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Thanks, Glenn For latest updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html Latest edition of this schedule version, with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1294: Fri 0200 WOR ACBRadio Mainstream [repeated 2-hourly thru 2400] Fri 2000 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2 Fri 2100 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru Sat 1700] Sat 0500 WOR VoiceCorps Reading Service, WOSU-FM subcarrier, cable Sat 0900 WOR WRN to Eu, Au, NZ, WorldSpace AfriStar, AsiaStar Sat 0955 WOR WNQM Nashville TN 1300 Sat 1100 WOR WPKN Bridgeport CT 89.5 & WPKM Montauk LINY 88.7 Sat 1700 WOR R. Veronica 106.5 Sat 1830 WOR WRN to North America [including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140] Sat 2200 WOR WRMI 7385 Sun 0000 WOR Radio Studio X 1584 http://www.radiostudiox.it/ Sun 0330 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Sun 0600 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2 Sun 0730 WOR WWCR 3215 Sun 0930 WOR WRMI 7385 [from WRN] Sun 0930 WOR WRN to North America, also WLIO-TV Lima OH SAP [including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140] Sun 0930 WOR KSFC Spokane WA 91.9 Sun 0930 WOR WXPR Rhinelander WI 91.7 91.9 100.9 Sun 0930 WOR WDWN Auburn NY 89.1 [unconfirmed] Sun 0930 WOR KTRU Houston TX 91.7 [occasional] Sun 1400 WOR KRFP-LP Moscow ID 92.5 Sun 1500 WOR WRMI 7385 Sun 1830 WOR WRN1 to North America [including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140] Sun 2000 WOR RNI Mon 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Mon 0430 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910 Mon 0515 WOR WBCQ 7415 Mon 1900 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru Tue 1500] Wed 0030 WOR WBCQ 7415 [usually but temporary] Wed 0100 WOR CJOY INTERNET RADIO plug-in required Wed 1030 WOR WWCR 9985 WRN ON DEMAND [from Fri]: 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 [from early UT Thursday] WORLD OF RADIO 1294 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1294h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1294h.rm WORLD OF RADIO 1294 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1294.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1294.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1294.html [not yet] WORLD OF RADIO 1294 downloads in studio-quality mp3: (high) http://www.obriensweb.com/wor1294h.mp3 (low) http://www.obriensweb.com/wor1294.mp3 WORLD OF RADIO PODCAST: www.obriensweb.com/wor.xml (currently: 1288, Extra 61, 1289, Extra 62, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, soon 1294) ** ARGENTINA. 17/Nov/2005 21:31. 11133.00 kHz La Red, Buenos Aires active with good signal the last two days. News "La Red Noticias", weather and sports. LSB // 910 AM (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, DX LISTENING DIGEST) {Bjoern, would you please put the times of logs in your reports? Not just the timestamp when you post them. And this one is not on your website either. Thanks, Glenn} ** ASIA [non]. Re 5-197, RFA updates: 1400 Cant 15255T (x15225) 1600 Mand +6095T 1700 Mand -6095T (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA [and non]. 6/Nov/2005 10:52 Many Spanish speaking stations on 5745 kHz: Radio Martí, Cuba (in the mornings, started some weeks ago) WWRB, USA (sometimes with Spanish early evenings) Radio Virgen de Remedios, Bolivia (5745.29 kHz, in the evenings) Family Radio (noted with Spanish and close down 0945 some days ago) Just the Bolivian station is off frequency (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, http://www.malm-ecuador.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOTSWANA. 15580, VOA verified with QSL letter. It gave me some information about this transmitter: History The station in Botswana began its operation in 1981, with 50 kW transmitter in Selebi-Phikwe that was later handed over to R Botswana. Our station presently operates a 500 kW transmitter which is fixed at 909 kHz AM, and four 100 kW short wave transmitters to transmit in English, Amharic, Swahili, Portuguese, Hausa, Shona, Ndebele and French. All VOA programs originate from studios in Washington D.C., and are delivered to the station for broadcast via satellite. Facilities Our SW site can be identified by six towers from the main road. The complex consists of the Admin Office, a Transmitter Building and Facilities Offices. Additionally, the station's satellite terminal equipment is located here. The medium wave site can be identified by four towers from the main road and consists of a Transmitter Plant building and Facilities. Both stations are equipped with emergency generators capable of maintaining operations in case of commercial power failure. Staffing The station is managed by two American Foreign Service Officers (Manager - Mr. William Martin and Transmitter Plant Supervisor - Mr. Thomas Powell). There are currently 25 fulltime local employees, who fall under three units: Administration, Transmitter Plant and Facilities. There is also a contract staff of approximately 22 employees, who provide daily support of gardening, janitorial, chauffeur, and facilities maintenance service. Address: International Broadcasting Bureau, Private Bag 0038, Selebi- Phikwe, Botswana. E-mail: manager_Botswana @ bot.ibb.gov V/S: Thomas R. Powell (Masato Ishii, Japan, DSWCI DX Window Nov 11 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. R. Record, São Paulo, 6150, 0820-0845+ Nov 12. Weak under Costa Rica`s University Network. Local ballads, Portuguese announcements, IDs, ads, jingles. Much better on // 9504.81. R. Aparecida, 5035, 0810-0830+ Nov 12. Very weak with Portuguese announcmeents, ads, jingles, local pops, ballads. Much stronger on // 6134.77 and 9630.02. R. Cultura, São Paulo, 6170.01, 0830-0850+ Nov 12. Portuguese talk, Brazilian ballads. // 9614.97, both very weak. R. Nacional da Amazônia, 6180, 0945-1000+ Nov 12. Portuguese talk by M&W. Brief music breaks; ID. // 11780, both fair (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BURKINA FASO. R. Burkina, 5030, 2300-2400* Nov 11. French talk, Afro-pops. Sign-off with instrumental tune; good. Gene Scott [Costa Rica] not on the air (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. RADIO INDIA DENIES CALLING WATTS `RACIST` SURREY: Mayoral candidate wants apology for `smear campaign` she links to McCallum --- BY KENT SPENCER STAFF REPORTER Publication: Vancouver Province; Date: 2005 Nov 15; An Indo-Canadian radio station with ties to Mayor Doug McCallum denies that Coun. Dianne Watts was branded a racist on one of its programs. Mayoral candidate Watts said the station smeared her and she demanded an apology from McCallum. But Radio India owner Maninder Gill denied the charge yesterday. ``It`s a baseless allegation,`` he said. ``The station is independent. Watts is wrong. She wants to damage me. It`s all political,`` said Gill, adding that Watts can come on the air ``any time`` to discuss her campaign. Gill`s niece is married to Tom Gill, who is running for council on the Surrey Electors Team slate with McCallum. Radio India broadcasts in Punjabi and is located at 1600 on the AM dial. Unlike most Canadian-based outlets, it is not regulated by the CRTC, Canada`s governing body that holds stations responsible for their content. Programs are produced in Surrey but broadcast from across the border in Washington state. The Indo-Canadian vote in Surrey is critical to the outcome of Saturday`s civic election. According to a 2001 Stats Canada census, 22 per cent of Surrey residents were South Asian or Indo-Canadian. Watts said last week Radio India called her a ``racist,`` but downplayed the controversy yesterday. ``It`s unfortunate some individuals would engage in that type of politics, but there`s five days left and I intend to focus on my campaign,`` she said. On Nov. 12, Watts told Surrey Now that Radio India ``called me a racist.`` ``They have attacked me, my family and my business. They`ve gone on the air with this. It`s a smear campaign,`` she said. Watts accused Radio India of ``mudslinging and gutter politics`` and having a bias toward SET. ``Doug McCallum needs to apologize to me and my team for this,`` said Watts, who is running as an independent. Her campaign manager, Chris Gardner, said Watts won`t make appearances on the station. ``We`ll use other avenues to get our message out,`` Gardner said. Independent council candidate Rick Hart said there is a perception the SET majority on council ``has given a small sector of Indo-Canadians some special treatment at specific developments.