DX LISTENING DIGEST 5-207, December 3, 2005 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2005 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn 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 NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1295: Days and times here are strictly UT. Sun 0600 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2 Sun 0730 WOR WWCR 3215 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 WRMI 7385 Sun 1400 WOR KRFP-LP Moscow ID 92.5 Sun 1830 WOR WRN1 to North America [including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140] Sun 2000 WOR RNI Sun 2230 WOR WRMI 7385 [temporarily] Mon 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB Mon 0430 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910 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: 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 1295 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1295h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1295h.rm WORLD OF RADIO 1295 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1295.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1295.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1295.html [not yet] WORLD OF RADIO 1295 downloads in mp3: (high) http://www.obriensweb.com/wor1295h.mp3 (low) http://www.obriensweb.com/wor1295.mp3 ** ANTARCTICA. ANTÁRTIDA, 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, 1933-2030, 02-12, canciones españolas y sudamericanas, identificaciones por locutor: "Saludos a todos los que sintonizan la frecuencia de 15476 kHz, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, Antártida Argentina". "Desde la Base Esperanza, Antártida Argentina, transmite LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, por la frecuencia de 15476 kHz, banda de 19 metros, de lunes a viernes para el mundo". A partir de las 2030 se deterioró la señal, volviéndose inaudible. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Escuchas realizadas en Friol, 27 Km. W.de Lugo. Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600 G, antena de cable, 10 m. orientada WSW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LRA36 was heard for the first time in weeks on November 17th at 1933 on 15476 with lively music announcing several telephone numbers including one for LRA36. SINPO was 24222. I have not seen this mentioned anywhere but I am convinced that the station uses only AM and USB, the LSB being suppressed, I noticed this a couple of months ago and it was the same for my latest logging (Arthur Miller, Wales, Dec World DX Club Contact via Mike Barraclough, DXLD) O yes, reduced carrier USB tho not always specified as such in logs. I am out of luck here in the footprint of megawatts of ERP from Delano 15485, but I am glad we got them, and Voz Cristã before that, off 15475 anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. Schedule of the General Editorial for Foreign Broadcast on Public Radio of Armenia, period: - 2005/2006 - (by printed material). 0300-0330 Armenian daily 9965 0330-0345 Spanish daily 9965 0430-0459 Farsi daily 864, 4810 1305-1315 Georgian daily 864, 4810 1315-1345 Yezidish daily 864, 4810 [Yezidish???] 1345-1400 Azeri Sat-Sun 864, 4810 1345-1415 Azeri Mon-Fri 864, 4810 1400-1430 Turkish Sat-Sun 864, 4810 1415-1430 Turkish Mon-Fri 864, 4810 1430-1500 Kurdish daily 864, 4810 1745-1815 Arabic daily 4810 1815-1845 Armenian Mon-Sat 4810, 9965 1845-1905 French Mon-Sat 4810, 9965 1905-1925 German Mon-Sat 4810, 9965 1925-1945 English Mon-Sat 4810, 9965 Via satellite "HOT BIRD" 13(B/12.111GHz 1230-1240 French daily 1240-1250 German daily 1250-1300 English daily (via Kunitoshi Hishikawa, Japan, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 30 via DXLD) ** BAHRAIN [non?]. Coalition Maritime Forces QSL. Today (Nov 30) I received an appreciated, personal QSL-letter (attached) from the U. S. Department of the Navy, Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (I.e. Middle East), FPO AE 09501-6008, on my report sent 72 days ago on their broadcast on 6125 as heard here in Denmark at 0100- 0159 UT. As you probably can read, the QSL is non/data, but confirms and appreciates my report on their broadcasts in six Middle East languages to "fellow mariners who otherwise may not hear this type of programming.". V/S is K. W. Auten, Captain, U.S. Navy, ACOS Ops, U.S. Fifth Fleet. (A Navy Captain equals to an Army Colonel!) The envelope was stamped 80 cent and mailed on Nov 22 from ZIP Code 09834 wherever that may be? (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DXplorer Nov 30 via BCDX via DXLD) Both "09501" and "09834" are military zipcodes belonging to U.S. Navy post offices in Bahrain. There is a comprehensive website for the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Fifth Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces: http://www.cusnc.navy.mil including a map showing the area of responsibility with the waters that are included in the target area of CFM Radio: http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/Pages/AOR%20page.htm (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, DXplorer Dec 1 via BCDX via DXLD) ** BENIN. Nov. 26, 2210-2240, 5025, R. Parakou, "programme musique africaine", dominating over Rebelde till then, but not much later, O=3. Not a regular nowadays in Europe. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Snowland, http://africa.coolfreepage.com/africalist Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BHUTAN. Bhutan Broadcasting Service presumed the one heard at 0100 sign on November 12th on 6035. The station opened with typical music, announcements in vernacular followed by the usual mesmeric Buddhist chanting, SINPO 23232. No identification noted but similar pattern to previous loggings (Arthur Miller, Wales, Dec World DX Club Contact via Mike Barraclough, DXLD) ** CAMEROONS [non]. Re Radio Free Southern Cameroons: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation website subsequently reported that Nfor Ngala Nfor was arrested November 11th and, as of November 30th, is incarcerated and incommunicado, no charges have been brought (Mike Barraclough, Dec World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** CANADA. CELEBRATING CBC'S AS IT HAPPENS From the CBC archives: From coast to coast and around the world on shortwave, As It Happens has been informing and entertaining listeners for 35 years. Whether it's chatting with the grower of the world's biggest cabbage or confronting a member of the Manson gang, As It Happens has tackled it all with an informative yet irreverent style. Armed with the simplest of technology - the telephone - the "world's greatest radio show" has been revolutionizing the medium ever since it first aired on Nov. 18, 1968. http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-69-1032/life_society/as_it_happens/ Enjoy. (Brian Smith, ON, ODXA via DXLD) ** CANADA [and non]. BBC to handle CBC archives? by Sean Davidson page 2 http://www.playbackmag.com/articles/magazine/20051205/archives.html The CBC is in the "very early stages" of talks to hand sales of its archives to the BBC, but does not plan to sell the material outright or make any cuts at home. The deal, if approved, would see the Beeb act as a sales agent internationally and in Canada for the net's voluminous radio and TV archives, according to CBC spokesperson Ruth-Ellen Soles. "This is strictly a business deal," says Soles, and a source of additional revenue. "CBC values our audio and visual library and we realize that it does document much of the last century of Canadian history, and we have absolutely no intention of selling or transferring this material to anybody." The Canadian Media Guild - which represents the bulk of CBC's staff - had warned its members last month that the net was in talks with its British cousins and suggested in a release that jobs in Toronto could be in danger. "To my knowledge, no," says Soles, explaining that the Ceeb has only a small and "reactive" sales team handling stock footage, not proper archive sales. The net was also thought by some to be preparing to sell off the archives entirely. CMG representative Glenn Gray now says the union is "somewhat assured" about the deal, following a Nov. 25 meeting with CBC management. "Our big concern was they didn't even talk to us," he says, complaining that the network did not bring them "into the tent" earlier. CMG and the network fought bitterly over outsourcing and other issues during this fall's eight-week lockout. The CBC archives comprise thousands of hours of radio and TV footage, dating back decades. The Beeb is also the international sales agent for the CBS news archives. CBC has recently turned out a number of short series by repurposing old footage, including the news spoof Jimmy McDonald's Canada and the 3 x 30 Pop-Up Royals, with Scott Thompson. http://www.cbc.ca (via Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DXLD) ** CHINA. 9635, RCI via Kunming & 11975 via Urumqi Relay. Full data (with sites) 60th Anniversary card, with schedule/stickers, in 15 days. v/s: Bill Westenhaver (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, CANADA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait (presumed), Dec 3 (Sat.), 1408-1534, programming in Chinese. Was looking for their show in English, ``Focus on China,`` which is scheduled 1430-1500, on Sat. & Sun., but it was not on (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340 + T2FD antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. Sound of Hope/CNR --- Sound of Hope . . . or Not There have been a lot of comments concerning Sound of Hope recently. Here are my experiences. I have been trying for several months to get a Sound of Hope logging good enough for a reception report. But I am now pretty much convinced that I have never heard SofH from my home in Kansas, except for an occasional barely audible signal under China National Radio. While in Vietnam a few months ago I found that most broadcasts in any of the languages of China were jammed, including VOA, BBC, DW, Voice of Tibet, Sound of Hope and various other broadcasts from Taiwan, and of course Radio Free Asia. Usually the jam was a CNR broadcast, sometimes Fire Dragon [sic], and sometimes both. Occasionally CNR had an echo, presumably the result of the same program being broadcast from two widely separated transmitter sites. I have often heard Mandarin on Sound of Hope frequencies. Sometimes the hour is almost entirely talking. At other times it is mostly fast- paced, high-energy, programming with brief talking, dialog, short bits of music, kids talking, etc. And there is often music behind the voices, especially during the last couple of minutes of the broadcast. This sounds like it could be an American production so I think I finally have it, especially if Fire Dragon is also present. But then on the hour, just before it goes off, I hear the dreaded 5 plus 1 tones. If I listen to the beginning of the broadcast it can be identified by those tones, CNR theme music, and Beijing ID. So to determine what I am hearing in the middle of a broadcast, the easiest thing for me is to check Radio Free Asia frequencies. In every instance the program I had hoped was Sound of Hope has also been heard on one or more RFA frequencies; sometimes I can hear it on all frequencies. I have not seen a current Sound of Hope schedule. If it is on their website I have not been able to locate it, but during recent weeks while looking for SofH I have heard CNR as follows. Some of these were summer schedules, but either SofH is still there or CNR thinks it is. 1300-1400 7310 CNR also heard on some RFA Tibetan frequencies 1600-1700 11765 CNR also heard on some RFA Mandarin frequencies 2200-2300 9635 CNR also heard on all RFA Cantonese frequencies 2300-2400 7310 CNR also heard on all Mandarin frequencies except 7540 which has QRM Sound of Hope on 9635 via Taiwan at 2200 and on 7310 via KWHR at 2300 are listed in Passport; the other two broadcasts are not listed for this winter. Does anyone have a current schedule? It is unfortunate that the Asian broadcaster which seems to propagate best at almost any time of the day or night, at least to my location here in the center of North America, is China National Radio. For instance, at 2300 today, November 23, CNR was almost as strong as Gene Scott via Anguilla on the RFA Mandarin frequency of 11775 (Wendel Craighead, KS, Nov 23, 2005 in DXplorer-ML via CRW via DXLD) Another date Anguilla was late switching from 11775 to 6090. It was also on 11775 somewhat past 2200 Dec 3, and I also hear the CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. 