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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1267: Wed 1030 WOR WWCR 9985 Wed 1700 WOR WBCQ after hours Mon 0430 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910 MORE info including audio links: http://worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also for CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL] WORLD OF RADIO 1267 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1267h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1267h.rm WORLD OF RADIO 1267 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1267.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1267.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1267.html WORLD OF RADIO 1267 in the true shortwave sound of 7415: (stream) http://www.piratearchive.com/media/worldofradio_03-16-05.m3u (d`load) http://www.piratearchive.com/media/worldofradio_03-16-05.mp3 FIRST AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1268: Wed 2300 on WBCQ 7415, 17495-CUSB Thu 2130 on WWCR 15825 ON DEMAND: from early UT Thursday, change 1267 above to 1268 CONTINENT OF MEDIA 05-03 via DXing.com: (stream) http://www.dxing.com/com/com0503.ram (download) http://www.dxing.com/com/com0503.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/com0503.html DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg. Here`s where to sign up http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** AUSTRALIA. Some Darwin registrations in A-05, ABC: 9625 1400 1600 49S,54 DRW 250 290 English AUS ABC CVI 9785 2130 2330 54 DRW 250 290 Indonesian AUS ABC CVI and CVI - Christian Vision 13685 1000 1400 43,44,50 DRW 250 340 English AUS VIL CVI 13770 0900 1400 43,44,50 DRW 250 340 Chinese AUS VIL CVI 15205 1400 1800 43,44,50 DRW 250 340 English AUS VIL CVI 17775 0130 0200 49,50,54 DRW 250 317 English AUS VIL CVI 17820 0400 1000 54 DRW 250 290 Indonesian AUS VIL CVI 17830 0700 1000 43,44,50 DRW 250 340 Chinese AUS VIL CVI and HCA Kununurra WA AUS G.C. 15S48 128E41 11750 0700-1000 51,55,56,59,60,62 KNX 50 120 ENGLISH AUS HCA 15390 1430-1600 40,41,49,54 KNX 100 307 ENGLISH AUS HCA 15405 1300-1430 44,49,50,54 KNX 100 340 010605 010905 VARIOUS AUS HCA 15405 1300-1430 40,41,49,54 KNX 100 307 010905 301005 VARIOUS AUS HCA 15405 1300-1430 40,41,49,54 KNX 100 307 270305 010605 VARIOUS AUS HCA 15425 1000-1300 41E,49,54 KNX 100 307 VARIOUS AUS HCA 15525 2230-0100 44,50,54 KNX 100 340 VARIOUS AUS HCA 15560 0100-0230 40,41,49,54 KNX 100 307 ENGLISH AUS HCA 15560 0230-0300 40,41,49,54 KNX 100 307 1 ENGLISH AUS HCA 15560 0230-0300 40,41,49,54 KNX 100 307 234567 URDU AUS HCA (March 9) (BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) See also ECUADOR [and non] ** BELARUS. The local station at Brest using 6010 would seem to be putting out a second harmonic on 12020. The signal was heard again today (March 22) broadcasting 'reklama' (commercials) shortly before 0800 and then with an ID for Belarus Radio on the hour. The signal on 12020 was peaking to fair strength (with intermittent DRM splatter from an unknown transmission using 12025 on/off) while the fundamental 6010 was peaking fair to good. And even the LW 279 was also just audible. All were in parallel. 73 (Noel R. Green [NW England], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. Radio San Miguel Riberalta, fue captada el 21/03, a las 0146 UT, en los 4900.29 kHz (una variación de más de 4 kHz por debajo de su frecuencia original). Emitía música rumbera con locutor de guardia (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA Yaesu FT-890, Antena TH3MK3, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. Summer A-05 RADIO BULGARIA March 27 - October 30, 2005 ADDR: 4, Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1040 Sofia and P. O. Box 900, 1000 Sofia. Tel.: +359 2 933 66 33; fax.: +359 2 865 05 60; Website: http://www.bnr.bg Programme Director: Angel Nedyalkov e-mail: nedyalkov @ bnr.bg Frequency Manager: Ivo Ivanov e-mail: frequencies @ bnr.bg MW: Petritch (G.C: 41N42/023E18): 747 kHz 500 kW / non-dir Vidin (G.C: 43N49/022E40): 1224 kHz 500 kW / 205 deg SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N10/024E42): 2 x 500 kW, 3 x 250 kW S=Sofia (G.C: 42N49/023E13): 2 x 100 kW, 2 x 050 kW V=Varna (G.C: 43N03/027E40): 2 x 100 kW ALBANIAN / e-mail: albanian @ bnr.bg 0530-0600 Mon-Fri Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 0600-0700 Sat/Sun Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 1100-1130 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248 1600-1630 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 1900-2000 -daily- Balkans 5900 P250/248, 1224, 747 BULGARIAN / e-mail: bulgarian @ bnr.bg 0000-0100 -daily- South America 9500 P250/245, 11500 P250/258 0000-0100 -daily- North America 9700 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 0430-0500 Mon-Fri Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 0430-0500 Mon-Fri East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 0430-0500 Mon-Fri West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 0400-0500 Sat/Sun Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 0400-0500 Sat/Sun East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 0400-0500 Sat/Sun West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 1000-1030 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248 1000-1030 -daily- East Europe 11600 S100/030, 13600 S100/030 1000-1030 -daily- West Europe 11700 P500/306, 15700 P500/306 1200-1400 -daily- Balkans 1224 1200-1400 -daily- West Europe 11700 P500/306, 15700 P500/306 1500-1600 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 1500-1600 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 1500-1600 -daily- Middle East 15700 P500/126 1500-1600 -daily- South Africa 17500 P500/185 1800-1900 -daily- Balkans 5900 P250/248, 1224, 747 1800-2000 -daily- Middle East 7400 P250/140 1800-2000 -daily- West Europe 9700 P250/306 ENGLISH / e-mail: english @ bnr.bg 0200-0300 -daily- North America 9700 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 0630-0700 -daily- West Europe 11600 P500/306, 13600 P500/306 1130-1200 -daily- West Europe 11700 P500/306, 15700 P500/306 1730-1800 -daily- West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 2100-2200 -daily- West Europe 5800 P500/295, 7500 P500/306 2300-2400 -daily- North America 9700 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 FRENCH / e-mail: french @ bnr.bg 0100-0200 -daily- North America 9700 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 0600-0630 -daily- West Europe 11600 P500/306, 13600 P500/306 1100-1130 -daily- West Europe 11700 P500/306, 15700 P500/306 1700-1730 -daily- West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 2000-2100 -daily- West Europe 5800 P500/295, 7500 P500/306 GERMAN / e-mail: german @ bnr.bg 0500-0530 -daily- West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 1030-1100 -daily- West Europe 11700 P500/306, 15700 P500/306 1630-1700 -daily- West Europe 9500 P500/306, 11500 P500/306 1900-2000 -daily- West Europe 5800 P500/295, 7500 P500/306 GREEK / e-mail: greek @ bnr.bg 0500-0530 Mon-Fri Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 0500-0600 Sat/Sin Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 1030-1100 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248 1630-1700 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224, 747 2000-2100 -daily- Balkans 5900 P250/248, 1224, 747 RUSSIAN / e-mail: russian @ bnr.bg 0300-0400 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030, 1224 0500-0530 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 1030-1100 -daily- East Europe 11600 S100/030, 13600 S100/030 1400-1500 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 1224 1400-1500 -daily- Central Asia 12000 P250/045 1600-1630 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 1800-1900 -daily- East Europe 7500 S100/030, 9400 S100/030 2300-2400 -daily- Central Asia 13600 P250/045 SERBIAN / e-mail: serbian @ bnr.bg 0600-0630 Mon-Fri Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 0700-0800 Sat/Sun Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224 1130-1200 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248 1700-1730 -daily- Balkans 7200 P250/248, 1224, 747 2100-2200 -daily- Balkans 5900 P250/248, 1224, 747 SPANISH / e-mail: spanish @ bnr.bg 0100-0200 -daily- South America 9500 P250/245, 11500 P250/258 0100-0200 -daily- Central America 9400 P250/295 0600-0630 -daily- South Europe 13700 P250/292, 15700 P250/260 1100-1130 -daily- South Europe 11600 P250/260, 13600 P250/292 1630-1700 -daily- South Europe 15700 P250/260, 17500 P250/292 2100-2200 -daily- South Europe 11800 P250/292, 13800 P250/260 2300-2400 -daily- South America 9500 P250/245, 11500 P250/258 TURKISH / e-mail: turkish @ bnr.bg 0500-0530 -daily- Middle East 6000 P250/115, 7400 P250/140 1000-1030 -daily- Middle East 6000 P250/115, 7400 P250/140 1730-1800 -daily- Middle East 7400 P250/140, 1224, 747 RADIO VARNA 2100-2400 Sun Black Sea 7400 V100/ND 0000-0300 Mon Black Sea 7400 V100/ND DX-MIX program in Bulgarian will be on air: 1345-1400 Sun 1224 11700 15700 1945-2000 Sun 7400 9700 DX-MIX program in Russian will be on air: 1445-1500 Sat 1224 7500 9400 12000 1615-1630 Sat 7500 9400 1845-1900 Sat 7500 9400 2345-2400 Sat 13600 0345-0400 Sun 1224 7500 9400 0515-0530 Sun 7500 9400 1045-1100 Sun 11600 13600 0515-0530 Mon 7500 9400 1045-1100 Wed 11600 13600 (Observer, Bulgaria, March 22, via DXLD) ** CANADA. I wonder just what financial arrangement RCI has with Desjardins International Development? Instead of an extended newscast which is on CBC Radio at that hour, RCI runs every weekday at 1403 UT on 9515, 13655, 17820, a 5-minute plug (dare I say commercial?) for DID; in addition to frequent briefer promos for the contest they are sponsoring (Glenn Hauser, OK, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Ham operation on board HMCS Haida has been a highly contentious issue since Parks Canada "hijacked" the ship from the Canadian people. I wrote a letter of concern to the former federal minister responsible for Parks Canada - Sheila Copps. In the reply that I received I was told that Parks Canada is a semi-autonomous body who would deal with the issue independently. I subsequently received a further reply from the head of Parks Canada which curtly dismissed amateur radio as unworthy of any merit in the context of Parks Canada's self-appointed role in running the ship according to its own rules. A leading campaigner in the fight to restore amateur radio to HMCS Haida was John Forrest, VA3USN. John was a veteran merchant navy radio operator from WW2 who sadly passed away a couple of weeks ago. John and a fellow retired shipmate operated on board the ship almost every weekend for several years. I had the privilege of operating from one of the Haida radio rooms myself in recent years, alongside John, during the annual Museum Ships amateur radio event. John had arranged for Parks Canada to setup a Haida display at the upcoming Ham-Ex (Peel and Mississauga Amateur Radio Club's annual hamfest, April 9th at the Brampton Fairgrounds, Brampton, Ontario). As soon as John entered hospital for an operation from which he never recovered, Parks Canada reneged on even that commitment. Parks Canada's red herring requirement to operate in both of Canada's official languages demonstrates their contempt for and lack of understanding of amateur radio. Although we could easily satisfy that requirement, only a relatively small minority of hams in other countries would be willing