`` ``Indo-Canadians will have a significant impact on the vote, but they`re a hard group to target,`` Hart said (via Bruce MacGibbon, DXLD) That`s KVRI in Blaine WA, 50/10 kW (NRC AM Log 2005 via DXLD) ** CHINA. Winter frequency changes in China? Hi, like every year at this time (around 20 November) I think we can expect winter frequency changes of some of Chinese domestic stations, like e.g. Xinjiang PBS to reactivate 4980, 5060 kHz, etc. I do not remember the exact D day; maybe it is Sunday? (Karel Honzik, the Czech Republic (Czechia), Nov 16, HCDX via DXLD) ** CZECH REPUBLIC. RADIO PRAGUE SEEKS HEAD OF ENGLISH SECTION Czech Radio 7 - Radio Prague is looking for a suitable candidate to head its English Section. # We require: perfect English and excellent Czech an active interest in political and cultural life in the Czech Republic management skills experience as a journalist, preferably in radio # We offer: a responsible position in a highly respected media organization interesting and rewarding work in an international team The job starts on 1.1. 2006. Please send a curriculum vitae and covering letter by 4.12.2005 to: Cesky rozhlas Personalni oddeleni Vinohradska 12 120 99 Praha 2 email: personal@rozhlas.cz (Radio Prague website via Mike Barraclough, DXLD) ** CZECH REPUBLIC. CZECH NATIONALISTS PREPARING TO LAUNCH INTERNET RADIO | Excerpt from report in English by Czech news agency CTK Prague, 16 Nov: The [Czech] far-right National Party has been preparing to launch its own Internet radio station called Homeland for several months, Pavel Sedlacek from the party told CTK today. The station will be on air round the clock and will broadcast music, commentaries on political developments in the Czech Republic and in the world and information about the election campaign of the National Forces coalition of extremist parties as well as invitations to their events. "If the large media ignore us what can we do about it? We will establish our own! We must start with something and experience from abroad shows that it is possible to break through the media favourites and politically succeed," National Party chairwoman Petra Edelmannova said on the Internet. The National Party is running in the mid-2006 elections to the Chamber of Deputies jointly with two other nationalist parties. The Republicans of Miroslav Sladek and members of the Czech Movement of National Unification are to be on its lists of candidates. The grouping that calls itself the National forces rejects the European constitution, criticises generous welfare benefits, demands a ban on the use of all drugs and the renewal of the death penalty. It presents itself as a distinctly anti-Communist entity and organizes demonstrations of protest against the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft. Initially, the coalition included five parties. The Workers' Party was the first to withdraw from it in protest against the participation of Miroslav Sladek in the project. The National Unification left the grouping due to ideological discrepancies. The National Party is not the first party to have its Internet radio station. The Communist Internet radio station Radio Halo Futura (RHF) has been broadcasting for several months. [Passage omitted] Source: CTK news agency, Prague, in English 1830 gmt 16 Nov 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** DJIBOUTI. RT Djibouti, 4780, *0300-0325+ Nov 12. Sign-on with local instrumental music. 0301 vernacular talk. 0302 Kor`an. 0313 talk. 0321 Horn of Africa music. Poor, weak with some ute QRM (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. R. Nacional, Bata, 5005, 2240-2304* Nov 11. Vernacular talk, Afro Pops. Sign-off with their lengthy NA. Weak, poor in noise (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Mystery Radio, pirate, 6220.08, 0150-0250+ Nov 13. Continuous pop music, pop ballads, and techno-pop dance music with occasional canned IDs. Poor to fair; not very strong (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. DEUTSCHE WELLE'S WEBSITE HAS AN IMPROVED LAYOUT I haven't visited DW's website in a few weeks, partially because I have always felt it was one of the more poorly organizaed sites out there. I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see a new layout that facilitates one-click access to live audio, on-demand audio and the current program and frequency guides. http://www.dw-world.de (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Deutschlandradio considers for Zehlendorf 177 a return to AM operation, with the exception of three hour DRM tests at night, since it is now clear that no DRM receivers will be available for Christmas as was promised at IFA. This according the Radio-Kurier magazine, already quoted in advance at http://www.satnews.de/mlesen.php?id=1303 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREENLAND. The 2005 Newfoundland DXPedition is now completed, with Jean Burnell of Halifax NS (NOV 4-14), John Fisher of Kingston ON (NOV 8-14) and Jim Renfrew of Byron NY (NOV 7-14) having been the participants. As many as five radios were in use: Drakes R8, R8A, R8B, and an ICOM R71A. For the second year the location was the Round Cove Bed and Breakfast in Cappahayden, a short distance from the location that had been used until 2002. Cappahayden is about an hour's drive south of St. John's. The proprietors are very friendly, and we have the full use of a finished basement for DXing. One serious problem was some sort of power line buzz that would strike for a few minutes or even hours at a time. We suspect that this is related to salt spray on the lines and connectors. A day of rain seemed to cure the worst of it. At our previous Cappahayden location the local power lines were further from the house, but here the power lines run between the house and the shoreline where the antenna wires run. There were two wires, the "northern wire" aimed at Europe, and the "southern wire" aimed at South America, along with splitters and amplifiers. After about 2000 UT, with the absence of any new targets, we usually shifted to shortwave. We found Greenland 3815 on NOV 8 2133-2212, with Greenlandic and Danish talk. As far as we know this is the first North American reception of this station (Jim Renfrew, IRCA via DXLD) ** GUIANA FRENCH. RFO --- No offense to Gerry Dexter, but I doubt he heard this station, which seems to have been gone for 2 or 3 years and is no longer listed in PWBR. Absolutely no sign of a het from them in years here in the southeastern US, where even when they were broadcasting, it was impossible to pull out usable audio. I cannot imagine readable copy in the northern US (Mike Cooper, GA, Nov 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [non]. Lunatic EchoStar Campaign Tuesday, November 15, 2005 It seems a town in the US has accepted the challenge to re-brand itself as part of the Echostar DISH City Makeover and rename itself 'DISH.' DISH Network will announce the name and location of the town on Wednesday, Nov. 16. DISH Network President Michael Neuman and the mayor of 'DISH' say they will be available for questions during a conference call live from the new town of 'DISH.' Echostar introduced the DISH City Makeover as part of recent re- branding efforts and a new advertising campaign trumpeting 'Better TV for All.' The selected town will receive 10 years of basic satellite TV programming, including equipment and standard installation in every household. " http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=dish&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=782672 posted by Jonathan Marks @ 11/15/2005 12:06:22 AM (Critical Distance blog via DXLD) Is Truth or Consequences in the running? ``Dish`` would certainly be an improvement, except for those who condense to ``TorC``. And it would be appropriate to bury it with Ralph Edwards (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non]. David Hinckley`s BIG TOWN SONGBOOK column on page 54 of the NY Daily News Nov 10 was a full page about Radio New York International, Allan Weiner & Co. July 24-28, 1987, along with photos of the Sarah, and of Ivan Rothstein & Randi Steele in the studio. The column is available online, but only for purchase. Thanks to Bob Thomas for sending us a photocopy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. V. of Justice, 6120, *0128-0228 Nov 12. Sign-on with lite instrumental music and 0130 into English programming with IDs and NA. 0131 opening with mention of website and Hotbird satellite frequencies. 0132 Kor`an with English translations. 