515 39,40 100 218 1 JUL 100 PAB 13820 1545 1600 39,40 100 218 1 JUL 100 PAB 13820 1600 1630 39,40 100 218 1 JUL 100 PAB 13820 1630 1700 39,40 100 218 7 WER 250 EUR 5945 2330 0030 41,49 70 211 1234567 JUL 100 DVB 6120 2100 2200 37NW 230 211 1234567 JUL 100 CBS 9495 1900 1959 39,40 115 206 16 JUL 100 RMI 11810 1600 1700 41 105 216 1234567 JUL 100 RMI DRM 3985 1600 1930 27,28 0 976 167 JUL 40 RMI DRM 3985 2030 2400 27,28 0 976 167 JUL 40 RMI 6045 0958 1100 27,28 ND 926 1 JUL 100 EVR DRM 6045 0958 1100 27,28 ND 926 7 JUL 40 EVR 6015 1000 1059 27,28 115 206 1 JUL 100 CHW 14 tägig 9890 1900 1959 28,29 70 218 7 JUL 100 CHW 6015 1630 1700 28,29 70 211 1 JUL 100 BCA 6015 1130 1159 27,28 ND 930 17 WER 125 EMG 11840 1200 1230 19-26 20 217 7 NAU 250 EMG 9815 1600 1630 29,30 60 217 7 WER 250 EMG 3955 1559 1659 27W,28 ND 976 1234567 JUL 100 HCJ 17870 1500 1530 48 145 217 23456 JUL 100 AWH 9480 2200 2300 14,16 230 218 12 JUL 100 AWH 11840 1830 1859 52,53 160 216 5 JUL 100 RRP 9820 1700 1759 38,39,48 140 216 1346 JUL 100 SBO 9820 1630 1659 38,39,48 140 216 36 JUL 100 DTK 9820 1600 1659 38,39,48 140 216 1 JUL 100 DTK 7220 1830 1930 47,48 140 216 14 JUL 100 DTK 5925 1500 1559 27,28 ND 976 7 JUL 100 DTK 9820 1700 1759 38,39,48 140 217 5 JUL 100 DTK 12015 1500 1559 47,48 130 217 7 JUL 100 DTK 7340 2000 2100 37,38 175 141 1234567 JUL 100 IBR 9660 1730 1759 39S,47E,48 130 216 1234567 JUL 100 IBR 9610 1900 2015 46NE,SE,NW 190 217 1234567 JUL 100 IBR 9520 1730 1845 47,48,52 145 217 1234567 JUL 100 IBR 9495 1600 1629 37,38 175 106 1 JUL 100 UNL 7145 0100 0129 41 85 216 1 JUL 100 UNL 6045 1200 1259 27,28 ND 976 1 JUL 100 UNL 6045 1230 1259 27,28 ND 976 7 JUL 100 UNL 11840 1800 1829 46,47,48 160 216 1 JUL 100 UNL 7105 1900 1929 39,40 120 216 1 JUL 100 UNL 6110 1100 1559 27,28W ND 926 123456 JUL 100 TOM 6110 1100 1155 27,28W ND 926 7 JUL 100 TOM 6110 1155 1305 27,28W 295 206 7 JUL 100 TOM 6110 1305 1559 27,28W 290 106 7 JUL 100 TOM 13810 1400 1459 28,29,39,40 115 217 1234567 JUL 100 TOM 17580 0557 0813 47,48,52,53 160 216 23456 JUL 100 RTB 17580 0557 1100 47,48,52,53 160 216 17 JUL 100 RTB 21565 1057 1231 47,48,52,53 160 216 1234567 JUL 100 RTB 17570 1527 1803 47,48,52,53 160 216 23456 JUL 100 RTB 17570 1457 1806 47,48,52,53 160 216 17 JUL 100 RTB 5945 0730 0945 27,28N 290 106 1 JUL 100 BVB 5945 0800 0915 27,28N 290 106 7 JUL 100 BVB 5945 0915 0930 27,28N 290 106 7 251204 251204 JUL 100 BVB 5945 0815 0845 27,28N 290 106 46 JUL 100 BVB 6015 1915 1930 28,29 60 141 23456 JUL 100 BVB 6015 1900 2030 28,29 60 141 1 JUL 100 BVB 6015 1900 2000 28,29 60 141 7 JUL 100 BVB 9470 1900 2015 39,40 120 146 16 NAU 250 BVB 9470 1900 2000 39,40 120 146 57 311004 031104 NAU 250 BVB 9470 1900 2000 39,40 120 146 7 041104 270305 NAU 250 BVB 9470 1900 1945 39,40 120 146 5 041104 270305 NAU 250 BVB 7295 1930 2000 46,47 170 216 1 JUL 100 BVB 7295 1915 1945 46,47 170 216 6 JUL 100 BVB 7295 1900 2000 46,47 170 216 7 JUL 100 BVB 13810 1630 1659 38S,39S,47,48 130 217 1 JUL 100 BVB 13810 1630 1730 38S,39S,47,48 130 217 234567 JUL 100 BVB 9730 1800 1859 39,40 110 216 17 JUL 100 BVB 9730 1800 1829 39,40 110 216 35 JUL 100 BVB 9730 1715 1829 39,40 110 216 246 JUL 100 BVB 17565 0845 1015 38,39 130 217 6 JUL 100 BVB 7220 1945 2015 46 210 216 6 WER 125 BVB 7210 1800 1859 39,40 105 216 17 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1630 1859 39,40 115 217 1 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1640 1715 39,40 115 217 246 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1640 1859 39,40 115 217 3 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1645 1859 39,40 115 217 7 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1640 1745 39,40 115 217 5 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1800 1859 39,40 115 217 46 JUL 100 BVB 12005 1500 1600 40,41 90 217 37 JUL 100 BVB 12005 1530 1600 40,41 90 217 1245 311004 031104 JUL 100 BVB 12005 1530 1600 40,41 90 217 12456 041104 270305 JUL 100 BVB 11830 1500 1700 40,41W 90 217 1234567 WER 250 BVB 13590 1330 1430 41NE 75 217 1234567 WER 250 GFA 13650 1430 1529 41,43,49 75 217 1234567 WER 250 GFA 13590 1530 1629 40,41 90 217 1234567 WER 250 GFA 9495 0030 0130 40,41 90 218 1234567 WER 250 GFA 9765 2330 0030 41,43,49 75 216 1234567 WER 250 GFA 13720 1700 1800 37,38 175 217 1234567 JUL 100 YFR-1 9605 1800 1900 39N,40W 115 206 1234567 JUL 100 YFR 9605 2000 2059 39,40 115 217 1234567 JUL 100 YFR-1 11750 2000 2100 37,38,46,47 190 106 1234567 JUL 100 YFR-2 7285 2300 0400 36 230 218 1234567 JUL 100 HRT 7285 0000 0400 17 300 216 1234567 JUL 100 HRT 7285 0200 0600 17 325 216 1234567 JUL 100 HRT 9470 0500 0800 55,59,60 230 218 1234567 JUL 100 HRT 9470 0600 1000 58,59,60 270 218 1234567 JUL 100 HRT FMO's 6140 0600 1000 27,28 175 141 1234567 JUL 100 DWL DRM 6140 1000 1300 27,28 120 106 1234567 JUL 40 DWL 6140 1300 1600 27,28 175 141 1234567 JUL 100 DWL DRM 6140 1600 1900 27,28 ND 976 1234567 JUL 40 DWL VRT2 5965 0557 0756 27,28,37-39 130 216 1234567 JUL 100 DWL 5965 0757 0826 27,28 ND 926 1234567 JUL 100 VRT 5910 1827 1956 27,28,37-39 130 216 1234567 JUL 100 VRT 5985 1857 2056 27,28 ND 926 7 JUL 100 VRT 6095 0500 0600 28E 115 216 1234567 JUL 100 AWR 11730 1000 1100 28W 145 216 1 JUL 100 AWR 9800 1900 2000 37,38W 200 216 1234567 JUL 100 AWR 9695 2000 2030 37,38W 200 216 1234567 JUL 100 AWR [frequencies missing:] 1127 1200 28,29 105 216 7 JUL 100 TWR 1327 1345 28 130 206 1234567 JUL 100 TWR 1657 1730 28 105 106 7 JUL 100 TWR 1657 1730 28 100 206 7 JUL 100 TWR 0557 0615 28,29 100 206 23456 JUL 100 TWR 0927 0945 28 100 206 34567 JUL 100 TWR 1727 1800 28 105 106 123456 JUL 100 TWR 1730 1800 28 105 106 7 JUL 100 TWR [frequencies missing] 0200 0400 39,40 100 216 1234567 JUL 100 VOR 1500 1600 39,40 115 217 1234567 JUL 100 VOR 2000 2200 39,40 110 216 1234567 JUL 100 VOR 2000 2200 39,40 105 216 1234567 JUL 100 VOR 2100 2200 39,40 115 216 1234567 JUL 100 VOR 2300 2400 39,40 100 216 1234567 JUL 100 VOR 11885 1500 1559 29 75 216 1234567 JUL 100 IBB 9505 1600 1700 29,30 70 218 1234567 JUL 100 IBB 12110 1700 1759 40 100 217 1234567 JUL 100 IBB 9495 1800 1859 40 100 217 1234567 JUL 100 IBB 9840 1800 1859 30,40 80 218 1234567 JUL 100 IBB 9600 1900 2000 39N 100 217 1234567 JUL 100 IBB 9680 1900 2000 40 100 218 1234567 JUL 100 IBB 9670 0100 0300 42,43 75 217 1234567 WER 500 IBB * changes + active on demand # momentary not active AWH Allerweltshaus Köln e.V. AWR Adventist World Radio BVB Bible Voice Broadcasting BCA Bible Christian Association CBS Radio Taiwan international CHW Christliche Wissenschaft DTK Deutsche Telekom DVB Democratic Voice of Burma DWL Deutsche Welle EMG Evangelische Missions Gemeinden in Deutschland EVR Evangeliums Radio Hamburg GFA Gospel For Asia HRT Hrvratska Radio Televizija IBB International Broadcast Bureau IBR IBRA Radio Sweden PAB Pan Am Broadcasting RMI Radio Miami International RNW Radio Netherlands World Service RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie RTB Radio Television Belge de la Communauté Française SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo TDP Transmitter Documentation Project TOM The Overcomer Broadcast TWR Trans World Radio UNL Universelles Leben VOR Voice of Russia VRT Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (ex RVi) YFR WYFR Family Radio (via Alokesh Gupta, dxldyg, reformatted by gh for DXLD) ** INDIA. Often notice AIR in the mornings here with music on 15050, such as Oct 10 at 1405, but the audio is very raspy making what would have been exotically enjoyable unlistenable. Is the AIR engineering section asleep? Why do they allow this to go on? EiBi says: 15050 1115-1215 IND All India Radio TAM SAs k 15050 1300-1500 IND All India Radio SI SAs k k means site is Delhi (Khampur) (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9280, AIR (Panaji [GOA]) in Sinhala. 1320 10/3/04. Fair with QRN. Talk, subcontinental vocal music. No ID heard but // 15050 (Delhi) weaker but clearly audible (Jim Clar, NY, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL. B04 AWR Broadcast Schedule (2004-10-31 to 2005-03- 27) All Regions Version 01/2004-10-05/pub Email: dedio @ awr.org AWR Frequency Management Office, P.O.Box 100252, 64202 Darmstadt, Germany, Phone: +49 6151 953151, Fax: +49 6151 953152, Site StartStop Language Target Area kHz Days SDA 0000-0200 Mandarin NE-China 17880 1234567 SDA 0000-0030 Burmese Myanmar 17635 1234567 SDA 0030-0100 Karen Myanmar, Thailand, China 17635 1234567 SDA 0100-0200 Mandarin SE-China 17635 1234567 TAI 0100-0200 Vietnamese Vietnam 15445 7 MOS 0200-0230 English Pakistan 6175 1234567 MDC 0230-0330 Malagasy Madagascar 3215 1234567 MOS 0230-0300 Urdu Pakistan 6175 1234567 DHA 0300-0330 Oromo S-Ethiopia 9550 1234567 DHA 0300-0330 Russian C-Asia 9655 1234567 DHA 0300-0330 Amharic Ethiopia 9760 1234567 MOS 0330-0400 Farsi Iran 6040 1234567 DHA 0330-0400 Tigrinya Eritrea 9760 1234567 MOS 0400-0430 Arabic Iraq, Arab Peninsula 7210 1234567 MOS 0430-0500 Arabic Egypt, N-Sudan 9875 1234567 JUL 0500-0600 Bulgarian Bulgaria 6095 1234567 SDA 1000-1030 English NE-China 11900 1234567 SDA 1000-1100 Mandarin SE-China 15260 1234567 SDA 1000-1100 Mandarin NE-China 15430 1234567 SDA 1000-1030 English Philippines 11870 1234567 JUL 1000-1100 Italian Italy 11730 1 SDA 1030-1100 Mongolian