5054.6, Faro del Caribe, 0618-0750, 03-12, canciones religiosas, comentarios, locutor: "Moisés recibió órdenes directas de Dios". "Jesucristo es el enviado de Dios". A las 0640, canciones caribeñas y el comentario "Para que Vd. tenga conocimiento de la palabra de Dios". "Desde este rinconcito de América, una cancioncita para tu corazón". 24322. Parece que Faro del Caribe ya solucionó sus problemas de modulación. Hoy señal clara y perfectamente audible (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Escuchas realizadas en Friol, 27 Km. W.de Lugo. Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600 G, antena de cable, 10 m. orientada WSW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5054.6, Faro del Caribe, Dec 2, 1042-1105, religious program and music, Spanish ballads, ToH, ``muy buenos días,`` rooster crowing, followed by sound of roosters and chickens for about one minute, the audio was prominent for a change, poor-fair (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340 + T2FD antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CROATIA [and non]. Finally, I've translated a "supercomplicated" complete program schedule of the VOICE OF CROATIA, Zagreb... About Voice of Croatia: Voice of Croatia, Zagreb is a mix of programs from Croatian Radio. It rebroadcasts some programs from Croatian Radio 1st, 2nd and 3rd domestic program, and from it's regional Radios (HR Sljeme, Rijeka, Split, Pula, Dubrovnik, Sibenik, Zadar, Knin, Osijek). Voice of Croatia also has several hours per day of its own program. Voice of Croatia broadcasts ONLY Croatian music! Acronyms: HRT = Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (Croatian Radio and Television) HR = Hrvatski Radio (Croatian Radio) GH = Glas Hrvatske (Voice of Croatia) Where there are no brackets, that is the program from GH (Voice of Croatia). In brackets are the station's names (e.g. HR 1 = First Program of the Croatian Radio). Times are all UT for the B05 period! In A period programs are 1 hour earlier UT. 774 0600-1830 Hvar 50 kW NON-DIR Dalmatia 783 0400-2400 Buje 10 kW NON-DIR Istra 1125 0000-2400 Deanovec 100 kW NON-DIR Croatia-EUROPE 1134 1355-0630 Zadar 600 kW NON-DIR Croatia-EUROPE 1143 0000-2400 Osijek 10 kW NON-DIR east Croatia 7285 2300-0400 JUELICH 100 kW 230 deg SOUTH AMERICA 7285 0000-0400 JUELICH 100 kW 300 deg NORTH AMERICA-East 7285 0200-0600 JUELICH 100 kW 325 deg NORTH AMERICA-West 9470 0500-0800 JUELICH 100 kW 230 deg NEW ZEALAND 11690 0600-1000 JUELICH 100 kW 270 deg AUSTRALIA [what about the SW transmitters inside Croatia?? -- gh] GLAS HRVATSKE [VOICE OF CROATIA] Weekly Program Schedule ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00.00 KRONIKA DANA (HR 1) [CRONICLE OF THE DAY] 00.30 GLAZBA [MUSIC] 01.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 01.03 Mon LJUDI 20. STOLJECA (HR 2) [PEOPLE OF THE 20th CENTURY] Tue VRIJEME JE ZA SPORT [IT'S TIME FOR SPORT] Wed OD MORA DO IZVORA [FROM SEA TO ORIGIN] Thu GOST GLASA HRVATSKE [GUEST OF THE VOICE OF CROATIA] Fri 01.03 HRVATSKI NAS SVAGDASNJI (R Sljeme) [CROATIAN OUR ORDINARY] 01.33 GLAZBA [MUSIC] Sat POLIGRAF (HR 1) [POLYGRAPH] Sun VOLIM ZAGREB [I LOVE ZAGREB] 02.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 02.03 Mon TISUCU BISERA (HR 1) [TAUSAND PEARLS] Tue NA VALOVIMA STAROGA KRAJA [ON THE WAVES OF OLD QUART] Wed MOSTOVI [THE BRIDGES] Thu PULS JAVNOSTI (HR 1) [THE PULSE OF THE PUBLIC] Fri GOSPODARSKI SAT [BUSINESS HOUR] Sat OVDJE HRVATSKA, A TKO JE TAMO? [THIS IS CROATIA, AND WHO IS THERE?] Sun ZIVJETI PUT NADE [TO LIVE A PATH OF HOPE] 03.00 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] 03.30 VIJESTI NA SPANJOLSKOM JEZIKU [THE NEWS IN SPANISH LANGUAGE] 04.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 04.03 Mon 04.03 KULTURA PUTOVANJA [CULTURE OF TRAVELING] 04.30 GLAZBA [MUSIC] Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat: 04.03 U MREZI PRVOGA (HR 1) [IN THE NETWORK OF THE FIRST] 04.33 GLAZBA [MUSIC] Thu SAZNANJA I SPOZNAJE (HR 1) [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS] Sun KULTURNA PANORAMA [CULTURAL PANORAMA] 05.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 05.03 Mon TAMBURASKA GLAZBA I STVARALASTVO (HR 1) [TAMBOURINE MUSIC AND CREATIONS] Tue S PREDSJEDNIKOM UZ KAVU ili KAKO VLADA VLADA ili GLAZBA [ON COFFEE WITH THE PRESIDENT / or HOW THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNS / or MUSIC] Wed MOJA ZEMLJA [MY COUNTRY] Thu 05.03 SAZNANJA I SPOZNAJE - nastavak (HR 1) [KNOWLEDGEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS - continued] 05.40 GLAZBA [MUSIC] Fri MOREPLOVI (R Dubrovnik) Sat ZRNCE SOLI (R Rijeka) [THE PIECE OF SALT] Sun IZVORI I UVIRI (HR 3) [ORIGINS AND ORIFICES] 06.00 JUTARNJA KRONIKA (HR 1) [MORNING CRONICLE] 06.20 Mon-Fri 06.20 GLAZBA [MUSIC] 06.30 U MREZI PRVOGA (HR 1) [IN THE NETWORK OF THE FIRST] Sat-Sun ZA DOBRO JUTRO [FOR A GOOD MORNING] 07.00 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] 07.03 Mon 07.03 S MORA I S KOPNA (R Rijeka) [FROM THE SEA AND FROM THE LAND] 07.33 KVALITETNO VRIJEME [QUALITY TIME] Tue OD MORA DO IZVORA (R Knin) [FROM SEA TO ORIGIN] Wed PULS JAVNOSTI (HR 1) [THE PULSE OF THE PUBLIC] Thu ZLATNA JABUKA (R Dubrovnik) [GOLDEN APPLE] Fri POLIGRAF (HR 1) [POLYGRAPH] Sat ZAGONETNO PUTOVANJE (HR 1) [MYSTIC JOUNEY] Sun DOMA JE NAJBOLJE (R Split) [AT HOME IS THE BEST] 08.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 08.03 Mon SUSRETI U DIJALOGU (HR 1) Tue MOJA ZEMLJA [MY COUNTRY] Wed TOP 10 [TOP 10] Thu SPORTSKI MAGAZIN [SPORT MAGAZINE] Fri EMISIJA IZ KULTURE (HR 1) [CULTURE SHOW] Sat TISUCU BISERA (HR 1) [TAUSAND PEARLS] Sun MULTIKULTURA [MULTICULTURE] 08.55 NAJAVA PROGRAMA - GLAS HRVATSKE [ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE - VOICE OF CROATIA] 09.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 09.03 Mon 09.03 VRIJEME JE ZA SPORT [IT'S TIME FOR SPORT] 10.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 10.03 NA VALOVIMA STAROGA KRAJA [ON THE WAVES OF OLD QUART] Tue 09.03 POP STOP [POP STOP] 09.33 GLAZBA [MUSIC] 10.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 10.03 MOSTOVI-DOMOVINA-ISELJENISTVO [BRIDGES-HOMELAND-EMIGRANTS] Wed 09.03 RITAM SOKADIJE (R Osijek) [THE RHYTHM OF SOKADIJA] 10.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 10.03 RITAM SOKADIJE - nastavak (R Osijek) [THE RHYTHM OF SOKADIJA - continued] Thu 09.03 PROSULA SE SKATULJICA (R Dubrovnik) [SKATULJICA SLOPPED] 09.35 KVALITETNO VRIJEME [QUALITY TIME] 10.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 10.03 GOSPODARSKI SAT [BUSINESS HOUR] Fri 09.03 DUBROVACKA BASTINA (R Dubrovnik) [DUBROVNIK'S ENTAIL] 09.33 PETI ELEMENT [THE FIFTH ELEMENT] 10.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 10.03 OVDJE HRVATSKA, A TKO JE TAMO? [THIS IS CROATIA, AND WHO IS THERE?] Sat 09.03 VRIJEME JE ZA GLAZBU (HR 1) [IT'S TIME FOR MUSIC] 10.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 10.03 KULTURNA PANORAMA [CULTURE PANORAMA] Sun 09.03 NEDJELJNA GLAZBA (HR 1) [SUNDAY MUSIC] 09.50 MISA (HR 1) [MASS (Liturgy)] 11.00 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] 11.03 Mon 11.03 POP STOP [POP STOP] 11.33 HRVATSKI NAS SVAGDASNJI (R Sljeme) [CROATIAN OUR ORDINARY] Tue PLAVI VAL (R Pula) [BLUE WAVE] Wed RITAM SOKADIJE - nastavak (R Osijek) [THE RHYTHM OF SOKADIJA - continued] Thu PRICE ISPOD MEDVEDNICE I IVANCICE (HR 1) [STORIES BELOW MEDVEDNICA AND IVANCICA] Fri TURIZAM PLUS (HR 1) [TOURISM PLUS] Sat SKITNJE REPORTERA (R Zadar) [REPORTER'S STROLLS] Sun MARJANE NAS MARJANE (R Split) [MARJAN OUR MARJAN] 12.00 Mon-Fri 12.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 12.15 DOGODILO SE NA DANASNJI DAN (HR 1) [ON THIS DAY HAPPENED] 12.30 U MREZI PRVOGA (HR 1) [IN THE NETWORK OF THE FIRST] Sat 12.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 12.15 DOGODILO SE NA DANASNJI DAN (HR 1) [ON THIS DAY HAPPENED] 12.30 PROSULA SE SKATULJICA (R Dubrovnik) [SKATULJICA SLOPPED] Sun 12.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 12.10 VOLIM ZAGREB [I LOVE ZAGREB] 13.00 Mon-Fri VIJESTI NA SPANJOLSKOM JEZIKU [THE NEWS IN SPANISH LANGUAGE] Sat-Sun VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 13.03 Mon MULTIKULTURA [MULTICULTURE] Tue ZLATNA JABUKA (R Dubrovnik) [GOLDEN APPLE] Wed GOST GLASA HRVATSKE [THE GUEST OF THE VOICE OF CROATIA] Thu OTVORENA SRIJEDA (HR 1) [OPEN WEDNESDAY] Fri IZVORI I UVIRI (HR 3) [ORIGINS AND ORIFICES] Sat ZIVJETI PUT NADE [TO LIVE A PATH OF HOPE] Sun LJUDI 20. STOLJECA (HR 2) [PEOPLE OF THE 20th CENTURY] 14.00 DNEVNE NOVOSTI (HR 1) [NEWS OF THE DAY] 14.30 Mon S MARKOVA TRGA ili S PREDSJEDNIKOM UZ KAVU ili KAKO VLADA VLADA ili GLAZBA [FROM THE MARKO SQUARE / or ON COFFEE WITH THE PRESIDENT / or HOW THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNS / or MUSIC] Tue-Sun GLAZBA [MUSIC] 15.00 Mon-Fri 15.00 VIJESTI NA TALIJANSKOM JEZIKU (R Pula) [THE NEWS IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE] 15.30 DNEVNE NOVOSTI HRVATSKOGA RADIJA HERCEG-BOSNA [NEWS OF THE DAY FROM THE CROATIAN RADIO OF HERZEGOVINA-BOSNIA] Sat 15.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 15.03 PRIPREMA, POZOR, GLAZBA [PREPARATION, ATTENTION, MUSIC] Sun 15.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 15.03 TAMBURASKA GLAZBA I STVARALASTVO (HR 1) [TAMBOURINE MUSIC AND CREATIONS] 16.00 AKTUALNO U 17,00 [ACTUAL AT 17.00] 16.20 Mon-Fri NARODNA GLAZBA [FOLK MUSIC] Sat AMATERSKA GLAZBA I STVARALASTVO (HR 1) [AMATEUR MUSIC AND CREATIONS] Sun KULTURA PUTOVANJA (HR 1) [CULTURE OF TRAVELING] 17.00 Mon-Sat 17.00 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] 17.30 VIJESTI NA MADJARSKOM JEZIKU (R Osijek) [THE NEWS IN HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE] Sun 17.00 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] 17.05 DOMA JE NAJBOLJE (R Split) [AT HOME IS THE BEST] 18.00 DNEVNIK (HR 1) [JOURNAL] 18.20 Mon-Sat HRVATSKI POP ROCK [CROATIAN POP-ROCK] Sun S KOPNA I S MORA (R Rijeka) [FROM THE SEA AND FROM THE LAND] 19.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 19.05 Mon 19.05 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU (HR 1 I GH) [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] (HR 1 & GH) 19.15 EMISIJA ZA POMORCE (HR 1) [SEAMEN SHOW] 20.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 20.03 EMISIJA ZA POMORCE - nastavak (HR 1) [SEAMEN SHOW - continued] 21.00 KRONIKA DANA (HR 1) [CRONICLE OF THE DAY] 21.30 EMISIJA ZA POMORCE - nastavak (HR 1) [SEAMEN SHOW - continued] 22.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 22.03 EMISIJA ZA POMORCE - nastavak (HR 1) [SEAMEN SHOW - continued] Tue 19.05 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU (HR 1 I GH) [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] (HR 1 & GH) 19.15 NA VALOVIMA STAROGA KRAJA [ON THE WAVES OF OLD QUART] 20.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 20.03 GOSPODARSKI SAT [BUSINESS HOUR] 21.00 KRONIKA DANA (HR 1) [CRONICLE OF THE DAY] 21.30 DALMATINSKE KLAPE [DALMATIAN KLAPAS] 22.