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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO Extra 62: Mon 1800 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru Tue 1400] Tue 1600 WOR WBCQ after hours Tue 2330 WOR WBCQ 7415 [usually but temporary?] Wed 0000 WOR CJOY INTERNET RADIO plug-in required Wed 0930 WOR WWCR 9985 Wed 1600 WOR WBCQ after hours Latest edition of this schedule version, with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL]: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org WORLD OF RADIO Extra 62 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/worx62h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/worx62h.rm [Extra 62 is the same as CONTINENT OF MEDIA 05-08; high adds WOR open] WORLD OF RADIO Extra 62 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/com0508.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/com0508.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/com0508.html WORLD OF RADIO Extra 62 in true SW sound of Alex`s mp3: (stream) http://www.dxprograms.net/worldofradio_10-12-05.m3u (download) http://www.dxprograms.net/worldofradio_10-12-05.mp3 WORLD OF RADIO Extra 62 downloads in studio-quality mp3: (high) http://www.obriensweb.com/worx62h.mp3 (low) http://www.obriensweb.com/worx62.mp3 WORLD OF RADIO PODCAST: www.obriensweb.com/wor.xml (currently: 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, Extra 61, 1289, soon Extra 62) ** ALBANIA. In case you did not notice in 5-177, R. Tirana B-05 plans to use a new frequency to NAm, finally evacuating the 40m hamband! The entire extracted English schedule will be: 1945-2000 6225, 7530 [also new] 2230-2300 7110 0245-0300 & 0330-0400 on 6115, 7455 All the English broadcasts are on 300 or 310 degrees, essentially the same for WEu and NAm, but of course the first two broadcasts are not intended for NAm. 7455 used to be avoided because of RTTY; is that no longer a problem? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Spectrum monitoring: 1620 Perth carrier --- Hi folks, Perth 1620 does have a cyclic carrier frequency. Measured at 0520-0600 UT 16-10-5 the period is 13.7 +/- 0.5 minutes and the peak-to-peak amplitude is 0.18 Hz. See jpeg at http://internal.physics.uwa.edu.au/~agm/1620_PER.JPG Regards, Tony, Perth (via Steve Whitt, Oct 16, MWC via DXLD) {R. Two} ** AUSTRALIA. ANALYSIS: AUSTRALIA'S PLANS FOR DIGITAL RADIO ROLL-OUT | Text of editorial analysis by Steve Metcalf of BBC Monitoring Media Services on 17 October The Australian government has announced its plans for the introduction of digital terrestrial radio services. They include a phased roll-out of the services, starting in the major cities, the adoption of a European transmission system and a ban on new broadcasters entering the market for six years. The framework was announced by the communications minister, Helen Coonan, in a speech at the Commercial Radio Australia conference in Sydney on 14 October. The technological platform for the services will be the European Eureka 147 system (DAB). Coonan said the government's decision was based on the fact that it was the most widely-deployed international system and, "importantly for a small market like Australia, there are a wide range of consumer receivers available". Where possible, the VHF Band 3 spectrum would be used for primary digital radio transmitters of commercial, wide-coverage community and national broadcasting services. The L-Band spectrum would be used for infill and localized services, and where VHF Band 3 was unavailable or insufficient. Spectrum constraints Commercial broadcasters would have minimum rights to acquire 128 kbps of multiplex capacity per service, with the ability to acquire further capacity up to 256 kbps provided that it was used to deliver new services. Coonan said that these limits had been decided on because of the spectrum constraints existing in Australia. Noting that it would be two or three years before the roll-out was likely to begin, she hoped that the future adoption of more advanced compression standards would enable broadcasters to deliver quality services within those limits. There were no plans, she said, for analogue radio switch-off - unlike television, where the proposed switch-off date of 2008 is currently being reviewed. Once the roll-out was under way there would be a six-year moratorium on the issuing of new commercial digital radio broadcasting licences. This would exclude the so-called Section 40 licence holders, who operate on an extended AM band. Admitting that some would be disappointed by this decision, Coonan said this was to give incumbent broadcasters the same protection as that provided for the television switchover. They would receive their spectrum allocations free, apart from a "nominal" administrative charge. Rural problems Digital radio trials are already under way in Sydney and Melbourne. The government plan is for the digital roll-out to start in the state capitals. It will then consider what to do about rural and regional Australia - the bush. Coonan acknowledged in her speech that the technical solution for digital radio in regional areas was not yet clear. She said the government would consider providing broadcasters with some financial aid with the costs of roll-out when the initial phase had been assessed. There might be a role, she said, for other digital radio technologies such as Digital Radio Mondiale, which can be used over large areas on shortwave. DRM trials should be undertaken to determine which technology, or combination of technologies, would best serve rural areas. Industry reaction The chief executive of Commercial Radio Australia, Joan Warner, welcomed the government announcement. In a statement on the industry body's website, she said it gave radio a green light to move into the digital age and compete on a level playing field with other new and emerging technologies. However, the government's decision was denounced by the managing director of WorldAudio, Andrew Thompson. WorldAudio has been trialling digital radio in Melbourne and is also one of the Section 40 licence holders - it runs a national network of 50 low-powered AM transmitters. Thompson was quoted on The Age newspaper website as saying: "This is an appalling decision... which once again kicks regional and rural Australia squarely in the guts." The opposition Labor communications spokesman, Stephen Conroy, expressed similar sentiments, The Age reported. He urged the junior partner in the government coalition, the Nationals, to oppose the plan when it came before parliament. The National Party has its core support in rural areas and has already had one clash with its Liberal partner. That was over the privatization of the telecommunications company Telstra and its effect on services in the bush. Source: BBC Monitoring research 17 Oct 05 (via DXLD) ** BELARUS. 5970/7210, Radio Belarus, Kalodziscy/Minsk respectively; *0059-0115 Oct. 14. Carrier up at 0059, interval signal, multi- language ID loop (including English) into presumed Belorussian news by man and woman. 5970 very good, 7210 much weaker (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. A Rádio Globo, do Rio de Janeiro (RJ), colocou no ar, novamente, sua freqüência de 6030 kHz, em 49 metros. A informação é do Leandro Renato, de Paulínea (SP) e está publicada no sítio http://www.soradio.blogspot.com. A sintonia, naquela região do estado de São Paulo, é razoável. Desde a zero hora de 16 de outubro está em vigência o horário brasileiro de verão. Os relógios foram adiantados em uma hora nos seguintes estados: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul e no Distrito Federal. O horário de verão vai até o dia 19 de fevereiro de 2006 (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX via DXLD) And the program times from R. Cultura São Paulo webcasts on MONITORING REMINDERS CALENDAR have been adjusted accordingly (gh, DXLD) 17815, R. Cultura, São Paulo; 2257-2308 Oct. 15. End of jazz vocal, ad string, man ID 2300, more commercials, another ID and back to jazz. Clear, fair (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BURKINA FASO. 7230 kHz, R. Burkina, Ouagadougou, nicely heard on 15 Oct 0915-1245 (when still fairly good), French, debate on politics, etc.; 35444. At least at the locations I DX at, reception is better, or at least quieter than later - e.g. 05 Oct 1611-1627 rated 43432, adjcacent QRM -, when other stations cause interference (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5030, Radiodiffussion TV Burkina, 2338-0001* Oct 14, information program hosted by two men in French with short musical segments. Program close with postal mailing address for Radio Burkina at 2358. After that a man announcer gave brief announcements with instrumental music at closedown. Fair to good (Rich D'Angelo, PA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** CANADA. RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL HONOURED IN LATIN AMERICA Montreal, October 17th, 2005 - The Foundation for New Latin American Journalism (FNPI in Spanish), chaired by Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez, recently joined University of Guadalajara Radio to announce plans to produce a CD anthology of reports that won or were nominated for 2002 and 2004 New Latin American Journalism Awards. The anthology will include Nunavut, el camino a nuestra tierra. This report by Radio Canada International’s Latin American section eloquently presents the realities faced by the inhabitants of Canada’s Far North in a series of touching testimonials produced in Spanish. Nunavut, el camino a nuestra tierra was a 2004 official selection --- only 15 of 110 entries were shortlisted. Radio Canada International congratulates its Latin American team, and is very pleased about this landmark anthology that will be released this coming December at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. RCI broadcasts around the globe in Spanish and eight other languages on some 350 partner radio stations, via shortwave and satellite, as well as from http://www.RCInet.ca -30- (Source: Denis Pellerin, RCI publicity via DXLD) ** CANADA. RCI B05 short wave broadcast schedule, October 30th, 2005 to March 26th, 2006. --- Issued on September 27th, 2005: UTC SITE FREQ kW AZ TARGETS LANG 0000-0059 SAC 6100 100 212 North Eastern United States FRENCH 0000-0159 SAC 9755 250 227 United States / Cuba / Mexico ENGLISH 0000-0029 SAC 9640 250 212 Mexico/Caribbean/S America SPANISH 0000-0029 SAC 11990 250 176 Mexico/Caribbean/S America SPANISH 0000-0029 HBY 5855 350 85 China CHINESE 0000-0029 KIM 9565 100 225 China CHINESE 0000-0029 KIM 11785 250 290 China CHINESE 0000-0057 KUN 9880 100 177 South East Asia ENGLISH 0030-0059 SAC 9640 250 212 Mexico/Caribbean/S America SPANISH 0030-0059 SAC 11990 250 176 Mexico/Caribbean/S America SPANISH 0030-0059 KIM 9565 100 225 China CHINESE 0030-0059 KIM 11785 250 290 China CHINESE 0100-0129 SAC 6100 250 240 Mexico SPANISH 0300-0329 SAC 6130 250 240 Mexico / Cuba SPANISH 0300-0329 SAC 9755 250 240 Mexico / Cuba SPANISH 0330-0359 HBY 5840 350 135 Middle East ARABIC 0330-0359 WER 6025 250 120 Middle East ARABIC 0430-0459 HBY 5840 350 135 Middle East ARABIC 0430-0459 WER 5995 250 120 Middle East ARABIC 0430-0459 SKN 7265 300 110 Middle East ARABIC 1200-1359 SAC 6120 250 240 South East USA/Cuba/Haiti FRENCH 1200-1259 YAM 7105 100 270 Asia / China ENGLISH 1200-1259 YAM 9665 300 235 Asia / China ENGLISH 1300-1329 YAM 9665 300 235 Asia / China ENGLISH 1300-1329 YAM 9725 100 270 Asia / China ENGLISH 1400-1659 SAC 9515 100 212 C & E USA/Cuba/Haiti ENGLISH 1400-1659 SAC 13655 250 240 C & E USA/Cuba/Haiti ENGLISH 1400-1659 SAC 17820 100 189 C & E USA/Cuba/Haiti ENGLISH 1430-1459 YAM 5985 300 290 Asia / China FRENCH 1430-1459 YAM 9780 300 270 Asia / China FRENCH 1500-1557 KUN 9635 500 283 India ENGLISH 1500-1557 URU 11975 500 212 India ENGLISH 1600-1629 HBY 5840 350 85 Russia RUSSIAN 1600-1629 SKN 9555 300 70 Russia RUSSIAN 1600-1629 SKN 11935 300 90 Russia RUSSIAN 1700-1959 SAC 17835 250 240 South East USA/Cuba/Haiti FRENCH 1700-1729 NRCU UR-3 Ukraine UKRAINIAN 1700-1729 RMP 9555 300 47 Russia RUSSIAN 1700-1729 SKN 11935 300 90 Russia RUSSIAN 1800-1859 KAS 7185 100 239 Sub-Saharan Africa ENGLISH 1800-1859 KAS 9770 100 239 Sub-Saharan Africa ENGLISH 1800-1859 WER 11875 250 135 Sub-Saharan Africa ENGLISH 1800-1859 SAC 17740 250 105 Sub-Saharan Africa ENGLISH 1800-1859 HBY 5850 350 245 Europe FRENCH 1800-1859 SAC 13650 250 60 Europe FRENCH 1900-1959 SKN 11845 300 160 Sub-Saharan Africa FRENCH 1900-1959 SAC 13650 250 105 Sub-Saharan Africa FRENCH 1900-1959 SAC 17740 250 105 Sub-Saharan Africa FRENCH 2000-2059 SAC 15180 250 240 South East USA / Cuba / Haiti FRENCH 2000-2029 SAC 15305 250 163 Brazil PORTUGUESE 2000-2029 SAC 17765 250 163 Brazil PORTUGUESE 2015-2044 SKN 7240 300 180 Middle East / North Africa ARABIC 2015-2044 SKN 9710 300 110 Middle East / North Africa ARABIC 2015-2044 SAC 11865 250 92 Middle East / North Africa ARABIC 2015-2044 SAC 13650 250 73 Middle East / North Africa ARABIC 2100-2259 SAC 15180 250 240 South East USA/Cuba/Haiti ENGLISH 2100-2159 HBY 5850 350 245 Europe ENGLISH 2100-2159 SAC 9770 250 60 Europe ENGLISH 2100-2159 SKN 7235 300 180 North Africa FRENCH 2100-2159 MOS 9805 100 230 North Africa FRENCH 2100-2159 SAC 11845 250 92 North Africa FRENCH 2100-2129 SAC 15305 250 163 Brazil *PORTUGUESE 2100-2129 SAC 17765 250 163 Brazil *PORTUGUESE 2200-2229 KIM 6160 100 305 China CHINESE 2200-2229 KIM 7195 100 225 China CHINESE 2200-2229 YAM 9730 300 235 China CHINESE 2200-2229 SAC 11990 250 176 South America ENGLISH 2200-2229 SAC 15305 250 163 Brazil *PORTUGUESE 2200-2229 SAC 17765 250 163 Brazil *PORTUGUESE 2215-2244 RMC 1233 MW Middle East ARABIC 2230-2259 SAC 11990 250 163 Brazil *PORTUGUESE 2230-2259 SAC 15305 250 163 Brazil *PORTUGUESE 2230-2259 KIM 6160 100 225 China ENGLISH 2230-2259 KIM 7195 100 305 China ENGLISH 2230-2259 YAM 9730 300 235 China ENGLISH 2230-2259 SOL 1179 300 MW Northern Europe ENGLISH 2300-2359 SAC 15180 250 227 South East USA / Cuba / Haiti FRENCH 2300-2329 SAC 11990 250 176 South America SPANISH 2300-2329 SAC 13730 250 176 South America SPANISH 2300-2329 KIM 6160 100 305 China CHINESE 2300-2329 KIM 7195 100 280 China CHINESE 2300-2329 YAM 12045 300 235 China CHINESE 2300-2359 SAC 6100 100 212 North Eastern United States ENGLISH 2330-2359 SAC 11990 250 176 South America SPANISH 2330-2359 SAC 13730 250 176 South America SPANISH B05 Broadcast Schedule for Radio (Digital Radio Mondial - DRM) 1400-1430 FLE 7240 40 123 Central & Eastern Europe ENGLISH 2200-2300 SAC 9800 70 268 Northeast United States ENGLISH Transmitter Sites FLE : FLEVO, THE NETHERLANDS MOS : MOOSBRUNN, AUSTRIA SOL : SÖLVESBORG, SWEDEN HBY : HÖRBY, SWEDEN NRCU: NATIONAL RADIO CO., UKRAINE URU : URUMQI, CHINA KAS : KASHI, CHINA RMP : RAMPISHAM, UNITED KINGDOM VOL : VOICE OF LEBANON KIM : KIMJAE, REPUBLIC OF KOREA SAC : SACKVILLE, CANADA WER : WERTACHTAL, GERMANY KUN : KUNMING, CHINA SKN : SKELTON, UNITED KINGDOM YAM : YAMATA, JAPAN (Bill Westenhaver - RCI via Alokesh Gupta at webpage of BCLNEWS.IT, 11 Oct 2005; via JKB, WWDXC via DXLD) *NOTE This version fails to specify days of week where less than daily, with Portuguese Fri-Sat-Sun (gh) ** CANADA. QUEBEC MAY JOIN U.S. IN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [sic] LEAP from Globe & Mail: Monday, October 17, 2005 Quebec -- Quebeckers who were dreaming of enjoying daylight for an extra hour in the fall and spring will soon get their wish. The provincial government is on the verge of following the lead of the United States to extend daylight time by two months, according to various government sources. Daylight time in Quebec now lasts from the beginning of April until the end of October. But with the proposed changes in 2007, the clocks in Quebec would spring forward by one hour the first weekend of March before falling back the last weekend of November. CP (via Eric Flodén, IRCA via DXLD) ** CUBA. Rosario.- El Sub-Director de Radio Habana Cuba, Licenciado Pedro Martínez Pírez, llegó a la ciudad de Rosario para participar del ``II Foro Social Cono Sur de la Tierra y la Alimentación``. El evento tuvo lugar durante los días 12 y 13 de octubre pasados en la Facultad de Humanidades y Artes de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario ubicada en calle Entre Ríos 750, a pocas cuadras del edificio donde viviera el Comandante Ernesto "Che" Guevara y cuyas instalaciones visitó Pírez. La temática se desarrolló en torno a exposiciones y debates sobre recursos naturales, biotecnología, la soberanía y el acceso a la alimentación por parte de los pueblos de Argentina y de Latinoamérica. El periodista y politicólogo Pero Martínez Pírez, docente de la Universidad de La Habana, realizó conferencias exponiendo las experiencias en Cuba sobre alimentación y recursos naturales. Asimismo, en una amena charla que mantuvimos en privado y que ha sido grabada para su difusión a través de varios programas de la emisora cubana, Pírez comentó que desde la primera semana de mayo del 2005 y hasta la última de diciembre de 2006 se viene transmitiendo por RHC su programa "Radio Habana Cuba Año 45" referente a la celebración del 45 Aniversario de la emisora. En dicho espacio se rinde homenaje a toda la gente que contribuyó a la fundación de Radio Habana Cuba y que se desempeñó durante su fecunda existencia. Sale al aire los días UT martes a las 1340 y miércoles 0240 con repetición los sábados en "La Revista del Mediterráneo" que se emite de 2200 a 2300 UT en las frecuencias habituales de RHC. Su periplo continuó en Montevideo, Uruguay, donde colegas diexistas, como Abelardo Beauxis y Gabriel Gómez. le esperaban; posteriormente Pedro Pírez regresa a Buenos Aires para partir a Cuba. Para mayor información pueden contactarse con pmpirez @ yahoo.es (Rubén Guillermo Margenet, Rosario, ARGENTINA, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. CUBA COMPLAINS TO UN: US COMMITS RADIO, TV `AGGRESSION' UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Cuba accused the U.S. of waging "radio and television aggression" by bombarding the island with thousands of hours of propaganda every week, repeating a frequent complaint. The Cuban representative to the U.N.'s political and decolonization committee said Friday the U.S. is violating Cuba's national sovereignty with an "obsessive and sick" policy of seeking to topple Fidel Castro. The delegate said the U.S. beams 2,300 hours each week from 16 stations in 24 frequencies, programs that are "totally alien to culture, scientific development and wholesome entertainment, let aside truthful and objective information," said Ambassador Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba's representative to the committee. "The obsessive and sick U.S. policy to destroy the Cuban Revolution has driven them to use various technical means in its radio-electronic warfare against Cuba," Malmierca told the committee, which was discussing information. Cuba has long raised the issue in the committee, claiming the U.S. efforts are aimed at undermining Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The U.S. says that the radio broadcasts give Cubans uncensored information, and has repeatedly overcome Cuban attempts to jam the transmissions. The U.S. representative to the committee, William Marsh, did not address Cuba's allegation (Dow Jones Newswires via Mike Cooper, DXLD) DENUNCIA CUBA AGRESIÓN RADIAL Y TELEVISIVA DE EEUU. Granma, Octubre 15 del 2005 Fuente: http://www.radiorebelde.com.cu/noticia/mundo/mundo3-151005.htm Cuba denunció a Estados Unidos por realizar transmisiones radiales y televisivas ilegales para reforzar su "política hostil y genocida de bloqueo" contra la Isla, reportó PL. En una intervención durante los debates en esa sede sobre el tema de la información, el representante cubano Rodrigo Malmierca destacó que esas transmisiones tienen como propósito "alentar la emigración ilegal, incitar a la desobediencia civil y tergiversar la realidad cubana de manera malintencionada y burda". "En la práctica es un refuerzo a la política hostil y genocida de bloqueo económico, financiero y comercial que por más de cuatro décadas ha impuesto el Gobierno de Estados Unidos contra Cuba", añadió. Malmierca dijo que se trata de una "grosera agresión" contra su país para la cual Washington dedica millones de dólares anuales sin importarle las resoluciones de la Asamblea General de la ONU sobre este asunto ni las regulaciones de la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones y el Derecho Internacional. El diplomático cubano señaló que la Administración republicana del presidente George W. Bush recurre a diversos medios en esta guerra radioelectrónica como parte de su "política obsesiva y enfermiza" por destruir la Revolución en Cuba. "Pero lo más llamativo y peligroso ha sido la utilización de un avión militar EC-130 de las Fuerzas Armadas norteamericanas, desde el cual se dirigen las señales de televisión contra mi país", destacó. En términos enérgicos, Malmierca denunció que este proceder de las autoridades norteamericanas "es violatorio de la soberanía nacional y constituye una flagrante interferencia en los asuntos internos de Cuba". (via José Miguel Romero, Burjasot, España, dxldyg via DXLD) O, grow up. RHC is constantly harping on America`s illegitimate Bush government, but we can take it and don`t go crying to the UN about how hostile RHC is. The blockade is one thing with real consequences; the war of words is quite another, and Cuba should be glad it be nothing more than that. This is such an issue with the dentrocubanos because they know they would lose out if a free press and free elexions were allowed; they have no real self-confidence, with good reason. See the next story (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CUBA. IMPRISONED JOURNALIST "ATTEMPTS SUICIDE" --- press watchdog | Text of press release by Paris-based organization Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) on 14 October Reporters Without Borders today [14 October] voiced deep concern about the condition of imprisoned journalist Mario Enrique Mayo Hernández after his wife and mother reported that he tried to commit suicide twice and is still determined to end his life. He has been detained since March 2003 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence. "Mayo cannot take any more, physically and mentally, nor can his family," the press freedom organisation said. "Does death offer the only relief in Cuban prisons, as exiled journalist Raul Rivero asked last week when fellow journalist Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona was on hunger strike? We call on the Cuban authorities to free Mayo and all of the other 22 imprisoned journalists at once." After many hours of wait and uncertainty, Mayo's wife and mother were able to see him in Kilo 7 prison in Camagüey for about 30 minutes on 12 October. His wife, Maidelin Guerra, told Reporters Without Borders that he very debilitated, both physically and psychologically, and is determined to take his life. "He has written 'Innocent. Freedom' in large letters on his body with razor or a nail or something else he found, on his stomach, arms and face," Guerra said. "He told us he would continue to write these words on himself until there was no more room and then he would commit suicide. He kept repeating to us, 'I shouldn't be here. I've done nothing.' He cannot stand it any more." Guerra added that the prison officials are "paving the way" by already disclaiming any responsibility in the event of Mayo's death in prison. She said he should be receiving treatment but she had no way of verifying it. Mayo tried to take his life twice already by hanging himself with sheets or wire. Guerra also told Reporters Without Borders that Alfredo Manuel Pulido López, another journalist held at Kilo 7 prison, is confined to his bed. He is suffering from acute depression and migraines for which he needs to undergo tests. Arrested in the black spring of 2003 like Mayo, he is serving a 14-year prison sentence. Meanwhile, Oscar Mario Gonzalez, who was arrested on 22 July, was hospitalised on 11 October. His wife, Mirta Wong, explained that during her most recent visits, he was suffering from memory loss and had difficulty putting sentences together. González is awaiting trial on charges that carry a possible 20-year prison sentence. Source: Reporters Sans Frontières press release, Paris, in English 14 Oct 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) Cuban transmitters: RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM ** GERMANY. 