N-China, Mongolia 11900 1234567 SDA 1030-1100 Filipino Philippines 11870 1234567 SDA 1100-1200 Mandarin NE-China 11895 1234567 SDA 1100-1200 Mandarin SE-China 12120 1234567 SDA 1100-1130 Indonesian W-Indonesia 15260 1234567 SDA 1100-1500 Mandarin NE-China 11825 1234567 SDA 1130-1200 English W-Indonesia 15260 1234567 SDA 1200-1300 Korean Korea 9780 1234567 DHA 1200-1230 English NE-India, Bangladesh 15135 1234567 SDA 1200-1300 Mandarin SE-China 11690 1234567 SDA 1200-1300 Mandarin SE-China 12120 1234567 DHA 1230-1300 Bengali NE-India, Bangladesh 15135 1234567 SDA 1300-1330 Japanese Japan 11980 1234567 SDA 1300-1330 Japanese S-Japan 11755 1234567 SDA 1300-1330 Bengali Bangladesh 15660 1234567 DHA 1300-1330 Mandarin W-China 15385 23456 DHA 1300-1330 Uighur W-China 15385 1 7 DHA 1330-1500 Mandarin W-China 15385 1234567 SDA 1330-1400 English Japan 11980 1234567 DHA 1330-1400 Russian C-Asia 9530 1234567 SDA 1330-1400 Khmer Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos 11695 1234567 SDA 1330-1400 English Bangladesh 15660 23 567 SDA 1330-1400 Assamese Bangladesh 15660 1 4 SDA 1400-1430 Sinhalese Sri Lanka 15660 1234567 SDA 1400-1500 Mandarin SE-China 11800 1234567 TAI 1400-1500 Vietnamese Vietnam 11720 1234567 SDA 1400-1430 Burmese Myanmar 11940 1234567 MOS 1400-1430 Urdu Pakistan 15440 1234567 SDA 1430-1500 Chin Myanmar 11940 1234567 SDA 1430-1500 Karen Myanmar, Thailand, China 15660 1234567 MOS 1430-1500 Afar Djibouti, NE-Ethiopia, Somalia 15440 1234567 SDA 1500-1530 Mizo NE-India 11610 1234567 SDA 1500-1530 Tamil S-India 11985 1234567 DHA 1500-1530 Panjabi N-India 15215 1234567 DHA 1500-1530 Nepali Nepal 15225 1234567 SDA 1500-1530 Telugu S-India 15185 1234567 SDA 1500-1530 Panjabi N-India, Pakistan 11935 1234567 MDC 1528-1628 Malagasy Madagascar 3215 1234567 SDA 1530-1600 Malayalam S-India 11985 1234567 SDA 1530-1600 Hindi C-India 15245 1234567 DHA 1530-1600 English Nepal, Tibet 15225 1234567 SDA 1530-1600 Marathi C-India 11935 1234567 DHA 1530-1600 Hindi N-India 15215 1234567 SDA 1530-1600 Kannada S-India 15185 1234567 MOS 1600-1630 German Germany, Austria, Switzerland 7235 1234567 SDA 1600-1630 English C-India 15495 1234567 MOS 1600-1630 Urdu Pakistan 11680 1234567 SDA 1600-1630 English S-India 15480 1234567 SDA 1600-1630 Urdu N-India 11980 1234567 SDA 1630-1700 English N-India 11980 1234567 MOS 1630-1700 Farsi Iran 11910 1234567 DHA 1630-1700 Somali Somalia 17595 1234567 MEY 1700-1730 Kiswahili Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda 12130 1234567 MOS 1700-1730 Arabic Iraq, Arab Peninsula 11915 1234567 SDA 1700-1730 Filipino ME 11560 1234567 SDA 1700-1730 Hindi ME 11675 1234567 MEY 1730-1800 Masai Tanzania, Kenya 12130 1234567 SDA 1730-1800 Tamil ME 11675 1234567 MOS 1730-1800 Arabic Egypt, N-Sudan 11785 1234567 SDA 1730-1800 English ME 11560 1234567 MEY 1800-1830 English Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe 3345 1234567 MOS 1800-1830 Col English S-Sudan 9530 4 6 MEY 1800-1900 English E-Africa 11925 1234567 MOS 1800-1830 Moru S-Sudan 9530 1 5 MOS 1800-1830 Bari S-Sudan 9530 2 MOS 1800-1830 Juba Arabic S-Sudan 9530 3 7 MEY 1800-1830 English SW-Africa 3215 1234567 MOS 1830-1900 Arabic Libya 12025 1234567 JUL 1900-1930 Arabic Morocco, Algeria 9800 1234567 JUL 1930-2000 Tachelhit Morocco, Algeria 9800 3 67 JUL 1930-2000 Kabyle Morocco, Algeria 9800 1 5 MEY 1930-2000 Ibo E-Nigeria 15365 1234567 MEY 1930-2000 Hausa Nigeria 15255 1234567 JUL 1930-2000 Dial Ara Morocco, Algeria 9800 2 4 MEY 2000-2030 French Cameroon, Niger 11845 1234567 MEY 2000-2030 French C-Africa 15365 1234567 MEY 2000-2030 English C-Africa 15295 1234567 SDA 2000-2100 Korean Korea 6045 1234567 SDA 2000-2100 Korean Korea 6195 1234567 MOS 2000-2030 Dyula Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali 9770 1234567 JUL 2000-2030 French Morocco, Algeria 9695 1234567 MOS 2030-2100 French W-Africa 9800 1234567 MEY 2030-2100 Yoruba Nigeria 11845 1234567 MEY 2030-2100 English C-Africa 15295 1234567 SDA 2100-2130 Japanese Japan 11980 1234567 SDA 2100-2200 Mandarin SE-China 7150 1234567 SDA 2100-2200 Mandarin NE-China 5985 1234567 SDA 2100-2130 Japanese S-Japan 12010 1234567 MOS 2100-2130 English W-Africa 9830 1234567 SDA 2130-2200 English S-Japan 12010 1234567 SDA 2130-2200 English Japan 11980 1234567 MOS 2130-2200 English W-Africa 9830 1234567 SDA 2130-2200 English S-Japan 12010 1234567 SDA 2200-2300 Mandarin NE-China 11685 1234567 SDA 2200-2230 Indonesian W-Indonesia 15320 1234567 SDA 2200-2300 Mandarin NE-China 17880 1234567 SDA 2200-2230 Indonesian W-Indonesia 11850 1234567 SDA 2230-2300 English W-Indonesia 15320 1234567 SDA 2230-2300 English W-Indonesia 11850 1234567 SDA 2300-2400 Mandarin NE-China 11700 1234567 SDA 2300-2400 Vietnamese Vietnam 15320 1234567 BON 2300-0057 Spanish Cuba 6165 1234567 SDA 2300-2400 Mandarin NE-China 17880 1234567 SDA 2300-2400 Mandarin SE-China 11850 1234567 Site: BON = Bonaire NA DHA = Dhabayya UAE JUL = Jülich Germany MDC = Madagascar MEY = Meyerton South Africa MOS = Moosbrunn Austria SDA = KSDA Agat Guam TAI = Taipei Taiwan Days: 1=Sunday, 2= Monday, 3=Tuesday, 4=Wednesday, 5=Thursday, 6=Friday, 7=Saturday. (via Swopan Chakroborty, Kolkata, India, Oct 9 reformatted by Wolfgang Büschel, reformatted further by Glenn Hauser for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Never mind NETHERLANDS ANTILLES item in last issue; the earlier version I got for AWR was apparently incomplete, and the 6165 broadcast will continue (gh, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Not directly radio-related (although it impacts net streaming radio), but the FBI, operating in Britain under international police warrants, has seized the computer servers which supported a number of Indymedia sites around the world. This is ominous stuff indeed: http://www.rutopia.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2741 (Dana Prescott, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Re DXLD 4-154 Sun Outages, Glenn said: "We have been noticing around mid-afternoon some of our cable channels going into sparklies and pure noise for a few minutes, and Cox Communications does nothing whatsoever to compensate for it." Unless the cable company can get their cable network signals from multiple satellites, there is little they can do to "compensate" for this effect. The problem occurs when the sun passes behind the satellite as viewed from the receiving antenna. The duration of these outages is on the order of 12 minutes per day worst case and will be shorter as the sun's declination changes either side of the worst case conjunction date. It would not make economic sense to implement redundant sources and receive antennas to prevent such a short interruption of soap operas, silly ball games, and Jerry Springer in my opinion. Cheers, ~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-., (Joe Buch, DE, DX LISTENING DIGEST) -*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^ We`ve had this discussion before. I maintain that backup feeds ought to be availablized by the cable networks, since this is an entirely predictable problem. In many cases they could pre-feed the programs which are going to be interrupted, and they could be played back on tape from the cable systems. Lacking that, a courtesy super is the very least the local cable system could do, explaining what is happening and that it will clear up in a few minutes. I don`t care if it is not cost effective or too much trouble. They are supposedly in the business of providing clear signals, not noise, to their paying customers (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. HARRY SHEARER, GETTING IN THE FACES OF THE FAMOUS --- The Reliable Source By Richard Leiby Washington Post Sunday, October 10, 2004; Page D03 Caught on tape: John Edwards primping in a makeup mirror and flipping his hairdo like a cheerleader. Larry King gulping popcorn while covering Ronald Reagan's funeral. Ralph Nader, Dan Quayle, Ollie North and Dan Rather staring into space and looking, well, weird. These are some scenes from "Face Time," Harry Shearer's new video art installation. A Hollywood Renaissance man -- he hosts a satirical radio show, performs as the voice of Montgomery Burns on "The Simpsons" and starred as the bass player in "This Is Spinal Tap" and "A Mighty Wind" -- Shearer met fans last night at a reception while his eerily silent collection of politicians and pundits unspooled on 17 Samsung wall monitors at Conner Contemporary Art in Dupont Circle. "I started my collection with the 10 minutes [of video] preceding the Nixon resignation. I got a pristine copy in the early 1980s. That got me hooked," Shearer told us earlier in the week. "It's a sad addiction for me." But it's an entertaining one for those who crave behind-the-scenes glimpses of important people's facial tics and other preoccupations while they wait to yak on camera. Shearer declined to say where he obtains the footage, much of which appears to be from un-aired satellite feeds. "These are all found objects," he said. Stills taken from the monitors are for sale, but, the artist says, "The only thing of value you can take from this is the experience of seeing it." Standard question: But is it art? "I put double air quotes around 'art,' '' Shearer replied. "This is totally ephemeral." And this particular collection of silent talking heads won't be in town long: Free showings run through Oct. 16. Shearer, meanwhile, is already touting his next project: "I'm writing 'J. Edgar!,' a show for Broadway. The show-stopping number will be 'I Enjoy Being a Man,' with J. Edgar Hoover in a lovely gown, wearing pearls. It takes place at a party at Roy Cohn's house. Half the people there are in drag and the rest are male escorts." We think he's serious (via Tom Roche, DXLD) ** ISRAEL. On 15785, at 1644, presumed Galei Zahal with pops ("Tell Laura I Love Her" in Hebrew?). Good signals from ME -- Jordan finally came in, and Kol Israel was all over the dial (Eric Bryan, CA, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Re NOTTURNO ITALIANO, 4-154: NO this is NOT UP TO DATE. 1332 kHz is OFF THE AIR from many months (Dario Monferini, Italy, Oct 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RAI at present on 6060, Napoli? 