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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1268: Sun 0330 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Sun 0430 WOR WRMI 7385 Sun 0730 WOR WWCR 3210 [DST shifts in Europe go into effect here:] Sun 0830 WOR WRN1 to North America, also WLIO-TV Lima OH SAP Sun 0830 WOR KSFC Spokane WA 91.9 Sun 0830 WOR WXPN Rhinelander WI 91.7 91.9 100.9 Sun 0830 WOR WDWN Auburn NY 89.1 [unconfirmed] Sun 0830 WOR KTRU Houston TX 91.7 [occasional] Sun 1100 WOR R. Lavalamp Sun 1300 WOR WRMI 7385 Sun 1400 WOR KRFP-LP Moscow ID 92.5 Sun 1500 WOR R. Lavalamp Sun 1730 WOR WRMI 7385 [from WRN] [NEW] Sun 1730 WOR WRN1 to North America [NEW from March 27] Sun 1900 WOR Studio X, Momigno, Italy 1584 87.35 96.55 105.55 Sun 2100 WOR RNI Mon 0330 WOR WRMI 7385 Mon 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Mon 0430 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910 [1267] Mon 0530 WOR WBCQ 7415 Mon 0900 WOR R. Lavalamp Mon 1000 WOR WRMI 9955 Mon 1700 WOR WBCQ after hours Tue 0700 WOR WPKN Bridgeport CT 89.5 Tue 1700 WOR WBCQ after hours Wed 1030 WOR WWCR 9985 Wed 1700 WOR WBCQ after hours MORE info including audio links: http://worldofradio.com/radioskd.html [also with Week of Confusion and DST schedules] 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 1268 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1268h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1268h.rm WORLD OF RADIO 1268 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1268.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1268.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1268.html WORLD OF RADIO 1268 in the true shortwave sound Alex`s mp3: keep checking http://www.piratearchive.com/dxprograms.htm ** ANTARTICA [and non]. Re Voz Cristã, Chile expanding hours on 15475: Caro Méndez, Tais decisões, como sabemos, são tomadas em conferências e encontros, onde as partes estudam diversas possibilidades de ocuparem as diversas freqüências. Recentemente, Allen Grahen informou que a Voz dos Andes e Voz da Rússia chegaram a um acordo de cavalheiros para utilizarem alguns canais. No entanto, tal nem sempre ocorre e podem ocorrer sobreposições de canais, como neste caso. Recentemente, ficamos uma temporada inteira sem escutar a programação em espanhol da Rádio Romênia, em 11965 kHz, por que havia choque com a programação em português da BBC. Informo que estarei repassando tua mensagem para a emissora. Há algum tempo, a própria programação em português da Voz Cristã utilizou outra freqüência em 19 metros para testes. Se não estou enganado, era algo como 15365 kHz ou próximo a isso. Acredito, ainda, que a Voz Cristã não é a primeira nem será a última a ser questionada sobre a sobreposição de canais neste mundo das ondas curtas. Pessoalmente, eu gostaria de ver mais publicidade e discussão em cima de todas as sobreposições de freqüências que aparecem. Na época em que a BBC emitia na mesma freqüência da Rádio Romênia infelizmente pouco foi comentado em nosso meio. Outro caso que lembro é o da CRI, que emitiu, em espanhol, no período B-03, para a América do Sul, justamente na freqüência de 6020 kHz da Rádio Gaúcha, de Porto Alegre (RS). Eu redigi, na época, algumas notas para o boletim eletrônico do DX Clube do Brasil e coloquei o posicionamento do então engenheiro da Gaúcha, Gilberto Küssler, mas ficou apenas naquilo. 73s! (Célio Romais, Porto Alegre, Brasil, Noticias DX via DXLD) Olá Manuel, Realmente este é um assunto muito preocupante, talvez nem mesmo a Voz Cristá tenha ciência disso. Já fiz chegar ao Edson Bruno tua informação e o mesmo prometeu checar com o departamento tecnico da Voz Cristã antes de domingo, dia 27/03/2005, quando haverá a mudança de frequencia da Voz Cristã. Esperamos que possa se resolver da melhor maneira possivel este assunto. 73´s (Jailton C. Amaral Pres. do SRDXC, ibid.) Gracias por tu comentario Célio, ojalá se solucionen las cosas. Yo considero más preocupante cuando una emisora internacional oculta a una doméstica o cuando una doméstica oculta a otra que cuando dos grandes emisoras se interfieren entre sí, ya que estas últimas siempre disponen de medios para alterar las frecuencias, cosa que resulta mucho más dificil con las emisora pequeñas (Manuel Méndez, Noticias DX via DXLD) Este cambio a 15475 antes de las 21 bloquea la única frecuencia de LRA 36 Antártida, y así no debe ser bienvenido por ningún dixiesta o argentino. ¿Quién pedirá a VC a evitar tal choque? ¿Es posible que VC no sepa que exista en 15475 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel? Hasta ahora evitaron transmitir en 15475 antes de la clausura de la emisora de Base Esperanza a las 21. 73, (Glenn Hauser, condiglist & radioescutas via DXLD) Glenn, Acabei de entrar em contato com o Edson Bruno para que ele possa ver com a equipe técnica da Voz Cristã este assunto, muito bem lembrado por você. Só resta aguardar uma resposta dele! 73´s (Jailton C. Amaral, Pres. do SRDXC, radioescutas via DXLD) I got to confess that I scarcely caught LRA36 some 3 or 4 years ago; must be for their weekday sked. But I don´t know why they insist on keeping their 15476 frequency. They got to be aware, or someone advise them, they can not compete with those high power transmitters surrounding them. The wise move they got to do is go close to the top of the 19 mb. let´s say at least 15810 or 15815, side by side with that SSB Argentine feeder for Radio Continental. It´s a simple issue of common sense, or they have some restrixions? (Raul Saavedra, Costa Rica, dxldyg via DXLD) Good idea; is it still M-F only? WRTH says daily; too late now for a Saturday check (gh) ** ARGENTINA. LA ROSA DE TOKIO --- LS11 Radio Provincia, La Plata, con 50 kws!! ahora, en su nuevo horario de 13 a 14 hora argentina. La temática de los domingos será una investigación sobre un país, su historia, sus emisoras de radio y TV, grabaciones históricas y actuales, una semblanza realizado por algún experto diexista sobre que es lo que puede escuchar del país tratado or OC y o por internet. También Radio Provincia está en la web, AM Y FM --- ATENCION estamos con audio AM y FM en forma experimental en el siguiente sitio: http://www.radioprovincia.gba.gov.ar (Conexión Digital March 26 via DXLD) Tokyo Rose is certainly an unusual, rather off-topic name for a DX/media program; I have been listening to it the past couple of weeks --- or rather, taping their webstream and listening to it in bits and pieces as I drive around. Two weeks ago it was all about Australia. To fill the hour there was a lot of basic geographical and historical info, which would have required a lot of writing and research unless it was quoting some existing document; and some unrelated music fill, but every so often some clips of quite a variety of stations in Australia, its territories such as Christmas Island, and services which no longer exist, such as Australian Forces Radio. The clips were generally muddy and sounded like they were n-th generation copies of stuff from Adrian Peterson`s archives. There was no credit for the source of the clips at the closing. Cocos/Keeling on 1404 was rather interesting, as they were plugging a Beatles show coming up; but then a clip of Radio Cook Islands was mis-identified also as Cocos. That one mentioned a day and date, Tuesday 21 September, but no year. So that could have been: 1999, 1993, 1987, 1976, 1971, 1965, 1954. . . no doubt one of the earlier years. Last week`s show, which I have not yet listened to, focused on the Dominican Republic, and the March 27 show at 1600-1700 UT is to cover a variety of topics (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Este domingo 27 de Marzo el programa consistirá en una charla/ debate/ análisis entre Omar Somma, Daniel Camporini, Marcelo Cornachioni y Arnaldo Slaen sobre la radiodifusión en general, las emisoras clandestinas, las bandas tropicales, las condiciones de propagación, la situación radiofó9nica en la Argentina, etc. (Conexión Digital March 26 via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 1620 Aussie hunt --- Just observed same two carriers as last night fade out at approx. 2230. These I'm now pretty sure must be Western Australia. Tonight they did not have as strong enhancement as yesterday before they faded. Also the doppler frequency shift for both signals was negative (last night it was positive). This must indicate different ionospheric conditions. The two Western Australian signals are: 1619.979 ( with +/=1hz doppler) fade in 1655 UT (fade in time is at the -50dB level) fade out 2235 UT three peaks in strength -22.5 dB at 1852 -25 dB at 2115 (i.e 25 dB above fade in visibility) –25.7 at 2212 1620.0022 weak steady trace was present from start of measurement at 1435 (initially thought to be local) then surged at 1800 UT, peaked 1810- 1840 with a fuzzy image visible rest of evening though weaker slight surge 2200 and 2234 before fade out 2230 (It is possible that weak trace seen at 1435 is a second signal on the same frequency and that Australia was not visible before 1800) I saw two other signals sign-off the air: 1619.826 kHz fade in at 1510 sign-off at 1558:26 UT 1619.746 kHz fade in at 1547 sign off at 1902 UT Full signal list [1000 Hz = 1620.000] Hz Fade in UTC 974.6 1547 979.0 1655 982.6 1510 984.6 1607 991 1807 995.6 1912 996.77 1645 999 1805 1000.6 1700 1002.2 1435/1800 see above 1003.7 1601 1017.5 1705 1026.3 1630 I hope someone in Perth can determine which station is which from Western Australia. 73 (Steve Whitt, UK, March 25, MWC via DXLD) I was listening to 1620 at the same time here, and just hearing what I believe was WDHP; didn't catch any ID but Caribbean-accented (must check the recording again just before the hour when I left the room for a few minutes). Very weak audio at 2220 UT, getting stronger towards 2300, then weaker by 2320, when mixing with another station. Strongest on the 290 degree beverage, whereas I would have expected Australia to be best on the 240 degree antenna. My copy of SpectrumLab appears to have become corrupted and not working correctly, so unable to check the carrier offsets. 73s, (Martin A. Hall, Scotland, ibid.) I monitored 1620 and detected half a dozen possible Australian carriers. See screen dump from SpecLab at http://www.geocities.com/paulcrankshaw/capt2518.jpg My trace at 779 Hz corresponds to Steve's 1619.979 My trace at 802 Hz corresponds to his 1620.002. This trace is slightly obscured by a pair of carriers (local?) either side of it. I agree that these two traces are Western Australia. In addition there are fade outs at 1950 UT (approx ) at 792 Hz - Steve, did you get the same carrier drifting across 2015 UT at 765 Hz 2020 UT at 797 Hz 2100 UT at 817 Hz and possibly 2230 UT at 786 Hz Possible locations: Brisbane sunrise 1954 UT Newcastle 2000 UT Sydney 2003 UT Canberra 2011 UT Cairns 2022 UT Adelaide 2053 UT I presume WDHP is the trace that appears on my SpecLab image at around 2240 (Paul Crankshaw, UK, ibid.) I think WDHP is on 1619.996 and I see a trace fade up at 1935 UT. It stays narrow and stable but weak until 2236. Then carrier seems to abruptly split into two before the two images recombine with a fuzzy and broad but much stronger signal at 2250. Note sunset at Christianstad was at 2231 UT. In effect WDHP takes over about 10-15 minutes after Western Australia fades out 73 (Steve Whitt, ibid.) Tonight TOTALLY different propagation conditions from previous 2 nights. At 1800 UT (UK sunset) there was no sudden surge in strength from any trace on 1620 except one I think is a a Euro pirate (warbling 2 Hz around 1620.015 kHz). No spectral broadening or doppler shift of frequency. At 1900 only 5 traces visible. One signed off at 1902 [1619.975] exactly as previous days. Doubt this is Aussie. Maybe 1902 UT corresponds to transmitter midnight or similar? Maybe this is in India or China [2nd harmonic of 801]? Disappointing so far today but lots still to analyse from last two nights. 