WORLD OF RADIO #1273, produced May 4, 2005 by Glenn Hauser [for full credits listen to show or consult recent DXLDs] *Keep up with scheduling of this and other DX programs at http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html *New May edition of Nets to You: http://www.w4uvh.net/nets2you.html *Not online, but on paper, new A-05 edition of Broadcasts in English from British DX Club; 2 pounds in UK; overseas, 6 IRC, 5 Euros or US$5, or via PayPal; more info at http://www.bdxc.org.uk *Current SW schedules sorted by language in time order: http://www.addx.de/Hfpdat/plaene.php *Three DRM online schedules (none including 15375 at 1430) http://baseportal.com/baseportal/drmdx/main in time order Also by time: http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/media/dossiers/drm_schedule.html By frequency: http://www.hfcc.org/data/A05drm.html *Martin Schoech`s new DX obituary website: http://www.schoechi.de/obituary.html *Israeli government dismisses director of IBA, Yosef Barel for violating rules of conduct; one contender to replace him was Amnon Nadav [didn`t get it]; head of English news says Barel kept English on the air *Israel moved from 11605 to 11590 for English at 1900 to avoid Sweden; best here on 15640, also on 15615 *Republic of Iraq Radio, English at 1030-1120 moved to 2215-0030 varying to 0130; on FM 98.3, MW 675, 603, Arabsat, Hotbird 4, http://www.iraqimedianet.net *Coalition Maritime Radio One on new 9133-USB, also on 6125, and hopes to resume 15500; 9133 confirmed at 1700-1830+, 1110, multilingual music, announcements asking for info on terrorist activities http://www.me.navy.mil/marlo *On 15500 is Salaam Satandar, Internews via UK to Afghanistan, at 1330-1431* *All India Radio April 30 at 1654 on 3220, apparently Shimla off 3223, but back on proper frequency next night *AIR T`puram 7290 putting out spurs at multiples of plus and minus 24 kHz, 7002 to 7362; hams complain but station denies the problem *Bhutan Broadcasting Service, 6035, plans to phase out SW at end of 2006 when FM coverage of Bhutan is complete *Radio Station Pacific Ocean (Tikhiy Okean), Vladivostok, is back since April 17, 0835-0900 on 810 and 12065; daily or weekly? *V. of Indonesia, 9525, thundering into Alberta at 1950 [not 1850] in German; also here at 1850 in French, but gone by English at 2000, 315 degree beam; 9525 earlier until 1400* is 30 degrees, better for NAm, and well heard here, but no English; they leave open carrier on past 1430. Should put English on at 1400 or ex-Korean at 1200 *ARDS, Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, back on 5050, heard in Australia overriding Tanzania, at 2010 April 13 *DRM transmitters under installation at R. Australia`s Brandon, Queensland site *RNZI, 15720 was missing at 0300 UT April 29; due to regular monthly maintenance period, usually Thursday for 4-5 hours between 2230-0500 but this was Friday and lasted longer than planned until 0745; may be more downtime as DRM transmitter is being installed *Solomon Islands, 5020 running half power to save costs, only 6 kW *The end of the Crocodile DX Hunter, Craig Edwards, a real fun read; http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/townsville_2005_02.dx *World of Radio 1273, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; woradio at yahoo.com Our website is http://worldofradio.com *Thanks this week for financial support go to Jerry Kiefer [Not Jim!] *Voz Crista, Chile, makes excuses about how they happened to land on the only Antarctic frequency, 15475; did not even know LRA-36 existed but receiving lots of complaints. At 2000 I still hear VC on 15475, het from Antarctica on 15476. Solution is obvious: VC move off 15475, at 1800-2100, and also from 1600 to avoid Gabon *New 3rd edition of Brazilian MW list via http://www.ondascurtas.com *Brazil`s R. Anhanguera reactivated on 4905, football at 0130 April 28 *R. Novo Tempo, reactivated on 4895, 0205 April 26, with Adventist ID Voz da Esperanca *R. Virgen de los Remedios, Bolivia, more reports: 9220.1 varying to 9220.7 between 0005 and 0103; another night on 9225.4 to 9225.5, parallel at times to WEWN 7425; in Sweden heard at 2100 and 2205 varying from 9223 to 9223.6; 9231.7 variable to 9228 at 1052-1110; and at 1100 on 9234.9 *New Bolivian on 4498.12, Radio Estambul, Beni Department, April 28, not a harmonic; check for clip at http://www.malm-ecuador.com Also heard at 1006 on 4498.10 *La Voz de Chiriaco, Bagua, Peru, 5264.96 as late as 1200, actually ID as Radio Chiriaco, another clip at Malm`s site *Peru`s La Reina de la Selva, 5487 has streaming audio too: http://www.reinadelaselva.com.pe *4560.06 at 1130 is La Voz de Naranjal, Naranjal, Eucador, also at 0000, 3 x 1520 *April 29 at 2330, RHC was carrying Hugo Chavez speech not only on Spanish frequencies but blowing away English on 9550, Portuguese on 15230, Guarani on 17705; was live speech at Karl Marx Theater in Havana *Sad fate of XERMX; 25 photos of what has become of its antennas and equipment at http://mx.photos.yahoo.com/sistemadx *Columbia Journalism Review, May-June [not March] has excellent article on the atmosphere at VOA, and Radio Sawa issue, ``VOA drowned out by a mix of pop-flavored propaganda; what should America sound like?`` http://www.cjr.org/issues/2005/3/peinVOA.asp *Dr Gene Scott planned well for his afterlife on the radio, as old tapes continue; widow Melissa can be heard on live Sunday morning services *Brother Scare still on some hours, WWCR-4, 05-12, 15-16, 21-22 UT, but all the other time to other preachers, weekdays. Weekends, 48 hours straight of Pastor Pete Peters` Scriptures for America! *KNLS Alaska, now with 2 transmitters at once, English at 1400 on 9795, colliding with France via Japan in Vietnamese *Armed Forces Day celebrated on radio with crossband contacts, a week early, May 14-15; see http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/af-day/AF-Day-2005-SKED.pdf *Another orgy month on WHRB, Harvard, webcasting; check schedule at http://www.whrb.org/pg/MayJun2005.html *WCPT 850, new progressive talk in Chicago from May 5, Air America and others *CJML 580 Winnipeg, temp VE Day station is 99 watts, not 50 kW *R. Nederland`s Ascension relay at 00-02 on 11900 moved to 5995; two other Spanish frequencies, Bonaire, 0200 6165, 0300 6190 off the air with tech problems *Aland 603, Finland, heard with Rock `n` Roll Radio, oldies at 1630 *Abkhazia heard on second frequency, 9534.75 in addition to 9494.75 [at 0158 UT] *Gambian clandestine on 9430 tested at 2000-2015; site was Juelich, Germany, 100 kW, 210 degrees. Regular schedule not set yet, but may be called Voices from the Diaspora, or in Wollof, Baati Haleyi; to be half an hour weekly in three languages *New webcast from Radio Lome, Togo, usually not working; media in chaos *Nigeria cracks down on Biafra secessionist movement; V. of Biafra International, heard Sat 2059-2159 on 7380, partly in English, also on Weds *Nigerian state media on strike over unpaid allowances, affecting V. of Nigeria external service *R. Voice of ENUF, Ethiopian cland, heard Sunday May 1 at 17-18 on 12120, also on Fridays; hired via TDP, with typical CIS site tones http://www.enufforethiopia.org says objective is to eliminate present oppressive regime *R. Xoriyo, V. of the Ogadeni People, via Germany, 15670, heard on a Tue at *1631 in Somali *V. of Democratic Alliance, Ethiopia to Eritrea, 9560.1 at 1456-1505, very poor as also on 7165.1, no definite ID *Write to congressman to support House Resoluution 230 calling on FCC to review and reconsider its support of and promulgation of broadband over power lines http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-245A1.doc http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/filings/hres230/HRes230.pdf *Propagation outlook from Boulder, May 3; flux range 110-80-105 *Glenn Hauser, concluding World of Radio 1273 ###