657[!], Milano 900, and Rome 1107 kHz. But Rome 1107 should be replaced by either 846 or 1332 kHz, when the new MW RAI Rome location will be finished [in 2005?]. Present Santa Palomba site to be removed some 90 kilometers north-west of Rome, latter location registered according ITU MW list already. But both BCLNEWS.IT txt file and the B04RAI.PDF file show still 1332 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Don't you believe the recent report that RAI's overnight show has news bulletins in several languages "every half hour." They're every hour. The program is heard on the RAI Satelradio feed available in the U.S. on satellites G7 (analog audio subcarrier) and PAS-9 (digital MPEG). Each newscast is slightly different, I've noticed, though each language version seems to be a sentence-by-sentence translation of the same stories in the same order (Mike Cooper, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. Nikkei Radio Broadcasting Corp., 3925, Oct 9, 0838 political conversation in English and Japanese, fair, // 6055, which was good, with their first program. Nikkei R. Br. Corp., 3945, Oct 9, 0844 Japanese program, fair, // 6155, which was good, with their 2nd program. 9760 had already signed off (assume 0800*). (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LATVIA. THE NEXT EMR 9290 KHZ NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON 17th OCTOBER 2004 - 1600 UTC MORE INFO TO FOLLOW 73s (TOM TAYLOR, dx listening digest) ** LIBYA. Solved the 690 unID --- it is Libya, // to 1449. Not sure if it is a "regular" transmission or just some harmonic. Weak, but causing a heterodyne to 693, fading in around 1630 and going on all evening. 73, (Günter Lorenz, Freising, Germany, MWDX yg via DXLD) Subsequent to the identification, I did some more carrier monitoring on 690. The results can be found at http://www.myradiobase.com/mediumwave/spectrum24_690.htm Anybody else on this world noted LBY on 690?? 73, (Günter, ibid.) Yes, Tarek Zeidan in Cairo has been tracking it (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. XERTA, 4810, Oct 9th sent the station an e-mail asking what the problem was (they have been down since about Sept 18th) and when they might return to the air. This is the quick response from: Radio Transcontinental de America charlaxerta@yahoo.com.mx [sic:] ``mi estimado señor ron howard espero queal resebir este meil este gososo de salud usted y su familia le doy contestacion a su amable carta la cual aprecio amablemente despues de este corto saludo contesto su pregunta la causa por la cual no mestamos trasmitiendo es por el ecxeso de lluvias y tuvimos fallas con el trasmisor pero en cuanto este restaurada estaremos trasmitiendo que sera la proxima semana desde el virnes alas 3pm asta el lunes 7am att ruben castañeda espindola`` Seems to indicate they had excessive rains that have damaged the transmitter. Not sure what the reference to 3 pm Monday 7 am is all about. Anybody help with this? Thanks (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) XERTA guy certainly has unique spelling. Says when they are back from next week they will operate from 3 pm Friday to 7 am Monday --- which is about the same as previously, weekends only, right? (gh to Ron via DXLD) During DST, CDT = UT -5, so Fri 2000-Mon 1200 (gh) Yes, in the recent past they have been on only during the weekend, except for one odd transmission I noted on Thursday, Sept 16th, but that was not repeated again. Thank you for your help with the translation. Appreciate it! (Ron Howard, ibid.) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. After RN ended around 0458 Oct 10 on 6165 via Bonaire, I tuned down to 6160 --- and heard RN again, closing music in the skirts of momentarily open carrier on 6165. So RN interferes with itself: 6160 being the CBC Overnight service via Newfoundland; surely, one of them must move (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4748, 2355 2/10, R. Huanta 2000, Perú, español, OM anuncios comunitarios. 2/10 (ver abajo) Radio Huanta 2000, de Huanta, se la volvió a escuchar en la frecuencia habitual de 4748 kHz, después de algunos [¿días?] de transmitir 5 kHz más arriba (Alfredo Locatelli, Durazno, Uruguay, El EsKuch@ Newsletter Oct 9 via Play-DX via DXLD) ** PERU. I was listening to Radio Victoria, Lima on 6020.28 kHz this Sunday morning 1000-1030 UT. Up to 1025, Portuguese religious program "Dios es Amor" --- Brasilian Portuguese and talk on telephone with someone in São Paulo, sounded exactly like a Brasilian station but 1025 UT Spanish from Radio Victoria (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Voice of Russia: Upcoming New Programs, 75th Anniversary Specials from: http://www.vor.ru/English/Exclusives/what_new.html OUR HOMELAND As of Sunday, October 31, the Voice of Russia World Service presents a new program –-- OUR HOMELAND. It features separate items and a series of programs on life in Russia and its people --- the old, new and latest history of Russia; people of Russia, their areas of habitation, customs and traditions; Moscow, St. Petersburg and provincial cities of Russia; the nature of various corners of Russia; prominent and ordinary citizens of Russia, both children and adults; events in the country`s political, scientific and cultural life of the past and present –-- in a word, about every aspect of the country`s life and the numerous nationalities that live in it. The program is an addition to our regular feature THIS IS RUSSIA. THE VOICE OF RUSSIA TREASURE-STORE As of Sunday, October 31, the Voice of Russia World Service begins a new feature –-- THE VOICE OF RUSSIA TREASURE STORE, in which we included programs from the radio archives on various subjects. We invite listeners of the AUDIO BOOK CLUB series to join in. AUDIO BOOK CLUB will no longer come out as a separate feature. LISTENERS` POLL October 29, 2004, will mark 75 years since the first regular broadcast from Moscow directed to audiences abroad went on the air. To mark the anniversary we`re conducting a listeners` poll and invite you to answer the following questions: 1. When did you first listen to the Voice of Russia/Radio Moscow? 2. When did you write to us for the first time and why? 3. What do you think is positive and negative in our programming? 4. What features do you like most of all? Thank you for your cooperation. from: http://www.vor.ru/English/75/index.html October 29, 2004, will mark 75 years since Radio Moscow, later renamed the Voice of Russia, first went on the air. To mark the anniversary, we`ve prepared a series of programs on the history of international broadcasting from Moscow and the company`s present day. Your Letters Poll How Broadcasts from Moscow Began Radio Moscow Begins to Speak English Radio Moscow in the 1930`s Radio Moscow at the Beginning of the Great Patriotic War Radio Moscow in the War Years Radio Moscow in the Years After World War Two The Voice of Russia Veteran Professor Valentin Zorin Radio Moscow in the 1950s Radio Moscow in the Late 1950s - Early 1960s The ``Voice of Moscow`` in Asia in the Middle of the 20th Century Radio Moscow During the Caribbean Crisis Radio Moscow in the 1970s Radio Moscow in the 1980s Voice of Russia News Service Voice of Russia in the 1990s SPEAKING ABOUT THE WORLD EVENTS Copyright © 2004 The Voice of Russia (via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) See also USSR ** RUSSIA. 9480. R. Tikhy Okean, apparently via Vladivostok: I was surprised to hear the 2nd day of their two-day test on Oct 5 with a passable signal after getting practically no audio the day before. Programming heard 0635-0700, mostly talk, but punctuated by their IS, code tapping, a little music here and there. Ended at 0700 after a Russian vocal and cut carrier about 30 seconds after the ToH. Audio seemed overmodulated at times. There was a stronger R. Rossii signal here until 0604*, with the carrier returning in a weaker state a few minutes later and staying in until the Tikhy Okean programming started at 0635. (Tikhy Okean broadcast for the last time on Jan 7, having come on air on Apr 17, 1963.) (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Isn`t Tikhiy the more correct transliteration? (gh, DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. Advance B04 schedules for winter 2003/2004. [NOTE: these are not in strict time order, but grouped by targets] TRANS WORLD RADIO - JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Broadcast Schedule B-04. 