73 (Steve Whitt, 2028 UT March 26, MWC via DXLD) Yes, things are well down on last night (how did my SpecLab plot compare with yours last night?) http://www.geocities.com/paulcrankshaw/capt2518.jpg The WA plot at 1619.778 is clear but down on last night. I'm running a signal strength plot for this carrier tonight. Also the other likely WA at 1620.002 has been in evidence since 2030 (Paul Crankshaw, UK, ibid.) ** AUSTRIA. Austria a05 English schedule now available at http://oe1.orf.at/service/international_en (Harry Brooks, March 26, dxldyg via DXLD) This page also has a reception report form with this strange entry: Quality of reception: favourable (e. g. in the open) moderate (e. g. moderately built-up area) unfavorable (e. g. heavily built-up area, reinforced concrete) (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Austria. Österreich 1 TIMES FROM MARCH 2005 TO OCTOBER 2005 Time UT EUROPE - Short Wave 0400-2208 6155 0400-1730 13730 1730-2208 5945 WORLDWIDE - Short Wave Middle East 0500-0600 17870 America East 0130-0200 9870 America West 1500-1600 13775 [via Sackville again, no doubt] America Central 0100-0130 9870 South America 0030-0100 9870 Asia & Australia 1200-1300 17715 Report from Austria Report from Austria, a 15 minute news and current affairs programme on the air Monday to Friday, keeps you up to date on what's happening in Austria with news bulletins as well as interviews and features from the world of domestic and international politics, business, culture and sports. MONDAY Europe: Ö1-Programme, with the exceptions 1205-1220: Report from Austria (English) 2055-2100: Noticiero de Austria (Spanish) Middle-East: 0500-0600: As for Europe America East: 0130-0133: News in German 0133-0200: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) America West: 1500-1505: News in German 1505-1520: Report from Austria (English) 1520-1525: Regional radio-News in German 1525-1530: Wissen aktuell - in German 1530-1535: News in German 1535-1540: Wissen aktuell - in German 1540-1545: Regional radio-News in German 1545-1600: Report from Austria (English) America Central: 0100-0105: News in German 0105-0130: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) South America: 0030-0035: News in German 0035-0100: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) Asia/Australia: 1200-1205: News in German 1205-1220: Report from Austria (English) 1220-1225: Regional radio-News in German 1225-1230: Wissen aktuell - in German 1230-1235: News in German 1235-1240: Wissen aktuell - in German 1240-1245: Regional radio-News in German 1245-1300: Report from Austria (English) TUESDAY TO FRIDAY Europe: Ö1-Programme, with the Exceptions: 1245-1300: Report from Austria (English) 2055-2100: Noticiero de Austria (Spanish) Middle-East: 0500-0600: As for Europe America East: 0130-0135: Noticiero de Austria (Spanish) 0135-0143: Mitternachtsjournal - in German 0143-0158: Report from Austria (English) America West: 1500-1505: News in German 1505-1510: Wissen aktuell - in German 1510-1515: Regional radio-News in German 1515-1530: Report from Austria (English) 1530-1600: Repeat America Central: 0100-0105: Noticiero de Austria (Spanish) 0105-0113: Mitternachtsjournal 0113-0130: Report from Austria (English) South America: 0030-0035: Noticiero de Austria (Spanish) 0035-0043: Mitternachtsjournal - in German 0043-0058: Report from Austria (English) Asia/Australia: 1200-1205: News in German 1205-1210: Wissen Aktuell - in German 1210-1215: Regionalradio-News in German 1215-1230: Report from Austria 1230-1300: Repeat SATURDAY Europe: Ö1-Programme with the exceptions: 1200-1205: Regional radio-News in German 1205-1230: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) 1230-1300: Repeat Middle-East: 0500-0600: As for Europe Amerika East: 0130-0135: Noticiero de Austria (Spanish) 0135-0143: Mitternachtsjournal - in German 0143-0158: Report from Austria (English) America West: 1501-1505: Regional radio-News in German 1505-1530: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) 1530-1600: Repeat America Central: 0100-0105: Noticiero de Austria (Spanish) 0105-0112: Mitternachtsjournal - in German 0115-0130: Report from Austria (English) South America: 0030-0035: Noticiero de Austria (Spanish) 0035-0043: Mitternachtsjournal - in German 0043-0058: Report from Austria (Englisch) Asia/Australia: 1200-1205: Regional radio-News in German 1205-1230: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) 1230-1300: Repeat SUNDAY Europe: Ö1-Programme with the exceptions: 1200-1205: Regional radio-News in German 1205-1230: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) 1230-1300: Repeat Middle-East: 0500-0505: News in German 0505-0530: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) 0530-0600: Repeat America East: 0130-0133: News in German 0133-0200: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) America West: 1500-1505: News in German 1505-1530: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) 1530-1600: Repeat America Central: 0100-0105: News in German 0105-0130: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) South America: 0030-0035: News in German 0035-0100: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) Asia/Australia: 1200-1205: News in German 1205-1230: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English) 1230-1300: Repeat (OE1 website, 3/26, Daniel Sampson, PTSW, http://www.primetimeshortwave.com dxlyg via DXLD) ** BELGIUM. Hi Glenn, greetings once again from Mexico. I tried this morning to see for the last time RVi English pages and maybe get the on demand last program, but it seems RVi gave up English since yesterday as there are no English pages anywhere on their site; all other foreign languages are gone as well. I am waiting to see if at 2200 UT live stream has English. I can't believe it. In the end we will only have religion on the shortwave bands... I miss those old good days... (Ernesto Hernández, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Final show Music from Flanders at 2200 Sat on 11730 via Bonaire, supposed to be repeated at 0500 Sunday on 9590 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RVi director explains the new setup, no doubt only in Dutch: http://www.rvi.be/rvi_master/gesprek/rvi_gesprek_wimjansen/index.shtml (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It is complete b******* that the director of Radio Vlaanderen internationaal said that because they reacted through email, they should listen to internet. I think he missed the point that without radio output in English Belgium misses its possibility to inform an international public. A shame! (Sjors, Media Network blog via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. During the new radio season starting March 27, Radio Varna will broadcast on short wave on Sunday from 2115 to 0100 UT Monday on 7400 kHz. The address is: Radio Varna, Primorski Boulevard 22, Varna 9000, Bulgaria (Rumen Pankov, R. Bulgaria DX Program March 25 via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) Does not match the schedule for this from Observer (gh) ** CANADA. I caught this in today's Peterborough Examiner. CHEX TV Channel 12 is celebrating its 50th anniversary today. On March 26th 1955 it opened as a CBC affiliate (still is one) with one studio camera and about 12 employees. Many people believe that the call sign of CHEX (once used by the AM outlet on 980 kHz as well - which incidentally opened in 1942) was named after the varieties of CHEX cereal produced by Quaker Oats, a major employer in Peterborough. Apparently this is not the case. The owner used to be the Peterborough Examiner newspaper hence the EX is from the newspaper`s name (Mark Coady, ODXA via DXLD) ** CANADA. After asking Saskatchewan Tourism about the status of Warmley, I got this interesting response. Recall that Warmley will be the location of a new CBC-FM stereo station on 101.5, 301 m, 100000 h,v. Warmley is at 49-48-37; 102-41-14, or NNE Estevan, ENE Weyburn, SW LWLapella, or just west of Moose Mountain or Kenosee Park. Warmley is also the site of at least one TV transmitter, and was the subject of a WTFDA expedition to find the town in person (Bruce Elving, WTFDA Soundoff via DXLD) Viz.: Thank you for your e-mail inquiry. Warmley, which is to be the site of a rebroadcast tower, was inadvertently deleted off the map, but the location will be on the next printing of the map. Official Highway Maps are distributed by Tourism Saskatchewan http://www.sasktourism.com/ and can be ordered at: http://www.sasktourism.com/default.asp?page=111 or by calling toll-free 1-877-237-2273 Sincerely, (Kathryn Newton, Information Officer, Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation, Saskatchewan Centennial 2005 http://www.saskatchewancentennial.com via Bruce Elving, MN, March 9, WTFDA Soundoff via DXLD) ** DJIBOUTI. Amigos, Emissora recentemente reativada, Radio TV Djibouti, ouvida com boa recepção nesta noite. 4780 26/03 0300-0325 RTV Djibouti, ínicio das transmissões, alcor`ão até 0310, locutor, música. 35333. 73 (Samuel Cássio Martins, São Carlos SP, Receptor Sony 7600GR, antena longwire 30 metros, condig list via DXLD) Zondagavond was Djibouti weer te horen op 4780. S/off 2002 UT. Een mp3 opname is te horen op: http://webdisk.planet.nl/mvarnhem/publiek/album/Djibout_4780.mp3 73 (Max van Arnhem, March 21, BDXC via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Re 5-053: DMB Regensburg and ´´WTFK???´´: Probably 1470.080 MHz, coordinated for DAB but not in use. And the more or less competitive DVB-H system (a version of DVB-T for handheld devices) is already on air in Berlin, via the Alexanderplatz and Schäferberg sites on ch. 39. Furthermore it is planned to dedicate a DVB-T bouquet at Berlin to radio, on ch. 64 as far as I know (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. AWR (KSDA) A-05 Schedule Assamese 1330-1400 (su/we) 15275 Bengali 1300-1330 15275 Burmese 0000-0030 15510 1400-1430 9725 Chin 0000-0200 12025 15590 0100-0200 15520 1000-1100 15510 15615 1100-1200 11770 11975 1100-1500 12105 1200-1300 9720 15145 1400-1500 9695 2100-2200 11750 11895 2200-2300 12120 15215 2300-2400 12120 2300-2400 15370 English 1000-1030 11930 1330-1400 11980 1330-1400 (xsu/xwe) 15275 1600-1630 11640 11680 1630-1700 11975 1730-1800 9385 2230-2300 11850 15320 Filipino 1030-1100 11930 1700-1730 9385 Hindi 1530-1600 11870 1700-1730 11560 Indonesian 1100-1130 15435 2200-2230 11850 15320 Japanese 1300-1330 7180 11980 2100-2130 11850 11980 Kannada 1530-1600 11640 Karen 0030-0100 15510 1430-1500 11885 Khmer 1330-1400 11885 Korean 1200-1300 9685 2000-2100 5990 6115 Malayalam 1530-1600 9600 Marathu 1530-1600 11895 Mizo 1430-1500 9590 1500-1530 11895 Mongolian 1030-1100 11780 Oriya 1600-1630 12015 Punjabi 1500-1530 11870 Sinhala 1400-1430 12045 Tamil 1500-1530 9600 1730-1800 11560 Telugu 1500-1530 11640 Thai 1130-1200 15435 Urdu 1600-1630 11975 Vietnamese 2300-2400 15320 (via Wolfgang Bueschel, BC-DX via Alan Roe, WDXC via DXLD) ** GUAM. AWR Wavescan was supposed to resume on March 27, produced in Singapore and presumably transmitted only from Guam, but there is still nothing about that on website http://english.awr.org/wavescan/ What was undeniably AWR`s most popular program has obviously become a low priority, even expendable? despite its considerably increased off- topic rambling about religion especially in its last few months before hiatused at yearend (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn: I had a message from Adrian a week or two ago, and it sounded like things were still a bit up in the air, so I would not be surprised at a delay. Whenever it resumes, I imagine we'll carry it, as long as Adrian is still involved in it (Jeff White, WRMI, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. The first edition of the A-05 English shortwave schedules has been posted to the Prime Time Shortwave website. The schedules are available in time, country and frequency order. The schedules are presented in Excel, DBase, html table and ASCII formats. Enjoy. Daniel Sampson, 1848 UT March 26, Prime Time Shortwave, http://www.primetimeshortwave.com dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. Christian Vision schedule effective from 27 March Latin America Spanish 1300-2200 9635 Southern South America 2200-1200 6070 Southern South America 0100-0800 11655 Northern South America, Central America & Caribbean 0800-1200 5995 Northern South America, Central America & Caribbean 1200-0100 17680 Northern South America, Central America & Caribbean 0100-0400 15585 Mexico Portuguese 0400-1200 6110 Brazil 1200-2400 15475 Brazil [see ANARCTICA discussion] 0000-0400 11745 Brazil Africa English 1600-0600 4965 Southern/Central Africa 0600-1600 9865 Southern/Central Africa CVC International English 0515-1545 9555 Southern/Central Africa Asia Chinese (Mandarin) 0700-1000 17830 China 1000-1400 13775 China 1400-1800 13695 China 2200-0100 15165 China Hindi 0100-0400 12070 India 0400-1100 13630 India 1100-1400 13765 India 1400-1700 9855 India Indonesian (Bahasa) 0400-1000 17820 Indonesia 0430-0500 17855 Indonesia 1000-1300 15365 Indonesia 1300-1700 7180 Indonesia 2300-0200 15250 Indonesia CVC International English 0100-0300 7355 S Asia [not to be confused with reactivated WRNO] 0300-0600 13685 S Asia 0600-0900 15335 Indonesia, SE Asia 0900-1100 11955 Indonesia, SE Asia 1100-1800 13635 Indonesia, SE Asia, S Asia 1000-1400 13685 China 1400-1800 15025 China (Christian Vision website, 3/26, Daniel Sampson, Prime Time Shortwave, http://www.primetimeshortwave.com dxldyg via DXLD) Sites would include Australia, Chile, Uzbekistan, Zambia, and?? (gh) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [non]. The only half-hour public radio program in the United States devoted solely to space exploration, Planetary Radio's weekly program serves up a rich mix of guests - such as Buzz Aldrin, Ray Bradbury, Mars expert Steve Squyres, and Bill Nye the Science Guy - and lighthearted trivia. In addition to airing on XM, Planetary Radio is carried by National Public Radio's Public Radio Satellite System and an ever growing group of independent radio stations, and can also be heard on the Society's website. Hosted by longtime public radio host Mat Kaplan, each episode of Planetary Radio offers an in-depth conversation with a scientist, engineer, project manager, astronaut or author on the quest for knowledge about our universe. Other regular segments include "What's Up!" - a humorous chat with planetary scientist Bruce Betts about current night sky information and planetary missions; "Random Space Facts"; and a weekly space trivia contest. "Questions and Answers" with Emily Lakdawalla offers listeners the chance to get their questions about space answered on the air. Visit The Planetary Society website at http://planetary.org/radio for a complete listing of all stations that carry Planetary Radio - and the timeslots when it airs. You can also hear past programs, all of which are archived on the website. # posted by Andy @ 12:19 UT March 26 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** ITALY. R. Mi Amigo: The station started this morning at 0900 UT and will broadcast through until 1600 and every Saturday thereafter, on 15725 kHz with a 20 kW signal. A strong signal is being reported [where??? --- gh]. There are future plans to possibly raise the power to 50 kW. It has been confirmed to by the station manager, Neil Gates, that the transmitter is in Milano, Italy (and is legal). (Mike Terry, UK, March 26, dxldyg via DXLD) Hi Mike, I have only a weak carrier here in Clewiston, Florida at 1057 UT (Chuck Bolland, ibid.) ** KERGUELEN. The Kerguelen Island, FT5XO DXpedition. The major event on the ham bands is now the DXpedition to the French Kerguelen Island located in the sub-Antarctic region of the Indian Ocean. A team of 12 operators representing seven nations – the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Poland, Canada, Australia and Singapore, are now on the air from that rare spot until April 1, operating on all bands and modes All team members are experienced DXpeditioners. They run up to 7 stations at once but only vertical antennas are used, no beams and amplifiers. So, their signals haven`t been very strong but enough to attract huge pile ups often at least 10 kHz wide. Their operating skill is remarkable with a QSO rate of 7 to 10 per minute! (Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF, R. Bulgaria DX Program March 25 via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. Hi All, I'm just back from a 3 week holiday trip to Thailand and Cambodia. In Southeastern Thailand I heard the following: 18855 (3 x 6285) 1005 UT 21.03.05 Voice of Korea, English News 18930 (3 x 6310 or 2 x 9465) 1007 21.03.05 tent. Voice of Korea 19200 (3 x 6400) 1010 UT 21.03.05 Voice of Korea, Korean 19300 (2 x 9650) 0902 UT 13.03.05 Voice of Korea, Japanese(?) 19950 (2 x 9975) 0815 UT 13.03.05 Voice of Korea, very weak (Juergen Lohuis, Germany, March 26, harmonics yg via DXLD) See also VIETNAM ** MEXICO. Otro problema lo tenemos, como comentaba en días pasados en la frecuencia de 6010 kHz. en donde La Voz de tu Conciencia causa mucho daño a Radio Mil de México, emisora que ya estaba mucho antes que la primera en esta frecuencia. Saludos (Manuel Méndez, Noticias DX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. Holla, guys, er, I guess that should be Hola for all of us who DX Mexico! I added "1060 VERACRUZ XETF “Radio Formula Veracruz" to the DXWIKI website. See it here: http://dxwiki.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/1060 It is recievable here in Brownsville all day with “Radio Formula Veracruz" programs. Anyway, now XEEP “Radio Educación" has company on 1060. 73's and gud dx. (Steve AB5GP Wiseblood, ABDX via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [and non]. The new Radio Netherlands technical schedule is effective from 27 March. Here you can find out transmitter sites, power and beams of all our broadcasts, including relays of other stations. http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/media/practical/schedule050327.html?view=Standard (via gh, DXLD) Quite handy, but I still complain that in the case of most relays of other stations, the language is not shown! (gh, DXLD) Harry de Han in Australia has noted an error on this page: The schedule in Dutch to Australia/New Zealand should read 0600-0700 on 9625 to New Zealand and 0700-0800 on 9625 kHz to Australia. The listing of 11655 at 0700-0800 should have been deleted. My apologies - this and any other errors will be corrected on Tuesday as I cannot access the website from outside the firewall. # posted by Andy @ 09:45 UT March 26 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. PAKISTAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION HF BROADCAST SCHEDULE A05 Effective From March 27th, 2005 to October 29th, 2005 Far East Chinese 11570 25 1200 - 1230 Chinese 15070 19 1200 - 1230 South East Asia Urdu 11580 25 0045 - 0215 Urdu 15485 19 0045 - 0215 South Asia Assami 9340 31 0045 - 0115 Assami 11565 25 0045 - 0115 Bangla-1 9340 31 0115 - 0200 Bangla-1 11565 25 0115 - 0200 Bangla-2 15625 19 1200 - 1245 Bangla-2 17484 17 1200 - 1245 [sic: typo for 17495 maybe as below?] Hindi-1 9340 31 0215 - 0300 Hindi-1 11565 25 0215 - 0300 Hindi-2 9340 31 1100 - 1145 Hindi-2 11565 25 1100 - 1145 Gujrati 9340 31 0400 - 0430 Gujrati 11565 25 0400 - 0430 Tamil-1 11565 25 0315 - 0345 Tamil-1 15625 19 0315 - 0345 Tamil-2 15625 19 0945 - 1015 Tamil-2 17495 17 0945 - 1015 Sinhali 15625 19 1015 - 1045 Sinhali 17495 17 1015 - 1045 Nepali 15625 19 1245 - 1315 Nepali 17484 17 1245 - 1315 [sic: typo for 17495 maybe as above?] Middle East, Iran, Turkey & N/ West Africa Turkish 11565 25 1630 - 1700 Turkish 15725 19 1630 - 1700 Irani 9324 31 1715 - 1800 [sic; typo?? Also Urdu below tho] Irani 11550 25 1715 - 1800 Arabic 9340 31 1815 - 1900 Arabic 11550 25 1815 - 1900 Urdu 11570 25 0500 - 0700 Urdu 15100 19 0500 - 0700 Urdu 17835 17 0500 - 0700 Urdu 11570 25 1330 - 1530 Urdu 15100 19 1330 - 1530 English 11570 25 1600 - 1615 English 15100 19 1600 - 1615 Urdu 9324 31 1800 - 1900 [sic; typo?? Also Irani above tho] Urdu 7570 40 1915 - 0045 East / South East Africa English 11850 25 1600 - 1615 English 15725 19 1600 - 1615 Urdu 15100 19 0800 - 1104 West Europe Urdu 17835 17 0800 - 1104 Urdu 9390 31 1700 - 1900 (*) Urdu 11570 25 1700 - 1900 Afghanistan, CAIS & Russia Turki 5860 51 1330 - 1400 Turki 6060 49 1330 - 1400 Dari 5860 51 1515 - 1545 Dari 7375 41 1515 - 1545 Russian 9340 31 1415 - 1445 Russian 11585 25 1415 - 1500 Pushto 6060 49 1500 - 1545 (*) Frequency 9390 will be replaced with 15100 on first June, 2005 PST = UTC + 5 (Iftikhar Malik,Engineering Manager (FM),For Controller (Frequency Management), PBC Headquarters, 303 Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, March 26, dxldyg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. A couple photos of the now decommissioned Poro transmitter: http://www.ydunritz.com/photoporo.htm (via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Site? 15475 Voice of Russia in English at 0218 March 26/05 with "Russia and the World Update" program. Nice signal. Can not find this frequency listed on their site or elsewhere. 73 (Mickey Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, Collins HF2050, KLM 7-30 MHz Log Periodic, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15475 0200 0500 1,2,6 K/A 250 35 1234567 311004 270305 D RUS VOR GFC K/A KOMSOMOLSK AMUR RUS 50N30 137E05 (HFCC B-04 VIA GH, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Voice of Russia A05. Broadcast schedule from March 27, 2005 till October 29, 2005. English to North America TIME (UTC) FREQUENCIES (kHz) 01.00-02.00 17660 15595 15545 9665* 7250 7180** 02.00-03.00 17660 15595 15545 9860 9665* 7180** 03.00-04.00 17660 15595 15545 15545 9880* 9860 9665* 7180** 5900** 04.00-05.00 17660 15595 15545 9880* 9665* 7180** 5900** English to Africa TIME (UTC) FREQUENCIES (kHz) 15.00-16.00 7315 16.00-17.00 15540 11985 17.00-18.00 11985 11510 18.00-19.00 11510 9745 English to Australia, New Zealand TIME (UTC) FREQUENCIES (kHz) 05.00-07.00 21790 17665 07.00-09.00 21790 17635 17495 English to Europe TIME (UTC) FREQUENCIES (kHz) 02.00-03.00 603 03.00-04.00 1548 603 04.00-05.00 963 603 05.00-06.00 1323 693 603 06.00-09.00 15780*** 1323 693 603 14.00-15.00 9480*** 15.00-16.00 15455* 12040*, 11980**, 9810** 17.00-18.00 11675**** 9890 9820** 9480* 7390** 1494**** 18.00-19.00 11630* 9890 9820* 9480 19.00-20.00 12070* 9890 7380 7310* 20.00-21.00 15455* 12070* 7330** 7310** English to Middle East TIME (UTC) FREQUENCIES (kHz) 02.00-03.00 5945 14.00-15.00 1251 15.00-16.00 11985 7325 4975 4965 972 16.00-17.00 15540 12055 11985 6070 1251 648 17.00-18.00 1251 English to Asia TIME (UTC) FREQUENCIES (kHz) 07.00-09.00 1251 14.00-15.00 17645 15605 12055* 11755 9745 7390 6205** 1251 15.00-16.00 9660 972 16.00-17.00 12055 11640 9405 6070 1251 17.00-18.00 9405 1269 1251 * - from 27.03.2005 till 03.09.2005 ** - from 04.09.2005 till 29.10.2005 *** - Broadcasting in the DRM system **** - Sat, Sun NEWS Every Hour on the Hour (11 minutes) NEWS IN BRIEF On the Half Hour (1 1/2 minutes) MYR: Music At Your Request RPE: Russia People and Events WM: You Write To Moscow (Every last Sunday after Sunday Panorama) 1411 Sun: SUNDAY PANORAMA, RPE. Mon-Sat: NEWS AND VIEWS. 1431 Sun: KALEIDOSCOPE. Mon: FOLK BOX. Tue, Thu: MUSIC AROUND US, MYR. Wed: JAZZ SHOW. Fri: OUR HOMELAND. Sat: TIMELINES. 1511 Sun: MOSCOW MAILBAG. Mon-Fri: FOCUS ON ASIA AND PACIFIC. Sat: THIS IS RUSSIA. 1531 Sun: RUSSIA BY RADIO. Mon: JAZZ SHOW. Tue: OUR HOMELAND. Wed: THE VOR TREASURE-STORE. Thu: FOLK BOX. Fri: SONGS FROM RUSSIA, RPE. Sat: CHRISTIAN MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW. 1611 Sun: THIS IS RUSSIA. Mon, Wed: SCIENCE PLUS. Tue, Fri: MOSCOW MAILBAG. Thu: NEWMARKET. Sat: MUSICAL TALES. 1631 Sun: TIMELINES. Mon, Wed, Fri: THE WHIMS OF FATE. Tue: GUEST SPEAKER, LIFE AS IT IS. Thu: RUSSIA 1000 YEARS OF MUSIC. Sat: MOSCOW CALLING. 