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1230-1300 EU 95700so 9770we Chinese 1030-1055 China 15145tr 15190kr 17820tr 6205ko 1300-1350 China 13735kr 15330tr 15490tr 199360be 6225no 2300-2350 China 199360be 5915ir 5995dh 6225aa Croatian 0900-0915 seAS 9770we 1330-1400 seAS 7175we 1500-1515 seAS 7175we Dari 0830-0850 ME 15145ka 17710tr 199360be 90500kb 1330-1400 ME 15640we 17610we 90500kb DRM-TEST 0515-0629 EU 6130si 0630-1200 EU 7265we 0700-1000 EU 6130we 0800-1359 EU 15440si 0900-1155 EU 17700si 1000-1300 EU 6140ju 1200-1359 EU 9655we 1400-1559 EU 17800si 6130we 1600-1000 EU 3995we 1600-1759 EU 12080si 1600-1900 EU 6140ju 1800-1855 EU 9685si 1900-2300 EU 5820mo ====================================================================== English 0000-0100 sAS 1548tr 199360be 6030tr 7290we 90500kb 0100-0200 ME 90500kb 0300-0400 ME 90500kb 0400-0500 c+eAF 15445tr 6180ki 96000ki 9710we 0500-0600 c+sAF 12035ki 15410dh 7285we 90500kb 9565ki 96000ki 0600-0700 wAF 11785we 15440ki 7225si 7225we 96000ki 0600-1000 EU 6140ju 0700-0730 EU 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96000ki 9655ki 0200-0300 WW 90500kb 96000ki 0200-0400 WW 6075we 6075na 6075si 6100bo 6145we 9875ki 0400-0430 WW 88500bu 0400-0500 WW 90500kb 95700so 0400-0600 WW 13780ka 17800tr 6075we 6075si 7150we 0600-0630 WW 10600ti 88600pr 0600-0700 WW 11865ki 1188st 693mo 88500bu 90500kb 0600-0800 WW 12045we 13780we 6075we 6075si 7210we 9545na 9545we 0700-0800 WW 17710we 0800-0900 WW 96000ki 0800-1000 WW 1188st 13780we 21640tr 6075we 693mo 7175we 9545na 9545we 1000-1100 WW 90500kb 1000-1200 WW 11510aa 1188st 13780we 15110tr 17770we 17770si 21840na 5905bo 5910pe 6075we 693mo 7400ir 9545na 1005-1100 WW 88500bu 1200-1300 WW 90500kb 1200-1400 WW 1188st 13780we 15320we 1548tr 15610tr 17480sm 17630na 17710si 6075we 693mo 9545na 1300-1400 WW 12035bo 96000ki 1400-1430 WW 1548tr 1400-1500 WW 1188st 15445bo 693mo 88500bu 96000ki 1400-1600 WW 13780tr 15275ki 15335we 6075we 9545na 1500-1600 WW 15445sa 1600-1800 WW 13780tr 6075we 9535ki 9545na 1700-1800 WW 1548tr 6075si 1800-1900 WW 10600ti 88600pr 96000ki 1800-2000 WW 15275ki 6075we 6075si 7170ki 9545na 95700so 9735we 1930-2000 WW 90500kb 2000-2100 WW 11935tr 90500kb 2000-2200 WW 6075we 6075si 9545na 2100-2200 WW 1188st 11935ki 693mo 2200-2300 WW 1188st 693mo 96000ki 2200-2400 WW 11690ki 11865si 5895no 6075we 6075si 7395aa 9545we 2300-2400 WW 90500kb Hausa 0630-0700 wAF 12025ki 0630-0700 EU 199360be 0630-0700 wAF 7240si 0630-0700 wAF 9565we 1300-1350 wAF 15410ki 1300-1350 wAF 17800ki 1300-1350 wAF 21665we 1800-1900 wAF 11615si 1800-1900 wAF 12015ki 1800-1900 wAF 9430we Hindi 1515-1600 sAS 13590we 1548tr 199360be 7225tr 9585tr Indonesian 1200-1250 Indon. 15250tr 17820dh 9655tr 2200-2250 Indon. 12035ki 199360be 9610tr 9720ki Macedonian 0730-0800 EU 810sk 9615we 1000-1030 EU 810sk 9770we 1400-1430 EU 7175we Pashto 0800-0830 ME 15145ka 17710tr 199360be 90500kb 1400-1430 ME 15640we 17610we 199360be 90500kb Polish 1730-1800 EU 7240si Portuguese 0500-0545 AF 9545we 9755ki Romanes 1130-1200 EU (su) 11690we 15275we Romanian 0800-0805 EU 88500bu 1000-1005 EU 88500bu 1100-1200 EU 199360be 1100-1300 EU 11970na 88500bu 1400-1405 EU 88500bu Russian 0100-0200 Russia 15145pe 15335vl 15595tr 5925we 0200-0300 Russia 15335tr 199360be 5905we 7305na 0300-0400 Russia 1188st 15335tr 5905na 693mo 0400-0500 Russia 1188st 15110ki 199360be 5945we 693mo 0500-0600 Russia 1188st 17700ki 5910we 693mo 7305na 0600-0630 Russia 17700ki 5910we 7305na 999gr 0700-0800 Russia 1188st 693mo 1500-1600 Russia 11720we 1188st 693mo 7145we 9715we 1600-1700 Russia 1188st 693mo 7145we 9715we 999gr 1700-1900 Russia 1188st 5980we 693mo 7145we 9715tr 1900-2000 Russia 1188st 5980we 693mo 7145we 9715tr 999gr 2000-2100 Russia 1188st 5980we 6180we 693mo 7145si Serbian 0715-0730 EU 6045we 7195na 88600pr 1030-1100 EU 7175we 810sk 88600pr 9770we 1430-1500 EU 7175we 88600pr 9770we 2100-2115 EU 11905ki 1458fl 7245si Swahili 0300-0400 AF 15445tr 199360be 6180ki 7150we 9565si 96000ki 1000-1050 AF 12045ki 15410ki 21780we 9875ki 1000-1100 EU/AF 199360be 96000ki 1500-1600 AF 12025ki 21840we 7190ki 96000ki Turkish 0630-0700 EU/ME 11905we 9615we 1130-1200 EU/ME (mo-sa)11690we 15275we 1530-1600 EU/ME 15470si 9790na Ukrainian 0530-0600 Ukraine 199360be 5945we 7200si 999gr Urdu 1430-1515 sAS 13590we 1548tr 7225tr 199360be 90500kb 1700-1730 sAS 11695tr 9495we 199360be 90500kb NB = FM broadcasts are directed to the local area rather than the indicated target Transmitters: aa = Alma Ata be = Berlin bo = Bonaire bu = Bucharest dh = Dhabayya er = Erevan fl = Fllaka gr = Grigoriopo ir = Irkutsk ju = Juelich ka = Krasnodar kb = Kabul ki = Kigali ko = Komsomolsk kr = Kranji mo = Moscow na = Nauen no = Novosibirsk pe = Petropavlovsk pr = Prstina sa = Sackville si = Sines sk = Skopje sm = Samara so = Sofia st = St.Petersburg ti = Tirana tr = Trincomale vl = Vladivostok we = Wertachtal (via Alokesh Gupta in dxldyg mail list and via Wolfgang Bueschel/ Andreas Volk via Wolfgang Bueschel/re-arranged by Alan Roe, DXLD) ** GERMANY. From the pdf file posted on dw-world.de, here is the B05 Winter Program schedule for Deutsche Welle, shortwave and medium wave transmissions only. First airings of programs are in caps. [All are one hour blocks.] At 0000 to South Asia on 1548 (MW), 6030 (ends at 0059 UT), 7290: Sunday: News, Religion & Society (10'), German by Radio (15'), Asia This Week (30'). Monday: News, Mailbag (55'). Tuesday-Saturday: News, Newslink\Asia, followed by Tuesday: Insight (15'), Business German (15'); Wednesday: World In Progress (30'); Thursday: Money Talks (30'); Friday: Living Planet (30'); Saturday: Spectrum (30'). At 0100 to Europe on 3995 DRM: Sunday: News, Inside Europe (55'). Monday: Religion & Society (10'), Inspired Minds (15'), Hits in Germany. Tuesday-Saturday: News\Newsline Plus. At 0400 to East and Central Africa on 6180 (ends at 0457 UT), 9710 (ends at 0459 UT), 15445: Sunday: News, Inside Europe (55'). Monday: News, Mailbag (55'). Tuesday-Saturday: News, Newslink\Asia, followed by Tuesday: Insight (15'), Business German (15'); Wednesday: World In Progress (30'); Thursday: Money Talks (30'); Friday: Living Planet (30'); Saturday: Spectrum (30'). At 0500 to East & Central Africa on 7285, 9565 (ends at 0057 UT); Central & South Africa on 12035, East & South Africa on 15410: Sunday: News, Religion & Society (10'), German by Radio (10'), Africa This Week (30'). Monday: News, Religion & Society (10'), Inspired Minds (15'), Hits in Germany (30'). Tuesday-Saturday: News, Newslink\Africa followed by: Tuesday: A World of Music (30'); Wednesday: Arts on the Air (30'); Thursday Living in Germany (15'), Treasures of the World (15'); Friday: Cool (30'); Saturday: Focus on Folk (30'). At 0600 to Europe on 6140; West Africa on 7225, 11785, 15440: Sunday: News, Inside Europe (55'). Monday: News, Mailbag (55'). Tuesday- Saturday: News, Newslink\Asia, followed by Tuesday: Insight (15'), Business German (15'); Wednesday: World In Progress (30'); Thursday: Money Talks (30'); Friday: Living Planet (30'); Saturday: Spectrum (30'). At 0700 to Europe on 6140; 0700-0730 to Europe on 3995, 6130 and 7265, all DRM: Sunday: News, Sports Report (1) (10'), INSPIRED MINDS (15'), HITS IN GERMANY (30'). Monday-Friday: News, Newslink followed by: Monday: Spectrum (30'); Tuesday: A World of Music (30'); Wednesday: Arts on the Air (30'); Thursday: Living in Germany (15'), Treasures of the World (15'); Friday: Cool (30'). Saturday: News, INSIDE EUROPE (55'). At 0800 to Europe on 6140; Middle East on 21675 DRM: Sunday: News; MAILBAG (55'). Monday-Friday: News, Newslink followed by Monday: Focus on Folk (30'); Tuesday: Insight (15'), Business German (15'); Wednesday: World in Progress (30'); Thursday: Money Talks (30'); Friday: Living Planet (30'). Saturday: News, RELIGION & SOCIETY (10'), GERMAN BY RADIO (15'), NETWORK EUROPE (30'). At 0900 to Europe on 6140 (ends at 0959); Middle East on 21675 DRM; plus DRM to Europe on 3995, 6130, 7265, 15440, 17700: Sunday: News, Religion & Society (10'), Inspired Minds (15'), Hits in Germany (30'). Monday-Friday News, Newslink followed by: Monday: Spectrum (30'); Tuesday: A World of Music (30'); Wednesday: Arts on the Air (30'); Thursday: Living in Germany (15'), Treasures of the World (15'); Friday: Cool (30'). Saturday: News, Inside Europe (55'). At 1000 to Europe Sunday-Friday DRM on 6140, 7265, 15440, 17700: Sunday: News, Sports Report (1) (10'), Inspired Minds (15'), Hits in Germany (30'). Monday-Friday: News, Update Europe (55'). At 1100 To Europe Sunday-Friday DRM on 6140, 7265, 15440, 17700: Sunday: News, Mailbag (55'). Monday-Friday: News, Update Europe (55'). At 1200 to Europe Sunday-Friday DRM on 6140, 9655, 15440: Sunday: News, Concert Hall (55'). Monday-Friday: News, Update Europe (55'). At 1300 to Europe on 6140, 1300-1330 to Europe on DRM 9655, 15440: Sunday: News, Mailbag (55'). Monday-Friday News, Newslink followed by: Monday: Spectrum (30'); Tuesday: Insight (15'), Business Europe (15'); Wednesday: World in Progress (30'); Thursday: Money Talks (30'); Friday: Living Planet (30'). Saturday: News, CONCERT HALL (55'). At 1400 to Europe on 6140: Sunday: News, Religion & Society (10'), Inspired Minds (15'), Hits in Germany (30'). Monday-Friday News, Newslink followed by: Monday: Focus on Folk (30'); Tuesday: A World of Music (30'); Wednesday: Arts on the Air (30'); Thursday: Living in Germany (15'), Treasures of the World (15'); Friday: Cool (30'). Saturday: News, Inside Europe (55'). At 1500 to Europe on 6140, plus DRM 6130, 17800 (all ends at 0559): Sunday: News, Concert Hall (55'). Monday-Friday News, Newslink followed by: Monday: Spectrum (30'); Tuesday: Insight (15'), Business Europe (15'); Wednesday: World in Progress (30'); Thursday: Money Talks (30'); Friday: Living Planet (30'). Saturday: News, Religion & Society (10'), German By Radio (15'), Network Europe (30'). At 1600 to South Asia on 1548 (MW), 6170 (ends at 1659 