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 22.03 MOJA ZEMLJA [MY COUNTRY] Wed 19.05 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU (HR 1 i GH) [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] (HR 1 & GH) 19.15 VECERNJI MOZAIK (HR 1) [EVENING MOSAIC] 20.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 20.03 MOSTOVI [THE BRIDGES] 21.00 KRONIKA DANA (HR 1) [CRONICLE OF THE DAY] 21.30 GLAZBA [MUSIC] 22.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 22.03 PRICE ISPOD MEDVEDNICE I IVANCICE (HR 1) [STORIES BELOW MEDVEDNICA AND IVANCICA] Thu 19.05 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU (HR 1 i GH) [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] (HR 1 & GH) 19.15 HRVATIMA IZVAN DOMOVINE [TO CROATS OUTSIDE THE HOMELAND] 20.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 20.03 HRVATIMA IZVAN DOMOVINE - nastavak [TO CROATS OUTSIDE THE HOMELAND - continued] 21.00 KRONIKA DANA (HR 1) [CRONICLE OF THE DAY] 21.30 HRVATIMA IZVAN DOMOVINE - nastavak [TO CROATS OUTSIDE THE HOMELAND - continued] 22.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 22.03 HRVATIMA IZVAN DOMOVINE - nastavak [TO CROATS OUTSIDE THE HOMELAND - continued] Fri 19.05 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU (HR 1 i GH) [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] (HR 1 & GH) 19.15 OVDJE HRVATSKA, A TKO JE TAMO? [THIS IS CROATIA, AND WHO IS THERE?] 20.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 20.03 ZIVJETI PUT NADE [TO LIVE A PATH OF HOPE] 21.00 KRONIKA DANA (HR 1) [CRONICLE OF THE DAY] 21.30 KLASIKA U GLASU HRVATSKE [CLASSICS IN THE VOICE OF CROATIA] 22.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 22.03 MULTIKULTURA [MULTICULTURE] Sat 19.05 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU (HR 1 i GH) [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] (HR 1 & GH) 19.10 SPORT SUBOTOM (HR 1) [SPORTS ON SATURDAY] 20.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 20.03 SPORT SUBOTOM - nastavak (HR 1) [SPORTS ON SATURDAY - continued] 21.00 KRONIKA DANA (HR 1) [CRONICLE OF THE DAY] 21.30 GLAZBA [MUSIC] 22.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 22.03 TOP 10 [TOP 10] Sun 19.05 A SADA MI ili DOZIVJETI GLAZBU (HR 1) [AND NOW WE / or TO UNDERGO A MUSIC] 20.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 20.03 A SADA MI ili DOZIVJETI GLAZBU - nastavak (HR 1) [AND NOW WE / or TO UNDERGO A MUSIC - continued] 21.00 KRONIKA DANA (HR 1) [CRONICLE OF THE DAY] 21.30 DUBROVACKA BASTINA (R Dubrovnik) [DUBROVNIK'S ENTAIL] 22.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 22.03 MARJANE NAS MARJANE (R Split) [MARJAN OUR MARJAN] 22.58 HIMNA (HR 1) [ANTHEM] 23.00 VIJESTI (HR 1) [THE NEWS] 23.15 VIJESTI NA ENGLESKOM JEZIKU [THE NEWS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE] 23.30 VIJESTI NA SPANJOLSKOM JEZIKU [THE NEWS IN SPANISH LANGUAGE] Best 73s! (Dragan Lekic from Subotica, Serbia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5025, Radio Rebelde, 0900-0940, 03-12, "Rebelde, La Habana, emisora de la revolución, comienza el día, la hora en Haciendo Radio, las cinco de la mañana". "Desde ahora, y hasta las 9 de la mañana, Haciendo Radio, este es el mayor informativo de la radio cubana". Titulares de las noticias. 35333 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Escuchas realizadas en Friol, 27 Km. W.de Lugo. Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600 G, antena de cable, 10 m. orientada WSW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. I heard Cuba on 710 (alternating with WOR - both had good peaks) but oddly I heard Cuba ID as Radio Surco at 0523 UT Dec 3 [Sat] rather than Rebelde. (I was asleep so could not check 5025 kHz SW for //). Henrik Klemetz commented: "710 does indeed sound like Radio Surco, and having taken a look at Rebelde´s schedule I find that there is a slot called "Estaciones" at this time, and that would mean that they are relaying the programs from some other station." 73 (Steve Whitt, UK, MWC via DXLD) ** CUBA. Cuba back on 530, briefly. --- I have confirmed -- thanks to Bogdan Chiochiu -- that the audio I heard on 530 along with RVCI on 12/02/05, was R. Rebelde carrying a political speech by a female. Bogdan had reported hearing this speech on 670 R. Rebelde, and confirmed after hearing my recording that I had heard the same content, but on 530. This is the first report I've seen of Cuba back on 530 since a hurricane (Dennis?) earlier this year. Today, 12/03/05, the het heard recently was still on 530.40, but no sign of the strong audio from R. Rebelde. The speech may have been especially significant, or it may just have been an opportunity to test the 530 outlet. Now to see if the Cuban 530 returns on a regular basis (W. Curt Deegan, Boca Raton, (Southeast) Florida, Dec 3, IRCA via DXLD) ** CZECH REPUBLIC [and non]. USA FORCES CZECHS TO HOST ANTI-IRANIAN RADIO STATION - Iranian deputy in Prague | Excerpt from report in English by Czech news agency CTK Prague, 1 Dec: The US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) that broadcasts from Prague to Iran, among other places, was forced on the inculpable [as received] Czech people by the vile American government, observed members of the Iranian parliament who are currently on an official visit to the Czech Republic. Hamid Reza Haji-baba'i, who heads the six-member Iranian delegation, told journalists today that the Iranian visitors regard the radio station as having been planted here by force, noting that the United States seeks to hamper diplomatic relations between Iran and the Czech Republic. He added that Iran is unmoved by the money and resources that the US invests into the radio station. [Passage omitted] The visiting delegation claimed that the people of Iran are not interested in RFE/RL broadcasting and pointed to the high voter turnout in Iran's July presidential elections as evidence. [Passage omitted] Haji-baba'i noted that during their stay the visiting delegation did not witness any satisfaction or joy among Czechs stemming from the fact that the US-funded radio station is located here. [Passage omitted] Source: CTK news agency, Prague, in English 1944 gmt 1 Dec 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Djibuti? 1512 Nov 29, man with news in Arabic S9, 44434. Also 1535 Nov 30 with Arabic pop songs and excellent modulation and S9 45534 till 1545? New tune in 1548 QRMed by Mossad CIO on its upper side (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, R75 2x16 inverted V, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. Radio Ethiopia heard here signing off in English at 1656 on 7165.1 November 22nd, fair signal on interference free channel and little adjacent channel interference. A lady announcer asked for reports and comments to be sent to P.O. Box 654, Addis Ababa which is the address in Passport to World Band Radio 2006, different from the one in last year`s Handbook (Mike Barraclough, England, Dec World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** EUROPE. The Dutch shortwave pirate Alfa Lima International is changing frequency. Being normally in 48 mb around 6265 kc, 19 mb on 15070 kc and 13 mb on 21890 kc. Now they move to 6925, 15073 and 21860. Alfa Lima International is always broadcasting in amplitude modulation and is very active in the weekend (also at night) During transmisions they keep an eyeball on the two biggest sw pirates forums http://www.frn.net and http://www.alfalima.net/forum also they are often in their chatroom http://www.alfalima.net/chatroom during transmissions To get more information about shortwave pirates go and see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWpirates/ (via BDXC via DXLD) Think I had a carrier around 15073 around 1900 UT Sat, but it went off as soon as I came across it (gh, DXLD) ** EUROPE. SLIGO EUROPEAN RADIO DOMENICA 4/12 Sligo European Radio effettuerà prove di trasmissione domenica 4/12 dalle 10 [UT?] su 9330 kHz. I rapporti d'ascolto, se la sentiste, andranno spediti al seguente indirizzo di posta elettronica: ser9330 @ hotmail.com (Sligo European Radio - Swpirates via Radio & Media Dec 2, via Luca Botto Fiora, DXLD) ORION RADIO NEDERLAND --- Nei fine settimana: 0800-0900 UT : 6250-6400 kHz 1200-1300 UT : 9265 kHz 1900-2000 UT : 5700-5750 kHz (orari e frequenze variabili) info @ orionradio.nl http://www.orionradio.nl (Radio & Media Dec 2, via Luca Botto Fiora, DXLD) ** GABON. RTG Libreville, 4777, now a regular catch in Europe, always in French and closing down at 1657*. So only a daytime service, but do they use 7270/1 any more? 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Snowland, http://africa.coolfreepage.com/africalist Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GEORGIA. Re 5-206: Hi Glenn, you wonder what the German section of Radio Georgia is actually referring to. So here a verbatim translation of the first paragraph in the forwarded e-mail which I think is unambiguous: ``Today the management of the broadcasting service informed the staff about their decision to wind up the foreign service, including the German program. One more time they mentioned financial problems as reason. However, we seriously doubt that this is the actual reason for stopping the transmissions.`` (Kai Ludwig, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes it is confirmed, in other messages from Lia Mumladse of the German section and also in her quoted text which says: "... Heute hat die Rundfunksleitung dieBelegschaft ueber ihre Entscheidung informiert, den Auslandsdienst von Radio Georgien samt deutschsprachigem Programm aufzuloesen." Translated into English: "...today the broadcaster's management informed the staff about the decision to dissolve the External Service of Radio Georgia including the German language program". (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, ibid.) During the last few years broadcasts from Radio Georgia in Tbilisi have been very sporadic, and when broadcast then with very low modulation. This probably due to power problems. [Russian at 0600 UT] English was/is at 0630 and German was at 0700 UT on 11805 kHz. English also at 0830 and 0930 on 11910 kHz. But, as said, my experience is that it mainly hasn't been heard. What a pity! (Erik Køie, Denmark, via Radio Tirana, Nov 30 via BCDX via DXLD) ** GERMANY. BERLIN: VOA OUT, NPR GETS LOW POWER FREQUENCY The MABB council just made its decisions: http://www.mabb.de/start.cfm?content=Presse&template=pressemeldungsanzeige&id=1268 87.9 MHz goes to Star FM, the current cooperation partner of VOA. In future they will have this frequency on their own, broadcasting 24/7 here. So the American presence on 87.9 (site TV tower at Alexanderplatz, ERP 1 kW) is over. 104.1 MHz will instead become the new American frequency and goes to NPR. This is a 200-watt outlet from an office building in Berlin-Kreuzberg (co-located with 97.2), formerly reserved for special events stations and from 2003 till this year used as DAB promotion frequency (i.e. to air DAB programs at certain times). For 100.6 MHz (TV tower, 13 kW) MABB's prospects are Netzeitung (new to broadcasting) and the operators of Motor FM (at present broadcasting 9 PM to 6 AM on 106.8). MABB expects both applicants to expound until January 10 how they would arrange a cooperation. Netzeitung promises to take over employees of the busted Hundert,6 station. So VOA is out of the race in Berlin. It should be noted that 87.9 had to be put on tender because BBG refused to continue under the current conditions, i.e. to place VOA programming on 87.9 within the existing cooperation agreement with Star FM. This made it impossible for MABB to prolong the expiring licence, which they otherwise routinely do. So BBG has kicked itself off this frequency. Apparently they were believing that they own it. But not so. All parties involved in the matter of the busted Hundert,6 station are out of race as well. So Hundert,6, the second commercial station in Berlin