31 Oct 2004 - 27 March 2005 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQ PWR AZI Target Zone MTWTFSS 0330-0345 ..34... Sidamo 41 7215 250 005 Ethiopia 0330-0345 ....567 Amharic 41 7215 250 005 Ethiopia 0600-0635 12345.. English 25 11640 500 320 Nigeria 0600-0605 .....67 English 25 11640 500 320 Nigeria 1600-1630 1234567 KiRundi 31 9675 250 019 Burundi 1625-1655 1234567 Somali 31 9660 500 020 Somali 1657-1712 .23456. Juba 31 9660 500 005 Southern Sudan 1657-1727 1.....7 Juba 31 9660 500 005 Southern Sudan 1645-1700 123.... Oromo 31 9930 250 019 Ethiopia 1645-1700 ...45.. Kambaata 31 9930 250 019 Ethiopia 1645-1700 .....67 Hadiya 31 9930 250 019 Ethiopia 1700-1730 1234567 Amharic 31 9930 250 019 Ethiopia 1730-1800 12345.7 Oromo 31 9930 250 019 Ethiopia 1730-1800 .....6. Amharic 31 9930 250 019 Ethiopia 1703-1718 1234567 Sena(FEBA) 41 7265 250 19 Mozambique 1718-1733 1234567 Yao (FEBA) 41 7265 250 19 Mozambique 1733-1748 .2..5.7 Yao (FEBA) 41 7265 250 19 Mozambique 1755-1825 12345.. Pulaar 31 9620 500 317 Antenna 18 1755-1825 .....67 French 31 9620 500 317 Antenna 18 1830-1900 1234567 Fulfulde 31 9510 500 330 Sahel 1900-1930 1234567 Yoruba 31 9510 500 330 Nigeria 1930-1945 .....67 Ewe 31 9510 500 330 Ghana 1945-2015 ......7 Igbo 31 9510 500 330 Nigeria 1945-2000 .....6. Igbo 31 9510 500 330 Nigeria 1830-1900 1234567 Hausa 31 9695 500 335 Nigeria 1900-1915 1234567 Kanuri 31 9695 500 335 Nigeria 1810-1840 1234567 Bambara 31 9720 250 315 Ivory Coast 1840-1910 1234.67 French 31 9720 250 315 Ivory Coast 1910-1925 1234.67 French 31 9720 250 315 Ivory Coast 1840-1910 ....5.. Songhai 31 9720 250 315 Burkina Faso 1910-1925 ....5.. Moore 31 9720 250 315 Mali 1925-1940 12345.. Moore 31 9720 250 315 Burkina Faso 1925-1940 .....6. Songhai 31 9720 250 315 Burkina Faso Explanation: DAY is the day of the broadcast 1 is Monday etc. & 7 is Sunday. FREQU is in kilohertz. MB is the metreband. PWR is the power of the transmitter in kilowatts. AZI is the direction of the antenna Visit our website at http://www.TWRAfrica.org (James Burnett, Swaziland, Frequency Manager, via Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, BC-DX Oct 6 via DXLD) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Stair's Way to Heaven --- Glenn, The TimTron Worldwide that is airing right now has Brother Stair's Way to Heaven as the second or third song tonight. I don't know if WBCQ lists all the rebroadcasts or not, but it's worth a shot (John H. Carver Jr., Mid-North Indiana, 2233 UT Sat Oct 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. 4750, Radio Peace, *0228-0241 Oct 5, sudden sign on with a man giving ID and frequency announcement followed by brief choir vocals. A man and woman followed with English religious program including some music. Poor (Rich D`Angelo, PA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** SWAZILAND. Advance B04 schedules for winter 2003/2004. TWR Swaziland celebrates 30 years on being on the air in November 2004. Please tell all your DXers that TWR Swaziland has a new QSL card to give out. There is our new schedule for the B 2004. TWR Africa also two Satellite Radio Services, the one can be picked up over Europe. TRANS WORLD RADIO MANZINI, SWAZILAND Broadcast Schedule B-04. 31 Oct 2004 - 27 March 2005 [NOTE: these are not in strict time order, but grouped by targets] TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQ PWR ANT AZI Target Zone MTWTFSS 0300-0330 123456. Ndebele 90 3200 035 050 003 Zimbabwe 0300-0330 ......7 English 90 3200 035 050 003 Zimbabwe 0300-0330 1234567 Shona 90 3240 025 090 003 Zimbabwe 0330-0345 1234567 Ndau 90 3240 025 090 003 Zimbabwe 0300-0345 1234567 Swahili 41 7225 100 110 005 East Africa 0340-0355 1234567 Lomwe 60 4775 050 050 003 Mozambique 0400-0430 12345.. German 60 4775 025 070 233 South Africa 0400-0500 .....67 German 60 4775 025 070 233 South Africa 0400-0430 12345.. German 49 6120 025 060 233 South Africa 0400-0500 .....67 German 49 6120 025 060 233 South Africa 0400-0430 1234567 Chewa 49 6100 100 110 005 Malawi 0430-0500 12345.. Chewa 49 6100 100 110 005 Malawi 0430-0600 12345.. English 60 4775 025 070 233 South Africa 0500-0600 .....67 English 60 4775 025 070 233 Southern Africa 0430-0900 12345.. English 49 6120 050 060 233 Southern Africa 0600-0900 .....67 English 49 6120 050 060 233 Southern Africa 0500-0900 1234567 English 31 9500 100 110 005 Central Africa 1400-1415 1234567 Urdu 19 15330 100 103 043 Pakistan 1440-1510 12345.7 Portug. 41 7315 050 110 005 Mozambique 1440-1455 .....6. Portug. 41 7315 050 110 005 Mozambique 1455-1510 .....6. Makua 41 7315 050 110 005 N Mozambique 1510-1525 1234567 Makua 41 7315 050 110 005 N Mozambique 1525-1555 1234567 Lomwe 41 7315 050 110 005 N Mozambique 1440-1510 12345.. Malagasy 31 9585 100 030 053 Madagascar 1510-1525 12345 7 Malagasy 31 9585 100 030 053 Madagascar 1510-1525 .....6. French 31 9585 100 030 053 Madagascar 1545-1600 ....567 Shona 49 6070 025 050 003 Zimbabwe 1600-1630 12345.. Ndebele 49 6070 025 050 003 Zimbabwe 1600-1630 .....67 English 49 6070 025 050 003 Zimbabwe 1630-1659 1234567 Shona 49 6070 025 050 003 Zimbabwe 1600-1630 1234567 SiSwati MW 1170 050 MW ND Swaziland 1630-1700 1234567 Zulu MW 1170 050 MW ND Swaziland 1700-2035 1234567 English MW 1170 050 MW ND Southern Africa 1600-1630 1234567 Chewa 49 6130 050 110 005 Malawi/Zambia 1630-1700 1234567 Chewa 49 6130 050 110 005 Malawi/Zambia 1700-1715 12345.. Chewa 49 6130 050 110 005 Malawi/Zambia 1700-1715 .....6. Bemba 49 6130 100 110 005 Zambia 1600-1630 12345.. Tshwa 60 4760 025 050 003 S Mozambique 1630-1645 ......7 Tshwa 60 4760 025 050 003 S Mozambique 1600-1630 .....67 Shangaan 60 4760 025 050 003 S Mozambique 1630-1645 1..4.6. Portug. 60 4760 025 050 003 S Mozambique 1630-1645 .23.5.. Shangaan 60 4760 025 050 003 S Mozambique 1645-1700 1234567 Ndau 60 4760 025 050 003 S Mozambique 1730-1900 1234567 English 31 9500 100 110 013 East Africa 1702-1717 12 4567 Swahili 31 9475 100 102 005 East Africa 1717-1747 1234567 Swahili 31 9475 100 102 005 East Africa 1747-1817 12345.. Swahili 31 9475 100 102 005 East Africa 1747-1802 .....6. Swahili 31 9475 100 102 005 East Africa 1802-1817 .....6. Kimwani 31 9475 100 102 005 East Africa 1747-1802 ......7 Kimwani 31 9475 100 102 005 East Africa 1700-2030 1234567 English 90 3200 050 060 233 South Africa 1750-1820 12345.. Umbunbu .49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1820-1835 1234567 Chokwe ..49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1835-1850 1234567 Umbundu .49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1850-1905 1...... Luvale ..49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1850-1905 .234567 KiKongo .49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1905-1920 12.4... Portug. 49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1905-1920 .....67 Lunyaneka49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1905-1920 ..3.... Luchazi 49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1905-1920 ....5.. Fiote 49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1920-1950 1234567 Portug. 49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1950-2005 1234567 Kimbundu 49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 2005-2035 ......7 Portug. 49 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1905-1935 1234567 Lingala 31 9525 100 101 343 D R Congo 1935-1950 1234567 French 31 9525 100 101 343 D R Congo 1950-2020 .....67 French 31 9525 100 101 343 D R Congo 1950-2020 1...... French 31 9525 100 101 343 D R Congo Explanation: see SOUTH AFRICA above (James Burnett, Swaziland, Frequency Manager, via Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, BC-DX Oct 6 via DXLD) ** U S S R. NAME THAT STATION - NAME THAT TUNE --- with Mark Savage Welcome to the second of our occasional looks at the background to those jingles, signature tunes and general warbles that have become so familiar on the bands over the years to identify the world's broadcasters. Last time round, we were delving into the history of the BBC World Service signature tune. The BBC voice on the airwaves has traditionally stood for impartiality and factual reporting of events from the 'free world', especially when the political temperature was closest to freezing during the Cold War. For the sake of historical balance therefore, it seemed logical and topical this month to move on from Bush House on the former riverside Strand within earshot of Big Ben, to the chillier latitudes of the impressive Skayas where the bells of St Basil's once reminded the world that this was the official broadcaster of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics telling the other side of the story. By some accounts, the USSR had an international broadcaster from barely a year after the BBC started, 1923. However, with the official celebration this autumn of 75 years of international broadcasting from Moscow, 1929 seems to be the point at which the former Soviet capital really