or able to respond in French. Even though Canadian hams respect the French language (and many of us speak it) English is universally accepted as the language of amateur radio around the world. One might observe that English is also the international language for air traffic control and the federal government has not insisted that ATC be conducted in both official languages (yet). The late John Forrest, VA3USN, believed very sincerely that maintaining an active radio room on board HMCS Haida was a living tribute to Canada's veterans. Those of us who supported John's dream to bring the Haida's radio rooms back to life now fear that his dream has died with him. Chalk up one victory for bureaucratic arrogance and a sad loss for democracy (John Corby, VA3KOT, Orangeville, Ontario, ODXA via DXLD) see also INTERNATIONAL VACUUM ** CANADA. Call letters assigned or changed: BC, Vancouver, *90.9 CFVE (ex-CBUX), to 1200 h,v (567 m, d-a), licensed to Aboriginal Voices Radio (March FMedia! via DXLD) Remember when CBUX was the callsign of 6160, now CKZU? They had to quit using CB- calls on international SW, since Chile`s acquiescence to Canadian usurpation of its prefix applied only to domestic bands (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) New FM station granted: SK, Warmley (NNE Estevan, ENE Weyburn, SW Wapella at 49-38-37, 102-41-14) *101.5 100000 h,v; 301 m, $, relayer of CBC Radio Two programming from CBK-FM 96.9 Regina (March FMedia! via DXLD) That would be the one so close to the border that a significant portion of the US is in its coverage area (gh, DXLD) You may recall my curiosity about Warmley roughly 10 years ago --- to the extent that I took a side trip to find it during one of my annual forays to North Dakota. Warmley is precisely where Bruce`s info says it is. In fact, he was the first to send me a copy of an old map bearing the village`s name and location. When I was there, the only remnant of civilization was a small building that I later learned had served as both a church and village community centre over the years. It had seen better days, and may be gone by now. There was no highway sign or any other type of marking to indicate that this was Warmley. Not far north of the lone structure at the old townsite (which is on the east side of the gravel road about 8 miles north of Kisbey) is the CBKT-7 (formerly CFSS) transmitter building. The TV is now owned by the CBC, but remains commercial in its operation. CBC radio stations are noncommercial. At the time of my visit the broadcast facility was still owned by ``Shamrock Broadcasting`` of Yorkton, and the transmitter building was appropriately painted white with green trim. As for putting it back on the map, I suppose that`s a noble gesture; however a bit of an exercise in futility since there`s nothing there (Tom Bryant, Nashville, March FMedia! via DXLD) ** CHINA. I'd like to say a few words in support of the ever- developing and improving CRI. Sure, we all know it's a government broadcaster. So what? So are many other stations, including VOA. Second, concerning Mike's quote from Xinhua (the New China News Agency) referring to CRI's mission to promote "positive propaganda" about China: I think we have to have a proper understanding of the word "propaganda". Properly understood, "propaganda" is "ethically neutral", i.e. it is neither inherently truthful nor false and can be either malevolent or well-intentioned. The term, in fact, originates from a Latin word meaning "to propagate" and was first used by the Catholic church when it set up its Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith to spread the word amongst the faithful. The mis-use of "propaganda" as a negative term is really a phenomenon of the twentieth century, largely due, I suspect, to the creation by Goebbels of a Ministry for Propaganda. Even so, if you look at internal documents of the British government from World War Two and later, you will find that the word is often used in its original and correct form in describing the broadcasting and publishing activities of the British. So there's is nothing disreputable about CRI being a propaganda station in the true sense of the term. My only criticism is that if the Chinese were better "propagandists" they would translate "propaganda" as "publicity" on their English newswire given the widespread mis-use of the term in popular usage. Third, I remember listening to VOA in the late fifties as a very junior listener. One report that has stuck in my mind concerns a "news" item about an anti-nuclear demonstration in Britain attended by thousands of Britons from all walks of life and of many different political persuasions. This was dimissed by VOA with the insulting, and inaccurate comment, that "the demonstrators consisted mainly of youngsters in gaudy dress" - hardly an "objective" or "unbiased" report, despite VOA's alleged commitment to such journalistic values. Over the years VOA has improved, and so have most other governmental stations, but you still hear on allegedly impartial stations, such as the BBC World Service, news reports describing governments of which they disapprove as "regimes" whilst those they do approve of are correctly designated as governments or administrations (i.e. "The Cuban regime" and "the Washington Administration"). Like VOA before it, CRI is changing. It's much different and much better than the old Radio Peking and Radio Beijing and, as far as my own ears are concerned, it's getting better every day. Economic development is indeed causing big problems in China and the Chinese government are trying to tackle the problem, e.g. by clamping down on corrupt officials and improving the life of migrant workers. Change in China will be incremental, just as it was in the USA. Remember, it took the US more than 150 years before it introduced Black civil rights. The People's Republic of China is only 56 years old. Don't expect too much too soon. Countries develop unevenly, according to their own history and their own needs at a particular time. We shouldn't try to impose our way of life on the Chinese (or for that matter on anyone else). Let them develop in their own way according to their own needs, and for God's sake stop preaching to the Chinese. The folks who inflicted the Opium War on China, turned it into a semi- colony and put up signs in Shanghai saying "Dogs and Chinamen not allowed", etc., are hardly fit people to speak down to the Chinese now! Cultural imperialism can be as insulting as the old variety to those on the receiving end! (Roger Tidy, UK, March 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, Roger. I think the phrase I hear being bandied about in Washington is "public diplomacy". Someone more enlightened than I will have to explain to me the difference between that and "propaganda" --- Someone will have to also explain to me how the BBCWS has somehow emerged unaffected by the recent inquiry and the attendant political pressure placed on its "parent" and the entire corporation's newsgathering operations (John Figliozzi, NY, ibid.) Hello DXers, I haven't shown my face around here for a while! Back in October, when I finished working in the English service of China Radio International, Mika asked me if I would like to share some stories of what it was like: Months late, here I am! I've written an article on the subject for Short Wave Magazine, and it will be published in the April issue. If you have any questions about that, feel free to post them here. I see there is a debate on the World of Radio about CRI at the moment, but I couldn't figure out how to take part! I'll also post a few snippits of news and gossip from CRI since I left. Of course, all I know about really is programming in the English service. The programme makers don't get told much about the transmission or listener side of things. Finally, remember I am a professional broadcaster first and SWL second: professionalism means there may be things you'd like to ask, but I am not in a position to talk about! Some programming notes coming up tomorrow then! (Connor Walsh, Europe, March 21, dxing.info via DXLD) As promised yesterday: Since the New Year, CRI English has started producing different versions of their feature programmes for domestic and international transmission (at least that's how I understand the division: there may be variations for different relays). In the past, most features were made 24 minutes in length, with a 1 minute promo added to the international version, now that promo is gone and the producers need 1 minute more material. This could mean programming much better targeted towards overseas listeners, without the constraints that come from also serving a domestic audience. But in effect --- no new staff have been allocated to the features, indeed some have left, so there is no more time than before to produce a different programme. Maybe in the future that policy will be given space to succeed: actually actively serving the overseas listeners, rather than leaving them as secondary to The Message for domestic listeners. Perhaps related, is the word that some features are being cut down to 15 minutes (including my old gig, Voices From Other Lands), to allow for new features. I don't know any of the details about that, but my guess would be that it's for domestic consumption. People seemed pretty riled by the job Radio Beijing is doing on its foreign language channel, Radio 774. There is a lot of competition between the two, and if CRI have more, shorter programmes, similar to 774, then the Chinese (i.e. non-native speakers of English) listeners will be more likely to listen (Connor Walsh, Europe, March 21, dxing.info via DXLD) ** CUBA. OPPOSITION CANDIDATE CLAIMS PROMISED AIRTIME Noticia via Martí Noticias http://www.martinoticias.com/ocbstory.asp?MediaID=24714 Ante un inminente proceso electoral municipal en Cuba, el opositor Oswaldo Payá desafió al Gobierno y le pidió el jueves un espacio televisivo de 15 minutos para exponer sus opiniones. Payá reaccionó a declaraciones del presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Ricardo Alarcón, quien manifestó que los activistas contrarios al Gobierno sí pueden ser candidatos en los comicios. En una declaración distribuida a la prensa extranjera, Paya aseguró que no se atreverían a permitirle 15 minutos en la televisión que paga todo el pueblo con su trabajo, aunque después hable seis horas cada uno de los representantes gubernamentales. En Cuba todos los medios de comunicación pertenecen al Estado, y Payá recordó que las declaraciones de Alarcón no fueron publicadas en la isla, sino en el exterior. El opositor cubano manifestó que sus compatriotas viven con miedo a perder privilegios o empleos si expresan sus opiniones, y conminó a Alarcón a que hable de manera tan clara que los ciudadanos se lo crean. Polémicos por su estructura los comicios en Cuba son criticados por Estados Unidos y otras naciones, mientras que a los disidentes se les impide propagar sus ideas (via Oscar de Céspedes, Estados Unidos, Conexión Digital March 19 via DXLD) ** DJIBOUTI. Con buena señal luego de su reactivación en 4780 kHz; todas las noches entra muy fuerte a eso de las 0311 UT y hasta entrada las 0400, para luego disiparse en el éter. 73s y buen DX (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA Yaesu FT-890, Antena TH3MK3, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4780, RTD, *0300-0344, Mar. 22, Vernacular, Big OC prior to *0300 wITH Horn of Africa music, OM with sign-on announcements but no ID noted. Call to prayer followed by lengthy talk by OM from 0307-0328. Nice HOA pop-like tune until ID at 0330. News/commentary with several mentions of "Kofi Annan". Music at 0343. Good at sign-on with increasing prop. QRN as the hour progressed. Always a treat to log a new SW country (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R75, 200' Beverage antennas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4780 kHz. Yes, my log shows 4780 as well, Oct 1973 (Jerry Berg, MA, DXplorer Mar 19 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) But Jerry it was much nicer when it was 4 kW on 4780 kHz back in the 70's ... Nice, however, to allow others to hear a very nice DX country (Dan Henderson, DXplorer Mar 19 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) My QSL from Jan 1976 shows 4780 kHz. Nice to have them back on the air! I remember when it was a tough DX catch at 4 kW (Larry Yamron, USA, DXplorer Mar 19 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) I have 4780 kHz in 1975 on my antiquated index card system and still listed as Afars & Issas. The 1975 WRTH shows 4780 as well (John Sgrulletta, USA, DXplorer Mar 19 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) But I think they were only 1 kw earlier. The logging I remember would be at dawn some time in 1960 or 1961 when I thought I was listening to a wandering Noumea on a *very* strange morning indeed. The big transmitter from northern Egypt on 818 was strangely weak and little 2 kw Aswan or Assuan on 1178 was S9 ... and then there was the ID from 1 kw Djibouti; 1538 KHz, pounding in solid for an hour or more. I never heard them again, nor did I ever hear of them being logged again. I was at our listening site on Lloyd Clayden's farm 25 miles North of Auckland New Zealand attached to some very long bits of wire indeed (Tony VE3NO ComputerViz, NYAA StarFest On-Line, DXplorer Mar 19 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) ** ECUADOR [and non]. HCJB WORLD RADIO A05 BROADCAST SCHEDULE (28 March 2005 - 30 October 2005) UTC UTC Freq. Pwr AntAzi Target Days: Begin End (Khz.) KW Degrees Region SMTWTFS ----------------------------------------------------------- COFAN 1100 1130 6050 50 18/172 S.America 1111111 ENGLISH 1100 1330 12005 1 330/124 N/S America 1111111 1100 1330 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S.Pacific 1111111 GERMAN (High) 0230 0300 9785 100 324 Mexico 1111111 0500 0530 9780 100 42 Europe 1111111 0500 0530 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S.Pacific 1111111 2300 2400 12040 100 150 S.America 1111111 GERMAN (Low) 0200 0230 9785 100 324 Mexico 1111111 0530 0600 9765 100 42 Europe 1111111 0530 0600 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pacific 1111111 2230 2300 12040 100 150 S.America 1111111 HUARANI 1030 1100 6050 50 18/172 S.America 1111111 PORTUGUESE 0800 0930 9745 100 100 N.Brazil 1111111 0800 0930 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S.Pacific 1111111 1530 1800 15295 100 139 Brazil 1111111 2300 0230 11920 100 126 Brazil 1111111 2300 2400 12020 50 100 Brazil 1111111 2400 0230 12020 100 100 Brazil 1111111 QUICHUA 0830 1000 6125 100 155 S.America 1111111 0800 1100 690 50 000/180 Ecuador 1111111 0830 1200 3220 8 90(V) S.America 1111111 0830 1300 6080 8 90(V) S.America 1111111 0930 1100 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S.Pacific 1111111 2100 0300 6080 8 90(V) S.America 1111111 2130 2400 9745 100 155 S.America 1111111 0000 0300 3220 8 90(V) S.America 1111111 SPANISH 0100 0500 9745 100 325 Mexico 1111111 1100 0500 690 50 000/180 Ecuador 1111111 1100 1500 6050 50 18/172 S.America 1111111 1100 1300 11960 100 355 Cuba 1111111 1100 1500 11760 100 150 S.America 1111111 1300 1500 9745 100 323 Mexico 1111111 1330 1500 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pacific 1111111 1900 0500 6050 50 18/172 Ecuador 1111111 2000 0500 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pacific 1111111 2100 2300 11710 100 150 S.America 1111111 2300 0100 11710 100 157/330 N/S America 1111111 Note: HCJB's shortwave broadcast schedule also includes these programs transmitted from these locations. English 0000 0100 15525 100 340 East Asia 1111111 Australia 0100 0230 15560 100 307 South Asia 1111111 Australia 0230 0300 15560 100 307 South Asia 1______ Australia 0700 1000 11750 50 120 South Pacific 1111111 Australia 1000 1300 15425 100 307 SE Asia 1111111 Australia 1230 1300 15405 100 307 SE Asia 1111111 Australia 1330 1400 15405 100 307 South Asia 1______ Australia 1430 1600 15390 100 307 South Asia 1111111 Australia 2230 2400 15525 100 340 East Asia 1_____1 Australia Bahasa Indonesian 1300 1330 15405 100 307 SE Asia 1111111 Australia Chinese (Mandarin) 2230 2400 15525 100 340 East Asia _11111_ Australia Hindi 1400 1415 15405 100 307 South Asia 1111111 Australia 1415 1430 15405 100 307 South Asia 1______ Australia Punjabi 1415 1430 15405 100 307 South Asia _1_____ Australia Nepali 1415 1430 15405 100 307 South Asia __1____ Australia Malayalam 1415 1430 15405 100 307 South Asia ___1___ Australia Chhattisgarhi 1415 1430 15405 100 307 South Asia ____1__ Australia Hmar 1415 1430 15405 100 307 South Asia _____1_ Australia Meetei 1415 1430 15405 100 307 South Asia ______1 Australia Urdu 0230 0300 15560 100 307 South Asia _111111 Australia 1330 1400 15405 100 307 South Asia _111111 Australia Former Soviet Union Languages 1600 1630 11760 500 62 Russia & CIS 1111111 U.K. Southern Uzbek 1545 1600 1251 100 Russia & CIS 11___11 [secret site] Uzbek 1545 1600 1251 100 Russia & CIS __111__ [secret site] Turkmen 1600 1615 1251 100 Russia & CIS 1111111 [secret site] Arabic 2100 2230 12025 250 150 N. Africa 1111111 U.K. Low German 1600 1630 3955 100 Omni W/C Europe 1111111 Germany High German 1630 1700 3955 100 Omni W/C Europe 1111111 Germany Mailing Address: HCJB World Radio [not P O Box?] 17-17-691 Quito, Ecuador S.A. Frequency Manager: Douglas Weber E-Mail: dweber @ hcjb.org.ec FAX: +593 2 226 4765 (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Radio Bata sintonizada el 21/03, a las 2155 UT, en los 5004.98 kHz, con SINPO 33232. Bob Marley "Is this love?"/ Bob Marley "No woman no cry"/ Locutor interrumpe la canción / Especie de marcha o himno a las 2200 UT / Séñal fuera del aire a las 2203. ¿Cómo es la política QSL de esta estación? ¿Hay que enviar IRC? El pasado mes de julio envié un informe a Radio Malabo y aún no he recibido respuesta (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA Yaesu FT-890, Antena TH3MK3, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Latest entry at QIP: R. Nacional, 5003, PPC returned thanks to help of a Guinean friend. It arrived sealed and signed by "Director de la Dirección Técnica". 16 weeks. A. Fernández Llorella-E HC-DX-ML Jul 02 (http://www.schoechi.de/af-gne.html via DXLD) ** GOA. Concerning the AIR Goa QSL I'm eagerly awaiting, I received a f/d card '2 postures of Buddha' from I. M. Sharma in addition to the f/d letter from New Delhi I received a month ago for the requested reports from AIR Bangalore. I *really* thought it was from AIR Goa when I first saw it. Keep up the great work, Glenn! (Terry Palmersheim, KC7LDP, Helena, MT, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREENLAND. Hallo, Zou dat GREENLAND op 3815 kHz USB (Kalaalit Nunaata Radio) kunnen zijn dat ik op dit ogenblik hoor 0910 UT. 73 (Hugo Matten, B-8630 Veurne, Belgium, QTH: 51 1' 56" N - 2 40' 36" E, RX: Kenwood R-5000, Sony ICF- 6700W, Grundig Satellit 500. ANT: Dipool 22,8 m + 9,2 m, T2FD 17 m, 25 m MLB lw, MG loop 1m x 1m en afgeschemde loop Wellbrook ALA - 1530 loop March 15, BDXC via DXLD) Dat zou zeer goed kunnen, mede gezien de berichten van de afgelopen tijd in de A-DX-lijst. 73, (Jan van der Aa, ibid.) Hugo, Dat station werd vorige week door Duitse DX ers gerapporteerd om ca 2150 UTC (s/off 2158). Enig idee w.b. de taal? Wat betreft propagatie moet het mischien 's morgens rond 0900 UTC nog gaan (pad ligt nog voor een deel in het donker, denk, ik). Ik heb 's avonds ook al geprobeerd, maar tot nu toe geen succes. Hou ons op de hoogte als je een ID mocht horen! Groeten, (Aart Rouw, Bühl, Duitsland, ibid) Hugo, heeft ons een beetje op het verkeerde been gezet. Het moet 2100 UT zijn. Nu zit er plots veel kabaal of die frequentie. Een half uurtje geleden was dat nog niet zo. 73, (Guido Schotmans, Belgium, ibid.) Jan en Aart, Bedank voor de reactie. Ik stemde af op die freq om 2101, dus net na s/on en heb het begin van de uitzending (2100) (en het ID ??) net niet gehoord. Beste onvangst was van 2100 tot 2130 en rond 2200 UT. De uitzending was in USB en de S/off was om 2214 UT. (=Staat ook zo vermeld in het WRTH). Om 2130 hoorde ik gitaar muziek, ook nog mx tussen 2145 en 2200. De avond voordien heb ik daar niets kunnen horen tussen 2100 en 2200. Vanavond ben ik terug QRV. Wil je een opname (één vanaf 21.05 en één om 22.00 UTC telkens +- 1 min lang) dan stuur ik deze naar jullie persoonlijk. Laat gerust iets weten. 73 (Hugo Matten, B-8630 Veurne, Belgium, Mar 17, ibid.) Jan en Aart, Wil je een opname (één vanaf 2105 en één om 2200 UT telkens +- 1 min lang) dan stuur ik deze naar jullie persoonlijk. Laat gerust iets weten. 73 (Hugo, ibid.) Beste Hugo, Gezien je opnamen hebt, heb je misschien iets aan; http://www.intervalsignals.net En kies daarna voor "Icelandic". 73 (Jan van der Aa, ibid.) ** GUIANA FRENCH. Radio Japón sale hasta tres minutos antes del fin habitual de emisión, desde los emisores de Guyana Francesa. En consecuencia, muchos de sus programas quedan cortados. Aún se necesitan ajustes en Cayena (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA Yaesu FT-890, Antena TH3MK3, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See UK ** HAWAII. Waimea, K234AN *94.7 has taken to the air through the generosity of the Earl & Doris Bakken Foundation. Prior to the installation of this translator, this part of the Big Island has been cut off by terrain from receiving public radio. Parker Ranch gave permission to set up the site for the translator. For more info on Hawaii Public Radio, there`s a website, http://hawaiipublicradio.org Richard Wood in HI says Waimea is known to the postal service as Kamuela, since there is a smaller Waimea on Kauai. ``Surprised [the translator] chose a channel with powerful KWXX Hilo. Waimea is in a valley surrounded by five mountains; KKUA *90.7 is audible there, but weak in most parts of town. KANO *91.1 Hilo is inaudible there.`` But KANO does cover almost all of west Hawaii, north Hawaii and coastal areas of east Hawaii (March FMedia! via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. The unID RRI Indonesian listed in Bruce Portzer's PAL (what a brilliant resource!) on 774 kHz is indeed active still and ID'ed as RRI Fak Fak. This was heard very nicely at Northern Territory sunset in Tennant Creek (not heard in Katherine due to Hot 100 on 765 kHz) around 1000 UT at very good levels, equal in strength to regular RRI Merauke on 810. ID'ed on March 4th and well heard during mid-March from Uluru, Erldunda and Coober Pedy. Only really looked at this once the following week during my local sunrise as I was busy chasing African/Middle East and Europe Trans-Indian MW DX. However on March 15 noted it around 2000 UT (sorry for vagueness of time, doing this from memory) and it was // 4790v. So it appears RRI Fak Fak is up and running nicely for now on 774. Get in quick though, remember when RRI Wamena on unlisted 1395 was really strong and noted regularly in Townsville last year from but I haven't heard a thing from them since before January this year. Again guys, I'll try and get the results of these DX trips out ASAP - Mount Isa business trip stuff should be out by next week. cheers (Craig Edwards, ex Townsville, Queensland, Australia now Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, ARDXC via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. CANADA: SATELLITE RADIO TO PROVIDE NATIONWIDE MULTICULTURAL PROGRAMMING | Text of press release from Toronto-based Canada NewsWire Group on 21 March Toronto, 21 March: Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) and EthnoWorks today announced a content distribution agreement for CSR's proposed Mosaic channel. Mosaic, the first-ever multicultural radio offering to be broadcast North America-wide, will showcase the diverse programming content of Canada's ethnic broadcasters. "It is appropriate that Canada, one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world, is taking the lead in terms of providing dedicated multilingual content to the satellite radio audience," said Stephen Tapp, CSR president and COO. "Our partnerships with a diverse array of top broadcasters add to Canada's growing reputation as a leader in the field of multicultural media," said Tapp. "Through agreements with Canada's leading broadcasters, Canadian Satellite Radio is positioning itself as the premier voice of our rich and deeply rooted multicultural communities. No matter where you are in Canada - or North America - you will remain connected with CSR." Through a programming supplier agreement, EthnoWorks will coordinate multicultural programming via partnerships with radio stations, providing content in Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Punjabi and South Asian languages such as Hindi, Urdu and Tamil, with other languages expected to be added as programming evolves. "EthnoWorks applauds CSR for its unprecedented Mosaic channel, which is a pioneering initiative to share our profound heritage across the continent," said Roy Hennessy, EthnoWorks president. "We strongly believe that this is an unprecedented opportunity to have the excellent content of our ethnic broadcasters heard." Under the agreement, CIRV Radio International will supply programming and marketing support to Mosaic channel in Portuguese, Chinese and Spanish. CIRV, based in Toronto, is an international award-winning radio station. "We look forward to working with Canadian Satellite Radio on another breakthrough in broadcasting, CSR's Mosaic channel," said Frank Alvarez, president of CIRV Radio International. "Through this unique offering, CSR will provide the first-ever national and continental reach for Canada's multilingual broadcasters, delivering a full reflection of our diversity to a broad North American audience." CSR, a Canadian-owned and operated company, has partnered with XM Satellite Radio Inc to bring satellite radio technology to Canada. While the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) reviews CSR's November 2004 licence application, XM and CSR have stated that they are committed to working together to feature Canadian and global music content North America-wide in order to provide opportunities to ethnic communities, the independent music community and Canadian artists. CSR expects to make additional programming announcements with high-profile broadcasters in the near future. About Ethnoworks: EthnoWorks, a division of Hennessy and Bray Communications, is a full service multicultural agency designed to identify and communicate with the different groups that form an increasing share of today's social mosaic. EthnoWorks is a sector leader and the only firm with extensive concurrent experience in both traditional broadcasting and the demands of ethnic broadcasting, including extensive experience in Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian, East Indian (Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi), German and Portuguese among others. About Canadian Satellite Radio: Founded summer 2002, Canadian Satellite Radio was formed to provide subscription-based satellite radio service to Canadians in both English and French. Canadian Satellite Radio is a Canadian-owned and controlled company in partnership with XM Satellite Radio of the United States, which currently offers more than 130 channels of music, news and entertainment programming to its subscribers for a monthly fee. Via two satellites in geostationary orbit, XM Satellite Radio provides unparalleled audio entertainment across the continent, in digital quality sound. Source: Canada NewsWire Group press release, Toronto, in English 21 Mar 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** ITALY. A-05 RAI Rome late changes 9555 1605 1625 29 ROM 100 52 Daily Russian I RAI 9570 1400 1500 28E ROM 100 52 Daily various I RAI 9605 1245 1630 18S,27,28NW ROM 100 330 Sun Italian I RAI 9615 2000 2020 29 ROM 100 50 Daily Russian I RAI 9675 1630 1700 37 ROM 100 235 Daily French I RAI 9675 1700 1800 37,38 ROM 100 235 Daily Italian I RAI 11700 1600 1625 29 ROM 100 50 Daily Russian I RAI 11720 1500 1525 28S,37 ROM 100 235 Daily Italian I RAI 11795 0600 0620 29 ROM 100 50 Daily Russian I RAI 11805 2000 2020 29 ROM 100 50 Daily Russian I RAI 11830 0345 0425 29 ROM 100 50 Daily Russian I RAI 11875 2025 2045 39 ROM 100 120 Daily English I RAI +++++++ 11875 2050 2110 48,53 ROM 100 140 Daily Portuguese I RAI 11890 1700 1800 37 ROM 100 235 Daily Italian I RAI 11915 1245 1630 38,39 ROM 100 130 Sun Italian I RAI 11915 1330 1355 38N,39N ROM 100 130 Daily Arabic I RAI 11915 1500 1525 38,39 ROM 100 130 Daily Italian I RAI 11915 1630 1655 38,39 ROM 100 120 Daily Arabic I RAI 15380 1830 1905 4,9 ROM 100 310 Daily Italian I RAI 21515 1245 1630 12-15 ROM 100 240 Sun Italian I RAI (March 9) (BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) ** ITALY [non?]. 15725? Ask IRRS. They claim to be transmitting from their site in Italy with up to 100 kW, but most have disputed this. The guess is Romania, as I recall. For whatever reason IRRS is tight lipped about transmitter location. Don't know why or what they have to hide. They're basically a transmission broker for the "little guy". (Walt Salmaniw, Canada, DXplorer Mar 20 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) Last year around this time I was in Romania. I believe it is not IRRS who have to hide something, but rather the operator of the transmitter (Harald Kuhl, Germany, DXplorer Mar 20 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) Two photos of the site can be found here (brokerage for European Gospel Radio): http://www.radiopanam.com/europe.htm European Gospel Radio is the IRRS brand for religious retransmissions http://www.egradio.org (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, DXplorer Mar 20 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) This year I guess the IRRS guys use another [?Sofia Kostinbrod?] transmitter site instead, in a vailed manner, in order to protect the management before BUL Telcom privatisation will legalize this [deal] practice (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) ** LIBYA [non]. [rather France !] 15220, Voice of Africa. No data Green QSL/Reception report letter with a Archeological Sightseeing Brochure, in a larger envelope, which featured a set of four Libyan Stamps (block) It seems now, I would have to re-log another broadcast, then this report back with the details filled, and I suppose they would reply with a QSL card? Oh well. reply in 2 months (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, DXplorer Mar 12 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) ** MALI. A-05 CRI Bamako-MLI registrations: 7170 0830-0900 46 BKO 100 0 MLI CRI RTC 7170 2300-2400 46 BKO 100 0 MLI CRI RTC 11640 1730-1830 46 BKO 100 85 MLI CRI RTC 11640 1830-1930 47E,48NW BKO 100 85 MLI CRI RTC 11640 1930-2000 52S,53W BKO 100 111 MLI CRI RTC 11640 2000-2130 48,53 BKO 100 111 MLI CRI RTC 11975 2130-2230 37 BKO 100 20 MLI CRI RTC 11975 2230-2400 37,38W BKO 100 20 MLI CRI RTC 13630 1930-2000 52,53 BKO 100 111 MLI CRI RTC 13630 2000-2130 48,53 BKO 100 111 MLI CRI RTC 13630 2130-2230 46,47,52 BKO 100 111 MLI CRI RTC 13670 1730-1830 46 BKO 100 111 MLI CRI RTC 13685 1300-1400 46 BKO 100 111 MLI CRI RTC 13685 1400-1600 48,53 BKO 100 111 MLI CRI RTC 13685 1830-1930 37,38 BKO 100 20 MLI CRI RTC 15125 1600-1700 47E,48NW BKO 100 85 MLI CRI RTC 15125 1700-1730 48SW,53NW BKO 100 111 MLI CRI RTC 15505 2230-2300 46-48 BKO 100 85 MLI CRI RTC 17630 1400-1600 47,48 BKO 100 85 MLI CRI RTC 17880 1300-1400 46,47,52 BKO 100 111 MLI CRI RTC 17880 1600-1700 37,38 BKO 100 20 MLI CRI RTC (March 9) (via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) Remember when some NAm services were initially relayed from here? I guess they had suitable antennas then (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. Dentro de uno o dos meses, saldrá al aire XEYU, Radio UNAM, por 9600 kHz con 10 kW (AER http://aer-dx.org March 22 via DXLD) So they are getting a new transmitter to reactivate, apparently (gh) ** MEXICO. Re April MT, DRM on R. Educación, 25620: Glenn, The 12 second fading periodicity is interesting as this is 10 times the duration of what is termed the multiplex superframe, which has a duration of 1.2 seconds. The superframe is made of of 3 frames of 400 ms duration. The symptoms you describe may be a function of applying energy dispersal algorithms to the data stream or it could also be a function of the audio being encoded. I am used to watching the DRM waveform on a spectrum analyser display so I have never experienced the phenomena you describe. I have seen the DRM spectrum become lopsided on many occasions before returning to the more familiar flat- top spectrum. Regards, (Kevin Ryan, http://www.radioeng.co.uk March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tnx; the first and only comment I have received about this (gh) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. When reading about the problem that RNW had in replacing 1512 (their use of 1179 will surely be much too late in the evening for most UK listeners, i.e. 2300 UT) I had considered that 1296 via Orfordness might be available to them, but the problem with it is that it beams away from the UK! I'm not sure if they would be allowed to use an omnidirectional antenna on that frequency due to their sharing with XL at Birmingham. And that station would surely give lots of co-channel QRM within parts of the UK. So it is now a frequency mainly for the Euro continent. I wonder if RTE would rent them either 567 or 252 ??!! (Noel R. Green, UK, wwdxc BC-DX Mar 18 via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. A-05 Tentatively DRM test schedule of RNZI: 7145 0700-1315 51,56,64S,65S RAN 100 325 0105-301005 N ENG RNZ 7145 0700-1315 61S,62,63W RAN 100 35 0105-301005 N ENG RNZ 7145 1300-1900 61S,62,63W RAN 100 35 0105-301005 N Eng RNZ 7145 1300-1900 51,56,64S,65S RAN 100 325 0105-301005 N Eng RNZ 9615 0445-0700 51,56,64S,65S RAN 100 325 0105-301005 N Eng RNZ 9615 0445-0700 61S,62,63W RAN 100 35 0105-301005 N Eng RNZ 9615 1845-2000 61S,62,63W RAN 100 35 0105-301005 N Eng RNZ 9615 1845-2000 51,56,64S,65S RAN 100 325 0105-301005 N Eng RNZ 11675 1945-2100 51,56,64S,65S RAN 100 325 0105-301005 N ENG RNZ 11675 1945-2100 61S,62,63W RAN 100 35 0105-301005 N ENG RNZ 13730 2045-0500 51,55E,56,64S,65S RAN 100 325 0105-301005 N ENG RNZ 13730 2045-0500 61S,62,63W RAN 100 35 0105-301005 N ENG RNZ (Mar 9) (via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) AFAIK, the new DRM-capable transmitter is not ready yet; so this might start sometime later in the A-05 season until Octend. Notice they too insist on using in-band frequencies for DRM! Buzz, buzz (gh, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. New FM station granted: Guymon, 99.5, 100000 h,v; 127 m, Dott Deneui, Auction 37 winner (March FMedia! via DXLD) That would compensate for the impending loss of KGYN 1210 from the market, but inconveniently adjacent to KNID-99.7 Alva/Enid (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Call letters assigned or changed: Stillwater *91.7 KOSU (ex-KOSU``- FM``) (March FMedia! via DXLD) One wonders about the significance of this. There was never a KOSU on AM somewhere else. Something to do with the burgeoning Oklahoma Public Radio Network with KOSU now relayed by KOSN 107.5 Ketchum? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. The fellow who sits right beside me at work here in Syracuse, Steve Henry, was a missionary in PNG and helped to start up Wantok Radio Light on FM. Due to health problems, had had to return stateside before the SW plans got going (Rich McVicar-USA, DXplorer Mar 14 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) ** POLAND. "NO GROUNDS" TO CHANGE STATUS OF RELIGIOUS RADIO - POLISH BROADCASTING AUTHORITY | Text of report by Polish news agency PAP Warsaw, 22 March: In the present legal state of affairs, there is no basis on which to withdraw the status of social broadcaster from Radio Maryja, the National Radio and Television Broadcasting Council [KRRiT] acknowledged on Tuesday [22 March]. The KRRiT nonetheless drew the broadcaster's attention to the fact that it had the duty to adhere to the principles of journalisitc ethics. The KRRiT called on the owner of Radio Maryja's broadcasting concession, the Warsaw Province of the Redemptorist Order, to have the station adhere in its programmes to the principles of respect for human dignity, protection of the good names of individuals and also the right to conscientious information. "In this respect, a social broadcaster has the duty to apply the standards of journalistic ethics that have their source in the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and also in the press law. It transpires from these that freedom of speech and freedom of the press are limited everywhere that human dignity and the right of citizens to verified information might be infringed," we read in the KRRiT standpoint that was sent to PAP. Source: PAP news agency, Warsaw, in Polish 1635 gmt 22 Mar 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** SAO TOME. Glenn, In regards to DXLD #5-050, Wayne Bastow said he'd received a QSL from the VOA for their 4930 kHz Botswana Relay but listed it as São Tomé; which is on 4960 kHz. I received a QSL today for a February 26th report for the São Tomé site correctly on 4960. I also sent a report in the same envelope for Botswana on 4930 kHz but, nothing. Same v/s. However, above the written in (correct) UTC time, in parentheses, the v/s wrote in 0433-0453; one hour later. Also received a nice VOA Program Guide, 2005 Wall Calendar, pen and fridge magnet. It's *fun* writing to the VOA! (Terry Palmersheim, KC7LDP, Helena, MT, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SINGAPORE. A-05 RSI Kranji registrations: 6000 2300-1600 54NW KRA 250 320 Chinese SNG MCR MCT 6080 1100-1400 49W,54 KRA 250 0 English SNG RSI MCT 6120 0900-1400 49W,54 KRA 250 0 Malay/Indo SNG RSI MCT 6150 2300-1600 54NW KRA 250 320 English SNG MCR MCT 6185 1100-1400 49W,54 KRA 250 0 Chinese SNG RSI MCT 7150 2300-1600 54NW KRA 250 320 SNG MCR MCT 7170 2300-1600 54NW KRA 100 320 Tamil SNG MCR MCT 7235 2300-1600 54NW KRA 250 320 Malay/Indo SNG MCR MCT 9625 0900-1400 49W,54 KRA 250 0 SNG RSI MCT (March 9) (via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD ** SINGAPORE. ¿Singapur?: los pasados 20 y 21/03, he sintonizado en los 6150 kHz y siempre luego de las 2300 UT, una estación en inglés autodenominada "Newsradio 98", con menciones persistentes de Singapur y locutores con un acento muy marcado. Parece la retransmisión de una estación local de FM. SINPO 32432. ¿Se trata de Radio Singapur? Todo va bien hasta que a las 0000 entra en escena la religiosa estadounidense en el mismo canal [TIRWR]. En caso de que se trate de Singapur, estimado Glenn, ¿podrías enviarme la dirección postal? La identificación de la estación es la siguiente: "This is Newsradio 98, a station of Mediacorp Radio (...)" (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA Yaesu FT-890, Antena TH3MK3, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Certainly no doubt it is Singapore, as scheduled; Mediacorp Radio Singapore Pte. Ltd., Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Andrew Road, Singapore 299939 (gh, DXLD) ** SLOVAKIA. RSI A-05 SPANISH: 0230-0300 América del Sur 11990 25 América del Sur 9440 31 1430-1500 Europa Occidental 9440 31 Europa Occidental 11600 25 2000-2030 Europa Occidental 6055 49 América del Sur 11650 25 Radio Slovakia International, Mytna 1, P.O. Box 55, 817 55 Bratislava 15, Slovakia (via José Miguel Romero2, Spain, Noticias DX via DXLD) ** SOMALIA [non]. Radio Horyaal heard on 12140 March 22nd, tones already at 1720 tune in. It opened at 1730 with a tune familiar to UK Channel 4 viewers, it is used on the quiz Countdown as background whilst two constestants try to get as many words as possible from a selection of letters. Details of schedule and website followed, short Qur`an chant and then talks in presumed Somali and music. Ended 1758 without apparent announcement. Voice of Russia came on at 1800, I did not notice a transmitter break (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth Garden City, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12140, (Presumed) R. Horyaal, *1730-1743, Mar. 21, Vernacular, whisper-quiet OM and YL at sign-on, Kor`an-like chanting followed by talks over and between Horn of Africa musical bits. Poor with occasional peaks over ute QRM (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R75, 200' Beverage antennas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. SENTECH A05 Time UTC kHz kW Target Area Language CHANNEL AFRICA 0300-0355 6120 250 East & Central Africa Swahili 0300-0355 6160 500 East & Central Africa English 0300-0500 3345 100 Southern Africa English 0400-0455 7390 500 Central Africa French 0500-0555 9685 500 West Africa English 0500-0800 7240 100 Southern Africa English 0600-0655 15440 250 Far West Africa English 0800-0900 11825 100 Southern Africa Nyanja 0900-1000 11825 100 Southern Africa Lozi 1000-1200 11825 100 Southern Africa English 1200-1300 11825 100 Southern Africa Nyanja 1300-1400 11825 100 Southern Africa Lozi 1400-1600 11825 100 Southern Africa English 1500-1555 17770 500 East & Central Africa English 1500-1555 17780 250 East & Central Africa Swahili 1600-1655 15235 500 West Africa French 1700-1755 15235 500 West Africa English 1900-2000 3345 100 Southern Africa Portuguese 2000-2200 3345 100 Southern Africa English RADIO SONDER GRENSE 0530-0800 7185 100 Northern Cape, RSA Afrikaans 0800-1600 9650 100 Northern Cape, RSA Afrikaans 1600-0530 3320 100 Northern Cape, RSA Afrikaans SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE 0800-0900* 7205 100 Southern Africa English 0800-0900* 17810 250 East & Central Africa English 1900-2000** 3215 100 Southern Africa English * Sunday ** Monday BBC 0300-0330 6050 500 East & Central Africa Swahili 0300-0400 7120 500 West Africa English 0300-0600 3255 100 Southern Africa English 0300-0600 6190 100 Southern Africa English 0400-0430 9840 250 East Africa Swahili 0400-0500 7120 250 West Africa English 0430-0500 3390 100 S. Mozambique Portuguese 0430-0500 6135 250 N. Mozambique Portuguese 0430-0500 7205 500 Angola Portuguese 0500-0700 11765 250 West Africa English 0530-0600 15400 250 East & Central Africa Kirundi ** 0600-1600 6190 100 Southern Africa English 0600-1600 11940 100 Southern Africa English 0700-0730 17695 500 Central Africa French 1500-1530 11690 500 East & Central Africa English 1530-1615 11690 500 East & Central Africa Swahili ** 1530-1700 11690 500 East & Central Africa Swahili/Kirundi* 1600-2200 3255 100 Southern Africa English 1600-2200 6190 100 Southern Africa English 1615-1700 11690 500 East & Central Africa English ** 1700-1900 11945 250 East & Central Africa English 1730-1745 3390 100 Southern Africa English teaching 1730-1745 7230 500 East & Central Africa English teaching 1730-1745 9525 500 Angola & West Africa English teaching 1745-1800 7230 500 East & Central Africa Swahili 1800-1830 7230 250 Indian Ocean Isles French 2030-2100 3390 100 S. Mozambique Portuguese 2030-2100 6135 250 N. Mozambique Portuguese 2030-2100 7205 500 Angola Portuguese * Monday to Friday ** Saturday and Sunday FAMILY RADIO 1900-2100 3230 100 Southern Africa English UNITED NATIONS RADIO 1700-1715 7150 100 Madagascar French * 1700-1715 11735 500 Central Africa French * 1730-1745 7150 100 Southern Africa English * * Monday to Friday TRANS WORLD RADIO 0330-0345 7215 250 Ethiopia 34 Sidamo 0330-0345 7215 250 Ethiopia 12 567 Amharic 0345-0357 7215 250 Ethiopia 7 Oromo 0600-0645 11640 500 Nigeria 12345 English 0600-0615 11640 500 Nigeria 67 English 1600-1630 9675 250 Burundi 1234567 Kirundi 1625-1655 9660 500 Somalia 1234567 Somali 1645-1700 9930 250 Ethiopia 12 7 Oromo/Borana 1645-1700 9930 250 Ethiopia 34 Kambaata 1645-1700 9930 250 Ethiopia 56 Hadiya 1657-1712 9660 500 Southern Sudan 23456 Juba 1657-1727 9660 500 Southern Sudan 1 7 Juba 1700-1715 9930 250 Ethiopia 7 Amharic 1700-1730 9930 250 Ethiopia 123456 Amharic 1703-1718 7265 250 Mozambique 1234567 Sena 1715-1745 9930 250 Ethiopia 7 Oromo 1718-1733 7265 250 Mozambique 1234567 Yao 1730-1800 9930 250 Ethiopia 12345 Oromo 1730-1800 9930 250 Ethiopia 6 Amharic 1733-1748 7265 250 Mozambique 2 5 7 Yao 1745-1800 9930 250 Ethiopia 7 Amharic 1755-1825 9620 500 Mali, S. Niger 12345 Pulaar 1755-1825 9620 500 Mali, S. Niger 67 French 1810-1840 9720 250 Ivory Coast 1234567 Bambara 1830-1900 9510 500 Sahel 1234567 Fulfulde 1830-1900 9695 500 Nigeria 1234567 Hausa 1840-1910 9720 250 Burkina Faso 5 Songhai 1840-1925 9720 250 Ivory Coast 1234 67 French 1900-1930 9510 500 Nigeria 1234567 Yoruba 1900-1915 9695 500 Nigeria 1234567 Kanuri 1910-1925 9720 250 Mali 5 Moore 1925-1940 9720 250 Burkina Faso 6 Songhai 1925-1940 9720 250 Burkina Faso 12345 Moore 1930-1945 9510 500 Ghana 67 Ewe 1945-2000 9510 500 Nigeria 6 Igbo 1945-2015 9510 500 Nigeria 7 Igbo Day 1 = Monday, Day 2 = Tuesday ... FEBA RADIO 1500-1545 12125 250 Sudan Nuer/Dinka 1545-1600 12125 250 Mozambique/Tanzania Makonde 1600-1700 12125 250 Ethiopia Amharic RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONAL 0300-0400 5925 250 Central & East Africa French 0700-0800 15170 250 Central & West Africa French 1100-1200 17850 250 Central Africa French 1200-1400 17850 250 Central & West Africa French 1230-1300 21760 250 Central & West Africa French 1600-1700 15160 250 Central & West Africa English 1600-1700 7170 100 Southern Africa English 1900-2200 7160 250 Central Africa French ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO 1700-1730 9595 250 East Africa Swahili 1730-1800 9595 250 East Africa Masai 1800-1830 3215 100 Botswana, Namibia English 1800-1830 3345 100 Zimbabwe, Zambia English 1800-1900 9590 250 East Africa English 2000-2030 9820 250 Congo, Gabon French 2000-2030 6100 500 Central Africa French 2000-2100 7175 250 Central Africa English 2030-2100 6100 250 Nigeria Yoruba CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL 1500-1800 6100 100 Southern Africa English 1800-1900 6100 100 Southern Africa Chinese HIRONDELLE FOUNDATION 0400-0600 11690 500 DR Congo French (Kathy Otto, Broadcast Planning, Sentech Ltd via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dxldyg via DXLD) The above schedule presumably omits certain sensitive services, such as SW Radio Africa, V. of Biafra International, believed to come via SENTECH; or maybe they won`t be needing these relays A-05? (gh, DXLD) ** SUDAN. Sintonizada Sudán en los 7199.97 kHz, el 22/03, a las 0414 UT. SINPO 35443. Locutor en lengua árabe; menciones recurrentes de "Sudán" y "Arabiya". Interferencia de la VOA en turco, a las 0430. ¿Existió alguna vez la HFCC en este caso? (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA Yaesu FT-890, Antena TH3MK3, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HFCC B-04 has both Sudan and IBB via Greece listed at this hour: 7200 0300 0400 40 KAV 250 105 1234567 311004 260305 D Persian GRC IBB IBB 4255 7200 0430 0500 39N KAV 250 105 23456 311004 260305 D Turkish GRC IBB IBB 4256 7200 0300 0830 38S,46E,47,48 ALF 100 0 1234567 311004 270305 D SDN SBC SBC 6973 1 OLD-A04 7200 1100 2200 38S,46E,47,48 ALF 100 0 1234567 311004 270305 D SDN SBC SBC 6974 1 OLD-A04 (via gh, DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND. SWISSINFO ONLINE SERVICE TO BE CUT TO BONE swissinfo March 22, 2005 4:51 PM http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107&sid=5619527 Armin Walpin (left) and Jean-Bernard Münch explain their plans (swissinfo) [caption] The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) says it will axe up to 80 jobs and eight language services at swissinfo, leaving only a reduced English department. The corporation’s board said on Tuesday that it was acting in response to the government's decision to end funding for swissinfo. The cuts should result in annual savings of SFr16 million ($13.6 million) a year. The Council of the Swiss Abroad – the organisation representing the interests of more than 600,000 Swiss living abroad – condemned the move, which comes one year after a previous round of restructuring. swissinfo`s 120 employees were informed about the decision at a meeting with SBC President Jean-Bernard Münch, SBC Director General Armin Walpen and swissinfo Director Beat Witschi in Bern on Tuesday. The restructuring is expected to result in between 70 and 80 job losses. Most of the remaining posts will consist of IT and web development staff. The employees’ union, SSM, said it would fight the plans, which are expected to be implemented by the end of 2006 at the latest. The Bern-based news and information platform was launched in 1999 as the internet arm of Swiss Radio International. It is available in nine languages: English, German, French, Italian, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese. Reduced service The English service is the only one to be retained, although it will be reduced in size. The SBC’s president and director were not able to say when the other language services would be cut. Internet services in the national languages – German, French and Italian – will continue to be produced by SBC’s regional units. The SBC said it would try to reassign as many staff as possible to other parts of its operations, and that workers facing redundancy would be offered a "good social plan". swissinfo/Swiss Radio International cut 26 jobs last year after losing its government subsidy. On October 30 radio broadcasts were ended, allowing swissinfo to concentrate exclusively on internet journalism. The Council of the Swiss Abroad said it was "unacceptable" to dismantle swissinfo before a planned new radio and television law had come into force. It said swissinfo must be guaranteed sufficient resources to secure its future. The SSM said that if the plans were implemented it would mean the end of Swiss Radio International and its successor, swissinfo. Although the SBC and parliament recognised the value of swissinfo as the "voice of Switzerland abroad", nobody wanted to pay for this public service, the union said. Swiss Radio International was founded in 1934, and broadcast round the world on shortwave – and later also satellite – for 70 years. + Virtually identical story at: http://www.nzz.ch/2005/03/22/eng/article5619527.html (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND. As several of us know who were in attendance recently at the Fest in Kulpsville, PA, one of the novel presentations was an interesting discussion of the last days of SRI and RCI by Bob Zanotti and Ian McFarland. Several of us took the opportunity to sample some tuning oil with Zanotti during the Fest. I have known Bob for a long time, and he once gave me an interesting guided tour of the SRI studios in Bern, prior to the time when the transmitters were all shut down. Bob had recorded a feature program for the last broadcast from the Schwarzenberg transmitter. While I was there in Bern, Bob pulled that story up on his computer, and I heard it once again. The last time that I heard it was live on 9580, if I recall. While Bob and I were gulping down the tuning oil in Kulpsville, he informed me that he is still doing freelance feature radio reporting on Switzerland, in the same style that he used to use on SRI with the Two Bobs. No SWBC station is currently carrying Bob's features. But, he does post them up on a web site, where you can download the stories as .mpg files. He is anxious to spread the word that this web site exists. I told him that I would do so, and this posting is just one means that I am using to spread the word for Bob. The URL of Bob's "Switzerland in Sound" web site is: http://www.switzerlandinsound.com (George Zeller, OH, DXplorer Mar 20 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [and non]. 15250 Fu Hsing: FE signals on the high frequencies were very good this morning, so I decided to camp on 15250 and check it out from a little before 1300. There was a Chinese language station there which closed at 1300 UT, just as VOA in Korean started up. There were four pips at 1300, I'm not sure from whom. The VOA stayed on until 1358, when it went off abruptly, leaving the frequency clear. A half-minute later a carrier came on, better than the signal level of VOA up to that point, and at 1400 that turned out to be VOA Korean again. Toward 1500 I could hear the Chinese siren jamming on 15250, but it was way in the background. VOA went off at 1458, leaving just the siren. Something came on 15250 at 1500, but it was much too weak to do anything with. That's the 15250 situation here on ECNA. No Fu Hsing at these times (Jerry Berg, MA, DXplorer Mar 16 via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) ** TRINIDAD. FEMALE RUN RADIO STATION LAUNCHED IN TRINIDAD Female-run station hopes to be No. 1 with women --- A new radio station was launched in Trinidad by women and for women. By SATEESH MAHARAJ, Trinidad Express http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11189421.htm PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - ''We're not chicks spinning records and CDs,'' Kiran Maharaj said. ``We are all women of substance who have a vision and a desire to do something meaningful for others out there.'' Maharaj is the marketing consultant at this country's sole woman-oriented radio station, Heartbeat 103.5 FM. She makes the point that even though the entity is female run and mostly female staffed, they are not bashing or repelling men. ''We're not saying no to men. When men listen, they might be able to understand a little bit more about women,'' she said. ``There's always this stigma attached that we're a mystery. We just need to be listened to a little more.'' The station was officially launched Friday. Maharaj had the idea four years ago and decided to act when she realized that even though locals had access to Lifetime televisionand various woman-themed websites, there was no radio station that catered specifically to their needs. Family friend and promoter Vishnu Maharaj obtained a broadcast license and offered to assist Kiran with the venture. ''My mother is one of nine sisters. I am one of three sisters. I know all the issues. I know the things that my family went through. It all came from being me. The vision was to connect with women everywhere by tapping into their emotional and intellectual need; letting them know that we understand who they are and want to try helping you be the best you can be,'' she said. TALK-SHOW HOST Lisa Sarjeant hosts Matters of the Heart, which airs from 9 a.m. to noon. She has some on-air experience but says her introduction to broadcasting happened totally by accident. ''It was a fluke,'' she said. ``I had no intention of becoming a radio announcer. I went out with some friends and one asked me if I wanted to become a radio announcer. I really was not interested. I was an artist at that time. I was also working part time at the bank. ``I got really frustrated one day and asked if the (job) was still available. I was young, 25, and didn't have any children or anything to deal with. Now I am nearing 37, stuck to it and I really like it.'' Her first talk show dealt with issues other than politics and often took a slant toward women. ``I talk about things I like doing as a woman. I am a mother. It doesn't come with a handbook. Many times we have parenting tips, eating tips. I share inspirational thoughts.'' Sarjeant said she knew she wanted to be at Heartbeat 103.5 after she heard about the station. 'The term `radio for women' was my attraction to the station. I decided to become part of Heartbeat because I knew that their focus was something that I worked hard for over the past 11 years in the media,'' she said. ``I understood the need for it.'' A mother of a 3-year-old girl, Sarjeant says more needs to be done to provide women with helpful information. REACHING WOMEN ''We assume that women know what to do (in certain circumstances), like going to a gynecologist. From doing the show, you realize they really aren't aware,'' she said. ``I feel very strongly that women's matters be brought to the forefront. A lot is being done, but we can do more. The vision I see is that (through this station) all women are reached, regardless of religion, race or situation.'' (via GRC list via Leigh Robartes, ID, DXLD) ** U K. 1296 kHz: The planned DRM schedule for the summer period is 1600-1915 and 2115-2400 UT. AM broadcasting is planned for 1930-2100 UT (VT-Comm via Andreas Volk-D, ADDX Mar via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD) See also NETHERLANDS [non] ** U K [and non]. Some incomplete transmitter site info for BBCWS A- 05, what`s left for the Americas: 1000-1100 6195 Montsinéry 295 1100-1300 11865 Montsinéry 295 1200-1300 15190 Ascension 245 1300-1400 15190 Montsinéry 295 2100-2200 15390 Montsinéry 295 2200-0100 5975 Montsinéry 295 0200-0300 5975 Montsinéry 255 0200-0300 9825 Ascension 245 0200-0300 12095 Skelton 230 0300-0400 5975 Delano 121 The 295 degree beams from Guiana French should be most advantageous for us, if they can keep them on the air, cutting across Mexico from Cozumel to SLP to La Paz, where, as everyone knows, there are a lot more English-speaking BBC WS listeners than in the USA (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Looks like these are now posted - go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/index.shtml I should add that the BBC is somewhat circumspect -- what is shown as "USA" is WYFR / Okeechobee. While "BO" is keyed as Caribbean, that is the RNW Bonaire site (Richard Cuff, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Later:] I believe that's correct, Glenn [5975 0300-0400 Delano] despite what I just said to David Ross. I checked my notes a second time (Richard Cuff, ibid.) So from the charts, this is what the Western Hemisphere gets: To Caribbean/Central America/Mexico u.o.s. 1000-1100 6195 GU 1100-1200 11865 GU (with Caribbean alt 1100-1130 M-F) 1200-1300 11865 BO (with Caribbean alt 1200-1230 M-F) 1200-1300 9605 GU [last we heard this was to be WYFR --- gh] 1200-1300 15190 BO to SAm 1300-1400 15190 GU 2100-2200 15390 GU (with Caribbean alt 2100-2130 M-F; ex 2115-2130???] 2100-2200 11675 BO (with Caribbean alt 2100-2130 M-F) (M-F only) 2130-2145 11720 G (Falkland Service Tue & Fri only) 2200-0100 5975 GU 0200-0300 12095 G to SAm 0200-0300 9825 AS to Sam 0200-0300 5975 GU to SAm 0300-0400 5975 U [unspecified, presumably Delano] AS = Ascension, BO = Bonaire, G = UK, GU = Guiana French, U = USA (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Perhaps I've missed something in the recent discussion, but will someone please explain why the BBCWS has dropped transmissions from Antigua to the Americas, in favour of Ascension and the leasing of time from RFI? 73, (Peter Bowen, March 22, swprograms via DXLD) They & DW decided to mothball Antigua. It is apparently lower in cost to shut Antigua down and rent transmitter time from Montsinéry and Bonaire as needed, especially as fewer transmitter-hours are deemed necessary. Europe also loses all its midday shortwave services as well; they may have to rely on services targeting Africa, as well (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, ibid.) ** U K. BBC RADIO 3 - BETWEEN THE EARS --- This unusual programme on Saturday promises to be well worth a listen. Here's what I said about it in the Sunday Times yesterday. Si hunc libellum latine scriberem, quot lectores intellegerent? Which is how Vatican Radio or Finnish Radio in its Friday-night news bulletin might put it. If this document were written in Latin, how many readers would understand? Very few, I am sure. But nil desperandum! Radio 3, home of classical music, is now doing its bit to re-house classical studies. On Saturday, at 10.40 pm [2240 UT March 26], it will broadcast 20 minutes with all the speech in Latin - extracts from Pliny's Natural History, from dolphins and frogs to elephants, vultures, owls and cuckoos. The only translation for listeners will be specially composed and appropriately timed music (wet fingers on glass to accompany the description of whales, an Indian banjo for the crabs, and so on), juxtaposed with animal recordings from the BBC's Natural History Unit. There will be no English in the programme at all: for that, and more information about the author who died observing the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, you need to visit the website of the weekly series Between the Ears. As far as I can tell, this is, apart from language lessons, the first national radio programme based on speech that contains not a word of English. It is a tribute to Radio 3's imagination and the persistence of its producer, Kate McAll. When she first proposed it, she got a rejection note back from her bosses that read: "Wonderful, mad, expensive. No." Dr Peter Jones of Newcastle University, the Spectator columnist and probably Britain's best-known classicist, advised the two actors we shall hear on the correct Latin pronunciation. "I do think radio has a responsibility to produce slightly potty ideas to see how they run", he says, "and to engage in occasional experiments which television, dominated by visuals, tends to resile [sic] from. "In this particular programme, the listener is encouraged to make a connection between Latin and English partly through onomatopoeic music and partly the choice of the Latin. Pliny's 'maximum est elephans', for example, you might realise means 'the elephant is the biggest creature'. These are connections that even the most illatinate can get." Professor Brian Sparkes, a retired archaeologist and now president of the Classical Association, also approves. "I expect some listeners will say 'what's this funny language we're listening to?' And I wonder how much help Radio Times will give it. But there's more Latin around than you might think. It has been reintroduced into several primary schools and about 3,000 people are studying Latin or Roman civilization with the Open University. But the way it is taught has changed, with less emphasis on declining verbs and more emphasis on actually speaking it. It's taught as a language that can be spoken. So radio, where obviously you can hear it spoken, has a real role to play." Astonishingly detailed descriptions of bees, cuttlefish and nightingales made nearly 2,000 years ago; clips from the world's biggest wildlife archive; original music with conch and drum and many other instruments. If ever a programme cried out for a daytime repeat, this is it. But Roger Wright, imperator of Radio 3, will probably agree to that only if enough people ask him. Carpe diem (Paul Donovan, ukradiolisteners yahoo group, via Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Summer A-05 for IBB via KUWAIT 250 kW / 070 degrees: 0230-0330 12140 15615 RFA Pashto 1430-1500 12140 15090 VOA Pashto 0330-0430 15615 17670 RFA Dari 1500-1530 12140 15090 VOA Dari 0430-0530 15615 17670 RFA Pashto 1530-1630 12140 15090 VOA Pashto 0530-0630 15615 17670 RFÀ Dari 1630-1730 12140 15090 VOA Dari 0630-0730 15615 RFÀ Pashto 1730-1800 12140 15090 VOA Pashto 0730-0830 15615 RFÀ Dari 1800-1830 12140 15090 VOA Dari 0830-0930 15615 RFA Pashto 1830-1930 12140 VOA Pashto 0930-1030 15090 RFÀ Dari 1930-2030 12140 VOA Dari 1030-1130 15090 RFÀ Pashto 2030-2230 12140 VOA English 1130-1230 15090 RFÀ Dari 2230-0030 12140 VOA English 1230-1330 15090 17600 RFÀ Pashto 0030-0130 12140 VOA Pashto 1330-1430 15090 17600 RFÀ Dari 0130-0230 12140 VOA Dari RFA=Radio Free Afghanistan VOA=Voice of America (Observer, Bulgaria, March 22, via DXLD) 15090??? Can`t recall IBB invading OR aeronautical band before; just wanted to cozy up to Iran 15085? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. Summer A-05 for IBB via JBR [HUNGARY] 250 kW: 0200-0300 on 9520 / 065 deg Radio Liberty in Russian 0300-0400 on 9815 / 055 deg Radio Liberty in Russian 0400-0500 on 7175 / 055 deg Radio Liberty in Russian 1600-1700 on 11885 / 075 deg Radio Liberty in Uzbek (Observer, Bulgaria, March 22, via DXLD) ** U S A. Infinity and Family Stations are working out a combination purchase and swap involving KFRC and KEAR (FM). KFRC 610 is initially being sold to Family Stations, Inc. for $35 million. Still expected is an outright purchase or part cash and part swap involving KEAR *106.9 to Infinity. Being sold by Harold Camping, the elderly founder of Family Stations, Inc. It would relegate Family Stations` San Francisco outlet to 610 AM plus perhaps another $60 million. Infinity would own KEAR, a commercial-band Class B that once operated at 97.3, which is now KLLC. Lost in the process would be KEAR`s lucrative 92 kHz Korean SCService. If the swap takes place, most of Harold`s CA FM translators would probably change their primaries to another station, such as Family Radio`s KEFR *88.9 Le Grand CA (March FMedia! via DXLD) Camping got a BS in 1942, which would typically make him born around 1921; a 2002 article referred to him as an octogenarian (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. The following will be the shortwave schedule for Family Stations, Inc. aired from Taiwan 27 March to 30 October 2005. Language (UTC) kHz Target English 0100-0200 15060 S. Asia 1300-1500 11560 S. Asia 1500-1700 6280 S. Asia Hindi 0000-0100 15060 S. Asia 1500-1600 11560 S. Asia Indonesian 1200-1300 11520 Indonesia 1400-1500 11520 Indonesia Korean 1000-1100 7130 Korea Mandarin & 1102-1602 7250 E. Asia Cantonese 1102-1602 9280 E. Asia 2100-0000 7250 E. Asia 2100-0000 9280 E. Asia Russian 1500-1700 9955 Eu/Siberia (Evelyn Marcy, WYFR, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. FL, Flagler Beach, WFBO-LP *93.3 o, ``The Blizzard``. The FCC proposes to fine it $10,000 because of several violations, including running too much power. It was running 450 watts when the FCC visited, instead of just 27 watts, and was using an exciter and transmitter not type-accepted, and the EAS equipment wasn`t working properly. Plus the transmitter and antenna were 2.4 km away from its licensed coördinates. Licensee Halifax Christian Community Church says it used the uncertified transmitter to get on the air before the construxion permit expired. The FCC proposed a $21,000 fine, but reduced it because of licensee`s inability to pay. FL, Clermont, WQQZ *88.7 hit with a $10,000 fine by the FCC for broadcasting two underwriting announcements that were ``over the line``. Action was against station owner Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. (now Univisión Radio). The forbidden ads ran 288 times. One of the announcements last June was for ``Multi-Channel Marketing.`` The Spanish announcement extolled the virtues of the Dish Network. The other ad was for the weekly ``Fiesta en Old Town`` event. The station claimed it was a non-profit event, but the FCC disagreed, and warned, ``We will not hesitate to take even stronger enforcement action against noncommercial educational licensees that engage in similarly serious violations of our underwriting requirements.`` The FCC urges stations to distinguish between announcements that identify an underwriter, which is allowed, and those that promote an underwriter, which is not allowed (March FMedia! via DXLD) ?? I thought HBC/Univisión were totally commercial enterprises, so what are they doing in the non-commercial band, anyway? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. SCS Services: NY, New York, WCBS-FM-2 has described video for the blind, the first CBStation known to have such a feature ``The Sound quality is beautiful!`` (March FMedia! via DXLD) Why ``FM`` -- isn`t this on a TV channel two SAP? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. SPRINGER TO AIR AMERICA --- By JOHN MAINELLI --- RADIO http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/42919.htm JERRY Springer is trying to hook up with the all-liberal Air America network — meaning his new radio talk show could soon be heard in New York. "Obviously, I would love to be in New York — that's where I grew up," said Springer, 60, who was born in London and raised in Kew Gardens, Queens. "Hopefully, something will be worked out in the next couple weeks," Springer told The Post late yesterday. The trash-TV titan surprised many last January by turning serious and launching a daily political talk show based in Cincinnati. He continues to tape his controversial TV show in Chicago. His radio show is already in five cities. Springer could be the spark Air America needs — in New York at least, where it's based at WLIB (1190 AM). After a solid debut last spring, especially among younger listeners, it appeared to fade last fall. Recently, the lefty net dropped one-time "Daily Show" producer Lizz Winstead from the 9 a.m.-noon time slot where Springer airs elsewhere around the country. That would put Springer on the air right before comedian Al Franken, who is the network's biggest draw. Air America, which is on about 50 stations nationally, recently hired record-industry exec Danny Goldberg as its new CEO. An Air America spokesman declined to comment (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** URUGUAY. 6045, R Sarandí Sport, Montevideo, reactivated. Heard 1721 Mar 22 with commentary on soccer topics. Modulation/signal not too much different to their former monitored active period, i.e.: somewhat tiny modulation. Fair signal. It still remains to see if their sked includes night. 6140, R. Oriental, 1721 Mar 22, in // with its MW (770), as well in joint transmission with Radio Cristal, Las Piedras, Canelones (1470) and Em. Continental, Pando, Canelones (1600). Surely they will be active only this week, till next coming Sun, carrying the most traditional bike competition on Uruguay, "La Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay". Active only during around 1100-2000 (approximate sked). (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [and non]. A-05 Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi registrations: 5925 2200 1700 49 CK2 50 320 VTN VOV VOV 5975 2200 1700 49 HAN 50 176 VTN VOV VOV 6020 2200 1700 49 DAL 20 320 VTN VOV VOV 6165 1130 1330 49 CK2 50 176 VTN VOV VOV 6165 2200 2300 49 CK2 50 176 VTN VOV VOV 6175 0100 0430 6,10N SAC 250 212 G VOV MER 6175 0430 0500 2,6 SAC 250 268 G VOV MER 6175 0500 0530 2,6 SAC 250 253 G VOV MER 7210 2200 1700 49 DAL 20 320 VTN VOV VOV 7220 1100 1330 33,34,43,44 VNI 100 27 VTN VOV VOV 7220 2200 2230 33,34,43,44 VNI 100 27 VTN VOV VOV 7280 1600 2130 27,28 VNI 100 310 VTN VOV VOV 7285 1030 1600 49 MET 50 216 VTN VOV VOV 7285 2200 0100 49 MET 50 216 VTN VOV VOV 9530 2200 1700 49 CK2 50 176 VTN VOV VOV 9550 1100 1330 33,34,43,44 VNI 100 27 VTN VOV VOV 9550 1500 1700 46,47 VNI 100 290 VTN VOV VOV 9550 2030 2200 46,47 VNI 100 290 VTN VOV VOV 9550 2200 2230 33,34,43,44 VNI 100 27 VTN VOV VOV 9725 1700 1900 27,28W MOS 100 300 AUT VOV MER 9725 1900 2030 28S SKN 300 140 G VOV MER 9730 1600 2130 27,28 VNI 100 320 VTN VOV VOV 9840 1100 1230 33,34,43,44 VNI 100 57 VTN VOV VOV 9840 1230 1330 49,51,54 VNI 100 177 VTN VOV VOV 9840 1330 1430 33,34,43,44 VNI 100 57 VTN VOV VOV 9840 1430 1600 49,51,54 VNI 100 177 VTN VOV VOV 9840 2130 2230 33,34,43,44 VNI 100 57 VTN VOV VOV 9840 2230 2400 49,51,54 VNI 100 177 VTN VOV VOV 9875 2200 1700 49 MET 50 176 VTN VOV VOV 12020 1100 1230 33,34,43,44 VNI 100 57 VTN VOV VOV 12020 1230 1330 49,51,54 VNI 100 177 VTN VOV VOV 12020 1330 1430 33,34,43,44 VNI 100 57 VTN VOV VOV 12020 1430 1600 49,51,54 VNI 100 177 VTN VOV VOV 12020 2130 2230 33,34,43,44 VNI 100 57 VTN VOV VOV 12020 2230 2400 49,51,54 VNI 100 177 VTN VOV VOV 13860 1500 1700 46,47 VNI 100 290 VTN VOV VOV 13860 2030 2200 46,47 VNI 100 290 VTN VOV VOV (March 9) (via BC-DX March 22 via DXLD ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. ALGERIA, 700, Polisario Front (Algerian (RTA) site?) putting splendid signals when monitored evenings 11+12 Mar at on the SW coast; typically better than 7460 due to the usual QRM de RFAsia 7460, but even the latter outlet provides slightly better reception on the south. By the way, 1550 Tindouf (I wish this could be ascertained once & for all) is still off (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, wwdxc BC-DX Mar 17 via DXLD) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. 11705, SWRA via Rampisham(?), 1744-1759, Mar. 18, Vernacular/English, Talks between 2 OM in language, 2 YLs at 1751 with English interview re "female perspective" of Zimbabwe. Blown out at 1759 by co-channel RFI sign-on. Fair with unID station at tune-in, eventually slipping under dominant SWRA. 11995, SWRA via Rampsiham(?), *1800-1814, Mar. 18, English Vernacular, Continuation of English interview noted on 11705. OM and YL with full ID, SW frequency and MW-1197, 24 hr. phone-line: 023-275030 and talk @ swradioafrica.com PSA re "importance of your vote" and March 31 election. Candidate prg. at 1810 with OM in English and language with "My name is Jeffrey (last name?), I am the candidate for the MDC". Fair, best listening in LSB. Wonder what happens to these broadcasts after Mar. 31? (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R75, 200' Beverage antennas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RSF ASKS ITU TO INVESTIGATE ZIMBABWE JAMMING Reporters Without Borders (RSF) today said it was "outraged" by Zimbabwe's jamming since 7 March of shortwave broadcasts by SW Radio Africa, a privately-owned radio station based in London which employs Zimbabwean journalists living in exile. In a letter to the Geneva- based International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the press freedom organization asked this UN system body "to seriously examine this situation, which constitutes a grave violation of Harare's undertakings towards the United Nations." The letter urged ITU secretary-general Yoshio Utsumi "to demand official and credible explanations from Zimbabwe, which is a member state of the ITU since 18 February 1981 and, as such, obliged to conform to the provisions of its constitution, conventions and administrative regulations." Reporters Without Borders added : "Thanks to support from China, which exports its repressive expertise, Robert Mugabe's government has yet again just proved itself to be one of the most active predators of press freedom. Although in the middle of an electoral campaign, Zimbabwe has not only flouted the Southern African Development Community's democratic principles, it is now also displaying open contempt for its undertakings towards the ITU and the UN conventions it has signed." The Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ), a Harare-based independent watchdog, said the jamming of SW Radio Africa's broadcasts is being carried out from Thornhill airbase - located outside the southwestern town of Gweru, between Harare and Bulawayo - where the government has a transmission station. According to the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), a US federal government entity, the equipment being used for the jamming comes from China, which has close trade links with Zimbabwe, especially in the telecommunications domain. BBC Monitoring (a BBC offshoot that monitors news media throughout the world) said it established on 16 March that SW Radio Africa's three daily broadcasts were being "deliberately jammed." The 1600 GMT broadcast on 11.845 kHz was drowned by a 1 kHz signal. The 1700 and 1800 GMT broadcasts were jammed by interference of a "rotary" kind. ITU regulation 1.166 defines interference as : "The effect of unwanted energy due to one or a combination of emissions, radiations, or inductions upon reception in a radiocommunication system, manifested by any performance degradation, misinterpretation, or loss of information which could be extracted in the absence of such unwanted energy." Article 1003 of the annex of the ITU constitution defines "harmful interference" as one that "obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radiocommunication service." # posted by Andy @ 14:56 UT March 22 (Media Network blog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 5-050 Yosemite Sam [non?]. Sorry! I thought the frequency was in there. It's 3890. Later reports have the data bursts, and apparently the voice is different than that of the original Sam (Steve Lare, Holland, MI USA, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello, The preamble is similar and the direction is the same. I think it's the same source. Seems the interview on World of Radio was more fiction than fact. 73, Posted by twomules at dwave.org to WUN (via Steve Lare, DXLD) Not sure what this individual is alluding to, but figured I'd send you the post (Steve Lare, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nor I; there was no interview on WOR about this, as there are seldom interviews about anything (gh) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ FREE FM RADIOS FOR RAILROADERS In metro Atlanta, MARTA trains are being equipped for FM radio and digital TV. The trains of the metro Atlanta transit authority will utilize some 230,000 FM radios to be handed out to patrons. As well, the system will allow for patrons to use their own headset radios, which will permit private listening that will not bother other passengers. It is working with WSB-TV, Channel 2, to provide news and other programming in a digital format. This is said to be the first such experiment with patron-utilized FM and TV in a metro railroad system (March FMedia! via DXLD) ETON E-ONE-X-M (USA) http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=3108263 The first-ever radio to combine A-M, F-M, shortwave, longwave and X-M Satellite Radio. The Eton E-One-X-M sells for 500 dollars. But enthusiasts who want to listen in on news of the world and enjoy high- quality F-M and satellite music indicate it's worth it. Measuring 12- by-seven inches and weighing about four pounds, this radio is not exactly a Walkman, but it can be moved around the house, as long as the satellite antenna can see the sky. Its biggest shortcoming is that the E-One-X-M needs headphones or a second external speaker to play F- M and X-M in stereo. The radio will be in stores in May (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ The geomagnetic field ranged from quiet to minor storm levels at lower latitudes with minor to major storm periods at the higher latitudes. The period began on 14 March with quiet to minor storm levels at lower latitudes and minor to major storm periods at high latitudes. Heightened activity was due to a SSB crossing followed by a weak HSS. On 15 March, conditions were quiet. On 16, 18, and 20 March, conditions were quiet to unsettled. On 17 March, conditions were quiet to active with an isolated minor storm period at high latitudes due to the presence of another weak geoeffective HSS. Conditions were quiet to active, with an isolated minor storm period on 19 March due to the continued presence of the weak HSS and periods of prolonged southward Bz early in the UTC day. SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK 23 MARCH - 18 APRIL 2005 Solar activity is expected be at very low to low levels. A region on the far side of the sun produced a CME at 21/1448 UTC. This region may increase activity levels when it rotates into view on approximately 24 – 25 March. A greater than 10 MeV proton event is not expected. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels on 27 – 30 March, and 03 – 08 April. The geomagnetic field is expected to range from quiet to minor storm levels. Coronal hole high speed wind streams are expected to produce unsettled to active levels with occasional minor storm periods on 26 – 29 March, 02 – 06 April, and again on 10 April. Quiet to active conditions are expected on 12 – 13 April due to a weak HSS. Otherwise, expect quiet to unsettled conditions. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2005 Mar 22 2211 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # Product description and SEC contact on the Web # http://www.sec.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2005 Mar 22 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2005 Mar 23 85 10 3 2005 Mar 24 85 12 3 2005 Mar 25 80 12 3 2005 Mar 26 80 15 3 2005 Mar 27 80 15 3 2005 Mar 28 75 12 3 2005 Mar 29 75 10 3 2005 Mar 30 80 5 2 2005 Mar 31 80 5 2 2005 Apr 01 80 10 3 2005 Apr 02 85 35 6 2005 Apr 03 85 35 6 2005 Apr 04 85 25 5 2005 Apr 05 85 20 4 2005 Apr 06 90 12 3 2005 Apr 07 90 5 2 2005 Apr 08 90 5 2 2005 Apr 09 90 8 3 2005 Apr 10 95 20 4 2005 Apr 11 95 8 3 2005 Apr 12 95 10 3 2005 Apr 13 90 15 3 2005 Apr 14 90 15 3 2005 Apr 15 90 12 3 2005 Apr 16 85 8 3 2005 Apr 17 85 5 2 2005 Apr 18 85 5 2 (http://www.sec.noaa.gov/radio via WORLD OF RADIO 1268, DXLD) ###