which at times got jammed by the GDR authorities in 1989 (the only case of jamming on FM in the GDR at all), is a thing of the past now, away from the emergency program which at present is still on air until the company will be finally wound up. Some more notes re. Berlin 100.6 MHz: "Netzeitung (new to broadcasting)" is not entirely correct, since they started in 2003 to produce radio news and some further content which they in Berlin deliver to Spreeradio and Star FM, cf. http://www.netzeitung.de/servlets/region?name=audio-news-radioday Now MABB expects them to create a new program together with the independent music station Motor FM which so far has nothing to offer beside their music (i.e. no news etc.). The allocation will come into force only if both Netzeitung and Motor FM can work out a common program. Otherwise a new decision has to be made (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. DW INCREASES SATELLITE BROADCASTS I've noted during the last several weeks that Deutsche Welle has expanded its presence on subscription satellite radio in North America via Sirius. Here's a rundown: 1500-1530 UT M-F WRN (Sirius 141) Newslink 0200-0300 UT Tu-Sa PRI World (Sirius 136) Newslink Plus 1500-1530 UT Sa WRN (Sirius 141) Spectrum Su WRN (Sirius 141) Africa This Week 2000-2100 UT Sa WRN (Sirius 141) Inside Europe There may also be a DW broadcast daily between 0700 and 0800 carried by the newly inaugurated CBC Radio One for North America channel on Sirius 137. This will require confirmation as the schedule for Sirius is somewhat different from that for CBC Radio One carried domestically in Canada on terrestrial radio. DW is heard daily on CBC Radio Overnight at 0405 local time via local CBC Radio One stations across the country (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon NY, Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Glenn: There are Daily, Saturday, and Sunday English Program Schedules on this web site. Click each one separately http://www.voiceofgreece.gr/en/program.asp (John Babbis, MD, Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why do the need to zip them? (gh, DXLD) ** GREENLAND. KNR presumed the one heard on 3815 USB from 2154 on 18th November, romantic songs, possible identification and interval signal 2200, then talk, sporadic strong utility interference. Checked 19th November and station came on at 2055, speech 2101 but tuned out soon after as the utility interference started again (Arthur Miller, Wales, Dec World DX Club Contact via Mike Barraclough, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Future of satellite vs. traditional radio: Cyberia - The radio war --- By JACK KAPICA from Friday Globe & Mail Thursday, December 1, 2005 Posted at 11:41 AM EST With XM Canada and Sirius Canada now on the air, speculation is rife about the future of traditional radio: Will it survive the satellite version? My short answer, not surprisingly, is that traditional radio will survive, but it will have to adapt. Some stations might go under, others will thrive. The key is content. . . http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051201.gtjkcolumndec1/BNStory/Technology/ (via Eric Flodén, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non]. Re 5-206: Surely the Communicator being sold for just £1,000 appears to be well under what a scrap yard would pay for a ship of that tonnage (Andy Cadier, Dec 2, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** KENYA [and non]. Having previously in the month heard a mix of two stations on 4915 only one station was heard 1755 November 17th, SINPO 22211 but caught a mention of Nairobi during a talk so presumed as KBC. On 22nd November heard here at 1855 with SINPO 44433! Long song which went on for 8 minutes, after which announcements mentioning Kenya, choral item, perhaps National Anthem and off, Ghana detected weakly after that (Arthur Miller, Wales, Dec World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. EXTENSION OF "SHIOKAZE" BROADCAST FROM DEC. 8 According to Asian Broadcasting Institute, ``Shiokaze`` broadcast by ``Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea`` announced on Nov. 25 that hours of broadcast will be extended to 1.5 hours per day from Dec. 8. They first intended to extend to 1.0 hours, but in negotiation to VT Communications, VT compromised to broadcast 1.5 hours with the price of 1.0 hour. The new broadcast hours after Dec. 8 are planned as: 1400-1500 and 1900-1930. At 1400-1430 Reading of the letters from victims’ families (new content), 1430-1500 Reading of the detailed data of the kidnapped persons, 1900-1930 Repeat of 1430-1500. [all still on 5890 via Irkutsk? gh] In 2006, they are planning to broadcast also in Korean and English (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, Dec 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. Re 5-206: Denge Mezopotamiya via Moldova. ``Still on 11530 before 1500?`` Yes, the new B05 schedule is fully implemented: 0500-1500 on 11530 & 1500-1700 on 7590 (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 6235, IBB/VOA, Dec. 2. 2325-2356 Fade-out. Noted with VOA's Special English, Focus on Business, VOA news, and American Mosaic program. Exceptional signal but quickly fadeout by 2356 (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, CANADA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA [non]. Received what I assume is a QSL from Voice of Africa, from Tripoli. Was accompanied by a reception report form. Address used was: The General Centre of Directed Broadcasting Voice of Africa PO Box 4396 (4677) Tripoli, Libya Best Regards (Christopher Lewis, England, Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Christopher, So why do you only assume it is a QSL. Does it lack any verification statement, or is it in Arabic? 73, (Glenn to Christopher, via DXLD) Hello Glenn, The item in question is the size of a piece of A4 Paper, and then folded. It contains several beautiful pictures of historic sights in Libya. On the reverse, it carries the words "Archeological sightseeing from Libya". Then the word "Dedication" followed by The general centre of directed broadcastings (sic), Voice of Africa. No transmission details contained, but beautiful all the same. It's a nice possession all the same. I need to replenish my QSL collection anyway; mine were stored in an outbuilding, safe in cardboard boxes, but mice got at them, and chewed and s!**t all over them, even my precious QSLs from Iraq. Best regards, (Christopher Lewis, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, that should be a warning to us all (gh, DXLD) ** LITHUANIA. 1386 kHz: Yesterday [UT Wednesday?] at 2300 UT, Radio Pipeline via Lithuania. Today I hear Radio Svoboda in Russian since 2250 UT and still going on after 2300. I suppose, they also use a Lithuanian transmitter? (Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands, Dec 2, MWC via DXLD) From 30 NOV Pipeline Radio is on the air every Wednesday from 2200 to 2400 UT via Bubiai, north-east Lithuania with 7 kW. The transmitter is operated by Radio Baltic Waves International. Reports to: studio @ pipelineradio.org The station is relayed 24h on http://www.pipelineradio.org (Karel Honzik, the Czech Republic (Czechia), ibid.) Radio 390 will be using 1386 on Christmas Eve 2200-0300 (Paul Francis, Anorak Nation, Dec World DX Club Contact via Mike Barraclough, DXLD) ** MALAYSIA/SARAWAK. 7130, Sarawak FM (RMT), Dec 3, 1458-1530, in language, pop songs, news, several ``Sarawak FM`` singing jingles, // 5030, both poor-fair/QRM from CRN1, also on both frequencies (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340 + T2FD antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. Re 5-206: They should indeed have two operational 100 kW transmitters, unless one of them has been decommissioned. At least TDP lists a Thomson from 1974 alongside with a Brown Boveri from 1981. So the observed // operation of 4845 and 7245 was perhaps a transmitter test, although one would think that such (i.e. no regular transmissions affecting) equipment testing would take place at other times of the day than the late evening. All the best, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re parallel frequencies: Carlos, why not two transmitters? I remember they got a new one a few years ago, and it was not the situation that the old one was completely used up, it was just terribly drifting. Or anyone knows that this old transmitter is not there any more? Maybe they are keeping the old one in working condition to have a spare. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Snowland, http://africa.coolfreepage.com/africalist Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Acabo de tener una conversación telefónica con el Ing. Mejía encargado técnico de R. UNAM quien me infomó que la instalación de la antena para la onda corta va a un 50%, esto debido a que ya existía un proyecto que se inició hace 10 días para la remodelación, reestructuración e instalación de nuevos equipos en todo el edificio que alberga R. UNAM en el centro sur de la Cd. de México que son los estudios donde sale la programación para la OM y la OC, por tanto tienen a Ingenieros y técnicos llevando a cabo una gran cantidad de trabajo en este edificio. Una vez concluída esta renovación se abocarán a continuar el trabajo en la antena de OC. En cuanto tenga noticias se los comunicaré. Saludos, (Julián Santiago, DF, Dec 1 condiglist via DXLD) ** MEXICO. XERTA Radio Transcontinental heard at fair level on 4810 0815-0830 November 10th but with utility interference, seemed to be a popular music concert with two announcers and crowd noise (Noel Green, Blackpool, Jihad DX via WDXC Contact via Mike Barraclough, DXLD) ** MEXICO [and non]. BONILLA CHAPTER XV - BCA PETITION TO DENY IS ITSELF DENIED On September 29, 2005, Broadcast Company of the Americas ("BCA") inked a Petition to Deny the sale of nine Emmis television stations. BCA said that "Emmis is not of fit character to hold a Commission license....," a statement we speculate was made in retaliation for Emmis' having joined with Lazer Broadcasting in alleging numerous technical defects at XHBCE-FM in Mexico. If true, these allegations could prevent XHBCE from securing Section 325(c) authority to send program material across the U.S./Mexican border by wireline, microwave, etc. On November 29, 2005 (lightning speed for Washington), the FCC rejected BCA's Petition and allowed the television transfers of ownership to move forward. In dismissing the BCA Petition, the FCC found that BCA failed to make its case. The Commission said as follows: "Most notably, the allegations made by Emmis in the Section 325 proceeding appear to have had a reasonable basis. BCA has even admitted that Emmis's allegation that the XHBCE-FM transmitter was not constructed at the appropriate location is true. In fact, all of the statements made by Emmis that BCA claims are either false or misleading appear, based on the record in this proceeding, to at least be the subject of legitimate dispute. The accuracy of each party's allegations in the Section 325 proceeding, and the weight to be given to those allegations, will be resolved by the International Bureau and are not an appropriate subject for this assignment proceeding. However, BCA has not demonstrated in this proceeding that Emmis has abused the Commission's processes or that it lacks the requisite character to be a Commission licensee. Therefore, we will deny BCA's petition. Furthermore, we find that grant of the [transfer] applications would be in the public interest and we find the applicants are fully qualified to be licensees." The four page Commission decision is available at the first URL below; the second URL provides a list of the TV stations involved in the transfer of ownership: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-3094A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-3094A2.doc (CGC Communicator Dec 3 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. RN again on SW to Europe, by mistake: see TAIWAN [non] ** NEW ZEALAND. More RNZI DRM tests --- Hi Guys; From Adrian at RNZI - No exact dates/times, just as required by the technicians setting the equipment up - as per the note below. (You will need a DRM equipped radio to hear the tests). RNZI DRM listening tests are possible on 15720 kHz during the week 12 to 16 Dec. The tests will be at various times between 2300 and 0345 UT (Mark Nicholls, Editor, NZ DX Times, ripple via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. Dec. 2, 1725-1759* Voice of Nigeria on reactivated (after two months or so) 15120, program of 60 minutes, as usual at that time, good signal, but beginning to fade out. R. Kaduna heard several times (but not daily) recently on 4770; closedown is now already at 2230. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Snowland, http://africa.coolfreepage.com/africalist Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. Radio Pakistan has confirmed that no changes in freq have been made to their Regional Services from Quetta 5025 at 0045-0404 (Fri. til 0845) & 1200-1805 7155 at 0600-1145 (Fri. only 0400-0820 & 1000-1145). Peshawar 7220 at 1100-1400 Chitrali Service. Rawalpindi (10 kW) 4790 at 0230-0425 & 1335-1430. Islamabad (Rewat) API-8 4790 at 0045-0215 & 1445-1815 and 7265 at 0900-1215 Pindi III Programme 6065 at 0430-0515 Balti Service and 0530-0615 Sheena Service. Frequency changes to their External Service from Nov 23rd are: Tamil & Sinhali 0945-1045 on new 17480 [x 17490] \\ 15625. Turkish 1630-1700 on new 6215 [x 6255] \\ 7465 [this frequency subject to change due to co-channel DRM]. Islamabad Programme for Gulf & Iran 1915-0045 on new 5835 [x 5840]. (Noel R. Green, UK, wwdxc BC-DX Jihad Nov 25 via DXLD) Heard 9385 (not 9390) at 1600-1615 UT in En, S=2-3. 11570 only poor carrier and some thiny sound S=1. Nil on \\ 11850 15725. Pakistan on 7530 and 9360 kHz fair S=3-4, 1700-1900 UT, but suffers of Chinese violine jamming mx on 9355. A little move to 9362.5 ... 9365 kHz would help, - I would recommend. I couldn't hear any signal of Armavir Russia on adjacent 9370 kHz. Latter is a rather wooden registration? [9385 unID English pop around 1640 UT, that was seemingly the Irish POP pirate station, S=3-4. but disappeared from propagation after 1700 UT] (wb, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 25 via DXLD) Thanks for the information re PAK. Your reception is again very different to mine! I assume it's because you live at a more southerly and easterly location. I'm still not having a problem with the Chinese music jammer on 9355 kHz - in fact I can hardly hear it. Yes, I agree that Russia is not using 9370 kHz - I can hear WTJC on about that frequency most days - and from early in the afternoon - but it isn't very strong at 1700/1900 UT of course. And 7530 kHz booms in here at S9++ (Noel R. Green, UK, wwdxc BC-DX Jihad Nov 28 via DXLD) ** PORTUGAL. RDPi - R. Portugal, B05 revisto / revised B05. Olá a todos! Nesta data, recebi o novo horário B05, emitido em 28DEZ, que entrou em vigor ontem, dia 1. Como vem sendo hábito, procedi às modificações no que respeita à sua apresentação. Segundo informação da gestora de frequências, esta alteração deveu-se à restruturação do CEOC-São Gabriel, tanto a nível humano como de equipamento. Todos os quatro emissores de 300 kW estão em serviço; dos ainda existentes cinco emissores de 100 kW, poucos parecem estar a ser utilizados, quiçá devido à noticiadas mudanças. Hello all! The revised B05 from the RDPi was issued on 28th inst. and became effective yesterday, 1st Dec. As usual, the layout of the schedule was modified by yours truly. An e-mail version will hopefully be compiled & distributed tomorrow, Sat. 3rd inst. According to the RDPi frequency manager, this new B05 stemmed from changes at the station HF centre, "CEOC", in São Gabriel. All four 300 kW units are being used; out of the existing five 100 kW units, few seem to be actually put into service possibly due to the announced changes at the HF site. Melhores / Best 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Dec 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RDPi - R. Portugal, B05_2. --- Segundo informação do próprio CEOC-São Gabriel, prestada há instantes, neste presente horário B05_2, só os emissores de 300 kW (1 x AEG, 3 x Thales) são utilizados, estando os emissores de 100 kW (1 x Brown Boveri Co., 4 x Continental) em prontidão. De notar também a supressão das emissões para a Venezuela, salvo as realizadas de 3ª-fª a sábado, efectuadas paralelamente com as emissões destinadas à América Do Norte e Sul. According to phoned information from the RDP HF site at São Gabriel just a few moments ago - and contrary to what the schedule lists! - only the four 300 kW transmitters are being used while the still existing five 100 kW are kept as reserve units. Curiously, the broadcasts beamed to Venezuela were dropped, with the exception of those aired Tuesday-Saturday along with the ones for No & So America. Melhores / Best 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: TRANSMISSÃO EM ONDA CURTA – RDP Internacional Período de Inverno 2005 (B05) – Mapa em vigor a partir de 01-12-2005 Emissões de 2ª-fª a 6ª-fª Mon–Fri HORA UC kHz kW AZIM. (º) [Europa] 0600-1300 9815 300 45 0745-0900 11660 250 55 Sines 1700-2000 11630 300 45 2000-2400 ¦ 9460 300 45 Médio Oriente e Índia 1400-1600 15690 100 81,5 ÁFRICA: São Tomé e 1100-1300 21830 100 142 Príncipe, Angola, 1700-2000 17680 300 144 Moçambique e RSA 2000-2400 ¦ 11825 300 144 Canadá e EUA 1300-1700 ¦ 15575 300 300 1700-1900 ¦ 17825 300 300 1900-2400 ¦ 15540 300 300 Brasil; 1100-1300 21655 300 226 Cabo Verde e Guiné 1700-2000 21655 300 226 2000-2400 ¦ 15555 300 226 Emissões de 3ª-fª a sábado: Tue-Sat Canadá e EUA 0000-0300 9715 300 300 Venezuela 0000-0300 13700 100 261 Brasil 0000-0300 11980 300 226 Emissões aos Sábados e Domingos: Sat & Sun EUROPA 0800-1455 11875 300 45 0930-1100 9815 250 55 Sines 1500-1800 11960 300 45 1800-2100 11630 300 45 2000-2400 ¦ 9460 300 45 ÁFRICA: São Tomé e 0800-1655 21830 100 142 Príncipe, Angola, 1700-2100 17680 300 144 Moçambique e RSA 2000-2400 ¦ 11825 300 144 Canadá 1300-1700 15575 300 300 e 1700-1900 17825 300 300 EUA 1900-2100 15540 300 300 2100-2400 ¦ 15540 300 300 Brasil; 0800-1055 17710 300 226 Cabo Verde e Guiné 1100-2100 21655 300 226 2000-2400 ¦ 15555 300 226 ¦ Período reservado a transmissões extraordinárias = time for special or extra broadcasts (via Gonçalves, DXLD) Note: Power is 300 kW (4 txs) via CEOC- -Centro Emissor de Onda Curta, São Gabriel**, except "Sines"= =via Pro-Funk GmbH, Sines, SW coast **) includes 5 x 100 kW "100 kW" originally listed by the station for the broadcasts to ME+India, Afr M-F 1100-1300, NWSAm Tu-Sat 0000-0300 and Africa Sat/Sun 0800-1655. The CEOC operational schedule lists 300 kW for every broadcast, as confirmed on 3rd Dec (Carlos Gonçalves, 2240 UT, 03 Dec, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Spurious mixing product 5032 kHz. I'm getting daily the program of Radio Rossii on 5032. Didn't write down the times but I recall it's sometimes 1700-1900 UT. I suspect it could be from Kaliningrad. One possible math is 5905-873 = 5032. I've got no exact skeds for Russian SW transmissions; do you know if Kaliningrad is on 5905 around 1700-1900 UT? The one on 5905 might be entirely different program, 5032 just a Rossii come-out. This mix on 5032 might be more complicated, but I always suspect the nearest point :-) (Jari Savolainen, Finland, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 23 via DXLD) Is an interesting question, and puzzled me up. No, not Kaliningrad is used 5905 at this time slot. KLG is only 1400-1700 UT the other way around Eastwards to Russia / C Asia. HFCC registration shows SAMARA instead 5905 1530-2000 27,28 SAM 250kW 285deg. 1700 Russian to Belarus, 1900 Polish, a n d WRTH shows powerhouse 1200 kW on 873 kHz at SA=Sahara Novosemeykino 0200-2200 UT Radio Rossii program. So I guess, SW 5905 and MW 873 kHz coming from same Samara nearby location, and excitation of both aerials happens. Interesting to know when exact the 5032 signal leaves the airwave, just when the 5905 kHz stops? Mixture products of MW and SW audio signals often result in an audio signal of "MW! program" on the spurious SW upper/lower side (wb, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 24 via DXLD) Well, on 24th I did monitor 5032/5905 kHz. At 1500 and 1600 UT on 5905 only CRI [Kashi] in Russian. Around 1625 a strong carrier appeared on 5905 blocking partly CRI. At the same time 5032 R Rossii popped up. Blank carrier on 5905 continued until 1658 UT, then music and ID "Golos Rossii - Radiokanal Sodruzhestvo". Sounds like CRI switched off their transmitter for couple of minutes around 1656, coming back with weaker signal at 1700. Russian transmitter changed to V. of Russia Polish at 1800 UT. At 1900 Polish program ended and also 5032 went off. RFI started on 5905 at 1859 UT with ID's and then Russian. So, as you said, this seems to be Samara MW/SW mix. On [symmetrical] 6778 kHz I couldn't detect any signal (Jari Savolainen, Finland, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 24 via DXLD) ** SLOVAKIA. Radio Slovakia International are no longer sending out printed schedules as a cost cutting measure (Edwin Southwell, Hampshire, Dec World DX Club Contact via Mike Barraclough, DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 6100, CRI via Meyerton. Nov. 30 *1500-1520 with sign- on in English, IDs in Chinese and English, into news and reports. Fair at first, gone by 1520 Nice greyline reception (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, CANADA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. UN PLANS TO SET UP RADIO STATION IN SUDAN | Text of report in English by Sudanese newspaper Juba Post on 1 December Khartoum, 1 December: UN Radio will start soon, but not everybody is ready to accept it, says Dr Mu'tasim Ba-Bikir [phonetic, unidentified official] at a press conference concerning UN. Sommerfield, UNMIS Information officer, says: "What I have noticed is that the media in Khartoum fears UN radio. But Sudan is not the first country that UN radio has been established in. "UN radio has helped countries troubled by conflict with peace building and conflict resolution through their program. "UN radio is independent and it reaches the diverse populations in Sudan, as compared to the Sudan National Radio which is only one- sided, reflecting the northern part." UN radio will have three locations: Khartoum in the north, which broadcasts in Arabic, Juba in the south, which broadcasts in Arabic- Juba and in seven local languages, and after the peace the third location will be in Darfur. Source: Juba Post, Khartoum in English 1 Dec 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) WTFK? Likely FM, but SW still possible (gh) ** SUDAN [non]. 8000, V. of Sudan, 1535 Dec 1, with tribal? drum songs, OM in Arabic "seideti .. Sudan" and many mentions. Nice modulation; S1 only, 22532 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, R75 2x16 inverted V, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non]. 