UT), 9795 (ends at 1659 UT), 11695: Sunday: News, Mailbag (55'). Monday-Friday News, Newslink\Asia followed by: Monday: INSIGHT (15'), Treasures of the World (15'); Tuesday: WORLD IN PROGRESS (30'); Wednesday: MONEY TALKS (30'); Thursday: LIVING PLANET (30'); Friday: ASIA THIS WEEK (30'). Saturday: News, Inside Europe (25'), Cool (30'). At 1700: According to this, the only transmissions are on DRM 3995, 6140 & 12080 to Europe, and only at 1700-1730, which would include only the following: Sunday: News, SPORTS REPORT (2) (10'), Inspired Minds (15'). Monday-Friday: News, Newslink Asia. Saturday: News, SPORTS REPORT (1) (10'), German by Radio (15'). The 30 minute programs beginning on the half hour, I guess on satellite only, are: Sunday: Hits in Germany,. Monday: A WORLD OF MUSIC, Tuesday: ARTS ON THE AIR, Wednesday: LIVING IN GERMANY (15'), TREASURES OF THE WORLD (15'), Thursday: COOL, Friday: FOCUS ON FOLK. At 1900 to East and Central Africa on 11865 (ends at 1957 UT), 12025, 15470 (ends at 1957 UT): Sunday: News, Sports Report (2) (10'), Inspired Minds (15'), Hits in Germany (30'). Monday-Friday News, Newslink\Africa followed by: Monday: A World Of Music (30'); Tuesday: Arts On The Air (30'); Wednesday: Living In Germany (15'), Treasures of the World (15'); Thursday: Cool (30'); Friday: Focus On Folk (30'). Saturday: News, Sports Report (1) (10'), German By Radio (15'), AFRICA THIS WEEK (30'). At 2000 to Central and South Africa on 9735, 12025, 15410; East & Central Africa on 6145 (ends at 2057 UT), West Africa on 9830 (ends at 2057 UT): Sunday: News, Mailbag (55'). Monday-Friday: News, Newslink\Africa followed by: Monday: Insight (15'), BUSINESS GERMAN (15') [First airing on shortwave; actual first airing was during the 1800 transmission, which was on satellite only); Tuesday: World in Progress (30'); Wednesday: Money Talks (30'); Thursday: Living Planet (30'); Friday: SPECTRUM (30') [First airing on shortwave; actual first airing was during the 1800 transmission, which was on satellite only). Saturday: News, Inside Europe (55'). At 2100 to West Africa on 7280, 9615, 11690: Sunday: News, Sports Report (2) (10'), Inspired Minds (15'), Hits in Germany (30'). Monday-Friday News, Newslink\Africa followed by: Monday: A World Of Music (30'); Tuesday: Arts On The Air (30'); Wednesday: Living In Germany (15'), Treasures of the World (15'); Thursday: Cool (30'); Friday: Focus On Folk (30'). Saturday: News, Sports Report (1) (10'), German By Radio (15'), Africa This Week (30'). At 2200 to East Asia on 6180 (ends at 2259 UT), 6225; plus DRM to Europe 2200-2230 on 3995, 5820: Sunday: News, Mailbag (55'). Monday- Friday: News, Newslink\Asia followed by: Monday: Insight (15'), Business German; Tuesday: World in Progress (30'); Wednesday: Money Talks (30'); Thursday: Living Planet (30'); Friday: Spectrum (30'). Saturday: News, Inside Europe (25'), Asia This Week (30'). At 2300 to Southeast Asia on 6070, 9555, 9815; plus DRM to North and Central America 2300-2330 on 9800: Sunday: News, Sports Report (2) (10'), Inspired Minds (15'), Hits in Germany (30'). Monday-Friday: News, Newslink\Asia followed by: Monday: A World Of Music (30'); Tuesday: Arts On The Air (30'); Wednesday: Living In Germany (15'), Treasures of the World (15'); Thursday: Cool (30'); Friday: Focus On Folk (30'). Saturday: News, Sports Report (1), (10'), German By Radio (15'), Asia This Week (30'). (via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GUATEMALA. La Voz de Atitlán --- In reading about the recent mudslides in the Lake Atitlán region, I have been wondering if any of it hit Radio La Voz de Atitlán. I found the following article on Google, which briefly recounts some of the work done at the station after the disaster, so the station survived. http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/knightcenternews_article.php?page=5078 LV de Atitlán is no longer on SW, but was on 2390 kHz for many years. An article on the town of Santiago Atitlán and my visit to the station in 1987 is told in an article of mine at http://donmoore.tripod.com/central/guatemala/atitlan.html What is amazing is how much things have changed there. A co-worker visited the Lake Atitlán region about a year ago and told me that in Santiago Atitlán (which used to be one of the most traditional towns) now about 90% of the people wear western style clothing, instead of the traditional dress that was the norm less than 20 years ago. And, there is now a McDonalds along the lakeshore in Santiago Atitlán - mostly to serve the foreign tourists. If you've read my article, you'll understand just how much of a change that is. Humpty Dumpty was pushed. Radio & Latin American website: http://donmoore.tripod.com Highly Recommended: http://www.commondreams.org and http://www.tompaine.com (Don Moore, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUYANA. 3291.1 kHz, GBC, Sparendaam, heard on 14 Oct 2119-2129, English program, pops, ID "Voice of Guyana", TC, program announcements; 34342, adjacent utility. QRM thence better on USB; curiously, that utility station was often off at around this time when the GBC was silent for months (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. Article about ham radio: http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=56632&pn=0 (via Ray VU3ORN, dx_india via DXLD) ** INDIA. 10330, AIR, Bangalore; 1712-1725 Oct. 16. Very good with Hindi man, vocals. Presume national domestic Vividh Bharati network (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. v15149.83 noted from around 1600 UT onwards today. // seems near 9525 (9524.98) kHz. Only open carrier noted around 1900- 2000 UT, seemingly lack of manpower energy due of Ramadan festivity. But from 2000-2200 nothing heard on 15 MHz, and 9525 covered by super power CRI QIQ in Russian co-channel. wb, Oct 16 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. AWR B-05 Schedule Afar 1430-1500 AF 17610au Amharic 0330-0400 AF 9760dh Arabic 0400-0430 ME 7210au 0430-0500 AF 6045au 1700-1730 ME 9595au 1730-1800 AF 9670au 1830-1900 AF 9535au 1900-1930 AF 9800ju Assamese 1330-1400 su,we AS 15660ag Bari 1800-1830 mo AF 9815au Bengali 1230-1300 AS 15110dh 1300-1330 AS 15660ag Bulgarian 0500-0600 EU 6045ju Burmese 0000-0030 AS 17635ag 1430-1500 AS 11770ag Chin 1430-1500 AS 11940ag Col[loquial] English 1800-1830 we,fr AF 9815au Dial Ara 1930-2000 mo,we AF 9800ju Dyula 2000-2030 AF 9770au ====================================================================== English 1000-1030 AS 11870ag 1200-1230 AS 15110dh 1330-1400 mo,tu,th-sa AS 15660ag 1330-1400 AS 11980ag 1530-1600 AS 9530dh 1600-1630 AS 9585ag 12065ag 1630-1700 AS 11980ag 1730-1800 ME 9980ag 1800-1830 AF 3215me 3345me 11925me 2000-2030 AF 9655me 2100-2130 AF 9830au 2230-2300 AS 11655ag 11850ag ====================================================================== Farsi 0330-0400 Iran 6040au 1630-1700 Iran 9540au Filipino 1030-1100 AS 11870ag 1700-1730 ME 9980ag French 2000-2030 AF 9695ju 9805me 11845me 2030-2100 AF 9800au Fulfulde 1900-1930 AF 15140me German 1600-1630 EU 6015au Hausa 1930-2000 AF 11750me Hindi 1530-1600 AS 11695dh 12105ag 1700-1730 ME 11675ag Ibo 1930-2000 AF 11885me Indonesian 1100-1130 AS 11840ag 2200-2230 AS 11850ag 11965ag Italian 1000-1100 su EU 9610ju Japanese 1300-1330 FE 11755ag 11980ag 2100-2130 FE 11980ag 12010ag Juba Arabic 1800-1830 tu,sa AF 9815au Kabyle 1930-2000 su,th AF 9800ju Kannada 1530-1600 AS 12065ag Karen 0030-0100 AS 17635ag 1400-1430 AS 11940ag Khmer 1330-1400 AS 11695ag Kiswahili 1700-1730 AF 11915me Korean 1200-1300 AS 9780ag 2000-2100 AS 6045ag 6195ag Malagasy 0230-0330 AF 3215ma 1528-1628 AF 3215ma Malayalam 1530-1600 AS 11985ag Mandarin 0000-0200 AS 12035ag 17880ag 0100-0200 AS 17635ag 1000-1100 AS 15260ag 15430ag 1100-1200 AS 11895ag 12120ag 1100-1500 AS 11825ag 1200-1300 AS 11690ag 12120ag 1300-1330 mo-fr AS 11720dh 1330-1500 AS 11720dh 1400-1500 AS 9635ag 2100-2200 AS 5985ag 7150ag 2200-2300 AS 11685ag 11895ag 2300-2400 AS 11700ag 15370ag Marathi 1530-1600 AS 11935ag Masai 1730-1800 AF 11915me Mizo 1500-1530 AS 11610ag Mongolian 1030-1100 AS 11900ag Moru 1800-1830 su,th AF 9815au Nepali 1500-1530 AS 9530dh Oriya 1600-1630 AS 11670ag Oromo 0300-0330 AF 9550dh 1730-1800 AF 6180dh Panjabi 1500-1530 AS 9355ag 1500-1530 AS 11695dh Russian 0300-0330 AS 9655dh 1330-1400 AS 9530dh Sinhalese 1400-1430 AS 15660ag Somali 1630-1700 AF 17595dh Tachelhit 1930-2000 tu,fr,sa AF 9800ju Tamil 1500-1530 AS 11985ag 1730-1800 ME 11680ag Telugu 1500-1530 AS 12105ag Thai 1130-1200 AS 15260ag Tigrinya 0300-0330 AF 9760dh Uighur 1300-1330 sa-su AS 11720dh Urdu 0200-0230 AS 5965au 0230-0300 AS 5965au 1400-1430 AS 15440au 1600-1630 AS 11680au 11980ag Vietnamese 0100-0200 sa AS 15445tp 1400-1500 AS 11695tp 2300-2400 AS 15320ag Yoruba 2030-2100 AF 11845me Transmitters: ag = Agat, GUAM au = Moosbrunn, AUSTRIA dh = Dhabayya, UAE ju = Julich, GERMANY ma = Madagascar, Vololondry me = Meyerton, SOUTH AFRICA tp = Taipei, TAIWAN (via Wolfgang Bueschel re-arranged by Alan Roe, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. THE END IS NEAR FOR C-BAND SATELLITE TELEVISION http://futureofradio.typepad.com/the_future_of_radio/2005/10/the_end_is_near.html All communications technologies have life cycles. They are born, they grow, and they die. A century ago, skilled telegraphers were much in demand and highly paid. Now no one, outside of a few die-hard ham radio Morse code enthusiasts, cares about telegraphy. When was the last time you sent or received a telegram? How many newsrooms still have teletype machines producing the latest wire reports from the Associated Press or other press services? A decade ago, most cell phones were analog models operating in the 800 MHz range; today, it's almost impossible to buy a new cell phone that's analog and only operates at 800 MHz. As communications technology advances, the life cycles of new technologies get compressed (as the analog cell phone story shows). Another example: the era of analog C-band satellite television reception --- the technology that launched the entire satellite television industry --- will soon be history after about thirty years: http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/n_Sun_Sets_on_C_band.shtml There is a lesson in here for other "legacy" industries, such as terrestrial AM, FM, and shortwave broadcasting, but I doubt it will be learned or heeded. Like people, companies and industries aren't very comfortable contemplating the reality of their own impending demise. Posted on October 17, 2005 (Harry Helms, TX, futureofradio blog via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS. 6125U, Radio Maluumaati - Coalition Forces Information Radio; *2347-0035 Oct. 13. Similar abrupt sign-on time as my initial log on Sept. 24. Up at 2347 mid-vocal, Pashtu or Dari- sounding music and man at 0002-0005. Clear and fair, no trace of other reported channels 5176, 9133, 15500 and 18727 (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) New frequency, 18727.0 *1600-1640 fade out Int. Waters 13, 14 & 15-10. Information R Arabic/Kurdish talks about referendum in Iraq, Arab music 35434 at s/on AP-DNK (Anker Petersen, Denmark, @tividade DX via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. It's farewell time for one of NEW HAMPSHIRE's best-known broadcasters. After a sesquidecade transforming New Hampshire Public Radio from a sleepy, small-town station into a nationally respected statewide network, Mark Handley has departed his post at the helm of the network. Sometime in the next