started addressing the world over the airwaves. Maybe it's like many things Russian, a clash of the old and the new, which is why the October revolution is commemorated in what the rest of us call November due to a difference in calendars. The old and the new too also seem to be present, if subtly, in the music that Moscow has used over the years to identify itself on the crowded world airwaves --- and to push through the mushy crowd of jammers during the worst years of relations with the West. Radio Moscow was the name by which the official mouthpiece of the Soviet empire broadcast to the world from 1929, until Perestroika, Glasnost and all those other now dusty buzzwords of the late eighties led to the demise of the Soviet empire. In 1991, the station became instead the aerial waver of the largest of the nominal "Commonwealth of Independent States" as the Voice of Russia. During the Radio Moscow era, it seemed that what served the broadcaster best was a friendly, familiar sound which carried with it nevertheless overtones of the exotic and the romantic, a far more positive image of the USSR than most of the stereotypes perpetuated by the Cold War would suggest. Yet knowing that the interval signal and signature tune of that period is generally translated as either Moscow Nights or Midnight in Moscow immediately conjures up images of the kind of glamorous women with which James Bond, Harry Palmer and the like became all too familiar, but whose intentions were seldom what they seemed. This sinister (literally, "of the left") yet beautiful tune is wonderfully featured at http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/assourin/moscow_nights.htm where you can choose to hear the song either in its original Russian or in Mandarin, for some obscure reason best left un-investigated. The same page even has a beautiful virtual carving, featuring two young lovers smooching in the moonlight under a tree alongside the Moscow River. A sheet music version and the complete lyrics are also available if you want to pursue Google searches of your own, but here's a taster, which summons the Kleenex for sad singletons like the writer and star-crossed lovers alike: Stillness in the grove, not a rustling sound Softly shines the moon clear and bright. Dear, if you could know how I treasure so The most beautiful Moscow night. (X2) You can just see the love letters being fired off to Moscow Mailbag right now can't you! However, Russian romance and proletarian propaganda gave way to a new style of realpolitik global utterance with the fall of Communism. The former largest state of the Soviet empire became the Russian Federation and Moscow's own self-styled world service was re-named The Voice of Russia. Maybe it's just the by now reviled associations of the old identities that is responsible, but personally I'm rather sad to have lost the name of this capital city in an international broadcaster's on-air presence, like several others of that era (cf Radio Warsaw becoming Radio Poland [sic]). However, there's a curious irony in that the new tune chosen for VoR actually harks back not just to the oppressive days of the USSR's hold on neighbouring nations, but to the even earlier period of Tsarist Russia. The Great Gate of Kiev is the Voice of Russia's current theme tune. I don't much care for the in your face, modernist style of the music currently being aired and yet it is probably more true to the spirit of the Pictures at an Exhibition which its Russian-born composer, Pieter Modest Mussorgsky, took as his inspiration for this popular and much-arranged piece of classical music. Originally composed as part of a piano suite, the Great Gate is probably most familiar in its later arrangement by Maurice Ravel. It's also an impressive organ work, has been much blown by brass bands, and was also popularised in the late twentieth century by Japanese electronic maestro Isao Tomita. Whatever the powerful cadences of the music might suggest, however, the monument referred to does not exist. Pictures at an Exhibition was a tribute to Mussorgksy's late friend Victor Hartmann, who had submitted a stunning new design in a competition for a new entrance gate to the city of Kiev to commemorate an abortive assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander II in 1866. Perhaps for obvious reasons, though, the Tsar was none too keen on such a monument being built and so it never was. However, the idea caught the public imagination, and notably that of the later artist Wassily Kadinsky. His highly abstract, art nouveau representation of the idea, naturally titled The Great Gate of Kiev, can also be viewed on the web --- though watch out for attempts to sell you a fully-framed copy! I don't know if it was in the mind's eye of the Voice of Russia 'apparatchik' who chose the new sound, but somewhere in the centre of Kadinsky's masterpiece, I could clearly see what looked like a broadcasting aerial atop a mountain. What the unknown bod probably had less thought for in choosing the piece though is that, as all fans of Radio Kiev would be quick to tell you, the city also famous for its tasty chicken signature dish is not in Russia at all but --- The Ukraine! Although that country is now a recognised independent nation in its own right, with its own broadcaster to boot, could it be that the vestiges of imperial Russia and quasi-independent Soviet broadcasting are not as quick to disappear as at first seems the case? Where will our investigations into the wonderful world of interval sigs lead us next time round? We hope to feature these articles every two months or so; if you have any suggestions or station idents you'd like to know more about, please let me know. My address is on the front cover, or e-mail Mark @ bdxc.org.uk (Mark Savage, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via Tony Rogers, DXLD) Unfortunately, Mark overlooks the other (what I consider original), R. Moscow interval signal as discussed a few weeks ago in a thread here. which preceded `Moscow Nights``. Perhaps it was before his time. As I recall, a version of Moscow Nights was used on the Mayak domestic service, also on multitudes of SW frequencies, long before it was adopted by the external service (gh, DXLD) ** U K. Re 648 signal variations: It sounds like they're doing work on the main directional aerial system, and using the reserve system which isn't as directional (probably almost omni). So whilst listeners in the main coverage area of mainland Europe will receive a worse signal, those in the UK who normally don't get much of a signal will in fact have better reception! The carrier will be cut entirely as they switch between the two arrays (Gavin Robertson, UK, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Media bytes tuesday rocktober 5 2004 Starlight Express When the nation you defend sends you in harm's way, there are little touches of home that remind the soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine why they are there. One of those is Armed Forces Radio and Television. With broadcast sites around the world and on ships at sea, AFRTS is one of those touches that helps the fighting man and woman keep up on what is going on. In Iraq, AFRTS has set up a group of FM stations across the country -- in Baghdad alone, there are two FM stations broadcasting full time. The stations offers everything from hip-hop to sports talk. The mission of overseas broadcasting remains: "The AFRTS mission is to communicate Department of Defense policies, priorities, programs, goals and initiatives. AFRTS provides stateside radio and television programming, "a touch of home," to U.S. service men and women, DoD civilians, and their families serving outside the continental United States." Radio programming includes NPR Morning Edition, CNN Radio, Rush Limbaugh, PRI Marketplace, Paul Harvey, Kim Komando, Dr. Laura, and others. Music programming includes Z-Rock, Hot AC, Oldies Radio and others. In all, it's a small touch of programming from all aspects of radio. Also included in the mix is religious programming approved by the Armed Forces Chaplains Board. Programs are delivered world-wide via satellite, and are often taped at various sites to compensate for the time zone. Often, talk shows, usually in one-hour segments, are aired live when possible. They are also time shifted to later in the day. Regular AFRTS programming is commercial free, and spots are geared toward the service member, and often contain specific military news. AFRTS sports programming is the only exception -- lines during the broadcast are not edited out (This scorecard brought to you by SDRadio!). The commercial breaks are either Public Service Announcements, or brief newscasts. Check out the programming at MyAFN http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/ The U.S. Navy is sending programming via satellite to ships at sea to certain ships. Otherwise, a video and audio tape library is sent to ships at sea. A list of AFRTS stations in Iraq can be viewed here http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/affiliates/listfreq.asp?medium=2&country=Iraq (SDRadio.net San Diego, Oct 5 via DXLD) They might have mentioned this page too: http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/radio/shortwave/ (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WRMI is running WOR 1248 at 0330 UT Sunday on 6870, another unscheduled time, so it was three in a row: 0230 WWCR 5070, 0300 WBCQ 9330. WRMI website schedule has not been updated in more than two months. 