0137 English news, commentary, weather. Usual anti-American rhetoric. Sign-off with sked, address and lite instrumental music; fair (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. P`yongyang Broadcasting Station, 6250.13, 0925-0945+ Nov 12. Nice program of local music. // 6398.81, both fair to good (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. El día de hoy conversé telefónicamente con el Ing. Eusebio Mejía, encargado técnico de Radio UNAM quien me informó que, una vez superados algunos contratiempos, desde el día de ayer se inició la instalación de la antena omnidireccional para el transmisor de 10 kw. Se contempla que dicha instalación tarde de 8 a 10 días para posteriormente iniciar las pruebas en los 9600 kHz. Estoy en permanente contacto con el Ing. Mejía e informaré de los avances en Radio UNAM onda corta. Saludos, (Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla, DF, Nov 15, condig list via WORLD OF RADIO 1294, DXLD) Lo anticipamos, pero deben evitar tantas horas de transmisión desde Cuba ya en 9600! ¿Qué hacer? 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** MEXICO [and non]. Radio KASH 1700 AM --- I have been monitoring radio station KASH at 1700 kHz consistently every night from my house in Tualatin, Oregon. I have a 14" tunable loop antenna and a Sony ICF 2010 receiver. My question is - Why can't I find any information about KASH AM? They are apparently not even registered with the FCC. Their programming would indicate that their location is San Diego, CA. Does anybody have any information about this station? (RC Henkel, Nov 17, dxhub yg via DXLD) This is an interesting question. The only currently licensed KASH is an FM in Alaska. There apparently was a KASH-AM in Eugene, OR many years ago. Based on that information, I'd put my bet on a part-15 or pirate station. The fact that they're on 1700, a relatively open channel, makes that more likely. The idea of someone taking on the calls of an old favorite station just makes sense to me. As for the San Diego references, there is XEPE-1700, nominally in Tecate, but more likely near Tijuana, which currently simulcasts XEPRS "The Mighty 10-90", so that may be where your S.D. references are coming from. I'd guess that 1090 should be audible there, so it would be easy to match one against the other to see if it's XEPE that you have. Is it possible that you're hearing more than one station? XEPE is operated by a company that has become somewhat notorious for ignoring or bending the rules, relating to their permits for cross- border programming, as well as the operation of their various transmitters. They started out about 2 years ago on 1600, moved to 550, then to 560, and finally to 1700. Some of the gory details can be found in the CGC Communicator - just look for references to Jaime Bonilla. I think it's almost become a regular column in the newsletter. http://www.bext.com/_CGC/contents.htm That's probably way more than you really ever wanted to know :-) (Brian Leyton, Valley Village, CA, DX-398 / RS Loop / 18" Box Loop, Nov 16, ibid.) XEPE Tecate BC is the culprit I think. I guess they're saying "Cash 1700?" They run a business format (Barry Davies, UK, ibid.) Barry is correct. It's XEPE, running a business format (programmed by the same company that runs the sports on XEPRS 1090) as "Cash 1700." s (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) I guess I haven't been paying atttention. Last time I looked, they were still simulcasting XEPRS (it's hard to imagine a flamethrower like XEPRS needing help in covering San Diego, but I guess their pattern just doesn't put much out towards the eastern part of the market). XEPE is QRMed here pretty badly by the Burbank Airport TIS, so I tend not to listen much (Brian Leyton, Valley Village, CA, ibid.) The big issue with XEPRS' coverage of the eastern suburbs at night was Padre games - the signal really doesn't do well out in places like Santee and El Cajón at night, since it's concentrated in such a narrow beam up the coast, so they added XEPE to help. I think it still carries Padres games // XEPRS, though obviously not this time of year! s (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) We have 5 responses about CASH 1700 or KASH 1700 this morning. I put a message out more than two months past about this station. I heard it on the way home from Amateur Radio class on a Monday night in my car. When I got home I hurried into the apartment and turned on my good receiver and could get them clear with a longwire (random). They gave out a phone number during the talk show programming. I have tried and tried that number many times but it's always been busy. I would like to QSL them. They definitely say they are in San Diego but never give their address and I could not find them registered with the FCC. I am located northwest of Phoenix in the mountains. If anyone has any luck finding out their address please let me know. 73 (Jack McAlister, WA7034SWL, ibid.) You won't find them "registered" with the FCC because they're registered with the SCT, Mexico's telecommunications regulators. Try reaching them c/o sister station XEPRS: Address 3655 Nobel Drive #470 San Diego, CA 92122 Main Number 858-535-2500 s (Scott Fybush, ibid.) This was already IDed in DXLD 5-179 of Oct 16; tsk, tsk (gh, DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. I don`t know for how long, but I see that the B-05 On Target is now up at http://download.omroep.nl/rnw/brochures/On%20Target_winter05.pdf but only the first 5 pages – program and frequency guide on page 6 is missing, still awaiting correxion, I guess (Glenn Hauser, Nov 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello from Hilversum, This week we received more details of the internal reorganisation here at Radio Netherlands. The department I currently work for will disappear, and I shall be moving to a new department called Strategy & Business Development. The change will take effect from 1 January 2006. I'm pleased to say that Media Network will continue in its current form. On Target The PDF file of the current edition of On Target is now online. Unfortunately I could not get an editable file from the printer, so I have removed the page giving times and frequencies from the file as there were some errors in it. The correct information is available by selecting "Times and frequencies" under the heading Listening Guide on the right hand side of the pages on our website [quite different URL:] http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/listeningguide/ontarget (Andy Sennitt, Media Network newsletter Nov 17 via DXLD) ** PERU. R. Unión, 6114.85, 0705-0720+ Nov 11, Spanish announcements, many canned IDs, Spanish pops; fair-good (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. From 27th November 2005 Radio Veritas Asia going to make the following changes: Language UTC New Freq.(kHz) Old Freq. Sinhala 0000-0027 9510 15520 Bengali 0030-0057 11820 11935 Hindi 1330-1400 11870 11875 Bengali 1400-1430 11870 11875 Urdu 1430-1457 11870 11875 Philipino 2300-2327 9720 9730 73 (Ashik Eqbal Tokon, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Nov 17, dxldyg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. B05 Voice of Russia schedule: This month: Foreign language services; D = DRM Language UTC until from Tx site direction 04.03.06 05.03.06 Albanian 1600-1630 7320 7320 Moscow Europe Albanian 1600-1630 1548 1548 Chisinau Europe Albanian 1600-1630 7340 7340 S-Petersburg Europe Arabic 1600-1700 7360 7360 Moscow Africa Arabic 1600-1700 7230 7230 Moscow Africa Arabic 1600-1700 6090 6090 S-Petersburg Africa Arabic 1600-1700 5910 5910 S-Petersburg N&ME Arabic 1600-1700 7215 7215 Samara N&ME Arabic 1600-1700 7360 7360 Moscow N&ME Arabic 1700-1800 6005 6005 Krasnodar Africa Arabic 1700-1800 6090 6090 S-Petersburg Africa Arabic 1700-1800 7230 7230 Moscow Africa Arabic 1700-1800 1170 1170 Krasnodar Africa Arabic 1700-1800 7510 7510 Dushanbe N&ME Arabic 1700-1800 7130 7130 S-Petersburg N&ME Arabic 1700-1800 6005 6005 S-Petersburg N&ME Arabic 1700-1800 5925 5925 Krasnodar N&ME Arabic 1700-1800 5895 5895 S-Petersburg N&ME Arabic 1700-1800 1170 1170 Krasnodar N&ME Arabic 1700-1800 1314 1314 Yerevan 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Europe Spanish 0100-0200 7390 7390 Samara S&CAm Spanish 0100-0200 6195 6195 S-Petersburg S&CAm Spanish 0100-0200 5945 5945 Krasnodar S&CAm Spanish 0100-0200 5900 5900 Moscow S&CAm Spanish 0100-0200 7570 7570 Dushanbe S&CAm Spanish 0200-0300 7330 7330 Moscow S&CAm Spanish 0200-0300 5945 5945 Krasnodar S&CAm Spanish 0200-0300 5900 5900 Moscow S&CAm Spanish 