few days, Mark and his wife Judy will head out of Boston Harbor in their 42-foot sailboat, "Windbird," to spend the next two years circumnavigating the globe. You can follow their progress at http://www.handleysail.com (Scott Fybush, NE Radio Watch Oct 17 via DXLD) ** ISRAEL. Glenn, A small correction to 5-179 - Mabat is only 1900- 1945 UT. The "mabat" sub-title, under Hebrew, was only meant for that one line of the schedule. Thanks (Doni Rosenzweig, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. As expected, on Sunday mornings when Rai runs late with silly ballgames on 17780 to NAm, it is uncomfortably close to KVOH on 17775; both were already/still on at 1450 check Oct 16. Guess that will not happen in B-05 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. RAI B-05 Schedule Albanian 1335-1355 EU 6045 9670 Amharic 0435-0455 AF 11985 Arabic 0600-0620 AF 11985 1330-1345 EU 567 1330-1355 EU/AF 9675 11815 1430-1500 EU/AF 9675 11800 11815 1630-1655 AF 5960 11675 2025-2045 EU/AF 5990 7290 2135-2155 AF 6010 7290 Bulgarian 1540-1600 EU 6035 9760 Croatian 1435-1455 EU 6065 Czech 1810-1825 EU 5990 2135-2155 EU 6055 Danish 2000-2020 EU (tu,th,su) 6045 9760 ====================================================================== English 0055-0115 NAM 11800 0445-0500 EU/AF 5965 6120 7170 1935-1955 EU 6035 9760 2025-2045 AF 6020 2205-2230 FE 6090 ====================================================================== Esperanto 2000-2020 (sa) 6045 9760 French 0115-0130 NAM 11800 1530-1555 EU 9780 11860 1630-1655 EU/AF 6015 7195 9675 German 1415-1435 EU 6065 1805-1825 EU 6110 9760 Greek 1520-1540 EU 6035 9760 Hungarian 1935-1955 EU 6125 Italian 0130-0230 C+SAM 6110 11765(-0215) 0130-0315 N+SAM 9840 11800 0435-0445 EU/AF 5965 6120 7170 0455-0530 AF 11985 0630-0800 EU 6100 0800-1300 EU 6195 1000-1100 AU/OC 11920 1350-1730 AM/EU/AF (su) 9670 21520 21550 21710 (sport) 1400-1425 NAM 17780 21520 1500-1525 EU/AF 9675 11800 11815 1555-1625 EU 9780 11860 1700-1800 EU/AF 6125 9845 5965 11875 15320 15250 1830-1905 NAM 11830 15230 2240-0055 N+SAM 9840 11800 2300-0500 EU 657 900 6060 Lithuanian 0505-0525 EU 5965 Polish 1840-1900 EU 5990 2210-2225 EU 6055 Portuguese 0115-0130 SAM 9840 2050-2110 EU/AF 6010 7290 11880 15250 Romanian 0530-0550 EU 5965 2115-2135 EU 6055 Russian 0345-0405 Rus. 5965 9655 0600-0620 Rus. 9600 11800 1605-1625 Rus. 5965 9655 11970 2000-2020 Rus. 6125 9690 Serbian 1910-1930 EU 6125 Slovak 1825-1840 EU 5990 2155-2210 EU 6055 Slovene 1400-1415 EU 6065 Somali 0530-0550 AF 11985 1910-1930 AF 11855 Spanish 0055-0115 SAM 9840 0315-0335 N+SAM 9840 11800 2110-2130 EU/AF 6010 7290 Swedish 2000-2020 EU (mo,we,fr) 6045 9760 Turkish 1500-1520 EU 6035 9760 Ukrainian 0405-0425 EU 5965 9655 (via Wolfgang Bueschel retyped by Alan Roe, DXLD) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. VO1MRC 60 [sic]-METER EXPERIMENTS SET (Oct 17, 2005) The Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland (MRCN) station VO1MRC will conduct experiments on 60 meters Saturday and Sunday, October 22-23 from 0000 until 2400 UT both days (this period begins Friday, October 21 in North America). Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) Newfoundland- Labrador Section Manager Joe Craig, VO1NA, says, that during this period, a CW beacon will operate on 5269.5 kHz to determine the diurnal variations in propagation. Signal reports from local and distant stations are welcome. VO1MRC will open briefly for two-way contacts with stations authorized to transmit on 60 meters starting 0000 UTC both days of the experiments, transmitting CW and listening on 5260.5 kHz as well as receiving on 5346.5 kHz USB, which is US channel 2. US stations: For more information on 60-meter operation, visit the ``60 Meters - Frequently Asked Questions`` (FAQ) page on the ARRL Web site http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/faq-60.html The MRCN experiment has been endorsed by RAC and authorized by Industry Canada. For further information, visit the MRCN Web site http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~jcraig/mrcn.html (ARRL main page via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. 600, YNLD Radio Ya, Managua OCT 14 1030 - Fair to good; rustic vocal, promo/ad string, "...en todo Nicaragua" [is Nicaragua masculine? --- gh] and "Radio Ya," many more Nicaragua mentions, and theme song with repeated "Ya ya ya ya..." vocal. 620, YNN R. Nicaragua, Managua (12 07'N 86 17'W) OCT 14 0950 - Presumed; rustic vocals, Nicaragua mentions, over/under WZON (Bruce Conti, ME coast DXpedition, ABDX via DXLD) ** NORWAY [non]. Making a check for RNV via Cuba, Sunday Oct 16 at 2045, not on 13680 (tho there was some other very weak signal there), nor on 9550 --- but came across some nice choral music on 9530, with a very good signal, slow rolling fades --- best signal on band, in fact, aside from 9975. Outroduced in American English, spelling out some complicated websites with apparent Norwegian words in them, and ending in .no but also contact info for Voice of Joy as voiceofjoy @ comcast.net to which I have inquired. I cannot find anything scheduled on 9530 at this time except maybe for Magadan, eastern tip of Russia, in PWBR, and this smacks of reception from there, altho certainly not the programming one would expect. Program wrapped up at 2055, but carrier stayed on and was still on at 2150! Perhaps someone with a rotatable log-periodic can get a fix on it. Searching on Voice of Joy, I find it is a program scheduled on FEBA at some other time; but the Norwegian connexion leads me to this webpage: http://www.voiceofjoy.net/index.html about a Norwegian choir which likes US gospel music and tours this country, but nothing found about broadcasts, especially SW. The page also links to one in Norway, which is partly in English. Maybe via one of the US SW stations, but if so a new frequency, and a strange operation to just stop 5 minutes before the hour, never ID and leave the carrier on. Come to think of it, maybe not so strange for some of them. Any ideas? Yes, Brasil may also be on then, but I think we can rule that out. At 2159 on came an announcement I could not copy, but at 2200 DW IS, ID, timecheck, and finally cut off! Well, Wertachtal is scheduled on 9530 but at 1800-1900 only with RCI in English. Perhaps they forgot to turn it off at 1900, and something on the feedline intended for another frequency went out when I was hearing V. of Joy. Anyway, it appears this was from some site DW uses, unless the open carrier I heard did not go with V. of Joy --- but I never heard any breaks and the strength and fading were same as during VOJ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later received this reply from the announced e-mail address: The Program is broadcast out of Canada. It will be on at the same time next Saturday. The Voice of Joy Music Hour is producing International Christian Gospel music on Shortwave. We hope you listen again! Dean Phillips (Glenn Hauser, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dean, I assume you mean from the Sackville, NB facility? I heard it on Sunday, so will it be on both Saturday and Sunday? I tuned in late, so at what time does it start? If VOJ is on any other shortwave stations, could you send me a complete schedule of times and frequencies? Thanks, (Glenn Hauser to Dean Phillips, via DXLD) Glenn, We are only broadcasting from Sackville right now. There are 2 more shows for this month on the following 2 Saturdays at the exact same time. 3-4 pm CST. All the Best, (Dean Phillips, ibid.) I guess he means CDT, since I heard it until 2055 UT, so starts at 2000, but again, I heard it on Sunday, so perhaps the Sunday broadcast was unintentional, and/or not at the same time as on Saturday (gh) I heard this group when they came in town last year. They are awesome and really moved our church (David Slate, Hendersonville TN, USA, ABDX via DXLD) ** PARAGUAY. Desde hoy rige la hora de verano en la Rep. del Paraguay -3 UT (Levi Iversen, Paraguay, Oct 16, condig list via DXLD) ** PORTUGAL [non]. Re 5-177, October 13, 2005 CIAO 530 relaying RDPI: Konnie's log must apply to one among the local stations worldwide that provide relays for the RDPi at certain periods of the day. Some thereof may even provide local programs for their local Portuguese communities, and the same goes for other countries. The WRTH does mention some of these stations, e.g. New Pan-hellenic Voice 1422 kHz, Bedfordview, RSA, but I'm sure their lists are incomplete --- always changing and therefore hard to compile accurately. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. LISTENER'S DAY ON RADIO ROMANIA, Sunday November 6 This year, like in previous years, Radio Romania International is dedicating a day to you, our listeners. It's a day when our station will be relying on your contributions, which we would like you to send us - either in writing or already recorded by yourselves. The special day, Listener's Day, will be celebrated on Sunday, November the 6th, just a few days after National Radio Day, which is marked on November the lst. We recall that on November the 1st, 1928, the first radio programme was broadcast in Romania. As topic for Listener's Day this year, we have chosen "Man and Nature", given that 2005 has brought with it many memorable and often terrifying examples of extreme weather. The green house effect appears to be taking effect, hurricanes occur ever more frequently, devastating earthquakes claim tens of thousands of lives, tsunami waves and floods hit extensive regions. What has happened? Have we lost control over nature? Has nature reasserted its control, sending us signals that we have abused it for far too long? We look forward to your opinions on this topic, which you can send by snail mail or e-mail, by fax, on phone - and of course live, during our programme on November the 6th, starting at 1300 hours UT. Radio Romania International 60-62 General Berthelot Street Bucharest, ROMANIA. E-Mail: eng @ rri.ro 73. (via Dino Bloise, FLORIDA, USA, dxldyg via DXLD) Not sure why only one day each year is Listeners' day (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. Voice of Russia What`s New http://www.vor.ru/English/Exclusives/what_new.html MUSICAL TALES (on the air as of Tuesday, October 18th). Well-known politicians rarely evince a serious interest in lofty art. Still, each monarch or president in one way or another developed their own very special relationship with these or those muses, acknowledged masterpieces and their authors. ``Music and Politics`` --- we will continue this theme in the next few editions of the feature. Tune in to MUSICAL TALES on Tuesday at 0300, Wednesday 0230 and 2030, Thursday 0130 and 1730, Saturday 0600 and 1600, Sunday 0400 and 1800 and Monday at 0400 UT. THIS IS RUSSIA (on the air as of Monday, October 17th). In the next edition of our weekly feature THIS IS RUSSIA you will hear cultural news and a program devoted to the outstanding 20th century Russian religious philosopher Ivan Ilyin. The remains of Ivan Ilyin and Anton Denikin, one of the leaders of the White Guards movement, were recently returned to Russia and buried at the Donskoy monastery`s memorial cemetery in Moscow...We invite you to tune in to THIS IS RUSSIA on Monday at 0300, 0800, Tuesday 0600, Wednesday 0700 and 1700, Thursday 2000, Friday 0600 and 1700, Saturday 0400 and 1500 and Sunday 0500 and 1600 UT [Programs on the hour actually begin 11 minutes later; on the half hour, a sesquiminute later). (via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SARAWAK [and non]. Malaysia: Responses from Sarawak FM (RTM) Greetings from Monterey, Having recently enjoyed hearing Sarawak FM (7130//5030 kHz), I thought it would be fun to attempt to make contact with some of the station`s staff, via e-mail, by utilizing the extensive listing of e-mail addresses at their web site http://www2.rtm.net.my/rtmsarawak/contact.htm Not with the aim to get a traditional QSL (hoping my mailed report might do that) but mainly just to let them know that someone in America has enjoyed listening to their programming and to see what type of general response I could elicit. Their national language was not that easy for me to work with, resulting in my e-mail to them only including a few miscellaneous words in Bahasa Malaysia, plus to be somewhat culturally sensitive, I included ``Ramadan Mubarak`` (Arabic for ``May your Ramadan be blessed.