6170 (RTI test) again messed up Today the experiment to air Radio Taiwan International in German 1900-2000 on 6170 via Tbilisskaya resulted in the same failure than yesterday: The English program of Radio Nederland was aired instead, putting it again on shortwave for Europe after quite a while. I really wonder who makes the same switching error two days in a row? Basically there are two possibilities, unless the technology for VT transmissions via Russian facilities has been changed recently: Either it was Bush House main control who put RNW instead of RTI (which I understand is no live feed but originates from an audio file, transferred to and replayed by Bush House) to their circuit to Moscow, or the responsible switching facility at Moscow put RNW instead of the feed from London on the audio feed to the Tbilisskaya plant. Third possibility would of course be an error at the transmitter site itself, but I would think it is not that likely that they have RNW English on their internal audio switching (no such transmissions from this station). In my humble opinion it would be no big deal if it would have been a one-off. But the same mistake again and again? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TANZANIA. Re 5050 off-air: Does that mean that Dar-Es-Salaam is off SW, or is there still the other transmitter somewhere (5985, 6105, 7280?)? Maybe one should check these frequencies. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Snowland, http://africa.coolfreepage.com/africalist Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET. CHINA, 4905, Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet, 2138-2146, 02-12, bonitas canciones tibetanas, locutora, comentarios, tibetano. 35333. También por 4920 con idéntica señal: 35333 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Escuchas realizadas en Friol, 27 Km. W.de Lugo. Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600 G, antena de cable, 10 m. orientada WSW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. unIDed 5880 from Russia at 1457 with carrier at S5. Clear at 1500 UT on LSB due to strong QRM in USB from operators for just 15 seconds until an FSK signal (FDM?) wipes out lower side. Heard just piano misoc and man talking in apparently Korean (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 27 via DXLD) ? IME ? Do you know more about these Merlin / IME organization tests on 5880 kHz via Irkutsk Russia site, from November 22nd to 27th ? According to Tohru Yamashita, Asian Broadcasting Institute, the broadcast began on November 23 at 1500-1600. The program consists of the explanation of the Chinese historical facts and persons such as Confucius, with the announcement "This is the test broadcast". As the announcer speaks Korean with provincial accent, it seems to be some non-Christian religious (such as Confucianism) broadcast produced outside of Korea (Takahito Akabayashi, Japan, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 28 via DXLD) 1500-1600 IME 5880 kHz Irkutsk-RUS. Korean?, 22 to 27-Nov-2005. Whatever the broadcast is on 9395 it has been on air Wednesday, Thursday and now Friday at tune in around 1400 till off at 1500. I still hear a very brief part of what I think is the FEBA IS at conclusion. There is much talk about Bangladesh at times and the broadcast seems not to be a religious one, or perhaps that's because I don't understand Bangla! So far I have not heard very much music either (Noel R. Green, UK, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 25 via DXLD) Re 9395. Hello dear Noel, according latest frequency file: 9395 1330- 1500 41,49W ARM 200kW 104deg 5=Thur 171105-190106 RUS BBC GFC 9395 extra BBC Bengali outlet via Armavir Krasnodar RUS til Jan 19th, 2006! \\ in same lang should be via Samara on 7520, all 1330-1500 UT. Are there political elections in Bangladesh in mid January 2006 ??? What the purpose of this special transmission? (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 25 via DXLD) So it is actually the BBC using 9395 in Bangla - I will try 7520 later today. For some reason I had the BBC in mind and thought that it did sound their style. I assume that the FEBA IS somehow gets into the feed at close down. It's very brief but I'm sure that's what it is. I don't know if Bangladesh has elections coming up but I'll try to find out (Noel R. Green, UK, wwdxc BC-DX Nov 25 via DXLD) Other BBC via RUS/UZB transmissions, GFC: 7110 0100-0130 41 TAC 200 131 1234567 301005 260306 UZB BBC 7330 1100-1530 43,44,49,54 VLD 300 228 1234567 301005 260306 RUS BBC 7430 1330-1530 41 TAC 200 131 1234567 301005 260306 UZB BBC 7435 1600-1700 30,31,41 MSK 250 117 1234567 301005 260306 RUS BBC 7520 1330-1430 41,49W SAM 250 117 6=Fri !!181105 060106 RUS BBC 9395 1330-1500 41,49W ARM 200 104 5=Thur!!171105 190106 RUS BBC 15510 0230-0300 41 IRK 250 224 1234567 301005 260306 RUS BBC (BCDX via DXLD) ** U K [and non]. HEARING THE BBCWS ON SHORTWAVE IN NORTH AMERICA: DAYTIME IS THE BEST TIME I recently joined Bob Montgomery, Ed Mauger, John Figliozzi, and Rich D`Angelo for a French Creek DXPedition [state park in PA]. My greatest enjoyment at a DXPedition is to be able to listen uninterrupted to shortwave broadcasters at many different times of the day – times of the day when, during most weeks, life seems to get in the way of good listening. One of my primary listening goals was to find usable frequencies for the BBC World Service for those times when there are no services targeting the Caribbean region and Central America – since this region is now only targeted directly for a few hours per day. While I try not to use the Easy Listening column to list frequencies, I felt this was a useful approach to help you find more useful air times for favorite programs. The table below shows those frequencies that worked best for us in southeastern Pennsylvania in a quiet listening environment. 0000-0100 5975 kHz remains the best, targeting the Americas 0100-0200 Nothing audible to other regions, and nothing to Americas. 0200-0300 5975 again the best. 0300-0400 5975, also 6190 (SAf), 7160 (WAf), 12095 (SAm). 0400-0500 7160 and 11765 (WAf). 0500-0600 7160 (WAf). 11765 subject to QRM from Cuba. 1000-1100 6195 targeting the Americas remains the best. 1100-1200 11855 targeting CAm / Car. 1200-1300 11855 targeting CAm / Car; 15190 (CAm / Car and SAm) 1300-1400 15190 best; 21470 (SAf / EAf) usable; 15485, 17640, and 17830, targeting Africa, faint but improving. 1400-1500 21470 good, also 17640. 1500-1600 17640 and 21470 (Af); also 12095 (Eu) [+ 21490 Af –gh] 1600-1700 12095 (Eu) best; also 15400, 17640, 17830 and 21470 (all Af) 1700-1900 9410 and 12095 (Eu 1700-1800, Af 1800-1900); 15400, 15420 and 21470 (Af) for both hours. 1900-2000 9410 (Eu), 12095 (Af), 15400 and 17830 (Af) less usable. 2000-2100 9410 (Eu) but with some interference; 12095 (Af) the best. Also try 6195, 15400, and 17830, all targeting Africa. 2100-2200 9410 (Eu) but with interference; 11765 [surely means 11675 - -- gh] (Am) the best; also 12095 (Af). 2200-2400 5975 targeting the Americas remains the best. Region codes: Af – Africa; Am – Americas; CAm – Central America; Car – Caribbean; EAf – East Africa; Eu – Europe; SAf – South Africa; SAm – South America; Perhaps someone on the West Coast, or someone who is up in the wee hours of the morning in the East, can check the times from 0600 to 0900 that I didn`t monitor at French Creek; 9740 from Singapore signs on at 0800 and may be usable out west; it did not propagate well to French Creek. So, the BBCWS is generally audible from 1000 straight through to 0600 UT in Eastern Pennsylvania, except for the prime evening listening hour of 0100-0200 (Richard Cuff, Easy Listening, Dec NASWA Journal via DXLD) ** U K. ``My AK47`` - a BBC World Service series The AK47 is the weapon of choice for guerrilla fighters world-wide, with an estimated one million of the Kalashnikov rifles in every-day use. Its reliability and ease-of-use has made it the most widely used and produced small arm over the last century. BBC World Service sets out to find how AK47s are distributed and who are the people who use the weapon in a series called My AK47, going out on The World Today from Sunday 4 December. Series producer Leana Hosea says: "The personal accounts given by people who use, sell and distribute AK47s give listeners an insight into how the weapon has become a reality of life in many parts of the world. One interview is with an AK47-equipped child-soldier in Sierra Leone. According to the UN there are an estimated 300,000 children involved in armed conflict and nearly half of them are in Africa. Sangeba was only 12 when his mother was beaten and his father killed in front of him by rebels who forced him to become a child soldier. In another interview, an illegal arms dealer in Sri Lanka reveals how it's routine to obtain AK47s and other small arms, such as grenades from the army, air force and police." The series also includes interviews with a UN weapons investigator, a guerrilla fighter in Colombia, a rehabilitation worker from Sierra Leone and with Vybz Kartel, the Jamaican dancehall star who sings about AK47s and violence in the country's capital. The series will run on The World Today on BBC World Service, going out at 2300 [sic] GMT and through the night from 4 to 8 December 2005 (via Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DXLD) In case you`ve lost track, TWT is scheduled on the European stream: Sunday 2306-2330, Monday onwards 0306-0400, 0530-0800, 2206-2230, 2306-2400; American stream: Sun 2306-2330, Monday onwards 0306-0400, 0530-0600, 0706-0800, 2306-2400 (gh, DXLD) ** U K. BBCWS MONDAY+ DOCUMENTARIES, DECEMBER --- Building Beijing Set amid preparations for the 2008 Olympics, the dizzying building boom, make-over and transformation of the Chinese capital is followed in the four-part Building Beijing from Monday 5 December. Dec 5: "For China the 2008 Olympic Games will be a coming of age party for a fast growing country eager to reclaim its position on the global stage and show off its new-found confidence as a world power, both economically and in sport," says presenter and producer Kate Bland. "The event will mark a new beginning; the entry of China into the modern world." Beijing has the largest new infrastructure of any city in the modern world. Its major engineering works include new subways, motorways and the construction, by Foster and Partners, of a new international airport. 148.5 km of railway is being laid in central Beijing and 2.5 billion is being spent on large-scale environmental projects to improve air quality, energy supply and sewage. A massive 'greening' of the city is also taking place and a promise to provide internet access to the majority of homes in the central urban area. Mayor Wang Qishan says hosting the Games will dramatically raise the living standard of Chinese people, speed up reform and push forward China`s gross domestic product (GDP) by 0.3 to 0.4 percentage points every year. Building Beijing finds out what it means in terms of ordinary people's lives on Monday 5 December. Dec 12: The Chaoyang area of Beijing is set to become a new Manhattan, studded with glossy, glassy complexes of hotels and shopping malls. The traditional hutongs and courtyard homes, some of them hundreds of years old, are being knocked down and replaced by modern, mid-rise blocks. When Liu Xiang took gold in the men's 110m hurdles he said "This is a miracle, but expect many more miracles from China now." Kate Bland discovers how, buoyed up by its haul of 63 medals and 2nd place at the Athens Olympics, China is working to further improve its performance in 2008 on Monday 12 December. Dec 19: Talented youngsters train in government funded sport schools. In an effort to ensure physical fitness in time for selection and training in 2006, a `National Sports For All Program` has been introduced to improve the physical quality and fitness of the whole population. Huge, unprecedented investment is also going into scientific research of competitive sports and sports management. China`s new sporting idol, the talented and handsome basketball player, Yao Ming, is the first of a new kind of sports star - successfully bridging the gap to become a phenomenal success in both China and the US. The massive building programme for the Games is explored on Monday 19 December. Of the 37 competition venues, 32 are in Beijing