1711 Sun, Sat: MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Mon, Thu: MOSCOW MAILBAG. Tue: NEWMARKET. Wed, Fri: THIS IS RUSSIA. 1731 Sun, Sat: MUSIC AND MUSICIANS continues. Mon: KALEIDOSCOPE. Tue: MUSIC AROUND US, MYR. Wed: OUR HOMELAND. Thu: MUSICAL TALES, RPE. Fri: FOLK BOX. 1811 Sun: MUSICAL TALES. Mon-Fri: UPDATE. Sat: NEWMARKET. 1831 Sun: CHRISTIAN MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW. Mon-Fri: same as 1631. Sat: KALEIDOSCOPE. 1911 See 1411. 1931 Sun, Mon: OUR HOMELAND. Tue: RUSSIAN BY RADIO. Wed: JAZZ SHOW. Thu: THE VOR TREASURE-STORE. Fri: MOSCOW CALLING. Sat: CHRISTIAN MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW. 2011 Sun: MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Mon: SCIENCE PLUS. Tue, Fri: MOSCOW MAILBAG. Wed. Sat: NEWMARKET. Thu: THE VOR TREASURE-STORE. 2031 Sun: MUSIC AND MUSICIANS continues. Mon: SONGS FROM RUSSIA, RPE. Tue: MUSIC AROUND US, MYR. Wed: MUSICAL TALES, REP. Thu: FOLK BOX. Fri: JAZZ SHOW. Sat: RUSSIAN BY RADIO. 0111 Sun, Mon: MOSCOW MAILBAG. Tue-Sat: UPDATE. 0131 Sun: OUR HOMELAND. Mon: TIMELINES. Tue: FOLK BOX. Wed: JAZZ SHOW. Thu: ST. PETERSBURG, RPE. Fri: MOSCOW CALLING. Sat: CHRISTIAN MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW. 0211 Sun, Tue-Sat: NEWS AND VIEWS. Mon: SUNDAY PANORAMA, RPE. 0231 Sun: SONGS FROM RUSSIA, RPE. Mon, Fri: RUSSIAN BY RADIO. Tue: KALEIDOSCOPE. Wed: MUSICAL TALES, RPE. Thu: OUR HOMELAND. Sat: THE VOR TREASURE-STORE. 0311 Sun: MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Mon: THIS IS RUSSIA. Tue: MUSICAL TALES. Wed, Sat: MOSCOW MAILBAG. Thu: SCIENCE PLUS. Fri: NEWMARKET. 0331 Sun: MUSIC AND MUSICIANS continues. Mon: MOSCOW CALLING. Tue, Thu, Sat: THE WHIMS OF FATE. Wed: GUEST SPEAKER, LIFE AS IT IS. Fri: RUSSIA 1000 YEARS OF MUSIC. 0411 Sun, Mon: MUSICAL TALES. Tue, Fri: MOSCOW MAILBAG. Wed: SCIENCE PLUS. Thu: NEWMARKET. Sat: THIS IS RUSSIA. 0431 Sun: KALEIDOSCOPE. Mon, Fri: THE VOR TREASURE-STORE. Tue: MUSIC AROUND US, MYR. Wed: OUR HOMELAND. Thu: FOLK BOX. Sat: TIMELINES. 0511 Sun: THIS IS RUSSIA. Mon: MOSCOW MAILBAG. Tue-Sat: FOCUS ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC. 0531 Sun: THE VOR TREASURE-STORE. Mon, Wed: RUSSIAN BY RADIO. Tue: KALEIDOSCOPE. Thu: OUR HOMELAND. Fri: MUSIC AROUND US, MYR. Sat: CHRISTIAN MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW. 0611 Sun, Thu: MOSCOW MAILBAG. Mon: SCIENCE PLUS. Tue, Fri: THIS IS RUSSIA. Wed: NEWMARKET. Sat: MUSICAL TALES. 0631 Sun TIMELINES. Mon, Fri: KALEIDOSCOPE. Tue: RUSSIAN BY RADIO. Wed: JAZZ SHOW. Thu: THE VOR TREASURE-STORE. Sat: FOLK BOX. 0711 Sun: NEWMARKET. Mon: MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Tue, Thu, Sat: UPDATE. Wed: THIS IS RUSSIA. Fri: MOSCOW MAILBAG. 0731 Sun: SONGS FROM RUSSIA, RPE. Mon: MUSIC AND MUSICIANS continues. Tue: FOLK BOX. Wed, Fri: OUR HOMELAND. Thu: JAZZ SHOW. Sat: KALEIDOSCOPE. 0811 Sun, Tue-Sat: NEWS AND VIEWS. Mon: THIS IS RUSSIA. 0831 Sun: TIMELINES. Mon: OUR HOMELAND. Tue: KALEIDOSCOPE. Wed: THE VOR TREASURE-STORE. Thu: FOLK BOX. Fri: JAZZ SHOW. Sat: CHRISTIAN MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW. Source: Voice of Russia web site (via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Re 5-053: ´´After looking through the schedules I have noticed that English to Europe is scheduled at 0400-0500 on 963. I would suggest that this is a mistake and should be 693´´ --- Or rather 936 from the Ukraine, scheduled for Russian 0200-0400 which may well be followed by English. All the best, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SEYCHELLES [non]. FEBA Radio A-05 Schedule Afar 1530-1600 ....tf. 15460mo Amharic 1600-1630 s...tfs 12125me 1630-1700 smtwtfs 12125me 1633-1700 smtwtfs 9885ki Arabic 0400-0500 smtwt.. 15530sm 0400-0530 .....fs 15530sm 1900-2030 smtwtfs 9550ki Badaga 0100-0115 .....fs 7365er Balti 1500-1515 sm..tf. 9500no Baluchi 0215-0230 sm...fs 6145dh 0445-0500 .....f. 6125dh 1530-1645 s.....s 9850ar Bangla 0030-0045 .mtwt.. 7375ta 1230-1315 .....f. 12005ta 1300-1315 smtwt.s 12005ta Bhili 1330-1345 .m..... 12025dh Bhojpuri 0030-0045 .....fs 7375ta Brahui 0215-0230 ..twt.. 6145dh Brij 1330-1345 ..t.... 12025dh Chattisgarhi 1230-1245 ....t.. 12005ta 1230-1300 ......s 12005ta Dari 0215-0245 smtwtfs 9855dh 1600-1630 smtwtfs 7395ar Dhivehi 1600-1615 ...w.fs 7320ir Dinka 1530-1545 smtwtfs 12125me English 1400-1415 smtwtfs 9500no 1500-1515 smtwtfs 7320ir 1515-1600 smtwtfs 7320ir 1530-1645 .....f. 9850ar French 1830-1900 smtwtfs 15130as Gujarati 1330-1400 s....f. 12025dh 1345-1400 .mtwt.s 12025dh Guragena 1600-1630 .mtw... 12125me Hassinya/Pulaar 2145-2215 ....tf. 11985as Hazaragi 0245-0300 smtwtfs 9855dh 1630-1645 smtwtfs 7395ar Hindi 0030-0100 s...... 7375ta 0045-0100 .m.w.fs 7375ta 0100-0130 smtwtfs 9820mo 1400-1500 .....fs 9530dh 1415-1500 smtw... 9530dh 1445-1500 ....t.. 9530dh Hindko 0230-0245 .mtwtfs 12035no Kangri 1315-1330 s...... 12025dh Kannada 0100-0130 s...t.. 7365er 0115-0130 .m.w.fs 7365er 1445-1500 .....fs 7320ir Kumauni 1315-1345 ......s 12025dh Lambadi 1445-1500 sm..... 7320ir Magahi 0045-0100 ....t.. 7375ta Makonde 1545-1600 smtwtfs 12125me Malay 1600-1615 ....t.. 7320ir Malayalam 0530-0630 .....f. 6125dh 1400-1430 smtw... 7320ir 1400-1445 ....tfs 7320ir Marathi 0130-0145 smtwtfs 9820mo Marwari 1330-1345 ....t.. 12025dh Mundari 1230-1245 .m.w... 12005ta Nepali 1230-1300 s.t.... 12005ta Nuer 1500-1530 smtwtfs 12125me Oriya 0045-0100 ..t.... 7375ta 1245-1300 .m.wt.. 12005ta Oromo 1700-1730 smtwtfs 6180dh Pashto 0200-0215 smtwtfs 9855dh 0230-0245 smtwtfs 6145dh 1530-1600 smtwtfs 7395ar Persian 0600-0730 .....f. 9660dh 1530-1630 smtw.fs 9850ar 1530-1645 ....t.. 9850ar Pothwari 0215-0230 ..tw... 12035no Punjabi 0115-0130 ......s 9820mo 0200-0215 ...w... 12035no 0215-0230 .m...fs 12035no 1315-1330 .mt.tf. 12025dh 1315-1345 ...w... 12025dh 1500-1515 ..t.... 9500no Sindhi 0200-0215 s....fs 6145dh Sinhala 0500-0530 .....f. 6125dh 1600-1615 smt.... 7320ir Siraiki 0200-0215 .mtwt.. 6145dh Somali 1700-1730 smtwtfs 9885ki Tamil 0030-0100 s...tfs 7365er 0030-0115 .mtw... 7365er 1445-1500 ..t.t.. 7320ir Telugu 0130-0200 smtwtfs 9855dh 1430-1445 smt.... 7320ir 1430-1500 ...w... 7320ir Tibetan 1200-1230 smtwtfs 15355dh Tigrinya 1730-1757 smtwtfs 9885ki Tulu 0115-0130 ..t.... 7365er Turkmen 1530-1645 .mtw... 9850ar Urdu 0115-0130 .....f. 9820mo 0200-0215 .mt..fs 12035no 0200-0230 ....t.. 12035no 0200-0245 s...... 12035no 1400-1415 smtw... 9530dh 1400-1445 ....t.. 9530dh 1415-1500 smt.tf. 9500no 1415-1515 ...w..s 9500no Uzbek 1645-1700 smtwtfs 7395ar ar = Armavir as = Ascension dh = Dhabayya er = Erevan ir = Irkutsk ki = Kigali me = Meyerton mo = Moossbrunn no = Novosibirsk sm = Samara ta = Tashkent (FEBA via Alokesh Gupta in dxldyg mail list, edited by Alan Roe, WDXC via DXLD) ** SWAINS ISLAND. If you haven`t yet read about the DXpedition earlier in March, and the group`s struggle with the ARRL for DXCC recognition, it`s all here: http://www.swains-island.org/ (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SYRIA. La Radioemisora de la República Árabe Siria (Radio Damasco), transmite en español de 2315 a 0030 UT por las frecuencias de 12085 y 13610 kHz, la primera de ellas en forma irregular. La misma posee una nueva serie de hermosas tarjetas QSL. QTH: R. Damasco, P. O. Box 4702, Damasco, Siria. E-mail de contacto: mmhrez @ shuf.com y riadsharafaldin @ yahoo.com (Marcelo A. Cornachioni, Argentina, Conexión Digital March 26 via DXLD) ** TURKS & CAICOS. My participation in the current ham DX contest has been limited to a bit of tuning around 15 (actually 14) meters, March 26 at 1445, where upon about 21276 a station named VQ5L was heard calling ``QRZ Contest`` but never gave his location! Just exchanging the briefest of info with his correspondents, 59 plus a three digit figure constantly stepping up, presumably the contact number during the contest (but what if over 1000?). Good signal, and unlikely to be as far away as East Africa or the Indian Ocean where VQ used to be a British colonial prefix. Checked the DXCC list via ARRL, and no VQ5 mentioned there either! So I was forced to Google the call, and found http://www.la8w.com/News/DXpeditions/VQ5L-Turks-and-Caicos-2005030466/ revealing that it`s a Norwegian upon an island I once visited: VQ5L Turks & Caicos Friday, 04 March 2005 Another Lima Alfa Contest Club (LACC) contest expedition. In October 2000, three members of LACC (LA4DCA, LA5KO and LA9HW) went on a contest expedition to North Caicos to operate the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as VP5L (Multi/Single). The expedition was a great success; winning North America, and #3 overall. Following this success I will be going back to Turks & Caicos Islands, Providenciales (IOTA: NA-002) this time, to operate the CQ WPX SSB Contest 2005 as VQ5L - Single Operator, All Band, Low Power. I will stay on the island for 14 days, from 16th to 30th of March. Outside the contest I will operate as VP5/LA9HW, both SSB and CW. QSL to home call. 73 de LA9HW [illustrated] (via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** UGANDA [non]. Ha sido recibido el siguiente mensaje via e-mail: Radio Rhino Internacional - Africa. Gracias por su pedido de correo. Lamento decirle que debido a las deudas acumuladas, RRIA temporariamente suspendera sus transmisiones hasta el 4 de Abril 2005. Lamentamos cualquier inconveniente causado a usted y a todos nuestros oyentes. Saludos desde Colonia, Alemania, Godfrey Ayoo, ELUM-ANIAP, Director de RRIA (Finn Krone, DNK, en DXplorer via Gabriel Iván Barrera, Conexión Digital March 26 via DXLD) So R. Rhino International planned to be back Monday the 4th, as still scheduled A-05 on 17870 at 1500-1530 M-F (gh) ** UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. The ``Main Program`` of Radio Abu Dhabi was reported at 16 hrs on 1539 kHz with a new apparently powerful transmitter (Rumen Pankov, R. Bulgaria DX Program March 25 via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. Incredible Arrogance --- Well, I was surprised somewhat to hear a segment of my letter on Write On tonight; but I was even more amazed to hear the absolutely incredible degree of arrogance displayed by the BBC's spokesman in reply to a series of letters telling him and the BBC that they are just plain wrong. At one point, he (I'm sorry I don't recall his name and neglected to write it down; but he's apparently the responsible party for determining or carrying out their distribution strategy) claimed that the BBC's research shows that they have a listenership in North America of around 5 million now and -- now get this -- most of them listen late at night! Duh. That's the only time they're on in an overwhelming number of local markets because local FM rebroadcasters will only turn over the overnight hours to them! To the series of correspondents protesting that their shortwave radios remain perfectly useful and convenient instruments for listening to the BBC, he simply replied that his research says otherwise. One letter pointed out that the BBC was attempting to take its listeners back to a time when the family had to sit around a large instrument in the center of the room to hear "radio". He was unphased essentially saying that the BBC was doing this for the benefit of ALL its listeners and if some had to be sacrificed along the way, well that was too bad but necessary. "We're right; you're wrong" was the subtext throughout. The clear logic of the letter writers was deflected with one word: "research". To give her her due, Ms. Penny Vine did a good job pressing the listeners' case as forcefully as she could. He was just having none of it. At several points, he referred to the BBC as a "business". Maybe that's all it is to them at this point. And maybe that's the problem (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, UT March 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) John, I think you've hit the nail on the head. When I started out in this business, what we now call public broadcasters were called public *service* broadcasters. Somewhere along the line, the word *service* was dropped, and many people working in the industry here in Europe see themselves as competing on an equal level with commercial broadcasters. They have forgotten that they are providing - or are supposed to be providing - a *public service*. It seems to me that international broadcasting really is going down the pan fast - you have the BBC behaving like a commercial operation, and VOA is becoming more and more like a government propaganda machine. All the more reason, I feel, that we at Radio Netherlands must try to steer a middle course, and stick to the same principles that have made us respected. But with a limited budget and reduced airtime, it's not easy :-( (Andy Sennitt (disclaimer: these are my personal views, not necessarily those of my employer), ibid.) I too listened to this incredible display of arrogance last night. They have decided to phase out short wave, they don't really care what their audience thinks and that is the end of the story. We listeners have been naïve to think that they really care about us. We have had lots of discussion on this. None of us can say for sure why it is happening although I found it very interesting to hear the BBC spokesman talk in terms of World Service being a business. I think that is at the heart of all this. It is no longer a 'service' but a business. The bottom line for them is now what counts. This is understandable in one way, but for them to tell us how we should want to listen is arrogant and our loyalty as listeners clearly does not matter (Sandy Finlayson, PA, swprograms via DXLD) Yeah, it was nice to hear John's letter read over the air, especially since he put his case very well. And, yes, the gentlemen (who was head of distribution, if I'm not mistaken) was rather insensitive to the needs and loyalties of us shortwave listeners. But, they have made their decision, for whatever reasons, and it is extremely unlikely that they will back down. In fact, I would not be at all surprised if they do away with shortwave completely for the Americas in 1-2 years. The important 0100-0200 UT slot has been cut from the Americas sked. This is a real loss, as there were great science programmes during that period. Also, with the summer programming changes, we lose such gems as "Analysis" and "The Instant Guide" during shortwave transmission times. What a shame. Time to look at other options, I think, both in terms of delivery of BBCWS and in terms of other radio stations. 73, (Peter Bowen, ibid.) Warning, rambling analysis follows. You mean why the BBCWS is scaling back shortwave? Answers exist on multiple levels. The Middle East looms large among the answers. Both the BBC and the US' IBB have been scrambling to find ways to help Western ideas and ideals better resonate with the cultures of the Middle East. Both organizations believe that television is a necessary ingredient of this process, and TV is expensive to produce vs. radio. These are new initiatives, both with high startup costs that these broadcasters believe cannot be funded solely by new sources -- funding must also come from existing budgets. In the universe of programming delivery methods, as we've discussed before, Shortwave is expensive. The sender bears all the costs except for the cost of a radio. Couple that with the relative penetration level of shortwave radios in North America / W. Europe / Australia vs. Africa / Asia, in comparison with FM and satellite, and shortwave becomes a ready target for saving money. Much hay has been made regarding the fact that the BBCWS on FM is relegated primarily to overnight fill-in services in North America. It was comical to hear the BBC executive cite that most Americans are listening to the BBCWS overnight. The BBCWS rep didn't state how or when most relevant Americans *wanted* to hear the BBCWS. Having said that, It's worth noting that the BBCWS has been making gradual progress in having its programming picked up during the day by public radio FM stations -- many now air Newshour at 8 or 9 AM local time, and some are now airing World Briefing at approximately 1 PM Eastern time. A few stations are now picking up the afternoon Newshour at 3 PM ET as well. A few are also picking up The World Today in the evenings once All Things Considered is over. Meanwhile, the documentary series are being repackaged as "A Changing World" by PRI and are seeing pickup primarily on Saturdays and Sundays. The BBCWS most assuredly will point to this improving daytime and evening carriage as a success and also as a work in progress. The potential audience for BBCWS programming via these local FM services is far higher than shortwave, in North America, simply because many more people listen to FM. NPR itself is pointing to a cumulative 50% increase in listenership since 1999. That's pretty impressive given the overall decline in radio listening in the USA, and the BBCWS is attempting to ride NPR's coattails. The BBCWS, it appears, would rather be considered "second fiddle" in a medium serving most of America's population than considered "first fiddle" on shortwave. The BBCWS has also made a conscious decision to be known primarily as a source for news, versus being a source for music / culture / etc. To that end, they'd rather fight to get Newshour picked up than "Science In Action". The BBCWS is also figuring that we truly motivated listeners will be willing to pay to hear the BBCWS, and to a point, they're right -- witness the amount of time we're discussing XM and Sirius satellite radio. It doesn't cost the BBCWS a dime to reach us Sirius and XM listeners -- if anything, PRI pays the BBCWS to be able to offer it to member stations, because stations pay PRI for the privilege. Compare that to the costs of shortwave. None of us are privy to the details of the BBC's audience research, nor are we privy to the processes used to establish budgets and assess the willingness of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office to fund the WS. It does appear that the F&CO is unwilling to offer unlimited resources to the BBCWS to fund all possible delivery methods to all regions, while launching new expensive initiatives to serve the Arabic-speaking world. Most of us here find fault with the BBCWS in the latest brouhaha for the following reasons: 1) The BBCWS came across as condescending and arrogantly self-serving in explaining its rationale to the North American audience, instead of 'fessing up to the tradeoffs they face and the costs of these various initiatives. 2) The BBCWS made no apparent attempt to reduce the count of frequencies elsewhere but still provide availability via shortwave to the Americas. 3) The BBCWS seems blatantly interested in "targeting" its services to particular audience demographics. Shortwave isn't tidy that way. Those are my thoughts as to why this is happening, FWIW. Do I agree with their rationale? No, I don't. They haven't shown me they've done what they could to get more funding, nor have they proved to me why they need to spend so much on TV. Perhaps, as Kim Elliott has said before, people are more willing to watch bad television than listen to good radio. What I wonder about is how people will "discover" international broadcasters as shortwave declines in relative importance. That is a subject for another discussion (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.) I think Richard has given an excellent analysis of why we are where we are. Let me just add that I personally have no argument with the bulk of what the BBC (and other international broadcasters who are still international broadcasters) are attempting to do vis-à-vis the new distribution technologies. They should be actively involved in all of them and seeking the best way to leverage them primarily for the benefit of their audiences. But analog shortwave is STILL one of them -- throughout the world, including NA, Europe and Australasia. By virtue of the fact that there are today more than one distribution method available, of course the use of what was once the sole distribution method is going to decline. It is simply a matter of perception as to whether this connotes a real decline in the usefulness of the medium or simply represents a divvying up of the available audience according to the most convenient and accessible medium given the individual circumstances of the individual listener at a particular point in time. My objection to the BBC's approach is four-fold: 1. They are dishonest about the continued utility of shortwave (at least in the short term) in developed regions. 2. They use their proprietary hold over their research to justify after the fact what they've already decided on with regard to distribution policy. Selective releases of such information are inherently dishonest. 3. They are behaving as a private commercial business would (and incidentally would be justified in doing so if that's what their Charter said they were), and in so doing have run roughshod over the public service broadcasting principles on which they were founded, have operated under for decades and are still ostensibly committed to as stated in their Charter. In other words, they've turned their back on the very principles that hoisted them on the pedestal they currently (still mostly, despite it all) operate from. (FWIW, I think we can see signs that the plaster is starting to crumble beneath them.) 4. They are using their respected position, earned as the primary creator of and consistent devotee to public service broadcasting principles, to drive an agenda that bows mightily to commercial broadcasting imperatives. That, too, is dishonest. There were warnings that the BBC's hiring of (what I termed at the time) "commercial broadcasting denizens" to manage a Corporation that represented the pinnacle of what a public service broadcaster aspires to be, would result in the wholesale destruction of that ideal. It's a pity that no one heeded those warnings. It's a further pity that many who hold positions of responsibility and consultancy in the field today either fail or are blind to the implications of what at this point must be seen as a near fait accompli (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, ibid.) I guess the best thing to ask anyone of management of the BBC is, "do you drive to work" why? buy a helicopter; it`s much faster AND it's newer technology" (Bill KA2ENZ Bergadano, ibid.) I just checked the schedule for my NPR station (WKSU out of Kent, Ohio) and there is NO sign of BBC programming anywhere. So much for their market research. Just checked the sked for the NPR station out of Columbus. They have a FM repeater in a nearby city. They carry some BBC programming, but only on their AM station [WOSU 820] (Mike Wolfson, ibid.) ** U K [non]. Hi Glenn; I have been listening to the BBC from 1710 onward on 11750 with a nice signal. I can not find that frequency listed anywhere. At 1800 the signal become much weaker (site change). Any idea where this was/is coming from. Best with beam pointing 330 degrees now. I suspect Asia but BBC has already changed freq on website to reflect A05. Thanks for any help. 73 (Mick Delmage, AB, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BBC not the only station to delete its B-04 schedule while it is still current! Why? The answer in HFCC B-04 which no doubt will remain accessible for back-checking; switching from Singapore to Thailand, 315 to 255 degrees tho powering up from 100 to 250 kW: 11750 1600 1800 41,49N SNG 100 315 1234567 311004 270305 D G BBC MER 11750 1800 1830 41 NAK 250 255 1234567 311004 270305 D G BBC MER (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** U S A. Tune in to the closing segment of Talk to America on Friday, 25 March, for a discussion of VOA's upcoming time and frequency changes with Dr. Kim Elliot. Dr. Elliot is an audience researcher for U.S. international broadcasting and an international broadcast analyst. VOA's new frequencies will be available on our website Saturday, 26 March. The earlier part of Talk to America focuses on "What Holy Week Means for Christians." Talk to America airs each weekday at 1600 UT (via Daniel Sampson, Prime Time Shortwave http://www.primetimeshortwave.com dxldyg via DXLD) Accessible from this page; once downloaded, skip first 25 minutes. http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/TTA-Archive-Page.cfm Kim didn`t have a chance to give much frequency info, but Talk to America frequencies at 16-17 UT, which he was asked to give twice, once in MHz and once in kHz, will be: E&SAs 6160, 7125, 9760; SEAs 1170=Philippines; ME 9700, 9825, 15195, 15445; Kuwait 96.9; Af 4930=São Tomé [sic; Botswana?], 9850, 15410, 15580=Greenville also good for Ams, SAf 909, WAf 1530 VOA A-05 to LAm: Special English 0130-0200 UT Tue-Sat; VOA Spanish remains on SW at 0100-0200, 1100-1230 [WTFK?] Had been anticipating some cuts in VOA News Now in English; but new sked shows no such reduxions, more or less same number of frequencies and hours; to E&SAs, ME, Af only, no more to Eu or Ams. Eliminating, however, MW relay near Munich, Germany on 1197 kHz; last transmissions this weekend [as in 5-053] Kim will also be on TTA next Friday April 1 for the full hour (notes by Glenn Hauser for DX LISTENING DIGEST) The Voice of America schedule is now on the VOA website at http://www.voanews.com/english/About/Frequenciesatoz_a.cfm Here is the English portion. Voice of America 27 March 2005 through 29 October 2005 English to Europe, Middle East, and North Africa 0000-0030 1593 0900-1200 9705 15205 17745 1500-1600 9825 15195 15445 1600-1700 9700 9825 15195 15445 2200-2300 1593 2330-2400 1593 English to Africa 0300-0330 909 1530 4930 6080 7290 7340 9885 12080 17895 0330-0400 909 1530 4930 6080 9885 0330-0400 7290 12080 17895 Saturday-Sunday 0400-0430 909 1530 4930 4960 6080 7290 9575 9885 11835 12080 17895 0430-0500 909 4930 4960 6080 7290 9575 11835 12080 17895 0500-0600 909 4930 6080 6180 7290 12080 13645 0600-0700 909 1530 6080 6180 7290 12080 13645 0700-0900 6080 7290 13645 1500-1600 9850 15580 1600-1700 909 1530 4930 9850 15410 15580 1700-1800 9850 15410 15580 1800-1900 909 4930 9850 11975 15410 15580 17895 1900-2000 909 4930 4940 9850 11975 13670 15410 15445 15580 17895 2000-2030 909 1530 4930 4940 9850 11975 13670 15410 15445 2030-2100 909 1530 4930 9850 11975 13670 15410 15445 2030-2100 4940 Saturday-Sunday 2100-2200 909 1530 4930 11975 13670 15410 15445 English to Zimbabwe 0330-0400 7290 12080 17895 Monday-Friday 1730-1800 909 4930 11975 17895 Monday-Friday 1740-1800 909 4930 11975 17895 Saturday-Sunday English to Afghanistan 0000-0030 1296 12140 2030-2400 1296 12140 English to Far East Asia, South Asia, and Oceania 0000-0030 1575 7215 15185 15290 17820 0100-0200 7115 9885 11705 11725 0200-0300 7115 9885 11705 11725 Monday-Friday 1100-1130 1575 Saturday-Sunday 1200-1230 1143 6160 9645 9760 15240 1230-1300 6160 9645 9760 15240 1300-1400 9645 9760 1400-1500 6160 7125 9760 15265 1500-1600 7125 1600-1700 1143 6160 7125 9760 1700-1800 6160 7125 9345 1700-1800 1143 1575 Monday-Friday 2200-2400 7215 15185 15290 15305 17740 17820 2230-2400 1575 Friday & Saturday English-Special 0030-0100 1575 1593 7215 9780 11760 15185 15290 17740 17820 0130-0200 7405 9775 13740 Tuesday-Saturday 1500-1530 6160 9590 9760 9845 12040 15550 1500-1530 1575 Saturday-Sunday 1530-1600 1575 6160 9590 9760 9845 12040 15550 1600-1700 12080 13600 17895 1900-2100 6040 9670 13635 2230-2300 9570 13755 15145 2300-2330 1593 9570 13755 15145 2330-2400 7260 13725 (VOA website, 3/26, Daniel Sampson, PTSW, http://www.primetimeshortwave.com dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I thought the Philippine MW frequency had changed to 1170 kHz but this schedule shows 1143 kHz. Anyone know which is correct? (Dave Kenny, ibid.) Surely 1170 now as per several different reports. Must be another instance of appalling lack of internal communication (gh, DXLD) VOA Broadcast Frequency Schedule Schedule effective 27 March 2005 through 29 October 2005 (A-05) Notes: All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Frequencies are in kilohertz (kHz), except for those with decimals, which FM frequencies in megahertz (MHz). One MHz is equal to 1000 kHz. Conversion to meter bands: Meters=300000/frequency in kHz. e.g.: 17705 kHz --> 16.9 meters Abbreviations: All programs/frequencies are on daily unless noted otherwise. & - Monday only * - Monday through Friday = - Monday through Saturday < - Tuesday through Friday / - Tuesday and Friday only # - Tuesday through Saturday % - Tuesday through Sunday ~ - Thursday only > - Friday and Saturday @ - Saturday only $ - Saturday and Sunday " - Sunday only + - Sunday and Monday ^ - Sunday through Thursday ! - Sunday through Friday Afan Oromo 1600-1630* 11705 11790 15205 Albanian 0500-0530 1215 11805 11825 13615 1600-1630 9575 13740 17725 1830-1900 1458 9840 15145 Amharic 1800-1830 11895 13670 13835 1830-1900$ 11895 13670 13835 Azerbaijani 1730-1800 9740 11670 15245 Bangla 0130-0200 11735 15165 17780 1600-1700 1575 7280 9740 11965 Bosnian 2130-2200* 792 Burmese 1130-1200 1575 9720 11850 15225 1430-1500 1575 5955 7155 9720 2330-2400 6185 9505 11840 15220 Cantonese 1300-1500 1170 7115 9355 11865 Chinese 0000-0100 7190 9545 11830 11925 15150 15385 17765 0100-0200 9545 11830 11925 15150 15385 17765 0200-0300 9545 11830 11925 15385 17765 0700-0900 12010 13610 13720 13740 15160 15250 17855 21540 21705 0900-1000 11825 11895 12010 13610 13720 13740 15160 15250 15665 17855 1000-1100 9575 11825 11895 12010 13610 13740 15160 15230 15250 15665 17855 1100-1200 1170 6110 9575 11785 11825 11965 11990 12040 15250 1200-1230 6110 9845 11785 11825 11965 11990 12040 15250 1230-1300 6110 9845 11785 11805 11825 11965 12040 15250 1300-1330 6110 9845 11785 11805 11965 11990 12040 1330-1400 6110 9845 11785 11805 11825 11965 11990 12040 1400-1500 6110 9770 9845 11805 11965 11990 12040 2200-2300 7150 7190 7200 9510 9545 11925 13775 Creole 1230-1300* 9525 11890 15265 1730-1800 15385 17565 21555 2200-2230 11895 13725 21555 Croatian 0430-0500 756 792 1458 5965 11855 1830-1900 7175 15170 Dari 0130-0230 100.5 1296 11995 12140 1500-1530 100.5 1296 12140 15090 1630-1730 100.5 1296 12140 15090 1800-1830 100.5 1296 12140 15090 1930-2030 100.5 1296 12140 English [snipped; see above; not checked to be sure they match, but does have additional FM such as 96.9 Kuwait] French 0530-0600* 1530 4960 6035 6095 9885 13710 0600-0630* 4960 6035 6095 9885 13710 1830-2000 1530 9815 9830 12080 15730 17785 2000-2030 9815 9830 11720 12080 15730 2030-2100$ 9815 9830 11720 12080 15730 2100-2130* 9815 9830 11720 12035 12080 Georgian 1530-1600 11805 15475 17870 Hausa 0500-0530 1530 4960 6035 6095 9885 1500-1530 9710 11990 13745 1800-1830@ 1530 4940 9565 11955 17785 2030-2100* 4940 9815 9830 11720 12080 15730 Hindi 0030-0100 7430 9560 11820 1600-1700 7260 12155 15265 Indonesian 0000-0030 9535 11805 15145 15205 1100-1130 9700 9890 12010 1130-1230 7260 9700 9890 12010 1230-1300 9700 9890 12010 1400-1500 13620 15105 15490 2200-2330 7225 9535 9620 11805 15205 2330-2400 7225 9535 11805 15205 Khmer 1330-1430 1575 5955 7155 9680 2200-2230 1575 6060 7130 7260 13725 Kinyarwanda/Kirunda 0330-0430 6095 7340 13725 1600-1630@ 11705 11790 15205 Korean 1300-1400 648 7215 7235 11740 1400-1500 7215 7235 11740 2000-2030 6060 7125 9510 2030-2100 6060 7125 9510 15470 Kurdish 0400-0500 7115 9705 11980 1300-1400 1593 9695 9825 15245 1600-1700 15470 15545 17745 1800-1900 9625 11905 15545 1900-2000 1593 Lao 1230-1300 1575 6030 7225 9545 11930 Pashto 0030-0130 100.5 1296 11995 12140 1430-1500 100.5 1296 12140 15090 1530-1630 100.5 1296 12140 15090 1730-1800 100.5 1296 12140 15090 1830-1930 100.5 1296 12140 Persian 0200-0300 9840 11985 17855 1600-1700 1593 6040 9670 11760 1700-1800 1593 6040 9680 11740 1800-1900 648 1593 6040 9680 11740 Portuguese 0430-0500 1530 6095 7340 9885 13725 1700-1730 1530 9565 12080 17785 1730-1800 1530 9565 9815 12080 15730 17785 1800-1830* 1530 9565 9815 12080 15730 17785 Russian 1300-1400 11725 15130 15205 15215 17720 17730 1700-1800 6105 7220 9520 9615 11935 15370 1800-1900 6105 7220 9520 9615 11885 11935 Serbian 0530-0600 1458 11805 11825 13615 1930-2000 792 9705 11910 15280 2100-2130* 756 7210 11885 11910 Shona/Ndebele/English to Z 1700-1800 909 4930 11975 17895 Spanish 0100-0200 9560 9735 9885 11815 13760 1100-1130 9535 11925 13790 1130-1200 9535 13790 1200-1230 7370 11890 13770 15360 Swahili 1630-1700 9815 13670 15730 1700-1730* 9815 13670 15730 Tibetan 0000-0100 7200 7255 11690 11875 0400-0600 15265 15490 17665 17770 1400-1500 6030 11705 15680 Tigrigna 1630-1700* 11705 11790 15205 Turkish 0330-0400* 792 7205 9510 11780 1030-1100* 11735 13795 17670 1800-1900 792 9385 11925 15235 Ukrainian 0400-0500 7265 9680 12015 2000-2030 6010 9715 11840 Urdu 0000-0100 972 0100-0200 972 7155 9835 11805 1400-1500 972 9510 11790 15170 15345 1500-1700 972 1700-1800 972 11905 12155 15545 1800-2400 972 Various [rather useless without language or country!!! --- gh] 0000-2400 96.2 99 102 102.4 102.5 104.3 107.5 Vietnamese 1300-1330 1575 5955 9505 9720 1500-1600 1170 5955 6120 7195 9780 2230-2330 6060 7130 7260 13725 (Source : http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/voa_a05.html via MD. AZIZUL ALAM AL-AMIN, GOURHANGA, GHORAMARA, RAJSHAHI-6100, BANGLADESH, DXLD) ** U S A. WE ARE NEITHER REPUBLICANS NOR DEMOCRATS [headline in red] WE ARE FEDERAL WORKERS AND WE SHARE THAT COMMON INTEREST When it comes to the new personnel system the administration wants to roll out to the rest of the Federal Government (it is already in effect at the Department of Homeland Security and will be soon at the Department of Defense) we have one united cause - to prevent this from happening to more Federal Employees. The Administration is planning on rolling out the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) during FY 2006. They snuck this system through Congress immediately after 9/11 at the DHS based on a supposed need for more flexibility in order to fight terrorism. Now they have changed their excuse. They claim that the Civil Service is broken and needs to be fixed. The Civil Service may have its flaws but the NSPS is so regressive that it harkens back to a work environment over 100 years ago. - The NSPS would eliminate the floor on government salaries initiating a rush to the bottom for Federal employee pay. - Promotions would be based on your supervisor's recommendations creating a docile workforce afraid to create waves and that is bereft of creativity and independent thought. -The NSPS all but eliminates seniority rights in the event of a RIF. - Only some jobs would receive a locality pay increase as if everyone that works in certain localities are not subject to the same higher costs for such things as food, housing and clothing. - Most workplace disputes would be handled "in house" with deciding officials appointed by management and never reaching an independent third party. Due process rights are almost nonexistent. With democracy supposedly breaking out all over the world, we are threatened with a new form of tyranny while working for the United States government. The NSPS would eliminate rights that took workers over a hundred years and much blood to win. Be prepared to contact your Representative and Senators and let them know that the NSPS is not acceptable (AFGE Local 1812 via DXLD) ** U S A. WRMI confirmed back with WRN instead of Brother Scare or other gospel huxters, Sat March 26 at 1500 crossing the sea from RTE to WRI, ``World Radio Network`` but no WRMI ID on the hour. 7385 was fading and subject to atmospherics, which can only grow worse as summer approaches, but an hour later it was still holding up. K = 3. If WRMI can`t use 15 MHz, maybe they can get a new 11 or 13 MHz channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As for a higher frequency for WRMI in daytime, using just one frequency to North America makes things much simpler from a technical standpoint. Everything has been working wonderfully. I realize this may mean some changes in coverage area at certain times of the day, but we have to weigh the positive and negative factors, and for the moment anyway, I think the positive outweigh the negative. In your area, how much worse is 7385 than 15725 was during morning and daytime? (Jeff White, WRMI, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Considerably. I have not yet checked 7385 right thru the noon hours, but even before that it requires an external antenna and quiet conditions, both inside and outside the house. I don`t think you can expect listenable signals in the summer daytimes much beyond FL and GA on 7385 (Glenn to Jeff, via DXLD) ** U S A. Noticed that Dxing with Cumbre was back on WHRA 9455, Friday March 25 when checked around 2210 and 2220; can`t be sure which edition it was or if it started at 2205 or 2200 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. HAM VS. SPY (RADIO) RETURNS Yosemite Sam is back on the ham bands, but he`s not saying what he said a few weeks ago. In fact the New Mexico based transmitter is now using double sideband on 3.890 MHz with a new voice saying: AUDIO: bussing [sic] followed by ``inclines like this.`` That recording was made by Joe Tyburczy, W1GFH, in Burbank, California. And in case you are wondering what the voice following the data burst is saying, we will slow it up a bit for you. AUDIO: ``inclines like this...`` Yep, its says -- quote -- inclines like this`` though its exact meaning is unknown. As previously reported, On Wednesday, February 16th, Mike Stark, WA5OIP and Mike Langner K5MGR set out to locate the signal then on 3.700 MHz. The found it coming from the same MATIC Company test site on the Laguna Indian Reservation in New Mexico. When it turned up on 3.890 MHz Langer took to the road and again found it coming from the same location (QRZ.com via Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1441, March 25th, 2005 via John Norfolk, dxldyg) ** U S A. After languishing for about a year, INTERNET RADIO FOR THE LEFT has finally been updated by Gloria R. Lalumia to take account of Air America and many other lefty shows --- you may be surprised by how many in the MT hour-by-hour listings combining network and local shows which stream: http://www.zianet.com/insightanalytical/radio.htm (Glenn Hauser, March 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Ely, MN, WELY-FM, 94.5 / AM 1450 sold to the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe Indians, which owns nearby Fortune Bay Casino. The band sees the stations as means to broaden its economic interests, although the stations are not profitable. They are on the way to becoming profitable, with sales, especially to regional accounts, increasing because of management pitches on trips to the twin cities of Minneapolis-St Paul. WELY-FM is basically a live, oldies station, employing no automation. Even on Sunday mornings, when there are Finnish ethnic and polka programs, the time and temperature are always given live. Rather than resort to overnight automation, the station signs off at midnight. Even outsiders think the purchase just might work out. Ken Buehler of Duluth has owned several stations. He considered buying WELY-FM-AM several times, but could never figure out how to make a go of it. ``If you could make a cash purchase and have no debt, then the station made some sense economically. And that`s why the Bois Forte proposal, I assume, with their bank account, will be able to pull it off. And I think they`ll be very successful in the broadcasting business. It`s a great little radio station.`` For a few years, it was owned by CBS personality Charles Kuralt, who liked to listen on his vacations in northeast Minnesota. He infused a lot of cash into the struggling operation, up to the time of his death. Even I had some meetings with the owners, and considered buying WELY (AM) in the mid-1970s (Bruce F. Elving, Ph.D., March FMedia! via DXLD) ``End of the Road Radio`` -- They have a website http://www.wely.com/ and a multi-format websteam which started last summer. Schedule as of December shows them 24 hours. WELY Radio Schedule --- Listed below is the radio schedule for WELY. SUNDAY (Times are CST) [UT -6, soon to be -5 CDT] 7 AM - 9 AM Aamuhetki Finnish American Show (nordic music) 9 AM - 12 PM Sunday Morning Together 12 PM - 7 PM Big Band Ballroom Stardust 7 PM - 8 pm Birding with Bill 8 pm - 10 pm Oldies MONDAY 6 AM - 9 AM THE MORNING SHOW 9 AM - 10 AM End-Of-The-Road Trading Post 10 AM - 12 Classic Folk 12 PM - 1 PM News & Information 1 PM - 2 PM Classic Folk 2 PM - 6 PM Rock Mix 6 PM - 7 PM Brandenburg Images in Sound 7 PM - 8 PM Boundary Waters Blues Jam 9 PM - 10 PM Off The Beaten Path 10 PM - 6 Am Oldies TUESDAY 6 AM - 9 AM THE MORNING SHOW 9 AM - 10 AM End-Of-The-Road Trading Post 10 AM - 12 Classic Folk 12 PM - 1 PM News & Information 1 PM - 2 PM Classic Folk 2 PM - 6 PM Rock Mix 6 PM - 7 PM Brandenburg Images in Sound 7 PM - 11 PM Rock Mix 11 PM - 6 AM Oldies WEDNESDAY 6 AM - 9 AM THE MORNING SHOW 9 AM - 10 AM End-Of-The-Road Trading Post 10 AM - 12 Classic Folk 12 PM - 1 PM News & Information 1 PM - 2 PM Classic Folk 2 PM - 6 PM Rock Mix 6 PM - 7 PM Brandenburg Images in Sound 7 PM - 8 PM Radio Kids 8 PM - 10 PM rock mix 10 pm - 12 The Feast 10 PM - 6 AM Oldies THURSDAY 6 AM - 9 AM THE MORNING SHOW 9 AM - 10 AM End-Of-The-Road Trading Post 10 AM - 12 Classic Folk 12 PM - 1 PM News & Information 1 PM - 2 PM Classic Folk 2 PM - 6 PM Rock Mix 6 PM - 7 PM Brandenburg Images in Sound 7 PM - 10 PM Rock Mix 10 pm - 6 AM Oldies FRIDAY 6 AM - 9 AM THE MORNING SHOW 9 AM - 10 AM End-Of-The-Road Trading Post 10 AM - 11 AM Northern Trails 11 AM - 12 PM Classic Folk 12 PM - 1 PM News & Information 1 PM - 2 PM Classic Folk 2 PM - 6 PM Rock Mix 6 PM - 7 PM Brandenburg Images in Sound 7 PM - 10 PM Rock Mix 10 PM - 12 AM Reggae Mix 12 AM - 7 AM Oldies SATURDAY 7 AM - 12 PM Polka Pal Don Show 12 PM - 3 PM Big Lake County Blue Grass Show 3 PM - 4 PM Wood Songs [syndicated] 4 PM - 6 PM Midnight Special [syndicated] 6 PM - 7 PM Rock Mix 7 PM - 8 PM Boundary Waters Blues Jam 8 PM - 12 AM Rock'n Roll Request Show 12 AM - 7 AM Oldies (via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. DIFFERING VIEWS PRESENTED AT FORUM ON WYSO`S STATUS By Diane Chiddister More than 70 Yellow Springers and Miami Valley residents packed the WYSO Public Radio performance space on Tuesday, March 15, during the station’s first public forum since WYSO became embroiled in controversial programming and personnel changes. Many longtime WYSO supporters took the opportunity to voice their concerns and frustrations to the Antioch University Vice Chancellor Don Tecklenburg, who in January replaced Glenn Watts as the station’s overseer. Watts retired from his position of vice chancellor. ``We`ve been here a long time and we are hurt,`` said Pam Davis. ``This college needs to step up to the plate with this community. Antioch has to take that initial step and come to the community. There are two people we want rehired and nothing short of that,`` she said, referring to Aileen LeBlanc, the former WYSO news director, and Vick Mickunas, the station’s former music director. . . http://www.ysnews.com/stories/2005/03/032405_wysoforum.html (via Sheldon Harvey, DXLD) ** U S A. Re retiring NBC announcer Howard Reig: comment from a TV Barn post.... Fri, Mar 25 2005 11:20 am From: "3david" I met Howard Reig last year. What a gentleman. In my opinion, the last of the "classic" TV announcer voices. If you get a chance, catch his intro on NBC Nightly News tonight. No voice of doom, or movie-trailer style...just a really distinguished voice that sets NBC apart from the others. I hope NBC acknowledges him tonight, and will continue to use his voice on tape, much as they have the late Fred Facey for the last few years on the Today Show. Good luck to Howard, on a much deserved retirement to Florida, after 62 years at GE and NBC (via Tom Roche, DXLD) ** U S A. Re LPFM vs Translators: If you believe the folks at RECnet who filed the petitions against Radio Assist and Edgewater, there really isn't a direct connection to the CSN stations (other than the Twin Falls, Idaho location and the principal of both companies, former CSN executive Clark Parrish.) It's actually (and yes, this is possible) worse than that: what Radio Assist and Edgewater were doing was simply playing a speculation game, applying for thousands upon thousands of translators with no intention of building them or operating them themselves. Instead, the idea was to market the raw CPs to OTHER religious broadcasters - not necessarily CSN - to build out and operate. The two companies had a booth at the National Religious Broadcasters convention to market the CPs, and the RECnet complaint alleges that they'd already lined up several million dollars in sales. The FCC tends to frown on people playing speculative games with unbuilt CPs, especially on that large a scale, and that may have been the final straw that prompted Friday's action to freeze new translator grants. It will be interesting to see if there's any attempt made to go back and revisit any of the thousands of CPs already issued to Radio Assist/Edgewater. Interesting times... s (Scott Fybush, NY, March 20, WTFDA via DXLD) ** URUGUAY. Returns to UT -3 on Sun, March 27 UT at 0400. Weirdly, this will be at 0200 local time, and not at 0000, when the change of date happens. But that's the way (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Local 2 am is when we do it in the US, so it must be unweird (gh, DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. Radio Tashkent International Broadcast schedule 49 Khorezm Street, 700047 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tel: (998-71) 133 92 21 Fax: (998-71) 133 60 68 E-mail: ino @ uzpak.uz http://ino.uzpak.uz Language Time /UTC/ Meter bands Frequencies English 0100 - 0130 9715, 7190 1200 - 1230 17775, 15295, 7285 1330 - 1400 17775, 15295, 7285 2030 - 2100 11905, 9545, 5025 2130 - 2200 11905, 9545, 5025 German 1935 - 2030 11905, 5025 Urdu 1230 - 1300 and 1400 - 1430 17775, 15295, 7285 Hindi 1300 - 1330 and 1430 - 1500 17775, 15285, 7295 Farsi 1630 - 1700 and 1830 - 1900 9715, 7285, 6190 Uzbek 0230 - 0330 9715, 7190, 1550 - 1630 9715, 7285, 6190 1730 - 1830 9715, 7285, 6190 Arabic 1700 - 1730 and 1900 - 1930 9715, 7285, 6190 Turkish 0600 - 0630 1700 - 1730 15200 9610 Dari 0130 - 0200 and 1520 - 1550 9715, 7190, 9715, 7285, 6190 Pushto 0200 - 0230 9715, 7190 Chinese 1330 - 1400 and 1430 - 1500 5060 Uighur 1400 - 1430 5060 73s, (via Swopan Chakroborty, Kolkata, India, dxldyg via DXLD) Beware; checked 1843 UT March 26 the website above http://ino.uzpak.uz/eng/other_eng/radio_broadcast_eng.html still had winter schedules, B-04 tho not so labeled, e.g. lower English frequencies. Layout may be misleading as to different frequency groups for consecutive transmissions (gh, DXLD) ** VIETNAM. I'm just back from a 3 weeks holiday trip to Thailand and Cambodia. In South Eastern Thailand I heard the following stations: 19060 (2 x 9530) 0852 UT, 13.03.05, Voice of Vietnam VOV-1 Xuan Mai, Vietnamese. On 7210 kHz, VOV-1 was very strong with spurs on 7195 and 7225. 20.03.05 vy 73 de (Juergen Lohuis, Germany, March 26, harmonics yg via DXLD) See also KOREA NORTH ** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. Sorting out WDHP 1620 carrier from Aussies seen in Britain: see AUSTRALIA ** ZIMBABWE [and non]. INDEPENDENT RADIO A LIFELINE FOR ZIMBABWE'S OPPOSITION By Stephanie Nolen, Saturday, March 26, 2005, Johannesburg http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050326/ZIMBABWE26/TPInternational/TopStories Violet Gonda has minor celebrity status in some parts of Zimbabwe, as an articulate, eloquent and honey-voiced presenter on a hugely popular radio show. But she won't be signing autographs any time soon: Because of her work for SW Radio Africa, Ms. Gonda has been banned from returning to Zimbabwe (she broadcasts from London). Now her parents back home in Butare can't even hear her voice. For the past few weeks, the Zimbabwean government has been jamming the station's signal, determined to stifle access to independent radio in the run-up to the parliamentary election on Thursday. The past few years have not been good ones for independent media in Zimbabwe: The government shut down four newspapers and a radio station, then outlawed private broadcasting, leaving only the state- owned broadcaster and newspaper, plus a handful of pro-government publications. In this environment, radio broadcasts from outside the country have taken on a new importance: Zimbabweans seeking more than the rabidly pro-government coverage have turned to SW Radio Africa, broadcast on short and medium wave, and to the popular Studio 7 program of Voice of America. With no broadband in Zimbabwe, with Internet access available only on a pay-for-use basis in urban areas, and with most of the country still reliant on transistors for their news, the old-fashioned radio is still a key tool for opponents of President Robert Mugabe. Recognizing that, a number of international organizations trying to support democracy in Zimbabwe have been distributing radios around the country in the lead-up to the election -- although none wanted to discuss their projects, since the government could interpret supplying access to media as a subversive act in today's Zimbabwe. Studio 7, launched in 2003, is the Zimbabwe program of Voice of America, which is funded by the United States. The program is broadcast in Shona, Ndebele and English, and is beamed into Zimbabwe from a transmitter in Botswana on the AM signal and by shortwave. SW Radio Africa has its roots in a station Gerry Jackson tried to start in Harare in 2000, as once-stable Zimbabwe began its descent into chaos with Mr. Mugabe's highly politicized land-reform program, which devastated the economy. A former DJ on the state-run Zimbabwe Broadcast Corporation, Ms. Jackson was fired after she put callers on air who were critical of the government. So she took the government to court over their monopoly on broadcasting, and in 2000, the Supreme Court ruled that private radio was legal. Ms. Jackson hastily imported a transmitter from South Africa and set up shop: a station called Capital FM in Harare. "Six days after we started, the government shut us down at gunpoint," she recalled in an interview from London this week. Ms. Jackson decided the only way to get independent radio into Zimbabwe was to do it from outside the country; she left for London and took advantage of improving technology to broadcast back on shortwave radio. She got funding from international pro-democracy groups, hired six other Zimbabwean journalists and they went to air in December, 2001. The government lost no time labelling them enemies; they were declared "banned" and the Justice Minister said in Parliament that if they return they will be jailed. "I can't even describe the feeling, when someone decides from nowhere that you can't go home," Ms. Gonda, 30, said. She had just graduated with a master's degree in journalism when Ms. Jackson, 50, offered her the job. "I jumped at it, but I never imagined it would mean that I can't go home." SW Radio's five hours of daily programming is recorded in London, beamed by a satellite to a transmitter and broadcast into Zimbabwe. Ms. Jackson declines to say where that transmitter is, but notes that it could be almost anywhere in the world. But short wave, as SW Radio Africa recently learned, can be easily jammed: A few weeks ago, they found their broadcasts suddenly rendered into crackle inside Zimbabwe. "Clearly, the government sees us as a threat," Ms. Jackson said. The Zimbabwe Media Monitoring Project, citing information from the Washington-based federal International Broadcasting Bureau, says the jamming signal is originating from an air base in central Zimbabwe. The government denies jamming the station. Within the past few days, a neighbouring country -- again Ms. Jackson won't say which -- agreed to let SW Radio Africa put up a transmitter, so they have added medium-wave programming in the morning, which is not being jammed. Since the jamming started, Ms. Jackson said, they have a new understanding of how important the broadcast was to people in Zimbabwe, who flip madly between frequencies to try to stay with the show. "People are desperate for information in a country collapsing, where rumours make it worse," she said. "It's a lifeline." (via Mike Terry, dxldyg and Artie Bigley, DXLD) I haven`t had much success hearing SWRA here, which is fine, since that means more of the signal is going to where it is needed --- March 26 sat on 11845 at 1559: carrier on and at 1600 mbira(?) followed by some talk, but unintelligible; quite poor signal from UK, no jamming noted. Recheck at 1849, 11995 was weak but clear, and could be understood with some concentration. Perhaps 15145 starting tomorrow will be better (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The station's website now also includes links to other websites with instructions on building an anti-jamming antenna. # posted by Andy @ 09:15 UT March 26 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ AIB MONTREAL CONFERENCE - AGENDA PUBLISHED The AIB has announced the provisional agenda for its fourth annual AIB Global Media Business Conference. Taking place in Montreal, Canada, on 6 and 7 June 2005, the AIB Global Media Business Conference will bring together leaders of the world's international television and radio broadcasters. Over two days there will be high-level debate and discussion and in a first for an AIB event, the 2005 Montreal conference will take place "in the round". "We're holding the conference in the round to facilitate the greatest involvement of all delegates and to help the flow of knowledge during each of the conference sessions," comments Simon Spanswick, AIB chief executive. "The line-up of speakers is first-rate and is growing by the day - we will have experts on China, on new technology, media finance and many more subjects besides." The conference will also have extensive networking opportunities, including a gala evening taking place at the Cirque du Soleil's Montreal headquarters where the first annual AIB Awards will be presented to winners from international broadcasting stations worldwide. Every AIB member benefits from at least one delegate pass as part of their membership package, with additional delegate passes significantly reduced. For non-members, the fee for the two day event is a modest GBP605. Full details of the conference, including a delegate registration form, can be downloaded using the link below. Call the AIB on +44 (0) 20 8297 3993 for more information, and for sponsorship opportunities, contact Richard Busby at BDS Sponsorship on +44 (0) 20 7689 3333. http://www.aib.org.uk/files/AIB_2005_Draft_Agenda_110305.pdf (via Philip Monk, radioalternatives yg via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ GM TO AID MOBILE SWL'S As the cassette tape sinks slowly below the western horizon, and most new autos no longer offer cassette tape players, it has become harder for us to enjoy shortwave programming while hurtling down the expressway. The cassette-type adapters we once used to connect our portable radios to the car audio system will soon have no hole to plug into. GM has come to the rescue by introducing an auxiliary audio input mini-jack on the dash of some 2006 models. Now you can connect the earphone jack of your SW radio or MP3 player directly to the car's audio system. (This assumes GM will still be in business by 2006; there will still be some short-wave programming worth listening to in 2006; and, signal levels from off-pointed transmit antennas will still be sufficient to overcome highway power line noise and BPL pollution by that time.) From the GM press release: Warren, MI - Music lovers will find it easier to take their favorite tunes on the road thanks to a new family of radios that will debut on the Chevy HHR and other GM vehicles starting later this year. The new radios include an auxiliary channel and front-mounted auxiliary input jack, so that an iPod or other audio source can be easily plugged in and played through the vehicle audio system. "The Chevy HHR will help launch a new family of radios that will bring iPod connectivity to a broad range of GM vehicles," said Paul Nadeau, director, infotainment displays and controls, for GM Engineering. "We think the ability to easily connect an iPod or other audio source directly into the vehicle audio system will be a big hit with customers." Radios featuring the new auxiliary input jack will debut starting in late spring. They will be standard equipment on 2006 models of the Chevy HHR, Impala and Monte Carlo; Saturn VUE and ION; Pontiac Solstice; Buick Lucerne; and Cadillac DTS. The radios will be fitted to other new GM models over the next several years. Auxiliary audio inputs in the console of GM vehicles equipped with DVD players also allow an iPod or other source to be played through the vehicle sound system using a simple adapter cord. "General Motors has a long tradition of leading with technology that provides real benefits to our customers," said Mark LaNeve, GM North America vice president, sales, service and marketing. "We are excited to be part of the iPod revolution by offering our customers an easy way to play their favorite music in their GM cars and trucks." ~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-., (Joe Buch, DE, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) -*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^ I didn't realize this was a first -- I've read, in general terms, about aux jacks existing in car audio systems for about a year now. I am surprised these car makers just don't offer a flash memory reader -- that way you'd dump your audio onto the card and then bring your card to the car. That would eliminate the need for a Rube Goldberg- esque solution. Seems goofy to think about the need to worry about a transportable medium -- I still maintain an audio cassette works fine. Its only downside is that you have to download audio in real time -- versus a quick file transfer. Another solution is a wireless FM transmitter such as the IRock BeamIt or the C. Crane FMT transmitter http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/misc/1034.html (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.) Or a Sound Feeder, $20 at Walmart as someone pointed out; I got one at Target? which is in daily use around the house. One AA battery lasts forever (gh, DXLD) PROOF OF THE ASTONISHING FACT THAT THE IBOC SYSTEM UNDER INVESTIGATION VIOLATES FCC RULES BY OVER A HALF A MILLION TIMES http://www.wrathofkahn.org/ (via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Current as of Mar 23; later moved to site`s archive POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Here's something that I thought the folks here might like to see as I hadn't seen the actual BPL spectrum posted before. This taken from a posted on QRZ.COM. Do you use/listen in any of these frequency bands? Yep, me too! FCC-AUTHORIZED BPL Total BPL Spectrum: 76.59 MHz BPL Transmitting Bands for USA 1.705MHz to 2.850MHz (160m) 3.025MHz to 3.400MHz 3.500MHz to 4.650MHz (80m) 4.700MHz to 5.450MHz (60m) 5.680MHz to 6.525MHz 6.685MHz to 8.815MHz (40m) 8.965MHz to 10.005MHz 10.100MHz to 11.275MHz (30m) 11.400MHz to 13.260MHz 13.360MHz to 17.900MHz (20m) 17.970MHz to 21.924MHz (17m, 15m) 22.000MHz to 74.800MHz (12m, 10m, 6m) 75.200MHz to 80.000MHz (Phil, KO6BB Atchley, http://www.geocities.com/ko6bb/ Merced, Central California, 37.3N 120.48W CM97sh, swl at qth.net via DXLD) Rather ham-centric; what about broadcast bands being obliterated? (gh) ###