``) and a full sentence asking if they understood English, with the remainder of my e-mail in English. Because of the language factor, I did not know what to expect in the way of how many would take the time to respond to me. Sent 25 individual e-mails, with one that bounced back, [ AtikahMahli@yahoo.com ], being either disabled or discontinued. Within a period of one week I received four e-mails: Sent an e-mail to ``Jai,`` who responded from an e-mail address of ``Atun Ahmad Ibrahim [ puteri_jengking @ yahoo.com ],`` with a nice ``terima kasih`` (thank you) note in Bahasa Malaysia and she asked if I knew their language. Izah Faezah [ ezahswkfm @ yahoo.com ] responded with a brief note in a mix of simple English and Bahasa Malaysia and she wished me a ``Happy Ramadhan.`` Azaz Azmi responded from an e-mail address of ``sulaiman adam [ adamjust @ yahoo.com ],`` with a note all in English: ``I`m so glad that you`re listening to Sarawak FM. I hope we keep in touch and I would like to hear more from you (about yourself).`` He also included information about their web site. Saiful Arini W., who mailed from ``Arini Saiful [ syaiary @ yahoo.com ],`` wrote not from Sarawak but from Kuala Lumpur (Nasional FM, Tingkat 2 Selatan, Wisma Radio, Angkasapuri, 50740 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, phone 03 22849776) and indicated ``I`m very sorry to reply to your email in the Malay/Malaysia language. And as a Malaysian I should be proud of my mother tongue and I feel proud to know that you had wrote one sentence in Bahasa Malaysia. Thanks a lot.`` Interesting linguistic nationalism. His e-mail provided information about the various Sarawak stations, in Bahasa Malaysia, with basically the same information as provided at the Sarawak FM web site. Wrote that if I ever came to Kuala Lumpur, to give him a call. All of them wished me a Happy Ramadhan, so I responded by sending them a Ramadhan Malaysia greeting e-card (via a Singapore web site), with a simple ``terima kasih`` message. Was an interesting experiment and all in all, the results were fine (Ron Howard, CA, Oct 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. Very distorted signal in Japanese, Oct 17 at 1340 on approx. 9661 – can`t pin down carrier, and it spreads, FM-ing. Mostly M&W talking, occasional bits of music. At first I suspected Korea North from 9665, but that is only in Korean, and the intonation here was definitely Japanese, plus too upbeat for DPRK. Closing at 1357 with website ending in .tw and off at 1358* The only thing that fits is RTI Japanese service scheduled at 13-14 on 9635 where, I think, nothing was heard today, tho I did not come to this conclusion until after it was off. NDXC shows: 9635 R.TAIWAN INT. 1300-1400 1234567 Japanese Taipei 250 45 TWN 12124E2509 RTI a05 Per WRTH A-05, site is Tainan, tho frequency list shows Huwei instead. I did not find any // on 9 or 11 MHz, but the schedule shows the only // for this is 7130 via Minhsiung. The 45 degree beam of course carries on to North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Re 5-179: The changes cited are not effective with the B-05 schedule changes; they must be anticipated for a future date. Outlook, Everywoman, Pick of the World, White Label, Top of the Pops and Music Review are all listed in the B-05 schedules I've seen (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, swprograms via DXLD) As the changes are not immediately effective listeners outside the UK should write to Write On to find out the rationale behind these changes (Mike Barraclough, UK, ibid.) ** U K. PRESS REPORT SAYS BBC TO TERMINATE THAI LANGUAGE SERVICE The Nation reports today that the BBC World Service will terminate its Thai-language service at the end of the year. The paper, quoting a source in London, reported that the 65-year-old service would be shelved due to cost-cutting measures. The Nation said none of the Thai service staff was aware of the termination. The report said an official announcement is expected on 25 October. The BBC is focusing more attention on the World Service in Arabic and had asked the Foreign Office for funding to establish an Arabic language television channel for the Middle East and North Africa. The Foreign Office has approved the plan, but insists that the funding comes from existing resources. Besides the Thai service, the BBC is also expected to end its central European language services such as Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Hungarian and Macedonian. The Nation said the BBC also wanted to shelve the Tamil and Nepalese services but that was put on hold as the political instability in the two countries remained on the international news agenda. However, DXAsia reported yesterday that the 15-minute morning in transmission to Nepal has already been discontinued, representing a one third cut in output. A spokesman for the BBC told the UK's Daily Telegraph last night that it was vital it responded to the needs of an ever-changing audience. She said the BBC regretted that the Government felt unable to provide additional funding for the new service and there was no choice but to review existing provision. "The World Service is currently debating these issues, both internally and with external stakeholders, and is expecting a conclusion in the autumn," she said. "We expect to make an announcement when that debate has concluded and any decisions are ratified by the BBC, the BBC Governors and the Foreign Office." # posted by Andy @ 09:24 UT Oct 17 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** U K. THE MUSIC BIZ: JOHN PEEL ANNIVERSARY (BBC WS- Email network) http://er.bsysmail.com/go.asp?/bBBC001/q33PYZ1/xWI3H9 To mark the first anniversary of the death of pioneering DJ John Peel, there's a report from a night of music in his honour featuring artists such as Super Furry Animals, Mark E. Smith and Laura Viers. John's widow Sheila Ravenscroft talks about completing his unfinished biography and DJs from around the world discuss his impact on their own work. 20 October - programme times [Thu, some starting UT Wed] Australasia: Wed 2332 rpt Thu 0432, 1132; East Asia: Thu 0132 rpt 0732, 1832; South Asia: Thu 0432 rpt 0932, 1332, 1932; East Africa: Thu 0732 rpt 1332, Fri 0032; West Africa: Thu 0932 rpt 1432, Fri 0032; Middle East: Thu 0732 rpt 1332, 1832, Fri 0032; Europe: Thu 0832 rpt 1232, 1832, Fri 0032; Americas: Thu 1432 rpt 1932, Fri 0032, 0532 SCHEDULES AND FREQUENCIES Find local-time schedules for shortwave, FM and satellite online http://er.bsysmail.com/go.asp?/bBBC001/qULY7Z1/xWI3H9 73 (Paul Gager, Austria, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. 17640: The battle of the superpowers continues between WHRA and the BBC at 1500 daily. Looks like what we have here is two frequency managers who are so full of themselves they refuse to budge. Getting about a 50/50 mix here in Atlanta. I suppose that`s why you get much better service from owner/operators like WWCR, WBCQ, WWRB and WRMI who are much more sensitive to interference issues (Lou Johnson, KF4EON, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. A las 2320 UT a través de la señal 7365 de Radio Martí, se está escuchando muy bien el juego de pelota entre Astros de Houston y Cardenales de San Luis; al finalizar el inning 7 salió la identificación de ESPN Radio quien tiene a cargo la producción que se emite a través de la Cadena Univisión Radio. Lo cierto del caso es que los locutores que están narrando el partido lo hacen de manera emocionante, no como otros que convierten el juego de pelota en algo lento y fastidioso. A partir de la 01 de la madrugada del Lunes 0500 UT estará en el aire la señal de Tele Martí a través del satélite Hispasat hasta las 08 de la mañana 1200 UT. Lo acaban de informar al terminar la transmisión del béisbol entre Astros y Cardenales. Atte: (José Elías, Venezuela, Oct 16, Noticias DX via DXLD) VOA transmitters --- see RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM ** U S A. Michael Ketter is resting at a rehab facility in Pittsburgh. He is under the best of care and his condition is slowly improving. His family and close friends are ensuring that the care he receives is the best that can be had. From all of us in the WBCQ family, we want to thank our listeners and friends for your prayers, support, and good karma for Michael's recovery. Thank you! Keep up the good karma (Larry Will, October 12, 2005, 0201 UT, WBCQ Forums via DXLD) ** U S A. Adam Lock tells me that he resigned last week; good luck, Adam! Here`s a last(?) look at Adam Lock, L and George McClintock, R: http://www.wwcr.com/Assets/Media/askwwcr/show_pix/askcr_2003-11.jpg Ask WWCR ---- Got a note from Jerry Plummer, the show`s new host, pointing out that the webpage has now been updated: http://www.wwcr.com/wwcr_ask_wwcr_program.html (gh, DXLD) Viz.: Now in its 10th year, this bi-weekly show on WWCR is hosted by Jerry Plummer, a tenured Professor of Economics and MIS/IT in Tennessee. He is also a part time Board Operator at WWCR; and is truly a hardcore shortwave enthusiast. Ask WWCR is based partly on your questions. Hear the inside scoop on what's up with the station's operations; meet employees and hear about other things at WWCR-along with many other interesting topics. Do you have a question? We want to hear from you. There are two ways to submit questions for the show: P-Mail: Send your question via postal mail to Ask WWCR, 1300 WWCR Ave., Nashville, TN 37218, USA. E-Mail: Direct your questions for the show to a-s-k-w-w-c-r-@-w-w-c-r- .