0200-0300 7390 7390 Samara S&CAm Spanish 0200-0300 7570 7570 Dushanbe S&CAm Spanish 0200-0300 9945 9945 Dushanbe S&CAm Spanish 2130-2200 7300 7300 Novosibirsk Europe Spanish 2130-2200 5920 5920 Samara Europe Spanish 2130-2200 6145 6145 Moscow Europe Swedish M/W/F 1830-1900 1494 1494 S-Petersburg Europe Swedish M/W/F 1830-1900 6175 6175 Krasnodar Europe Swedish M/W/F 1830-1900 5950 5950 Krasnodar Europe Turkish 1500-1600 9470 11985 Moscow N&ME Turkish 1500-1600 1170 1170 Krasnodar N&ME Turkish 1500-1600 6005 6005 Krasnodar N&ME Turkish 1500-1600 7360 7360 Moscow N&ME Urdu 1200-1300 12025 12025 Moscow Asia Urdu 1200-1300 11500 11500 Dushanbe Asia Urdu 1200-1300 9800 9800 Krasnodar Asia Urdu 1200-1300 7350 7350 Tchita Asia Urdu 1200-1300 9865 9865 Novosibirsk Asia Urdu 1400-1500 7305 7305 Novosibirsk Asia Urdu 1400-1500 12025 12025 Moscow Asia Urdu 1400-1500 9800 9800 Krasnodar Asia Urdu 1400-1500 7350 7350 Tchita Asia Vietnamese 1200-1300 6205 6205 Tchita Asia Vietnamese 1200-1300 603 603 China Asia Vietnamese 1200-1300 15460 17570 Moscow Asia (Translated by Vadim Alexeyev and Michael Bethge via WWDXC-HQ; 08 Nov 2005 via WWDXC via DXLD) ** SAINT HELENA. Hello Duane, I thought I would let you know that I received today my QSL card from Radio Saint Helena from their final broadcast in 1999. Better late than never. It took a while, but worth the wait. 73 (Gregory Mengell, Nov 15, swl at qth.net via DXLD) Hey Gregory! Wow! That is absolutely super! Congratulations my friend! I suspect you were successful because of the efforts on your behalf by the ham in Germany who is helping the man who replaced Tony Leo at the station? If so, you should drop him a quikc note and express your thanks. Save the envelope! Those stamps and the cancellation mark are valuable! I put mine inside a protective clear plastic sheet used to protect 8 X 10 photographs. What you have, as do all the others who got this QSL, is a 'for real' piece of history that will NEVER ever happen again. Gregory, do you think I should reproduce the original live recording of that last transmission and make it available? I have it on three cassette tapes. The signal was booming in here, (fortunately!), for the entire final transmission of Radio St. Helena from Saint Helena. This allowed me to get a very good quality recording using the Sangean 818CS with 150 foot longwire at 25 feet elevation. The recording was made direct, no microphone, so there is zero background noise. Maybe those who missed hearing it, as well as those who did hear it but did not record it, would like to hear it. Your thoughts? Again Gregory, congratulations! Five years did pay off, although at times I had my sincere doubts it was ever going to happen (Duane W8DBF Fischer, ibid.) ** SUDAN [non]. Glenn, as you heard Sudan at 1500 on not listed 15575, Monday Nov. 14, this sounds to me a British radio facilities emergency. Cause I too have heard BBCWS there at 1500. Isn't Sudan commonly using 11665 from Ascension? --- same place and frequency from where we use to listen Radio Prague Spanish service at 0000. Probably a malfunction at Ascension on the mentioned 1500 UTC slot, push them to change that Sudan sked for a unique ocassion to 15575 (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, dxldyg via DXLD) Interesting theory, but the paramaters for R. Prague relay have nothing to do with this. In HFCC B05 we see what must be the SRS altho not labeled as such on 11665, from Wooferton UK. 11665 1500 1700 47E WOF 250 126 1234567 301005 260306 D USA MNO MER Until 1500, 15575 is BBC via Cyprus [or WAS; see U K], but there is also this entry: 15575 1500 1530 47E WOF 300 126 257 301005 260306 D USA MNO MER Int The 257 meaning Monday, Thursday and Saturday, since to HFCC Day 1 = Sunday, but it is on the same azimuth as SRS; maybe some other US- sponsored surrogate service is supposed to be on there. I heard 15575 on a Monday, but not on Tuesday. I should have checked Thursday, and maybe will Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. R. Nile, 12060 via Madagascar, *0359-0415+ Nov 13. Sign-on with local music, English ID and sked. English talk about Sudan, some vernacular talk. Fair, but audio slightly muffled. Weaker on // 15320 (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [and non]. CBS/RTI schedule B05 --- Hi, Here's attached Radio Taiwan International B05 schedule and its relays. Hope this helpful to DXLD! (Miller Liu, Taiwan, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO TAIWAN INT'L/VOICE OF TAIWAN current schedule as follows: Revised : NOV 16, 2005 NOTICE: To Avoid China Heavy Jammer With CNR programs, Chinese traditional music, all frequencies vary. It applies to Mandarin, Mainland Networks. 1. VOT MANDARIN NETWORK ONE (in CH) 2200-0500, 0900-1800 603 0900-1600 TWN C CHN 1008 0400-0500 0900-1800 TWN C CHN S CHN 1098 1300-1800 TWN C CHN S CHN 1422 0900-1500 TWN N CHN 1503 1000-1200 1600-1700 SEAs 1521 1200-1800 TWN N CHN 6085 0900-1500 C&S CHN 6105 2200-0000 0900-1400 C CHN 6150 2200-0000 C&S CHN 7185 0900-1800 N CHN 7365 1600-1800 N CHN 9680 1100-1800 C CHN 9780 1000-1400 S CHN 11640 0000-0500 C CHN 11665 0900-1600 N CHN 11710 2200-0000 N CHN 11780 1100-1500 N CHN 11885 2200-0500 N CHN 15245 2300-0400 C CHN 11635 2200-0000 SEAs 11715 1100-1200 AUS NZL 15290 0200-0500 SEAs 5950 2200-0000 E NAm 9495 0500-0600 CAm 11825 0100-0200 SAm 15215 0100-0200 SAm 15440 2200-0000 W NAm 2. VOT Mandarin NETWORK TWO: (repeat some of Mandarin NETWORK ONE) 0400-0500 5950U 9680U 15320 15270 SEAs NAm 0500-0600 15270 SEAs 0400-0700 1210 Sacramento CA, USA 0900-1000 11715 11605 11635 11940 15525 SEAs NEAs Oc 0900-1100 9415 N CHN 1200-1300 15465 11605 SEAs NEAs 1300-1400 15265 SEAs 1300-1500 7445 SEAs 1900-2000 17750U 9955U Eu RUS 2200-2300 3965F WEu 3. Mainland NETWORK ("Date with Taipei" features program) 0600-1000 11795 1400-1800 6145 7130 2300-0300 9660 4. DIALECT NETWORK (in Amoy Hakka Cantonese Mongolian Tibetan) 1) Amoy (mainly spoken in Taiwan, Fujian) 0000-0100 15440U 11875 W NAm SEAs 0100-0200 11875 SEAS 0500-0600 15580 1422 1008 SEAs CHN 0600-0700 15580 1422 1008 S CHN TWN SEAs 0900-1000 1206 15465 CHN TWN 1000-1100 1206 11605 15465 As CHN 1200-1300 11715 TWN SEAs 1300-1400 11635 15465 SEAs 2100-2200 5950U E NAM 2) Cantonese (spoken in Hong Kong Guangdong) 0100-0200 5950U 15440U 15290 NAm SEAs 0200-0300 15610 SEAs 0500-0600 5950U 9680U NAm 15320 SEAs 0700-0800 1210 Sacramento, CA, USA 1000-1100 11715 15270 11635 15525 SEAs AUS NZL 1100-1200 15270 1206 SEAs CHN TWN 1200-1300 11915 6105 1206 SEAs CHN 1300-1400 11915 6105 SEAs CHN 2200-2300 5745 Eu 3) Hakka (mainly spoken in Taiwan, E. Guangdong, S. Fujian) 0000-0100 5950U E NAM 0200-0300 15440U W NAM 0300-0400 15610 SEAs 1000-1100 6105 15465 CHN SEAs 1100-1200 11635 15465 6105 SEAs CHN 1300-1400 15175 SEAs 1400-1500 11915 SEAs 1600-1700 11875 EAF SEAs 5. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK: English 0200-0300 9680U 5950U NAm CAm 11875 15465 SEAs NEAs 0300-0400 5950U 15320 NAm SEAS 15215U SAm 0700-0800 5950U WNAm 0800-0900 9610 SEAs AUS NZL 1100-1200 7445 SEAs (1100-1200Th 747 927 Program for Foreign Workers) 1200-1300 7130 NEAs 1400-1500 15265 SEAs 1600-1700 11815 INDIA S CHN 1800-1900 3965F Eu 2200-2300 9355U Eu Spanish 0200-0300 15215U 11825U wSAm 0400-0500 11740U CeAM 0600-0700 5950U wNAm 2100-2200 6120D EUR 2300-0000 9690U 11720U eSAm German 0600-0700 5745U Eu 1800-1900 9955 Eu 1900-2000 6170G Eu 2100-2200 11665U Eu French 0700-0800 7520U Eu 1900-2000 3955G Eu 2000-2100 9955 11665U 15440U Eu NAm 2100-2200 7305F WAf Russian 1100-1200 11985 EaCIS 1300-1400 11935 WeCIS 1700-1800 11635F WeCIS Japanese 0800-0900 11605 JPN 1100-1200 7130 11605 JPN 1300-1400 7130 9635 JPN Thai 0600-0700a 15270 THA 1400-1500a 15465 11635 THA 1400-1500b 747 927 TWN 1500-1600b 7445 1503 THA TWN 2200-2300a 7445 1503 THA 2300-2400b 7445 927 THA TWN Indo. 1000-1100a 11550 11520 INS 1100-1200b 11550 11520 INS 1200-1300b 11635 7445 927 SEAs 1400-1500a 11875 SEAs 1500-1600b 1422 SoTWN 0400-0600ba 927 SoTWN Viet. 0900-1000 15270 VNM 1100-1200 1521 SoTWN 1300-1400 1206 SoTWN 1500-1600 9565 VNM 2200-2300 9785 VNM Note: a-PROGRAM A b-PROGRAM B c-PROGRAM C d-PROGRAM D Relay via: U-Okeechobee, USA D-Juelich, Germany G-Skelton, UK F-Issoudon, France Relay stn via CBS : WYFR (World Family Radio): B05 CHINESE 0100-0300 0500-0600 0700-1000 2100-2200 1503 2200-0300 0900-1400 1700-1900 1557 1000-1100 1700-1800 1359 1000-1300 1098 1200-1400 747 1102-1602 7235 9280 2100-0000 7235 9280 CANTONESE 0800-0900 1557 2300-0100 0600-0700 1503 ENGLISH 1400-1700 1900-2200 1557 1800-2100 1503 1359 0100-0200 15060 1300-1500 11560 1500-1700 6280 KOREA 1000-1100 7130 Hindi 0000-0100 15060 1500-1600 11560 Russian 1500-1700 9955 Vietnamese 1300-1400 1600-1800 2100-2200 1359 Tagalog 1100-1200 1400-1500 2200-2300 1359 Indonesia 1200-1300 1500-1600 2300-2400 1359 AWR-KSDA: B05 Vietnamese 0100-0200 15445(Sa) 1400-1500 11695 BBC: B05 Vietnamese 1430-1500 1503 (//6135.7135.11685) R. AUSTRALIA: B05 ENGLISH 0800-1130 15240 2200-2330 15240 INDONESIAN 0500-0530 11745 0800-0830 15415 0900-0930 11550 2130-2330 11550 VIETNAMESE 2330-0000 15110 R. FRANCE INT'L A05 CHINESE 2200-2300 1098.747 (//12005.12045) 1200-1300 1503 0930-1030 11875 RADIO FREE ASIA B05 VIETNAMESE 2330-0030 11605 CHINESE 2100-2200 9920 1900-2200 1098 TRUTH FOR THE WORLD A05 CHINESE 1400-1430 7220(Sa) Little Saigon RADIO VIETNAMESE 1500-1530 7380 Clandestine station in Taiwan : STAR STAR BROADCASTING STATION: 11430 Star Star Channel 1 15388 Star Star Channel 2 9725 Star Star Channel 3 8300 Star Star Channel 4 13750 Star Star Channel 5 NB: seems inactive due to cases of Mainland spy VOICE OF CHINA: CHINESE 2230-2330 7270 0800-0900 11940 HMONG LAO RADIO: LAOTIAN 0100-0200 15260 (3.5) [Wed & Fri, or Tue & Thu?] Radio Chan Troi Moi (New Horizon Radio): VIETNAMESE 1330-1430 1503 // 17595v (via Miller Liu, Taiwan, Nov 16, DXLD) ** U K. BBC Arabic TV 2.0 It's amazing how companies and corporations can put a spin on their own news. Today, BBC World Service announced a shift of resources, closing 10 language services in radio, scaling down its on-line presence in Hindi (English seems to be more popular for the BBC in India) and shifting Brazilian Portuguese output onto more relevant platforms - the web and partner stations. But what's all this in the newspapers about the BBC launching a new Arabic language TV network. It is actually picking up where it left off on Sunday, April 21, 1996. I remember angry newspaper articles by people like Ian Richardson, who was charged with setting up the first BBC Arabic TV channel's news department, only to have to close it down less than two years later. BBC WS Director Nigel Chapman did refer to this in today's speech. This time, the BBC operation is to be funded from within its foreign- office allocation. The former BBC Arabic Television was launched by the corporation's commercial arm, "BBC Worldwide Television", and funded by the Saudi Arabian Mawarid Group. That partnership with Orbit TV was always going to be fragile, despite lengthy negotiations with the Saudis. According to Richardson, "negotiations for this channel had gone on between the BBC and Mawarid's subsidiary, the Rome-based Orbit Communications Corporation, for several months from the latter part of 1993, finally being signed on March 24, 1994. There were elements of panic on both sides". BBC World Service Television, as it was then known, desperately needed a big new contract to cover itself financially in the wake of Rupert Murdoch's surprise purchase of Star- TV, from which he had unceremoniously dumped the BBC's signal to the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and China. World Service Television's Chief Executive, Chris Irwin, was convinced he had a cast iron guarantee of editorial independence from the Saudis. I think the Orbit TV guys were convinced the BBC was just a news source rather like Reuters --- you paid your money and they delivered what you wanted. During the short life of the first BBC Arabic Television, there were several angry "liaison meetings" with Orbit and the guarantees of editorial independence proved to be a sour joke, only barely obscured by a thin smokescreen about the BBC's alleged failure to observe "cultural sensitivities" --- Saudi code for anything not to the Royal Family's liking. When it became clear to Orbit and Mawarid that it had, in their terms, created a monster not prepared to toe the Saudi line, it was only a matter of time before there would be a final parting of the ways. Political considerations were far more important that anything else. The Saudis ensured that distribution in Saudi Arabia was through a microwave (MMDS) distribution system to set-top boxes. Often the BBC programmes were delayed by half an hour so give censors in Riyadh time to pull entire programmes they didn't approve of. From their point of view, the BBC Orbit channel was theirs --- BBC was simply supplying raw material. They gave up on trying to tame the BBC and switched off the BBC Arabic TV channel at the close of the transmissions on the night of Saturday, April 20 1996. BBC was not advised in advance. But Orbit also owned all the computer, editing and studio equipment at BBC TV Centre in White City used to make the Arabic TV programmes. That made it simple for them to mothball the whole project and stop the BBC restarting the project in 1996 with new backers. The newspaper reports have suggested that BBC WS has bowed to Foreign Office pressure to set up Arabic TV again and shut services mainly to new EU member States and the Balkans. This is real government spin. In 1996, neither British commercial nor government interests were in favour of any independent BBC Arabic news channel. Foreign Office interests, especially in Saudi Arabia, were not improved by BBC reporters talking about the Saudi Royal family. I don't think much has changed in 9 years --- so the BBC WS has to finance "BBC Arabic 2.0" from within its own budget. I am not sure it has cut WS radio deep enough to be able to compete with Al Jazeera and MBC to name just a few of the satellite channels already in that crowded market. 19 million pounds is not much to run a foreign TV news channel (doesn't BBC News 24 cost about 50?). I presume that it will move from 12 hrs a day at peak times to being 24 hrs a day within 6 months of starting up in 2007. With different time zones across the region, 12 hours isn't going to be handy. It would be ironic if BBC "resumed programming" in April 2007, after a 11 year transmission break. Actually, it probably will be around that time, since the UK financial years start on April 1st. posted by Jonathan Marks @ 10/25/2005 11:56:00 AM (Critical Distance blog via DXLD) ** U K [non]. Re: ``CYPRUS/RUSSIA: BBC WS in English to ME: 0600-1500 Mon-Sat on 15575 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg, ex CYP 250 kW / 090 (Observer)`` Indeed 15575 has right now (1210) typical CIS audio/modulation. Old question: Which "Moscow"? Lesnoy? More from Observer: ``CYPRUS/UKRAINE: BBC in Arabic to ME: 0500-0600 Daily on 9915 SMF 500 kW / 134 deg, additional 0600-1200 Mon-Sat on 13660 SMF 250 kW / 131 deg, ex CYP 250 kW / 117 deg 0600-1200 Sunday on 13660 CYP 250 kW / 117 deg, ex Daily 0800-1500 Mon-Sat on 11820 SMF 500 kW / 134 deg, additional`` And right now I can confirm 11820 to be on air with CIS-style modulation and a rather strong signal here, in roughly the back side of the beam. 13660 seems to be on as well, but is difficult to make out next to strong Cërrik on 13665 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also SUDAN [non] ** UNITED NATIONS [non]. It sounded like UN Radio was back on the air with full broadcasts of GA and SC sessions. At 1804 UT Nov 17 on 17650 I was hearing a speech in Hebrew with simultaneous translation in English. But I soon concluded it was anything but live, as it was about Israel offering aid to US in wake of H. Katrina. Continued uninterrupted until 1819, concluding with ``Happy New Year``, and outro as Ariel Sharon speaking to the General Assembly on Sept. 15. But this was just inside a program on WHRA, per their grid Politics and Religion with Irvin Baxter Jr M-F during this semihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTIENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Bandscanning at 1753 Nov 17, I checked 9265 for WMLK, and came up with a carrier hitting 15 over 9, but barely audible modulation, not enough to comprehend. Why in the world does Elder Jacob O Meyer waste his time and his watts doing this? I suppose on the studio off-air monitor he can hear himself with the gain cranked all the way open (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WMLK, 9265.07, *1700-1715+ Nov 11. Strong carrier but very weak modulation. English sign-on announcements followed by the usual preaching about Yahweh by Elder Jacob O Meyer (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WRMI is finally back on 7385, 3.5 weeks after Hurricane Wilma! Jeff White called for a reception check at 0145 UT Nov 17. Said it had been on since about 0100. It was weaker than usual here, as expected, since Jeff says it`s a temporary antenna, interted V dipole, aimed more or less NW/SE, same as the log periodic which was badly damaged and may take another two weeks to repair and reinstall. 7385 was in Spanish when I checked, and may be testing intermittently, possibly with the backup 5 kW transmitter. RTTY on the low side is bothering it. Regular programming is to resume at 0900 UT. And 7385 uses the other antenna toward Caribbean and South America at 13-16 UT, starting with the R. Prague relay. No doubt Jeff would be interested in other reception reports to info @ wrmi.net I checked 7385 again at 0600 and now with noise sources off, it was quite good; in fact, I would not have guessed they were using a temp antenna instead of the LP; Viva Miami with Jeff promoting cruising; is that all VM is ever about any more? Recheck at 1400, 7385 also audible but weaker via the corner reflector toward Caribbean, same as used elsewhen for 9955, with WRN relay in English going from RN to RTE separated by about a minute of news headlines (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saludos amigos, en este momento (0105 UT) ha vuelto al aire después de los daños sufridos por el huracán Wilma, Radio Miami WRMI en los 7385 khz. ¿Cómo está llegando por sus QTH's? Gracias por su tiempo y sus reportes. 73 (Dino Bloise, FLORIDA, EEUU, UT Nov 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hola Dino. Después de mucho tiempo, tuve el chance de escuchar una señal apenas decente de WRMI el pasado domingo 13 Nov. en la mañana, y esto ocurrió en virtud de no estar operando inútilmente en 7385 en ese período. Yo ni siquiera me he puesto revisar 7385 en nuestro horario nocturno pues apenas se percibe un débil audio y figúrate, eso que dicen emplear 50 Kw. ¿Qué se puede esperar recepcionar por aquí si parecen estar apenas regresando con un transmisor de respaldo de 5 Kw? Y para terminarla de hacer, una antena "V" invertida en sustitución de la acostumbrada log periódica de alta ganancia. Yo empleo el término "inútilmente" en cuanto a operar de día en 7385, porque adónde espera llegar Jeff White cómo se lo comenté meses atrás; no creo que más al Sur de Cuba o México. Sí, fíjate que Voz Cristiana con todo y la alta potencia que maneja, atinadamente se va a los 16 metros para ponernos un SINPO 5 total todo el día, pues pienso que lo mínimo que debería hacer WRMI durante el día es buscarse un regreso a los 19 metros, dado que ni siquiera estar en 31 m. le va a beneficiar, si espera ser escuchada por lo menos al Norte de Sudamérica y la Cuenca del Caribe. Tema aparte y que igualmente me parece una cabezonada, el el caso de WBCQ que insiste en mantenerse en tan alta frecuencia de 18910 al caer la noche. Yo quisiera poder ver un reporte de a qué lugar va dirigida o a quién le está llegando esta señal. A pesar de sus 50 kW aún en período diurno no mejora aquí gran cosa. Siento que 50 kW es una potencia insuficiente que va mejorando sólo con la caída de la tarde, ya cuando la recepción mejora pero es cuando las emisoras saben que tienen que buscar una frecuencia más baja. No creas que fue diferente cuando WRNO usaba 15420, aunque curiosamente durante los 60s WRUL con iguales 50 kW nos llegaba con una rica señal. Sería cuestión de posición geográfica, propagación o mejores tiempos? (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sorry, Raúl, but not all US stations are even trying to reach Central America. WRNO`s old azimuth was 20 degrees, and WBCQ aims all frequencies toward Tijuana. Sometimes I`ve heard 18910 as late as 0000 UT Thursdays when WOR is on, sometimes not. More likely not as we get thru early-sunset winter. WBCQ a few seasons ago had 11660 (I think, somewhere around there) registered as a new frequency, but never used it. That would have been a lot better overall. Except for the recent changes in the mornings, for the Prague relay at 1300, WRMI`s 7385 aims NW (and also SE), intended for NAm, not CAm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. ULTIMO ALTAS ONDAS COM DIRETO DE EDSON BRUNO Abaixo link para fazer download do último programa DX Altas Ondas, da Rádio Voz Cristã, gravado em formato MP3 a 22 KHz mono. http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0U0P9ELU38JRZ0DHB06Y8X9D5X Obreigado Radioescutas, obrigado, Edson Bruno, obrigado Renato, obrigado a todos os que colaboraram para fazer o Altas Ondas. Foi por vosso meio que conheci este programa, aqui fica minha homenagem, acho que este penultimo programa, ultimo direto de Edson Bruno, merece ter audio da internet, ou talvez não? De qualquer forma fica aqui em primeira mão, antes mesmo de estar disponivel no sitio http://www.amantesdoradio.com.br Aproveitem. Abraço, (Sérgio Oliveira - radioamador CT2IFT Fátima - Portugal, Nov 11, radioescutas via DXLD) Acompanhei um dos melhores programas de dexismo, o Altas Ondas, na íntegra pelas ondas curtas de 19m 15485 kHz e o gravei. Tudo bem, foi o último, vai ficar registrado. Para mim isso não interessa muito. O que é mais agravante é que mais um programa de ondas curtas, sobre ondas curtas, foi para o espaço. Acabou. Poderia continuar com outro comunicador seguindo o esquema montado pelo Edson Bruno. Mas não há interesse da emissora em mantê-lo no ar, pois o programa, muito bem feito com ótimas colaborações de colegas dexistas, estava dando mais audiência que outros programas religiosos da emissora. O objetivo deles é outro. Edson Bruno disse que vai para uma FM em Santa Catarina. Mas FM só pode ser sintonizada em âmbito local, só. Escutar rádio via internet não dá, não pratico isso porque perde toda a característica do hobby. Vamos isto sim, incentivar o Carlos Felipe que inclua em seu programa Amigos do Rádio os mesmos colaboradores do Altas Ondas: Romais, Rudolf, Uliana, e outros papas do dexismo. É o que há. 73 (LUIZ CHAINE NETO, PX2J0044, LIMEIRA - ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO BRASIL, ibid.) Mais uma perda das ondas curtas. Se houvesse interesse de a emissora manter o programa no ar, era só seguir o esquema montado pelo Edson Bruno. Mas não há, infelizmente. O Altas Ondas era muito bem feito, com boas colaborações de alguns papas da radioescuta. Vai para a FM? Vai ficar no ostracismo para nós que gostamos de ouvir rádio só pelo rádio mesmo, pelas ondas curtas ou tropicais (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira -sp- 12-11-2005, ibid.) Pessoal, Interessante a visão do pessoal da Voz cristã; certamente nenhum programa deles tem ouvintes cativos de outros credos religiosos como o Altas ondas, mas ao invés atrair mais almas para a sua causa eles afastam! Quantos ouvintes radioescutas e dexistas, de outros credos religiosos ouviam programas que antecediam o Altas Ondas aguardando o início do programa, e recebiam as mensagens deles? Nos ficamos sem o Altas ondas, e eles sem os ouvintes tradicionais no Brasil e no mundo! Todos os dois lados perdem, mas acho que a Voz Cristã muito mais, pois temos outras opções no rádio, mas eles não tem como trazer de volta os radioescutas e dexistas! 73, (Wilson Rodrigues, Itaúna/MG, ibid.) Prezados. Nem queria acreditar quando me deram a noticia via 2 mts pelo CT1GFQ (afinal a Sergio tinha razão Carlos Fonseca). É uma perda de monta pois era o MELHOR programa que existia em português sobre o tema nas OC. Todos devemos uma GRANDE homenagem ao Edson Bruno pois além de um excelente realizador e locutor a sua saida na Voz Cristã vai ser muito sentida. Gostaria muito que o programa pudesse continuar se não na OC pelo menos via Internet. Penso que todos devemos manifestar junto da Voz Cristã o nosso descontentamento e quanto aos propósitos da emissora, "Não é com vinagre que se apanha mosca", muito embora eu não tenha elementos sobre esta rescisão. Sinceramente não sei que possibilidades o Edson Bruno têm de manter o programa noutra emissora. Para já o Grande choque com esta perda. (João Costa, Almada/Portugal, ibid.) João, Concordo com você. Eu já enviei meu protesto à Voz Cristã no sentido de reativar o Altas Ondas com outro profissional da rádio. Ninguém é insubstituível. Parece que não houve interesse deles. Agora, vou dar minha opinião: - Programa de Radioescuta e dexismo pele internet não dá. Ou se faz via rádio, ondas eletromagnéticas ou não se faz nada. Perde-se a caractrística do rádio. O Edson Bruno pediu que o escutasse pela internet através da FM em que ele vai trabalhar em Santa Catarina. Da minha parte vou ficar sem escutar. Não dá. Cada macaco no seu galho. Notou-se que o Altas Ondas tinha mais ouvintes via ondas curtas que os outros programas da emissora. É o que há (Luiz Chaine Neto (radioescuta das ondas curtas) LIMEIRA -SP- Brasil, ibid.) Wilson, Gostei de sua explanação a respeito da brusca interrupção do muito bem elaborado programa Altas Ondas. Eu, por exemplo, não sou evangélico, mas como você, atentava para as boas orientações inerentes a toda religião. Perderam ouvintes preciosos, cativos como você mencionou. Notou-se claramente que os diretores da emissora aproveitaram o gancho de o Edson Bruno não poder ficar nos EEUU em virtude de o filho não ter o visto renovado e primeira coisa que fez foi encerrar o Altas Ondas. Ninguém é insubstituível. Bem que poderiam escalar outro no lugar do Edson Bruno. Cito por exemplo o Álvaro Andrade que é eclético e poderia levar adiante o programa. Não adianta ficarmos lamentando por aqui. O ideal é que entupamos o e-mail deles com um protesto, demonstrando nossa insatisfação. Eu já mandei meu protesto. Forte 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto PX2J0044, LIMEIRA -SP-, 13-11- 2005, ibid.) Propunha uma lista a pedir o regresso do Altas Ondas, encabeçada pelo DX Clube do Brasil e pelos aderentes pela Internet. E em simultâneo pedir ajuda a outros grupos de radioescuta da internet (Sérgio Oliveira - radioamador CT2IFT, Fátima - Portugal, ibid.) Prezados. Ainda em estado de choque, pelo fim tão agrupto, do que eu considerava o Melhor programa sobre dexismo em português na Onda Curta, excelente realizado e apresentado pelo Edson Bruno. Não sei se será possivel cancelar essa decisão ou arranjar outra solução junto da emissora, mas aguardo uma indicação do pessoal dirigente do DXCB, que penso que terá mais elementos para se pronunciar. Subscrevo totalmente a ideia expressa pelo Wilson "Todos os dois lados perdem, mas acho que a Voz Cristã muito mais, pois temos outras opções no rádio, mas eles não tem como trazer de volta os radioescutas e dexistas!". Penso sinceramente que este é um argumento de muito peso junto da emissora. Efectivamente e por informações de amigos nos EUA a recusa de renovação de vistos junto do "famigerado" Departamento de Emigração têm estado a acentuar-se, existindo cada vez mais casos como o apresentado pelo Edson e muitissimo mais dramâticos. PS- http://www.vozcrista.com - Tenho tentado aceder desde manhã (madrugada ai no Brasil) ao site da Voz Cristã para apresentar o meu protesto pelo fim do "Altas Ondas" mas tal não tem sido possivel (João Costa, Almada/Portugal, ibid.) Prezado João e demais, Tenho boas notícias! Em nome do DX Clube do Brasil, informo que já fomos contactados pela direção da Voz Cristã. A parceria continuará e um novo espaço dexista será inserido na grade da emissora, a partir de janeiro. Como a saída do Edson foi inesperada para o momento atual e a diretora estava em viagem, não foi possível pensar na manutenção do espaço dexista e até mesmo avisar que a Voz Cristã tem a maior boa vontade do mundo com os dexistas e radioescutas. 73s, (Célio Romais, Pela Coordenação do DX Clube do Brasil, ibid.) Infelizmente as coisas boas da vida são curtas. Foi com enorme tristesa que dei a noticia este fim de semana ao João Costa via VHF- FM, nós os 2's não queriamos sequer acreditar em tal, e até pensamos ser uma gafe. Mas afinal confirma-se. :( Edson era um locutor por exelência; aos sabados esperar que uma magia chamada propagação, desse luz ás OC para podermos escutar os programas Altas Ondas chegasse até nós terminou. A minha maior pena, é que á alguns meses deixei de ouvir bem, pq na frequencia habitual, a magia raramente luzia em Almada (IM58kq) e só poderia assistir via internet, mas a isto nunca se pode nem se chamará RadioEscuta! Apesar de ser muito dificil a perda deste programa, vamos ter que viver com a realidade, pois já aconteçeu em outras rádios de carís internaçional. Neste momento, só posso desejar felicidades ao GRANDE EDSON BRUNO, e que a direcção da Radio Vóz Cristã, pense que alem de perder audiência (a maior) de um programa, tb perdeu muitos ouvintes que publicitavam a rádio pela sua linha cristão no mundo. 1 abraço a todos (Carlos Fonseca - CT1GFQ, Portugal, ibid.) Prezado Célio e demais Coordenação do DX Clube do Brasil. Muito Obrigado pela sua Importante informação, que penso agradar e de que maneira a todos nós. Mais uma vez o pessoal da Coordenação do DXCB e tambem, neste caso, da Voz Cristã, esteve á altura dos dificeis acontecimentos. Concordo inteiramente com o Carlos Fonseca, quando escreve que o Edson Bruno é um realizador e locutor de excelencia, pena será se não poder continuar. Afinal, a tecnologia hoje permite muita coisa, independente onde esteja vc fisicamente. Vamos aguardar pela chega do novo ano e as boas surpresas que podem vir. PS - Ainda estamos até hoje por saber o conteudo do audio do Renato Uliana que por diversas vezes o Edson Bruno tentou abrir no ultimo programa "Altas Ondas"....? (João Costa, Almada/Portugal Estimados amigos! Depois de ter lido toda essa informação sobre o "Altas ondas", e sobre a dificuldade em o programa continuar no ar, tenho pensado porque é que o Edson Bruno, que apesar de não poder continuar nos EUA, não entra em um acordo com a Voz Cristã para manter o programa através de gravação? Ele sempre pode fazer o programa na emissora de FM e depois envia um CD com o programa para a Voz Cristã e eles passam o CD noutro dia. Aqui em Sines na DW, que alugava 1:30 por semana à RTE fazia-mos isso. A RTE mandava as fitas magnéticas e nós punha-mos no ar. Tão simples quanto isso. A unica desvantagen é não poder haver participação na hora, por parte do ouvinte. 73 from (CT4RK, Carlos Mourato, Sines - Portugal nov 15, ibid.) Summary: It came as a terrible shock to Brazilian DXers when Edson Bruno announced that there would be no more Altas Ondas program on Voz Cristã (DX/evangelical show Fridays 1605 UT on 15485 via Chile, repeated Saturdays at 1605). Studios are in Miami, and Bruno suddenly had to leave the country for immigration reasons, but is taking up a job at a Brazilian FM station. The show included recorded contributions from several of Brazil`s top DXers, and was considered to be the best DX program in the Portuguese language. Recriminations followed --- how could VC let this show go, surely its most popular, and thus with the potential of drawing in new converts? They will surely lose a large segment of their listening audience. Could not some other announcer carry on with the show? His departure came rather suddenly, not giving management time to come up with a plan, but after a few days an agreement was reached to resume a DX program in January with the Brazilian contributors. Could not Edson emcee it himself remotely from Brasil? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Amber Alerts on EAS - Stupid! One of the best safety tools one can have is a weather radio. Many of the recent tornado victims in Indiana may have been saved if they'd had such a device, to warn them to leave their mobile homes before the approaching tornado struck. About an hour ago, I turned off my weather radio. Because about 90 minutes ago, the Tennessee Emergency Management Authority activated the EAS (and the weather radio) for an Amber Alert. I guess there are no timestamps on Topica, but "90 minutes ago" means 2:00 am. A little girl was kidnapped about 100 miles east of here. They activated EAS **statewide**. WHAT THE H*** AM I SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT IT??!! I guess they figure the kidnappers might: - choose *my* home out of the millions of homes in Tennessee. - break in. - allow me to see their victim. - allow me to use my phone to call 911. And, I suppose they figure that if someone breaks into my home at 2:00 am, accompanied by a little girl who appears to be present against her will, that I *won't call 911* unless I'm aware there's an Amber Alert? The Amber Alert program is an important one. Certainly, we should use the media and the highway message boards to pass along the descriptions of kidnap victims. To wake up the whole state over something none of us can do anything about, however, is to cry wolf. == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com Nov 12, WTFDA Soundoff via DXLD) ** U S A. JOHNSON ON FOX NEWS "HEARTLAND WITH JOHN KASICH" PROGRAM SATURDAY (11/19) TO DISCUSS "IN GOD WE TRUST" Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists, will be a guest this Saturday (November 19, 2005) on the FoxNews Channel program "Heartland With John Kasich." Ms. Johnson, who has appeared on major networks and public affairs shows, will be discussing the religionized national motto, "In God We Trust," and lawsuits -- including possible action by Michael Newdow -- to have the slogan declared unconstitutional. Over the years, a number of individuals and groups including American Atheists have filed suit to challenge the use of the current motto. "Heartland With John Kasich" airs Saturday evening, 8:00 PM ET. Check local listings. WHO & WHAT: Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists discussing "In God We Trust" as our national slogan. WHERE: FoxNews Channel, "Heartland With John Kasich" WHEN: Saturday, November 19, 2005, 8:00 PM ET -- check local listings. MORE INFO: http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/igwt1.htm "In God We Trust -- Stamping out religion on national currency," 3/15/99) http://www.atheists.org/public.square/coins.html "God on our Coins," a concise history of how this religious slogan replaced the secular motto. Includes testimony by John G. Murray to House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.) (AA Newsletter Nov 17 via DXLD) ** U S A. WHAT IS IT THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO PLEDGE? AND IS THAT ANY WAY TO SUPPORT A PUBLIC TV SYSTEM? Not really, say audience researchers David and Judith LeRoy, who've been reading up on brain science. Our brains aren't that good at picking pledge specials that work, either. . . http://www.current.org/audience/aud0518pledge.shtml (Current via DXLD) The drawbacks of signing up ``accidental, hormonal`` members on the basis of atypical pledge-drive programing (gh) ** U S A. Re: Exp Auth --- Another typo: I should have said BLEX not BPLX! (Ben Dawson, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. R. Amazonas, 4939.67, 1005-1025+ Nov 12, lively LA music, 1019-1020 several IDs, Spanish announcements; fair (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Amazonas is on the road to...... Quito 16/Nov/2005 19:42 Radio Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) started on 4940, was some days ago on around 5535 and is this Wednesday evening on 5115 kHz. (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, http://www.malm-ecuador.com Nov 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. An extra transmission of the TDP-brokered Que Huong Radio was reportedly carried on Sun 13 November 1200-1300 on 11860. The station's regular schedule is Mon-Sat 1200-1300 on 15680 (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, WORLD OF RADIO 1294, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. VOA service to here is now easily audible back in the USA, on 17785, heard Nov 17 at 1745 amid the English third, interviewing the US ambassador to Zim lamenting the situation there. Concluded that segment at 1753 with a bit of a reggae tune ``Suffering in the Land``. Studio 7 went from English to Shona or Ndebele at 1800 giving a frequency announcement with numbers pronounced in English. This one is via Morocco. ``Studio 7`` is a rather lame name; why don`t they call it ``Radio Free Zimbabwe``? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ HFCC B-05 NOW AVAILABLE [censored public version] via: http://www.hfcc.org/data/index.html or directly to the zipped files: http://www.hfcc.org/data/b05/b05allx2.zip Including files explaining the abbreviations (Glenn Hauser, Nov 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GOOGLE MASHUP SW TRANSMITTER MAP Directly at http://www.dxtra.com/#shortwavestations -------------- From: "dxtra" google@dxtra.com Subject: New Interactive World Shortwave Transmitter Map Date: 17 Nov 2005 11:29:29 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Dxtra has created a free Google map that plots the position of world shortwave radio transmitters. Since the map is integrated with satellite pictures, you can zoom in on the physical transmitter site if you wish. If you click on an icon, you will see station information, such as frequencies and languages. The map has a control on the top upper left that allows you to scale or move the map around. You can also mouse-drag the map with the left mouse button depressed. You must be using a recent web browser and have Javascript enabled to see the map. On slower PC's it will take a few seconds for the map to load. The map loads on the main Dxtra web page, there is also a hyper link at the top of the page to direct you to the map. The map URL is: http://www.dxtra.com (via Dan Say, DXLD) I tried it out, but the satellite photos never went anywhere close enough to see any towers, and some very strange data popped up. Greenland`s 3815 is on the world map, but on the wrong side of the island (studio rather than transmitter, I guess). WBCQ is said to have a power of 8000 watts (Does dxtra.com know something we don`t?) And look at this for KJES, whose satellite photo also does not show any detail: KJES VADO Vado USA Intern.Service 7555 7570 11715 15385 English RTTY/Telex Spanish Tibetan/... 50000 watts I expect one could amuse oneself by checking out many other SW stations and what wacky info Dxtra.com presents about them (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO USER / SWM Just to clarify the SWM/Radio Active/Radio User situation PW Publishing own all the rights and copyright to anything in Short Wave Magazine up to and including the December issue, then it's being merged with Radio Active to form RadioUser. A new company was set up some time ago - nothing to do with PW Publishing - calling itself Short Wave Magazine Ltd. It seems they are planning to carry on using the title (Chris Brand, Nov 15, BDXC-UK via DXLD) EUROPEAN FM QSLs Hi all, Now the web of FMDXItaly has also a QSL page. So far you can find more than 500 Italian and European stations. It is also possible to find the address, the name of the person that confirmed the report and other information. The list will grow up with the help of all the list members and you'll be able to find much more info about Italian stations. Please visit http://www.fmdx.altervista.org/index.php?lng=en#top fmdxITALY has been started in 2004 and has 250 members in Italy and the Mediterranean area. It is run as a Yahoo forum and contains more than 100 detailed bandscans from Italy http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/fmdxITALY Its website is currently under construction at http://www.fmdx.altervista.org Ciao a tutti, Da qualche giorno una nuova sezione del sito FMDX Italy ospita più di 500 QSL di emittenti italiane ed europee che operano in FM. Vi si possono trovare, divisi per Paese e in ordine alfabetico, i dati essenziali sulle conferme ricevute dalle emittenti (frequenza, indirizzo, tipo di risposta e materiale ricevuto). Lo spazio ospiterà le conferme ricevute dagli iscritti, ma si specializzerà sull'Italia, esponendo i dati in modo molto sintetico, per permettere una rapida consultazione. La collaborazione è aperta a tutti, http://www.fmdx.altervista.org/articles.php?lng=it&pg=96 fmdxITALY, nata nel 2004, è un gruppo su Yahoo con 250 iscritti italiani e del bacino del Mediterraneo. E' un gruppo su Yahoo, che ospita 100 bandscan italiani. E' raggiungibile all'indirizzo http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/fmdxITALY e dal 20 ottobre al sito internet http://www.fmdx.altervista.org (in costruzione) (Fabrizio Carnevalini, DX LISTENING DIGEST) POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ BPL info at http://www.ve2si.ca A local amateur, Leo Nikkinen, spoke to me recently about the Broadband over Powerline issue. Here is a message from Leo that he has asked me to pass along to all of you (Sheldon Harvey, CIDX via DXLD) Hello Sheldon, You might remember that we spoke about BPL at the South Shore hamfest a few weeks ago. The problems that would be caused by Broadband over Power Line high-speed Internet systems worried me enough that I put a Web site http://www.ve2si.ca together with BPL info. The purpose of the site is to take the technical language in Industry Canada's Consultation Paper and cast it in terms that non-technical hams could understand. The site also has some other information relating to BPL. My hope is that individual amateurs and other radio users, including short-wave listeners, will use the information on the site to help write up a reply to IC's BPL proposal. The deadline for submissions is November 28, 2005, that's not far away. The Web site is up although I do want to trim things up a bit and expand on some points. However, it's in good enough shape that it's ready for visitors. I don't know what means you have for distributing information to your Canadian International DX Club members, but you might wish to consider passing the URL on to them. Maybe it would yield a letter or two. Best regards (Leo, VE2SI, Nikkinen, ibid.) ###