73, (Glenn, 0333 UT Oct 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) My hopes were quickly dashed when I tuned into WRMI 15725 around 1328 UT Oct 10 to hear classical music! Yay!! But it was just fill, rudely interrupted at 1330 to join Brother Scare in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jeff White tells me that he is going to try, if time permits, to do a programming update on the website schedule this weekend or early next week. It gets pretty time-consuming for a station with a staff as small as theirs! He is happy for me to pass on this correspondence: "Thanks for your inquiry about our schedule. Most shortwave stations update their schedules twice each year, for what is known as the "A" season (April to October) and the "B" season (October to April). These are the internationally standardized "frequency seasons" that have been established by the High Frequency Coordination Committee (HFCC). The next season is the "B04" season which begins October 31, 2004. We tend to update our schedule several additional times per year to reflect specific programming changes, and whenever we have any kind of time or frequency change. But with a commercial shortwave station, programming changes tend to be very frequent, and we cannot always update all of these changes as often as we would like. But rest assured that our updates are much more often than most stations' twice-yearly schedules. If you ever have any specific questions about our schedule, please feel free to e-mail us anytime. Thanks very much for your interest in WRMI. Jeff White, General Manager, WRMI Radio Miami International (via Mike Terry, Oct 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI has gone thru some major programming changes since August 8 --- Christian Media Network, WRN, Brother Scare (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. But the Miami Herald`s guide to South Florida radio, evidently not including pirates! has not been updated in more than six months; it does have hotlinks to all their websites, at http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/living/8264913.htm Posted on Wed, Mar. 24, 2004 Estaciones de radio 88.5 WNSU Nova Southeastern University 88.9 WDNA "Serious Jazz" 89.7 WMCU (also 101.9) Christian 91.3 WLRN Public Radio 92.7 WEOW-FM Hit Music 92.7 WZZR 93.1 Party "Pure Dance Channel" 93.5 WKEY 93.9 WLVE Love 94 94.9 WZTA Zeta 95.7 WXDJ El Zol 96.5 WPOW Power96 97.9 WRMF 98.3 WRTO Salsa 98.7 WKGR "The Gater" Classic Rock 99.1 WEDR 99 Jamz 99.5 WAIL 99.9 WKIS "Today's Continuous Country" 100.3 WCTH Thunder Country 100.7 WHYI Y-100 "South Florida's Hit Music" 101.5 WLYF "Lite FM" 102.7 WMXJ Majic 103.1 WFKZ 103.5 WMGE "The Beat" 104.3 WEAT "Sunny 104.3" 105.1 WHQT Hot 105 105.5 WOLL KooL 107.5 WAMR Amor (via gh, DXLD) ** U S A. On the 1710 Lubavitcher pirate situation: a recent broadcast ended with the speaker actually giving an e-mail address and a URL for more information, but the audio (at this distance) was simply too marginal to decipher. I'll definitely keep trying. [Later:] Re: 1710: the Lubavitchers are quite strong tonight. I also checked out the link I found at DXLD online to their website. Curiously I don't see them mentioning their frequency anywhere on the website. I do wonder how they're getting away with this, when the FCC is cracking down on 10 watt FM community radio stations, especially in California. 73, (Dave Beauvais, MA, KB1F, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Later2:] Hey Glenn, Should have mentioned this when I sent my previous post --- but all of a sudden, for the past few nights, on 1710, I've noted a strange bubble-jammer-like signal which is doing a pretty good job on Radio Free Lubavitcher. The keying sequence is: 13 signal sweeps across the frequency, from zero-beat to about 4 kHz, followed by the letters "NRC" in CW, sent at about 5 wpm. This sequence repeats over and over. The sweeper sounds like it might be sending MCW, rather than pure CW --- but with the Lubavitcher carrier competing, it's hard to tell. If this is just a fishing buoy beacon, it's a "big fish" indeed, since the signal strength is comparable at times to that of the Lubavitchers. Generally the drift-net signals in this band are fairly weak, even on a good communications receiver with a longwire antenna. But this thing, whatever it is, happens to be knocking back my dashboard radio in the car in rather good shape. That's why I suspect a deliberate bubble-jammer, targeting the Lubavitchers. It wouldn't be too surprising, given the somewhat cultic nature of their positioning within mainstream Judaism. Not everybody is happy about what they're saying. Anybody else report hearing this? BTW, if you missed it the first time, the Lubavitcher Radio website to which I referred previously is: http://www.radiomoshiach.org/ 73, (Dave, KB1F, Beauvais, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [It was also widely reported in the northeast and as far as Memphis] Here is, as Paul Harvey would say, the REST of the story. Mark Durenberger is an editor for the DX Audio Service. His hobby, besides being an excellent presenter on the DX Audio Service, is to play around with beverage antennas. Mark has recorded many fantastic programs which demonstrate the power of having this sort of antenna. He has also demonstrated how it works by selecting a frequency and then taking the termination on and off to demonstrate the theory and practical use of the antenna. Mark lives in Colorado, but I think he operates from a site just over the border in Utah. Mark and I were discussing propagation and the possibility of hearing a somewhat weak signal at great distance. He is out there now, hopefully capturing a trace of the signal that I'm sending. I don't know if he was successful or not. As you know from your studies, in the 20s to 40s it was possible to hear low power across the nation. Speculation is that this is due to the band being a lot quieter than it is now. So, we're really testing the clear channel theory plus the technology of the Beverage antenna. In our test today it was important to maximize the efficiency of the antenna and the take-off angles to get the maximum chance of Mark hearing it. In the calculations I took the effect of the skywave bounce between the hours of 2200 to 0300 when I thought Mark would be at the dials. The antenna was set up so that there is a "driven" element and then a parasitic reflector favoring a direction of signal to propagate into 39-degrees north by 109.25-degrees west. This may not be his exact location, but as the ionosphere shifts it should shift past him. I can go into deeper theory with you at a later time, but I'm using a small antenna tilted at a slight tilted angle against a large parasitic to produce the directional pattern. I suspect that something is a little off on this test as my fields don't seem exactly correct. On one hand the signal is not being heard at a location where it was roughly .12 mv/m. All they hear is the station in Brooklyn which is barely above the noise floor. My calculations showed a reading at my QTH of .7, but I have a 1.65 mv/m. This tells me that a) I had a component failure, b) something changed in the field, or c) the onset of flu was taking its toll on my faculties and the formulas were not calculated correctly on the TI. In theory, there should be very little signal in to the N, E, and S except for a very high take-off which I would speculate would shoot right through the ionosphere and out into space. Perhaps I should have included a message "Art Bell says HI". Hopefully when I check my E-mail Sunday night or Monday I'll have some positive words from Mark, and VERY hopefully he has some recordings that we can feature on the DX Audio Service. I think the membership would find it of great interest. Oh, BTW, the sweep tones are flat on the TX, so if you look at the sweep on recovery from the receiver, you should be able to tell where your radio dies in frequency response. The sweep is within .1 dB as measured on a Belar AMM-3. Modulation is 98% negative and 110% positive, distortion worse case is at 60 Hz, but otherwise less than .2%. IMD is .35%. I'm using the 100 mW exciter board for CAM-D testing, and it sure is sweet. Only problem I had was matching the antenna, 750-j250 to the board, which might explain the for the field reading. At that high of resistance/reactance, temperature or humidity could cause a shift making the expected fields a whole new experience. I'm going back to bed. I've been up and down most of the night and still feel like crap. I'll get back with you later this week. 73, (Fred Vobbe, Lima OH, W8HDU, Oct 10, NRC-AM via DXLD) ** U S A. Thom Price at EWTN was kind enough to send me the link to an article in Radio magazine on WNOP Sacred Heart Radio in Cincinnati, and its manager, Bill Levitt. The