-c-o-m. Please note; the e-mail address is used only for the show itself and not for general correspondence or business. There will generally be no e-mail reply to your question-but we request your input on the show, and any type of questions you may have. We read every piece of correspondence that you send us, and will do our best to respond to it on the show! Here's the schedule for the show on WWCR. Day Central UTC Tx MHz Friday 4:45 AM 0945 1 9.985 Saturday 3:45 AM 0845 3 5.070 Saturday 10:15 AM 1515 1 15.825 Saturday 8:45 PM 0145-Su 3 5.070 Sunday 5:15 AM 1015 1 15.825 Sunday 12:00 PM 1700 1 15.825 Monday (1/3/5) 7:30 AM 1230 1 15.825 Wednesday 2:30 PM 1930 1 15.825 We don't have #214 and #215 available for you to listen to yet, as a Real Player or .mp3; but we are working on it! Thanks for bearing with us, as we make changes. The current show is #215 (Oct 16 to Oct 29, 2005) - Topics include: Shortwave in China An Introduction to Shortwave Theory Countries heard from in 2004 Next Program: Your letters, an interview with our overnight Board Operator, new programs, RFID usages, Personnel Changes discussion, maybe -- and as always, much more . . . And from his own site: http://www.docplummer.com/doctor.htm (via DXLD) ** U S A. And here's a statistic to be disturbed by: a survey by a journalism class at Keene State University [New Hampshire] finds that while many students know that WKNH (91.3) exists on campus, 92 percent of them don't listen to the station. What's more, 40 percent of the students surveyed don't listen to the radio at all. What does the station's general manager say? The Keene State Equinox quotes Patrick Burke as saying, "WKNH has always known that people don't listen." Yikes... (Scott Fybush, NE Radio Watch Oct 17 via DXLD) see also INTERNATIONAL WATERS ** U S A. Pirate radio --- It slides into your car, pulsing salsa, say, or reggae. It brings news of distant lands, but there's static on the streets. By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff | October 16, 2005 In a corner studio overlooking bustling Blue Hill Avenue, the young woman behind the controls spins a booming tropical mix of compas, reggae, and contemporary Haitian tunes, plus a little bit of Destiny's Child and Shaggy. ''This is Radio Concorde," she enthusiastically declares in Creole inside this tangerine-hued studio at Mattapan's WRCB-AM 1580 station. Posters of hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean adorn the walls along with a mural of a sunset over a tropical island. The DJ's voice resonates in the hallways of this office building, sails over the airways along Blue Hill Avenue, ripples out to Gallivan Boulevard in Dorchester and floats over Grove Hall and the outskirts of Southie. Drive deeper into the metropolis and the station's signal fades into a swirl of static. Radio Concorde entertains its listeners, serving as a community resource for local news and Haitian-related bulletins in Creole. It's also unlicensed -- what some in the industry call ''pirate radio." The station's signal, emitted from a transmitter somewhere amid the triple-deckers and storefronts in Mattapan, could cost the station federal fines or get it shut down, for unauthorized broadcasts on an already-crowded radio dial. . . [much more] http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/10/16/pirate_radio?mode=PF (Boston Globe via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. It's my understanding that work will soon get underway to shorten the towers at WMVP [1000 Chicago] which are old and structurally unstable. There are apparently some big NIMBY issues with the town of Downers Grove, where the WMVP site is located, that are preventing ABC from simply tearing down the old towers and replacing them with new ones, as would be the sensible course of action in a rational world. Shortening the old towers is far from ideal, but it may be the best they can do for now. (The area around the WMVP towers is some of the most heavily developed around any of the old-line 50 kW stations anywhere in the country; the small piece of land where the three towers sit is completely surrounded by residential development that's far from inexpensive. There aren't a lot of good options for WMVP!) While that work is going on, WMVP will operate ND from the WLS [890] site, no doubt at reduced power. What we were hearing last night was the work getting underway to make that happen. s (Scott Fybush, NY, Oct 16, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. I noticed that for the past week WIP here in Philly has had their IBOC turned off. The date they turned it off seemed to coincide with the date that WPEN changed format to all Sports. I wonder? Obviously, WIP sounds much better in analog with the IBOC off -- much better bandwidth, fuller sounding, no background hiss on the main channel, etc. WPEN, on the other hand, is running their IBOC with the new format. This is purely speculation on my part, but could it be a programming decision to dump the IBOC on WIP to make the station sound more competitive? Obviously, there is no way of knowing without comment from the station; but, it does seem an interesting coincidence. 73, (Rene' Tetro, PA, Oct 17, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. From BROADCAST BAND UPDATE --- Kenneth Tomlinson is no more, as Chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He went down swinging, still insisting up until the end that many NPR and PBS Producers labor under the evil Liberal Agenda. "New York Newsday" reports his comments as he kicked off his final-chaired Board meeting: "I've enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand". Now keeping his seat warm, is Cheryl Halpern, about which, the CPB Press Release says thus: "Ms. Halpern has a long record of public service in broadcasting, women's issues, education, and international affairs. In 1990, Mrs. Halpern was confirmed as a member of the Board for International Broadcasting and as a director of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). From 1995 through 2002, she served on the Broadcasting Board of Governors overseeing Voice of America, Radio and TV Marti, RFE/RL, Worldnet, Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Iraq. In August 2002, Mrs. Halpern was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as a director of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). She is past chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee of the CPB." This may take some wind out of Tomlinson's sails, as Ms. Halpern was obviously in favor with the Clinton Administration, noting her dates of service. She has earlier expressed views that the CPB should hold member stations accountable for "objective" News coverage; she has however backed away from those views in recent comments, saying, "We will not be intervening within programming", according to "Newsday". Her newly appointed Vice-Chair is Gay Hart Gaines, who is more politically in-tune, by virtue of her membership in the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation PUBLIC IMAGE: "The New York Daily News" reports The Return of Bob Edwards to non-Satellite airwaves. Seems Public Radio International has struck a deal to produce "Bob Edwards Weekend", a two-hour shot of highlights from his daily XM Sat-show. The package becomes available to Public radio outlets starting in January, per plans. The URBONO efforts continue as we speak, led by Entercom's local News- giant WWL/870 and its sister WSMB/1350, and relayed by ClearChannel's WODT/1280, WYLD/940 and Shadowland's WSHO/800 in town. Numerous other stations from Alabama to Texas have, and are still taking the free feed; as well, Shortwave station WHRI near Charleston, SC has been intermittently relaying URBONO's Internet stream for audiences throughout the Americas [last heard on Oct 9 --- gh]. Radio news veteran Ken Beck is Entercom's VP in charge of News/Talk fare; he says the URBONO emergency programming will continue indefinitely. While we're at it, "Los Angeles Times" mega-writer Martin Miller has homed in on the old familiar KNX Traffic Report sounder; let's listen in: "And they say Los Angeles has no respect for the past. KNX-AM's distinctive call --- several horn-like beeps that fade in, then out, and repeat --- has survived to honk another day. Broadcast since the first Nixon administration, the radio signature is the city's oldest 'sounder' at the city's oldest station. But several months ago, the seconds-long traffic alert was on the block as KNX/1070 prepared to move from its historic Columbia Square broadcast center to new studios on Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile. Executives commissioned new sound introductions for all the station's news, sports and roadway reports. "But in the end, executives balked at replacing its venerable traffic trademark. "'It's the only sounder that didn't change and won't,' said KNX's Vice President David G. Hall. 'We all grew up listening to it.' "This was just its latest reprieve; over the years, the sounder has survived multiple station retoolings, revampings and overhauls in format, management and location. Conservative estimates say it has aired more than 2 million times in nearly four decades. In contrast to its longevity, KNX's sound was developed in less time than it takes to navigate the 5 Freeway from downtown L.A. to Orange County during rush hour. In 1969, the station had recently converted to a strictly news format and needed a clever, but quick, way to highlight its new emphasis on delivering traffic reports. "Fred Bergendorff, the station's then-promotions director, volunteered for the creative task. The musician and songwriter had conjured up other sounders during his radio career and wanted to take a crack at this one. He retired to a sound room and began 'poking around' on a Moog synthesizer, an electronic keyboard. In about an hour, he had what he thought was the right combination of notes. "'I wanted it to sound like a car horn,' said the 61-year-old Escondido resident. 'But it has an unusual feel, a unique trailing-off effect. Every time it fades, it plays again.' "'When you hear it, you don't even have to think,' he added. 'You just know a traffic report is on the way.' "Although it mimics a car horn, it doesn't sound exactly like one --- a good thing for the durability of Bergendorff's invention." -- The "Times" article goes on to note occasions when other stations would air actual car horns to spotlight traffic reports, only to receive complaints by listeners who were bamboozled into thinking they were about to become road kill, plastered across the grill of some unseen automotive behemoth. Certainly that was the case at KABC/790 back around 1998, when one particular brain-donor Program Director of the era decided to craft the traffic sounder around a Doppler-shifted car horn; that same exact horn has been heard in countless Cinema and Television productions since then (Greg Hardison, Broadcast Band Update Oct 16 via DXLD) Full UD appears in the dxld yg ** URUGUAY. 9650, 16/10 1615, Emisora Ciudad de Montevideo, informações esportivas diversas: vitória do Peñarol, próximos jogos, arbitragens etc. Identificação: ``en 1370 kHz AM e triple w emisoraciudaddemontevideo.com.uy para todo el mundo``, anúncio comercial da Sapataria Matri (?), emissora reativada! Excelente sinal! (Célio Romais, RS, @tividade DX via DXLD) A Emisora Ciudad de Montevideo voltou a ser sintonizada na freqüência de 9650 kHz, em 31 metros. Em Porto Alegre (RS), o colunista acompanhou a emissora, em 16 de outubro, a partir de 1615. Na oportunidade, a estação uruguaia levava ao ar informações esportivas (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX via DXLD) Daytime only? (gh) ** VENEZUELA. A DAY-LONG LOOK INTO THE MIND OF HUGO CHÁVEZ by Julie McCarthy Weekend Edition - Sunday, October 16, 2005 [audio] Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez hosts a daylong television show on Sundays, when he announces new policies, talks about issues of importance to his countrymen, and issues his latest broadside against his nemesis: the United States. . . http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4960837 (via gh, DXLD) It seems Aló, Presidente is open-ended, running 7 hours or more on TV at least, more than RHC carries (gh, DXLD) see NORWAY ** VENEZUELA. TELESUR OBSERVED BROADCASTING TO EUROPE VIA EUTELSAT W3A The Venezuelan-led 24-hour regional news channel, Telesur, was observed on 15 October broadcasting to Europe via the Eutelsat W3A satellite, which is located at 7 degrees east. The channel was broadcasting free-to-air. The transponder information is as follows: Frequency: 11304 MHz, Polarization: Horizontal, Symbol Rate: 27500, FEC: 3/4. Source: BBC Monitoring research 15 Oct 05 (via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. Re 5-176: Hi Glenn: I understand the following words: "Radio Nacional Saharaui, Voz del pueblo saharaui. Nuestra señal se emite en transmisión simultánea por los 1550 kHz de OM y los 74.70 (¿?) MHz de OC. Radio Nacional Sahauri. Una emisora a su servicio". After the sung jingle, another man saying "Buenos días (sic) estimados oyentes. Comienzan ya las programaciones en la Radio Nacional Saharui en lengua castellana correspondientes a esta jornada" Obviously, it seems a recording broadcasting, because I never listen to a reference of one day or another. He always say the imprecise "esta jornada". Paz y Dx (Ignacio Sotomayor, Segovia, Castilla, España, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Besides my recent reports on Polisario Front, here's another one: 1550 kHz (presumably, Tindouf, so via RTA facility [ALGERIA]) monitored on 14 Oct 0717-0904*, when airing Arabic program only, with news, music and announcements; 55444, no other parallel (700 or 7460v kHz) outlet audible. Both 1550 & 700 kHz are particularly strong when observed on the SW coast. As I said quite some time ago, possibly when I first found the 700 kHz outlet, I think this emanates from a more easterly site. Meanwhile, 7460 was still silent, as observed this morning (17th). (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Very many thanks for all that you do! (Alan Roe, UK) Donation to World of Radio in memory of Gigi Lytle, 7/2/41 - 10/17/00 (Tom McLaughlin, Lubbock, TX) Thank you, and we do remember her (gh) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ CAPE COD DX GET-TOGETHER Announcing a Cape Cod DX get-together Saturday, Nov 19th. Due to the cancellation this year of the well known Ray Arruda event, we will be keeping the tradition of DX and fellowship alive. The address is Chris Black, 12 Cypress Point Way, S Yarmouth MA 02664 - 508 394-0528 -- n1cp @ comcast.net For those with 2 meter VHF, 146.955 (88.5) will be monitored for talk-in. Although we are not directly at the water, if conditions are decent, there should be a lot of good DX heard. We are shooting for a real hands-on, interactive event so bring your radios and anything you think will be of interest. There will be a couple of "guest" stations available with noise reduced long wire antennas pointed to Europe. This will definitely be an "All Mode" event with an FM phaser demonstration by Keith McGinnis and some innovative MW loop designs by Craig Healy to try. For those who want to stay over, I have numbers of some motels within five minutes driving. The lowest rate I found was $43 for your basic no frills motel to $69 for a Quality Inn with an indoor pool, dining room, etc. that looked quite nice. If anyone has a specific accommodation request or requirement they would like me to check on, just let me know. There will be drinks and snacks and a buffet type dinner to maximize our time in the prime DX window. This should be informative and fun, and I am looking forward to learning a lot and making new friends. Try to RSVP if possible by early to mid November so we can get a rough count and contact me with any questions (Chris Black, Cape Cod, Oct 17, IRCA via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ BOAT ANCHOR TRANSMITTERS [and non] I'd bet that transmitter sites in Cuba have been consolidated whenever possible and that they have several transmitters of Tesla vintage (the old Czechkoslovakian company) plus some acquired from China years ago plus some fairly new ones and that they want to be able to tune to any frequency likely to be used at that particular site, and not doing a good job at it. Some of the old Tesla rigs probably have arc burns all over the finals to the point that the final coils leak water and have to be resoldered and rewelded on a daily basis. Or other repair parts just aren't available anymore so they have to improvise in fabricating replacements. The old American autos that have been fixed up and refixed up over and over on the streets of Havana are real wonders, but betcha they can't do that with old klunker transmitters because they don't have the shop equipment that they need. Just a stab in the dark. 73 de (WD9INP/4 Charles A & Leonor L Taylor, Greenville, North Carolina, IRCA via DXLD) All the Czech transmitters date back to about 1967. In fact, the Tesla folks, complete with a "political officer" visited me in about '68 to try to sell me some transmitters. They offered 3 models which had been "extensively proven" in Cuba, and they had pictures to show for it. The 30, 60 and 120 were all variants on the same basic modules, with different finals and power supplies. Most of the big low band Cubans were 120's. However, the one I was offered was not water cooled. It was a conventional high level plate modulated rig, with everyone's favorite Svetlana tubes in it. They were very bulky, and very heavy. The sheet metal in the cabinets was thicker than US transmitters of the time, and the internal plates were also steel, which surprised me as I was already building my own transmitters on aluminum frames and panels in '64. I guess they wanted them to hold up to an atomic attack. The technology throughout the Teslas was very conventional. They could easily be maintained anywhere in Latin America with rudimentary tools, an audio generator, a test set, a scope and a Simpson 260. I do not know of any frequency agile transmitters in Cuba being used on MW (David Gleason, IRCA via DXLD) David, There you go. Some of the old stuff is utility grade. It sounds like the 120 is not the culprit. You'd need a sledge hammer to knock it off the air. This newer frequency-agile stuff is also frequently very lightly built. More like consumer grade. The Brown-Boveri (ABB) transmitters in use at IBB Delano are good examples. Honestly, more like consumer grade equipment scaled up to 250 kW. The GE old BT250A transmitters in use at IBB Greenville are more like utility grade. They are early 1950s technology. Still in use but showing their age. The ABBs will die much sooner (Charles A & Leonor L Taylor, Greenville, North Carolina, ibid.) That reminds me of a Soviet-made C Band satellite uplink transmitter I worked on at Brown University in the early and mid-90's. Built like a tank, with some panels nearly 1/4" and made of steel. That transmitter was capable of 3 kw RF output at 5 GHz. You did *not* want to be on the business end of that Klystron. I still have the maintenance manual for that thing printed with the typical brown copy technique. All po- russki, konyezno. I had made a guess that they wanted the ability to move to different frequencies in response to what the US did on any given moment. I guess I'm puzzled that there are times that the same frequency has seemingly different powers and audio characteristics, and even bearings at different times. If the transmitters are built to a single channel, then they must have a lot of them available (Craig Healy, Providence, RI, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING see also AUSTRALIA; CANADA; USA WPEN/WIP ++++++++++++++++++++ fiBiquity OFFERING HD REBATE FOR ANALOG RADIO TRADE-IN Oct. 14, 2005 By Paul Heine iBiquity Digital Corp. is working with eBay to introduce the concept of HD radio to Americans. The two companies have launched an analog radio trade-in program at the online auction Web site where consumers can trade in their old analog radios and receive a cash rebate when they buy a new digital HD receiver. The trade-in process involves four steps: Step 1: Participants click on the `Trade in your old radio` link on http://ebay.com/hdradio Step 2: Participants select the appropriate radio trade-in estimator and receive an instant estimate on the value of the analog radio they plan to trade-in. Step 3: Upon receipt of a submission acceptance email, participants print a prepaid shipping label and ship their old radios to the trade- in center. Step 4: After receipt of the trade and proof of purchase of any new HD radio product, participants receive a check from iBiquity for the trade-in value of their old radio. Until January 31, 2006, anyone who buys a new HD radio on eBay or through other retailers is eligible to receive an additional $20 mail- in rebate. More than a dozen HD radio receivers are eligible for the rebate program, including ones made by Alpine, Boston Acoustics, JVC, Kenwood, Panasonic, Rotel, Sanyo, Yamaha and others. http://www.billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/news/business/digital/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001306245 (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ GREAT MW CONDITIONS TONIGHT Hearing lots of signals on medium wave tonight including Radio Netherlands in English via Sweden on 1179 kHz at 2323 UT. Virgin Radio 1215 mixing with possible Spanish stations also (Wade Smith, Chipman, New Brunswick, Oct 16, dxldyg via DXLD) Yet the K-index at 0000 is 3. Lots of Trans-Atlantix being reported on the MW lists such as WTFDA`s. Judging from recent nights, some may make it as far as OK. 73, (Glenn, ibid.) Indeed, good MW conditions! Please take a look at my site http://mediumwave.info - the loggings page. A huge amount of TA stations logged during the last week by Wilhelm Herbst at the DX 183 in the northern part of Jutland/Denmark can be seen. 73s (Ydun Ritz, ibid.) LONG-HAUL TRANS-EQUATORIAL FM DX, CARIBBEAN TO SOUTHERN BRASIL [in chrono order despite frequencies first; not clear why even-MHz ones given to two decimal places; ITU country abbrs; SINPO ratings] 97.00, 11/10 0003 GDL RFO Guadeloupe, Basse-Terrre, YL, nxs, FF 33333 97.3, 11/10 0005 LCA R. Santa Lúcia, Castries, mx caribenha em creole, creole, OM 45344 91.1, 11/10 0007 ATG Observer FM, St. John’s, mx c/ coral, EE 44344 96.5, 11/10 0008 DOM Metro FM, Santo Domingo, mx pop, EE 34333 91.9, 11/10 0012 ?? Unid, mx reggae, EE 33343 103.8, 11/10 0015 HTI R. Lakansyèl, Port au Prince, mx local, FF 34343 90.7, 11/10 0026 BRB BBS, St. George, mx EE, EE 25332 105.9, 11/10 0156 ?? (R. Turks & Caicos??), mx EE, EE 35333 97.3, 12/10 2331 LCA R. Santa Lúcia, Castries, OM, mx caribenha, creole 45344 97.00, 12/10 2332 GDL RFO Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre, OM, nxs, FF 33333 91.1, 12/10 2333 ATG Observer FM (The Voice of People), OM/YL, id OM: ``The Voice of People``, EE. obs: essa emissora segundo o site dela na Internet se identifica como ``The Voice of People`` 44344 89.8, 12/10 2339 ?? Unid, mx pop EE, FF ou creole 34333 94.00, 12/10 0012 MRT R. Martinica, Trinité, YL/OM, talks, FF 44344 91.9, 12/10 0013 ?? Unid, mx pop EE, EE 45344 89.3, 12/10 0020 MRT R. Sud Est, mx pop EE, id YL, FF 44344 106.6, 12/10 0026 GDL RCI Guadeloupe, Point à Pitre, OM, nxs, FF 35343 106.2, 12/10 0027 MRT Radio AD, QTH??, mx pop EE, FF 44344 RFP 105.9, 12/10 0028 ?? Unid (Radio Turks & Caicos??), YL/OM, relg, EE 45333 97.00, 15/10 2310 GDL RFO Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre, OM, nxs, FF 44333 96.5, 15/10 2312 DOM Metro FM, Santo Domingo, mx pop EE, EE 44333 97.3, 15/10 2313 LCA Rádio Santa Lúcia, Castries, mx caribenha, OM, creole 45344 94.00, 15/10 2336 MRT Rádio Martinica, Trinité, OM, nxs, FF 34333 (ESCUTAS DE RUBENS FERRAZ PEDROSO, BANDEIRANTES-PR, RECEPTOR SONY 7600GR, @tivade DX Oct 16 via DXLD) ###