and 74 existing buildings are being renovated. Beijing has managed to partner foreign firms with local architects. The new National Stadium, the so called Bird's Nest building, is collaboration between Herzog de Meuron and the China Architecture, Design and Research Group. The 17,000 seat National Swimming Centre, which will resemble a cube of water miraculously suspended in air, is the work of Australian architects PTW working with China State Construction and Design. The massive Z - shaped building for China Central Television and the huge glass eggshell that will be Beijing's new music and exhibition venue are partnerships with world-renowned Dutch and French architects. Thousands of new apartments are already being built and sold unseen and 800 new hotels are being constructed. Dec 26: But not everyone is happy. Xiao Mo, the architectural historian at Beijing`s Qinghua University, believes the new sports facilities, in a wide range of styles from around the globe, will make the city resemble an experimental building park. We hear from him and others who argue for better planning and more emphasis on building with an eye to Chinese tradition. Beijing is re-inventing itself, conscious that the focus of world attention in 2008 will be much wider than just sporting events. New activities such as advertising, branding and independent publishing are thriving. Kate Bland examines the creation of a new image for the city on Monday 26 December. The make-over includes energetic PR campaigns; programmes to teach English to taxi drivers and sports commentators; and the production of a Dancing Beijing logo. As the cultural as well as the political capital of China, Beijing considers itself some way ahead of the rest of the country, including commercial centres such as Shanghai. Presenter/Producer/Kate Bland for Just Radio Building Beijing: 4 x 25 minute programmes Mondays from 5 December: [European stream & webcast]: Mons 0906, 1306, 1906, Tues 0106 [American stream & webcast]: Mons 1406, 2006, Tues 0106, 0606 Listen online http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/index.shtml (BBC Press via Richard Cuff via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U K. Re 5-206: Regarding Andy Cadier's comments, it has already been noticed that some of the features within Prime Time shows have been missing. For instance, the programme Cash Country, presented by Dave Cash, Saturday 1500-1700, repeated Tuesday 0100-0300, has not included a featured artist. Also, some of the regularly featured information, including birthdays, anniversaries and what's on, has also been absent recently. A sign of things to come maybe? (PAUL DAVID, Wembley Park, United Kingdom, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. On December 2, 2005 TV/Radio Martí's web-site unveiled a new documentary "Prisoners of War: The Tortures of Fidel Castro in Vietnam." It's available for downloading at: http://www.martinoticias.com/ocbstory.asp?MediaID=31974 I noticed two strange things about the documentary. First, it's in English! (The original Spanish-language version is also available.) Why is TV Martí investing into English production? Is it trying to reach out to its supporters in the US Congress? Second, why choose such a topic after all the recent torture-related scandals in Iraq, Afghanistan, Cuba and "new democracies of Eastern Europe"? I'm afraid that even in the countries friendly to the US such a documentary would have more of a negative impact than anything else (Sergei Sosedkin, IL?, Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5446.5 (USB), AFRTS-Florida (presumed), Dec 2, 1032-1110, ``Sports Overnight`` with phone-in program, NPR news, // 7811 (USB), both fair (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340 + T2FD antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WBCQ Monitoring Request Hi, all! This is primarily directed at the North American members of these lists. I don't know how many of you regularly listen to Allan Weiner WorldWide on WBCQ on 7415 kHz every UT Saturday at 0100, but if you did listen to this latest one (last night here in the US), you heard me call in (as I have done several times in the past). One of the things I was calling about was that I had tuned in WBCQ earlier that day in the middle of the day on 9330 kHz and noticed severe interference. It appears to me that the interference was coming from splatter from WWRB on 9320 kHz. Now, usually, the simple way to reduce such interference is to tune to the sideband away from the interfering signal, if your radio allows this. (I mainly use a Grundig 800 that provides this facility.) But the problem in this specific case is that WBCQ is using Compatible LOWER SideBand (CLSB) and so tuning to the upper sideband of 9330 away from 9320 gets you no signal. I asked Allan if it was a simple matter to change 9330 from CLSB to CUSB (go from Lower to Upper SideBand). He said that technically it was easy but that he first had to get permission from the FCC to change the modulation mode. (That really surprised me -- I never dreamed that the FCC cared whether a broadcaster used full AM, CLSB, or CUSB, but it seems that they do. Allan will have to call his consultant George Jacobs and have the requisite paperwork approved by the FCC.) He was particularly concerned that there was no other signals ABOVE 9330 kHz that would interfere with him, or that he'd interfere with, if he switched 9330 from CLSB to CUSB. So, before he begins this process, he asked for monitoring input. I thought that it would help if I could involve more radio listeners in various locations to assist in this. So I am asking that, if you have the chance to listen in the middle of the North American day, try tuning in WBCQ on 9330 kHz and then tune around from there. Do you hear interference on 9330 and is it coming from 9320? Are there any signals above 9330 that would suffer or cause interference if it changed from CLSB to CUSB? The WWRB 9320 transmission is scheduled at 1300-2300 UT daily. WBCQ is on 9330 from varying start times; today I just tuned it in at 1700 UT but the online sked doesn't seem to show that start time on Saturday; I think 1700 UT is a fairly likely start time most days. So anytime after that, if you can listen to detect interference to 9330 and also any nearby signals that might argue against changing 9330 from CLSB to CUSB, send a note to Allan at wbcq @ wbcq.com and let him know. It might be that there are night-time signals above 9330 that would cause problems and that would mitigate [sic] against switching from CLSB to CUSB on 9330 during the entire broadcast day. Maybe WBCQ would have to put up with day-time interference in order to avoid causing or getting night-time interference. I do not know if it is feasible to change from one modulation to the other during the day (either legally or technically). So that might render this whole discussion moot. If you have input on that subject, be sure to let Allan know. Thanks for your help! PS - Yesterday's Friday-night airing of AWWW came in fine here in St. Louis on 7415 at the start of the program, but had faded into noise by 0130 UT before I got thru to them on the phone. Did anyone out there hear my segment? If so, where were you? 73, (Will Martin, MO, Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Before I read this I happened to notice a signal on 9335 after 1900 Dec 3. That would be: 9335 R. FARDA 1900-2130 1234567 Persian Irana Wila 250 334 CLN 7954E 0706N per NDXC, i.e. Sri Lanka site. Before 1800, Pyongyang is on 9335, and earlier in our mornings, and evenings, VOA. Syria co-channel on 9330 is also a problem, per NDXC more or less continuously 0500-2430, but clash audible here during the last few hours of that span, exacerbated by a slight difference in frequency. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) I just gave a listen at 1950-2005 from Baltimore, MD using a Sat800. 9320 - Brother Stair, clear S7; 9330 - WBCQ, S5, not so clear. Using the 2.3 filter reduces the noises, but if I slowly tune down the noise becomes overwhelming by 9328. Does this imply the noise is 9320? (Joe Ringer, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. The Frank and Ernest Bible Answers program, P. O. Box 60, New York, NY 10116, is noted here Sundays 1430-1445 on 13800 via Jülich. It is brokered by Pan American Broadcasting. The frequency only carries this program, then signs off. The broadcast is listed on their website but who would find it randomly tuning around? Do they realise the frequency is only in use for their weekly broadcast? They also are scheduled on Radio Africa and Radio Africa 2, both brokered by Pan American Broadcasting, which have not been heard for some time (Mike Barraclough, England, Dec World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** U S A. KAGIN LIVE ON THE INTERNET, SUNDAY DECEMBER 4, 2005 Edwin Kagin, Writer, attorney, poet and Kentucky State Director for American Atheists will appear live on a Internet Radio Talk show tomorrow evening at 8:00 pm Mountain Time, 10:00 pm Eastern Time. The host of the show is Daryl Bryant. The program can be heard at: http://www.mubetakappa.com The topics to be discussed include "Intelligent Design" and the celebration of the holiday known as "Christmas.`` Edwin's essay, "On Christmas, or No, Virginia, There is No Santa Claus," will be discussed. The work can be found at http://www.edwinkagin.com/columns/christmas.htm and it is also contained in Edwin's book "Baubles of Blasphemy." WHO AND WHAT: Edwin Kagin live on internet radio WHEN: Sunday, December 4, 2005 10:00 PM ET [0300-0600 UT Mon Dec 5] WHERE: The Daryl Bryant show at http://www.mubetakappa.com (Have Edwin Kagin appear at a gathering of your freethought/Atheist group! Visit http://www.atheists.org/speakers for more information on the American Atheists Speakers' Bureau). (AA Newsletter Dec 3 via DXLD) ** U S A. EXPERIMENTAL GRANTS OF INTEREST Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers: New experimental to operate on 530, 890 and 1680 kHz under Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center contract to "modernize and transform psychological operation equipment." Fixed: El Centro NAF (Imperial), CA. (CGC Communicator Dec 3 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) WD2XUM has received approval for operations on 530, 890, and 1680 kHz. As I read it, the broadcast will be tone, and hours of operation will be from midnight to local sunrise [0800 UT to circa 1500 – gh] at El Centro NAF, CA. Powers will vary, but should be audible. Hmmmm, I wonder if they would be willing to add CW IDs to --- ahh, forget it. Just a random thought. Experimental license will last until April. Source: http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/els/forms/blobs/73130.0.71662049934.pdf_stripped.pdf Go Get Them! (Mike Hardester, Jacksonville, NC. (34.47 N — 77.23 W), Dec 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) from http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-262520A1.doc The Commission, by its Office of Engineering and Technology, Experimental Licensing Branch, granted the following experimental applications during the period from 10/1/05 to 11/1/05: WD2XUM Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers 0248-EX-PL-2005 New experimental to operate on 530, 890 and 1680 kHz under Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center contract to modernize and transform psychological operation equipment. Fixed: El Centro NAF (Imperial), CA -- (via Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66, Dec 2, NRC-AM via DXLD) Hmm, any idea what sort of power they run? I visited my parents in Phoenix last week, which I usually do over Thanksgiving. I took my Yacht Boy 400PE with me as always, but didn't get a chance to use it much. The one time I got to do any extended