excellent report is detailed and fascinating, and shows the connection the station has with the local community. Visit the site, read the article and see the photos: http://beradio.com/features/radio_sacred_heart_radio/ Sacred Heart Radio --- by Allen J. Singer Sep 1, 2004 12:00 PM [about WNOP 740 Newport KY - Cincinnati, former jazz station taken over by Roman Catholics] (via Catholic Radio Update Oct 11 via DXLD) ** U S A. CRACKER BARREL SIGNS TO SPONSOR GRAND OLE OPRY By Chris Lewis, NashvilleCityPaper.com Posted October 1, 3:00 p.m. CDT For the first time in its 79-year history, the Grand Ole Opry has named its first presenting sponsor Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel, which has been airing ads during commercial breaks on the venerable country radio show for 30 years, is paying extra to become the shows overall sponsor. I think its really a nice strengthening of a relationship weve had that dates back to 1975. ``We were only six years old as a company when we started sponsoring the Opry``, said Jim Taylor, spokesman for Cracker Barrel, headquartered in Lebanon. Through the extensive new promotional campaign, Cracker Barrel`s name will become associated with the Opry in various formats, reaching an estimated 42 million households worldwide that tune into Opry broadcasts on radio and TV... http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=33&screen=newsprint&news_id=36192 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) Well isn`t that special! Cracker Barrel just settled last month class- action lawsuits about discriminating against black customers. A nice pairing with Gaylord Entertainment. Try a Google search on ``Cracker Barrel`` lawsuits (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. RADIO SERVICE FOR BLIND FACING CUTS Chicago Sun-Times Sunday, October 10, 2004 BY BRENDA WARNER ROTZOLL Staff Reporter http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-cris101.html The nation's pinched economy is putting the squeeze on CRIS Radio, Chicago's special-frequency station that reads newspapers aloud for the blind and visually impaired 24 hours a day. "We've had about a 30 percent decline in funding" the last two years, said executive director Bonnie Miller. "We find ourselves in the same boat with a lot of not-for-profits. If our funders' stock investments don't do well, they don't have a lot of cash. We really had to roll back," she said. One of the first victims was the fledgling effort to make CRIS broadcasts available on the Internet. CRIS was putting its read-aloud news onto streaming audio on its Web site four hours a day in spring 2003. It cost $600 a day. Hoping to get back on the Net, Miller said, "We've applied for funds from SBC and AT&T, but we've found they tend to fund higher-profile projects." The station took another hit when it had to spend $30,000 to go digital so it could continue to receive news from the New York Times. Some 40,000 people a day who can't see to read or can't hold a newspaper listen to Chicago, suburban, state and national news, plus sports, features, ads and special programming, on CRIS. They need a special radio that can pick up a subfrequency of FM. They cost CRIS about $55 each. Miller hopes to get the report online again so more people can hear it. "With the Internet, anyone anywhere in the world would be able to use our service," she said. People who want to volunteer, or could benefit from CRIS' services, should call (312) 541-8400. Copyright © The Sun-Times Company (via Leon Gilbert, Blind News mailing list via Paul David, dxldyg via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 15665, CLANDESTINE (W. Sahara). R. For Peace (via IRRS-Italy [BULGARIA?]), the W. Sahara program, Fri only: Barely audible at *1100 Sep [sic, means Oct] 8 as China closed on the same frequency, but built up fairly quickly to a decent level by 1130 when it switched from Arabic to Spanish. Many Spanish IDs, mostly talking, some music which I would call "Arab rock." (I kept thinking they were IDing as "R. Porti," but it was "R. For Peace.") Mentioned Friday only, time, frequency, URL http://www.radiokcentrale.org/ and E-mail address which I'm pretty sure was the one on the website, radioforpeace @ libero.it Also gave the (correct) date at one point. Programm closed at 1200, after which was heard the IRRS English ID, request for reports, anthem-like piece, 0204* (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 4860. Heard several times around 0300, e.g. Oct 9 & 10 when they signed on at that hr. ME-style singing. "Dengi Kurdistana" per Titarev-Ukraine (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ BALLOON HITS RADIO TOWER AS FESTIVAL ENDS By LESLIE HOFFMAN, Associated Press Writer Published 10/10/04 12:45:00 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A balloon became entangled in a radio tower on the final day of the city's trademark balloon festival Sunday, forcing the pilot and two young passengers to shimmy most of the way down the nearly 700-foot-tall structure. Bill Chapel was piloting the Smokey Bear balloon when it blew into the radio tower near a park where the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta was being held. "All you can do is grit you teeth and hold on to your passengers and prepare them for the impact," he said. The hot-air balloon's canopy got wrapped up around the triangular- shaped tower, leaving its gondola resting up against the structure. Chapel, 69, and passengers Aaron Whitacre, 10, and Troy Wells, 14, then began the long climb down the tower's ladder. KKOB-AM shut down its 50,000-watt transmitter and emergency crews gathered at the base of the tower, said Kathie Leyendecker, festival spokeswoman. About 100 feet above the ground, workers met the three, secured them with safety gear, and helped them into a utility truck bucket. Leyendecker said tower maintenance crews arrived to get the balloon down. The balloon's canopy was the shape of the face of Smokey Bear, the U.S. Forest Service mascot that warns children against forest fires. The festival, which started in 1972, draws hundreds of balloons every October. Organizers say it has become the largest such festival in the world On the Net: Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta: http://www.balloonfiesta.com (via Curtis Sadowski, IL, WTFDA-AM and via Mike Cooper, via DXLD) NBC Nightly News Sunday had a story on this, but NEVER mentioned which radio station it was, as if that didn`t matter! I had bet it was KKOB due to proximity to the Balloon Fiesta site in the North Valley. While they`re pretty to watch from ground, I can`t imagine why people want to risk their lives doing this. Almost every year there is some kind of incident, worst being getting tangled in high voltage lines, or falling to the ground somehow. The one year I attended (on the ground), my car in the designated parking area was barely missed by a descending gondola which couldn`t control its landing spot. Another question remains: did KKOB see them coming and shut down before the tower was hit, to avoid frying the victims? Apparently it was off for some hours; did they fire up the low-power Santa Fe co-channel relay, which normally operates only at night to fill in a direxional antenna null toward New York? (Glenn Hauser, ex-NM, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I found a local account that says no: http://www.krqe.com/expanded1.asp?RECORD_KEY%5BBigLocal%5D=ID&ID%5BBigLocal%5D=7211 I wonder how long a time they mean by "shortly"? (Curtis Sadowski, ibid.) BALLOON CRASHES INTO RADIO TOWER, THREE OCCUPANTS OK Date Posted: 10/10/2004 | Time Updated: 9:27:32 AM Location: Albuquerque Source: KRQE News 13 The Smokey Bear balloon crashed into the top of a 670 ft radio tower in the north valley shortly after 8:30 a.m. today. The three people inside the balloon slowly climbed-down the tower with the aid of rescue climbers and a cherry picker truck from PNM. The 70-year-old pilot and the two other occupants reportedly sustained only minor injuries. The tower is located between 2nd Street and Edith, just south of Tramway. The Balloon caught on the very top of the tower, which is owned by KKOB. The radio station shut-off power to the tower shortly after the crash (via Curtis Sadowski, ibid.) POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ PPL'S BPL AREAS IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY The following article provides an update of PPL's BPL service areas. No mention of interference issues in the article. Might have to put the '2010 on the road in the coming days to see how these service zones are doing on shortwave. The hard-copy article had a graphic showing the locations involved. http://www.mcall.com/business/local/all-bploct10,0,5900622.story?coll=all-businesslocal-hed (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, swprograms via DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ BUSH`S MYSTERY BULGE, IN THE TRADITION OF REAGAN A thread at rutopia.net: http://www.rutopia.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=107957#107957 OK, let me tell you a true story. Toward the end of his presidency, Ronald Reagan, who was then in the early stages of Alzheimers (although the fact hadn't been disclosed), appeared at one of his rare press conferences wearing visible earpieces in both ears. He had been known to wear a "hearing aid" in one ear prior to this, but the "twofer" was something new. As he was speaking, I observed that Reagan would pause for a few seconds, become silent, raise his eyes upward, and then seem almost to be repeating, word for word, what someone was "dictating" to him. I made this observation from watching the televised press conference, and sent my suspicion to Glenn Hauser, who hosts the "World of Radio" program, which is aired around the world on shortwave, and is also available on the internet. On the next week's program, Glenn led with the feature story, "Is Reagan Being Prompted?"...and read, verbatim, the observational report I had sent him. Make of it what you will, but Reagan never again held a public press conference...with or without the benefit of his "hearing aids". I wouldn't put it past Bush to have done precisely the same thing. And probably for precisely the same reason: a disabling mental incompetence to extemporize on his own behalf, impromptu, without benefit of notes. As he clearly demonstrated in the first debate. Very spooky indeed. (Look directly in the center of Bush's back.) Here's the complete story from Salon.com. (I "endured" the commercial which you would need to watch, in order to obtain access to the complete text of the story, and so I've clipped and pasted that text below, as a Rutopian public service!) As for the suggestion of the photo possibly being photoshopped: Salon obtained and examined the recorded video from a perfectly neutral news source: C-SPAN. Sure enough, in the unedited video, the "bulge" can be seen clearly in Bush's back, as depicted in the still frame capture above. Needless to say, C-SPAN -- which is virtually the public media equivalent of the Congressional Record, highly trusted for its ethical integrity -- does not "photoshop" its archived news feeds. This report gets more and more interesting/ominous all the time. I'm sending Glenn the URL for this thread. Let's see where it goes from here. (Dana Prescott, posting to rutopia.net via DXLD) I did notice the bulge myself, but figured, so what else is new? WTFK? Someone should sweep the final debate for the frequency (gh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bush's mystery bulge THE RUMOR IS FLYING AROUND THE GLOBE. WAS THE PRESIDENT WIRED DURING THE FIRST DEBATE? --- By Dave Lindorff Oct. 8, 2004 | Was President Bush literally channeling Karl Rove in his first debate with John Kerry? That's the latest rumor flooding the Internet, unleashed last week in the wake of an image caught by a television camera during the Miami debate. The image shows a large solid object between Bush's shoulder blades as he leans over the lectern and faces moderator Jim Lehrer. The president is not known to wear a back brace, and it's safe to say he wasn't packing. So was the bulge under his well-tailored jacket a hidden receiver, picking up transmissions from someone offstage feeding the president answers through a hidden earpiece? Did the device explain why the normally ramrod-straight president seemed hunched over during much of the debate? Bloggers are burning up their keyboards with speculation. Check out the president's peculiar behavior during the debate, they say. On several occasions, the president simply stopped speaking for an uncomfortably long time and stared ahead with an odd expression on his face. Was he listening to someone helping him with his response to a question? Even weirder was the president's strange outburst. In a peeved rejoinder to Kerry, he said, "As the politics change, his positions change. And that's not how a commander in chief acts. I, I, uh -- Let me finish -- The intelligence I looked at was the same intelligence my opponent looked at." It must be said that Bush pointed toward Lehrer as he declared "Let me finish." The green warning light was lit, signaling he had 30 seconds to, well, finish. Hot on the conspiracy trail, I tried to track down the source of the photo. None of the Bush-is-wired bloggers, however, seemed to know where the photo came from. Was it possible the bulge had been Photoshopped onto Bush's back by a lone conspiracy buff? It turns out that all of the video of the debate was recorded and sent out by Fox News, the pool broadcaster for the event. Fox sent feeds from multiple cameras to the other networks, which did their own on-air presentations and editing. To watch the debate again, I ventured to the Web site of the most sober network I could think of: C-SPAN. And sure enough, at minute 23 on the video of the debate, you can clearly see the bulge between the president's shoulder blades. Bloggers stoke the conspiracy with the claim that the Bush administration insisted on a condition that no cameras be placed behind the candidates. An official for the Commission on Presidential Debates, which set up the lecterns and microphones on the Miami stage, said the condition was indeed real, the result of negotiations by both campaigns. Yet that didn't stop Fox from setting up cameras behind Bush and Kerry. The official said that "microphones were mounted on lecterns, and the commission put no electronic devices on the president or Senator Kerry." When asked about the bulge on Bush's back, the official said, "I don't know what that was." So what was it? Jacob McKenna, a spyware expert and the owner of the Spy Store, a high-tech surveillance shop in Spokane, Wash., looked at the Bush image on his computer monitor. "There's certainly something on his back, and it appears to be electronic," he said. McKenna said that, given its shape, the bulge could be the inductor portion of a two-way push-to-talk system. McKenna noted that such a system makes use of a tiny microchip-based earplug radio that is pushed way down into the ear canal, where it is virtually invisible. He also said a weak signal could be scrambled and be undetected by another broadcaster. Mystery-bulge bloggers argue that the president may have begun using such technology earlier in his term. Because Bush is famously prone to malapropisms and reportedly dyslexic, which could make successful use of a teleprompter problematic, they say the president and his handlers may have turned to a technique often used by television reporters on remote stand-ups. A reporter tapes a story and, while on camera, plays it back into an earpiece, repeating lines just after hearing them, managing to sound spontaneous and error free. Suggestions that Bush may have using this technique stem from a D-day event in France, when a CNN broadcast appeared to pick up -- and broadcast to surprised viewers -- the sound of another voice seemingly reading Bush his lines, after which Bush repeated them. Danny Schechter, who operates the news site MediaChannel.org, and who has been doing some investigating into the wired-Bush rumors himself, said the Bush campaign has been worried of late about others picking up their radio frequencies -- notably during the Republican Convention on the day of Bush's appearance. "They had a frequency specialist stop me and ask about the frequency of my camera," Schechter said. "The Democrats weren't doing that at their convention." Repeated calls to the White House and the Bush national campaign office over a period of three days, inquiring about what the president may have been wearing on his back during the debate, and whether he had used an audio device at other events, went unreturned. So far the Kerry campaign is staying clear of this story. When called for a comment, a press officer at the Democratic National Committee claimed on Tuesday that it was "the first time" they'd ever heard of the issue. A spokeswoman at the press office of Kerry headquarters refused to permit me to talk with anyone in the campaign's research office. Several other requests for comment to the Kerry campaign's press office went unanswered. As for whether we really do have a Milli Vanilli president, the answer at this point has to be, God only knows. The BBC is carrying this story now. Rather than start another thread, I'll post here about an article from The Guardian from a few days ago. Not a new story, but further evidence to support it has been discovered. HOW BUSH'S GRANDFATHER HELPED HITLER'S RISE TO POWER --- Excerpt: The Guardian has obtained confirmation from newly discovered files in the US National Archives that a firm of which Prescott Bush was a director was involved with the financial architects of Nazism. His business dealings, which continued until his company's assets were seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act, has led more than 60 years later to a civil action for damages being brought in Germany against the Bush family by two former slave labourers at Auschwitz and to a hum of pre-election controversy. The evidence has also prompted one former US Nazi war crimes prosecutor to argue that the late senator's action should have been grounds for prosecution for giving aid and comfort to the enemy (see the rutopia thread page for direct link to full story, via DXLD) ###