listening was around sunrise on Thanksgiving. Besides noticing IBOC hash from KOA under local KMVP 860 AM, I heard a very weak station on 530 talking about the history of Thanksgiving or something like that. I could just barely make it out, but it sure wasn't RVC since it was English, and RVC would be unlikely during the early morning. I wonder if it was the experimental station? (Adam Myrow, TN, ibid.) Somehow, "Eighty-Nine. W-D-2-X-U-M" just doesn't have that WLS jingle feel (Brock Whaley, GA, ibid.) Hmmm. It looks like they are licensed to transmit open carriers at lower powers and non-information carrying audio tones at higher powers. This precludes them from IDing the station! I guess that's why Special Condition #1 waives the ID requirement. And I wonder why the 530 kHz operation is subject to shutoff at FAA request? Something to do with the LAX TIS? (Mike Westfall, N6KUY, WDX6O Los Alamos, New Mexico (DM65uv), ibid.) Glenn, the tests were conducted during the first week in Nov. There may be more, but we don't know for sure until we get our directions from the sponsor. If you pull up the record from the OET database for the authorization there is an exhibit that gives a slightly longer description of the purpose of the tests. That's all that is publicly available (Ben Dawson, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I think whoever was off-frequency on 1600 has fixed it, as listening today I no longer hear the het (though there's someone about 100 Hz low on *1580*...) Glenn, if you're still hearing it then it's definitely NOT Memphis, as Memphis and at least one other station are coming in well at this hour, with no het (Doug Smith, W9WI, Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66, Dec 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Have not checked in last few days, but should do so around 2245/2300 UT (gh, DXLD) {Yes, also hear the 1580 het much later around 0600 UT Dec 4} ** U S A. Reminder of DX test from KKLF 1700 Richardson TX, UT Sun Dec 4 at 0606-0615 with code; details in 5-195 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. TOWER DOWN IN NEBRASKA --- In a replay of the KFI tower disaster, a light plane hit a broadcast tower in rural south-central Nebraska Sunday morning (11/27), collapsing the tower and killing the three occupants of the plane. There were no injuries to persons on the ground. Flying in marginal weather, the aircraft struck the Nebraska ETV tower located at Atlanta. The structure supported KLNE-TV's Channel 3 batwing, an FM antenna and a Channel 26 Alpine DTV antenna, plus various two-way antennas. The public television and radio stations are reported to be off-air indefinitely. (Info forwarded by Doug Herman.) http://www.brandonpetersen.com/ (CGC Communicator Dec 3 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) Viz.: After Thanksgiving weekend, my brother and I started back to Omaha. There was a winter storm coming towards Nebraska, and we were going to get ahead of it. We started the road trip down Highway 6 towards Hastings. The weather was awful, with gusting winds and random patches of downpouring rain. About a mile past Atlanta, Nebraska, I noticed a plane heading east. It was flying low, below the clouds and dangerously close to the KLNE Channel 3 TV station tower. Suddenly the plane struck one of the tethers that held the tower up. The tower began to crumble and the plane crashed into a nearby field. I quickly called 911, to report the crash. There was another car ahead of us that quickly drove to the TV Station, which we followed. We ran to see if anyone at the TV Station was hurt, but we found that the building was empty. The other car had gone to check the plane wreckage. Unfortunately, the passengers did not make it. The response was immediate, we saw the County Sherriff and Fire Department very quickly at the scene. I feel really awful to know that a family will have to deal with this tragedy after the holiday. I have them in my prayers. Update: The passengers were a couple, Daniel Walker (a 24 year old Air Force veteran), Heather Boatman (20 years old), and Daniel’s daugher Kaylee. They were planning to get married in May. They spent Thankgiving traveling to visit family and to buy a wedding dress. [with 11 very small illustrations] http://brandonpetersen.com/11/27/2005/plane-crash-into-klne-tower/ [has images and video link which may or may not still be there:] http://www.nbc5.com/news/5421804/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65193 Another Nebraska tower collapse, Sept 2004: http://garymcduffie.com/kduh.htm (via gh, DXLD) ** U S A. FCC AFFIRMS $42,000 IN FINES IN RADIO JAMMING CASE NEWINGTON, CT, Dec 2, 2005--The FCC has affirmed a total of $42,000 in additional fines against reputed Los Angeles-area radio jammer Jack Gerritsen, ex-KG6IRO. The FCC released the two $21,000 Forfeiture Orders (NOF) just days before Gerritsen is due to appear in federal court to stand trial on a felony charge of malicious interference with a communications system operated by the United States and a misdemeanor count of transmitting radio signals without a license, according to a statement earlier this year from the office of Debra W. Yang, US Attorney for the Central District of California. If convicted, Gerritsen, 68, could spend up to 11 years in federal prison. In affirming the fines, the FCC again turned away every argument Gerritsen offered in responding to each Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL), including a "freedom of speech" claim. "His unlicensed operation on amateur frequencies is not protected by the US Constitution as it is well established that the right to free speech does not include the right to use radio facilities without a license," the FCC said in a footnote in one of the NOFs. Both documents include detailed recitations of the charges and allegations in the case. One of the $21,000 forfeiture notices involves alleged willful and repeated malicious interference with Amateur Radio communications. The second NOF focuses on alleged willful and repeated interference with the radio communications of a US Coast Guard Auxiliary officer attempting to use Amateur Radio frequencies to assist a sailboat in distress. Last March, the FCC upheld a $10,000 fine against Gerritsen for interfering with Amateur Radio communications. The government has yet to collect. FBI agents, accompanied by FCC staff, arrested Gerritsen without incident last May at his home in Bell. Federal agents also seized his radio equipment. Gerritsen was released on a $250,000 property bond and has remained in home detention, barred from possessing any radio equipment, while awaiting trial. Yang's office said the FBI "received substantial assistance" from the FCC in the case. Gerritsen's history of radio-related legal problems go back to 1999 when the California Highway Patrol arrested him for intercepting, obstructing and/or interfering with police radio communications. He was convicted the following year. Shortly after granting Gerritsen's application for a Technician class Amateur Radio license in 2001 and issuing him the call sign KG6IRO, the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau rescinded the grant because his earlier conviction raised questions about his qualifications to be a licensee. While transmitting on various Los Angeles-area repeaters, Gerritsen continued to identify as KG6IRO, however, claiming the FCC could not take away his license without a hearing. Radio amateurs on the West Coast complained for months about the slow pace of enforcement action in the Gerritsen case. Los Angeles-area repeater owners had taken to shutting down their machines to avoid the nearly constant barrage of malicious interference attributed to Gerritsen. Gerritsen's trial gets under way Monday, December 5 in Room 850 of the Edward R. Roybal Courthouse, 255 E Temple Street, Los Angeles (ARRL [original with some hotlinx] via Bill Smith, W0WOI, Dec 2, DXLD, with his tagline:) Christmas: The time of the year you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks. ** UZBEKISTAN. 12065, Vatican Radio via Tashkent. full data (with no site) Pope Benedict against the Vatican skyline, with SW beam antenna. Also sent schedule, pamphlet, sticker in 50 days (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, CANADA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. 4939.7, R. Amazonas, 0113-0121, Nov.29, Spanish, Music with OM between selections. ID at 0120. Poor (Scott Barbour, NH, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. RASD-TV --- Esta noticia es un poco antigua, pero el proyecto sigue en pie. junio 23, 2004 TELEVISION NACIONAL SAHARAUI --- Os anunciamos que la televisión saharaui tiene pagina web desde 15.6.2004. En ella se pueden ver unos primeros trabajos, grabados en la Conferencia de Información sobre el Sahara de Toledo. La web es: http://www.rasd-tv.com 2ª Conferencia Internacional sobre la Información en el Sáhara Occidental. CONCLUSIONES DE LA MESA Nº 4 "MEDIOS Y FUENTES DE COMUNICACIÓN DISPONIBLES EN CADA SECTOR DEL MOVIMIENTO SOLIRARIO". 1). TV Nacional. Conclusiones: 1. Se constata la necesidad de la creación de una televisión para el Pueblo Saharaui. 2. Sin embargo, es evidente el elevado coste de financiación para la creación y mantenimiento de esta TV. Por lo tanto, se señala la necesidad de la participación de todas las comunidades autónomas del Estado español, en la financiación de este proyecto 3. También sería necesario que una Comunidad Autónoma se encargase del seguimiento, control y mantenimiento de la TV (tal como ocurre en el país vasco respecto a la Radio Nacional Saharaui). 4. Se propone crear una comisión estatal formada por periodistas, artistas, políticos y asociaciones de Amigos del Pueblo Saharaui, que se encargarían de realizar un proyecto financiero, político, técnico y periodístico (via José Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD) Apparently this ``TV`` is only on the web. Has a number of files OD (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 6612, 0400, Dec 4, African pop music with announcements. Unable to ID but I suspect this is the second harmonic of Zimbabwe on 3306 which has been reported recently. Nothing heard on 3306. Fair strength clean modulation, must be quite a strong harmonic (David Hodgson, TN, harmonics yg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WORLD OF TELEPHONY ++++++++++++++++++ MOSCOW'S TELEPHONE AREA CODE CHANGES FROM TODAY Moscow's telephone area code changes from today, Moscow telephone numbers beginning with 095 have changed to 495 as part of changes in area codes across the country, and numbers starting with 0 in another 18 regions, including the Moscow region, now start with 4. In the Kaliningrad region, the area code 011 changes to 401. Both the old and new area codes will work during a transition period through 31 January, 2006. The changes are part of Russia's efforts to adapt its telecommunications standards to those in Europe. The next step will be transferring emergency phone services (including 01 for fire, 02 for police and 03 for medical assistance) to a single emergency number, 112. These two changes will free up the prefix 0 for use on long distance and international calls, a change that could come into effect as early as next year. Long distance calls, which currently use the prefix 8, would then switch to 0, while international calls would use the prefix 00, instead of 810. All of the changes are scheduled for completion by 2008, a spokeswoman for the IT and Communications Ministry said. Yekaterina Khaustova, a spokeswoman for MGTS, which runs Moscow's telephone network, said the plan is to transfer all Moscow phone numbers to digital exchanges by 2012. (Source: tv-in-russia.com) # posted by Andy @ 16:46 UT Dec 2 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ###